Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 24, 1916, Page 1

o ~ Call Tyler 1000 You Want to Talk to The Bee or to Anyone Connected With The Bee. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. | & VOL. XLV—NO. 240, DHINESE REBELS | ALL UPON YUAN T0 LEAVE OFFICE storation Not Enough to Satisfy Republican Army Chiefs, Who Will Not Stop Till Presi- dent Resigns. VOLUTION WILL CONTINUE oops in Two Cities in Kwang- tung Provinces Reported to Have Risen in Revolt. MANDATE HAS COME T00 LATE SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.— | Cable advices from Chinese revolu- tionary leaders in S8hanghai received today by officials of the Chinese Re- public association received here said Yuan Shi Kai’s resignation has been demanded “by the ‘“Republican | army L Trial by & national assembly of province representatives for having | accepted the emperorship is also de- manded, according to the same cable advices, Rebelllon to Go On. The demands are said to be made Ly General Tang Chi- Yao, com- mander of the Republican army, and military governor of Yunnan prov- ince, Indications are, it was said today by officials here, that the revolution would continue until Yuan Shi Kai leaves the presidency. Troops in two cities of Kwangtung provinces, today’s cable information stated, have joined the Republican ry’ attacking the province. WMeets with Mixed Reception. SHANGHAI, China, March 25.—Ad- vices from Hang Kong today indicate that the State department mendate an- nouncing abandonment of the plan to re- sume the monarchial form of government in China has met with a mixed reception in south China. In two forceful factions, the supporters of Yuan Shai Kal are said there will be a peaceful settlement of the existing dif- ferences as @& result of conclusions reached. Those opposed to Yuan Sha Kat according to the advices declare the man- date has come too late and that people are too deeply stirred against what they characterize as Yuan Shi Kal's faithless- ness to his presidential oath to be ap- peased with anything less than his elimi- nation head of the government. - Notiee Recet N WASHINGTON, March 2.—Formal notitidution of the abandonment of Presi- dent Yuan Shi Kal's project to turn the Chinese republic into a monarchy reached the State department today from Ameri- can Minister Reinsch at Peking. No de- tails or explanations were made by the minister. Bar Silver Rises to New Record for War Period NEW YORK, March 23.—Bar silver Mexican silver dollars today at- beginning of the Buropean war. Silver bullion sold at §9:. cents an ounce and Mexican dollars at 46% cents, these prices representing advances of 2% and 2% cents, respectively, over last Saturday.’s Dealers in ver attribute the rise to @ scareity of supply in London and in- creased demand gn the continent and in Chbina, ¥ Sixth Doath from Indiana Tornado INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 23.—The Adeath of the infant ehild of Albert Irwin of Monon, brought the death toll taken by the tornado which swept Indiana early vesterday morning to six. The child was carried more than 100 feet by the wind. The property loss was estimated at upwards of $2,000,000 The Weatfier Forecast till 7 p. m, Friday For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity —Rain, warmer. remperatures at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. Des. . .. 31 " m 3l m.. m.. 1913 () M 51 56 terday 2 temperature Precipitation Tem, tures W precipitation depar- | firebrands straight toward the | GEN. CHARLES TOWN. SHEND, the British com- mander, who, with his gar- rison, has been besieged for months by the Turks in Kut- el-Amara, on Tigris. river. —— e _—_——— OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MA RUSSIANS BREAK THROUGH TRIPLE |1 LINE OF TEUTONS i Vicious Drive of Slavs Carry The: Beyond Three Trenches of the Enemy Near Lake Narocz. 1916 RCH ROUT FOES WITH THE BAYONET —— Capture More Than Thousand Pris- oners and Dozen Machine Guns, Says Petrograd. FIGHT ON SEVENTY-MILE FRONT PETROGRAD, March 23.—(via | London.)—The Russian drive in the | | vicinity of Lake Narocz, according | to reports received here, has car- | rled them through three lines of German trenches. The Russians | routed the Germans by bayonet | | GEN. TOWINSHEND. SUPERIOR MILL AND LIGHT PLANT BURN' | Fire Which Starts from Overheated | i | The Russian troops are operating | Bearing Causes Loss of Hun- |\ () croups covering a front of seventy | dred Thousand. miles, but the severest fighting is re- | ey 2o ported to have occurred in the vicinity of ‘ ALSO Varoc Russlans' drive | 8 TROYED | lake Narocz, where the v o ok o - L carried them through three lines of Ger-| | PE £ man trenches heavily protected by wire | SUPERIOR, Neb., March 23.