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THE BEE: OMAHA, TFttTRSDAY, .TUNE 4, 1914. hi if 8 f L SMPE JUICE ON MAYFLOWER President! Yacht Setting for a Hilarious Time and Then Some. NAVAL OFFICERS ARE INVOLVED Wine, Man nI "Women on the "Wilson Craft Fnrnlata the JI 'terla.1 for n Spier MUle Scandal. NKW TOHK, June l (Special Tele Kram. The earnest eeslr of Pre l dent Wood row Wilton and extraordinary ef fort on the part of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniel, backed aa they have been by the laetlci which naval of ficers characterise aa "almost without precedent" have proved unavailing to pro- ei t the secret behind the enforced reals nation of Assistant Paymaster Edward C. Uttle, attached to the president's yacht, the Mayflower, and member of one of Maryland' oldest and most exclusive famlUei. and the sudden transfer of Lieu tenant Archibald C. Douglas, Junior grade, from the Mayflower to the Aslatlo station. Secretary Daniels wished it to be announced that Mr. Little had resigned to enter business, but an examination of Jfavy department record show that the paymaster's reslnnallon was officially ac cepted "for the good of the service."' Stir Innrr Circle. The story ha furnished Washington so ciety s-vi the Inner naval circles with the liveliest sensation In many years. Even now It I known only to a few. for naval officer themselves who have heard It dare not discuss It freely even among themselves, fearing the wrath of the sec retary should It ever be traced back to them. But an officer on duty at Wash ington, on a visit to this clfy. told the atory In confidence to several Intimate friends at a small dinner at a cabaret restaurant. Some of these passed It along, also under the pledge of secrecy, to a. few of the officers on duty at the New" Tork navy yard. Both Utile and Douglaa were popular In "Washington society. They had the en tree to the most exclusive homes. No dance, tea. reception or entertainment gvven by or to the younger set was con sidered complete without them. Both hav been White House guests and the guest of Secretary Daniels. "Vonna; and HnniUome. Both men are young and handsome, and have means Independent of th.lt salaries. They Ifave entertained lavishly on the Mayflower, and among their guest have been the president" daugh ters and Miss Helen Taft Thoy worn frequent guest at week-end house par ties. The Mayflower I the president' per sona) yacht. It officers are line officer of the navy, and they are generally the personal selection of the president him self and his secretary of the navy. Neces. sary qualifications tor an officer for duty on tho Mayflower are good looks, money In reasonable quantities, good birth and several graces. Among the officer selected for the Jlayllowtr under the Wilson administra tion waa Ent:gn Pougias. Mr. Little ha t already been on duty on It for thre rrs. Douglas and Little, who had seen service before on the am ship, becams fatt friends. Rumors of Goings On, During the Utter rart of last year there had been rlifnore from time to time lhb( happening were tfolnti on onMhe (.resident's yacht which would open the vi of exports on grape julco and they wouid shock men by no means prudish, 'ill tie rumor were not believed. Uouglaa and hi automobile were acen c oiten a ever on Pennsylvania avenue, kt Vhvy Chaie, and wherever the so cially elect gathered, So was Utile. At thu Army-Navy club, ranking officers, it, tnty mentioned the rumor at nil, carefully oxwained that it waa understood they o Irf nated from enlisted mn on. tho May flower, and lea attention than 'aver was tia to them. Later, however, it was re per tod that an enlisted man had carried grave charges aga nt the oft.ccrs of the presi dent yacht to the secretary of the navy. It waa whispered about at the Army Navy club in Wkshinstori that the presi dent yacht had been used for gay par ties in the iate hour of the night and th early morning hours, parties at which womn were present and champagne cork popped. But the officer who were supposed to have been sent for. by Bee rei&ry Dan el positively fdenled that they had seen him. if Uttte had any" knowledge of the gos sip concerning nun he paid no attention to it. ll wa about the middle of December when the scandal was finally ventilated. Bring: Women Aboard. Dousla Ma on duty a off.cer of tho deck on the Mayflower. His hours .f duty Vtr either from I to U or 11 to i on thft night In question. Little cam on board and brought twr, women with htm, Th party went below- Dlmur, it is said, waa served, and thrre was plenty of refreshment. An enlisted man went to the quarter deck and reported to Doug laa inai L.nue ana two women were un board. Lttle should have ordered the women kxhora and reported tho ent re occurrence tho next day to' tit commanding officer. He did. neitner, but, after ni had been relieved, he went beluw and Joined the party, which did not break up until morning. Daniel Horrified." This t'me the scandal could not be sup pressed. Five enlisted man left the May flower. One after the other reported Little. Secretary Daniels