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Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
Britain to Hit US.
Trade in a New Spot

WASHINGTON. Jan. lo-Notice has
been served upon the state department
by the British goverpment. Il was
learned today, that the recent modifica-
tons OF the embargo on the exporta-
ton OF Australian wool would be with
drawn " American merchants persisted
in their alleged practice of exporting to
Germany, wool and wooden products
manufactured in the United States.
The British government Il is stated
has received information which has led
Il to the belief that simultaneously with its
announcement that Australian wool
might be exported to the United States.
New England merchants aDd manufac-
turers began exporting to Germany,
which Britain looks upon AS an act OF
bad faith toward Itself
state department officials said today
the United states government could not
be expected to interpOse further objec-
ton 10 the Australian embargo II Ameri-
can merchants continued TO seek to sup
ply German markets with wooden goods.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
Look at Child'S
Tongue if Sick
Cross. Feverish

Look at the tongue! IL coated, II is
sure sign that your little ones
stomach, liver and bowels need a gentle.
thorough cleansing at once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu-
rally. or is feverish, stomach sour. breath
bad; has stomach-ache. sore throat, diar-
rhea, full OF cold. give teaspoonful
OF California Syrup of Figs" and in
a few hours all the foul, constipated
waste, undigested food and sour bile
gently moves out of its little bowels
without gripping. and you have a well.
playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children 10 take
this harmless fruit laxative:" they love
its delicious taste, and It always. makes
them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here.
To be sure you get the genuine, ask to
see that IT is made by California Fig
Syrup Company" Refuse any other
kind with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
us. Employment
Bureau Operated
Everywhere, is Plan

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10--A national
employment bureau reaching into every
section OF the United States will be put
In operation by the Department Of Labor
next week carrying out the suggestion
OF President Wilson in the Indianapolis
speech for "a systematic method OF help
ing the working men OF America"
Preliminary work for the bureau has
been completed IL was announced tonight
by Commissioner Caminetti OF the i'm
migration bureau and instructions sent to
the thousands OF postmasters and rural
mail carriers throughout the country and
to nearly 100000 field agents of the De-
partment of Agriculture who will CO.
operate with the labor department to
bring the jobless man and the manless
Job together. All agents OF the i'm
migration bureau also will participate in
the huge task. Mr. caminetti said. and
the blanks and reports for their use
already have been printed and will be
forwarded without delay.
The general plan of the employment
bureau was outlined by Mr.. Caminettl as
follows
Notices will be posted in all postoffIces
announcing that applications for work or
workers viii be received by the post
master who viii be supplied with forms
70 be filled out and forwarded to the labor
department agent in charge OF the zone
IN which the office is located. Tho lis
uioution branch OF the immigration serv-
ice VIII handle this part of the work and
70 them also will go the reports OF tho
department OF Agriculture agents as to
sections where help IL needed IN harvest
ing or other work. Applicants will then
De informed Of the place where they
cen OBTAIN work OF the kind they seek
and az the nearest point to them, the
postal service acting az the distributing
Dhd collection agency for applications and
replies throughout the transaction.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
Spieler links Is Punched :.
For Using Too Much Hot Dog

but he didn't have enough capital to lay
I'm a big supply Of wieners, and a man
across from him with the same kind Of
stand was getting all the business be-
cause he had plenty Of wieners and was
giving two In each sandwich.
The 'spieler' he looks on glum as can
be for a long while cursin' his luck.
Finally he gets an idea. He closes up his
stand an beats It up to a drug store.
where he paints his two fingers with
iodine and then he comes back. a Coney
Island hot-dawg. folks! Three pedi-
greed Assyrian fink-hounds in every sand
witch! he hollers. and the business comes
a-runnin' to him.
We'll. you'd added laughin' to see the
'spieler' cut a bun open in front of GUS
toner and stick his two iodine fingers in
the middle and a wiener on the outside
and then pull out the fingers as he
served the sandwich His customers ID
bite into the biscuit and only feel one
dog. Then they'd look at the bun dnd,
see only one, would commence to look
on the ground to see where they'd
dropped the other two"
Say. Amos, did they pinch the 'spieler'
for doing that?" Indignantly demanded
friend of the "spieler"
They sure did, returned Abbey. Some
good con man squealed on him. He saw
Jinks do It and called a cop. I'm havin'
va pinched fr putin in any dog at all,
and overdoin' a gooG job. the guy says
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11

