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Daily M KJ.OOMK" errblasooa Onwhi'; signal arch. Tb Itec'i advert l tn( oolnmns are lb channel for you to signal th visitor. THE "WEATHER. Cloudy VOL. XLIV NO. 19S. OMAILA, T11UKSDAY MORNINO, FEBRUARY 4, 1015-TWELVE 1'AGKS. Oa Trains and at otel Xrwi Stands, Be JINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. The Omaha Bee STONE DENOUNCES SEYEN DEMOCRATS ; B0LTIN6SHIP BILL Missouri Defender of Administra tion Measure Declares They Conspired with Repub lican Enemies. SPRIXG COMPLETE SURPRISE Clarke of Arkansas, Leader of Re volt, Scored for "Perfidy" After Being Honored. TRYING TO UNHORSE THE PARTY WASHINGTON, Feb. S. When the ad mlnlstraUon democrats In the senate got ready to recommit tlta shipping bill with Instructions for report with the caucus amendments, they found themselves In a minority' and began maneuvering to pre vent a vote on Senator Clarke's original motion to recommit without Instructions, j A hurried conference of administration ! democrats agreed that Senator Stone ! i should begin a speech. How long' he would talk was not decided. Meanwhile j whether the. democrats would attempt to prolong discunslon while marshaling fur ther support was undetermined. Meanwhile the democrats learned that Senator Kenyan was committed to. vote for an unamended motion to recommit, and that threw, the democrats . into a quandary, as they were counting on his vote. cores Bolter. Senator Btone paid his respects In caus tic terms to the seven democrats who woted with the republicans Monday and placed the bill in Its present position, characterising them as the "seven con- ' apirators." i Senators O'Oorman and Vardaman were on their feet at once with demands that Senator Stone be called to order for hav ing impugned the motives of senators in ' violation of the rules. t Trie latter said he apologized and pro ceeded, ''' "I think I am within my rights." Sen ator' Stone . resumed, "that there are among us democrats, who by courtesy, If not -by right, still are permitted to oc cupy this side of the chamber. Like Brutus, they are all most honorable men, but It is a fact that these democrats, un beknown to us, conferred with the enemy and confided to them our plans. Spring Snrnrtso. "I -am within my rights when I say that these democrats marched In here the other day and sprang a complote and hostile surprise on all their colleagues on this elde of the chamber, republican senators had been served with notice of what 'was coming. These democrats and the republicans were acting In . concert. I congratulate our friends, the enemy, on the "coup they" made.' 'You did 'upset' us. Tov did get us In a tight hole and I don't know that we are going to get out - ef It ft was a fine,, a most artistic, pcr formanc. "Again" I tender my most flat . terlng compliments . to the senators on tat tide of the chamber." Clarice Called Traitor. Pfinator Stone recalled that 'Senator Clarke, the leader of the revolt, had been re-elected president' pro tempore of the senate by the same organization which had decreed the shipping bill as a party met sure.- 11 , "lie desired that honor,". Senator Stone declared, waving his hand toward the Arkansas senator.. "It was not thrust 'upon him." Senator Clarke, 'sitting within six feet of the Missouri senator, listened intently to Senator Stone's remarks, by that time directed almost entirely at him. It was apparent that a serious breach In the democratio ranks . had come and con fusion throughout the chamber followed Stone's personal reference to Clarke's election ss president pro tempore. When It subsided, Mr. Stone continued: 1 ; Inarratefnl Mb a. "We gratified the ambition of the aena , (or from Arkansas by electing him to this high office and now before the con gress expires which elected him to pre , side, which he has done with exceeding grace, he Is here leader of a performance Intended to unhorse the democratic party.". ,, Senator Clarke by that time had risen and asked recognition. Senator Stone, with a wave of his. arras, yielded. The Arkansas senator Insisted he had never violated a caucus pledge. ' "When., this shipping bill was under consideration," said he. "I went Into a. . Jreetlng of democrats, warning them that I did not intend to caucus and I stated that the' democratic party had never been committed to a plan such as this; that nq convention ever had endorsed a plan for the rverruneut to conduct ship lines at public expense. ' "I served notice on the democrats then thst I could not be deprived of my right to vote against this bill. So long as I am in this body I will not be deprived of my right to vote and act as I think to be right." . While Senator Stone continued to ar . ralgn the bolting democrats, administra tion leaders worked desperately to im prove the prospects of the bill. How long .the democrats could hold the floor against a voto no one would predict Appeals were sent to absent senators to return at once. . ' The Weather Forecast till Id. m. Thuradav- For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicin ity Unsettled tonight and Thursday; probably rain or snow; warmer tonight. Trmperataro at Yesterday. Hours. lies'. a. m l a. m . 