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Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28
CHEER SURVIVORS
OF THE LAC0NlA
Huge Crowd Welcomes Those
Landing From Reserve
Ship at Queenstown.
GIVEN CLOTHES AND FOOD

,.... CI ~ ,r,. ...
9uee'iS'o""' feo' 49, ne'e was
an unusual scene on 'ne DOCKS "heh
'he Tacoma SURVIVORS 'al'aeu at u
O'CLOCK in the evening. As the ship
made a fast, huge crowd of civilians,
so,d;.rs s,;,o4e .,d r,,rsss hoc,,
'"'N'''' '"''"'' ~ e"'
cheering and singing under the leader
-, -, =, r..
snip OF ahrlll Volced reinlnlne Chcer
1e,der Il, tho ,,n;fnr,, ~ Tho won,an's e
national service organization. at..
After Mrs. Harris came other
women and children cI;nging still to
their life belts and then he men mas
sengers some with lie belts and some
wearing life saving wa;stcoats
Automobiles were waiting for thc
survivors who were conveved swiftly
IN The Queens hotel where nurses
nrov;ded drv clothing and warm
batbs In half hour The men
women and children who had come
Of the rescue shin in varied state of
disarray were ready for really sump-
tuous meal OF broth, salmon, turkey
and champagne winch mad been pre-
pared.
Names Passengers.
The Cunard companv gives the fol-
loving names Of the Laconia's mas
sengcrs missing and supposed TO have
heen Lost,
Mrs. Mary Hoy. ~
Miss Elizabeth Hoy
" W,,l,.m n ,vaf' no,,o.or
DR., Fortunat Zyndel
william Eva
-Four ,n,r.ns members oil the crew are also given
ArrnrJ;,o m stor;.s o,tb.rsd frou
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28
ROOF FALLS, ONE
DEAD, THREE HURT
Concrete Roof of New Sample.
Hart Building Caves in
Without Warning. .
35 OTHERS ENDANGERED

One man was killed, three men in
jured, and the lives of thirty-fve
other workmen endangered at )
o'clock yesterday afternoon when the
reinforced concrete roof of Sample
Hart's new building at Eighteenth and
Burt streets which was nearing COM
pletion, crashed down withept any
warning.
w. H. CLARK, $50 South Forty
ninth avenue, was killed. He was
buried by all avalanche of concrete.
The injured:
Ernest Stang, $3.50 Seward street, scalp
! decorations and bruised right arm
L. G. Hofmeister, 107 South Seventeenth
street, back and right arm badly bruised
May become paralyzed; may die
Ernest Winheim, address unknown, body
injuries.
Hofmeister and Winheip were
rushed to St. Joseph's hospital
About thirty cement workers were
finishing up on the second floor when
without any warning, large section
of the concrete roof caved in, bury
ing Clark and the three men who were
injured,
A number of other workmen re-
ceived cuts and bruises by pieces OF
falling cement, but none seriously.
Dig Themselves Out.
Winheim and Stang succeeded in
digging themselves out.
Workmen rushed to the rescue OF
Clark and Hofmeister. They had no
difficulty in freeing the latter, but just
as they almost reached Clark, the
floor, overburdened with the debris of
the roof, started to crack and they
had to flee for their own lives.
1t was half an hour later before
/ four volunteers dug him out. Police
Surgeon Shook said that he died inn
mediately when buried under the
avalanche of concrete.
w. .. Houghton, brick foreman OF
the job, who lives at 2429 Meredith
street, heard faint rumble of the
cement as it fell away from the roof
and saved himself by jumping from
the second story window. He was
uninjured.
Cause Unknown.
L. J. Barr, 205 South Twenty-hfth
street, superintendent OF construction,
was at loss to explain why the
cement fell
The building, two stories high and
reinforced concrete, was being con-
structed by the Home Builders COM
pany for the Sample Hart Motor COM
pany. Representatives of the COM
pany say they were interested as
financial agents merely. The building
had been regularly inspected by the
city department, it is asserted.
A small blaze started soon after the
roof caved in, caused by charcoal
torches used by the cement workers
Some of the scaffolding caught fire.
w. H. Clark is survived by wife
and two children, Evelyn, aged 8 and
Thomas, aged 6.
Besides his wife and family, be is
survived by his mother, Mrs. Rather
inc Clark, Forty-eighth and Mason
streets. He was u years old and had
been married nine years. The body
was turned over to the Haynes Under
taking company. An inquest will be
held, but the exact date has not been
set BY County Attorney Magney.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28
Will Be Sent to Pen
For Stealing Chickens

