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Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
Eighteen Freshies
Dropped from Greek
Frats at Nebraska

LINCOLN. April is,-tsneeiatl blight
cen University of Nebraska freshmen
fraternity nen. including two Omaha
boys. were dronped ftom the Greek let
ter societies yesterday upon order of the
mterfratarnity council for failure 10
properly carry school work
The action Il the first 20 be taken under
tho new lntefffatemiiN rules which pro-
Wide thnt unieaa froshmen HueceasfWllg
pass twelve hours N work each aelnaster
~ the ncha0i year. their pledges shall
be Withdrawn The rule l. naft of the
campaisn ta improve tho scholarship ol
the Nebraska tgateHlugR
Those freshmen WN1as pledges % ira
isfnlgles wsfe withdrawn will nnl NJ a.
lawfA lg fNin aaaln antil lneR have madn
80 en ~ tbtiF delipHesneY and shown
ihelr ahtiiK a. raffi their setaol vefh
aHccessfNlit Practically eterf eFasnlt
satian m fHe NasDen RHlfefea ihe less
~ uue af mHfe manHefs The pfdeF sas
lssNot teatEfAaN bf UhkaWAH y M
WUet "a ths iHlrNHaiTwHt t41mii
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
French Supply Of
Munitions Still Too
Small Says Thomas

PARIS. April ls-~A warning that
France must make stili greater efforts
was given by Albert Thomas, the muni-
tions minister. in an address yesterday
at the creusot works. NJ. Thomas praised
the efforts of the workers and continued
But these efforts. great az they are
are still insufficient, The enemy had a
considerable advantage over Us. which
we. perhaps. have not yet regained Ger
tainly our armies. thanks to YOU, are to-
day well provided with munitions. but
you know how onr enemy, with his
methodical. disciplined organization. has
constantly increased his strength
1T 10 your task 90 continue 10 sur
pass our production ard with the help Of
our allies TO equal the effort OF the
menacing. sieepless enemy
NJ, Thomas also praised the industrial
organizations. which before the war were
al strife with the state, for tho present
union Of effort and organization, which
''the most audaelous among rs would
never have dreamed waA possible,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
Steel Combine Raises
Wages Ten Per Cent

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stsIes Hlssi eaTtafsiiaB tadAf saua assst
#HatHf aAtsBse n abs wssga ~ hs
mnla8ss smUaiiHa t m rNf al ef
q iiga Mas y fha tatama , 4 Fas @eag
aa8sHa ntas tH keHf alf lials "a.
stths pgtsaai . taisi Hstss ia sass
ssgaeutt ef hfiessa tHef aep tat -
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Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
Florence Rejects
Howell's Electric
Bond Proposition

The elliaens ~ FHorehce demonstrated
their unWillingness 10 accept any part oi
the game ~ a. ileeahef Howell when
they turned down The electric hEh, bond
rs.upoaltion by a vote of asl 10 q, The
eomniete count WAS IN early
The plan was for the eily ~ Slorenee
10 erect a. Az expense af SECS" the pnlaa
and Nlra equipment ami bay current
fra.n the Howell water riant
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
MEXICAN SITUATION
BEFORE CABINET
State and War Departments Report
on Diplomatic and Military
Developments.
VILLA TRAIL TURNS WESTWARD

WASHINGTON, D, G., April ls.---
Secretary Baker laid before the cabl-
net today long reports from General
Funston reviewing tho whole aItua-
tion on the border and in Mexico,
From the. State department the
president and tho cabinet received
an outline Of the diplomatic steps
taken or contemplated since the Car
rama government urged the With
drawal Of American troops.
a decision as 10 what course now
TO pursue is TO be reached between
the military and diplomatic aspects
of the situatlon
General Fiinstnn's dispatches came last
nisyht and arc the fullest discussion Of his
problems he yet has submitted They
contain no mention Of the reported death
OF ViIH, That was the only hint Of tkelr
contents Secretary Baker would roVeal
The substance Of the messages. tho Sec
retary said, was beyond the realm OF
HhHlNN bhNhNHlHH NJ ltlN lilffFf
villa Trail Turns Westward.
u Ia Understood that the reports show
General Pershing's mon to be south now
" tho fartheat southern point at which
Villas trail has been oven indefinitely
located. The pursuit. "a swinging vest
ward into the moro mountainous regions
Renewed anlplng around Parral was
not reported 10 the department although
newa dispatches from General Pershlng 4
camp diseloned that American troops had
again been fired upon by carranza
troops,
Il was intimaicd that General Pcrahing
might have thought II necessary 10 call
the departments attention to the sltua-
ton very fully, and 10 await further in
mructions II seemed probable that pres
ont operations At tho front are Of lim-
tied character and would not bo extended
without more instructions.
Addresses Of PnrraI victims.
War department records give the
names aud homes ~ those killed and
wounded In the fighting az parral last
Wednesday a. follows
Killed
il0hERr tEnFORp private troop NJ.
Thirteenth cavalry Cincinnati
iosfkk o. JOE RlnGLNN not on
rolls nfennp NJ, Thirteen cavalry, bat
IAf lNNHbHN aefseanl, is recorded as
from Saginaw, Meh
Wounded
neniamn Mrdlel not found. but Rrn.
iamin MrfeheN corporal Tfann A. Thlrs
tWNNth aANMfFN fFWm HuNfNF Afn
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
Wilson for Senate
Amendment to the
Sugar Tariff Bill

