Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 1, 1915, Page 5

o o - 1 ¥ Wo Liqour Licenses WAY BARNES DOS | NOT LIKR PRIMARY Witness Says Republican Leader Baid They Give Too Much Publicity to Can- didates. COULD USE ALBANY DEMOCRATS SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 30.— Willam Bernes, in giving his rea- sons for opposing direct primaries legislation had said that he believed such elections would give too much publicity to candidates for office, ac- vording to testimony given today in the Barnes’ Iibel suit against Colonel Roosevelt, by L. W. France, chair- man of a committee of the Young Republican club of Brooklyn. Mr. France testified that Mr. Barnes had told him that the reputation of any man tould be ruined by turning the limelight upon him and that he could wvote the riff-raff of the democrats in Albany in the republican primar- les and so disgust the people that they would demand & repeal of the BlIL Counsel. for the colonel unsuccesstully »ndeavored during the day to get from H. H. Vreeland, former president of the Metropolitan Securities company, test)- moony that he had contributed to both the democratic and republican organisa- tions when Mr. Barnes was chatrman of Bhe executive committee of the republican ate commtittee. Whitman Stands by Letter. ALBANY, N. Y., April 30.—Governor Whitman today declared that the letter written by him and Introduced at the Roosevelt-Barnes libel suit was given out him last July. *“That lotter expressed semtiments then,” he said, “and I would write the same now.” ‘While the governgr declined to discuss the possibility of him going to Syracuse, Jt was declared by an authoritative source Ehat he had recelved meither a subpoena por & telegram asking him to testify. \ for London Dance Halls These Days YCorrespondence of the Associated Press.) LONDON, April 2—Liquor licenses are now being refused to dance halls by the Iagistrate in charge of 4his branch of pxcise. Formerly they were generally awarded without much question, even to halls in which danccs were held only oc- rasionally. “The present is no time for dancing, Royway," explained & magistrate In West London in refusing an application. *“If they must dance, they will have to dance »n coffee.” Want Old Fortress ¢ On ISthilLus Rebuilt [Correspondence of the Associated Press.) PAN. . Marclt %.—Fort San Lor- »8zo, an ancient fortress which stands ob a high bluff at the entrance to the barbor at tho mouth of the Chagres river, probably will again play & part in the defense of the Isthmus. Canal au- thorities are trying to obtain from Pan- sma the right to r8-establishithe old for- Iress, rebullding it and therein » number of modern and” high-power roast defense guns. . The site of the ancient fortress {s im- portant because it stands at the entrance Pt & dedj water way from the Caribbean Bea to the Gatun locks, dam and spill- /way. It is dQeclared that the Chagres Fiver is. easily’ navigabls for small tor- boats and submarines. The only ob- is & bar at the mouth of the river; ver, this may be passed at high tide. The Castle of San Lorenzo was bullt Yy order of Phillip II of Spain in 157 m‘:’w many years was conajidered prac- impregnable. John Morgan and buccaneers, hcwever, almost de- uonfl the foftress and the English un- Admiral Vernon captured it in 1760 and blew the fort skyward. Since then % has been an historic ruin. The American government has long re- the mouth of the Chagres river Foint, near Colon, which is about eight \ulles east of San Lorens. AEROPLANE RIDING GOOD FOR SHATTERED NERVES ICorrespondence of the Associated Press.) BOULOGNE, March 30.—The aeroplane 38 & rest cure’is recommended by at jeast one British soldler as e result of big personal experience. Ho joined & Line regiment in the early Jays of the war, and being an excellent yhot and a good mechanic, was put In yharge of & machine gun. He and his un were left by accident in an isolated nch position when his battalion was withdrawn, and -he had a continuous ypell of forty-three days in the forward frenches, much of the time completely yut off from his army, before he re- pained his regiment. By that time he Was a physical and mental wreck, and he was sent to a hospital todrecuperate. When his leave was up, he confided to the officer in ch # ‘e that his nerve was jo shattered that he simply couldn’t bear | Jo go back to the trenches, “I can’t get Jhe sound of bullets out of my head,” he feclared, “you must find something else ‘or me to.do for & time.” He himsell suggested that he be trans- Jerred to the flying corps. and inasmuch s he had already had some experience this lme of work, the transfer was proved. In a few weeks he had quall- as an aviator and began spending sn hour or two aloft daily. The “charge ¥ air” worked just the rellef he re- wuired, “and restored his nerves to their \riginal firmness, Get Rid of “Sprige Fever.” A lazy lHver and sluggish bowels will Jvercome any ambitious and energetic San or woman and make them feel all Jred out, dull, stupid and lifeless. Foley | Sathartic “Tablets relleve comstipation, jestore healthy bowel action and nrm' b your liver. They are wholesome and horoughly cleansing; do not gripe or jauseate. They banish that full, close, Yeavy feeling. J. L. Knight, Fort Worth, Yexas, says, "My disagreeable symptoms Yere entirely removed by the thorough Jeansing they gave my system.” Sold werywhere.