Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1916, Page 1

Call Tyler 1000 If You Want to Talk fo The Bee or to Anyone Connected With The Bee. VOL. XLV—NO. FIFTY KILLED IN CRASH OF TRAINS IN RHODE ISLAND Gilt Edge Express Running from Boston to New York SBmashes Into Rear End of Local at Bradford, 261, i Tl ' Who's Hughes? Charles Evans Hughes, born at Glen Falls, New York, April 11, 11862, only son of Rev. David Charles | Hughes, then pastor of the Baptist | church there. Graduated from Brown university | in 1881 and from Columbia univer- | sity law school in 1884, Achieved national prominence by | expos ing life insurance abuses in 1905, % Elected governor of New York in SOME OF CA ARE BURNI 0 RS URNING 1906, making great reform record, Earlier Reports State Half a Hun- ‘.Ind re-eleoted by increased major- dred People Have Met Death |ity in 1908, v in Disaster, Associate justioe of the United States supreme court since October, HAPPENS EARLY IN EVENING 1810, ' | “Write it in—and don’t forget the PROVIDENCE, R. 1, April 17— crossmark.” ¥ The Gilt Edge express, Boston to 5 New York, ran into the rear end of | " i | train No, 624, u local running from SHAKE UP lN AIR \ Loston to New London, at Bradford, | I, 1, station early tonight, The lo- | | cnl hnd stopped at the Bradford sta~ SERYIGE ORDERED tion and the fller crashed into it, | | i Harly reports here say that fifty " i people heve been killed, Some otln"“" Direots Changes in Depart- the cary were burning, mentA Officers Being " ' Censured. Senate Votes f | enate Votes for . |REBER RELIEVED OF HIS POST i ) Climb ' Probe Into Clim INE | WABHINGTON, April 17.—Presl Of Gasoline Prices\ dent Wilkon today approved the )u-nunnunndnlhm of the secretary of WABHINGTON, April 17,~Benator Mar- | WAY imposing a sentence of repri- tine's preamble to a resolution directing | and on Lieutenant Colonel Goodier tnguiry into the rising price of gasoline, | cf the aviation gervice, who recently which characterizod the Btandard Ol | yway trled by court-martial in con- company as a “irust,”” was adopted to- ! g i 4 . day by, the sensts. ‘nm.llun with charges over the con The hody of the rosolution culling upon | duet of the Ban Diego station, the attorney genoral to investigate, was | Becrotary Baker announced that he wdopted two weeks 6go. The preamble | had consured Brigadior General Scriven, was held up on discussion of whether | chief of the signal corps, and lieutenant It wan proper for the sanate 1o brand the | Colonel Samuel Iteber, chief of the avia compuny a8 o trust in the light of the | tion corps, for improprieties in connec- supreme court's dissojution t! ree. | tion with the aviation service, EW YORK, April 17-The proposed| georeiary Baker mlso announced that Inquiry by the United tates atlorney | colonel feber had been relieved from general fnto the increase of tne price of | quty ax ohief of the aviation section and | ganoline will not e opposed, it was an-|(hat the whole question of the manage nounced st the offices of the Btandard ment of the army nviation would be re- Oll company of New Jersey here today.|viewed by a commitice of the general The company, It was stated, “invites &|utarr, full investigation,” which the company Captain Mitchell of the general staff believes will show that the price increase willl succeed Colonel Reber until the gen- 15 traceable only to natural eauses, leral staff committes makes its recom- W, LOUIE, April 17.~Gasoline In St. | mendations, Louls today sold at 10 cents a gallon, a| General Berlven was censured “for his drop of 1 cent. The decline was attri-| fallure personally to supervise the dis- buted to the importation of ofl from| ciplinary features of the aviation corps Borneo, administration.” T——— Colonel Reber wes censured for “dis- PATIENT AT INGLESIDE regard to a coordinate branch of the gov- TRIES T0 COMMIT SU|CID ernment, foilure to observe the restraints sl 51 | dmposed by law with regard to the per- IASTINGS, Neb,, April 11.