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Omaha Sunday Bee PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN. THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XI A NO. 30. OMAHA, SUNDAY rOIvNINd, JANUARY 9, lOtG-SIX SWrTIOXS TIIllttT-KHlllT VMWS. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. 1HE CITY IN MOURNING FOR BISHOP TAKEN BY SUDDEN DEATH Many Sorrow for Right Reverend Richard Scannell, Whose Active and Useful Life Ended by Attack of Pneumonia. BODY TO BE TAKEN TO CHURCH Noted Prelates and Priests from Omaha and Many Other Cities Will Be Here. TWO ARCHBISHOPS WILL COME Distinguished archbishops, hlsh- ps and priests of the Catholic churches in various cities of the middle we it will come to Omaha to participate In the funeral ceremon ies for Right Iteverend Richard Scannell, bishop of the diocese of Omaha, whose ' death from pneu monia at the age of almost 71 years, occurred early Saturday morning. The funeral services will he held Wednesday morning at St. John's church, Twenty-fifth and California streets, and will begin at 9:30 o'clock. Burial will be in Holy Sepulcher ecrr.etery. For a con siderable time before the funeral and burial, the body of the distin guished prelate will lie in state. Two Archbishops t'onilnsT. ArchblRhon Kenne of Dubuque, la-. metropolitan of tho province of which tho Omaha diocese La a part, will be the. celebrant of the rontiflcaf requiem mas and will also administer the final abso lution at the close of the services at the church. .' - Archbishop Ireland of St. Taul. Minn., ,wlll deliver the funeral sermon. Lrfist ab solutions will bo Bald following the ser mon by Bishop McGovern of Cheyenne, Bishop Tlhcn of Lincoln, Bishop Davis of Davenport und . Bishop Garrigan of Sioux City. C'lersr Who "Will Assist. The pontifical requiem mass at the church will be preceded by the chanting of the divine office, beginning: at 9:30 Wednesday morning. In the mass Arch bishop Keane will be assisted by Very Rev. F. X. MeMenamy, president and rector" of Crelghton university: Kev. James Ahertie of St. Agnes'' parish and Rev. I'aclfifus Kohnen of St. Joseph's parish. Kev. J. F. McCarthy of St. Peter's church ,wlU bo deacon of the mass and Rev. Ferdinand Schnuettgen of Hartlng ton. Neb., will ct as sub-deacon. Kev. James W. Stenson of St. rhlloiAena'a parish and Rev. Hugh Gately, who was secretary to Bishop Scannell, .will also assUU Body to I.le In tint. The body of the deceased prelate will He in state at tho bishop's house, 808 North Thlrty:slxth street, from 9:30 a. m. to 3 p. m. Tuesday. This was decided upon in order to give more opportunity for the public to gain a last view of the bishop's features. The original plan was to have the body lie in state at the church from 3 p. m. Tuesday until the time of tho service Wednesday morning. This will also bo carried out. so that the body will lio In Stat at both the houso and the church at different times, to afford ample oppor tunity for the deceased bishop's many admirers, to pay their respecta ti his lemory. feprclal Guard of Honor. A special guard of honor will watch the body while It lies In stato and when it Is taken from the house to the church. Visiting prelates and priests of the church and priests of the Omaha parishes will accompany the body from the house to the church Tuesday afternoon. The escort will also Include largo representa tions from the Catholic societies of the city, among; them the Knights of Colum bus and members of the Polish, Bohe mian, Italian and other church lodges, many of them in uniforms and regalia, lmprfulve Oreuiony, The cortege will undoubtedly be one of the largest and most impressive ever held in Omaha, and will mark the great love and respect in which the deceased prelate was held by members of the church during his long period of ministry here. Hod r at Bishop's House. The body is now at the bishop's house, Si North Thirty-sixth street, where death occurred. Rt. Rev. Patrick Mc Govern, bishop of Cheyenne, who was a close personal friend of Bishop Scannell, has arrived in Omaha and, with Omaha priests, is at the residence. In conformity with the binding custom for funerals of Catholic clergy, the body Jsill be buried rather than cremated, and there will be no flowers. Priests in (Confirmed on Page Two, Column One.) The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Sunday: Knr Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Fair, warmer. Temperature at Omkt 1'esterdn jr. Hour. Peg. 6 a. m -':! a. m 21 7 a. in -a 8 a. in -i a. m a 10 a. m 24 1! a. n n i: m 27 1 l. in in 2 p. m i;t 3 p. in 'J9 4 p. in 2h fi p. m : p. in V 7 it. in 2j Comparative Loral lltrurd, 1316. lilli.. 