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VOL. MA NO. 221.
OMAHA, TUU11SDAY MOKNIN'G, MAHOH
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SINGLE (TNT TWO CENTS.
THE WEA TITER.
Snow
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VICE CONDITIONS
IN MINNEAPOLIS
CALLED TERRIBLE
Committee Bepresenting- Women's
Organisations DeclaresRecent
ReTelations Only Skim
Surface.
GIRIS NOT SAFE ON STREETS
Hotel and Apartment Homes Hit
Hard in Report of the
Inreitigatori.
ANOTHER INQUIRY IS BEGUN
MINNEAPOLIS. March 1. A co-
peratlve committee representing
seven of the largest women's organi
sations la Minneapolis In a statement
today announce! that after months of
investigation It can say that recent
startling revelations of rice condi
tions in this city "only skim the sur
face of actual conditions.
That young girls are unsafe alone
rn the streets at night; that many
hotels are being operated wholly on
the profits gained from vice and that
taxlcab drivers are co-operatlug with
Veepers of resorts in luring young
girls from their home, were among
the findings of the committee.
Coaaty Take Action,
I Another vice tnvestlgntlon wa begun.
by county authorities thla week after tha
lsyea.r-old daughter of a mlnlater, who
had bean missing from her home for sev- j
eral week, told of being forced Into a
Ufa of shame.
. The report of the committee aaya in
ran;
"Owners of apartment houaea are rent
in,
2'
ing apartments Indiscriminately to young
en and young women who are inducing
there to visit them for purposes of Im
nv
mi
morality.
Chop suey houses are open until early
morning houra and serve aa places of
refuge for intoxicated young men and
women.
"Cafes are not observing tha closing
hour and young girls are permitted to
frequent these places.
"Many hotels are permitting young girls
and escorts la register aa married
couples,
e Fly Trade tTamoIeeted.
"In nearly every ease of Juvenile de
linquency reported wa find the girl has
been coached by tho older girls, thor
oughly trained Tn vies and backed by the
man in the case. T!:ey ply their trade
unmolested."
Nncludlng the report recommends that
"soma perm then t organization be formed
to combat tha evil forCM, sratra .are prey
ing on the young lives of our city-"
Four girls under 15 year of age will
t ratify .before tha grand Jury next wealt
regarding Vice Conditions, r :
Verdun District is
Quiet, According to
Paris and Berlin
PARIS. March 1. There is nothing of
importance to report in the region to the
north of Verdun or In the Woevre dis
trict, according to the announcement of
the progress of hostilities made by th
French was office this afternoon.
There ws an Intermittent bombard
ment, last .night along the French front
between Regnlevlll and Remenauville.
BERLIN, March (Via London.) No
mention of the fighting at Verdun Is
made In the offlolal statement todsy.
Rumor Strike at
Sioux City Will
Be Settled Soon
SIOUX CITT. la.. March l.-On tha
surface the packing house atrlke situa
tion appeared to be unchanged today,
but persistent rumor were afloat that a
aettlement of the trouble la near. Ac
cording to these reporta the strikers will
accept the terms of the packera1 of fer
of SI centa an hour for common labor.
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m., Thursday.
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vlcln-
ity: Snow, colder
Tempera area' at
Comparative Local Hrrnril.
19l !)1IS
Hiaheat yesterday 3t L'S
l.oweai yenterd.iy .... J:t no 11
Memi tfniperature ..21 X ;o
I'rerlpitation dj' .(in .0
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Ttinperoti.re and precipitation
ii!--s fiom the iKJi-mal:
Normal teniptruture
I . i.-irncy lur the day
depart
T.tm tifli-fticv nce XUirch
Normal precipitation
In fictoiicy for the day
To.; rainfall since .March I.
I efii lei.c- for cor. period, 1915.
Itfic.eiuy for cor. period, J'JH.
1 7
.03 Inch
.03 inch
.( Inch
.(W Inch
.03 Inch
Krporlt from Stattoaa mi 1 P. M.
Station and State
of Weather,
t'heyenne, anow ....
J'avenport. snow ....
1jiiv-i, anow
I es Volnvs, cloudy
liiwlce City, cloudy
tia!i Yesterday, j
Hours. Deg. '
virpl- 7 a. in .28
t-iZ-j, .fT-hsA 11 s. m
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Temp. High- Rain-
7 p. m. est. fall.
