Senators Kill Armed Ship Bill welve The Omaha Daily Bee Want-ad Night Service to 10 p. m. Tyler 1000 THE WEATHER i Fair VOL. XLVI NO. 222. I OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1917. OnTralM, U Hattll, Niwt SUlto. (10., H. SINGLE COP r TWO CENTS.-' LEOLA BRANDEIS r VICTIM OF AUTO SKID ON FARNAM Well Known Young Woman Is Seriously Injured When Ma - chine Hits Telephone Pole. - COUSIN DRIVING THE CAR On Way to Meet Brother and Bride Coming in From -' California. TAXIOAB CAl-ii OF WRECK Miss Leola Brandei;, 19-year-old daughter of the late Arthu. B. Bran deis, suffered a fracture of her right : leg and possible internal injuries Sat ; urday night when the automobile driv en by her cousin, Loyal Cohn, avoid ing a smash with .another car at Twelfth and Farnara, skidded into a telephone pole and turned over, bury ing her in the wreckage. ' Colin was uninjured, save for minor bruises and the shock incident to the experience. ' Harry Jones and John McDermott, 4010 South Twenty-fourth, street, heard the crash and helped Mr. Cohn to extricate Miss Brandos, , and a passing auto was hailed to carry her to the Wise Memorial hospital. Extent of Injuries Undetermined. The opinion expressed at the hos pital by relatives, after conferring with Drs. Jonas and Langfeld, is that the exact exter t of injuries sustained ' by Miss Brandeis cannot be- stated yet. i She was given an anesthetic immediately and the fractured bone set. Further examination failed to ' disclose any other serious hurts, though internal injuries are feared. Miss Brandeis and her cousin were on their way to the Union depot, at a few minutes before t9 o'clock, to " meet her brother, Ervine Brandeis and his bride, who was Miss Madeline Frank of San Francisco. The newly wedded couple intended to remain in Omaha for a few days, and then go on U Vcw York to complete the honey moon becun iu California. As Twcrfth-strcH a axab going north darted across the street, and to avoid a crash Mr. Cohn turned out sharply, -his-" car skidding nearly thirty feet and bringing up with a crash against an iron pole on the northeast corner.- The full force of the shock came on the side bf the car next to the driver's seat, where Miss Brandeis was sitting. Mrs. -ArthuY Brandeis ana Mrs. Herman Cohn, mothers of the injured j couple,- nurriea to me nospnai wun Mr. and Sirs. Ervine Brandeis and ' Walter Cohn, brother of Loyal, and re mained at the bedside of Miss Bran deis untitphysicians declared her con dition apparently safe. - Mr Cohn went to his apartments at the -Hotel Loyal. - Andria Tratraine Dies From lnjuriesNWhife at Work His clothes caught in a revolving belt Saturday morning. Andria Tra traine, 36 years old, 2575 Poppleton avenue, a machinist in the Union Pa cific shops, died at a local hospital Sunday, the resuli'.of injuries re-: ceived. ' . ' ' Tratraine is said to" have been ad justing a belt when- his clothes caught. Workmen rushed to his rescue and tried to pull him tp safety, but did not succeed before he had been badly- rolled and twisted. His clothes were nearly all torn from his body. The man is survived by five chil dren, all under 14 years of age. Fu neral arrangements have not been completed. ' Anna Johanek Another Victim Of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis Anna Johanek, 6 years old, -.1411 Soutfc Fifteenth street, is the tenth death of cerebral spinal meningitis iince the first of the year. The little girl was taken to the emergency hos pital Friday. She had beenick five days. Otto Vadd, also 6 years old, living at 4935 Pacific street; sent- to the hos pital Friday with spinal meningitis, is repbrted much worse. ' The Weather For Nebraska Fair, ttsinn temperature. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday Hour. Dtf. I S a. m 1 li. m 4 T . m 4 8 a. m 4 9 a. m.. I 10 a. m t 11 a. m t It m...... t 1 p. tm . 11 2 p. m.. 13 4V p. m... 14 4 p. m 16 t p. m 14 p. m 14 7 p. m 13 Comparative Local Be card a, 1917. 1915. 1914. ITIehent yeaterdav.... 15 4? SI 44 Lowent yesterday.:,. 1 " II 23 30 Jlean temperature... t ' 14 26 1? Precipitation .'