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THE BEE!' OMAHA, FK1DA1, MAI ara.
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DANIELS SAYS
SIGNATURE Oil
CABLE FORGED
Secretary Tells Senators
Someone Was Guilty', of
t- Signing His Name i to
. Official Dispatch.
; ' Bjr Tk AMorlte4 Tnu. '
Wahinrtnn. . Uiv 13 Charfft
that a cablegram produced before
th nat naval invf tticatinc com
mittee during the testimony of Rear
Admiral bans, bore a torgeq signa
ture were made today by, Secretary
Ta nii-lt H rrfrrrrd tn a message
which Admiral Sims had presented
as part ot his criticism 01 tne mvy
department and wtocn purportea
hiv Hn sicrnd hv tVie eretarv.
"Somewhere somebody was guilty
of signing my name to an omciai
dispatch which the original, here
.....j j -i t 4
urouueca, snows j. iicvci iginu,
Mr. Daniels told the committee, "or
ot altering a dispatch by erasing
the real signature and substituting
r The concluding paragraph of. the
cablegram read:
T rrtirA tk rlllTAvB T fftll
sldcr that American vessels having
.. . i ' - - r ' i
armea guaras arc ssicr wuch bi
ing independently."
Found Name Was Forged.
: Mr. Daniels testified that im
tri4iatilv nnnn radinc the ad
miral'i testimony he knew he never
sent such a cablegram ana
lartiH an investigation.
i Thr t?i-Ttarv aid he finally found
the original dispatch in the British
embassy, through which it naa neen
W and that the name siffned to it
was "A F. Carter, by Directions of
the Chiet ot iavai uperationsi
t "The statement that it was signed
'Daniels' is untrue," said the secre
tary. "No such telegram signed
'Daniels' was ever sent to Admiral
iim In hit tptimonv he reiter
ated that this dispatch made him
, unA that it was sidled with my
name, conveying the impression that
the civilian secretary of . the navy
had personally passed upon . tne
question of a particular method to
protect shipping and was resisting
the adoption of the convoy system.
I knew I never entertained the opin
ion stated in the dispatch ne ais
played."
' Asks Sims to Produce.
. Admiral Sims should produce the
person who changed tne 'signature
-. vrr rtamVU declared, adding the ad
miral owed "an apology Jo me and
to tne country lor xnc imica9iv
" vndertaken to be made by his tes
timony based upon a false signa
ture." .
Much of, the secretary s testi
mony today was devoted to the con-
,.n.-.riv nwr rnnvnvinsr trOOO shlDS.
TJ- :n:.ft that the admiral's course
regarding the protection of troop
ships caused the department "much
. atixietv" and finally hei "bluntly
told Sims that everything yas sec
ondary to the safeguarding oi ves
.flffirlnflf Atneriratn- soldiers.
I Mr. Daniels charged that Admiral
Sims withdrew the destroyer escort
fr"om the first convoy as. soon as u
. a oV.rno1 teaviris- the trans
ports without protection for the re
turn voyage. Admiral aims, ne sam,
finally was instructed to protect the
ships when they lett ranee.
Sims Opposed Leviathan.
'nr- rionietc also testified that Ad
..-rr Cimi had nhierted to the USC
nf the former German - liner
- Leviathan as a troop ship on the
ground that her great length made
. a Katter taroret for tOrOedoeS
than smaller vessels! He also said
the admiral had contended that the
. .km .hnM he nnerated to Liver-
U pool rather than to Brest because of
ft t,tter facilities for handling her
is
r cargo. , . .
The department, tne secretary sam,
I u,.A tVi. admiral's advice with
.
" the result that the Leviathan had
t mn entire lunar month at
- .
IT Liverpool before she couia get out oi
H MB MV" "
operated out of Brest, where her
rnnn n wax tiiitlilu sis
l-Ti IU1U 0VM ..w- ---------
instead of weeks and it broke all rec
ords in the number ot troops trans
ported." .
ir name1 nresented various Of-
ficial documents to support his con
' tention that the convoy system was
originally sponsored by the Amer
ican navy, and that it was not adopt
ed fully until several months after
the United States entered the War
and had sent many destroyers and
other craft overseas, thus providing
ships to make the operation of the
convoy system possible.
