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Daily Words Backed By Deeds Hint's wlij Tha lice has friends mm i-ncinlcs, mid why it wields nn .nlliicnto fur public j;oocL TIIE WEATHER. Fail1; Warmer ) VOL. XL 11 -NO. 206. OMAHA, TUrKSDAY MORNMNH, KNHRUAKY Kl. 1 i 1 :$ IWRTHION PAUUS. SINdLH COPY TWO WONTS. The Oma Bee HA r ) AMERICAN KILLED IN BATTLE i Mrs. HolmeB Loses Life in Mexico City and Mrs. Griffith Has Legs Shot Off. FIGHT RAGES THE ENTIRE DAY I Revolutionists, Reinforced by Artil-1 lery, Take the Offensive. REBELS RELEASE PRISONERS Thousands of Desperate Men Turned Loose from Belem Jail. CABLE OFFICE IS , STRUCK Shrapnel Shell Ilothfr Operators at Work Scndlnic Ont New Build in BT of Mntnnl Life Innnr n n co Coinpnny Damaged. MEXICO CITY, Fob. 12.-An American woman named Mrs. Holmes was killed ' while the battle between Diaz' rebels and President Madcro's federal troops was taring at 2 o'clock this afternoon. i ItoUi legs of another American woman. a Mrs. Griffith, were shot off while she was preparing dinner In her home, which was In line of the- federal fire. The text of a notification sent by the Mexican minister of war today to Gen eral Felix Diaz follows: "The artillery fire coming from you Is causing danger to the life and Interests of noncombatants and to tho lives of the foreign residents and diplomatic minis ters. "As this Is In flagrant violation of the laws of war of civilized nations, 1 notify you that If you do jiot limit your fire to the zone of combatants we will cnsldcr outsldu the law all those who occupy the aisennl when that, position Is taken by our forces. "The government will be Inflexible In (omplvlng Its duty toward compelling you to keep th,o peace, but upon you will rest the responsibility In history and before the Mexican nation If, by your antl-pa-trlotlc attitude, you cause graver Injury to the ccantry." Silent Lull In FlKhttnar. It 'as officially reported at 1 o'clock that Madero had ordered a suspension of firing, us he dreaded foreign interference, but although there was a slight lull, the fir ing did not entirely cease. Madero says he will not yield In al.y case, but If Diaz persists In the bpmbard ment he will move the capital td San Luis de Potosl or some other point. Minister of finance Manuel Bon'.llfl, according 'to 'ah American jYh'cV'travolsl with him from San Luis dtPotosl, nm been attempting to arrange wVth the gov ernor of that state for the proclamation of tho national capital there, but he found -the governor obstinate. The United States ambassador, Henry Laho Wilson, and the German minister went to the national palace this aftemon to demand from President Madero that the battle ec&so Immediately. Americans and other foreigners livins In this city found themselves Jn a desper- ate situation today. The foreign residential an commercial districts lay In direct line of artllleVy fire from both the rebel and federal positions. Many people who had taken refuge In the more Important build KS mu.,. , .m . . . heavy shells whistled about them, tear- I Ing through walls and roofs. The cable office was severely damaged by sharpnel and It was feared that communication with the outside world might be tem porarily cut off. All surrounding streets were occupied by troops" and throughout the morning , the whir of the machine guns was con- Urinous, while Infantrymen kept up a constant rifle fire. Neither side gained any perceptible ad vantage up to noon, when plans for a j conference between the leaders of the rebels and representatives of the govern ment were taker! up for discussion at the national palace, following a visit to Madero by tho American ambassador and the German minister. Hopes of a con ference soon diminished. There was a ANOTHER WOUNDED cessation of firing, but this appeared to t Ark., of being removed from office be be due -to a change In the federal posl- j cause he refused to contribute to the 1912 tlous and was regarded by the rebels as campaign, and declared "he had never u trick to draw them out. :sent any Information to the postoffUe The bulk of the government troops j department concerning Camp's refusal