Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1915, Page 2

CARRANZA NAMES |WITNESS ADDS THRILL[BGSINESS MEN SEE | Wants Parsons to Enlist as “There |Southern Pacifio Nothing Doing in Christianity’’ DIPLOAT 10 U. §. Cousin of Provisional President is Appointed as Ambassador to Washington. FLETCHER GOES TO MEXICO CITY WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.--Eliseo Arredondo, General Carranza's con- fidential representative in Washing- ton, has been selected to be the am- bassador from Mexico to the United States. Secretary Lansing formally an- nounced receipt of advices announc- ing Mr. Arredondo’s appointment. ‘The new American ambassador to Mexico, Becretary Lansing sald, would be announced later. Henry P. Fletcher, now ambassador to Chile, is practically certaln to go to Mexico City. The Mexican embassy here received its first information of Mr. Arredondo’'s ap- pointment through the State department dispatches, which were forwarded by John W. Beit, who is representing the de- partment with General Carranza. The Bew ambassador probably will receive and presefit his credentials about the same time that the appointment of the mew American ambassador to Mexico is announced. Restores Diplomatic Relations. The appointment of ambassadors will restore full dipiomatic relations between the two governments, which were in- cousin; he enjoys the general's clomest confidetice, and in addition to being one of the leading jurists of his country, he has taken a leading part in many public Fleteher's Diplomatic Career. Mr. Fletoher has been selected for the delicate task of representing the United Gtates during the reconstruction period in Mexico, particularly because of his famillarity ‘with Latin-Amolcan affairs and the marked success which has at- tehded the conduct of his mission in He has lohg been in the American tie service And worked his way up to the piace of an ambassador from lower grades. He s & republican. Fiotcher's home is In Chambers- Pa. He Is 4 years old, unmarried lawyer. During the Spanish war in the rough riders as & private & lieutenant In the volun- the Philippine service. £ 5 5 § E ity it - Make New Record Run Across Iowa AMES, 1a., Dec. Special Telegram.)— ‘With Lincoln Highway boosters in lows sccusing the boosters of the River to road, particularly those in Des intentionally scheming to tme over the River to River double run over both roads disparage the Lincoln way, car started from Clinton y in an attempt to break LT *E;Eség;fi;h i THE BEE: Testifies Effort Was Made in Win. terset Murder Case to Change His Testimony. ASKED T0 CONCEAL TRUE FACTS (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Dec¢. 5.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A fresh thrill was offered in the Winterset murder mystery at today's trial, when Alfred Kneuper declared Fred Meyer, accused of killing his wife, had attempted to “fix"* his (Kneuper's) testi- mony at the coroner’'s Inquest. Meyer askeéd Kneuper to oonceal the true facts relative to the peari-handled revolver, which is the main link in the crime. The witness sald: “As I came up to the gats of the Meyer home, Fred sald, ‘If they ask you anything about the gun don’t say anything about it." ™ It created a sensation and there was an audible murmur of surprise through- out the court room. Kneuper, who resides a mile and a half from the Meyer home, sald Mrs. lda Meyer, suspected mother-in-law, called him up and asked him to come with his automobile. “I arrived about noon. That was the day of the shooting.” he sald. ““They took me into & room and I saw Bthel lying in a pool of blood. “How did 1t happen?’ I asked Fred.' He pointed to & gun on the dresser. I went after a doctor. “The next day when I was called as a witness before the coroner's jury, Fred met me at the gate. He called me to one side and sald In low tones: ‘Didn’t you #eo the gun lying alongside Ethel? ““Then he asked me not to say anything about it." A st Free State Fair. In Wi ual report read today before the State Agricultural convention at the state houke A. R. Corey, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, took a stand against free admission to the state fair. He said he d4id not belleve the -cent admission fee kept many people away from the falr and that should the free admission plan be adopted, he belleved the plan would be branded as a scheme of the Des Moines citizens to get free ad- mission to the fair. Fight tor Prohibition. That the prohibition fight in Iowa has Just begun was the consensus of opinion expressed last night at the fifth annual meeting of the Des Moines Citizens’ as- soclation held at the Young Men's Chris- tlan association. Other things upon which most of the temperance workers seemod to agree were that a constitutional pro- hibitory amendment will be necessary to make the victory compl that, every- thing conaldered, the city administration s enforoing the liquor laws efficiently, and that only the Coliseum will be big enough to hold the mammoth watch night Jollification that is being planned for Friday, December 31, the eve of statutory prohibition in Iowe. Meyer Placed on Trial, The trial of Fred Meyer of Winterset, charged with the murder of his wife, be- #an yestorday. Witnesses told of the find- ing of