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Ihe Omaha Daily WIIKN AWAY FROM HOME The Bee Is The Paper yen Mt fori If you plu to be absent mora tbaa a few any. THE WEATHER. Cloudy H bars The Baa mails t VOL. XLV-NO. 141 OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1915 TWELVE PAGES. Oa Trains, at Hotel Hewe Stands, ate., Bo. single copy two cento. r WILSON EXTENDS HOPE TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE CHIEFS resident Telli Delegation that He Will Take Up Matter of Fed eral Amendment with Party Heads. MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT TO THEM Executive Says He Expects to Con tinue to Learn as Long as He Lives. MAMMOTH PETITION IS LOST WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 6. (Women suffrage workers, undis mayed by defeat in eastern states last month or by the failure of the List congress to grant equal suffrage, took their fight again today to the rational capital. The Susan B. Anthony amendment. Introduced and defeated for many years, was Introduced again today in the house by Representative Mondell of Wyoming. A colorful and pictu resque demonstration by suffragists cf many states, Including a parade to the capltol, preceded the introduc tion. Hammolh Petition Loil. The mammoth petition for equal suf frage brought by Mr. Sara Bard Field of Oregon and Mies Frances Jolllffe of California, was lout at the last moment. It was about 18,000 feet long and bore approximately 600,000 names of voters In suffrage states. Another petition, however, containing several thousand names of voters in non suffrage states, was presented to, repre sentative Mondell on the east steps of the capltol, and the original will be given if it is found. It disappeared somewhere 1 1 which city it was shipped by express. Hundreds of suffragists marched to the outskirts of the capltol early today to meet Mrs. Field and Mies Jolllffe who had come from San Francisco by auto mobile to present the petition. Shortly before noon the procession to the capitol began.' More than 1,000 women were in line. Women Carry Banners. A cavalry division of twelve women dressed In suffrage colors and carrying the Susan B. Anthony banner proclaim ing: "We demand the passage of the Susan B. Anthony amendment" came first. Then followed twelve girls wearing liberty caps to represent the silence appeal for the vote; twelvn women representing the, twelve enfranchised 'states; thirty-seven women in walking" costumes representing the thirty-seven states in which women do not have the vote, and 100 suffrage leaders. About a hundred congressmen stood with Representative Mondell when he re ceived the petition. "Under free government," he declared in his address from the steps, "there can be no more important question than one involving the suffrage rights of half the people." Delegation Calls On President. All the marchers later went' to th White House where President Wilson re ceived the 300 visiting sufrage leaders. Miss Anne Martin of Nevada. sDeaklnir ior inem congratulated the president on his stand for suffrage. Since he could not speak for his party on the question she pointed out, he might speak to it; and she asked him to do that. The president declined to advocate nation-wide woman suffrage In his address to congress tomorrow, but promises to consult congress leaders about the consti tutional amendment. The women earnestly besought the pres ident to take up the subject In his address but he steadfastly refused. Miss Martin told him the woman suffrage movement in the United States will never end un til "women have been free" and asked that the democratic party make "woman suffrage tho paramount political issue." Miss Jolllffe declared she spoke as a democratic voter, who had campaigned for the president In California. "There IS a great fund cf gratitude and a harvest of votes waiting for the party (Continued on PageTwo, Column One.) The Weather Forecast till 7. p. m. Tuesday: For Omaha, Council Muffs and Vicinity Unsettled; colder. Triuperatnre at Omaha Yesterday. itou. Desr. a. m 37 a. m 87 J a. m 87 " 37 a. m 87 i a. m a 'I a- m 39 M m 40 1 P. m 41 ? P. m 41 S p. in 42 4 P. m 41 5 l- ni 43 p. in ,i 7 p. n 4; 8 ;. m li Local Hecord. 