Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 6, 1916, Page 1

— PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN, VOL. XLV~—NO. 277, thson Declares German Reply Acceptable MORNING, M AY 6, 1916 Rotel oto, 80 TWENTY PAGES BRITAIN T0 FREE i ¥ 1 " TEUTONS TAKEN navy yard, Philadelphia, May 2, 1916. Superdreadnought, Okla " FROM THE SHIPS glish Government Has Decided | “to Release Thirty-Eight Germans ' and Austrians Removed from U. 8. Ship 1 WILL BE DONE AT ONCE Men Hauled Off American Vessel i by the Auxiliary Cruiser 4 Laurentic CHARGED WERE IN INDIAN PLOT LONDON, May The British Sgovernment has decided fo releasc the thirty-eight Germans and Au e trians, who were taken from th ;f L American steumship China, The re I8 W llease of thesp men will be orderel B immediately i The Germans and Austrians were & 8 removed from the China by the Brit 1 fsh wuxlliary cruiser Laurentic on i B February 19, while the China was en youte from Shanghal to San Fran elpco, The United States requested Great Britain to release these men, ' and being met with a declination sent a socond note The British authoritie the thirty-eight m charge that concerned 1 were in 4 plot for a revolution in India British Cruiser Destroys Zeppelin LONDO. May 6.~A Ze in dirigible balloon w destroyed wterda y Lk the Hchleawlg const, nays an officlal an ‘ nouncement isaucd by t ernment to- | dan E This I8 the mecond Zeppelin to be de stroyed In two da The Zeppe L2 was blown ashore on the Nor an copst on Wedn ny returning from a S rald on the east coast of Kngland and i Bcotland Tuesday night., When the dis i e abled balldon began to be carrled away military authorities at tavanger blew | up the alr vessel GRAND LODGE OFFICERS REBELS EXECUTED VISIT SYRACUSE MASONS | Sentences of Fxfteen Others Sen- Musca,tlm, MUSCATINE, Ia [ the breaking of the low Muscatine May 6.~ Minslosipp) yesterduy levee be additional “m”u'm“: T'v‘:, \‘v»;, ,\1:;\' - ‘ku;.z »K tenced to Death Commuted to | breaks occurred today ,A‘n & oault |t s Mount Morlah lodge of Masons ente : cstimated 23,000 acres of land will be In tained Grand Master Samuel 8, Whiting Long Prison,/Terms, sndated. Two hundred men under the and Grand Chaplain Dr, Charles M ard Thursday evening. Over 100 member of the order, iastern Btar friends, listened to the splendid p prepared, which included addresse Bhep direction of Mayor McNutt are at work trying to protect Muscatine ADDITIONAL SPACE MEN SHOT WERE PROMINENT DUBLIN, May b.~Four rebel prisoners were sentenced and mvited am the more to local ministers, There were guests from the adjoining jowns of Berlin and Una- | 4¢ath by court-martial and shot this dilla, and the women of the Kastern Star iV.Hrnll)K This was announced offl OFFERED FOR GLUB served light refreshments a © of { clally. The men are Joseph Plunk the entertainment tt Edward Daly, Michael O'Hanra William Pearse, Business Men Who Are Pushing Harney Street Location Make han and INVALID WIFE OF FARMER 4 Fifteen other rebels were sen- v SENDS ALARM AND FAINTS |\ ncet o conin. the ofttersl state New Proposition. BEAVER CITY, Ne lay 6.—(Spectal | €Nt adds, but later their sentepces MATTER IS NOT YET DECIDED Melegram.)—A large barn on the farm of ere commuted to ten years' penal B. I, Moore ix west of town, wrvitude, The death sentence of . 4 Sarned with. tires g Arness, graid |y oinar neisoner ‘was commuted to| . XY-six. feet. for $10,000 o and feed. The tenant, John Young, was "‘)‘ v I‘ fip ;v eighty-eight feet for $15,000, that in s flald 0..and R pEL A o R 9 {8 what the new Athletic club can known how the fire originated, H on rebels were sentenced to ten years in e g A e O e have at Fourteenth and Harnoy i the horses, Mrw. Y an Inval ) e pireets as a location for its new club | » following officla aunication i in the house A ¢ out ra to give A e " y house. The sixty-six-foot front was the slarm and th Thitan "t % “ ed this afternoon (Thursda g r“ e et S e I prisoners, Joseph Plunkett, 14-| offered by a fot of business men ound on the g 1 In a serious con . - 3 o dition | ward Dal Michael O'Hanrahan who agreed to raise sufficlent bonu : O —— "; \ nym' l‘; by : ::"" ‘( ‘,I! . :“I. L”"‘}: ':‘ln to pay about fixe-sixths of the cost of Wilsox . Cltinens ‘:""‘ had been confirmed by the general com-| the lot and make the lot cost them WILCOX Ay remonstrance has been f! vil. | mander-in-chief. nc more than $10,000 of actnal out ( lago board hers requestir IROA L s 8 T | 1oy, The other twenty-two feet have ) grant & license t e r Herman | wars | 8ince been offered, it waid, unde ¥. ‘Thenha The 1 ra tates | oyoian 1 b Mervyn, Den other negotiations, in h that the petition M Na f . 8 not A} el maeeos ) : d ol : .‘ . 1 that they would not Involve the out 4 pute the rights of ! . g : s Wt lay of more than $6,000 bxtra defer T 1 i [ ) parail ' Wevord FORMER CITY ENGINEER OF OMAMA DIES AT ST — 1 ™ SR NEW SPARK PLUG FIRM o FILE 3 INC Y | ORPORATION STOCK PRICES DROP Breaks SHARPLY, THEN RISE War Issues Lead Break, Industrials and Leading Railroad Shares Follow EXCITEMENT DIES QUICKLY YORI May b.