... 12 14 T
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.. 30 30 Ml
... 1'4 30 T
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.. 0 4 .17
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Nonh I'iatte. cloudy
ana. ciouay
.p.d City, cloudy
i-cnta Fe. snow
'irr'dei! enow ....
Mini City, clear ...
Valentlr.e. clo'idy
T indicates tr.e of prwipUatloil.
in.t'CHta l!nw aero.
U' A. VKIH. Local Fore ater.
Kitchener Urges Britons to
Practice Greater Economy
tjNION'. March 1 A great meeting
wii held In the Ouild 1111 her today to
Inaugurate a national aavlng campaign.
Tha lord maj-or presided and tha speak
ers Included Earl Kitchener, secretary of
state for war; A. K. Ralfour, flrat lord
rf tha admiralty; Reginald McKenna,
chancellor of tha exchequer, and ,ionar
bew. aecretary for the eolonlea.
Premier Aaqulth waa to hava addressed
i tha meeting and to hava moTed tha prln
I clpal reaolutlon. hut ha waa suffering
! from the loss of hi voir and waa un-
able to attend.
' IinT Kitchener In hla speech aald:
, ' Wt want Just aa many men aa we can
i let aa aoldiara. We are bound to take
all the men that can poaelhly be apared
MISSOURI PACIFIC
SLIPSJNE OVER
Makes Reduction of Rates Which
Other Roads Cannot Meet for
a Month.
TO MISSOURI AND KANSAS
The Missouri Pacific has put one
over on the other railroads that are
competitors for the Kantms and Mis
souri passenger business from
Omaha. It has cut the rates from
Omaha to Kansas and Missouri
points and from these "points Into
Omaha. Its competitors are trying
to figure out how this was done, but
it was done, and all day the city of
fice in Omaha has been selling
straight commercial tickets at a cut
of very close to Vi cent per mile.
Two days ago the local office re
ceived a new passenger rae tariff, a
tariff Issued from the general of
fices at St. Louis February 2o. This
tariff provided for the reduction of
rates and bore the announcement
that the rates would be effective
March 1.
When the Missouri Faclflo city ticket
office opened for business, to all parties
desiring tickets from Omnha Into Kan
sas, or Missouri, a tariff rate consider
ably lower than offered by any other road
was made.
The Burlington people had expected
to put In a rate that wonld be In line
with that of the Mlasourt raclflc, but
according to the rules of the Interstate
Commerce commission, thla cannot he
applied until March 13, thirty days from
tha date of the filing of the notice to
reduce. They admit that In some " way
the Missouri Pscifio people have slipped
one ever on them and have' got their
rate ' in working order. ' v.S-ii"':.
, Iatcjratate Baaiaoe.
.The reduced rate la no way an Intra
state proposition, having to do entirely
With Interstate points. ' . - '
. It' ia asserted that the proposition to
reduce Is the result, of gentlemen's
sgreement between railroad officials.
Some days ago pasaenger representatives
of the Omaha-Kansas and Missouri roads
met in Chicago and there agreed to a
reduction between Omaha and points In
Kansas and Missouri. The reduction by
the Missouri Pacific is the. outcome of the
agreement. : ' , , '
' The. following comparison of rates as
between tha eld snd the new rates gives
an idea of what it means to the traveler.
There are scores of c'tles and towns af
fected, but only a few are used for com
parison. New-Rate-Old.
Omaha to Kansas City.
..$4.78
Sl.fi
4.10
4.10
4.52
Omaha to Atchison 3.62
Omaha to St. Joseph S.tv.'
Omaha to Leavenworth 4.1il.
Riddell, Once in - ,
Business Here, Is
Dead in Boston
Word was received In Omaha last night
announcing tha death of W. E. Riddell
in Boston yesterday, after an - illness of
considerable duration. lis was about 53
years of age.
W. H. Riddell was one of th first but-
', ter and ' commission men to engage
I ,n the """'ness In Omaha. Ha earns here
j twenty-five years ago and did lousiness
j on the commission row under the name
of Riddell and Riddell. For a time dur
I Ing his residence here a brother waa In
! the bualnras with him. This brother died
i at Strawberry Point, la., many years ago.
About ten year ago W. E. Riddell
j closed out here and went to Buffalo,
where he engaged In selling autoraob.le
on an extensive, scale, doing a Jobbing
business. Soma . two yeara ago ha went
out of this businesa and departed for Bos
ton, where he opened a Jobbing hnuse,
handling butter and eggs.
