The Omaha Daily
THE WEATHER
Fair
Umahi newspaper thit
fives its readers four big
pctfea of colored comics.
VOL. SUV KO. 254.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORXIKO, APIUL 10, 191-TWE.VJT TAOE&
Om Trains end at
IoM Hews Steads,. So
SINGLE COrY TWO CENTS.
The Sunday Dee is the only
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HOREHEAD YETOES
SAUNDERS WATER
BOARD LIGHT BILL
'ExtoutiTS .t- Jleejuxe Would
Create Dad yitem and Take .
I Bights of the People '
Away.
ACTS ON EETTTION OF MEMBERS
Majority in Both House and Senate
" , Bequest that the Bill Be
' . - Killed. -
SENATE UPHOLDS DISAPPROVAL
Ij OTrom a Staff Correspondent.) .
. LIXOOIN. April . (Special.)
I Senate file , the Saunders bill to
permit the Omaha Water board to
: go Into the lighting business, "is
' dead. th governor this afternoon
Siendlng hie veto 'of the measure' to
tthe senate, where the Mil originated.
The message was received In
Tslfenoe, but the author of the bill
sent up a motion that the governor
fa requested to furnlsh'to the senate
thj naimes of the .members who
signed ths petition for him to rvto
the' bill, the message stating that a
majority of th members of both.
fcoases have so petitioned. The mo
tion was adopted with only two dis
senting -rrttes, Henry and Grace, both
denioozate. -
i, : Teart of tha
., yoDowlr ! the meeeare whiofc eooom
)tTad the veto!
( "I herewith, return .without my -Wroval.
sens file No.
-The Mtl ot this bill Indicate He pur
pose. It Is 'An act empowering the Boardl
,trf rMrector of the Metropolitan "w
'district to navls plan and te eonetruot
and epersteeJectrlo light planta la edUea,
tc ' ;. . , ' ! ' '1
:l "The title of thl aot doe not reason
'ably . etate the purpose .of the act. The
Li.i. imnorf of the word used an
object eotrrely different from the body of
'the art-' The title provide ror in wn
.miction of -a Hghtlnr plant, not the
Uurehese of an existing plant. .
"Our tt oonstitutfcm provides, eee
Ition 11. chapter-. 'No bill ahall oontaln
mf then1, one subject, and the same-
-hall be clearly . expressed In lt title.
There I no intimation in thl title, that
th aMtrorcJ5tan Water , diatrlot U ' m-
' powered to .purchase an existing light-.
filitg plant When- thetheory-. and purpose,
of this blU waa changed in theKboase,.
'Ii change wee r.u m ui -v,
'ii riear tiia the houa atnenament if not
t within the tllWH tWs.aot waa japjre.TeeU
Ith houe amendment.' at leaet, weald he
ftwalld. If th houeo' amancbnenl. U" in
valil the entlr act .'fall, because the
record of the house how. and it is a
jnatter of ' ecnnraon . knowledge that . thU'
,ct would-not have been, passed had it
Siot been tht the upportr tW bill
Snert4 th house jnndmnt.
I : ; WimU Mslu Dsl Irtoa. i
"If thla .bill hould become a law. and
b bald lin.UA by th oowt, it . would
create a ial ayrtem, rurnlshlng no a
rntgos to th peoplo that tha Jawa of
our state ajnd the eharter of the city ao
not already give. I can ae wner a
cross lnjuatJc could be done to the poor
est people of the district by placing these
power in the hand of indivMuale' who
bare control of the water right of the
district Jta exorbitant prtoe eould be
charged for water, and from th prooed
thereof, a lighting plant could bV built,
ftumlShins' Ut for th 'oongeeted eec
tloos or the large buainea lnUreet at a
rutneos price, Uavlna; th outside dlstrlot
to be furnished light by the prnt com-
VW,. .. ,w.ww
upon the people, a all must use water,
while a small percentage .of the people
ar caers of eleetnolty.
"In thla conneotkm, I win urge upon
the commissioner that if tnjoatlce are
betas' praetioad by the preeent lightinr
company, that it 1 not only their duty,
but the people wOl demand that the In
tfustloe be righted, and th people fur
mlsbed tight at a reaeonable price.
Cnrtail People' Fewer.
