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Bee Want-ad Service Night or Day Tyler 1000 VOL. XLVI. NO. 39. THE OMAHA MONDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 12, 1917.. On Truss, It HMtto. Nsas !. In- M, SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Omaha Daily THE THE WEATHER Fair''" ;'v-':; KAISER CALLS A MEET OF CHIEFS ON U-BOAT WAR Emperor Summons Chancellor and High Army and Navy Officials to Conference at Headquarters. MAY MODIFY DIVER FIAT Possibility of Parleys With Neutrals Over Subsea Cam paign to Be' Discussed. REPORT FROM AMSTERDAM London, Feb, 11. An important conference 'at headquarters has been called by' Emperor William presum ably to discuss the submarine ques tion,' says" the Exchange Telegraph company's Amsterdam correspondent today. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the imperial chancellor, and high army and navy officials will attend and it is reported, adds the correspondent, that the possibility of negotiations with the neutrals for modifying the terms of the recent German memorandum will be discussed. Pro-German Dies Following Heated Argument and Fight Leigh, Neb., Feb. II. (Special Telcgram.)-r-A' mysterious death oc curred here last night, when Fred Duhwin died just after he had been taken home by Fred Paulsen, a friend. Duhwin and Paulsen had been in -town during the day, and Duhwin and another farmer, George Eisner, got" info a heated argument over the crisis with Germany. Duh win was very emphatic in expressing sympathy with Germany, and' this wound up in a fistic encounter on the street later in the evening. Duhwin and Paulsen took' lunch at a local eating house and then pro- ceedcd home. On the way Duhwin bled profusely and lay down in the vehicle when they reached the Paul sen home, two miles southeast of this iity. Duhwin was very ill and had to be carried ir the house. He died soon after beinu seated in a chair. A local physician turned the case over to the Platte county authorities. Duhwin was about 29 years old and single. He had been employed on a farm near here. t j.o. " ii) Edison Celebrates : Seventieth Birthday In Hi's Big Workshop Orange, N. J, Feb. 11. Thomas A. Edison iho was 70 years old to day, was the guest of honor at, a banquet given .in his workshop to night by more than 2.00O- of his em ployes and business associates. Let ters of congratulation and good will were read from President Wilson and many others of note from all parts of the world. Mr. Edison went from his labora tory direct to the banquet. The in ventor's employes and business asso ciates had been seated at tables which filled a room covering an entire floor of the Edison workshop. A birthday cake ten and one-half feet in circum ference and forty inches high was placed in front of Mr. Edison. It was aglow with seventy electric can dles. In the center of it was a figure of Liberty holding an electric torch. Mr Edison made a brief speech in which he thanked his "fellow work ers" for their loyalty and their re membrance of his birthday. He add ed: "I feel fine and I am working hard just now for my Uncle Samuel. A letter from President Wilson, ad dressed to the chairman of the com mittee in charge, was as follows: - "I wish with all 'my heart that I might be present to take part in cele brating Mr. Edison's seventieth birth day.. It would be a real pleasure to be able' to ay in public with what deep and genuine admiration I have followed his remarkable career of achievement. I was an undergraduate at the university when his first inven tions captured the imagination of the world, and ever since then I have re tained the sense of magic which what he did then created in my mind. He seems always to have been in the special confidence of nature herself. His career already has made an in dellible impression on the history of applied science and I hope that he has many years yet before him in which ! to make his record still more remark able." . - The Weather Temperatures as Omaha, Yeeteraar. Hoar. nr. t a. m s f a. m 1 s T a. m ,. x S a. m 0 t a. m.. l 10 a. m 2 11 a. m 3 13 m. ...... ........ 4 1 p. m.. 1 t p. m I S p. m...,. 11 4 p. m 13 5 p. m.i 13 I p. in., 13 T p. m 11 . cempatauve Ideal Beeord. a iii7. int. int. iii4. V tirheit' jreaterdar. . . . 13 36 4e 29 Lowtst yeeterday...;. - ft . 21 l 7 Mean -temperature... 8 34 . 34 14 Precipitation - .00 .00 .00 .03 Tetnperature and precipitation departures from the normal: Normal temperature. , , ...... 32 Deficiency for the day....... 10 Total oxceao elnce March 1 US Normal precipitation....... .03 Inch Deficiency for. the day. 08 Inch Total rainfall elnce March 1. .. .17.43 Inches Deficiency alnce March 1 13.37 Inehea Deficiency for cor. period, lilt. .06 men Deficiency for cor. period. 