Mrs. Me: body in an upper room in the Meyer home, It has always been the contention of Meyer and his mother, Mrs. Ida’ Meyer, that the young father of the dead woman. Ap Contest Ke Judges who are passing on the apple exhibit at the state horticultural show a the state house are having considerable difficulty in choosing the winners. The oxhibit is so uniform and so universally high-class the judges say that in many Instances the contests are very close. F. O. Harrington of Willlamsburg is judging the apples from the southern distriot, M. J. Herrick of Ames those from the cen- tral district and Charles O, Garrott of Des Moines those from the northern dis- trict. Many Des Moines school children and high school students visited the show today. The varieties were pointed out to the boys and girls by the attendants, and the various qualities of the different kinds were explained. Wil Flaht Mulet Law. Liquor dealers are preparing to fight the repeal of the mulot I according to information which has recelved at the attorney general's office from tem. perance forces. The temperance people say that an injunction will probably be asked for by the liquor men either at Davenport or Clinton to restrain the state from putting into effect the repeal of the mulet law. A. U, Coates, president of (h3 Towa Constitutiona! Prohibition Amend- ment association, called on Attorney Gen- eral Cosson today to corfer with him with reference to the threatened move by the liquor men. Mr. Coates says he has in- foymation from parties who are in touch with the State Liqugr Dealers' assocla- tion that such action will be taken. Lyons Oounty Falr Case. Willlam B. Fey of Rock Rapids, who has been protesting against the payment of state ald to the Lyons County Fair assoclation on the charge that gambling was permitted at the falr, sald today that he will enjoin the state auditor from the payment of the aid in case the executive committee of the State Department of Agriculture rules that it should be paid. This would then throw the case into the courts. The executive committee of the agricultural board has not ruled on either the Lyons county protest nor the one from Chickasaw county. Wiley 8. Ran- kin of the attorney general's department, Who appeared for the complainants, de- clared at the hearing that the e board would be establish: dangerous prece- dent If it allowed ¢ ald In these two cases. Up tor Parole. The State Board of Parole, which has been Investigating a number of important cases this term, has passed four of them on for further consideration during the February term. The case of Harvey Sothern, sent up from Des Moines more than two years ago, together with his Lrother, Eddie Sothern, on conviction of robbery. is one of these. The others are: Louls Chirikos of Mason City, to Fort Madison on & murder charge; Al- bert Parnitzka, sent up from Van Buren county December 21, 181, on the charge of murder, and Willlam P. Jones, who is confined at Anamoss. and who was sent | SOUTH SIDE YARDS Manufacturers, Dealers and Officials Surprise Each Other by Igno- rance of Big Industry. ONE LEARNS HORSE IS NOT MULE Much information did 130 manu- facturers and business men of Omaha secure about the stock yards and packing industries in their visit to the South Side yesterday noon. Each man in the party was sur- prised at the ignorance of his neigh- | bor as to the detalls of a glant in- | dustry that has thrived for over a | quarter of a century at his very door. Thus Charles R. Sherman admit'ed it | was the first time he had ever been 11 the Exchange bullding in South Omaha He was glad to be there, of course, and was tickled by all the big wonderful | things he saw, but until the Manufac- | turers’ association chartered two special street cars to take the crowd down there | for & few hours of sight-seeing, he had never felt he had time to o. “That's a funny look'ng herse,” said Fred 5. Knapp, former president of the | Manufacturers' association, as the gang | was filing t'rough the hands'me new | barns that are the marvel of the west. | Thirks Mule a Horse. | ““That sure is & funny looking horse’ he repeated, and whon his friends saw | he was so much Interested they glanced fn the same direction and found him | staring wide-eyed at a big black mule, | Francis A. Welch, although he bas been in Omaha over two years as sa'esmanager for the Bherwin-Willlams company, sheep- ishly admitted he had never been 11 South Omaha. He hadn't the sl'ghtest idea where to take a street car to get out after the picnic was over, and while tramping around through the cattle yards he was very much interested in learning “how they get the meat from t'e cows.” mother, were horror-struck to learn t at | these will be killed so that the mother | can be fattened for slaughter, | Caw Hos Five Legs, But then there was a real curiosity in the blg horse barns. This was a black jcow with five legs. The cow is truly a freak, with four perfect a fifth growing from the | & huge gnarled and clumsy cloven hoof | dangling half way to the knee of her | sound leg on the right side. “Don’t you believe it,” chorused a half dogzen of the wisest when they were told to walk down the aisle and see the cow in the farthest stall. They had seen so many wonderful things that they never knew