Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 24, 1916, Page 1

2 " 4 | a i £ b | o i . INTO CHIHUARUA | “NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE VOL. XLVI—NO. VILLA BANDITS ENTER DISGUISED General Trevino Bungles De- fense of Place, and He May Be Removed From Command. SEVEN HUNDRED LET IN Outlaws Admitted in Guise of Civilians to Participate in Celebration. OAPTIVES ARE RELEASED| Brownsville, Tex., Sept. 23.—That| General Jacinto Trevino bungled his | attempted defense of Chihuahua City on Hidalgo day from the Villa attack | and as a result may be removed from command of the army in northern Mexico and succeeded by General E. P. Nafarrate, now commander of the Carranza forces in Tamaulipas, was reported in Matamoros, opposite here, today. P g A new story of the Chihuahua City attack was told in Matamoros today by a Mexican army officer. He said that 10,000 civilians from the sur- rounding section were invited into Chihuahua to participate in the cele- bration, and that among them were 700 Villistas. At a given signal the bandits divided into bands and made attacks on various parts of the city. One of these bands attacked the mu- nicipal palace, where General Trevino was attending a_ball. Trevino was wounded in the shoulder. £ Another division of the bandits at- tacked the penitentiary, releasing six- teen Villista prisoners, among whom was General Jose Lopez, who was represented to have been executed several months ago. " According to the Mexican army of- ficer in the battle which followed 200 Villistas were captured and fifty were killed, Trevino Distributes Troops. El Paso, Tex., Sept. 23.—Three mil- itary* trains carrying 200 men reached Juarez_early today from Chihuahua City. The trains had distributed sev- eral hundred troops along the Mexi- can Central between Chihuahua City and Juarez, reinforcing ten of the most important garrisons, it was an- nounced at the Juarez military head-‘ quarters today. Three hundred troops were leit at Villa Ahumada, the field military base betgeen the border and Chihuahua City. ®one of these troops were left in Juarez, the 200 returning as guards for the ‘rains. It was announced in Jaurez today that General Gabriel Gavira, former | commander of the forces in the north, | with headquarters in Juarez, had been appointed military commander-of the state of Durango. Valley Babies Win Most Prizes at Fair Valley, Neb., Sept. 23.—(Special Telegram.)—Prizes in the baby con- test at the West Douglas fair were awarded last night. Ruth Timmons of Valley was first; Marion Carlson, Valley, second; Wilma Gaver, Valley, third. Arthur Ward Abraham, Valley, was the first-prize boy baby, with Ed- gar Parley, Elk City, second, and Jo- seph Byars, Valley, third. Washington County Pioneers Will Picnic Blair, Neb., Sept. 23.—(Special.)— The first annual picnic of the Wash- ington pioneers and old settlers will be held on the court hoyse grounds in this city on next Thursday. This occasion is to be made a general home-coming feast, and in addition to many others, numerous Omaha per- sons, once Washington county citi- zens, have responded favorably to in- vitations sent out. A temporary or- ganization was recently formed, with Jake McCracken as president and F. H. Claridge, secretary. A permanent association will be formed next Thurs- day. A membership fee of 50 cents will be chasged. All persons over 40 years of age, who have resided in Washington county for thirty years) are eligible to membership. Star Hawk Wins " Louisville Cup, Leuisville, Ky, Sept. 23.—Star Hawk, A. A. Macomber's 3-year-old colt, ridden by Jockey Philips,” was first in the fourth annual running of the Louisville cup at two miles, here | this afternoon. Embroidery was sec- ond and Killgna, third. The time was 3:293-5. Two dollars mutuels on the | winner paid $3.10. KA The Weather Nebraska-—Unsettied. | Temperatures at Omaha. Hours, 5 a. m. g a. m. m m m m m... Comparative Local Record. 1916, 1916, 1914, 1912, | Highest yesterday (R LR Lowest yesterday 60 50 b6 Mean temperature BANg gD Precipitation ... 