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SAY BRITONS MAY
SINKNEUTRALS
Berlin' Intimates This Means Will
Be Taken to Embroil Germany
with United States.
GERARD FEARS NO TROUBLE
HKRUS, Keb. (By Wireless to
London.) An ofl'iriol statement, reading
as follows, was issued In Berlin today:
'In so much as It Is to the Interest of
treat Hrltain thai conflic t arise between
Germany and neutral powers. It Is
thought In Herman shipping circles that
KnKllsh submarines, In order to bring
about this end, may purposely sink one
or more neutral ships. H Is known also
In the shipping; circle that Oreat Britain
has laid large quantities of mines against
Herman submarines.
tirrard Fear 'o Trouble.
'RERUN, Feb. 16 (Via Ixndon.)-The
Ixikal Anzelger today publishes an Inter
view with James V. Gerard, the Ameri
can ambassador to Germany, which reads
as follows:
''I regard the relations today between
our two countries calmly and with con
fidence, and 1 believe pending questions:
will be solved In a manner mutually sat
isfactory. Men at the head of the gov
ernments In Berlin and Washington are
not permitting themselves to be Influ
enced either by the press or by public
criticisms. The public In the United
States, as well as In Germany, should
await development quietly,"
Great Britain Can Solve It.
The Cologne Gazette,' commenting today
on the diplomatic situation which has
arisen out of Germany's declaration of a
marine war lone around Kngland says
that the American note to Great Britain
contains a demand the granting' of which
would at once remove or reduce to small
proportions all danger of American ship
ping. If Great Britain abandoned the use
of, the Stars and frUripes, few ships would
carry this banner Into the' war zone
waters. To recognize a ship as American
would be equivalent to knowing It as a
neutral.
' The Cologne Volkssettung saya Ger
many in nut await patiently and show that
February 18 wlU be a day of bitter
earnest.
BOARD OF TRADE
BUILDING BADLY
WRECKED BY FIRE
(Continued from Page One.)
Mayor Harrison's
Wife Takes Stump
CHICAGO. Feh. JS.-Mrs. Carter H.
Harrison, wife of Mayor Harrison, today
took her husband's place on the stun:p
and addressed several meetings of work
ers, uagliig them to vote for her husband
and nominate him next Tuesday as the
democratic candidate for mayor, 'tyayor
Harrison, because of illness, was unable
to fill a number of his engagements -to
speak and Mrs. Harrison volunteered to
take his rlsxe.
Rent room quick with a nee Want Ad.
without taking any action looking to re
pairing the old building or building a
new structure. Nothing In this direction
will be clone until after the loss is ad
justed by the Insurance companies.
The officers of the building cor.ipany
are: W. H. Koenig, president: Fred J.
Adams, vice president; E. M. Morsman,
jr treasurer; Quelle C. Harding, secre
tary, who with Casper K. Yost. J. H.
Millard, Jay U. Foster, George B. Vrlnz.
C B. Stone and Fred W. Kayser, con
stitute the board of directors.
There are some eighty stockholders, who
are among the wealthy people of the city.
They include such persons as the officers
and directors, Thomas Kilpatrtck, Gott
leib Store. K. M. Morsman, Mrs. KJ. U
Stone anT others.
Many Prefer to Rebuild.
it Is understood that a majority of the
directors and many of the stockholders
are strongly in favor of tearing out the
old building and erecting a modern struc
ture on the site, one suitable for a first
class business house with offices on the
floors above. The future of the building
is to be determined at a meeting of the
stockholders to be called shortly.
Karly this morning and almost before
the fire was out, there was a scramble
upon the part of tenants to get Into new
I locations.
Early yesterday and almost before
one of the first lo get Into a new lo
cation. At 8:30 o'clock he had an office
leased in the City National bank build
ing and an hour later his sign was
painted on the door.
J. E. Vandorn, attorney, at 9 o'clock
was located In The Bee building and
was ready to advise with his clients.
