Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 17, 1916, Page 1

Advertising is the pendu- lum thac keeps buying and selling in motion. —————— XLV—NO. VOL. "TUBANTIA LIKELY |AMERICAN CANP | ~ STRUCK MINE, IT | IS SAIDIN BERLIN Semi-Officially Stated that Dutch Ship Probably Hit Explosive and Reuter’s Hears No Americans On. ALL PERSONS ON BOARD SAVED Earlier Reports Indicated U. 8. Citi- * gens Among Passengers and that Boat Torpedoed. REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING BERLIN, March 16.—(By Wire- less to Sayville.)—It is semi-offi- cially stated here, says the Overseas News agency, that the Dutch steam- ship Tubantia, which is reported to have sunk near the Noordhinder lightship, most probably struck a mine, LONDON, March 16.—A later dis- patch from Reuter's correspondent at Ymulden says it now is stated that there were no American citizens on board the Tubantia. There were four Brazilians, two Chileans, one Russian and one native of Switzer- land on board, he says. LONDON, March 16.—"“It is now certain the Tubantia was torpedoed without warning,” —— 234. e ——— m— OMAHA, FRIDAY N plains of Mexico on one of h BELOW BORDER |All Branches of Service Repre- sented in Main Force Which Marched from Columbus. | PERSHING HEADS SMALLER BODY | ! COLUMBUS, N. M., March 16 | (Via Mail to El1 Paso, Tex.)-—The | American expedition which entered | Mexico yesterday spent an uneventful | night, encamped but a short distance | across the American line [ < Some of Villa's men, according to | & report here, are down in Ascension | But Columbus slept more soundly at | night than at any time since the hor-| | rors of exactly one week ago. | Methodieal as Practice March. | Despite the mgorous censorship, which | | ¢loged all wirks, telegraph and telephone, | | to military news, the story of the cross- | |ing got out in one form or amother by devious ways. The facts wers as fol- lows: About 10 o'clock yesterday morning the troops fell in at their camp in full march- Ing order. The order to move came about 11 and was answered by a shout from the men. Then the column started out | Cowboys off the ranges enrolled as scouts, and cavalry led the, way. Two in | tantry regiments, some fleld artillery |and a wagon train came after, ““he de- | parture of the force was unmarked by |a single dramatic detall, Tt was as bus |inesa like as a practice march. A long ——— TORNING, M L7, 1916 is recent raids. WILlA AND HIS STRFF e Arrow points to Villa. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. LVE 2 '_'\\' K PAGES, OBJECT OF AMERICAN PURSUIT IN MEXICO--Francisco Villa and his staff, resting afetr a hard, long dash over the His horse is the one on the right. | hazy line of alkali dust, standing out against the dull white of the plains and | the blazing light of the sun marked their | progress toward the border, as viewed | from a hill above the village. PR:N{ SEERCLIFFE cm—— DEMOCRACY OF ~ |BERNSTORFF SAYS |DEFENSE Amsterdam correspondent of Yie Central News. ‘“‘There were three| Americans on board. Richard Schilling, sul; Emma Schilling ana Echilling.”” A wireless dispatch sent from the Tubantia last night was given out by Reuter's correspondent at Ymuiden, Holland, that the steamship was tor- pedoed. The correspondent asserts there were Americans on board. Carmen Text of Wireless Message. The wireless message, which was signed “First wireless operator,” was received st night at Ymuldem by way of Schevéningen, Holland, and is quoted as follows: “‘Tubantia torpedoed and lost. Am now leaving ship with captain. Don’t worry."” pmong the passengers Reuter's corre- wspondent says were “Some Americans that “Retiter ever, Bays R s ot and & cargo A Reuter dispatch from the Hook of Holland says that a wireless message has been received there stating that the large Dutch, passenger steamship Tubantla, outward bound from Amsterdam to the ‘River Plata, has been torpedoed and 1s in a sinking condition near the Noord- ininer lightship. All the passengers have been taken off in boats. The London agents of the steamship second | General Pershing accompanied the foroe The troops taking part in the movement | numbered about 5000 and were composed of the