Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XLVII. NO. 212.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1913 TWELVE PAGES
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WOMAN AND YOUNG
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HIGH LINE WRECK
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Burlington Train Near Curtis Leaves Track, Falling Over
Embankment; Eight-Year-Old Boy Burned to Death;
Thirty Reported Injured in Crash; Relief Rushed
to Scene From Neighboring Towns.
Two people were killed and more than 30 injured when
Burlington passenger train No. 151, westbound, between Hold
rege, Neb., and Sterling, Colo., jumped the track three and one
half miles east of Curtis, about 12:30 o'clock Tuesday noon.
One boy burned to death. A spreading rail is said to have)
caused the wreck.
DEAD AND INJURED. O
Dead:
- MRS. NETTIE HOWE, and
young son, GORDON, 8 years old, of
Eusitis. -
Reported seriously injured:
Mrs. Fitch, Farnam.
Mrs. Root,- Eustis.
Slightly injured:
Conductor Griffith.
Brakeman Charles Veal.
PLUNGED OVER BANK.
Three passenger cars, n baggage
car? an da mail car. The rear coach
is said to have jumped the track and
rolling down the embankment pulled
the other cars after it. The engine
did not leav ethc track.
- The injured were . immediately
rushed to Curtis homes and are scat
tered over the entire town. Many peo
ple having broken limbs arc reported,
but names have not been elarned. Fire
started in the wrecked cars and in
describable scenes followed.
. Omaha offices of the Burlington
have received no reports from the
scene of the wreck. At the Lincoln
office meager returns only were avail
able and no details given.
Wrecking and relief trains were
rushed irom Lincoln and Holdrege
ihle suffering. . Zero
" weather prevails in this section of the'
state, with a cold wma.
Automobiles were pressed into serv
ice for use as ambulances to rush
the injured to Curtis. The citizens
opened their homes for use as emer
gency hospitajs. '
Rush Autos to Scene.
Eustis, Neb., Feb. 19. (Special
Telegram.) Every available automo
bile was pressed into service here to
rush physicians and relief workers to
Curtis, where Burlington passenger
train No. 1S1 is reported to have been
wrecked. . .
The report that the wrecked cars
were on fire and that many of the
passengers were pinioned under the
wreckage speeded up the relief work.
Blankets and heavy clothing were
taken to protect the passengers from
zero weather.
.
West Point Man Is Elected
i School Superintendent
Columbus', Neb., Feb. J9. (Special
Telegram.) C. Ray Gates was se
lected superintendent of the Columbus
public schools at a meeting last night
of the board of education. Mr. Gates
takes the position vacated by Superin
tendent R. M. Campbell, who retires
from the school field to supervise his
large personal interests.
Mr. Gates, Vho is 32 years old,
omes from the superintendency of
fhe West Point school. He has been
actively engaged in school work for
13 years, having been superintendent
it Pilger, superintendent at Oakland,
principal of the Nebra'ka City high
. school, principal of Blair high school,
besides his present position at West
Point.
The Weather
For Nebraska Continurd told.
CONTINUED
Hour.
Deg.
...14
...11
...
... 6
5 a. m
6 a. m
7 a. m
8 a. m
COLD
9 a. m a
II) a. m 4
11 a. m 3
13 m 3
1 p. m 4
2 p. m &
3 p. m 6
4 p. m 4
0 p. m 4
6 p. m SI
7 p. m ..... 2
8 p. m 1
Comparative Local Record.
1918. 1917. 1916. 1915.
Highest yesterday... 14 2n 68 40
Lowest yesterday ... 1 36 36
lean term eratura 16 47 38
' Precipitation . OS .08 .00 .03
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal:
Normal temperature 25
Deficiency for the day 17
Total deficiency since March 1,. 654
"Normal precipitation t. . . .01 inch
'"Excess for he day 00 inch
.'Total rainfall since March 1. .. .23.86 Inches
!Irjeflctency since March 1 7.11 Inches
.-Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. .12.97 lnchs
-Deficiency for cor. period, 1916.. 0.81 Inch
Beports From Stations at 7 P. M.
