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OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1916.
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GEORGE NAMES :
- WAR CABINET OF
FIVE MEMBERS
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New Premier in England Se
lects Men Who Are to Have
Direct Control of Fight
ing Machine.
TWO WITHOUT PORTFOLIOS
Earl Curzbn Will Be Govern
ment Leader in House
of Lords.
uATipnrrD eTTfvnf'Fne fiPBV
London, Dec. 10. Official an
nouncement was made tonight that
the government had been constituted
with a war cabinet comprising the fol
lowing: Premier David Lloyd George.
Lord President of the Council
Earl Curzon, who also will be gov
ernment leader in the House of Lords.
Minister Without Portfolio Arthur
Henderson. 1
Minister 1 Without Portfolio Lord
Milner. J
Chancellor of the ' Exchequer An
drew Bonar Law, who has been asked
by the premier to act as leader in the
House of Commons and also as a
member of the war cabinet without
being expected to attend regularly.
The other members of the ministry,
who are not in the war cabinet, are:
Lord High Chancellor Sir Robert
Bannatyne Finlay.
Secretary of State for the Home
department Sir George Cave.
Secretary of -State for Foreign Af
fairs Arthur J. Balfour..
" Secretary of State for the Colonies
Walter Hume Long.
Secretary of State for War Earl
of Derby. '
Secretary of State for India Aus
tin Chamberlain.
President of the Local Government
Board-T-Baron Rhondda. ,
President of the Board of Trade
Sir Albert Stanley.
Minister of Labor John Hodge.
First Lord of the Admiralty Sir
Edward Carson.
Minister of Munitions Dr. Christo
pher Addison.
. Minister of Blockade Lord Robert
Cecil.
Food Controller Baron Davenport.
Shipping Controller Sir Joseph
Paton Meclay.
President of the Board of Educa
tionHerbert A. L. Fisher.
First Commissioner of Works-r-Sir
Alfred M. Mpna. - j
Chancellor' of the - Duchy of Lan
...... ii,- l?ntUrM.ir CawlffV;
Postmaster General 'Albert Illing
worth. '' '- ;
Minister of Pensions George N.
Barnes. ,
Attorney General Sir Frederick E.
Smith.
Solicitor General Gordon Hewart,
K. C.
Secretary for Scotland Mr. Mun
roei , Lord Advocate James A.' Clyde,
K. C.
Solicitor General for Scotland
Thomas B. Morrison, K. C.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Baron
Wimborne. .
- Chief Secretary for Ireland Henry
E. Duke.
Lord Chancellor for Ireland Igna
tius J. O'Brien. K. C.
Sir,Robert Bannatyne Finlay in ac
cepting the office of lord high chan
cellor, stipulated that his right to a
pension be waived.
Heavily Armored
Steamer Sighted
, ' ; Near Porto Rico
Xjw York, Dec. 10. A heavily
armored steamship, fitted with tor
pedo tubes, has been sighted about
840 niiles northeast of Porto Rico,
according to a wireless warning
flashed tonight to merchant vessels
of the entente allies by a British or
French cruiser lying off Sandy Hook.
English Shell Contracts .
Won't Go to U. S. Any More
Toronto, Ont., Dec. 10. English
shell, contracts . in the United States
virtually all run out within six
months and most of them within
three months, after the first of the
year and will not be renewed, it was
.announced hrejoday by J. W. Fla
velle, chairman of the Imperial Muni
tions board for Canada. This would
increase Canada's responsibility in
thq future and Canadian munitions
manufacturers 'will be expected to
fulfill their contracts for 1917, he said.
Mr. Flavelle has been abroad 'nine
weeks consulting with the minister of
munitions and his assistants and this
announcement was accepted here as
the message ot threat Britain to the
Dominion.
The Weather
Ynr Nlrkn Fair: roldnr.
v Trmperaturee at Omaha YenUrdaj.
2 p. m
3 p. m
4 P- TTl
p. m
6 p. m
d. m
ComiHtnUlT Local Record.
l&K,. 13 jr. 1914.
