HE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, AVTUh 17, 1915.
OBREGON AND YILLA Madero's Brother-in-Law Says
Huerta Could Have Prevented Murder
CLAIMING YICTORY
State Department Advice.i Indicate
Latter Has Slight Advantage in
Big Fight at Celaya.
CARRANZA REPORT IS SPECIFIC
WASHINGTON, April 16. Consul
Sllliman, at Vera Cruz, cabled the
State department today a summary
of the Carranza reports of a victory
by General Obregon over the Villa
forces near Celaya. Rout of the
Villa army, with the capture of thirty
places of artillery and many prisoners
are claimed.
Hate department officers are
awaiting statements from both sides
before accepting the result claimed by
either.
I.atcr the department received advice
from Irspuato saying hostilities at Ce
laa were still In progress, with slight
ctivantaRe on the side of the ValMlstas,
lio. the department announced, have
completely surrounded the city and cut
the railroad behind the Carranialstaa.
The Carranza agency made public a
tdegram from Carranza quoting General
Obregon'a report on thirty-six hours of
liphtinR at Celaya. Obregon announced
a complete victory over Villa, who, he
said, attacked Celaya Wednesday morn
ing at 6 o'clock, with forty-two of his
generals and Sn.000 men In three armies.
After describing his defensive measures,
folViwed by charges and an advance of
rhnrpshooters, the Obregon report said:
"As soon as this movement was begun
the enemy showed signs of dismay and
complete disorganization. Our cavalry
charges on the em-my's flank and the at
tccks of our infantry, which was ad
vancing against the enemy's flank and
front, determined its defeat, and at 1:1ft
p. m. (April 15) the retreat in great dis
order bogan. Our soldiers were then on
their trenches, causing the enemy a ter
ilble loss of life.
"We have picked up from the field over
thirty cannon in perfect condition with
al'. their munition and beasts of burden;
over 5.C00 Mauser rifles, and have taken
more than 8,000 prisoners and large num
bers of horses, saddles and other war
materials.
"Our cavalry column is pursuing what
is left of the enemy, and 1 am hopeful
that the enemy and such accoutrements
as it carrlel with It on Its retreat may
be captured.
"At this time I calculate that the en
emy's losses exceed 14,000 men between
dead, wounded and prisoners. Our losses
do not exceed 200 men dead and wounded,
among the latter being a colonel and an
officer of my staff." . '
SKTTI E. Wash., April 1. -'That's all
humbug," said Colonel M. Teres Romero,
recently si-pointed Carranza minister to
Japan, and brother of Mrs. Francisco
Mndrro, widow of tha late president of
Mexico, today, when shown a copy of a
statement Issued In New York yesterday
by General Vlctnrtnno Huerta, former
provisional president of Mexico, disclaim
ing responsibility for the death of Mr.
Madero.
"Disregarding the question of who
actually shot Tresldent Madero, the fact
remains," said Colonel Itomero, "that
General Huerta was In power and could
command the armed force of the cou
try. President Madero was his prisoner
and while In his power m assassinated.
How Huerta can attempt to evade re
sponsibility for h's death is Inconcelv
able. "I waa an eye witness to all the hap
penings of this tragic day, except for
seven hours, from 10 o'clock at night until
S o'clock In the morning. wh.T Mr.
Madero killed. At .". o'clock. I tisced
the automobile to the penitentiary and
tliere saw pools of blood behl id the prison
sin! was told by persons coining away
that there the iresldnt had been shot
by the soldiers.
"These facts hnve all been gono over.
tune n ml again. It Is useless for General
Huerta to disclaim responsibility."
j Colonel llomero left Vera Cms a month
ago, vismng m . arrnnia legations in
Cuba and Canada belt.ro coming to
8-attle, where he arrived today. He wlU
sail tomorrow on the Japanese liner
Shldsuoka Maru for Japan, to take up
his diplomatic duties. He expects to re
main there indefinitely.
Colonel Romera said the constitutional
ists were not worrying about General
Huerta's presence In the Cnlted States.
