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

{ Wilson Takes German Crisis to Congress - Call Tyler 1000 If You Want to Talk to The Bee or to Anyone Connected With The Bee. VOL. XLV DEATH REPORT OF VILLA MADE UP AT JUAREZ This is the Conclusion Which Has Been Reached by General Bell After Investigation of All the Rumors, WORD FROM CONSUL LETCHER NO, 2682, American Consul Says Nothing is Kanown of Report of Bandit's death at Cusihuiriachic, WAS FINE CHANCE TO ESCAPE KYIN, *SAN ANTONIO, Tex,, April 18 General Funston ispued orders today that will place at the disposal of General Pershing 2,300 more troops. He has ordered to proceed to Co- + lumbus, N, M., the 8ixth cavalry from the Brownsville district, the Beven- teenth Infantry from Eagle Pass, the First battalion of the Twenty-fourth infantry from Kagle Pass and Troop I, from the 7Tenth cavalry, Fort Apache, WABHINGTON, D, €., April 18 Fresident Wilson and the cabinet ,went over the Mexlcan situation wgaln fully at the meeting today and ofterward 1t was announced that | there was no change in the situa- | tion nor in the American govern- went's policy, SBAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 18 General Bell, reporting from El Paso | to General Funston, gave it as his opinfon after as thorough an investi- gation ay he could make that "IO‘ report of Villa's death had been | manufactured in Juarez, Consul Letcher, who sald he had been in eommunication with Custhuiriachie, nlso has falled to verify the report. It Francisco Villa fg not dead he now has an excellent nm.nrmrny to escape Into territory far beyond' the most ad- yvaneed of the American detachments be- causo the punitive force has penetrated about as far south as it ean go with the present arganization, Official admission that It was impossible to extend the main line of communieation south of Batevo wis taken today to mean that the field of operations would be restricted to that district over which detachments of cav- alry could ride. Beyond the arc of that fan Villa would be safe so far as the Amerieans are concerned Neport from Pershing, Geaeral Pershing is belleved to have explained in detall this phase of the sit- uation in a report to Cieneral Funston (Continued on Page Two, Column Four,) Great Explosion in Torpedo Plant at | Wilhelmshaven | LONDON, April 18~A Reuter dispatch from Copenhagen says A dispatch to the Kefler Zeltung from Wilhelmshaven says there was a great explosion last Friday in the new torpedo works there, a number of persons be- ing Killed and others wounded, The works were recently fintshed and were inspected by Emperor Willlam on Febru- ary 2, Florence Rejects Howell's Electric Bond Proposition The cltisens of Fiorenve demonstrated thely unwillingness to accept any part of the game of R, Nee r Howe when The Weather Temperntures nt Gmaha Yestorday STOWERG Toe FRN Cumparative Lavnl Heeanrd Wopnurty fram Sintions o) T 9 . v THE OMA s' ; 'fl(\’ !“o\v\ 4 BY THE RUSSIANS Most Important Turkish City on Black Sea Falls Into Hands of Slavs, COMMANDS ROUTE OF TRADE PETROGRAD (Via London), Apri) 185, Trebizond, the most important Turkish city on the Black Sea, bas been captured by the Russians. Trebizond fs u eity of Agla Minor on the Black Bea, 576 miles eant of Constantinople of about 40,000, 18,000 Christians tmportance of Port, The tmportance of the port s due to its command of the point where the chief trade route from Versia and central Asia descends Lo the sea It is separated from the rest of Asia Minor by & barrler of rugged moun taing 7,000 to 8,000 feet high, which the Russian armies had to traverse Alded by the Russian fleet, the invaders pushed past the last series of natural obstacles along the coast, including some Strengthened Garrison, Since the fall of Krzerum and the 'Ne right to cast thelr ballots before | capture three weeks later of Bitlis the Turks are sald to have increased the Trebizond garrison until it con- talned three complete divisions, or about 54,000 men, and to have done everything possible (o strengthen the Black Sea port, Five Persons Killed and Thirty Hurt in Rear B_n_d Collision BRADFORD, R, L, April 18.~A search of the wrockage resulting from the rear- end collision of two trans on the ‘New York, New Haven & Hartford rallroad here Inst night was still in progress to day, in an effort to determine whether It contained any bodles In addition to the five persons known to haye lost their lives, 1t was thg opinion of many persons who had been at the acene during the night that at least thpee other pas- songers had been unable to extricate themselves from the burning mass. More than thirty persons were injured, All the vietims were occupants of the rear car of a loeal traln which had started to run on a slding In front of the wtation when the Gilt Kdge express from Boston crashed Into it. Conls from the express locomotive and the explogion It has a population | OMAH o, 0 TREBIZOND TAKEN