Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 27, 1915, Page 1

WHEN AWAY FROM HOME The Bee is The Paper Mn‘m:ampgunh more A fow days, bave lu-malhm [ —— - VOL. XLV-—-NO. 33. CORONER PLACES EASTLAND LOSS OF LIFE AT 1,080 Divers Engaged in Rescue Work Es- timate that Two Hundred Bodies Are Still in Hull of the Vessel. COANNOT BE REACHED NOW Preparations Are Being Pushed to _Right the Partiy Submerged Steamship. MANY BODIES FAST IN THE MUD BULLETIN. CHICAGO. July 26.—Late today the offioial number of bodles res- cued from the steamer Eastland, us given by Coroner Hoffman was 817. The carefully checked list of the missing prepared by the Western Kilectri¢ company contained 384 pames and was slowly being in- creased. This brings the approxi- matg loss of life to 1,201, — CHICAGO, July 26.—The total number of bodies recovered from the steamer Bastland was announced by Coroner Hoffman as 810 at 1 o'clock “this afternoon. His figures show that the total smumber of lives lost probably may reach 1,080, as follows: Number of bodies recovered, 810; mumber of missing reported to West- ern Hlectric company, 270; total, 1,080. AUSTRIAN SUBSEA BASE IS DESTROYED New French Warship Makes Suc- cessful Attack on Teuton Supply : Depot on Island. AEROPLANE RAID OVER RIVA TOULON, France, July 26.—The new French destroyer, Le Bisson, has demolished the Austrian submarine and aeroplane depot on Logasta f{sland (the southernmost of the Dal- matian group, in the Adriatic sea), with the loss to the French of only one man killed. The commander of the first toropedo boat and subma- rine division of the Mediterran fleet, to which ~the La Bisson be- longed, has issued an order highly commending Lieutenant Commander Le Sort for his brilliant exploit. Aeroplanes Rald ROME, July #5.—(Via Pari An air rald upon Riva, an important town at the head of Lake Gards, in the Austrian Tyrol, is described in an of- ficlal statement issued tonight at the THE WEATHER Unsettled — HOW HORSES ARE PUT ABOARD TRANSPORTS - Photo taken during landing of English troops for the oper- ations at the Dardanelles. {Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) All but nine of the bodies recov- ered have been identified. It is esti- muated that there still are 200 bodies ir. the hull of the steamer. Investigations to determina the cause of the gocident and punishTthe guilty was vigorously pushed during the day by Coroner Hoffman, Btate's Attorney Hoyne and United States District Attorney Charles ¥. Cline. ‘ Boat is Overloaded. nesses State's Attormey Hoyne and his assistants expressed the opinion that the accident wds caused by the overloading of the beat. United States District Attorney Cline tter conferring with federal steamboat sald: A the time comes r usto talk in charge of the divers work, sald today were ablé to see many ‘bodles in the hull which they were unable to reach. After talking. with the men working under the water he formed his cetimate of 200 bodies Al in_the.boat. Plans for raising the steamer Eastland (Continued on Page Two—Column Two.) Strike of Standard Employes Spreads NEW YORK, July 2.—The strike of Standard Oll employes extended to Jersey City today. At noon 200 coopers employed in the Eagle Ofl works, a subsidiary of the Standard O company, located at Cafan Point, Jersey City, went on strike and their Jeaders announced that before The men were pald off today, being in blogks of 100 from thelr meeting The Weather For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity ~Unsettled, with probable showers; not such change in temperature. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hours. Deg. 6 a m. % 6 a m. 6 7 e m . 62 §a m L6 5 fa m Lo 10 a m 0% 1Lam Lo ® om . “ ipm . ip m L 3 p. m .6 4p m .68 6 p. m. © > € p. m. 7p m 14 $p m 70 Loca) Record. $21,048 1N ACCOUNTS Investigation by Butler Finds Short- age in Dundes Treasurer's Avcoumta,: + ” —— Hllery H. Westartield, former treasurer of the village of Dundee, has been found short §21,048.81, and the city council directed its legal de- partment to confer with the county attorney to take necessary and legal steps toward bringing the misging official back to Omaha. Commissioner Butler submitted a fifty-five-page report, covering a check of the Westerfield accounts {from May 18, 1911, to June 21, 1915. The mayor made & motion that the report be accepted and action started against Westerfield. Summary of Report. Ty A summary of the report prepared b: the city accounting department read: Cash balance, $157,600.2; overdrafts, $6,671.83; net cash balance, $151988.4%. Cash in banks: Omaha Natlonal, $74,.