21 ! " 13 S a. m w a. m a ! a. m a v 11 a. m.u.. ::B 1 m. 1 p. m. I p. in. S p. m. 4 p. m. 5 p. in. 4 P- in. 7 p. in S p. ra Loral Beer4 t'oas strati to Highest yesterdsy. I .o eat yvateiday., Viean temjiereture. Precipitation 1H1S. 114. 1911 M M ti -J& ! H M 10 Zi 10 t .00 T .00 .IS . Coryright, 1916, International News ' "What are all those men hollering for, Uncle Sam?'' "They are the rival tazicab companies, Rollo,' each trying to get to walk, Rollot Do you get met" BANK TELLER GOES -. AWAY $6600 SHORT V, W. Foitik of Live Stock National Decamps Bank Protected by - .- Bonding Company. ; ; . . i , LEAVES HIS FAMILY DESTITUTE V. V.-F"oltik, paying teller of the Live Stock National bank of South Omaha, has decamped, leaving a Bhortage at the bank of $6,500. whlcii, however, is pro tected through a bonding company. Foitik left Saturday night and has not been heard from since. .He. left a letter in which he admitted his wrong, said he realized his mistake and that lie was leaving with, .but S12.W In his pockets. He aald he was going away, but would make up every dollar or the shortage. . The 'Commonwealth Auditing company has been going ever the books, for some time and Foitik, realising that his ehort- age must soon be discovered, decided to leave. He has been with the bank: six and a half years, and prior to that time was auditor for the Morris Packing com pany at St. Joseph. . Foitik owned his own home at 1001 'North Twenty-second street, where he leaves a wile and two children. . Ho was well liked snd Is spoken of very highly by the bank officials and his friends, who were more than surprised at the an nouncement. ' It Is said that his trouble dates back for five or- six years and amounts to bout H.OOU a year, none of which he saved, but simply used in being too good a fellow. It is said that he leaves his family practically destitute. Bill to Pry Loose Big Farmers from' Co-op Elevators Wins (From a Staff Correapondent.) . LINCOLN. Feb. S. (Special.) The bill of Korff and others designed to pry the big farmers loose from their control of co-operative elevator companies, got safely by the gauntlet of the committee of the whole in the house Wednesday morning, having been recommended for passage. The measure proposes a constitutional amendment providing that In co-operative companies no person shall have more than one vote at any stockholders' elec tion. Slonsors of the bill contended that big farmers getting control of stock had used many of the co-operative companies ai their own concerns, storing their own rain at thelr'wwn sweet will and riding down tbs minority members' rights. Also recommended to pass was KorCf's proposed constitutional amendment per mitting counties to rhsnge to township organisation by a majority of those voS lug on the proposition. Germany Will Can Pigs to Save Forage AMSTERDAM. K0. 8. -(Via London.) The Berlin Tageblatt says that the Ger man government intends t buy up pigs to the value of VAOO.CIO to be killed and canned In order to save fodder useful for military and other .purposes- EoLb'sIlamblBs! sit ' i iiilli ' . 'il Service. ' McRoberts Favors V v American Investments Abroad WABIliNGTON, Feb. J. Samuel Mo Roberts, vice president of the National City bank, in his address before the lnited States Chamber of-' Commerce, urged greater security ; for our invest ments abroad. "In the orient, in the Caribbean, In the northern part of South America, in Mexico." he said, "we have the oppor tunity to do great constructive work and by so doing win a pliice of our own In the future commerce of those lands. The uncertainty of protection stands squarely In tne way. If you want to do anything in these countries, the standing advice Is to 'get under the English. French or German flag." " "You need not talk to more than a half dozen men on this subject before con fronted Hh such question as 'Are we going to send good Americans Into foreign countries to be shot Just to protect some body's Investment T 'Are wo going to in cur thorlsk of a war for the sake of a little trade?' 