11)14. 1913. Highest yesterday - 4 14 Ixiwest yeateiday 21 IS S3 3 Mean temperature 2" Ti 6 Precipitation T .' .o Temperature and precipitation depart ures front the normal: Normal teiii-ralurs II Kxceas for the dav 4 Total deficiency since March 1 1 formal precipitation 02 itich I "eflclency for the dav 02 inch Total rainfall silica Mnr-'h 1 27.41 inches Deficiency since March 1 inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1114.. 3.;Hi inches Defi-'leiicy for cor. period. 6 h3 inches T Indicates trace of precipitation. Indicates twlow serp. I A. WIX8H, Ivocal Forecaster. SOME OF THE FINEST THE MUGGERS J- 4 (rVA VIGOROUS PROTEST CENSORING OF MAIL United States Sends Note to Great Britain Regarding Delay of Mail to Neutral Lands. WILL GIVE OUT TEXT LATER WASHINGTON, Jan. S. The United States has sent to Ambassa dor Page at London for presentation to the British, foreign office a note vigorously protesting against the au thorities interfering with and cen soring, malls from the United States to neutral European countries. The note Is understood to have already been delivered to the British foreign of fice. Complaints from Donlnrii Circles. The State department plans to make publics its text here later today. NpmetOBs. rximplaj Sits, have been re ceived from American business men and others that their mails destined to points In neutral European countries have been opened by tho British censors. Steam ships carrying neutral mails to and from the United States have been held up by Hiitlsh warships and taken to British ports, where practically all malls have been removed, by the British authorities. The steamships then haveeen allowed to proceed and the malls detained and examined by the British censors. After complete examination the mails have been sent forward to their destination. This has resulted in much delay, and in some instances confiscation of corre spondence. Frisco Board Was Sold Out Without Any Knowledge of It SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. Grand jury investigation of the alleged "collecting of money for the purpose of Influencing ac tion for or against granting of permits for garages" was asked toduy in a reso lution adopted My the Pan Francisco Board of Kupervirors at the present board's final meeting. Affidavits, receipts for money and statements supporting the alleged charges were said to be in the possession of Ralph McLeran, chairman of the fire committee. Supervisor McLeran in a formal state ment to the board offering the resolution said "the committee has not obtained any statement from any person to the effect that money was paid to any member of the Board of Supervisors." I The evidence collected, he said, was gathered at the request of his two col leagues on the fire committee, the body which acted on the garage permits. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors was "sold out without knowing It" by persons collecting money to aid In get ting garage permits, Mclran declared today. Nearly everyone agreed that money had changed hands about $700 is a matter of written record, Mcleran said. What the money was for Is a subject of dispute. Mcl-eran said Information is that it was to Influence the supervisors. Kdward F. Burns, proprietor of a bath house, said todiiy that he had received part of a specified 127), affidavits con cerning which aro in McLcran'a posses sion. Ho said it was used legitimately in circulating petitions against the construc tion of a garase near one which stood on his property. Ice Gorge Forms Near Davenport DAVENPORT, la.. Jan. 8-An ice gorge, five miles below Davenport, caused a rise of two feet In the Mississippi river in twenty-four hours, sending the stage to ten feet. Many lowlands in Iowa and Illinois are inundated and people are moving out. Tho river Is