Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 15, 1916, Page 1

Sunday Bee is the only Dmaha newspaper that ves its readers four big pcges of colored comies. "HOUSE VOTES 10 ‘RAISE THE ARMY 10 120,000 MEN Popular Chamber, with But One Dissenting Voice Passes Reso- lution to Bring Force to Full Strength. ADDS NEAR TWENTY THOUSAND ¥ Number of Troops at Border Will Be About Twenty-Seven Thousand. UP TO THE SENATE TODAY WASHINGTON, March 17.—A int .resolution, authorizing the resident to bring the regular army p to full strength by adding 19,447 en to existing organizations, was sed in the house late today with- bring the strength of the army up to 120,000 men. Representative Hay, chairman of | the military committee, had asked for immediate consideration of the . resolution, saying the step was necessary on account of demands of citizens along the border for addi- | H.lnn-l protection during the march ! of the punitive expedition into Mex- 100 \ Socinlist in Negntive. There was no objection and the resolu- tion was passed in five minutes. vivi voce vote one “nay” was heard. Minority,_Leader Mann demanded a rising " vote, which resulted 236 to 1, Representa- tive London, sociallst, of New York, oting in the negative. Representative Hay told the house the administration had recommended this “ “isaders of plan rather than call for the militia or volunteers. The president wanted to allay any suspicion, he sald, that the government sought to accomplish nothing in the Mexican expedition except the pur- suit of Villa, The resolution will be called in the sen- ate tomorrow. Fow 1t Affects Border. Benators who were consulted by house leaders and War department officials as- serted late today that the increase to be authorized by the house resolution would add approximately 8,000 or 9,000 men to the regiments now on the Mexican bor- der, bringing that force up to a total of about 27,000 men. While the War department has the power to raise the men without congres- slonal action, Secretary Baker desired to obtain the ent of support from th order to be assured that a point of order would not be raised ‘whén the resolution came up for passage. The present strength of the army is about ‘87,000 men. The additional troops are desired to fill the places of men who may be withdrawn from their present locatiops for service in Mexico. To Go Over Situation. Representative Kahn sald Becretary Baker went over the entire situation with Chajrman Hay and himself and eatisfied them that the men were needed. The secretary said that no new develop- ments had come in the Mexican situation which would. cause the department to des sire to increase the standing force, but that army officials were convinced it . would be best at this time to fill the places of soldiers leaving this country. Secretary Baker later explained that it was proposed to increase all regiments of the mobile army to full strength which would bring the total strength of the regular up to approximately 120,000 men, including the quartermaster's corps, med- ical corps and other muxiliary troops. The strength of the mobile army would be ralsed from 33,000 to 50,000, which would be the number available for border duty. Less than 20,000 are now on duty on the Mexican border. As the various arms of the service are now distributed as to personnel the order would add 16,000 enlisted men in the in- fantry 1,100 to the field artillery and 2,50 to the calvalry. The Weather Forecast till 7 For Omaha, ity—Fair; col p m. Wednesday: Couneil Bluffs and Vicin- Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. Dex .82 Hours. m seTEgsEssess Comparative Local Record, “Sut objection or debate and with | only one dissenting vote. This would | regular | On the | THE COUNTESS CIPPICO, formerly Rita Jolivet, the || actress, It has just been ‘ \ \ learned that the English actress, who was saved when the Lusitania was torpedoed, was married in January and has been enjoying a honey- moon on Broadway. l l | 3] 3 ! 