The Omaha Daily Bee ; Use the telephone for Bee Want Ad. Tyler 1000 THE WEATHER FAIR; COLD L Ward VOL. XL VI. NO. 167. OMAHA; FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1916 TEN PAGES. tt TrilM. tt HtNIt, SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS, RAIL MAGNATES AND TRAINMEN CANNOT AGREE Representatives 'of Koads and Brotherhoods Fail to Beach Agreement on Adamson Eight-Hour Law. SESSION QUICKLY ENDED Unionists Oppose Plan of Set- tlement Along Lines of " ' Switchmen Award. . MEETING IN NEW YORK CITY New York, Dec. 28. Resumption of conferences here today between representatives of the railroads and the employes brotherhoods was quickly terminated. The conferees had been in session less than two hours when an adjournment was taken and no announcement was made as to whether future 'meetings would be held..' The brotherhood chiefs . were obviously disturbed when the session ' ended. Neither side would be quoted as to what had taken place. It was learned, however, that the roads suggested that the dispute be tween them over the application of the Adamson law, if upheld by the supreme court, be settled on the basis of the switchmen's award which, the railroad managers held, gave the switchmen on the roads involved nine ' hours pay for eight hours of work. Representatives of the brother hoods, it was asserted, declined to ac cept a settlement on such a' basis. They are declared to have pointed in sistently to the Adamson act and to have demanded that an agreement be reached under the act. Such a settle ment they held would grant them ten hours n v for eight hours of work. It was, uV lerstood that during the conference today, the brotherhoods suggested the creation of a federal commission representing both sides, which would consider and settle ar bitrarily all future disputes regardless of whether the Adamson act was de clared constitutional. The proposal was not given consideration, however, it was stated in view of the failure of the conferees to agree on how the act ought to be worked out. The railroad managers will continue their individual conferences here, it was stated. The plans of the brother hoods were not announced. Night Patrolman KiUedbyManH Seeks to Subdue . Rapid City, S. D., Dec. 28. (Spe cial Telegram.) As Night Patrolman Hawks entered a hotel here at an early hour this morning in response to a call for help, Ehsor Spiking shot Him through the heart, killing him in stantly. Spiking had been making disturbance in the hotel, seeking to see a woman with whom he was friendly.' The hotel manager had called the patrolman. Spiking is thought to have been intoxicated. He is a carpenter and has been serving on a jury in court. , The sheriff and deputies were called and found Spiking holding people who had been aroused at the hotel in the dining room. He made a dash through a back door, but was caught. Answer of Carranza is Now in Lane's Hands Washington, Dec. 28. Luis Ca brera, chairman of the Mexican com mission, has arrived, bearing the answer of Carranza to the demand of the American representatives that he ratify or repudiate the protocol signed at Atlantic. City. He has made ar rangements with Secretary Lane to submit the answer today. The character of Carranza's reply has not been reveale,, but it was generally believed it i was another suggestion for modifications and con tained the insistence that the Ameri can troops in Mexico be withdrawn unconditionally.- The Weather For Nebraska Fair, colder. . Temperatures at Omaha YwUrday. Hour. Deg". Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Mean temperature . Precipitation ... . . Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1, compared with the last two years: Normal temperature 22 Deficiency for the day 11 Total excess since March 1 187 Normal precipitation 02 inch Deficiency for the day 02 inch Total rainfall since March f .. .10. 62 Inches. Deficiency since March 1 12. inches Deficiency for cor. period, llfi. 2.14 Inches Deficiency for cor, period, 1114. 1. 20 Inches Benorts From Stations at 7. P. M. Station and State Temp. High of Weather. 7 p.m. ' est, Rain fall. .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 ,00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 Cheyenne, clear 4 Davenport, clear IS Denver, clear 8 Des Moines, pt cloudy 14 Dodge City. pt. cloudy 23 Tender, clear North Plat tec clear,,. $ umaha, clear IS Pueblo, clear 20 Salt Lake City, cloudy . IS Santa Fe, clear 24 Sheridan, part cloudy. 4 Sioux City, clear.,... v&lentlne. clear 4 10 24 IS 24 20 17 32 10 10 18 T" indicates trace or precipitation, Indicates below sera. L. A. WBUJH. Meteorologist a 6 a. m 7 & A 7 a. m 6 jft Vja a A 8a. ra VJy t a. m 2 I 10 a, m 7 fwA. M I 11 m WGjyffiV? JL yrJU w D 1 p. m is 2 p. m... 17 YtrtTSa 5 P- m , iff fiSfUJWtt 6 p. m 15 ' ' 7 p. m it I p. m li CompmratlTe Loral ltecordi. Iffll. 