Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 4, 1915, Page 1

OMAHA The sure way to satisfy your wants is through -1se of the want ad pages of The Bee. Try a Bee want ad. T = DAILY BEE [ =¢ |} 2 = VOL. XLIV—-NO. 274, BRYAN WILL ASK BERLIN FOR DATA ON SHIP SINKING Secretary Announces Germany Will Be Requested to Supply Faots About Torpedoing of Gulflight. OFFICIAL REPORT IS RECEIVED Vessel Has Been Towed Into Crow Sound, Scilly, by a Brit- OMAHA, T COPY TWO CENTS, MAY SINGLE On Traing and st Wotel News Stands, Vl 915--FOURTEEN PAGES. TEUTONS WIN A GREAT VICTORY OVER RUSSIANS Austrians Pierce and Break Entire |NTPPON OABINET TAKES STEP Slav Front in Western Galioia, —_— Say Vienna and Berlin Reports, 4, se. |JAPANESE T0 SEND |GERMAN SUBSEA CHINA ULTIMATUN| GRAFT RESUME “gen o BLOCKADE WORK Edition of Paper to Have Been Decided On, Binking of American 0il Tank Ship Off Scilly Islands Adds Feature to the Newest Form of Warfare. ACTIVITY IN THE DARDANELLES TUESDAY MORNING WOUNDED GERMAN SOLDIERS arriving at a field hospital in Tejny. Note that some " of the men are carrying their now helpless comrades. TOKIO, May 3.—The Jiji 8himpo, | ® Japanese newspaper of good stand- | Ing, issued an extra edition this aft- ernoon, in which it made the state- ment that Japan would send an ulti-| matum to China, the Chinese reply | Unofficial Reports Say Forces of Al- lies Are Advencing Toward the Narrows. {12000 MUSCOVITES ARE TAKEN | — | German C'p“‘l All Aftutter with { to the latest Japanese communication Flags in Celebration of e l regarding the demands of the Tokio | ifh o ish Patrol. CARGO SEEMINGLY UNDAMAGED WABHINGTON, May 3.—Secretary Bryan amnounced late today that he would instruct Ambassador Gerard to inquire of the German government for the facts in conection with the| torpedoing of the American -!flp.‘I Gulflight, by a German submarine. Consul Stevens sent another mes- sage late today, as follows: “Gulflight towed into Crow sound, Seilly, by British patrol. Toppedo struck bow. Vessel down by head. head. Freeboard forward, about two feet forehold full. Cargo apparently undamaged, Blowing gale from eas s First Official Report. The first officila report of the tor-| pedoingof the America tanker, Gulf- | light, reached the State department in an undated dispatch from Consul Stephens at Plymouth, England, say- ing the attack was made Saturday, but the vessel Avaq still oat and that patrol boats were attempting to tow her the Scilly Islands. Consul Stephens’ message follows: “American tank steamer Gulflight| torpedoed of Scilly Islands first in- stant. Captain died heart fallure, body landed. Two of crew drowned, thirty-four saved. Vessel afloat; pa- trol boats attempting- to tow it to Sellly.”™ Will Reserve Judgment. President Wilson will reserve judgment on “the torpedoing of the American| (From a Staff Correspondent.) S Plans for celebrating the sémi- oant R ot Mo e et 7E S centennial of the admission of Ne- ‘Willlamstown, Mass., today, but was told that so. far’ as 'White House officlels | braska ipto the union as a state March 1, 1917, took definite form PLANS FOR STATE SEMI-CENTENNIAL State Historical Society Names' Com" mittee to See that Celebration is Carried Out. mmrfifinmcm torical society. ! General John L, Webster presented formally as presidént of the R '.h\!.l'l ‘Statement. presenting the matter General Web- jriss i,! H f } orat In ster | sald: . u‘:m- State Historleal ‘soclety should ¢ immediate steps to have the semi- H:m centennial of the admission of Nebraska he Gulf Refining |into the union celebrated in & manner suitable to the occasion and with a de- essago, % signed |8ree of munificence that Wil raily rep- First ofn:n: m‘,;n‘;,uh sald | resent the growth and prosperity of the Captain Alfred Gunter, whose home |state. The admission gpok place .when is in Bayonme, N.