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VOL. XL VI. NO. x 150.
OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 9. 1916 SIXTEEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
PASTOR FLOWERS
INDUCED TO BUY
"WILDJORSES"
Lets Go of Half Section of
Nebraska Land, in Return
Taking Over Bronchos
Running "aj Large.
EXPECTED TO MAKE MONEY
Thomas Matters Figures in
Deal and Assures Preacher
i Others Anxious to Get
Animals.
OTHER NEBRASEANS FALL
S. L. Flowers, .pastor of the First
Naxarene church, Burns, Ore., and
'formerly of Boulder, Colo., and prev
ious tovthe timea pastor, in. a Kear
ney, Neb., church for twelve years,
lold the "wild horse" jury in United
States district court that he lost land
and merchandise ( valued at $9,800.
speculating on the wild animals.
Flowers was allowed only' $12.50
' per week by his Kearney parishon
ers, he said, so when he had a chance
to exchange hj two-quartersections
of land in Nebraska for wild horses,
which he was told would find ready
sale on the market, he traded. This
was the substance of a part of his
testimony brought out in the wild
horse case in which the government
is prosecuting the Union States Live
Stock company and the Omaha Land
and Investment company for the use.'
of the mails to defraud.
Thcpastor told of his coming to
Omaha in 1910 and meeting Mr. Smith
of the United States Live Stock com
pany in his- office in the Omaha Na
' tional bank building. The conversa
tion, he said, casually turned to.
horses, when Smith showed him a
number of pictures of fine animals,
which he told the pastor he owned
on his , ranch in Coconino county,
I Arizona. i
Wanted More Facts.
, But the pastor wasn't convinced
enough of the validity of the United,
States Stock company to part with
any of his land for the animals.
"I wanted some, evidence from Mr.
Smith to show me that he was on the
square," the preacher testified.
"Well, did he furnish it?" Tom 'Al
len, United States district attorney,
asked. . '. - . .
"Well, yes." the parson answered
"He took me infertile office of Thomas
Matters, who. showed rue a couple of
letters' which "he said came from a
man in Arizona who had recently
purchased some-of the "animals. "'
"The letter said that he had caught
1,700 animals and that he was tickled
to death that he had had dealings
with the United States Live Stock
company."
"What did Mr. Matters say to you
' about the reliability of the man who
wrote the letter?" . "
"He told me that the man was so
enthusiastic at the time that he wept
for fear he would lose the deal.
"Matters said that the man had tied
up everything he. had in the deal."
"And did you make any deal with
the lnited tSates Land company?"
Tom Allen, United States district at
torney asked him.
"Yes. I traded my two quarter sec-
Twenty-Four 4!ore Horses-
Once, that he' was assured that the
deal was all right, he told the jury,
he also offered to trade his $3,300
stock of general merchandise which
lie owned in Tan-noi-a, Neb. This he
truded directly with C. M. Thompson,
v an officer of the live stock, company,
who allowed him twenty-four more
head of the animals. He said Hat his
two section, of land were worth about
S6.500, and with the value of the stock
f merchandise, would tptai $9,800.
"How much were the horses to cost
' ou?" he was asked. .
"I gave approximately $65 for those
' I trailed my land for and $30 for the
twenty-four I gave my' merchandise
'or." . V
"I asked Thompson if I hadnjt bet-
'cr ait nut inH invpttoat. thp hrtrepe "
"lowers stated. .
"Mr. Flowers you didn't accumulate
he property you disposed of, on a
(Continued on Page Two, ('olumn Three.)
The Weather
For Nebraska Fair. , .
Temjwnituren it Omaha Yeetterday.
Hour. Dig.
6 a. m 21
6 a. m . 20
7 a. m t
8 a. m 9
9 a, m. ... . iff
10 a. ni 21
11 a. m... i
12 m 27
1 p. m.. 29
2 p. m 31
3 p.m 31
P. m 30
6 p. ra, '. .... 29
p. m...,.. 28
7 p. m.......V... 2
P. tn afi
Comparative IxxraJ Record.
