Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 28, 1916, Page 1

Fi HUNDRED < Oskalooss, Ia., May 2. early today destroyed FOUR MEN LOSE PART ONE. i NEWS SECTION PACES ONE TO TWELVE. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE N VOL. XLV—NO. 50. OSKALOOSA FIRE Admmmratwn Building of Penn| College Burns and Students and Others Trapped Beneath Falling Wnlls TWO BODIES ARE RECOVERED nancia] Agent of Institution and Secretary of Iowa Prohibition | Party Are Victims, THOUSAND L0S§ Fire which the tration building of Penn college here adminis took a toll of four lives, instead of as had it stated tonight. City authorities late this afternoon order ruins for the two been supposed, was a search of the additional of bodies two victims, | trapped by falling walls while trying to carry valuable books from the col- lege library, The bodies of Robert H., Williams, 35, financial agent of the college and state secretary of the prohibition party, and Harry Oakley, a freshman, were recovered soon | ..f r the flames were brought under control According to the the two additional dead are George Raber, a railroad fireman, and an un identified man. They were in a party of half a dozen who were carrying books from the library when the four ton bell in the cupalo fell through the building, splitting and collapsing its front wall, Raber and his companion ran toward the front of the building when the wall began to fall, while the remainder of the party ran to the rear. Tons of debris now piled on the spot where the two were last seen, The fire broke out in the biological laboratory on the second floor of the building and reached a forty-gallon tank of aleohol, which exploded, scat- | tering liquid fire in all directions, In sufficient water pressure hampered | the efforts of the fire department. Minear and Kelley were cut and bruised and are believed to have suf-| fered internal injuries, They were hurt while rescuing the S. H, M.| Byers art collection, which was hung | n the chapel hall. The collection is said to be worth $50,000. George Minear and Howard Kelley, | students, who were injured by the fall- chief of police, are , probably will recover, the physicians said tonight. The dra‘rl and injured all are residents of this city. (ollrge officials mnlght assert that | the loss will total approximately $100,- )00, The building was only partially insured. The fire is thnught to have been caused by defective wmng Austrians Storm ture |during the ling session OMAHA, SU NDAY MORNING, MAY 28 THY WEATHER. Fair , 1916—SIX SECTIONS—FORTY-FOUR Woman Life Gunrd to Help the Girls and Women at the Municipal Beach. LOCKERS ARE SET FOR 1,500 “Come on in, boys and girls, the| water is fine,” says Joe Hummel, commissioner of parks and boule 1 playgrounds and bathing lu aches Municipal beach at Carter lake was 1ally opened yesterday morning at I'he f 10 o'clock particular new fea accommodations is the separate for men and women. Girls and women have their o6wn dressing apartments and will enter he water from a new dock. Blanche in, ex pert swimmer, has started as life and will mers of and women, over swi guard for girl ave supervision her sex | a woman | This is the first time |life guard has been er ed at the local bathing places, Indications are thati the muny beach will be « n than ever befc swimmers more attended Commissioner popular this seas I'wenty-five in the were mornin after Hummel h detailed two checkers | for the men and two for the women [here are checking accommodation for about 1,500 swimmer “I heartily approve Hum mel's idea of placing life guard at Carter lake, Super {intendent English of Recreation department N, H. Loomis Member 0f New Presbyterian Educational Board Atlantic City, N. J., May 27.—Com missioners to the 120th general a embly of the Presbyterian church | which closed yesterda were d cussing today the probable location of the newly established general board of education. The new board is a consolidation of the colleg board and the board of educati and is composed of thirty members, cighteen ministers and eighteen eld ers, They were appointed at the clos- | of the assembly and probably will hold a meeting within a few weeks to elect officers and de- cide upon the location of their head quarters, | The college board at present is located in New York and the board of education in Philadelphia, The board is to apply for a charter in a state yet to be determined and this| may affect the choice for a perma- nent location for its officers, Dr. |John Willis Baer, president of Occi- dental college, was prominently men- | tioned for secretary, the salary of | which office