11&, 1914. 1611. .. 17 2 SZ S2 I 22 ' it .. 13 17 27 24 .00 .00 .01 .00 OMAHA TO WELCOME THE SOLDIERS HOME Nebraska Troops Reaching Fort Crook Saturday to Be Greeted by a Band. AUTO PARTIES PLANNED Mayor Dahlman appointed Com missioners Butler, Jardine and Kugel to serve as a committee to make suit able arrangements to receive the re turning Nebraska National Guard sol diers from the Mexican border. It is expected the troops will ar rive at Fort Crook Saturday after noon or evening. The Postoffice band has been offered for the occasion and the Elks will co-operate. The Fourth Nebraska regiment left Llano Grande Tuesday afternoon. The committee expects to meet the boys at Fort Crook and everything will be done to impress the guardsmen with the thought that Omaha ap preciates their services, even if they did not get into actual battles. . Genuine Welcome. "We were not able to give the sol diers the send-off they deserved, -o it is up to us to make their home coming a genuine welcome," said Mayor Dahlman at a meeting of the city council. An automobile party from the city hall to Fort Crook will be a feature of the reception. The guardsmen will be encamped at Fort Crook until mustered out of the federal service. Every Man, Woman And Child Invited To the Reception Salt Lake City1, Utah, Dec. 28. Departing from the time-honor cus tom of inaugural balls, with all their pomp and splendor, Governor-elect and Mrs. Simon Bamberger have an nounced that they will give an inau gural reception in true democratic style at the capitol the night of Janu ary 5. The reception will be held from 8 to 10 o'clock and will be a public af fair. No special invitations will be issued and no tickets will be sold. Every man, woman and child in Utah is invited to come and get acquainted with the chief executive and the first lady of the state, as well as the newly elected officers. It will be a strictly informal fuii tion. The man in overalls and the woman in calico will be just as wel come as the man in evening clothes and the woman in silks. The governor-elect has announced that this is to be his and Mrs. Bamberger's inau gural, reception, strictly non-partisan and non-sectarian and that he will foot all the bills. He lays emphasis on the fact that it is to be a demo cratic affair, tnly democratic with a small "d." Trade Unions and Societies Wishing , Success for Wilson The Hague, Dec. 28. (Via Lon don, Dec. 28. Floods of cablegrams are being sent to President Wilson by trade unions, social welfare societies, religious bodies of all denominations and Other organizations, wishing him success in what they regard as his ef forts I to bring about peace. The Dutch" socialist party sent the follow ing message to the president today: 'The Dutch socialist party supports in the strongest way your initiative in favor of peace and appeals to the belligerent powers to accept your proposal" ' , The newspapers, in voluminous ar ticles, regard the situation rather hopefully, with the exception of the anti-German Telegraf, which favors a war to a finish and sneers at Ger many's answer, using the words "If it can be called an answer." The Telegraaf says the central powers are grateful to President Wilson. New Wealth Acts As Dynamo Within George A, Roberts Because his "war brides" have been so good to him as to have presented him with about a half million dollars is not reason enough for George A. Roberts, Omaha grain v man, to sit back and rest. Instead, he has bought, for more than $100,000, the South Side grain elevator of the Up dike Elevator company. "I am new in the elevator business, but I have faith in Omaha's future," said Mr. Roberts, discussing his new venture. "I believe this city is com ing to the front rapidly and can sup port not only one, but many more elevators." Mr. Roberts will get possession of his new purchase just as soon as the Updike concern can use its new 1,500,000-bushel elevator now being built in Council Bluffs. Cigars from California -Likely to Be Explosive Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 28. Seven teen cigar "bombs" of twenty-five, mailed on a train in California to ad dresses in Iowa, Nebraska and other middle western states and along the Pacific coast, have yet to be accounted for, according to postoffice inspectors today. The "bombs" were mailed Decem ber 22. One of them was received by a man in Brawley, Cal., and in an attempt to smoke the cigar he was severely injured about the face. Seven other of the "bombs" have been traced to their destinations. Post masters in various