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Fair; Warmer
'VOL. XL VII NO. 232.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1918 TWELVE PAGES.
SUVAri. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
WILL STARVE BALTIC
PEOPLE TO MAKE THEM VASSALS
GERMANS
NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY
BOYIN LAST CASUALTY
LIST FROM FRENCH LINE
Keith Graul of Lincoln Reported Wounded; Three Iowa
Men Among Sammies Killed on French Front;
Fifteen More Are Injured in Battles ,
With Germans.
Keith Graul of Lincoln, Neb., for-O,
merly a student at the University of
Nebraska, is reported slightly wound
ed in yesterday's casualty list received
from General Pershing.
Graul attended the university last
year, but left schooj when war was
declared to join Uncle Sam's forces
in France.
He is a member of the Alpha Sig
ma Phi fraternity.
THREE IOWANS KILLED.
(From Staff Correspondent.)
Des Moines, March 14. (Special
i eiegrarn.,; inree lowa men are in
cluded in the list of dead and 17 in
the list of wounded on the French
front, received here late today. List
follows: x
DEAD:
Corporal Albert, E. Behmer, Sioux
City.
Private Cecil M. Conley; father, O.
C. Conley, Atlantic.
Private Fred H. Turner; father; R.
R. Turner, Atlantic,
The Wounded.
Private. Lyle W. Barnes, mother,
Mrs. Kate Barnes, Quimby; Private
Lloyd Culp, father, G. W. Culp, Ore
gon, enlisted at Atlantic; Private J.
O. Fudge, father, J. O. Fudge, At
lantic; Private Harold Kjar, father,
Jens Kjar, Atlantic; Corporal O.
Marcher, thought to be George O.
Marcher, Alta, -la.; Private Robert
G. Petty, mother, Mrs. Petty, Carson;
Private Albert L. Rudig. father, D.
G. Rudig, Griswold; Private Ralph
Rutherford, ' headquarters company ;
Corporal Joseph G. Swanson, father,
J. C. Swanson, Red Oak; Private
Percival Winning, father,' M. M. Win
ning, Woodbine, Private John P.
TfMJ!, -fath-; Afey T?lfer R?Oakp
Private Fred J. Robinson, mother,
..Mrs. W. H. Robinson, Storm- Lake;
Private Edwin ,L.. Jarvin, . mother,
Mrs. Bessie' Jarvin, Crestori; Private
Otto Francen, father, Carl Francen,
Red Oak; Private Leslie Johnson,
father, John Johnson, Rivertoa: Pri
vate Loren L. Goddard. father. S. E,
Goddard, Fairfield; Private Henry H.
Fall, mother,. Mrs. John Fall, Red
Oak. .
' Official Casualty List.
Washington, March 14. General
Pershing's casualty list, cabled today
carries the names of 70 soldiers, four
or them killed in action, two dead oi
wounds, one dead of an accident and
nine of disease; 14 wounded severely
and 4U sligntly wounded.
The list gives the names of two offi
cers, both of whom were reported
slightly wounded, They are Captain
Hugh H. Barber and Lieutenant
Horace L. Smith.
Lieutenant Bernard Vant Hot was
reported severely wounded.
Killed in action:
CORPORAL ALBERT E. BEH
MER. SERGEANT FRANK- O'CON
VOR. PRIVATE CECIL M. CONLEY.
PRIVATE FRED D. TURNER.
Died of wounds:
SERGEANT JOSEPH L. CIP.
PRIVATE FRED C. BRUM
METT. Accidentally killed:
PRIVATE HARRY WATKTNS
Died of disease:
SERGEANT, CLARENCE G.
BAILEY, septicemia.
CORPORAL OSCAR V. MiL
BERG, pneumonia.
Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
The Weather
For Nebraska Fair Friday
nd
Saturday, warmer Friday.
Temperatures at Omaha rettterday.
Hour. ' Deg.
5 a. m 31
6 a. m 31
7 a. m 20
8 a. m ..32
9 a. m 33
"10 a. m. ., 34
11 a. m 35
12 m 37
1 p. m 38
2 p. m 38
3 p. m .IS
4 p. m 37
6 p. m 35
6 p. m 34
7 p. m 34
S Ptffl 33
Comparative Local Record.
, ' 1918. 1917. 1916. 1915.
