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4 THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. JANUARY 25, 1913. OPPOSING YIEYS 111 RAILYAYTAX PROBE Assensor Counsman, Challenged by Kilrod., Holds to $100, 000 Tct Year. COSTEREXCLS AT COURT HOrSE Developments following announcement c.f County Aww Harry O. Coonimm'i tnrestiiratlnn f tlM paid br railroads on property listed by them "Inside rtxht-of-wsy" and consequently outside of his jurisdiction, wer marked yesterday by I conference at the court house among , county officials. nmbn of the leirls- I latura and representatives of railroad! , and by the Issuing of statements In whirls . opposing viewpoints were presertcd. I It became evident that whatever may) b th result of AMcwor Counsman s f-i fort to collect from railroad county, j . school andatat taxes amounting to j ; $106,000 annually li Omaha, tils Investl- ration baa feeootne tha principal topio of j conversation at tha court hou. A th matter now atanda County Attorney .Magney ta Instructed by the county board i ' ', to write a tiU defining the limit! of railroads righta-of-way. which would re- l suit ht larrn Increases of valuations. 1 Chanty official explained their view 1 of tbo controversy to several member of 1 the Pouglae county delegation in th legislature. , t . Cnnnai Qaote Worrls. ' Assessor Counsman called attention to "j ' th fart that United State Senator Norrli j eta. j a few days agro twnrrrm ended to Governor I Morehead tha paasa of a law limiting 1 railroads' rlrhta-of-way to 1W fw-t fr i . taxation purposes, leaving property out-' - . elria to be taxed locally. "I am not aura that I would insist on limiting' rlifhta-ofway to feet," wild Mr. Counsman, "but what we do badly 1 ned is some definite limit, some way In which ta determine what ta right-of-way, J : Irurteai cf leaving th matter to tha rn- i roads themselves. "I want to make myself understood that I am not saying that the railroads ; are falling to pay the taxes assessed srninst tbsm In Omaha nor that they nrenot paying any taxes at all on prop ! erty inside rights-of-way. Th point Is that they are paying 10,00t par yea j ' leas county, school and, stat taxes than they should by reason of low slat ; valuation, wbila they ar paying city taxes oa reasonable valuations by reason ! of the terminal tax law already on th i slatut book. Ittatemeat from t'atoa TrHle. Fevers! railroad men appeared1 at the court house and Informally explained 1h!r xide of the rontmveray to county offii lals. A. "W. Scrlbner, tax commit sioner of the Itjlon Taclflc, made th following statement: "The article on railroad terminal tax ation In The I'-ee contains several ser loiwly Inaccurate statements, seme of them attributed to County Assessor t'ounsmnn, whlrh I would Ilka to ewrcrt. because thry mlctit lead to a serious ! Injustice If not contradicted. "In the fir place th railroads are charged with evading 1100,000 of terminal j tax-n in Omaha. This 1100,00, referred t) liy the county assessor represent tht extent of advantage outlying districts recelvo through mllcago apportionment. lit oiocr words. If this tioo.ooo were to te niliitd to the tsxahla vsluatlon fit railroad property In Omaha, It would I'ave to he deducted from the railroad valuation in the country districts. "H'U let me make this local railroad tux matter 3'inln by. saying that th l i.ioii 1'a. Iflc alone is paying taxes hor In tiie city of Omoha today on about ill,7i'.(iiJ worth of property. Now add to that tha million on which tho otlmr rnllrnuJs are paying taxes and you will Ixuln tu tiavo soom Idea, of whal I lirinj done. Vuuiity Assessor Pminsman is Quolvd hi iiftyliitf thst tha Union Teclflo is pay- ln city taxes in Oiiutha on IK.TM.l-0 worth cf projerty. Then he sey that , 5-Ki.t o (j rL-tuina by th stats author ities "lf thin t11.7iO.ft'0 oi whleh the Union railfic l' paying city taxes, JlSno.TOO reprtwnts the hvad-niarters bullJInxa, . simp buildings nnd WHrehoiitea gnil real -lata apRehcud liK&ily. The pruceej from that lax ar net distributed over ! ' the state, bvt the prK--tJn trvm tl-e V-e- anee, or about p-Jfl. are diatrltiutod over the stfate. !r. Counstuan's flsures, KV-'t,40. ara inaccurate; he ha Klven us a. littla Uu much there, hut It ta protbly lu to a mere clerical error, I euppoae, "Tl.! t IZ.tiQ referred to by U.6 &iar ,U siiouUi be $;i.ioo to he exit la th ; bi rtxtioiimcnt Oiiiuha receives from tt.a eliite ai-M-esiiient. Tti Union l'aclflo has 7 SNi mile ( traikatte in Omaha, which at : !