Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 19, 1916, Page 1

PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE T0 FOURTEEN. ( ENDS ROMANCE OF i YOUNG IOWA PAIR ) \ Edward J. Maynard, Former In- ¢ structor at Clarinda, Ia., Hos- pital, Kills Wife and Then Shoots Self. [ § WEDDED ONLY TWO MONTHS Todger in the House Hears Shots and Discovers the Bodies. ! | ‘e WOMAN DIES AT THE HOSPITAL - Murder and suicide wound up the two-month wedded career of Ed- ward J, Maynard, former instructor { at the Iowa State hospital at Cla- 1 rinda, and his wife. In his room at h the lodging house of John Michelz, 2019 St. Mary’s avenue, he fired two [\ loads from a twelve gauge repeat- ing shotgun into her body and then blew out his own brains with a re- 30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. entrance by bursting open the door, and found the two bodies lying across each other on the floor. A twelve gauge shot- #un of the repeating variety lay to the right of the woman's body and two empty shells were found on the floor close by, while in his own hand, Maynard Grasped A .38-callber revolver which he had used to blow out his own brains. Woman Shot Twlce. The body of Mrs. Maynard was shot in two places, the flesh being torn from her arms and a hole shot through her right 'side. Upon arrival of physiclans she was still alive, and was hurried to St. Jo- seph's hospital, where she died shortly after her arrival. The bullet with which Maynard shot himself was found several feet from his body on the floor. A note which he had writted was found on the bed a few feet to the right. “Dear Mother: Our trunks are all packed. Of course you may sell my \stuff, and C.s (the wife's first name) mother can do the same with hers. I am going, or have gone dippy. I will talk to you from the ‘coal pile’ Good-bye, The above note was addressed to his mother, Mrs. A. M. Heath, Los Angeles, Cal. N The Maynards had just returned from Clarinda, la, where the husband had spent “wome -time an_ instructor of 1dries in the State ifospital and had i W of Joun M but two weeks. John Michelz stated that to the best of his knowledge the couple had had no quarrels since their arrival, and could see 'no apparent reason for the act. My, Maynard hadl herself been a nurse at the hoepital with which her husbend was conneoted, and it was there they were married two months age. She had roomed at the home of Mr. Micholz about a year ago for some length of time and was well liked by all who knew her. Her mother resides at Parsons, Kan., and has been notified of the murder. | Mr. Maynard was a member 'of the spanish-American War Veterans and was in good standing at the time of his death. He was addicted to the use of morphine, the police sald, when a hypodermic needle was found on the floor of the room and a large supply of the drug concealed nearby. MAN HELD AT LOUISVILLE, SAYS HE'S AN EX-CONVICT LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 18.—(Special Telegram.)—"1 am an escaped convict o from the penitentiary at Lancaster, Neb,,” stated Arthur Campbell, while m the witness stand in police court this morning. 4 Campbell had been arrested at a city dump on & charge of Vagrancy, Camp- bell further testified that his right name was Shelby Richard Baxter, and that he escaped on April 26, 1915, He was serving a term of one to thirty years for train bery. He sald his prison number was ————— Improvements at Shenandoah. SHENANDOAH, Ia., March 15.—(Spe- cial.)—Forty blocks of paving will be laid in Shenandoah this summer. Three hun- ] dred and seventy-five doilars will be g ven { in prizes for the farmers that keep the best stretches of dragged roads. Presbyterlan church will be constructed L this spring. Work has begun on a garage with a frontage of feet by 7 feet on two main streets fo Fred Cris bullt by F. N. Hackett sorghum factory will be opened here this month A rest room is planned at the city library or some convenient bullding for women Plans have been made for a $15,000 armory building for Company ¥r's headquarters and a meeting place for conventions. A The Weather Hour m a. m m m m m .m Comparative Local Recora, 1916 1914 1913 Ilighest vesterday N 66 Lowest yesterday @ \ Mean temperature 4 I ipitation w0 | Temperature and precipitation depar- tures from the normal: Normal tempe “iture > i} cipit 4 ficlency for the ¢ el rainfall since 08 inch y since #2 Inch . 