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SaHA Daily WHrS AWAY FROM HOME The Dee is the Paper ask fori t yo plan to ibHil mora tbaa f tw day, h T Ih snail yon. Vrr-rr THE WEATHER. Unsettled VOL. XLVXO. 202. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNINU, FftnitlTAltY 0, lfUf TWELVE PAGES. Oa Trataa, at Kot1 sw Btaads. arte.. So. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. .Bee. a PACIFICISTS SAY WORKERS OPPOSE FURTHER ARMING Speakers Stating; They Represent Farmers, Toilers and Voting: . Women, Warn Congress on Defense. MUST NOT BE STAMPEDED One Asks Why Supply England with Arms if Wilson Fears Trouble with that Country t URGE AGAINST BIG COST OF IT WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Paci fists, who Bald they, represented the farmers, working people and voting women-of the country, today warned senate and house m(litary commit tees against being stampeded into what they termed unwarranted ap propriations for military prepared ness. An anti-preparedness commit tee, of v.hlcu Lillian D. Wald of New York is chairman, introduced itself to the committees as an organiza tion of American citizens formed to protest against a dangerous pro-- gram of military and naval expan sion, to divert the public mind from those preparations for that world peace which it might be our coun try's privilege to Initiate at the close of the war." In addition to Miss Wald. opptettion to war preparations was vo.ced by John B. Lennon, treasurer of the American Fed eration of Labor; James II. Maurcr, president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Iabor; Mrs. Florence Kclley; Frank I . V, 1 .. I ... . 1. X . 1 1 arr.iera' union, and Sarah Bard Field of the California Women Voter' association. , Meaanae from Capper A message also waa read from Gov ernor Capper of Kansas, endorsing- the plans of the committee, which Include a provision of past appropriations Investiga tion of the sources of the present de mand for an Increase in military expendi tures and the elimination of present profit from armament manufacture. " Mr. Maurer, sro said he was a machin ist who has been In constant touch with large organisations of laboring men, met with repeated applause from the crowd in the committee rooms, composed of about equal numbers of man and women. He spoke, ha explained, not for organised labor, but for th working classes, and charged that the present call for arms was inspired by those who wer making immense profit selling 8mnrUAUJwH.nd who at. tiia close of tha Ku ropes n war will want a large army and navy to n fore tha collection of tha money owed them, by bankrupt nations. "The working people , will, not consent to fight such a war," be said. "Instead f spending mora money, I think, con gress had better Investigate tha money already spent The people have believed we were prepared. We were told we were tha greatest power on earth. Lest than two years ago we were told that we could best Germany and Mexico at the same time. - i Fran Not tha Dylan. 'Now, suddenly, we are told our boats are old tuba, our array helpless. There e no rumors of wsr two years ago n Germany and Austria were in the not that those dying nations could thrash us, 1 would be ashamed to admit I waa an American. "We. of the working classes who must fight these battles want to know What you know of them, President Wilson tells us there may be a great confllgra tion tomorrow. The American people want to know what danger they are In. "if we fear. Great Britain, why permit our American capitalists, to continue to ojutp that, nation with arms? The work tngmen will refuse to be cannon fodder for their wars and then be called on to pay tba bills too. If it Is right to take the working-man's life, it is right to take the rich mini fortune. What is there for the West Virginia coal miners to fight for? "The only wsy you can get the work iugnien to anils. Is to provide one with the beat poKslble rifle, 100 rounds of am munition and let them keep their arms .