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INQUIRY INTO THE SPEECHOF GERARD State Department, Wants to Know ' What Ambassador Said at German Welcome. REPLY. WILL BE GIVEN OUT Washington, D. C, Jan. 8 The re port by the Overseas News agency that Ambassador' Gerard at a public welcome in Germany had said that "never mice the beginning of the war have the relations between the t'nited j States and Germany been so cordial ! as now" were Officially inquired into ! by the State department today ! through a cable to the ambassador personally. It was indicated the report as quot ed did not convey a true view of German-American relations, which have commonly been described as strained through, the Tecent submarine activi ties. Officials, in making the announce ment of the inquiry, refused to add any further comment, except that they wished to know exactly what he had said. ... "The "lotion of the department was interpreted as evidence of the impor tance attached to the possible effects of such, an utterance, especially upon public, opinion in the allied countries, where-published reports have shown an impression that the president's note was in some way connected with the central powers' peace proposal. Ev ery effort has been made to dispel that belief,r "It is felt that if the Overseas News report was allowed to go un challenged that feeling would be very much increased. As i result the at partment was prompt in making pub lic its inquiry to the ambassador and probably will give out his reply when Red Oak Meeting Gives Money To. Keep Up Murder Probe Red Oak, la., Jan. 8. (Special Tele grim.) A mass meeting was called here this afternoon by Detective J. N. Wilkerson of Kansas City at the Beardsley theater and was crowded to the doors with the audience which came to hear what the detective had to say of the latest developments in the investigations of the Villisca axe murder of 1912. Wilkerson reviewed the history of the crime and the recent trial in which he was sued for $60,000 by Senator F. F. Jones of Villisca for accusing Jones of furnishing the money for the murder, and which suit waa won by Detective Wilkerson. He said he held no malice toward any man in his investigation, but was conscientiously working to find the murderer. . , A vote waa taken and the audience voted unanimously to continue the in vestigation. Ed Peterson, a prominent farmer here, arose in the audience and said he would be one of twenty of the larg est taxpayers of the county to guar antee the payment of $1,800 now due the detective agency for work done on the ease Itnd without the! Immedi ate payment (. which, Wllkerapn said he will not be allowed by his agency to continue his investigation. Twenty-one other'i men quickly volunteered to guarantee hte amount and the investigation will be con tinued. Motorcycle Skids On Ice And Rider Goes to Hospital H. W. Gillan, an employe of the Omaha Gaa company, Monday morn ing suffered injuries which necessi tated hi removal to St. Joseph's hos pital, 'when he was thrown from a motorcycle on which he was riding at Twenty-ninth and Leavenworth streets. Police reports of the accident say Gillan's machine skidded on the ice and that he was thrown against the curb. He waa attended by Dr. Folti, ;: . -' ; Progressives to Form ' National Organization New York, Jan. 8. Mathew Hale, acting chairman of the national pro gressive party, announced tonight that permanent national headquarters had been opened in this city and that a committee for the northeastern de partment had been appointed to aid in planning the conference of pro gressives to be held in St. Louis on ! or about Washington's birthdav. Mr. j Hale asserted that committees soon I would be named for the southeastern, south' central, east central, west cen j tral and western department. Dr. Aked Turns Down ' Offer of Chicago Pulpit Chicago, Jan.? 8. Announcement waa "made here today that Rev. Charles F. Aked, former pastor of the First Congregational church of San Francisco and of the Fifth Av enue Baptist church of New York, has declined the pastorate of the New First Congregational church of Chi cago. ' Dr. Aked explained that the work of the local church did not of fer the field he wants, it was an nounced. - - Four Wives and One Hubby1 Ask