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

The sure way to satisfy your wants is through -1se of the want ad pages of The Bee. Try a Bee want ad. —_—— THE OMAHA DAILY BEE VOL. XLV-—NO. 24, OMAHA TORNADO WRECKS SEVERAL TOWNS NEAR SI0UX CITY Rumor is that Twenty-One Were Killed When the Twister Struck ‘Worthington, Minn. BIG DAMAGE AT SIOUX FALLS ! | Numerous Buildings Are Lowered and Crops Destroyed, but No One Reported Killed. ONAWA, IOWA, ALSO IS STRUCK A severe windstorm blew down all the wires between Omaha and Sloux Clty when it struck the main line of the Northwestern at Onawa, Ia., but the extent of the damage cannot be learned. Siloux City reports that it bad a message that twenty-one were killed by a eyclone at Worthington, Minn. but the wires to the north went down and the report could not be con- firmed. Not Severe at Stoux Falls. Rumors floated around here that balf of Sioux Falls had blown away, but Bloux City had a message from there that there had been heavy rain and wind which lowered several houses and barns, but there was no report of anyone killed. There was also a report of a se- vere storm at Sioux City, but that was wrong, as a heavy rain about 4 o'clock was the extent of the storm there. Light Damage in Omaha, A gale which swept through Omaha from the northwest shortly after 7 o'clock last night, accom- panied by masses of black clouds and rain, caused thousands.of dol- lars of damage in this city and vi- cinity and pitched a dinner which was about to be served at Carter Lake club pavilion out of the win- dows, compelling 200 hungry per-| sons to satisfy their appetites on | scraps, which resembled the fare of | the refugees of Belgium, . A few diners had partaken of the; meal when the wind arrived. It tore| the screms from the windows and harled much of the food from the tables through the apertures. Dishes “and utensils were piled on the floor by the gale. 5 Tt was. the oocasion of the weekly din- ner of the ‘‘cottagers,” the summer pop- | ulation at Carter Lake club, dnd scores | of guests from downtown were present. | Many hastened away to seek a4 meal | elsewhere before the rain arrivea. Others | dined on the wind's “leavings.” The wind tore the roof from the grand~ {Tom Allen of Lincoln, brother-in-law | stand at the speedway in Kast Omaha, | causing damage estimated at §2,000, not | insured. | Reports indicated that much damage | wps done to crops and to fruit trees. | hards at Florence suffered severely. Much minor demage was done in Omaha. At Lake Manawa in Council Blutfs and ! at Carter lake It was said that all per- | sons who were in boats on the wnerl reached shore safely before the wind came. Strike Threatened In the Great Krupp - Wor]&at Essen GENEVA, Switserland, July 15—(Via Paris)—A report has reached Basel that a blg strike is threatened at the Krupp works at Essen, German;, the movement being headed by the Union of Metal- lurgical Workmen and the Association of Mechanics. They demand higher ‘wages because of the cost of living and shorter hours hocause of the great strain under which they are working, the re- port says. The workmen are said to be in an angry mood and threaten the destruction of machinery unless their demands are granted imediately. They have been put off for three months with promises. Tge-Ne-Gat Found Not Guilty at Denver| DENVER, July 15.~Tse-ne-gat, Plute Indian was found not guilty of a murder charge by a jury in the United States district court late today. Tse-ne-gat had been accused of murdering Jusm Chacon, & Mexican wheep herder, in southwestern Colorado Can't Vote On Prohibition Law| DENVER, Colo., July 15—The state law providing statutory ENGLAND AND GERMANY EXCHANGE marching to the Stratford station, ho ALLEN FILES MANY 'LETTERS IN CAPITAL Brother-in-Law of Bryan Evidently Hot After Position of Dis- trict Attorney. DEMOS AT CAPITAL ROUSED (From a Statf Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, July 15.—(Spe- cial Telegram.)