(.Continued o i"ae Two, Column Two.) The Weather Forecast till 1 p. in. Wednesday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Unsettled; colder. ratare at Umaha Yesterday, Hours, it. m.. De 6 a. m 7 a. in S a. m...,, a. m... ia a. m 11 a. m. ............ 12 m 1 p. m ! p. m 1 p. m 4 p. m 5 p. m ti p. m T p. m S p. m.- in II Jt M 1 31 u to U SI . 2 l.fM'B I Record. If 11 1915. 1914 1911 Highest . yesterday 3n tl 13 34 lowest yeaterdsy 8 7 14 lean temperature )l i 4 S rTeclpitatlon 00 T .'M .00 Temperature and precipitation depar v t'nes from the normal: Normal temperature U . Iefii'ierry for the day J Total deficiency since March 1 ...S7 v. niii-i i. ti., a iuii 04 Inch . IVficlency for the day 04 Inch Total rainfall alnc March 1. .29. 4 Inches Teficlncy Binge March i Winch Ift-1nc y for cor. period. 1914. 17 Inches ( luiUfW'ji for cor. period, liA a.7lnchaa Hestorls froaa atatloaa at T r. M. ' tstlcti and State Temp. High- Rain- efVVeatiier. T rj in. t f.n rrymm, pan ciouor.... 1 i1niurt. cloudy 1 ft 3.1 I J Cm iterative 4S ,eo &i . T 4K m .an r n 'M ill ill .10 44 . M 4 41 .lift -1 ? .Oil 4S .(if, ! '' er, cloudy s Molnea. part cloudy. Xort'i i'lutte. part cloudy f ii:iiht. cloud v i: Rapid City, clear.. H-ua 'it', ler...., Valentine, clear - i. . mf i i.'.om' src T uidtcalva trace of precipitation. L. Wk.USH. Local Forecaster. OMAHA WOMEN TO ROLL BAN DAGES ON SCHOOL GIRL'S PLEA. WiLhekn. Omaha society and clubwomen will soon begin- the work of rolling bandage for hospitals in the south of France, as a result of a school girl's letter home to her mother. Miss Ksthcr Wilhelin wiio Is attending Miss Spcnee's school in New York City, wrote her mother. Mrs. C. M. Wllholm, of an sppcal made by Mrs. Caroline Psrtlett, sn American mus len nnd art'st who had returned to this Country to ask for hcspltal supplies. The letter wa- read at the Frane-Bolgln Relief society meeting Monday end j touched the hearts of the women by the description of operations performed with out chloroform and the hardships endured In the trenches. tti.-U the women voted to login the work of rolling hsndage at the next meeting. - Mrs. Mary I. Creigli, loader of the cur rent topics department of tho Omaha Woman's club, is a personal friend of Mrs. Bartlott and rend the ssme letter at the department meeting TuesrWy, urg ing ' the women to assist in the relief work. The department will probably co operate alth the Franco-Belgian Relief society in rolling bandages to be sent to the field hospitals. OTHER TOWNS ARE IN FEVER'S GRASP Eighteen New Cases Reported Dur . ing the Last Twenty-Four Hours. THIRTY-FOUR IN THE BLUFFS Omaha Ip, rj ojLthg only scjgrlet fever place on tu map. : - ' Reports received at the health of fice from the state health officers in dicate that other Nebraska town ara In the grip of the disease. Norfolk In particular Is said to have more esses than Omaha In proportion to population. Counctl Bluffs has thirty-four cases of scarlet; fever, which la over one case per 1000 or about the same proportion as Omaha. In Council Bluffs they are quarantining for but three weeks, which the Omaha health officials say is not enough. . During the last twenty-four hours eighteen new cases have been re ported. John Morris of 2421 Dodge street died at the City Emergency hospital. He was 28 years of age. Joseph Yeckaut Frank O'Brien and Clara Wisner were removed from their homes to the Emergency hospi tal. The ages of the new eases range from four months to 46 years of age, Clyde Harrisof 1419 South Fourth street being the infant and Ous Hart iran of 1014 South Twenty-third street being 48 years of age and tha oldest victim of scarlet fever reported to the health department. Seven quarantines were removed during the last twenty-four hours. Marie Klein, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Klein of 3510 Harney street, wss Interned five weeks to the day. She has fully re covered and does not seem to show any after-effects from the disease. A large map on the wall of tha health office shows locations of all