McKenzle & Cox, attorneys, moved Into
The Bee building during the morning,
and by noon were located.
E. M. Morsman, jr.. took rooms on the
sixth floor of the State bank building.
The Nebraska Fuel company located at
11 South Sixteenth street, In the City
National bank building. ,
Bank Horea.
The German-American State bank, on
the first floor of the Board of Trade
building, suffered only a water soaking.
It made It necessary, however, for the
bank to move temporarily. Books and'
tables were hastily grabbed up and moved
to. the old Burlington ticket office at Fif
teenth and Fa mam streets, where the
bank was doing business shortly after 8
o'clock.
The vault was untouched, and will be
left In the Board of Trade building to be
guarded at night by a detail of watch
men. Frcm day to day money enough to
run the bank's dajly business will be
taken to the temporary .quarters at Fif
teenth and Far nam "streets. '.
-Not a sign of the flame 'touched the
tank m, although water poured
through the celling all night and was
still dripping in the morning. Officials of
the bank, stated that no valuable papers.
were lost and no records destroyed.
The mahogany finish of the interior,
however, was seriously damaged by the
water. Mahogany does not stand a
water soaking, and as the entire fixtures
of the bank were Of mahogany the loss
will necessarily amount to something.
This Is covered by insurance.
lob l.o.a Ten Thoaaanai Ostlari.
The board of directors of the 1'nlverstty
club met Tuesday morning at t o'clock and
tllscusjtcd tha question of new quarters.
A committee, composed of the house
committee, together with President
Rogers, was appointed to look for avail
able space for a temporary location.
On Investigation o the origin of the
fire. It was found that no meals had been
served at the club after ths noon lunuh
con. In fa t, that portion of the chin
had been practically closed at S o'clock
In the afternoon. Tha board of directors
is unable to determine how the fire
could have originated in the club roma.
as the Investigation showed that at the
south end of the building the floor has
collapsed. This fact would imlicute that
the fire probably started below the fifth
floor.
President Herbert M. Rogers, In speak
ing of the fire said: "On investigation
I found the entire equipment of the club
to be a total loss. It Is difficult to de
termine the value of this equipment, as
wc have been unable to reaoh the safe.
Put I would place the value somewhere
between I1O.O00 and 115.000, which is fully
covered by Insurance. I am glad to state,
however, that the club is in excellent
financial condition. It has a sinking fund
Invested In quick convertible assets which
with the equipment fund will be Immedi
ately available for refurnishing any fu
ture quarters determined upon. The club,
however, feels keenly the loss of nu
merous gifts from members and guests,
ccnstptlng of pictures, trophies and books
which have accumulated since its organ
ization." The University club had twenty-five
big upholstered oak chairs, a big victrola,
four pool tables, a large oak reading table,
a small library containing a few hundred
volumes, an electric, self-playing piano,
and some thirty or forty dining room
tables, besides, of course, the kitchen
equipment, and the Immediate office
equipment. Including a large stock of
cigars.
Loss of Tenants.
The loss to the Asrons Jewelry and nov
elty goods stock may reach $15,000 to
$30,000, or, perhaps more. It was on the
first floor and everything was soaked
with water.
The McCarty stock of woolen goods is
perhaps a total loss, practically all of
the cloths having been wet through, and
through. While It is Impossible to fix
the damage, it is asserted that it may
reach K0G0 to $6,000.
O. D. Kiplinger & Son were among the
heavy losers. They carried a large stock
of tobaccos and cigars in the retail store
on the first, and an Immense stock on the
floor above, which was the wholesale de
partment. Water went through the floors
and soaked the goods, entailing a loss of
perhaps IJO.OOO to tii.000.
In the offices occupied by the lawyers,
the libraries were greatly damaged, many
of the books being soaked through 'and
through. Some of the llbrsrles are com
pletely ruined.
