THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1917.
GERMANS ABUSED
II. S. PROTECTION
INROUMANIA
Secretary of Legation at Bir
iharest Narrates Story That
Makes Another Chapter
of Exposes. ,
(Br AfMcfatt PrH.)
Washington, Sept. 23. How Ger
many "shamefully abused and ex
. plotted" the protection of the United
' States by secreting in the German le
gation at Bucharest, after the After'
ican government had taken charge of
Uermany s affairs at the Roumanian
capital, quantities of powerful ex
plosives for bomb plots and deadly
microocs, wnn insirocuons ior ineir
use in destroying horses and cattle,
was revealed today by Secretary
Lansing.
It Was another of the series of Mr,
Lansing's disclosures of German in
trigue made public without comment
in the same manner as the Von Lux
burg telegrams, which have brought
Argentina to the verge of war with
Germany; the Von Eckhardt letter
from Mexico ' City and the Von
Bernstorff telegram asking the Ger
man foreign office for authority to
spend $30,000 to influence congress.
The latest story is told in a report
to the State department from William
Whining Andrews, secretary of the
legation at Bucharest and a letter
from Foreign Minister Porumbaru of
Koumania. ; i 'v
Parcels and boxes taken into the
German consulate at Bucharest with
display of great precaution aroused
the suspicions of the Roumanian gov
ernment. On August 27, 1916, the
evening prior, to the date of Ron
mania's declaration of war, some of
the cases were taken to the German
legation, located in a different build
ing from the consulate. Convinced
that the boxes were not taken away
from the legation by the German dip
lomatic mission on its departure from
Bucharest, the Roumanian authorities
later ordered the police to find and
examine their contents. The police
communicated with American Min
ister Vopicka, then in charge of Ger
man ' interests, who reluctantly as
signed Secretary Andrews to observe
the search. The boxes were found
buried in the garden of the German
. legation. ' , , f
Son of Ex-Senator
To Tell Where Was
;. Night of Crime
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(OMtlimcd fro Pf Om.V '
will go to the jury on Thursday or
Friday.': " .. ' , : , - ' '
Judge Boies, Attorney General Hav
ner and Attorney Hess stayed, here
over Sunday. : .-:"-." v v.
Wilkerson Speaks at Audubon.
Audubon. Ia. Sept. 23. Detective
J. N. Wilkerson talked to a large
crowd on the ax murders here last
night. Anscffort was made by the
members of the city council and
friends of the Havner faction to pre
vent the speech, but Wilkerson ap
plied to the democratic leaders and
obtained permission to use the park.
In the absence of Mayor F. C Miller,
no definite action was taken against
the meeting. The address of the de
tective was along the same lines of
his former talks, giving full emphasis
to the prt "Blackie" Mansfield has
in the case. He was careful not to
give -voice to I any utterancesthat
might be construed as contempt of
court in the criminal trial now going
on at Red Oak.
NEBEASKA BOYS
FROM OVER STATE
LEAVEFOR CAMP
. .. ' (Continued from Pac On.) '
COREY GROOMED FOR
SENATORIAL RACE
" 1 " ' 1
Possible New Entrant Into
Democratic Field Not Wor
rying Friends of ,
Morehead.
and Otho Sanford was selected to
fill in. -
. ' r-;?yes Sends Quota. . ;
' Chadron, Neb.. '.Sept. 23. (Special
Telegram.) The two men who went
from Dawes county, unoer nrst c
of the draft; Emil Benthack and
Elmer Lee Breeding, report from
Camp Funston, they are placed in
the 355th infantry, as will be the fol
lowing, for second call, who leave
here Sunday, after - a big . ban
quet at the court house: Virgil
Kennedy, Holland T. Hatton, Howard
F. Hawk, Ralph G. . Whitehead,
Edward E. Turechek, Albert H. Try
on, Edward A. Grant, William M.
Holsapple, Walter J. Goodetl, Harry J.
Strohmeyer, Oscar C. Nelson, Tames
C Greene, George A. Evans, Abram
D. Rowe, Charles F. Townsend,
Joseph L. Lecher, -
Substitutes Richard B. Lange,
HughB. Golden. "
. ' Big Crowd at Neligh.
Neligh, Neb., Sept 23.r(Speeial
Telegram.) Six thousand is a con
servative estimate of the crowd which
nwmbled here todav to bid Antelope
county's contingent in the national
irmy God speed. Fifty-six men were
summoned and every man was
promptly on hand. . A number of
short addresses were riven and there
was vocal music and music by bam s
from Neligh, Oakdale, Clearwater and
Orchard. .It was by far tne greatest
' demonstration ever seen m this
county.
