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Drawn For The De The boat ewepaper artists of ths Mtry coatiibat Uetr beet wert for Bee trader. rw .tun Omaha Daily Bee THF. WEATKEB Cloudy VOL. XI. i v. so. u-2. OMAHA, TIltKSDAY MOKNIXU, PECEMliKU 24, lf14. TWKLVK PA(JrX On Trains and at STotel Rtws Standi, Be SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. ARIZONA DESERTS TURNED INTO A SEA BY MIGHTY FLOODS Torrential Rains Cover Wastes of American Sahara with Lakes of Water. MUCH PROPERTY IS DESTROYED Several Lives Lost and Hundred of Cattle Drowned in Unpreced ented Deluge. MANY PEOPLE ARE RESCUED Five Persons Taken from Windmill on Which They Seek Refuge. SOLDIERS AT NOCO SUFFERING Tracks Are Washed Ont nnd Trains Delayed at Different Points la Region "went by Drrnrh Ins; storms. TUCSON. Ariz., Deo. 2t-Torrents of rain falling almost continuously since Saturday last have flooded vest areas in thla seotlon of Arizona. The Panta Crui river, ordinarily a dry bed, was a roaring water course & mile and a half wide to day. Many houses and stores along its banks were wrecked or washed away, although no Uvea were reported lost. The desert aountry between this city and Phoenix is a veritable sea. The Santa Cms river sMrts this city and the swollen stream, invading build ings of all descriptions, drove many per sons to the roofs. Two Mexicans were reported drowned. Rescued from Windmill. A tract of 30,000 acrps. developed by a farm syndicate of Chicago which in vested $2,000,000, was Inundated. IUU road men rescued five persons in this section who had climbed ' a windmill tower to escape the waters. A relief train was sent out this after noon with doctors and medical and other supplies to make Its way as far as it could in the floodswept region. The Benson division of the Southern Pacific railroad was washed out at sev eral points. Last night's train from Nogales has not arrived, being stalled at some point still unascertained, because the telegraph wires are down. Tho j southern Paciric main line, however, re. malned open. Itandreda of Cattle Drown. PHOENIX, Aria.. Dec. 23.-8everal hun dred head of cattle were drowned last night in floods caused by the heaviest ralna In the history of this section . of Artsona. One rancher alone lost a herd Of 100 head. ' Trafflo between phoenix and Florence j was suspended today en account of washed-out roads and bridges. The ca nals of the Halt River Valley Irrigation works have been seriously damaged. The Bait river, Gila and Santa Crus rivers have reached the highest levels ever recorded. The prospects today are for more rain. Nogalis, town on the border was isolated today by the heavy rains. Wires were down for several hours. Tho United States army forces at Naco Buffered considerably. A cavalry trooper waa reported drowned. Fire Inches of Rain. DOUGLAS, Ariz., Dec. 2X-Five inches of rain, which fell in four days, have caused the greatest flood damage recorded in thla section In recent years. Rail roads in tlii sido of the border and in Sonora have suffered considerably. Tracks and bridges have been washed out The El Taso & Southwestern rail road waa among the roads whose service waa badly crippled today. Sveral hun dred feet of track and several bridges on the Naooaarl railroad of Sonora were deaeroyed by the Hoods. Fort Huachuca. an American army post, was completely rut off from rail and wire communication. From Blsbee came reports of serious damage, due to the flooding of business houses situated in the low lying dis tricts between the hills. MANEUVERS IN THE WAR GAME French captive balloon ascending to observe the German positions near Metz. r ' . vV; . , -. . .. V - .- j v a . . .-v i : -. ? . ., i .. , . j :,; - ; : y ,'. -. J 1 . ' N f . s ' , . ' . y.i , - -.; .'-..'..:." i . B . :m ' 4 - , . ft lit : t&Ly-.. - -. aalsWsaMsaWjswaaspwwmajMsjss ''mmmmmmmmmmmmKmmmmmmmmmmmigBmmim 'FIGHT OF BELGIANS ! FOR NATIVE LAND IS TOLD BY KING j Monarch Without a Realm Describes l Stand of Soldiers to Associated Press. President of China Resumes Annual Worship of Heaven at Winter Solstice MRS. YETTER TELLS STORYJTO COURT Wife of Former Omaha Man Denies All Charges Made in Petition' -for Divorce. . WORRIED OVER HIS BUSINESS She "ays He Freqorntly Worked Till After Mldnlaht ulua Over Of fice Papers Mrs. flute Also Denies Charges Ploaeed of '49 Dead. NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-Mark Birming ham, a polneer of '49, long a resident of California and since identified with gold end silver mining interests In Mexico, died here today as the result of a para lytic stroke. Mr. Birmingham was born in Montgomery county, this state. He was prominent In Masonic circles. The Weather KANSAS CITY, Mo, Deo. 23.