"The bill add nothing to th power
Already , oomerrea upon peopiw- i
(Omaha, but take away a portion of the
authority already their. Parties Inter
ested In the passage of the bill endeav
ored to eeoure th endorsement of the
Commercial club of the district; thie Is
I Con tinned en Pag Three Column Five. )
The Weather
"! Forecast till 1 p. m. Saturday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
WFalr.
persvtar at Oasat
Oeuiks TMMrer,
Hours. . leg.
5 a. m M
S a. m to
T a. ra
S a. in.
( a. rn
10 a- m.
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11 a.
m
tm 66
p. m. ............. 50
p. m M
t p. m lt
4 p. m W
5 p. m bi
P. m a
7 p m U
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Ceaaparattr . Local Recerd.
IMS. 1M. 11.
JIlKhet yesterday....... 6 47 4 :i
l.jweet yesterday
S Z 33 50
Ian temperature C3
3S SH lit
J'reclliltaUou OS .00 . .2 T
Temperatures and precipitation depar-
1 tures frotn the norma
ii:
7urmal . tempcratur.
QTxcces for the lar
; Total deficiency elnee Inarch 1
4
152
. .10 Inch
. .(Sine
.1.93 Inches
iP.orniu preclpttetlon
Qieftcleni' for the day..
'Total rainfall since March 1...
jPrriciency since March 1 11 Inru
,Jf. corresionding perlnd. 19H. .44 Inch
,txc for oor. period, 1112 t.Zi Irichee
Reports fvoan Statleaa at T I'. M.
Station and State Temp. High- Rain
of Weather. 7 p. in. ct fall.
t'heyrntp. i.art fiouy.... 4 4Z T
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lonrxTt. nouay M M ,4
ivcr. t-loudy 40
44
b.
62
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alntnrs. cloit?y b
N-jrih Platte, clrar
Omaha 'hvidy. . . ., 54
KilfcplU Citv. clear
-Fhertdaf-. rt- cloudy in
Fioux City, tit. cloudy 5
t' lent ine. clear M
' T indieatee trace of tM-er-Mtatlon
i 1 A. W k,U5H, Local forecaster.
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WHERE GENERAL FEBRUARY FOUanT-Auatriari heavy howiuer in action in . tie
Carpathians, where the obstacles of cold weather and deep snow beset the fighters.
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MEMBERS IN RUSH
TO END THE SESSION
Conference Report to Veterinarian
Bill Adopted in House and ' 1
Measure Saved,
SCHOOL LAND BILL,:IS KILLED
fFrora a Staff Correspondent.).
. LINCOLN, April .(Special Tel
egram.) Evidence that the legisla
ture is about to glve.up the ghost was
given this afternoon when In a dis
cussion of the.veterlnarlan.blll mem
bers left their seats and engaged In
wordy battle, half a dosen trying to
speak at once, while . others threw
paper wads at them, and the speaker
was unable to control the demonstration.-
.
An' attempt to postpone Indefinitely th
hyi was lost by 40 to 48 and when a mo
tion was -made to adopt the conference
committee report, and ' when Speaker
Jackson, ruled that a majority of those
present waa sufficient, the fight started,
someone raising th point of order that
It i required a constitutional . majority.'
Mambers gathered In front of the speak
er's deak and shouted -i"t each other,
shaking their. fUta, .while., soweral" at'
Mttmpted to speak at the same time.' No
attempt. wa made to address use cnair,.
and, .while ;the speaker rapped, coritlnv
ou!cr' for' order? 4 efforts availed noth
tna and 'he fmally let them wear thsm
elra out Th resiort waa then adtrytn(t.
-.: prl.atrTaa l.iU, -
The, "house flutetd. oown and Spent
th rest of Ui afternoon, in passing bills.
The oetinty board "shall at M discr:
tlon" cause to be -printed the off lolal tax
list in newspapers; , according .to art
amendment tasked to a bill by the seo
ate. This waa mad the 'excuse for" a
conference report which waa adopted .by
the house. - . . . - v
"Bhall at tta 'dlaoretiou" looked like a
"grammatical, monstrosity" ..to .Repre
sentative ' IUehmond' and Cronfn .pro
nounced It a Joke. However, the report
wa concurred in.'. , , . t ,
Kill Laad LeastaaT Bill.