Hlffheat yesterday 3fi 3S IK
(,nwMt yesterday 26 2S 13
Mean temperature.,.. 31 32 A 16
PreclDatationV, 00 .0L .02
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature 29
lOxceaa for the day Z
Total eacesi imrc Marc a i 4Z7
Normal precipitation . ., .03 inch
Deficiency for the day 03 inch
Total rainfall since March 1 10.07 Inches
deficiency since March 1 11.5 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 3m.. 1.R3 1nch
Pallclrac-jr for cor. period 11 4 . . a.70 lnche
L. a. wkujh. Meteoroiosun.
friour. Den.
5 m 27
7 m 2
- io uAn. a?
11 Hm S3
1 m 34
2 p. m. 36
3 p. m 43
ArrrrMerchant Ships
Lloyd George's Plan
London, Dec 18,-Lord 'North
cliff e's organ, the Week Dispatch,
says that Premier Lloyd George's
war pwgress comprises the fol
lowing: 1. The arming of merchantmen
in order to fight the submarine
peril.
2. .The preparation for the spring
offensive.
3. The mobilization of the civil
population between the ages of 16
and 60.
4. The making effective of the
blockade.
5. The rationing of the popula
tion by the issue of food tickets.
6. The increasing of the home
food production.
7. The tanning of work imma
terial to the war.
8. Enforcing of the prohibition
of luxuries.
-9. The instituting of meatless
days.
TEUTON TANK CARS
WITH PERISCOPES
SUPER-MONSTERS
Germans Co British One Better
and Build Machines That
Can Travel Twenty.
Five Miles Hour.
USED TO CRUSH ROUMANIA
Armored Autos Go Anywhere
Absolutely Proof Against
Shell Fire.
MOW ENEMY LIKE GRASS
At ' General Von' Falkenhayn's
Headquarters in Roumania (Via Lon
don), Dec. 10 One of the mpsf inter-
estmg features of the Roumanian
campaign, from a German standpoint,
has been the spectacular work of the
"armored automobiles -evolved
soon after the advent of the British
'tanks" on the Somme front, but
which the developments in RoumanSa
have shown to be a vast improvement
in efficiency' over the British.
Every machine, in the brief tests It
has had since, the Germans crossed
the mountains into the - Roumanian
Dlains. the new German armored car
bas Shown itself an efficient auxiliary
to tue xavalry in patrol work, as it
frequently can inflict infinitely more
damage than a whole squadron and is
tar more! difficult ttr destroy man ine
Enelish invention. Its achievements
so far include an attack on Roumanian
infantry in which 300 were killed.
Crew of Ten Hen.
The cars are twenty-five feet, in
length, with wheels a foot wide and
encased in solid rubber. They carry
a crew of ten men including the
machine gun operators, the chauffeur
and one substitute and one officer.
The machine guns can be operated in
almost any direction through; the nar
row slits. At one end under the cus
tomary hood is a 100 horsepower
motor and at the other end under a
similar hood is the gasoline tank.
Each man in the crew is an expert
mechanic and chauffeur.
The automobile engine is both air
and water' cooled. The car shell is
impervious to much gun and rifle fire.
When no opponent is in sight the top
of the turret can be opened so thaKa
man can get his shoulders out ami
make observations. When the turret is
closed, periscopes are placed in posi
tion, which permit a view of the
surrounding landscape from all
angles.
Hardly Dented at All.
None of the German automobiles
of this type used in Roumania ligs as
yet been disabled or destroyed by op
ponents, i he bullets thus tar en
countered have -hardly dented the
shells of the machine. ,
The"1 chief advantage of the new
automobile in contrast with the Brit
ish machine is that it can rirti at an
average speed of twenty-five miles an
hour, as contrasted with the snail-like
pace of the Entente cars, its speed fre-.
quently enabling it to scout even
ahead of the cavalry and it can make
its way over any road or even a
field.
John M, Phipps Dies
At the Age of 105
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Shenandoah, la., Dec. 10. (Special
Telegram.) John M. Phipps, who
would have been 105 St. Valentine's
day. southwest Iowa's oldest citizen,
died this morning at the home of
his son, Albert S. Phipps. He was not
confined to his bed andwas able to
be out doors yesterday. His twin
brother, Eli Phipps of Pennesy, Okl.,
died a few months short of the cen
tury mark. The twins were too old
to serve in the civil war.
Mr. Phipps was the father of ten
children, but only four survive, f . M.