57 inch v e 414 .48 inch T indi ates trace of precipitation LA, WELSH, Local Forecaster ; Oscar Nelson, another roomer at the | [ house, heard the shots and ran to the 1 room, finding the door locked. He gained A $20,000 | AN ITALIAN POSITION ON THE ISONZ0 FRONT Vienna Headquarters Announces | Taking of Fortification North of the Tolmino Bridge- head. REPORT RECi‘.IVED IN BERLIN | Nearly Five Hundred Prisoners, In- cluding Sixteen Officers, Are Seized. | THREE MACHINE GUNS PRIZES BENLIN, March 18.—(By Wire- wless to Sayville.)——The capture of an Ttalian position north of the Tol- mino brihgehead on the Isonzo front is reported In today's Austro-Hun- | garian headquarters ceived here from Vienna. The Aus- trians took prisoner 449 Italians, among whom were sixteen officehs, ‘hvsidvs capturing three machine guns and a mine thrower. The text of the statement says “On the lower Isonzo the Italians attacked near Selz with weak forces, | being répulsed when they reached | our obstacles | “The Austro-Hungarians attacked northwahd of the Tolmino bridge- | head, conquered jthe enemy’s posi- tlon and captured 449 Italians, among whom were sixteen officers, and took three machine guns and one mine thrower.” ‘Mann Asserts Hay Army Measure to Be Inadequate to Needs statement re- WASHINGTON, March 18.—The house military bill is President Wilson's own bill, Chairman Hay of the military com- mittee informed the house today, when debato on the measure was resumed under the ten-hour rule. “I may say,’ he said in_reply to a question, “in broad language that this is the president's bill; that he thoroughly approves of it."” Chairman Hay sald the bill ‘‘carries out the recommendations of the pres dent's message and goes a little farther He added that while the bill did not con- tain the continental army provision the president was satisfied the proposed fed- eralization of the Natlonal Guard would accomplish the same purpoge. . on, fekentative Mbore, Te- publican, of Pennsylvania, ‘gentlemen voting for this bill will be voting for the president's convictions?" “They will,”” Mr. Hay responded. Representative Mann, minority leader, attacked the bill as being inadequate to meet the demands of the present time. He said: “We are having a little trouble on the border of Mexico and are sendlug a few soldiers into that country The time for this came after we had had troops on |the border for four years in contempla- tlon of that very thing. Yet when this trouble occurred these troops were not actually sent across the border until the house had passed a resolution ordering places of the few soldiers who might cross. Never was there & more pat {llustra- tion “than that of the fact that the present army and the proposed increase in it, while sufficient in times of actual peace, would not be sufficient in time of war or when any occasion arises for even a miniature war, and today we have the greatest war of the ages going on.” Representative Mann sald the United States must take a prominent place in defending its own rights and those of smaller neutrals and in upholding inter- national law, “I believe,” e sald, “that it is the duty of the United States to preparé now an army which will add to the weight of the suggestions we make." “The time has come when it is wise for us to consider the possibllity and even the probability of the future and prepare now for what may come to us. If we do not prepare now we may regret it to the end of our lives.” Representative Kahn, ranking minority war came suddenly in modern times, and wisdom and patriotism demanded a rea- sonable measure of preparedness for war. With adequate preparation in peace times, he sald, thousands of lives might have been saved in the country's wars. “Great Britain was compelled finally to adopt conscription,” he sald belleve that if ever we become involved in any great war it will become necessary to resort to the draft |Extensive Fire Near High Railroad Bridge Bgl_ow Juarez EL PASO, March 18.—An extensive fire was observed this afternoon several miles below Juarcz along the Mexican North western raliway line. It seemed to be near what is known as High Bridge. HOVEY BECOMES VICE PRESIDENT OF BANK HERE DENVER, Colo.,, March 18—Ford E Hovey, president of the Denver Union %5 | Btock Yards bank, has resigned to ac- t the vice presidency of the Stocl !\.mtu National bank of Omaha, accord- | Ing to an announcement today | cessor has been selected. ALDRICH MAKES ADDRESS BEFORE COMMERCIAL CLUB | SEWARD, Neb, March | Telegram.)