Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 5, 1916, Page 1

« PART CNE NEWS SECTION Pages 1 to 16. VOL. XLVI—NO. 21. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE SECTIONS—FORTY-SIX PAGES. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNI ’ NOVEMBER 5, 1916—FIVE SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. THE WEATHER FAIR IMMENSE CROWDS APPLAUD HUGHES INNEW YORKCITY / Republican Candidate Invades Downtown Part of Metrop- olis, Making Five Ad- [ dresses to People. | SAME MAN AS YEARS AGO| Selm | Republican Nominee Says Thati Rights Cease to Be Rights | if Not Enforced. { DEMO PROMISES UNKEPT ; New York, Nov. 4—Charles E. Hughes, republican candidate for the presidency, invading the downtown | business section of New York dur- ing today,- made five speeches, in which he attacked the Wilson admin- istration, declared for the mainte- nance of American rights throughout | the world and asserted he was “op- posed to treating the American busi- ness man as a suspicious character.” Large crowds of business men and women on their way to and from luncheon today cheered Mr. Hughes at every stop. Mr. Hughes declared he did not want anybody to talk to him about class antagonism _in this country, | “who does all in his power to stimu- | late class antagonism.” “We'll all prosper together,” he added, “or we won't prosper:at all.” Mr. Hughes expressed himself as confident of being elected and said | that he did not propose to deal with | the international situation in an “aca- demic” manner, Enemy of Privilege. “I came into public life,” declared Mr. Hughes, “as the enenty of abuses and special privileges. I am just the same man today as when I was gov- ernor of New York.” ) Mr. Hughes rested at his hotel this a(ternoo_n before reviewing the pa- rade which will precede the big mass meeting tonight at Madison Square Garden, where he will make the clos- ing speech of his campaign. “Does any one tell us that Anteri- cans need not fear the competition which_will ensue when the war closes?” Mr, Hughes asked. “Such suggestion must be deemed appro- priate only when associated with those who are unintelligent or have failed to carefully observe the trend of affaira, A . “What are we going”to do about it? What (jo our opponents say? ‘Why they said, let us be efficient and alert and skillful. We must be effi- cient and alert and skillful; we must greatly improve in every direction, but we cannot, in many of our in- dustries, hope to compete unless our labor is either protected or the wages of American labor are reduced. What Confronts America, “That is the proposition before the Amcnpan working man; before the American business man; before the young man of America. It takes not only America alert, efficient and skillfih, and American resource- ful to develop American progperity. It takes sound governmental poli- cies. “We have, got to have a condition in this country where industry is not dependent upon war orders. You can see today, a}l through the land, the men who will be laid off from our shops and factories at the close of the war. “I want to see wholesome condi- tions in our industry. In a word I want to have a basis for honest en- terprise, for prosperity conserved by solemn governmental policies and the American name honored throughout the world.” % Greene Quits Rockefeller = j‘gundation* New York, Nov. 4.—Jerome D.| Greene has resigned as secretary of | the’ Rockefeller Foundation, it was learned here today. He announced | his purpose to withdraw, it was stated | authoritatively at the last mecting of the board of trustees and his resigna- tion is to take effect “at his own pleasure.” . No authorization was available from the foundation officials Greene's resignation. It was said it was voluntarily and that an explana-| tion might come from himl. He is in Washington, it is understood. It was definitely stated that Mr. Greene's withdrawal did not carry with it a retirement from other Rock- cfeller business and philanthropic in- | terests. | ' For Nebraska—Falr. Temueratures_at Omaha Yesterday. — Hour. Deg. m 47 . m. 7 a m a m m m 64 | s | 6 7 p.m. Comparative Local Record. 1916. 1915. 1914. 64 62 1913 [1 Highest yesterday ... Lowest yesterday .. temperature ... 