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The Omaha Daily Bee Drawn For The Boo The beat newspaper artists of tho ctmntry contribute their best work for Bee readers. THE WEATHER Unsettled VOL. XL1U-NO. 211. OMA11A, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH HI, 1914- TWMIA'K PA (IKS. On Trains and ok Hotel Rows Standi, flo. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. S0U1TH SUCCEEDS SEELY ASSECRETARY T i'remier Startles British House of W 1 . i. A MM A1IM A AM 4" jy uuimnuns wuu Aiiuuuuiicuibuw of Change in the Cabinet. FRENCH AND EWART ARE FIRM Generals Refuse to Withdraw Resig nations Submitted Last Week. SECRETARY PAYS THE PENALTY Secly's Guarantee to Army Officers Feature of Crisis. ASttUITH RESIGNS HIS SEAT premier Will Appeal to III" Constit uency i" Knst Fife, Sootlnnil, for Ilc-Klectlon to the Commons. LONDON, March 30.-Coloncl John trccly, secretary for war, resigned his portfolio In the British cabinet today and hit resignation was accepted by the premier. Premier Asmiiih himself de cided to tako the secretaryship of war in place, of Colonel Seely. "Colonel Secly's resignation has been accepted," was the expression employed by Premier Asqulth In announcing In the Blouse of Commons today that his war secretary had paid the penalty of his In discretion in adding to a cabinet docu ment tho two paragraphs which have aroused such feeling as to threaten tho existence of the entire cabinet. fTho first information received by mem tiers of Parliament that Colonel feely 'Iliad definitely retired from tho cabinet W83 wnen no eniereu uiw uuuau imu vwn. a seat on the back benches instead of C'nnse of Crlnls. "The paragraphs which caused the crisis were contained' In a memorandum written to Brigadier General Hubert Uough and contained the following; " "The government must retain Its right to use all tho forces of tho crown in Ire land or elsewhere to maintain order and support the civil power in the ordinary execution of their duty, but it lias no intention whatever of taking advnntago of this right In order to crush political opposition to the policy or the principles of the home rule bill.' " TK tnina mtniiil UiUh r f tmm n-tlflta n - tees by the cabinet was taken ub a rebuff by Field Marshal Sir John French, virtual commander-in-chief of tho army, and by Rlr John Ewart, the adjutant general to the forces. The two generals immediately resigned and all efforts made by tho king, the premier and other ministers failed to Indues them to change their minds. TneTr resignations were made definite today. Premier Asqnith'a further announce ment that he himself would take tip the portfolio of secretary for war came In tho nature of a surprise. Having an nounced his intention to take up the office, he declared he would retire from the House of Commons, in accordance with tho law "until it please my constituents to sanction my return." The premier then dramatically walked out of the chamber amid frantic cheera from the liberals, the nationalists and the labor members, the whole body of whom rose to their feet and waved handker chiefs and papers as he left Mr. Asqulth, having accepted "an of fice of profit under the crown" must now return to his constituency of Eaqt Fire, Scotland, for re-election. On -tile last occasion he received 6,149 votes against the 3,350 for his Unionist opponent. "When Premier Asqulth cnterea me ovation from the members on the min isterial side. He shortly afterward rose before the crowded chamber to make his promised statement on the army crisis. The premier said. "After full consideration Field Marshal 0'iench and Adjutant General Ewart have perflated in their desire to bo relieved of their offices. In the public Interest I deplore the decision of these gallant of ficers, and I cannot apeak too warmly or gratefully of the ability, loyalty and devotion with which they have served the Continued on Page Two.) The Weather Forecast till 7 p. in. Tueaday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vlulnity Unsettled weather tonight and Tuesday; not much change In temperature. Temperature at UmuUn Yesterday Hours Deg. & a. m. 6 a. m. 7 a. m. 8 a. m. u u. m. 10 a. m 41 11 a. m 42 12 m 41 1 p. m 43 Z p. m 43 3 p. in . 43 4 p. Ill 44 5 p. m 44 p. m 43 7 p. in 43 S p. in 42 Local itrcord. 1914. 1912. 1912. 