Omaha Da Advertising is the pendw am that keep buying and gelling in motion. THE WEATHER. Rain or Snow VOL. XL1V NO. 213. OMAHA, MONDAY MOUSING, I'EBUUARY 1!)15. On Trains wad at Cot el Kswa Stands. Be SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. rrrw-n- Bee E ily FLAMES DESTROY NEWSPAPER PLANT AT IOWA CAPITAL Building and Entire Equipment of Dei Moines Register and Leader and Tribune Swept. TWO HUOTRED THOUSAND LOSS . Origin Not Certain, but Reported to ' Have Been Traced to Lighted Cigarette Thrown Awa. BLAZE IN THE EARLY MORNING 1KP MOINES. Ia., Feb. 21. The build ing and entire plant .f the Register and Deader, morning-, and Den Moines Trtb line. afternoon, newspaper here ware destroyed by fire early today. The Ions exceeds S300,K), about three-fourths of which was covered by Insurance. The origin of the fire la not certain. St broke out about 7 o'clock, after the , night force bad left, and one report waa thst a newsboy in the circulation room In the basement had dropped a lighted tlgaiette in some want papers. Thla could not be verified, however. The flamea ahot up into the compos ing room, where practically the whole riant waa wrecked In abort time. Fall ing floors destroyed the pressea In the basement. Gardner Cowles. publisher and prin cipal owner of the two paper. said to night the plant would be rebuilt lmrriedi ately. Temporary quarters In the Des Moines Dally Capitol offices re ac cepted by Mr. Cowles. and no. issues of either the Register and Leader or the Tribune will be omitted. Fight Three Hours With Naked Bayonets In Argonne Region PARIS. Feb. 21. -The British official eye witness saya: "We achieved brilliant successes in the Argonne region. West of Bagatelle on February IT We made a gain of several hundred yards. On the. afternoon of the same day the Germans counter attacked . furiously and a violent hand-to-hand- en gagement ensued. For more than three houra the contending forces used nothing but bayonets. Our infantry delivered aev eral successive magnificent bayonet chargea and the decimated enemy waa finally repulsed and the ground gained was definitely organised. "The fighting was even more desperate on February 10 and XI. At Marletherea the enemy delivered a strong artillery at tack and showered field bombs simul taneously with the explosion o5 mlnea in contact with our trenchea. by which fif teen yarda of our trenob.es were upheave. Then, following an attack with large bombs, three battalions " of infantry charged over the excavation, the ftrst ranks being armed with grenadea and bombs. The companies of our advanced line were decimated and were obliged to give ground, entailing the withdrawal of the forces holding the trenchea In the rear. To the left and right our men held their positions." PROHIBITORY AMENDMENT RETURNED TO THE SENATE PIERRE. S. D., Feb. H. (Special Tele gram.) The resolution for a prohibitory amendment to the constitution was re turned in the senate yesterday by the temperance committee without any re consideration and it win go upon m calender. The bouse decided that hy- wnotlc shows shall not be allowed to practice their arta upon the minors of . this state and passed the act absolutely probltlng any such exhibitions, with a stringent penalty for any attempt to i evade the law. The house also decided for the establishment of a game bird lefuge In the northeast cornPr. . The house Is taking Its idea of economy out of the different bills which have tomt along to Increase official salaries. h wa o ... W8... "' imentalloni are H. E. Randall, W, V flciala expense accounts and now has j decided that the heaJ of tbe Insurance depe.rtn.ent and his assistants "are not!jrTij p t- r' - to be allowed an incicaae In salaries. YYlClOW Oi rl0lleer V The senate passed the house bill for ) .dally Bible readings In the public schools, j but not until It "Was amended to make j such rcadliiR optional Instead of com pulsory- - Km Meat Dies of KifMirf, Slot X FALU, S. I.. Feb. 2L (Fpe lal.) Lying for more than two houra In the cold after being stricken with pnralyrls. E. B. Maris, a well known real-! dent of Jerauld county, died a short time after l.elng found by his wife. The old man waa in his night clothing when ho wandered from the house at an early hour In the morning. His wife finally minted him and conducted a aearch. which resulted in his being found in an un- j conscious condition. , The Weather Tesiseratare, at uanaha) Yesterday. Hours. Deg. MUDDY a, in ' it. m 7 a m a. m a. m .. 