Y V V. ' - ; The - - Bee : PARTONE NEWS SECTION , PAGES liTO 10, v; r V0L, XLVI NO.' OMAHA, SATURDAY MdRNING, OCTOBER 28, 1916 EIGHTEEN PAGES. . J'SliT'lS. SINGLE COPY. TWO CENTS. OmAha Daily ' THE WEATHER - FAIR 1 WILLCOX BRANDS BAKER'S CHARGE A POLITICAL PLAY Republican Committee Chief Says War Secretary Issued Statement About RaidV . to Get Votes. ACT STUPID OR INFAMOUS Either Way Position of Depart - ment Head to Be ' ' Criticised. , LANGUAGE IS VIGOROUS New York, Oct. 27. William R, Willcox, chairman of the republican national committee, issued a state' mehtNoday in' reference to the one of last night by Secretary of War Baker that definite information had been received by the War department that a bandit attack upon American troops or an American border town had been arranged to take place before elec tion day by "enemies of the adminis? tration's policy towards Mexico." Mr, Willcox alluded also to Secretary of State Lansing's declaration that the War department's statement was not intended as an. assault upon the ad ministration's political opponents. f ' Shows Stupidity or Infamy. , "In view ofNSecretary Lansing's statement in the morning papers, saidChairmarf Willcox, "Mr. Jaker was guilty either ot amazing stupidity or of a disin&enuous attempt to gain votes fbr Mr. Wilson by misrepresen- tation. If Mr. Lansing is quoted cor rectly, he went over the Baker state ment before it wis issued and he Baker statement, therefore, appears to be the joint product of Mr, -Wil-- son's two cabinet officers. There can be little doubt in the minds of any- UHC WITIXl 11119 siaicmtiik was uvnig- nated to" accomDlish." "The' careful phrasing of Mr. Baker shows an attempt to make political . regarded as an impending disaster on the Mexican border. This political capital was to be gained by charging that enemies of Mr. Wilson s policy -with regard to Mexico were behind it and that the attempt was to take place between now and election. ; Qther parts o f Mr. Baker's statement are susceptible, of the same interpretation. . . Purpoeee of Statement ; , "If. as Mr. Lansing says, Mr. Baker , made this statement without con1 prehending that it was a veiled cttarge ' against American citizens, tfiefeoyim' plying the infamous guilt ot treason, then Mr. Baker has once more dis- . played the remarkable bias of ;mind which prompted -hinu to. make ' the npatriotic statement -regarding revo utionary soldiers in his- -speech, in ersey City. Jf, on the otler, hand, Mr. Baker deliberately attempted to .create political capital out of a na tional disaster, his position is in famous." - Mr. Willcox added that if the War "Hepartmeift had information in re gard to the expected attack "it is the duty of the administration to use ev ery power-of the government to- find out the guilty ones and puniskthem." Beveridge Gives ' Address to Crowd v At the Auditorium - Senator Albert J. Beveridge of In- , tcrday from the west and addressed a meeting in the evening at the Audi torium. He was met by John L. Ken nedy, Norris Brown , and County "' chairman Howell of the republican central committee. ; i.t i - - i never iuuuwcu a mail wiiii uiuic - heart and soul than I am following Charles E. Hughes at this time. , Without 'doubt -he Is a man of indu- as great mental attainments, said the senator. - He reports Hughes sentiment grow-v ing all through the west and n&rth--west. Where he had been on a speak ing tour. V.-. The Auditorjjtar was crowded for the address. - ' vThe Weather X Fof Nebraska Fair, - Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. De. 49 ... 47 7. . 47 48 . . . (0 ....62 ... 67 68 it S8 '68 II Comparative Local Beeord. .. - 1816. Itl8. 1J14.H13. Hlgheiit yesterday....' 6 1 78 (0 49 Lowest 'yesterday 46 60 ' 27 t Mean temperature.... 68 - 64 S8 tft Precipitation .. T .00 . .00 . ..00 - Temperature and precipitation departures l rrom the normal at Omtfha aloes March 1, and compared with the lat two yeare: i Normal temperature , 4 Total eaceai since March 1. ........... .216 Normal DrecirjftAtlan. - .07 Inxh Deficiency for the day 7 IncJi - Total rainfall eince March 1. .. ytl.U Inches' 1'efleleney alnce Mairh i i n inh.. Oeficlencyfor cor. period, 1T6;. T.77 in thee - lJefltrlency tor cor, period, 1914.. 