Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 12, 1916, Page 1

People don't like to buy from unknown merchants, or unknown goods; adver- ing makes steady cus- tomers. VOL. XLVI—NO. 2L | CITY DADS WAGE "WORDY BATTLE IN COUNCIL CLASH Mayor Dahlman and Commis. sioner Butler Exchange Per- sonalities and Opinions in Riotous Session. , DOFF COATS AND GO TO IT Verbal Pyrotechnics Galore in Issue Over Street Rail- way's Extension, ROW OVER WELOOME ARCH Mayor Dahlman.and Commissioner Butler, at a meeting of the city coun- cil crossed swords in the most acrid exchange of opinions and personali- ties heard in the council chamber since the adoption of the commission form of city government. The chief bone of contention was the street railway’s extension on Twenty-fourth street, Kansas avenue ; to Ida street; whether this extension y would affect the city’s case in an ef- fort to determine franchise rights. “I am here to represent the peo- ple,” quoth the mayor, doffing his coat. \ “I also represent the people,” re joined Mr. Butler, And the Fight Was On. Commissioner Hummel brought in a large electric fan and turned it loose upon the combatants. - “My vote is as big as yours,” was the next verbal projectile hurled by Butler. i “It is no bigger than mine,” re- joined Mayor Jim, 4 On June 22 the council adopted a esolution, drawn by g:orporation Counsel Lambert, granting to th street railway right to make the ex- tension referred to and containing such provisions as in Mr, Lambert’s opinion would protect the city in a pending effort to determine the legal status of the franchise of the traction company. On July 6, another reso- lution, ,drawn by Second Assistant City Attorney Te Poel and offered ( by Commissioner Withinell, was adopted by the council and the Lam- bert resolution rescinded’ Butler Wins a Heat. Mr. Butler explained that he be- lieved the second resolution was drawn by the corporation counsel, but upon being advised by Mr, Lam- bert that' the Te-Poel-*resolution would not safeguard the city in its| rights, Butler moved that the Te Poel resolution be. reconsidered and re- ferred to the legal department. He won out on that contention, being supported by all except Mayor Lahl- man and Commissioner Withnell Then ensued the proposition of whether the council should or should not abide by the advice of its corpora- tion counsel in matters of franchises. “If our corporation counsel cannot draw a resolution upon which we may stand, then it is time to w.olish the sffice. There seems to be some differ- ences up in ‘the legal department,” said Mr. Butler. Mayor Brings in “Pee-pul.” “This far-fetched business is noth- ing but bunk. I don't care what these attorneys and bunkaneers say about it. We are here to use our best judgment for the people. These peo- ple need this extension and you can’t tell me that the extension will inter- fere with our investigation of the franchise rights of the company when we get to that matter, I have had ' Mr. Lambert working for six months on this street car franchise matter and he is not quite ready to report yet. One member of our legal department ‘ ~ says this resolution will not jeopard- f ize the ri{hts of the people,” was the i next speech by the mayor. Mr. Butler then wanted the street car company notified of the action of ” the council and ordered to stop work on the extension. The notification will be made, but' the work will not \ be stopped, this action being the ad- vice of City Attorney Rine. The difference between the Lam- bert and Te Poel street railway reso- lutions is this: The former recog- nizes that there is' some question at this time regarding the company’s franchise rights; the latter hints at a " (Continued on Page Two, Column Five.) l Lo The Weather For Nebraska—Fair, slightly cooler Temperatures at Omaba Yesterday. [ Hours. De, Comparative J Highest yecterds G est yesterday tempelatul Frecipitation .. Temperature a from the normal: Normal temperature 1iacess for the day. Tctal excess since Mi Ncrmal precipitation Leficiency for the Total rainfall since Mar: Lificlency since March .12 inches Dieticlency for cor. perio . 3.47 Inches Teficlency for cor. period, 1914, 1.07 inches Reports from Stations at 7 P. M. Stattons and State Temp. High- Rain of Weather. Tp.m., est. fall. Cheyenne, .30 5 .13 inch .13 inch 9.44 Inches o Omaha, clea seblo, ' ciou | Rapid City, pi. cloudy Salt Lake City, clear Sarta ie, clou Sheridan, clea; Sloux City, clear. 7 . Valentine, cloudy...... 1.34 L. A. WELSE, Meteorologist. THE OMAHA.DAILY BEE | SINGLE COPY BAY STATE TROURS. DOING PATROL DUTY Pennsylvania Guards Will Be Sent Into the Big Bend District. MARATHON TO BE BASE El Paso, Tex, July 11.