Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1915, Page 1

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XLIV--NO. 287, OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1915 -TWELVE PAGES, \ | \ GERMAN SOCALIST | JOURNAL PROTESTS LUSITANIA SINKING ( Vorwaertz, Whose Editor Once in | Reichstag, Argues Against Em- ploying Extreme Methods i of Reprisal. } EXCESSES ARE REGRETTABLE They Will Not“Aid Any in Bringing About Defeat of Enemies of Fatherland. | | f | i ANGRY COMMENT 18 nr.rmnr.ni BERLIN (Via London), May 18.| ~—~In an article in the Vorwaertz headed “A Warding Word to All Whom it Concerns,” Eduard Bern- stein, soclalist and former member | of the Reichstag, protests against! reprisals which go beyond the con-| duct of warfare in the usual sense! of the word: ‘The sinking of the Lusitaniu, coming as a climax to former incidents of a #imilar nature, together with the badly | Rdvised comments on thess, incidents in | Gernian newspapers resulted in excesses | against “Germans in England and the | colonfes, as well as in the United States,” Herr Bernsteln writes. ! Execefhen Regrettable. ! “Thewe excesses are regrettable hecausa they are directed against persons not responsible for what has been done. They | are alfo regrettable from *a political viewpoint, because they form another | MERCURY HOVERS ady deep wounds which the war ““'""iFl‘eelinx Temperatures at Many “Advocates of reprisals will find it : extraordinarily | Points, Sleet Storm at North Platte, Snow at Cheyenne. l ) aitficult to point to a| single case where wars between civillzed { peoples have been won by guch methods. | “The volces we hear from other coun- tries which hitherto have been ouuldelm(’lT ON THE LOW GROUND the war territory leave us in no doubt | that in the measure in which one or the Tuesday morning there were a other side omong the belligerentt qutdoes | number of freezing temperatures in the other in reprisals that side wins | Nebraska. At Oakdale it was 82, at for ftself the stronger opposition of those | yyo yin oo it wag 30, and at Valen countries. 1 » tine it.was 28. Out at North Platte a violent +et storm was raging. At Chey- Effect of Reprisals. “Among the péoples againat which re- « prisals are employed most strongly, how- ever, their effect is not deterrent, but In-i onne 5 gnow stérm was making clings them to war to the uttermost.” | Hery Bernsteln adds -that lack of | tBINES look like bleak December in- moderation in methods does not prove|steéad of merry May. strength, and. that the nation which| “It’s been a long time since I've understands how. to wet limits to the|ggen gnow predicted here in May," tendenoy to outdo the other io repriesls| sutd Colonel Welsh as he sat in his . \ ! {, | “ g ¥ ; ¥ q ::m=n'= 3 Off Ireland Sundayl::mwm e Transylvanla, .which reached = Glasgow | that perhaps he bad pushed the wrong yesterdd&y from New York, encountered, levér and mmade the weather machine alip a submiatine off the northwest coart of (& cog. . """:n:“:: ‘:_"”‘ ,'_""3’ ‘““"”°: Not Figuring on Smow. Vho arrived here today, 3 “I'm not talking about snow for Passengers sald a periscope and part! Omahs.” ho sald. “U'm not figuring on of a conning tower appeared about 40 it But couditions west arc so unusual SR Ry A AR jand uncartain that we don't know what 3 we may get. Anyway, I won't believe e::lm;all d‘:‘“‘ 'N:.:“; . ";‘:fl: it's going to snow untll T see the snow." | piws oty dhad LUSITANIA SONK BY IS OWN CARGO Germans Take Position that Ship Would Have Remained Afloat but for Internal Explosion. NO FURTHER WORD AS TO REPLY BULLETIN. BERLIN, May 18 (via London). —The official text of the American note to Germany was published kere today. It was said at the foreign office that it would be some days before the answer of the imperial govern- ment was ready. This because the note raises many points and con- sultation between several depart- ments of the government will be preparing a reply. f e & F PARIS, May 18.—(4:40 a. m.)