The Omaha Daily Bee Drawn For The Bee The bot newspaper artUU o( the country contribute their beat work for Bee readers. THE WEATHER. Fair; Warmer VOL. .XL1II-N0. 20i. OALAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 1914. On Trans and at Hotsl Itsws Stand, So SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. CONSTRUCTION Of NEW ELECTRIC LINE TO START BY E Only Awaits State Railway Commis sion's Authority to Issue Bonds and Stock. PROJECT ALREADY FINANCED Four Hundred and Twenty Miles of Road to Be Constructed. WQRK TO START BY JUNE NEXT Road to Run to Sioux City and One Branch to Norfolk. BIG POWER PLANT AT NIOBRARA Thirteen Million Dollar is to Uo Expended In Constructing and EqulnuInK (lie Hond nnd Developing 1'oircr. That construction work on the 420 miles ot tho Niobrara, Sioux City & Omaha railroad, promoted by tho Baker Con struction, company of Omaha will begin not later than Juno of tho present year Is now believed to bo certain. That work when commenced will bo pushed as rap Idly as posslblo Is equally certain. At this time there Is said to bo but one thing that stands in tho way of tho con struction and completion or tho Niobrara, Sldax City & Omaha railroad, and this Is not an obstacle, being merely a mat ter of form. In order to construct tho Niobrara, Slaux City & Omaha road, funds must be procldod, and It is estimated that $13,01)0,000 will bo required to build and equip tho lino and constructtho power plant at Niobrara, where tho Niobrara river will develop' 75,000 horso power, or home 55,000 more horso power than is used In the aggregate in tho city of Omaha at this time. In order to ralso the $13,000,000 that will be requited to build the line, equip It and develop tho power and construct tho power plant It Is necessary to Issue and sell bonds. Before bonds can bo issued the whole project must be gono over by tho Nebraska State Railway commission and authority granted. Tho proposition is now with the commission and has gone this far. Contracts, bonds and all of the formalities havo been investigated and a proposition satisfactory to the com mission, fully protecting tho rights of the people of Nebraska and complying with tho law in every particular put up to tho state officials and the fiscal agents of tho company. Tho terms have been considered and tentatively agreed to This has been sent east to tho fiscal agents for their signatures, and as soon as it is returned and approved by tho state commission, It is expected that the order authtJrhsftsjytha sola -of. bqn&s and stock will issue. Financiers Satisfied. That money" for construction will bo HvallaDlo immediately after the issuanco of the commission's order is said to be certain, It being asserted that eastern financiers, after having looked over tho project and tho property, are ready to underwrite it for the amount needed. It Is expected that details will all be worked out within the next ten days or so and that soon after that grading con tracts will bo let, C. W. Baker, president of tho Baker Construction company that is promoting the new railroad proposition, has just come in from a trip over tho line arid says that as soon as the money is avail able for construction work will begin. Surveys have all been completed and much of tho right of way secured. Ho has been working on the project flvo years and now feels that he Is about to see his efforts crowned with success. As to tho Niobrara, Sioux City & Omaha railroad. It is to ue an electric line with an overhead trolley system. It will bo independent, having no connec tion with any other railroad or system of roads. The plans contemplate a line from Omaha to 131k City and thence on to Norfolk', with a branch from Elk City to South Sioux City, from South Sioux City to Niobrara and from Nio brara to O'Neill, with a cross line from West Point to Decatur. Tho plans of the company contemplate the expenditure of $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 In Omaha on terminals and a passenger and freight depot, the site of which has not been decided upon, though tt has been determined that these terminals must bo near tho business center of the city. Omaha, however, has not been asked to contribute anything, ncr havo tly- capitalists here been asked to sub burlbo to the stock, or buy thv, jonrU. This financing has and js t!T Deing done in