Pi Real Keith Edwin
Dalrymple Found
rilAIU.ES. i'lTY, la.. March l.-The
Ke.4l keith Kdwin Iialrympl. heir to
mi eeiate of S400.000 left by his falher,.
has been found in a southern hospital
I by M. Palmer, an uncle, and ha been
jbrrught here. Dalrymple made hi home
j with the Palmer at one time, but van
uvay from them, aa Jie had from the
i home of his father. '
I Young men desiring hi fortune
3 ; have Impersonated Dalrymple at
different tlinea, the laat attempt being
In Chicago, when Jullu Brlgg. Jr., waa
a -rested there and hailed a the missing
heir.
DR. JAMES B. ANGELL
REPORTED CRITICALLY ILL
ANN ARBOR. Mle'i . March l.-The
condition of Dr. Jamej B. Angell, aged
preFlient emeritus of the University of
Michigan, who has been ill for several
weeks, becm critic! today. HI physl
clans announced he may live aaveia
cava longer, but tl'.ey rrai-tlcally hv
I abandoned hop of his recovery. fii
I Angell reif nt'y suffered a general break
I down. He is said to be almost hll.id.
from Industry, agriculture and commer-
"W cannot produce all out ordifV,
peace time requirement. Father he po
ulatlon rauat go ahort of many thin; or'
the army muat go ahort of munitions and
other Indlapenaahla thtng.
"Are civilian prepared ta let their
brother In the trenchea endure hardship
wlille they are not ready to make a raall
eacrlftcaa of harder work, Increased ef
fort and Increased economy?
"Every war problem teachea tha aama
leeson. Flratly. If we employ leaa labor,
meeting the want of the otvlllan popu
lation, w release mora men for fighting.
"Secondly. If w Import less for eon
anmptlon wa lessen the dlfflcultlea of aea
transport."
LAST OF BELLBOY
GANG TAKEN HERE
Morris Feldman Confesses to Being
Member of Bunch that Forged
Many Checks.
SID NOT OPERATE IN OMAHA
In the arrest of Morris B. Feldman.
CDnfessed member of a band of boll
boy check "artiBts," the police be
lieve that the last of a crowd said to
have obtained $250,000 by their
operations has been tsken.
Activities are reported to have cov
ered the principal cities of the coun
try, and Feldman has admitted,
deal of successful operation.
The members of the gang, according flrat asauranee at will, there waa noth
to his Statement, consist of James F. j'ng to prevent an attempt to chsng the
Wilson, the ringleader; Virgil Shel-T1'"1
-. -n....v a j jt rs a..-;
tun, uuuu OAuuuriB ituu vrury au
burn.
It was Wilson's plan, as an experi
enced bellhop, to obtatn employment
in some first-class hotel, work d mi
gently, until promoted to the position ! Secretary I.analni today cabled an In-
bf captain, gradually weed out the!lu,r to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin.
men under him and employ member!"''1"' w,"t h"' ,,h" "J'?1'"
J .Ith8 Qsrman memorandum notifying this
of the gang. . Shelton, Saunders and ; jov.rnm-nt tht armed v-aaeie would be
Auburn would then collect the
"raper," or cancelled checks left
by guests, and turn them over to
Wilson. Later forgeries, copied by
this expert penman, passed Into the
hands of Feldman, who would do the
"shoving" or uttering of the worth
less certificates.
, Spent the Money.
Tha latter aaerted that at the Tuller
hotel in Detroit, the last Job In which
he . took part, they had paawnl checks
for tro, isq and !, splitting the money
bstween himself,-Wilson and Bhiiton .j -ROCHESTER, N. T., 'March 1.-Hnry
Feldman is 2ears of age and his SteU New York baakar and department
home la In Rochester. N. T., whex hi ! store merchant, who ten months an
pa rents are now living. ll served a term JtSnce in Monro eounty .pehltentlary, ex
in the penitentiary it Elmlra. N. T.. on plrd today, was rearrested this morning
a charge of receiving a' stolen, expreas by Bherlff George M. Root of Livingston
package containing valuable laoee. county, on a warrant issued by District
After leaving the crowd in Detroit he 'Attorney Wheeler of Livingston county,
earn to Omaha and last. November With his attorney, Dallas C. Newton.
worked as bellboy at the Ilenshaw, but
was discharged cause of drunkenness.
It was hla purpose at this time to try
his hnnd at paving the way for the crew
and he did send them some "paper."