2,i 9 inches Beporte From UUom at 7 P. 'M. fiutlon and-etate Temp. High- Ralfi of Weather. 7 p. m. 'eat. fall. Cheyenne, clear......,, GJ 66 .00 tJavenport,. clear.... 82 ' 63 Denver, clear. ,v . ,i 60 64 te Mohia, clear. . . 5 (4 S3 es .00 uodire City, cloudr... Lander part clou4K.. it e 7! i-"i'u. part ciouoj North T-Utte, lear OfMMh. flmmw Puphlo clar 64 74 - Valentine, clear.. ...... e 71 , 'TS Indicate, trai-e of prerlplutlon.' L'.A' WEUS,H- Mtrolol,t. Li 18 a. rn . IN . a. m...... " 1 i ' - g p. m --'A General sir douglas haig, British commander in. the west. This is the latest photograph to bo received in this country. If flfc.s 3?s W-f i , ' SIR OOUGlAS KAtG J TAFT ANSWERS ! GOMPERS' SPEECH Ex-President ' Charges labor Leader Misstated Facts, in Danbury Hatters' Case. mGH COURT UNANIMOUS . , 1- : , St.' Louis, Mo., .Oct.' 27. Former President Taft, speaking at St. Louis last night, attacked Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, for misleading matter with reference to the Panbury Hatters case and for shifting to the shoulders of others the responsibilities created as the1 result of his bad counsel. i'Mr. .Gompers, who has, delivered the fabor vote -of this country, as usual, to the democratic candidate' Mr. .Taft said, "attacks . Mr. .Hughes for the unanimous, judgment of the supreme court in the -Danbury Hat ters case.- The facts are that Loewe, a hat manufacturer, sued members of the- Hatters', union of Danbury be cause they had destroyed His business by boycotting his customers in a- nbus statfes. -v ..;: , "The case went twice to the u- oreme court. A hew trial was ordered at the first hearing because the, judgt. t 1.. : il. naa not ici.ine jury-uaciuc inc iac. A.t -this hearing the Supreme court construed the anti-trust .law and hera that if Loewe could convince at jury of the facts he charged he had a good case; Mr. Justice Hughes was not then a mmber or the court. In the second Trial the jurjr found the facts to be as charged by Loewe, and a large verdict was entered for Lftewe. The case was, again taken to the su preme court and that court unani mously sustained the judgment be cause the second trial had been con-; ducted according to ;its previous in structions. Mr. Justice Hughes was one of nine to make this ruling, and followed the previous judgment. Gompers Misled Workers. "For thia. Mr. . Gonibers savs no workingman should vote for Mr. Hughes. Mr. Gompers is not the man to" advise workingmen on this subject. He encouraged the defend ants to. 'do what they did. : He ad vised them to violate the law. He advised them to incur heavy expense,1 he induced them to pledge their' prop-' erty,to pay the large judgment on thepromise that the American Fed eration of Labor would hold them harmless. When1 the judgment was affirmed ana their homes were to be sold he declined to rescue them. If" was not until a storm of indignation swept over the fcountry at his dodg ing of responsibility, that he finally yielded, and he and his fellow leaders are now, I am informed, assessing all members of the American Federation of Labor td pay the heavy judgment and costs which his recklessness and spirit of lawlessness caused andf or which -he , is chiefly responsible.", Southwest Dentists 'n - Meet at Holdrege Holdrege, Neb., Oct. 27. (Special.) The ninth annual meeting of the southwestern Nebraska Dental So ciety was' held Wednesday in the offices of Dr. H. R. Belville, with forty dentists in attendance. The clinics and demonstrations accom panied by lectures were given by Doc tors U. w. Hamilton ot Council Bluffs, Fted Webster of Lincoln' and' E. A. Thomas of Hastines. This. .with, the regular business meeting, took up all the time during the day, At the business meeting the following officers were elected: President, C. H. Brugh of Chester; vice president, W. D. Grandy, Superior; secretary, H. R. Belville. Holdreee: treasurer. John Hamilton, Orleans; delegate