Court for Liberty Activities in the opening round of Douglas county divorce court were light for a Monday, only five peti tions being filed. Actions were brought by the fol lowing: Martart C Judssn trains! Harry C. .ludsoo. cruelty alleged. Kb asserts that he ha. failed to five her the attention due a wira from a husband. Retta Croaa agutnet Charles Cross, (teser. lion altered. I.rdla V. Chancellor against James Than t-ellor. noneuDDort aliased. Vos-al Snyder esalnet Hose Snyder, cruelty alh-ied. ' Opal Allison atatost Adolph Allison, ntrn eupiwri alleged. Th -National Capital Mt 'l noon. 8 'ait tor fiaurotJi apolt pa- ftU bill for ii ulncle prMsdnnuai Itrtn, lourttute eommerc commHtM continued .ivartMpi on rllrod tegtsisuion. HMMa ' . . Ift t noon. Continnd dbaio on asiiuultural appro inflation bill, tfenrettrY Inarming, Secretary Tumulty nd Thorn W. Lawson teatlfled at th ruti ammitte leak inquiry. To Prerenl Crip. i 'old rfcuse jrrlp- Ltvxnilv Bromo Quin tan remove- cautv. Tber ti only ont 'BftOMO'QtnNINB.1 K. W. Grove'. I (na ture tm box. He.- Ad vert Laewen t. Railroads May Be Used to Bring ! Pershing's Men Out of Mexico, Possibility Being Discussed, Bnt Likelihood Thought Small. I QUARTERS ARE ALL READY Columbus. N. M Jan. 8 Artillery infantry and quartermaster commands in General Pershing's punitive expedi tion may be brought to the border over the Mexico-Northwestern rail road instead of overland from Colonia Duhlan, Mexico, to Columbus. The transportation of the less mo bile forces over the Mexican railroad are being discussed here as a posibil ity by army officers. The officers here differ, however, as to the expediency of the arrangement at this time, and some of the officers at the field base believe that General Pershing will make the march from Colonia Duhlan to the border as he did going into -Mexico. Should arrangements be made for bringing the artillery, in fantry and quartermaster commands to the border by train, only the cav alry and motor truck companies would come overland to the border. Kvcrything here is in readiness to BANDITS MAKE HAUL IN LIQUOR STORE Force Bartender and Propria' tor to Give Up Money at the Point of Guns. THEY ASK FOR CHANGE Two nervy bandits at 7 o'clock this morning entered the Globe liquor store, 424 North .Sixteenth street, compelled Barney Feinstein, a bartender, to elevate his hands and forced Sam Frohm, one of the pro prietors, to hand over a sack which contained $540. Police have good descriptions of the bandits and are at work on the case. Frohm and Feinstein had just opened the store for business, when two men entered. One of them asked Frohm for change of a twenty-dollar bill and when he turned to the safe and took out a money sack both ban dits whipped out revolvers and cov ered the two men, the only occu pants of the place. rronm was asked to hand over the sack and the two men backed to the door. When they reached the en trance they broke and ran. Frohm and Feinstein hurried to the door, but the men had disappeared. Two-Dollar Wheat Appears On the Market in Chicago Chicago. Jan. 8. For the first time war prices on wheat here touched today a, long predicted goal of $2 a bushel. No, 2 red winter wheat for immediate delivery was sold at that price, an advance of shout 5 :etau since Saturday. Pressing demand for shipment to Europe and for do mestic milling needs were generally accepted reasons for the rise. Simultaneous with the ascent of wheat, other grains went aoaring. The corn market jumped to above $1 a bushel and barley touched $1. Mrs. Duncan Denies that She Wrote Letter to Bee From Red Oak. la., cornea a letter from Mrs. M. E. Duncan, who lives at 405 West Washington avenue, re pudiating a letter written to The Bee last week by some person who was afraid to sign his name, but who used the address given above, claiming that lie wanted to find a Helpmate. "I most certainly did not send that letter," aays Mrs. Duncan, It is very evident that she did not, for her letter is beautifully written, with every word spelled correctly, while the other let ter was obviously the work of an ig norant person, having many mis spelled words and very poor writing. Congressman Lobeck's Condition Is Improved Washington, Jan. 8. (Special Tel egram.) General improvement