to are stationed In the northwestern part of contribute." the city. j Campbell pointed out that the postofflco l'rlaonrrx Are Ileleased. Inspector's report against Camp, on th? From the Madero nolnt of view, two of i the most serious of the day's develop ments are the releasing by the rebels of several thousand criminals from tho city prison, and the arrival In tho city of" Al- f fonso Miranda, one of Zapata's lieuten ants, with a band of followers who aru said to have plotted the wholesale loot ing of the capital. Meanwhile the scarcity of provisions l already causing ' suffering among th. poorer classes. Ordinary food Is" obtain able only In small quantities and at prices from five to ten times the usual rale. Tho artillery fire of the rebels from their position at the arsenal extended In several directions on account of the en c rcllng tactics adopted by the govern ment troops. Diaz turned his guns In the dlreotloit o' I the Ur'tUh legation shortly after noon j (Continued on Page Two.) The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Thursday: For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity -Fair; rising temperature. Temperature nr OmoUn Yesterday, Hour. De.: a. in 4 S a. in 2 9 a. in 3 19 a. in 4 11 u. ni i r m 1 1 l. m 15 2 p. m 16 3 D. m i ITT , ; , ' 5 a. m . t p. mn. soiKravel. ? m Zi Chronology of War 1910. May 30 Madero enter race for presi dency. Jane 87 Dlai reelected president. November SO Rebels selie Vera Crui. November 33 Berolt spreads. ZTorember 35 Be volt ondsi Madero es tate seised. November 87 rive hundred rebels shot by order of government. Deoember 1 nias Inaugurated. December 3 Government makes peace move. Deoember S Government peace com mission falls. December 17 Dlas army beaten at X.a Junta. 1911. JE!nTJi?"7JJnCf llS n" ,nar',, March 9 American troops ordered to 'rMa?ohawias cabinet quits. iarcn as new caoinet nnmeci. April 6 Madero Issues ultimatum de claring- Diaz mast roslgn. April 33 Armistice maae. May 85 City of Mexico In hands of mob. May 38 Diaz resigns. May 37 Dlas escapes. . August 3 Gomez ousted from cabinet. August 31 Madero eleoted president. December 7 Beyes started new revolt. 1913. February 3 Rebels name Qomez as leader. March lO Juarez bank looted. October 18 Felix Diaz joins rebels. October' 17 Diaz seizes Vera Crus. October 34 Diaz captured, ordered shot 1913. January 13 Bobels fire on American troops at Fabens, Texas. January 28 Truce announced. loo city arsenal, February 9 Dlas followers seize Mex- I WII.QftN fiflRMAT.LY F.I . EP.T EI, ""JUW" iwiunnuui . i Congress Canvasses Vote in Joint c..:- it Session in House. HE RECEIVES 435 VOTES I Lincoln Day Kxercle Precede Elec toral Count llepreHctitntlvc Bunnell II end Gettys liuric 'Address. WASHINGTON, Feb. i:.-Congress to day declared Woodrow Wilson elected president of tho United States and Thomas R. Marshall elected vice presi- , dent. The electoral vote certificates, opened .Meuure Acted Upon. j In the presence of the houso and senate ' Scott of Hamilton opposed tho motion , sitting together, showed that Mr. Wilson j because, he said, there uro so many j and Mr. Marshall received 435 electoral j holidays now very few days aru ieft 'n 1 votes; that Theodore Roosevelt for presi- j which to get one's mail and transact, dent and Hiram W. Johion tor vice j business. McKlssIck and Van Dusen .o presldent received eighty-eight votes and posed establishing a precedent of nd- thnt William H. Taft for president ard Nicholas Murray Butler for vlco presi dent received eight votes. The official '-.ount took a little more than un hour. ! Lincoln day exercises preceded tho elet- i toral count In the house. Representative Russell of Missouri read LIhcoln's Gettys burg address and Representative Uraha-n 1 of Illinois from the district Lincoln once ! represented made a speech. j yhen the house and senate finally biit Into Joint .session, the counting .of. tfrt ; vote began. There was tense Interest at first, but as the'eount went 'on conversa tion' on.tlio lWfir almost drowned the ,if" nouncertienUiOf the telfer. Representative Rukcr of Missouri pet slsted In announcing