MAHA Baily Be THE WEATHER Fair; Warmer H VOL. XLVII. NO. 17. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1917. SIXTEEN PAGES. ajasSSt single copy two cents. ATM 0 MRS. PHEWSJmHHOLDS Bl 10W MS DEMAND GUARD EETIMG POLICE ASKED TO SAFEGUARD IOWA MEETING Manager of Theater Requests Protection When Iowa Citi zens Gather to Hear Airing of State's Worst Crime. Harry Cockrell, manager of the Boyd theater, has asked for police protection for the mass meeting to be held there Saturday by residents of Iowa to voice their protest over offi cial gagging of free speech in the ef fort to bring the perpetrator of the Villisca ax murders to justice. "A situation without known prece dent in the United States will be pre sented when the outraged citizens of another state travel 100 miles by train and automobile and cross the Mis souri river for the purpose of holding a mass meeting at which they may speak their minds freely without fear of the law," said Ross Moore, brother of one of the eight victims of , the ax fiend. "In an effort to stem the rising tide in Montgomery county the unseen powers behind the effort to send Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly to an insane asylum and thus close the avenues by which the perpetrator of the bloodiest crime ever committed in Iowa may be run down a propaganda has been started in Montgomery county to prevent cit izens from coming to Omaha. Brother to Speak. "But it will fail. The people are aroused and they will be here to tell what they know. The fair name of Montgomery county and of Iowa will be cleared of this blot." Mr. and Mrs. Ross Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stilliuger of Villisca wilt voice from the stage their be lief that Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly is in nocent of the murdcrharge recorded against him by grand jury indictment. Moore's brother, Joseph, and the tatter's wife And four chiWreriwere murdered while they- slept and the Stillingers are parents of two girls who were visiting over nigfct at the Moore home and were killed by the same ax which was used crushing the life out of the six members of the Moore family. So strong are the Moores and Still ingers in their belief of Kelly's inno cence that they have contributed money toward his defense and for the expenses of the meeting in Omaha. The aged mother of Mrs. Joseph Moore also will be here and will tell her story. , Forecasts Sensations. Judge A. L. Sutton, who is repre senting Kelly, states that sensational developments will materialize during the mass meeting. Attorney Sutton has received many letters and tele phone calls regarding this unprece dented situation. Information from Red Oak and Vilticra indirates that ail effort to counteract public sentiment in favor of Detective J. N. Wilkerson's ap pearance at the mass meeting in Omaha has failed. Sentiment in favor of Kelly and Wilkerson and against certain public officials has been grow ing in Montgomery county, of which Red Oak is the seat. Will Tell All. Mr. Wilkerson states that he has no fear that his words at the Boyd 'theater meeting will be used against him in Montgomery county in con nection with an injunction suit (Continued on Pag Two, Column One.) Outgoing Cablegrams to Be More Closely Censored Washington, July 6. Censorship of outgoing cables undoubtedly will be jhade much more rigid to prevent spies from sending information to the enemy. Many officials believe information is reaching Germany now in the form of commercial messages cabled from the United States to European neu tral countries. Already, it is said the government in cases that excite sus picion is changing the wording of messages. Reports that German insurance companies operating in this country have easy access to confidential infor mation having to do with shipping and the dispatch of troops has prompted the government to investi gate their activities. Secretary Red held said today he thought the opera tion of these companies should be kept under a close and continuous scrutiny. Two German Spies Are Arrested at New York New York, July 6. Agents for the Department of Justice this afternoon arrested two Germans, one reputed to be a paymaster for the German spy system in this country, and the other alleged to have been formerly asso ciated with Captain Franz von Papen, at one time military attache at the German embassy in Washington. Detroit Man Charged With Murder of Child Detroit, Mich., July 6. Allan Liv ingstone today was charged with the murder