Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 1, 1915, Page 1

iShip Torpedoed; Nearly 20 Americans Lost THE OMAHA DAILY BEE NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN. — VOL. XLV—NO. 11 GENEYIEVE CLARK WEDS EDITOR OF NEW ORLEAKS ITEM Davghter of Speaker of House of Representatives Becomes Wife of Southern Newspaper Man. CEREMONY AT FOUR 0'CLOCK Hundreds of Persons from Other States, Many of Prominence, Attend. ALL MISSOURIANS ARE INVITED BOWLING GREEN, Mo., June 30. -.Miss Genevieve Clark, the year-old daughter of Speaker Champ Clark of the national house of rep- resentatives, was married at the home of her parents at 4 o'clock this afternoon to James M, Thom- son, editor of the New Orleans Item. Hundreds of guests from other states, many of them prominent in the political and social life of the nation, came to attend the wedding and thousands came from Missourl. To the people of this state Speaker Clark issued a blanket invitation and so great was the throng that took him at his word that Bowling Green could scarcely hold them. To provide quarters for the hun- dreds whom the towns people could not entertain, sleeping cars were sldetracked in the local railroad yards. 20- Ceremony on Lawn . The wedding took place on the lawn of ‘‘Honeyshuck,” the Clark home Rev. Robert 8. Boyd of Louisville, Ky, cousin of the bride, was the officlat- ing clergyman. For weeks wedding pres- enta from far and near have poured into the Clark home. President Wilson sent two silver compotes. The Missouri con- gressional delegation sent a silver flower basket three feet hign. A diamoffd neck- lace was sent by congress. The news- boys and paper carriers of the New Orleans Item sent a silver tablet, a fac- simile of the first pege of the Item. The town 6f Bowling Green is gaily decorated. Flags are flying from every window and hundreds of yards of bunting ddorns the business district. Among the wedding guests are Ienry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal: Norman F. Mack of Buffalo, former chairman of ' the democratic national committee; Congressman Mann of Chi- cago, republican leader in the house of representatives, and Colonel George Har- vey, the magaziné editor. Scores of mémbers of congress were present and Senators Reed and Stone came on a special train, and Governor Major of Missouri, a lifelong friend of Speaker Clark, had a conspicuous place among the guests. Many Guests on Wrecked Train. This morning Mrs. Champ Clark jumped out of bed at the news \Continued on Page Two, Column One.) s ———— Supreme Court Will Not Grant Appeal to Dundee; Cities Join (From & Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, June 30.—(Special Telegram.) —@amuel Cotner of Omaha and W. M. Morning of Lincoln, representing the vil- lage of Dundee, appeared before the su- preme court this morning and were de- nied permission to file a supersedeas bond in the case brought by Mayor Dahl- man and County Treasurer, Ure to compel the officials of the town to turn over records to Omaha. The supreme court held a sesslon this afternoon and after a short argument from the applicants for the bond, and by John Paul Breen against, denied the application, and it will be up to officials of Dundee to obey the order of the dis- trict court and turn over the records. The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Thursday For Omaha, Councl] Bluffs and Vieinity ~Falr; not much change in temperature. Temperature at OGiaaha Yesterday. Deg. .8 . 8l ] 14 ] 23 S mancanneiESexanon PPPPPEEPy : % i ‘1 EEEEEEEEHE-FEEEE est yesterday west “yuurdl)' ro. and precipitation depar- the normal o) AT inch rainfall since March 1..11:3 inches oy since March 1.. #7 inch Reports from Stations at 7 P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Rain- of Weather 1 fall. ) w0 P o0 cloudy 0 clear. 08 TYPES OF THE ‘‘HILLMEN'' © to enlist for service in the war tria. i | Recruits for Armies of Allies Booked ’ As Tourists and Are Sent to Bril‘ain‘1 | SAN FRANCISCO, June %.