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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF
CONDITIONS TO DATE
ON REPUBLICAN SIDE
Compilation of Returns Showing De
velopment of the Presidential
Campaign in More Than
Thirty States.
RELIABLE DIRECT INFORMATION
Shows Undercurrent for Hughes is
Reported from Every Section
of the Country,
WHAT FAVORITE SONS ARE DOING
How far has the campaign for
the republican nomination for
WASHINGTON NOV
fVIXT TWO FIRES
IN OCEAN QUARREL
GENERAL SIR H. L.
SMITH-DORRIEN is suc
ceeded by General Jan Chris
tian Smuts, ex-Boer leader,
to command against the Ger
mans in East Africa.
ITALIAN SIEQE GUN POUNDING AUSTRIAN POSITIONS This is one of the best
pictures of the new Italian 305-millimeter siege guns to reach this country. This gun, a
new development since the beginning of the war, is said to completely outclass the famous
Austrian skodas. Note the huge recoil cylinders on top of the gun.
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United State Finds Itself in Deli
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president as yet developed?
What is the present situation in
the different state with reference
to presidential preference?
To what extent have the dele
Bates to the Chicago convention
been already selected, and what Is
the prospect for factional fights or
harmony agreements in the make-up
of the delegations?
What steps have been taken for
calling the state and district con
ventions, or for holding direct prt
n.aries by which delegates are to be
chosen from the different states?
Answers to these questions will
bfc found In the survey of political
conditions throughout the country
on the republican side Just made by
The Bee through sources of infor
matlon in close personal touch
with the editor, Victor Rosewater,
by correspondence with republican
leaders in the different states.
I'nderearrent for Hnarhcs.
f Thia survey, which covers more
nnn uiiny states, including ail out
four or five of the more important
ones, confirms the general impres
sion. - that the undercurrent for
Hughes as the most available can
didate to unite all elements is strong
everywhere, and that aside from
this, republicau --litlment Is not yet
crystallized noticeably anywhere out
side of the "favorite 1 son states,"
whose delegations are to be given
to the home candidate by common
consent. , i
Owing to new legislation, the ma
chinery of selecting te convention
delegates is late in starting In most
of the states, only two districts, one
In Missouri aijdone In Oklahoma,
having already acted. Conventions
and primaries, however, are soon to
begin and will come fast " in- the
months of March and April, but the
last delegates will not be chosen un
t'l.the day before the convention,
being those from West .Virginia,
wherjB the law provides for a pri
mary on June
The survey in detail by states fol
lows: Alabama. .
No calls yet issued beoauee of a new
law providing that do primary or -cam
eusea can be legally held prior to the sec-
id Tuesday tn May, ao that neither
state nor district conventions can be
held earlier than the 13th to the ICth of
Ma. It la rumored that the bull mooae
element will undertake to aend a dele
gation to Chicago for both the progres
sive and the republican conventions, In
which event a contest ia certain, with
possibility of a double-header. The re
publican sentiment ia for an unlnatructed
delegation, dividing favors between the
different candidates with a view to fo
cusing on the strongest at the right time.
There ia some Hughea aentlment and
also considerable activity on the part of
Burton's friends.
Arlsoaa.
The dclegatea are to be chosen by direct
primary, but no definite atepa have yet
been taken to make- up the delegation,
which is expected o go unlnatructed.
Arkansas.
"he mil Is already out for a state con-
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POISON IS FOUND IN
THE HOME OF ORPET
County Officials Say Other Arrests
Possible in Connection with
Girl's Death.
HER FRIENDS ARE QUESTIONED
CHICAGO, Feb. 14. Discovery of
a quantity of poison In the basement
of the home of Will H. Orpet, col
legian, accused of the murder of his
former sweetheart, Marian Frances
Lambert, and the announcement by
Lake countyNifficIals that other ar
rests were possible were develop
ments late today in the Inquiry into
the death of Miss Lambert.