of 1.1-year-old Hope Irene Alexander. The cild was shot and as saulted in a grove near Detroit on Wednesday afternoon, the police say. Ten-year-old Elizabeth Stilber, who was with the Alexander girl when the crime. was committed, identified him. Fifteen Billion Mark Loan Before German Reichstag Amsterdam, July 6. Discussion in the German Reichstag at Berlin of the first reading of a bill provid ing for a credit of 15,000,000,000 marks is reported in a Berlin tele gram today. SENATE REJECTS PROHIBITION OF LIGHTER LIQUOR Cummins' Amendment Against Whisky Accepted, But Myers' Beer and Wine Clause Is Turned Down. Washington, July 6. In what was regarded as the first real test of strength between senate wets and drys, the senate late today rejected, 52 to 34, a food bill amendment by Senator Myers" to prohibit manufac ture of beer and vinous beverages along with distilled liquors. Upon reconsideration the senate voted, 45 to 40, to retain the pro visions of the Cummins amendment' prohibiting imports of distilled bev erages and also prohibiting with drawal of distilled spirits in bond for beverage use. The senate recessed tonight with out disposing of the prohibition pro vision of the food bill. Adoption of the Cummins amend ment somewhat complicated the situa tion. The leaders said that should the senate adopt the Robinson substi tute, the Cummins amendment would not be effective unless again adopted. Senator Stone gave notice that he would move to reconsider the Cum mins amendment and the vice presi dent ruled that such a motion would be in order at any time before the bill was finally voted on in committee ot the whole. Myers Offers Amendment. ( Senator Myers then offered an amendment to the Robinson substi tute so as to cover beer and wine as well as. distilled liquors: That brought to a head the controversy over Pfesi-' dent Wilson)) ..suggestion that beer and wine be excepted so as to expe dite passage of the bill. Senator I'ittman declared certain senators were voting for prohibition as an excuse to filibuster and kill the bill and he said he would' vote against the prohibition proposals in order to get a cloture rule to force the bill through. In reply, Senator Norris asserted that no filibuster is contem plated. Their Master's Voice. Referring to the senate agricultural committee's reversal of action upon beer and wines after the president had acted, he said: "The committee heard the presi dent's speech and at least some of the senators recognized their mas ter's voice." Senator Sherman announced that he favored the "bone dry" proposal of Senator Myers. He provoked laughter by presenting telegrams from Chicago constituents with for eign names asking tha no action be taken upon beer. Senator Chamberlain, in charge of the bill, said he would vote against the Myers amendment because there were enough delicate questions al ready in the bill without interjecting bone dry prohibition. Senator Jones of Washington reit erated that the prohibition interests are not opposing the bill, declaring the records will show where '.'the re bellion" against the measure comes from. Phelan Opposes Proposals. Opposing the "bone dry" proposal, Senator Phelan declared it would de stroy large revenues and interfere with the fixed habits of the people. "The president is of the opinion," he said, "that the masses of the peo ple without spokesmen here are against invasion of their daily habit and what they regard as their right to drink a little beer with their din ners or lunch." Senator Sheppard, a leading prohi tion advocate, announced he would "suppord the hands of the president," and yield to the request for deferring action upon beer and wines. '"I will not support prohibition or anything else," said the Texas sena tor, "which interferes with the presi dent's plan in the conduct of the war." Miss Rankin's Charges Will Be Investigated Washington, July 6. As a result of the protest of Representative Jean- nette Rankin of Montana, Secretary McAdoo today appointed a commit tee to investigate alleged compulsory overwork of women in the bureau of printing and engraving. Director Ralph of the bureau contends condi tions among the workers are good, that they are paid for overtime and that the extra work is necessary for getting out Liberty bonds and other extra work imposed on the bureau by war conditions. Large Cotton Plant At Paris, Tex.,Burned Paris, Texas, July 6. The plant of the Transcontinental Cotton Press company with its contents of 2,700 bales of cotton was