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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
Taxi Driver Who
Killed 9-Year-0ld
Boy is Acquitted

A jury in Judge Sears court re-
turned a verdict OF mot guilty i'll the
case Of Calvin T. Lambert. 50 years
old, taxicab owner, whose machine
struck down and fatally injured g.
year-old boy, William Gorhman, at
Twenty-hfth and Farnam streets, on
August IS, 1916. The jury was out
twenty minutes.
Lambert was on trial on a charge
Of manslaughter. Witnesses testify
ing in the taxicab mans behalf told
the court that the accident was una
voidable. The lad, a son of Ira O.
Gorhman, ran into the street i'll front
OF Lamberts car.
The father is suing Lambert in dis
trict court for $4,000 damages for
the death OF his son.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
CONNELL BACKED UP
BY MEDICAL SOCIETY
Health Commissioners Vacci-
nation Policy Endorsed by
Douglas County Doctors.
INTENDS TO CARRY 1T OUT

Health Commissioner Council was
backed up Tuesday in his policy Of
vaccination by scarihcation as pre-
ventive against smallpox by resolu-
tons Of the Douglas County Medical
society. He will demand that all
pupils of the Saratoga school be vac
cinated, he says, and will persist un-
less stopped by the courts.
Yesterdays report from the school
showed forty-seven children in thir-
ty-nine homes who had refused vacci-
nation. These homes will be placard-
ed today. Forty-one children of the
school are yet to be checked up.
Eleven, who had refused, yielded and
were vaccinated.
DR.. Connell quoted President Ernst
OF the Board OF Education as in SYM
pathy with the policy of refusing ad-
mittance to the school of children
without certificate from the health
department.
FIFTY DOCTORS Attend.
Fifty physicians attended the meet
ing of the Douglas County Medical
society last night at their rooms in
the City National bank building. DR..
J. M. Banister presented the resolu-
tons, which were adopted without
dissent. In a letter to the society, DR..
Cornell recited the conditions at the
school, one paragraph OF which re-
cites:
Recently twelve cases OF smallpox de-
veloped in the Saratoga school district OF
these five were adults and seven were chill
dren attending the Saratoga school. Three
OF these children continued to attend school
after their mother was taken sick, from
February until February 1G. In other
words, they were In school nine days after
the mother was stricken with smallpox
coming in direct contact and exposing all
the children In the school.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
Count Asserts Destroying Brit
ish Graft With Yankees on
" Not the Same"
QUITS DANE CITY FOR HOME

London, March l4.-In an interview
granted to the Copenhagen corre-
spondent of the Berlin Tagblatt, says
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch,
Count Won Bernstorff, Intercepted as
to whether he thought there would be
war between Germany and the United
States, replied, THAT depends on our
U-boats' warfare. II we sink an
American ship, we shall get war. If
not / suppose we can avoid it."
"And IT," asked the correspondent,
Germany sinks British ships with
American citizens aboard?"
To this Won Bernstorff replied:
THAT is not the same"
The Hamburger Fremdenblatt, ac-
cordins to Reuters Amsterdam corre-
spondent, prints an interview its rep
resentative had at Copenhagen in
which Count Won Bernstorff, former
German ambassador to the United
States expressed proud joy at the way
the German people are bearing with
their heads held high, the results OF
the breach in relations with America,
which he (Bernstorf) so long pre-
vented.
Count Won Bernstorff, is quoted as
saying that he was keenly affected
by the news which he received for the
first time at Christiania that instruc-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
CHINESE REPUBLIC
BREAKS WITH KAISER
Chinese Remove Crews from
Six Vessels and Place Them
Under Guard Ashore.
ARMED GUARDS ON SHIPS
BULLETIN.


