Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 14, 1915, Page 1

Everybody Reads the day's happenings evey day. It folks dom't yead your store news Overy day, it's your fanit. VOL. XLV-—-NO. MILITIA READY T0 HEAD OFF ATTEMPT T0 RELEASE FRANK MThree Companies at Macon Ordered to Be Prepared to Prooeed to Prison Farm, Where Trouble Feared. 22, OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SERBIAN OFFIOERS' HUT behind a protecting entrenchment along the inundated area at Zaganli Island, within eighty yards of Austrian enemy’s trenches. ¥ ,o\““ W G “‘q\ *o\“‘ JU 14, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE WEATHER Unsettled === 1915-TEN PAGES, SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. On Traine Motel News ARMS FACTORY 18 FACING STRIKE OF MANY THOUSANDS Practically No Progress Made To- ward Settlement of Labor Trouble at the Reming- ton Plant. WILSON STUDIES NOTE FROM KAISER Intimation from Cornish that Presi- dent Regards Situation as Far from Hopeless. LANSING IS PREPARING DATA CORNISH, N. H,, July 13.—Presi-| MYSTERY VEILS WAR SITUATION IN EAST ARENA One Report Says Austrian-Hune garian Army Was Badly De feated at Krasnit and is dent Wilson devoted his attention | today to detalled study of the situa- | tion growing out of the receipt of the latest German note on submarine warfare, After a game of golf he retired to his study at Harlakenden House, with the officlal text of the note before him, The president gave directions that he be left undisturbed and paid less attention than usual to the morning mall received from Wash- Ington. Planning Retreat GEN. VON MACKENZEN qum‘ 2 Persistent Silence May By Due-to Faoct Big Coup is About to.Be Executed. GERMANS THREATENING LILLE ALL THE ROADS UNDER GUARD Reports Circulated Effort to Be Made to Free Man Convioted of ( Phagan Murder. . PEN AUTHORITIES ARE WAITING ATLANTA, Ga., July 13.—Three companies o state militla at Macon were ordered held at their armory tonight in readimese to proceed to the Milledgeville state farm where Leo M. Frank is confined. Governor Harris announced the action after geports had been circulated that an effort was on foot to liberate Frank. Roads to Milledgeville from Atlanta, Marietta and other towns are guarded by | county police. i Frank récently began serving a life ‘term for the murder of Mary Phagan after his sentence of death was com- wuted by Governor Slaton. Wheeler Recelves Orders. MACON, Ge, July 13—Major Wheeler, commanding three militia companies here, announced tonight he had recetved orders from Adjutant General Nash to hold his forces ready to proceed to the state prison farm at Milledgeville where TLeo M. Frank is serving\a life sentence. MEANS CUTTING OF - .OUTPUT Dispute Arises Over Direction of Millwrights, Ironworkers and Carpenters, GOMPERS TO BE ASKED TO AID BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, July 18.— Practically no progress was made | today towards a settiement of the labor trouble at the Remington Arms company's plant, which promises, un- | less speedily compromised, to involve | some 8,000 machinists and iron workers in the city, despite confer- ences between officlals of the arms company, the Stewart Construction company of New York, which has charge of the new construction work {at the plant, and the leaders of the various labor organizations. LONDON, July 13.—Contradietory reports regarding the extsnt of the Austro-Hungarian reverse at Kras- No plans were made this morn-[nik, in southern Russlan Poland, ing for President Wilson's return to|continue, some even claiming that Washington and there was avery In-|the Austro-Hungarians are contem- dioation that he Intended to remain plating & general retreat, but the here several days longer. By the mystery of the situation fs the per~ time he goes back to Washington l!!."u.\g silence maintained by WMald is expected that he will have the| Marghal Von Mackenzen, who ape next step in the American policY|parently 1s making no effort to re« mapped out in a general way. sume the German advance on War | naw, Petrograd regards this inactivity of the Germans as being due to fear of Feld Marshal Von Mackensen that hia left flank would be exposed while the Austrians were on the de- fensive, but some fear is expressed by London observers that the bl Situation Not Hopeleas, It beoame Known after the president had read the note that he does not look upon the situation as critical, but at the sume time he I8 not Inclined to under estimate the possibilities of the problem presented to him and Is determined firmly to uphold the dignity of the United States. The German note came to the presi- Try to Fix Responaibility. The labor leaders are trying to fix reaponsibllity €or the lssuing of an order directing the millwrights employed at the plant to join the carpenters’ unton. The arms company disolaims sponatbility for it, the labor leaders say, and so does the construction company. MUNITIONS ACT YILLA IS ABOUT 10 PYATY YT Wl — - Reports were in circulation that an e! fort would be made tonight to release Fraok., Farm Well Guarded. MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga., stated tonight that were made to release Frank. Bryan Says People To Discard Duelist Standards in Future July 18~ “Warden Bmith of the state prison farm prison authorities were “well prepared” if any attempt Extra . guards still are on duty at the farm. - APPLIED T0 STRIKE British Government Takes Prompt Steps to Prevent Suspension of Coal Mining in Wales. LAW PROVIDES HEAVY FINE LONDON, July 13.