Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 20, 1916, Page 1

| J f ) [/ PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN THE OMAHA DAILY BEE VOL. XLV FREE FIELD OPEN FOR CANDIDATES IN STATE G. 0.P. NO. Gathering of Republicans at Lin- coln Refuses to Endorse Any- one for Delegate to Chi- cago Convention, LEADERS ALL Ble HATCHET Make Spr(-rhu in Which Party Harmony is the Watch- word. CLEAR THE DECKS FOR ACTION (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 19.—(Special.)— The democratic political thermom- eter suddenly dropped de- grees below zero todady, caused by the gathering of republicans of the state, which the opposition hoped would break up in a jangle. The meeting proved to be one in which harmony was apparent in copious showers and the speeches made by former antagonists indicated that as far as the repulbicans were con- cerned there was no need of getting together, for the party was already together and stronger because of the difficulties of the past. The meeting was called to order by H. M. Bushnell of Lincoln and on motion of F. M. Currie, Judge A. ( Epperson of Clay county was selected chairman of the meeting. E, L. Westerfield of Scott’s Bluff was se- lected secretary. several Tn his introductory remarks Mr. Bush- nell called attention to the petitions which had been circulated over the state and sald that about 3,000 names were at tached thereto. The petitions called for the assmbling togthr of rpublicans of the state for the purpose of selecting del- egates to be voted on at the primary for delegates to the national convention, to be chosen from former members of the two factions in order that harmony might prevails. Opposed to Choice Now. I.. D. Richards of Fremont opposed the plan as set forth by the petitions and made a motion that the meecting select no delegates. G. W. Wattles of Omaha, who was supposed to have fathered the idea which tesulted fn the meeting promptly arose to hia feet and in-a strong speech said he had discovered that the plan did not neet With the Approval of républicans as 1 whole and that, there were many op- nosing it. He said that his ambition to o one of the . delegates. recommendod umounted to nothing in comparison to the wdlfare of tie republican party and he wam now opposed to the meeting se- lecting any names, but thought it better to listen to sp es by, as many present #s would like to speak and have a general A1l areund harmony meeting The motion not to select delegates car- rled almost unanimoeusly; two very faint noes” coming from sowhehere the house, but it was not discovered from vhom they came. Ross Hammond called attention to the fact that somewhere without was a re- publican candidate for the presidency. Henry D. Estabreek of New York, and moved that a committee be appointed to *scort him to the meeting. The chairman ippointed Mr. Hemmond, Crawford Ken- aedy and General John L. Webster in Estabrook Talks. Mr. Estabrook was received with a surst of applasse when he mounted the speaker’s platform and started right out in a strong array of facts against con- tinuing the democratic party in power. He sald that President Wilson had said the republican party had not had a new idea in fifty years. “Neither has the Bible or the multipli cation table,” sald Mr. Estabrook. “Both were founded on a fundamental founda- tion, always old.” He sald that Wilson had receded from all the things he had formerly advocated and had discovered no new ones. *“We republicans should never again al- low our ancient and venerable enemy to stalk rough shod into the position he now holds,” said he. “Lifcoln was ussassinated because he was a republican,” said Mr. Sstabrook; “Gartleld was shot because he was a re- (Continued on Page Three, Col. FouF.) The Weather Forecast till 7 p. For Omaha, Snow and rain and warmer. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday, m. Thursday: .ocal Record, 1916, 1915, 1904, 103 v 3E T 1.owest terd i it Mean temperatur n o o ‘rect pitatior ® .0 .0 o Temperature and precipitation depar- tuice {rom the normal: g Normal _temo 2 Exess for the day 1 Defielency s March 1, 1915 Normal _precipitation iixcess for the day Precipitation since March 1 Deficienty sinco March 1. Deficjensy eor. perioc ieor’.- Def wperiod 1913 5.62inches Repo Stations at 7 P, M. Station an ). , High- Rain- of Weath est. fall < venne N " mvenport, eloudy 22 Iy Dienvar, «le " w " Dex Moipes, cloud . . ' North Platte, cloudy 32 ‘ u Omaha, cloudy = » Hapid City, clear o I‘n o Sheridan, cloudy E p ‘ Sioux City, cloudy 2% " Valentine. cloudy » n T indicates trace of precipitation ®. 