votes for "William Wilson." As each certlflcato was read U i waB approved aqd recorded. An attempt , at applause when Alabama's twelvo voW were announced for Wilson was sum marily cut off with the nnnouncemo it I that demonstrations were forbidden. j The honor of reading tho certlflcato of v-. .. ar.nrAcA in ... P " "-w ator Martlne. In a loud voice he an nounced the state's fourteen votes fir 'Wloodrow Wilson and Senator Bacon was unable to stop an outburst of applause. When the state of Utah was called neav applause, , fi. votes cast for Taft and Butler. Another round greeted the only other votes cast for Taft four from Vermont., Oamphell-Admits Asking Postmasters For Contributions WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Gordon II. Campbell of Little Rock, Ark., treasuror of the republican state committee of Ar kansas, told the Clapp campaign fund in- vestlgating committee today that ho j knew nothing of tho charge by Thomas ij. Camp, former postmaster at Beebe, strength or wmch tlie latter s reslgna- tton was demanded, wan s!cncd Septem ber 7, lilS. before he began soliciting funds. Treasurer Campbell told the committee he naa solicited contributions from oilier postmasters In Arkansas In 191!, all the letters he. sent out being similar to thcae sent to Camp. "How was $39 fixed upon as the amount for Mr. Camp to contribute?" asked Sen ator Clapp. 'ft thought there was no reason whv he should not pay us about 3 per cent of his salary," said Mr. Campbell. "Was the amount to be contributed specified In 'all cases?" he was asked, "in most cases it was," ho answered. 1 REFEREE APPOINTED IN KANSAS CITY STAR CASE JEFFKRSON CITY. Mo.. Feb. 1!. The i state supreme court today appointed Judge Henry C. TImmonds of Kansas City commissioner td take testimony In the . contempt proceedings against William R Nelson, editor and ownor of the Kansas City Star. The commissioner Is ordered i to report within twenty days. I j o I CCDlf CTTCC DIIDM lJun imuui i l-o uuiui ?! ; HALL IN REGENT PARK LONDON Feb. 1!. The refreshment nt park. L nden. was burned hall In Regent down today by militant suffragettes. The women leu no um 10 meir iuenw . urn. on an adjoining path the words "Votes for Women" were found scratched In the The building was of considerable Baskets smelling strongly of size. ' JJ" jpe4roleum were found In' the shrubbe.y p.' in.'.'!."."."!.';;; I9jnearby. COMMITTEE IN HOUSE , FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE! i Uniyiimous Decision Made for Pass age of Measure Allowing Equal Franchise. LINCOLN Lower Body Hastens Consideration i of This Measure. THEN PICTURES All Members Grouped About Statue ' and Photographed. WAGE INQUIRY ON TODAY, lleiirecntatlvc IIiiIkkIc, Lincoln Laundry Mnu, Will (ilv- l-'lmt Testimony Altout Par of Wonirn Workers. iKrom r Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 12. (Spoclal Telegram ) I The committee on constitutional amerd- ments of the house unanimously reconi- i mended for passage the bill providing f-r woman suffrage. The bill calling for n constitutional convention was sent to tho ' general flic without rocommcndatlon. Tne banUn(f committee Indefinitely postponed tho bill by llurkrtt of l.un Icattert providing that interest bearing d(- ! Posits In banks should bo exempt from tne opcnUlon8 of the BU(inty taw. I In tho house this afternoon Hubbard of , Adams asked permission to have his bill ' making Lincoln's birthday a holiday ad vanced from tho committee to third read- j ing so that It could be passed on tho an- ! nlvesary of tho birth of the martyred ;' president. . In the discussion of the motion Foster ; of Douglas spoke for It, saying: "Wo are j about to honor Lincoln, by having our I pictures taken In front of his statue and j therefore wo should pass the bill today to make February 12 a holiday." I ancing dims over tno commitleo or th whole, but the houso was for It, and the Mil was ;ont to the engrossing room, from which It failed to get back before adjournment. The special eomartie appointed to in vestigate wages paid to female workers will meet tomorrow morning at tho Lin- dell to begin taxing testimony, after i which It will hold meetings tn Omah.i. Representative Qulggle. vho owns the 1 Evans laundry here, will be th first witness called. He will show his hoolu to tho' committee. Losey -of Dodge is ojjalj'rXafr'jor fyie pommlttfv Bills Intended to Reform Methods of Wall Street 'Change ALBANY. N. Y., Feb. iucviiiiuudi in unimo win uu , in mi Diln..vlHAnlnnA I . .. 