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- Look around Qmaha at tha fiAna that advertise. Thmy art the one that tiara grown from littlo concerns to groat , THE WEATHER "SHOWERS big V VOL. XLVI NO; 79. ; OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11,' 1916. On TmhM, it Het?l , Newa Mumda. tc.t 6. SINGLE COPY, FIVE CENTS., 'it !. i FX NEW STRONGHOLD Of ROUMANIANS ON DANUBE FALLS German and Bulgarian Forces . Have Captured Fortrei of I .'Silistria, Announced at . .:-.-,V-.V.:,.i'. Berlin. , :.'' ' kIT IS QHPOKTAKT PLACE '. ' '( -v ;' Anstrians Lose After Having z Repulsed . Invaders xof ; ; W Transylvania. '." RUSSIANS OAnriNQ OEOTJND Berlin, Sept. 10. (Via London.)-- Official announcement was made that . German and Bulgarian . force that "are ..invading eastern Roumania Have aotured the .Roumanian fortress of Silistria on' the Danube,' sixty miles .Southeast of .Bucharest. The ' an nouncement folio wi: - "Silistria has fallen, i The Rouman ians' and- Russians during the last few days appear-to have suffered very considerable losses, . i- '' ,v . , . "On, the Macedonian, front there was no incident of importance. . w ; 4 , V - . ' Silistra. is" one of the line of Rou . manian fortresses: on the .southern bank of the Danube' It s twentyfi-ve miles northeast of"T.urtukai, captfcre of which by the invaders was an- nounced last week., It has figured a . an important fortress in early wars. .The towrt has about 1 15,000 inhabi ' tants. v., ' 1 " '' t : ' I - r V : : ' ' ' - Berlin, Sept. 10.-(Yia Londam)-4 , South of Dorna-Watra, in southern Rnkowina, near the Roumanian and , . Hungarian borders, - together - have come in" contact with Roumanian v forces, the' war office announced tor day.; lpe Russians gained ground west ,of Shypot in the- Carpathians, near Zabie. - '" ,'' Major Mpraht, military critic of'the . Tagebla'U, calculates the Roumanian.! tosses In connection with the capture by the Bulgarians and Germans of the Danube fortress of Turtukai at not less -than 30,000. . He estimates' the Russian army in Dobrudja at br- tween 300,080 and 400,000, and points out that Twrtukai was expected to protect Bucharest (rom a flanking movjtnrfnt. : , ; v 1 . - ' VfenAa, (Via London), SepfJO. A battle oh the road between Petro " Seny and. Hatzeg; in lower Trartsyl-,-: vania, the, ntvading Roumanian forces' ,were tWvn;bacfc'iwei and "Che-half ihiteH the war office announced to day. The Roumanians then launched . ' a.jitw and strong attack against the - southern wing of the Austrian forces, , 'Nyhich was compelled tot retire. StbrmJ)amage at , Cairo ;More Than . -, ,' Twepty Thousand Grand Island, Neb., Sept. 10. (Spe cial Teleeram.) Saturday ' . nieht'a cyctoiiic storm at Xairo and vicinity caused -a los estimated at fnom $20,000 To $2S,000,' cdvered one-third" by in surance." ' eBtween twenty-five and fifty buildings, including half a dozen large bams. Broderton s ereenhouse. I y Jmplenient store house, the Harrison . Lumber Yards 4pd tine city's largest ! , dancing Hall, were either partly, or v wholly wrecked. The farm buildines of Pat; gwan, Krantz 4-Son, Peter Elliott nd CVi"er were badly dam- -. ageuf -Mrs, Sylvester Uellehbaugh ' was .crushed- by a falling wall when '. r the house was : mbved Uamr the 1 i foundation.. She was in theVellar for protection.. She recovered conscious . -aess this morning and witl recover. J. E. R'odgers-and Mike Martin were slightly injured by 'flying debris. The ' greatest power of the sfbrro seemed 1 to temajn about twfnty feetHibove the .earth, or greater: dShiage would iavt . . been- done.- The area' covered"- -was "about four square miles. '.The deluge v pi rain came suddenly and men caught in it report that hofses stobd rftock still in the roads and refused to budge. Holland to Shelter 'French War babies .