Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 15, 1915, Page 2

THE BEE OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1915 BREAK IN WELSH {Ashe& of Author of Marseillaise MINERS' STRIKE Beveral Thousand Men Employed in | mony the ashes of Captain Claude Joseph ' led over the Arc de Heath Distriot Decide to Re- main at Work. | Pparig July M.~With impressive cere- Rouget de Iisle, composer of the Marseillaise, were placed today in the Hotel Des Invalids. Thousands stood Taken to Paris and Rcinlerred'weat& A flotiila of aeroplanes, flying low, eir imph at the start ‘lnd followed the line of the procession to | the Hotel Des Invalids Wherever it resounds Poinoaire, speaking at the sald Presidant Hotel Res LAW FIXES THE PRICE OF COAL | with heads uncovered as the coffin, upon | Invalids, “the ‘Marselllaise’ evokes the BULLETIN, LONDON, July 14.—The first breach in the miners’ front was an rounced from the Neath distriet, South Wales, coal fields. continue work The text of the price of coal limi- tations bill, which was fssued today, specifies that coal may not be sold at the pit mouth at a price exceeding 4 shillings a ton more than the Price| snd in the dense crowds on the pavement | warlike as at which the same kind of coal sold during the twelve months end- iug June 30, 1914, LONDON, July 13.-~The session of Parliament today was marked by a series of most important announce- ments by the ministers after the House of Commons had, at the sug- gestion of Premier Asquith, moved it, adopted a resolution ex- pressing gratification at the success of General Louls Botha in conquer- ing German Southwest Africa. The chancellor of the exchaquer, Regi- nald McKenna, announced that the sub. scriptions_to the war loan had reached the unprecedented figure of nearly £600,- 000,000 ($3,000,000000) not including small sums received at the post offices The president of the Board of Trade, Walter Runciman., aroused the house to further cheers by the statement that in view of the fallure of the Bouth W coal owners and miners to reach an agreement on the wage disputes, the gov- emment had decided to apply to the min- ing Industry the munitions of war act This makes it an offense to take part in « strike or lockout uniess the differences have been reported to the Board of Trade and the board has referred the matter for settlement by one of the methods pre- soribed by the act. A very serfous view i taken of the re- fusal of the miners to accept a compro- mise, for, even in the face of the deci- slon of the government, they are threat- ening deflance. Most of the coal for the navy comes from South Wales, and sven before the trouble arose the supply was affected by the enlistment in the army of 80000 of the younger miners, which eventually made it necessary for the government to: stop recruiting in the mining district of Wales. Vielation of Law, ‘The orisia first threatensd three months ag0o when the mivers gave notice to ter- . midate the existing agreementa on July 1, and, In Heu of these they proposed a program, all-around re o neideration of i now t s £ Qs | i | 3 E : s E § z i | % i i % i | i it I i Men there totalling many thousands decided to| who | i g 582 | § ; {a gun of the revolutionary rage poriod, passed under the Arc de Triumph down the Avenue Des Champs Elysees, across (he Alexander bridge to the Bsplanade President Poineare, all the members of the cabinet, the presidents of the Senate and Chamber and the highest officials of the government marched behind the gun carriage, while a detachment of dragoons lod the way While the cortege waa passing the hos | pitals In the hotels slong the Avenue | Des Champs Elysees every balcony and | window was filled with wounded men, maimed soldiers and bronzed re- ‘ hiome on leave, saluted the bler and the president of the republic In solemn silence. | There were no cheers until the proces- | slon passed the Grand palals, when the publican Guards band struck up the arseillaise.” “Vive la France’ and Vive L'Armee!” whouted the crowd in A spontansous burst of enthusiasm