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Daily
HE
V WILSON SPEAKS
SEVERELY IN HIS
NOTE TO ALLIES
Tone of Washington Communica
tion Said to Be as Vigorous as
That of Message to
Germany.
OBJECTION IS TO METHODS
No Difference as to Principle Be
tween State Department and
Entente in Matter.
HANDLING OF MAILS THE RUB
Washington, May 25. Vigorous
language, equalling almost that em
ployed in the last communication to
Germany on the submarine issue, is
understood to characterize the notes
delivered to the British and French
embassies here yesterday protesting
against interference with neutral
mails.
It is understood there is no sub
stantial difference as to principle be
tween the State department and the
London and Paris chancellories re
gardin gthe broad question of inviol
ability of frist class mails on the sea.
The American objection is based
on the methods used by the allied
governments in handling these mails,
The United States does not con
cede the right to even inspect first
class mails in transit on the high seas,
assuming that these do not include
anything more than correspondence
tnd are not made the vehicle for
lupply of contraband to the belliger
ents. The fact that a neutral vessel
:arrying mails between neutral coun
tries is compelled to come into a bel
ligerent port to comply with bellig
erent naval rules, it is held, docs not
remove the mail matter on board
from the privileged character of mail
on the high seas. i
A resolution authorizing the trans
portation of mail to and from neutral
ports on naval vessels and declaring
that "any interference with our mails
shall be resented by such ships with
all power of the navy and of the
ships," was introduced today by Rep
resentative Tague of Massachusetts.
It was referred to a committee.
Wonders of Modern
Business on Floats at
The Ad Club Pageant
Philadelphia, May 25. The won
ders of modern business will be il
lustrated in some of the floats in the
great advertising pageant in connec
tion with the annual convention of
the Associated Advertising Clubs of
the World, which will be held in Fhil
, adelphia, June 25 to 30. Imagine, if
you can, a float passing down Broad
street on a sweltering summer eve
ning bearing several skaters doing
fancy stunts on real ice.
Such a float will be a part of the
pageant, a large Philadelphia ice com
pany putting it into the parade.
And here comes a full-sized loco
motive engine, of the latest, largest
type, bell clanging mounted, of
course, upon a motor truck.
There comes a clipper-ship, full
rigged and massive, drawn by a fleet
of motor trucks representing tugs.
The movements of the long column
are controlled by electric lights along
the line of march, railroad fashion,
and all the pageant is motor driven,
( the only horses being those neces
sary to add "color" to the exhibits
shown.
It is the plan of the advertising men
in charge to set a pace for pageants
for some time to come and to make
this pageant instructive while making
it an eye-opener.
Teuton Consuls Quit1
Island of vCrete
Pari. Mav 2.V Tha Hprmin nnA
Austrian consuls at Canea, Island of
Crete, left that city with their fam
ilies and the consulate staffs on May
.4 tor Athens, according to a 1 lavas
dispatch from Athens today.
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MEDICAL MEETING
CLOSES WITH FEAST
Dr. James Bryan Herrick of Chi
cago Addresses Final Session
of State Association.
OFFICERS ELECTED YESTERDAY
The annual meeting of the Ne
braska State Medical association
closed with a banquet at the Hotel
Fontenelle yesterday evening- Dr. H.
M. McCIanahan of Omaha, who pre
sided as toastmaster, introduced the
principal speaker of the evening, Dr.
James Bryan Herrick of Chicago,
who spoke on the subject, "Clinical
Studies of Angina Pectoris.
Human life is shortened one-fifth
by ill-fitting shoes, according to the
statement of Dr. D. T. Quigley of
Omaha, in a paper on "A Neglected
Point in the Etiology of Foot
Diseases," at the morning session.
, He asserted that many diseases
come from a contracted pressure on
the foot by bad fitting shoes. He ad
vised that people go barefooted most
of the time and on occasions when
convention really demands shoes they
should have flat soles with cloth tops.
Stockings, he said, should be made
like gloves, with a compartment for
each toe,
The association elected officers as
follows:
President, Dr. W. F. Milroy of
Omaha; vice presidents, Drs. M. S.
Moore of (iothenberg and Porter
Dodson of Wilbur; secretary, Dr, J.