- I-' If ' '. . ' - Be'rlin Sept..j0. (Via London. oermany Has accepted an otter zrom the Patch government to give shelter i Hnllanil tn Pri.nrh "war h4Kta' young children from the , occupied districts Qt ! nance, selection of de serving children presents some- diffi 'ciilties and, as several districts in the war zone now are the scene of heavy fighting, their transportation to Hol land may be delayed, somewhat. The Weatjier -: ' VlnpntarM I Hour. - , !. I , tn, . 70 I . m ... At 7 a. m.;...f.... U I ft. mv..,.. ..--. 71 t ft. ra, Ti 10 ft. m..4....A. 7 11 . m... ......ft.. 10 12 7 P. IB . I p., m. lift. m. 7 t mw Cftwipftrfttly Lecftl, KcrL " 11. ltlt. il. Mil. HthMt yMterdftrf. . M 7V , At . Loweit yMterday..,.. 70 04 " 70 Meftn mprfttur. , . . 77 71 , 1 76 Prictp.tmtioD ........ .01 T I .31 ,4X TmTratur nd prcpltftUorr departurM from th nonnftt; N Normal t4rtktWftttir. ...r... ..... CI BxeeM for th dar-Ux. Total cxcm ftlnc March IV............. Normal precipitation , .14 Inch Dvflcleney ftfr tb day...... IS Inch Total rminfatl Mince MaVch (....11.12 lnafana deficiency alnoe Marrb 1 10.13 Inches Deficiency for cor. period. 101. , .SO Inch Delloleftcy fot cor. period. 1914. 4.Slnaate T lnrflctl trftcn of pranlpltatloiw- . U A.WALH, UAtaoralofflsL TAKES MESCAL BEAN AS. EXPERT WITNESS a r"- Noted 'frflw York Ohomist Ti His Sxperienca on Uand - .rareflem uoun.- PART aOVEEHMENT PLAN I5eid-noifv-'? 'D.. Sirit. 10 (Soe. cial.) Although) Richard Btack Bear,' one of the defendant -Indians m tnej United States, district court ' jiere, charged with s introducing the mescal or peyote bean onto the Pine Ridge reservation, was. found guilty by a jury, he may yet be, set loose by'the court. Judge Elliott has taken under advisement the question of taking the casj from the juryvby setting aside the Verdict, ,he believing it to be nujrtly a question of. law'and the of fense one that does not pome within .the United States liquor atatutes. . The trial of Black Bear brought out solne highly mtereajirtg testimony. Earl B. Putt, a noted chemist of New York, detailed to. the jury his. experi ence with (he Devote bean inthe in- Merest 'of science, He puposely put nimscir unaer ns lniiuence vy .bukiuk It into a form or"tea" which he drank. DurtnffI the experience, which was colored with the wildestdreams. and the aumerous stages of opiates, he was attended by a physician, .who carefully noted the effects. Mr. Putt's experiment was.part of the effort of the government to .stamp out what it considers a menace to the Indians, and, Should Judge Elliott declare the introduction of the bean not within the statutes, congress will be asked, to enact a law that will cover it. . , ; Veteran Milwaukee Conductor' Dies at Seventy-toiiLYears Stillman G. Lund, who was con' ductor on fhe first thicago, Milwau kee & St Paul passenger train to pull into Omaha, died yesterday afternoon, after -a short'iflness of Bright's dis m. He was 7 veara'old. ; 7 Mr. 4,unds a conductor on the Milwaukee tor nrty-one. years, one 01 the oldest' conductors in the. service and the oldest on this 'division. To Mr.- Lund always fell the honor ot talffntf . rharcre nf thfr bresideSl't's SDe- cial whenever the country's executive traveled over the Milwaukee lines. Mr. Lund is survived1 bv his wife. one son, H. 'vK Lund, of Deer Lodge, Mont one daughter, Mrs. W H. Ly man, on ister, Mrs"J. S.. Lawtenc, and ope niece, Mrs, James Cook, all ifterrtoon t,3 d clock itetn the lam ily residence, - 528 South ' Fortieth sfVeet. Re. Ji J. Mackay will offici ate. 