— | entanglements. The Russians resorted to (Special Telegram.)—Fire, which | their favorite method, bayomet fighting, | broke out in the flour mill of the Superior Milling company here to- day, destroyed this building, the | mill and elevator of the Superior Corn Products’ company and the local electric light plant before it was checked. The loss is estimated at $100,000. The~ flames started from an over-heated bearing. Fanned by a heavy gale from the southeast, which swept the flaming . the city was with destruction by fire for several hours by flames which broke out from a hot boxing in the milling plant owned by David Guthrie and | operated under & lease jointly by Ernest Meyer & Sons and the Su- perfor Corn Products company. ; The mill, as well as the light and power i plant of the South Nebraska Power com- | pany, and several frame residences and outbulldings went before the fire was gotten under control, and for a time it ‘was feared the flames would spread to the most heavily built-up sections of the ity Water y Partly Cut Off. The water supply of the city was in a large measure dependent upon the burn- ing electrie power plant, and when that tailed matters took on a serious aspect but by earefully husbanding the supply on hand Mayor W. 8. Young and Chiet George Johnson were able to get the fire under control after it had burned for two hours, and it is not thought further dam- age is imminent. The fire is said by James Charleton, employe of the mill, who was called from his dinner by the rm and Wi first person on the scene, to have about a shaft boxing on the second ffoor of the mill shortly after noon, but it spread so rapidly that in ten minutes it | was beyond all hope of control, and in less than half an hour the huge building, together with the power house, a frame and brick structure situated fifty feet to | the south of the mill building proper,'was but a smouldering heap o ruins, and the flames spread north to houses occupied by the mill employes. | | | Brands Carcvied Half Mile. The buildings of the Alfalfa rroducts | company, which stand a hundred feet east of the mill, were saved by the fact | that the wind blew the fire directly away | from thHem. Fire brands from the mill | were carried half a mile northwest and set fire to the premises of ¥. V. Bishop and the the roofs of several frame houses in the intervening space, but these fires were extinguished without loss. Crowds are still watching the burning emoers, as & high wind continues, and with the fail- ure of the auxiliary water supply, the town would be at the mercy of the fire it it should gain a start in the district threatened, which is compri: of small frame houses. The property loss at this time is estimated at $:00,000, partly covered by insurance. As a result of the destruction of the power plant Superior industries are at a standstill, and its residents are without lights. \ulme engines are at a premium and local | dealers have disposed of oll lamps down to the 1492 model. The f‘lational Capital dentirely | Gas- | fighting, capturing more than 1,000 prisoners and a dozen machine guns While admitting that it {s not vet clear whether the fighting which is in progress south of Dvinsk sig- nifies a general advance of the Rus- sian troops in that sector or whether | it is intended as a demonstration to attract German forces from the Franco-German front, the military critics lay emphasis upon what they allude to as the universal surrpns" of the attacks during the last few days, the viclousness of which 1s | pointed to as being sufficient to have made an impression upon the German general staff. Move in Three Groups. n routing the Germans in spite of desperate resistance and capturing more than 1,000) men, Including seventeen officers, a dozen machine guns and other booty. The Germans are invariably countering the Russian attacks by advancing at other sections of the line but from all appearances, according to the military observers, the Teutonic efforts lack co- ordination and it is evident that in spite of the recent concentration of additional pated any plans their adversaries may have had