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VOL. XLV-NO. 202.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1916-SIXTEEN PAGES.
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FRENCH ARMY
REGAINS MOST
OF DOUAUMONT
JParli War Office Asserts German
Now Hold Only Small An&le
of Fortress Won When
Drive Bejjan.
BEELTN MAKES DENIAL OF THIS
French Report Repulse of Two Ger
man Counter Attacks Upon
Hill No. 304.
VIOLENT FIGHTING ON MEUSE
Faria, May 23. Fighting continued
with extreme violence cm both banks
of the Meusc along the Verdun front
during the whole night. Two Ger
man counter attacks on French posi
tion on Hill .104 failed completely,
the war office announced this after
noon. The French made further gain
within Fort Douaumont, The Ger
mans now hold only a small angle on
the northeastern corner of the fort.
The battle around Hill ,)04 was
especially severe. In attacking
French positions on the west side of
the hill the Germans used liquid gas,
the official statement says, and pene
trated one of the French trenches,
but were dislodged at once. On the
east aide of the hill the Germans at
tacked after intense artillery prep
aration, but were not permitted to
reach the French lines.
The principal fighting east of the
Meuse was in the sector between
Thiaumont and Douaumont. The
Germans attacked in mass formation
and are said to have suffered enor
mous losses. They succeeded in re
orciipying one of the trenches north
of Thiaumont Farm, which had been
captured by the French,
Germans Hold Douaumont.
Berlin, May. 23. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) Announcement was made
by the war office today that in the
fighting north of Verdun the French
ha. j taken some firsr line positions
of the Germans, but that Fort Dou
aumont remains firmly in German
hands.
Committee Fails
to Agree On Union
Seminary Charge
Atlantic City, May 23. Hopes that
the question of Union seminary arid
its alleged departure from the tenets
of Presbyterianism would be settled
at the Presbyterian assembly today
without discussion or friction van
ished when the committee till bills
and overtures announced it had come
to no definite conclusion.
The committee was in secret ses
sion all night.
Opposition to the plan to merge
the boards of education and college
developed when the executive com
mission submitted its recommenda
tion for the consolidation. The de
bate was continued at the afternoon
session.
Charges Burleson
With Forming Lobby
Washington, May 23. "Postmaster
General Burleson and his assistant"
are charged with having organized a
postoffice lobby in a resolution intro
duced today by Representative Good
of Iowa directing a committee in
quiry. The resolution is an outgrowth of
flood of telegrams and letters from
postmasters urging the rejection of
senate amendments to the postoffice
appropriation bill regarding rural free
delivery routes.
The resolution charges that exten
sion of rural routes has denied uianv
patron an efficient mail service and
that political motives were back of
the consolidation of the routes.
Circu Seata Collapse.
rUttsmouth. Neh.. Mav 23. iSn.
rial.) Several persons were injured I
when a section of .scats of a small
circus which has been showing col-
lapsed. One little boy had his leg .
broken, Miss Hlanche Cannon, an in- j
jured ankle and Mis l.eoua Hudson, '
a crushed font. Several women, who,
fainted, had to he carried out of thr '
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SING AK TO STAGE
STAMPEDE IN JULY
Mammoth Spectacle to Bo Put On
At the Speedway by C. B.
Irwin.
WILL GO TO HEW YORK LATER
A stampede is to be staged at the
speedway in Omaha in July.
This will be a competitive gather
ing of cowboys from all pails of the
west, who will try for the big cash
prizes to be hulig up for tlinii by Ak-Sar-Heu,
The shyw will he under the
general management of C, H. Irwin,
who has handled the Frontier Days
at Cheyenne for .years, an1 the events
taken together will be much like the
Frontier Day of Cheyenne.
The big competitive spectacle is be
ing brought here hv Ak-Sar-Hrn. It
is to be held July 22, 23, 24 and 25.
The Ak-Sar-Hen board believes
that with this big competitive series
of spectacular events they can clear
a good tuurl to tie used tmvarn de
fraying expenses for the sriiii-renien-
u ia I pageant to lie new in, connection
with the Ak-Sar-llen festivities in the
fall. ,
Goes Later to New York.
C, 1J. Irwin is to stage "The Stam
pede" at Sheepshead Hay in New
York, August 5 ot 12, and the eastern
papers art already carrying large ad
vertisements for this occasion.
Mr. Irwin, on his return to Wyom
ing, from New York Monday night,
met with the Ak-Sar-Ben governors
and the arrangements were made to
have the Stampede staged in Omaha
before he goes on to New York.
