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DEATH OF AMERICAN SONG
WRITER COMES IN AIR RAID
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Motlicr of Woman Who Wrote Great Marching Song Is
j Saved By English Girl's Wit and Bravery, But Com
i' poser Crushed When Building Falls After
Bomb Bunts.
(By Associated Press.)
London, March 13. The death of Mrs. Lena Guilbert Ford,
the American woman who wrote, "Keep the Home Fires Burn
tag," one of the most popular marching songs of the British
army, and her crippled son, Walter, was a pathetic incident
of the German air raid on London. They died under the wreck
age of their home.
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An English maid, Annie Coxall, by
a remarkable display of courage,
saved the life of Mrs Ford's mother,
Mrs. Brown. 86 years old, although
the aged woman was quite seriously
injured. The king and queen sougnt
out Miss Coxall at the scene of the
explosion Saturday and expressed
their warm admiration for her "heroic
bravery."
IN BED WHEN HIT.
i, Mrs. Ford and her son were in bed
at the time of the raid, in adjoining
rooms on the second floor of a four
story house, in a long block of sub
stantial brick structures. A bomb ap
pears to have hit the roof close to the
partition wall dividing the Ford house
from the adjoining, building. . U shat
tered the roof and upper doori, which
gradually collapsed, with part of the
wall. The heavy beams and brick wall
fell through the building, enveloping
the chambers occupied by Mrs. Ford
and her. son. They were thus im
prisoned for several minutes before
the second floor collapsed under the
weight oi the wreckage, carryingthem
, to the first 'floor,' and then, after an
' other pause, to the basement. They
died probably from suffocation, and
are the first Americans to lose their
lives in an air raid on London.
The two upper floors of the house
were occupied by another family all
:of whom were killed. Mrs. Ford's
mother, Mrs. Brown, occupied Is room
on the first floor, directly under Mrs.
Ford's chamber, while beneath' her,
in a small basement bedroom, was
Mrs. Ford's maid, Annie Coxall.
Maid Is Heroine.
iv The maid who is s strong English
Country girl, of 22, amid the soimd
of splintering timbers and cutting
brick. work, ran up the narrow base
ment stairs, her first thought being
for the safety of the aged Mrs.
iBrown, to who she was deeply at
tached. She found the old lady half
out of bed, bewildered in the mi Jit
'of a cloud 'of falling plaster and
'dragged her through the collaring
walls down the stone stairs, and teto
the basement bedroom. j
n It was evident that the whole
'weight of the walls and upper floors
'would soon crash into the cellar and
(the maid with nimble wit, half fir
med her charge and laid her 6,n the
floor close to the wall, pulling the
inarrow cot bed over her as a pro
jection 1 and placing upon this two
f heavy oak doors in a slanting rc si
lion, which she hoped would deflect
Tailing debris. '
Failing to reach the upper pat of
the house again in answer to the
tfries of Mrs. Ford and her son, which
She heard again and again, she had
parely time to crawl under the bed
beside""Mr8. .Brown, tyhen the final
collapse cams. i '
The little iron bed and the cak
dooors jserved their purpose. 'Jhe
aged woman and the maid were
almost suffocated, but two hours later
they we,re rescued by constables nd
members of the Red Cross.
; Mrs. Brown suffered severely r.om
shock; Annus Coxall was uninjured,
but badly dazed. : ' , ;
Attorney General Reed
1 Issues His Platform
(From Staff Correspondent)
Lincoln, March 13. (Specials-
Attorney General Reed has issued
his platform. Mr. Reed is so sure of
li is ground that he heads his mani
festo "Democratic Candidate for the
United States Senate," which would
indicate that he believes his election
at the primary is merely matter of
torm. i lie says
"Being 100 per cent American my-
sen, win not oe saiisnea wuu , any
4 policy which is short of 100 per cent
American. Am a strong believer In
and supporter of President Wilson's
policies, including that of this 'war,
and shall be pleased to support him
in this war and any other growing
out of same, my intention being to be
a consistent supporter of the adminsi
tration at all times.
