Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 11, 1916, Page 1

( . ( : Part One NEWS SECTION- Pages One to Sixteen. VOL. XLV—NO. 52/ HUGHES ACGEPTS NOMINATION AND OUTLINES VIEWS Justice, in Message to Chairman Hardine. Declares for Foreign Policy That Wil Make U. 8. Resnected. RESIGNS FROM SUPREME COURT Denounces Wilson Administration for Itz Han?lire of Inte~na- tional Affairs, FOR' GENUINF AMERICANISM Washington, June 10.—Justice Hughes late today sent a telegram to Chairman Harding of the republican national convention, accepting the nomination for president, At the same time it was announced that the justice had resigned as as- sociate justice of the supreme court of-the United States. * Washington, D. C, June 10.—Jus- tige Hughes himself announced to the 100 or more newspaper men waiting at his residence his decision to accept. A 3 o'clock the reporters waiting in front of the Hughes residence were invited to come into the drawing room on the second floor. Mr. Hughes himself was at the time in his office in the basement, .dictating the message to Chicago and his_resignation to President. Wilson. Fiftcu) minutes later he came up the stairs’with cop- ies of the eagerly awaited message in his hand. “Boys,” he began, his face wreathed in smiles, “I must apologize to you for my poor typewriting facilities. I have been able to make copies enough for the press associations. Mr. Green is busy on the typewriter making copies -as fast as he can, but it looks as if it might be dark before he could make enough for all of you.” The representatives of the press as- sociations were given their copies and the others newspaper men lingered to ask what the justice had decided to do. He told them briefly he had resigned as justice and had accepted the nomi- nation. 4 g Foilowing is the telegram to Chair- man: Harding: 3 “Mr. Chairman and delegates: I haye not desired the nomination. 1 have wished to remain on the bench. sut in this critical period of our na- tional history I recognize that it is your right to summon and that it is my duty to respond. You speak at a time of national exiggncy, transcepd- ifig merely partisan considerations. You voice the demand for a dominant, thorough going Americanism_ with firm protective upbuilding policies es- sential to our peace and security; and to that call in this crisis, { cannot fail to answer with the pledge of all that is in me to the service of the country. Therefore I accept the nomination. Stands for Americanism, “I stand for the firm and unflinch- ing maintenance of all the rights of American citizens on land and sea. I neither impugn motives nor underes- timate difficulties, but it' is most re- grettably true that in our foreign re- lations we have suffered incalculably from the weak and vacillating coursc which has been taken with regard to Mexicc—a course lamentably wrong with regard to both our rights and our duties. We interfered with our consistency, and while seeking/to dic- tate when we were not cpncemed, we utterly failed to appreciate and dis- charge our plain duty to our own citig zens. American Diplomacy Weak. “At the outset of the administration the high responsibilities of our diplo- matic intercourse with foreign nations were subordinated to a conception of partisan ‘requirements, and we pre- sented to the world a humiliating spectacle of inaptitude. Belated efforts have not availed to recover the in- fluence and prestige so unfortunately sacrificed, and braye words have been stripped of their force by indecision. “Our desire to, see our diplomacy restored to its best standards and to Lave these advanced, to have no sacri- fices of the national interest to parti- san expediency, to have the first abil- ity of the country always at its com- mand here and abroad in diplomatic “ intercourse, to maintain firmly our patkdsbvesc? it Mt it it SERee (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) B T The Weather For Omaha, Councll Bluffs and Vicinity— slightly cooler. stures at Omaha Yesterday: Hour. b a Eceaa BrEEEE i o sEPPEE == 7 p. m.. Comparative Local record. 1916, 1916, 1914, 1913, 3 50 90 64 Meun temperature 185 519 Preclpitation .... 