0 .00 .60 .05 Temperaturs and precipitation departures | from the normal at Omaha since March and compared with the last two years: Deg. Normal temperature Deficiency for the day 15. | President Wilson to Be in Omaha THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE 1916—SIiX SECTIONS—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER ‘ To Review the Historical quade‘ Accepts Invitation of Centen- nial Committee and Histori- cal Society to Come Dur- ing Ak-Sar-Ben Week. President Wilson will be in Omaha October 3. i This much is definitely known now. Arthur Mullen feceived two telegrams to that effect Saturday, one {rom Secretary Tumulty, and one from Democratic National Chairman Mc- Cormick. The telegrams were brief, and con- | | tained only the information that the president has accepted Omaha's in- vitation and will be here October 5. General John Lee Webster of the committee of one hundred, and G. W. Wattles, chairman of the execu- tive committee of that same delega- | parade, a feature which is expected |to be one of the gr:atést spectacle’s | ever witnessed in the west, being a great caravan probably two miles long of floats and historical groups | of soldiers, trappers, piomeers, In-| dians and others, bes out all along the line of ‘Q'l\;_.‘ steady | march of pros | the count» ! throug! | thrg dian | final ool g\“\’ AQion of R W clopical age, _‘\)Q‘ <t age, down| < \Wsh invasion, the In- m\}‘““ pioneer hardships and foment of a peaceful and ex-| ;xremc\'y prosperous agricultural re- | | gion. Although the news is as yet meager | 'as to just when the president will ar-| rive, it is assumed that his acceptance | | of the invitation for that date means that he intends to be here to review | the parade. | John Lee Webster, president of the | | State Historical- society, says that | the Auditorium has been rented for celebration of Nebraska's admission |that evening and that it will be turned to statehood, will hold a meeting over to Mr. Wilson so that he may Monday noon at the Omaha club, |talk there if he so chooses. Mr. Web- when details for the president's part | ster says that a meeting will be called | in the festivities will be worked out.|at once of the Board of'Governors of | The committee invited him some time | Ak-Sar-Ben and the centennial com-| ago to be here to review the historical | mittee so that all details may be arade October 5, and has been press-| mapped out to make the stay of the | ing its invitation constantly since president in Omaha most pleasant. that time. Arranfements will be| Complete arrangements have not made for a big reviewing stand di-|beewmade for the trip of the presi-| rectly across the street from lhe’dent, but it is expected that he will front of The Bee building. There|arrange his schedule so that he can | elaborately decorated booths will be|make speeches in one or more other | prepared for the president and, his|cities. party, from which they will review| The centennial committee also ex- | the parade. | tended an invitation to the republican All the time it was hoped that he!candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, but might be in Omaha on October 5 |he was unable to accept for that as that is the date for the historical | time. tion, preparing the semi-centennial BEACH SAYS HUGHES GREEK KINGDOM GAINING EVERY DAY~ NOW ONLY A NAME | Republican State chairmanikevolutionists Control Practi- Finds That Democrats Are cally Entire Country Out- Turning to Him. side of Athens. MKELVIE TAKING STUMP:V?NIZELOS STATES VIEWS% (From a Statf Correspondent.) | London, Sept. 23.—After saying| Lincoln, Neb,, Sept. 23.—(Special.) | that the removal of the Greck cen-| —Chairman Ed Beach of the repub- | sorship will permit of the truth being lican state committee returned this | told, the correspondent at Atiens of morning from a trip over the state | the Daily Mail hints at the Iikelihqod’ during which he visited at Kearney | of former Premier Venizelos leaving | " Athens shortly for one of the dis-| and qudrtge and‘ met with the county tricts where a revolutlon has been| republican committees. Total excess since March Normal precipitation a Detictency for the Total rainfall sin Deficlen® since March 1 .. Deficiency cor. perfod, 1915 Deficlency cor. period, 1914 L. A. WELSH, 2.56 inches | Meteorologist. | ‘ started, where he will be able to or-| Mr. Beach reported the organiza- tions in these two counties are getting down to ground work early and there is a lot of enthusiasm over national and state tickets. In both of these cities, Mr. Beach said he received as- surance that Mr. Hughes would have a lot of democratic support. Democrats Switch. “While away 1 met a democrat,” said Mr. Beach, “who offered some of his party brethern a chance to make a little pin money. This farmer, one of the wealthiest men in Kearney county, is supporting Mr. Hughes for president: He offered to give §1 for every republican in the county who voted for Wilson if the man who ac- cepted the challenge would pay him 5 cents for every democrat voting for Hughes. He claimed