Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 3, 1916, Page 1

GONZALES HEARS NOTHING ¢ Parral, Chihuahua, had been taken by (r., commander of the El Paso patrol “ral. /district and Dr. \ PART ONE NEWS SECTION Pages 1 to 12 VOL. XLVI—NO. PARRAL TAKEN BY VILLA'S MEN IS TOLD ON BORDER Message Received by Ame: icans at El Paso From Chi- huahua Gives Story of Alleged Capture. BELL GETS NO WORD OF IT 119. 8o Far as Known There Are Only Nine U. 8. Citizens in Town and District. El Paso, Tex., Nov. 2—A message received by Americans here from Chihuahua City today reported that Vill'l troops. General George Bell, istrict, stated that he had received no information of the capture of Par- ‘This town was given as Villa’s objective when the bandit moved south from Santa Ysabel. At the general offices of the Alva- rado Mining and Milling company here it was stated that no information | | had been received in reference to the report that Villa troops had captured Parral. “ The Alvarod company is one of the largest operating in the Parral district, and its officials here are mak- ing efforts to obtain information from their representatives there by way of Chihuahua City and also by way of Eagle Pass, Texas, Torreon and Jim- enez. . Gonzales Hears Nothing. General Francisco Gonzales, com- mander of the Carranza forces of the north, stated that he gad received no information from Chihuahua City re- garding the reported capture of Parral by Villa forces, but admitted that such information might have reached the border in private messages. As far as known here there are only nine Americans employed at Parral and in the Parral district at the pres- ent time. These are T. C. Hawkins, A. W. Morris, Leslie Webb and How- ard Gray, all of whom are employed by the Alvarado Mining and Milling company; W. E. Palmer, Dr. J. Flan- nigan, W. F. Cowell, C. B. Smith and another American whose name 18 un- | known. Four~of these men are em- ployed at other mines in the Parral lannigan is a prac- ticing -physician in Parral, according tg Americans who formerly lived there. Denies Parral Taken. Parral is fifty-four miles southwest of Jimenenz, Chihuahua and 110 miles in a straight line south of Chihuahua City, i Carranza Consul Eduardo Soriano Bravo denied that Parral had been taken, He said General Luis Herrera had a garrison of 2,000 men in Parral, and said the garrison was well sup- plied with ammunition, arms and ar- tillery. Coatless Thief is Fleet Auctioneer A man in shirt sleeves broke into J. Janger’s barn at 1826 North Nine- teenth street and stole twenty-five auto tires. Taking the tires to a va- cant lot adjoining he started an open air sale of the rubber, to two junk men, whom he hailed from the street. He was just about to knock down the article to the high bidder when he grew suspicious of peering neigh- bors and adjourned the sale. A mo-| ment later the police arrived on the scene, but the auctioneer had fled. Bishop Millspaugh is * In Serious Condition Topeka, Nov. 1.—The Rt. Rev. Frank R. Millspaugh, bishop of Kan- sas, suffered a relapse and his con- dition was reported more serious. He is unconcious a considerable part of the time and is suffering intenseiu All the members of his family, the | Rev. James Wise, coadjutor bishop, and the Rt. Rev. Theodore Thursten and the family physician are in con- stant attendance. E The Wea;ther For Nebraska—Fair. Temperatures at Omaha WARMER ¥o.¥ Yesterday. 5a m [ 7 D6 | PEPSIPEPEPPP p. m. m. 7 p.m, p. m. Comparative Local Record. 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 3 M. 8 Highest today 6 61 0 Lowest today 41 53 40 Mean temperaf 61 65 B0 Precipitation L0000 .00 Temperature from the normal: Normal temperature .... Excess for the day Excess since March Normal precipitation Deficlency for the day Precipitation since Mar Deficlency since March 1. Deficlency cor. period 19 Deficlency cor. period 1814 2.98 Inches Reports from Stations at 7 p. m. Station and Temp.—High- Rain- State of Weather. 7 p.m est, fall. Cheyenne, cloudy ........ 66 .00 .00 200 0 .00 .00 00 200 .00 00 00 L0n .00 200 06 AT Vulentine, ud Davenport, clear Denver. cloudy Des Moines, Dodge City, alear Lander, partly cl North Platte, Omaha, clear Pueblo, clear . P Rapld City, partly cloudy Salt partly cloudy.. & Santa 5 partly ™\ | MOORHEAD ALTERS RULING | jary injunction in Circuit court here | s | back into the busine: « A. WELSH, Meteorologist. 