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OMAHA, MONDAY MOUXIXU, MAY
mi 6.
Oa Train, at Kotal
Haw Stand, to., 5a.
MEXICAN GENERAL
HOPES AMERICANS
WILL CO-OPERATE
Trevino Sayi He Would Like to
Have Perihing'i Men Aid in
Running Down Bandits
in Chihuahua.
EVIDENCE OF JOINT ACTION
Carranza Troop. Show More Activity
in Proceeding Against
Outlaws.
VILLA IS NOT NEAR BORDER
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 14
General Frederick Funston has or-
ltred an investigation of the tires
last night at fort Bliss near hi I aso.
They were incendiary, it is said, and
evidently deliberate attempts to de
stroy the garrison. Two stables
were burned, according to the offi
cial report, and an attempt was made
to set fire to an ammunition house.
General Funston is curious to
know, it was said, today, how the in
lendarirs eluded the pickets and
ignited two structures an hour apart.
TOR rt EON, Mexico, May 12 (Via
Kl Taso Junction, May 14.). Gen.
eral Jacinto Trevino, commander of
t.ho military division of the north
east, in announcing today he would
leave next Tucuday for 'Chihuahua
City to take command of the cam -
paign to clean up the bandits of Coa-
BUila, Bald bo hoped that the Amerl-
can troops WOUld CO-operati actively j to get flowers for their lapels. They
In bringing the hunt to a prompt ! came In five or ten at a time. The dark
. weather of the laat two or three days
termination. h(l(, mad(, th(J m,vpiy f,f opPn f0W(.r, 0n
The general said he already wasjth(, market smaller than ft would hav
moving large bodies Of troops lnt I been If we had had sunalrlne."
the InfeHted region.
General Jose Santos has reported
from Parras tbat he has entirely
wiped out the Chacon band of out
laws. Twenty-six were killed, in a
battle and eleven were captured and
fxecuted.
An Intermediate for Canuto Hcyes said
today that Reyes' people were only walt-
Ing for the retirement of the American ,
force to lay down their arm.
TIIU Not Krsr Hordrr.
COLtJMBUS, N. M., 'y 14.Dctach
n.ent of cavalry patrolling the New
Mexico bordejj tonight reported to Colonel
II. O. Kickle, commanding the patrol, that
Investigation disclosed nothing to sup
port the rumor, reported today trom field
headquarters) that Villa was timing in
the mountains of northern Chihuahua.
Military men here were Inclined to pint
little credence in the rumor, which said
that Villa had concentrated 1,U men
about thirty mile south of Hachlta, N.
M., and about forty miles northwest of
Ascension, Chihuahua.
Unofficial reports from the field tonight
Indicated that the backward movement of
troop and uppllerom San Antonio nd
other advanced base was completed.
Platoons of mllltla marching overland
from Demlng reached here today and
completed the mobilization of the New
Mexican National Guard.
Not Altogether Ktesle.
WASHINGTON, May H.-Indlcatlons
reached the War department today that
the Scott-Obregon border conferences, al
though officially described a having
ended In a deadlock, actually had re
united In closer co-operation between the
American and Carranza forces in Mex
ico, and there were intimations that no
written agreement had been drawn up
by the conferees because they decided
more could be accomplished yrithout one.
Farmers Welcome
Drenching Rain All
Over the State
The rain of Saturday night and yea
terday were exceedingly welcome to
farmers, the small grain needing the
rain very much, according to the crop re
port of the Chicago & NnrlhwcHtem r.ill
road for the lines In Nebr.iska. The crop
report was f"r the week ending Haturday.
The report showed that wheat, oats
nd hay and pasture are good In prac
tically ail of the districts touched by th.
Nnithwr stern In ttita st.ne. In me
caws they were tunnel fine. As 1 gen
eral thing the soil was ieportd d.
That a good rain wm.ld benefit greatly
was the general tepoit.