- 17.43; State bank, #1828, cashier's check, Omaha National, $101.09, Invest- ments, §14,998.71. Total resoucres, §130,969.63. The difference between §151,988.43 and $190,900.63 s $21,048.81, the amount of the shortage. Charles Stenica of the department of sccounts and finance, who did most of the checking of the Westerfield accounts, | (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) (Gterman Airmen Fail To Destroy Bridge Over Vistula River LONDON, July 2.—A dispatch from Petrograd to Reuter's Telegram com- pany today says: “A German air rald on the Vistula bridge at Warsaw falled of its object, though the bombs caused several casual- ties among the civillans. ““The German advance from the Narew | river now is twenty-four miles, as mnl crow files, from the Warsaw-Petrograd main rullroad, but the Germans etill have to fight their way across the Bug river, as well as over sixteen miles of virtually | roadiess country between the Narew and the Bug. | “The tate qf Warsaw really depends on |the Bug river, which ls a much more | tormidable obstacle than is the Narew, the crossing of which by the Germans was facilitated by an lslet in mid river, | | near the confluence of the Orfitza river.’” % King of Bavaria 1915, 1914, 4913, 191 % W . 6l 7% ° H nS R Gives Kaiser Job' Temperat: mu:n precipitas par- A temperature . . m 11 14 inch 12 inch Total rainfall since -00 inohes since March 1. .56 ineh for cor. period, 1914. 2.8 inches for cor. period, 1913. 2.98 inches Reports From Stations at 7 P. M. l‘u‘vnl Stave Temp. High- Rain- of Weather. Tp. m. est. fall , cloudy . 0 g 08 ¥ SIFIRIIIT . ‘LONDON, July %.—The king of B.~1‘ varia has appointed mmm‘mr. 4 |u fleld marshal of the Bavarian army, | and the emperor has accepted the a’-] pointment, according to an Amsterdam telegram to the Exchange Telegraph | {company. The incident, the dispatch adds, has caused much comment in Germany,-as it has frequently been asserted that the | The rights of the Bavarian king have never before Leen asserted, but there hus been & strong feeling recently in Ba- varia In favor of the king esserting his position in the face of the powerful Prussian ariny because of the prominent the Bavarian troops have taken In AN AMERICAN STEAMER, the Leelanaw, lomded with flax, = preduct officially declared by Germany to be contraband of war, was sunk/ yesterday off Scotland by & German submarime. All mem| of ita erew, which num- mnwumm } — GERMANY'S ARMIES in the oast eontinue make progress in the task al them of investing Warsaw. North of ti Polish cap- ital the Teéutomic troops, accord- ing tq oftielal Berlin reports, have crossed the Narew river a are advanging toward the River Bug and the railroad running out .of ity eastward., In s sector thé Germand are twenty-tive miles from the eapital. X ——— SOUTH OF WARSAW the Germans are directing their efforts against the Russinn lines of defe mear | Plasees: s town twelve miles) trom capital ,and ve | already ' taken two positions by storm. IN SOUTH POLAND the Germans are | meeting with determined resist- mnece from the Russian troops holding the Lublin-Chelm rall road, which is of great stragetic! val n connection with the mili- tary operations further to the northwest. FRENCH TORPEDO boat destroyer, evidently ' operating with the is reported from | Ttalian fleet, pot on Lagosta islan Dalmatian group, in the “"“M: sea. * AUSTRIAN TOWN of Riva, on Lake | Gordm, has been the object of at- tack from the air by tan avia- tors. AN OBSERVER at the Dardanelles describes a successful effort on the part of a British acroplane to pre- vent a submarine from discharg- ing ® torpedo at a British troop dropped shells so marine that it was compellied to seek safety under the wea. Will Foreclose Liens on Homes of Danbury Hatters| DANBURY, Conn., July %.