|J., died of heart dis- |the pation was riging upward from the ease, and that Short and Chapaneta were jberiod of depression growing out of the lost, It is belleved that these were the |Clvil war into & mew life of prosperity two men reported yesterday to have and vigor, from which it has grown to jumped overboard. / be one of the greatest of the world's Short was taken aboard the Glfiight at {powers. Some of the renowned heroes New Orloans April 7. This was his first [of the Clvil war and eminent statesmen trip aboard the vessel. Chapaneta shipped | whose memories are imperishablo took at Port' Arthur.’ Including is officers, |an active part in having Nebraska ad- the Gulflight had thirty-eight men |mitted into the sisterhood of states. al most of them halling from Guif Soclety Should Act. Mexico porté. Slp and cargo, ac-{ .qmg ynitiative in having this historical confiing to James Kennedy, marine super- | . qon¢ guitably celeb properiy be- intendent of the company, were ymiued flongs to the Hist soclety. The B co RS lesislature, although earnestly reauested, Mr. Kennedy sald he was walting fur- 1, 0 1" 0 ke an appropriation 1o cover ther Wit Vafote. cuimsmlng (hé expenses of the celebration, and it, the Giwe Sohpemnt: Am':r::' therefore, seems fitting and necessary et S a lloa ity (that 1t ehould be put under the charms Ith S - " thought. of a general committee, to be selected - g from tho body of the people. With the ke v e s appointnient uhder the authority of the said, consisted of gasoline and ofl, 0on- |y 4orical socicty its Tembers will have signed to firms in France and not o the |, quasi‘official position, .and sich coms- VEShel Sevarppen. 4 mitée can arrange, finance and work out Captain Gunter, whose death {rom |ene getails of ‘the celebration. heart fallure waa'reported; was 8 years|". oLl e, (Continued on Page Two, Column FiVe)| wppe. oconsion is one which offers the greatest possible opportunities. for mil- " The Weather tary ‘and civic parade, for pubiic ad- dregses and, for,the writing and record- ing of state history. These can fwell Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hours Deg. | 54 m. . cover the trausition from the primeval wilderness and Indian eavagery to the days of the discoverers and ploneers, from territorial times tu statehood, and from the beginning- of statehood to our present wealth and-prosperity. Through these different” periods of trmansiorma- tion there is that' which may he repre- sented in, gorgepus and brilliant pageantry or displayed .in comipercial and mechanical exhibits that will typify the progress from the wilderness of the prairies to t he richness of our splen- did state. From the Old to the New. “From 'the past to the present, from the old to the new, -there is a domain 2 TYPREPPEPPFRRR anoene=EEBen- BEEERE T T F a1 - 4 Loeal Recor 1615, 19141913, 1912. T s, % & % Comparative Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday Mean temperature Precipitation Temperature and precipitation . tures from the normal: Normal temperature e vy (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Deficiency Total rainfal since Deficiency since March 1. Deficiency for cor. period, 191 Excess for cor, pe 1913 Reports (rom Stations at 7 P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Rain- of Weather. TP m est, - fall Cheyenne. . pt. cloudy “ 00 Denver, cloudy o Des Moines, pt. cloudy.. Dotl:. City .clear ... ander, cloudy ... orth Platte, clear . Jmaha, pt. eloudy clear pid . cloudy Salt Lake Gity, pt. cloud; Santa Fe, clear Sheridan. cloudy Sloux City, cloudy Valenyne, clwdb. ... 0 p L A WELSH, Loeal Fosesaater, The South Omaha market is the third live stock center in the world, receiving last year shipments from twen- ty-six states. It is also the second sheep market, first feeder shee p market and first range horse market in the United States. sEEekaskens BEERISIABLRIRE = i‘ew Firemen and Engineers Affected by Advance’in Pay CHICAGO, May 3.