—Officials connected with the Department of Justice, stated today, there was renewed ac- tivity among leading democrats of Nebraska over the position of United States district attorney, and that of Willlam Jennings Bryan, had filed a big bunch of recommendations in his favor during the last few days. While the offictals would not hazard a guess who would be appointed, it would not surprise anyone who has followed the matter to see Allen on the job. Attorney General Gregory is planning to go to Chicago next week, and it is just possible he will ask Senator Hitch- | cock to meet him there to go over the situation, as it affects the United States marshal and braska. Should it be found inconvenient for Senator Hitchcock to meet the attorney general in Chicago, it may be that Mr, Gregory will ask the senator to come to ‘Washington for a conference. There is a determination in both the Department of Justice and Treasury de- partment to put a stop to the bickerings of the Hitchcock and Bryan factions and make a nomination for positions of col- lector of internal revenue, collector of customs at Omaha, United States district attorney and marshal. S. C. BURLINGIM, FORMER BANKER AT SEWARD, DEAD & €. Burlingim, 102 Binney street, eivil war veteran and former banker at Sew- ard, Neb., died last evening at his home following a stroke of paralysie, with which he was stricken three weeks ago today, and from which he never rallied. Mr. Burlingim was borr in New Bos- ton, O., April 2, 1843 He served three years in the civil war with Illinols vol- unteers and came to Seward in 1882, where he became vice president of the Jones National bank. He was state fish commissioner under Governor Boyd and came to Omaha elghteen years ago, where he has since been engaged in pro- moting paving. He is survived by a son, Fred C. of the Merchants hotel, and & daughter, who is & sister at the Good Shepherd convent. Funeral services will be read this eve- ning at 8 o'clock at Stack & Falooner's chapel, Rev. T. J. Mackay officiating, after which the body will be taken to Seward for interment in the family lot provisions for | beside his wife, who died there in 18%6. | the enforcement of statewide mmnnuon|l’\-neru services at Seward will be held | cannot be refefred to the voters, accord- Saturday afternoon. ing to en opinion handed down today by Attorney General Fred opinfon was rendered on .request of J. B. Ramer, secretary of state. The E&ther For Omahs, Council Biuffs and Viein- ity—Unsettied, probably showers. Hours, fam D‘k 6a m. m I B g m Wa m fia m. (3 Bm ig s Farrar. The | AMBASSADOR MARYE PROBABLY WILL RESIGN WASHINGTON, July 15 —Reports that Ambassador Marye at Petrograd might | Crawfurd Price, the British eye witness, | resign gained circulation todsy when it bec ame known that Mrs. Marye, on her ! he sald the British army authorities novl return to Washington recently, friends, including a subordinate official |in the State department that probably her husband wil] ask soon that his sue- cossor be appointed. No officlal Imowledge of Ambassador rys's (ntention has come either to the House or the State department i hed reports. Mre Marye, is un- I i district attorney of Ne-! ADMITS NEBRASKAN HIT BY A TORPEDO German Foreign Office Says At- tack on American Bhip Accident and Offers Settlement. SAYS IT CARRIED NO MARKINGS WASHINGTON, July 15.<-Cer- many. i an official memorandum tiansmitted today from Berlin by Ambassador Gerard admits that the { American steamer ' Nebraskan was | was torpedoed by a submarine, ex- | presses regret and readiness to make |reparations and assures the United States that the attack was “not | meant for the American flag, but is | to be considered an unfortunate asci- | dent.” Secrotary Lansing made public the Ger- | man memorandum which disposes of the | question whether the Nebraskan was | struck by a torpedo or by a mine. The | German memorandum closes the incident, |1t was sald, except as to the payment of damages. The State department made this an- | nouncement: ““Ambassador Gerard has telegraphed to the State department the following memo- randum from the German Foreign office relative to the damaging of the American steamer Nebraskan by a German subma~ rine: Calls It Accident. “‘The German government recelved from newspaper reports the intslligence that the Amerjcan steamer Nebraska had been damaged by a mine or torpedo on the southwest coast of Ireland. It there- fore started a thorough investigation of the case without delay, and from the re- | sult of the investigation it has been con- (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Hurley Says War | Will Make United | States Wealthy | CHISAGO, July 15 —The United States | #1ll be “encrmously wealthy" if the Eu- topean wer continues sx months longer, | Edward 1¥. Hurley, vice chairman of