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OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1917 SIXTEEN PAGES.'
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SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
MAKERS OF NEWS
PRINT PAPER ASK
U.S. TO FIX PRICE
AMERICA'S SPIRIT
Tea caa telephone ,
your want-ad at '
night service for
your convenience.
Tyler 1000. .
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Omaha
THE WEATHER
Fair; Colder. (;
GERMANS TAKE
MILE AND HALF
OF FRENCH LINE
Crown Prince Captures Posi
tions for Depth of Half Mile
' . t ' Y
The Bigger the Man, the Cleaner the Desk
AUSTRIA BREAKS
RELATIONS WITH
UNITED STATES
Copenhagen Dispatch Says Vi-'
euna Refuses to Negotiate
Further with Ambassa
dor Penfield.
THAT OF CRUSADER
Facing Criminal Prosecution,
Manufacturers Propose to
Trade Commission to Say
What Shall Charge. ,
VICTORY FOR PUBLISHERS
Board's Statement Says it
Means Millions to Large Con
cerns, Life to Little Ones.
CHARGES LIKELY DROPPED
Washington, Feb. 16. News print
paper manufactures, facing criminal
, prosecution in United States courts
y" for alleged participation in restraint
of trade, proposed- to the Federal
Trade commission today that it fix a
reasonable price for the output of the
principal plants of the United States
and Canada. Ihe commission an
nounced it had the proposal under
consideration and would reply imme
diately. It i generally believed the
answer will be an acceptance.
The action of the manufacturers
gives a signal victory to American
newspaper publishers, who in the face
of advancing paper prices have seen
nothing ahead but ruin for many of
their number. If the proposal is ac
cepted, omcials say it will mark an
expansion of the functions 'of the
government, which in arbitrating the
differences between two industries,
opens up a wide yfiejd of possibilities
for the future. !
Move Made to Escape Prosecution
Although nothing has been said
concerning the continuance of grand
jury proceedings in New York, it is
well understood the manufacturers'
move was predicated on the assump
1 tion that there would be no criminal
v prosecutions. The manufacturers in
their proposal, while denying there
have been any violations of the law,
agree that the trade commission, if
it finds it necessary may make recom
mendations for such'changes in the
business of print paper manufacture
that the industry "may maintain its
organization, maaagemcnt and con
duct of business in accordance with
the law." '.-'
The announcement came after sev
eral days' conferences between repre
sentatives of manufacturers who
make enough of the continent's print
paper to control the market, and at
torneys for the 'commission, headed
by Francis J. Heney of San Francisco,
who was retained especially for the
commission's investigation of the in
dustry. The administration has shown
the' keenest interest in the 'proceed
ings and it was said today secretary
McAdOO S aia naa maae possiDie me
result. President Wilson has watched,
the situation since the trade commis
sion began its, inquiry eight months
ago. - . -. - ..- ....- -'
Grand Jury Proceedings Effective.
The investigation was put under
way last summer under a resolution
adopted by the senate. Information
gathered tendjng to show anti-trust
law violations was' turned vcr to the
Department of Justice, while all in
formation bearing on economic phases
of the situation was collected by the
commission. At the hearings, held
last fall and as late as January,, the
manufacturers, it is said, discouraged
the commission's efforts to find a so
' lution for prohibitive prices. After
the grand jury proceedings were
started they came voluntarily to
Washington with their proposition.
It is estimated if the proposal is;
accepted and reasonable prices arc
. fixed, at least $30,000,000 will be saved
to American publishers this year.
Nothing is said of increased produc
tion, but it is understood the manu
facturers are willing to keep enough
-machines on news print (o insure a
paper supply for the entire country,
hat Canada Will Do.
It was learned today that the
Canadian .government will, under-
- orders in council, fix a maximum
price of 2Vi cents a pound on news
' print sold to Canadian publishers,
leaving the price to be charged
(Continued on Page Two, cdlnmn Two.)