4 WWISH., Locas Farecaster. OMAHA, THURSDAY PRESIDENT OF THE MID- WEST IMPLEMENT DEALERS. £d Iehmhkuhl [NPLEMENT MEN OPEN CONYENTION President Ed Lehmkuhl Tells Deal- ers of Reforms Which They Must Inaugurate. SHOW IS DRAWING BIG CROWDS | President Ed Lehmkuhl of the Mid-west Implement Dealers' asso- ciation, in his annual address at the opening of the convention in- the Auditorium, advised some action be taken regarding the alleged Sisal trust, advised the implement retail- ers to put themselves at once into position to handle the tractor busi- ness, which is a rapidly growing business, advised the retailers to see that they have their territory care- fully defined by buying territory with goods and goods with territory, and told them they must be fair in the matter of returning goods unsat- isfactory, as any unnecessary con- cessions made by the manufacturer along this line must necessarily even- tually inereage the cost of goods to the dealer. President Lehmkuhl made his address short, but full of points. Me called at tention to the claim made by the'large manufacturers that under present sell- ing conditions it takes $3 of capital to do a dollar's worth of business. “The state- ment goes unchallenged,” he said, “and it it is true, we' should welcome a more efficient plan.” Attention,” he said, “has also recently been called to the newly formed sisal trust Thi: is an organization in the south which has obtained control of the supply of sisal ftbre of Yucatan, where it is produced. Since then there have been several systematic advances in price that do not seem warranted by supply #nd demand. 1 advise some action in this matter “The farm tractor business demands our earnest and careful consideration. Many of the retailers have not been in a position to handle it, and the result is that the manufacturers have gone straight to the farmer and handled it themselves. The dealers were not floor space and all neces- this business, which came upen them suddenly. It has come to be a great (hing, and the dealers should put themselves in a position to handle this equipped with sary to handle at once. A better understanding with the manufacturer must be reached.” Must Buy Territory. Touching the matter of territory, Presi- dent Lehmkuhl held that the only way to be sure of territory is to buy territory Council Bluffs and Vicinity | | tion with goods. “Let us buy and contract for territory at the time and in the same transaction with our goods,” he sald. ollow two rules, buy territory with goods and goods with territory. Always arrange the quantities of each to suit you and you have the vexing question settled.” I The convention ] ~(Continued Fruit Jobbers MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. -18.—T. D, Turner of Oklahoma City was today elected president of the Western Fruit Jobbers' association, succeeding W. IT Grupe of Burlington, la. Other officers chosen were: M. M. Well, Shreveport La.; C. A. Keorr, Chicago, and Louis Kenny, Hastings, Mo., vice presidents; A. R. Currie, Butte, Mont.; W, 1I. Grupe, Jowa; H. J. Stillmeyer, St. Louis; C. P. Peppers, Kansas City, and Z. I Fort, Denver, divectors. A resolution was adopted urging a con- ference hetween officers of the assocla- and officers of “the express com- panies after a committee had condemned methods of express companies in handling perishables Colonel E. M. House 19.—Having conciuded his conference with prominent British of- ficials Colonel 12. M. House, personal rep- resentative of President Wilson, will de- part for Paris tomorrow. Colonel House LONDON, Ja talked with all the prominent members of the cabinet, as well as a number of financiers and business men In Paris be will be the guest of Wil- liam G. Sharn, American ambassador. He will remain there until Sunday, then g0 to Berlin for & week Elect Officers| Will Go to Paris| | m ¥ AUTHORITY 10 EXECUTE VILLA Mexican Chief Fomllly Proolaims Chihuahua Rebel an Outlaw and Declares His Life Forfeit, AMERICAN SOLDIERS TAKEN Unconfirmed Report Says Cavalry- men Made Prisoners Across the Line. HEATED DEBATE IN THE SENATE nuL "IN, WASHINGTO! Jan 19 Gen eral Carranza telegraphed the Mexi can embassy here today that he had formally proclaimed Francisco Villa an outlaw and authorized his execu tion by any citizen of the republic who might encounter him An unconfirmed report here from Douglas, Ariz., that seven American cavalrymen had been capturedd Mexican bandits. by WASHINGTON, Jan After heated discussion over the Mexican situation the first meeting of the senate committuo on forelgn relations, adjourned today without taking action on resolutions pro viding for intervention or sending troops to aid Carransza in protecting American cltizens, The subject will be taken up again next Wednesday, Senator Stone declined to forecast the probable attitude of the committee Senator Borah, who urged speedy