Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 28, 1915, Page 2

YASAKA MARU SUNK WITHOUT WARNING Officers First See Periscope After o Hits Liner—No Flag Visible at Any Time. PROMISES A NEW COMPLICATION | WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-—Ameri- | can Conmsul Bristow at Port Said | eabled today that no warning was given the Japanese liner Yasaka Maru before it was torpedoed and | sunk in the Mediterranean last | Tuesday by a submarine of unestab- lished nationality, The liner, he added, made no attempt to escape The consul's dispatch, which came In response to Secretary Lansing’s call for reports on the disaster, Was | the first official information on the incident, which probably will be the } subject of further diplomatic corre- | spondence with the Teutonic powers, Today's report sald the submarine was not seen untll after the liner had been | 2 NEW CHIEF OF BRITISH IM- PERIAL GENERAL STAFF. -AE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, torpedoed and that then only its peri- scope was visible. The general assump- tion s that the submarine must have been German or Austrian. The Yasaka Maru case is generally re- garded by officlals and diplomats here as gurrounded with wide possibilities. It has been suggested that Japan might | answer the challenge to its shipping by & wide participation in the war, even to the extent of taking part in the opera- tions in Europe. Submarine Probably Austrians. As Germany has already given assur- ances that its submarine commanders were under instructions not to attack liners without warning, there was a dis- position to belleve the attacking boat ‘WAS an Austrian. If that asswmption proves true, it is fearsd the situation £ GER SIR W/ILbiAN ROBERFSOMN Lisutenant General Sir Willlam Robert- son, cheif of the British general staff in France, has been recalled from the front to take the post as cheif of the imperial general staff in London, succeed- Ing Lieutenant General Sir Archibald J. Murray, who has been given an import- ant command. The recall of General Robertson from the front did not come as a surprise as further changes in the British general staff were intimated at the time of the recall of General French. g H s> i g i i that the reply “will concern for the good rela. iween the two countries, officlals that AustriasHungary pects upon s al tlors. lop the 5 H { - | i ] é | E ] t an Austrian sub- i H urances uct of its sl Report of Incidest. fl.~Dotalled advices re- it | : 5 i Maru | o i = -’E at vistble. 2 s i the' i H 'W. the water of the steamship. They stern rela s A cons steamship entered ‘discharged. | ith arranged . taken. This was pre- i iz o i H ! | | | £ ‘the submarine itselt i85 b 7 for was long atatement finance minister, there Maru gald n:.fl..‘. made . —(Bpecial With two high school teams "' Harter Walters, basket will_expound the fifty or more have been in- dey. Walters Towa to attend Missourt Valley . Blakely, mem- mmittee of the . arranged Uniform interpreta- the object of the will be guests of vening st a game and lowa State col- Charged Leading Mob 2 2 men moy iam Green and Mathis charged with e although Compuny ‘was held ready was litte would be needed. Bl ssarched today for the of the | And both do exist and, I trust, will e : & fow yards |exist in all thelr vigor. to the | ation, the | LANSING EXPOUNDS PAN-AMERICANISM (Continued from Page One.) United States and, I hope and be- be | lieve, the united power of the Ameri- can republics, will constitute a bul- wark which will protect the indepen- more diplomatic cor- | dence and integrity of their nelghbor the subject. The [from unjust invasion and aggres- isinclined to enter into | sion."” Mr, Lansing sald in part: “It is an especial gratification to me Yasaka Maru with-|to address you today, not only as the the Vienna forelgn office | officer of the United States who invited will be asked to disavow the you to attend this great Sclentific Con- to govern | gress of the Amerioan Republics, but bmarine warfare. | also as the presiding member of the governing board of the Pan-American union. In this dual capacity I have the con- | honor and the pledsurs to welcome you, gentlemen, to the capital of this country, that the |in the full contidence that your delibera~ without warn- | tions will be of mutual benefit to your P | various gpheres of thought had Land not only in Tesearch, ndividual sphere, but in the all-embracing sphere of Pan- " ‘was dis- | Amerioan unity and fraternity, which 18 Jong and [so near the hearts of ua