08 29 a4 .43 as to Mr. b The Danes- Come Back Omaha, Nov. 4—To the Editor of The Bee: We notice in the World-Herald that Sophus F. Neble is out with a statement to the effect that the 1,400 voters in Douglas countil of Danish birth are going to vote for Mr. Hitchcock. Mr. Neble is hopeful but prone to overestimate. The Danes are two-thirds republican and only a small per cent of the total sub- scribe to Mr. Neble’s paper. How, under these circumstances, is he going to deliver? Mr. Neble ridicules a letter sent out by some Danish-born votesa including the undersigned, fava * L 9 Mr. Kennedy’s candidacy, becfl“we OR signed by only six people. We w to say that we did not seek sig\ tures at all, nor did we circulate the letter. But we will say that none of the six of us has any children or other relatives who will clamor for state appointments after election. S. A. CORNEER, P. S..BOIEN, JOHN MATHIESEN. SWEDISH PEOPLE ROUSED AT FRAUD Letters Using Names of Lead- ers Without Authority Cause Indignation. MINCE NO WORDS ON THEM Indignation e ding that foused by any of the campaign tricks of the Hitchcock crowd to influence voters in his behalf is manifest over the letters sent to Swedish voters and purporting tq contain the endorse- ment of leading Swedish men of Ne- braska for Hitchcock. Here is what Rev. A. T. Seashore of Wahoo, president of Luther col- lege, has to say of the fraud: Branded as Thieves. “Luther College, Wahoo, Neb., Nov. 4=To the ‘Editor of The Bee: I find that a certain American Inde- | pendence Conference, with hcadquar-‘ ters at Chicago, has.been using my name on its letter-heads as a mem- ber of the conference, and this for the intent and purpose to give color and endorsement to their nefarious acts, especially for the endorsement of Hitchcock. “The fact is I do not know any- thing about this alleged conference. Never, until yesterday, did I know the name. I do not belong, nor have 1 endorsgd Hitchcock. I resent the thought of having the names of rep- reséntative men stolen and used for endorsement of acts for which we never would stand. A conference that will do that and a candidate that accepts that deserves no credit. “Since this letter was written ] the Swedish language and Widely cir- culated among our people (I have received two copies) in the eleventh hour, I wish in this way to disclaim any connection with said point: Hav- ing stolen my name, I Prand them as thieves. “I am glad to say that our people are well informed and will net be led astray so easily. Few, if any, of the Swedish people will vote:for Hitch- cock this falf This I conclude from what, I have heard while I have vis- ited all our Swedish settlements this fall and mingled with, the leading men. But the letter is deceiving a.n(l uts our people, our institution, which ? represent, and myself in a 'bad light. I do hope that all our people who may read this will hasten to set our people wise before election. Yours for righteousness. A. T. SEASHORE.” “A Dirty Hitchcock Deal.” The following letter with caption attached by the writer shows how he views the matter: g “Wausa, Neb, Nov. J3—Editor, Omaha Daily Bee: Perhaps the dirti- est deal of the present campaign was the sending out over the mails to the Swedish speaking voters in Nebraska a circular letter in Swedish, warmly endorsing the candidacy of Senator Hitchcock, which letter is printed on a letter head bearing the heading, The American Independence Conference, and is signed, in print, by said “con- ference,” with a postscript added bear- ing the sighature of a supposed doctor in New York City. The letter head also carries the names of a number of Swedish speaking ministers of lhl‘s state, among them being Rev. A. T. Seashore, president of Luther college, Wahoo, Neb. As Rev. Seashore was known to have publicly endorsed Mr. Kennedy he was called up over the telephone and asked to explain him- self. Seashore was dumb-founded at the audacious liberty taken with his name. He declared he was not a member of any such ‘“conference,” that he didn’t even know of any as- sociation by that name and he didn’t elieve there was any such. He char- acterized the deal as, “the deyil turned loose barefooted in broad daylight.” The letter is dated November 2, and mailed at the Omaha postoffice November 2, but is supposed to have been in New York to get the signature of a Dr. Johannes Hoving. The head- quarters of the “conference” is sup- posed to be 'hj Cl BAGGSTROM.” Lack ’of B-rainwc;rlé by Democrt;; is Cause of the RECITE FURTHER HORRIBLE DEEDS OF VILLA CREW Carranza Soldiers Unspeakably Mutilated by Bandits and Wom‘e:""itreated, it 1:‘-“'“; .Ted. : ‘« wasUUTOR KILLED \ % ot °|!