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The Omaha Daily Bee DACK again: Tne Katz en jammers Ertry Sunday in Tit Bee THE WEATHER. " Cloudy VOL. XUV NO. 1SG. OMAHA, THUIISDAY MOKNINO, .TANUAKY 21, 19l&-TWEr.iVE PAGES. Oa Train snd at Cotsl Ww Btana. 5 SINGLE COPY. TWO CENTS. SLASH IN SALARIES RESULT OF MEETING OF THE FAIR BOARD . Secretary Stipend and Pay cf Members tf the Executive Boird Are Cut mt the Annual Meeting. ROBERTS HEADS THE BODY Fremont Man Elected President and and W. R. Mellor Re-Elected Secretary. MANY MEETINGS ARE HELD (From a Staff Corf spondYnt.) LINCOLN. Jan. 80. (Special.) Economy ruled at a meetins of the state board of agriculture today when the salary of the board secretary was cut from $3,000 to 12, BOO and the rtipend of member of the executive boar4, governing the state j fair and all superintendents of depart ments of the fair were placed on a bisls of $4 per day of actual service together j with . hotel bills and traveling expense. The change was effected on a report' of the special committee to revlrs the, rules governing the board, the reeom-. mendatlon being that the secretary's sal-. mxy be cut tsoo a year and that of each ! member of the board of managers from ! 30O to $200 and the tresejrer from 13i0 to $.m Action as finally taken was on a mo tion by Secretary Mellor that the per diem seal be fixed. The change applies to all connected with the Board . of Agriculture drawing over W a day, except the secretary, whose salary will bo at the reduced fig ure of $.600. In view o the small balance of S2.0tK in the treasury, because of unfavorable years to the fair. It was decided to discontinue the publicity bureau as now conducted. The statutes imposo upon the fetate Board of Agriculture tho task of advertising tho otate, however, and thi board decided to Risk the legislator to appropriate $,000 for the blcnnlum, cr 3,0C) a year to psy publicity expenses. Practical j-.ianlmity prevailed on the salary reduction feature. ; Officer elected for ;ho etiHuir J ertr are: President Joseph ilooeiti,. Fremont. First Vice President T. A. id. is, Or0 Second Vice Presid 2n. X. M. Wi-.cott, Central Cf.y. Treasurer Ocorge v. l)lokmn, Sewtrd. Secretary W. R. Millrr. lanco'ii C. H. Rudge retired wji.i the board of managers because of lines in Ms family that, he said, would make it linpoxs'ble .for blm to give his atter.t.on to the sir longer. Peter Yountfern was Te-eicfd after thirty years' service, But l.o deJartd that he would be unable to serve longest The three lew mem-..ns elected were: J. McArdle of Douglas county, wHitiom . James' of Dorchester .tod Gev.'ge Jac.fn f Nuckolls, speaker ..f the house of representatives. Th 'meetings of organised agriculture were well, under way today with sessions being "TieldT ar the state farm, several thousand farmers being In Lincoln. Bes '' sions tomorrow will be devoted to cattle breeders and Friday to the rural schools. Tonight a banquet, in which all aeso, elation joined, was held at the Lindell hotel. Armenian Refugees in Miserable Plight BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 20. The condl ' tion of 100,000 Armenians who havo mi grated from Turkish territory to Rus sian Transcaucasia Is . described as de plorable In a cablegram from the central committee for Armenian relief at Tltlls received today by Miran Sevasly. chair man of the Armenian national defense committee. The message was authorized by Oathollcos Bouranlan, primate, of thi Armenian church, and bore the signa ture of Bishop Mesrop. It read: "A a result of the war with Turkey, about 100.000 Armenians have migrated to tho Caucasus to save themselves. The situation is extremely deplorable. Many mr dying from cold and hunger. In or der to save our people from ruin great assistance is necessary. In the name of these martyrtv wo beg you to organise for collections of money. Address con tributions to Thourinoff, director of the Bank of Commerce, Tlfils." The Weather Toreeast till 7 p. m. Thursday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Partly cloudy; not much change in temperature. Tossperatares la Omaha Yesterday. Hour. Dec, 6 a. m.. ( a. in.. 7 a. in.. 8 a. ni.. t a. in-. 