The poison was found by State's
Attorney Dody and Chief of Police
McOulre and, according to the state's
attorney, it was identical with that
which Is believed to have ended the
life" of the"LaIc):F6reBrHJBh school
girl. . ' k '
Word came-from Madison that a drug
clerk had admitted selling a bottle of
medicine to Orpet Tuesday morning- be
fore the young: man made his secret trip
to .Lake Forest to meet the girl In tha
lonely woods where her body was found.
Another report Which was listened to. by
the authorities was trat the young man
bad bought an empty two ounce bottle in
Madison which might have been the
poison contained for which diligent scart
has ben made.
Release Not Asked For.
No move seeking the' release of Orpet
was made by counsel retained by hj
father and it was said that no attempt
i obtain his release would be made uniil
after the Inquest. '
School girt friends of Miss Lambert
were questioned by the state's attorney
of their knowledge of the relations which
had existed between Orpet and the school
girl.
, In describing his meeting with his
sweetheart tn the woods near her home
last Wednesday, Orpet several times said
that he went to his father's home arte
midnight Tuesday while he was waiting
to keep his tryat and that his parents
did not know that he was In Lake For
est. release of Orpet and that they favored
leniency in hla case were denied today
by Prank Lambert, father of the girl,
peaking for himself and Mrs. Lambert.
"On the contrary," said Mr. Lambert,
"both my wife and myself believe Orpet
guilty of causing- our girls? death.
whether he actually poured the poison
down her throat .or. not, and we want
Justice to be done.".
Letters Tell.
Siity letters exchanged between Orpet
and the 8-year-old school girl are In
possession of the authorities. Thirty-
rive of them were written. by Orpet and
the remainder by Miss Lambert to him.
They tinold. step by step the love af
fair whili culminated in the young
woman's death. -The letters- tvaoe the
romance from, its Inception when the twa
were friends at the Deerfield Hlnh school
st lllshlsnd rerk until it came within the
shadow of the girl's unhappy condition
which was the direct cauae of the
tragedy.
OrpeCs letters to Miss I-ambert In the
first phases of the affair when he waa a
freshman at Madlnon. are filled wlih
tender aentiment. From the berlnning to
the end hers to him mere all ador and
devotion.
the lettera are said to indicate that
the gtrl'a condition alarmed them last
September. His letters become cooler an I
lrsa frequent. Finally came the letter
In which Orpet told of tils love for Miss
CelcMia Youker, a normal achool teacher
of Dekalb, 111. Miss Lambert wrote aev.
trsl letters after that, begging not to be
east off. The last of his letters mads
arrangements for the fatal tryst at Ike
Forest.
MADISON, Wis.. Feb. 14 Admission
tbat last Ausuat he sold William Orpet
a drug to be used In connection with the
condition Miss Lambert waa believed to
be In, was made here today by W. Ilut
inger, clerk in a local drug store, ac
cording to a private detective aicency
that is. Investigating the case. De tee
thes assert also that last Tuesday, a
few hours before acting to lke Forest
to see Miss Ijimbert. Orpt purchased
from Kaseinger a bottle of medicine.
Ha-sinfter rien'cd selling Oipei any
IxiliOn at tl. at time.
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IT MUST OFl v
Allies to Protest if Teuton Con
tentions Upheld and Vice
Vers.
WARNING ALREADY IS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. The
United States probably will leave to
future developments whether any
action will be taken In response to
the announcement from the Teu
tonic allies that armed merchantmen
beginning March 1 will be subjected
to submarine attack without warn
ing. From high official quarters today
came the Intimation that the memor
andums received from the German
and Austrian governments are con
sidered in themselves a sufficient
warning to Americans to refrain
from engaging passage'on merchant
ships of the class of vessels affected
by the order.