| Victims Choose Death When Told to Accept That or Lose Their Ears. | CHINESE AND ARABS SLAIN Chihuahua Cit . 4—(Via El Paso Junctios Fisher, an American ph ian living at Santa Rosalia, was killed by the Villa ban- dits under General Baudelio Uribe, | according to the statement of a Mexi- | can refugee who arrived here from Santa Rosalia latc today. Dr. Fisher | was one of the few Americans known to have been in Santa Rosalia at the | time the Villa bandits captured the | town. San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 4—General | Funston received a report from Gen- erad Pershing today on the recent en- | gagement at Santa Ana between 110 ‘mwhoys doing guard duty on the Babricora and Namiquipa ranches and a band of about fifty Villa sol- diers. The report said several of the bandits were killed, in addition to those taken prisoner and turned over to the Carranza military authorities at Juarez. Execute Chinese and Arabs. Chihuahua City, Mexico, Nov, 4— Villa mandits in the command of Gen- eral Baudelio Uribe executed a num- Santa Rosalia on October 26, refu- gees arriving from Santa Rosalia overland “reported here. General | Uribe in a speech declated after the capture of the town, accused foreign- ers of being enemies of Villa’s cause and then ordered the summary exe- cutions of the Chinese and Arab regi- dents, the refugees added. It is not known whether foreigners of other nationalities were excepted. Given Choice. After capturing the town, General Uribe gave all prisoners the choice of | having ‘their ears severed from their heads or of being executed, the refu- | gees stated. Many of the prisoners are said by these refugees are said to | have accepted death rather than life- long mutilation. | The town was then looted, the refugees reported, and the women camp followers of the Carranza troops there were mistreated by the bandits, according to eyewitnesses who arrived here. They reported Urige's command hng moved south toward Jimenez an Parral, Captured by Villa. El Paso, Tex., Nov. 4 —Government agents here received what they claim to be reliable information today that Sant Rosalia, Parral and Jiminez have been taken by Villa bapdits. It is not known whether these towns were held by the bandits after their cap- ture. - American mining men also ge- ceived what they claim as additional confirmation today of the report that l'a(ml was taken on Tuesday. The government agents claim to have reports showing that General | Luis Herrera moved out of Parral be- fr_)rc the approach of the Villa ban- dits and retired to San Francisco Del Oro, in the mountains near Parral. It is believed by State department offi- cials that the Americans in Parral accompanied ths columin. Unspeakably MutiMated, i An employe of the Parral Mining company arrived here today by way of Torreon, Mexico, and Eagle Pass, Tex.,, and said Parral was in the hands of the Carranza forces when he left there on October 27. He said he had talked with Carranza soldiers at Jimenez, who had had their ears cut off by Villa bandits at Santa Rosalia. The mining man added that the Car- ranza soldiers reported that the ban- dits had unspeakably mutilated at least ten of the Carranza soldiers at Santa, Rosalia. Woman Asks Ten Thousand for Slander Making allegations that Edward Argamian intended to injure her good name by accusing her of having given false testimony at a bankruptcy hegring in federal -court, Bessie Ad- ler, 2201 Burdette street, has filed a |;ch\iun for $10,000 damages for slan- der. Miss Adler is a bookkeeper. It is stated in the petition that Argamian made the alleged slanderous remarks in the presence of her father, Jacob cago. Yours truly,| Adler, and several other persons on| October 10, High Price of Coal High price of coal is the result of democratic folly and ignorance. Charles A, Westerfield, coal dealer, not onmly believes this but proves it. He says: v “We are paying $4.50 for Illinois coal, the same brand that we bought last year for $1.75. And the mines | country. Tf'a republican administra- | tion were in power, you can bet that | the Interstate Commerce commission | or the Railway commission would slap a demurrage. charge upon those | idle cars and you can also wager that | those cars would be promptly un- loaded, even if storage sheds had to| | ber of Chinese