2N Pemperature and precipitation departures from the normal: Normul temperature Deficiency for the di Total excess since March 1. Normal precipitation Deficiency for the day Total rainfall since Ma Deficlency since March Defietency for cor. perios 94 Inch Deficiency for cor. period, 1914 66 inch rts From Statlons at 7 P. M. »~ Station and State ‘Temp, High- Rain- of Weather, TP est, fall, Omaha, part cloudy 73 T Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday 68 92 inches OUR NEXT PRESIDENT— Charles Evans Hughes, snapped on the streets of Washington on Thursday afternoon, ARTHUR BRANDEIS DIES AT NEW YORK AFTER OPERATION Head of the Brandels Firm in This * City Is Not Able to Rally From Appendicitis Opera- tion. A UNDER KNIFE ONE WEEEK AGOD Family Rushed to His Bedside When Turn for the Worse Is Noted by the Physicians, ONE DAUGHTE® IS IN FARIS Arthur D, Brandeis, head of the Brandeis interests in this city, died yesterday afternoon at a'hospital in New York City, where he was rushed a week ago Friday from Watkins, N. Y., where he stopped:for a visit with his wife who was at the Springs there for a few days. recuperating from a slight indisposition. Upor his arrival at New York he was rushed to a hospital and was-operated upon that morning. Just a week later he had a turn for the worse and Mr. and Mrs. George Brandeis hastened from Chicago to New York to be with him, With him also at the time of his death was his wife and.son, Erwin B, Brandeis, who,was about to start on a trip to” Alaska, when he received news of his father’s illness and went to New York instead. His sister, Mrs, Herman Cohn, was at Hot Springs, Ark., with her son, Loyal, and a few days ago she hastened to New York, A daughter, Leola, who graduated from Cassar last:week was also at the bedside, who his other daughter, Mrs, Irvine C. Stern is at present in Paris, Agthur D. Brandeis was the oldest of three sons, who, with their father, Jonas L. Brandeis, established a busi- ness institution which is today the largest of, its kind jn Nebraska and is one of the show places of the west, His brothers, Emil and, Hugo, died within recznt years, the former being a victim of the Titanic disaster. Opened Store Here., Mr. Brandeis came to Omaha with his father from Wisconsin in 1883 and began his business career in a~small store room on Farnam rtreet, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. “J. L. Brandeis & Son” was the name of the firm at that time. The son applied himself assiduously to business and Deg. | it was not long before father and son opened “The Fair” at Thirteenth and s | Howard streets. The new locaticn proved to be a successful business venturc. Business increased so [ast that it was necessary i« find another location, which was secured at Sixteenth and Douglas streets, where the “Boston Store” was opened by “J. L. Brandeis & Sons.” From the comparatively small begin- * I ning of the Boston stor: the Brandeis interests expanded until they reached the present large proportions, touch- ing on three hlocks and occupying considerable subway space beneath s.rects, and alsu a large ncw heat- ing plant at Seventeenty and Dodge streets. Arthur Brandeis, like his father and brothers, always had faith in Omaha and its future growth, They were heavy investors in this city and the firm has been and is orne of the largest employing concerns of the city. A few years ago Mr. Brandeis sur- rendered his active interest in the es- T indicates trace of precipitation. © La Ad Weleh, Meteorlogist. (Continued on Pagé?Célumn 3.) ' JiBs T. R. REPLIES HE WON'T “ACCEPT AT THIS TIME” Roosevelt Declines Bull Moose Nomng nation Conditionally, in Mes- sage Read at Audi- torium, / DELEGATES HEAR IT CALMLY Refusal in Hands of National Com- mittee, Which Will Con- sider It. DEPENDS ON HUGHES' WORDS Auditorium, Chicago, June 10.—The progressive national convention, after four days of tumult with but one pur- pose in view, today nominated Colomel Theodore Roosevelt for pres- ident and a few hours later listened without protest to.a message from Oyster Bay that he would not “accept at this time.” The convention ad- journed at; 5:58 p. m. Colcnel Roosevelt’s declination was conditional and it was placed in the hands of the progressive national committee to be held until such time as statements to be made by Justice Hughes, the nominee of-the republi- can party “shall satisfy the committee that it is for the interest of the coun- try that he be elected.” : Up to the Party. % In the event the committee shall be satisfied that aid should be given to the republican party in its fight against the party now in power, Colonel Roosevelt's refusal to make a campaign is to be considered final. It will then be authorized for the rep- resentatives of the progressive party to say whether they endorse the po- sition taken by Mr. Roosevelt or whether they will name another to fight for their party principles, Colonel Roosevelt's answer to the progressive convention follows: :‘To the progressive convention: «“I am very grateful for the honor you confer upon me by nominating me as president. I cannot accept it at this time. I do not know the atti- tude of the candidate of the republi- can party toward tmi vital questions of the day. Therefore, if you desire and immediate decision, I must de- cline the nomination. But if you pre- fer it I suggest that my condition re- fusal be placed