'The b6dy will later be removed to Owatonna Minn., the old home, for burial. . , , '- - ' , ' Samson PreDares to ' iirectJBigbntrance .' .Arches ior -Jubilee ivorklwiH start on ting up the two ehtpane arches to' the jubilee grounds of -AkiSar-Beto's festivities and the huildincr of theJoaw fence aroundthe grounds, extending from Thirteenth, to Fifteenth ; streets on Capitol avenue, Mondayvi s- ' Notice has come tnat along witn the Wortham shows will be the exhi bition' known as Jf reparedness," which is miniature model ota sea- coast city, nemmeq in oy mouniamn. The people hurry about their busi ness ot aouar-cnasing; wiui. ihhiiii.ii, when suddenly a hostile fleet appears over.the horizon of tfte sea and the bombardmaflV Starts. Churches, ca thedrals, skyscrapers, residences and business blocks tumble and collapse in aMieapVof smoking runs, a grandios'6 spectacle and one that Jeayes a last ing impression regarding the much-talked-of trei)arednessv , Grovemors Qf Kin-C " " Ak Choose Royal ! ; '- .jPurplelor Rofces . , . ... .' I KOVai purple IS Wnac tnc govcrnyiM of Ak-Sar-Ben Willi wear this, year in their stately ceremonies in conncc- gjn -with the coronsttion ball attfie en, the.' evening of Friday, Octo ber ' - ' The maids are to tie .gowned in an orchid shade. . The coronation ball is again to be modern in its ceremonies and costumes, rather than fifteenth. 6r thirteenth century, as has been the rule in the past. Last year's modern ball made a favorabje impression, and Chairman W. D. Hosford was a strong advocate ol 'the modern idea again this year. j v , . Thief Steals Watchman's . ,1- Clock and His Revolver A thief evidently a firm believer in safety first gained entrance to the Up dike Coal tomaany,- Fifteenth and Webster streets, and stole the wrfch fnan'f clock and A reyolver. ,X Robert Bell Stratton was held uo Kv two white men on lower Howard street' and robbed of $115. F. S. Kiilart of' Persia. Ia.. was robbed by Jjwo men of 7 at Eleventh and Dayen lport streets. George Summitt of the St, lames hotel was robbed ot a nice amount, at Eleventh and Harney streets, and S. H. Berge, Soldier, Iowa, of $15 at Eleventh and Davenport streets by a. colored man. . Wallie Thompson of the State hotel' reports thaWi is pockets were picked of $41 on lower Douglas street, while Maude Higgens, 1001 North Twenty ninth, street), lost a bag containing 5 Cents, when a man snatched it frotn her hand at Twenty-ninth and Cum' ing street. ' . ' " ' Pat Madden, 1116.. South Eleventh street, was relieved of $60 by four AMERICA VfOll'T i uru utriSQRSHIP Proof That Surveillance of Mails Employed for Oom " mercial Purpose! Will . - Kean Qnick Action TO TAKE VI00E0US STEPS Wfll Act Vigorously if Shown Censorship Used to Learn ' ' v Secrets. - Aij; PRESIDENT C STRIKE 1 V Washington, Sept.; 40 Any proof that Great Biftain is using trade m formatidn secured froiri intercepted neutral mail in ItistruKKle for com mercial supremacy probably wfl be followed by jrigiprous steps' by the American government to secure th abandonment of the policy., A statement was made during tariff debate in. Parliament recently by David Lloyd George? the British war secretary, that suclVinformation nronerl couldn't be nut to 'anv Dub lir natlAnal " ( ' -f .. .. J.... . discussion or tne suojecr Drougnt out the suggestion that although the rhelan amendments denying the use of American mail 'table, telestaoh and express .privileges tq. citizens, of rorcigig couniries inicrierinSy . wun American mails was stricken out of the retaliatory legislation reeently oasSed bv.tonsress the measure as enacted contains authorizations which migflt. be .construed as bsoad enough to 'allow the president to retaliate against unfair use of the censorship. Ainnonzeaio net.; . Many officials believe that jf it Can be shown that 'British firms, have an unfair-aivantage over American firms because pf legislation passed as a result of information' gained illegal ly from the censorship the president could forbid importation tothis coun try ot the products or whatever indus tries are affected. -As the disputed illegal use of the censorship looked to thJe raising 'of a tariff wall asrainst neutral commerce and this wall would be laid by industries rather than ty individual companies, American re taliation. " it is areued. could be pushed as far as desired. Retaliation, will" not be seriously contemplated, it is believed,, until a thorough inves- 'Vivatinn'-nf T.lnvd ((.nrtr'a mirnn,. has tteen made, and then only if there is proof.