1014. 1 M Inches - . . L. . WKUSH, Meteoroh1al. WARM TRIBUTES TO MEM0RY0F UNC0LM Memorial University Celebra tion Hears From Many Eminent Speakers. SLOAN' LEADS THE LIST Cumberland Gap, Tenn, Feb.. 11. A score or more of five-minute ad dresses modeled on the brevity of Lincoln's Gettysburg address consti tuted a feature today .of the celebra tion of the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Lincoln Memorial university. "Lincoln, the Orator," was the subject of one of these short addresses by Congressman Charles H. Sloan of Nebraska, who said: "Lincoln was invited to speak at Cooper Institute, New York City, in 1860. Again his fearing friends said: 'Do not go to New York. It is the home of 'Seward.' 'That speech made at Cooper Institute will defeat you. .Again he had confidence in himself and bis cause. He went. He made that memorable speech. That speech made him the presidential nominee. .He revealed new and strange powers of oratory to the east, it was not the florid, ornate utterance of the south. It was not the keen classic analysis of the east. , It was that di rect and convincing express' of the west proceeding from a clta; brain prompted by a good heart, that swayed the judgment and clinched conviction. Throughout Lincoln's speeches either in debate with Doug las,, at Cooper -Institute, or later in his masterpiece at Gettysburg, his ex pression was lucid and strong, his embellishment was through ideas rather than words. These illuminated rather than adorned his central prop oson. On the last mentioned occa str Lincoln underwent the supreme oratorical test. . . One of Three Greatest. "Daniel Webster, who divides with Edmund Burke the oratorical honors of the English tongue, says true elo quence rests in the occasion, in the theme and in the man. The occ?n was the gathering of the nations greatest to commemorate the might iest battle and victory of the great war. It was on that field of fearful carnage. The speech was by the cen tral figure of the triumphant north. He stood -the test. He spoke as. man had not spoken since Paul addressed the Athenians on Mars Hill. Lincoln spoke with the .boldness of Paul and the authority of the Nazarene. It was the third in point of time of the three great short speeches of .earth He brew, Greek, American." Shaw's View of Lincoln. Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treasury, explaining that every one who attempts some revolutionary Eolicy claims some similarity between iniself and Lincoln, devoted his ad dress to pointing out "what Lincoln did not believe, touch or do-". 'He vs not an abolitionist," said Mr. Shaw. "He never belonged to or affiliated with the abolition party. The platform on which Mr. Lincoln was elected was not an abolition plat form. Mr. Lincoln set his face strong ly against the spread of slavery and his party promised that alt free soil should remain free, 'Thus far, but no fSiThef,' was its position. It is note worthy, however, that he signed the emancipation proclamation with many misgivings and after much delay. The abolition of slavery by proclamation was a war measure and an incident of the war. When the' constitution of the confederacy was adopted it ex pressly prohibited a protective tariff and guaranteed slavery. Lincoln a Conservative. "Mr. Lincoln believed in three co ordinate branches of government and he did not believe in any subordinate branch. He did not believe that the judiciary should advise the congress or the executive. He did not believe that the congress should interfere with the interpretation of the admin istration of the laws which it saw fit to enact and he did not believe the executive should attempt to dictate to the courts or make appointments ' (Ceo tinned an Pas Two, Column Two) ( I Edward McEacheron Dies of -Rheumatism and Cancer Edward ' McEacheron, aged 68 years, and for thirty years a resident of Omaha, engaged in the retail coal business and located at Twentieth and Lake streets most of the time, died at his residence, 1907 Wirt street, at 5 o'clock Sunday morning of rheumatism and cancer of the stom ach, after an illness of several months. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, the tatter, Mrs. Allene Mumaugh of Tobias, this state. ' '.' - - Mr. McEacheron was born in New York and came to Nebraska some thirty-five years ago, settling first near Ainsworth and then moving to Rushville, subsequently locating in Omaha. Mr. McEacheron was a member of the North Presbyterian church and was one of its officers almost from the time of its organization. He was a trustee at the time of his death The funeral will be held from the home at 2 o'clock today. Burial will be at Forest Lawn cemetery, and will be private. The family has requested that friends refrain from sending flowers. The pallbearers will be: - J. C, Weeth O. A. Scott C. 8. Johnson . .T. H. Hughes -? , B: W. Lamareaux ' W. D. Perclval The ' pallbearers have all been friends' and neighbors of Mr. Mc Eacheron for more than a quarter of a century. The services at the house and the cemetery will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Higbee, pastor of the North church. . - ; Representative Liggett f Weds Lincoln Teacher Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 11. (Special Telegram.) Representative George Liggett of Seward county was mar ried this afternoon at the Lincoln hotel, to Miss Charlotte Zumwinkle of Utica, who has been a teacher in the Lincoln High school the last three years. Mn Liggett is a banker at Utica and is serving bis second term in the legislature. ONE AMERICAN UPON MANTOLA AMONG SAVED Ship's Surgeon, From Oregon, Survivor of Crew of British Vessel Sunk by TJ-Boat . Without Warning. SEVEN LASCABS He Describes Experiences- Vessel Torpedoeod German Submarine. BLAST mST EE Sea Disasters Yesterday London, Feb. 11 Lloyds' ahip- Sing agency reports the Italian ark Luiginag of 1,700 tons, aground and a total loss. The cap tain and ten men were lost. Five men were saved. The British steamer Sallagh hat been - sunk, Lloyds' shipping agency announces today. This may refer to the British steamer Salaga, of 3,811 tons gross, owned by Elder, Dempster & Co, of Liverpool. It has been in the British government service. No steamer Sallagh is listed in avail able records. Washington, Feb. 11. One Ameri can Earl Rice, ship's surgeon of Port land, Ore, was on board the British India liner Mantola, torpedoed off the Irish coast, Feruary 8b. Consul Frost at Queensetowrr cabled the State de partment that the steamer was tor pedoed without warning, but that everybody escaped except seven Las cars. ; s ' Sound of Violent Explosion. London, Feb. 1!. Earl M. Rice of Portland, Ore, ship's surgeon of the Mantola, adn the only American on board, was among the survivors of the torpedoed steamer, who arrived in London today. He gave the Asso ciated Press the following account of the sinking: .v ''.' 'The first we knew was the sound of a violent explosion, which shock the ship from end to end at 10 p. m., on Thursday. The- sea was fairly rough, but the ship maintained an even heel and excellent order was preserved, Captain Chavas immedi ately ordered the boats launched. Seven Lascars Killed, .-"Seven Lascars were, killed by the explosion. ,The remainder of those on board Were unhijrt. Everybody got' safely into teh boats with the excep tion of the captain, the chief engi neer and the wireless operator, who were to follow us later. "Nobody had yet seen the subma rine and everybody in the boats was peering into the haze in a vain effort to catch a glimpse of the tell-tale periscope An hour and a half after the torpedoing the captain, the en gineer and the wireless man got the wireless working and began sending out S. O. S. calls giving details of the position. . i t Reply Is Instant.' "The reply came almost instantly, but from an unexpected quarter. The submarine, which evidently was lying off in the saze two miles or so away, nicked ud the wireless and began shelling the Mantola from 4,000 yards-j distance, meanwhile approaching at full speed so that the range rapidly decreased. Some of the shells were loaded with shrapnel, which burst about the Mantola, injuring the life boats. We had retnrned close to the Mantola, but the sailors' now tried to increase the distance from the sub marine's target. Fortunately, nobody was hurt by the shells. ' Boat Plainly Visible. "By this time the submarine was plainly visible to everybody. A cool headed passenger on my boat took out a notebook and carefully marked down a cross every time the subma rine fired. His record shows tha? forty-seven were fired. ' "The submarine was within 200 or 300 yards or the Mantola when an unidentified vessel began to loom up on the hazy horizon. The subma rine's commander decided that discre tion was the better part of valor, closed his hatches quickly, submerged and disappeared, to the unspeakable relief of us all. The new. arrival proved to be a British sloop, which gradually picked up the survivors. - "We were in our boat about six hours. The Mantola sank in the eve ning." '.'