action, has decided to make a canvase of tho senate to determine what support would be given an effort to consider proposals of intervention, should foreign relations committee fall to act on resolutions before it. The opinion pre. vailed that mone of the intervention reso lution Would be reported at present and that a majority of the committee would uphold the president in his determination to give the Carranza governmen to demonstrate its ability to order in Mexico The data called for in Senator Fall's resolution regarding the Carranza gov- ernment and its recognition was not be- fore the committee and Chairman Stone, who saw the president carlier in the day, could not say when it would be ready. The committee did not consider the nomination of Henry P. Fletcher ambassador to Mexico. Intervention resolutions were still under | discussion when the committeo adjourned | to attend a session of the senate. Senators Lodge and Sutherland urged action by the commlitee. Senators Clarke of Arkansas and Wil- liams of Mississippl, democrats, spoke for leaving the Mexican situation at this stage in tho hands of the executive. The democrats seemed solidly in favor of such | a course, excepting Senator, Pomerene, ! who thought something should be done now Senator Borah urged that a resolution be adopted authorizing the president to use the army and navy to protect Amer- icans and proposed that the president in- form Carranza that the United Sta was ready to take a hand. To leave pe ing resolutions without action, he argned, | was to keep the Mexican people in the dark as to what the United States in- tended to do i New Treatment for Gas Poisoning is Proving Successful CHICAGO, Til, Jan. 19.—Gustave Mus- sell, Polish laborer, who underwent a transtusion operation yesterday when he was taken to the ook county hospital at the point of death from gas poison ing, today was said by physiclans to have a good chance of recovery. Mussell was the first human being in the United States to undergo the treatment recently developed by a physician of the Chlcago| department of health. The treatment, which consists of substitution of healthy | blood for the gas-impregnated blood of the patient, was found successful on ani- mals, but had neve been tried on a| human being in the United States. Doc- tors in charge of Mussell's ex- pressed the opinion that the transfusion treatment will prove of great value in treating cases where ,ordinary methods of resuscitation have proved unavailing Schreiber Takes Omaha Welfare Board Position Chalrman Sturgess of Welfare board yesterday afternoon recelved from 19.- chanee establish also case the K. L. Schreiber of Brooklyn, N. Y., a message of acceptance of the superin- | tendency of the board at a salary of $1,400 a year Mr. Schreiber states he can be here during the early part of February He is now engaged in child welfare work In Brooklyn, He haa six years of experl ence in general welfare work in Kansas City and will come to Omaha well reco mended. It is understood he will be ad- | vanced in salary, as the work here be- es established and he shows his fit Members of British And French Cabinets Hold War Council LONDON, Jan 19.~Members of the Freneh and British governments held an- other war conference this afterncon in Downing street. France was represented by Premier Briand and Jules Cambon, general under secretary of the forelgn ministry, and Alexandre Miller, former minister of war. For the British, : Pre- nier Asquith, War Secretary Kitchener Foreign Secretary ey and First Lord of the Admiradty Balfour, were present A number of French and British miil- ary and naval officers also attended the miceting. Further plans for active prose- ution of the war were discussed. ’ | Hjalmar Branting, | additional \l()R l\(u. ' SWEDEN STRIKES BACK AT BRITAIN; HOLDING UP MAIL JANUARY Scandinavian Country First Neutral Nations to Make Re- prisals for Sea Inter- ference. STOPS THE POST FOR RUSSIA Press of Northern Kingdom Much Aroysed by Seizures by the Engluh Nnvy KING CALLS FOR DEFENSES LONDON, troversy Jan 19 between Great Sweden over the detention of malils has reached an impasse with both stubbornly refusing’ to allow rival's expedited through the respective countries Sweden now is holding The Britain and con sides its malls to be an enor mous quantity of the English post destined for Russia, while mail is being taken from every Seandi- navian liner brought into Kirkwall, Scotland. Swedden's action is the first tangible reprisal measure by a | | neutral, Vigorous Protests Made, Vigorous representations are be-| ing made by the diplomats of both countries. The foreign office here takes the definite stand that a par- cel, no matter what class of postage it bears, is