. T .00 .73 TemiMrator. and prvclpttation departure. from (fa. normal at Oraaba .Inc. uarcn 1, and compared with tna laat two yaara: Normal t.mperatur. So Uflclency for tb. day SI Total deficiency .Inc. March 1.... II Normal precipitation .04 Inch Deficiency for the day .04 Inch Total rainfall .Inc. March 1... .01 Inch Deficiency .Inc. March 1 14 Inch lefloleney for cor. period, ISIS. .OB Inch Exceaa for cor. period 1011.... .74 Inch BeparU Frem SlaUon. at J P. M. - Station and 8tat ' - Temp. Hlt-h- Rain of Weather,! Tp. m. eat., tall. Omaha, clear 11 II T r - HWiffiDIi Oh, WILLIAM ou rWlTj Ktfr taks "We. cTTHSR UVTU BOY'S MARBLES 3UST BCCAOtt UflRt THAN. HE "lWSM TWT You SET, No CrtRS To, vt Ths Tn theVu. spoilm buR )WM6S Arto You'Ll Lose everything VIEIL- l"VE""SOT Yoo-You ca -TftK MY PRICE 'or noThins- h HOLLWEG PLEDGES LIFE TO FLANDERS Chancellor Will Give Them In- dependence. andJ.'Tree Cul i tural Development." ' lHAS KAISER'S APPROVAL London, March 4. The aid of Ger many in establishing1 the independ ence ot ! landers was promised oy Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg,,the Ger- man imperial chancellor, to a depu- tation representing the Activist-Flem ish party which visited him, accord ing to a dispatch from Berlin re ceived in Amsterdam and transmit ted y Reuters. The. independence of Flanders would be on the basis of Flemish language and civilization. The imperial chancellor is said, to have told the deputation that the movement had 'the approval of the German emperor. 1 "Measures are under way," Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg is reported to have added, "which aim at giving the Flemish nation the opportunity hitherto denied free cultural and economic development thereby lay-. ing the foundation ot the independ ence whicn it Hopes to gain, out which it can hardly attain by its own strength. The united efforts of the German authorities and Flemish peo ple will succeed in attaining the de sired result." Potato and Onion ' Used as Premiums For Candy , Sales' Potatoes and onions are now in the same class with diamonds. watches and other valuables, and like them, they are now displayed in store windows on rich plush and are closely guarded with big automatic pistols. A downtown drug store h thus hnnorinc the nnce lowlv soud and the high smelling onion. Crowds gather outside the window and eye the are display with envy. Inside, a big gat near the vegetable gems is a silent, awesome evidence of their value. No collection of diamonds in a jeweler's window wr.s ever more heavily guarded- A sign in the window aiinoinces that the store is using the potatoes and onions as p-cmiums to stimulate candy sales. No mention is made of the possibility of the onion stimulating sales of eyewater, also sold there. To every purchaser of $1 worth of candy, this enterprising emporium of fers, one large potato, absolutely free in spite of the H. C. L. Purchasers of $2 worth of candy are offered a big onion as a premium. Mathematicians among the Store's patrons have figured out that the pres ent market quotations on these vege tables make the spud and onion prem iums amount to a discount or trade bonus of almost 10 per cent. , "It takes all our profit out of the candy sales," the manager says, "but stimulates our entire store business, for big crowds come just to look at the spuds and onions, nd then they are induced to buy something." Five Firemen Killed In Big Fire in Detroit Detroit, Mich., March 4. -Five fire men were killed and three others in jured, one probably fatally, in a fire which early today swept through two five-story business j buildings on Woodward avenue, in the center of the downtown business district- T,7ell! That Squares Vbo Those ax SWT6B Ol 1M "CciF- CaMt fou cy.v?" )(tuR StSMON ON RUSHES IN BUSWfts' LrtST SUMbAV WAS EXCELLENT- PuVWV' M6W HEATIryfMNT IN TKt CHYftCH fXlO SENO mr WLLTo Federal Board A Fixes Paper Bate At $2.50 Per Cwt. Washington, March 4. The federal trArie ftnm'mission cceoted''todav a proposal by news' print paper manu facturers that it" fi)t a price for, their product and named $2.50 a hundred pounds as a reasonable charge. Higher prices were set fcr paper in less than car load lots and, for sheet paper. - 1 ' ' -A VOTE BONE DRY LAW DATE JULY 1 Two Houses Adopt Resolution to Make It Effective Not Before July 1. ACTION IN LAST HOURS Washington, March 4. Early this morning the senate agreed to a house resolution postponing the effective date