Phipps of Pawnee City, Okl.; Mrs. J.
E. Winfrey, Stella, Neb.; Mrs. Matitia
Gardner, Leon, la., and Albert Phipps
at whose home he died.'. ,
While past the century mark, he
often took long trips alone up until
this winter. He came from Inde
pendence, Mo.,, to Iowa in 1836, ten
years before the state admission to
the union.
The day he was 100 years old, Mr.
Phipps was initiated into the Elks
lodge at Shenandoah.
Arrangements Made for
Better Care of Perishables
Through the efforts of the traffic
bureau of the Commercial, club, ar
rangements have been made for bet
ter care of shipments of perishable
freight at the various freight depots
in Omaha: The report of the fruit
marketing and development commit
tee some weeks ago made clear the
1 n--A nt hMtpr arrarifrfmentc inr Ihm
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Icare of perishables.
ROUMANIANS LOSE
70,000 MEN AND
WORLDOF BOOTY
Germans Take Immen"
ber of Captives an' ,;AsX '.
lable Loot ; Er V-cs v
in Fu'
ONE FORCE
.1 NIHIL ATED
Army in Front of von Macken
sen's Right Wing Reported
to Be Wiped Out. ,
RUSSIAN ATTACKS FAILURE
(AMlatd Press War Vumnwry.
The importance of the successes of
the Teutonic armies near Bucharest
is emphasized by the announcement
that since December 1 the Rouman
ians have lost in prisoners more than
70,000 men, 184 cannon and twenty
machine guns, and the losses in dead
and wounded are declared to be pro
portion to the number of prisoners.
The booty taken by the Teutons is
reported as "incalculable."
The fate of the Roumanian armies
is in doubt, but they continue to re
treat before the Teutonic allies; The
Russians again have launched strong
attacks on the upper Moldavian and
Transylvanian frontiers, but the ma
jority of them are reported to have
failed with hoivy losses.
Ground Is Gained.
Some ground was gained, however,
njorth of Dornawatra, the Russian
troops dislodging hostile forces also
from two heights in the Putna valley
and taking prisoners and machine
guns. Tie battle south of Javornitza
in the wooded Carpathians has ceased
and the Russians have retired to their
entrenched positions, hi consequence
of the retreat eastward of the Rou
manian troops, Russian troops on
their left flank also have been com
pelled to retire.
The entente forces again have de
livered attacks in the bend of the
Cerna river on the Macedonian front.
There has been violent artillery fight
ing on ine somme ironi ana in me
vicinity of Hill 304 at Verdun.
May Concede Something,
The reply of the German chancellor
to thejatest representations of the
United States government regarding
the Belgian labor deportations is ex
pected to be delivered today or tomor
row. It is stated thatit will be couched
in "the friendliest of terms"! and go as
far as oossible toward meeting the
American wishessertain concessions,
it is trYderstOod, may be niade because
of the promise to the Dutch consul at
Antwerp after the surrender of that
city that Belgians would not be de
ported. A German warship,' described as a
light cruiser, is operating in the At
lantic, according to the statement of
a British captain, who declares his
vessel wasield uiby 4he German and
examined. Agitation in London ship
ping circles for the convoying of mer
chantmen has resulted.
In Full Flight.
London, Dec. 9.-An official state
ment issued today Dy Austro-nungar-Han
headquarters as received here from
Vienna says the Kussians ana Rou
manians are in full flight before Field
Marshal von Mackensen's Danube
army and that the Roumanian army
which .was in front of (General von
Falkenhayn's right wing has been
annihilated. The Russian forces which
tried to join the Roumanians from the
mountain region, it adds, are retreat
ing. Young Gardeners
Feast at Holdrege
Holdrege, Neb., Dec. 10. (Special.)
The season's work in the1 Holdrege
school garden project work was of
ficially closed Friday night when the
Commercial club and Board 6f Edu
cation banqueted the gardeners who
carried the work to a successful close.
Covers were laid Lr sixty-three. The
feast was served by' the domestic
science department of the high school.
Lew T. Skinner, state leader of the
-boys and girls work spoke, as did
representatives from the Commercial
and Woman's clubs, Board cf Edu
cation and for the gardeners, Cor
rine Freeman, state canning cham
pion; Wallace Erickson, who made a
net profit at the rate of $3,655 an acre
on his garden, and Andrew Goodwin,
winner of the PhilpS county Fair as
sociation cup for best display of fresh
and canned vegetables at the local
fair.