Meanwhile, Bhelton. Saunders and Au
burn had Jurr.eed. to Portland, Or.,
where through a detective agency they
were arrested. Wilson, who was also
working with them, escaped, but was later
apprehended In Chicago.
After doing odd Job through the win
ter, Felclman attain secured employment
at the Henahaw, where he was found
Sunday by police officer.
Consrleaee Rotkereil lllm.
"I knew for the last two montha they
were after me, but decided to stick it
out. It wss only a question of time, 1
figured, and It might as well coma here
aa anywhere. What little consclenoe I
had left waa beginning to bather a bit.
The sooner I get sent up and serve my
bit the sooner I can go home to the
folks."
Th Chicago authorities Informed the
Omaha police that Wi.son gang had
recently operated In Chicago, passing
checks on the Centrsl Trust, Hibernian
National, People's Trust and Savings, !
First National and Northern Truat com- j
pany banks. Feldman do. not deny j NFW YORK. March l.-Eugene Hler.
this, but emphatically denies a state-; a sufferer from anthrax, who ha been
ment that a number of girla had been j a pat.ent at a hoapltal her since Feb
the sentimental dupes of hla crowd. ruary IS. ha o far recovered, accord
The police first got track of the forg- ing to an announoement last night.. as a
ers through the discovery of photograph rMUt of four injections of the Kirh
of pretty gills collec ted by tho group. ; horn serum that he will be able to lsve
Officers from Detroit arrived in Omaha I the hoapltal in a few daya. All trace
yesterday. W. B.Rltrhl diatrlet auper- 0f the dlseaae la aald to hav il'aap
intendent of th Plnkrrton agency, waa j p(ared.
directly Instrumental in 'eldman' arrest. ,
Third of Million
Menof Military
Age in Iowa State!
DEB MOINKS. la,. March L Practl-
cally one-thiid of a million men in Iowa
are subject to military duty If this j
country should be called to arms, accord- ,
Ing to a report by Adjutant General Ouy j
E. Logan.
The rrport shows thst there are 321, tSS '
men in Iowa who are of tha military age '
of between II and 45.
Thea figures were obtained through
county auditors, and show a gain ovr
the laat previous record. In ISIS, of al
most T.000.
Polk county. In which De Molne l
situated, has tha largeat number, there
being a total of l,4-' In that county. Du
buque county ranka second, with 10,47.
Scott county come third, with .!, and
Woodbury county fourth, with T.g-1.
German Seaplane
Shells English Coast
i
LONTTJx, STsfCIT 'V A " Herman ea
'lan bombarded a portion of the south
ast of England tonight, according to an
Cfi'ial statement.
A ft-inonth-uld ehi'd waa killed. There
ill no military damage.
6ERr4 . N0TE IS
Imoad ENOUGH
:o BE SATISFACTORY
Asurancea Are Not So Complete at
Those Originally Given in the
Uuiitania Caie, it it
Said.
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED NOW
Next Step to Be Taken aa Soon as
Situation in Congress
Clean.
CANNOT CHANGE AT WILL
WASHINGTON. March 1 Ger
many's latest assurance on the con
duct of submarine warfare, presented
Monday by Count Hernstorff to Sec
retary Ianslng, are not so broad as
the United States desires, but it Is
Indicated no further steps will be
taken by this government until the
administration is certain its action
will not he embarrassed In congress.
The assurances reltersted in the
latest communication are regarded
as not so complete as those ortglnslly
given as the result of the I.usltania
negotiations, and It was indicated
today that the pending Lusitanla
agreement would not be finally ac
cepted as satisfactory at this time.
Cannot (ha a a at Will.
Official were represented a fee ling that
If the Garman government toon the posl-
Itton that It ontild modify or rhane th
assurance and th-y do not Intend
" "'".
lt was said that the next sp would he
taken a soon a the- situation In congress
waa clarified. Offielala eipect the admin
istration will find ltMlf In a position to
continue the nag-ollatlona within tha next
few days.
aunk without warning: b'glniilna; March
1, had been d'apatched and when they
might bo expected to arrive.
Tha appendleea are aald to reveal the
xlatno of secret ordrr of th British
admiralty Instructing British merchant
men to attack enemy submarlnea.
Siegel Finishes
His Prison Term; .
a a n
is Again Arrested
; Blegel waa taken before Justlc Qeorg a
A. Benton to arrange for ball.
The bond was fixed at I2S.O0O bv Jus
tice Benton and this .waa furnlahed by a
surety eampany. Aocompanled by his
attorney, fileget then departed for Qen
eco, where h said he would remain
fcr seme Urn.