-(Special Telegram.) Mrs. Bcna Yetter of Omaha took the stand in her own defense thia forenoon and made a general denial of the "Incltunlty" charges upon which her hushaml, William 1j. Yetter. president of the Yetter Wall Paper company of Kan sas City and Omaha, is seeking a divorce. Judge Seehorn announced this morning that tho case would havo to finished to day. Mrs. .Yetter denied that .she. was. cold and Indifferent during the three weeks' honeymoon to Colorado. Khe said ahe did not repulse Mr. Yetter continually. Worries Over Business. The defense outlined by Mrs. Yetter's testimony was to the effect that Mr. Yetter's present nervous condition was due to the strain of business and worry over financial affairs and not to the- rigor of domestic regulations, alleged to have been prescribed by Mrs. Yetter. Mr. V niter often stayed up until 12 and 1 o'clock at night, working over his papers and business matters, Mrs. Yetter COREYFOR ATTORNEY SWAIN FOR. MARSHAL Senator Hitchcock Endeavors to De 1 liver Christmas Present of J Two Nebraska Jobs. , INTERVIEWED AT THE FRONT Sovereign Directing Operations of ! Men from Old Flemish Town Hall Under Shell Fire GRATEFUL TO THE AMERICANS Ruler Asks Correspondent to Convey Gratitude for Food for People. HIS SUBJECTS ARE COURAGEOUS They Are. Too Democratic, llaiTfr, fnr Desrtpltne Prevailing In Conscript trmlei off I Uarour. i UKA.NL UKADylAJtTKitS Ol T1IK !llN OF TUW HK.UilANH, IN WF.ST J KLAN'PKlte. Belgium. Sunday. Dec. 30. I (Via London i, Dec. S3 In the council j chamber of an ancient Flemish town hall. from which he Is directing, under German xliell fire, the resistance of his war-worn little army, blocking the road to Dunkirk nnd Calais, King Albert of the Belgians ! today told the Associated Tress of the Htand Ills soldiers are making against the (ierman Invaders. The king's headquar ters la located on one nf the remaining dry areas of that small coi ner of Belgium I left under his rule. I King Albert also requested the Associ ated Press to convey to the people of the I I'nited States his iKc gratitude for their efforts to feed his subjects now under j Cerman military rule. Monarch la Alone. The inonaiH li was alone when the cor respondent was admitted to the council chamber, not evun an aide being presnnt. Tho king's tall, angular, Lincoln-like form was clothed in the simple undress uniform of a general of artillery, which was without Insignia, beyond braided shoulder straps, to distinguish him from a staff officer. Physically King Albert look hardened, but lines of care show In his otherwise youthful tace. In manner he is decidedly shy and he apologized for his English, whli h, however, was very fluent. The light from a smoky oil lamp barely pene trated the recesses of the great beamed hall, from the walls of which empty picture frames stared down. PEKINil. China. Iec. Zl. - President Yuan Shi Kal at sunrlso today appeared before the Altar of Heaven In the Chi nese city and revived the worship of heaven at the winter solstice, n olv servance neglected since the passing of the Manchu dynasty in PM 1. in this the president of the republic look upon him self a function and rite which In the past always has been reserved to the em peror of China in his capacity of 'Tien Tss," or Hon of Heaven. The president today worshiped at the famous circular altar, the most Important of all Chinese religious structures. It Is located in a sacred park, three miles from the palace of the emperor, and la surrounded by sacred buildings. This altar formerly was regarded In China as the center of the universe. Yuan Sbl Kal submitted a Mil to the Chinese administrative council In Janu ary of this year, prescribing the wor ship of heaven and of Confucius for the president of China, and the measure waa passed by the council. This act waa re garded as tantamount to establishing a state religion for China. During the de liberations of the council It was set forth that the president of the republic, should worship at the Temple of Confucius and at the Temple of Heaven annually, as had been the custom of the Chinese em peror. Today's function appears to be a carrying out of the purposes then set forth. DOESN'T KNOW THE OUTCOME Hasn't Heard Word as to the Prob ability that th Names Will Be Bent to Senate by the Administration. (Continued on Page Four, Column Four.) Forecast till 7 p. m. Thursdaw For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity -Unsettled, probably snow. Tessperatare at Ouaain Teterday Hour. Deg. t a. m 14 S a. m 12 7 a. m it 8 a. m 14 S a. m 14 ! 10 a. m IS 11 a. m 10 12 m 23 1 p. m 2." 