Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 17, 1916, Page 2

2 THE BEE: ( ARMY CONFERENCE BILL GIVEN SENATE Revised Figures Show it Provides | for Army with Peace Strength of 211,000 Merr, CHAMBERLAIN EXPLAINS BILL Washington, D. C., May 16.—Re-| vised figures on the army reorganiza tion bill as agreed upon by house d senate conferees and submitted to the Chairman senate today by Senator Chamberlain show that the new army will be even larger than announced when agreement reached last Saturday Careful analysis mum in time of peace will be 211,000 officers men staff troops, Philippine scouts and unassigned recruits, and that the war strength will be 236,500 officers and combatant troops, which, with staff troops, scouts, etc. added, will bring the aggregate maximum strength of the regular army to 261,500, The National guard as reorganized would total 457,000, making a total of 718,- 500 available Chamberlain Analyzes Bill, Washington, May 16—~"The re sults of the work of the conferees while possibly disappointing to some few who have made hobbies of cer tain features,” Senator Chamberlain told the sefate, “must as a whole be welcomed by all who are reasonable and unprejudiced, as a_good bill, For the first time in our history we have orovided for any army that is well halanced throughout and which will be an efficient fighting machine, It provides for troops enough for the required overseas garrisons and the remaining troops at home will be such as will make up complete brig ades and divisions, and the regular army will no longer be a hit-and-miss collection of regiments and battal jons as it has heretofore been, due to piecemeal legislation of former Years. “The company units will no longer be skeletons, but real working units was shows the maxi and including 25,000 of about two-thirds war strength An infantry company will be 100 men in peace and 150 in war; a troop of cavalry will bhe seventy in peace and 105 in war; a battery will Lr 126 men in peace and 190 in war, Training of Officers. “The officers’ reserve corps and the reserve officers’ training corps have been adopted as written in both original bills, They provide for the education, selection and training of civilians in time of peace for the duties of officers in time of war and to a great extent they will obviate the hasty selection of untried and unknown persons for commissions at the outhreak of war. “The National Guard will have greater inducements to improve and progress than was hoped for before this year and it will be on trial dur- ing the next few years to prove that the claims made by its representa- tives were correct. Time alone can tell whether the National Guard will take its place as an important factor NEBRASKA SONS OF HERMAN HOLD COLUMBUS CONVENTION Columbus, Neb.,, May 16,—(Special Tel, )—The Sons of Herman of Nebr their conven- tion here. delegates are present. Tonight a banquet and program was given at the Maennerchor hall. State Senator John Mattes of Ne- braska City and Fred Volpp of Scrib- ner were the principal speakers, The a are_ holdin Over 10 Columbus and Swiss Maennerchor choir furnished mus One of the principal transactions to come up tomorrow is the raising of rates, which will amount to from 10 to 30 per cent. Three plans have been presented. The following are the grand lodge officers who are present: John Mat- tes, Nebraska City, grand past presi- dent; Albert Vundu?;cyde Grand Is- land, grand president; \'\/illiam Pie- penstock, Wawne, grand first vice president; Carl Fritz, Fremont, grand second vice president; Carl Rohde, Columbus, grand secretary; Fritz Volpp, Scribner, grand treasurer; August Young, flrhud« City; J. H. Logmlnn, Hastings; John Schindler, Stanton, grand trustees; Dr. L. C Beck, Bloomfield, grand physician; Henry Buehring, Scribner, grand in side guard; Carl Roelle, Columbus, grand outside guard The Columbus Elks celebrated their sixth anniversary last evening, fifteen members of Omaha beins; rrnrul J. B, Dysart of Omaha de ivered the principal address IRRIGATIONISTS TALKING SECESSION FROM NEBRASKA (From a Staff Corresg Lincoln, May 16 of secession of five western « of Nebraska on the ground t ndent.) Talk inties (Special) NOTABLES IN NEW YORK'S GREAT PREPARED- NESS PARADE—Left to right: Thomas Edison and Hud- [ son Maxim, members of the took part in the greatest of Naval Consulting board, who parades.. One hundred and || fifty thousand men and women in every walk of life took part, Juniors and Senior (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, May 16.