—Wall treet grave lew of the German was reflected in the demoral Ized done of the stock market at the opening today, active issues, particu larly those comprising the war group, breaking three to six points, with nineteen for Bethlehem Steel The tenor of the German reply generall known before the rarket opened, the news ticker and other agencies having published ny of its essentlal features, There a large attendance of members - g - f the ma pd 5 \ 1 nd \ | Socialist Memben startl Hou v OLD GLORY FLOATS FROM FLAG, .AFF AS THE OKLAHOMA GOES INTO COM Text Of Germany ,S Reply to MISSION-—A scene on the forward deck of the United States homa, after the flag-raising and the ceremonies attendant upon its acceptance from the builders and being put into commission by the United States government at League Island U.S. in Subsea War Dispute N. Y May & in reply to the American note re BERLIN (By Wirele Via Following is the text of the note of the Ger Sayville, 1N government pecting submarine warfare, delivered on Thursday by Gottlieb von Jaegow, the forelgn wecretary, to Amba The unde on behalf honor to present to his excellency Ir Ames W ador Gerard of the imperiul German government has the rslgned ambagsador of the United States regarding Gerard, the following reply to the note of April 20, he conduct of German submarine warfare The German governmont handed over to the proper naval author) ties for early Investigation the evidence concerning the Sussex as communl cuted by the government of the United States. Judging by results that the nvestigation has hitherto ylelded, the German government {8 alive to the possibi)ity that the ship mentioned in the note of April 10, as having been torpedoed by a German submarine, {s actually {dentical with the Sussex RESERVATION FOR FUTURE INFORMATION he German government hegs to reserve further communication on the matter until certain points are ascertained, which are of decisive im the Should it turn out that the commande® was wrong In assuming the vessel to be a man-of-war, ortance for establishing facts of the came the jerman government will not fall to draw the consequence resulting there of the Bussex the of the f statements the gist of which {s the asser but one instance of a deliberate nationalities I onnection with the case government ! { States n nite ade a serles o tion that the incident is to be considered, method of indigeriminate destruction of vesgels of all sorts, submarine commanders emphbatically repudiate the thinks it of little avail to enter particularly as the government ind destinations by German The The German g German government must asser ornment, however into tion detalls Q' the R in the stage of affalrs, United conerete fact present more States omitted to gubstantiate the assertion by reference to GERMANY Ihe German government ALREADY HAB DONE MUCH, state that it submarine weapon, will only has imposed far use of the solely in con sideration of neutrals in spite of the fact that these restrictions are necessarily of advantage to Germany's enemies, No suclt consideration repch restraints upon the ng " Interests, Liag ever been shown neutrals by Great Britain and her allies The German submarine forces have had, in fact, orders to conduct the submarine warfare in accordancs Points in the New (Continued on Page Five, Column One.) Germari Note ‘ll'|llll|l|lllln of the charge by the Submarine Warfare Enters Realm of | yeyucls indiscriminately and insists FOR NEUTRAL RIGHTS ;75 % e | that commanders are executing ors [ ders In good faith in accordance | vith the declaration of February U,\ BREAK NYAR SEVERAL TIMES| 90, Germany will not abandon the 1se of the submarine as a weapo) the conduct of warfare against emy trade, but will make further concessions that will decrease dan- | ger to lives of neutrals and neutral | WASHINGTON, Jor- man's diplomatic | with the United States on the sub-| ' hag s year and May © correspondence marine lusue oxtended over nearly a more than once have brought the two countries to a pans where a break seemed unavoid- | Property. shle Great Britain is charged with vio- All along President Wilson has|1Wing all rules of international law poken primarily for the inviolable | i its conduct of the war and it is rights of Americans and generally | held that the subm, o I8 the only for the rights of neutrals . ‘1-1ln-v||\<- weapon that can be used Germany has been restrained by a | to combat illegal conduct of Ger- powerful public sentiment aroused | many's enemies, against curtalling the effectiveness| The United States is asked to co- of its best weapon against its ene-| operate with Germany in its efforts mies and President Wilson has been | (o have the war on the high seas embarrassed first by dissension in|conducted within the accepted the cabinet and later in congress, and | limits of international law, ! pro-German propaganda con German people know the United ducted