the | foderal trade commission, sald here to- {day in announcing the plans of the comy- mission to promots forelgn trade. | Mr. Hurley will be jolned by members |of the commission in Chicago on Mon. |day to begin & tour of the central west {and Pacific coast, for the purpose of |promoting close co-operation among | American business interests to boost |trade with forelgn nations At the sessions here on July 19 and 20 tha commission expects to get first hand {information from leading bankers, pack- |ers and manufacturers ‘British Troops Are Fighting in Serbia LIVERPOOL, July 15 -That British troops are now in Serbls fighting with the Berblans against the Austro-Hunwa- rians was officially confirmed today by | with the Serbian forces. Lecturing here, told | permitted him to make this announce- | | mment. The strength of the British forces 'ln Berbla not stated STURGIS IS FLOODED BY ELECTRICAL STORM firet intimation of it came today | STURGIS, 8. D, July 15.—(Special Tel- | egram.)--An electrical storm here this to have told friends that she | morning dld considerable damage to prop- water and numubers of washouts are re- ported. ] 191—-TWELVE PAGE THE WEATHER Unsettled On Trains and st Newa Stands, o SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. WELSH MINERS STRIKE DESPITE CABINET'S ORDER One Hundred and Twenty Thou- sand Men in South Wales Collieries Refuse to Go to Work. ACT IS INVOKED Government Now Trying to Find Method of Enforcing Penalties Provided by It. | MUNITIONS OUTS OFF NAVY FUEL SUPPLY BULLETIN, LONDON, July 15.—-A dispatch from Cardiff to the Central News agency says that the miners’' confer- ence by vote of 180 to 113 decided not to accept the recommendation of the council to return to work, LONDON, July 16.—Out of the various manifestations of unrest in the British labor fleld shown since tke outbreak of the war there devel- oped today what may prove, unless an early solution Is found, one of the most serious strikes in the history of the country. More than 150,000 men have lald down their tools, thereby shutting down virtually all the mines in the Welsh coal fields which supply steaming coal for the British navy. Government Forbids Strike. The British government, using for the firet time the authority granted by the eo-called munitions menasure, ruled that the miners must not strike, a proclama- tion to this effect having been issued yesterday. The miners’ answer to this & subject of dally heavy fine for striking and though urged by thelr leaders to allow their demands for higher pay to be arbitrated, the miners threw aside all mivice and today refused to take up thelr picks, thus not only stopping the mines, but leaving idle the mine raliways and some ships engaged in coal transport. Theoretically the government is em- powered to check the strike forthwith, But it ie a puzaling problem how the fines authorized under the munitions measure are to be enforced. No rioting in the strike district has been reported. The men's leaders have called a conference in the hope of reach- ing a settlement and the whole country is watching the outoome of the oase, which 1s to be & t's face of the 1t mmh o men's contention, not the Teaders, that having made thelr de- mands there is nothing to arbitrate, Miners Defy Govermment. CARDIFF, Wales, July 18.—In apite of ALL OLD MURDER CASES DISMISSED Justice Sawyer Rules that Evidenoe is Not Sufficient to Warrant Holding Accused Men. ATTORNEY = GENERAL AGREES BEDFORD, Ta., July 15.—The cese against Bates Huntsman, who has been on preliminary tr'al before Jus- tiee M. A, Sawyer for the alleged murder of Nathanial Smith, a Mis- sourl cattleman, and his son, in Sep- tember, 1877, was' dismissed today | umistio predictions that serfous labor by Justice Sawyer. ditficulties In the coal flelds would be The case was dismissed upon the motion | averted, virtually every mine in Wales of the attorneys for Huntsman shortly | was idle this morning, the day fixed for before noon. Attorney General Cosson, |the beginning of the miners’ strike for representing his department, acquiesced | higher wages. In the motion, stating to the court that| In one district alone 2,000 men struck, the refusal to admit the evidence of John | défying the government's proclamation Derckson with reference to “Doc” A. |that the provisions of the munitions mot E. Qoliday, the hermit-druggist, who was would be invoked