The Calumet restaurant. along about
O'Clock In the morning. is usually one
OF the best places in town for colorful
stories.
The lunch counter Saturday morning
was lined up with the usual run Of night
owls. taxi drivers. printers. etc. when
Jack Wolf. chauffeur. began:
Eight OF us left Omaha ono day last
fall in two. machines We were going
duck hunting. Wen, sir. We drove to a
little pond out here business of indicat-
ing direction by waving a spoonful Of
oyster SOUP where he knew the ducks
fed AS we drove up we saw the pond
just literally covered with birds We got
out, leaving the engines running, and
fired our pump guns into the flock. When
they raised we let EN- have It again.
How many ducks did you get?" in
quired Mack, the courteous waiter
We'll, we only recovered ,2s7." mod
estly stated Wolf, but ! think we killed
at least 500"
Silence followed for ten minutes, broken
only by the occasional zzz-zzupp-zzz-zup-
ping Of some eater Of oyster soup.
Il see they pinched 'Spieler' links in
Sioux City last week." announced Amos
Abbey. laying down his tableware and
wiping the egg from his chin.
'Zazo?" chorused a couple Of lis
teners,
YEP continued Amos. THE 'spieler'
had a 'hot-dog' stand up at some doin's,
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
RUSS BUSY IN BLACK SEA
Petrograd Report Tells of Naval
Activity Against the Turks in
Waters of the South.
PoRTE's CRUISERS DAMAGED

PETRoGRAD. Jan. 10-The following
semi-official statement was given out
here today regarding the recent naval
activity in the Black Sea:
On Christmas eve, JANUARY 8. mod
ern calendar). our warships in the Black
sea engaged the enemys cruisers Bres-
lau and Hamidieh,. infllcting upon them
considerable damage On the day after
Christmas our ships exploring the bay
of Synope, fired on several Turkish craft
loaded with cargo. The same night Rus
sian torpedo boats bombsrded two of the
enemy's sailing ships carrying flour and
took eighteen men prisoners.
"On the third day after Christmas our
ships explored the harbors of Trebizoud
and Platana, where they discovered moth
ing to arouse suspicion. In the harbor
Of Surmeneh they burned large num-
Der of Turkish barges loaded with cargo.
East of Surmeneh our ships destroyed
four of the enemys merchant vessels
and eleven sailing ships in the harbor
Of Rizeh They bombarded the port OF
khopa.
According to information received
here the Turkish mine layer. Peik-I-
Shefket on January entered the har-
Dor of Stenia In the Bosphurs assisted
by steam lifeboats. The Peik-I-Shefket
had been badly damaged along the water
line and in the bow where cannon had
been disabled. The mine layer ran ashore
Immediately. began TO leak badly, and
perhaps can be considered out OF service
for long time.
An official communication issued at
Constantinople on January 6 said that
two Turkish cruisers had been engaged
by Russian squadron Of seventeen units,
but that the Turkish warships were not
damaged
The Breslau, cruiser of AIS tons dis
placement, is one of the two German
warships which were turned over to
Turkey early in the war. The Hamidieh
Is a small Turkish cruiser of $3.50 tons
and carrying crew Of 1852
men.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
.STETNBACH AGAIN
IN GERMAN HANDS
Wireless Report to sayville Says Al
satan Town Has Been Reoccu-
pied by Teutons.
FRENCH FORCES IN RETREAT