-',; O a uille. the rate ohtaJr.lua throughout the state, fives this t-.DOO. J ltnts tCtraaiwn f 1 aark. "As to evading txes, the only thing th ie.inn.Jd yr.sk k kva Is U-uble taxation- Ijet it.;ia by Quoting from tho aetieiun cf the J-;ca,rfcik uprem i o'irt la tl.c Puriliigtoa-lwcliardeon county A ri!:r'i4 tn'Tt have vnt Is t e p(vtt nrui h nui-'ii ss tr re i ia :,,i-r cf the line, itiom h It exenitd it.r.i :i a i)eu rawnt t-s. 'i tie siWMii-vii(n im t--4i iii,;Uia'3 ttre locti is T-f-t, uFi--'r ti-e In-mt, --t-t iji-H-ti to rrtt an h.i tr oiiu r h' -i:i "u tr ri-ss-n t.r a iiit-is a1 1 i-.i-)t t h uwi, luit iiu.- 1.3 r v "V'"!! In, flitters 1 mta. Th ut ev.i-ni!v t the rvason h- i!tl muA WMtnr tsls U-Klalatioa. ' In other words, the court slmrly m4ris tht liti tuM tiie Uiilun iaciic's greatest Im (in':!s hapten l b I k nttsl in Oiahs Is oa caoa why Onwh shDuid tuk from if ii:tilielt r of fie state nil tba Tevtie 1 from th taxation of this raiuabl i ,, , iriy, 3"ti law alvaa every schoul .;-.,t. t td tvunty lit tha state, no mat i.r hii its prtiportv-mste hr oi i I .. j .1 f.c : s ycur lore- .4 ill J lt;.::.l :S IcaVfS. -J ' .' t'-i Wala. li 1 ',t Su4 ..-vrr'y itr a lvf 4-rj-ia't I 11 , . X . : M t t; t Jl -.act r 1 ., . 1 r , i t v. ohom, O. C, . 1. I ! -.. ft fc- !' .! . , Ki !'-' .. , .... 1 " t t J - u 10 u.e k, : I ..I U-1 t4 I: A, Tau,t,f0ftr;:.,irnri thst Is not th "This whole terminal taxation matter Is a controversy, not between the railroads and Omaha, but between Omaha and th rest of the state if there is any contro versy about It. The railroads have no quarrel with Omaha. They are simply complying with tha law enacted by the legislature of l!T, paying the taxe. whlrh the people, through the legislature, r dered them to pay." AMERICA ISSUES DEFENSE OF ITS POSITION IN YAR (Continued from Fag One.) mulgaied by the American government without discrimination and have been applied with equal fairness to all con cerned. It cites instance of violation by Uerraany and Great Britain, and as serts that p rote is hava been unbesltnt Ingly enured regard lea of th country defending. Complaints as summarised by (Senator Stone are answered In th letter point by point, substantially follows: 1) "Freedom of communication by sub marine cables aftalnnt censored commu nication by wireless" It Is set forth first that a wireless station on a neutral coast cannot be Interrupted by a txnllxerfttit, but the latter has an unrextrtcted right to cut a entile on the Mxh seas. (Germany's cutting of the Brlttsh cable nesr Fanning Island is cited to balaHO Ore at Britain's Interception of the cable between tier many ajul the United Ktatea. Th point is mads thst wireless mesaa oa' be sent direct to wsrshlps at sea, whlrh can prey upon piihllti or private veesels nd mnl neutral territory virtually a base of naval oriatlong, "to permit which Would be essentially unneutral." Censorship f Malls. : "tisorhtp of mails and In some esses reiieeted deiruiilon of American let"rs CI e-e't'r' Vni"-Uermsny and Great Britain, pursuing their rights ss belligerent, vach have censored private letter falling into their hands. No evi dence hss ever ben presented to the State department that mail on board iHitch steamers has heea destroyed, as repoatcilly charged. Only few case have come to tti attention of the department wheiw mall from neutral countries has not been finally delivered. I (3) !earrhig or American vessel jor Oerman and Austrian subjects on the hleh seas and In territorial watera of a belligerent Neutral vessel voluntarily entering territorial waters or porta of a neiiiKcrent become subject to municipal Inws. Only two cases in whlrh American vessels have been searched on the high aea by belligerent warslili for Oerman and Austrian mihject havs been reported. and noth have been followed by vigorous representations to the of (end rig govern ments. Much confusion has arisen, th letter aeeeirts, over the chars that the United Rates has sbendoned the prin ciples tnr which this country went to war In 1M2. j The impreiainent of A mer ican sesmeii' by the lirttinh navy In times of peace, it U enpertwt, ' Involves a dif ferent principle " from the search for reservlxts in iltrte of war, thouKh the latter has not been permitted without protest. . Ho General Aareemeat. 