riany arvists jhlltary will show.” fdea of a movereign nation that has a passion for independence and whose sons, all of them, prefer deliberate death to servitude Its striking notes speak the universal language understood today throughout the world, A hymn fike that wae needed to interpret in & war like this the gener- ous thought of France “Once more the spirit of domination menaces the liberty of the people. Our democracy for many long years contented itsolf with works of peace, and it would have considered criminal or insane any man who would have dared to nourish projects, notwithstanding re- peated provocations, and regardiess of wurprises at Tangler and at France remained willingly silent and im- passive.’ President Poincare rapidly sketched the events in Europe leading up to the war, finding everywhere a deliberate purpose of Germany and Austria-Hungary ‘“‘to provoke war for thelr own objects, as — GREAT ARMIES IN GALICIA ARE (Continuea from Fage One.) War and anxious for a separate peace. Though none of the reports finds con- firmation, some sections of the British press profess to belleve that they are not improbable, in this Turkey is beginning | to feel the pincli of ammunition shortage |in the Dardaneiles by virtue of Rou- mania's refusul to allow munitions to cross ite horders. The attacks mado on Roumania by Ber- Iin newspapers coinelde in this theory at {least 1o the oxtent that Roumania’s at- titude In the matter of arms and ammuni- tion traffic is being feit The Bouth Wales miners’ executive committee met today to consider the situ- ation created by the governmont's prooia- mation forbldding a strike pending negoti- ations regarding the miners’ demands under the munitions measure. The mine owrers are co-operating with the government in the hope of a settle- ment and It Is probable that the miners will continue to work om day-to-day contracts untll a middle ground s reached. French Ofticinl Report. PARIS, July 4.~The French War de- partment today gave out the following official statemen | “In Belglum, er the bombardment | reported in the officinl statement last night, the Germans attacked the trenches captured by the British troops on the east bank of the canal to the southwest of Pilken on the night of July 6. They war and asked the miners to | wers oasily repulsed. “In the region to the north of Arras, north of the Chatesu De Carleul and at the ‘Labyrinth’ there oocurred during the night trench-to-trench combats with hand “Arras and Solssons were bombarded Ly sheils of large caliber. In the reglon of the Homme, at Frise and at Fay (west of Petrone), as well as in the Champaigne , near Perthes, mine batties oc curred. “In the Argonne German atacks which were concentrated in the region included Marle Therese and the Chev- holghts were delinitely stopped. “Between the Meuse and Moselle, In the forest of Apremiont, there was artil- ot | lery cannondding, but no infantry action “On the rest of the front there \s noth- ing to report.” German Official Report, BERLIN, July 4.—~The German official statoment issued today announces that n forces yesterday captured French positions in the forest of Argonne for a Ith of three kilometers (1.8 miles) and for a depth of one kilometer and that also stormed Hill No. 2. The Ger- na claim they made 1581 prisoners, took two fleld cannon and rendered eight cannon useless. The text follows: refinery at during the night, ““The French blew up without result & | half inch this forencon caused Mud oreek 1,000 i mines in the nelghborhood of Troxoe, and at Certes in the bombardment with them from settling mined positions. German attack re- success northeast of U, Our troops took by positions in the hill wi | i H £ I i i 4 i i : h of three kilo- - { 2 3 Morte, is In our pos- five hundred and prisoners, including our hands. In re taken under two revolver i i ; | s ? z 5 i : i H { i | : i i 58 i g : b 3 i i : { i | i ! ) ! ! i L | o H i i 'i i Bl ¥ E s i ' ?!l 3t 'i . i il 4 2 ] i i It i hf ! 