The Weather -
For Nebraska Unsettled, colder.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. - Dee.
6 a. m. 82
6 a. m. . . . : ., 30
7
8 a. m ..' 29 j
m i 33 i
10
11 a. m. ....... . .4
12 m SO
1 p. m... u
2 p. m 67
3 p. m. (....'...... 6IT
4 p. m 60
p. m S8
p. m... fie
T p. m ,. 64
8 p. m. .1. . 62
Comparative X.oeal Keeords.
' J". 1M. 1I6. Ill 4.
Highest yesterday.... - 60 61 46 48
lowest yesterday.... 20 2 24 10
Venn temperature... 44 40 84 26
Precipitation T .00 .00 ,00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal -at Omaha since Marrh 1,
and compared with the last two years:
Normal temperature , .,24
Excess for the day 720
Total excess since slaych 1..,.. 176
Normal precipitation .02 Inch
Deficiency for the day .02
Total rainfall since March 1. .. .17.42 Inches
Deficiency since March 1. 12. 60 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1816, .78 inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1814. 1.67 Inches'
Keporta From Stations at 7 P. H.
Station and State Temp. Hlsb.- Italn
' of wther. . 7 p. m. est. fall.
Cheyenne, cloudy . 86 40 .00
Davenport, cloudy .... 42 42 ' .00
Denver cloudy ........ 48 6ft . .00
Des Moines, cloudy...... 60 ' 64 .00
, Dodge City, clear 60 64 . .00
Lander, part cloudy.... 86 ' 44 ' ,00
North Platte. c4pudy.. 60 ' 68 .80'
Omaha, oloudy ........ 64 60 T
Pueblo, part cloudy;.,. 60 66 ' .00
Rapid City, clear...... 26 66 00
alt Lake rity, snow.. 22 84 ,01
Santa Fa, clear . 80 84 ' .00
Sheridan, snow ....... 80 62 . .02
Slou City, cloudy 46 62 .00
Taleatlae. cloudy 42 62 .00
T sVdlcatea trace of precipitation
e a, wuuut Meteorologist,
Dr. Fling gays if U. S. Enters
War it WiB" Be for Good of
, the Entire World.
TALK AT COMMENCEMENT
Lincoln, Feb. 16. (Special.)
"America's spirit would be that of the
crusaders in entering the world war
if it is forcjd to fight," said Prof. F.
M. Fling of the department of Euro
pean history of the University of Ne
braska, delivering the annual mid
winter commencemenay address to
the graduating class here last nighf at
the Temple theater.
"Its summons would be accepted as
a holy crusade, not because it was for
America first, but because it would
gladly make the sacrifices for the rest
of the worlds'
Fifty-five Degrees Granted.
Dr. Fling chose as the subject for
his commencement address "The Eu
ropean War." The Temple theater
was packed. Fifty-five degrees were
granted the largest mid-winter grad
uating class the University of Ne
braska ever had.
During the earlier months of the
war Dr. Fling said the United States
pursued an ultra-conservative policy?
but he hafrio criticism for President
Wilson. He commended the latest
utterances of-the president and espe
cially the address to the United States
senate dealing with the German cri
sis. German Peace Proposal
Dr. Fling said he believed Presi
dent Wilson was fully aware that
Germany had submitted its peace pro
posals through him as a- preliminary
step towards resuming the submarine
warfare. He thought the president
.had shown extremely wise statesman
ship in asking the allies and Germany
to state what they were fighting, for.
"It opened the eyes of the United
States to the real controversy as noth-
g else wopm do. ihe allies gave
definite answers as to what' they wcre-j
fighting for, while Germany dealt in
generalities.
"If the United States should be
forced into the conflict it would not
be so unfortunate as many regard,"
Dr. Fling asserted, "inasmuch as it
would assure this country a voice in
determining the status of the future
league of nations a voice which
it should not expect to have if it re
mained silent."
Board of Regents Meet.