'Are we going to turn our navy into a collection agency?' These questions express a narrow point of view, OPPOSE THE WATER BOARD LIGHT PLANT ' ' L Eeal Estate Exchange by Close Vote Refuses to Endorse Bill Advo cated by R. Beecher Howell. ACTION FOLLOWS LONG DEBATE With the most representstlve talent Omaha affords on both sides of the ques tion, a flaming parliamentary battle was waged at the Ileal ltate exchange meet ing on the question of endorsing the bill giving the Water board power to estab lish an electric light plant. After a de bate that lasted exactly until 3:20 In the afternoon, the bill lost by a vote ot 14 to 13. General George Harries, new president of the electric light and power company, was present to answer questions regard Ing the electric light company and Its ratss. C. F. Harrison, advocate ot the bill. brought 11. Ueecher Howell, manager of the Metropolitan Water district and chief Hponsor for the bill, to the meeting as his guest. MeCasae'a nraaoata. The bill was recommended for endorse ment, and then the dynamite began to work. Thomas If. MvCague opposed the bill because It. provided no limit to the amount of bonds to be voted for the publicly owned light plant; because it provides thst a majority Instead of a two-thirds - vote shall carry such bunds, snd because he said It would discourage capital from seeeklng out Omaha as a place to invest In Industries. J. 11. Iiuiiiont the dissenting member of the legislative' committee that considered the bill, opposed it also, for largely the same reasons, with some additions, be eausi) it provides that the publicly owned company may use the poles of the present cony 'an), becauso it gives the board power it) hire attorneys outside the reg ular city attorneys, etc. c. C. Carluerg championed the bill because he said it waan t so much of a crime for the people it'oiilinued ou I'a'ge Five, Column Four.) VI our patronage, But we're going Protection of but they are too frequent and too sig nificant of the general trend ot thought not to make any' secretary of state con sider how far he can go and still preserve his usefulness. . i -."Fronr the. first, all 'efforts to Improve the sonsular service and make' more ef fective all governmental agencies for dis seminating Information as to foreign mar kets and trade customs have met with a hearty approval from the general pub lic. But when any action toward looking toward the aid of commerce through a plan of action that might Involve this country politically with any foreign power has been proposed or instituted, the American public has balked and the plan has failed. "We wUl eventually have a dependable foreign policy, 'but not until general public comes to recognize that foreign trade-Is an Inseparable part of domestic -trade-that it Is not a' gamble for the few,' but the business of this nation." v ' Close ' co-opersUon ' between business and the government was'urged Dy Presi dent John H. Fahey, In his"" annual 'ad orers. IBROGAK ASKS STATE POT IN CHICAGO ZONE "Omaha Attorney Appears Before Re serve Board in Behalf of Ne braskan and Wyoming Banks. WOULD LEAVE K. C. DISTRICT WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. (Special Telegram.) F. A. Brogan of Omaha, appeared .today before the Federal Reserve board as-representative of the banks in Nebraska and Wyoming, petitioning that they be taken out of reserve district No. 10 (Kansas City), and annexed to federal reserve district No. 7 (Chicago). Mr. Good rich of Robinson and Goodrich, ap peared for the federal reserve bank of Kansas City, v . The arguments were wholly legal In character and unlike other hearings hsv Ing transfers In view attracted but scant attention, probably on the theory th Nebraska and Wyoming hank stood but (Continued on Page Two. Column Three.) ARare Investment $3,200 CASH Will buy the best delicatessen cafe, randy and soda fountain bunlneaa in 0 mail a. Iicated rla'it In the heart of numerous hlsh-ciass apartment houses and the most select rooming diatrtct of the rity. It affords un usual opportunity for maklna- money 1 loin excellent buslneas now and making g"ool momy, but could be doubled by anyone with some experi ence In this line. Hultalile for man or woman. No trade coimldered; must be .li. Address L 677, lies. Tor fartker lafonnatlom about iUs opportunity aee tne Waat Ad seotloa of today's aee. , SENATE STRONGLY FOR CONSOLIDATION OF GREATER OMAHA Committee of the Whole Recom mends It for Passage by Vote of Twenty to Eight ROBERTSON WOULD AMEND His Effort to Include Provision for Vote on Subject Falls Down. WHOLE COMMUNITY IS ONE (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. S. (Speclal.)