Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 16, 1916, Page 1

PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE VOL. XLV HAUSER JURORS ARE UNDECIDED AFTER 9 HOURS Ask Bailiff for Cigars at the End of | This Period of Deliberation, In- dicating Are Not Near Agreement. LAWYERS SCORE THE PRISONER County Attorney Magney in His Closing Words to Jury La Bare Motive of the Man, MRS. HAUSER MAKES ADMISSION -NO. 31 After five hours’ deliberation over the guilt or innocence of Arthur Hauser, accused of the murder of W. H. Smith, the jury in Judge English's | court last night asked the bailiff for cigars, apparently indicating that they were prepared for a Jong st The request was made at o'clock, It was learned during the evening that Mrs. Hauser has admitted to friends that it was through informa- tion furnished by her that her hus- band was arrested, but at the time she furnished it, she did not know a murder charge was lying against him, She knew only that he was leading a reckless life and thought it was time the restraint of the law ehould be put upon him. Case to Jury at 3:40 P. M. The, case of the 'State against Arthur Hauser went to the jury at 3:40 o’clock., When the supper hour arrived the jurors still were delib- erating over the {ssue whether Hauser shot to death W. H. Smith, Woodmen of the World cashier while attempting to rob him and Mies Grace Slater at Thirty-first and Dodge streets on the evening of Oc- tober 16, last. A vigorous and logical speech by County Attorney Magney, who closed the case for the state, left the bandit despondent. “It will be a death verdict,” he told Sheriff McShane after he had been led from the court room for the last time before the jury decides his fate. “The jury will be out two hours and the verdict will be death.” The jury took with it into the jury room three blank forms for a verdict. One was for conviction with the death penmity, one for con- 8: o viet'on with life ,and one for acquittal. ATl in Court Room. When Louts inter— Grebe, court balliff, rupted the jurors' deliberations to invite them to eat supper, however, half of Hauser's prophecy had been disproved. More than a score and a half of murder jurfes, including those in many noted cases, veteran bailiff during the last quarter of a century. The last hours of the trial found all drama in the court room. The dead man’'s wife and mother and two children sat in the spectators’ seats. Their heads were bowed und they were weeping. The wife and mother and baby of the bandit on trial for his life, were close to him. The mother, 6 vears old, was in tears and held her handkerchief to her face. Mrs. May Hauser sat motionless. Many {riends of W. H. Smith were in the court room, including more than 100 persons from Council Bluffs, his home during his lifetime. The remainder of the spectators who overcrowded the court room were entertainment seekers and were equally might dictate. County Attorney Magney remarked as he opened his argument that he had been ! surprised when he heard the arguments of the table to find that they could make so much out of so little. He analyzed all thée vidence, declared it proved Hauser | paper representatives called to en under the charge of the | the prinfeipal characters of the murder | ready to smile or weep as circumstances | | of the three attorneys on the other side | OM \H EXNEBRASKA SENATOR IS CAN- | DIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT. SLMER J BURKETT OUT FOR VICE PRESIDENT Former Congressman and Senator of Lincoln Announces He Will Enter Name in Race. WEST SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BURKETT. | (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 15.—(Special.)— After heslutlng whether to run for president or for senator, ex-Sena- tor E. J. Burkett of Lincoln will file as a candidate for the vice presi- dency. This is the announcement made by him this afternoon to news- his { office to hear of his decision. Senator Burkett says he will make a campaign for support in the west, which, though it has for years| elected solid delegations for repub- lican presidents, has never been recognized on a national republican ticket. Senator Burkett served in the Nebraska legislature and then was elected to con- gress from the First distriet. Re-elected three times congressman, he resigned the last term when elected by the Nebraska legislature to the United States senate, from which he retired after one term. Following is Lis announcement, as pre- pared for ghe press, over his name: *To