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The Buying Power of the readers of The Bee it greater than that of the readers of any other Omaha newspaper. The Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER Cloudy; Colder VOL. XLVI. NO. 202. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1917 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. U-BOATS SINKING SHIPPING AT RATE MILLIONA MONTH Third Day's Haul of 27,985 Tons Indicates Submarines Are Keeping Up to Mark Set by Experts. SEE IN IT ENGLAND'S FALL British Government, it Is Re alized, Not Lacking in Measures to Keep Lanes Open. THIS MAY APPEAR LATER Washington, Feb. 8. Lloyd's re port for the third day of Germany's new submarine campaign shows that the undersea boats arc maintaining the average of destruction set by the Berlin naval experts as necessary to success. The third day's reported losses totalled 27,985 tons and the preceding two days' totalled 56,600. At such a rate the destruction of 1,000,000 tons a month, which is the German aim, would seem about to be accomplished. German naval ex perts contend that such an average would cut England off from the world and end the war by its starvation. It is realized here, however, that the British government is not lack ing in measures to keep the sea lanes open and ..iat these will become ap parent as the campaign progresses. It is pointed out that while the world knows of the losses of merchant ships, it knows little, if anything at all, about the losses of the submarine flotillas. ' Two Children Are Burned to Death In Farm House Plainview, Neb., Feb. 8. (Special Telegram.) Two children, both girls, aged 18 months and 3 years, were burned to death today in a fire of un known cause, which burned the home of Frank Cross, a tenant on the J. L. Cox farm, northeast of town. The mother and 5-year-old boy had gone to the mail box about 11 o'clock, leaving the two children alone in bed. On the way back she stopped in at the Cox home. Ray Jordan, working in the field, first noticed the fire, reaching the house as the roof of one room fell in. He entered two of the rooms, but could not reach the children on ac count of the intense heat. The bodies were not recovered until almost con' sumed. The parents . are almost crazed with grief. Relief Ship is Sunk Without Warning; ; Only One Survivor London. Feb. 8. The chief en gineer and sole survivor on the Bel gian relief steamer Lars Krtise has arrived at Copenhagen, according to a Rtuter dispatch from that city. The dispatch says that the engineer con firmed the report that the steamer was sunk without warning and that all his comrades perished. Many Minnesota Towns Are Nearly Out of Coal St. Paul. Minn, Feb. 8. Fuel famines in a large number of Minne sota towns resulted today in the Sfate Railroad commission urging railroads to give coal shipments preference. At Mankato, where the heavy snow, as in other districts, had prevented rail road traffic, a rotary snow plow forced a way for two cars of coal. The village ot Gray Eagle, near Little Falls, had practically run out of food supplies when two cars of merchandise were forced through the snow after traffic had been tied up .since February 2. Ten to fifteen feet of snow was re ported along roads from Maynard, with peaks reaching to tree tops. The Weather For Nebraska.: Cloudy; no Important change In temperature. Temperatoraa at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. Dec. UNCHAN6Q) o a. 6 a. m 16 7 a. m n 8 a. rru 7 Compamttve Ijocal Record. 11T. Ml. 1916. 1914. Highest yesterday 20 86 31 16 lowest yesterday 6 R H 7 Mean temperature IS 20 20 4 Precipitation 00 .00 T. .00 Temperature and precipitation departures froA the normal at Omaha since March 1. and compared with the last two years: lVormal temperature 23 Deficiency tor the day t Total excess since March 1 162 Normal precipitation 04 inch deficiency for the day .04 inch Total rainfall since March 1.. 17.42 Inches Deficiency since Mar 1 1J.7S inches Deficiency cor. period, 1216... .64 inch Deficiency cor. peciod, 1(14 ... 1.27 Inches Report From Buttons at 7 F. M. Station andState Temp. Hlrt- Rain- oi weatner. i in rNYti i I i m roNiV m t I 11 m v flj il 1 1 m 10 01 3 p. ni i: mU L p p. m. 12 S P. m. 11 7 p. m. est. fall. . 94 42 .00 22 .01 . 44 62 .00 2 12 .01 4! 64 .00 2 20 .01 . 13 11 .00 . 42 62 .00 22 24 .12 . 20 24 .00 . 40 44 .00 . 