still rising. DimIbo ( ouaty Doctors Meet. FREMONT, Neb.. Jan. 8. (Special.) R. A. Davles of Arlington was elected president of the lodi;e County Medical association at the annual meeting hers Thursday. Other officers chosen are: Vice prertdent, J. II. Italhbun, Fremont; secretary-treasurer. S. A. Preston, Krv mont. Dr. I reston was named delegate ta tho t tit to couventlon at Omaha in May Mother of 4-Month-Old Babe Suffering With Scarlet Fever Secretary Doane of the Associated Char ities Is engaged In the task of directing a father in the rare of his 4-month-old Infant, the first born. The wife, 17 years of age, was sent to the city emergency hospital for scarlet fever treatment and It was necessary to separate mother and child for tho welfare of the latter. The child must be kept at home for ten days before it can be sent to an Institution. The father ' Is trying to "mother" his bahy for ten days and Mrs. Doane Is offering first aid. Tho family lives at Twenty-fifth and California streets. The perplexed father Is 21 years of age. He did not know how to adjust a safety pin until Mrs. Doane gave him a demon stration. Other tender cares of infants were disclosed to him, but Mrs. Doane finally concluded that one of the im possibilities Is trying to teach a father how to Care for a 4-month-old infant. A nnrse has been detailed to make occa sional visits. Family Lives in Electric Lighted, but Chilly Tent Two women, two children and a man living In a tent at Tenth and Nicholas streets have been brought to the atten tion of the Associated Charities, Humane society and the juvenile officers. The women are sisters, one beln a deserted wife. The children of the party are 3 years and 18 months of age. The man Is the husband of one of the women and father of the 3-year-old girl. He said his name Is Stanley and claims to have been traveling for a year by wagon, trying to reach Excelsior Springs, Mo., for treatment. The party has four strong horses and the tent is lighted by electricity gen erated by Mr. Stanley. Four bantam roosters servo as pets. One of the women of the party was apprehended while peg ging. The charities have helped these travelers. Colonel House Sees Sir Edward Grey LONDON, Jan. 8. As the first step In his trip of investigation Into war condi- ! tlons in Europe, Colonel E. TO. House, ! personal representative ih Europe, saw Sir Edward Grey, the British minister for foreign affairs today, spending some time with the foreign office head. No state ment was given out regarding the mat ters discussed. GRIFFIN DEFEATED BY JAPANESE CHAMPION MANIU, Jam 8. Clarence J. Griffin of California, who with William M. John ston holds the American tennis champ ! tonsil I p in the doubles was defeated to jday by Kumagae,-champion of Japan, In the final match for the far eastern champ ' lonshlp. C'APTl HK OK A POHTIO of trench from th French at Hart-niana-Wrllerkopf In a, surprise at. tack Is announced by the German war office. MOOT I.OVC K, a brla-ht held by the Monlrnnrlni, has been bom barded by Austrian aviators, who have also dropped several bombs oil (eltlaje, the Montenegrin of ficial report states. two in Miu:it ioNTi:F.r.Ri from America are announced la a Paris dlanatrh to have lost their lives whea tho Italian steamer rarrylnir them struck a silns and sank lu the Adriatic. ITALY II 1ft t tl LKI) additional oldlera to the colors, the newlr aummoned men belonging; to vari ous classes of the artillery. A NOTK PROi r.STlX; aajaluat Brit. I'h Interference with aad censor. hip of the malls from the l ulled tilates to neutral countries has brea dispatched from Washington for presentation to the British for eign office by Ambassador Page. The Day's War News MUGGED POSSE ROUNDS UP GANG OFJURGLARS Policemen and Postal Inspectors Waiting for Men Who Tried to Eob Postoffice, THREE IN HOSPITAL, 2 IN JAIL PENN'S GROVE, N. J., Jan. 8. A gang of six or seven burglars at tempted to rob tbe poBtofflce here early today, with the result that three of them are In a hospital with bullet wounds and two others are in the Camden county jail after a fight with a posse of citizens, policemen and postal Inspectors. None of the wounded men is seriously Injured. All of the burglars were heavily armed, but none of the