"The Board of Regents met in con
nection with the mid-winter com
mencement, and after approving de
grees conferred with Dean Cutter of
the, Omaha Medical college and Dr.
F. M. Andrus, secretary of the Ne-
prasna JMiectic f'nysiciani associa
tion with regard to the establishment
of jLjdepaKment for -that branch of
the profession. No definite action
was taken, although it was under
stood that full arrangements would
be completed and a report given to
the regents at the next meeting.
The University of Illinois claims
another Nebraska professor. The
resignation of Prof. Paul NicholctteJ
was accepted, Dr. Nicholette having
accepted a similar position at the Ur
bana institution. . .- ' N
Dr. Avery wasauthorized to visit
various universities ill the western
part of the United States and inspect
the departments of journalism there
with a view toward enlarging the
course at Nebraska.
Two United States
Warships Are Now
In, Cuban Waters
Washington, Feb. 16. Two Ameri
can warships were at anchor today
in Cuban ports. The Petrel, a gun
boat, was at Santiago, which is held
by rebels, and the Dixie, a repair
ship, was at Havana.
pevelopments in the revolutionary
situation were not of an alarming
character, but the ships will be held
in Cuban waters as long as there ap
pears possibility of danger to Ameri
cans or their interests.
Second Trainload of
Americans Leaves Berne
Berne. Switzerland, Feb 16, 3:35 a.
m. (Via Paris.) The last contingent
of the American colony arriving here
from Germany left tonight for Paris
on their way to Spain and home. The
expected arrival of an additional num
ber of Americans from Germanv. in-
eluding American consuls, has not oc-
riirred and in conseouence renorts are
rife that they are being detained by
the German government.
Man WhtS Was Found Dead Here
Led Lonely Life Apart From Family
George B. Kelley, who was found
dead in a room at1909 California
street Tuesday, was .once the owner
of a grocery store in Dodge, Neb.
When his body was discovered 3
cents' were in his pockets, abox of
dry crackers was on a table and near
him was a bottle of laudanum. A
shabby suitcase with a few well-worn
personal belongings lay at his' feet.
The Blair Democrat hints at a great
secret-orrow in the dead man's life.
Its story reads in part: ,
"George B. Kelley owned a grocery
Store at Dodge, Neb., many years ago.
He quit business and with his wife
came to Blair about, 1893. He became
a traveling representative fora gro
cery concern. The Kelleys apparent
ly lived happily and raised a family
of four sons, A. R Edwin, Sidney and
Harold, and one daughter, Gertrude
Kelley. Three of the children grad
uated from the Blair -High school. The
family lived in the little 'cottage one
door east of the Latter Day Saints'
church. Aboyt ten or twelve years
ago, George B. Kelley, the husband
iu iiiauipaign m in
f antry Attack,
PRECEDED BY
Four Trenches of
tured in Furiou
by Teutons.
COUNTER CHARGES IN VAIN
Berlin, Feb.' 16. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) Troops of the German
crown ' prince in an attack against
French positions south of Ripont, in
the champagne, yesterday, the war
office announced today, on a front of
about a mile and a half, captured
ground to adepth of half a mile. The
Germans took 858 prisoners, including
twenty-one officers.
The attack, which was preceded by
intense artillery fire, was made mainly
apainst .Frenrh nncitinns at Vfnins
de Champagne farm ana Hill No. 185,
about one-third of a mile south of the
farm. Four lines of French positions
wer stormed in the attack. The
French made counter attacks last
night and this morning, but were re;
pulsed with losses. The German losses
are said to have been small.
The German Statement,
The statement follows:
"Western front, army group of
Crown Prince Rupprecht: Northeast
of Armentieres and south of La Basse
canal and in the Sorame sector the ar
tillery activity continued into the
night. Gatherings of hostile infantry
in trenches north of Armentieres, west
of Lens and on both banks of the
Ancre were shelled by us with devas
tating fire and no attacks developed.