2 p. m 15 s p. m y 4 p. in - 1 6 p. m 27 1 6 p. m 2 7 p. in 2s ; Si. in 26 1 Comparative 2,ocal Rrrorl. as Grandmother Shot on Charge of Stealing' Man's Affections CHICAGO, Dec. 23. Mrs. Katherine Spring, 39 years old and a grandmother, was shot three times and probably fatally wounded today by Mrs. Klizabeth Iorter, who accused her of having won the af fections of her husband, William" G. Por ter, manager of a large railway supply house. Mrs. Porter telephoned the police what she hsd done,' but fled before they arrived to the home of friends, who took her to the police station in their auto mobile. Bhe said Mrs. Spring promised her in the summer she would keep away from Mr. Porter, but she found letters In her mail box yesterday morning widen Porter had written to tho woman. "r'he denied the charges I made against her. and when she smiled in my face I shot her," Mrs. Porter told the police. Highest yesterday Ijowe&t veaterdav . Mean temperature 1!H4. Wi. 1912. 1911. 2X .11 44 3T 12 1 26 16 :ui -Jji I'reuipitatlon 00 .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal temperature IWlclency for the day 6 Total excess since Murch 1 as? Normal precipitation n;j nch reflciency for the dav 03 nch Total rainfall since March 1. .. .23. 7 Inches IXtciency since March 1 3.22 inches Ispflclency for cor. period 1MI3.. 6.M inches deficiency for cor. period lail . 4 OS Inches Reperts froaa Stations at T P. If. Btatloa and Btats of Weather. Cheyenne, clear Davenport, cloudy .. Denver, part cloudy , Des Moines, cloudy Ornaha, clear Itapid City, clear fhertdan. cloudy iou City, clear .valentine, clear Temp. High- Rain- 7 p. in. est. tali 2 n 34 24 32 34 ) t4 40 2 44 21 i 42 40 U 38 .0) .oo .00 .04 .00 .u .00 .00 WELSH. Local Forecaster. Posse Seeks Murderer in New York State NKW BOCHKLLK, N. V., Dec. Posses of citizens and deputy sheriffs, hearching with poli'-e dogs during the nieht the field and woods of Kant Ches ter for the murderer, Charles Record, had uncovered no trail of the criminal this forenoon, but continued the hunt during the day. Although the pockets of the slain man, containing M, were un touched, the motive impelling the murder was robbery,' It is thought, and the quick approach of a trolley car frightened away the assailant before he coud rob the vic tim. Record, a wealthy farmer, was shot to death as he sat in his wagon. Farmers living near by said they heard three shots. . (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. (Special Tel egram.) Having developed the recom mending bacillus In the case of John C. Byrnes of Columbus for collector of in ternal revenue, Senator Hitchcock waa "stung" today and at the suggestion of Attorney General Gregory to clean up his slate recommended for appointment Mer ton T. Corey- of Clay county for United States district attorney and J. B. Swain of Greeley for United States marshal. "These positions are a yesr. overdue, said Senator Hitchcock. "At the sugges tion of the attorney general I have made my recommendations for two of the most Important ' places 'In the federal service, dlatrtet attorney . and marshal. , In the light of other . recommendations I can not know their fate. Of course I would like to havo 'their names sent to the senate." . , ' ' Wyoming a Protest. On February S the federal reserve board wjll hear the protest of Omaha and banks In Wyoming against being placed In the Kansas City district and In favor of being connected' with the Chicago district. This Information Senator. Hitchcock re ceived today.. Who .will, represent tho protesting banks in the Tenth district who want to be associated with Chicago and against their present classification Senator Hltchcpck stated.' he could not say, but he presumed a delegation from Omaha and other . protestants would be on hand to make their protest felt. HIp-HapplnaT at Florence. Representative Lobeck took up with Colonel Harry Taylor, U. S. A., assistant chief of engineers in charge of river and (Continued on Page Two, Column Two") Banker is Charged With Taking Sixty Thousand Dollars LA K K CHAHI.K3, I.a., Dec. Percy L. .awrence, president of the First Na tional bank of Crowley, I.a , was indicted last night by a federal grand Jury, on a charge of embezzlement of funds if the bank approximating KAQ40. tie w.i ! placed under 110,000 bond by Judge Boar- man. Can't Kven Get Frames. When the king saw the eyes of the correspondent fixed on these blank spaces where afew months ao Invaluable Flem ish canvas bung ha smiled and said he no longer expected the ermana to even be In a position to take the frames. Modestly ho praised the courage of his soldiers, speklng of them as great kindli nessas though he were talking about his own