—Advertisement. « THE Mrs. Pankhurst, Idol of London, Raises | Her Ygif:e for War| (Correspondence of the Associated Preds LONDON, April 2—"Putriotic fervor draws thunderous cheers in place of old- time jeers,” is the way a London news- paper heads an article on Mrs. Pankhurst as & popular war orator. The pupor it | self is violently anti-suffragetts, but hon- | ors the war truce which the suffragettes announced at the Beginning of the war. It was only a year ago when a speech by Mra. Pankhurst was a signal for a riot, if allowed to proceed at all. “A graceful, dignified figure the suf- frage leader makes as she taces the audi- ence. Over a becoming black dress she wears a black lace shawl: suspended €rom a thin gold chain is a lorgnette which she does not use. The Unlon Jack cen- tered across a curtaln of green forms the stage background.” “Women followers-of Mrs Pankhurst atill send up floral offerings to the stage,’ says the reporter o “In speaking she carefully avolds pas- sion and invective, but she presents her | pointa clearly and tellingly and with eon- viction. At the finish of her speech young | suffragettes sell postcard souvenirs for a | patriotic fund.” Prices of Foreign Drugs Go Higher (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) LONDON, April 2.--The plockade of Germany by the allies will vent Eng- land and France from gett German drugs through the medium of the United States, according to the Lancet. Already Phengeetin and acetanilide are four times |right and justice can remain \Belgian and French Prelates Ask Pope to Abandon Neutral Attitude ROMB, April S\—Belgian and French cardinals, archbishops and bishops have | |united In an appesl to Pope Benedict for the Vatican to abandon the attitudoe | | of neutrality it has maintained since the beginning of the war. They say they cannot understand how the head of a ehurch which Is founded on principles of neutral without protesting at the same time against those who violate written or un- written laws, The pontiff is urged to as- sume an attitude which would be epoche making In the history of the papacy. Cardinal Mercier, archbishop of Malines: Cardinal Amette, archblshop of Paris, sentvmemorandums to the pope in ng that such an opportunity may never occur again for the church to show that it stands above political considera- tions, caring only for the moral and re- liglous interests of its people. i3 The memorandum presented to the pope says: “Now s the moment to put into practice the result of those studies as Catholics, and even a certain number of Protestants look to the pope as the nat- ural defender of Christian moralty, de- manding guldance in matters so ocon- nected with modern civilization which ls the outcome of Christian teaching. The ponfift as the supreme pastor of Catho- BEK: d other members of the sacred college | OMAHA, SATURL l lics throughout the world has the right to lay down moral peinciples which |should govern all Christian nationa In | their reciprocal relations. | “Injustice is no more morally right for |s nation than for an individual and its parpetrator is condemned by all Chris tian principles. Theologians denounce as & pagan error the assertion that ‘might is right,’ or that the right to wage war |depends on force of arms. It Is worse Still when a stronger country fights from s desire for conquest or demands a great *. This, after the killing of s called by St Augustine .' necessitating a league of honest, peacé loving nations. “Christian theologlans call such wars | thetts and also teach that the injustice | which war seeks to' redress must be cer- | tain and evident. War is morally wrong | when in vindication or probable or doubt- | ful rights.” After citing authorities who condemn | the unnecessary destruction of life and | property, recommending love even be- twoon enemies and ordering that nonm- combatants be spared, the memorandum closes with this statement “International laws and conventions are expressions of legitimate considera- tion. The Hague convention of 1807 gives expression to moral principles binding on the consclencé of all Christians.' their former price and phenazone doubled While cocaine is more than double its pre-war quotation, this cannot be con- sidered abnormal in view of the enmor- mous demand. It is difficult at this time to supply the medical departments of the allled armies with morphine and coadine, especially as the supply of Turk- ish oplum has been cut off. However, a good supply of opium is obtainable from has Persia and India. Stocks of atropine are | low and the prices correspondingly high. Chloral hydrates and the bromides have | doudbled in price since the war. = ) Policewomen Wante (Correspondence of the lated Press.) LONDON, April 13.-The chief of po- lice at Southampton is advertising for policewomen at a salary of from § to $ a week, GALLIPOLI KEY IS 0CCUPIED BY ALLIES' FORCES (Continued from Page One.) holic beverages. Kven the church of England has resolved to view with un oasiness any action suggesting total hibition. But the strongest opposition to the proposal of the govarnment ia indi- tated by the London correspondent of the Manchgster Guardian, a leading gov- ernment organ, who declares that the measure proposed by Chancellor of the Bxehequor Lloyd Georgo will pot pass the upper house. Fighting tn Flanders, Fighting in the western arena of hos- tlitles still centers about Bteenstraote. This position, ocoupled by the Germans, forms an fsritating wedge in the allied line. In the east there has been some revival of motivity along the line in Russian Poland where improvement in weather conditions hae led the Germans to make & number of isolated attacks. These, however, acconding to Petrograd advices, have been repulsed. In the Carpathians and Bukowina pre- parations evidently are under way for a resumption of operations on & large scale. Allles’ Forces Cleared Away. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 80-(Via London)—An official statement issued here today says that the allled forces which landed oh the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles have been entirely cleared away; that a large part of the troops which invaded Gallllopt peninsula have been driven off and that several war- ships and transports of the allles have been damaged. The statement is as follows: “No enemy foroes remain on the Asiatic of the Dardanelles. ‘Hostile forces at Gaba Tepe (west coast of the Gallipoll peninsula near the | b L'"" are obstinately maintalning thelr positions under the protection of ships From the other parts of Gallipoll the anemy has been driven off. | “We have damaged soveral warships and traneports Damage to Fortifioations, \‘ i LONDON, April %0.—Serlous damage to | the Turkish fortifications resulted from | the bombardment by an allied flest which | | was carried out stmuttaneousty with the | landing of troops In the Dardanelles Mon. | day, according te the Chromicle's ocorre- | spondent, who thus describes are opera- | tions “The bombardment grew terrific about midday. British and French ships were clearly visible from the entrance to the straite. The largest warships lay at the entrance near the Muropean side, with |others in Erenkeul bay, firing heavily | on Kalld Bahr and the mountains beyond. | |In the distance severs! small ships di- | rected the fire of the large units on the | Chanak and Killd Bahr forts. | *“The noise of the guns was continuous, the disoharges frequently reaching twenty & minute “Away to the left stretched the line of transports which effected landings late in the afterncon on the coast opposite and on the paninsula. The affeot of the naval bombardment evidently was severs. Tall oolumna of smoke and fire were seen on the heights above Seddul Bahr, Kephes, point and Chanak. By 8§ o'clock the Sed- dul Bahr fort seemed utterly knocked to pleces and the battleships meved further I(u Indlcating that all serfous opposition | on the shores up to the narrows had been definitely battered down. The Turks made little attempt to reply to the war- shivs “Shortly after § o'clock the Turks pro- vided a diversion at Cape Helles, where the allies had landed a battery eariier in the morning. A Turkish battery came into sight, moving into the position to attack the landing force, but before the Turke could open fire ome of the warshipa turned its attention to them and found the range at the first shot, burying the tery In & cloud of dust. The second she burst in the midst of the gunnvers. Neverthaless the Turks stéod by thelir guns and managed to fire three ineffec | tive shots before seven sucoessive bombs droppad by alrships wiped them out “A flerce artillery duel took plaoe at 7 | o’clook between foress which had landed And Turks posted on the heights bayond Beki Hisarlfk. A groat British battieship came in close to shore to assist the bat terfes of the landing force and silenced those of the Turks. “The net result of the operations is that the allles are in complete possession of the tip of the Gallipoll peninsula and the flat shores of Sulva Bay, ten miles from the narrows on the opposite side of the peninsula. Good progress also has been made toward the reduction of the forts In the narrows.’ |School Boys Fined if Late at Prayers (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) PETROORAD, April 2.-A Moscow newspaper states that the boys in the schools’' there have, on their own initin- tive, Introduced a system of fines for breaches of good conduct. The proceed- ings go to varfous funds for the benefit of soldlers. The boys themselves carry an the police work of detecting offenders, and they alfo attend to-the collection of fines and the administration of the funds The fines are as follows: Late for prayer, ? kopeks (a kopek is about a ocent). Late for lesson, 3 kopeks Absent from lesson, 2 kopeks. Recelving a bad mark, 2 to 4 kopeks. Found smoking, one packet of cigar- ottes for the soldiers. In addition to these fines, there are alsc certain thank offerings. For instance, the boy recelving the best scholarship marks pays a thank offering of § kapeles. Apartments, flats, houses and cottages ean be rented quickly and cheaply by » Bee "For Rent” Ad. ALFRED BENJAMIN'S New York Fine Hand Tailored SUITS 50 Cents on the Dollar Pray’s $35.00 Suits These superb and world-famed suits need no recommendatiion 2 BERG SUITS ME Here You Are! A Marvelous Opportunity OSITIVELY the most stupendous value giving announce- ment ever published by this or any other reputable clothing house in Omaha’s ‘merchandising history. “A Gigantic Purchase and Sale - Absolutely Without an Equal!” that sold from $18 00 to $35.00. This store has always avoided sale purchase propositions, but owing to the high quality of merchandise carried by the Geo. 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Waists for Young and Old There is no necessity to demand style when you buy a hat here. ‘When you come in here and ask for s hat you get the latest style without asking for it and you get quality, too. Some new shades of green and stone that are swell— $2. $230 $3 Stetsons, $32, $4, $5 - Some Real Toppy Caps at $1 25¢c