the People of Nebraska: 1L am I profoundly impressed with the expres- sions of confidence and esteem from my tellow citizens of this and other states, and am particularly. grateful to the peo- ple_of Nebraska for their generosity. .to me during the twenty years since I en- | tered public life, and for their renewed |and continued expressions of layalty and confidence at this time, After consid- erable reflection, T have decided to yleld to the entreaties of my friends and authorize my name to be used as a can- didate for vice president of the United |States. The near approach of the date of our Nebraska primaries seems to re- quire that I make this announcement at this time, “In doing so I am not unappreciative of the high honor, nor unmindful of the great duties and responsibilities that at- tendl the position; neither as T unmindful {of the claims of other men and other portions of the country for recognition; nor yet, indeed, have I overlooked the disadvantages geographical and numer- ical that confront a candidate from any western state in a national convention. Indeed, T have not vielded to this call because of any right or claims of my own, nor from personal ambition alone; nor because the way seemed easy or the burdens light: but rather because it has seemed to those who have importuned me to become a candidate that my twelve yeara of in the American con- Eress, six years of which were spent in (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) | i Huerta Leaves His Property to Wife A, MORNING. E-2 EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR AND : HAY DIE ve of Them Danger- by Blast Occuring Aboard American Sub- sea Boat, SUN DAY VESSEL IS LITTLE DAMAGED | Craft Undergoing Repairs in Dry‘ Dock in New York Navy Yard. i DETONATION TERRIFIC ONEE NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Four men | were killed and ten others injured, five of them dangerously, in an ex- plogion which occurred this noon on the submarine B-2 after- while in dry dock at the New York navy yard. One of the men killed was an en- listed electrician, and the other three civilian workers. At least | three of the ten now in hospitals are not expected to live. The Dead R. B. Seabert, electrician, second class.’ JAMES H. T . civillan, general helper, Brooklyn, J. P. SCHULTZ, civilian, machinist, Brooklyn, JOSEPH - LOGAN, civillan, general helper, Brooklyn. The Injured: L. C. Miles, chief electriclan, Brook-| Iyn. Ramon Otto, electricin, Middleburs, Md. Guy H. Clark, Jr, Frankfort, N. Y John Holsey, Baltimore, Md. James Lyons, Civilian Henry Zoll, civilian Otto Hassert, civilinn Richard Heyne, civillan | Michael Peyaer, civilian August IKaplin, civilian, Although the detonation was terrific, | the submarine itself from the outside, | shows none of the effects of the ex- plgsion, the second fatal accident of fts kind in the history of the United States| navy., The interlor apparatus was badly| shattered, but so tight was the vessels| shell, that there was no means of escape | for gas, which accumulated, and it was| ore than an hour after the blast be-| fore the work of recovering the bodies could be completed. A ladder was blown | up through the conning tower and fell 150 feet away, The injured men and one body were removed seon after the accident, but three bodies far down in the craft, could not be reached until the gas had been blown out by compressed air. Soon after the explosion geveral naval officers led a fescue party in M"s"* ,dock, but were partly overc y gas fumes when they attempted to descend. into the vessel. Tt was then that compressed air plpes were run into the shell, and| the gws forced out. Twenty Working on Craft, The number of men inside the subma- rine at the time of thé explosion is not definitely known. About twenty were working on the craft, but all of them were not on the underwater boat at the same time, It 18 not thought pos- sible that anyone who was inside could have escaped injury. | What caused the explosion has not| been definitely decided. Rear Adn\lrull Nathaniel R. Usher, commandant of the | navy yard after an examination of ma; been nearby, declined to express opinion. He said: 5 “The men were at work in the battery compartment of the E-2, discharging the new Edison batteries through a rheostat to measure the voltage, and the explos- ion occurred in that compartment while | (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Multimillionaire Is In Jail Day for Not | Having Lights Bright| i EL PASO, '1rx. Jan, 15.