Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 1, 1916, Page 1

NEWS SECTION OL. XLVI—NO. 16. FULL SAIL AHEAD, ORDERS KING AK AND MINIONS 0BE Royal Wand Weaves Happy Spell Over All Nebraska and Citizens Revel Merrily, MUCH ADO EVERYWHERE Wilson Stimulates Dwell- ers of Quivera. PUBLIC PULSE BEATS HIGH PAGES ONE TO SIXTEEN Coming of President and Mrs, [ | ' Y To Drive Over Historical Pa- rade Route, So All May See Both Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, proval of the president. of some eighty persons,” men women, with twenty H Tuesday 596!968 1915. Beq, the governor, mayor, democratic ,Wednesdn.y. ----- SSEsn Ty 3201 nAauonal committeeman, Chancellor -0 ¢ very, etc. Thi e ggzg To Meet the President. » Those in the party, then, will be A great week was last week, b this week will be much greater. We are right in the middle of t great annual celebration which good King Ak-Sar-Ben provides for his subjects. And this year the people rejoi not only because King Ak-Sar-Ben lives and is happy and healthy, b also-because Nebraska has completed half a century of statehood, during which she has grown in wealth, pros- perity, beauty and everything d sirable as few states have ever grown. The people rejoice, further, th this week the president of the United States will visit them, a_ ruler guisum in his realm as King A ar-Ben himself is in the kingdom Quivera. Hail! First Lady. The first lady president’s wife, is to be here also. They are to view with us the wo ders of our history, as presented the historical pageant and parade ne . Thurdday. They will dine in stal By at the Fontenelle hotel, and the presi- dent will deliver an address at the Auditorium, Last week was sort of gettin, ready time. There was plenty “d ing.”” The crowds began surging in the city from all diréctions and fro even hundreds of miles away. in the last few years. plenty of room now. » - Streets Are Filled. Streets are full of and by night. The King's Highwa which_one guters through the migh arch at® is a broad highway and a busy hig way and dozens. of wonders and thrills. the streets in the city’s business se tion are festooned and arched wi thousands of electric lights, X The people have been disporting themselves by the thousands. Ye terday was specially set aside for Grown-ups could come, too, of course, but prices were cut in half to suit the caliber There they ¢hildren at the carnival. of juvenile pocketbooks. saw the Panama canal and the Ba tle of Verdun, the three-legged gi and the strange girl Hattie, the Ar; bian Nights, and Toyland. Jerked Around Whip. Folks are jgrked around on T Whip, whirled around in horizont circles on the merry-go-round, ar lifted u) on the Ferris wheel. Then it was the Week of Wonde ful Windows, too, you know. the stores have their windows truly wonderiul array. (Gontinued on Page Twi U. 8. Will Build Big Potash Plant Near San Dieg San Francisco, Cal,, Sept. 30.—The United States government will estat lish a plant either at Long Beach or San Diego for manufacturing potash from kelp, according to J. W. Tu arrived here. “This plan,” he said today, “will be able to supply virtually all the potash needed for the manufacture of ex- plosives for the American army.” Turrentine states that the depar! start the plant. His mission, he sai; has been to ascertain whether tt other plants now doing after they have been reaped. of the land, the It's a good thing, indeed, that Omaha's hotel accommodations have doubled They have people by day eerithiand Capitol avenue, a highway flanked by All and down in_vertical circles All Wednesday rentine, scientist of the United States Department of Agriculture, who has ment had $175,000 at its disposal to operation of a powder company and | what the | rovernmcn! proposes to do were like- | y to exhaust the supply of kelp. He| had found, he said, that the kelp beds | grow “with almost uncanny speed”| Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Webster, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Buckingham, Sen- ator and Mrs, G. M. Hitchcock and daughter, Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rosewater, Mr. and Mrs. Gould Dietz, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Byrne, Governor and Mrs. J. H. Morehead, Mayor and Mrs. J. C. Dahlman, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mullen, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bucholz, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fraser, Mr. and Mrs. Casper E. Yost, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Rome Miller, Senator and Mrs. N ris