tho east. Ilotli Krelttlit nnd I'lisseiiKcr. The new road will do both a freight and passenger business. When In operation, passenger trains will run to Sioux City, Norfolk and Niobrara as often as the businesu may demand. On all through night trains sleepers will be run between terminals. In handling freight, trains ' will not only stop at towns, but at coun- (Continued on Pago Two.) The Weather For Nebraska Fair; warmer. For Iowa Fair; warmer. Tcmiiei'iturc nt Oniuua Yesterday. ,.. B n. in 10 C a. m TJ , a. in... ii 8 a. Ill 20 V a. in 26 10 a. m 31 11 a, m 33 12 ni 3 1 p. m 37 2 p. m 33 3 p. m 33 4 p. in 40 c p. m.w :u C p. m 37 7 P. ID SI Comparative Local Itecord. 1914. 1913. 1912. 1911. Highest yesterday 40 34 32 65 Lowest yesterday 3 17 9 34 Mean temperature 24 26 20 44 Precipitation 00 .00 .0) .00 Temperatui-o and precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal temperature 29 Deficiency for the day... , IS Total excess since March 1 30 Normal premutation OS Inch Deficiency for the day 05 Inch Total rainfall since March 1 15 Inch Deficiency since March 1 72 Inch Excess for cor. period, 1913... l.M Inches Excess for cor period, 1911 1.57 Inches L. A. WELSH, IKal Forecaster- REPEAL BAM IS DELAYED Opening of Legislative Fight Post poned Till This Week. O'GORMAN WON'T CALL MEETING Will Wolt Until Absent Member of Interoeennlo Canals Commit tee Are In Attend a nee. WABHINGTON, March 22. Tho opening of the legislative battle for repeal ot tho tolls exemption provision of the Pcnama canal act was delayed until next week by prolonged consideration In the houso to day of tho rivers and harbors appropria tion bill. Renewed skirmishing in tho senate served to reveal, however, the in tensity of feeling In trio controversy. Administration leaders had planned to call up tho Sims repeal bill In the house today and present a rule to limit general dobate to fifteen hours. It Is not likely now that the bill can be taken up before Tuesday- or that a vote can be had until late next week. Senator O'Gonnan, chairman of the In teroceanlo canals committee, who opposes tho repeal, announced lif tho senate to day that ho could not call a meeting ot his committee to tako up the repeal con troversy until several absent members returned. So Wish to Delay. Ho had no wish to delay settlement ot tho Issue, but could not force it In Jus;co to tho members of the commltteo who wished to have a volco in the prcllmtnpry action on the subject. Senator Owen, a member of tho com mittee, who earnestly supports the presi dent's request for exemption repeal, said he would not seek to hasten consideration of tho matter unduly. Senator Jones' resolution, calling upon the president for Information as to what foreign governments have protested against American toll exemption, was re ferred by tho senate today to the com mltteo on foreign relations. Senator O'Gorman asserting that ho did not w'sh It referred to tho canals commltteo. Sen ator Brlstow, who previously had urged reference to the canals committee, agrood to let it go to the foreign relations com mittee, "provided that committee will act." Causes Lively Comment. Senator Jones caused lively comment by reading a newspaper article stating that President Wilson had sought to Infjuonco the house to limit debato on tho roJ5cal bill. Senator Thompson urged Senator Jones to consult the preiident oftener, maintaining that by so doing ho "would be a better man and better informed." Senator Jones denied that in his recent conference with President Wilson relate ing to his speech on the repeal contro versy tho president had told him ho waa "skating on thin Ice." Asked by Senator Pomertflo "If the Ice seems thicker this morning," Senator Jones denied that his motives were political, "adding that he was opposed to exemption repeal "on Its merits."--.., -.-. ..j ... Woman, Ninety-One, Is Dead, Outliving Her Four Husbands COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 22. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Jano Butcher, 91 years of age, one of the most remark able women who ever lived In the Pike's peak region, died yesterday afternoon at the homo of her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. M. Hook, In Colorado City. Mrs. Butcher outlived four husbands, and her last proposal of marriago cami when sho was 72 years old. Her matrimonial record follows: Married In 1S41 In London. Encland. to Charles Oardner, Married In 1S51 In London to John Tay lor. Married in 1S61 in London to Edward Dunn. Married In 1871 in London to Lawrence William Butcher. Declined nrouosal of marrlare in 1S01 in North Platte, Neb. Mrs. Butcher's matrimonial career dif fered from that of modern women in that death claimed all four husbands. Mrs. Butcher came to the United states in 18t6 and made her home for many years in North Platte. She came to Colorado City to live with her daughter two years ago. Sho was in possession of all her faculties at tho time of her death and had fre quently declared that bIio expected to live to be 100 years old. She never had lost a tooth and never wore spectacles. Olub Women Deputy Assessors and Plan to Get Tax Dodgers CHICAGO, March 22,-Tho feminist movement in Chicago progressed another step today when eight club women were appointed deputy assessors. They wilt be assigned to districts where their work will be the most effective end most pleasant They will seek especially to locate and assess tho property of women, who at present compose less than VA per cent of the taxpayers of -the county. "In the few days we have discussed tho woman deputy question a dozen new ideas In assessing have developed," asserted Frank W. Koraleskl, secretary ot the Board of Assessors. "I believe women will prove to be our most Ingenious deputies. One ot them has already made a suggestion entirely new to me. Sho said, that many Chicago women- have their private checking accounts, hold blocks and bonds In their own name, and possess wardrobes representing more money than has been charged to their husbands in tho past. She wanted to know why women who import rich furs, silks and lingerie, which to the ordinary man would be worth a fortune, shouldn't ay taxes on them." WANTS ALL BACHELORS OVER TWENTY'FlVE TAXED PITTSBURGH, March 22. "All the oriental youths must marry when they are young. I want to see a law passed that would compel every young man over twenty-five who Is not nmrrled to par a tax to the government for the support of a wife," Rev. Dr. Camden M. Cobern ot Allegheny college, Meadvllle, Pa., said at tonight's session ot the midwinter bible conference. Dr. Cobern deprecated advanced bachelorhood and urged young men to marry young DISSOLUTION PLANS FOR NEWJP ROAD Department of Justice Satisfied at the Method Scoured Siithout Litigatj ROAD GRA Sessions Mak Fighting Long Yielding. BOSTON & MAINE STUMBLING Length of Trusteeship One of the Fighting Points. DISPOSAL OF THE SOUND LINES This Matter Will lie Left to Inter state Commerce Commission for Its Decision Under Panama Cnnul Act. WASHINGTON, March 22. After sev eral weeks of negotiations the Depart ment of Justlco and the Now York, New Haven & Hartford railroad announced last night that they hod reached an agree ment for a dissolution or tho New Haven. The announcement was made In the fol lowing terms: "Tho attorney general has indicated to the representatives of tho New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad the ar rangements which ho thinks would re sult in bringing the affairs ot that com pany Into harmony with law. The repre sentatives of the railroad are willing to accept the requirements Indicated and to endeavor to put them into effect without delay If approved by tho stockholders in a meeting to be called at once." Terms of Arrangement. Tho Indicated arrangement stated in general terms follows: "1. Tho Boston Railroad Holding com pany Is a Massachusetts corporation, holding a majority of tho stock of the Boston & Malno railroad and 00 per cent of tho formei stock, in turn, is owned by the New Haven railroad. The charter of tho holding company prohibits it from disposing of tho Boston & Maine stock. The legislature of Massachusetts will be asked to remove this prohibition and, if this Is done, the stock of tho holding com pany will be transferred at once to five trustees and after arrangements have been mado to protect tho minority stock ot the holding company, they shall Bell tho Boston and Maine stock, prior to January 1, 1917. "2. The stocks ot the companies which control tho Connecticut and Rhodo Island trolleys will be placed In tho hands of trUBees flvo for each state and shall bo sold within flvo years from July 1, lfllt In Hands of Three Trustees. "3. Tho majority stocks ot the Mer chants and Minors Transportation com- j?anyoield;JjiLjl;ejv.. H road will bo placed in the hands of three trustees and shall bo sold within three years from July 1, 1914. "4. Tho minority stock in ' tho eastern steamship corporation held by tho New Haven railroad shall be sold within three years from July 1. 