before, they had asked how many crops of a round steak a steer will raise in a single season, but they were sure no cow could have five legs. For that very reason many missed see- in; this real curiosity, being afrald of & sell, City and county officlals joined the party. Among them were Commissioners Jardine, Butler, Withnell, Drexel, Cor- poration Counsel Jobn Rine and County Attorney George Magney. The visitors were decorated with white arm and hat bands bearing the words, ‘Buy It In Omaha.” Secretary A. F. Stryker of the Live Btock exchange met the delegation at the car stop and escorted them to the Ex- change building. where at 1 o'clock they were served a nice luncheon. Inspect New Barns. Following this they were led by Jack Walters through the cattle, hog, sheep and horse yards and barns. The splendid ew horse barns, concreted throughout and thoroughly fireproof, were of great interest to the men. The new and huge #heep barns, where more feeder sheep are handied than in any other yards in the world, were eyo-openers. Then they came to the splendid double-deck, solid concrete hog parlors and yards, where everyone of the tens of thousands of hogs that come there dally are sheltered from sun and rain by concrete roofs. Some of the party remained to go through the packing houses, but those Who had visited the packing plants in the past took cars for home about 3 o'clock. Turkish Forces Advancing On Aden! LONDON, Dec. An advance of the Turks on Aden, outhern Arabla, near the entrance to the Red Sea, through the Sues canal passes, |Is an- nounced In a Turkish officlal statement as received In Amsterdam and forwarded by the Central News correspondent there. The statement say: Between Mahadi and Aden successful fighting occurred. The Turks are ad- vancing on Aden." CONTINENTAL ARMY PLAN EMBODIED IN HOUSE BILL WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—~The adminis- tration plan for a continental army of 400,000 men was embodied today for- mally in a bill upon which President Wilson, Secretary Garrison and Chairmen Hay of the house military committee have agreed. Chairman Chamberlain of the senate military committee has drafted a blll and both measures will be submitted infor- mally to the committees and later intro- duced as comittee measures that there may be no partisanship involved. Senator Chamberiain's bill does not contain the continental armv feature. THe regular army would consist of sixty-four regiments of infantry instead of thirty-one, as at present; nineteen regiments of cavalry, instead of fifteen; twenty regiments of fleld artillery, in. stead of of six, and one regiment of coast artillery. It proposes, however, a reserve of officers and men. The term of enlistment would be six years, three with the colors and three with the re- serves CINCINNAT! COURT GIVES IIINGMENT TO OMAHA FIRM CINCINNATL O. Des. $.—(Spacial u-oto-n.-um.ww have a far better offect Quinine, and it can be the fan the E W A Rocm for the Bomoer, or a Roomer 4ds Do the (ment in the United States district | against the estate of the 'oonn-vdchchnu. ‘The for §,70, but Charles Hoffmeister, | cetver for the Hamburger but 282 in available wil be all that can be | Tre clatm was for preferefce stock which the president of | burger company bLeld in the Omaha | 1131 HH T 1 ‘ ; -3 ‘a E ’l B i OMAHA, Others, seelng a litter of speckled plgs | twelve hours old wabbling after their | FRIDAY, s 1 LONDON, Dec. 5.—~An attempt to pre- cipitate a debate In the house of com- mona on the subject of the enlistment of clergymen falled today. The matter has been much discussed throughout the country Robert L. Outhwaite, oo ifberal member DECEMBER 10, 1915. for Hanley, asked Harold J. Tennant, parliamentary under-secretary for war “As there is nothing doing In Chris- tianity at the present time, fsn't it im- portant that clergymen should enliet™" Mr. Tennant refused to be drawn into Giscussion éLondon Journal | Suggests Closing 5 of Mediterranean LLONDON, Dec. 8.~The Morning Post {lndly gives prominence to & suggestion by a correspondent that the Mediterran- ean Sea be declared a closed sea and that no ship be allowed to trade there without a license from the entente naval author- itles. The step shiould be taken, .ne corre- spondent argues, in an effort to combat Teutonic submarines, which he declares | are kept supplied with oll, provisions and torpedoes by neutral steamers. He sug- gests that neutral ships on entering the Strait of Gibraltar should be given a course which they would bs requred to follow without deviation or delay and says that no neutral ships carrying oll fuel should be allowed in the Mediter- ranean. | “Greek ships are probably the worst | otfenders,”” says the correspondent. “A { short time ago, one of our largest trans- ports, carrying 6,000 troops, ran ciose td a Greek ship, which was In the act of supplying oll to an enemy submarine off | Tunls, while on another occasion a sus- piclous oll tanker was close by when one of our transports was sunk and later was seen exchanging signals with the sub- | maripe.” ; November Exports | Through New York $180,000,00 NEW YORK, Dec. 9.