4) "fluhmlxelon without potest to British violations of the rules regarding sneoiutn ana conditional contraband as hud down in The Hngue conventions, the (iccInrMlon of loiin and International !" There ta no general arreement be tween nations ss to articles to be re garded as contraband, the rights of neu truls and belllKerenls being opponed and no frtiiunnj exlwtlng "to which nuestlon of difference may be submitted. (5) " Acquiescence without protest to the Inclusion of copier and other articles in the Hrltlsh lists of absolute contrahnnd" It Is here stated lhat every Sclsur of American copper hss been followed by a prompt protest and that the Inclusion of unwroiht copper" in the lint of abso lute contraband Is under consideration, thouph tho eovemmont "neecBmirll v finds some embarrassment In dealing wiih the sohtoet" because of a declaration bv th 1 niled tt&tea In the past placed "all arti cles front which ammunition Is manufac tured on the contraband list, Including copper among sucn material (i!) ".liihmlNxlon without protest to Interference with American trade to neu tral countries In conditional and absolute rnnirabnnda" Hintory shows, says the letter, that In every war the superior naval power has Interrupted neutral commerce more or less, but those who compiHln are referra l to the American to tret .I,.,' ",,uon,u" u'"",u"w Mot Britain. (7) "Puhmlssion without protest to In terruption cf trade in conditional contra band c-onslKnod to private poisons In Ucrmnny and Austria, thereby supporting ins policy of ureal KrUaln to cut olf all supplies from Gut ninny aiul Austria" suialii, the letter calls attention to th note or Ieoemh-r toi to the Jiri'ieh gov ernment contending f.r ' the prinvipie of tivit .in of tra!, In snielea of ron'tltional contraband not UegUnuU jo tha belligerent foice." tsi "Submission to Brlttph Interference villi trailtj in petroleum, rubber, leather, Wool, el.." As petroleum ,-,,11 be u.id in propellms submarines and rubber la eniK-niinl for big motors uned by armies, the foiled ttls Government "has Bot reached the conolunlon that they are liiiproticrly included lu a list of .contra- ,! "The United States ha. not inter- ferl with the sale to Ureat Hiltaln and I anna or aruiH. auiinoiiliiou. imruM, uniicrma, ana other inurutinna of war. slthourn such sale rrolmut the conflict ' So oll'irefoi. it Is ronrenied either in Ititernstlonal law or In th do- niemlo law of the I r.lted ELates to Dro- iiuu.il private trade In I !-. artUle. In ItllA n..utf lh. n ,t ...... neutrals maintained no such prohibition. In tact, it ta only pei-ennarv to Iolnt to tha ei.ormona quantiilea of arms and auiinuiilikin fumieliad I V manufat-tureoa In tserioatiV to tha biU'ruiil in the oKU-Jpaneae wr and In th recent iallvan nn to eatablixh the general recosuilion of the propriety of lh trade by a neiiirtu nation. V-.eM Helrawe rf. fim "The I niiei Fiates baa not sun- freiwj sal of dum-dnm bullet to CSrcnt Hatn j he rinuiios reOter,uy published between tha Htnta dinartment (I ti G.-i i:0t uiuliL3taiiyr is rpi.U!d Mii.a trie suttvinent tiuit althouxh there sr no iovful irrouiuis n which to prevent li trail u", the presi.icut of th VcltnJ rxaew wo-ud w.-Kttme woof of tiie rharses and use bis Influence w preveot sale of these ail-to. Hi) "In i tie h i all i os are nernilKsd to lie oi r Ati rt. ..ii pons mi lnterci i t neutral ll.o ku r sta'es that pmtesls were i:im9 to loeal ,H.lli!i and Jtussa and ll.nl they VMIhU't W their WBIIO. ! riolil toe vi. initv of ,iw Yui'k and Ji jnolvilu, li.i iii..t Htltiln and Its allies are Bli .,i Hllhoul ,rol't to li.'.i-, krnid A:::rri- ei ciiiB'-nsTiUi end p--i,e . vvl.ii liet iiil.aiil. ltu.0 uim tsal d-.-U Aiocihiiu fillm-nship iMpci, "in a. f.'W iit.i)in.t Fi sua ti'd i.mt i tiue of all Ih-di .iri,i iu ol li cau of upirtkrant i... srrc.it. the lulled t-'.atea hti -uiert'd vliiuruus protcnts with requests tur rleae. : ihaase af Policy tl"! "Chaime of p)licy In rex ird to loans to l-.-l!o:civ;ni-'- Ii Im iiHM-i l-d Utut the AtoeM.vu Hoveriioit-iii i,lii-y aifviis Hil kon I'oe-mai aili. Tho ttMnwt-rs of hiHi' tliioii,'fi fiiutir aoOet ; itii,ii ni oiiio jte 1 1 tnnsl.i o llirocrh muniary iil- i,---l In tl:e hio-t it toe Peinu'ere n MiMi''i1 out in tootrael to purely vr.!it li m r .ii t loos in- tiie iiuMhdws of wr u:iuie, Hie money for wlu ti !,.es not l,i.i the I lliled t-tates Slid colli. i Hot, t5 la tno i-Ke oi loan, ariocl tlia 1 vl 1 1 , ; i. et,uiii t y . "SvJi'iniiMKin to arrest -f native I'd ii A loci -.cans on feeuiiail and l;i iirlli. n l -1 I and tlo lr l;iiiMmn.mei!t. 1 0 k ii-i1 i liaiaie. iim i,-i(,.r a.il l:as i'W,-u uoU(-T-.-rl.'..i by eilder.ca. hut. viiieiever Ii--.ii.tlaruiv4 have wcurred. Iiurnpl chum ti i fur reUane lias lt I this tax raven lu.) -In!if isrence to conficsment of n 'U-ioiiil'M iu oi a to del 'tii tomta in in.uii.t bi J 1'ranie" All u,t dm : i irnln hava marte coiiii-'Klnt. hut invetiKilon hu piniej tht "conditions are an good tiS poMtl. i t i mit-d ciiaits has rua e.'Oird el the eiciln! r-iuet tif fie . malt -i eif iito'.-ol to im od Mr. JaiKi lonm r Amen-i nilnu-o-r at l'ovi.ai and no ftitrt'lo-d to li.a Anit-a en t.-t-iv at 1.,-iH'i t'i nirtKe a a i -i l loirs Miaiin i't (l--iiit)'u i wiiii ;.. I uiad .Nik I; t lil - I riiltr, ,A luiimu' tikis' aud war tuaUiiuia sv erj here.