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Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
BRITISH LINER STRIKES MINE
IN ENGLISH CHANNEL; 147 DIE

Dover, Eng. - The steamship Maloja,
a IL, 43l-ton vessel belonging 10 the
Peninsular a Oriental line, struck a
mine and sank within half hour, two
miles from Dover Sunday. One hun
drcd and forty-seven persons were
drowned or killed by the accident.
The British tanker Empress Of Fort
William, going 10 the rescue, struck
another mine and sank near by. One
man of the crew OF the Empress Of
Fort William was drowned.
Up TO midnight the bodies Of victims
landed included 10 men, II women and
four children, In addition TO IL Las
cars. Among the dead is Mrs. Nc
Leod, wife OF General Mcleod.
The Maloja left Tilbury Saturday
for Bombay with mails, 119 passen-
gers of all aboard, and crew number
ing about 200. most Of them Lascars.
Other passengers were TO join the ship
at Marseilles.
The steamer had just passed Admir-
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
Southern Oregon Couple On Way
To Sunday School Shot From Ambush

Grants Pass, Ore.-Luther B. Akers,
and his wife, and their team of two
horses were all killed near Wildersvil-
lie, IL mile from here Sunday morning
about 10 O'Clock by neighbor farmer,
Marshall d. Bousman, 63 years old.
The slayer was lodged in Jail here and
confessed to the shooting.
Bousman lay in ambush by the
roadside as the Akers couple were
driving to Sunday school. Without
warning he fired shots from carbine.
The shooting is the elimination of
neighbors' quarrel over boundary
fences, hogs at large and similar mat
ters, of several years duration.
Although the shooting took place in
the morning, the bodies were not dis
covered until evening, as the Akers,
an elderly couple, lived on a road that
is not much travelled.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
Pekin Admits Rebels Defeated
Government Troops at S1e-Guen

Pekin-O Official acknowledgement of
the defeat of government troops by
the Yunnan rebels on the Sze-Chuen
border was withheld until Saturday,
when the State department issued a
mandate denouncing Tai 40, in which
admission is made that the revolu-
tionists surprised the regular army and
defeated small garrison.
Information received in Pekin from
nom Chinese sources shows that the
Yunnanese, who descended on the city
of Suifu and captured it, numbered
about 10, 900. The government gar
rison at Suifu numbered about 1000,
but these troops left for the north sew
eral days before the arrival of the
Yunnanese and consequently there was
no resistance to the entrance of the
latter. The fleeing government forces
are reported to have started north for
TIE Chow.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02

atty pier at Dover and was opposite
Shakespeare Cliff when an explosion
shook her from end to end. She listed
Immediately to port.
High seas were running and the
captain, realizing that great damage
had been done to the after part of his
vessel, tried to run her aground, but
the engine room was swamped and the
ship became unmanageable.
The plight of the vessel was OBJ
served and dozens of craft went at full
speed to her rescue. 1t was one OF
these, the Epmress of Fort William,
of 21S1 tons, that sank.
Boat after boat and seven RATS were
sent away, but several persons leapeo
into the water and were picked up by
surrounding craft. 1t was at first
thought that all had been saved, but
later bodies were washed ashore and
their number was gradually added to
during the day.
Owing to the fact that Dover is un.
der strict military law, it was posi-
BILE to obtain only meager details from
those rescued. The captain said that
both passengers and crew behaved
splendidly.
The passengers were for the most
part British officials in the Indiar
service, the most prominent being
Judge Oldfeld, of the Indian higf
court. They were returning to serv
ice in the East.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
Man and Wife Eight Duel.

Louisville, KY. = Fourteen-year-old
Geneve Hall was shot to death during
a pistol duel between her mother and
father in their home here Wednesday
night. The father, Joseph 7. Hall,
AZ, also was killed and the mother,
Mrs. Della Hall, 81, is in hospital ir
a dying condition. She received foul
bullet wounds.
The girl was struck by stray bull
let as she crouched under a kitchen
sink,
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
Armed Traders to Be Treated
as Warships by Submarines.
U.S.. TOLD: TOO LATE 10 POSTPONE"
Washington Is Advised That Great
Britain Is Not Trusted Many
Broken Pledges Cited.