Big Crowd at Wahoo. .
Wahoo. Neb.. Sent; 24. (Soecial
Telegram.) Approximately 5,000
people assembled here today to give
a rcusinar send off to the second con
tingent of soldier boys answering the
call Autos began to arrive early
and a continuous stream filed into
town until the train left at 5:30. ; As
- the train pulled out the, band played,
ttiL" Each soldier left with a well
filled lunch box and a comfort kit pro
vided by the Red Cross and the
women of the town. '.- - '. '
" A train of sixteen cars from Knox
eountv and South Dakota passed
through during the afternoon with the
bovs cheering on their way to Fort
. Rdcy. - -v- '
i:r T. W. C. A. Notaa. "
An laa ork wlU b(ta tia vk of Oo-
fobr S. .', .,......! i
An cxUoiloa eeona lo Bnftlah Utaratur.
li btof rraata4 with tha VnlveraUjr of
' pobfvriu. Thla oourM la cptn to kota mm
ad we men ad should M arr popular, M
It will bo taught J vary orojUnt In
(From a BUfT Correspondent)
Lincoln, Sept 23. (Special.) The
probable enrance of Merton L, Corey
of Clay county into the race for the
democratic nomination for the United
States senate is not worrying the
friends of former Governor More
head, according to one of his close
close friends. Governor Morehead
has never asserted that he would be
a candidate for the nomination, at
though those close to him are of the
opinot nthat he would not turn the
nomination down, should it come to
him. .
Many democrats are not backward
in saying that all that the former
governor needs to do is to say that
he will be a candidate and the rest
will be easy. They point to the fact
that he was a popular executive, kept
out of factional difficulties his party
had a faculty of getting into ana was
strong with the rank and file. With
half a dozen candidates for the nomi
nation, which it looks now there might
be, there wiuld be no worries for the
Falls City statesman, for it is not be
lieved that Corey or any other demo
crat belonging to that wing of the
party could -draw enough votes to
jeopardize the chances of Morehead.
Corey to Have Following.
It is admitted that Corey will have
following. He is an orator, one of
the best in the state. He is strShg
with the anv'-Bryan faction of the
party, but it is pointed out that his
strength will notd evelop with More
head in the race. , With . Morehead
out, Core.- would be a dangerous man
for the other fellows to go against,
but it is not believed that he would
be able to pull very strongly from
the former governor if it came down
to a choice between the two.;.!-? -
The candidacy of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Edgar Howard with the strings
attached to it which, in the event of
the candidacy of either I. J. Dunn,
Omaha, or J. H. Thompson, Grand
Island, are to be pulled sufficiently to
sidetrack the lieutenant governor, is
interesting around the state capitol,
from the fact that Howard boldly at
tacks the two big democratc dailv
papers of the state with a sort of
abandon that indicates that should he
get into the race, he believes that his
pull with the country weeklies will
more than offset his loss of the sup-
Eort of the two dailies at Omaha and
in coin.
rignt win ue interesting.
The fight will be interesting in that
it will show the strength of the two
papers in the democratic party. Both
of these papers have persistently
fought Bryaa and Bryanism in re
cent campaigns and the defeat of Mr.
Bryan as a delegate to the last na
tional democratic convention, and of
Brother Charlie Bryan for the demo
cratic nomination for governor can be
laid largely to the democratic paper
of Lincoln, whose owner, Herbert E.
Gooch, is now being made a target
by the, Columbus editor who would
like the democratic -.nomination for
the United States senate unless the
wishes of the aforesaid Dunn-Thompson
dueo run contrary to - his , de
sires.. ':: ' f v
In conseauence. the renewed rtimnr
that Merton L. Corey was surely in
the race for the democratic nomina
tion, has started people to talking
round f the hotel lobbies and until
such time as Governor MorehMrf
breaks the shell of political secrecy
regarding his candidacy, it may be
expected that the Dronoaitinn nf th
democratic nomination for the United
states senate win be very much in
the air.
Galaxy of Big Onei,
Morehead. Corev. Howard VA
Mullen, Dunn, Thompson, Metcalfe,
Neville, Richmond, makes a galaxy of
democratic political pyrotechnics,
which should lighten up the demo
cratic heavens considerably when it
comes time to start the fireworks dur
ing the next six months. - -
A well known democrat at the state
house, who has watched th
of Mr. Howard, the Columbus editor,
for the last . few years, is of the
opinion that the latter is depending
almost solely upon his strong friend
ship with the Bryans and his apparent
personal popularity with the newspa
per fraternity to pull him through.