Thirteenth cavalry, the Sixth and | Sixteenth infgntry and other details that had been encamped here. During the preceding night it is said that Colonel Slocum met Colonel Davila of the Mexicans, \who promised that no | resistance would ve made to crossing the | border. At any rate, there was no re- | sistance made, but the entire Mexican | population in Palomas, soldiers and civii- ians, with onc exdeption, eleared away. Americans passed through this town on crossing the border, they saw the one ex- ception—an aged and crippled man, per- haps a beggar without a family. Flying Condl Tdenl, Some aeroplan re belleved to have passed in with xpedition in motor trucks, but only oné was “ee about here and that last even X conaitis owing to the cle; ot -a: ltnu:zo, are idoal, but loeal BN TR o $0h plane ever seen in Columbus, was skim- ming the sky to the msa canie back with the report that the expedition had encamped for the night withont any incident to meport. -1t ls said in L'olumbus American Cavalry Lieutenant Kills Self at Columbus telegraphs the | Pershing Goes In Other Direction. | |as far as the border, but he came back | later in the afternoon and took another | Granted Unconditi They Were | gjrection. to the flank with a part of an American con-|the troops. IS GIVEN A PARDON onal Release by Colorado Governor on Recom- - BRYAN T0 THE TBST| NO U-BOAT DID IT THE WEATHER. Fair CENTS On Tral Nows Stand s Eewl SINGLE COPY TWO SNIPIRS ATTACK AMERICAN ARMY INVADING MEXICO Unofficial Reports Reaching Colum- bus and Relayed to El Paso Tell of Guerilla Activity in | the Desert. S8IX OR SEVEN SOLDIERS HIT | Nothing to Show Which Column | Encounters These Bands of Franctireurs. ) | AEROPLANES ARE TRIED OUT COLUMBUS, N, M., March 16— (Via Mail to El Paso.)—While most of the reports reaching here unoffi- clally today from the Mexican border | Indicated that the American troops | in Mexico were unmolested in their | advance there were also reports that | & few snipers had been encountered. | There was nothing to show which of | the American columns might have | oncountered snipers. According to these reports six or Slx or Seven Mt seven soldiers of the American expe- dition had been hit by enipers. Troop trains came in here during the night and Columbus awoke today to find the camp had grown consid- erably In population since last eve- ning. A new lot of cavalry horses was noticed, Great plles of supplies Ovre Furr seRvich BILLS HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY Tubantia, which ls owned by the Holland-| SAN ANTONIQ, Tex., March 16.—Word Lioyd of Ahmsterdam, have received a |was received at southern department message Saying the vessel struck a mine |headquarters from Houston of the sui- d is sinking. Another dispatch says|cide of First Ligutenant Edward M. Zell, | mendation of Pardon Board. WAS SERVING _25-YEAR TERM DENVER, March 16.—Frank Sher- cliffe, alias Sherman W. Morris, serving a twenty-five-year sentence |tor murder in the Colorado peni- tentiary, was granted an uncondi- tional pardon late today by Governor | Carison on the recommendation of the State Board of Pardons. Shercliffe is serving a twenty-five-year term for the murder in 1908 of John W, ‘Walsh, a miner of Leadville. Three times in six years the pardon board has passed upon Shercliffe’s appli- cation for freedom, but in each instance, it 18 said, his release was opposed by the governor. - . . sundown, while the ties: wero- (™ Board’s Statement. After reviewing the case, the bosrd in ‘a formal statement, sald. | “It i the unanimous opinion-of the | board thiat Shercliffe is not gullty of the offense for which he was incarcerated in the Colorado prison; that he was riot sent to the penitehtiary to vindi-ate any wrony he bad dome, but because he had'turned from his past crimes and agminst erimi- nal assotidtes and gave ald to the stato to punish wrongdoers. We feel that it is the duty of the state to sustain a man in his effort to aid the state by providing evidence rather than to permit him to be punished for it The borad declared that the principal evidence against Shercliffe was a letter the Tubantie was torpedoed. The steamship, which is of 15,000 tons gross, left Amsterdam yesterday for Buenbs Ayres. It gvas to have stopped at Falmouth and nsular ports, where the majority of the passengers were to have been taken aboard A life saving boat has left the Hook of Holland to search for the sinking vessel and Dutch torpedo vessels are leaving Flushing to hurry to the rescue of the ship's passengers in the lifeboats. The Tubantia was bullt in Glasgow In 1913 and is 540 feet long and 65 feet beam. It left Buenos Ayres on February 4 for Amsterdam and was Jeported as having passed Ferfando Noronha on Feb- ruary . sehil Is Neot Comanl. WASHINGTON, Merch 16.