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Use the telephone for Bee Wu.t Adi. Tyler 1000 SeVen trunk lines. Intelligent ad-takers. One cent per word. THE' Omaha Daily Bee VOL;. XLVI NO 127. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1916. N:T'5lr.d..,.",,,S SINGLE COPY : TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER ' UNSETTLED Former German Spy Under Arrest; Accused of Attempting Blackmail; Wife of Ambassador to Be Victim Self-Styled International Spy Arrested on Charge of At tempted Blackmail Smiles as He Tells His Story. LETTERS AS EVIDENCE Federal Authorities Retain Documents Found on pris oner and Will Present in Court. SAID TO BE INNOCENT .' ., Letters Explained as Written by Cousin of Countess About Home Affairs. DEVELOPMENTS IN GASE Washington, Nov. 12. Karl Arm gaard Graves, a self-styled interna . tional spy and magazine' writer, was arrested yesterday by agents of the department of Justice and charged with attempting-tcfextort $3,000 from Countess von Bernstorff, wife of the German ambassador, by threatening to publish letters "alleged to contain matter showing her ' infirmities and failings." Officials of the embassy also allege that Graves had in posses sion what apparently were confiden tial coded diplomatic dispatches from the German government to Count von Bernstorff. . . . The prisoner told the federal agents he obtained all the documents from persons who smuggled them past the British censors on the steamship Oscar II. The warrant upon which he l was arraigned tonight and held on $2,000 bail for a further hearing charges him also with bringing into the District of Columbia letters stolen in Hoboken, N. J., where the Oscar II docks., Object Jo Word. . In a statement after his arraign ment, at which he entered a plea of not guilty, Graves asserted that he had no intention of blackmailing the countess, that he objected to the use of the word blackmail and that the papers he had in his possession were "purely diplomatic" in character. Much interest -was aroused in offi cial quarters at the indirect exposure of the manner in which persons and officials in Germany apparently are avoiding the British - censorship in communicating with the German em bassy here. ' The arrest of Graves furnished a dramatic conclusion to' negotiations which had been in progress for a week between him and Prince Hatzfeldt, counsellor of the German embassy. Graves is said to have come to Wash ington last week and called at the embassy.- v - .. ; ' Reputation of Craves. He-was known there as the man . who; had .published widely what he I alleged to be important secrets of the German war office and the Hohenzol lerns. He also-was known as a man who previously had described himself as a ltimeber of the German secret service and later as an employe in the foreign' field of the British foreign office. " ' . "The master spy" he called himself. Officials allege that upon entering the office of Prince Hatzfeldt he made it known that he had in Mi is posses sion the papers which brought about his arrest today. One letter which he exhibited was to Countess von Bern storff from her son, an officer in the German army. He said, according to statement made by federal officials to night, that he had other letters which would prove "embarrassing" for the countess should they be published. The official dispatches were said to be useless to him for the reason that 1 he could not decipher them. He is alleged .to have asked for $3,000 in cash if he delivered, the papers. He1 also is alleged to have asked Prince Hatzfeldt to prepare and sign a state ment that the money had been paid for services rendered the German gov ernment. - He Makes Threats. Embassy officials say Graves threat cned to turn over some of the docu ments to White House officials if the $3,000 was not forthcoming. The letters showed no postmark and officials of the embassy were con vinced that they had been obtained in some manner from confidential mes senger whose identity is undisclosed. Prjnce Hatzfeldt promised to take the matter uitder consideration. Federal officials' declare Graves gave Prince Hatzfeldt, a certain time ' The Weather T ' ' l or Nebraska Unsettled; not so c.M. 'iVmfreratureH ut Omaha Ytitterday. . a IT "our. ueg. 5::S::::::::::iS , 7 a. ra 11 " Dam 12 t, 1 a m.... 22 m 10 a. m 22 H L. J g cf KX "tP. m as trw n 4 o. m n " v- 6 p. m 22 7 p. m...y 12 Comparative 'Local Itoeord. 116. 1114. HI. Hlgheit yesterday.... 23 54 71 62 Lowest yesterday..,, 22 33 44 37 Moan tmpratur... 