~Novembr exe | porta through this port broke all records | by exceeding $180,000,000 in value, customs house officlals said today. Because of the diversity of shipments, complication of the exact figures cannot | be completed for several days. | Food stutf. led by wheat, ani ex- plosives, mostly smokeless powder, trini- | tro-tuluol, cordite and gun cotton, formed | & large proportion of the exports. Iron and steel bars and fabricated iron |and steel reached a large total. Auto- | mobiles and automobile parts, aeroplanes and many other articles were sent abroad. The purciases were about equally cf- vided between England and Franoce, it 1s bedeved. Pontiff Holds Public Consistory ROME, Dec. 9.—~In the presence of thousands of people, a public consistory was held by Pope Benedict today in the Bala Regla. Owing to the war, the large gathering of foreigners which generally attends these occasions was lacking. The family of the pope, the Roman aristocracy, and members of the diploma- tic corps, occupled speclal tribunes, as did Francisco De La Bara, a former provisional president of Mexico. The pontiff appeared to be vigorous and in good health, and conferred red hats on the newly created cardinals. Corrick Promises Progressive Ticket (Fyom a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—(Special Tel- gram.)—Frank Corrick, secretary of the “bull moose' party of Nebraska, who arrived in Washington today after a conference with Colonel Roosevelt, sald that a full progressive ticket wopld be presented to the voters of Nebraska next year. He declared the party was alive and would hold a commanding po- sition in next year's election. Quaker City Wants PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5-—Provid-d with a ¢l eck for §10°,000 to guarantee the tee of prominent Phi'aielphians will ap- pear before the national republican cam- paign committee in Washington on Tues day and urge that this city e eloted as copvention. The committes, which . as announced by the Chamber of Commerce, is headed by Congressman J. Hampton Moore. | GERMANY WILL ISSUE BUTTER AND FAT CARDS BERLIN, Dec. 8.—(Via London.)—The federa] council has authorized municipal- ities to issue butter and fat cards similar to the bread cards in use for several months to regulate the consumption of these articles. The ordinance becomes effective January 1. It contains provisien for reserving the cheaper butter and fats for the poor. The commission organized to equalize distribution of butter Is au | thoriszed to require large producers to sell part of their output, up to 16 per gent of the total, for re-sale to municipalities where shortages exist. A “For Sale” ad will turn second-hand furniture into cash. 220 DIAM G. 0. P, Convention| expenses of the un'ert . king, a commit- | hte place for the next republican nati-nal | Gerfi];] ax?d Turk Army Will Invade India This Spring | LONDON, Dee. 8.—A dtapateh to the | Dally Teolegraph from Rome says: ‘According to indirect news trom Con- stantinople, Germany has abandoned its idea of an expedition against Egypt in favor of a great Turco-German expedi- tion against India.. | “The German project is to organise army of 400,000 Turks, with 100,000 Ger- mans commanded by Field Marshal Von Der Goltzs, and an Immense number of guna for an expedition in the spring, which will be preceded by a large Turk- ish advance guard which is already on the march to Bagdad. The Bulgarian army would undertake the care of the Balkan lines of communication to insure pplies to the Germans in Asia.” e Communipaw Left Egypt Day After Reported Sunk LONDON, Dee. 9.~The American oll steamer Communipaw, reported to have | been sunk off the coast of Tripoll, by a | 'lubmufln.. salled from Alexandria | Egypt, for New York, on December 8, ac- | cording to an announcement by Lioyds. The first report that the Communipaw | had been sunk was received December 7. It would appear therefore that the tanker | has been confused with some other vessel | which was sunk. Prior to this there have | been conflicting reports conocerning the identity of the steamer which was torpedoed. | ' Armed Men Bind Girl Cashier, Take | 1 Seven Thousand' I (YHI(JAOO. Dec. 9.—Three men, armed | | with revolvers, robbed the Prudential Life | Insurance office here of §7,000 early today. | Miss Emma Schlinski, cashier, had just | taken the money from a safe deposit | vault preparatory to opening the office for the day. The robbers bound Miss Schlinski back to back with Miss Minnle Haln, book- | keeper, and overpowered and gaged Lars | Wold, janitor, who came to the women's ald. (teneral Salazar is Founflo_t Guilty BANTA FB, N. M, Dec. 5.—~General Jose Ynes Balazar, a former Huerta gen- eral, tried on charge of perjury, was | acquitted by a jury in federal courts here | today, The charges grew out of Sala- zar's testimony at habeas corpus pro- ceedings following his entrance into American territory after the battle of Ojinaga, northern Mexico, in 1914 Why Not A Hartman Wardrobe? —A Trunk that will be near unto an everlasting Gift. —Fibre covered, rounded edges, lift top, padded {in- side, convertible hat box; absolutely the best on the market for... szs —And there are other Hart- man Wardrobe Trunks, not so elegantly fitted, but wonderful slg.so values, at.... ~Could you think of a bet- ter, more gensible, or more lasting Christmas Gift? 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