Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 16, 1916, Page 1

THE WEATHER. Fair | i If Yon Want to T Call Tyler 1000 ‘ 1k to The Bee ; nected orto \ < With THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. OMAHA, B 15, at Hotel News Stands, eto., do. CENTS, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY SINGLE COPY TWO CASEMENT TRIED 285. VOL. 1916—~TWELVE PAGES. CASHIER [I_I_I(]TT MEXICAN BANDITS ~ UNITED STATES IS XLV—NO. AUSTRIANS MASSING FOR ATTACK IN TRENTINO-According to Trecent dis- patches, the Austrians have mobilized a large army for a big attack against the Italians in the Trentino. RAFTING VIGOROUS The picture shows one of the big Italian field guns in the Trentino. MAKES HIGH JUMP PLAN MORE RAIDS D Running Farmers’ State Bank at Decatur in Very Brief Interval. INDIANS HELP HIM ALONG Profitable Work Loaning Them Money Gives Him Needed . Capital. THEN BUYS DEPRESSED STOCK (From a Staff Correspondent.) | Decatur, Neb, May 15—(Special.) ~*How did Cashier John E. Elliott of the Farmers' State bank of De- catur ever got into the banking business?” is a question freely asked by people in Decatur and other parts of the state who have become interested in the meteoric carcer was suddenly checked a little over a -week ago when the State Banking board closed the doors and took complete charge Six years ago or so, John E. Elliott of Decatur was a painter and paper hanger. Suddenly he appeared as cashier of the Farmers' State bank, in a year after that he declared a diy idend of 50 per cent, and was paying 5 per cent {o depositors and some times 6 per cent to favored depos- itors. Takes a Promotion, Well, when Mr Elliott had painted and hung paper about as long as he felt a man of his abilities should be engaged in such a task, he went to Rasalie, Ne¢b, and went to work for his brother-in-law, Ted Johnson, in the Farmers' State bank of Rosalie At Rosalie Elliott was used as an “outside man.” 1In other words, he worked as a kind of “field man,” par- ticularly among the Indians of the reservation, Many bankers of the section around the Indian reservation Indians, and many of them carry a good Yeal of Indian paper Indians His Customers. So Elliott was the field man among the Indians.® He was the fel- low who negotiated the loans amon the Indians and traded and dealt with them 14 various ways. Here he accumulated- vast stores of information and vaster funds of ex- perience in banking and in dealing with Indians, He became more and | more shrewd in these dealings, and in the meantime he began to amass ‘ a little wealth, The business there ' was profitahle. [} “ K | Soon he began to have ambitions to be head of a bank of his own. About this time, in the early part of the summer of 1914, when the Farmers' State bank of Decatur was not doing especially, well, the State Banking board recommended an as- sessment of 35 per cent on its capi- ull stock to help the little institution alon| Tlfil, of course, was before Elliott came into the life of the bank, Asscssment Levied. This recommendation was made b, the state board after Examiner E. H. Maloney had reported the condition of the bank to the state board and had found some bad paper there. His examination was made about April 1, 1914, The directors of the little De- catur bank levied the assessment on the stock, and it was all paid except on about fifteen shares, the holders of which either had no money or re- fused to pay up the assessment. Now, Elliott came upon the scene, Up to this time he had been busy making his fortune trading with the Indians and acting as “field man” for the Rosalie bank e A When he heard of this assessment | of 35 per cent he knew a number of shares were held in Sioux City. In fact, the bank had been started by the Live Stock National bank of Sioux City in 1908, as a branch bank, and much of the stock was still held in that city. Sioux Cityans Sell. Elliott now made a City, went among the stockholders of the Decatur bank there had talk with them about the per cent assessment. H ed this assessment talk to depress the stock, and, in fact, it was to depress it 1wch trip to Sioux AN » not ne Sioux City men were « ol red on ¥ The ontl age Two, Column One,) Weather At Omaha Yestorday Hou Deg m ‘ faom ‘ ‘ Comparative Loval Weoe IN BUSINESS LIFE Graduates from Paper Hanging to career of this banker, whose banking | de more or less business with the | General Funston Will Increase the Patrols Near Brownsville to Prevent Depredations, ARMED BANBDITS AT PROGRESO San Antonio, Tex., May 15.