Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 16, 1915, Page 1

Direct from the Battle Arena. The Bee's Real War Photos Best of Them Al THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE WEATHER Cloudy VOL. XLIV-NO. T. P. A. EXPRESSES LOYALTY T0 WILSON 'Conmtmn Sendn Telegram Approv- ing Policy of Peace in Response to Communication Expressing President’s Good Wishes. GAIN IN PUBLICITY REPORTED Results of Efficient Organization of Ossogiation Throughout Coun- try is Related. VISITING WOMEN ENTERTAINED A telegram was sent by the con- vention of the.Travelers' Protective association yesterday afternoon in response to the telegram of good wishes received from President Woodrow Wilson. E. R. Holland of Texae, chairman of the committee appointed for the purpose, reported the following, which was sent: “We unanimously appreciate your ex. pression of good wishes and express the confidence of this convention representing 52,000 men In your policy of peace and increased busi- ness." “Better late than never,” the Mis- sissippl ' delegation arrived and re- ported to the convention yesterday afternoon. The splendid and thorough organization of the assoclation all over the country 1or securing publicity through the news- papers of the country was revealed in the report of 'C. A. Nelson of Chicago, chairman of the national press commit- tee. Under him are seventcen chairmen of state press committees and!in other places the work is pushed by active mem- bers who get much publicity for the as- socfation in thelr various localities. Through a press clipfing bureau the na- tional committee chdirman gets all the articles printed which, his report stated, amount to about 30 a month, and aver- age 42,000 lines a month of publicity of the association in the newspapers of the country. This is an increase of 30 per! cent over the publicity secured in newspapers during the year preceding. Bass of Tennessee was given a big boost in the report as a publicity-getter. ‘‘Bass bills the town, works it and rides out with the gate receipts,” said the report. Georgia Chaplain Talks. During a lull in the routine business of the convention Albert Ehrlich of the Georgia delegation asked the privilege of the floop for Rev. Dr. 8. R. Belk, chap- lain o fthe Georgla division and an active te for the vosition of national :m""l\- privilegs was granted, and for half an hour Dr. Belk held the treathless attentiop of the convention with his ofatory and humor. Dr. Belk s presiding elder of the MethOufst church, and a church and platform orator of wide fame. The visiting women were entertained in the afternoon at the Omaha Field club. Dozens of automobiles carried them from the Fontenelle headquarters, giving them o ride about the city before arriving at the scene of the afternoun festivities. An informal reception ond dance at the Fontenelle' hotel last evening was one ol; the delightful occasions of the conven- tion. Big Program Today. A big program of business and enter- tainment s mapped out for today. The morning business session will adjourn.in time to permit of an inspection of the iten Biscuit company's plant at 1%:3 o'clock. The inspection will be followed by & complimentary. luncheon to all dele- gates and women. At 2:30 p. o there will be a reception for vieiting women at the Carter Lake club. “Musio and aquatic sports, with a high diving contest, will be among the tures. h: reception to the visiting members and women will be wiven by the Com- mercial elub in the evening at the Com- mercial club rooms. e——aii Balance of Trade Grows. WASHINGTON, Juhe 16.—A foreign trade balance in favor of the United Mates Of $14,%0,207 1» shown by & report jssued today by the Department of Com- merce for the week ended June 12. Im- ports were $35,021,618 ‘and “exports $é- 871,88 \ The Weather. recast of the Weather for O Co,t.::xcu Bluffs and yjclnlty—l"ulrmm warmer. Tempergtures at O mana Yesterday. Hour. - # B° i FENEACT T 3¥3EzEodi pREE Compurative l.-ul l.auu. l’l‘ I’N 1848, 1912, nuhut k terday. Lowest ’):un lm-mn Temperature and precipitation depar- tures from the normal Normal tal Normal precpi l)-flcl.no) lor th- da | rainfall since flclency since March 1. ,i:nu. for cor. period, 19i4. Excess for cor. period, 1913.. Reports from Stations at iufla and State ‘I‘imv Hi ‘Weather. cl.nnt. cloudy B Des Moines, > L = -n_-:-é‘ = £x naza‘-‘s::aafi +f aasaBeeE" 2 g ;: 3 H o 311, NESSAGE SENT BY | NOVEL FEATURE OF MODERN WARFARE—French archery squad, with their implements. They shoot a bomb OMAHA, \\I DNESDAY which explodes upon impact. | [ — ! | | | Premier Says Policy Continling | | | 1 Xy ENGLAND WILLNOW SPEND 15 MILLIONS DAILY FOR THE WAR Asquith Annotnces that for Next Three Months Cost of Struggle to Be Heavier Than Before. MORNING, MAY 16, OVER BILLION CREDIT o Fight . Till Victory Comes Unchanged. SURVEYS GENERAL SITUATION LONDON, June 15.