—The Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and firemen atter analyzing the arbitation award for three ddys, today lssued a statement in sup- port of their contention that the wago advances granted were very small The increases aggregate, according to these figures, $520,488 a year, The fig- ures are for wages alohé and do not in- clude the value of compensatory rules or overtime allowance granted. The rail- roads contended thrpughout the case that to grant every demand made by the men would cost t‘mnmt railroads Involved S |SUBMARINES SINK THRER MORE SHIPS Swedish Steamship with Oargo of Timber for Hull is Sent to Bot- tom of North Sea. / TWO0 TRAWLERS DESTROYED LONDON, May 3.—The Exchange Copenhagen saying that the Swedish steamer Ellida, timber laden, from Helsingborg for Hull, has been tor- pedoed in the North Sea by a Ger- men gubmarine, It went to the bot- tom in less than three minutes. The b _and two women on ¢ ong of the two.small L : Two More Trawlers Sank. ABERDEEN, Scotland, May 3.—Trawi- port today declare that a bmarine sunk two trawlers Within fifty miles of Aberdeen Sunday, The crews of the two vessels were suc- the cost of the award will be known only rules have beed’ put into effect the payrolls can be analyzed. . |cessful in escaping In thelr small boats Chairman of the Brotherhoods, wlm' and today they came into port. their .grand officers were in executive| It would appear as though the sub- session here today. It was stated that|marine ran amuck among the Aberdeen ‘an investigation by congress into the ap- | fishing fieet. In addition to sending two pointment of Charies Nagel, fornier seo-|to the bottom; it chased three others for retary of merce bok‘as a neu- | twenty miles. A patrol boat was then tral member of the board of arbitration |seen approaching, whereupon the sub- would be requested. marine submerged. United Cigar 8tores .|Solicitor General of Under Sorutiny of | Georgia Asks Frank Attor_l_lgy General Be Ee_sentenoed NEW YORK, May 8-~The complath| AmpanTa, Ga., May 3.—Solioitor, Gen- filed with: the United. ftates attorney | era] Dorsey today petitioned the Fulton general py the Independent Retail Tobac- county . superior ;court - for a_writ of ha- conist Assoclation of America asking for|y.a, corpus commanding the 'sheritf to Gissolution of .the. Unifed Clgar Stores| . quce- Loo M. Frank before Judge Ben Company of America, as an illegal com- . Hill for resentence for the murder of bination under the Sherman anti-trust Mary Phagan The petition, filed despite f:".'th been (arvu-d,a here to Claude |\, "g0 s that the mandate of the supreme - us hearing not vm:;:;yhut alleges .‘m.m, Amieril| Te00ived here, asperts that there is no - - legal reason why Frank should not now can Tobagep company, Wisposes of its products only to the United: Clgar Stores | P® resentenced, to death, all ‘superseding Company of. Amerioa and 'refuses. to self| OF4eT® in-the ‘case having been -dissolved, 9 ¥ to' Independent . dealers; : that the, United|| NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN Cigar’ Btores company ‘15 connected with | United Profit Sharing" corporatfon, which | DIES SUDDENLY deals in coupon and gift’ enterprises and that the 'Independent . dealers ave com- pelled to buy from and handje the gdods of the Tobacco Products.company, in order to-use the profit sharing coupons, By the usd of these coupons and gift entérprises, the United ‘Clgar Stores Company of America has hecome a imo- nopoly, it is alleged. Philadelphia, May 8.~Congressman J A. Goulden of New York City died sud- denly {n the Broad street station of the Pennsylvania railroad this afterncon. Mr.” Ggulden had been in Maryland on stricken. Where to Vote Today. Train school, 6th-Hickory 2—Pullman hotl, 16-Mason 31990 8. 10th. 4—~Bancroft school. 6—8. B. Cor. 6th and Center. Q. SEOOND WARI 12367 32828 05723 Bherman ‘Ave T—4ll5 N. 24th $=Fire Engiue and Ames. 98, K. corner 16thi-Grand - BIXTH WARD. et i+Fire Engine houge. 2ist nd Lake a X 21914 N. 24th 31608 N. Ath. #-204 N, Bk (varn.) 6—1721 N. 38d. 62204 Military Ave 7421 Grant P FVENTH WAKD et. 1-47156 Leavenworth, 21889 Park Ave. 31007 Park Ave 43213 Leavenworth. 