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I Omaha Daily HE THE VEATHER Cold Wave VOL. XLVH NO. 207. OMAHA. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14. 1918-lOURTEEN PAGES On Tmlnt. tt llottlt. Niwi Mtndi, lie., tt SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. mm mm m . 0 1 . I . . j 1 CLARK SAYS LYNCH PROPOSED JUNKET; T00KRENTF0RGYM Suggestion by Commisioper Sheriff Go on Jaunt New Orleans at Lynch's Expense, After Announce ment That Joints Would Be Closed; Peters ' Paid $500 to Train in Court House. " Sheriff Clark, in his suit to oust County Commissioner John C. Lynch from office, testified Wednesday afternoon that Lynch suggested a "junket" trip to various cities at the county's ex pense, and a trip for Clark and his wife to the Mardi Gras at New Orleans at Lynch's expense, when it became known that Clark intended to close up illicit joint and road houses in Douglas county after his election. STOOn TO LOSE CASH. O ! ? Clark said Lynch approached him about closing up a resort known as "Lakeside Inn." "I told him I was going to enforce the law without fear tr favor," Clark testified. "Johnny said, 1 and Johnny Ford stand to lose $500 a month apiece if you do that. "I told him, 'You've lost it, then'," Clark testified. WOMEN IN "GYM." Clark said he raid?d the place sev eral times. On one occasion four men and five women were arrested at the resort, he said. Later the four men fled damage suits for $10,000 ehl against mm. Gus Tylee, who acted as rubber for the athletes in the gymnasium fitted out by Lynch in the court house base ment, said women had frequented the place in company with Lynch. He re fused to divulge the women's names in open court, but on request of Lynch's counsel wrote the names on . the record. Money for Farmer. Burns. Farmer "Burns, cx-wrcstler and now a wrestling instructor, testified that he received $600 from Pete Loch for training Charlie Peters for the Pe-ters-Stechers match, using Lynch's "private gymnasium room in the base ment of the court house for training purpose-- , '-'"- Burns volunteered a statement that Lynch received $500 for thtf use of the court house room. On objection of counsel for Lynch, the statement was stricken from the records. "I saw two women's hats in the 'gym once," -Farmer Burns testified. "Johnny explained one of them was his mother's hat, y "Another time we found a hat pin .and a hair pin on the mat. The boys kidded me about it and tried to lay it to me," Burns said. Burns said he was never in the "gymnasium" after dark,. , "As far as I knew it was a nice clean respectable gymnasium," he said. "Johnny invited me up there. I supposed Jfe had a right to as it lock ed as though he was running the court house at that time," Kugel at Gym. John Lynch, Peter Loch, Farther BuAis, Charles Peters," Plestina, Big J6e Rogers, William L. Carey, Al C. Kugel, Graham Burns and Charles Loch were habitues of the gymnasium in the basement of the court house, according to testimony of Gust A. Tylee. Mr. Tylee identified himself as a masseur and stated that during the tiraf of the matters in controversy he was bookkeeper at the buffet of Peter Loch. 4 "I was in the employ of Peter Loch for everything he asked me to do and received a, stipulated salary and charged extra for rubbing wrestlers in the 'court house gym," said the wit ness. Tylee testified that intoxicants had (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) The Weather For Nebraska Much color: snow. Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. PeR 5 a. m .17 Colder :E:::::::::S iKKIL ? 9 a. m 39 10 a. m 42 11 a. m 44 13 m 46 1 p. m 47 2 p. m 5U Tt p. m .50 4 p. in 51, 5 p. ill M) (1 p. til 49 T p. m 4S 8 t. in 46 Comparative I-oenl Kerord. 1918. 1917. 191S. 1913. Highest yesterday ..51 33 14 SO Lowest yesterday .... 36 24 4 27 Mean temperature ... 41 :s 5 3S . 'Precipitation 00 .0-'' .00 .08 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: Noraial temperature 23 Excess for the day 21 Total deficiency since March 1 621 Normal precipitation 03 inch Deficiency for the day 03 inch Total railfall since March 1 22.77 inches Deficiency since March 1 7.58 inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1916. . 12 93 inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1915.. 0 69 inch Report From Station at 7 P. ST. Station and State Temp. High- Rain- of Weather. 