Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 4, 1916, Page 1

) | Part One_—— NEWS SECTION Pages One to Fourteen. VOL. XLV—NO. HUGHES OCCUPIES STRATEGIC PLACE, GAINING STRENGTH Withstands Onslaughts From All Sides Without Damage From the Concentrated Fire of His Opponents. BIG NOISE IS F(;R ROOSEVELY' | 51, b\ Monster Preparedness Parade Fails to Bring Stampede to Him, “0LD GUARD” THING OF PAST By VICTOR ROSEWATER. Chicago, 1ll,, June 3,—(Special tel- egram)—With the week right upon us, the relative strength of the different presidential possibilities remains substantial The convention | unchanged shows Hughes occu pying the strategic position and more reconnaissance strongly entrenched by reason of hay ing withstood so far without darage all the fire concentrated at him hy rthe opposition in concert or singly. The big noise for Roosevelt, it must be admitted, has had no let up, but its effectiveness is decidedly open to question, Home Feeling Controls. As the delegates arrive in greater numbers they report the strong popu- lar demand for Hughes back home and look to satisfy the home feeling, rather than the artificial clamor here in Chicago. As a consequence while the monster preparedness parade to- day has crowded politics almost off the boards, if it was expected to cre ate a furore for Roosevelt as the sole embodyment of Americanism, it cer tainly failed to satisfy the Roosevelt boosters And neither the dazzling electric sign hoards nor the full #ge advertisements in the Chicago papers has served either to annihiliate the Hughes boom or to shove the favor- ite sons off the map. Committeemen Changing. | I talked with a member of the nar; tional committee who has been hear- ing contests and mingling intimately with the committeemen from the other states and found that he had swung almost around tu Justice Hughes, whom he had refused to con- sider seriously on his arrival a few| days ago. He told me he found the | drift of sentiment inside the commit- | tee to be in the same direction, | “A majority of the,national commit- teemen would see Hughes nomi- nated,” he said, “though some of them cannot say so openly because they are committed to a favorite son.” It is amusing to anyone familidr with the real conditions to read the| press stories built up around the awful machinations of the “Old Guard.” “Old Guard” No More. | The fact is there is no “Old Guard” any more in the sense the term has been used heretofore, and those who used to be included* in that classifi- | cation and are still on deck are far from being in unison, | The most striking proof of this was the greeting I had from Stevenson of Colorado, “Big Steve,” as he took so much pleasure in proclaiming “I don't know whether you will want to associate with me, 'he said You know I am down here as a dele gate to vote for Roosevelt.” And by way of offset, a lot of the strot Roosevelt fighters of four|! yut are e not for him at all today, yther ca Ites before him | ['hat is what makes politics fascin- | d makes it interesting by the | of the game, | Newspaper Stars on Hand. is worth mentioning in closing 1e convention is to be memor only & sathering of politic the it also I the newspaper men in the men o the the presence of write th and draw pictures evidence full force Locomotive Falls Into Kootenai River Wash Jut b Cire The Weather e | : AMUNG ] Cumparative basel Weurd g preference to all of the | THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, \ NEBRASKA CROP RESOURCES — $323,033,594. NEBRASKA'S COMBINED RESOURCES $2,990,634,576. OMAHA PL .\“g What We Can 8% AY o R\ FACTORY OUTPUT-$2/3,843,059. JOBBING TRADE-$177,257,675. PROPOSAL 10 REVISE NEUTRALITY LAWS Attorney General Gregory Sends a Memorandum to House Suggest- ing Eighteen New Acts, COVER DEFECTS IN PRESENT LAW Washington, June 3.