Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 17, 1915, Page 1

The sure way to satisfy your ‘wants is through <ase of the want ad pages of The Bee. Try a Bee want ad. OMAHA, SATURDAY THE WEATHER Partly Cloudy (5] G. JULY 1 1915—SIXTE! On Traing and st Motel Wews Standa. Sa SINGI —m 4 COPY TWO CENTS. TERRIFIC FLOODS THREATEN POINTS OF CENTRAL OHIO Many Parts of State Menaced by | Inundations as Tremendous as Those of Memorable Spring of 1913, DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINS tients. Ottawa River Overflows Lima, Driving People to Higher Portions of City. SCIOTO IS U;N A RAMPAGE COLUMBUS, 0., July 16.—Swol- Jjen by torrential rains that have fallen throughout the last ten days many points in central Ohio were menaced today by floods that threat- ened to approach the magniture of the great flood of March, 1913, when more than 500 persons were drowned and property damaged ag- gregating many millions resulted. Lima Flooded. LIMA, O. July 16.=~Ottawa river today oded Lima, driving families to the bigher portions of the city and tearing t bridges and viaducts, Since midnight e river has risen six inches an hour 'and at 7 &. m. was within fiftesn inches !of high water mark of 1913. More than ‘900 homes are under water. Every polite- iman and fireman in the city was kept jon duty all night aiding in rescue work. Near Elida farmers report the water was higher than in the big flood of 1913 'Crops have been damaged heavily. One woman died from burns received FIGHTING TYPHUS IN SERBIA—Scene in front of Belgrade mission of American Red Oross unit, showing primitive ox-cart as only means of bringing in fever-stricken pnr‘ ROUMANIA WON'T LET AMMUNITIONS FOR TURKEY PASS f Balkan State Reported to Have Em- phatically Refused German De- mand to Allow War Supplies to Go Through. | | | STORY FROM THE DANE CAPITAL Paris Papers Say Austria Comes to Rescue of Accomplice in Arms Matter. NOTE IS CALLED LAUGHABLE LONDON, July 16.—The corre- spondent at Copenhagen of the Ex-| change Telegraph company quotes | the Vorwaerts as announcing “Roumania has emphatically re- fused to comply with Germany's de- mands to allow weapons and muni- tions to traverse Roumania for Turkey.” “Accomplice” to Rescne. PARIE, July 16—"Germany Is too| deeply Involved and too thoroughly un-| masked, so her accomplice comes to the | rescue,” editorial on the Austro-Hungarian note to the United States | The afternoon newspapers generally | comment on the note, considering It a! subtle attempt to shift the basia helween Austria-Germany and the United States from Germany's “uct of piracy to a ques tion touching Germany closer; namely, the shipment of arme to the entente and the naval blockade,” s the Temps puts it. The Temps points out, nevertheless, that in the Austro-German requeat that | | when gas In the cellar exploded from a |lamp she carried. Rising waters put out the gas under a water heater and she 'went to investigate. The property loss in Lima, $600,000, is twice that of the 1918 flood. The water bad begun to recede at 11 a. m. Scloto River High. KENTON, 0., July 18.—The Bcioto river passed the 1918 flood stage here at noon. The Kenton water works is now sub- merged and the city is without fire pro- tection, The rainfall in the last twenty four hours, has been the heaviest in the Thistory of the oity. Refugees are arriving from nearby villages. Farmers wiil suffer beavy loss. Posse Runs Down I Band of Holdups| Ia., July 18.—(Special | 1P GERMAN SUBMARINE Subsea Oraft Which Made Its Way Through Gibraltar and Darda- nelles Destroyed. {SANK SEVERAL BATTLESHIPS LONDON, July 16.—The German submarine U-61 has been sunk in the Black sea by Russian warships, ac- cording to information received from Varna, a Bulgarian port on the Black sea, by the Athens correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company. — SUNK IN BLACK SEA I d and Roy Hoff- to pfficers lofls{. ‘Théy m settlenent at Dougherty thig forenoon, eampelling All fiie men to clothing, Jewelry and- money. é men escaped. Pown Marshal Tom Grady organized a posse of thirty armed men and went in pursuit. The bandits were surrounded in a field. Several shots were exchanged when the men signified | p desire to surrendr. Bveral men enterd th field and the thre mn turned over their guns and gave themselves up. HERE IS THE LATEST FORD STORY: 16 MILLION REFUND DETROTT, Mich., July 16—The Ford| Automobile company this afternoon an-; nounced a tefund of approximately $1,-, 000,000 to owners of Ford automobiles who | have purchased their machines since Au-| gust 1, 1914 On August 1, 1914, the com-‘ apnounced that if 39,000 mu'.hlnu: wwere sold. during the ensuing year each purchaser would recelve a refund of from | #40 to $60. The 300,000 mark was reached | this afterncon. The company says the yefund is strictly in the mature of the/ profit distribution policy of the company. SUPREME COURT MAKES NEW RULING ON LIBEL PIERRE, 8. D, July lSA—(EvI!