THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1917.
ATTORNEYS CLASH
IN THE KELLY CASE
Lawyers for State and Defend-
ant Hare Verbal Mix Orer
Testimony of Mrs. Simon
of Hamburg.
, ' Red Oak. Ia.. Nov. 16. (Special
Teleirram.) The first witness to
testify in the Kelly murder trial to
day was City Marshal Hank Horton
of Villisca. who was the first to ente
1hi frtori hnmr on the morninff th
crime was discovered. He told of the
condition of the bodies of the victim;
of the ax man as he found them mur
Horton was followed hy Rqss
Moore, brother of the murdered Joe
Moore, who told of going to the home
of his brother witn norton tne morn
. ing of the crime. The last witness of
the morning was Rev. W. J. Ewing
of Deep Kiver, wno was pastor oi me
Presbyterian church in Villisca at the
tim -,' th mnrAfT. and at whose
home Kelly stayed on, the night of
June y, iviA
The testimony of Dr. Lmqutst of
Omaha, who was coroner of this
county in 1912, was read by the court
reporter from his notes taken in the
previous trial. An agreement was
made by the attorneys that the testi
mony of any witness which was taken
by the court reporter in the previous
trial might be read in this trial with
the same force and effect as 'if the
nitn.ii ff ctifipH in nerson. but a clash
of counsel for the defense and the
ttate came when the testimony of Mrs.
Kate Simon of Hamburg was read.
Her testimony was that she heard
Kelly tell of the murder on the train
at Hastings on the morning of June
10, 1912, before it had been discovered
in Villisca.
This tilt has been the only ripple
thus far to disturb the tranquillity of
the trial. Judge Wheeler prompted
the Simon testimony tD be read in
part only.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE
DECLINES TO LEAD
i NEW AIR MINISTRY
, (Continued From flint !.)
sending Lord Reading's vital and
most successful mission. I find the
. censorship still being misused and
that men in various positions of au
thority who should, have been pun
ished have been retained, and in some
cases elevated. The spirit of the men
and women of Great Britain is clear
ly as eager and splendid as ever. We
have, in my belief, the most efficient
army in the world, led by one of the
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greatest generals, and I am well
aware of the fine achievements of
many others of our soldiers, sailors
and statesmen, but I feel in the, pres
ent rireumstance 1 can do better work
if I maintain my independence and
am not gagged by a loyalty that I do
not feel towards the whole of your
administration.
"I take this opportunity of thank
ing you and the war cabinet for the
handsome message of praise sent to
me as representing the 500 officials of
the British war mission to the. United
States, many of them volunteers and
exiles. Their achievements and those
of their 10,000 assistants deserve
to be better known by their country
men. The fact that their work is not
known is. due to the absurd' secrecy
about war which still is prevalent,
Every thing these officials are doing is
known to our American friends, and,
of course, to the Germans.
"I trust that I make no breach of
confidence in saying that some of the
documents which have passed through
mv hands as head of the mission are
such as, if published, would greatly
increase our prestige in the United
States and hearten our people at
home.
"May I also take this opportunity
of giving warning about our relations
witn that great people from whom I
come. We have had the tragedy of
Russia, due partly to lack of allied
propaganda to counteract that of the
Germans. We have had the tragedy
of Italy, largely due to that same en
emy propaganda. We have had the
tragedy of Serbia, Roumania and
Montenegro. There is one tragedy
wmcn i am sure we snail not nave,
and that is the tragedy of the United
States.
"But from countless conversations
witn leading Americans l know tnat
unless there is sufficient improvement
in our methods here the United States
will rightly take kito its own hands
the entire management of a great part
of the war. It will not sacrifice its
blood and treasure to the incompetent
handling of the affairs of Europe.
In saying all this, which is very
much on my mind, believe me, I have
none but the most friendly teeling to
ward yourself and that I am greatly
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Invaders Prepare to Make
Garden in North Italy
Copenhagen, Nov. 16. Austro-
Hunsary and Germany are taking
steps to organize a business bureau
for the occupied regions of Italy. The
intention is to lose no time in ar
ranging for the K planting of early
vegetables on a large scale to meet
the expected spring food crisis.
J he German civil administration in
Lithuania and the Baltic provinces
now is being formed. Baron von Fal
kenhausen, undcr-secretary of the
Prussian ministry of agriculture and
a Bon of the governor general of Bel
gium, has been selected, according to
the Lokal Anzeiger, as governor of
the district
Shortage of Cars Reduces
Coal Output Tremendously
Washington, D. C, Nov. .Bitu
minous coal mines in eight large pro
ducing; centers reported to tne Na
tional Coal association headquarters
here today that inability of railroads
to furnish cars had reduced the out
put in the last 24 hours alone by 137,
240 tons. The Pittsburgh district
alont reported a shortage of 1,080
cars and a reduction of output below
capacity of 32,000.
T. R. Boosts Victory Loan.
Toronto, Can., Nov 16. It is an
nounced that Colonel Roosevelt will
speak here on behalf of the Victory
loan November 26 or 27.
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GERMAN HOPES
MSHEDBY DIVERS
Submarines Not So Effective
as Teutons Had Hoped; Means
of Combatting Them Be
come More Perfect.