M. Aiken of Omaha, the latter being
re-elected, as were the librarian and
treasurer. Drs. J. H. Dillon of Au
burn and J. M. Aiken were chosen,
respectively, delegate and alternate to
the convention of the American Med
ical association.
The councilors will be: Fifth dis
trict, R. C. Byers of Nickerson,' E. O,
Webber of Wahoo, W. L. Curtis of
Fairbury and W. J. Douglas of At
kinson. In '.he council the matter of taking
from the table a resolution to assess
each member of the association a
registration fee caused considerable
discussion. Some felt that the Omaha
members should not be put to the
present expense of entertaining.
Many Papers Read.
Other subjects treated were the
following: "The Surgical Treatment
of Fractures," by Dr. J P. Lord of
Omaha; "Tumors of the Large Intes
tines," by Dr. C. A. Iioeder; "Modern
X-ray Therapy," by Dr. A. F. Tyler
of Omaha; "X-ray Immunity," by Dr.
F, II. Kuegle of Omaha, and "Opera
tive Treatment of Cancer by Actual
Cautery," by Dr. J. E. Summers of
Omaha.
Dr. Summers told how the New
York Academy of Medicine recently
cast suspicion on the theory that can
cer was a germ disease, though he
himself did not sustain that view. He
gave more heed, however, to the
declaration of that body against the
use of radium for cancers in general,
on the ground that many patients,
who otherwise might have their can
cers removed, wait too long in the
hope that they will be able to find
relief in an easier way.
In the medical section the papers
were the following: "ruritiani," by
Dr. E. L. DeLanney of Omaha;
"Starvation Treatment for Diabetes,"
by Dr R. W. Bliss of Omaha; "A
Symposium on Scarlet F'cvcr," Dr. J.
Clyde Moore of Omaha, taking up
epidemiology; Dr. II. M. McCIana
han of Omaha, "Diagnosis;" Newell
Jones, Omaha, "Complications and
Their Treatment," and J. F, Stevens
of Lincoln, "The Value and Best
Methods of School Inspection." In
the discussion led by M. L. Hildreth
of Lyons, Dr. Hildreth commented
on the fact that scarlet fever, once
a scouree. is now fatal in only about
1 per cent of all cases. Dr. Jones
described a treatment by a serum,
which he hoped would almost wipe
out all fatal effects of the disease.
Man Who Drove
Murderer to Home
of Victim is Slain
Portland, Ore., Mav 25. Finding
today of the body of Fred Kistman,
a Portland chauttcur, engaged to take
an unidentified man to the country
home of Mrs, Helen Jennings, re
vealed that Ivi.stiiian had been beaten
to diath, presumably by the same
man who killed Mr. Jennings by
crushing her ikiill, KiMmait body
ii found in the hmli iimte than a
mile from the Icmuna plate.
i Mrs. Jennings a jnuml dead in
i bed week ago. The authorities have
'been working on the theory that Kit! -i
iiuu wan nUiii In hide the identity of
i t he nuiitlen r id the woman Brunei!
'.'I h.iiiiun, t.titt tu be a iniiiier ton
(hi, and hme ttrnti'nn, the pn
tne M. bad brrn Minted bv Mr.
Jciuiiii, 1'ftng held at a u(ie.t,
! Eclectics Elect
New Officers
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Confessed Poisoner Tells Jury He
Stole From Youth Up, Begin
ning at the Age of
Fourteen.
CHEATED IN POOL AND SCHOOL
Pilfers Many Hundred Dollars.
From Dental Firm That
Employed Him.
SEEMS CALM AND COLLAPSED
New York, May 25. Dr. Arthur
W. Waite, confessed poisoner, be
gan his testimnoy by telling the
story of his early life. He answered
the questions of his counsel in a
clear, strong voice and appeared calm
and collected. His earliest recollec
tion, he said, was a disposition to
shirk work.
"Once when I was about 11 or 12
years old," he said, "I was given
oats to sow on my father's farm,
and threw the grain away."
In school he admitted copying from
other students during examinations,
He admitted stealing at the age
of 14.
Stole From Students.
Waite admitted thefts from fellow
students while at Michigan univer
sity and described them in detail.
"I heard the disposition about my
theft of plates and of $1(M) from stu
dents and they were all true," he
said.