-. Advcitiscuaiit German Fliers Shell Dunkirk; British Airmen Raid Zccbruggc 1X3NDON, Jsii. M. While Oerman air men on Friday morning were dropping bombs on Dunkirk, one of which dam aged th American consulate, two British viator paid visit to( 7ebruggB and succeeded In damaging a submarine and killing or wounding th crew of th gun mounted on the mole to preven attack from th sea on that new Oerman base. The Oerman official report Issued to night said that apart from, th breaking of the window and the amashlng of the furniture of the American consulate house, no damage wag done by the at tack. -It make no report about a num ber of persons being killed and wounded, and It I therefore not known whether this 'report 'cover completely th attack of the Oerman airmen, who according to unofficial dispatch dropped a many as eighty bomb on th French port. Elades Foes. On of th British aviator waa Squadron Commander R. B. Davie, who recently made a night flight over Bruge. dropping bombs on tho railway station there. Prior to reaching Eeebruggo Com mander Davie was surrounded by aeven German airmen and although slightly wounded, succeeded In making his flight along the coast and returning safely. ."One of th twelve or thirteen bomb cross th territory of th United Htate" So proof of this ever hss been furnished, and a request of the Csnalisn government to send war material through AlsKka was promptly denied. tl? "Treatment and final internment of Oerman stesmshln tJeier and the collier Iicksun at Honolulu" Th circumstances are reviewed and th action taken la held to b in accordance with the u?ul International practice. IM "Unfairness to fJermany In rule to coaling warships In Pannma canal sone" Although the regulations ware not pro Claimed until November 1.1. no belligerent warships are known to hsve called previ ously at the sons and the action waa taken "without the slightest reference to fsvnri'lem to the bolllKereuts." I9 "Kallure Jo protest agatrmt the modification ofThe m titration of London bv the HrltlKh government" The noti fication of this government that it could not accent nleoemeal adoption of the declaration of London Is recalled with the statement also that the modifications by the bcllifferenl la thst rode of naval sarfsi-e '"are of no concern to the United ftat.es" except as they adveraely affect the rishts of American cltiitens as defined by International law. Insofar an these rlxht hav been infringed, th depart ment has made every effort to obtain redress for the losses sustslned." T.'B. Wanted Canal Built, Didn't Care - A Hang for tho Law CHICAGO. Jan. 24. -Colonel George W. Goethals told members of th University olub ax a luncheon tntlajr In his honor, how the Panama canal came to ba built under what h called autocratic rule. "Th original commission was ruling at th time of which I apoak," said Colonel Goethals, "and there was friction In Its rank. Mr. Taft, then socretary cf war, oam down and I explained th situation to him. Ha said, Colonel, I .think a man's valu as a publlo servant is de termine by tha number of kicks ba can take without squealing. " ( "Not long afterward I went to Wash ington and had a talk with , President RooMvelt. H said to m. 'Colonel, I think I II abolish that commission and concentrate all authority in you. An executive order will do it' When I mentioned thl to Mr. Taft, ha said: Tea, that's th way it ought to ba dona, but it isn't In accordance with th law. When I told Mr. Rocsevelt what th j secretary of war had said, th president said characteristically I don't care a hang for the taw, I want that canal built' " , Colonel Ooothals waa presented wltb a gold medal by th Chicago Geographic society here tonight. It makes hi sixth medal in recognition of JUs work on th Panama canal. Heavy Snows Cover Most of Southwest KANSAS CITT, Mo., Jan. -Ser temperatures conUnued to prvau w nlsht In western Missouri and Kansas, whlla Oklahoma and Texas experienced I tcmpsratures well below freexlng. Bnows, ..,. .i,.iri,i tha hsavleat In ysars. mva rait most of th southwest Train and wire service, however, was almost normal. " Th minimum temperature reported was 24 degrees below sero, at Hmlth Center, la northwestern Kansas. At Chapman, Kan.. II degrees below aero was corded. Continued cold was predicted in that district. Blast storms wr reported from south' western Missouri and outhaaaUm iwan sas. while eastern Oklahoma axperlenoed th coldest day of U wiaUit. la TiiJ. Okl.. several hundred mea war cared for la churches toataht. A Wlatap ( stasia tna -a". Dr. Boll's Pine-Tar-lloney stop tn cough d prevent your cold getting er.raa. It's