"Where the democratic platform
has spoken, shall be suided by its
expression. Where the public at large'
nave expressed their wishes by refer
endum vote, on matters which the
federal government is called upon to
legislate, would regard their verdict
as binding upon me to act accordingly.
My desire is to represent the majority
pi all the people at all time. In
olher cases, would exercise my best
Judgment, in view of all time. In
and the law applicable thereto, that I
night assist the greatest number for
the greatest good. - -'
"Am heartly in favor of the federal
government, at the earliest possible
im, providing a sufficient number of
tuttaoie ana wen equipped institu
tions where our crippled soldiers,
upon returning home, may be pro
vided for and taught useful occu
pations and trades which thev are
capable of performing in lieu of their
former occupations which, on account
,of the war, they have been rendered
jfS-it to discharge. Will vigorously
Support such a measure."
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Alleged Inventor Must
Prove Idea or Go to Jail
55 !liNew York, March U.-Dr. Louis
Kor! Clements, v,io asserts that he can
iter , make a gasoline substitute out of
water at a rctal cost of 2.5 cents a
ExS jallon, will have an opportunity to
Pet? demonstrate his claims in the city
; "sooratwry, according to an announce
'ijtnent made tc night by the district at
ch; torney office.
Airplane Mail Service .
SSf: To Capital is Delayed
-Washington, March 13. The start
lupu the airplane mail service between
itr.'ew York. Philadelphia and Wash
2Li!gton will be delayed probably as
1ate as May 15 because landing fields
f st Philadelphia and New York have
t ot beea found. The service was to
f fcavc been begun Aoril 1
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M'ADOO NAMES
ASSISTANTS TO
RAIL DIRECTORS
It 13. (Special.)
ot Kearney county
Washington. March 13. Director
General McAdoo tonight annou-.td
the appointment of a numcer ot as
sistants to John Skelton Wiilinns,
director of the railroad administra
tion's division of finance and pur
chases, which is to spend betweea $1,
000,000,000 and $2,000,000,000 this year.
An advisory committee for finances is
composed of Franklin O Brown, Hew
York; Festus J. Wade, St, Louis. .nd
Frederick W. Scott, Richmond, Va..
all bankers.
The central advisory purchasing
committee with headquarters at
Washington, is composed of Henry
B. Spencer, Washington, vice presi
dent of the Southern, in cha'ge of
purchases; Samuel Porcher, Philadel
phia, purchasing agent of the Pennsyl
vania, and George G. Yeomens, New
Haven, purchasing agent of the New
Haven.
The committee In charge of pur
chases for roads west of the Mus's
sippi, with headquarters at Chrago,
consists of Charles A. How, purchas
ing agent of the Missouri Pacific; L.
S. Carroll, general purchasing sgtnt
of the Chicago & Northwestern, and
Ira O. Rhoads, general purchasing
agent of the South Pacific.
British Aviators Drop
Ton of Bombs on Coblenz
London. March 13. British avia
tors have dropped a ton of bombs on
the town of Coblenz. capital of the
Rhine province of Prussia, according
to an officii, communication issued
tonight.
Coblenz, which is situated on one
of the finest sections of the Rhine,
has a population of nearly 50,000. It
is a strongly fortified town and on
the, opposite bank of the Rhine, on a
lofty, rocky eminence is the fortress
of Ehrenbreitstein, which has been
considered almost impregnable.
Plans for Enlarging U. S. r
Ship Program Are Heard
Washington, March 13. Tentative
plana for enlarging the government's
ship building program was lall be
fore the senate ship investigating
committee todsy by Charles L. Piec,
general manager of the emergency
fleet corporation. He suggested the
employment of a practical snip builder
to have charge of enlarging some of
the present Atlantic coast ship yards
and to have-the government take over
construction at some of the plan's.
