THE REE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1917.
TOURIST RATES
Woman Leads Stranger Into Den
Of Thieves; Loses His Valuables
PREACH CEMENT
VICTIMIZE OMAHA
Commercial Club May File Suit
AND BOOM TRADE
to Seduce Fares to East
ern Cities.
TRAFFIC BUREAU FIGHTS
If necessary the Omalia Commer
cial club will enter suit before the In
terstate Commerce commission in an
effort to get what the club considers
just tourist rates to eastern points,
A year or more ago, a new basing
rate was established in passenger
tourist rates, which left Omaha at
a disadvantage with Kansas City. The
club became active an once in an
effort to ottain a readjustment of
schedules that would put Omaha at
least on a parity with Kansas City
in this respect.
Thus far the club has nothine def
inite in 'the way of a promis: other
than the assurance of some of the
roads that every effort would be made
to see that Omaha gets justice in this
matter of making up ot tourist rate
schedules. These schedules will prob
ably be made up and printed within
the next lew weeks.
Tlie club's traffic bureau has been
instructed to eo the limit to obtain
what Omaha considers justice in this
matter, and if necessary to sue be
fore the Interstate Commerce com
mission.
Sheriff Foils Mob
Seeking Man Held
As Parents' Slayer
Peoria, III., March 7. A ruse by
Sheriff Close of Mason county today
probably averted the lynching of
William Ucckcr, wnose arrest was
ordered by a grand jury investigating
the murder of his aged father and
mother at their home near Mason
City, III., on the night of December
1, last.
Tonight Becker, who was confiden
tial secretary to his father and han
died the hundreds of thousands of
dollars belonging to his parents, is
in the Logan county jail at Lincoln,
III., under special guard and held
without bait. His parents were shot
and killed and an attempt to destroy
their home by hre was made, ttppar
ently in an effort to conceal the mur
der. The house was ransacked.
While en route to Havana, III., with
the prisoner in an automobile the
sheriff wasiwarned of the approach of
a mob in automobiles. He turned his
machine toward Pekin, III., but a
messenger warned him that the mob
would try to head him off near that
town, too. The sheriff then backed
his car into some brush and in a lit
tle while the string 'of automobiles
carrying the mob sped by and the
sheriff proceeded to Lincoln.
Railroads Are Told
What Commodities -
To Transport First
New York, March 7. Railroads
throughout the country were urged
by the American Railway association
to exempt from all freight embargoes
as far as practicable certain commodi
ties chiefly necessaries of life
which, it was asserted, would do
much to relieve the present confusion
of the railroads themselves and the
shipping public.
Following-is the list of articles
which the railroads were a-.ked to ac
cept forthwith: Live stock, perish
ables, shipments consigned to the
United States government or its of
ficers; foodstuffs and feed for live
stock; tin cans for condensed milk
when so way-billed; printing paper;
fuel coal, material and supplies con
signed to railroads.
Trade Commission
Busy Arranging to
Fix Price on Paper
Washington. March 7. The Fed
eral Trade commission put a large
staff at work today on details tor
fixing news print paper prices.
.Many ot tne puonsners in the coun
try not represented in recent confer
ences here must be induced to enter
the arbitration arrangements before it
is a success and additional manufac
turers must be persuaded to co-operate
in the plan.
The price of $2.50 a hundred pounds
in carload lots, named by the commis
sion Sunday, is expected by the com
mission to give general satisfaction
to publishers, some of whom have
been paying twice that.
E.. A. Brennen of Friend Tells
Police About Bad House in
North Omaha.
FIRST WENT TO A DANCE
That he was strongarmed and
robbed of $20 in cash, a gold watch
valued at ,..', and two travelers'
checks , each fu- $50, by two men with
whom he .vas returning at an early
hour this morning from an exclusive
road house in north Omaha, was a
story recited to police officials by
E. A. Brennui of Friend, Neb.
Brenncu'says he me, a young wom
an Tuesday night and that he es
corted her tc a dance. At the dance
he says the young woman met two
other young women and that it was
suggested the party visit the north
side road house which Brennen
averred seemed to be more like a
private dwelling than a resort and
which was in charge of a colored
maid.
i lie Friend man sought to depart
when morning arrived, but the young
women insisted on staying. So Brcn
ncii t.arted back to town in an auto
mobile with tv men who were at the
place. After a short ride, Brennen
says, the men stopped the automobile
and strongarmed and robbed him of
his possessions. Then they ejected
him from the machine and he was
forced to walk to town. He arrived
about 7 o'clock in the morning.
