Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 29, 1916, Page 1

The Sunday Bee is the only Omaha newspaper that gives its readers four big p: tes of colored comies. ——— VOL. XLV-NO. 193 PRESIDENT OFF ON INVASION OF MIDDLE WEST President, with Wife, Attaches and Newspaper Men in Three Spe- cial Cars, Leaves on Cam- paign for Defense. CIMES TO CONVINCE DOUBTFUL Told Opposition to Bigger Army and Navy Centers in the Central States. [iRST STOP IS AT PITTSBURGH WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 Presi- dent Wilson left Washington tonight for a speaking tour in the middle west, in advocacy of his preparedness program. He has been told that most of the opposition to army and navy increases jis centered in that section of the country, and believes that the success of his defense plans depends in large measure on the im- pression he makes. He will remain away from ashington until Feru ary 4. B The first address will be Lurgh, that he waukee, peka, Fittshurgh. in Pitts Alter Mir- LOMorrow will go afternoon to Cleveland, Chicago, Des Moines, To- Kansas City and 8t. Louis, making brief platform speechos en- route at Waukegan, 111.; Kenos Wis.; Wacine, Wis.: Davenport, la lowa City, la.; nnell Ia.; New- ton, la.: Lawrence, Kan., and East St. Louis, Tomorrow night he will peak in Cleveland, where he will remain over Sunday. Throughout the trip he will avoid banquets and other entertainments, but on Wednesday, he will lunch with Governor and Mrs. Cap- per in Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Wilson, who will accompany the president, | E will be met at all stops by commit-| ees of women Three Special Cars, The president and Mrs. Wilson wilj travel on a special car attached to regular trains. Two other special cars, one for secret service men and members of the White. House staff, and another for newspaper men will be ,puqhet N Booty Gapturéd‘lin‘ - Serbia is Presented to the Bulgarians BERLIN (Via London), Jan. 28.—Em- peror Willlam has presented to the Bul- gariafis all war materials captured by German troops an Serbia, accerding to an Interlew with the former Bulgarian min- ister o Italy, M. Rizow, printed in the Dusaeldorf General Anzeiger. M. Rizow sadd the booty compised raore than thirty cannon, numerous machine guns, tens of thousands of rifles, quan- titles of ammunition, 172 baggage and hokpital wagons, and sanitary materfal, valued in all at “probably 30,000,000 to 10,000,000 marks. Raymond Dodds, Mulatto Eloper, Given Freedom SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan taymond Dodds, the mulatto chau: vha elcped here from San Diego, Cal., th Mra ’an Lee Hocd last week, was ai from custody by the police Jast night after the federal authorities wimouncad that they did not desire to poogecute him. A Salt Lake attorney, e vas re‘zined by telegraph a friend of Mrs, Tood at San Diego, bud ebteined a wiit of habeas corpus for Dodds’ asc, but Dodds b #ot at liberty before the writ the police station v The Weather Snow. Temperature at m. vmaha Yesterday. Deg. Hour m Record 1915, 191 8 5. 1914 1911 10 67 Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday.... Mean temperature 1 Precipitation .... e B8 ¢ Temperature and precipitation } {uies from the normal: ormal temperature .. Deticlency for the day Total deficlency since March Normal precipitation....... — 1 N Deficlency for the d?( 2 Potal rainfall since March 1...29.2) inches Deficlency since March 1 64 inch Deficlency for cor. period, 1914 inches Deficlency for cor. period, 19(3. 5.55 inches Reports from Stations at 7 P, M, ation and State Temp. High- n- of Weathur. Tp. m. est all. oud; _t -2 . » » 2 4 2 2 -8 =6 -t =8 L] i3 12 18 -2 13 2 % % " -22 -8 < i i i P ) 5 ndicates below zero. ndicates trace preci) e Lo WELSH, Looa Forecaster. have | Walsh Would Council Bluffs and Vieinity | - 1| quist Grain company and the Blanchard- SERiEzRaRREEEAE 'WILSON APPOINTS |KITCHIN WAGES LOUIS D. BRANDEIS 10 SUPREME COURT, Boston Lawyer Named by President to Succeed Late Justice Lamar on Federal Tribunal. |FIRST JEW TO BE CHOSEN | [ Prominent Last Few Years in Move- | ment for Social and Indus- trial Uplift. | COUNSEL FoR PI;CHOT FORCES | WASHINGTON, Jan Presi- dent Wilson