destroyed ty fire late last night, entailing a loss estimated at more than $400,000. Officials of the company express the belief that the fire was of incen diary orgin. The loss is said to be partially covered by insurance. WITH THE YALE AERO CORPS Members of the Yale University Aviation corps piloting one of the huge seaplanes on a trial trip at the headquarters of the corps at Huntington Beach, Long Island, N. Y. VALfc CORPS SEAPtJVHE. NEVILLE SAYS HE ISNOT'CRAZY'ON GOVERNOR'S JOB Alkali Affects' Nebraska's Chief Executive, So He Has Decided to Be Colonel of New "Dandy Sixth." " y "This salt and. alkali water here in Lincoln does not agree with me anyway," Governor Keith Neville is quoted as saying when discussing his ambition to become colonel of the Dandy Sixth Nebraska and serve with the American army at the front in France." "The alkali water affects me, and I am not crazy about this job of being governor anyway. If any mart thjnks it's a snap, that man, is mistaken, and should try it a while." Omahans close to t'.ie governor and to his secretary, Lee Metcalfe, say that it is all settled and that the governor and his secretary are both going to war. Governor Neville iaid a quiet visit to Omaha a few days ago, called at headquarters of the "Dandy Sixth" and also stepped across the street to hob-nob with the hoys in charge of the recruiting station where the Fourth Nebraska is being brought up to war strength. Minor officers of the "Dandy Sixth" are talking confidentially of Neville as their prospective colonel. When recruiting began shortly after war was declared, Lee Metcalf, sec retary to the governor, talked some of joining the army. At that time Governor Neville is said to have per suaded him to wait. Later when Sec retary Metcalfe continued to talk war the governor is reputed to have said: "Wait, Lee, later on maybe we'll both go." Then as the governor and his sec retary continued to take early morn ing rides on cavalry horses to get in form the spirit gradually grew until one day the governor said outright: "Lee, if you go I'll go, too." Lee is Going to War. It "rs learned now that "Lee" has definitely decided to go, so it is .be lieved the governor's mind also has been madtf up to htep into the ranks of Uncle Sam's fighting men. It is considered significant that while practically all the minor offices of the "Dandy Sixth" have been filled a peculiar secrecy surrounds the mat ter of who shall be its commander. When one of the Captains of the "Dandy Sixth" was asked point balnk, "Who is going to be colonel?" he evaded the question by saying: "I don't know. They're talking Ne ville some" Douglas County Ready to Draw Names for Army Under Draft Plan Douglas county is ready for the drawing of names for selective army conscription. "We're ready as soon as the gov ernment is," said Election Commis sioner Moorhead yesterday. He does not, however, believe any names will be drawn at Washington before July .10. Serial numbers opposite names of the more than 20,000 young men reg istered in Douglas county are now available at the election commission er's office in the court house. Numbers corresponding with the ones in the various exemption districts over the United States will be drawn at Washington.- Names in each of Douglas county's six exemption districts are numbered serially from one on up. Thus the highest number in the largest district is 4547. Other districts are from 1 to 2600, 1 to 3987, 1 to 3656, 1 to 2578 and 1 to 2112. Any registered man in Douglas county may call at the election com missioner's office and learn what his number is. It his number happens to correspond with one drawn at Wash Workmen and Soldiers Score Anti-Jewish Action Petrograd, July 6.The congress of workmen's and soldiers' dele gates today adopted a resolution condemning anti-Jewish agitation, in which it sees danger of a revolu tionary movement. The resolution demands energetic opposition to all attempts at anti-Semitic agitation and suppression of all propaganda of that nature. CANADIAN HOUSE APPROVES DRAFT BILL 118 10 55 .. ... ... Government Wins Notable Vic tory for Conscription After All Night Fight; Amend- mejits Voted Downy ; y Ottawa, Ont, July 6. The Ca nadian House of Commons early to day adopted the resolution offered by Premier Borden passing to second reading the bill for compulsory mili tary service. Exciting scenes marked the taking of the vote, which stood 118 for con scription and fifty-five against. The vote gave the government about twenty