Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 28, 1915, Page 1

The unrivalled special feat- ure pages of The Sunday Bee are in a class by them- selves. Best of them all. - —_— VOL. XLV—NO. 34. WESTERFIELD TO RETORN T0 OMAHA “AND FACE CHARGE Missing Dundee Treasurer Wires Treasurer Ure that He Is Start- ing ‘for Omaha from San Bernardino, Cal. MAYOR WILL- NOT COMPROMISE Dahlman Declares He Intends to Have Criminal Prosecution Started. FILE COMPLAINT THIS MORNING Bllery H. Westerfield, the missin Dundee treasurer, yesterday af! noon sent the following telegram from San Bernardino, Cal., to Treas- urer Ure, stating he will start for Omaha st once: “Have been sick and not fully re- covered, but start for Omaha today. Figures published not right. Hold for adjustment. Have difference.” A few minutes after the receipt of the message Attorney Pancoast, for the Westerfield family, was in con- Pan- ference with Mr. Ure. Mr, coast would not discuss the situation in detall, further than to say he be- ved Westerfield had been ill and md return to Omaha this week and face the situation. Will Insist on Prosecution. Mayor Dahlman snnounces that he, as mayor of this city, will refuse to be a party to any compromise in the Wester- field matter. He Intends to have the criminal prosecution started within a rea- sonable time. He directed Corporation Counsel Lambert to proceed with :the prosecution and expects the other city commissioners will approve his course. Efforts of an attorney representing the ‘Westertield family were made to induce the mayor to let the matter rest until the shortage could be made up, but the mayor positively declined. “Westerfield deliberately falsified his accounts and tHen absconded,” sald the mayor. “T told his attorney yesterday that I would advise his friends to' have “Codnell Takéw Action. Chief of Pollce Dunn was adyised yes- térday afternoon by the county attorney’s office that a' complaint against Wester- field will be filed this morning. At its meeting Tuesday the city council adupted the following retolution, offeted by, Mayor Dahlman: ¢ Resolved, That the report and the de- talls connected therewith be- referred to the law department of ‘the city, accom- panied’ by directions to that department to take the entire matter up with the dounty attorney of Douglas county, to the end that appropriate proceedings may be had looking to the apprehension and prosecution of the delinquent ofricer, and, Be It Resolved, That the law depart- ment take such steps and resort to such # a8 may be necessary to re- quire the surety, or gureties; on the bond of B. H. Westerflald to make good what- ever shortage may. exist. Corporation Counsel TLambert will handle the matter. He stated he will confer with the county attorney as soon as the documents in the case have been referred to him by the eclty clerk. To Have Second Audit. Nothing has yet been done in an sfficial ‘way in connection with a ‘ment of the shortage. legal department that representatives of Mr. Westerfield will have the aecounts audited on their own account. An examination of the records of the former village clerk of Dundee shows that on March 21, 1014, at a mass meeting of citisens of the village Dr. H. B. Lemere off a motion, ssconded by Edward L. tenberg, embodying the following sentiment: ‘“The electors of {Contiued on Page Two, Column ORe.) The Weather xfllt il 7 p. m. Wodludn‘: Omaha, Cc:lnt‘!nl Blufs and Vicinity —8howers; not much change in tempera- ture. Fempérature at Omaha Yesterday. Dee. ] g = »amona o m.. P P P ». P P P ». I3 * [, It is understood by tho( B3 $iuas® gpeeszuunsunues \ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORN! JULY 28, elghteen thousand in private fund in State bank and other funds to cover any \NAVY LEAGUE OF OMAHA ORGANIZED A C. Smith Is Made Temporary Chairman and F. W. Hudson Is Named Secretary. A |FIFTY TAKE ACTIVE PART | i Fifty representative business men at the Commercial club at noon | formed the temporary organizgtion jot a Navy league. A. C. Smith was l:. ;n:::—m ‘The body is to| organization. for a larger American navy. The meeting was called ‘at the instance of J. J. Dickenson of Washington, D. C., {who s tield secretary of the National Navy league. Mr. Dickenson has been fn Omaha for a few days working up sentiment for the organization of such clubs or leagues. Not & Friegd In Europe. In addressing the meeting of Omaha men, he declared that our national de- fenses are inadequate, and that our navy {s far Minadequate to our needs.