1014. and In tho mean time shall bo deprived of voting power. "5. Whether the New Haven railroad shall bo permitted to retain the sound llnes will be submitted to tho Interstate Commerco commission for determination under the provisions ot tho Panama canal act. "6. Tho Berkshire trolleys shall bo sold within flvo years from July 1, 1914. "7. A decree embodying tho foregoing shall be entered In the United States dis trict court for tho southern district of Now York. Tho decrees shall further pro vide that on application of the New Haven railroad for the trustees and for good cause shown, the timo within which any of the above mentioned stock shall bo sold may be extended by the court." Trustee. S unite ted. Trustees satisfactory to all parties have been suggested. Those proposed In connection with the Boston & Malno stock have signified their willingness to serve and their names nro: Marcus I'. Knowlton and James L. Doherty of Springfield, Mass.; James L. Richards and j unarien r Mill r,f Tin.tn w,.,ir i r-nrnontor nf Mnnlw,i.t. M ti Wom. of the others will not bo made public until acceptance by them is fully as sured. The essential reason for placing tho property In the hands of trustees is to securo their Immedlato Independent man agements. The outlines of the proposed decree and trust agreements have been discussed (Continued on I'age Two.) Kugel Blames the Eight O'clock Law For Many Crimes City Police Commissioner A. C. ICugel, speaking on "Law and Order" before the young men's Boraca class at the First Baptist church Sunday morning, de clared that "It the city commissioners do not want law enforcement In Omaha they will havo to get out their checker board and make another move." Mr. Kugel said that he heard several das ugo that three of the city commissioners were In favor of ousting him from t.ie position onira were In of head of tho police department, but that three wore in favor of retaining him, und that It would leave it with them. Kugel blamed tho 5 o'clock closing law for mucli of the crime, especially boot legging. Profit from late-hour rales In duces the same men to sell liquor Sun days. Ho said, that one way ot doing away with this' evil might bo to lay out a certain district in which the saloons could kep open after 8 o'clock for the benefit of those who wanted late drinks. These saloons would be required to pay a higher license In proportion. PARIS CHIEF SAYS NIX ON THE UNDRAPED PERFORMERS PARIS, March i2. The Paris police to day began the Introduction of a scheme of moral reform initio public resorts of the city. Col eat In iwmnlon, perfect ot police, summoned tho proprietors of all the musio and dance halls and concert cafes to tho prefecture where he Informed them that exhibitions of undraped per formers would no longer be tolerated. mmtm mw i i mi Frqm Tho Minneapolis Journal. REDS SATISFIED WITH BILL Congressman Stephens Says Omaha Tribesmen Change Minds. DELEGATES GET NEW VIEW OF IT After Several Conferences In Wash insjtom They Will Return to lies. errtlon-nd,'r(r..Hrothcrali .- -to Accept It, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 22.-Spcclal Tel egram.) Representatives of the Omaha Indian tribo who have been in Washing ton opposing the bill of Representative Stephens to havo the Omaha lands taxed for state purposes, are now satisfied that thn hill Is for tlin crnnd nf the tribe, ac- cordnB t0 the statement of Mr. Stephens today. Hiram Chase, Daniel Webster and oth ers of tho tribe who have been here on the matter, havo returned to Ncbraskn, Mr. Stephens said today, convinced that tho bill should pass, and will urge the members of the tribe to further tho Stephens bill. E. J. Murfln and A. J. riummer of Lincoln were given a hearing by tho house Irrigation commltteo toduy on a bill proposing to glvo the Interior de partment supervision over Irrigation proj ects. States Control Dllehen. Under the Carey act the law now gives to tho states the right to let contracts for construction of ditches, and to havo