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

Call Tyler 1000 { 1t You Want to Talk to The Bee or to Anyone Conuected With The Bee. VOL. XLV—NO. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. T0 CONFEREES' ARMY MEASURE Borah Says National Guard Greater Detriment to Country Than the Invading Soldiers Would Be. HE ALSO DENOUNCES BRITAIN . Scores England for Executions of Irish Rebels as Blow to Liberty. FALLS FLAYS ADMINISTRATION Washington, May 17.~-The senate, alter a y debate, agreed tonight ) to the e nee report on the army Orgi bill without a roll call e house is expected to approve the report within a day or two, and send the first of the big national defense SENATE AGREES ~ WAIT FOR REPORT AMERICAN DIES ON DECATUR BANK Creditors Are Impatient to Know Just Where They Are to Come In, DISCLAIMER OF ROSALIE BANK From u Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, May 17.--(Special Tele gram.)—The state banking board ar nounced this afternoon would file an applica in the district conrt for A rece or the Farmers State bank of Decatur, Neb., whose doors wer ccently closed by the board Decatur, Neb., May 17.—(Special.) Interest citement the failed Far rs' State bank and fina cial operations of Cashier Elliott have f sty appreciably and bot) itors and stockholders are in tly waiting for the re of examiners, on ich 1 expe receivership applicatior vill be based Enough has co out already, how measures to the president ever, 10 make a great deal of [he bill provides for a regular army | litigation gr ut of the wreck of 211,000 officers and ment at peace Some of it nific the owner hip of collatera ome to er strength, and approximately 260,000 tain whether the lability attaches at strength, and for a federalized | personally 1o Elliott or to the bank National Guard of 457,000 officers and | with its claim on the state’s deposit a1en 8t maximum strength guarant fund to insure reimburse Britain Denounced Tietar aa Havelbeen: diacloned dox Discussion of the cdnference f&port | example where Elliott took deposits mbraced a denunciation of Great jor the bank, issuing a certificate Britain for execution of the Irish re<!hearing the customary rate of in volutionists, attacks upon the admin- | terest, { then had it endorsed to istr Mexican , renewed himself in exchange for a personal , assaults upon the National Guard as | pote carrying a higher rate of inter a political force and vigorous ' criti- | est, The question will arise here as to ‘ cism of the provision for a govern- whether the depositors must look to ment nitrate manufact g plar Elliott or to the bank for, if the P Senator Fall asserted that General ! recourse is to Elliott, it is likely to Pershing with the 140,000 tre At | go unsati as even the new house his command, could ma into Me he built 18 conveyed away 1o se ico City, taking every town with little cure special ereditors almost as soon trouble if he were unhampered by or- ' as it was finished ders irom Washington and that %0 Bani Law Must Be Strengthened. per cent of the Mexican people would | = o J welcome such action ¢ impression in Decatur seems / . - to be that the state bank guarantee Worse Than Invaders while it is all right in itself, senator Borah of ldaho, renewing given the public such unbounded his attack on the National Guard as confidence in the seeurity of state a political force, declared that it banks, that in the case of thi¥ bank would prove to be more detrimental to the United States than an invading army. He arraigned Great Britain for the Irish executions, declaring there had been no greater blow to free institutions since the European war began. Chinese Who Sold ' Groods to Americans Slain by Villistas; Columbus, N. M., May 17.—Stories of the slaughter of ten Chinese mer- | chants at San Antonio, Mexico, by persons believed to have been follow- | ers of Villa, were brought to the bor- | der today by returning truckmen! Ac- | 4 cording to the stories, the Chinese had been selling supplies to the | Americans and were killed immedi- | | ately after the withdrawal of, the American troops. | Mexicans in the districts occu- / pied by the Americans have been warned time and time again that o L. they would be killed if they dealt | with the Americans, and it is be 1 lieved here that the slaughter was . intended for a warning to the native ' population, | Rumors that sqveral cases of ty Mexicans phus among at Casas ] Grandes has caused orders that sol liers must not go to the vill were »' reccived at the base camp. It was gaid that several stores were closed, )ut no cases among Americans were known ‘ Count in Keystone ’ | State Primary Slow | Philadelphia, May 17.