KUaranteed. Only c. Ail druuslsta Advertisement ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL SWAPPED BY PIERCE MFRCE. Neb.. Jan. 14, Special. Tha heretofore unbeaten high school basket hsll ftv from fclsln was defeated on the local floor laat evening, 71 to is. mere has been considerable rivalry between tt,M two teams la tha past, laat aeaaon fclgln beating I'lsrc oa the noor two polttta Wttten, oa or rtorce s forwards, was Injured in a collision. , Tha score rolled up against tigin, wiui a aiul esoeptton, wa the highest made by the Fierce team. Meadow Grove waa beatsn In the fall by a score oi to 11. O'Neill High school plavs here nxl rTi- day night, and fans from an trie eur roundlng towns ara planning to witness this battle royal between th inwn ana th Dutch. wfcy T aheald t a rkaaak-crteta's Ct(k tteiaedy. Because it has aa establivhed reputa tion by lis good worka liecaus it Is most esteemed by thos who have used it for mai.y years, as occasion required, and are best ao HiualiiUd with I' gxd qualillta Itecauae tt loiuiena and relieve a cold and aids nature In restoring the system tu a lieaKhy condition. Vecatise it di not contain opluia or any other narcotic Isu H 1 within the reach .f nil - - nt. - - It only ci'MS a nnarUr. OuiatnsUo dropped by German aviator on Dunkirk fell Friday just outside th American consulate, broke all the windows and smashed tho furniture," say an official report Issued by the presa bureau this evening. "Outside of thl no psrtlcular damage wap done. " "French and British navel and military airmen engaged the Oerman aeroplane, one of which was brought down by a British military machine Just over the Belgian frontier, and th pilot and ob server captured." Visits ta Eeekragge, Th report describe the dropping of bombs by British airmen at Zcebrugga, "During th day," It saya, "vlsita were paid to Zeebrugge by Bnuadron com mander K. B. Davlea and Flight Lieute nant R. Fears, and twenty-seven bomb wera dropped on two submarines and gun on tho mola. It I believed that on submarine waa damaged considerably and that many casualties wera caused among the gun crews. "In reconnoiterlng before this. Com mander Davie was surrounded on one occasion by seven German aeroplane, but manaxd to elude them. He waa slightly wounded on th way to Zeebrugge, but continued bis flight and accomplished hirTcrowds-pleasant peopl all so unreal for mission and factortly.' is now progressing satis- AK-SAR-BEIl PAYS HIS $8,000 DEBT Kin; Hu Honey in Bank, as Shows in Financial Beport Hade to Board Cf Oorcrnort, SEVEN TEOT5A3fI) E5TTERTAIUED Ak-Pr-Ben hss paid off a loan of l,000 as a result of Its succs during 1914, and ha money in the bank besides. This cornea to light in the financial report Just mad to . th board . of governors. Also it has, accounts .receivable far In excess of it accounts payable. In ether words. King 'Ak is in 'splendid shape financially. Tha Initiations for tha season cost King Ak $8.:rr.8g. The great annual ball cost him JT.08i.Zt. Th carnival cost him 412,188. 76, but it yielded t-1.121.14. "Not half bad.'.' is what King Ak think.. King Ak has . been doing ' things In th last yeajf, H baa been a royal en tertainer as never before. lie entertained at th Den 7.CT men from all over the world. Samson took It into his head ta ksep aa accurate list of thos entertained. Caret from Maay Coaatrtea. Thus the record show that on Irish man right from the old sod, ona from Germany, on Hawaiian, on fold pros pector from Alaska and on Mexican right from battle-torn Mexico, wera rolled and roughed, ' according - to Samson's style. Others wera from London, Dub lin, Scotland, Manitoba, and from every state In th union. Four thousand two hundred and three wera from Nebraska. Prom Iowa came 610. From Illinois com VO.- From ' Wyoming, cam 110. From Pennsylvania . came fifty-two. . From New Tork cam 1M. And thus on and. on. An of them are talking lor ak Bar-Hen now. They are all boosting for I AkJtar-Ben aad Omaha. Th complete financial U tern tat for th year follows: KEXTFTPT3. rtalnnce, January 1, Uli t 18 Membership fees .OiO. Parade subscriptions, floats, etc.. li.SiS.7 Carnival Hat receipts, co noes - slons. booth space, etc 23.131.14 General bale and advrUalu bouvenir book GeneralSupplies sold, extra ball L232.K 1.M3.U tickets, ate - Total ........ r.. C6.M4.8S DISBUKSKMKN'm. Initiation .................. ..k.. t S.T.'S-W llulldlllg t. two. 13 Ball .... 7,l4.iS4 amlval J!,l.:u.75 12.Kl.ti3 Parades Electrical A.. I'arades liayUKht ,3y6.17 I General Salaries, rant, advertis ing, supplies,, etc.. i. U.1S4.4S ,0Oi. ra.7! I.oau re i laid ,. balance in bank, .Dec n, Total , 3,44.M INDEjrTEDXWJS. DECEMBER W, WH. t i.SM.10 Accounts payao'e...... iLeaa arcouala rsoeivabla., I 7.K Lesa cash la pans....,...,,. . ias-tr Net Indebtedness, Xeo amber U. Wl. Net indebtedness, Lee . ember 31. 