—State de- partment officlals say there is no Richard Schilling In the consular service. The recxrds fail to show cny man of. similar name in any other capacity. The Weather T anatia. Counell Falr; warmer. Temperatures at Omahn Vesterday. Hour. Deg i, p Fulday Bluffs and Vicinity v 30 .8 i 7] E] ruanewe-iEBon FETETFPPEFEP EFERTEEEE Comparative Local Highest yesterday Lowest yeste: Mean Preei Excess for t) L Total excess s Normal precipitation De iclency for the day Totel rain‘a’l since March 1 nenehn;y #ince March 1 Excens for cor. period, 1915, Deficlency for cor. period, 1914 s ‘I::E Reports from Stations at 7 P, M. Statlon and State Weather. . .4 inen 4 inch « 8 inh 54 tnch naha, clear. .. pid City, cloudy... Santa Fe, clear....... Sheridan,’ pt. cloudy Sioux Oy, pt. cloudy ... v pi. cloudy...... 4 T indicates trace ef precip.ta lon. L. A WELSH, Lol so.usaater, see2eses Eleventh cavalry, at Columbus, N. M. early Thursday. Lieutenant Zell's ment was a member of General Persh- ing's command. Melancholia is given as the cause. Lieuteniant Zell was famous at West Point as a star member of the base bal and foot ball teams, having returned to the school several times to coach. He s survived by his' widow and two chil- dren at Fort Oglethorpe. It was suggested at Fort S8am Houston today that the machines of the first aero | squadron be used to enable General Pershing to make swift trips back and torth. Major Malvern Hill Barnum, chief-of- staff to General Funston, today an- nounced that the scattered patrol forces along the border had been instructed to teport all disturbances direct to hesly quarters here. Hitherto these detalls have been reported direct to the nearvest commanding officer. Strict guard is being kept over the gov- ernment arsenal here. Troops surround upon the immediate vicinity, It was feared some Villa sympathiser-might at- tempt to blow up the arsenal. | General Funston and his staff are de- voting their attention to perfecting the border patrol and to placing in the most strategic positions the reserves sent to % | the border to relieve the troops released for duty on the search of Villa. Former Head of . Villa's Air Corps Offers Services March 16.—J. 8. Berger of Chicago, whe recently returned from Mexico, where he had for two years \cted as confidential agent and head of Villa's geroplane corps, has offered the savernment &t Washington his eight eroplanes and &k many aviators for use n Mexieo, it was learned today. Four Carranza aviators are also in Chi- ago. awalting orders from the de facto jovernment to come to Mexico to assist n the capture of Villa House Passes Bill To Keep Sugar Duty WASHINGTON, March 16.—~The house \te teday passed the administration bil + retain the present tariff of 1 cent pcr Und on sugar. Under the sugar clause CHICAGO, the Underwood tariff aet wugar would | » on the free fist after May 1 nest The vote was M5 to 14 purporting, to have been written by hilm to Tom Dennison of Omaha while ths former wus serving a prison sentence at Fort Madison, in which he was re- ported as baving referred to murdering Walsh, This, the board says, hand writ- ing experts pronounced a forgery. Shercliffe served eight years of his sentence. Strikers at Cudahy Plant at Sioux City Retllr_n to Work SIOUX CITY, 1a., March 16.—Neatly all of the 1,000 strikers of the Cudahy plant returned to work this morning, after be- it night and cay and searchlights vla)’l ing on a strike since Monday. Several hours after the men returned about a seore of butchers quit work. It is not belleved the other workers will join the butchers. Check for. Forty- Three Millions NEW YORK, Marth 16.