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THE r,KE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915.
PRIZE COURT IDEA
REJECTEDBY BRYAN
Text of Note in Which United SUtei
Refutes to Submit Frye Case to
German Tribunal.
IS SUBJECT FOR NEGOTIATION
WASHINGTON. May 5. The text
of the American note to Germany de
clitilnc the auggeKllon that repara
tion for the sinking of the American)
Railing ship William P. Krye hy thoi
converted crulaer Prtni Eltel Fried
rich be made through a German prire
court and reiterating the representa
tion! for indemnity, was made public
today by the Biate department. It
already baa been presented to the
lierlin foreign office In the form of
a communication from Ambassador
Gerard. It follows:
"In reply to jronr excellency's note of
the ftth Inst., which the government of
the tTnlted State understands admit the
liability of the Imperial Germaa gmrern
mpnl for the 1ams;f-s resulting from the
sinking of tbt . American ailing vessel
William P. Frr by the German auaillary
rrulaer Print Eitel Frledrtchr on January
28. last. I hav the honor to aay, by di
rection of my government, thai while the
promptness with which the Imperial Oer
man government has admitted tta lia
bility la highly appreciated, my govern
ment feela that It would be Inappropriate
In the etrctttnstancee of this) caae and
would Involve unnecessary delay to adopt
the suggestion In your note that the
legality of the capture and destruction,
the standing of the claimant and the
amouat of Indemnity should be submitted
to a prize court N
Vlelatt.a of Treaty Clear.
"Unquestionably, the destruction of thla
vessel waa a violation of the obligations
imposed upon the United States and
Prussia and the United Mates govern
ment, by virtue of Its treaty rights, has
presented to the Imperial Qerrnen gov
ernment a claim for Indemnity on account
of the resulting damage suffered by
American cltisens.
The liability of tha Imperial Herman
government and the standing of the
claimants as American cltisens and the
mount of Indemnity are ail questions
which lend themselves to diplomatic ne
gotiations between the two governments,
and happily the question of liability has
already been settled la that way. The
status of the claimants and the amount
of Indemnity are the only questions re
maining to be settled, and It la appro
priate that they should be dealt with In
the same way.
No teetloej as te Care.
"The government of the United mates
fully understands that, as stated In your
excellency's note,' the German govern
rm-nt la liable qnder the treaty provi
sions above mentioned for the damages
arising from the destruction of the cargo,
well ss from the destruction of the
vessel. But It will be observed that the
claim under discussion does Ml inc'udo
damages for the destruction of tha cargo
and the question of the value 'of the
i tree there la not involved In the present
t.lscuMion.
"The government of the United States
TtcofrtfB that the German government
; wish to be satisfied as to the Ameri
can ownership of the vessel and the
i mount 'of the damages sustained la con
feqtienoe ef Its destruction.
Transfer ( Nea-latlBS.
"These matters are readily ascertain
'. and It the German government de-
res any further evidence In subttantla
I'or of the claim on these points. In ad
c' Hon to that furnished by the ship's
- papers, which are already In the poseee
tlon of ths German government, any ad
ditional evidence found necessary will be
produced. In that caae, however. Inas
much as any evidence which the Oerman
government may wish to have pnnluced
le more accessible and can more con
veniently bo examined In the United
Slates than elsewhere, on account of the
presence there of the owners and captain
t ths William P. Frye and their docuV
nntary records and other possible wit
nesses, the government of the United
.'tales ventures to suggest the advisa
bility of transferring the negotiations for
ths settlement of these points to the Im
perial German embassy at Washington.
"la view of the admission of liability
ir by reason or specific treaty stipula
tions. It has become unnecessary to enter
lr.to a discussion of the meaning and
effect ef the Declaration of London,
vhlen Is given some prominence In your
excellency's note uf April . further than
to say that as the German government
already has been advised the government
of the United States does not regard the
lfclrtlon of tandon as In force."
Surgcon Successfully Removes
Steel Splinter from Soldier's Heart
PARI. May t.-K young sergeant In
the French army, from whose heart a
splinter of a hand grenade was ex
tracted by Hr. nesunsennt. chief of the
military hospital, wss t'teeented before
ths Arademy of Medicine last night
hy Prof. Armensaud of Pordesux. The
patient was wounded October first at
Kt. Hubert, when the steel fragment of
the grenade penetrated his diiphram.
pericardium and cardiac mus ls, lodging
within the liu'ut ventricle. The splinter
remained in the centricle four and a half
months before It was extracted. The
operation was declared to have been
unl'iue in the anna's of surgery. Con
siderable difficulty was e.xperlened In
removing tho piece of steel, ss It slipped
from the fnrcepts several tunes. Various
complications were feared, but every
thing went well end the soldier is noa
considered cured, as this heart acts norm-slly.