A majority and minority report oa th
school land leasing bill brought out a
dlsousslonA Th bill provided that lasses
of th aohool. lands . could re-lease for
iwenty-ftve ' year without competition.
Th minority report ' recommended in
deftntt postponement of. the bill and It
carried. " - - . ,
Jodlelal .DUtriet . C1aBr. ' -
The Nichols Judiciary district bill tatting
one county from the Eighth district and
putting it-In the ninth and giving the
latter district a second Judge paased th
senate this afternoon.
The governor's bill, appropriating o0,000
to take ear of a possible outbreak of th
goot and mouth disease also passed th
senate.
The Barrett-Iarn bill requiring a
petition of twenty-five freeholder when
making charge against South Omshs,
city official passed th seaate.
Another by Negley wa passed providing
that four of the county commissioner of
ougla county shall; b elected from
Oraatar Omaha and yone from 'the but
sljd territory.
SaveVictrolafrom.
Burning Home, All1
Packed for Moving
' While a moving van wa on th way to
get their household goods, fire broke out
In the house of, Mr. and Mrs. S. ,W.
Wright Fifty-second and Epragu street
J oat north of Krug park, and destroyed
th entire building and everything in it
exoept a VlotroLa and a rug and a mat
tress. Mrs.' Wright and a neighbor were alone
when th blase started.' There was no
man nor water nor apparatus to fight th
flame ' and they burned -till everything
wa gone. Th women succeeded in get
ting out th Vlotrola, the mattres atd
th rug. They were unable to move any
of the heavier thing and everything else
was packed. All the clothes of th
Wright except those they were wearing
at tli tlru burned. . , . , , . . .
The loss wa U.000 or . ROM, . partly
covered by insurance.
Mr. Wright had Just rented his hous
and he and hi wife were about to move
to th horn of their daughter. Mrs. E. F.
Bralley. 39 Florence boulevard, when
th fir mad it unnecessary for the
moving van to call. , .
HOGS MAY BE SHIPPED
. OUT OF CHICAGO MONDAY
CHICAGO. April I. The shipments of
hogs ont of tli t.'nlcn stock Vardu to
other states will be permitted, brginioa
Mondsy. it mas announced today by V.
Befictt. chief of the federal inspectors
,yMt th yards. Since quarantines )ecause
I of the foot and mouth disease have been
i,i i imposea.. nogs r-ve neea snippea to t. m-
" cao for slaughter only. Only boa from
out of tn yards.
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Refugees Crowded Into American
Mission at Urumiah Dying Rapidly
. i
. wjhw; iukjk, April 's. a rearrui rat
of mortality aVaong. the 10,000 refugee
crowded into th yard of th American j
mlMion at Urumiah, where, it 1 said.;
,090 persons could scarcely find ! ac
commodation, is reported In a communi
cation received here today through ; th
Btat department at Washington by th
Preabytertan Board of Foreign Mission'
So great was the' menace; It waa mid
In the communication, that for a while
it waa unsafe for anyone to leave th
premises, and consequently the bod lea
of the dead could , not' b burled. Later,
whan th way was opened one mlsaionary
wa kept. busy attending to burial o th
dead. At tlraeo oa an average, of forty
refugee died vry day. .- r ' --
The communication, which . Is a copy
of one sent to.F. W. Smith.' American
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BRYAN LETTER LIKE
BOl jB TO DEMOCRATS
Wet and Dry Issue Not Being Sought
by the : Administration
!' . men.. r.,'., '
TOT.T'- rnTrWTTTt!ir.MA W - TA WTW
.MFrpm a.'ptalf Correspondent.)-, ;
iWASHINOTQW; Aprilt.-1 Spsklsl
Xatcgi;hi.)-f8ecrtary; Bryan's, plea
ror a "itf national democf atlc
comnitteemaa ' from ' Iowa, as cut
lined : 1q ' hla .letter to I Democratic
Committeeman Kennlngton. of the
Hawkey "state, has aroused politi
cians to a degf ea 'unprecedented la
years, and it haa even divided Inter
est with the rumor of peaoe now fil
tering , through ..from .the. nations , at
war on the other side of the pond.