COMPLEX BALLOT IS CAUSE. OF BAD MIXES AT POLLS Inadequate Facilities Provided by, Election Commissioner Make Trouble and Also Cause Delay. MISTAKES BLOCK THE VOTING One Man Loses Half a Day's Time Through Clerical Error Made A by Some Clerk, ; DELAYED RETURNS IN STATE} BELLETIN, AL the hour of going to press with this edition of The Bee only one of the precinet rveturns fire the elecs | tion had been vecelved from over the | state. None of the clty precinets of GOmaha had reported (o reveal the trend of the result, Many voting hooths were crowded with voters at K o'clock when the polls closed and these were all accommodated with | the boisds began to count the vote The prospect ix for s count delayed | longer |Im. any on record In Nee braska, GRAND ISLAND, Neb., April 18, = (Special Telegram, ) —Washington No. 2 (Boldlers’ home distriet) coms plete on democratic governor: Bryan, 7; Neville, 13, | Voting throughout the city and ;munly started off In a brisk manner, indicating & heavy vote, The elec- | bon commissioner said he believed the vote in Omaha will run ahead of the last city election vote, which was | nearly 21,000, The preparstion of ballots 18 necessarily slow, owing to the many candidates from which to make selections, “I know It took me ten minutes to cast my ballot, and | was quite familiar with the candidates,” re- | marked Harry G. Counsman, | K, A. Benson stopped to vote at | Fortieth and Farnam streets at 9:16, but after walting a while and ob- serving the line of waiting men he of & gan tank et fire to the wreckage | decided to return later in the day, and the flames spread so rapidly that the nearby station and frelght house were destroyed, together with four wood- en conches of the loeal train, were at variance in statements as to the slgnals, French Supply of Munitions Still Too Small Says Thomas PARIS, April 18—~A warning France must make still greater offorts was glven by Albert Thomas, the muni tlons minister, In an address yesterday at the Creusot works, M. Thomas praised the efforts of the workers and continued “But these efforts, t am they are, are still insuffielent enemy had a considerable advantago us, ‘which we, porh have not yet regained, Cer. tainly our armies, thanks to you, are to he over day well provided with munitions, but you know how anr enémy, With his methodical, disciplined organization, has constantly increased Dis strength “It s your task to continue, to sur pass our production ard with the help of our allles to equal the effart of the menacing, sleepless enemy M. Thomas also praised the Industrial orgar ns, which befors the war at strife with the state, for the present unlon of effort and organization, which audacloun would the most among us never have dreamed was possible Kaiser Will Print Names of French Prisoners of War A L(Via London.)-—1n exinting tn Franes as t ' nAles A £y ' v wd Verd wi the M fatriol Lorimer Puts Blame Uvon C. B. Munday "w TS . \ M " yoo Tralnmen | that | Lock of Vacllities. | Critleism was made ot the lack of voting facilities provided at most of the polling places. Four booths were not regarded as sufficlent when it 18 considered that many remalin from ten to fifteen minutes in their booths. At 11 o'clock the election commissioner sald he wag endeavor- ; ing to get more hooths to the voting | places, as he admitted he received many complaints of Inadequate | facilities, Another oversight of the election com misioner was fallure to send water board ballots to South Omaha precincts, When | this was discovered by one of the elec tion boards an automoblle was rushed out with the missing ballots, but not in to accommodate some of the early | voters. One explanation of this mistake was the statement that perhaps the elec forgot that South Leen merged into Greatoer \ time tion Omaha | Omaha fome eclaimed they had registered, glstrations had not been entered books the election Some of the complainants dio not have just who did and commissioner had but | the ups 1 the sent to but there were who angered o they had to suffer complaints, many were over the ineconvenlenc Many Disfranchised, 1t was evident early In the day that distranchised of the fhioe logal voters will of the mistakes wer's offiee | ection The was be thelr voters who were the the right W fran 0, for re exorole ons which traced b 1 Maol nlealit eh worked sgainat the voete walted n L the e e of & when Steel Combine Raises Wages Ten Per Cent Ihe National Capital, Fhmeadag, Apellh 18, 1010 the Seunte Fa vola el The Huwas " MORNING, APRIL 19 PACK MULES LOADED WITH SENATE VOTES FOR | ARMY OF A MILLION Upper Body Adopts Measure Pro-| viding for Huge Regular and | Reserve Force, SUBSTITUTE FbE THE HAY BILL WASHINGTON, April 18,~An army reorganization bill that would produce regular army and reserve military forces in the United States | aggregating 1,000,000 wnn\ passed by the senate tonight without ! a record vote. It s a substitute for the