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

WHEN AWAY FROM HOME The Bee is the Paper you ask for; {f you plan to be t more than a few days, have The Bee mailed to you. VoI XLV--NO. ATTACKERS MARK TIME IN FRONT OF VERDUN'S WALLS German Offensive, Now Nearing End of Its Fourth Week, Once More Has Slackened Perceptibly. INFANTRYMEN ARE RESTING f Activity on Western Front Now is that of the Air Fighters. FRENCH PLANES SHELL DEPOTS RULLETIN. BERLIN, March 19 A successful attack against the British lines northeast of Vermelles, in which the Germans regained ground they had | lost in mine fighting of March 2, was announced today by the office In the Verdun region French at- tempts against Le Morthomme and east thereof were stopped at the out- set war PARIS, March 19.—The bombard- | ment in the region to the north of Verdun very materially slackened | during the course of the day, accord- | ing to the official statement issued | by the French war office tonight No attempt to attack was made by the Germans. The German offensive in the Ver- dun region, now nearing the end of its fourth week, has again slagk- ened decidedly, both Paris and Ber- in reporting the continued absence | of infantry operations by either side. The bix guns here and there along | the front in the vicinity of the fort-| ress are intermittently pounding op- | position positions, but the chief ac- tivity just at present seems to be by the airmen, Numerous raids by French avia- tors are reported by the Paris war office, the points bombarded includ- ing the railway stations of Conflans and Metz. The showers of heavy shells dropped are declared to have been effective in causing numerous explosions and fires. Activity in Russia. on the western front artil- lery is the only military arm that has been busily occupled and even this has not displayed more than ordinary activ- fig. In Ruasia there has been only spo- radic fighting, although there are signs of preparations for movements of prob- able importance, particularly along the northern end of the line. ‘The Austrians have turned on the Ital- jans along the 1sonzo, where the initia- tive has recently been for the most part with General Cadorna's force. Vienna announces a successful attack north of the Tolmino bridgehead, in which Italian positions were captured together with nearly five hundred prisoneérs and three machine guns. In Arabla, the British report a defeat for a Turkish force which attacked an outpost near Oden, Dutch Ship Torpedoed. London announces the torpedoing of the Dutch steamer Palembang, bound from Rotterdam to Java. The vessel met its fate off the Galloper light in the Thames estuary Saturday morning. All the mem- bers of the crew are reported saved. \pparently the lost vessel was the Rot- terdam-owned steamer Palembang of .474 tons, engaged in the Holland-Java trade, for although there are two steam- ers of that name the smaller is an ofl arrier which was last reported at Kirk- wall on a voyage from Philadelphia to Norway More Ammunition in Mexico Than There Little Elsewhere Has Been in Years| SAN ANTONIO March sual act dizplayed by the de facto kovernment of Mexico regarding its Tex., 19.—Un- ity THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ON THEIR WAY TO MEXICO WITH SUPPLIES FOR PERSHING'S ARMY--Scene ‘‘Somewhere in New Mexico,’ where the army wagons were all loaded on flat to be greatly worried over t OMAHA, MONDAY K. he immediate fpse - o " MORNING MARCH 1916—TEN PAGES NINE KILLED BY GERMAN AIR RAID Thirty-One Injured Also by Bombs Dropped Over East Coast of England. TEUTON OBSERVER IS KILLED LONDON, March 19. ine per- sons were killed and thirty-one in- jured in a raid of four German aero- planes over the east coast of Kent today, it was announced officially to- night. A British airman brought down one raider over the sea, the German observer being killed. The official statement on the rald read “Four German aeroplanes flew over East Kent today. The first pair appeared over Dover at a height of 5,000 to 6,000 feet, one at 1:57 p. m., the second at 2:02 p. m. ~ “The first dropped. six. bambs In_ihe| harbor; then went gorthwest, dropping bombs on the town. The other raider, after passing over Dcver, appeared over Deal. ““The second pair appeared over Rams- gate at 2:10 p. m. They dropped bombs on the town. One of this pair went west, the other north, pursued by a Brit- ish aeroplane. One bemb is reported to have been dropped on Margate. “The second machine appeared over ‘Westgate at 2:20 p. m. Here several of our aeroplanes went up in pursult. No bombs were dropped