THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1917. FATHER INDICTED BY THE GRAND JURY Teacher of Country School Charge Assault Interfered With Her Whipping Son. RESULT Of MINIATURE WAR A German-American row between pupils of a district ichool, in which the father of one of the "allies" took the part of his son when the teacher started tQ apply the rod to the lad's back, forcibly interfering with the young woman pedagogue, resulted in an indictment by the grand jury, which is grinding out the fateful bills in large quantities. W. W. Wright, who lives near Wat erloo, was arrested by a deputy sheriff on a capias writ issued by the in quisitorial body and held in the coun ty jail until he obtained his release on bonJv His indictment by the grand jury followed the testimony of Miss Lucy Richardson, daughter of Dr. Richardson of Elkhorn, who be lieves that she caa keep order in her school without help from parents. 'Allies and Pro-German. According to Miss Richardson, who teaches the young idea how to shoot, spell, read, etc., in district school No. 41, which is located four miles north east of Waterloo, her pupil, hive been divided into two factions allies and pro-German for some time. Frequent clashes resulted and snarp woros ana warnings, she told the erand jury. seemingly had no effect upon the young battlers, who planned trencn attacks and counter-attacks when they should iiave been getting a strangle hold on geography and arithmetic. On January 22. Miss Richardson testified, the miniature, transplanted European war waged hotter than ever, the German faction and the allies hurling shrapnel from behind their text books and torpedoing each other from beneath the seats. She resolved to stairs a little Dunishmentfest of her own. advising the pupils that promptly at 4:30 o'clock certain "Germans" and "allies" would be soundlv chastised by the principal power in the school room. Father Is Warned. Louis Wright, 14 years old, so the story goes, was one of the leaders of the, "allies." Miss Richardson said that when she made the announce' merit Louis' little sister hurried home and advised Wright pere that hostili ties, in which his son was to be quite a factor, were scheduled to ensue. When the time for the wholesale court-martial and negative demon stration of spare the rod and spoil - the child arrived wngnt was on hand outside tne scnooi. miss rucn ardson told the grand jurors that he asked if he could witness the official walloping of his son and she assented. The teacher told Louis, as the first culprit, to prostrate himself over a chair, with certain parts of his anat omy raised conspicuously to the sky, or, rather, the ceiling of the school room, Grapples with Teacher. But at this juncture, Miss Richard son said. Wright horned in and hi' utructed his son not to follow the DedagOKue s advice. Then things hap' pened, Miss Richardson admitted. She secured a firm hold on Louis' collar and made a couple of swipes at him with the rattan. The teacher told the grand jury that Wright grappled with her and attempted to take the t u.. I J cu. -ll-..- wiii.il nuiu lid 1 1 1 1 i tjtrc tg that in the struggle her waist was soiled and feelings hurt. Anyway, Wright was indicted for assault and battery. Other Indictments. Other indictments by the grand jury in which arrests have been made and the indicted persons placed in the coonty jail are: Thomas F. Muir, 4312 North Forty first street, grand larceny. Charles Girard and Mary A. Ster ling, 2220 Leavenworth street, adul terv. Adolph P. Schmitz, Sixteenth and William streets, nonpayment of ali mony. ...- James Hanley, South Side, at tempted criminal assault. Jacob Kocar, Benson, perjury. Hanley's alleged attempted crime was committed last Monday, when he attacked a voting woman on the South Side, near the high school. The indictment by Kocar grew out of a civil suit heard in Judge Troup's court, which involved the transfer of a deed. Kocar was the plaintiff in the case and James Whelan the de fendant The following have also been in dieted for gambling: Harry Sillik, Guy Sillik, Ray Mrodd. lharles Crummie, Virgil, . Bailey, Ben Greenway and Harry Blarklee. The principal case investigated by the grand jury Tuesday morning, it is understood, concerned a possible in dictment tor arson. Five Fighters Testify, Among the witnesses who entered the closely-guarded doors of the grand jury chambers on the fourth floor ot the court house were: Martin Dineen, assistant fire chief John C. Trouton, assistant fire mar shal H. F. Requardt of Lincoln deputy state fire warden; E. J. Smi zewski, a policeman; six Japanese and ; American employes of an establish ment over the scene of the fire. The grand jury is rumored to be still on the trail of vice. A couple of nights ago the sixteen star chamber- fl ers went the rounds to see if the J I. .J . ' i u . MU WB VII MB llglll H SIIUU1U uc while the august body was in session. 