His persistency in fighting men in his
man, will make him some trouble. He
called attention to the fact that How
ard has criticized nearly every demo
cratic governor the party has ever had
ana aia xnai wniie ne naa not yet
criticized the nreienf rtvrnnH .
it would be coming soon enough and
in tact a tew little squibs in his paper
recently indicated that the criticism
was on the way.' , ; '
' Figures of Recent Eelectlon.
A few figures as to the oolitical
strength of the Columbus editor as
compared with other candidates of
that party at1 the recent election
shows as follows, as regards majori
ties .Over the republican candidate:
Novlllo, fovornor S.TSl
Howard, lieutenant rovrtnor. 11. 04
Pool, aocretarr of aUto 1 IU
Smith, auditor ,., 11,1(1
Hall, troaaurar .............. .....,..!MS
Clomona, auporlntondont... ........... 1,10
Kecd, attorney general... ....,.,. ..31, eoi
Bhumway, land comm!Mlonr...,..,,lO,IS
Wllfon, railway commlMloner........ 11,17 1
According to the figures. Attorney
General Reed, who is known to be a
candidate for the democratic nomina
tion, would be a stronger man than
Howard. Reed is known to have
friends in both factions of the demo
cratic partv and in a free-for-all-fight,
which it looks like the democratic
party would be up against, the can
didacy ot the attorney general must
be seconded with making political
prognostications for 1918.
GERMANS LOSE NEAR RHEIMS -A surprise thrust aimed
toward Rheims was delivered by the German crown prince.
He penetrated the French lines on the highway which runs
straight to Rheims. The poilus rallied and ejected the Ger
mans from all French positions. The Germans lost heavily.
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UPON PEACE
(Continued froo Fata One.)'
Sub for Drafted Man . -
Is Forced to Return
Stella. Neb.. SeoL 23. fSoecial.
One man failed to get notice in time
to answer to roll when Sheriff Rate-
kin called the named for the second
Richardson county draft, and Fred M.
Dean was substituted. At the last
moment the missing man made his
appearance and boarded the train, on
which also was Dean. Sheriff Rate
kin, learning that he had sent twenty
men instead of nineteen to Fort
Riley, telegraphed at Kansas City for
Dean to return. Dean was forced to
return against . his wishes. He will
be in the contingent for October S,
and said after he was started he want
ed to stay there. , "
with Sll civilized nations. . Then it
would not always be possible to induce
parliament to vote large military appropriations."
In an inspired article advocating the
suppression of conscription and also a
joint commercial bbycott of any
nation which refused to disarm, pub
lished in the Italia of Milan, it is evi
dent that the Vatican aspires to sup
press German militarism by securing
a peace treaty requiring, the perma
nent disarmament of that nation.
The Italia declared that the holv
see in its call for oeace. out of a feel
ing of delicacy towards the belliger
ent powers, would not indicate prac
tical means with which to obtain and
maintain disarmament, leaving the na
tions to decide the means. .Cardinal
Gasparri, however, said, that the holy
see is convinced that among all the
plans suggested so far the only prac
tical and possible one is the follow
ing:. ,
Suppress Obligatory Military Service.
"By an accord an.ontr the1 civilized
nations, including neutrals, to sup
press obligatory military service, to
institute, an arbitration tribunal and
as a guarantee to direct a general
boycott against nations which again
attempt to introduce conscription, or
which refuse to submit international
questions to arbitration or accept its
decisions, a guarantee which Lord
Robert Cecil. (British parliarr.entary
under secretary for foreign affairs)
has shown would have great benefits.
It was pointed out by the cardinal
that the holy see had always con
demned the nefarious effects of con
scription as a war breeder, that in its
own dominions, it had refused to
use compulsory military serv'ce and
that Napoleon had adopted this idea.
Conscription, the papal secretary said.
led to many wars, the governments
always having ready at hand a fight-
r tnsirunn.nl. . , ,
it was further, explained by the
cardinal that the recent examples of
Great Britain and the United States
pvoyed conclusively that voluntary
military service really gave the neces--sary
contingent for the maintainance
of public -order, but did not supply the
monstrous armies needed by qiodern
warfare and which tempted their ov
ernments to make use of ' them.
