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Daily B 1HE DIOUKMX nwmi a lantern fcnt the up-to-date bnaineaa man til Omaha) urn the advertising col nrom of The Bee. THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XLIV-NO. 201. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY -8, 1015. Oa Train end at total Slews Staade. la SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. r Omaha EE TURK VANGUARDS THROW BACK THE BRITISH Otl SUEZ Constantinople RfporU English Ontpostg Driven Back Agaftnt ' Canal East of the .-' Waterway. BATTLES STILL PROCEEDING Pari Ainouncei Sunday Quiet Ex cept for Bombardment North of Soissons. JUGHT ATTACKS ARE REPULSED CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 7. '(Via Amsterdam to London.) The official statement issued today by the government says: "Our vttngards uarrlved in the region of the Suez canal and drove "back the British outposts against the canal. Battles took place around Ismallia and El aKntara. and are still proceeding." Britons Take Hrlckyard. PARIS', Feb. 7. The war office Eave but - the following statement this afternoon regarding the' prog ress: ; "In Belgium the day of February was quiet, Between the canal and the road from Bethune to La Batjsee, a kilometer east of Culnchy. a brick yard where the enemy had main tained a position was taken" by the English. - , ' " " Shell the 'Trenches. "In the section of Arras to the north of Ecurle the Germanes batteries have bombarded the trenches captured by ua on February 4, but there has been no Infantry attack. . . "From Arraa to Rhelma there have been artillery fights In which we have bad the advantage. "In Champalgne we have repulsed an attack by half a battalion to the north of Beascjour. . v . - "From, the , Argonne to the Vosges artillery combats have been handicapped " Attacks Repolaee. - "In the night of February and 7 the ' enemy delivered in the region of Nleu port several minor attacks, all of which There la nothing to report - concerning the operatlona of February 7 except the bombardment of the district to. the north cf Soissons." " . r i . 1 Iowa Banner State , In Cropsf Nebraska : Is in Fifth Placfe WASIUNQTON. Teb. a-Jowa has wrested from Texas the title of banner erop 'State, the thirteen principal oropa grown there lost year being valued at 150,000, according to the Agricultural Outlook, issued today. Illinois crops were worth $319,665,900, whlla Texas comes till! d, With I38.S35.W. .. . j Decrease In. the value eff cotton was the, ca'ijf of the smaller value of Texaa crops. KwTisas.- with S237,662.0M is fourth; Ne braska, with $310,009.00 Is fifth, and Ohio, with 7,3-j7.00O fa aixth. ' DID HOUSEWORK, HELPED IN FIELDS; JURY GIVES PAY -8IOUX' FALLS. 8. D.. Feb. TAsfpeclal.) When Anna GJendem appeared before N Jury In the Day county circuit court and testified In her suit against Ellas Loseth. a Iay county farmer, that while In his employ she had dona the house work s well as helDed the men in hay ing and atacking. It did not take the members of the Jury long to award her a Judgment of $200 against Ioeeth, whom she had sued for wagea due. She was to - have received S2 per week, and not be ing able to make a- satisfactory settle- ( . 1. ..... I .1, ....... .Ua Hirrifc nun i' i ciiipiu jrvr, iiiiiiiuktu mv action for the collection of the sum claimed to be due. The Jury also al lowed her interest on the amount of the Judgment from the date the money was first due her. OVER 75,000 HORSES GO TO EUROPE WAR FIELDS WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Warring Euro pean nations have bought and cxportel more than 75.000 horse from he- United States, but there Is no Immediate' danger apparent tl)at continued export will cause an acute shortage of horses In this coun try, according te O. A. Bell, of the bu reau of animal husbandry, in the Agri cultural Outlook published today. The Weather '' Teuiperatare Comparative loal tie Cora. . Official record of temperature and rain fall compared with last three ears: lli- 1914. 1i3. lli. Highest yesterday 24 17 32 30 lowest yesterday 14 t-11 Mean temperature .... 1 S jn . u ITeolpttatlon T .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal temirature , 2 liefii-lnnry for the day......... I Tutsi excess stn March 1 60s Normal prolpual Ion M Inch leflolenry for ttie dv 04 Inch 'luHl ralnfU since Mjrch l2 'i ln.