1 COVNTESS GIVSERFE.CIPLICOS | “BINDING BANDIT" IS CAUGHT IN ACT) Adam Moore, Captured After Dl.y-: light Holdup, Confesses to Nineteen Jobs. CAPTURED AFTER A PURSUIT Adam Moore, aged 28 years, ap- prehended yesterday after a pur- suit following an unsuccessful at- tempt to bind and rob L, Ravitz, 2723 Binney street, confessed, to nincteen robberies accomplished l!u. Decem- P 38 e Moore entered the Ruv'u store | about 7:30 o'clock a. m. and bought A box of matches. Later he applied for gasoline, saying that he desired it for Lis auto which had stalled sev- eral blocks away. Ravitz asserted that he had no can for the fluid and after a few mo- ments hesitation, Moore asked for 10 cents worth of cookies. As Ravitz was filling a paper bag, bhe was startled by the business end of a revolver thrust against his chest acd the command “Up with your mitts!"” Forced Inte Back Room. Complying, he was forced to back into A rear room, where Moore prepared to bind him to a chalir. As the binding was | North Twen- | taking place John Berg, ty-eighth, came into the store. The bandit hastily concealed the rope (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) Morehead Too Late to File in Ohio COLUMBUS, O., March 14.—The time for filing declarations for candidacy for national offices is past in Ohlo, Secretary of State Hildebrant today informed C. E. Harman of Lincoln, Neb. Harman tele- graphed Secretary Hildebrant asking | what procedure would be necessary to get the name of Governor John M. More- |head of Nebraska before the people of Ohio as a candidate for momination of vice president on the democratic ticket. Premier Asquith is Reported 111 LONDON, March 14.—An offictal bulle- tin has been issued stating that H. H —— | to Sayville.)—The Italians have de- | according to the Austrian headquar- | pulsed, |attacked with | enemy’s | lively fire | stacles failed. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY |ITALIANS MAKE MIGHTY ATTACK ON ENEMY LINE ASSAULTS Austrian Official Statement De- clares Efforts of the Invaders | Everywhere Fail. | STORM SEVEN TIMES IN PLACE REPULSED BERLIN, March 14 (Wireless veloped a strong offensive against hte Austrians on the Isonzo front, ters' report today. They have made | attacks with large forces on the Aus- trian lines, and in each case were re- | it is declared The offficial statement says “Great combats are developing on the Isonzo front. The Italians have strong forces, being repulsed everywhere ““At the Tolmino bridgehead the activity was limited to In the plava section the enemy's attempts td destroy our ob- ‘At the Gorizia bridgehead, two attacks against the Doberdo posi- tion and one attack against the en- trenched bridge of Lucimico failed, did likewise several attacks against the Doberdo plateau. “Near San Martiano the Italians stormed seven times. They were re- pulsed with heavy losses by infantry regiment No. 46." Ammmion and Rifles Are Seized at El Paso, Texas EL PASO, Tex., March 14—Five thou- #sand rounds of rifle ammunition and a few old rifles were seized by the police here today in a house in the Mexican quarter. No arrests were made. The ammunition was discovered during a #earch for sples or other suspicious per- sons. .Blll Posters Called “Trust by Landis CHICAGO, ”‘mh 14.—~The Associated BIIl" Posters of the United 'tSates and Canada was held to be a combination in restraint of trade by Federal Judge Lan- dis today. d The ruling was given in the govern- ment suit asking dissolution of the asso- clation filed fn August, 1912, ““The rule of ‘reasonable restraint’ has no application here,” said Judge Landis, “for the reason that this is not a case of mere restraint, but of total exclu- slon.™ The court ruled that: the injunction asked by the government to restrain the " bill posters from carrying on their business as an organization would ndt go into affect for sixty days to permit an appeal to the supreme court, The complaint charged that ever since its organization in 1891 the Associated Bili Posters had sought to crush com- petition. It was alleged in support of the dissolution suit that membership In the organization was limited to one mem- ber in each town; that its members were barred from accepting work from any ad- vertiser who furnished business to non- members; that a schedule of prices was adopted for all parts of the country; that competitors wefe bought off and that members were prohibited from