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- 2 THri BVti; OMAHA, KllMr, MAY 4, 1917. STOLEN GOLD ORE FOLD TOD. S. MINT Several Men Charged With Conspiracy to Sob Rich Mines in Colorado. ARRESTS IN FIVE CITIES Cheyenne, Wyo., May 3. Five men were arrested here tonight by federal officer! on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government of $200,000 through the sale of stolen high-grade gold ore. Tony Cuaz, another mem , ber of the alleged conspiracy, was arrested in San Francisco, according to word received by officials here. Secret service -peratives who made the arrests here said the men here are alleged to have received the gold from Cochran, who obtained it from miners in the Cripple Creek district. The local men, it is alleged, sent the gold to Cuaz in San Francisco and to agents in other cities where there are mints or federal assay of fices. Charge is Conspiracy. The charge of conspiracy to defraud the government, it was explained, was based on the fact that the mens op erations placed the government in the position of receiving stolen property. All of the men denied the charge and declared that they knew nothing concerning the operations of the gold thieves. Bail was fixed at $10,000 each and was furnished by Carl Muel hausen and John Cusack . Cusack for merly was a saloon keeper in Den ver and now is engaged in the liquor business here. Secrev service operatives who made the arrests said the conspirators had been engaged in their operations for more than a year. Government agents, they said, had been investi gating the case for eight months and waited until Cuaz was arrested while delivering gold to the mint at San Francisco before closing ill on the other members of the alleged con spiracy. Ore Found in Office. "Cripple Creek, Colo., May 3. Frank Cochran, an assayer, was arrested last night in Victor,' near here, on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government. Several sacks of high-grade, gold ore was taken from his office in Victor. Warrants were issued for the arrest of two other men in connection with the case. '' Arrested at Denver. Denver, May 3. .George Heber was arrested here last night pn a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government Secret service men here said the arrest' was in connection with irrests made at Cheyenne, Wyo., and Victor, Colo. , Offers to Sell Cold, Arrested. San Francisco, May 3. T. W. H. Shanahan, superintendent of the San Francisco mint, confirmed late to cight the arrest here yesterday of a man" .giving the name of Joe Neix who offered to dispose of a large amount "of gdlfl bullion. ' " Superintendent Shanahan intimated that the federal officers had been awaiting the arrival of Neix, alias Tony Cuar, for several days. , PEOPLE STARVE BECAUSE GRAIN SHIPSARE Slffl (Contlniwd froA hl Ono.) which is now receiving attention frJm the Americans. Jt ii foreseen that American energy and precision will again aid effectively in that and in the settlement of the question of feeding and of freedom. It it not doubted that the end of the submarine is in tight. The effect of the meant of destruction employed against them by the English and French navies is viewed with much satisfaction and it is interesting to note the recent successes obtained near Dunkirk by scouting and bomb ing hydroairplanes in . operating against submarines. No Fear of Starvation. Washington, May 3. While mem. bers of the entente missions share the alarm of American officials at the srrowini- inroads of the submarine menace, they do not regard the situa tion in any tense fatal. It means, in their view, a period of very great self-denial and further re strictions, but they do not credit in the least any opinion that it is cer tain to lead to starvation or the loss of the war. They are counting on ships, men and money from the United States and possibly American inventive genius to outweigh the U-boat terror. Critical as the allied situation is made to appear, allied diplomats say it is as nothing to the insuperable difficulties of Germany almost en tirely hidden under the censorship. It is quite possible, they say, that ' ' Herbert C. Hoover't figures of 18, 000,000 cattle in the central empires are correct, but a distribution of these and other supplies is, almost impos sible when Germany's military neces sities are so seriously overcrowding the railroads. British Royal Family Is Eating War Bread London, May 3. The British royal family continues to set a good example to its subjects in war-time economy; The latest restrictions to be adopted are five potatoless days and one meatless day each week. It is now more than two years since the king and queen banished alco holic drinks from the table. All mem bers of the royal family, of the royal household and the royal servants have the same rules in force. None of the royal guests it .supplied with alcohol.'" " War or ttandard bread is eaten by I lie king and queen and to prevent waste no toast is now placed on the royal table. A good deal of porridge is eaten and herrings are included in the dishes for the royal household. Princess Mary has taken up a plot of ground in the Windsor castle gar dens, where the toval family is now living, which 'the it personally dig ging and preparing for potatoes. s STRAND RED CROSS NURSES HELP NAVY MEN RECRUIT L.ft to Right: MargoriU Nelson, Ruth Apol, Gladys Sullivan, Edna John son, First Class Print Forest Colburt, Sargent R. V. McCullough, Sargent Carpenter. 