—Tourist(sul general today. “If he is an Amerl agency bookings offered a new ciue to-| can cltizen his services are invariably | day in a federal investigetion which thus | refused.” [ | The “c o o orred | far has revealed that hundreds of men | h TURERE Ry OF oach raferted | to by witnesses in &an Francisco is| alleged to have been recruits of the allies | were assembled, mostly on the Pacttid |O°0F8¢ Roch, one of the secretaries at | coast, and sent to England NEW YORK, June consul general here day any knowiedge of inducements having been made to United States | soldiers and sailors to desert the Ameri- can service for the British army and navy, as charged by a federal agent in| ,San Francisco who has been Investigat- ing recruiting activities in California. | ““The first question we ask an applicant is whether he 1s an American citizen,” said & representative of the Brigigh con- Hazers Must Leave the Naval Academy, Says Mr. Daniels WASHINGTON, June 30.—Secrotary Daniels and Rear Aduiral Fullam, eu- perintendent of the navel academy, con- ferred today over the investigatloa into charges of hazing brought out atL the inquiry into irregularities in examina- tions now in progress at Annapolis. Sec- retary Daniels said no clemency would be extended to any guilty one. “If anyone has been hazing," said Sec- retary Daniels, “he will get out of the academy. There is no discretion to be exercised. Congress has made the duty of academy officials plain in a statute | prohibiting the practice. Every midship- men has been repeatedly admonished of this, 80 no one can say he did not know." ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 3.—The at- tempt of the government to require the defendants in the “cribbing” inquiry at the naval academy to testify, was ques: tioned at today's session of the naval {court investigating the matter by coun- sel for the defense. He was overruled by the court, however, which stated that each defendant has the right to decline the consulate. Mr. fices. He usually attends to the applica- |tion of British subjects, who want to g0 home to fight, it was said, but has accepted no Americans. The medical xamination, given only to applicants declaring themselves British subjects, was merely precautionary, it was sald, | and to insuro thelr acceptance upon reaching England. All applicants for war service, it was sald, had been sent abroad as lnfll\'ldunlll and were not enlisted until reaching the other side, Roach is not an of The British disclaimed to- [Chicago Material Yards to Suspend Business Tomorrow| CHICAGO, June #.—A general shut- down of all allied bullding construction | and material interests will go Into full | effect tomorrow, it was announced to- day.” All plants will remain closed until a complete settlement s reached with organized labor in the building industry. | The order to shut down will throw out of employment more than 200,000 men, | according to careful eetimate. Several | thousand teamsters engaged in hauling | material, the bullding trades craft now at work and the employers of all allied industries will be out of work. The material industries to close and | the number of establishments are: | Lumber interests, seventy yards; brick | manufacturers, forty-four yards; lime | kiln companies, twenty-four; sand, stone | and gravel interests, fifteen establish-| ments; sash, door and blind mills, forty- | elght; planing mills, ten; terra cotta | companies, two; elevator operating com- | panies, three; hardwood floor manufac- turers, five. | The general shutdown is intended to | Marcelo Caraveo, | Unitea Sta 0 |which, with the bell, will be illuminated to answer any question which he might think would tend to incriminate him. Midshipman James E. Moss, one of the original seven defendants recommended for dismissal by Superirtendent Fullam, | |denied that there had ever been any se- crecy regarding the copies of the exami- nation in Spanish which he claims to have received by mail and which was considered by himself snd others to be nothing but the ordinary type of ‘‘dope” based upon former examinations. The academy authorities charge that the papers contained last year's final test in Spanish and that they had been stolen. Special Car Built to Bear Liberty Bell to Coast is Tested PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 30.—Pre- {liminary tests of the specially built steel |flatcars on which the Liberty bell will Ibe transportea across the continent to |the California expositions were complete today. Traveling at the rate of fifty- }f!