'Tis said they found nary a place open. i - After hearing evidence on the rumored arson case in the morning, the sixteen jurymen spent the re mainder of the day in a trip of in spection to the county hospital. In asmuch as the county hospital has already been condemned by nearly every person and organization in Omaha and as plans are being made for a new institution, the grand jury's investigation there is not considered to be of much import Scene at Fire Where Ten Thousand Kegs of Beer Burned Fanned by a light northwest breeze. fire, which originated in the pitch room when as park flew into pinch kettle and ignited its contents, com pletely destroyed the frame buildings of the Willow Springs brewery at Third and Hickory streets yesterday afternoon ruined 10,000 kegs of beer and for a time threatened to destroy the entire plant. While H. V. Hay- ward, president of the institution said he could not accurately place the amount of damage, he hold the loss will be somewhere around S75,00O, perhaps as much as $100,000. The fire started about 1:43 o clock. According to Martin Clausen, cooper, who was working on the pitch kettle which caught hre, the pitch had reached a temperature of 440 degrees. It is said 460 degrees is the maximum to which the pitch may be heated with safety. Workmen attempted to put several more sticks of wood under the kettle with the result that a spark flew up and dropped into the kettle. According to Clausen, the kettle be came a mass of flames almost in stantly. One employe attempted to smother the blaze with ac loth sack, but a second later had to flee for his life. About 10,000 kegs of beer were in the storage room and practically all of it was ruined by the fire, smoke and water. This loss of the beer is believed to represent about $20,000. Henry Dietz, member of Hook and Ladder Company No. i received a cut in his eye by a piece of glass. He was not seriously hurt, but had to leave the fire. On December 19 a fire damaged the Willow Springs brewery to the ex tent of about $25,000. Mr. Hayward l Vs. said the insurance on that fire had been adjusted and the insurance rein stated so that the losses would be covered. Fire Warden E. T. Morris was present during the blaze and among others questioned Martin Clausen as to the origin of it hhxM ii miimipiiiwwii I I II j , , , I t P I a ' I ' A ;w ;',s - ' V";V " 'V ; , 'f W - 'sSLlf -'w,- h .;if ' WftJi r- L I .. l..JL Jl fl I COMMITTEE TO HEAR STATE HOUSE TALK Thursday Evening Set Apart for Discussion of Needs of New Capitol. OPDIION NOT UNIFIED BRITONS URGED TO RALLY AGAINST FOE Chamberlain Says Answer to Germany Must Be Blow Between the Eyes. MORE YOUNO MEN NEEDED London, Feb. 6-Arthur Neville Chamberlain, director general of the British national service, outlining the scheme for national service today, said: "Let nobody suppose that because Count Bernstorff has been given his passports there is nothing else to do. Germany intends to starve us. The answer must a blow straight between the eyes, which will beat the enemy down and bring him to his senses." Arthur Henderson, labor leader and minister without portfolio in the Brit ish war council, presided at tne meet ing, which was open to the public, and Premier Lloyd George and Mr. Chamberlain made addresses. . Mr. Henderson said the labor sup ply would only be met when every man and woman not in tne army ana navy was employed in some work of nstional importance. Must Have More Young Men, Mr. Chamberlain said the recent ac tion of Germany was interpreted as a sign that it was in a desperate situa tion, but that of the allies were to se cure a victory and save themselves from the misery ot another winters war, it wonld be necessary to supply the army with drafts of young, phy sically ; fit men, who alone could stand the terrific strain of modern trench warfare. i Mr. Chamberlain ' announced that women would be enrolled, that ar rangements would be made to utilize the work ot the clergy and that doc tors would, be mobilized. Ireland, he said, would be included in the scheme, but circumstances in that country made necessary some mod ifications. He pointed out that vol unteers