to the. executive council of the State Society, R. W. Wintersteen. i Hold rege. Tlie 1917 meeting will be held at Cambridge. The sesions were con cluded with a banquet at Jhe Hamp ton hotel at 8 p. m, . Congressman Kendall w Makes Address at Aurora Aurora, Neb', Oct.27. (Special;) The largest political meeting so far in Aurora was that which last night greeted Congressman N. E. Kendall of Iowa at the opera house. Practic ally every seat on the lower floor was occupied. The Aurora quartet, con sisting of S. F. Anderson, George Baird, Dr. I. W. Haughey and George Hauser, furnished the music, and Sen ator C. E. Sandal! and Congressman Kendall the oratory. ', V VOTE FOR HUGHES VOTE FOR LASTING PEACE. HE INSIST A Republican Mexican Policie iSY::.n-- istrationvto Safety tjtf -abn; - IS AMAZED AT THE CHARGE Leaves to Secretary of War Difficulties in. Extricating Self From Suggestions. NOMINEE SPEAKS AT UTICA Utica, N. Y., 'Oct. 27. Charles E. Hughes today told an audience here that a' vote for him, far from being a vote for war,-was a v.ote for last ing peace. Mr. Hughes.also declared that he would "leave to the secretary of waf, his difficulties jn the effort to extricate himself from the unfor tunate suggestions' which were re ported to have been made by him in recent utterances. It was Mr. Hughes' first speech of the day. "It is said that a vote for me means a vote for war," 'Mr, Hughes asserted.! What a prepos terous suggestion. A vote for me is a vote for lasting peace because it is a vote for maintaining the honor of the country, for maintaining both the self-respect and esteem of all of the nations of, the earth. . "I am amazed at the charge that is thus brought in the light ol the ac tions which our opponents have taken with respect to our neighboring coW-trf-of Mexico. If there was ever' a policy-menacing to safety, a policy which was the opposite of a policy for the conservation of peace, it was the policy which was there, pursued it, indeed, it could, in view of the incon sistency ot action taken, be called a policy at all. 1 ' "I leave to the secretary of war his difficulties in the effort to extricate himself from the unfortunate sugges tions which were reported to haye been -made in a recent utterance. I shall not follow him in that utterance except to, say that I marvel that any officer of the administration con templating the atrocities by murder ing and raping bandits, unspeakable atrocities narrated by the secretary of state only recently, should ever think of the revolution -which gave us our. freedom,, and of our patriotic toretathers who tought tor that free dom in such ,a connection." If This Real Farmer. . Is Gtfosen. Lawmaker ' Watch a Live One Among visitors' in Omaha is Joseph Osier of Elsie, who has the distinc tion ot being-a real farmer running fir the lesislature inthe 70th rep resentative district, comprising Hayes, Chase ant Perkins counties. Mr. Osier, who Is-one of the early pioneers of that part of the state, having homesteaded part of his pres ent. farm in 1885, and is theman who in the National Farmers Congress last year at Oriihaa. had the nerve and ability to successfully reply to a speech that was made on the floor of theytongress, -tha left trje .impresion that western Nebraska did not have much money and did net cut much figure All present rememberi that : All present remi the way, he corrected thateroneous impression in convincing language was a revelation to that audience of representative menfrom the different states of the union. Mr. Osler'sr speech at that congress did- more, to set western Nebraska right before the people of the United States than nything that haslever been said. Mr; Osier does not farm the' farmer as the politicians do, but he farms the soil and raises cattle, horses and hoes, and fattens them out for the market; lie runs his iowii ranch and attends to his own busines, and stands well with his neighbors. He is voucher for as a man who stands for morality and god' government, and no man has done more to help the churches and Sunday schools in that section. If