‘tll/I Tele- gram.)—That the publication of a sum- !l\l-?')of the contentions, and the find- ings of the court does not constitute Libel, s the holding of the supreme court in he case of George W. Egan versus C. L. Pothon et al, a case which came up on # demurrer in which Egan brought suit for 1tbel for publications in regard to the Kirland case in Minnehaha county. el - griunning, fisht, Jaock a‘* The submarine, U-5l, gained fame by eluding the British)blockade passing through the strait of Gibralter to operate against the allied fiset in the Dardanelles. The U-51 has been cerdited with sinking several vessels belonging to the allies, in- cluding the British battleship Majestic. The British blookading fleet off (Hbral- tar was reported to have been warned of the approach of the U-51, but falled to catch the underwater craft, which went from Gibraltar to the Dardanelles, where it did much to prevent the allies’ war- ships from co-operating with the land forces on the Gallipoll peninsula. Later the U-il passed through the Sea of Marmora and reported to the German commander at Constantinople. If the report of its destruction in the Black Sea fs true it evidently went rrom the Turkish capital through the Bosphorus, probably to operate against the Russlan Black Sea fleet, Machinists in Arms Plant Will Receive Orders to 8trike BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 16.—Pros- pects for averting the threatened strike of machinists at the plant of the Rem- ington Arms company and possibly of machinists through the city apparently grew less today with the announcement from J. J. Keppler, international vice president of the machinists, that a strike order would be issued tonight calling out the machinists at the arms company's plant and in the city. At the mass meeting of the machinists to be held tonight when it is expected a strike vote will be taken. it is under- stood that the guestions to come up are whether a strike shall bo confined to the arms company's plant, or whether it shall include the twenty or more sho»s where work for the arms company is being done. CHICAGO, July 16.—The text of the ar- y; not much change in tempera- |bitration award in the street car |ployes' case was made public tod 2% The Weather Forecast . m. Baturday; b Gomineli Blutés ana Vicinlty - announced informally two days ago the 68 | motormen and conductors receive an ad- 89| vance of 3 cents an hour and thus become ithe highest paid street car operatives in ™ t the country. 7! The advance is retroactivd® to June 2, ‘31| the day the fortv-elght hour strike be- "2 |gan, James M. Sheean. who represented 83! the companies on the board of arbitration, 53| declined to sign the agreement. | BRIDEGROOM KILLS i 33339383; 33393537 sae PRSP Ta—— covPIvYY CASH STOLEN FRON POSTORFIGE FOUND Thirteen Thousand Taken at Wal- lace, Idaho, Two Years Ago Lo- cated in California. FORMER OLERK UNDER ARREST SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 16.—| Thirteen thousand of approximately $20,000 stolen from the Wallace, Idaho, postoffice in December, 1913, is in the possession today of federal postal inspectors, and Clarence Mc- Daniels, a former clerk in the office, is under arrest here, having con- fedsed the theft. It was through MecDaniels’ confession that the money was recovered. ] He directed the inapectors to dig be- | neath a chicken. coop in his yard at Palo | Alto, Cal. They found about $12,000 buried in a tin csn. In addition, McDanlels turned over $500, and his wifo §00 more. McDiniels was working as a clerk in | the Palo Alto postoffice at the time of his arrest, having been (ransferred shortly after the robbery at Wallace. Mre. McDanlels was arrested with her husband, but was released last night. They hawe two children, a boy of § and a girl, 17, The confession of McDanlels and the recovery of mest of the money clears up what the inspectors declared today was one of the most puzzling postal rooberics in recent years. The Wallace poetmaster and his assistant were both removed be- cause of the disappearance of the money. | Suspicion only recently attached to Mc- Daniels. He will be taken to Wailace to awalt action of the federal grand jury. Watertown Band Wins First Prize at Elks’ Reunion LOS ANGELES, Cal, July Jl6.