would have to make sacrifices, The first thing to do was to start a great publicity campaign, volun teers would be allotted to occupa tions for which they were best fitted by reason of their past experiences and a minimum wage of 25 shillings a week would be fixed. Commissioners had been appointed for agriculture and the industries who would keep the central office in formed as to supply and demand. The question was, Mr. Chamberlain con tinued, where labor was to be found. They could not suddenly destroy non essential trade. Destruction of cap ital would interfere with credit. The necessary industries, he said, should recuperate quickly after the war. They had no intention of suppressing any trade, but if labor and material had to be rationed the shortage must first fall on the less essential trades. "The premier urges every man to place his services and energy at the disposal of the state," Mr. Chamber lain continued. "The nation must answer the threat of Germany at once. We must build ships to pro tect our merchant, men in order to demonstrate that murder on the high seas is futile. We can do it, but the nation must be organized. We must organize civilization to meet organ ized barbarism. No man or woman has a right to look on whilst others are struggling for what is equally im portant for them. - Premier Lloyd George had pointed out, Mr. Chamberlain continued, that irt proportion to its population Great Britain has sent fewer men to the army and navy than any other of the great powers of the west. This was not because it was shirking, but be cause it was making a larger con tribution in other respects. If it was impossible to get the necessary men by voluntary means the nation must save itself by resorting to com pulsion. 'The nation is fighting for its life," Mr. Chamberlain went on. "It is fighting for the life of civilization. That is a tragic reality. The treat ment of prisoners of war and the civil populations of Belgium and France, together with the sinking of harmless merchantmen at sight, is organized savagry studied savagry and the most dangerous barbarism we ever have been called upon to meet." -; ' Four Charged With Plot to Kill Premier Are Committed Derby, England, Feb. 6. Four pris oners charged with conspiracy to murder Premier Lloyd George and Arthur Henderson, member of the war council, whose preliminary hear ing has bei'n in progress since last week, were today committed for trial. They are Mrs, Alice Vherldon, her two daughters, Miss Anna Wheeldon and Mrs. Alfred George Mason, and the latter'a husband. m if Wanted at Hotel Fontenelle (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Feb. 6. (Special.) On Thursday evening a joint session of the two committees on finance, ways and means will be held in representa tivev hall to consider the merits of H. R. 1, the Richmond new state house bill which provides for a levy of one mill on each dollar to erect a new state house. The bill calls for an appropriation of ,$.5,500,000 to be raised annually until the amount produced by the levy shall have reached the required amount. That a new building is sadly needed most of the members are willing to admit, but they do not seem to be able to agree as to the amount and the method of raising it. I he plan in a bill introduced to move the state house to Grand Island or some other point is considered by many to be simply a scheme on the part of those most interested to knock out the proposition for a new state house at this session and thus put the respon sibility upon some future session. Very few of the members believe that the people of Nebraska would vote to move the state house to some new location outside of Lincoln. Eight Belgian Relief 1 Ships Are on High Seas London, Feb. 6. Eight ships of the commission for relief in Belguim of an aggregate tonnage of 48,000 and carrying enormously Valuable car goes of wheat, bacon and maize are now on the high seas out of a total of 167,000 tons of shipping flying the commission's flags. Most of those on the high seas are from American ports and therefore carry the customary safe conduct from the German consul at the port of departure. The commission today authorized The Associated Press to state that any plans published for turning over the relief work to some other neutrals may be set down as premature. The questions 'as to what neutral 'shall take over the control of the work, if a break comes, is being con sidered, with Holland the favorite for the task. 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