a legislature could' be made up of men likeim, "Nebraska could expect legislation only bene ficial to the state, rather than just squandering the tax payers money. Joint Deflate on : Wet and Dry Issue ' Here Next Tuesday , - Arrangements have been perfected for a debate on prohibition bv Hon. rjacob E. Meeker Of St. Louis and Dr. 1 itus Lowe of Umaha. , The subject for discission is: . "Resolved, that Nebraska should fetain its present regulatory licence and local option law, rather than ac cent the proposed prohibitory amend ment." T The time of he debate will be two hours, to be divided, as follows: Dr. Lowe will open the debate in a forty-five-minute speech, to be followed by Mr. , Meeker in a forty-five minute speech. Drv Lowe will then have fifteen minutes to conclude hjs- re rnarks, and Mr. Meeker will close the debate in a fifteen-minute speech. The public is invited, to attend. There will be no reservation of seats. Hon. John L. Webster will preside. The agreement js signed by L. F. Cro foot, president Nebraska Prosperity league, and Elmer E. Thomas, dry campaign manager. . George Brandeis Buys , Farm on -West Pacific George Brandeis has bought sixty acres on West Pacific! stree) from J. R Wilkinson, a non-resident., ad joining Arwood dairy and nortn of Loveland farms. The sale was made J by the, O'Keefe Real Estate company. V.' " " J -- 1 , ,.' . '' And ,-, - o ' ' Oopyrlght, 1916, lntrntlonl Newi SrvVf CABRAHZA DENIES ALARMIST REPORTS Villa is Not Besieging- Chihua hua and Zapata Does Not ' " Menace Capital. FELIX DIAZ IS IN FLIGHT New York, Oct. 27. The following telegram from General Carranza, dated Mexico. City, October 27, 2:30 a. m., was nude public today by Juan T. Burns, Mexican consul-general at New York. "Absolutely false, that Bandit Villa is besieging the City of Chihuahua or that Zapta menaces the tranquility of Mexico City. DtSz was utterly de feated in recent skirmishes" with our troops and is now fleeing with a few followers to Guatemala. I, shall re main in Mexico City until the con stitutional convention at Quererro. All military operations have been suc cessful and the Situation is improv- ing daily, v (Signed.) VV. Villa Moving Southward. V EI Paso, Tex., Oct. 27. Francisco Villa and his bandits have left the Mexico Northwestern , railroad at or nrar Santa Ysahel. twentv-five miles southwest of Chihuahua City, and are moving soujh in the general direc tion of Satevo, states a message which was received at the Carranza con sulate here today. ; "' The message was signed by Gen eral Jacinto B. Tfevino and was dated (Jctober (lb. It was in reply to a re auest by Andres Garcia, inspector- general of consulates, asking for de- inite information regarding Villas movements: i In the message General Trevino de nied that there had been any fiehting at Fresno, eight mile's from Chihuahua City, and added that Villa had been forced to abandon his base at Santa Ysabel and had gone south toward Satevo. The- message stated that early engagements were expected be- intsu life v,aiiiif-a ivn.es aiiu iiiuscj of Villa in the district southeast of I the state capital. ; . .General Trevino characterized the report that government officials had been warned to leave Chihuahua City at "absurd." Lawyers Will Hear Referee1 Tell of -Bankruptcy Tricks "Some Pitfalls in Bankruotcv." will be the topic of Attoluiey Charles G. McDonald, referee in bankruotcv. when he speaks Saturday noon at the Commercial club before members of the Barrister's club. This Is Our Secretary of EL PASO JUNTA .RONS VILLA MOVE Inspector Asserts Bandit's - Actions Directed From ' ; Border City. , EXTRA SCOUTS AT BOEDER El Paso, Tex., Oct. 27. Before leav ing for New York today on a confi dential mission for his government, Andres Garcia, inspector-general of Carranza consulates' in the United States, announced that .he was in pos session of information that a "junta" was in existence inEI Paso, which had for its purpose the diercting of Vjlla's movements in the field. He said this organization was composed of former revolutionists, who hadi been