At the big meet at Sheepshead Hay
prizes aggregating $50,000 are to be
offered to the winners in the various
contests, Roping contests, riding
contests, bareback riding, steer throw
ing and tying, and all other frontier
contests are to be held for individual
and grand prizes.
While the amount of prlre money
lyr the events in Omaha has not yet
been determined, it is said by Sam
son that substantial rash prizes are
to be offered here in Omaha for the
winners in tlfr various events.
"We will offer enough money to
make it worth whiL:' for the best rid
ers and ropers in tile United States to
come here and compete," said Sam
sou, Baptists Recognize
The Right of Joint
Bargaining by Men
Minneapolis, Minn., May .23. A
resolution recognizing tha fight of
labor to organize and deal with finan
cial Interests, with a view to a great
er share in the profits of their labor,
was adopted at the closing business
session of the Northern Baptist con
vention here today, The resolution
also declared for arbitration in set
tling labor controversies.
The convention indorsed the wel
fare and social programs which have
been approved by labor organiza
tions. .
Other resolutions favored complete
freedom of the press, including pub
lications which arc wholly opposed
to activities of denominations or re
ligious bodies; an educational stand
ard for ordination of men in the min
istry and co-operation in supporting
a permanent peace program.
The convention adopted a resolu
tion denouncing divorce as "one of
the deadliest enemies of the Amer
ican home" and urging all Baptists
"to take a decided stand in favor of
the principles laid down by our Lord
Jesus with reference to this matter."
As recommended by the resolutions
committee the resolution "dcuouncej"
clergymen why performed the mar
riage service for divorced persons.
This was amended to "disapprove."
New York Officers
Are Charged With
Tapping Wires
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New York, May 23. The hist in-j
dictiiiciits resulting lium the tapping
of telephone wires in this city were
returned by the Kings county grand
jury today. John A king-dmr), i ilv .
commissioner of charities, and Wil- !
I iu in H, llotchkiss, special counsel for
the chanties department, were the
men named in tic ilidii'liuciit v
1'arh appeared in comity nun t In
IWuekUi! ami gave fl.ooo hail
Mi IliiUhkiis formerly ua.i Ule
superintendent ol imiiiaiue lie acted i
a counsel for Mr. kiiigsbuiy, who
was one of tlie iciilial tigurc in the
recent state invrlipatioii of (lie man
agement of rhanuhir iiii lltitlon s iv,
Ceivirtg ritv funds.
1 he indictments mere dasrd on r- 1
tinumv in regard to thr uppuig o( '
the trli phoiir wires of ihr fe Ui'j
Sum H l anrll. a prim, id ot h
t t . Toiler and one olhet. t.l r.f
whom were vvitiirnrs in !ir il'e m . i
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j Circunwantial Proof Against
: Man Who Is Charged
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j TESTIMONY IS MOST DIRECT
Defendant, Pale and Unnerved.
Gazci Almost Continually
at Floor,
STUDIO COMRADE IS IN COURT
New i oi k, May .'.i.- -The chain of1
evidence by which the prosectitinn 1
hopes to send Dr. Arthur Warren j
V'aitc, the young New York dentist, j
to the electric chair for the murder j
of his wealthy father-in law, John K.
f'eck, was tighleucd link by link to
day by an array of witnesses whose
testimony was remarkable for its di
rectness. From the druggist who sold Waite 1
the arsenic with which he already has
confessed that he poisoned his 72-year-old
father-in-law, to the physi- i
eians who afterwards examined "the j
body, as well as the undertaker who
buried it, there was an unbroken line !
of corroborative evidence as viewed j
by the prosecution, The organs of '
the aged victim's body, preserved in :
glais jars, were shown to the jury, '
Waite, pale and visibly unnerved.
hung his head and gaed almost con- '
tiuuously at the floor. His hitherto
apparently disinterested demeanor
Had completely lett nun and when re
cess was announced at 1 o'clock he
wa led from (he court room across j
the "bridge of sighs" to his cell with
faltering steps. .
Mrs, Horton in Court. j
To add to the prisoner's discom- j
fiture, Mrs. Margaret Horton, Ins,
"studio" (companion, who, according ,
to the district attorney will play a
conspicuous part In the trial, ap-'
peared and occupied a seat in the .
rear of the court room. Waite had '
to pass directly in front of her when
he was taken from the court room. !