20 4 .00 .10 12 IT II 20 .02 Dodne City, clear.... North Platte, cloudy. Sheridan, cloudy.. Sioux City, clear. indicates trace of precipitation. h. A. WELSU, Meteorologist. Nebraska Suffragists Lose Chance To Address Refuse to Open Hearing With Speeches and Are Then Barred From Talking. DEAF EAR BY SENATORS (From a Staff Correspondent Lincoln, Feb. 8. (Special Telegram) Suffragists got a little setback this afternoon when they appeared before the committee on privileges and elec tions of the senate expecting to mee,t the anti-suffragists in join( debate). The meeting had been called for the purpose of giving a delegation of anti suffragist women from Omaha, head ed by Mrsi William A. Smith and Mrs. Elgutter, a chance to present their views against the passage of house roll 222, the Norton partial suffrage bill which passed the house a few days ago. The suffragists were ready for busi ness and had engaged Senator San dall to act as general of their side, but they were outgeneraled byMrs. Smith, who announced that the antis did not propose to present their ar guments unless the suffragists first gave their reasons why the bill should become a law. Then Senator YOUNG GIRL VICTIM OF BRUTAL CRIME Thirteen-Year-Old Daughter of Ord Fanner Strangled and Assaulted. BLOODHOUNDS ON TRAIL Ord, Neb., Feb. 8. (Special Tele gram.) Bloodhounds and posses are on the trail of the perpetrator of one of the most brutal murders and as in the room occupied by their two tioii of the state. The crime was discovered late Wednesday night, when Mrs. J. J. Parkos, wife of a prominent Bohemian farmer living ten miles west of Ord, heard a noise i nthe room occupied by their two young daughters and hurried in just in time to see a man escape through an open window and crawl down a ladder. Alice, her 13-year-old daughter, died in the mother's arms. She had been strangles with a rope and brutally mistreated. The younger girl, 7 years old, did not awake until the mother rushed into the room. Mrs. Parkos is in a serious condition as a result of the shock of her daugh ter's death. Feeling is high in the community and mob violence is threatened if the murderer isusaughfa.-, - .;. ., Inuqest Ii Held. Sheriff .Bell, County Attorney Munn and the county coroner con ducted an inquest at the Parkos farm home this afternoon. The verdict was that the young girl met her death at the hands of an unknown person. The authorities are convinced that the murderer is the same man who stole an automobile in Ord Wednes day night and drove west toward the Parkos farm. The tracks of the au mobile have been traced to the scene of the crime. Efforts to stop the speeding motor car after the alarm had been sounded the night of the little girl's assault were in vain. One arrest has been made, Louis Kamarad is detained at Ord by the authorities, while an investigation is being made as to his movements on the night of the murder. McCumber Wants Light on Legal Status of Submarines Washington, Feb. 8. Senator Mc Cumber, republican of North Dakota, introduced a resolution today to have the secretary of state, if compatible with public interest, submit to the senate the government's view of the limitations on the use of submarines demanded by the government from Germany as set forth in the diplomatic correspondence. "I think it is not clear just what hold the limitations of submarines to be in this war," said he. "As it was on this subject that we severed relations with Germany," he said, "we should know as accurately as possible just what the government deems an infringement of interna tional law to the end that we may avoid a conflict if possible and that other nations may be put on their guard as to what we believe to be a gross abuse of these subsea craft." The resolution was not discussed but may be called up tomorrow. Lavelle and McGoulick Both Hold the Same Job (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Feb. 8. (Special.) Are Pat Lavelle and Pete McGoulick both entitled to draw pay from the state for doing the. same work? is a question which Governor Neville will have to settle. Pat used to be an inspector in the South Omaha Stock Yards. Governor Morchead appointed Pete December 1, but Pat says that nobody told him he had been fired and so he kept on working through December. Pete accepted the job and he too worked and both of them want pay, amounting to $75 each. Pat is now deputy sheriff of Doug las county and has a joy anyway, which according to political juris prudence, is the real milk in the cocoanut. , Suspect is Arrested On Pier of American Line New York, Feb. 8. A mai lurking in the shadows on the American line pier, whee the steamships St. Louis, St Paul and Lapland are berthed, was arrested today and said he was Joseph Lellar, 52 years old, a Ger man marine fireman, formerly em ployed on the Hamburg-American liner Pennsylvania, interned at Ho boken. He was held without bail for examination. Senate Committee Sandall. after consult! the president of the sociation, said they arguments pre- sented the sid in a very able talk minutes. Mrs. ST rfd it yfed with a ten or sr in which she said "jK of Nebraska had fifteen ni that the adopted uitiative and referendum raw for the purpose of settling just such questions as that of suffrage. The people had voted and defeated the proposition in 1914 and were again to vote upon it in 1918. She thought the legislature had no right to take that right from the people and pass even a partial suffrage law. Other speakers against the bill were Senator Robertson, who believed the women themselves should settled the question, and Charles McLean of Dubuque, la., who presented some facts against the bill. The suffragists were then ready to present their side, but the committee ruled that they had lost out by not taking the chance when it was offered them and the committee