~. “The nation has not a friend in Burope tos day,” he sald. "“When this war is over the Buropean countries will be burdened with debt, and the only way they can get clear is to collect in South America what those countries- owe them.” He pointed out that one way for South American oountries to meet their obliga~ tions~ when called upon would be to grant concessions of 1dnd for settlement by Europeans. This would be contrary to our Monroe doctrine, he said, and ‘wpuld léad us into difficulty. He pointed out that when proposals for an in- crease in the navy came before congress in the past, congress had voted them down, and that the congressmen from Kansas, Nebraska and the rest of the inland siates had been particularly prom- nent in the opposition. He realized that they acted in accordance with the wishes of their constituents. Change of Sentimemt. Congressman C. O. Lobeck of the Second Nebraska district, spoke briefly. admitting that he was one of those who voted against the larger appropriation for the navy, and declared he was cer- tain thet it a larger navy were asked of congress now the request would be granted. Those who form the temporary Navy league In Omaba up to the present time are Sam Rees, George M. Ribbel, C. N. Robinson, Charles F. Bchwager, 8. A. | Searle, H. G. Shedd, Morton Sieg, R. A. | Stewart, A, B. Warren, W. R. Watson, | D. C. Patterson, W. F. Baxter, George ®z tterson, A. C. Pancoast, T. G. North- I, G. W Noble, J. M, Gilla X owe, T. R. Hill, J. W/ Gamble, C. C. eorge, J. J. Fitagerald, H. A. Eggers, . L. Dowd, W, J, Culley, H. G. Conant, David Cole, J. R. Cain, 1. W. Carpen- V. B. Caldwell, H. K. Burket, W. L. Burgess, F. A Brogan, P. E. Brando, L. W. Blessing Alfred Bloom, T.'W. Blackburh, Charles Beaton, Ben Baker, G. W. Preston, Milton T. Barlow, H. H. BaMdrige, J. L. Baker, F. W. Jydson, Frank Hamilton, Walter T. Page, A. C. Smith, James C. ‘Dahlman, C. W. Hull sand C. O, Lo- beck Two Families in One House Wipad Out i¥= . High- Rain. gy oot fall 1 eHICAGO, July Z.~A house at 201 i o .18 | South Kolln avenue has not been eutered . : 3;: -2 | since the Bastiand capsized. Two families. 1 3 ::mdnmmnn‘lntm - 0 00| house, and are either dead or missing. "i ;‘ 00| A wagon drove to the residence with two '”““T‘ UM 1 |bodies, but there was no one thers to 2ot L%lflm Tecelve them. FIRST AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS GO THRO™" PANAMA OANAL, carrying Annapolis cade * annual naval cruise. The photograph shows & £V % e. ship Ohio entering Pedro Miguel locks. e | | BLOODY BATTLE ON ITALIAN FRONT/ Austrian Troops Are Mowed Down | in Masses by Accurate Ar- tillery Fire, ITALIAN LOSSES ALSO HEAVY GENEVA, July 26.—(Via Paris, July 27.)—The Tribune prints the | following regarding operations in the | Itallan war theater: “The' Austviads fight with utter W. Clabaugh, J. A. Sunderland, John L. |losses were diyided as follows: ennedy, General George H. Harries, M. Rainbolt, H. G. Powell, R. L.|1B& 3. Men killed, 7,i%; wounded,)787; ‘tontempt for death and the losses. are advancing in the directioh qfl Gorizia. “On Monte Nero the Itallans have car- ried several portions of the enemy’'s posi- tions. “At Podgoria the Italians repulsed all Austrian attacks, notwithstanding the extréme violence with which they were delivered.” e Moat Frightful Battel of War. BERLIN, July %.—(Via London.)—The battle between Italians and Austrians along the Isonzo river Is described by | the Tyrol correspondent of the. local | Anzeiger as the ‘‘mightiest and most frightful of the world war." The great struggle has lasted a week, the correspondent says, without any de- clsion. The principal Italian onslaught has been directed against the Doberdo plateau, where the artiliery fire exceeds In intensify that of the battles at Tar- now and Gorlice in Galicia. 