WASHINGTON. Aprll is President
Wilson favorg tho senate bill pouponlng
the placing of sugar on the free list until
1870 IN preference 70 the house bill post.
poninR Il indefinitely
chairmen simmons of tho senate n.
nance committee told The president today
that the eonfcrees on tho moaaure were
~ a deadlock and naked his advice
senator simmons returned TO y meet.
ing of tho oonfhreea prepared to insist
on the senate provision.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
Great Explosion in
Torpedo Plant at
Wilhelmshaven

LONDON, April is,-A Reuter- dispatch
from Copenhagen says:
A dispatch TO the Keller zeltung from
wilhemshaven says there was a great
explosion last Friday in the now torpedo
works there. number OF persona be-
ing killed and others wounded. The
works were recently finished and were
Inspected by Emperor William on Fcbru-
AIRY 81.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
SENATE VOTES FOR
ARMY OF A MILLION
Upper Body Adopts Measure Pro.
yiding for Huge Regular and
Reserve Force.
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HAY BILL

WASHINGTON, April iS.--An
army reorganization bill that would
produce regular army and reserve
military forces In the United states
akgrcgatlng 100000 men was
passed by the senate tonight without
q record vote. II IL q substitute for
the Ray bill passed by the house
and the difference will be worked
out IN conference.
On tho eve Of a Joint session Of
the houses Of congress- TO hear q
message from the president on
grave international issues, the SEN
ate fastened completion Of the bill
amid scenes Of excitement. repeat
edly rejecting all amendments pend
ing to reduce the proposed strength
cning Of the army.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19

WASHINGTON. April 49, Bound by a
parliamentary agreement 10 take final
vote on the army reorganization bill be-
fore adjournment. the senate settled
down tonight for protracted session.
which somo leaders thought might last
until far beyond midnight. Many
amendments remained 70 be disposed Of
whom the usual hour for adjournment
passed.. although some Of tho most Inn
portant. including one passed late IN tho
day fixing the peace strength of the
standing army at 10000. were out Of the
way.
This provision was voted into the bill
~ 10 81. Thia total, proposed In an
amendment by senator Brandegoe, re-
publican. is an increase Of 1000 over
that provided for in the bill as drafted
by the military committee,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
A Battery

u huplype machines a
kcpl husy for several
hslrs zach day 10 ct
ont Tho llee Want Al
Sccllon. Hundreds Il
fpsh efiers So into the
lile,l goluulus dAlly.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19

photograph
The will be the front
killed diseased earlier
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
COMPLEX BALLOT
is CAUSE. OF BAD
MIKES AT POLLS
Inadequate Facilities Provided by
Election Commissioner Make
Trouble and Also Cause
Delay.
MISTAKES BLOCK THE VOTING
One Man Loses Half Days Time
Through Clerical Error Made
by Some Clerk.
DELAYED RETURNS IN STATE

BULLETIN.
AZ the hour Of going 10 press with
this edition of The Bee only one Of
the precinct returns from the clec.
lion had been received from over the
state. None Of the city precincts Of
Omaha had reported 20 reveal the
trend 0f the result. Many voting
booths were crowded with voters at
= o'clock when the polls closed and
these were al accommodated with
the right 10 east their ballots before
the boGrls began 10 count the vote.
The prospect IL for count delayed
longer ihap any on record in Me-
braska.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
DEATH REPORT
OF VILLA MADE
UP AT JUAREz
This Is the Conclusion Which Has
Been Reached by General Bell
After Investigation Of All
the Rumors.
WORD FROM CONSUL LETcHER
American Consul Says Nothing Is
Known Of Report Of Bandits
death at Cusihuiriachic
WAS FINE CHANCE TO ESCAPE


SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April 1s.-~~
General Funston issued orders today
that will place at tho disposal OF
General pershing 1900 more troops.
lie has ordered to proceed TO Co
lumbus, N. NJ, the Sixth cavalry from
the Brownsville district. the Seven
teenth infantry from Eagle Pass, the
First battalion of the Twcnty-fourth
infantry from Eagle Pass and Troop
i from the Tenth cavalry, Fort
Apache.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April is.=-
President Wilson and the cabinet
went over the Mexican situation
sgaln fully AT the meeting today and
nfterward II was announced that
there was no change IN the sltua.
ton nor in the American govern
nent's policy.
BAN ANTONIO, Tex Aprll n
General Bell, reporting from vi Paso
to General Funston. gave II as his
opinion after as thorough an inyesti-
CATION as he could make that the
report OF Villas death had been
manufactured In Juarez. Consul
Letcher, who said he had been in
communication with CuslhuIriachic,
also has failed TO verify the report.
II Francisco villa II not dead he now
has an excellent opportunity 10 escape
into territory far beyond tho most nd
yanced of the american detachments boz
cause the punitive force has pcnetratod
about as far south MS II can 10 with the
present organization. Official admission
that II was impossible TO extend the main
line OF communication south Of Satavo
was taken today to mean that tho field
~ operations would be restricted 10 that
district over which dctachments OF cav
airy could ride. Beyond the arc OF TINT
fan villa would be safe 80 far as the
Americans arc concerned.
Report from PershinR.
General Porshing Is believed 10 have
explained IN detail this phase OF the alt-
uation In a report 10 General Funston
Continued on Page Two, Column Four)
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19

II was evident early IN tho day that
msnY legal voters sill be dlsfrsnehlaed
because Of the mlatakes of the election
commissioners office The office Was he
seged hy voters who We're refused Al the
hooths the right V exercise their elee-
tive franchise, for reasons which, when
traced back. usually disclosed aome terhs
ulealtY which worked against the Vptef,
lahnfinE man waited nearly an hour
before he could set the service Of
clerk ile declared he had registered a.
Twins al house So iaii, wbere he lived
far maay yeata IA hia Npslnr place this
heasa showed ltt obviously alsFlesl
efref tut nevertheless Hs haa % So g
lha flrrtleH commissioners office 20 hata
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
' II
MUST RELEASE The
ARRESTED TEUTONS
Secretary Of Franz Won Papen Holds
He Is Immune from Arrest,
but Is Subdued.
HIS HEARING IS POSTPONED

WASHINGTON. April 1s.-Act-
on protest from the German em-
baasy. the state department late to-
day asked that the Department OF
Justice release Wolfe Won Igel. sec
retary to Captain Won Papen. the 're
called military attache, arrested IN
New York on a charge Of conspiracy
TO blow up the Welland canal unless
the activities complained Of were
committed before won Igel became at
taehed To the embassy staff lHe
embassy Oims diplomatic intmunj.y
for him.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19

NEW YORK, April ls.--Wolfe Won
lgel, secretary Of Franz Won Papen.
former military attache to the Ger
man embassy, was arrested here to-
Cay In Captain Won papen'a former
office after fist fight with four
agents OF the Department OF Justice.
Won lgel is the fifth man indicted
yesterday with Won Papen, charged
with conspiracy to blow up the Wei
land canal. When the four agents OF
the Department of Justice entered
his office today he put up a fight. In
which he was assisted by George Won
Shall, an omploye,
Non lgel. before lie was overpowered
nufceeded IN reaching Hafo iu the far
corner of mo reom hannnE lhe door
shut ana turning the combination ~
Waa not subduea, the federal asenta
said, mtn they painted tsYolvera 80
him
eeo ahead aud shoot hla caplaFa rs
parted him AZ saSins u aili only cause
var hAlNarn tlefmans sud iae tnltfd
states faa hage na fi9ht % Invade thla
aftife h q 0erNan territory Theaa ats
nussian meshada
fnH lHel made q almilat siaiemsNi 6hfn
agfairHsd 'aiof hefaff tatef Hove iaeh=
ms aNHer. hN aas laid ht fHe Faaft
that ~ 'Hfitlaumeat eeAh he lHsia
panFH amtB aier she's hla PLEA that be-
hsd heen t#Hatis atFealgd Haid Ha laf
nastlF FNlafhN
NHe isaH aaaHaal FuH HsaA ei
isHlsA dHMs ths rlrttNse fa So
esal tUn naUsl tf Ntsmse so
sf a.nkieH eN t tV
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Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., April ~.
Especial Telegram. Washington
No. 2 (soIdIers' home district) COM
plete ON democratic governors
Bryan, z; Neville, 15.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19