scarlet fever cases. Changes are rrfede each day, according to new cases reported or quarantine removed. The map shows there are no eases In a district east of Fleventh street. Pierce to Nicholas streets. There are 325 scarlet fever cases at th!s tun. . N Health Commissioner Connell has writ ten to Dr. W. A Evans, health commis sioner of Chicago, a complete statement of the local scarlet fever situation, and has asked the Chicago msn for th benefit of his experience In scsrlet fever outbreaks. A similar statement has been forwarded to ths state health depart ment. r Case. New cases reported ss follows: John Morris, 24-1 Dodge, died st Emer gency hospital. Joph Yeckaut, Prague hotel. -Frank fl'Brien. 1&I0 lorciis. Clara Winner, SI2 North 2-'d. Mrs. Helen Werschay, ftitf Hamilton. Alfred Hlenissen, lUti South C!d. Iora Unnehurg. 90 Hnncroft. George Keseti!aum. 14-S Kvans. Stewart Powers, 3322 Hurt. Cut Hartmun. 1014 Bouth 23d. Vernon Black, B410 J rand Ave. Clyde HaiTlH, 1419 Wou'h 4h. II O. WeUel, 1B3J South 11th. John Bulner, 8110 Corby. Frances Hochntetter. 41 South Uth. Maria Flala. 1719 South 8th. Hardlna. S24 North 9th. Merle C'stlln. 23US North Slat. Mea'a Waves liaised. LEBANON. Pa.. Fe'j. I Announce ment of a per cent increase In wages for its l.OuO employes was made today by the American Iron Slid Bfeel Manufactur ing company. The atl snce alii berome effective February 14. ) ; iWf GERMAN CONSUL ' GENERAL NAMED BY A GRAND JURY Franc. Bopp Indicted at San Fran cisco in Connection with Al leged Bomb Con spiracy. UNDER THE SHERMAN LAW Charges Plot to Set Military Expe dition Afoot in U. S. Against Friendly State. TURK OFFICIAL iS NAMED ALSO WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. German Consul General Franz Bopp waa In dicted in San Francisco by a federal grand Jury today in connection with the so-called Crowley plot to blow up munition plants and Interfere with Interstate commerce in muni tions of war, according to a report receivrd at the Department of Jus tice. Bopp was reported Indicted under the Sherman sntl-trust law snd under th section of the penal code which forbids a orfhsplracy to set on foot military ex peditions from the I'nited States against a friendly nation. Dcta Is of the indictment were not sent here, but officials understand that this section of the law was resorted to bo cause of alleged plans for an expedition against Canada. Twenty Indictments were returned also at Fan Francisco by the same grand Jury In the steamship Sacramento case, alleg ing the making of false clearance papers in connection with the ship, which it waa alleged wss used to supply German war- rhlps st sea. using San Francisco as a base. me consul general of Turkey waa among those Indicted in that case. The new Indictment, the message said. supersedes those previously found in th same case. Trial of the two casea Is not expected before late in April. Kldeee Seems Coarlaalre. Two of the alleged plots for which Bopp and others were Indicted involved plans for blowing; up tunnels on a Cana dian railway, it is charged, and Vera deslgiiedto hamper shipments t'- the eastern seaboard and England. Bopp. Is believed by tha Department of Juatlc officials to be tha head of an organisa tion which framed !th plots with Crow-. Ify aa the active agent who attempted to carry them out In th Sacramento case officials believe they,"hav stronger ' evidence than -they had In th recent Hamburg- marl oaa, case In New York In which seversl. par- n wersr ronvloted-. and given penf-j tentiary sentences.. According to tha in formation her th Sacramento virtually waa a supply ship of th German nary and made San Francisco a baa for its operations. Officials pointed out ' that there Is no question as to the right to Indict a consul of another country. Such officials do not enjoy th Immunities given diplomats. Posse Sent to Get ( Policeman Accused ' OfKiUingHopiEed PHOENIX, Arts.', Feb. I. -Joseph Dil- Ion, t'nlted States marshal, left her to day with Thomas Flynn, United States district