waa horrified. H sent tor several of the ranking offi cer in the navy and sought their advc. Because of the serial prominence of the two men and because the president's yacht had been used for the escapade, the secretary understold that e. tcandal Involving them would be extremely dis tasteful to the president, as well as t? prominent Washington people. The presi dent, having been Informed, it Is 4.d, told his secretary that It. we most de- slrable for many reasons to. keep tie affair quiet, but that discipline must be maintained, even It In maintaining It the scandal became public Little and Doug, las were sent for. The" latter, it is Mid, frankly admitted, his" sruM. Later both, it is ssld. were sent for by the presi dent ' Donslaa Star In Foot Ball. For Little there weru nu extenuating circumstance, nor wa the secretary In clined to think that DougUa deserved consideration. Both senior officer. Wall admitting; that the lieutenant had failed In hi duty, urged in extenuation the warm friendship between Douglaa and i-".'UJe and the fac that. In falling to report Utile. Pougias knowingly ran the risk of court martial for himself. Mr DaniiU attention wa directed to Dauift' fUwIes record. At the acad emy he" wgi president of b" H nd t the best athlete that ever entered the school. Douglaa made the foot ball team his first year and played a brilliant game and he broke his leg after flashing around Princeton' right end for twenty-five yard. The leg wa not properly sot. and it wa not until the last game nf the IffM season that, with his leg still bsndaged, he got into another game. In the cloning minute of tho second half .with the score Army, 6; Navy, 0, third down nnd five yard to make, Douglas wa lent In limping. 7h.fc.mil wa given him on th next play and "Old Dug" plowed hl"way for seven yard through the Army line for the tying touchdown. Besides starring at foot ball, Douglas won his letter in base ball and on the track. All this was" told to Secretary Daniel and to President Wilson. It is ssld that Mr. Dsnlela still though'. Doug las should resign, but that the president favored a milder punishment. Uttle comes from Kensington, Md. He was appointed assistant paymaster In August, 1912. Unlike most paymasters, he has been from the start unusually popular with line officers In the service. Until he bernmo Involved In this scandal his record wa excellent High Wind, with a Heavy Rain, in the Vicinity of Hampton HAMPTON, Neb.. June 8.A small tor. nado swept thu country west of here late yesterday. Several houses wero badly damaged and numeious barns, windmills nnd fences blown down. Bo far a known no lives were lost and there are no reports of serious Injuries. The storm displayed tho greatest vio lence at a point three miles west of here, where It torn up everything In Its path, telephone line suffering tho most. Tele phone lines am down for miles. Oetwen here and Aurora two Inches of rain tell in a, few minutes, nutting creek out of their bank and flooding cellar. Near Aurora there was a high wind, but It was a straightaway rather than a twister. Chamberlain Found 1 Guilty of Forgery TECUMSEH, Neb., June 3.-(8peelnl Telegram.)-Charles M. Chamberlain, cashier of the failed Chamberlain bank ing house of Tecumseh, haa been con victed of a forgery charge In Spokane county superior court At tipokane, Wash. Chamberlain wa charged with signing the name of Theodora ttusterhol to a check for Ilil.KI given him by M. a Cray to pay Busterhols for labor, and deposit ing Jt in thu bank In Chamberlain' own name. Sentence ha not yet been pro nounced. Recently Chamberlain pleaded guilty to practicing law In the court at Spokane without having been licensed as an at torney in that atate, the case for this of fense being in the justice court of Judge Fred H. Wilt. Chamberlain was let off on a fine of 150 on hi assurance that he Intended Reeking admission to the bar of that state and county. MEMORY OF THIS JOHN DOE ' HAS FINALLY RETURNED PUEBLO. Colo., June J-Th victim of a peculiar lapaeof memory. "John Doe" who has been .under observation In a hosplta) since last December, today re covered the Use of hi mental faculties sufficiently to disclose that he is George E, Bartholomew, former editor and mer chant, whose home', he says, Is In San born, Minn. He said his wife was in Mlnenapotla and he has a mother in Kan sas City. Bartholomew waa brought to Pueblo by officers from Granada, Colo., where he wa found slttlntr In a dazed condition in the railroad depot. Ilrnvy Itnlna In Knnftn. KANSAS CITY, June X-lJeavy rains, averaging two inches, were general throughout Kansas last night and today. This section ot Missouri also experi enced from one-halt to two Inches of 802 810 BYRNE FOR JRESERYE BANK Omaha Business Man Nominated for Place on Kansas City Dictory. BURNHAM OF NORFOLK PICKED Bach One to neprcsrjit Different Clnss on Board Stijcijotlon to Bank that .Member Stand Oy the Choice. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 3.