Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 24, 1915, Page 1

\ltaly Declares War on Austria-Hungary THE OMAHA DAILY BE { J l ) Everybody Reads the day's happenings evey day. If folks don't read your store news every day, it's your fault. —— VOL. XLIV—RO. JRALOUS LOYER IS SUSPECTED SLAYER OPSWANSON WOMAN Letter Found Which Police Believe | Mufdered Girl Showed to Rejected Suitor. Henry of Prussia to the head POLICE INTERVIEW SUSPECTS Woman Living in the House to the East Sees Girl Admit Man Just Before Noon. DOOR FROM INSIDE Investigation of Chief of Detec- tives Maloney and his men into the killing of Ada Swanson, domestic in the residence of Joseph Sykes, 2023 Spencer street, Friday, has resulted practically in the elimination of all theories other than that she was| killed by a jealous lover. 1 It 18 assuredly certain that Mrs. A. M. ! Dennis, 2017 Bpencer street, about' 11:30 ' o'clock Friday morning saw a clean | shaven medium sized man wearing a soft black hat. blue suit, and light tan shoes enter the east gate, go to the rear of the house and ring the door bel]. She thought | it to be the same fellow that had visited | LOCKS there the Sunday before. At 12:15 o'clock Andrew Frederickson, Strange Actions, the milkman, saw Ada Swanson take the bottles and place them on a ledge on the | porch instead of taking them immediately to the icebox as was her unvarying custom. This indicated that she ovi- dently in & hurry and laboring under some mental excitement, the police be- leve, theory thut she had no fear of the man who was seen to enter the house or sh» would have asked the milkman for help. She wore a housedress when she came to the rear porch for the milk. The door opened to Frederickson wa. found locked Friday evening, and Chief Maloney be- lieves it was locked by the girl after she had answered Frederickson’s sum- mons. As no one actually saw the man “who came to fix the pipes” enter the house through the side door, and as this was found locked from the inside it is also the opinion of the authorities that this tell her visitor that she intended to the writer and that the aroused man caused him to fol- basement, when she went there to fix the fire and with the first same to his hand, killed ‘When the body of the girl was found she was dressed in street clothes, which in a manner proved that the fellow in the house was no stranger, as the girl would, assuredly mnot have allowed a stranger the freedom ot the house, while she completed her preparations to g0 out. One of Miss Swanson's men acquaint- ances, Axel Lofgreen, was questioned by the police Sunday morning, but ap- parently convinced them that he knew little of the affair, Ha was dressed in 2 manner which tallied with that of the fellow @escribed by Mrs. Dennls, but was pot identified by her as the man she saw. Struek by Jealo itor. Dr. Connell, city physician, who was called to the Sykes' bome upon the dis- covery of the killing, is of the same be- llef as the police. He thirks assault was not the object of the murder and that the girl was struck down by a jealous suitor, who in a frenvy lest his victim recover and give him away, struck her repeatedly about the head with the hatchet to assure himsel thati no such event should come to pass. Photographs of the bloody thumb prints on the girls hose and limbs will be of little value, is the opinion of the detec- tive department, after examining proofs of the same. It is morc than possible that they were the outcome of handling the body upon its removal to the morgue. Did Not Move After Fall That the girl after being struck the first time and falling face forward to the floor of the coal oind, did not move or that her body wa snot turned over is apparent from the fact that the back of the shirt walst, which she wore con~ tains” absolutely no sign of coal dust. Dr. Connell ‘emphatically asserts his be- lieve to this effect as evidenced by the even circle of blood about the body that bore mo trace of being disturbed by any movement. The Weather For Nebraska—Fair. For lowa—Cloudy. Temperature at Yesterday. 2 s B I L R VPPV EPPREFPPFRP §PBBEE3: BEBERERA 228932 35BBEES Comparative Loecal Recor . 1914, 1913, 1913, Highest yesterday . 2 8 8 84 Lafnen yesterday s @ AMean temperature . 7 Precipitation . 