towns and cities throughout the country have been asked to watch for the cigar packages. NINE MEN GUILTY HORSEfcaiJlCT Jury Finds Against Defendants in Celebrated Federal Court Case After Being Out Six Hours. TWO ARE EXONERATED Trial Is One of Costliest and Longest in History of the Local U. S. Court. HUNDREDS Or WITNESSES "WILD HORSE" VERDICT. Albert A. Hastings, Silver Creek, Neb., guilty. Charles W. West, Lincoln, guilty. , J. E. Shircliff, Sauke Center, Minn, guilty. B. F. Burwinkle, Elston.la.. guilty. John Bolecy, Omaha, guilty; mercy of court recommended. F. Guidinger, Minneapolis,, not guilty. v W. Hinkley, Brayton, S. D., guilty. J. Sidney Smith, Omaha, guilty. A. C. Smith, Omaha, guilty. ..Charles M. Thompson, Omaha, guilty; mercy of court recommended. Joseph C. Wharton, McCracken, Kan, pleaded guilty. A. O. Perry, Omaha, pleaded guilty. L. R. West, Osceola, la., dismissed. - The "wild horse" jury, after being out six hours and twenty minutes, brought in verdicts yesterday after noon branding nine of the eleven de fendants "guilty" on the charge of conspiring to use the mails to defraud in the selling of wild mustangs on the government reserve in Coconino county, Arizona. F. Guidinger of Minneapolis and L. R. West of Osceola, la., were found not guilty and exonerated of all blame in the fraud. Judge Wood rough had instructed the jury that not enough prima facia evidence had been shown by the government to hold the latter in connection with the case and ordered the jurymen not to bring a verdict of guilty against him. Recommends Leniency. As to John Bolecy and Charles M. Thompson, both of this city, the jury recommended that the leniency of the Omaha and Joseph C. Wharton of McCracken, Kan., entered pleas of guilty prior to the beginning of the case. The defendants were allowed to re tain their liberty on their former bonds and were given thirty days be fore -sentence -is- to -Ie- imposedito file motions before the court. Upon hearing the verdict, all of the defendants found guilty said that they would ask for a new trial, and if that was refused, declared they would ap peal the case. ' - One of the dramatic incidents of the case occurred at the reading of the verdicts, when Mrs. A. Hastings, wife of Al Hastings, Silver Creek, Neb., burst into tears upon hearing the conviction of her husband. One of her two small boys cried: "You shan't take my papa; I won't let you." Several other of the defendants' wives burst into tears. Harks Back to 1914. In 1914 the federal grand jury in dicted forty-two persons for having a hand in the selling of phantom and imaginary wild horses which the United States Live Stock company claimed were running the range in Coconino county. Since the first in dictment was returned a number of the defendants have died and others have been released from. the. charge. Several others have been granted separate'trials, and besides the thir teen tried the last three weeks charges still remain against fifteen. The case was one of the costliest and longest ever tried at the federal court here. The government subpoe naed nearly 100 witnesses from all parts of the country, while witnesses for the defense totaled half this num ber. . Fife Threatens to Destroy Brewing Company's Plant Fire starting from either defective wiring or an overturned stove, broke out inthe warehouse and cold stor age plant of the Schlitz Brewing compony at Ninth and Leavenworth streets early last evening and threat ened to destroy the entire group of buildings. The fire department made little headway in extinguishing the blaze, as exploding barrels of beer gave it fresh starts in dozens of places as fast as the flames were conquered in other parts of the plant. There were several hundred barrels of beer stor in the warehouse. Black Hills Forest Roads To Be Officially Logged Deadwood, S. D., Dec. 28. Auto mobile roads within the Black Hills forest will be logged by the forest officers for the benefit of automobile tourists, according to a statement issued by the office of the forest su perintendent. It is planned to have this work completed before the 1917 tourist season opens. The data is to be gathered in such form as to be in convenient shape for use of travelers in the Hills region. Particular ef fort will be given to roads that will be of interest to the tourist who comes from a distance. Routes of travel will be laid out so that tourists may take the most convenient method in traveling through the forest and still see the most important places of interest. These roads logs will cover all in formation as to roads, bridges, hills, stopping places, and other points of convenience, the statement says. Striking a COMMISSION TAKES UP CARSHORTAGE