—The House of Commons this afternoon voted an- other credit of £250,000,000, mak- ing, with previous sums, a total of £862,000,000 already allowed for | war purposes. I | IN THREE SECTIONS, Commoner’s Discussion of the War and Its Lessons Will Be Issued in Imhllmentl LAST TO WGG!S‘I.‘ A SOLUTIOHR WASHINGTON, June 15.—Former Secretary Bryan did not “issue ' his promised statement . today on the causelesd war and its lessons, but an- riouriced that he was preparing it in three parte. ““Tomorrow,” sald Mr. Bryan, in a for- imal announcement, “I shall submit the | first part, dealing with the war as it is and the Injury It does to neutral nations; the next day I shall consider the origin lofs the war and the influences which caused it; the third and congluding sec- tion Will treat of the means which may peace. As the article will be furnished {10 all American newspapers without par- tiality or discrimination, it, will' not be my fault if any papers fafl to lay it before their readers. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will go to Miami, Fla., witbin & few days. Wilson Will Not Talk of Bryan. President Wilson ' was asked 'by ‘the Washington correspondents today juat. what the changes were to which former Secretary Bryan referred as having been made in the recent American. note to Germany after his resignation as secre- tary of state had been tendered and ac- cepted. Mr. Wilson felt it was best for hig not to discuss” the resignation or other questions connected with it. In & statement Mr. Bryan had said that while the note was changed, ‘the altera- tion was not of sufficient importance to Justity him in asking permission to with- draw hifs- resignation. {New Cement Trust Has Capital Stock of Twenty Millions \CHICAGO, June 15.~Detalls of a $20,000,- 000 merger of cement manufacturing con- cerns, which Edward M. Hagar has been quietly organising - for the ' st four awonths, . were .announced today, Mr. Hagar retired from the presidency of the Universal Portland Cement company, controlled by the United BStates :fteel corporation, in order to effect the merger, The company will be known as _the | Hagar Portland Cement company. Mr, | Hagar Will be president and the stock ail { will be common, The new company will, |Information .in the. state supreme - court ! it is sald, operate a chain of plants ex- | terding from the Atlantic seaboard to the i Rocky mountains. Villa's Forces Retil_{e Saltillo BAGLE PASS, Tex., June 15.—Raoul ;M ero, commanding the Villa forces, re- | @ ured Saltillo Sunday, the Carranza .00 | forces evacuating the city without fight- ing, sccording to Villa suthorities at | Pledras Negras, opposite here. In making this announcement today the Villa offi- clals added that Villa forces Monday were fighting near Monterey and that they hourly expected to hear of Monterey being wrestéd from Ogrransa again. Trawler is Sunk Wlthont Warning |“z LONDQ 1, June u—'rno British trawler Argyll was torpedoed and sunk today by & German submarine. Of the orew of eleven only four were saved. These were landed at Harwich on the east coast. 05 | The Arxyll was sent to the bottom with- | Merna in Custer county may incresse its Tl out warning and went down in less than two minutes BRYAN STATRMENT |U. S. JUDGE ORDERS BREAKERS ON CARS be employed for restoring permanent |Ing at Wells and West Kinsie streets. It | |smashed a window of a northbound ele- Kohlsaat Instructs Receiver of Ele- vated Road to Resume Service MUST REPORT BULLETIN. il CHICAGO, June 15.--Judge Kohl- saat 1 the United States district eonn,'?mu for the Chicago & Oak Park elevated road -to resume sérvice tomorrow morning and to employ strikebreak- ers and report any intereference with operations to the court. Acid Bomb Thrown at Train. H CHICAGO, June W.