The Omaha Sunday Bee
NEWS SECTION
PART ONE
PAGES 1 TO 10.'
VOL. XLVI NQ. 42.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1917 Sf SECTIONS FORTY PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
THE WEATHER
j Snow
BELGIAN RELIEF
SHIP SUNK BY A
GERMANJUBSEA
Norwegian Steamer Storstad,
Flying Flag of American
Commission, Sent to Bot
tom by U-Boat.
YANKEE ABOARD SAVED
One Man Perishes From Ex
posure and Two More Are
Reported Missing.
TWENTY-SEVEN LANDED
London, March 10. Official infor
mation was received here today to
the effect that the Norwegian steam
er Storstad, a Belgian relief ship,
which had one American citizen on
board, had been sunk by a subma
rine. It carried a cargo of jp'ain
from Buenos Aires. ' v-
Twenty-seven members of the crew,
including the American, have Been
landed. One member of the crew
died of exoosure and others are miss
ing. It is stated officially that the
Storstad was flying the flag of the
American commission for relief in
Belgium and bore the markings des
ignated for the relief ships.
The London office of the comtriis
sion states that the Storstad carried
10,000 tons of maize, which was
needed badly in Belgium, where the
shortage as a result of the detention
of grain cargoes will soon be felt
severely. ,
The torstad was ordered to leave
Las Palmas on February 26. It took
on coal at Gibraltar and its master
was instructed to proceed to Rotter-
dom by the northerly route.
No previous report has been re
ceived in this country of the sinking
of the Storstad. The steamer, 6.0J8
tons gross, sailed from Buenos Aires
on January Id.
Six Thousand Army
Blankets Will Be
Cleaned in Omaha
V
: Six thousand army blankets are to
be dry cleaned in Omaha.
Colonel C. S. Bingham, depot quar
termaster at Omaha, has this little
item to negotiate 'with some of the
Omaha cleaners atoVg with his other
duties.
Colonel Bingham is advertising for
bids on a lot of supplieswhich the
government wants for the army at
this time. The bids will be opened
at 10 in the morning, March 13. The
supplies are to be furnished at the
. Omaha quartermaster depot.
The supplies include 400 pounds
boiler graphite, 605 pounds of lubri
cating cylinder grease, 1,200 plain
maple broom handles, 1,000 pounds of
sheet iron, five pounds of blue print
ers' ink, 500 gallons of engine oil, fif
teen reams of onionskin unglazed
paper, 4,500 pounds of laundry soap,
4,200 pounds of washing soda, 400
pounds of caustic soda, 5,000 laundry
tags, 100 pounds of hard steel, cop
pered wire; 800 memorandum
blanks and hundreds of other articles
which Uncle Sam's soldiers, officers
and equippage need in their work.
Man Saves Woman
From River Grave;
She Tried to Die
After searching for work for two
days without success, Elizabeth Mit
zenfelt, 30, of Peoria, 111., decided to
end her troubles jumping into the
river. She walked into the muddy
Missouri up to her shoulders at the
foot of Woolworth street early Sat
urday afternoon. But the ice-filled
water was cold and she walked right
out again.
Later she started a second time to
cndJier life by the way of the icy
water, but was saved by Anton Ha
son, 107 Woolworth street, who
waded out into the water and carried
the woman to shore. Hason'r 11-year-old
son, Emil, had told the man
of the would-be suicide while she sat
on the river bank and gathered cour
age for her second dip. Police Of
ficers Aughe and Farrand took the
woman to headquarters and placed
her in care of Matron Gibbons, who
will care for her and try to find her
a job. The woman said she came
to Omaha from Hastings, although
her home is at Peoria.
The Weather
For Nebraska Probably, snow, much
colder.
Tempefcturra mt Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. jyeg.
m 60
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a. m 6fi
10 a. m 3
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m. 7
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P- m 43
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Camparatira Local Bccord.
Ml 7. IflS. 114.
ItffhMt yvaterriay..,, 67 86 34 31
wet yea tarda? 38 24 H 27
lean temperature. . . . 62 30 36 33
reclpltatkm 00 .00 .00 .W0
Temperature ami precipitation departure
Trom the normal at Omaha atnee Murih 1,
ttnd compared with the taut two yean:
Normal temperature 3It
Bxix'iw for the day 1 1
Total eitKMa ulnce March .1 13
Normal precipitation 04 tnrh
Deficiency for the day 02 Inch
Tutal rainfall since March 1.. .02 Inch
Deficiency aim March 1 37 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. .31 inch
Excess (or cor. period, IBIS.,., l.ieinvhea
SEYEN CENTS A DAK
TO SAVE STARVING
Appeal to Americans for
Further Aid in Behalf of
'Destitute Jews.
