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Omaha Daily Be T1IE WEATHER I NEWSSECTION PAGES ORE TO TEN. Fair VOL. XLIV NO, 24S. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, ATOIL 3, 1915-TWENTY PAGER. Om Trata and" at aTotel Xew ft-tnala. So. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. n h; AYERS 7 nPER CEWT NOT TOO t MUCH FOR ROADS a Cmitn Can Earn that and Erea MorevWitaont Charging Ex cessiTo Rates, Sayt Ne- braskan. ftiigtf I'.a is CROSS-EX AMUTE3 Cxranael for Bailwayi Assert He I. , Selected Only he Strong .1' i. Systems. 53 ON STA3TO FOR TWO DAYS CHICAGO, April I. Seven per leent Is not too high return to rall- roads oa their, investment, and rail roads mat earn" en more than that without Indicating that they have en forced excessively high freight rates. TJ. O. Powell, rate expert of the Ne braska Kailroad commission, so testi fied' wider eross-xamlnation today St the Interstate Xommerce commia gJoa -earing ot the -western rate ease. lay. Powell had been on the stand two Uiyi (n opposition to the forty-one west- Urn .railroad plea or higher freight (e"fc on certain commodities. H se tt .eafl six or u wnwni rwoi as ijitaj. wring they were earning on an average L78 per cent. The roads were tee Santa Pa BurlinrTton., Mllwankee. Northwest ern. .; Book island and' Mlacourt, Kansas ft Tees. . Coups! far' the railroads contnded that Mr. Powell baa selected mostly tne rtrong roada omitting the financially eager ones wblch also r a Party to tWnlea for more revenue. Taking 'your own figure -of 6.7 per LwnU" asked C. O. Wright, general eo- icttor for the Chicago lfc Northwestern wad, acting for aU the roads, "'do yon recall the Mlnneeote rate caee ln-whlch t was decided that to hold the railroad to freight ratee that would yield lea than 1 per cent earning would be coo (laceUoar. . 1 Remember It. "I remember It." eald Mr. Powell. "Ton do not' eey that a 8.75 earning la of fteelf evidence that freight rate ire unnooenwxUy nighT' "Ka" ' . - I - ' - r "The .fact that , a road waa earning 7 (er cent or more would not necessarily tndtoate the freight rates were too high, -ould ttr" "A. road mighty be earning 7 per cent md more and yetj Its rate -might not .be xceaaively high.". ... . , - ' r"Mr, Powell explained that although the average eer-laga of the road he se lected had been a75 jeer cent, they never bal'f.-ld dividend 'at thai nUe on their Investment. Neither, had all the reads Involved hv this ce averaged dividends qua! to that percentage, he said. .-,.,. Northwester- laetaare. - Mr. Powell testified the railroads were bearing the burden of providing mere faclljtjes than, the present patrons re quire, but he eald he did not mean they were supplying equipment In excess of (what growth In trafflo may require. He (thought the Chicago Northwestern' s (new -terminal In, Chicago waa an Instance IrVwiuaing in excess oi nummuicuu. uu i-tltness said he thought, the limit had n reached In size oi equipment; ana Ualnload hod reached It final" capacity. 'So that In the future the roads cannot ook to Increased economic ot operation em heavier train loading a an offset Increased cost of operation V asked r. wrignu ... 1 think that is true, " eald Mr. Powell. Tomorrow the railroad are to begin Iflve days BBtlnlshed: testimony hi aup j port pf higher rates on spectfled .com yoodttte. after .which the opposing ahlp Ws Will resume. . .. i - DAVID STARKEY CONFESSES KILLING WIFE AND BABY OTTAWA.' nf- Apm .-Davld Btarkey. Leoordlng to Sheriff Davis, ha confessed that he Started th fire Which last Bet- lry destroy hie how and burned bits wife and heb to death; ' Btarkey U Ujd,te have attacks hi wile beloro tiring the house. No ptottve wa given. the Weather f imiiiit till 7 p. m. Saturday: fSrOnaJia. Council piuft and Vicinity KFalr. o-uika Tcaterdey. Houra ' feg & a m . l. .. Sam 7 a. tn Sara S3 ess'ee 33 a 3$ 10 a. m ... II a in. 41 15 m , 1 p. m ..43 I p. m 4H I p. ra 47 4 p. m 48 S p. m. .. 49 .. 47 .. 46 .. 