22'. 44 61 44 Precipitation 08 .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation departure from the normal: Normal temperature ,, 39 deficiency for the day 17 Total exctm alnce March 1, 1910- 311 Normal precipitation , .04 Inch Excess (or the day 04 inch Total rainfall since March 1 . . . .1S.S0 Inchee Deficiency alnce March 1 11.96 Inches leficlenry for cor. period 1915.. 1.11 Inched Deficiency for cor. period 1914.. 3.44 lnchei , JL. A WKUSH. Meteorologist. k 1FM v COUNTESS VON BERNSTORFF, whose nam is brought up by the rroat of alleged ex-German spy on charge of blackmail. ' 4 3' COUNTESS VON BERNSTORTF within which he was to comply with his conditions. ' ' Prince Hatzfeldt- communicated with the district attorney's office here as soon, as Graves left his office. An other meeting was arranged and yes terday Graves telegraphed from New York that he would present himself later in the day. Prince Hatzfeldt put $3,000 into an envelope, and with two agents of the Department of Jus- Contlnuefl on Pare Two, Colunut One.), ELECTION , RESULTS -DEBRASKTSTODER Choice of Wet Officers to En force Dry Law Food for , . Much Speculation. i EXAMPLE IN LANCASTER ' .(Fforo a fluff Correspondent.) . Lincoln, Nov., 12, (Special.) In consistencies' of the late election and the result at the polls "apjjeare to be the topic of conversation more than any; other thing connected with the election,. The success pf .. the 1 dry amendment by a majority of possibly 25,000 and the election of wet candi dates to enforce the law by majorities half as large, shows a lack of con sistency hardly understood, according to the opinion of those discussing the situation. Douglas county appeared to be about the only consistent county in the state. It went'wet and also gave majorities for those supposed to be for a wet program. . . Inconsistent Lancaster. Lancaster county, "the hot bed of dry sentiment, which voted dry by a majority of several thousand, turned around and voted majorities for wet candidates who are expected to en force the law. A republican sheriff up tor re-election, one who has made a record in pulling joints where liquor had been sold was defeated, while his successful opponent, who was the sec retary of a club which this year had been raided by him for illegal selling of booze, was elected sheriff in his place. No one believes but the state offi cer elected to enforce the prohibition law, will do otherwise than try to en force it, but the fact remains that the candidate! known to be on the dry side were defeated. This again brings up the question whether it gains a man anything desiring to 'run for office to pledge himself in favor of the dry program if those who ask the pledge allow him to go down to de feat. : Mr. Bryan's Value. Most of the "argufyers" are willing to admit that the amendment would have, carried anyway had not Mr Bryan come into the state for the last days of the campaign, and one man said he thought it would have carried by a greater majority if he had not. They point to the fact that Mr. Bryan, by his attitude of failure to mention the names of Hitchcock, Neville and Reed in his speeches, gave out notice that they must be defeated, yet all three of them- were elected by good safe majorities and so large that they have" no.t quit chuckling over the Bryan opposition yet. , This again brings up the matter of the value of Mr. Bryan's week-before-election speeches in 'the state and causes many of his friends and a great many of his enemies to question his worth as a supporter in the future. Drainage Ditch to Bex - , -Started January 1 Stella, Neb., Nov. 12. JSpecial.) Munn & Rees Constructiort company of Kansas City, has the contract for the work on Drainage District No. 3 of Nemaha county. The ditch will drain 3,500 acres of land along, the Big Muddy bottoms and will be eight and one-half miles long. According to contract, the work will begin the first day of Januarys and must te completed in 240 working days. The ditch will shortcj, the channel of the Muddy to one-half the distance, and will lessen the danger of floods in the future. Freak Election Bet , j Is Paid at Albion Albion, Neb., Nov. 12. (Special.) The most unique wager over the recent presidential election was settled here today, when Dr. Howard stood on a step ladder in the street and ate a loaf of bread and drank a bottle of grape jjiice, before a large crowd. CONTR0L0FHOUSE UNCERTAIN; MANY PLANS BEING LAID . . . . Republicans Have