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The Omaha Daily Bee Fullest and timeliest sport news nd gossip in The Dee day by day. Special Sport Section every Sunday. THE WEATHER Fair VOL. XUV NO. 'JfU. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORN 1X0, APRIL J. HU.V-TWKLVK PAGES. Oa Trains and at lotsl Hswe taade. Se SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. T. R. TELLS OF BARNES' PACT WiTH MURPHY The whole country looks BIG GUN DUELS THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND WILLIAM BARNES, principal figures in libel suit now being tried at Syracuse, N. Y., as they apppepared on their arrival there. the Governor of Georgia FEATURE WAR HI WESTERN ARENA rise to his great responsibility by fo; tn Colonel Teitifiei Loco Auerted Albany Boss Said He Had Iron clad Agreement with . Tammany Chief. TWO "MACHINES" CO-OPERATED Rotserelt Arouses Laughter in De scribing How Wigwam Helped Elect G. 0. P. Leader. DENIES ANY FEELING OF MALICE SYRACUSE. N Y., April 21. Colonel Roosevelt concluded his di rect testimony late today, after stat ing that the sole purpose of his at tack on Mr. Barnes and Mr. Murphy was to try to correct abuses In the state government. He swore that he did not mean to make any charge of corruption against the plaintiff. When the, afternoon session j opened Mr. Bowers began asking j tne wunes-! to continue niH lesiuuuuy , about Allds. "Senator Newcomb told me," said ; Colonel Roosevelt, "that the combl- nation between the machine deni-1 ocrats and Barnes republicans, which j resulted in Allds" nomination, was held during the early stages of the , justice. America is being rushed into a jrreat crime. It will be a stain Impeachment proceedings against ion our country, the home of freedom, justice and humanity, as well Senator Allds, which resulted m bis,,, on the gtat. of Georgja Ui u be warned that terrible mistakes belng thrown out of the senate. 'irmly -Makfx Speech. I waa told thnt nfter Ml the other organisation men had abandoned all dis cission, Senator Urady made a speech In his behalf. "Senator Newcomb informed me later that the combination between the ma chine democrats and republicans contin ued, and that what the democrat had done was reciprocated by the machine republican at the time oi the Buiiweii ! airair. . rmiiwcii was renin ate by the machine men. but he was tnvlcted in the courts and sent to the penitentiary." in vnii remember having seen a re port of the Bane committee?" Mr. Bow- j era asked. "I saw that." the witness replied. "I know some of the members of that com mittee. I knew Senators Bane and Burd as anti-machine democrats.'' The Bane Resort. The Bans committee investigated att fair In the city and county of. Albany and submitted a detailed report of so called evils they said they had unearthed. The report was filed as a part of Colonel Roosevelt's answer to Mr. Barnes complaint.- .. . . ; Mr. Bowers ' offered the Bane commlt tte'a report In evidence. The repon oon tains under subheads: "The Case o( Wil liam Barnes." "Failure to Bu:.rrese Crime." "Gambling." "Printing," "Fif teen Per Cent Paid the Journal Company b Argus Company to Get CJty Printing." "Graft and' Extravagance." "Padding of the Public Printing for the Benefit of the Journal Company," "Duplicate Pa: ments for Public Printing Made to Journal Com pany," "flelectlal Trial Jurors" and "The Albany I.:r.coln League." Justice Andrews ruled be would re ceive, but not at this time, that part of .lie report which relates to printing. Talked to Loch Ahoat It. Colonel Roosevelt then went on: "After I had seen the Bane report. I had -conversations with a person In Al bany about' It. -I talked to William Loeb about It. "Mr. Lneb Informed me that the com bination of crooked business and crooked bosses extended not only to businesses ike printing, but to businesses of the worst tvpe." "Mr. 'Loeb told me that at one time he went to Mr. Barnes to ask If the repub licans In the !eilature would support an anti-machine democratic candidate. Mr. Barnes told Mr. Loeb It was impos sible, as he had an Ironclad arrange ment with Mr. Murphy and that Mr. Murphy was to have a free hand to do (Continued on Pago Five, Column One.) The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Thursday: For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity Partly cloudy; not much change In tem perature. Hours. 