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VOL. XUV NO. 1SG.
OMAHA, THUIISDAY MOKNINO, .TANUAKY 21, 19l&-TWEr.iVE PAGES.
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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,
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Comparative
Loral HrcorS.
1H. 1S13. 1!12.
Highest yesterday la 37 14 IT,
Lowest yesterday 12 IX I 1
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Temperature and precipitation depar
tures iruiii me normal;
Normal temperature
4
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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
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"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.
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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.
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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
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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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