1 . ...Ill 1 . I ,,rI.J,.. .!, ..l I. oTt. oiuwn cAniiiubcn ii u bill Introduced today at the suggestion n of ' BIRTHDAY HtKffrf f ARE TAKEN uovernor k &uizer becomes a law. ijjc InctH of tho situation In special mes measure Is designed to bring about tlu sage. Incorporation of the Now York Stock ex- j j.;Very preliminary was arranged today change and other exchanges. i for tho action which might follow such a The suggestion of stato supervision And ; COurse. Thlrty-fivo thousand men or tho regulation of stock exchanges by coin. 1 urm navy . .mu.i0 corns were nut by a committee Representing New loik Stock exchange at a recent conference with tho governor. Two other etock exchange reform meas ures were Introduced today. One woulj i compel a broker to report to a customer 1 tllft nnmfl nf the nnrtv with ivhnm 1m 'n :lni r.'. ,".(., w ,.,,v vfc ii i u aa.c ui 'ui i; unci. The other would make It unlawful for the New York - Stock exchange to pro hibit Its members from doing business wlth or .for the ' members of other ex changes, The Incorporation bill would require .ill exchanges to Incorporate September J. Voluntary associations for the purpolj of conducting exchanges would be pro hibited after that dato and may be en- Joined at the suit of the attorney general. Exchanges would be subjected to sus pension, supervision and examination by the superintendent of banks In practically the tame manner as banking corporations ure now supervised. Romanoffs Will Celebrate Their Tercentenary ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 12.-Plans for the celebration of ths-vtercentenary of the accession of the Romanoffs to the im perial throne are practically complete, The government has asked the Duma for $200,(00 to cover expenses of the cere mony and to assist the authorities of tho smaller cities which will entertain the ernperor and his family in the course of the year. The tour will give his majesty an un usual opportunity of coming Into closi contact with tils subjects. Tho Erlvnn Grenadier regiment, the only body of troops In the Russian army dating back to the time of Michael, the first Roman off emperor. Is to be brought from the Caucasus to serve as a guard of honor to the Imperial family. Jr The celebrations will last several months, beginning hero on March C. HARRIMAN DISSOLUTION PLAN READY FOR COURT ST. IXJl'IH, Feb. 12. The Union Pacific dissolution plan, submitted to Attorney General AVlckersham by the officials gf (the Harrlman lines and approved by hl-n i was submitted to the federal circuit court of appeals here today. Presiding Ju ge W. II. fcanborn "ai District Juoge W. i Smith heard the plan. The attorneys lor the government and for the Harrlman in. terests will present arguments on fie plan to the court here February ZL SKn'iL9sTaVia see,,.... t i i rz? j n n w.t :w a i . From tho Minneapolis Jotirnal. INTERVENTION JOT FAR OFF Taft First Would Place Mexican Situation Before Congress. SIX BATTLESHIPS ON THE WAY Twent.v-Klvc Hundred Mnrlnen Will lie Sent to Tern Orns to Itescuo Fnrelirn I7rffiit loim, If Necessary. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. V- i'resldcnt Taft and tho cabinet are In uccord that ' congress shall share the responsibility for any Intervention In Mexico, i A day of conferences between tho prcsl- dent and his advlrers ended with tho un 12. Tho stato de-rstandlng that should conditions In . . . . .Mexico t;ny uocome so mucn worso as to . .... .... . . . uemana mo landing oi American troops Mr. Taft will lay before both houses tho In readiness for movement. It has been suggested In some quarters that to land troops In Mexico would, be such an act of wur un ca nbo justified only with tho approval of congress. Many military officers fail to sec any