on the Reed "bone dry" amend 4V'nt until July 1. Adams County Clerk Hudson Is Convicted; Spends Day in Jail Hastings, Neb., March 4. (Special Telegram.) County Clerk' Hudson, remained in jail today,, following his conviction late last night, on the charge of forgery. His old bond was terminated and he has not furniihed a new one. Attorneys for the defense will move for a new trial.' Hudson is being carefully watched to prevent attempt at suicide. An automatic revolver was taken lrom him last night, before he was locked up. The verdict of guilty came as a surprise, as it was generally expected one or two members ot the jury would stand to the last against con viction! Supervisors will take steps tomor row to appoint a new cleik. Parson Savidge Ventures Into Dance Hall and Has Lively Time That those lower regions of Oma ha where the midnight incandescents burn brightly and where joy-makers make merry unitl the wee sma' hours of 'the morn with careless" disregard of the laws pf convention and the state is no place for a minister to be found, was a discovery madt Saturday night by Rev. Charles W. Savidge. For Rev. "Charles W. Savidge almost encountered disaster in a journey in to these- regions which are seldom explored except by the initiated. Mr. Savidge had been informed that the conduct in certain of Omaha's dance halls was "atrocious." So he decided last night to find out for him self if such v as the case. The start of his journey of explora tion was mild and tame. Some of the uptown halls were the first stops on his itinerary and the investigating minister was in no way molested or disturbed even when he took a note book from his pocket and jotted down a number of reminders. ' But when Savidge- journeyed down into the territory "below the deadline"- was something else vaRain. Savidge found that down there min. It viiu "m BETTER PRICES -WWTV YCU 1 1 LSS WH TUB CEATM Thank Yo - , Yi ft, veftv coco lHtt " yyli BRITISH DESTROYER SEST DOWN BY MINE . . , War Vessel With All : Hand. .- - Sunk in North Sea, Sftys"; Admiralty. . DIfmS SINK TRAWPORTS London, March 4. A British de stroyer was sunk with all hands in the North Sea on Thursday, the admiralty announced today. It is be lieved it struck a mine, the announce ment states. Berlin, March 1. (By Wireless to Sayville, March 4.) An armed transport steamer of 3,494 tons, with about 500 colonial troops, artillery and horses on board, was sunk by a German submarine in the Mediter ranean on February 24, the admiralty announced today. Some of the troops on board were lost. A troop-laden transport of about S,000 tons was sunk on February 23, it was also announced. Wyoming Pays $175' for . Beans Eaten by Antelope Cheyenne, Wyo., March 4. (Spe cial.) Because a herd of antelop broke into her bean patch last summer and destroyed the greater portion of the crop. Miss Laura Shetler of Dywer Wyo., has received from the state auditor a check for $175. The state of Wyoming forbids the killing or molestation of antelope and Miss Shetler, contending that the state, therefore, was responsible for dam age done by antelope, filed a claim for damages and was awarded $175. Fifity-four antelope dined off Miss Shetler's beans. ' Texas Oil Steamer Sends i Out Call for Assistance Newport, R. I., March 4. Calls Tor help from the steamer Louisiana of the Texas Oil company, aground on Winter Quarter shoal, were picked up by the radio station here today. The calls soon became-too faint for the local station to distinguish. It was understood here the coast guard cutter Yamacraw was sent to the steamer's aid. isters are eyed with suspicion classihed as unwelcome quests. It vas at - place the minister said was called "The Underworld" that Savidge made his disccverv. "I went into the Underworld," said the minister, "and it was the nearest to hell ever want tb be. There were men and women ot all colors sing ing, dancing, drinking and swearing." Savidge once more pulled out the notebook and began to' jot down notes. A man the minister presumed was the proprietor or at least the charge d'affaires, saw this "overt act" and immediately unrestricted wartare was declared pon the preacher of the gospel, with the result that Savidge was almost torpedoed by a submarine before he could man the lifeboats and make his