GRAND DUKE SAYS
GALICIA BATTLE
IS STILL RAGING
(Continued from Page One.t
French official statements, have been !
shattered on this new line. i
The news from Oalllpoll Is considered '
resssiiring. setting forth aa It does, that -the
allies have made good the positions
gained after the first fierce onslaughts '
upon the Turks during the landing oper
ation r. Subsequent German and Turkish J
attacks have been repulsed with heavy .
loases to tha Ottoman forces, who grsd-
ually are being pushed In a northerly
direction.
The German submarine campalan In
the waters of the United Kingdom shows
no signs of a letup. The ".Is of ruwl)
sent to the bottom lengthens every day,
although the victims mostly sre of small
Importance. Scandinavian ship owners
sre suffering more than are the British,
and the newspapers of Norwsy and
Sweden have been referring In sarcsstlo
terms to Onrmany's "bravery In torpedo
ing all the Swedish and Norwegian ships
It meets."
Oermaa Official Report.
BEHLIN, May B.-fVIa Ixmdon.)-The
statement lasued today at the army head
ouartera follows:
"Western Theater The British continue
their retreat, with heavy losses. In the
direction of the bridge head, situated
sharply to the east of Yprea. The Van
Houle and Rksterneet farms, the rsstls
ground of Ehrenthage and the set Pap
pot Je farm were taken by us.
"Between Meuse and the Moselle there
m again great activity In the forest of
Le Petre, Northwest of Pont-A-Moussoa '
tha Wench attajkajfl aataitf muu !
strong forces. Notwithstanding, a long
preparatory bombardment by artillery,
their attack broke down under our fire,
with heavy losses to the enemy. On the
other hand, we began attacks In the
forest of A Illy, and to the east thereof,
which made good progress. Up to the
present we have hero taken ten officer
and 750 men.
"Eastern Theater Attacks from Roch
llnls, coming from the southeast, were
repulsed. The enemy I being pursued at
Kalwarya, also northeast of ftuwalkl and
east of Augustowo numerous Russian ad
vance have failed. Pour hundred Rus
sians In all were taken prisoners.
On the remainder or the front there
were a few fight at close quarters, all
of which were decided In our favor.
"Southeastern theater: An attack by
the allied troops north of the wooded
Carpathian pierced through the third
fortified line of tha Russians, who yes
terday were defeated along the entire
front, retreating toward the Wlaloka
river. The magnitude of the victory may
be seep from tho fact that, owing to the
piercing of the allies of the enemy's
lines, the Russian are beginning to
evacuate threatened positions on their
northern flank, la the woods .1 Car
pathians, southwest of t'ukla.
"The rapidity with which bur successes
avo been achieved makes It Impossible
to give an Idea In figure of the booty
takea In this victory, Aocordlng to re
port at hand, the number of prisoners
taken up to the present amounts to
ejver te,0u0."
Preaeh Orttelal Report.
PARIS. May I, The rrenoh war office
thi afternoon gave out a atatement en
tho progress ef hostilities, reading:
"To the north of Tpreo, the Germans
yesterday evening delivered aa attack
against the left sector of the British
front They were repulsed and taken In
tho flank by the French artillery and
they suffered asiioua losses.
"Nothing ha been reported from the
remainder of the front."
Sebastian Heads
Mayoralty Slate
1 in Los Angeles
LOH ANGE1.KP. Cel., May Charles
E. Hehaetlan, suspended chief of police,
chosen hy tho people of the city to head
the mayoralty ticket st the general elec
tion next month, apparently will be op
posed for office hy Fredrick Whlffon,
president of the city council. Early re
turns today gave'Whlffen a slight lead
over Robert M. Allen for second, place
on the ticket.
Both Whiffen and Allen were beaten
by a two to one vote. The fact that six
csndldates shared the mayoralty vote
was assigned as the sole reason the po
lice official had failed to poll a majority
of the votes and thereby achieve election
In the primary yesterday.
With the mayoralty results practically
assured, attention turned today to the
vote cast for the many s spirants for
other city offices.