'.'lation and Stats Temp, High- Kaln
of Weather. 7 p. m. est. fall
Oheyenne, clear ....... 3
Davenport, snow 16
Denver, cloudy 8
Dcs Moines, clear 8
"od?e City, clear 16
T,nndr. cloudy -
::orth aPlatte. cloudy.. 4
i.'..niah;i, cloudy 'i
l'iiello. part cloudy.... ?4
. '.tupld City, cloudy 4
Salt La k:s City, clear.. 2i
, Santa Fe. clear S3
4
.24
.04
.09
.03
.00
.02
.02
.02
.00
M
.:o
48
12
no
34
It
SI
.Sheridan, clear S
Siou City, snow 2 2
'- Valentine, clear 2 n
T liidua'fj trace of precipitation.
iriilicat bo aero.
L. A. WELSH, MUvioiofc
SNOW AND NORTH
WIND. RIDE WITH
NEAR ZERO WAVE
Mercury Drops 20 Degrees in
12 Hours in Omaha; Cold
er Weather is on
"Way.
The weather bureau's predicted
cold. wave struck Omaha with an icy
wind out of the north during the
night, sending the temperature down
20 degrees in 12 hours, from 29 above
zero at 7 o'clock" Monday night to 9
above at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The temperature fell nearly 50 de
grees .in; the 2A , hours ending at 1
o'clock Tuesday morning.
By Wednesday morning a tempera
tare considerably below zero is ex
pected and" the -weather forecaster
says the severe cold will continue at
least through Wednesday and Thurs
day, as the crest of the high barom
eter is still far in the Canadian
northwest.
Snow is falling in Omaha and vi
cinity. The suddenness of the cold wave
is shown by the broad range of tem
peratures in places not far apart. At
7 o'clock Tuesday morning, 'when
Omaha had 9 above zero, Des Moines
had 30 above and Kansas City had
50 above zero. Chicago had 46 above.
The cold wave swept on rapidly to
these places during the day and
caused drops in temperature like that
at Omaha.
Tuesday morning Cheyenne was 4
below zero, Valentine 2 below, points
in North Dakota 20 below, northwest
ern Canada 28 below.
Snow Is General.
Snow was general over the greater
part of Nebraska and some neighbor
ing states.
Colonel Welsh, forecaster, does not
predict any such protracted spell of
below zero weather' as in January.
The weather bureau records show
that January is the coldest month of
the year here, though often cold
snaps come for a day or two in Feb
ruary and March.
Snow Along Union Pacific Line.
Reports to the railroads indicate
that there is a drizzling rain all the
way across the country from Kansas
City to Denver and light snow flur
ries over the greater pbrtion of Ne
braska. Along the Union Pacific there is
snow all the way from Omaha to
Ogden. In Wyoming temperatures
are down to 6 degrees below zero,
with 10 above .to 12 below in Ne
braska. It is the coldest in the west
ern part of the state.
The Burlington and Northwestern
report zero to 10 below in northern
Nebraska and out through Wyoming.
The Burlington report indicates 12 to
18 below in Montana.
Over the northern portion there is
one-half to an inch of snow, carried
along by a high wind. .
Trains are running late on account
of the hiph wind preventing the mak
ing of steam. There is not enough
snow to interfere with traffic.
OMAHA DOCTOR BLAMES WIFE'S
Dr. Stanley Reed Says British - Canadian
Pater Objected to "Damned Yankee In West."
FATHER FOR DIVORCE ACTION
Dr. Stanley G. Reed, whose wife,
Rachel Reed, filed suit for divorce in
Douglas county district court, says
her father enticed her away from him
"because he is an American and lives
in the west." Mrs. Reed is now in
Toronto, Canada.
"Her father is a British-Canadian,"
Dr. Reed said, "and he w;.nted her
to come home and live with him until
he could find her a Canadian husband
'of her station in life,' ins.ead of 'liv
ing out here in the wild west with a
damned Yankee,' as he calls me."