today selected Louis D Brandeis of Boston to be associate | 28 justice of the supreme conrt to sue ceed the late Justice Lamar Mr. Brandeis' nomination went to| the senate today. It was a surprise| everywhere in official circles, Mr. | Brandeis had not even men- { | tioned for the vacancy | Mr mueh in public life during the last three | ! years, not only in legal work rlous movements for social He is a Kentuckian by vears ald. He was born Louisville and iater at ity. and in /78 began practicing law oston. He came most been r who has been Brandeis is a lawy but in va- betterment birth and is 6! and educated in Harvard univer- notably before e natiounl figu #ix years ago through his particination in the celebrated | Pallinger-Pin in con- gress was counsel for the forc opposed to reretary hi« removul from con or the e eral In- rates before the Inter commission, and during was at the forefront manding an invesii the pub; hot investigation in which he which were Bailinger and songht ffice. Later ippers who creases in freight cvposed the state Commer s the samie perfod le of those who were ¢ | sation of the financial affairs of the New | Haven railroad. { He appeared as counsel for those who | | fought for the validity of working men's | houra of labor law in Oregon, Illinois and | Ohio I 190 chairman of the | board ot arbitration which settled the { New York garment makers' strike. ITe | hus written iurgely and is regarded as | ! an authority public franchises, life InFurance, wage carners’ insurance, sclen- | tific management, iabor problems and the | trust question. e also has been at the | ferefront of the Zionist movement in m.-( United States and will be the first Jew | to sit on the bench of the supreme court. | At the begining of President Wilson' He was a administration Mr. Brandeis was expected to get a place in the cabinet. Many of the administration leaders expected him to be appointed attorney general. \ Allies Behave by Trade Boycott WASHINGTON, Jan, 28.—"If the allles decline to vield to reason we must cease trading with them,” de~lared Senator Walsh, democrat of Montana, to the sen- ate today; assafll Great Britain'y inter- ference with neutral commerce of. the United States. “If a fixed determination to goad this nation into retaliatory measure or to ery coerclon were cntertained by the allied powers it would find quite fitting expres- slon in the course of conduct of which our government has so respectfully but s0 forcefully and justly complained.” Senator Walsh discussed particularly the seizure and censoring of United States malils, and in that connection read a portion of a confidential circular of in- structions issued to British censors. The paragraphs he read are as*follows: “Particulars are to be extracted from appropriate correspondence and submitted on index cards of all direct shipments to shipments from neutral to neutral, in- cluding shipments on true bills of lading, whether actual or pending, of the fol- lowing commodities, viz: Cocoa, cotton, cotton yarn, waste and thread, fuel oils and lubricating oils, hides, skins and leather, maize, metals and ores of all kinde, nitrates, oil cakes, including poo- nac, packers' products (meat, bacon, lard, jus, oleo or any edible animal fats); resin, tanning extracts, wool, and such other articles ag may be added from time to | time.” TOmahfiBaker to Talk | | On Mixed Flour Bill (From a Staft Correspondent.) | WASHINGTON, Jan. —(8pecial Tele- gram.)—Jay Burns, head of the “Hol- sum’ bread company of Omaha, was in- formed today by Representative Lobeck that the ways and means committee of the house would hear him on Friday, February 4, on the Rainy mixed flour bill. Mr. Lobeck also advised the Holm- Nishwonger company that the ways and means committee would give two days to hearings on the Rainy bill, which is | attracting the attention of grainmne, millers and bakers throughout the coun- trv. The executive committee of the Ne- braska association has decided to hold the winter meeting of the assoclation at the Hotel Raleigh, Friday, February 1. J. M. Welch, auditor of the M. E. Smith company of Omaha, was shown through tho capitol and the city today by Con- gressman Lobeck. | to defeat in the melee, OPEN WARFARE ON PRESIDENT North Carolina Leader Serves No- tice Big Group of Democrats Will Fight Wilson's In- dustry Tax Plan » | | HAS SPEAKER CLARK'S BACKING | Revenue Must Come from Surtaxes | and Levy on Muni- tions. DEMANDS STAMP TAX REPEAL (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan, 28 ——(Spe- cial Telegram.)