practically entire control in the mutter. It was claimed by Messrs. Murfln and Plummer that purchasers of water rights unoer mo uarejr uci iiiiyo uv under tho Carey act have been caused Benous losses Because mo lanure m i-wn- structors to build ditches within the tlmo specified, prevented them from realizing on crops and consequently losing their land through inability to meet payments. The bill was Introduced recently In the senate by Senator Borah of Idaho, In whoso Btato many acres of land under the Carey act are located. Woman May Kilter. Tho Bureau of Immigration has finally decided not to deport Mrs. Anna Jellnek, mother of Joseph' nnd John Jellnek ot South Omaha. This action was taken through efforts of Representative Lobcck In Mrs. Jellnok's behalf, after a deporta tion order had been Issued. Mr. Lobeck indicated to tho department officials that adequate provisions would bo made by James Jellnek and others Interested in Omaha to prevent Mrs. Jellnek from be coming a public charge. Department Orders. Rural letter carriers appointed in Iowa: William B. Murphy at Correctlonvllle, B. W. Farrcll at Oskaloosa, Ernest Wicker j Nebraska: John Truax at Pleasanton. at Hcollar. Nebraska pensions: Delia Char, North I'OUP. SIS; Rosannah Van Cleave, Steele y. '" Hattle A. Funk, Lexington, 112; ha run u. uuntinger, Lincoln, Dorcas D. Joyner. Broken Bow. 112. The secretary of the interior has re versed tho decision ot the commissioner of tho land office In the case of James F. Roll, who has an additional homestead entry. Dr. V. L. Love has been appointed pen sion surgeon at Iowa City, la., on the recommendation ot Congressman Volt me r. PHILLIPS VOTERS' CHOICE FOR ALBION POSTMASTER ALBION, Neb., March 22. tSpoclal Tel-egram.)-S. D. Phillips received 2S7 votos In the primary held here today to deter mine the voters' choice for postmaster Other candidates received the following totals: Former State Senator James T. Brady, 176; J. W. Walllck, 162; Charles IS. Jones, 62; William B. Watson, 9. The Citizens' conference, & local poIltU cal organization, has named the following ticket for tho April city election: For mayor, E. J, Poynter; clerk, George Urowder; treasurer, W. S. Price; engineer, Frank M. Flllik; councllmen, J, A. 11 em Ing and S, J Ollverlus. Where a St, Patrick Is Needed Auto Dealer Bails Out Man Who Steals Shoes for His Child C. Q.Townsend of Ralston, who was ar rested Saturday night for taking a pair of baby shoes from the counter ot a de partment store, nnd upon being searched JlU-ttlC- Stf.tipJV. .produced JiUlCwtatUusd - boot, declaring ho could not soe his baby in need, was released on a cash bond of $10 Sunday -afternoon. E. R. Wilson of tho Wilson Auto company seeing tho story of tho affair in Sunday's paper appeared nt headquarters and dcsplto tho fact that ho had never seen tho fellow before fur nished the necessary cash. Townsend was too grAteful for word and Immedi ately left tho station for home. SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE Judge English Refuses to Set Aside Settlement with Cripple. BOY'S LAWYERS WILL APPEAL Determined to I'Mftbt to Finish to Kind Out Whether Trial May lie Avoided ! Payment Made In This Manner. Tho Nebraska supremo court is to have the final decision whether 7-year-old Ralph Moss, whose leg was cut off by a Missouri Pacific freight train, ahull havo the right to sue the railroad for damages. This announcement was made yesterday by attorneys for the boy, following the overruling by District Judgo KnglUh nf a motion to set aside a "settlement" by which tho boy's father was paid Jl.OOO by tho railroad's attorney, J, A, C Kennedy, to dismiss Ralph's suit In court. The high ccurt will be asked to say whether a railroad company may pay a parent for. dismissing his child's causo of action out of court without the knowledge of opposing attorneys. Kvldonco pre sented by M. L. Donovan and T. A. Don ohoe, Ralph's lawyers, indicated that this situation existed in his case. They may by appealing forfeit a JK0 fee which th'i Judge recognized ns due them from the railroad company. The next legul uiovo in Ralph's behalf will bo the filing of a motion for a new hearing, according to Attorney Donovan, who announced that tho caBu finally will go to tho supremo court. Tbo motion In district court will consumo several weeks more, and it Is expected