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VOL. XL VI NO. 216.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1917.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
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GERMANY TELLS
WHY DUTCH SNIPS
WERE TORPEDOED
If Vessels Had Waited Till
March 17 U-Boat Command
ers Would Have Had
Their Instructions.
BLAME PUT ON ENGLAND
Statement of Teuton Legation
at The Hague Explains
Fixing of Dates.
MINES FILL PERIL ZONE
The Hague, Feb. 25. The state
ment issued yesterday by the German
legation here to the effect that the
.torpedoing of the seven Dutch mer
chantmen was due to "an extremely
regrettable coincidence of circum
stances, which is unfortunate, but was
beyond our control," contains also an
explanation made, it says, "to prevent
erroneous impressions."
It states that in view of the situation
of Dutch vessels in English ports the
sailing time for these ships was first
fixed for February S, then for Febru
ary 9, and then for midnight cl Febru
ary 10. Finally, "for reasons for
which En&rland was to blame." the
failing date was postponed to Febru
ary 22 or March 17.
Zone Extensively Mined.
The only date of . sailing for which
absolute safety from submarines could
he guaranteed was March 17, the
statement says, as by that time all
German submarines would have pos
sessed instructions in regard to these
vessels. Even then, safety from mines
could not be guaranteed, ships hav
ing been warned on February 6 that
the danger zone had been mined ex
tensively. . .
For the same reasons, the statement
says, until March 5 relative security,
meaning safety dependent on good
fortune, will apply to the channel to
the west of Denmark, through which
Dutch trans-Atlantic shipping must
pass.
Must Kill Cattle.
' The Hague (Via London), Feb. 25.
A large amount of fodder was on
board some of the Dutch merchant
men which were torpedoed on Thurs
day. In consequence of the non-arrival
of this fodder it will be neces
sary to kill a large part of Holland's
cattle.
Detention at foreign ports of Dutch
vessels laden with Chilean saltpetre
and other fertilizers is causing alarm,
it being feared that this year's har
vest will be retarded seriously.
jLiigui i inns, ideveu
Persons Indicted in
Creamery "Deal"
Boise; Idaho, Feb. 25. Eight cor
porations and eleven individuals were
named in an indictment returned this
afternoon by the United States grand
jury for alleged conspiracy and un
lawful commerce in restraint of in
terstate commerce and in violation of
the Sherman anti-tru6t act, in the
buying, selling, manufacture and ship
ping of creamery and dairy products.
The indictment alleges that these
operations Injuriously affected the
business of 172 independent concerns
in nearly as many different towns and
caused injury to the general public,
"hut more patricularly in the states
of Idaho, Montana, Utah, Washing
ion. Oregon, Wyoming, Nevada arid
California."
Bill Interesting Douglas
Goes to the Legislature
(From a Staff Correspondent. )
Lincoln, Feb. 25. (Special.) Gov
ernor Neville will tomorrow send the
first special bill to the legislature to
, be received hy it since the limit for
the introduction of bills expired. The
bill is the result of much solicitation,
on the pact of the people of Douglas
county that they might be given the
right to vote upon a proposition pure
ly local in every way.
It covers the proposition of giving
the people of Douglas county the
right to say whether there shall be
more ground purchased for a poor
farm, investments for buildings, sale
of present lands, etc., and other'mat
ters along the line of county exepndi
tures. .. ..
Prisoners to Protect German
Royalty From Plane Bombs
Paris, Feb. 25. Deputy Galli has
urged the government to tak meas
ures of reprisal following the receipt
of a German wireless announcement
that a camp for French and British
yfficers has been established near the
royal residence at Karlsruhe to pro
cct the palace against French airplane
-aids.
, The Weather
Temperatures at Quia La tardar
. U Hour. De.
15. AN ,7
5 1 a. m , , 28
7 a. m 39
tt J a- m.rt ji
m m. m .33
Tr 11 a. m..... .48
L " m i-
. 1 P. nf B2
L S p. m .,60
J) 4 P. m , 66
1 9' my , Qf
ft p. m.., 88
9 p, m 7
7 d. m 2
CemparatiT local Record.
1917. 1116. 1116. lfU.