adjourned the meeting. After the committee had left, the suffragists listened to speeches by -Mrs. F. M. Hall of Lincoln and Jerry Howard of Omaha. RAILROADS MUST PROTECT RIGHTS Bill Passes Two Houses Com pelling Them to Build Twen ty Miles Tear on Right -of-Way. REPORTERS MAY REMAIN (Prom a Rtaff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Feb. 8. (Special.) Rail roads who now have a right of way but who have not builded upo it will lose it. The Hoffmeister bill, which passed the house a few days ago passed the senate today by a vote of 30 to 32. The bill provides that unless the roads build twenty miles each year that the right of way is forfeited. The constitutionality of the act was questioned by Senator Oberlies, but he voted for it. The high cost of living was partially solved by the senate for officers of cities of the second class with a popu lation erf from 1,000 to 5,000. when by a vote of 23 to 7 officers, both elective and appointed, received a small boost in salaries. "Duly accredited newspaper men" will be allowed to remain at their desks or otherwise be present upon final passage of bills, the senate gig ging back (jn its action of last week, when by a resolution introduced by Senator Mattes last week all but the officers and senators were denied the privilege of the floor when on third reading of bills. Senator Mattes after wards exyplained that he did not in tend to deprive the reporters of their rights, but simply wanted to keep the public off during the final considera tion of measures before the senate. Albert declared that he should- in sist on the rule being onforced, unless the senate went on record with a re consideration erf that part relating to the reporters. Senator Sandall moved to include the wives and families of the members and this too carried. British Soldiers Capture Position Of Sailly-Saillisel London, Feb. 8. The British troops have captured Sailly-Saillisel, on the Somme front in France, ac cording to an official communication issued tonight. Proposes to- Reduce Tax On Oleomargine to Two Cents Washington, Feb. 10. To open the market to oleomargarine, the senate finance committee today accepted as an amendment to the revenue bill a proposal by Senator Underwood to tax the product 2 cents a pound, to be paid by the manufacturer, in place of the practically prohibitive present tax of 10 cents a pound. Beal Bill Denounced By Grand Island Council Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 8. (Spe cial Telegram.) The city council ,at a regular meeting adopted a resolu tion denouncing the Beal bill aiming to place municipally owned utilities under the regulation of the State Rail way commission, and memoralizing the legislators from this district to vote against the measure. Brazil's Protest Against Subsea Warfare Reads Like Ultimatum Rio Janeiro, Feb. 8. Brazil's reply to the German note to be made public probably tomorrow will in terms po lite, but firm, declare Brazil's inten tion to hold Germany responsible for consequences which may result from the new submarine warfare. The reply expresses the desire of the Brazilian government not to be compelled to break the amicable re lations it always has maintained with Germany, a fact, however, which will not prevent Brazil from taking meas ures of protection and from protesting against the menace to Brazilian com merce and navigation contained in the note of the imperial government con cerning measures for the marine blockade. Brazil bases its protest upon the following four fundamental princi ple: First: The extension of an inad missible blockade. Second: The unexpectedness of the communication which gives only the short interval of five days before put Mlf MT mfft rnn numm nr run oAiuNu ur EN V(W GERARD German Officials Have No Fear Concerning Treatment Ac corded Kaiser's Ambas sador in This Country. BRITAIN GIVES CONDUCTS English Government Will Al low Safe Passage of Min ister So Far as It Can. WILD RUMORS CIRCULATE Berlin, Wednesday, Feb. 7. (By Wireless to Sayvillc, Feb. 8.) The date of the departure of Ambassador Gerard has not yet been fixed. The German authorities are making everv endeavor to assure him and members of the American embassy of all pos sible facilities for forwarding private telegrams. No serious concern is felt here as to the safe departure of Ger man officials in the United States, This information is contained in an announcement made public by the Overseas News Agency, which fol lows: "The date of the departure of the American ambassador has not yet been fixed. The number of persons for whom passports must be secured will be rather large and, therefore, this work will require some time. Every endeavor is being made to as sure the ambassador and the person nel of the embassy all possible facil ities for private telegrams. Many Regret Break. "While the American residents ac cept loyally the decision of their gov ernment, many of then! regret the breaking off of relations with Ger many without provocation. A num ber of Americans, among whom are several newspaper correspondents, have decided to stay in Germany until