-tics ) tefit'lent-y since March 1 1 Inches 1 efirlm y for corv period U'lf 5. 75 Inches' gje'iclewy for cor. period, WIS 4.49 Inches indicates bel w i;it. t LA. KLjSH, loosl Forecaster. at Omaha Yesterday. Mill! f- 1 J . p- m v n feq ! m 8 '-J J P- m...... ii 7 P- 21 CONFERENCE PLEADS FOR MEXICAN PEACE Gathering of Orer Fire Hnndred Delepatei at San Antonio Asks Chiefs to Unit Fighting. OAMBOA SOUNDS THE KEYNOTE SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Feb. 7. A resolution calling on the leaders of the parties now engaged In the war in Mexico to terminate the strife and unitev for the good "of the country j was passed, by the Mexico peace con ference held here today. The resolution, in the form of a message, la being telegraphed tonight to Generals Carranasa, Villa, May .orena. Hill. Zapata, Angeles, Cantu and other officials. . More than 500 delegates from almost every section of Mexico and every political party participated In the conference, which was presided over by Miguel Bolanes I Cacbo, former governor of Oaxaca. ; The' conference adjourned late today. Mexico for Mexlcane. In the opening address Fedcrlco Oam boa sounded the keynote of sentiment which every speaker followed when he said: '"Mexico ia a bouse fop Mexicans and Mexicans only." The- convention decided upon a plan to bring about peace by the appointment of a permanent committee to bring about a conference of the military officials In Mexico at the earliest possible time. Fedeiico Gatnboa, former minister of for eign relation! in Huerta'a cahlnet, and Francisco Cartajal.. president of Mexico between the Huerta and Carransa ad ministrations, were elected chairmen of this committee, with power to name sub committees In the United Statea, Spain, Cuba, Canada and other countrlea whero there are colonies of Mexicans. This com mittee Is to arrange for, another conven tion in Mexico an soon' aa answers are received from the military officials to whom the appeal is addressed. ' V. S. Show Displeasure. WASHINGTON, Feb. . Efforts of General Venuatlano Carransa to establish Vera Crua aa the capital of Mexico and compel the diplomatic corps in Mexico City to go there were discussed today by officials and foreign diplomats here as one of the gravest developments of the Mexican situation. .President. Wilson conferred at length with Acting Secretary Lansing of the State department and It was understood that the American government would point out to Carransa its displeasure over any Inconvenience to the diplomatic corps In Mexico City. . General Carransa sent the followls-p message tonight to Ellslo Arredondo, his agent here: "t ialr to nulu nlaar that under no circumstance win I enter Into any com promise , with the enemies or tne -peopie s cUuse. I will only aocept uieir mwraut Clonal Submission to the suthorltjr! 1 first chieftainship.' N the v Dakotans Deadlock On BiU Abolishing The Death Penalty PIERRE S. IX. Feb.. 7. (Special Teie- rl vni gram.) A nimusier u iuicr w or to pass the house bill abolishing, capi tal punishment In the South uauota legislature today. 1 Adjournment 'for the week was taken without any action. In the house Labrie got bis . three fourths Jury verdict bill past the Judiciary committee and on the calendar tor final action on the floor next week. An attempt, to get . reconsideration of the vote on the text book bill which pasaed the house last night failed. It goes to the senate for their action. The bill for Inspection of private hospi tals and convents brought on a number of obstructive motions and In the preliminary tangle it was killed by a mis taken motion of Its friends sending to the table i where It takes a two-thirds vote to lift U.. ' The eugenio marriage bill was killed by a vote of 6 to Ss. . " Bread Tickets -Soon Feature of Berlin ' BERLIN, Feb. 7. (Via London.)-Breed tlcketa with which a weekly quota of bread or flour can he drawn will soon be a feature of .life la Berlin. The munici palities of Greater Berlin today voted unanimously to adopt this measure. 