and Arab residents of | Nebraska’s Nebraska’s eight electora than appears on the surface. backward, the most illiterate, The republican states are while back, in all these vital things. linas. Do not overlook the fact that Nebraska needs Hughes more than Hughes needs Nebraska. compared with the electoral votes of the big states, but the reputation of Nebraska as a state in line with the forward- looking sections of the country means a great deal more to us ' The republican party is the party of energy, enter]prise | and progress, built on the keystone arch of New Eng New York, Pennsylvania and the states carved out of the old Northwest Territory and the Louisiana Purchase north of the Mason and Dixon line, while the democratic part is controlled by the bourbonism of the solid south and made up of the most democratic elements of our population. of the country’s business, the statés that are accumulating the big end of the nation’s industrial capital, the states that are developing and utilizing their natural resources, the states that are leading in social justice reforms and in legis- lation and public activities for uplifhting the mass of people, o) the southern states are lagging, if not actually pulling In giving its electoral vote to the democratic candidate for president the last two times Nebraska has failed to appre- ciate the value of being ranked as a republican state or the detriment it suffers by being placed in the nondescript class along with states li\ke Mississippi, Arkansas and the Caro- | Nebraska can and should redeem itself and strengthen its position at home and abroad by wheeling back this year into the republican column where it rightfully belongs. ) T The Problem of Domestic Economy What a_r:? we going to do 1F we have tour more years of’ Wilson Self-Interest. 1 votes are of small significande and, the most reactionary, the least the states that do the vast bulk HEAVY FIGHTING Neither Side Appears to Have Made Extensive Gains in Galicia or Roumania. FRENCH ARENA IS QUIET London, Nov. 4—Heavy fighting continues on the battlefields of Gali- cia and along the Roumanian fron- tier without pronounced, gains for either side. In northern France the night the French front. | Berlin announces French and Brit- [ was quiet along | Boeufes and Courcelette sectors north of the Somme which were repulsed The Austro-German forces have |made little additional progress in their campaign against Rouman Berlin announces the capture of a position southwest of Predeal which the Rou manians had taken wember 2, but concedes the occupation by Rouma nian troops of Rosca height, south- east of Altschanz. Petrograd reports the advance of the Roumanians in the Jiul valley. On the Russian front the Teutonic | armies under Prince Leopold of Ba- | varia have taken some little additional ground from the Russians on the Na- Rayuvka southeast of Lemberg in Ga- licia, Berlin announces. N« ' Twenty-Seven Men . Entombed in Mine ON EAST FRONTIER ‘Bryan Rapé Senator | " "And Praises Wilson | In a thinly veiled reference to Sena- | tor Hitcheock in the South Side last night, William Jennings Bryan said I'that all honest democrats would re- sent the attemipt to foist the liquor issue upon the party program in this state. » | *Of nineteen prohibition states, the | | democrats have been the power be- hind the anti-liquor drive in ten. Jt is wrong to try to associate the ‘wet’ | issue with the ‘idealistic or even prac- | tical program of the | party.” |” Colonel Bryan pleaded for the re election of President Wilson and cited | the progressive legislation which had | been achieved uifder his direction. “Wilson was right in his refusal to democratic | |ish attacks in the Gueudecourt Leshrecognize Huerta,” said the speaker. | an attempt | "It would be a gross betrayal of the | fundamental principles of our govern- ment to recognize in any country the theory of government by assassin- ation.” Mr. Bryan recommended the re- election of Congressman Lobeck. His entire speech consumed but twenty minutes. A large crowd greeted him J. T. Fletcher, chairman of the re- publican committee, and Arthur Galloway, chairman of the democratic | committee of Antelope county, have united in an effort to get carly turns from the election of Tuesday. Their plan is imple one and can well be copied by every county in t state, to the end that the result in N | recognize Antelope County Starts Plan to Give Early Election Returns 3|in Illinois are only working one| be specially huilt for the receipt of | The railroads now aren’tallowed to levy demurrage rates n export goods and, under the brain- ess dempocrats’ administration, the s stahd still when the whole | country, especially the west, wants there are thou-|them to move. “I was talking with the agent of | day a week. Why is this condition?