Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 26, 1916, Page 1

Call Tyler 1000 If You Want to Talk to The Bee or to yone Connected With The Bee. \, VOL. XLV—NO. 294, WILSON SPEAKS SEVERELY IN HIS NOTE TO ALLIES Tone of Washington Communica- tion Said to Be as Vigorous as That of Message to Germany. IS TO0O METHODS No Difference as to Principle Be- tween State Department and | Entente in Matter. HANDLING OF MAILS THE RUB OBJECTION Washington, May 25. — Vigorous | language, equalling almost that em- | ployed in the last communicaticn to | Germany on the submarine issue, is understood to characterize the notes delivered to the British and French embassies here yesterday protesting against interference with neutral mails, It is understood there is no sub- stantial difference as to principle be- | tween the State department and llu-“ London and Paris chancellories re-| gardin gthe broad question of inviol- ability of frist class mails on the sea.| The American objection is based on the methods used by the allied governments in handling these mails. The United States does not con- cede the right to even inspect first ss mails in transit on the high scas, assuming that these do not include anything more than correspondence and are not made the vehicle for supply of contraband to the belliger- | ents, The fact that a neutral vessel :a‘rryinx mails between neutral coun- tries is compelled to come into a bel- ligerent port to comply with bellig- erent naval rules, it is held, does not remove the mail matter on board from the privileged character of mail on the high seas. o A resolution ;uthorizmg the trans- portation of mail to and from neutral ports on naval vessels and declaring that “any interférence with our mails shall be resented by such ships with all power of the navy and of the ships,” was introduced today by Rep- resentative Tague of Massachusetts, It was referred to a committee, Wonders of Modern Business on Floats at The Ad Club Pageant Philadelphia, May 25.—The won- ders of modern business will be il- lustrated in some of the floats in the great advertising pageant in connec- tion with the annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, which will be held in Phil- adelphia, June 25 to 30. Imagine, if you can, a float ras§ing down Broad street on a sweltering summer eve- ning bearing several skaters doing fancy stunts on real ice. Such a float will be a part of the pageant, a large Philadelphia ice com- pany putting it into the parade. And here comes a full-sized loco- motive engine, of the latest, largest type, bell clanging—mounted, of course, upon a motor truck. There comes a clipper-ship, full rigged and massive, drawn by a fleet of motor trucks representing tugs. The movements of the long column are controlled by electric lights along the line of march, railroad fashion, and all the pageant is motor driven, the only horses being those neces- sary to add “color” to the exhibits | shown. It is the plan of the advertising men in charge to set a pace for pageants for some time to come and to make this pageant instructive while making it an eye-opener. Teuton Consuls Quit IslaAnd of Crete Paris, May 25.~The German and Austrian consuls at Canea, Island of Crete, left that city with their fam- ilies and the consulate staffs on May 24 for Athens, according to a Havas dispatch from Athens today The Wofither Frida Comparative Local Mecord Neport fram Slatinus Mmir M N " . ) L | the foot by bad fitting shoes. | vised that people go barefooted most | of the time and on occasions when | M. Aiken of Omaha, the la | of THE OMAHA DAILY BEE MEDICAL MEETING CLOSES WITH FEAST Dr, James Bryan Herrick of Chi- cago Addresses Final Session | of State Association. OFFICERS ELECTED YESTERDAY Ne- association The annual meeting of the braska State Medical closed with a banquet at the Hotel Fontenelle yesterday evening: Dr. H M. McClanahan of Omaha, who pre Isided as toastmaster, introduced the | Pilfers principal speaker of the evening, Dr. James Bryan Herrick of who spoke on the subject, “Clinical Studies of Angina Pectoris.” Human life is shortened one-fifth by ill-fitting shoes, according to the | statement of Dr. D. T. Quigley of Omaha, in a paper on “A Neglected Point in the Etiology of Diseases,” at the morning session He asserted that many diseases come from a contracted pressure on He ad- convention really demands shoes they should have flat soles with cloth tops. Stockings, he said, should be made | like gloves, with a compartment for each toe, The association elected officers as | follows | President, Dr, W, Milroy of | Omaha; vice presidents, Drs. M. S. Moore of Gothenberg and Porter | Dodson of Wilbur; secretary, Dr, J.