Holdrege won first place at the
state fair on "best collective exhibit,"
had 325 entries at the county fair, win
ning a total of $53.75 cash for the
session or an average of 96 cents per
member. '
County Clerks Will Meet
At Alliance Tuesday
Grand Island. Neb.. Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.V President Gns E. NSumann of
the A'ebraska County Clerks associ
ation, which will have its annual ses
sion in Alliance Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of this week, has re
ports from Secretary Patterson of
Papillion, indicating the largest at
tendance in the history of the organi
zation. Not only will the recent elec
tion have made material addition to
the ranks of the members, but the an
oroaching legislative session is looked
too to make some changes, if the rec
ommendations of the officers, support-
ed, tentatively by the association are
regarded. Topics of especial interest at
this time are the four-year term for
county officers and the abolition of
the fee system. President Neumann's
address will emphasize these two par
ticularly. Scottsbluff Buys '
New Fire Apparatus
Scottsbluff, Neb., Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.) The city of Scottsbluff on De
cember 6 bought a combinationfirc-
fighting auto truck.
OBSERVING ENEMY POSITIONS The British soldier shown i occupying an advanced ob
servation trench, far in advance of his own lines, with which he is in communication by
telephone. 1 ' -
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VICTIMS OF. ATTACK
LYING MR DEATH
Family Assaulted by Savage
Negro v at Bluffs Not
Likely to Recover.
V
ASSAILANT STILL AT LARGE
Mr. and Mrs. John Kennedy, a fish
erman and wife, Council Bluffs, are
dying in Mercy hospital, and their
daughter-in-law, Cecil Kennedy, 22
years old, is in a state of nervous
prostration as the result of an attack
made upon them in their home by an
unidentified negrb, who attempted to
assault the younger woman. The
negro escaped and there is little pros
pect of his capture.
Kennedy is suffering from' five frac
tures of the skull and his wife's skull
is crushed on the left side, above tin
temple. A car coupling pin, weigh
ing about ten pounds and more than
a foot long, was the bludgeon used
by the man.
The' attack occurred late Saturday
night and the details of the crime
were not learned until after 2 o'clock
yesterday morning.
Kennedy, who is 49 years old and
his wife 59, live in a little log cabin
in the woods, three-quartera qf a mile
north of the city limits" and' east of
the Wickham sandbanks. The cabin
is a half dugout and has a dirtJ)oor,
but is the home of eight people
Kennedy and his1 wife: their son. Ira.
25, his young wife, and baby 3 mmths
old, their other child,, aged 3 years,
and the elder Kennedy's two younger
children, a daughter aged 14 and son,
12 years old. All were present ex
cept Ira, who is employed at night
in the mail transfer department at the
Union pacific transfer station.
-Enters Without Knocking.
Into this family home the unidenti
fied negrot,walked at about 10 o'clock
without even the formality of knock
ing. The old .man arose and asked
him what he wanted. The negro said
he was introuble with .an automobile
near-by and wanted some help. He
asked the old man to go with him.
Kennedy arose' and stranned around
his waist a belt and holsfer carrying
a big revolver. He then went out of
the house with the negro.
hive minutes later the negro re
turned alone and said he wanted a
pick and shovel. Advancing to the
side of Mrs. Kennedy, who had arisen
from her chair, he struck her a blow
on the head with the linkpin, knock
ing her senseless. He then sprang'
at the young woman and a struggle
ensued. The baby in her arms fell
on the dirt floor by Ahc side of the
prostrate grandmother. The 11-year-old
boy and his sister ran screaming
from the house. They had to go
through the woods and the darkness
nearly a half mile to the home of W.
F. Patton, the nearest neighbor.
Runs From Huse.
Mrs. Kennedy's clothes were torn
off, but she fought the black with
savage energy until, finally, he ran
out of the house, leaving behind the
bloody iron bar.
Wrapping some old garments about
her, Mrs. Kennedy ran from the house
and 150 feet away encountered her
father-in-law, reeling and .staggering
toward the house, with bldW rtream
ing from half a dozen wounds in his
head. His holster and pistol were
gone and his watch had been taken.