was the report today from the Homeo pathic hosiptal with reference to Con gressman Lobeck's condition. It is ex pected he will be able to appear on the floor in about ten days. DESKS CHAIRS and ft complete lin of Off. co Equip moot . Globe-Wernicke Co. Steol and Wood Flkoo. Sanitary Offico Doak, Solid Oak, m low at $25.00. We invite you to too our line Orchard & Wilhelm Co. 414-416-418 Soatb 16th St. kt.ii:li'Jitlliitlllti1l4ltllttlMfntlIi:t .iil'l'J'ii' ! ! TYPEWRITERS j FOR RENT I Evory Kind Pries Vory Low ft j 4 Over five hundred machines to i j select from. Rent applied on ' purchase, i : I Central Typewriter l i Exchange, Inc. : 190S Farnara St. I Phon. Doufla. 4121 - illiSuliUjMliiliiliiliiliiliiliiliifiili.liifiilnliilHl,.!..! j receive the troops. Corrals have been provided for the cavalry and pack ani mals, quartermaster store houses erected and mudi other preparatory work done several weeks ago in an ticipation of the order from the War department for the removal of the troops. Orders are expected from Washington soon to complete these preliminary steps. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 7 There would be no objection on the part of the Carranza government to permitting the United States army to use the Mexico-Northwestern railroad be tween Casas Grandes and the border for the withdrawal of the punitive ex pedition, it was said tonight by a high official of the Carrama govern ment. United States at my officers here doubt the advisability of bringing any American troops to the border by rail. They declared tonight that the de facto forces now garrisoning the northern part of Chihuahua are from the south of Mexico and the appear ance of an American force in western Chihuahua might result in a clash between the Mexican and American troops through misunderstanding of the purpose of the movement. Broker Denies That Took Advantage of What He Overheard New York, Jan. 8 Alfred H. Cur tis, who is secretary to J. K. Lamar, prominent in the development of min ing properties, with offices at A3 Ex change Place, this city, denied today that he was author of the "A. Cutris" letter or had any knowledge of the matter. Dr. Albert A. Snowden of this city, who says he is the man referred to by Secretary Lansing as the "A. K. Snowden" who was present at the conference with newspaper men in respect to President Wilson's note, denied here today that he had taken any advantaRC of the information he overheard, although he was fully aware of the use that could be made of it. He said he was formerly con nected with the National Association of Manufacturers and is at present an international broker, his business dealings, he explained, having to do only with neutral countries. Funds to Prosecute Campaign For Lower Rates Is Urged Denver, Jan. 8. George A. Carlson, retiring governor of Colorado, in his final message to the legislature today, urged the appropriation of state funds to prosecute a campaign for lower freight rates before the Interstate Commerce commission. More stringent enforcement of anti- liquor laws and the expenditure of the $400,000 surplus in the state treasury for improvement of state institutions was recommended. - .' Aged Man Killed. , Yankton, S. D., Jan. 8. (Special Telegram.) Nels Brudtig, aged 74 year, pioneer farmer, was, instantly killed today in a runaway. IF YOU LIVED as THE GAVE lived the active open-air life of the lavage, and ate the ravage's . food, you would have the savage's freedom from health worries. Civilization, particularly for city people, means office. work, not enoughexercise, too concentrated food and consequently more or less frequent trouble with consti pation. Nutol relieves constipation effect ively and without disturbing the intestinal nerve centers. Laxative and aperient remedies tend to THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1917. CREEKS ARE READY fO ATTACK ALLIES Former Minister of Finance Says Government Hostile Always. MUNITIONS WERE HIDDEN Paris, Jan. 8 "The Greek royal army is only awaiting orders from Germany to attack the allies," said M. Diomedr, former Greek minister of finance, to the Temps today. M. Diomedt now is in Paris on a spe cial mission tor Eliptherios Venizelos, the ex-premier and head of the provi sional Greek government. "The