—Long Beach and Ban Diego entertainments wound up today the annual reunion of | the Elks, who have been the guests of this city during the week. A late an- nouncement last night awarded the band | ocontest to Watertown, 8. D., with Denver second and the Santa Fe trail aggrega- tion from Pueblo, Colo, third Los Angeles lodge was awarded first prize for appearance In the annual parade yesterday, with Santa Barbara second and Denver third. The Queen City | of the plains, Denver, captured three prizes in all, taking the drill team con- ! test on Wednesday. Many of the Elks will visit the Panama- Paclific exposition at San Francisco. Lid Put on Trenches of Camp of Paris PARIS, July 16.—General Gallien!, the military governor of Parls, today lssued an order forbidding the purchase by or| sele to soldiers or officers of whatever | grade in the entrenched camp of Paris of any alcoholic liquors whatsoever. Offenders will be cited to appear be- SELF ON WEDDING EVE Comparative Local Record. 115, 1914. 1913, 1912, ¥ N % l4| LOS ANGELES, Cal. July 16—Charles| % % 9 1|D. Cook, a hotel man from Telluride, | 8 T 00 .0 Colo, here attending the Fiis' reunion, perature and precipitation depart-|died early today from (1% effects of ures Hhom. the notmal polson taken last night at the hour set for his woding to Miss Elizabeth Wileox {of Bell Flower a suburb. Cook left a pitation. . 2nch Inote addrossed (o Miss Wilcox in which b Ioe iat 588 tnches | he sald that he sutfered from aphasia, Datteiency since March 1 inch (which he feékred was becoming worse Deficlency for cor. period, 19i4.. 178 inches | and would finally render his inscne. {Deficlency for cor. period, 1913.. 197 inches SENTENCE OF ROBERT ok | 211 Reports from Scations af 7 P. M. Btats Temp. High- Rain- Station and State Ei4 '|'»| ol of weather. ' Tom est fal. E. HICKS COMMUTED jvenport, clear o i ) —_— , clear. ... 8 0| WASHINGTON, July 16 — President Des Sns. Wear: - 2 ‘-’ Wilson today commutted to expire at T S e 84 .sd|once the jail term of Robert ¥, Hicks, =.u % s 1.18|the New York man, who, after twelve B B|years successtul ciusion of ‘fmprison- 8 .00 |ment for a violation of the postal code, §ave up a prosperous business and sur- “T indicates tra it " H, Cockl Furecaste rendered himself. L. A, WELPH, Local Forecaster. fore the police courts and military tri- | bunals. Nebraska is being adver- tised as The State of Ready Money and Omaha is the metropolis of Nebraska. The wide-awake busine, getter will stop off here and put a line out for this terri- tory which is the most prof- itable on the map. | the julge’'s chambers so that details | GERMAY SUBMARINE U-51, noted n SR THAW SANE, ROLES JUDGE HENDRICK Btate Gives Notioe of Appeal and Court Fixes Bond of Prisoner at Thirty-Five Thousand. ACTS OF ‘ALIENISTS CRITICIZED NEW YORK, July 16.—Harry K. Thaw, adjudged sane last Wednesday by a jury, was given his freedom to- day by Supreme Court Justice Peter A. Hendrick, who announced that he had adopted the jury's verdict. The state Iimmediately served notige of an appeal and Justice Hen- Roumania permit the shipment of arms | to thelr ally, Turkey, through its neutral | territory, the same obligations of neu- trality are “Interpreted in their opposite senses, according to the immediate in- torest of those who consider themselves above right and law.” Oalls it Laughable, La Liberte asks editorially: Americans let themselves be terrorized?" | The newspaper considors the note ‘‘par ticularly laughable, Austria's ports being blocked not only by the Angio-French, but also by Italy,” and adds: “The note elther is a bluff or a warning that the Austro-Germans are going still farther in their criminal course of attacks on the persons and the property of the United States, La Presse seys: “The export of muni- tions to Europe is a century-old tradition of American commerce, which neither the representations of the Austro-Germans nor dynamite attacks on factories afd vessels are able to bring the citisens of drigk fixeq Thaw's 4000 10| 1o United States to renounc insure his presence future pro- . ceedings. A surety tompaay was Oounterfeit Bonds and Money Found; Four Men Arrested CHICAGO, July 16.