Highest yesterday .....39 33 39 37
Lowest yesterday 30 22 14 18
Mean temperature 34 27 32 3:
Precipitation 11 .00 .00 00
Temperature and precipitation depar
ture! trom the normal:
Normal temperature
Deficiency for the day 1
Total excess alnVe March 1 122
Kormal precipitation 04 Inch
Excess for the day 07 ir.ch
Total precipitation since March 1....1J lrch
Excess since March 1 4 J inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 191J 24 inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916 46 Inch
Reports From Stations at 7 F. M.
Btatlon and State Temp. High- Haln
1 of weather. 7 p. m. est. fall.
Cheyenne, clear 32 3$ .00
'Davenport, cloudy ....T34 38 ,4
Denver, clear 40 44 .00
Des Molnea, cloudy ....38 42 .12
Dodfre City, clear 4t 5: .00
Lander, clear 43 48, .04
.'orth Platte, cloudy ....40 44 ,2
Omaha, cloudy 34 39 .11
Pueblo, clear 44 ,48 .00
Rapid City, snow 34 40 .10
Bait Lake City, clear. .. .40 40 .00
Banta Fe, clear 44 48 .00
Sheridan, clear 30 38 .00
Bioux City, cloudy 30 ZS .22
Valtotlne, cloudy 32 34 .22
Americans Make "
First Permanent
Advance on Enemy
, BULLETIN.
With the American Army in
France, March 14. American
troops in the Luneville sector
have occupied and are holding
enemy trenches northeast of
Badonvillers, which they forced
the Germans to abandon
through recent Taids and con
centrated artillery fire. The
trenches have been consoli
dated with ours. This, though
a small forward movement,
marks the first permanent ad
vance by the American army in
France. The consolidation of
the trenches enables the Ameri-
cans and French to operate
from higher ground than here
tofore. The Germans made only
feeble attempts to retake the
position, but each time were re--'
pulsed.
NONPARTISAN
MEETING HALTED;
MEMBERS BEATEN
Organizers rre Escorted Across
irawaoi: wonoiKZ uiven
(Br Associated Press.)
Sioux Falls, S. .D., March 14. A
nonpartisan league meeting, scheduled
to be held at Gregory, S. D., yester
day was prevented and five league or
ganizers were -beaten, and driven out
of Gregory county across the Ne
braska line, according to the five men
who arrived here tonight. The meet
ing was stopped, despite assurances
of Governor Norbeck that'the sheriff
of the county would protect the
league members, the men asserted.
After being seized and beaten, the
men were forced by the hom'e guards
to march through the rain to Burke,
the county seat, seven miles distant,
where they were held in jail last night,
according to the story. The men were
released this morning after a "third
degree" they asserted and placed on
a train for Norfolk, Neb. They ar
rived here tonight from Norfolk.
Sheriff Not Seen.
During the outbreak at Gregory, the
sheriff, who had arrived in town with
a force of home guards earlier in the
day, was not seen, it is claimed. The '
governor, they said, had wired his
assurance that the sheriff of the
county would maintain order at the
Gregory meeting, after they had ap
pealed to him Tuesday, when a meet
ing was broken up at Hermck, S. D.,
and several members beaten.
GENERAL STRIKE
MAY BE CALLED
in Kansas an
Kansas City, March 14. Six hun
dred delegates representing more than
half of the unions.Jn Kansas City,
voted early today to call a general
strike of all labor unions in the city
Monday. March 25. in svmoathv with
the strike of union laundry workers,
which nas Deen in progress several
weeks. Only 16 votes were cast
against the resolution.
PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS
BOYS ABOVE 16 TO RESERVE
Bjr Associated Press.)
Washington, March 14. President Wilson today called on all
American boys of 16 years and over, not permanently employed, to
enroll in the United States boys' working reserve. A national enroll
ment week beginning March 18, has been set aside by the Department
of Labor. '
The president's open letter, made public today, follows:
"The Department of Labor has set aside the week beginning March
18 as National Enrollment week for the United States boys' working
reserve. The purpose of this national enrollment week is io call the
attention of the young men of the nation to the importance of increas
ing the food supply by working on the farms, and to urge them to en
roll in the reserve.