— to ¢ 8 Congressman to | the ground that the submarine com-| (ig'weathér had LONDON, May. 15~The Cunard linerifeel that scmething was wrong, to feel mander has affirtied in his report|cning the ardor of the old. scie that only one torpedo was. fired, explosion was due to the fact that the ship carried much munitions of War, The report s sald to state that the tor- pedo was fired 'in such! a way. that the Lusitania would not have sunk if it had not had explosives aboard. The Matip's correspondent ' says it is BRITONS SHOW THEIR ANIMOSITY—Armed guard escorts German naval officers elong the streets of London to prevent molestation on the way to testify in prize court. VETERANS OF G.A.R, SHOWTHEIRLOYALTY State Encampment at Minden Re- veals Them as One Man Backing the Government. lATI9!Al COMMANDER TALKS MINDEN, Neb., May 18.—(Spe- clal Telégram.)—Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, as-| sembled here for the state encamp- ment today, were = discussing with great interest the note that Presi- dent Wilson sent to Germany 'and were unanimous in upholding the hands of the executive in oan voiced sentl- majority Sloan's lttle patriotic institute in’'thé new oity au- which convineés him that the second | diterim was largely attended thi atter- | poon’ ahd the musical’ featurés, especially the appéarance of the Miidén band, were ell’ cheered, § 4 In the course: of Congressingn Sloan's spedch-at Minden, he sald as follows: A t. lesson triotism may be taught, and 1-:m«°£y’:.u;ur|z our con- sideration and ' conduct WA lomatic incident of major dignity, whic) Pl between our country | | | | | { | KITCHENER URGES ' USE OF GASES; ASKS FOR 300,000 HORE Field Marshal Tells Commons Brit- | ish Should Retaliate with | Poison Fumes in War- fare. | TROOPS MUST BE PROTECTED | Secretary Sure Country in Few Months Will Be in Shape Re- garding Munitions. GOOD NEWS FROM GALLIPOLI LONDON, May 18.—Secretary For War Kitchener stated in the House of Lords that the British and French governments felt that the allied troops must be adequately protected against poisonous gases by the em- ployment of similar methods. These would remove the epormous and un- justifiable advances which must | otherwise exist. “The Germans,’ sadd Lord Kitchever, “have persisted In the use of these {asphyxiating gases whenever the wind tavored or other opportunity occurred, and his majesty’s government no less than the French government feel that COALITION MAY RULE- ENGLAND; -~ NEW SEA LORD Reported Balfour of Unionist Party Will Take Place of Churchill as Chief of the Ad- miralty. FAR REACHING VICTORY fa ¥a win the Anstrian crownland on the ecastern extremity of the Rus- fromnt, According to this nns have swept taking hack of the territory which they eariier in the war antil they were driven out by the Anstrinns. RUSSIAN WAR OFFICE concedes n further retreat In R between the Plitie rivers, on part of the long front over which they have been com- pelled By the Austro-German armies to fall back. TURKISH GENERAL STAFF at the Dardanelles reports that the allles on Saturday made several attncks on the Tarkish right wing., It is said they were rep a4 with the | loas of 1,000 me The NBrl - pr represent At the Dard telegra, that the allles now advanced about 1 miles up the Gallipoll peninsuia, AMSTERDAM DISPATCH to n Par newspaper says e Germa to the Ameriean note will be ntohed on Tharaday and that it ALLIES MAKE GAINS IN WEST Successes in Vicinity of La Bassee Offset by Losses of Russians in Eastern Arena. | CZAR NICHOLE GOES TO FRONT LONDON, May 18.-—Persistent rumors were in circulation in the lobby of the House of Commons to- night that a coalition government te expected fn Holland that Ger-| Vo8 ShOUL 10 be formed. . Unfonist many will defend the sinking of |leaders held a conference with the Lusitania and decline to mod- | Premier Asquith this afternoon and 1ty 1ts method of wubmarine war-| it {g stated that the question of & b coalition was settled. DECISION ON ITALY'S POLICY con- corntug the war apparently has been postponed " oa ment meets on Thurs: PLOT TO ASSASSINATE of Turkey, Field Marshal Von Der ; Field Marshal Von Sanders 1 l Government in Quandary. All during the day there were re- ports that the government had sud- denly found itself confronted with problems of