45 p. m. 7 p. m. 8 p. m. erattv legal Brxr4. ink i4. mt ii3. Highest yesterday 48 si 79 M Lowest yesterday...... 11 89 SO 87 Mean temperature 40 46 4 4S ,J-reclpltaUon .00 .09 Temperature and precipitation depar 'tures from the normal: Normal temperature "... 43 Jeffclenrr for the day J Votal deficiency since March 1 30! rmal precipitation .07 inch iflclency for the day 07 inch, Total rainfall since March 1....1 67 Inches 'Kxcets since March I , .0t inch t;icess for oor. period, 1914 03 inch xos for cor. period. 113.... LSI Inches V Hcyerta froaa Statloaa at T P. M. Station and Stat Temp. High- Bain Z of WeaUter. 1p.m. est fall. Cheyenne, clear M ravenport. cloudy TDenver. clear 2 nea Moines, part cloudy.. 4 t lodge City, clear 4 llndr. part cloudy...... 7 4 M 48 K Atrih Pls't. viar...... bntaha. clr PueMo. clear 44 M 64 4 W as 6ll 70 44 f Kapl'l Cliy.fpart cloudy. lt tKe tmy, ciouay... t.ntt Prt cloudy... Sheridan, clear .......... fcicus City, p-rt cloudy. Valontlna. dou1y 9 Teaapermtare i i t U A. WUU, L4 forecaster, SULTAN'S TRANSPORT SERVICE Turks conserving gasoline by removing limited suprly. in Constantinople to a place of safety. , i J lj l : I J? . i . .b- i ,'.'',,r..-: ' . 1 ?- ,i : - i . 1 , I i - ' 1 . 1 JAIL FEED GRAFT ; COTJ Y HOUSE Amount Allowed for Feeding Pris : oners, in Douglas and Lancas- ' ' ter Reduced to 32 Cents. ;'. ' FIVE OMAHA v . MEN;" VOTE NO (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, - April 2,s-CSpedal.)--It seemed like old tim?s la the legis lature- this morning when (members of the Douglas( couhty delegation di vided and went, after each other as in the days of yore. People attend ing -sessions of former years had done considerable worrying for fear that the present membership lacked the vim end buzz of former delega tions, but the Illusion was dispelled. The thing was all due to senate file 249, known as the' Douglas county Jail feeding graft' bill. Two house , bills 'had been Introduced to draw th fire in hope that with the attention of the member called to these, the senate bill might get .through on the iuiet and no one discover ' It until toe late, and the scheme nearly - worked,' for the senate bill went through the .upper bouse nicely., but" when It came to the house the intent of the' bill was discovered and the fun 'began. ' --., , ; I Sappoaed to "Cover" Mileage. , Theaenate bill waa supposed .to cover principally a raise in mileage for sher iffs, but had attached proposition al lowing sheriffs of the class of Douglas and Lancaster counties to receive pay at M cents per day. - ' Hoe ever, the friends of the Douglas county sheriff saw that , something had to be done, so they had an 'amendment set up reducing the rate from 40 cents to (Continued .on Page Two, Column Two.) Dutch Ship Blown Up, in the North Sea HULL, ' England, April' l-the thitch steamer Schieland waa blown up yester day morning tn the North Sea at a point twenty-four miles from Spurn, on the east coast of England at th entrance to the Humber. One man of the vessel's crew was killed' The" captain and seven others members of the crew were brought to Hull. whUe another boat with seven sailors is missing. " ' '. , The Schieland was of 6M net tonnaf 4ft '.and waa built in 1W. It was tJl feet Ions, thirty-three feet beam and twelve feet deep. Its home port was Rotterdam. U. S. Will Let Flag ' Desecrtaion Pass WASHINGTON, April 1 There waa no intentional desecration of the American flag by any authorized person when John B. McManus waa killed' in Mexico City by XL a pat a troopers, according to riort "to ! the rotate department todsy by th bra allien minister In Mexico. . . : ' ' He says that after careful iaveetittion i be finds that no official authorised th I tearing doa'n of th flag. Upon hia recom- j mendatioa Secretary Bryan announced that no apology would be asked. THANKS AMERICANS FOR CARE OF FRENCH WOUNDED PARIS, April S. Surgeon General Frevier at the formal opening today of the eye department of the mUltary hos pital, thanked Dr. Lolls Borsch, formerly ef Philadelphia, who is in charge of this department, for th work he aud other Americans r doing for tha Frutu-h wounded. Surgeon Fevrior declared these labors war highly esteemed by th gov. erameat aad ste-oa - -- - QDINBY FAILS TO LIFT CHARTER BILL More to Placf Measure at Read of Senate FilS 'defeated py:,Vote , , - ; Twenty'Thrcs to Nine,. '' INVblVES' fY ElXCTIok DATE Froin a 6'ta'fl Correspoident.