4 The correspondent adds: “The conflict, which is being directed from captive balloons, lasted three days without any {nterruption, and after a fow hours' pause was resumed. The Austrian army, which is composed of soldiers of meéarly all the nationalties in the dual monarchy, endures the terrible fire bravely, and when the Itallans gain & position they are soon thrown out of it “Italian aviators are continually seek- | ing Mo destroy the rallroads at the rear of the Austrian lines, espectally around | Nubresina, but thus far they have done no great damage.” .British Casualties £h Reflsh 330,995 LONDON, July 27.—The casualties in: the British army and navy have reached & total of 33,98, according to a printed statement Issued by Fremier Asquith. The total naval casualties up to July 2 were 9,106, and the military casualties up to July 15 were 32.5%. The naval! Officers killed, 44¢; wounded, 87; miss- missing, 724 Great Britain is the only one of ‘the | powers engaged in the war which has announced from time to time its total casualties. Germany has issued at home full lists by name of all men killed, wounded or missing, but the government has given out no officlal total. No com- | prebensive lists of casualties have been given out by France, Russia, Austria- Hungary or Italy. ! CAPTAIN VILLA KILLS MAYTORENA'S PAYMASTER NOGALES, Ariz., July 2.—Captain Stiva Villa, an officer of the Nogalds, Sonora, garrison, shot and killed Captain Manuel Murillo, Governor Maytorena's paymaster, in a cafe last night. Villa was arrested. General Jose Acosta, defeated recently In & battle south of here with Carranza troops, was tried by coupt-martial on a charge of baving desertsd his post and having shot former Prefect Lagaszpl. He was exonerated. Americans from Duquesne reported to- day that heavy firing was heard last night south ~¢ Nogules. ottl am® ot T | IS STATEMENT BY _STATE'S ATTORNEY Eastland Had Twenty-Seven Hun- Hundred Aboard When It Up- set, Says Law Officer for the State. Secretary Redfield Conducting In- vestigation and Department of Justice is Also Busy. VICTIMS ESTIMATED AT 1,220 CHICAGO, July 27.-—With the |taking of testimony by the coroner's jury, the first open investigation into the capsizing of the steamer Eastland started today. At the same time in- vestigations were being conducted by the state grand jury, the federal suthorities and the city councll, while the state publie utilities eomv‘ nifttee {ssued an announcement thal it would not conduct an investigatio as it had planned, the reason given being that the matter was fully cov- ered by other Investigations. Secretary of Commerce Willlam C. Redfield arrived today and took up what he promised would be a thorough inquiry. A short time later lawyers from the United States dis- trict attorney's office visited all of the men held in custody as witnesses and obtained statements from them, |t the same time subpoenaing them to appear before the federal grand jury, which meets Thursday. Socratarw ltedfield, upon arrival, stated that he welcomed the most searching in- vestigation possible and that if an in- spector was at fault, no one was more interested in it tham he. Hoat Was Ovérloaded. State’s Attorney Hoyne, also active in the Investigation, declared that he was ccnfident the boat was overioaded. “From all accounts there were scores of child- jren on the boat, only part of whom can be accounted for by the ticket stubs,” he sald. ‘ m At noon today the offcial list of dead and missing were: Identitied dead, %22, Unidentifiea dead, 5, Missin? (Western Blectric iist), 398, Total, 1,390, F Bearch for those bodtes that remain in ‘the hull of the Eastland, tn the river in the ymud, was continued company’s meet later and g0, into permanent| both sides are trightfal, but those of | o®, i & driazling rain. AhNotr after The purpose of the!the Austrians appear heavier, the|pody ot a women was brought up from | organtzation. will ‘be to conduct afItalian artillery mowing them down‘ campaign of agitation and publicity in messes | Paign “On the Carso glatean the Italians | directly over the wrecked boat, was the divers began their day's work the the central part of the vessél. The Clark street bridge, which is almost opened for traffic today for the first time since the disaster. Twenty.feven Hundred Aboard. State's Attorney Hoyne