~(Bpecisl| sonnel and pay of members of the avia- Welegram.)~J, ‘A, Gibbons, 48 years oM, | o1," Wit rocard to the property of the tion mection, for lack. of business melh- | committed to Ingleside from York coumn government in discarded machines and three weeks ngo, attempted suleide b | for failing fn that dogree of loyalty to jumping In front of an nutomobue driven | o o oo 0 Chieh would have by George B, Tyler, Failing In that he P AL MORLE. HEvA OMAHA, TUESDAY SAFETY APPLIANCE ACT APPLIES T0 ALL United States Supreme Court Takes Broad View of Act to Protect Railroad Employes. TEXAS JUDGMENT ~AFFIRA @& 5 WABHINGTON, April 17, The - preme court today so construed the various federal safety appliance acts that all employens matter whether engaged at time in Intrastate or interstate conimerce-— may recover damages for Injuries oe- curring through fallure of interstate commerce radlroads to comply with the safety appliance laws It was regarded as a precedent making de- clwlon, glving safety appllance laws a seope far greater than the federal employers' liability The first ecmployers’ Habllity law was even an nulled years ago because it applied ty employes engaged in Intrastate gommerce an well gg those in inter~ no the law stute commerce The decislon wix announced in the sult of A, 1It, Rigaby, a brakems f the Toxas & Puetfie raflrond, fnjured by a defective nnd ladder on n ear marked “bad orders left standing In the Marahall (Tex.) yards for repairs Justice Pitney, speaking for the entire court, held that conkress had taken to Itaolf exclusive jurisdiction over wafety appllances for Interstate rallronds and that the states would not have authority to muke lawa regarding them for the benefit of state employes, The court held all that was necessary was that the rallrond be engaged in interstate commerce for the federal Inw to apply to all thelr acts regarding oty The Judgment of the Texas courts In tavor of Rigaby for $11,000 was affirmed Efforts to Amend Army Bill Beaten in Upper Chamber WASHINGTON, April amend the army reorganization bill were defeated in rapld succession in the senate todny on the eve of the measure's pas- wage Henator Reed's amendment fto crente from six to twelve training schools for West Point and Annapolis m varlous parts of the country was defeated o to i, Under an agreement renched last weok, voting on the bill pending nmend- ments will begin at b o'clock tomorrow afternoon Other amendments rejected included one by #enator Leoe of Maryland to Incréase the number of National CGuard enlinted men from . to 90 for euch represonta- tive and senntor in congress and Senator Works' proposnl for an industrial mili- tary foree of 250,000 men to serve a month each year in the army In times of peac and eleven months In forestry and r 11.~Jifforts to THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. APRILL AMERICAN NOTE T0 GERMANY IS RACE:/E IN TONE ent Wilson is Putting Finish- g Touches on Document and It Will Start for Berlin in Short Time, MORNING, 18, SUSSEX ONLY AN INCIDENT It is Link in Chain of Evidence that | Germany Has Not Kept Its Promises BREAK IS NOT IMPROBABLE | PELLETIN, | WASHINGTON, April 17.