children. "I believe," he said, "my army Is courageous. My people, however, are too democratic for the same discipline that prevails in the conscript European armies. You will see something of tho bravary of my people when tomorrow you shall have the chance to witness tho peasants working their fields under shell fire, con cerned only for the losses of their homes, the destruction of which causes them great grief." Esssgi Food la ftlaht. When Edgar Sengeer, Belgian attache to the American commission for tho re lief of Belgians, entered and presented King Albert with a report from the com mission showing that enough food was In sight to feed his people until Febru ary 12, the kind turned quickly to the cor respondent, saying: "Will you be kind enough to convey to the American people my deep gratitude." Germans Urged to Live on Vegetables AMSTEKDAM (via London), Dec. a The Vosslsche Zeltung of Berlin print an appeal signed by leading German profes sors of political economy which urges Germans to live on vegetables and rye bread, leaving meat, white bread and del icacies for the sick and wounded. "England wants to starve us and wa must, therefore, do everything possible to economize in the use of our food." ARMY AEROPLANE WRECKED, OBSERVER IS INJURED OCEANFIDK, Cal.. Dec. 23. Lieutenant Ralph Holllday, observer on the United States army scouting aeroplane which left Los Angeles for San Diego today, waa aliuhtlv iniured near here, when the i midline, niloted by Lieutenant J. C. Morrow, was wrecked In landing. Holll day was badly cut about the head and face. Morrow eacaped with a few bruises. The machine was badly wrecked. The National Capital Wednesday, December 2ft, 114. Francis Joseph Is Reported Dying BOMi:, Dec. 23. A rumor is in circula tion here that Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary Is dying. Tho report has it that the emperor-king has received the last sacraments. Met at noon. Lands committee closed public, hear- Illlfta Oil wiirrrmvi wim mi,,. Senator Newlanda spoke on his 4an to I co-ordinate liver and harbor linprove j ments Into broad national plan of devel i opment. Aeiournel at 1:10 p. m. to noon, De cember i".'- The Ifonse. Met at noon. Colorado officials urged lands (xinunit tee to create a Kocky Mountain national park. Adjourned at 12:M p. m. until noon, December 23. HALL RENOMINATED FOR COMMERCE COMMISSION WASHINGTON. Dec. . -President Wilson today renominated Henry Clay Hall of Colorado Springs, Colo., to be Interstate commerce commissioner. HOOKKKKPKB, CBKDIT MAN. with wholesale experience; this position is with sn old. reliable Omaha firm, is a good connection and worth in vestigating. Tor farther information about this opportunity, see the Want Ad seoUoa of today's Bee. FRANCE Y0TE8 NEAR 2 BILLIONSFOR WAR Parliament .Grants Appropriation of Seventeen Hundred Millions for Six Months' Budget. SESSION NOT SO EMOTIONAL General Joffre allows Deputies Serrtnc In Army nt Front Further Leave of A hsence. PA BIS, Dec. 23. The Chamber of Dep uties voted unanimously today an appro priation of 8,500.111,(00 francs ill. 700,000,000) to cover the expense of the next six months. Including the cost of the war. Today's sitting of Parliament was lean emotional and more business like than the opening session yesterday. In the Chamber of Deputies nearly all the mem bers were present and they cast their votes with little discussion and without a murmer of dissent. Although the vot ing urns were passed around, their use was unnecessary, since all parties were of a single mind concerning the necessity of providing the government with the means of carrying on the war. Vote were cast by 601 deputies of the total membership of W7. The session lasted only a half hour. It was announced that General Joffre had granted a further leave to the deputies serving with the army, who will not bs required to rejoin the rnnka until three days after the termination of the usual January session. The senate thia evening passed unani mously the appropriations previously voted by the Chamber of Deputies, Teuton Troops Again Invading Angola, in -Portuguese Africa LISBON, Dee. Vla Paris.) The Germans again have Invaded Angola, Portuguese -West Africa. The fact waa announced In the Chamber of Deputies by the minister of colonies, who said the Germane had made a fresh attack on the military post at Naulila, In the providence of Angola. The commander, Colonel Bocadas, the minister stated, had only a small force at, his disposal and retreated In order to obtain re-lnforcemeiils with which to drive out the Oermans. Futher details of the affair, the min ister said, were lacking. The first Invasion or Angalo occurred late