Majority, ' But Democrats Hoping Some May Vote Independently Next Congress. CLARK MAY BE OUT OF IT Speaker May . Decide Not to Become Candidate for " Re-Election. THIS SESSION BUSY ONE Washington, Nov. 12. Members of the. house of representatives in the newly elected "Sixty-fifth congress face one of the most uncertain or ganization situations in the history of the government. With a few districts still in doubt, the republicans appear to have 1 a plurality or four or five members and a possible majority pf two or three when it is- figured that an independent elected in Massachusetts and a pro gressive elected in Minnesota prob ably will vote with them for organiza tion ouraoses. Independence of ac tion has characterized a number -of the re-elected members on the repub lican side, however, and their attitude toward- democratic legislation in the last few years has given democratic .leaders cause for hope that some of them might carry their independence into the organization of the next house. i No Material Change. While there might be a -few changes when the official returns are counted, the chances are that these would not materially alter the general result. In view of that, democratic leaders re rarrl it imnrnhable that President Wil son .will call an extra session of the new congress next spring. Then the organization fight would not corne uo til the regular session in December, 1917. ' . wk' ") As matters stand the candidate' of the republicans for speaker will be James R. Mann, the present, minority leader, and Speaker Clark generally is regarded as the democratic choice to succeed himself. Already, however, there are rumblings of uncertainties because of the close political division. On the republican side there are re nnru of disaffection .against the minority leader. Consequently, there! is gossip among some .republicans re garding the advisability of naming an other man as candidati for speaker. ;:.i,.; 'Uvely.-'ane. fcomuig. "ZTiz Tbrre arc certain to be some inter esting and lively party (conferences on botn : Siaes oeiore organization tickets are finally launched. . As the Hmnrrat annarentlv will be in the minoritv. some of the friends' of Champ Clark, are not certain that he will De a candidate to succeea nimscu, Unless he can be elected speaker they prefer that he abandon that race and become a candidate for minority leader, the post he field for ; many years before the democratic as cendany in 1912. Such a development might precipitate a lively contest within the democratic ranks with Claude Kitchin, the present majority leadership. ' The congressional result in New Mexico is doubtful, the chances now favoring the democrats. In Pennsyl vania there are two districts and pos sibly three, where the soldier vote when counted, may change the re sults. In two of these republicans and in one a democrat, have been elected by small majorities on the face of the returns reported. In the Tenth North Carolina, district, Britt, a republican, is claiming the election over Weaver, democrat, by thirteen majority. Fordney a Leader. In theevent of republican organiza tion of the house, majority leadership under seniority rule, would go to Jo seph W. Fordney of Michigan, who automatically would become chairman of the ways and means committee. Among the majority members ot that important committee, which would have charge ot taritt revision, will De Representatives Ebenezer Hill of Connecticut, 'Longworth of . Ohio, Gardner of Massachusetts, Moore of Pennsylvania, Green of Iowa and Fair- child of New York as chairman of the appropriations committee, and with him, in control of this committee, would be former Speaker Cannon and Representatives blemp of Virginia Good of Iowa. Mondeil of Wyoming. Vare of Pennsylvania and Davis of Minnesota. Among other important probable changes would be Hayes of California, to succeed Olass of Vir ginia, as chairman of banking and currency; Cooper of Wisconsin for Flood on foreign affairs; Esch of Wis consin for Adamson, Georgia, on in terstate and foreign commerce; Vol stead of Minnesota for Webb, North Carolina, on judiciary; Albert Johnson (C'anttnnMl o Pt Two, Column Three.) One American . , ' , On Torpedoed Steamer Arabia London. Nov. 12. The American consul at Bombay, India, states that only one American, Paul Ruttledge Danner. was on board the British Steamer Arabia, sunk November 6 in the Mediterranean, says a Reuter dis patch from Bombay. The Peninsular and Oriental liner Arabia, according to a statement by the British admiralty November 8. was sunk without warning by a sub marine. All of the 437 passengers and all of the crew with the exception of two engineers, who were killed by the explosion, were saved by vessels which went to the rescue. 