—The will of guilty and that the murderer of Smith deserved the extreme penaity. Magney Cites the Law. “We have a statute that of a man kills ansther while attempting to rob him, he is guilty of first degree murder and the penalty shall be death or life imprison- ment,” said the prosecutor. “You gentle- men are sworn to uphold the law of Ne- braska. ome motive for the killing of Smith, (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) sorecast till T p. m. Omaha, Counei! Bluffs and Vicinity alr and contin cold, emperature at Omaha Sunday Yesterday. _Haour, m m m m m m. m Deg, m m m m. m m m Comparative Local Record, 1916, 1915. 1914. 1913 r3 3 1 3 3 3 1 Highest yesterday TR Lowest vesterday I Mean temperature ‘. u o0 Precipitation Tem) 0 rature and pmupluuun depar- | tures from the normal Normal temperature 2 Deficiency for the day 16 Total deficieney since March | 133 Normal precipitation 02 inch eficiency for the day inch Total raintall ce March 1..27.92 inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1911. 3.5 Inc hes | Deficieney for cor, period, 1914, i 9 1913, 5,38 inches below zer T indicates trace of precipitation. de A WELSH, Locas Forecaster. Jrexk lency for cor. period, Indicates General Victoriano Huerta, former dic- ator of Mexico, was ready for filing to- day although it may not be made of legal cord for a week. The instrument gives to his widow, Mrs. Amela Aguilar Huerta, all his property, “real and per- sonel, wherever, it may be located.” Each of the eight children of the former dictator is given $1, this to comply with the provisions of the Texas law. Nothing | in the instrument reveals the amount of the estate. {Policeman Kills | | | CHICAGO, Jan. 15—Harry Baird, | patrol sergeant at the Woodlawn police | station, shot and killed his two chil- | dren, Charles, 10, and Bodine, 6, and then killed himself today. Mrs. Baird | { told the coroners he had been brooding | for several days. g Children and Self! SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.—John D. Spreckels, Jr. member of a wealthy | California family, spent the day in jall| at Redwood City, thirty miles south of | here serving sentence for not hn\"\[‘ ned the lights on his automobile when | passing through that municipality Seely, justice of the peace, in imposing sentence, said that a money fine would be absurd and quoted Spreck- els as saving he would not pay one with- out fighting it in the court. He made the sentence two days In jail Spreckels claimed that he had dimmed his lamps with tobacco yuice and that a| policeman in San Francisco had told mm} George | this would be satisfactory “That policeman was wrong, wasn't| he?' demanded Spreckels of his secre- tary after receiving sen.cnce | “He was replled the secretary and went out to see about meals “I am just a plain man and want to observe the law,” Spreckels said. *““This law, however, should be amended so that a man automatically could dim his lights when necessary and turn them on full} in the lone stretches of the country.” 'Mrs. Doane Reproaches Omahans for Giving Shoes “I don't think it 15 fair to send us old shoes with the soles nearly off, undel wear with holes large enough for a cow | to walk through, or other garments with trimmings and buttons all removed,” said ecretary Doane of the Assoclated Chari- tles. She said this in all kindness and yet with earnestness. | “While we appreciate the good inten- {tions of those who send us bundles of shoes and clothing, yet it would surprise {3ou to know how many of these articles lare practically worthless, Just because | a man comes to us and asks for a pair of | shoes tor the protection of his feet while he is looking for work or going to a job, | | ! with the S t| oles Out| | it is no reason why we should tisly our | consciences by handing him out a pair | with the soles as thin as paper,” uld' Mrs, Doane, There is a great demand on the chari-| ties just now for socks, stockings and shoes A particularly sad case brought to the attention of the charities was a mother |and three small children. The woman is & widow, and during good heaith was ahble to eke out a living for her family. #ho is sick, and when called upon by one of the assistants of the charities office had no food and was burning the last of her fuel JANUARY | properly represented by n il The Day’s War News L AusTRIANS 16, SEVEN 1916. PULPIT PV FORTY SECTION LCHRITUD REFUGEE TRAIN IS DUE IN TODAY Efforts to Bring Americans to the Border from Interior Continue. | MARION LETCHER GOES SOUTH | EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 15.