| ter being | re-clected, as were the librarian and | treasurer. Drs. J. H, Dillon of Au-| burn and J. M. Aiken were chosen, | respectively, delegate and alternate to | the convention of the American Med- | ical association, The councilors will be: Fifth dis- | trict, R, C. Byers of Nickerson, E. O, | Webber of Wahoo, W. L. Curtis of Fairbury and W. J. Douglas of At- kinson. | In the council the matter of taking from the table a resolution to assess each member of the association a registration fee caused considerable discussion. Some felt that the Omaha | members should not be put to the present expense of entertaining. Many Papers Read. Other subjects treated were the following: “The Surgical Treatment | of Fractures,” by Dr. J- P. Lord of Omaha; “Tumors of the Large Intes- tines,” by Dr. C. A. Roeder; “Modern X-ray Therapy,” by Dr. A. F. Tyler of Omaha; “X-ray Immunity,” by Dr. F. H. Kuegle of Omaha, and “Opera- tive Treatment of Cancer by Actual Cautery,” by Dr, J. E. Summers of Omaha, Dr. Summers told low the New York Academy of Medicine recently cast suspicion on the theory that can- cer was a germ disease, though he himself did not sustain that view. He gave more heed, however, to the declaration of that body against the use of radium for cancers in general, on the ground that many patients, who otherwise might have their can- cers removed, wait too long in the hope that they will be able to find relief in an easier way. In the medical section the papers were the following: “Purimani,” by Dr. E. L. DeLanney of Omaha; “Starvation Treatment for Diabetes, by Dr- R. W. Bliss of Omaha; Symposium on Scarlet Fever,” Dr. J Clyde Moore of Omaha, taking up | Chicago, | Foot | |a story of thievery. He admitted that | the purpose. | mendation that the theological sem- OMAHA, WAITE DETAILS LIFE OF THFFT Confessed Poisoner Tells Jury Hc; Stole From Youth Up, Begin- | ning at the Age of | ( Fourteen. - | ‘\CHEATED IN POOL AND SCHOOL | Many Hundred Do]l»mi From Dental Firm That Employed Him, SEEMS CALM AND COLLAPSED New York, Arthur W. Waite, poisoner, bes gan his testimnoy by telling the story of his carly life, He answered the of his in a clear, strong voice and appeared calm |and collected. His earliest recollec- | tion, he said, was a disposition to shirk work “Once when I was about 11 or 12 years old,” he said, “I given to on my father's farm, and threw the grain away.” In school he admitted copying from other students during examinations, He admitted stealing the age of 14. May 25.—Dr. confessed questions counsel was oats sow at Stole From Students. Waite admitted thefts from fellow students while at Michigan univer- sity and described them in detail “I heard the disposition about my | theft of plates and of $100 from stu- dents and they were all true,” he said, Waite's narrative virtually became during his freshman vacation, which he spent working at Ann Agbor, his thefts amounted to $500, resulting in his expulsion from his fraternity, al- though he was reinstated in his senior year. Cheated at Pool. aite detailed virtually his entire life. He admitted that while in Can- ada he made his living by playing pool and cheated, He admitted taking a course at Edinburgh university, Scotland, gaining admission through his graduation paprs at Ann Arbor, but which he said he “doctored” for From Scotland Waite said he went to South America and worked for a firm of dentists. He said he stole $1,500 from the concern the first year and increased the amount each year for the next your years. Waite as.a boy was cruel to ani- mals, developed a habit of lying and used to steal from boarders in his home and from classmates at school and college, according to Clyde Waite of Grand Rapids, another brother. Presbyterian Board Will Investigate the Church Seminaries| Atlantic r'i«{ N 7, May 25.