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Feb. 27.-(Spc-
tial. )-Confessing that he stole about
twenty thoroughbred chickens, valued
at $l2 each, Arthur Bebo. who for
about a year has been a resident of
Brookings county, faces term in the
Sioux Falls penitentiary. He is now
in custody of the Brookings county
authorities, preliminary to being taken
before the circuit Judge and receiving
his sentence. The high value OF the
chickens stolen constitutes the Of
fense grand larceny. Had the twenty
chickens been plain, everyday chick
ems, he would have been guilty of
nothing more serious than petty lar
ceny and could have escaped with a
fine.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28
H0LLWEG CHARGES
AMERICA UNFAIR
Chancellor Asserts United
States Favored Entente
Nations From First.
BREAK UNPRECEDENTED

Berlin (Via London), Feb. 2.--Ir
his address to the Reichstag today
Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollwee
said that the successes obtained in the
submarine warfare already had much
surpassed the expectations of the Ger.
man navy.
Berlin, Feb. 27.--(Wirelesss to Say
vile. )-Chancellor Won Bethmann
Hollweg's address to the Reichstag
postponed from last week, was de,
livered today.
After dealing with the problem oi
domestic policy the chancellor briefly
recalled his last speech in the Reich
stag, in which he announced that a
proposal had been transmitted by
Germany and its allies to theii
enemies to enter into peace negotia'
tions, the chancellor continued:
Their answer was more rude and
more presumptious than any sensible
person i'll our country or in neutral
countries could have imagined. The
effect produced by this document Of
barbarian hatred and of insolence
is manifest to the whole world. Oui
alliances and our front stand the
hrmer and the German nation is
more united and no less resolute thar
ever"
Puts Blame on England.
The chancellor then turned to the
establishment of the barred zones
around England, France and Italy
and to the answers received from
neutrals to the communication made
by the central powers. He said:
I'VE by no means underestimate
the difficulties caused to neutrals
shipping and we, therefore, try to al
leviate them as much as possible. For
this purpose we made an attempt tc
supply raw materials such as coal and
iron, needed by them, to neutral states
within the boundary of our sea forces
But we also know that all these diff
fcultes after all are caused only by
England's tyranny of the seas. We
will and shall break this enslavemeni
of all non-English trade. We meet
half way all wishes of neutrals that
can be complied with. But in the
endeavor to do so we never can &C
beyond the limits imposed upon us
by the irrevocable decision to reach
the aim of the establishment Of the
barred zone.
"I am sure that later the moment
will come when neutrals themselves
will thank US for our hrmness, for
the freedom of the seas which we gain
by fighting is Of advantage to them
also.
American Break Unprecedented.
"One step further than taken by
European neutrals has been made
as is known-by the United States OF
America. President Wilson, after re.
ceiving our note of January 81
brusquely broke off relations with US
No authentic communication about
the reasons which were given for his
steps reached me. The former United
States ambassador here in Berlin
communicated only in spoken words
(Continued on Pare -Two CoIII,nD Two)
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28
All Union Grocery
Clerks at Great Falls,
Mont, Locked Out

Great Falls, Mont, Feb. 27-All
retail grocery clerks in Great Falls
were to be locked out today, according
to an announcement by the operating
committee OF the Great Falls Employ
ers' association.
The lockout was decided upon by
the employers, it was said, because
of the clerks refusal to handle the
products of milling company which
has been voted unfair" by the Cen
tral Labor council.
Eighty of the 100 grocery stores in
Great Falls were closed two days in
January because of similar dispute
involving the milling company
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28
EI.,'MER !, WILL Be
'Y0NORED At AUTO
DISPLAY TODAY
Horny Handed Son of the Soil
Will Be the Distinguished
Guest at Omaha Motor
Exposition.
BEEFSTEAK FEED TONIGHT
Nebraska Automobile Trade
Association to Be Organ
lied by Dealers.
W1LLYs UNABLE TO ATTEND