—Efforts to | bring Americans and other foreigners in | disturbed sections of northern Mexico to the American border were continued here today. Dispatches from Chihuahua stated that the special train sent from here Thurs- day would reach Juarez from Parral to- morrow with a number of American refugees. The same dispatches stated, {however, that some of the Americans were reluctant to lieed the advice of the United States to leave Mexico. Marion Letcher, United States consul at Chihuahna City, who has been waiting for & week to return to his post, left Jaurez today for the south. Mexican de facto government officlals expressed the hope that thé Americans soon would reopen and operate mines and emelters, which provide employment to a large section of the population of Chi- huahua, Lansing Wil Furnish Facta. WASHINGTON, Jan, 15~On thee re- quest of Senator Stone, sing today agreed to keep the senate con- stantly and promptly informed regarding Mexigan developments, and also to hasten government preparation of information regarding the | Cagranza government, in answer to Sen- | ator Fall's resolution. Senator Stone told Secretary Lansing the foreign relations committee particularly desired to keep in close touch with Mex- |lcan developments. to eriticisms lately made in the senate, craft and questioning workmen, who had | intimating that Mexican affairs had been | n | clothed with secrecy. “I also urged upon the secretary the| importance of the United States having a diplomatic representative attached to the Carranza government in this crisis,” sald Benator Stone, “and assured him that we could do nothing toward con- firmation of Henry P, Fletcher, the pres-| ident's nominee for ambassador to the de | facto government, until the president re- plied to Senator Fall's resolution. The secretary assured me the data would be ready early next week. I have called a meeting of the forelgn relations commit- tee for next Wednesday, and hope the in- formation will be ready then. Republicans Agninst Fletcher. “Republican senators will not consider the Fletcher nomination until the presi- dent's answer has been recelved. One or two senators have Indicated that they would not vote to send an ambassador to Carranza at oil." Senator Fall says he | will never vote to confirm the nomination because he regards Carranza as an unfit' man to head the de facto government. | Senator Borah has Intimated that he will oppose confirmation for the reason that he regards the Carranza government as| ephemeral “Bu* a majority of the semators, I think agree with me that it is of the utmost importance for this government to be cognized diplo~ matic agent, and I think that Mr. Fletcher | can be confirmed after the president ex- plains the recognition of Carranza and describes the de facto government.” that the Aus- Hessarabin have agsin to deter- but that the Rus- were repulsed, the attacking forces in umbers advanced mes to the assanit, attempts L ANNOUNCE further advanees iunto the intertor M vo, following the cap-| ture of Cetinje. The Mon wrine ure i retreat and are cording to Vien GERMANY, IN REPLY Britain in the Baral to Great & case, de. Secretary Lan- | He called attention | IOWAN TO RUN IN NEBRASKA PRIMARIES FOR PRESIDENT. CUMMINS, ICUMMINS' NAME 10 BE FILED SOON Towa Senator Will Be Out as Can- didate in Nebraska This Week. PETITIONS ARE IN READINESS The name of Senator A.'B.: Cummins will be filed in Nebraska, for the re- publican nomination for president of the | Unlted States early this week, accord- ing to Information given out at. Coun- cll Bluffs last night by Robert R, Wal- | lace, campaign in lowa and Nebraska. Mr | Wallace says that a petition upon which | the filing is to be based has already been signed, and is in the possession of Cumming' men in Lincoln, and will prob- ably be put on file Monday or Tues- day. The information was also corroborated ALBERT R, | | | | Senator Cummins himself, in which. he | indicated that he wanted his name to | 80 on the Nebraska ballot. | “I find that the sentiment in favor of Cimins Is extraordinarily strong in | Nebraska,” sald Mr. Wallace, “In fact, | | the necessity for conducting a campaign I(n Nebrasks In his behalf has been in a measure obviated by .the Instant re- sponse in his favor by friends in the re | publican party, The olwa men who have { moved across the line strong for him, and they are taking all their friends | along and that means a whole in | themselves." | Twenty-Six Bills Returned in Riot Probe by Grand Jury host who I In charge of the Cummins' | yesterday at Lincoln by a message from | THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE \ PAGES BnY | THROUGH TRAINS FROM YOUNGSPOWN, O, Jan. 15.