Frederick C. Wheeler, socisllst mem
ber of Ihe city council, appeared, on in
complete returns to have received the
largest vots cast for council nominations.
Among other who seemed to have quali
fied were Mrs. Kstelle Lawson IJndsey
and Mrs. Clara Foltt, who waa the first
woman admitted to the bar la California.
British Poet Warns
People That Defeat
is Not Improbable
LONDON. May . William Watson, the
(poet, has contributed a prose article to
the Evening News, In which ho denounces
the apathy of the British government and
people In the following terms:
"It Is high time that the masses of the
people of this country had It driven and
hammered Into their somewhat slow
minds, for no gentler mode of Introduc
ing It will suffice, that it Is very doubt
ful Indeed whether we are going to beat
the Oermana after all."
Criticising tbe "lulling assurances that
all will ultimately be well," Mr. Watson
praises the spirit of tho Germans aud de
clares "our allies and w ourselves are In
Imminent and grievous peril."
Turkish Eegiment
is Annihilated
PARIS), May 1.-A dispatch from Myll
len to the Have agency says that a
regiment of Turkish troop was annihi
lated during fighting at the Dardanelles
last night, and that the allies transported
1.000 more prisoners' to Tenedos and
Moudro.
The dispatch also aay that a squadron
of warships ef the allies again bombarded
forte at the Dardanelles and Turklsn en
(smpments on ths coast.
Wilson Tells Why He
Declined to Give
Out Amnions' Letter
WASHINGTON, May 1,-Presldeat Wil
son's refusal . yesterday to furnish the
Industrial Relatione commission with
eopiee of correspondence with former
Governor Ammona of olorsdo on the
Colorado coal strike was explained at
the White House today with the state
ment that the president did not care to
ItKe any part In the controversy between
t'haliman Walsh and John P. Rockefcl-lt-r.
Jr., over Sir. Walsh's aseertlcn that
sn saent of Mr. Rockefeller had written
a letter to the preeld-nt for Oovern.ir
Ammons to sign.
The president's friends understand he
believe the commission should cond jcl
the Investigation Into industrial condi
tions for which It was created by .-on-cresa
without getting Into newspaper con
troversies. While he has not gone Into
the merits of the discussion between Mr.
Walsh and Mr. Rockefeller, it wss said
lod;y be thinks the object of the com
mission Investigation is apt to be de-,
(rated If published attacks on witnesses
before the commission are continued.
German Airship Sinks
a British Submarine
rERUN. Mar . V1 Londoo.-Tlt.
following official communication was la
sued tonight:
"On May I a German naval airship
had aa engagement with several British
submarines in the North eu. fceveral
bombs were dropped from the airship,
one of then) hitting and sinking on of
the submarines.
"Tbe airship wss bombarded by the
cuns of the submarines without being
J-it. It returned safely.'
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Cotton Drops Dollar
and Half a Bale
NEW ORLEANS. May (.-Cotton drop
ped thirty-two to thirty-five point or
more than ll.M a bale on tha exchange
here this afternoon after reports were
received that Ipan had seat aa ultima
tum to China.
NEW YORK, May IThere was a drop
of thirty points In the cotton market here
tday, apparently Inspired by foreign
news, particularly with reference to the
relations of Japan and China.
DepartaaeM Orders.
WASHINGTON, May (.-(Special Tele
gram.) K. U. llanna waa appointed a
rural letter carrier at Chambers, Neb.,
and Melvin Morgan at Frederick. 8. U.
Nebraska pensions gran led: Mary J.
Bangs. Heck ford, til; Heche! Muller.
West Point, (12.
Decide on
An Executor
who has the ability,
resources, .organization,
experience and per
manency. Such ia the Peters
Trust Company, which
aots in this capacity at
no greater charge than
the individual executor.
Consult us freely
upon this subject.
Capital
$500,000.00
GRAIN CASE ON IN COURT
Omaha Commisiion Company Seek
ing to Recover from Chicago
House.
TRIAL JURY IS SECURED
A Jury was selected yesterday in Judee
Estelle's rourt to try the suit In whlrh
the Haunders-Westrand Oraln company of
Omaha ia seeking to recover $4."0.73
from Lemson Itros. A Or, of Chl-ao,
alleged to have heen appropriated hy the
Uite Pherman Paunders and William C.