Kearney County Man
Called Before Board
' (From a Staff Correipondcnt)
' Lincoln, March
Nelson Merriman
has been called before the State Coun
cil of Defense to show why he is
holding back from market 20.000 bush
els of wheat, covering crops of four
seasons, and has made no effort to
sell it
According to the council this man
has made no contribution to any of
the war activities.
German Air Raiders Bomb
English Yorkshire Coast
London, March 13. Hostile air
ships attacked the Yorkshire coast
tonight, according to an official state
ment. The raid is still in progress.
Field Marshal Lord French, com
mander of the homo forces, reports
that one of two hostile airships at
tacked the Yorkshire coast late this
evening. A few bombs are reported to
have fallen a short distance inland.
No reports of casualties or damage
have yet been received.
Winter Wheat Is Fine .
In Northeast Nebraska
(From Buff Corr.ipondent)
Lincoln, March 13. (Specials
Winter wheat In Antelope county and
the part of the state in that vicinity
is looking fine, according to Vice
Chairman George Coupland, who re
turned this morning from a visit to
bis farms in that county.
The council may continue tis em
bargo against the shipping of seed
corn for soms time yet.
Discuss Japan Question ,
In House of Commons
London, March 13. The subject of
Japan's intervention in Siberia is to
e raised in the House of Commons
by H. B. Lees-Smith, member for
Northampton, when A. J. , Balfour
secretary for foreign affairs,- is ex
pected to reply.
On the same day the pacifists will
initiate a debate on Mr. Balfour's re
ply to the German chancellor's last
speech.
Textile Mills Resume
Work; Strike Settled
Fall River, Mass., March 13. The
strike of the firemen in the big cot
ton mills which has crippled work
on government war contracts since
Sunday, was settled tonight The men
voted to return to work tomorrow
morning. The principal point at is
sue was an eight-hour day and the
manufacturers agreed to take up this
matter Friday, March 15.
Senator Lodge Says Russia
Never to Be War Factor Again
Boston, March 13. Belief that Rus
sia would' never be a factor in the
war again nd that the conflict would
be won on the fields of northern
France, was expressed by United
States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
before the Massachusetts senate to-
MASTER CRIMINAL ESCAPES
FROM AUBURN FRISON.
REYNOLDS
For the third time in his notorious
career Reynolds Forsbrey. gnown to
police and prison officials as the
"Master Criminal," has escaped from
prison. Despite the confinement of
an isolation cell and the vigilant
watch of jailers who knew his skill,
Forsbrey, one of the most desperate
and dangerous criminals alive, is
again at Targe. He is credited with
having killed four men, though it
could not be proved on him, and was
serving a sentence of 27 years.' He
escaped from the Tombs prison in
New York City while awaiting trial
on the charge of murder, sawing his
way out. He was transferred to
Auburn from Clinton prison at Dan
nemora after he had terrorized the
guards and attempted to dynamite
that institution. He sawed two of
the steel rods of the barred roof of his
cell at Auburn, which let him up to
the roof, then went over the prison
wall. It was an hour before his es
cape was discovered.
Representative Ferris
Chosen to Head Democrats
Washington, March 13. Represen
tative Scott Ferris of Oklahoma.
chairman of the house public lands
committee since the democrats gained
control, tonight was elected chairman
of the democratic congressional cam
paign committee, tit succeeds Rep
resentative Frank E. Doremus of
Michigan, who. after ptlottns two
congressional campaigns, announced
he could no longer serve because his
time would be taken up by other
congressional activities. .
The committee reorganized for the
first time during this congress.
The following chairmen were elect
ed: Senators Shields, Tennessee:
Shafroth, Colorado, and Thompson,
Kansas; Representatives Webb,
North Carolina; Gandy South Dako
ta;, Baker, California, and Cox, Indi
ana, Representative Longren of
Connecticut was chosen secretary;
South Trimble of Kentucky, who is
clerk of the- house, was continued as
assistant secretary, and Joseph J. Sin
nott of Virginia, door keeper of the
nouse, as , sergeant at arms ot the
committee. ,
Both Mr. Ferris and Mr. Doremus
made speeches expressing full confi
dence of the success of the party at
the polls next fall. It was agreed that
there should be another meeting on
April 5. .