9 a m II a. m i: in I p. m 1 p. m 5 p. m I p. in 5 l. m... p. ni I u. m M 38 I 3S i It ) 37 M teaaparallvv Loral Rersrd W l!U. 1S. Highest yelrday 3 41 an l..wr yesterday i !7 1 ;i Mean temperature ST M n 2 l'r.lj mtli.n .M T .61 T Teni(M-rature and precipitation . depar tures trom the normal. Normal temperature .........,,.,, Sf K.xcrss for the ilay 13 TutaL exceaa since March 1 TTl Normal precipitation (it inch Kxcrsa for the day St Inch Total rainfall ainco Mar"h 1. ..... Inches iIieficirnLy sim March 1 Lit inohea IVrfU ienojr fue oor. period, IMS.. &.M lm-haa deficiency for oor. period. UU.. liilaolice) Jg "EFFICIENCY" HITS POSTOFFICE HARD Remarkable Shakenp in Omaha 0f fice Ordered by Board of In spection Lately Here. STARTLING CHANGES ARE MADE An efficiency board of postoffice inspectors floated into Omaha a few i weeks ago. and spent about ten days i snooping around the local postoffice. J When they were leaving the Inspect- ors were approached by a bright young reporter, who asked how they had found things. "Oh, splendid," waa the enthusias tic reply. "Things couldn't be nicer." And yesterday the real answer came. It is in the shape of orders for about as complete a shake-up of the force of the Omaha postoffice as could well be Imagined. The board doesn't propose the removal of Post master John C. Wharton, but It does about everything else. Orders Woodard et Rack. Beginning with James I. Woodard, aa sistsnt postmaster, it la recommended that he be made cashier, with his salary reduced from to $2.0no per year It recommends that Henry C. Alkln. present cashier, resign. It recommends that Charles F. Wllle, superintendent of the money order de partment, be made assistant postmaster, at $2,ri00 per, year. It recommends that W. A. Kelley. head of the registry division, be made a clerk, and that his salary be reduced from 11,700 to $1,300 per year. It recommends that C. W. Kaltelr. now a clerk In the registry division, be made head of the department at a salary of $1,500 a year. It recommends that George V. Kleff ner. now assistant superintendent at the main office, be placed In charge of the Union Depot substation at his present salary, $1,700 per year. It recommends that E. T. Hoag, super intendent of special delivery carriers, succeed Kleffner at the main office at a salary of $1,600. It recommends that Charles McOlll. as sistant in the special delivery department. be made superintendent of the money order department at a salary of $l,ri00 per year. ' No Reason for Changes (iivrn. No reason Is assigned by the inspectors for the recommendation, and no charges are made. In every Instance the salary of the position to be filled is lowered, although several of the appointees will get alight raises over their present pay if they go into the new positions. Postmaster Wharton has already reg istered a decided protest against the re moval of Assistant Postmaster Woodard and the tranafer of Kleffner from the main office to the substation. He has hopes that his voice will have' weight over the recommendations of the board. Veteran of Service .lilt.. "Jim" Woodard has been connected with the Omaha postoffice for forty-two years, and has been assistant postmaster during thirty-one years of that time. He has often been urged for the position of postmaster, but never sought the place, and each appointee of the president ha felt pleased to have Woodard remain as assistant. It would be hard to think of a meaner reward for a lifetime of faith ful service than to reduce James I. Woodard at this late day in the Interest of "efflolency." Colonel Henry C. Alkln. who is to be forced to resign the position of, cashier, has been In the service fifteen years. I He Is 71 years of age, but ia atill capable of doing his work. j These Mri Worked I . "Billy" Kelley. who is asked to step from , superintendent's Job to a position aa clerk at a reduced aalary, has been connected with the Omaha postoffice lor twenty-five years, and has worked up through the