close to. Villa in. the past, and added that he had received an -unconfirmed reports that their were a few Americans implicated in the organiza tion. While he admitted having no defi nite information as to the possibility of a raid on the border by Villa' or men in his command, he said he had been informed that such a raid, might be -made on the border at soma iso lated point between El Paso and San Antonio. ( - i Villa Buys Pesos. vHe -said he had information that Mexican silver pesos were being pur chased here and at other points along the border and expressed the opinion that these coins were being smuggled across the border for Villa to pay his men, the bandit leader having promised them one silver peso a day, according to information from the in terior, i ' 1 Mr. Garcia's departure for New York at this time is believed here to have a direct bearing on the pres ent situation on the border. He de clined to make known the purpose of his mission, .which he said, however. would be in the interest of peace in Mexico. He said he would not go to Atlantic City, N. J., to confer with the Mexican peace commissioners. Mr. Garcia is a personal friend of EHro Arrendondcr; ambassador-designate at Washington, and it is Relived here he will confer with him regarding recent border developments. ' Extra Scouts at Columbus. Columbus, N! M.. Oct. 27. The dis- Lpatch of extra scouting details to border points followed receipt of or ders here .today fqr military com manders to be on- the alert for raids into American territory by Mexican bandits. Th orders came from Sec retary of War Baker. y' War! DESTROYER FIGHT IN engCish channel - :. . . Two German Warships Sunk, One British is Missing and One Disabled. TRY TO RAID TRANSPORTS London, Oct. 27.-Ten German tor pedo boat destroyers' 'attempted to. raid the British cross channel 'trans port service last night, 1ut the at tempt failed,, says an official state ment issued by the British admiralty today. Two of theN German destroy ers wers sunk and the others were driven offi ' , " One British torpedo boat destroy er, he Flirt, is missing; the British statement adds and another destroy er, the Nubian, was disabled by a tor pedo and ran aground. Nine members of the tew of the Flirt were saved. The German, destroyers succeeded in sinking one empty 'transport,, the Queen. f he crew was saved. The British admiralty announce ment follows: ' 1 . , , "Dtfring. lasnight tht enemy at tempted a raid with ten destroyers on our cross channel transport service. The attempt failed. -' , . "Two of the enemy destroyers Were sunk and the rest Were driven oft "His majesty's torpedo boat Flirt, Lieutenant. Richard P. Kellet, royal navy, is missing, and it is said he may be lost, but nine of the crew have been saved. "His- majesty's torpedo boat de stroyer Nubian, Commander Mon tague Bernard, was disabled by a torpedo and taken in tow, but owing to the bad weather the tow carted and it grounded." Traveling Men Appeal to . Stomach, Mind and Heart Cider,' doughnuts, apples, cigars, lhiislc and oratory compose the pro gram for the meeting of the' Travel ers' Protective association, post A, Saturday . night at .the .Commercial club. . . Rev.. John F. Pfuche, who recently returned from Mexico, will talk on "Boys On the Border, or Mexico as I Saw It.'" . Howard Steberg, Bernard E. Jons ton, Joe Sjolin and Rudolph Hel gren, who make up the ImpeHal quartet, will sing. In addition there will be solos by A. JAlvord and John McCreajy. . The post is lostering a membership campaign. Fred Eckardt captains one team and Otto Wohlford leads the other. The losers are to furnish a big banquet for the winners. RUSSIANS AND ROUMANIANS IN, FULLJET.REAT Entente Forces in Dobrudja ''Continue to Retire, Say Re ports from Sofia and Petfograd. . ', FIGHT, IN TRANSYLVANIA Village of Balan and Piatroat. kul Heights, "Near. ; Okna.l Taken by Roumanians. BATTLE ON RIVER N JIUL Sofia, Oct. 26. (Via London, Oct 27.) The RusscRoumanian army in Dobrudja is- in precipitate ' retreat, north and west frbm me Tcherna-voda-Constanza railway, toward Hif