1B1. 1915. 1914. 1913
Mtjhost yesterday 31 49 S3 37
Lowtmt Vaterda 19 35 28 jj
loan lampprature. . . . 25 42 30 x 29
Precipitation 00 .00 .34 .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the, normal at Omuha, since March 1:
Normal temperature. 30
.Deficiency for the day t, &
Toial excess since March 1 427
formal precipitation 03 Inch
Deficiency for the day 03 Inch
Total rainfall since March lMl. 07 Inches
Deficiency since March 1.. 12. 60 Inches
)efl cluncy-for cor. period, 1915. 1.83 Inches
deficiency for cor, period 1914. 3.73 Inches
Reports Prom Stations at 7 P. M.
SUtton and State Temp. Hleh- Ratn
of Weather. V. 7 p. m. eat.
fall
heyenne, clear 23 24
Oavenport, cloudy 2 30
Denver, clear....'. 32 34
es Moines, clear.., ,. . 28 32
Dodire Otty, clear 24 34
North Platte, clear.... 20 , 30
Umaha, clear 28 SI
Rapid Clty.Iear 20 28
Hheridan. part cloudy.. 18 28
Sioux City, part cloudy. 24- " 28
Valentine, elar U 2$
"T" Indicates trace of precipitation.
.00
.01
.00
.00
.00
L. A. WALSH, Meteorologist.
PERKINS HEADS NEW YORK
FOOD BOARD.
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GEORGE W. PEJRKIKS.'
New York, Dec. 8. George V.
Perkins, former partner in J. P. Mor
gan & Co., and financial sponsor of
the progressive party, has beguu-van
investigation of the high cost of liv
ing, as chairman of a committee 'of
five appoin ted by Governor yh it
man to recommend remedial legisla
tion. Mr. Perkins says he blames
the high price of foodstuffs in jfhis
city on market conditions. He as
serts that California is tar ahead of
New York statejn the matter of dis
tribution, and cTfes Cleveland as an
example of a city which recently has
adopted modern methods. Mr. .Per
kins is also chairman of Mayor
Mitchel's committee to investigate
the price of foodstuffs.
Put Ban On Freight :
Shipments From
West Of Chicago
Chicago, Dec. 8, Embargo orders
which practically bar the whole west
ern part of the UnitecU States, from
shipment of commodities for export
from Atlantic ports or for eastern
consumption went into effect on the
Pennsylvania lines and the Erie rail
road east of Chicago, late today.
The orders bar virtually every com
modity, the usual exception being
made, however, for perishable freight
in transit and for United States gov
ernment shipments. H. S. Snyder,
general freight agent of the Eric, ex
plained thut the order of his road
"even applies ko live stock to the ex
tent that we- no longer accept live
stock fromeoimeeting lines." . ' " ":
No limit , is set on the duration of
the embargo, which is attributed to
the congestion of loaded freight cars
, in the big yards on the Atlantic sea
board. Railroad officials hercinoirit
ed out that speculators and jobbers
for warring European nations have'
been piling up cars in -the eastern
yard; for many months.
Notice of the embargo was served
on the connecting Lines tlie two
roads some time ago. The Pennsyl
vania order forbids agents to accept
freight from connecting lines which
is destined for points east of Pitts
burgh. The Erie order fixes Marion,
0., the farthercst east point of
destination.
Adjutant General ,
Greenan of Montana
Is Hurt in a Wreck
Helena, Mont., Dec. &t In a head
on collision between the Helena
Logan "stub" train and a freight
train on the Northern Pacific, a mile
east of East Helera, last night-H. C.
Buf'.:aof Logan, a fireman, was
killed and Fred Seib of Logan, engi
neer, was severely injured.
Adjutant General Phil Greenan of
the Montana National Guard suffered
three broken ribs. A chair car por
ter and. two men passengers were
slightly bruised. Governor Sam V.
Stewart of Montana, who was on the
train enrouteto Washington, D: C
escaped injury. 1
Responsibility for the collision has
nobecn determine.