was fixed by the as | sembly at $6,000 a year Among the members of the new | board are Ministers for one year: Louis W. Mudge, Harrishurg; Charles Lee Mountain on the |iusia, Newaric™; 1 Waher . Ferris, N, Y.; Ira W, Al Trento Frontier ien, Paris, fit; Stephen’s. Estey, To peka, Kan.; George E. Davies, Salt Vienna (Via London), May 27— Pake City. Elders: N |“ lfl;w;*» Twenty-five hundred Italians, four Omaha; Archer C, Sinc By 'I‘ ar guns, four machine guns and 4 quan- | Rapid "Ja; James R. Martin, Des tity ‘of war material have been | Moines. Two-year cldcrs Harry H Cantured " by the Austrians, who | Seldomridge, Colorado Springs; Coc stormed an extensive mountain ridge o the Trentino front, according to in official statement issued by the war department here, The statement follows: We have gained a new great suc- cess on the Italian front, capturing the entire mountain ridge from Cornocicampe Verde to Maata. The enemy suffered sanginary losses. We | captured over 2,500 prisoners, four | guns, four machine guns, 300 bicycles and much other material,” (via Paris), Ma 27.~The ent of Italian ad )sition on t ssure of 3 an ght by th t ment I'he Austrians are stated to be making their main effort toward the Arsiego basin, in the hope of reaching the vall which run be tween the Astice 1 rivers wn to Vicen I'l in sai t th Aust re advance point irren lered fc (teneral Buil nlmfl‘ Strike is Called The Weather ‘) | ;‘:{iflw{ & (r.mlm:l Hmnn S D Gen, Hall Here to ‘ Look After Rifle | Range and Armory the city again in regard to his pro 1 rifle rang in | posed new armory scheme | and aviation corp and la y no means least ele mpany which may be ¢ I e ne future, the W signified its a « of the ar ervice ir place I it can I h ate plant t ) id General would be interested, as gra rs and mar A would comprise about 100 he | [ m at y G ral | e 1 ( Dr. Mayo Again Called to Bedside of James J, Hill W PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS | all the pha SWIMMING SEASON DR. WAITE FOUND | THEIR LIVES IN IS OPEN AT CGARTER GUI[TY OF MIIRRER s W 0¥ OF FATHER=: e | Jury in Case of Man Charged with | Poisoning Wife's Father Out | Less Than an Hour and : a Half, { ALIENISTS SAY WAITE IS SANE Experts Cnllcd by thc State Flatly | Contradict Those Who Testify | for the Defense Friday. | KNEW HE WAS DOING WRONG | e [ New York, May 27.—Dr. Arthur| Warren Waite was today found guilty of the of John E. Peck, the Grand Rapids mil ‘ lionaire murder his father-in-law, | “Guilty of murder in the first de gree," re was the verdict of the jury, turned after it had been abesent from the court room one hour and twenty five minutes | Waite was remanded to the Tombs | to await imposition ot sentence nn! June 1 The summing up of the evidence | both defense and after Justice Shearn. then began his ‘Imrgv‘ was concluded by prosecution soon noon tc to the jury ; Justice ~ Shearn completed charge at 1:20 p. m, and the out to consider its verdict, State Calls Alienists, Waite entered the the sar his jury Dr court room | with ne apparently resigned, | ier that has charac nonchalant 1 terized his d. anor since the be- ginning of his trial, The prosecu-| tion promptly began its rebuttal of the tes of the defense bearing s alleged imbecility and placing on the witness tand ‘a neutrologist, Dr. Smith Ely | Jelliffe New York He hwmul{ that he had gathered from an exami- | m of Waite that the prisoner u:\ no signs of defective intelli- Tn my opinion, he was sane. I be- lieve he knew the nature of the crime he committed and was fully aware of es of it. He had sufficient mentality to appreciate his acts, He was sane when he killed Peck.” Dr. William Mabon also testified for the prosecution, saying he found no disturbance of Dr, Waite's nervous system. On some occasions when he examined Waite he found the pris- | oner made an effort to give false an- sWers. Sane When He Killed Peck. \\’hd( is your conclusion about in- sanity?” asked Assistant District At- torney Brothers, “That he was sane,” ness “Was he sane m your opinion when he killed Pec “I would say that, killed Peck, he was sane that he was doing wrong.” Dr. ‘Menas S. Gregory of Belleyue hospital, called as a witness for the prosecution, said he had examined Waite in that hospital and concluded that he was sane. He said he be- lieved and knew Waite was sane when he killed Mr. Peck and that he knew he was doing wrong. General Pershmg And Gavira Will Have Conference Washington, conference between Generals Pers said the wit- at the time he and knew May 27.