All. Pan-American Spirit “It is the Pan-American spirit and the In the | poliey of Pan-Americanism to which 1 te, as | would for & few moments direct your at- torpedo if | tention at this early meeting of the cons gress, since it Is my earnest hope that ‘Pan-America’ will be the keynote which waas visible for a brief time | will influence your relations with one an- other and Inspire your thoughts and minner in | words. “It 1 have correctly interpreted Pan- having been ac. | Americanism from the standpoint of the minutes of tho |relations of our governments with those The | beyond the seas, it is In entire harmony Caused the boats 1o be tied to- | with the Monroe Dootrine. The Monroe Salls were holsted and. In sc- | Doctrine is a nationsl policy of the United States; Pan-Americanism is an southeastorly | international polioy of the Americas. The held until | motives are to an extent different; the sunboat which | enda sought are the same. Both can exist without impairing the force of eithei But Pan-Americanism extends beyond Passengers pralsed | the sphere of politics and finds its ap- thelr coolness | plication In the varied fields of human of | enterprise, Bearing in mind that the es- sentinl idea manifests itself in co-oper- It becomes necessary for effee- Was | tive co-operation that we should know 10 the feach other better than we do now. We must not only be nelghbors, but friends; not only friends, but intimates, We must understand one another, We must com- prebend our several needs, We must study the phases of material and intel- lectual development which enter into the varied problema of national progress. We should, therefore, when opportunity ef: fers, come together and familiarive our- selves with each others process of | thought in dealing with legai, economic and education questions, Idea of luteraationalism. “Panamericaniem 18 an expression of the idea of internationalism. America has become the guardian of that idea, which will in the end rule the world. | Panamericaniam is the most advanced as well a8 the most practical form of that {idea. It has been inade possivle’ begause of our geograpbical isolation, of our similar political institutions, and of our common conception of human rights. | 8ince the Buropean war began othet fac tors have strengthened this natural bond and given impulse to the movement. Never before have our people so tully real- ised the significance of the words ‘peace’ and ‘fraternity. Never have the need and benefit of international co-operation In every form of human activity been se police | evident as they are today. “In this great movement this congress will, I believe, ply an exalted part. You, gentlemen, represent powerful Intellectual {forces in our respective countries. To- |®ether you represent the enlightened though of the gantinent, The policy of Panamericanism 18 practical. . The Pan- american spirit i8 a0 ideal It finds its source and being in the minds of think- ing men. It is the offspring of tue best, the noblest coneeption of international obl gation. £ “With all earnestness, therefore, I gom- _gentiemen, the thought of telegram ed: | his tather, C, R. Blake, at George, la. ALLIES PREPARED 70 HOLD SALONIKI French General in Interview Says Defenses of Greek City Are Now Impregnable, BAYS VICTORY IS SURE TO COME | ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 26.—(\'1-‘ Paris.)—"‘With our batterles of | heavy artillery and the men behind | them, it {s impossible to oust the al- | lled forces from Saloniki,” sald Gen- eral Castelnau, chief of the French | general staff, in a statement today to the Assoclated Press. | General Castelnau gave the inter- ! view after being received by Klnl: Constantine and attending a lunch- | eon at the French legation. Many of | the most important officers of the Greek army and navy and several of | the king's cloeest friends attended the luncheon. General Castelnau’s statement was submitted to the French minister, Jean Guillemin, and approved by him. ‘“Situation Most Excellent.” “The situation at Salontki today is| most excellent,”” the general continued. “I spent soveral da: examining ' the ground. I must say I have rarely seen| an emplacement which lends itself the botter to defense. “l may say, also, that the position| provides the most favorable conditions for offensive as well as defensive opera- tions." The general was asked whether the al- lles contemplate an offensive imovement from Balonik! in the spring. “Spring will tell,” he replied. ‘It is Impossible to discount the exigencies of the military situation so far ahead. Bhould it be decided upon, the offensive from Baloniki would be made under pe- culiarly favorable conditions. ‘“What Impression dia you gain from your talk with the king?"' the corres- pondent asked. “I was deeply touched by the fact that his majesty, although In poor health, re- celved me. He was most cordial. Th Greeks have shown me every courtesy.’ “And in France, general—how soon . do you belleve the war will be finished " ““That does not matter. The most im- portant thing is that victory is certain, sooner or later, In France, every French- man and every French woman is ready to go the whole way for a complete tri- umph, Whether in Frence or here, there will be no weakening; for France is not only determined, France is sure.” Large crowds, in which were many Greek soldiers, gathered before the French legation and cheered General Castelnau. 1 King Peter of Serbia Arrives at Brindisi onan It;a.l_g.n Cruiger BRINDSI, Italy, Dec. %.—(Via Paris, Deo, 71.)~King Peter of Serbla has ar- rived here on board an Itallan cruiser. The sovereign had refused resolutely un- til now to leave his army and it was only at the urgent entreaty of hls son, the prines regent, that he at last agreed to go Into exlle, The prince pointed out to his father! that it would be better for him to pre- serve his strength so that he would be | able after his health had been nllored: to return to his country at the head of & re-organized army. A Rome dispatch on December 16 said King Peter had accepted Italy's offer of | & palace for his use at Caserts, nm: Naples, but later, it was reported that| the aged ruler had declared he was de- termined to dle among his own people and not to abandon his army. The king has been seriously il for montns, but frequently was on the firing line with the Serbian troops before they were over- whelmed by Austro-Hungarians and Bul- sars, Mexicans Organize Civil Government in City of Juarez PABO, Tex, Dec. #1.—Control of the government of Juares by the Mex- de facto government began today the installation of officials, inspec- tion of archives establishment of of- ficial bank accounts. The mustering out of Villa soldiers also began. Jose Cantuy, brother of Governor Cantu of Lower California, said today Governor Cantu turned over his entire organisa- tion to the government yesterday. Generals Villa, Rodrigues and Medina- veitia are the only kuown leaders in arms in Chihuahua state against the de facto government of Mexico, according to General Obregon today. He sald Rodrigues’ men deserting In western Chihuahu &re en route to Juares, having !surrendered, and Med naveitia's men are also coming In. None of the oytlaws declared yesterday have more than & corporal's guUard of adherents with them, according to Obregon DEATH RECORD Joseph F. Dalley. TABLE ROCK, Neb., Dec, 31, —(Special.) ~Josbph T, Dalley. a civil war veteran, died at his*home south of here. He was born at Zanesville, O, May & 1842 He moved four year's later, with his father's family, to Towa, from which state he enlisted June 10. 15, i Company G, BEleventh regiment. lowa Volunteers, re- enlisting &8 & Yeteran in 1564 and serving until the close of the war. He is sur- vived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs, B, Jones and Mr: Jennie Sparks of St, Joseph, Mo, and Mrs Lizzie Hale of Platteville, Colo. James Flannigan. L etvil foan with AUBURN, Neb, Dec. 21.—(Special)~ 3 s Flanngsn, whose home was about six miles porthwest of this place, died at his home Ay night of pnenmonia, after a very brief ilincss. The deceased was about & years of age and had re- sided. In this county about fifteen years. He was & bachelor and had no relatives reaiding here. ’ €, R, Blake, HASTINGS, Neb, Dec. #.—(Special Telegram.. i ——— Ta Cure u Cold in One Day | ofticer of the United States Trust com- OMAHA BANKER. WHO ANSWERS TO CALL OF NEATH VICTOR B. CALDWELL. CALDWELL BURIAL T0 BE HELD TODAY (Continued from Page One.) Representatives of the Kansas City Clear- ing House association are also on the way to attend the services. Sketch of Life, Mr. Caldwell was born in Omaha on February 24, 1864, and was there- fore just finishing his fifty-first year. He was the son of Smith Samuel and Henrletta Caldwell, ploneer resi- dents of Omaha. All his life had been #pent in Omaha, and since his grad- uation from Yale university with the DECEMBER 28, 1915. RUMORS FROM NEAR EAST WAR ARENA DIFFER (Oontinued from Page One.) driven back Baturday with heavy loases, according to an official report received from General Townshend, the British commander. The report says: “Yesterday the enemy launched a de- termined attack against a portion of our positions, which was repulsed with an enemy loss of from 600 to 500 killed and wounded. Our casualties were under 20. Russian Army Demoralized. BERLIN, Dec. #1.