Brown, Mr. and_ Mrs. Lo i Nash, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Haverstick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Beaton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Black, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Judson, Mr. and Mrs. ut he ce ut e- at| W. D. Hosford, Mr. and Mrs. J. DeForrest Richards, Mr. and Mrs. as| George Brandeis, G. W. Wattles k- % Charles Saunders, Randall K. Brown Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, Mrs. J. J. \ ..Y\-\;l(f»l , Yrab i For a_week there has been great activity in Omaha in preparation for the Omaha reception and entertain- ment of President and Mrs. Wilson Land party in Omaha, Thursday of | this week. The arrangement is now completed locally, subject to the ap-| At the station, when the special car arrives at 11:40 a. m.,, the president and party are to be met by an escort and automobiles. The escort will consist of the execu- tive committee of the semi-centennial celebration committee, the members of the board of governors of Ak-Sar- C.|W T . Pl fPans for Omaha’s Welcome to the President Are Practically Complete President Wilson's Schedule in Omaha 11:40 A. M.—Arrives at.1! tion. L (e IZ:IS«Commercia)‘w\wh i and short addresy 2P, M.—Drive along the line of march of historical parade. 2:30—Reviews historical pageant from reviewing stand. 5:00—Escorted at conclusion of arade to president's quarters at otel Fontenelle. scon, 6:00—Formal dinner given by semi-centennial committee to President and Mrs. Wilson at Fontenelle. 8:30—Address by President Wil- son at Auditorium, 10:10—President and party leave over Northwestern for Chicago. kell of Wakefield, Mr. and Mrs. H B. Lowry of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. Ross L. Hammond of Fremont, Mr. and Mrs. W. P, Miles of Sidney, Mr. w Mrs. H. M. Bushnell of Lincoln and Mrs. Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. Louis A Bates of Springfi Mr. and Mrs, C. E. Adams of S Mrs. Augustus O. | ! B. Anderson of Crete, Mr. and Mrs liam H. Thompson Island, Mr. and Mrs. A. of Lincoln, Chancellor Samuel Avery of Lincoln. In Mr. Wattles’ Car. and taken up town from the train. (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) OMAH OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, (Completed Subject to Appro.va"‘q_\ :“ lm““ Brown, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Sizer of Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Has- C. H, Cornelius of erior, Mr, and homas of Lin- coln, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jessen of Nebraska City, Mr. and Mrs. Charles of Grand In the private automobile of G. W. Wattles, President Wilson is to be The 1916—NINE OCTOBER 1, ENTENTE MAKES FURTHER GAINS Britons Consolidate Ground Won and Improve Position Northwest of Thiepval. BRITISH LOSSES ARE HEAVY n- in xt te g- o- to m Paris, Sept. 30.—The French have made further progress north of Ran- court by grenade attacks, according to the official statement isgued by the war office today. The statement follows: “On tire Somme front we made some progress north of Rancourt by means of grenades. There was inter- mittent artillery fighting in different sectors north and south of the Somme. Everywhere élse the night was calm. Bad weather continues.” British Defeat Counter Attacks. London, Sept. 30. — Unusually heavy fighting occurred yesterday on the Somme front in consequence of German counter attacks. ‘A division of the new British army was engaged. The official account of these opera- tions follows: “During the night the enemy shelled our battle front south of the Ancre. We consolidated the ground won yesterday morning at Destre- mont farm, northwest of Le Sers and improved our position in the Thiepval area. “Enemy counter attacks were beat- en off in the neighborhood of Stuff Redoubt and Hessian trench. The fighting in this section yesterday was very severe and our troops engaged— a division of the new army—showed great endurance and resolution. “A successful raid was made by a London territorial battalion south of Neuville St. Vaast, where the ene- my’s trenches were entered and, pris- oners were taken.” British Losses Enormous. British losses in September were at the rate of more than 3,800 a day. The casualties on all fronts reported in this month were: Qfficers, 5,439; men, 114,110, - Heavy as were the British losses in September, they were lighter than those of August, which were 127,945, a daily average of 4,127. In July, the first month of the Somme offensive, the losses were about half those of August or September, notwithstand- ing the fact that in July the British stormed the first line German de- fenses. The casualties in that month were 59,675, so that the total for the three months of the Somme drive is 307,169. The Overseas News Agency esti- mates that the combined French and British losses in the Somme battle up to September 15 amounted to about 500,000, : Since Januarv 28 the British gov- ernment has issued no figures of total Y, ty h- c- th S- % rl a- he al nd re in 0 b- r- t- d, | he | " 'The Weather For Nebraska—Fair; cooler. Temperatures at Omaha. De Comparative Local Record. 