HlR-heat yesterday... 6B .'46 87 34
i.tweat yesterday..... ST ' 24 22 8
Mean temper ture . , . 48 34 10 20
Prcrtolutlon 04 .00 .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation departutea
from the normal:
Normal? temperature., .. ...,.,,...., , 7
Excess for the day..... , 21
Total closes alnce March 1. 181
Normal precipitation 63 Inch
Deficiency for the day .' , .02 Inch
Total rainfall alnce March 1. .. .17.60 Inchei
Deficiency since March 1 13.01 Inches
Deficiency for cor. perlo IMS. .93 inch
Deficiency for oor. period, 1114. 1.18 Inchei
L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist
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CRISIS EXPECTED TO BRING
RECALL OF PENFIELD. '
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States, ambassador to AustriaJiun
gary, whose recall through the sev
erance of diplomatic relations with the
dual monarchy may take place at any
time. If Austria-Hungary affirms the
German ruthless U-boat war Ambas
sador Penfield will be instructed to
ask for his passports and at the same
time passports will be issued to Count
Tarnow Tarnowski, Austro-Hungarian
ambassador now in Washington.
WOMEN STORM 1HE
WALDORF-ASTORIA
Mob of Thousand New York
Persons Stage Big Food
Eiot. .
WANT TO SEE WHITMAN
Ne'w York, Feb. 25. A crowd of
approximately 1,000 persons, mostly
women who had attended a mass
meeting in Madison square to protest
against the high cost of food, stormed
the Waldorf Astoria hotel last night,
shouting they were starving and de
manding to see Governor Whitman.
When informed the governor was
not there, but at another hotel, they
refused to believe it and started a
demonstration, which necessitated the
calling out of police reserves. Sev
eral persons were injured in the dis
order that followed. Four arrests
were made.
A speaker at the Madison square
meeting had asked how many persons
would be. .wiljjng to go. tojlje Jiotel.
Severaf in the crowtf'wTio took this
as a signal to march, started away
and soon an excited throng was mov
ing uo Madison avenue. At Thirty-
second street, the marchers turned
into Fifth avenue.
One man, pointing at an automo
bile, shouted that no one had a right
to ride in automobiles whin others
were starving. The machine was
stopped and instantly several persons
boarded the running board and tried
to drag the owner from the car. Po
licemen ' drove away his assailants.
Three policemen whotried to turn
the marchers away from the Waldorf
Astoria, were swept aside. Although
reinforced soon afterward by a num
ber of porters and other employes of
the hotel, they were unable to quiet
the crowd. Traffic was blocked in all
directions. One .woman cried:
"We want to see the governor! we
want bread! our babies are starving."
The reserves arrived while she was
speaking and formed a line in front of
the hotel entrance. They vainly
argued with the crowd, and finally
were forced to charge. One woman
later was found unconscious in the
street.
Governor Sees Committee.
While the police were dispersing
the crowd in front of the Waldorf
Astoria a committee which had been
appointed at the Madison square
meeting called on Governor Whitman
atkthe Hotel St. Regis. Several hun
dred of those who participated in the
demonstration at the Waldorf Astoria
assembled in front of the St. Regis,
about a mile further up Fifth avenue.
The governor received the committee
in one of the parlors of the hotel and
told them that he would support
Mayor Mitchel and the other city au
thorities in every way possible in re
lieving the present situation.
"You can count on the governor
and the state legislature to help to
their fullest capacity," he said.
There was no music and neither
shouting nor hooting, as the march
ers, bearing only a few signs and
banners touching on the high cost of
living, proceeded toward Madison
square in a score, of processions.
Mexicans Can Make
. Their Own Munitions
Mexico City, Feb'. 25; The cartridge-making
machinery, purchased
from Japan, has been unloaded at
Manzanillo from the steamer Koto
chiro Maru, and will soon be put in
operation. Two hundred Japanese
experts accompanied the shipment in
order to1 set up the machinery and
operate it. It is hoped by the gov
ernment that this machinery will make
Mexico indepndent of other countries
for ammunition.
It was understood the machinery
was purchased through efforts of
Major Carpin of General Obregon's
staff, who went to Japan some months
ago. It will be neeessary to rebuild
the docks at 'Manzanillo in order to
land the machinery.