3 Lo ON _DhEFENSIVE‘ RAILROADS BADLY WASHED BY RAINS (Continued braska. Reports to the raliroad offices are to the effect that every acre of val- ley land In the countles referred to has been flooded, and that where the land is level it will be several days before the ground will be In condition so that farm- ers will be able to get into their fields. | In this section the small grain was prac- tically all cut and in the shock Missourl Pacific tralnmen coming into Omaha asserted that coming through the storm stricken seotion of the southesst- ern part of the state they saw numerous flelds where the harvest had been com- pleted and where the tops of the wheat shocks were scarely above the water, Tralns from West On Time. Fifty miles back from the Missourt river and from there west there was con- slderable rain during the night, but not enough to do any damage. As a result trains to and from the west are moving on time. On the east side of the river, while ac~ cording to reports the rain was little it any heavier than up and down the stream from Omaha, the damage appears to have been much greater, both to the crops and lo the railroads. Of the raflroads, the Wabash was the heaviest loser. Along its lines to Kansas City and St. Louis twelve bridges were washed out, and so great is the damage that it is probable that repairs cannot be made for several days. from Page One.) Nine Inches of Rain. The Wabash agent at Chillicothe, Mo., reports nine inches of rain there inside of six hours. At Shenandoah, Ia, there Was seven Inches and about the same amount of precipitation all the way through to Bt Joseph and Kansas City. The Burlington's Omaha-Chicago main line continued Intact and trains came and went on acheduls, but the Kansos City line succumbed to the floods when a long streteh of grade and a couple of bridges went out. The branch lines south of the main line, all through western service was annulled. The Milwaukee had a bad washout west of Manilla and the Rock Island had trouble east of Councll Bluffs, but both roads got their tralns in, though late, The Northwestern, the Illinols Central #nd the Great Western escaped serious damage, though considerable track was badly washed. When Burlington offic learned that their lines to Kansas City and St Joseph were washed out, they arranged to route the business over the Missourl Paifife, but of the last named road, over Muddy creek, near Stella, went out, that shut traffic off completely with the south, i STELLA, Neb, July 14.—(Special Tele- &ram.)—Three and one-half inches of rain before daylight this morning and ome- to flood the bottom and tore out feet of track on the Missourl Pucific road. hand | Below Steila the night passenger from hours and did not leave before 6 o'clock tonight, The Omaha has heen here twelve Kansas City passenger train to Omahw, *talled at Stella, left hero at noon. The Omaha vassenger train to Kansas City. ® | due here at 11 a. m.,, came this far and went back. No other trains are running. of one kilometer. Hill | Tne Hagenbeok & Wallace shows on the way from Nebraska City to Falls City on the Burlington went as far as Shu- Toute by Tecumseh. and oats damaged by hail two weeks ago, has caused heavy loas. acres will never be harvested. Diteh Helps Carey Flood. R e %mr Wb, 3Ty = (8 Telegram.)—Following a very heavy rain here early this mornina the Nemahe river came out of its banks at Teoumseh and Wik creek, despite the new dratnage ditch. Considerable damage was done to corn and wheat. At Sterling, north of here, the river did not leave its banks. .