—Geneyal revi- sion of American neutrality laws was proposed to congress today in a memorandum submitted by Attorney General Gregory and concurred in by the State department as a result of the government's experience with problems arising out of the war and of relations with Mexico. Enactment of eighteen ‘new laws is recommended to correct defects in ex- isting statutes, to cover present omis- sions of law, “for the observance of obligations imperatively imposed by international law upon the United States,” and to make crimes against American neutrality punishable under federal laws. At present many.such acts do not violate federal criminal law. Almost every phase of activity in United States on behalf of for eign governments which has resulted federal prosecution under the broad arge of conspiracy would be made specifically criminal by the proposed legislation, In addition, the powers of the president would be broadened with respect to withhelding clearance to suspected vessels, further employ ment of the land and naval forces to preserve neutrality, imposing a more rigid censorship upon wirel and cable messages to helligerer oun (Continued on Page Roosevelt dl‘owd Bids For Support 0f Boise Penrose , Column 3.) Britons il—aifing Io} A Eight German Ships Now in Danish Waters London, June 3.—There is a report in circulation, which lacks confirma- tion that eight German warships took refuge in Danish waters after the Yorth Sea battle, It is said they | were notified to leave within twenty- | four hours and that a British fleet is | waiting for them. AUSTRIANS ADVANCE ON SOUTHERN TYROL Reports from Vienna Announce the | Capture of Important Positions in the Arsiero District. ROME SAYS LINES ARE HOLDING Berlin, June 3—(By Wireless to The Austro-Hungarian ad Sayville.) | vance into Italy on the southern Tyrol is continued unchecked, according to Friday's statement trom the war of- | fice at Vienna. In the district of Ar- | siero, the Austro-Hungarians have | captured more positions of strategic importance several I'he statement says: “Italian front Our ad vanced east of the Mandrielee m, 4 1g their way as far as Grensock In the district of Arsiero we captured Monte Barco, f Monte Cengio We obtai footing at Fusine and Posina southern bank of the sina ‘Balkan f troops east ivulet nt Voyusa On the left bank cast ¢ tach were patrol er Voyusa Italian Line Holding June 3 Tillman Will Lead Fight for More Big Fighting Vessels Two Zeppelins Are vann'tml Destroved JUNE ¢4, ‘em LANSING DEFENDS HIS FOREIGN POL'CY Secretary Shlrfi]& ériticilel Those Who Would Put Property on Par With Human Life, TASK OF NEUTBALS DIFFICULT Watertown,. N. Y., June 3.—Secre- tary - Lansing before the Jefferson County Bar association here tonight scored critics of the administration's foreign policy, who would have it do more than has been done in the nego- tiations arising from the war, and re- plied to those who complain the | United States had been more vigorous lin its dealings with Germany than Iwith Great Britain “The violation of the national right of life is a much more serious offense against an individual and against his nation,” said Secretary Lansing, “than the violation of the legaM right of | property. Can you doubt for a mo 11111*1\1 which one gives this government the greatest concern?"” That there was an influence in [ America and even in congress which put right of property and right of life on a part, Secretary Lansing de clared, showed that the “great heart of the republic is threatened with fatty degeneration through those who have lost their patriotic vigor; that |many Americans have become lovers of ease rather than lovers of national honaqr.” Many New Conditions. Mr. Lansing said “The cat war has caused so many o which are entirely new that it has bee casy task to meet and ver't I shell, the situat eat Britain and Germ 1916—SIX SECTIONS—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. SINGLE Use the telephone for Bee Want Ads. Tyler 1000 Seven trunk lines, Intelligent ad-takers. One cent per word. COPY FIVE CENTS. TEN THOUSAND DIE IN SER FIGHT "BRITISH NAVY STILL CONTROLS THE NORTH SEA” Captain Hull Says Portion of British Fleet Drives the Entire German Battle Fleet Back to the Harbor, BRITISH. PUBLIC FEELS BETTER Latest Reports in London Increases German Losses Largely and Decreases the English MOURN L0SS OF MANY MEN London, June 3.