The negro had evidently walked by
the side of his victim until he found
an opportunity to strike him down
and had then returned to the house.
The belt and holster were found yes
terday morning, but the revolver had
been taken by the negro.
The most meager reports came to
the Bluffs police station and it was
not until after midnight that it was
known that a real crime had been
commuted. Yardmastcr Snyder of
the' Northwestern sent switch engine
to the point nearest the scene and the
unconscious man and woman were
brought to the "ard office and taken
in the police ambulance to the hos
pital, where Dr. K. B. Tubbs attended
them.
Husband and Wife Dying.
At a late hour last night Kennedy
was in a dying condition. His skull
was shattered by the blows of the
heavy iron. Mrs. Kennedy was still
unconscious, with the skull crushed
above her temple. She has just a
bare chance of living.
The police dragnets of Council
Bluffs and Omaha were thrown out
and a number of negroes picked up,
but none answers the description
girn of the one wanted, who is de
scribed as 28 or 30 years old, slim
"built, very black, five feet eight inches
tall, weighing about 145 pounds and
1 smooth shaven. He has one gold
front tooth and a deformed finger
and nail on the left haad.
TWELVE WAYS TO
COMBAT THE H. C. L.
Philosophical Society Finds the
. Method, Then Ptfts It Up
to Mayor to Act,
HOUSEWIVES TO ASSEMBLE
To combat the high cost of living
here is a carefully compiled list of
remedies advocated by members of
the Omaha Philosophical society at
Sunday afternoon's meeting. Take
your choice:
Stop eating so much.I. M. Holi
day.
Learn now to substitute. B. K
Cochran. ,
Boycott eggs. Mrs. V. C. Bennett.
Eat rice. Mr. Pratt..
Restrict buying. Mrs. D. C. Craig
head I
Destroy "the system. Louis J.
Ihm. .
to-operative buying. C. L. Shamp,
. Put dealers into vital competition
with each other. E. C. Pierce.
Xmas shopping three days after
Xmas F". Pinney. V
Government imitation of price.
Mrs. Sam Nathan.
Back to primitive mode of living.
W. F. Stoecker. , .
. Beffech -i Faraiers' .congresk neist
week. A. W. Falvey.
Sum total, by J, J. Points: .There
is nothing to do for the H1. C. L.,
barring socialism, i ,
What more is there for a mere re
porter to add, except that after two
hours of dead-earnest discussion, Mrs.
D. G. Craighead, president of the so
ciety, announced that it is up to
Mayor Dahlman and the city com
missionersjo solve the question, and
the whole proposition of immediate
relief was accordingly thrust onto the
city dads shoulders. In other words,
the feasibility of a municipal" market
will be discussed by the city council
this morning at 10 o'clock.
Friday at 3 o'clock in the council
chamber there will be a meeting to
which all Omaha housewives and their
husbands are invited to further dis,
cuss the H. C. of L. Anybody- who
knows why shoes are $10 a pair and
why flour ranges, from $2.50 to $3
per sack will be given an audience.
Chicago Girls Rush
For Mates on Farms
"Of Flickertail State
,
Chicago, Dec. 10. So many Chi
cago girls want to go back to North
Dakota as the wives of the bachelor
farmers Tvho came here in separate
trains for the stock show and horse
fair and who promptly advertised
their desire not to remain bachelors
that an official cupid committee was
named yesterday The committee con
sists ot Bert Green of Sherwood and
'A. G. Sorlie, North Dakotans who
attend all meetings of farmrrs, and
who have agreed to see that inquiries
are forwarded to suitable men. Six
more bachelors joined the wife
hunters today, all from Rolette. N.
D., and headed by -Kay Law. "We
are just as good looking as the rest
of the boys and we all want wives,"
said Law.
"Birth Control" Bill
Will Be Introduced
San Francisco, Dec. 9. A bill au
thorizing licensed phvsicians to im
part information concerning birth con
trol will be among the measures in
troduced at the session of the Califor
nia legislature which opens in Janu
ary, it was announced here today.
Plans for a legislative campaign
have been worked out by the Birth
Control league of California. Mrs-
L, M. Montgomery of Oakfand, active
in urging the passage of the present
community property law in the state,
will head the legislative committee, it
was announced.