posse was struck. Porausa of the great Increase In the number of employes SJt tha Dupont .Pow der Works at Carney's Point, N. J., the nn's 43 rove postoffice is a busy place. On pay day ot the powder plant two weeks ago an attempt was made to rob the postoffice. Yesterday was pay day and another visit from the robbers was anticipated. Chief Marshal Harbceon of Penn's Orove enlisted the services of half a dozen citizens to help his force of four pdllccrnen and postal officials sent four inspectors. All were armed. , The postoffloe was surrounded at mid night and at 2:30 a, m. the robbers en tered the building, leaving one man out side as lookout. Boon afterward the posse closed in on the postoffice and the lookout opened fire. Instantly his accomplices appeared at doors and windows and started shooting, the posse returning the fire vigorously. Three of the burglars were wounded. Two others were arrested later. Montenegrins from U. S. Drown When Ship Strikes Mine ' TARIS, Jan. S (Via London.) Two hundred Montenegrins from America lost their lives by the sinking of an Italian steamship which struck a mine In the Adriatic. The sinking of the vessel with the at tendant loss of life is told In an official Montenegrin statement under date of January 7. received here from Cettinje, as follows: "An Italian steamer from Brlndlsl, with some hundred tons of supplies and 425 Montenegrin recruits from America on board, touched a mine yesterday near San Giovanni Dl Medua. The ship sank immediately and 2"0 passengers perished." INSANE WOMAN SLAYS HER BABE WITH KNIFE MnWEAPOLIS, Jan. S.-Mrs. Samuel Hokenson, wife of a railroad man, during an attack of what physicians called acute Insanity today seized a butcher knife, drove a nurse from the house, snatched her own week-old daughter from a crib and carved off the child's head. 8he then plunged the Knife into her own throat, Inflicting wounds that probably will cause her death. When the police arrived the woman lay in bed clutching her headless child. Secretary Garrison Says Compulsory Service in the Army is Sure to Come WASHINGTON. Jan. t -There is no military post in the United States where a division of troops can be housed and cared for. Secretary Garrison told the houso military committee today, when hearings were resumed on the army bill. That condition, however, he said, would not limit the effectiveness of the con tinental army for the training of clti sen soldiers. "What we want is an articulated skel eton that can function," he said, laying stress on his proposal to build the founda tion of a definite military policy. "It makes no difference now whether we have a little more or less flesh on an arm or a kg." The secretary said that unquestionably any perfect military system must be based on compulsory service. Many army RUSSIANS RESUME DESPERATE DRIVE ON AUSTRIAN LINE Vienna Says Slavs Succeeded in Some Places in Pcne'ratinu Po sitions, but Were Fina'ly Ejected. MUSCOVITES TAKE CZARTORYSK Fetrograd Announces Capture of Point After Bloody Tight, but Austrian Dispute Claim. MAY BE SECOND CZERN0WITZ BEKUN, Jan. S. Hy Wlrrless to Sayvllle.) Tho Russians have re sumed their heavy attack against the AuRtrlim linos in eastern Gallcla and In Hukowina, and In some, places succeeded In penetrating Austrian positions, but aro declared In the official statement by the Vienna war office, received here today, to nave been ultimately ejected. LONDON. Jan. 8. The Kusslnn offense still occupies the most im portant place in the news of the war, the capture of Czartorysk as the latest achievement reported. The Htifslans claim full possession ot the village, but tbe Austrlans deny they have advanced any further than the cemetery. , The Austrlans apparently are fighting desperately in this region In order to hold their positions as a screen for Kovel and a link between the Austro-Ocrman I armies In Onllcla and those further north in the neighborhood of llnsk, which la threatened with envelopment as a result of the Russian advance. Tho news regarding Czartorysk must be taken with reserve. A German reixirt dated Inter than that of the Russians claims that all tho lust ground has been retaken. The town may become a second Csernowltz,' which, apparently, Is un tenablo by either side. On the Rrltlsh front in the west the Germans have attacked near tho I.lllo Armentleres railroad, but, according to i official Iliillsh advices, have been re. pulsed. Roth the Rrltlsh and French heavy artillery were busily engaged yes terday. Constantinople reports that the allies again have bombarded the narrows from land and sea. Aljournment of Parliament over the week-end .has brought a lull In the con troversy over compulsory military service. British Labor Chief Says Crisis Over tho Draft JM1. Passed LONDOV, Jan. 8.