—Former Governor Chester H | Alartcn delivered Ne- \\m\ekn and Its Res night | before fthe Seward Commercial elub the asion of the annual dinner portion of the state ed in the speech No suc an address on last irces,” on of was | the | especially lax western OMAHA DOUBLE TRAGEDY AUSTRIANS CAPTURE VILLA NEAR SAN an increase of 20,000 men to take the | of the military committoe, sald | SUNDAY MORNING * GERONIMO WIT Bandit and Considerable Force Re- ported to Be Making Their | Way to Namiquipa, in West Chihuahua. |IN THE VICINITY OF MADERA | Message to Douglas from Commander | of One of Carranza's Columns | to the South. | MUCH AMMUNITION HID IN HILLS DOUGLAS, Ariz, March 18.— Francisco Villa and a large number | of his bandits have been located near | S8an Geronimo, Chihuahua, and are | making their way to Namiquipa, in western Chihuahua, near the town of Madera, according to a telegram | received here today by Ives G. Lele- | vier, consul of the de facto Mexican government. The message was from General Luis Gutierrez, commander | of one of the Carranza columns op- | erating near Chihuahua City, General Gutlerrez sald that Villa | was enroute to Namiquipa, ten miles south of Las Cruces, where Villa was | located in earlier advices to General | | Gavira at Juarez, to recover a quan- | tity of ammunition which he left | there several months ago. | Has Shells Cached, | | It was sald by local Mexicans that | Villa has not less than 10,0000 rounds of ammunition cached in various parts of Chihuauha. These shells and powder were made by Villa, they sald, in his Chihuahua munitions factory during last year. The message from General Gutlerrez aid not contain any information as to the size of the cache at Namiquipa, nor | was there any local information concern- ing the amount of ammunition hidden there. Lieutenant Colonel Dato Campbell, in | command of Carranza troops guarding the mountain passes along the Sonora- Chihuahua state line, arrived in Agua Prieta last night and held a conference today with General P. Elias Calles, mill- tary governor of Sonora. Colonel Campbell came to Agua Prieta to confer with General Calles concern- ing the disposition of his troops and to obtain & new supply of food and car- tridges. He stated that he believed that Villa would not be able to enter Sonora and at the same” time said that in hie opinion the United States troops would have much difficulty in capturing thl bandit chief. © 0 Sees Calles. Campbell reported that Villa was in Galeana, Chihuhua, last Monday, go- ing from there to Janos, where he car- ried off all avallable supplies. The colonel #aid that while the Amer- lcan troops were searching for Villa in the mountams in western Chihuahua the bandits likely would conduct raids alonsg of near the Texas border in the eastern part of the Mexican state. Pershing Contimues March. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.,, March 18,—Gen- eral Funston this afternoon had recelved | | no official confirmation of the arrival| at Casas Grandes of a part of the ex- | peditionary force, but he assumed the correctness of the report. General Pershing’s west column, under Colonel | Dodd, had Casas Grandes as its imme- | Qiate objective, but its arrival last night| was a surprise to those at headquarters, | who had not believed it likely that the | distance would be covered so quickly. | The main column, according to the lat- est reports from General Pershing, was continuing its march without interrup- tion, not far northwest from the advanced cavalry force, The work of organizing the additional| forces that have been sent into Texas and New Mexico along the border was continued today. From many places near the border, where the population Is largely Mexican, appeals for the protec- | tion of troops have been made, but these | appeals have been based on no overt hos- tile act of the Mexicans. The garrison at Nogales .will materially weakened, although moval of one company of brought a protest to General not be the re infantry | Funston. 'End of War in Sight, Says the Minister of Finance‘, A. Ribot} PARIS, March 18—"We have reached | sald Alexandre Ribot, | the declsive hour,” | minlatar.| o), fipkinoe, - speaking. in the | Chamber of Deputies last night on the financial and military situation. We | can say, without exaggeration, without | illusion and without viclation of optim- | {sm, that we now see the end of this| horrible war.” | M. Ribot's utterance ls taken to be of | utmost importance, as indicating official | opinion with regard to the small results | of thd battle of Verdun Whether peace | 18 or 1s not appreciably nearer, it is un-| questionable that the tension in France | has relaxed and that men's thoughts are | turned to the rapid development of events tavorable to the HALF MILLION-DOLLAR ‘ FIRE AT CINCINNATI CINCINNATI, March 8.