escaoe. "He took my -notebook from me," said Savidge, "even ' threatened my life and ejected me from the place." Savidge said the place was at Ninth and Uavenuort streets. The minister visited several places he said, including one je said vas the "Midway," bjt the place he said was the "Underworld" Be described as the worst , 1 Hyson's Armed Neutrality Bill Fails in Crisis; Huge Appropriation Bills Thrown Into Discard; President's Policy Has Not Yet Been Outlined -i 1 Dramatic Scenes in Two Houses as Congress Fails to Take" Action on Armed Ship Measure Sought by President Wilson. DEMOS SHOW BITTERNESS Senators Norris and La Toi lette Play Stellar Roles in Upper Chamber, Each Spelling the Other. LA POLLETTE NEAR IN MIX Robinson ol Arkansas Almost Goes to the Mat With Wisconsin Man. SENATE LACKS A LEADER (From a Staff Corraiipondent.) Washington, March 4. (Special Telegram.) The second an '. final ses sion of the Sixty-fourth congress ex pired at noon today and with it into the discard went the armed neutrality bill, a filibuster led by La Follette of Wisconsin, aided and abetted by Nor ris of Nebraska, Gronna of North Dakota, Cummins of Iowa. Stone of Missouri, and a few others, being responsible for the defeat of the measure which passed the house al most unanimously. There were scenes of rare bitter ness and turbulance during the closing hours of the senate, over the bill au thorizing the president to arm ships and take other measures to defend American rights at sea against Ger man submarines. . Senator La Follette was expected to bring the debate to a close in dramatic fashion with the expiring hours of the session. He himself sought to do this, Senator Norris staging the scene until 10 o'clock when La Follette was to in, for the grandstand finish. But late last night democratic and republican sup porters of the bill planned to even up scores with the Wisconsin senator to some extent by putting him out of the limelight. La Follette Shut Off. The result was that after a wild and stormy scene, in which it looked for a time as if there might , be a physical encounter between Senator La rollettc and senator Kobinson ot Arkansas, Senator La Follette 'was shut off the floor and Senator, Hitch cock of Nebraska gained it. ' He still held the floor when the hour for the windup of the session ar rived. It is expected that President Wilson will proceed to arm ships re gardless of the inaction of congress. No doubt remains that all but a small percentage of the members of both houses arc prepared to back the president in going to any lengths over the submarine controversy. Warning of War. Opponents of the bill and .even many of its supporters believe that war probably will grow out of this course. .Senator Stone told the senate that the action proposed meant war and if congress wanted to go to war it had better say so openly. with the death of the armed neu trality bill and the end of the session. number of lmnortant appropriation bills and other bills of first class im portance lapsed. They also are dead. The army bill, the sundry civil bill. the general deficiency bill, and the urgent deficiency bill failed to pass. Thus about half a billion in funds needed to run the government is lack ing. Look for Extra Session.. An extra session of congress is con sidered inevitable under the circum stances, to be called in time to get all the supply bills out of the way before Jiy 1- . Patriotism was uppermost in the house the members and the crowded galleries joining in the singing of patriotic songs, with a will and fervor rarelv excelled. The unfurling of a six-foot flag from the speaker's gallery was the signal for the pent-up enthusiasm to display itself. Miss Leona Sherwood, daughter of Congressman Sherwood, one of the veteran members of the house, led 1n singing tin national anthem, "America," and this was fol lowed by the "Star Spangttd Banner," "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," the large number of guardsmen in the ,i Igalleries contributing to the patriotic demonstration that was wonderfully insnirine. Representatives Meeker of Mis souri, Timberlake of Colorado, Galli- van of Massachusetts and Hamilton of Michigan,' led the congregational singing, the entire gamut of the old familiar songs being run during an