1 i Manager Thomas it doing much to aid in the obtaining of recruits this week at the Strand theater, where the Vitagraph spectacle, "Womanhood, he Glory of the Nation," is being pre sented the entire week. The outside and the interior of the building are gaily decorated with the national col. ors. A special stage setting depicting a fort in New York harbor is shown and on each side of the screen SAVING METHOD RELEASES MUCH MOTIVE POWER (rootinuod from Pexe One.) again, one could easily handle their passengers. Between midnight and 1. o'clock in the morning there are two more east bound trains, and all their passengers could be put onto one train without it being over-crowded. Will Interchange Equipment. ,, What is true with re'ference to trains moving east is also true with refer ence to those coming west, the num ber being the same in each direction. To operate a passenger train on a round trip from Omaha to Chicago requires the services of six locomo tivees, or 150 in the aggregate, where as the business could be handled by half this number and with a rear rangement of the schedules, the effi ciency of the service would not be greatly impaired. The general rule is twelve men to each through train each way, or 600 .1 . 1 . - on me iwcmy-nvc rounu-mp trams. Added to these are nearly halt as many more men employed in stations, round houses, switch yards and coal ing stations. . , . Aid Food rPoductlon. " With the train service reduced one half, more than 9p0 able-bodied men, nearly all in the prime of life, would be released to go onto the farms, or engage in pursuits whereby they would be adding to the producing of food supplies of the country. Locally, the railroad officials are of the opinion that when the commit tee in Washington concludes its work, it will have worked out a scheme by which instead of twelve passenger trains leaving Omaha for Chicago be tween early evening and 1 o'clock the following morning, there will be not to exceed six. Just how the sched ules of these trains will be arranged is a matter that has not been given serious consideration. That will come when the order to cut to the bone is issued. It is certain, however, that an equitable distribution of the business will be made. This arrangement will take into consideration through traf fic and the. best possible accommoda tion and convenience tor the local business along the respective lines. ', Also Applies to West. While the knife is to be put into the Omaha-Chicago train service, it will be applied on the lines ooeratine to the west ' . . -. At the present time there are Iten through trains each day between Omaha and Los Angeles and four be tween Omaha and Portland' and 'the north Pacific coast country. The western business has all been gone over and it has been found that eight trains daily can easily handle the business that twenty are called upon to handle now. Cutting out ten trains each way daily between Omaha and the Pacific coast will release more than 200 loco motives and enable close to 2,000 men to take up other lines of work. Reductiont in the train service be tween Omaha and St Paul and Min neapolis and between Omaha and Kansas City will take fifty locomo tives out of service and at the same time enable about 300 men to go out and till the soil or engage in other lines of work. Seductions on Branches. . The reductions referred to have to do with only the main lines. Under the schedules as it it proposed to work them out there will be a corre sponding reduction on all branches of all the roads. In Nebraska, on the branches, there is at least one passenger train each way daily. On manv of them there are two. -There are also two to four treight trains each way daily. Under the provisions of the con templated plans, on all except the moat important branches, exclusive passenger trains will be the exceo- tion instead of the rule. ' Generally there will be one to two trains each way daily. They will be freights, with a v- it ''J a v - Idetmy own lunch; Ma keeps Post Toast ies handy torus III! H'aMBaaC (A S j I sesTKTZ.disWliaiissrisrt r tahleaus are presented of the spirit of 1776 and that of 1917. In the lobby are recruiting officers from the army, navy, marine corps, Red Cross so ciety and the Woman's League