on WesTgate. “The total casualties so far reported are ~killed, three men, one woman and five children; injured, seventeen men, five women, eight children. “As far as asserted forty-éight bombs were dropped altogether. One bomb fell on the Canadian hospital at Ramsgate, causing damage, but no casualties, Ma- terial damage done, several houses, the homes of artisans and cottages were wrecked “Flight Commander Bone, royal naval alr service, in a single-seater aeroplane, pursued one German aeroplane thirty miles out to sea, where, after an action lasting & quarter of an hour, he forced it to descend. The German machine was hit many times and the observer was killed.” French Torpedo Destroyer Sunk By a Submarine PARIS, March 19.—The French torpedo in the Adriatic by a submarine. Three officers and forty-four of the crew were stores of amgnunition 15 shown in reports from customs officers at different border of entry. According to these re- s and to informa secured by army ammunition ts aff) M in ers, shipments of rifle d lots by become This shown before ar expr have ommon in the last three weeks “pparent haste was being Villa raided Columbua Far from being a shortage of ammuni- in Mexico, army meu say there is | more small arms material there now than tion ther een for many ye The Weather For Nebraska Towa yudiness. Increasing Omaha Hours m m m m m m m Yesterday. Dee m m m m m . m.. P m Comparative Local Reo 1916 1915 e 98 7 oty 54 18 1914 Mighest vesterday.. 3 Lowest yesterday Mean temperature ¥ Precipitatior ] Temperature and precipitation deper- #ures from the normal Normal temperature Excess for the day Total excess since March 1 Normal precipitation Deficiency for the day Total rainfall since Murcii | Deficiency since March 1 ¥ 1 period period, 1914 ELSH, Local Fo 04 inch 04 in o inch | lost submarine we Two officers and thirty-four of the crew were saved, The ministry of marine made the fol lowing official announcement tonight rdirg the loss of the destroyer The squadron torpedo boat Ren was sunk In the Adriatic by an ene on the morning of March Three office among whom were the commandant and second officer and forty- scamen were lost Two officers rescued re- thirty-four seam French torpedo boat audin and a A the Re Burke H. Sinclair Appointed Major CHEYENNE, Wyo Burke H. Sinclair, ernor John B appointed a major department of the Guard, succeeding Fletcher, resigned title him to w whereas inghis p the governor |to citizen's apparel nably which accompani March private 19— (Special.) ry to was e Kendrick, today of the quartermaster's Wyoming Na Captatn ~ Graham This position will en nal ar miform ition as secretary conventional Major Sinclalr handsomest officer showy who is the militia, virtue of his new position becomes assistunt adjutant | erat, |Think Intervention Coming, So They Flee EL PASO, tod unques | of the state by gen Tex., March trom 18.—Americans and as their arriving Torreon parts of Mexi | for 1e. was cor 136 of the other all gave that they thought inter ention ing and that they had better boat destroyer Renaudin yas been sunk | limited him | ' Head 7(7)7wa7amily ‘ Burnegl in Home SIOUX CITY, la, March 19.—After res cufng his wife and baby from his burning home early today, Mike Cocacith, 2011 Bast First atreet, re-entered the house to et valuables and was burned to death. His body, burned to a crisp, was found by firemen after the fire had been extinguished CLOSE UP ENTRIES . FOR JOB SEEKERS| Two Hundred and Two Candidates File for Public Office Sub- ject to Primary. SATURDAY LAST DAY TO FILE | i i i Two bundred and two patriots, all of them ready and most of them eager -to serve- their-country; “state and community, have pald in the nec- | essary fees to the election commis- | sioner in order to be registered as candidates for the various offices to be voted on at the primary election April 18.-—Saturday was the last day for filing, and the afternoon saw a heavy rush of office-seekets, each one armed with funds to cover | the filing fee and proper credentials | required of applicants. There will be no scarcity of state repre- sentatives on the primary ballot. Thirty democrats and thirty-five republicans have filed. The next most-sought-for job | 1s that of road overseer. Twenty men have filed for this place. On the primary ballot are names fa- miliar by long public presantation. Sev- oral who have never held publie office, but who have long sought the honor, again came forward with their fees and petitions. “Judge” Julius Cooley, who asks for the job of police magistrate, is one of those who have been most often disappointed, but still remains undaunted Whether it 18 the advertising of the various county jobs where fee-grabbing has been the rule, that brings large num- bers of candidates, or whether it is the desire to see a good job honestly adminis- tered, is a debatable question. At any Wo, Column Four.) {Continued on Page Woman Exonerated By Jury for Killing Her Brupa} Husband FREDERICK, Md, March 19.