stated this morning that from all accounts there were probably more than 2,700 persons on the Eastland when it capsized. “I have obtained.ghe stubs of 2,560 tick- ets, In round numbers, collected at the gangway,” said Mr. Hoyne. “No children under § years of age were counted, as they went on the boat with their parents, {and there were many of these. ““Tben of all chiidren between § and 1¥ years of age, two were allowed to go on one ticket, and the collector took up only (Continued on Page Twa, Column Three) Th: D:;r-;‘fi’ar News I BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY have lost from the be t the war to July 20, year, & to- in lkilled, Of these were in the navy and the others in the army; GERMAN ADVANCE ON WARSAW continues today to be the most fm- t. It is belng ergy and the rough fighting =l n wide Nevertheleas, the latest ve- tront, Ports indfcate that the German movement to envelope the Polish capital in progressing. RUSSIAN OFFICIAL mits that the Germ Ll PORT ad- * are attack- mses of Novo- weorglevak, fifteen miles north. west of Warsaw, but at the same time reeited » number -of fn- stances in swhich the Germans have heen either repulsed or wnancoess. ful in their attacks. CASUALTIES IN FIGHTING on the | Ttalo-Austrian frontier have lat- terly been very heavy. ITALIAN ARMY HAS LOST & eral officer on the Austrian fron. tler. Genera? Antos Cantore was killed.in battle. while at the head of his memn, AMERICAN OIL STEAMED the Maverick, has been held the sea by & Dutch warship as a peet. Owing to the unfortunate steamboat disaster, Mayor Thompson of Chicago can not keep his engagement to *‘stop off" in Omaha. But Omaha’s latch-string is al- ways out—if not this time, tey again. 1915 OYEREOKDED, Refrigerator in Bar of On Trains, Hotel News Stands, sto., 8o Eastland Upset Shortly Before Tragedy CHICAGO, Jyly #.—Crew and passen- gers of the steamship HEastland began today their stories of Saturday's disaster In testimony before the ocoromer's jury, Members of the crew arrived at the court room under police guard, for although no charges have been preferred against them, they have been detained as wit« {nesses ever mince the catastrophe. Be- |‘lll|” Coroner Hoffman and his assistant, |MANY INQUIRIES IN PROGRESS repreentatives of the other officlals who expect to hold investigations, were pres- ent. Robert Moore, a passenger on the East- {land, testified he arrived at the dook at 7 o'clock In the morning and was on the boat when it overturned. “As I went on board, I saw a great quantity of water rushing out of & pipe on the side of the boat,” he sald. “The first sign of listing I saw at about 7:15 {1 was on a rail on the second deck and the refrigerator in the bar tipped over There were elght or ten minutes' inter- val between the time the boat be listing badly and the time it finally over- | turned. | “There was ample time, I think, to | bave emptied the boat had the warning | been given, but there was no warning. “When the boat went over I was thrown nto the water and was resoued with a umber of others.' | ANl the decks ere crowded, particularly {upon the upper deck, Mr, Moore said, but he asserted positively that there was no rush mcross the deck beforé the boat overturned. “There was no excitement,”” the witness sald, “until the list became dangerous.” Danlel W. Gee, one of the committes 6t the Western Kleotrlc company em- ployes which arranged for the lake trip to Michigan City, read Into the record the committtes’s contract with the In- | sportation company. Mr. Gee | | | eald thac 6900 full fare tickets were sold At §1 each and several hundred half fare tickets. The contract called for a rebate of 8 cents a ticket on all tiokets in eg- Cens of 4,000 “I noticed the Hastland was llsting, but not more than I had often seen in other boats,” wald Ges. “I did not ses the boat capsize, as I was at another part of the dock at the time." Gee said children under § years of age were to be carried fres, but that no list was kept of the children. One adult ticket was honored for two children, he said. The Western Hiectris company of Omaha has recelved word from it Chicago offices that there were 38 actual employes killed and that 42 employes are still missing from the dis- aster to the Bastland. Western Hleotrio company offices all over the ocountry will be closed all day Wednesday, out of respect for the dead from the Chi. cago disaster, [ HAITI PRESIDENT - ABANDONS PALAGE Executive Takes Refuge in French Legation After Battle During Which Many Are Killed./ * REIGN OF TERROR IN CAPITAI BULLETIN, \ PORT AU PRINCE, Haitl, July !21.