6 a. in-. S a. m.. 7 a. m.. 8 a. ro.. 8 a. m.. 10 a. m.. 11 a. m 12 m Deg. ....53 .56 ..64 7n 1 p. m. il 11 1 1 E::::::::::::::" 6 p. m "0 7 p. S P. m.. m. . ..67 Comparatlvo Local Record. 1915. WU. iyi3. 1912. , 73 81 HI 53 .... 51 56 4S 44 64 68 64 4S 00 .00 T 01 Highest yesterday.. I X) nest yesterday ... Mean, temperature... Precipitation Tsmneratures and precipitation depar- tures from the normal: Normal temperature Kxcess for the day To'al deficiency since March 1 Normal precipitation .10 Inch .10 Inch DeficlencT since March 1 1.00 t. ch Deficiency tor cor. period. 1314. .112 Indies hxeess for cor. period, lais incnes , Rr marts front Stations al T P. M Station and State Temp. Hlgb- Rain- of Weather. I p. ra. eat. fall. Cheyenne, cloudy 62 64 .01 laveiiporx, paruy unugjr..w - . I .. ..... .rtl. ..In,,ri si n m ! IVs Moinaa, cloudy "2 MO jio(U-r. cloudy 6u 66 .U) North Platte, pt. cloudy.. .72 "! W Dmaha, clear '3 0 Iuel4e. clar 74 76 .) Itapid City, cloudy M 0 .00 ait Iaka Cliy. cloudy 64 7i .01 Santa f. cloudy 6J leridan, rain 4H 6 4 'ions City, clear 70 74 .01 Valentine, partly cloudy.. .74 ' 00 L. A. KUtll. U)t4 r'oretastcr. nf- in cr rt r free." ,0 "It is the universal opinion that Leo M. Frank is innocent," says Rabbi Cohu. "Those who have care fully, impartially investigated the matter are unanimous that Frank was the victim of a mott un- fortunate set of circumstances. The public clamorrd for a victim and the police pounced upon Frank. His trial was a farce. Judge, jury, counsel and witnesses were intim idated, their lives openly threat ened. Race and religious prejudice (entered in. All that the lovers of fair play throughout the country, all that Frank himself asked, was a far trial This on technical are on the eve of on the eve of a judicial murder. "It seems a terrible thing that when I convinced of Frank's innocence legal technicalities should stand in the i way, and, like an iron wall, render impossible the road to right and have been made by passion-blinded peoples in the past and save our selves by some means from the shame and remorse of such a tragic blunder. "The whole country looks to the governor of Georgia to save his state, as well as the fair renown of America, from the .eternal infamy of committing judicial murder. Governor Slaton has the unparal leled, may one say, the providential service to the cause of justice, as well .man. The eyes of the world are upon him, as well as their prayers jthat God may grant him wisdom, strength and courage to rise to his I crest resnnrm'bilitv in this hour and triva ernreoinn in V. O J J - - .j wwm.wm V nuni AS 111 U1Q hearts of millions, absolutely unprejudiced lovers of the right, by set ting Frank free." allies landing troop turkey Twenty Thousand Soldiers Will As sist Warships in Attack on ' Forts of Dardanelles, BOATS TRY TO RUN STRAITS BERLIN. April 21. tVia Wire less to Sayvllle, N. Y.) The Tagea Zeltung today publishes a special dispatch, the original of which, how ever, Is not given, saying that 20, 000 British and French troops havo been landed near Enos, in European Turkey, on the north side of the gulf of Saros. A heavy cannonading took place between the Turkish batteries around Enos and the warships of the allies. A dispatch received in Berlin from Athens says great activity has been noted among the British forces on the Island of Lemnos, which lies to the west of the entrance Dardanelles. Troops' transports are arriving dally at Lemnos from Alexandria, Egypt: the censorship is more rigid and all indications point to strong action against the Dardanelles at an early date. A dispatch received In London yester day from Dedegatch, Bulgaria, a short distance to the west of Enos, said a vio lent cannonading occurred in the gulf of Saros Sunday evening. The firing was so heavy that buildings at Dedegatch were shaken. k Attentm to Raa Straits. CONSTANTINOPLE. April M. (Via Wireless to Berlin and London, April 21.) An official statement issued. today by the war office says: "It Is now definitely known that sis torpedo boats Attempted to penetrate the Dardanelles Monday night." There has been no previous announce ment of a concentrated effort Monday night by vessels of the allied fleet to run the straits and tlje above dispatch falls to disclose what was the result of '.!"2',,ie operation. GENUINE C0RREGGI0 ; BOUGHT FOR small SUM ! CHICAGO, April Zl.