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

i r— HH ———————— | PART ONE NEWS SECTION ONE TO TWELVE PAGES ! VOL. XLVI—NO. 22, WILLCOX WAITS | OFFICIAL COUNT INCLOSESTATES Republican Chairman Will Not Concede Election of Wilson Until Definite Figures Are at Hand. HOUSE WORRIES WILSON President Fears He Will Not Have Working Majority Be- hind Him in Oongress. POPULAR VOTE GOSSIP New York, Nov. 11.—Chairman Willcox called on Mr. Hughes in the afternoon and had an hour’s talk with him, after which the chairman reiter- ated that the re-election of President Wilson would not be conceded until after the official count. It probably will be a week, he said, before this is completed. New York, Nov. 11.—With Repub- lican National Chairman Willcox still awaiting the official count-in close states before conceding the defeat of Charles E. Hughes in the national election, the latest returns today in the close states of California, Minne- sota, New Mexico and New Hamp- shire still presented on their face no change affecting the president’s ma- jority in the electoral college. Mr. Wilson still led in California, New Mexico and apparently New Hampshire, and Mr. Hughes in Min- nesota, with only a few districts yet to be accounted for in each state. President Wilson in Williamstown, Mass., was reported to be chiefly con- cerned over the complexion of the next congress, which was still in doubt today. The president’s plurality over Mr. Hughes in the total popular vote, ac- cording to the latest estimate, based upon incomplete returns, i% 403,312, His total vote was 8,563,713 and that of Mr. Hughes §,160,401. + Wilson Worried Over House. Williamstown, Mass., Nov. 11.— President Wilson is not concerned over the refusal of the republican campaign managers to concede his re-election. The chief thing worry- ing him .is the political complexion of the next house of representatives, because of its effect on his plans for legislation. He has not yet received final information on this point. The president is understood to take the result of the election as a vindica- tion of his past course and as ap- proval of the general outlines of pol- icy in domestic and foreign affairs set forth by him in his speeches as a candidate for re-election. After his return to Washington to- morrow he will catch up immediately on official business, and in the near future will begin the preparation of his December message to congress. Nothing has been given out as to| whether he will remain constantly in Washington until congress convenes. The president took a short walk this morning. He was invited to wit- ness a foot ball game this afternoon between Massachusetts Agricultural college-and Williams. On his return trip tonight he will be given a recep- tion at Albany, N Democrats there have organized a parade in his honor and he may speak briefly from the observation platform of his private car, Vote of New Hampshire Cloge: Concord, N. H. Nov. 11.—Presi- dent Wilson received a piurality 6f 63 votes over Charles E, Hughes in New Hampshire, according to certified re- turns from all except small precincts made public by Secretary of State Bean. In arriving at this figure, Mr. Bean announced, he included in the Wilson total 289 votes cast for him in Ward Two, Dover, but omitted through error from certified returns, and by accepting as probably correct the newspaper returns for Dores- chester, the missing precinct, which had not reported officially. Hughes Holds Minnesota. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 11.—With at least thirty-eight precincts to be heard from in addition to the results of the vote of the soldiers on the border, Mr. Hughes still is maintaining the slight | lead he has held over President Wil- son for the last two days in Minne- sota, | The last figures received give the republican nominee a lead of 543 votes. The special commission sent to gather the 2,138 soldier votes on the border returned to St. Paul today. (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) The W_ather For Nebraska—Fair. | Temueratures @t Omaha Yesterday. | Deg. . 28 27 26 2 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 | Comparative Local 1916, 1915, Highest yosterday ... 26 47 Lowest yesterday .. 26 36 37 Mean temperature ... 26 42 B0 Precipitation 22,00 .00 emperature and precipitation departe from the normal Normal temperature . Doficlency for the day. Total ouena Bince March 1. Normal precipitation tens for the duy Totul ralnfall since 81 gnches Defieiency since March 2.00 Inches Deficlency for cor. perlod, 1915.. 