Bluffs Masons to Attend
; . ! Shrine Meet at Sioux City
Faced with' a perilous journey
I across j. the burning sands of the
I desert, 24 Council Bluffs Masons.
' accompanied by SO Shriners will
' leave the , Northwestern passenger
station in Council Bluffs 'at 8:20 a.
. m ' today or Sioux City in a
special Pullman coach for the an
nual spring ceremonial of Abn Bekr
temple. Two thousand Shriners
will, migrate to the desert today
to assist a class of 250 novices. In
the afternoon the Masons will be
guests at the Oklahoma City-Sioux
Citv base ball game. Initiation will
be held in the evening.
Last U. S: Woman Entered In
British Golf Tourney Loses
' Newcastle, County Down, Ireland,
v May 13. (By the Associated Press.)
The last of the American entrants
in the British women's golf cham
pionship tournament was eliminated
today. Miss Marion Hollins of
IVVestbrook, Long Island, the only
American survivor, was defeated in
the fourth round by Miss Molly
jGriffiths, who won by a score of 5
ip and 4 to play.
. ? Widen Vinton Street
Vinton1 street from Thirteenth to
twentieth streets, will be .widened
from 40 to 46 feet before the street
Is repaved. A delegation of busi
ness men and property owners met
.Wednesday night and discussed the
ftwidenine and also new electric
? lights. A repavinjr contract has
fceen let. but an effort will be made
to hold in. abeyance until the widen
ing project can be accomplished.
Snerlal Lnnrhmn.
LAotel. Main caie. Adv
75c Paxtori
Street Car Man Who
Battles Holdup and
Victim Now In Jail
zzat"pi i
WisL
(Continued From Tint Pt.)
with his shirt, but was thwarted by
turnkeys. - "
He greeted Conductor Harrington
with a grin in pphce. court yester
day morning.
"Gee, you're certainly a hard
guy,"- he explained, and his grin
broadened into a ' smile wrich dis
played several missirg teeth. "I
fought the Germans and I've tackled
lots of guys, but you're the worst
yet.
You want to find qut a mans
name before you tackle him after
this," advised Harrington, as he
shook hands with his defeated as
sailant. "Leave the Irish alone."
Admits Had Enough.
"Nothin' ' dpin'," s replied Smitz,
'I'm through. I might get beat uo
like this again some time if I
kept on."
Police Judee Fitzgerald also ruled
that Smitz was through bv binding
him over to district court on a $6,000
bond for highway robbery.
smitz confessed fo holding uo and
relieving Conductor Harold A. Jen
sen ot aw at the end ot the Dodge
street car line last Saturday night
I d been drinking Jamaica gniEer
both times or I wouldn't have done,
it," said Smitz.
The attempted robbery Wednes
day night ocenrred at Twenty-fourth
and Ellison avenue. Smitz gave his
address as the Mann hotel. There
is no such hotel in Omaha. A. T
Rehmier was the motorman on the
car.
Poor Booze Salesman
Can't Pay Alimony;
Says Business s Bum
San Francisco. Mav 13 Antonio
Garden was haled into court before
Judge Graham recently to show
cause why he had failed to support
his wife, riazel, who is suing him
for divorce on grounds of alleged
cruelty. '
Whats your business? Queried
the court.
"I'm a liquor salesman." replied
harden.
"How long have you been a liquor
salesman?" asked the court.
"ABout a month now." said Gar
den.
"How's business?" the judge
asked.
"Not very good: the federal au
thorities interfere too much," said
Garden.
'That's hard luck. However, you
pay your wife $40 a month, arid if
you fail to make the payments this
court hiay get you before the fed
eral authorities, too?
1
Cabinet Approves New Plan
To Restore Order, in Ireland
London. May 13. General Sir
Mac Ready, commander general of
Ireland, has framed new plans by
which he believes better order will
be established in Ireland soon. Mr.
Bonar Law announced in the house
of commons that the plans had been
approved by the cabinet
Ihe government leaders statement
followed question regarding the sen
sational murder of two nolicemen
at Cork Tuesday evening and queries
as to whether General Mac Ready
had taken steps to co-ordinate the
police and the military forces. Mr.