momentous importance, our troops must be adequately protected by the employment of similar methods #0 ax to remove the enormous and un- Justifiable disadvantage whioh must exist for them if we take no steps to meet on his own ground the ememy who is responsible for the introduction of this pernicious practice.' Wi s 800,000 More. ! Lord Kitchener sald he wanted 300,000 more recruits to form new armies. | He expressed his confidence that in the very near tuture the country would be in a satisfactory position with regard to the supply of ammunition. The news from the Gallipoll pentnsula, in . other words the Dardanelles, was thoroughly satisfactory, Earl Kitchener declared. Earl Kitchener gave a general review of the situation in the war sones before the House of Lords adjourned for the whit. suntide holidays. Bpeaking of the German attack on. the allied front near Ypres, Derl Kitchener said: “In _this attack the “enemy employed i this crisis. | VASt quantities of polsonous gases and|von Bethmann-Hollweg, the. German our soldlers and our utterly unprepared ttack, nch allies , were b thin dlaboli 3 h undoubtedly had -.fcni % tho. | same immedidte success, owing to the wb‘ “made’ by the experience - s for & joonsiderable distance, ‘and from ;400 to 5 prisoners. This. action also. {s proceeding and we hope that in conformity with the French operations it will achieve important results. o | Reichistag today, was that war with Announcements of 'the cancellation of the cabinet council which had been summoned to meet at moon; of the postponement of Chancellor Lloyd George's projected tour of the country to stimulate the output of munitions of war and of approach< ing visits of Mr. Churchill and other ministers to Mr. Asquith all served to give color to these reports. Official information is still lacks ing, however. According to these reports, the allocation of officers has not heen: finally determined. It is rumored that A. J. Balfour, former premier, will succeed Winston Spemecer Churchill as first lord of the ad< miralty, the latter taking some other, LONDON, May 18.—What seenys like a cabinet crisis suddenly has been sprung on Great Britain. There - has arisen what appears to be a rup+ ture between the clvil head of the ad- ( miralty, Winston Spencer Churchill, and the lords of the admiralty, bu Lord Fisher, resuit Enver Pasha is sald to have CABINET OF ITALY - ASKS FULL POWER Parliament at Its Session Thursday Will Be Requested to Vote Min- istry Plenary Authority. WAR PREPARATIONS CONTINUE BULLETIN, AMSTERDAM, May 18, — (Via |London.)—A dispateh to the Tele- l"“" from Berlin says the mpres- |llnn received by a majority of the persons who heard the speech of Dr. chancellor, at the openfng of the Italy was inevitabie. BULLETIN, ‘who ence of the military, however, has|lcal tailed to prevent attempts at popular uprisings and demonstrations of hoe- tility to Emperor Francls Joseph. ~ROMB, May 17.—(Via Paris, |May 18.)-——The Italian Parliament | will be asked Thursday to vote ouly on a bill containing a single clause conferring plenary powers on the government, according to the Glor- Russian reverses in the the war, a reverse which ficlis communiéation from From the environs of Omaha came| Dessengers declared the submarine dis- | various reports of frost. One man living |7ePorted in Amsterdam 'that Germany charged a torpedo and that they saw the 1! u'::ly ”"r{w 1 lt_‘ml:t it . |may 'w into & natlo) crisis or north of Florence sald the frost was so | Will throw the responsibliity for the dls- | \rljiiyie o diplomatic rupture between trail ‘of the projectile. Ofhers disruted | peavy there in the low places that it|aster oo Englanc and on the American |the governments, Let us aid the pres- this. . The Transylvania had 1ifeboats |jooked like snow. \ authorities who permitted passengers |ident, "::;om the American people called ready all Baturday and few passengers,| ‘Temperatures out in the country and |t embark on a ship carrying explosives. (L0 SUthority. and those whom be has se- went tosbed the last night of the vovage. fully confirms, but, which it is In London may show a different’ when the Russian counter stroke eastern Gallcla and Bukowina e fought out, In southern Poland the Russlans con< fess to having been forced to retreat to l:n:vw transpiring dfl:‘g r: “The offensive operations,” the secretiry nale d'Italia. Final action regard- ;t(vr '-::r. :;O:nu;:.”