Washington, March l4.-American
Minister Reinsch at Picking today re-
ported to the State department that
China had severed diplomatic rela-
tons with Germany and that the
German minister had been handed
his passports
Washington, March l4,-China has
severed diplomatic relations with Ger
many, taking possession OF all Ger
man merchant ships in Shanghai.
about six in number, placing their
crews on shore under guard and
placed armed guards on the vessels.
Advices to the Navy department to-
day from the senior officer in Chinese
waters gave no further details
China's severance OF relations has
been expected here for weeks. The
action of the United States i'll break
ing relations was received with ac-
clamation by Chinese officials and
press, particularly young China. Feel
ing against Germany has run high,
not only because scores of Chinese on
the way 10 Europe have lost their
lives through German submarine oper-
ationS, but from memory OF the
kaiser's order to his Boxer punitive
force to make the word German
dreaded in China for a century and the
seizure by Germany of the whole
province OF Shantung for the murder
OF two missionaries.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
HOUSE MACHINERY
NEEDS ADJUSTMENT
Democrats Steam Roller Slips
as 1t Moves and Big Com
mittee Gets Away.
ANOTHER sNARL IN FIGHT


Lincoln, March l4.-(Special.) -
The democratic house steam roller
slipped several cogs at the caucus last
night, and as result majority of the
democratic members selected belong
the the insurgent crowd. They Or
gained the committee by the selec-
ton of Mr.. Reifenrath, and, take it
all around, there is not much joy in
the machine camp while the insurg-
ents are wearing smiles today which
will not come off.
Cronin of Holt takes delight in
telling the democrats they are up
against it and that the republicans
may get out little steam roller OF
their own, which they have hid away
and run it over the whole outfit. So
many democrats are disguised with
the situation that they will not be ad-
verse to giving the republicans a
chance to save the state, rather than
90 home with the "nothin' dom"
sign attached to them.
Democrats IN Dilemma.
The democratic committee on COM
mittees was instructed by the CAUCUS
to name as republican members Of
the sitting committee the men picked
BY the republicans themselves, with
the proviso that none of those who
served on the republican selective
committee al the beginning of the ses-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
Landlord Lien Bill
Passes by Close Shave
tFrom a staff Correspondent.)

tfrom Staff JOrreSponuent-)
Lincoln, March 14.-(Special. 1.-The
LANDLORD lien bill, S. F. 164, had a
close shave in the senate today, pass
ing by vote of u to IA. 1t gives
the landlord a lien on all personal
property of the tenant for rental, with
a few minor exemptions.
Beal OF Custer voted mo-" explain
ing that the bill gave the landlord
more rights than any other class Of
creditors, and that the ordinary ex-
emptions were withheld in this case.
II would give land owners right
not only to hold crops but personal
effects as we'll, said Sandal Of York
in voting "no.'
Senator Chappells S. F. 1874, re-
curing deeds to contain the name of
the bona fide grantee, was killed, IS
to IL, and Adams S, F. 10, requiring
the losing side to pay attorney fees
in suits brought against railroad COM
panies for stock killed on tracks, lost,
10 to Is.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
BernstorH Says if U-Boats
Sink American Ship 1t Is War

tons which had passed through his
hands to the German minister in
Mexico had core to he knowledge OF
the American government.
1T is natural that its publication
caused the greatest sensation in
America" Count Won Bernstorff said,
declaring, I'VE always strictly declined
to mix ourselves in the politics of the
American continent"
All American assertions about such
intrigues in Haiti, Cuba, and Colom-
bia, are fairy tales. Won Bernstorff is
quoted as saying, and added that posi-
lively so long as he was ambassador
at Washington he was never aware
of the slightest indication that the
German government tried to influence
the policy in Central and South Amer
lean states in any sense hostile to the
United States.
1--WE even sometimes subordinated
great economic interests which we
have in all of those countries, to spare
the sensitiveness of the United
States"
The interview concludes with the
declaration from Count Won Berns-
torff, that from instructions to the
German minister in Mexico, it was
clear that the Mexican government,
il the United States did not declare
war on Germany, would never have
heard of Germany's intentions from
German mouth. II believe it is
hardly possible to have acted more
correctly" he said.
Count Won Bernstorff, former Ger
man ambassador to the United States
and his party left Copenhagen, on a
special train at 7:45 p. M, for Berlin.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15

