Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 2, 1916, Page 1

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HUGHES GAINING JURIST'S FRIENDS / Supreme Justice Against Field Is Consensus of Opinion at Chi- cago, With Roosevelt Talk Prominently Heard, NOT STAMPEDEABLE MEETING Prospect Is Delegates Will Select | Candidate With Clear Judg- ment By VICTOR RUSEWATER, 1, June 1 “Hughes against (Special the - " Chicago, Telegram,) field,” is relative stand- the repub- the before expressed about ing of lican national convention, candidates Some nar Roose Hughes sentiment is plainly on row it down to “Hughes or velt.” the notwithstanding the constant knock increase and gatheting strength ing by all the big and little satelites of the other camps The Weeks crowd have the biggest and best organized promotion cam paign, but the scenery being ranged to throw a few spectacular changes for T, R, A man who heard the latter's speech in St, Louis yesterday told me they had scattered thousands of portrait buttons inscribed “Roosevelt and Amreicanism”, and that the shower of buttons was to spread over the convention crowds at Chicago. The of opinoion, however, is that this is not to be a stampedable «convention any more than was the last one or the one before that, and that the final choice wil represent the real judgment of the standard-bearer P best calculated to cement the reunited party and make victory at the polls certain is concensus Same Rule as Before, The center of acticity shifted today to the meeting of the national com- mittee at the coliseum which quicky settled down to the contest cases, al- though it did not work up the usual speed in disposing of them Whie the disputed seats total sixty- two, no great excitement is aroused by them, but I have a measure of sat- isfaction out of one thing in that the procedure is under the very same rules that governed four years ago, and that at the request of Sccretary Reynolds 1 dictated the draft this morning from a memorandum of the ast session’s rules, ‘and this draft of mine is the one adopted unanimousy vy the committee. So what we fought yvershefre a whole day, with reference \ to requiring 4 demand by twenty members to justify a roll call and to the time imit for presenting the cases, and to the exclusion of the outsiders except representatives of the press associations, and for which I and my oleagues on the old committee were | so roundly denounced, was accepted as a matter of course and without a lissenting wote. Previous Action Confirmed. And further than that, so far as the coutests passed on today have gone, they have confirmed unanimously the felegations sent by the selfsame or- ganizations which were recognized at reguars four years ago, and then oc- asioned eration Now the rules are accepted and eminently ightcous, be absoutely neces- sary the transaction of business. I ooked in on the committee session for a litte while to hear the presenta- tion of the Georgia case by Will Hayward, and things were going smoothy and peacefully. No explo- sions by Henley and and no epithets by anybody Nebraska's member, Brother Howel, who showed up at 1 made J [ known asking a quest of the lawyer on point puzzle him did { the other committeemer a5 perfecty proper ause his few that oon ence by 1t emed to as also me , and 1 was serene and tiresome Withdraws ww Delegate t I Victor H The Weather Tomperature wt © A Yesterdn abboms ol 1 B M much outcry and vitup- | SETTLE CONTESTS BY OLD RULE | still the epitome of opinion | ar- | | STRENGTH INSPITE SEE VICTORY IN " OFHARD KNOCKING AN OPEN HEARING Defeat of Effort to Have Sub- Committees Consider Contests Gives Supporters of Hughes and T, R. Pleasure, SCENT A SECRET CONSPIRACY Hilles and Managers of “Favorite Sons” Assert Action Has No Significance, WATCHING WHAT MOOSERS DO Chicago, June 1.—Political support of were Hughes the ers Roosevit and jubilant tonight ovér defeat of the attempt made by certain mem bers of the republican national com mittee to have the ¢« ts over dele gates heard by subcommittees instead of the ways has decided these disputc Wihen Hilles suggested that named to go by full committee, which al Chairman subcommittees be documents in the contest so full over the that the not committee neked waste considering trival dis putes, the Roosevelt and Hughes sup porters scented a possible plot to have the contests considered in secret ses- sions and vigorously protested Smoot Leads Fight. Senator Reed Smoot, national com mitteeman from Utah and a Hughes supporter, led the fight against the plan and succeeded in having the mo. tion voted down velt and Hughes' forces in the committee joined hands to defeat the plan and claimed an important in the first scrimmage with the organization Chairman Hilles and managers of the “favorite sons” candidates profess to sce no significance in the action and insisted that the only purpose of ap pointment of subcommittees was to Roose victory | expedite the hearings, Republican leaders today began to inquire some anxiety what action will be taken by the progressive national conyention, which