Voting throughout the city and
county started of In brisk manner,
indicating heavy vote. The cleo
ton commissioner said he believed
the vote In Omaha Will run ahead OF
the last city election vote, which was
nearly $1,000. The preparation OF
ballots is necessarily slow, owing to
the many candidates from which TO
make selections.
Il know II took me ten minutes TO
cast my ballot, and ! was quite
familiar with the candidates re-
marked Harry q. counsman.
u. A. Benson stopped 10 vote at
FortIeth and Farnam streets at 0;15,
but after waiting a while and OBJ
serving tho line of waiting men he
decided to return later In the day.
Lack Of Facilities.
Criticism was made OF the lack Of
voting facilities provided at most Of
the polling places. -Four booths
we're not regarded as sufficient when
N is considered that many remain
from ten to fifteen minutes in their
booths. At IL o'clock the election
commissioner said he Rs endeavor-
Ing TO get more booths TO the voting
places. as he admitted he received
many complaints OF inadequate
facilities.
Another oversight Of the election com
missioner was failure TO send water board
ballots TO South Omaha precincts. When
this was discovered by one of the cleo.
tion boards nm automobile was rushed
out with the missing ballots, but not IN
time TO accommodate some Of the early
voters one explanation OF this mistake
was the statement that perhaps the elee-
tion commissioner forgot that South
Omaha had been merged into Greater
Omaha.
Some claimed they had registered. but
the registrations had not been entered
upon tho books sent to the election
boards. Some Of the complainants die
not have Just complaints. but there were
many who did aud who were angered
over the Inconvenience they had 10 suffer.
MANY Disfranchised,
II Was evident early IN the day that
manY legal voters sill be dlsfranehlaed
because Of the mistakes of the election
Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-19
Call Tyler 1000

III You Want 10 Talk 10 The lee
or 70 Anyone Connected
With The Bee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-03-23
a Shabby Royal Palace.

The Persian royal palace is most
.inattractive place. The couEts are fill
ed with painted figures of cast iron In a
kind or opeEatic Romeo's costume, and
with boys of gilt iron Offering vermilion
cups to gilt eagles. The tanks are stag
nant and shabby, the gardens neglect
ed The rooms are horrible even for
one Of those monuments of bad taste
called royal palaces; the walls are COW
cred with mirrors. and a decoration
made Of small pieces Of mirror set in
elaborate patterns. the effect remind
ing one of wedding cake. The fur
niture is without exception European,
OF poor quality and worse taste; there
is not single one of those exquisite
works Of Persian art which in the col
lections Of Europe arouse enthusiasm
not so much as flne carpet. Neither
the famous peacock throne-so long err
roneously thought to be the one built
for the great mOghal and looted by
Nadir Shah--nor any of the jewels are
now exhibited. Local gossip believes
them to have been broken up and sold
in Europe by the present government.
From Moscow to the Persian Gulf. :"
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oona+ruotien Of Bic Gums.

The making Of big gun involves as
much intricate work as the putting to-
gether OF a locomotive or giant crane.
A twelve inch gun on board battle
ship is fifty feet In length and has an
extreme range Of twenty-five miles and
an effective range of twelve miles.
There is vast amount Of intricate
and delicate. trained workmanship
wanted In the finish Of giant cannon.
For example says writer in the Mill
gate Monthly, the breech block has to
undergo eighteen or twenty machln-
ings And all the medley of mechan-
ism necessary to enable the ponderous
mass of ordnance to move to the right
or left or up or down at a touch from
the naval gunners is being built up to-
gether at the same time as the work
proceeds on the gun itself. For some
of the smaller gums no fewer than $50
machinings on $50 parts are necessary
before the weapon is ready FOR use.
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Truly. New York is the unbelieva-
BILE city, as have called it," said JOS
eph Pencil. the famous etcher. Down
Broadway there are endless new sub
Jects. Stand, for instance, at the up
per side Of City Hall square on Broad
way and look south. Now, / know all
of old Europe, the parts that are left
and the parts that are gone, and there
il nothing, there was nothing, to COM
pare in grandeur and majesty with
this vista down Broadway. Were It
somewhere In Europe every one would
be staring at it, ogiing it, patronizing
1T, saying the correct things In the
guidebook about it. Here the guide
book says nothing. Broadway, to those
who can see. is the finest street in the
world. New York World.
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A Case Of Identification.