1911. I oaipnrnlle Highest yeBterday 44 67 B 43 Lowest yesterday 40 45 Mean temperature 42 M Precipitation T .00 Temperature and precipitation 40 2$ K Z6 .Oi .53 depar- lures from me normal; Normal tempcratuio 43 ueiiciency ior uie uay i Total deficiency since March 1 43 .Normal precipitation OS Inch Deficiency for the day 06 inch Total rainfall since March 1... .1.26 Inches Deficiency since March 1 07 Inch Excess for cor. period, 19.13 1.64 Inches Excess for cor. period, 191S 1.11 inches Reports from Stations ut 7 1. U. Station and State Temp. High- Rain ot Weather. 7 p.m. eat. fall. Cheyenne, cloudy 42 52 .18 Tlnvr elnllrlv M S -1R S3 Des Moines, cloudy 41 it T 4 M 40 41 50 SO It s ti 40 Lander, Cloudy j North Platte, rain Omaha, cloudv 4X Pueblo, cloudv 4', RaMd City, cloudy i Kilt like City, p't cloudy K Kunta Ye, cloudy Mie Idan. part' cloudy. .. "i B oux City, cloudy . 42 alcntlne rain :'l OFWARDEPAHTMEN T Indicates trace ot precipitation L, A V. EL3I1. Local Forecaster MEN LIKE FLOCK OF SHEEP Mrs. Draper Smith Tells What She Has Learned of Them. IF ONE SIGNS, OTHERS FOLLOW I.rt First One Refuse to Affix SljtnH turc (u Petition nml Others vtl ltd use Tnlkn to town 1M trlet MectltiK, (.From a Staff Correspondent. DISS MOINES, la., March 50. (Special )Tetegram.) That action will be taken to divide the Mississippi Valley Equal Suf- frsKo conference and crcato a southern division is asserted. It Is stated that there are condition! in the south which affect tho outlook for equal sufrage that are peculiar to that portion of the country alone. Tho states of Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, which now belong to tho Mississippi Val ley organization, will become members of tho new conference. Regarding tho work In Nebraska Mrs. Draper Smith said: "The women soon round out that the "men were very much like a flock of sheep; If one refused to sign our petitions, all within tho hearing of his voice would follow with 'psss me up," or 'nothing doing.' On the other hand If tho first one signed the others did, too." Mrs. Smith favored the Initiative sys tem which waa employed In Nebraska re cently over tho legislative plan of getting suffrugo amendment before the voters. Any state, she, said that cannot secure enough signatures to place the amend ment on the ballot, has not enough suf frage sentiment to get an amendment through tho legislature or to carry tho amendment after It has been secured. I.emtliiK Women Talk. The conference Is presided over by Miss Harriett E. Grimes of Darlington, Wis., and among tho speakers on today's pro gram were Mrs. Pattlo K. Jacobs, Blr mlngton, Ala.; Miss Clara L. Thompson, St Louis; Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, Chl caeo: Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs, Wash ington, and Mrs. Illla McIIose, Boone, la. MIsb Flora Dunliis, a leading Social Set tlement worker and member of tho Des Moines Board of Education, welcomed the delegates at tho morning session. Of Interest In connection with tho suf frage conference was the fact that In tho municipal election hero today, women were voting on a proposition for munici pal ownership of the city water works system. Many of the visitors aided their co-workers In Dcs Moines in tho work of getting out the woman vote. "Methods" Is the general subject of the sessions, and every phase of suffrage work Is to be discussed. The leaders in the various states outlined plans they found most practicable. Much Interest contered about the Illinois delegation. Tho methods followed in that state in the ro cent campaign were to be told. Dr. Anna Blount of Oak Park, III., dis cussed "Victories Since the Last confer ence," while Mrs. Draper .Smith of Omaha, told the delegates "How We Did It In Nebraska." The general discussion of the session was led by Mrs. Harriet Taylor' Upton of Warren, O. Experiences In Iowa were told by Mrs. Ella McIIose of Boone. Blackburn Called as Witness in Suit Brought by Woman Thomas W. Blackburn, president of tho Omaha Bar association, who, according to district court records, represented Mr. and Mrs. Lacey E. Peyton In the early stages of their divorce suit, and who was present when some differences over property were adjusted by them some time before the divorce suit was filed, was called as a witness In a suit brought in District Judge Estello'a court by Mrs. Peyton to recover J2.5O0 alleged due on a note transferred to her. A considerable part of the day was con sumed in arguments of lawyers over the question whether the statements Mrs. Peyton sought from Mr. Blackburn were privileged as between an attorney and his client. The judge allowed him to bo questioned to a limited extent. Records of the district clerk's office show that Mr. Blackburn filed both pe tition and answer In the Peyton divorce case on the same day and also paid the filing fees for both documents. The plaintiff Is charging that the note for the value of which she Is suing was "stolen." Mob Attacks Crew of Freight Train PITTSBURGH, March S0.