'The ttckeU. which will it Issued weekly, will be provided with coupons permitting the holder to purchase bread or flour It. amounts Up to two kilograms (4.20 pounds). Greater Berlin Is the only city tn Germany where a limitation oa consump tion has thus far been adopted. ASSERTS GENERATION OF SMOKERS TO PASS AWAY GRINNELL, Ia. Feb. T. (Ppeclal Ji Discussing smoking among atudenta In a chapel address. President Main of-Grin-nell college declared that he expected the day to come when the use of the weed would .be aa obsolete as snuff-taklng now is. i ' 'Time was," said the president, "when ever body, from prince to pauper, prided J? himself of hie ability to dip snuff, but now the only place you can find snuff boxes ia in a museum of antiquities, and some day our descendants may have to go to these museums to find our pipes and other smokers utensils.' EDITORS' ENTERTAINMENT SUBCOMMITTEE NAMED The local committee on arrangements for tie entertainment of editors of tse state and wlvee when the Nebraska Press association comes to Omaha In April, met Faturday at the Commercial elub and ap pointed a committee of five to re-operate With the bureau of publicity tn arranging iftstls of entertainment. The committee which was selected by ballot was as fol lows: I. W. Medlar. C. E. Corey, 3. O Goodwin, J. M. Tanner and H. U Toitevln. FRENCH SHARPSHOOTERS withari automatic gun In a tree near Soissons. ' f -,,. frva.-?r ,.;., I ": f ,'tVaj-rJ7'-' ' ' - ' -;r I ' -mi s f OHIO TR ADESI JEH WILL YISIT OMAHA This City jWnded in Itinerary of , j. Cleveland -Maauf actnrers and ; Merchants' Excursion. DEVOTE SPACE TO THIS CITY Omaha la one of the bsgs of. gold, m the opinion of the Manufacturers and Wholesale Merchants' . board of Cleve land. This board has planned a bis trade exeurslon. for the latter part of - ' -; has included Omaha In its Itinerary, and . . has given Its members a nice page an nounoement of -Omaha's resources, in a neat little pamphlet it has put out boost ing for tha.exourslon. . ; - . - . "The Quest of the Bags of Gold" 1 what the pamphlet la entitled.; Each ef the cities to be visited is represented In the pamphlet as a big yellow bag of gold, and the Cleveland fellows are out after these bags in that they are after closer trade relations , with', these, cities. The cities Included are Omaha, Pes Moines, Kansas CJty, Minneapolis, Bt. Paul and Milwaukee. .. Ciirea Osaaha Moat Space. . Omaha la given ' comparatively more space in the-pamphlet than most any of the ether cities. Bays the pamphlet speaking to the boosters who are to mak the trip:.. ' . - r.,.; ,f t .,..7 "How much of the contents of the bag of gold at Omaha should ' go into your cash box? "What are the possibilities for your merchandise tn this brisk city of the plains? How far have you developed the relations that could properly exist between your buslneaa and the business men of the metropolis of Nebraska T "Located in , the heart of the crops.' a center te and, from which are annually shipped mflllofis of dollars worth of grain and beef, Omaha Is fast beoomlng Lene of Jhe foremost trading centers of the American continent. t "Its stock yards are teeming with ac tlvtty. Its warehouses are bursting with grain. Its business section is active with progressive and successful retail busi ness houses. "It Is truly a wonderful field for trad ing. 'Come with us to Omaha and be come acquainted with people who can and will, if properly approached, 'shell out' the contents of their bag of gold to you." A copy of the pamphlet haa reacted the bureau of publicity at Omaha. Man ager Parrlsh tf the bureau aays the persistent publicity Omaha has received regarding Ita great Industries has taken effect in the eastern cities, aa shown by this pamphlet. Very Soil of France . Turns on Invaders I.HJJ2. franca, Feb. 7 (via Loiidon.) Tho German army surgeons have held conference here relative to tetanus, which l as become very prevalent among ' the German wounded. ' Papers were re.id to show that the earth In this region ia in fected with the tetanus germ, like Up per Alsace, and that evea the slightest contact of wounds with the earth was dangerous. - Slows Palls Deer Skew. BIOL'X K A IjLS, 8. D.. Feb. t (Hpeclal.) Arrangements rapidly are being com pleted for tUe third annual licensed show of the iMoux Falls Kennel club, which will be held in the city auditorium on t ebruary 14, ia and li. II II POLICEMEN HOST NOT TARE FAVORS Commissioner