Washington, ID. C.-Germany has
intructed Count Won Bernsstorf TO in
form the United States government
that the assurances regarding the fu-
ture continuance Of submarine war
fare, given in the Lusitania and Ara
bia cases, still are binding, but that
they apply only TO merchantmen OF q
peaceful character.
The Government is understood TO
contend that armed merchantmen,
without regard to the nature of their
armament, have shown themselves not
10 be peaceful, and therefore subject
to destruction without warning.
The instructions direct the German
ambassador particularly to tell Secre-
tary Lansing that British merchant
ment armed ostensibly only for de-
fense, have not assumed the character
of peaceful traders, but on the con-
tlary, they carry guns for the especial
purpose of attacking German subma-
rines. To support this contention, the
Berlin foreign Office has sent the am
bassador, for presentation to the State
department, list of at least 20 incl
dents where il is asserted British mer-
chant ships have attacked submarines.
Confidential advices received from
Berlin say that German and Austrian
submarine commanders already have
received their new order and that from
midnight Tuesday they were author.
ized 10 sink without warning all armed
merchant ships Of the enemies Of Ger
many.
It was said also that many of the
submarine commanders probably had
left their bases on voyages and that
even should the United States request
the postponement of the opening Of
the campaign, it would, be impossible
to get word to many of the subma-
rines. 1t was said, however, that so
far neither the United States nor any
other nation had asked for postpone
ment.
Count Won Bernstorff and other
officials of the German embassy de-
clined to discuss the instructions from
Berlin in any way Monday.
Count Won Bernstorff received his in
structions in reply to request from
the United States for assurances re-
garding the conduct of submarine
warfare in the future, occasioned by
the memorandum announcing the in.
tention of Germany to sink armed
ships without warning, which the ad-
ministration considered to be inconsist-
ent with the assurances previously
given.
Regardless of the form in which
the matter is presented to Secretary
Lansing, the German ambassador will
lay much stress on the assurances re
garding the arming of merchant ships
which were given to the United States
by Great Britain in a memorandum
signed by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, thu
British ambassador, August 25, 1914
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
British Lines Extended.

Ottawa, Ont British lines in Bel
gium and France are being extended to
replace French soldiers who are being
rushed to the Verdun region to take
part in the fighting, (which has settled
down to terrific slaughter" accord
ing to advices received here from the
battle front. Approximately 20 army
divisions have been thrown into the
battle by the Germans, while the
French troops number 15 divisions,
cable messages said.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
Ia oil Tankers Begun.

New York-The Standard Oil COM
pany of New Jersey has begun the
construction of 13 large tank steamers,
which will cost $1,000, 900 each, ac-
cording to announcement made Monday
by John D. Archbold, president of the
company. The other companies of the
Standard Oil group are building SO ad-
ditional tankers, he said. "The de-
mand for oil is tremendous. We
could sell all the oil we produce If
there were enough ships to carry it. "
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
Cyclone Destroys Town.

Montgomery, Ala.-Meager reports
from Brewton, Ala, said cyclone
late Wednesday practically demolished
the village of Appleton, 10 miles
away.
Medical aid was called for from
Brewton, but the extent of injuries or
fatalities had not been reported.
The storm appeared to be general in
Central Alabama, extending from east
of Brewton, south of this city, TO
Clanton, so miles north.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
Blockade Minister Created.

London = The government through
the Marquis of Lansdowne, announced
in the house of lords that it had decid-
ed to turn over all matters connected
with the blockade of Germany to one
man who would rank as fullfedged
cabinet minister. 1t is understood
that the new post will go to Lord Rob
ert Cecil, who, since the formation OF
the coalition government, has been un-
der secretary for foreign affairs. He
will retain this post, joining the cabi-
net as blockade minister.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
Women to Urge Defense.

st. Louis - Miss Anne Morgan,
daughter of the late John Pierpont
Morgan, will be delegate to the con-
ference of mayors on national prepar-
edness which will begin here March 3,
according to an announcement by Mrs.
Philip N. Moore, president of the Ma
tional Council of Women. Mrs. Moore
said that on March 5 mass meeting
would be held to "clinch the sentiment
of the women of the country to pre-
pare the nation to defend itself.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02
THE COURIER