0.0 Temperature and precipitation depar- tures from the normal Normal temperature Deficiency for the day Total excess since Mai Normal precipitation Deflciency for t otal rainfall since ® and also seems to bear out the —— = OROWN PRINCE AND ROYAL UNCLE—Visit of Prince quarters of the Crown Prince, with whom he is having a confidential chat. NEW BOARD VIEWS THE OMAHA PARKS Memibers of Recrestion Board Sur- prised at the Way Playgropnds Are Developed. NEW HOUSE FOR THE SWIMMERS After taking a twenty-mile ride Sunday morning with Commissioner Hummel, through the parks and along the boulevards, J. P, Connolly, member of the recréation board, de- clared he had recelved a revélation and an inspiratioh, He had seen Omaha in spots during his forty years of residence here, but this trip of seelng Omaha just now, dressed in spring grandeur, ‘prompted a new enthusiasm. Mr. Hummel, who is chairman of the recreation board, took the members of the new board out on an inspection trip, to give them first-hand inforfuation re- garding the recreatiopal centers which | tbey will manage in the days to come. The itinerary started at the city hall and the first place visited was Kountze park. Bntering the park one of the first | sent to accept office in the new ministry. | respondent to the Petit Journal. things observed was a youngster nlng-‘ 4 TURK SHIPS SUNK. BY BRITISH SUBSEA Two Torpedo Destroyers and Two Transports Sent to Bottom. in Dardanelles. ONE BOAT LOADED WITH TROOPS PARIS, May 23.—An official note issued tonight regayding the operations in the Dardanelles says that a Britjsh submarine has sunk |two torpedo boats and two trans-|held in all towns, the people acclaiming | ports, one of which was loaded with|the king and wishing victory for the Churchill Bids His Colleagues Bye-Bye; Not in New Cabinet LONDON, May 23.—The announcement {18 made that the British conlition cabinet | is now definitely in process of formation, and the intimation is given that. possibly ‘Winston Spencer Churchill, who bade | farewell to the-heads of the various de- partments of the admiralty, may not con- It 1s almost certain, however, that OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2 4, 1915--TEN PAGES BORDER PATROLS GLASH FOR FIRST SKIRMISH OF WAR Italian and Austrian Troops Meet in Mountain Pass Between | Pont di Legno and | Pejo. l fused to give up the strip of AUSTRIANS CROSS THE BORDER | Alpine Chasseurs Meet the Rush and | Drive Enemy Back to Own Territory. PEOPLE WILD WITH WAR FEVER ROME, May 23.—(Via Paris.) The first engagement of the Italo- Austrian war occurred between Pont | di Liegno and Pejo today An Austrian patrol crossed frontier, but was attacked by Italian | Alpine chasseurs and driven over the border. 1 | SCALE OF MILES, the | back | ON THE ITALIAN PRONTIER, May 20.—From end to end, Italy is in a state of highest tension and expectation. On| Boiling Wave Sweeps Countrysid: both sides of the Austro-Italian frontier | and Whole Population of Valley | planted the Italian flag in the conapicu- | there 18 a constant movement of troops | and munitions of war Rallway, postal | and telophone services have been cut be- tween Italy and Austria and Trieste and| SIDE OF VOLCANO BLOWN OFF Fiume. i In Zara, Dalmatia, mysterious hants on Run for Lives, BULLETIN, REDDING, Cal, May 23.—Inky ous towers of the city, and there were |amoke clouds dropped from time to demonstrations of protest against the{ime today through rain eclouds rigor of the authorities, the participants| Lhoo o 10n Tassen Peak and cur- shouting in favor of Italy, These demon- | strations were quickly suppressed by |tained Its summit:“No violent erup- tions were indicated. martial law, which prevails everywhore, | The civillan population has evacuated | Pontafel, Pontebba and other places on the Austrian frontler and gone into Venetla. T BULLETIN, REDDING, Cal, May 23.-—Hat Creek valley, which was threatened with destruction late yesterday by the eruption of Lassen Peak, has been saved. The flood which fol- lowed the disturbances, it was learned today, changed its course mud flow being carried out into the old lava fields. The entire valley was shaken by a strong earthquake just previous to yesterda: eruption. "from this source is reported. Austrians Retire, Austrian soldiers In the mountains of the Ponte Caffaro district have cetied toward the numerous forts which protect the Austrian frontier. All seem to be waiting with the keenest anxiety, it Is sald, for the spark from one side or the other which will start the conflagration and be the signal for the first hostile action between Italy and the central em~ pires. A report. reaching here is to the effect that the Austrians have placed on the Kaurst mountains three heavy cannon, Teady to bombard Trieste In case of an insurection or an advance by the Italians. Crowds All Eathuslastie, ROME (via Parie), May 23.—Reports from all towns in Naly say that'the de- cree of mobllization 18 received every- where with the greatest enthusiasm. Pro- cessions and demonstrations are being ing. REDDING, Cal., May 23.—Lassen peak burst into & new eruption late yesterday, the greatest and most vio- lent since the mountaln awoke one year ago, Another tiood of mud, tri- ple the size of yesterday's, swept down the mountain side with three steaming streams of lava in its wake. It covered the countryside like a tidal wave. Thirty-six familles, nearly the whole ;population of Hat Creek valley, were reported tonight country. In some places portrdits of the king and queeri were carried through the | streets by crowds singing the national alrs and war songs popular with their grandfathers and fathers In 1848, 1859, 1560 and 1866, or who climbed scaffolding to meet Austrian executioners. Rumored Plot to Kidnap von Buelow PARIS,, May 2.