It is believed that the government
shortly will purchase machinery for
the manufacture of artillery ammuni
tion. Metcalfe to Talk Soon ..."
To Nebraskans at Capital
Richard L. Metcalfe has accepted
an invitation to address a gathering
of Nebraskans in Washington some
time soon on "Nebraska On the Fir-,
ing Line."
Omaha Business Leaders Say
Good-Bye to "Charlie" Rosewater
Departing Member of Bee
Family Honor Quest at Din
ner at Commercial Club.
HIS WORK FOR C0MMUNIT
C. C. Rosewater was
guest at a farewell dmn.!
the Commercial cl'
by over one hundred.. ..Associates
in Omaha. Those pretfcS epresentett
lareelv fellow directoi
ot the Lorn
mercial club, fellow governors of the
bureau of publicity and tellow news-
fiaper publishers. The occasion fo!
owed closely upon the announcement
a week ago that Mr. Rosewater had
accepted a position as general man
ager of the Los Angeles F.xpress and
Tribune. Handsomely bound menu
cards on the table contained a portrait
of Mr. Rosewater and some pleasnnt
"good-bye" remarks.
Regrets at His Going.
William F. Baxter, toastmaster, said
of the occasion: "We are here to ex
press first our regret that Mr. Rose
water is to be taken from our midst.
We are also here to appreciate and
express appreciation for the work he
has done along the line of service to
the community."
President Randall K. Brown of the
Commercial 'club went back to Mr.
Rosewater's father in .his tribute to
the gdfcst of the evening. "Edward
Rosewater was the dean of journal
ism in Nebraska," he' said, "and his
name was synonymous with the prog
ress of Nebraska." He spoke of the
work of C. C. Rosewater as head of
the Bureau of Publicity in Omaha, and
PASTOR ATTACKS
"WORSTTRIPLET"
Rev. 0. W. Savidge Bitterly
Arraigns Tobacco Store;
Pool Room, Dance Hall.
WRECE HUMAN . LIVES
In his sermon Sunday night, Rev.
Charles W. Savidge, pastor of the
Peoples' church, desigated the "to
bacco store, the pool hall and the
dance hall the worst triplet that I
know of for the destruction of young
inert." ..
The sermon by Rev. Mr. Sayidge
was launched against the pool rooms,
but he took occasion to digress to
some extent and land a number of
hndv blows under the belt of the to
bacco store .and then . squHn(fhlm-
self lor the tray, took a nuirmer oi
falls out of the dance hall.
Referring to pool hals, Rev. Mr.
Savidge asserted that there are fully
100 in Omaha and that instead of be
ing frequented by "the sons of low
down people, the young men who
go to these places, come from the
homes of the common people, the
merchants, the professional men, and
even the home of the minister is not
exempt."
The preacher pictured the frequen
ters of the pool halls as being men
and boys, ranging in ages from 50,
down to 16 years of age. He asserted
that many of them know that they
should not visit such places, "but they
sin against the light. And you would
be surprised to know how man fath
ers and mothers have spoken to me
on the subjeet and are now mourn
ing over degeneracy of their 6ons."
Weaving the Net.
In the course of his remarks, Rev.
Mr. Savidge designated the pool room
as the institution "that weaves its net
around the boys after which they are
in a prison from which it is difficult
to escape."
' To indicate the position of the pool
hall in the social fabric, the preacher
remarked "it is licensed by the city,
but is controlled really by no law. It
is a law-breaker. It is in this place
that our young men are taught to be
gamblers and outlaws. Money does
not pass from hand to hand there,
but they use checks or particles of
material that pass for money, and
when a young man gets behind in his
reckoning and has no money, he goes
out to rob a house or hold a man up
on the street."
In licensing pool halls Rev. Mr.
Savidge took the position that the
municipal authorities are parties to
the manufacture of outlaws and added
that it was no surprise to him that
the other evening, there were so few
young men present at a meeting that
was held, for the purpose of advancing
the interests in the United States
navy- "For;" 'added the speaker,
"they were in the pool hall, an insti
tution that has robbed them of both
love for God and country."
In conclusion "Rev. Mr. Savidge
promised to fight the pool halls to
their death, pledging his? efforts in this
manner:
"I promise, by the help of God, dur
ing my natural life, never to cease my
efforts until the pool halls of this city
are driven out of business."