Army group ot German crown
prince: In the Champagne, south of
Kipont, after efficient preparation ren
dered by the artillery and mine throw-
ers, an attack was executed by our in
fantry with foresight and energy to a
full success;
Four Lines Taken.
. "On Maisons de Champagne farm
andrHill No. 185 four hostile lines on
a width of 2,600 meters were stormed
to a depth of 800 meters. Twenty
one officers and 837 men of other
ranks were made prisoner. Twenty
machine guns and on mine thrower
were brought in. as booty. Our losses
were small pmxsK
"The French increased their own
losses in useless counter attacks which
they carried on in the evening and this
morning against the positions taken
.1 i
irom incm. i
An official communication' says Em
peror William has telegraphed the
German crown prince congratulating
him and his troops for their successful
attack against the French in Cham
pagne,' which he says maintained their
reputation tor smart execution.
Location of Farm.
The Maisons de Champagne farm
aud Hill 185 ftre about a mile and a
half south of Ripont, which is on the
mailt" road between the Ahure and
Cernay. Ripont is about thirty-three
miles west of Verdun and about 'the
same distance east of Rheims.
The official statement isgued by the
french war office J hursdav night re
ported that German artillery had vio
lently bombarded rrench positions irt
the sector of the Maisons de Cham
pagne farm. The communication also
mentioned a successful surprise attack
by the rrench west ot Butte de Mes"-
nil. about one mile southwest of Hill
185. .. ;
French Communication,
. Paris, Feb. 16. The war office com
munication this morning says:
"At 11 o'clock last night in the
region of Berry Au Brae we- carried
out several surprise attacks success
fully and brought back about thirtH
prisoners.
"To the west of Les Maisons de
Champagne the artillery activity con
tinues but without infantry action.
The fire of our heavy batteries caused
an explosion of an ammunition depot
at M ancre, to the north of Tahure.
"In Lorraine, noir Nomeny, a Ger
man recoinnpitering party were sur
prised by our fire and' scattered. The
engmy left behind several dead.
"In the region of Louvemont
artillery fighting has been reported.
"In the Vosges, to the south of St.
Marie Pass, an enemy long range gun
fired several shells in the direction
of Nancy."
and father, stopped making visits to
his family and after the usual nine
days' gossip of a small community
his continued absence caused no fur
ther comment and the incident was
forgotten. As the children reached
maturity the family began to drift
apart. Edwin and A. R. Kelley went
to Omaha, where they finally estab
lished the Kelley Mercantile agency.
Sidney Kelley located at Cody, NH.
Miss Gertrude Kelley, the daughter,
was employed at the Mount Hope
Fruit farrn; she finally married and
lives in another part of the state. Har
old Kelley, the youngest son, is re
siding with his mother in Omaha.
"George' Kelley was apparently a
steady, easy going and genial gentle
man during his residence in Blair.
The cause of the unfortunate sever
ance of family ties is buried in the
hearts of the family and has never be
come public property. ? - .
"World weary, denied the recogni
tion of, a father even in death, George
Kelley staged a pitiful and dramatic
setting in which to make his exit
from We," x
t "
W I hl-vlsV r"lMI ' W Mi ijj t"l Ml IS S . t J f 1 III II 11 1 1 1 1 1 II J I I . . . 1,111... .i I
ROBBER LOOTS BANK
AT UNIVERSITY PLACE
Boldly Enters in Daylight, Or
ders Cashier Into Vault
' and Takes $1,500.
ESCAPES IN RUNABOUT
; Lincoln, Feb. 16. (Special Tefe-
gram.) No traces of the man who
robbed the University Place First Na
tional bank of $1,500 today have been
found, .
The president of the bank, B, H.
Schaberg, was alone in the building
when the robber entered and asked
him to change a small bill into' dimes.
When Mr. bchaberg. raised his head
.t . I .. .. .-j 1 . .
irom intr till ne was conirontca or i
revolver, ordered to stand aside and
then to go into the vault) in which
he was locked. '
In anticipation of tome such cir
cumstance, a screw nriver had been
left in the vault. In five minutes Mr.