BERLIN, Jan. 1O.-(By Wireless TO say
Vile, l.. L)-The Germans have succeeded
In fully reoccupying the Alsatan town OF
steinbach. according to a dispatch re-
ceived today from Basel, Switzerland. The
message added that the French forces
retreated. with heavy losses. TO Thanh
An Austrian announcement received in
Berlin today from Vienna represents the
situation as in the main unchanged and
say that no prolonged engagements have
taken place
Repulse Russ Attack.
Austrian troops, according to the off
clal statement. repulsed Strong Russian
attack In the western Carpathians. to the
east Of Czeromka, capturing 400 prisoners
and three machine guns (Czeromka is on
the Hungarian border. about forty miles
southwest of Sanok.)
Included in the news items given out to
day by the German official press bureau
was the following.
Cardinal MERCER. archbishop Of Ma
lines, gave to the German governor gen
erai Of Belgium verbal and written assur-
ances that he intended in pastoral let
ter TO calm the population and to exhort
them. without hurting their patriotic feel
ings. to submit to the. German authority.
The cardinal agreed that the letter was
not to be circulated.
eve VIII Conquer"
Phillip Scheidenmann, a member OF the
central committee OF the German socialist
party. on sending New Years greetings TO
his electors, said:
1--WE will conquer. wish all electors
the will TO stick to It until victory
One Capture After Another.
GENEVA. Switzerland (via Paris). Jan
i0-The struggle in Alsace continues in
spite Of the heavy recommendations.
There is more than a foot of water in
The trenches. The Germans already have
ost In killed and wounded 5000 men. &C
cording to teliable reports. and Belfort,
he great French fortress, Is filled with
mostly 20 years OF age or
more.
At Basel and Dele eleven miles south
last of BelforD the firing OF heavy guns
s heard night and day. The fighting
around Carnay is becoming more des-
'erate daily the Germans having con-
Itruoted miles OF trenches in terraces
llong the meadows and forest.
Steinbaoh has been taken and retaken
tx times. which accounts for the con-
licting reports in the official statements.
stenbach is now In the hands OF the
French.
The Germans are hurrying reinforce
nents from Bavaria and Baden, and all
ailway traffic has been stopped to make
way for the troops.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
French Will Treat
Prisoners Just as
Germans Are Doing

PARIS. Jan. lo-Ths following state
ment was given out here semi-officially
today:
The French government announces
that because the Germans are holding
French surgeons and nurses, II viii here
after expatriate German surgeons and
nurses held AZ prisoners only In pro-
portion to the return Of French surgeons
and nurses. who are prisoners In Ger
many. The government In the future
win accord other German prisoners only
the same treatment az Is accorded the
French prisoners in Germany"
The following official communication
was issued BY the war office tonight;
Last night Ia the Champagne region
two counter attacks by the Germans
one 70 the north Of Perthss. the other
TO the north OF Beausejour. were repelled.
In the Argonne two minor attacks by
the enemy have failed-at Fontaine
Madame and at st. Hubert There was
a lively fusillade In the direction OF I'm
ssa, west Of Boureauilles and on Lee
Rulsseau des Nourlssons. but no attacks.
THE night was calm on the rest OF
the front"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
Fliers Drop Bombs
AS Kaiser Is Dining

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.)
AMSTERDAM. Holland. Dec. H.
While the Christmas holidays were still
being celebrated at German great head
quarters. the British aeroplane scouts
succeeded IN locating the place where the
generh staff was housed and dropped
several bombs In the neighborhood, ac-
cordinE TO fugitives who have just ar
rived here. One OF the bombs, il is aald,
exploded only 30 yards away from the
room where the emperor Was dining.
The aviators were compelled q retire
under a strong shell fire from the anti.
aircraft suns stationed nearby. There
were no casualties.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
WIFE ADMITS AIDING
TO PLAN MATES END

VANCOUVER, Wash. Jan. lo-Mrs.
Otto L. Ludke, widow of a farmer who
was slain near Ridgefield. wash. last
month, was arrested on q charge OF
murder today, following her alleged con
fession that she helped Edward Gall. the
confessed slayer. TO plan the deed. Gall
also Il under arrest
Mira. Lndke said her motive was 10 get
rid Of her husband % she could marry
Gall. She IL 30 years old and the mother
OF several children,
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
Woman in COssack
Regiment Wounded

Correspondence Of Tho Associated Press,
PETRoGRAD. Rnssia. Dec. b-Amonr
the wounded Russian soldiers brought
into the ned Gross hospital at Moscow
this week IL q strongly built girl. % years
old. named Mary Izaakopf. She Is the
daughter OF a prosperous Russian and be.
fore the war was known az an EXPERT
fenoer and horssvomAn. When war be.
San she Offered her services and was ac-
eepted. with her own horse. a. 4 volunteer
In a coasack regiment
AZ the front she DISTINGUISHED herself
on scouting duty and later took part IN a
hotly contested charge against Prussian
Dragons. In this charge she was wounded
b. shrapnei. She was awarded the cross
OF 81. George for galIantry in action. Her
wound u not serious.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
SEES PICTURE or LOST
BROTHER At FILM SHOW