One witness, Joscnh Stretter. a i
Grand Rapids undertaker, testified
today that when Or. Waite left that
city after taking the body of Mrs,
John I'eck there, Waite said:
"There will be anotlier funeral in
about three months."
When the dentist took Mrs. Peek's
body to Grand Kapids Strelter told
him he had "guessed about right."
Began Plana in August.
How Waite began tilanninir asearlv
as last August for the murder of Ins
wife's parents (he has confessed also !
that lie administered poison to Mrs.,
I'eck), was disclosed by Dr. H. Mul-j
ler, the prisoners' New York physi-
cian, j
Waite came to him last August, Dr.!
Muller said, and asked if he knew of j
anyone who could instruct him in
bacteriology.
He said he was greatly Interested
in the subject," asserted the witness,
"and I sent him to my former teacher,
Dr. Louis Heitniaun." ,
Waite has admitted that he admin
istered deadly disease germs to I'eck,
while the latter was on a visit here.
Dr. Muller also told of Wane's
coining to him on March 9, three days
before Peck'a death, to obtain ar
senic. The witness said be had been
led to believe Waite was a physician
and upon Waite's explanation that h? !
toil a cmi -j inl! uith cur .I.'ii.t- !
ists, telephoned his own druggist,
Richard 11. Timmcrman. to furnish !
Waite with the poison.
Timmcrman then took the stand
and testified he had sold arsenic to
Waite.
Prisoner Jumps
From Car Window,
But Is Captured
Heaver City, Neb., May 23. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Charles Dellingcr,
alias Charles Johnson, alias Charles
Wesley, an escaped convict from the
penitentiary at Lansing, kan,, and
wanted in Pumas couutv on a charge
of bigamy, was brought here today!
iioiu Sevciance, Colu., where he had,
been captured by the local authorities
last Wednesday.
In charge ot Mierilf Sevier of this
county Monday morning, eaM ol :
Ttcuton, when Hm IiiikIoii tiam No
in was running at iii.i speru, ileum-
g.r rs.. ped from the sheriff by Jump- ( Uljl1 1)f lir,lw,, r ,Versity
lug from the window of tlie toilet j W( hr j .n ,,f
idoni. II? was iRptiiicd a few miles tl,(1(), (
nth of Trenton by a poise. KohrrtD Neelv, one r.f the prime
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expected to take the stand against her husband, whose
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PORTO RICO WOMEN
REFUSED BALLOT
House Strike! Out of Bill Section
Inserted by Committee Monday
Granting Suffrage.
BILL
PASSED AS INTRODUCED
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liinlott. D. C May 23.-The
house struck from the Porto Rican
hill today by a vote of 80 to 59 an
amendment designed to grant women
ff , , j. ti. kin u.
suffrage to the islands. 1 he bill then,
P" wtnout rou can, viriuany as
introduced.
The vote on the amendment
showed a complete disregard of party
lines, though more democrats than
republicans voted against it. It was
inserted in the bill by Minority Lead
er Mann. .
Representatives of suffrage organi
zations,, who had made no- attempt
to have the amendment inserted m
ttlT
hill, were out in force in the gal-
! lenes and showed disappointment
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eminent all of its internal revenue
regardless of whether the goods on
which' it is paid are used in Porto
Rico or this country. Heretofore
revenues on goods used in. the United
States have gone to tlie federal
treasury.
Property and. educational qualifica
tions are provided for applicants for
citizenship under the measure and
the employment Jor children under
14 years of age in injurious or ha
zardous Occupations would be pro
hibited. The measure now goes to the
senator
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSIH
ALUMNI TO BE ORGANIZED
An Omaha uhnuni association of
t thw enter n university will be for
mally oigainitrd at an informal din
ner and meeting at the Hotel Ponte-
nellc t o'clock hriday evening.
, , ,i.H .M,, ,,iu alumni
weiiern umversitv living in ( mtaha
William Jrnmngi Hryan, a gia-lti-ie
of the law i hool at Sol thyirstrin
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FIGHT OCCURS ON
BLACKSTONE JOB
Striken Attaejc Non-Union Work
man, Take Hii Revolver, and
Police Are Called Out.
MACHINISTS ARE STILL OUT
. Disturbance that necessitated a
call for police occurred at the Black
stone hotel yesterday niorning be
tween striking laborers and non-union
workmen.