CONDITIONS DESPERATE
New York, March 10. Facts and
figures carefully compiled from cable
messages received here in the last
several weeks by the joint distribution
committee for the relief of Jewish
war sufferers by the treasurer, Hcr-
Dert ti. Lehman, indicate that the
plight of the Jews in Europe is worse
than any previous statement has
shown.
There are today in the belligerent
countries upwards of 7.000,000 Jews,
of whom not less than 35 per cent, or
2,450,000, are entirely destitute and
depend upon daily relief in the form
of food to maintain life. MrrLehman
has estimated that taking the prevail
ing average cost of foods in all the
countries engaged in the war, or di
rectly affected by it, in which the Jews
are in need, tne minimum per capita
cost for food alone is 7 cents a day,
or 49 cents per week, without any al
lowance whatsoever for meeting the
cost of fuel, clothing or shelter.
Millions of Money Needed.
The cable messages lately received
make the number of 2,450,000 requir
ing relief, a most conservative esti
mate, so that in order merely to sus
tain the lives of these people would
take $62,500,000 a year for the one
item of food. It is estimated that at
least one-half of this groat sum must
come from sources outside of Europe
itself, and as America is virtually the
only nation in a position to extend
aid, it should be figured that $31,000,
000 annually, under p'resent condi
tions, must rome from this side of
the Atlantic.
The cable messages show that the
conditions are particularly serious in
Poland, Palestine and Turkey. The
last cable received during the week
from Poland reads as follows:
"In name of hundred of thou
sands destitute Jews entreat you
most urgently send immediate
. remittances. Any stopping of
contributions will cause saddest
catastrophe."
Conditions in 'Poland.
Detailed information from Poland
shows that forty-two towns in the
province of Kalisch, including Lodz
and vicinity, have a Jewish population
of 200,000, of whom 100,000 are desti
tute; sixty-four towns in the district
of Warsaw have a Jewish population
of 500,000, of whom half are in want;
in the district of Flock, including
forty-six towns. 90,000 Jews are in
want; in the government of Siedlec,
including the southern part of- Grod
no from Liko ' to--Pinsk, forty-four
town have 150,000 Jews, of whom
two-thirds are destitute; in the vicin
ity of Sosnowitz, Dombrowa, Czen
stochau and Bondzim there are 75,000
destitute in twenty towns; and so on
in every district of, Poland wdrd
comes of thousands upon thousands
of Jews depending upon relief funds
for their daily bread.
Conditions in Lithuania are similar,
although thosuands oijews have left
the country.
From Russia, it Is learned, relief is
being extended by" the central com
mittee to 238,000 families, or, roughly
speaking, more than 1,000,000 persons.
Thirty-eight per cent of these families
are deprived of fathers or family
heads; 37 per cent of the individuals
are children under 14 years of age,
and 15 per cent are the aged and sick.
Conditions are not different in Aus
tria, Galicia, Bulgaria, Roumariia and
the other countries directly involved
in the war.
Short of Funds in Turkey.
Ambassador Elkus has wired that
in Constantinople and the surrounding
country 25,000 people are daily being
fed, but that owing to the insuffi
ciency of funds 40.000 are destitute
and cannot be helped in any way. At
a recent meeting held in honor of
Ambassador Elkus at the Grand Rab
binat of Grand Rabbi Nahoun the
Jews able to give contributed 6,000
Turkish pounds for local relief, the
largest collection ever taken there.
The greatest obstacle in the way of
relief is the steadily mounting cost of
food, which makes it unlikely that the
present allowance of one piastre a
day will long suffice to keep alive a
destitute person.
American Contributions Inadequate.
The joint distribution committee
since January 1 has sent abroad for
relief purposes about $1,500,000, a sum
So totally inadequate to the need that
suffering and loss of life, particularly
among the children and older persons,
beggars description. Since the out
break of the war a total of $7,500,000
has been sent hi all, raised by Ameri
can Jews and distributed in the vari
ous countries, but were this sum or a
sum many times larger to be sent
again, it would not suffice to meet the
full requirements of the situation.