stopped the engines and then went
full speed astern, indicating this by
three blasts of the wistle. The sub
marine kept on firing, the fourth shot
throwing a column Of water up which
drenched me and the man at the
wheel. 1t was close thin5;.'
Owner Calls 1t Overt Act.
Albany, N. Y. March l4.--John
Stephanidis of New York, owner OF
the steamship Algonquin, first heard
the news OF the sinking of his ship by
a German submarine when he arrived
at the capitol on business errand this
afternoon.
IF this does not constitute an overt
act" he said, Il do not know what
does. | expect to go to Washington
tomorrow to take up the matter with
President Wilson. am sorry If the
destruction OF my ship must be casus
belli, but-l believe that this occurrence
must be the subject Of action Of some
kind against the German government.
"The Algonquin carried no NUM-
tons, but was laden with foodstuffs.
She flew the American flag and the
flag was also painted on her sides"
Mr.. Stephanidis said he paid $780,
900 for the steamer when he purchased
it from the American Star line Feb.
l6 last.
Captain an American.
Penzance, England, March IA
member Of the crew Of the Algonquin
said today that the ships company
numbered twenty-six, of whom eleven
were Americans. He added that the
captain was an American citizen.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
WORDS OF WEATHER
WISDOM BY WELSH
Doughty Colonel Surprises, As.
tounds and Instructs Visi-
tor at His Sanctum.
APRIL NOT RAINIEsT MONTH
BY A. R. GROH.

Nothing could be so abnormal as
normal month"
Who was it that uttered this cryp-
tic sentence? 1t was none other than
Colonel Lucius Aquatapulqua Welsh,
our own trained weather prophet
scented something interesting. So
I registered attention and the colonel
calculated as follows;
"The normal Cor average tenn
perature for March IS, for example,
is secured by adding the tempera-
lures for each of the March lbs i'll
the forty-one years of the weather
bureaus existence in Omaha and di-
viding this sum by forty-one.
"The normal temperature for every
other day is secured the same way.
The normal rainfall or snowfall for
each day is found by this process
also.
at is a rare thing for even one
day to correspondent in temperatures
and rainfall with the average temp
erature and rainfall for that day. So
you can see that nothing could be so
abnormal as an absolutely normal
month"
Astounding, but true, no doubt"
l agreed.
We wandered on then through the
meteorological gardens. The colonel
showed me the stately thermometer
tree and the beautiful barometer
plants and the hygrometer bushes.
He frightened our scientific CONVEX
sation by stories. There was one
about a man who met beggar on
the street. Give seen better days.
sir" said the beggar. well, so have
l." grumbled the man. 60 to the
weather bureau and kick about it.
The Rainiest Month.
Suppose somebody asked you what
is the rainiest month in the year,
what would you sayi You'd say
April, wouldn't you? would have
said so, too, in spite OF my great
wisdom.
But as we stood there in the me-
neurological garden beside bloom
ing temperature hedge the colonel
whispered sweetly to me the infor-
nation that June has sos inches of
rain, while the well-known "showery"
April has but 30l inches of rainfall.
Still another mystery was revealed
to me by this unveiled weather
prophet. 1t was about our annual rain
fall. Listen closely.
"Many people imagine that we get
more rain now than we did in the
early days" he said. But we don't,
The average rainfall at Omaha dur
ing the first twenty-five years of the
weather bureaus existence was 3l.69.
When we took the average at the
end OF the first thirty-six years it
showed the annual rainfall only 1906
inches.
Where the Water Goes.
"Thc reason for our big crops TO-
day is not that we get more rain, but
that the rain is conserved because of
the blowing up of the sod, planting
OF trees and so on. Rain sinks iii in
stead of flowing off.
For this same reason our streams
are smaller today than formerly. At
many places on the Bad, the Yellow
stone and the Big Horn rivers where
they used to have to ferry wagons
across they can now drive through.
The Missouri is much lower than it
was years ago. The waters in the
ground instead OF in the streams"
"You have elucidated most lucidly
the great problem Of why the rain is
wet" l told the colonel.
KINDLY close the door as you pass
out" he said cordially.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

