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Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
BritOns May Have
to Choose Between
Bread and Beer

LONDON. Jan. a.-"Before long the
country must choose between bread
and beer" said Sir Alfred A. Booth.
chairman of the Cunard company. IN an
interview today IN citing the brewing
and dlstilling industry as one that was
absorbing tho services OF the ships of
the country o., n gigantic scole. The net
result OF this. he said. was only q de-
crease in national eiIIS.eucy.
Sir Alfred expressed tho highest Iatis-
faction at the announcement OF Walter
Runcimsn. president OF the Board Of
Trade. that articles not strictly necessary
might have to be shut out Of the eoun-
try. II do not believe" Sir Alfred con
tinued. that the supply OF either ships
or transport facilities ashore can be in
creased 10 any great extent without en-
croaching on what Is required for the
effective prosecution OF the war. At
present the straiTs on port and inland
transport facilities is almost greater than
the strain caused by the shortage Of
tonnage"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
San Antonio Breeds Army of Bats
to DeUour the MaLariaL Mosquitoes

sAN ANTONIO. Tex. Jan. z.-An
army OF mosquito-eating bats. several
thousand strong, will be turned loose I'm
San Antonia next month. H. as has
been predicted for II, the army succeeds
I'm crippling seriously the activities OF
the germ-laden mosquito population,
many other cities may follow san An
tonio's example and establish their
municipal bat roosts."
DR.. c. A. r. Campbell. who has made
special study OF bats. IS responsible
for San Antonio's bat roost. The institu-
tion came into existence last spring. IL
was not success In its first year. owing
TO the fact that IL was established late
in the spring. and It's population was
not numerous enough. This spring there
Is a large army OF bats on hand and II Is
expected to get an early start.
DT. Campbell says that one bat in the
course OF single day will cat 1000
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
AGAINST SELLING
DIRECT TO FARMER
Implement Dealers in Convention
Declare Against Manufacturers
in Mail Order Business.
OMAHA GETS NEXT MEETING

The implement dealers assembled
for the Midwest Implement Deal
ers' convention, which closed its ses-
sions yesterday afternoon. con-
demned the practice of some manu-
facturers of selling direct to the
farmers by mail order. They believe
that the dealer is a necessary part
of the system of distribution of farm
machinery from the manufacturer
to the user, and therefore they do
not want the manufacturers TO step
In and do business direct in some
Instances and not in others.
Tho resolutions. proposed that a credit
bureau be formed TO follow up and
prosecute such debtors as TO do not meet
their obligations, especially those who
Jump from dealer to dealer as long az
their credit lasts and then default on
all OF them They urged the adoption
of a uniform property statement. and
commended the growing sentiment for
Standardization Of all farm implements.
Meet I'm Omaha Again.
Omaha was again chosen as the meet
ing place. and at meeting OF the Board
Of Directors In the afternoon James
Wallace OF Council Bluffs was reelected
secretary.
The retiring president. led Lehmkuhl OF
Wahoo, wns presented with a Masonic
Continued on Page Two, Column one
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22

mosquitoes. He expects hordes OF mos
qultoes to perish daily, and that by the
end OF the summer the pestiferous insects
VIII be almost. II not entirely, missing
from this locality.
The flight OF the bats will begin about
February 10 and from then until April
30 they will fly about ali night long.
trailing and devouring mosquitoes. Or.
Campbell says that the more malaria.
typhoid and other germs a mosquito car
ries. the better the bat relishes It.
After April 20 the bat grows less
hungry and more sleepy. by the end of
July their flights totals only about two
hours. Soon thereafter the season for
baby bat arrives.
A neighboring city having written 70
Dr. Campbell asking how 10 get rid OF
mosquitoes. he replied: Breed bats. "
Then he got another letter inquirlng
But when you've got rid OF the mos
qultoes. how do you get rid Of the bsts?
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
FLOODS SWEEPING
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
WORST In DECADE
Small Streams Swell to Torrents
and Large Rivers Overflow
Banks, Inundating
Country.
JOLIET IS STRUCK HARD
Town Of Rookdale is Submerged
Six Feet Beneath the
Waters.
WATER SUPPLY THREATENED