Many Must Die.
The joint distribution committee
realizes that' to raise all that is needed
is an impossible undertaking, and that
it will be impossible to save all the
lives of those now facing starvation.
It is simply a question of how many
lives are to be saved by America's aid
in dollars and cents. Every 7 cents
sent from here will sustain the life of
one individual for a day and $25 will
prolong the life qf a human being for
a year. Mr, Lehman points out there
can therefore he no question in the
mind of anyone but that even the
most trifling contribution will help.
Every dollar and ever cent contrib
uted means just that much less suffer
ing and loss of life. '
House Committee Opposes
Buying Fremont Normal
(Front m Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, March 10. (Special Tele
gram.) For the second time the
same committee has recommended
the bill for the purchase of the Fre
mont Normal for indefinite postpone
ment. After reporting .it for death
the first time, the committee recon
sidered the matter.on request of the
people of Fremont and made a per
sonal investigation of the school, but
it appears was not favorably im
pressed. The bill will be recommend
ed out for indefinite postponement.
BRITISH ADVANCE
TtrtHOtOUNE
English Forces Capture Village
of Irles and Neighboring,
Defenses, With More Than
Hundred Prisoners.
GERMAN ATTACKS FAIL
Teuton Attempts to Regain 1
Lost Ground in the Cham
pagne Prove Futile.
FRENCH MAINTAIN GROUND ,
London, March 10. In an advance
today on a front of more than three
miles in the Ancre region in France,
British troops attacked an captured
the village of Irles, northeast of
Orandcourt, and the neighboring de
fenses, according to the omciat state
ment from British headquarters is
sued tonight. More than 100 Ger
mnn prisoners already have been
counted and fifteen machine guns and
four trench mortars were captured. ,
The British troops in Mesopotamia
on Thursday were engaging Turkish
forces which were -holding the Diala
river line, six miles below Bagdad,
in some sterngth, it was .announced
officially.
In the Champagne District.
Paris, March 10. Violent fighting
occurred in the Champagne last flight
in consequence of a German attempt
to recapture the ground won by the
French between Butte du Mesnil and
Maisons de Champagne. Today's of
ficial statement says that after several
desperate charges had been made with
alternate advances and retreats tne
French succeeded in holding all the
ground they had gained and in mak
ing fresh progress.
On the Verdun front the Germans
attacked the trendies recaptured by
the French north of Caurieres wood.
They penetrated these positions at
some points, but were ejected by a
counter attack.
The French continued their raids.
penetrating the German positions east
of Armancourt as far as the third
trenches and taking prisoners near
Crouy, northeast of Soissons. '
Germans Repulse Attack.
Berlin, March 10. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) Russian troops in the
Champagne attacked the German
lines near Prosnes" yesterday. To
day's war office announcement says
the - Russians penetrated German
trenches at some points, lut were sub
sequently driven out. , south ot Ki
pont in the Champagne new .'.ghting
developed without important result.
The French failed in an attack on the
Verdun front. -, .
Germans Scuttling
Ship at Charleston
Get Year in Prison
Florence, S. C, March 10. tight
officers of the steamship Liebenfels,
sunk in Charleston harbor the night
of January 31 last, today were sent
fenced to a year in the Atlanta fed
eral penitentiary and to pay a fine
of $500 each. They were convicted
yesterday of sinking a vessel in a
navigable stream in violation of the
navigation laws.
I he defense gave notice of an ap
peal. Nine officers of the vessel were
indicted, but as Captain Klatenn
hoff was ill in Charleston his case was
postponed. v
Ihose convicted are: Johann Lub-
ken, first officer; George Sunkel,
third officer; J. E. Jansen, chief en
gineer; Heinrich ,Wattenburg, first
assistant engineer; Johann W. Buse,
second assistant engineer; Moritz'von
Tbulen, third assistant engineer;
August Neuse, fourth assistant en
gineer, and Wilhelm Schwarting, ma
chinist. All arc Germans; except
Jansen, who says he is a Dane. '
The government charged that the
men not only opened the Liebcn
fel's seacocks, causing it to sink, but
that they wrecked the machinery and
opened the wireless plant, officially
sealed by the United States officers.
Stromsburg Organizes
Community Chorus
Stromsburg, Neb., March 10. (Spe
cial.) The Commercial club has re
cently undertaken the organization of
a community chorus. From the very
outset the people of the town and
neighboring country have been en
thusiastic in its support and nearly
100 members have been enrolled.