1!6. 1914. 1W3. 1912. .... 4H 37 45 27 .... JM ! 31 Jl .... 38 3 38 19 ...... .00 .1 2 :M Comparative Highest yesterday, lowest ylerday. Mean temperature., l'reclpitation ....... tuiea from the normal precipitation depar- Normal temperature... Kxceaa fop tho H u u . so . 8 .126 Total defte'ency since' March' 'i!! Normal Di-Moiitttnti ... IkfiolLiicy for the day... Totai rainfall since March 1 Ieficlency sine March 1 . Ieficlency cor. period ldl4 Ueficiency cor. period 113 .03 Inch . .Winch .26.74 Inches 1.T7 inches . 8 SW r.,o 4-W inches Mr porta from Stations at T P. M 8lao,f0W,.a?h8erU ' l.?- "'- Chevenn. n " ' '' tall. 64 I &VumtOI-t. clnilriv ti I enver. clear hi in-tt Moines, clear M 36 64 3s M 64 4.1 W b 61 4S Lander part cloudy 44 North Platte, clear 4 On.aiia. cloudy 42 1'uelilo, clear 4 KupUl City, ciear 46 Salt Lake City, clear.... 44 Kniila In, clear 4tl Hlierldan, snowing 41) 8ioux City, cloudy 44) V.Urr'nn rLur 40 fia " . - . u . Kl - ..... M'uniiuii. L. A. WLLblL Local l-'ortter. ALL NEBRASKANS SEE SESSION OPEN Congressman Xinkaid Introduces Bill to Guarantee National Bank Deposits. SLOAN HOLDS HIS BILLS BACK (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. (8peciat Telegram.) With less of the spec tacular than generally characterises the beginning of a new congress, with lens posing to the galleries and less "fuss and feathers," the first session of the Sixty-fourth congress got under way today in a manner that seemed to inspire the hope ex pressed by Speaker Clark to the house that the congress now on the road will go into history as a work ing congress and not a talking con gress. Whllo there were many strangers shout the corridors of both the senate and house who lncked the necessary cards of admission to the galleries the crowds were by no means as large as on other opening days, probably for the reason that tomorrow Is the "big day" when Tresldent Wilson will deliver his message on preparedness and suggest ways for increasing the revenues of the govern ment to meet the larger demands of the nation now that "our splendid Isolation" no longer exists. All Kebraskams on Hand. Every member of the Nebraska delega tion was present when the gavsel fell in senato and house. Representative Lo beck arrived early this morning to par ticipate in the organisation of the lower branch of congress, with t which he has been associated since the Sixty-second congress. Ills lr.teness in arriving was due to a death in his family which de tained him in Omaha for several days late rthan he planned for arrival in the capital. Among the first bills to go into the "hopper" were those of Mr. Lobeck for individual pensions for a number of per sons in his district. He also reintroduced his bill of the last congress providing for the price for a site at the Union station at Omaha for the erection of a aub postofflce and a bill appropriating $100,000 for the erection of a boulevard between Fort Croo kand Omaha. National Dank Guaranty. Judge Klnkaid of the Sixth district took time by the forelock by introducing a bill providing; for the guarantee of de posits of national banks. "This Is a serious question in our state," said Judge Kink aid, "and one we have to meet in the very ablest and most farslghted manner." Judge Klnkaid will have with him in an official capacity Paul Martin of Sidney, a graduate of the Cniverslty of I Nebraska. Paul Humphrey ,- of Broken j Bow.xlUTalso.Jbe. pajrt.qOhe; Judge1 1 ; start as be has bee a since the congress man began his duties in Washington, loan Holds Back. Congressman Sloan said he would not introduce any bills for several days as he desired thoroughly to acquaint him self with conditions before "Jamming" Into the "hopper" a lot of bills that might never see the light of day. Representative Reavis remarked that he would "sit around for. a while" before suggesting any new legislation and "would mark time" until he knew his environment beeter. Representative Sloan has taken apart ments at the Washington Inn, a new apartment house, but a short distance away from the capltol. Judge Klnkaid is also at the same location. Representative Lobeck will be at the Drlscoll until his family arrives In the spring. His