High interest on Demand
Deposits Checked by Board
Washington, March 13. Irt a fur
ther effort to check the competitive
movement among interior banks to
obtain demand deposits by increasing
interest rates, Governor W. P. G.
Harding of the Federal Reserve
board today telegraphed reserve banks
to use their influence with banks to
discourage this practice, pending ac
tion by the New York clearing house
association to restrict higher interest
rates, which .have drawn many de
posits there. !
Results will be harmful both to na
tional financing and to the banking
business, Governor Harding said, un
less the tendency to lure new check
ing accounts by better rates is imme
diately eliminated.
Another step taken by the Federal
Reserve board was the calling of a
conference of governors of Federal
Reserve banks here March 22, to dis
cuss interest rates, plans for the third
Liberty loan and other questions.
Farmers Urged to Make
Calls for Farm Hands
Washington,, March 13! Exagge
rated reports of shortages of farm
labor, the Department of Labor an
nounced today, are hindering efforts
of the government to place workers
on the farms. Less talk about the
shortage and more of the methods
by wjiich .farmers can make known
their needs, was , suggested as a
remedy. ,
Any farmer who wants hands may
obtain an application blank from his
postmaster, rural carrier or county
farm agent, which will put him in
touch with Aht department. The
.necessity for employing boys during
the busy season is emphasized by
officials.
PROTESTS OVER
DELETED DEATH
LISTS POUR IN
Subject Debated by Congress;
Will Ask Pershing Give Full
Statement of Military Con
sideration Involved.
Washington. D. C. March 13.
President .Wilson is understood to
be giving personal consideration to
the reasons for the change, and it is
known that the department has asked
General Pershing who suggested it at
the instance of the French gevrrn
ment to forward a full statement of
the military consideration involved so
they may be laid before the Amen an
public. Members of the cabinet said
after today's meeting that the matter
was not discussed there.
Working on Plans,
In connection with the plan now
being considered in issuing lists twice
a month or once a week instead of
daily, it has been suggested that under
this scheme there might be no ob
jection to giving addresses and names
of relatives of the men. Jne o: the
chief objections to the old plan was
the announcement of the date on
which the men were , killed or
wounded, thus giving the enemy exact
information as to the results ot cer
tain engagements.
In the house Representative Mc
Kensie of Illinois, republican, cited
the case of a Montana man, whose
name appearing on a casualty list was
identical with that of a boy in the
army from an Illinois town. He was
joined by Representative Little of
Kansas and Representative Graham
of Illinois, republicans, insisting that
names should not be made public
without addresses.
Representatives Glass of Virginia,
Garrett of Tennessee and Humohreys
of Mississippi, democrats, delved
the action of the department, saying
the decision had been reached by
men who knew more about the ques
tion than members of congress. Rep
resentative Garrett said the news
papers had failed to impress upon the
people the fact that the department
promptly notifies the relatives of each
man whose name appears on a list.
Issues Casualty List
Today's tasualty list issued by the
War department gives the names of
eight enlisted men killed in action,
one dead from wounds, six dead from
disease, two dead from undetermined
causes, two severely wounded in
action and Captain Edward Steller
and 20 men slightly wounded.
the privates killed in action were
William H. Darling, William
Delisle, Michael Galvin, Edward
Kelly, Robert Kotouch, James
Fotta ana Charles w. Sutter.
Private Alexender B. Burns died of
wounds.
Those who died of disease were:
Cadet Engineer William Belknap.
Wagoner Samuel Barnett.
Privates:
Frank L. Adkins, ' '
Roy William Brackin.
.Wilson C. Cochran.
Charles Johnson. '
Corporal Leroy H. Crosley.
Private James M. Lyons died from
undetermined causes.
Private Joe Tylus and Corporal
Russell A. Yarnall were wounded
severely.
Slightly Wounded.