Practice is held every Wednesday
evening in the auditorium of the high
school. The officers of the cftorus
are: PresidenttMrs, G. H. Presson;
secretary. Miss Violet Faulk; treas
urer, Ernest Ericson; librarian, How
ard Haverland; accompanist, Miss
Mabel Ekeley; .director, Rodney 'S.
Dunlap.
In the first week of May the chorus
will hold its first annual music festi
val. Frederick H. Cowen's secular
cantata, "The Rose Maiden," will be
used on the first evening of the festi
val. "
Mayor of New York Buys
90,000 Bushels of Potatoes
New York, March 10. Potatoes
have been added to the foods pur
chased in huge quantities and sold
at retail at the lowest possible price
by the mayor's food committee. Word
came from Boston today that the
committee had purchased through a
broker there 90,000 bushels of Maine
potatoes at a price said to be more
than $225,000.
An increase of 1 cent a pound from
6 to 7 cents in the price of rice
brought a statement from George
W. Perkins, chairman of the commit
tee, today, to the effect that any rise
in the price of rice "must be the di
rect result of collusion and the fed
eral government should act."
Conditions of the Contest:
For the best and cleverest answers, not ex
ceeding 50 words, The Bee will give prizes
as here enumerated. Address Picture Puz
zle Editor, The Bee. Answers must be in
by Wednesday, March 14. Awards an
nounced Friday, March 16. '
Railway Mail Clerks Chafe Under
Hardships of the New Regulations
Efforts of Administration . to
Create Surplus Out of the
Mail Service is Hit
ting Hard.
AT EXPENSE OF THE MEN
Omaha, March 8, 1917. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: After reading the
most timely article, "which appeared
in last night's edition, in regards to
the mail service, kindly allow me to
give a few facts as to conditions
which exist in the service today, also
those which are contemplated and are
to be put in effect soon as possible,
"The Surplus."
No doubt nearly everyone has at
one time or another read the state
ments of the postmaster general,
which showed that from a deficit he
had made the postal service self-sustaining.
The statement was to the
effect that through able and efficient
management not only was the deficit
viped out, but there was also a sur
plus turned back to the treasury.
No doubt there may have been a
surplus. But let us see how this sur
plus was made possible.
The public in general is of the
opinion that when they mail a paper
or parcel that same is placed on the
first mail train and goes merrily to
its destination. It did before the en
trance of our present economical
postmaster general. This is what the
railway mail service was established
for, to expedite the delivery of mail
matter ofall kinds and it also is
what the public pays for. But econ
Stockham Elevator Man
Finds Bomb in Auto
Hastings, Neb., March 10. (Special
Telegram.) Four highly explosive
nitro-glycerine bombs with cais arfd
electric discharging devices attached,
were found by Jules Bassett( manager
of the grain elevator at Stockholm,
Neb., near here concealed in straw in
the bottom of his automobile. They
were brought here for examination
and last night Sergeant Fred Bailey,
an expert on explosives, was severely
burned while lighting the contents
near the city water and light plant,
where he is employed as fireman.
After pouring the contents on the
ground he applied a lighted match.
The resulting blast burned him on
the arm, hand andMace.
Mr. Bassett knows no reason why
the bombs should have been left in
his car. ' They were crudely con
structed, but contained enough ex
plosives to do an enormous amount of
damage if exploded in a confined
place. '
County Clerk Hudson Drew
More Than Allowed by Law
Hastings, Neb., March 10. (Special
TeIegram.)--The report of auditors
who have checked the accounts of the
county clerk's office during the
tenure of Charles H. Hudson, dating
back to 1912 was submitted today,
showing a cumulative excess of money
drawn for salaries in the sum of $7,
0o5. This amount, it is slated, repre
sents the money taken in excess of
fees collected and the limited allowed
by law. A separate report is to be
made on the record of the Board of
Supervisors.
What's. the Toast?
omy has changed all this"Slnstead of
being forwarded to the proper rail
way postoffice to be delivered at once,
same is first dumped into a terminal
postoffice and with other accumulated
matter is worked into direct sacks.
After, enough mail has accumulated
to warrant a sack, then the sack is
tied out and forwarded to destina
tion in baggage cars.
Can Use Cheaper Men.
