i.
FRENCH FIGHTING
TO RETAKE HILL 304
Berlin Report Says the Crown
Pence's Troops Are sepals.
Ing All Attacks Made. '
NEW SUSHIS TEUITLISS
The region of Hill 304, northwest
of Verdun, w the only one in the
European war field in which activity
of note developed during the last
twenty-foor hour, to far as today's
official reports .from the German and
French war offices reveal. :
Berlin's statement indicate that the
French are continuing their attempts
to regain' the ground recently loat
there, which" the German accounts
declare have " been .fruitless, bast
night's effort were . as unproductive
asf those preceding them, it is de
clared,' the crown prince' troop re
pulsing all the attacks made.
Paris, m reporting the fighting in
this region, mention only a German
hand grenade attack on a French
trench which, wa stopped , by gun
fire. . ' ,
"French airmen brought down
three German aeroplane m engage
ment yesterday," Pari announces.
"STREET" FILES
INDICATE "LEAK"
ON PEACE NOTE
ing on him five or six raonh agos in
forming him that the firm of E. Con
nelly & Co. wa to be organised, with
Boiling a one of the partners, and
asking if the Hutton firm would be
come it New York correspondent.
Hutton aid. the fact that Boiling
wa to be a member of the firm had
made no impression upon htm. He
denied that Connelly had taid any
thing of an expectation of getting
"high class customer" through Boil
ing's relationship to the president.
The Connelly account, he said, how
ever, had been "very attractive."
Whipple then had put on produce
messages which had gone over the
firm' private wire during the "peace
hearing period id the - Mock market
and which be had been commanded to
bring ander subpoenal. The first to
be read wa the Clement, Curtis &
Co. telegram, marked "confidential,"
timed 12:48 o'clock eastern time,
which was about an hoar and a quar
ter after Secretary Lansing had told
the newspaper men in Washington
that a note was coming from the
president , ; r :
Hears of Statement
"I hear that the State department
will issue a statement today regarding
economic condition on the European
war a effecting neutral," the Clem
ent message said. "Intended to pro
mote peace (prospect. What do you
think of this, and how are you on
stocks. fj . i
The next was Hutton' reply to this,
timed 1:14 p. nu, which read:.
"Our Wsetimgtotr Mitt gave us
similar message to yours. Other have
the tame information,; We put it out
at it was more or less generally
known. Your message was marked
confidential and we treated it so.
. -C. "E. F. It
Some time between the
the Chicago message and . Hutton's
reply to it the now missing message
from Connolly was received. Hat ton
testified. This was 'the,' message on
which Ellis based his ' message at
1:54 o'clock, which follows: ,
Important Message Coming.
"We are confidentially informed a
highly important measagesto all bel
ligerent and neutrals has been issued
from Washington. Interpreted not as
pressure on belligerents in behalf of
peace, but as one apparently to pot
American demands on record to be
considered if there 1 peace snd warn
ing neutral rights must not be further
encroached upon. Full text to be
given out tonight and win be looked
on as a move of great moment'
Questioned on the loat message
from Connelly, Hutton said it was of
a class his firm seldom saved. Con
nelly had not kept a copy of it he
said, but added the Washington
broker would testify fully before the
committee tomorrow.
Hutton also produced other com
munications his firm had sent its cor
respondents, in which reference was
made to various -Washington situa
tions. One of them said it was under
stood the president's message of last
I December 4, the opening day of con
I sres, would be favorable to railroad
investment. Another written by Hut
ton personally said that '"Washing
ton advices" were that' increased
freight rates probably would be
granted the railroads.
Jnst General Impreasion. .
Replying to sharp questioning by
Mr. Whipple, Hutton said he did not
recall any particular" advice be had
in mind other than a general impres
sion he had gained from the news
papers and the tickers. He volun
teered the statement that he had
learned nothing in this connection
from Mr. Boiling or Mr. Connelly.
He also asserted that his firm had no
sources of information in Washington
outside of the Connelly company.