Greek general staff," added M Diomede, "was from the outset of the war constantly directed by Major von Falkenhauscn. military attache of the German legation, and it is his or ders the royal army has been carry. mg out since he himself was ex pelled from the country, it was lie who established the plan for the dis tribution of artillery munitions, so as to conceal them more easily from the allies. "It was he who assured communt i cations between Athens and Berlin and furnished the German general staff with information concerning the movements of General Sarrail's army supplied to him by the Greek staff. It was he who organized the tele phone line between Athens and Herat by which the king is still in daily communication with the German government. It was he who organ ized the plan for the mobilization of the reservists. "No more than 4,000 troops thus far have been sent to Peloponnesus, while the king now has in hand 45,000 men. With the reservists, as organized by M. Falkenhausen, he can raise an army of 75,000." Sloan Defends Dairies Of the United States (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. (Spe cial Telegram.) Represenative Sloan in the course of the discussion of the agricultural appropriation bill today took occasion to put a solid shot or two into the Linthicum resolution, which is a resolution of inquiry di rected against the dairies and cream eries of the country as to sanitation. Mr. Sloan said that the "black washing" of the dairies under the Linthicum resolution was wholly un warranted and decidely unfair. He gave statistics showing that 50 per cent of the dairy output was pasteur ized and that the butter product of the United States was more whole some than in any country in the world. He said that the dairies and creameries of the United States ex celled in sanitation and cleanliness those of any other nation and he had about grown tired of hearing them attacked if not openly, by in nuendo. Dow to Winter In Washington. Washington, Jan. 8. (Special Telegram.) Kdward Dow of Omaha, United Slates consul at St. Stephen, Canada, will spend the winter In Washington In connection with work in the Stats department. pinuts Gotttr to Murdsr. J 1 Parnam rtinrokm. la. Jan. . James Elmoro, 1 1 U fJ tl llulll eharaiMl with the murder of Joseph Prultt. s pleaded guilty to murder la the second n ,mm ft sswi-lfl sssws psl n i,T "I denroe In the district court tods lVlr -- ls" ls" -- destroy the delicate nerve-muscle co-ordination of the lower bowel hence are dangerously habit forming. Nujol is not a laxative. It acts in effect as an internal lubricant, preventing the contents of the intestines from becoming hard and in this way encouraging and facilitating normal movements. "Nujol Is bottled at the rsfinsry and ts sold only In ptait bottlsa bearing the nams Nujol and the imprint of ths Stsndsrd Oil Com- Cany (New Jersey). Rsfuse substitutes e sure you set th. genuine. Write today lor booklet, Tbo Rational Treatment (or Constitution." STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Nsm Jtrwr') Beyonai New Jeriey Doctors Work With Collection Men To Wring Money from Poor People With the Connivance of Sab-. Bosses Physicians Prey Upon the Working Folks. 1 CASES ARE NOT FEW Doctors who run big bills on poor families and then persecute them through the court? for their fees are to receive a jolt, now that the' munici pal courts have gone into operation and the "justice shops" have stepped out of business in Greater Omaha. At least that is the opinion of T. J. McGuire, head of the city legal aid bureau. t "There are certain disreputable doc tors in Omaha who are hounding poor people to death for payment of bills," said Mr. McGuire. "The better ele ment of doctors here don't do it, of course not, but there are those who do, and this class is not s small. They make calls and when the family points out that it will be hard for them to meet the bills these doctors say, 'Oh, it's all right; it's all right.' But as soon as they get away they put the bill into tht hands of one of the numerous collection agencies and the hounding begins. Into jus tice courts they are dragged; garnish ment follows, and then they begin the process of getting a man's job. They simply call up his employ day after day