Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 8, 1915, Page 12

THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 8 1015, JITNEY PETITIONS | | HAVE BEEN FILED !Will Make Two Ordinances Just * Passed Inoperative for Fifteen | HONDREDS INJURED INBREAD LINE RUSH. Soldjers Forced to Fire Over Crowds to Keep Starving Mexicans in Control. NUMBER OF WOMEN ARE SLAIN ARREST OF HUERTA—This picture, taken at El Paso, shows General Huerta, the former Mexican dictator, de- scending from the train at El Paso, in custody of United States government officials, after he had been arrested on the train near the Mexican border. Days at Least. RESTRAINING ORDER GRANTED | | Referendum petitions filod yesterday | afternoon with the ~iy clerk by Attor- | ney A. L. Sutten, for the jitney opera- | tors, render inoperative, for s while at least, two ordinances passed by the city council fifteen days ago. The ordi- nances otherwise would have been In Nt LLETIN, WASHINGTON, July 7.—S8ecretary Lansing today gave ou: a message from an unnamed man who has been traveling through northern Mexico, l saying reports of famine have not been exaggerated. The Information force today. Under the referendum law, came through Tampico. A message yesterday was the last day for filing 1 Charles J. O'Connor, Red Cross petitions to affect the ordinances in e santsiiv 1 question. representative, he described condi-| ! tions in the capital as “pitiful” be- cause of the shortage of food. The fitney men object chiefly to the Nability and occupation tax provisions which the council proposed to exact through these ordinances. The drivers contend the traffic will not bear the| toll specified by the council. | The petitions filed are sald to contain | 8,134 signers and it Is stated that 192, signers would suffice to meet the legal! requirements. The city clerk will check | the names and certify to the city coun- oll, which body then will be required by law to pass amended ordinances or submit the ones recently passed to the voters at a speclal or general election. | Ordinances satisfactory to the jitney men would obviate the necessity of submis- sion to election. The ordinances objected to by the pe- titioners require that jitneys having four seats besides the driver shall furnish the city lability insurance which will pro- vide for a maximum of $2,600 in case of any one death or $10,000 for any one ac- cldent; also that jitneys of the same ca- ! pacity shall pay an anntal oecupation | tax of $60, with proportionate Inrreucl‘ of Mabflity insurance and occupation ! taxes for jitneys having larger capacity. | Objection also is taken to the ordi-| nance which provides regulations for the fitney traffic, this measure requiring definite routes and giving the police com- | missioner authority to approve or @8- approve of such routes, this feature, it/ was explained at the time the ordinance | was passed, being to require jitneys to ' take the long as well as the short hauls, Yesterday afternoon Judge W. I, Smith of the federal court at Council Bluffs granted a temporary restraining | order to an individual jitney driver of | Omaha, who started an action as a test| case. This hearing was set for July 14 Omaha Endeavor Delegates Leave for the Convention The Omaha delegates to the World's Christian Endeavor convention | Chi- cago, July 7 to 12, some forty of them left last night, occupying two sleepers on one of the Northwestern's night tralas. In Chicago their headquarters will be at the Fort Dearborn hotel. i The officlal delegates from Omaha are: | F. W. Leavitt, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church; Mrs. C. Wigs, | in charge of transportation, and Roy H. Greeling, treasurer. Council Bluffs dele- #ates joined the party and all Journeyed on togethe: Endeavorers from 'Omaha are antici- pating a convention of more than ordi- nary importance, One of the features will be a choir of 1,000 voices. Among the speakers will be J. A. McDonald of the Toronto Globe, Dr. Royal Dye of Africa, Mrs., Mary Armour, Billy Sunday, Rev. F. B. Meyer, London; Jane Addams, Rev. Floyd Tompkins, and many others. MEXICO CITY, July 7.