-—Presi dont Wilson today completed the communication to Germany on sub warfare and sent for Char of the rearine nan Btone senate forelgn re lutions committee for a conference, probably tonight. Thig uction was in line with the president's policy of keeping congress informed of the progress of the negotlations WASHINGTON 17 An nouncement wus made at tho White House toduy that Wilson Faud practically completed considera tion of the forthcoming communica tion to Germany, and It will go for ward to Berlin late today or tomor April President | row, President Wilson, it been wsteadlly engaged on | for two days. He did not church yesterday, but worked tleally all day examining submlitted by the State department The document, ofticinls said, will press the submurine fasue to a decision, It wan rolterated that the Bussex case would form only a link In the couin of evidence the Tnited States will present many to show that its promises have not been fulfilled Note Posttive In Ton The document wis characterized by of fietals today as being positive fn tone and they belfeve that only a prompt in the position had the note g0 prac was sald, to evidence to Ger. very acquiescence by Germany taken by the United States can prevent | & break in diplomatic relations Unofficinl dispatehes from Berlin In dieating that the German government is ready to meet the United States more than half way, it was said, will not change the courss of the Amerlcan gov ernment dectded on at Friday’s cabinet meeting Before the communieation to Germany goes forward, the president and Secre tary Lanfsing may confer again, but it wis said early today that this wus no! absolutely necessary. The president anl Bis cabinet have ngreed on the steps to 1916- be taken and tho president Is now finish- | THE WEATHER. Showers COPY TWO CENTS. On Trains, at Hotel B Wy N g SINGLIE STORY OF FINDING *OF BODY OF VILLA 1S NOT CONFIRMED iAl Hours Pass Without Definite News Report of Death of the Bandit, Washington Grows Doubtful, 'NO WORD FROM LETCHER Special Train wlth Body Should Have Reached Chihuahua Last Night or Early Today. | BODY NOT AT .CU!THUIRACHIC BULLETIN, | WABHINGTON, April 17.-Becre- tary Baker today recelved a dispatch from Naco saying that General Villa was last seen heading in the direc- tion of the place where reports yes- terday sald he was burled, The dis- puteh was taken by War department otficlals to mean that the reports of [ Villa's death might be true. The ‘(llnpnv‘h was Immediately sent to | President Wilson, TWELVEe PAG ALL EYES ON MEXICO--Map of northern Mexico show- ing the territory in which American troops have been hunt. ing Villa. The figures show the number of Carranza troops stationed at various points. The black star marks Parral, the point where American troops were attacked April 12, | WABHINGTON, april 17.-~As the hours pass without confirmati-n of the story of the finding of the body of Franclsco Villa, Washington grows more doubtful, Villa's body was to have reuched Chihuahua City by special traln some time last night, but American Consul Latcher has not even forwarded the [ramors as to Villa's death which must be circulating there The Mexlean embassy here had no ad aitionnl Information. Tta last repori from Consul Garcia at K1 Paso sald he DSTANCES wan weeking confipmation TOCASAS #iate and War department officinle re N .‘m; 'D:: | fused to comment today on General Pel | | L PASO ™o TORREON: " shing's report of the Purral fighting TORREON re URMGO- I8 wnae, whiich s much different from the vei slon transmitted by General Carranza to | nupport his suggestion that American troops be withdrawn, The American ye port shows that Carranza troops nol only Joined In the attack upon the littic detachment of Americans, but followed them weveral miles an they withdrew (o Avold a clash | 1t wan indloated at the State depar ment that further detalls would by |wought from American officers bafore n (reply would be sent to General Carranza Hecrotary Lansing planned originally (o deal with the Parral incident as a sep ARTILLERY FIGHT ~ AMERICAN WOUNDED AT DEADMAN'S HILL BY SUBSER SHOT |ue smic snd soc i sns, mar o A ok |Amerlcan expedition, The roply to the French Official Report Says Three | Gustay Olson Injured When Russian 41"\ proposel tap Nitrgwel wp | Positions West of Meuss Weve ... ShipImperator Was Attacked il t | o l:. .wnuu jon i . Bombarded Sunday, Adentifled aé that of Villa It 1 v g . 