more votes- than it usually polls on important questions. This was the result of a considerable number of English speaking liberals breaking away from the leadership of Sir Wilfred Laurier and joining with Premier Borden in support of con scription. Referendum Voted Down. Before the bill was sanctioned Sir Wilfrid Laurier's proposal that the opinion of tlfe people on conscrip tion should be tested by a referendum was defeated by a majority of forty nine. The attendance of members of the house W'as the largest that had been seen in Parliament for many years. The galleries were filled with specta tors throughout the night and until the proceedings closed at sunrise. A maioritv of the sner.tatnrs were sol diers returned from Europe andi women. French Amendment Killed. A resolution presented by .the French nationalists from the province of Quebec that the conscription bill should he killed by the adoption of a six-months' postponement was de feated by the large majority of 106. OiWy nine nationalist votes were cast for the resolution and both the gov ernment and the opposition to con scription voted against this proposal. An amendment aimed to supply more adequate provisions for depend ents of men at the front was defeated 115 to 55. Premier Borden explained that this amendment was "dilatory" and that he would refuse to allow it to interfere with the second reading. ington July 10, then he's it lie's des tined to help lick the kaiser pro vided he can show no proper cause for exemption. Lists of names and serial numbers will be posted in exemption board headquarters as soon as the bodies decide upon their meeting places. The boards probably will not start their sessions until several days after num bers are drawn. Allowing for class exemptions, such as cripples, clergymen, state and fed eral officials, alien enemies and others, Election Commissioner Moor head says there will be about 2,000 names drawn in Douglas county. Every man drawn under selective draft will have to go before an ex emption board, whether ne -claims ex emption or not and be examined by a physician. Men also will be given a later examination by federal phy sicians. . , Duplicate cards of every 'man reg istered in Douglas rounty were sent to the governor's office at Lincoln to day. These cards were numbered the same as the ones in the election com missioner's office. Every man will be triple-clucked when the drawing is done at Washington. BUSH SAYS RAIL LINES WILL PLAY BIG PART IN WAR President of Missouri Pacific System in Omaha Declares Roads Are at Service of the Government. "The railroads of the United States will play an important part in winning the war. They will do their bit not only in the United States, but in Europe as well," said President B. F, Bush of the Missouri Pacific system, who was in Omaha today. Mr. Bush arrived on a special train and was accompanied by Vice Presi dent Robinson, Lhief Engineer Had ley of St Louis. and General Suncrin tendent' 'iWebb. Kansas Citv.-vand Superintendent ebb of the Nebras ka lines, Falls City. ' Continuing, President Bush said: "Every railroad in the country is behind Uncle Sam and the govern inent is going to be backed up in every request or demand made. The roads have all lined up in an agree ment an whenever the government asks the railroads to act they will do so. U. S. Rail Experts at Work. "On the European war front Amcr icau railroads and American railroad men will have much to do with win ning the war. Oir railroad men are mere now anu American ranroaas have sent over equipment that the French transportation lines may be placed in condition ' for handling troops and supplies. "It will be noted that American railroads have been instrumental in rebuilding the lines in Russia and now they arc undcrtaking.the same line of work in France and Belgium. In the United States, American rail roads and Amercian railroad men will respond to the demands of the gov ernment and will be able to keep things moving." During the early morning President Bush looked over the work being done on the Omaha Belt line, incident to elevating and double tracking that portion of the road from Cuming to Leavenworth streets. He remarked that it is the intention of the company to push construction rapidly. The work is being delayed, owing to the difficulty of obtaining labor. To Cut Drown Grades. During the construction of the double track a temporary track is being laid on the right-of-way, west of the old tracks. 