—The British government has decided to apply the munitions war act to the South Wales coal strike ofi the ground that he strike is prejudicial to the trans- port, production and supply of muni- tions of war. The fact that the gov- BEACH, Cal. July 18.-In ernment had reached this decision was announced today in the House of Oommons by Walter Runcimen, sieis i i my services end did not leave the army until the war closed. I am the only de- e, for the presidency who ever offered his gervices to the man who feated candid: défeated him. “1 belleve the people Bf the country will use better Judsment, Will reject and discard forever the standardd of homor of the duelst. W e ‘Spring-B.ioe Refuses to Discuss Attempt * to Hold Up His Auto WASHINGTON, July 18.—The British Sir Spring-Rice, today yefused to discuss the attempt to hold mp his automobile near Glencove, L. T, ‘on_the night J. P. Morgan was shot by Frank Holt, but et the British embasey aocounts of the affair were substantially confirmed. Sir Cecil was on his way from Mr. Morgan's to Willard D, Straight's house at ville, after telephoning word of bis No ome else knew of his plans. The automobile, from whioh a party of men sttempted to stop the ambassador, carried no license number. The, E&thm ForBmnba. Co Council Blutfs and ity—Unsettled: not much change 1 perature. Temperature at Omaha Yestorday. Hou s R s PESEPPPREPEREPEP = sazE@pgs: spERsss § % g ¥ i's-x'sk"_g'. Viotu- n tem~ 88 preeident of the Board of Trade. " A British official proclamation be issped in the course of the day making it &7 offense to take part in a coal strike. Cerdift the vote of the delegates was nearly two to one In favor of a strike on Thursday. This vote, however, was in direct opposition to the men’s leaders, who recently promised the miinister of munitions that there would be no in the coal trade, in return for his in leaving the minese out of the trades covered by the munitions bfil The government will now call on the labor leaders to reaeem their promise. It they are unsuccessful in averting the strike, a proclamation will be made ap- plying the munitions blll to the South Wales miners. “This would immediately put into force compulsory arbitration and make every striker liable to a fine of $15 daily. The labor leaders in London express confidence that a threat to apply the munitions bill would be sufficlent to avert a atrike. Pearce Sends More Notes Threatening British Vesgels NEW ORLEANS, La., July 18.—Two ore letters signed ‘Y'carce,” in which the writer threatens disaster to British merchant and mule ships were delivered here today, by mall one to an afternoon paper gnd the other to the chief of police. In both the writer demanded the release of Hans Halle, held in oonnec- the NewsOrleans Times Picayune, Sun- day night. Chief of Police Reynolds says he re- gards the letter seriously. Some who bave been watching the oase closely are in- hoax. Million Persons Subseribe to Loan LONDON, July 15.—The total subsorip- tion to the war loan amounted to close to 000,60, according to the state subscribers through the Bank of England gated $2,850,000,000. this channel. No figures are avallable ae to the number of small vouchers taken out. Mr. McKenna in making the statement pointed out that the figure of $4,000,000,000 roentioned In the newspapers neither was expected nor desired by the government. 1t that amount had been reached he seid it would have besn necessary to close the Hat. ) FIRE ON BATTLESHIP NEAR MAGAZINE IS PUT OUT BOSTON, July B.—A fire in the for- ward handling room within ten feet of 9,000 pounds of powder on the battleship New Jersey in dry dock at the Charles- town navy yards was extinguished by quick work of seventy-five of the crew today. It was belleved that the fire ‘was caused by & short elrouting df eleo- tric wires. The wires were cut and the room was flooded, [HE GATE-CITY-OF THE-WES] Missouri Valley Veterina- rians are meeting in Omaha. Omaha is on the map as one of the principal horse markets of the country all the year round. TEUTONS MAKE OFFER T0 ROUMANIA Propose to Give Territory for Friendly Néutrality or Larger Slice for Active Help. l'rmn ‘WRITTEN INTO: NOTE LONDON, July 13.