The Omaha Sunday Bee
NEWS SECTION
PART ONE
Pages 1 to 10
THE WEATHER
UNSETTLED
VOL. XLVI NO. 36.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1917 FOUR SECTIONS THIRTY-TWO PAGES.'
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
ONLY ONE TRAIN
MOVING THROUGH
BLOCKADE ZONE
Nothing Else Operating Over
Stretch of Wyoming Drifts
Prom Wilcox to Medi
cine Bow.
THOUSAND MEN NOT USED
Coal Miners Can't Be Em
ployed Because Road Has No
Facilities to House Them.
OUTLOOK MOKE PROMISING
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 27. Moder
ating winds, clearer weather and the
fact that one train was proceeding
slowly westward behind a rotary
snowplow at 5 o'clock today were
cited by Union Pacific railroad offi
cials as basis for hope that they might
succeed in terminating the intermit
cnt snow blockade which lias ham
pered operatio of trains on the road
for a week and has been complete for
the last twenty-four hours.
"However." o'ne official said, the
wind may blow again tonight, as it
did last mglit ana diock me roau
again. . . ,
"Give us twenty-four hours of calm
weather ami we'll break the blockade
for good."
Hardly Wheel Stirring.
Except for the one train which left
Denver two days ago, that is crawl
ing westward, not a wheel is stirring
on the stretch from Wilcox to Medi
cine Bow, unless it be under a snow
plow or work train. In this stretch
tour rotary snowplows., one "flanger"
plow and one wrecker plow arc at
work, beside all the men the com
pany can house between working
periods. The thousand coal miners
called from the Union Pacific Coal
company mines at Haiina today could
not be used on accoun of lack of
facilities for caring for them, railroad
officials said. Before they were called
out the road was hiring every avail
able man, they asserted, and now
has all the labor it can use.
Eight More Waiting.
Westbound trains, which were
pushed west of Laramie today, in the
hope the line would be cleared when j
the.y arrived at the blocked section,
were, recalled today and are to be con
solidated in- the Larajnie yards and
sent on westward "as Op'portnrfffV of
fers. Ther e are sixteen of' Jhese,
while eight more trains are waiting
at Medicine Bow for a chance to go
ea,t- A' V
Passengersiave , experienced no
hardships, railroad officers said,
though one of them admitted "thev
were not getting meals like you'd sit
down to at a hotel."
All but one of the halted trains
carried a dining car, well stocked, the
officials said. Six private cars of of
ficials also were converted into "din
ing rooms."
Snow Keeps Piling Up.
Reports to Union Pacific headquar
ters here are to the effect that ecross
all that portion of Wyoming from
fifty or so miles west of Cheyenne,
through almost to Green River, since
about the middle of the month there
has been a fall of a foot to eighteen
inches of snow. The weather has
been cold and this snow has not
melted. With the high winds that
have prevailed it has been blown into
the cuts upon numerous occasions.
Then, when the snow plows have
lifted the snow out onto- the embank
ments, It has raised their sides un
til some of them that previously were
but a few inches are now six to fif
teen feet deep. Each storm that
conies fills them to the level and
when the snow is again plowed out
the sides are still higher. m
In many of the cuts the snow has
packed in so hard that it cannot be
moved by the rotary plows and men
with picks and shovels are employed
to dig it out.
So severe and so tight has the
blockade become that no effort is be
ing made to run freight trains through
the snow-bound district, nor will an
attempt be made until the' track is en
tirely cleared and the passenger
trains gotten back onto their sched
ules. 1
Campbell Is Declared .
Governor of Arizona
Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 27. The Ari
zona supreme court late today re
turned a decision holding that Thomas
E. Campbell is the de facto governor
of Arizona.
The Weather
For Nebraska Unsettled and probably
snow, much colder In afternoon or night.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
n Hour. ix? r.
ffTii, ii m v i
5 0 i. m. .......... . 20
7 a. m 21
E I a. m 2
m a. m ;o
I 10 a. m 20
YT 11 21
L l p. m 31
J I P. m 3d
" p. m 1
6 p. m 31
p. m U
7 p. m 37
jM
CompantiTe Local Bceord.
1117. 1I1S. 1915. 1914.