Schaberg had obtained his freedom.
i. 11. Lhism in a drug store across
the street saw a man answering the
description enter a small runabout
which was driven by a confederate
down Warren avenue just after he
emerged from the bank.
Bandit Young Man.
The robber was about 23 years old.
smooth shaven, light weight and well
dressed. The change on the counter
was not disturbed and the robber took
his time in leaving the bank.
The city police were summoned and
Chief Dunn-swore in a large number
of deputies who within fifteen min
utes began to scour the country roads.
All nearby towns were notified but no
reports of the men were secured. The
men had perhaps ten or' fifteen min
utes start before the chase was organ
ized. The robber made his getaway m a
car owned by C. H. Wilson of Lin
coln. The machine was stolen in the
morning. It is a Studebakcr -Six, 7
oassenger model. The. license num
ber is 12116 and its engine number
is 39168.
A reward for the apprehension of
the robbers will be offered by the Ne
braska Bankers' association, officials
state. All of the towns in the state
have been notified of the daring rob
bery by telephone or telegraph
notices. .
Headed for Kansas,
Beatrice. Neb., Feb. !6.--(Special
Telegram.) From a description of
the two men who robbed the bank at
University Place this afternoon. Sher
iff Acton says he thinks they are part
of the Nebraska-Kansas gang ot bank
robbers who operated in this section a
few years ago. It is said that two
men supposed to, be the robbers
passed east of this city in an auto
mobile late this afternoon en. route
south. -Two Lincoln officers arrived
here tonight in search of the bandits.
U. S, Asks About ;
Reported Release of
Raider Captives
Washington) Feb. 16. An inquiry
as to the truth of unofficial reports of
the release of the seventy-two Amer-
can Yarrowdale prisoners was sent
to the Spanish minister at Berlin late
today by the State department Pend
ing a reply, a demand that the men
be freed will bel withheld.
r-T
Street Car Hits Coal
Wagon, Injuring Two Men
J. W. Carter, residing near Seven
teenth and Leavenworth streets, and
H. Clayton, Z5Z(' South Twelfth
street, drivers for the Union Fuel
company, were knocked from a coal
wagon when struck by a Hanscom
park car at Twenty-second and Leav
enworth streets. , Carter fell under
neath the ' horses and received a
wrenched back. The injuries of Lay
ton were minor. After getting first
aid treatment the men were sent to
their homes.
SENATE PASSES
THE POSTAL BILL
Efforts to Increase Postage
on Second-Class Matter.
Finally Fail.
BONE DRY AMENDMENTS
Washington, Feb. . 16.- 'With its
added drastic prohibition legislative
provisions te annual postoftice appro
pnation bill carrying ?jJ,U0O,U0O was
passed by the senate today "-after a
week of vigorous debate. It was sent
back to the house, which will ask for
conference on the amendments.
The senate wrote into the bill a
provision making it a Criminal Offense
to ship liquor into states which pro
hihit its manufacture and sale, thus
nullifying the statutes of certain pro
hibition states permitting the impor
tation of limited quantiites of liquor
for personal consumption.
Another provision would bar from
the mails letters, postal cards, circu
lars, newspapers and other publica
tions containing liquor advertising in
states having laws against such ad
vertising, violation to be punishable
with a fine not to exceed $1,000, or
imprisonment not to exceed six
months for the first bffense or more
than one year for thesecond offense.
' An amendment was lidded making
it mandatory on the postmaster gen
eral to renew for another year pneu
matic mail tube contracts in large
cities aud providing for a commission
to investigate the tube systems with
a view to their purchase by the gov
ernment. Determined efforts made by the
postofficc committee to decrease sec
ond Class mail rates and to establish
1-cent postage on drop letters were
made and bitterly condemned and the
proposals finally were thrown out on
a point of order.'