—Captain William Hall, chief of the intelligence division of the admiralty, authorizes the As- sociated Press to say: "“The German report of the loss of the Marlborough and Warsprite is ab solutely untrue. noughts are safe in harbor “The German report that the entire British fleet was engaged is equally untrue, A portion of the British fleet, much inferior to the total battle fleet of the Germans, engaged that fleet and drove it back into its harbor, The British control the North Sea.” British Public Feels Better. The British public, which retired last night cast down by the first news of the North Sea battle as contained in the earlier British and German re | ports, took some comfort from the later British reports published in the morning papers. This report, while it did not decrease the British losses except in desteoyers, which were re- duced from eleven to eight, shows the losses of the Germans. were much er than was at first estimated. According to this latest account of | the great naval engagement, the Ger- = man losses included two battleships, one battle cruiser, one light cruiser |and six destroyers sunk, two battle cruisers damaged and three battle- | ships hit. Naval writers also point out that the German fleet retired as soon as the main British fleet ap- peared on the scene, so that there is no question about the superiority of | sea power remaining in British hands, ['l'hr loss of British ships is, of course, admittedly serious, while the loss in | officers and men has cast a gloom over the whole country, German Torpedo Boat Sunk, An Exchange telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen says the German | torpedo boat, V-28, was sunk during | the naval engagement. Three surviv | ors, who were rescued from a raft by |a Swedish steamship, reported, the dispatch says, that all the rest of the crew of 102 were lost, | According to this statement, the | survivors of the V-28 said they be lieved twenty German torpedo hoats ‘w«n‘ destroyed and that the German losses as a whole were “colossal.” | The admiralty recelved a report to- day to the effect that Captain Prowse, commander of the Queen Mary, and (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) ‘Germans Penetrate French Position to East of the Meuse Paris, June 3.—In the course of re- peated and violent attacks last night on Fort Vaux, on the Verdun front, east of the Meuse, the Germans pene trated a deep ditch north of the main French The of the works, the war office announce- ment of today says, is still held by the French Except for this gain, the statement says, the Germans were repulsed with heavy losses Spirited fighting continued in the nne west of the Verdun sector yerman attacks west of La Fille rte were beatea back positions interior | Teutons Assert They Held Scene tactics, bt o After Big Naval Battle with British " 000 il Both of these dread- | Losses in Ships and Men in Sea Battle Latest estimates of losses in the great battle between the German and British fleets in the North Sea are placed at approximately 10,000 men and twenty-five ships. London estimates the British losses in men as probably over 5,000, with the German losses near- ly as great, The British lost four- teen ghips, three battle cruisers, three cruisers and eight destroyers. The Germans lost one dread- naught, two battleships, one battle cruiser, one light cruiser and six destroyers. The British official report asserts that two German battle cruisers were damaged and three battleships hit. OFFICIAL DETAILS OF BIG SEA BATTLE British Admiralty 8ays Depression Following First Accounts of Fight Not Justified. BATTLE FLEET STILL INTACT London, June 3.—~The first official account in detail of the North Sea hattle was given to the Associated Press today by a high official at the admiralty. It was noticeable among admiralty officials, the opinion general that the depression caused by the first announcement of the result of the engagement was not justified, in the light of subsequent details. The Associated Press {s informed that future details will have even a more heartening effect than the news given out today, The admiralty is tious about stating German losses, giving only those which are reported officially or admitted by the Germans, | meanwhile awaiting detailed reports | frqm offncers who participated in the | action, | Tt would,have heen possible to an- | ticipate the German announcement in regard to the ba here by | wireless yesterday ernoon, but the British admiralty did not have the de- | tails until after Admiral Jellicoe | reached port, and frankly issued the | information which was in its posses- sion, Expurgating only such portions of wireless reports as might be of as- | sistance to Great Britain's enemies, | the admiralty official gave the follow- | ing details of the great naval fight; “We can only say we were looking | for a fight when our fleet went out, | Stories that it was decoyed by the | Germans are sheerest nonsense. In |a