7 p. m. est. fall. Cheyenne, cloudy ...... .32 4S T Denver, rain 36 ES T Des Moines, cloudy. . .'. . .46 hi .lift Dodge City, part cloudy. .58 70 .do Lander, part cloudy. ... .22 44 T North Platte, cloudy ... .44 uo .00 Omaha, cloudy 48 61 .00 i Pueblo, pert cloudy 54 62 .00 Rapid City, cloudy 42 46 .00 Bait Lake City, pt. cldy..32 38 .03 8anta Fe, clear 46 52 .00 flheridan, snow 30 36 .01 'Sioux City, cloudy 44 46 . .00 'Valentine, rain 46 bi ' T T Indicates trace of precipitation. I Indicates below aa-io. L. A. WELSH, Ucteori;st. to STOCKMEN WILL TELL TROUBLES BEFORE PROBERS Western Raisers Wiil Reveal Why Production Not Greater at Public Hearing of Committee. Washington llureau of ' Omaha lire, 1311 0 Street. Washington, Feb. 13. (Special Telegram.) -Hearings before the sen ate committee on agriculture will be gin tomorrow on- the question grow ing out of live stock production, with a view of stimulating the production in meat animals. Stock raisers oil Nebraska and Iowa complain bitterly that they are unable to get thetr fat cattle to market on account of shortage iu stock cats, with the result that many of the grow ers are allowing.tb.eij: Jifitds. . to JtUmiiut-- isli. Some of the raisers even gQ so far as to retire front the stock-raising business entirely. . The first witness before the com mittee will be A. Sykes of Ida Grove, la., president of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' association. Smith Takes "Exam." Thomas P. Smith of Omaha, who has been in Washington for several days taking the examination for na tional bank examiner, left tonight for home by way of New York and Bos ton. Frank Healey of Gering, Neb., James Clinton of Tocrington, Jess Yoder and Charles Irwin of Cheyenne are in the city, interested in the ex tension of the Union Pacific up the North Platte river to the Fort Lara mie irrigation project, which is under construction and which will, be in a position next year to increase the agricultural acreage in the section tra versed by the project, whether they expect the government to extend the Union Pacific is not disclosed. Care For Nebraska Women. A meeting of Nebraska women will be held in Representative Shallenbef ger's room tomorrow afternoon to outline plans for taking care of women'clerks from Nebraska who are called to the capitol on Recount of the war. ' ' W. S. Basinger, general passenger agent of the Union Pacific, with head quarters in Omaha, was in Washing ton yesterday on matters connected with his department and also on mat ters in which Passenger Traffic Di rector Fort is interested. Mr. Fort, who has come to Wash ington as one of Secretary McAdoo's aides, will shortly be designated as sistant director of passenger trans portation under Edward Chambers of California, director. v N. Y. Egg Profiteer Is Put Out of Business New York, Feb. 12. Announce ment that the food license of B. Baff & Son., Inc., of this city, wholesale poultry and egg dealers accused of profiteering, has been revoked for the period of the wai by the national food administration in Washington, was made tonight. This is the most drastic' orde; yet issued against New York food dealers, and based upon the charge that the Baffs sold eggs for 51 cents a dozen when the govern ment's fixed price was 46 cents. Aged War Veteran As Surgeons A ri.r.:-. i.able display of medical surgery and a mpre -remarkable dis play of Spartan courage' were demon strated in an operation performed on Emil Berheaud of Bellevue at St. Jo seph's hospital Wednesday morning. Berheaud. who is 77 years of age, froze his feet during the cold weather two weeks ago, and it was found necessary to amputate both legs. Be cause of his advanced age, a general anaesthetic was deemed inadvisable, and what is known as a spinal anaes thetic was administered The old man lay, fully conscious, 9a FRENf M rm TO I. GERMAN TRENCH fc Barbed Wire Entanglements Destroyed by Shell Fire; Raiding Party Obtained Valuable Information. (By AvtoilatfJ l'rrns.) With the French Army in France, Tuesday, Feb. 12. In the course of three successful trench raids early this morning the French advanced as far as the fourth Gcrma:i lyie be tween La Pretre and Mori Mare woods, in the Woevre, and look pris oners belonging to the Ninth Bavar ian and the Ninety-fourth t.andwehr divisions. , , , The German entanglements had been destroyed by the French artil lery last night and the progress of the assaulting column was favored by a heavy