$ J .' UNCOLN, Keb- April 2 ( Spe cial . Telegram, 1 Aft ! attempt - of Senator Quinby to life House Roll NoJ 137, the Omaha charter tyll. and place it at the head of the sifting file, was defeated this morning," 23 to 9. Beal was the only, democrat voting with him on the, proposition.-Quinby desired to amend the bill to postpone the election" so that' the people of the annexed territory could take part In selecting city 'officers this spring. . dulnby's Parrose. 1 ' ' The object In view, he avowed, was to amend the. bill ' ao as to' postpone the primary city election of Tuesday next In order that the annexed torritor of' South Omaha Dundee and Florence may get lu on the vote. ' Quinby, Dodge .and flaunders "-of the Omaha delegation . contended S.000 voters of the annexed territory' wlU be dUfran- chlsed If It la. not formally postponed,, until after the annexation election .to be called by the governor. Such an outrage, Qolnby say, will even endanger ,the re sult of the annexation election, hlthorto regarded as certain by reason of the fact -that Omaha Is Included .In the 'election and has the overwhelming weight of the vote. Meretr Political Ra. ' Mattes of Otoe charged thst It was an attempt to. override, the" sitting commit-, tee merely to give Quinby an opportunity to get In the race tor city commissioner. This opinion was given color by the fact that Quinby had a stenographer take hla speech, evidently . with the intent to due it for political purposea ' ' Quinby did not deny that ho might run for commissioner, but said that he had as yet not made tip his mind.' He charged his colleague, Howell, with having gone baric jon hla promise to do all that he could to postpone' the election. This promise , was made whon. th annexation bill was up. Howell admitted having made the promise. Howell said that there were - a ' number - of - legal questions -that they .were ..wpr-lug. on.. In . regard . to the postponement of the election. Qal'aby rites Opinion. Quinby, cited an.opiaion from the attor ney general to the effect that su h an amendment would be germane to the title of house roll 137. ...'.'' The eight who voted with Quinby were Beal. B up bee. Dodge, Douthett, Gandall. Saunders, bumway and Bplrk. ,TH'GATE--CITY- Although primarily a mar ket town. Omaha is also an educational center. Creitfh ton University, .the Uni versity of Omaha, Belle vue Co.letfe, the University of Nebraska Medical School, Brownell Hall are aU loca ted here and doing most creditable work in instruct in.' and developing the youth enrolled aa their students. ' - ' 0F-T HE-WEST TURK PROTESTS TO 0. S. AGAINST HEN EXECUTED BY VILLA Porte Present Note to Washington Concerning Murder of Two Syrians at Torreon. ASKS SUBJECTS BE PROTECTED Communication Follows Close on Heels of American Request Guard Missionaries. - THIS GOVERNMENT WILL ACT WASHINGTON. April .--Following close on the heels of the Ameri can governments request to Turkwy to protect the Americans at the mis sion school at Uruinlah, Persia, Hus sein Bey. charge ot the Turkish em bassy here, today presented, to the State department a note of protest ;aralist the Ullng in Mexico of two Turkish subjects. Two Syrians, Salamon Nlgri and Rafael Fereie, are said to have been I ..4 -. K Villa mMlAH the charge against them being that they had attempted to circulate counterfeit currency' notes. It was claimed in defense ot the men that the notes had been approved as genuine by the Vila commander. In his note to the department, filed on instructions from bis government the Turkish charge requested the United States to