-—A bitter struggle between the Wilson administration and the democratic leadersh ip in congress over the manner of raising revenue to give effect to President Wilson's national defensge bill is fore- shadowed in a statément made publigp today by Representative Kitchin of | North Carolina, the democratic leader, in his fight against the pres- ident's proposal that moneys for de- fense shall be raised by stamp taxes and imposts iron and teel 1poducts and a‘few other ar- ticles, Mr. Kitchin will have at his | back Speaker Clark and other influ- ential party leaders, Unless the president ylelds, the fight over revenues will be pro- longed, with the probability that the defense bills will be dragged down | | | | | | on gasoline, The differences between the president | and a considerable clement of the demo- | crats In the house, for whom Leader Kitchin speaks, are clear and sharply de- | fined. > | For Levy Munitions. In his statement, given out today, Mr. Kitchin, speaking as the chairman of the ways and means committee, which orig- inates revenue legislation, expressed the opinion that funds for defense should be raised by an increase in the surtaxes of the income tax law au da lavy on muni- tions of war. He declared without equivaction that the house would not rg-enact the stamp features of the war act, ms specifically recommended by ‘the president. Mr. Kitchin declared further that the ex- emption of the income tax, now fixed at $4,000 for married men and $5,000 for sin- ®&le men, would not be lowered, as recom~ mended by President Wilson. Leader Kitchin's reply to the president, formally given, out today by the chair- -meansesmmitteo is a follows: “As chalrman of tie ways and means committee I am convinced that it is fm- possible to frame any rovenue measurs and pa#s it through the house that does not_place all appropriations for the in- crease of the army and the navy on the income tax basis, and the exemption will wot be lowered, wi the Repea) 1 Stamp Ta “I am convinced that we cennot through any revenue bill without prac- tically repealing all the stamp taxes of the present emergency act. Undoubtedly war munitions will be taxed also.” A good deal of significance is attached to the fact that this statcment is in barmony with a formal announcement on the question of revenues made public yes- terday by Speaker Clark nouncement Mr. Clark said be was op- posed to stamp taxes of any kind, and | that he favored increases In the surtaxes | of the income tax law and a levy on munitions as the best way of obtaining tunds for defense. Today Speaker Clark, Mr. Kitchin and other house leaders had a long conference in which the revenue situation was dis- cussed at length, and an agreement reached that a fight should be made for a revenue bill along the lines indicated in Mr. Kitchin's statement. \ Tax to Hit Wealth, It may be stated upon authority that Mr. Kitchin has come to the conclusion that the plan of taxing “‘wealth” as out- lined in bis statement, as against taxing “industry” gs recommended by the presi- dent, was reached as a result of ex- pressions made to him by approximately seventy-flye democrats of the house. This notice was to the effect that unless the additional revenues needed for prepared ness were gained through the medium of the income tax, war munitions, and pos- sible an inheritance t: they would fight the national defense and the needed tax- ing bill tooth and nafl. ’ With this notice before him, coupled with inquiries made on his ow naccount, | Mr. Kitchin decided that the administra- B c G 1 |G | | M tion revenue plan could not be put through | Joseph the house. U. 8. Asks Austria Again About Persia| WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—The United | States has addressed another inquiry to Austria asking if any of its submarine | commanders have knowledge of the destruction of the British liner Persia. A | statement that they had none, reported ) to have been handed to Ambassador Pen- field several days ago never has been re celved here. Ej a EL PABO, Tex., Jan. 38.