3 | ‘2‘1‘“““ fmf::aa on would come out of Mex- joo at once, No instructions have ye | been pent to Consul Letcher or General | Pershing, however, as to the identifiea- ? |ONE BATTLE EAST OF RIVER NO WARNING GIVEN VESSEL next tried seif-destruction by butting his| head agalnat a tree. The man's commit- | ment followed his attempt to kill himself by hanging at bls home, Gibbons was walking with a number of other patients under the guard of an at- tendant when he saw the automoblle ap- suved both General Scriven and himeelf from the censure now Involved and thix branch of the service from the public doubt and criticlsm which has affected it unfavorably.” In his statement regarding the censure of General Bcriven and the other offi. clammation sorvices in the Pacific coast|ing the phraseology of the propyred com wnd ndjacent states, munfcation, e Intends to Include in the [ indictment of Germany's submarine cam paign attacks on neutral vessels not ear rying Americans, That will be done Two Americans on Deadman’s Hill to Cu- bhombarded yesterday. front from o0 [ inleres were Miss., for Marse illes, PARIS, April 17,--French posi-| WASHINGTON, April 17, tions In Ayocourt Wood and on the | fwo Americans aboard the Russian | report. steamuhip Imperator from Gulfport, France, Iton to b required. None will go for ~One of [ward until thewe officlals transmit some was Latest roports saying that the bandit» | body had been dug up from a two-week- |0l grave by a nephew of General Car- proach in the institution grounds, He|Cers Secretary Baker declared: | \ J threw Himasi hesdiinia on the sosll, Dut It in clear that at lenst a part of tho \ e criticiam - which has attached to army Tyler quickly swerved his machine| avolded wounding the man, though|®Vistiom Is due to a failure to realizo the one of the wheels touched his clothes, | “XPerimental state of tne art of flying heavier than air machines adapted WORK U—P———ON NEW BRID-GE military uses. The supposed fallures o WILL BEGIN SHORTLY | éreater than failure experfenced by in-| to some of our army machines are not | ventors, manufacturers and pilots in civil | lite.” (K'rom @ Blatf Corvespondent,) 'EXPENSm_E_M—O-DEmG LIN N, April 17.—(8pectal,)—Parties | g gt o Bl . et CITY HALL TO BE SHARED #in on the new state ald bridge at St s __the broad grounds of humanity and for ', | a,teSt lelled Shlp the renson that many of tnese neutral | There were no infantry attacks, the | wounded when the vessel was tor-|rana and was being taken to Chihuahua s | venncls were going o or from the U'nited | 0'ficial report of the afternoon says.| pedoed without warning by an Aus- f‘lt.y. ‘fo';u‘:rvl -t:unll:;r; onl:ch'i;f"nfi:T; m by sul Lotcher a ; o WABHINGTON, A i ~Two Ameris| Btates To the east of the Meuse the night | t-fan submarine off the Culumbrede Io‘: ld’lo h’lm A thro‘v’v Jght . upon cans, Willlam Smith and Nathan Till 'r“"“ Y“'"‘ ’:""‘I""""’I’! ""'_"“ ';‘ ':"“" r" wag calm exeept for artillery activity | [slands, according to official advices | vy reported death and also to ¥ ¥ cable from Ambassador Gerard at Ber- : man, were on the British steamer Bast- | FVIC T SIRREEEE CORRE it v, | ¢t Haudremont Wood. {o the State department today. promptly identity the body It possible ern City when it was attacked April 9| (2 ¥ IR adkiges ; o ¢ Body Not at Custhuriachie. off Cardiff, Wales, and sunk by shell| ¥o® dovoted entirely to editorlal expres- | The (ext of the statement follows The Amerfcan Injured was Gustav Ol- EL PABO, Tex. April 1T.