Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1916, Page 1

\ 'K iy FFOUR ARE KILLED ‘WOMAN ONE OF VICTIMS manoney borrowed, { PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE VOL. XLVI—NO. 23. IN SANTA MONICA MOTOR CAR RACE Machine of Lewis Jackson Col- lides With Telephone Pole and Thrown Against Trees. Lemonade Vendor, Spectator and Moving Picture Man Dead. SEVERAL MORE INJUi?.ED Santa Monica, Cal, Nov. 18—Four persons were killed, one a woman, and two were injured today in the scventh annual International Grand Prize automobile road race. The event was won by Johnny Aitken, driving as relief for Howard Wilcox. Wilcox was declared official winner and the new average speed record of 85.55 miles an hour for the 403.208 miles of the course will stand in Wilcox’ name. Titken's time, credited to Wilcox, was 4:42:47. The winners of the first, second and third places all averaged better time than the former Grand Prize record of 77.22 miles, made two years ago on the same course by- Eddie Pullen. Those Finishing After Aitken. _Those finishing after Aitken, their times and average speced Cooper, second, 4:48 83.72. I]‘gttcrson, third, 5:09:38; average, average, Roads, fourth; time not announced. Rickenbacher, driving for Weigh- man, who withdrew, and Cole were flagged while running. Lewis Jackson, a Los Angeles driver, on his thirteenth lap swerved into one of the palm trees lining the course and caused the death of him- self and three others and the injury of two. The dead: HAROLD ERTON, Los Angeles, spec- ator, LEWIS-JA( N, Los Angeles, driver. L. B. ., motion picture camera | operator. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN, a lemonade | vendor. | The injured: ! John Ghianda, Los Angeles, Jackson's| mechanteian J.'S. Hannigan, Los Angeles, spectator. Uproots Tree, Jackson's car uprooted the *furst palm tree it struck, overturned a lemonade stand, killing the woman in charge, crushed Jenkins against a sec- ond palm tree, which was broken off short, anf™3¥ third tree. In this wreckage Jackson was crushed and his body nearly| severed. His mechanician, John Ghi- anda, was thrown out and escaped | dangerous injuries. Edgerton was struck by flying parts of the wrecked car. H€ and Jenkins died an”hour after they were taken to a hospital, Hannigan also was struck by parts of the wrecked machine. He and Ghianda will recover. West Point Pioneer | Dies at Scottsbluff West Point, Neb., Nov. 18.—(Spe- cial.)—Jeremiah D. Romig, one of the oldest and best-known citizens of West Point, died at Scottsbluff last night, at the age of 68. He was visit- ing at the home of his daughter Mrs. Howard High, and died after a short illness. Mr. Romig was.a city coun- cilman from the Second ward. He came to West Point in 1870. He! leaves a widow, two sons and four daughters; also a brother and two sis- ters at West Point. He was for twen- | ty-six years custodian of the public‘ schools here and was a man of high character. Funeral seryices will be held Monday under Masonic auspices. Mr. Romig was prominent in the ranks of the Sons of Veterans. Requisition Issued For Return of Ristas| (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 18.—(Special.)—! Governor Morehead today issued a| requisition on the governor of Illinois, asking for the return to Dougla: county of a man giving his name as Dusan Ristas, who recently prevailed | upon Eli Migel of Omaha to loan ety | | of the city, county and state for many PRESS ASSOCIATION PUTS OVER NEW PLAN Nebraska Newspaper Organi- zation Will Charge Hon- orary Members More. | | MEETING | Members of the Nebraska Press | sociation meeting here today to fin- ish up the business part of the meet {ing adjourned from last summer, i { when a trip was taken to the north- session at the Commercial club to i day and at noon were given a lunch by the club. The program consisted of a paper by Auna A, Hunt of the Ponca Advocate, which in her ab sence was read by E. R. Purcell Another paper on “Different Kinds of Advertising,” by C. H. Kuhl of the Leigh World, was read by Ross Hammond in the absence of the author. “Are Ncbraska Newspapers Mect- ing Their Opportunities,” was the subject of an address by W. R. Wat- son of Omaha, which was followed by an address by G. L. Caswell, fild sec- retary of the Iowa Press association. Lieutenant Governor-clect Edgar state university. New Plan Adopted. | After a red hat discussion this aft- ernoon, members of the Press asso- ciation were able to adopt a reorgani- zation scheme, which in the future will provide for a paid secretary and increase the ducs to active members tive board, which will be from $5 to $10. honorary members $5, to which will be added $2 for social features. Active members must be editors, proprietors or business managers of | papers and honorary membership goes to reporters and other small fry, who are not classed as legiti- mate newspapermen. ‘ Hardin Veterans | Boom Farrington n For Commander TIowa City, Ia., Nov. 18.