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Marble Member of Odd
Fellows Fifty Years
Table Rock, Neb. Feb. 25. (Spe
cial.) Thursday night there was cele
brated at Table Rock the fiftieth anni
versary of the membership of M..H.
Marble as an Odd Fellow. He was
initiated into the order at Broadhead,
Wis., in February, 1867, and has been
- mfniKcr of Tpnle F"'' lnde since
ut institution July 4, 1872. A fine oro
graf.i was renaercd,ana in 'elegant !r
o'clock dinner was served. About
thirty members of Interior Lodge, No.
9, Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows of Pawnee City joined with the
Odd Fellows at this place in celebrat
ing the event. A veteran .Odd Fellow
badge showing fifty years' member
ship in the order had been ordered
by the lodge, but failed to arrive, and
will be presented to him later. . He
has been secretary of this lodge con
tinuously for the last twenty-three
years.
,.-M ' "-
--.' "
paid a high compliment to the work
of the bureau under his direction.
Work in Days of Trial.
. John L. McCaguc said some of the
si mejwlio do most tor tne community
y' T5've mo8t ' service for the
.niiy interest are not always
.9t a ..!. . :
wnu aic luusi k.iuicu hi
ft'' V l" newspapers and in the public eye.
-Y.Such a man is our honored guest
VVi .1,;. ..,.:.,,." h. tlUH thai
Omaha had more of his type." Mr.
McCague praised especially Mr. Rose
water's work as chairman of the big
relief committee immediately follow
ing the disastrous tornado of March
23, 1913.
'Men of Omaha." said Mr
Mc-
Cague, "we scarcely realize the hereic
work of this man in the days when
Omaha lay prostrate because of a
convulsion of nature. The entire city
sprang to the relief, to be sure, but
they placed at the head of the com
mittee the guest of this evening.
There he worned out such efficient
systems of relief, and systems of
checking the needs, and the financial
condition of the stricken ones on an
indexed card system, thatit attracted
attention' all over the country! and
when shortly afterward Dayton, O.,
had occasion to reconstruct itself fol
lowing the great floods there, they
came to Omaha and took a man who
had worked under Mr. Rosewater, and
paid him $10,000 a year for a term of
years to help them. Men, 1 have
sometimes thought that Mr. Rose
water was not sufficiently mentioned
in regard tQ his work in that relief
period."
Frank L. Haller was systematic in
(ConMnwd an Pate Two, Column One.)
LEGISLATURE" USES
OP MOST OF TIME
House Has "Spent" Forty,
While Senate Has Thirty
Five Days.
SIFTING BODY IS URGED
Ftom a Stall Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Feb. 25. (Special.) The
house has used up forty of the sixty
days for which the members aresup
posed to draw pay, while the senate
has used something like thirty-five.
When the wh'istle tooted at the close
of the time for introduction of bills
the house had registered 93 bills,
while the three appropriation bills
ran the number up to 796. In the
senate the number reached 334; mak
ing 1,127 bills which the members of
the two houses were supposed to
"ranle" - with before-the last final
spasm of the gavels sotrc time in
April. i .
In the house 120 bills have been
disposed of in. one way or another.
The final passage route has caught
some, but the indefinite postponement
proposition has disposed of the great
est number, either by committee re
ports or in committee of the whole.
Bills on General File.
There is now on the general file in
the house 185 bills for consideration.
With the 120 disposed of it will mean
that the house has yet 673 bills to take
care of. The senate has not disposed
of as many bills as the house, but it
is safe to say that the percentage of
bills before that body is somewhat
more than in the house.
Of the 1,127 bills before these- bod
ies, it is safe to say there are not over
seventy-five which can be considered
of importance. It is probable that
outside of the appropriation bills there
is not a dozen that can be considered
of real state-wide importance. Among
these might be mentioned the prohi
bition bill, the new state house bill,
the good roads bill, the Taylor 1 mill
levy bill for rural schools; the Ollis
bill for redisricting the state for rural
high school purposes, the bill for the
reappraisement of school lands and
one or two others.
Sifting Committee Urged.