in the hands of the progressive hationa! committee. If Mr. Hughes’ statements, when he makes them, shall satisfy the commit- tee that it is for the interest of the country that he be elected, they can act accordingly and treat my refusal as definitely accepted. If they are not satisfied they can so notify the progressive party and at the same time they can cofer with me and then determine on whatever action we may severally deem necessary to meet the neds of the country, “THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” Heard in Calm. | “Auditorium _ Hall, Chicago—Mr. Robins carefully emphasized the col- onel’s statement that he could not ac- cept the nomination “at this time.” In/ profound calm the brief mes- sage was read. The proposal to have the national committee decide the questions involved met bitter silence. At the conclusion there was a burst of applause.bu! of no great duration or extreme intensity, James R. Garfield moved that the convention accept Colonel Roosevelt's proposal and refer them to ‘the na- tional committee with power to act, Chairman Robins hurriedly put the question. A substantial vote of ayes followed, in a f aint scattering of nays. In the confusion that followed, as the delegates anticipating immedi- ate adjournment began to leave their seats and rush for the exits the mo- tion adopted at 4:58 to adjourn was muffled in a noisy turmoil. Excitedly discussing the dramatic denouement of the tumultuous politi- cal battle and its possible effects on the political history particularly for the progressive party the delegates departed in the last words of Colonel Roosevelt and stirring pafiio!ic airs by the band blended in their eags. Money Contributed, Delegate Lewis Emory of Pennsyl- vania in response to a call for cam- paign contributions led with a con- tribution of $10,000. Mrs. John Bird of Baltimore and Texas, announced 4 similar gift. The New Jersey dele- gation pledged $20,000, the conven- tion wildly approving the quick re- sponses, Gifford Pinchot pledged $5,000 and Chas, G. Brid of New Jersey also pledged the same amount, William Flinn of Pennsylvania gave another $5,000 as did Wm, Decker of Mont- gomery, Ohio, H. H. Timpkin of Ohio, Irvin R. Kirkwood of Missouri and others, When $1,000 pledges were called for scores responded. State delegations will mail pledges in a few days. Parker is Named. Captain John M. Parker of Louis- iana was nominatec for vice president, selection being by acclamation, Cpl- onel Roosevelt's running mate four years ago, Governor Johnson of Cali- fornia, refused to let his name be placed before the conventiou because of the information he had concerning the intentions of Colonel Roosevelt toward his nomination. Several oth- er names and notably that of Ray- mand Robins, who was both tempo- rary and permanenf chairman of the convention were offered but not sec- onded. | One Count; COLONEL WILL NOT | COHMENT FURTHER Declines to Make Any Statement Regarding What Justice nghes Said. \ TALKS _T0 CORRESPONDENTS Oyster Bay, N. Y, June 10— Colonel Roosevelt summoned the newspaper correspondents to Saga- more Hill at 6 o'clock tonight to tell them he had ‘tentatively refused the progressive nomination for the presi- dency and that he had nothing to add to what he had said in his tele- gram to the convention at Chicago in regard to his present f;:osmun. He told something, however, of the steps which led up to his message earlier in the day suggesting that pro- gressives _and regnbhczns unite on Senator Henry Cabot Lodge as a compromise candidate. A 4 o'clock this morning he said one republican and two progressive conferees on the joint conference committee called him over the long distance telephone to explain the situation as it then stood. Does Not Give Name. y Colonel Roosevelt informed them at that time that he intended to sug- gest the joint nomination af Senator Lodge. *All thrce conferees, he said, seemed at that time to be agreed that such a step would be satistactory. He declined to name the republican’ mem- ber of the committee other than to say he had been a supporter of Jus- tice Hughes. Colonel Roosevelt sent his telegram of refusal to the progressives before he had read Justice Hughes' state- ment, Later, when asked if he had any comment to make on the Hughes' statement, he replied: “Not a word, not a word about anything.” After he had ended his talk with the correspondents Coloncl Roosevelt was asked by a photographer to step out on the lawn that a new picture might be taken of him. “No picture,” the colone! stated emphatically, “I am out of politics.” i ThE Day’s Devel-pments in Chicago Chicago, June 10.