| The water soon receded, the ditch carry- ing it off in & short time. Heavy Damage in Boone, ALBION, Neb, July . —(Special)-A Agadir, | lowa, were put out of commission and |* later in the day when u bert and had to turn back and try the Beven inches of rain in July, with wheat One thousand xperiment gardens of Day & Vail near the city sustained se- vere injury by washing , r Delays | Harvesting Ripe { Winter Wheat ! WASRHING the billion-bushel wheat orop continued to grow during the week ended yesterday Spring wheat had the most favorable week of the season over much of the belt and the outlook everywhere is most promising. The national , weather and crop bulletin announced today that win ter wheat, however, had unfavorable weather and harvesting had béen deiaved in the important produding sections by raln, much ripe wheat being still uncut In southern portions of the belt and Pa- cific coast states harvesting is progress- ing satisfactory and good ported. Corn was favored with somewhat bet- | ter conditions than during the preceding weeks, but is being retarded in the more northern portion of the belt. Elsewhere, however, it made more rapid growth and |18 reported tasseling as far north as cen- | tral Kansas, with prospects of an excel | lent crop, largely assured further south Rain is delaying harvesting of oats in some sections and promising too heavy growth, and rust in others, but on the whole the crop outlook continues excel- lent. Tobacco generally made. satisfac- tory growth. Mob Reported On Way to Try to Lynch Frank Doesn’t Come ATLANTA, Ga., July 14—Reports that & mob would attempt to take Leo M. Frank, serving a life sentence for Mary Phagan's murder from the state prison farm at Milledgevills and lynch him, have not been confirmed by developments. Three companies of state militia were held in readiness at Macon fhroughout the night to proceed to Milledgeville to protect Frank if necessary, but today ‘were permitted to return to their homes, Officlals of the state farm reported from Milledgevilie that the usual quliet provailed last night. DEATH RECORD General W. E. Dongherty, OAKLAND, Cal, July 4. —Brigadier General Willlam F. Dougherty, United States army, retired, diad late last night at his residence in this city. He was a native of Ireland, born in 1841. He served July 14 ~Prospects for felds are re- regular service in 1885, He was commis- sloned colonel of the Eighth United States Infantry in March, 191, and was retired as brigadier general in 1914, Mrs. Hattie Hackus. HARVARD, Neb., July 14—(Special.)— Mrs. Hattle M. Backus, widow of L. 8. Backus, who died September 23, 1808, died at her home in North Harvard at | o'clock this morning, after a week's se- vere {liness from intestinal troubles. Two brothers, Matt and Frank Farmer, sur- vive her. Her funeral will be held at the late home at 10 o'elock Thursday morning, Rev, B. A, Warren of Geneva, her former pastor, officlating. Sackariah Brown, PLATTSMOUTH, Neb, July W.—(Spe- clal)~The bedy of Zacharish Brown, who died at the Immanuel hospital in Omaha last evening as the result of an operation for an abscess of the lung, w brought to this city for interment. Seven children with the widow survive. HYMENEAL Dudek-Peterson. YORK, Neb, July 14.—(Special)—At the homa of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mra. Charles A. Peterson, Nebraska and Ninth streets, occurred the marriage of thelr daughter, Lila, to Mr. J. O. Dudek. Rev. R. 8. Lindsay officlated. Barrow-Scott, YORK, Neb., July M.—(Spetial)—Miss Tresse Bcott and Arthur J. Barrow, both of this city, were married yesterday by County Judge H. G. Hopkins. through the civil war and entered the | JURY DECLARES | HARRY K. THAW | IS A SANE MAN/ (Continued from Page One.) mother aiso shook hands with the jury- men, saying t cach Thank you so mueh for all that you have done.” One | of th jurors asked her whether she had |ever had any doubt of the result of this proceeding. Mrs. Thuw smiled and nul plied in the negative. The fury and Thaw then filed into a room adfolning the court, where photog- raphers were waiting. Thaw himself | moved the benches and chairs around in the room, so that he and all the jurymen might get into the pictire { It was with great difficulty that the court sttendants and deputy sheriffs pre- | vented scores of men and women from dashing up to Thaw in the court room and the anteroom and shaking his hand {in congratulations of his legal victory. | It was with much difficul'y that the crowd was cleared from the court house. | Steps Crowded. | | Outside the court house within the | | shadow of the towering municipal bufld- | ing, there