Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 23, 1916, Page 1

/ i, People don't like to buy m unknown merchants, or unknown goods; adver- tising makes steady cus- '| tomers. VOL. XLVI—NO. 5. ' BIG GUNS POSTED '+ ONHILL COMMAND CITY OF JUAREZ Machine Guns Alfo Placed at Ad- vantageous Points in the \ Vicinity of El Paso. GARRISON IS MOVING SOUTH e e \ At Ten 0'clock More Than Half of Troops Had Left City and the Others Were Entraining. HOPE TENSION WILL ABATE San Antonio, ,Tex.,' June 22.—A message from Pershing received by Géneral Funston late today contained . ‘additional information relative to the dispatch of two squadrons of cavalry in the direction of the troop engaged yesterday near Carrizal, but no news of the fight. No ‘courier from the troop h'ad yet reached him. ~ El Paso, Tex., June 22.—A battery of 4.7 guns, capable of throwing a sixty-pound’explosive six miles, point- ed their noses threateningly over Ei Paso in the direction of Juarez to- day while developments in the situ- . ation arising frm the battle of Car- Yrizal were awaited. Stationied on Golden hill, at an el- evation permitting a sweeping view of the Mexican side of the Rio Grande and commanding all Juarez and its approaches, these guhs were expected 0 dominate any movement that may e taken by the Carranzistas. Down “along the river machine gun compa- nies from General George Bell's com- mand were ready to take their posi- tion at advantageous points, while at the remoter stations the remainder of his_men awaited orders. With every precaution taken, how- ever, for the grotechun of the city, hope continued to be expressed that the tension might afigte._ No shot will be fired from this side of the | international boundary until hostile action is initiated -on the other side. v \ S| Paso was calm. Qutwardly its|fi Mo an neighbors’ city was quiet, td%. General Francisco Gonzales re- mained at hi‘ headquarters surround- vd by his staff. Andres Gaycia, Mex ican consul in_EL.Paso, after spending the night in Juarez, returnied to this side. < The Mexican officials here and in Juarez ~expressed the opinion this torning that the fight at Carrizal should be regarded as a detached in- i, cident, without effect on the general situation. Inasmuch a§ di? had been in communication -with Mexico City during - the 'night, observers here,| thought it possible that this might be the view op General Carranza and his adyisers. No ‘Alarm at Douglas. Douglas, Ariz.,, June 22.—News of the fighting. between American and Mexican troops at Carrizal yesterday caused no alarm in this vicinity to- day, although details of the engage- ment were eagerly sought. =~ = Several , Mexican families living in Douglas crosssed to the ngxcan'nde diring the night-on the advice of Ives G. Lelivier, Mexican consul. At the headquarters of General T. F. Davis, in command of the United States iroops in the district of Ari- zona, it was stated that General P. Elias Calles, in command of the Mex- ican troops of ‘Sonora, had sent word he had reports that Generals Barron, Torres and, other former officers of the Mexican federal army were at- tempting to arouse the Mexican. pop- ulation at Naogales, Ariz. General Calles gave this informa- ion to the United States officers, he said, for their information in making an investigation. The report was for- warded to Colonel William H. Sage, in command at Nogales. Garrison Leaving Juarez. Juarez, the Mexican town across . the Rio Grande, was more than half evacuated at 10 o’clock today by the Carranza garrison. It was offi- s e i et S ot b B (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) " The Weather .~ Temperatures at Omahs Yesterday. Hour, m m m BB e e B e S enaan Esvveuenvaesrresr Comparative Loct loewd 1916, 1916, 1914, 1013, HighesY -yesterday..... 89 Bow o Lowest yesterda; . 6! 69 6 Mean tomperaturs 1. 16 {0 7 1 ®recipttation .. 0 00 .30 .00 Temperature precipitation departures from the norn Normal temperature .. Excess for the day,. Total deficlency sinc Normal precipitation Deficlency for the d Total rainfall since’ March Deficlency since March 1 Deficlency, cor. period, 1 Excess cor. period, 1914 Reports from Statiéns at 7 Station and State Temp, High- of Weather. Tp.m. _ est Eheyenne, clear. pavenport, clou nver, clear Rain- 1 Rapid City, part .I.'g Lake Clty, cle LU p of precipitation. WELSH, Mateorologist. 