6184 Park Ave 6—Windsor school 7—4%1 .eavenworth = EIGHTH WARD ct. I—Fire Kngine house, 2th|’ and Cuming. 21907 Cuming. N. 15th, 41618 Chicago. 6N. W. corner st and Chicago. 62415 Cuming, NINTH WARD. 60131 Davenport. 1268 Farnaw. §-2914 Farnam 9211 8. %th (barn.) TENTH RD house, 224 ot. 1-917 8. 13th. 21928 Leavenworth 35306 Leavenworth, 4125 B. 16th, b—ldid 8, l&(h 61261 8. 13th. ELEVENTH WARD. Pet. 1—Fire Engine house, and Hamilton 2-517 N. #th, 3-N. W. corner #th and Farnam. 44002 Leavenworth 6—Fire Engine house, 36th and Jackson, 6718 Park Ave Fire Engioe house, and Leavenworth. TWELFTH WARD. st 19 N, F-Pire Baglne b 19th re. ne house, ua*l—p{u OURTH WARD. 7 ith Pet. 1-6210 N. 3th 2-Central Park School. 3-2i2 Ames Ave. 4+—~Monmouth Park school 4114 N. 24th. &—-24th aud Pratt (Univer . sity of Owmgha.) , B. W. eor . _basement. FIFTH WARD it W, 1546 Sherman Ave 2130 Sherman Ave. 9 618 Sherman Ave. 10—~Howard Kenunedy school 01 Sherman Ave. 1311 Ames Ave. Polls Open at 8 0'Clock A. M.—Polls Close at 6 0'Clock P, M. \ v 1 ' - Telegraph tompany has received a dispateh from its correspondent atj busindds and was on his way home when | feat of Enemy. CZAR LOSES MANY HEAVY GUNS| BERLIN, May 8.—(Via London.) | | =—An important Austrian victory in the eastern campaign is announced !in the commuaication issued today |from German army headgquarters. ! The statement is made that the Austrians have plerced and broken ithe entire Russian front in Western | Galteta, | The'text of the official statement | follows | “In the western theater of the | war: ‘Yesterday we successtully at- | tacked in Flanders, to the northeast of the Poolcappelle-Ypres road and took the farme of Fortuin, southeast of 8t. Jullen. / “In the Champaign distriot we in- flloted considerable damagg.on the en- emy’s positions at Ourchen, Souain and Perthes by succesaful mine explasions. “Between the Meuse and the Monélle there were only artillery duels. “Last night the French made unsuo- {cessful attempta to attack our position jon the summit of Hartmana-Wellerkopf. | “A French flying machine landed yes- terday at Hundlingen, to the west of Saargemund (In Larraine). The ooccu- pants were taken prisoners. “A German alrship squadron attacked the airship hangar and railway station at Epinal yesterday, apparently with Agood remult Advance Into Baltie Provinece. “Hastern ‘theater: During further pursuit of the Russians, who were flee- ing in the direction of Riga, we yesterday captured four cannon and four machine guns. We also took 1,700 prisoners, south of Mitau, so that the total number of prisoners was increased to: 3,200, | “The Russian attacks southeast of {Kalwarya falled with heavy losses to the enemy. The Russians were driven | | back across the Skealnga. They left 53 prisoners in our hands. } “‘Northeast- af Skiernlewioe x“R\IO- defeat, in in killed h-bl‘: Austrian Commander-in-chief Field shal Archduke Frederick and under by o, O troops bl ngen, . bitter tighting, plerced lm‘ orushed the entire Russian front' in Galicia - from the neighborhood of the Hungarian frontier to the junction of the Dunajec river with the Vistula, “Such of the enemy as succeeded in ehcaping are in. hasty retreat toward the east, closely pursued by the allied Ilml}l. The trophies of the vietory can- not yet even be approximately esti- | mated.” o in Celebrates. The reports announcing the victory in the Carpathians led to tho yntire city of Berlin decking itself with flags. The central telephone stations, the newspaper ofifces and hotels were besieged by crowds seeking detalls. s The excitement began when the au- thorities recetved” orders to fly the flags ‘‘on account of & great viotory in the ‘Carpathjes."” The details of the reported victory are not yet known here. Etght Thonsand Russ Taken: VIENNA (vis London),, May 8—The Austrian officlal statement lssued today confirms the\ German reports of a big Austro-German victory along the entire front in West Galleia, and says that 8,000 Russian prisoners were captured. The text of the statement