—A notice of Intention to foreclose was filed here | today by attorneys for D. B, Loewe & Co., against 138 defendants in what | generally known as the Danbury hatters’ | case. The cases are returnable in Hart- ford on September 4. Of the individual defendants against whom decrees of foreciosure are asked, 111 own property in Danbury, seventeen are owners of property in Bethel and ten have property in Norwalk. United Btates marshals are expected to begin the wervice of papers upon each of the defendants tomorrow Gunboat Rescues Missionaries WASHINGTON, July 3%.—The loss of lmhm‘.‘.m&.du‘oflnml flood, is estimated in tens of thousands, mmu.mmn‘mu-l miral Winterhalter, commanding the Astatic fleet. The gunbost Callao took 100 bags of rice to Shuyhing July 16 and rescued missionaries and fifty blind girls from the dikes of 'FIELD OF BATTLE |BRITAIN DEFENDS " SHIFTS T0 NORTH PART OF POLAND German War Office Says Army Has tral Commerce in Line with U. 8. |Note Contends Restriction of Neu-l | . Supreme Court Decisions. | CRITICIZE NOTE TO GERMANY | Foroced Passage of Narew River uo.‘ b e WASH']NOTO_N July 28.—-G l! M o uly 28.-—Grea r:h_.Fl‘ht. Britain’s reply to the American note ARE CLOSING IN UPON WARSAW |©f March 30 protesting against en- | * | forcement of the orders in council T“"n; Within Tvfilt’-“vl Miles which restrict neutral commerce wnu: of Capital on One Side and received here today. It holds that Twelve on Other. the orders are within international | law, although they may involve a new | TURKS IN DEALS WITH BULGARS application of principles, and argues | that it is proper to await a judicial LONDON, July 26.-—Fighting for | Interpretation. | Warsaw has shifted from South| The new note, in the most courteous Poland, where the most desperate langiage, holds that Great Britaln's ac- ) tion is justified by the decisions of the effarts of Fleld Marshal Von Mack-| United States supreme court in cases | onsen have been unable to win an|erising during the civil war. Any differ- appreciable advance, to the north of | #nced with the United States over what | 1s termed the new avplication of princi- | the Polfsh capital, where the Ger-|, ., are held to be proper for submission | mans have crossed the Narew river|of judictal settlement. along a wide front. Secretary Lansing today announced re- Petrograd so far has not admitted ceipt of the note, but made no announce- | ment of its contenwe. Tt will be for- this German success. It also atill 18 | waried to President Wilson at the Sum- | apparent, London military observers | mer White House at Cornish, N. M., and say, that the Ostrolenks fortress,| Wil be given out in Washington for pub- | trom which radiate the useful stra- | !lcation in moming papers Wednesday. getie rallroads, continues to be con- T L LD (RN Ty Engl View. trolled by the Russians, although the m,,Dm,,." ,‘:' ::::" ‘;‘:m" dis- wttack of the Germans from Pultusk | cussing the paragraph in the American northward, has brought them to a|note to Germany which Invites the bo- point south of Ostrolenka. The|OPeration of the German government in latent h securing the freedom of the seas” the latest success of the Germans bring Manghester Guardian says: tbem within twenty-five miles of| ‘This whole passage should ibe very north Warsaw, but the Polish capital | carefully noted. It means, quite plainly, ot g & that in President Wilson's opinion this d line of defense in this| o/ o0 1o an offender against the prin- AMERICAN CRAFT ORDER IN COUNGIL WiTH CONTRABAND direction along the Bug river, Twelve Miles from Warsaw. To the southward the Germans are at- tacking the defense lines near Plasecsno, which is twelve miles from Warsaw. That the situation in the capital is be- |coming more precarious is indicated by |the news that the Rusaia are with. |drawing all men and material for the : manufacture of munitions from the city. The stubborn hold of the Russians ou the Lublin-Chelm rallroad continues. The Austro-German troops, Russian ad- vices say, not only are being held along ciple of the freedom of the seas; we have in fact had several dispatches from Pres- fdent Wilson on this wvery subject, and these, it Is befleved shortly will be fol- lowed by aneother, “He declines to discuss alleged infrao- tions of the freedom of the seas with Germany now, but he says in effect that | the case might be different if Germany showed sincerity In its attachment to the principle of freedom at