1 he Arabia was homeward uounn irom Australia. Danner, who had been engaged in Young Men's Christian association work in India, according to his par ents in Cambridge, Mass., was return ing on the Arabia to spend a furlough at home. ...... ..:,.: Record of Vote in Reviewed by Willcox Issues Statement Showing Fluctuation of Re turns Four Years Ago, STILL WAITING FOR COUNT New York, Nov. 12. A statement showing the fluctuation of the lead between President .Wilson and Colonel RoosevcJ"' California in 1912 frorn.' .0V -r a month after j; $$Aow the state fi.? . w . ..,..1 i' iavor oi nooseveti was first credited with Ltfirman William R. Willcox of the repuDiican national committee to (show precisely why the republican national committee , cannot at this time concede the election of Mr. Wil son and must await the official count in this and other states." statement reads, "that Mr. Wilson was statement read, "that Mr. Wilson was first in the lead; that subsequently this lead was taken by Colonel Roose velt and that finally the delegation to th.:' electoral college from California was divided, two electors being for Mn Wilson and eleven for Colonel Roosevelt. From Chronicle Files. "The fi,les of the San Francisco Chronicle show the following: "On-Wednesday, November 6, the day after election in 1912, the Chroni cle said the indications were that Mr. Massacre of Men And Women After Attack by Zapistas Laredo, Tex., Nov. 12. An indis criminate massacre of nearly 100 women, children and Carrann sol diers, who were traveling on a train near Contreras, State of Morelos, which was attacked by Zapata fol lowers, is reported in Mexico City newspapers received here today. After the attack on the train, the dead lay in piles beside the can, the papers state. . ' --" ERRORS IN NORTH DAKOTA VOTE COUNT Republican Chairman Hears of Irregularities and , Take Action. Will WILL PBOSEOUTE INQUIRY Fargo, N. D., Nov. 12. Chairman William Lemke of the North Dakota republican state central committee has received reports indicating errors in handling ballots in Burleigh county, as well as other irregularities, and will prosecute inquiry to determine the possibility of a recount. The republican national committee has authorized Lemke to place repre sentatives at every county canvassing board meeting next Friday. Dakota Is Adding To Figures Against ' Equal Suffrage Pierre, .S. D., Nov." 12. (Special Telegram.) Returns coming in up to this evening' add slightly to the ma jority against suffrage in the state, putting the figures at 4.455 against that issue. The prohibition vote is growing, and now stands at 9,463 ma jority, which indicates that it will go over the 10,000 mark. Returns today have put the Richards primary law further behind, with 1,078 against it, but it is yet close enough to go either way on the counties yet to make re turns. The presidential vote on the high est candidates on each electoral ticket gives Hughes 48,944 and Wilson 45, 696, but the lead over over 3,000 would be under 2,000 betweem the highest democrat and the lowest republican elector. Indications are that Hughes' lad will not go over 4,000, if it reaches that figure. , Stolen Auto and . Alleged Thief Are Found at Omaha Broken Bow, Neb., Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) Floyd Bauman, charged with the larcency of a $1,000 roadster from Joseph Molyneux, of this city and who was arrested by the police in Omaha at the instance of Sheriff Wil son, was brought here by the latter officer Friday night. The car dis appeared from its garage early on the night of November 9th and the arrest followed within twenty-four hours. Sheriff Wilson went to Omaha late Thursday night and with the vo-operation of the city police located the missing automobile in a private garage. Prosecutor Kelly had Bauman appear before County Judge Ford Saturday afternoon, but at the request of the defendant's attorney, the preliminary hearing was continued to November 21. The court fixed the bonds at $1,000, which was furnished. Electric Light Plant At Odell Is Burned Beatrice. Neb., Nov. 12. (Special Telegram.) The 'electric light plant at Odell, twenty miles southwest of Beatrice, was destroyed by fire early this morning from an unknown cause. The