1916, 1916, 1914, 191 Higheat yesterds : 66 82 Lowest yeste A 50 59 Mean tempera 58 70 Freoipitation . T. .00 Temperature aud p atlon departur from the normal at Omaha since March and compared with the last two years: Dej Normal temperature Excess for the day . Total excéss since March 1 Normal precipitation . Defleloncy for the day Total raintall since Mare Defliclency sinco March 1. Déflclency cor, period, .69 in Deflclency cor. period, 1914 ..., . 4.22 tnch L A, WELSIIL, Moteorologlst .10 inch .10 inch 14.17 inch: 10.76 Inch average of losses from the beginning of the war was slightly more than 1,000. losses. Up to that time the daily| [FG. 0. P. IS VICTOR President Attacks Republican Party, Declaring It Has Outlived Usefulness. HE SCORES WALL STREET Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 30.—Presi- dent Wilson declared in a speech here today “that the certainty of a success 6f the republican party” at the next election is that the United States will enter the European war and will go to war with Mexico. Officials of foreign governments will watch the coming electign care- fully, the ptesident said, to kiow how they can treat the United States in the future. He said special interests with stakes in Mexico are working for the success of the republican party. ? b z The president said that the republi- cans say his foreign polity is wrong and that the only alternative to his policy is war. The foreign affairs of the nation, he declared, are being em- harassed~by the partisan treatment of them by republicans. Attacks Republican Party, The president launched a vigorous attack on the republican party, saying that it had outlived its usefulness. “I think the democratic party will witness the death of another party,” declared the president. “It has al- ready seen two great parties come nd go. President Wilson asserted that the republican party was run on the the- ory that a few men shall govern the nation. He indicated he thought the real issue in the present campaign is whether the people shall rule. He declared he had found nothin| to interest him in the campaign of the republicans. The president said he had hoped for a campaign based on real issues, bu that he had been disappointed. Sees Interests in Control. Attacking the attitude of the repub- lifans on domestic questions, the pres- ident insisted again that “special in- terests” were back of the republican arty. “Until the present administration came into power, the Treasury de- partment was_ controlled by Wall street,” he said. He explained he meant the worst features of Wall street. “I am very much prejudiced against | some men in Wall street,” the pres dent said, “as they are against me. He said the democrats had driven the corrupt lobby from Washington. “The rats disappeared as soon as they were pointed to,” he added. “Some of the very gentlemen who were prominent in the odius days of Mark Hanria are again in control of the republican party,” said President i Wilson, amid gf€at applause. | The president said the program of the democratic party was to continue the “liberalization” of American busi- ness and to place the people in con- trol of their government. g. New York, Sept. 30.—Increased in- dustrial value of alochol and the possi- bility of its substitution for gasoline in the near future, were discussed here today by chemists attending the National exposition of Chemical In- dustries. 