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VOL. XLVII. NO. 180.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1918.
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GERMANY MUST ADMIT
EFFORTS TO CONQUER
WORLD HAVE FAILED
Presidents Statement of War Aims Removes All Doubt of
Unity of Allied Powers; Doctrum of Democracy
Must be Accepted by Kaiser or War Will
Go on to Victory
Washington Baresn,
Omaha Bee, 1311 G. Street.
Washington, Jan. 13. (Special TelegramOPresident
Wilson's definite statement of the war aims of the United States
is now regarded in Washington as virtually a new declaration
of war against the imperial German government.
After mature consideration, senators and representatives
see in Mr. Wilson's address to congress only one hope of peace
and that is complete acknowledgment by Germany that her
military effort to conquer the world or any part of it outside of
her own rightful dominions has failed.
in onenng to me ucuuau ycuytb
a rewards that will come from hon-
est
and open association with the
free peoples of the world, the presi
dent has opened, undoubtedly, the
way to a peace parley with the rep.
resentatives of the German people.
In that sense alone was the address
a peace message. At the same time it
was a defiant war message to the
Prussian military caste.
DICTUM OF DEMOCRACY.
The dictum of the world's de
mocracies must be accepted by
the kaiser or the war will go on
until the kaiser has nothing more
to say about it. Such is the opin
ion in Washington.
President Wilson's statement of
war aims has removed all doubt of
the unity of purpose of the allied
powers and has established to that
extent a definite starting point for
the discussion of peace terms. The
United States now looks to Germany
and her allies to make the next move.
Warmly Welcomed Everywhere. ,
If there remained any doubt of the
complete "approval "with.:, which T.the
country; has reeeived the message; it
has now been dissipated. All political
parties and all sections of the country
have hailed the president's statement
with acclamation. - Government offi
cials are convinced that it will go
far toward removing the remaining
vestiges of German propaganda.'
London and Paris express enthusi
astic praise of Mr. Wilson's procla
mation. There is now no question of
the effect the message has had,
not only Upon the people of the
United States, but upon the al- ,
lied countries of Europe. "
How it will be received in Ger
many and what effect it will have
upon the Russian situation are the
two questions upon which official
interest is now centered.
9 Official advices to the State depart
ment that the peace negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk between the represent
tatives of the Teutonic powers and
the Bolsheviki delegates, headed by
Leon Trotzky, himself, have been re
sumed, created an unfavorable im
pression, but the hope expressed by
the president that the Russian peo
ple would see the real purpose of the
German military autocracy has not
been abandoned.
Cognizance is taken of the fact that
some time must elapse before . the
president's declaration can reach the
masses of the Russian people.
Dr. Yaa Es Heads Animal
Pathology at State Uni
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Jan. 13,T(Special.) Dr. L.
Van Es, dean of the veterinary divi
sion of the Agricultural college of
North Dakota, has been chosen as the
head of the department of animal pa
thology, of the Nebraska university.
He is said to be one of the best au
thorities on animal diseases in the
country.
Dr. Van Es is a native of the Neth
erlands. He was graduated from the
Ontario Veterinary college at Toron
to and later from the Alabama
Medical college of the university of
that state. In 1907 the United States
Department of Agriculture sent him
to Belgium, France and Germany and
later on a similar mission to other
countries. He is well known in this
state among the live stock interests.
The Weather
Temperatures at Omaha- Yesterday.
WARMER"
. Hours. , Deg.
5 a. m 6
6
m
m 4
m... 5
m... S
m "
m 4
11
ra 14
m 1
m 17
m 1
in 1
m 14
. m 1J
i p.
Comparative Loral Record.
1918. 1917. 1916. 1918.
Highest yesterday.... 17 13 4T
Lowest yesterday 6 1 23 35
Mean temperature.... 6 18 41
Precipitation -00 .00 .00 .0
Temperature and precipitation departures
from normal;
Normal temperature 59
Deficiency for the day 14
Total deficiency since March 1 56S
Norma! precipitation 03 Inch
Deficiency for the day 0 inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. . .22.11 Inches
Teflclency since March 1 7.45 inches
Iff!eiency for cor. period, 1916.13.84 Inches
deficiency for cor. period, 1915. 1.64 inches
indicates below sero.
I: A. WELSH, Meterologist.
MR. ROCKEFELLER
ADDS $5,500,000
TO FOUNDATION
!New Gift Is to Preserve Prin
cipal of Great Fund From
Drains of War Relief
Work.