-A freight crew on the Monongahfla division ot the Pennsylvania railroad was attacked early today at Frederlcktown, Pa., by a mob of 000. Stone.s were thrown and shots fired, but not one was hurt. The crew was fin ally rescued by police sent from Browns ville. This was the most serious of a series of disturbances that characterized the strike of trainmen on the division during the night. The Information reached here at noon that leaders of the United Mine Workers at Unlontown, Pa., had called out mem bers of the union in mines which sup plied coal to the Pennsylvania, until the strike on the Monongahela division was settled. The order, effective today, will bring out approximately 6,000 men. Freight officials assert that the Mon ongahela division is fully manned and freight and passenger trains moving regularly. LIST OF I0WANS NAMED TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO DBS MOINES, la.. March 30. Announce ment of the completed Iowa delegation which will go to San Francisco this week to select and dedlcato a site at the Panama-Pacific exposition, was made today. The official members of the party are: Governor Clarke. Justice Horace U. Deemer of the supreme court of Red Oak, and Ora Dilllams of Des Moines. The representatives chosen by the com mercial clubs of the cities of tho state arc: Ralph Bolton, Des Moines: E. A. Kingsbury. Waterloo: W. G. Haskell. Cedar Rapids: George Haw. Ottumwa Chsrles F. Curtis. Clinton: O. M. Olson. Fort Dodge; F. K. K'-eler, Mason City George W Flench, Davenport The paity will assemble at Omaha Tun da ecnliw' REPUBLICANS AGREE TO WORK I Two Committees, coin, Come to Short Argi BOTH PARTICIPATE IN THE CALL Plan Suggested by Chairman Meet with Favor of All. SMALL HITCH AT THE OUTSET Eppcrsonians Decide to Go it Alone, But Change Front. TWO BODIES FINALLY Purpose Is Tlinl .Vnnim of lloth Chnlrmrn Slinll lie Sinned to Cnll for Convention When Irnmrit. (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, Marclf 30.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Republicans of Nebraska are to gether once more, and will present s united front to the enemy when the battle Is fought next November. Tho two men who have been working hard for harmony during tho last few months were rewarded today hen they saw the two committees Join hands in a resolution to pull together for future suc cess. These two men. Senator Frank M. Cur rle. chairman of tho Taft wing of the republican pufty, and JMdge A. C. Ep person, chairman of tho Roosevelt wing, wore gratified tonight, and after viewing tho battlo ground where tho two commit tees fought out their differences this aft ernoon aro shaking hands with everybody over tho result of the meotlngs. At ono tlmo it looked as if the old ship, which has been sailing for tho last two years with two crews and two com manders, was close to rocks, and while the passengers were on tho verge of a panic for about thirty minutes while the two subcommittees were conferring, tho danger passed, and when tho announce ment was made that an agreement had been reached cheers for the republican party were given with a hearty will and a general handshaking was indulged In. The proposition, which at one time looked as If it would cause dissension, was who had the right to call the con vention. The executive committees of both parties had agreed upon a plan for the Joint catling of the state conven tion by both committees, but tho Epper son commltteo Instead voted for a plan which practically Ignored the oxistence of tho Currle commltteo. They finally agreed to appoint a committee to confer with a like committee from the other committee and the two reported a plan which in substance, allowed th Epperson committee to call the convention with the co-operation of the Currle committee. After agreemont as to calling the state convention by tho Epperson committee had ben reached tonight and tho meet ings adjourned, It was thought best In order to meet all legal requirements, that the same resolution which gave the power to tho Epperson committee to call tho convention with