- Aonexstion had the center of the stage in the senate today and for an hour the members argued over an amendment by Robertson ot Holt, which provided for a vote on the proposition for which the bill was in t reduced. v Howell, Introducer of the blll.Wlrst mended the bill by providing that in case of annexation the greater Omaha should be provided with two police courts. This went through without op position, but when the last section had been read. Robertson sent up an amend ment, which provided that annexation could not bo made until the voters In the territory to be annexed had by a majority vote agreed to the plan. Shonld Aid La rare rity. Howel) fought the amendment strongly and was ably supported by Splrk of 8a line, who said it was a matter of right or wrong. He ssld that If he was a resident of the territory to be annexed he too would fight the proposition, but Inasmuch as those people haft been en poying the privileges of the big city, they ought to become a part of it and assist In Its keeping up. Howell objected to the amendment, be cause It would nullify the effect of the bill, and he said thst the senate might just as well vote to Indefinitely post pons the bill as to accept the Robertson amendment. Dodge took him at his word and moved to Indeflntcly postpone. Robertson said there had been nothing said In all the discussion about any of the food points about Omaha, but It had shown up the bad features, and he did not believe those other towns ought to be forced to accept such conditions as ap peared to exist In Omaha, according to the arguments made, Omaha One Commaaltr. I Quinby said that Omaha was one com munity and should not be run as half dozen little municipalities. Ha said that the opposition to annexation had talked against force, but he called attention to the work of the legislature two years ago, when it .forced Omaha to take the water works without haying a chance to eapress itself upon the ' proposition.' Re said annexation was simply a question of allowing Omaha to take over what morally belonged to It. Robertson said that the government of South Omaha was shown to be not what It ought to be, hut the people -there were satisfied with It-and, were willing to pay for that kind of government and ought not to be forced to lake any other. He did not like the "swallowing" process. ' Vote eta Mraaore. The voto oh the annexation bill was as follows: ' For Indefinite postponement and araJnst the hill: Hedge, dates, Grace, lienry. Kiechel. Mallery. Marshall and Robert son. Aaalnet Indefinite postponement and for the hill. Heel, . Brook ley, Bedford, Buhrman, By gland, Douthett, Howell, Kohl, Krumbach. Mattes, filler, (Julnby, Ruden, Saunders, Hpencer. Splrk, Weesner. Wilson. Dodge; Wilson, Fron tier, and Wruk.-. Absent and not voting: Buahee. Ten ners, lioagland. Shumway and Bandlll. 6. Iowa Senate Acts on Fair Show Item PES MOINES, la., Feb. S.-Formal ac tion waa taken by the senate appropria tions committee this afternoon to report to the senate tomorrow recommending an appropriation of $75,000 for an Iowa cx-. hlblt at the Panama-Parlflo exposition at Kan Francisco. The report will be In the nature of an amendment to senate file No. tt. Introduced by Senator Heald, call ing for an appropriation of IIX.AOO. It Is reported that the boosters In tho senate, who are . not sstlsfled with the re - ductlon In the sise of the amount, will" attempt to defeat the adoption of the amendment when the bill Is reported out. If successful they will try to secure the entire 1126.000 appropriation. Flyers Shell Castle, Teuton Staff Home BKKNE, Swltserland (Via Paris), Feb. 1. French airmen Today dropped bombs on the famous Homberg raartle In Alssce, where a group of important German staff officers were residing. The building wss set on fire and burned to the ground. The fire spread to a number ot farm build ings adjoining it and soon nothing was left but a smoking hesp of ruins. Homberg csstla wss the jdranier resi dence of the French Countess Maupeau. It contained some celebrated ancient furniture and the, damage Is estimated at several million franks. The National Capital Wed Beads y, Kebraary 3, 1815. The Beast. Senate fight over administration