You have swollen feet and hands! Stiff
achy joints Sharp shooting rheumatic pains
torture you. You have aching back, pain in
the lower abdomen. difficulty when urina.
lnsl Look out! These are danger signals.
Trouble is with your kidneys Uric acid
poisoning, In one form or another has set
in. 1t may lead to dropsy or fatal Brights
disease II not checked.
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against NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
Rail Managers Stand Pat.

was made as TO the action taken II
would be given out tonight
Rail Managers Stand Pat.
Representatives OF the railroad man
ayers said today that they were still
without information as to the nature
OF the propositions which the broth
erhood chiefs would submit to them
and reiterated their contention that
their hands were tied until the SUI
preme court renders decision on the
constitutionality of the Adamson act.
The brotherhood chairmen. after
hearing from the chiefs a statement
of the questions at issue with the
managers, were to be asked, it is I'M
derstood, to ratify their proposition
and the calling of strike in case the
managers refused it. The chairmen
were afterwards to discuss the car
rying out of the detailed instructions.
General instructions, it was learned,
were issued some time ago to the To-
cal chairmen as to their duties in case
of strike. They were informed they
would be expected jointly to supervise
the prosecution OF the strike in the
territory over which they have juris-
situation. "use every honorable effort
to further the cause" and make daily
reports to their general chairman as
to conditions.
officials Hold Conference.
While the chairmen were holding
their meeting the national conference
committee Of the railroads was called
together preparatory to the joint ses-
sion with the chiefs tomorrow.
While protesting not to know what
the brotherhood chiefs would demand,
railroad representatives said just be-
fore the national conference went into
session that they would not be sur
prised il they demanded that the pro-
visions of the Adamson law be put
into immediate operation, together
with provision for time and half
for overtime, or, in substance, COM
plete compliance with the original de-
mands which began the controversy a
year ago.
| President Is Amazed.
| Washington. March l4.-President
Wilson is amazed at the proposal of
a nationwide railway strike at this
juncture of international affairs. 1t
was stated authoritatively today that
he expects the railroads and the men
at their conference in New York to-
morrow to consider the state of the
country's foreign relations and make
every possible effort to agree.
| 1t is possible that he may appeal
| to both sides on that ground. Today
the president was being kept in touch
with the situation through Secretary
Wilson of the Department Of Labor
| The stipulation, signed by counsel
for the government and all railroads
last November and made a part oil
the supreme court test case, provides
that all other litigation should re.
main in allegiance pending the courts
decision. Brotherhood representa-.
tives were not parties to the stipula,
ton and il does not provide tina,
changes in existing wage scales shall
not be made while awaiting the out
come OF the test case. The brother,
hoods are not parties to the test suit
1 The court is regarded as withou,
jurisdiction over any brotherhood
representatives, as none are parties
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
National Guard Affairs Set
For Discussion on Friday

Lincoln, Neb., March 14.-(Special
Telegram. Friday will be National
Guard day in the house, Beal of the
committee securing favorable action
to make the bill recognizing the Ne
braska guard along lines laid down in
the federal law a special order for 10
o'clock on that day.
If the bill is passed, Nebraska
troops will be entitled to receive from
the government a considerable sum OF
money and large amount of military
equipment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
Employment Agency Fees in
Cities Fixed at Sixty Dollars
(From q staff Correspondent. }