~A tele- slons from the German nowspapersa. | “On the left bank of the Meuse there | son, whose father is bandmaster at Fort | graphic dispatuh was received by Gen- fire from a submarine, No lives were lost, A report on tho attack was fore warded to the SBtate department today by American Consul Lathrop at Carditf NO REPUBLICANS MAY BE MADE DEMO CANDIDATE (Continued on Page Two, Column Four,) 'St. Louis Segregation Law Declared Void | | French positions in the | and on the front from Le Mort Homme to eral Gavira, commander of the Juarez A garrison, from Custhulrachic at 10:30 [who was avoard was Aner Gweennason, | SREERT O stating that the whose brother s foreman of & Min:|poqy of Wrancisco Villa had not arrived there at this hour. General Gavira talked today with the telegraph operator at San Antonlo and | obtalned further details of the reported | finding of Villa's body. intense bombardment of the wood The other American has been ‘\\'unt'll. Boston Avocourt Cumieres, neapolls furniture factory, The State came from the On the right bank of the river the department’'s information night passed in relative calm, except in Amarioan eonstl At Dare the rogion south of Haudremenot wood, | Paul will be pleased to know that the| .o '\ oo "=0m oo rom a Staff Correspondent.) | 7. LOUIS, April 17.-An injunction re celona, Bpain, Ho sald the ship was fired ‘”r»u”lrn’ls’y"’vuvvl)vu‘llhu;' for the erection ;"‘uml Water board have wurecd 1o mion | LINCOLN, April IT.~(8peciil)~A re- | straining the enforcemont of the negro | Where there wa ontinued artillery ac- | o0 without warning en April 11 Threa | According to the San Antonio operator, : \ ¢ ridg .;«’n. h 18 0 cost In the nelgh-| ./ SATatRS ¢f Tocaodalinn s oity hail iblican cannot be madc nominee | segrogation ordinances of St. Louis was tivily, There was no iInfantry attacks |, o' firall iAkk eftéot ‘I'In\j"“ Inst Saturday General Cavazos and § borhood of 820,000, 18 & "“'” to begin work Another conference "vHN N ek «t Of the democratic party and vice versa | granted by the federal district court here | during the day and night o e tiog "" | Colonel Carlos Carranza, who were at The Central Htates Bridge company of | o s i . e “,’ next |, tng in the name on the primary | today o vesvel was wet afire by the submarine | cygsi, yecelved information that a Villa diananolis Has tha oo : A mornin he estimated cost | There i nothing to report from the re- | . | I‘w \ : ‘.}" >hlv‘m e oy g $28,000, which amount will include new s the answer which Secretary of | One ordinance prohibits whites or re I8 nothing to veport from the re- 4o o woy venorted to be m w hospital | band was operating in the neighbornood ' Nebraaks will hold thefr aanual nn:»’k:v:: elevators, placing the mam floor on the | | Pool has —“"‘, to Inquiries com- | blacks from Hying In a block in which 7| Maihder of the front, with the excep- |, g, coiony suffering from shrapnel | TWO Carfansa officers with a body bt r 10l 1 \ g " on th from Omaha, | g8 and othe tlon o o customs cannopading. u ) neer Johnson I8 on the program for an | Ous changes in connection with the gen: | rmnin b | persoria of the opposite race. The other During the night of April 16:17 a French atas. i ombat In whic any addre SR, & samtont stktion f Seerad | L DA ased on an opinfon of the | maies stmilar restrictions on & basls of Norweinn Ship Sunk. | Villw's followers were killed and wounded e B o ks el supreme court In State Wells, 924 | 100 ingtead of per cont alr squadron composed of nine machines | , oy on Auril 17.~The sinking of a| ANd some were captured PRESIDENT APPROVES abraaka. Judge Dyer in announcing the decision | JUFINE an intenss fog executed certaln | .