Brennen was unable to give any
definite location of the house he says
he visited.
Barton Hilcs of Marshalltown, la..
82 years old and a veteran of the civil
war, was strongarmed at Thirteenth
and Mason streets b two white men
who robbed iiim of $36.
Tom Smith, 2761 Hazel street, while
returning home from work Tuesday
night was stopped at Tenth and
Douglas streets by two men who
strongarmed him of $10.
Kansas City Man Tells Midwest
Dealers the Value of "Talk
ing Up" Business.
WINNING FARMER FRIENDS
German Society in
Cuba, "Iron Cross,"
Is Reported Active
lfavanna, March 7. According to
the Cuban government, the rebels are
making little headway. It declares
the rebels in Oriente province will
have to surrender and mentions suc
cesses in other provinces of the loyal
forces and detections trom the revolu
tionary ranks.
Much interest has been taken in
the stories of German intrigue in
Cuba, with the object of fomenting
rebellion.
Two Germans have been arrested
thus far in Cuba, one of them known
to be a close friend of ex-President
Gomez, one of the leaders in the revo
lution. The other was caught in the
act of making drawings of the coast
near Finar Del Rio.
A number of American detectives
are in Havana, working in harmony
with Cuban detectives, with the ob
ject of ascertaining if there exists here
a branch ot an organization known
under the name of "The Iron Cross,"
which is alleged to be perfectly or
ganized in Mexico, having for its pur
pose the spreading of anti-American
propaganda in Latin-American coun
tries. Members of the association are
distinguished by an iron finger ring
on which is an iron cross.
New York, March 6. A battle be
tween government and rebel forces in
the province of Oriente, Cuba, has
been averted only by the presence of
United States warships in the harbor
ot Santiago, said Dr. (Jrcstes rerrara,
representative of the revolutionary
party in Cuba.
U. S. Guard Gets Five
Years for Supplying
Kaiser Information
Minneapolis, March 7. Officers of
the First Minnesota infantry, return
ing to Fort Snelling today from the
Mexican border announced that Paul
L. Scharfenberg of St. Paul, a private
in Company L, First Minnesota infan
try, was sentenced to live years' im
prisonment at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., rebruary 5, by a court-martial
of regular army officers, sitting at San
Antonio, lex., lor furnishing military
information to Germany.
A letter addressed to relatives m
Germany, asserting that 10,000,000
Germans in this country were ready
to rise up against the government in
the svent ot war with Germany, was
intercepted by British authorities and
turned over to Washington officials,
according to statements by the offi
cers. Scharfenberg is a native of Germany.
Colonel hrl D. Luce, command, he
the regiment, and Captain P. L. Mc
Clay, regimental adjutant, :n confirm
ing the story of Scharfenbcrg's ac-
lvities, declaim that he had predicted
n his .ctter that President Wilson
soo i would be put out of the wav
and hail stated that "the 1O0.U00
troops on the border would not
land up it put against m efficient
orcc.
' Mrs. Mary Hutchinson Dies
After Short Illness
Mrs. Mary H. Hutchinson, 36 years
old, wife of Charles E. Hutchinson,
department manager of M. E. Smith
& Co., died at a local hospital last
night, following a brief illness. She
had been a resident of Omaha since
he marriage, nine years ago. Mrs.
Hutchinson was prominent in church
and charitable work. Besides her
husband she is survived by two broth
ers of Ravenna, Neb., and a married
sister in Los. Angeles. Funeral ser
vices will be held from St. Cecelia's
church at 9 o'clock. Friday morning.
The body will be taken to Ravenna,
Neb., for burial.
Kansas City Voters Beat
Proposal for New Charter
Kansas City, March 7. The pro
posal for a new charter for Kansas
City was voted down at a special elec
tion yesterday, according to figures
compiled by newspapers tonight. The
voting virtually was even on the issue,
the negative vote having a majority of
less than 100 votes. A four-sevenths
majority was necessary for passage.
The proposed charter called for a
simplified form of city government
founded along the lines of the city
manager plan.
(iermani Wing Elrbteee rlanea.