protect Turkish sub jects in Mexico and to ask for redress in the" present case.' No reply waa made" today' to the Turkish . request, although it was understood that It would He compiled with. Body of Late Baron Rothschild Laid to .; Rest at Willesden LONDON, April 1. In. accordance with bis request. Baron Rothschild waa buried quietly shortly after noon today nX the Willesden Jewish cemetery. Brief services were held at the late residence of the baron la Piccadilly. Th services were private, being attended only by the family and close friends. Out side the house there gathered a crowd of perhaps H.00O. Including many persona from th Jewish oommnijlty In the eat end.. '. ' .. ' .' The body waa taken from th house in a erased .hearse,, followed by motor car bearing .the baron's twe sons, tonal Wait ter" and Cbarlasj his -brother Leopold, his eon-in-levr. . Captain CUve 'Bahrens , ana his-nephews, Evelyn end Anthony. Karl Rosebery, a relative by marriage, : also vai among th mourner. ' As a funeral cat' passed the crowds bgrsd their beada1 ' King George waa represented by Lord Annaly and Queen Mother Alexandra by Earl Howe. Others ,who attended the services war David Lloyd-George,- A. J. Palfour Lord Reading.'' Lord Sandhurst. Lord Acheson, Lord Haldane. representa tives of the various Jewish societies and most pt the other leaders of the Jewish community.; ; " ' 1 ' ". For a distance of half, a mile outside the gates' of tho cemetery great crowd lined the road. . '. . : . J i Exclusive Suburb N ; To Maintain Leper CHICAGO. April 1-Hlghland Park, an exclusive suburb of Chicago, must enter tain Angelo Lunardl. a leper, until war conditions In Europe permit hi sat re turn to Italy on th same vessel of the rsortn urmn uoya oieamer company which brought him to this country. .Thla decision of the Immigration au thorities Jixk Washington waa received here today by Dr. Percy l F re litis, head of the local Immigration bureau. Lunardl was employed aa a, watchman at the Exmoor Country club when physi cians discovered he was afflicted with leprosy. ' CONDITION OF FERRIS , , IS MUCH IMPROVED Word waa ' received from the State Orthopedle hospttal at Lincoln last night that Timothy Ferris, Western Union tele graph operator stationed at The Bee office, waa very much Improved and rest ing easily, Ferris went to Lincoln with a vertebra In hla neck out of place and wa admitted to the institution Dr. H. W. Orr. The report statehat an operation will probably not be necessary. Mr. Ferria sustained hla injury by, a fall I on an Icy sidewalk.. MEXICANS REPORT QUIET . PREVAILS IN PROGRESO GALVESTON, Tex., April 1-O.ulet pre- vails at Frogresso. Yucatan, and at Me rlda. capital of the state, according tS" Mexicans . who arrived bare-, today on oard the Norwegian' steamer Nil. Tha Nila brought 4.715 bales of sisal fiber. Captain Peterson reported that whan ha left Progreso four other vessels were taking on sisal cargoes. ' ICE GORGE NEAR PIERRE j SENDS RIVER ON BOTTOMS! 1 i PIERRE, B. D.. April WBpeeial Tele gram.) The Missouri river la reported to b covering the lowland along the vaUoy on account of gorge In th stream and dynamite ia being ud to clear away t lie piled up Ice. I NEED a superintendent In a ma- chine ahon; will require an invest ment of 14.000. Big future for rttady, reliable man. . ' To fartker laforaaattoa about - thla otp port imi! f. m ta West AA seetlwa ef The M tudey. Kaiser Threatens Reprisals Against British Officers LONTON. April I.. German proteet and threats of reprlsels on arount of th treatment by Great Britain of the prisoners taken on board German sub marines waa made public here today. Thla protest wss transmitted by Oer many to Great Britain through the United State. ; The reply of Great Brit ain alae wa made public. The German government in It proteet aeked whether Great Britain Intended to aooord leaa favorable treatment to cap tured German submarines' crew than tp other war prisoners, and If so what form thla discrimination would take. Ger many stated that If Great Britain adetd surh a course a British army officer held prisoner in Germany would receive correspondingly harsh treatment for each member of a German captured subi marine crew. Th foreign eerretary, Ed ward Grey. In his reply said that the MOTHER WITH BABIES JUMPS INTO PLATTE Mrs. Archie Ferguson and Two Chil dren Leaps to Death in River " at North Bend. DESPONDENT OVER STRUGGLE NORTlBEND. Neb'.;. April 2. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Archie Ferguson committed suicide here this afternoon by Jumping from the steel bridge Into the middle of the' Platte river, taking her two children, aged 2 and 8 years, with her. s She came here' Wednesday from Grand Island with her five children. Her husband came the next day and (eft this morn ing. ' They had lived at Grand Island a year,' but formerly were of this town. While here they' stowed with her brother, Frank Strayer. She was despondent over their poor circum stances.' . y Mr. Ferguson left the Strayer - home about 11 o'clock, leaving her S-months-oM baby asleep. , She took the other four children with her- to tha river, twe of them in a baby carrlag. , John Kent saw her standing on the bridge about 1 o'clock when she ' was writing In a ' ndte . book. She sent the two eldest children back to their aunt to see If th baby was awake. About 1:30 . o'clock Francis Griffin, liveryman, crossed the bridge, noticed th baby ' carriage and found the following aotei . . V , ' I esnnet live with yeu and I cannot live without ymi, o t had tatter kill my self. Give baby- t my alxter, Carrl Eoyer, and find iiqroe for two I em l -v-inK. J Good-bye. . ,4 . - KKLLIEJ.- ; The baby carriage wa found where the channel la deep, and tha. current, strong. A force of men ia dragging and dynamit ing the rtver, but the bodice have not Vat been found.. . . -''. . Mrs. Ferguson was, shout II years ot age. Her mother,, slater and , three j Drotnef a ve nere. . , . : - - Ameriqan Rancher v and Five Employes - Killed-in Mexico -' ' ''.' .tit PASO. Tax.. April J. -two Ameri cans and 'two Germans were killed "in early. February .by Carranaa troope on a ranch twenty mllco northwest of Mex ico City, aocording to detaila . aent In a letter today to President WUson by B, P. Aitkin. who said-he was at tha ranch at th time. . . . , . Aitlttn said that th Cerrania troops while attempting to meka" away with a large herd ef cattle killed hla' uncle, V. M Smith; formerly 'a farmer -near Hous ton. Tex., who owned th ranch; Rose' V. iBiUl.g, an American cowman; Hans Heinrlcb. . a German eltlsen; another German, whose name' he did not know, tnd two Mexican cowboys. ' The refugee said that he was aaleep with tha remainder of tha bands In the ranch house. They were awakened by the soldiers, who said that Smith and his employes had been killed. Th ranch house was burned after all valuables bad been removed, Aitkin said. He escaped north, arriving yesterday at Juares. "MICHIGAN WIFE" ASKS MARRIAGE ANNULLED CHICAGO, April t-May Qulnlaa Brady, "Michigan wife" of State Auditor James J. Brady, who sued him for 850,000 some months ago for alleged failure to make the marriage good In other atatea sued for annulment of the marriage here todav Benjamin Ehrlich. attorney for Mrs. Brady, announced tf at a settlement of tha breach ot promise, suit had been reached out of court and that the bill of complaint Will be dismissed when ' It oomee up In court. The lawyer declined to state how much money waa Involved tn the settlement WanVa Birct House? Just the thintf for the boy or girl. Coupon for it in SUNDAY'S DEE Held as Prisoners prisoner from German submarines had been placed In naval detention barrack and eirresated from other war prlsnn ara but 'were being treated - humanely and permitted to take exercise. Further more the foreign secretary said, Ger man prisonera In Brorland are belter fed and clothed than are British prisonera of equal rank In Germany, and the Ger mans are not subjected to forced labor. As the