attorney, to organise at Flagstaff a posse to go to Tuba and try to prevent a threatened outbreak among th Hop) Indians on the western Navajo reserva tion. Instructions were received from Washington early today. Dillon and Flynn will arrive at Flagstaff tonight. Th posse will have- to make Its way over mountains covered with snow to depth of at niast eight feet. . Bled gas will have to be used on the trails, which th Indian runners who reported th threat ened uprising yesterday declared to b practically Imposes Me. ; Th posse's orders are to . arrest th three policemen whose, act In shooting; a Hop! brave enraged th other members ef the tribe. According to the runner thth better man.-It must not b over- trouble occurred February 1. No word has came from th reservation sine then. Ottawa Police Are Advised to Look for Man with Light Fuse OTTAWA. Ont., Feb. I.-The dominion police received Unlay an anonymous let ter written under a Detroit date line, but with s Cleveland postmark:, Februury 6. midnight, asserting that the destine, tion of the Fsrllnment building was th result of a plot. The letter ststed thst If the authorities ran locate certain persons having In their possession thermic f I a material, almost Invisible, but capable of sustaining a half pound weight and fusing at a tem ftrtur of eighty degrees, they probably will discover tlie origin of the fire. Flood Loss of Iram Mountain Line is Over One Million UTTL.R RCH K. Ark., Feb. .-The Iron Mountain railroad's loss In the flood area of Arkansas will ba more than fl.MO.Oift, according to A. Robertson of St. Louts, rhlef operating officer. Mr. Robertson said the road had more than 1,000 miles of track out of us. DU PONT POWDER HOUSE AT TAC0MA IS BURNED TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 1 A powder hous st P'tl'ont. WasTi., was burned down Isst night, following an explosion there yenteiday in which three men were Killid. Superintendent J. I. Cox, as II no simr-i'-lon attached to tlve men of ali,n hirili working at tne plunt. BRITISH CAPTAINS HELD AS PRISONERS ON APPAM-Here are six captains of British trading vessels captured at sea by the German cruiser commanded by Lieutenant Bergfe and brought to Newport News, where they were subsequently released on demand of the United States authorities. Standing, left to right: Robert Reed, "Ariadne;" J. P. Jones, "Faringford," and E. Jones, "Trader." Sitting, left to right: D. Barton, "Cartridge;" Ralph Yeates, "Author," and John Brocket, "Dromonby." RUMOR KITCHENER IS TO. G(f TO EGYPT FjW -JIajsua'i Mar T-k Command j... tlje Nile end Eari of Derby ;., Taki;War. Office. JVUTEJLtfO JOIN THE MJNISTRY '' ' ' Tst LONDON, Feb. J7-The Weekly World ay It hears that Field Mar shal Lord Kitchener la likely to take ovar-' command of the British forces In Egypt and 'that the pari of Derby, the dljre8t6r of recruit!n; will be the new secretary of state for war, with m eeat 1 the cabinet. " ' ( : """'"' fives -no a.ulherityCTjT(rWemantr-tw th report, but Bays it, la aosslp In line, .with recent Intimations that Earl Kitchener might withdraw from the war ministry. to assume more ac tive duties. ' . Lord Derby has just returned to London lrom a visit to the British fcrcea operating In Flanders. New Iowa Coach , Speak sat Feast of . ; the Commercial Club IOWA ' CITT," Ia Feb. .(Special., "Many foot bai' coaches are weak on de fensive Instruction," said Howard Jones, new Hawkey leader, In his first appear anc a an after-dinner apeaker before th Iowa City Commercial elub, "but I am not one of those believing that tho best defense 3a a strong offense. This Is tru only In a measure, ' for purely da fenslv tactic ar very valuable at times. . . . Jonea Is of th opinion that It tskea leven individuals to make a foot hail team. "If ther Is a weak spot In your eleven th lopposrtion will find U," ha said. , . , ' "Confldenc is'a. great asset," be con tinued. "The player must not go Into tha gam . feeling thst his 'opponeu IS confidents but on th other hand he must not let his