—Gen- eral Carranza, in a recent address at Celaya, state of Guanajuato, de- clared that the triumph of his cause in Mexico would react in world peace, according to advices received here today from Mexico City. “The constitutionalist revolution 'is triumphing in Mexico,” he said Carranza sfiys i’eace in Mexico Will Result-in World- Wide Peace ) “It has not omly brought peace to Mexico, but has shown the way to Latin-America and lald the founda- tion for peace and reformation of the world.” Continuing, General Carranza re- ferred to General Alvaro Obregon as the conqueror of a despotic reaction- ary British Labor Conference Wants Re- STANDS BY COALITION CABINET conference adopted by hande, with one dissenting vote, a resolution brought forward independent labor party demanding drastic revision of the munitions act text of the war being used for greater coercion and subjection of labor.” The conference adopted another resolu- tion proposed by Harry Goslin, as fol- lows: Pprecedented situation that exists, presses the apininon that the best inter- lutior party the coalition governmen ‘The tard vote for th¢ resolutlon. was 1,622,000, agalnst 495,000, W drew attention to what he said was the danger of a schism in the labor move- ment, that. »[Scale Committee scalo committee of the miners convention In that an-|late today reported, recommending an increase in wages for the soft coal min- ers at 10 per cent; an increase of 10 per cent for all dead work. Twenty per cent for day labor and also approved the 20 per cent increase and demands made by the anthracite miners. crease is asked on aqnine run basts. scale committee were defeatod and the report was adopted BADGER’S COMMISSION gram.)—President Wilsdn late this after- noon Ni postmasters in Nebraska today WIFE OF BISH TARY 29, MQNTENEGRIN PIQUNIAIN BATIERY DEMANDS CHANGES |DELECATION URGES [N HUNITIONS ACT| vision that Wil] Prevent Law Being Used on Workers, BRISTOL, Jan. 28 The labor a show of by the ith a view to preventing “the pre- This conference, in view of the un- ta of the nation would be rved he ton Mi"l\: m. Qross, seconding the reeolution, He hoped that a united vote for e resolution would do much to prevent Recommends Raise In Miners' Wages INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan, 28.—The The soft coal in- Attempts to amend Nie report of tho presentad AT ARLINGTON SIGNED (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan, 28.—(Special Tel signed the commission of J. C. adger to be postmaster at Arlington, MONTENEGRIN MOUNTAIN BATTERY—Active guerilla warfare is being waged by the Montenegrin troops on their retreat southward, and particularly in the Tarabosch moun- tains, west of Scutari. THE WEATHER. Snow On Trains, st Hotel Wews Biands, sto., Se, SINGI ©Ovre. rrent servics . MONEY FOR RIVER Entire Nebraska Membership Ap- pears Before Rivers and Har- bors Meeting to Boost. TRIPS OF JULIA ARE DESCRIBED From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Spe- cial Telegram.)—Through the ef- forts of Representative Sloan sec- onded by the activity of Representa- tive Lobeck, the entire house dele- gation from Nebraska, was present at the rivers and harbors meeting this morning to put in as good “licks’ as possible for an appro- priation of §75,00 for snagging in the Missour! river from ansKas City to Blolx City. In & short introductory statement My Lobeck ‘sald that t Omulia Had become transportation on the Missourl was entirely feasible and desirable. - He told of the operation of the stemmboat *“Julia” between Omaha and Decatur and.