\'e miles an hour over a network of |switches in a local freight yard, a glass | filled with water was placed on the floor | of the car and not a drop spilled. The car is of steel construction, capa- | ble of carrying a welght of more than | 1100,000 pounds. An electrical generator, |installed beneath the platform, operated by the axle, will charge the batterles for the hundreds of incandescent lamps, | | at night on the journey. Cone Johnson, solicitor of the State de- partment, has been designated by Presi- dent Wilson as the orator for the Fourth of July Independence Bquare celebration, which will precede the departure of the historie relie. LANSING AND WHITMAN AT AMHERST EXERCISES AMHERST, Mass., June M.—8ecretary | of State Robert Lansing and Governor Charles 8. Whitman of New York were that they would deliver addresses at the commencement dinner | ehould have reached Rotterdam, it not | ship Cambuskenneth, which salled from foroe the 16,000 striking carpenters, Who | have been on a strike since May 1, to| agree to a settlement by arbitration. The | carpenters went out because they were refused a wage increase from 6 to 70 cents per hour. Nieuw Amsterdam Damaged in Collision in Fog on the Downs DEAL, ENGLAND, June 30.—The Hol- land-American line steamship Nieuw | Amsterdam, having a large number of passengers on board bound from New York for Rotterdam, was run down in a fog by an unidentified steamer while anchored in the Downs today. The port quarter of the transatlantic liner was damaged, but the vessel is still riding safely at Anchor. This makes the eighth collision in the Downs within_the last three days. NEW YORK, June 30.—The liner Nieuw Amsterdam salled from New York June 15 with approximateluy 1,20 passengers and a general cargo for Rotterdam. It .f detained enrouts, on June 26 Submarines Sink Norwegian Ships; | Both Crews Saved | LONDON, June ®.—The Norweglan Portland, Ore., February 9, for Liverpool or Manchester, was sunk today by the German submarine U-89. Thirteen mem- bers of the crew were landed. Eight other sallor: being German subjects, were taken aboard the submraine | The Norweglan steamship Gjeso, 2,904 tons gross, also was sunk by a German submarine today. The crew was landed | at North Shields. The vessel was sent ln= the bottom by a torpedo. | The Norwegian steamship Gjeso was bulit at Trondhjem in 1912. It was 226 feet long, thirty-six feet beam and fif- teen feet doep. The ship Cambuskenneth was & three- master of 150 gross tonnage and was bullt in Glasgow in 188 THE WEATHER Unsettled who have been flocking to headquarters THREE MEXICANS ARRESTEDIN EL PAS0 Rumor that Large Quantity of Arms and Ammunition Was Found in Zozaya Warehouse, HUERTA ARMY IN MOUNTAINS EI PASO, Tex., June 30.—General 1ke and Frank Alderete were arrested by federal of- ficials today in connection with the alleged Huerta plot to launch a new revolution in Mexico. They were ar- raigned before George Oliver, United States commissioner, araveo's bond was fixed at §5,000, and $4.000 each tixed for the Alderete brothers. This makes & total' of #ix arrests on similar charges snce General Vietoriano Huerta was taken from a train at New- man, N. M, last Sunday and brought to El Paso with General Pabcual Orozco by officials. = Yesterday Jose Zozaya was taken into custody. Zozaya is owner of a large warehouse where officials recently located a quantity of machine guns, rifles: and ammunition. General Caraveo {s known to have been in conference with Huerta yester- day. He was one of Orozco’s chief of- ficers in the latter's revolt against the ate Francisco Madero. The Alderete brothers are residents of El Paso and are two of the bondsmen who furnished surety Sunday for Huerta and Orozco. Investigation continued today of the reported discovery of additional muni- tions of war, supposed to have some connection with the alleged Huerta revo- lutionary plan. Beyond admitting that the matter was being investigated fed- eral officials declined to intPmate what action was being considered. Huerta Army in Mountains. LAREDO, Tex., June 80.—Alleged Huerta troops were concealed in the mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico, last (Continued on Page Two, Column Thres.) Business Men Will Spend Month Taking Military Training NEW YORK, June 3.