—An acide bomb was thrown this aftergoon from a build- | vated train, but did not other damage. The presidents of the two traction com- panies, after their conference, rejected the offer of mediation made by the State Board of Arbitration en the grounds that several “fair” offers for this method of settlement have -been refused by the unions, Including a previous one by the board itself. The unions apparently were paying no attention to the-offer, Anotner train was the subject of an “alr' raid” when a man standing on the roof of a bullding near Bighteenth street hugled a hflek into a, car containing twenty passengers. The missfle hit a| platform rafling and bounded -through the window of the door. None Was in- Jured. i Hired in Philadelphis. PHILADELPHIA, June 15-Motormen and conductors took the pilaces of those on (strike in:Chicago are being recruited | in this city. Up until noon more than 200 had been engaged, according to the agents in charge of the recrufting. It Is said similar reoruiting is going on in ‘New York, Washington and Baiti- more. * Oall for One Thousand. NEW YORK, June 15.—Advertisements in today’'s newspapers call for 1000 ex- (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) Alleged Zine Ore Trust Attacked by " Missouri Official JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June lb—AlrF torney General Barker today filed an | against twenty-elght 'cofapanies alleged | to be ntercsted in the purchase of zinc | ore on the Missourl district, stating he had reasons for belleving they were in| an ‘unlawful combination to _control prices The attorney general asked the court to appoint a commissioner for the pur- pose of taking testimony with the ulti- mate view of filing proceedings against any onc of all the companies the testi- mony may show guilty of the, practices charged. THREE PERMITS GRANTED BY RAILWAY COMMISSION ! (From a Staff (‘orr-pon/:lemi | LINCOLN, June 15.—The Dorsey Tele-| phone company will be allowed by the' State Ratlway commission to give a 25 Der cent discount on payment of tele-| pnon- service If pald within a n-!odl The railroads will be allowed to charge | $2.50 per car forsin gle deck cars and $4 for double deck cars for a disinfectant fee in cases where the cars have to be cleaned out and disinfected befors hdn.l used for shipments of goods or stock. The Miburn Telephone company at rates from §1 to $1.50 with a discount or % cents per month. ay_ordered the recelvers Premier Asquith informed the | members of the House of Commons lodly that the expenditures in thnv | next three months would be not less thln $15,000,000 dally. Obligations Increase. In Introducing the measure, Premier Asquith remarked that from April 1 to June 12, the expenditures had been at the rate of £2,060,000 daily. He estimated that the total® daily expenditure during the currency of the new credit would bs not less thah £3,000000, for the reason that as the war extended ita area. Great Britaln's finuncial obligations to the al- {lles would Increase. In a general survey of the situation the premier referred to the reconstric- tion of the government, Hp dsclared he wounld not have been justified in taking the course he did in this regard under the pressure of outside influence, or be- cause of temporary émbarrassment. The task was as unwelcome as could fall to the lot of any man. Conlition Unpleasant W After paylng a tribute to:his late col- leagues, Mr. Asquith eclaimed bhoth™ for himself snd Tis W colloagues the of their respective admitted the word a_pleasant flavor in ish politica. Up to ad not been with- b regpond to the ithout paraliel in sald. “The de- e upon the en- upon the pa- e the government * the confllmca felt by the one in other, could not be measured by any precede But our national ey re- mains undl at pemplivetsarian P o - R R savy was such/a btd-lu of the baats of government as would reinove eéven the semblance of a ode-sided or party char- acter. {ITALIAN INVASION of the Treatino, which heretofore has met with Iit- tle epposition, is now challenged by the Austrians, A foroe eof 25,000 Austrigns left Trent yester. neing against the the Riva-Rovereto BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS to- day voted another credit of $1,250,000,000, making = total of $4,310,000,000 already allowed for ap to May 351 were given offi- clally in London today ks 13,547, of whom 8,245 were killed. ALTHOUGH CENT press dis- patches have stated the Itallans whe crossed the lower Isonso were pushing forward toward Trieste, skirting the hoad of the Gulf of Trieste, an official from Rome today gives lon o further advauce in this direction. The Italinn war office charges Austrin with the encour- agement of brigandage in the ter- ritory occupled by Italy. EXTENT OF NEW Austro-German fficially