The reason for handling mail in
this manner (the style used fifty years
ago) is that space in terminals is
cheaper than in railway postoffices;
also the salaries of the men are
lower.
The fact that the public is paying
all that the department demands and
supposes that it is getting first-class
service has no weight whatsoever.
Another item of economy is the
equipment used. During past ad
ministrations all equipment used had
to be of a certain standard and was
kept in excellent condition. Now al
most any old kind of a gitnnysack is
made to do. It is simply stamped
U. S. Mail and nobody cares a hang
whether it reaches destination whole
or in tatters, with contents strewn
all over creation. Some of the equip
ment in use would be a disgrace to a
junk shop.
Another saving affected by this ad
ministration has been in the salaries
of the clerks on the road. Naturally,
since all mail except first class is put
into terminals, the force 011 the road
has been cut to the minimum. The
saving in this has keen considerable
on the salaries of the clerks, as those
(Contltied n Pmro Two, Column Two.)
Plot to Smuggle Goods From
Interned Ship Is Uncovered
Philadelphia, March 10. Henry
Rohner, president of the Henry Roh
ner company, wholesale grocers and
delicatessen dealers of this city and
a well known German-American, was
arrested this afternoon in connection
with a smuggling scheme involving
members of the crews of the interned
German commerce raiders Kron
Prinz Wilhelm and Priuz Eitcl Fried
rich at he' Philadelphia navy-yard.
Government officials declined to state
the exact charges lodged against
Rohner.
A sergeant of marines at the yard,
who is alleged to have failed to search
wagons conveying foodstuffs to the
Kron Pinz Wilhelm and the Prinz
Eitel Friedrkh, is said to be involved.
Some of the articles reported to
have been smuggled from the ships
are said to be part oi the merchandise
seized by the cruisers while raiding.
There is no confirmation of the re
port that ammunition was smuggled
aboard the ships.
Rohner was held in J5,000 bail for
a further hearing next Saturday on
a charge of violating the United States
customs laws.
Two other men have been taken
into custody.
Judges to Decide the
Elevator Case Next Week
District court judges have the jail
elevator phase of the rumpus under
advisement. They are expected to
report the first of the week as to
which faction the sheriff's office or
the county board has the' right to
appoint the operator for the lift and
to buy the supplies for the bastile.
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ADD ON THE WORK
.TO FOOD DEPUTIES
House Members Load Up Con
solidated Depairtment With
' Extra Duties.
NO ' ADDED HELP GIVEN-)
1 (From a staff Correspondent.)
' Lincoln, March 10. (Special.) On
account of the sentiment which ap
pears to exist among the house mem
bers against raising salaries, creation
of jobs and the increase in appropria
tions for the different departments of
state, the bill to increase the efficiency
of the food, drug and dairy depart
ment by increasing the number of in
spectors about half a dozen, was
amended by Ollis, its introducer, to
day, and the inspetcors cut out, extra
help limited, assistant chemist cut
out only when needed and some more
cuts made.
' Further Cut Prevented.
Representative Swanson attempted
to cut things more yet by reducing
the secretary and assistant secretary
from $1,600 a year to $1,200 a year,
but when it was pointed out that the
regulated concerns paid the salaries,
the house carried out its principle of
getting something for nothing and
the bill was sent to third reading.
The Banning law was changed on
request of Peterson of Lancaster, cut
ting out the excise board of the city
of Lincoln. This hoard has always
had charge of granting saloon li
censes, but soon there will be no use
for an excise board. ,
Other Bills Advanced.
Following are some of the meas
ures which the house ordered to be
engrossed for third reading:
County workhouse bill, amended to mako
It optional lnattud of mandatory.
Mayor and oounoll In cities of IS. 000 to
15,000 population uloorlsed to Issue bonds
up to $15,000 a year for paving tntersectlooe,
without a vote of tha people.
Library boarda liven powor of eminent
domain for building sites.
The committee of the whole indefi
nitely postponed a bill for the admis
sion of insurance companies into Ne
braska when they have been organ
ized and doing business for one year
in other states. The present law ex
cluded companies until they have been
doing business four years.
Bank Clerks Hear Lecture
On the Art .of Expression
Miss Eflie Steen- Kittelson ad
dressed a meeting of the Omaha Cap
ter of the American Institute of Bank
ing at the Loyal hotel Thursday
night, on "Art in Expression." She
gave several readings to exemplfy
theories of expression, which she is
now teaching. About fifty young
bankers from the Omaha banks were
present arid following Mrs. Kettel
son's address, they practiced the
things she taught in her lecture.