3 70 E: “The only fuel in sight which prom- 00 | es | 1, the price, of gasoline is alcohol,” said Dr. Aruthur L. Little of Boston, who Presided at the conference. Dr. Little declared that alcohol is the best fuel for internal combustion engines, as benzol, which had been | suggested as a substitute for gaso- es | line, is not sufficiently plentiful to “¥ | keep the 3,000,000 automobiles in this | country going for two days. Kero | sene, he added, was out of the ques- 8 61 1 % Chemist Says Alcdizol Best to Take the Place of Gasoline ises to take the place, or hold down | Fuel | tion. Dr. Little quoted figures to Ishow that from 1912 to 1915 the pro- duction of completely denatured and specially denatured alcohol rose from 8,000.000 gallons to 14,000,000 gallons in a year. He asserted government restriction was one reason why there had not been a greater production. He read a letter from Aruthur H. Comey, chemistat the Du Pont Powd- | er company’s laboratory in which the chemist wrote, “making alcohol from sawdust is a great commercial success and will grow accordingly.” Dr. Little said that in the yellow pine district alone there is enough material wasted to make 600,000 gal- !lons of alcohol a day. “There are 10,000,000 tons of material available | every year in this country from which alcohol can be made." IWILSON SEES WAR And Omaha Is Waiting to Welcome Them UNDAY .BEE SECTIONS—EIGHTY-SIX PAGES, SHOCK — OMAHA THE MECCA FOR AUTO TOURISTS Registry of Stopover Motorists at Headquarters Reads Like a National Ditectory. MAIN ARTERY FOR TRAVEL By A. R. GROH. It 1s only a few years ago that a dust-covered automobile labeled “Keo- kuk to Denver” was enough attraction to cause crowds of people to gather and gaze in wonder upon it ahd its adveriturous pilots in the Omaha streets. Today tourists, not on such little jaunts as Keokuk to Denver, but on tours from Maine to California, don't get more than a passing glance. Omaha has become one of the greatest transcontinental touring cen- ters. The register at the Omaha Auto- mobile club headquarters in the Fon- tenelle hotel on a single day this sum- mer contained the names of touring parties making the following trips: Los Angeles to New York. Green. Bay, Wis,, to San Francisco. Cheyenne to Chicago. Pasadena to New York. Los Angeles to South Bend, Ind, San Diego to Lansing, Mich. Denver to Chicago. Kansas City to Milwaukee. Just yesterday two of the parties registering were going from Provi- dence, R, 1, to gan Francisco and from Portland, Ore., to Tampa, Fla. One Hour’s Proof. 1 stood for an hour at Sixteenth and Farnam streets and noted the follow- ing license numbers: 85284 Mass.; 9858 Mo, and 14807 i many from lowa and one from Minnesota. “In one day this summer I counted cars from eighteen different states right here at the Fontenelle,” said S, E.' Smyth, assistant secretary of the Omaha Automobile club. The registry book of the club con- tains many pages of long-distance tourists who have registered. these were but a part of those who i o without registering or ng the club headquarters. 1,001 members now. It has gained 800 established headquarters with the as- sistant secretary always in charge. Information Bureau. Motorists can get all sorts of in- formation there. Every morning, by long distance telephone, reports are received of the road conditions as far west as North Platte, as far east as Guthrie Center, la.; as far north as Sioux City and as far south as Falls City. The club interchanges various kinds of information with othér clubs all over the country. They exchange route cards and good ideas. Omaha's location on the map in- sures its position as a prime trans- continental automobile tourist center, It is on the Lincoln Highway, run ning from New York to San Fran- cisco and on the Washington High- way, running from Savannah, Ga,, to Seattle, Wash, | It is also on the Omaha-Lincoln- Denver road and on the River-to-Riv- r road, the White Pole road and the lue Grass road across lowa. These highways are constantly be- inb improved. They are being built of brick and concrete. The counties are getting national and state aid, Great as the long-distance tourist travel by gasoline through Omaha is now, it is destined to grow immensely greater, B4089 N. Y.! Yet| came. Many come here and stay a The Omaha Automobile club has! of these within the last year, It has/ M0B HANGS TWO AT NOWATA, OKL Menu jor Dinner To the President Canape & la American Green Turtle Belfour Celery Salted Almonds Assorted Olives Medallion of Sea Negro Pair Put to Death Fol. Punct Cardingg e Virgiala lowing Killing of White o Fontsnetle T Deputy Sheriff. R MEN TAKEN FROM JAIL Nowata,, Okl, Sept. 30.—Two ne- groes, accused of being implicated in the killing of Deputy Sheriff James Gibson, during a jail delivery yester- day, were taken from the mob tonight and tynched ‘in front of the court house, A first attempt to lynch one of the negroes. imme: hlelg after their cap- ture, was frustrated by the Rev. Perry Pierce, a Methodist minister, who pleaded with the mob until the sus pended negro was cut down, uncon- scious but alive. The mob dispersed but public feeling was not allayed and the mob re formed later with the an- nounced intention of lynching the two men who had been returned to jail. When the prisoners had been taken from the jail, short work was made of putting them to death. vents culminating in the double lynching moved with dramatic swift- ness. Three negro prisoners escaped from the county jail late todlg. They y Sh J. . MORGAN SALLS FOR GREAT BRITAIN Rumor He Will Negotiate An- other Loan for Quarter of Billion Dollars. PAGE GOES ON SAME SHIP New York, Sept. 30.