~In formation indigating a plan for the resumption of raids across the inter Tex., headquarters here national line near Brownsville has reached army and will, it is expected, cause a con siderable strengthening of the force now patrolling that district. General Funston and his staff swill study in detail today the proposed reorgani 1lalinu ‘of the entire border patrol, land it was indicated that the Thir tieth infantry, coming from New York, would bhe sent to Rio Grande City for service between there and Brownsville, the district so fre quently raided a year ago Official reports from the officer commanding gave no addition news of the activities of armed Mex icans opposite Progreso, Tex., but their presence there was in line with reports made by both agents of the Department of Justice and agents of the State department No apparent anxiety regarding the | position of the little force that en tered Mexico near Boquillas was in dicated at headquarters. Colonel Sibley is commanding only four troops of cavalry and a machine gun | | company, but army men here believe that he would have no difficulty in withdrawing if menaced by a su perior force Sibley Asks for More Men. Marathon, Tex., May 15.~The ex pedition in search of the bandits who committed the Glenn Springs out- rage has checked its dash into Mex |ico and is now awaiting reinforce ments before pushing on, according to reports received here today A message has been sent to General Funston by Colonel Sibley com- | manding the Fourteenth ca alry, it was learned here, asking for aid Military ohservers here point out that Major Langhorne and his flying squadron of the Eighth cavalry are now perhaps 200 miles beyond their | base without sufficient troops to pros tect their line of communication, Marathon the base, is ninety miles distant from Boquillas over broken country, Several instances have heen reported the last few days of bandits cutting in behind the expedition with- out meeting armed resistance, Supplies of every character are now being rushed from Marathon to Bo liquillas, there to be transferred to pack animals for Sibley's expedition | Mexican teamsters are engaged in this work under Captain John S Chambers of the quartermaster's de partment, He reports the Mexicans %li!'lfll| to their trust. No supplies have failed yet to reach their des-| tination, The two Mexican prisoners | brought into Marathon hy Sheriff | Shoemaker from Boquillas last Satur- | dny night will be sent to Alpine for trial for murder, Unusual Honors Paid to Memory of | Jewish Mark Twain New York, May 15.—The memory of Solomon Rabinowitz, “the Jewish Mark Twain,” was honored in un-\ usual fashion at his funcral here to day. A procession than 3,000 men, women and children fol lowed the funeral cortege through the streets of the east side, which the poet had often depicted in prose and poetry. The crowd which had gathered at the synagogue was great that it was impossible for the bier to be taken into the building and the fu- neral prayers were read by the rabbi | from the steps Rabbi J. L. Magnes, in opening the funeral services, read Rabinowitz’ will. In it the author pleaded that his family mention his name only with laughter and stipulated that cach year one of his “most joyous stories” was to be read at a family gathering Chicago Bankers Arrange "Peace Credits” to France of more | Chicag NCAR ank . tered q w oa ¢ T t peac edit M acing VAN VLEET CONTINUES IN CHARGE OF W, P, CASE | ence NOTE 10 ENGIAND PO “\c\-‘. United Stat S Tise to oV Counteti & W' "Seizure and Dete®5i of the Mails by Britain, IT. WILL .60 FORWARD SOON Officials Say the Message Will Be Very Vigorous One. BEING May 15.—The is preparing IS NOW PREPARED Washington Ameri can government a pro test characterized by officials as “very vigorous' against the interfer from the A withr mails to and United States by Great Britain sent forward in the will take United States can no longer counte note to he future the position that the nance seizure and detention of mails to and from the United States, par- ticularly those concerning neutrals The reply recently received from Britain to the last American note protesting against interference with American mails is considered unsatisfactory Protests have made to the government by many individuals and firms who have been injured by the frequent long delays in mails The subject under detail at the State department and dent Wilson has decided to ma representations to Great Britain quickly as a note can be completed The British government will be in formed that the United States con siders it imperative that policy be modified Great been study Presi is as Villista Chief Slain in Skirmish with American Soldiers Lake Ttascate, Mex., May 14.