German Exchange
' , Lower at Geneva
, . i
Geneva, Dec. 8. (Via Paris.) The
German 100-mark bill has dropped an
other pointvtmd a quarter on the
Geneva bourse and a point and three
quarters on the Zufich bourse. It is
now quoted at 79 francs and JS francs'
25 centimes, respectivclv. Th- fall
ri6 attributed to the establishment of
the mass levy in Germany, which, it
is feared, will result in the partial sus
pension of the economic life of the
countrj.
Cotton Breaks Five
Dollars Per Bale
New Orleans, La., iJec. 8. A vio
lent break of more than $5 a bale,
one of -the widest declines ever re
corded in a single session in this mar
ket, resulted in cottoji today from
liquidation and short wiling follow
ing the census bureau report on .cot
ton ginned to December 1.
Fifty Thousand Veterans
Die During the Year
Washington, Dec. 8. Deaths among
civil war veteran made large gaps in
the government's pension rolls during
the last year. The report of Commis
sioner Saltzgaber of the pension bu
reau shows that the names of more
than 50.000 of the old soldiers passed
from the list, reducing their total to
286,080. Pensions aggregating $159,-
155.UUU went to IN,'U persons.
BALFC; MINISTER
0FJ:!IGN AFFAIRS
ii CECIL HIS AIDE
aith Tells How Unionists
Forced Him Out of Govern
ment, Acquits Lloyd
George of Com-
plicity.
CARSON MAY BE SEA LORD
Earl of Derby Named as Prob
able Secretary of War
" by the Standard.
,
DISTURBANCE jBY SUFFS
London, Dec. 8 Herbert H. As
quith declared at the meeting of lib
erals today that although he had
resigned the premiership he had not
given up leadership of the liberal
party. The former premier said there
had been a carefully engineered cam
paign against him, but he acquitted
Mr. Lloyd George and his other as
sistants In the retiring government of
complicity therein.
On, Friday of last week. Mr. As
quith said, he received Mr. Lloyd
George's proposal for a smaller war
couiwil. The same day he replied that
the prime minister must preside over
such a body. Mr. Lloyd George did
not agree to this and-on Sunday the
unionist ministers intimated they had
had a meeting at which they decided
they could not remain in the govern
ment if he did that if he did not resign
they would. He saw Mr. Lloyd
George later and being desirous of
maintaining unity of the government,
appealed to Mr. Bonar Law to remain
in office. They had a conversation
and attempted to accommodate their
views as to the relationship between
the premier and the war council and
as to the personnel of the council. On
these two points they differed and the
difference of opinion was strong and
sharp. ,
Writes Lloyd George.
The ffe'xt morning he found
statement in the newspapers that the
premier was to be excluded from the
war council. He then wrote Mr.
Lloyd George that he was not pre
pared to remain in the cabinet as a
spectator of the war and that it was
nek possible to have a war council
without the premier as chairman.
After consulting with his friends haJ
resigned, believing lie could serve the
.new government to best advantage
outside the cabinet.
Viscount Grey made the announce
ment that Mr. Balfour would be for
eign secretary and that Lord Robert
.Vjf cii wouia remain parliamentary un
dersecretary for foreign affairs.
It Is also stated, that Sir Robert
Finlay, former attorney general and
"rrfemller of parliament for Edinburgh
and St. Andrew's universities, will be
lord high chancellor in the new
cabinet.
Five Probable Appointments.
The Standard .says it understands
that the following appointments are
certain to be made: 1
Chancellor of the exchequer, An
drew Bonar Law.
Secretary for foreign affairs, A, J.
Balfour. x
First lord of the-admiralty, Sir Ed
ward parson.
Secretary for war, Earl of Derby.
Secretary for labor, Arthur Hen
derson. The home office portfolio, according
Jo the newspaper, was offered to Sir
Frederick E. Smith, attorney general
itr-the coalition cabinet, but he pre
ferred to retain Hie attorney general
ship. At a meeting of liberals it was
stated that A. J. Balfour would be
foreign secretary in the new cabinet
aifd that Lord Robert Cecil would re
main parliamentary under secretary
for foreign affairs.