10 BLOCK RLECTION THEFT BY THE DEMOS Republicans Ask Judges and " Olerks Be Instructed Accord- ing to the Law. | Whether. or not the democrats will be permitted to put across their scheme for stealing the votes of sev-| eral thousand illiterates, cripples and | -others who have to be assisted in pre4 paring their ballots is to be decided by Judge Leslie of the district court when he acts upon the petition filed | yesterday by George R. Young, re- publican candidate for the state legis- lature from the Tenth district, who| brought the action on behalf of him-| self for the “use and benefit of other duly registered electors and nomin-| ated candidates.” Mr. Moorhead, Stanley P. Bush\‘ick,‘\ election judge; Dr. Charles Shook, | clerk, are named as defendants. The petition seeks to enjoin Harley G. Moorhead, election commissioner, from giving out instructions to the election judges and clerks providing| that voters requiring _assistance and| desiring to vote a straight ticket sh: state so to the judges and clerks, the| latter to mark the ballot by placing in | the party circle the X provided by X I w. The election commission law specif- ically provides, and has heretofore been so comstrued by Mr. Moarhead, that the ballot of an assisted voter can be marked by an election officer | only for the candidates whom the/| voter can name by “word of mouth.” No Such Authority. The instructions given out by the | election commissioner, both, orally | and by written cards, are to the effect | that should any voter ask for assist- | ance in marking his ballot or voting the same, and shall state that he de- sires to vote a straight ticket, the | judges and clerks will mark the ballot | by placing in thé party circle the X | provided by law. These instructions are not in accord with those given by Mr, Moorhead previously. } The plaintiff alleges that Mr. Moor- head has no_power qr authority to give out such instructions other than those provided by statute of Nebraska known as “Schedule B, Instructions to Voters.” The law provides that if any voter states to the election judges that he| cannot read or write, or that because | of blindness or otlver physical dis-| ability he is unable to mark his bal- lot, one judge from| each party shall| assist-in the operation, Instructions Wrong. | Mr. Morehead's instructions to the | effect that in case such voters de-| sife to vote a straight ticket, the| judges and clerks will mark the bal-| lot for him, are in violation of article XVIII, section 394 of the revised statutes of Nebraska, which says that “any voter receiving assistance in vot- ing shall declare by word of mouth to the officials empowered by law.to assist him, the name of the candi- dates and the, measures for which he wishes to vote and the officials shall mark his ballot only as he so re- quires.” Plan Vote Grab. It is a significant fact that in the official registration figures given out by Mr. Moorhead a couple of days| ago, the new registrations of the two major parties total about 12,800, the democratic portion being estimated at 7,000. Also, there are in the neighborhood | of 5,000 voters in Douglas county—the | greater number, of course, being in Omaha—who cannot read their bal- lots. These must be ‘assisted in some | way by the election officials. | It is because of the democrats’ plans | to boldly grab the illliterate vote by| having all of them cast their ballots | for the straight democratic ticket that | this legal action has been taken. | John P. Breen and Byron G. Bur- b%nk are the attorneys for the plain- tiff. The only statement that Mr. Moor- head would make was that “he had given out the same instructions for the election in 1914 and that they were not contested at that time.” The hearing will come up before Judge Leslie. § | Dodge Brothers Get | Injunction Against Spending Ford Money Detroit, Mich., Nov. 2—John F. and Horace Dodge, automobile manufac- | turers and stockholders in the Ford | Motor company, obtained a tempor-| this afternoon restraining Henry Ford | from using the assets of the Ford Mo- | tor company to extend the business as | planned, instead of distributing profits | in_dividends. | In their application to the court the | court the Dodge brothers allege that increased labor costs and unstable busines conditions coming at the end of the war, make “reckles expendi- tures of the company's assets unwise,” The Ford Motor company's annual| statement issued recently, showed | profits of several million dollars, which it was announced would be put Predicts Starvation in America This Winter Hutchinson, Kan., Nov. 2.