word, with an inferior fleet we en- gaged the entire German high sca fleet, interrupted their plans, and drove them back igto their harbors, “In carrying out the plan dec ul_m[ | upon we sustained heavy losses, which we expected,” this official said, “but we also attained the expected result of forcing the enemy to abandon his plans and seek refuge after we had wiven battle in his own waters, near | his coast. | A Battle Fleet Ready for Service. “With the exception of two divi sions, only part of which were en , the brunt of the battle was ne by the battle cruiser fleet and with one exception our battle fleet is ready for sea service, I must admit that we had exceptionally hard luck with our battle cruisers, but the loss of these three great ships does not in any measure cripple otir control of the sea “The great battle had four phases. The first opened at 3:15 p. m,, when our battlé criusers, at a range of six miles, joined action with German bat tle cr Shortly afterward the second phase began, with the arrival on both battleships, the Ger arriving first. But before their our three battle cruisers had 1 up, su sedly the result ssibly they met hting with Bat d as bad the | was rs. ma arrival been bl of gunfire thoug German Dreadnaughts Flee was the engage that | especially cau- GERMANS LOSE A DREADNAUGHT IN NORTH SEA Berlin Admits Destruction of West- falen, of 18,600 Tons, in Great Naval Battle Off Den- mark Coast. | CRUISER ELBING. ALSO VICTIM | British Admiralty Regards Outcome of Fray as Not at All Unfavorable. SOUGHT OUT THE TEUTON NAVY bt i) b ’ | London, June 3.-The German \xh(.uiu.nu(hl Westfalen of 18,600 tons I been added to the steadily grow- [ing list of vessels sunk in the great | L |naval engagement off the Jutland lwast, according to a wireless dis- patch from Berlin, which says the | German admiralty admits the loss of | this warship Additions earlier ‘in the day were | the German ¢ruiser Elbing, displacing | between 4,000 and 5,000 tons, and the | British destroyer Shark, Nearly all the men who manned the destroyer were lost The latest British statement re- garding the outcome of the engage- ment shows that the admiralty views {it as not all unfavorable to the Brit- ish. It is declared that they sought out the Germans, engaged their entire | fleet with inferior forces and com- | pelled them to put back to port and | give up “any plan of action they may :hau- contemplated,” I'he losses on the British side, esti- | mated at 5000 men, may be nearly matched by those of the Germans, if | the latest reports on the number of German warships lost are confirmed, In the British casualty list are in- cluded Captain Prowse and the en- tire complement of the battle cruiser Queen Mary, which probably had be- tween 900 and 950 men on board. Rear Admiral Horace Hood was lost with the battle cruiser Invincible, Two of the Zeppelins which piayed an important part in the ‘engagement by keeping the Germans informed of the British fleet's movements were destroved, ncmrdg’n to reports brought in by Danish fishermen who declare the entire crew of one of the airships perished when their craft was burned, Wounded men fiom the engage- ment have begun to arrive in London, cheered by the crowds assembled to meet them. According to one report today Brit- ish warships are wutching off the Danish coast for the appearance of cight German warships which are de- clared to have taken refuge in Danish ports after the North Sea battle, being given twenty-four hours to leave by Danish authorities. It is feared the loss of life will ex« ceed 7,000 officers and men. The German loss must have been almost as great as that of the British, I'he admiralty building this morn- ing was besieged by relatives and) friends of the crews that were in the engagement, Similar scenes were wite nessed at various ports from which the crews we rawn, Fast New German Cruiser Elbing is | Sunk by Its Crew (Via London.)—These details of the sinking of the German cruiser Elbing were learned today from Dutch crews, German sailors and the Dutch mili- tary commander of Ymuiden, who spoke to three of the German cruis- er's officers The Elbing was a new cruiser about 4,000 or and f 450, ish gun fire caused the and fast 5,000 tons I'he B such destru carried a crev ship & went down the was taken over at, but ibts the on Later Today's Best Hunch Never \ilver W ' advertise tin The Omaha Bee