to prevent a cessa- sald 36 hAVE BOD. B fimlhm.uouo‘omuanm By 10 o'clock it was allegéd criine, had mads it impossible fop | etimated that upwand of 13,00 men were [ the SAatk b wreased’ Farthin. out in all parts of the Welsh fields A meeting of the executive committes of the Bouth Wales Miners' union was called for this afternoon to confer with representatives of the Board of Trade, but the rank and file of the miners are obdurate and the government proclama~ tion seems only to have stiffened their resolution to stand firm in thelr demands. Men who strike in the face of the gov- emment prohibition are subject to a fine of $16 a day, in default of which they ‘may be imprisoned. Editor Who Refused To Give Source of Story in Contempt DENVER, Colo., July 15.~Judge John A. Perry in the district court today fined Arthur McLennan, managing editor of the Denver Times, $360 and costs for con- tempt of court in refusing to divulge in- formation to & recent county grand jury.: The contempt procesdings followed the fnoMent In the state legislature last winter, when & package of currency was delivered to Representative W, W, How- land on the floor of the house. The Times printed an uccount of the “‘package of money”’ affair, which later was investi- gated by the grand jury. MecLennan All Onmes Diwmissed, | Loud cheers greeted the annpuncement ! of Justice Sawyer that he wouldydismiss | the' case. The officers In' the court room had considerable difficulty in restoring on | der 0 enthustastic were the netghbors of the aged defendants who had gathered to witness the final scenes of the court drame which has stirred the community for the last week. Finally Justios Saw- yer succeeded In getting the room quist and then said that the ceses against all four defendants would stand dismissed. This second announcement was & signal for another outburst as the crowd closed in around the late defendants, Huntsman and Bamuel Sorivner stood with tears in their eyes as they received the congrat- ulations of their friends. The court room turned into a reception scene, in which the defendants were the chief figures, with witnesses for and aguinst them mingling with the spectators in what ap- peared to be a jollification meetins. Murder Not Proved. The motion to dismiss came from At- torney B. J. Flick, representing Hunts- man, after Samuel Anderson had left the stand, where he had just added a few detalls to his testimony of yester- day. Attorney Flick declared that the corpus delict! had not been established and that the charge against his client had not been borme out by the state's evidence. Altorney General Cosson at this point arose an¢ announsed that while he had been foreibly impressed with the story of Mrs Maria Colling Porter and was convinced that murders had been com- mitted about the time she stated, the evidence to his mind would not warrant the state in procesding further with the oase. He sald he would mot on the evi. |°f POreens who give them informatioh dence thus far adduced ask the srand | "niop, ', ec, n e N jury to_consider the charges against the | reeoodet sught to nave understood to 01a men, and therefors he and the county | P oraent o i, | B8 Whioly ervomecus, after this court (Continued on Page Five, Column Four.) | mede its order of Apell 10" !ROGKEFELLER GOES TO | ordered to reveal the source of the in- formation upon which the first story in the Times was based. He refused, main- taining that the iInformation reached him in a confidential communication In pronouncing sentence the court said: ‘““There sems to be a notion current among members of the press that they OHIO FOR THE SUMMER | CLEVELAND, O., July 18—John D, Rockefeller arrived today from Tarry- town, N. Y. for the summer at Forest {HU)), bis Cleveland residence. His trip, | which was to have besn made prior o | THEGATECITY-OF THEWES] i so w‘“ .“i'fi‘d Were ‘h‘y delayed because of the attack by Frank with their recent entertain«- || ol upon J. P. Morgan, and consequent {|ment, that the Missouri ||fear that be ml:ht be n: object of & , Valley Veterinarians fixed || “He wes sccompaniod by Mise Lucy their annual meeting per - || Spellman, sister of Mre. Rockefeller. who m“..