various grades to his posi tion. George Kleffner Is also one of the oldest employes, in point of service, and cnaries r. wine nas aiao come up' through the various grades of the service, i The Inspectors who make the re com-1 f Druggist is Dad Mrs. Mary wyef widow of John Dwyer, pioneer druggist of Omaha, died Hunday morning at. the age of 61 years. Mrs. Dwyer had lived In Omaha forty years. She waa. T member of the Degree of Honor of ' W hlngton lodge and the Ladlea' Sodality of Sacred Heart church, ( She is survived by three daughters, j Mrs. D. J. Kcjough of Humphrey, Neb.; ; Mrs. Thomas M. Casey of Massena. Ia., 1 and Wtrs Helen Dwyer of Omaha; two j sons. J. V. and f.-Sr Dwyer of Omaha; her -mother, Mrs. Catherine White, who Is SB years of age; three brothers. Charles W. White and J. V. Wtjite of Omaha. 4 and Frank A. White of BiMte, Mont,, asid one sister, Mrs. F. H. Hosiers of Oniaha. Tlie funeral will be held Tuesdayf rom the resilience at iWi Maple street and a j requit-m mass will be preache by Father j P. J. Judge at gacred Heart church at ! o'clock. Interment will be at Duly Sepulchre cemetery in the family lot. Posses Surrounding j Indian Outlaw Campj HALT LAKE CITT. 1'lah, Feb. 21. A I 4 . ...... H . 1 LI I O...I.I.. . 1 j UI.IWII II IV II CI .IVi'l.rIUUIIL .1 IllflU j j Thompson, I'tah, says: j I "United Mates Marshal Nebeker'a I j posse surrounded the Indian camp near j i oiun, at nuanigni iasi mgnt. joe Alters, j a white man. and en' Indian were killed this morning. Another posse hss left Grayson to assist Marshal Nrbeker. The mountains ' are almost impassable owing to a heay snowstorm. Bpeclavl Indian Agent Creel left tore thla norolng for the Indian camp." The posses are attempting the arrest of Tae-Na-Oat, aa Indian outlaw who with about loo other Indian aro entrenched neap Bluff. GUNNER WHO BROKE THE WORLD'S RECORD William Ruf, gun pointer aboard U. S. S. Texas, who is credited with eight consecutive hits with a fourteen-inch gun shooting at a moving target twelve miles away. "ftv a av I. I I-) u " BATTLES CONTINUE WITH GRERT FURY Ever-Increasing Intensity Marks ' Fighting. Between Teutons and Allies on Continent. CONFEDERATES CLAIM - GAINS LONDON, Feb. 21. The battles on the, continent ' continue : with everln creaslne; intensity. The offensive which .the allien took early in the week has brought about renewed ac tivity all alone; the line, and attacks and counter , attacks have become more numerous. Both the British and the French seemingly made . considerable pro gress at the outset, of the offensive operations, and this made it Imper ative for the ' Germans r to deliver counter attacks to regain the ground which they had lost. . ! ' ' . ' ' ' Show Desperate Spirit. i In carrying these out the Germane have shown the same desperate spirit which has characterized their opera tions under similar circumstances, " In. a long report covering the week's operations to February it, a French. eye witness clalma for the French many minor succeasea and the repulse of Cier-, man counter attacka.- The Germans, too. make similar claim, so that the public Is' left. to Judge as to the outcome' of the week's flare-uiw .. Beatea at Ossowets. Frtm the eastern f ront ' there ' Is ; no news ekrept tonight's unofficial dispatch from retrogcad, which saya that' the Germans bave suffered defeat at ' Oaso wets and shave been compelled to fall back towarde ihe frontier.' - Should thl prove to be correot.t Uie German plans would be entirely upset, aa defeat af" this point would endanger the whole line northward along the eaat Prussian frontier. . ' In the rest of Poland and In the Car pathians, where ; severe fighting is in progress, there lias been no change In the 'relative pq.iltiona of the opposing armtee,, while In Uukowlna a battle 'Is being fought along the Pruth river. Re lirement to this position should be an advantage to the Itussiana, as It con siderably shortens their line and'enables relnfon ements to reach theui more easily. i . sersisss Asitrlsss rigkt. The Serbians and Austrian! are again facing each other across the Danube and have in turn been bombarding Sem lin and Belgrade, respectively, and the positions near those cities. This may mean the .beginning of a new campaign, or perhaps It is an attempt by the Her burns to help relieve the pressure on the Kusslans. Cettlnle has been again visited by an Austrian . aeioplane, which dropped bombs, snd according to the Montenegrin report killed two women. CASSEL REALTY COMPANY TO LOCATE IN BEE BUILDING Tl.s Casselt Realty company will be lo cated at No. iJ2 Tbe Uee building after March '. 