for concerted offensive here. The German strength was eWtimated 148t autumn to be elght corps of infantry and several -cavalry divisions in this eglon but these have since been consid- erably augmented. Russ COapture Crossing. An ymportant success is recorded on the Galiclan front where the Russians cap- tured the crossing of the Dniester at Mik- haltche. The Austrian official communi- cation is cited in reference to this vice tory as it is admitted that the Austriane were obliged to abandon the position fol« lowing six months' defense after the fore tifications had been reduced by the Russian artillery. Chief of Aviation Service Hurt by a Fall at His Home WASHINGTON, March 23.—Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Heber, chief of the army aviation service, fell three storles In his home today and was badly injured. He was removed to a hospital. Reports to the War department after Colonel Reber had been examined at the hospital were that his injuries were not serious. Colonel Reber fell over the bannister rall of a stairway in his home and plunged down the areaway to the floors below. He is a son-in-law of Lieutenant General Miles, retired, and recently had been appearing before a board hl\'wl!l-,‘ gating charges of inefficient administra- tion of the aviation service. Congressional inquiry into the service also has been proposed and now is pending “Watch Your Sneeze Or Spread Disease" DES MOINES, March 2.—(Special)— Because of the prevalence of coughs and colds and the epidemic grip, Des Moines | school chfldren are taking lessions in pre- | vention of the spread of the discase i | | The following three sentences are used in the writing lessons and are mémorized | by the children in the lower grades AMMUNITION CONVOY. Bil] Increasing Regular Army to 940,000 Men Goes Through Lower Body. JUST TWO OPPOSING VOTES WASHINGTON, March 23.--The Hay army increase bill, providing for a regular army peace strength of 140,000 fighting men instead of the present 100,000, passed the house late today, by a vote of 402 to 2. It goes to the senate for immediate congideration virtually as drafted by the house committee. The negative votes were cast by Representatives Britten, republican, of Illinois, and London, socialist, of New York. The Kahn amendment, proposing an increase of the standing army to troops in this reglon the Russlans anticl-| 990 00¢ men, was rejected, 191 to | executive council from holding in effeot | here, 218, Campaign Against - Literacy Test Bill : are Miss Dora Alexander, suprome ¢lork, [ $and trail v IS ta,rted m IOWa,lo.mh Mrs. Mary La Rocca, supreme | No additional information was received | 300 S | adviser, St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs., l1da W, | 1008y of the reported defection of Gen- DES MOINES, March 2.—A campaign has been inaugurated In Towa to fight the Burnett literacy test immigration bill in congress. An effort will be made to Influence the Towa congressmen to oppose it by a com- mittee composed of Rabbl Mannheimer, R. Marks, §. Engleman and Mrs. 8. Levison of Des Moines. This committes also represents the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Ald Soclety of America, of which Leon Banders Is president and whose advisory board comprise Louls D. Brandels, Jacob H, Schitf, Isaac N. Selig- man, Oscar Straus and other men of na- tional prominence. The local committee will secure sign- ers to a petition directed to the members of congress immediately, as there is fear of action on the measure within a short time. The petition follows: “1 respectfully protest against the pas- sage of the Burnett Immigration bill, which is now pending before the congres of the United States. I belleve this meas- ure to be contrary to the best traditions and principles of our country, and I am convinced that the existing law provides sufficlent safeguards against the admis slon to the United States of immigrants unfit. 1 belleve that the adoption of this restrictive measure serfously Will hamper the commereial progress and development | of the United States Schooner-Loaded with Stranded Off Mexico NEW YORK, March La Providencia, which the coast of Mexico last wegk, was smuggling arms and ammvsition for Francisco Villa, according to word re- cefved here today by Juan T. Burns, consul general for the de facto govern ment, from the Mexican minlstry of war 2. ~The schooner went ashore on ‘Cover up r sneezer.” “Run away | rom sneezers.” “Watch your sneeze or | spread disease.” Miss Nellle Warren, principal of Green wood school, originated the sneeze pre- | caution idea. The pupils in her school svent one whole day in discussing the ef. fect of the sneeze on public school health. Berge Persuaded To Make the Race (From a Staff ( LINCOLN, March 23. ~(8pecial.)