Highest yesterday... 39 4 & 4K
lowest yesterday.... 17 6 10 35
Moan temperature... 2a 1 2 42
Precipitation T .15 .11 ,00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature 21
Kxresta for the ilay 7
Total excess since March 1 tl&
Normal precipitation 02 Inch '
Deficiency for the day. 02 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1.17 28 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 12.64 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 191 fi... 98 inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1914.. 2.69 Inches
"T" indicates trace of precipitation.
indicates below zero.
L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist.
CONFLAGRATION AT
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Large Department Store, Opera
House, Clothing Store and
Other Buildings Burn.
LOSS IS ABOUT $2,500,000
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 27. Fire
which swept through a section of the
retail district here today destroyed
the Frank & Seder (department store,
the Grand Opera house, the Hilton
Clothing company and a dozen
more smaller buildings, with a,
estimated at $2,500,000. tomf"
were seriously hurt a' - .oV
more so badly inj
ijuredV," i-fAj"'
pitals.
ir a time as thouf
rpmnvpH In hncnit;
It appeared for a time as though
the fire would sweep the entire
square, but heavy fire walls finally
K7 - '
.hid,0 a .Kgh the' hiZlreds ' of j of the American troops from Mexico
tons of merchandise piled in .the j has been ordered by the War depart
stricken buildings. j mcnt and officials here expect that bv
Firemen v, ere seriously handicapped Monday morning the entire column
by the intense cold, it having been i ... . . i,
necessary !o carry hot watc? from W,M be movl"6 nor.th' . , ,
neighboring restaurants to thaw! The exact time ot the withdrawal is
street hydrants before streams were left by the department's orders to the
available.
Guests Driven From Hotel.
The fire ate its wav down Fifth
avenue from Smithfield street toward
Wood street and, breaking windows
in buildings across Fifth avenue, drove
scores of guests from their rooms
i in the Newell hotel. The Park build-
ing, the oldest skyscraper in the city,
also was threatened, as were a num-
hpr of mew'vna nirturr thpatrrs.
At one tunc the names leaped i
across Diamond street and damaged j
the Solomon department store audi
the Harris theater, but were soon !
extinguished. It then became evident j
that if the fire wall which formed j
the west and south sides of the Grand
Opera house would hold the fire could ,
be confined within bounds that would i
permit the saving of no less than half I
the square.
Buildings Were Old. j
Th. h;iH; u,m amnllir th, r.lrl-
est in the business section, with the
exception of the Grand opera house,
which was modern in every way. The
.::.i I.... : .,;j ...;it f,n I
on the Frank & Seder company, the ,
tin.... a .i.. r...:j i.,.- !
nrisp whirl, owned and onerated the
!,..- . !
After several outbreaks during the;
forenoon, which threatened a further
nrra,l nf the firr. the fire chief de-
clared shortly after 1 o'clock that the
walls were holding and the fire was
m)(ler compictc control. Revised esti
mates of the losses placed the total
amount at about $2,500,000. four
from every station m tlie"'city were
on guard in the burned district.
Woman On Hunger
Strike Collapses and
Is Fed Through Tube
New York, Jan. 27. 1 he prison
authorities resorted to forcible feed
ing jn the case of Mrs. Ethel Byrne
after the birth control propagandist
collapsed today while maintaining her
"hunger strike" in her cell on Black
well's Island, where she is serving a
thirty-day term.
The woman did not resist. Accord
ing to physicians, she was too weak
to do so. A tube was inserted in
her mouth and nourishing liquid food
was administered. The patient was
then put to bed. It was announced
that the involutary method would be
continued unless she consented to
abandon her intention to starve her
self as a "martyr" to her cause of pub
licity circulating birth control ideas
with the support of her sister, Mrs.
Margaret Sanger, who is facing trial.
The decision to feed Mrs. Byrne
was announced after the prison physi
cians came to regard her condition as
dangerous. Eggs and milk consti
tuted her first diet since KJonday
night. ,
Exiled From Hoome, Police
Sergeant Now Returns
After four weeks' exile as the result
of an epidemic of scarlet fever at his
home, Police Sergeant Russell, 2552
Fowler avenue, yesterday was permit
ted to return and, as he put it, "get
acquainted wit'.- his family."
Mariel Clyde Russell, the sergeant's
4-year-old daughter, was the first
taken ill with the fever and later his
IS
nephew, Ralph Hughes, became, sick.
Mrs. Hughes, then a .bride of less
than two weeks, was the last to bt
stricken.
Mrs. Russell remained at home and
acted as nurse. She alone escaped.
Sergeant Russell lived downtown dur
ing the epidemic.