no more entitled to pro- tection than is ordinary freight Great Britain further claims right to censor mails in transit other countries if the ship carrying them comes voluntarily into a Brit- ish port. Swedish diplomats declare since the Swedish government bids the export of certain articles it has a right.to hold up the British | parcel post and to seize such goods, which, according to Bnglish argu- ment, are not entitled to any more protection than is ordinary freight. the that —The Politiken LONDON, Jan. 19 | of Copenhagen, as quoted by the Ex- | | change tlegraph correspondent there, says that anxiety has been aroused ll|| Stockholm by the speech at the | preparation of national defense in ! view of the disregard on the part of beligerents of neutral rights. The situation is a source of con- | cern in Stockholm, says, on the British last week of quantity of provisions the correspondent a from large the | Swedish-American steamship Stock- ck to Stockholm British Criticized Sharply. holm, from New Y< The action of (he British authorities is criticised sharply by the Swedish press which expresses the opinion that the value of the goods seized cannot be re- garded as anything like an adequate offset to the effect of the incident on relations between Sweden and Great Britain Some of the Swedish news- papers state that such actions are worse than an open rupture. soclalist the second Swedish chamber, who cently visited the allled front in ders, is quoted by the Soclal Democraten as saying that he prefers decisive action a day too carly rather than a day too late, in order to save Sweden from com- plications. “It is noted that King Gustave in his speech from the throne did not make | the usual reference to the good relations |ot Sweden with foreign powers” the | correspondent adds. ‘“Several interpella- tions on forelgn affairs are expected dur ing the session.” leader in |Gardner Asks for Probe of Own and Bryan's Activities, WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Investigation of the motives of supporters and oppo nents of preparedness was urged by Rep resentative Gardner of Massachusetts resentative Gadner of Massachusetts, Representative Tavenner of Illinols, day before the house rules committee. Mr. Gardner's pending resolution would embrace organizations and individuals, including himself, Representative Taven- ner and Willam J. Bryan “Mr. Bryan, of course, Mr. Gardner told the committes “has a perfect right to make money out of hls crusade against preparedness if he chooses to However, If his speeches are paid the public is the less likely to put faits in his accusations, especlally when he himself refuses to make good when they are challenged. “With Mr. Tavenner and me it is dif- ferent. We are hansomely paid to legis late for the country. If we are making money in our campaign agalnst ‘‘preparedness’ our do sn fol and con stiuents are entitled to know that fact.” | CAVALRY MEN HAVE BRUSH WITH BANDITS | | BL PASO Jan. 19.-8ix bandits believed to be Mexicans, were attacked and pursued last night by Ulited States cavalrymen stationed at Doyle's Wells, fourteen miles south of Hachita | brief skirmish one cavalry was but was hurt, aceording report brought to Hachita by & man d 14 \d received here. Idiers and “ number of mining men, residents Doyle's Wells, are sald to have participated in the skir h. The bandits, according Lo Lee, re- treated into Mexico. ex., In a horse Kille no one 20, of | to | for- | account of the selzure by ! Flan- | 1916—TWENTY PAG MWotel eto., go. Traine, News Stai at ONE OF THE BIG BOYS WHICH FAILED TO EXPLODE —This picture, taken on the Italian front, shows an Italian embracing an Austrian ‘‘305,"" one of the heaviest shells used in the war, which failed to explode. than half a ton, The shell weighs more ITALIAN SOL D/Eh. & UV \’OLODFD AUST/?/AI'I SHELL OINTE CUMMINS TALKS OF |WOOD SEES NATION AILPT SERY ICEL HUNITION PROBLEM SOFT FOR INVADER | Towa Senator Would Have Manu- facture of War Supplies Taken Over by Government. | ELIMINATE PROFIT FROM WAR WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Elimi- |opening of the Swedish Parliament | nation of private profit as an influ- ‘ by King Gastave, who urged vigorous {ence for war by govermment manu- | facture of all war munitions was | U. S. Only Once Prepared, When \ | urged in the senate today by Senator | I'A. B. Cummins of lowa, republican ‘l!u pleaded for prompt.adoption of | his resolution, which would authorize the most feasible plan for acquiring a special committee to inquire into | | | | and constructing - plants to supply | the army and navy with all arms, ammunition and equipment, includ- ing ships, and to report on the legis- lation necessary to prevent private