- - Austria Parleys With U. S. Over Mediterranean Travel London, Feb. 11. Reports from Vienna, received at The Hague and transmitted by the Exchange Tele graph company, say that the Austro Hungarian government is negotiating with American Ambassador Penfield over the question xf allowing Ameri cans to travel unhindered In the Mediterranean, . hoping - thereby to avert a severance of relations between Austria-Hungary and the United States. . It is not expected, the dispatch adds, that the negotiations will suc ceed, because Germany is adverse to giving any pledge regarding Ameri cans on the ground that it would weaken .the blockade and Austria Hungary is unable to give a guaran tee without German sanction. Perhaps After the War the . Women Will Do the Proposing (Corrsspondenos of The Associated Presa) .London, Jan. 20. Speakers at a suffrage meeting here were of the opinion that women will have to pro pose alter tne war. Because many men will hesitate to come forward owing to their being cripples. As the mists of time clear away, Lincoln looms greater and more majestic, like a mountain from which the clouds are blown. mlZy&miiMwm'-u 11 iasmawaaTOaMipy VICTIMS JrT m2JMf& ilWUtf J f -sKT 1 . "LITTLE MOTHER" OF VOLUNTEERS TALKS Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth Tells of Her Work in Help. -. ing Former Convicts. , PERMANENT HOME? HEBE Mrs.' Maud Ballington Booth, who with her husband founded the Volun teers of America, known as the "little mother" to thousands of convicts and ex-convicts in all parts of the coun try and famous throughout the world as a woman preacher and prison worker, spoke at a mass meeting at the Auditorium yesterday afternoon on "Hope for the Hopeless." Her visit to Omaha was under the auspices of the local Volunteers ' of America, Major F. A. McCormick in command. Mrs. Booth spent a busy day here, arriving late Saturday night. speaking at the Auditorium in the afternoon and at the First Congrega tional church in the evening. She left Omaha early this morning. Keal prison reform, she told' the fairly large audience at the Auditor ium, isn't what the popular concep tion gives it credit for. Base ball, movies,, field days and what not is only the froth on top of the wave the real reform is instilling in the hearts of the prisoners the spirit of God and bringing work to idle hands so that they can save their minds and muscles from degeneration and be able to use them when they gain their freedom, Mrs. Booth declared. , - v No Profit to State. Mrs. Booth asserted that no state has the right to profit by the work of prisoners while their families are left in destitution at home. She said that she hoped for the time when families will get the earnings of the prisoners and the men themselves will feel as if they are earning their board and lodging- The founder of the Volunteers critised sharply those who are op posed to the prisoners working. Out of the 25,000 men whom Mrs.. Booth said have come to her direct from prison, 25 per cent of them, she averred, have "made good." She de clared that only 5 per cent of this number went back to a Hfc of crime and landed in prison again. Each prisoner, when he starts sening his sentence, should be studied and his defects remedied ; the men should not be looked upon merely as a mass of convicts, waj one of her suggestions for real prison reform. "Don't look at them as bank burglars, forgers, thieves, but as men," she said. Mrs. Booth at the beginning of her address, declared that she was glad (raatlnaed en Pag Twe, Oelaaoa Vim.) T. R. Associated With Move To Rear Monument to Cody " New York, Feb. 11. Theodore Roosevelt has accepted an honor ary vice presidency in the Colonel W. F. Cody- Memorial association of Denver, which will pay the late Buf falo Bill the tribute of America by erecting a mausoleum on top of a Colorado mountain ' peak, Lookout mountain, to be rechristened Mount Cody. Colonel Roosevelt was the guest of a committee representing the memorial body and the United States Boy Scouts, working jointly with it. The memorial structure will include statues symbolical of episodes of Buf falo Bill s frontier adventures, with an equestrian figure of the late scout as part of the design. In the crypt, according to the committee's plans, will be placed material things which were Colonel Cody's cherished pos sessions trappings, retics, rare paint ings, souvenirs, gifts and collections. i' ii Can't Make BUI Law ; Because Copyrighted Sioux Falls, S. D Feb. 11. R. O. Richards of Huron prepared aad caused to be introduced in the legislature at Pierre a primary law he had protected by copyright. To day the elections committee of the senate reported it could