distinc tion between ouch landing of troops on foreign soil in caso of anarchy urn) the employment of marines for tha buiiio Vur pose, as was done In Nicaragua recently. Wnnt Americans lo Leave. Unless one sldo or the other achieves a decisive victory In Mexico City within the next day or two It is probable that Am bassador Wilson will ho Instructed to try and Induce the American residents of the capital to go to the ports or other places of safety, and the representatives of other foreign nations are expected to da the same. One great element of danger In the situation arises from the presence in the City ufMcx'Ico of about 17,000 for eigners, whose homo governments are known to be in receipt of many heart rending appeals for assistance. Recog nizing tho disposition of the United State government to extend the same protec tion to those Europeans and Asiatics as to Its own citizens, so far none of the diplomatic representatives of tho power In Washington hns done more than make a few Inijulrlea at the State department, as to the actual situation. Nonintervention Difficult. A wholesale evacuation of the city by tho foreign element would Involve th latter In an enormous financial loss, and looking to the precedents established In the civil war It I doubtful whether any compensation could be exacted from whatever government' may exist after the close of hostilities In Mexico. Altogether It Is apparent that the administration ir likely to find It very difficult to adhere strictly to this declared policy of non intervention If the situation In the City of Moxlco is not materially changed for the better In a very short time. Kventa of I)u- nt Wwhlnif Ion, Following are tho developments of the day at Washington In connection with tho Mexico situation: First brigade of tho first army division numbering 3,00 men, resting on their arms ready to entrain at a moment's notice for Newport News to board trans ports for Mexico. Twenty-five hundred marines from the Atlantic fleet and the Guantanamo naval station, arc piepared lo sail for Vera Cruz to go to the relief of the foreign legations, should they become besieged as 'they dlcVut Peking. Four dreadnaughts of the battleship fleet steaming at top speed to Tamplco and Vera Cruz, and two others rushing on the Pacific side to Mexican ports to (Contluued'ou Page Two.) The Fresh Cow -rt-' e,n .in: i'u 't King George Will Attend Memorial Service for Scoit JL.ONDON. Feb. 12. The lord mayor u London announced today the opening of a ..'mansion JibUse" fund for the 'erection bf-a memorial to Captain. Robert F.Scott and . ils .companions who died In tno Antarctic. ' The duty of providing for dependent relatives of the dead explorers he con siders should be undertaken by tho state. King George will personally attend the memorial service for Captain Bcott and his comrades to be held In St. Paul's cathedral. A generally approved proposal has been put forward that Rnold Amundsen's M- Mo - t If Inn lInL r Mnrmnv ivhir wtuch -- " . --v.. ...... , WHM recovered by Captain Pcott ut tl 10 Koutli pole, should bn forwarded to his majesty on board n British battleship WASHINGTON, Feb. ll-ln renponie to his mcssnge of sympathy for the death of Captain Scott, the Antarctic explorer, Piesldent Taft today received tho fol lowing from King George of Great Brit ain: My countrymen Join with me In sin cerely thanking you and the peoplu it the I'nlted Htutts or America for jour messaga of sympathy In the loss of Can tain Scott and his brave comnunions. lor i whom we deeply mourn. Many Threats Made Against District Attorney Whitman NEW YORK, Fob, 13.-Renewed threats ugalnBt (he life of District At torney Charles S. Whitman bebauae of his activity against police grafters huvo caused hlni. as a matter of precaution, to carry revolver. Permission to go nrmed was granted today to him and his chief assistant, Groehl. Threats against tho prosecutor's life, were numerous during tho trial of Lieu tenant Becker and tho gunmen, but Mr. Whitman regarded them lightly at tho time and attributed much of the epistles to cranks. During tile present graft In vestigation, however, the threats havu i been more persistent and sinister and for several days the district attorney has seldom gone far from his offlci unaccom panied by a bodyguurd of detectives, First Joint Ballot Taken in Illinois SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 12.