CHICAGO. Jan. 21.-Northern
. Illinois today faced flood conditions
such as have not been experienced
for a decade. Small streams were
swollen into torrents and larger
rivers overflowed their bans sndk
inundated thousands of acres, mar
ooner hundreds of homes, threatened
pollution OF water supplies and did
damage estimated at many hundred
thousands of dollars.
J Joliet and nearby towns suffered
from the overflow of the Desplaaines
river and its tributaries which sub
merged the village of Rockdale be-
meath six feet of water. swept a
bridge at Channahon and inundated
the lower section of Joliet
In the valley of the Fox river from
Elgin to ottawa there was flood damage
the greatest danger being at Aurora
where whole sections OF the city were
submerged and for a time the artesian
wells which supply the city with drink
Ting water were threatened with pollution
Go ON Rampage.
Further north the Rock river. and its
continents, the Pecatonica and Sugar
rivers went on a rampage and Threatened
Xhe destruction of interurbsn and steam
= railroad bridges.
In Rockford a school house was sur
rounded by the flood and the children
lprevented from attending. Boats ant
! ne f4a ho r,Ia oe nd n
mobiles in many towns and cities. NJ
loss of life was reported. but many per
sons were assisted from their homes.
In Chicago warning to boil the watc
was issued by the health authorities be
cause Of possible sewage pollution anC
all day firemen were kept busy pumping
out flooded Easements.
Kansas city Bridge hit.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. H.-Released b!
last nights warm rain, a gigantic ic'
lfield poured down the Kansas river to
Iday. 1t struck the rev Twenty-thir,
lstreet viaduot that partly spans the rive
at Kansas avenue. carried away 100 fee
lof false work and threw the weight o
tan entife eantiiever- on two small group
Ipf piles.
This afternoon the west end OF tn,
lstructure had fallen ten feet 1t wa
feared the bridge would be carried out
IThe bridge is intended to join Kansa
lCity. Mo-, and Kansas City, Kan:
Reports from Lawrence. Kan, said tn
iriver was rising rapidly, but the ic'
pack there had not broken. The break
ling of this field, it was said. would meal
disaster for the local bridge.
At points along the Kansas river, hun
Idreds Of workers were stationed this aft
Iernoon protecting other bridges. Explo
sives were used to break ice at severa
places.
Two Drown in south.
h SULPHUR, Okl., Jan. 2l.-Two person
are known to be dead and four other
lRre reported drowned as a result o
heavy rains which caused Rock Creek.
lstream flowing through here, TO over
flow earlytoday. One of the recovere
bodies has been identified as James Spon
lner. real estate man.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
Bankers Propose to
Retire Greenbacks

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2i.-A committee
of the American Bankers association has
proposed plan for the retirement and
cancellation of the Ss4s 100000 outstanding
treasury notes. commonly called ''green-
backs" The plan proposes bond issue
OF S9Oo.OO.OOO TO displace an equal amount
of "greenbacks." the remainder TO be
taken care Of by the si5OOOO,OOO gold fund
In the treasury specifically reserved 10
protect the notes.
THE question has been brought TO the
attention OF the governors OF the fed
eral reserve banks who as yet have not
approved II. Its hackers are expected TO
present 1t before congress at the present
session.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
Coronation of Yuan
Shi Kai is Put
Off Indefinitely

PEKING. Jan. 2l.-The coronation Of
Yuan Shi Kai as emperor of China has
been postponed indefinitely. The reason
given officially is the uprising in southern
China.
The foreign office notified the various
legations today that the Chinese govern
ment had decided that the enforcement
would take place early In February, but
that Yuan Shi Kai had issued an order
cancelling arrangements in view OF the
disturbances i'm Yunnan province. No
intimation was given as to when the en-
thronement viii take place.
Government officials estimate that not
more than six months will be required 10
quiet the disturbance in the south.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
DECLARED BANKRUPT

NEW YORK, Jan. 2l.-Oscar Hammer
stein, former grand opera impresarlo.
was adjudicated a bankrupt today. by an
order signed by Federal Judge Mayer
The order. which directed him 10 appear
for examination before a referee, follows
his failure to answer an involuntary
petition in bankruptcy filed January 4
by creditors.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
immigration Must Be Limited to
Maintain Wages, Says Morrison

WASHINGTON, Jan at.-Only by limit
ing immigration can high standards OF
living and good wages be maintained,
among American workmen. Frank Nor.
rison, secretary OF the American Feder-
alton OF Labor. and Representative Bur-
nett declared, in advocating the literary
test bill today before the house immi gra-
tion committee.
Representative Burnett, who Is chair
man OF the committee and introducer Of
the bill. declared that OF 2.5OO.OO0 for
eigners in the United States only $500
were attempting TO learn English
Ignorant and unambitious. he declared
they work cheaply. live in squalor and
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
The Days War NeSss