—Roumania has been given a month to accept or reject an offer of territorial compen- sation for its active military as- sistance or neutrality, aoccording to the Times Balkan corréspondent in a dispatch, dated at Sofia last Sun- day. The torrespondent says that the Aus trian minister at Bucharest on the 5th presented a note to the Roumanian gov- ernment offering Roumania as a. consid- eration for its friendly neutrality the cesslon of Bukowina, with the Bereth river as its northern boundary, together with various concessions to the Rouman- fan inhabitants of the dual monarchy, including the foundation of a university at Brasso, (Kronstadt). “In consideration for its active mill- tary assistauce,”” the correspondent oon- tinues, “Roumania would receive the whole of the Roumanian portion of fimknwm. to the Pruth river, and also extension of territory along the north bank of the Danube to the iron gates, Including Mehadla, while Austria-Hun gary would undertake to conquer Bessarabla. and transfer that province immediately to Roumania as a permanent jon. “Fulfiliment of these conditions are guaranteed by Germany and & month was &iven for a reply. The note further intimated thet the’ cemtral powers re- garded the right of passage through Roumanian territory as necessary. The main different betwen the Austrian and tion with recept of o similer letter bY | g sgian proposals to Roumanis s the | WAR MUNITIONS ACT is to be ap- substitution of Bessarabla, with 1,000,000 inhabitants, for Transylvania, with 3,000,- 000," The Post's Bucharest correspondent ex- plains that Roumania has been given ons clined to believe today's letters are &|moith to reply to the Austrian officers, | PETROGRAD OFFIOIALLY reports because fof that time, Germany belleved '|that Turkey will be ablo to hold out in the Dardanelles, and he adds, Austria and Germany will insist upon this time Mmit owing to the anxiety caused by the im- perative necesdary of securing free trans- port of munitions for Turkey through Roumania. Russia Fortitying Border. ment ‘made by Reginald McKenna, the| BERLIN (Via London), July 18.—A dis- chaneellor of the exchequer, in the House |patch to the Tageblatt frdfm of Commors today. The total number of | spondent at Csernowits, Bukowina, says: jts corre- “THe Ruseians are fortifying their was 560,000, whose contributions aggre-| Ruumanian border, Many thousands of men are at work digging trenches paral- The subscriptions through the postoffice h: with the border and building barbed have not yet closed, but up to date 55,000 | Wire entanglements. The operations are | QEgUMPTION OF HEAVY assaults persons have subscribed $75,000.000 through | being rashed with all speed.” The Russian government of Bessarabia Bessarabia and tranafer it to the Balkan state in exchange for Roumania's active support in the war. Russia, on the hand, has attempted to win the of Roumanis for the allles by promising the cession of the Hungarian territory of Transylvania Which borders Roumania on the west, DUFFIELD NAMED CHIEF | 7 OF POLICE AT DENVER |4 on e Sethiremanes | [DENVER, Colo., July 18.~Glen Duffield, | warden of the county GIVE UP COMMAND Report He Will Turn Army Over to General Robels as a Step To- ward Peace. RUMOR__ I8 NOT CONFIRMED BL PASO, Tex., July 13.—General Villa is about to turn the active com- mand of his army over to General Jose Isabel Robles in order that some terms of peace may be agreed upon, according to a report credited here today by well known Carranza ad- The present troubla arose ovef the question of direction over the mill- wrights, the structural ironworkers and the carpenters' organizations, both claim- ing it An immediate effect, it was stated to- day, would be the curtallment of the sbipment of war munitions should the strike continue. Gompers to Be Asked. WASHINGTON, . July 15.—Preaident Gompers of the American Federation of |J‘bor said today he had been informally advised that he was to be asked to aoct as arbitor in the Bridgeport labor trouble, but that as yet the request had not been received. He was given to under- stand that if he were to act, the matter would be brought here, as he finds it imposeible to go to Bridgeport, dent by telegraph and he immediately went into his study at Harlakenden houss to conaider it, foregoing his usual auto- mobile ride with his family in the aft- ernoon. 4 That the preaident wah able gpsterday to devote himself to other mattets than the situation with Germany was shown this morping when he played his best rame of golf in months. Just before receiviug the officlal text of the note defentsd Dr. Cary T. Grayson, his naval aide and physician, who asually plays weil up with Mr. Wilson. The presifent made the unusually difficult course in ninely strokes. Lansing Preparing Data. WASHINGTON, July 18 — Secretary Lansing sald today there were no devel- llant German commander is planning an unexpected coup. The German attack on Souches, where the French advances had threatened the town of Lille, may indicate the arrival on the western front of the long expected Teutonlc reinforoaments, but evidence