| their contents. Because of the shortage of cars. And why is there a shortage of cars? Be- cause the faol policy of the demo- crats allow them to be used for stor- age. . | Back in the cast, ¢ | sands of cars laden with grain for ex- iou%0 | port. The railroads have charged |the Northwestern railroad today and & ineh | no/demurrage rates on stuff awaiting| he told me that out of 5000 cars 4inches | export. But some of those cars have [owned by the road, only 1,800 2 :;::‘:::chvn_ standing there for nine months, | were ble. He said th 3,200 {jnches | helping to paralyze shipping facilities | were tied up in the east, just laden ogist. ,in the west and other parts of the! with export goods.” Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 4.—Eight-| braska awill. be known earlier than| | een negroes and nine white men en-|cver before. 3 Messrs. Fletcher and Galloway loml)u.] ¢ .U“ ;”c”"' ineagonihe have united in a circular note to elec- Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron com-| ion hoards and precinct committee- pany, twenty miles west of here, are| men suggesting that the votes be believed to have lost their lives early | counted in a specified order, and that today by an explosion, said to have[as soon as the count is completed on been caused by gas. Rescue crews|any group the result be telephoned at | from state mine burcaus are at work [once to headquarters at Neligh. By | trying to reach the men. Two white [ following this plan the Antelope men and three negroes aped in-| county boosters hope to have their [jury by working their way through|figures in ahead of any other county I'the debris which the blast caused in|in the state. | the opening The order selected for counting is: | 7, KAISER ANNOUNCES NEW SEA POLICY Neutral Oargoes that Might Be Taken Into Kirkwall Will Be Destroyed: TO' DEMAND GUARANTEES London, Nov, 4.—A ‘special dispatch from Amsterdam features a statement of the Berlin Kreuz Zeitung to the effect that Germany has decided to make the safety of neutfal ships car- rying neutral cargoes dependent upon guarantees that no part of such car- goes shall be landed, whether through British’ compulsion or not at any Brit- ish port, v Such guarantees, according to thg Kreuz Zeitung, can consist only in formal undertakings by Great Brit- ain, and such an undertaking will be recognize tle involability of neu- tral ships. This is taken to mean that in event of any neutral cargo or part thereof being landed in England the German | government immediately will cease to the inviclability of neu- tral, The Berlin paper implies that the | case of the Dutch freighter Bloom- ersdijk, which was sunk by a Ger- man submarine off Nantucket on Oc- tober 8, will be argued along these lines, and it will be contgnded since the immediate destinatiori of the ves- sel was Kirkwall, there was no guar- antee that the whole cargo would reach Holland. The British press also infers from a Berlin dispatch, summarized in the Keolnische Zeitung, that Germany proposes to sink all neutral ships, whether bearing neutral cargoes or otherwise, unless Great Britain con- sents to abandon their right to com- pel discharge at Kirkwall of any part of a neutral cargo pected of hav- ing an enemy destination, Rumor of Agtem‘};t to Assassinate Hughes; Roman Ciridle Blows New York, Nov. 4—A report that ad been made to assassi- nate Charles E. Hughes with a bomb as he was leading a republican pa- le here early tonight caused much tement until it was learned that the explosion which had been heard resulted from the premature dis- charge of a roman candle. The man who held the candle was slightly burned, but no one else was hurt, First, prohibitory amendment; sec- ond, vote on wpresident; then follow in order United States senator, gov- ernor, congressman, county officers. If this plan were followgd in each voting precinct in Nebraska the def- inite result could be announced before daylight on Wednesday morning. The plan is legal, it costs no more and