The proposition that there are not
over seventy-five bills of real import
ance, comes from one of the best
known members of the legislature and
brings up the matter of whether it
would not be good business judgment
for the wo houses to appoint a sift
ing committee right now to sift out
those bills, dispose of them in some
way and then adjourn.
It is the opinion, however, that this
session will run later than any pre
vious cession, probably until April
12 or 15. '
Germany Tells Brazil
Blockade Will Continue
Rio Janeiro, Feb. 25. Brazil's dec
laration to Germany that it does not
recognize the submarine blockade and
leaves with Germany the responsibil
ity for acts from which Braziliar
merchatitmcnt may suffer in violation
of international law, but elicited from
Germany a statement that the block
ade will not be abandoned.
It is announced officially that the
German foreign office has declared to
the Brazilian minister in Berlin that
it regrets neutral interests should suf
fer on account of military measures
Nevertheless, Germany has reached
the unchangeable determination to
maintain the submarine blockade, to
abandon which would involve, national
annihilation.
In case of the loss of Brazilian
ships, the German government, the
foreign office says, will suggest diplo
matic negotiations.
Crew of Stranded U-Boat
To Be Interned by Dutch
London, Feb. 25. A dispatch to
Reuters Telegram company from
Flushing says the German submarine
U-30, which stranded on the DutcH
island of Walscheren in the North sea.
last week will be disarmed and in
terned at Flushing. The crew of the
underwater boat also will be interned.
Amsterdam ( Via London). Feb. 25.
A Berlin dispatch says submarines
which have returned to their base
report that they have sunk eleven
steamships, two tailing vessels and
eight travlers. -
WOMAN LEADS FOOD RIOTERS "Sweet Marie" Ganx,
indicated in the photograph by the arrow, was the leader
of the East Side women who stormed the New York City Hall
demanding food and relief from the excessive food price.
She is a former I. W. W. worker.
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"SWStX JtAJeJlf GANZ.
EDWIN GOULD, JR.,
IS KILLED HUNTING
Son of New York Capitalist
Shot When Gun Discharged
Accidentally.
USING - WEAPON AS CLUB
Brunswick, Ga.,' Feb. 25. Edwin
Gould, Jr., son of the New York capi
talist, was accidentlly killed while
hunting near Jekyl Island last night.
Mr. Gould was hunting coons. He
struck a coon on the head with the
butt of his gun and the weapos was
discharged, fatally wounding him. His
companion had to row two miles in
a small boat for help,
Grandson of Jay Gould. '
New York. Feb. 25. Mrs. Edwin
Gould -received a message tonight
from her husband informing her that
he was bringing home the body of
their son in his- private car.
Edwin Gould, ir.. went to Jekyl Isl
and about a month ago. He was joined
there last week by his father and
Colonel Nelson Burr. Mrs. Gould,
who had been detained here by the ill
ness of her mother, Mrs. George F
Shrady, expected to join the members
of her family at the island within a
few days.
Edwin Gould, jr., who was 23 years
old, was a grandson of the late Jay
Gould.
Laugh Loudly When
Ruthless Submarine
Warfare Denounced
London, Feb. 25. During the
Reichstag debate Deputy Georg Lede
bour, leader of the socialist minority,
in refusing to follow the administra
tion, said:
"We cannot by voting these credits
take the responsibility for the war
aims of the government. The insin
cerity of the peace offer minimizes its
values. The right of nations to enjoy
independence is violated in the man
ner in which Germany and Austria
Hungary created a new Polish state.
From the beginning we opposed un
restricted submarine warfare and we
demand its cessation. (Herr Ledcbour
was interrupted at this point by loud
laughter.) It corresponds as little to
the laws of humanity as the British
plan of starvation, we ask the social
ists in the entente nations to fight the
machinations of their governments,
which are frustrating peace, and we
ask our American friends of peace to
prevent in the last hour war with
America."
Two Steamers Reported
Sunk by Submarines
London, Feb.' 25. Lloyds reports
the sinking of the British steamship
Iser, 2,160 tons.
Paris, Feb. 25. A war office com
munication tonight says:
"Vessels sunk February 24 and 25:
British steamer Dorothy, 1,806 tons
gross,"
The British steamer Dorothy, was
built in 1903 and was owned in Sun'
derland. It was last reported at
Marseilles, January 17.