—The | Preshyterian general assembly, in | session here, today adopted a recom- inaries affiliated with the church be epidemiology; Dr. H. M., McClana han of Omaha, “Diagnosis;” Newell | Jones, Omaha, “Complications and | Their Treatment,” and J. F. Stevens of Lincoln, “The Value and Best Methods of School Inspection.” In the discussion led by M. L. Hildreth Lyons, Dr. Hildreth commented on the fact that scarlet fever, once a scourge, is now fatal in only about 1 per cent of all cases. Dr. Jones described a treatment by a serum, which he hoped would almost wipe out all fatal effects of the disease. Man Who Drove Murderer to Home of Victim is Slain Portland, Ore, May 25 Finding today of the body of Fred Ristman, a Portland chauffeur, engaged to take an unidentified man to_ the country Mrs. Helen Jennings, re istman had been beaten sumably by the same man wl killed Mrs. Jennings by crushing her skull. Ristman’'s body was found 1 brush more than a mile from e Mrs. Jer dead in } ' hed a week ago. thorities have been working on t ry that Rist man was slain to hide the ntity of } « { the woman, Hennett y, had ecte J 8 g held as a suspect Folectics Elect New Officers | reversed | sumed. The overture, it was said, | aimed | naries and ‘the adoption of the recom- | mendation avoids a contest with re- | investigated by a committee of seven as to their relationship to the church | and the assembly with a view of mak- | ing the relationship more sccure, uni- form and mutually helpful, FRIDAY AND Theesiat MORN G, MAY 2 6, SINGLE THE WEATHER Fair COPY TWO CENTS. BRITISH MOVING TO BALKAN FRONT—The allied forces in Saloniki are being MURE MEDIATIUN »< d to the Balkan front where the Bulgarians and Germans are being concen- The photograph shows British infantry crossing one of o .« many streams en route to their new positions. in great numbers. A #& APPROPRIATION FOR NAYY IS T00 SMALL Republican Minority Report Says Navy Should Be Made Second in the World, ASKS THIRTY MORE WARSHIPS Washington, May 25 members of the house naval affairs committee in a minority report sub- mitted to the house today denounced the $241,000,000 naval appropriation bill, reported by the majority as wholly inadequate and urged more liberal allowances to make the United States navy the second greatest in the world. The minority charged that the ma- jority report ignored opgnighs of naval experts and recommendations of Secretary Daniels and was based on a compromise between interests which wanted no additional naval pro- tection and those which wanted only a slight increase, Big Program Advocated. The republicans recommended that the bill provide for two dreadnoughts omitted by the reported measure, six battle cruisers instead of five, fifty coast defense submarines instead o twenty, $3,500,000 for aircraft instead of $2,000,000, still greater increase in personnel, creation of a national de- fense (:mmril and means for rushing the building r|:7ra1|| by using more than one shitt of workmen daily, dreadnoughts be built according to the plans now ready for the California and Tennessee, so that all might be finished simultaneously The bill should provide, the report declared, for the fyll number of men required The assembly at Rochester, N. Y, last year, rescinded the “contract of 1870, whereby the assembly was | given authority in ratifying faculties in all Presbyterian seminaries. This year an overture was presented fe- questing that the Rochester action be and the 1870 compact re- as semi- at Auburn and Union on a peace basis and should authorize the president to order, at his discre tion, enlistment of such additional men as the navy might need, not to exceed the 88,762 recommended by the general board. More Men Necessary. “We have seventy-two submarines built and building aid the minority report. “The lowest estimate of our gard to these institutions The committee on bills and over- tures in reporting on the subject to- day made a recommendation saying “We recommend that a special committee of seven, four elders and three ministers, be appointed by the moderator to take under considera tion the questions that have been raised as to the action of the general assembly of 1915 regarding this com pact of 1870, especially as to the bear mg of this action ipon the legal status of all our seminaries and a to investigate the whole subject of the relationship of these seminaries to the church” Dr. Waldo C. Cherry of Rochester N. Y., made a report on foreign mis sion boards, showing that out of each dollar given in the United States for foreign mi ms, S cent caches the natives | who inte ed A special plea made the evangelization of Mexi War Summary ONTINUING suultn in the PHEIR FERIOES s Verdun regle weded In hattored rulns the Fee weh nenr the which ol waek