Steamer Caledonia
Sunk by Submarine
Berlin, Dec. 10 (Via London). The
British steamer Caledonia was sunk
by a German submarine December 4,
it was officially announced today. Its
captain was taken prisoner.
Field Marshal Oyama
Of Japan Is Dead
Tokio. Dec. 10. Field Marshal
Prince Iwao Oyama, commander-in-chief
of the Manchurian army of
Japan during the Russo-Japanese war,
is dead. '
GEORGE P. BEMIS,
. EX-MAYOR, DEAD
Pioneer Citizen and Prominent
in Affairs of Omaha for
Nearly Half a Century. (
FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY
George Pickering Bemis, aged 80,
twice mayor of Omaha, died Sunday
afternoon shortly after 2 o clock at
his home in Florence, 714 Fillmore
street. Death was due to old age. At
his death bed were Mrs". Harriett I.
Bemis and Father M. J. Barratt of St.
Phillip Neri's church. -,
Mr. Bemis had been in-poor health
since being injured several years ago
when he was caught under the wreck
age of a billboard blown down by the
wind. Death, however, was due to
ailments incident to advanced age.
About two weeksago he took a sud
den turn for theworse.
i Georee Pickerimt Bemis was born
in Boston, Mass., March 15, 1836. His
parents on both 'sides were of distin
cruishfd ancestry, f His father for
many years controlled the leaf tobacco
market ot Boston and was a descend
ant of lohn Bemis. who came to the
United States in 1640. His mother
was the daughter - of ev. George
Picketing, a leader of Matjiodiim.w
New Ensland aiid a descendant of
John Pickering, who settled in Massa-
cnusetts in ioju. nmoiny ncxenng,
secretary of state and war under
Washington, was a member of the
family. '
In Civil War. .
George r. Bemis was educated in
Massachusetts and removed with his
narents to New York City, where for
ten years he held positions with aj
large commission aim suippiMH nuuscs.
In 1861 he enlisted in the "Boston
Tigers" and was the .first guard at
Fort Warren in Boston harbdf. After
six months of army service h went
to London, where he joined his
cousin, George Francis Train, as pri
vate secretary. Mr. Train, who was
the patentee, promotor and introducer
of street railways in England put Mr.
Bemis in charge of his street railway,
interests in London. Leading Ameri
cans put him in charge ot the ' Ameri
can," a paper published in London
upholding the union cause during the
civil war, I
In 1863 Mr. Bemis returned to the
United States and was closely associ
ated wjth Mr. Train in the organiza
tion, the Cirdit Mobilier of America
and the Credit Foncicr of America, of
which Mr. Tl ram was president and
Mr. uemis secretary.
While still identified with big enter
prises, Mr. Bemis came to Omaha in
1868 and became interested in real
estate and had lived here since. In 1868
he was the organizer of the Bemis
Park company of which he was presi
dent. Ii. W. Nash was vice president
and J. H. Dumont, secretary and
treasurer.
Mr. Bemis vVas twice mayor of
Omaha. He wis nominated the first
time October 17, 1891, and was elected
over his democratic opponent by the
largest majority ever given a candi-
'4'ontlntwd At Vmge Two, Colonial Vivo.)
James H.Macomber,
Prominent Attorney,
Of Omaha, Is Dead
James H. Macomber, one of the
prominent members of the Omaha
bar, died yesterday afofrnoon, aged
65 years. While he had not been well
for some weeks, his condition was not
considered serious until ten days ago,
when hemorrhage of the stomach set
in. Funeral services will be held
from the home of his son-in-law, Fred
A. Cuscaden, 5114 California street, at
5 o'clock this evening, after which the
boTty will be taken to Ida Grove, la.,
the old home for burial. At the serv
ices here Rev. Edwin H. Jcnks will
officiate.
Mr. Macomber is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Fred Stoker, Flat
hush, N. Y.; Mrs. S. W. Robinson,
Essex rcll, N. J., and Mrs. rred A.
Cuscaden, this city. Mrs. Macomber
! died ten years age-. l
James 11. Macomber was born in
Milo, Me., where he was educated in
the common schools and in Fox
Craft academy. He studied law there
and was married to Miss Henrietta
Cheney. In 1876 he and his wife came
to Iowa, settling in Ida Grove, where
they remained until 1890, when they
removd to Omaha.