—The Fifth Massachusetts infantry today was or- dered to the border for patrol duty, the first of eastern military organiza- tions coming here to see active serv- ice. Transportation of the guardsmen, who will be stationed along the bor- der from a point west of Fort Quit- man, Tex., to Noria, N. M., was begun at once. Y Pennsylvania National Guardsmen soon will be detailed to the Marathon district, was announceqd today, al- though in what force was not made known. Marathon was the base of the force which pursued the Glenn Springs raiders last May. It is ninety miles north of Bogquillas, which has been mentioned as the objective of a new Villa raid, warning of which was given to Washington by General Car- r.nza. It is connected with Bogquillas by a wagon road and an army tele- graph wire. s Troops going to that vicinity could release regulars for the border patrol and would be in a_position to rein- foce the men at the boundary if needed, Orpet Lawyer Says e Cross Questions Brutal and Unfair Waukegan, I1L, July 11.—~Argument for the defense was begun today by Leslie P. Hannan in behali of Will H. Orpet, on trial charged with the mur- der of Marion Lambert, “The defendant,” said Mr. Hanna, took the stand as a fair witness. The shock of his arrest and of Marion’s death had worn off. He was no longer the frightened youth, who, without counsel, talked erratically just after his arrest. “It would have been folly for him to have taken the stand unless he was to tell the truth, and the whole truth.” “When he was arrested, the whole current of his life was changer,” went on the lawyer. “Officers of the law besieged him and the papers cried ‘Murder, murder.’ It seemed to him as if the whole world were arrayed against him, He simply did his best until the advice to which he was en- titled came to his assistance.” ; oh(r.'!hnna referred to Ain(o)rney s Crp! ination of . Orpe as '}g;nh and %n%li‘r" Omtl vnrpye he jurors that they were not to re- member Mr. Joslyn’s insinuating questions, but Orpet’s replies to them, i Shriners' Imperial Council Begins Ifs Sessions at Buffalo . Buffalo, N. Y., July 11.—The most brilliant spectacle of the forty-sec- ond annual session of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine was presented to- day when the imperial divan was es- corted from headquarters to the thea- ter where the opening session of the imperial council was held. In the es- cort were 10,000 nobles, 3,000 of them garbed in the gay costumes of the Arab patrols, George K. Staples, past potentate of Ismalia temple of Buffalo, and chairman of the general committee of the session, gresided, and J. Putnam Stevens of Portland, Me.,, delivered the annual address as imperial poten- tate of the order. Imperial officers will be elected to- morrow, all being advi.nced according to custom, Henry F. Neidringhaus of St. Louis, the present deputy, becom- ing imperial potentate. There are nearly a score of candidates for out- side guard, the only office to be filled by vote. Hughes is Pleased With New Committee Bridgehampton, N. Y., July 11.— Charles E. Hughes made the follow- ing statement today concerning the republican national campaign com- mittee, whose personnel was an- announced in New York last night: “I am very much pleased with:the appointment of the committee. It means the effective work of a re- united party. So far as I know the importance of this was recognized by €. |all, and there has not been the slight- est friction in constituting the c..1- mittee, Instead there had been a general desire for harmonious effort, % |as our national aims transcend all dif- 9 | ferences that have existed. Mr. Hughes and Colonel Roosevelt are understood virtually to have’se- lected the entire committee, The six progressive_ members were endorsed by Colonel Roosevelt after a thorough canvass of available material by George W. Perkins and several other progressive leaders. William R. Will- cox, the national chairman, is chair- man ex-officio of the campaign com- mittee. President Signs Go@oads Bill Washjngton, July Wilsont signed the good roads bill re- cently passed by congress, authorizing the expenditure of $85,000,000 in five years by the federal government on condition that state expend amounts Is)n_rlrlular to those apportioned by the ill. Officials of the American Automo- bile association and the Association of State Highway officials also were present. In addition to the money to be spent in co-operation with the % [ states $10,000,000 is provided for roads in federal forest reserves. 11.