McNamara Agrees to Work
After 24 Days in Dungeon
San Quentin, Cal., Jan. 27. After
spending twenty-four days in the
dungeon of the state prison here, J.
B. McNamara agreed to obey orders
and today began work ill the jute
mill. McNamara, who is serving a
life sentence for his confessed part in
the dynamiting of the Los Angeles
Times building in 1910, had been
working in the prison laundry, but his
work was found unsatisfactory and
he was ordered to the jute mills. On
his refusal he was placed in the dun
geon. Every day he was taken out
and asked if he was ready to obey
orders, and until yesterday he regu
larly refused.
Richardson Drug Co.
Re-elects Old Officers
The Richardson Drug company at
the annual meeting of its stockhold
ers at the office in Omaha elected the
following board of directors: C. F.
Weller, H. S. Weller, F. C. Patton,
E. P. Ellis and J. W. Fisher.
Tmmprliatplv altpr flip stnrLltnWerc'
I mPPtinff tllP UPwIv plprtpH hriarrl tf
directors assembled and elected for
the ensuing year: C. F. Weller, presi
dent; H. S. Weller, vice president; F.
C. Patton, treasurer, and 1'.. P. Ellis,
secretary.
PERSHING GIVEN
OFFICIAL ORDER
TO QUIT MEXICO
Utah Cavalry Goes to the Res
cue of the Cowboys and
Fight Lasts Several
Hours.
SEVERAL MEXICANS FALL
Engaged Said to Be
Carranza Garrison
at Sasabe.
SCENE
IS NEAR TUCSON
.
i 'Washington, Jan
27. Withdrawal
discretion of General Funston. the
border commander, and will be de
termined by his assessment of mili
tary conditions and facilities for trans
portation. As soon as the regulars reach the
border a large proportion of the Na
tional Guardsmen still at the border,
and possibly all of them, will be re-
nevea ana sent nome lor muster out.
T A j 27.-L.ying in
, , ' . . , ,.
rocks close to the international line,
live miles south of Ruby, Ariz., forty
members of Troop E, First Utah
, commanded by Lieutenant
" . J
Ams, were keeping up an incessant
firing at Mexican soldiers across the
line today. The Mexicans were re-
turning 111C S110I5
As far as known none of the
American troops have been killed
wounded. Reinforcements from
iogaies are ueing rusnra io
the
"'"s and civilians return-
in from the line report they saw
several Mexican soldiers fall during
the lighting.
A .clephonc message from Arivaca
"ys the Mexican soldiers engaging
the Americans are from the Carranza
earrison at Sasabe.
Firing kept up during the night
until 2 o'clock this morning, when
the cavalrymen in the rocks weije re-lieved-by
a detachment from Anvaca.
fifteen miles distant, where the Utah
troops have been stationed. The
clash was resumed at daylight.
Mexicans Fire on Cowboys.
The Mexican soldiers opened fire
on the American cowboys, who were
trying to round up a herd of cattle
on the American side, it is alleged
The cowboys, although outnum
bered, returned the fire and sent for
reinforcements from among the Utah
command.
American civilians are being kept
Lack from the scene of fighting by
Lieutenant Arns, who is holding them
in reserve until it appears that the
troops are unable to cope with the
situation.
A party of civilians headed by N.
C. Bernard,- rancher and county su
pervisor, left Arivaca at dawn for
the scene of the fighting.
Supervisor Bernard wilt telephone
Sheriff Rye Miles at noon whether
he needs assistance. Miles is ready
to respond, leaving Tucson by auto
mobile with a posse. The scene of
the fighting is seventy-five miles from
Tucson by fair automobile road.
Pershing Begins March.
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 27. American
troops started northJrotn the field
headquarters at Cofonia Dublan at
dawn today, according to reports from
Columbus, N. M., which were brought
here early today by passengers ar
riving overland and which were con
sidered reliable. The troops which
left were believed to have been the
advance guard of the punitive expedi
tion. The troops which left field head
quarters early today included cavalry,
infantry and artillery, accompanied by
motor lorries and wagon trains, ac
cording to the passengers from Co
lumbus. Villistas Follow Rear Guard.
Villa followers were moving in the
1. i a : i:.:
fV" " M fr ,
Valle, San Joaquin and Charcos, ac
cording to a reliable report received,
here. They remained at safe dis
tances, but moved northward slowly
as the rear guard of the American
columns disappeared toward the
north, it was said.