~The | Mahoning county grand jury, investigat |ing riots in iiest Youngstown, today | made a partial report, Indictments wers returned charging twenty-six persons with rloting, carrying concealed weapons | destruction of property and burglary. All | those indicted are forelgn born work fmen living In East Youngstown. The investigation will be continued next week, | COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 15—Governor Willis today ordered the withdrawal of the Elghth regiment from strike duty| ! at Youngstown. Other regim bad been withdrawn several day { local authoritles, in the opinion of | ernor Willls, ean now control the situn | tion uw‘ ered at the station and sang the nationai | anthem. retreat A SINGL [‘ THE BEE'S ARICATURIST | | { FIVE ASSAULTS BY RUSS REPULSED Austrian Report Says Repeated At- | tempts to Break Line in Bessa- rabia Beaten Back. FIVE THOUSAND MEN CAPTURED BERLIN, Jan. 16.-~(By Wireless to Sayville,) —The Russian offensive | | | 'Bl(lCKAllE TOBE Formal Decree Closing the Ports of | INNOVATION DOES NOT WORK Attempt to Substitute New British | AMERICAN REVIEWS SITUATION ! Britain will soon announce the es- { tablishment of an actual ! superceding the condition which had | been established by {1n close contact with the machinery | of the British orders in council in must has been renewed on the Bessara- bian front and five important attack liave been repulsed by the Austro- Hungarian troops, according to the Austrian official report, dated Jan- uary 14, and received here today. Official Statement. The Austrian offiolal statement followa: “On the Bessarablan front the Russians ngain have attempted to break through near Toporouts and east of Rarincsle. Five greut attacks failed. The well directed - Austro-Hungarian artillery fire contributed eminently te the repulse of the, Russians. 8ince the beginning of the battle Lo east Gallols sud Begsarabla, the Austro-Hungarfan forces of Generals Pflanzer, Baltin and Bothmer have taken 6,100 Russians, including thirty officers. | Austro-| Hungarian patrols routed Russian | flela guards near Karpllovka. “‘On_the Itallan front sevaral places near Malborgeth ahd Rafbl were shelled by Itallan artlilery. Italian airmen have been active in the "Trieste district. One bomb dropped in Spirano, but caused no damage. 1“In Montenegro the troops of that coun- try, having abandoned their.capital, as in on the whole South and west front. The Austro-Hungarian troops, who are following up the enemy, have passed the line of Budua-Cettinje-Grab-Grahovo and have enteréd Montenegrin territory east of Bileca and near Avtovac. Near Grahovo the Austro-Germans captured | three cannon with their gunners, as well as 600 rifles, one machine gun and a quantity of ammunition, South Dakota Press Men Elect Officers! HURON, 8. D, Press assocation was concluded last night, after a two days' session. The attendance the firét day was very light and most of the business of thé meet- ing was transacted on Friday, 40 below | temperatuse, and a bligzard that inter-| rupted train service, keeplng many edi- tors at home, Officers for the elected as follows. coming year Sturges, dent, Robert fee presidon secTetary Berestord; Schaber, Dean C nd treas- Halllday, Iroqula: executive M. M. Beanett. Yankton, B Alexandria; lLen V. Doty, Trippler, Canova; urer, J.' ¥, committee, B. Yule, land Personal Observations on the Forelgn was an excellent feature of the program. N. Bra professor of journalism at the State university, and formerly war srrespondent of the Assoclated Pres: Prof. Brace's talk was one that was highly appreclated by all editors sent this subject being dlscussed by e BERLIN TO BOSPHORUS | Jan uwmy wireless to Zay- Direct passenger service between Berlin and Constantinople was inaugurs ated today. The first Balkan train left Berlin at 7:20 o'clock this morning. It consisted of one baggage car, nger cars, one sleeper and one diner The cars were decorated with garainds and branches of fir trees. .Crowds gath- BERLIN, ville.) King Frederick August of Sax. ony rode on the train for a short di tance kKatser Asks that Bzrthday Be Observed wtth Qutet and Prayer ‘ BERLIN, Jan. 16.—(By Wireless to Say. {ville.)