—President |, OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 12, BRITISH CAPTURE EIGHT MILES OF GERMAN FRONT. British Report Recapty - Nearly All of Trq W*\ Northern Part Their Hands. TEUTONS WIN ON MEUSE German Forces Succeed in German Forces Succeed in loup Battery. RUSS TROOPS REPULSED London, July 11.—The capture of the whole of the German's first sys- tem of defense on a front of 14,000 yards (nearly eight miles) after ten days and nights of continuous fight- ping, is announced in the official report from British headquarters in France. The number of prisoners taken ex- ceeds 7,500, e London, July 11.—The British to- day recaptured nearly the whole of the Trones wood, the war office an- nounced tonight. The northernmost end of the wood is again in British hands, Paris, July 11.—While calm pre- vailed on both sides of the Somme, according to the official communica- tion issued by the French war office tonight, heavy fighting occurred on the right bank of the Meuse, in the Verdun sector, German forces suc- ceeded in gaining a footing in the Damloup battery and in some sections of the French line in the Fumin wood. Berlin, July 11.—(Via London.)— Russian troops advancing in -the di- rection of Kovel have becn beaten back by the Germans in a counter at- tack near Hulewicze, south of the Sarnyovel railroad, The Germans captured three machine guns. The announcement follows: “Near Hulewicze we drove back the enemy beyond his position by a strong counter attack. The enemy lost more than 700 prisoners and three machine guns. “Our aerial - squadrons dropped bombs on troops detraining near Horodzieja, on the Barandvichi- Minsk railroad. They also repeated their attacks on Russian shelters east of the Stokhod. In aerrial encoun- ters one enemy machine was shot down near Worontszca, east of Zirim; and another west.of Okonsk. “A detachment of chasseurs of the army group of Gengral von Bothmer engaged in a successful fight south of Burkanow Wood and brought back a few dozen prisoners. Attacks in West Repulsed. Repeated attacks by the British and French troops on the Somme front have failed to win the German po- sitions against which they were di- rected, says the war office announce- ment today. It follows: “Between the Ancre and the Somme the British launched attacks with strong forces during the afternoon and night. Over a wide front on both sides of the Bapaume-Albert road and northwest of this road they were shot down before the attack came to close fighting. East of the road stubborn fighting developed on the south fringe of the village of Contalmaison and on the fringe of Mametz wood. “Repeated attempts by the enemy to recapture Trones Wood failed, with heavy and sanguinary losses. He | also lost 100. prisoners.” | “South of the Somme a vigorous attack by French black troops against | La Maisonette height was met by an overpowering fire. The few colored troops which penetrated our lines fell |at the point of German bayonets: or were taken prisoners. “As a result of counter attacks yes- terday against Barleaux five officers and 147 men remained in_our hands. There was important artillery fight- ing throughout the whole sector. Our curtain of fire checked all attempts by the enemy to attack between Bel- loy and Hardecourt. “Very likely artittery duels oc- curred. in the region of the Meuse. On the remainder of the front there was increased artillery action at places. The enemy made several un- sucessful gas attacks, Patrol and re- connoitering detachments of .our ene- ! mies were repulsed everywhere. Near Leintrey, in Lorraine, a German de- tachment, after an extensive mine ex- plosion, penetrated a badly .damagcd French position and took sixty men prisoners. South of Lusse some prisoners were brought in by a patrol. “There was great activity in the aerial service and numercus encoun- ters occurred in which the enemy lost two machines on the Somme and two west of Vouziers. A British biplane was shot down by anti-aircraft guns near Courcelette, on the Bapaume- Albert road.” Warm Weather Record for Year Goes by the Boards Heat rc-ords for 1916 were broken at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the official temperature was re- corded at 98 degrees, an advance of 1 degree since 2 o'clock. The maxi- mum on Monday was 95. At 3:30 the wind was blowing a warm blast and the as- SORE ABOUT phalt pave- SOMETHING, ments wege yielding to the sligiitest pressure, Many teamsters rested their ani- mals during the afternoon and some | were taken in at 4 o'clock. | 1916—TEN PAGES. LATEST BATHING ROLLED SOX FAD—Atlantic City’s latest for the fair mermaids of the Wlte‘I: and the sand variety is the rolled sock..The sox reach the calves and are held up by the Jlonce over” roll. ..A trio of sand mermaids wearing the very latest mode in these sox is shown on the beach at Atlantic City. BRITISH CAPTURE CONTALMAISON Several Lines of Trenches in Mametz Woods Also Occu- pied by Britons. FRENCH RETAKE POSITIONS London, July 11.