—Little is 1 n as vet of the pres tial pref - ote in Pennsyly at ves iladelphia, ! ‘ W the count is as } the I the ballot | The Weather A I (8} A { il | [ ter ature Temperntures ot Omaha Yesterday FAIR | (35 | | as managed under Cashier Elliott, no questions were asked as 1o the char acter of any transaction, so long as the cashier was negotiating them There is a feeling that along with the deposit guarantee law must cer- tainly go, in the future, a more rigid system of bank examination or a more far-reaching control over the character of the various deals nego tiated by officials of the banks. In there is a feeling that examinations must i the words, bank other the future @ deeper than a ‘mere veri=t fying of bank statements, and a hasty | survey of bank ledgers and paper Secretary Royse of the State Bank- ing board, in his Jast official report called the attention of the governor to these very dangers In part he said at that time “More power should be given your honorable body by legislative or ju- dicial action, giving you sufficient authority to protect communitics al- ready provided with safe and solvent banks, against the intrusion of spec- ulators and promoters in banking privileges.” Not Employed by Rosalie Bank, In rejoinder to The Bec's ence to Elliott's experience lie, it is now explained that he only did a little collection work, employed by his brother-in-law, Cashier John refer at Rosa son, and was not employed by the hank I'he explanation 15 contained in this letter Rosalie, Neb., May 17 o the Editor of The Bee: Referring to the article entitled, ‘Cashier Elliott Makes High Jump, in The Bee of May 16, we wish to call your atten tion to the references which connect Mr. Elliott with the Farmers State bank of Rosalie, Neb We believe the inference can fairly bhe drawn from this article that Mr. Elliott was officially connected with this bank in the negotiating of and that he was authorized nsact other busine for tl I'he facts do not warrant ¢ El liott was 1 ther busi Farmers State ank of F on commi otherwise either acted an for the salie bank lid he trade and deal the Indian etl Mr, | v aving pract n ! ot ¢ and & that the Far \ ! Atlantic Votes Bonds for City Hall TEE WEATHER. Fair On Tral News Stands, ’ s ATTACK ON SALONIKI—For months the allies have been concentrating at the Greek base in anticipation of a drive by the Germans, Austrians and Bulgarians. This p"stur_e shows one of the British heliographing stations outside Saloniki. The bright sun in this OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1916--TWELVE PAGES, SINGLIS COPY TWO CENTS. Hotel 0, 50 WHEN A DUTCH SHIP 1S BLOWN Steamer Batavier V, on Way From | Rotterdam to Lonuon, Sunk and Four Members of the Crew Are Killed o e ; WIRELESS OPERATOR DROWNED He Was An American Citizen frem Roswell, N. M., Named Luigi Mancini. AMERICAN EMBASSY INFORMED Washington, May 17.--Sinking of the Dutch steamer Batavier a8 ported in State artment di patches today from Consul General Skinner at London. The captain and twenty-four of the crew landed at Great Yarrmouth I gers, including two American Dutch and two Russians, also were aved, 'l ¢ Duteh sailorrs and one American passenger were reported drowned. The « il said first re ports indicated the vessel was sunk 2 by a minc American Drowned BURLINGTON MEN BRYAN WILL NOT HILLES GIVES 0UT N | HELIOGRAFH STATION Frrt e To All Employes East and reot “Malicious Misstatements of was from Roswell M : : A dispatch to Lloyds from Great West of Missouri. Corporation-Controjled Press. rmouth says the Dutch steamer | Batavier V., 1,500 tons, has heen | TO APPLY TO MONTH OF MAY Blown up in the North Sea. Four members of the crew were lost, the When Burlington empl : \ ” 1 By 't ployes get Lincol Neb May | Willian remainder landed at Great Yarmouth, | , e i # GO0,y WY N i 4 Hdades | their envelopes containing the pay | Jennings Bryan is not going to the The Batavier V. was on its way to |t log ¢ ¢ J I to tl London from Rotterdam, | for May, they will find that the | democratic national convention as an American Thinks It Mine. sums contained have been increased | alternate from Nebraska, nor as a samuel Howard Comstock of |5 per cent All employes of the|delegate from any other state, ac Santa Monica, Cal, who was on the | Burlingtor ystem, both east and cording to an announcement made Batavier ]\ gave_the following ac-| oo of (e Missouri river, have|today. Neither is Charles W. Bryan itk ‘;‘I”‘ KJ',I;W, t been given an increase in pay, this|defeated candidate for the demo i a'n’l "‘ ""e"‘\;“ increase being per cent more liwanirv.’m‘ gubernatorial pomination in vas ¢ saloon talking, v sl % : “”"'W 1”"1"'“ o H”'W,fl they are receiving it this time Nebraska, planning to run indepen hat was smashed against the ceilin The increase applies to all classes | dently, or as the candidate of another, of the saloon. | think the vessel |of employes from fthe water boy up | party must have been blown up by a mine, [to the highest salaried clerk in the| My, Bryan’s statement, which was as the explosion was directly under- | offices, Ofiicials will not come in made, he explained, "to correct the neath the ship on the increasc |.’