wea by abandon- ing its submarine campalgn, which is the most serious Infraction of that freedom ever known. Let Germany do that and | bullding, or| WESTERFIELD SHORT|| The Day’s War N.w.I'TO §T0P BUILDING OF BIG TABERNACLE Injunction Proceedings Started- by Hospital and Business Houses . Near the Site, - Injunction proceedings to prevent building of the Billy Sunday taberna- cle at Fourteenth street and Capitol avenue on the ground that it will be a nuisance and a fire menace were be- gun yesterday in district court by the Lord Lister Hospital company, Mrs, Margaret A, Henry, proprietor; the Omaha News company, James M. Simpson, Charles Haas and the Plo- neer Gl and Palnt company. The plaintiffs are all interested in busi- ness enterpriges located near the pro- posed site of the tabérnacle. Hearing Set for Wednes Hearing v. to detormine whether a re- { straining order shall be jasued has been et for Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock before District Judge Redlok, The plaintiffs set forth in their petf- tion that the proposed tabernacle will be built of wood and that wounds of singing and speaking will constantly issue there- from. The hoise, it is alleged, will' annoy patients in the hospital and prevent thelir recovery and keep patients from going there for treatment. Business houses in the vicinity will suffér serious tmpair- ment of patronage. It is also charged that the bik frame if allowed to be constructed, will constitute a serfous fire hagard. The court is informed by the petition that the building of such a structure within the fire limits is forbldden by law. Inspectors Confer With United States District Attorney WASHINGTON, July 26—That the America and it may do something to-| gother for freedom on the seas. The whole passage may well occasion some this line, but are suffering under flerce counter attacks. Except for the consolidation of the French success in the Vosges mountaina | *ious Fefiéctions in this country. which resulted in the sasturs ot W0 o:‘ Germany Will Delay -Reply. suane, Fhtls wports only ertillesy BERLIN, July 2.—There i# every indi- ming warfare along the western tront. |..iion thai considerable time will elapse wmmymm before the German government makes ‘Bome In ngod attempt to answer the Ampor- WW.;: he fote on the sinking of the | by ‘the not yet officlally oone Should the Uriited States protest to Great 16 Bul | Britain in regard to restrictions placed garia the Turkish portion of the Dedea-|UPon shipping, which it is reported here , Sofla reports this cession |18 now being formulated, be couched in will have no effeot on Bulgarfan neu-|flrm tones, it is considered possible the trality, but the bellet is expresmed here | German reply would not be brusque. that Turkey would not be likely to give| In the absence of evidence that the up such valuable territory without the|United States intends to force Great promise of substantiel atd from Bulgaria. | Britaln to abandon the policy, Germany The English newspapers comment with | ¢onsiders illegal, condemnation of Presi- warm approval on the Arherican note to|dent Wilson's note is universal. Hope Germany, but two of the leading organs [ has not been abandoned, however, that eXpress some concern over the paragraph [ the United States may intend to assall which, under conditions, promises co- | Vigorously Oreat WBritain's methods of operation with Germany In securing free- | controlling the seas. Until this point be- dom of the seas. comes clear, the Berlin foreign office Comments on the paragraph of the note | probably will mark time. which professes to mes an improvement| The British note is a long, exhaustive in the methods of the German submarine |legal discussion of each point made in campaign show that the British press|the American correspondence. Its keynote rests under the mistaken bellef that that the British government has stead- Washington {s concerned over the whole | fastly held to the broad principies of question of & submarine blookade as|international law in all that has been as strongly as it is over the effects of |done under the order in council; and that such & warfare on American lives and|if a neutral government feels aggrieved shipping. s at the application of the order there is a French Official Report. remedy in the courts, or, eventually in PARIS, July 2%.