that it will bo almosiTwo yearB from the tlmo the cas Is sent to the high court beforo a de cision will bo rendered. Ralph was in jured last November and was in a hos pital almost two months, whero his leg was twicn amputated. Dr. R. J. Connell, who pcrformud tho operations, called Ralph "tho pluckiest boy in Omaha," ana said his courage saved his life. So far. ho Iibh not art! flclal leg, but Is now able to hobblo about on crutchos. Mob Beats Troops to Negro in Alabama r 1 X rr. , . . . . . .... . iun, 4ia., jiarcu . w tine a company of militia was hurrying from Montgomery and beforo a sheriff's posso with Charles Young, a negro, could reach I this city, a mob tonight captured tho ' prisoner and lynched him. Young, accused ot assaulting an aged white woman today, was cornered near MnnWvllle Aln enrlv hl ..!., When news of the capture reached hero , r" 8,e? club gae ,rur fl0J.ect ,,ona a mob formed and met the posso. Int,ro eh0TUt' ond thrce "lecns by dlf- Young was hanged before the special rerent 0uet" made UP the members train bearing state troops reached here. of 11,0 c,ub' Ovor 300 attended the meet His alleged victim is In a critical condl. "ig and the Young Men's Christian as tlon. Her assailant, after robbing tho eoolatlon auditorium was packed. Last house, threw bloodhounds off the trail night the glee club appeared at various by tho uso of turpentine. I churches In the city. MOB PARADES FIFTH AVENUE Thousand Men and Women March for Miles Down Gotham Way. TRAFFIC HELD UP BY CROWDS Woman in Aatomalille Is Spat Upon ny Jtemlwr . ot Her Sex; L. 1 -,iAinonr- thr Idle Throne;. NEW rORK, March 22.-Undcr a silken black banner bearing In blood red letters tho Inscription, "Dciriollton" 1.000 men and women anarchists, tho unemployed, nnd members ot tho Industrial Workers ot tho World marched up Fifth avenuo for miles yesterday wthout waiting to ask the city authorities for tho permit 10 quired by ordinance. Clouds obscured thn sun and mado tho thoroughfare a canyon of gloom as tho "army," led by Alexander iBcrkmaii, swept northward unrestrained; It was not a symmetrical lino or 'formation. hut a boisterous, noisy crowd, that Jostled fashionably-clad womon and men from the sidewalks. Thero was no enforcing trnfflc rules. Automobile and trolley cars that tried to pass through the ranks were hold up, chauffeurs and motormeu being Intimidated. One woman In an automobile who got In the way was spat upon by a woman in tho parade. Thu marchora chunted hysterically nnd shouted epithets at tho constituted gov ernment. Told to Take "Theirs." This demonstration, regarded as one of the most extraordinary In the city's his tory, was followed by a mass meeting In tho streets near Union square whero the throng had" been denied tho right to gather, Tho wealth of tho nation was tho product of their toll, those gathered were told by thi speakers, nnd they should march forth Into Fifth uvenue. and upon church, and restaurant, and ' hotel, and shop, and tako what was I theirs. Emma Goldman, Carlo Tresca and Alexander Berkman were somo ot thoso wno exnorteu tho restless crowd. No apparent effort was mado by the police to prevent the march up Fifth avenue. A few detectives walked nt the front and droppod out, ono by one, to make reports by telephone to headquar ters. Meanwhile the inaroherB gutliered recruits as they proceeded. Parade Tarns Hast. At Ono Hundred and Seventh street the parade turned east and stopped, at the doors of the Francisco Ferrar asso ciation. There a dozen policemen won watting, but the croud wbb orderly and no nrrests were mado. Speakers an nounced that thoso of the unemployed who were homeless and hungry would be fed and sheltered for the night. Five squads of fifty men each entered the building and wero supplied with tobacco oh well as food. Others of the unem ployed wero cared for In lodging houses. Somo of tho Industrial Workers of the World leaders of the unemployed who havo been holding meetings In Rutgers square repudiated tonight connection with thoso who marched today. MONMOUTH COLLEGE GLEE CLUB SINGS AT Y. M. C. A. A concert of sacred music was given at tho Young Men's Christian association men's meeting yesterday afternoon by tho Monmouth College Glee club which lias been entertained in the city for tho lust few days. Rev, A. C. Douglass delivered ' ul ma Hieeuns. At., 1 