“adnlnl‘ .'-:w trenches | ing war is not expected until after o Jlemant enormous s st L oy {that time unless Austria makes the Refcrring to the delay in production of | first move, which Is considered un- ammunition, Barl Kitchoner remarked: | likely in view of the paditic speeches T am confident that in. the near future \ ad i in low places are frequently § or 9 degrees i It is believed in Holland, he asserts, that l-p.?e.v? c:manuctv':v.m::‘hm it at once show lower than we get on our official ther- | Germany will decline to modify its meth- |our devoted loyalty te our country, its . mometer located here on the federal | Brother of Villa . Dies from Wounds building, 114 fe»t above the ground,” llld[ BL PASO, Tex., May 18,—Antonio Villa, Colonel Welsh. “Naturally our ther- | @ brother of General Francisco Villa, mometer is influenced by all the warm air arising from thé bulldings and chim- | died late yesterday from wounds m-l ceived in a Brawl at Chihuahua City, ac- neys of the city.” | Colonel Welsh pointed an accusing | cording to advices recelved today at Juares. -Several others were killed and i M At e il i (Continued on Page Three, Column Four.) e——————— wounded. Ferris in Personal The fight nms;. it was asserted of- Appea'l fo'r Pr ank to el b oo Georgia Governor intoxicated soldiers at the bull ring in - the Chihauhua state capital. LANSING, Mich., May u,—doverpor: Ferris of Michigan yesterday made a The Incident was sald to have political signiticance. personal appeal to Governor. Slaton of Georgla for the commutation of the sen- tence of Leo M. Frank, whose fight to | The Weather escape the death penalty imposed upon Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. no him after his conviction of the murder of Mary Phegan, a factory girl, has at- tracted pation-wide interest. In a letter to the Georgia governor, Mr. | | Ferris based his argument on the fact that he.is opposed.to capital punishment. { By commuting the sentence, - Governor % | Ferrfs wrote, -Governor . Slaton could {make amends for apy mistake which either the jury or the courts might have made and at the same time give heed to the request of Frank that he be igiven a chance ultimately to prove his innocence. NASHVILLE, Teni., May 15.—The Ten- nesaee state passed a resolution Tist night .49 | fequesting the . governor of Georgla to | commute to life imprisonment the death 1918 1314, 1913 1913 | sentence of Leo M. Frank. .o B8 T8 M8 H s @ ree @ | 1 1| 8 | £ wattmnesbES pman CPFTFTITERREEEeS Precipitation Temperature and tures from the nor: ods of submarine warfare. No Farther Word (rom Gevard. WASHINGTON, May 8.~ Gerard has try ttted no indication from the German foreign office as to when a reply to the American note may be expected. Secretary Bryan sald to- w of any importance had been from the ambassador, and that the Htate department was without ad- vices as to when the reply would be sent. | As to the United States seeking a safe conduct for Dr. Bernhard Dernbers when he leaves the country, Secretary Bryan sald: i “We have no official knowledge of Dr. Dernberg,” and refused to discuss th question further. View of Berlin- Paper, THE HAGUE, Netherlands (Via' Lon- don), “May 18.—Berlin newspapers as a rule refrain from comment upon . the American note to Germany. The Tages Zeitung, however, discussed the note in a half column article. It says: “The United States makes a brusque demand that Germany, abandon submarine war against Great Britain. The United States disregards with complete disdain the German war zone declarafion com- munication to Washington on February 4 and later in the course of the exchange of notes, disapproves as ‘surprising. irreg- ularity’ the German embassy's warning in the press. and permits itaelf to impute to the German government as an' exeuse the probability that German submarine commanders acted contrary to