—(Special.) result of the annual clash junior and senior classes at the Uni- versity of Nebraska on the eve o “Senior Seank day,” four juniors and six seniors, including three Omaha boys in the latter class, were held captive all night by rival classmen, between "he seniors started the scrap by | kidnapping President Harold Holtz of Randolph, of the junior class; Roy Harney, Virgil Haggart and Ray Doyle, to take with them on the senjor day program Holtz and Doyle were bound and agged and taken to the Country club grounds, but they managed to escape | and beat it back to town and sounded a warning. Juniors started out in pursuit of Harney and Haggart, while another party of juniors made an at- KAISER WARNS NEUTRAL SHIPS Noncombatant Vessels Must Not Turn Against Submarines When Stopped. MUST OBEY LAWVOF THE SEAS Washington, May 16.-—-Germany in a note presented to Secretary Lan sing by Count Von Bernstorff today warns neutral governments that mer- obey the provisions of international law in regard to their conduct when stopped by a German submarine, and that they incur danger should they turn their ships in the direction of a submarine The text of the communication dated Ma om the German em bassy ed by Count \ Bernst follows “A German submarine in January eastern part of the state sympathy with the west in the ! for water rights on the irriga rrmnu is hrought to Lincoln b ocal attorney has bee ested in various w The counties are right cases tts Riufls, Da ner, Kimball, Mor and Cheyenne The territory involved is & by 105 milea, and embraces M4 square miles, or about sevent the area of Wyoming Those working ot Nebraska J " . pr | atista « AW at ¢ . M " by the states v Aty 10 pot the matie ‘ B0DY OF DROWNED BOY IS NOT YET RECOVERED Falrhury, Ne o Telogram Althoug have elapand & “ Wiggius sank s Rose ereek, sin 5 Fa il o body has drowned a4 b ning. Wi faihe Wying we b ™ y of Bis father was ¢ ! \ Sunday » § I ards be where he was wen o ' by ol the The Beothe last signaled with om a dis tance the Dutch Randoeng to sto Instead of immediately lying with that summons, per ler international law, the steamer tu higher the subma the asw anted by stand P bent attacking Bandoeng . the . r & hoat for th AN papers. ( g ask ain's pr T . . | HYMENEAL Beor MHargadine As a| chant ships flying neutral flags must | s in Battle tack on the sneior boys, practicing the class play in the temple. The | seniors turned the fire hose on the | juniors, soaking the interior of the | temple, but the juniors managed to turn off the water and then the | seniors were compelled to flee to the | roof of the temple Attempting to follow them, Loren | Caley, quarter back on the foot ball team last year, was hit on the head with a piece of timber, and dazed, Caley's injuries were not serious. Percy Spencer, Russel Israel, Will Noble, Dave Bowman, Steele Hol- comb and Charles Epperson were | taken {:risonrrs by the juniors, held all night and finally released this morning after being taken several miles east of Lincoln in an automo- bile The seniors spent the day at Crete without further hostitlities. Engineer Blamed . For Wreck in Which Five W_ere Killed | Washington, May 16.—The rear-end col- | lision between the North Coast Limited apd the Mississippl Valley Limited of the | Northern Pacific rallway at South Cheney, Washington, February 2, in which five were killed and twenty-two Injure " 1, was caused, the Interstate Com: commision reported today, by the fallure of the engineer of the North Coast Limited to reduce his speed between Am- ber and South Cheney to thirty miles an hour in accordance with orders DEATH RECORD Miss Ellen Schiller Miss Ellen Schiller, aged 48 years, died Sunday at her home, 219 North Fourteenth street, after a short ill ness. She bad lived in Omaha twen ty-six years l services will be held Wedne atte at | Council Bluff i Mrs. Mary Armstrong Mrs, Mary trong 1 81 ar aughte il Nort George Brunnenkent i M A N v Rev L EAL of Council Blulty DRINK and DRUG TREATMENTY 3-0AY Always Wnovesaiul Address NEAL INSTITUTR Banion W, COUNOIL BLUPPS O Addrsss 4 A Mar, Masages BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion, One package roves it 25¢ at all drugelats Write for Bookiol [ " IMAHA, WEDNESDAY, METHODISTS FAVOR | PLAN FOR REUNION Report for Further Negotiations with Southern Church Adopted by Conference FINAL ACTION IN FOUR YEARS May Methodist Saratoga Springs, N. Y 16 The unification of Episcipal church a Episco the 1 the indorsed wa by the Methodis almost unar general conference t¢ T'he cor ference adopted the report of the committee on unification, which pre itl vides