Mrs. Reed alleged her husband sent
her to live with her father :.i Toronto
during the winter. She accused him
of choking her on one occasion.
Dr. Reed say she H'as raisins a
di-iu. Lance his o.Tic: v.liil; ta-,
LYL.rKllfS
STAND IN HIS
OWN DEFENSE
Denies All Charges, Disclaims
Interest in Resorts and
Washes Hands of Alleged
Misdemeanors.
County Commissioner "Johnny"
Lynch entered wholesale denials of
all charges of alleged misconduct in
office built up against him by the tes
timony of witnesses called by attor
neys for Sheriff Clark, when he took
the stand in his own defense Tuesday
afternoon in the ouster hearing.
Lynch denied that he fitted up a
gymnasium in the court house and
claimed that the "gym" was merely a
"store room" where he and some of
his friends "exercised."
He denied he had had "women" in
the "storeroom" at night, but said his
mother-in-law and sister-in-law might
have been there. He said the wom
en's hats belonged to them.
ADMITS INSTALLING SHOWER.
He said the shower bath in the gym
nasium or "store room" was installed
by him at his own expense, solely for
the convenience of Joe Calabria, su
perintendent of the building, as a
"special favor."
Denied he ever requested Joe
Glenn, Pete Loch's barkeeper, to
bring liquor to him in the gymnasium,
or to call up women for hint.
Denied that Pete Rooncy ever sle,pt
in the gymnasium all night with him
self and two women-.
Denied he ever divided the pro
ceeds from the Lakeside reiort in the
gymnasium or "store room" in the
court house with Pete Loch and Gus
Tylec, and denied he had ever had
any interest in Lakeside.
Denied he ever told Sheriff Clark
that he (Lynch) and Johnny Ford
stood to lose $500 a month 'if Lake
side was closed up.
No Tips Offered,
v Denied, he ever visited the house of
Hans Voss or made any deal with
Johnny Ford, whereby he 7vas to have
a third interest in , the . saloon vat
at
reason nf helnintr Vosi t a license.
Denied he ever suggested a "junket"
or trip to the Mardi Gras to Sheiff
Clark shortly after he took office. "
Admitted he had consistently con
tested all of Sheriff Clark's bills for
feeding prisoners in the cuunty jail,
even after the district court had or
dered them paid. He said his attorneys
advised him Clark was not entitled to
the money.
Crowd Shows Interest.
The crowd which has packed the
small court room to the doors day
after day during the seven days of
the hearing, stirred in their places and
leaned forward intently when the ac
cused county commissioner was called
to the witness stand at 3:15 Tuesday
afternoon by his own attorneys to
give final testimony in his defense.
J. A. C. Kennedy, his attorney, con
ducted the direct examination.
"You are John C. Lynch, defendant
in this suit?"
"I am."
"How old are you?"
"Forty-two years old."
"Where were you born?"
"Omaha."
"Where do you live now?"
"Eight twenty-two Forest avenue,
with my mother."
Began Work at 16.
"When did you first go to work?"
"When I was 16 years old."
"At what business?"
"Plumbing business."
"How long did you continue in that
business?"
"About 16 years. Until I became
county commissioner in 1911."
"Were you chairman of the court
house committee as county commis
sioner?" "I was from 1912 to 1917."
"What use was made of the north
east corner room in the basement of
the court house by the contractors
working on this building?"
"Store room. They kept their tools
there and had their own lock on the
door."
"What became of those things."
"One cot was taken out and used
in the jail and other things were taken
out and used in other parts of the
building."
"How did that mat get there?"
What for Entertainment.
"It was brought down at the time
of an entertainment at the court
(Continued on Face Two, Column Two.)
tients were waiting in an outer room
and he placed his hand over her
mouth to keep her still.
"She wai mad. She was punching
me and pulling my hair and yelling
at me. There was a patient waiting
in the other room and I sa:-J 'Rachel,
you've got to hush up. I'll show you
who is wearing the pants in the Reed
family,' and I put my hand over her
mouth to keep her still. That is what
she calls chokyig.