—~George w — | Thursdny, March 23, 1016, W. Berge of Lincoln has changed his . S, el | S : ' mind and after refusing to accept the precipitat 03 inch Mmnorelis cy for th 8 inch I The Senats. | petition filing him f. - the democratic infa’l elnc ®inch | Met at noon nomination for attorney general, today Debate was res sends in his acceptance for the same pe period, Heports from Sta Station and Sta ed on the Indian gp- propriation bill »” Finance committee considered the house resolution repealing free sugar tariff pro- visions FORT DODGE BUSINESS WOMEN ORGANIZE CLUB of Weather. Kern amendment to bank law to per Cheyenne, cloud, j | mit bank directors to serve as directors »avenport, cloudy {in other banks was favgrably reported. | FORT DODGE, Ia., March 4.—Business enver, part cloudy - women of Fort Dodge have organized l\'j’n:";"‘*‘ '!’l"‘::“‘h_ : The House. themselves into “The Fort Dodge Busi- : 5 Met at 11 & m ness Women's club.” Among the member- ha. Jtain [, [ rmy reorganigation bill cloudy 3 52 " P i S o bl [ghip there are teachers, doctors, ste- _— “ s 04 | “GWaks ana means ccmmittee democrats | Bographers and saleswomen. The club oo, clondy 3 - - t to perfect the administration tariff |&ill meet monthly to discuss matters, - legisiation he solution o feh W e mu P indicates_trace of precipitation. ommities continued nationsl de- | (b8 solution of which will be mutually L. A. WELSH, Local Forecas beneficial Ler rings | and marine. Alfredo Ricot, supposed owner of the | schooner, and several other persons on | noon meeting and instructed Chalrman | board were arrested by the constitu-|H H. Baldrige to appoint & special com. | tionalist authorities, the message stated. |mittee which shall confer with the rail 1.9 | roads with regard to the advisability of a new Union depot. Thix committee Qur Friday Market Guide Dependable information about the market is nec- essary to the alert house- wife who wants to supply the table with seasonable food stuffs. The Bee gives this information in a spe- cial page each Friday and the best food puryeyors of the city tell our readers through their advertise~ ments what they are offer- | ing. See Tomorrow's Bee ———— FOURTEEN PAGES, FIRST PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING BATTLE OF VERDUN--This is one of the first photographs to reach this country, taken during the terrific battle around Verdun. French convoy taking machine gun ammunition to the firing line to repel the R. e CENTS. e Motel te, Ao SINGLE TWO GAVIRA REPORTS VILLA DEFEATED NEAR NAMIQUIPA IC rranza Commander at Juarez De- | clares Bandit Beaten by Cano and Now in Flight Before Gutierrez. HERRERA FLOPS, SAYS BELL | American General at EI Paso Con- cory who are physicaily, mentally and morally ! HOUSE PASSES HAY WOODMEN CIRCLE LOST FLYER FOUND; MILITARY MEASURE HEAD STARTS SUIT OUT OF GASOLINE| Mrs. Emma Manchester Brings Lieutenant Gorrell, Missing in N §: Action in District Court to ican Desert, Picked Up by Prevent Curtailment of | Motor Train. Her Powers. 3, v DEEP SAND DELAYS TRUCKS COLUMBUS, N. M., March 28.— Lieutenant Edgar 8. Gorrell of the United States Aero corps, who has est of the Woodmen Circle, women's | been missing since last Sunday, was auxiliary of the Woodmen of the |found today three miles south of World, brought sult in district court | Ascension by a motor truck train yesterday against the national execu- | under Lieutenant J. L. Parkinson, tive body of the woman's organiza- | Twentieth infantry, according to re- \non, alleging that they are illegally | ports made tonight to Military head- withholding from her certain pre- |quarters here. . Lieutenant Gorrell rogatives and authorities, was uninjured, but was out of gaso- Mrs, Manchester for eighteen years has [ line and had lost his way. been the chief national officer of the| Wireless communication with the expeul- circle and was re-elected last June at Bt. |tionary base at Casas istandes was re- Paul to another four-year torm. She aske [sumed today when It was learned by Major the court to restrain the members of the | Sample, commanding the army station that all