follows: “‘Ausfro-Hungarian and German forces vesterday attacked the fortified positions in West Galicla and repulsed the Rus- slans along the entire front of Nalastow, Gorlice, Gromik and north . of these places. “The Russians suffered severe losses We captured 5,000 Russians and took a great number of cannon and machine guns. Simultaneously we forced our way across the Dunajec river, « d. “On the C ront, the Beskid | situation has changed. In the wooded Carpathians we gained groded to the cast of Kozlowka. We repulsed several ounter attacks with slaughter, capturing several hundred Russians and takiug three machine guns, To the north of Osmaloda the enemy was thrown from several heights with heavy losses, The fighting in this reglon is progressing. “On the Rimséan frontier, between the | Pruth and the Dniester, there is nothing | new to report | | More Platt Letters Are Brought Into Court by His Son SYRACUSE, N, Y., May 3 —Edwaed T Platt, son of the late Thomas Platt, | goverament being considered unsatis- former United, States senator, was called as « witness by counsel for Theodore Roosevelt today in the trial of the §50,000 libel suit brought against the colonel by Willlam Batnes. Mr. Platt, who was called after Michael Dolan, general manager of the Argus company of Albany, had testified, said he had brought letters bearing dates be- [tween 1598 and 108 that passed between his father, Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Barnes. He brought out from a travel- ing bag & half dozen packets of letters, yellowed by age. factory. The Japaness cabinet was in ses- sion for six hours today. A tele- gram was dispatched to M. Hioko, | the Japanese minister to Peking. | The Japanese oabinet was In session for six hours today. A telegram was dis- patched to M, Hioki, the Japanese min- ister to Peking. The Ihare News agency this afternven sald that the emperor might lesue an fm- portant order in a few days, Harller Ramor of Settioment. TOKIO, May 1-®Delayed in Trans- miseion)=It ¢ gonerally belleved In Tokio that the negotiations in progress at Peking, between China and Japan, have entered a distinoly hopeful stage, a8 & result of the deciston of the Japan- ese govermment to make important ool cessions in its demands on China. Japan, it s learped, has agreed to restore ‘to. Ohina $he Gorman concession of Kiso Chow, If China will accept the Japanese amended. demands. Javen has abandoned the claase in the fifth group of the damands which relates to the Chiness police administration and the olause dealing with armaments is changed' by leaving for future considera- tion whether & Japanese arsenal sball be established in China oc whether munt- tions #hall be purchased in Japan. The question of China granting to Japan the wght to bulld rallways in southern China hes been postponed pending discussions botween the Japan- ese government and the government of other interested powera. A Peking dispatch, ler date of May 2, sald that at the conférence in Peking on Saturday the Chineso definitey had bodied in whet s known as group V of the Japanese demands. The oconfefence terminated with the Japaness asking for another meeting. Growth of Cattle Traffic Increases Profits. l—nm to accept some of the clauses em- the extent to which damage oclaims' into the revenues from this class of traf- fic, the witness sald that in a certain mx ane damage claim of ¥75 out of all these shipments. Mr. Manker testified that a special fort was being made by packers of the southwest to stimulate hog ralsing. He thought that the Interstate Commerce commission in making rates should al- ‘ways consider the rates made by statle commissions. John R. Cudahy’s Share of Father's 1 | Estate in Trust! CHICAGO, May 8.