Germany Offers
Bigger Sum for
Nicaragua Route
WASHINGTON. Feb. J4.-That Ger
many had offered Nicaragua larg-sr sum
than the United States for an option on
tha Nlcargtian Canal rout was urged tn
ths senate todajr as an rgument for early
ratification of the pending treaty.
"Of course, we have heard reports that
Germany souirht to obtain the NlcaraRuan
canal route," said Senator tone, chair
man of the committee. "Whether It of
fered $9,000,000 or SV2.000.000 or 120.000.000, I
do not know. We have no means of know
ing. That Germany was actuated by the
same motives In seeking this canal route
that France had In the original Fanama,
enterprlao Is apparent to every one."
Champions of the pending Nlcaraguan
treaty are said to have olted Germany's
desires in urging its ratification, Nicara
gua having agreed to accept the $3,000,000
offered by the United States for the
canal option and naval base In Fonseca
.bay. ' ;
Senator Stone said late today that he
had. agreed to defer asking for a. vote
on (the treaty imtlV next Thursdays
eraf democratic senators having notified
him that they oould not be present un
til that time. ".
Several senators said they had been In
formed during the course of the, debate
that Germany had long sought an option
on the canal route; that effort first were
made soon after France undertook con
struction of a canal and had been re
newed more recently. Members at the
foreign relations committee denied re
ports that there wan any documentary
evidence in possession of the committee
on the subject.
Metcalfe Offers
to Debate Bryan
, on Preparedness
If Wllilum J. Bryan stumps Nebraska
before the primaries speaking against
preparedness, he wll have a chance to
carry on a Joint debate on that subject.
rikhard L. Metcalfe, formerly In f.ha
employ of Mr. Bryan on the Commoner,
yesterday hurled a challenge by wire to
Bryan at Miami, Fla. Mr. Metcalfe offers
to cany on a joint debate of six install
ments In Nebraska, on In each of the
congressional district at any time after
March 20.
Dispatches say that from March 20 to
April 18," say Mr. Metcalfe' challenge.
'you arc to make a campaign before the
primaries In Nebraska, urging democrats
to oppose the policy of preparedness. I
am suioiitt those Nebraska demcrnrl
who believe that the most Important dut
now pressing upon the American people
Is thst of provld'ng our country with
adequate nut'onal defense, and giving to
the president, who is trying to dlKChsrge
that d ity, the support to hl li he Is
entitled."
Metcalfe further sssures Bryan of his
confidence that ho c.-in offset Bryan's
oratorical superiority with the righteous
ness of the proparednes cauae.
Valentines Sent
to Congressmen
by Suffragists
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14,-Presldent Wil
son and every member of congress re
ceived today a valentine from the Con
gressional I'nton for Woman Suffrage.
All were Inscribed wltl appropriate equal
franchise sentiments. The president'
bore the sentence:
"Won t you be our v.-.lentlne? We will
Ue your valentines," Inscribed on a heart
a foot bish.
Color Photography
Process Discovered
ROME, re. 11. 'What Is hailed her
as an Important scientific discovery I
a method of photography reproducing
natural color found after eight year of
experimenting by the Plneschl brother
snd by Blgnor gantoni. These men ay
thst they have solved In a satisfactory
way a problem on which sciential have
been working tn many countries and
that Important commercial reaulta are to
be expected from the exploitation of
their discovery for the purposes of mov
ing picture exhibitions.
t'nmp'ele teats r soon to be made by
disinterested scientists to determine the
fi.il scope ot the dlcoti.
given i i&i ' y y x7; -f;rui4v yv: An
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WAR PORTFOLIO IS .
STILL UNASSIGNED
President Wilson Comes to No Deci
sion Regarding- Appointment
During Sea Trip.
CARTER HARRISON SUGGESTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.--PreBl-dent
Wilson reached no excision on
whom to appoint secretary of war,
while he was on his wee'k-end trip
down the Potomac and a successor
to former Secretary Garrison may
not be announced for scleral days.