New York, Jan. 13. John D. Rock
efeller gave $5,500,000 to the Rocke
feller Foundation last week to pre
serve the principal of the Founda
tion's endowment.
The gift was made to enable the
Foundation to meet increasing de
mands upon its funds arising from
its participation in war Telief arid
activities among soldiers arid seamen:
Mr, Rockfeller's announced gifts
to the Foundation, established by him
"for the good of mankind," amount
now to $131,265,506, including his lat
est gift. The original endowment
was $100,000,000. In May, 1917, he
gave $25,765,506 ; to the Foundation
to cover its war relief expenditures.
The gift, however, proved ' insuf
ficient. The board of trustees, with Mr.
Rockfeller's consent, spent $5,000,000
of the principal then made available.
Up to August last, according to the
Foundation's report, its war relief
expenditures from the beginning of
last year were $6,425,872. From
August 1 to the end of 1917 it is be
lieved this was increased to $15,000,
000. "In view of the increasing demands
upon the Foundation, arising in con
nection with the-war, and having in
mind particularly the large contribu
tions made to the American Red
Cross war fund and the war work of
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion," Mr. Rockefeller wrote in his
letter to the Foundation. "I endorse
herewith my check for $5,500,000, to
be used as the Foundation may see fit
for furthering its corporate purposes."
Dr. George R. Vincent, president
of the Foundation, in making the an
nouncement of Mr. Rockfeller's gift,
said it was hoped the addition to the
Foundations fund would make it un
necessary to draw further upon the
Foundation's principal. In addition
to the income and $5,000,00 of the
principal expended in 1917, the
trustees of the Foundation gave au
thority to expend a second $5,000,
000 of the principal if that became
necessary.
Food in Omaha Is High,
But in Berlin Oh, Wow!
Washington, Jan. 13. Butter is
selling in Berlin at $2.25 a pound,
sugar at 56 cents a pound, ham and
bacon at $2.11 a pound and Ameri
can soap at five bars for $1.12.
This information, received by the
food administration, comes from a
responsible source. The prices are
from four to five times as high as
those now prevailing in the United
States.
ALLIES' FOOD NEEDS HALT
SENDING OVER OF TROOPS
Washington, Jan. 13. With the food situation in Great Britain and
France admittedly critical and conditions in Italy said to be much worse,
high officials of the government are less concerned immediately over the
rushing of 1,000,000 men to France than they are over the problem of get
ting foodstuffs across with the shortest possible delay.
It is out of the question to send increasingly large numbers of troops
across the Atlantic, which means more and more troopships and at the
same time to divert ships from, the troop service into food carriers.
Furthermore, if the food situation is as bad as painted by Lord
Rhondda, the British food controller, in his cablegram to Food Adminis
trator Hoover officials question the wisdom of rushing a large American
army across the Atlantic. General Pershing's forces must be supplied
with foodstuffs and other necessaries from this side.
As new ships are placed in commission they will be 6ent abroad im
mediately and the shipping board soon will be able to make much more
rapid contributions to the tonnage now in the service. Troops will be for
warded as expeditiously as possible .under existing conditions, with a
view to having a formidable force in France when the weather opens in
the spring. .
While the New York, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin national troops
are scheduled to go across ahead of those of other states, it is the under
standing here that none of these troops will be embarked in the immedi
ate future. Intimations are that there first will be a further movement of
regular army troops.
CANADIAN HEROES A WARDED
VICTORIA CROSS FOR DEEDS
OF GREAT VALOR IN BATTLE
Bravery, Perhaps Without Parallel in War, Marks Achieve
ments of Dominion Soldiers in Titanic Struggle to
Overcome Teutons; Bloody Hand to Hand
Fighting Graphically Described.
Ottawa, Jan. 13. A Canadian Press cable from London
says the heroic deeds of Canadians in the recent fighting on
the western front were described during the king's award of
Victoria crosses to Canadians included in the 18 men decor
ated today.
How Captain J. O'Kelly advanced his command 1,000
yards after the original attack failed, took two enemy posi
tions on the crest of the hill under a heavy fire, and then per
sonally organized and led an attack against "pill boxes," cap-
turing six, with iuu prisoners
graphically gazetted.