orders. ‘“Whoever reads this " notice without prejudice can scarcely escape the impres- slon - that the British ambassador at | Washington was not far away when it | was ‘framed. One could equally as well {imagine its contents to be & speech by | Bremier Asquith in the House of ‘Com- mons." § 2 £ Boy Hitin Head by nifteaten soe | Pitohed Ball-Dead Normal temperature Count von Reventiow, the naval.ecritic, ity and respousible leadership and at the same time encourage a peaceful outcome, creditable to our own uwal.r& and not humiliating to the power whic! we, for :more than a . century, have deemdd our friend department officers, National Command- or-n-Chief Palmer appearing before s great audience. Upon the platform with Him were many leader sof the Grand Army in the state,’ with Department Commander Durand. Commander. Palmer reawakened in the comrades the ardor of the ermy days. nd in view of the impending vontroversy with Germany bespoke of all'a’ temipered hearing of the case and & ong stand for the ideals of the American republic. Representatives of the women's. organ- {zations affiliated with the' Gand Army of the Republic were in attendance and held meetings, at different times during the day. Among those here' are Mrs. Rosalie B. Condon, Pawnee City; Mre. Addie E. Hough and Mrs. ‘Carrie’ A. | Peters. R. G. Strother, department commander of the Sons of Veterans, was one of the guests. Minden was lavishly decorated for the reunfon and ngtional colors were dls- played everywhere. [HE-GATE-CITY-OF THE-WES Omaha is just now enter- taining the annual conven- we shall be n a satisfactory position In regard to the supply of these shells, “In these recent offensive operations,” he continued, "“‘our losses and those of the Freiice have been heavy, but the task our armies' have accomplsthed has peces- sitated great ‘sacrifices and the spirit and morale of our troops have never been higher than at the present moment.” Position of Russians. ‘The war secretary had this to say con- cerning the position of the Russians: ““The Russlans now hold a strong line ltrom the eastern Carpathians to Prese- |my-l, which forms a pivot of their lines, ‘and thence along the San to the Vistula. !In Bukowina the Russians have made a . counter offensive and driven the Aus- Itrians back from the Dnelster’ to -the Pruth. The German losscs in killed and wounded in these operations have been enormous, and many thousand un- wounded prisoners have fallen into the | hands of the Russians.’ Turning to . the Dardanelles, Earl Kitchener said the progress of the allies was necessarlly slow, since the country was most difficult. “But the Turks are gradunlly being forced to retire from po- sitions of great strength,” he continued, “and, though the enemy is being con- stantly reinforged, the news from Lhis front is thoroughly satisfactory.” Operations iu South Africe. Earl Kitchener then referred to the Bouth African campeign and the occu- | pation by Union of SBouth African forces South America Press Backs United States made in the Hungarian’ Diet. Alarmist rumors of all kinds are being clrculated in Rome, and the situation is #0 tense' there are many who belleve them all. One report today was that Prince Von Buelow, the Germen ambas- sador, already had left the city secretly Special Trains tor Diplomats. It was unfounded, aithough a special train is kept in readiness to carry him to St. Gothard If a break comes, as he is understood to have expressed a wish to return to Berlin by way pt Switserland. Another special stands with steam up |MUst have a most serioun effect on ready to speed for the Austrian frontier | Gorman lines, in tho bellef of British by, way of Verona and Brenner, with | Military criticlams. With the & new line between the Pilica river and [l few days in f France, if it can be pushed Russian front. Wedding Ceremon | g g y on Page ww:amnn;:::; | Continued on Pags Two—Column One) | moae it of ltalian forces on the & ! that there must be soon a relaxation. of French Official Report. | ontinued on” at Berkeley, Cal, | ©tiwe | the argument is being ad: Unique Mystical | the German and Austrian pressure on thd PARIS, May 18.