for further the southern church negotiations paving the for final action by the general ference of the southern ¢hurch in 1918 and by the northerd « ge eral conference ir i) The report recommends the amal gamation of Jranche of Ame ican Metho the general conference as the supre gove ing body of the church and with sep arate conference and episc pervision for the negro ¢ 5 Only One Speech M The report was adopted with er thusiasm. Only one speech was made in opposition. Rev. Johs soucher yresident emeritus of Go al ege, Baltimore, in mov ) tion the report, emph fact that the proposed amalgamation would be a federated union t would protect all the varied interest just as the federal government pro of tects the interests of the separatc states Dr. Goucher said the interests of | the negroes would be protected an they also would have opportunity to solve their own problems When Dr Goucher concluded everyone rose, the building shook with applause and shouts of “Vote! Vote!” At the call for affirmative votes virtually the entire convention rose, and when the opposition called for only one or two scatte delegates stood. Renewed applause greeted the announcement that the report had been adc I was wpted, Bishop | R Hendrix of the N{rt]m«lm Episco al church South, clasped hands with 3ishop Cranston, the presiding offi cer; the convention spontaneously began singing “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow,” and fol Nobby' Troad Owne of the Five MAY Methodist | United 17, 1916 Tie Be the t lowed with “Blest Jinds.’ Report on Episcopacy Adopted. There was a marked difference of opinion when Rev. Thomas Nichol- son, secretary of the board of edu- cation, presented the report of the committee on episcopacy recom- mending the election of seven new ps and one missionary bishop ddition to the two missionary ‘wm.‘ accepted yesterday. h Dr. Nicholson advocated the adop- | tior the report and it subse- quen as adopted In reply to | the »jection that the expense of the episcopacy was excessive, he said the cost of maintaining the | b bishops was | cent for each h member every four years nen nt to again recom- [ t with instructionns to | r two the number of new bishops proposed for the United States ered by Albert J. Wal- lace lieutenant governor of California He argued that his amendment would give the church a total of eighteen bishops and that this board would be increased to when the Methodist church with its twelve bishops, was | reunited with the northern church I'he conference tabled this subst tute by a vote of 427 to 275 After adopting some reports of a nor character the conference pre- ed to ballot for bishops. The bal 1- | loting and counting of the votes con- umed several South Side Lad i« Killed in a Wreck May 16-E. W of Omaha was killed and John Maston, | restdence /n, waa fatally injured toda hours Peoria Swobota inkne when a Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleve wnd & St 1 freight train was de ralled Danvers, 11 Young Swobota is the son of Mrs Kaderman, Fighteenth and O streets, | Bouth Side 1O st bota leved to EA Morbeck, Nineteenth and reets, South 8Side, aceompanied Swo. when he left Omsaha and s be have been with him In the wreck He apparently secaped unin- jured General Marchand of Fashoda Fame Killed London, May 16.—Brigadier Gen- {eral Marchand of Fashoda fame has | been killed in action, according to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Paris today, | THOMPSON-BELDEN &CO. «— The fashion Certer of "the MiddleWest — Established 1836, The Silks are Now Ready With Every Fashionable Weave and Color, and Combinations. —Fabrics to suit the requirements of every hour in milady’s day. ||| —Distinctive materials of more than ordinary charm have been chosen with due consideration to the de- mands of the present mode. Prices are Pleasingly Modest. Thompson, Belden Silks have | been Famous for Thirty Years-- New Undermuslins : Dainty and Pleasing Perhaps no other section of the store is more inter- esting these days than the undermuslins, Assortments here are partieularly com plete and women are mak- Marcella combinations of crepe and fine mnainsook with attractive trimmings of lace and embroidery, $1.00 to $1.75 and more. {{l ing early selections for || summer days. lLa Greeque combina- Envelope chemise of fine | tions, corset cover and nainsook, Lrlmmmlv w‘nh Wit ars i nlso: Rorsat cover laces and embroideries. Y 4 Priced from 65¢ to $2 and | and short skirt, In all sizes upwards. and all prices Undermuslins—Third Floor. } ‘ ! 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