-What were purs ported to be false Minnesota state bonds and counterfeit currency to the amount of $350,000 were found today by policemen who entered a West Side roeming house to quell a disturbance between boarders and the landlady. Though the boarders had a trunk so full or spurfous uwney that two detectives could hardly IIft it, they had refused to pay their rent, and the argument became o nolsy that pa ing officers entered the house. Four men were arrested. Supplles and machinery for making the bill salso were prepared to give the bond and Thaw was taken from ‘the court house to might be arranged. A crowd of several hundred lined the sidewalks end around the ocourt house, cheered Thaw and applauded wildly when he appearcd on the court house steps, In announcing his decision Justice Hen- (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) ;'he Day’s War News GERMAN sian Baltie provinces seems to be CAMPAIGN in the Ruse gaining force, Berlin today an- nouncing that the German troops have crossed the Windau, north of IKoltinyant, in thelr emstward |f0und. Tho find was made at 1602 West o Thirteenth street, where the detectives went when it was reported that men and occaupation by Anglo-French forcey | WOmen were fighting there, Th fighting re, important town | W88 over when they arrived, but in , n German celony in | Searching the house they ran across the counterfelting plant. Bank at North Liberty, Ia., Robbe within & tour davs. NORTH ILABERTY, la., July 16—Two FIGHTING IN ARGONNE region In|men held up and robbed the Ifarmers France has turned in favor of the | gavings bank here of practically all of French, according to the Paris war | the cash it had on hand shortly before oftice, which claims the recapture | the glosing hour this afternoon, The ex- of Hill No. 285 from the army of | oot amount of money tolen had not been the German crown prince. {learned at a late hour. The robbers GERMANS ARE HAMMERING heav- | made thelr escape in an automobile. 1ly on the gates of Warsaw from | Practically all of the men in the town the nmorth and claim considerable | have joined in the hunt for them. The wuccess in thelr movement. Lat-|cashier of the bank was held up at the earry accounts | point of & pistol. The amount stolen from the bank was later learned to be mbout $2,00. Cashier James K. Cippers, who was alone at the time, was bound and gagged, while the robbers collected the money and made thelr escape, leaving in the direction of Tiffin, Ja., before news of the robbery became public, The automobfle was stolen at Towa City, It was sald. LONDON ANNOUNCED officiaily the SOUTH WALES COAL STRIKE con- tinues to cause concern in Great Britain, the miners showing no sign of ylelding. London advices, t hopes are solution of the problem the tight Wednesday n mention of Preasnyss ,the capture of which was claimed in Thurs. dany's official communication from Berlin, Repulse of German at- tacks between Orsye and Wykra fronts ‘“south of Prrasnyes” are mentioned in the Petrog: state- ment. ACTIVE OPERATIONS have been WILSON WILL RETURN T0 resumed by the Germans in Cour- WHITE HOUSE NEXT WEEK land, while r the southern end battle line in the east # suceeeded in| CORNISH, N. H, July l6—Arrange- foreing the passa, the Dnfester |ments were completed today for Presi- at several places. dent Wilson's return to Washington early ON AUSTRO-ITALIAN » RONT Rome |Next week. Members of his family will report trians out of position the mountain regions where fighting i In progress. FURTHER ADVANCES by the en. tente allies on the Gallipolt n are reported by way | permits. Before his next trip here, how- ever, he probably will visit his daughter, Mrs. W. C in Maine. After an early round of golf the presi- dent returned to his study at Harlaken- den House, prepared to spend several hours working on official business from Washington. He expects to communicate later with Secretary Lansing regarding the German situation. STREET CAR STRIKE IN RHODE ISLAND SETTLED McAdoo, at her summer home ens. for its long voyage from Ger waters to Constantine ported sunk in the Black Sea by Russian warships. PRIVATE secretary, young man, 25- » yea of age; i bl'l]nr. baving evera! years' cxperience in stenographic furnisi and WELSH MINERS STANDING PAT Distriot that Voted to Resume Work Reverses Decision and Not a Pick is Moving. RUNCIMAN WILL SEE LEADERS | VON HINDENBURG MAKING A FIERCE STABAT WARSAW East Prussian Army is Again Men- LONDON, July 16.