Former Mayor Carter II. Harri
son of Chicago was suggested to
President Wilson today by Repre
sentative Sabath of Illinois, for sec
retary of war. Mr. Wilson prom
ised to give the name serious con
sideration and said he expected to
reach' a decision In the near future.
President Wilson began a'. series ot
conferences, with congressional 'leaders
over the appointment, of a, secret a rv of
war. hattonat ' defr ni "plans ei ' ovuer
pending legislation!.
The president had engagement today
to see congressional delegations with
candidates for secretary of war and oth
er who were to suggest men for the
assistant secretaryship. It is generally
expected, however, that the new secre
tary will name hi own assistant
Those in a position to know think that
the president will not name an army
man for the cabinet vacancy. That
would eliminate Major General Goethala,
who ha been recommended for the
place.
The Mayflower arrived at the navy
yard at a.' m. today. President and
Mr. Wilson did not leave the yacht for
the Whit House until shortly before 8
o'clock.
The president yacht had a rough voy
age home, during which no ono left the
cabin, and It 1 aald aome -of the mem
ber of the prty were ress'a.
Hearings Regarding
Brandeis Nomination
, to Be Resumed Today
WASHINGTON. Fei. 14.-i'ubllc Inquiry
Into the nomination of Iouls D. Brandeis
to the supreme court of the United State
will be resumed tomorrow by the 'Judi
ciary subcommittee of the senate. On the
witness stand will b. officials of the
United Shoe Machinery cortpany, ' with
which Mr. Brandeis formerly was asso
ciated as director and general counsel.
8. W. Wlnslow, president of the United
Shoe Mschnery company, wlie wa ul
poenaed, notified the subcommittee today
that he would be present. Testimony will
be sought regarding charges of "unethical
oonauct" on the part of fir. Hrandfla in
his relations with this company to the
effect thst after serving as attorney and
director of the company he withdrew and
later acted as counsel for a uroup of
manufacturers in a suit saliml the com
pany as an unlawful trust. Mr. Urindcls
resigned as director of fie compuny In
December, 19H. and retired as lis counsel
in January, 19u7. In I'HO he appeared as
counsel for the Hhoe Manufacturers' al
llsnce Ina suit agnlnst the ompanv. -
I-ater, It Is said, ivitiint-ses a III be
called In defense of Mr. Brsnih-ls, whose
testimony will re denUned to prove that
Mr. Brimdels v. Ithdrew fion. tuo United
Shoe Machinery company because of some
FORT ROBINSON TO GET
TWO TROOPS BACK AGAIN
(From 'a Htaff Correspondent.)
WAHIUNUTON. Feb. 14 (Special Telegram.)-Judge
Klnksld had a conference
today with (ieneral Kcott, ac'lng secre
tary of war, with reference to the two
troopa of the Twelfth cavalry that hi-d
been taken away from Fort ltohinson to
do garrison duty at Fort 1) .A. Ituswll
when the Twenty-fourth was relieved to
Han Francisco. Representative Klnkuld
stated that It wus desirable to have tlie
two troops of the Twelfth returned to
Fort Robinson when the Twenty-fourth
wss ordered back to Fort Itussell.
lienors Hcott. as chief of staff and act
ing eecn tary of war? said that there was
no desire to break up troops nor head
quarters, and that Just aa soon a the
Twenty-fourth, now at Kan Francisco, re
ceived Older to return to Fort Hussell
the two troops of the Twelfth cavalry
aould be oidcred back lo oFrt Iloblnson
WILSON FORMALLY
SHIES HIS CASTOR
Letter to Ohio Secretary of State
Authorize Candidates for Del-
egate to Use His Name.
SAYS MATTER UP TO VOTERS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Presi
dent Wilson today formally gave his
consent that his name be used as a
candidate for renomlnation.
In a letter to the secretary oi
Ohio the president stated that he
waB unwilling to enter a contest
for the nomination, but was ready
to permit the use of his name in the
coming primary tn order that the
democrats of Ohio might make
known t!wlr preference.