II devoted 10 the bost interests
Of SPRAY and WHEELER
COUNTY. This liberal patron
are Of tho citizens Of this seo-
ton IL respectfully solicited.
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Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-02

| the southern group OF Russian armies
and, together with General 6rusIIoff,
10 given the credit for the severe do
feats inflicted on the Austrians since
the Teutonic Invasion Of Russia was
checked.
that was the effect it had, he said, the
real object was to keep ahead of Ger
many.
This year the board fixed as its poll
icy the creation by 1925 of fleet
equal to the most powerful af1oat at
that time, he said. The committee
did not go into the boards reasons for
changing it's ideas beyond drawing out
the explanation that the board believed
fleet 10 per cent superior to any
fighting force that might be brought
against it would be necessary to in
sure against the invasion of American
soil by an enemy.
Under questioning by Representative
Kelly, Admiral Badger said the con-
struction of three additional dread
naughts and eight battle cruisers
would place the navy on par with the
capital ships of the German fleet to-
day. Germany now has % dread
naughts and eight battle cruisers, ne
said, according to the best available
information, while the United States
has all told 10 ships of the dreadnaught
class, built or building.
To equal Great Britain's fleet within
two years, Admiral Badger said, the
United States would be obliged to have
total force of 40 dreadnaughts, II
battle cruisers, 25 swift scouting craft,
200 submarines and $50 destroyers
He was not favoring such program,
but merely answering questions BY
Representative Butler. Such fleet
could not be built in two years, he
added, though it might be constructed
in four.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02

pioyes, and il must be remembered
that the station agents who handle
the companies business at Local
points, and the section foremen who
look after the rails and roadbed over
which all trains must pass, are stead
lily becoming more vital factors in
transportation. The trainmen are not
the whole show. AS to the financial
side of this matter, our railroads need
great deal more capital than our
people are now willing TO invest, and
bankruptcy can follow from paying in
fated wages just as surely as from
paying inflated dividends. What
workmen are TO get out of any public
utility is merely some share of what
that utility is allowed to get out OF
the public. If that share is not to be
determined by regulation, then what
regulation we have is incomplete and
ineffective. The trainmen should
agree to the carriers demand for ar
bitration; that, at least, will prevent
an unthinkable countrywide strike.
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02

influence OF the American govern
ment to be felt against the consolida..
ton OF the present government OF
Mexico"
The note cites "the decided sup
port" given at one time by General
Scott and the State department which
it says prolonged civil war many
months, and the continuous assist
ance rendered by American Catholic
clergymen to their Mexican brothers
who are, il is charged, necessarily
working against the eonstitutionalist
government. The activities OF the
"Ameriean interventionist press and
business men" is also referred to.
The American government, the
note says, is either unable or unwill-
ing to prevent all OF these works Of
conspiracy" against the de facto gov
eminent. Many of the bands of bor-
der outlaws, ii adds. were armed and
perhaps also organized" under the
tolerance OF Texas authorities, while
well known conspirators who were
\ arrested have been released under in
significant bond.
The detention OF shipments OF arms
and ammunition to the Mexican gov
eminent is also arraigned as an UNI
friendly act for which no frank rea-
son has been assigned. This en-
barge, il says. "can have no other in
depreciation than the United States
wishes to protect itself against the
emergency % future conflict
The note does not question the
right Of the United States to do this,
but declares "A frank statement 81
Us reasons would he preferable 10 the
frivolous prctext 81 preventing these
arms and ammunition from falling
into the hands Of Villa bands
THE whole embargo matter" !, as
serts. is clear Indication that The
acts al the American military authori.
ties are IN conflict with the purposes
lot peace ot the American govern
lment
The Mexican government cannot
wish war with the United States. The
note continues, "and VI this should
occur Il would undoubtedly be a. a
consequence nl a deliberate purpose
az the United States For the time
heing the above precautionary acts
indicate that there il purpose a
preparedness ior such emergency, oF
that which " che same. thf hfginnins
~ honiihttss 81 The part a the United
States toward Msxleo
The dfteniioW iB New Nhfk "a ma
ehlnfrS intended lef a Rovetnmrnl
ammunition itetory il NsxNo then q
made a auhiFet ~ protest arid atten
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02

and government are sure the Ameri-
can people do not want war with
Mexico, but strong agencies are at
work to produce such a conflict and
il is indispensable that the American
government frankly state its purpose
and remove the conflict between its
protestations OF amity and the acts
OF distrust and aggression on the part
of American military authorities"
THE Mexican government, there
fore, formally invites the government
OF the United States to cause the stu
alton OF uncertainty between the two
countries to cease and to support its
declarations and protests OF amity
with real and effective action which
will convince the Mexican people OF
the sincerity Of its purposes
This action in the present situa-
ton cannot be other than the immedi-
ate withdrawal OF American troops
now in Mexican territory"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02
COMMERCE HIGH PUPILS
AGAIN WIN PRIZES