accepting work from sollcitors not licensed by the organization. Secretary Lansing Takes Vacation WASHINGTON, March ~14—Secretary Lansing was on his way to Pinehurst, N. C., today for a week's vacation. For many weeks the secretamy has been working steadily in a neavy pressure of diplomatic affairs and feels the need of a rest. Taking a vacation at this time | was regarded here as indicative of how completely the State department regards the Mexican situation in the hands of Asquith, the British premier, is suffer- ] lm( from bronchial catarrh. the army and that the understanding with General Carranza 1s complete. i Navy Soft Snap for Offlcers Who Are Socially Ambitious, Says Sims| 1916 1918 1914 1913 Highest yesterday R 1owest vesterday. B 0 2 ean temperature 2B | w {GTON, Mare Py nt Precinttatig: % 8 M| WASHINGTON, March 1.—Preside Temperature and precipitation depar- | tures from the normal: Normal temperature 3| the navy's bill. Mr. Padgett told the| !l_")‘f;l"'!;"' ‘h“ldl et swoeoo 0 president that the hearings probably | cess since Marc e ) P Normal precipitation..... "0i'inch | would be ended in two weeks. | Meficiency for the da Il0kinch | Thomas A. Edison will be heard by the Total rainfall singe l"urch 1.0 ®inch |naval committee tomorrow. Mr. Edison, Bxcens for tmce March 1o #1nch | with other experts, will urge the neces Meficlency for cor. period, 19i4.. 54 inch | sity of & great laboratory here for work Reports from Stations at 7 P. M. Station and State ’I‘em m Rain- of Weather. o 8 an, Cheyenne, clear... ] T | need of immediate construction of eight Davenport, tloudy E 00| or nine battle crulsers to meet Germany's £ %l pattie cruiser strength. He also told of a2 .02 | the prime necessity of a policy of pro- ‘:; | motion by selection for the grades of Omaha, cloudy 9 & Ueutenant, lteutenant commander, com- l‘ueli:‘;u. lrle-r.l . ® “w .44 | mander and captain, so as to put younger Rapid City, clear 2 ] 01 | mer 0 Salt Lake Gty cles 8 - | 0 | men 1n command of ships | Santa Fe, clear.. H ‘%)| Captain Sims pointed out that in the Sheridan, cloudy I | British navy officers may attain a ca Fioux Cily, enow ] T| b ye P es S gl o -1 T tain's .I.n k :._( . ears ufnl become :J v o trie By ok S | admiral at 4 e present commander- | L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster, | In-chief of the British navy, Admiral Jel- Wilson urged Chairman Padgett of the | house naval committee today to hurry ing out naval problems. Captdin W, 8. Bims of the battleship Nevada told the committee today of the lico, he sald, is about ¢. American naval officers under the present system are close to @ when they become rear ad- mirals “The navy is a soft smap to those who | are not ambitious,” he sald, “but deadly | to the ambitious ond As & mlllt-ry, proposition this age situation is abso- | lutely rotten; from a soclal standpoint it | 1s excellent, and as a soft snap it's a| | peach.” Captain Sims sald Secretary Daniels | was the first secretary of the navy upon | whom those favoring promotion by se- lection had made any impression, “If he puts it across,” said the captain, “he will stand out above all other secre- taries of*the navy, for it will mean a tre- mendous increase in nayal efficlency. Possibility of Inng Strife There NEBRASKA z MEN IN SERVICE | plant here, \(()R\I\H \h\R(‘H 15, 1 NORTH SEA BATTLE EXPECTED-—-German torpedo boat flotilla, from a. photog'nph just received from Germany. According to reports from Amsterdam, a squadron is back at Kiel after a successful reconnoissance in the North Sea. This move i.l taken to mean that the Germans intend an attempt to break the British blockade or was made to cover the dash of another commerce raider such as the Moewe. R GEWN ’m” m!‘ l“flbbfi THE WEATHER. Fair 916—-TWELVE On Trains, I' IM Wews Stands, ot COPY T\\ 0 ('P;N’I‘S PERSHING LEAVES *EL PASO TO TAKE - ACTIVE COMMAND | SING LE Since His Depmun the - Military Authorities Refuse All Infor- mation Regarding His | Movements. |MORE RUMORS ABOUT VILLA | Report Bandit Chiettain Changed Plan and Will Try to Hold | Ojitos Pass. MUCH EXCITEMENT AT NACO PULLETIN, EL PASO, Texas, March 14.