—Allan| L. Benson, socialist candidate for president, in an address here tonight, predicted intense suffering and even starvation this winter unless the gov- ernment “forces food speculators to surrender their grip on the nation's| food supply.” | “If T were president of the United Statets I would stop the stripping of this cotffitry of food if I had to use the navy to blockade our own ports,” he said. “And T would keep the navy there until there were no more hungry | women and children in this so-called prosperous land.” | strom passed FLYER DESCENDS AFTER HE MAKES NO-STOP RECORD Victor Carlstrom Comes Down at Hammondsport, N. Y, After Running From Chicago to Erie. HE HAS ENGINE TROUB Lands in New York Town Be- cause He Couldn't Get to Gotham Before Night. TO RESUME THIS MORNING New York, Nc —Aviator Carl- strom landed at Hammondsport, N. Y., at 5:24 p. m. arlstrom descended because of in- ability to finish his flight Dbefore nightfall. He expected to resume his journey at 6 a. m. tomorrow and reach New York at 9 a. m. Jamestown, N. Y., Nov. 2—Carl- four miles north of Jamestown shortly after 4 o’clock this afternoon, He was flying at a height of about 3,000 feet and appeared to have favorable wind conditions. New York, Nov. 2.— Carlstrom passed over Salamanca, N. Y., at 3:22 p. m. Erie, Pa.,, Nov, 2—Aviator Victor Carlstrom, who is flying from Chi- cago to New York, landed in this city at 11:25 a. m, today because of engine trouble, but thereby established a new American nonstop flight record. Erie is just half the distance Carlstrom set out to cover. The aviator was flying about seven miles south of Erie when a pipe be- came loose on his engine and he made for this city so that he could obtain the necessary mechanical assistance. He landed gasily in a large open field ‘and jumping from the car at once be- gan repairs. He said that he was de- lighted with the flight as far as he had gone, and, although disappointed because of the slight engine rouble, he deemed it advisable to take no un- necessary chances, as he was very anxious to get to New York by 6 o'clock this evening. The enghne was doing all he had | expected of itin the way of speed, the distapce between Cleveland and Erie | having beer covered in thirty minutes. completed repairs to the Havin %’arlstmm decided to repien- engine, ish his supply of gasoling and came. down into the city for th\t purpose, He said that he expected to'leave Erie before 1:30 p. m., and that he would follow the lake to Buffalo. From there he said he would probably fol- low the track of the New York Cen- tral railroad into New York. Carlstrom Leaves Chicago. Chicago, " Nov. 2.—Victor Carl- strom, the aviator, started from Chi- cago on his air journey to New York at 6:09 o'clock this ‘morning, after announcing hat he expected to have dinner in that city. The start was made irom the flying field of the Aero Club of lllinois, and Carlstrom im- mediately launched upon a route due east, skirtiug the southern shore of Lake Michigan, and following the right-of-way of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad. The aviator expects to make the trip without stop of any kind. He is carrying a sack of mail, made up of letters from city officials of Chicago addressed to city and government of- ficials at New York. Included are several communications said to be de- signed for the Deutschland, the Ger- man submarine at New London, Conn. Carlstrom has a special ap- pointment as aerial letter carrier. His trip is being made under the auspices of a Jew York newspaper, Carlstrom expects to pa{s over the cities of Gary and South Bend, Ind.; Sandusky, Toledo and Cleveland, O.; Elmira, Binghampton and Port Jer- vis, N. Y, to New York. His ma- chine is a 200-horsepower biplane. Greek King Orders Halt of Rebel Move Athens, Nov. 2—(Via London.)— | King Constantine issued orders this morning to the royalist troops to pre- vent the advance of the revolutionist forces at all costs. One hundred and fifty loyal troops had previously evac- uated Katerina before 600 insurgents armed with machine guns, withdraw- ing to Larissa to join reinforcements there. The evatuation of Katerina is confirmed by the general staff, Senator Borah Is Much Better Chicago, Nov. 2—United States Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, who was taken ill at Fond du Lac, Wis,, several days ago while cam- paigning in the state for the repub- lican natighal ticket and compelled to canccllhis speaking engagements, ar- rived in Chicago today and said he felt so much improved in health that | he expected to resume his tour after a day's rest. Submarine is Sighted East of Cape Henry Baltimore, Md., Nov. 2.