secretary, J. H. Hanley, Mrs. Hanley and "Little Jack" have also taken apartments at tb Drlscoll. Mr. and Mrs. George T. Brereton of Omaha are at the Raleigh. William Maher, member of the execu tive committee of the National Letter Carriers' association, Is in Washington on business connected with the associ ation. One Hundred Texas Democrats Call on President Wilson WASHINGTON, Dec. 6,-One hundred Texas democrats who hope to secure the next democratic convention for Dallas shook hands today with President Wil son and said that they wanted him for another term In the White House. Mayor Lindaey of Dallas and Oato Sells, democratic national committee man from Texas were spokesmen. Mayor Lindsey told the president that Texas was for him in 1916. "Texas la bedrock" was the president's reply. Governor Ferguson of Texas will call on the president tomorrow to discuss the Mexican situation. Mrs. Mohr, Alleged Crook Escapes Jail at Muscatine, la. MUSCATINE. Ia., Dec. .-Mrs. Adam Mohr, alias Mrs. Anna Koch, alleged Swindler, whose operations In several western eUtes are said to have netted her fully 115,000. escaped from jail hers! In the aea of Marmora by a British sub today. v j marine, it was announced In a British She feigned sudden tUnesa. The ' official statement thla evening. A aupply Jailer's wife left a door open as she steamer and four aalllns- veaaola al.n ruBiiea 10 ins meaicine caDlnet on a lower floor and the prisoner darted through to freedom. Mra. Mohr waa arreated at Burlington recently charged with awindllng Rev. L. M. Kettlecamp, a Muecatlne minister, out of 125. ANOTHER DEMOCRAT IS WHIPPED IN ELECTION PORTLAND. Me.. Dec l-Mayor Wil liam M. Imgraham, democrat, was de feated for re-election today fay the re publican candidal Wllford G. Chapman. Republican candidates for the city coun cil carried six of the nine wards. ONLY BABY ON THE PEACE SHIP-Mrs. N. Weibull and her infant son, photographed a few moments before the sailing of the Oscar II. The Weibulls are from Denver. if r-x t 1 irv- - VILLA CHASED BY CARRANZA HORSE Outlaw Being Closely Pursued by Cavalry of Mexican Gov ernment. MAGDALENA SCHOOLS REOPEN NOG ALES, Ariz., Dec. 6. Fran cisco . Villa . retreating toward CM- t sr . ax.- huahua.by -way of Sahuarlpa. SonQrailQwwhat promises to he- the most lm Is being( closely pursued by Carranza cavalry according to General Manuel M. Dlegueg, who arrived here today from Hermosillo to confer with Gen eral Obregon. The Carranza cavalry already has Colonel Beltran. General Dieguez confirmed the surrender at Lonlchl of General Granclsco Urbalejo, Villa's Ya qui leader. Ills forces, it was said. Joined those of General Dieguez and were assigned to duty as scouts and out guards. General Obregon Is expected to reach Nogales tomorrow. Carranza authorities are establish ing a civil government In the district south of here. Schools at Mag dalena, Sonora, were opened today, 250 pupils being enrolled. British Find Resting Place in Their Flight i.nwnnv ru. tTti Ttrtiiuh rmv in Mesopotamla. which has been in retreat following its defest before Bagdad has reached Kut-El-Amar, on the Tigris, ten miles below Bagdad without further fighting. CONSTANTINOPLE: (Via London) Dec. 6. Capture of another British vessel, laden with ammunition, on the Tigris by the Turks, in following up the British re treat from before Bagdad, is reported by a Turkish official statement issued to day. Teuton Submarines at Adriatic Mouth PARIS, Dec. 6. The presence of Aus trian submarines at the entrance to the Adriatic is reported in a dispatch to the Journal from Messina, Italy, which says that the Greek steamship Bpesai from Blraeua was stopped at 6 o'clock Satur day afternoon by an undersea boat fly ing the Austrian colors. Turkish Destroyer Sunk by Submarine LONDON, Dee. 6. The Turkish torpedo boat destroyer Yar lilsaar has been sunk were destroyed by the submarine on De- cember S and 4. The National Capital Monday, December 8, 1015. The Seaate. Met at noon and thirty-two new sen ators sworn In. Reconvened and adjourned at 4 SO p. m. until Tuesday. The House. Met at noon. S'l'aker Clark wsa re-elected. The rules of the mat houses were adopted with few chanKes. Adjourned at 4.v6 p. in. uulU Tuesday. A 1 1 1 in MPT CLARK RE-ELECTED SPEAKEROF HOUSE First Day of Session of Congress is Confined to Organization and Introduction of Bills. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TUESDAY WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 6. Congress reassembled at noon today portant and historic session of a gen eration. Proceedings in both house and senate were brief, being confined en tirely to organization and formal in tioductlon of some bills and resolu tions. In accordance with custom both soon adjourned and sent a com mittee to formally notify President Wilson that congress was in session. Tomorrow the r I work of the ses sion begins, when resident Wilson de livers his annual address to a Joint ses sion assembled In the halt of the house. Speaker Clark Re-Klected. Speaker Clark was re-elected and sworn In amid cheers from the floor and gal lriea. . In the senate the organization was per fected by the re-election of Senator Clarke of Arkansas as president pro tempore. Vice President Marshall was not in tho chair for the opening. In his opening address to the house the speaker paid tribute to Republican Leader Mann and predicted a practically con tinuous session hereafter. "I am profoundly grateful to you for the high honor of the speakership, thrice conferred by your friendship and par- tiallty." he said, " l man me aemo- crat t0T tnclr Personal good will, which (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) The Day's War News KMKllMKM' OP Hnaalan army rlaaa of 10 IT neat year la ordered In an Imperial ukase issued In I'etros;rad SERBIANS HETIKIXO from Mon astlr have aralved at leva;ll to Join the French troops nnder --".-era 1 Harrall, an Athens dispatch aaya. - M. VK IZKI.OS, former premier of tireece. Issued a manifesto on No vember 21 advlalna- the national liberal party which he heads to abstain from voting; In the pomlnar elections and ebaralnaT virtual suppression of the constitutional regime In the dlssoluton of the chamber. FHANCK Will. INSIST oa restora tion of Alsace and Lorraine and Teutonic withdrawal from Uri el am and Serbia as requisites of peace, declares Albert Thomas, French under secretary of war. Do It Now Make Your Xmas Shopping Easy Prepare your lists of purchases and range of prices in advance at home from the Advertisements in The Dee Shop Early U. S. WON'T TELL WHY PAPEN AND BOY-ED MUST GO Washington Will Refuse to Go Into Questions of Fact Regarding Request for Their Dis missal. BERNSTORFF ASKS REASONS German Ambassador Wants to Enow Why Recall of Military and Naval Attaches is Desired. CONTRARY TO ALL PRECEDENTS WASHINGTON, Doc. 6. Later today the State department received another inquiry on the reason for the recall of German attaches from the nerlln forcifru orflce, transmitted by Ambassador Gerard. It was made known officially here that the Vnlted States would decline to co into the questions of fact on the subject and would not dlarlor.o the sources of its information which lead to Its request. It is known that state department officials are of the opinion that should Germany decline to ask for safe conducts, the ataches may have to leave the country without them. It was pointed out that the men could with safety proceed to Mexico. To attempt to reach Germany without safe conducts would be an extremely hazardous undertaking. The depart ment does not consider itself bound to get their successors here. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 6. Count von Bernstorff today presented to the 8tate department a communi cation asking for the reasons for the request of the withdrawal of Cap tain Boy-Ed and Captain von Papen, the German naval and military at taches, respectively. It was stated authoritatively, though not in the communication, that the ambassador would under no consideration ask the United States to get safe conduct for the attaches. The German government was repre sented as considering it incumbent upon the United States to return the attaches la safety to German territory and bring their successors here. Position Taken by Kaiser, Bhould It develop from ' tho Etata de partment's answar that other" weidnrOs than the Archibald case and the testi mony at the trial of the conspirator ef the Hamburg-American line were consid ered by the I'nited States In asking that the attaches be withdrawn, Germany will contest the withdrawals.