While describing the nervous state
of the financial district shortly prior
so the issuance of the president s note,
owing to tne top-heavy speculative
-ecounts amassed by the "public"
Hutton gave the committee a shock
!y casually announcing that hi firm's
outstanding loana against margined
accounts aggregated $28,000,000. This
condition, he said, was general and
was regarded by bankers as a denser.
ous over-extension that mia-ht remit
in a panic The bankers had begun to
call loans, ne saw, witn tne result
If Yon Can Keep
. Great Secret
CyilTcllYouOns
To Move Into New
Has Four Times
Negotiations have just been closed
whereby Orkin Bros, move from their
present location in United States Na
tional bank building to the former
home of the Guarantee Clothing com
pany at Sixteenth and Douglas,
within the next few weeks.
J. L. Orkin has just returned from
New York, where final arrangements
were completed to increase the size
of the present store fully four times.
Orkin Bros., after disposing of their
interests Jo the Burgess-Nash com
pany, took at that time the most ac
ceptable room in the city to launch
tiieir present exclusive cloak store.
So successful has the venture proven
that selling space has been at a pre
mium at all seasons of the year.
Larger Quarters became a necessity to
care for their ever-increasing trade,
so when the Guarantee Clothing com
pany decided to move, Orkin Bros,
leased the building without even in
specting it, thereby not appreciating
to the full extent the wonderful ad
vantage this immense building held
forth for a specialty apparel store.
The new store will be completely
remodeled. The latest ideas in ma
hogany fixtures will be installed. Sev
eral new lines of merchandise will be
carried in the enlarged store.
J. B. Orkin, head of their New
York stores, will be in Omaha next
week to take an active Part in com-
that he had issued a notice that his
firm would not do business excent for
cash or SO per cent margin, according
to the security. ;
Mutton was ere ceded on the stand
by Bernard Baruch, a large Wall
street, operator, who testified that
solely by the use of foresight he had
made '$476,168 by selling short be
tween December 10 and December 23.
Baruch again declared he had received
no advance information on the presi
dent' :peace note. - ;
Doesn't Know About It
Chicago. Jan. 30. John L. Curtis.
of the firm of Clement, Curtis &
Lo., said tonight in reference to
the testimony before the congress
ional committee investiKatins renorts
of a 'leak" on President Wilson's
peace note:
"I have no personal knowledge of
the telegram said to have been sent
from our offices to E. F. Hutton
& Co, of New York. It may be a
private message was sent to New
York by Mr. Clement who it in
California at present but I have no
knowledge of inch a message."
CUMMINS SAYS
WILSON'S PLAN
LEADS TO WAR
men of the highest prominence long
before it attracted the attention of
the chief executive These facts make
the action about to be taken by. the
president serious and formidable and
the suggestion calls upon those of us
who believe that the plan can end in
nothing bat disaster to utter a note of
warning. , ; ji.!, . .-if.',.
"The ' movement to r ommse a
world court and to broaden to its ex
treme limit the field of arbitration
has always had my cordial approval
and I have never ceased to hope that
in the progress of time war would
become infreouent. if not imnoasihle:
and it is only when it is attempted to
confer upon such a tribunal or league
or sovereignty, it matters not how it
is described, the power to use armies
and navies to enforce its decrees or
to make contracts to fight in a quar
rel not our own, that my opposition
begin."
rtitencocrs Kepry.
Senator Hitchcock, who with Sen.
at or Williams engineered the move
ment to kill tne Lumnun resolution,
insisted that the Iowa senator's criti
cism were based upon an erroneous
aasnmpuoa that the president nro-
posed a new military world power to
enforce peace The president Sen
ator Hitchcock declared advocated
diminution of armaments, the rule
of reason and the right of all nations
to work out their own polity "un
hindered, unthreatened and unafraid."
"The address." said Senator Hitch
cock, "has met a responsive chord in
every great country of the world; it
will be the geratest instrument for
world peace at the close of the war; it
haa hastened the advent of peace and
probably haa saved millions of lives
among the fighting nations. Since the
message was delivered there has been
a tremendous spread of sentiment in
fcurope tor steps toward peace and it
is only by the aid of a great outside
power like the United State that
peace can come" ...
Says Debate FntUa.
The Nebraska senator predicted
that after the war there would be such
a development of democracy and sen
timent tor popular government tbat a
future war would with great difficulty
be forced upon the people .
Senator iHtchcock insisted that pro
longed debate at this time could get
the senate nowhere and that Senator
Cummin had misinterpreted the
president's address.
JpiMaiiii'wntwif
HOME BUILDERS be.
has increased Ita capicamncton to Osx HUSoo Dollars.