-John Hodge, chnlr man of tho labor party In the House of Commons, expressed the opinion today that the political crisis was over and there would be no general election. "The division In the House of Com mons on Thursday night settled the fjurs jllon," ho said. "Tho labor party wan evenly divided, and if Arthur Henderson. , William Rrace and Georgo II. Roberts ; (the labor members who resigned from the ministry) had voted Instead of ab staining, there would have been a ma jority of labor men In favor of the bill." j Mr. Hodge said he and other labor members would continue to support the rovernmor.t on tho ground that It was essential to present a united front to the enemies of Great Rrltaln. Pensions for Two Widows Under Iowa Compensation Act IOWA FAM.fi. la., Jan. S -(Special.) Tho first settlement Is being made in this city on death losses under the new workmen's compensation act and the mat tor Is being handled through an. Insur ance company which carried this class of Insurance for the Iowa Giih company. The beneficiaries under tho losses are the widows of Krank Kramer and I H. White, who lost their lives In a tank by asphyxiation at the company's plant on December 20. Under the provlnions of this law each family will receive 1K as a fu neral benefit and to Mrs. Kramer will bo paid J10 a week for 30 weeks. Mrs. White will receive $7.21 a week for the same period. The payments begin on Janu ary 9. THIRTY-FOUR MILLION PAID FOR WAR HORSES KAPT FT. IOI'I8, 111.. Jan. S.-One hundred and nlnety-flve thousand horses have been bought at the National stock yards here by the enlynte allies, it was announced today, at a cost of IH.OOrt.OOO. The Ilrltlsh buyers have discontinued pur chases here, but the French. Italian and Belgian officers are buying about So1) hesd a day. officers. In his opinion, viewed the con tiental army plan as a final test of the volunteer army system, doomed to fa'l ure, but vuluuble as a direct step toward some form of universal military service. Asked what steps had been taken toward working out a system of organ Ulng railroad and commercial enter prises for the military emergencies, Mr. Garrison said a careful study of the sub ject was now being made by his order and had been in progress for some months, i'lans for tentative contracts for wsr munitions to' become effective only In the event of war and for assembling of equipment to alter commercial plants so that ammunition and arms could be quickly turned out on army calibers, had been In contemplation by department of ficials, be said. ZWEIDINEK ASKS ABOUT VERDI GUNS Austrian Charge Wants to Know What United States Is Doing to Do in Case. CALLS ON SECRETARY LANSING WASHINGTON, Jan. S. Baron Krlch Zwiedinek. charge ot the Aus-tro-Hunsarlan embassy, today Infor mally called to the attention of Sec retary Lansing the presence of two mounted three-inch guns on the Ital ian steamship Guiscppl Verdi when It arrived In New York Thursday. While Information upon the subject was larking, It was understood that the charge had made Inquiries as to what action the United Stales, as a neutral, considered taking In the matter. Water Power Bill Is Passed by House; West Opposed to It "WAPHtNOTOV. Jan. S.