the Currle committee co operating, should be adopted concerning the Currle committee, and thus, both the name of Mr. Currle nnd Mr. Epperson would appear on the call, covering the point as to the legal right of either party to Issue the call and prevent possible future court proceedings over the elec tion of candidates of the party. When tho Currle committee met it did net take tho members long to agree to the plan proposed by both Chairman Bp person and Chairman Currio for the committees jointly to issue a call for the state convention, and a committee con sisting of Mr. Currle, A. W. Jefferis and Bert Mapes was selected to notify the other commltteo of their action. Mr. Kpprrson's Aildrcs. Chairman Epperson, speaking to the progressive wing, pointed out that dif ferences arising In 1912, which resulted In the split, have now passed and that har mony should rule to the success of the party. Mr. Kppcrson Bald in part: "The constituency which created this committee, acting through its representa tive delegate convention, at the some time solemnly and deliberately declared in substance that udherence to the funda mental principles of the party 'was to be taken as the true test of fealty and the budgo of membership, and not the support of any candidate. "The nurnrae for adoDtlne thlA haute nrinelnle w thoi nnr effnr. vnlli,i i, exerteri n mBmtain thn nnrtv n,i it would survive tho campaign of that year as an influential and patriotic or- ganlzatlon. "The differences recently existing in i tho party aro now Important because they brought about the organization of two committees Instead of ono, so that at this time, unless a solution may be found, there is danger that two conven tions may be called. The subject matter , of dispute passed with tho campaign of 1912, and If the strife Is continued it will not pertain to matters ot substance, and will be damaging because It will result In the continuance of two organizations. "Tho party Is a national organization, and the prospects are that its complete control henceforth will be In the hands' . . i of Its members. ! Asks for Co-operation. i "The tendency now prevailing should I be promoted by the co-operation of all j patriotic republicans, by Joining our ef- forts for the restoration of harmony. This committee can advance the cause hv lilencllnir nllr effnrlii with Itinu tt m.a ! ; " ...... ... - - ; national party and with the subordinates, the county organizations in this state. "About one-half the regularly created county organizations in the state were 1 In accord with us, the other half were with the national committee and there fore with the other state committee. "As to which state committee Is legally constituted reasonable men and patriotic! .... ...... N HhRIMSsE rH' AhE hand "n JdMBsfEPr AN' JUST LOOK t THAT ROO5 I repuuncans may omer. Debate was resumed on the repeal nt "I am convinced that substantially all the Panama tolls exemption. inpoWictitMi "are so desirous of terml-' Independent oil operates opposed the ' .. ..... , ,, 1 present form of the bill to lease mineral fwtig the strife that they are looking aril ol lui.d befoie the iiibllc hinds ,to us at this moment hoping that we will ' committee solve the problem eten If n so doing wel IftnreMenUtUe rH'ike. ho won the re- I publ can primary nomination foi senator , " 7.,,,...T .,: " 7- " : "In Houth Dakota wus flier red when li ' (Continued on Page Two ) I returned to his stut The Rival Luncheon Leaders. js ' 1 WATter f?.?lH'.N ZTTmrLom inTent. tmu umti, rTT A Ws&Sm 4V ..I SWiStoM... - I OLD FASHIONED -KV.0,N OfeS ' S of don dag e J wAafi-1 k&k cjZi V, MT.llOE sS&2tfY J J IfihWT ii VV7 AN - rrffif ?l 1 . i mVltiiiMR ism ' MWfl UHrW . VjOTES j FOR ( I teV" 1 ' Drawn for The Beo by Powell, ' ... POPULATION SHOWS BIG GAIN Omaha Postoffice Carriers Take a Census of Greater Omaha, NUMBER OF RESIDENCES SHOWN Report Shoivs ;ir,007 nrslilenvrs, it Mh n Total Popalatloii for Grenter Omnhn of 218,:iBn Omnha Property J7D,:ir:i. According to a survey of the population of Greater Omaha, with Its suburbs, corn pitted by tho letter carriers ot tho Omaha station and the. substations, 318,253 per sons receive their mail through tho post office here. Tho population estimate Is lncuuded In a report which Is msdo under tho direction of Postmaster John C. Wharton, to the postmaster general. Deducting the population of Dundee, Benson, Albright and South Omaha, which are served through the Omaha postoffice, the city