|\ b ST | I e Sl “The aft hatch was blown off and Asked how much the increased dehiberate and malicious Imisrey much of the cargo was hurled into | wage would approximate, Genefal sentations of corporation controlled the air Manager Holdrege said pape says “Within three minutes the ship's “It is impossible to state at this “William J. Bryan has never had decks were awash. 1.bad a lifc belt, | time, though it will amount 10 tens any thought of going to the demo but being a good swimmer gave it to | of thousands of dollars ~monthly. eratic national convention as an al- my fellow American, Mancini, who | The paymaster and the genera) au- ' ternate from Nebraska, or as a dele- could not swim., 1 kicked off my |ditor have the schedules and they gate from any other state, and shoes, dived and swam to a boat|are the only persons who would| Charles” W, Bryan has had no which had been launched, I assisted | know. It will apply to many thou- thought of running for governor a stewardess and an injured officer of | sands of men and women in the of- without the democratic nomination the ship into a boat. | was so busy | fices, the shops, the stations and i 2 that 1 did not see what happened to | out along the lines F 1 S VP 4 Mancini “The advince i pay does not| £ UNETAL DET'VICES Sinks in Twenty Minutes, come about on account of any de F w A D Bord to “Ihe ship sank in twenty minutes, |Mand made upon the company by or . A, be We were picked up by a trawler | the employes, but is voluntary upon the®part of the officials of the road, patrol and arrived at Yarmouth,” Be This Afternoon Comstock has made a report fo the | The matter has been under consid . American _embassy expressing the | €ration for some time and the plan | pp, g0 ec0r of William A, DeBord opinion that the Bavaticr V sunk has just been worked out There Cngha “”;”‘ s dlad kbly g as the result of striking a mine, The 18 no reason why it should ot be | 2HET SEEEEEY By BEC P o his S o lol A shithel terprk fo| PELAEHL: |late “home, 3520 Woolworth avenu hiriielt Sl £ onsular of = lll s an noon at 2 o'cloc k, with n ficials the embagsy is obtaining affi 'Tcnnant Denies terment in Forkst Lawn cemetery ESlla tront b abipe § n The pallbearers will be Distyct O e G DR IERE, WA, WAS-ON - (%] Judge Troup, District Judge Day, kd y ; V5 He Was. tebEied : . , A4y Tailor and Thomas M. Datis of Bea ¢ Yarmowh. | Supreme in the Air ver Crosing 8. & -MAJOr. Qlithe | 4 Among the relatives here for the iAo BLNAMMPLICo Aul) fataid S e, funeral are George DeBord of Yor) 1 L Cleave coun ANLY y ' ” G A « S 7. Morrov O Mancini Instructor at Roswell. ;'”vl:";]‘?}m:,““ - 'I‘f‘f'“‘jjv "”“"“", ceased. Also George Kraft of well, Ni M. May 17.—Lieugi |war said. Great . Britai ke , Mr, and Mrs. Charles Kraft Martini Mancini, who was drowned o M.Hi‘m‘ o faater than amy ©f Clinton, Ta, and Miss Mary Krait vhen the steamer. Batavier V. was |1onsessed. b Germany and twy | of Victor, la, relatives of Wrs. De sunk, for many years was an instruc- | other types as fast as the Folker, 1t | Bord 3 tor at the New Mexico Military in- |was far from true to say Germany |, M7 DeBord was TATEIN CUENE Arv’\m‘ here ”r'n went 1o xu..‘.l.m had the supremacy of the air, he con ’,‘I“”:""m“‘“ ynr' ”-‘)-:v‘m” " I and ple S 4 plovye . 1 & py g M Are alt i Victo i ""‘ “‘H ”j“ W ;4‘”\4. |vl;:l ohs tinued, On the countrary, England H : BiaY st ali Cantia) atural s i and Accepted I D . Floa 1o : ‘I'.‘ : s | ¢ a ,v‘ : th \ s oo Mer, From House of Com ‘ Casement Held for - oot o Austrians Take Six Trial for Treason NEW CREIGHTON MEDALS HAVE HEAD OF FOINDERS ' Thousand Italians England Treats Its ‘‘Conscientious Objectors’’ in a Very Harsh Manner coLonto covpLe | Commoner Issues Statement to Cor- Temporary Chairman Harding Will Make His Address Wednesday Morning at 11 0'clock BROTHER WILL NOT RUN A8 POP NIGHT SESSION MAY BE HELD May 17 the program for Details the of first Chicago official two days of the republican national con vention, which will open here June 7, were announced today by officials of the republican national committee, as follows: Becretary James a8 temporary Hurding of ote address officors cradentinly, and organization iness K—1f ®. m. report of niils permanent roll of the Report of the orig iz ton Heport of the commities on rules and or- [ commities on permanent dor of Nominations and Platform. After the preliminaries of organiza- tion have been disposed of, which work usually occupies the first two sessions, the convention will nomi nate a candidate for president and vice president and adopt the party platform and adjourn. Arrangements will be made to hold night sessions if necessary Chief of Police Healey has decided te stop traffic on the streets sur- rounding the Coliseum while the convention is in session, All the| streets will be newly paved with noiseless material for the occasion. War Preparedness Parade Will Be Held at Tincoln Lincoln, Neb., May 17.