takes no more time than the hap- hazard way of counting that so fre- | quently delays the announcement of the final outcome of the election. Co- operation by the returning boards and the precinct committeemen can make this a fact as well as a dream. Adams county has already an- nounced it expects to be the first county in, just as it stands at the head of the alphabetical order, but Antelope proposes to win the guer- don. The lists are open to all, and a little healthy rivalry among the coun- ties for this distinction will help a lot. Go to it, everybody. TWO STEAMSHIPS COLLIDE IN IRISH SEA; 100 DROWN Railroad Passenger Ship Con- nemara and OCoal Ship Retriever Go to the Bottom, ' BUT ONE KNOWN SURVIVOR Officer Unable to Say Whether There Were Any Americans Aboard Either Ship, FEW BODIES OOME ASHORE BULLETIN, Belfast, Nov. 4—The loss of life in the disaster to the steamers Re- triever and Connemara aggregates ninety-two. Only two persons are known to have been saved. The crew of the Retriever num- bered thirteen, one of whom and also one passenger from the Connemara were saved. The two vessels lie! artly submerged within sight of and, Heavy seas are breaking over them. London, Nov. 4—In one of the worst gales ever known in the Irish Sea the British steamship Connemara, with passengers and a cargo of cat- tle from Greenore, Ireland, for Holy- head, Wales,' collided last night just outside the Carlingford bar with the British steamship Retriever, laden with coal. Both vessels sank immedi- ately with an estimated loss of life of about 100, Of the fifty passengers and crew of (1|irly-onc aboard the Connemara there is only one surviyor, It is vir- tually certain there were no Ameri- cans on board. The entire crew of the Retriever was lost, Many bodies are being washed ashore on the Irish coast. Numbers of cattle also are being washed up, some alive, s The weather was so rough that it would have been impossible to launch any boats, even had time permitted. The railway company says.-it is pnable to state whether any Ameri- cans were aboard these vessels. They seldom carry salon passengers. ~The Connemara, 1,106 tons and 272 feet long, was built in barton in 1896, \ - The Retriever was 190 ‘feet long, of 674 tons gross hnd was built in Goole, England, in 1909, It was owned by the West Coast. ofsAmeris ca Telegraph company of London. A steamer service .is maintained by the London & Northwestern railway between Holy Head apd Greenore, Ireland; a distance of about eighty miles across the Irish sea, Deutschland Is Ready to Begin Taking on'Cargo New London, Conn, Nov. 4—Pig iron weighing several hundred tons, used for ballast in the German un- dersea merchantman Deutschland, was’ removed today. As the nickel and crude rubber for the return cargo is much heavier than the dyes and drugs brought over, the craft will not need the ballast. Within a few hours the storing of more than forty car- loads of material, held here for weeks, will be commenced, and it is believed that as far as the cargo is concerned, the undersea freighter will be ready to' leave in a week. Republicans Claim Jer'sey by 45,000 Newark, N. J, Nov. 4—A claim that New Jersey, President Wilson's home state, would be carried by the republicans on Tuesday by 45,000 votes was made here today by New- ton A, K. Bugbee, republican state chairman. Mercer county, in which the president votes, will return a plurality of 4,500, he prédicted. Trenton, N. J.,, Nov, 4—Chairman Grosscup of the democratic state committee said today he looked for the election of the entire democratic national and state ticket in New Jer- sey by a plurality of not less than 25,000. All the advices received by the democratic committee pointed to a sweeping victory in the state for President Wilson and the rest of the democratic ticket, the chairman said. French Steamship Béats Off Subsea Which Attacks It Toulon, Nov. 4—(Via London.)— The Erench liner Doukkala reports an attack upon it by a submarine which it beat off after a fight lasting three quarters of an hour, conducted at a range of 6,000 yards. The submarine is said to have fired seven shells, TOSS um- e Week : Another Thousand Week after week The Bee continues to set the pace in ‘the number of Paid Want Ads gained as com- pared to 1915. Last Week, 1,047, Total Since January 1, 47,940. An average gain of more than 1,100 each week. The Reason: Better Results Better Ratos,