Twelve Ships JGo "
) Through War Zone
Without a Mishap
New York, Feb. 16. Twelve Amer
ican, British, French, Belgian, Swed
ish and Dutch steamships, most of
them freighters, arrived here today,
several having left European ports
after Germany's submarine policy
was announced. These ships make
almosta record nurqber of arrivals
from the war zone in a single day,
and the greatest number in one day
since February I. s J hree American
freighters to reach here are the A. A.
Raven, from Wales: Virginia, from
Naples, and the Altec from Havre.
The other arrivals are: British, Cano-
pic, from Italy; Buffalq, from Hull;
Isle of Lewis, from Amsterdam. Bel
gian: Hainaut from Calais and Re-
?ubltca Argentine' and Leopold III
rom Rotterdam. French: Honduras
from Bordeaux. Swedish: Algieri
fritn Lisbon. ' - '
French Ministry Asks Ten Billion
' Francs for Second Quarter of Year
Paris, Feb. 16. Alexandre Ribo't,
minister of finance, today asked the
French Chamber of Deputies to ap
propriate 9,574,000,000 francs to cover
the government's expenditures for
tne second quarter of the present
year, v This was an increase of 900,
000,000 francs over the amount of
the appropriations for the first quar
ter. '
Referring to the growing expendi
tures of the French government, Min
ister Ribot said:
"The greatest of our- tasks is not
to raise money at home for the grow
ing expenditures. It is in reducing
the loans made abroad to pay for
foreign 'purchases. We mast better
utilize our own forces of production
and put an end ro 1l importations
that are not rigorously necessary.
STRENGTHENS THE .
BORDER PATROLS
More Soldiers Will Be Placed
on Duty Near Scene of ,
Killing.
DE FAOTOS AFTER SALAZAR
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 16. As the
result of the raid on the Corner ranch
and the activity of Salazar's forces
south of the border, American patrols
in the border territory west of Co-
iumbus are to be strengthened. Gen
eral Funston announced today.
i D,etachmnt -will , be 5 placed t
ranches Jn the section Jej tuarijjiem.
against raids. It is probable. General
Funston said, that the. regiment of
New Mexico National Guard now at
Columbus would be used for that pur-J
pose.. Details of the redistribution
are In the hands of Colonel H. G.
Sickel, commander of the Columbus
district. . ,
Reports reaching headquarters to
day from Colonel Sickel told of the
finding of the bodies of the three
American cowboys who were car
ried off byjhe Corner ranch raiders.
Although bandits .re showing
greater activity in the border section
than for several months, there is no
indication that the return movement
of state troops will be halted. '
Salazar is at Ojitos. -
Hachita, N. M ' Feb. 16. Jose
Ynez Salazar with 500 men was still
at the Ojitos ranch, forty-seven miles
south of the border, early today, ac
cording to word received by military
officers here. Troops of the Twelfth
United States cavalry "Will reach the
border today to prevent another raid.
Two troops will be stationed at
Alamo Hueco Ranch, in the Corner
ranch district, and the remaining two
troops will be stationed at Culber
son's ranch, near the border. Tlfey
will await orders from Colonel H. G.
Sickel, commandingthe New Mexico
patrol district, although it was un
derstood here today that no troops
would cross the" Mexican border.
Murguia Starts After Salazar.
Juarez, Feb. 16. The troop trains
which carried General Jose Carlos
Murgutas "death troops" to Gutst-
man, seventy-eight miles south of
here, returned last night' as General
Murguia took the field .there at the
head of a column of 500 cavalry to
pursue Salazar.