atill s lacking of any concertsd offensive on efther side along the battle front ¥rance and Belgium, Pressure on Roumania. Germany and Auvstria-Hungary, acoord- ing to dispatohes trom the Balkan states, are using every diplomatio resource to induce Roumania to join the military foroes with the central powers, or, at least, to preserve an attitude of per< manent friendly neutrality. It is reported \ ‘that the Austro-Hungarian minister st herents. The report, however, lacks confirmation. Robles is sald to have | been the intermediary in & plan for Other Inventors opments in the situation with Germany:| pucharest has offered the Roumanian that he had no word from President Wil-| yovernment tberal territorial compensas son and that he did not know whether|tion for armed assistance, E - | SOUTH OF WARSAW only sporad peage. The present report is that Villa's officers insisted on his retire- ment {n faver of Robles, belleving that Wobles would be able to effect some agresmént with Carranze. Unotficlal reports from the south tend to confirm the reports of Villa that he has forced Obregon into flight and that his own army is mov- ing southward. Villa's decres in which he fixed the price of his currency at 30 cents United States currency for one peso has resulted in the calling of a meeting of mine op- erators and other business men and Villa officlals at Chihuahua, at which confer- ence an effort will be made to demon- strate to Villa's representatives the in- advisability of trying to arbitrarily regu- late thie price of exchange. If such regu~ fution is enforced business men declare joontniaditnss v St vurabinmind il (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) The Day’s War News | FURTHER GERMAN ADVANCES in the vielnity of Souches, where the cemetery captured from the French early on Monday ,are we- ported from WBerlin. The French declare a violemt attack by Ger- man troops in the “Labyrinth" was beaten off. 3 THIRTY-FIVE FRENOH aeroplanes swept over the rallroad astation serving the Calonne trench region and that of the Apremont forewt. Ome hu d and weventy.one bombs were dropped and several fires were starfed. : plied to the South os coal strike. The strike is held to be to the production of munitions of war and their trans- port. engngements along ‘wion along the line north of War- eastern Gallels, where @ has prevailed for some time, Teutonie attacks along the Slota.Lipa and reported. The Upper Bug river, near Busk, has also been the soene of renewed fighting, by the Germans in the Woevre re- gion in France is interpreted by aris military observers to mean that the fallure of vecent attempts te break through to Verdun way of the Argonne is being fol lowed by o similar effort in the mew direction. the two groups of bellig er discus wents g by adoption, and of which he has Asked to Become ‘Members of Board | WASHINGTON, July 13 ~ Announos- ment by Thomas A. Edison of his ac- ceéptance of Secretary Daniels’ offer to head an advieory board of ofvillan in- ventors for the proposed bureau of inven- tion and- development in the Navy de- partment was recelyed with gratification today by naval officlals. Secretary Dan- fels, who appealed to Mr. BXison to un~ dertake the task on patriotio grounds. his new plans. prominent in special lines of inventive and research work assoclated with the bureau, several names already being un- der consideration. ing the navy's submarines and aeroplanes. Another important task of the bureau will be to make & oaveful study with a view to thelr possible adoption of all the ! numerous suggestions and inventions iwhlch are received almost dally by the Navy department from naval officers and civilians. ‘When a large list of names of Ameri- cans prominent in various lines of science and invention was mentioned to Secre- tary Danlels today he refused to be drawn into any discussion of probable selections, seying he would not speculate at all, but would wait until he was ready to make known the acceptances. Among the names mentioned were Alex- ander Graham Bell, Stmon Lake, Orville Wright, Prof. R. A. Fessenden, John Hays Hammond, jr.; Hudson Maxim and Henry Ford. Dr. Bell, besides his J#ention of the telephone, is a wide worker in the fleld of sclence. Mr. Lake's name is asso- clated with submarines; Mr. Wright, it was suggested, would work on aerial problems; Prof. Fessenden is a wireless expert; Mr. H has conducted sucoeasful ts with high explo- sives and with a device for controlling the courses of torpedoes and even ships wireless; Hudson Maxim works with explostves, and Mr. Ford is an expert in gasoline engine construction, a fee- ture of naval aero experiments which will be prominent. = | House of Commons Votes Thanks to Ge_n_eral Botha LONDON, July 18~The House of Com- mons today voted its hearty thanks to General Louis Botha, General Jan Chris- tian Bmuts and the forces of the Union of South Africa upon the successful con- clusion of