- Should the department reply that those two incidents alone were responsible, the withdrawal will take place without fur ther inquiry or protest. The embassy was represented as con sidering that it and the attaches stand before the bar of public opinion. In such circumstance the understanding is that the embassy will deny that the attaches have in any way been connected with j anything other than the Archibald In cident and the Hamburg-American case. Contrary to Precedents. All thla action is considered by officials of the Rtate department to be contrary to precedents of diplomatic procedure. Under all diplomatic usage, it Is only necessary for the United Btatee to indi cate to Germany that the attaches are persona non grata and It ia not neces sary to give a reason for asking their withdrawal. Captain Boy-Ed and Captain von Papen were in Washington today and conferred several times with Count von Bernstorff. . Warrant for Crowley. BAN PRANCIMCO, Cel., Doc. S.-A warrant waa Issued today for the re arrest of Charles C. Crowley on a charge of attempting to destroy commerce with the allies. Crowley la charged Jointly with Baron George Wllhelm von Brlncken, who waa arrested Saturday night, but no wrarrant was Issued ther. for Crowley ! was out under S6,IXU bond on a charge of conspiring to destroy vessels. Additional bait of K.0U0 will be asked on the second charge against Crowley, John W. Preston, United Htates district attorney, said. George A. McGowan, father-in-law of Von Brlncken and his attorney, said '.oday that Von Brlncken was attached to the German cosulate here. Three witnesses in the case against Crowley were here today, ready to ap pear before the federal grand Jury. Lewis Boyle, a allot, and It. L. Harris, a stoker, came here from Seattle to identify Crow ley as a man who went" on board tha steamer Bnoqualmle an hour after tha explosion of a barge load of explosives in the Seattle harbor last May, federal officers said. It waa alleged Crowley represented himself aa a federal ag'nt. Hamer Once More Out for Treasurer (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Dec. S. (Special Telegram.) Franklin C Hamer of Omaha, secured filing blanks of the secretary of atata thla afternoon and will file for tha re publican nomination for atato treasurer, Mr. Hamer has twice before been a candidate for the position, the first time being defeated by Walter A. Geerga for the republican nomination, and at tha last election, was defeated by George Hall, democrat, present treasurer, for the elec tion. Bernstorff Denies Activity in Mexico WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-Count von Bernbtorff, the German ambassador, to day made emphatic denial of reports that Germany or German official agents had 1 teen concerned In recent attempts to set up a counter revolution in Mexico. Two German attaches of foreign office whose recall Washington has requested, for which act no reason is given kaiser's ambassador. Vrtr x -r : -v" '. 'i ' . .: .g i aiMmnsMlwiiie 'iHniiHiwf ifan' nininiiirtiriiffinis JP j .eTMVyrt.C. w.Visaa-.-se, Mrs. Happy Van Wyck Benner Again Seeks Divorce from Mate NEW YORK, Deo. .-(Speclal Tele gram.) If It Is a woman's perogatlve to change her mind once, she can do tt twloa.' Tills Is evidently, the' view of Mrs, Happy Theodora Van Wyck Banner, daughter of the lata Senator Charles Van Wyck of Nebraska! . . . She surprised her husband, Fernando Walt Benner, a real estate operator, in 1S0B by seeking a divorce in Omaha. The first , change of mind caused the suit to be dropped, but tha second brings the Institution of a second suit, also in Nebraska. ' ; Charles Swanson, a lawyer' of this city, has been commissioned to take testimony here and will examine the defendant and other witnesses. Mrs. Benner also had a change of mind in 11)01, when at the altar she Jilted a Washington clerk and later married Benner. Tha grounds for the new suit are not atated in the papera. Iowa Man Suggested As Head of Demos' National Committee WASHINGTON, Deo. S.