—More than 200 business and professional men of New York City have signified thelr intention of taking & month’s military training this summer in a government Instruction camp at Plattsburgh, N. Y. The pro- moters of the plan said today that they believed nearly 1,000 men would be In attendance when the camp passed to the command of the regular army officers on August 10 This plan Is the result of an informal gathering at the Harvard club a few weeks ago when General Leonard Wood was the guest of honor. General Wood's speech emphasizing the importance of military training for®civilians started the movement. Invitations to enroll were sent to more than 15,000 bankers, lawyers, doctors, brokers, clersymen and other business and professional. men in and near New York. The response has ex- ceeded expectations, It was said today that the movement wi spreading to other states and that prospects that similar camps would be organized this summer in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, and possibly in Tliinols. Free Coupon For the Best Movies By special arrangement with eight of the leading moving picture theaters THE BEE is enabled to give its readers a combination coupon good for & free admission to any ome of them om days specified. In Sunday’s Bee [TRSDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1915-TWENTY PAGES. RUSSIA CREATES EQUIPMENT AND MUNITION BOARD New Body Given Authority to Take Over Practically All Private Industries Throughout the Country. ANSWER TO TEUTON ADVANCE Most Drastic Steps Are Taken to In- sure Supply of Powder and Projectiles. BALKANS CENTER OF INTEREST RULLETIN. BERLIN, June 30— (Via London) | ~The Russians have begun a retreat | trom the Vistula river and the dis- | trict of Zamosz, southeast of Lublin, | in Russian Poland, according to the official statement issued today by the German army headquarters staff | LONDON, June 30.-—Ruesia's re- ply to the brilliant series of Austro- German victories in Galicla is a law setting up a board or munitions em- | powered to spend unlimited money and given virtually unrestricted power over all private industries in the whole country. It is reported from Petrograd that the creation of the board became law with a celerity that was abso- lutely astounding, which is taken to indicate that the country fully realizes that the recent disasters to the forces of Grand Duke Nicholas were due to lack of munitions and equipment, With comparative qulet prevailing on all the fronts except that along the border separating Russian Poland and Gallcla, the attention of the English pub- e in s turned toward diplomatic and domestic preblems. Balkans Center of Intereat. Special dispatches from the Balkans | declare that Bulgaria is not dissatisfled with the territory offered it by the en- tente allies. That Turkey has not lost hope of conclliating its dangerous neigh- bor, however, js shown by the news that Bulgar-Tutkish negotiations looking to the delimitation of "the frontiers of their {Continued on Page Two—Column Two.) Twenty British Battleships Sunk Says Swedish Paper BERLIN, June 30.—(By Wireless to Bayville)~Among the news items given cut today by the Overseas News agency was the following: “German papers reprint a special ar- ticle in the Stockholm Aftonbladet as- serting that the losses of British war- ships caused by German submarine at- tacks were anxlously kept secret by the | British admiralty, which was fearful of a considerable decreuse In the super- fority of the British fleet over the Ger- mans. “At the beginning of the war the ships of the first battle line of the British fleet numbered about sixty, but these the Aftonbladet article declares have been reduced by systematic submarine torpedoing to forty, while Germany has lost no ships of this class. “If these tactics are continued with [characteristic German endurance, the article argues, the possibility of a vie- torlous sea battle for the Germans against the British is near.’ U. 8. Submarine H-3 is Wedged Between Rocks Off Point Sur BAN FRANCISCO, June .—United States submarine H-3, wedged between two rocks off Point Sur, 150 miles south of here, 1s in no immediate danger, ac-| cording to & wireless today from the| steamer Harvard. The monitor Cheyenne, submarine tender, reported it would need | no assistance to get the H-3 Into safe| waters. Telephonic communication was estab- {lished with Lieutenant W. F. Newton, commanding the H-3, and he reported the H-3 to be intact, lying apparently on smooth bottom. The submarine is not submer The steamer Arizona, which stood by for & time, proceeded and the United tates coast guard cutter MoCul- loch, ordered to the submarine’s assist- ance early today, turned back when as- sured it was not needed, The submarine, H-3, was driven off its course by a stiff wind while enroute hers from San Diego to participate in the Fourth of July celebration at the | Panama-Pacific exposition | s 8o ¢ Deficit is About ifty Milli Fifty Millions WASHINGTON, June 30.