DISPATCHES from
vienna by way OF Switzerland and
Paris report the renewal OF active
operations by the AuHtrians
against the MOntenegrins. One
Austrian army is declared 20 be
marching RIOnE the Adriattc TO-
ward AntivaFi, while detach-
ments of the AuStrians forces are
said 90 be within fifteen miles OF
scutarI itself.
VIENNA ESTIMATE of the cap
tures by the TeutOntc allies dur
ing seventeen months OF the war
pats the number of prisoners "a
nearly 3,OOO,OOO, with 10000
guns and 10000 machine guns,
while 100000 square kiI0weters
OF hostile territory have beeH oe-
euDied.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22

create conditions that drive American
workmen from a community To such
causes, he insisted. were due the recent
Youngstown. o., riots
"A workman told me he left Youngs-
town for no other reason than the con-
Eliminating influences that these foreign
laborers created there" Mr Burnett
said. And what decent. self-respecting
American, Irishman or German would
stand for such conditlons7"
The farm calls for the foreign laborer,
but he does not answer. John H. Kim
BILE. national executive representative OF
the Farmers National Grange, said in
supporting the measure.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
PRESIDENT OF THE
WOMAN'S CLUB DEAD
Mrs. N. H. Nelson, for Fourteen
Years Worker in 0rganiza-
tion, Passes Away,
INTRODUCES THE PENNY LUNCH

Mrs. N. II. Nelson, president of the
Omaha Woman's club and mother of
the penny lunch system at the Train
school, died at Clarkson hospital
yesterday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
of acute Emphatic leukemia. Mrs.
Nelson had been i'll but five weeks,
dating from an attack of the grippe
and general breakdown due to
over-work in launching the school
lunch and her death comes as a great
blow to all clubwomen in the city.
Mrs. Nelson was years old on
Christmas day, just few days after
she became ill. She had lived in
Omaha all her life and was a
graduate of the Omaha High school
Her marriage, to Mr., Nelson took
place September IL, 1901.
Beside her husband Mrs. Nelson's
father. William Robertson; brother
Earl Robertson, and three sisters, Mrs
r. E. Mckenzie. a teacher at the Clifton
Hill school; Mrs. Ulrich Crew and Mrs
~ AfA. ANooetiHt SNANAFts @hI iiSihhttS VI
the family were at her bedside when the
end came.
The time for the funeral will be Sc
this morning.
Most Capable Executive.
Mrs. Nelson was one Of the most capabl,
and well-beloved executives who evel
presided at womans club meetings. Al
|
spirit and I'm person. she had endearet
herself to clubwomen all over the city
and her loss is keenly felt
Toward the success of the penny sour
kitchen at the Train school, Mrs. Nelson
bent every energy. but on the opening
day. less than three weeks ago, she waS
unable to be present. but was removed
from her home to the hospital A large
photograph OF Mrs. Nelson hangs in the
lunchroom of the school
Aside from the soup kitchen, Mrs. Mel
son also instituted the advisory board oi
the Woman's club. composed of pas
presidents of the club.
Fourteen Years Service.
Another work which Mrs. Nelson wal
especially desirous of completing during
her administration was the publication
of the clubs history. Mrs. Nelson ros'
to the presidency in the club after hav
ing held the offices of assistant treas
urer. treasurer. secretary and first vic,
president. her activity in the club datinl
back fourteen years.
Since only department meetings Of tn
club are to be held this coming week. 1
Is thought no change will be made in tn
club calendar
The officers of the club plan to NEE
today 10 arrange for their part in tn
funeral services.
Mrs. e. NJ. Syfert. first vice presiden
OF the club. becomes president. owing {
Mrs. Nelson's death,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
Arkansas Posse
Kills Bank Bandit

MENA, Ark. Jan. 2i-1vwnspeople OF
Vandervoort. Ark. armed with shotguns,
pursued and killed an unidentified man
who late yesterday robbed the Bank OF
Vandervoort. seventeen miles south Of
here. The robber obtained $40 I'm currency
when he entered the bank alone. and dis
playing n pistol. forced r. b. Grain the
cashier. and woman customer. 20 walk
out into the street. The two spread the
alarm and the bandit was shot as he at
tempted 60 flee.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
Woman Hangs Her
Babies and Herself
to Hook in Ceiling

LYONS, N. Y, Jan. H.-Mrs. Edward
iPayne. So years Of age, hanged her 4-year-
iold daughter. her 2-year-old son and her
lself with three separate pieces of clothes
lime attached TO a hook in the ceiling of
1.-The family home in Alloway. three miles
south of here yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Payne found the bodies of his wife and
children when he returned home from
work tonight. He told the coroner his
wife had been acting strangely for the
last few days.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
Mexican Train Blown
Up; Twenty Three Die