and demand the money until the employer tires of the situation and discharges his man. "At the same time they seem to have an arrangement with the sub bosses of some of the big corpora tions, like the street car company and some of the railroad companies whereby the sub-boss sees to it that the man's wages are turned into the proper channels to meet these bills. The worst thing about it is that they run the bill up high by making as many calls as possible in any one case, all the while they are saying, 'It's all right, it's all right; no need to worry about paying.' "Do I think things will be better under the municipal court system? I know they will. There is no doubt that some of these fellows and some of the collection agencies know very well which justice court to go to to MAN LIVED i Sharp Reductions i I Id Popular Pried 1 I Travel Bags 5 i Cowhide, Mountain Goat 2 and Walrus Leather. 16 and I I 18-inch sizes. Sound, with V I sewed frames, sewed cor- 5 t ners and I V All Leather Lined f J Sal. Price. Reduced to ? I $5-$5.50-$6-$7.50 I T ALL BIG VALUES I I OMAHA'S BEST tj 1 BAGGAGE BUILDERS f T Freling & Steinle l get the kind oi j wanted. This wilt all come to an end now. "Some of the so-called doctors who have been involved in these cases arc a disgrace to the profession. If you get one look at them you are sure you wouldn't want them for yard boys or Hunkies, and yet they go out and practice medicine and charge fees for it. THOMPSON, BELDEN COMPANY Buy Your Linens Now Qualities are better and prices lower than present scarcity and high prices warrant. Be cause we bought early we are able to offer these bargains now. Fine Huck Towels) $1.00 quality, now 75c $1.25 quality, now 85c $1.50 quality, now $1.25 $1.75 quality, now $1.50 Turkish Towels, Very Good Values 25c ribbed, for 19c 45c heavy bleached, 25c 85c heavy bleached, 65c All Children's Coats Go in a Sale Tuesday One lot of fashionable Coats, in new winter materials, at One-Half Regular Price. $5.50, $6, $8.25, $9.50, $10.50 and $12.50 Coat, at ONE-HALF PRICE One White Fur Coat, 3-year size, $25.00 quality, Tuesday, at $12.50. Children's Weai or t sr o Leadtno Knntp. to California an Beyond is the route that has enjoyed this dis tinction for nearly fifty years first through necessity, now by quicker, saves travel a pleasure. It is less than three days from Omaha to San Francisco, thence to Hawaii uix days addi tional, an ocean voyage of unequaled interest. Cruising the South Seas in a tropical climate 4s a sure preventative of winter ills. Decide now to visit California this winter and be sure to select the route of most pleasant travel Union Pacific System Fhrdmity Cmhfotru train I ring at oon resiienr hours. It will be a pleasure for us to famish you de tailed information and descriptive literature on California winter travel, even to planning your complete itinerary Irarhirlrng Hawaii and the far cast. l. beindorft, cm pass. 1334 Farnam 8t Omaha. Phonb Douglas 400S 9 V. Mother Lost While Trying To Pull Son to Safety Seguin, Tex., Jan. 8. Mrs. Dolores Serabia had almost pulled to safety her husband and son, overcome today by damp gas in a well, when the son (ell back, pullinfi his mother with him. Both were killed. The older man is in a precarious condition. Teuton Kulr Ttktt Pnw. Amflftrdam, Jan . According l ir man ni'wspBp received hr Count Oicrnin vrm Chudwnlt. tho Austro-Hunsrarlan for elrn minlaler. had a prolonired audience with Kmperor William at hadquartnr t-ri-day, at which tho Herman foreicn mlntntT. Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, alao waa tirrsem. Peace waa one of the matters discusned. Bleached Table Cloths $ 3.75 Cloths for $2.89 $ 5.00 Cloths for $4.00 $ 8.75 Cloths for $6.38 $12.00 Cloths for $8.89 Bleached Napkins $ 6 quality, $ 4.89 doz. $10 quality, $ 6.89 doz. $15 quality, $11.89 doz. $20 quality, $15.00 doz. Gray Chinchilla, Zibeline and Fancy Mixtures; sizes 2 to 14 years; priced as follows $ 6.50 Coat., at $4.50 $ 7.00 Coats, at $4.98 $ 8.95 Coat., at $6.25 $ 9.75 Coat., at $5.98 $11.00 Coat., at $7.49 $12.75 Coat., at $8.89 Children's Winter Hats and Bonnets, specially priced; only a few sizes left Third Floor. ine r choice because shorter, time and makes traveling mm l FTP aokict Nbs. B'TEEtr 41-'