Berlin, March !. (Wlretria to Tucker
ton), March 7.1 Elfbteen hostile alrpjlanea
were hot down hy tho Germans on Sun
day, aaya an Overaeaa New agency review
of recent operation Issued today. Twelve
of theae machined were accounted for north
of tho Sotnme and In the Arraa region and
the others at Isolated polnta.
Movie Teaches Man and
Wife the Holdup Game
Kansas City, Mo., March 7. When
Clarence Curtis lost his "job" a few
mouths ago, he and Mrs. Curtis went
to a moving picture show where they
saw a film depicting a holdup.
The result, police say, was that
Mrs. Curtis confessed here today that
she and her husband engaged in a
three weeks' scries of similar rob
beries. She and her husband arc un
der arrest on charge of having held
up a taxicab driver last night.
They admitted that robbery and
Mrs. Curtis astonished the police by
saying she and her husband had rob
bed several grocery and drug clerks
who had brought packages and
change for large bills to vacant
houses to which she and her husband
had directed orders.
Man is Sentenced to
Study Marshall's Address
Sicux City, la., March 7. Arnold
BrtTwn was sentenced to study Vice
President Marshall's inaugural ad
dress during his seven-day sentence
in jail for disorderly conduct by Po
lice Judge hidings today.
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No Final Decision
On Wilson's Right
To Arm U.S. Craft
Washington, March 7. There was
no final decision today on wheth
er President Wilson has the authority
tor arm American merchantmen for
defense against German submarine)
without action by congress. Authori
taiive intimations were given that the
president was seeking a way to take
the step on his own responsibility,
but would act only after most mature
deliberation.
The president conferred with Sec
retaries Lansing and Daniels at their
offices, but the usual Tuesday cabinet
meeting was cancelled, and in some
quarters it was believed there would
be no further announcement on the
question until after the cabinet meet
ing Friday.
Some administration officials, after
careful study of the old law of 1819.
cited in the senate as preventing the
arming of merchantmen against sub
marines, were stronger than ever in
their belief that the act has no appli
cation to the present situation. The
statute was passed specifically to al
low American merchantmen to fight
pirates and privateers and officials
contend that the exemption in this
connection of "a public armed vessel
of a nation in amity-with the United
States" does not prevent a peaceful
merchantman from resisting an at
tack in violation of international law.
Jack Dillon and Les Darcy
May Meet in Denver Ring
Denver, March 7. Negotiations
were begun here today for a twenty
round fight in Denver, between Jack
Dillon and Les Darcy, according to
local promoters. It was understood
that a purse of $20,000 was to be
raised, with 60 per cent of the re
ceipts in excess of that amount. Lo
cal promoters claimed to have a tele
gram from Dillon at Indianapolis
agreeing to fight Darcy here, pro
vided the match could be arranged for
inside thirty days.
Cement and concrete dealers should
constantly spread information about
the use of cement and concrete and
the method of using it, according to
P. B. N'aylor of Kansas City, Mo.,
who addressed the Midwest Cement
Users' association at the opening of
its convention a; the Hotel Rome.
Mr. Naylor represents the lola Port
land Cement company.
He urged that the dealers spare no
efforts to make the farmer familiar
with the use of cement and concrete.
"Instruct the farmers how to use
cement and concrete," he said, "for
the more they know about it the bet
ter results they will get, and the bet
ter results, the more hey will demand
cement and concrete construction.
The foundation of the business of a
cement products man in a town is
agricultural development around that
town."
In the absence of Mayo.' Dahlman.
City Commissioner Dan Butler made
the address of welcome.
Concrete tile and pipe, concrete
silos, and concrete products of all
kindi were d'scussed by specialists.
With all the exhibits now in place
the cement imw at the Auditorium is
delighting its crowds of practical peo
ple who want to learn the latest, best
and most efficient in cement and con
crete construction, the best and latest
in concrete mixers, the best and most
efficient in any one of scores of lines
of accessories that go with cement
and concrete business as a whole.
Voting on a name and reasons for
concrete con. '.ruction in the hope of
winning the concrete house that is
to be given tway is also in progress.
A painting of the i.ouse as it will
look is exhibited at the Auditorium
and the cement blocks for the house
are being manufactu-ed day by day
in the base-mint at the Auditorium,
where the visitors may watch the
work.
Oranges are good for
you eat mora of
them. When you
order today, ask for Sun
kiit. They are uniformly
good oranges.
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