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

| arcia Informed Villa Has Been Killed [ Call Tyler 1000 | NI You Want to Bee or to Ay With YOL. XLV THE OMAHA DAILY BE NO. 260 FRENCHMEN GAIN DEAD MAN'S HILL 10 PERISH THERE Republican Soldiers, in Furious Counter Storm, Penetrate Teu- ton Position, but All Are Put to Bayonet THEY DIE, LINE AFTER LINE Berlin Announces Terrific But Vain Attack of Gauls in Face of German Cannon, PARIS DOES NOT MENTION THIS| That the French troops the fortress of Verdun have launched a vigorous reglon of Dead Man's west bank of the defending altuck in the i, Meuse, was dl counter on the closed by the officlal report iwsued gaturday afternoon from the German The attack fol lowed violent artillery preparation army headguarters and was directed aguinst the German south of Corbeaux wood in Dead positions the Cumieres Man's hill Though wood and on line after line of French troops were mowed down, the Ger man statement sald, by the artillery and machine gun fire of the Ger mang, some of the ¥rench battalions succeeded In penetrating the Teuton position on Dead Man's hill On gaining a4 footing In the trenches there, however, Berlin declares, they were slain In bayonet fighting Paris Offlclnlly Silent, Parls offidlally s silont regarding (hi battle, 1" e afternoon statement announc ing that French | ries had ¢ hrl] &reat actl t bank Cor ,uml hnd taken gaRement ploce The Intest officinl ued at | netlvity by | statement in Parls fafls Lo mention any the I'rench infantry { the Meuse i | Wilson Willing to Agree that Persh- | farthey | k00D an Both east and west |01y o have been artillery |0 a f ARMY MUST NOT MARCH FARTHER SOUTH IN MEXICO Will Not Penetrate Much Greater Distance Iuto Interior ing WILL WITHDRAW AS REQUESTED | Washington Ready to Recall Puni- | tive Expedition Within “Rea- sonable Time." FULL REPORT ON PARRAL FRAY WABHINGTON, April 16 Prest dent Wilson hag decided to inform General Carranza, in vesponse to his request for withdrawal of the Ameri from Mexico, that the United Btates will negotiate for an agreement along these lnes: The United willing to agree to fix u lmit on the distance American troops now in pur wult of Villa leo and to m can troops Blates government in shall proceod fnto Mex ake that mit not muech wuth than the troops already have proceeded The United States government ia willing to glve assurances that the American troops will be withdrawn within "a reasonable time” or as it Is definitely established thut Villa has reached a point where ho ean be dealt with better by the Carranza forces Neply is Completed, Thene point it bscame known toni were dicusned fully at terduy's cabl net meeting The president's advisers are sald to have ngreed on such a cour i the bellef that it would make stronger the chances of catching Villa, A repl to CGeneral Curranza in sald Lo be virtually completed and s expected (o go forward I very short time Meantime the pursult of Villa by th Ameriean troops will continue ker wharply o Jthined this toda | mtatement burdments o | The of communieation of the I the eastery nt harp fighting | Amer troops foll ng Villa h Is golng on bety ustrian and Ru alread on lengthened 1o the point [ #lan forces for on the lower Stripn and the Dnefster river in Galicia | ¢ and for othery northeast of Czernowitz, in Bukowina, fmuch Iny the Itallan theater, the Itullans and Austrian armiey have respeotively tuken the offensive « points along that front stormed an Iallan pe have e tackn in which the Ita have suffered heavy lo nd claim to |1 unter at are wold to |1 Imit they were foreed 1o evacus a defensive position south of Bperone, but clulm to have the Itallan attacks in othe In the on the vessoln {igu wteamer [ repulsed noctors ! ater four British 6 tons gre Hispanin | The Danish aperations in the nows, The nandoah of 5% nan st ik by mir i Kasan ha a large German subma Temperaturo to Be Nearly Normal in ba extremely | Funston, sald two Americ to | dont. The All Parts of U, S.|° where sending supplies hos become diffi ult and it 1y realized here that it woeuld hazardous for them-to go further The first officlal report on the clash Wednondny at Parral, rea the War department late tonight from General roopers and orty Mexieans were kil Becrotary Puker mpnde nent this announce YA telegram from Genersl Funston (uotes a telegram from General Pershing the effect that he has just recelved nformation of an unprovoked attack ipon American soldiers who had entered ‘wrral to buy ipplles. Hix information n soldlers and forty but no turther de- | d at the time, 0 that he General reports glven full information te Herrera ns to the position, direction and general destination of our tre ursu ng Villa, He has .Hn\‘.um.m " oult particulars 1ing message giving regarding lepar Al border veforenc ArTansi co epted as mmander hihuahua, was urther demonstrating the extent to which the erfean and de today saye e ranted that the at I\ disturbance that w over th ‘»“' “‘ " ricans ‘.,’j\.