- that the trade information actually is fceing'fmtto vfhe. uses he suggested; 4 ' -.. v -' ;-': 'Cecil Statement No Surprise. . ' jNo sbrpis Was , felt here today at Die- statement o'ft Lord Robert Cecil, British- ministeryqf trade, fhat "it ia .l:l.i.. iiv, ,iijr ,iuc jici orjiHtn , will ohange its blacklist policy at. the re. quest of the United States'' ' , Officils djd not expect enactment of the reaCatory ltgislation to be met hy anynnouncemen.t of conces sion by Ureat Britain, but rather h :.m u.wu, iuii i,v uu silent cnangc Pthee. till the whole trade administra tion nas oeen sottenea to remove the most threatening of America's objec- Wilson Judged byvif - Ueeasf wot Words,' .'Assents Suffragist V ... . . (.. .J ,au j-aite i-ny.utan, sept 1U. Miss Mabel-Vernon, national se'eretary "of the woman party, who is here on her mf, to, Nevada to icamjaigh against President, Wilson - and, . democratic candidates for cdngress, issued statement yesterdav attacking the president's attitude on suffrage. rresijent Wilsons speech to the National Suffrage association at At lantic" City is n insult to the intelli gence ot. wonien, she said. "Th( test of sincerity is action. The'presi dent has had the opportunity during the urstv rhrte yearsj to give powerfu aid to the -national enfrarrchierement of women. He has refused. 'Slight value is atteched to oledsres of suonort given by the president the night after! congress nas adjourned and action in his administration is no lonrr nna. .,-u. . T .. .1. - : . i . : .' - ii"w. .11 iu wuiuiiik cicciiun, mem- hers of the woman's party will judge president Wilson, not by his words lq Atlantic City, but -by his acts at Washington. v . . Camp Wilson -Will ;' .Retain fts Name San Antonio, 'Tex., Sept. Iff. Camp Wilson, which shelters' thousands of National Guardsmen stationed Here, will remain Camp Wilson, General Funston sa,idtoday. The War de partment has ruled to that effect. General Funston and Postmaster George Armisteatt-of San Antonio have dittered as to the name of the camp. - When the Texts guardsmen gatheren here last May, the post master named tne mobilization site "iFatnn vWit.An " aftr th. hM.iJ A week ago, however, General Fun- ian nirounccQ cnai muuary camps couia De named only alter dead per Jons and that consequently the Of rial .io-na.inn nt th Ia.1 'ud would "be "Camp .decil A. Lydh,'? fter former Brigadier General Cecil A. Mr. Armistead protested to thai rosionice department at wasnington against tne cnange. ine protest was sustained oy tne war department. .... -. . - v Carranza Troops Prepare ' - ' - Ta Mnup Anainct Villa. Chiuhualiua City, Mcx., Seut. 10. Mexican government troops are (re- Tarinff to take the tie d in. a viornrnut offensive against Villa' and his Uaiy-, Cellars' weVe fllooded and stocks dam dits, 'reported tp- be in the , Santa aged. The. total loss is estimated at Clara canyon.. - i, v ' $100,000. ... " , - . , - . ' ; . a . . i i i , , i . -i SCRAP BOOK, AS LARGE AS GRAND PIAWO fOR DEUTSCHLAND CLIPPINGS A huge scrap book, a -large aa a grand piano, and containing clippings ' of newspaper and magazine articles and cartoons from Americat) -publications regarding the initial trip of the, German litter Deutachland is now in preparation by a committee of prominent Gar man.Americana. ' i. , v , . - '-- '.'V, ' -.'' fJI'lli!ilMi(f . kin mp mJ 1! s-S I P t- 4 xx vsOv 44 0 xN . 