Ray bill passed by the house | and the difference will be worked | out fn conference, On the eve of a joint session of | the houses of congresh to hear | message from the president on grave internationsi fssues, the sen-| ate hastened completion of the bill| amid scenes of excitement, repeat-| edly rejecting all amendments pend- ing to reduce the proposed strength- ening of the army, WABHINGTON, April 18,—Bound by pariinmentary agroemont to take a final | vote on the army reorganization bill be- | adjournment, the wenate wettled | for a protracted sesslon, which some leaders thought might last until far beyond midnight. Many amendments remained to be dlsposed of men fore down tonight when the usual hour for adjournment pussoed, although some of the moxt im portant, including one passed late in the day fixing the pe strength of the standing army at 0,000, were out of the wiy This provision wa voted into the bl %, This total, proposed fin an amendment by Senator Brandegee, re publican, is an Increase of 70,000 over that provided for in the bill ae drafted by the military committee Eighteen Freshies | Dropped from Greek Frats at Nebraska - LINCOLN, April 18— (8pecial,)—Right eon University of Nehraska freshmen fraternity men ting two Omaha boys, were dropped from the ek leot ter soclotle esterday upon order of the mterfraternity noil for fallure to properly carry school work The setion is the first to he taken under the new interfraternity rules whioh pro { r wuccsastully ¥ t work each seimeste £ the r pledges withd art Ines L oy . wedd BAYE mad v and ) “ ' Yuan and Rebels of China in Armistice 1916 | 1020 In preference to the house HA DAILY BEE. | TWELVE PAGES RUSHING SUPPLIES TO OUR TROOPS IN MEXICO--This photograph shows a large number of pack mules en route with supplies, take the places of animals killed or diseased in earlier engagements, SUPPLIES FOR JIEXICO Wilson for Senate Amendment to the | Sugar Tariff Bill WASHINGTON, Aprit 18 President Wilson favorp the senate bill po#tponing the placing of sugar on the free Iist until | bill pot poning it indefinitely Chalrman Bimmons of the senate fi nance committes told the president today | that the conferees on the measure were at o deadlock and asked his advice | Senator Wimmons returned to m meet ing of the confbroes propared to Inalst on the senate proviston WUST RELEASE THE' ARRESTED TEUTONS Becretary of Franz Von Papen Holds He is Immune from Arrest, | The mules will be retained at ‘the front to \MEXICAN SITUATION | tlon on the border and in Mexico, THE WEATHER. | | Showers CENTS. On Trains. SINGLE TWO PRESIDENT WILL LAY U-BOAT ISSUE BEFORE HOUSES Relations with Germany Become So | Grave Wilson Will Disouss Whole Matter in Presence of Legislature Today. RUPTURE 1S HELD IMMINENT coPry At Notel to., 00, Exccutive Prepares Message, but it Won't Be Given Out Till Delivered. LANSING WON'T SEE ENVOY WASHINGTON, April 18,—Presi- | dent Wilson will go before congress | tomorrow and lay the entirs Ger- man submarine f{ssue before both houses, A break in diplomatic rela- tlons s sald to be Imminent, Becretary Tumulty went to the capltol after today's cabinet meeting und took up the question with Ma- Jority Leader Kitchin of the house, Majority Leader Kern of the senate and Benator Btone, chalrman of the forelgn relations committes, They immediately wént Into conference with Speaker Clark of the house. ! Completes Message. The president already has com- pleted the communication he will de- BEFORE GABINET Hver to congress, 1p to the present it had been thought he would send | this communication to Berlin, It State and War Departments Report | yuy qocided, however, that the situa- on Diplomatic and Military tlon has become go grave as to re- Dcvelopmentl. quire more serjous drastic steps, | Arrangements were made at the VILLA TRAIL TURNS WESTWARD | c4pitol for passing a resolution fm- mediately providing for a joint ses- slon of both houses tomorrow to re- celve the president’s message, The contents of the message will be kept confidentinl and coples of it will not I be glven out until after jts delivery Lo congress, ©rvn rurr servick WABHINGTON, D, C,, April 18, Becretary Baker lald before the eabl- net today long reports from General | I'unston reviewing the whole situa~ I"rom the, State department the president and the cabinet recelved Pass Nesolution, un outline of the diplomatie nlflpl Both houses pnssed promptly a fesolu- taken or contemplated sinee the Car-|tion providing for a joint session in the ranza government urged the with- house fl“"r’:h" tomorrow afternoon at | ! i |0'clock. There was no Ncemgnt . drawal of American troops, 10" the: flurposs of ‘h‘;”- ',.i coming, A declslon as to what course now | n, offielal of the admintgtration could to pursue Is (0 be reached between suy definitely what course had been de- the military and diplomatic aspects ¢lded upor. Bome course of communiea- tion will go forward to Berlin, probably of the situation; tomorrow, but apparently none hut the but Is Bubdued. HIS HEARING IS POSTPONED WABHINGTON, April 18.