—(Special.) | —The Hardin Couty Veteran associa- | tion is boosting James L. Farring- | ton of this city for the office of com- mander of the Department of Towa, Grand Army of the Republic. Far- | rington is well known in many parts of the state through his prominence in the Towa Implement Dealers’ as- sociation. Charles Payne post, of this city and has been active in Grand Army circles years. He was a private for three years in the civil war, enlisting in 1862 in Company B of the 126th Ili- nois infantry. He has been promi- nent in civic affairs here for many years and is wel qualified for the office to which his comrades are urg< ing his election. German Women Work In All Lines of Trade (Carresgondence of The Associated Press.) Berlin, Nov. 10.—According to the official municipal insurance bureaus, the number of women now employed industrially has advanced to 47.5 per cent of all workers, as against 20.6 er cent a little over thirty years ago. t rose from 24.5 per cent, in 1907, an average year, to 36.3, in 1914; to| 422, in l/‘)lS, and to 47.5, in 1916. | Whereas the number of women now at work almost exactly equals the number of men, in some indus- tries female help far outweighs nu- merically male help. Thi especi- ally the case in the textile and the paper industries, though the excess | of women employed seems in no western part of the state, hegan their | Howard introduced a resolution en- | | dorsing a school of journalism at the | to an amount to be set by the execu- | The membership fee will be $1 and | He is a membef af “the " WILSON STUDIES LAW GIVING HIM CLUB AT ALLIES ers Measure Presidt"";é.,\_il’“ A el T LINCOLN e o fn to Take (From a Staff Correspondent ) | igyoj8 \ weufy Action Lincoln, Nov. 18.—(Speci ; Against Entente. ! NOT YET READY TO MOVE | —_— | | Report That Provisions of Act| | to Be Put Into Effect Now Untrue. NO CHANGE IS INDICATED Washington, Nov. 18— Rctaliatory legislation to give tlve n/n'iuh"n( dis- | cretionary powers to act against any | trade restrictions by foreign govern- | ments is under consideration, Secre- | tary Lansing said today, but is not on | the point of being put into effect. | Reports of that nature, the secre-| tary branded as absolutely untrue and calculated to embarrass the depart- ment. Decision rests entirely with | President Wilson himself, Mr. Lan-| sing said, and reports from all other sources are entirely unauthorized. The secretary added there was no in- | dication of any immediate change. \Former Chief of Sioux City Police Granted New Trial Sioux City, la, Nov. 18—George | Peierce, formerly chief of police of Sioux City, was granted a new trial | by the supreme court of Iowa ycsur-i‘ day. Peierce was convicted about two | years ago in the district court of Woodbury\county on the charge of soliciting brgbcs from vice resorts for | | protection, | The opinidn, handed down by Judge Salinger, gives-as the chief reason for | reversal the introduction of improper evidence into the record; The de- cision holds that the defense should have been permitted to show the real character of certain witnesses who testified against Peierce. Peierce is now a resident of Omaha. | Children Burned to | Death Near Rosalie Rosalie, Neb., Nov. 18,—(Special.) —The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Teo Evans, aged 2 and ¢ years, were burned to death with the Evans’ home, seven miles east of Rosalie, on Thursday evening. Mr. Evans is employed by Letser Gustin, ‘and they | lived in a house on, the Gustin farm, | and within a short distamge of the Gustin home place, and at about 5| o'clock while Mrs, Evans was pre-| paring the evening meal, she left the | two children to run over to 'Mrs. Gustin’s for some milk. The home caught fire during her absence“of a few minutes, and had progressed to such an extent that it was impossible to gain admitance to the building, and the two little Evans’ tots were con- sumed in the fire. The baby was burned to a crip and the other-one was dead. No Action on Prices . Taken by Laundrymen | Fremont, Neb., Nov. 18.—(Special.) —Fifty Nebraska laundrymen who met here for the semi-annual conven- tion of the Nebraska Laundry Own- ers’ association adjourned following a short business session this morning. The next meeting will be held in April at Omaha. No action looking toward an increase in the prices laundrymen | will charge was taken, although the'! high cost of materials used by laun- | drymen was discussed. manner to have lessened the number of women who are now offering their | services. Governor-Elect Neville Calls Upon Morehead (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 18.—(Special.)—Gov- ernor-elect Neville called at the state ! house and paid his compliments to| Governor Morehead. Lincoln Steffens to Lecture him $2,500 so he could purchase a car of mules, take them to Chicago and | sell them." After the sale, he would return to Omaha and pay back the _Mr. Migel has never seen the man since and he wangts his money has been informed\ that Ristas mder_arrest in | The Weather For Nebraska—Falr; not much change ini Temperatures at- Omaha Yesterda Hour. and | is | y. | Deg. ! 