do noth ing with the bill because of the copyright, which would forbid its pubUaation aa i printed senate bill for distribution among the mem bers. The Richards "primary" act was adopted by popular vote un der the initiative of 1912, but the 1915 session of the legislature re pealed it. It was offered again under the initiative in the 1916 election and defeated. OMAHANS WILL TALK AT LINCOLT BANQUET Young Men's' Republican Club of Oapital Oity Will Ob- ' serve Birthday. SEATS MUCH IN DEMAND (Prom a Staff Correspondent)- '' ' Lincoln, Feb. 11. (Special.) The Voung Men's Republican club of 'Lin coln will give its annual Lincoln day banquet at the Lincoln hotel Monday evening. Norris Brown of Omaha will be the orator of the occasion and his sub ject will be "The Text From Lin coln." " .. . I . , Victor Rosewater, editor of The Omaha Bee will be another speaker, his subject being "Looking Forward. Matthew Gering of Plattsmouth will have for his subject "The Rotary of Politics " Representative Leonard A. Flans burg will be the representative speaker from the young men's club and will talk on "Harmony." The toastniaster will be former Lieutenant Governor S..R. McLelver of Lincoln. . The annual banquet of the club, while a Lincoln organization, has always been a state-wide affair and seats have been at such a demand that it has been hard to fill the wants and this affair wilt be no exception. Omaha Will Send' . Men to Hear Bryan Talk Against War New York, Feb. 11. W. J.. Bryan is expected to be the principal speaker at the anti-war demonstra tion at Washington "next Monday night under the auspices of the Emergency Peace Federation, it was announced here today. ' Assurances have been received, it was 'said, that delegations will be present from Boston, Buffalo, Rochester, Pitts burgh, Cleveland, Chicago, - Omaha and other cities. A check for $100 was received to day by the New York committee from Mr. Bryan, it was reported, to help defray expenses. Announcement also was made that Miss Jane Addams of Chicago had telegraphed that . she would organize a Chicago contingent to go to Washington. Similar mes sages were said to have been received from Dr. J. H. Kellogg of Battle Creek and C. H. Gustafson of Lin coln, Neb. - . STUDY YOURSELF TO NURSE ALL DEFECTS Dean Fordyce of Nebraska Tells Men at 'Y" How to Perfect Bodies. MUST TAKE AN INVENTORY "Have you found . your defect, physical or moral?" "If you have not, you are'not ready to start on the upgrade in manhood. This is the way Dean Charles For dyce, dean of the teachers' college of the University of Nebraska, ap proached his subject when talking at the Young Men's Christian associa tion auditorium yesterday afternoon on "A Young Man's Personal Ques tions." :, ' "Five generations back you had thirty-two ancestors," he said. "Fif teen generations back you had, not thirty-two, but 32,000. From these you inherited a tangle of forces that go to make up you today. - From one you inherited perhaps a strong body. From one you inherited a love of the beautiful. From another you inherit ed weak eyes. Keep Impulses in Check. "You must make an inventory of yourself to see what stuff you have at hand to make a man. I regret that there is probably not one in the room but who has impulses which, if al lowed full sway, would devour every noble impulse in you... These must be kept in check." Dean Fordyce gave his own case as an illustration of what could be done in the way of finding one's weak nesses and guarding against them. He said he had found by a study of his family tree that his great grandfather had a weak digestive apparatus, that his grandfather likewise was afflicted, that his own father had the same trouble, and then that in his own case he was bothered greatly with his stomach so that he never knew a well day until he was 13 years old. "But I stand before you today in perfect health," he said. "That is be cause I guarded and nursed this de fect all my life." British Capture . . One Mile of Teuton Trenches on Somme London, Feb. 11. British troops last night captured German trenches qn a front of more than three-quarters of a mile in the Somme line,, consti tuting what is characterized as a "strong system," lying north of Bcau-mont-Hamel. Naturalization Fees Break ' All Previous Records Here District Clerk Smith has just en joyed qne of the best weeks in his official career,' for naturalization Ag ue rs broke all records. . His books show that from Feb ruary 1 to 9, inclusive, 1.16 aliens took out their first paper. In' this same period sixty-nine second papers were issued over "naturalization desk," this means that in less than