10 a. m.. 11 a. m.. 12 m 1 p. m.. i p. in.. 3 p. in.. p. in.. 6 p. in.. p. ni.. 7 p. in., t p. m.. ..13 ...12 ...13 ...13 ...IS ...16 ...17 ...17 ...17 ...19 ...1 ...18 ...17 ...1 ...li ...H Comparative Loral HrcorS. 1H. 1S13. 1!12. Highest yesterday la 37 14 IT, Lowest yesterday 12 IX I 1 ITDlJat . r."'.".".-.-. T .S .oSi'iJ'r-. ''oe.. Temperature and precipitation depar tures iruiii me normal; Normal temperature 4 7JJ .02 inch Ml inch W 1 nc nes Iieftciency I6r the day Total excess since March 1..., iNormal precipliation 'Ieflclency for the ilay Total rainfall wince March 1... Iieftciency since March 1 Bleflc.ency for cor. period. I!S At7 inches 5. .'4 Inches iJcftciency fur cor. period, liJ.. 4.( Inches Stssvorta frM Stalloas at T P. M. Station and Mate Temp. High- Kin of Weather. 7 p. in. ett. fall. neyenne, paniy ciouay..:4 D.aveiiport. clear..... 1 Eenver. clear 41 Jes Moines, clear 12 !odse City, clear k ander, clear 3k Morth Platte cloudjv. 2H Omaha, partly cloudy 15 Pueblo, clear Rapid City,- nno Is Halt Lake City, clear Bant a Ke, clrar 2N hheridan, snow $2 HIous City, clear 12 Valentine, cloudy 14 44 .no 24 .02 i2 .00 ID .01 50 .0 54 .00 .01 IS T 56 . 24 .18 34 .i SH .00 40 .14 It) . T IS .0 X indicates trace of precipitation. i A. W&LSH. Local t forecaster. "ON GUARD" This tiny chap is allowed to mount guard daily and march up and down on a sentry post outside the Palace of the Crown Prince in Berlin. 11 : .t&fif-' F ADMITS FORGERY ANDKILLS SELF Distiller Negotiates Bogus Receipts and Commits Suicide When Un-" ; "able to Take; Them Up. HE ' IMPLICATES CHICAGO MAN i CHICAGO, Jan. 20. -Charles Ledowsky, president of the Fox River Distilling com pany of Chicago, whose name has been mentioned in connection with tho alleged forged . warehouse receipt of R. E. Wathen & Co. of Ixiulsville, committed suicide by shooting on a rdllroad train entering Chicago toJay. Ledowsky was on a Michigan Central train from Syracuse. He ' telegraphed ahead to a Chicago undertaker, request ing him' to. meet the train and take his body, as he Intended to do away with himself. An Involuntary petition In bankruptcy was filej against Lodowsky's company last Monday, scheduling assets of $KO,000, against liabilities of nearly $300,000. Attorney Sidney stein, representing Lodowsky's creditors, stated that Led owsky had confessed to him that he had forged warehouse re-elpts for whisky valued at $.To,Ooo to :wo,ooo and disposed of them through banks which he victim ised. ( Stein "said that he discovered the for geries while acting for his clients. Two Chicago tanks were the principal losers. When Ledowsky found that he could not meet the demands of the banks he left the city. Stein said. This was a few days before tho bankruptcy proceedings. Btein declined to name the banks con. I cerne d. The bankruptcy preceding were before Judge Landis in the I'nlted .states court. He appointed the Central Trust company receiver. In the confession, which Sleln mado public. Ledowsky speaks of forgeries on R. E. Wathen & Co., distillers of Louis ville, and names a busines man of Chi cago as being tho only person besides himself who knew that they were fraud ulent. Text of CoafeMloa. The confession, dated January 13, reads! "To whom it may concern: I, Charles Ledowsky, by my. own free will, here vith declare that 1 am the sole maker of all warehouse recetts signed R. E. Wathen & Co. or I'oyntx Bros, company. (Continued on Pagu Two7"Coiumn Two.) Kentucky Night Riders Whip Girl LKICHKIELD. Ky.. Jan. Ji.