—Prince von Buelow German ambassador at Rome, will not leave the Italian capital until compelled te do so, according to the Rome cor- the avalanche of mud and boiling lava, Rescue Partles on Way. A report from the power station at Cow Creek said that one side of the vol- cano had been blown off and toppled Into the lake near the base of the crater, the water displaced adding to the flood. So far the voleanic flow has been confined to Hat Creek v: 'y and ad- A circumstantial story also is told by |Jacent valleys are considcred Iimmune No_ damage On Traing and at Motel News Stands, 8o SING B AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONTIER--Austria so far has re- land shown in shaded lines and known to all Italians as ‘‘unredeemed Italy.'’ | 'FLEE BEFORE THE |ALLIES AVER PORTE LASSEN LAVA TIDE BACK OF ATROCITIES England, France and Russia, in Joint Note, Say They Will Hold Turkish Government. - LIST OF HORRORS IS RECITED LONDON, May 23.-—A Jjoint of- | ficial statement by Great Britain, | France and Russia, lssued tonight, | savs: i “Tor the last month Kurds and the Turkish population of Armenia have been engaged in massacreing Armen- ians, with the connivance and help of the Ottoman authorities. Such mas- sacres took place about the middle of April at Frzerum, Dertshau, Zeitun and in all Cilief. “The Inhabitants of about 100 villages near Van were all assassinated. In the town itself the Armenian quarters is be- sleged by Kurds, At the same time the Ottoman government at Constantinople 1s raging against the inoffensive Armen- ian population. “In the face of these Tresh crimes committed by Turkey the allies’ govern- ments announce publiely to the Sublime Porte that they will hold all members of | Clouds hide the volcano this morn- |the government, as weil as such of their agents as are implicated, personally re- sponsible for such maksacres.’ ' — Presbyterian Report Discusses Treatment 0f Violators of Law ROCHESTER, N, ¥, May 3.—~The 127th general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States yesterday adopted the report of & committea recommending as a sequence the theory of dealing with violators of the law and one In harmony with the law of Christ, a stead of the prison, the reformatory. It was recommended that the Influence of the denomination be directed to the encouragement of probation for casual of- fenders and imprisonment for life of viclous and incorrigible criminals. The prison contract system was con- {demned and the honor system approved by the assembly. Secretary of State Bryan, who was to have spoken tomorrow at a toamperance mass meeting, telegraphed late today that ing head down from a turnihg pole, Zore | P8¥id Lloyd iGeorge will remain chan-|the correspondent of a report ourrent in |from danger, unless tho subterranean (he would be unable to leave Washington. D. Clark of the board said he felt like emulating the lad. % On the way to the municipal beach at ! Carter lake Mr. Connolly remarked that he intends to recommend to the city coun- cil that a bathing beach and tennis. courts be placed in the Riverview park. Mr. Hummel said he favored tennis. courts, | but believed that recreation features. of & more general benefit should first be| established. Another Bathing Hou At the Carter lake bathing beach Mr. Hummel sald he expects to erect another | house for. bathers this season, so that| the men may have one bullding and the| women another place. The present build- ing is used by men and women, although | there are separate rooms. " l It ftw.expected that this bathing beach | will be a popular place this seasop. Some | of the more hardy swimmers already are | taking plunges. | An observation made at the lake was |the 1dea of making an effort to have some lowa land and water in that vicinity exchanged for Nebraska territory near| Lake Manawa, action by congress per-| haps being necessary to accomplish this. | Dressing Room at Miller Park, | During the visit to Miller park the| recreation board members watched the gold fish with much interest and sur- veyed all of the recreational activities. Among the improvements to be urged by the board will be dressing rooms for women and children who wish to bathe In the summer and for skaters in the winter \ Golf at Elmwood. A golf course in Elmwood park is| among the possibilities. The members favor this improvement and if money will permit it will be started this season. Members of the new board intend to make frequeut trips to the various re- creational centers and watch the young and old at play, that they may get into real touch with the' situation and be able to act Intelligently on their recommenda- tions to the council. The recreation board proposes and the counci! disposes, but Mr. Hummel, being chairman of the re- creation board and member of the coun- cil, believes the recommendations of the board will find favor with the councll. | |cellor of the exchequer, and that Reg-|Rome |inald McKenna, the marquis of Crewe,|against former Premier Giolitti was at |ural barriers. {A. J. Balfour, Andrew Bonar Law, J.