for National Defense, where literature and information is given to all interested. It is reported that all branches of the service have obtained many recruits at this theater and they all feel much indebted to the management for al lowing them this opportunity.' passenger coaches on the rear end. This radical reductioi. in train service andthe change in schedules to mecH the requirements and con veniences of the public is by no means a local matter. It is to be applied in every state in the union and in every look and corner ot every state. When the change conies it will be general. The schedules will be worked out so that on the same date they will be aDn bed on everv road from coast to coast and from the Canadian line to the Gulf of Mexico. Service Equally Good, When in working order, say the railroad officials, the service will be equally as good. The schedules will be so arranged tnat it a party desires to travel from Omaha to New York, or to New Orleans, or in fact to any other point, lye will board the train me same as now, arrive ai uic trans fer points the game as now and reach destination the same as now. The onlv difference will be that the trains will not make as high a cate of speed and will not run as frequently. "During the continuance of the war, at least, there is to be an interchange of railroad equipment," says Frank Walters, general manager of the Northwestern, just bad from Chi cago, where he attended a meeting of operating officials of the leading lines centering, there. The plan worked out by the rail roads is an emergency measure and comes about after a conference be tween members of the American Rail way association and Council of Na tional Defense. Its provisions have been approved by the heads of all the leading roads. Generally the interchange of equip ment applies to the movement of troops, munitions and government stores of alt kinds. However, later it is expected that it will be applied in the handling of coal and all classes of .foodstuffs throughout the country. ' Aishton In Charge. President Aishton of the North western is in charge of the work of the central division and Mike Gorm ley, former chief clerk to General Manager Walters, is secretary of the special committee that has to do with the Work in connection with the lines of road between- Chicago and the Rocky mountains. According to Mr. Walters the scope of the plan provides that if there is to be a big troop or munition move ment, or in the event large quantities of foodstuffs or supplies are to be moved in any direction and tik road over which the movement would nat urally go lacks equipment,' it can call upon any of the other roads in the territory to supply engines, cars and men. Balk at Buying Furniture ' For Phil Hall's Quarters From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Neb., May 3. (Special.) Can a department of the state be con sidered inside the state house when it is outside? This is a proposition which Adjutant General Phil Hall is facing in an effort to get the State Board of Public Lands and Funs, which has charge of the state house and assignment of offices, to pur' chase some needed furniture and other fixings for the adjutant gen eral's office. When the legislature convened last January it became necessarv for Gen eral Hall to give up his offices on the third floor of the state house for the use of the state legislature reference bureau. ;The guard headquarters were moved down town. Before the session was over it became necessary to have more room for the headquar ters and a committee trom the legis lature authorized General Hall to rent his present quarter. The board said to hold that it has no right to buy equipment for an office outside of the state house. A Good Trunk, Bag or Suit Ca?e ! Should Com From Freling& Steinle "OMAHA'S BEST BAGGAGE - BUILDERS" 1803 Farnam St LIEUTENANT THOMAS 'DIES OFEXPOSURE Body of Naval Officer in Com mand of Gun Crew on the Vacuum Buried at Sea. TWO OF CREW ARE KILLED London, May 3. Captain S. S. Harris and eight other survivors of the American tank steamer Vacuum, sunk by a German submarine, arrived today at -i , suffering severely from exhaustion and exposure. Lieutenant Thomas, U. S. N, who was in command of the gun crew on the Vacuum, died of exposure on Sun day morning in the captain's boat. His body was buried at sea. The captain's boat was overturned three times and the men had a ter rible battle for life. The survivors will be unable to travel before Sat urday. Two Men Killed. New York, May 3. Two members of the crew of the American steam ship Rockingham were killed when that ship was torpedoed by a German submarine, according to a message re ceived here today by the Garland Steamship corporation from Captain Charles Edwards. The message, dated today at Lon don, reals: "Rockingham torpedoed; two men killed; one boat missing; thirteen