—Mrs. | Eloise Young English shot and killed her husband, Arthur E. English, a lawyer of New York, at their home near here today. The shooting was done in the of thelr 6-year-old daughter and is said to have occ English the English former w Jersey Hen Bolt Mrs. English blame for coroner's end presence urred during a quarrel was son of Thomas Dunn | A congressman from and the author of the son, | was exonerated from the killing of her husband by jury here tonlght after she turee of chifldren had testified to English's alleged brutality and| frequent threats to kill his wife The ygung woman testified that their twWo sons were cutting morning she requested while wood this her husband to to quit on account She sald this angered her hus- band who began to smash dishes and furniture in his rage. Mrs, English se cured u revolver, hid it in her dress, and later when her husband tock his revolver threatened to kill her, she testif | #he emptied the five chambers of her re his | permit the elder boy | of tliness SKELETON KEYS AND REVOLVER ARE FOUND | CHESTER Ixcitement into 8. D., March 19, was created (Special - here when two in a corncrib near the stc unch of skeleton caliber revolver ridges to fit the plclous characters rds keys, and a number of gun. A couple of sus were camping at the and the authori intdded r | ok y time tles now iding 1 all ated night and D and or depart frust w | cation CHURCH COLLEGES POR BEST RESULTS President of Grand Island College Says Biggest Men Come from Smaller Schools. FEATURE CHARACTER BUILDING | “Sixty-five per cent of the chan- cellors and presidents of great insti- tutions of learning are products of the smaller denominational colleges, “‘All the presidents of the United States from Hayes to Wilson have received their educations in church colleges or colleges founded by churches, such Yale, Harvard and Princeton, “A few years ago seven of the nine United States supreme court justices were graduates of small denominational colleges,” Thése statemeéiits ‘Were made by Rev. George W. Taft, president of Grand Island college, in his sermon yesterday morning at Immanuel Bap- tist church. He was answering the question: “Why should we support a small denominational college, when our children can go to the great state university or to any of a num- ber of other well-established col- legs?"” “The non-church colleges and univer- sities give just as good instruction as the church colleges,” he sald, “but the church colleges lay stress on another factor, namely, Christian character-bufld- ing. Mere learning wtihout character is a poor thing. And this is why the graduates of the smaller denominational schools loom so large on the horizon of learning and accomplishment. ers from Small Colleges. ““The remarkable showing of small col- leges holds even in the fleld of politics and statesmanship, Take the leading figures in the two great political parties. “Charles Evans Hughes is, without doubt, the biggest figures in the republi- can party today, the man whom more republicans want to see president than any other man. I knew his father, Dr Hughes, for years. He was one of the foremost Baptists and Charles Evans Hughes got his education in Colgate and Brown unjversities. He was the best governor we ever had back in New York. And today in the south there are thousands of democrats who would vote for him just they would like to a Baptist in the White House. Wilson and Bryan are the command- ing figures In the democratic party. Wil was a Presbyterian studied In a Presbyterlan college + professor and later the Preshyterian college because see son was president of a Bryan Switched. “Bryan Bryan, a deacon in the He had his trunk Haptist college. was the son of Judge Baptist church packed to Ko the agent came along persuaded him to go there. Heo Silas to a when for a yterfan college and became a Presbyterian and married a Presby terian “Eiihu Root was the son byterian professor and recel in Presbyterian speaker de well have of a Pre ed his edu ollege * would the B Creighton is of « and Conkre s The been ared it have to located it college In Omaha, Catholic and dominated because the Pre influences formerly University wnha by sbyterian gational ile was a missionary in fuoan “Tokio, many he in in the world Toklo Befo said the groatest There there center are as students s are people in aha the had the world's war Petrograd ais of heing student center BOWIE COUNTY. TEXAS. . WILL CONTINUE “DRY’ TEXARKANA Texas started tinetion the Rreatest March dry as & result in which prohibition f 1,135, The \ dry for the last four years. the result of The complete Tex 18.