-A painting pur chased for a nominal sum In Italy forty years ago by Theodore Schneider and presented at that time to his friend. Dr. Florens Zeigfeld, president of the Chicago Music college, was pronounced a genuine Corregglo today. Dr. Zlegfeld noticed a similarity of M i coloring In his picture and some of Cor U i reggto's work which he saw In Italy. He i ! procured the service of A. De Peverlnus. an art expert. De Severlnus examined the uthorshlp j today. The title of the picture Is The Genius of Music TWO HOTELS IN DECATUR. ILL DESTROYED BY FIRE nnCATtm. 111., April a.-rire which for a time threatened the entire business section early today destroyed the Decatur and Arcade hotels. The low is estimated at $223,000. Members of the Decatur Thrra I base bell team were In the Decatur hotel and had a narrow escapo. Manager Klmcr Dugsan and nine players cwaped In their trouseis auj night sl.lrta - 1 ' I ';.-.-. 'V.,A Rabbi'Cahr grounds has been denied, and we the whole country is practically opportunity of rendering a great as saving the life of an innocent' WILSON REBUKES KAISEIVS ElMY President in Reply to Von Bern storff, Says Note Could Be Taken to Impugn U. S. Good, Faith. ASSUMES IT NOT SO INTENDED WASHINGTON, April 21. The United States government replied to day to the recent memorandum, In which Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, declared that "if the American people desire to observe true neutrality, they will find means to stop the exclusive Im portation of arms to one side, or at least to use this export trade as a means to uphold the legitimate trade with Germany, and especially the trade in. foodstuffs." The American note, which la signed by Secretary Bryan, was drafted at the State department, but was finally penned by President Wil son himself, Unimsr of Envoy. After pointing put that the language used by Count von Bernstorff Is "sus ceptible of being construed us impugning the good fait n of the I'nlted States In the performance of Its duties as a noutral," the note "takes It for granted that no such implication wti Intended," and sug gests that evidently the German ambas sador "Is laboring under certain false Impressions." It is then declared that while the rela tions of the United States wsfh any one of the belligerents "can not. wisely be made a subject of discussion with a third government." such correspondence be tween the I'niled States and the allies as has been published shows "the steadfast refusal" of tho government "to ac knowledge the right of any belligerent to alter the accepted rules of wtti. at sea insofar as they affect tho rights and In terests of neutrals." Attltnde Restated. The attitude of the United Stales on the question of the exportation of arms Is restated, namely, that to place any em bargo on arms d'Jrln? the progtss of a war would be "o direct violation of the neutrality of the United States." The note refers to the spirit of friendship which the people of the United States de sires always to manifest toward Germany an-1 Its poplc, and concludes with the declaration that tha neutrality of the United States "is founded upon the firm basis of co' science and good will." The communication . was delivered by messenger to Count von Bernetorft late today, and by mutual arrangement with the German embassy, the State depart, ment dade It public tonight. Woman is Charged With Buying Votes FA BIS, III.. April ?1.