The secretary of state's position with
referenoe te the oholce of a "dry" com
mitteeman vice Martin J. Wade, recently
made a federal Judge, ha accentuated
the difference of opinion within th
democratic party on th prohibition Issue
and within administration circle. In fact
It ha acutely brought to the attention
f th public a question that ha been
in th mind of politician for some time,
whether either of th leading part! wiU
tA up prohibition in lWt
: Aati-Bryaa Msa t 0t PlaeJ '
But while staaretary Bryan may desire
a . dry" national committeeman from
Iow a in place ef Judge Martin J. Wade.
it is said la InfomMd 4emooraU circles
her that Mr. Bryan will not get his wish
and that an anti-Bryan man in the per-
son of Wllbar Ma rah cf Waterloo and a
"wet" cltUen, will be chosen national
committeeman at the next state conven
tion.
S. O. Huber of Tama, la., ha been
under suggestion for th position, but up
t short while ago Mr. Huber was also
on the "wet"' side. Having been a can
didate for oongras In the Fifth Iowa dis
trict 'last fall, and got Uaked. there sre
tbos In th democratic colony in Wash
ington who be!iev Mr. Huber may have
been converted to the "dry" aids in order
to land a' good Job, i but, he cannot be
mad 'national committeeman.
it
Lradere Are Reeeetfal.
There 1 deep resentment "anions . leaki
log demscrats over Hocretary Bryan's let
ter, believing that it will make the pro
hlbltlon issue more acute" when,congrsk
meets- in the fall and force the issue that
many had hoped . would be left for settle
went to the svral states. .Xordo.they
Ilk Secretary Bryan giving advice to th
ffot that "dry national comjtnltteemsn
and other offlolal should be ohosen
where the liquor Question la m.A. . -
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HEAD. OF SAINTS' CHURCH
IS MAKING IMPROVEMENT
; LA MONT,. .Ia.; April -Special Tele
gram,) Elder Peter Museus ass the
speaker at th morning s-rvlce of th
faints' confereno here. This-swrmon we
th third on -this missionary has de
livered tn th English language for four
teen year, . he having - been for ' that
length of time in Scandinavia.
Th women' auxiliary (or social service
elected th following offioera: Mr. 8. R.
Burgee of St. Lout; president; Mrs. B.
C' Smith of Independence, Mo., vie presi
dent; Mis Verna Cochran of St. Joaeph,
Mo.. cretrf Mrs. J.- A. (tordnsr of
Independence, treasurer; Mrs. A. L. Ytng-
Ung of Independence and Mra Anna I
Jong Smith of Ht, Louis, members of (lie
board. A fine program was given by
the auxiliary tonight. '
A telegram from Freder.ck A. rlmith in'
dlcatea a satlsfaotory Improvement In his
condition snd nany think he will yet be
privileged to com to this convention.
An enthusiasMo meeting of old soldiers
waa held this evening in memory of U
fiftieth anniversary of the eloa of the
war of th rebellion.
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consul at Ttflls, Persia, by Rev. 3Wbrt
M. .LABarre .of .Urumiah, described In
detail the flight 'of Christians not only
trpm . t'rpmlah, but all Aserbetjan prov
ince after th . withdrawal of the Rus
sian troop. ' Th communication says:
"Of th thousands who were forced to
remain behind.'' their ; vll lares being so
situated that flight, waa Impossible, only
the tutor can give ue a oorreot roll of
those murdered- in ,oold blood and with
cruet tortures by the . Kurds; of the
Women and girl carried off) and of the
ohtldren lost and the families separated
th the'tmie of thTs terrible oataatrophe.
All. who could. fled to the. city. sad. found
the one shelter that gave them the best
hope of safety. . That was our American
mission property, guarded by the Ameri
can fjng.", - " .
BERGEN. BAY USED
;:F0R 1IAYAL BASE
Norwegian Airman' Discovers Bev
eral German Submaxinei Oath' !
- t ered Behind Cliffs. ,
02HEJ&ED TO LEAVE OS 'jSTZKV
, W f e
.London.1) Norwetiaa air . men who
tthave fteea- srpvrlris; the cjats of Mos-
wsy larcBtisating f minors '- that
Oermas submaVine i bM .waa jooated
In.sopj. Sheltered snot of thele neu
tral waters, found several 'German
submarines gathered behind the cliffs
at f Bergen , Bay. The ( submarines
were ordered to- leave Immediately
or else be' Interned for the remaindes'
u -
o rjie war.