1 . f '. i. i ..iiiHin iriiiTOiwa--iii-aaMa SELECT-SPEAKERS' r . ' -iV - FOR THE TEACHERS Prominent Men in tha ' tinnoT Wnrtil .n TalH.t thh ' State Teachera' Meet. ! , LIST OiyEN OUT XESTERDAY The executive epmlttee of the Net braskagute Teachers' association nxsJ here yesterday to decide on the speak ers for the Annual convention to heldJ-in Omaha on (' November 8, "S and 10. . ; ..''. : 'A-"'vv;-; .Memberr'of the cpmmittee in' at tendance werV?f"e,t 'r WA. Lucky of Lincoln; R. J; Hart tJtshd Island, H. 6. Sutton of Keithey, A. H. Dixon of.Tekamah(J. F. -Matthews pf Grand Island and E. U. Graff. - , The niusical features of the con. rention will be in charge. of Henry Cox and the publicity hureau of the-l Commercial club, the, latter agreeing to furnish one concert for the visi tors. ' i , . -. .- k . ' Philander P, Claxtcm, Ufited Stttes commissioner of education, will. ad dress, the general session, story tell ers' section and the Nebraska branch of the American School Te.aehers' Peace league. He has been heard here on previous occasions n4 is regard ed as a strong man in his . line. He wilt also speak tovthe county' superin tendents while here. ry . J Shoop, Speaks' Four Tlinei. , '- Superintendent John D. Shdop of the Chicago public schools is on tne program for four lectures. It is be lieved he will nave recovereo irom re cent injuries in time o appear here although" some doubt has-Men ex pressed, ,''t ,.', -- 'h'; ', President William Lowe Bryan of the University of Indiana will deliver two leetures, -"The Teaching-of Cot- lene Enilish" and "The Trap . Prrt . Willam Chandler - Basl'ev: dean of the Scjiool of Education of the University bf Illinois, wjli address tne biological, section and -the gerteral session, TJarl Barnes pf Philadelpha - lecturer, educator and. writer, fjf considerable standing among , school people. He will appear before the kindergarten, drawing and chjld study sections. ' -' " ' ' .Y''' - Mrs. MarV Schank Woolman is charman of the woman's committee of the Nationaf Society, for theJProi motion ot rndusfrlal Education. She lives in Bpston. She will speak o the general session on "The Train ing of Girls and Women for Trades 1 1 . ,, I . n . I. l.Ams - - anc inousiric., iiw Vo'r onomics section on Woman 1 1 Ke"-J tion to ana inucin.c uwh .tsKTrsde." "-',:. ' r , JameSvF. Hosic, professor of Eng lish in. tne Chicago , Normal college ind secretary of the National Council of Teachers of -English, has , been placed onhe pnogram for lectures be fore the literature, German, grammar, high School and prinjaryv sections. R. H. Whitbeck; professor 5f geologyMn the University f Wisconsin, will speak t6 the, commercial, physical science and geography Snd nature study sections. He is, editor of the Journal, of Geography. , . , ' Mrs. jVilia Fried Walker is manager iof the Educator-Journar company and secretary of the Indiana State Teachers' association. The .primary, rural and agricultural sections will receive the benefit of her experience, the history, teacher have engaged J. A. James of the Northwestern uni vraiiif fnr several lectures. Chancel lor Samuel Avery of the University of Nebraska will be oir the program. Cloudbnrst Does v Damageat Phoenix Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 10. A cloud burst at 1 o'clock yesterday brought Cave creek, a mountairistream. north. of Phoenix, out ot its nanus, several hundred acres of desert and farm land were 'flooded.