CHICAGO. Jan iO.-Richard consldins,
y years old, son OF Mrs. Jennie Con.
sidine. disappeared six months ago. His
elder brother. John. caught q glimpse OF
Richards pictured eountsnsnee m a
motion picture film shown IN a local
theater last Wednesday. Investigation
showed the picture had been taken in San
Francisco. Today Mrs. considine was
anxiously awaiting word from the chief
Of police Of San Francisco. who has been
asked 70 find the missing boy
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
Artist Packard on
The Redpath Course

Alton Packard. who appears at the
Auditorium the evening OF January y as
tho eighth number OF the Redpath series
Is one OF the swiftest OF crayon artists.
His speciality hAE for years been lightning
sketches Of life size depicting the follies
and foibles Of modern life. He IL said &c
be particularly strong. also, In his ability
10 portray IN rough sketches the charac-
teristics OF the many types Of American
citizens.
Packard has the entertainment bug
fully developed. He has a big. fine
voice. and. being an expert pianist. takes
delight In singing humorous songs IL his
own composition.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
Headache Stops,
Neuralgia Gone

Nerve-rackins. splitting or dull. throb-
bing headaches yield In just a few mona
ents 90 Dr. James Headache Powders
which cost only 70 cents q package az
any drpg store It's the quickest. surest
headache relief IN the whole world. Don't
sutierl Relieve the agony and distrcas
howl You can. Millions OF men ana
women have fovnd that headachs OF nea-
ralEia misery u needless Get what you
AL for.-Advortisement
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11

1T Is true that there may have been
falling off In cotton exports, as to which
New York figures would be no guide. but
his majesty's government has been most
careful not TO interfere with cotton. and
ia place on the free list has been scrupu-
lcusly maintained.
Ready 20 Examine Data.
We do not wish to lay too much
stress upon incomplete statistics; the
figures above are not put forward as
conclusive, and we are prepared to ex-
anime any further evidence with regard
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
HumOrist Dies.

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Jan l0.-Marshan 2.
Wilder. the author and humorist. died
at hotel here early today. He had been
appearing at a local vaudeville theater.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11

TO CURE A COLE IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo ouinins Tablets.
Druggists refund the money n 4 fails
70 cure y. W. Groves signature IL on
each bon. Is centA
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11

Throat and Lung Troubles
Quickly helped BY DIR. Kings New Dis
eovery. In use over forty years. Every
home should keep bottle for energen-
Giles. All druggists. -Advertisement
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11
Increase of Gold in
Vaults of the Twelve
U. s. Reserve Banks

WASHINGTON, Jan. io.-Gold in the
vaults OF the twelve reserve banks has
increased nearly sa.SOo.ooo IN the last week,
according to the consolidated statement
of their condition at the close of business
January 8. issued today by the Reserve
board. The statement follows.
RESOURCES.
Gold coin and certificates. SS22. $50 900
Legal tender notes. silver GER
uficatee and subsidiary coin 1887 OOO
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11

ofueefs OF the Nehl aaka National bank
say that some time aso plans were ma
tared ana are In full force by which
the banks affairs did not require the
continuous attention o. Mr.. Yates ana
that ia business viii continue alone
sne same conservative lines. which OBJ
tanned during his active connection with
n These arrangements were 40 complete
that no chanse In the efficisl manage
ment will be needed.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11

NJ. l. Balloux. assistant rector OF ST.
Bridget's Catholic church. preached twice
and held service last Sunday and for sew
eral days during the week without know
Ing that he had a broken leg. Continued
pain In the LEG. and swelling caused him
20 cal a doctor. and Il was found that
he had broken a bone In his right les
The accident occurred when he slipped on
the ice week ago
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-11

DIT. A. II. Koenig, former city physical
OF South Omaha. set his own broke
arm with the assistance Of an Oman
drug clerk Friday evening. after hay
ing fallen from street car at Twenty
fourth and Farnam. He then rode I
the office OF an x.ray expert and dis
covered that besides the broken arm
had also two broken ribs, Physician
then reset the broken arm and mende
the ribs. Dr. Koenlg IL attending /
his office practice as usual. but make
few outside calls for a day OF two.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-12
]. S. INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS INVOLVED
Trouble With Austria Over The Sinking Of the Ancona Is
Possible Following the lIimatum Sent to Vienna,
While Disputes Are Pending With England France and
Germany That Complcate the Diplomatic Situation