—~A check for $43,588,131, one of the largest ever paid in the United States, passed through the New York clearing house today. The Met, onal bank to the order of the Guaranty Trust company in payment for Midvale Steel and ‘Ordnance company bonds recently sold by a banking syndi- cate, Wabash Cashier Gonfesggsx_ Shortage ST. LOUIS, March 16, Robert E | He been arrested || For Women Specially | The Bee's exclusive fea- tures relating to house- hold topics, current fashions, social entertain~ | ing and the personal prob- lems of the eternal fem~ | inine are unexcelled. Read Our Woman's "Pages. check was drawn on the Mechanics and | Rigby, | asslstant cashier of the Wabash rallroad | today confessed to a shortage of $18,000 | Secretary Pool to Decide it on Com- plaint ¢ R. W. Whited of Omaha. WOULD KEEP NAME OFF BALLOT (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Mareh 16.—(Special.) ~—Nebraskans and people of the whole United States are now going to have an opportunity to discover whether William Jennings Bryan is & wolf in sheep's clothing. A ‘pro- test was filed with the secretary of state today by R. W, Whited of 2715 North Twenty-sixth street, Omaha, against the name of Mr. Bryan ap- pearing upon the primary ballot as a candidate for delegate-at-large to the national ddmoeufle'egmjm:; Y u Y ‘hé will weed tho. wi Solomon and the nerve of a m de- eide the matter s _generally ftted. s 1 I 1 e’ ae A oF ae & deraostat oF uNSE the ward ion with their filing or. You for d l’;‘:.l:—u hmlor for go r de - state that under section 2 {h-t Jection made within three days after 1 formed A tot flled his name delegate-at-large to the democratic national convention to held at 8t. Louls. I do now hereby file protest against W, J, Bryan using the name in any connection with his filing. I therefore petition u a8 secretary of state to eet a da: .leonlm Where such obj e ea lona as 1 shall present ahail be h $e heara by il presen I wish to torney and in person and ch evidence as will convince you that W. J. Bryan is not entitled to use the word democrat in connection with his filing for such office. Whiteq Says Brydn Is Demagogue. R. W. Whited, 2716 North Twenty street, the Omaha man who filed & pro- test with Secretary of State Pool against the appearance of the name of Willlam J. Bryan on the democratic primary bal- 1 as a candidate for delegate-at-large n Nebraska to the democratic national convention to be held in St. Louls in June, d{elnfid that he represented a “faction” of Nebraska Wilson demo- crats. ““There are several Omaha and Lincoln men behind me In this and their names will come out at the hearing 'Mr Whited sald. In the protést filed at Lincoln Mr. Whited charges the Bryan is not a dem- ocrat. No action has beeén taken by the secretary of state. “I, and the men 1 représent, contend that Bryan's high-handed and dictating policies In attempting to run the party, places him outside the pale of democracy, Mr, Whited declared “Bryan 1s more of a demagogue than should forever bar him from representing the democrtic party in any way. ist, an Independent, or whatnot, but we're going to do all in our power 1o see that it does not appear as:a demotrat. | We have engaged an attorney to vepre- sent us at the hearing at Lincoln, Mr. Whited said that he was a resident of Lincoln for thirty-six years and a personal friend of “BUY' Bryan in years past. While a resident of Lincoln he says he served at different times 8s secretary of the democratic committee of Lancaster county, as a member of’the city ventral | committee and as captain of the Bryan home guards, 4 semi-military organiza- tion | He has lived, in Omaha eleven years | He is given In the city directory as a painter. {Interurban Line Wins | Famous Damage Case WATERLOO, Ta., March 16.—(Bpecial | Telegram.)