submarine crows have been en gaged In sinking neutral merchant ships and unarmed British vessels, Fir lCdward said, they could not he regarded aa hon orable opponents, but were "offenders against the law of nations and common humanity." . The foreign aeeretary said that 1,000 officers and men of tho German navy had been rescued during the war, bat that none from the British navy had been rescued by the Germanav However, he made no suggestions for a change. SUBMARINE SINKS TYNEJRAWLERS Three British Fishing Craft Blown . Up by Germans After Crews Had Been Removed. NORWEGIAN CREW IS LANDED NEW CASTLE. England, April 2. Three Tyne trawlers, the Cloxlana, Jason and Nellie, were sunk by the German submarine U-10 yesterday. After all the members of the crew were safely in small boats, the Ger mans blew. up the trawlers. . They then towed the fishermen to wards the Tyne, until they encountered- fishing craft, . which brought the men ashore. . The fishermen say that the commander of the submarine was quite genial. Ha supplied hot ootfee and tobacco to them, but told them; "W have order to sink everything. It la war, and England star! It." Crew of Norwegian Berk gate. AMSTERDAM, April 3. Eleven men, the crew of the Norwegian bark Nor, torpedoed In, the North 8ea by th Ger man aubmarine TJ-Joj ware landed today by the steamer Unit at tha Hook ef Hoi' land. .... . Manufacturers of k ' II, S, Urged to Begins Trade War on Lion f , . .'., . ' PHILADELPHIA, , April S.-American manufacturers were 'urged to take imme diate concerted action to obtain a inodifl-, cation of Great Britaln'a rules governing oversea commerce to neutral countries by Herman. A. Meti, member of, congress from New York and a widely known man ufacturer, In on address at a conference Of dyemen here today. Unless tha British government change its policy, Mr. Met declared, hundreds ef factories through out the United Btetsa wUI have to auspend operations and 800,000 men will be thrown out of employment. ' '" ' "The State department Is doing" all It can to cope with the situation' said Rep resentative Mcta, "but -It la compelled to respect - intorriatloniil. law;. The - manu facturers of this cbuntry wli) have to take the matter out of the hands of tha State department and handle it them selves by declaring an Industrial war on England. . "If, American manufacturers declared an- ernbargo on . England,'' declared the apeaker, "they would soon put an end to present conditions, and ; would mighty near and the war. Tou say that would be In violation of International law., , Per haps It would, but It Is high' time that we kick a few holes In International law.'. Officials in West i Virginia Without ' Pay; Schools Close CHARLESTON, W. Va, April- aIt developed tnday that one ef the state of ficials who ta pot drawing his salary be cause of failure of the late-legislature to appropriate f unda for the running ex penses of West Virginia la Oovernor Henry D. Hatfield. John 8. Darat. state auditor, baa asked A. A. Lilly, attorney general, for an opinion aa to whether, he can borrow money until such time as the legislature can be called together to make the necessary appropriations, and th attorney has come back with a request for a statement- of th money expended by Pant and for what purpose during the last eevera' years- Meanwhile th unusnal condition la be ing felt In all part of the state. Country schools- are being- eiosnd. high schools placed on. part' time and companies of the national guard are being mustered out Tha -effort to have the legislature meet without expense to th state and pass appropriation bills aeema ts have tailed and there Is no relief in sight. Warns Austrian . Army Contractors Against Grafting VENICE (Via London). April J. -Owing to the increasing number ef army scan dals, the Austrian military authorities have issued publle notice, warning con tractors that all frauds wlU be rigor ously prosecuted and punished with im prisonment ' from ten to twenty years, and In certain case