'As soon as the tem porary work is completed and the rails laid and the line ready for traffic, the line now in use will be torn out and the filling in will be started. To make the fill from Cuming to Howard streets will require thousands of yards of earth. To obtain this, the railroad is negotiating with the city. It proposes to cut do.n a number of streets and use the dirt in making the tills. General Scott and Staff Arrive in Roumania Jassy. Rumania, July 6. Major General Hugh 1. Scott, chief of the United States army, with other mili tary members of the American mis sion to Russia has arrived here from the Russian front. The Americans were welcomed formally at the house of parliament, where addresses of wel come were delivered by Frcmier Bratiano and other ministers. In reply, General Scott said he had received from the Rumanian ministers and the Rumanian general staff a re port concerning the needs of the Rumanian army and that his mission would use all possible energy in order to see that these needs were satisfied. Say Men's Clothing Will Cost More Next Year Chicago, July 6 Men's wearing ap parel will cost more in 1918 in the opinion of members of the National association of clothing designers, who arc meeting here. Advance in price was said today to be inevitable be cause of conditions due to the war. Materials are scarcer and higher, ac cording to the members and labor troubles have increased expenses. It was pointed out that enlistments have reduced their mploys, while overhead expenses have increased more than 20 per cent in the last year. '' STAR WITNESS IN MALONEY CASE REFUSES TO DISCUSS 'INSIDE' DETECTIVE SECRETS Testifies Was Told by Wolf and Tylee, Maloney Was Connected With Omaha Detective Association; Denies Visit to Melson Place With Sutton; Mrs. Melson Delays Trial. Mrs. Elsie Phelps, the detective, who made Chadron fam ous, appeared on the witness stand in the Maloney hearing be- for the city council yesterday. She refused to disclose her Paul Sutton, when the latter was a special invesigator in the service of Superintendent Kugel of the police department. She admitted she matriculated as a detective under Sitton, investi gated bath houses for him, and did "a lot of other minor work." Asked what the minor work was, she replied, "I will not , tell you, because I would bring in the names of a lot of promi nent people and I will not do that." OMAHA UNIONS SEEK CHANGE TO FEDERAL COURT Ask that Attorney General Reed's Suit Be Removed from District Court; Co Defendants Opposed. Counsel for Omaha unions have filed a petition in district court asking that the case brought against thtm and the Omaha Business Men's as sociation by Attorney Genual Reed under the Junkiu ;act, 'alleging acti' in restraint' of ' trade, be Mmoved to federal court. Shortly afterwards, when attorneys representing opposing factions in the court battles arising from the Omaha strike situation, went before fudge Leslie, sitting in equity court, for an immediate hearing on the petition for removal, a big surprise was sprung. Lined up with Attorney General Reed and , Attorneys Norris Brown and D. M. Vinsonhalcr in fighting the removal of the case to federal court was Attorney F, A. Brogan, representing the Business Men's as sociation, co-defendants with the un ions when the state official envoked the Junkin act and obtained tem porary injunction June 18. Originally Federal Case. Anson Bigelow, attorney for the unions, assisted by C. A. Owens of Chicago, counsel for the International Bricklavers' union, areued before Judge Leslie that the change to fed eral court was not wanted on grounds of adverse citizenship, but' because the case was originally brought under the federal statutes. Attorney General Reed, for the state of Nebraska, on June 18 sought to end Omaha labor troubles by in voking the Junkin act. Both the Business Men's association and the unions were restrained from commit ting further alleged acts in restraint of trade. Hearing on whether the temporary restraining order should be made per manent is to come up in the near fu ture before Judge Leslie. Attorney General Reed and his fac tion and counsel for the Business Men's association are fighting removal of rase to federal court on the con tention that if Judge Leslie signs an order of removal to federal court he will automatically deny himself fur titer jurisdiction in enforcing the re straining order. Under Advisement. Judge Leslie took the case under advisement and announced he would hand down a decision tomorrow. As soon as the