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Telegim -The diouthy condition of
euin NetM, which vn K'Hiiuilns
in prove di ntiragl'ig, broken .1 uing
tt HUM by a .!i'ndlii ruin, t :b"l by
let)) ho, which lit" th iftnn.mt
tiil pri.i!!cd. with the lh rnwmurr
iki.ttinr :thily bov ieetn l
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IN OMAHA SUNDAY
In Pulpit and on the Street Is
Appreciation Shown to the '
Patient Little Mother.
DAUGHTER COOKS DINNER
Mother had her dav of apprt-cia
turn yesterday.
It was the day set aide fur men
and women to native and content-1
UTr ;
,f4 days of the year mother is apt
to go on her patient, loving, sell
aenficing way, cooking and wash-
:ni;riT;i,lL,Il;rr!!.i,!!WAIT with calm assurance
dren and grown-ups without any I
special thanks. She has done it so j
long and she does it so uiicomplain- j
tngiy tnat men nave tome to taKe ,
her ministrations lor grantei
like
the shining of the sun and the
fall-
ing of the rain.
I!ut yesterday was decidedly her day.
Husband whs mor attentive than usual;
daughter took the preparation of the
Sunday dinner Into her own hands and
Initiated that mother rest; on brought
a bouquet of flowers, perhaps, and pre.
fnt"d them.
Tito flower on the lapel and particu
larly the white carnation proclaimed
the fact that mother wa coming In for
a ilttls of the appreciation due, her.
Flower dealers In Omaha said their
stocks were
day.
cleaned out" corly in the ! president, alter expressing nts sym
pathies and renewing promises of
"t never received so many Mother's
day nrdeti before," said Kloilst John
If, Hath. "The number of bouquets or
dered sent out to mothers was beyond
nil previous fecords. BeHldeg I received
.a number of letter teleRrnm from
j -Mown , people or.n now. act
Wrll B,op)(fj Bt ,,, m,p n crow,i
Nearly all the enurcnes in me ciy nan
special observance of the day. Tho
psator preached special sermons and
the choirs paid tributes In enng to tfie
mothers of the race. In several churches
tho young people's societies had special
progrsms for Mother's day.
One young man appeared downtown
wearing two flowers.
"One of them," said he, "Is for my
own mother and the other's for my
mother-in-Uw."
Kvcn to the theater extended the
thought of the day and "Mother
Macliree," "My Mother's nosary" and
like songa were sung by the "men In
motley" and rendered' by orchestra.
Ho mother knows, now, that she Is ap
preciated. But she would go right on doing her
duty In her own aelf-aacrlflclng ')
even if she weren't appreciated.
For that Is' the way of mothrr.
Street Railway Men
Get Boost in Wages
Without Asking It
A wage boost of one cent an hour is
eomlnr to all conductors and motorme.i
on all street railway lines. This was
ordered at a meeting of the directors t-t
the company Saturday to take effect
July 1. It is said that the action of the
company is on its own Initiative, with
out waiting for a demand by the men,
although there has been some talk
among the employes, suggesting that a
wage increase was about due.
The street railway men are now word
ing on a sliding scale, going up with
each year's trm of aervlce. With the
additional cent an hour the maximum
will be thirty cents, and the minimum
for the beginners twenty-five cents. Th
average number of hour dnUy being
from ten to eleven so that the differ-
ence will be an Increase of about 13.60 a
month for each man, ,
The number of men included lr the
order Is upward of K0O and It Is estimated j
that the total will Increase the wagei
Item In the company a budget appro ;
Imately "0,ono a year. j
New of tho forthcoming wage hoost j
spread among the men berore they left ,
their runs for the day, and most of them j
expressed satisfaction at receiving thl j
recognition in this form.
Loses Life in a Vain
Effort to Save Son's
FAiniU'llV, Veh., May 14 - l;ay Wig
gins, veteran engineer of the lto(n
lilnnd iftllretad, and his S ear "Id on
were drowned last nuht a few miles from
lure while Sllempl itia t'i a cik
Tli" stream, nidlnarlly Heart, dtv, .