5| can give the boys GUARDSMEN, SPEND ' LAST NIGHT HERE Some Stay at Home, to Bid Their Farewells, While~ Others * Prefer ,Armory. ENTRAIN FOR LINCOIN TODAY “It's probably ‘the Inf night we'll spend in Omaha for a long whflc— maybe it's the last night forever, for |some of us, so lets make it a good onel” Some ‘inspired “rook” yelled this just after the four companies of the militia had been excused after 6 o'clck mess. The idea “took” like wild fire. The boys made it a good night, with various significance to the emphasiz- ed word “good.” Some of them went home and spend the last night in Omaha with their parents, or sweethearts, others roam- ed ‘about downtown, gaily mingling with the crowds and parading itheir .unifornis, and still others cut loose for a rip-roating hot old time. - Many Places to Sleep. Along about midnight, however, nearly all weresquartered at 'the Arm- ory at Twentieth and Harney. Here the boys slept upon their blankets on the floor-and on the roof, when prac- tical jokers allowed them. A few slept at home, and promised faithfully to report at 6:45 o'clock this morning. At 7 o'clock, the four companies will assemble in the street, and parade d.wntown. At 9:15 they will entrain at the Burlington depot, where spe- cial cars will cary them to the mobili- zation camp at Lincoln. z None of the four companies is ap to full war strength, but yesterday aft- ernoop was marked by a rush of re- cruits, among ‘them being several for- eign born young men, one of whom was a_German who could scarcely speak Bnglish. \ They were all assigned to the com- pany of their choice and the quarter- master dealt out supplies to thent. Todd’s Company Popular. “A week ago Company C, of which . C. Todd is captain, was almost up to war strength. Late yesterday, after nearly twenty young men had ex- pressed preference for ‘Todd’s com- pan¥,’ it numebered only about fifty- ve.” i 5 P “I gave the company a good clean- ing out;” explained Captain- Todd. “I am responsible for"the company, so £ esm onorable discharge . for Toma. Who Bhve, Sk Aok 2"‘, ¢ ave. : ing' upon em. ’?l,ler( were _1iot llo many of ese, but there weré quite a number of triflers in the comphny, and o' I put it up to them cold turkey—to show some $tability or resign. “I want'only such men in my com- pany as I can put on outpost duty at night and then feel safe in letting m boys go' to sleep,, My company 'is going to have nothing'in it but wide- awake, alert young fellows of high moral character and a good idea of rc?omibility of military -duty. No trifiers for me. This is no funny busi- ness.” ] Captain Todd has turned down more applicants than any other com- mander. Many,who were refused by him enlisted in some other company. The recriiting office in the court house {esterday was full of appli- cants, but only about one 6f every thrge was accepted. e ne man was turned down because hé~ was knock-kneed, another failed because of height and weight and an- other’s teeth and hearing was not up to grade. « Quits Good Job. “I'm quitting-a §300 a month job to go as a private,” one recruit who was accepted told the examining board. He asked that his name be withheld from the newspapers because he did not wish bis parents, who live out in the state,/to know until the worst actually comes. Half a dozen other recruits also made the same request. Many are the humorous and pa- thetic incidents that take place every few minutes at thé recruiting” office. One fellow, recently a bos'n’s mate in_the navy, decideq to become a militiaman. He appeared for exami- nation, which he passed, but when he stripped, he caused a hearty laugh. Nearly every .inch of his skin was tatog‘ed with some kind of 'a figure, mainly flowers, animals, serpents and women. i “You'll be the star entertainer of your _compaty,” he was told. “You a moving picture entertainment every day.” Another fellow refused to take off Column 3.) (Continued on’ Washington, D. C, June 22.—Sec- retary Lansing today sent a memo- randum to the diplomatic representa- tives of South and Central American nations reviewing the situation exist- ing between the United States and ngico and “mnouncing that if hos- tilities should eventuate the future of the United States would be to defend itself against-further invasion and not intérvene in Mexican affaiys. The memorandum, dated June 21, follows: “I ‘inclose for your in’..mation a copy of this government’s mote of June 20 to . the secretary of foreign relations of the de factp government of Mexico on the subject of the pres- ence of American troops in Mexican territory. This communication states clearly the critical relations existing between this government and the de facto government of Mexico and the causes which have.led up to\the pres- ent situation. “Should this situatjn eventuate K Y| volunteers to bring “the OMAHA, FRIDAY THREE STATES' MILITIA MUSS - &0 T0 BORDER Guard of Kansas, Missouri’ and California Ordered to Be Ready to Entrain for the South- - ern Line. FIRST. OF SOLDIERS TO GO Officials Will Not .Say When Marching Commands Go to Men of Other States. { CLARKE ISSUES A MANIFESTO Washington, June 22.