mist. As soon as the French reached the first positions the Germans opened a sweeping machine gun fire as Well as an artillery barrage, but the French penetrated the shell curtain almost without casualties, demolished all the enemy shelters and emplace ments and returned to their own lines with most valuable information. " While the French attack was in progress the Germans attempted a raid at Regneville, in the same dis trict, but were repulsed with htavy losses. Gorgas Wants 60,000 Beds for Hospitals Washington, Feb. 13. Sixty thousand beds, in addition to those already established in general gov ernment hospitals, must be provided before the winter of 1918-1919 to care for wounded soldiers and sailors. Surgeon General Gorgas has recommended their establishment to the adjutant general. Under the surgeon general's plan, each general hospital when completed would haye between 1,500 and 2,500 beds. The government hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., he says, should be En larged. , Railroad Shopmen Ask , Government for Raise in Pay Vage increases approximating .33 1-3 per cent and which Secretary Lane hurriedly estimated would cost the railroads $82,000,000 annually, were asked of the railroad wage com mission today by J. A. Franklin, speaking for 251,000 members of shop unions. He said the increase also should apply to 260,000 nonunion men not in cluded in Secretary Lane's computa tion. -y Army Officers to Get Uniforms- at Low Pf ices .Washington, Feb. 13. The bill by Senator Jones, republican, of Wash ington, authorizing the government to furnish army officers with equipment at cost, was passed by the senate to day after being amended to include naval officers also'. . The bill is the result of alleged profiteering in equipment by private supply houses. TRAFFIC CONGESTION LAID TO LACK OF PREPARATION l i 1 Warren S. Stone Charges No Provision Was Made to Keep Motive Power in Condition for Operating During Winter; Criticises Employment of Women ' x t By the Railroads. Washington, Feb. 13. Lack of preparation by the rail road to meet the winter weather was the cause of the great traffic congestion, Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, today told the railroad wage commission, in asking ' for a minimum wage of $6 a day and penalty time and a half for overtime. Realtors Hold Memorial Services for Two Members Memorial' services for the late Georga G.sWallace and Harry G. Jor dan were held by the Omaha Real Es tate board at the rooms of the Cham ber of Commerce at noon. . Uothmen were prominent and long established jiiembcrs 'of Jthe Omaha Real-Estate board, formerly the Real Estate ex change. Mr. Wallace was secretary of the organization up to the time of his death a week ago. Braves Pain Cut Off His Legs the operating table and watched Sur geon L. A. Dermody cut off both legs at the knee. When asked if he felany pain, he shook his head and muttered, "Once a soldier, always a soldier." Berheaud was' born in France and served in the . Franco Prussian, civil and Spanish-American wars. His body is covered with scars re ceived in battle. He will probably re cover, physicians say. The spinal anaesthetic is administered only in rare instances and serves to ef fectually deaden the pain, but leaves the patient fully conscious. IWM. H. HAYS WINS RACE FOR REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CHAIRMANSHIP Adams Withdraws From Contest; Fred Upham of Chicago Is Elected treasurer'; Reynolds of Washington, Sec retary, and Thayer, Sergeant-at-arms, Suc ceeding Late William Stone. . i " : ' H-S : I i M 'I y Hiniiiwuiffli amnMM in fcwiiiimin" :: "WJivi ;h.haV5T PARLIAMENT IN HEATED DEBATE ONKING'SSPEECH London, Feb. 13. The House of Commons today resumed the debate on the address in reply to the speech from the. throne. Discussion of foreign and military affairs' was dropicd temporarily for consideration of the administration of the government at hojne. Herbert Samuelformerly secretary of state for home affairs, made the opening speech on this subject Later the decisions of the supreme war council at Versailles w'ill be taken up. Richard Holt, radical member from the Hexham diusion of Northumber land, prepared an amendment to the address expressing regret that, "in accordance with the decisions of the supreme war council at Versailles, prosecution of military ..effort is to be the only immediate task of the gov ernment." This