—Fire last night practically destroyed the six-story brick carriage plant of the Sayers & Sco ville company here, entailing a loss, of- | ficers of the firm say, of $500,000. The loss is fully ¢ ed Dby insurance, It Is be leved the fire was started by the ex plosion of turpentine in the boller room |STRIKE SITUATION AT | SIOUX CITY UNCHANGED ST.UX CITY, la., March 18.—The strike situation &t the Cudahy plant is un- | changed, all the employes with the ex- | ception of a number of hog butchers being at work. Officlals belleve the trouble has ended. AN Lo astl e o8\ | Antesund, 1916 March 18t -5:00 PM The Lid Just Went Down SIX SECTIO RUNSTON ASKS USE OF MEXICAN ROAD Request of American Commander Sent Through Washington to De Facto Government. ARRENDONDO SEES STATE CHIEF WASHINGTON, March 18.—The request of General Funston to ship supplies by rail from the hordeh to the American expeditionary forces in 0 was sent late today to the de facto government through repre- sentat!®®s of the State department at Quereto. It ig understood the request was mentioned by Acting Sechetary Polk informally to Eliseo Arredondo, the Carranza ambassador, who called at the State department and held a con- ference with Acting Secretary Polk. Mr. Arredondo gave a general he- port of late dispatches recelved by him from Mexico in which the situa- tion generally was described as fa- vorable, with the attitude of the de facto government acquescent to the policy of the United States. The ambassador also informed the secretahy that his government was arranging to ship a consignment of ammunition from New York to Mex- | ico for use in the campaign against bandits. Dutch Ship is Sunk By Torpedo; All of The Crew Rescued LONDON, March 18—The steamship Palembang has been torpedoed. All the | members of the crew were saved. There are two steamers of the namg Palembang, both Dutch. The one vesscl, of 6,674 tons gross, was last reported as having passed Gibraitar, February from Batavia for Rotterdam. The other vessel, of 1866 tona gross was last reported March 10 at Kirkwall from Philadelphla, with petroleum for Norway. The National Capital Saturday, March 18, 1916, The Senate. The senate met at noon. Reports on Chamberlain army reor ganization bill was submitted Senator Hardwick spoke on national | de e The The house met at 11 o'clock. (leneral debate on the army bill was resumed SINCE 7 MASSED acks of Thursday night against the village and fort of Vaux, u ot | the Germans have not ad- vanced at any polat on the de- es of the today. hout Infantr activity, and even the artillery netion is dee seribeq as intermitten REPORTS OF T8 of tmportance in the other war fields acking. T to he casing mi n the Iknns, ho Heavy troop movemen Bulgaria are re- “t. STATEMENT from e says Enver Pasha, ster of war, in ported from Hucha AN OFFICIA hus re- “ trip of ipspection (o Syrin, Pules- tine and Arabia, FORTY-FOUR PAGE! THE WEATHER. e SINGLE WHEW " WELL,7 GOT EM ALL IV’ ‘ HUNDREDS FILE AT LAST MOMENT Secretary of State’s Office Swamped Under Load of Peti- tions. HATTEROTH FILES FOR JUDGE (From a Etaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March, 18.—(8pecial.) ——Staggering under a load of wall, largely made up of filings for of- fice, George Hearn, special. sentative of Uncle Sam for the state house, entered the office of Secre- { tary of State Pool and deposited to- day’'s mail. As a result eputy Sec- retary of Btate Cooper could hardly be seen as he studiously endeavored to get the flings all posted so that the work could be cleaned up by night. The second delivehy brought in another bunch and the afternoon deliveries added to the pile, so that it 18 utterly impossible to give all of the filings which came in today. Among the number which arrived were the following mere important ones: W. B. Banning for the democratic and popullst nominations for lieutenant gov- ernor. A. C. Wakeley of Omaha for district Judge. W. H. Hatteroth, Omaha, for district Judge. R. C. Raper of Pawnee City for dls- trict judge. W. D. Oldham of Kearney, W. B. Price of Lincoln and Douglas Cones of Plerce for delegates-at-large on the democratic ticket, George Bayha of Niobrata for presi- dential elector on the democratio ticket for the Third district. These last four are thé candidates of the anti-Bryan bunch who are not satis fled with the candidates already filed for delegates. | Hall Flles as Progressive, The closing moment of filing for office were very strenuous this evening and nany ocandidates 'who had already re- celved filings were In evidence with ad- ditlonal petitions for other parties. George E. Hall, state treasurer and