For the third tun it haa been laonfaad to tnrrssna its capitalisation
to meet business
February 1st
On Feb. 1 Non-partiripating Plaflsued Shares w3 to
antoad to pay
Cash
dividends
7
Rom Builders shares are secured by mortgages on new pi uveitis.
Yor buaines for $1.00 up to (5,000 solicited.
Participating Sham at tl-21 each available until Bab. 1st Sf till
those on hand an exhausted.
HOME BUILDERS Im.
American Security Co.
G. A. Rohrbough, Pres.
C. C. Shimer, Sec'y.
Store Which
the Space of Old
pleting of arrangments ' to move into
their new quarters.
SUIT FILED AGAINST
. THE SI5JI COMBINE
Fan-American Commission Oor
' poration and Others Are
Charged 'with Conspiracy.
PRICE B00STINO ALLEGED
New York, Jan. 30. The govern
ment today filed a suit in the federal
court here against the Pan-American
Commission corporation, Sol Wexler
and others, charging conspiracy, un
der the anti-trust laws to restrain in
terstate and foreign trade in sisal and
to increase the market price on sisal
throughout the united states.
Fourth Case of
Dreaded Disease is
Found in Omaha
The 2-year-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Seumping, 4121 South
Twenty-eighth street, is stricken with
cerrebro-spinal meningitis. This was
the fourth case of this nature re
ported to the hearth department this,
month. The other cases were in the'
north side of Omaha and ;jroed
fatal . .
Presbyterian Synod :
Will Meet at Aurora
Aurora, Neb, Jan. 30. (Special
Telegram.) The Presbyterian synod
meets in Aurora Thursday, February
1. There will be an afternoon session,
a banquet for men in the evening
and an evening meeting. Dr. W. F.
Weir of Wooster, O., will be the
principal speaker. . Eleven churches
will send delegations.
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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31. 1917.
CIGARETTES POT
UNDER BAH BY BILL
Measure to Prohibit Smoking
by Minors Again to Be
Pnshed.
WILSON POLICY ENDORSED
(From a Staft f:orrnpondnt. 1
Lincoln, Jan. 30. (Special Tele
gram.) It was hurry and sktirrv.
jump and run, this afternoon when
the house was called to order and the
time came for the introduction of
bills. The poor pages fairly had their
tongues running out when the halt
was called and summing up of the
work snowed that l-'4 hills had been
shoved into the hopper.
1 his runs the number up to 528 and
the wrost is yet to come, for there
is one more day left and when the
time comes to adjourn tomorrow it is
likely that an evening session mav
be resorted to if any are shut out.
in the senate forty-six were out
across, running the total up to 199.
m tne nouse one ot the important
bills was the cigarette bill, which two
years ago was defeated. The bill pro
vide that no person under 18 years
of age can buy, smoke or have in
his possession any cigaret and any
dealer selling to a minor is subject to
a heavy fine. The present law makes
it unlawful to sell to minors, but does
not prohibit the smoking, so that
there is little chance of conviction.
The present bill will make it easy to
get the evidence.
Endorsement by President Wilson's
peace address, as provided for 'in a
resolution introduced last week by
Lloyd Thomas, democrat, was the
only matter of the afternoon, which
gave the members of the house a
chance to talk. Mr. Lamar, an old
time populist, opposed it, while Peter
son, republican floor leader, became
jnst a trifle sarcastic and remarked
that he did not believe the action of
the Nebraska legislature would make
much difference to Persident Wilson.
The resolution was, however,
adopted by a vote of 55 to 35, six
democrats, Dafoe, Dau, Fleetwood,
Lemar, Mysenburg and Shaffer voting
against it, while six republicans, Har
ris (Buffalo), Hostettler, Mears,
Reneker, Richard and Tracewell voted
for it
Bank and Trust Company
At Seattle is Closed
Seattle, Wash, Jan. 30. The
Northern Bank and Trust company
did not open for business today and
a notice posted on the door said the
institution was in the hands of the
state bank examiner.
PIANOS
Must Move
. Regardless of
Price and Cost
of Production
We an compelled to make
room for oor 1500,000 stock of
Columbia Grafonolas now in
transit, and must sell regardless
of eost and terms, 250 Brand
New and Slightly Used Pianos
and Player Pianos at once.