Receiver. Cassidy
vis-Still Missing;
; " Experts on Books
CLETv-mAm,' April Whtl acccuot-
snU today worked otr tie books of the
Cleveland Flttaburgh Coal company and
other , ooncems for which . James H.
Caasldy, former . congressman, wa re
ceiver,- relative and business associate
sought to solve th mystery of hi dis
appearance Monday elternoo and So
learn his -whereabouts. Cassldy-was re
moved a receiver late yasterday by order
of Federal Judge Clark, btcauae he failed
to give the court an accounting by last
Monday, as ordered.
Attorney Carl D. FrelboUo, newly ap
pointed receiver,, said today that Indica
tions are that the discrepancy in Caasldy' s
accounts as conoeme the Cleveland A
Pittsburgh Coal company amount to be
tween H6,ooo and Sto.ooo, An audit of the
missing mana book Is xpotd to be
completed during the day. -
AMBULANCE WORKER
AND NURSE MARRIED
; PARIS, -April S.-The fact thtthe labor
of ,crtng fpr'; French wounded had not
prevented. the development of a romance
In the ambulance aervtc became known,
yesterday when Carroll Oreenough of
New York, attached to th ambulano at
Nuelley, -wa. married in- th ambulance
dispel to Mle Margaret' Virginia Orebie,
daughter of .Edwin Orebie of Pasadena,
Cal..V who he charge of th special diet
kltohan connected with tha ambulance.
HaS . IBS S
Omaha has the distinction
of being the seat, of two
military, posts.' one at Fort
Crook and the . other Fort
Omaha. While more inter
esting when the troops are
stationed there, these post
will well repay inspection
of visitors.
VANTKD Young man with steno
graphic snd booking experience te
invest 11,060 In a corporation of good
n lending and large flnan- lal berkina:
must hv executive ability, so a to
later assume management of office
and shop.
Per farther iaforsaaaloa abeat
thiM eepoetujtr, se the Wis
AS aocttea f Xtt e tooevy.
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OMAHAN ASSERTS
HARRIIIAN FRIEND
OF LABOR UNIONS
H. Grace, Buiineii Agent of
Machinists on U. P.,' Says Msg
' nate Wired Last Trouble
with Men.
FELT FOR WOMEN AND CHILD BEN
Witnesses Tell of Methods of Break
ers' in Crushing Out Strikes
' ' ' of Workers., , . ' , ,
, easawsasMsss
INSIDE OF SITUATION GIVEN,
CHIC AGO,' April 9,-E." H. Harri
mart, it appeared in testimony gi,ven
before the United 8tates Commlsnlon
on Industrial Relation today, was a
friend of labor. 8. H. Qraoe' ot
Omaha,' buelneaa agent of the Inter
national Association of Machinists on
the Union Pacific testified that when
trouble aroee on that line In 1903
Mr. Harrlman (elegraphed that It
was his first labor trouble and that
it he could abotd it It would he his
last. . . . . . :
J. W. Kline, general president-of the
International Association of Blacksmiths
and Helper, testified that "Mr. Harrlman
felt for the women and children who
would suffer by a trike and he -made
concessions which resulted In the settle
ment of th trouble of TM. I feel that
had he. lived the disastrous strike of Wl
en the Herri man line would not have
taken piac." !.' i t ' ;
! ThlaaTs Take. V. '
Today' evidence dealt with physical
examination of applicant for mechanical
position; with -violent sets of tha strike,'
the methods of strikebreakers and un
called detective and other phase of the
railroad labor situation.
John Q. Taylor, of Oakland, Cel., busi
ness agent cf the Southern Paclflo rail
road machinists, testified that "spotters"
engaged In disrupting union generally
worked In trio. He designated them a
follow: : i
"The promoter of quarrel who' gains
membership in th budding union and by
hla wiles set Jew quarreling with gentile,
Italian with Austrian, and ' so on, thug
weakening the strength of the member
ship... The good fellow who makes frtonds
with' everybody and epead hi money. o
freely that those Who try to keep up their
end of tha? entertainment , presently finer
tharnserVe financially embarrassed and
thu open to auggesUons' et treachery to
the', 'union. .Third.. this "'discourager.'.