further developments. "Concerning Count von BernstorfFs departure from the United States, up to the present no official communica tion has been received for several days. All connection with the am bassador is completely severed and reliance has to be placed on all sorts of news coming from (he enemy, which cannot be examined into as to its reliability. Nevertheless, no serious concern is felt regarding the safe de parture of German officials in the United States, it being considered the United States will not depart from the basis of the law of nations, espe cially that of the treaty of 1799." Given Safe Conduct. LondonrFeb7-8. Count von Bern storff, former German ambassador to the United States, will be given a safe conduct so far as it is within the power of the British government to bestow. This announcement tonight followed a conference between A. I. Balfour, secretary for foreign affairs, and Ambassador Page. It is said that Great Britain is ready to grant Count von Bernstorff safe conduct, but that it could not guarantee the former ambassador's safety against acts of his own coun trymen. Trie British government hasj expressed itselt as anxious to meet the American State department's wishes and declared it would do all in its power to carry them out. Will Require Guarantees. The German government will require guarantees that Count von Bernstorff, former German am bassador at Washington, and the men on German ships in American ports will he permitted to leave the United States before allowing Am bassador Gerard and other Americans in Germany to depart from that coun try, according to the Copenhagen Politiken, as quoted in a Reutcr dis patch from that city. Hears from Gerard. This information, the Politiken savs. is contained in a telegram sent bv Ambassador Gerard to the American legation at Copenhagen. All Ameri. cans in Germany, including those cap tured by the German raider in the South Atlantic and taken to Germany on the Yarrowdale, are said to have been detained as hostages. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen gives the same re port regarding the detention of Ameri cans in Germany and adds that Am bassador Gerard is not permitted to send telegrams in code. Causes Excitement in London. Dispatches reporting ttiat Ger many is holding Mr. Gerard and all Americans in Germany as hostages for the safe return of Count von Bernstorff and a large number of Germans, eclipsed alt other news in the London evening papers today. (Ccntlnuod on Pae Two, Column One.) ting mto operation of submarine measures against any and all vessels: a fact which prevents Brazil from adopting measures with regard to sev eral Brazilian ships now at sea or anchored in foreign ports. Third: The ignoring of all rules established by international law and the principles set forth in solemn treaties and conventions, the signa tories of which are Brazil and Ger many itself. Fourth: Brazil's objection to the declaration that no country should dissent from Germany's purpose to employ all means to render effective its blockade under the conditions mentioned in its note. The reply concludes by express ing Brazil's hope that Germany will take into consideration the fundamen tal principles of Brazil's protest and Brazil's holding Germany responsi ble for the consequences which mav come from making effective the threats against the navigation of non belligerent slate. . Central Figures in HOLLAND AND SPAIN WILLJOT BREAK United States Notified These Two Nations Will Continue Relations With Germany. SPAIN TO DEFEND ITSELF Washington, Feb. 8. The Nether lands government, through the Ameri can legation at The Hague, has form ally declined to accept President Wil son's suggestion that it follow the course of the United States and break off diplomatic relations with Ger many. Information to this effect reached here today in confidential dis patches from ilollam',. It was also said in the dispatches that the Netherlands government had made a protest against unrestricted submarine warfare and that at the same time negotiations had been opened with Great Britain for the re duction of its mine field. The Dutch government plans to have the Brit ish field and the German danger zone which now overlap each other so contracted as to make a clear path through "which its ships'may "pass. Spanish Note Arrives. Spain's note, which it is understood formally declines to accept President Wilson s suggestion that it break off diplomatic relations with Germany, was received today at the Sate depart ment, but was not made public. Spain, it is understood, protests vigorously against the new submarine order as a violation of international law and an invasion of neutral inter ests. Having taken over American in terests in Germany and being the be3t equipped diplomatically of the remaining neutrals Spain is anxious to keep open communication with Berlin as the best channel for ne gotialion between the central empires and the entente. Spain made an arrangement some time ago with Germany for the safe passage of enough of its merchant vessels to prevent a commercial panic within the country, but