ship bill resumed. . foreign relations rOmmlttee gave hear ing on Kenator Hitchcock's bill to pro hibit exports of air munitions. Commerce committee worked on river and harbor appropriation bill. Tho Hoas. Miscellaneous bill from calendar con sidered. . Resolution suthorlslog postponement of American auction of sealskins berause of war's dprelm of market paased. Hill to dissolve Roosevelt loundstlen snd return Stu.OQU Nobel peace prlxe to Colonel Itiioaevelt, favorably reported. Representative Marlionald'a bill to create national employment bureau re ported favorably. RUSSIAN YICTORY ON BOLIMOW ROAD Petrograd War Office Tells of Num ber of Successes in tlje Vicin ity of Warsaw. OTHER GAINS IN CARPATHIANS PETROGRAD, Feb. 3. Successes for the Russian arms In the region of Warsaw and in the Carpathians are recounted In an etflcial Russian statement Issueti here today. Con firmation is given also to the report that German troops have been sent to the Carpathians to assist their Austrian allies. The text ot the communication follows: "The engagements In the region of Mlawa have continued favorable to our troops. On the left hank of the Vistula the battle on the rondo from Bollmow proceeded on February 1 with consider' able Intensity. A large number of heavy and light batteries participated ener getically In the engngcn'.eht. lieraiaa Attacks HepaUed. "The Herman attack on the morning of the second, north of lVirJImow. wss re pulsed with grent looses for the enemy. A violent combet was begun soMth of the village of Ooumlne. where we recaptured advanced trenches whli-n we lost January SI. The possession of a small farm still undecided. South of the I'lllcs. near Doiinaleta, the enemy Increased the Intensity of his bombardment, continuing night and day, but attempts of the enemy's troops to make progress are without success. "In the Carpathians the conflict con tinued January SI and February 1. Our forces advanced, fighting along the broad front at Dakla Pass as for at the lower San, having crossed the principle ridge of the mountain rsnge In the region of JasllHka and Meso Laborcx where we took a battery of six cannon, two motors, number of. rapid flrers and numerous prisoners. An offensive movement under taken by the enemy southesat of Usaok Pass was repulaed with enormous losses. 'News relative to the transportation of German troops to the Carpathian front finds confirmation m.tho fact that on February 2d southeast of Ilesdld Pass we destroyed a battalion of the Two Hun dred and Twenty-rourth German regi ment, a remnant ot which , notably bat talion and company commanders and twenty soldiers, were mado prisoners.' Anti-Nepotism Bill Has Just One Friend in S, Dakota House PIERRE, 8. D., Feb. l-Speclal Tele gram.) The house disposed ot the senate nepotism . bill with only- one protesting vote this afternoon and the state offi cials may- employ relatives if they so desire. . The bill for I o'clock closng of pool halls did not even, get on lone support ing vote when the adverse committee re port came In. , The majority of the house appropria tion committee has reported adversely to an appropriation to begin Improve ments ' on grounds for a northeastern hospital for Insani'at Watcrtown. A mi nority report is favorable, and these will mean a fight on the floor of the house tomorrow. Tho house committee on ed ucation reported tho bill to wipe out the Springfield Normal school without rec ommendation. The only real fight on the floor ot the house this afternoon was over a bill which attempted to fix the "law of the road" and to control "road hogs," both of the team and auto variety, which called about a doson members Into action and final passage of 'the bill. , London News Says Wilson Ship Bill May Aid England LONDON, Feb. S. Raids by , Gsrman submarines on Brltlah commerce "might make a United States merchant marine valuable to Great Britain as a means to ' supplying food, In - the opinion of the ! Daily News, which prints an editorial j today Justifying President Wilson's attl- tudo on the ship purchase bill now before congress The paper says this "unprecedented de ; velopment of state socialism" Is the only I means . whereby the United States can recover Its place In the world of ship ping. The editorial sets forth that In the present war the submarine has become a erlous menace to England's food supply and in any future war will dominate Its position, unless In the meantime science should discover some effective means ot defense. "Should it then threaten our shipping with destruction and ourselves with star vation." says the Dally News, "it will not be an unimportant fact that a great neutral country, .possessing a mercantile marine of its own, can send its ships Into our ports, unmolested and unafraid." Bread Six Cents a Loaf in Chicago e sawm w-e CHICAGO. Feb. I.