-NUiht lust night visiiea inc nume oi Miles tuvall, near here, uuring the absence of the family, seixed his daughter, Nellie, 19 years old. aud flogged her severely. A physician pronounced her - injuries not serious. Three men have been arrested and placed In JalL . WILSON MAKES SLATE FOR TRADE COMMISSION WASHINGTON. Jan. 20-WIlliani H. Parry of Seattle, Wash., Joseph, E. Davles of Wisconsin, now commissioner of corporations; K. N. Hurley of. Chi cago, -George F. Peabody of New York and a man from the south, were on Presi dent Wilson's slate for appointment to the new feleral trade commission. It was expected the nominations might go to the senate this week. Mr. Parry Is a progreshive republican; Davles, Hurley and Peabody are democrats. f I ' ! t : i V t ' - 0I.H.S. - ii i m i "' ' ' II 14 4 ' AJ r AK-SAR-BEN BOARD iS MOST HAPPY SET Pleased with Report for Last Year and Joyful Over Prospects for - the Coming Year. DEN IS NOW BEING ENLARGED The dates for ths 1915 Ak-Sar-Uen car nival are soon to be decided upon. At a full board meeting of the governors Tues day night at the Omaha club dates for the carnival were discussed, and the matter was referred ' to the amusement committee, to be reported upon at the next meeting in about two weeks. Samples of buttons for 1915 were also examined, ' but the button has .not yet been selected. Borne catchy and classy designs were presented. The $2,000 addition, to the Den is now In process of Construction. When this Is completed it will be a great conveni ence, in that It will, afford room in which all the floats for. the various parades can be built. This will make It unnecessary to give over the main hall of the den for this purpose, and will .therefore mean much to the success-of the big shows there, as well as. give more time for decorating the hall and getting It into shape for the big annual' ball. Hitherto the entire hall has had to be decorated and prepared in every way for the ball tho day of the ball, as the floats were never out of the room until that day. Hero at the opening of the twenty-first year of Ak-Sur-Ben, the governors are especially enthusiastic over prospects. They are still happy with the success of last year, and are glowing with the pros pects for the new. They are looking for new material for the carnival shows. Al ready carnival managers have been in Omaha consulting with the governors and the amusement committee with regard to their attractions.' The committee will go slow In contracting, as they want to look over the field thoroughly to be sure they are getting the beat there Is. The financial report was made at the meeting and was approved with consider able satisfaction. Within a few days the financial report to proper form will be made public. - 100,000 Men Now Are Idle in Chicago CHICAGO, Jan. 20. One hundred thou sand Chicagoaiia are out of work this winter, acc ording to a report of the pub lic welfare commission to Mayor Har rison today. This Is exclusive of the drifting population of Idle. Statements were received l.y the commission from 218 firms which fur the most psrt save ilo presjlnu In lii Mincks as the re4son. Four teen firms reported increases In the num ber of employ, s NKW YORK. Jan. 20. E. H. Gary, chjiirman of the t'nitml Ktt.a uii poratlon snd head or the mayor's coin- mlttee on unemployment, usserted In a speech delivered at a luncheon of the Merchants' assoc iation today that the pecuniary advantages to this country re- suiting from the war are now equal to the disadvantages, so fsr as he could judge. WOMAN PRESIDES OVER THE ARIZONA SENATE PHOENIX, Aril.. Jan. .-Mrs. Fran- 1 ces Uuods of Yavapai county, the only woman elected to the Arizona senate, presided over that body today during lengthy consideration of a bill to amend the law relating to the fee and salaries , of county officers. 1 V .... 4 St I I YILLA'S MEN ARE LEAYING CAPITAL; FOES APPROACHING Followers of Paucho Evacuate Mex ico City and Start for Northern Parts of Country. CARRAN ISTAS DRAW REAR Large Force of Constitutionalists ! Reported to Be Moving j Toward Apam. ! CONVENTION IS IN SESSION ! WASHINGTON, Jan. JO. -Sec rotary , I'.rysn today announced tho receipt of a teleBrnm from Mexico tlty dated 4 p. m. yenterrtay, saylna- "the followers of Gen erol A'llla are leaving for the north and It Is reported that (ha general offices of the National railways , are ' Chihuahua.'' An announcement byjthe State depart ment said: ' "A ipsrt was current in BTexIco City on-the 19th that a laarr fort-e of Car ranziKtus was movinir in the direction of Apniri, about fifty miles east of Mexico City and that they were repairing the track ns they came. Apam Is said to be tho center of a lage