WONDERFUL BRAVERY. O
Another hero was Corporal Colon
Barron, who, single-handed, rushed
enemy guns, killed four ot the crew
and captured the others, and then
turned the captured guns on the re
tiring enemy, causing severe casual
ties. Sergeant George H M.ullin captured
a "pill box" single handed, rushed
a sniper's post in front of him, de
stroyed the garrison with bombs, and
crawling on a "pill box," shot two
gunners with his revolver. Mullin's
clothes were riddled with bullets
from the rapid-fire guns directed at
him, but he did not falter.
Other heroes, equally daring, cap
tured "pill boxes," killed, captured or
silenced the enemy and cleared the
way for the advance of the troops
and saved the lives of many of their
comrades. They are Captain George
H. Pearkes and Privates Thomas
Holmes, Cecil J. Kinross and James
P.Robertson.
DARING NEVER SURPASSED.
The accounts of the deeds for
which the Victoria cross was. awarded
embrace events which must have been
as thrilling as any recorded during
the war .Captain Robert Gee of the
Royal Fusilliers, .when the enemy
pierced the British lines and captured
brigade headquarters and an ammu
nition dump, finding himself a pris
oner, killed one of the enemy with, a
spiked stick and succeeded in escap
ing. He then organized a party and
attacked the enemy, clearing the lo
cality. Afterestablishing a. defensive flank,
Gee, with a revolver in each hand,
rushed and captured an enemy ma
chine gun, killing eight members of
its crew.
Sergeant C. E. S. Packman of the
Border regiment, and Corporal R. Mc
Beath of the Seaforth Highlanders,
also were awarded the Victoria cross
for capturing enemy machine guns
together with their crew single hand
ed. McBeath put five machine guns
out of action, capturing r officer and
30 men who had taken refuge in a
dugout. "
A trooper in the Indian cavalry
was decorated twice for carrying dis
patches over open ground and under a
heavy fire, although each time his
horse was shot from under him.
Valentine Peabody,
Pioneer Settler, Dead
Stella, Neb., Jan. 13, (Special.)
Valentine P. Peabody died at
his home in Nemaha after a lingering
illness. He was born in March, 1842,
and was a pioneer settler in Nemaha
county, working a farm nor(theast of
Stella for many years. Mr. Peabody
was a soldier of the civil war and one
of the remembrances of his early life
was hearing a speech made by Abra
ham Lincoln. Elder Sapp will preach
at the funeral at the Christian church
in Nemaha Monday forenoon. Burial
will be in the Nemaha cemetery. Mrs.
Peabody and several children survive
him.
Hastings Water Plant Fails
For Day, But Is Repaired
Hastings, Neb., Jan. 13. (Special
Telegram.) Repairs were made late
today at the water and light plant and
service for the city was resumed on a
normal basis. .The whole system
failed early today owing to a break in
the mains near the base of the stand-pipe.
was
AMERICA LEADS
WORLD IN OUTPUT
OF SEA TONNAGE
New Reports Show 1917 Rec
ord Doubles That of Previous
Year; Sub Sinkings Double
Tonnage Produced.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 13.' America's
merchant ship production in 1917 is
put at 901,223 gross tons in reports
made to .the shipping board. This was
nearly double that of 1916 and almost
half of the-world's output of 1,899,943
tons 'that year.,
Figures showing construction In
other countries in 1917 have not been
received in this rountrfthe'shbmmr
boards officials - btfleve "America led
the world irr 'tonnage 'output England
and Japan, they say, probably were
the only countries that increased their
productfbn over that of 1916". '
Sinking by submarines in 1917 are
generally reckoned at 5,000,000 ton,
probably about twice as much tonnage
as was built. England now is building
ships at a fast rate and Japan also
has increased its construction, but just
now operations are hampered by tack
of steel. Other countries are building
few ships. .
The shipping board today decided
to remove from the Great Lakes an
additional 30 ships for ocean service.
The vessels will be cut in half this
winter and will be removed through
the Welland canal and re-assembled
when navigation is resumed in the
spring. Already 42 ships have been
brought out. '
GENTLEMAN OF
OMAHA GOES TO
PLACE IN FRANCE
WMblncton Bureau,
The Bm, 1.111 O Street.
Washington, Jan.. 13. (Special Tel
egram.) Thomas P. Gentleman,
Omaharconnected with the ordnance
division of the War department, has
been appointed assistant secretary of
the United States embassy in Paris,
at a salary of $2,000 a year. He ex
pects tq sail within the next .15 days
for his new post.