candidate for renomination on the dem- ocratle ticke epted g filing made on the progressie ticket Frank P. Corrick, state chairman of the progressive party, says he will file a protest Monday John A. McGuire of Lincoln filed for congress fn the Kirst district on the dem- ocratle ticket. He was defeated at the | last election by Congressman Reavis and will try for another chanc E. B. Zimmerman of Lincoln filed for the democratic nomination for land com- | misstoner. | Claude Hensel of Lincoln, former dep- uty United States marshal and now dep- uty sheriff of Lancaster county, filed for secretary of state on the republican ticket All Pluces Filed For, Harry 8. Byrnes of Omaha and E. D, Beach of Lincoln, members of the repub- lican state met at the office committee of the secretary of state and looked over the filings and satisfied themselves that all placts had been filed for Petitions were filed by Mr. Byrnes for | R, J. Kilpatrick of Heatrice and ¥, M Cuirle of Brewster as delegates-at-large to the national republican convention; Harry 8. Byrne and N. P. Swanson as district delegates, Becond district, and E. W. Mickel of Lincoln as presidential elector. MRS. BJURSTEDT RETAINS INDOOR TENNIS TITLE NEW YORK, March 15.—Miss Molla Bjurstedt retained her holding of the women's national indoor tennis cham- plonship here today by defeating Mrs Frederick Schmitz of this city, in the final match of the titular tournament on the courts of the Seventh regiment ar-| | mory girl from Norway, won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1 \ REICHSTAG DIPS INTO SUBSEA ISSUE Measure lntrod;o;d Calls on Kaiser Not to Agree to Limit Use of Submarines. THREE PARTIES BACK OF IT BERLIN, March 16.—(Via Lon- don, March 18.)—The national 1ib- eral group in the Reichstag decided tollay to int: at this session its measure calling for the carrylng on of submarine war, N ‘The National Liberals sent the follow~ Ing message to Admiral Von Tirpits: ‘"We are deeply moved by the news of the retirement of your excetiency in the presont difficult tme. We wend to the creator of our navy and the fdther of the German naval spirit assurance of the truest and most thankfui devotion." Text of Resolu BERLIN, March 18—(Via Wireless to Bayville.)~The Natlonal Liberty party has Introduced the followlng measure in the Relchstag: “Considering that Great Britain not only makes war on the armed forces of Germany, but has taken measures in or- der to impede the providing of Germany with food supplies and raw material, so as to compel Germany to submit through hunger, for which purpose Great Britain brutally violates international law and employs force against neutral countries; considering further that Germany is able through unlimited and unrestrained sub- marine warfare to increase the British lack of tbnnage so that it can be made extraordinarily difficult and perhaps im- possible for the British nation to obtain sufficlent supplies of food and raw ma- terials, considering that such warfare would bring more speedily a victorious end of the war, the imperial chancellor Is required to enter into no arrangements with other countries which would hinder us in the unlimited use of the submarine against the enemy's traders, with the exception of passenger ships, such use of submarines as arises from the peculiar- ity of said weapon Similar bills were brought forward by the conservative and center parties. Vicarious Atonement Idea Common Among Pagans, Says Savant PARIS, March 18.—That the religlous idea of the redemption of a community by sufferings and the death of one mem- ber of it was not unknown in pagan times was the declaration made today at the academy of Inscriptions and belles letters by Prof. Jules Toutain, professor of religlous sciences at the Sorbonne. Prof. Toutain showed from writings found at Constantinople and elsewhere that at Curium, at Cyprus, at Terracine and at Marsellles, it was a yearly custom to throw a human victim from a prom- ontory into the sea as & r fellow citizens. the writing are eemer of his The terms employed In precisely the same as those used by the Greek Christla ' alluding to the Hedeémer. German-Americans of Iowa Are Against Woodro_w andTeddy | DAVENFORT, Ia., March 18.