Order Looking to Relieving the Freight Congestion of Roads Ready to Be Issued. RAILROAD MEN AT HEARING Washington, Dec. 28. Representa tives of railroads throughout the country today appeared before the In terstate Commerce commission to show cause why the' . commission should not take into its own hands the car shortage situation heretofore dealt with by the roads themselves and issue drastic ordefs to relieve congestion. f ; i TJie.. rdatw .WhiU-tle-.omm!SSKii apparently is prepared to issue, unless the roads show cause why it should not, would require the roads to re turn to connecting lines all foreign cars on' their tracks after unloading. Heretofore the railroads have en deavored to cope with the situation by requiring roads in the east, where the congestion is greater, to return to connecting lines monthly a larger number of foreign cars than received. Disregard Requirement This requirement is said to have been largely disregarded by certain eastern roads with resultant upset of the relief plans. While congestion of traffic is said to be somewhat less at present than recently, the improvement in condi tions apparently has not been as rapid as the commission expected it would be. One of the phases of today's hear ing was the claim advanced by cer tain railroad interests that the com mission apparently was without authority to issue such an order as cited in today's summons. George Hodges, secretary of the car service committee created by the American Railway association, the first witness, said that it had been agreed that the committee should have all the authority of the railroad ex ecutives over car. distribution. The Grand Trunk, he said, had refused to be bound by the rules, which had im posed an increase in the per diem rate for rental. He said thirty-seven inspectors were out checking up the railroads. Grocers Fear Ink Flavor if Storage Eggs Are Stamped New York, Dec. 28. Danger of an ink flavor in coffee settled by egg shells was advanced as one reason against stamping "cold, storage" on eggs in argument before the supreme court, on application of John J. Dil lon, state commissioner of foods and markets, for an injunction against sellinK eggs not so marked. An other argument was that the individ uality of eggs as to shape made the labeling of each one impracticable. The arguments were presented by grocerymen's counsel. A represen tative of the state attorney general's office argued in support of the appli cation that the failure of some stores to apprise their customers of the sort of eggs they were buying made the stamp order necessary. The court reserved a decision. Bryan the Speaker at the Prohibition Convention Lexington, Ky Dec. 28. The na tional convention of the Intercolle giate Prohibition association, which opened here at 2 o'clock this after noon had William J. Bryan as the chief speaker. He came as' a cham pion of national prohibition. Prior to Mr. Bryan's address Mayor James C. Rogers delivered an address of welcome on behalf of.the city and Colonel George W. Bain, veteran pro hibition orator, welcomed the conven tion on behalf of the temperance or ganizations of Lexington. Dr. D. Leigh Colvin, national president of the Intercollegiate Prohibition asso ciation, presided. i . Balance - Be Honest With Yourself ANOTHER FEDERAL PLDMF0R OMAHA Nebraska Metropolis Selected Headquarters for Fifth Good Roads Division. DEFEATS KANSAS CITY, MO. Omaha has been selected is head quarters for the fifth, federal good roads' division. This means that the federal government work on good roads in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri will be administered from Omaha. , The government will in all prob ability take quarters for this, admin istrative office in-. the Pouglas county court house. A few weeks ago County Commissioner John Lynch notified Congressman Lobeck that the com missioners would be glad to provide quarters in the court house for this office if it were located at Omaha. Kansas City was in the field seeking to be chosen as headquarters for the fifth district. The federal government has ap propriated a good roads fund, of which $8,500,000 is apportioned to the district of Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. The condition is that before the federal money is available for road building in any state, that state must appropriate an amount of money for roads, equal to the amount of federal money it seeks to use. Thus if Nebraska hopes to get $1,500, 000 of the federal money for road building in the state, the-legislature this winter must appropriate that amount for roads. The work of con structing the roads is to be super vised and managed by the govern ment office in Omaha. 