ten days $412 in naturalization fees has been paid in. The proceeding banner naturaliza tion week was the six days before the election registration closed last fall. In this period the fees totaled oji ly $77, a mere "bag 'o shells," com pared to the present rush for citizen ship papers, following the break with Germany. - . . The week before the primaries last spring, produced naturalization fees totaling $V4. " i GERARD LEAVES BERLIN FOR THE SWISS FRONTIER Ambassador and Staff and Over Hundred Otber Amer icans on Train Departing From German Capital. GIVEN CORDIAL SEND07F Travelers Are Bidden Wistful Farewell by Their Country men Who Bemain. SMILE ON ENV0TS FACE Bulletin. V Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 11. (Via Paris.) The American Ambassador James W. Gerard, arrived at the Swiss boundary at Schaffhansen at 4 o'clock this afternoon. He was met by the American minister to Switzer land, Pleasant A. Stovall, and repre sentatives of the Swiss array. Berlin, Saturday, Feb. 10. (Wire less Via Sayville, Feb. 11.) James W. Gerard, the American ambassador, and his staff left Berlin at 8:10 o'clock tonight for Switzerland. Besides the embassy staff, 110 other Americans accompanied him. The leave-taking was very cordial, members of the foreign office seeing the ambassador off. Mr. Gerard will await' instruction in Berne before proceeding.. "Auf Wiedersehen on Broadway." The train on which the ambassador left Berlin consisted of ten coaches. Fully 200 Americans who are remain ing in Berlin were on hand to take leave regretfully of their countrymen, who, after a week of tension, due to strenuous preparations for leaving, were somewhat distraught. "Good-bye, Judge," someone shout ed as the train started, and Mr. Ger ard, leaning out of the window 9I his car, replied: : "Auf wiedersehen on rj j . vruouwuy. The former ambassador's face wore 1 smite as he waited for the train to depart and he expressed himself opti mistically with regard to further de- vd,!irciiYS iu iua iciuisiii-rujici ii.mii situation. , v , Diplomats Present At the station Count Montgetas, head of the American section of the foreign office, and Herr von Pritt-, witz, personal representative of For eign Minister.! Zimmermann, were present to bid Mr. Gerard farewell. The diplomatic corps was represent ed by Polo Y. Bernabe, the Spanish smhitssfinr. who tft to take srvr-r the. unercuwi 01 ' ins umtru omn; ui. Theotky, the Greek minister; Baron Gevers, the Dutch minister, and the diplomats of the South American re publics. The military authorities and the foreign office assigned special offi cers to accompany' the train to the Swiss frontier, where it is due to ar rive at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. On the way to the frontier the train will pick up a score or more Ameri cans attached to consular offices in southern Germany, : Rests' With Swiss Government. . The disposition of the ambassa dorial train after its arrival in Zurich rests . with the Swiss government, which is swaiting instructions from France. It is considered likely, how ever, that the American party will stay in Berne for a few days. University Students Visit The Updike Flour Mill Prof. Leland Lewis, head of the chemistry department at the TJniver sirv nf Omaha, took his food chem istry classes and the domestic science girls through the Updike flour mill Saturday. Mr. Dean Yohe, the chief cnemist 01 ine concern, snowea me students through every department of the mill. First he let them see how the wheat is converted into flour by the mechanical processes. Later he took them to the laboratory and ana lyzed a sample of flour for the var ious constituents of the cereal. Then he played the part of a baker and made some bread to test the bread making qualities of the different flours. While the bread was baking he showed them how to test for poisons, such as nitrites, in the flour. The final demonstration consisted in testing the finished bread with refer ence to texture, color and weight. Elephant Grass Now Used For Making Print Paper Corrsspla of Ths associated Prssa.) London, Jan. 30. A folder sent here by the Uganda railway, printed on good paper, contains a note to the effect that the paper is made from elephant grass, which grows in abun dance in British East Africa and Uganda. Many Real Bargains , in used pianos and other musical instru- , ments are listed in . Today's Want-Ad Section Some of them may be . had for less than the original price. Save money by read ing them now. Phone Tyler 1000 competent ad-takers , at your service. You are as close to The Bo Want-Ad Dept. ' ss your phone is to you.