agricultural district from which a large amount of supplies can be obtained and, according to esti mate, flvo cr six days will be required to repair all damage on the line of tho Mexican railway. The convention still continues In ses sion and It had adopted the rst two articles of the proposed plan of govern ment. A manifesto has been Issued call ing on the Mexican nation fo support j the tonvcntionv General Villa was con- firmed art ooViiinander-ln-chlnf and was i given a complimentary vote of confi dence. "The department was Informed that General Villa was expected to arrive at Agnus t'ulientes on the night of the IStn and Unit so tar not many troops have deserted lilin." Katy Rail Man Tells Wilson Business Is Slowly Improving ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Business and railroad conditions In United Htates were pictured today to President Wilson as slowly Improving, by Frand Trumbull of New York, chairman of tho railroad leg islative, advisory committee and chairman of the boards' of Chesapeake &. Ohio and the Missouri, Kansss & Texas railroads. Mr. Trumbull said he did not expect a great business boom, but that a gradual betterment of conditions was noticeable throughout the country. Mr. Trumbull said ths recent eastern rate increases had been of material ben efits to the roads and ha was hopeful aas-the application of the weetorn roads would be granted. Mr. Trumbull presented to th epresldent what he termed a "bird's-eye" view of the general business snd railroad situa tion. He took up In detail conditions In different sections of the country and said help was particularly needed In tho west. Men Who Raided Oleo Coloring Plant Had To Fight Bulldogs .ST. LOUIS,. Mo., Jan. 30. Bills for the purchase of 820,000 pounds of white oleomargarine ' were Introduced as evi dence In tha federal datrlct court bore today In the trial of Joseph May and William Brown on a oharge of falling to pay the tax on colored oleomargarine. The bills were, found in a stable when It was rslded by Internal revenue agent! In February, 1918. Wllllam 11. Col'irr, trlt.. !;" herald on the stable, to!d oi th t.i'i t. The men inside refiiM-u to open the doors, he said, and the f rJeral officers forced their way In with a sledgehammer. Bulldogs wera on guard, and It was necessary to force them back with ammonia guns. MARY PHAGAN'S MOTHER SUES PENCIL COMPANY ATLANTA, Ga,. Jan. 30. Counsel foi lsto M. Frank and the state of Georgia announced today that the supreme court would be asked to hear Frank' appeal In his habeas corpus proceedings during the week of February 22. Mrs. J. W. Coleman, mother of Mary I'hagan, Med suit against the National Pencil company 'today, asking damages of $10,0ii0. The complaint charges the girl was killed by Frank, who was superin tendent of the compsny's factory, and by James- Conley, a negro sweeper, now serving a year's sentence upon conviction as an accessory after the fact Ini connec- T t'on with the murder. PROPOSES TO REPEAL . WYOMING PRIMARY LAW CHKYENNE, Wyo., Jan. .-(8peclaI.) L Abandonment of the primary method of ! nominating candidates for public offices. "root, trunk snd branch." to uso the ; language of tho author of the measure, ' Is the purpose of a bill by Senator George K. McClellan of Big Horn county, which !' ' ntroduoc0' ,n th state senate yester- ! day Tne bl" 'rovllle" toT rcpe' of the direct ! Ir,,"ar' act ,n u entirety, and for the Nomination of candidates by tho party ' e"vntlon system, with a proviso that a ''' " nominated through a I PHlon signed by ajpeclfied number of i Juli,tes electors of his district. 1 WANT TO BUY THE FOLLOWING Ranks, billiard and bowling (not over 2.000 In city), clothing, hats and caps, alii stocks of groceries, two hardware, two jewelry, instiutactur. lug, four restaurants. Tor fnxthes is formation aboat these opportanitlas se th Want 4 oUoa of today' Be. Germans Arc on Defensive Along Sixty-Mile Line in East Prussia PRTnoOHAD. Jaft. J.