FL PASo. rex, Ja.. % -Twenty-three
persons were killed near Pueba recently
when a passenger train was blown up
supposedly by Zapata adherents. accord
ing TO A. J. Trumbo wealthy mine owner.
or the state Of oaNaca. Mexico. who ar
rived here today.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
BUFFALO MANUFACTURER
is KILLED BY TRAIN

BUFFALO, y. Y, San. 2l.-Joshua
Jewett. member Of the firm of Jewett &
Co.. stove manufacturers. was killed to-
day when his automobile was struck by
New York Central train at a crossing
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
British Steamship
Sutherland Sunk

LONDON, Jan. 2l-'rhc British steam
ship Sutherland. 3.5l2 tons gross. was
sunk In the Mediterranean, on January
II. It's crew was landed at Malta.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
Thirty Ice Workers
Hurt at Sioux City

SIOUX CITY, Ia. Jan 2l.-Ncarly
thirty ice workers were injured In a rear
end collision on the Riverside line this
morning. One OF the injured may die.
lce-coated rails was the cause.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22

BRITISH CRUISER STOPPING A LINER-Remarkable
photograph taken board the Lampor and Holt steamship
Vauban November 80 when the British cruiser Vindictve
made prisoner of Konrad Muchensten alleged to be Ger
naval officer who broke his parole Photograph shows
prisoner waving his hand the passengers just before he
into the cruisers boat The Vndictve is in Gen.
trail background.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
Harmony

Between the seller and the
buyer is what makes busi-
ness. Nothing equals
newspaper advertising as
the means of keeping the
merchant and his patron
in touch with one another.
Advertise in The Bee
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22
The Weather

temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-22

you asS fori " you plan 70 be
absent mere than q few DAYS.
have The Zee mailed 20 you.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-17

Oyster gca5sn opeEs Il! the Ram
mel Cafe. North Royal Street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-17
DEUTSCHLAND DEP ARTS
German Submarine Slips Out %
New London at Early Hour


New London, Conn, Nov. l1-Ihe
Deutschland, the German submarine
which arrived here OIL November J.,
slipped out of the harbor 1t an
early hour today bound for Bremen.
She left her pocket at the State pier
at 1880 o'clock, and was towcd down
the harbor by two tugs.
Capt. F. Hinsch and other officials
of the. Eastern Forwarding Company
were on one of the tugs. a launch
with newspaper men followed the
submersible down the Thames River
to the mouth Of the harbor.
The Deutschland passed the Unit
ed States cruiser Columbia in the
lower harbor at LAS o'clock. Several
passing steamers and the Columbia
turned their searchlights on the boat
and blew their whistles.
While the manifest of the Dcutsch-
lands cargo has not yet been made
public it is estimated that its ap-
proximate value is over $2,000,OOn.
The cargo consists largely of crude
rubber, nickel, zinc and silver bars.
She also carries several sacks Of
mail from the German embassy at
Washington. Some of the mail was
said to be for the German emperor.
The Deutschland arrived in New
London on November !, for ner sec
ond trip to this country. Ter first
rccorImaking voyage was to Balti-
more last summer. On her trip here
5hc craft brought a cargo estimated
at $J0,COO,OOO. The freight was com
posed OF dyestuffs, chemicals and
medicines besides securities ana
bonds.
iron ballast, weighing l2O tons
BROUGHT over on the Deutschland
lis to be converted into "Dcutsch-
;lard iron mon" TO be sold as souve-
mis- for the benefit Of German Wild
ows and orphans of The war. The
souvenirs viii be ii little smaller than
an American! silver dollar, and they
will bcar Impressions in relief show
ing ;he Deutschland anal Capt.
Kccr;.r's eitrraa;rc, 4 is said that
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-17
VIRGINIA NEWS
Paragraphs Picked Up Here and
There Throught the State.