The author of the craftsmanship
text which is used in the High School
OF Commerce, each year, conducts a
national letter writing contest on the
value pupils derive from the studying
OF this subject Last year this prize
was won by Miss Margaret Roebling
OF the local school
The contest this year has just been
decided and the High School OF Com
merce is again winner, but this time
it consists OF honorable mention
which was won by Esther Buckley
and Gertrude De WAL.
These classes are taught by N. Z.
| Wood.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02

Jean Reilly. the most beautiful baby
in New York City, according to the
artist, Ray Rohn, is visiting her
grandmother, Mrs NJ +. Donohue, In
Omaha. Jeans mother, Mrs Frank
Reilly, who was formerly Miss Nell
Donohus, is herself beauty and was
we'll known in musical circles before
her marriage. Rohn, who is well
known painter Of childrens portraits
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02

came upon the sunny-haired, black
eyed baby as she was being given her
daily airing in Central Park Rohn
asked permission to sketch the baby,
who won his heart Immediately, aside
from arousing his artistic apprecia-
ton. The New York American, too
proclaimed the little granddaughter OF
Omaha as one Of the most beautiful
babies in all that large city.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02
Taking Big Chances.

II is a great risk to travel without
bottle OF Chamberlain Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, as this
preparation cannot be obtained on the
trains or steamships. Attacks OF
bowel complaint are often sudden and
very severe, and everyone should go
prepared for them. Obtainable every
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02
help FOR
WORKING WOMEN
Some Have to Keep on Until
They Almost Drop. How
Mrs. Conley Got Help.

Here is letter from woman who
had to work, but was too weak and suf-
fered too much to continue. How she
regained health -
Frankfort, KY. =" suffered so much
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02
DEMANDS OF THE TRAINMEN
Golfers Asks Why Trainmen Do Not
Take Their Troubles to the
Commissions.
ARE IN NEED OF MORE CAPITAL

Golfers Weekly in the issue Of
June 3 goes to the very basis Of the
railroad problem, as it is acutely
brought to public attention through
the demands Of the enginemen and
trainpnen
Golfers asks, in effect;
why do not the enginemen and
trainmen make their demand OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
the forty odd State Commissions that
regulate the railroads instead Of MAX
ing their demand upon the managers
OF the railroads themselves
The editorial also states:
Our railroads need great deal
more capital than our people are now
willing TO invest and bankruptcy can
follow from paying inflated wages
just as surely as from paying inflated
dividends
What Workmen Get.
And the further statement:
What workmen are TO get out OF
any public utility is merely some
] aHdI e OIL WHAT tndl utlilby 10 ullpMNh
to get out Of the public"
And again the editorial states:
IF that share is not to be deter
mined by regulation then what regu-
lation we have is incomplete and in
effective"
The editorial in full is as follows
THE Trainmen-And Other Folks
Recent railroad prosperity has
made possible the demands OF ths
trainmen for higher wages. These
demands have been made not upor
the bodies which regulate the rail
roads and control rates, viz, the In
terstate Commerce Commission anc
the forty-odd State commissions, bu
directly upon the officers in charge
OF these companies. If granted, these
higher wages will become an elemen
in the costs by which rates must b.
fixed high enough to cover, but thu
bodies fixing rates are not to be con
suited. The trainmen's organization
would be in stronger position as re
CARDS public opinion il their propo
sails were TO be presented directly L
the reguative bodies instead of indi
rectly through officials subject to reg
ulation. In sixteen years the pay o
conductors engineers, hremen, etc
has increased relatively faster thai
the pay Of other railroad workers. TIL
trainmen average over 500 per mont
and want more. This others mot in
Guiding ofhcers) average under So
per month and their chances of get
ting more will be poorer il the pres
ent demands are granted. Now. an
broad adjustment OF railroad wage
ought to be fair to all classes of EN-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-02

MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY in New York is little Jean
Reilly whose mother Nell Donohue of Omaha, and who
is now here on visit to her grandmother, Mrs M E.
Donohue.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-15
National League

Walter CroWdus VS.. Matt Kelly and
Paul Burnett VS.. ]. Mcnamara are
the pairings for the semi-fnal round
of the Cook county golf champion
ship at Garfield park today. Crow
dus went into the semizfnaIs by de-
feating Benn Buffham at the 21st
hole. Matt Kelly won his match from
A. R. Kenney on the 10th hole.
Seventh annual outdoor track and
field meet of Sears-RoebUck & Co.
will be held on Holman field tomor-
row. With the exception of several
invitation events, the meet is open
only to employees.