A. L. S'mon, member of a whole
sale grocery firm of Omaha, is in
Washington for -a few days.
The, Kilpatrick Brothers, Beatrice,
Neb., railroad contractors, , are in
Washington on business connected
with the government.
Victor Rosewater, editor of The
Bee, after a busy week in conference
with newspaper publishers( called to
Washington in conference with the
Federal Trade commission, and after
renewing old friendships with men in
public life, left for Baltimore Friday
afternoon to spend a short time with
Mrs, Rosewater's- family. He will go
to New York before returning home.
Omaha Girl in Wrecked Auto
Tells of Bootlegging Gang
Shenandoah, la., Jan. 13. r(Special
Telegram.) Abandoned in an : auto
mobile that was carrying liquor, dur
ing the snowstorm Saturday, Mary
Nace, an Omaha girl, 19 years of age,
in a private hospital told her story of
how gangs of bootleggers ply their
trade between Omaha and St. Joseph.
She said women are hired to, accom
pany the parties. - .
The parents of the girl, Mr. and
Mrs. D. A. Nace, 2412 South Eight
eenth street, came to their daughter's
bedside last night and for the first
time the girl told her name. She says
Earl Beavers, alias Swift, who was
in the wreck, is her husband. She
was taken to Omaha this afternoon
on a stretcher and on the train. The
doctor thinks her back is broken. She
is paralyzed.
She lay in the wreck half a hour
with the temperature 12 below
zero.. The gang she was with has
six automobiles that make regular
trips. On the last trip another car
was met at Savannah, Mo., and the
cargo of liquor was transferred. She
sheriff holds the damaged car near
where jt upset.
ana iu machine guns,
STARVATION SLOWLY EATS
VITALS OUT OF INVADING
FORCES AS SNOW CLOSES IN
SQUAD TO SEARCH
ALL STEAMSHIPS
FOR ENEMY PLOTS
Collector of Port at New York
Announces Measures to Stop
Secret Information to
Foes.
New York, Jan. 13. Byron R. New
ton, collector of the port of New York,
today announced that drastic meas
ures have been adopted to stop the use
of steamships and other ocean-going
vessels for secret and unlawful com
munication between this countrv. and
the nations with which the United
States is at war.
Every vessel entering or leaving this
port is to be subjected to a thorough
search. Measures adopted by the
British agents in Halifax will be taken
here.
Steanfships formerly putting into
that port prior to crossing the At
lantic to neutral countries will be thor
oughly searched in New York harbor
before being cleared.
Other vessels going to ports of the
allies of the United States will be
searched. To end the possibility, of
indirect means of communication via
South America, vessels going to ports
of nations there also will be boarded
and combed before permission is given
to clear, from New York.
Work Dangerous at Times.
To 'end the means of conveying in
structions . from Berlin to German
agents and sympathizers in the United
States incoming vessels will be sub
jected to exactly the same, search im-J
posed V upon- '-outrgoin'g , .craft.,,.-.Pas.!
sengers, and crew wll be searched, Jt
necessary, and every foot of(the ves
sels pone oyer. Only the contents of J
man sacks win be lett untouched. , lne
Postoffice; department has its own in
spectors who attend to that. ,
Those upon whom responsibility
will rest for ending the dispatch of in
formation of a military value will be
picked men of the customs service.
Skill, loyalty and physical endurance
will be demanded. Collector Newton
has elected for this force 250 in
spectors. They will work tinder the
immediate supervision of three tried
and trusted experts of the customs
service, George R. Lamb, Edward R.
Norwood and John J. Raczkiewicz.
The work of this body of men will
be dangerous at times and will require
the use of force. Therefore Mr, New
ton is training the 250 inspectors to
prepare them for any emergency. The
customs men must be ready to defend
themselves from close attack in the
holds of vessels.
Will Arrest Resisters.
Three vessels will be procured by
Collector Newton for the exclusive
use of this force, which will be called
the searching squad. Each vessel will
have cabin space to keep at least 50
inspectors warm during trips about
the harbor.
Headquarters for the searching
squad will be in the barge office at the
Battery. Persons arrested will be re
corded there and a reserve force held
at all times to rush to the assistance
of any small detail that might call for
assistance. .
The rooms in the barge office now
used by the Department of Labor as
an employment bureau will be vacated
and kitchens and messrooms set up in
that space.