—(By Wireless to Columbus, N. M., May 15.)--Three bandits, including Julio Cardenas, the Villista leader, were killed in a skirmish with an American detachment near Rubio ranch, twenty miles east of here today. I'he Americans, twelye strong, un- der the command of Lieutenant George Patton, comprised an au tomobile detachment sent to pur chase forage. The bandits fired upon Lieutenant Patton and his guide after they had alighted from the ma- 3 chines and were " approaching the ranch house. The Americans deployed to pre- vent the escape of J‘ye snipers and Lieutenant Patton returned the fire, wounding the bandits, who mean- while fled through the rear of ithe house. Overtaken later,» the Mex- icans were killed, There were no American casual- ties. The bodies of the Mexicans were brought here and buried, Pa- pers in their pockets revealed their wdentity, Presidént_Ask—s—- Wescott to Make Nominating Speech Washington, May 15.—President Wilson has aske ohn W. Wescott, attorney general of New Jersey, who made the speech nominating him at the Baltimore convention, to make the nominating speech at St. Louis Mr. Wescott has accepted. He con ferred tod with the president When the president asked Mr. Wes- cott he did not know that the New Jersey delegates on the same day had selected Governor Fielder. In view of the president's wish to have Wescott it is expected the governor will withdraw Mr. Wescott is senator from New Senator Martine Close ady th pin a candidate for Jersey, opposing have map g out the platform be ted tl ed to the t pre Peace and understood to have as being the j convention prosperity been settled upor capal issues Fifteen Thousand See Negro Burned To Death at Waco rin Brandeis Case Likely Back to the Senate WINTRY BLASTS SWEEP THE WEST Railroads Report Low Temperatures in Beveral States, with,Snow Falls and Wind. MAY HURT SHEEP FLOCKS its present N. Y., May 15, Recommendation that no change be Saratoga Springs made in the discipline of the Metho. | dist Episcopal church which prohib- | its church dancing, | playing cards and attending the thea by the committee on the state of the church | | by a vote of 113 to 43, The sub-com members from ter was adopted late today mittee, which recommended that the prohibition against these diversions be removed, announced it would sub- | mit & minority report to the confer- ence. All of the western railroads re ported temperatures as low as J()je- grees above zero through western Ne- | | braska, South Dakota, Wyoming and | Colorado Monday, with a brisk wind | blowing from the northwest, The Burlington road rc]purlul a fall of two feet of snow throughout the Black Hills country Sunday and f.\'umlay night, with clearing weather | Monday morning. There was snow | reported at most of the stations in the western part of Nebraska, with four inches at Belmont. On the Bill- ings line one to three inches of snow | was reported from Alliance, north to | beyond Sheridan Along the Northwestern the snow fall of Sunday and Sunday night cov ered an area approximately 100 miles wide through northern Nebraska and | up into South Dakota and from cen- | | | tral Wyoming as far east as Inman On the Union Pacific there was one to two inches of snow from | yrth Platte to a considerable dis tance west of Cheyenne, Wyo., with light flurries over the branches north and south of the main line. There was also considerable snow through the eastern portion of Colorado Temperatures during the night dropped to below freezing Heavy Rains General. During Saturday night and most of Sunday heavy rains were general over the whole of the state, with the ex ception of a narrow strip along the Missouri river. In the west and north this rain turned to snow In many places in the: state rains were torrential, more than an inch being the rule It was rain of long duration, and comin g so gently did not wash the soil ba In many the places along the western lines of road t fe was softened and trains lower schedule, yet e reported who ke tock tua all ! L the ce er | I KA i L Dr. Anna H, Shaw Loses Damage Suit Againgt Railroad MO IS PASS TEN-DOLLAR MARK AT KANSAS CITY ITALIAN GUN ON TRENTINO FRONT SBicob o A Okuma Apologizes