Blockade of Greece Lifted
When King Comes Across
Paris. Feb. 25. Definite announce
ment was "made- here today that the
blockade of Greece will be lifted when
King Constanline gives complete sat
isfaction to tlie demands of the en
tente allies.
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FIFTEEN RILLED
BY AJNOWSLIDE
Fifteen Injured, Some Seri
ously, as Result of Ava
lanche in Idaho.
TEHEE BEP0KXED MISSING
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 25. Fifteen men
were instantly killed, fifteen) injured,
some seriously, and three are missing
as a result of a snow slide last night
at the North Star Mine in the Wood
River district near Hailry, Idaho.
War Taxation in . -Germany
Twenty
Per Cent Greater
Berlin, Feb. 23. (By' Wireless to
Sayville, Feb. 25.) This year's im
perial budget amounts to 5.035,000,000
marks, as against 3,758,000,000 marks
last year, or an increase of 1,277,000,
000 marks, it was announced in the
Reichstag today by t.ount vonKoe-
dern, the finance minister. This is an
increase of 20 oer cent.
The ordinary income provided for
in the budget amounted to 4.941,000,
000 marks, as against 3,659,000,000
marks, Count von Roedern stated,
while the extraordinary budget totaled
93,000.000,000 marks, .against 99,000,
000,000 marks. The increased expendi
tures were due to great exports In
curred under the insurance laws, tne
finance minister said. The number of
nersons receiving pensions had natur
ally increased because of the war, as
well as pensions for orphans, he point
ed out, while the further fact existed
that the age limit for pensions has
been decreased from Ml to 63 years.
War taxation -has been increased
20 ner cent.
- Only eight socialists voted against
the budvet.
London,-Feb. 25. Dr. August von
Lentze, l'russian minister ot finance.
has announced a new heavy tax on
bachelors, according to a Berlin tele
gram transmitted by .the Exchange
Telegraph Copenhagen correspondent.
Families with children, on the other
hand, the announcement states, will
be relieved of a part of the burden of
ordinary taxation, according to the
number ot their children.
Hollweg Invites Neutral
Diplomats to Conference
'London, Feb. 25. The German
chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Holl-
weg, is' reported by the Exchange
Telegraph company's Copenhagen cor
respondent, to have Invited the am
bassadors and ministers of neutral
countries to a conference yesterday
at the foreign office, in wljich Foreign
secretary Zimmerman took part.
Vienna (Via Amsterdaw and Lon
don), Feb. 25. An important meeting
ot Austrian and Hungarian ministers,
at which the economic situation of the
dual monarchy was the chief subject
ot discussion, was held here today.
Premier Tisza of Hungary presided
in the place of Count Czernin, the
Austria-Hungarian foreign minister,
who has not returned from Munich
Farmer's Resources Boom
If He Holds Potatoes
.(From a Staff Correspondent.) .'
Lincoln, Feb. 25. (Special.) A
certain farmer in Nebraska, who was
in Lincoln yesterday, confided to a
triend that he Mad a carload of do
tatoes which he came very near sell
ing last tall tor SO cents ne bushel.
He has recently been offered $3 a
bushel for the lot, b-tt is holding them
with the expectation of getting "4 a
Dusnel. - .
STAGE IS ALL SET
FOR AUTO SHOW
OPENING TODAY
Dealers Toil All Day Sunday
Getting Auditorium Ready
for Exposition of Oars
Oars and Trucks.
WEDNESDAY THE BIG DAY
That Day Specially Set Aside
as "Farmers'Day" for the
State Guests. '
FACTORY MEN ARE HERE
With over $1,000,000 worth of auto
mobiles lined up in glittering array,
Omaha s twelfth annual motor exposi-
. . . i. - ( ; ; l i,.j ,n,.
nun upena ai uic iuiuviyi iiu,.v.
ium today.
Yeaterdav was a busv day for the
auto men who will exhibit at the
show. Bright and early they forsook
the bliss of babhath morning siumDer
lanrt, hastily brushed the sand put of
their optics and hiked for the Auditdr
ium, where they toiled until a late
hour last night placing their exhi- r
bition cars into position and eom'
pleting all the little details so the
wiU be prepared for the opening day.