amendment is supported by a number of liberals and unionists. Another amendment expresses re gret that action has not becn taken against Hfwspapcrs which have pub lished attacks on individual officers of higher Commands. V Pfl AT1S NOT PRKPAKKU. "Many roads went into tho winter with no provision for taking care of their motive power," he said. "There were no doors oh round houses, no means of heating. "I know one instance where 25 to 30 engines were kept burning all night, using perhaps one ton of coal each an hour to keep them' from freezing!" , Long hours worked by raijroad men, Mr. Stone denounced as a menace to public safety. He said a majority ot yards' were working on .an eigiit-hour shift until the movement was begun for in creased wages, when the work was lengthened to enable fhe railroads to show large amounts, paid to em ployes. Condemns Employment of Women. More than half the engineers of the country receive less than $150 a month, he said. Employment of women in the place of men was condemned by Mr. Stone. v lie said women now were being used as engine wipers, cinder shovel ers, lumber pilers, freight truckers and for other dirty and heavy work, although, he declared, there were plenty or men to till such yosition. OF INDIANA (ll.r AtnocUted l'renR. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 13. The repub lican national committee this after noon elected Will H. Hays of Indi ana chairman. He was placed in nomination by John T. Adams of Iowa and the nomination was seconded by Com mitteeman King of Connecticut. The resignation of all members of the executive committee was accepted. The committee adopted a resolution that national committeemen should be regarded as head of the party in thir respective states ' and decided that the national committee should meet once a year. ADAMS WITHDRAWS. John T. Adams of Iowa this after ' noon announced his withdrawal from the contest for chairman of the re publican national committee. Mr. Adams stated that, his with drawal was made , unconditionally. The question whether to remain as vice chairman did not figure. Governor Goodrich of Indiana said that he expected that the national committee would appoint an abso lutely new executive committee, giv ing the party newleadership. He said that after Mr. Adams became con Qvinced that In could not be elected, hesaid ne Knew ot no netted man for tht chairmanship than Mr. Hays. ACCEPTS CHAIRMANSHIP, In a telegram to the republican na tional committee at St. Louis Will H. Hays accepted the fehairmanship of the republican national committee. Mr. Hays did not expect to go to St. Louis and has made no plans. At present he is chairman of the republican state central committee and chairman of the Indiana State Council for Pefeiise, the regular weekly meet ing of which he attended this morn- Upham Is Treasurer. Fred W. Upham of Chicago was elected treasurer of the national com mittee H received .14 votes: George R. Sheldon of New York received 12 votes. E. P. Thayer nf Indiana was elected sergeant-at-arms to succceJ the late William Stone. 1 Guy V. Howland of Minnesota was elected assistant sergeant-at-arms, and James B. Reynolds of Washing ton was re-elected secretary. Mr. Hays' telegram to the. commit tee follows : "1 accept the chairmanship with a full knowledge of the responsibilities responsibilities multiplied many times by reason of the national situa tion and the reconstruction that is to come. Political Activity Ahead. "Everyone; knows that tlicre will be political activity. The democratic patty has been busy for months: This political activity should be open and. acknowledged and of a character and on a plane that needs no subterfuge. "There is but one side to the ques tion of war. On that side, supporting the country's cause, shall stand every political patty and every member of every political party entitled to any consideration whatsoever. The loy alty of the republican always has been and always will be measured only by the possibilities. Endorses Rights of Individuals. "There Is-but one possible rule for a party organization. The rights of the individuals withiirrhc party to partici pate in the management of the party's affairs shall be -and remain equally I sacred and sacredly equal. I fully appreciate the honor and thank you. j shall undertake the Jask with an absolute conviction that ev eryone of you and those whom you represent will