State Goes Part of the
Way to Get Good Roads
(From a Staff Correspondent.) . I
Lincoln, March 10. (Special Tele
gram.) The finance committee of the
house has finally agreed on a bill to
meet the federal aid for state roads
and has amended the federal road
bill by recommending four-tenths of
a mill levy for a period of two years,
instead of a 1 mill levy for four years
as the bill originally called for. The
house will probably make the bill a
special order for some time next
week.
U. S. SHIPS MAY
FIRE ON GERMAN
U BOATS AT SIGHT
State Department Holds that
Kaiser's Threat Justifies y
Immediate Action by
Americans.
HOLDS TO RIGHT TO RESIST
German Repudiation of Rule of
Visit and Search Makes All
U Boats Actually Hostile. .
GUNS READY FOR VESSELS
Washington, March 10. The mere
appearance of a German submarine
or its periscope in the presence of
an American armed merchant vessel
would entitle that ship, according to
State department opinion today, to
take all measures of protection on the '
presumption that the U boat's pur
pose was hostile.
Under this ruling an American
armed merchantman could fire on a
German submarine the .noment it is
sighted without being considered a
taking aggressive action. This view
is based on Germany's declared in
tention to sink on sight within cer
tain zones all vessels, neutral as well
as belligerent, and whether passenger '
vessels, freighters or contraband car
riers. Stands by Right to Resist.
The United States was said to stand
flatly on its armed merchantmen
warning of March 27 last, in which it ,
definitely recognized the "right to
prevent capture" as part of the "right
of self-protection," which could be
exercised either by flight, or resist
ance. The mere presence of a German
submarine is declared ground for as
suming hostile intent, because of the
deliberate statement by Germany
that all vessels are to be sunk on
sight. Denial by Germany of the old
rule ' of visit and search makes all
its IJ boats actually hostile.
The consensus of opinion in diplo
matic quarters was that the United
States today was nearer to war with
Germany than at any time within its
history.
Ouns Ready for Ships. -
Preparations for defending Ameri- .
cau merchant vessels had already been
taken by the government and actual
work of equipping the vessels only
awaited tha Navy department's ap-r
proval of applications from ship owu- -era.
In the various navy yards along
the Atlantic coast are stored gum,
ammunition and other necessary
equipment ready for installation.
.' In official circles today confidence ,
was expressed .that Secretary Dan- '
ids' appeal to newspapers not to seek '
nor publish specific news of the arm- ,'
ing and sailings of American mer
chantmen would be observed. A
similar appeal was made to telegraph
aiid cable companies.
"The best news the readers can
have," said the secretary,, "is that the
government will protect the rights of
Americans to the freedom of the seas.
The publication of details can serve
no good purpose and might jeop
ardize human life."
House Organization Problem.
The organization of the new house
cannot be foretold at this time, for
a majorit is 218 and the standing is:
Republicans, 215; democrats, 214; pro
hibitionists, progressives, progressive
protectionists, socialists and independ- '
ents, one each; vacancy in democratic
district, one. The republican and i
democratic leaders declare they will
have support from enough of the so
called independent group to control .
the organization, but there is consid- '
erable talk of a coalition organiza- -tion.
The' new senate is democratic
by a majority of twelve.
Speaker Clark believes congress
will find so much work before it that
i. will continue in session until Au
gust, 1918. .
Appropriation Bills.
Appropriation' legislation, which
must be passed before July 1, includes
the army, sundry civil, general deft
ciency and military academy bills, ;
carrying in the aggregate more than '
$500,000,000. Among the measures
which failed in the last congress,
strongly urged by the administration,
are the railroad labor bill, Webb for
eign agency bill, conservation and
land leasing measures and acts to en
large the Interstate Commerce com
mission and give wider powers to the
shipping board.
Hearing of Slayer of U. B.
Balcombe Is Postponed
Liberty, Mo., March 10. The pre- -liminary
hearing set for today of B. .
B. Smith, charged with the murder of
U. G. Balcombe of Omaha, was post
poned until March 23. This action
was taken upon Smith's request, who
still is being held in jail. Balcombe
was killed in Smith's confectionery
shop at Excelsior Springs last
Wednesday.
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