Never in the history of oor
business did we offer such won
derful bargains.
HERE ARE A FEW
We Have Many Others
$550 Whitney, square..'. . 23
1225 Story A Clark $ 50
$250 KreU, upright $100
$300 Kartsraan, upright. .1M
$400 Steser 4 Sons $19S
$400 MePhsil. upright. . .$298
$450 Chickering & Son. .$ 7S
$250 Decker A Co $ 65
$750 Stein way, upright. .$600
$550 Weber, upright $440
$426 Emerson, upright. . .$319
$476 Hardman, upright. .$347
11,000 Chickermg Grand, $150
$1200 Steinway, grand. .$565
Our stock of new pianos con
sists of the finest product of
the Piano Makers' Art, includ
ing the fanwn Staiawmy, the
standard piano of the world;
also the ce Wbraicd Hanlnun,
Stager A Seas, Ewaraeo, Mc
Phatl and oor own Snaal luaaj
1, Manilla! a HwaUar Piano
sold from FsKtory-to-Hotne .it
a savins; to you of from $100
to $200.
MAKE YOUR
OWN TERMS
$5-00 a
High Gewda Pianos for
Rat, $340 per aaoartsi aad
an. Ob year's Res ABuwad
oa Pttrcbaa.
Call or write at once for il
lustrated Catalogues and Price
List.
. , , -
Schmoller& Mueller
, PIANO CO.
1311-13 Farawaa SL.
Onmha. rW.
Toe Leaning FieM Haaaa af
the Wast. EaUbKabad 18SS.
TaUphcm Doaglaa 1623.
Elevated Railways Here Must Serve
Artfully, Noiselessly and Efficiently
City Planners Bombard Many
Bosses With Notoes, Who, in
Turn Write to Bail
way Chiefs.
DUNDEE NURSES A WORRY
When the time shall come for the
city council to approve the design of
the structures the Missouri Pacific
Railway company some day will place
over Dodge, Douglas and Farnam
streets at the Belt line, the City Plan
ning commission would like to be
taken into the confidence of the great
fathers who preside over the muni
cipal government.
in a communication to the council
the planners state that the proposed
track elevation structures over streets
should be of aesthetic design and
should stand as evidence for future
generations that Omaha in 1917 was
aesthetic.
Plans for" the Belt line track eleva
tion, prepared by the City Planning
commission and agreed to by the rail
road and municipal engineers, don
template filling in beneath the tracks
at points between and beyond Dodge,
Douglas and Farnam streets. The
slopes of the roadbed wilt be parked.
Dundee people and others of the
west end were apprehensive lest the
Purchases Charged
Wednesday, Appear
On Statement
Dated March 1st
Dress Trimmings
Our showing includes Ev
erything Favored by Paris.
Paris 'Models show trimmings
of all kinds.
Gold and Silver Laces and
Bands.
Beaded and Metal Effects.
Wool and Silk Bands and
Motifs.
Spangled Edges and Flounc
tngs. Embroidered Silver Cloth and
Net.
Silk and Metal Tassels.
Gold and Silver Drop Orna
ments. Rose and Braid Trimmings in
different widths.
The Fur Shop
A Sale of Fine Furs
at Very Small Prices.
See Them Now.
Second Floor.
Fine Stationery, 30c
84 Sheets Paper . - - 30c
100 Envelopes , - - . 30e
Box of 48 each of paper and
envelopes - - 30c
Writing Tablets - - 15c, 25c
Notion.
Table Runners $1
Size 22x60, in green, tan and
combinations of brown and
green, $U25.
Clearance of
Bath Robe Blankets
Large sized blankets, floral de
signs, Bordered effects, stripes and
plaids; all are richly colored.
S2.75 Robes - - $1.98
$3.75 Sobes - $2.98
EIGHTEENTH
AT
FARNAM.
LOW
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Reduced rate, round-trip
in the South and Southeast
New Orleans.... $4431
Tampa, Fla $66.16
Miami, Fla $76.66
Jacksonville, Fla.,
Jacksonville. Fla-
Jacksonville, Fla., via Washington in one direction $63.76
Liberal stop-OTers allowed. Other attractive diverse route tickets on sale, also deliehtful tonrk to
the West Indies and Sooth America, going via New York, returning via New Orleans or Galveston. Three
dairy trains provide service of the well-known high standard of the "Milwaukee" road and afford good '
tTH. hif-gn for all points Sooth and East Let us help you plan your winter trip.