Man Wi (e {wm Ve dust vaptneed by the Gee ane Fast Cumieres ik Fow Baving made sume pramress in hand grenads spers N LATEAT MUPORTS fram the bt g wm the weltnbing frant in Wieate that the Ausicians drlvem & v deeply 4 Piattan tereis . sthen vabley HOME REPORES the o TR Aunied . \ wpper Ade requirements by any naval authority is 150." Commenting on the proposal for a defense council, it said “Experience in modern wars has led all other great nations to establish such a council to insure unity, con tinuity and co-operation in all branches of national defense.” Four Republican Candidates Open Roon}sgt Chicago Chicago, Ma He for four candidates for the Y nation for president were ened toda They are Elithu § t, of New York ator John*W, We f Massa husett Charles W, | Ana I MOTON TAKES CHARGE OF TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE T Republican | The report suggested that the two | LT R BALKANS BRITISH ON THE PIARCH IN THE 'Lincoln Building Trades Strike May | Become (eneral | Lincoln, Neb,, May 25.—Unless the | employers concede the demands of the laborers by 5 o'clock this after noon the building trades strike will [ become general here, according to an | |announcement of State Labor Com missioner Coffey, who is um-mmmg} to settle the differences. All crafts- | men's unions will be included in the | [ walkout, if it is declared, and will add | about 1,000 men to the 500 now out, | The laborers are asking an increase from 25 to 30 cents an hour and time and half for overtim STRIKERS PARADE STREETS OF OMAHA | Have Union Band and Carry Ban- ners Betting Forth Their Cause. BUILDERS HOLDING MEETING | Led by James Rink, H. B. Camp | and H, H. Craig, 500 striking laborers | paraded through_ the downtown sec- | tion of the city yesterday. The for- | mation was made at Washington hall, | The route to the Castle | hotel, where the countermarch started | Messrs, Camp and Craig, at the| head of the column, carried the first banner, which read, “We want in- dustrial peace, but not at starvation wages.” Other banners bore Ir;:(-nvlq referring to organization and wages. A band of union musicians was in | attendance. Leaders of the strike had nothing new to offer on the situation. Building construction work remains quict The Omaha Builders' exchange held a session and may have a statement to give out within the next | twenty-four hours. Those who are strike are urging orderly. was south was | in charge of the th strikers to be @Germans Repulse Three Attempts to Retake Cumieres Berl (By Wire to Sayville.) repulse of mter ati the French on the village of t f the Meuse, was announced by the war t '\‘\ ’lvh]v “lem ‘ outl “ At apture of the Haudremont q (General Von Kluck is Seventy Years Old OINTUIAN m&;?fi BERLIN WAR BABIES DROPPING IN PRICE | Rumor United States May Offer to | Mediate Also Caus Peace Stocks. PAPERS DISCUSS WILSON £PEECH BERLIN, May 24.—Via London, May 25, Delayed.—A wircless dis- patch from the United States, giving the substance of President Wils speech at Charlotte, N. €., in which he referred to the possibility of Amer- ican mediation in the war, is given the place of honor in the morning pa- pers. The afternoon editions return- ing to the subject and their com- ments, together with the wide inter- est shown by the German public, show how important this news is re- Rise in on's | garded here. Willing to Consider. Though definitely stated nowhere, there is little doubt that Germany is willing to consider a tender of good offices to inaugurate peace negotia- tions, The former attitude in the highest quArters that America had disqualified itself as a peace mediator on account of its shipments of mu- nitions to the allies has now changed. If President Wilson can hold out any | tangible possibilities that peace may result through his mediation, Ger- tmany will undoubtedly be willing to consider such suggestions as he may offer. Not Suing for Peace. This receptive attitude is naturally susceptible to the construction that Germany i8 not in a position of an- nouncing her position of acception of the good offices except only to find the allies later rejecting the ten- der and asserting that Germany 1is suing for peace. There is equally little doubt the great masses of the | people, aside from the professional editorials from the newspaper offi- ces willing to see America in the role of peace intermediary despite the per- sisting bitterness over the munitions