—Bowle county remains of today's election won by a majority county To- ection was anti prohibition agitation ote was: For prohibition 133 against Texark st city, returned ibitior preacher's son, | Austrian Hospital Ship Torpedo Victim BERLIN, March 19.-(Via Wireless to Sayville)—The Austro-Hungarian hospital ship ktra was torpedoed Saturday in the Adriatic Sea by an entente alli marine, according to the Ove agency. Ono sallor was drowned and two Red Cross nurses were seriously wounded. STAGEFIST FIGHT IN 6. 0. P. CONVENTION One of Rival Chairmen at Oklahoma Republican Meet Arrested for Carrying Gun. DELEGATES CLAW AND SCRATCH MUSKOGEE, Okl, March 18— Factional rivalries made the Musko- Eee county republican convention to- day.a scene.of piotous tumult, which was not ended until J. C. Denton, one of the rival chairmen, was pulled from the desk upon which he stood and arrested, charged with carrying concealed weapons. With his arrest the supporters of J. J. McGraw of Ponca City, candidate for national committeeman, withdrew from the hall, and the adherents of James !Ihrrln of Wagoner, rival candidate | for the same positfon, continued their deliberations, Trouble began in the convention as soon as it became apparent that the Harrls and McGraw factions would try to hold conventions In the same hall. Attempts by either side to transact business pre- cipitated disorder, until the delegates came to personal encounters and fought, clawed and scratched, while delegates on the outakirts of the tumull and the spec- tators in the hall hooted and jeered. When McGraw's friends abandoned the convention hall the remaining delegates named a delegation to the state conven- tion next week, In Oklahoma City, which is expected to support James Iarris for national committeemarf® Sees Tirpitz' Fall Sign Germany Gives Up Po}icy of Force BERLIN (via London) Cologne Gazette says that the resigna- ton of Admiral von Tirpitz, signalizes the first serious crisis in Germany since the beginning of the war, whereas in | bostile countries there have been several | reorganizations of ministries. | ™ admiral's retire | ment does not signify abandonment of | the submarine ampalgn as shown by news of last few | weeks, regard to the ne | tvity, s in full swing. It is not publicly, the Gazetto what extent, the March 19.—The Gazette says the which the submarine | | Qispatches in yet known ontinues, to admiral's resignation was connected with the question, but ap v signs the press Relchstag und the Prussian chamber, that an effort » bring public inion that ed to A manner as 18 n which i another of subduing the by argues that such the of " methods the har submarine there ars inciplent in the not nes should such un extent and in such | sitated by | name for a of The newspaper war, only mean ene | nites the nation force an public tempt to bring pressure ar Germany's . litary is supported the ent | | montze | This | | | France | pubin conducting war es not with German traditions. ment by a long of to prove that authort AT " diversion to re i the history Italy opin military ALegy [SCHILLING ON TUBANTIA |"" CONSUL FOR GUATEMALA AMSTERDAM (Via L Richard Schilling and daughte March 19, who with wife was or rd the steam sunk, is the mala at Stuttgart, where thirteen years. He was United thirty #hip Tubantia when she wa consul for Guat be has resided f. naturalized in yea His wife the States 5 80, N man The Almann Gothagi for G Bives iatemala at VILLA ABANDONS FLEES LAS CRUCES Bandit Reaches Babi Cora and Hurries on to Avoid Battle with the Troops of Carranza LOPEZ AMONG MEN DESERTED Villista Leader Whose Death Was Reported, Among Wounded at El Valle MAKES ESCAPE TO MOUNTAINS ®l Tex Villa has reached Babi Cora, near the lake of that name in the Guerrero region after having abandoned thirty of his wounded at El Valle, according to a telegram recelved today by General Gavira at Juarez from Colonel Nieto Macias, the commander at Pearson. This places Villa a little beyond Las Cruces, where the Carranza of ficials reported him yesterday Villn flea confliet Carranzista Colonel Among the been shot In ried along doned Villista leader