The. president made known hi position
in order to comply with the Ohio pri
mary law, which require candidates for
delegates to the party convention to
make their first and second choice be
fore Februury' 2!(, and also require that
the candidates , for delegate have the
consent of their, ehujfea.a.0 malt Aye itf
their name. . , .', .
. tetter to Ohio lecretarr. ;
The president , wa formally notified of
the requirement of the law last week,
and today he wrote Charles Q. Hllde
brand, .secretary of state of Ohio, a fol
lows: "I am enclosing to you a letter, the oo
caaion ot which I dare say will be quit
obvious. Friends In Ohio have called my
attention to section 4961 of of the gen
eral code of Ohio a amended In 1914 with
regard to primate election, and havs re
quested that I Indicate my willingness to
have my name used.
"I accordingly take the liberty of send
ing you the enclosed letter sa formal
permission under tho statute."
Teat of Formal Nolle.
The letter the presilent enclosed was
a follow: I
While I am entirely unwilling to enter
Into any contest for tha presidential nom
ination of the democratic party, I am
willing to permit the uae of my name
that the demorrata In Ohio may make
known their preference In regard to that
nomination.
In order, therefore, to aatlsfy the tech
nical requirements of the ststutea of the
state of Ohio I hereby consent to the
use of my name as u candidate for the
presidency by any candidate who aeeka
to be elected a delegate to the national
lemocraua convention which Is to aa
ec-mble In June next.
This was the first time the president
hss consented formally to have his name
used in connection with the nomination.
His namo had been placed on the pri
mary ballots In seversl states, however,
through the activities of friends.
, Qeestloa Vp te Voter.
The president takes the position th.it
the voter will have tn determine whether
ho will make the race fofthe presidency
In 191tl as the democratic -Candidate. In a
letter written to A. Mitchell Palmer, then
a representative from Pennsylvsnla, be
fore his Inauguration, Mr. Wilson made
It plain that he would he a candidate
again only if the democratic! voter de
sired It.
Political advisers and friends of the
president have taken for gianted for
months that ho would be the .nominee
of his party and have mle their plans
accordingly. The national democratic
committee ha prepared all the campaign
materl.il with the lile i that he would be
the party candidate.
Tho formal announcement today Is ex
pected by democratic leaders to clarify
t'ue political situation throughout the
country. Supporters of the president, they
said today, now would be able to work
for l-ini more openly..
Alleged Assailant
of Woman Faces
Death Penalty
CIIKV K N N FJ. Wyo., Feb. 14 (Special.)
-Reuben' II. Hhaffnrd 24. who two years
sko escaped from tM guard house al
Fort Yellowstone, where he was held on
a charge that he hud committed an of
fense sgslnst a 19-yep.r-old girl In Vel
lomstone park, and who waa recaptured
at Minneapolis. Minn., early last month,
today was brought to the county jail
here to await action by a federal grand
Jury which will lie tailed for May. The
grand Jury will consider Indicting him
on two counts, one for the offense against
the girl and the other for breaking Jail
If 8hafford Is convicted of the former
offenne the penalty of banning may bv
inflicted under the feaeral law.
tO1. FHJ SttVCK
EXPECT ARREST
OF POISONER SOON
Police Say Extra Hundred Guests
Thinned Dose Below Fatal Point
and Saved Many Lives.
CALCULATION CAREFULLY MADE
' CHICAGO. III., Feb. 14. First
Deputy Superintendent of Police
Herman Schuettler said today that
he expected the arrest within a
short tipie of Jean Crones, assistant
chef of the University club, who la
suspected of putting poison in the
st.up served at a dinner given on
Thursday night to Archbishop
George Mundeleln. ,
' John Allegrlnt ' and Pasquale
Llgno, -friends of Crones, are 'still
being held by the police. Examina
tion of the correspondence and
search of the quarters ot the two
men, the police said today, had de
veloped nothing that showed they
had anything to do with the polson-
lB ,'" "'"; - --?,
'ftmpiy polaon bottle- a.Td wrapper
found lo the kitchen of the ITulveralty
dub, , verified by a quantitative analysis
of the soup served at the banquet, indi
cate that the alleged poisoner made sci
entific calculations,- according to the au
thorities to murder every guest st the
banquet given to Archbishop Mundeleln.