This man. is a professional fceaslmlst who
i torad .with ehjerttona to unionism aad
predict nothing but trouble Tor organtaa
Ubhs whloH try to compel powerful cor
poratlpna te grant tJha men their righU. .
, Cotalaar of r ralsr. i '
Hugh Montgomery - of Macomb l City,
Ml., told of .the riots there when: th
Illinois Central brought in strike break,
r to' take the plaoea of union Shopmen.
"W i were enjoined from ' Interfering
with, railroad property,", related' the wit
hes, "and whaa taUgram 1 cam that
(Continued on Fas Three. Column eXx.)
Kurds Hurl Children
: Into, Iby Waters of
River as City Burns
LOS ANOPL.K8, Oa!., April l.-Chlldren
were thrown into th loe-ooid river and
the ''women were ' treated dreadfully,"
when the Kurds captured aad burned th
oity of Meondab, Persia, according to a
letter written by th wife of Elder rFank
F. Ostar, a Seventh Day Adventlst mis
sionary In Persia, to friend here.
When this news reached Maragha,' a
viiuvuitDI our, wrwiv m.o, vaiar, nvakrir
all the Christiana flsd through the snow
over tn mountains, sirs, usterrooe on
horseback with her 4-weeks-did
whtl Oster led the animal.
baby,
"Hundreds . of , nftizec are fleeing
through th snow, barefooted," said Mrs.
Osier's letter. "Msnd ar dying from
starvation. Ws are not yet out of danger,
for th Turks ar strong near th
boundary, snd with th Kurd to help.
we surely have aomethlng to fear, Jut
six miles from her goo Kurd were killed
and tha ground - waa strewn with their
bodies." ' f '
Bli said that after th Russians recap
tured Tabrla they felt quit saf again.
South Omaha There
With High Reserves
i WASHLXOTOlf, April . -National
bank show Increased reserve according
to a statement today by .th comptroller
of th eurrency. Reserves in New York,
Chicago and At. Iuls have been, inf
creased I per eept sino Deoember U and
those In th other reserve cities of th
United Mates have, gained about 4 per
cent
Mr. Williams gave a list of reserve olt-
! lea which ar holding the largst amount
of reserve including Dubuque. Ia, 4S.U;
South Omaha, Neb., s.it; Des Moines, Ia.,
MIS; Aeattle, Wash., M3; Pueblo, Colo..
M &; Fort Worth. .1; Kansas City. 32.18.
Th comptroller's statement declared
that national banks ar decreasing th
amount of overdraft,' those In reserve
and central reaerr cities showing a re
duction from December SI of et7 per
cent.- The reduction in ooontry banks
waa given st BB per osnt.
MAYOR DAHIMAM AT
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
BXCBLAJOR SPRINaS. M., April S.
(Speolal TeUgram.) Mayor Pahlman of
Omaha aad Mrs. Pa hi man ar at th
Kims hotel her. ,
JURY PICKED TO TRY
CHIEF OF SIOUX CITY
SIOUX CITY. Ia, April .-OeOrge
Pelrca chief cf poilea, accused of con
spiracy to extort mousy from law vio
lators, wa placed on tiial today. Th
Jury was completed late thl afternoon.
ITALY READY TO
IN YAM AUSTRIA
Preparations Made to Transport
Large Bodies of Troops and Mil
itary Stores to Border.
MORE RUMORS OF NEGOTIATIONS
GENEVA. April 9. Wa Paris.)
Railroad rolling stock Is being
withdrawn by Italy from the Swing
frontier, it i reported here, for the
transportation of troops and military
stores In northern Italy, destined for
the region bordering on the Austrian
Tyrol.
The Lausanne Qasette stale thst the
town of Msntu, Verona,' Reschetra and
Ignaro, which formed th fortress In
th famous "qtiadrilsteral' are garrisoned
with fully equipped troop, which lack
only heavy artillery and thla will be up
piled soon. An ferial fleet I ready for
operation. .
A Milan dispatch te a Zurich newspaper
say that at a maaa meeting held . last
night and attended by five liberal deputies
from Milan, a resolution wa.-adopted
characterising aa "absolutely necessary'
th participation of Italy in th war.