|its height, a-plot was formulated to kid-| Fifteen rescue parties in automobiles Austen Chamberlain and the marquis of Lansdowne. wi'l.be included in the new ministry > It is expected that a privy council will be held Tuesday, whien the outgoing min- isters will hand over the seals of office to thelr succegsore. ‘The new ministers will then have to re- sign and submit themselves for re-elec- tign, but no contests are contemplated. Georgia Chief-Elect Discusses Frank Case Lane untfl his return, MACON, Ga., May B.—Governor-Elect Harrls, in & statement here tonight, de- | clared that only Georgla's interests will | be considered if the question of granting | clemency to Leo M. Frank was brought before him. The governor elect's state- ment which he sald was prompted by the reading of many letters in Frank's behalf was as follows: “You can just say for Nat Harrls that if the matter of dealing executive| clemency to the condemned man i3 to be considered by him that the entire out- side world will not be taken into com- sideration one bit. It is entirely a Georgla matter and if I am to consider the case I shall considered it altogether trom a Georgia basis, with the interests of Georgia and the interest of Georgla persons at heart.” Mr. Harrls will take the oath as gov- ernor on June § (German Spy Swore Allegiance to U, 8. NEW YORK, May 23.—Records which were regarded as tending to substantiate the claim that Anton Kuepferle, who sulcide In London while on trial as a German spy was a United States citizen, have been found in Brok- Iyn, it on file there show that he ewcre all glance to the United States In Brooklyn in 193 {boats from the bar dredge Colonel P. was learned today. The papers| that when popular agitation |forces hurl rocks and lava over the nat- were rushed from here to Cassel and Round Mountain to pick up the refugee ‘women and children. Men mounted on horseback frantically rounded up cattle and live stock and endeavored to drive them to ‘the highlands to escape the broad torrent of mud that submerged everything in its path. nap Prince von Buelow from his resi- dence, the villa Malta, but that the plan ‘was abandoned when Bignor Giolittl left Rome. The Petit Journal's correspondent Is au~ thority for the statement that Prince von Buelow has installed his aged mother-in-law, Donna Laura Minghettl, in the Villa Malita in the hope that the property will not be confiscated so long as It Is occupled by an Itallan woman. He is said to have offered her the use of the villa from the time ho leaves Time of Eruntl The eruption occurred at 4:3 p. m. Three almost simultaneous and titanic bursts of smoke and steam were followed by two lesser ones. A tremendous fun- nel shaped cloud shot skyward to an estimated height of miles, and spread {out in a heavy pall almost as wide. The big mountain, 1000 feet high, was dwarfed to Insignificant size. When the immense volume of smoke and ashes had lifted about the moun- tain's crest four blackened paths, each @ half-mile wide, were revealed on the western slope. The visible rivers of mud and lava were lost at the timber line. By 6 o'clock the people of Hat Creck valley realized that the orsweeping tides of Lassen's overflow was rushing upon them and they commenced a swift exodus. Word was received that a Vessel Goes Ashore, But Cregv Is Saved MARSHFIELD, Ore, May 2-The steam schooner Claremont went ashore just north of Coos Bay jetty today, and tonight was considered a total loss. Its crew of twenty-seven were rescucd by K who jumped up by the The Claremont car- Michie, except one sailor, overboard and was picked steamer Saginaw. ried no passengers. BRYAN IS NEUTRAL IN ROOSEVELT-BARNES WAR WASHINGTON, May 23.~When Secre- | Obregon Defea'ted tary Bryan was told of the verdict in the | e et Saon $e. el | EL PASO, Tex, May 2.—An official “Well, it saves Mr. Roosevelt from the | Villa bulletin received here lats tonight payment of damages; but this Is one of | Asserted that the Obregon army had those cases in which a victory either |been defeated deciwively below Leon. way gives some advantage. If Mr. Barnes | The Villa troops were sald to have cap- had won it would have purged him of [tured Silao, the Carransa base. the charge of being a boss and this —_— SEES DEFENSELESSNESS {Continued on Page Two, C Villa Troops Report would have relleved the ex-president of the odium of having assoclated with him for so many years.' . “Do you sympathize then with Mr. Roosevelt because they have given him the verdict? one of the correspondent's asked “I have so accustomed myself,” sald Mr. Bryan, “to the position of neutrality that I do not like to make an exception | in this case.” KANSAS OI7TT. Mav 28-Ambassador States {3 Inviting war by its unprepared- ness, according to the belle§ expressed here today by President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale. President Hadley is here at- tending the convention of the Western assoclation of Yale Alumni clubs. OF U. S. INVITING WAR | French Pass German Aeroplane in Disguise PARIS, May 2.