--Act- on & protest from the 1l¢~||mm o baasy, the State department late to-| day asked that the Department or“ Tustice 1elesse Wolfe von Igel, pec-| retary to Captain von Papen, the 're ‘ called militury attache, arrested in| Now York on a charge of conspiracy | to blow up the Welland canal unless the actiivtfes complained | committed hefore von Igel bocame ut- | tached atafl e embassy ¢ 0ms diplomatic inumunity tor him, of were 1o the embassy NEW YORK, April 18 Igel, secretary former military attache to the Ger | Wolfe \rm‘ of Franz von l'upvn,‘ man embassy, was arrested here to cay in Captain von Papen's former office after a fist fight with four | ngents of the Department of Justice fifth man Indicted Von Von lgel ix the with charged | with conspiracy to blow up the Wel yesterday Papen, land canal, When the four agents of the - Department Pis office toduy he put up a fight of Justice entered which he was asaisted by George von | Shall, an employe I coeded reaching & A nd ¥ \ i i fed, 1 ) Rent anld . hir It \ . n " a ' o Piine \ PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF EXTENSION | ent operations at the front are of a lim. o, CGenoral Punston's dispatches came 188t pregidont and the members of his cabinet night and are the fullest disoussion of W | know what 1t will be, probloms he! yet has submitted, They| Tt has been stated and relterated that ‘contain no mention of the reported death | nefora taking any step tending to lead of Villa. That was the only hint of ?Mr to a rupture In diplomatie relations or contents Hecrotury Huker would reCeal. | war the president would lay the situation The substance of the messages, the sec-| hefore congresn, retary muld, was beyond the realm of | public discussion at this time | On this acotion, when unofficial word Villa Tratl Turnse Westward, of the nature of the messige to be de- It s understood that the reports show | llvered tombrrow hegan to cireulate General Pershing's mon to be south now | was taken for granted on both sl of tho farthest wouthern point at which [the capitol that drastic action was im- Villa's trafl has been even indefinitely | pending, loented. The pursult Is swinging west-| The president's decistor was reached ward Into the more mountainous reglons. | after long consideration of a mass of fenewed wniping around® Parral was | evidence that Germany had been violat not reported to the department, although | ng solemn pledges_regarding the con- newn dispatches from Genernl Pershing's | duet of submarine warfare. A long lst ed that American troops had | of disasters to peacefu! vesssls, many of fired by Carranza | them under neutral flags and many car rying American cltizens, wal gone over | earefully by the presidont and his ad- Drastie Action Impend cnmp dinclo wnin been upon troops It wan Intimnted that General Pershing might have thought It necessary to eall | Vieers and was understood to have been the department's attention to the situa- |Included in the communication Arafted tion very fully, and to await further n- | for dispatch to Germany. | structions, It seemed probable that pres This document had no theen msent late today and there were Indleations that it would not go until the president had ad- dretaed congress ited character and would not he extended without more instrictions. Hernntorft Presents Memoran . Addresses of Pareal Vietims, Count von Bernstorff, the mrmu.‘::- War department records glve the hassador, presented to Seeretary Lansing vmes and homes of those killed and|today a memorandum said tp be similar vounded {n the fighting at Parral last | to the one delivered on the sinking of Wednesday an follows the liner Arable, reiterating asmirances Kille that Germany would conduot submasine KT LEDFORD, pr HONE vate, troop M, | warfare according to international law AR v GO not on |4 was ready to give satisfaction for i Thirteeny cavalry, but | ARy unauthorized or unintentional viola ] rionnt, | srded as | tlon of neutial rights f Mr. Tansing said lator that the ambas 3 e ihie s e, | A0S VKt would have no effeet upon . s R the course already termined upon by farpors the Amerioan government. Ha 18 under N o B Proog d 1o have informed the ambassades ‘ ) ox that | I not discuss the subject with . | hing I oAt this time. : e Prosident Wilson' will disouss the subs reh. | marine orisis tomorrow at 10 o'cloeh with Benators Stone and Lodige and Rep ' niatives Flood and Cooper, the rank ni malority and minority members of o M naressional forelgn affalre con " ¥ Pueblo Banker Is " Declared Not Guilty DEPUTY DROPS DEAD DURING STRIKE RIOT T oL AN \: n:l. ’l' ‘::»l A conbeastamen el M sniils Nao 4 A Battery [ linotype machines i kept busy for several airs oach day to get wit The Bee's Want-Ad Nection Hundveds of offers go into the oDl columig daily,