—It is belleved that the crossing of the advance guard of the American ex- peditionary force into Mexico now is but a matter of hours. The main force may not start for two or three days. “I hope we shall soon take Villa alive—with the help of the United commander at Juarez, sald tonight. @ /vre Frer sEmvacr MANY ANXIOUS 10 G0 10 MEXICO Brings Forward Numerous | Offers. | (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 14.—(Spe- | clal Telegram.)-—Possibility of a “continued session” in Mexico has awakened an Americanism that is positively reassuring. Members of congress from Nebraska have been recelving letters and telegrams from constituents acknowledging a sin- cere desire to.get into a scrap should such be pulled for the glory of the nation. An offer by Colonel John G. Maher of Lincoln, personally filed In tha War de- partment today by Judge Kinkaid of the Sixth district, for consideration in the event of a call for volunteers, leaves no doubt as to where his sympathies are in the Mexican situation. If the punitive expedition now on its way into Mexico is to augmented by volunteers and vols 4 unuer officers are to be designated IS |hjlty | ingly ovhflhr\hn and he uphesitat- xgfe the adjutant ml of ~Quard of N dorsement, ‘to say nothing of hie M ments during the Spanish-American wh. Among’ the officers of the first troops avaflable on the Mexican border and or< dered from El Paso to be in readinesa to join the expeaition Into Mexico in pur- sult of Villa and his band are thwe fol- lowing: From Nebraska—Captain Willilam 8. Mapes, First Lieutenants Austin M. Par- dee and Hugh D. Schultz, Twentieth in- fantry; Captain Amos Frank, virst cav- alry; Captain Charles C. Pullls, Sixth field artillery; First Lieutenant Charles C. Culver and Second Lieutenant Max- well Kirby, Third cavalry; Second Lieu- tenant Herbert E. Taylor, Sixth cavalry. From lowa—Major George P, White, First Lieutenant Jo C. King, Beventh cavalry; Major:Alonzo Gray, Fourteenth cavalry; Major Hanson, E. Ely, Captaina George W. Btuart and Carl C. Jones, Seventh infantry; Captain Fred Goedecke, Socond Lieutenant Verngn k. Prichard, Seventeenth infantry; Captain Charles 5. Franks, Ninetbenth Infantry; Major Palmer C. Plerce, Captains George (Continued on Pag: mn One.) Two Auto Bandits Arrested by Police And Are Identified ¥d Nolan, 1146 North Sixteenth street, and Willlam Hull, 1400 Chicago street, were arrested by Detectly Dolan and Walker on suspiclous of being the auto- mobile bendits who conducted a number of higway robbery campaigns in Omaha by stealing automobiles and making rush raids through the city, Nolan an} Hull were identified by five recent vic tims as the men who heldup and robbed them. Police believe that through .tha arrest of Nolan and Hull the third mem- ber of the automobile-bandit crew will be arrested shortly. Men in Armour - Plant at Sioux City’ Are Still at Work SIOUX CITY, la, March 14.—The 1,000 men employed at the Armour packing who, it was ‘expected, would join the Cudahy strikers, were still at work this afternoon. The strike leaders still are working to induce them to go out tomorrow morning. If you wantanything Go right after it. This is a rule that has few if any exceptions. The only way Omaha will ever get a new depot, for ex- ample, is to go after it strong. The only way for a merchant to get the The witness referred to what he called trightful mistakes in the turret designs of the Kentucky and other predread- | naughts whose sloping turret designs | | made them particularly vulnerable to| long range fire under the changed gun- | fire conditions of recent years. business is to go after it with persistent advertis- ing. Bee ads produce Results | i [NORWAY ASKS INFORMATION | quainted with Pancho PROMP’I‘ ACTION IN SINKING OF SILIUS Germany Will Ilke Full Amends if it is Shown Vessel Was Hit ! by Torpedo. WASHINGTON, March 14.