—Orders to the National Guard. of Missouri, Kansas and California to be ready to entrain' for the Mexican border as sodn as possible were dispatched to- day by the War department. These guardsmen will be the first ton’s call for ~addiitonal men to strengthen his border patrol. Offi- cials would not indicate when march- ing orders might go to the contin- gents of the other states. \ Orders Given. }* Chicago, June 22.—Instructions have been issued to the central de- partment army authorities to expe- dite the mustering ofsthe Kansas and Missousi National Guard regiments. Majgg- General Thomas H. Barry, commander of the department, today issued the fllowing statement: . “The muster-in of the Missoyri Na- tysnkl Guard is under way. The Kan- s ational Guard will be mobilized at Fort Riley, Kan, on Friday, the 23d, ‘and then will be mustered in. South Dakota troops are reported or- dered to mgblllze at Redfield on the same date. #Michigan is expected to be ready the latter part of the week and Ohio the early part of next week.” Ready to Entrain, Los Angeles, Cal., June 22.—Briga- dier General Robert Wankowski, commanding the First brigade, Na- tional Guard of California, said to- day his troops were ready tq entrain at any time. He said he was await- a‘ :rdc;u tnedmove. Recruiting is Mg continy ] oo ) nor George W. Clarke issued a proe- lamation today calling for volun- teers in the Iowa National Guard. “It is anticipated that any mo- ment the Iowa troops may be called into action,” the call says. “There- fore, I do hereby, as authorized by law, call for a sufficient number of companies to * required and regiments strength.” German Submarine Reaches Cartagena .With Note for King Madrid, June'22—(Via Paris.)—A erman submarine arrived today at Cartagena. The officers d isembarked and left for . adrid with a confidential letter for King Alfonso. The arrival of the German subma- rine U-35 at Cartagena was officially confirmed. "he submarine is an- chored alongside the Spanish cruiser Cataluna. The secretary of the Ger- man embassy at Madrid has left for Cartagena to receive an autograph letter from the German emperor to King Alfonso supposed to be thanks for a reception given interned Ger~ mans-from Kamerun. The sectior. of “e press which fa- vors the German sailors in the war publishes articles today eulogizing the German _ sailors for their naval ex- ploits. The submarine came from Pola, the Austrian naval base. up a‘risi‘ng Sends Note to South ‘And Central American Nations Cananea Copper Plant Siezed by the De Facto Troops Kansas City, Mo.,, June 22.—The $50,000,000 property of the Cananea Consolidateds, Copper company of Cananea, Somora, an American con- cern, has been taken over by the de facto ‘government of Mexico, accord- ing to a message from the City of Mexzico receiyed today by Delbert J. Ha¥f, an attorney, who represents the into “hosfilifies, which this govern- ment would deeply regret and will use every honorable effort to avoid, 1 take this opportunity to inform you that this government would have for its object not intervention in Mex- ican affairs with all the regrettable consequences which might result fro msuch a policy, but the_defense of American territory from further invasion by bands of armed Mex- icans, protection of American citizens and -property along the ~boundar; ¥ from outrages commisted by ° sucl bandits, and the prevention of future depredations by force of arms against the marauders infesting this region and /against a government which is encouraging and aiding them in their activities, “Hostilities, in short, would be sim- ply a state of international war with- out purpose on the parf of the United States other than t6 ‘end the condi- tions which menace our national peace and the safety of our citizens.” 7 i to go in response to_ Genera} Funs-|, | Kansas, Missouri, Califor MORNING, JUNE 23, Fy . 1916—FOURTEEN PAGES. UARDSMEN MAY TAKE ARMORED AUTO TO BORDER—This annore(i t of the gquipment of the New York National Guard, may be taken to the e New York Guard has several of these armored cars. NY. NATIONAL GUARD ARMORED AUTO., — GERMANS CAPTURE " FRENCH TRENCHES Paris Official Report Admits Loss of Fortification in Verdun Seotor. GRENADE ASSAVLT REPULSED Paris, June 22.