"I sincerely hope that the young men of the country, of 16 years
of age and over, not now permanently employed, and especially the
boys in our high schools, will enter heartily into this work and join
the boys' working reserve in order that they may have the privilege, for
such I believe it to be, of spending their spare time-in a productive en
terprise which will certainly aid the nation to win the war by increasing
the means of providing for the forces at the front and for the main
tenance of those whose services are so much needed at home."
Ralph T. Wilson, Omaha, Ex-Oeighton Man,
Drops 3,200 Feet in Balloon at San Antonio;
Uninjured; Describes Thrilling Plight
Son of E. H. Wilson With
Group of Flying Cadets at
Time; Number Severely
Hurt by Fall.
Ralph T. Wilson, 19 years old, son
of Ellis H. Wilson, 3822 Marcy street,
was in the balloon which fell 3,200
feet at San Antonio, Wednesday.
The father received a telegram
from his son Thursday, which says
"Dad, I had the greatest ride of my
career today. Was in the balloon
which fell 3,200 feet yesterday and
never phased a hair, although some'
of it is grey now, I am told. We
landed in a fifty-mile wind on Mon
day, and were dragged over the
ground several hundred yards."
VALVES GO WRONG.
The story of the wild ride taken
by several officers and cadets in the
runaway balloon was printed in The
Bee Thursday morning. The Asso
ciated Press story gave only the
names of those injured. Wilson de
clares five other flying cadets were
in the basket, and escaped serious in
juries. Something went wrong with the
valve in the top of the gas bag, when
the balloonists attempted a landing,
U. S. OFFICIALS DISCOVER
4,000 VOLUMES OF BANNED
PASTOR RUSSELL BOOK HERE
William Mack, Former City Employe, Arrested and Mrs.
A. Setterquist Accused of Having Violated Espion
age Law Under Federal Warrant From District
Attorney's Office.
Federal officer yesterday
Labor temple, where the International Bible students hold their
meeting and took" possession
Finished Mystery' a book which contains the Bible interpreta
tions of the late Pastor Russell, head of the cult which has ad
herents all over this country and in England.
WARRANTS FOR TWO. O
Warrants were also issued for the
arrest of William Mack, 4525 Twenty
first street, and Mrs. A. Setterquist,
5009 Miami street, two members of
the cult which sells "The .Finished
Mystery."
Mack, an old man, who worked 18
years for the city 6treet department
and acquired a little home of his own,
was arrested late yesterday afternoon.
He was released under a bond of
$5,000. He, with Mrs. Setterquist, is
charged with violating the espionage
act in circulating the book.
FOUR PAGES OUT.
The copies carried by the aged man
in his little satchel had four pages
cut out of them. This, he said, was
done on advices from Washing
ton that the books could be sbld with
these pages cut out.
"We do not make any profit on the
books," said Mr. Mack. "We sell them
simply to help the work along and
to try to shed brightness into the
world which is so dark today. The
book has 600 pages and we sell it for
60 cents. I have my own home and
my 5on11a.nd da,u8h'er kp me. I
can do this work. Sometimes I sell
three or four copies a day."
Mrs. Satterquist will be taken into
custody today.
i Sold Before War.
Officers of the sect in Omaha say
the books are Pastor Russell's in
trepretations of the scriptures. They
were sold long before the present war
started and everywhere are distrib
uted by members of the cult without
From Lincoln.
Lincoln, March 14. Federal war
rants charging several persons of the
"Sect of the Messiah" at Omaha with
violating the espionage act by cir
culating copies of a book alleged to
contain disloyal matter vtf re issued to
day under direction of United States
District Attorney T. S. Allen.
At the same time a search warrant
was issued for the seizure of 20.0U0 !
copies of a book entitled "The Fin
ished Mystery," reported to he stored
in a building in Omaha, and said to
contain statements encouraging re
sistance to the draft law.
Wilson says. The crew was unable
to close the yawning chasm in the
monster, and it started for the ground
at the rate of 30 feet per second. As
the bag nea'-eH the ground, the flying
cadets, including Wilson, worked like
beavers heaving overboard sand hags
to check the flight of the dirigible, but
apparently with scant success.
Student at Creighton.