-The price of bread here was advanced to t cents a loaf today as a result of an announcement by the Master Bakers' association of an in creaae to store keepers. The sssociatlon represents about 400 of the smaller deal ers. Some of the larger manufacturers, because ot a largo stock of flour on hand, will keep the price at the present figure. Agree on Corri for . . Juarez Fray Referee KANdAH CITY, Feb. S.-Eugene Corri. official referee of the Sporting club of London, has been agreed upon as referee for the fight between Jack Johnson and Jess WUlard at Juares Mex., March C, according" to an announcement made here today by the promoter of the fight. A cablegram waa sent to Corri asking bis acceptance. CANADA TO ASK EXTRADITION OF GERMAfJ OFFICER Attempt of Werner Von Horn to Destroy International Bridge Adds New- Quirk to the War Situation. HE CALLS IT AN ACT OF WAR Canadian Officials Say Offense is Clearly Covered by Treaty with the United States. WASHINGTON IS NONCOMMITTAL The Day's War News FIKI.l) MARSHAL VON HIDDEN. ni RU'H new drive at Warsaw ap parently has arrompllaked little more thai far than the weaken ing of a romparatlrely few Rn slan positions. Neither the Ber lin nor ht Petroarad official re ports Indicate . that marked ctinnntea have reanlted from tho flahtlnar. which dally heeomee morn Intense. Rt'SSlAN anrreaaes are claimed la the fighting? la the Carpathians, which has developed Into on of the moaf Important phases of the rampalta In th cast. Rnaatan troops are aald to have made marked prnarea la Dnkla Pwas. GKRMAN VERSION of he recent flahtlnar In Poland anys Rneelann hare hern forced back near Boll mow. It Is aald that the Ger mans captnred a vlllaae and took 4,000 prisoners. Russian attacks elsewhere, the German war office swerti, were repalsed. FIGHTING COIVTIMKS between Brltlah and Tnrklah forces In Arabia, near the heed of the Per sian am if, where small forces of Tarka hare taken the offensive. VANCE BO RO, Me., Feb. 3. Werner Van Horn, who attempted to blow up the railway bridge here yes terday, today appealed to the German ambassador at Washington, Count von Bernstorff. He told th latter that he had not been on Canadian soil and asked (or protection (rota extradition to Canada. Dominion authorities were busy to day building up a case to support their request for the extradition ct Werner Van Horn, who yesterday at tempted the destruction fit th intei national bridge over the BL Croix river. Before noon a large party of secret service officers arrived here froui Montreal. Their business was to es tablish the fact that Van Horn had deliberately caused damage to a rail road and so committed an offense which is extraditable under tbe treaty between the United States and Canada. At the same time the ques tion whether Van Horn was a crim inal or political offender was to be made the subject of exchanges be tween Ottawa and Washington. Van Horn, still claiming to be an officer 8ayvllle)-aerman army headquarters to day gave out a report on the progress of Uio fltfhUng which reads as follows: "The attacks made by the French on of the German army and appearing to feel secure In his position that he had prop erly committed an act of war and so could not be extradited, awaltod events with composure. Ills only regret so far as expressed Is that he succeeded In dam aging the bridge but slightly. It has been stated that be would appeal to the Ger man embassy at Washington, but so far as known he has made no move In this direction. Nor has he consulted a lawyer. No charge has been preferred against him and he la detained only on the authority of the attorney general ot Maine until an Inquiry Into the facts of his case can bo made. Will Held Prisoner. It was explained tnat he could be held Indefinitely unless a writ of habeas 'cor pus on his behalf was obtained. Van Horn has shown no disposition to seek his (Continued on Page Five. Column Three.) Increase Your Earnings Not only by doing all you can to make your business a success, but also by shrewd in vestment of your profits. I5ee Want Ads tell you every day of many opportuni ties of wife investments, large and small. Keep in touch with them, Jlead Bee Waal Ads. Telephone Tyler 1000. THE OMAHA BEE Everybody Rumdt B WW Ad