—The British cap- tured Contalmaison, on the French front last night, the war office an- nounced today. SN Several lines of trenches in Ma- metz Wood were taken by the Brit- ish. Heavy fighting continues in Trones ‘Wood. The statement follows: “Last night after a brisk bombard- ment, our infantry again carried Contalmaison by assault, taking 189 unwounded prisoners, including a bat- talion tommandes and four other of< ficers. A strong counter attack de- livered by the Germans dufing the night was beaten back with heavy losses to the enemy and the whole village is now in our hands. _ “Further east we stormed several lines of trenches in the Bois De Ma- metz, and the greater part of this large wood is now in our possession. Here we captured one heavy howitz- er, three field guns and 296 unwound- ed prisoners, including three officers. eavy fighting continues in Trones Wood. “In continuation of the report on aerial combats on July 9, one of our aeroplanes was shot down by a di- rect hit from an anti-craft gun and three other machines have not re- turned to our lines.” French Retake Trenches. Paris, July 11.—The situation re- mained unchanged on the Somme front last night. The war office state- ment of today says it has been ascer- tained that south of the Somme the French in the last two days have taken more than 1,300 prisoners. On the Verdun front the Germans launched an attack at 4 o'clock this morning on the French positions from Fleury to a point east ot Chenois. They succeeded in penetrating ad- vanced French trenches at some goints, but were expelled immediately y a counter attack, West of the Meuse there was active artillery fighting in the neighborhood of Avocourt and Chattancourt. Northeast of Veho the Germans ex- ploded four mines, the craters of which were occupied by the French, Chicagoan Makes Address Before the Hotel Men's Meet “Never hesitate to admit you are green, for when you are green you are growing. Until you get ripe and stop growing there is no chance-for decay to set in,” said Harry N. Tolles of Chicago, addressing the Northwest- ern Hotel Men's association on the subject, “Keeping Step with the Times.” The principal qualifications for keeping step with the times he classi- fied as co-operation, organization and the instruction of employes by em- ployers. Co-operation, according to Mr. Tolles, includes work with other bysiness men in corfimercial bodies, working with men in the same lines of trade in conventions and associa- tions, and co-operation: of ‘the em- ployer /and the employe for mutual wbenefit. Irvin W. Pope of Omaha, represent- ing the United Commercial Travelers, réad a paper embodying the wishes of the traveling men in regard to ho- tel treatment, His criticism was large- ly directed against the small hotel in towns of less than 3,000 population. He said that, although there are laws requiring decent conditions in these ‘hotels, and an inspector who is sup- posed to enforce them and inspect the hotels, the conditions have not been remedied because the inspector stays in the large and better hotels where he can be comfortable and allows the small hotels to run themselves. John F. Letton ~oncluded the morn- ing session with a short resume of the vocation@l instruction he is giving to the employes of the Hotel Fontenelle. i ¥ VETERINARIANS ATTEND CLINIC Trip to South 8ide Stock Yards Marks S8econd Day's Pro- gram of Convention, WORK DONE BY SURGEONS Veterinarians to the number of ap- proximately 300 boarded the South Side street cars early yesterday and glided to the big horse barns at the stock yards, where they were in clinic session all day. It was the sec- ond day’s program of the convention of the Missouri Valley Veterinary as- sociation, The clinic work is always a big feature of this convention, as it is a rare opportunity to get into the stock yards and get the opportunity of looking aver the many cases there and ‘observe the treatment’ adminis- tered and the operations performied, An exhibit of pathological speci- mens obtained in the packing houses was arranged by n éral inspection force of Omaha. There were many specimens of rare interest. The clinic opened in the horse and mule barns shortly after 9 o’clock. Dr. A. L. Merilat, R. C. Moore, J. V. Lacroix and other veterinary sur%eons performed the operations. Dr. E. L. Quitman demonstrated the humane destruction of a horse and some new methods of applying anaesthesia for dogs. Dr. Joseph Hughes conducted the lameness clinic. Villa Main Army Beaten in Attack Made_@_on Parral Chihuahua, Mex,, July 10.