to be familiar with conditions in the county and said even at that he would be mak- ing money.” B Mr. Beach will attend a district mecting.of committeemen at Norfolk at 2 p. m. September 27, and another! at Emerson at 2 p. m. September 28. Excellent reports are reaching state headquarters concerning the campaign abilities of Robert DeVoe, republican candidate for attorney general. Mr. DeVoe is making a whirlwind campaign and is meeting with much encouragement, Mr. Beach said. In every community in which he has spoken there have been flatter- ing réports, the state chairman re- ported. McKelvie in Line. Among the callers at republican state headquarters today was S. R. McKelvie, defeated for the republican nomination for governor. There are no sore spots on Mr. McKelvie, and he is goiag to take the stump during the campaign' in behalf of the national and state tickets. Mr. McKelvie spoke at Oak the other night and will fill a number of engagements on Oc- tober, which the state committee is arranging. Mr. McKelvie has been traveling extensively in the east since the pri- mary and said he found the sentiment there strong for Hughes. John L. Kennedy has opened up ‘tampaign headquarters in Lincoln. Victor Seymour will be directly in charge of the Lincoln headquarte which will be located next to the r publican state headquarters in the Lindell. Ambass;lfierard Will Sail for Home Berlin, Sept. 23.—(Via London.)— James W. Gerard, the American am- bassador here, tentatively has received passage on the Scandanavian-Ameri- can line steamer Frederick VIII, Eleven Dry Meetings Weekly in Cass County Plattsmouth, Neb., Sept. 23.—(Spe- cial.)—The executive committee of the Dry federation of Cass county met at | Weeping Water Fridayw ith local fed- erations from eleven towns in the county represented. Arrangements were made for the holding of eleven | meetings on every Saturday night intmasquerading as leven towns from now until election. There will be four teams of speakers and singers from Plattsmouth and the | remaining seven will be from other towns. The Bee Will Pub ganize the . whole movement. “The_kingdom of Greece,” says the correspondent, “is now only a 1 .me. Saloniki, Thasos, Lemnos, iChios, Sa- mos and Mytilene no longer are gov erned from Athens. Crete ind Cy- clades are about to follow suit, A proclamation of independence has | been issued in Epirus; the Larissa district is bidding its time, while Pho- cis and Acarnania are wavering, “Only Athens and Mora remain, and Athens is placarded with such appeals as ‘draw the sword, king, or| abdicate.”” Paris, Sept. 23.—Former Premier Venizelos of Greece in an_interview cabled from Athens to the Petit Jour- nal declares that the Greeks must de- fend their national interests regard- less of the government. M. Venizelos is quoted as saying: “Although Roumania entered the struggle the court power which gov- erns us seems to persist in the policy of what it calls neutrality. This pol- | icy is persisted in even after the| shameful Kaval incident. You ask me | what the future will bring. I am not in the position to answer, but a cer- tain something must be attempted if Greece does not wish to die. .“What was done at Saloniki, al- though imprdvised and precipitate, and recent manifestations in the| islands of the archipelago, show that everyone realizes that if the govern: ment has forgotten its duty toward the nation the nation must immediat- ly take in hand the defense of its own revolutionary interests.” 24, Now-the Real Season Begins | NOW THAT THE CHILDREN ARE OFF To SCHOOL We CAN HAVE A NICE LITTLE VES, Do COME OVER FOR SUPPER AND SPEND THE EVEVING DO HURRY, CHARLES OR WE'LL MISS THE FIRST ACT 1 WANT YoU To GO T0 THE CAMENBERT'S RECEPTION, SHOTS [N THR DARK FAIRBANKS TAIXS WILL OMAHA GET 6- FATAL T0 GODDEN | | CAV WATCH US DANCE AFteRuARos) i LETS SEE ' TUESDAY THE MUSICALE ~WEONESDAY THE ACA. AND WONENS CLUS — FRIDAY THE FINE ARTS TWE AUDYBON MEETWG, THE SOCIAL SETTLEMENT AND HERE ON TUESDAY ~ GENT LIGHT RATE? Auto Livery Man of Brainerd Vice Presidential Candidate to | (Citizens May Be Surprised Killed by Hallie Blevins of David City. THINK MIND UNBALANCED OTHER PROMINENT MEN AR FULL OF ELECTRICITY Brainard, Neb, Sept. 23.