—After violent at- tacks lasting all night the Germans captured front line trenches between Fumin wood and Chenois, in the Ver- dun sector, according to an official statement issued today by the war of- fice. The Germans attacked in force on both banke of the Meuse after the usual heavy bombardment. ' An 'at- tack on th& south, slope of Dead- man's Hill was checked by grenade detachments, according to the official statement. On the right bank of the river there were violent. ehgagements, west and south. of. Fort: Vaux, during . which the: Germans gained a footing in a corner of Fumin wood, but were im- mediately éxpélled. Later they re- ‘turned to the attack, when some treiches were captured. A German grenlde assault north of Hill No. 21 wag stopped by the fire of the French. Text of Official Report. The text of the statement says: “On both bapks of the Meuse last night was markefi by a series of pro- nounced attacks by the enemy, which followed bombardments of great se- vert! “ ty. n the left bank the Germans at- tacked ouf trenches upon the southern slopes of Dead Map Hill. During a spirited.engagement with hand gren- ades our troops were successful in completely repulsing the enemy and in retaining all their positions, “On the right bank the fighting continued with ferocity in the region west and south of Fort Devaux. Yes- terday evening a powerful German at- tack penetrated'a wood southeast of the Fumin wood. We ‘delivered a counter attack and chased the enem out. At about midnight a further of- fengive action was directed upon our positions reaching from the Fumin wood to a point to the east of Chenois, and was repulsed with sanguinary Tosses, “At the Fumin wood and at Cheois the enemy secured lodgement in some of our advanced| trenches between these two positions. “At about 2 o'clock in the morning an attack avith hand grenades against our positions north of Hill No. 321 failed under our fire. ‘ “In the Champagne district the ar- tillery fighting waswery spirited along the/ front from Maisons-de-Cham- pagne to Mont Tétu, Battle in the Air. “A French air squadron went out in pursuit of a group of enemy aero- planes which had come forward with the intention of bombarding the vil- lages of the valley of the Meuse. Dur- 1ng this pursuit one of the French pi- ots brought down two German ma- chines. \ 3 “During the right of June 21-22 French aeroplanes threw down a num- ber of projectiles upon the railroad stations and the tracks at Apremont, Grand Pre, Septsarges, Rotagne and Brieulles, as well as on the barracks in_the wood of Consenvoye and the m.lllllta"ry establishment north of Thion- ville.! ‘ Smith is Elected Grand Master of Knights Templar Los AnFeles. Cal, June 22—Lee S. Smith of Pittsburgh was elected to- day grand master of the grand en- campment of Knights Tempiar of the Unjted States at the thirty-third triennial conclave, 4 Other officers elected were: — Deputy grand master,. Joseph K. Orr, Atlanta; grand generalissimo, ]l E. Hi¢) W. Chamberlin, St. Paul; glrand cafita_m general, Leonidas P, ewby, Knightstown, Ind.; grand senior warden, Willam H. Norris, Manchester, Ia.; grand junior war-~ den, George W. Vallery, Denver; grand treasurer, H. Wales Lines, Meriden, Conn,, re-elected, and grand rglclgrdcr. Frank H. Johnson, Louis- ville, !|Journal Affarsvarlden, NATIONS BROUGHT 10 VERGE OF WAR Washington Officials Make No Ef- fort to Conceal Their Anxiety, AWAIT REPORT OF PERSHING Washington, D. C, June 22— While the government had no official confirmation early today of Mexican reports that American and Mexican troops were in a battle yesterday, with heavy losses on the American side, there was 4 stir of grim pur- pose about the War and State de- partments. Secretary Baker conferred with President Wilson | and = Secretary Lansing regarding reports given out by Mexican commanders at_the bor- der, Afterward Mr. Baker hastened to the capitol for conferences’ with: the congressional militaryrcommit- tee chairmen, He 'submitted «'to Chairman Hay of the hcuse commiite tee a resolution authorizing the pres. ident to draft National Guardsmen willing to“take the fideral oath ifito the rcfiular army immediately. Chair- man Hay will call up the resolution tomorrow. Officials said President Wilson would await a deéfinite report of what has happened from General Pershing. It was not expected until late today, as the town of Carrizal, where the fighting was said to have occurred, is sixty miles or more from General Pershing’s advance base at . Nami- quipa. { Policy Is Unchanged., At the White House it was said the president’s policy was unchanged for the present at least, and that Mr, Wilson had no intention of go- ing before congress immediately, Stories of the fight seem to jndi- cate that the Americans were am- bushed and suffered their chief losses from machine gun fire. It is presumed General Pershing prom, 'lfi dispatched . reinforcements to aid the cavalry