Denth Lopez is the PASO Marth 19 to avold with the under Cano wounded rald and to be aban to be the troops thirty the Columbus wagons only Valle Pablo who ar in at ¥ was sald lLaoper Nefore Reported. le ported as a positive rald. Later reports « his death and indicated that chief earrying his papers might have the real vietim. Lo in these Iater re was sald to be badly wounded The tdegrams said that Lopez in in a had way, having been shot through the abdomen and both legs which were broken. The Villista chied, Cervantes, reported with a number bandits Las Cruces neral Rertani, comms ranza forces at Casas Grandes, came to Juarez today to talk the military situation with his superior, General Ga virn. He sald that ¥ force is divided, with part Grandes and a part near Galear Alstance gouthwest of Casas Grandes. The Americans encamp (n the country, but have permission to go to the towns to buy food, fodder and other obtainable goods. An order to this effect came from War Minister Obregon. No Word About Rallway. No word has vet peen recelved by Ga- Ara regarding the use of the Natlonal Railways for the transport of Pershing's supplies, and, Gavira added, no shipments of this kind have yet been made on the trains out of Juarez. Thia ik a matter to be settled between Washington and the Carranza government, Villa spent last Wednesday and Thurs- day in Bl Yalle, according to reports at the Juares headquarters, but fled with- out giving battle when he saw the troops of Colonel Canp from Santa Ana, escap- Nk up a steep canyon from Los Cruces. “Villa & now in a yery difffoult sec- tlon for us,’ sald General Gavira, “and very favoruble for his purposes. He' s now in broken, rocky, pine-clad, moun- thinous country, full of places of conceal- ment. Only cavalry can operate in it to advantage Country for Cavaley. nder whose death was re fact at the Columbus another been ports [ a of nding the Car over General “From the boundary down as far as Pearson, the country js flat and sandy, with roads. But south of there, horses must be used as transports instead of wagons, and motor cars. There are high ridges and many obstacles. While I have never campaigned in that sectlon, understund good water |s obtainable from springs and also the pasture is fair, which is to Villa's advantage. But the people in that part have almost glven up the cultiation of the soll because the country has been so long oerrun by bandits, who took everything they wanted. Villa wont find food there. “I can say 1 have every confidence in the situaiion, for the net drawn by the Americans and Mexican forces is clos- Ing up.” Surprise to Gavira, Villa's turn to the west was rather a surprise to Gavira, who said that General Gutierrez thought he would try to escape eastward—an event Gutlerrez was pre- pared for Today Gavira roceived by wire a copy of the agreement by which the Carranza government permitted the entry of the American force at Columbus, The town of Juarez spent the usual Mexican fashion, of refresls sent stends along street and ochestras playlng in the amusement resorts. In the evening, a military band gave a comcert In the | plaza. Gavira Says Carranza Shows His Power hy Sunday in with a line its main the | El. PASO, Tex., March Gavira {ssued a formal state 19 —General nent to the | Juare | that no resistance had been offered to the American forces crossing the border of the faith of the Mexican people Carranza. The stutement concludes pro | tn an follows [ “We have much relieved. assed ‘he nd 1 feel tion that the situation was very dellcate and even awhile, but that 18 no further crisis Thers is no q | serfous for now. There is all over need to fear trouble I do not wish to be way approving entry an troops on Mexican soll |ATHENS CUT OFF FROM CENTRAL ALLIED CITIES ATHENS, March 19, (Via Paris, March 19.—All telegraphic communica- tion between Greece and Germany, Aus- Turkey has understood as in any the of Amer- direct tro-Hungary, Bulgaria, and been cut The in pears to be of the gravest nature tamilies of mobilized in many cases are in dire want and the men themselves will be shortly required in the fields If the to financial situation Greece ap- The soldiers crops are not be neg- ted SINGLE COPY had ! st some doubt upon | | ally led th Keeping People Quiet | as | | tions THE WEATHER. 4 TWO CENTS. | T e BANDIT WREAKS ““'\d ready to move in pursuit of Villa. The soldiers here do not scem HlS WOUNDED AND VENGEANCE As TURNS IN FLIGHT Me(ican Outlaw Commits Further Raide on American Colonists as He Withdraws Before Troops WIRELESS DISPATCH FROM MEN Troops Have Penetrated Over Hun- dred Miles Into Desert Country. DOUBT AS TO EXACT LOCATION WITH THE AMERICAN ANMY, March 18 (Via Wireless to Colum- N. M.)