W. E. BOCK, City Passenger Agent,
lOTFaswaaeSuOaaaWNak Af.nl. For All Sf.anp Ua-s.
track elevation would include trestle
work, which sends forth disturbing
sounds during the night when trsins
sre passing.
The city planners assure the resi
dents of fair Dundee that their nights
will not be violated by the rumbling
of trains over shaky trestles.
Actual work of protecting these
grade crossings has not been started
The city legal department has been
advised that Judge Hook of the fed
eral court at St. Louis authorized the
receiver of the Missouri Pacific to
expend the money. The city engineer
has been advised that the company
will send him final draft of the plans
for approval. ,
Many notes are being written back
and forth and the city officials aver
they will not let the matter slip their
minds.
A Hint to the Aged.
(If people past sixty years of age
could be persuaded to go to bed as
soon as they take cold and remain in
bed for one or two days, they would
recover much more quickly, especially
if they take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. There would also be less
danger of the cold being followed by
any of the more serious diseases.
Adv.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
THOMPSON. BELDEN
y COMPANY
Last Day of Our
January Linen Sale
ALL REMAINING ODD AND SOILED CLOTHS
AND NAPKINS WHICH INCLUDE THOSE OF
FINE SCOTCH, IRISH AND AUSTRIAN MANU
FACTURE. Wednesday, Half Regular Prices
Fancy Linens, Half Price. Bedspreads, Specially Priced.
Final Clearance of Petticoats
The limited number of winter petticoats
remaining must go to make room for spring
arrivals.
Wednesday, Any Petticoat
In Our Stock, Priced From
$3.95 to $530 for $1.95
All Sales Final
Corset
THE SELLING OP COSSETS TODAY IS REALIZED BT
THE WIDE-AWAKE MERCHANT AS THE SELLING OF
STYLE, AND HE THEREFORE SELECTS CORSETS
THAT LEND THE UTMOST STYLE TO ALL TYPES OF
FIGURES. THE ONE WE MENTION TODAY, THOM
SON'S GLOVE FITTING, ACTUALLY EMBODIES THE
FIGURE; IT ANSWERS FOR QUALITY, STYLE, AT
TRACTIVENESS AND COMFORT.
POPULAR PRICES.
$1 to $6
Coraat Section Third Floor.
Start a
Bank Account
Every man, woman or child should
deposit a certain amount monthly for
future usage. Cultivate the "Saving
Habit" In time to come you will
realize tire fruits of that habit
It Will Mean Your Prosperity
A very small amount will open an
account
FARES Si
VIA
winter excursion tickets on
Augusta, Ga. . . .$52.77
Palm Beach . . . .$73.06
Mobile .......44431
via direct routes $54.56
via New Orleans in one direction $65.56
FIVE DEATHS DUE
TO POM IN CAKES
Kankakee Housewife Acci
dentally Uses Arsenical
Preparation in Baking.
TOUB VICTIMS HER SONS
Kankakee, 111., Jan. 30. Pancakes
in which an arsenical preparation had
been accidentally used are believed to
have caused the death of five mem
bers of the Meints family on a farm
near here yesterday morning.
The pancakes were made by Mrs.
O. K. Meints, mother of four of the
victims and grandmother of the fifth.
Mrs. Meints is believed to have mixed
a poison preparation used by her hus
band in taxidtrmv with a prepared
pancake flour, thinking the powder
was pancake flour also.
The dead were:
FRED. 28 yaara old.
THEODORE. 26 yean old.
IHVIN. !1 yeara old.
M1NO. 84 yr old.
I'LAHE.NCE MK1NTS, the irandaon, 7
yeun old.
Major is Suspended for
Criticism of Guards
Washington, D. C, Jan. 30. Major
Henry S. Barrett, Fourth infantry
Maryland National Guard, has been
suspended from rank and command
for one year by order of President
Wilson for alleged criticism of the
National Guard service and officers.
Style
a load
e
We pay 3 per cent
interest on savings.
Paul Railway
sale daily to many points
Havana, Cuba.. .$92.15
Charleston . .'. . .$54.56
Ormond,Fla.... $60.96
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