without Its suburbs, lias a population of 173,353, a substantial Increase since the census ot 1910. The government census report for 1D10 gave Omaha 124,006. The postoffice report further shows a. total of possible delivery points in Greater Omuha as 46,663, while there are 28,500 mall boxes In the city ahd Its suburbs. I The following table compiled after many j wePka of work by the letter carriers, shows the number of residences, stoics and persons served through the postoffice and its substations, which Include Dundee in the Walnut Hill station and Albright In the South Omaha station: Residences. StoreK. People Main office 7,719 1,729 72.755 Union Station 2.114 7M 17,R7o Walnut Hill 3,762 Vli 17.6J1 Ames Avenue 3.454 141 14,693 Station A 4,072 201 23,356 Station 11 3,531 10U 21,262 Btntlon C 2.91S 170 15.461 South Omaha 6,631 761 32,356 Benson S( 64 3,Si Totals 36,007 1.013 21S.253 Two Deadwood MlT11Rf.PT,a K Pn0TI 1 Abbott, well known Nebraska boy. died mmibirjib ntjbi,LLBt CoIormIo 8iirlnw from hfmorrhnRPi a I result of an operation for removal of a DBADWOOD. 8. D.. March (Bpo-1 crown 0f a tooth from his lung three clal.)-Thls city will lose two of Its well j montIl8 nKO, Tlle feral will, bo held known ministers next month through the u,ere Wednesday. resignations of Rev. David Clark fleatty M- Ai,i,0tt did newsnaner woik In Fr- . tns Episcopal church, and Rev. J. Arthur Kdwsrds of tho Methodist church. Ftpv- Hellt' WBJ" formerly rector of (Christ church at Lead before coming here, biiu ueiuro umi. ocuiKimy ui uif vnen missionary district of Indian territory. Before entering the ministry ho was a medicine here for many years. Kecne practicing attorney In New York City. I Abbott of Omaha and N. f. Abbott, super Ho was also chairman of the canon law j Intendcnt of the School for tho Blind at committee of the Kpiscopal church In this j Nebraska City, are brothers, state. Ho anticipates again leaving the I ministry and practicing law in cither .Sioux Falls or Chicago. Rev. Mr. Kdwards, who has been here the last five years, has been selected ns field secretary of the Methdlst Deaconess hospital at Rapid City and will remove i there to devote his whole time to tho DES .MOINES, March 30. t'nofflclal ro ralslnc of funds and general handling of turns from practically all of the fort y- , .' T, . " " " , nl It ul Inn ut Itanlil C tv. which was is stltutinn at Ranld City which was ie.lcal l,mt J,uvor James R. Ilannu had . . . . ... ... ...... iionuy ucnwuycu vy .ire iiikjc. uvcr itnwfl will he ,wi.i in thiu w.hnil.itmr The National Capital Moiiilu), TIlMrch ltd, DIM. The Senate, Met at noon. Recalled a defeated bill to lrare Mon tana lands to the Republic Coal company and placed it on the calendar. Leaders discussed probable action on thfi Panama tolls repeal and decided to await action of the house. .... Met at noon. The Itonsr. 'Sloan Delivers a Vigorous Defense of Speaker Clark WASHINGTON. Murch .lO.-llepresen. tativc Dot-emus of Michigan, chairman at tho democratic congressional committee, led off the fight on repealing the Panama tolls exemption In tho houso today. It was the third day of dnbuto on the ques tion. Expressing regret that he differed from the president, ho declared that Great Britain had admitted the American right to exempt coastwise trade from lolls. "If wo cannot grant free transit to ni'r ships through the canal," ho said, "Its bpnefits will accrue to England and not to ourselves." He declared that the Carnegie peace endowment, "which derives an annual Income ot $500,000 from Steel trust bonds, wos most nctlve In rescuing the national honor by promoting the repeal of the law that Great Britain had admitted we had a treaty right to enact." IteptesentHtlve Bell of California, pro gressive, and Representative Manahan, republican, of Minnesota, opposed the re peal and the representative of 'Minnesota supported It. , A vigorous defense ot Speaker Clark was delivered by Representative Sloan of Nebraska. lie declared that the admlnls - tratlon had shown no real reason for the rincnI- We arc told by the newspapers thnt tho president dors not proposo reprisals ! against those who differ from him In this matter, but we are also Informed that the speaker s to bo punUihcd," said he. "Must the speaker suffer, must he politically die? Thcn'100,000,000 Americans will know the reason why." Luther Abbott Dead, Result of Operation FKUMONT. Neb., March 30,-Luther m0nt till twelve years ago. when he we nt