—(Corre- spondence of the Associated Press.) ~~For the last four days this city has been a prey to anxlety and a general sense of insecurity prevails. Reports of great battles along & front extending over some fifteen miles are published daily in revolu- tion “extras,” which every one reads and no one believes. Just what caused the forces of Zapata and Villa to change their minds after having shipped the government archives and the treasury funds to Cuernavaca preparatory to evacualing the capital, 't not known. That there has been ‘some fighting between the advance guards of the Carranza forces and those ‘ot Zapata and Villa at Barrientos and Cerro Gordo is certain, but it is be- Aleved here that the Importance of the engagements bave been greatly exag- gerated. Live in Street Cars. £ The bulk of the ng army is liv- fng in street cars which are strung out §o & long line between the suburbs of Mixcone and San Angel. These cars, mumbering fifty-nine, occupy about a gofle of track along a road lealing to I$he eity of Cuernavaca, the ultimnate des- fination of the defending army in the QENERAL HUERIA ARRESTED <9 event they are driven from the city. — - - UP IN EAST ARENA The police force of the city has been People on Famine Rations. swept aside so far as practical protec PUEBLA, Mexico, June %0.—By Mall fion is concerned, and, although gendarme | (o New Orleans, July 6.)—An Inv. stiga- are seen on post as usual, anyone wear- | tion of food conditions In the interfor fhg what approaches s military uniform | of Mexico, outside of Mexico City, indi- i supreme. This was Lrought home 1o | cates that while people are not actually 4 ! the ‘British consul general hore, F. W. | starving in great numbers, many thou-|Rush Acainst Slavs Losing Mo- Whurston, the day bhefore yesterday, | sands are living virtually on famine ra-| mentum, While Impending Drive when he was compelled at lh? point of | ions, while the misery of the poorer at Calais is Rumored. Fifles to carry two of hv-;a- '“4‘""“' clusses s perhaps more Intense than ever e about the city in his automoblle and Was | petors 4n the country's history. RPS aimost forced to be an accomplice In & | villages, and In some instances cities, TEN ARMY 00! ON THE WAY Jail delivery. are cut off from supplies. Tribes of In- ’ % “Mr. Thurston was taking his morning | giony who once thrived In the moun- LONDON, July 7.—With the ex drive when the soldiers balted and tains, whose farms have been wrecked ception of certain sectors between boarded his car. After joy.riding ebowt | by pandits, have flocked to the settie-|the Vistula and the Bug, the Austro- the city they finally caused the chaffeur | ..., "o 44ing to the difficulties of the au- | German rush in the eastern war zone fo drive to the penitentiary, where & gen- | .\ Jall-break was attempted by them. | SPOTIor WhO ATe LVIng to deviie Medns | sems to be losing momentum. The . Death, Dlring the cowtusion the Britiah legation | °F POVIAing for the autferers, Death 48| gy gqians have braced themselves and are holding at most points along their line, although Austria claims its armies are winning near Krasnik and further east along the river Vieprz in the neighborhood of Tar- nogora. This s a critical sector so far as & northward blow at Warsaw ls concerned, but it s evident that the Russians are stiffening their resistance after their small, are ruined, Was wotified, the men gas among the poor women and children in Farms, large and long retreat, and the British press, for L hhn are practically no crops. small to | families are living on as little as a pound of corn or beans distributed to them not oftener than once in three days. Reanons for Famine, Principal reasons for famine conditions £ “.an..; cars Rallroad transportation ot oy demoralized, neither the the Zapata forces being traffic. erywhere s ‘arranza nor to control §f g ;s’ i od i 3 g e it | the cities and hundreds of thousands