-H. Clay Moss. proniiMot democratic politician, and alias Uattle O'Nell were arrested here last nlKht on the charge of buying votes during yesterday's city election on the commission foim of government. War rants for rther prominent clt liens, among them sever.il women, hav been Hutted. It is tktimaied that : votes were bought for from U to 112 each. I . j Ill" , WH WW II . . . t II O II ; i - 1 ejas-nssssasj-aeaaessssassssssaaMsnnssnii i sunn suss mmmmmmm-mimmtmmmmmi sen aan n siiain i a. sn i FOUR CHAPTERS IN ALBAM POLITICS Colonel Roosevelt Tells of. Hostili ties Between Chairman Barnes and Governor Hughes. MURPHY AND BARNES DEALS SYRACUSE. N. Y., April 21. Four chapters of Albany politics were related by Theodore Roosevelt on the witness stand today. The former president gave what he claimed to be details of the election by "Barnes republicans," assisted by "Murphy democrats," of an. official leader of the republican' party in New York; the cause of the hostilities be tween William Barnes and Governor Hughes; the defeat of the Hart-Ag-new racing bill by the republican or ganization and the fight he said the combined democratic and republican machines, the-, latter led by .. Mr. Barnes, made against direct pri maries legislation. He also identified a letter , written by Mr. Barnes In which the latter told him "the Idea of getting rid of bosses is absurd so long as you have party gov ernment." ' Colonel RooseVelt was to continue this afternoon the story by which he hopes to prove that he was justified In caualng tha publication of the statement upon which Mr. Barnes Is suing him for libel. Aviators Fall Into San Francisco Bay SAN FRANaSCO, C'al.. April a.-A hvitrAnrnTilnnA In which fhnrlpa fltrauil of Dallas, Tex., was riding as a pas-(win make the welcome address at Kre senger, fell aeventy-five . feet into the ! mont today. bay here yesterday. Strauss and Robert I After the stste convsntlon President Kowler, the aviator, were rescued by a ! tlahmr will return home via Sioux City launch. Neither were Injured. i and les Moines. " -' ' -' - - -- - HE-GATtCITYOFTHtWtST Omaha's Commercial Club maintains a special bureau to look after. the comfort and welfare of conventions of the different state and national associations and societies that meet here from time to time. Omaha's convention hospitality in cludes all who attend, these gathering's whether del egates or not. BRIGHT young man with. 1 1,000 to Inveat, can secure responmble and remunerative position with eatab lished Omaha firm, paving 1100 per mo. salary and share of profits', in veHlment fully secured. All repllrs held confidential, (live age, paal ex perience, reference, etc. Tot farther Information about this opportunity, ss tfcs Want Ad section ef fas k todsy. Letter Carriers' i i President Is Here; To Fremont Today . . . ' ' ; V .',v, . Edward 3. Oalnor of Munois, Ind,, aa tlonal president of Jhe National Associa tion of Letter Carriers, la the guests of the officers and members of Branch' No. t. National Association of Letter Carriers, of this city, Mr. Ualnor arrived In Omaha yesterday from Chicago, where tit reports the mem bers very enthuslastts over the coming national convention, to be held here next September. Chicago will send ltt r more, Including its famous letter carriers' band which la acknowledged to' be one of the finest bands In Chicago and the mid dle west. i Other cities are planning to come . to Omaha on special trains, and Mr. Oalnor says "Omaha will undoubtedly have the largest convention In point of attendance In the history of the organisation." Branch No. I of this city celebrated last evening the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organisation, with their ' national president their honored guest." " ' Today the Omsha contingent will at tend the slate'eonventlon at Fremont, go ing on a special train from Ofnaha,1- ac companied by their band of forty-five pieoes, the Ladles' auxiliary, and also Postmaster John C. Wharton and Assist ant Postmaster J. I. Woodard. Congressman Lobeek. Senator Hitch cock and Asslstsnt Superintendent of Malls George Kletfner of Omsha will stop off at Lincoln to attend the clerks' stale convention, oontlnulng to Fremont In the afternoon to be present at the let ter carriers' state convention, returning with the special train In the evening.' The Ladles' auxiliary and members