—Unof-| ficlal advices received here today in- dicate that Germany will make com- plete amends to the United States if it is found that a German submarine torpedoed the Norwegian bark | Silius, fro which seven .Americans| were rescued in Havre Roads, | The German government is represented here o belleving that a torpedo wes not responsible for the loss of the bark, and that any commander who = attacks a neutral ship such as the Silius without warning would be exceeding his instruc- tions, The sinking of the Sillus has been tho cause of much concern here because Amerlean Consul Osborne at Havre re- ported that the ship was torpedoed with- out warning. His report was based on rtatements of American. survivors, Of- fictals ave inclined to entertain the possi- t:’u the ship might have been Wt~ a mine, )-nn» aase ia being vdn.nu turther, o another nm from - Consul which made no mention of the ca the sinking, meroly aiying that the mm was unarmed, carried & eargo of grain and no passengers. Of'the crew of seven~ teen members only threa perished. Amuu- the victims was the captain, a Nor~ woglan, Norway Asks l-u'-ulo-. LONDON, March 1{—A Reuter dis- patch from Christiania says it s re- ported there that the Norweglan govern- ment has asked Germany.whether a Ger- man submarine torpedoed the Norwegian bark Silius, which, with seven Americans on board, was sunk last week off the French coast. If the Billus thus tor- pedoed, the dispatch says, an explanation of the conditfons under which the at- tack was made is requested. Villa Used Dum-Dums Made in U. 8. in His Raid On Columbus CHICAGO, Mar¢h 14.—American made dum-dum bullets and American made guns were used by the Villa forces in thelr raid on Columbus, N, according to Private Stephen 'Wiecsorkiewlcz of the Seventh United States infantry, who helped in repulsing the raiders and took part in their pursult across the border. | He made this statement while passing through Chicago on his way to his home in Toledo, O. He exhibited soft nosed | bullets of the dum-dum type and asserted | they were taken from the belts of dead Mexican bandits by members of the Thir- teenth cavalry at Columbus. Dr. Frederick Cook | Appears Before House Committee | | WASHINGTON, March 1.--Dr. Fred- | erick A. Cook appeared today before tho house education committee in support of the Helgesen and Smith bills for a con- gressional Inquiry to determine whether he or Rear Admiral E. Peary discovernd the north pole. Dr. Cook sald he was the man, The committee toos no actiom other than to tell Dr. Cook that he might be given a chance to prove his claims, i CHICAGO, T, March 14.—Passengers arriving here on a train that passed through Columbus, N. M. shortly after the Villa raid en that town, told tales today of the happenings during and im- mediately after the bandit reld J. 1. Ranuulph of Chicago sald “A woman was brought on the train with wounds through .both legs. She said her name was mrs. J. J. Moore and that her husband's body was in the bagkage car. She asked me if I wouid look afier her as far as El Paso, where she was going, and on the way she told me her story. “'We had & ranch in Mexico, six miles from Columbu there my husband long about e sald, ‘and 0 became ac- Villa, About the Pershing Ordered to Tnko Charge of |and constantly growing. Mrs. J. J. Moore Descnbes the | Murder of Her H usband by Villa — [ EL PASO, Tex.. March 14.—Briga- d.er General John J. Pershing, com- manding the American expeditionary force into Mexico, left here on a west bound train last night and since his departure military authorities have refused all information about him. General Pershing's train was sald bere to be going to Columbus, N. M., where today some 4,000 men of the f'rat expeditionary force are in readi- ness for the dash after Villa, Some kours after General Pershing left, however, it became gvident that mill- tary authorities in’ this section in- tended that no information should leak out about his further move- ments. In expectation of the general's depar- ture last night from El Paso a crowd of photographers and moving pleture men had gatherdd at a raflway station platform. Plles of military equipment and bulky army wagons wore scattered about the train. General Pershing, in- stead of walking down the lane which the photographers had formed, stepped behind an army wagon and thence the opposite side of the car. 'The ‘was about to pull out when crowd discovered that the gemeral out-maneuvered them... FUNSTON CLAPS ON | LID AT COLUMBUS Telegraph and Telephone Lines and Auto Routes, MAY PIOCLAII IAB.TXAL LAW BAN ANTONIO, Tex,, March 14.