—Oenanl Oscar, governor of Port au Prince and a supporter of President Guillaume, caused to be executed today at the tipe of the outbreak of the revolutionary move- ment in this city all the political prisoners in the hands of the .gov- ernment to the number of about 160 en. The victims of this massacre in- cluded General Orestes Zamor, a former president of Haiti, who Wwas driven out of the country last year and retruned in March, 1915, and was taken prisoner. PORT AU PRINCE, _July, .21 {[Presldent Guillaume fled today from | his burning palace to the protection of the French legation and, after & {battle which raged through the streets of the Haitien capital this morning, Dr. Rosalvo Bobo and his rebel soldiers rule the city. The at- tack on the palace began at daylight and. rifle firing did not cease until 10:80, Guillaume and his few defend- ers fighting until the palace was ablaze. heavy and among the dead s the chiet of police. The revolution was started by a regiment of soldiers which resented being disbanded by Guillaume. Relgn of Terror. There has beedl a reign of terror In Port Au Prince for the last ten days. On July 17 President Gulllaume, doubtiess realizing that his fall was but a ques- tion of a few days, started on a series of persecutions. He began by causing the arrest of all Haitiens of any wealth or position, without distinction of age or ®ex and expelling all forelgners. He ap- parently recognized the fact that the #pirit of the revolution was growing in the country and he knew that the rebels were marching on the capital. Haitien women have been arrested on the streets and taken away to prison. On July 7, A French actress, Madame Taldy, was treated in this arbitrary man- ner. The prisons of the city are full and the conditions in them are deplorable. Prisoners die daily as & result of hunger and the unsanitary conditions in which they are compelled to lve, The foreign legations hold many refug- ces Gerleral Oscar, governor of the post, succeeded in eluding the rebels around therpalace and took refuge (n the Domin- lean legation. Fears are being expressed this after- noon of violence between the several factions who are striving to obtaln cons trol of the government. Six-Year-0ld Child Drowns on Auto Trip SCOTT'S BLUFF, Neb., July 27.—(Spe- clal)—C. H. Westervelt's automobile up- set {uto the government ditoh, near Sand Point, about noon today and caught little Miss Marguerite, only daughter -of Attorney Beach Coleman and wife, under the car, where she was drowned. Mr. Coleman and family, C. H. Wester- velt and wife, and Mrs. H. L. Sams and daughter, started for Yellowstone park this morning and striking some bad roads at the Sand Point crossing of of the government ditch, they were following its bank, when the car skidded and went into |the water. All except Mr. Coleman fell !into the water, and all got sately ashore | except 6-year-old Marguerite. lWlLL FILL NO MORE WAR H ORDERS; DYNAMITE CAUSE | DALLAS, Mex,, July 2.~As the result of finding dynamite under the house of {4 B, itt here late night and \III. dyhamiting of the house of W. T. Moore, s foreman in the Padgitt saddlery The casualties are believed to be| | |note to Germany with Ita references to | |the freedom of the seas may have influ- l EARL GREY SENDS ANOTHER NOTB British Minister Asks that Commun- ication Sent Monday Be With- held from Publication. DEVELOPMENT I8 SIGNIFICANT WABHINGTON, July 37.