—Captain H. Hirsch of the Norwegian freighter Osterdal, which arrived here today from Cardiff, Wales, reported having sighted a large submarine which he believed to be a German of the [U-53 type about 400 miles east of Cape Henry. Captaip Hirsch said he first saw the submarine about 11 o'clock at night and that it was not more than 600 feet away. It circled the Osterdal, he said, but did not give any signal. Tue OMAHA DAILY BEE OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1916—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ~.0n Tra News S . at Hotels, ds, ete., 5¢. RUSSIANS TO AID SERBS—Heavy reinforcements are being sent by the Czar for the British, French and Serbian armies facing the Austro-Bulgars on the Serbian border. This photograph shows a detachment of Russians on the march from Salonica to the front. TUSSIANS AID WILSON'S SWITCHING PACILITIES ARE GOOD So Says T. R.,, Who Appeals at Toledo to All Citizens to Save Land From Ruin. SPEAKS NOT’AS A PARTISAN Toledo, Nov. 2.—Theodore Roosse- velt, in a speech here today, told one of the largest crowds that ever gathe ered in a Toledo public Hall that he came here to “give the reasons for the faith that is in him.” He asked\ support of Charles E. Hughes for president and aid in making the con- gress and senate of the United Stattes such as will back him up. “I am here in no partisan sense,” declared the speaker. “I am .appeal- ing to all good citizens to save the country from ruin.” Must Have Nation. “I believe in certain reforms,” he said, “but before we can work reforms within the nation we must be sure that we have got a nation. “There is another principle that we cannot too jealously guard and that is that we see to it that our public servants mean what they say and keep their promises after election. “We must protect ourselves from men who say one thing at _one time and another thing at another time, and do none of these things none of the time. Fine Switching Facilities. “President Wilson has unexampled switching facilities. The first duty of any government is to protect the lives of its people. Mr. Wilson has said that he is too proud to fight. I saw the other day by a Wilson paper that he has said that there may be circum- stances under which he might fight and things he is willing to fight for. “Mr. Wilson says he is going to do some fine things in the future. Do it now, Mr. Wilson, or kee pstill.” Anthony Jannus, Aviator, Once in Omaha, is Killed Baltimore, Md,, Nov. 2—Antony Jannus of Baltimore, an American aviator, was killed in the Russiar(' aero service October 12 last, accord- ing to a dispatch received here today. | No details were given. Jannus was| an instructor in the Canadian aero- nautical school at Toronto for a time during 1915, | St. Louis, Nov. 2—Anthony Jannus, | the American aviator who was killed in the Russian aviator service, made St. Louis his headquarters in 1912 and | 1913. In 1912 he made a flight in a| hydro-aeroplane from Omaha to New | Orleans, along the Missouri and Mis- | sissippi rivers. | Friends here today said he went to| Russia several months ago as repre- sentative of an American aeroplane factory. Study Your Ballot Study the sample ballot printed in this issue of The Bee and use your own intelligent judgment in deciding how you will vote next _Tuesday on the different measures and candidates on which you must register your choice. Remember that under the new law the old form of sample ballot distributed at the polls has been abolished and publication of it in the newspapers || substituted. See page 18, SUTTON DECLARES STATE FOR HUGHES Republican Oandidate Makes Report of Oonditions to Chairman Beach. MAY EXPECT ROORBACKS Judge A. L. Sutton last night sent to Republican Chairman Beach -at Lincott, M‘fol}!flnl report of con- ditions in Nebraska. He predicts Hughes \Hll carry the state, as will the entire republican ticket. He says: “I beg to advise you I have just returned ‘from a trip through York and Burt counties and take pleasure in informing you there is a ‘constant steady gain for Justice Hughes and the entire state ticket. There is a decided drift to John L. Kennedy for senator and I find the voters appre- ciate the manly .and vigorous contest that Mr, Kennedy is waging for United States senator. “I regret to advise you the brewing companies of the Prosperity league have dozens, and perhaps hundreds of persons traveling in N:xnska scour- ing the state and trying to locate votes for - Hitchcock and Neville. These paid agents and emissaries of the' brewing companies, or Prosper- ity league, are spending money lav- ishly and telling the most preposter- ous and ‘ridiculods falsechoods about some of the candidates on our tickets, and especially about me. I realize that you are a busy man and may be too busy to giwe this your personal attention, but |some organization ought to take the time to expose these paid agents of the brewing companies, or Prosperity league, who are peddling wicked falsehoods about the republican candidates, “I wish also to warn you and your committee to try and meet thé roor- backs and sensational campaign fab- rications and falsehoods that will be spread by the brewing companies and their allies about, some of the republi- can candidates the last few days be- fore election. I have an abiding con- viction we have this election won and will have a splendid majority for the | entire republican ticket, unless the opposition succeed with their cam- | roorbacks and ¢ampaign fabrications too late to be exploded by your com mittee, “As this may be my last communi- cation to you, as chairman, before election, I wish to give you my opin- ion based on a vigorous campaign in nearly every county of Nebraska, that Hughes will carry this state by a safe majority and our entire re- publican state ticket will be elected by approximately 25,000 majority. “As one of the candidates on the state ticket, I wish to thank you, and through you, the entire republican committee for the splendid and suc- cessful campaign you have made for the republican party and the republi- can candidates.” Miss Pyrtle Boomed For Teac]gars’ Chief| Women ,tcuchcrs in the state, at least some of them, are starting a movement for the election of Miss Ruth Pyrtle of Lincoln as president of the Nebraska State Teachers’ as- sociation in Omaha in November, Miss Mary Foster, one of teachers in Lincoln, is in Omaha to- day promoting the campaign. the | Miss | Foster has written letters to all the| principals of schools in, Omaha ask mg their support of Miss Pyrtle, and | she is personally canvassing the city { teachers in the interest of her candi- date. Miss Foster is head of a'newly or-| ganized Women's Educational asso- ciation, which, she s for Miss- Pyrtle, Y8, is boosting SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. | movement “on October 25 it was MARINA INCIDENT fieport Kaiser Intends to Sink Ships with Supplies for En- tente May Effect Status. MOUNTED GUN A FEATURE Washington, Noy. 2—State depart- ment officials still were waiting today for chmany'pvvcuion of the. destruc- tipn' of the British steamer Mt&i with logs of American lives. They also were expecting affidavits and other data gathered from American survivors on which to determine whether Germany's pledges to” the United States had been broken. night saying the Greek government had been notified Germ.nny intended to sink without warning all ships car- rying supplies to the allies was re- garded here as of great importance. So far as is known the United Stafes has received no such notification and it is not known whether one has been sent to the other neutrals, Such a procedure would be re- garded by the United States as di- rectly contraty to Germany's pledges. Secretary Lansing said today that the' United States understands Ger- many's pledges not to sink merchant- men without warning and without providing for the safety of passengers and crew applies to ships with defen- sive armament, No distinction was drawn in fhe correspondence between armed and unarmed ships, and the State department does not accept any contention that Germany's responsi- bility is limited to those without arm- ament. German View Different, Nevertheless, it is admitted that Germany has always taken a distinct view of the status of armed ships and it is thought probable that it will at- tempt to inject the point into the pres- ent situation. So long as the policies of the two governments are so ut- | terly divergent it is thought possible that Germany might use the Marina case to settle this issue, Its increased ubmarine warfare, combined with the ncreasing number of armed allied ps and their increasing efficiency in defense, is a vital question to it, Secretary Lansing, while refusing 'Ben Hogan, Founder of Hogan's Flop, is Dead at Age of 87 | Chicago, Nov. 2.