More Rasnor e .losrottatloae.
BOMB, April I. (Via Parts. April
The question whether an understanding
between Italy and Austria still Is possible
art; whether a separata Auatro-Buwian
peace treaty, is probable, ar dlsoud
from different point of view by tha
press of the capital. Th paper agree that
the two question are eioaely related,
slno. If Russia with th permission of
it allie. obtain whaa It desire and
come to terms with Vienna It ia not tm
possibta to imagine that Austria would
be willing to make territorial concession
to Italy. ,.;' ' '
' It I regarded as probable by- newspa
pers that reports of peaoe nacotiatlon
will be denied . In all - official i quarter
until some tangible agreement Is reaahd.
The position ot Austria, It la eoatswdad, 1
becoming dully more grave because of the
Russian invasion and th threat of
Italian Intervention. The Idea Kailoaal
say Austria has but little chanoe of re
gaining what It has lost and that the
probabilities ars.lt will lose more if It
continue fus-flght. while by making peace
with Russia It would avoid a further
MusoovH Invasion and might prevent a
Serbian advance a well a th interven
tion of Italy and Roumanla. Th nape
say Austria' may even hop to obtain
moral and material re verge by a vie
tori mis war against Italy alone.
German; Aviators
-Killed in Dramatio
, . r , Battle In tho 'Air
KURNT8. Belgium.' April a("VTa Parts!
A drsmatl duel in the air in which a
Get man aircraft was .brought down, by
Roland Garros, a famou French aviator,
Inside the allied line, was described last
ulght by Major Raoul Pontus, son of the
former . Belgian minister of war, : who
witnessed the combat . , Th Oerman at
first succeeded .in rising abov Garros'
machine, but the latter by a clever twist
escaped and then flew atop the Grrnn '
I "From thla moment th Gerroan'a posi
tion' be cam critical," said Major Pontus,
"for Garros overtook hbp -, rapidly.
Presently the crackling ot a quick firing
gun showed th Frenchman judged, him
self sufficiently lytsr to take the often'
stve. Could the '.German escape? It
Seemed difficult, for Oarroa shot forward
in ' great bounds, getting nearer and
nearer, but , th German observer used
hi earbin freely and It eeomed that a
bullet might strike the Frenchman.
"Suddenly a long jet of white amoke
gushed , from the German machine and
then a little flame whioh tn an instant
enveloped the whole aeroplane. No wit.
taikfllng th extreme peril, the pilot took
to flight, but hi effort te eeoape waa
converted into a horrifying downward
plunge. The aeroplane, a maa of flam.
truck the ground, aoor of yard from
m and a column of black smoke mingled
with sheets of fire poured from, th fallen
machine. : '.
"I ran to the aeroplanejwhtrh had
fallen dose to a ditch, and soon put out
th fire. The aviator, horribly burned,
were dead when' I reached them. Th
gaaolin tank contained two bullet hoi.
Th machine wa marked No. X, Fortieth
Flotilla. ' It elic-cyllnder engine wa very
heavy and this explained it rapid fall.
The fir had spared Instrument and
military dooumeuta tn thick leather
oa. This Interesting booty was taken
to general headquartera" t
Serhian Club in
Los Angeles Wrecked
by Two Explosions
IS sArrOBLS. April S.-Two explo
sion of dynamite lata last nlgt eomplstaiy
wrecked th Serbian club at .TOS north
Broadway and damaged adjoining build
ings. Immadtateiy afterward Are started
In the wreckage, but waa exrtnsrutahed be
fore gaining headway.
The olub had been used aa headnaarter
for Serbian national in t9 Angela and
had been .. the seen of several racial
clashes sine tha Buropeaa war began.
PoBc detective began an Investigation
of the explosion. So far aa known no on
ws Injured. . . . - . .
Bethlehem Steel
is Again Erratio
''NEW YORK. April ernteree t to
day's stock market oegtered mainly
around Bethlehem Bteel by reason of the
sensational movement In that; stook yee
terday. The opening transection con
sisted of 2.000 shares at 110 to JOT, com
peted with yesterday' cloee of US. The
steck then declined to lot. 1M and ML It
soon recovered, however, selling at' 11.