—The French war of-|arbitration. froe whin wftemoon guve out the follow: | migekade of Bermuda Olted. o th Generally, it iy held, that when a m: t‘:'l',:‘:“ Au:;m‘“:’.‘“: neutral country or port is made a base chesz, as well as in the vicinity of Sols- of operations against a belligerent, the sons, fighting with grenedes between the | Other belligerent s justified in blookad- trenches in'the forest of Allly, and e |INE such country or port. The action of | bombardment of Hartmanns-Wellerkopt, |the United States during the civil war in “French aviators have thrown down |Plockading the British lsland of Bermuda shells and steel arrows on the military |!s cited as a warrant for the action of rallroad station at Nantfllols, to the|the British government in preventing north of Montfaucon.” ®oods from reaching Germany from the ' .| United States through Denmark, Helland You Can't Find a prgugapin i e b 4 Soft Voice With a Big Stick—Bryan deficient end the American warships were SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 26.—Will- stationed on the east side and through- !lam Jennings Bryan, former secretary of out the remainder of the war no goods were permitted to reach Bermuda that |wight be transshipped to the confedera- ate states. That action was sustained by the United States supreme court. Assuming & sufficlent lekal basis for COPY TWO CENTS. SUNK BY SUBSEA Steamship Leelanaw, Bearing Cargo of Flax, Torpedoed by German U Boat Off the Coast of Scotland. CREW REMOVED FROM BOAT Washington Does Not View Action of Raiding Vessel as Disregard of Latest Warning, SITUATION IS LONDON, July 26.-—The American steamship Leelanaw, from Archangel, July 26, for Belfast with a cargo of’ flax, was sunk today by a German submarine off the northwest coast of Scotland. All the members of the crew of the Leelanaw were saved, They were brought into Kirkwall in thelr own boats. The steamer left New York Mey 17 with a cargo of cotton cbnsigned to Rus- sla by way of Gothenburg. The vessel was detained at Kirkwall while inquiries were made as to the posaibility of getting ita cargo to Russia, as Sweden forbids the export of cotton. The ship, wak released June 3 with permission to proceed to Archangel. where the cotton was discharged and a cargo of flax wa# londed for Belfast. No detafls of the torpedoing of the Leclanaw have been recetved beyond A message stating that the crew had been safely landed at Kirkwall, Seot- land, from which place they notiffed the American consul at Dundee of the sinking of the vessel. Sunk by Torpedo. A dispatch from Ki to the Central News agency says that after the mem- AGGRAVATED | bers of the crew left the Leelanaw about a dozen shots were fired at the steamer, They falled to sink It, however, and it vitimately was sent to the bottom by & torpedo. The members of the crew were taken aboard the submarine, the dispateh adds, and were well treated. When in sight of the Orkney Islands the men were or- dered to return to their boats and the submarine disappeared. The Leelanaw, wak owned by the Harby Steamship company of New York. 1t was formerly called the Barnwell, It' was 280 feet long and 061924 gross ton- nage, It left G » May 5 and N Tork May 17 With w vargo of cotton Archangel. Farly in June it was de~ talned by tho BHUSh authorities at! Kirkwall. This action was taken because its oprgo, although destined for Russia, was consigned by way of Gothenburg, Swedan, which country forblds the ex- port of cotton. Having discharged its cargo at Archangel it is evident that the Leelanaw was returning from Arch- angel when it was sunk. An officlal statement of the German government, lssued April 18, forth that flax Is contraband of war, The Leelansw was commanded by Cap- tain B. B. Delk. Its crew consisted of seven officers and thirty-two men, and its owners, the Harby Steamship com- pany, planned to return the Leelanaw in ballast to this country., The Laeelanaw’'s agents had no information regarding the sinking of the steamship other than that contained in the preds dispatches. Canses Shock. WASHINGTON, Juty 2.