—The main body of the Villa force, retreat- ing from Jiminez today, attacked Par- ral, fifty miles to the southwest, but was defeated by the Carranza garri- son after a savage battle, according to an official report received by General Jagigto Trevino. he“report, sent in by General Ernesto Garcia, commander at Par- ral, says that the bandits, suffering heavy losses, retreated to Sombrere- tillo, @ few miles southeast of Parral. It adds that if they make a stand there, the deciding battle of the Vil- lista campaign should be fought late today or tomorrow, as the de facto government's cavalry, undef General Domingo Arreta and Matias Ramos, is almost within striking distance of this place. New York Colonel Is Mustered Out; Men Nearly Mutiny Camp Whitman, Green Haven, N. Y., July 11.—Colonel Louis C. Conley and Lieutenant Colonel Join J. Phe- lan of the Sixty-ninth New York reg- iment, were ordered mustered out of the federal service today just as the regiment was entraining here for Pharr, Tex. The order came. from Major General Leonard Wood. The cause of the action was given as “physical disability.” The news caused consternation in camp. A report was prevalent that the entires regiment would mutiny. - members of the fed- Un Tralns, st dotel nds, ete., Se. NO MUSIGAL TONES ~T0 WEDDING BELLS Matrimonial Tangles of J. R. Williams Take a New Turn— One Wife Wants Decree. MAY VOID OTHER MARRIAGE The matrimonial| tangles of J. R. Williams, which have been in district court almost constantly for more than a year, assumed a new phase in a hearing in Judge Seat's court yester- day. In this case one wife, Mrs. Jeany ette Williams, is asking for a decree of separation. Matters are compli- cated by the fact that Williams is now married to another bride, and that should the decree of separation be gragited. his last marriage, will be invalid and he himself automati made: a bigamist, He claims that he: has already been divorced. Mrs, Jeanette Williams was on the stand most of the morning. She tes- tified that she married Williams in September, 1907, and that early in 1915 ghe If‘plied for a divorce upon representations by Williams that he had accepted a $5,000 a year position in South America, had sworn himsel to be a single man in order to get the job and would go to the xenit;n- ;‘igry for perjury unless she divorced un, In order togave him from the peni- tentiary, she testified, she applied for a divorce and was granted a decree. Has Decret Set Aside. Later, however, she said, she fearned that Williams had not gone to South America, and was plannin to remarry. She accordingly applie to have the decree set aside, which was done. Williams then came into court and asked that the decree to set aside, the divorce also be set aside, and obe tained her consent to the order by misrepresentation, so she alleges. Later she learned that he was planning to be married to his ste- nographer, Miss Caroline Neef, and again asked to have the decree set aside, which Judge Sears did on De- cember 24, 1915, This decree is claim- ed to be invalid by Williams, On the next day Williams was mar- ried to Miss Neef at Columbus, Neb. While Mrs. Williams was on the stand, the other Mrs. Williams sat with Williams and listened to the testimony which may make her mar- riage void and her husband a bigam- 1st. Sheriff Killed and Two Deputies Shot By an Insane Man Hot Springs, Ark, July #1.—D. Phillips of Dallas, Tex,, last night shot and killed Sheriff Charles C. Webb and wounded Deputy Sheriffs ! Dave Young and Henry Houpt Young may die. Other deputies kill- ed 'Phillips. The shooting occurred at a house where Phillips was room- ing and where the officers had gone to arrest him. It is believed he was insane. British Paper Sees in Submarine Feat Threat to American Navy London, July 11.—“We are quite ready to join in the laugh against our- selves and to applaud the skill and daring of the captain, who appears to us as a sportsman and has earned his laurels cleanly,” says the Manchester Guardian, ref’{:rriug to the German submarine, Deutschland. The Guardian says that plans for submarines of 3,000 to 4,000 tons ex- isted in Germany and England before the war, but that such vessels were not built because of the time rcqujrcd to submerge them and the impossibil- ity of submerging in shallow water. 