33| | 2 | 4 fin 7 57 55 | Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . 1 15 8 56 Mean temperature O et i iy Precipitation (1 AT S Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal Normal temperaturo 26 Excess for the day 2 Total excess since March 1.. | 8 ..256 Normal precipitation .03 inch Deficiency for the da 03 inch Total rainfall since March I: 93 inches Deficiency since March 1...).. Deficlency for cor. period, 1915 Deficlency for cor. period, 1914 65 Inches T indicates trace of precipitation. L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist Noted Magazine Writer and Newspaper Mar Will Nar- rate His Personal Observations. Lincoln Steffens, noted journalist, who has spent the greater part of two years in Mexico, wintering at Vera Cruz and at Mexico City, is to lecture under the auspices of the Omaha Press club at the Young Men's Christian association auditoz :‘,rmm Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. He is to talk on Mexico in terms of the United States. He has heard both sides of the controversy in Mex- ico and the American side algo. “Such understanding as I had of our con- dition at home,” says Mr. Steffens, “gave me the key to Mexico, hefore and during the revolution there.” Mr. Steffens, it is said, does not try to impose his views on Mexico upon anybody. He tells a plain story—— the story of the clumsy, violent, often corrupt, but fundamentally earn- est attempt of the Mexican people to solve their problem, which is at the bottom our problem, the problem of social living. Mr. Steffens will speak Thursday noon before the Commercial club at a public affairs luncheon. Harry A. Jacobberger of Omaha is president and E. C. Evans of Lincoln OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, ! Is secretary-treasurer. A banquet and ball was held Friday | evening. William H. Foeffler of the American Laundry Manufacturing as- sociation was toastmaster. Reports showed that 85 per cent of the laundrymen of Nebraska are mem- bers of th ociation and that fifty- two of the seventy-two plants in the | statc were represe part in the entente countries, ganized NOVEMBER 19, 1916—FIVE SECTION-—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. Launching the Daughter DRESS A WEE BIT T00 SHORT, MA ? OMAHA CENTER OF NEW GRAIN DISTRICT Divisions Made for Administra- tion of New Federal Grain Standards Act. ILLINOIS IS GIVEN THREE Washington, Noy. the country into thirty-two districts for\ administration of the grain-standards act, which becomes effective December 1, was announced today by the Department of Agri- culture. Headquarters of the districts will be established in the following cities: Omaha, Oklahoma City, Den- ver, Portland (Ore.), Boston; New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pitts- burgh, Baltimore, Jacksonville (Fln.),J Atlanta, Nashville, Louisville, Cin- cinnatd,_Indianapolis, Toledo, Cleve- land, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago, Peoria (IIl.), St. Louis, Cairo (Ill.), Kansas City | | (Mo.), Memphis, New Orleans, Gal- veston, Fort Worth and Wichita. The department’'s announcement said that after the scheme of dis- tricts, as_announced, had been tried out it might be found necessary to| make slight alterations in boundary | colors, eighty grads and friends of | 18.—Division of | i federal Duluth, | Nations at War Will Tell How to Avoid It New York, Nov. 18.—European nations now at war are expected to send important messages on the subject of maintaining the fu- ture peace of the world to be read atan international dinner to be held in this city, November 24, under the auspices of the league to n- force peace, it was announced to- night. he subject to be considered will be “a program for a permanent league of nations to become effec- tive at the close of the present war.” N . OBERLIN GRADS HEAR ‘PREXY’ TALK Long-Distance Wire Connects President King With Alumni Across Continent. : HEAR SON AND DAUGHTER Grouped around four tables dec- orated with yellow chrysanthemjums lines for the convenience of the grain | Operlin college, heard President King trade. Socialists to Hold Big Convention in London This Winter; (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 1.