-— After marching more than 110 miles Into Mexico in record marching time of forty-two hours, which would Indicate a speed of thirty-three miles a day, the Ameri- can punitive expedition today re selved Information apparently locat ing Francisco Villa, the obiect of the chase Disposition of the troops began tonight for the task of hunting him down Meanwhile, Villa was reported to be continuing his out- rages upon Americans The expedition reached (name de- lected by censor) They were informed that the Mexican leader passed through this place only a few days ago This | 1atest information of Villa's where- |abouts placed him on the ranch of | Candelario Hernandez, one of the sub-chiefs with him the raid against Columbus, bus, on in | Pershing at the Head. General John J. Pershing person- e flylng cavalry column |in the 110-mile dash. Every man in his command was mounted. They pressed through a section of Mexico where water was scarce. For such a large body of men the speed main- tained was remarkable and the good condition in which they came through was inspiring. Only a few cavalry horses and pack mules were lost, the victims of a hard riding trail. The men reached camp thirsty and hungry, but otherwise in good condition, fit for action and eager for the pursuit of Villa to begin in earnest. Here they were met with reports that Villa had raided the American colonies in the vielnity of his mouatajin retreats and that he had killed residents of these colonies. MEN MOVE IN MOONLIGHT General Pershing Turns His Men for March to Mounta ! EL PABSO, Tex., March 19.-—The first phase of the American expedi- tion into Mexico, the rush along Villa's dim trail to the endangered Mormon colonfes, was an accom- plished fact last night-——completed, according to reports reaching the Co- lumbus base, without the firing of a hostile shot by the Americans. The second phase already was be- ginning, 1t was indicated here, as |the Americans turned somewhere from Casas Grandes to resume their night marches under the brilliant Mexican moonlight toward the rough mountain slopes where it is known Pancho Villa already has preceded them with more than 100 miles start, Warning that this second act in the chase might not pass without fighting against bandits was tmplied in a new and more stringent censorship imposed at Columbus, Further leakage of news of military movements, the censor sald frankly to the American press, would be lkely to cost soldfers' lives. Brought In on Stretchers. There was brief excitement Saturday at Columbus from across the hot, dusty Mexican border, two soldiers on streteh- | ers being brought into camp. Both were |cavalrymen. The excitement passed when it was learned that one had been thrown from his horse, injuring his les. while the other, who at first was sald | to have been shot In the abdomen, was | found to be suffering from a well-known form of stomachache. When Washington announced that the American columns did not intend to oc- cupy any towns In Mexico, & menace to Mexican national pride was removed. The Carvansa garrisons, which have been | passed by the marching Americans and | which, therefore, are now in the Ameri- cans’ rear on their flanks, continue tran- subma- | Assoclated Press at his headquarters at | quil, so far as reports to Bl Paso indi- in which he iuterpreted the fact | cated General Gabriel Gavira, at Juarez, com- manding the territory through whi*h for three days the Americans have been pen- | etrating, himself announced that for a time the situation as reported to him had been y delicate and even seri With evident relief he sald the | erisis had passed. | ous.” | elght of Crisls. This crisis, it is | height last night, w | Into Casas Grandes an | less enthusiasm that the American troops would enter that city by midnight. Gen- Gavira wired immediate orders ta his troops not to permit this. Dawn showed the long lines of cavalry horses just outside Colonia Dublen, thelr troopers dismounted aud in camp at rest. Villa was located today with some de- gree of definiteness, It weight of evi- dence counts in pinning down his rapid shifts rom several sources constitu- tionalists received messages, all of which placed him in approximately the same portion of western Chihuahua. These dis- patches had him pearly due south of the American columns' present known posi- | and close the Slerra Tarahu- (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) believed, reached its