The club officials said Cronea had 'un
derstood covers were to be laid for 200
guest, but invitation were Issued 1 for
100 more guest. Two hundred and
ninety-six In all were present. That
thinned down the poison dose to on and
two-tenths grains of the mineral used
for each guest, or about three-flfth ot
the minimum fatal doae. To thla the of
ficer attribute escape from serious Ill
ness of those taken III at the banquet.
Munitions Plant
at Schenectady is
Wrecked by Fire
SCHENECTADY. K. T., Fb.' 4.-Th
munition plant of the General Electric
eompany wa wrecked by m fire today,
Tha blase finally was i extinguished by
the company's private fir department
and no report waa mad, to the city. po
lice or fire authorities. Official of the
company withheld all Information regard
ing the flre. '..!..
The employe of th munition plant
were ent home. It wa reported that
the roof of (he building had fallen In and
that the wall had been declared unsafe.
I The plant ha been cloaely guarded for
some time and no one was allowed to
approach the munition building today,
i Tha burned building waa a small one-
story structure of concrete. Formerly
It wa used as an overall factory, but
wa purchased 'by 'the General Electric
company a few months ago and made
into a plant for the manufacture of shell
Casing. There were no explosive or In
flsmmable materials In the building.
Meyer Case Will Go .
to the Jury Soon
WINTLKSKT. la.. Feb. 14. -Counsel In
tlie.case of Mrs. Ida Meyer, aged DO.
charged witu complicity In th murder
of her daughter-lii-lav , tonay presented
their argument and 'he cose U expected
. LIN to go to the Jury very soon.
It would hav been impcesible for Mr.
Ethel Meyer, the dmiuhtcr In-law, lo have
k'lled lid self with tii revolver found
oy her side, -County Proeecutor Wilkin
son argued, llu insisted the evidence
showed she did not commit suicide and
thst there were only Iao other persons In
the bouse al His time Mrs. Ida Mvver
and Fred Me)er, the husband.
M. ft. t'ooper, counsel for Mrs. Meyer,
SMwIled the reliability of circumstantial
evidence and said tnat waa all the prose
cution hud offered.
Son of King, George
is Fourth in Race
LONDON, Feb. 14. Prince Hem y. third
son of King George, rsn fourth today In
the annual Junior mile race at Kton. Ilia
time wa 4 M.
Th winner wa a young school boy
named Rice. The race waa a moat stren
uous one oalng to wind and rain.
SUBMARINE AND
MINE SINK TWO
ALLYCRUISERS
French Warship Admiral Charner is
Sent to the Bottom While Pa
troling Off the Coast
of Syria.
ONLY ONE XN0WU SUEV1T0B
Man on Baft with Fourteen Dead
Says There Was No Time to
Use Lifeboats.
BRITISH CRUISER HITS MUTE
PAR 1 9, Feb. 14. Reporta of the
loss of the French cruiser AmlraJ
Charner, which waa reported to
have been sunk by a submarine
which was patrolling the Syrian
coast waa confirmed today.
According to information re
ceived at the French ministry of
marine a raft bearing one live sailor
and the bodies of fourteen ot his
companions has been picked up off
the coast of Syria.
The rescued man said the Amlrat
Charner waa sunk on the morning
of February 8. He declared there
waa no time to use the I'feboatn.