Wilson's father, in tclliiiE' of the ac
cident, could not visibly suppress his
emotion for the narrow escape of his
son. He declared he read the story
in The Morning Bee, but had no
inkling that his own son was one of
the officers to take the daredevil
plunge. Wilson, according to his
father, will return to Omaha in a
few weeks.
The newly appointed officer has
been in the army three months, having
been selected to enter the officers'
school at Fort Oinaha October 13.
Prior to that time he was a student
at Creighton university, where he re
ceived several medals for his ability
as a scholar, having made the record
of leading his class two years.
Wilson was captain of Company A
in the Creighton battalion previous to
his enlistment. He was very popular
with his associates and has an un
usually large number of friends in
the city.
afternoon raided the room ia
of nearly 4,000 copies Thei
HARRY LAUDER
SELLS POODLE
FOR RED CROSS
Winds Up His Day in Omaha
With "Dutch" Auction at
Which He Collects $1,340
for Relief Work.
Harry Lauder wound up his visit
to Omaha by extracting $1,340 for the
Red Cross from the audience at the
Boyd theater last night. He did it by
means of a "Dutch" auction, with a
white poodle dog as the object of sale.
The dog was sold many times, with
bids from $5 to $100 and lives to be
sold again. ,
The auction was the end of a busy
day for Harry Lauder. He arrived at
noon and was promptly routed from
his car for interviews for the after
noon papers. Then he was hustled
along to the Chamber of Commerce,
where he spoke at a business men's
luncheon and from there to the Boyd
theater, where he gave a matinee per
formance. In the evening he repeated
his show, concluding with some seri
ous words about the war, and the
auction for the Red Cross.
We Know Nothing of War.
"You don't know anything about
war yet," Mr. Lauder told (he mem
bers of the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce at noon when he spoke after
luncheon in the main dining room.
lou have heard people tell about
it, but you know nothing about it
The only thing a lot of you have
concerned yourselves with is whether
it affects your pocket or not. But
you will know something about it.
You will know when these boys
(Continued on Fate Two, Column Tiro.)
Torpedo Victim Ends
Letter on Solid Earth
Minneapolis, Minn., March 13. "I
didn't finish this letter for a lew
days because, dear mother, I stayed
out all night," ends on clean, c.ibp
paper .a letter received here toc'ay
by Mrs. Hattie C. Wiggin from her
son, Sergeant Gilbert H. Wiggli: a
letter which begins on crumpled,
"Stained sheets.
Sergeant Wiggins is a member of
the 20th engineers. The letter was
mailed "Where the grass is green,
and it is like a little bit of heaven."
It was a swimming party wn'rh
interrupted his letter writing a
swimming party in the north chan
nel. He thrust the sheets intc his
pocket and they were there as he
floated about waiting for one of the
boats which came to the rescue of
the Tuscania to pick him up. That
is why they are stained.
"I have had some wonderful ex
periences and I am enjoying them
all," says Sergeant Wiggir
v V 1
Vhlpk XWitson
CONCRETE SHIP
GREAT SUCCESS;
BUILD 54 MORE
Great Moulded Affair Takes
Water and Rides Like Buoy;
Epoch-Making Event,
Engineers Say.
(By Associated Prem.)
A Pacific Fort, March 14. So com
pletely successful Was -the launching
here today of the world's largest, re
inforced concrete ship that her. build
ers announced they immediately would
begin construction of 54 similar ships
of larger size and expected that all
would be completed within 18 months.
Six weeks from the day the con
crete was poured into the forms, the
7,900-ton ship, christened "Faith,"
took the water. The huge hull,
caVeening sharply as it slid down a
steeply pitched incline, threw up a
huge wave in the narrow estuary,
then righted sharply and rode-like a
buoy. Not a hitch had marred the
operation and a large crowd, aware
of the fact that they were participat
ing at a significant, perhaps an his
torical ceremony, shouted itself
hoarse.
Engineers Are Delighted.
Engineers expressed themselves so
satisfied with the launching and the
manner in which thp vessel responded
to immersion that it would be un
necessary in their opinion to give
the Faith a transpacific towing try
out, as intended. There was no ques
tion, it was said, that the ship was
entirely seaworthy and it was an
nounced that engines would be in
stalled at once and the Faith put into
commission as rapidly as it could be
fitted out. Two tugs immediately
tookNthe Faith in tow for an iron
works plant nearby
Enthusiasm was' unbounded among
experts who witnessed the launching.