‘ Rocky mountain re r | “Auoiier disturh American Women t tha-we : « - Soldiers Vote for The Weather crniures ni Omaha Y osterday ’ ‘vf»x \"fl"' p. e ] e Trousers Umfmmb Marks Kill a Million \rmenians to Date ‘Lincr Brazos Halted When | MAY MEAN GENERAL WALKOUT OMAHA, MHNI'.\\ .\IHR.\[.\'-. APRIL 17, 1916, =12 PAGES. Cn' 4%inza’s Nephew Reported Bringing Body to Chihuahua Telegraph Operators at Madera and Cusihuriachie Wire On Trains, at Notel News Stands, eto, bo. SINGLE THE WEATHER. Unsettled COPY TWO CENTS. News that Notorious Outlaw’s Life of Murder and Rapine is Ended (By Associated Press,) EL PASO, April 16.---Mexican Commander Garcia announced today that messages have been received from military headquarters at Juarez from telegraph opera- tors at Madera and Cusihuriachie, stating that the body of Francisco Villa was being brought into Cusihuriachie and that it will later be taken to Chihuahua City. Garcia said he had wired military commander at Madera for confirmation. Neither telegraph operators stated in messages where body of Villa was found. Garciaannounced he had received a message from San Antonio that a special train was being made up at that point to take the body of Villa to Chihuahua City. Garcia says the body is being brought to San Antonio by Carlos Carranza, nephew of General Carranza. EL PASO, Tex., April 16,—Francisco Villa is dead and his body, disintered some days after his burial, is in possession of the Carranza troops, according to a series of telegraphic messages received in Juarez today by the Mexican officials. For more than a week reports that Villa had died from wounds have been current both here and in Juarez. yet received. They were accepted with reserve by American officials including General Bell, but the Mexican officials expressed confidence in their reliability, 'The messages, in the order in which they were received, were as follows: ““The dispatcher of the Mexican Northwestern railroad at Juarez reported to General Gabriel Gavira, Carranza commander at Juarez, that he had heard a conversation over the telegraph wires to the effect that Villa's body was in the hands of the Oarranza troops, ‘‘General Gavira notified Consul Andres Garcia here, who rushed messages to the tele- graph operators at Madera and Cusihuiriachic asking for confirmation. ‘‘“The Madera and Cusihuiriachic operators answered confirming ‘the report and stating that the body was being taken to Chihuahua City. MOVE FOR STRIKE oo Your Ago | OF OCEAN SAILORS | Today in the War Brit the D yuthenst i N Alies Dardanelles forts BRYAN TELLS OF THE FALSE GODS Lectures at the Centennial Celebra- tion of the American Bible Society, K16 ran ashore in marine Men Demand Raise, Including ““War Risk Bonus.” of Ypres the Hritish took ked Gallipoll peninsula and BUT ONE BOOK FOR THE HEART termans reported capture of French e A I 5 In the Vosges and Champagne NEW YORK, April 16.-—Action wh erulser fired on Turkish fortifi Nine principal false gods beckon which was believed to be the fore ations at K1 Arish in Kgypt today to claim the worship of man runner of an effort to cause a gen Instead of the true God, according to eral strike among seamen of all fl Willlam Jennings Bryan, who spoke ulted here today in one vessel, the : at the Audlitorium yesterday after layed several days in saifing; and an nial celebration of the American Man Burned at Stake New York and Porto Rico Bible Have we no nee other, the soclety liner Brazos, being forced to anch d today Thou for the down the bay after leaving its pler ) ommandment M shalt have anked Mr no olia, laden with ) other gods before me tons of mixed cargo for | ’ l'h . Hryan True we do not worship to suil early in the day tdid . Rty idols today, but we have other gods, got away u i I'he o nu that It would take all ! 