Waitc's narrative virtually became
a story of thievery. He admitted that
during bis freshman vacation, which
he spent working at Ann Arbor, his
thefts amounted to $500, resulting in
his expulsion from his fraternity, al
though he was reinstated in his senior
year.
Cheated at Pool.
Waite detailed virtually his entire
life. He admitted that while in Can
ada he made his living by playing
pool and cheated. He admitted taking
a course at Edinburgh university,
Scotland, gaining admission through
his graduation paprs at Ann Arbor,
but which he said he "doctored" for
the purpose.
From Scotland Waite said he went
to South America and worked for a
firm of dentists. He said he stole
$1,500 from the concern the first year
and increased the amount each year
for the next your years.
Waite as-a boy was cruel to ani
mals, developed a habit of lying and
used to steal from boarders in his
home and from classmates at school
and college, according to Clyde
Waite of Grand Rapids, another
brother.
Presbyterian Boaiti
Will Investigate the
Church Seminaries
Atlantic City, N. J., May 25. The
Presbyterian general assembly1, in
session here, today adoptcda recom
mendation that the theological sem
inaries affiliated with the church be
investigated by a committee of seven
as to their relationship to the church
and the assembly with a view of mak
ing the relationship more secure, uni
form and mutually helpful.
The assembly at Rochester, N. Y.,
last year, rescinded the "contract of
1870," whereby the assembly was
given authority in ratifying faculties
in all Presbyterian seminaries. This
year an overture was presented re
questing that the Rochester action be
reversed and the 1870 compact re
sumed. The overture, it was said, was
aimed at Auburn and Union semi
naries and the adoption of the recom
mendation avoids a contest with re
gard to these institutions.
The committee on bills and over
tures In reporting on the subject to
day made a recommendation saying:
"We recommend that a special
committer of seven, four elders and
three ministers, be appointed by the
moderator to take under considera
tion the questions that have been
raised as to the action of the general
assembly of 1915 n warding this com
pact of lH"(), especially as to the bear
ing of this actum ipou the legal
status of all our teimnarir and alxi
to investigate the whole subject of
the rrUtioimliip of these seminaries to
Ihe church."
Dr. Waldo C. Cherry of Rueheter,
N'. Y., made a repot t on foreign mis
sion board, thoMiitg Out out of mi h
dollar given in the I'mlrd Matet (or
foreign ttmioni. V.I rent rr4ilie the
native for whom U u intended.
A Mini! plea va nade for the
evai'grlitioii of Moim
War Summary
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NAVY ISJOO SMALL
Republican Minority Report Sayi
Navy Should Be Made Second
in the World.
ASKS THIRTY MORE WARSHIPJ3
Washington, May 25. Republican
members of the bouse naval affairs
committee in a minority report sub
mitted to the house today denounced
the $241,000,000 naval appropriation
bill, reported by the majority as
wholly inadequate and urged more
liberal allowances to make the United
States navy the second greatest in the
world.
The minority charged that the ma
jority report ignored opinions of
naval experts and recommendations
of Secretary Daniels and was based
on a compromise between interests
which wanted no additional naval pro
tection and those which wanted only
a slight increase.
Big Program Advocated.
The republicans recommended that
the bill provide for two dreadnoughts
omitted by the reported measure, six
battle cruisers instead of five, fifty
coast defense submarines instead of
twenty, $3,500,000 for aircraft instead
of $2,000,000, still greater increase in
personnel, creation of a national de
fense council and means for rushing
the building orogram by using more
than one shift of workmen daily,
The report suggested that the two
dreadnoughts be built according to
the plans now ready for the California
and Tennessee, so that all might be
finished simultaneously. The bill
should provide, the report declared,
for the full number of men required
on a peace basis and should authorize
the president to order, at his discre
tion, enlistment of such additional
men as the navy might need, not to
exceed the 88,762 recommended by the
general board.
More Men Necessary.
"We have seventy-two submarines
built and building," said the minority
report. "The lowest estimate of our
requirements by any naval authority
is 150."