the transpert trucks and wagons with thelr drivera wuards "aate nt hg Nemporary bas EFFORT TO CKECK AUTHORITY Mrs. Emma B. Manchester, as su- preme guardian of the Supreme For- a resoluthan recently passed, which she asserts, deprives her of the right to ap- | point commyjttees and officers is provided were rary . Two drivers &nd four ‘guards, who left As- in the constitution of the orgarization. for Casas Grandes lakt ‘Membern of Counefl, who Jhad been missing reported The members of the executive counc)|TNe truckh were delayed by the Henvy Kelly, supreme. banker, Des Moines, Ta.; | 8781 1uls Herrera, Carransa's former Mrs. Maggio Hydo, supreme attendant, | Military governsr of Chihuahua, and in Dallas, Tex.; Mrs. Mary Taylor, chair. |FmY quarters here n"u said that an- man of the board of managers, of San | Douncement of Herrera's revolt may have Antonlo, Tex.; HEiffie Rodgers, Littl |Dten prematuse. Rock, Tex.; Emma F. Campbell, supreme TR ey pinace v e i S | Tugs WALl Esoort Nieuw Amsterdam Through War Zone Mrs. Annie Watts, supreme chaplain, Meridan, Miss.; Mrs, Florence Rolling, supreme inner sentinel, Hammond, Ind. Mrs. Mary C. Delahunty, supreme outer sentinel, Charleston, 8. C.; and Mrs. C. M. Kelly, supreme manager, of St.| ROTTERDAM, March 2.—(Via Lon- Louls, Mo, don.)-The Holland-American line an- Atthvachs fa. ORR nounced definitely today that the Nieuw Attorneys for the plaintiff are Stout, | Amaterdam would sail at 11 o'clock to- Rose & Wells, Arthur Mullen and Judge | P&ht. It will be accompanied as far as J. J. Sullivan. Her attorneys declare that | TH® Downs by tugs, with life-saving ma- the petition filed yesterday which asks | teria)a. These tugs also will escort the relief from the resolution adopted by the | Steamship Rotterdam incoming from New supreme council, is the result of a con- | YOrk from The Downs to this port. troversy that has been waged of late | Nesotiations with the Bailors’ union S siidess of I sl have been senciuded satlatstory. mo that Moot ide Badien. no trouble with the crew of the Nieuw The. seasiatioe 10 oCletl sotmdeis. Mre, | AARODIAN 1 sxpeeied. Abaut 9 pas< Manchester as head of the Circle to sub- mit all appointments of deputy supreme guardians, general, special and local or- ganizers and mhanagers for solleiting members and organizing groves; also lecturers, adjusters and assistents and yesterday evening and are waiting for the vessel to sail. THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 22.-- (Via London, March 23)—The steamship Zeelandia, sister ship of the Tubantin, | sengers boarded the Nieuw Amsterdam Munitions for Villa is | all action fixing their compensation and paying them, to a committee of officers consisting of Mrs, Manchester as supreme guardian; Mary E. La Rocea, supreme adviser, and Dora Alexander, supreme clerk; and compels submission of all ac- tions taken to the executive council whenever it is in session. Commercial Club Takes Up Fight for a New Depot The public affairs committee of the | | Commercial club took up the project |of & new Union depot for Omaha at its | will be appointed immediately. Women Stand in L : to Buy Ticket | NEW YORK, March 22.—Women stood [ tn for hours early today walting | for tickets to be placed on sale for the | Willard-Moran fight on Baturday night When the box office at Madison Square | Garden opened, it was besteged by a | crowd of several hundred persons to pur. chase the 83 and $ tickets which were placed on sale. Many of them had been standing in line since midnight, some | bringing breakfast with them. The ticket sellers had 2,000 of the lower | priced seats to sell, but could have dis-| posed of :,000. Only two tickets were sold to a person, officials said, in an | effort to keep th out of the hands of speculators. which recently was sunk by a mine or a torpedo, will not sall for Buenos Aires March 2, as had been arranged. There s much discussion of the sug- | gestion that Dutch steamships be coms voyed by warships Swedish Socialist Editors Charged | firms Report of Chief's De- sertion to Outlaw. HERRERA DENIES IN MESSAGE SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 23— | General Bell, at El Paso, sent to General unston today a message, say- ing tha this (Bell's) report of yester- day that General Herrera had re- volted has been confirmed. General Funston advised the War depart- ment. EL PASO, Tex., March 23.