The Stryker Shoe company, on the first
floor, stands to lose anywhere from $5,000
to $10,000. Practically every shoe In (lie
store was wet, nianv of them completely
ruined. The water poured through the
celling and flooded the room to a depth
of three feet This store was directly
under where the fire was the fiercest and
under that portion of the burned building
where the most water was poured.
Hall to stay.
With the watei pouring through the
celling above and the floor of their office
a lake, the C. W. Hull company held the
fort, ground floor, Kama in street side.
All day the telephone operator held the
post, taking orders for coal, while the
clerks worked at their books as If noth
ing had happened.
Miss Harding, secretary of the Board
of Trade company for fifteen years,
remained with the building. With
water an Inch deep over the floor of her
room, she ordered a couple of oil stoves
and staved at her desks, serving patrons
as usual.
The Nebraska Savings and Loan asso
ciation had 'to move out and secured tem
porary quarters In the Vnlted States Na
tional Bank building, one door to the
west.
A
well-known axle manufacturerracquainted
with practically every automobile manufacturer
in the country, was present at a meeting where
twenty -one automobile engineers discussed the worm
drive on the Jeffery Chesterfield Six.
Cliesterfield Six
$1650
Light Four
$1450
Six-48
$2400
"Every comment that I heard, said the
axle builder, "was favorable. One talked
about the superior strength; another about
the greater power efficiency; another com
mented on the silent running; and every
one agreed that freedom from damage
through chipping, stripping and the elim
ination of friction meant an axle that
would outlive even the car itself.
Jeffery is the first American built gasoline car
to use worm drive. It must eventually become
standard on all cars which lay claim to high quality.
The Thomas B. Jeffery Company
Main Office and Works, Kenosha, Wisconsin
JEFFERY OMAHA COMPANY
Geo. Q. McVicker, Mgr. 2056-58 Farnam St.
Omaha, Nebraska.
Thin Folks Who
Would Be Fat
Increase ia Weight Tea Pounds or Meor
A Physlelsn's Advlee
"I'd certainly give most anything to
he able to fat up a few pounds and stay
that way," declares every excessively
thin man or woman. Suih a result Is not
Impossible, despite past failures. Thin
people are victims of mal-nutritlon. a
condition which rrevents the fatty ele
ments of food from being taken iip by
the blood As they H re when the powers
of nutrition are normal. Instead of get
ting into tho blood, all the fat and flesh
producing elements sty In the Intestines
until they pass from the body as waste.
To i-orreet this condition anil to pro
duce a healthy, normal amount of fat
the nutritive processes must be artifi
cially supplied with the power which na
ture has denied them. This ran beat he
accomplished by eating a 8argol tablet
with every meal, flargol la a s-lentlflr
eomblnatlnn of six of the best strength
Hiving, fst-produclng elements known to
the medical profession. Taken with
meals, it mixes with the food and turns
the sugars and starches Into ricb, ripe
nourishment for the tissues and blood
and Its mrid effect la remarkable, tie
ported gains of from ten to twenty-five
pounds in a single month are by no
means infrequent. Yet Its action is per
fectly natural and absolutely harmless,
ftargol is sold by Hherman A MeConnell
Irug Co., Omaha, and other good drug
gists everywhere and every package con
tains a guarantee of weight Increasw or
money back.
Caution: While tlargol has produced
remarkable results In the treatment of
nervous Indigestion and general stomach
disorders. It should not, owing to its
remarkable flesh producing effect, be
used bv those who are not willing to
Increase their weight ten pounds or
more. Advertisement-
CABINET CONSIDERS
PRICE OF WHEAT
WASHINGTON. Keb. id .-Increases In
the i rice of uheat, flour and bread
throughout the country were taken up
today by I'reetdent Wilson and the cab
inet H was understood Secretary Hous
ton of the department of Agriculture
soon will have available figures showing
the amount of wheat In the country at
present as compared with the amount a
year ago.
The letter of Mayor Mitchell of New
York, suggesting a federal embargo on
the exportation of wheat was before the
cabinet, but the president still adheres
to his views that be baa no authority to
declare such an embargo without action
by congress.
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