The duties of the surveyor of the
port will continue insofar as the In
spectioiof baggage and cargo coming
into this port is concerned.
Kansas City Schools to
Close for Lack of Coal
Kansas City, Jan. 13. Unless there
is an increase in the available supply
of coal, the public schools will not
reopen next Monday, according to an
announcement today by Frank S.
Casey, purchasing agent for the Board
of Education.
Passenger Steamer Goes
Aground With 74 on Board
Havana, Jan. 13. A passenger train
bound from Key West to Havana
with 74 passengers, went aground at
a point 18 miles from this city early
today. A Cuban tug took orf all the
passengers in safety and none was. in
jured. 1
"Partnership Between God and
Kaiser9 9 to Be Dissolved by U. 5.
(By Aeooeiateil Pr.)
New York, Jan. 13. Dissolution of "the partnership of the kaiser
and God a partnership which God does not seem to know much about,"
will be one of the things the United States will accomplish, in the war.
Senator William S. Kenyon of Iowa declared in addressing members of
the Republican club of New York City at a luncheon today.
Senator Kenyon, who recently returned from a tour of the western
war front, said: "God Is not a German God. Great Britain and the
United States cannot be bluffed. We are not frightened by 'the mailed
fist.' I am glad that we can come to the assistance of Belgium aijd
France."
After telling of what he characterized as "horrors left in the wake of
the Hun" in France and Belgium, Senator Kenyon said: "We had better
die fighting shoulder to shoulder than permit these things to occur here."
Communications Cut Off by Severe Weather a Allies
Prepare for Terrific Offensive to Drive Teutons
From Italian Soil; First Victory Already Wph;V
May Repeat Napoleon's Disaster
London, Jan. 13. -The fate that befell Napoleon grand
axmy in the frozen steppe of Russia threatens to overwhelm
the Teuton invaders in the mountain of Italy.
v Several times in the world war climatic condition have
come to the rescue of stricken armies and pulled them 'out of
the black pit of defeat. ,' , .
FOOD GERMANY'S
L VOBST PROBLEM:
RELY ON RUSSIA
Boston Girl, Just Returned,
Says She Never Went to .
Bed With Her Appe
tite Satisfied.
Boston, Jan. 13.--Miss Josephine
Marzynski, a young Boston ' singer,
who left Berlin November 25, after
studying music there for IS months,
has arrived here,. She declared the
Germans still believe , they , can .win
the war. ' ' ' " '
"The general feeling,", she said,' Vis
that our allies are exhausted, and a
decisive blow can be struck before
the United States can become a factor
pn the western front.'',
- Rpeakirtyf the- food situation, she
said; . ' . , s i..,.; . .. ' v-.
"I left Berlin: just 'as reports irom
Italy indicated success of." the new
offensive, and Italy out of the war as
a result, and as reports from Russia
pointed to a peace; that would insure
food for the starving people in Ger
many. In Need of Food.
"They were very, very confident of
the Russian peace and it was regard
ed as the solution of the food prob
leni. whxh is really the biggest one
problem now bothering Germany.
'Peace vith Russia' was on the lips
of every one, and it was always said
with a smile that implied food.
"Morning, noon and night the whole
city talks food. And you simply can
not get food as we know food in
Berlin and the larger cities. In the
smaller, cities the shortage is much
more endurable.
Think They Are Right.
"You must have heard what little
nourishment there is in the food of
the people. The report has not been
exaggerated. I lived with wealthy
people and was more fortunate, than
the average Berliner, and I never re
tired at night with my appetite sat
isfied." '.....
Miss Marzynski said that she is
sure the German people will never
be convinced they are wrong. She
heard rumors that the peasants of
Bavaria were ready to rchel, but
every one in Berlin was behind the
war party.
$20:
,000,000 IS
TOTAL FOR NEW
HARBORS BILL
Washington, Jan. 13. Chairman
Small of the committee on rivers and
harbors, has announced that an omr
nibus bill will total appropriations of
about $20,000,000 would be urged this
season.
The committee has been consider
ing items with a view to eliminating
those not necessary for mobilization
of the nation's resources for war. Most
Of the proposed new projects will be
excluded. '
Those most likely to be included in
the bjll are: New York, East river
and Hell Gate, $2,200,000; Delaware
river from Philadelphia to the sea.