A small party of suffragettes lent
variety to the arrival of the liberals
at the Reform club at noon today for
a meeting of the libera party to de
cide its attitude towards the Lloyd
George goyernm .t. The women
greeted the earlier arrivals with the
cry. "another wait and see."
The suffragettes became more ag
gressive when Mr. Asquit!. drove up
and, on being forced into the road
way by the police, .hey contented
themselves with cries of "traitor," and
other abusive terms. Lord Haldane
was greeted wjtj) "Kaiser Haldane."
When Viscount Grey arrived the
suffragettes created such a disturb
ance that the police lie J to escort him
into the club. The crowd Vith the
exception -of the women gave ex
Premier Asquith and liis colleagues
a hearty- reception. '
The Reform club adopted a rcsolu4
tion expressing confidence in Mr.
Asquilh.and also the determination of
the organization to support the new
government in whatever steps it may
take to prosecute the war vigorously.
News Against Balfour,
The Evening News, one of the
strongest supporters of Premier Lloyd
George publishes prominently a pro
test against the suggestion that A. J.
Balfour be appointed foreign secrc
tasy and Lord Robert Cecil retained
as parliamentary under secretary for
foreign affairs. It says:
"The great enthusiasm with which
the formation of a new government is
received everywhere is dampened for
the monicnt by Ihe persistent rumor,
on apparently good authority, that
Mr. Balfour is to go to the foreign
office with Lord Robert Cecil. Lord
Robert's record in the foreign office
is well known. It will be nothing
short of disastrous if the man who
persistently adopted a policy leading
to the weakening of our blockade and
the consequent feeding of Germans,
should again be placed in command."
Greek Blockade x
In Effect Today
Art icns, Thursday. Dec. 7. (Via
London. Dec. 8.) The blockade of
Greece begins officially at 8 o'clock
tomorrow (Friday morning).
WINSLOW BANK
LOOTED; ROBBERS
ESCAPE IN MOTOR
Two Masked Men Cover Offi
cials and Customers, Forc
ing Them to Hand
Over All Cash.
GET OVER SIX THOUSAND
r
Cashier Forced to Enter Vault
and Bring Out Money
There.
FLEEING TOWARD JIORTH
Winslow, Neb., Dec. 8. The Wins-
low Stale bank was robbed about I
o'clock this afternoon. Two men ap
peared in the hank, covered the
cashier, assistant cashier and three
customers with guns, hacked them
into a comer and -took all the cash
in the bank. They escaped in an
automobile, which they had left just
outside the door. iThev obtained
$6,550. ' ,
The.rbbbers fired two shots into
the side of the bank building before
they entered it and covered Cashier
George Boll and Assistant Cashier
Elmer C. Ruwee with revolvers. They
took all the money on the counter
and forced Ruwee to go into the
vault and bring out all the money
there. They crowded the bills and
coins ii)to two bags and thnJw them
into their automobile nd started
west.
The bandits were traveling in a
light six-cylinder gray Buick cir.
They went west four miles and
turned north on the road leading to
ward Sioux City. A posse was at
once' organized and Sheriff Conditt
and Chief of Police Peterspn" were
notified. They arrived here shortly
before 4 o'clock and took charge of
.the case.
One of the bandits was a tall,
slender man, with two days' growth
of beard on his face, and the other
was of medium height, and wore a
mustache. ' ,
Winsfow is a town of about 100
inhabitants in the eastern -edge of
Dodge county, seventeen miles north
of Fremont.
Tree is Here for
Municipal Fete
,t Auditorjum
A forty-fool tree from Wa liirfgtbri
has been givi jl by Trimble Brde. for
the Christmas' entertainment to be
held in the Auditorium n Sunday
evening, December 24. The tree is
here on a fhtcar.
C. F. Bossie, who has charge of the
municipal Christmas tree celebration,
has been offered the services of two
bands. He ould lil to hear from
musical organizations and soloists
who will volunteer their services for
this occasion. N
Special electric illuminations will be
provided. Sacks of candy, nuts and
oranges will be distributed to 1,500
boys and girls by Santa Claus. Henry
W. Dunn and Charles Gardner will
sing. .