sova, Braila and Tulstchia, on the Danube, says an official statement to( inc wr.unicc issiutu iuu. iue ii- ture of fifteen officers and 771 men and fiflSn machine,- guns it .an nounced. The statement reads i ' "On the Macedonia front there has been no change. South of Lake Presbo there was , an engagement with weak- enemy (Units. On the front between Lake Presba and the Aegean coast there was' nothing but weak artillery firing. ; Tire Aegean, coast was calm, . . ' "Roumanian front: Along the Black X"1 thire Was quiet. On 4h wltrjle Dobrudja front the enemy is id preaipitite retreat toward Tultclia, Braila and Hirsova. Our pursuit con tinues. On Wednesday we captured fifteen officers, 771 men and fifteen machine guns. Quiet prevails on the Danube front." ' . Roumanians' Take Village. . ' Petrograd, Oct. 27. (Via London.) J Roumanian troops: operating on the western frontier, of Moldavia have captured the Transylvanian village of Balan and the Piarrarotkut heights, according to the official statement is- -sued today by the Russian war de partment. Fierce fighting the state ment x adds, Ws continuing on both banks of the Jiul river. . , The statement follows: 1 "Transylvanian front: On the west ern frontier of Moldavia the Rouma nians after a short offensive captured the village of Balan, nine miles north west of Okna, and the Piatrarotkul heights, nine miles -southwest of, Okna.. ' ' : ' "On the western Valakhia frontier the Roumanians have arretted the en emy's offensive and are consolidating . . i ,r . ' ' i . TUm - their positions... Oa both bankaof-th-?iver Jiul fierce fighting continuts, ' Roumanians Are Retiring. y . Petrograd.'Oct, 27. (Via London.) -Although offering stubborn resist ance to - the German-Bulgarian-Turkish forces attacking- in Dobrudja the ' Russians and Roumanians, according to today's official Russian statement, are retiring to the north of line between Hirsova and Casapkeui. This line is approximately between forty and sixty miles north; of the Tcher-navoda-Constanza 'railroad linje. . The sUtament. adds that the forces of the central powers and -their al lies are continuing their attack along tnt entire iront in uooruoja. an attack against 'the Russian posi tions on the western bank of the Share river in the vicinity of Goldo- vitchi and forced the retirement of the Russians .to the eastern bank of the river, says today'a Russian of- -ficial statement. , v , - ' Russians Lose In Lutsk. - -Berlin, Oct. 27. (B Wireless to Sayville.) Russian troops in the dis trict west of Lutsk, in Volhynia, made a heavy attack at midnight on the Austro-German line in , the r- Kiselin section, after prolonged artillery prep aration. The attack, the war office announces, broke down petore tne de fensive entanglements. i "The Russians have repeated their attacks along the Shara river, but failed to gain any advantage. : In Jhe southern Carpathians there were renewed assaults on theTeu tonic lines by the Russians and Rou manianj, but here also the hostile ef fort to advance was futile." Republican Valley A , . 1 v ' Doctors Meet at McCook McCook, eb.,X)ct. 27. (Special.) Republican Valley- Medical associa tion convention opened Thursday with a banquet spread by the local doctors in Masonic hall, served by the Eastern Star, an elaborate ' affair which was followed by a brief, spicy toast list, ihe entire afternoon was devoted to papers' and discussions. by various members of the associa tion. Besides the members of this association, tlfere were present Dr. J. M. Bannister and Df G. A. Young, both of Omaha, who entered into the discussions. - The election of officers for next year resulted: President, Dr. C. L. Fahnestock, McCook; vice president, Dr. J. K. Muldoon, Arapa hoe; secretary, Dr. L. W. Rork, Ox ford; treasurer, Dr. W. D. Shields, Holdrege. The next meeting will be held in May in Holdrege. One Cent Will Buy X j;he smallest of Uncle Sam's postage stamps. ' - An evening newspaper.' "Thespace each word your Want-Ad occupies in The Omaha Bee. . . And you certainly pet your money's worth from any one of the three.