at Petrograd that the Russians recaptured on Sunday almost all the advanced trenches north of Prsemysl lost o Satorday. region of in river, suo- cosses for the Teutonle forces are acknowledged. TURKISH WAR OFFICE olaims a vietory over the Russians sian posttions in the direction of Olti, near the Rus. sian border, IIMI’I‘I THAT ¢ British battie. on had been lv ® Germans submarine .:“ - nelles were denfed Ificta) todsy in London. s A THE-GATE-CITY-OF THE-WES The *'stop off"" eampaign originated and inaugurated by The Bee is going good. The Manufacturers' asso- ciation has taken itup. The Commercial club has taken it up. The traveling men have taken it up. We in- vite the other Omaha news- papers to join with The Bee and share the cudu for its success. 1915—~FOURTEEN AL o PAGES. e}ln apcs ay Officials Made False Statements BERLIN (via London), June 15.~The Vorwaerts republished the article of Fugene Zimmerman, general director of the Lokal 'x—r. in favor of efforts toward * @ ‘American anderstand- LA ¥\ L e which we canndt recom 9‘4\ Willy enough, ex earn- Ad clearly what has | ain on L of thousands of reasoning Ger- oans. The Vossische Zeltung comments a |follows on the arrest in Cincinnati ol Heinz Hardenbe of the German aviation corps, in connec- tion with the Investigation Into the Lu- sitania disaster by the federal grand jury in New York: \ "It i decidedly a remarkable msnner { of conducting an Investigation that per- #sons who make statements varying from those of American port offiolals should be intimidated by arrest on suspicion of perjury.” The Twges Zaftung, speaking same case, remark: of the r\ ald to bé a member On Traing and Wotel News American Port 1 “And what of port officials who gave | talne testimony " The Tagliche Rundeschau refers to the | arrest of Guatav Stahl in the same cuse, | | and declared the Hardenberg inoident.is | astoniahing. “One 1a justified in asking It thers is a systém in 1t this paper remarks, | ‘whether it 18 & plan to shut the mouths of, or render susplolous In advance those witnesses who testify to anything againat Fngland (and, against America, which permitted the armed Lusitania to teave event this interception of wit | nesses demands our full attention.” The Kreuse Zeitung publishes in the posttion accorded to the leading artiole a communication defending the Alnking of the Lusitania and submarine warfare generally. It says no international law in existence prohibits the course pur- | sued, and insits the Lusttanin was armed “This may bo considered as proved” the articls continues, “and it fs not even partially refuted by amy general reference | {0 the American officlal investigation.” AUSTRIAN TROOPS TAKE AGGRESSIVE Italisn Invasion of Trent is Chal- lenged by Force of Twenty-Five Thousand Men. USE DYNAMITE IN THE PASSES INNSBRUCK, Austria, June 15— (Via Buchs and Geneva, Switzerland, and Paris) - Twenty-five thousand Austro-Hungarian troops left Trent vesterday and are now advancing against the Itallans on the Riva-Rov ereto front. In’ the viclnity of Gors and Gra- disca heavy fighting occurred re- cently. The Austrian casualties are reported to have amounted to 1,600, while the number of Italian killed or wounded totalled nearly as many, A new ammunition depot at Tolmino has been destroyed by the Itallans. The. Austro-(lungarian troops are em- ploying @ynamite in the Alpine passes, blowing up tocks and. loosening avalanches on the audvancing Bereag- Heri. The helghts dominating Caporetto, on the Isonso front, have been occupled n\m invading Itallans. Oommission Firms Suffer Damages of - $15,000 by Flames y nuu damage was caused to half a dozen commisa®n firms ocoupying the bullding at the southeast corner of Wleventh and Howard carly last evening, when firé 6f undetermined cause broke ott in the middle of the bullding. ‘When the fire department arrived, the board walls dividing the various firms in | 5¢! the bullding had been burned out. It is thought that the blaze started In the basement of the "Davis Bros, company and worked its way through the bullding on both sides. This, however, (s unveri- fied. ‘The heaviest losses were sustained by the A. J. Anderson company, the B, Bloteky company; 8, Caruso and Young & Burke. The building is a two-story structure and the top floor was fllled with empty fruit orates, etc., by the varl- ous firms. When this stuff was reached it burned rapidly. The lower floor was piled high with vegetables and garden truck. The bullding was originally a four- story bullding, but four successive fires In-the last decade reduced its size by half. Most of the oocupants of the bulld- ing are fully protected by insurance. Goethols and Edison Are Given Degrees by Princeton Uni PRINCETON, N. J., June %.