When the last of the Fifth cav
alry cantered out of El Valle Wednes
day morning the Carranza garrison
there, consisting of 100 soldiers, left
for Casas Grandes overland to join
the garrison there. From this same
source it was learned that the Villa
troops met with no resistance at El
Valle, but appeared outside the little
valley town soon after the last Ameri
can troops had left and occupied the
plaza.
Said to Be Bandits.
Nogales, Ariz., Jan. 27. A mes
sage this afternoon to the sheriff's
office from an Arivaca store said
fighting still continued. This mes
sage said it was believed the Mexi
cans engaged were followers of Fran
cisco Reyna, a bandit, who boasted
he had taken part in the Santa Ysabcl
massacre. Reyna is a leader said to
have opened a recruiting headquarters
at Sonoyta some time ago. At that
time the Mexican general, Camarago,
was sent to the Sonoyta district, and
Reyna and his band disappeared.
F troops of the First Utah cavalry,
sixty men in all, is on the way today
from here to the Arivaca district,
south of Ruby. Ariz., on the border,
to reinforce Utah cavalrymen, who
have been exchanging fire at long
range across the border with Mexi
cans who were in a brnsh with Amer
ican cowboys yesterday.
In
BILL TO ABOLISH
NORMAL BOARD
House. Members Plan to Estab
lish Board of Education
Supplanting Others,
SIDETRACK. STATE SUPT.
(From Stall Correspondent.)
tincoln, Neb.. Jan. 27. (Special.)
Abolishment of the State Normal
board and the State Board of Regents
is proposed in a bill for an act for a
joint resolution to amend the consti
tution and which will be introduced
Tuesday when the lower house rccon
ve nes.
The bill has the backing of J. A.'i
Ollis, W. J. Taylor, F. A. Rcisncr and
others and provides that at the general
election for state and legislative of
ficers in 1918 an amendment to the
constitution shall be submitted placing
the general government of the state
university, the normal schools and the
public schools of the state under the
direction of a board of six members
to be stvled "The Board of Education
of the State of Nebraska." The boardl
shall not only succeed to the duties of
the normal board and the board of
regents, but also to the duties of the
state superintendent.
The board shall be selected in the
same manner as is provided for mem
bers of the supreme court and shall
be elected by the voters, one for each
congressional district. Members from
the First and Third districts shall be
elected for a term of six years, from
the Fourth and Second districts for
four years and from the Fifth and Six
districts for a term of two years and
thereafter all shall be elected for a
term o' six years.
The Board of Education shall ap
point a commissioner of education
whose term of office shall be for six
years and shall be an executive of
ficer under such board and shall re
ceive such a salary as the board shall
prescribe.
Grand Island Police
Prevent Prize Fight
Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 27. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Forty devotees of
the prize tight ring from York were
compelled to return to that city late
last night without seeing the colored
pugilist of their city whom they
backed against Jack Price' of this city
strike ab low. The police prevented
the mill.
Sheriff Walton Says Spanell
Admitted That he Killed Wife
'San Angelo, Tex., Jan. 27. Sheriff
Allen Walton of Brewster county, tcs
tifvine this afternoon regarding a rc-
piy which he said was made to him
in the Alpine (lex.) jan wneu nc
asked:
"My God, Harry, what have you
doner" stated that Harry J. Spanell
replied:
"I have killed Colonel Butler and
my wife. I am ruined. I am ruined."
"That made me do it."
Mrs. Patrick Murphy of Alpine was
the first witness, for the state. She
testified she heard shots fired and
saw an automobile ruin into a fence.
"I heard some more shooting, but
heard no voices," she said.
Mrs. Murphy testified that a man
staggered from the car and exclaimed
"Oh, my God," and frtmi stumbled
back to the car. She said she then j
heard more shooting. i
The witness stid she saw a soldier
walk up to the car and then neigh
bors gathered, among them being R.
N. I'ittnian, who carried a lamp.
Mrs. Murphy on cross-examination!
the Good Old Winter Time
Pursuing Cockroaches and Bedbugs
At County Hospital With Torch
Mass Meeting Held at Which
Words Are Not Minced in
Condemning the Place.
NEEDED ACTION PROMISED
more will Douglas county toler
ate 'a hospital where the favorite
sport, as described Judge Kstclle, and
according to his story told to the
commissioners yesterday afternoon,
seems to be chasing cockroaches and
bedbugs through the corridors of the
institution, sending them to the happy
hunting ground for vermin with Hie
aid of blow torches.