\ irn) whip and o British steamship was| A Villa colonel was among the cap - Al tho ordiance exeeoded the polies | MPOTtant bombarding operations in the | o e TSR Ly TG T e Nor- | tuted. He begged for his life and prom- SENTENCE OF GOODIER W'I S N . . owers. Tho negr d. ia en. | TOKlon of Conflans, Pagny, Arnaville and | ol T Gl G wak sunk by gune | ed to lead his captors to the grave of uson Jays ation bi ll Enter titled 1o the same conaideration and the | [OMbs Projectiles were dropped as | ot Britinh steamship wan the | the banuit if they would not kill him VASHINGTON, D, C.. Apri) [o=Preat sirifds il roroden: follows: Twelve shells on the rallromd | o oot o0 waa unarmed | The operator at San Antonlo sald that dent Wilsen' todas: sbaraved the Pebchs W O 1 . % tation at Conflans, sixteen on the fae | Cieneral Cavaxos and Colonel Carransa ndation of the olary of war impos ar n y mn ena f Of Human(ty tory at Rombach, elght on the ralleoAd| . qiangnon, which wes walling troin | TeF® taken By the priscner to Nan ¥TeN ing n sentance of reprimand on Lleuten N x} R Yo HRS o F 1)) | at at Arnaville and elever on the !, i EG i lata wan bullt in | <100 Horja, where the body I8 reported ¢ the avintion sery ebraska's Bl{.‘, ONY"’ | raitroad line at Pagny ana Ave ¥4 and owned in Christiania. 1ta gross | 15 NAVE been unearthed va 'I‘-'l cOUrts | WASIINGTON, April 17, — President the wor During the night of Aprilt 1538 & n0g0 was 1,018 | The operator gave no further informa " . with oha ver ro—— Freuch med aere . flying over the " | tion to General Gavira oth th hat ¢ ) f the R ) L Wilson, speaking before the D anking 7 5 g . The M fan sailed from New Yerk other than tha 194, of the San Diego atations. | ° 7 P HiA . ™ T we fulll Away he tra REGULAR REPUBLICAN TICKET | North Sea at an altit W feet threw Ap for Mavee. 1t was & sampare: | VU8 Waa wounded on March #1. He did 2 [ tevolutién here toda an B b s Ixtoen shells at w vessel of the enemy. tively new vessel, haying been built in| M0t ¥now the date of the bandit's death declared that the only excuse of the (¢ p: aditios Vor Delegntos-nt-Large Elover £ thes en found thele | 1914 for a Londen compan 1t was 3| General Gavies sald that as soon as Thv W("lfll('l‘ United Btates to ever fight would be In|w, huve changed our char e LI Baldelae, Omaha ark foot long and of 4.%0 tons net groas he was advised that the body of villa ) Al J the o of humanity, His words wers 0 4 4 e Ve “ Suraent had been brought to Cusl, he would tele enthustustionlly spplauded by delegates ‘ o \ ' Kraph Minister of War Obregon request | Inlty - Unsettied and from all parts of the country A . . N J. Kilpatitek, Neatvite HE l' h P I A F‘ d Ing that the bady be brought te Jusres " armas g g o St s . SN . ng 18 eop e re r‘ine an General Gavira sald Villa would, not be pem-, 1) Hpure, DO itlond, said the president, If (4 fighta o it gv Alisrusiopsatslaens siven & military funersl bus he would : | Vo We P | “" ¥ for (aelt. Mo added that t ocoaston 1t G d B Th c U T 95| e buried an a bandit in the Jusres pot ' ! : . erdle e N S SISO Vaclay W ood but [hey Get Up oo Late’ .. ' - B duien " . " % It had forgotta " f Actialnaba, M \ mining concern here with & repre A 00 Surd WAelld Prontn ‘A i oo <t N A . papize 6l e, L p Alive At Sante Barbare recoived & mes i 7 - “ elfiah, Lo anid, it ¥ wase 10 by . Vor Natlodnl Commitierman - erties. They asage today that that tewn had e / " \ p A . ' Charles ©o Mot v, tamaha & ioday FIRAR | atlacked by bandity Saturday night. The \ - . " 4 ’ weal ¢ st 4 men andits e ientity s nnknown, ear | _ 4 tormed fov | " { serving ' terpa oy g+ g sland has S _"\; ! H \ anh f " Republicans should know that 100 Mdvication htinved on Poge Twe, Colums Twe ( ‘.\. . aitord & m e Al mey T . A they will find the above names " . | > il LU 1 : y ' PD e g b wrinted the primary ballot \ wa " . names of ablicans not enly d A m ted 1o & reunion of the party. hut > t [ l](} also of tried loyalty and proved sea bF party ueces - N . " : . 1Ifference Py, e — x - | Cheyon laadly 9 " - h oy i “ = onves ' & -1 ™ A . N - . : Ll povy Toeaer Y|l rHE crass MARK ¢ If You Want Hughes tr Presi Write it in Like This: between good results and resilts 10T from want ada, In ninety per cont of the cases, s the difference hetween woll written, completely deseribed offep " dent and one that only gives