1.14 inches Deficlency for cor. period. 1914, . &40 Inches L. A, WELSH, Meteorologiat, + L8288 .04 Inch 18 Inch Ibeen an assistant THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. NEBRASKA YOTE ON |REPUBLICANS T0 | THE STATE OFFICERS Democrats Make Clean Sweep of the State Without Any Exception. MORRISSEY IS IN THE LEAD Two-thirds of the counties and four-fifths of the vote of the state have been heard from, and the re- turns tabulated on the heads of the ticket. Sixty-six counties give the drys a lead of 16,418, and the rest of the state will increase this materially. On president, Wilson has 27,648 over Hughes in sixty-six counties, and his lead will also be increased. Hitch- cock is 11,175 ahead of Kennedy in seventy-seven counties. Sutton is running closer to Neville, being but 5,295 behind in seventy-one counties. Neville’s lead is safe enough to insure his election, however, as the twenty- two counties still to hear from will very likely increase this. Chief Justice Andrew M. Morrissey has a lead of 3,335 over Justice Jacob M. Fawcett for the office of chief jus- tice of the supreme court in the sixty- seven counties heard from. For as- sociate justices Cornish, Sedgwick and Dean are leading, the latter hav- ing pulled up ahead of Judge Barnes. . Fred Beckman, running for re-elec- tion as land commissioner, is the only republican candidate on the state ticket who has any chance for win- ning, but even he has fallen behind Shumway, democrat. Following are the latest Nebraska figures: e PROHIBITION. Sixty-nine Counties— PRESIDENT. Sixty-seven Countles— Wilson, dem. .. Hughes, rep. . 8 Seventy-nine Conties— Hitchcock, dem. . Kennedy, rep.... GOVERNOR. Seventy-three Counties— Neville, dem Sutton, rep FO For . .. Against . . CHIEF JUSTICE. Seventy-seven Countles— Morrissey . Fawcett Al Beventy Countles— Cornish . ... Sedgwick . . Dean . . Barnes Hastin Martin . Sixty-elght Counties— Clemons, dem. Thomas, rep.. LAND COMMISSIO Sixty-seven Countles— Shumway, dem. Beckman, Tep RAILWAY Bixty-elght Countlies— Wilson, dem. Clarke, rep... Fifty-seven Counties— Hall, dem Reynolds, rep Fitty-seven Countles Smith, dem Marsh, rep ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Fifty-seven Counties— Reed, Dem. .. Devoe, rep SECRETARY Fifty-eight Countles— Pool de s Walt, re . UNIVERSITY REGENTS. Forty-nine Countles— Hall, demo.. Landls, dem. Seymour, rep Bassett, rep Writer Accused of Trying to Blackmail Countess Bernstorff Washington, Nov. 11.—Kaxl Armga- rad Graves, a magazine writer of New York, was arrested by Department of Justice officials here today, charged with attempted blackmail of Countess von Bernstorff, wife of the German ambassador. The arrest was made after the em- bassy officials complained that Graves had tried to sell them what purported to be letters from persons in Germany 'to the countess and members of the embassy staff and other documents appearing to be official cipher dis- patches from the Berlin government to the embassy. Officials said the le!t%’ on which the formal charge against the prisoner was based appar- ently was a communication to the countess from a cousin in Germany. Smyth in Prospect For Federal Judge One result of the election is the Trevival of the candidacy of Constan tine J. Smyth of Omaha for appoint- ment to a federal judgeship. It is re- membered that Mr. Smytr\, who has to the attorney- general, was strongly recommended for the succession to Judge Munger which went to fmlgc Woodrough and it was generally understood at that time that his claim was held in abey- ance for the next vacancy. A vacancy now exists on the federal court of appeals for this district through the death of Judge Adams of St. Louis, and still another vacancy is pros- (pect by the expected retire.¥ent of udge Sanborn, who has completed the necessary period of service to en- title him to retire. Mr, Smyth's friends are expecting him to be named for one of these places, although probably no appointment will be made until congress convenes in Decemeber, because ratification by the senate is needed. | Japanese Favor Wilson; Feared Protective Tariff Tokio, Nov, 11.