Xujjel Orders They Shall JSbt Axrtpt - Pera.uiv,v . lites" on Beats. NEITHER. MEAlS NOR DRINKS OmaTia policemen have been In '.be bablt of "panhandling" meals, drlnVs and small eratntltles from restau rants, saloonkeepers,. and others, on their beats, according to a statement of Police Commissioner Kugel, who adds that the next time he bears of an officer offending In this way, It will mean summary dismissal for the guilty one. 1 ' '. Mr. Kugel says many of his men do not take money, but they do ac cept meals, etc.. from almost any body,-who off era them. , "The officers, do ..sot think they are grafting- they think they, are Just being" good fellows but petty grafting it Is,.' neverthelesa." . Mr. Kugel eaid, "and if j bear of any more of it, it will mean dismissal of those found guilty.".- . , Flood Waters Keep :- Rising in Cincinnati CINCINNATI. O..' Feb. T.-The Central Union railroad depot, the tracks of which are Inundated by the flood, was vacated late today, and the various lines operat ing out of there were forced to seek sta tions on hlKher ground. , The flood reached the stage of 55. 4 feet late today and continued to rise at the rate of one-tenth of a foot an hour. Ac cording to the government weather fore caster the crest would be reached some time tonight or early, tomorrow by foot stage. Many bouses In the wholesale and densely populated resident districts are under water, but the suffering of the people and damage to gooda have been held to the minimum by the ample warn ing given and the work of charity and relief organisations. Flood waters have Inundated the low-lying- sections of Newport and Coving ton. Ky., across the river from Cincin nati, and hundreds of families have been fpi-cl to vacate their homes. LAST MEXICAN GOVERNOR OF CALIFORIA IS DEAD LOB ANGELES. Cal.. Feb. ?.-Colonel George II. Smith, attorney of Plo Pico, last of the Mexican governors of Call fornlaf and later a Judge of the. district court of appeals, died here yesterday. He was SI years old. He wrote many books on jurisprudence and philosophy, his Theory of the State being awarded the Phillips prize by the American Philosophical society of Phila delphia In an International competition Colonel Smith was prominent In the Spanish land grant litigation of Call forala. f uunng ine rivu war he commanded a confederate evalry regiment. I with Seattle Vomt. t-EATTLJG, Wash.. Feb. 7.-The Beattl Master Hafccire' association announred to day that it had le iUud. OKlng to the hitfh cost Of flour, to raise the price of tirad from i nts a loaf to rents and from IV crut fur a large loaf to U cents. GERMANS CHARGE BLOCKADE DUE TO BRITISIPPERF1DY" Berlin Government Asserts Action ForcedThrongh the Efforts of England to Starre Teu ton Millions. NEUTRAL WORLD ALSO SCORED Nations Not at War Declared to Have Acqniesced in Program of Arcli-Enemy. LIKE APPEAL TO OWN INTEREST BERLIN, Feb. 7. (By Wireless to 8ayvllle.) Germany officially gave out today the full text of the "nJernorandum of the Imperial Ger man government concerning re taliation regarding the measures taken in England, in violation of international law. to stop neutral sea commerce with Germany." It says: "Since the beginning of the present war Great Britain has carried on a mercantile warfare against Germany In a way (Bat defleaall the principles of international law. Renenaeed Declaration. "It is true that the British govern ment has announced In a number of decrees tho London declaration con cerning naval warfare to be binding on its naval forces, but In reality H has renounced the declaration in ita most important particulars, although Its own delegates at the London con ference on naval warfare had rec ognlzed Its conclusions to be valid aa international law. .''The British government haa put a number of articles' In ' the list of con traband, which are not. or at most are only indirectly useful for military pur poses and therefore according to the London declaration as well as according to the universally recognised rules of International law, may not be designated as contraband. Abolishes D!atltloa. "It haa further actually abolished the distinction between absolute and relative contraband. Inasmuch as It has subjected to rapture ail articles of relative con traband intended for Germany, without refeience to the harbor In which they are to be unloaded 6r to the hostile or peaoeful use to which they are to be put. "It does not even hesitate) to violate the Paris declaration as well, as naval forces have seised on neutral ships Ger man property that was pot oontrabatfjd in violation of its own decrees concern ing tha'Jjondon declaration. It has fur ther, through, Ita naval forcea, taken from neutral ships numerous Germans liable to military service and has made ot them prisoners et war.