At a quasi-indignation session Sat
urday, to which the district judges,
members of the medical board of the
county hospital, representatives of
the Cmaha Commercial club, the state
senafrirs and representatives from
Douglas county and anyone else in
terested in the question had been in
vited, several speakers ran out of
adjectives and superlatives in con
demning ;the present institution hous
ing the county's sick nd poor.
Also, when it came to arriving at
some definite plan of action to make
a new hospital possible, the commis
Well-to-Do Woman Ends
Her Life by Shooting
Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 27. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Mrs. John Reher,
aged 67, suffering from a nervous
breakdown, and following a threat
made by her some months ago, com
mitted suicide today by shooting her
self with a revolver while the hus
band was absent from the house for
only a short time. Mrs. Reher was
the widow of the late John Schullcr.
one of the earliest postmasters of
Grand Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Reher lived on the
old Schullcr homestead, a beautiful
farm, and were well to do.
Three Divorce Decrees
Granted in One Day
Three decrees granted and one pe
tition filed finished up (he week's ac
tivities in divorce court. The fol
lowing wives were freed:
Gladys Ctiambcra from Alexander Cham
bers. Uma C. Chapman from Stuart C. Chap
man. Martha. Montgomery from Elvin Mont
Comry. Btnmi Ntaon neeha a d Ivor re from Henry
Nrlaon on grounds of alleged cruelty,
said she went into the Pittman house,
where Mrs. I'ittnian was ill, and that
the sick woman was not on the sleep
ing porch, as Pittman testified yester
day. She said she felt sure, too, that
Pittman did not leave the yard while
the shooting was going on. She
added:
"When I asked Mrs. Pittman why
she came to be in a room instead of
on the porch she explained she was
afraid of bullets, when the shooting
began and asked her husband to carry
her into the house."
Pat Murphy corroborated his wife's
testimony and said he heard a man
scream, ''My God, what have I done."
Allen Walton, sheriff, testified that
Butler's reputation as regards atten
tions to women was good.
He told of goitfg to the jail and ask
ing Spanell: "My God, Harry, what
have you done?"
The defense objected, saying that
whatever Spanell may have answered
was not a voluntary statement. The
answer was withheld while counsel
looked up authorities.
sioners decided that a new institution
should be a combination city-county
affair.- As legislation will he neces
sary before the commissioners can
dispose of the present hospital and
giotinds and erect a new building for
the institution, the commissioners ap
pointed JuilgCsTroup and Judge; Day
to meet with tli county attorney and
city attorney forthc purpose of draw
ing up a bill to be introduced in the
legislature.
To Fix Up Bill.
Just what the bill will provide and
what provision will be made for funds
with which to erect a new hospital
are to be worked out by the judges
and the city and county attorneys.
Among the other things, the proposed
bill will have incorporated in it the
authorizing of the county by the legis
lature to sell the present hospital
site 160 acres of land which differ
ent persons have estimated would
bring a total of anywhere from $.100,
000 to $700,000, the majority, how
ever, believing that the former figure
is nearer correct.
To sell the county hospital property
without legislation the county' com
missioners would have to submit the
proposition to the voters at either a
(CTonUnued on face Two, (lolomn Two.)
'HI' GILL INDICTED
OH LIQUOR CHARGE
Seattle Mayor, Police Chief,
City Detective and Booze
Syndicate Chiefs Named.
ACCEPTING BRIBE ALLEGED
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 27. Mayor
Hiram C. Gill, Chief of Police Charles
L. Beckingham and former Sheriff
Robert T. Hodge were indicted today
by the federal grand jury, charged
with violation of the federal liquor
laws.N
Government agents charge Mayor
Gill received a $4,000 bribe in connec
tion with activities of an alleged ring
which has made illegal liquor ship
ments into Washington since the pro
hibition law became effective a year
ago.
Indictments were also returned
against four city detectives and a for
mer policeman, whc with Mayor Gill,
Chief Beckingham and Hodge, are
charged by the government with graft
and conspiracy to violate the inter
state commerce and federal liquor
laws.
Charges Against Gill.
Mayor Gill, Chief Beckingham and
Hodge, with the four city detectives,
former members of the waterfront di
vision of the police "dry" squad, are
charged with plotting with Logan and
Kred Billingslcy to ship quantities of
whisky into Seattle under organized
official protection.