men not yet landed. (Signed) "Edwards, Chief Engineer." F. C. Yardel is among the surviv ors, as a cablegram from him was received here today by his brother. Three Drown on Rockingham. London, May 3. Three men were drowned by the sinking of the Amer ican steamer Rockingham by a Ger man submarine, survivors who reached land today report. No word has been received of the boat contain ing the thirteen missing men. There were twelve naval gunners on board. Great Oil Tanker Sunk. Philadelphia, Pa., May 3. The British tank steamship British Sun. owned by the Sun Oil company of this city and leased to Great Britain, has been submarined and sunk, prob ably in the Mediterranean, according to a cablegram received today by Howard N. Pew, president of the com pany. The crew was saved. The British Sun was built in 1909 and was, 8,600 tons measurement. It is said to have been one of the finest of its class and was valued at $2,500, 000. Campaign to Oust Hollweg is Again Under Full Swing Copenhagen (Via London). May 3. Such German newspapers as are now permitted to reach here, although evidently carefully selected for the ab sence ot military news or any infor mation in regard to the strike move ment, indicate that the campaign against Chancellor von Bethmann- Hollweg is again in full swing. Ihe conservatives have adopted resolutions attacking: the chancellor and censuring the government for weakness and vacillation on the peace question and in dealing with the strike agitation. ' , Ihe resolutions express concern at the growing influence of the social ists, whose peace-making efforts are declared to be leading Germany to the brink of ruin. The premier is accused of sailing a course prescribed by the socialists. The Berlin correspondent of the Hamburg Fremdenblatt, in a long sur vey of the situation,, declares that the political life of Germany is now pass ing through an era of strife and dif ferences of opinion on external and internal questions which daily grow more lively and of broader dimen sions. The corresoondent savs that dissat isfaction with the government's policy is growing in all directions and that its reticer.ee on peace terms is being used to sharpen mutual suspicions and the antagonism of the party. The socialist leaders, he continues, do not hesitate to explain and justify the latest strike movement on the grounds of the delay in reforming th? rrussian tranchise. Un the othir hand, the Pan-German reactionaries stop at nothing to prevent the forma tion ot a majority party, capable of realizing the needed reforms in the body politic. National Guard Needs Surgeon for Medical Corps (From a Staff Correipotfilent.) Lincoln, Neb., May 3. (Special.) The Nebraska National Guard is in need of eight surireons. who will be commissioned as first lieutenants and assigned to the medical corps. Apr plicants must be between the ages of 21 and 35 years and must have had some hospital experience. Applica tions should be forwarded to Ad. jutant General P. L. Hall at Lincoln. Persistent Advertising Is the Road To Success. 1 TEETH 'WITHOUT DR. McKENNEY Says: "W do dentiatr? at rtasonible fees that U not cteelled at nj price." Hoavtat '- Brldf. But SDvw Fill. ! 50 Work. Pr -tootfr. Wondir PUtM I Soot 21-k Cold worth SIS to 2S, I Craw 55. S8. 510 S4.00 Wa pUa you or refund your montf, McKENNEY DENTISTS Mta aad FmnUDt 1SZ4 Fuiua St. Pkou Dooj lu X$7i. HOTEL PURITAN tomaionvwallhAwJiaeroii The Distinctive Boston House flu Purrton Is out f tht aost homelike hotels Intra vorld. SmdforoorLfflUBoo Doau 1 A ii EARNINGS OF D. P. SHOW BIGINCREASE Gross Operating Revenue In creases 24.4 Per Cent and Net Income 35.9. ASSETS NEARLY A BILLION New York, May 3. Total operat ing revenue of the Union Pacific rail road during 1916 aggregated $114, 412,607, an increase of $22,460,362, or 24.4 per cent, according to the annual report issued today. Operating expenses totaled $63, 704,393, an increase of $9,916,095, or 18.4 per cent, and net operating in come amounted to $45,056,670, an in crease of $11,896,366, or 35.9 per cent. The surplus, after the deduction of dividends, interest charges and appro priations, was $17,039,643, an increase of $8,313,560. The company's general balance sheet shows a grand total of assets of $900,475,609, an increase of $19,428, 828 over the total shown June 30, 1916 This includes cash amounting to $17. 170,066, an increase of about $5,000,000 over the showing of the previous half year. Three Roads Combine to Show Expense Increases .The Uiiinn Pscific, Northwestern and Burlington have combined in the matter of compiling figures showing the increase in operating expenses for this, as compared with last year. They figure that this increase will approxi mate $41,072,255.32. These items en ter into the increase: Wane ; I 7.127.279.01 Fuel 4,875,0G2.4t V aerial 13.SSS.4HC.83 Taxei 2,03:,26S.0O Oilier Itema 13.178.1S6 0? Total 111,072.156 32 It is estimated that the railroads of the country, for coal, during 1917 will pay out $100,000,000 mpre than during 1916. THOMPSON BELDEN &CO. 