1 Dakota Legislature Asked to Take Part In Prohibition War Pierre, S. D., 28. One of the most vital issues to come before the law makers of South Dakota is a pro posed law which will put into force the prohibition amendment to the state constitution, adopted by the voters in the November election. It is necessary that the legislature pass an act placing a penalty upon the vio lation of the prohibition measure be fore the law becomes operative. Re ports indicate a general demand throughout the state that the law be made as stringent as possible and that heavy penalties be placed upon the violation of the prohibition pro vision. Some of the most ardent prohibition supporters are pressing for a clause which will prohibit the importation of liquor into the state for home consumption. Another important measure, which probably will be considered, is legisla tion which would curb the activities of the. so-called I. W. W. bands that have caused riots throughout the state, virtually seizing trains and menacing towns in the agricultural districts in the harvest season. Suffrage will come up for consid eration, it is believed. The women of the state undaunted by their de feat in the former elections, will ask for a re-submission of the suffrage amendment to the voters in the next general election to be held in 1918. At a recent meeting of the South Da kota Universal Suffrage league the women passed a resolution calling for a new vote and an active cam paign is being waged throughout the state for its consideration. Steamer Supposed to Have Been Lost Reaches Port Block Island, R. I., Dec. 28. The Clyde line steame Ozama, for which four coast guard cutters had been searching along the New England coast, anchored inside the break water here today. - The Ozama left Portland, Me., De cember 21 for New York, and had not been heard from until it appeared here. It is believed ft was blown to sea in the storms uf the last week. GIVES OP SEARCH ' FORTHEMARYLAND Hope of Finding Steamer that Sent Distress Calls Christ mas Day is Abandoned. SEARCHERS BACK IN PORT Nantucket, Mass., Dec. 28. The steamship Maryland is regarded as probably lost. Search for the vessel and crew by the coast guard cutters Acushnet and Gresham, begun after the Maryland's wireless calls of dis tress were suddenly silenced Christ mas night, was abandoned without having developed any trace of the steamship by either. Flotsam found by the cutters could not be identi fied as being' from the 'Maryland Hope for the safety of the steamer's thirty odd men lies in the possibility that they were picked, up from the ship's boats by a passing steamer. The cutter had circled for more than thirty hours in the vicinity of the position given by the Maryland's wireless operator. When they turned back today from their search they took tip the hunt for another missing vessel, the steamer Ozama of the Clyde line, bound from Portland, Mel, for New York, without cargo. Since leaving Portland, December 1, the steamer had not been reported and Clyde line officials sought the assis tance of the coast guard service in searching for their craft. Germany Asserts Delto Was Chartered To the Belligerents Berlin, Dec. 28. (Via London, Dec. 28.) The reply of the German gov ernment to another of the American inquiries in regard to steamships sunk by submarines, in this instance relat ing to the destruction of the Nor wegian steamship Delto with Amer icans in the crew, asserts that the steamship was chartered for trans port purposes to a belligerent gov ernment and hence its destruction was legitimate. This reply which has been delivered to the American embassy says that so far as was possible the safety of the crew was provided for. The men were given half an hour in which to enter the boats. The weather was clear and the distance to the shore was not excessive. The settlement of the Marina case, which hinges on the question whether the steamship was a govern ment transport, is being delayed pend ing receipt of further advices from Washington. The American govern ment has transmitted for information two statements from the British gov ernment claiming that the vessel was engaged in carrying horses as part of its cargo on east-bound voyages, but was under no engagement for west bound trips and therefore could not be regarded as a transport. Germany is waiting to learn what interpretation the American government gives these statements. There has been no fur ther developments in the case of the Arabia. Cold Weather Causes Much Suffering in Arjzona Towns Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 28. Aroused by suffering among the poor and sick because of the lack of coal, the Asso ciated Charities of Tucson, the mayor and wealthy people