While in Iowa, Mr. Macomber was
elected judge of the circuit court of
the northwest district of the state,
serving two terms. Las November he
was a candidate for judge of the dis
trict court here, on the nonpartisan
ticket, but failed of election.
POLICE IDENTIFY x
OMAHA DRUGGIST
AS BANK ROBBER
. i '
Louis Assnian, Alleged Head of '
Reputed Auto Stealing Gang,
and Mechanic Declared '
to Be Men.
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LATTER IS
COLCORD i
Authorities Much Surprised to
Find Chemist Prisoner in
v Fremont' Jail.
AftSESTEr MONTHS AflO '
Louis Assman, pseudo respectable
Omaha druggist, who operates a phar- ..
macy at 911 North Sixteenth street.
is one of the two captured bandits,
who held up and robbed the'Winslow '
(Neb.) State bank of $6,540 Friday
afternoon, say the authorities, Omaha
detectives at Fremont Saturday estab- .
lished the identity of the pair of cap'
tured, criminals, who had refused to
reveal their names.
The other man is Thomas Colcord, .
known as an automobile mechanic.
who Jus been in trouble, with police '
before. . v 1
It was a surprise indeed to the Oma
ha police when they found one of .
the men in the Fremont jail to be
Assman. The latter .was arrested
two months ago by Detectives P;p- .
Kin, cnnifman ana Lingers as ai
leged head 'of a band of auto thieves,
and with his wife and ten others, was
held in jail. He was out on bond,
awaiting trial for theft of autos, at
the time of the Winslow bank rob- '
bery. ... . V.
Detective Charles Firkin, then a pa-
trolman, uncovered the clue which in-,
dicated that Assman was the brains .
of the criminal organization, which.
was stealing from one to six car
from Omaha anil vicinity each day. ,
With Brinkman and Unger, he laid
the plans which led to a simultaneous '
raid in Omaha, Sioux City and Minne
apolis. .. v , i :, s
Ten men and several women were"
arrested, and all were bound over to
await district court action. They ob
tained their release on bond, however.
Though all of the prisoners denied
?;uilt at the time, police recovered
nrtv stolen marhini thrniiffh Pin.
kin's clue, within two we As. Later,
twenty more stolen cars we're found.
Assman simulated indignation and
vciiciiicuuy vuwcu uiai wncn nis un-
stitute suit against the. police, for
damage to his reputation. f '
Charles E. Bates -
Dies at His Home '
Out in Fairacres
Charles E. Bates. 72 years of age, .l
and for twenty-nine years a resident
of Omaha, died at 3 o'clock Sunday
morning at his. home in Fairacres
after an illness of several weeks. He :
is survived by his. widow. The funeral
will be at the residence at 2 o clock
this afternoon, with burial in Pros
pect Hill cemetery, Rev. G; A. Hul- '
burt officiating. ' -
Mr. Bates was born in Massachu setts,
where he resided until he moved
to Umaha. Here be was engaged in
the real estate business and for many '
yean was connected with' one of the '
trust companies of the city. He was !
reputed, to have been wealthy.
Get Out Ear Muffs, j
Zero Weather Is on
. The Way to Omaha,
Zero weather is on the way to
Omaha.
"We are g'etting ready for a cold
wave," was what the local weather
man announced yesterday afternoon
at i o'clock. The indications were
that the wave would strike Omaha .
Sunday night, and in all probability
zero temperatures or below would hi
reached beforq the end of the spell;
It was , given Out at theweather of- -fice,
however, that the zero tem
perature need not necessarily be ex- -pected
before Tuesday morning, al-
though the weather would be work
ing toward that point in the mean
time. .'
Deutschland in
Waters of Weser
BerlinDec. 0 (By Wireless to Say
villc). The German commercial sub
marine Deutschland, returning from
the United States, arrived at noon to-
dayoff the mouth of the Weser. -
A consistent increase
is proof of Best Re- f
, suits. . , J
Bee Want Ads are
maintaining a steady
increase of more than ' - -1,000
paid ids each
week. y
Last week 1280 ' f
Total for the year to .
date. ! -
54,633:
More than double the
combined gain of the oth
er two Omaha papers.