estimate, of the other fellow take away his nerv. Ther Is no reason why ,lowa should not have aa good a team as any other mld-weatern school, and we are hoping, that this, kind of confidence can be developed In the men this year." , ' Suffrage Leaders: ; Will Move to Kansas - So They Can Vote TOPEKA, Kan.. Feb. S. Kansas auf frag leaders todsy received information from Miss Doris Stevens of New Tork and Washington, national organiser for tli Congressional Union for Woman Suf frage, that she will come to Kansus this nionth to establish her legal residence here, so that she may vote for stste and national officers. Miss Mabel Vernon of Wilmington. Iiel., another organiser for the Congressional Union, la establishing her legal residence in Topcka. . .., ... British Commission Proposes to Restrict the Importation of Sugar LONDON, Feb. (.More restrictions on the' Importation of sugsr during the coming months In . order to reduce Its consumption Is the recommendation made by a British royal, commission. The re port of the commission says that econo mies in the us of sugar will Influence th rate of exchango In favor of Oreat Britain, as sll the sugar consumed here is 'm ported. The commission states that sine the i-eti.iioiim of the wsr the price of sugar iieer has tn-en less than Ml per cent "eassisw -- '" " -ws2ii Villa Threatens to Hold Up Trains on This Side of Line KL PASO, Tea., Fei. . A declaration that he would fore Interference by the Cnlted States within six weeks attributed to Francisco Villa by a Mexican from Msdera was. brought to th attention of American officials here and Mexican au thorities at Juarei today. According to th Mexican Informant Villa declared he would cross the International border and hold up an 101' Faao Southwestern rail Way train If Intervention could bo pro duced In no other way. . General Oavlra, commandant at Jus res, was without word early In th dsy on the progress mado by Carranaa troops In their search for Villa. Tha last word re ceived at military headquarters tn, Jutros Canyon ro EI Nldo. Hlxty-flve member of a band ef 1M former Villa soldiers have surrendered at San Miguel, on the Chlhuahua.Konora stat line, according to cfflnll advice to General Gabriel Gavlra, commandant at Jaures, today. Tha remaining sixty, five are reported to be ready to surrender upon arrival of Carranxa troops, . It was this band which waa reported to hav looted the store houaes at 8an Pedro a few weeks ago. Carransa aotdlert sent In pursuit, were reported here as joining the bandits. A second detach ment effected the surrender. General Gavlra said he had received no word frojti the de facto commander oper ating In' western Chihuahua against Gen eral Francisco Villa, located yesterday near the Hants Clara ranch. Wilson Expected to Throw His Hat Into Ring Feb. 25 WASHINGTON1, Feb. t.-Frestdent Wil son's closest advisers expeot him to make the ' first '. formal announcement of his candidacy -of ranomlnatlon within th month. They believe Mr. Wilson will notify the . secretary of state of Ohio that the voters of the stste will hav his consent to us hi nam In th primary. ITndey the' Ohio' law a candidate Is required to notify th secretary of state before' Fehrusry HI of his willingness to hsve his nam used In the primary. Tha president has been formally notified Of the law'a provisions. '.The president has made no definite an nouncement of whether he would be a candidate, even to his friends, as fsr as Is known, but they all take It aa settled that be will be. - ' , Body of Hepburn R Will Lie in State at Clarinda Church CLAFUNDA, Is.. Feb. I -(Special Tele grarq The funeral of the let William I'eter Hepburn will l" held et the Metho dist church here Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. , Hev. Abram 9. Woodaril. pastor of the church, will officiate. His com rades of the Urand Army of tha Republic will attend In a body and Kcottlsh Rite Masons will have charge of the service SI the cemetery, "Pie. body will He In sists at the cl urch Thursday from 