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
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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.
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help to pay the coal,
bill. .
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as your phone is to you.