—(Special | Telegram,)—Vern Godden, who op-| erates an automobile livery at this | place, was shot and fately awounded last night at David City by Hallie Blevins of that place. Godden was taking Mrs. Blevins and a Mrs, Ly-| man Jackson home in his car. He had | stopped at the Blevins home and let Mrs. Blevins out of the car and stop- ped in front of the Jackson home. As Mrs. Jackson was stepping out of the car Blevins appeared out of the dark with a .32-calibre revolver in his hand. He stepped on the runhing board of the car and fired three shots at Godden. After firing the shots he looked at the wounded man for a few second and said: “My God I have killed the wrong man” and immedi- ately disappeared in the darkness, One | shot entered Godden's right check and | lodged at the base of the brain, the | second clipped his ear and the third went wild, Mrs. Jackson made several futile at- tempts to sfop the flow of blood and then summoned help. Godden was hurried to a hospital where he died at 10:30 o’clock this morning. Blevins surrendered to the county sheriff this morning and was lodged in the county jail. He has been act- ing queerly for some time and is sup- posed to be mentally unbalanced. The last three weeks he has spent in a sanitarium at Council Bluffs, President Wilson’s sudden accept- ance of the announcement that he will help Omaha celebrate the Ne- | braska statehood semi-centenial, after having previously passed it up, is his answer to an S. O. S. call sent him | Friday night by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, who is doing the political scout act, while swinging | around the circle with the land bank board. | It is the proof conclusive that the | { local democratic bosses with whom McAdoo conferred gave him the sig- | nal of distress, and informed him that | ‘\'vhyasku was surely lost to the demo- cratic ticket unless something heroic were done at once to remedy a des- | perate situation. | The moves on the political chess | | board were plainly visible while the president’s.son-in-law and chief cabi- net advisor was here. It is now re- membered that he made a getaway as early as possible from the company | with whom he dined Thursday night | at the Fontenelle and hiked off with | Mayor Dahlman, who is likewise chairman of the Douglas county dem- ocratic committee in order to spend ‘several hours in close communion un- der pretense of watching a move show. The next day was taken up largely | with the public hearings on the ques- tion of bank location, but the press- ure did not prevent Mr, McAdoo | lsfrom making a clever political appeal a “non-partisan” | | address before the Commercial club |at noon, after which he had urgent | private business with Tom Byrne, | member of the federal reserve bank board, as well as a staunch democrat, Wilson Resp&lds to S. 0. S. Call Sent Him by Secretary McAdoo | tow | it as a political speech, he can make and also with Everett Buckingham, president of the Ak-Sar-Ben board of | governors and also of democratic leaning. At the close of the after- noon session in_the federal building, Arthur Mullen, Nebraskas new “dem- ocratic boss,” put in a delayed ap- pearance, having been detained by ghme law business in an and he was soon busy mixing | political medicine with Secretary Mec- | Adoo. Just what he told him has not been divulged, but it would not be hard for those conversant with the situation to guess. “Mr. Secretary, we just must have help out here, or Nebraska is lost | to Wilson,” he is likely to have said. | “The republicans have the best of | it on the face of things here, and| they are sending their biggest ora-| torical guns to batter our positions. Can't you send the president out here to stiffen up the waning courage | of our boys? We needn't advertise | one of his non-partisan addresses, and he has an invitation lying around | somewhere for the Ak-Sar-Ben festiv- | ities, which are only ten days off, but | if he hurries he can still get in under | the wire. If you just say the word,| Mr. Secretary, I know the president | will come to our rescue.” Whether Boss Mullen used these | words or not, this is the idea that was conveyed by the big and little | democratic bosses, and Sceyetary Me-| Adoo had hardly gotten out of town | and made his next stop before the} word was given out at Shadow Lawn that Omaha was the objective point | for the president's next trip. | in Speak at Auditorium and at Commercial Club, Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice president of the United States and now republican candidate for that of- fice, is to be in Omaha to speak Sep- tember 26, next Tuesday. Word was reckived to this effect yesterday by the republican cen- tral committee. Chairman Frank S. Howell said he would try to arrange for the Auditorium for a big repub- lican meeting in the evening when Mr. Fairbanks would deliver the ad- dress. Word was also received yesterday that