Bonar Law said that the military
commander had already taken most
important steps.
Pooninn Tnme Annmi Unmon
vfpjiiiv) iwiiio niiuuj iviiivm
At English Bathing Beach
London, May 13 Eastbourne, onei
of - Lnglands s most fashionable
beaches, has decided against station
ary bathing machines.
Councillors complained that when
the system of removing the wheels
of the machines was tried crowds
of "peeping Toms" gathered round
and peered through the apertures in
the boards, younger men even climb
ing on the roofs and gazing down
through the glass at the disrobing
ady visitors.
It was these complaints that de
cided the council to continue to have
horses draw the machines into low
water.
LIGHT VOTE IS
CAST BY WOMEN
111 LATE PRIMARY
But 37,519 Took Advantage
Of Suffrage and But 3,014
Of These Democrats, Of
ficial Canvass Shows.
Mattson. Named Chairman
Of Financial Ad Club
Lloyd H. Mattson. vice president
of the Corn Exchange National
tank and president of the Advertising-Selling
league has been ap
pointed permanent chairman of the
Financial Advertisers' association,
one of the largest branches of the
Associated Advertising Clubs of
the World, it was announced today.
He will preside over the associa
tion during the five-dav convention
of the Associated Advertising clubs
in Indianapolis, beginning on June 6,
and will deliver an address on finan
cial advertising during the session.
Lincoln, Neb., May 13.-r(Special.)
The canvass of the state canvass
ing board of the returns of the re
cent primary wis fifmhed today and
showed that there was a total vote
cast on the office of governor of
1S4.810, of which the republicans
polled 102,242 and the democrats
52,568. On preference forpresident
th total vote was 192,329, t which
136,647 were republican and 56,682
were democratic.
To give some indication of how
many'women participated in thepriy
mary the difference between the vote
on president onTwhich they had- the
right to vote and that for governor
for which they could not vote, shows
that but 37,51 women took advan
tage of the chaiice to vote.
: Qemocrats Show Poorly,
' Of thi .number 34,42a 'voted the
republic. ticket and but '3,014 voted
the democratic ticket, according to
tWrse figures. As the counties did
not report the total f votes cast,
there is no way of getting the exact
figures. It,, is indicated, however,
by the returns that, the small show
ing made on ihe democratic side is
due to the fact that the women
voted in most instances only for the
delegates-at-large pn the democratic
(icket and did not vote their prefer
ence for president. 1 M
Some ot.her figures shown by the
official count is that' C. W. Bryan,
who lives in the First district, re
ceived 11 votes for district delegate
in the Fourth district, Elmer Thom
as, who lives in the Secpnd district,
received 10 votes in the same dis
trict, Katherlne McKirr, in the First
received 10 votes and Dr. Jane Call-
far of the Second district also re
ceived 11, votes in the Fourth dis
trict : ' ' . .
Ill voting for district alternate del
egates on the democratic ticket, only
19 counties in the state cast votes.
Omaha Man In Tie.
R. B. "Howell of 'Omaha and T.
'M. Murray of Lincoln are tied with
two votes each as national commit
teeman of the rrohibition party,
which polled a total of eight votes
in the state. 'Douglas county cast
four,, Otoe county1 two a'nd Howard
and York one each. This means
that unless they do considerably bet
ter at the regular election in Novem
ber that the prohibition pary will
have to take.its place with the popu
list party 'among the discards.
Omaha Judge Asks
More Compensation as
Master in Litigation
'Lincoln; Neb., May 13. (Special.)
Judge J. J. Sullivan of Omaha, spe
cial master in litigation between the
city of Lincoln and the. Lincoln
Gas company, has filed a motion
in the United States district court
asking for additional compensation.
He asserts that he was granted
$3,500, although he has never been
paid. i
In his motion he' .says that the
amount of his compensation was
fixed at St. Paul, Minn., and that
he was net taken into consultation
on the amount. He' alleges that the
that the trial of the case required
80 days and that evidence was taken
from time to time over , a period
of .15 .months. He declares his per
sonal expense was $300 and in the
revised award he wants this amount
included. .
, Judge Sullivan was appointed spe
cial master by Federal Judge VV.'H.
Monger. , .