Therefore, he argued, by the suppres
sion of conscription, big armies, muni
tions plants and . militarism auto
matically would be destroyed and the
energy and money consumed in these
ways could be Used il- paying .,the
huge costs of the present war. -'
It was made evident in - the Italia
article that the Vatican did not hope
for a period when there would be no
more wars, but that it believe1 that it
would possible to limit them.
Retrardine vthe oresent war. the
newspaper maintained that the con
tending parties would oe obliged to
come to some terms other than those
directed by force of arms, otherwise
in the course of the next few years the
manhood and wealth of the world
would be swallowed up.
Strong Protest
Against Draft
' ; In Stockholm
Stockholm. Sent. 23. Considerable
agitation is displayed here because of
the report that the United states con
templates subjecting to the draft alien
residents of a military aget unless
they leave the country within three
months. The American legation has
received many telephonic inquiries
from agitated parents, some of whom
are of pronounced German sympa
thies, asking whether their sons now
in America would be torcea to ngni
against Germany. .
A pro-tjerman newspaper this aft
ernoon printed a strong . protest
against the proposed draft, maintain
ing that at least luu.uuo swedes oi s
military age are in the United States
and that only as mall proportion of
them could return to their home coun
try under present steamship arrange
ments. The operations of the draft
law have had the further effect of
checking Scandinavian emigration
to .the United States, a certain pro
portion of the departures having been
inspired by a desire to avoid compul
sory service.. - - -. s .
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success. "v -
RUSSIAN GENERAL
MAY DIE AS A SPK
Examination of Sonkhomlinoff
' Keveala War Plans Left
Where Austrian Had Ac
cess to Them.
Petrograd, Sept. 23. The taking of
testimony in the trial of General W.
A. Soukhomlinoff, former minister of
war. who is charged with treason, and
his Wife, the latter charged with be
ing an accessory, was finished today.
Prosec. ' . Nosovitch in surning up
the evidence declared that wh e
investigation of General Soukhom
linoff 's affai. began there was no
the s,fit the c- geswould in
clude spy work and treason. The evi
dence, however . j declared, led con
stantly to the close connection of
General Soukhomlinoff and his wife
with Colonel Maisoidof .and other no
torious spies. ' General Soukomlinoff
and his wife were the last witnesses
examine! ...V . L . , i .. ' - .'
"tadaroe Protests '
Madame Soukomlinoff dramatically
protested against baring her personal
j.. .au to the vorld, saying that the
allegev. ipie- v...h whom she and her
husband were friendly werw merely
acquaintances. General Soukhomli
noff also protested against' the bring
of his priv. pondence into
the trial. . v'."..': ":
Tht prosecu or, continuing sum
ming up, said that the evidence
proved that ' General Soukhomlinoff
carelessly permitted war plans to lie
about the room in his house, espe
cially in his wife's boudoir, where
Herr Altschiller, an Austrian agent,
had easy access to them. .
"Is it possible, the prosecutor de
clared, "that General Soukhomlinoff
was the only person who was blind to
the things going on about him?" '
TOKEN IS GIVEN TO ,
REV. ROUGHER
Psstor of Trinity Methodist
Church Preaches Farewell
Sermon; Goes to Other
Work.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church
was crowded to the doors yesterday
morning with parishioners and other
friends of Rev. John F. Poucher, the
pastor, who preached his farewell ser
mon. After the sermon Eddy G. Wilmoth
went forward, and, on behalf of the
congregation, presented Rev.' Mr.
Poucher with a beautiful and elabor
ate Masonic charm, with the insignia
of the Knights Templar and of the
Scottish Rite Masons on the two
sides. '
Rev. Mr. Poucher took as his text
the verse, "For here have we no con
tinuing city but seek one to come.""
"Life is a pilgrimage across a con
tinent of years," he said. "Like any
other pilgrimage it is made up of
sunny and cloudy days. He gets along
best on the pilgrimage who "prepares
best for it. The best preparation for
life's pilgrimage is the way laid down
in the Bible."
He reviewed his years in Omaha
and declared them to have been' the
pleasantest of his pilgrimage.
Kev. Mr. toucher has accepted th'e
position of field secretary for the
Methodist Board of Conference Claim
ants with headquarters in Chicago.
He will have to travel all over the
United States investigating and report
ing on the cases of retiring ministers
whff seek pension support.
Special Deputies to Stop
Destruction of Grain
Corsica. S. D.. Sent. 23. fSoecial.1
Owing to several recent efforts to
destroy grain in this (Douglas) coun
ty, this evidently being the work of
members of the Industrial Workers
of the World organization, the coun
ty commissioners have authorized the
sheriff to appoint six special deputies
to guard the grain elevators in Del
mont, Armour and Corsica. Two of
the special deputies will be one duty
in each town. The county commis
sioners will require that the towns
light up the elevator districts at night.