to Uwton, Okl., took a homesteud and taught in the high .school. Later he founded The Progress, a teachers' inaga- j zine, at UKianoina city, no was a son 1 0f the late Dr. Abbott, who practiced Hanna Re-Elected by Vote of Two to One I eight precincts of the city tonight Indl been re-elected by a viit of nearly 2 to t over his opponent, ell G. Roe, at prOKont u member of tho commission. W. F. Mitchell, a contractor,- led the ticket for commissioner, the other three who appar ently wero elected with him being R. M. (lulbralth, John Myerly (re-elected and Fred German. SKIN GRAFTING TO SAVE LIFE 0FJLUB WOMAN MORGANTOWN. W. Vu., March 90- In an effort to save the life of Mrs. Albert O. Price, a leader among West Virginia club women, physicians today begun a kin grafting operation which, they said, would not be completed until tomorrow. K. R. Bweatland, director of athletics, and ln students of West Virginia unlver slt loliintecred the nocuiry skin 'o make the operation. H'mnt :50 Manure Inches Mrs Price Mai burned ,1 month ago KELLEY'S ARMY IS NOW LOST Men Who Were Camped at Sand Creek Have Disappeared. LEAVE THE CAMP OVER NIGHT Itnllrnnil Mrn Cnmiot find Wlicre They Hoarded Any Train on tho Tlirrn Knndn II n tin Inge .N'enr the Cnnip, Kfllej'H army is lost, It has disap peared and of the 150 men who last week wrre cumped at Sand Creek, nine miles this side of Denver, none remain oxcept halt a do7.cn camp followers. Kvcn they do not know what has necoino Of Kelley or his command. Last week reports readied Union Pa cific headquarters hero that ICelloy was In the vicinity of Denver and he and his 150 men hail designs on a freight train. Tho story came that they proposed to tako forcible poeaosnlon ot one ot those trains and force a run through to Omaha. C. S. Patterson, the company's chief spe cial agent, was sent out on tho lino to Investigate tho movement of tho army and provent It. Ho reached Sand Creek Haturday und tlie.ro found a deserted cam p. According to thn residents of Sund 1 ... .Irl.... mil nt 1 n ' , ,, ,v .,ht j Un town Rbout Wednesday and limned! - uf..i., .r in.. ,..., .,,ii,wini union vac;uit loU ,ln(, H(.r,)lnK nder blankets and tho few tents Utoy had with them. There they talked about capturing a Union Pitclflo freight train and starting east. This talk continued as long as the men reniHlnod nnd the camp was main tained, but no effort was made to do anything of the kind, Friday night tho army campflres burned brightly, but when the town awoko Saturday morning the nnny had hiked. Unir a dozen cump followers and helpers remained, but none of them knew whero tho army had gone. A small de tachment returned to Denver, but of tho twenty-five walking Into town fifteen were Jailed as vags and the others out ran the police in an attempt to escape. Sand Creek Is a Junction point, the Burlington and Rock Island crossing tho Union Paclflo there, or close by. At first it was thought that the members of the army might hnvo boarded a passing train of some one of the roads, but an lrtvestl- j gallon proved that such was not the caso. j They did not rldn out of the town and j tho Denver police, tho railroad officials j und tho secret service agents are unablo to account for the disappearance of the ; men. I Sioux City Mayor Once More Elected! SlOrX CITV. la.. March 30.-Mayor A. J A. Smith was re-elected for a third term I today over Johnson W. Brown In one ot i the hottest municipal campaigns In the i history of the commission plan of gov- eminent In Kloux City. Smith ixdled 4.331 voios; nrown, i,un. uiiuoipn iicereiui und 15, .). Wesley wore re-alccted to Hi" council by saro margins. Joint Dlneen, ; n former chief of police of Kloux City, and J. M. 1awIs won the other places cr. the aldermunlc tlrkot- Uy the use' of voting machines tho re sult wus known un hour after the polls clnsod. i Summer Price of Coal Will Be Higher j NBW YORK. March 30. Coal dealers have announced that the summer prices of j .coal, which go Into effect on April 1, will be X cents a ton higher than for the cor responding date of last year. The prices for April and May will bo 16.60 for the family sizes of hard coal. Increasing dur ing the summer to In September. The summer scale in 191S started at 10.35, and In September the pl'lit whs V''" In Pennsylvania mining tax and advances In j uaiM of coal Inn snucn are given n c . iS'9 fi'l tlf I1UTIMSI' REBELS TRAPPED AMD MINES ARE EXPLODED, REPORT OF FEDERALS Constitutionalist Troops Lured