1 - according to , annouacevcBeat made yeterdajr. . t i 1 1 I i I ' y J iA Wmw J v, . iv . l V . j-n - - J f X w'i!;;v V CONGRESSMEN Y0TE ;1IAHY tHLLIONS Both Houses 'Busy oa Appropriation Bills of -Huge Hgtirea for " . . Varioua Purposes. DIPLOMATIC ITEM IS CUT DOWN WASHINGTON. reb..,.'-The mill of both houses pf, congress ground fast and long on the., grist, . of appropriation bills which must i become 'law before March 4. The senate, after adding tl.OOO.One to, the legislative, executive .and, Judicial appro priation bill as It' left the house, paased tiiat measure, also the S124.ono.ono sundry j civil bill, with 'amendment, and ' took up j the army v appropriation bllis , Fourteen j other of the big supply bills are ye to be I, aoted upon. ' ' ' ' j , . . I ' I A im.l.J An amendment Increasing he .appro priation for the Yuma Irrigation project In the, sundry, civil bill roin ,72SO0 ,to t!W4,000 ws adoptfd by the senate, aa was the proposal to. set aaids; tloO.000 for the Deschutes. project In Oregon., .... a the, house the diplomatic appropria tion bill waa passed after it had been cut S300.000. Appropriations. of 13UO.0OO for. a consulate building at Shanghai and faOiOO for entertalnmtnt of Central' and. South American, flnanctera at a Pan-American financial conference at San Franclaco-, to be called by the president, weie cut out, despits the State department's-endorsement. , . . , : Not to Collect fro as t aha. A proposal to hsve the president take steps to reegver ' from Cuba rtibre than l'ti.00n,(M0 spent in the' pacification also mas eliminated. -The' appropriation' for participation In an exposition at Panama was cut trom 1 100,000 to liu.WA. The heuse also ' passed the "mlllta'ry academy bill." appropriating tl,C37,S3, and took up the t.'.000 fortification meaeure. Bryan Sends Protest " To Carranza Against - Priests' Treatment WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Further rep resentations agulnat the peraecution by Carranza official of priests In Mexico were made today by Secretary Bryan. Consul Canada at Vera Crus waa in structed to uppeal directly to General Carransa In behalf .of the ISO prieats ar rested by General Obregon In Mexico City, Where they are detained in the national palace. Some of (hem are reported to be Spaniards and these, it Is said, have been threatened with expulsion from the coun try. . ..Carransa officials demanded SiiO.OiO pesos of the prlesta by a certain time, and when It was not forthcoming told the foreign ers among them, according to report, that they would be banished, while na tives would be held In captivity. It waa not knoan here how many of the 18 priests were Spaniards. EL PASO. Tex., Keb. 30. A telegram from General . Villa dated yeaterday at Beapotlaa, between Guadalajara, metrop olis of the weet eoojrt, and Mansanlllo, a Pacific port, which la Villa's objective point, stated that B.OOs of his troops had defeated la tbe mountains near Sayuls, a Carraoa -foroe, which be esUuuted at Uooo tata.' U. S. SHIP MINED INTHENORTHSEA; ALL ABOARD SAFE Explosire of Unidentified Kation ality Sends American Steamer Evelyn to Bottom of Nbrth Sea. TWENTY-EIGHT MAKE ESCAPE Yankee Vessel with Cargo of Cotton Bound for Bremen Finds Ocean Grave. LEFT NEW YORK JANUARY 29! BERLIN (Via London!. Feb. 21. The American steamer Evelyn, which sailed from New York on Jan uary 29, with a cargo of cotlon for Bremen, struck a mine off Borkum Island In the North Sea yesterday. The vesrel sank. Its captain anil twenty-seven of the crew were saved. It has not been learned of what nationality was the mine which de stroyed the Evelyn. . Rrrna Hears ewa. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. Secre tary Bryan announced the receipt of a telegram tonight from the Ameri can consul at Bremen reporting "the loss" of the American steamer Ere lyn. The cause not not stated. The crew was saved. American Consul Fee's telegram, as given out by the state department, was a follows: "Steamer Evelyn, Captain Smith, agents Bull & Co., New York, blown up early Friday at Borkum. Crew saved. Ship and cargo lost." Circus to Travel Overland Soon on New Auto Trucks An automobile circus, consisting of reg ular three-ring tented shows traveling on auto trucks Instead of by wagons and railroad, will be an early result of Omaha's annual Auto Shows, the tenth of which closed last night. H. Jenkins of the Loyal hotel, proprietor of conces sions and announcer at the last four Auto Shows, announce)); last night tlsV. such an auto circus would be incorporated In Omaha within a week, and would open the eeason. here the week of May 2 on- the Ak-Hae-Uea carnival grounds. . In addition to Jenkins, who Is the or iginator; and promoter , of the Jdea, he 'says the Incorporators . will be: M. D. Dann, 1911 Farnem street, re tired showman and capitalist, formerly of the Dann'Koblnoon shows: II. J. Yef ton of Omaha; J. H. Morris, formerly with Rlngllng Brother"' circus: H. J. Currsn of Chlcsgo. of the Class Journal pnmpanv. auto publisher and advertiser, and Arthur L. Anderson, an Omaha rail road man. . "The Idea Is to do away with the usual mode of traveling by railroad between show towns," . Jenkins explains. "By using auto trucks, made vp as regular clrcue wagons, we will combine the usual circus wagon and rallroac coach methods of transportation, and be able to reach towns not on railway lines." Compensation Act Passed in Wyoming CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. Sl. (Special.) The workmen's compensation act, House Bill 14T, was passed by the senate of the Wyoming legislature Friday with but one dissenting vote. No amendment was made in the senate and the measure goes to the governor In the form In which It passed the house. It provides for an Initial appropriation by the state of t:!0, 000 and for an assessment of 2 per cent of the pay roll of al Industries Involving "extra haxardous" employment. Governor Kendiick ell sign the bill About 16.000 persons employed In extra haxardoua occupations. It is estimated, will be affected by the bill, about S.600 of them being coal miners. The bill calls tor the payment of tl,050 to the widow in case of death from an Industrial accident, and for an additional payment of 9i0 per year to each child under the age of It years until such child becomes It years of age. The amount which the law wll raise during the first year of Its operation will be about $J00.Oi0. JOHN W. BREW. PIONEER OF OMAHA PASSES AWAY John W. Brew,y who retired from the employ of the Union Pacific ten years ago after twenty-five years of service, died at 4 o'clock Sunday morning at the age of It yeara. Mr. Ilrew was formerly a blacksmith In the I'nlon Pacific shops hhre arid at Rawlins, Wvo. Me has spent the last ten years of hlu life in Florence. He as born In Scotland and learned bis trade at Pouglaa In the Isle of Mann. He waa an Odd Fellow from Knglaml. lie Is survived by a widow, Jwo aons, James Brew of Silver City, N. M. John I'rew of Putts. Mont., two daughters. Mrs. John Tracy of St. Paul, Mrs. tins Anderson of Miles t'lty. Mont., and one stepson. James Spencer of Flor ence. Funeral arrangernenia have not been complrted. ROSEBUD CONTINGENT LOSE IN FIRST ROUND PIERRE, ft. D.. Feb. (Snec'al Tele, gram.) The first skirmish In the senate over the location ef a new normal school at Bonesteel was a defeat for the Roae- bnd contingent. But the matter ia up for a reconsideration at the session Tuesday for another effort on the part of the boosters from the southern part of the state to get av eUte InaUtutioa in that -saotlaa. EUROPEAN POLICE ARE ONTHE LEYEL Not Asked to Compel Conformity with Moral Standards Not Ap proved by Publio Opinion. ROCKEFELLER BUREAU RF.P0RTS NEW YORK. Feb. 21. A study of police problems in Kuropean cities under the auspices of the Bu reau of Social Hygiene, of which John D. Itockfeller. Jr., Is chairman, was Issued here today In book form, under the title "Kuropean police sys tems." It Is the third or a series Issued by the bureau, (he two former having dealt with proRtitutlon In New York City and in Europe. A fourth vol