W nJlerl t'i a torrent bv recent liesvv
lain. The little tier fl Into the wstee
h'i fsiber dived sf'er blm, and b h wete
itrt'l A not bee n ilnt the
.ttnwnlng Ttie boillee b-ne i- itn
SANTO DOMINGO GIVEN
UP BY THE REBEL FORCES
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POINCARE INSISTS
GERMANY MUST ASK
FOR PEACE TERMS
President of France Declares to
Refugees at Nancy that Central
Empire It Haunted by
Remorse.
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;WANT GUARANTEES OF PEAC?
EljenT Mu fF iw Jb'
Vanquished Before
Can Come.
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NANCY, .May 14. President
Poincare, in an address here today,
rf snolHt.d ,0 Germany's declaration
regarding peace contained in the
German reply to the American nolo.
"France docs not want Germany
to tender peace," said the president,
"but wants its adversary to ask for
peace."
The president then nude known
clearly the only kind of peace which
would be acceptable to France. The
address was delivered at the Molitor
garrisVm before a large number of
Lorraine refugees, to whom the
solicitude and protection said:
"France will not expose Its ons to the
dangers of new aggressions. Th cen
tra! empires, haunted by remorse for
having brought on tho war, are terrified
by Ihe Indignation and haired Ihey havt
ntlrred up In mankind, m trying todny
to make the world believe that the
lentcnie allies alone are tespon.Mlblo for
the prolongation or nostuuifB a nun
Irony which will deceive no one.
"Neither directly nor Indirectly have
our enemies offered us pear. But we do
not want them to offer It to us; we want
them to auk It of us. We do not want to
submit to their conditions: we want to
Impose ours on them. Wo do riot want a
pfacp which would leave Imperial tier
many with the power to reeommence the
war and keep Europe eternally menaced.
Wo want peace which receives from re
stored rights serious guarantees of
equilibrium and stability.
"Ho long ss that peace Is not ssaured
to us; so long as our enemies will not
recognize thctnsehes ss vanquished,
will not cease to fight."
riesldent I'olncaie told the refugee
that they were only a small number of
the victims of tho Invasion; these were
distributed In ell putt of the country
ond there was not a department that was
not sheltering thousands. Kverywhcre
they were waiting with culm confidence
forthc hour of deliverance.
Production of.
Whiskey Increases,
Beer is Decreasing
WASHINGTON, Msy H. not with
standing Ihe fact that prohibition laws
have become effective in seven state
since July 1, WIS, approximately 7,SflO,m
gallons more w hisky have been produced
In the I'nlted States so far during thl
j f)B(.Bl ypar enrfng june 30, than ever be-
fore. Returns to the internal revenue
bureau approximate the total Increase
for tho year at lrt,noft,(mO gallons.
During the same period the production
of beer has fallen more than 1,500,000
barrels, or 4o,0r0.0o0 gallons, from last
year's figures. The total production of
beer for the year ending June 30, it Is
estimated, will be about 60.0,iio0 gallon
,.;., than It waa in tho last fiscal year,
An extraordinary Increase In the
amount of cigars, cigarette and tobacco
la reported for tho current, year. The
tax collected during the nine months
; ending Mlnrch 31 show an increase of
approximately W.orfl.OOO on tobacco.
Creighton Summer
Session Opens Soon
The next summer session will open at
'leighlon on Wednesday, June 21, nd
will close 011 Wednesday, August 2. The
bulletin of the ion Is now In the
hands of the printer and will be ready
for distribution soon, Present hidb a
tlona point to the largest enrollment In
the history of the session, and to eien
wider distribution geographically than In
the past. Most of the former teacher
will be 1 hand, but the staff will b In-
creased by the addition of scleral pi
teHM Arrangements are being mad
f.r an elaborate- ei.tertaiiinieiit pioBram
to supplement the teg'ilar work of the
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new range finders. Sergeant Uhl is taking- the range, General Hall is making the record,
while Sergeant Schmidt is signaling the "army" the location of the enemy and distance.