— As many as fourteen different nation- al sections are being jnvited to take socialist conference of hich is being or- by the Socialist tionale of this city, namely, Britian, France, Italy, Portugal, Canada, Au- stralia and New Zcaland he dele- rted at the meeting. | gates of the entente socialists are to meet in London, probably in More significance to the France naturally attaches lence of neutral socialists held at| | The Hague some months since. The program, as published here, aims at establishing common action |with a view to directing the policy decisions | | which may be arrived at than was the case with the less influential confer- | Lincoln Steffens of their respective countries in the direction of non-annexation, the guar- Lanvecing of the rights of the nations by international institutions, and the | exclusion from all economic treaties !of everything that would contain the germs of fresh conflicts. It will be |recalled that while the international | socialist bureau is still in touch with 1(Iu- parties of the central empires as well as of the entente countries, it | has not yet succeeded in its ultimate lobject of bringing all socialist par- | ties together again on a common |agreed policy in regard to the war. | It is doubtless hoped that the coming London conference will bring the idcxirr:l goal nearer. | Farm Hand Loses Car in Fire in Employer’s Barn Fremont, Neb., Nov. 18.—(Special.) —Seven head of horses, a new Chal- mers automobile belonging to a fhrm- | hand, a quantity of grain and hay and | several sets of harness were destroyed when the barn at the farm of Matt O'Donnell near Calon was burned Thursday night. There was no insur- ance on the automobile, which was owned by Dave Burkland of Wahoo. Mr. O'Donnell's loss is partially cov- ered by insurance. of the Ohio school deliver an address over the long distance telephone in | the offices of the Nebraska Telephone | Interna- | January next, the conference having | {been called on the initiative of the | party. in | Francisco. company, last evening. Although hundreds of miles away the Omaha audience heard the talk as plainly as if they were listening to a telephone conversation around the corner. Link in Long Line. The Omaha group was but a link of Oberlin organizations from San Francisco to New York who heard President King speak. Following Mr. King's address ter- minal points along the line responded with brief speeches. From the Oma- ha terminal’ Harley Moorhead, elec- tion commissioner, spoke. He told of the activity of the Omaha organiza- tion and of the loyalty the Omaha grads had for their alma mater. Other points on the circuit, who responded. were New York, Chicago and San he was answered by a member of the Oberlin faculty. At the completion of the talks, a number of the Omaha members, who have friends or members of their families attending the school, had an opportunity to talk with them at Oberlin, Mrs. D. Mathews ex- changed plcasantries with her daugh- ter Donna; Ralph Sunderland spoke to his son Dean, about the weather; W. Noble invited his daughter Mar- tha home for the Christmas holidays. and F. P. Loomis had the pleasure o talking with Miss Margurite Wright, an Omaha girl. Cut Loose With Cheers. The unique reunion was further en- livened when the 1900 students of Oberlin college, who all had private connection, cut loose with their col- lege cheers at appointed times, Following the exchange of pleasan- tries the guests v permitted to hear the ocean waves from the Cliff House of Francisco. The meet- ing concluded with the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner” on a graphophone at San Francisco. The transcontinental between New York and San Francisco, with connection at Oberlif, Omaha, Den- a score of smaller points, had es and ©s each mem- ber talked, every one on the circuit had little trouble in clearly under- standing what was said i [ THERE! THATS JUST T00 SWEET FOR ANYTHING ! and scarlet ribbons to represent their | ) | condition | Boissevain of New York, who was As each member spoke' fperintendent VILLA BANDIT Americans, Germans, and Ohi- nese Who Remained at Par- ral Reported Killed. KAISER'S CONSUL A VICTIM i ElL Paso, Tex., Nov. 18~A Chinese refugee who arrived in Juarez late last night on the Mexican Central pas- senger train hrought a report from Jimenez, Chihuahua, that practically all of the foreigners in Parral had been killed by. Villa bandits. He said those killed included the American, German, Chinese, Hebrew, French and Arab residents of the min- ing camp. He also said a brother-in- law of Theodore Hoemuller at Jimen- ez had received confirmation of the killing of Hoemuller, German sub- ject, and his family in Parral, The Chinese refugee added that the general belief in Jimenez was that Edgar Kock, German consular agent in Parral, had been killed at Santa Rosalia. Five Americans are known to have reached Culiacan, Sinaloa, from Parral, United States government repre- Sentatives here have Nalfo received practically the same report from a Chinese refugee, who arrived in Juarez Thursday night. These re- ports agree that Villa and his ban- dits, after occupying the mining town, ordered the foreigners killed, looted the stores, arrested many of the na- tives and held them for ransom and committed other depredations. The Chinese refugee, who arrived last night, said at least twenty Chinese had been killed in Parral and that fifteen Arabs, Hebrews and Syri- ans had been put to death. He did not know the pumber of other for- eigners who were killed, although he said another Chinese, who fled from Parral, had told him in Jimenez that “all of the foreigners had been put to death.” Mrs. Boissevain is Slightly Better Los Angeles, Nov. 18.