Lincoln. Mar. 14.-(Special.)--I
committee OF the whole today, the
hous took up bill regulating en-
pioyment agencies and imposing a
yearly license fee Of $50 upon them.
A similar law was paesed in 1915,
but was subsequently knocked out
by the supreme court on account OF
certain unconstitutional features
contained in it. An amendment re-
ducing the fec to SIS outside of Lin
coin and Omaha was adopted. Mr..
Ellis offered one to relieved teach
ers' agencies from Telescope Of the
bill. The bill was advanced to third
reading.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
Not Spinal Meningitis,
But Dill Pickiluis

A young father residing on
Evans street telephoned to Health
Commissioner Connell to state he
believed his infant son was afflicted
with cerebral spinal meningitis.
An investigation disclosed the
fact that the youngster had made
a raid on his mothers supply of
dill pickles. The child is doing
nicely and the father is much re-
lieved.
"It's best to be safe when you
are uncertain" remarked the health
commissioner.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
Daniels Protests Against
Reports in Two Papers

Washington, March l4.-Secretary
Daniels sent protest today to the
New York World and the Washing
ton Herald against publication of
news stories today in those papers
relating to the arming and move
ments of American merchant ships.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
British Troops Thirty
Miles Above Bagdad

London, March l4.-(6:32 p. ny
The British have advanced thirty
miles above Bagdad, it is announced
! officially
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15

Colds cause grip--Laxative .Bromo
ouinine removes cause There lie only one
"BRoMo oUIN1NE." r. W. Groves sigma
turs on box observation-disclosures,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15

ment was made that IL any statement
was made as to the action taken it
would be given out tonight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15

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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02

ing between those the traveller sudden
ly looks down upon a clump of feath-
cry palms clustered about the water,
a most grateful sight after many miles
of sand and rocks.
Wonderful Floral Display.
For the most part in the desert
there is no grass, horses and burros
living on the branches of small leaf
less tree called dipua.
Surrounding Calmalli these branches
are Topped off. made into bundles and
packed to the mining camp on the
backs of burros from a distance of ten
or fifteen miles. The ability of ami
mails to support life on dipua is, how
ever, an acquired art, for animals that
are taken into the region from Gods
country at first refuse it, and can only
be- induced to eat it by the bitter force
of starvation. Yet it was on the bor-
der of this desert where 1 saw the
most beautiful floral display that I
ever witnessed; miles of glorious white
lilies, the desert amaryllis, frequently
showing as many as Is superb flowers
on bne spike. The bulbs were very
deep in the ground, usually about one
foot below the surface, and from the
growth displayed must have found
abundant moisture, though it had prob
ably been many months since rain fell.
The flowers gave out a delicious fra
GRANGE, and were quite as large and
fine as the Easter lily furnished by
our florists.
1t was an excellent example of the
wonderful surprises and contradictions
presented by the desert. Often where
it seems as though nothing could pos
sibly grow, there will appear in the
spring, as if by magic, beautiful flow.
ers of varied hues, though usually
there will be displayed only a flower
stalk, with very little establishment
of leaves, for nature, in such places of
stress, boards her energies to the ex-
treme, and expends none of them on
appendages that are not absolutely
necessary to the perpetuation of the
plant.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
London's Caduers.

There are many professional beggars
in London, who have their own copy
right methods of extracting coin from
a sympathetic and credulous public.
There is the distressed governess out
of situation, who asks you in Oxford
street the way to walk to Turnham
Green, and is so staggered at the dis
tance that you ask her to accept the
bus fare. Then there is the transat-
lantic journalist stranded in the
metropolis. He is too proud to seek
mid from some of his millionaire friends
at the Cecil, but if you could?-and
perhaps you do.
Most artistic of all mendicants is
the old lady of grandmotherly appear
ance dressed in black silk. She is up
in London for the day, and someone
has robbed her of her purse. What
shall she do? You give her the train
fare and she promises to send the
money on to you If you will give her
your address. But If you are wise you
decline, and thus escape a shoal OF
begging letters, for addresses of benev.
olent persons have q market value
among the cadging fraternity.-Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
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