Mayor Gill is accused by the gov
ernment of having accepted the $4,000
nrioe irom Logan Billingslev at the
! time the alleged conspiracy began.
Villa Forces Are Reported
Defeated Near La Junta
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 27. Government
agents here received a report from
local Villa sources today that Villa
had beeTTdefeatcd by General Fran
cisco Murguia's troops in the vicin
ity of La Junta, Chihuahua. He was
said to have lost his trains and 200
killed and wounded men.
Krom the same source it was re
ported that Jose Yncz Salazar and
Villa had broken again and that Sala
?ar had gone to the mountains with
1,500 men.
KAISER REPEATS
GERMAN SWORD
IS PEACE MAKER
Emperor William, on His Birth
day, Again Declares Might
of Teuton Arm Will Force
v Enemies to Knees.
SPEAKS AT HEADQUARTERS
Statement Made in Face of
Expectations He Would
Offer New Terms.
FIERCE BATTLES RAGING
(Rjr Associated Trnt.)
Emperor William of Germany re
peated on his fifty-eighth birthday
anniversary Saturday his promise pre
viously made to the German army
that Germany would enforce peace
with the sword. His message was
sent to Berlin from the German great
headquarters in reply to birthday con
gratulations, according to German
newspapers.
The emperor's declaration was
made in the face of expectations in
some of the entente capitals that he
would make a notable peace move in
an address he was expected to deliver
at a meeting of Teutonic state, mili
tary and naval leaders assembled at
the headquarters to celebrate the an
niversary. The vicinity of Hill No. 304 in the
Verdun sector and the Riga region of
the northern Kusso-German front
continue to be the chief centers of
military activity. After subjecting
the German defense works at Eparges
and Hill No. 304 to an intense bom
bardment the French stormed the
trenches recently occupied by the
Germans, but, according to the Berlin
war office, the attack failed with
heavy losses.
Fresh Russian troops have rein
forced the line east of the River Aa
in the Riga district, but were unable
to drive the Germans from ground
they recently captured. On the other
hand German attempts to throw back
the Russians' line in the vicinity of
Kalnzem were unsuccessful
After eleven hours of desperate
fighting the Roumanians have forced
back the Teutonic troops south ot the
Kasino and Suchitza valleys in Mol
davia. Kaiser Reiterates Defiance.
London,', Jan, 27. Telegraphing
from the German headquarters to the
Berlin academy of scienee in reply
to birthday congratulations, Emperor
William reiterated today the assertion
that the t German people will obtain
peace by the sword, says Reuter
dispatch from Amsterdam, which de
clares this information was obtained
from German newspapers. The Em
peror's message as quoted, reads:
"The unshakeable will to victory of
the German people, who are prepared
for every sacrifice of blood and treas
ure, will, I trust God, preserve the
Fatherland from Ihc ruin contem
plated by its enemies and will force
by the sword the peace necessary
for the blessed development of the
people."
Issue Amnesty Order.
Berlin, Jan. 27. (By Wireless to
Tuckerton.) The birthday of Em
peror William was observed today '
with manifestations in keeping with
war conditions.
The empress and Prince Henry of
Prussia and his eldest son, Princ
Waldemar, attended the celebration
at German great headquarters.
The emperor issued an order of
general amnesty. Celebrations were
held in al the schools, high schools
and universities.
Senate Demos to Let Part
Of Wilson Program Go Over
Washington, D. C, Jan. 27. Con
tinued failure of democratic senators
to agree on a legislative program led
some administration leaders today to
believe that the only measures which
can be passed before adjournment
March 4 are railroad labor regula
tion, mineral land leasing, revenue
and appropriation bills. They ex
pressed the opinion that the presi
dent would not call an extra session
if these subjects were disposed of.
The senate interstate commerce
committee has postponed final action
on the railroad bill until next week.
The corrupt practices, water power
and flood control bills and the Webb
collective foreign agency measure are
still subjects of wide disagreement
Municipal League Fights
Bill by Senator Beal
Hastings, Neb., Jan. 27. (Special
Telegram.) Opposition to the bill by
Senator Beal of Custer to place ail
public service utilities, including those
municipally owned, under the control
of the State Railway commission was
pledged by the Nebraska League of
Municipalities before it closed last
night. Friends of municipal owner
ship declared that the passage of the
bill would make secure a monopoly
for privately owned utilities.
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