—This was the last day of the govérnment's fiscal year and millions of dollars were dropping into the treasury cash drawers in a race with the “deficit.” When all receipts are in the govern- ment probably will be about $40,000,000 be- hind on the year's operations. At the beginning of business today the deficit stood at $79,000,000, with about half the income tax—§40,000,000—collected. All those returned will be in before July 10, al- though po one can tell how high the mfl- lions will mount today. Last yoar saw $32,000,000 pass into the treasury from all sources on June & On Traing and ot Stan at ds, So SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. TURKS AT KRITHNA Athens Dispatch Says Important Po- sition on Gallipoli Will Be Taken by French Soon. ALLIES STEADILY ADVANCING BULLETIN. LONDON, June 30.—(5:18 p. m.) A British official statement issued today dealing with the operations in the Dardanelles, announces that two lines of Turkish trenches have been captured to the east of Saghir Dere and that three lines have been stormed to the west of that place. PARIS, June 30.—A Havas agency diepateh from Athens says the e { haustion of the Turks facing the| French forces on the Gallipoll pen- insula is evident and leads to the be- lief that the Turkish position at Krithia will soon be taken by assault. In a recent advance made by found dead front taken. Recent fighting in the Dardanelles has resulted in an the allies, the dispatch declares, the French troops under the inspiring leader- #hip of General Couraud, commander of the French expeditionary force at the Dardanelles, particularly distinguishing themselves. Facing the French, the Athens corres- front does not exceed three and one-quarter pondent continues, the Turkish miles, which artillery sweeps continually. The Turks are meeting with growing dif- ficulties in bringing up reinforcements and supplies, while the allies have every facility for supplying their needs. It {s reported from a reliable source, the correspondent adds, that German of- ficers have left Jaffa, in Palestine, and an important port in a neutral state, for Tripoll, to lead the natives there against The Turks are sald to have the Itallans. gained to their cause a Senusel chief, who promises a general rising of the Arabs in Tripoll. Turks Say Fre AMBTERDAM, June —An officlal communication the | French, it is added, 6,000 Turks were in the trenches on the appreciable advance by fssued at Constantipople teday annoupced that the SUBMARINE SINKS - NEAR EXHAUSTION A MULE SHIP OFF | BRITAIN; 29 LOST Nearly Score of Americans Aboard Vessel Sent to Bottom by Ger- man Subsea U-38 in Eng- lish Waters. | WAS VESSEL WAR TRANSPORT? Not Xnown from Information Whether U. 8. Muleteers Sailed | at Own Risk. BOUND FROM NEWPORT NEWS WASHINGTON, June 30.—The Dominfon freighter Armenian, fly- ing the British flag and carrying mules from Newport News to Eng- land was torpedoed and sunk on !Monday night by the German sub- marine U-38 off Cornwall, England, and nearly a score of American mule- teers were reported lost, acording to messages recelved by the State de- partment today from Consul John 8. Armstrong, jr., at Bristol. Twenty- nine men in all were lost and ten in- jured. Creates Sensation, The news created a sensation in official quarters, as it was the first case of loss of American llves since the sinking of the Lusitania. The gravity of the incident, however, and the action of the Washington govern- ment depends almost entirely on whether the Armenian was chartered by the British government and was in fact, a transport of war, aboard Which Ameri- oans would sail at thelr own risk or whether it was an unarmed merchant vessel In the latter case, even carrying con- traband, the ship should have been &ub- jected to a visit and search and thoss aboard transferred to ap lace of safety before the destruction of the vessel way attempted. Anglo-French forces on June 2 thrice attacked the Turkish left wing at Avl Burnu and the Turkish right wing at both ‘The Seddul-Bahr, but were repulsed on occaslons with very heavy lonses. Turkish center, the statement adds, in the course of gounter attacks captured two lines of allied trenches, Inflioting great loss and allencing the allied bat- teries on Cape Tepeh. Wife Wanted Thaw In Asylum So He Can Not Make Valid Will NEW YORK. June 30.