co-operate, as I most earnestly urge all to do. "I especially appreciate the mag nanimous spirit in which Mr. Adams and all others have acted in behalf of party unity." Adams Charged With Disloyalty. The charges of disloyalty against John T. Adfims of Dubuque, la., were based largely on a letter alleged to have been written by Adams, which Senator V. M. Calder of Mew York (Continued on Thr Tho, Column Onr.) German Aerial Activity Over American :i.v Awiixiiatril Frewi.) With the American Army iu France, Tuesday, Feb. U. Aside from in creased aerial activity the American sector has been normal for the last 24 hours. Harassing artillery lire and patrol- Lling operations have been kept up, but there have been no clashes. The American gunners are said to be growing more accurate daily. They have been especially effective in registering on the roads and light railways backjof the enemy lines. So. accurate has been the shrapnel fire against the first lines of the en emy thatthcy are now nearly aband oned, the Germans keeping only a few rfTcfi in them. DUAL EMPIRE MA Y ASK FOR SEPARA TE MS WITH U. S. Leaders Object to Sending Troops to Western Front, Where They Will Be Compelled to Fight Againot Americans; Rumors Hint at Break Be tween Teuton Allies. s (By Associated Press.) London, Feb. 13. Facts are known which bring the pos sibility of a separate peace betwe'en Austria-Hungary and the entente allies much nearer, according to the lobby correspond ent of the Daily News. Great reluctance, he says, is manifested in'Austria toward the prospect of fighting with British and American troops on the western front. - O HIT.J?TT.TNf! TO RKPT.V WAR POLICY MAY . CAUSE ENGLISH PREMIER'S FALL Dissatisfaction Expressed in Parliament Over Supreme Council; Lloyd George Phallnnrtnc nnnncirinn London, Tuesday, Feb. 12. Parlia ment reassembled today on tiptoe with curiosity as to how Premier Lloyd George would meet President Wilson's latest declaration and the dissatisfaction manifested over the Versailles council and also as to how far II. H. Asqtiitl , the, former pre mier, wo:tld respond to the demand of the extreme wing of hit followers for the abandonment of a, policy of benevolence- toward the government. 'The House of Commons ; was not disappointed, for the sitting proved unusally exciting. It hurdly could he said that Mr. Asquitb rose to the . expectation" of his party, but tie temper of a large section of the members seemed to show that such tactics would meet with considerable support. Denies Haig Has Quit. t At one point Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, interpos ing to deny that Field Marshal Haig or General Robertson had been dis missed or resigned, and, being closely pressed by a heckler, added: "As far as I know." v The house then adjourned and thus far no nu tion of want of conhdtnrc in the government has been placed 011 paper. Perhaps the most notable feature was the contrast in the speeches 6f the ' premier and the former premier with reference to President Wilson's speech. Contrast in Speeches. While Mr. Asquitb endorsed fully the president's view, Premier Lloyd George did not even, mention Mr. Wil son's last speech and declined to see in Count Czernin's statement any nearer approach to reasonable terms than in Count von Hertling's. Moreover, the premier regarded the German chancellor's demand tha Great Britain give up its coaling sta tions as proving fully that the con trollers of German policy were in po mood to discuss reasonable terms of peace. . - Declaring absolutely that he would not yield on the matter of revealing more about the Versailles conference, Premier Lloyd George challenged the house, if dissatisfid with the govern ment's conduct jf the war, to put an other government in its place. Government's Weakness. The question of enlarging on the status of the Versailles council led to a little scene between the premier and Mr. Asquith and throughout his re- marKS anout tne council tne premier Was subjected to a running fire of heckling, punctuated with loud cheers irom extreme liberals. Lord Hugh Cecil, member for Ox ford university, admitted the ore micr's speech was reassuring, but said that the eakness of the government lay in the existence of coincidences between utterances in the press and certain lines ot governmental action Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux in vited the premier to get rid of his private