‘ly inOmhu. "M’ died since the last visit of the family off* once, and we feel sure here. Rockefeller looked more wan and feeble than & year ago, but appeared in you will want to come again. Jovisl spirits. Mr. Rockefeller said his stay would be “a good long one.” The force of guards at Forest Hill has been hoavily increased. proclamation was to go on strike. Though | ‘waa summoned before the grand jury and | are exempt from Adisclosing the names | bl seventy-sixth birthday, July 8 was | VILLA ABANDONS | SAN LUIS POTOSI Carranza Now Holds All Important | Points on Railroad to Laredo, Save One. WILL TRY TO CUT OFF RETREAT | BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, July 6.-A train between Vera Cruz and Mexico City has been wrecked by a bomb near Apizaco. The explosion killed and wounded many persons. A cable- gram from Vera Cruz to the State department says it is uncertaln whether the train left Vera Crus| July 12 or July 18. The rallroad has discont'nued selling tickets to| Mexico City. l EL PASO, Tex., July 15.—Genera) Villa has abandoned San Luis Potosi, according to reliable, although un- officfal, information. This action has given to Oarrensa poseession of all but one of the important points on the railfoad from Mexico City to| Laredo, on the American fronter. | Villa, so far as is known here, con-| tinues to hold Querretaro, but with |a small force, now isolated. His own position at Torreon is regarded by military observers precarious, | By the abandonment of Aguas Calientes and Zacatecns, Villa has yielded to Gen- @ral Obregon the means for support from the east, although as yet communica- |tion does not anpear to have been estab- | lished. The forces of Villa destroped {long strotches of raflway both east and | mouth of Obrogon and south of Queretaro, {but there ix no evidence that he has any considerable foroe in any of these direo- |tions to hinder repair work. { Will Try to Surround Villa. | From the interor it was reported Car- |ransa forces from Monterey were plan- | ning to co-operate with Obregon by mov- iIng westward against Villa at Torreon ! while another force is attempting to get |between him and the American frontier by a march westward from Monolova. | Villa has on hand some 7,000,000 rounds |of ammunition and his army s not suf- fering from foodstuffs He appoams, however, not he be well supplied with money and it is sald that desertions have shown some increase due to the com- paratively small pay soldiers receive and the large prices pald for labor. Carransa adherents here are jubllant over the prospect of.an early resumption of trafic over the rallway from Mexico City to Laredo. They admit,’ however, that the work of destruction at some plages along the line has been so ocom- that several weeks may pass bofore L3 s operated. Wood, But No Fands. WASHINGTON, July 15.—Mexico City, freed of the perils of slege and with prospects of food for the starving, now is confronted with another famine—a scarc- ity of money. Millions In ourrency, lssued by the various factions as control of the capital passed back and forth between them during the last year, have besn re- pudiated by each succeeding government. Although supported by decree while the {ssuing faction remained in control, all such ourrency now in the handa of the populace s of doubtful value. Villa has issued large amounts, as did Zapata, and when General Obregon firet ocoupied the city for General Carransa, he made a large issue, Now that food may come in, many of the famished, although pos- |messed of some kind of money, may be | unable to buy it. Officials here have been expecting that ithe Carransa government will act to regulate the situation. Travelers arriving yesterday at Vera Crus reported Mexico City quiet and sald the populace seemed Indifferent to the shifting soenes of government. | PREASNYSEZ HAS been taken by the inception Germans almost at th of what appears to be a at Warsaw from the nort | { | taneously the Germans report breaking down of attempts by the | French win back lost ground Argonne region and the in- of heavy losses n the attacking forces. PARIS REPORTS the capture of & line of German trenches morth of | the fallure of a German | one disputed point in the Argo AUSTRIA HAS MADE representa. that this neutrality of the in the region = of Warsaw, GERMAN FORCES are aguin aetive | causing military cbservers to be- | Meve that u drive at the Peolish capital from that direction may imminent. MUSSIANS ADMIT & German offen. ive has begun in one seotor, where & Russian force retired (o Appar- Uine positions. ever, were alluded to 1 