plant was owned by James Barry and was valued at about $4,000. Resi dents of the town by hard work saved the buildings adjacent to the plant. California Chairman Willcox Wilson had a safe plurality over Colonel Roosevelt. The democratic state chairman claimed the state by 20,(XX). "On November 7, the Chronicle said that a storm had delayed reports and that no figures were available from four counties. Returns from 3.668 precincts out of ,372 gave Mr. Wilson a lead of 6.237. "On November 8. the Associated Press announced that Colonel Roose velj was in the lead 130 votes. Six changes had been made in the vote from Los Angeles in the previous twelve hours, each change increased the lead of Colonel Roosevelt. With three Los Angeles precincts out and 136 precincts elsewhere in the state out, the Wilson vote stoocV at 280, 125, and the Roosevelt vote at 280,255. Wherefore of Collapse. "The collapse of the Wilson plurality was due to the way election figures in Los Angeles had been com piled. The democratic chairman placed the Roosevelt majority in that county at about 13,000. "The clerk of the county was ap pealed to by political leaders for an accurate count. He made a semi official tabulation of the returns, which showed startling discrepancies from the results obtained unofficially by political headquarters and newspa pers. Much of the disrepancy was due to the scratching of Wallace, who headed the progressive electors. "On November 9 returns compiled from 4,293 precincts out of 4,372 gave Colonel Roosevelt 281,497 and Mr. Wilson 280,843. - - "On November 13 returns from all but five out of 4,372 precincts gave Colonel .Roosevelt the state by twenty-four votes. "On November 17 it was announced that Secretary of State Jordan went to Los Angeles to take personal charge of the count. ' "In November 24 it was announced that the district court of appeals in Los Angeles had thrown out one pre cinct which had given Colonel Roose velt a majority of 104. , "On December 4 the Chronicle an nounced that if there were no more changes due to court decisions and to the auditing by the secretary of state there would be, according to the offi cial count, two democratic electors and eleven progressive. A change of ten votes would elect another demo crat, it was said." Mr. Willcox had a conference with Charles E. Hughes today, during which the situation was discussed. No announcement came from Mr. Hughts in regard to his own plans. Mr. Will cox said afterward that he and, he thought, Mr. Hughes, would remain here until the first of next week. He said he did not expect official counts from the doubtful states to begin com ing in before then and it would Uo more than week at least before they were complete. He would not venture a guess on how much longer than that it might take. . j , Willcox Statement. - V Later Chairman 'Willcox gave out this statement: 1 V V'.' "The national committee is ' not raising the cry of fraud nor is it go ing out searching for fraud, ' We have received any number of com munications, signed and unsigned by telegraph, letter and telephone alleg ing fraud, from all parts of the coun try, but in all cases the communica tions are referred by us to state of ficials for investigation. "The national committee ia simply in the same position as state officials who are waiting for the result of the official count and whose duty it is to certify what electors have been chosen." - . ' . , Split Not Likely. Los Angeles, Cal Nov. 11. A dif ference of only 654 votes was found today between the highest and lowest of the democratic electors in the semi-official count conducted by the register of votes. Election officials expressed the opinion these figures made it seem unlikely the official count would result in splitting Cali fornia's electoral vote. McChord Promises , Relief From Coal Car Shortage Soon Louisville, Ky., Nov. 12. Immedi ate relief of the coal shortage in cer tain parts of the country is promised by .proposals approved late today by Commissioner C. C. McChord. These proposals emanate from rail road representatives present at hear ings in connection with an investiga tion by the Interstate Commerce com mission into the question of the ex change and return of freight cars by railroads. It is proposed that every railroad in the country begin at once the return of all foreign coal cars in its posses sion as fast as they are unloaded. If there is no load for them going in the general direction of their home lines they are to be returned