Washington, Nov. 16. It was said
officially at the Navy department to
day that there was nothing to fore
cast the possibility of a very heavy
toll of ships next week, or at any
subsequent period and that varying
results from week to week still were
expected.
Secretary Daniels authorized this
statement:
"The submarine menace has not
proved the decisive factor in the war
that the Germans predicted it would.
It has done great harm, which should
not be underestimated, and is still a
menace. Its. purpose was to starve
England by August, and this, of
course, it has failed to do."
The situation is this, as navy of
ficials see it:
The effort of the U-boat campaign
to starve out Great Britain by fall
Utah Sends Surplus
Sugar to Hungry East
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 16.
The entire surplus sugar supply of
Utah will be shipped out of the
state In the next few days to re
lieve the shortage in the east, ac
cording to announcement made by
the food administrator.
It was stated that no more sugar
would be sold to brokers and whole
salers in Utah until after January
1, when Importations will arrive
from the West Indies and other
parts of the worlds
of this year has failed. Winter is
here and Great Britain has not been
starved into submission and is fn no
immediate danger of being starved.
The submarines still continue, how
ever, a grave menace to vitally neces
sary sea traffic, and every effort to
increase protection against them
must be made.
Such protection is being increased
every month. Additional destroyers
are coming into action and building
of a great fleet of new American de
stroyers is proceeding rapidly. Vari
ous devices for detecting U-boats are
being made more effective and instru
ments for their destruction are be
ing improved. The convoying sys
tem is working out well and will be
come increasingly efficient as new de
stroyers and other craft are added.
Meat Prices Higher Now
Than They Were Year Ago
Washington, Nov. 16. Prices of
meat animals hogs, cattle, sheep and
chickens were 62.2 per cent higher
on October 15 than a year ago; 87.3
per cent higher than two years ago
and 88.1 per cent higher than the
average of the last seven years on that
date, the Department of Agriculture
announced today.
Prices increased 1.9 oer cent from
September 15 to October 15, com
pared with an increase of 1.4 per cent
in the same period in the last seven
years.
Insane Man Threatened Wilson
Rochester, Minn., Nov- 16. Ed
ward Nulgraff of Anchorage, Alaska,
charged with having sent threatening
letters and telegrams to President
Wilson, was adjudged insane in pro
bate court here today and committed
to the insane asylum at Rochester.
Wilson Aids "Y" Fund.
Washington, Nov. 1T. President
Wilson today sent his check for $100
to the Young Men's Christian associ
ation war camp recreation fund. It
was received by the local committee,
which has about $54,000 of its $150,000
allotment.
Peace by Understanding,
Demand of Austrians
London, Nov. 16. Count Karolyi,
the Hungarian opposition leader, is
quoted by the Central News corres
pondent at Zurich as saying in a
speech at Budapest:
"Despite the recent events, we will
only support the government. in favor
of peace by understanding."
Alaska Fur Seal Herds Are
Now Steadily Increasing
Washington, Nov. 16. A 12 per
cent increase in the size of the fur seal
herd at Pribilof island, Alaska, this
year, as compared with 1916, was an
nounced by the Department of .Com
merce today. The herd contains 468,
692 animals. The fur seal results in
Alaska, according to the department,
are in harmony with the gratifying
increases in the size of the herd
shown annually since the suppression
cf pelagic sealing, with prospect of
meeting the legitimate demand for fur
and at the same time producing an in
creased revenue for the government.
CLIQUE CONTROLS
AMERICANMARKETS
Says Mexican Cattle Man Who
Can Not Sell Shipment of
Fine Steers and Demands
Investigation by State.
San Francisco, Nov. 16. D. East
man, representing cattle interests in
Mexico, announced here Thursday
that he had asked for an investigation
by the state food commissioner as to
.why, in view of the high cost of meat.
he was unable to dispose of 50,000
head of prime Mexican steers that he
said he was trying to dispose of in
this country at a reasonable price.
"Various excuses are used in turn
ing down my offer," said Eastman,
"usually that storage rooms are full
But everything points to the fact that
the United States markets are in the
hands of a clique that regulates the
Supply UiLiai..-. i'---
The same conditions, ne asserted
applies to leather. Mexico, he said,
could furnish great quantities of cat
tle and hides if a market could be
found here.
Rodin, Famous Sculptor, 111.
Paris, Nov. 16. Auguste Rodin, the
famous sculptor, is seriously ill. His
physician, Dr. Stephen Chauvet, has
issued the following bulletin:
"Congestion of the lungs has caused
great weakness The patient's con
dition is grave."
To Lunch With King:.
London, Nov. 16 The members of
the American mission to the inter
allied conference were invited to
Buckingham palace this afternoon for
luncheon with the king and queen.
U, S. Navy to Keep
Right After U -Boats
Washington, Nov. ' 16. American
naval experts, it was made plain to
day, do not agree with the view that
the lull in submarine activities indi
cates a collapse of the U-boat cam
paign or that anti-submarine meas
ures have proved wholly effective.
They agree that progress is being
made against the menace, but prefer
to postpone judgment on whether
the U-boat has been eliminated as a
factor until the theory has been
more thoroughly tested. Meanwhile
the American navy will continue its
preparations to deal with the
menace.
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