—Ben Hogan, | founder of “Hogan's Flop,” which for so many years sheltered derelicts, ho- boes and castaways at 2 cents a bed each—if they had it, died at his home | here yesterday at the age of 87 years, ~ With the passing of the ex-prize fighter, preacher, sociologist, human- itarian and host to weary Willie, was recalled the day when thousands of unfortunates were fed and sheltered by the humane mission at 22 Meridan street, which friends said he always operated at a financial loss. Moody, the noted evangelist, taught me to preach, Hogan once said, “and then I learned that there v more to serving mankind t by giving hun- gry men words. That is the reason [ started the soup mission and the | flop.” In his youth Hogan was said to be reckless, contemptuous of law and glorying in his strength. He seved both the union and confederate armies in the civil war as a blockade runner, Nearly half a century ago he fought Tom Allen for the world's championship and was beaten. THE WEATHER FARR GERMAN TROOPS & EVACUATE FORT VAUX IN NIGHT Berlin Report Says that Part of It Was Blown Up Be- fore it Was Aban- doned. BIG GAIN FOR THE FRENCH Practically All Ground East of Meuse Occupied by Ger- mans Now Regained. BATTLE NEAR LES BOEUFS London, Nov. 2—Fort Vaux, one of the ‘most important fortifications captured by the German crown prince in his prolonged drive at Verdun, has been evacuated by the Germans. The evacuation is announced by Berlin today. ! Shortly after Fort Doyamont had been retaken and a wid¢ stretch of the front in this region regained by the Frefich in their sudden offensive pointed out that Vaux likewise had been fi;ut in a perilous position. The French advanced clase to the edge of the fortification on its immediate front in their great drive and pushed well beyond it on each side, making its fall, in the orimon of observer: at the front, only a question of short time, The Germans evacuated Fort Vaux during the night, says their official report, without hinderance by the French and after portions of the fort had been blown up. The French continued to pour a heavy fire from their big guns on the fortification. Virtually all the ground of pro- nounced value taken by the Germans on the easterly bank of the Meuse in their winter and lgrin( offensive at Verdun has with the fall of Fort Vaux been lost to them. : The French troops operating in the Les Boeufs and Rancourt sectors on the Somme front gained ground yesterday in attacks on the German lines. The Paris report of last night announcinz these advances is_in part confirmed by the Berlin official statement today, which con- cedes French gains northeast of Mor- val and on the edge of the St. Pierre- Vaast Wood, but declares that the main cffort of the French to move forward was sanguinarily repulsed, The British likewise, says failed in an attack north of Cource- lette on the Somme front. Lon last night reported:: in gi e Boeufs séctor in omflm c%r junction with ‘the Ffench, but nounced today that heavy rain was falling and that there were no n A news dispatch from Athens last worthy happehings during the ni 4 ool i1 Rockefeller Bank = - Deprecates Large . - Importsof Gold New York, Nov, 2—Extraordinary additions of gold to the bank reserves of the country in the form of bfig importations are declared undesirable, “because they are not required for the gurpo:e of carrying on the normal usiness of the country, ‘and'if“used as the basis of credit, are likely to bring about debt expansion of - gerous proportions,” is a buletin is- sued by the National City bank. The advisability of making "further for- eign loans is strongly urged. The bulletin declares that the na- tion is doing business at this time under conditions which are cdlculated to encourage people to go into debt. It points out that with money easy, interest rates low, and profits from business unusually large, there i naturally a great temptation to bnr} row money to buy stocks of com: panies that are making phenomenal earnings and to enlarge indust;los which are prospering. High prices for farm products, it is asserted, will encourage farmers to’ buy more land. The total of foreign loans made in the United States since the out- break of the European war is placed by the bank at $2,138,257,637, of which $156,400,000 has been paid off, leaving a net total of $1,981,857,637 of loans outstanding. Norwegian Ship Tromp is Sunk Lisbon, Nov. 2.—(Via Paris.)—The Norwegian steamer Tromp has been sunk. The Tromp, a*vessel of 1,752 téns, was formerly the Dutch steamer Johnsen, It was last reported as sailing from the Tyne September 30 for Savona, Italy. Car Repairer Killed by Train at North Platte North Platte, Neb,, Nov. 2.—(Spe- cial Telegram.)—Almond Morton, 25, car repairer, was instantly killed in the yards here this morning by a pilot step on a west-bound passenger en« gine. His body was found two hours later by switchmen. Morton had ap- parently gone to sleep beside the track and was not seen by the engi- neer on the passenger. Pays Big Dividends Anybody can invest just a little of their time daily in reading the Want-Ads. Such an investment will certainly pay a big dividend - to the reader by telling him of countless ways to make money. A Begin Reading Bee Want- Ads today.