to Aviator Smith T'okio, May 15—Premier Count Okuma sent a telegram today ex pressing his sympathy and regret to | Arthur Smith, the American aviator, | who was attacked and slightly in jured yesterday by a crowd at Osaka I'he crowd was angered by a delay. in the beginning of an ‘ex hibition flight' Smith was to have made and stoned the aviator, dam aged his aeroplane and destroyed the aeroplane shed STATE LOOMS BIG AS POTASH: FIELD Big Plants at Hoffland and Other Points Indicate Bright Out- look for Industry. WAR-TIME PRICES PREVAIL The development of potash and its by-products will soon be one of Ne braska's chief industries, a pure arti cle having found at Hoffland which necessitates little else than pumping, boiling and drying to, make the best portion ready for the refin- ery, after which the finished article brings the heretofore unknown price of nearly $500 per ton. That is the reason for the opening ur of this lit tle dity as a full-fledged station on the Burlington Easy Process at Hoffland, In other potash workings, espe cially in the kelp beds of Utah and Southegn California, the cost of re ducing the pure potash from the sur rounding valueless ingredients makes the marketable product expensive I'he much easier process at Hoffland assures a permanency of operation, for while the war cut off the supply been from Germany, the return of this competition can only mean a slight reduction in profit. The natural ad vantages here, combined with the e tensive and up-to-date equipment preclude the possibility of future dan ger from foreign competition Ihe plant has been in operation for a year. There were at first only 2 few tanks, a bhoiler and the nece sary housings, together with the ma terial for three-mile pipe line, requir ing but a handful of men for its peration, Now, however, there are nearly 100 men employed, with new residences and new buildings of a great manufacturing plant going up. Railroad business has mcreased that where a year ago only o or two cars could be seen on the spur track, there are now thirty cars a day Backed by Omaha Capital Omaha capital has been hehind all this, making it entirely a Ne braska enterprise Other I ere the field. The ash cot pa with La de has” begun o will ¢ ull ¢ 1w week, He starting it has a A ik Chicago packing Alling ent put 1 PORTO RICO SUGAR CROP IS LARGEST ON RECORD War Summary PRELIMINARY ENAMENATION ted in dreluy ' ' TERMERTE W Asgiae MARPER P . ™ [ & INT b FUPrT S5 ERVICE METHODISTS WILL DISCUSS REUNION | Plan for Unification of Church is Submitted by Committee—Will Come Up Tuesday. PROVIDES JOINT COMMISSION Saratoga Springs, N. Y, May 15 The proposal to reunite the Meth odist Episcopal church and the Methodist Episcopal church South, which have the separated since 1845, will be main special business at to- morrow's session of the Methodist general conference I'he report of the committee on federation reported to the confer- ence today endorsed the proposed unification in the belief that such union would “hasten the develop ment of a truly world church, The report recommends the general conference will be the supreme governing body of the reunited church and that the plan of unification be extended to any other Methodist bodies that may desire it after the amalgamation of the north and south branches of the denomination have become effective. Special Conferences for Negroes The report favors the organization of apecial conferences for the negro mem- bership of the chureh, such negro con- Under the plan suggested by the spefal committee on federation the board of bishops would appoint a commission of five bishops, ten ministers and ten lay- men (o confer with commissioners of the Methodist Fplscopal church South and the Methodlst Protestant church and other Methedist bodies In the United Statew. to work out the tentative plan and to report to the next general con- ence detalls of the unification plan agreed upon by the foint commissioners, Warm Debate on Episcopacy. The presentation of the report of the committee recommending Jthe clection of seven new bishops, pre cipitated The report rec- ommended that on eplscopacy debate the offic retired talned and that two new Episcopal areas a warm # of three dé¢ ceased and two hishops be re be established, one in the United States ind another at Seoul, Korea New Episcopal Residences. T'he episcopacy committee recom mended the retention of the epis copal residences at Washington, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, Denver