meets June 7. They are trying to get some definite infor mation whether Colonel Roosevelt really intends to run for president as the candidate of the progress party, in the event another man is chosen by | the republicans, One Choice of Moosers, Harold L. Ickes, committeeman from lllinois in the progressive party, declared that he favored nominating Roosevelt regardless of any action taken by the republicans, He said Roosevelt was the first and only choice of the bull moosers for presi- | dent and that he believed Theodore Roosevelt would be nominated. Word was received from numerous bull moose state delegations that they fa vored nominating Roosevelt on the first ballot and adjourning the con vention without waiting to see what the republicans may do George W, Perkins, chairman of the executive committee of the progres sive party, in a statement made to night said: “There is no denying the fact that many of our delegates are in favor |of nominating Roosevelt without wait ing.Just what will be done no one cantell at this time. Personally 1 am in favor of waiting until we the temper and atmosphere of the repub lican convention before a nomination see making Stand by Statement. “I stand by the progressive tee in January. I am of conciliation and hoping that the re- publicans may and adopt a platform that we can en dorse. 1 (th we should confer with the republican leaders in an effort to reach a satisfactory agreement./d have talked to none of the republican lead ers, but I expect to before get through.” T'here were more Roosevelt than all dates combined in evidence headquarter by the statement issued national commit re in a spirit yminate a candidate we active workers for the other candi around con n toda Many ning Committeeman Absent Nebraska " King of Italy and Starf Ouit Front BARNES ON THE SCENE— National committeeman of New York reaches Chicago. A wosb . o AR L - | — 4 - WILLIAM J, BARNES, WAITE SENTENCED 10 DI IN JULY Murderer Makes Short Address to Court in Which He Says the Conviction is Just, HE IS TAKEN 70 SING SING New York, June 1.—Dr, Arthur Warren Waits today was sentenced to die in the clectric chair during the week of June 10—the penalty for the murder of his father-in-law, John E, Peck, of which he was convicted, When Dr. Waite was presented to the bar his counsel moved that he be granted a new trial, This was denied by court and sentence was then im posed, When Justice Shearn concluded the sentence, Waite delivered a short speech in which he expressed appre ciation of the in his trial was conducted and his thanks to the court, the prosecutors and to his own attorney Dr. Waite said he was very sorry for his crimes and for the suffering and trouble he had caused others, He declared that he hoped by surrender- ing his body for punishment he would compensate in some small de- gree for the deaths of his victims, Prisoner Addresses Court, Waite entered the court room head erect; step firm and apparently cool, He addressed the court with suave politeness, His voice wavered as he spoke of his sorrow for his crimes, “I thank the court,” he said to Jus- tice Shearn, "for the very fair and im- partial manner in which it has treated me. | also thank the jurors for the courteous manner in which they lis- tened to me, 1 feel their judgment was justified ‘My sincere thanks are due to the prosecuting attorney, Mr. Brothers, wi.o was always nice with me. Mr, Deuel, my counsel, is uso entitled to my thanks. He believed implicitly that I wis not guilty ‘I ask for forgiveness, I am very slad to give my body in expiation for the things 1 have done and I give my soul freely to rectify my misdeeds. 1 | on and on forever and manner which hope it go cver 1o purge itself Waite was taken back to the Tombs, wl preparations were made to remove him at once to Sing Sing Within half an hour after sentence was imposed Waite was on board a train for the prison When he was searched before going to the this morning a small broken in two piece found in his pocket. The taken from him state room pocket mirror, , was Nine Thousand Longshoremen on Pacific Strike The | Chicago Convention Special Testures that will : give readers The Bes i | Ay s and human sature arpeets Bert Leston Taylor favfamed oo "H | ! for s | baily “Linatype” saluma in the | Chicag Teibune, will depiet the funnyy e his inimitable atyle ! Ring W Lardner I suthar of the "Husher Lottars, will Wil abe A daily s & s of abdeaplivtin L U epiation ook to The Bee lor on News LConvent WILSON'S CHOICE OF BRANDEIS AS JUDGE oONFIRMEDBYVOTE v Senate Votes Forty-Seven to Twen- ty-Two to Approve Naming of Boston Lawyer to Su- preme Court THREE REPUBLICANS FOR HIM La Follette, I&n]rnn and Poindexter Line Up With Democratic ‘ Majority, ‘ ENDS FIVE MONTHS' FIGHT Washington, June |.