~A move ment backed by the Commercial club and other civil organizations to hold a preparedness parade on Decoration day, with the purpose of demonstrat- ing to the country at large that the people of W. J. Bryan's home city f adequate measures for national launched today A ref ndum vote hy the Commercial ulted five to one for prepar sinenn 15¢ A lul club re Three Americans On Canadian Ship Destroyed by Mine iday, § patch fr it Lond reports en torpe that t Asks About S:l»ftA'iV of Americans in Ireland 'INCHED FOR STAGING TWO FIGHTS | enty-five region makes heliographing an advantageous form of signaling. i THAT RAIDED Blfi BEND CAPTURED Major Langhorne's Cavalry , Sur. round Raiders and Take Seventy- Five Prisoners After Kill- ing Fifteen of Them. TWO AMERICANS ARE R}.BCUED J. Deemer, American Storekeeper, and Monroe Payne Found in Vil- " lage Near Scene of Fight. CAVALRY HORSES RECOVERED Marathon, Tex,, May 17.—A truck driver arriving here today from Bo- quillas said that it was reported on the border that Major Langhorne and two troops of cavalry had surrounded the Big Bend bandit raiders about 125 miles from the border, killing six and offi made no announce- ment regarding such an egagement According to the truck drivers’ re port the bandits were surrounded and did not put up a fight. The Ameri cans ceased firing at once, The sev captured, it was said, were to be brought here for trial, In view of previous reports from Major Langhorne that he expected soon fo catch up with the bandits, the authorities were inclined to place credence in the report. Previous to overtaking the Mexi- cans, Major Langhorne's detachment had rescued J. Deemer, the kidnaped store keeper, a negro, Monroe Payne, and a Mexican employed by Mr, Deemer as a clerk I'he cavalry horses and equipment captured by the bandits in their raid Glenn Springs, two weeks ago, were recovered, it is reported, A Mexican guide took the Ameri- can troops to the spot where the ban- dits were encountered, the truck drivers said Americans Are Rescued. San Antonio, Tex,, May 17.~The rescue by American soldiers of J Deener and the negro cook, Monroe Payne, carried off as prisoners by the bandits that raided Glenn Springs and Boquillas, was reported to_General Funston The report came from Colonel Frederick Sibley, who received his information from Major Langhorne, now about 100 miles south of the border A detachment of Major Langhorne's force found the Ameri- cans at El Pino, ninety miles south of Boquilla vesterday morning. The Americans had been left there by their captors in charge of the residents, None but the unarmed inhabitants of the 'town was there when the American soldiers arrived and no resistance was made. capturing seventy-five, Army cers here have Tcleph(;]e Wire of New York Firm Tapped by Police 17.~The New York, May tele | phone wires of Seymour & Seymour, a local law firm, were tapped at the instance of the police at a time when the firm was engaged in a deal in munitions for the entente allies, the Thompson investigating committee was told today through testimony given by Johp S. Seymour, a mem- ber of the firm, and a statement by Frank Moss, of counsel for the com mittee, Asked whether J. P. Mor- gan & Co. were interested in the mu- nitions deal, Mr. Seymour replied: “I don't know. My brother had been down to Mr. Morgan's office five or six times, They had some financial interest in a client who was after a part of the business,” “The tap was puf on the wires b: the police,” Mr. Moss declared. * have seen the order signed by the police commissioner.” “This is a revelation to us,” assert ed Mr. Seymour, "It could not have been installed in any effort to pre vent crime, There was no reason why any one should have wanted to tap our wires except for a commers cial purpose John L. Swayzee, general ounsel of the New York Telephone com pany, savd the practice of wire tap pit ad become. so extensive that the company two years ago decided Mlow further tappings except written orders by the police Bridgewater Will Have City Saloon e D May 17 ave & municipal Rooms! Room Over 100% MORE ‘Rooms for Rent'’ ads | "'-"""‘ldn’wla "a FOUNR Mosss