Congressman Reavis
Names Two Cadets
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Dec. i. (Special Tele
gram.) Congressman Reavis today
made nominations for cadetships at
Annapolis.
Mr. Reavis has named Dallas D.
Swan of Tetumseh as principal and
Harold F. Holtz of Lincdln as first
ajernate to fill his first appointment,
and Arthur Finley Fuller of Pawnee
City principal, and G. 11. Kier, 1702
South Fifteenth street, Lincoln, as
first alternate in his second appoint
ment Lyle I. Abbott of Omaha was in
conference with the Department of
Commerce today.
v James H. Hanley, secretary to Con
gressman Lobeck, accompanied by
Mrs. Hanley, arrived in Washington
today. Congressman Lobeck lias
been appointed a member of the con
gressional party to accompany the
body of the late Representative S. J.
Tribble of Athens, Ga., who died at
Providence hospital today. The fu
neral party leaves tonight' for the
south. "
Policeman Holds '
Up Express Wagon
,Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 8. Albert
J. orithth, a patrolman m the l.os
Angeles police force for four years,
confessed today, according to the po
lice, that he was the robber who held
up an express wagon yesterday on
a busy street and made off with about!
$5,000 in cash and $34,000 in checks,!
drafts and other banking paper. Most j
of the money was recovered ;
Morehead Asks . !
For Budget Figures
Lincoln. Neb.. Dec. 8. Under the
law passed by the last legislature, es
tablishing a budget system and mak
ing the governor chief budget officer,
Governor Morehead today sent a let
ter to each of the state department
heads calling for an estimate of ex
penses for the coining hienniuin. The
reports will include all expenditures
and revenues for the last biennium,
and estimates of expenditures and
revenues for the coming biennium.
Cpon their reports the governor will
base his appropriation recommenda
tions to the legislature.
halth commissioner probes storage eggs .
Dr. John D. Robertson of Chicago, health comrnissioner, it
conducting an investigation of the high cost of eggs. In the
picture he is shown looking over the egg stock in a Chicago
warehouse.
LOWERAT CHICAGO
Boycott Diminishes Demand
and Supplies Apear to Ma
terially Increase.
FEDERAL INQUIRY IS Oft
Chicago, Dec. 8. Boycott agita
tion, together with the federal inves
tigation of food prices had consider
able effect'today on the butter market
here. Wholesale quotations of cream
ery butter on the Chicago butter and
egg board showed a fall, varying from
Yi cent to 1 cent on some grades, as
compared with yesterday.
It was explained that consumption
of butter had diminished and that
supplies had materially increased.
Federal Inquiry Takes Shape,
HWastiingtonDec. 8. The federal
investigation into the high cost of
living reached a stage today where
officials tiirrted their attention to the
form -which prosecutions, if undet
taken, should assume.
The subject under immediate con.
sideration waj said to be the method
of proceeding against coar speculators
whose activities are believed to hajve
contributed largely to the recent ad
vance. ' ' '
United States Attorney Anderson,
in charge of the investigation, called
at the White House and will set the
president later. The president is con
tinues his study of preliminary re
ports with a view to later forming
recommedations to congress. ine
situation was discussed at the meet
ing of the cabinet". i
Mr. Anderson, continuing his con
ference with department heads, es
tablished headquarters here and called
into conference Oliver E. Pagan, the
indictment.cxpert of the Department
of Justice. Instructions'were sent to
the various agencies of investigation
throughout -the country outlining
methods of procedure.
In congress the house commerce
committee decided to defer, action on
bills and resolutions relating to the
subject until after the holidays.
State Governors to
Meet at-National
Capital Next Week
Madison. Wis., Dec. 8. The de
layed meeting of the governor's con
ference will he held at Washington,
D. C, next week, freginning on Thurs
day and concluding on Saturday. This
announcement was made today by
Miles C. Pilcyj. secretary of tlie con
ference. The meeting was to have
been held at Salt -Lake City during
the summer, but was delayed on ac
count of sending of state troops to
the border. Morcjh.au half of the
governors and eleven of the governors-elect
have responded to the call
to be Dresent.