—<The election of President Wilson is welcomed by the Japanese press, which praises his peaceful disposition and believes his cohtinuation in office augurs well for the furtherance of American-Japanese friendship. Business circles are pleased, as they feared a republican rotective tariff would be a blow to Yapanesc exports to America, OMAHA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1916—38 PAGES—FIVE SECTIONS. HAVE. PLURALITY IN LOWER HANCE, o, Mfl. : Latest Count on! gressmen Gives G. 0. P. Lead of Three Members Over Bourbons: THIS MAY—~BE COHANGED Further Returns May Cause Shift in Situation, it Is Believed. DEM LEADS IN NEW MEXICO New York, Nov. 11.—The probable complexion of the Sixty-fifth con- gress was further complicated today by late returns from one close district and a reclassification of the politics of three members of the CaF\fcmia delegation. The count in the one doubtful district, that in New Mexico, is not yet complete, but the.election of Walton, democrat, is probable, according to latest returns. A reversal in the Tenth North Car- olina district, where complete re- turns indicate the election of Con- gressmen J. Britt, republican, by a plurality of thirteen votes, broke the tie which existed on the face of the returns, for congress, up to last night. A reclassification of the politics of three members of the elected Califor- nia delegation, John J. Nolan in the Fifth district, Everis A. Hayes in the Eighth and Charles H. Randall in the Ninth, in accordance with their polit- ical designation in the Congressional Record, also apparently was favorahle to the republican side, The names of the three members appeared on the republican and dem- ocratic tickets, and Randall, in addi- tion, was also on the progressive ticket. In the returns as previously announced two had been credited as democrats and one as a republican. The Congressional Record, however, classes Nolan as a progressive, Hayes as a republican and Randall as a pro- hibitionist. As a result of these changes the republicans from rresent indications will have a small plurality in the house, latest figures giving them 216 members, the democrats, 213, and other parties, six. There are a number of close dis- tricts where on the face of complete returns members are apparently elect- ed by very small pluralities. The Third New Jersey' district, where Robert Carson, republican, is appar- }ntly ‘elected by eleven votes over Thomas J. Scully,-democrat, and pres- ent member of congress, is a case in point. The official count next week may change some of these close dis- tricts. Germans Deny Any Serious Losses in Big Battle in Air Berlin, Nov. 11.—(By Wireless to Sayville.)—The _following announce- ment is from the admiralty: “On the night of November 9-10 hostile airplanes dropped bombs | without success on Ostend and Zee- brugge (Belgium). One British ma- chine_was forced down and was cap- tured, and the aviator, a British of- ficer, was made prisoner. “On the morning of November 10 a German battleplane attacked two Britiss biplanes between Nieuport and Dunkirk. It shot down ond and forced the other to retreat. “In the forenoon three of our bat- tleplanes met a superior British aerial squadron off Ostend and attacked it immediately. After a combat the en- emy was forced to withdraw. Our machines returned to their base, hav- ing suffered insignificant damages.” The British war office announced last night that thirty British airplanes had encountered a hostile squadron of thirty to forty machines which was dispersed after a battle during which six of the hostile machines were ob- served to begin to fall, although they were not seen to hit the ground. Nine other German airplanes were said to have been driven down in damaged condition. Seven British machines were said to be missing. Two U, 8. Regulars Shot to Death by Corporal W. Smith Laredo, Tex., Nov. 11l.—Corporal W. Smith shot and killed Privates Jones and McKnight and wounded Private Conners, while the four, all members of K troop, Feurteenth cavalry, were at the camp stables this morning. Smith was house. Governor Goethals Retires From Army This Week Washington, Nov. 11.