empty. Coal-carrying roads have promised that as soon , as a fair proportion of missing equipment is returned they wilt raise embargoes which have been placed upon shipments in their cars to sections which are now suffering from a scarcity of coal. Commissioner McChord asked the railroad representatives making the proposals to indicate to him Monday what the intentions of their lines were in regard to carrying them out. Mexicans Celebrate; Denounce Americans El Paso, Tex., Nov. 12. Reports of a celebration at Santa Cruz de Rosales, about fifty miles southeast of Chihuahua City, by Villa bandits, have been brought to the border by Mexican refugees and reported to agents of the American government here. These reports vary, but agree that a parade and celebration was held there and speeches made denouncing Americans and. Chinese. Americans were blamed for Mexico's troubles by the speakers, according to the refu gees' reports. Following the celebra tion three Chinese were killed in the plaza, according to the same source. MRS.' CARRANZA RETURNS TO MEXICO Senora Venustlano Carranaa, wife of the Provisional Presidant of Mexico has returned from El Paso to bar own country to join hor husband at Quorataro, near Mexico City. -. . . r , V" r v 1 PRISONERS OF WAR, TO GET MAIL FREE Postal Regulations Permit Letters- and Paroels to Go' Without Postage. BOW TO RBACH XTHEM The prisoners of war relief commit tee, with headquarters at New York, which is looking-efter.tht interests of German and -rtf)u -"pr-isoners of war, sends out the following informa tion as to how prisoners may ' be reached bjjmail: '; . "The. United States Official Postal Guide. of July, 1916, on page 114, No. 8, contains the fotowing regulations regarding mail sent to prisoners of warr , .".;". ,- " 'Exemption from A all postage charges applies in the countries- of origin and destination, as well as in the countries through which the mail passes; to correspondence addressed to or coming from bureaus of infor mation concerning prisoners; to or from soldiers prisoners in belligerent countries or interned in neutral coun tries, and to any article admissiblcvio the mails exchanged between Canada and the United States when addressed to or mailed by a prisoner of war in either, country., Sailors and civilians on interned vessels and in war prisons and camps are assimilated to soldiers who are prisoners of war, , i " 'In addressing mail the name of the addressee must be followed by the Vords "Prisoner of, War." I " 'All mailable articles( letters in their usual and ordinary form, post cards, prints, commercial papers, sam ples, complying with the postal union regulations) are acceptable free of postage. "'There is no exemption from the payment of the registration fee of 10 cents, nor from the payment of post age at the rate of 12 cents a pound or fraction thereof on packages sent by international parcel post.'' . "It must be understood that the last named regulation subjecting parcels to ordinary rates holds good with one exception, via.: Ordinary parcels (fourth-class matter) up to a weight of four pounds six ounces, and which may be sent free of postage to prison ers of war interned in Canada because according to page 14, item f, of the Postal Guide, such parcels are admis sible to the mails in transit between Canada and the United States. "In all cases, and especially when sending parcels to Canada, contents of the parcel should be distinctly stat ed on the wrapper. -. - - "Detailed regulations- and sugges tions are also contained in bulletin A.-B. No. 11 issued by the prisoners of war relief committee, 24 North Moore street, New York City. .This bulletin will be sent on refiuest., The office of the prisoners, of war relief committee stands ready to advise' in all difficult and complex questions re garding correspondence with prison ers of war." . i. i . '. ' ,' ; :: -. Union Pacific Will ' ; rMd More Empties Here (Prom a SUtf Correspondent), Lincoln, Nov. 12. (Special.) After questioning the right of the State Railway commission 46 inquire into the action of the road in shipping empty freight cars to Oregon because it was interstate commerce, the Un pacific Railroad company has now no tified the commission that it will cease doing so and as a consequence, En gineers Boyer and Gregory ,who were sent out inthe role' of Sherlock Holmes, have been notified to return to the home station. - The complaint was that empties were hurried to Oregon, where they could be used to load hay