—(By Wireless to Say- ville.)—“Reports from the Caucasus, re- celved here from Constantinople, state that the Russian army s demoralized @8 a result of cold, hunger, cholera, ty- phold and poor equipment,” says the Overseas News agency, “Poles in the ! Russlan army whose homes are in dis- tricts occupled by the Germans are de- serting or begging that they be sent home." Germans Occupy Fremch Orater. BERLIN, Dec. 27.—(Via London.)—Only mining operations along the Franco Belglan frontier are mentioned in today's officlal statement by German army head- quarters, The statement follows: “A orater made by a French mine ex- plosion In front of our positions morth- east of Neuville has been occupled by us. An enemy mine explosion on Com- bres Hill caused little damage. Other- wise there have been no Incidents of fmportance. ‘“There is nothing to report from the eastern and Balkan theaters of war.” Montenegrine Take Village. PARIS, Deo, #1.—~An official statement given out by the Montenegrin consul here today, bearing the date of Decem- ber 28, follows: “Our troops In the Sanjak continued thelr offensive and captured several vil- lages from the enemy, including Goud- ouche, Douevo and Dobrido, The Aus- trians sustained heavy losses in the vio- class of 1887 he had been engaged in business here. Follows Father in Bank. His father having been the senior part- ner in the banking firm of Caldwell & Hamilton, which afterwards became the United States National bank, it was na- tural that Mr. Caldwell should go into banking, and he had followed this activ- ity with such devotion and success that when M. T. Barlow, last January, laid down the office of president' of the great bank into which the ploneer house has grown, he congratulated himself and his fellows in the bank on heving & worthy successor in Victor B. Caldwell. Victor B. Caldwell began his education in the Racine grammar school, and pre- pared for Yale at Philips Andover. After leaving Yale he returned to Omaha, and became at once connected with the United States National bank. Since then he has served in various capacities in the bank, thrqugh all the grades up to the responaible’ place of president, which he filled at the time of his death, having been elected to ‘wucceed M, T. Barlow at the last annual meeting of the stock- holders. He was also a director and pany, president of the J. W. Hugus com- pany of Colorado, mevcantile and bank- ing: and a director of the Union: Stock Yar@s' company, * v Church and foclety Leader. Mr. Caldwell was active also in soclal life, and took great interests in the af- fairs ‘of the city and the peopls, who make up its citizenship. He was an active member of All Saints' church, to which he devoted much of his time and was the present junfor warden of its wvestry. Members of the Omaha club honored him by making him president of the club, and he was also formerly a director. He was & member of the Omaha Country club, of the Commercial club, the Hiks and the Woodmen of the World., His in- terest in the affairs of Yale university had never flagged, and he was & member of the Yale graduates’ advisory board, when he dled, Four Sons Survive. Mr, Caldwell was married on October 10, 1888, at Pasadena, Cal, to Miss Nellle R. Hugus, who survives him, Born to this lon were four sons, all lving. The eldest son, John ¥, is assoclated with D. H, Vinsonhaler in law business. Vietor B., junior, is a student at Yale, where he has won some distinction, hav- ing served for a time with an American ambulance section on the French battle flelds. Jabin B., is the third son, and the fourth, David R, is a student at Lawrenceville, Pa., academy. His brother, 8. 8, Caldwell, is a member of the firm of Caldwell & Brown, coal dealers. Contradicts Story 0f Donald Meserve LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. ¥.