-W. W. Marsh, democratic national committeeman . of Iowa was brought forward today as a likely selection of the democratic national committee to succeed Rolla Wells of Mis souri who will resign when the committee meets here tomorrow. Mr. Marsh re cently aucceeded Martin J. Wade as na tional committeeman from Iowa. t 1 trV& 5Vv;i i V y I. Would Transfer Case of Hocking to London HALIFAX, K. S., Dec. S.-An applica tion was made In the admiralty court here today as a result of a cable mes sage from Andrew Bonar Law, HiitUh secretary of state for tha colonies, to have the casea of the American steamer Hocking and the Dutch steamer Ham born transferred to England. Judge Drysdala continued tha matter for two weeks. An application for an appeal to tha privy council In the case of tha Hamborn waa allowed. The Hocking, owned by tho American Transatlantic company, and tha Ham born were ae'sed by British cruisers and brought here by prlxe crews, aa Great Britain contended both vessels were actually owned by Germans. GREECE REFUSES TO MEET VIEWS OF TilEjNTEIlTE Diplomatic Situation in the Balkan. Remains Undeveloped Despite the Reports of Successful Settlement. TLOVmmA STILL WAVESTJCr Russian Army Lonz Poised for Action Remains in Own Terri tory Near Frontier. GREEK GOVERNMENT 0PTTMISTI0 LONDON, Dec. 6. No solution has et been reached of affairs in the Bal ksns. Russian troops, though long poised for action near the frontier of r.oumanla, have not yet, so far as la known, left their own territory. Rou. mania's policy still is one of waver ing and the Greek situation, despite diplomatic parleys and all sorts of re ports of a successful settlement, re mains undeveloped. According to latest reports from Athens, both the entente group of rowers r.d the Greek government are holding their ground the entente re Iterating its demands and Greece re fusing to make concessions Inconsis tent with Its sovereign rights. An offlclat communication has been issued at Athena to tha effect that the Greek press does not represent the views of the Hellenic government, which is said to be optlmtxtlo regarding a successful settlement, but the ground for this op timism, which has failed to Impress the newspapers and public either at Athena or in London is not given. Skonlondls area Klnsr. Piemlrr Fkouloudla again conferred yesterday with King Constantino, who afterwards received the French minister to Greece, discussing the situation at somo length. Elnce most of the questions pending, says neuter's correspondent at Athens, are of a military nature, the impression is general that their solution depends upon the decisions of the war council at Paris. The war council in Paris on Saturday. Italy's adhesion to the pact of London, agreeing not conclude a separate peace, and the arrival in Faris of General Porro, second In command of the Italian army, are regarded here ad gratifying signs of the increasing solidarity of the entente allies, and it Is hoped by the British publlo that thla eloser union will soon bear fruit la a mere energetic Balkan . campaign. .... . - , wwnnnim 1 .... ''" nnlsmrlnuS Pursue Serbs. - The Bulgarians announce a further pur suit of Serbian forces through Albanian territory. The retreat of the Serbians Is reported to have assumed the character of a precipitate fligh along the Bell Drlnl river towards Scutari. Further north tha Austrians report that the Mon tenegrins fighting on their frontier have been repulsed after offering violent re sistance. On the other fronts only sporadlo artlU lery duels and small engagements of local Importance are reported. Vealselua Attacks Government. . PA RIB, , Dee. . Kllpherious Venlselos, ex-premier of Qrloece, has Issued a man ifesto addressed In tha name of the lib eral party to the people f his country, ad vising abstention from voting In tha forthcoming general elections. Tha man ifesto waa Issued November SL but Its transmission by telegraph was prevented by the Greek government and It reached Paris today by mall. The manifesto calls attention, to the fact that the International crisis waa brought about solely by the wresting oC power from those to whom the people had confided in at the last election. 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