manufacture of such products “I agree that war may come country” Senator Cummins “but if it comes it must fof the calm, dispassionate, |to meet the awful scou because there is no other way of defending our (civilization, our institutions and our honor. I do not assert that every person {or corporation which may profit from war would inecite war, but I do assert that all such persons and assoclations are not competent to judge the contro- versies Which may lead to conflict, and, {inasmuch as they cannot be removed from the great panel of the republic, {they ought to be removed from the busi- 88 out of which the Interest grows. Would Take Profit from War. It ought to bo made Impossible, {far as the power of the government is concerned, for any man or corporation to make money out of war. In this critical moment what s the titude of the makers of arms tions? Without exception, far as 1 know, they are insisting upon the most comprehensive program which it is pos sible to concelve, and they are employing Pagoe Two, to this declared, the result loyal purpose 80 and muni (Continued on Column One.) |Butte Police Raid Alleged Pool Rooms BUTTE, Mont., Jan. 19.—Thirteen eciti zens of Butle are to be arralgned here today on gambling charges as the re sult of raids by the police on alleged pool |rooms late yesterda where It was | charged betting on the results of horse races was permitted The raids followed the charging of rty-nine informations in the district court by County Attorney Cannin Among the men arrested were employes of the Western Unlon Telegraph com pany and the Postal Telegraph Compan, who were charged with transmitting mes sages for the use of bookmakers | The act under which the arrests we |made was passed at the last legislative | se on abolishing {from Montana | . . track gambling tor | | WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan A stor | of elght Japanese fishermen who drifted all the way across the Pacific a small fishing boat ty-four days of hardships on the British Columbian shore, reached the bureau navigation today in consular dispatches. The narrative tells how the fishermen caught off the harbor of Shimods, Japan, in a storm that carried away their ves sel's main mast and rudder, were driven eastward by ocean currents helpless and, towards the end of their trip, haif| starved. The boat grounded on one of n in landing after twen- strated clearly, France Was Told to Beat it Out of Mexico. EUROPE STRONGER AFTER WAR WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Major General Leonard Wood told the senate military committee today the coast line of the United States was open to attack by any well-organized foreign army, despite its equipment of forts, mines and submarines and that the oceans formed no serious barrler to invasion. He maintained that in the country’s present state of utter unpreparedness for war a trained force of 160,000 men could inflict incalculable damage before an army could be assembled to meet it. Events of the Furopean war demon- the generatl sald, that the was the best medium for the movement of troops and he pointed out that a force of 000 men, fully equipepd, had been landed at Gallipoll from a sin- sea gle expedition of ninety-efght ships, against submarines, mines and an under- water screen of barbed wire which fringed every avallable landing place. (" of Suffrage. Emphasizing his conviction that troops cannot be improvised to meet regulars, | General Wood said the fundamental basis at- | ! l | \ |r of any policy of adequate national de fense must be the prineiple that with uf frage goes an obligation for military service, Such a polley was advocated by George Washington, he said, and if it had been adopted Canada would have be- once in our history red for war,”” he added immediately after the ecivil lave we “That war, Our was when we had 1,600,000 trained soldier. diplomatic correspondence with at that time concerning Mexice brief. It required only one note, because of our preparedness. France was told to get out of Mexico, and it got out ““There is not going to be any weakness abroad after this war is over. You will find that more male children will have Frarice was very been born than have been killed or 1n jured “You will have gl the gold, perhape, but it will not do you much good unless you stiffen it with iron." As to the immediate needs of the regu lar army, General Wood expressed the opinion that the force of regulars with the colors should be maintained at 000, OF these, he sald, 20,000 equipped and | upplied for a year's time, should be kept in the Philipplines; another 20,000 i Hawall and 1500 at Panama He urged that the regulars should have a erve system under which In a six years' enlistment, men would