Young Man Char&ed With
' , Assault Upon Girl of 15
Lincoln. Neb.. Mav 13.
Harry S. Gohdy, 25 years of age,
pleaded not guilty in justice court
here to a Charge of criminal ascanlt .
and was bound over fo the district
cpurt under bonds of ?2,000. Ozella
Sousie, 15 years of age, was named
in the complaint. '
Deputies in the sheriff's offir! ips-
tified that Gohdy, who was employed
in a barber college, signed a written
confession that he had intimitately
associated with the girl for two
weeks and -that they had decided to
go to Omaha and be married.
. According to the deputy sheriffs,
they changed their minds while wait
ing for a train and the cirl wa tent-
home on a street car shortly before
uonay s arrest.
Commission Modifies
Switching Regulations
Lincoln, Neb., May 13. (Special.)
The State Railwav rnmmicainn
has authorized the Union Pacific
railroad to switch all cmntv' rar tn
or- from any hold, repair, cleaning
or receiving track to any loading
dock of the same industrv free, of
charge.
This order was .made upon appli
cation of tfie railway company so it
can equalize matters as regards !the
Skin ner Packing c'ompany at 'Oma
ha, which is located on the Union
Pacific tracks and was asked in
crder that the road and the packing
plant would be at no disadvantage.
Pure Food Instruction
Given Lincoln Students
Lincoln, May 13. (Special.)
Representative . eif th FitrKtK
grade of each of the public schools
oi Lincoln vistfed tfie office of the
state fnfA rnmmicciAnr nnA wr
given instructions along pure food
lines and the methods used by the
department to make the food of the
state, first-class- State Chemist W.
S. t.Frisbie gave the delegation,
wnich was composed of about 30
pupils, some good information.
. Pharmacists Take Exam.
Lincoln. Mav 1.1. fSnerial 1
. x ,
Forfv-nm nnartnarict in fh taf
are taking examinations here before
tne state noara ot examiners, tight
are women. The class is the largest
for . some time.
Yitvhrtn FtTtuMa f3 n . '
den Co.V-Adv,. . , 1
50 Stockholders in
Skinner Company Ask
State Probe of Firm
North Platte, Neb.. May 13
(Special Telegram.) Over 50 stock
holders of the Skinner corporation
of Omaha gathered here to discuss
litigation in which the officers are
involved. The stockholders came
from Keith, Frontier and Lincoln
counties. An organization was
formed at Sutherland with George
White, president; John Murphy,
North Platte, secretary, and James
S. Shour, Sutherland, treasurer. A
report was made by Attorney, W. E.
Shuman of his investigation cf the
corporation and resolutions were
unanimously passed reading as fol
lows: .
'"Be it resolved, that the stock
holders of the Skinner corporations
of Lincoln, Keith and Frontier coun
ties gathered together in a call
meeting held in North Platte, call
upon thes officials of the stote of
Nebraska, and particularly the Blue
Sky department of said state, to
conduct a full and complete investi
gation of the books, affairs and
transaction of the Skinner Corpora
tion of Omaha, and to furnish to
the above stockholders' organization
a report of such nivestigation.'-
After state has completed its in
vestigation another meeting of the
stockholders will be held. There
was represented at this meeting
more than 1,600 shares of stock in
the corporation.. x
Grand Island Boy Forfeits
. Bond on Larceny Charge
Grand Island, Neb., May 13.
( Sepcial Telegram. ) Commodore
N. Lane, accused with others in the
recent cse of wholesale theft of
ciggarets, has disappeared, forfeiting
the certified check bond given by
his father, T. J. Lane. Three bthers
haye already pleaded guilty in the
case' and have been sentenced to
the penitentiary or reformatory.
Beatrice Women Hurt by
p Cavei'n Seek Damages
Beatrice. Neb.. Mav 1.1 f S racial 1
Dorothy Fisher and Velma Stutz-
man, injured some weeks ago when
a walk in front of the Drake block
c'aved in,, filed claims for damages
of $2,500 each, against the city. Mrs.
.rcose cusey, another member of
the party, who sustained serious
injuries and ' is still in a hospital,
filed a claim of $5,000 for damages.
Beatrice Woman Faints.