—The repub- lican national convention today nominated Charles Evans Hughes of New Yotk, and Charles W. Fair- banks of Indiana as the candidates of their party for president and vice president. Almost at the same moment Theodore Roosevelt was nomin- convention and later in the day ated by the national progressive John M. Parker of Louisiana was named as’his running mate, The republican nomination re- quired a ballot, the third of the convention, while the progressive nomination was made by acclama- tion. Mr, Roosevelt's provisional de- clination to accept the progressive nomination is believed by the po- liticall wise, to leave the door ajar, if not 'wide open, for eventual withdrawal of the third ticket, in the cvent Mr. Hughes’ position on feel to be campaign, To this ax parties feel that the efforts at harimony, even if not directly frultful of results, maye be real- ized. 8 W= - KNS HEAD OF THE BRANDEIS' FIRM DIES IN NEW YORK. ARTHUR D, BRANDEIS. EVERYBODY LINES UP FOR BIG PARADE Union Pacific Promises - Thirteen Hundred Marchers and Stock Yards Eight Hundred. DECIDE FORMATION OR GROUPS The Union Pacific is to have about 1,500 employes and officials in the patriotic parade June 14, A partial report from the various or- gdnizations was made to the general committee at the noon meeting at the Commercial club, Jack Walters of the Union Stock yards reported that between 600 and 800 will be in line from the stock yards, as the market will close promptly at noon that day, giving stock yard employes and commis- sion men a chance to get away for the pargde. The Nebraska Telephone company expects to have 575 employes in line, The Electric Light company an- nounces that fully 250 will march, The Chicago Northwestern Rail- way company expects tQ have be- tween seventy-five and 100, « Railroads Close Up. fThe railroad: are to close their places of business during the after- noon in order to give all their em- ployes the time oft to* enter the pa- re making a spe- cial request -that patrons deliver no freight after 11 o'clock to be han- dled that dax, as they hope to get business cleaned up for the day by 12 o'clock in order to get to the parade. Fourteen Bohemian s@cicties are to be in line from Omaha proper and about as many frem the South Side, making a total of 2,500 or more Bo- hemians in the parade. At the meeting to be held at the Commercial*club at noon today the formation places for the various groups and divisions are to be de- cided upon and announced. It is ex- pected that division heads or official represetitatives of all the various di- visions and groups will be at this THE WEATHER Ungenlad. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS, ry, One Flag, One People” - HARMONY SLOGAN FOR WHOLE TICKET Hughes in Position to Unify Whole Party, Including Coloyel Roosevelt, T. R'S ATTITUDE DISPLEASES BY VICTOR ROSEWATER. Chicago, June 10.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Hughes and Fairbanks is the ticket, and harmony- and victory is the slogan, - Knowing that the details of the nomination by the convention are fully narrated in the press dispatches, it would be needless repetition for me to recite them. The bald truth is that the convention has been a Hughes convention from the moment it was called to order, so far as the choice of a majority of the delegates for presi- dent was concerned, although for pur- poses of organizatign and procedure it was well within the control of the favorite son combination. . Hughes All the Time, . At no time could I see the possibil- ity of any nomination except Hughes, unless some other than both him and Roosevelt should be unanimously egreed on by the joint committee on conference between the republican and bull moose conventions, and that was an extremely yemote chance, Roosevelt, who was continuously at the other end of the telephone wire, simply refused to suggest anyone else as an acceptable candidate for both i)urtxes until his final mention of Lodges who was more unacceptable to the bull moosers even than he would have been to the republicans, but by every consideration was wholly un- available, To Unite Party. There was no doubt the favorite son crowd did not want Hughes, but they had to take him because he was the man in position to unite the party ele- ments and insure a winning campaign. There have been dark horses nomi- nated at different times after a slate- clearing deadlock, who had previously been scarcely mentioned in that con- nection, but nowhere in our history can another instance be found where a man had been nominatgd like Hughes without being a candidate and without in any way co-operayng or helping: those who were supgort- ing him. Hughes has had lots of voluntecrs to advocate his selection as standard bearer the same as I have been, and we have associated ourselves under the direction "of former Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock to give