The elevators are crowded with grain
and it is intended that no opportunity
shall be offered for the destructi6n of
the grain,.
Steamer With Beef Cargo
- Sunk by German U-Boat
An Atlantic Port, Sept. 23. The
British steamship La Negra," on its
way from Buenos Aires to Havre
with a cargo of Argentine beef, was
sunk by a German submarine Septem
ber 5 forty-five mile off ' Plymouth,
according to survivors of the c"rew
who arrived today on an American
steamships, .. , ' ,
Good Crop Prospects.
Stella, Neb Sept. 23. (Special.)
The weather has been splendid for
getting the ground in readiness early
for sowing wheat. Four inches of
rainjeafjy .in '..August and two inches
early in September did much to re
deem damage done by hot, dry July.
Police of Grand Island
Hold Men for Investigation
Grand Island, Neb., Sept. 23. (Spe
cial Telegram.) The police depart
ment with the assistance of Francis
Coffrey, a recruit, and Recruiting Of
ficer Mclnturff, have arrested A. L.
Rogers, Charles F. Dixon and M. Ed
wards. Another man and a woman
supposed to havs been with .the men
recently have not been located.
It was incidentally discovered that
one of the trio had an argument on
the street with Coffrey, who came to
this city to join the regular army,
with reference to attempts at gam
bling. This man was Rogers. He
was arrested anr searched. Among
his personal effects was a key to a
room in the Palmer house. The
room was raided and -a 'complete
opium set, a bottle of whiskey, a
loaded automatic, and a large num
ber of bogis papers and checks on
different banks in a number of the
larger -cities were found. Of these
checks there is a collection of at least
sixty to' 100. Detective agencies have
been notified and will likewise investi
gate at other points.
Shipping Board Asks
Labor Competition Cease
Washirigto, Sept. 23. The govern
ment's next step in its campaign to
eliminate labor disputes with their
resultant hindrance to important war
industries, will, be to discourage the
systematic practice of some employ
er!) of enticing workmen from other
plants. .
To Prison for Chicken Stealing.
Tecumseh, Neb., Sept. 23. John
Lane and Oliver Davison, two young
married men here, charged with steal
ing chickens, appeared before Judge
J. B. Raper in the district court and
pleaded guilty. The judge sentenced
them to from one to three years in
the penitentiary at hard labor. Both
men have families. 1-.
Troops to March in
Ak-Sar-Ben Parades
' Adjutant General McCain yester
day issued an order for all federal
troops stationed at Omaha to march
in the Ak-Sar-Ben parades. There
are ' 1,200 soldiers at Fort Omaha -and
500 at Fort Crook, All; will
march, ; - - .V
HENRY MORGENTHAU
WILL .VISIT
Omaha Eesponds Liberally and
' Raises Quota of Funds for
American Jewish War
Relief.
Henry Morgenthau of New York,
former American ambassador to Tur
key, and Dr. Emil Hirsch, the noted
Jewish rabbi of Chicago, will be in
Omaha some time between Novenw
ber S and IS in the interest of the
campaign for the American Jewish
war relief fund. -This information
came' to the local war relief commit
tee from Jacob Dillikopf, who was
here about two weeks ago, in con
junction with this work. Mr. Mor
genthau is chairman of the American
Jewish relief campaign committee,
under whose - direction , a $10,000,000
fund is being raised among Jews
thrnncrhmit' the rmintrv for the bene
fit ot the co-religionist war victims m
Europe. "
Reception for Quests.
Omaha's contribution to this fund
will be fully made up before the visit
ors come. Their mission here will be
to express gratitude of the committee
for the liberal response already made
and to give first hand information
about the conditions in Europe, of
which Mr. Morgenthau has had per-
sonal information.
Arrangements are to be made for
reception to the distinguished guests,
for which committees will be shortly
appointed.
Scarcity of Silver r f
:r In the '-Philippine.
Manila, Philippines, " Sept." 23-In-creased
business in the Philippines,
coupled with the rise in the price of
silver, which has made bullion in peso
worth 15 per cent abovepar today, haa
caused a scarcity of silver coin.
Chinese merchants are " discounting
paper currency. The Philippine gov
ernment is considering: , measures to
prevent discounting and' also to rem-
edy the coin shortage., !'
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