~German aviators flew over Paris at dusk this evening in an aeroplane disguised as a French machine, Because of the disguise the French alr scouts allowed It to pass the frontier, be- lieving that it was one of their own aeroplanes. Mying high over the city, the German aviators dropped three bombs. One of the bombs fell in the Seine close to Eiffel tower, another on outbulldings of the Bon Marche store and the third in Rue 8t. Charles, All three bombs were ineffect ive and virtually no damage was done The German acroplane was driven off by & French machine, Italian Peasants Throng the Passes GENEVA (via Paris), May 2.—-Crowds of Itallan women, children and old men, mostly peasants of the Adige river val. leys, are arrtving afoot In the Engadine distriot in & lamentable state, after cross- ing the Bernine and Murettoz mountain passes, which are under a deep sfiow. ORDERS GIVEN TO START SPEEDWAY AT DES MOINES (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, la., May %.—(Special.)— Des Moines is assured a speedway and the first big racing meet will be held July 27 with & purse of §10,000. The Chamber of Commerce signed the contract with the Prince Speedway com- | pany today. One hundred and forty Des Motnes men have bought the 30 tickets | which entitles them to grandstand seats | for any event on the speedway. Orae | for the first lumber were sent o the mills Friday night. Ninety-six carloads | of lumber will he used and more than | fifty tons of malls. Two hundred and fifty men will be employed in the bulld- ing. | state of war WAR WORD GOES “OUTIN ITALY AND TROOPS ON MOVE | General Mobilization of Men and Munitions is Taking Place in the Kingdom of Italy. STATE OF HOSTILITIES ON TODAY Baron Maccio Gets Passports and He Will Leave at Once for Austria. FORMAL DECLARATION IS MADE ROME, (Via Paris), May 23.— Contemporaneously with the {ssu- ance of a general mobilization order the Itallan government tonight offi- clally announced that it had declared war against Austria-Hungary. The Rome Tribuna says that the between Italy and Austria begins tomorrow, May 24. Baron von Macclo, the Austro- Hungarian ambassador to Italy, was handed his passports at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon, the newspaper says, and will leave tonight or tomorrow morning. The Italian ambassador at Vienna, the duke of Avarna Javarna, has been recalled. Declarntion Passed Om. LONDON, May 24.—The Itallan ambassador at Vienna on Sunday afternoon presented a formal decla- ration of war to Baron Burian von Rajecz, the Austro-Hungarian for- eign ministef. : This announcement is made in a Vienna dispatch to Reuter's Tele- gram company, sent by way of Am- sterdam. Vehicles Requisitioned. PARIS, May 22.—A Havas dis- patch from Rome says the king has also issued a decree requisitioning all vehicles and horses for transport services. The Rome correspondent of the sagero's representative in Vienna sends the following dispatch: Envoy Leédves Vienna. “The Ttallan ambassador, the duke of Avarna, leaves today for Rome. “Austria has asked the United States to take over the protection of Austrian American government mitted {nstructions to its ambas- sadors in Austria dnd Italy” Horder Clashes Reported. BRESCIA, Italy (Via Parls), May 22.—Frontier Incidents were re- to be fleeing for their lives before |system which would make the court, "":pnrted today from several points where the Italian Alpine troops pur- sued Austrian soldiers who had crossed the frontier. Barracks Blown Up, VERONA, Italy, May 22.—The Austrian barracks at Rovereto, a town in the Tyrol with about 12,000 Italian inhabitants, was blown up to- day. ‘The police immediately placed under arrest many Itallan citisens, although there was no evidence to show that the Italians were in any way responsible for the explosion. BULGARS WON'T ATTACK "ROUMANIA IF IT FIGHTS GENEVA, Switzerland, May 2.—The Journal De Geneve states that Vasell Radoslavoff, the Bulgarian premier, has announced officially that Bulgaria will not attack Roumania If the latter enters the war. l Free Coupon Good 25 cts. or 50 cts. — — — — — for By special arrangement with the management for the bene- fit of Bee readers, Observe strictly the conditions and limi. tations stipulated in the couyon. 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