soft pedal" in their arraignment of
foreign nations.
Senators Hoke Smith and Welsh.
however. apparently intend to keep
after England, because OF her treat
ment of shipments OF cotton and cop
lper In which the men are interested.
Moreover, Senator Lodges resolution
to probe submarine incidents and
bomb plots tends to complicate the
situation still further. and there Is no
assurance that many other members
will not take a hand in discussions
land resolutions that do the situation
no good from diplomatic stand
point.
One OF the Zwiedenek letters sug-
gested: Perhaps 1t will be possible
to procure suitable passports Of neu-
trail countries at slight expense"
These letters apparently came from
the Providence Journal, which has
been conducting an expose Of alleged
Teuton activities.
Secretary Lansing compared the
photographs with those Of newspaper
fac-similies. but withheld comment.
Publication of the letters at time
when startling developments in the
Austrian situation are expected
served to increase the tension in d.
plornatic quarters.
Department OF justice authorities
intimated during the day that Consul
General Nuber's status is precarious
and that the situation at New York
is extremely tense" Since the re-
cent conference between government
heads on the subject Of enforcement
of neutrality, the department has or
ganized its federal district attorneys
everywhere throughout the country
carefully for campaign against
bomb plotters and neutrality trans
gressors.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-12
GREECE AND
ALLIES NEAR
A CRISIS
King Declines to Grant Fur
ther Concessions to the
Entente Powers, and Ends
Diplomatic Conversatio n S

Athens, Dec, ii.--Greece has re-
fused TO grant further concessions TO
the allies at present. II became known
authoritatively today.
With tho allies In an apparently
tight corner In their Serbian opera
ton. and following Upon the heels OF
nnconiirmed reports that they, are
fleeing Serbia. Greece announced that
conversations with the allied diplo-
mats had ended.
Thus relations between Greece and
the allies are approaching a crisis.
officials on both sides are pesslmistic
over the outcome.
Meantime Saloniki reports denied
that the Germans under General Won
Gallwitx had occupied Gievgeli, near
tho Greek border. and declared that
the place was stIll In tho allies hands
nj noon yesterday.
oncially. at least a part OF the
allies have evacuated Serbia, heading
toward Greece, Whether the forces
OF the central powers pursued them
into Greece Is not known, II iasbe-
: tiewcd. however. that the Ahlcs ai:l
retire TO Saioniki.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-12
MYSTERY MAN IS
REMOVED FROM
LAYSAN ISLAND

San Francisco, Dec. 11.-Max
Schlemmer, the Mystery Man OF
Laysan Isle," who was discovered by
shipwrecked sailors from the bark
10. M. Kellogg, was taken from his
strange home by United States i'm
migration officers Of Honolulu and il
now held for investigation, according
to word brought today by officers Of
the liner Great Northern.
The probe relates to number Of
reports that Schlemmer, with his
young son and Harold Brand, Morse
sailor. we're planning to erect radio
station on the island and communi-
cate with certain German ships.
When the naval ship Narcissus ar
rived at the island . distress signal
was flying over the Schlemmer camp,
Food had given out and Brand and
the son were seriously i'll from eat
ing too many wild rabbits. the only
food obtainable.
Schlemmer, when taken into Gus
tody. declared that his purpose in
staying on the lone island was his
fondness for birds.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-12
DLACKHAND CASE
At SAN JOSE ON
TRIAL SATURDAY

San Jose. Cal, Dec, il.--Professor
X, l.. Greene, OF Stanford university
called by defense TO impeach testi-
mony against Jos, Vetrano. alleged
blackhander. was denounced "a an
assassin OF character by District At
torney Frein In his closing argument
today In the second OF the so-called
blackhand cases brought against
vetrano here. Prof. Greene attempt
cd to impeach Detective w. ]. Drei-
schmeyer's testimony.
II have risked my life In attempt
Ing TO free this community from the
blackhand vultures, and II YOU have
any regard for this city; II you want
to save II from the repetition OF what
happened In New Orleans several
years ago. you will help the United
States government In bringing these
men to JUSTICE" he told the jury.
The jury will get the case late this
. afternoon.
vetrano was arrested, together
with Tonic do Franco, by Detective
Dreischmeyer, after two years In
vestigation.
II Is expected federal action will be
taken In the blackhand case.