Mr. Fairbanks would speak at the Commercial club at noon Tuesday. He is to be in Omaha from 8 o’clock in the morning until 12:20 that night. Mr. Howell is hoping to arrange for |a big rousing reception for the vice presidential candidate in Omaha. Senator Harding of Ohio is also to speak in Omaha, the date being | October 10, Arrangements as to time and place will be made later. Mr. Harding was chairman of the repub- lican convention. Henry Allen, the Kansas editor, is to be in Omaha Monday, September 25. Harry Byrne will make arrange- nfents for a meeting at which Mr. Allen will address the voters. Traveling on a special train and accompanied by a battery of Speak- ers, J. Frank Hanly and Ira Landrith, candidates for president and vice pres- ident, respectively, on the prohibition ticket, will invade Nebraska October 3 on their campaign tour. The prohibition contingent will ar- rive in Omaha over the Burlington at 7:30 o'clock the evening of Octo- ber 3. A speaking meeting will be held that evening and the following morning at 6:30 o'clock over the Northwestern the tour of a portion of the state will be made. Mcetings will be held in Fremont, Norfolk and Wayne and then the train will swing over into South Dakota, going as far north as Sioux Falls and from there working back, reaching Council Bluffs the afternoon of October § upstate Fwhere a meeting will be held that evening, the date of President Wil- son’s speech in Omaha. Wife Wins Cows ! Chicks, Child and Money in Divorce, Two cows, all the ducks and chick- ens, a share of the $400 deposited in banks and a half interest in property on the South Side have been awarded Stanislawa Janiszewski against Stan islaw, along w her divorce decree. | There is but one letter different in the spelling of the names of the troubled couple. On top of these awards she gets $950 alimony and the custody of the 16-year-old daughter, Tillie. Ex- treme cruelty is alleged. Tennessee Locker Law Is Declared Valid Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 23.—The state supreme court today held to be unconstitutional the so-called locker law of lockers for bars or buffets in clubs Tennesse, which prohibits the maintenance | | equipments and munitions, lish Its Ak-Sar-Ben Special Next Sunday | probability, will not wait for the com- | hour amounted to more than 500,000 Some Day This Week by Finding It Passed, - The atmosphere in the city hall is| charged with electrical gnergy, due to| incessant and insistent discussion on the subject of electric light and pow- er rates. The handwriting on the walls of the council chamber read to the ini- tiated that “there will be something popping” during the coming week unless 'somebody steps on the fuse, and it is not believed anybody will do such an uncouth act, It is not té be said at this time that a 6-cent rate will be forthcoming, nor is it said that such a rate will not be forthcoming, so there it stands. A 6-cent rate is believed to be among the possibilities of the current week. The partial report of the special| committee of the Commercial club | has been digested by the city legal) department and an ordinance has been drawn for the consideration of the city commissioners. A little bird has said that this ordinance has a G-cent primary rate and that “a hen is on.” General George Harries, president of the Omaha Electric Light and Power company, has been seen in the city hall several times during the week., [t may have been that he went to the city hall to advise the commissioners that last Tuesday was his birthday, or he may have gone to observe the remodeling work being done in the municipal building, or he may have gone to talke about electric light rates. Another phase of the situation is, that the city commissioners, in all pletion of the Commercial club’s re- port. This committee announced during the week that another expert would be engaged to determine what rates should be charged by the light company upon the figures arrived at by the other experts and disclosed in the partial report submitted last Mon- day morning. None of the commissioners will state that a 6-cent rate is forthcom- ing, but watch closely, because the quickness of the hand may dececive the eye. Tuesday morning will be an interesting meeting in the council | chamber if the phophecy of the oracle amounts to anything. Steel and Copper Stocks Rise to New Hig_h Records New York, Sept. 23.