-The house to day passedthe Ferrli bill, which would throw open to flfty-yenr leases public lands containing more than three times as much water power as now Is tinder development In the I'nlted States. It Is estimated thnt In the eleven states which will be affected there Is sbout IK.OO.OCO undeveloped horsepower. Tho bill Is the result of csreful study by wa'er power expert of all parties. The fifty-year lease feature had the sup port of Secretary of the Interior Frank lin lv. I .one, hla predecessor, Walter I Fisher and of Clifford rinchot. former chief forester of the I'nlted States. Party lines were rsst aside In voting on the measure today. Minority leader Mann was one of Its strongest support ers. Ills republican collegue, Kepresen tatlvo Mondell of Wyoming and other western republicans fought It, Insisting that leasing would delay development of the sites. Western senntors made a hard fight on the measure In the upper house. Control of the power plants under the bill would rest jointly with tho slate and federal governments. Up rising of Piutes Fomented by Land Grabbers, is Charge PKNVER. Jan. 8. Charges . that troubles with the Flute . Indians , near Bluff. Utah.- early In 1815. were the re sult of a "badly bungled" scheme to drive certain non-reservation Indians off the publics domain and confiscate their grazing lands, are made by M. K. Orlf fen, special Investigator of the Indian Rights association,' In a report Just pub lished. '- "''' Tho Bnlffen report declares that condi tions of "shamful neglect" at the UU Mountain Indian agency extended over twenty yenrs. Tho troubles became acute last winter when United States officers endeavored to arrest Tse-Ne-Oiit on a charge of mur der In qonnectlon with tho killing of Juan Chacon, a Mexican sheepherder, In March, 1914. subsequently. Major Gen eral Hugh I., fc-cott wont to tho Indian country, secured the surrender of Tse-Ne-Oat, who later was acquitted of the murder charge In the federal district court of lirnvcr, Tho Indian Hlghts sssoclatlon, of which Herbert Welsh of Philadelphia is secre tary, is supported by prlvato contribu tions. Germany Beginning to Wear Out, Says French Commander PAHIS. Jan. S K dispatch to the Matin from Athens says that the TatrTs prints a statement made by General Joffre to Ml Fougeres, director of the French school at Athens, in which Gen eral Joffre said: "We have every reason to be sure of final victory. We are beginning to get j proofs which shew beyond all doubt that German power Is wsnlng. The signs are ! such as cannot bi mistaken by com ' petent persons. These signs and proofs relate more particularly to the morale of the German army. The quality and ma i terlal condition of the troops permit us I to conclude that our enemy Is now en tering upon a period of exhaustion, Ger many Is beginning to wear out. That fact Is certain, but, of course, It does not mean that It Is already worn out and we will have a great effort to make, but with the admirable endurance of our army and the perseverance of the whola French nation and 'of our allies, we are sure of final triumph." ZEPPELIN DIRIGIBLE ACCIDENTALLY WRECKED IjONDON. Jan. 8 -The accidental wrecking of a Zeppelin at A'araur, Bel gium, yesterday la reixirtcd In an Am sterdam dispatch to the Kxrhange Tele graph company. According to this in formation the dirigible became tangled In telegraph wires whllo attempting to make a landing. Two members ot the ciew are suid to have been killed. RELIEF COLLECTIONS FOR JEWISH SUFFERERS WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 President Wil son decided today, upon suggestion of Representative Sabath of Illinois, to designate by proclamation January 27, a3 date for collecting funds for the relief of suffering Jews lit Kuro)x. IRON CROSS GIVEN TO GERMAN WOMAN RRRI.IN (Hy Wireless to Bayville), Jan. 8-Fmperor William has conferred the Iron Cross on Frau Skollk of Glei wltz for disclosing a bomb plot, the work of a spy. This Is the first time that a woman has received the Iron Cross. NIGHT OF RIOT AND LOOTING AT YOUNGSJOVN, 0. Mob of Strikers Burns Business Por tion of Mill Suburb, Causing; a Loss of One Million Dollars. ONE DEAD, HUNDRED INJURED Three Regiments of Militia Rushed to Town and it is Compara tively Quiet. FIGHT STARTS NEAR STEEL MILL YOUNG STOWN, p., Jan. 8. Fearing a new outbreak of rlotlng thls morning, when a crowd of strike sympathizers gathered on the hill opposite the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company plant. Brigadier Gen eral John C. Speaks ordered four Cleveland militia companies of tho Fifth regiment to the strike scene. Two companies marched into the plant to reinforce 100 strike guards and the other two companies pa trolled the opposite