—~The torpedo- ing of the American steamer Leelanaw is & shock to Amercian officlas, who see in the incident further aggravation of the situation between Germany and the United States. Although they hesitated today in the absence of detalls to construe tne aot as coming within the warning of the last American note, which pointed out that further violation of international law affecting Amorican citizens would be re- garded as “deliberately unfriendly,” the view was taken that Germany in effect had fgnored and disregarded an earller note sent In connection with the sinking of the American safling ship Willlam 1", (Continued on Page Two., Column One.) 1916, set United States s planning & definite step | Lo 0" tne opinton that “those Who with respect to Mexico and that It will |or0\oobing tor the big stick in the serip- be taken soon, was authoritatively an- tures would think the writers of Holy nounced today at the Btate Department, |writ were mollycoddies.” That is how but no suggestion of the course o be he expressed himwelf in an address last pursued was given. | night at the First Congregational church. Major General Funston reported today 'He did not mention Colonel Theodore that despite warnings to General Car-| Roosevelt by name, but his address was ranza and his assurances that there | full of cbvious references to him. would be mo fighting in border towns| 'There is a phrase about epeaking endangering Americans, General Calles softly, but cerrying a big stick,” said was assembled with 2,000 Curransa troops | Bryen, “The man responsible for that at Santa Barbara, twenty miles from |Phrase n-:I-r f°“n4':! l:";“w:‘l:" :::‘_ Nogales, and apparently was preparing |Dis reputation as & wise n to attack the border town. depend on that slone. The trouble im you can’t find & soft voice with a blg such a stoppage of trade with Germany through the neutral ports of northern Europe, the new note makes the point that the only way to ascertain the real dostination of supplies from America con- signed to those néutral countries s to consider the amount of the goods con- sumed in their normal trade, for it is contended that the gmaller northern Buro- pean oountries aré so much In fear of Germany that they fall to prevent, through actual embargoes the reshipment of such goods nto Germany. On July 17 the United States gave no: tice that it did not accept the order in General Funston has orders to repel with force any firing into American torritory without waiting to refer the question to Washington, If the Mexican factions battle there, General Funston's artillery is expected to shell them out council as a substitute for international law sc far as It affected American com- merce. It was in effect a reiteration of the statement made in the American note of March 3 amd October 22, that the United States government “will insist that stick, If & man has a soft volce he doesn’'t want a big stick. If he gets & big stick he loses his soft voice.' The keynote of Bryan's address was that the United States has no warrent to concelve war against Germany or any to a safe distance from the border. other European power.. “To §o to war with Germany now,” he said, “would be like challenging an insane asylum.” Justice Ford Takes [ Becker Application { Under __A_@viseme,nt NBEW YORK, July ¥.-—Supreme Court Justice Ford took under advisement the application of Charles Becker for a new trial. Decision will probably be hended down tomorrow morning. If a long period 18 required, _District Attorney Perkine will see that Becker's electro- cution is postponed. Nearly every big circus and tent show on the road has put Omaha on its itin- erary this secason. The show~men know a good town, the rights and duties of the United States and its citizens in the present war shall All rights reserved, 5 be defined by the existing rules of inter- national law and the treaties of the “- a 3 “x_siy all b MEAT PACKING PLANTS e R 1 AT POUGHKEEPSIE BURN gl i E POUGHKEEPSIE, N, Y. July 20— A ] Damage estimated at $50.000 waa'caused ey Vg early today by fire which @estroyed - the ‘Wil < " (Continued tomorrow.) ; of Armour & Co., Nelsoh, Morris & Co:| The demand farm land in Foreythe ‘and Davis Paper warehouse, | fn Yy S - Junsoé, Roberty Chemical compeny and glm T land Mmml’#. "',3 several dwellings. Thirty firemen were -::”.‘u BEE", Telephone ler 1 Y Injured by five explosions in the meat packing nlul? mu-nlwfi.—