"Lend a hand, you," was ajehout
that rang out all day long af little
handfuls of., men called to willing
heluera to aid in rolling the inagniT
ficent motor models into the J)uilding.
Never for a moment did the worK
cease with .the result that at a late
hour last night the big Auditorium
nau prscucaiiy uccil iranaiui iiicu iiiti.
a-motor car palace. Only a few trivial '
, Crowd Expected. i3ry
The auto men expect a recoic...
breaking opening night despite i-rick,
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tice was abandoned last year bet,
at several previous shows' it f '
found necessary to call out the po,
to handle the immense crowds whict
attended. '
But even though every person who
attends tonight will have to deposit
his cash at the box office first, the
auto men are confident the building ,
will be jammed to the guards.
Factory Men Arrive.
Factory men began to arrive in
Omaha yesterday. Scores of them
hrf7H intn town on everv train. ' All
are looking forward to their week in
Omaha with the keenest expectancy
because Omaha always holds what
they call "a real show."
"Omaha doesti't just stage dii-
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"the Omaha show sella cars. That's
the kind of shows we like to attend. .
And you Can say for me right here
that no other tity In the country holds
a show active from the standpoint
that it makes sales, than Omaha."
Omaha is to be favored by the
presence of many distinguished
guests this week. John N. Willys,
president of. the Willys-Overland
company and one of the most striking
figures in the automobile . industry,
Charles Nash, president of the Nash '
Motors company, and scores of sales
managers, - advertising managers,
engineers and the like from most of
the big factories will be here. '
Wednesday Big Day.
. Wednesday will be the real big dar
of the week. This is "Farmers' day."
Since wheat began to hit around the
$2 mark and potatoes joined the
ranks of the plutocratic commodities, '
the farmer has become a most' im- '
portant prospect So a day has been
set aside for him and it is believed that
fully 2,000 farmers will journey into
Omaha for the occasion.
In addition Wednesday night all
visiting automobile dealers wilt be
treated to a great beef steak dinner
at the Hotel Fontenelle by the '
Omaha Automobile Trade association,
the Commercial club and a number of
local firms. One thousand dealers
are expected to attend the event.
No Restrictions as 1.
To Kinds of Roads
. Built Under Law
(From a Staff Correspondent)
tincoln, Feb 25. (Special.) The
Department of Agriculture of the
United States is not makintr any re
strictions on the kind of roads to be
built under the federal good roads
act. according to a letter received by
.State Engineer Johnson from Wash
ington. The letter follows:
Th Mcretiry of airrlrultur gava out a
Mtatmnt today to rfut the report that
tatee (.Miring to obtain money for roads un
der the federal aid mad act, which appro
priate! f)6.000,000. muet build expenelva
to&Am, and to make it rlear that no par- :
tloular kind of material will he required or
favored hy the Department of Agriculture
to the detriment of other iiiaterlnls.
There U not the allfrhteet truth in aurh a
report. Thle department, which 1b charred
with the administration of the federal aid .
mA Aft. has olaoed absolutely no restric
tions, either direct or Implied, upon the
kinds of highways to be constructed. States
may submit for approval any kind of road,
even an earth road, end approval will h
given If the ronntructton be substantial In .
character, suitable for traffic nevds, and
meets the terms of ths federal act. To give i
state legislators and highway officials the
Impression that thU department favors only
costly types of road or discriminates In favor
ot any patUcuIar material, results not only
In spread In misinformation, but In plarlnr
barriers In the way of states which wish to
avail themselves of federal aid In road con
struction. - .
Sauerkraut Draws Thief .
To Rob Butcher Shop
Evidently attracted by the savorr
smell emanating from a sauerkraut
barrel in the butcher shop of G. R.
Borth, 810 North Sixteenth street, a .
thief gained entrance Saturday night
and stole two pounds of the dessi
cated cabbage. As a sideline to the
kraut, the butcher reported that the
thief made off with fifteen pounds of
salt pork and ten pounds of bacon.
Police believe the same thief, ap
parently in the clutches of the high
cost of living, broke the front plate
glass of the butcher shop of J6e
Pospichal, 2332 South Twentieth, and
departed with eight strips of bacon.
A small anjount of cash in the register '
was not touched. :