One of the non-union men who
has been working on this job for
some days carried a revolver to work
with him as protection against the
strikers. A gang of the strikers wait
ed around the Klackstone for the
appearance of this man and when he.
approached the job they met him in
the middle of the street. They
knocked him down, took his pistol
away from him and ruffed him con
siderably. The superintendent called
the police and two uniformed officers
responded and in a short time order
was restored.
It now develops that on this par
ticular job some fifteen non-union
men have been employed daily almost
from the first day of the strike. Sev
eral attempts have been made by the
strikers to pull these men off, After
the occurrence of the morning there
was no work on the building, as the
fifteen laborers were somewhat reluc
tant to begin work after what had oc
curred. The police remained on the job
for a time and this caused the ma
sons and plasterers to quit, as tinder
their international ruling they are
not to work under police protection.
The talk of the strikers and the
Central Labor union men at the La
bor Temple yesterday is concern
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Reading Continues
Its Sensational Rise
New York, Mav - Reading was
again the sensational feature of the
stock exchange toilav, advancing in
the first lew immilrs to IKii, i point
over its pirvioii best pi lie. front
III new liixh ptite Reading (ell bai k
to lO""!, li action innli r yesterday's
time (Itlier stamUid iil were
taken up, particularly Cnnm Rat itic,
Southern f'ai iiie, M Paul, New Yotk
t entral, Italtinxil i K Ohm and At
thmm, at kams (( one In almost two
points, tie HarrtiUaiM (riding
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A1SHT0N PRESIDENT
OF NORTHWESTERN
Marvin Hughitt Vice President,
and A. C. Johnson General
- Traffio Manager.
CLARK LEADS THE OMAHA WAY
New York, May 23. Successors to
to the late William A. Gardner, who
was president of Chicago & North
western railway and its subsidiary,
the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha railway, were appointed by
the directors of the two roadi in this
city today,
Richard H, Aishton was elected
president of the Chicago Si North
western, with Marvin Hughitt, jr.,
vice president, in charge of opera
tion and maintenance, while A. C.
Johnson was appointed general traf
fic manager,
James T. Clark, formerly a vice
president, was elected president of
the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha; A. W. Trenholm was ap
pointed vice president and general
manager; H. M. Perry, general traf
fic manager, and Charles Jensch,
comptroller,
Turkey Is Rushing
Food and Forage
To Tigris Front
Constantinople, May 22, (Via Lon
don. May 2.1.) The capture bv the
lurks o( the jJritisli torces at Kut-el-Amara
has resulted in a new disposi
tion of the Turkish troops, as is
shown by (he following official state
ment given out today:
"It is believed here that extraordi
nary efforts are being made to equip
the expeditionary forces with plenty
of rations and forage before the ad
vent of the rainy season, which will
make the roads impassable,
The statement says:
"Mcsopotomia front: In view of the
favorable new situation resulting
from the capture of Kut-el-Amara a
change of our defensive plans became
necessary. Three days ago we with
drew our troops a little on the right
bank of the Tigris. The enemy did
not recognize this until two days
later. '
"Caucasian front: On the night of
May 19-20 two surprise attacks on our
outposts on the left vying, which were
repulsed. '
"On May 19 eight enemy airmen
appeared over the Dardanelles and
dropped seventy bombs without ef
fect. One of our batteries twice
opened an effective fire on them. The
same night sea planes which were
pursuing enemy airmen flew over Im
tiros and dropped nine bombs on the
aeroplane sheds of the enemy with
good effect.
"Knemy monitors off Imhros un
successfully shelled Seddul llahr on
May 20. Our artillery damaged an
enemy cruiser in Smyrna waters. The
cruiser was compelled to withdraw in
the direction of Santos,
"In reply to the bombardment of
F.l-Arish (an F.gyptian town near the
boundary of Palestine which recently
was bombarded by the Hritish) one of
our aerial squadrons on the night of
May 19-20 attacked Port Said, drop
ping numerous bombs on vessels an
chored near the ahore, in the harbor
and on military establishments in the
town. We observed great conflagra
tions, Our airmen returned safely."
State Takes Over
New Rifle Range
At City of Ashland
Ashland, Ne1,, May 2.!. (Special
Telegram.) Adjutant General P. !,
Hall, jr., in company with Colonel L.
J. Murfiu and Major Hazel, member
of Governor Morrhead's staff were
in Ashland today and completed ar
rangements by which Uncle Sam be
am! (I0 acres of land three miles
northeast of town on which will be
located the government rifle range.
Negotiations for the purchase of this
land have been under way for several
jears and today all obstacles were r
smoothed out and the final transfer
made and cash paid ovrr.