—-Major Gen- eral George W. Goethals, governor of the Panama canal zone, will pass into the retired list of the army on his own application, dating from No- vember 15, next. Army orders today show President Wilson-has approved his application for retirement after forty years of service, The order of retirement affects only General Goethals' military status and does not operate to relieve him from duty as governor of the canal zone, but is preliminary to his retirement. He probably will be succeeded by Lieutenant Chester Harding, engi- neers corps, now acting governor. General Goethals has been selected by President Wilson chairman of the eight-hour commission, which will review the effect of the Adamson law. It has been understodd that General Goethals desires to free himself from canal duties and rest before taking up this new task, placed in the guard TUESDAY NIGHT | THIS LI BOOK SHOWS THAT MINNESOTA HAS NEVER GONE DEMOCRATIC ) Political Retrospect MISS PYRTLE LEADS FOR TEACHERS' HEAD Nominations of State Associa- tion Are Made, to Be Voted Upon Next Month. Miss Ruth Pyftle of Lincoln ran highest among the five teachers nomi- nated for the office of president of the Nebtaska State Teachers' asso- {ciation. * The other nominees are: Martha Powell, principal of the Long school of Omaha; A. O. Thomas, state superintendent, Lincoln; H. H. Hahn of Wayne Normal, and E. U. Graff, ‘superintendent of the Omaha schools, Five persons arc nominated for cach office. The ballots will be sent by mail to all the members of the association November 27. They must be voted and back in the hands of the executive committee by December 7. The executive committee will then | meet in Omaha December 9, to can- vass the vote and announce the elec- tion of the officers and members of the executive committee. | Those Nominated. Following is the list of nominees | for the various offices: For President— | Ruth Pyrtle, Lincoln | Martha Powell, Omaha A. O. Thomas, Lincoln . U. Graff, Omaha H. H. Hafin, Wayne ... For Vice President— Ruth Pyrtle, Lincoln | Belle Ryan, Omaha Martha Powéll, Omal Fred Hunter, Lincoln A, H. Waterhouse For Treasurer— John F. Matthews, Grand Island ... 976 G. A. Gregory, Crete 1 B. U. Graff, Omaha John A. Woodard, Sew: A. H. Waterhouse, Fremont 9 For Executive Committee, First Distriot— Jesslo Nowlon, Lincoln . Eault Anna Tibbetts, Peru .. Mary Tremaine, Lincoln J. A. Doremus, Auburn Fred Hunter, Lincoln .. For Exccutive Committee, Second B, U. Graff, Omaha . o Karl Adams, Omaha .. J. G. Masters, Omaha - A. H. Waterhouse, Fremon e 5. J. Bodwell, Beatrice .. John 1. Woodard, Seward | R. R. McGee, David City . J. T. Anderson, Ashland . 3 Walton, Wahoo .. r Exccutive Committee, H. O. Sutton, Kearney | No person can run for two offices in the regular election. This means that between now and the time of sending out the ballots, the persons two or more offices will have to de- | cide which office they will run for didates for other places. The place of meeting next year will |also be decided by ballot at the same | time. Portion of Ground Lost _at_Skrobowa | Petrograd, No\': 11. —(Via London, ;2 p. m.)—Determiged counter attacks {by the Russians have resulted in the | recapture o portion of the posi- tion- taken from them yesterday by the Germans near Skrobowa, in the Baranovichi regionf the war office anpounced today. Doctor Thanks Those Who Didn’t Vote for Him Dr. E. Holovtchiner, defeated can- didate for re-election to the Board of Education, says he feels like a boy on the last day of school, just before a long vacation, . “I want to thank those who voted for me and I also want to thank those who did not vote for me. After nine years on the board I am glad to get a rest. I am just as happy as if | had been re-elected,” said the doctor. ) TO BE COUNTED ‘IN OMAHA| whose names appear as nominees for | jand send in their resignation as can- | LANDSBERG FOUND"_ DEAD INHS OFFICE Widely Known Pianist and Ak-l Sar-Ben Composer Ends Life With Revolver. WAS DEPRESSED OF LATE Sigmund Landsberg, widely known Omaha pianist, composer and in- structof, was found shot through the heart yesterday afternoon in his of- fice, 302 Lyric building, Eighteenth and Farnam streets. The authorities assert the evidence points conclu- siv€ly to suicide, William Saalfeldt,, 1706 Canton street, janitor of the building made the discovery after 3 o'clock. The body was lying face down on the floor, a revolver near the right hand, and the thumb through the trigger guard. Saalfedt had gone_to the of- fice to deliver a package. In the morning he had spoken to the pianist, but the latter acted in a queer man- ner and did not answer, Coroner Crosby asserted that Landsberg had been dead several| hours when the body was found. | Born in Germany. Mr. Landsberg was born in Ger- many and after coming to this coun- try, settled in South Omaha more than twenty-five years ago, and a few years latter moved to Omaha. For more than three years up to the Jpres- ent time he had lived at the home of Mrs. Cassie Riley, 829 Park ave- nue. According to Mrs. Riley, he was possessed of a most sunny disposition until recently, when he suffered