hill to prevent mob organizing. Operations at tha mill are entirely suspended today and no attempt was made to oper ate it. Three hundred office employes are marooned in the plant, where they spent the night for safety and to keep fires going. With three regiments patrolling the smouldering ruins of the village of Fast Youngstown or encamped I n tho mills nearby, the clvla and military authorities here today expressed the belief that for thsj present, at least, an end has been put t the wild scene of rioting and lootings) which marked last night and left the thriving little city a mass of embers. One life Is known to have been lost, fully ten Mocks of the town, including tha entire business section, were burned and several thousands of peoplo were driven from their homes. The loss was placed at no less than $1,000,000. I'hyslclnns who were called to look) after the wounded placed the number at oo, although only fifteen had been brought to hospitals here. While the ma jority had been shot, there were many; wounds from knives. There was no liquor question to settle In Fast Youngstown today, for of the twenty saloons all but two had been burned and those had been looted. Demand of Strikers. Two weeks ago laborers of tho Repuh 11a Irop and Steel company struck for ail Incrtase of wages from 19V4 to 15 vents) an hour. The Youngstown Eheet and Tube company offered them S2V4i cents an hour immediately after the Ignited titatea Steel corporation had announced Its In crease of 10 per cent for laborers.. . This was rejected by the workers and the trlke hss since been in progress. Reports today are prevalent that strikebreakers had been imported, which precipitated the trouble. The trouble began lata yesterday, when the day shift at the plant of the Youngs town Bhect and Tube company quit fo the day. The plant is located on the flats of the Mahoning river, several hun dred feet from tha hillside on which is built Fast Youngstown, where most of tho workmen live. The mills are reached from the town by a high bridge, spanning; the railroad yards. This bridge has been csrefully guarded by private watchmen since the laborers at the plant several days ago Joined the laborers of tlie Re public Iron and Steel company and othef mills for an advance of 25 cents a day. A crowd of men and women estimated at 200 had gathered at tne East Youngs town end of the bridge and Jeered the workmen as they crossed. Suddenly shot was fired and guards, taklrrg this as a signal, fired over the heads of the crowd. The mob replied and another voU tey eamo. A number of persons. Includ ing two women, fell to the ground and the mob broke and an up the hillside. A block away they reformed and almost Immediately set fire to the building oc cupied by tho tubo company's employ roent bureau. A little later they fired m small warehouse and then turned thelC attention to private property. Saloon IOord and Fired. A saloon stood on the corner and J . rush was made for the door. A shouting; crowd quickly tooted the place and then I a match was applied. A clothing store J nearby was next entered and the stock: passed ouo to the constantly growing; l crowd In the street by those Inside. When the looting was finished the place u fired. By this time the mob was In a frenzjw (Continued on I'&ge Two, Column Twoj Week Beginning Jan. 10. ' Free Movie Coupon Tills Bsa Coupon antltlss bsarsr to fres ticket to any of these high-class Mo ring yietvre Theaters on the days named. Present at Boa Office wltb rsgular price of ons adult paid ticket and get additional ticket free. grandIdesse "THEATEB S4th and B. BIAUTErUL" South Omaha. 16th and Btnnsy. Buokls o The Home of outu Omaha's High orada Aran semens Woturss. ." Oooil n Monaur Gwxl Hnn. n4 TDur. mini when sccom- ninht. It si-coiupm- piul by uam iwia 4 l,v 10c mi4 4- srlmlw ton. nillun. HIPPODROME ARBOR Futures Ob- Tou aortt. talaabla. Good Mondays Thii roupnn sood anr and Thursdays M..nrt ninht If ao- wlth on cini.nll by a PU ., . dmllun. llCKet. SUBURBAN L0THR0P Srnars Tour El. and tothjsap tartaliunsnt Is Th ranilly Tlrst tonsidsr- Theater. VttOIs Wfc.a ueominl4 Good on ilondsy br a stii wtoiiMiso. cvs n I nga w it h gm4 sjojr Muudr one paid al nils- nuuc sion. , .. ' '. . . , . . ? 4 . ' 1 ;