—For a week- end market today's two-hour session of the stock exchange was probably without parallel. Trading in the first shares, with no diminution of activity with the approach of the close. There were numerous spectacular features, but all were eclipsed by the further meteoric rise in United States Steel, which touched 11714, a new rec- ord, shortly after 11 o’clock. Other leaders rose to highest prices in their history, notably coppers. Dealings embraced every branch of the list, but the movement was far from uniform, rails making compara- tively little headway, with reactionary tendency in shipping issues and some THE WEATHER FAIR SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. GOTHAM UNIONS VOTING ON ORDER T0 SUSPEND WORK | Three-Quarters of Million Men Asked by Leaders to Ap- prove General Strike Proposition. DATE SET FOR WEDNESDAY Move Based on Wish of Men to Avoid Riding on Cars Run by Nonunion Crews. MORE POLICE SWORN IN New York, Sept. 23, —~Trade unions | in this city and Westchester county | today began to vote on the question of ratifying the action of eighty dele« | gates, who yesterday called for a | “general suspension of work” next | Wednesday morning. The labor chiefs | appealed to all union wage earners to stay at home until the traction come panies make it possible for them to ride in the street cars without offense to their union allegiance, It is asserted that no such action heretofore has been taken by the trades unions of this country, nor has a strike involving so many trades ever been called. Tts maximum effect would call from work 750,000 mep and women. Leaders of the movement refrain from calling it a sympathetic strike. | They declare that many pf the unions | already have voted to ratify their rec- | ommendation, and that any union | man who does not quit work Wednes- | day will be denounced as a traitor. Fo what extent they expect the | unions to respond to the suspension call was not disclosed. “How can I | tell? It is up to the unions,” said !Ilngh Frayne, general organizer of | the American Federation of Labor for New York state. It is pointed out that | Wednesday is the beginning of an ims i portant Jewish holiday, when many urfi_umnly would stay at home. X | The call for a cessation of work is | based on the grievance that men of | union affiliations cannot ride to their | employment except in cars manned by nonunion conductors or motormen and under the protection of the police, | Statements issued by theTeaders indi- | cate that they are ingensed by Mayor | Mitchel's warning that he stood ready | to use the military power to restrain violence, and that they consider the city to be dominated by the traction interests. To reinforce the police Commiss sioner Woods has lnugr¥|cl,ed the cap- tains to select ten civ B icemen, This would add about men to the department. Europe Places Order for 200,000 Tons of Copper New York, Sept. 23.—According to trade reports current in the financial district today, a big ‘oreign order for copper aggregating 200,000 tons, or over 400,000,000 pounds, Ihu been placed by foreign interests, chiefly British and French, with large pro- ducers in this country, These in- clude the American Smelting and Re- fining, company and the United Metals Selling company, which rep= resents Amalgamated-Anaconda in- terests. ‘The copper is to be deliv-~ ered in the first six months of 1917, This contract is said to be unpre cedented in the history of the copper trade. No such purchase for delivery over any length of time has ever been made, and the monthly delivery of about 75,000,000 pounds is in itself equal to the maximum tonnage ever exported. H The total amount involved in this transaction is said to be about. $125,- 000,000, The price to be paid for the copper is not disclosed, but it is be- lieved to range between 26 and 27 cents a pound, Earnings of Omaha Road Shovz Increase St. Paul, Minn,, Sept. 23.—The an- nual report of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, made public today, showed a total increase of $1,681,214 in operating revenues: over 1915. Total passenger receipts were $5,101,440, an increase of $207,« 740, while total freight receipts in- creased $1,337,110 to 512,860,214, The cost of labor increased from $6,500,357 in 1915, to $7,204,098 and made up 55.50 per cent of the total operating expenses, $12,958,837. Most of the wage increase was due to more time worked, but $90,812 was due to adyance in pay. This Record Speaks for Itself 1,233 MORE Pzid Want Ads in The Bee last week than same period a year ago. For more than 29 weeks Bee Want Ads have . been increasing by more than 1,000 Paid Ads Per Week. Good Results Make Increases liava“in each™ ™| ~’)rccinc! to be sworn in as special