"She was the most restless mortal,"
Dr. Reed declares. "I provided five
different apartments for her in about
six months and still she wa not sat
isfied. She repeatedly stat ti that she
was going to ruin my pr.ftice. It
appeared she was jealous of it io
some rcafjii or otlilr."
Fifty .wKtk. and ?tiritTtt ettwAfrrl" . V--U-J nil:-..-T.:.i:rW!ir
Getting On
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f HUMPH t
( WHtre man j
ENEMY PREPARED TO LAUNCH
BIG DRIVE ON WESTERN FRONT
Prisoners Reveal Plans for
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, -P-u uvw , uwicvc
. . Tactics In Surprise.
sire Peace by
(By Associated Press.)
British Army Headquarters in France, Feb. 19. -The
great German offensive on the western front may. be expected
to begin at any moment now and as far as the British front
is concerned the main thrust will be made on the sector be
tween Arras and St. Quentin.
U.S. CHIEF BOOSTER
FOR UNITED ALLIED
WAR OPERATIONS
England Faces Terrible Reali
ties, Declares Premier Lloyd
George; Begs for End of
All Controversy.
London, Feb. 19. Premier Lloyd
George informed Parliament today
that General Sir Henry Seymour
Rawlinson has been appointed to rep
resent Great Britain on the supreme
war council at Versailles.
The general principles lai! down at
the recent session in Versailles of the
supreme war council were agreed to
by all nations, the premier fold the
house.
It was also agreed that there should
be an inter-allied authority with ex
ecutive powers. The only difference
which arose was as to its constitution.
The first proposal at Versailles, he
continued, was that the central au
thority should consist of a cou.icil
of chiefs of staff, but this was aban
doned, inasmuch as it was regarded
as unworkable.
Lloyd George said it was essential
that decisions should be taken instant
ly at Versailles.
Meeting separately, the delegates
of the respective allies,, lie explained,
considered their own plan, which in
each case was identical. This plan
was passed without a dissenting vote
and accepted by all the military rep
resentatives, the premier said.
Russian Reds Arrest
Ukraine Delegates to
Peace Conference
London, Feb. 19. Further be
lated dispatches from Petrograd
received today give additional de
tails of recent happenings in Rus
sia. An official news agency dis
patch dated February 12 an
nounces the Bolshevik authorities
ordered all the members of the
Ukrainian Central Rada and the
Ukrainian delegates to the Brest
Litovsk peace conference, includ
ing Chairman Holubowicz. ar
rested and tried for treason. Some
of those affected by this order
have been arrested at Kiev, while
ethers fled to Berdichev.
Our Nerves
German Offensive Which is
empt New
scutum tt hi
Attack; Soldiers Dc
Arrangement.
O WILL USE TANKS.
Tanks and "a new mysterious gas'
will be employed by the enemy in the
attempt to break through the allies'
line. Other attacks will be delivered
further south. These facts have be
come known through captured Ger
man prisoners and from information
gleaned in other ways.
The plans of the German higher
command are complete and after
many weeks of intensive training of
assaulting troops', they are ready to
make the supreme and final effort
which has been advertised so widely.
May Try Suprlse Attack.
Field Marshal von Hinderburg and
General von Ludendorff appear to
have realized that the old methods ol
attack, in which a long bombardment
is employed, are too well known tj
produce the results desired.
Accordingly the German troops are
being told that surprise attacks, stfcl.
as were used in Galicia last summer,
at Riga and again on the Isonzo, are
to be tried against the allies on the
western front.
Much stress has been laid on the
fact that tanks and new gas are to
be used, leaving the infantry little
to do but to walk through the gaps
and consolidate the positions cap
tured. German troops have been trained
to make long approach marches and
then to storm enemy positions after
a short gas shell bombardment.
Will "Ignore Obstacles."
Those obstacles which the German
artillery fire has not obliterated will
be rushed by the troops or ignored.
The German infantry will rely on
weight of numbers, masses of ma
chine guns and mobile batteries to
finish the work begun by the tanks
and the Ras.