Dupont Plant at
Ashland Threatened
ASHLAND, Wis., March 1. Warning
that the plant of the Dupont Powder
company at Parkadale would be blown
up "early in March" haa been received
by employes of tha company. It waa
learned today.
Letters ware received by the workers
urging them to remain at horns.
Guards have been doubled at the plant,
which covers 1,00 acres, and powerful
searchlights hava been Installed.
Man Recovers from
Attack of Anthrax
The Day 'a War Net
GERMAN OPFRSJSIVK aawlaet Ver
iaai -which had broaght th trowa
llae t freach defeaae, haa hailed
thrrr, arrordlaac to taday'a tft
rlal alaleuient (rum Paris. Tha
lall which yealerday cave ala of
aetttlna tu now extend alesg elr
lually the eatlrc froat where th
desperate straaale of tha last
week have beea aolBj There
were no lauoortaal de veloatsarota
at any pylat darlagr the algrht, tha
Krrsek war office report.
j t MOFKIt'l L C Oil M EKTATOna la
rstfstf raallals adaalt theaaaelera
at m ! n deteraalaa mm yrt
whether the (irruii drive haa
peal H (orra or whether lb
reaawal before the hard-woo pesl-
the froal.
POSSIBLY SlfiMIFK t.lT I. thl
euoaerllon I the French offlolal
Geraaaa preparatloat hehlod tho
froat weat of Foot. A-Sfuosoa,
elahteea anile aualheaet of Mel,
' aod 1st the Moselle river regtloa.
APharATir this heikmt t.r-
olhloar auoro Itisa m loval ar.
tloo, a It ha aot ao far hrea fol
lowed .
LIEUTENANT SWEENEY, West Point graduate, was one
of the first of the many Americans to join the Foreign
Legion when the war began. He was the only Amorican
advanced from the ranks, and today he wears a Legion of
Honor ribbon, the highest honor L?stowed by the French
He is now on furlough and expects to return to the trenches
on May 1.
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HIS tTTE Jk A J
GERMANY SENDS
DEFI TOJPORTUGAL
Kaiser Dispatches Ultimatum to
Lisbon Demanding- Return ;
y . of Ships. .i.H
TWO - DAYS' TIME 617X11
lNDON7, March l.-Oermany has
sent an ultimatum to Portugal de-,
raandlng the restoration within
forty-eight hours of the German
ships recently selted by that coun
try, according to a dispatch from
Madrid to Reuter's Telegram com
pany. '
The first seisur of German merchant
vessels by Portugal, occurred February
S3 at Lisbon when the naval authorities
took possession of thirty-six Oerman snd
Austrian ships in the Tsgus.
Klaht Ship Seise.
On February 2 th aelsur of eight
German titeamxhipa by the Portuguese
authorities at fU. Vincent, Caps Verde
islands, was announced and It was un
officially declared the requisitioning . of
Oerman and Austrian vessels had been
xtended to all tho lying in tha ports
of Portugal and its colonies.
A Lisbon dispatch on February St
quoted Premier Coats of Portugal as de
claring In th Chamber of Deputlee that
the government's action In requisitioning
vessel had been prompted by the neces
sity of the nation'a eeonomio aituatlon.
The premier further declared that he
considered it to tha beat interest of
Portugal that th existing treaty with
Germany be allowed to lapse and that
the Portuguese government wss prepared
for all eventualities that might arise.
Kreqnent Hamora Current.
There hav been frequent rumor since
the outbreak of hostllltlea that Portugal
waa about to declare a state of war with
the central power because of it treaty
relations with Great llrltaln.
President Discusses
Draft of Complaint
About Mail Seizure
WABHINOTON. D. C. Mrch l.-Hels-urea
of American mall by Brltlah naval
authoritle were dlacuased at a confer
ence today between Preaident Wilson and
Henry Van Dyke, American minister to
The Netherlands, who also conferred
with Secretary Lansing and t'ounaellor
Polk of the Plate department.
It I Indicated that the mail question
will be d apoaed of before the t'nited
statea send to (Jreat Britain' the note
on contraband now in couiae of prep
aration. The United States, It , la understood,
had mad formal complaint on Mr. Van
Dyke' Informal proteat against the
seizure of mall from the ateamer Rot
terdam, on which he eame to the l'nlle'1
fetates.