—8ir Bd- ward Grey cabled Becretary Lansing today that the British government has in preparation another mnote to the United States on the orders-in- ¢ouncil and asked that the“note de- livered yesterday be withheld from publication pending receipt of the new communication, Therefore, yes- terday’'s note will not be published tomorrow morning, as had been lanned. The nature of the note was not in~ timated in Sir Edward's cable, but State department officials assume it i supplémental. The development will turther delay dispatch of the American note to Great Britaln on The moskage sald the new note wolld be here In a weok, In officlal quarters the development was regarded as highly significant The bellet prevailed that the last Amerioan | enced Great Dritain to place itself on record as willing to take under consider- ation any new suggestions by the United Btates to the belligerents. Sir Bdward Grey's request that the nots recet Yesterday be withheld was taken |to mean at all events that a new ) situa- tion had arisen, or that some new pro- Posals were about to be made to alleviate the effects of the order In council, Secretary Lansing took occasion today to deny reports that cotton was about to be placed on the contraband list by Great Britain. Crew of Leelanaw Given Plenty of Time To Abandon the Ship WASHINGTON, July 21.—Consul Gen- eral Skinner at London reported today that the captain of the Leeldhaw told the American consular agent at Kirk- wall, ample time was given him and his crew to leave the vessel befors being fired on, that the crew went on board the German submarine and their boats ‘were taken in tow for fifty miles before | they were landed. A tull account of the destruction of the Leelanaw is not expected untll the American consul at Dundee, Scotland, fhas completed his investigation. .The inquiry was to begin there today, with the arrival of the vessel's crew. River Paoket Hits ' Exoursion Boat Near Vevay, Ind. LOUISVILLE, Ky, July #.~Thres hundred excursionists on the excursion steamer Homer Smith were badly frightened -when the packet City of Loutsville collided with the Homer Smith in the Ohio river near Vevay, Ind, to- day. The coolness of the excursion boat's crew, it is said, prevented a pania. Four women fainted. Both steamers were only slightly damaged. FRANK’S DAYS NUMBERED, ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR ATLANTA, Ga, July #7.-(Special)— Leo M. Frank's days are numbered, sc- cording to the opinion expressed Sunday by Governor Nut Harris, who, with the | members of the prison commissi: Sat- urday ‘went to the state prison fi at Milledgeville to make & full and complete Investigation of the attack on the pris- oner by Willlam Creen. The governor and other members of the party were in the room in which Frank is & patient at the time when the physi- clans again dressed the lacerations in his neck. “It s an ugly wound, and I don't see how the man can get well” said the governor. “Frank was coughing considerably, | factory, the saddlery firm announced In—lvhwh appeared to me to be a great day they would fill no more European|strain on him, Seversl members of my war orders for saddlers for the present | party thought as I did sbout his wound.” | where. the Italians priconers, THE WEATHER Unsettled SINGLE COPY TWO OENTS. MAIN RAIL LINES FROM WARSAW ARE THREATENED Vast German Enveloping Movements Menaoe the Lines of Communi- oation with Petrograd and Odessa, WHOLE SYSTEM IS IN DANGER Fall of Warsaw Might Mean In- definite Postponement of Any Russian Offensive. GERMANS LOSE AT ONE POINT BULLETIN. BERDIN, July 27.—(By Wireless to Sayville.)—The French submarine Mariotte was destroyed by a German submanine on July 26 in the narrows of the Darnanelles, according to a dispatch from Constantinople to the ‘Mittag Zeitung. Thirty-one mem- bers of the French submarine's crew were captured. LONDON, July 21.-—The magni- tude of the German enveloping move- ment in the eastarn fleld now is ab- sorbing the attention of the British oftiel and publie. The latest re- ports show that General Von Bue- low's 30,000 cavalry have turmed southwafd from Riga and are within eighty miles of the railway connect- ing "Petrograd with Warsaw. In this way the northern German line is élosing in on the main north- ern raflway artery to the Russian capital, while the southern army i i % %fg ;‘?; 858gs 1,600 tion by torpedo boats in the Black of forty coal Iaden salling The text of the communication follows: (Continued on Page Two—Column Two.) o et Both his stock and Ms home. (Continued tomorrow.) The demand every g, e £ S e i‘a‘?;}f"fizfi‘mi‘nm Put it in THE OMAHA i R