detachment. Secretary Bakeér said no marchin orders had gone to National Guar units, Nothing could sbe done, he declared, until a report from Amer- ican sources had been received. | There were no efforts' to conceal the anxiety with which the situation was viewed. There is enought simi- larity among the border reports to convince them that a serious clash occurred, whotver may have been the aggressor and whatever the outcome, it has brought war with Mexico so close that officials say any hour may see the conflict in full swing, Doubt Americans Aggressors. Reports 'from Mexican sotirces tell- ing of the clash, but not disclosing Ame. ican casualties, were accepteq b; ¢’'cials as fairly autheptic, al !hougf; none would believe that the Amer- icans made the first attack. Pending receipt of General Fun- ston’s report, President Wilson con- sidered the situation serious. He was (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Swedish Trade Journal ys A Germany is Un Fralos, News Ntan e, w80 ©Wre. Rr SERVIE, PERSHING SENDS . ' AID T0 TROOPERS 1 General Says He Has Had No Word from Officer in Command at Carrizal Fight. HE ACIS UPON INFORMATION San Antonio, Tex.) June 22.—Gen- eral Pershings reported to General Funlton today that he had not yet received a report on the fight at Car- rizal, but added that on' information sent him, he had' sent out two squad- rons of the Eleventh cavalry with instructions 'to get into touch’ with the troop of the Tenth' that was'en- gaged yésterday by the Mexican forces. General Funston made it plain that Genleral Pershing's firsf report has not altered the general;situation and m fl"llq cled up ; h: the ‘ingidents 0 it. ¥ Geheral Pershing said that all his men had positive oraers not to do nthq calculated to Krnclpime 2 fight with’ troops of the de facto government. \ Although unstated in General Per- shing’s report, officers at'the depart- ment headquarters draw the: infers ence that Captain Cl%rlen T. Boyd roop H, the was' in command % troop believed to hgve been the one engaged at Carrizal, 3 American Losses Heavier. El Paso, Tex., June '22—The Americans who enrued the Carran- za soldiers in battle at Carrizal yes- terday were heavier losers than the Mexicans, according to reports issued by the Mexican consulate in El Paso today. The Mexican claim is that while and thirty wounded, .the Americans suffered an even dozen killed and lost seventeen as prisoners, In addition they say the Americans had an un- known number of wounded which th;ly carried off with them, hey point out also that while the Carranza commander, General Felix Gomez, lost his life, the American leader also.was. killed, ’ Uncertainty regarding the identity of the commander of the American troops was believed to have been dis- sipated by a report received through Columbus, N: M., that he was Captain Lewis S. ‘Aorey of the Tenth cavalry, Captain Morey apparently started -on his' misgion, which has’hot been offi- ciglly explained, from Ojo Federico, but the exact time is not known, al- though 4t may. have been: Monday. American is Released. An American newspaper man, J. C. khnmn of Dallas, Tex., who came re recently and is attached to one of the local papers, was arrested in Juarez this afternoon. General Bell and other officials immediately com- municated with Mexican authorities, requesting his release, ?ohmon was released on receipt ot the requests from the American offi- cials. It was said he had been gath- ering information of military value. v Nearing Starvation Stockholm, June 21.<(Via Lon- don, June 22.)—The Swedish Trade representing the best business interests in Sweden, today prints a remarkable editorial commenting on the war, in which it says it is time for the Swedes to re- alize that the outcome cannot be fa- vorable to the central powers. The food question,.says the newspaper, will decide the war, and it declares that the bad situation in Germany is responsible for the “reckless offensive at Verdun and the recent attempt to win a naval battle.” The article says: “The food situation in Germany is bad, and much worse than the Swed- ish people generally think. Swedish conceptions as to how peace will be concluded have not taken sufficiently into consideration the importance of the ‘campaign of starvation against Germany. “The central powérs cannot obtain a peace advantageous to them, It is \ ‘. said in a long German {t"id' rfigard- ing the central didposition of' food that the butchers are unable to supply more than one-third the normal quota and that Germany in the very near future must feed its people chiefly on vegetables. Even if it is possible to train the’population to a vegetable diet, this