—J. P, Morgan, financial agent of the British govern- ment in the United States, has en- gaged passage on the American line steamship New York, sailing today. It is reported that Mr. Morgan is go- ing to London to arrange for float- ing another British loan of $250,000,- 000, to be backed by American securi- ties, Henry P. Davidson, one of Mr, Morgan's partners, left for England several weeks ago. Bankers who were questioned about the opportu- nity for floating another British loan said that never in the history of the country has there been such a demand for bonds. Walter Hines Page, the American ambassador to Great Britain, and Mrs. Page also are passengers on the New | York. Fast Train Wrecked,. Engineer is Killed Cincinnati, O, pt. 30.—When a ’pismn rod on irst engine of | { train No. 1231 on the Pennsylvania | | line, New York to Cincinnati, broke | today, the train left the track and partially overturned. The engineer and fireman on the first engine were killed, while the crew of the second | engine were injured. Five passen-| gers were bruised, but none seriously | hurt, The wrecked train was of steel | coaches, drawn by two engines. About were discovered in the act er- iff James May, who was knocked down and robbed of his pistol. Gibson went to his aid and w: ot to death It was on!{ a few minutes after the negroes bad gzained their freed: that a mob bent ocn vengeance was in close pursuit. Within 200 feet of where the ne- groes were lynched a prayer meeting was in progress within the Methodist church The leader was Mr. Pierce, who but a few hours before had saved one of the now dead negroes. Lawrence Coffey Dies as Result of Lawrence Coffey, aged 17 years, ' who was shot when his shotgun ac- cidently discharged while he was crawling through a fence at Carter lake, died ‘at St. Joseph hospital. H€ and his brother were hunting near the lake when the accident oc- curred, He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Coffey, 1617 Manderson 1,500 feet of track was torn up. “Princ:zku;;re?chtr Thinks Allies " Must Put Up With Winter Campaign d Berling, Sept. 30.—(Via London)—] fensive will certainly not reach an The latest fighting on the Somme‘“{l‘}vf"d< " e evidently has not shaken the confi-| . B-ch1) irec copeppan (an, Olichuve dence of German military leaders in of SreAt présiatanies and with hgavy their ability to prevent the breach of their line. The Berliner Tageblatt's special war correspondent interviewed Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, commanaer of the German forces on the Somme, Tuesday. The crown prince is quoted as hav- ing said that since the offensive begaf the entente allies have gained some ground, but there could be no thought of this decisively changing the situa- tion. : ! “It is impossible to predict how things will go hereafter,” said Prince Rupprecht, “but ‘one thing is certain, namely, that we have everything so thoroughly prepared that we are able to contemplate the situation with equanimity whatever comes. The of- expenditure of ammunition, But we have taken precautions, Our artil- lery has been reinforced and likewise our aeroplane corps and our fliers have had fine successes in the last few days, although they had hard fighting against increased numbers. Our artillery derives advantages from the successful work of the aeroplanes, after having formerly been much ex- posed to observation by hostile avia- tors. “Our {roops have been striking with the utmost strength and the enemy has found the nut too hard to cra:k. It is my distinct opinion that the enemy is trying to force a decision at this spot and during this year, and he has not succeeded. He will have to put up with a winter campaign and continue fighting next year.” | by a]ti Accidental Shot! attacks, accompanied by an enormous | THE WEATHER FAIR SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. ROOSEVELT PUTS WILSON IN CLASS WITHMRS. CAESAR Former President Says it is the Duty of the Executive to Avoid All Reasonable | Suspicion. TALKS AT BATTLE OREEK Says False Servants of the Peo. ple Have Betrayed the Soul of Nation, HE OANNOT KEEP SILENT Battle Creek, Mich.,, Sept. 30.