hearing on petition for removal was disposed of Attor ney Vinsonhalcr, assisting Attorney General Reed m the legal lights of the strike controversy, brought the attention of the court to fact that it was the day set to show cause why Justus Gruhm and W. Zciglcr of the teamsters' union should not be ar rested for alleged violation of the in junction. ' Gruhm and Zciglcr are charged with having threatened two drivers of the Merchants' Express company on July 2. . By agreement between Attorney General Reed and attorneys for tfie union the case was postponed until July 13. Will Omit Cigarets And Cards from Kits Winona Lake, Ind July 6. Ciga rets' and playing cards will be nota ble by their absence from the comfort bags to be prepared by Christian En deavor societies. Trustees of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, which plans to enlist 1,000,000 persons in some form of patriotic service, so ordained to day. s Rev. Francis E. Clark, founder of the society, was re-elected president. Others elected include Daniel A. Pol ing, associate president; Rev. How ard B. Grosse, vice president; William Shaw, general secretary; A. J. Shartle, trrasurcr. Karl Lchmann was re elected s.uthcrn states secretary. secret relations with Detective Mayor Protects Witness. Mavor Dahlman ruled that she need not go into those details, which Attorney uakcr wisnea to nave brought out. '". Most of the testimony of the wo man detective was almost veroatin as she gave it at Chadron at the time of the preliminary hearing in the conspiracy case. She reiterated in detail the alleged telephonic conver sation between Maloney and mem bers; of the Omaha Detective associa tion and repeated her tormer testi mony that while she was at the office of the detective association, she was called upon by Harvey Wolf to con verse with Maloney over the tele phone, and that Maloney wished her well on her Chadron mission. Was Told About Maloney. Mrs. Phelps testified that Philip Winckler and Gust A. Tylee of the detective association . told her that Malonev and Tom Dennison were in- 4erested in the association and asked uci hiic was uu me Homo -The "woman detective'waa eyed with considerable.' curiosity -whemshe tp peared for the first time in the coun- cil chamber. Her entrance followed a dramatic situation in which Mrs. Margaret Melson played the leading role. At the conclusion of Mrs. Mel- son's testimony Attorney Thomas asked that she be required to, go into another room and identify Mrs, Phelps. No Right to Make Demand. The six city commissioners voted in favor of that, but the mayor dis sented and stated that lie would not, as chairman, issue such an order; that the council had no right to make such a demand. When asked if she would accede to a request Mrs. Melson dc clined, whereupon Attorney Thomas announced that Mrs. Melson dis credited her own testimony against Mrs. Phelps by declining to identify the woman whose character she had assailed. , The long-expected identification of Mrs. Fhclps by Mrs. Melson did not occur. ' Motion to Dismiss Fails. A feature of the proceedings was a motion by Commissioner Kugel to dismiss the case against Maloney, but he was supported only by the mayor. His motion to postpone the hearing until after disposition of the Chad ron case also was lost. That occurred at a juncture when the whereabouts of Mrs. Melson were in doubt. The chief of police had been, notified to find her and in turn he notified all policemen and detectives to assist in locating the witness. Mrs. Melson Appears. Shortly after the afternoon session had been called Mrs. Melson walked into the council chamber, wearing a broad smile and a new hat. She had been located at the home of Mrs. Josephine McCune, Twenty-fifth ave nue and Woolworth avenue. Mrs. Melson became angry toward Attorney Elmer Thomas whose in quisitorial manner piqued the witness. "If you could have had some of that currant jelly I was putting up this morning, you would not feel as you do now," was one of the bon mots that struck Thomas. Thomas Too Particular. Mrs. Melson told Thomas she would go right home and would refuse to answer any more of his questions tin less he modified his demands for ex act times and places and other de tails. r Mrs. Phelps maintained a calm man ner during her long session on the witness stand. She refused to be dis- (Continued on Pa foven. Column Two.) But What's the Matter? Where there's much outcry, there must be some pain. 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