—Gen- eral Gavira of t he Juarez garrison | received further advices this after- noon regarding the battle between | Pancho Villa and Colonel Cano near Namiquipa last Monday. General Gavira said the Villa troops were routed and fled toward Namiquipa and that forces of General Luis Gu- tlerrez went in pursuit to give Villa further battle. According to a telegramt General Gavira says he recelved, the battle which took place several kilometers south of | Namiquipa, lasted several hours. Forces Advance on Vi Villa, according to the telegram, is now in the vicinity of Namiquipa. Forces are advancing upon Villa in command of Colonel Cano, from Las Cruces; Colonel Balas, from Babricora; Colonel Hernan- dex, from Tepehuanex; General Garza, from Santa Clara, and General Cavazos, from Temosacis, the telegram added. Further confirmation that General Luis Herrera of the Chihuahua garrison had not deserted to Villa was received by General Gavira of the Juares garrison this afternoon in a telegram from Gen- eral Herrera himseif. The telegram sald: “Your telegram of yesterday recelved. Deny in my name emphatically the rumeor that the reaction- arles. have circulated in San Antonio, Tex., saying I have gone over to Villa. On the contrary, I am ready to fight him an energetically as possible.” 3 Funston defection of General Carranza troops in Chih received. . No report has been made to General Funston of arevolt at Torreon or in Bonora. Unofffelal reports were that many of the troops in Sonora yesterday glnlslclu.hol hemaelves sdherents of tla. General Funston today sent to General Pershing at Casas Grandes orders to make earller and more detalled reports of his ‘operations. Whether the Seventh cavalry had en- countered and defeated a detachment of Villa's n.en near Namiquipa, as reported last night, was not known at head- quarters. No More Troops Asked. No additional troops have been asked for since the Fifth cavalry and the Twen- ty-fousth infantry were ordered to the border, General Funston is yet anxious to use the Northwestern rallway for the move- ment of supplies. The quartermaster at Columbus reported that less difficulty now is being encountered in moving sup- plies with the automoblle trucks, but staff officers regard such a method as inadeguate. A No information concerning & report that ,General Pershing is using a section of ! the Northwestern railroad for tion of troops was avallable at head- quarters here, but General Funston sald It might be that he was using that part of the line south of Casas Grandes to the Cumbre tunnel. It he was using it, Gen- eral Funston sald, it was with the con- ent of the local commander, Study More Extended Map. Btaft officers of General Funaton studied a more extended area of north- ern Mexico today. The probable moves of Herrera and his 2.000 men were care- fully considered and at every point along the border where they might disturb the peace on the American side careful note was taken of the positions of American troops and the time it would take to get With H_i_g‘h Treason| STOCKHOLM, March %.—(Via Lon-|them to the scene. don,)~Three socialistic editors, Messrs. | That phase of the situation did not Hoeglund. Oljelund and Hedon, have beer | (Continued on Page Two, Column Thres,) arrested on a charge of high treason, in | consequence of the passing of a resolu- tion at & conference of+Swedish socialist organizations, that a general strike and & revolution be started in case of war, A great sensation has been mroused over the incident, as Mr. Hoeglund is one of | the most prominent members of the Swe- | dish Parllament | s { $ $ 3 If your property - is not producing an income that is satisfactory to you, why not add some cash and exchange'it for a properly improved property thatwill? A Bee Want-Ad will do the trick, ine for H o-urs s for the Big Fighti Confidence is the keynote of the Moran | camp, regardless of the fact that Willard | is an overwhelming favorite among the | pugilistic experts and the average fol-| lowers of boxing. Reports of the cham- | plon's size and physical process elicit | nothing more than a smile from the man who Is to try to wrest his title away | Saturday night. Moran's confidence in | his abllity not only to outbox Willard, but to knock out the gigantic Kansan is lit- tle short of an obsession Moran admits that he has never seen Willard outside of the ‘movies,” but | be has been able to studyVevery move of the conqueror of Jack Johnson at his leisure. : Tyler 1000 ¥ i