1U..., 'Indebtedness reduced In year Ml 4 I.44T.M W.OJSM ,m.n Dacia to Sail When Weather Permits GALVESTON, Tax.. Jan. M. "Th steamer Dada, loaded wltk cotton, will sail for Rotterdam as soon as tha wind drops," Captain Oaorg McDonald, It commander, said tonight. Tha Pacla recently passed from German to A soar lean registry, and wil British author itiea promise safa delivery of Its cargo. they virtually hava promised t tak th Daota before a pria court to test th validity f th transfer. MEDLAR HEADS C0?iTTEE TO ENTERTAIN EDITORS At a meeting of local newspapeTnea at th Paxton hotel last venlng, L A. Medlar of th Hotel Repcrter, was chosen chairman of th conuulttse. which will have in charge plana for entertainment of members of the Nebraska Press as sociation, who will meet la O.naha In April. H. 1- Toetcvin waa elected too retary. " .Discussion of eotertalr.tnent plans will tak iil&ce at a meeting- ot tha corneal u to be Wd at tl SO o'clock Saturday a: th Commercial club, at which lima Mr, Medlar expects to announce th names ot members of subcommittees. C0!LS FLNPiOSE ILL 1'J BED WITH CROrXHITIS PHIIiADELPHIA. Jan. 14. United States Senator Boies Penrose, lht had beea at Atlantic City for about two weeks trying to get rid of a sever cold, is coa fined to h'a bom her with bronchitis. His phyeklaa said tuuUht that whlla tha attack is sever his coadltloa is not sarla us. to riBK a roi.zx orta dit Take Laxative lirvrua JulnUa latlta. DrutKUts refund the money if it fall to cure. K. W. Groves sit nature is OS tath tux. ii ccnta DR. C01I1IELL WRITES FROII TUEYAR ZOHE Omaha Boy Who It Adminitterinf to the Wounded Send Word to Parents. VIEWS HORRORS OF . CONTEST Dr. Karl A Coonsil. aon of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Connell of Omaha, who Is serving with the American hospital corps In connection with the military opera tion of the allle In "Flanders, wrote from Paris to his mother on Christmas. Flnca that time no letter have com through from him, although everl times h has cabled his safety to his parent. H ha been In tha front of tho fight ing during the month of January, and baa seen war' In Its reddest and rawest aspects, His last letter homo Is very Interest ing, because of some predictions he mad, and because of the Intimate glimrsa h gives af life In the war sons. II writes: Hrfweaa la Part. "PARIS, Chriatma Iy, lS14.-Drst Mamma: 1 am hungry for. a sight and bug of mamma on this Christmas day. It is lonesome, pot that th world la un kind. In fact. It Is too good Parla war time, and as a whole untru to our mission her. "Th French have a big offeostva un der way order to prepare for 3,cw wounded. I think that after It ha spent Itself, as It must, on the terrible trench to trench fighting, tha Oormnna wlU tak tha offensive fa a last sweep at Paris, providing all has goo well In the east- It ought to come-rth German trial when the ground freeees about th mid dle, to tho and of January, wa will b worked to full capacity, if tha movement oome; and Wltn this oneruuve, wiu w busy. "I hava had for nearly a month a service my own of 106 beds at tha Amer ican ambulanc In Parte. WW hold It until Ir. Crtt cf Cleveland arrives after January 1, when I will go to the advance Whitney unit. Dr.. Blak loft ma in cttarge of his servlca wfcHe h went on a tour of tha front, so for about a week I had SO bods. It Is very , hie com pliment to hsve him pay me, as ha is probably th best surgeon In the world. "He and Mrs. Clarenoa Mackay ware married a ooupla of wek at'o- I dined with them shortly thereafter, and have called oa them today, leaving a beautiful spray of pink pl'ira blossoms such Is war. "Th Christmas cards I hop reached America. A number .of th letters ap parently do not, and It is difficult to get a cable by the polio and off, so J sent merely a word to Mr. Bcott and h will distribute. i"l .' ..Ha Fifth 1 1 a to Sea. ' There Is no fighting for anyone to sea nothing spectacular since - tha trenches faced ona another two , months ago many bitter short sallies, but only seen from the trenches immediately in th neighborhood. Our hospital at Jullley Is In tha military sone.