, On StoveT Badly Burned
Beatrice, Neb. May 13. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. William Kuhn was se
verely 'burned at her home whfle
preparing supper. She fainted and
fell on the gas stove, and before she
could be rescued she had received
painful bums about 1 the arms and
face. '
FIND DIVORCED
WIFE OF SLAIN
RESTAURANT MAN
Mrs. Vittoria Colosimo Visit
ing at Los Angeles Will'
. Make Fight to Obtain
Estate.
. Chicago, May 13. Mrs.' Vittoria
Colisimo, first wife of "Big Jim" Co
lisimo, who was murdered in his
restaurant here Tuesday afternoon,
has been located in Los Angeles, ac
cording to a Chicago morning news
paper. Police here had been search
ing for her as the result of a rumor
that she had arrived in Chicago on
the day Colisimo was shot.
She said she was ready to return
to Chicago and aid the authorities
in solving the mystery of the shoot
ing, accordmg to the newspaper.
Los Angeles, Calif., May 13. Mrs.
Vittoria Colisimo, first wife of "Big
Jim" Colisimo of Chicago, who was
shot and killed there Tuesday, has
been visiting relatives here for some
time. Mrs. Colisimo said she would
return to Chicago at once and would
there attempt to secure the estate
of Colisimo
Mrs. Colisimo said she believed
Colisimo's second marriage was in
valid because, she said, they were
divorced in Illinois and he went to
Indiaiw and remarried within the
year, which, she said, the Illinois
laws provided must elapse before a
divorced person can remarry le
gally. Mrs. Colisimo denied that her re
lations with a third person had
caused her separation, or needed any
defense.
Housebreaker Sentenced
To Ten Years In Prison
Ennsley F. Anndrews was sen
tenced to the penitentiary for a
term of one to 10 years by Dis
trict Judge Troup yesterday on
pleading cuiltv to a charire nf hrpak-
ing and entering the home of Leon
Lppez. Eighth and Douglas streets,
May 10. He is charged with steal
ing $30 worth of clothing.
President Receives
New Ambassador From
Belgium and Uruguay
Washington, May 13. President
Wilson formally received Count dc
Marchienne, the first ambassador
from Belgium, ' and Dr. Jacobo
Varela, the new minister from Uru
guay, acceptance of whose creden
tials was delayed by Mr. Wilson's
iilness. Other diplomatic repre
sentatives who have been, awaiting
opportunity to present their letters
will be received in the order of their
arrival.
Ambassador ,de Marchienne said
to the president that as minister
from Belgium he had learned to ap
preciate "the sterling qualities of
the American people, their noble
.pirit and the inexhaustible power
of their sympathy."
Dr. Varela said his countrymen
had watched with admiration "tin
epic of the 2,000,000 American sol
diers who crossed the ocean to as
sume on the battlefields of Europe
the victorious defense of man's free
dom and rights."
Election of Underwood
. Blow at Drys'of Alabama
' Mobile. Ala., May 13. The re
turns from 53 out of 67 counties
complete give Senator Oscar W.
Underwood a lead of 7,800 over L.
B. Musgrove, his next nearest op
ponent. The remaining 10 counties
in the state will not change the re
sult. The election of Underwood
is a defeat of prohibition in one of
the strongest prohibition states in
the south. . It is also the first real
test of the union labor vote whicl
failed to line up with the dyed-in
the-wool prohibition candidates.
IS
Big braduating- Class.
W'est Point, Neb.. May 13. Spe
cial.) The largest class in the his
tory ot the West Point High school
will be graduated May 20. The class
numbering 34 will be addressed by
Harry F, Huntington of Lincoln.
Ten of the graduates have aionpA
contracts to teach rural schools next
year. .
Great sale of fine Georgette
and Tricolette Blouses in all new
shades
l
tta savs.
why cook
"vvhenvou. can have
such goodready
cokea things to eat
POST!
"Correct dress is one of
the most feminine means
of beautifying the world."
Oaxit
Contrary to the plan
followed by so many stores, we
aim to present at all times, instead
of one fashion becoming to the great'
est number of women, the greatest
possible variety of apparel, so that
each may select the mode most be
coining to herself.-
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Friday Morning We Are Going to Offer
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