Commenting on the proposal for a
defense council, it said:
"Experience in modern wars has led
all other great nations to establish
such a council to insure unity, con
tinuity and co-operation in all
branches of national defense,"
Four Republican
Candidates Open
Rooms at Chicago
Chicago. Mav 25. - I lediii,irters
for four "clmlidnir. for the reputduan
. . i
nomination lor tircsnieni were iienti
lodav, '1 hey aie ;
I liriu l.ooi, ni ,ew t ot K
.Netutor John W. Weeks, of Mas-U-
ihtiiett
t In! leu W l''aithank, of Indiana,
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The photograph shows British
to their new positions.
Lincoln Building
Trades Strike May
Become General
Lincoln, Neb., May 25. Unless the
employers concede the demands of
the laborers by 5 o'clock this after
noon the building trades strike will
become general here, according to an
announcement t,f Mate Labor Com
missioner Coffey, who is attempting
to settle the differences. All crafts
men's unions will be included in the
walkout, if it is declared, and will add
about 1,000 men to the 500 now out.
The laborers arc asking an increase
from 25 to 30 cents an hour and time
and half for overtime.
STRIKERS PARADE
STREETSOF OMAHA
Have Union Band and Carry Ban
ners Setting Forth Their
Cause.
BUILDERS HOLDING MEETING
Led by James Rink, II. B. Camp
and II. H. Craig, 500 striking laborers
paraded through, the downtown sec
tion of the city yesterday. The for
mation was made at Washington hall.
The route was south to the Castle
hotel, where the countermarch was
started.
Messrs. Camp and Craig, at the
head of the column, carried the first
banner, which read, "We want in
dustrial peace, but not at starvation
wages." Other banners bore legends
referring to organization and wages.
A band of union musicians was in
attendance.
Leaders of the strike had nothing
new to offer on the situation. Building
construction work remains quiet.
The Omaha Builders' exchange
held a session and may have a
statement to give out within the next
twenty-four hours.
Those who are in charge of the
strike arc urging th strikers to be
orderly.
Germans Repulse
Three Attempts to
Retake Cumieres
Berlin, May 25 ( By Wireless
to Sayville.) The repulie of three
coimiir alaiks by the 1'ieiith on the
village of Cumieres, west of the
!o
Metiie, was announced by the war
line today. 1 be lapluie ( aildi-
tionul I'reni h trenthri Miuthuet and
l;' ''-."'""
;P' u'f Ha.-rr....mt jpuiry
tiv ih( ( .rrin.otjt are aUo renortetl.
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ran. M . - lerman troop
jniade an atUik )! imkIiI on I tenth
,,, Mil. on I (if erdoii (lout rast of
tlic Meuif, nr.ir tlie lUtiliemont
ipuiM, ,inl otiUmed a (noting in one
of tde I rem It lionlin, Ihe ur o'lue
allllolillt r. .h!j
. i.f liitnitfr. to the we.t ot
the Meiie, the I' truth nuil' .nine
pi. iJir.i 111 li '! kjirtiaile trilling
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BERLIN WAR BABIES
DROPPINGJN PRICE
Rumor United States May Offer to
Modiate Also Causes Rise in
Peace Stocks.
PAPERS DISCUSS WILSON EPEECH
B MR LIN, May 24. Via London,
May 25, Delayed. A wireless dis
patch from the United States, giving
the substance of I'resident Wilson's
speech at Charlotte, N. C, in, which
he referred to the possibility of Amer
ican mediation in the war, is given
the place of honor in the morning pa
pers'. The afternoon editions return
ing to the subject and their com
ments, together with (he wide inter-
-dent shown by the German public,
show how important this news is re
garded here.
Willing to Consider. '
Though definitely stated nowhere,
there is little doubt that Germany is
willing to consider a tender of good
offices to inaugurate peace negotia
tions. The former attitude in the
highest quarters that America had
disqualified itself as a peace mediator
on account of its shipments of mu
nitions to the allies has now changed.
If President Wilson can hold out any
tangible possibilities that peace may
result through his mediation, Ger
many will undoubtedly be willing to
consider such suggestions as he may
offer.
Not Suing for Peace.
This receptive attitude is naturally
susceptible to the construction that
Germany is not in a position of an
nouncing her position of acception
of the good offices except only to
find the allies later rejecting the ten
der and asserting that Germany is
suing for peace. There is equally
little doubt the great masses of the
people, aside from the professional
editorials from the newspaper otti
ces willing to see America in the role
of peace intermediary despite the per
sisting bitterness over tne munitions
question.