" High cost of living and the method
of checking increasing prices on ne
cessities of life will be one of the
leading topics of discussion, which
will be led by Uovcrnors William
Spry, Utah: Stewart. Montana, and
Alexander, Idaho. There will be dis
cussion of the enforcement of the pro
hibitory laws in those slates which
Among the governors-elect who
have sent in acceptances are Keith J
Neville, Nebraska; Peter Norbeck, :
South Dakota, and Simon Bamberger, I
Utah. Some of the governors who
will atlend arc Moses Alexander,
Idaho; Arthur Capper, Kansas; J. A.
A. Burnquist-Minnesota; S. V. Stew
art, Montana: W. C. McDonald, News
Maxico; I-rank M. Byrne, south Da
kota; William Spry. Utah, and JcflrS
B. Kendrick, Wyoming,
Madison Square Garden
Sold for Two Millions
New YorkDec. 8. Madison Square
Garden, New York's famous amuse
ment amphitheater, was purchased to
day for $2,000,000 in a foreclosure
sale by the New York Life Insur
ance company, , which was the only
bidder. The company was the plain
tiff in the foreclosure proceedings.
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i
PROTEST TO BERLIN
IS MADE PUBLIC
U. S. Note Calling Attention to
Bad Effeot Deportation Has
' on Neutrals Given Out.
WAS SENT ONE MONTH A00
Washington, Kec. 8. Av uote to
Germany, protesting against the de
portation of Belgians for forced la
bor, as contrary to all precedents and
humane principles of' international
practice, was made public tdnight by
the State department. - .
The note was cabled to Charge
Grew at Berlin on November 29, the
day Ambassador Gerard discussed the
subject with ""President Wilson, with
instructions that be read it personally
to the Germw ciaiKerlor.'Jn' maltinc
it public tlie Mate' department an
nounced the interned had taken place,
but said nothing about results.
' A Military Necessity,.' '' "
A decision to protest formally against
the treatment of the Belgians followed
unsuccessful formal efforts by Charge
Grew, under instructions that he say
informally to the Berlin foreign office
that the deportations were1 having a
most unfavorable effect upon neu
trals, particularly the United States.
The charge was informed in reply
.1 --I: . .i .j - nl
lili wic puiicy nuupicu was a mili
tary necessity and that Germany
gardetl it as legal. V
The note, with the department's
statement making it public, follows:
"On November 29, Mr. Grew, our
Charge at Berlin, was directed to ob
tain an interview with the German,
chancellor and read to him the fpl
lowing:
'"The government of the United
States has learned with the greatest
concern au4 rqgret of the policy of
the German government to deport
from Belgium a portion of the civilian
population for the purpose of forcing
them to labor in Germany, and is
constrained to protest in a friendly
spirit, but most solemnly against this
action, which is in, contravention of
all precedents and of those humane
principles of international practice
which long have been accepted and
followed by civilized nations in their
treatment ot non-combatants.
" 'Furthermore, the government of
the United states is convinced that
the effect of this policy, if pursued,
will in all probability be fatal to the
Belgian relief work, also humanely
planned and -so successfully carried
out, a result which would be gener
ally deplored and which, it is as-
sumed, would seriously embarrass the
German government.
' "The interview has taken place."
Des Moines Wins One
Point in Rate Fight
Washington, Dec. , 8. The Inter
state Commerce commission in a de
cision today on the complaint of the
Greater Des Moines committee of
Iowa against the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul and other railroads, upheld
the class and commodity rates in ef
feet between Des Moines and north
western Missouri, and also those be
tween Des Moines and Minnesota with
a few exceptions, but held that the
rates between Des Moines and the
Dakotas discriminate against Des,
Moines lo tne aavautage oi Missis
sippi river crossings. The latter ap
plies to no( only Mississippi river
stations, hut the adjustment of rates
beyond the river,
Wife Does Not Know Husband
Convicted on Slave Charge
Des Moines, la., Dec. 8. Raphael
van Wie, insurance man from Aber
deen. S. D., was found guilty in fed
eral court here yesterday on the
charge of. bringing Miss Grace Eskee
of Aberdeen to Des Moines tor im
moral purposes.