—The South] [Wsles miners today are showing an unbroken front in conformity with | the resolution passed at the meeting | of delegates at Cardiff yesterday when it was decided to reject the recommendation of the ueeuuvat committee that the men return to! work. Even the men in one district, | who last night decided to resume| work, reversed their decision, and not a piek is moving. | An Improvement in the situation, how ever, la oxpected as a result of mass meetings in the varlous districts today, | and tho conferences of Walter Runci- | man, the president or the Board of Trade, | With representatives of the mimers and | the pit owners. The men's leaders, who lhmu(hmu.y’ have opposed the strike, are Inclined to | the view that a resumption of work may | be expected Monday, and the govern- | ment's prompt action in setting up a goneral munitions tribunal for Wales says the Temps in a column and Monmouthshire is thought likely to | help bring about a settlement. Should the Runeciman conferences today not turn out favorably, David Lloyd George, the minister of munitions, possi- bly will visit the perturbed disfriot. His influence with the men In previous dis putes has been very efective. In the medntiine perfect peace relgna in the flelds Reserve Banks to ; Discount Trade Aoceptances WASHINGTON, July 16.—Reguiations {saued today by the federal reserve board prescribe conditions under which “trade ocoal glonal banks. Rules already have been made for “bankers’ acceptances.” In pro- mulgating today's order the board e pressed the bellef that it will consider ably enlargo the scope of service of fed- oral remerve banks and assist also In developing a class of ‘double mame' paper, which it says in many countries is & desirable form of investment and an important faotor in modern commer- clal banking systems. The regulation defines a trade accept- ance as a bill of exchange having a defi- nite maturity and payable in dollars in the United Btates, having the obligation to pay aocepted by an acknowledgment across its face by the person or corpora- tion on whom it s drawn. To be eligible for redissount at a reserve bank such trade acceptances must be endorsed by a4 member bank; must have a maturity at the time of discount of not more than ninety dayes, and must e acoepted by the purchaser of goods sold by the drawer of the bill, The bill must be drawn against indebt- edness expressly incurred by the ac- ceptor in the purchases of such goods. Evidence must be presented with the ac- ceptance that It arises out of such a transaction. Page Visits English Foreign Office on U.8. Contraband Note LONDON, July 16.—The American am- bassador, Walter Hines Iage, visited the forelgn office this afternoon, presumably for the purpose of acqualnting the Brit- ish government with the summary of the draft of the new American contraband note. Recent dispatches from Washington have indicated that another American protest agalnst Great Britaln’'s treatment of commerce was about to be made. The new protest, it was understood, would insist more emphatically on the cessation of what the American government con- eidered to be an infringement of Ameri- can rights. The question at issue was sald to be whether there was any war- rant in international law for the powers that Great Britaln and its allies had as- sumed to exercise in respect to American commerce. WASHINGTON, July 16.—The British embassy today began the practice of making payments to Washington for de- tained American cotton cargoes, the iden- tity of ownership of which had been sat- istactorily cetablished. The first pay- ment, a partial one, for a cargo at the rate of 10 cents a pound, wae about $260,- 000. The payment was for the cargo ot the Greek steamer, Spyros Vall was takon m from Savannah, which mouth and Cardiff. The cargo is owned Akers & Inman. Kentucky Powder Plant is Destroyed LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 16.