~Emperor Willlam has lssued a |Peror turther | public promouncement, requesting the German nation to celebrate his coming | birthdery, January 27, on which date he | |onters his fifty-eighth year, with quiet Whoever Wis {and prayer 1o give ape gifts to soldlers’ families and to heal # [olal expression to his feelings is urged |conjecture, shall permanently safeguard ing with the by the emperor to do »o in the form of |the equntry against a repetition of hostile inflicted 8. “It {s still necessary that the heart, thoughts und strength of the German n: tion, both in the field and at home, be directed (o the one great aim of gaining & decisive victory and winning a peace, |which, as far as the human mind can wounds by the war, The em- attacks.” RO THE WEATHER. Fair; Cold CENTS. — COPY TIVE PROCLAIMED BY GREAT BRITAIN Germany and Its Allies is to Supersedes the Orders in Counecil. Code for Law of the Sea is Not a Success. LONDON, Jan. 15.-—That Great blockade of Germany and fits allies. thereby the orders in was the statement made to- Americans, who have been counell, day by consequence of their acting here as representatives of American ship- pers whose business had been af- fected by the execution of the orders. A person who can speak authoritatively and who has actel as a representative of American Interests in connection with British prize court proceedings, reviewed today for the Ascoclated Press the evolu- tion of the orders in counsel. He said: O1d Law ‘Mast Govern, “The British povernment shows an un- mistakable tendency now to shift around to the persistently expressed American contention that the intornational law which prevailed before the present war ultimately govern Great Britain's nssertion of ita sea power. It is well known that when the war began the ad- miralty urged upon the forelgn office the necessity for tho declaration of an me- tual blockade, but the latter belloved that the susceptibilities of neutrals could be better met by orders in council, and, after the adoption of these, the government began ita Interminable agreements with neutrals. These agreements might have succeeded had it not been for the opposi- tion of the Unitod ‘States, which took the stand from the first that the orders in council were illckal and that therefore even velled or sub rosa recognition of them, in forma similar to the Danish agroement and (1o Netherlands Overseas trust, would be a surrendér of Amerioan soverelgnty inder International law. The #lates began to chafe ’ut of court by the h--the Chicago t concrete evidence of the medifiontion of the orders in council to meet fhe conceptions of {nternational law existing before the war. New 1tish Code ¥ “Great MPAUTS ALAMEAL 16, substitute a code of its own that would not form dangerous precedents when it may be a neutral, are doomed to fall, and I sHould (Continued on Page Two, Column Two,) not’ be surprised If the forelgn office adopts the gourse recommended by the admirally and declares an actual block ade. “How strictly an actual blockade has been enforced is a subject of speculation. There is no doubt in my mind that the recent heavy shipments to Denmark, un=~ der the Danish agreement, had a tre- mendous effect in lowering the price of | | Jan. 16.—The annual dents, which are now lacking for the mid-winter meeting of the South Dakota orders in council. ! were two pas- | | | | the German mark and there are many, strong adherents both in and out of Par+ ment, of the pollcy of letting Germany {import anything except actual contra- b.nd while keeping an ironciad barrier inat its exports. Even the British officlals admit that & declaration of actual blockade would have strong backing in American prece- Russia Contracts for 32,000 Machine Guns in the U. §. NEW YORK, Jan. 15.~Announcement that the Russian buying commission in the United States has approved contracts for $32,000,000 worth of machine guns, with: four American ¢ompanies, was made to- day after the departure for Russia of General Germonius, head of the commis- "alon. The contracts call for 32,000 machine suns and is said to be the largest order of its kind placed here by any of the belligerents since the beginning of. the war, It was stated today that Russia is en- deavoring to place contracts in this coun— | try for 10,000,000 high expiosives and shrap | nel shells, » Week Beginning Jan, 17 =" Free Movie Coupon Bee Coupon -ntinn Mnt to s 'fi o - uhl&duc price ol adadi Im tta lavt.-‘c ot A GRAND 16th and Binney. ‘The HMome of night n panied by one admission HIPP 0 DR OME asie ouning st A :g:n‘:n- tatua Vonder Miah 3t 3 ~f a'u ald