effective- ness to the demand, but as the nomi- nee he owes nothing to dickers or trades, to many promoted delegates or to artificial stage mechanics to impress th edelegates with his popu- larity in the galleries, There was not even a Hughes badge or butten until the day of the convention, when some printed ribbons were provided by u self-constituted committee of Hughes | delegates. ‘ | Confident of Support. Everyone is confident, too, that the Hughes “and Fairbanks ticket will command the cordial support of the vast majority, .including = Colonel Roosevelt himself,"as soon as the path smooths itself out. The bull moose people have been previously disappointed ifi his failure to command the situation: Some of them are just sad and some mingle their sentiment with their sadness, [ talked to an ardent admirer of the colonel, one whose name, if I should (Continued on page 6, column 4) (Continued on Pagg 2, Column 6.) HUGHES IS NAMED ON THIRD BALLOT; FAIRBANKS MATE £ New Yorker Nominated by Repube lican Convention for President and Hoosier for Viee i President. ) sclm:orwn.nzmm Minf Expressions of Harmony From Leaders and Delegates at Windnp. # FAVORITE SONS WITHDRAWN Chicago, June 10.—Charles Evans Hughes, former governor of New York, and until today justime of the supreme court of the United States, was tcday nomfhated for the presi- dency by the republican national con- vention. . Charles Warren Fairbanks of Ine ‘| diana, elected vice president with . Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, again was chosen for second place on the fepublican ticket. Both nominations, made by over- whelming majorities on the first bal- lot of the day—the third ballot of the . « convention—were by made unanimous, Seven Votes for Lodge. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, presented by Roosevelt as a compro= mise candidate, received seven votes, Colonel Roosevelt himan receiving eighteen and one-half scattered over twelve states. The nofninating ballot showed this coi-l{m:h 949%; R 1t, 18% ughes, ‘H ooseve! ‘H Lodge, 7; Dupont, 5; La Foltfettd' 3 Weeks, 3; Absent, 1. Total, 987, Hitchcock, leader of the Hughes sup- porters, let it be known, while the presidential balloting was in progress, that Hughes men wanted Burton for second place, Ohio withdrcw Burton’s name, leaving the field to Mr. Fair- banks and former Senator Burket of Nebraska, 3 : Fairbanks Nominated. The ballot for vice president showed this count: Fairbanks, 863; Burkett, 108; Boral, 8; Burton, 1;-Johnson, 1; absent, scat- tering and not vqtmg, 61 , 987. Mr. Hughes will be notified of his nomination' at a date to be fixed later ltzf' a_comimittee headed by Senator arding~ of Ohio, chairman of the convention, Mr. Fairbanks will be notified-by a committee headed by Senator William E. Borah of Idaho. At 2:10 ’IP m, the convention ad- journed,, There were expressions of harmony from al! the leaders and among the delegates. The delegations which on the final ballot had cast votes for others than Mr, Hughes made statements declaring their loy- alty to the nominees, 5 “8ix months ago,” said Chairman Charles D, Hilles of the republican national committee, “I said the nom- inee would be bwrn in the convention, And he was.” Hitchcock Pleased. “" am very much pleased, of codrse,” acclamation - said ‘Mr, Hitchcock. “It means a re-united republican party and victory in November.” \ The nomination of Mr. Hughes was made possible so soon by an ever-: night break-up of the allied favorite sehs combination which early this morning released its delegates, practi- cally all of whom were known to fa- vor Mr, Hughes, when freed from their instructions. < When the convention began busi- ness shortly before moon the withe . drawal of the favorite sons was an- nounced from the platform one after anothers and votes began flopptqfi into the Hughes column in soli blocks so rapidly that the nomination plainly was assured before the roll call had gone five states, When it got to Colorado the drift ‘'was sp apparent that a proposal to make it nanimous or nominate Lim by acclaljation was made, but Chairman Harding ruled that the balloting should take its regu= lar course. . Yells of, Exultation. Each addition to the Hughes col- umn was greeted by yells of exulta- tion from the rapidly accumulating Hughes delegates and steadily state by state the votes piled up until New Jersey carried i past the required 494 and the remainder ‘was only a for- mality- gl B In rapid succ€ssion as (‘1: voting went on Dupont was withdrawn by (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Successful ~ Succeeding For the 15th con- secutive week Bee Want-Ads have made a gain of over 1,000 PAID ads over same period of 1915, 1501 MORE PAID Want-Ads for the Week just ended 6-10, than sama