- ' lade Nertk Sea. War' Area. "Finally, it haa declared the entire North Sea to be an area of war and If It haa not made Impossible the passage of the neutral ahlpplng through the sea between Scotland and ..Norway haa rendered It so difficult and so dangerous that It has to a certain extent effected a blockade of neutral coasts and neutral porta, In violation of all international law. "All tbeae measures have the obvious purpose, through the illegal paralysation of legitimate neutral commerce, not only to strike at the German military strength, but also at the economic life of Germany, and. finally, through starvation, , doom the entire population of Germany to destruction. v "The neutral powers have generally ac quleaced In the steps taken by the Brit ish government. Especially they have not sucoeeded in inducing- the British (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Rockefeller Takes Fee for Testifying; . Carnegie Forgets His V NEW YORK, Feb- a.-With Beth Low, former mayor of New York City, as the final Witness 'at the present bearing the Federal Commission on Industrial Rela tions today planned to hold Its next ses sion In Chicago where transportation problems will be subject to Inquiry, The commission heard Andrew Car negie and John D. Rockefeller, two of the richest men tn the world, defend the philanthropic foundations endowed by them and neither was of the opinion that the Institutions bearing thetr names con stituted a menace to the people. It was learned today that after John D. Rockefeller left tho witness stand yester day he was handed by the sergeant-at-arros a check for W. cf which ti was wit ness feee and S3 was mileage from Pocantlco Hills. Mr. Rockefeller signed a receipt la a sprawling shaky hand. Mr. Carnegie was so busy with pho tographers after he left the stand that be forgot his check for 12. It was jnailed to him today. Fire Causes Loss of Near $25000 at Cairo CAIRO, Neb., Feb. 7.-fpeclal Tele- sram). Fire early this morning rletely destroyed the large department . store of McAllister Brothers. The fire was discovered about I a. in. by persons living in the next building and an alarm Immediately turned In, hut the bailding was a mass ot flames and the fire, too well started to be stopped by the volun teer fire department, which promptly re sponded. " Two streams of water were kept play ing on adjoining buildings and the fire kept from spreading. The building was a large two-story briok aad a stock of about was carried. It is a total loos, though Insured The origin of the fire is not ki"', but It is supposed to have started from the furnaoe la the basement. The north wall fell out. land ing on the postoffice, a ems.ll frame building, almost comiAetety wrecking It. , . 1 BANK LADY WAS HIS FRIEND And Now He Searches Sunny Italy for.Beautifnl Fostcard to Send Back to Her. AND WEARS CRIMSON' MUFFLER There be those who think that real ro mance la found only in Italian gardens hathed In moonlight. Nothing could be farther from the truth. J But who would ever look for romance In tho somber poatofflo building, and of all places In the postal savins bank department, where everyone In supposedly! Intent upon sordid money mattersT , ! Yet that la precisely where It was found not long ago. He It known, then, that Mies CUra Southard teaches the young dollar how to Increase when It Is placed In Undo Sam's bank, generally bv poor folks who haven't any too many dollars. And a smile and a kind word go a long way with these depositors, especially the forelgnera, who are always pursued by the fear of losing their little hoards. Here enters the hers He Is an Italian. And handsome! Pay, the Apollo Belvldere had nothing on him. And, oh, such eyes, with the sun of his native Italy In them, and