of the first time in weoks, takes a more qpint ar e o by oiuLe (4 | heerful view of the eastern situation. ! é: of foodstulfs be . Today the shortage or held by military leaders for Feature of Report. M ———————— that ‘was avolded | SPeculation. It s noteworthy that today Berlin of- 3 B 5 sirtes that - B s e b aionn. Furely aeesenier wai iy Wiwn ot-1 Mot Taking Ohinoos Puebla (population 95,000) 40,000 persons, cluding munr from rugal districts, are ving on s quantities of corn them twice a week. No u.m a than those ly fon 40,000), half of the hort rations. only on the northern Poland front, leav- ing the southeastern field entirely to the Austrians, who, in thelr official asta ment, emphasize that an advance on the center between the Vistula and the Bug ‘was made by Austrians. The quiet which had prevalled on the British front in Flanders so long has Orizaba (35,000 population), famine i8] been broken by a British gain of Ger- e sor e mitteriag.” <" | man trenches to the north of Ypres. The Buch cities as Guadalajara, second | advance was made after typleal trench people between 4 o'clock in the morning in the republic; Cuernavaca,| warfare tactics, backed by French ar the afternoon, when the sup- l.::m“' Siloa and Irapuato, m& tillery. hausted. At that hour very | DOP TORSING tram TOB SO : are more or less out off from communi-( This part of the western front still “omen wero atill walting for | cation: and o reliable Teporis as 10| holds ita repatation as & €as area, Fleld local authorities have | actua ftions are obtainable. Marshal French again recounting how the Germans have been bombarding e .ml:‘.‘:“::.': Ml Pl Rfladjllfltment Ypres. with gas shells. Pl an i 8 Given out The last twenty-four hours have brought many renewed rumors that the NBW YORK, July 7.-The plan for re- i § : With Name Stecher ‘“What's your name?’ demanded Desk Sergeant Marsnall at headquarters sta- tion last night, addressing an intoxicated Individ ‘who was, propelled before him by the strong right’arm of Patrol Con- ductor Burchard. oe Stecher.” “Throw him into a cell,” commanded the desk sergeant, booking the muddled one as ‘Johm Doe No. 3,” until later events should develop the correct name. | “Throw him! Whadaya mean, throw Joe Stecher,” complained Burchard. “Charley Cutler tried that at. Rourke park, and look what happened to him. Fat chance for me! If this bird is Joe Stecher, I'll coax him!" Detroit City Railway Offers to Sell Lines DETROIT, Mich,, July 7.—Officers of the Detroit United rallway, which op- erates the street rallway system of De- troit have agreed to mell the city lines of the company to the city of Detroit. The approval of the directors and coun- wsel of the rallway company was com- municated in a letter written by Presi- . Hutchins to the oity street E8-4 iz iz 1] than 3, 3 in front of the offices of the International Rellef commisslio are- ‘houses. At the Red Cross first ald booths 309 ‘women and children were treated for in- sustained In the crush. Six car- of corn were distributed to the % Pachica (nw;x'l‘ P axaca. (popl 40,000) are livi - ion_40.000) are living on small wfi:- {lable in the immediate viclnity, HE i 5t afs i i Germans are planning to launch a new oliensive In the west, their alm being to duplicate thelr Galician tactics, and break through to Calals at all costs. Reports to this effect came almost simultaneously from Zurich, Brussels, Paris and Am- sterdam, London papers give them prominence, although how much Is guesswork and how much is based on facts it is impossible to determine. According to'the Zurich report ten German army corps, who have been recuperating from the rigors of the Galiclan campalgn, are now moving westward from the interior. Asserts Motormen Don't Get Exercise CHICAGO, July T.