— A rigid censorship was ordered es- tablished at Columbus, N. M.; today by Major General Frederick Funston. He instructed Brigadier General John J. Pershing, commanding there, t¢ take charge of the telegraph of- fice, watch all automobile routes, and guard telephone wires out of town, General Funston sald that newspaper reports from New Mexico had been re vealing every movement of troops, the disposition of the various forces and the amount of their equipment, ‘“There was no use trying to conoeal our plans here while there q.;%n leak at the border,” he explained. “We had to act.” It was indimated that if the censorship ordered ‘today was evaded, martial law might be the next atep in controlling the news l“\nq.n at 0 um oo }a&m g ot -m' I‘IM Mnmo.mmmnucomrmu take uq;rqnd of (tha trospy there, re t‘hv ral Porshing, now at Colum- us, i General Bell will not be under Qeneral Pershing, but will have charge of ths border situation when General Pershing's -dv-m into Mexico begins. Heo will rate under the orders of General mmon § No orders for a movement scross the Lorder were lsgued from Fort Sam Houston this morning and none are likely toda. General Funston sald from now on he would refuse to answer questions congerning the imminence of the expedi- tornary force's departure. Break of Spillway veally intends to risk an ment with the American troops not Intend to try amd wnh the guerilla tactics. All night long reports of Causes Damage o wes twsss wors shovine s 8t BI0UX Falls | {ivrs hrates miskory suehorites wers sufficlently aroused to rush reinforcements to the garrison Naco. BIOUX FALLS, 8. D., March 14.~Thou- sands of dolla of damage has been done and more is feared as the result of the breaking of the concrete epillway north of the city, which carries overflow water from tne Sloux river through the hil to the river below the city. The swift current has eaten its way half-way up the hill, leaving a gorge several hun; dred feet wide nearly 100 feet deep Beveral farm bulldings and the bridge providing the only road into the city from the north are endangered. Forces of men have heeh sent to the head of the splllway in an attempt to dam and rapid current Avalanche Buries Manv Houses in Northern Italy ROME, March B.—(Via Paris, Murch 14)—A great avalanche has Interrupted traffic cn the rallway between Cuneo and Tendn, which, next to Mont Cenis, fur- nishes the best Alpine communication with France, In the provinces of Hergamo, Vicenza and Belluno many houses have’ been bur- fed by avalanches. ~Eixteen bodies have been taken rrum the ruins, Vilia Agein Active. Storles of the activity of Vilia agents have poured into Fort Bliss and have k recelved in large number by the authorities. Several arrests have . been made and others are follow., One such story is to that the Villa lympnthlur- m dogs to send messages and information across the border. The man who brought this story s an American living on the border close to this city. He said he had seen one dog with a roll of papers tied around his neck running across the border. He fired several bullets at the animal, but failed to hit it. In the meatime trains loaded with all kinds of military supplies continue to arrive here on pu- through on their way (Connnued on Puu ‘rwo. Column Two.) Nobody objects to a little work if it makes them coin. It takes mighty little effort to write and insert a little Want-Ad in THE BEE. The cost is - - only a fraction of the profit you stand a chance to make, time of the raid, however, we were liv- ipg in Columbus not far from the army camp. We were in bed when Villa him- self entered with severgl of his bandits. ** ‘My husband spoke to Villa and then, seelng that he was in no mood to talk, tried to resist. Villa promptly shot him four times through the body. As he was writhing on the ground Villa snarled, ‘“Stop your kicking; that's all you ever did, anyway.” Then he grabbed a rifle from one of his men and plunged the bayonet through my husband's body.' ‘I bent over my husband's body and pleaded with Villa to kill me, too. A soldler shot me through the legs and as I lay on the floor Villa himself pulled the rings off my hands. Then they went out ‘and left me, " i