Speed is Great Asset,
Bandit Proves to Victim
As Ed Kirkpatrick of Clare, la., was
passing a dark place near Thirteenth
and Capitol avenue Thursday evening
a white man grabbed him. he told
the police, ran his hand in Kirkpat-
ricxs pocxet ann roBDea nim ot $a
The robbed, made his escape before
Kirkpatrick was fully aware of what
had happened. '
"We should have confidence in
France. . We should ,talk frankly to
thcpeoplt and show them the dif
ficulties and sacrifices that are .in
dispensable. With sincere talk - and
order in our methods and vigor in
our actions, there is nothing we can
not obtain from this noble country,
which is resolved to do everything
and to suffer everything required to
conquer and to secure a peace that
will preserve it from fresh aggres
sion. - "
Explaining the situation in the
treasury, M. Ribot- pointed out that
receipts were increased by 30,000,000
francs in 1916 over 1915, from direct
taxes, and by 810,000,000 francs from
indirect taxes. The total receipts
were 2.4 per cent below those of a
normal year.
DISPATCH VIA BERLIN
Paris Message Says All Amcri
cans in Austrian Empire Are
Warned to Leave.
NO INSTRUCTIONS
S&NT
BULLETIN.
London, Feb. 16. The negotiations
between Frederic C. Penfield, the
American ambassador at Vienna, and
the Austro-Hungarian government
have been broken off, according to the
Berliner Tageblatt, aa qucted in an
Exchange ' Telegraph company dis
patch from Copenhagen today.
Paris, Feb. 16. Americans in fuc
tria have been warned from Washing
ton to leave that country.
Washington, Fett. 16. State de
partment officials discussing the re
port from Paris that Americans had
been warned from Washington to
leave Austria said no instructions to
this effect had been sent to, Ambas
sador Penfield at Vienna. They con
sidered it probable that Ambassador
Penfield might have taken such ac
tion on his own initiative.
Berlin, Feb. 15. (Via London, ,
Feb, 16.) Theincreasing possibility
of war between the United States and
Germany has increased the tension
between Vienna and Washington, ac- '
cording to the Vienna correspondent v
of the Berliner Tagblatt. The corre
spondent telegraphs:- 7 ,
"Ambassador Tarnowski has not
yet Been able to present his credenr
tials td the White House, and the
diDlomatic situation between Austria-
Hungary and the United States is at
present at a standstill.
'The determination of the United
States government to permit the arm
ing of merchantmen is looked on as
a menacing eletfrent in the situation.
This would deprive U-boat command
ers of the only remaining possibility
of permitting American ships, which
they recognize at present as being
unarmed, to disembark crews and pas
sengers. I he resolution ot the Amer
ican government wipes out the last
remaining difference between armed
English merchantmen which lor
some time past have been sailing un- ,
der the American flag and bonafide
American ships. It is most natural '
that in the face of such a situation
the possibility of war between- Ger
many and the United States has in
creased, for' which reasop the future
relations of the United States and the
dual -monarchy are now being viewed
with increasing skepticis.-i.
Society May Build
. Quarter of Million
Home in This City
A $250,000 home for the Knights
land Ladies of Security, may Be built
in Omaha, says A. B. Fatton, district
manager for the society. The organi
zation, as announced by President J. ;.
M. Kirkpatrick at Jopeka, Kan., re
cently, has not decided upon the lo
cation of the home. It will provide
quarters for the aged, inhrm and -orphans
and will include among other
features, a modern hospital and model
(at in.
"Omaha has a1 just claim to the
home," argues Mr. Patton. "We
have 1,300 members Acre and we arc
foing to initiate 150 more on Thurs
ay evening, February 22, in-Iyrtle
hail at Fifteenth and Douglas streets."
The society will celebrate the twen
ty-fifth anniversary of its founding at
the same time. ' , . . . .
First American Liner Enters
Blockade Zone From Liverpool
Liverpool, Feb. 16 Ihe Philadel
phia, the first American liner to leave
Europe since Germany's declaration
of unrestricted submarine warfare "
sailed from here late Wednesday aft
ternoon. It carried ninety-five passen
gers of all classes, of whom thirty
eight were Americans.
The Philadelphia was unarmed. In
addition to it- passengers it tarried
a general cargo of what is know" as
express freight and two tons oi dig.
patches from the American embassy
i.i London for the State department at
Washington.
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