$1,100,000; Baltimore, harbor and chan
nels, $300,000; Norfolk, harbor. $1,134,
000; Mississippi river, $1,400,000; Los
Angeles harbor, $100,000; Oakland,
Cal harbor, $104,000; Columbia aud
Lower Williamette rivers, below Port
land, $250,000.
) WEATHER SAVED ARMIES.
On the Somme and the Aisne, and
again in Flanders, they saved the
Germans from disaster. y
In the plains of Galicla and the
passes of the Carpathians they avert
ed defeat first for the Austrian, then
for the Russians, but never in the his
tory of the great . war have they
proved such an inestimably important
factor as at the present moment in
Italy. . ' :.
T6 Italy the world-wide storms of
the last weeks mean more than the
staving off of almost certain calamity.
They mean the opening of the road to
victory. ".,'.,' -; .: 'V '' A
FACING STARVATION. , '
Of more vital importance than the
checking of the great Austro-German
drive toward the plains of Venetia is
the coincident severing of their com
munications. ; ' '
The eff ect of the latter element is
to place Von BuelOw's arhiies' in a
position far' niqre precarious than
General Diaz has yet . had to face, for
all the cumulative disasters that have
tracked his tireless battalions. ' m
The situation at this time is critical.
The invaders stand in the snow
choked mountains between the piave
river and.' the Asiaga plateau,' with
their ttands literally tied' Behind' their :
.baJctsa ; ;
i Coriipletely Hemrned In,' '
They, are unable to move forward
because' their ammunition has failed
them, unable to retreat without invit
ing disaster, and watching the awful
specter of starvation creep nearer and
Hearer as the hours go by, and their
supply" trains still remain stalled on
the impassable Alps. Von Buelow's
army is paralyzed. , . r '
Opposed to themi'stand the allied
legions, Italians, French, British. Be
hind them spreads a network, of rair
road lines, bearing countless supplies
to the allies, keeping their fighting
men ;in trim and the artillery well
stocked. - ;,;, ; - ,
The allied armies now are 'well pre
pared for an offensive, while the Teu
tons were never so ill' fitted to meet
the, shock of, an attack.'-.' '' .
Great Allied Offensive. ,' "
An allied offensive, an offensive on
a great scale and havingfor its ob
ject ndt merely the . temporary ' but
the final defeat of the invading forces,
such a defeat as shall render . them in.
capable of again threatening;Itafy as
they have -for, three nvmths past is
coming. 4 ' j , , :... - . t ,'
' It' will -be launched on the lower
Piave' line.' If will' have-for its pur.
pdse the complete lurning of the ene
my's left flank; and the subsequent
pursuit of his armies from Italian soil.
In it will lie the possibility even of a
great Austro-German debacle,1 such as
overtook Cadorrta's army on the up
per Isonzo.- . ' : .
' ' Severe Teuton Defeat; 5 .
On New Year's eve-the British,
French and Italians forced the enemy
to surrender his last, important hold
on the west bank of hc Piave at
Zenson. That; ,was the opening
wedge in the coming campaign.'
Since then, and even, be fore then,
picked detachments of British troops
avc uccn iiirusung .acrossjne river,
feeling out the vulnerable points in
the Teuton" lines,, taking, prisoners,1
destroying field work.' . . ; ,
Aviators flying the emblems of all
three allies r have been on countless
scouting, expeditions : over the Piavc
Ime, determining the exact , strength
of the enemy's defenses. ! And all the
time the giant guns of the British and
Italians have been pounding at the in
vaders' defensive works, cleaving r a
path for the-infantry. .' .. r i . ; ..
Dakota Officer Acquitted
Of Embezzlement bharige
'Mandan, N.' D.. jan,'lZ;After ts
than an hour's deliberation the, jury
in the case of Eugene Walla, former
chief clerk in. the automobile regis
try department .of the ' secretary of
state's office, charged with 'embezzle
ment of $3,400 state funds, brought
in a verdict of not guilty tn the!dis
trict court here today. Thomas Hall,
secretary of state, who was tried on .
the same embezzlement charge, was
also acquitted by a jury in Bismarck
several weeks ago. ;
Armed Chicago Robbers
Make $4,000 Jewelry Haul
Chicago, Jan. 13. Three armed men '
entered a jewelry store in the outlying
district today, bound the proprietor
and stole $1,000 in cash and about $3,.
000 worth of jewelry. The owner of
the store was compelled to give up
the keys to his" vault after .-.being
struck on the head with a revolver.