of Branch No. 6. National Association of Utter Carriers, will go to Fremont pre pared to' demonstrate the' cordial Invita tion that Omaha extends to the aister cities to be present at the national letter carriers' convention that will be held commencing Labor dav, September to I 11 ihia. Postmaster John C. wnarton Outlaws Killed in Gun Fight With Officers in Arizona I Tl'CHON, Aril., April 21. Two Mexican I outlaws, the Ion brothers, were shot and killed In a mountain gulch Mondsy j night when confederates tried to rescue them from tne hands of Plna county i deputies, who are attempting to rid Greater Villa, a border community, of bad men. according to a report received j here. Jose Maria, one of the attacking party, was wounded and captured. When the deputies went to Greater Villa to ..serve a wsrrant on Antonio Knclnas, I coursed with the abduction of Mrs. I Loretta Vanex. Rnclnas opened fire with this revolvers end escaped. Then the I .son brothers, armed, woke the deputies dur ing' the night and ordered them to leave the settlement. The officers ostensibly started for Tucson, but Instead doubled back and arrested the Leon brother and then took them to a mountain gulch. Fearing attack they set a watch. The rescue outlaw party was taken by sur prise and the ahootlng followed. - Sheriff Foroes telegraphed from Greater Vllle last night thst Encinas and his band had been located and . sur rounded In the hills. A posse wss sent from here In automobiles to aid In round ing up the outlawa. "..'. ', ' i : f ; 'J '' v. CRISIS IS HEAR IN FAR EAST, AFFAIRS Elder StaUsmen -of Japan Said to B Considering Ultimatum to Be , Sent to China, , TEXT OF DEMAITOS ACCURATE TOKIO. April 21.--The prists wblch has come In the negotiations with China as to the acceptance ot the .demands of the ToWo govern ment has been, followed by a pro tracted conference of the cabinet. ' The members of the "renero," or the, elder statesmen .of Japan, have been communicated with on the sub ject. The semi-official, press ex presses the ' belief ' that Japan hat brought the unsettled clauses of Its demands down to the ' Irreducible minimum and that, in the event of further . procrastination 'on, the. part cf.Chlna It probably will press for a reply within a given period of time. The members of the cabinet thla after noon conferred 'with the elder statesmen concerning' the Chinese negotlstlont. In terest' In the situation In Peking la In creasing. ' Translatla'ls Aeeiratt. PUKING, April is. Official announce ment' was ms.de today by the Chinese government that the translation of the lull text of the demands made by Japan hpon ; China,' as already published In the I'nlted States, was the official transla tion, of the Chinese text at the Japanese themselves presented it to the Foreign o'flce ' here' on January -18, In botn the Japanese and Chinese languages. . TMs, announcement was made by reason of the fact that the Japanese government has. repeatedly protested because the Chi nese government was Informing ' certain lureign .legstlons as to the progress of the negotiations. The Chinese government's translation hss Wen carefully chocked by a legation which possessed a copy of Japan's Chi nese text, and it Is stated at the legation that only the verbiage differs. The lega tion's version la In, somewhat harsher language than that ot the Chinese gov ernment trsnslstion. For example, the article which In the government text is translated to provide that China shall agree to tha propaga tion of "Buddhism" by Japanese su ejects in China Is' trsnsUted by the legation to read "shall have the right to propagate religious doctrines." UNSUCCESSFUL PURSUIT ' OF WOMAN'S ASSAILANT SIOCX FALU. S n., April iil - (Special Telegram.) Home members of the sher iff posse hsve returned here from an unsuccessful pursilt of a stranger who today criminally assaulted Mrs. Hanson, wife of a farmtr living sb.put four miles west of Sioux Falls. The stronger tame from the north and entered the Hanson home whilt. the hus band of the woman was at work In a dis tant field and her children were at school. Tho bandit knocked tha woman down with a