They predicted that concrete con
struction would make a new era in
shipbuilding and the speed wilh which
the ships could be turned out would
have an important bearing on the al
lies' successful prosecution of the
war.
Utility rather than erace is ex
pressed in the concrete ship's lines.
It looks as if it might have been
carved out of rock itself, so massive
is her build.
Launched From Meadow.
The launching was from a broad
meadow, with none of the usual ap
purtenances of commerce except a
couple of construction sheds. Not
even a telephone ran to the "plant."
It is the contention of the builders
that concrete vessels can be built
with no greater preparation, wherever
land and water meet, and that ma
terial always is at hand or near by.
WOMAN MAKES HIGHBALL
t
Fashionable Bootlegger Is Said to Carry
Own Supply of Booze to "Spike" Soft Drinks.
OF HARMLESS GINGER ALE
Omaha "booze hounds" are keen on
the trail of a "society bootlegger."
Frequent ieports have been made of
her appearance in the better class ho
tels and cafes, but no evidence has
been produced that would tend to
identify her.
Only the better class of cabarets
and cafes ve visited. She is care
fully dressed in the latest costumes
and is always accompanied by a male
escort.
Ginger ale appears to be the
favorite beverage of t he "society
bootlegger " Following the receipt of
the popular soft drink she slyly
brings forth a small bottle. A little
"shot" and the soft drinks becomes
v
WOULD BRING NEUTRAL
NATIONS UPON KNEES
TO TAKEGERMAN YOKE
War Trade Board in Statement Unfolds Deliberate Plan
for Cutting Off Northern Nations of Europe From
Food Supplies to Gain Political and
Economic Dependence.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 14. Germany' latest campaign ot
ruthlessness against neutral shipping is attributed by the war
trade board in a statement tonight to a deliberate plan for cut
ting off the north European nations from America, and allied
food supplies, and thereby reducing them through starvation to
a political and economic dependence upon the Teutonic, war
lords. 1
MILLION TONS
OF DUTCH SHIPS
TO AID ALLIES
Move Is of Tremendous Im
portance; Will Take Effect
March 18; Entente Hand
Forced by Germans.
(Br Anmelnted Prow.)
Washington, March 14. tA million
tons of Dutch shipping, nov held in
ports the world over, through Hoi
lands' fear of Germany's threat to sink
them if they venture out, will be
brought into the service of the United
States and Great Britain on March 18.
Unless the Netherlands government
braves the menace of Xermaay's pres
sure and voluntarily accepts an agree
ment tinder which the hios would life
i'tjt in trar Ihe United States and
Great Britain will take: 4MWfyer
under international ' law, availing
themselyes of a sovereign right which
Germany itself has hitherto exercised
under the same authority.
Formal Notice Given.
Formal notice xhas been presented
to The Hague by the American and
British diplomatic representatives of
of the allied governments' intention.
As a result the Netherlands minister,
August Phillips, acting under instruc
tions of his government, mtdc a final
and personal appeal to President Wil
son to at least modify the decision.
The Associated Press is enabled to
state that the president saw no reason
for altering the decision and that un
less the ships are turned over by next
Monday a presidential proclamation
would be issued taking over the ships
in American ports, of which there are
about 80. Many more, however, are
in British or other allied p;rts;
From the American official point of
view, the action is one into whiph
the allied governments have been
forced by the German duress of Hol
land, which may now see its ships in
trade again, and can point out to Ger
many that they were taken through
no will of her own.
Will Help Tremendously.
Coming at a time when the dire
need of the allied cause is for ships,
this acquisition of 1,000,000 tons is of
tremendous importance.
Every arrangement has been made
for the compensation of the Nether
lands for the ships.
They will be insured and armed and
if any be lost they will be replaced,
besides material compensation for
their use and the United States will
permit the export of breadstuffs and
cattle foods, which Holland needs
sorely for its own people, and in addi
tion will restore the interrupted trade
of Holland with its colonies by guar
anteeing bunkers for its ships in that
trade.
Under this arrangement Holland
still is left enough ships for its own
needs and has been notified that plen
tiful supplies of food await it if it
sends bottoms to carry it. By this ar
rangement. officials point out, further
responsibility for food shortage in
the Netherlands rests on Germany.