ume, now in progress of preparation, will treat of police systems In America , K.xpla ' Korean. The HuiTail or Huclnl Hygiene, In an nouncing the pulil'catlon of the present work, stated that while the burenii is concerned ' with the problem of commer clnllxcd vice, It was rclt that intelligent suggestions concerning this problem could not be made without a thorough under standing of the Kuropean and the Amer ican police ayxtcma. In collecting the data upon which the hook Is based. Ituymnnd H. FoMlck. for mer commissioner of accounts of the rlty of New York, visited twenty-one Kuro pean cities and devoted nearly two years to personal Inquiry Into the subject. The most striking fact dlscloncd by his studies, from an American standpoint, the bu reau's announcement says. Is the uniform Integrity of European policemen. Corruption I'skaons, General corruption and favoritism. It In ststed, are absolutely unknown. Suminarlxlng the reasons for this In tegrity and for the efficiency of the Kuropean police depnrtmcnta as a whole, the writer states- "First, the police are not called upon to compel conformity to moral standards which do not meet with general public approval. They are not asked to enforce laws which from the standpoint of ac cepted public habit or taste sre funda mentally unenforceable. "Second, control Is centered where re sponsibility can be definitely fixed In a single official. Thin official, thoroughly trained for his work and chosen with painstaking care. Is clothed with Inde pendent authority. Secure In his position and free from external Interference, he enjoys the widest powers In dealing with his subordinates Selected with Care. "Finally, the rank and file of the Ku ropean police forces are selected and trained with the same care and attention shown In the case of their superior of ficers. Indeed. In all ranks and character of the personnel la the essential constant actor of efficiency. On th'i snd, on no other bssis in It posHlblo to secure an effective organization." Contrasting the British and the conti nental police, the writer snys: "In KnglanU, the police are civil em ployee, whuse primary duty Is the preser vation of public aeeurity; on the conti nent, and particularly In Germany and Austria, the police force Is the right arm of the ruling classee, responsible to the crown or the higher authorities rather than to people." Most Servo In Army. The English constables, he saya, are chosen from .private life, wliureaa the continental police must flint aerve In the army. Where the police force la recruit d from former army men, the writer saye, "a certain degree of Indifference lo the general public tciid to develop." The average maximum wage of Kuro pean policeman, It Is staled, Is only S-M a year. Sow Spring Wheat, is Order to Austrians VENICK (Via London), Keb. a.-Tlie appeal Issued to farmera Thuri'luy by the Austrian minister of agriculture. In which he urged them not to leave a single plot of ground anywhere uncul tivated, was followed todtty by a pei-enlptory- decree by the Austrian govern ment ordering land ownera to aow Im mediately every available part of their ground with spring wheat. Where neces sary, local authorities are empowered by the decree to provide :alor for this work and to recover from the sale of crops the expenditure Incurred. Failure to comply with the edict Is punishable ' by heavy flnra or imprisonment. INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE LOOKS INTO DAKOTA FEES PIKRRK. S. P.. Feb. (Special Tele gram. )Thw general Investlgiitlng com mittee haa been putting In most of the last two daya on the department of sec retary of state examining Assistant Sec retary Nelson. His testimony was di rected toward explaining why ! fees ! due for November and December were not paid In until the latter part of Jan uary, his explanation being that his desk waa robbed of a large amount of mony and that he made It good hlimelf, and It required aome little time for lilm to secure the necessary cssh to replace the money taken. j He also testlfid In regard to an alleged I shortage of about fWO In the office ac count that this occurred from the send ing out of a certified copy on a telegraph i order fur which purtlca failed to remit. I but sent a draft which was protested. BL00MFIELD DEBATERS DEFEAT RANDOLPH TEAM J HANIOl.PH. Neb.. Feb. Zl.