-(Speclal Telegram.) These nominations for di rectors of the federal reserve bank of Kansas City wero made I6day at a con vention of bankers representing mem ber banks In federal . reserve district number 10; Class A-Oordon Jones, Denver, Colo., president United States National bank; W. J. Bailey, Atchison, Kan., vice-president Commercial National bank; C. E. Burnham, Norfolk. Neb., president Nor folk Notional bank, Class B M.' L. McClure, Kansas City, president Kansas City Llvo Stock ex change; Thomas C. Byrne, Omaha, president Byrne-Hnmmer Dry Goods company; L. A. Wilson, El Bono, Okla., farmer stockman and former banker, "What Lair Itcqiilre. The law requires that the member banka shall elect three bankers and three Class B, respectively. Three other di rector are designated a Clasa A and Class B, respenctlvety. Three other di rectors, to bo known as Clas C, are to be Appointed by tho federal reserve board In Washington. The convention adopted a resolution recommending that the member banks endorse Its selection at the election, to be held in fifteen days. Xnmr Itcqnlred Number. Contrary to expectations the "primary" convention of bankers from federal re serve district number 10, which met at the Kansas City clearing house this afternoon, nominated only a sufficient number of men to complete the direc torate of the federal reserve bank ot Kansas City to be elected by the mem ber banks. It had been suggested some day before the meeting that the bankers. who were divided Into three, groups, ac cording to the currency law, would recommend enough men to give eighteen names from which to choose. It appeared to be the senso ot tho con vention, however, before the body as sembled, to nominate only a sufficient number ot men to complete the direc torate which will represent the bank of the district Tho new aroverrirttent hnnk will have nine directors. Lesldes tho six to be elected by member banks in the dis trict, three will bo named by the federal reserve board at Washington. The majority ot bankers assembled to day were very desirous that tho men nominated here should be the final choice of the bankers of the district. When some opposition arose to tho nominating of enly enough men to fill the required plncrs, it waa stated that when the list Is sent to the member banks tor approval space will be left where other names may be written In. At the close of the meeting, a resolu. Hon was adopted Indorsing the six candi date nominated. It atatcd; "We unanimously request all banks to vote for thf no. candidates when the vote ( taken." Uanks in the mld-contlneptal.. field. -,t Kunsaa and Oklahoma are greatly dis satisfied because no class B director was named to represent the oil Interests of this district which, they say, represents un annual business of more than $150,000, 000, through theso banks, It Is understood that there will be a 'meeting here tomor row at which another nomination will be made In class B. Brlrkmnkera "Win Strike, CHICAGO. June 2.-The strike of the trlckmakers which haa tied up building operotlons In Chicago for three months was ended tonight Officials represent ing the brick manufacturers and the makers signed an agreement granting the men 1 rent an hour wane increase for those receiving less than -to cents an hour, lhe manufacturers will have full control ot hiring and discharging workmen. A Glass of Blatz Exceedingly Gratifying The general Blatz Beer matter of most general comment even with competitors. The best beer possible to brew with every known method of advancement that's Blatz. In your home serve Blatz.. No other beer gives such general and uniform satisfaction to everyone. Alway the same good old In Light BLATZ COMPANY Douglas Street Phone Donglsu 8082 OMAHA, NEBRASKA BIG SALE OF FINE SILK DRESSES Next Saturday SEE FRIDAY'S AD A None of these Suits will be charged and none sent on approval Mis Mosgrove of the Pictorial tern Dept. Thursday and Friday. HARRISON COUNTY SELECTS TICKETS ON TWO PARTIES LOGAN, la., June 3. (Special Tele gramsRepublicans selected the follow ing ticket at the recent primaries In Harrison county: Congressman,- W. R. Green: aenator, J. S. Ewell; represen tative, M. B. Pitt; auditor. H. L, Halghtj treasurer, B. M. Stearns; clerk. Len Irwin! recorder, U. P. Berryj aheriff, M. D. Meyers; supervisors, J. Holeton, J. B. Hasbrook; county attorney, Ross Mc Laughlin; coroner, F, M. Bray, The democratic ticket chosen was as follows; For congress, W. J. Burke of Missouri Valley; state representative. John N, 8kelton of Missouri ' Valley; county auditor, J. M. Albertson ot Logan; county treasurer, George Urown ot Logan; county clerk. A. J. Griffith of Allen township I county recorder, Frank McGavren of Missouri Valley; county sheriff, O. F. Culavln of, Missouri Valley; members of the county board of supervisor. J. Clark Prather, mayor of Missouri Valley, and J. E. Van Scoy 6f Logan; county attorney, George J. Dugan of Woodbine; county coroner, W. H. Case of Logan. Dr. KlnK'" jVe-rr Life Pill Cured Mr. E. W." Goodloe, Dallas. Tex., ot malaria and biliousness. Best regu lator of liver, stomach and bowels. C5c. All druggists. 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