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STARBUCK TALKS
ON WORTH OF CHILD
Philosophy Professor at Iowa TJni
Preaches Before Unitarians
in Turpin's Hall.
THEME FROM JESUS' SAYING
F- D. Stlarbuck, professor of phil
osophy at the University of Iowa,
preached before Unitarians in Tttr-
piu hall, Twenty-eighth and Famium
streets, yesterday morning o 'he
theme: "The Worth of a Child."
Mr. Starbuck took his theme front
the saying of Jesus that "He that
docth anything for a child doeth it
for Him, and for him that causeth
any one of the little ones to stuinblu
it were better for him that a mill
stone were put about his nerk and
that be were dropped into the sea
and drowned."
I'rof. Starbink said Christ did not
exaKRorate in this saying. "All
h t K h t- r animals care for their
young." He continued, "anil as; we
advance in the srale wc find those
animals that lake the best care make
the most progress. Jn the human
family we find parents caring for
their offsprings until they are adult.
The average man does not marry
and start a home of his own until he
is 24 years old. The average busi
ness man does not begin his career
until be is 26 years old. And though
there are only about 25 years more
left for the life work, it is found
that it pays to take this early care of
the children.
Child Hamlet of Race.
The speaker declared the child
was the Hamlet of the race, and
quoted from John Kiske and Henry
Drummond to show how nature is
teaching the race to take good care
of the children.
"Formerly," aid Prof. Starhuck,
"the father had little interest in the
family. But limes have changed.
In many of the animals we find the
male helping care for the offspring,
the ostrich, indeed, sitting on the
eggs half of ihe time.
"In the church, especially, the
child has been neglected. Wc spend
money freely for music, but are nig--gardly
about the Sunday school. It
is thought that anything will do for
the children."
The speaker deplored the fact
that 20 per rent of all children die
before they have reached their first
year; a half before they reach ma
turity, ami said what ins perhaps
worst of all was the fait that iiinc
tenths nf all children air twbarted
and held hark by arretted develop
ment. He rnnisratulaied Omaha
people oil the reduced deaili rate
auioin; children, but said the rate
e.ilani(
At a special meeting "I the church,
utter tne servne-., tne (uc9ih.ii 01
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I nothing
irluti'e wax uci uif i rvi epi
t loimilrr a Irw pines nl ground
presented t'i the include: for their
1 .iinleialioti, hp inr iiiii!iiitrd
: among rue men i. no n. ..'.
: to rxtirr a iiretinn.e li.r a ii'uiiii
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UHKKNW'OOn, Indian Agency, B. D.,
May 14. -Franklin Lane, aecretary of the
Interior, thl afternoon granted full cltl-
senshlp right to 1T0 residents of the
Yankton-Sioux reservation.
In the neighborhood of S.ono people at
tended the ceremonies. Mr. l.ano made
an address in which he urged upon the
red man the full measure of responsibility
which ha been Imposed upon them.
In thl ceremony tho title to :iO,0OO acre
of land which ha been held in trut for
Jndlan was transferred to them.
The ceremony ws full of color, many
of tho Indian appearing In the tradi
tional dres of tho tribe.
METHODISTS TAKE
AGTIOON UNIONS
Conference Votes to Strike Out
Clause of Report Favoring
Organized Workers,
TANGLE IN SITUATION CAUSED
SAHATOOA 8PWN03, N, Y., Jlay
14. The goneral conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church went on
record today ln( opposition to show
ing a preference for organized labor
In matter affecting employment. By
a vote of more than three to two the
conference voted to strike out of the
report of the commission on social
service a clausu committing the
church to a preference for union
workmen. This action followed a
lcnRthy debate, in which virtually
all the phases of the labor problem
were considered.
Britain Regrets the
China Ship Affair
WASHINGTON. May 14.-Gret Brit
ain's memorandum acceding to the de
mand of the 1'nlted State for relense
of tiermana and Austrian removed from
the American steamship China reached
the State department today through Am
bassador Page. Tho Hritish government
'expresses regret at the occurrence'' an l
says that the caao must not become n
precedent for case In which the fa--t
sro not the same. The text of the nieni
otandum probably will tie made pulilic
Monday.