Norfolk has fornerally made her
bid for the proposed naval aviation
station. A delegation Of business men
headed by Senator Swanson and
Representative Holland, at a confer
ence with Secretary Daniels and a
board Of naval experts, offered the
old jamestown Exposition site and the
Pine Beach property, comprising $50
acres, to the Government for $780,
900. By retaining the water front,
the property is capable of extension
into 1000 acres. If the property is
acquired, the Navy Department pro-
poses to establish on it st. Helena's
Training Station and general naval
supply depot as well as an aviation
station. The jamestown site fronts
Gil Hampton Roads. During and since
The exposition improvements valued
at 81 100000 have been made on the
property.
Bowie Falconer, the 10 year old
daughter CT Dr.. and Mrs. Horace S.
Falconer, was killed yesterday even
ing by her boy playmate, Melville
Hutchinson, aged 10 years at Fair
mont, W.Va.The lad had been given
recently at 20 calibre rifle, and,
while playing with The weapon it was
accidentally discharged. The bullet
pierced the girls heart and she fell
dead at his feet. The accident oc-
Cured in the yard of the Hutchinson
home. The boy is a son Of Melville
L. Hutchinson, coal operator CT
Fairmont. Dr.. Falconer formerly
lived at Bedford City, where his par
ents still reside.
Dewey Bateman, 10 years old, son
of James Ratemany Of Island Ford,
Rockingham county, shot himself nc
cidentally Wednesday while hunting
and is in Il critical condition. The boy
was stepping into boat when his
gun was discharged, the load tearing
through his hand and wrist and enter
ing his abdomen. The boys mother
heard the report Of the gun, and run
ming to the liyer, found the boy ~
ing on TIC Dl:i..
Dr. ". s. IThitmore. former city
physician % Stanton, accidentally
was shot yesterday afternoon by City
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-17
NC. PEACE UNTIL 1920
All Belligerents Now Making Prepare
tons for Years of Terrible s.
-. Struggle. II I7l7


Amsterdam, Nov. III. ALL the
warning nations Of Europe are .prepar-
ing for many more years of conflict.
Predictions are now being made that
there will be no peace before 1920. !
Dispatches received 5here from
Germany, Austria, England, France
and Russia tell of the most tremen-
dous preparations for years OF strug-
gle. The allied nations are follow
ing the lead of the central powers In
placing food upon a basis of scientific
distribution.
Now Germany has taken another
step in her system of superorganlza-
tion by extending government con-
troll to all nonnlilitary service. This
brings Capitalization Of effort
which makes every man, woman and
child in the empire unit IN the 81
gantic organization whose Industrial
and military efficiency has withstood
the shocks of the ten nations arrayed
against the German allies.
1t is expected that the allied coun-
tries also will make forward steps
along the lines of the German idea
by extending compulsion to industrial
work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-17

physician Fred S. Hamlin while the
me, were bird hunting near town.
The charge struck Dr. Whitmore in
the calf of his left leg, Smficting a
bad wound. He was brought Jsoia hos
pital and an operation performed. It
is not believed he was seriously in
jured, although hcswas shot at; close
range. $50. ! ;.
Chris Ley, 10 years old, off South
Richmond, died last night in tae Nir-
ginia Hospital, the result Of wounds
which he received on the night of oc-
tober 81, Halloween night. shellie
Riddick, also of South Richmond, is
charged with stabbing Ley.
On the three hundredth anniver-
sarv of the death of Pocahontas'
next march, the Pocahontas Memo o.
rial Association will unvcil $4,000
statue of the famous Indian heroine
of Jamestown Island.
Two British merchant vessels, each
armed. were held up yesterday ut
Norfolk, by customs authorities I'M
til their cases can be passed on by
the State Department at Washing
the State Department at Washing
ton. The steamer Tonowanda, Berk-
enhead to New Orleans, with creo-
sotc, has a 12-pound gun mounted on
her poop. She was scheduled to
leave Wednesday, but officials refused
clearance papers. The steamer
Rimutaka, dunedin, N. L., to Ply
mouth, with passengers and a cargo
valued at $1,OG0,0O0, has 4.7-lnch
gun mounted on her poop house and
carries fifty rounds of ammunition.
Treasury Department officials stated
that clearance papers were being re-
fused the vessels because they de-
sired to go on a coastwise voyage.
They will have to remove their guns
before getting passports for coast
wise trip.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-17
ALEXANDRIA'S CAFES:
BEST QUALITY OYSTERS
Lynnhaven Bay, Hampton Ears, Nor
folk and Potomac River Oysters

/ have opened a sanitary oyster
shocking house at No. 2 King street
where oysters will be sold on the
half shell, in barrels and by the
measure.
I represent the l.. l. Nemcomb
Co., of Hampton, Va, where oysters
are carefully cultivated in their
own beds and examined every month
by special chemists, SO as to guaran-
tee them absolutely pure and none
better.
Attached to this business we also
serve oysters prepared in all styles.
Steamed Oysters ! Specially.
DINING ROOM OPENED
SUNDAYS.
Thanking my friends for their
patronage, l ask a share in the flu,
turc.
JACOB BRILL.