—The military | hing | and Gavira, arranged yesterday, will tion of not discuss in any the que the withdrawal of the American ex pedition into Mexico. General Fun- rders to General Pershing au al 1 conference explicitly | offic | L« sion of this subject | through conference will probably be |formatic s at Namiquipa, Co-operation be-[to write tween Me and American troops | in regar n chasing ts was the basi next which the ican othicer sough numb al Gabriel Gavira al J. ] | ( ing that in vie f t ar. B to prever A t e 1 \ TWENTY-.ONE ARE CHOSEN TO SIGMA X! FRATERNITY — 7 Dan Cupid’s June Bride Preparedness Campaign PE, mwm;\f’\ RICE 50 845 olLp Slfat s NAN(,‘ Bwsso S\ “'Mo,.s Hn ((\Qé%‘* & 3 for} GENERAL GALLIENI, FRENCH HERO, DIES, Former Minister of War, Hailed as | Savior of Paris, is Dead After Long Illness. WILL HAVE NOTABLE FUNERAL| Paris, May 27. at Versailles today. The death of General Gall'eni, while unexpected, not sorrow, as he was French people, particularly the poor, who regarded him as the created idolized by General Joseph S. Gallieni, former minister of war, died pmhmnd the savior of Paris during the critica! days of Au- gust, 1914, His funeral will be the occasior of a notable military and civil demonstration. Shortly before his death an opera- tion for transfusion of blood was per- | but it had little formed, general was extremely weak and was | unable to take nourishment. effect The His son and daughter were at his bedside. After General Gallieni in the Marne, the notable part in taxicabs at the crisis of the gle victc ergy it thereby in favc war d himself His first act was to fc to the to minister gene military turned or of the the taken battle of the when he rushed 80,000 troops of the Paris garrison to the battle line | strug tide of | nch, he was .lmu inted minis ter of war in the ted cabinet by re General Gallieni re m of red markable ica en tape He with posts 1 civilians the field and his ta ”(' l)(l ll 1]1(‘ l, 0 “Odd Fi 'Polly Derides Suffs | yesterday and the parrot, which had PAGES. SINGLE (C( )PY FIVE CENTS. e —————— £ THESE'LL COME Y\ iv wanor ar ~ O\ 7" weooING ////1) A thDmu M Z ) | LICENSES AND A W\ b | ‘Emuumn H s A - 1 | a— N— DAN cUPID PRINVER | 10 FILL COUNGIL VACANCY THIS WEEK Await Return of Mayor Dahlman to Appoint Successor to Com- miuioner Drexel. SEVERAL HENTIONED FOR PLACE With the. return uf Mayor. Dahl- man from Kentucky this-week the city council will address itself to the task of selecting a successor to the late Commissioner Drexel, superin- tendent of the department of street cleaning and maintenance. The unusual occurrence of a city | commissioner ‘l\'”h while in office presents a situation not easily met by the six commissioners, It will require four votes to elect the successor, and it is not improbable there will be | some difference of opinion at the out- | set as to who should be selected. e been men- And is Sent Back To the Bird Store Chicago, May 27.—There will be no parrot in the suffrage parade here on June 7. Polly did not behave and is back in the bird store from which he came, But he created a stir before being dethroned as “official barker” for the suffragists. Parade headquarters were opened | been named “Polly Votes,” was there, | The parrot was to be taught to talk for women's votes and was to be car- ried in the parade. The bird store man assured the committee that the parrot did not swear, but the day was opened by a recital of all the sv words Polly knew., The bird refused to learn his official slogan, Yolly Votes,” and would only say “Votes,” and follow it with derisive laughter, He stole the beauty patch off of one suffragist's cheek, bit and scratched | and behaved so undignifiedly that he Among those who ha was soon on the way back to his|tioned with more or less seriousness b asth: are: P. J. Martin, Thomas McGovern, bR Dean Noyes, George Parks, Joseph | | Walker, J. A. Rine, Jeff W. Bedford, | Morgan Employes Wealer.~Adklaar "Thaibas . Heclor | Harry” Hackett, James Watkins and | Who Stole Money tiomas A. Fry. “There are others in the race, but they are “impossible.” FOI' Pa,yroll Ta,ken A former Omaha man, now in Salt | | Lake City, wired Acting Mayor But- | New York, May 27.