10 to I o'clock. - above normal and that now It Is virtually double that price. Notwithstanding the rls In prlc, there has boon no consid erable general reduction in th consump tion of sugar and ths commission urges, therefore, that less quantities of sugsr and also of jams, biscuits, sweat meals snd chocolates b used. If this Is don ther will be no short sg snd no ground for an Increase In the prices of these edibles, th commis sion says, and It also will redur th tonnage prohlem and thus help to keep down lbs cost of other commodities. MILES STRIKES AT WILSON WAR PLANS t ' 1 11,1 ' ' Retired Lieutenant . General Says Continental Army Would Be Dangerous. UNIVERSAL DRILL NOT NEEDED WASHINGTON, Feb. S.Lleu tenant General Miles, retired, de nounced the continental army today during a bearing; held by the house committee on military affairs. "It would.be a, very dangerous Btep toward - centralisation, that would nut a tremendous power in fttture dmlnitrntUnv ho said. "It la unanicrlcan. Why try to Germanise the American peo ple? You cannot GermanUe Amer ican cltlieng." General Miles ' praised the national guarddeclared compulsory military serv ice unnecessary, favored three-year- en Kstments, recommended a regular stand Ing army of 140.000 or 1M.000 mem and sub mitted an army reorganisation plan of his own, cOntemplatlna; recruiting a force of 1,200,000 men by expanding unit of or ganisation. He said the 'national guard should be organised' the same way. ' He ssid It would b easily possible to raise 1,000,009 men If necessary In a reasonably short time. General Mile said . th United Bute was dally manufacturing more war ms tr rials than any twx nations abroad are using In the earn time, and that th ex perienc In th Dardanelles shows that guns aboard ship ar no match for fortl floatlon cud submarines. "Overseas expeditions," he said, "al way have been, very expensive and as a rule disastrous. To cross the Atlantic or Pacific oceans to land tn the t'nlted States would be a very serious under taking." An enemy, he aald, might b abl to put a fore of 400,000 man on it ships, but would never be able to land that number on United States shores. Russian Munitions Crisis is Thing of tho Past, Says Pohvanoff PARIS, Fob. I. "Russia s munitions crisis Is now a thing of the past," said General Tolivanoff, Russian minister of war. in an Interview with Iidoylc Nau. deau, the , specl.-.J correspondent of the Parle 'Journal in Russia, ' jt s an un pleasant memory, but, fortunately, only a inenvry. ., .''', "With regard, to the troops," the min ister, said, "their . spirit- Is excellent, thanks .to th system of moulllsatlon by aiasses, which ws. put Into fore a few monlha ago, and to th. doubling of tba number of supply depots. At th present time w hsv a permanent reserve of young recruits large enough to enaole'ua to kc't all th units up to their full strength, without having to send to the front half trained men, Thl la of great Importance, for it has been ob served that th morale of th soldier is spt to deteriorate) when hs sees his com pany, which originally hsd or M0 men. reduced to a few dosen." Brazil Will Send Trade Commission to United States WASHINGTON. Fb. 8.-Amerlcan Am bassador Morgan today uotlfM tha State department that a commission of twelve men, representatives of commerce and Industry, will be sent to the United Stste by Brasil during the year to pro. mot reciprocal trade relations. A pre liminary commutes, appointed by ths minister of finance, to formulate the work of the commission, haa reported that the object of the visit should b to draw tha attention of North American capitalists to the opportunities In Brasil for Investment ef cspltal and to develop the exportation of North American products to Ursill. KAISER'S REPLY PROBABLY ENDS LUSITAtllA CASE Official! Authorize Statement that United States and Germany Are Now Substantially in Accord. CABINET DISCUSSES THE NOTE Substitute Proposed for Word Hie gal Satisfactory to President Wilsons' AdTisers. LANSING SEES