~The jury jn the personal in- fjury action for damages in the famous Charles Scribner case returned a verdict |for the defendant. This ends the long !itigation with many sensational develop- ments Ju which the child once was lawarded $5,000 for injury, but will now | receive nothing from the Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway company The first trial was in 1914 and is the result of sensationsl perjury develop- | ments. The trial this week changed the verdict and the crippled child and chief 85 in the trial recelve nothing German Ambassador Asserts No Ger- | Both Houses of Congress Get Down | man Submarine Sank Nor- to Business in Dealing with | In boxes and stacks of baled hay had sprung up near the rallway station. Quartermaster wumu'!sn constantly over the road to the south during ixth | he is a democrat, His actions and methods | ‘His name can appear as a prohibitioh- | wegian Bark Silius. NOTIFIES STATE DEPARTMENT | WASHINGTON, March 16.—Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassa- dor, under instruction from his gov- ernment, formally notified the State department today that no German submarine was concerned in the sink- ing of the Norweglan bark Silius, from which seven American members of the crew were rescued. The ambassador’'s memorandum also sald the German government bad not believed from the first that @ German submarine torpedoed the Silius bedause such an attack upon a \ e y | Aunouncement 4 mfl Berlin government had found after investi gation that none of its: submarines had made the attack was contafned |ln last night's news dispatches from abroad. i French Minister of War (Gallieni Resigns; Roque Sll_c_sgeeds Him PARIS, March 16.-—General Jo- geph Simeon Galliepl,, minister of war, has resigned because of ill health and General Charles Rogque has been appointed to succeed him. Desperate Attacks by Italians on Austrian Line at Isonzo Fail BERLIN, March 16.—(Wireless to Sayl ville)—Desperate attacks on the Austrian Ilines along the Isonzo are being continuel by the Ttallans In their determined offen- #ive in that region, according to the Aus- | trian - hemdquarters statement of March {16, received here today from Vienna, On | the Podgbra heights the Itallans were only driven back from the Austrian posi- -hand fighting. | tions by bitter hand |Mrs. Wright's Baby Brought to El Paso| || BL PASO, Tex., March 16.—The babe of Mrs. Maude Hawk Wright arrived | sately in Juares today, an interesting ex- | |'ample_of the respect for childhood, which | @ven the Villa bandits showed when they captured ‘Mrs, Wright. After her hus- | band had been .slain at Pachuca, Mex., | | before the Columbus rald, Mra. Wright's baby was literally forced from her arms. But the bandits treated it tenderly and | gave 1t to a Mexican family, which in turn delivered the child juto, the keeping of some of -the. Mormen. colonists about Casas Grandes. Mrs. Wright, escaping | trom the bandits after the Columbus | ratd, ‘has been here for a week awaiting l the baby. | | | LONDON, March 16.—The Post pub- lishes' a long article in regard to what it characterizes as the serious situation | | {in Ireland on account of activity on the | part of the Sipn Fein moclety. It says “From motives of patriotism English newspapers hithereto have refralned from commenting on the situation in Ireland, but it is developing with such rapidity and gravity that silence fs no | | longer possible. | | Through the south and west a vigorous | | organized campaign agaiust < recruiting | is being carried without serlous | hindrance. Within a few weeks several | |person have been indicted tried in [Dublin, but in every case acquitted by | the day. Planes Tried Out. In a sagebrush plain off to the side of the camp a number of aeroplanes were tried out. They had been set up since thelr arrival yesterday and were tested thoroughly today. One of two at a time were in the air most of the day. « Curi- ously, although a flying machine had never been seen here before yesterday evening, today the residents of Columbus scarcely took the trouble to look at them. None of the aviators has yet joined the advance column, 8o far as could be ascer- tained here, The strict military ocensorship of all news on troop movement out 3t eClumbus has not yet been Preparedness Plans. | OTHER THINGS SWEPT ASIDE WASHINGTON, March 16— Sweeping aside intervening {issues, congress set the stage today for | prompt action on the national de- fense measures urgently pressed by President Wilson since the session began. The house voted unanimously for & speclal rule under which the army increase bill will be taken up at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, with passage by Saturday night in pros- Dect. . A ten-hour limit for general . fixed despite the fact that milt- the printer tonight. Senater Chamber- m:. with the uulnllm:.u'l- l:.fl::- behind him, will “insist that it on \ip promptly, displacing the water power | departure the bill now under consideration, unless the | % latter renches & vote in & fow days. The | #8r1Y ¥ #enate measure in some respects proposes '.'M‘ to bffer #n even more drastio change in military | PR Pursuers it grlllley than is provided for in, the house with hl:wouum“uw' Indications are that the joint conference Weather fs Fine. cominittee, which will adjust the two bills | The Ameriean expedition is and frame the final measure, will be | Mexico under ideal weather at work within three weeks. The legis- | The hot season will not be lative framework of the army increase | a month or six weeks and it project may be an accomplished fact |'wells which dot part Within another month. While the naval program has appea to progress more slowly, possibly it will | it possible to see be completed sooner than the army pro- | tance. Definite Jects. The increase bills for the army, known as the organization bills, are dis- | ™en, women gl unmolested was (Continued on Page Two, Column Fdur.,) | Daniel Hu; Canada Will Place Seventy Million Loan in New York much military importance which was forwarded to General Pershing. Mr, Hurst refused to make public its nature or detalls. According to Mr. Hurst, Villa has at most 400 men, some of whom are NEW YORK, March 16.—A group of American bankers, headed by J. P, Morgan & (o, are negotlating with the wounded. He sald also that it was mot belleved in the Mormon colonies that the bandit chief had more than 500 men with him when he raided Columbus. | Vigorous Campaign Against | Recruiting Carried On in Ireland Canadian government for the flotation of a new Canadian loan, according to a statement issued by the Morgan firm to @ay. The amount has not been finally mins a profound mystery today. Andre determined, but it was intimated that it | Garela, the Carranza consul here, as- would Le in the neighborhood of §75,000,0 0. | serted today that from information in l:lld p:’.l::::.nd he 'n-‘-;'lilflid !h&l‘a\'ilh . | ha »| most s men a in- Price of .Raw Sugar |\ Continues to Climb NEW YORK, March 16.~ThHe continued strong tone of the raw sugar market to- day sent the price of granulhted sugar to the highest level recorded since the out- break of the Buropean war. Ome of the largest American refiner soted the | granulated product at 7 cents while others advanced the price to 6.9 cents. The high price was attributed to the recent active | demand for sugar from abroad, owing to the small European screage of. heet sugar aMtl large domestic buying Remain Mystery. What the intentions of Villa are we- escaped in boats. ONE OF THE FREQUENT pauses | which have characterized the German campaign for Verdum is again in evidence. After having made their gains of the Meuse, in ¢ i vanced to the attack. P IS OFFICIALLY declared Ber- " at the change in the head ry of marine, tnvely. ing the retirement of Admizal Von Tirpits, who is succeeded by Admiral Von Capelle, signifies ne eha he government's smb- cmarine poliey. TODAY’'S GERMAN offfelal state- ment conforms with that from the unchanged situa- Verdun. Its text, fudicates that possession of Dead Man's HIl, the jury amid tumultuous applause from those in the court room. All these trials took place before ordinary juries and we awalt with impatience the time when the authorities will utilize their poweérs to have such cases tried befove special Jurfes or military tribunals, “In Cork a committee recently ap- pointed to organize the Bt. Patrick's day celebrations was offered the use of several companies of Irish soldiers, but | the committee refused to allow them to participate, stating in reply: ‘The Brit- ish army is in hostile occupation of Ire- land and it would be as absurd for Bel- glans to invite a contingent from the ierman ¥ to participate in & Bek slan national celebrition..’ " '} ’