Word ha been passed out by the
German high command that few ci
the allied troops will survive the ef
fects of the tanks, the gas and the
(Continurd on I'age Two, Column One.)
Federal Agents Declare Dope is
Easily Obtained in Omaha
j Federal officers Monday night cap
i turcd two more alleged "dope" ped
'dlers. They are Charlie Reed, a nc
i gro. who was arrested at the noto
rious rescrt of Johnnie Moore, 221
North Thirteenth street, and Andry
Dwyer, 'a messenger boy for the
Hurry Messenger company, 1607 Dav
enport street.
Moore ..Imsclf was arrested a few
weeks ago and 200 boxes of morphine
were confiscated. He is out under
$5,000 boi.d.
Dope is plentiful in Omaha, federal
officers sav. It can le obtained with
the greatest case from a number ot is easy compared with the transport
i peddlers. It sclL at $1 for a box ! ing of liquc
SLA VS FORCED TO
BOW TO KAISER'S
WAR DEMANDS
Official Statement Signed By Trotzky and Authorized By
People's Commission Protests Against Resumption
of War But Says Russia Helpless in Face of
Teuton Invasion.
Berlin via London, Feb. 19.- The official communications
issued by the German war office this evening say that from Riga
to as far south as Lutsk German armies are advancing eastward
to Russia.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Feb. 19. Russia is now forced to sign peace upon
the conditions proposed by Germany, says an official Russian
statement received here today..
The official statement was signed by Premier Lenine and
Leon Trotsky, the foreign minister. . ;
It protests against the German resumption of the war and
says the Council of People's Commissioners is now forced to de
clare its readiness to sign a peace as dictated by the delegations '
of the quadruple alliance at Brest-Litovsk. It promises to give .
a detailed reply without delay to the German peace negotia4
tions.
O PROTEST AGAIIIST WAR. -
BAKERY OWNERS
TELL REFEREE OF
THE PROFITS
Little Information Extricated
From Them Regarding Cost
of Pound Loaf; Few
Keep Books.
There is money ; enough made in
'Conducting a small takcry so that the
proprietor can pay himself a salary
of $50 a week, his wife $12, his head
baker $35, one helper $18, a driver $12
and two girls $' each. This fact was
developed in the hearing before Ref
eree Jfenely when Attorney Parish
drew the information from Alfred
Peterson, owner of the Lake street
bakery.
Peterson testified that formerly he
was superintendent for the Jay Buri?s
Baking company, but . about a year
ago went into business on his own ac
count. In .the investigation his ques
tionnaire had to do with December
of last year. He testified that during
the month the output ( of his bakery
was 9,100 pound loaves of bread,
5,200 dozen of rolls, 1,100 pics and a
considerable quantity of cookies.
Much Guecsing Done.
With Peterson, in answering the
questions, he admits that there was
considerable guessing done, but he
was certain as to his pay roll and the
bakery output. He knew that during
December the grand total of his plant
sold for $2,225, and; that with the
exception of 30 loaves of bread sold
daily, all of the sales were at re
tail. One customer took the 30 loaves,
so this was figured as a wholesale
deal: , '
Besides the salaries, the rent of the
building in which the bakery is op
erated and in which the family lives,
and all of the expenses for material
and upkeep came out of the profits
of the business.'
Didn't Figure Cost.
Peterson asserted that in operating
his bakery he has followed-the food
administration formula, has paid
$10.70 to $11 a barrel for flour. For
the bread sold at wholesale he has
beer getting 8 and for that sold at
retail over the counter, 10 cents a
loaf. He never figured out what it
cost to bake bread and sell a pound
loaf of bread, but thought there
would be a fair profit at 8 cents.
Asked why he 'harged the extra 2
cents, he replied, "Because I need
the money." Though he admitted that
he would be willing to sell at a les
ser price if the other bakers "would
be willing to agree to do so."