#o satis- factory was the seryice that the Degatur husiness men had decided to build a large and more efficient craft than the “Julia" for transportation purposes. Mr. Lobeck stated he had tried to got the use of government flat boats tied up At the wharf in Sioux City for tho pur- poes of moving graln and produce to market, but had been informed that it was not the policy of the government to loan boats for private purposes, Representative Reavis spoke of condi- tions in his district and sald four coun- ties In the First district were without rail communication, with, the exception | of Nebraska City and Plattsmouth. He | #aid the necessity for river transportation was paramount and he belleved the de- velopment of the Missouri was a slep in the right direction. Congressman Stephens told of the op- erations of the “Julla” between Omaha and Decatur and was unreservedly in favor of the appropriation. Mr. Sloan, although instrumental In getting the members of the delegation together, contented himself with a few general observations, leaving the par- ticular features of the desired legislation to his colleagues who lved directly, on the banks of the Missouri. : Mr. Lobeck, asked about the shipments on the he would secure full data from the Com- mereial club and flle it with the com- eb. The following were nominated to be George . Fox,.Bayard; Lewls H. Deaver, Cody; rover C. Hoback, August Mckenman, Talmage; H. . Wilson, eneva J.C. HARTZELL IS DEAD OKLAHOMa CITY, Okla., rs Jennle C o piscopal Jan. 25, ot Bishop Methodist Thursday, wife the here Hartzell, Hartzell, of church, died following an apopletic stroke. She was | Injured, three here visiting her son. Bishop Hartzell is missionary bishop with headquarters New York Gity Preparedness For the merchant means not only car~ rying the goods the cystomer wants, but also letting every possible customer know that the goods are awaiting him at attractive prices. This means use of newspaper advertis- ing space. The Bee will do the business. mittee 'Four Explosions, in | ' Dupont Powder Plant PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8 —There were four explosions in rapid succession at the rney’s Point, N, J., plant of the Dupont owder company early tonight and it is « F _ | reported that five mills are burning. De- talls are lacking and it is not yet known whether there was any loss of life. It was reported that six workmen were scrfously. The accident | was in' the riafure of “flares,” the cause “hnu not heen ascertained \Large Detroit Qrug Store is Destroyed DETROIT, Jan. %.~Fire In the drug store of E. C. Kinsel In the downtown laistrict today. caused $100,000 demage. |8ix firemen were overcome by smoke |and several women fainted in the crush of spectators. | STAHL IDENTIFIES BANK ROBBERS ve Men Who }:o; Fifteen Thous- and ‘from South Side Bank Are Under Arrest, Al PART OF LOOT IS RECO CHICAGO, 11, Jan, 28.-—Identl- fication of Eddie Mack and four men arrested last night as the robbers who raided the Washington Park Na- tional bank yesterday and stole $16,000 was made today by J. Gar- land Stahl, vice president of tha bank, according to Captain Nicholas Hunt, chief of Chicago detectives. The prisoners were confronted by 3tahl in the offices of Maclay Hoyne, states attorney. l@ll. who was formerly manager of the Beston a8 & pickpocket, Pu¥t of Loet Resoued. { Much of the $15,000 taken by five rob- bérs from the bank was regovered today by the police. The pdlice raided rooms técontly rented in a west side apartment bullding and arrested five men and threo women. While they, were breaking down the door a newsboy in the street outaide &pw o pasteboard box fall at his feet, bllls flew out over the sidewalk. The detectives appeared with their prisoners and took charge of the box of money. It totaled $7.800, and many of the bills were Identified by the cashier of the bank. Captain Hunt sald that he was fairly certain the five men who robbed the bank had been captured. Yuma Again Alarmed By Rumors of Flood YUMA, Ariz, Jan. 28.—Alarming reports from Phoenix regarding another rise in the Balt and Glla rivers in that section has trown Yuma into excitement almost equalling that of last Saturday when the levee broke and flooded the city. The river Tempe 18 now' within-elght feet of ulla” during the summer, said | the highest mark last wegk and ia still risin A stream of - water five and one-half feet deep is pouring over the diversion dam apd the volume is increasing. The Glla had risen eighteen inches today. The saturated condition of the ground in this section, it s copsidered, renders the sit- uation dangerous. -Hroken levess have been only partly repaired, ¥ive hundred frelght cars are held up between. Yuma and. Indlo and. 1,600 be- tween El Paso and Indlo by washouts, Aeroplanes Bombard Town of Freiburg BERLIN, Jan. 28.