is a wide flight of stone steps stretching down into chambers. These steps had been crowded all afternoon | with hundreds of persons. The street and sidewalks on either side were aleo congested. When Thaw flanked by deputy sheriffs, appeared in the door- way & great cheer went up and those ‘who aid not cheer applauded with their hands. Still jn the center of the cordon of deputy sheriffs, Thaw crossed the stand went to the sheriff's office. There he removed his coat, wat down, lighted a clgar, and crossing his legs, loked out of the window at the great crowd being dispersed by policemen In the street be- low, ‘Tonight Thaw was taken to the office of an uptown physician to have a wound in his hand dressed, It was sald he re- celved the injury, while playing with a medicine ball in the Tudlow street jail last night. Why Two Hallots Taken. In explaining why twc ballots were taken, one of the jurors, Paul J. Marks, a brother of the president of the | Borough of Manhattan, said that on the firet ballot the vots was 11 to 1 that Thaw was sane. The dissenting juror sald that he cast his ballot that way more as a matter of form than any- thing else, so that the verdict would not be rendered without formal ciscus- sion. The vote was .nanimous on the second ballot. Mr. Marks also sald that the and the | other members of the jury believed that Thaw was eccentric and pessibly, men- tally weak, but that they did not Lelieve that he would harm anyone clse Young Girl Drowns Bathing at Riverton SHENANDOAH, la., July 14.—(Special Telegram.)—While swimming In the high waters at Riverton Alice O'Brien, 15 years old, was drowned this ‘morning. With a number of girls she had gone down to look at the swollen river and had gome in bathing. Two plunges in the water were enjoyed by the girl, who was sald to have been an excellent swim- mer. The third trip out she got water in her mouth, became excited and sank. Sydney Clark responded to her calls for help, but was unable to save her. Her body was recovered an hour later from the freshet water which came out over the bottom after the heavy rain of four inches last night. Miss O'Brien was the daughter of Joseph O'Brien of Kansas City, but has made her home with the Holt family here since Christmas. The funeral will be held Thursday. MAN SCALDED YEARS AGO MADE OVER BY SURGEON MASON CITY, la., July 14.—(Special.)— Probably one of the most miraculous es- capes from being scalded to death is that of Herbert Crowell. Just about a year | | | ferent times the doectors have asked peo Department O . | ago a traction engine he was running AT leiona PClal reig [ blew up ana the scalding water nearly | ‘nl\' Ellen Chilvers, PI:',:‘. sln: Ev;‘:m covered him. He was rushed to the hos- m}' Bridgeport, §12; Susan Roy,| pital here, and it was not thought that Aub-r:] 3; m-fi"m Barto, Bassett, " $12: Maitnda 8. Dobbs, Beatrice, $13. he even had a fighting chance to get The r at Sioux Falls, 8. D, | well. Today he was out for the first has b::- ll;“m’. two -flflufigfll"x letter | time. He is & patched up man through- o U B S B | out. & veritable crasy quilt. At five dif- now.... now.... two prices co personal perfect fit, Exclusive Men and 203 South “Make Our Store Your Store'* Clearance Sale $25.00 Suits— $16.50 Suits— Everybody knows the above service, has made this store a success. Near Douglas. $ i | gk upled with our insuring Clothes for Young Men 15th Street Austrian Troops | ple whe would give of their skin to pre- serve the life of this man, and each : e there were veluaimars trom 1hio b, Dying of Cholera from Clear Lake, Nora Springs, Charles - ©Clty and other surrounding towns, 80| RRESCIA. Italy, July 14~(Via Paris)— ‘\:M e skin that covers the body of [The Austrian prisoners say that cholera | Mr. Crowell is only his by the grafting |is daily growink worse among the Aus | process. And In this case It has been |trian troops, especially those who have wonderfully successful, and he is coming | been returned from Galicia. and that out of it showing a few scars, of another year but inside | there are many il be as good a man | the disease. The Italian authorities are fatalities as a result of as ever. He will get the use of his limbe, | submitting all prisoners to a severe. med| something that was not dreamed of a cal examination. Men suspected of hav- year ago. ing the cholera are isolated. Rent houses quick with a Ree W A “For Sale” ad will turn second-hand Wiiek with a Ree Went Ad. | rurnitare into cash Thompson-Belden &Co. Great July Clearing of Silks and Fine Cotton Dress Goods Our Values are Never Exaggerted to Make Savings Seem Greater. Each year at this time we have a clearing of thousands of dollars’ worth of high-class fabrics. The new Autumn den will begin to arrive in a few days. Every broken line must go. We ask you to look them over—the values speak for themselves. $1.00 and $1.25 Spot Proof Foulard Silks, now 29¢ a vard $2.00 Tub Orepe 8ilk, double width, in dainty stripes SN $1.25 a yard $1.50 Pompadour Taffetas, 36-inch - - - . . 98¢ a yard $1.00 All 8ilk Novelty Marquisettes - - - - 29ca yard $1.25 Silk-and-Wool Poplin, 40 inches wide; blue, two shades of wisteria, and brown - . . . . . 89¢ a yard %\lxly Sale Imported | Clearing of Remnants hite Embroidered High Class Cotton Voiles Dress Goods Thursday morning we will place on special sale all | $1.00 White Organdie Em- broidered Oolored Dots, $1.75 and $1.50 French and English White Embroider- 44-inch, now 50c a yard $2.00 White Voile Flounc- ed Voiles, 42 and 45.inch wide, at— ing, dainty color embroid- ery, 44-inch, $1.25 a yard 50¢ a yard Laces: 19¢ and 29¢ $1.00 to $3.00 Imported Novelties for suits and a yard jackm----wcu.yud White net top and shadow laces, narrow and Hundreds of odd pieces will be included in this wide widths, a special val- great sale, ue for our July Clearance— 19¢ and 29¢ a yard. B e — AMUSEMENTS. 26th NATIONAL SANGERFEST Of the SANGERBUND OF THE NORTHWEST July 21, 22, 23, 24, 1915, Omaha Auditorium GREATEST MUSICAL EVENT EVER HELD in the WEST 5 GRAND FESTIVAL CONCERTS—Male Chorus of 2,000 voices; ehil- dren Chorus 2,000 voices; Festival Orchestra 60 Artists; 6 Artists of International Renown; 6 of the foremost Local Artists, Wednesday, July 21st: Reception Concert by the Local Chorus, Artists and Orchestra. Thursday Afternoon 2:30, July 22d: Gala Artists Matinee. Thursday Evening, July 22d: First Concert of the Saengerbund; l“,21,‘0‘20 l}:}e Volco; L:lel:nntlonll Artists and Festival Orchestra. ¥ ly 28d, 2: . M.: Children’s Cho: f 2,000 ; In- s.urll:don;l Artists and Festival Orchestra, g Syt iadea i turday, July 24th: Festival Parade of the Singers i and picnic at the Park of the German Home in t:: :":n:.g:nfonnoon ik i 0‘ .\l}!{l‘l!fl‘ OF INTERNATIONAL RENOWN: Madame Marie Rappold, Dramatic Soprano: Met y ams N P! etropolitan Opera Co., Paul Althouse, Herolc Tenor, Metropolitan Opera Co., New York. Henri Scott, Bass, Metropolitan Opera Co., New York. s Miss Julia Claussen, Mezzo-Contralto, Grand Opera Co. Cgllcuo unll Philadelphia. ristine Miller, greatest American Concert Contralto. Enrico Palmetto, famous Danish Tenor. iy 6 PROMINENT LOCAL ARTISTS: Miss Corinne Paulson, Planiste; Miss Margaret Damm, Thomas J. Kelly, Soprano; Paul Reese, Baritone; Violinist, Omaha, and Edwin C. Boehmer, DIRECTORS: MrAlTheod‘.‘ Ke}:e.nrl‘l‘lwanku. owu., Director Male Chorus of 2,000 voices, r. Th. Rud. Reese, Omaha, Neb., Di Local - dren Choruses and Festival Orchestra, A RS Tickets $2, $1.50, $1, 70c and 50c—Bond-Tickets reserved July 15, 16 17. General Seat Sale opens July 18. Box Office Auditorium. Tick- ets reserved Ly mail. Omaha Address: Seengerfest Ass'n, 1311 Howard St.,, Omaha, Neb, of Stockholm, Soprano; Mrs, Louis Schnauber, Baritone, Lincoln, Neb, “Kuppenheimer” and Hart, Schaffner & Marx Suits NEW SHOW TODAY 100 .. st 100 . 100 BRARDEIS, Tooar, -3 THEEATER muu s WEEX Edward STOOX anoh “3..,‘:,‘*"'“_ “One DaY"” . segum v’ BASE BALL OMAHA vs. WICHITA ROURKE PARK JULY 13.14.14-185.15. July 1 1 i LAKE MANAWA Bathing, Boating, and " Dancing “Iin the Warden's Garden,” “His Return,” “Mishaps of Magceline, 2