—~General George W. Goethals, Thomas A. Edison and Myron T. Herrick, former ambas- mador to France, were among the dis- tinguished men on whom honorary degrees were conferred at the 168th commence- ment of Princeton university today. Diplomas were presented to 277 members of the zlol‘ class, one of the largest ever from Princeton. One hundred and eleven were created bachelors of arts, 118 bachelors of letters, 81 bachelors of sclence and 28 oivil engineers. The degree of doctor of laws was con- ferred on General Goethals, Mr., Herrick and Theodore N. Vail, president of the @ | American Telephone and Telegraph com- pany. Mr, Edison received the degree of doctor of science. The degree of doctor of music was conferred on Frank Kneisel, leader of the Kneisel quartet. Cabinet Meetin Lasts Forty Minutes / WASHINGTON, June 16.—President Wilson and his cabinet held today the shortest meeting In months, the meeting lasting ‘only forty minutes. Usually cabinet sessions last two hours. Only routine business wes discussed and the Buropean stuation touched on . only lghtly, members said. Secretary Hous- ton told the cabinet reports showed erops to be in an unusuallly good condition throughout the country. Britons Deny Loss of Big__Pattleship LONDON, June 15.-Official denis! was made today of the report circulated in the United States that the British battle- ship Agamemnon had Leen sunk in the Dardanclies by a German submarine. It was further announced that no other unit, not already officlally reported, had been loat at the Dardanelies. * GERMANS CAPTURE ' TOWN OF MOSCIK Berlin Official Report Annmounces | | FRENCH BEATEN IN THE WEST BERLIN (Via London), June 15. —-Officlal announcement was made at thearmy headquarters today that {the Austro-German forces operating |in Galicla had captured the town of | Mosicka. At army headquarters today the follows ing announcement was mades “Western theater of war: The French vesterday suffered a fresh defeat. Tn spite of the heavy losses they sustained on June 13, they continued with great stubbornness the attempt to break through the line petween Lievin and Arras. The French attack, which was carried out with large forces in olose fore mation, broke down everywhere with the heaviest losses under the fire of our troope. Fighting Continues. “Northwest of Moulin-Sous-Toutvent, we have not yat succeeded in regaining portions of the trenched lost by us on the 6th Instant. In Champagne, north of Ferthes .and Les Mosnll, fighting ocon- tinues, but the enemy is unable to gain the advantage. | “‘Yesterday the town of Karlsruhs, which is far the theater of ticns and not 1 any way fortified, atthoked with bombs dropped by alrmen. Bo far es is known, some eleven citizens were killed and six injured, Mil- ftary. damage could not have been caused." One alreraft of the enemy was brought down by one of our military atrmen and the oocupants were killed. Another enemy afrcraft - was obliged to land near hirmeck. “Bastern theater: man troops Dankake and East of Shavil Ger- stormed the village of took 1600 prisoners. The positions recently won wsouth- east and east of the Mariampol- Kovno road were repeatedly attacked yesterduy by a strong force of the enemy which had not success. Our troops ad- vanced on the Lipowo-Kalwarya front, pressed back the Rumslan line and cap- tured the Russlan advanced trenches, On the river Arzye out attacking troops stormeq and took the village of Ged- noroczec, southeast of Chorsetten and Cuworwonagora and the bridges there, as well as the bridges. east of this place. Russ Attacks Fall, “The booty taken at this place amounts to 86 Russian prisoners. Attacks by the enemy ugatnst @ie point at which we broke through north of Boltmow failed. “‘Southeastern theater: The enemy who waa defeated on June 13 and 14 by the army of General Von Muckenzer has been unable to regain a footing In the positions prepared by him. To the north- east of Jaworow the enemy was driven back from the position at which he had stopped, the booty Increasing. “The Russian forces south of the Przemysl-Lemborg rallway have been forced to retreat. The troops of General Von Der Marwits yesterday took Mos- cidka. The right wing of the army of |General Von