cannot be done unless there is Jflenty.o( bread, butter and eggs and turnips, beans and such other vegetables, but none of these, not even potatoes, can be had in the quan- tities the peiple require them. Es- gecla]ly there seeis to be a lack of read, beans, peas, butte:, eggs, rice, oats and all the nourishing vegetarian foods, -As a matter™of fact, there is greater lack of these than of meat.” Swedish business interests in these sections are friendly to Germany, and many years of trading with that coun- try has outweighed that of any other, ard this article in the representative trade journal warnin busingss men as to the outcome of the war is re- garded here with uch interest. ' , Ce nia Guard to Line THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE WEATHER Unsetted, . SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. — AMERICANS HOLD FIELD OF BATTLE AGAINST BIG 0DDS Troops of Tenth Cavalry Make Stand for Five Hours in Face of Enemy Outnumbering Them Five to One. (TAY TILL FOE REINFORCED Courier Reaches Pershing’s Head- quarters. With News of the Engagement, EXPECTED SOON AT COLUMBUS : Columbus, N. M., June 22.—The troops. of the Tenth cavalry, which clashed with Carranizistas yesterday at Carrizal, held the field for five hours before retreating, although they were outnumbered five to one, ac- cording to unofficial reports here'to- night. The report said that the Amer- icans only withdrew when' heavy Mexican reinforcements were brought p. & It was learned that a courier from the battle field reached General Pershing's field = headquarters at Colonia Dublan late today, and the expeditionary commander’s report is expected over the army wireless mo- mentarily. De Factos Abandon Railroad Towns. Columbus, N. M., uJne 22.—The de*, facto troops, which for weeks formed part: of the pincers formations that threatened to close in on the- pnitive expedition in the eyent of any move- ment south of Namiquipa, dmgpened last night. It is presumed -they are heading for Chihuahua City to effect a junction with Trevino's main body, from information received here today. This report is taken to mean that the towns of Casas Grandes, Colonia Dublan-and El Valle are free of Car- ranzistas. Thus far no details of the reported fight between a detachment of the Tenth cevalry and Carranzista troops near Carrizal reached Co- lumbus. Intense dcti on the pi‘? of officers and men here is noticeable. The aero squad is making every effort to send anes south to the expedi- tion today. A Mexi .Co‘:ml Sandoval ::;‘l been "8 {Rives Wit faly e o ¢ to Juarez.. | Arab Rohels Take ' Holy City of Meooa London, June 22.—Reports have. been received here that a serious wup- rising against the Turks is in progress / in Arabia and that the rebels have captured the holy city of Mecca, he London newspapers declare that the rebellioff is certain to have an znl:rornnt beling :n the u:‘u. ‘;:' pecially as regards the participa of Turkey. Tfi‘flon says: fourteen of their number were killed | i “The uprising is due to recent wholesale executions of Mohamme- dan and Syrian notables and well known religious \eaders, and also to the spread in Arabia.of a feeling that the Turks have abdicated their posi~ as the protector of the Moham- medans and have become the vassals of Germany.” - The Graphic says: “The revolt is m?hing blow at Turkey, and the capture of M is an event whichs will shake Turkish prestige to .its foundations.” euter dispatch from Cairo says the rebels, in addition to Mecca, have captured Jiddah, chief seaport of Arabja, and Taif, sixty-five miles southeadt of cha and have proclaimed independence of !h: Ar ‘Zroé‘n Ottoman mlie.M t is said the garrisons of Meccs, Jiddah and Taif, lnmnderedl with the excentlon of two small forts at Taif, which are still resisting. At Jiddah fdrty-five officers, 1,400 men and six guns were captured. Medina, 248 fniles northwest of Mecca, which contains the tomb of *dohlmmed is | closely besieged, and all .communi 3 tions to Hejas are in the hands of the grand sherif. Gregory Slated for The Supreme Bench Washington, \ é““ 22.—Nomination ™~ of Attorney General Thomas 8 Gregory, to succeed™ Charles E. Hughes on the supreme . court was said today by persons in President Wilson’s confidence to have been vir- tually decided upon. It is regarded as certain that John W. Davis, solicitor genleral, will be named attorney gen- - eral, > Where Room for Rent Advertisers Get Results In March The Bee made a gain. of 81 per cent in Rooms For Rent Ads. In April the gain in Rooms Rent Ads was 100 pér cent. ' And in May The ! caryied 108 per cent more Rooms For Rent Ads than . in May, 1915. Results, Results,