be trans ferred into a reserve whenever their company commanders reported them ef- (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) Japanese Fishermen Drift Across the Pacific Ocean in an Open Boat the small uninbabited fslands that dot the British Columblan shore, where the mén remained until plcked up by a- pass- ing stewme . Only one of the party, boat the owler of the suffered any serfous ill effects from the trip. He 18 now in a Frince Rupert T at was of thy type common w Japanese coast, fitted with oking utensils. It became waterlogged in the storm that stripped It of sails and after first attempts the Japancse made no further effort to direct its course. R L MONTENEGRIN THE WEATHER. Unsettled goPY TWO CENTS. y ARMY HAS NOT GIVEN UP ARMS Official Report from Paris Says Story Regarding the Surrender to the Austrians is Premature, TERMS OFFERED TO00 HARSH Rumor Comes from Another Source that Negotiations Have Been Discontinued. ROYAL FAMILY TO GO TO ITALY PARIS, Jan. 19, The following (Via London.) official statement | was tssued today “The wireless news of the surren- der of the Montenegrin army appears somewhat premature It is now an- nounced from another source that negotiations between Austria and Montenegro have been brokem, the wnditions of surrender imposed by Austria having been found quite un- acceptable by Montenegro. “The king, the royal family and the diplomatic corps are about to proceed to Ital Selecting, Training And Promotion of Workers Discussed MINNEAPOL Minn., Jam. 19.—The selecting, hiring, training and promotion of workers as a phase of industrial man« agement was considered here tonight by an “employment managers' conference. called as apreliminary to the ninth an« nual convention of the National Boclety for the Promotion of Industrial Educas tion, which opens liere tomorrow. Rep- resentatives of the Boston, New York and Philadelphia Employment Managers® assoclations: the Hoston Vocation bue reau, the Tuck School of Finance and Business Administration of Dartmouth college and the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce assoclation took part in the conference “It has been found that only a few eme« ployers have ‘blue printed’ the jobs which were being filled In such a way as to bring about a ieir selection of competent workers,” said the official annougcement of the conference. *“More friction, waste, disatfection and i1l will are probably bred In the fallure to give this subject the thought that it requires than come from almost any other source.' The conference emphasized that tha erturn’ in working forces of indu trial plants each year constitutes a po tive waste, and thoso who attended the meeting exchanged views and experiences with a view to eliminating this factor in industry, How to reduce absenteelsm, improve the physical qualifications of aspiranty for positions and use the theoretical trains ing of young men educated in the busie ness courses of higher institutions -of learning were among the subjects conw sidered. The conterence was in charge of manufacturers of this city, who consti« tute the techiical education committea of the Minneapolis Civic and Commercq assoclation. Among the speakers wera Howard 8. Person of Dartmouth collega and Charles H. Winslow of the United States bureau of labor statistics. The Industrial education conventiofy proper will start tomorrow afternoone There will be a banquet in the evening and a general session and half a dosery sectional gatherings Friday. F. T. PRICE IS GIVEN A LIFE SENTENCE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Jan, 19.—Fredd{ erick T. Price of this city, convicted las{ Saturday of murdering his third wife, Mary Fridley Price for her fortune, w: sentenced to life imprisonment at hai by Judge Danfel Fish in distei court here today, The Day’s War News ANNOUNCEMENT 1 states that news o labor OFFICIAL Parls today Montenegro been premature, learned f the Montenegrin negotintions withy Austria have heen broken off. ARY OPERATIONS along thq various fronta In the Bur ™ theater of war have been relaq tively wnimportant since easntlon of the fightin, Mone enegro and the halt of the Rusq n e in eastern Galicly and on the Hessarabian fromtier. ROR WILLIAM, who has red ered from his recent indisposid rding to an official an¢ om Berlin last Sund day, was in Nish yesterday, s Bery I dispateh states, met King of Bulgaria there. UASUALTIES, MAN puly that the Ottoman armies resiating the Russlan ady have checked, the Russtans along the entire fromt. On the othe band & Petrograd official stat ment clatms that the Caucas ably to the Russians, who hav{ taken strong Turkish positions. LITTLE NEW LIGHT has beed " thrown wupon happenings on the part of the em have come hrough