of the city are co-operating todav in the purchase and distribution of wood. The rail roads today ordered that coal ship ments be given the right of way to Arizona towns. Since Christmas abnormal cold has prevailed and the adobe houses of the poor were not equipped for lbs emer gency. Bread and Flour Tickets Are to Be Issued in Sweden Copenhagen (Via London), Dec. 28. A Stockholm dispatch to the Kkstrabladet says that bread and flour tickets will be issued in Sweden after January 15. -J , WILSON GETS THE FOIL TEXT OF THE KAISEfS OFFER Terms Are Substantially Same as Contained in Message Sent from Berlin by Wire Last Tuesday. T ACCEPTS FRIENDLY SPIRIT Prevention of Future Wars to Be Taken Up After End of the Present Conflict. ,: FOR EXCHANGE OF VIEWS Washington, Dec. 28. The offi cial text of Germany's reply to Presi dent Wilson's peace note was re ceived here early today. , So far as was known It was unaccompanied by any other communication and was said to be substantially the same as the unofficial text received Tuesday from Berlin. . - The official text, which differs some in phraseology from the unofficial, follows: "The imperial government has ac cepted and considered in the friendly spirit, which is apparent in the com munication of the president, the noble initiative of the president looking to , the creation of bases for the founda tion of a lasting peace. "Th president discloses the aim which lies next to his heart and leaves the choicest way open. "A direct exchange of views ap- . pears to the imperial government as the most suitable way of arriving, at . the desired result. The impeifial government I has the honor, there- , fore, in the atnse of its declaration of ; December 12, which offered the hand for peace negotiations to propose , speedy assembly on neutral ground of delegates of the warring states. , "It is also the view of the imperial , government that the great work for the prevention of future wars can first be taken up only after the end ing of the present conflict of exhaus-" tion. The imperial government is, ready when this point has been reached to co-operate with the United States in this sublime task." Germany Will Not Block Way. ; Germany, it was made known, wilt not permit the road to peace nego tiations to be blocked by a refusal of the entente belligerents to enter a, conference without prior knowledge of its terms. It has been forecasted: that the entente powers would base a refusal on such a condition. . , The central powers are represented t as willing to permit a confidential exchange-of -broad tentative terms ... through President Wilson, should it become necessary to do so to bridge the gap which threatens to prevent a gathering of peace delegates. -There : were ' broad intimations today that- (Continue rf T . CM OM.) Avalanche in Alps .V Threatens to Wipe Out Entire Village Berne' (Via x'aris), Dec 28.-The destruction of the village of Cham poy, a tourist resort in the canton of Valais, is threatened by the sudden onset of a number of avalanches in the Alps, coupled with- a land slide. I Several houses have been erushed and the whole population has evacu ated the village. Swiss troops and 200 interned French prisoners of war are working day and night to pre serve the rest of the village. ,! i ' . j ' An enormous avalanche has swept away many Alpine huts near bun plon pass, killing two men and many cattle. Thirty Thousand-Dollar Loss by Fire at Denver Denver, Colo., Dec. 28. Damage n( Ctflrifin was r-aufleil tiV a fire in the building of the Proudftt-Ormsby Cpm- - .L 1- i i .1.. mission company, in inc ncan ui wis wholesale district, early today. . Frozen water mains were interfering with the, work of the fire department. One fireman was slightly Injured. Cause of the fire is unknown. I Fifth Raise in Oil Prices In the Last Thirty Days Independence, Kan, Dec. 28. The fifth increase within thirty days of 10 cents a barrel for crude oil was posted here today by the Prairie Oil and Ga company. The new price is $1.40. i Over Hundred Thousand For Electric Street Lights City Electrician Curran advised the city council that $117,500 will be " available during 1917 for maintenance of electric street lights. No Bee Issue ' New Year's Day ' The Bee will observe the New Year's day holiday, along with the other Oma ha dailies, by omitting publication for that day. pur usual exhaustive sta tistical review of Omaha's i dust rial progress and other activities will be printed in our Sunday is sue. As the edition will be strictly limited because of the white paper shortage, you will please order in ad vance all extra copies which you may want to send out-of-town friends. Annual Review Sunday Get Your Ads in Early . X