—Fore mer President Theodore Roosevelt put President Wilson and Caesar's wife in the same class when he ade dressed a large audience here in supe port of Charles Evans Hughes, the republican candidate for president, here this afternoon. “It was the president’s duty as well as Mrs. Caesar's to escape reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing; should he or any other official tell us: ‘If you knew the facts you wouldn’t blame me, we have a ready answer: ‘Give us the facts and we'll see’” Mr. Roosevelt said he found it no longer possible to keep silent when he saw where Wilson s policies were leading the nation. In telling of his restraint, the ex-president said: “I never uttered one word of crite icism of President Wilson until a year and a half after he was elected presi- dent. If he had stood by the honor and the interest of the American peo« le, I would have thrown up my hat or him, and would have supported him, heart and soul. 1 not merely kept silent during the first eighteen months or two years. I tried actively to support him, The only errors [ have made in connection with Mr, Wilson were due to incautiously ac+ cepting his statements and supporting his policies in the effort to ‘stand by the president’ It was with deep ree luctance that I was forced to the cone clusion that the effort to stand by him was incompatible -with standing by the interests of mankind, and the honor of this nation. Butin my view there was no alternative for an honor» able man, when once I became cons vinced, as I am convinced, that the conscience of this reoplc has been seared, and its moral sensg dulled by the leadership of the administration and of congress during the last three years. These false servants of the people have taught us to enjoy soft ease and swollen wealth in the pres- ent without taking ane effective step to ward off ruinous disaster in the fu- ture, These false servants of the peo. ple have betrayed the soul of the na+ jon. That Peace Bogey. “The-supporters of Mr. Wilson say that the American people should vote for him because he has kept us out 'of war, It is worth while to remember that this is a claim that cannot be ad< vanced either on behalf of Washinge ton or of Lincoln. Neither Washing- ton or of Lincoln kept us out of war, Ameri and the people of khg world at large, now reverence th memories of these two men, because, and only because, they put righteous- ness before peace. They abhorred war, They shunned unjust or wanton or reckless war. But they possessed that stern valor of p?!riothm which bade them put duty first; not safety first; which bade them accept war rather than an unrighteous and disase trous peace. There were peace-ate any- price men in the d_}y of Washe ington, They were the Toriea, There were peace-at-any-price men in the days of Lincoln. They were the Cop- perheads. The men who now with timid hearts and quavering voices praise. Mr, Wilson for having kept us out of war, are the spiritual heirs of the Tories of 1776, and the Copper- heads of 1864, The men who followed Washington at Trenton and York- town, and who suffered with him through the winter at Valley Forge; and the men who wore the Blue un- der Grant and the gray under Lee; were men of valor, who sacrificed everything to serve the right as it was given them to see the right. They spurned with contemptuous indigna- tion the counsels of the feeble and cowardly folk who in their day spoke for peace-at-any-price, ; “President Wilson by his policy of tame submission to insult and injury from all whom he feared has invited the murder of our men, women and children b{) the Mexican bandits on land, and by German submarines on the sea, He has spoken much of the ‘New Freedom.” In international practice this has meant freedom for the representatives of any foreign power to murder American men, and outrage American women unchecked by the president. Ignoble Examples. ot “Mexico offers the most striking in+ stance of contrast between words and deeds on the part of our government. Mr. Wilson speaks loftily on behalf of ‘oppressed men and pitiful women’ in the abstract; but when the forces of Carranza and Villa murdered Ameri- can men, and outraged American women, acting under the direct au- thority of their leaders, Mr, Wilson (Continued on Page Two, Column Twe,) — = We Feel Quite Safe in Saying that any kind of Omaha Real Estate is a mighty good buy. The city is grow- ing, its people are prosper- ous and the future certainly looks rosy. The best bar- gains in Real Estae are al- ways found in The Bee.