—~Louis D Brandeis, nominated to the supreme court by President Wilson and bit terly fought by republicans for five months, was confirmed late today by the senate I'he vote was 47 to 22 I'hree republicans who voted for Brandei were Senato LaFollette Norris and Poindexter. Senator New lands was the only democrat who [voted against him. Senators Clapp and Gronna, republicans, were paired in favor of confirmation ‘Gen, Funston Denies 1 . Discussing Future Crossings of Line San Antonio, Tex., June 1—Gen eral Funston issued a statement today denying that the future crossing of the international line by American troops in pursuit of raiding bandit was discussed at the El Paso confer ence between Mexican and American officers, He also insisted that with the exception of the tentative agree ment which was not ratified by the head of the Mexican de facto govern« ment no agreement was ever reached “There was drawn up and signed by | General Scott, General Obregon and | myself a tentative written agreement subject to ratification by President Wilson and Mr, Carranza,” says the statement, “The former promptly ap proved of the arrangement, but the later, after several days of considera tion, declined to do so on the ground that any future raid, even on a small scale at any point on the border, might nullify it “Neither at this meeting nor at any other was the subject of the possibil- ity of our troops following the Glenn | Springs or any other raiders over the border, brought up by anyone | “The tentative agreement was not ratified and fell through entirely, and there was no agreement of any kind that ever took its place, though the | Mexican conferees were assured to | | the effect that our government was | acting in good faith and desired to | withdraw our troops as soon as it was satisfied that law and order had been established along the south side of the boundary and our border ren dered safe.” Irish Question is Debated in Commons London, June l.—Premier Asquith in the house of commons today moved an adjournment of parliament until June 20, which gave the members an opportunity to discuss any subject they desired to take up. John Dillon, Irish nationalist, referring to the re bellion in Ireland, did not a hopeful view of the efforts now being take made by David Lloyd George to re concile the various factions. He said, however, that no Irishman with the slightest sense of responsibility would say anything which would increase the difficulties of Mr, Lloyd George ‘Twenty Killed in | Riot in Venezuela Willemstad, Curacao, Wednesda May 31.—Twenty persons were killed or wounded in an outbreak at Mara caibo, Venizuela against General Garcia, who has been appointed pre lent of the state of Zulia, succeeding mpora President Arangurer t General Garcia f anding \ to Mara Ma \ t Liebknecht Faces Charge of Treason HOUSE VOTES TO REDUCE NAVAL ENLISTMENTS through i IS CONFIRMED—United States || ent Wilson for place on LOUIS D. BRANDEIS senate upholds nomination of Pre the United States supreme bench. Lovss D. BRANDELS. TURKS ADVANGE GERMANSREPULSED AGAINST SLAVS AT DEADMAN'S HILL | French Official Report Tells of Ad- ditional Gains Made in the Region of Verdun, TEUTONS ADMIT LOS§ TO FRENCH | Moslem Troops Move Forward in Caucasns on a Front of Twenty Miles. RETAKE PLACE FROM RUSSIANS Parjs, June 1—~The Germans were completely repulsed in an attagk de- livered upon the French positions at Deadman Hill about 8 o'clock last night, according to an official state- the French war of- violent bombardment (Via Lon the Cau- Constantinople, June 1 don.)~Turkish in the offensive against the troops casus took Russians over a front of twenty miles on Tuesday. The war office announces the capture by the Turks of ment issued by khatum, fifty miles west of Erzerum, A which recently was taken by the Rus- | continued in this region throughout ;IIu» night. An intense artillery duel {is in progress on the east and west Mama fice today sians, Allies Advance from Saloniki, Jerlin, Juns, 1,—(Wireless to Say-|fronts at Douaumont, ville,)—A general movement of the| The text of the statement says Anglo-French forces at Saloniki to-| “On the left bank of the Meuse the ward the Macedonian border, that has | bombardment continued with great been in progress for some time, is re-| violence in all the territory around St n oMaial. statemsans: oa: Deadman Hill, A determined Ger- | PRESME sl (A | man attack, delivered yesterday even- | ported by Bulgarian army headquar-|joo 4 8 o'clock upon the eastern | ters under date of May 24, slopes of the hill, was completely re- | “Two months ago,” says the Bul-|pulsed. i garian statement, "the Anglo-French [ “On the right bank of the river ar- troops began the abandonment of the | tillery fighting has become exceed- | fortified camp at Saloniki and started ingly intense west and east of l‘()"f a movement toward our frontier, The | Douaumont | principal enemy forces were stationed | “During the night of May 31-June 1 in the Vardar valley and eastward|a French air squadron threy down Dovatupete to the Struma |twenty shells on the railroad stations | valley and westward through the dis-|of Thionville, Audun and La Roman, trict of Subotsko and Vodena to Flor-|and fifty other shells upon the com- ina missary lu,{v:lqlhlllt‘v: of the enemy | “Artillery fire has occurred daily |at Azannes during the last month on the Giev- Germans Admit Reverse, geli-Doiran front, but up to this time Berlin, June 1.