U, S, Envoy Serves
Notice ou Rebels
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ding
Sllllttl t'OltllllgCl rnv, t'lll llfeS t ti cltv
was e'acusled hi Htnls itturnln. M
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guru n.itifi, stem t' It.ii eto. t
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DEAD IN LOS ANGELES
BRITISH OESTHDttRS
BRING tUPPLL'N 00 AN
PRIMARY FIGHT IN
KEYSTONE STATE
Bitter Factional Quarrels Feature
First Campaign Under New
law in Pennsylvania.
PENROSE AGAINST BRUMBAUGH
rillLADF.LPHIA, May 14. Fit
ter factional quarrels have charac
terized Pennsylvania' state-wide pri
mary election campaign, which will
close when the voters go to the polls
Tuesday.
in tho republican party the struggle
centers on the control of the seventy six
delegate to the national convention.
I'nlted Htatea Henalor Holes Penrose,
favoring nn unpledged delegation, leads
In il fight against Governor Martin fl.
rtriirnhangh, who supports candidates
pledged to support the party's popular
choice In the state for president. Gov
ernor rtrumbaugh has announced Ms own
candidacy for the presidential nomination
with tho condition that he would be will
ing to step aside In favor of any candidate
from another state tf assured substantial
support from a reunited party t the
Chicago convention. Governor Hmin-
haugh haa said that snch unity of action
and republican victory , In November
"rannnt be accomplished under any fac
tional leadership'' and that he had been
assured by many peraons that thoae
responsible "for the disaster of lfll!" can
not reunite "the broken forces" of (he
party.
Seventy-Six Delegates.
The seventy-six delegate include twelve
to he elected at large. The Tenrose
nominee for tlieae Include Senator Ten
rose, himself, 1'nlted Htate Bena-tor
Oliver: John Wanameker Btid Jatne
Kherson, Jr., of I'hlladelphla, and Mayor
.1. (I. Armstrong of FMltshurgh. The
Brumbaugh nominees Include the gov
ernor, State ffc nator W. J. liurke of Pitt
burgh, former Itepresenlatlve K. V.
Aeheson of Washington, I'.; Mayor T.
H. Smith of Philadelphia and Auditor
General A. W. Powell.
Governor rtrumbaugh' name Is the only
one which appears on tho republican
preferential ballot. If others nre favored
their nnniea must be written In by the
voters. Tlila factional contest has be
come so bested in Philadelphia as to
split the party organisation where har
ninny has prevailed for yenra.
Wilson Has No Opposition.
In the democratic party President Wil
son's Is the only name to appear nn the
ballot aa a candidate for president. Op
posing factions have, however, selected
candidate for the twelve delegalea-at-birge,
although whichever ticket Is elected
will support Mr Wilson, The principal
democratic fight Is for the state's repre
senlatlie on the national committee. The
reorgunUiitlnn democrat are headed by
former Itepresentatlve A. Milclir Tnt-
titer, thikpresent nnllnnnl committeeman
who s opposed bv Michael I.ehe, jr., of
t rie, identified with the nignnlratlon
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OF DECATUR BANK
WIZARD OF FINANCE
Cashier Bought for Himself Only
Six Automobiles in a Period of
Two Yean He Was in Con
trol of Things.
ALSO BUILDS A FINE HOME
Buys Deposits by Paying Higher
Rate of Interest Than
Others.
NOW TOO SICK TO SEE ANT0NE
(Front a Staff Correspondent.)
DECATUR, Xcb., May 14. (Spe
cial ) Not only was Cashier John E.
Elliott of the defunct Farmers' State
Dank of Decatur an adept at declar
ing large dividends, as s'hown in the
article in Sunday's Bee, but he was
long on paying high rates of interest
to the depositors.