Germany has withdrawn that arrangement with the understanding that ships now bound for England shall return at their own peril. Spain is entirely dependent on Spanish, vessels .instead of other neu tral vessels and has demanded ex emption on the ground that it has never carried munitions of war. Spain Will Defend Itself, Madrid, Feb. 8. Referring to the Spanish note to Germany, the Diaria Universal says that the whole coun try is unanimously in favor of main taining neutrality, but that that atti tude does not exclude action in the defense of national interests or for the protection of national dignity. "No country could renounce its right to that defense," says the paper, "before the note of the central powers without, at the same time, abandoning its neutrality. The iwo ideas are per fectly compatible and on both the nation is unanimous. No one wants to abandon neutrality, but no one wants either to abandon the interests and dignity of Spaiii before the ca prices or necessities of foreign powers." Troop Train Derailed Near Winnipeg; Many Hurt Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 8. A Grand Trunk-Pacific railroad train, carrying 300 officers and men of the 232 Bat talion of Fcnch Canadians, eastward ''n'inH for emharkment to Kurone was derailed just before raachiiig this t'ity (early todav.' Five c;irs rolled down a steep embankment. Ot more than thirty persons who were injured Ur. Kusscn, the battalion's medical officer, and a negro porter, probably will not recover. The accident was attributed to the breaking of a rail. - Moving Picture Star Didn't Want Over Million a Year New York, Feb. 7. Albert E. Smith, president of a large motion picture producing company, told the members of a legislative investigating committee here today that a film star he tried to engage demanded a salary of $1,000,000 a year. "She did not get it, did sl.e?" asked a member of the committee. "Not from me," replied Mr. Smith. The witness declared that unless a kind Providence reduces the salary of some stars the companies Will have to go out of business. Only r few stars are worth what they are getting, he added. Diplomatic Situation FIFTH NEBRASKA NOW ATFORT CROOK Soldiers Return from Mexican Border To Be Mustered Out of Service. COL. PAUL IS TO RESIGN The Fifth Nebraska regiment re turned yesterday to be mustered out of the federal service, just seven months to a day from the time it left Lincoln July 9 for border serv ice. The soldiers arrived on two troop trains, the first" reaching Fort Crook at 6:30 this morning and the other entering the post shortly after 9 o'clock. The regiment comprised 597 men and fifty officers. Before noon all the equipment had been unloaded and all preparations completed for keeping the soldiers at the fort until they are mustered out. The regiment left Llano Grande Sunday afternoon at 12:30. Stops at Houston and Kansas .City were made on the way up. Although the home coming took a much longer time than the down trip, the soldiers say they had a much more enjoyable time. All soldiers had tourist sleepers and the officers Pullman sleepers. Little Excitement. With the exception of a small fire in one of the stock cars shortly after the first troop train left Llano Grande the homeward trip was without any excitement. Just how long the Fifth will be re quired to remain at the fort before being mustered out is uncertain, ac cording to Captain James W. F.ver ington, senior mustering out officer. Captain Everington said that he had not received any orders from Wash ington to delay mustering out owing to the break with Germany. He said that mustering out would sti-rt imme diately and unless further orders were received the soldiers would in all probabilities be allowed to go to their homes by the next fifteen or twenty days. Captain L. R. James, Captain C. F. King of the medical corps and First Lieutenant R. R. Hartley of the Twentieth United States infantry, all of the regular United States army, have been detailed and arc now at Fort Crook to aid in the muster out work. No Orders to Delay. When asked if he had received or ders from the War department to de lay the mustering out of the regiment, Colonel H. J. Paul, commanding of ficer, said as far as he knew none had ever been issued and that he had not received any, "We coniploted most of our "paper ?.(rk" while still on the border and can complete all the remaining work in about five more days. There cer tainly must be a mistake somewhere, for I have no orders that we are to be held at Fort Crook for an indefi nite lime due to recent break with Germany." f Colonel Paul to Resign. Colonel Paul said that he intended to resign as soon as the present crisis with Germany is over. "I have been in the service a good many years and believe that I should step down and give another man a chance." Colonel Paul was re-elected commanding of ficer shortly before his regiment was ordered home. The election .took place January 23. Not a man of the Fifth regiment returned to Nebraska sick and none was left behind in hospitals. The Fifth regiment is said to be the only or ganization