question All Stocks Affected. The rumors of mediation have af- fected the Berlin stock market “War babies,” which have been gen erally weak, dropped lower still on | reports that America and other neu- tral countries were contemplating a ten f their good offices as peace n s At the same time “peace tocks¢' such as shipping and colo nial securities, are in strong de- | Austrians Lose Aeroplane and a Gunboat in Fight I ay M4 2 Par May \ustrian aeroplane d an ¥ At le . ith a alia Adriat ¢ ts of Porte ) \ I by an Aus British Steamship Washington is Sunk TALK COMES FROM * THE WHITE HOUSE President Discusses Prospect of | Negotiations Looking Toward 1 Bringing Peace to | Europe. |EARLY ACTION IMPROBABLE | Terms Must Be Arranged That Will Care for Interests of All the Belligerents and All Neutrals, ! MANY ELEMENTS IN SITUATION [ o e Washington, May 25-President | Wilson told callers today that the ine tervention of a neutral in behalf of peace in Europe could rest only on a mutual understanding by the bellige erents’ that terms to be arranged are | to conserve the interests of all and of | the world at large, rather than those of a particular group of nations among the warring powers. | Mr, Wilson did not disclose any | definite plan of action he may have | formulated in regard to peace, nor | authorize a formal statement of his attitude. His callers gained an im- pression, however, that the president would entertain suggestions that he | extend his good offices to the bellig- {erents to bring about peace only when | the conditions he outlined were likely | of fulfillment, No Immediate Action. Mr. Wilson pointed out to his, calls ers that there are many elements in the situation in Europe, all of which must be taken into account in consid« eration of peace proposals. While he is cager to see the conflict ended as | soon as, possible, the White House visitors were able to gather no im- pression that a move by the United States to bring it about is in imme= diate prospect, at least. Representative Hensley, of Mise souri, discussed with Mr. Wilson his amendment to the naval bill, adopted by the naval committee, authorizing the president to invite other hations to participate in a conference at the close of the war with the object of setting up a court or other tribunal to settle international disputes, Mr, Hensley told the president that he believed this amendment made the naval bill an assurance to foreign na< ns that the United States was arms ing for defense only, not for any of« fensive purpose, and was ready to en« ter into an agreement to settle inter« national disputes amicably. The president did not commit hime self definitcly to the amendment., Mr, Hensley gained the ‘impression tha( he was favorable to the general prine ciples involved. While Mr. Hensley would not re« veal details of his conversation with the president he left the White House satisfied that the president would .da everything possib‘r to bring about peace in Europe and to maintain it after the end of the war. American Woman Held as a Spy Will Be Released Soon Berlin (Via London), May 24.—The American ambassador, James W, Ger | ard, has been informed that an Amer« ican woman, Mary Silliman, a teacher in the American school for girls at Constantinople, who was arrested on suspicion of espionage at Warnes | mund, Germany, a month ago, while |on her way'to the United States, will | be released at an early date, Misa Silliman's arrest, it is said, was dua to the finding in her trunk when if was examined at the frontier of a | draft of a code for the transmissio | of messages. Miss Silliman explain‘: | that this probably was placed in hes | trunk by a revengeful pupil of the | school. Lynch Wore Uniform And Took Part in the- Fighting at Dublin ’ Washington, May 25.—Ambassado# Page at London today advised thd State department that he had pres sented the British foreign office, ag instructed, a note requesting infore ding the specific charge and character of the evidence in the case of Jeremiah C, Lynch, an Amery ican citizen arrested for participatiog mation reg in the Dublin rebellion The ambassador also transmitted unofficial information that the chargq t Lynch w that he actively a ated i ellion and tha§ e & uniform — Omaha People Recognize Value As evidence that Jee Want-Ads at le per word are a big value. Look at the increase in ads in one month, 5,954 MORE Paid Want-Adsin April, 1916, than same month 1915