-(Vla I.ondon.V Along a slxly-mlle front from Clechanow to the south of sllawa to tvhiyn, on the Vistula, twrle fnlls below Tlock, the Gfrmans Mr on (he defensive agnlnrt the Russian advance towards ICast rruenla. imtinc the last three days heavy artillery ehgsgements have oc curred At various points a kin 4 thin lino. Meanwhile ths strtisnle Is In progress for possession of th left bank of the Vlktula, from (ts Junction with the llaurfc at Wlssogrod, westward to Hobrsyn. approximately forty-five miles. I'oesenrion by the Russians of Wlasosrrod and their footing on the left bank of the Bsura In that vicinity affords them a ba for their operations sgamKt the Germans, who are In force to tho west of that position and effectually prevents a movement upon Nowo Georglewak, FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT Artillery Exchanges at Some Points and Spirited Infantry Encoun-, ters at Others. TRENCHES LOST AND RETAKEN PARTS, Jan. 20. Absolute ouict on some parts of the battle linn in France; artil lery engagements of gvestor or less .severity at others, and spirited Infantry encounters at still other places, all are set forth In the offl-.lnl announcement given out by tho French war office this afternoon. None of the engagements recorded seems to have been of great Im portance. Th statement follows: "From the sea to tho Soinme, In the region of Nleuport. thre was yssterdny a fairly spirited artillery engagement In the course of which the enemy endeav ored In vain to destroy our brldsd at the mouth of the Yser. In the meantime we were successful In demolishing a por tion of their defenses at this point; also we were successful at the Union farm, near PC Georgs, where the enemy had strongly organised positions. niangy Violently Bombarded. "In the sector of Ypros and near Lens there were yesterday artillery exchanges of varying Intensity. Tl ere was also a very violent bombardment of lUangy, near Arras, but it was not followed by an Infantry attack. "From the Momne to the Argonno there has been nothing to report, nor has there been any activity In ihe sector cf Sola- sons, or In the vicinity of Craonne or near Rhelms. "In ths region of Camp de Chalons, as well as to the north of Perthes and of Masslges, our artillery directed an ef fective fire on tne field works of the enemy. Lose and Retake Trenches. "In the Argonne, In the forest of La Grurle, the enemy delivered a violent at tack upon one of our trenches. Our troops, who for a moment gave way under tha shock, later recaptured In two counter attacks . all their positions and maintained themselves therein. The first of .these attacks gave us a greater part of these positions and the second com piled the work. 'At HL Hubert tha Germans blew up by means of a mine the northeastern projection of our trenches. Our troops threw themselves Into the excavations caused by these explosions and prevented ths . enemy from taking possession of them. "To the northwest of Pont-a-Mousson, In the forest of LePrelre, we established ourselves at a distance of 100 yards in front . of the German trenches raptured by us the day before yesterday. At the end of the day (Tuesday) tho enemy here delivered a counter attack, but without success. 'In the vicinity rt Thann there havs been artillery engagements In which the advantage rested with us." General .King Says Program for Peace Will Not Work Out MILWAUKEH, Wis., Jan. 20.-"Whllu nations continue to arm and prepare for war; as long as man remains as God mado him, war will be Inevitable In spte of the deHlie for peuco. Though tho cdl torlsl 1 essays and the pleas from Mie rostrum for disarmament are very beau tiful, the program for uiilverttfT peace will not work out." Theae declarations were made by Gen eral Charles King, U. 8. A., retired, in an address before the annual school for Wisconsin National Guard officers here today. "Gcd takes care of fool and of tho United ptate," was the Quotation from Prince Ulsmarck that General King used to Illustrate th country' general un preparedness for war. v Aged Organist and Composer is Dead PITTSBURGH, Pa,. Jan. 20,-Dr. Ed ward 8. Cummlng. aged 2, organist and composer and first organist of the First Unitarian church of Worcheeter, Mass., when Rev. Edward Hal took charge of the congregation In 143, died at th home