C. W. Ortman, head of the New
England Baking company, operating a
bakery and store on North Sixteenth
street, and two retail Stores, one in
Hayden Brothers and ' the other in
the Public Market, testified that dur
ing December the output of his plant
was 46,000 loaves of bread, 11,700
dozen rolls, 6,500 pies and a large
number of cakes. He made more
(Continued on l'ae Four, Column Two.)
containing four small pills, a price
which leaves a large profit for the
peddlers.
A number of victims of the habit
have visited the federal building in
the last few weeks, begging to be
sent to some institution to be cured.
It is easy for the peddlers to get
their supplies, it is said. "You can
go down to Mexico and get any
amount of it and smuggle it across
the border easily." said one federal of
ficer. "And it takes up so little space
and is so light that transporting it
from place .0 place in this country
The statement was transmitted
through the wireless telegraph sta
tions of the Russian government to
the government' of the German em
pire at Berlin. The text reads: -
"The council of people's commis
saries protests against the fact that '
the German government has directed
its troops against the Russian coun
cil's republic, which has declared the
war at an end and which is demobilii- .
ing its army on all fronts.' -
"The workmen's and peasants gov-'
eminent of Russia could not anticipate
such a step because neither directly
nor indirectly.., has any one of the
parties which conclude dthe armistice
given; the seyen days' notice required
in accordance with the treaty of De- ,
cembcr 15 for terminating u;." t,'
(Vif'";'Muit.'.8ign; Peace. ...:. .
''Tn couikU joj eoplc j&mpis
sanes in, the present circumstances re- .
gards itself as forced formally to de-.
clare its willihgness to Sign a ptace .
upon the-condltiins which had been
dictated by the delegatiins of the .
quadruple alliance at Brest-Litovsk.
"The council of people's commis
saries further declares that a detailed
reply will fb given without delay to
the conditions of peace as proposed
by the German government. ,.-
(Signed . -
, "For the council of people's com
missaries: . ,
"Lenine.
"Trotiky." ;
Will Resist By Raids. '
Tetrograd, Saturday,', Feb. 16.
Guerilla warfare is to ' be Russia's
method of opposing Germany should'
that nation invade Russia further,' ac-'
cording to . intimations from boU
sheviki sources. In an address to the
Central executive committee of the
Council of soldiers' and workmen's,
delegates, ' Leon Trotzky, the boU ,
sheviki foreign minister said: :
; "We are not folowers of Tolstoi
We do not say we will not resist the .
German invasion."
Trotzky proceeded to outline a plan
by which the socialistic army would
conducta bushwhacking campaign,
hampering the efforts of the Germans
should they endeavor to conduct com
merce along the border, especially
should they try to procure grain from
tbe LJkraine and what he alluded to
as the screen of their so-called peace
with the Bourgeois rada of Kiev.
Berlin, Feb. 19. (Via London.)
German forces have entered Dvinsk,
itwas officially announced' today by
the German war office. The Russians
unsuccessfully attempted to blow up
the bridge across the Dvina river.
Ouccpy Lutsk.
Vienna, Feb. 19. (Via London.)
The German army group under com
mand of General von Linsingen, ac
cording to an official statement issued
by the Austrian war office, has oc
cupied the Russian town of Lutsk, in
Volhynia, .. without fighting.
U. S. and England Sign .
Hew Draft Agreement
Washington, Feb. J9. Signing' of
the army draft between Great Britain
and the United States was announced
today. .The new British ambassador,
EarV Reading, affixed his signature to
the document as his first official act in
Washington. . '
Saving Fuel
The administration has made ap
parent the necessity of conserv
ing coal Are you doing your '
hit, or is there a room in your,
house that is being heated, but
not used. . ' . ..
There are hundreds of people in
Omaha looking for rooms in pri
vate families. With the rent .
from that spare room you can
buy "Baby Bonds" or pay the
coal bill, and the heat going to
that unused room will not be
wasted. ---.. f: .
Let these , room hunters know
you have a vacant room; you can
place your ad in The Bee and
never leave your home, and you
will get the cash rate. Step to
your phone call Tyler 1000- i
place a small room for rent ad ,
and the room will soon be occu- : .
nied. : : '
"Keep Your, Eye on The Bee"
'improving every day.