nC lul d. GChtlSIldll WIZ, ohiNS
wheat began to hit around the s.
mark and potatoes began to sell by
the carat instead of by the bushel,
has become a power to regard with
more or less awe, will hold sway at
the automobile show today, For to-
day has been officially designated as
Farmers day,
While this day has been set aside
for him and his name given it for a
title, the horny-handed son OF toll
will not have any exclusive copyright
on the day. He will have to share his
privileges with city farmers who fol-
low their agricultural pursuits by
proxy and with just plain city folk
whose knowledge of the farm is linz
tied to that gained by teeting
glimpses of corn fields while sitting
on the observation platform OF a
speeding railroad train
The automobile men expect today
to be the biggest day OF the
show. Farmers day was all inno-
walton at the 1916 show. And the
farmers invaded Omaha in such num-
her that if was the recordbreaking
dav of the event. So the exhibitors
are confident that if Farmers day
was the biggest day the first time it
surely would be the second.
Not only do the motor men expect
this to be the big day in point of at
tendance, but in the number of sales
made. The farmer is buyer of auto
mobiles these davs. And his recent
nrosperitv has been such that he can
huv a new model every wear, For
that reason thc silyery-tonpued sales
men are getting ready to put in their
fastest day of the wear and every one
is fuIlv convinced that he will break
all previous records in the number of
machines sold during the current
twentv-four hours,
beeisteak Dinher'
Another big event on the program
today is the beefsteak dinner which
will be served at the Fontenelle hotel
III sIio Syenhs III ',ie
ny .; Neoia .aS;ii asnA ha a a.na.;,nd - aM,;a,.
sotta.,pn .t NJ. " - ',.natTo Saae ia.
.;a.;on WIN .ni na.,od ~ a. p' d;unsr tor;aht %
Ts e. Vii ;noirdo al tbe amtomob;le d;s-
$780, - w.. % and s~n,im dsaiers and car
ano .,rou,v., r,"n a. ant .hs sapp't ei.t. ~ 1 -
az Im 80 ~ M noo deo,srs fro,, o,h.r
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Tsa ge sa's.a .sso.;,.;o, 81 ~ tha Cnnrnsro;aI
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Tho.. I,ho anu ~. ,,most ] , o0o % nmtof TOWN. ,,
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Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28
W. B. Rowland, Magazine
Publisher, Drops Dead

New York, Feb. 27.-William
Bailey Rowland, president of the In
dependent corporation which pub
fishes the Independent, which re-
Gently absorbed Harper's Weekly and
the Countryside Magazine. died sud-
denly in his office here today from
an attack of angina pectoris.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28
One Thing the LEAK" Probe
Accomplished, Cost $4,000

Washington, Feb. Fisherman l.
Whipple OF Boston will receive $4,000
for the work of himself and assistants
as counsel to the house rules commit
tee in the peace note leak" inquiry.
The fee was unanimously approved
today by the committee.
The total cost Of the inquiry, Chair
man Henry said, would not exceed
$50,000
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28
The Weather

For Nebraska-Fair; not much change in
temperature.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28

ItIHpefHlure Hhu pTecIpItatl0n departures
from the normal.
Normal temperature. re...........,2 27
Deficiency for the day.
Total excess since March l..............1s1
Deficiency for the day......... o2 Inch
Total rainfall since March It'll so inches
Deficiency since March 1......,l31s inches
Deficiency for cor. period 1914 az inch
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28

Continued on Page Two, Column One.)
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-28
Reports From Stations at !, p. M.

I indicates trace OF precipitation.
#- l.. A. WELSH. Meteorologist.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
Ministers VIII
Back President

International News Service:
HUNTINGTON. Ind. March 81
The $50 ministers attending a bust
ness session Of the Northern Indiana
Episcopal conference here voted un-
animously 20 endorse the stand OF
Pres't Woodrow Wilson in interna-
tional affairs. The resolution was the
elimination Of many expressions in
open sessions backing the president.
and Iauding him as the one 20 whom
America could look for safety.
Warsaw was chosen as the meet
ing place Of the conference in 1918
over peru which made a strong bid
for IT,
Most OF the students candidates at
examinations were passed On this
morning. a few OF whom we're re-
jected and viii remain in the classes
in which they were examined To-
day will wind up the minor details
OF business before the conference is
ready for the announcement Of APP
pointments of ministers Monday
morning.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
GERMANY'S ACTS MAKE Nd
OTHER COURSE POSSIBLE
Republicans to
Caucus Today
InternationaI News Service

AAANA AallhuAA news nfEhANEa
WASHINGTON. March 31.-The
PA republican members OF the
house today faced the problem OF
ironing out their differences in eau
Gus so as 10 present a united front
in the fight for the organization or
the lower branch Of congress next
Monday. They planned 20 meet this
afternoon 10 receive the report OF
committee of p which has been at
work for the past two months This
committee was charged with the
creation of "A definite program for
the organization OF the house and TO
formulate a constructive legislative
policy.
Republican leaders today we're
somewhat awed by the unanimity
with which the democrats put their
slate up. Speaker Clark and all OF
the officers Of the house were re-
nominated by reclamation without a
dissenting vote. Their caucus was
described today as a party TO love-
feast.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
RUSS DIFFER ON
NATIONAL AIMS
international News Service:

International News Service:
PETROGRAD, March 31.-Al-
though Russia is united in the de-
termination to carry the war to a
victorious end, wide differences of
opinion are growing up over the ma
tional aims in the conflict.
Bfore the downfall of the Roman
off dynasty, it had been formally
announced that the occupation Of
Constantinople was one of Russia g
main objects in the war, but now a
strong movement against imperial
list aggression" is growing up.
Members of the new republic de-
clared today that they felt no fears
over the dissension and divergences
of opinion. Prof MilukOn, the for
eign minister, DR.. ROdsianko, presi-
dent Of the duma. which brought
about the revolution, called il a
healthy condition in the affairs Of
the nation.
The Rabochaya Gazata. the or
gan of the social democrats. opposes
the annexation Of Constantinople
While occupation Of the Turkish
capital has been concurred in by Rus
sia's allies and would give Russia
the warm water outlet that the new
est of republics needs f5f her COM
merce, nevertheless the RabOchaya
Gazata argues that the extension Of
Russia TO Constantinople would be
against the principles Of those who
from the new republic.
As to Poland, leaders Of the va
rious political factions believe that
parts of Germany and Austria are
bound 70 Poland by racial ties and
should be added 70 that country af-
ter the war. Autonomy for Poland
is favored.
Steps are being taken for the con-
fiscation Of the lands and monas-
teries Of the imperial family.
For the first time il is learned
that more than $4,000 900 was an
nually diverted from the treasury TO
the imperial family for living ex-
penses" before the downfall Of the
car.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
Two Ships Pass
British Patrol
international News Service:

International News Service.
BERLIN. (Via Sayville wireless) e.
March 81. - Two German steam
ships. one an auxiliary cruiser. have
run the British blockade Of Ger
man East Africa with cargoes of
war supplies, il was stated today by
the official Overseas News agency.
The article concludes by saying:
Newspapers conclude that
thanks 10 these splendid achieve
ments. the German troops in East
Africa are now well provided with
all that is necessary to continue
their heroic struggle and defend
German positions and civilization
against numerically superior
enemy"
one OF the blockade runners. the
auxiliary cruiser Marie, was de-
tected 10y British warships after she
had reached Suda bay and shelled.
being struck more than 100 times
The crew repaired the damage and
the ship was able 20 slip out past
the British patrol reaching the In
dian ocear
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
LEASES BUILDING TO
EXTEND OPERATIONS
One Of the Singer Group Is secured
by the lee McrChantiie
Company.

One OF the buildings fin the Singer
group was leased this morning hv
the II. u. Lee Mercantile Co 20 pro
vide more space for the manufsc-
ture Of Lee Union-AIls. More than
900. girls viii be employed for the
new quarters The Lee co. estab-
lished a factory here less than two
months ago on ~. Division ST. That
plant now employs more than 200
girls and it viii be continued in sd-
dition 20 the new quarters in the
Singer group.
George W. COwden OF Kansas CITY.
general manager OF the company.
has been ID the city three days in
speeding suitable locations He viii
leave this evening for New York
city where another factory win be-
esta blfshed Immediately. The main
plant OF the company Is az present
located fl Kansas city but tife
growth OF the business has been 50
remarlza BILE az the south Bend fac
tory that Sir. Cowden believes that
ultimately this may be- his largest
plant other factories OF the com
pany are az Kansas City kas.. and
Salina. Kas. J ". Rice general
sales manager OF the company. who
has charge Of the factory here. Says
that within three months his organ
ization in south Bend viii be pro
ducing 500 dozen suits OF Union-Ails
mr. DAY
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
WILSON Will ASK CONGRESS FOR DECLARAT ton Of W
Americans Killed When Tw British Ships Are Torpedoed
Food Riots Said
to Be ExtensiUe

International News Service.
NEW YORK, March 31.-An
extension Of food riots in Ger
many is reported IN the follow
ing cablegram 10 the Times to-
day from its correspondent at
The Hague:
The Hague, March 3O.-The
Times correspondent has receiv-
ed the report of a neutral ira
Veler. who left Berlin during
rioting there a week ago. He
says he was compelled TO take a
closed cab. with blinds down.
from his hotel 10 the station, and
an armed sentry escorted him.
He was practically placed under
oath not TO divulge the nature of
the disturbances then occurring
in the city. His statement is re-
ported by other direct and in
dependent evidence.
During the reichstag debate
yesterday a socialist member
mentioned the fact that the food
scarcity had Occasioned regret
able events at Hamburg, Magde-
burg and elsewhere"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
BATTLE ON WEST
FRONT CONTINUES
German Forces Are Now Pro-
teCted by Street and
Concrete Trenches.
International News Service +:

International News Service:
LONDON. March 81. - With the
British and French forces at grips
with the German all along the So
mile won Hindenburg line" fight
iGl between Arras and the Aisne
resumed its old-time violence today.
All along the battle front big guns
are pounding the positions of the
allies and the Teutons.
Despite storms, fog and mud. the
British troops that occupied Sorel,
Fins and RuyalcOurt yesterday.
pressed eastward towards Heudi-
court, engaging the protecting
troops of the Germans in a furious
rear guard action between the Ba-
paume-Cambrai road and Cologne
brook.
Between the Somme and the Aisne
rivers the French army is now
standing in front Of the steel and
concrete Notifications OF the Ger
mans-a series of powerful works
built by the foremost military en-
gineers in the world
Now that the main armies are
apparently in contact. il is estimated
that more than 1900 900 men are
engaged in the gigantic struggle on
this field Of action. These include
the reserves as we'll as the men in
the first line trench sections.
Thousands of guns are massed
behind the lines. pouring their steel
into the adversary's trenches night
and day
(The Arras-Aisne battle front is
IS miles long, or 149.600 yards.
Military men estimate that the
closest formations OF troops known
is one 10 each yard. That wopld
put only about 3O0.OOO in the ad-
vanced or front line Crenches.)
Fighting in Champagne. in the
region south Of Ripont. and big gun
duels on the Arras-Lens line con-
tinues
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
LATEST IN THE NEWS WORLD

Virgin islands, at II o'clock today
were formally turned over by Den
mark 20 the United States govern
ment.
Danish Minister Brun received
from Sec'y Of State Lansing. at the
state department, a draft for S25.-
100000. the purchase price Of the
islands. drawn upon the United
States treasury and signed by Pres't
Wilson, Sec'y Lansing and Sec'y OF
the Treasury McAdoo.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
RAIDERS ARE IN
SOUTH ATLANTIC

NEW YORK. March 31.-Two
steamships that have arrived here
within the past "a hours reported
sighting mysterious vessels at sea
which were taken for German raid
ers. These reports, coupled with
cablegrams from Rio Janeiro an
nouncing the presence of another
German commerce destroyer in the
South Atlantic, greatly disturbed
shipping circles.
Two hundred French, British and
Italian sailors landed at Rio Janeiro
from the French bark Cambronne
reported that the German is a sail
ing ship with a gasoline motor and is
heavily armed. The sa.'ors are
from vessels sunk by the raider.
The steamship Knight of the Gar
ter, which arrived in New York har-
Dor today, reported being followed
by two small craft on the night of
March 10. One of the pursuers car
ried sails The Knight of the Garter
outdistanced her pursuers.
The American freighter Mongolia,
which put into port last night, re-
ported that a strange vessel in gray
war paint encircled the freighter.
l 900 miles east of Sandy Hook, but
finally made off. Capt Emery Rice
of the Mongolia. thought that the
ship might be the st. Theodore, a
steamer captured by the German
raider Moewe and converted into a
commerce destroyer.
Another report in circulation here
was that the unknown vessel was a
British patrol ship from the Halifax
naval station. There are y Amer
leans in the MongOlia's crew.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
HOLD RUSS SOCIALISTS
Were Trying to- SmuSgle SeditiOus
Literature Into Austria.

international News Service:
GENEVA. March 31.-Emissaries
OF Russian socialists have been ar
rested while trying TO smuggle Sc
ditious literature into Austria Hun
gary and Germany. says a dispatch
from Vienna today The concealed
literature on the prisoners collected
appeals TO the socialists OF Austria
Hungary and Germany 10 rise and
overthrow the Hohenzollern and
Hapsburg governments. IL was said.
The appeals call for a universal
brotherhood OF peace.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-31
WHITL0CK LEAVES SOON
Party VIII Depart For Germany in
Few Days.

International News Service
THE HAGUE, March 31.-The
German military authorities have
notified Brand Whitlock. American
minister 10 Belgium, that a special
train will be put at the disposal Of
himself and the stan OF the Ameri-
can relief commission into Ger
many. A dispatch from Berlin to-
day said that the Americans prob
ably would leave Brussels within a
few days.