-We can hear th heavy artillery, but sava as one reads a thrill Into It, It Is not alarming. . "I recently saw a little speck of a Taube (German) appear over th French lines. A few spots of white smoke be gan ta appear beneath and around it, markinc tha bursting of shells fired from a mil beneath. . ooa two of the French aeroplanes circled np attar th Taube, and it took a swifter flight oft down tha irraaoh Una, with tha French machines ta pursuit After being lost to viw, it reappeared, having thakan off tha pur suers and hovered again over Its orig inal field at a lower level and tha target of some rather wild fir. Boon a littla livery vertical streak of amok ap peared beneath, it having .dropped a moke bomb to glva th German gunners tha rang. Then It headed north and tn a fw minute was lost from vlw. "It all looks so tiny, these little glimpses which one gets. W get only fragments ot news. Tha wounded ars th only real Index of tha bitterness of tha mechanical battle tha big guns, th shrapnel and spitting machinery, with a bravery unequalled In history. , . "Tet it has got tha men's - nerve, no doubt on the other side as well. Not a wounded roan I have met but hopes he la out ot action for th war. I'm sura it would ba the Sam with myself.. On feel aa It they wera not given a chance f to fight just mowed down by an invisi ble, sudden death. 'Tha trench Ufa Is awful. In th histories I hav taken of tba various environments, which hav a bearing oa the subsequent causa of the wounds) many men hava not taken off or changed their clothes for two weeks; on for six weeks. They ara Indescriba bly filthy, and If not wall specialised to such a state of. skin, by a long unwashed French ancestry, I don't think they could live. Maay hardship; on man who same In wounded and with frosea feet had i been tn water up to his waist In a trench for two days. At n Chrtstaaa Dinner. "Our C&rtsisiiA party was last sight at Fajot's restaurant, possibly a gay place other ye ara A Christmas eve dinner given by axmbassador Bacon ta tha -various members, doctors and nurses ot tha Whit ney unit" About twenty assembled. Th evening had just begun whan th gend armes notified tha bouse t close aa usual at lfl p. m. Wa started about elfiht ot us tor midnight mass at th Notre Dam. but both it and th Madeleine were closed, holding no service of Christmas Joy this year, so w rounded up at a large Christ mas tree for the soldiery at on ot th railway stations, after which there was nothing to do but go home, a most un usual procedure at such a time in other year of peaoe. It Is said. Teeterday afternoon and until so Christmas evening I was up In tiie sone north ot Jullley. It was tha most pie- turcavjue seen I have seen over here. The country is rolling, without farm housoa, but with quaint little villages every tWQ and one-half miles or so, from which the peasantry emerge to till th oil. These little village wera swarming with soldiery, th reserve of th big French attack along th center. A we cam through Dammartln, a quaint llttl village on a hlu top aooui a mm on me railway, tt was dusk. Tb soldiery had been off searching th roadsides for tha great balls of beautiful French mistletoe which grows hiiih Ilk a squirrel s nest la every other big tree of that region. Th somber war pall which la spread over tha whole French peopl was lifted a littla on Christmas v and they wera in merry group in th narrow, winding ccbU streets, and swarming la and out f th quaint houses 11k beea The Jackets were new and th red trousers bright, unusual in the soldiery I hava seen. We were challenged a couple of times and showed our papers with photo graphs, miaslon, War department stamps. ti, all plaalercJ vr. Then tU cr- gesnt would valuta and w would salute. II would take off his hst and bow an1 w would do the Sf me. If and over the heart, he would Jabber sximelhlng too swift for my ear and the surrounding group would smile and we would pass on down the narrow macadam between th It mm of poplsrs and oaks down toward th station. . - Haas In All Hospitals. "The class of surgery la the same in all the hospitals. South at Orleans and close up to the line, opening up shrapnel ' snd shell wounds and draining aa1nst Infection. None of the clean or refined surgery of home, but large room for good Judgment In th way each c is bandied. I have only had two die on my service. One bad a rock blown by a bursting shell up through his orbit Into his brain. The other was a sh.