~The will of the late meat ,packer, ' John Cudahy, filed for probate today, leaves the entire estate to the widow and four children. The in- struthent does not mention the value. of the estate. Counsel for the testator es- timated it at $1L90,000. The bulk of the proparty is to be held in trust for seven years, wifen all of the heirs except John R. Cudehy of Chicago, may take it over, John R. Cudahy shares equally with the others, except that the trustee will retain his sharg during his life, giving him the income only in quarterly install- ments. i “My said son, John<'' says the will, shall never have any right or power to anticipate or mortgage, assign or convey, any of ‘the principal or the In?ll' from his said share under this will Two More Attempts Made to Burn Big Vancouver Bridge| VANCOUVER, B. C., May 3.—~As the| result of two fires which broke out yes- terday on the Granville street bridge, it was reported today that all the bridges of the city would be guarded closely to prevent further logs by fires which the authorities declare to be of incendiary origin The tirst of Bunday's blazes occurred shortly before dark and was discovered before material damage had been done, The second fire broke out at 10 'p. m. and the center span of the bridge wa enveloped by flames when the fire de partment arrived. The fire was sub- dued with small loss. Three men seen runping from beneath the #tructure shortly before the night fire was discovered are belleved by the police to be members of a group of sup- posed incendiaries, who set fire to bridses in this city last week causing approxi- mately $300,9% loas : GERMANS MOVE INTO COURLAND The Day’s War News AN IMPOSING VICTORY Aue- trian arms over the Russian forces in western Galicia was announced today by the Geramn war office. SHARP FIGHTING has been ro. samed in Flanders. Fremch, Gere man and Hritieh official statet ments tell of ‘German attacks near Hilj No. 60 and St, Jullen, both ta the Ypres reglan. The Paris and London communications say the German onslaught falled, but Rer- iin characterizes the movements as nocesstul. ' SINKING OF THREE more i in the Nerth Sea by German sube marines in thelr new campaign is. reported {oday. The Swediah fabing oft Aberdeen were day. [ ITALIAN CABINET has declded not to postpone the assembling of Hament on May 12 and by the warships of the allles. LONDON, May 3.—The week-end hag been marked by relative mild ac- tivity in the North Sea and the ro- ‘{sumption of the submarine blockade by German oraft, which have de- stroyed or damaged three vessels off the Scilly Islands, one of the victims May 3 and reading as follows: “At 7 p. m, May 1 the Germans at- the neighborhood of Bt. Jyien. These at« tacks were both repidlbed., We lost no &round and we Inflicted heavy casuaities on the enemy in spite of the fact that ha sgain used polsonous gases, emitted both. from tubes {n the trenches and from pecially manufactured shells, ! “A German aeroplane yesterday after- noon was chased by one of our machines to within rifle range of our trenches and then brought down by our fire.” French Ofticial Report. PARIS, May 3.—The French war office this afternion gave out an official re. r on the progress of hostilities read- & - “The Germans yesterday made two at- tacks with asphyxiating gases. One was to the north of Ypies, near St. Julien, and the other was to the south of Ypres, near Hill No. . Neither one accom- plished anything. ““There is nothing to report from the rest of the front.”” PRISON FOR PEDDLERS OF ANY ADULTERATED LIQUOR CAIRO, May 2—Martial law has made it a dangerous matter for the peddiers of adulterated lquor to attempt business r the British encampments in Egypt. . /Lieutenant Genersl Maxwell has empowered special~officers to enter dnd InspeCt any cstablishments suspected of selling bad liquor within a radius of five miles of any place where British troops are stationed. Any pers son found selling adulterated ‘or inferior. alcoholic drinks is liable to imprison- meng, fine and loss of license. Egypt is in normal - times filled with imitation liquors, wines and heers of such # polsonous nature that the drinkers go. insane. Both the health and discinline of the troops was affeeted by . this menace, now removed, in thy early days of the war. \