in October, according to reports from Laurence Marques, nasi Africa, when a small party of German cavalry arrived at Naulila and asked for an Interview with the commander. A fight occurred, ac cording to reports, Juriug which three Germans were killed before the party re tired, Berlin, however, has denied that such an Incident occurred. Reports from Lisbon show that 3,000 men were sent from Portugal to Its weet African colony In September and October and that in Novemlier the country was preparing to send 4.000 addition troops there. The Portuguese activity was caused by reports that Germany had armed great numbers of the natives and had placed Uiem under the training of German officers. Proposed Business Cruise to Southern Continent Given Up BALTIMOBE, Md., Dec. 23-The pro posed cruise to South America of the steamship Finland under the auspices of a local financial Institution has been abandoned. The reasons advanced waa that the merchants, manufacturers and bankers of the country apparently are not ready at thla time to take advantage of the opportunity to begin a campaign for a trade conquest of the Latin-American countries. The enterprise was extensively adver tised, but owing to the limited time in which to prepare for it, the business In terests who were depended upon largely to support It could nut. It was said today, make the necessary arrangements. The Finland was scheduled to sail from here January 29 next. The Day's War News In Ihe whole courso of the war thus far, covering nearly five months, few occasions have been marked by such a ronfualon of claims and conflict of movements as the present. In the west, where the allies recently were everywhere on the offensive, they are now confronted at points with severe German attacks, compell ing; them to defend their own po sitions. In tho east as well the situation la changing; swiftly. The Germans who for a time were able to push forward swiftly, are now meeting with determined re sistance from their antagonists In their new positions. The latest official communica tion from Petrograd In the same breath admits that the Russians have been compelled to retreat from some positions and states that the German attacks have been repulsed everywhere, with heavy losses to the invaders. Ger many and Austria continue to as sert that Important successes are being achieved. One of the great battles of the war Is In progress thirty miles west of Warsaw, and meanwhile the Russian forces to the north are pushing Into Ger many, presenting tho possibility of a flanking movement which will menace the main army of Marshal Von Illndcnburg. It is announced in Lisbon that German forces have Invaded the province of Angola, Portuguese . West Africa. A German Invasion was said to have been defeated In October, although this report waa denied In Berlin. ALLIES MAKING SLIGHTPROGRESS French War Offioe Tells of Ad vances at Some Points on the West Line PARTIAL DEFEAT AT B0REUTLLES Statement Hays It Waa Not Possible to Itelaln Entirely All the Po Itltns t'aptared Mon day Morning. PA BIS. Dec. 23 The announcement given out by the French war office this afternoon reports slight progress on tho northern end of the allied line In France and Belgium. Fog caused a slackening of the fighting near Arras. Advances are claimed near Perthes-LeK-Hurlus, where German machine guna were captured and where progress or the driving back of counter attacks is reported near Beaus Jor, and In the forest of I.arurle. Near boureullles, however, the French ap parently lost to the Germans. The text of the communication follows: "Teetcrday In Belgium we made slight progress between the sea and the high way from Nleuport to Weatende, as well as In the region between Steenstrawo and Blxschoote, where we ocmupled a forest, some houses and a redoubt. "To the east of Bethune, working In conjunction with the British army, we recaptured the village of Glvenchy-Les-La Bassee, which had been lost to us. "In the region of Arras a heavy fog made it necessary for both the enemy and ourselves to lessen our activities. GIANT ARMIES 111 DEAD LOCK NOW ON THREE RIVERS Desperate Fighting: Continues All Along: Eighty-Mile Front in Russian Poland. RUSSIAN FRONT STRAIGHTENED Petrograd Report Contradicts Berlin Stories of Strategio Victories . at Several Points. GERMANS ARE MOVING WEST Rumors that Big Advance Movement Under Direction of the Kaiser is Planned. CHRISTMAS LULL IS EXPECTED It la Generally nelleved There Will Br, Little FIsThtlnc for the Neat Theree Days Censors Will Take Vacation. BULLETIN. LONDON, Dec 23. In a dispatch from Cologne the correspondent ol the Central News says that Broperor William, with his entire