Tentative plans were formulated for
the errrtion of the various buildings
that will be required at once. In time
these and other stnuturcs will be
erected for permanent occupation,
Among those to be elected nt once
will be barns, sheds and a militaiy
club house which will be in charge
of a car taker Itutts for target shoot
ing will be put up and other arrange
ment made for the various encamp
ment to be held here thi summer,
It l understood that a iiturus'
inihtaiv em ainpmeut similar to that
brlil ui New Wrk last year will be
one ol the attt aitiotis. lite Omaha
radrls, 80) strong and the stale uni
versity cadets will hold etu ampmetit
here I hi, summer.
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CARRANZA SENDS
LARGE ARMY TO
CHASE BANDITS
State Department Informed That
Thirty Thousand Men Are On
Their Way to the Border
States.
MUSTERING GUARDS DELAYED.
Arizona and New Mexico Companies
Will First Be Recruited to
Their Full Strength.
FEW TEXAS OUARDSMEN BALK
Washington, May 23. The Car
rana government has ordered 30,000
troops into the region south of the
border to exterminate bandits, ac
cording to information received today
at the State department. The new
troop movements are already in prog
ress through Chihuahua, the depart
tnent'i advices state. The columns
are routed north via Saltillo for the
most part, as the railway strike has
interfered with the movement of
troop trains over other lines.
Official, here were inclined today to
anticipate a further delay by General
Carranza in dispatching his new note
regarding to border situation, Offi
cial announcement that Colonel Sib
ley'a expedition bad returned was ex
pected to lead to alterations in the
communication as demonstrating the
purpose of the United States govern
ment to be only the policing of the
border region.
Mustering of the Arizona and New
Mexico guardsmen is being delayed,
General Funston reports, until the
skeleton companies can be recruited
to the required standard.
Secretary Haker has not decided
wdiat action shall be taken regarding
the 116 Texan guardsmen who de
clined to enroll in the federal service.
Judge Advocate General Crowder has
submitted an opinion to General
Scott, chief of itaff, outlining the War
department's authority to court-martial
the recalcitrants. His only rec
ommendation, however, was that if
the court-martial were ordered a ma
jority of the member! of each court
be militia officers, not regular!.
Official reports today on the num
ber of guardsmen actually mustered
into the federal service were .1,354 or
an increase of 547 men over the full
strength of the organization when it
was called out.
Complaint Against American!.
EI Taso, Tex May 2J.Comptaint
against the action of American troopi
at Ascension, in the Casat Grandes
district was received, by General Ga
vira in Juarer today in telegram!
from the mayor of the town.
The mayor charged the Americans
were committing depredations, these
consisting of throwing tip fortifica
tion! on the property they had occu
pied, he said. He charged also that
General Pershing'a men were coming
into the town in violation of the
agreement between the Carranza and
Washington governments.
He declared the attitude of the for
eigner! was distinctly hostile to the
(tarranzistas, inasmuch as it was un
necessary, in view of Mexican co-operation,
he said, for the American! to
fortify themselves.
General Gavira transmitted the
complaint to General Jacinto Tre
vino at Chihuahua,
Amnesty Offered Salazar.
The Carranta government will
grant amnesty to General I net Sala
zar, who recently evaded surveillance
in 101 Paso and crossed the Rio
Grande for the announced purpose of
starting anotlier revolution if Salazar
will agree to surrender himself in
Juarez, General Gavira said today.
The Juarez commander sent word
to Salazar, who is hiding near Sa
bina, near Guzman, that he can re
turn north in security. The message
was taken to Salazar, who recently
applied for amnesty, by the conductor
of a Mexico Northwestern train for
Casas Graudes.
Salazar'a attempted revolution was
a fiasco. He now lias only a few men,
it is said.
More Supplies Sent South.
Columbus, N, M., May 2J, Two
new PK) horsepower aeroplanes ar
rived here today and military avia
tors brgan preparing them for held
service, General Pershing, expedition
ary commander, having made re
peated pleas lor machines for scout
ing purposes.
Eighteen cars of fond and forage
shipped over the Mexican eV Ninth
western railroad reached the Auiet
if an command at (.asas Grande yes
tetday, according in reports here
lhi, taken vvnli the dispatch of an
engiiieeting company repair roads
below Colonia I'ublan, ws taken heie
a supporting the 'rtfentn.it that lot
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the rsprdiiiotiaty command is ion
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