—(Via London.)—In | Anglo-French .troops had nowhere | an attack on German positions south- | crossed the frontier. The day be-|east of Deadman Hill on the Verdun fore (May.22) a French reconnoiter- | front the French obtained a foothold ing detachment was fired at by pa-|in the German fire lin> trenches over triots in the village of Gorni-Garbale extent of 400 meters, the war of The French fled, abandoning their | fce announced today. The French horses, which were captured by our | jyade repeated assaults on the Ger : | man lines, but other than at the point | mentioned, were beaten off with ex- tremely heavy Rail Assessments | Revised to Cover Branch Divisions an Wilson Will March At Head of the Flag Day Procession losses Washington, June 1 President Wilson, marching on foot, will lead Lincoln, June 1 I'he State Board lay, June 14. Afterward he will re ment increase of seven railroads ¢ the parade and address the Vebraska. There is no change in marcher he a mt of the increase in valua When a local committee asked the Y $1,016,000, but the ir president today to review the parade | crease dist ted over the entire he re | ent ally t [ ) A A age, mstead of just er uld re v but \ A e las ¢l ‘ t It i ' A idle he ed that if ¢ ild give pe P . case ir Meat Becomes Scarce in Berlin and All Larger German Cities | ican border UNITED STATES WILL NOT RECALL ITS TROOPS NOW American Soldiers Will Not Be With- drawn from Mexico Until the Situation Greatly I Improves, 1 CARRANZA MUST MAKE GOOD Washington Holds De Facto Govern- ment Should Demonstrate Its Ability to Control Situation. PERSHING'S TROOPS NOT IDLE Washington, June 1.—It was stated authoritatively today that American troops will not be withdrawn from Mexico until the Carranza authori- ties demonstrate control of the situ- ation sufficient to protect the Amer- A reply to that effect probably will be made Carranza's note to General President Wilspn today as ready to the troops when possible, but determined to wait until the Car- ranza forces can control the situation, Steps were taken by the War de- partment today to ohtain more defin- ite information of the disposition of Carranza in Chihuahua. It was said that the tone of Carranza's note prompted the action of military officials withcut regard to the dip- lomatic phases of the situation. Funston Asked for Report. General Funston has been asked to outline clearly the situation in Chi- huahua, according to his most recent information of the whereabouts of arranza detachments, No anxiety is felt for the safety of General Per- shing's columns, but in view of the statements in General Carranza's note it is desired to know as accu- rately as possible what the move- ments of his forces are, It was explained at the War depart- ment that the real mission of the ex- pedition at this time was to prevent attacks upon the wide sections of the horder controlled by its position in Mexico - A large border garrison or patrol, it was pointed out, might repel an at- tack, but could not make it impos- sible. was represented withdraw troops Pershing’s Force Not Idle, Ample patrols are active through the territory on both sides of General | Pershing’s base and his line of com- munications and War department of- ficials hold that a condition of com- plete security is being maintained from this region and along the border, despite the allegations of the Car- ranza note that the expedition is in- terned in ‘Chihuahua state, "lyinz idle and with no military object.” No additional troop movements were in contemplation today, so far as known Gavira-Pershing Conference Brief. El Paso, Tex,, June 1.—General Ga- brief Gavira, constitutionalist com- mander of northern Chihuahua, who went to Casas Grandes yesterday to confer with General J. J. Pershing, the American expeditionary com- mander, is expected to return to Juarez tonight or early tomorrow, This announcement was made in Juarez today by General Francisco Gonzales upon receipt of a message from General Gavira This announcement that the confer- ence was to be of so short duration came as somewhat of a surprise, as persons in close touch with the sit- uation had expected the meeting to extend over several days. General Gonzales said General Gavira had re- ported that he expected to confer with General Pershing this afternoon |at Colonia Dublan, the American field base across the river Cases Grandes. At military headquarters on the Mexican side the new Carranza note was read with apparent surprise, Gen- from eral Gonzales, the temporary com- mandant, asserting that the first inti- mation he had had of the existence of the note came with its publication He added that when General Gavira departed yesterday for Cases Gran- des he had no knowledge of the note Davis May Head Demos' Committee June 1.—John neral of the vas being dise of the to wha ¥ artment of Justice rman commitiee MeCombs, nsidera former practically ! v chairman Today’s Best Hunch Never Nidvertise Wit ~ Havix B o advertise, Never Have » \iiivast riing thi \ f L0} Wit ng itin Omaha Bee wit Ivert The