-iSpeclal.)-j Rlrx-mfleld High school defeated Itan jdolph In the preliminary Interscholastlc j debate of the question of "Government Ownership or llailroada." The teems were both composed of girls, Bloomfield sup. porting the affirmative. The team repre senting Hloomfield was: Misses Alice High, Amelia Hamel and I -am a Crahan:. for Randolph, Mildred Racon. Mable Smith and Kllen Hamueleon. The Judges were: Prof. A. Soft ley, Fremont; Superintendent 1L B. Robinson, Laurel, and Superinten dent U. O. lAiadak, Wake fiol 0, BERLIN REPORTS BRITONTRANSPORT AND TROOPS LOST Papers of German Capital Feature Destruction of Vessels Carry ing; Soldiers to Continent. ;not yet told of by London j Accompanying Craft Sunk and Irisfc. Steamer Torpedoed by Teuton Submarine. MINE SEARCHER GOES D0WK BERLIN, Feb. 21. (Fly Wireless to Sayvllle, L. I.) The report of tho sinking of a British transport, with troops and accompanying steamer, reached Berlin too late for comment by the morning; papers. All of the papers, however, feature 'the report in first page headlines, to gether with reports of the sinking of other vessels by submarines or mines. ' RrltUh Ship Sank. An announcement issued today at the war office reads aa follows: "Nleuport, an enemy ship, proba bly a mine searcher vessel, touched a mine and sank. Destroyers of the enemy disappeared when shelled." Kerra Withheld. If, as Is Indicated by the foregoing, a British transport has beeny Bunk, the news probably has been withheld In London. Although acountg of the sinking of various other steamers by Oerman submarines or by mines have been passed promptly by the British censors, there was no intimation in the London .dispatches of the destruc tion of a transport. Irlah float Torpedoed. LONDON. Feb. 21. The small Irish coasting steamer Downshlre was sunk last night by a German submarine off Calf of Man, an Island In the Irish sea. The Germans gave the crew five minutes In which to leave their ship. The crew landed last night at Dundrum, County Down. Sheriff and Deputies ! Fight with Strikers; Many-Hurt f One Dying I'W I KMOXTi W. Va., Feb. 21-In a fight between a party of deputy aherlffs led by Sheriff C. I), t'onaway of Marion county and striking miners at Farmlngton late today one man waa Injured probably fa tally, four seriously and many wittered cuts and bruises. The trouble started when miners at tempted to effect the release of two niliKis who had been arrested on felony charges. The miners drove the sheriff's party Into a store, but fled to the hills when twenty-rive special deputies reached. Farmington In a special trolley car .from Fairmont. Constable Wrings of the sheriff's party Is In a critical condition. The seriously Injured are Sheriff Conaway, two deputies and a miner. One thousand miners employed in three mlnea of the Jamlnm Coal company walked out yesterday because they alleged the company had put Into force a new, wage scale which reduced their pay. CAN'T SERVE TWO MASTERS, TELLS W0ULDBE CITIZENS CHICAGO.. Feb. 21. "No man can serve two masters," declared Judge Clsr ence N. Goodwin of the superior court when addrerelng fifty-five foreigners seeking their final naturalisation napers. "You are to have no other allegiance than that to the t'nlted States, and no mental reservation when you take the oath of loyalty. The I'nlted Statea wants no clt Ixena with divided allegiance, t'nless you hsve come with a heart and mind single In devotion to the I'nlted States you have not come In good faith." Most of the camlldatea for citizenship were natives of -Germany, flussla and Austria-Hungary. Free Coupon r Good for 25 cts. or 50 cts. ! Hy special, arrangement with i the management for the bene- i fit of llee readers. Observe) i strictly the conditions and liml- . I tatlons stipulated In the coupon. This IW-e Coupon Entitles Dearer to one 25c or 50c Seat For the M'rforuiMnce of SEUEN DAYS At the lioyd Theater, Monday evening, Feb. 22. Present. at Box Office any time prior to performance and set a free admission ticket la addi tion' to the ticket you buy at the regular price. You must have a Bee coupon for each extra ticket you ask for,