—leonard A. Busby, president of the Chicago surface lines, to- " |day appeared before the arbitration com- mittee settling the strest car strike, to explain why the company was unable to &rant the demands of the motormen and conductors for more wagos. In response to inquiries, he testified that his salary ‘was $60,000 a year, -and |that Henry: A. Blalr, chalrme~ of the operating board, . recetvest 330.000, and John M. Roach got $20.000 for work “in an advisory capacity.” Busby had Just cut $7,500 off his own salary by with- :r‘m from an additional office, he Taeaniod and e fudiade ouv and the fusilade caused a panic. [of & committee of bomdholders, was One of the officers and two of the horses |lssued today. The committee and their were killed and a trooper was wounded. |readjustment managers, Kuhn, Loeb & in the present capitalization, amounting to $157,106,000. ‘Tnese include CHICAGO GIVES LIBERTY BELL WESTERN GREETING ! i) Efgg i Secheduled to arrive at @id not reach the dow: tz i i ) ! | i z : I and immediately own hands, arrest- muw-w,m(m hotel and holding (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) 32,000 and $3,000 of transportation, followed Busby on the stand and testified that thea motorman ftriend, alded him of today hasn't enough work fo do to develop the muscles of his arms. ! ! l This Burglar Has | reported by officers of the Omaha Typo- graphical union, whose offices are in the McCague block. Y, someone forced the door of the offices, worked the combinstion of the safe and stole scveral deeds to lots in Focest Lawn and several bank books. A small amount of | loose change was not wolested it i the protection but, according 1o an Aus- statement, the attacking A\l i if it You're Going to Want SUMMER FURNITURE Some Tempting Bargains Now Offered Buyers. YOEN:; NEW Bargain Surprises Every Day In Our JULY CLEARING SALES ' Don't Fail to See THE PIANO BARGAINS Now Offered in Our July Clearance Sales. Wonderful Bargain Offerings in Women’s Apparel New lots brought forward every day in our great annual July clearance sale. Watel our ads. Beautiful Summer Dresses—Hundreds of them for selection, 1aade to sell $15.00 and $20.00—voiles, crepe de chines, litiens, nets, laces, ete.: the season chioieest designs and 10 most wanted coldrings: July Clearing price........... TAILORED SUITS—Made {o sell at $15.00 to L e SO R R Br«md assortment of the season’s choicest weaves and colorings, all up-to-date styles, including a fine line of white serge suits. Palm Beach Suits—The season’s nobbiest styles, all bl T oL R SR BRI U (AR ST (MR RS T $10 Summer Dresses—Women’s or [New Wash Ekirts — A mighty misses. Thousands of them for |classy lot in the choicest wash N‘llwlinn; two special lots|fabrics and newest styles at— Thursday, $2.95 and $4.95 |$1.95, $2.95 and $3.95 Women's White Underskirts—Something ontirely new; takes the place of the silk petticoat, $1.50 and &2 \'nlues; choice, 85¢ Misses and Juniors’ $2.50 Wash Dresses, choice.......... 95¢ 75¢ Embroid’es, 29¢ Hand Bags A beautiful line of 27-inch Every Hand Bag in our Ruffled Embroidered big stock included in our Flouncings — Very sheer July Clearance at sharp materials, in exquisate patterns, regular 75¢ yard qualities, in July Clear- ance Sale at, yard. .. 29¢ price reductions; you can buy good bags at 39¢ up. A Discount of 20% from regular low prices on all finer quality bags. play in our Millinery Department. ¢tunning and oh, so different! turbans and semi-tam effects. GROCERY Can Yeast Foam, pac . 6 boxes Bannér Matche: 1 1b. Diamond H Blend tea, pound The best Tea Biftings, pound . Golden Santos Coffee, pound 6 1bs. Bes! o - .+ o 10 bars Laundry Queen 8bap . 4 1bs. Hand Picked Na 4 1bs. Fancy Japan Hi Rice § 1bs. White or Yellow Cornmeal, Pint tins Fncl Ripe Olives Assorted Pickles, orcest Sauce, Catsup or )fi.ur&. t. 7 1bs Fancy Roll Bry as meal . . 280 ound , . . . . 3 bottles ‘Wila' Chiérry Phospate, 880 | Good Daify Buiier, pound 138 A + TRY HAYDEN’S ) ! Cheese, pou 58 | 4 bunch nips . 6_bunch: Fancy of Any Kind? That Business? umns of The Bee. machine. Want Ads. ad .Hon\s-‘{ovln C ipe Tomatos, poun 6 bunches Green Onions .. A full line of Loganber berries, Chérries and other fruits season at lowest market price. . 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