The men slightly wounded arc:
Sergeants Joseph Petrush, Will:am
P. Reese, Corporal Frederick Missey
and Bugler Milton H. Folk and Pri
vates Herbert Beaver, Henrv E.
Brown, James H. Burns, Clyde A.
Gowin, James C. Hanson, Robert E.
Hilliard, Earl Howard, Henry J. Jans
sen, William C. Lindsey, James A.
Maher, George C Mattax. Maurice
Proctor, David M. Reid, Clinton A.
Rhoads and George E. Sharp .
The deaths of Privates Thomas G.
Bragg, Toe D. Drakefield, Frank T.
Cockrelf, Edwin L. Fitch, George E.
Hovey, Fred R. McGill and G-orge
S. Sanford, previously listed as hav
ing occurred in atcion are now re
ported as resulting from accidents.
March to Inspect All
Troops That Go Abroad
Washington, March 13. Major
General March, acting chief of staff,
plans to make a personal inspection
of all troops in the United States in
the near future. He said today he
expected to see all the men before
they go over.
The general proposes to urge
greater speed in every way available
and his y personal inspection of the
camps will be for this purpose.
War Department Asks
Congress for Millions
Washington, March 13. Congress
was asked by the War department to
day for an additional appropriation oi
$35,074,465 for armament for fortifi
cations and for $6,300,000 for proving
grounds facilities.
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Wattles Tells Hoover the West
Favors Fewer Meatless Days
Washington Bnr ef The
Omaha Dm, Mil O Street.
Washington, March 13. (Special
Telegram.) Gurdon W. Wattles,
food administrator for Nebraska, ar
rived in Washington today to attend
a conference of food administrators
Of the several states.
The question of abandoning the
meatless and Increasing the wheatless
days, now being considered by the
food administration was given earnest
attention today by state administra
tors. Mr. Wattles, who is a champion of
the proposition to abandon meatless
day, gave a concise statement of stock
conditions in Nebraska.
He said stock feeders haa rounded
their hogs and cattle for the market,
but are unable to get them to market
on account of lack of transportation.
Stockers had been bought at the
highest market price in history and
then had been fed corn at top prices.
When the cattle and hogs were fin
ished there was such a dearth of
transportation that the stockmen
could not get them to market, leaving
them with cattle and hogs on hand.
With a glut in the cattle market, Mr.
Wattles believed the proper thing to
ia was to abandon meatless days tor
a time at least and add. a wheatless
cay or two.
Mr. Wattles' opinion is pretty gen
erally shared by his associates and it
would not be surprising to see the
suggestion adopted.
It is surprising how conditions
change so far as the food question
goes. Four months ago, England was
urging the consumption of meat and
the conservation of grain. Now Eng
land is down to an allowance of one
pound of meat per person, while it has
thrown off the embargo on potatoes,
having the most bountiful crop last
year in history.
But the wheat shortage continues,
as the corn shortage grows. Up to
March 1 the food administration had
shipped to England only 14,000,000
bushels of com, whereas last year at
the same period 64,000,000 bushels
had been exported.
The reason for the present shortage
is found in the lack of transportation.
England today will take anything in
the cereal line that can be ent and
in order to keep up the morale of the
men in the trenches officials of the
food administration say that still fur
ther restrictions as to the use of
wheat will have to be made until the
new crop is available.
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The lines and low swung body are not alone its most distinctive marks.
The colors and the trim fitting tops of suitable weatherproof fabric in gray,
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The passenger capacity is for two. Windows are raised or lowered by a
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A ventilator controlled from the inside provides for regulating the tem
perature without disturbing the windows or glass shield.
No car is more suitable for town, country or touring. It is just the model
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and on occasion, a roadster.
To those who have followed the performance of the different makes of
automobiles it is unnecessary to explain the endurance qualities of the Hudson
Super-Six chassis. There is hardly a person who does not know the intimate
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Sixes are in service. '
It is important that the car you buy this year be one requiring little or no
service attention. The best mechanics are needed to repair motors for the
army. Because expert repairmen are not now available as in the past, cars
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