a nervous breakdown. Insomia had been his chief complaint of late, and e was very much worried over his condition. To. ). E. Brill, 2'0 Park avenue, a close friend, he spoke on several oc- casions of consulting specialists about his condition. The last few days he seemed more depressed than ever. He had told Mrs. Riley that recent business transactions had not gone as he had expected | Worried Over Relatives. | Besides he had worried great deal over relatives in the war, according to other friends, and was constantly | fearing that he would receive bad news from the old country. A sister lives there and a brother, George in s City, and Carl in CHicago. not married. In Omaha he is | survived by two uncles, M. Wollstein | of the Wollstein Liquor company and E. Seligsohn, a cousin; Mrs. W, L. Harris, 722 South Twenty-seventh street. Coroner Crosby will hold an | inquest. Mr. Landsberg wrote the music for the A ar-Ben show this year, and had written the susic for one other Ak-Sar-Ben show. He had composed | several songs and piano numbers, and was familiarly known to the musical public as Phillip Ambrose, under which non-de-plume, he wrote many pieces. A number of his composi- tions were dedicated to Omaha musi- cians. Member of Clef Club. He was a member of the Clef club of which several prominent Omaha musicians are members, and played (rr accompaniments for soloists at | the annual Saengerfest. Mr, Lands-| berg was well known and liked, par- ticularly throughout the city and the state where his association with the | Ak-Sar-Ben entertainment had won | him considerable fame | His death came as a severe shock ! to his friends and relat The lat- ter assert that they can give no rea-| son that would exp in any way | his suicide. | Dr. Penn of Ravenna Died | At Local Hospital Yesterday! J Dr. J. H. Penn of Ravenna, Neb, died her a local hospital yesterday afternoon His body was yesterday sent to Ravenna, where the fum‘rM‘ will be held, Dr. Penn was widely known in his section of the country, as he enjoyed a large practic, | United States. SWIFT SOAKED BY LANDIS WITH FINE Packers and Number of Rail. ways Assessed on Charge of Violating Rate Law. NORTHWESTERN ROAD ONE Chicago, Nov. 11.—A fine totaling more than $171,000, was assessed by Federal Judge Landis today against Swift and Company, packers, and a number of railroads convicted of vio- lating the “interstate cominerce act. In most of the cases the charges were rebating or in shipping less than carload ‘- shipments at carload rates. Swift and Company were fined $60.000; the Penneylvania railroad, $20,000; the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railroad, $20,000; the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, $20,000, in one case, and $50,000 in an- other, North Western Fined. In addition fines ranging from $100 to $1,000 were assessed against the Chicago ‘& North Western railroad, the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. These fines were in most instances for failure to cnmplf with the twen- ty-four-hour cattle law: which pro- hibits allowing live stock to remain in freight cars more than twenty- eight hours at a stretch without at- tention, The Pennsylvania fine and the $20,- 000 fine against the Rittsburgh, Cin- cinnati, Chicago & St. Louis were for rebating to the W. H. Merritt com- pany, Chicago Board of Trade firm; whiie the $50,000 fine was for rebat- ing to B. A. Fokhart, head of the Fokhart milling company. Mr, Fok- hart was tried for the same offense some time ago, but the case was thrown out of court by Federal Judge Anderson. Charge Against Swift. The charge against Swift and com- pany was that it shipped less than carload shipments to Michigan points at the carload rates, New Eingdom of Arabia Asks the U. 8. for Recognition Nov. of the new kingdom of Arabia, with Washington, 11.