hour or more waiting for 12 o'clock to come. There was felicitous speeches from the leaders on both sides and "quacks from the lame ducks, including Tag- gart of Kansas, "Alfalfa Bill Mur ray of Oklahoma and several others, who retire to private life with to day's adjournment- ' Mistaken For Miss Rankin, ' A hoax greatly' enjoyed by every body was played by Mrs. George W; Edmond, wife ot the congressman from Philadelphia. Somebody started the rumor that Miss Jeannette Kan kin, the first congresswoman from Montana, was on the floor and Mrs. Edmond was pointed out as the first woman to sit m the house of repre sentatives. - Mr. Edmond appre- (CoaJlBOed on Fas Two, Column Ou.) Senate Meets Today; May Solve Situation Washington, March 4. President Wilson issued a statement tonight declaring that through the action of a few senators it has proved impossible to have passed legislation meeting the pres ent critical international situation and other bills of vast importance to the na tion, i . He said he believed in the special session of the senate already called for tomorrow the rules should be amended to that action could be taken. He did not disclose his policy on the arming of merchantmen. PRESIDENT TAKES OATH 0FH1S OFFICE Ceremony Takes Place at Noon in' the Presence of His Cabinet. CEREMONY IS LACKING Washington, March 4. President Wilson took the oath of office for his second term at ,110011 today in his room at the capitol and will be for mally inaugurated tomorrow with public ceremonies. Before a desk piled with executive business laid before him in the closing hours of congress and surrounded by members of his official family. ' the president, reajfirmcd with uplifted hands and grave features hi promise to uphold the constitution in whatever crisis may confront the nation in the momentous four yeais before it; After he had repeated solemnly the oath taken first by Washington a cen tuary And a quarter ago, he kissed the Bible at the passage reading: . "The Lord is our refuge: an ever present help in time bf trouble." ' Oath by Chief Justice. Chief lustice White administered the oath and was the first to extend his congratulations. Wringing the president's hands, the chief justice looked ferverently into his face for a moment and said, brokingly: "Mr. President, 1 am very happy." Members of the cabinet then crowd ed up with expressions of regard. Mr. Wilson received them with a smile and then turned back to his desk to complete his interrupted task. Vice President Marshall, did ' not take the oath today. NHe will be sworn in tor his second term tomorrow at the SDecial session of the new senate with the usual vice presidential in auguration ceremony. Thousands Arrive. Tonight the capital was filled with thousands of persons who came from the four quarters of the nation for the quadrennial event. Although the in augural was planned under the presi dent's direction to be as simple as the circumstances would be permit it will not be different in general character from the usual ceremony. As customary, the president after he has taken the oath, and delivered his inaugural address in an open air stand before the capitol will ridee back to the White House ' the head of a parade of many thousands, in cluding the distinguished fland, mili tary and naval organizations and a long line of delegations of private citizens. Then he will review fhe marchers from a stand before the White House grounds. Guards on Hand, One feature, however, v.ill reflect directly the gravity of the interna tional situation. Down Pennsylvania avenue the parade will pass between line of National Guards men, chosen from the New York regiment, lorm- ing a military barrier on either side of the line of march. Not. since Lin coln's second inauguration during the civil war, have troops been stationed to keep spectators back from an in augural parade. s Cologne Papej;, Says . Move'4gainst'U. S. For Self Defense Berlin (Via London), March 4. The Cologne Gazette says: "As the German minister to Mexico had definite instructions not to take steps before being certain that the United Slates had declared war, the venomous accusations ma, be dis posed of by referring to the words just previously uttered by the clmn cellor concerning the traditional friendly relations with