of his daughtar, Mrs. Thomas M, Fin ucane here yesterday. H Is a teacher of pipe organ and piano In New York for sixty-three year. The National Capital Wednesday, Jaaaay 2, IV1B Th ate. Met at U a. m. Senator Button began the third day of his MpexHrh against th administration ship bill. Another democratic caucus will assem ble tonight to consider amendment to the ship bill. The banking committee resumed con sideration of rural credits legislation. The foreign relations commillee author ised Chairman titone to Introduce a reso lution to appropriate $'0.uo for proposed Latin-American financial conference. The House. Met at noun. Ths coast guard bill to consolidate the revenue cutter and life saving services was debated. which has been (he German ohjeeHv (n the a.lvsnce toward Warsaw from the north. , In endeavoring to retake trenches cap tured by the Russians Immediately west of WlMogrod the Germans era reported to have lost 900 men. Southward, In tho vicinity tt Tarnow, Oallrla. the Auatrlans have employed for the first Urns tho famous German 4'J- centlmeter guns In an effort to dislodge tha Russians from their positions along the Dunajeo river. According to reports here, they have been unsuccessful, hav ing been forced to retreat to the north west, leaving the Russian positions Intact. Russian army officers are of the opinion that tho heavy German guns are an Impediment rather than an aid to the Austrlans on account of the bad roat) and the long distance it Is necessary to transport the guna TEUTONS GAIN FIYE HUNDREDS YARDS Berlin Official Report of Minor Successes in the Argonne and Other Districts. GUNS AND PRISONERS TAKEN BFORUN, Jan. 20.-(By Wireless to London.) The German official statement or. the progress of the war Issued this afternoon claims minor successes at sev ers! points, notably at Notre Dame de Lorette and In tho Argonne, where COO yards have been gained. In the forest north of Hennhelm the German advance, I', says, has been satisfactory. At other points on the line there have been the customary artillery exchanges, The announcement ssys: "In the western arena of ths war the territory between the seacoast and be tween Lys saw yesterday nothing more than artillery exchanges. At Notre Dame de Lorette, northwest of Arras, a trench ,200 yards long was taken from the en emy. Here two machine guns were cap tured, as well as a few prisoners. "In tho Argonne our troops oorupled a few trenches. In one place the ground galnnd by us during the last few days amounts to COO yards. f "In the forest north of- Snnnhelm (Cer- nay). In Alsace, our attack mnde good progress. Alrxsteln was taken by us, and we also captured two officers and forty men of the Alpine Chausseurs. "In the eastern arena of. the war the situation shows no change." Bryan Named hy a Witness in Regard To Island Contracts NEW. YORK. Jsn. ZO.-JI. E. Davis of this city, a contractor for supplies, testi fying today In the Investigation Into the conduct of James M. Sullivan, American minister to the Dominican ropumic,' ro tated an alleged conversation with Wil liam Q. Beer, friend of Sullivan and at torney for the Banco Naclonal at Santo Domingo, as follows: "Mr. Boer mentioned Mr, Bryan, tho secretary of state, In thes words 'my associates who will have to shar In our profits In any contracting work obtained at Santo Domingo are Mr. Glynn, Mr. Hamlll and no less a personag that tho secretary of state." The Mr. Glynn referred to, the w.ltneaa said, was Martin H. Glynn, former gov rnor of New York; the Mr. Hamlll, was Representative James A. Iluinlll of New Jersey; tho contracts, he stUd. were con tracts which a Mr. Coll of the Walsh K.'oal company, building contractors, ex pected to get In Santo Domingo. Mr. Davis said that he went to Santo Domingo with Mr. Coll and that Mr. Coll paid Beer money In connection with the anticipated contracts. The witness said that Beer had as serted that Messrs. Bryan, Olynn and Hamlll were "all interested In seeing Hanto Domingo Improved," and that ar rangement had been made by the ad ministration with the Domlncan govern ment for the expenditure of (4,000,000 In public