—~The Ger | man-American alliance of Iowa, when ention here, adopted a resolution calling on its members to oppose Woodrow Wil son or elt, if either or both should be nominated for the presi- dency of the United States Another resolution advocated the es tablishment of German free schools in every city to teach children of German- Americans the German language and per | petuate the traditions and ideals of the race weapon and to permit in the war zone, | in con- | COPY FIVE CEN AMERICANS WILL “NOT OCCUPY ANY CITIES IN MEXICO | White House Statement Says Puni- tive Expedition Has Nonme of Characteristios of an Invasion. WILL KEEP MOVING | TROOPS | Reports to Secretary of War Say | Everything is Quiet Except at Tampico. AMERICANS THERE ARE UNEASY | BULLETIN, | EL PASO, Tex., March 18 —Gen= eral Gavira, Carranza commander at | Fuarez, in a statement given out to- day to the Associated Press, declared that the crisis in the relations be- | tween the United States and Mexico | was past and that there was no | further need to fear trouble, WASHINGTON, March 18— American troops pursuing Villa and | his bandits have no intention and no orders to occupy any cities or towns | during their march into Mexico. | 'This was stated at the White | House and War department today after the receipt of a report that General Gavira, the Carranza com- mander at Juarez, had given notice that General Pershing's troops would not be allowed to ocoupy Casas Grandes or other towns, It was declared by adr-'nistration of- ficials that the pursuit of Villa, being en- tirely a punitive expedition, had none of the characteristics of an invasion, and that there was no object In occupying towns or cities, becauss the American troops will keep constantly on the move. Officials sald today that the situation at Tampico, where uneasiness is said to exist among Americans and other for- elgners, had no bearing on the pursuit of Villa. Reports recelved at both the War and State departments today continued to ba optimistic. Border in Generally Qulet, Secretary Baker early today issued the following statement: ““The reports received directly through military channels, and those sent to this department from other departments of the government, indicate quiet along the entire border except mome excitement at ““Fhere are no reports of the operations of the expedition avallabte"for publice- tion, The wecretary he would leave ‘Washington this mllm for his home in Cleveland, O., and would not return hers until Tuesday morning. In his ab~ sence Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, will be acting secretary of war. Sinking of Tubantia Arouses Resentment At Buenos Ayres BUENOS AYRES, March 18.—The Ar- gentine agent of the Hollandsche Lioyd, owners of the Tubantia, sald today he was able to confirm the reports that the Tubantia was torpedoed. The sinking of this vessel has ‘mad deep impression here. La Nacion says “It is impossible to admit the right to Interrupt navigation between neutral na- tons and to attack a steamship engaged in passenger service between Rotterdam and Buenos Ayres. Our conscience does not approve such an inhumane method of warfare, and we cannot remain indif- ferent when confronted with acts of war which prejudice us and offend the na- tion In this manner.” WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18.—Twa officers and lookouts on the destroyed Dutch liner Tubantia, the American con« | sul at Amsterdam reported today, ear the steamer was torpedoed.” He added that passengers were of the same opinto LONDON, March I18.—Assertions have ing been made from German sources that | the Tubantia wae sunk by & British tor- pedo, the admiralty announces today that | no British submarines were near by when the Dutch liner went down. | An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen says the German government has ordered the admiralty to make an | investigation whether a German submas« | rine torpedoed the Tubantia. Fighting Along | Verdun Front is Nearly S_uspended BBRLIN, March 15.~The fighting ac- tivities of both the French and German armies on the western front were less vigorous yesterday, according to:the of- ficial statement issued today at the Ger- man army headquarters, PARIS, March 18.—No infantry attacks were made last night in the Verdun ¢ region, the war office announced this afternoon. There was intermittent can- nonading. WASHINGTON, March 18.—~The French embassy, upon instructions from Paris, today emphatically denled that German forces were holding any portion of Dead HiL Carranza and ! Villa Forces in Battle Near Noe TORREON, Mex., March 18—Fighting has been in progress since early yester- day morning between constitutionalists | and Villaistas at Canon Chorriton, near Noe, which Is in the Torreon distriet, | News of the result uf the battle is not | expected to be avallable before tomorrow. | The Villa commander Is said to be Juan | Madrid, and also poss'slv Canulo Reyes |18 with him