—Slight im- provement was reported today in the of Mrs. Inez Milholland forced to abandon her suffrage cam- paign a month ago after a collapse, from which she has not rallied. She was said to be in practically the same condition as three wecks ago. Schoolmasters Banquet And Hear Clemmons Tal (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 18. — (Special.) — About 100 people were present at aasters’ club last night, among them State Superintendent-elect Clemmons, River Falls, Wis.,, former state su- and well-known Ne- braska educator of former years. Prof. Crabtree was the speaker of the evening, but dresses were delivered by George Martin of Kearney, Clark Perki of the Kearney Hub. Redfield Named Warden 0f South Dakota Pen Sioux Falls, 8, D., Nov. 18.—Dr. G. C. Redfield of Rapid City, S. D, has been appointed warden of the South Dakota penitentiary by the State Board of Charities and Cor- rections to succeed the late #O. S, Swenson.© Mr. Redfield is a member of the board. SLAY FORBIGNERS the annual banquet of the School-| and Professor James W. Crabtree of | main ad- | president of the Nebraska Press as-| sociation, and Editor M. A. Brown | THE WEATHER FAIR SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. BRITISH BOARD AUTHORIZED T0 REQUISITHON FOOD | Arbitrator to Fix Compensation | Based on the Cost of Pro- | duction and a Fair | Profit. {SUGAR CRISIS IN FRANCE }Tronble is Due in Large Meas- | ure to the Difficulty of Dis- { tribution. | WORLD'S CROPS ARE SHORT London, Nov. 18~ The Official Ga- | zet{e last night published an order in | council providing new food regula~ tions, which follow those which Wal- | ter Runciman, president of the Board of Trade, announced in the House of | Commons several days ago would | probably be put into effect, An important provision is one eni- | powering the Board of Trade to re- | quisition stocks of food on such terms las the Board of Trade may direct, the amount of compensation payable in default of an agréement as to price to be determined by a single arbitra- tor, or who must take into_considera~ tion the cost of production and a reasonable profit, but without neces- sarily considerfug the market price. The provisions of the regulations give the Board of Trade very wide powers, even authorizing the board to delegate its powers with respect to any particular article of commerce to any other government department. France Prints Sugar Cards, Paris, Nov. 18.—The jssue of sugar cards for the suburbs of Paris is un- der consideration by the authorities. At Neuilly the municipality has even taken the precaution to have a quan- tity of cards printed. The scarcity of sugar is due not so much to the lack of stocks as to the difficulties of dis- tribution. The delivery wagons and orses of most wholesalers and re- tailers have been requisitioned for the army and there is also a certain amount of hoarding by pmivate per- sons. The grocers’ association has, however, obtained the loan of five. large automobile lorries daily from the army, which are doing much to improve the situation. World's Crops Are Short. Rome, Nov. 18.-Rigid economy throughout the world in the consump- tion of food, in view of the deficient crops and the extraordinary require-~ ments of the European armies is urged by the International Instit oflgrif culture, which has made tle, most' ex- tensive report it has issued since the war began. The institute says all na- tions are confronted with a grave sit- uation. 1t is estimated that at least 2,300,« 000,000 bushels of wheat will be con- sumed in the year ending July JI, 1917,-and that at the end of this period the world’s surplus supplies of wheat will have decreased to 46,000,000 bush- els. The report says it is only on account of the fact that last year's: harvests were abundant, leaving a balance of 350,000,000 bushels, that | there is available sufficient wheat for the year ending with next July. The world’s surplus of five cereals —wheat, rye, barley, oats and corn— is placed at 533,000,000 bushels. This includes the unexportable Russian stocks and also the stocks f Rou- mania and Bulgaria, The surplus of oats is placed at 166,000,000 bushels, A scarcity of fodder is expected. The total Russian stocks of wheat now stored which, if military condi- tions permitted, *would be available { for export at the next harvest, are es- | timated at 300,000,000 bushels. York Woman Seeking " Trace of Her Hushand (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 18.—(Special.)—Lin- | coln, Mrs. Straube of York is nearly heart broken over the loss of here husb, and has written to Labor Cof- fey to see if he cannot assist her in locating the absent one, | She says that Straube is a printer and has been working on the York Daily News. He left her some time |ago and has been told that he has | been in Omaha. 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