"We are not looking for any further
trouble from him," be said. "He la wise
enough to keep out of Mexico."
NELSON W. ALDRICH
DIES0F APOPLEXY
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WESTERN GRAIN MEN
GATHER IN OMAHA
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Pmlth's remarks were especially instruc
tive to the grain men from. Iowa, who
are In the majority in the- association.
Che Iowa legislature Is now considering
a public warehouse bill. 1 t - . - ;-
Co-operation la Commended.
"I am proud to be an American grain
man," aald Lee G. Metcalf of Illlopolls,
111., president of the Grain ' Pealers" Na
tional association. "Throughout the
chaotic period of business since the war,
American grain men have steadfastly ad
hered to Justice and equity, truth and
right In handling grain entrusted to them
by the farmers, and have j8t generally
fallen victims to the great temptation to
take advantage of inflated grain prices,
and jump contracts, with resultant loss
to other dealers and to the producer."
President Metcalf commended the co
operation among grain men, such as
in the present convention, which he de
clared was showing careful consideration
for publ'c needs, an well oh for the good
of the Hade. The grain men must ever
consider ther welfare r na happiness of
tbelr fellow men, he asserted, for the
lights nnd privileges of the public must
a. ways he placed above the rights and
pilvilegos of the grain dealer.
"The last twenty-five years liavo seen
wonderful Improvement in th grain
trade, and It is larfe'dy due to the co
operation 'and organlzec" effort c.f . the
dealers," he said. "Put the grain busi
ness on an even higher, hotter and more
ibcful plane," he urged. He lnvitfd the
visiting grain men to -join the National
uaiMjclntlon, if they ha not already done
to, and he also extended an Invitation
lor all to attend tlv national conven
tion at i'euria next October.
To Conclude Today.
K. l. Milligun of Jefferson, la., presi
dent of the Western association, re
sponded and made his annual address,
lie appointed J. A. King of Nevada, la.;
K. A. Field of Sioux City, and M. E.
'Dc Wolf of Spencer, a committee on
resolutions, designated a large committee
on nominations, and mid he would -later
name standing commutes on member
ship, arbitration, transnoi tation, telephone
diid telegraph, termini! markets nnd leg
islation. In his annual report of the secretary
titaturci, Ueorge A. Wills of Dee Moines,
'old of the work in vuiious branches, and
iiiiucunced that the fire liiNUrance branch
of the association now has $2,U02,000 of
iiisurunce In force.
Tho convention will conclude this noon,
niter general buslneij. discussions, re
ports of committees and the election of
1 1 w oft leers.
Reception at Kirktsir,
During the morning the visiting grain
i .en visited the trading floor of the
Oiii.iha Cr:tln exchange, where an lnfor
i .: i-eeeptiin was held.
.'-i.l the releasing of dozens of toy
IhI'oons, the throwing of sample grain,
t . s:ni)ke of many cigars and the wel
e.i ' rhouts from huaky throaUd lead
er, of tho "change, the Waiting grain
r.vn were given the glad hand in such
a iM'-ltiVe. hilarious fashion that they
immediately felt at home and realized
tlmt 'Tnaha is truly hospitable.
It was a strictly good fellowship recep
tion, with little thought it the morning's
business, as a preliminary to the first
leg.Mur meeting of the association.
Eavenna Man is
Killed by Cave-In
RAVENNA, Neb.. April 11 FYank
1 obesh. employed by the sewer construc
tion company, waa killed by a cave-la
this morning. He leaves- a widow and
several small children. Another emr-loys
waa caught, but waa rescued by Vher
workmen. The ditch waa twelve feet
deep and the soil sacdy.
as a slight attack of Indigestion and Mr.
Aldrich went to bed. Soon afterward Dr.
Thatcher reached the Aldrich home, re
mained a few minutes and departed.
This morning Dr. Thatcher called upon
Mr. Aldrich about 9:30 o'clock. The pa
tient seemed to be in good spirits and to
be suffering from nothing more serious
tlan a slight attack of indigestion.