Van Wic is married and his wife,
now in, Indianapolis, l as not yet
learned of his predicament. Van Wie
and Miss Eskee lived here as man
and wife until they were arrested by
federal authorities.
NEW DIFFERENCE
WITH KAISER ON
SUBSEA WARFARE
Berlin' 8 Interpretation of Its
Pledges in Sussex Case "
Not Accepted by
v Washington.
NEW NOTE IS PROBABLE 1
Official Information Says the
Marina Was in No Sense :
a, Transport. '
ASKS ABOUT THE ARABIA
Washington, Dec. 8. A new note to
Germany on the general submarine
situation appears to be among the
possibilities which may come out of
the latest activities, of the underseas
boats. ,
If decided upon, such a note would
be for the purpose of clearing up what
appears to be differences of interpre-.
tation in Washington and Berlin as to
what Germany's pledges in the Sussex
case covered,', especially as to armed,
ships, I
Secretary Lansing said today no
filial course of action had been agreed
upon by President Wilson and him. '
Although the State department has ' ,
been going on the principle of decid
ing each case separately on its merits,
it was said today the number of cases
had reached such proportions that
some general action would be justi
fied, although it was made clear that
nothing had been determined upon.
Marina Not Transport
The day's developments in the sit-. ;'
uatiou were: 1 ....-., 7,-
The United States asked Great
Britain for information to determine
the status of the Peninsular and
Oriental liner, Arabia, which a Ger
man submarine commander took for ,
an armed transport. i '
Urhcial Information coming to the
State department established the Mar.
ina, torpedced with a loss of six Amer
icans, was in no sense a transport
and was entitled to the immunities of
a peaceful merchantman. . In both
cases Germany has expressed a will
ingness to offer amends if its pledges
wereproken. .
It was reiterated again today that
the United States stands squarely on
the position it took in the Sussex case.
This, combined with) Germany's state
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gave in that case, leads official to de
clare there seems to he some differ-
encts in intejpretation, .; .-" f 1 :
rrpoic of New Note.' i,'1
note, if it should be decided
to send one, would be to clar this
up and make plain beyond ijuestton
that the United States expects all mer
chant ships under, international law
shall not be destroyed without warn
ing or without having crews and pas- ;
sengers removed to a place of safety.
Affidavits on the sinking without .
warning of the Italian liner Palermo,
on which State department records '
show there were twenty-three Ameri- ;
cans, are being collected as rapidly as
possible. As yet there are no indica
tions that any American lives were
lost, but from information at hand the
case seems to parallel closely the Ara-
bia and the Marina. ( ' - r t
England Asked Status of Arabia. .'
Great Britain has been asked by
the State department about the status '
of the Peninsular and Oriental liner .
Arabia, sunk by a German submarine
without warning. Germany in a note
yesterday cites circumstances which
it says justified the submarine com-
mander in taking the Arabia (or an
armed transport. . -f
The State department's information
to date is that the ship was a pa. ,
senger carrying liner, not subject to)
attack without warning.
New Unloading Device
BreaksHJn First Trial
The electric conveyor, newly' in
stalled to elevate grain from the barge
of the steamboat Julius F. Silber on
the Missouri river to. the box cars
switched to the dock went smash
about the first time it was tried. ' I
Of course, it is not hopelessctf '
broken, and has already beenNrepaired,
but things looked bad when it broke
and nearly fell on th,e heads of a lot
of workmen. The .only thing that
saved it from being utterly smashed
'and from smashing the heads of some
of the workmen was that it fell on
a box car, where it hung. '
Then when it was patched up and
again started, the mptor broke.but the
work of repairing is about completed,
and soon grain is to be unloaded in
bulk at the river front. -The boat is .
here now with a load of grain in
sacks which will-have to be unloaded
in the old way. : .
In the months of Oc
tober and November,
1916, as . compared
with the same mouths
last year '
The Bea gained 1893 ,
The World-Herald Lost 1844 1
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