It wa revealed today that tha diapafh
received at the ttate department ytater
day giving notice that Great Britain'
reply to the mall aelxure protest waa on
it way by mall, but did not atat mhat
poaltlon Ureat Britain bad taken.
Woman and Man Rob
Bank in Oklahoma
MfHKOOEE, Okl.. March 1. A woman
lohber with a man companion entered
the tank at MUlerton, Okl., late yeater
d). covered the caanirr, raked up about
f.'MV backed out th door and, escaped tn
the mountains north of the town.
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SLOAN FORCES DEMS
TO LOYALTY STAND
Motion on War Claim Bill . Pre
vents Southern Members from
Making Raid.' " ; . r
STZPHEITS , VOTES ..WITH S0tJTH
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
, WASHING. March 1 Special-
Telegram.) Thia waa v a, ' field
day for Nebraska. ' , . ',. , .'.'.c,,
Congressman Sloan, a pinch hitter,
forced the house, a democratio house,
to go on record for proof of loyalty
In the final aettlement of war olaJms
and thereby created a new record for
himself, not only as a clear, logical
thinker, but aa a big American eitl
sen. An acrimonious debate grew out
Of a bill allowing Claimants Under
the law of 1863 to have two years'
extension of tints to prove their
claims as to losses of cotton, etc.,
taken over by the government during
the war and sold for their account,
the proceeds of such salea now being
in the treasury waiting distribution.
' The bill hsd been - reported favorably
by tha war claim committee ef the
house, but with the required "proof ef
loyalty en th part of th claimant"
omitted.'
Sloam Force Roll fall.
Representative Sloan submitted .' sn
amendment requiring tha calmer, to
show nut only Uia ownerahlp of th prop
erty taken, but th "loyalty" of the
owner during the civil war. In a very
dignified speech Mr. Ploan pointed out
to th house that thla had been the prac
tice since lfa, snd he thought this was
not a time to' get sway from funda
inetitHls. Naturally the partluan on both sides
went at It. hammer and tonga, and one
of trie most acrid dobatea of thla session
resu'teU.
V.'.'ilU In committee of tie whole, a
standing vole was taken on the Sloan
Amendment to recommit the bill, with in
structions to attach hla amendment a
to "loyeJty" and the . amendment was
beaten by a vote of 69 to 74. Many of the
northern deinocrate voting with their
southern brothers.
lemo-rale t oo) Record.
.Wlien . the Mil wss reported to the
house, Sloan movid tn roconmilt the bill
with Instructions to incorporate th "loy
tiltv" ninentlr.Kiit.
On 'l.o roll cull the vote atood IKS for
to 170 egaltist Sloan. rorlng th flrel
heating the oViiiorrata hav hsd during
trio prwernt ronure'e.
Coiigresaman I.olx-ck was sctlng apeaker
while the aye and nay .vote wa being
taken, Speaker Clark calling the Omaha
uifml.tr to the thalr during th taking
of the vol. I.otieck and Hliallmberger
nrre not caught asleep. Thy votsd for
"loyally." but 6tej bn voted against hli
colleagues and for the bill aa originally
reported from the committee on war
claim. (
Two purpesv have been strved by th
vets today, It puts the northern dm-ccj-als
oil record and t irake th bill a
It was originally Intended it should bo.
It also t-nd to ahuw the temper of the
noise I for I all y .
JUDGE SHEA APPOINTED
AMBASSADOR TO CHILE
WASHI.NOTOV, Mareh 1 Judg Jo.
epk II. Hhea of Hey mo nr. Ind., ha been
elected bv Tresident Wilson ambaa
smlor to Chile and will be nominated In
the near future. He will aucoeed Henry
l Fletcher, who ha been appointed
Ainhaxsarior to Mexico. )
CONGRESS CHIEFS
ARE UNDECIDED ON
COURSE TO TAKE
May Send Joint Committee to Find
Out Just What Can Be Done to
Please Wilson on Ship
Warning Question.
DOESN'T WANT ENDORSEMENT
Eepublicans as Well as Democrats
Are Divided Over Reso
lutions. KITCHIN BECOMES SARCASTIC
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. After
being In session more than two
hours the house foreign affairs com
mittee adjourned until 10:30 tomor
row morning without agreeing upon
any course of action.