All Stocks Affected.
The rumors of mediation have af
fected the Berlin stock market
"War babies," which have been gen
erally weak, dropped lower still on
reports that Amenta and other neu
tiai countnes were contemplating a
tender of their good ollices as peace
mediators. At the same time "peace
stocks sin Ii as shipping and colo
ui.ii securities, arc in strong
maud.
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Austrians Lose
Aeroplane and a
Gunboat in Fight
Koine. May .'4 1 Via May
S - An Amman aeroplane and an
iitti4ii gunhoal have been le
!i"c in 4 t-4tfle with an Itali.ut
nmtbo.it in tde upper AdiMtu. Ihe
t ii of thr Austi I4it i ult n.rtr taken
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MORE MEDIATION
TALK COMES FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
President Discusses Prospect of
Negotiations Looking Toward
Bringing Peace to
Europe.
EAKLY ACTION IMPROBABLE
Terms Must Be Arranged That Will
Care for Interests of All the
Belligerents and All Neutrals. I
MANY ELEMENTS IN SITUATION
Washington, May 25. President
Wilson told callers today that the in
tervention of a neutral in behalf of
peace in Kurope could rest only on a
mutual understanding by the bcllig
emits' that terms to be, arranged are
to conserve the interests of all and of
the world at large, rather than those
of a particular group of nations
among the warring powers.
Mr. Wilson did not disclose any
definite plan of action he may have
formulated in regard to peace, nor
authorize a formal statement of his
attitude. His callers gained an im
pression, however, that the president
would entertain suggestions that he
extend his irood offices to the bellig
erents' to bring about peace only when
the conditions he outlined were likely
of fulfillment.
No Immediate Action. '
Mr. Wilson pointed out to his call
ers that there are many elements in
the situation in Kurope, all of which
must be taken into account in consid
eration of peace proposals. While he
is eager to see the coiilnct ended as
soon as. possible, the White House
visitors were able to gather no im
pression that a move by the United
States to bring it about is in imme
diate prospect, at least.
Kepresentative Henslcy, ot Mis
souri, discussed with Mr. Wilson his
amendment to the naval bill, adopted
by the naval committee, authorizing
the president to invite other nations
to participate in a conference at the
close of the war with the object of
setting up a court or other tribunal
to settle international disputes. Mr,
llenslev told the president that he
believed this amendment made ths
naval bill an assurance to foreign na
tions that the United States was arm-
ina for defense only, not for any of
fensive purpose, and was ready to en
ter into an agreement to seme inter
national disputes amicably.
The president did not commit him
self definitely to the amendment.Mr,
Henslcy gained the impression thaf
he was favorable to the general prin
ciples involved.
While Mr. Hensley would not re
veal details of his conversation with
the president he left the White House
satisfied that the president would do
everything possible to bring about
peace in Europe and to maintain i
after the end of the war.
American Woman 1
Held as a Spy Will
Be Released Soon
Berlin (Via London), May 24. The
American ambassador, James W. Ger
ard, has been informed that an Amer
ican woman, Mary Silliman, a teacher
in the American school for girls at
Constantinople, who was arrested on
suspicion of espionage at Warne
mund, Germany, a month ago, while
on her way to the United States, will
be released at an early date. Misa
Silliman's arrest, it is said, was du
to the finding in her trunk when if
was examined at the frontier of a
draft of a code for the transmission
of messages. Miss Silliman explains!
that this probably was placed in he
trunk by a revengeful pupil of th4
school.
Lynch Wore Uniform
And Took Part in then
Fighting at Dublin"
Washington, May 25. Ambassador
Page at London today advised thj
State department that he had prea
settled the liritish foreign office, a
instructed, a note requesting infora;
mation regarding the specific charge
and character ol the evidence in tha
case of Jrtciiiuh C, lynch, an A me pa.
jicm citizen attested for participation
! in the lublin rebellion.
I The tttbusiador aluo transmitteit
'unoiiinal inlotination that the charge
against I ) m il a that he aetivrl
i paitiiipated in the rebellion and thai
, lie w ot e a uniform.
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