Hunderland and transferred to the de
fendants. The following Jurors will hear
the evidence:
A. E. Carter. Benson; Alrred K. Casn.
Ralph W. Craddork, Omaha; Kmll Holuli,
Pellx Lenegh, Routh Omaha; Daniel
lnlhan. C. O. Lund. A. B. Myers.
Charles Oakley. Omaha; George H.
Hemer. South Omaha; Stephen Sedla
ek, Omaha, and Chsrles C. Rtraulte,
South Omahn.
Trlai of a lawsuit In which the Saunders-
Westrand Oruln company of Omaha
Is seeking to recover (4?..nM.JJ from l.sm
son Bros. A Co. of O.Icsko, slleged to
have been appropriated hy the late Sher
man Saunders and Wllllmn C. Sunderland
and transferred to the defendants, has
begun in Judge Eatelle'a district o irt.
The case, which Involves alleged Illegal
ity of grain trading transactions carried
on by Punrterl iP and Saunders, a former
Omaha firm, promises to develop a com
plete expose of methods of the Chicago
Board of Trade and allied branches all
ovsr the country.
Mack Legal Taleat.
A brilliant arrav of lesai iiini i .-
gaed In the trial. The plalntlffa are rep
resented by j. j. Sullivan, J. W. Wood
rough and F. A. Brogsn. and the defense
by W. D. Mciiugh and Smyth. Smith A
Schall. Attention of men engaged In the
grain business all over the United States
Is said to he turned st r resent n h
Omaha court where tho rase is on trial.
ins plaintiff comnanv alleaea that
Sunderland and Saunders dealt hitH
LamSon Droa. Co. "by pretended orders
irom pretended customers," but that In
reality they merely luld wagers on future
prices ot grain markets.
On Juno 1, 1912. and on July 10. 1913 the
petition charges. Sherman Saunders with
drew t43.SM.73 of money belonging to the
Baunders-Weatrend company and trans-
rerreo it to the defendant company. Suit
Is brought for recovery of this amount.
DEATH RECORD.
Mrs. Certrade T. Hollaad.
HASTINGS, Neb., May l.-(8pecial Tel
egramsLetters received here today
from President A. L. Clatke of the First
Nstlonal hank, who Is - Ssn Francisco,
tell of the death of his granddaughter.
Mrs. Gertrude Tousalln Holland, st sea
Isst week as a result of shock Incident
to being trsnsferred frrm the steamer
Minnesota. Mrs. Holland wss on the
way to visit her uncle, A. L. Touialln
of Omaha. Her home was in Manila, j
The body wss tsken to Honolulu for
cremation.
Great Britain is
Building Wireless
Station in Jamaica
NKW YORK. May 6To supply a need ;
felt by the British navy a j.owerful !
wireless station is being built en the !
highlands of the Island of Jamaica, M0 '
feet above tho level of the s-a. accord- j
ing to Rev. Oeorge B. Stallworthv. a j
Unitarian clergyman, who arrived here I
today aboard the steamer Juan, after a
five months' visit to the island. j
Rev. Mr. Ftallworthy said 300 m'n had I
been working on tho plant for two i
months. No details as to Its equipment
or rsnge had been permitted to become
public, except that It would be very pow
erful, with a long radius of effectiveness.
Ths general opinion prevails in naval
circles In the West Indies, Mr. Stall
worthy asserted, that Rear Admiral Sir
Christopher i Cradock and his British
fleet would not have been lost in the
engagement with the German fleet oft
Coronel, Chile, November 1. last, had
there been then In the West Indie such
a wireless plant as Great Britain Is now
building. It waa said a plant would have
averted defeat by warning the British
admiral of the strength of the Germans
or by sending other warships to aid him.
Turkish Aeroplanes
Brought Down by
Fire of Allies1 Ships
PARIS. May e. Two Turkish aero
planes have been brought down by shells
from allied warhlps. according td a dis
patch from Salonlkl. Setting out from
Beddul Bahr, the aeroplanes flew over the
fleet, dropping several bombs, all of
which, however, fell harmlessly In the
water. They had put out to sea to recon
nolter Lemos and Tenedos. when they
were brought down. The German aviators
were rescued and made prisoners.
A Havaa dispatch from Athens filed
yesterday states that the Inhabitant of
Oalllpoll and other part of the penin
sula are crossing In large numbers to the
Asiatic side.
Two hundred Turkish prisoners taken
by the allies were removed to Tenedos
yesterday (Monday).
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