WAKHINfJOV, Mareh l.-Conferencea
motif leaders In the senat and house
developed that so few men who talked
with th president were agreed en a
courae In regard to what congress should
do In regard ,to 'armed ship" controversy
that nction seemed Improbable without
enothrr conference at th white hone.
It was understood rresldrnt Wilson does
not feel thst a vote of confidence will ac
complish the object he seeks snd thst
foreign capitals enn he made to under
stand that the American government 1
united In the submarine negotiations only
by the out snd out defest of a resolu
tion proposing tn warn American off
armed ship.
The views of om of the leader de
veloped to he so much in conflict with
thote which the president outlined st
hla morning conference that, the leaders
urged the appointment of a joint com
mittee to go to President Wilson to aak
him for an official statement of what he
wants congress to do. The leaders con
sidered the aituatlon very much muddled.
C lark for Joint ftesolatloa. .
Speaker t'lnrk after a conference with
other house leader and some democratic
senators advised the foreign affairs com
mittee to recommend a Joint resolution
which would provide for th appointment
of such a committee.
Senators atone. Kern. Overman, Martin,
gwanson and (lore held a brief confer
ence, at th conclusion of which It waa
agreed, that nothing should be don in
the senat today,
Ilonao Leader Draft Iteaolatlon. '
! House leader todsy drafted for con
sideration of th hone e measure pro
posing thst congress expreas Its confi
dence In th president's handling of the
armed merchantmen controversy and
recognise that It Is not a matter of leg
islative, but of executive atoacern.
;Tti president positively did not ask
for such a ' resolution." aald Mr. Flood,
speaking of th nw proposal. "This
form has ben breached sine t returned
from-the White House conferenoe."
Pending th Sounding of sentiment on
the resolution the' meeting of the foreign
sffalrs eemmllteo was postponed front 1
o'clock to an Indefinite hour. - Meantime
leader conferred on th new propoaal.
It wa argued by eom that thl would
relieve tha house of going en record on
the armed ship proposition. The views of
the White House were awaited eagerly.
Prediction that the president would not
indorse th proposed resolution ' war
freely expressed. Ctislrmasj Flood sought
to get demooratto and republican mem
bers toeether aa tha reaolutlon might be
aoreed i.nnn in nnnrtM aut when tho
I committee meets lster today.
j . Another ttesolattoa Fro wared."
! Chairman Flood also. PreDared another
reaolutlon combining the warning reeo- "
lutton with an endorsement of the presi
dent's attitude.
. Leader whs last week were positive in
asserting a warning resolution would
pass today were Silent. They insisted
thare wss.ne.wsy to tell the Samper ef
the house. .
Republicans were said te be abnoat as
much divided en th proposal as the
democrats. Representative Mam would
mske no publla statement of hla view.
H aald merely that th present aitua
tlon was a "very aericua one." and that
' wa alt.
Kltcbla la Saroaatl.
"Tha habit of obedlenc ha been de
veloped to a high deg re in congress." wa
Mr. Kitchen anawer to a question about
propecta of a vote. H la one of tho
who have favored th resolutions. One
plan diacuaaed was for the house foreign
affairs committee te report adversely one
of the pending resolution and at th
same time hav the rule committee bring
In s rule limiting debate. By that plan a
vote could be reached in the house tomor
row or Friday end th question would be
taken up in the senate Immediately after
ward. Mysterious Airship
Only Toy Balloon
ril'U'TIt, Minn., March 1. Th "mys
terious aeroplane" which for aeveraJ
night has been een aoaring over big
grain elevator her caualng city authori
tle to order an investigation, burst Into
flame laat night and felt on the dock.
It wa found to be a toy balloon of pe
culiar conatruotion.
CHIEF COUNSEL ACCUSED
CF PERJURYJN LAW SUIT
WATERLOO. la. March l.-(Speial
Telegram.) Loren Risk, chief oounaet la
the case of Scribner against th Water
loo. Cedar Fall aV Northern Railway
company, wa held to th grand Jury,
charged with aubomallon of perjury, to
day and ball bond were placed at SLOW.
Risk waa attorney for the plaintiff. H
is now practicing law In Minnaapolia snd
cam a her to defend himaelf.
Thro wltneeae Ackrman, Boott and
King, are now serving ten-year aenteoce
on plea of guilty to perjury In th same
action.
C. T. rick'tt. In giving argument f or
the atat. stated that this wss th first
tlino In his legal practice In Waterloo of
tweuty-fiv year that ueh high handed
lrlury had been attemrUd.
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