Some interesting fact have been
shown to the method he used in
declaring a SO per cent dividend after
he bad been in the bank one year,
and the method be used to avoid
paying this dividend in cash by "al
lowing" the stockholder to let their
dividends stand on the books tri ap
ply on further shares, But if the
stockholders thus thought they were
faring well, the depositor also felt
ther had no reason to complain.
hor Elliott paid them 5 per cent in
terest on their deposit, whereas
most substantial banks in the state
pay from 3 to 4 per cent.
When a store pays IS cents a
dorcti for eggs, and aonther store in
the same town nay JO cents, the lat
ter store gel the eggs, don't it?
Well, naturally, the Farmers' State
bank of Decatur got the deposits the
same way.
So steadily did the deposits flow
to this "marvelous" little bank where .
S per cent was offered, that other
banks in the community suffered
somewhat. Jn fact, some of them
felt it necessary; to come up to the 5
per cent rate in order to compete,
although they felt it wa almost im
possible to do this and do well in the
hanking business. The result is that
the rate of interest in Decatur and
thereabout still stands at about S per
cent, since Cashier Elliott in his me
teoric banking career boosted it to
that figure.
Slips "Extras" to Favored Ones.
While the good people of Decatur
were getting 5 per cent on their de
posits, there were some depositor
outside Decatur who were getting
even a greater rate of interest from
the Elliolf bank. To oine favorite
depositor who had large deposits,
and whose btisines he was particu
larly eager to hold he paid 6 per cent.
To whom?
Why, for example, to one Frank
lam of St. Paul, Neb.
lams is said to be well-to-do and
to have had a substantial bank ac
count in the Farmer' State bank of
Decatur. It is disclosed that Elliott
paid him his 5 per cent regularly,
and then slipped him an extra 1 per
rent as a bonus.
The 1 per cent had to be handled
quietly so a to prevent its showing
on the book as part of the 6 per
cent interest paid.. To accomplish
this a check was made periodically
to "Joe Peterson," which might as
well have been "John Doe," for the
said "Joe Peterson" did not exist.
The check was run through its reg
ular channel in the bank, and the 1
per cent was thus obtained by the
cashier for his favorite depositor,
lams.
So when the "Joe Feterson" or
"John Doe" checks were entered on
the book it would, of course, be a
simple matter to enter them as items
of expense.
Who would ever know? "Joe Fe.
terson" might have been the janitor.
Yes, he might have been an itinerant
who shoveled snow off the sidewalk
during the winter. It would l diffi
cult to r bark now and show that
"J it Petersen" was never a tempo
rary employe the bank. There are)
lots of "J'K Petersons" in the world,
Indian Prove Profitable.
"Sundry commissions" was a list
of entries of profits made by shrewd
deals among the Indians of the
. .. 1. - I :..., l. rai.ulinnc
Elliott enioved the reputation of
paper m tne nan it . t ne muian sihm
; tioie verv rraunv, tsitrii vmrn mry
borrow ?fl it is no trinitile to get
them to sign a note t"r in trie
I (lay nf uuttirttv. if they cannot pay,
' itfiiunnlv happen, it is no troti-
i ble to get them to tenet the note.
Yes, thev sign notes readilv. and
when they 'U'i a irnewal they itn
rot alwus lite wheihrr they at
Signing l..r $7 ii' for $?$.
I hev gnu. t and sign, and sign tni
g tn is t.
f . and thev (jive mortgage lea I.
tSv on ant thing lliev own.
b "tnuiry ioininitoi'' acfilir't
ni !.r l arincrt' .! ban of pe.
o ...iUo en tat" f . I 'o. i.t it Tjt
Week After Week
IV.' Wfint'Aih ar
tiftkiitH' It Hi if.
n a r, V I', I! v
W ;K nut just
t.U. i ill iV hili.
1 IQO Mor TM W.int
1luO Avl for th week
just trutd, 5 13. thin in lh
iuie vrek a year ;n
"KUAD anil HERD
II KK WANT AD3"
Thev'tc rnulv gttter.