—Renew- ing the attack on the testimony of Don- ald Voss Meserve, one of the chief wit- nesses for the presecution, attorneys for Mathew A. Schmidt, on trail for murder in connection with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times bullding here five years ago, placed on the stand today Miss Mary L. Fitzgerald, whose testl: mony was intended to disprove Meserve's declaration that Sehmidt had confessed to him having had & major part in a plot to destroy the Times plant. Miss Fitsgerald, a typlst, sald she was at the home of Emma Goldman in New York the night of September 2, 1914, when Meserve, then known as Dopald Vose sald he met Schimidt and heard his state- ment relative to the Times. She declared that Meserve did not ait and talk with Schmidt on » lounge In the Goldman roota as Meserve testifiea. “I sat be- tween Vose and Schmidt all evening,™ sald Miss Fitsgerald. “Vose came in after Schmidt djd and he left after Schmidt." ‘“Who was present the same evening™ Miss Fitzgerald was asked. “Lincoln Steffens, the writer, Hutchins Hapgood, brother of Norman Hapgood; Vose, the defendant Schmidt, Miss Gold- man and Alexander Berkman.' On cross amination Miss Fitzgerald admitted she had visited Schmidt in jail here and was active in & league for his defense. Madam Bernhardt is Critically Il NEW YORK, Dee. #.—Madame Sara lent struggle for the positions. Prisoners Tak to Dardant ROME, Dec. 26.—(Delayed.)—Serbla has turned over to Italy 30,000 Austrian pris- oners who are being interned In Sar- dinia, being accompanied there by Ser- ®blan officers. A dispatch from Marseilles on Decem- ‘ber 17 sald that 40,000 soldiers and 760 Bul. garlan, German and Austro-Hungarian officers taken prisoners by the Serbians, had arrived there on thelr way to a con- Cold Storage Ware- Houses in New York Are Overcrowded NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—A serious con gestion of foodstuffs In the cold storage ‘warehouses of New York and New Jer- sey is reported by John B Starr, for- merly president of the American Soclety of Refrigerating Emgineers, in a state- ment to the Chelsea Assoclation of Mer- chants. Taking his figures from reports of health departments of the two states, Mr. Starr says that 16,116,172 pounds of fresh meat was in cold storage in New York City last September, hn inctease of 831 per cent over the amotnt stored heré two years ago. On the same daté, New Jersey warchouses held 4,107,078 pounds of fresh meat, an increase of 170 per cent. In addition, Mr. Starr reported that thousands of tons of meats are held in refrigerating cars on sidetracks await- ing unloading. He declared that 29,377,690 dozens of eggs were in cold storage here and 19,446,880 dosens in New Jersey in September. @ extent of the cold storage busi- ness,”” sald Mr. Starr, “may be indicated by the fact that there were 000,000 bar- rels of apples in storage In the United States on December 1. They were await- ing favorable market conditions here and abroad and the posstbility of movement over the congested railroads.” French Release Purser Taken from American Vessel ‘WASHINGTON, Dee. 1. — William fean steamer Borinquen, taken off by the French cruiser Descartes in Porto Rican ‘waters December 15, has been released. Advices today to the French embassy say the other men taken from American ships by the cruiser are being held pend- ing investigation of thelr liability to mili- tary servive in the German army. Representations by the United States against the taking of Germans from American ship now are at the Paris for- eign office. Garbe, a German by birth, ad taken out his first American natur alization papers. Union Pacific and Santa Fe Earnings Show Big Increase NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—~November earn- ings of the Union Pacific and Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe railroads, published today, indicate the emormous tonnage movement for that month in the west and along the Pacific coast. The Union Pacific gross earnings amounted to $9.385,000, an increase of $1,19,000 over the corresponding month of 1914, with net earnings of $3,8%,00, an increase of $§1.047,000. Atchison gross earnings aggregated 312, 080,000, an increase of §1,988,000; the net Aggregating $4525,000, an Increase of | 1,142,000, HYMENEAL Phillon-Reager. CAMBRIDGE, Neb, Dec. 27.—(Speetal | Telegram.)—Philo Phillon, aged 72, and | Mrs, A, E\ Reager, aged 64, surprised their friends by being quietly married to- day, Van Wie, Jr.-Carey. John Ven Wie, jr, and Anna Ma; Carey were married on Chrlstmas eve at the Diets Memorial parsonage, 1007 Plerce street. Dr. ¢, N, Dawson offi- clated. Their home will he in Omaha, BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all drl::gghh. Garbe of Brooklyn, purser of the Amer- | v(North Bros. Stock Co. Dependable Tailoring ‘at Cut Prices To reduce stock and keep my tailors busy. 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