—Dr. Charles K. Mills of Philadelphla. a witness in the jury trial to test the sanity of Harry K. Thaw, testified today that Thaw belleved that his wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wanted him kept In the Matteawan asy- lum, so that as an In person he would be unable to make a will cutting her off from his fortune. Mrs. Thaw, who has been served with a subpoena, is expected to testify as a witness for the next week. Thaw told me.” Dr. Mills said, “that his wife had motives in wanting to keep him in Matteawan, e did not think she had anything against him personally, or was apprehensive for her wmon, but thought she belleved that as long as he was in Matteawan, he could not mal will cutting her off." Thaw told him also, sald Dr, Mills, that the killing of Stanford White, “was the Ereatest mistake In my life.” ‘Do you belleve that Thaw regretted | that act?” “I belleve he deeply regretted it." was the reply. ‘When Dr. Mills' cross examination ended, Thaw's lawyers announced that they rested their case. Receiver for Rock Island Ordered to Buy Steel Rails CHICAGO, June 8).—Judge Carpenter in the United States district court today directed the recelvers of the Chicago, Rock Island & FPacific Rallway company ® purchase 20.00 tons of steel ralls at the lowest possible price, and to pay for them out of earnings. The court denied a petition of the |Aster committes, presenting minority was stockholders, in which the court requested to authorise the payment of 3500000 interest on the Rock Island's debentureg out of the proceeds of the salo of $2,501,000 of recelvers' certificates authorized two d ago. This intereat falls due on July 15, but | a default cannot he entered until sixty The receivers hope to pay this interest out of earnings befors days thereafter. Beptember 15, Puts Ban on Making of Cotton Fabrics 1 on these points tween thé United States and g The Armenian was torpedoed at 8:00 p. m., June 28, twenty miles northwest of Trevoss Head, Corpwall, England. Consul Armstrong at Bristol reporting. . The names of the miseing Americans are: A W. W add unknown. . 1 MEAREE Now % B 2 aMNman; ‘ashington » ;“‘. # s U R, N, gmrvfll-. Va. x-b%ng STONE, New Yor 5, BROWN, & cattle ship carpenter, Har-, risbura, Pa. R. H BROOKS, OR WEST, el fire- man; naturalized American, Consul Armstrong's message said: “The Dominion line steamship Ar- menian was torpedoed and sunk at 8 a. m. on the 2th, twenty miles west by north of Trevose Head, Cornwall, by the German submarine, U-38. Twenty-nine lost and ten injured. ‘The following American horse attendants missing.' Here the message gives the names of the missing Americans. Second Message. A second message from Consul Arm- strong e the following list of negro muleteers, also missing: “Jullus Henry, King Willlam, Va.; J. Smith, Portsmouth; Wall, Foley, Little, (Newport News; King, Small, Rickert and Oakes, Norfolk." The consul's message adds that Dr. Vise and three negro muleteers, reported to have been picked up by the Belgian trawler, Prof. Stevens, and transferred to two destroyers at noon yesterday, we brought into Bristol last might. ‘This apparently removes Dr. Vise from’ the llst of missing, which the consul gave in his dispatch. . State department officlals immediately set afoot an inquiry to determine whether the Armenlan was safling merely as & freight vessel carrying con- traband cargo, or was under charter to the British government. The interest of (Tontinued on Page Two, Column One.) The Day’s War News GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS are pressing the Russians hard iIn thelr retreat throu northeast- ern Galicla northern Russian Poland toward the RI Bug. AN the official reports indicate this, the IA IS ENDEAVORING to com- better organisation of its y system. With money and virtually un- the new board supplies is expected to remedy the shortness in muni- tions to which the Russian re- verses BERLIN, June 3.—(Via London.)~The military commandant of the province of Brandenburg, in which Berlin is situated, has issued an order, effective August 1, prohibiting the manufacture of fabrics wholly or chiefly cotton for nearly all ordinary purposes, such as articles of clothing, bed sheets, plllow slips and table cloths. The presumption from this order is that Germany needs all the cotton avafll- able for use in the manufacture of ex- plosives GERMAN clatmed two more vietims, the