SIS that the officer who arrested
you" ais honor inquired Of Nose Han
libel, an old negro whiteyvash artist, ar
rested for assault.
Il can't rekerlect," answered the pris-
oner.
Sure, arrested him, Judge" put In
the policeman, with indignation. "He
knows 1t too"
Take a good look at him, Moses
insisted the judge. Isn't that face IA
miliarw
The darby squtnted long and scowl-
ingly at his accuser.
Now dat uses mo- keer, jedge," he
said, "'peers like dey is somethin' IA
milyus erbout dat face, but dis yere
worp is so full OBJ nacherally ugly
folks ies' an ordinary man KANT al
ways tell de diffunce betwix EN-. OATS
him, 1edge OATS him. - But be
ez easy ez y0 kin on him, kaze he got
a wife and TO- chillun. Case and
Comment,
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A Country Of Earthquakes.

japan is peculiarly the victim of ele-
mental forces. The only satisfaction
its people can derive from living in
country which contains flfty-one active
volcanoes and has an average of about
500 earthquake shocks yearly is that
I'm all probability Japan wOuld never
have existed but for the seismic and
volcanic agency which has elevated
whole districts above the ocean by
means OF repeated eruptions.
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nesen, Erick Thiel, Otto n. Westphal
and John Yoss.
HONOR MEN MAKE GOOD.
Work Done by Prisoners at Union
Grove Institution Shows Value of
Convict Labor

AS soon as the weather moderates,
the work Of erecting the buildings for
the state home for the predetermined,
near Union Grove, will be started by
the contractors, according to informa-
tion received today.
Practically all of the grading has
been completed by the thirty-five
honor convicts who have been en-
ployed on the work all summer and
winter by the state. Besides the ex-
cavations for the buildings and the
large barn, a spur track of the railroad,
which Is more than 5000 feet in length
and runs from the main line to the site
of the buildings, has been completed.
There was considerable work in connec-
ton with constructing this spur. The
excavating has now been done and the
ties and steel laid, however. This spur
track will be q great help to the con-
tractors as it will enable them to haul
the material direct to the building OPP
CREATIONS.
In preparation for the building OPP
erations, which will begin as soon as
the frost is out of the ground, fifteen
carloads of gravel have been shipped
from the GAINESVILLE pits. This is being
used in preference to that from the
Racine county pits because the CON
tractors claim that the Racine gravel
has certain percentage of clay and
molding sand mixed with it.
People at Union Grove are loud in
their praise of the orderly manner in
which the thirty-fve honor convicts
employed in the grading work for the
past eight months behaved. There has
not been single case Of disorderliness
reported among the convicts. Their
camp is perfectly kept, is clean and
sanitary and is model of the kind
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the Indians. All the women and
children and enough men to man the
available boats pushed out into the
lake. But Black Hawk, after recon
noitering, for some reason decided not
to attack and marched around the
fort. While he was circling the fort
Mr.. Stevens was born.
In 1888 seven families left the fort
and settled at Kenosha, the Indian
name of which was Kenoshaippi,
meaning the junction of waters. =
Later it was named Southport. In
1916 Mr.. Stevens family moved 30
Ripon or Ceresco, the home of the
Wisconsin Phalanx.
Mr.. Stevens enlisted in Company B,
First Wisconsin cavalry, which was
recruited with the Ripon Rifles as a
nucleus. After expiration of his Ell
listment of one year, he re-enlisted IN
Company H, First Wisconsin cavalry.
He was taken prisoner April "a, 1868,
and after being confined in Libbey
and Belle Isle prisons was finally
placed in Andersonville, where he re-
manned to the end of the war.
Returning from the war, Mr.. Stew
ems married Fannie Morgan in Ripon
in 1866. Later he married Della Hyde
and in 1881 Mary E. Fay. Three child
rem were born of the latter union, who
with the widow survive. The children
are Orrin R. Stevens of Oneida, N. Y,
and Mrs. Belle e. Goodwin and Mary
E. Stevens of Hancock. A sister,
Mrs. Belle S. Leach, is resident of
Miami, Fla.
Interment will be in Ripon, the
Capt. H. G. Eggleton Post, G. A. R.,
being in charge. .
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Illness has been attacking the teach
ing force of Columbus school recently
Miss Louise Pearson of the sixth grade
has been absent for three weeks be-
cause of illness and her place has been
filed by Mrs. G. N. Tremper. Miss
Eileen Hebron of the fourth grade in
the same school is out today because
Of illness and Mrs. Florence Barr Mel
son is substituting for her.
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Ceres.

In the classic mythology Ceres is
the goddess of the harvest, or, to be
more specific, of the cereals. Accord
ing to Ovid. Meta book s, Ceres first
taught men to plew the fields and also
to have fixed laws. the meaning Of
which is that laws originated with the
settled state known as agriculture.