- In Phoenix half Landmen ot tan'inch qt rain tell in ten miautes. KING HOG WILL-BE ,M DISPLAY 800N Educa-LOmaha'a Porcine Classic Is to -Start Three Weeks from . Tomorrow, i WILL SHOW BAIN OB SHINE ; Three- weeks frjim Moncjay ,King Hoi wilt start a five, days' reign in Qmaha a reign tiationaln scope and be-icovering the largest swine domairt in the world. v. For October' 2 to "7, inclusive, Sre the dates, of he Nstional Swine'show, Oahaalpere stdcUJelaula thal.ia. the all-absorbing topic' ith tne Big breeders from the Pacific to the. At lintic eoastv and from the Gull' of Mexico to the Canadian line. . i. .Every awine-growing state in the Union- will be represented, with its biggest and moat prominent breeders, fts bluest of blue-ribbon herds. Prac tically every breeder of importance in the .country Will be st the National Swine show, either as an exhibitor or as a visitor!.- - , .. "' : l.-. LA big advantage to the visitor at tne snow -is tnat the hogs will be housed in tone big, building at the South Side stock yards, with light send ventilation facilities that cannot be excelled, v '."..', r " ' The hogs will be shown anc) judged according, to program, regardless of weather conditions,, an assurance that visitors to the greatest swine- show ever held in the United States may view the1 porkers on .exhibition with as much comfort, should the, weather oe rainy or stormy, as they might on the brightest, sunshiny day. Cliambets Qperav y 1 House Is Burned; -"vThree Men Injured "I Chambers-, Neby Sept, 10, (Special Telegram.) Chambers onera house was .burned and"-threi persons were slightly injured by fire which orig inated in the operating .room last night nvhilt V motion picture 'show was in progress. Chaunce- -Porter, the operator and his assistant. 'Van Robertson, sustained painful burns in.1 attempting to put out tti tire,1 hut neither is in serious condition. The door-keeper was' slightly injured. There was no panic, the two hundred -i- ' il L . . M .J ' . ' , f. . L pcrauns in. inc uuuuitib icit inruufiin door near the front par house . The loss-is $3,000, a door near the tront part ot 'the with, in .-.-r...r.n n( ei nnT.. surance of $1,500. The opera house was the property of the Chambers' band.-' It Will- probably" be rebuilt. Smith Brothers barn, adjoining, was also burned. .The loss on its is about $500. ' '-.-. '--'..- ' ' j :" ' , ' x .i r ' ; i ' . ,l Mechanical Device for : v vllnloafjing River Fleet : A methanical'i carryirig- device Is soon , to be put into operation at -the barge House on' the river frontv under the Douglas' street- bridge, so' that sacks of grainamay Je unloaded from the-steamboats by, mechanical means instead of having them carried by hand. The extra expense of the cum bersome unloading has hitherto been borne by Captain Neff of the Julius F. Silber, but now, the river, naviga tion Committee of the Commercial club, presenting, the Missouri River VaiMniiin tjas. msai 1 has A mr'A A . ts tim sums the expense; shd install this mechanical device ! . ; . ' Bilkers Tell Prosecutor T' Threatened Raise Just cnicago, sept.- iu.rrominent en caVo I bakers today sought to con vince United States District. Attorney Ctvne that the threatened general in crease in the price of bread is justi fied by increased cost of flour and other materials. i v Clync intimated .tonight that his in' Lyestigation so far has been based solely on the question ot whether or not it s justified. If not justified, he 1 said, therf wilt be attempt to prose !tute under the-Sherinai! law..' GOTHAM TRACTION'' STRIKE SPREADING Breaker Shot and Mortally wounded tj an" unwenn- ( fied AwUant, OOMPEXS COMES TO LEAD New, York, Sept. 10.