BERNST0BJF WASHINGTON. Feb. 8 At th conclusion of a conference with Secretary Lansing, Count von Bern storff said: "Everything la substan tially all right, but It la not fin ished." It was learned that some altera tions, which concern the form of th agreement and are regarded as minor ones, now are to b made and that the change Involve! tend ing the proposed agreement again to the Derlln foreign offtco. It la expected to be about tl daya before) It return to Washington. . WA8l!INCITONk Feb. . Ite today high administration official mad thl announcement: , A tt'vuent of tha I.usltanla caee la In sight, .robsbly within th next few days. The United States has not In creased its demands. It has not reduced them. You csn draw your own conclu sion ss to the masts of the agreement The ssme oflclal said: "Tha wording proposed by Germany ap pears to cover the position of th United States. It Is not fair to assume that there will have to.ne any further ad missions or concessions from Berlin. II sdded thst the proposal waa "sub stantially satisfactory." Kecretary Ianstng said lata today that no announcement would be mad after his conference with Count ron Bern- storff and not until after he had con ferred again with President Wilson. H Indicated no announcement might be made for seversl days. Lowry Party Has . Nearly Thousand larinda Converts CLAfUNDA, la., Feb. a.-.prta)'Hths) revival meetings which Qvaitgollst Oscar Lowry and party hav been omductltig her for five weeka. closed Sunday eve ning with act convert the last day and BC7 converts during th fir weeks, Thl figure does not Include reoansecratlona. It Is expected that th converts Tuesday evening will make the total conversion during the campaign run over 1,000. Sun-, day evening the tabernacle was crowded and 'at an overflow meeting tha Presby terian church, which Is the largest in town, was filled to capacity. There) are six people In the I wry party. In cluding Plble teacher, choir leader, solo ist and personal worker and pianist, and all r more than busy during tha flv week' campaign handling the crowds, A Young Men's Christian association build ing and organisation probably will result from the meetings, aa many business men hav become interested in th revival meetings and hav been holding daily prayer meetings in th court house. The) Lowry party goes from her to MoCook, Neb., wher a similar revival campaign opens next Sunday, Miss Farrar and Mr. Tellegen Are Married at Noon NEW YORK, Feb. a. Oeraldine Farrar, opera singer, and Lou Tellegen. actor. rer married her at noon today at th home of Miss Farrar' s parents. Mr, and Mrs. Sydney Farrar. Tho ceremony was performed by tha Rev. 'Leon A. Hsrvey, secretary at th Unitarian Denominational headquarter In this city. Charles A. Rills, manager of the Boston Symphony orchestra, and C. O Child of .Bala. Pa., friends of Mr. Tellegen and his bride, mere among th few witnesses. Mr. snd Mrs. Tellegen P'un to visit Hawaii and Japan at the clos ef their respective theatrloal seasons. The Day ' War Nets TUR FRF.NCH I! AVIS beea auLktava; eftarte ta reaala. ten-Mary tkr lost sosa tea day ao aoata af tha Hirer Baaasaa, bat, aeeordlaaT (a Berlin, ther war aaeaeecaafal, their attack, which was prrea4 h Intaaalv artillery rearatto brla; repalsed. PKTBOfiHAD IlAB INFORMATION that there bars been recent trans fers af large bodtea af German troaa to the western Croat, which la held thera ta tad Ira t that tba Or rma as are preparing- avals tat derate tha rreatr part af the! atreaath ta the war arena In Franca and Belgian. K XI KPT FOR t ONTIMI'ATIOX af th Intensive bombardment nlangt th Fraaca-Belslan frantter, thara ra few report f aetlrltr IroM tha malar field af military aaerav liana. I T1IK t'Al CASl Rassiau anal sn active. Fctrecrad report oatlanad adranor north and oath at Kraeraas. REPORTS ARB ri'RRFNT lw Lon don that Field Marshal Earl Kltrbeaer I t take or the us ma ad ef tha Brttiak In Krpt aad that tha earl at Xtarbr, wha k" la eharsa f r. eraltlna. I ta tan tarr ef slate for wan. 4