gun and then tied her hsnds. The only Information Mrs Ilsnson ran give Is that her asssilant was shabbily dresed and drove a single bay horse to a light buggy. The man drove southward after committing the crime, and there Is a pos sibility thst he swung around and came to Sioux Falls and went Into hiding here. Small Advantage Seems to Best with Germans in Begion Be tween Meuse Birer and Lorraine. FBENCH ADVANCE AT FLIEBT Official Beport Indicates Oains Ar Not in Proportion to the Ef fort Expended. HEAVY FIRING IN DARDANELLES The Day's War News LAND ANT K A attack, on the Dardanelles on Inrerer scale than at any time el nee the allies their effort t win Constantinople apparently la Imminent. An ffl elnl statement from Constanti nople say a thnt six torpedo hosts attempted to penetrate the atralts on Monday night, and yesterday there was an en-nement between n rah I pa and Tnrhlsh fortifica tions, presumably In connection ' with the landlnac of troopa. BICR1.IX DISPATCH says that Thnr nnw, ftallcla. has heen evnennted effective attache of the Anatrlan artillery. Tnmow ' lice fifteen mllea wcat of Leather. OFFICIAL INFORMATION was re ceived In Berlin confirming pre Inns reports nf n Gcrmnn victory over British force In German Rnst Africa. The British losses were glren at ahnnt TOO and those f the Germans as flfty-sla. LONDON. . April 21. Dispatches reaching London from the Fren- h front show considerable military ac tivity, with the artillery taking a prominent part In the attacks made by one side or the other. There is little evidence, however, that either aide has gained, but whatever small advantage has been reaped seems to rest with the Germans between tho Meuse and the Lorraine frontier; The French have made a alight ad; vance at Fllery, but their report suggests that the gain was not. pro portionate to the effort put forth. ' herlln claims several successes, oae be- lug the recapture ot a small villager In t.oralne, the loss ot which had not been previously admitted by the general staff, . Another attack In tha . Pont-a-Mousaoa district appears to have made aa advance. The English newspapers today are de leting Columns to comment on the op timistic speech delivered at Newcastle last 'night by 'Premier Asqulth! The ut terances of the prime minister are In substance the putting Into effect of a sort ot Industrial eosavi lotion by which employers shall foregoo some of their rroflts, the trade unions agree to sus pend some of their rules necessary in time of peace and the taxpayer shall con tribute an Indemnity to factories In cases where the loss and Injury has been caused ty commandeering for the government. Hofla Is responsible for a report, that bombardment . violent enough to ahake lutldlngs at Dedeagatch has been going on In the Dardanelles and on the Gulf ot Psros. REPORT OF GERMAN VICTORY : IN AFRICA IS CONFIRMED BERLIN. April IW Via London, 12.1S p. m.) Official newa from German' Baat Africa of the defeat of the British forces on January IS and 19 In a two days' bat tle at a point' near Jasslnl, has Just reached Berlin.' The British forces lost some 100 men killed. Their total casual ties amounted to about 703. These include the capture of four companies of men, STjO rifles, one machine gun and 40,000 rounds of ammunition fell Into the hands, of the Germans. The loss to the Ger mans was seven officers and eleven men killed and thirty-eight men wounded. Mafia Is land, off the coast of German Eafct' Africa, was occupied by the British January 10. Farm Management is the newest of the agricul tural sciences. It's develop- jment has been brought about by the changes in farm capital. The pioneer days required only a few hundred dollars. Now; the avorage Nebraska farmer requires $lG,OM) capital. The successful farmer of ' today is a business man, employing not only more capital than the average village merchant, but con ducting a greater variety of enterprises. Farm values in the Middle West are rising, but a glanco through the want ad section of today's Bee will show you many productive farms reason ably priced. Telephone Tyler 1000 THE OMAHA BEE "fterfeet? Jteejs tfeutt AeJ"