-The first Joint ballot of tho Illinois legislature for the long term senatorshlp resulted as follows: House. Senate. Total. Sherman (rep.) r2 21 7 Lewis (dem.) C, 24 vj Funk (pro.) A 23 3 25 Berlyn (soc.) 4 0 4 Present and not voting, 7; absent, 1. Constitutional majority .necessary to choice, 102. Two progress) vi representa tives voted witli the republicans for L. Y. Sherman. The National Capital Wednesday, February 11) 111. The Hrunte. Proceeded to houso chamber for elec toral vote count. Senator Root urged repeal of free foil provision of Panama ccnal act before Interoceaulc canals cummlttee. Benatn committee continued Inquiry Into 1912 campaign funds. The House. ( LitKOln memorial exercises held. In joint session with senate, members witnessed counting of presidential elec toral vot a .ifcT rv GERMAN TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN V Ambassador Bernstorff Speaks at Banquet at Springfield. f GREAT LEADER FOR FREEDOM llu Holds thnt Triumph of Union Cnimo In America Mnde lo ' siuie the. Unity or Her-! innuy. SPRINGFIELD. ' III,, Feb, IS.-CoUnt von Bernstorff, bermnn amabssndor- to the United Slates, was guest of honor lit tho banquet given by the I Lincoln Cen tennial association tonight. "Abraham Lincoln as the Germans Regarded Him," was the subject of his address, In nddltlon to Showing thnt tho Germans were keenly sympathetic with the char acter of Lincoln tho ambassador quotaJ a number of eminent authorities to show what a strong bond of Blncere friendship welded together tho common Interests of Germany and the United Stuten In Lin coln's day. ' He closed with the fervent wish "that such relations of friendship between our two countries may always continue." Count von Bernstorff declared that Lin coln's courage and his "big heart, whose every throb was for tho people, strongly appealed to the German sentiment. Ho was born a leader, in truth, the savior of your country." Thonsnnds of (ie minus ISullat. Tho ambassador quoted records of tho American sanitary commission to show that 187,158 Germans, born In Germany enlisted In the different regiments of the northern states. Referring to Lincoln's courage when war drew near the speaker said: "He did not Indulge In the delusion that the union could bo maintained or re stored without a conflict of arms. Al though he abhorred war for any purpose, the firmness of his moral courage enabled him to tako the great responsibility vf leading the nation Into a war for union and for freedom, and through weary years of alternating success and dlsas ter." The count referred to the days whoa the United States was represented in Berlin b Oeorge Bancroft, whose atti tude "assured him a cordial acceptance n Berlin. He was received Into the Inner circles of scholarly, social and political Ufa and formed habits of friendship with Bismarck and Moltkc.", He then quoted Bancroft as declaring. "But for the triumph of tho union In America It could never have succeeded In Germany." Friendship In Traditional. Moltko was quoted to show the friend ship between the Germans and Amerl cans. The. count then recalled a dinner given by Bancroft In Berlin tho day of wit) inauguration oi I'resioeni urant. "Bismarck was among the guests," re lated the ambassador, "and mado a short speech. After referring to tho times of Frederick the Great, Bismarck continued 'As to the subsequent relations between the two countries It gives me the great st pleasure to be able to stato as a lact not only from my personal experience as a minister of Prussia, but from the ar chives of Its history that the cordial un derstanding so happily Inaugurated by Washington and Frederick has never suf fered even the slightest Jar. Not only has no difference ever urlsen between thv two countries, nothing lias ever occurre-J between them which so much as called for an explanation.' " Mnrolii Hall