After chatting with him about ten min
utes Or. Thatcher lert the house. Ten
minutes later Mr. Aldrich was stricken.
Thirty Years la Senate.
Nelson Wllmnrth Aldirch held a seat
In the Cnlted Stjies senate continuously
from lSftl to 1M1., The influence exerted
by him on government affairs was best
Illustrated by the fact that when he waa
satirically Introduced to an audience as
"the general manager of the United
States." that appellation lived through
tho administrations of McKinley. Roose
velt end Taft.
Probably the greatest parliamentarian
that ever served In the senate, Mr. Aid
rich had no difficulty In maintaining
leadership of his party. Although known
among the veterans as a "committee"
senator, he was quite as much at home
on the floor, and naturally was more In
evidence In the larger arena. While he
gave special attention to the tariff and
financial legislation n committee, on the
senate floor his ear was open for all that
was ald on any subject of general Im
portance. He seldom failed to partici
pate In the discussion of any measure af
fecting governmental policies.
Naturally Mr. AMrlrh's long-continued
supremacy in Jhe counsels, of his party
and in directing legislation caused him
to become the subject of mutih adverse
criticism. He was charged with bossis-n
and with being the tool of the "Inter
ests." Whether or not this waa true in
the main. It can be said in fairness that
some of these assertions gained and held
currency becauae It was his policy never
to defend himself against published attacks.-
He rre!y permitted himself to
be quoted by the press.
Xatlre or Rho- Island.
Born in Fester, R. I., November , 1841,
he first appeared In public office a
member of the common council In the
city of Providence. He was elected to
the Rlirde Island assembly n 173. and
four years Ititer sent to congress. After
two sessions ho was elevated to the sen
ate as successor to General Ambrose E.
Burn.Mde.
Having begun his career as a business
man. Senator Aldrich continued through
cut hie public service to display business
like methodo arcf extraordinary capacity
for organization. I'pon his election to
the senate he was Immediately mads
chairman of the committee on rules, an,
a member of the committee in flnan?t
and Interstate commerce. letter as
chairman of the finance committee he
was called upon to assume a large share
of the responsibility for all tariff and
ftranclot legislation before ths senate.
He participated in the preparation, of no
fewer than six revisions of the tariff and
bn-e the burden of labor Incident t" them.
Thn Paync-Aldrlch tariff act waa en
gineered through the senate by him after
many weeka of skillful maneuvering and
hard fighting. .
Poshes Aldrich-Vreelaad BUI.
Mr. Aldrich was always ready to seise
upon any trend of public business to
. auv,im o tegisiuuve causes In which he
was Interested. The "bankers' panic" of
jl907 enabled him to. glv impetus to his
pian 10 Dring aoout monetary reforms.
The firt fruit of his labors in this direc
tion was the Vreeland-Aldrich emergency
currency law cf 1908. put tfirough the
senate by Aldrich after an historic fili
buster .directed by Mr. L Polette, the
progressive republican from Wisconsin,
who was aided by Mr. Stone of Missouri,
a democrat. Sharp parliamentary tactics
enalOed Mr. Aldrich to bring the bill to a
final vote, but In taking Mr. Ia Folletle
off Ms feet Mr. Aldrich made an enemv
J who was relentlea In hU opposition dur
ing many subsequent legislative contests.
The emergency currency law was re
garded by Mr. Aldrich as the best remedy
possible of speedy enactment, but he did
not atop tliere. Ho began work im
mediately upon a more permanent plan
jof currency reform, giving most of his
time to the work of the National Mone
tary commission. He was able to devoie
his time unreservedly to his work be
cause In 1 91 1 he declined to be a candi
date for re-election, giving ill health as
a reason.
Trip Thronch West I'nsarcrasf al.