-rStrfke " of unionized employes In the subway, on the aleyated railway lines and, on tne surface cars of the New York Railway's company, which began three day A. ago, has spread to ,the car lines of the .Second Avenue Railway compans and -th e Th(rd , Avenue Rail way-company, i nese companies oper ate virtually all of the surface ears' ih Manhattan.1 tand the Bronx, and' the strike,! successful, will Completely tie up surface car traffic in the two boroughs. . ' s li'A ..' -V,-.', ToniEht th -"first aeridus indication of violence occurred when. Michael Giahnini, 27 years - old,: a strike breaker on the Interborough , Kapid Transit lines, was shot and, probably mortally wounded by an unidentified. assailant. The. police reported minor attempts at violence during the day and several arrests were; mae. ; r: v-.J''Ctti Sent'.tQ. BstfaayV ' Although officials of the Ne ,yorlc Railways company had promised to restore-normal, tjnttic on their sur face xar lines tonight, the police' as serted that at 7: JO p. m. virtually all the cars had been sent Xo the barns. Service in the subffay s,nd, in the elevated Tailway, lines of the Inter borough Rapid Transit company, however, was about normal. - - Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is ex pectedVhere from Bostoh tomorrow to take charge of the-striki. .iThe move ment.-it was said, then will cease to De tne affair of the Amalgamated As sociation -f Street and Electric Rail way employes' ana win uecome tn h4 tight or the American rederation T 1... V . . . ' Mr. uompers will confer with a committee of the1 Central Federated union; representing the striking street car men the Longshoremen s union and the stationary firemen, -';'.-' , To Discuaa Program. A program which calls tor s Strike of all traction employes in the Metro politan district, suspension of work on all subway contracts in which the Interborough JVpid Transit company may be interested and a strike"-f the longshoremen-'who handle coal and other supplies will be discussed. This tnai&-'he followed.! uninr, nf. ficials asserted,: by a suspension .of work for at least twenty-four flours in all'trades affiliated vTith the Ameri can Fedratidiiv of Labor in New. York. ,t These trades,it is estimated, employ 750,000 workers., . A. i. New Yorker' Wins Prize V , For the Nebraska'Poem . .(Fronv Stat Corrvspoiiewit.) t - . ! Lincoln,: Sept. 10. (Special Tele gram.) John Prindle Scott of New York Citv drew, the S100 offered fnr fthe composition of music for the e- orasKa poem sciccieti six monins ago. , The committee selecting the music says that th score is very catchy and will be readily picked up by.ahildren. It-is arranged for a mixed quartet and the committee has requested -that the composer arrange the music for or chestral parts. ' , ' . , James Edward Carnal of Omaha stood next to the New York man in the composition sent in. - "... I ' - ; "... Only Sister of President S; - wnson, is seriously ill . Baltimore, MdC, Sept. 10-r-Mrs An nie W. Howe, only sister of President Wilson. Is seribusly ill in New Lon don, Conn., according to a telegram recejved here today by Joseph R. Wilson, a brother, - Mr. Wilson said his sister had been in declining-health for some time. Her . home is in Philadelphia. Mrs. ' Howe,, the presi dent and their brother here comprise the wnson generation. FIGHT OF PARTIES FOR MAINE EIIDED; -BOTII SEE VICTORY v y ' ' ' .'; Big Guns of Eepuhlioaii and DemocraticPolitical Bodies " : Wind Up Jlighty Batfl' ' - in Pino Tree State. BALLOTS SOON TO TELL Hughes and ' Boosevelt Cam , , rjatgn. While Wilson's Cab : inet Chiefs Talk. ' " NE'AR 300' SPEECHES MADE . Portland, Me Sept.'O. The state - ' campaign closed last hight, after s to- , tal of 292' set speeches had I beeri ' , crowded into (he 'final twenty-four hciirs. One hundred meetings wkre, addressed' by men whose national prominence assured a, packed house.' Supplementing . ( this unprecedented volume of oiatory were brass bands, , red fire, organiied cheering, and s re vival of bid-time torcjilight parading. Charles E.' Hughes, at Rockland; Ihiited, States Senator ? Willtam E. t Borah of Idaho, at- Augusta; former United . States Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio, at Madison, and Me- ' dill AtcCormick, progressive, of Chi- r cage, at Booth'Bay Harbor, appeared on the concluding republican pro- , gram. . ' - - . i .. : .