—Belleving the explosion which wrecked the plant of the United Safety Powder company near Loulsville last Monday afternoon, and which caused the loss of four lives, including that of Robert 8. Waddell, the superintendent, to have been caused by outside agencles, an exhaustive investi- gatjon Into the ofrcumstances surround- ing the blast has been ordered by the board of directors of that concern. Until about & month ago and since the beginning of the war in Europe, the plant tas been under leade to a Canadian com- pany manufecturing high explostves, YOUNG TURKS PLOT DEATH OF VENIZELOS PARIS, July 16—A dispatch to the Havag News agency from Athens says that a private letter recetved from Con- best of references. bility will be woll paid for. Give e, references, aslary For further information about the oe. 1, Want Ad of tsday'e B 2 PROVIDENCE, R. I, July 16.—Through | stantinople states that the Young Turke | a proposition that Mayor Joseph H.|committee is plotting the wssassination Gainer act as an arbitrator In the street|of former Premier Venizelas of Greece. | car strike which paralyzed the|The police, the Athens advices state, ! Rhode Island company system for the |have taken the nocessary measures to last two days was settled late today. protect the life of the former premier. \ acing the Capital of Poland from Both the North and the West. FRENCH CAPTURE HILL NO. 285 Position Taken by German Crown Prince by Storm July 13 Again Changes Hands. FIERCE FIGHTING IN CAUCASUS BULLET BERLIN, July 1 (Via Lon- don,)-—Dispatches received here from Austrian headquarters say that after a heavy bombardment of the Russian positions, the Austrians |have crossed the Dnelster river at Ueciebiskupie, on the Russian border, where the Austrian crownlands of Galicla and Bukowina and the Rus~ {slan province of Bessarabia meet. LONDON, July 16.—Field Mar- shal Von Hindenburg has again come into the limelight, which brings the Germans within the zone which they reached last winter, when the Polish capital was saved by a Russian coun- ter offensive. Petrograd appears not to be greatly disturbed over the latest Ger- man drive, clalming that much severs frontal fighting must be done before Warsaw can be surrounded by the forces of Fleld Marshals Von Hinden- burg and Von Mackensen. In southeastern Galicla the Austro-Ger- man armies are making thelr way across the Dniester river under a heavy Rus- slan artiliéry fire, which has preventsd the troops arossing in several places. Flghting again s becoming lively in the most distant portion of theé Russian front—n the Caucasue—where both the Turks and the Russians olaim sucoessses. Fronch Gaining in Argonne, The battle in the Argonne, which had proceaded for several days with violent irregularity, oulminated today in the re- capture by the French of Hill No, 28, which the troops of Crown Prince Fred« erick Willlam had captured by storm on July 13, and the first impetus of the German attack in this reglon seems to be loat, Fomb and grenade fighting now is tak- ing the place of artillery fighting in France, Indicating (hat the lines are closely gripped in a struggle which so often has led to a virtual draw along the western front, | The men of the Welsh cellieries are otill on strike and there is no indieation that an early sottlement will be reached. French Official Report. PARIS, July 16.—-Hill No. 25, in the forest of the Argonne, which was stormed by the Germans early this week, has been recaptured by the French forces, according to the officlal statement given out this afternoon by tna Trench war department. . The following officlal stat ment was insued by the war office today: » “In the region Yo the north of Arras the enemyv attempted to sally from his trench and to the south ,of tho Chateau De Carleul and was immediately checked by our infantry and artillery fire. “In the Argonne our curtains of fire prevented everv tentative attack of the enemy. “Between the Meuse and the Moselle the night witnessed activity, but without action on the part of the infantry. There was & bombardment &t the ravine of Sonvaux, bomb throwing in the forest of (Continued on Page Two, Column Twe.) f THE WANT-AD, WAY ) “ ) il W | | |."-" Your houses will be rented, Your business will surély thrive, But get your ad in \ over %% e m..w'&i‘;‘r:rl 8 Put it in The Omaha Hosy v We close at SEVEN