Nearly all the dealing war for small
amounts, many odd lota of las than 100
share changing hands. From US Beth
lehem Hteel went ack to KS then up
again to 111. The stock became lea proas 1
nent a other harea aaeended en the
largeat first hour of buslrvoaa recorded
sine th dsye Imsnedlstel preeeglng th
war. ...
Failure . of a large local . department
store was without effect en seotlmeoA,
FRENCH START
BIG OFFENSIVE
'OH WEST FRONT:
Genera Joffre's Troops Are Advanc
ing from Three Bases and in
Three Different Di
erections. COUNTER MOVES BY GERMANS
Allies Occupy New Ground from Few
Yards to Two- Miles in Width
and Miles in Length.
MANY K3LLED. AND WOUNDED
The Day's War News
riRTHKR ADTAUrn la b region
Vtws tbe Me wee aad Meteelle'
river I s1f by th Frenek'
vnlllrary aatborttlo. Tt in said
rhat tremoh were ewytored at
aarreral pelne evad la ome !
they were choked wlH the
ereevdi. Stnui war tflea Sara tbe:
-hattie la pvoeeeaiae; with laereae.
lagr fieietafM aad heavy lee, ef
Ufa.. h that the efforts of tk
suite war waaratllag. .
BiTTLBI ARB la pesgrees oa berth
the weottera stad eetateva frohte
whteds.samr a ft wet wttojly th fa
,( the war. In the
PraaMh terrtterr, hetweea the .
Mew aad Moeelle river, the al
.lle are arse aBBlaV t force hwek
tha Oersaaa . wed ares aj the eaat
th tra awle U , awlaar rarrted t
fariawalv .sUcnagr the Oartmthlaa ,
front, bsu llwwlar haertaaee at.
taehlaei te the flhtia la tha Bee.
hid,, war whlenk the Raactaw are
attatlsiv t tore their way te
th plains of Haaaravr. ,
ITAI-r OONTIrB8 rwaMlytta ndll.
tarr preparatloa, bat bms efon
h rcaehed Whetbet- tt will
participate la the wr. ' , .
SCISIO OOIVSTANTII rf la
aevrta. that his eaaatry
I la a voaltlow slmtla te Italy,
h"T,mar aa aaltftary preparatlosia
wltheat abaaoataa ,a.trailtr. .
PVBTHBIt NBOtlTf ATtOh'S hetweea
algjarle, aod , the triple rateate
rwrs saay be Initiated for the
P"rlee aseertalalagr th letea
tieae of Baltrarla. . , . I i i
R.TJSSIAR STAFF of fleer rraartl the 1
aieeatloail In tkr -fsms. '
fbiana as harlaar ellaicrd aad are :
eosieidertnar the beet route r,r a a
iayasloa eMlaaaary.
LONDON.. April""?!.--The Frencti
movement between the Meuno : an.l
tbe Lorraine frontier is dovelopini; .
s dUtioct' offensive, with General
ioffre pusbln his' advance, while the
Germans are making fierce counter
attacks 1 This is the MIIIlKtanra
the latest dlHpatvhaa reaching Lon
don from the continent.
According to an analysis of the sit
uation by the French general staff,
the French offensive movement t
the laat few day has been on three
sectors. The first Is on a front, of.
fourteen miles to the east o. Verdun,
the. actual -.line running southeast
from g point near Etaln; the second
on s front between 8t. Mlblef surf
Pont-A-Mouaaon, where the Frencn
sre attacking- from the south, and the
third Is In the north. In th vicinity
of Gusselnyill,. ' where) the French
now dominate the valley of the Orne
and sr threatening the railroad be
yond the river Orne with stuck.
Th French advance It thue being
pressed from three 'ueaea in three dif
ferent directions- Accordliur to Parla
offlolal report French force on front
many miles Ion have occupied new
ground measuring from several hundred
ysrds to two mile deep. That tha Oer
maa resist a noe to these advance b
been stubborn Is' strikingly , indicated by
the French report that the German on
on point of th attack loft 1,000 dead on
th field.
From th diplomatic standpoint Interest
la again centering in Greece, former
Premier Yenlselo. apparently dlsparing
of obtaining th support of King Con
stantino iti his efforts to secure a re-
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