improvements. "1 took him to mean Mr. Bryan," con tinued Mr, Davis. "Dld he say Mr. Bryan?" asked Mr. Phelan. "H didn't use the nsnie Bryan," re plied Davis, "but I Inferred that was who he mount" Idaho House Passes Anti-Alien Land Bill BGISK, Ida., Jan. 80. An anti-alien land ownership bill wss passed by tho house of representatives of th Idaho leglalutur today. There wore only two votes against the bill, one of which was cast by Speaker Conner. Tho bill prohibits tha acquisition of land in the state by allon persona, firms or associations, except by the enforce ment of Hens or through inheritance In such cases It Is provided that the land so acquired must b dtsp.ised of wichln five years or be forfelte. I to the state. The bill makes no mention of race or nationality. It provides that '.ml may be acquired by aliens after first cltlrfn shlp paper have been taken out. The measure now goes o tho senate. The senate of th Idaho legislature passed the Hart resodutlon today provid ing for the .aubmlsioh to the voter of the stat at the next general election of an amendment to th constitution pro hibiting th manufacture and sale of In toxicating liquor after May 1, I91T. Only one vote was cast against the resolu tion. Hostile Airmen Fly Over Cologne LONDON, Jan. so. An Amsterdam dis patch to th Central News states that a Cologne telegram received there an nounced that two hostile airmen wr seen ever Cologne ytrday. GERMANS DROP BOMBS INTO SIX BRITISH TOWNS Kaiser'i Airmen Deliver Their Long Predioted Attack on the East Coast of England Tues day Evening. TRY TO HIT THE ROYAL PALACE King and Queen Had Left Sandrirtg- ham Few Hours Before Bombs Exploded Near It. ' FEW ARE KILLED AND WOUNDED The Day's War News ; Kit MAW 4IRKI1IP raid oa Kntllik coast town Taesday resulted la foar or five deaths, tha Injury f several prrsoaa and ennaldrrahlr damaar 1m property. So fsr as Is kaowit the fiermana who per formed this feat enrasra aa acathed. Rt'HMAN OFFICIAL statement -- the V 1st a la, northwest of War saw, dnrlasj January IT nnd IN. In three of these raaraaemeats. It Is said, the Russians won ad van late. TWO VICTORIES rr the tlrltl.h force operatloa near the head of the Persian Unlf are rlalmcd hy th Tarklah'war ffle In a state, meat Issued at Constantinople. A I.I.I 10, who nrra maklna nrnx rea, la Aiaare uutll checked re cently hy tha arrival of tiernian reinforcements, are apparently an tha defensive now. The official statement from llerlla that the German have captured the twa of Alrsstrln, north of Senn helm. A farther advance la the Araronue also la reported, but this I disputed la the French state meat. BtXLETI. BERLIN (by Wireless to Sayvlllc. L. I.), Jan. 20. The following of ficial statement was Issued here to night: "From January 19 to 20 German airships bombarded the fortified plate of Yarmouth and other places on the English east coast. The attack was successful. Considerable dam age was done. "The airships were shelled, but regained their borne port undam aged." - ' -- : LONDON, Jan. zO. Germain air men delivered their long predicted attack on England last night. From a base, presumably In Germany, they flew over the North Sea to tho eastern coast of England, where, for nearly four hours, from 8:20 p. m. until about midnight, tbey circled over a group of some six English towns, only a little more than 100 miles from London, apparently drop ping bombB ut will. So far ati has been learned today. four or flvo ponaons were killed Ii; these tiiImkIIoh and about as many more were wounded. Whether Ihcso airshlpg were Zep pelin dirigible balloons or aeroplanes has not yet definitely been esta:.- llwbed. There Is Increasing belief in London this morning that possibly only aeroplanes took part In the at tack. There has been no news so far today to confirm the current re port last night tbat a Zeppelin bad boon brought down on tbe English coast; on the contrary, It now ap pears as though all the German raiders have returned whence they came. Several Town Attacked. The moat Important towns over which tContinued on Page Five, Column One.) 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