staff, reached Cologne today from Berlin on his way to the western battle front. LONDON. Dec. 23. The eighty mile front In Russian Poland to the west of Warsaw, where the Germans and Russians are at grips on the banks of the Dzura, Rawka and Pl llca rivers, continues to be the scene of the roost desperate fighting In either the eastern or western areas of the war. When the weather condition! un der which the troops are fighting are recalled the sufferings of the men In trenches may to some extent be ap preciated. The country la experi encing the full force of winter. Each side has sustained tremendous losses In this battle of the rivers, and al though the Germans claim to have forced the Russians at a number of points. It Is nevertheless a fact, ac cording to reports reaching London, that Jhe .Russian front ,.naa,;. been straightened out and it is difficult to visualise which contender has The strategic advantage. Germans Moving; West. Again there coma trickling through from Holland reports of vast movements of German forces from the east and west. A dispatch, reaching here from Amsterdam, says that thousands of Ger man troops have passed through Alx la Chapelle toward northern France. This activity may be tho forerunner of a re newed Oerman offensive In the western arena under the eyes of Emperor Wil liam, or it may simply be intended to offset reinforcements Groat Britain has been throwing lately Into the French field of hostilities. As the situation ap pears to stand today, the allies In Franca and Belgium continue mora on the of fensive than defensive and every day shows slight gains to their credit. Christina I. nil Expected. It Is beileved that notwithstanding the failure of the plan for aa armistice over Christmas, some sort of a luU will set In on Christmas day itself. Christmas senti ment Is deep in the men's hearts. The London newspapers have decided unanimously not to publish on Christmas day, and the official press bureau will suspend Its activities from the afternoon of December 24 until the evening of De cember 25. Thousands of tons of Christ mas presents havo been sent to all the fronts. The distribution and enjoyment of these gifts is another argument for the probable suspension of hostilities wherever this Is possible. (Continued on Puge Two, Column Two.) Britain Will Pay for Damage Caused by Bombardment LONDON. Dec. 23.-The British govern ment has decided to Indemnify from their Imperial funds those who suffered bodily or property loss aa a result of the recent German naval raid on the coast towns of rirarhorough, Whitby, llurtlepool and West Hartlepool. A German cruiser squadron appeared off the east coast of England on the morning of December IS and, on running down the roast, shelled Hartlepool and West Hartlepool and Whitby and far borough. I'pward of PA persons were killed and from 'M to 'M others were Injured. Great .damage was Uoua to projert Gutierrez Said to Have Quit Capital BAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Dec. 23 That Provisional President Kululio Gutlcrrex had riult Mexico City, due to differences between hlin and Fellppe Angeles and followers nf y.niiutn un- -...,. r,..1 to T. B. Beltrun, local constitutional con sul. The message saiil the capital was governed by a committee composed equally of Villa and Zapata adherents, nn.l L. i. 1. , , ma., oiiutiiir ruviNionai president would b aoiVcted January 30. MEXICAN IS HANGED BY MOB AT 0AKVILLE, TEX. BAN ANTONIO, Teg., Doc. 23.-A Mex lean said to have been the slayer of Harry liinton. Jailor at Oakvllle. Tex., was lynched near that town today, according to a message received here. It was said that many shots were fired into his body as It hung susiended from a tree. Three members of his family were given until nightfall to get out of the country. An other Mexican confined In the Oakvllle Jail, charged with complicity In the liin ton killing, was threatened with violence and the Jail guard was increased fur his giirotecUoa, the messago stated. Bank of Germany Cuts Discount Rate B LIB LIN (Via London), Dee. 83. -The rate of discount of the Imperial Bank of Germany was reduced today to t per oent. Thla puts the rate of discount back to what it was July 31, previous to the out break of hostilities In Europe. A Little Sunshine No matter if you are a busy man or a busy woman ami you have no time to "bask iu the sunlight." Whether yours be a room with northern, eastern or western exposure, be sure that the sun can and DOES get in. It BELONGS there. It brings health with it. You can find a sunlit room if you'll answer the "Fur nished Rooms" ads in The Bee. ,: Telephone Tyler 1000 THE OMAHA BEE Enrjbvdy Rtad s Want Ad '