-spnel Injury of the spiral cord, a broken back with blood pblsoa. Have had no abdom inal wounds, penetrating abdominal vis cera only seen three they nearly all die on tha field; afew chest and .head cases, but many mangled limbs and Infected shrapnel and shell fractures. There were a few hand grenades a while back-,' but thy seem to hava died out of fashion for th moment, at least Nat Raovsh Exercise. J- - "My general health - Is splendid; not nough exerc!, but that will be renv- edled within a waek.'" "'! '- "Wa may hava a Very ktupld time, or be In thick In It at Julliey. Tt I on, of the chances of war. When I return I would like to do so by Germany, Holland and England, if I can ret papers permitting aa inspection of th sanitary end of the campaign en both sides. "Will post this letter-la th consulsr bag, so it will not b held up. It hmy not start until about New Tear's and you should receive it about January 15, about tha time I figure that belt will break out again on this aide, 'if that happens, you can think of' US ' crowded, a mile off tha me In line akinjr which th next offensive, if If comes, will sweep against Paris. "The walls of our hospital ara about three feet thick, so a rifle patter' won't hurt or even small bursting shells, but against a Black Maria 'Excuse Moi. Boa- Nult "However, I don't think our village would see anything but a rapid cavalry ant Infantry rear ground action, as It Is ot strategically a good point for an artillery stand. With a heart full of love and happy wishes for th New Tear. Tour loving son, "KARU" Man Hearing First Phoned Word to Talk SAN FRANCISCO,- i an. J4.-Thomas A. Watson,' an associate of Alexander Bell, Inventor of .telephone, and who heard the first word spoken over a wire, will talk from hero to Mayor Mitchell in New Tork tomorrow at a celebration of the completion of the transcontinental tele phone service. ... .Th original experiments were made In Boston In 1870. . Watson waa on on floor ot a- building and the inventor on aother. Bell spoke the. first words over th wire. Ha said:. Mr. Watson, come here; I wa&t you." Watson has come from New York tor the purpose of talking over tha long line. Fontenelle Hotel Doors to Bd Opened-; 4 About February 22 Tha data of the opening ot tha gl.eoo.OOO Fontanelle hotel I bow co near that even tha souvenir menu cards for tha occasion ara printed, except for th data. Th lat ter will soon be announced, anl although probably not quit as early as Washing ton's birthday, will-b shortly after that day. . Although there ara many' things yet to be dona before guests will be putting their names on tha Fontanelle' register, those things will ba dona in a hurry. For a whols week a oomplet littla print shop la tha hotel has been -busy printing blank menu cards and other stock print work for us in the big hostelry. We will start laying carpets Monday morning,' says FreeldenV William ft. Bur- ( bank of th operating company. . "Within a week our complete laundry department ill be ready to launder all tba hotel linen, which has been on hand' for soma time. ' . ; "If the contractor U able to turn tha building over on time, we expect to hold . our formal opening February 23 or soon j after that" ' A. M. Cole of Syracuse, w ho Is secretary , and treasurer ot ths Interstate Hotel com- pany, the operating firm, will arrive In Omaha th first of th month, when all tha heads of departments are due. Mora i thaa SCO poopla will be employed, lh .th j hotel. A "For bale" Ad win turn second-hand furniture into cash. ' Belgian "hip Sail Today. 1 ' stcamrhlr Wainifon, carrvlna- aah - , r. i x l .. , , ,, .- , , . , u u... . ii v, . - . inrton' Belgian relief contributions wtltt f rail tomorrow (or Rotterdam with a car- i iOMQCU uerv suu 1 avx'ma. . .i i . .? , "4 Rub Oincjjs 03 peatly over the ach ing nerves ; thi enver writh fiamitl soaked ia the Oil. Put a piece of dry CannH over this and bind tightly against the face. ThU irrple treat ment ha brought peaceful rest ta people who have sudertd axoaiea. (0)111- iai aia mm -ibnjl i i - , I " ' - ( i ! i , . J j Break a Child's ' ' Cold by Giving Syrup of Figs When your child suffer from a cold, , don't wait; glv the little ntotnach, Uvar and bowels a gentle, thorough cleansing at once. When cross, peevish, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, eat or act naturally; If breath Is bad. stomach sour, giva a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all th clogged up, constipated waste ajour bll and undigested food will gently mov out of the boweia, and you have a well, playful child again. If your child coughs, snuffles and hss, caught cold or Is feverish or has a sore throat glv a good doe of "California Syrup of Figs," to evacuate th bowels no difference what Pther ' treatment is given. Sick children needn't be coaxd to take this hsrmtess "fruit laxative." Mil lions of mothers keep It handy because they know Its action on . th stomach, liver and bowels Is. prompt snd sure. They alsa know a littla given today saves a siok child tomorrow.. . . Ask your, druggist for a 60-cant bottle of "California Byrup of Figs,'; which con tains directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups rlainly on tho bottle. Beware, of counterfeits sola here. 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