1, stru afternoon 1o recount them, 1 will |t I o therefore only take some of the prin A the | A statement | CIDAL ones, and will ltmit myselt to Fresent Bemand nin 1 " L Priet » BANK ATTACHES PROPERTY | ™ OF MISSING AURORA FARMER AN Need te Wourk Mexico City Rejoices To Hear Washington v Will Recall Soldiers TURSDAY PRIMARY DAY Today’s accounts were the most circumstantial and apparently nlh.blm DEAD BANDIT WHOSE BODY IS BROUGHT 1IN, BEING SUFFRAGISTS WANT U. S. CONGRESS TO AGT AT ONCE 3 DENVER, Colo.,, April 15, ~Tmmedfuate action by Pongress upon the Husan B, Anthony wmendment wap afnBupeed here tonfght as the purpose of the trankcon tinental tour of twenty-five members of the @ongressional Unlon for Woman Suffrage, which left Washington April The tour eontemplates a vislt to all the equal suffrage states, ending May 11 and 12, In #ait Lake City FINAL TOUCHES BY LEADERS IN PRIMARY RACE One of the Most Hotly Contested Preliminary Campaigns in His- tory of Nebraska Politios Draws w Close. F’IBEWORKS HOT AND FAST On the Democrmc Slde the Fusilade of Missiles Sizzle Between Bryan and Hitchoock. KENNEDY LEADS FOR SENATE After one of the most hotly con+ tested preliminary campalgn in the history of Nebraska, the final touches | tor tomorrow's state-wide primary were put on at meeting of workers for the different candidates, and slates galore are ready for cireula~ tion, with the largest registration and the largest number of candidates ever entered, more offices than ever to fill and correspondingly whetted popular interest, it {s expected that with good weather the biggest vote ever polled in a primary will be recorded, On the democratic side the fire- works and fusilade of missiles has been going on hot and heavy between two elements headed by Willlam Jen- nings Bryan and Senator Hitcheoek, respectively, Senator Hitcheock has accused Mr, Bryan with trylng to “hamstring”’ the party and the dope- sters figure that is what he has done with reference to the senator, who i sure to outrun Dunn {n the race, but to finish so lame that he will never get his gpeed again, Governovship Race. | The fight for the governorship nomina | tlon between Mayor Charles W, Bryan | (Brother Charley of Lincoln) and Kelth | Neville, the young unknown from North Platte, {s o od to figure close, though the odds seem to favor Neville, although possibly influenced by the. well known preponderance of the wets In Douglas county Tlu-, effort to keep Willlam Jennings | Bryan from going to Bt, Louls as one fof the Nebraska big-four delegntes-at- |lerge s _of doubtful muccess, and the chances are placed .even as between Mayor Dahlman and Art Mullen for the democratle natlonal committes job, Another Interesting democratic fight is that for the nomination for congress, which brought Congressman Lobeck home from Washington to defend his title agalnst Harry B, Fleharty and Laurie J. [ (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) e But Why Don t You Gwe a Direct Answer, Mr. Howell? The question is this: “Will you, if elected committeeman, support the nom- inee of the republican convention for president this year? “And would your promise, if given, be worth any more this year than the same promise which you gave and then violated last time?" The Side-Step Conforming with our regular pol- 107 of “falr play” we give space to this gentlemanly outhurats. OMAHA. April 15.-To the Editor of Tr: Bee Here s my answer to our question In today's Bee Naturally devold of all notions of fair play, shortly after I defeated you ' for national committeeman in 1912, you hegan to plot to overthrow the result of that ftate-wide primary, and to this end, you und your friends de manded that the republican national committes declare my pl vacant and seat C, F. MeGrew of O A AR Nebraska's representative The de mand for u upon s filod with the national repub romovel was based hatge can commities, and which charges \ refused to conslider ) w relterats | harges 1ih th hour, hoping that the epubl f Nebraska can be more asily duped than the republican na A [ And wh N adl A ) " Heca 1k . J « | b . I The Question I When you asked for the votes of republicans for national committee- man four years ago, Mr, Howell, you made this declaration over your own signature: “While I am a great admirer of Senator La Follette, I am & warm supporter of Colonel Roosevelt. However, I am first a republican and whoever i nominated will receive my hearty support if I am chosen navional committeeman,” In spite of this solemn pledge of yours, Mr. Howell, you insisted on staying on the committee while fighting the party's standard bear- ers whom you were in honqr bound to support; you contributed money to the campaign fund of another hostile party; you tried strenuously to prevent republioans from having even a ohance to vote for their presidential ticket Forgetting the past, except as a guide to the future, where do you stand today, Mr. Howell ! And what will you do in the next campaign (F again commissioned as general manager of the republican party ampaign in Nebraska! ater, that | teel no bittorness be A f your boast that yo delealed of the repubiy n 1% o 1he candidate . PATLY for governes How Bat bevarise of yous witien you