—~(By Wireless to Say« ville.)~Frefburg was bombarded at 10 o'clock last night by two hostile aero- planes which dropped five bombs on the town, according to reports received and given out here by the Overseas News agency. There were no casualties, Some damage was caused, the extent of which s not stated in the reports so far to hand. The city theater, because of the cele- bration attending the emperors birthday, was crowded but the audience remained calmly inside the building until the raid | was over, CHICAGO, Jan. #%.—~Dr. Luther B, Widen, noted as a psychologist and ex- pert on Insanity, alleged in an applica- tion for a writ of habeas corpus yester- day, that he is being held at the Payco- pathic hospital and is threatensd with being sent to the Elgin asylum for the insane. Dr. Widen several years ago, was co misstoned by the University of lowa, it 18 sald, to accompany one of the Stefans- E’nit;;tity -Expert Wlu; Has Himself Interned in Hospital Wants Out son polar expeditions to study the psy- chology of the blonde BEskimos discovered by Stefansson. It s sald that Dr. Miden had himself interned at the hospital under an as- sumed name the more closely to stuly the petients. He alleges that he was suddenly selzed, placed in a padded cell. Despite this as- sertion, he communicated with a friend who obtained & lawyer for him, COPY TWO CENTS, CHANGES IN SEA . LAW SUGGESTED BY AMERICANS | Belligerents Asked to Make Agree- ment to Square Submarine Warfare Principles of Humanity, FIVE PROPOSITIONS SUBMITTED Under Changed Conditions It is Held that Merchant Ships Should Be Unarmed. SHOULD BE CALLED CRUISERS 4 WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—The Italian liners America and Verona will be permitted to sail from New York if the Itallan government gives | assurances, as it did in the case of the Guiseppe Verd!, that thelr gum will be used only for defensive pur- | poses. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28— The United States, in asking all Luropean belligerents to make a gen- cral agreement to square their sub- {1rarine warfare with the principles of humanity and international law, has taken the position that under changed conditions of naval warfare merchant ships should carry no aimament whatever. All the powers have been notified teat unless they subscribe to such principles armed merchantmen will be denied entry to American ports except under the conditions which apply to warships, Such & propoeal, now in the hands of the belligerent governments, has been transmitted in a note which is substantially as follows: "It is masumed that all of the govern- ments addressed are equally desirous of protecting thelr own suhjects and citi- zens, who are non-combatants, from the hasards of submarine wartare, “Realizing the appalling loss of life of non-combatants which results from the destruction of a merchant vessel without removing and créws Yo places of safety, w l_:.."l& "’m-a. o ‘his idehtification. M i by the to have ?&n&um v v ing heavy guns. It is true that | men were permitted to armament, but these were lght | thetr nature as merchant vessels. This g (Continued on Page Two, Column Thres.) || The Day’s War News MORE THAN HALF A MILLION casualties have been suffered by the Britisk forces so far in the w The official figures giving the total wp to January 9, made » e today, placed at 549,467, the number be made 24,122 officers and 035,345 men. AUSTRIANS AND BULGARIANS ap- pear to be attel Alba Little tion is apparent. powers seem to be placing rellance | on Essad Pasha to hold forcea of Teutonic allles in cheek. The Greeks are sald to be rein- forcing thelr detachments at the Albantan border points. BRITISH LABOR CONFERENCE, af- ter yesterday ad: nst compulsion, but declining countenance agitation for the t the govermment be em. barrassed in its prosecution of the war, today placed itself on record for revision of the munitions aet. PRESUMABLY IN FURTHER efforc to meek t bhostile sumbasine bases iu the Mediterrancas, the French have occupled the tewn of Antiphilo, opposite OCastolowine, on the Asin Minor comst,