1t points out that the Australian sub- marine AE-2 went from Australia to the Dardanelles and says that if the captain and :rew of the Deutchland are members of the Imperial German navy the submarine may be dealt with as a naval auxiliary, Otherwise it is a blockade runner, which could be ordered to stor; if it attempted to submerge, it would be justifiable to sink it, “It is unlikely,” the guardian con- tinues, “that the moral of the appear- ance in American waters of a German submarine will be missed after the threats of Count von Reventlow and the other Tirpitz writers last spring. They warned America it was not too | far away for Germany's arm to reach it. Although the Deutschland may be disarmed, it is none the less a threat to the American navy.” 'il \| change THE WEATHER FAIR TWO CENTS, ENTENTE MAKES FORMAL PROTEST AGAINST SUBSEA 4 British and French Ambassa. dors Olaim the Deutsch- land is Potentially A Warship, RIGHT OF SEARCH ISSUE Diplomats Hold Submarines Must Be Regarded as Ene- mies and Sunk on 8ight. NAVAL OFFICERS INSPEOT Washington, July 11.—On the strength of advice from navy experts who inspected the Deutschland at Baltimore today, the Treasury de- partment informed the State depart- ment that the German merchant sub- marine was an unarmed freight car- rier which could not be convérted for offensive use without . “extensive structural changes.” The Treasury department acted after receiving the following telegram from Collector Ryan at Baltimore: “In company with Captain Hughes, I have made a thorough inspection of the Deutschland. AIl spaces except those occupied by cargo and oils were visited. There is no evidence that this ship is armed or can be armed without extensive structural changes, I reaffirm my statemen} of yesterda, that this ship is a merchant vessel. A complete and detailed report will be mailed tonight.” The statement will make no an- nouncement regarding the status of the submarine before tomorrow. Subsea on Way to Brasil London, {lt_xly 10.—A report that the sister ship to the German sub- marine l?eutschllnd will arrive at Rio Janeiro i ten days is contained in a dispatch from the Brazilian city from a correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company. A5 According to the version of the Vossische Zeitung's statement re- garding the departure of a second German commercial submarine from a' German harbor; given by the Ex- Telegraph company, the newspaper stated that the submarine in question, the Bremen, left Kiel for America more than a month ago and has not been heard from since. Washington, July 11.—Representa- tions ent by the British and sies, setting up the claim that the German matzaut submarine, Deutschland, is potentially a warship, even though designed an. used as a merchantman. The department will take the em- connection with the report of Captain Huclgel. the American naval expert, who is-making a physical examination f | of the big submarine in search of any warlike equipment. Before the arrival of the Deutsch- land, acting upon the basis of reparts' in the press that a submarine was dpe at an American port, Colville Bar- clay, the British counsellor and charge d'affaires in the temporary ab- sence of Sir Spring-Rice, communica- ted to Secretary Lansing the position of his government regarding the use of any underwater craft in commer- cial service. M. ]Inueund. the French ambassador, also has been in communication with the department. . All Submarines Warships. From the allies’ point of view, any submarine is essentially a warship, The United States, Great Britain and France agree on the doctrine that it is illegal o change the character of a merchant ship into a cruiser or priva- teer on the high seas, but the Ger- man government always has insisted upon that right. Consequently, it is argued, it would be no violation of the German interpretation of interna- tional law for the Deutschland to take aboard armament outside of the three- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) South Dakota Troops Expect to Move Thursday Sioux Falls, S, D., July 11.—Indica- tions are that the South and North Dakota regiments of infantry, Na- tional Guard, will move south Thurs- day. South Dakota's contingent, it is believed, will entrain for either Fort Leavenworth, Kan,, or Fort Riley, One of the nearest things to a man’s heart is his job. On your position depends the happiness of your homre. You owe it teo your family and yourself to make that income as much as your ability and experience will produce. the Help Wanted and of The Bee. They point portunity. $ have been made to the State de- Fremetr— bassies' views under consideration in ' Situation Wanted columns. the way to a better op-- Don't get in a rut. Use