- ' TJem6 Campaigpers. w , Prominent men sipiring the demo-, .! cratic windup were tyiHiam Redfield, - secretary ot- commerce, at uaraner; . Franklih I). Koosevelt, assistant sec-. - llIJ Wi (lie nvjr, tmo . ,u,,, Judge John W... WescotV sttorney , . . t . L . 17... Dam. general ot New jersey,- wtio twice placed PresidVrtt Wilson in nomina tion, St Rockford, and Bainbttdge . Colby, former- natjonal chairman of the progressive party, in this city. Tonight both sides "claimed the election the democrats'by a. plural- - ity of 30,000 and the repuoucanr-ny - 50,000. - . V- Not before vln recent years has .so determined- an effort been- made' tr make s showing at the polls, which - is expecrea io inuicatc inc puiuicai pulse of the nation. Local speakers cnipnasiECU dibiv ibiucb auu mc sonamies ot, candidates, Dt tne big guns trom' other states eitner nave been trained on Washington or-em- ' . ployed in the?'. defense of the admin istration of- theoftly 'democrat lo re ceive the electoral 'vote of the fine Tree state since Franklin Pierce wss elected prenSrnt .is , MSt... SnUrinat-fif 'Attseav."?" " I- An eleventh hour'developnient was v the shifting of the republicans attack from the administration's foreign policy,'' in- particular, to ' the tariff ' question, over which' many battles have been wagea tn this state. At . tha ODtnlna- of the campaign sseak-i era for the republicans, notably The-. odbre Roosevelt, bitterly assailed the 1 president's conduct pf internatidnal affairs. , Democratic leader, , Jo- sephus Daniels, secretary of the . navy; Newton D. Baker, secretary of war; William B. Wilson, secretary of t hjbor, snd Thomas W,1 Gregory, tHe , attorney general, generally stood "pat" on the achievements of the ad- ' ministration,' and brought to i the front the present prosperity and their ' claim that the president, had Ifept the" country out of war. ,.!,, . Upon his arrival In the. state, Mr. . Hughes added to his demand for the -protection of American i lives anc) property,' protection for American (u-' dustrks, and- asserted that the 'latter ' . were 'in grave danger under the pres ent laws from-abnormal competition with Europe after the war is ended, Yesterday, he launched an' attack on the administration's shippings, bill, which he described ss a menace to American .shipping Maine , always has been, s protection state and her shipping interests Srs greats There was s disposition in.-4 both : parties tonight to hedge when 'Ht came to giving the exact figures b m the vote that would .be accepted ss ' significant from "a national- stand- point. , ' -v ;.',(., v'"m; ; '..''. Of the present Maine delegation in th national house there are three re- x Eublicans and one democrat. On .' Inited States senator is democratic and the other vacancy was caused by the death of Senator Burleigh, a vre- . publican. Governor . ("Curtis, who seeks re-election, is. a. democrat - . . president Plans - - v "JPorcli Oanjpaign" v Lo"K Branch, N. J., Sept. 10. Pres. ident Wilson began his first vacation of the year yesterday by' laying plans for the "porch campaign" he will con duct i from Shadow Lawn. With Mrs. Wilson he arrived here at 1 o'cloclc this afternoon from- Atlantic City. H'e-wenMmmediately to his summer residence., . ' .-: ( . ; Bee Want-Act , v keeping: up their' ' . " ," great record of increase ' r 1177More ;:' . " ,Pid Wnt-Ads - last week 1 than ' -. A for same week a ' year ago. vv ' - No other Omaha newspaper , can show anywhere near the ' asms record of increase-ia n. paid Want-Ads .for this . year.' For more than 2t , , weeks Bee Want-Ads have' increased iryare than v . ,000 per week. colored men in Jefferson Square. - ' -.;-,-.l.'. ' v V