Mr. Aldrich's friends contended that
his effort to revise the currency system
of the country was approached In an ab
solute nonpartisan way. lie was ex
ceedingly anxious that his work should
! stand up as a monument to hla public
service. His disappointment was keen
when In Ifll his party lost control of the
house and took from the republicans the
credit of putting through this far-reaching
legislation. Before the political com
plexion of congress changed Mr. Aldrich
was compelled to admit that his efforts
were being frustrated by antagonistic
sentiment In the central west. Mr. Aid
rich then undertook a speech-making
trip with the avowed Intention of eradi
cating hostility to himself and hla pro
ject Although he had large audiences
of bankers and business men. hla mission
was far from successful.
"Why is not our plan taken at tare
valuer" he asked a friend. He received
a frank answer.
"You have spent your vacations in
Europe. You have not studied the peo
ple. Your language Is that of the pros
perous business man. You are seeking
too late In life, to know the peapie."
After hla retirement from public life
Mr. Aldrich spent much of his time In
travel, but be continued to follow busi
ness affairs. He saw many of his Ideas
on the subject of currency enacted by
the democrats and, although the new law
did not bear his name, it is known to a
large extent he approved of what waa
done.
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trifling damage done during the night
raids of Wednesday and Thursday being
cited In Justification of thla feeling. It
would appear that the latest air raiders
have Ufcd bombs of an Incendiary, rather
than an explosive character.
tier man Position Tukrs by Storm.
In the land operations the French claim
"a brilliant" success north of Arras,
which completes the gain made near there
last month. The German position, accord
ing to the report given out officially In
Paris, was taken at the point of the
bayonet.
On the heights of the Meuse the Ger
mans evidently are beginning a movement
to retake I-ea Eparges. Berlin claims to
have repulsed all tho French attacks
along the western front, thus putting an
end to the French offensive, which waa
planned to make St. Mlhiel untenable.
On the western front neither side seems
to be making any headway. The lack of
definite news from this arena of the war
Is filled by a crop of rumora which agree
only on one point, namely that great
events are Impending in the east
Holding Companies
May Own Property
Used for Saloons
LINCOLN, Neb., April 1. (Special Tel
egiam.) The supreme court today handed
down a decision asserting In effect that
real estate holding companies whose stock
Is owned by brewing Interests may own
property used for saloon purposes. The
decision was a reversal of a previous rat
ing of the court. It was in a case arising
at Stanton, where the Interests of the
Independent Realty company, -whose atock
Is owned by the Stors interests, were in
Issue.
The court based its decision on the
ground of maintenance of the constitu
tional prohibition of confiscation of prop
erty.
RUL0 MAN PROBABLY IS
DROWNED IN THE MISSOURI
FALLS CITY. Neb.. April l,-Spee4at.)
-Tuesday evening Ernest Asher, who
lives near Rulo, started down the river
In a skiff to visit some relatives on the
Indian reservation, near the mouth of
the Nemaha river, southeast of . Rulo.
He loaded his boat and started down
stream with the flood and reached the
Nebraska shore, near the mouth of the
Nemnha, on the Iowa Indian reservation,
where he unloaded at least part of hla
goods on the bank. He did not rtsach
his destination and a search haa failed
either to find Asher or his boat. It Is
believed by his friends that In trying to
get out of the boat that he fell Into the
river and was drowned. A later report
says that his body has been found.
FLOOD BREAKS FERRY CABLE
AND TELEPHONE LINES
FALLS CITY. Neb.. April .-(Special )
-The Missouri river is still very high
and running at a frightful rate of speed
but the ferry at Rulo started to transfer
the passengers to the Missouri side of
the river Tuesday. During the night the
ferry broke, as did the trolley and the
telephone wires. The ferry was carried
down atreain and stranded upon the first
Island. All business by telephone and
ferry haa been suspended up to the
present time.
Ma',.:. itaiiTtitp
FALLS CITY. April llH ... . l!
meeting- of the Boosters' club ' Albert
Maust was elected president to fill the
vacancy, Roy Heacock h . .
mayor, having resigned. J. B. Oa was
re-elected secretary and William I hllg
treasurer. Matters In .. . "
sites and Improvements of the rosd lead-
... IV ran, i.!iy wer. discussed and It
was decided to act at one. ,. .u " .
committee was appointed to assist 'the
day "c" "inning a "cleanup"
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