the campalgn in German Southwest Africa. Premier Asquith, who moved the resolution, pald tribute to what he characterized as ‘“‘the remari- able campaign which has fust been brought to & remarkable and glorious miration of the whole wiapire for, snd its gratitude to the illustrious geners! who has rendered such an estimable be- red and cher- and to his dauntiess and whether of went ahead today with the perfection of 1t is planned to bave men One of the big problems to be laid be fore the bureau will be that of fmprov- he would go to Cornish or await the | Rugsia's offer of Tranayivanis president’s return. of Bessarabla. Its reward for State department officlals continued (o | neutrality ie sald to be Bukowtos as prepare memorandum, all of which s 88| 4y the viver Pruth. ' . g sembled at the end.of each day And for-| From Austrian pes & warded to the president, It i regarded|thet Russia s gl saubstantial as probable that nothing of a definite |of the possibility of : butlding ¢ i i hf i character concerning the American policy | one of these Teutonto offers by would be revealed before next woek, | trenches and ‘entanglements along | when President Wilson s expeoted in| Roumanian frontier. Washington. Bulgaria and Turkey ave sald to had become more strained than at any|from Constantinople. time in thelr history. Frenoh Official Report. To Be Caretully Worked Out. PARIS, July 15.~The following official High officlals sald the policy of the| ..., unication regarding the program of American govarnment would be carefully | ¢\ o ooy was lssued today: worked out, and that in order to meet| the situation firmly the utmost delthera-| 0 fTO% OF OUF Rovvpropuiyc iy ik oa ton was reduired. " Thie informaton wes| 143 gt under the Drotstion of & vio- r that & delay of possi- bly a week or more m preparing an an- lent curtain of fire. The assallants wera decimated and completely thrown back swor might not be misinterpreted as meaning that the United States intended | WPon thelr lines. in any way to recede from the position it “There was a combat with hand gren- had taken fn the two notes already sent | 8dee and ocannonading in the forest of to Berlin,” - Apremont in the region of Regieville and There was much informal discussion |!n the forest of Lepretre. among officlals of the contents of the| 'In the Vosges an attempted attack by German reply. The trend of their opin-|the Germans directed at & bridgeheal lon was that the evasion of the Aimnerjcan | occupled by us on the east bank of the argument in the German notes had nar- | Feeht river at Sondernach was repulsed. Continued on Page Two, Column ) '.::. ufllll mm?; Garrison Accepts E;.:“::;zg‘;..::.::.: Resignations of the |nee-ie- Rauoscuatel o sation served the region of the Calonne trenches and at the forest of Apremont, Very important stores of every kind, and particularly ammuaition, were concens trated there. Our aviator dropped upon these objectives 171 bombs of ninety kilo- {Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) THE WANT-AD. WAY 5 Ordnance Experts, WASHINGTON, July 13.—On the theory that the safety of tho country may rest | upon the adequate development of its commercial guns and ammunition fac- ! tories, Becretary Garrison announced to- | day he had decided to accept the resig- nation of Lieutenant Colonel Odus C. | Horney - and Major William A. Phillips | of the army ordnance bureau, who have been offered posts with companies hold- ing large munitions contracts from Eu- ropean belligerents, The resignations have heen pending for | sorvice to the empire which he entered | cessity of preparing for great emergency | several weeks while Secretary Garrison ! asked Attorney General Gregury for a | legal opinion® as to his power to hold the | L4 partment of Justice has not yet deter- mined the question and meanwhile Mr. Garrison decided to act. Colonel Horney is now in ocharge of | Plcatinnl areenal at Dover, N. J., and Major Phillips is detalled to ordnanoce work at the Sandy Hook proving ground. | Becretary Garrison sald he oconsidered | that less expert officers were fully com- | petent to operate plants at these stations | already installed. | ‘The skill of Colonel Ilorney and Major Fhillips lles in the construction of new | plants. The plant they will bulld, Mr. | Garrison sald, may In future prove of vital importance to the American gov- ernment. It is more important, he sald, that s large number of plants be ready to turn out ammunition, than thet the most, expert officers be Leld to the work of superintending those already in op- eration. The secretary sald the alf in Englana where extraord orts are belng made to inorease the output of guns and ammunition showed the ne- in time of peace. “The question of developing mere fae-| tories,” Mr, Garrison ssid, “may mean | the difference between safety und dis- aster to the country. Thesegnen are perts in the You sheuld constantly *. 42 The bes bargains in Om alwayi |