his fine, swarthy complexion, and hln curly, black hair. , Well, his name aa Frank. Tea, Just plain Frank. Of course. In most stories Italian men are called Pletro or Oluseppl or something like that But In this story we must stick to the truth. His name was Frank. tomes Draw Savlaaa. Frank came In one day recently to draw cut his savings. He told the Bank Lady that his father was dead and he must go back to Italy to settle tip the estate and divide It among all his younger brothers and sinters and himself. The Bank Lady was very kind, aa she always had been. Frank felt that his money was safe because sha waa always so kind. Ho told her all about his home and famll In aunny Italy. And all tin tlmo the Bank Lady as getting his monev ready. He wltdied to draw only the odd change now and would get the main deposit In the afternoon wnen no was ready to buy his ticket. Misa Houthard turned over to mm aev rat dnllara and some odd change. Frank took it and then pushed back a quarter a t,. She ahoved It out aaam, tM.kinf ha had forgotten It. frana again pushed It back and said something In unintelligible English while he smiled and blushed. ' . vl- ) Tip Iter. w. ii-i. time the young woman realised that he meant It as a tip. w to hurt his feelings, she pretended that i,. ihnmhi ahea had mlacounteu. - nut wnk was neralstent. Jto Jinaujr pushed theuoin back and started for ths door. There he paused Just long enough to say with a smile and a musn. 'Tou keeoa It hava good time." Bo Miss Southard decided to "have a good time" with that Quarter, and she adoDted an ingenuous way. xnat noon aha went out and nuTohaaed a crimson muffler, of the'crlmsonest crimson to be found.. She raid for It with the auarter and a little bit more. s. When Frank appeared in the afternoon to et the rest ot his money she pre sented It to him. " ' Battle of Toaes. Oh. such gestures'. Such voluble talk Frank fanned the air with both hands snd his head whileItalian and Engnsn etruecled together (to voice his thanks Ha would treasure1 the muffler. Never before had so beautiful a muffler been made. He would show It to his seven little brothers, and his nine little slaters, and to his aunt, and to his two uncles It should remind him upon the voyage of beauttf ul Omaha and he would have It with him when he returned again. And oh! What could he bring for the Bank Lady? .. . The Bank Lady assured him that all she wanted was a picture poet card, and she wouldn't under, any circumstances aooopt anything else. . It he wished to bring tier a post card, that, would be very nice. . i And so, somewhere on the seas or, per haps, already in beautiful Napoll, la handsome young Italian, with tho sun of Italy in his eyes and a clear swarthy complexion and lovely. curly, black hair. About his neck la a crimson muffler of the crlmsonest crimson in the world, And , ha is probably wondering Just where he can buy the finest post card In all Italy to present to the Bank Lady In Omaha who takes of his money such good care. . C0NVENTIONIST CHIEF IS NOW AT C0L0NIA M0REL0S DOUGLAS, Arls., Feb. 7.-General Juan Cabral's conventlonlst command of ap proximately i.OCO men arrived at Colonl Morelos. sixty-five miles southeast of hare, on Friday. Nothing Is known about Cabral's plan of campaign against the Carransa forcea. who occupy only the strip of Bonora Just south of here. Cabral was sent to Sonora to take com mand of the conventionale forces In Bo nnra under Oovernor Jlaytorena. Instead he was held a prisoner by Maytorena at Cananea for, two months and escaped only a few days ago. - His army haa been weeks In crossln the Sierra Mad re mountains from Chi huahua lliCTDIIIMC ATTAPW? TUP MONTENEGRINS AGAIN PARIS. Feb. T. Resumption of Austrian attacks on all Montenegrin posltlona along the banks of the !rlna In the mountains near Dorado are reported in a dispatch to the Havaa agency from CettlnJe. It Is !.i.i.,l tki ika Inslrlsn A A saw at ai 1) m stated that the Austrian fire was silunced by the Montenegrin artillery.. Three Austrian aeroplanes flew over Antlvarl, Jhe dispatch states, dropping many bombs, whlrb did considerable d am ass to. buildings, but resulted In no deaths, although one person was wounded. The airrrafta were driven oft by artil lery fire and flew In the direction of Cattaro. SUPREME JUSTICE-BROWN OF MINNESOTA IS DEAD ST. PAUL, Minn.. Feb. T.