Dedicated. CHAMPAIGN. III., Feb. li-Lluctln hall, the new SO. 030 building of the l 111 varsity of Illinois pluiined as a memorial to the martyred president, was formally dedicated to the study of 'the humani ties today with academic ceremony. Gov- J cinor Dunne of Illinois formally trans f ei rod the building In behalf of the peo plu of the state to tha board of trustees. TURKS FORMALLY ASK POWERS TO END Porte Sends Note to Sir Edward Grey Asking British Government to Take Initiative. AMBASSADORS TO MEET FRIDAY In Meantime They Expect to Hear from Their Governments. TURKS MASSACRE VILLAGERS Men and Boys Collected in School House and Slain. YOUNG WOMEN CARRIED AWAY Older Women and Children Killed and tllrla Are Tnken ATrny on Mitpenomhnrdnient of Adrlnnople. Conllnnes. LONDON, Feb". 12. The Turkish governs ment today formally requested Sir Ed ward Grey to Invito tho European powers to Intervene to stop tho Balkan war. Tho request wna communicated to tho ambas. sailors here, who transmitted It to their respective governments. Tho ambaasa dors will meet on Friday to report th result. Turk Massncrn villners. SOFIA, Bulgaria. Feb. 12. According to despatches given out here today tho Turkish troops yesterday assembled th whole male Christian population of the seaport of Buyulc Chekmcdje In the vlli Inge school house and massacred them. Subsequently they killed all the Chris tian women and children oxcept tho young girls, whom they carrlod off on board ships. Thero was no fighting yesterday either In the Gnlllpol! peninsula or at the Tcha- talja lines. The bombardment of Adrian ople, however, continues. House of Commons Threatens Editor LONDON, Feb. 12.-L. J. Muxse, editor of tho National Review, Is to bo brought before tho bar of the Houso of Commons for refusing to dtvulgo to tho committee Investigating tho government wireless agreement tho names of thoso individuals who furnished him tho reports on which he based his allegations of improper con duct against members of the Parliament. The chairman of tho committee warnod Mr. Max bo that tho committee must havo the names and tho documents. Tho editor stanchly declined to reveal the Identity of his Informants. Confinement In the clock tower of tho House of Commons Is tho usual fate of offenders fn nuch cases. STOCK EXCHANGE GAMBLING IN FOOD HIT BY FARMERS' SIOUX CITY, Feb. lZ.-OambUnsr Irj foodstuffs on the stock exchanges prob ably will be assailed In resolution form by tho Farmers' Grain Dealers associa tion of Iowa In a session here. J, A. Mc Creery of Mason City, III., secretary oil tho Farmers Grain Dealers' association of Illinois, appeared before the convention today and asked that It Join Illinois, Ne braska, South Dakota and Minnesota a- soclatlons In tho fight for tho passage of an antl-optlon meosuro by tho coming session of congress. Ills requost for sup- port was applauded by the C00 grain deal ers who attended the session. it Is expected formal action will be) taken tomorrow. GREEKS ASK ACCOUNTING FOR PAN-HELLENIC FUNDS BOSTON, Feb. 12. An accounting fuP the $200,000 collected by the Pan-Hellenio union f.-om the Greeks of New England to aid In tho war against Turkey la asked In a bill of equity filed with tho supremo court today by Greek residents of Boston. It Is also sought to have the respondent enjoined from making further collections. Tho Pan-Hcllenlc union was organized In Massachusetts under tho direction cf Lamba Coeomllos, the present Greek sec retary of state. It Is alleged that tho general manager of tho union, Constantlnos N. Papamihit louls, failed to render an accounting as demanded before he left recently for Greece. Of great advantage to you are the opportunities offered in the Easy Pay. ment Real Estate bargains which are presented In the classified section of this paper. Turn to these bargains now, and you will probably be help ed to accept an opportunity that will give "you great gains. This real' estate feature of the Wednesday Bee is unequaled in tho stato. Watch it every week, and you will profit immensely thereby. Use It, too, and you will Bell quickly and very sat isfactorily, " Tyler 1000