Into Smelter and Bull Ring, Say Messages. VILLA BEATEN ALL ALONG LINE Such is Statement of Mexican Fed eral Consul at El Paso. WIRES TO T0RRE0N SILENT It is Assumed in Juarez Fighting Continues. REBELS BECOMING ANXIOUS Ahuenee of XfH Is TnUcn to Stean Vllln'n Army linn Met Nsrr Oli Mtnelex or Suffered n Reinle. HI. PASO. Tex., .rch W. That Uen crul Villa and his rebel army If not de frnled nt Torreou are at least having n desperate battle, was the opinion gen erally rxprewed hero today by foreign refugees from Mexico. The opinion wns based on the absence of news from Impartial observatora from tho front, on statement given out by the Mexican federal consul here, nnd on storlcrt told by American from Cnrnuchua and other Mexican cities. A Colorado mining man Just In fioin Parrel said that the city was crowded with rebel wounded. Arrivals from Chi huahua quoted two Americans, who ar rived there last Saturday from tho front as stating that tho rebels hud suffered terribly In dead and wounded and were by no means having the success which they have reported. erl VIIIh llrnten. The consul asserted that Villa had been defeated nil along the line. Two telegruniH from tho Mexican red era! coiibuI at Knglo Pass, Tox who said the Information came direct from Torreon by wire yesterday, wero re ceded and federal sympathizers wer jubilant. The incssuges said the rebel wero drawn Into traps In tho bull ring and the smelter at Torreon und thut mines wore exploded under them. Tho consul said that tho ruhels had retreated at all points, Including Gomes Palavlo and Lcrdo. A telegram, credited to Federal General Mass, said that federal troops cut a rc treutlng rebel column to pieces, killing coo. Some ot the highest rebel officials hen today confessed they were ot sea over the situation. Wires toiTorreon ftlleiit. CHIHUAHUA, Most.,. Murch a.-For seven days has Vrnliclseo" Villa, military genius of tho constitutionalist revolution waged hid battle agalnBt Torreon. For six days the fight has been the bitterest und the loss ot llfu tho most tremendous In the history of Mexico, Judging from the meager press dispatches received from tho front and tho storlea ot horrible slaughter which were told today by many of tho 55S wounded veterans of Torreon vho are Interned In hospitals here. And today constitutionalist sympa thisers and rebel officers In Chihuahua aguln have become most anxious as to the fate of their military leader and the remnants of tho 12,000 men who marched to Torreon with him to engage in the . rlM'll 1 1 1 1 1 (1 II Htgt dCClslVO Vl tt 1 1 1 C. NO WOf't from Villa enmo early today to relievo ; the anxiety which obtained throughout i"iil!iiinhiin. Henorts that heavy relnforco- ! monts were hastening to relieve General Refugio Volasco, the fedcrnl commander at Torreon, who has mado such a re sourceful resistance against the onward march of tho rebels, wero received hers with misgivings. But It Is the fact that no news of General Villa's progress has been mado for many hours, that is re sponsible for the greatest anxiety as to his fato. When all went well, with the rebel leader In the past, free access to tolegraphio communication was given newspaper correspondents at tho front, but when ho mot with reverses, General Villa would allow no news sent over the wires. Army officers here fear that General Villa and his army are in a most diftl- (Contlnued on Paso TWO.) IT National advertisers need newspapers Not so very long ago it was said thut national udvertisers needed newspapers. Uy national advertisers Is niennt all manufacturers, pro ducers, or distributors that, have anything to sell to the pcoplo ot this country. It doesn't matter what it is they wish to sell merchandise or service If they tackle na tional advcrtlRing In a fair minded Bplrlt shorn of all sen timent thoy bring up sooner or lator with this fact: The biggest advertising suc cesses In tho history of the pro fession have been brought about by tho use of good and reliable newspapers. Ask any entorprlslng retailer who understands advertising and the conditions In the com munity which ho serves, and he will tell you that far and away the best assistance he can get from the makers of his mer chandise Is newspaper ntlver tlslng. The retailer kuowa from ex porlenco and observation that tho bost way to make any brand of honest goods known to all the people In his community is to tell them about It In plain and unadulterated ICngllsh in the be3t newspapers. j