Portland, Ore Chicago, Cincinnati, New Or- leans, Chattanooga, Buffalo, Omaha, Atlanta, St Louis, Helena, Mont., and St. Paul, The residence at Kan as City, Kan, would be transferred Wichita, Kan.; that at Oklahoma Cit vould be discontinued and new It es established at Pittsburgh Detroit Seoul, Korea Foreig episc areas would he ' 1€ Buend Ayres and Pe id e ansferred to Changhai \ 1 to substitute Singapore ) g A nade and dis pac At t Reynolds Opens Committee Rooms In the Coliseum T0 ENLIST IRISH HELD IN GERMANY Evidence of Attempt by Sir Roger to Get Prisoners to Join the Irish Rebellion Comes Out at the Trial, BUT FEW JOINED HIS BRIGADE Daniel J. Bailey, Who Was Captured With Casement, is Placed on Trial with Him, STATEMENT OF CROWN LAWYER London, May 15 who only a few Sir Roger Case ago achieved fame for the services he rendered his government in the exposure of the Putumayo rub ber atrocities, today faced the bar in an ordinary police court for a pre liminary examination to determine whether he should be held for trial on the charge of high treason against the in connection with the rebellion in Iteland. Beside Casement stood Daniel Julian Bailey, who faced a similar charge, Not in many years has so much popular interest been manifested in case before the courts. This is not due only to the prominence of Casement and to speculation as to his ultimate fate, but also because it has been expected evidence would be produced which would lay bare a | widespread plot resulting in the re- volt There was an unexpected number of applications for seats in the little court room, but admission was re- stricted to about 100 persons, includ- ing representatives of the press, 8ir Horace Plunkett Attends, Among the earliest arrivals in the courts was Sir Horace Plunkett of the department of agriculture m Ireland, He took a seat near the magistrate. It was understood Sir Horace was merely a spectator and would take no ment, years international same government part in the day's proceedings. A numhber of relatives and friends of Casement, including seven hand- somely gowned women, also reached court at an carly hour and were pro vided with sedts well to the front, Sir John Dickinson, who presided, the lawyers and the witnesses all had taken their places hefore Casement |arrived at 10:40 o'clock and entered the dock. Every face was turned in his direction | Sir Roger maintained much of his | eharacteristic complaisance, He smiled and nodded as he saw friends in the court room. With him was Daniel Bailey, an Irish soldier cap- |tured by the Germans early in the | war who went from Germany to Ire ‘lami with Sir Roger, Given Green Uniforms In his story of the manner in | which Casement set about raising an Irish brigade. among prisoners in Germany to fight against England, [the attorney general said the pris- oner had met with little success. Such men as he won over were“set | free, provided with green uniforms [and received rewards When the attorney general de i clared that one of the Irish prisoners | had struck Casement in the face on being asked to join the hriq:vlr, Case |ment smiled disdainfuly. Bailey was one of the prisoners seduced by Casement, the attorney general said, and was made an officer of the brigade | Second Prisoner in Dock The spectators were considerably surprised when a second prisoner was placed beside Casement in the dock. This man was Daniel Julian Bailey, a private soldier whose home yis at Wembley, a village near Lon don. Bailey was arrested near Tra ee, Ireland, April 21. He was jointly charged with Casement with high treason, but his exact connection with the Sinn Feiners has not so far been made public In the formal charge Casement is described as of no occupation and no fixed abode, The charge against both defendants reads, “for that they did m the Ist day of November, 1914, and on divers other occasions be- tween that day and the 21st day of April, 1916, unlawfully, maliciously and tgaitorously commit high treason ithin and without the realm of Eng land i contempt of our sovereign lord, the king, and his laws, to the | contrar e duty and alliance t { ‘defendant Attorney (e al Frederick E tl h ] Hodki and Travers Tumphreys appeared { e prosecw and . H. Morgan and Art Worked Among Irish in Germany 1 Mad | | & avate P M Prin » cglance ed i sate L Fwa.) Week After Week Yy'ERY | ] l\“. More Pald Want Or) Ads for the week just ended, 513, than in 1t ( cok VeAr ato AEAD ol HEED RER \W'A \[S