-Phlllip F. Brown, associate justice f the Minnesota supreme court, died suddenly here tonight o! heart disease. He wag bt years old. GERMAUS PRESS ON RUSS LINES IN SPITE. OF LOSSES Von Hindenburg Continues to Hurl Hii Legions at Enemy and ,, Slaughter is Heavy on Both Sides. DAYS BEFORE RESULT KNOWN Germans Gain Ground at Points, but Fail to Break Through Front of the' Enemy. TEUTON LOSSES .. ARE 30,000 LONDON, Feb. 7. Neutral opin ion of Germany's threat of a tfubma- -rlne blockade of the British isle, to gether with, possible action by the governments of the United States, Holland and the Scandinavian coun tries, is today competing with the big battle In central Poland for first place " In the public Interest in England. The threav Itself has In no way- disturbed the sea-borne trade of the country; steamers are running at usual; Insurance rates remain as they were and ship owners declare that there will be no change in schedules. s . Thlafc Caa't Be Done. In fact the general belief her Is v that Germany is not in a position to Interfere to any great extent with shipping snd the possibility of Ger- ' many becoming involved with neu tral countries over this action looms large in British minds. . What effect the action of tho captain of the Lusltanla In flying the American flag will have on the question is yet to be seen. The Lusltanla crossed the Irish Sea. according to American pas sengers, with American flags at Ita stern and forepeak, but this fact ta not yet known to the English public. Of the battle In central Polani, little news has come throvgti today from either Petrograd, Vienna or Berlin. It Is believed that tho fighting continues snd "that it will be some days before final decision Is reached. If the Ru sian success In crossing the Bsura river strongly supported and pushed If might lead to the shortening of this en gagement. Do Not Break Throask. From all accounts tho Germans flung great masses against the Russian lines. nd . although they . gained . ground at some points, the assault did not succeed ' in. breaking through the Russians, and. - tho latter were able to take the offens ive in porta of the field. -With the tremendous concentration of artillery and rifle fire and bayonet work tho losses must have been very great. One corre- spondajnt at Petrograd places tho Oer- ' wnan losses at 80.000. In the Carpathians 'and' lit Bukowlna hard fighting la also going on. The hus- stans, with a strong force, are: making' desperate efforts to driv tho Auatrtana from Dukla and other passes; and, al though the snow ilea deep bt the moun tains, the battles Continue night and day. Along tho weatera front. . so tar - as official reports dlclose. this has been one of the quietest days for weeks. The ar tillery, of course, has been buey.but as i If by mutual consent, the armies have refrained from Infantry attacks. Oxea Haal Boats. There lias been no further ffghtlng in Egypt, but statements from Turkish prisoners show that the Turks brought a great number of boats across tho des ert, drawn by oxen. They were some what) surprised to fin 1 a strong force awaiting them, and were compelled . to surrender, when troops got behind them and hemmed them In. In some oaaes tho Turks were allowed to launch their boats before ths Britlsa opened fire and sank them. Eart Grey, addressing a meeting today. said that War Secretary Kitchener la August asked him to at peal to the min ers of Northumberland for five new batj. taiuons. instead they raised twenty bate) tallonSy " WOULD CREATE STATE OF JEFFERSON OUT OF TEXAS AUSTIN. Tex., Feb. T.-A resolution to create out of the Panhandle of west Texas a new state named Jefferson was favorably reported today to the state sen ate. During committee debate both sides announced they did not expect the adop tion of the resolution. Free Coupon Good for 1 25 cts. or 50 cfs. By special arrangement with the management-for the bene fit of Bee readers. Observe strictly the conditions and limi tations. stipulated In the coupon. This TV Coupon ' Entitles Bearer to one 25c or 50c Seat For the performance of "BIG JIlCl GARRITY'V AS the lioyd Theater, Monday evening. Fob. 8. 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