on the border that never lost a man through death. Letters in possession of Colonel Paul from, high army officers and officials give credit to the regiment as one of the most efficient and well-drilled on the entire border. The record of the Fifth was also exceptionally high in marksmanship. All State Troops Back. With the arrival of the Fifth regi ment all of the Nebraska troops are now home from the oorder, with the exception of the hospital detachment. Twelve companies, the signal corps company of Fremont, and the sani tary detachment comprises the or ganizations that arrived at Fort Crook. The companies and the towns they are from are: A, Lincoln; B, Ne braska City; C, Beatrice; D, Auburn; E, North Platte; F, Wymore: G, Has tings; H, Lincoln; 1, Ord; K, Blue hill; L, Gothenburg and M, Grand Island. KAISER IGNORES PLEDGES MADE TO UNITED STATES Washington Officials Believe War With Germany Sure to Come Within a Few Days. WATCH FOR OVERT ACT Hope Abandoned that Cam paign of Ruthlessness Will Be Modified. EXPECT AUSTRIAN BREAK Bulletin. Stockholm, Feb. 8, (Via London.) The Swedish government rejects President Wilson's suggestion that other neutral countries join with the United States in severing diplomatic relations with Germany, and declares its intention to follow the strictest neutrality as long as it is possible. Sweden's reply was detivered to the American minister today. Washington, Feb. 8. On the basis of reports received on the destruction of the California and other ships so far, it is stated authoritatively that none of the cases constitutes the overt act which will lead to war with Germany. Officials openly express the belief, however, that the overt act is merely a question of time. While regarding the destruction of the California as plain evidence that Germany has fully 'abandoned its pledges to the United States, it was stated that the government will not be hurried into war until there is un disputed evidence of violation of American rights by destruction of American ships or loss of American lives in violation of international law. All hope, if any ever existed, that Germany might modify its campaign of ruthlessness has vanished and there is no doubt here that it will be onlv a matter of hours or days before an American ship is sunk or American lives are sacrificed. The only effect, so far, of the de struction of the California has been to quicken the preparations the gov ernment is making for the expected eventuality. v Expect Break With Austria. Austria has not as yet withdrawn or modified its note adhering to the German submarine campaign, it was stated officially today at the State de partment. The possibility tht i break with Austria also can be avoided has prac tically been given up. Despite some differences in .Austria's, situation, its strict adhesion to the principles enun ciated by Germany, both in a note to this government and in other com munications, makes its position prac tically the same. Officials who have been hoping that a break might be avoided will give no intimation as to why a definite an nouncement is not made. This is taken to indicate, however, that the small hope remaining is be ing carefully watched. . Swiss Take Over AL Consulates. The legation of Switzerland, upon further instructions from its govern ment, has taken over the business of honorary German consuls as well as that of "consuls of career." It has not yet been determined whether hon orary consuls will be required to leave the United States. , The business of the German con sular agent at Los Angeles has been transferred to the Swiss consulate at San Francisco. The honorary con sulate at Portland, Ore., has been tak en over by the Swiss representative. The German vice consul at Cebu, P. 1., has been instructed to turn his affairs over to the Swiss cor.sul at Manila. The German consul at Manila, who is unable to return to Germany be cause of conditions at sea, probably will be permitted to go to China through Hongkong. The State depart ment has requested safe conducts for him from the British and French gov ernments. Funeral of Papillion Pioneer This Afternoon Mrs. Carl Niemann, aged 72 years, died at her home in Papillion yester day of paralysis. She had lived in Papillion for thirty years. She leaves three daughters and four sons. The daughters are Mrs. C. H. Ross, wife of Dr. Ross, Omaha, and Misses Alice and Lillian Griffith. The sons are William Griffith of Salem. Mo., and three sons still in England. The funeral will be held at Frendenf Lutheran church Frlday.at 1:30 p. m. School Bond Issue Carries In Franklin Special Election Franklin, Neb., Feb. 8. (Special.) The school bond issue carried at the special election held here today. The vote was 265 for and 99 against. The proposition provides for a $30,000 bond issue for the erection of new public school buildings. Have you an extra room which is being kept warm and no one to occupy it. i Phme Tyler 1000 and let a small want ad fill that room and help to pay the coal, bill. . Competent ad writers at your service. , You are as close to Hm Bm Want-Ad Dept. as your phone is to you.