recent German statement ting in “local successes.” MAN DRIVE at the Freach tovest regio the part of the Frenoch lost wround. The latest from Pavis claims partial ocsses in the effort. TWO HILLS DEFENDING Krithia, on ‘the Gallipoli penlusula, were ¥y the troops of the en- tente milles after four assaults on Monday last, nccording to Athens advices received in London. MARINE SUNK the eamer Rym. One of enginemen The rest of the orew regniu report sue- the was killed. was saved, GREAT BRITAIN'S OOAL STRIKE problem continues seute, 150,000 miners bhaving ® deapite the prohibitions of the war muni- tlons act. ANGLO-FRENCH ARMY ADVANGES IN GALLIPOL Unconfirmed Report from Athens Says Allies Have Made Substan- tial Progress on the Krithia Line. EASTERN ARENA NEARLY QUIET Bigns Seem to Point to Another Drive at Warsaw from East Prussian Line. FRENOH GAIN IN ARGONNE BULLETIN. LONDON, July 15.-—Two strongly held Turkish lines defending the Dar- danelles have been captured by An- glo-French forces on the Gallipoll peninsula, according to an announce~ met given out this evening by the British official press bureau. LONDON, July 15.—from Athens comes a report of a substantial ad- vance made by the Anglo-Frenech forces against the Krithia Achl Baba line, but since so many wild rumors have originated in the Greclan capi- tal this is recelved with reserve until officlally confirmed. The latest Paris communication counters the clalms of German suc- cess in the Argonne region with the report that the French have set foot at several points in the German trenches on the road to Marle Therese and that the French are making progrees in their attacks be- yond the Bervon road, to the west of the forest of Argonne. On the sastern front nothing approach- ing & decisive aoction has been reported in & fortnight. The Germans are again #howing activity in the region between the Niemen and Vistula rivers, where they have attacked in force, making an advance aloug one section, from which the Russians retired to thelr second line. All these uigns point to & new German drive toward Warsaw from the Fast Pruselan frontier, but it fa believed by military observers here that the Russiana have mufficient forces in this district to put up formidable resistance, It 18 expected that the perlod of quiescence In southern Polend will be ended by an attuck on the Austed-Ue mans toward the Bug fivon o Gre Pritain I8 Again exterifncne domest, troubles ‘With 159,000 coal mincrs avtundly on utrike. The meat packers' representatives ar delighted at the news that the Washing- ton govermment is about to intervene in thelr behalf. French Offlcinl Report, PARIS, July 18 —The French war office gave out the following today on the progress of hostilities: “Activity during the night in the reglon to the north of Arras was quite diversi- fled. To the south of the Chateau de Oarleul we seised a line of German trenches. Around Noeuville Saint Vaast and the ‘Labyrinth’ there was hand grenade fighting. “In the Argonne the fighting was to the west of the forest where we had progressed yesterday. To the north of the Bovron road, after a series of counter attacks the Germans succeeded in re- #aining a foothold in the Beurain woods. JIn the rest of this sector there was no chango in the situation, "‘Between Fey-En-Haye and the forest of Lepretre a sortie of the enemy was immdiately halted by thr fire of our tillery and Infantry.” . Oapture Praasnyes. July 15.—~(Via London)— Preasnyssz, a town of Russian Poland, fifty miles orth of Warsaw, has been captured by the German forces accord- ing to the official statement given out today by the German army headquarters staff, The Germans also announce that they have captured the village of Konsya to the south of Kolno, and have stormed the helghts of Clssauka to the northeast of Suwalki. THOUSANDS SEE LIBERTY BELL AT PORTLAND. ORE. PORTLAND, Ore., July 16—~The arrival of the Liberty Bell here today was nalizsed by the blowing of factory and river craft whisties, after which for four hours an unbroken stream of people passed the famous relic. A feature of th~ celebration was a parade by school chil- dren and military and patriotie organiza- tions. Germans BERLIN, THE WANT-AD. WAY Aud hunt for all your worth, Take time, and want ad pages them over with great care. Pick out the likely prospects i You will find are listed there, Y RS ~ ve t i it ren medium. you can