the American nation. "It is self-evident that we must de fend our lives against a people which declares war on us, whatever the past may have been. We believe that the publication of the communication to Mexico has had a salutary effect on the American people, who now still realize that Germany does not let it self be bullied and that if the United States proceeds' to overt hostilities we mean to fight with every means in our power," ; ' ' f Filibuster of Twelve Senators Led by La Follette of Wis consin Successful in Pre vent Passage of Armed Neutrality Measure. UNYIELDING -u.JTIL LAST Movement Denounced by Pres ident Wilson's Spok:uien as Most Reprehensible in History of Nation. SAY NATION aT CRISIS Present Called Most Serious Crisis Since Time of the , . Civil War. , J CONGRESS QUITS AT NOON Washington, March 4. Twelve sen ators led by Senator La Follette and encouraged by eSnator Stone, demo cratic chairman of the foreign rela tions committee in la filibuster, de nounced by President Wilson's spokesmen as the most reprehensible in the history of any civilized nation, defied the will of an overwhelming majority in congress up to the last minute today and denied to the presi- ' dent a lew authnrizinff Htm in arm American merchant ships to meet the German submarine menace.-, .. hours of continuous session to appeals that their dc'fiance of the president would be humiliating to 'the coantry: . IIS ICIUIIIM III1UUK1 UUL LWClllt "OlJt uncompromising in 4 crisis described to them as the most serious to the ' nation since the civil War, La Follette and his small group of supporters re- (used a majority ot their colleagues an opportunity to vote on the armed neutrality bill and it died with the Sixty-fourth congress at; noon, -t !. - Fix Responsibility.; r f - ' To 'fix responsibility1 before' the country seventy-six senttcrs, thirty 1 i-fuuntaus aim luriy-six .democrats signed a manifesto proclaiming to the world that they favored -passage of the measure. : . This declaration embodied in the rt-coru 01 ine senate reierrea to the fact that the house Thursday night had passed a similar bill bv a vote of 1 403 to 13 and also recited that the senate rule permitting unlimited de bate gave a small minority oppor tunity to throttle the will of the ma jority. Thirteen senators declined to sign the declaration, but Senator Penrose. republican of Pennsylvania, announced that he would have voted for the bill had opportunity been afforded him. Those Who Held Out. The twelve who went on record with the thirteen members of the honse against granting to President Wilson the authority he asked from congress in the crftis werj: Republicans Clapp, Minnesota; Cummins. Iowa: Gronna. North Da. kota; Kenyon, Iowa; La Follette, Wis. consin; Morris, Nebraska; Works. California 7. Democrats Kirby, Arkansas; Lane, Oregon; O'Gorman, New York; Stone, Missouri; Vardaman, Missis sippi 5. ; Associated with them in opposition to the armed neutrality bill were the following representatives who voted against the house bill Thursday night: Republicans Benedict, California; Cary, Wisconsin; Cooper, Wisconsin; Davis, Minnesota; Helgesen, North Nakota; Lindborgh, Minnesota; Nel-. son, Wisconsin; Stafford, Wisconsin; Wilson, Illinois 9. Democrats Decker, Missouri; Shackleford, Missouri; Sherwood, Ohio-3. Socialist London, New York. , Those Signing Manifesto, The seventv-six senators signed the manifesto were: DEMOCRATS. who Ashhurst Rankhead Beckham Broussard - 1 Bryan y Chamberlain Chilton Fletcher Hardwick Hitchcock Hollis ; Hughes Husting James lohnson (S. D.) Kern Lee Lewfs Martin Martine Myers Newlands Overman Owen Phelan .'. Pittman ' Pomereno) Ransdell , Reed . Robinson Saulsbury ' Shafroth, Sheppard 1 Shields Simmons Smith (Ga.) Smith (Md.) Smith (S. C.) Swan son Thomas Thompson Tillman - Underwood Walsh Williams-46 - REPUBLICANS. Borah McLean Brady Nelson , Brandegee Oliver Catron , Page Clark Poindexter Colt - ' Sherman , Curtis , Smith (Mich.) Dillingham - Smoot Du Pont ' ; Sterling Fall ' Sutherland Fernald Townsend Harding ; Wadsworth Jones Warren y Lodge Watson ( McCumber Weeks 30 - ? Those Not Recorded. Of the seven senators not recorded threeLGallinger and Goff, republicans, and Gore, democrat, were absent on (Contnied on I'M Two Columa XwsJ : f.