The Amiral Charner under nor
mal conditions tarried a crew of
370. It waa 347 feet long, forty
six feet beam and displaced 4,680
tons. It waa armed with two 7.6
Inch guns in turrets forward and
aft, six S.G-lnch guns, four nine
pounders, four three pounders, six
one pounders and. four torpedo
tubes. It waa laid down In 1889.
Brltlah Trainer lilt Mlae.
LONDON. Feb. 14,-The Krltlsh
cruiser Arothusa tmek a mine today off
tho esst coast of England, according tn -
statement Issued by the British official
pre bureau, it Is feared, tha statement
says, that the vessel will ba a total
wreck.
The text of the official statement seyit
"HI malostv'a ahln llku,. n-.
modore Reginald Tyrwitt, ha (truck a
mine off the east coast. It Is feared It
will become a total wreck. About ten
men were lost." ,
An official statement given eut by th
French ministry of marine yesterday
Id that no new had been received from
th cruiser Admiral Chanter alno Feb
ruary . when, according to a German
telegram; a submarine had unk "a
French warship." ,
Danger of Uprisings I
" Among the Navajo
Tribe is Passed
PHOENIX Aria.. Feb. 14. All
of an Indian uprising among the Navajo
tribe in northeastern Arisen ha been
averted by the exchange of promise be
tween the, Indian and government , of
flals at a peace Parlay a few dv
aocordinir tn Jnunh T I M n T-lt-j
- .. 'nun, vmiivu OIUVC
marsnul. who returned here today from
Flagstaff and Tub. Th conference was
held near Tuba.
The Indian had threetanad ..
the "war path" because of the killing of
"Tddy Tin," a NavaJo Indian, hw ll,
officer. Th Indian wa declared by the
pounemen lo have resisted arrest, but
member of the trlb contended that th.
shooting wa uncalled for. Th officers
were arrested pending an Investigation.
Marshal Dillon said '"Tadd Tin t,.j
been accuaed of stealing horse from the
Jiopi Indian and also of rofualng to aend
hi children to school.
Treasure Hidden in
. Wall of His Boom
TABOR, la.. Feb. 14.-Sraclal TM,-..
than Koarnes, an aged man, who died at
his home five miles northwest of er
last Thursdsy of pneumonia, had n.riv
$"0 hidden in a hole In the wall of his
bedroom back of the baseboard. Shortly
before his death Mr. Kearne told mem
bers of his family of the deposit of his
savings In hi home-madebank. Seven
hundred dollars In gold coin and seversl
bills wer found In a canvas sack. Mr.
Kennies Is survived by hi widow and
four sons, one of whom, Mike Kearnes,
i resident of Plattsmouth, Neb. The
funeral waa held Saturday.
The Day's War New
A TIVITV O the major was froals
. I roafleed niaialr t aertaern
Kraeee, the l.traatty f the, hat-tlta-
belaar an eat areaaaaeeal la
the Artol dlalrlet, where tha Oer
auia rials. have anade aatable
la rtrratlr,
IS THE RAI.KAMI the eateate
' force reported esteadlaa; their
. positions aroaad Saloalkl, eaaeea-
tratlaar traaiMi a far farwarat a
the Belaarlaa frontier.
IK AI.H4MA Balsarlaa t roe pa are
Fieri, stateea miles from Avloaa,
while a Aastrlaa col em a rereatlr
wa reported at Tirana, abaat
twentr uitlee west ef Darasso.
REPORT FROM ATHKXS r red It th
Tarklaa exnmrat with the la- '
ration slronarlr to rein f ore lis
armies la MeaaaotaaWa.
ALL, SI SULK St EX af-military ace
la t.reat Brltala wha have not
sets eirmatr.d wader th asllltary
art wrr called ta th colore er aa
efflrlal arorlamntloa tuned tadar.
T IS I OFFiriAl-LY STATED that
the srit Urttlaa vat af eradll
ta be Introduced la Parlla.
meat, will n far 2BO,000,00"
unaada, ataklagt tha tatal war
credits 1,IS,000,04M