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This not only makes neglept less liable, but the work is performed easily and quickly, giving more hours of service for truck and driver. "Put It Up to Us to SHOW YOU" Nebraska Buick Auto Co. Lincoln OMAHA CLARK AND MANN WANTJOJENSORS Speaker, Denouncing Papers for Attacks on Him, Says Press Must Be Free. VIOLATES CONSTITUTION Washington, May 3. Speaker Clark left the chair today to open the fight to strike out the censorship section of the house espionage bill as proposed ky Representative Graham of Pennsylvania. The speaker declared the section was in direct violation of the con stitutional guarantees of free speech and a free press. The speaker read from the first amendment to the constitution which declares that congress shall not abridge the right of religious liberty, free speech or a free press and desig nated it the "most important part of the constitution." "f ..believ? the press censorship here is in violation of the constitution," he said. "The fact that cuitors slander people, abuse them like pickpockets and lie about them for doing their plain duty will not make me vote for what I don't beli:ve is constitu tional." ' It was agreed to debate the section for four hours. A final vote on the hill tonight appears unlikely. Republican Leader Mann followed Clark with the announcement that he would vote to strike oui the en' ire censorship rectum. In a brief address he urged the necessity of giving the greatest possible publicity to all events' connected with the war. Columbus Girl Appointed To Red Cross by Governor Lincoln, Neb., May 3. (Special.) Miss Gertrude Keating of Columbus has been appointed by Governor Ne ville as the fifth member of the fed eral commission to :epresent this state. Miss Keating will represent the Red Cross and relief nurses. Silk Suits, $29.50 The first of week-end offerings in the month of May will be these fashion able silk suits at the unusual price of $29.50. The Values are Exceptionally Fine Japanese Lunch Cloths, Napkins and Scarfs A Wonderful Assortment Friday, a sale of these at tractive pieces at the fol lowing special prices: 75c 36x36-inch cloths, 50c. $1.50, 60x50-inch cloths, $1.00. $1.75, 60x60-inch cloths, $1.50. $1.00 12x12 napkins, 75c doz. 50c, 17x50 scarfs, 35c. Linen Section Reliability was, to be sure, of first impor tance, yet a truck that was complicated in con struction and required elaborate care and super vision was certain to be burdensome to its owner, no matter how dependable otherwise. No truck buyer proposes to engage a skilled mechanic to run his machines; therefore, the make that he select must be one that his regular drivers can successfully keep. Such trucks are GMCs. To build machines that would be easily cared for was equally as important a consideration with their makers as to build them absolutely reliable. Ask any GMC driver how much attention his truck requires his reply will be mighty favorable for the GMC. HENRY & CO. Distributors Omaha and Council Bluffs CHICAGO BAKERS' " STRIKEAT AN END U. S. Pressure Understood to Have Induced Both Sides to Reach Agreement. MEN ARE GIVEN MORE PAY Chicago, May 3. The strike of union bakers, in progress here since Saturday, was settled last night after a conference of representatives of men and employes in the office of United States District Attorney Charles F. Clyne. Karly in the evening Mr. Clyne summoned representatives of the bak ing companies affected by the strike and heads of the bakers' unions. He advised them to cume to an agree ment, according to reports, since there was a possibility that the government might act if it became more acute. Details of the agreement will be presented to the union membership for ratification befcre" being made puhlic. The strikers gain an increase of $2 a week in wages, which they de manded, it was announced later. This amounts in the aggregate to $4,000 a week. Every striker is to go back to his old job without prejudice. The employers are granted tl.j right of employing non-union foremen in their shops, but there are strict rules against undue "speeding up" of the workmen. President's Picture Mutilated. Broken Bow, Neb., May 3. (Spe cial.) A picture of President Wilson hanging in the basement of the court house was mutilated by some un known person. The eyes of the pic ture were gouged out and the words. "Damn you," written on the fore head. A notice, purporting to be from a black hand society, was tacked above the picture. Sheriff Wilson is trying energetical ly to locate the party that did it. Do Justice To Your Figure ( yand Your Gowns. ' Wear a Brassiere or Confiner. 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