secretaries and also the press, which was hanging around his neck like an Albatross. Line is Increasing In a sector such as this the Ger mans, seldom man their first lines fully, but opposite the American posi tions they are reported to be keep ing considerably less than the usual number in the trenches. The number of enemy snipers and sniping posts has been reduced still further by the American sharpshoot ers, machine gunners and artillery men. Airplanes were overhead every where today. The e'nemy late in the day sent over a considerable number of machines in battle formation. They were met and driven back by a I'rench squadron. The wounding of threi men by acci dent' was reported today, constituting the only new casualties. Count von Herding, the imperial German chancellor, it is reported unof ficially, will answer President Wil son's address to congress in the Ger man Reichstag next Tuesday. President Wilson saw a difference between the chancellor's recent state ment and that of Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, and declared that Count von Hertling naa nor wunarawn irom nis position that peace t-hould be made on per- many s terms. TEUTONS IN COLLUSION The recent 'speeches of Count von Hertling and Count Czernin were a collusive performance between the two statesmen intended to -drive a wedge between the allies rather than to secure peace, Earl Curzon, govern ment leader, in the House of Lords, declared in a debate today. No attempt, he said, had'been made to meet the minimum demands of the allies. Earl Curzon added: "The most critical times that have ever confronted this country are in front of us. But I do not think the position is at all dangerous, and our military advisers do not think it is. At the same time we shall have to put every punce of effort into the com- mor cause, -f- "If we do that, I am confident we will win and thus save civilization." Challenged to nipve want of confi dence i his gbvrrnfcient by Premier Lloyd George, the "British J'ouje of Commons yesterday failed to take such action. Criticism of Ihe Ver sailles council and the premier's atti tude concerning it was voiced in the house by former Premier Asquitb and other sper.kers. Italy Will Fight On. Before the Italian Parliament Pre mier Orljindo has declared that Italy will fight on until victory is achieved. There is yet no indication that mil itary operations onMhe western front arc about to be resumed on a large scale. Attempts by raiding parties are growing stronger, especially on the French ftint near Verdun and in the Woevre, but there have been no at tacks in force. German Drive Duein J'arch. "Some time in March," according to a German prisoner, the Germans will attack on the British front. He did not know if a general of fensive would be" begun then, but there is marked activity behind the German lines. - The weather on the British front continues favorable and the fields and roads are drying fast. U. S. Wants Rail Men ' For Service in France Washington,' Feb. 1.1 The War department has asked the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers to furnish 50 men for tank service and 1,000 engineers, for transportation service in FYaucc. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the brotherhood, today told the rail road wage commission he would fur nish the department the names of men available. U. S. Buys 1917 Crop Pinto Beans; Affects Nebraska Denver, ColoFeb. 12. The 1917 crop, oi pinto beans will be bought by the federal fond administration at a price of 8 cents a pound, re-cleaned basis, according to announcement here tonight by J. B. Lamson, of the food administration. The bean grow ing section of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas and Nebraska are affected by the arrangement. Today Advertisfc your wants today. The ndvertising you placed yester day is of value only as it ful- . fills the wants you have today. The wants you will fulfill to morrow depend upon the ad- vertising you place today. You can't place any want-ads yesterday. The prospect look ing for the article, you have for sale or the house you have ' for rent, can't look you up, yesterday. , Step to your phone. Call Tyler .. 1000, want-ad department, and one of our competent ad takers will help you wojd your . ad or give you any informa tion you may wish regarding our new cash rate. Call up today, and s Keep Your Eye On The Bee. IMPROVING EVERY DAY. i.