and grain for points along the road. Tomor row notices will j be sent to shippers to report if the promises made are carried out. , ;' ' i ' ' '' -., i - ' i . :!. V- : ;:?V : GERMAN SUBSEA SANK AMERICAN SHIP COLUMBIAN Wirehss Dispatch to Paris From Madrid Gives the -Nationality of Under water Boat. . PRESIDENT TO TAKE IT UP State , Department Will Lay Matter Before Him This ' Week. - v , MUST CLEAR SOME POINTS Paris, Nov. 12. A wireless dis patch from Madrid says that it was a German submarine which sank the American steamship Columbian. . - Berlin. Nov. 12. (By Wireless to the Associated Press, Via Sayville, N. Y. The official report of the com mander of the German submarine, which sank the British steamship Rowanmore, on which there were sev eral Americana, says the Rowanmore disregarded the submarine's signals to halt, makin it necessary for. the sub marine to fire a few shots in order to gbrinsr it to. . ' , The Americans on board, as far as can be learned, consisted pf several negro firemen. -. : I No report has been receiwd on tbe . case of the British steamship Marina, which, with iitty-two Americans in. the crew, was sunk by a submarine off the Irish coast. Inasmuch as it was Sunk on the same day as was the Rowanmore, a report is expected soon. Three oiher cases of the1 sinking of steamships have been submitted by the American embassy to the foreign office. These vessels were destroyed in Sptember. No evidence was presented in this . connection to indicate that Germany's assurances in regard to the conduct of 1 submarine warfare have not been ob served. ' ' .N " ' Affidavits obtained by the Ameri can consul at Liverpool said the Rowanmore attempted to escape, but that the submarine continued to shell its 4fter it stopped. . . Six Americans on the Marina; which was armeo witit a y-incn gun, lost their lives. ' American survivors said under oath that the vessel was tor pedoed without warning. -' ' ' WiU Be Laid Before WUaon. . - i Washington, Nov. 12. The case of the American steamer Columbian, re ported wk off the Spanish roast, will he laid before President Wilson- by the State department early next week as part of a general summary of re cent submarine operations construed by some officials as forecasting a radi cal change in the German policy. Information regarding the Colum bian will be so incomplete tonight that no official would predict what part the case might play in final determina tion of this government's course. Late in the day the American consul at Balboa forwarded the report that the vessel had been sunk thirty miles off Cape Ortegell and its crew saved, but no details were given. The dispatch immediateuy was called to the atten tion of Secretary Lansing. , . Points to Be Cleared Up. . Points to be cleared up before a de cision ia reached involve the questions' s . of Vliethcr the vessel was fired on . without warning, whether it carried contraband, and whether it attempted ti escape. The report received, sev eratdays ago, (hat the Columbian was. being shelled by a submarine, ted many officials to believe that it prob ably was running away, thereby sac- , rificing immunity from attack. If it carried contraband and was properly warned, the case may resolve itself into a question of indemnity. All available facts regarding the Columbian will be collected as soon as possible. Information in the case of the Marina, Arabia and Lanao also is stilt incomplete, but every report re ceived so far regarding these vessels will be placed before the president as soon as he returns to his desk at the White House. Big Docket for District i -1 Court in Dodge County Fremont, Neb., Nov. 12. (Special.) . When the November term of dis- . trict court opens Monday the largest ; docket in the history of the county is scheduled for hearing. Two murder cases and two other cirminal cases are listed, while thirteen civil suits will be heard. The case of Judge Lee Estelle of Omaha, against the Omaha Daily News, which was tried here three years ago and sent back by the supreme court, is set for November 7. , Judge Estelle was given, a verdict for $10,000. He sued for $60,000, alleging libel through the publication of a -letter in the paper published by the defendant. , The GreatestGain In the history of , any Omaha Newspaper ' : 49,462 More paid Want Ads - . in The Bee from - ,. January 1st -to November 11th, 1916 - than in same period, 1915. The Reasons: ' Lower Rates ; ; Better Results - : ;u Best Service Phone Your Ad to Tyler 1000. ,