throughout the United States. g, ey has power to confine war to jubmarine warfare did not actually er P} sLould not the w rees of belligerents and it permit Great Britain to victories won by T non-combatants ter the realm of diplomacy until after the lestruction of the Lusitania, The aceu oullify on mulation of nsen affecting Americans ; : h . armies by starving aN: D18 Ug. BN} 10 defiance of all laws of war many, which was diapatched May 15, 1916 Plea in name of humanity does not It characterized the attacks on the Fal and 1 ns A en of events which the appenl to Germany with same force would f United States was to aba, Cushing, Guiriight itania g that It tat has observed with growing - not supplying munitions Ger- Flest Demund of United States expressed t pe thet many's enemies, Further United concessions will be made to States hecause Germany ged In torpedoing peace does not " ra eng warning want to extend horrors of vinr further New orders are issued to German vhmarines not to sink any vessel ine side or outside war rone without warning and saving of human lives unless resistance is offored Uniited States s asked 10 cooper that te with Germany in inslsting Caeat Beitaln observe rules of inter watlonal taw and resorves complote Hberty of action If it falls to do yo (teneral Pershing Believes He Has Located Villa REPUBLICAN MEDICAL VALLEY OCIETY MEETS SINGLE Lable COPY TWO CENTS, WILSON T0 0. K. NOTE IF FIRST TEXT CORRECT First Feeling That It Is Unsatis- factory Somewhat Modified by Receipt of Later Seotions. SUBSEA CONCESSIONS ARE LIKED Demand for Pressure on England Disquieting Feature of the Teuton Answer CABINET HAS UNdmCIAL COPY WABHINGTON, May b.--It was stated authoritatively late toady that | If the official text of Germany's note bears out the unofficial copy trans- | mitted in news dispatches today, the United States will accopt the assur- ances It contains and await a fulfill- ment of {ts promises, WASHINGTON, May b.=At the Biate fepartment after the cabinet mesting it was stated that no “hasty” mction would be taken on the Glerman note and that In view of ita length and the necessity ot digenting It earefully it was “improb- that any decision would be reached before next week, Later Secretary Lansing sald it was possibie the United States might ask Ger- many for an officlal copy of the previous orders to submarine commanders which never have been communicated to the tate department so that they might be vompared with the new orders desacribed In the note, Won't Discuss the Nofe. Mr. Lansing would not discuss the note oxcept to say that mistakes In subma- rine warfare were not admissible and to reiterate that the United Biates was will- Ing to dlcuss the conduct of submarine warfare with Germany after the latter had abandoned the present practices, Congress received the note quietly, with members expressing a variety of views, Senators of the forelgn relations com- mittes uniformly refrained from com- ment, Others thought the reply favors able; soms were doubtfui of the condi- tlons apparently attached and moms | others thought it has not advanced the negotiations toward settlement at all. On the surface there were no indications of activity in the group which has op- posed the president's folicy of pressing in demands, Ho much depends upon words and tholr | ahaden of meaning involved in transiation from German to English that no decision ean be attempted until the official text i fu the prosident’s hands Ambassador Gernrd cabled todsy that ho had started it on the cables last night. It ought to be in Washington tonight or early tomorrow Two views were current in official eir- cles. One was that Germany has declared Its Intention of abandoning its “pres ent methods of submarine warfare” as demanded by the president and that the Amgerican government might have to wait to see whether the abandonment will be effedted The other was that the United States having alrendy sttempted to have Great Britain its give iuterference with neutral commerce and having told Gers up many that It cannot discuss with it ita negotiations with Great Britain has no course but to break diplomatic rela- tlons with Germany General Tmpression Unfavorahle While the general tone of the German note created an unfavorable Impreasion, officials took the popition that the lan- Kuage was immaterial if the guaran- toes were real g O any's declaration that it has Isaued new orders to submarine commanders not 1o attack vithout warning ‘merchant ensels recognized by International law was considered the chief point; The Ger man view of merchant vessels as defind purposs to » rmed ships without warning and the American view as de fined in the a 1 ship memorandum made pub e nt differ In severa ints rr " - od that for this reasor 1 now come (o " " AN governmant A the & ' the Sussex The Hand I'he hand of oppor tunity may be try ng rht now.to reach out and guide jou toward a new Careel Reading Bee Want-Ads is me way of not neyg lecting tunitie any oppor