—All but $900 | €7 his desire to be considered as a | of the $10,500 stolen from J. P. Mor-| " e ixecutive Meeting Thursday. The gan & Co. yesterday was restored to commissioners repeatedly day by detectives who followed three stated during the week to candidates of the firm's office boys to Philadel- | and others that they would not com phia and 1ight back two of them |mit themselves until Mayor Dahlman under arrest this morning I'he de- | returned I'he act mayor wired tectives say the boys confessed the| Mr wld reserve his theft and acc ted for the missing | deci 1til the council met to con money by saying each boy mailed t is probable the $300 to his mother [ d an executive I'he money was handed to \\-l'n‘ M¢ aged 18, to carry t a new com exy ment. McManus v ner o es would result | ¢ with him Wil in a deadl the six com Bain , and a third of T ¢ led at pr Al A [ A t A . Either the e it wl the d le [ ans will have t ¢ m, | ) 1 \ [ A \ \ tal ided int cela g that es. W « ¢ 4 \ It wa | al y fanus and Tain wre charged | {)jying Hvllu\ Are Charged with Misuse of the Mails stuf f 1ce tere ng Features About the ng | | the | cussions with Germany PRESIDENT TALKS FOR PEACE THAT WILL BE LASTING Wilson Appears Before the League to Enforce Peace and Delivers Address That May Be a Feeler. SOME PLANS ARE OUTLINED Tells What United States Might Do if Called Upon to Mediate Between Countries, DEPEND ON NEW DIPLOMACY Washington, May 27.-President Wilson asserted here tonight before the League to Enforce Peace, that United States was ready to poin in any feasible association of nations of the “political ambition and selfish to prederve the pesce world against hostility” and in service of “a common order, a common justice and a com~ mon peace.” sed the hope that the terms of cpeae which end the present war would include such an arrangement, ’m!hnmg suggestions for peace which the president said he hoped the United States would make if it has the opportunity to do so, he included a provision for absolute freedom of | the seas, a contention which has been the keynote of all the diplomatic dis- and ' Great Britain, and virtual guarantees ter ritorial integrity and political inde- pendence Officials interpreted the president’s address as a preliminary feeler for |peace in Europe. He outlined the | conditions on which the United States |would move if it made a formal | mediatory offer with the idea, it was understood of learning how such sug= gestions would be received abroad. Makes These Suggestions, “I am sure,” said the president,” that the people of the United States would wish their government to move along these lines “First—Such a settlement with re- gard to their own immediate interests as the belligerents may agree upon, We have nothing material of any Rind to ask for ourselves, and are quite aware that wer are in no sense or degree parties to the present quarrel. Our interest is only in peace and its future guarantees, “Second-—An universal association of the nations to maintain the invio- late security of the highway of the seas for the common and unhindered use of all the nations of the world, and to prevent any war begun either contrary to treaty covenants or with- out warning and full submission of the causes to the opinion of the world —a virtual guarantee of territorial m: tegrity and political independence.” The fundamentals of a lasting peace He expre President Wilson said he believed were! As to Lasting Peace. “First—That every people has a right to choose the sovereignty un- der which they shall live. Like other nations,” the president said, “we have ourselves no doubt once uul again offended against that principle when for a littlew hile controlled by our selfish passion, as our franker his- torians have been honorable enough to admit; but it has become more and re our rule of life and action. Second—That thes mall states of the world have a right to enjoy the same respect for their sovereignty and for their territorial integrity, that great and powerful nations expect and insist upon “Third—That the world had a right to be free from every disturbance of its peace that has its origin in aggres- sion and disregard of the rights of people and nations.” The outstanding le ~~1v|| of the world had been that war, the president said the peace of the world must hence« fo lepend upon a “new and more W yme diplomacy.” auumplmhed nothing for the benefit of the world,” said the president, “it has at least disclosed a great moral neces- s and set forward the thinking of e statesmen of the world by a whole age. Public Right Must Prevail. “Repeated utterances of the lead- this war has ing statesmen of most of the great nations now engaged in war have made it plain that their thought has me to this, that the principle of pub right must henceforth take precedence over t} dividual inter ests of particular nations, and that the natior e world must in some wa and ether to seo At that rig s ugainst any rt of jon; that hence- th alliance ot be set up . t there must be a m for a common t the heart of that nu the inviolas y | of mane p | . are he i a wen (hree Ri ank Directors Found Not tuilty by the Jury . " ¥