—Th | THE wANT.AD waY l BERKELEY, Cal, May B—Henry B, | Monges, jr., of the architectural depart- | ment of the University of California, and Miss Madeline Breckenridge of Toledo, ©O., were united in marriage yesterday in & unique mystical ceremony. They knelt together before an open {fireplace in the presence of fifteen guests, Face to face, with lips almost | touching, they repeated a service of | words, and with earth, water and fire symbolically enacted their physical, men~ | tal and spiritual unon. | The pair held two separate urns of rth, and alternsting with their right and left hands, dropped the earth into & third urn, signitying the physical union To symbolize the union of minds, each held a flask of water and together they poured the water into third flask. The tion of Nebraska dentists. declares that the German war sone dec- RIO JANKIRO, Brazil, May 4.~Com- |spiritual union was accomplished by the Deficlency for the day. cess ~HICAG | ! declara denti i menting on the American note to Ger- | lighting of two candles, typifylng the :zlr:rlu.l‘ pnd:{mnounmh o CHICAGO, May W~Walter Jennusch, :::il-:: "vzll::':m:hr:unrf‘::fi; to pm‘:‘:: Omaha tists stand high many the local papers in editorial articles | fires of the home. The flaming wax Deficle for the da; 18 years old, died today of concussion of | “ung present note so far as concerns || it their professional rank ||express the view that this communication ' sticks were held together until the melted “Could you be true te eyes of bi Tocal :gnt since March 1....2. the brain caused by & pitched ball, which torpedoed steamers, makes Engilsh con- d Omaha also h. dental ||makes 1t incumbent on Germany either | wax welded them into one. If you looked es of brown { rtensy gaoe Mawh 1o 18l Struck the youth in the head BuDAAY | clugions and untrus statements its owe |1 o) 4 8L 11¢0 make fitself hated in North America|. After these esoterié rites, the orthodox You could If you owned a Econ fur oor: peried “yis 4§14 lpches during an amateur game at Des Plaines, o weiton Curmmn by 8 0 was || €Olleg partof Creighton || or cease its “piratical and' infamous | marriage service was performed by Judgo Auz»:: of your own, e X - - burb. A coroner’ . ? : Py N " ” rried and settle Wi Reports From Stations at 7 P. M. | the pitcher. ® Jury exonerated qoing when it made ita decision and hed || university, that stands high. || st Lo oo e arkd vy Bt - oo Station and State Temp. High- Rain- | | constdered all" possible consequences. papers say the ) ng ———e—— To find the Beautiful Lady », of Weather. Tp. m. est fall. | “Germany must and will go its way the interests of all America. Chagas Recoverlng You'll have to go it alone. Cheyenge, snow 2 ® "1x!TO PETITION FOR WRIT and loave it to the United States to choose Y | Bt the little Want Ade 1 = | hy ou fin Dlaver, snow s % IN CASH REGISTER CASE, (c"\ar sone it American: chisens. pege || OROCERY ana meat.: Furnau st ;WIISOD and Party From Bullet HUrts The iaundress. the cook and the hemel 3 ¢ y H 500 ren , 3-year e WO e % o m| o desire to visit Europe in thess. times, || Sale 31,600 per month. Firat Tt || Sail for Ca ital o — % 8 8| WASHINGTON. 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' Some of the 3“;‘,"‘,.:' J;L’",-' gl < M % | briug tho criminal anti-trust case against | incidentally that the suthorized transla- (| L with President - Wilson and his party ithe bullets djd not penetrate the bome, | Vet bargains in Real Estate *igad- A Sloux ity cloud ;1 g % |t officers of the National Cash Regls | ton of the American note “shows “the For turther g.‘.fi:.lfl'o:‘ g:: |aboard. with the exception of Becretary | He still hopos to assume the premierahip | Whoree: Soiinods” mALS l“h :: e Valoating, ' ooy .. % » o |ten company of Dayton, O., before that|same sharp form™ as the \crsion received || Ad on of The Bes today. Tumulty, salder for Washington at 1:3 |in which for the {ime being he has been | find good laundresses and cooks, | L A wil..&fl. Local Forecaster, | tribunal from the Havas agency \ , o'clock, replaced by Jose Castro, ! g-ls‘l,}vhfiqc 1}yl-r 1000. THE OMAHA BEE | |