wfth banging. Tha authorities at Vienna are irritated greatly over ' th non-arrival ' of large purchasea of food supplies from Rou inanla. They declare that th Rouman ians bavo received th money, but have not sent tli food. They say also that a ship load of whsat bougftt In tho United Mate reached Genua,, but waa stopped there by th Italian government. LIQUOR PROBLEM HOLDS CENTER OF BRITISH STAGE Interest in Proposed Drastic Dry Measures Completely Eclipses News of the Military . Operations." MOVE IS BECOMING POPULAR London Pspers Propose Suspension of Manufacture of All Liquor During the War. CABINET PROBABLY. FAVORS IT The Day's War News GERMAN SIHMARISES have stink. fear more renaeta, ne of them fly tn neetrel flue.- A. Xorwela hark wa. torpedoed la the Worth ', H-a b- the t'.SO sail three trawlers -from the Tj were blw ap by the V-IO. IlKtVY FIGHTING has heea re sained la eastern France are? the German border. . The ( Wftclat tstemest from Berlin say the , F re a eh -were defeated. In a battle , near t 'Fretre fore and forced in give sraanA inlch tber had won. RAIDS BY TWO AVIATORS of the elite la this German province ef Baden Inflicted flnmawe In the eltlea f Malhelm and nrehera. BRITISH RTEAMEn , Soath Polat, which went i dawn off t ape .Fin- , , teterre, la aatd to have been tor pedoed by th,i;-2ft. .It, la mere than TOO aallea front (ape Fin laterre to the nearest German sab. mala base. SCGGERTION THAT TI'RKEV wss as the pelat at aalaa for a separate peace with Kasela la repadtated hy hath Tarklah aad Raaalan hasaaders at Rome,' s 1 FIGHTISG IX f'ARFATIIIAWa la de-' Scribed la Berlta dispatches aswa aaally blltrr. The Raatdaaa, pwahlaar their way 4 h roach deep snow, are persist Ins la their ef- fort to dislodge (he Aaatrtaaa from the' passes aad heights, hat -are said t have eeeoatpllahed Ht tle ia the vray af definite erases. LBtSSIANS.AXlvorMCE aa Important . -iciorr ever tas uermaaa la aarth era Foland. - XOKDO.V, April 2. The attention of the British public is today con centrated upon, the question of ab stinence. " For the moment it 1 has : overshadowed the wan This ia Ooed Friday and n London there are no afternoon papers,; but it' is doubtful it the biggest headlines chronicling military activity could divert the s.-; tention of ttie people fro the all absorbliig topic of the possibility oj. a "dry'' country. That some drastic measures ro ' contemplated is Keyond question, but the public la' ttivided In opinion asi to whether the prohibition is to be total, or whether the consumption of alcoholic liquors will be permitted under sharp control. Bevsral of th London 'morning papers appeared today with full page advertise ments prosontlng -petitions with the re- . quest that supporters ef the movement cut them out and send them to Chan cellor of tho Exchequer Lloyd Georg. These petitions read: "1 am entirely in favor of the auspeu slon of. the manufacture of Intoxicating liquor during tha war, which I consider' lmparstlva for a quick and suooeej.fni tcrr.yeatl.nt of the war. I shall hearlly auppurt the government in any guch measure." Tha petition idea ta backed by mer ,ehanta and business men. and other em ployer of labor, who disclaim any save a war Interest In the proposed measure. jne sense, ef personal Mbertv la an strong In Kngland that It may defeat total pronioiuon. rut the sense of fair pUy fights on tha side of the extreme meaaur, for th opinion la growing that If em ployee be deprived of tholr right ti drink, emplf yra must take their place In the same boat. . It la believed that the cabinet is in favor of total prohibition, which, under the de fens ef tha realm act. It baa the power, to enforce without any further explana tion. You Have Three Ways of reaching: the 200,000 readers of Tho Sunday Bee with your want ad. Bring it to The Bee office before 7:45 p. m. today. Phone Tyler 1000 and ask fois a solicitor to call. Read it to us over the phone; the bill will be mailed to you later. THE0MAHAUEE IhtjMj Ws Bet Want Ads. i