—Formation Grand Sherif Hussein Ben Ali as Monarch and Mecca as ‘the capital was reported to the State department today in an undated telegram from Mecca signed by Sherif Abdullah, minister of foreign affairs. The Ara- bic nation, Abdullah said, would henceforth be an active member of the society of nations and confidently looked forward to recognition by the The new kingdom re sulted, he said, from an unanimous meeting of the notables and citizens of the country, who definitely threw off the yoke of the committee of the union and progress at Constantinople. The State department knows noth- ing of the new foreign minister and little of the circumstances surround- ing the proclamation of the kingdom and does not know how to reach the foreign minister's office in the absence of any consular or diplomatic repre- entative in Arabia. Investigation into the situation, however, may be possible through British or French sources, The request for recognition is ex- pected to be met in much the same vay as other government attaches during the war. Egypt when the new khedivate was established in Decem- ber, 1914, consular officers were in- structed to recognize the new officials as de facto. With respect to the new gu\rrnmcm of Poland the United States will postpone final action until peace is established, THE WEATHER FAIR AMERICAN SHIP { S SUNK; SHELLED BY A SUBMARINE Columbia Reported by Lloyds to Have Been Sent to Bot- tom, Having Previously Sent Out Calls. OREW LANDED AT CORRUNA London Hears Earlier Vessel Made Wireless Appeals for Help From U-Boat. IT WAS THEN UNDER FIRE London, Nov. 11.—The American steamer Columbian is believed to have been sunk, according to an announce- ment by Lloyds. It was reported here on Wednesday that the Columbian was sending out wireless calls for help, saying it was being shelled by a submarine. The calls were picked up by Admirality stations. Nothing further, however, had been heard of the Columbia un- til tonight's statement from Lloyd's shprmg agcn?'. The crew of the American steam- ship Columbia has arrived at Corun- na, Spain, in lifeboats, says a Reuter’s dispatch from Madrid. The Columbia is under American registry and sailed from New York, October 18 and Boston, October 21 bound for Genoa, She was rcporte(i as touching at St. Nazarie, Frange, on November 2, Icavin%lhu ort the next day for Italy. The Columbia is owned by the American-Hawaiian Steamship company of New York and was built in San Francisco in 1907. The vessel carried no passengers, but had a crew of abount 113 officers and men. She was under charter by the French and Canada Steamship com- pany, with offices in New York. British Paper Thinks Moosers Blfl:_tfd Wilson London, Nov. 11.—~The Manchester Guardian attributes President Wil- son's success to the rallying of a suf~ ficient number of the progressive votes which Roosevelt gained in 1912, “It seems a small thing,” this new; paper continues, “but yet it may indi- cate a new epoch in American po- litical life. he, progressive move- ment arose entirely independently of foreign ' politics. Many progressive | votes given to Wilson are given with the mental reservation that they will not go again to a democratic candi- date unless Wilson confirms the faith of the prorressives by consolidating what is still only tentative. If he does: that he will have established himself as the ablest statesman since Lin- coln and hé may be destined to play a part in the achievement of peace, which will give him a place in worlt‘ history.” ¢ Indiana Republicans Elect Full Ticket Indianapolis, Nov. 11.—Complete, but unofficial, returns from the * 3,143 precincts in Indiana give: Charles E. Hughes a pl‘urll‘i"% of 7,294 votes, Hwhes reccxvlsn{ ,882 and President Wilson 335,388,* The republicans re-elected their full state ticket, James P. Goodrich, for governor leading with 13,629 votes to spare over ], A. Adair, Harry S. New, who will succeed John™ W. lg'cm in the United States senate, has a plurality of 11,721, James E. Watson, who defeated Thomas Tag« gart for the short term in the senate, received a plurality of 11,425, Indiana will be represented in the house of representatives by nine re- publicans and four democrats. Young Hebron Farmer With Rent Money Lost Grand Island, Nov. 11.—(Special Telegram.)—Considerable mystery is attached to the disappearance of Er- nest Myers of Hebron. According to a police announcement today, Myers came to this city about a week ago with a considerable sum of money with which he was to pay the rent on a farm he occupies, the payee be- ing Former Supreme Judge Harrison. The rent being overdue, Judge Harri- son wrote to Hebron, which fact led to the discovery that Myers had left Hebron a week ago today to come here with the money. Apparently he has not been seen there nor here since that time. Myers is described as a man 23 years of age, between 155 and 165 pounds, dark brown eyes and walking with a decided stoop. In the history of any Omaha Newspaper 49,462 More paid Want Ads in The Bee from January 1st to November 11th, 1916 than in same period, 1915. The Reasons: Lower Rates Bette( Results Best Service | Phone Your Ad to ; Tyler 1000,