I . . th. -.A ..I A I A I MONARCH SEEKS TO AVERT CIVIL WAR IN BRITAIN George Assumes Role of Peacemaker; in Effort to Prevent Trouble in Ulster. KING USING EVERY INFLUENCE Number of Resignations Believed to Have Crippled Army. LIBERALS FOR COURT-MARTIAL. Favor Summary Treatment of Offi ocrs Leaving Posts. QUITTERS ARE ARISTOCRATS Belong to Families Almost All with Covenanters. ASPECT OF BELFAST IS NORMAl Thlrty-Flvc Hundred voininrcrs Spend Tlnje Drllltnir, While Others Occupied In Tnritct 1 I'rnctlee. T.nvnoN. March 22. An official re port Issued tonight says that all proposed movements of troops In Ulster nao oecn carried out. "Theso movements." the report on tinucB, "were of a purely precautionary kind, with tho object of giving ndequato protection to tho depots of arms, am munition and Btorcn and other govern ment property against possible risks. Thcro has not been nnd Is not now any Intention to move troops into Ulster ex cept for theso and llko purposes." The conferences between King oeorgo Premier Asqulth and other ministers with reference to the Ulster situation con tinued all day. Winston Spancer Church- Ill, first lord ot tho admiralty, twice vis ited tho primo minister and Augustine Blrrcll. chief secretary for Ireland, like wise conferred with Premier Asqulth. Colonel Socly, secretary of state for war. had a long audlonco with tho king, while Prcmer Asqulth and Field Marshal Sir John French, chief of the general staff, spent an hour at Buckingham pal ace, after tho prime minister had been, visited by tho archbishop of Canterbury, head ot the English church, Tho situation today seemed less alarm ing, tho public being inclined to wait with patlcnco thn expected statement in tho House of Commons tomorrow regard ing the movement of troops in Ulster and the resignations of officers. Lord Charles Berreaford, a strong ad- Uho-preaa -aaiu!l .1 iVri. - '7 know for a fact that many navai officers, including those of high rank and some of the best men We possess will rc- sign their commissions If ordered to tako part In tha coercion o( Ulster or even It the army alone Is utilized for that put pose." ' Lord Charles Berresford contends that the argument that the officers and men who refuse to coerce Ulster might rcfuto in the future to participate in the quell ing of riots, does not hold good, there being no comparison, ho says, between civil war and riot. Speaking at a nationalist demonstra tion at alasgow today, t Joseph Devlin, M. P., for Belfast, said the Irish party never had asked for an army in Ulster. If the government felts its duty to sco to It that law nnd order wore preserved In tho face of threats, the responsibility was the government's. It thero should be riot and disorder the responsibility was not the nationalists. LONDON, March 22. King George as sumed tho roje of peacemaker today In an effort to provent threatened troublo In Ulster. Just what tho result of the king's con ciliatory move will be is a matter of conjecturo tonight, but it Is known that the king Is using every influence to avert bloodshed In the Ulster controversy. He had ''long conferences with 'the prime minister, Mr. Asqulth, the secretary Of state for war, Colonel Seely and sev eral other high officials, and afterward summoned Field JTarshal Lord "tloborts. The latter has been criticised by tho lib erals for utterances which they construed encouraging to those officers who 1 linvn reslirneil from their reirlments j From tho palaco the veteran field mar- (Continued on Pago Two.) Modern merchandising Forty years ago our wants wero comparatively few and tho means of gratifying them cor respondingly scarce. Hats woro hats, shoes wero shoes, and clothes wero clothes In theso' days. Requirements today are much more complex, our needs uro multiplied. So that it is not enough to make up our minds to buy a new hat or a new pair of shoes or a now suit of clothes. Style, quality, service, and many other essentials occupy our minds now, when we feel the need of purchasing any thing. Newspaper advertising has opened our eyes to the need and to the distinct advantage of being Informed. And retailers In their con stant striving to please and to create new business are dally telling of the merits of their wares In the columns of de pendable newspapers like The Dee. Keep up with the times. Don't neglect your newspaper.