American and allied officials have
no fear that the move will force Hol
land into the war.
the once very popular ginger ale high
ball.
A few drinks usually suffices for
her purpose, and the bottle and a
crisp greenback change hands. Both
leave shortly after, and her presence
is soon noted in another cafe with
another man affected by the Nebraska
drouth.
The source of her supply is un
known, but it is reported that she is
the same woman who has been noted
on the K nsas City train at frequent
intervals, apparently suffering with
a severe toothache. A hot water bot
tle is carried to relieve the pain, but
the smell of the contents remind one
favorably of the now deceased John
Darlej'
' DUTCH SHIPS INVOLVED.
While the board makes no reference
to the determination of the United
States and Great Britain to take over
Dutch ships in American and A,td
ports, unless the Netherlands govern
ment accepts a pending economic
agreement, its statement throws inter
esting light upon the situation which
led to this decision. Thehope i ex
pressed that the neutrals will conrnst
the respective attitudes of the Uni-ed
States and Germany toward the pt cb
lem of feeding them.
STATEMENT OF BOARD
Following is the statement:
"Germany's war leaders are jjng
the submarine war weapon to prevtnt
fulfillment of American agreements to
feed and relieve European nentraL. A
mass of cumulative evidence and nHi
cations in the .possession of the war
trade board shows that Germanv is
employing the submarine mnact tc
prevent neighbor neutrals receivinii
any food or favors at the hands ct th
United States and its associates in tht
war, . and to, coerce these nei'tiah
through starvatioh into political ami
economic dependence uoon Gtr;wny
quitefSs touch as to strike arttlcVom-
munications of its opponents-uer-mate's
iyten;ihlj aim, iri proclaiming
the ruthless' submarine campaign
"Further indications tend ;to - how
that , the submarines are being used
along similar dog-in-the-manger .'ijes,
to destroy neutral shipping without
regard to its employment in order to
weaken prospective neutral comt eti
tors after the war and to drag down
neutral tonnage as far as possib.c to
ward a position of equality (or ir.(t ri
ority) with the German mercm'ile
marine, which has lost between 40 and
50 per cent of its ocean tonnage, so
that the neutral trader may be eouatly
as badly off as his German rivn tor
tonnage in the after-the-war rac fot
commerce.
Draw Lines Close.
"No other interpretation can bt
placed, for example, upon the repeated
instances or nesirurrmn or ne-ji-m
Danish ships on voyages between ice
land and the Danish mother cou.-ftry
entirely outside of the war zoni nor
upon the multitudinous 'mistakes.'
whereby Dutch and other ne.'fral
ships clinging to the precarious nar
row way left open through the pro
hibited zone are torpedoed outside
the rone by U-boat commanders,
whose word that the vessels vere
within the rone, is later accepted un
questioned, by the German p':ze
courts. Prominent ship owners in
Scandinavian countries have . sted
their belief that many sinkings wire
inspired only by the intention t.- get,
rid of neutral tonnage so as.ti In
crease the relative value of German
shipping available at the end of the
wars i
"Examinations of the captains of tor
pedoed ships before the marine courts
in these countries bear out this belief,
the testimony repeatedly showing that
(Continnrd oo Pegs Two, Column Three.)
MANY BELIEVED
DEAD IN WRECK
BURIED BY SLIDE
Harrisburg, Pa., March 15. Penn
sylvania railroad train No. ,19, the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago
express, west bound from Philadel
phia was wrecked east of Elizcbeth
town near here early today. It is re
ported to have been buried under a4
landslide.
A relief train with nurses and physi
cians will start from Harrisburg for,
the scene ls soon as it can be made
up.
Two cars were derailed. One was
upset and the other is lying across
the tracks. The train is said to have
been running at the rate of 60 miles
an hour when a boulder in the Eliza-
.bethtown "cut" struck it in the mid
dle.
Lancaster, Pa., March 14. Reports
received tonight state that 18 persons
...... i . i An : i - it..
wreck
Presbyterians of North . - "
And South Refuse to Merge ,
Atlantic City, N. T March 14. The ,
commissions on union of the Presby
terian churcn north ana the Presby
terian church south failed to aeree
upon a plan for the proposed merger
of the two great church bodies at the .
hnal session ot their joint coufeteiico