insingen stormed the heights east of Zekel. Our cavalry reached the district south of Mary. ampol." Miss McAdoo Back from War Hospital sy NEW YORK, June 15—Miss Nona Mo- Advoo, daughter of William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, retdrned today on the steamer Rochambeau to New York from Frence, where she has been nursing wounded soldiers for the last four months. Miss MoAdoo was met by her father, upon whose request she rveturmed to America. This Uest was prompted, she said, by her father's belief that she would be unable to stand the strain of & long period of nureing. Miss McAdoo denied reports that she had decided to sive up nursing becatise she had been ordered to serub floors and do other menial work at the hospital. "l\‘k fs false and absurd,” she said. nuj are kept busy nursing and !.hu- s of help to do the other work. There seemed to be plenty of nurses and plenty of medical supplies and equipment.” Norwegl_afiw Sunk by Torpedo LONDON, June 16646 p m)—Ad- vices received from Stornoway, Scotland, relato that the Norwegian steamer Du« ranger, formerly the Norwegian steamer, Ceylon, has been torpedoed and sunk by & submarine off the Hebrides islands. The erew of twenty-one arrived today at Stormoway. The Duranger was 238 feet long, of 430 lons gross and bullt in 1888 COPY TWO OENTS. GRECIAN PEOPLE YOTE T0 CAST LOT WITHALLIES War Party Headed by Former Pre- mier Venizelos Has Two-Thirds Majority in the New Parliament. | FRENCH ARE MAKING PROGRESS Official Report, However, is Silent About Section Where Germans Have Retaken Trenches. ITALIANS SHELL MALBORGETH LONDON, June 15.--It is apparent that the former premier of Greece, M. Venizelos, and his followers have won an overwhehning victory In the ! Greclan general elections. The latest news claims & majority of two-thirds for the war party in Parliament. The British preas fa of the opinion that this means a dellberate chofce on the part of the Greelan people to cast their lot with the allles-—Great ) Britain, France, Italy and Ruas Reports from Paris maeke mention of slight progress all along the line, but nothing s said of the situation north of Arras, where the Germans have raliled and recaptured some of thelr lost trenches, German officlal reports represent recent fighting on the River San In Galicia as having resuited In a great viotory for General von Mackensen, who Laa effect- Ively countered the Russian blow at Zurawna, on the Dneister river. * Italian heavy artillery has begun the bambardment of Malborgetto, one of the pivots of the Austrian defenses between the Carnte Alps and the upper Isonso river. Travls, an important raflroad jumc- tion twelve miles further east, also s threatened. The Inquiry into the loss of the Cunard lin steamer Lusitania was opened in London this momning. Italian Official Report. ROME, June M4 (Via Paris, June ':;: the Alps of Volla give siderable booty being tnhq there, & number of prisoners who were ‘arror- ized by the impetus of our troops. ! “Our batteries dispersed a camp of the enemy in the region of M Nero. “All prisoners taken Plava (n the Isonzo reglon) agres that the losses up to this time have been serious. - Most of the prisoners belonged to regiments here- tofore operating against the Serbians. “The Austrians trled yesterday to set the forest of Monfaloone afire, bu' our troops drove them back and exting: ished the flames.” French Official Report.’ PARIS, June 16.—~The French war office this afternoon gave out a statement onm tho progress of hostilities which ““There is nothlug of importance to a to the announcement given out last night. . “An attack by the enemy against the trenches occupled by us June 6 at Quenneviere was repulsed. “A long range plece of German artillery threw two projectiles into Complegne. No one was hurt and yo damage done.” Bank Cashier is Looked in Vault - ST. LOUIS, Mo, June 15—Two men locked the cashier of the Gravers bank of Bt. Louls county, outside the ity Umits of St. Louwls, in the vault today and robbed the fnstitution of #,000. The robbers then put the telephone service of the bank out of commission and escaped. THE WANT AD WAY Deon't ery, little girl, dom't cry; I'm sorry that you lost your puree No use crying, no use It might b been very mun worse. I know what both can do. W¢mnz.mu-uonuuuui. And I'll bet a million sou '"Twill come marching home to yeu-—- Never knew the “Lost and Found™ to fall, " Ry ever lose a pri u!nrtlu the lvu er 1000 PUT IT IN THE OMAHA weR