Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1915, Page 1

Everybody Reads e duys happenings evesy day. B folks don't read your store Bews ®very day, it's your faalt. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE VOL. XLV—NO. GREENEBAUM FREED | ON $20,000 BOND FOLLOWING ARREST General Manager of Indiana Trans- portation Company First of Six Men Named to Be Taken Into Custody. 36, FEDERA], INSPECTOR WITNESS General George Uhler Testifies Be- fore Redfield in Investigation at Chicago. DECLARES FORCE EFFICIENT BULLETIN. CHICAGO, July 2 Late in the afternoon on an application to Judge 0'Connor the bonds of W. K. Greene- baum were reduced to $20,000 and| he was released, his sureties being| personal friends. CHICAGO, July 3.—W. K. Greenebaum, | general manager of the Indlana Trans- | portation company, which chartered the astland, was the first of the six men | ordered held' to the grand jury by the | werdict of the coroner's jury, arrested. e was ordered taken into custody on & coroner's mittimus and taken to the county Fear that Mr. Greenebaum might be harmed by other prisoners caused the jaller to detain him in the Jail office rather than the cell room. There are three prisoners in the ja‘l who lost relatives in the Eastland, sald the jaller “and those men and their eympathizers might attempt to attack Mr. Greenebaum.” Bonds for Mr, Greene- baum were fixed at $50,000. General Uhler Testifies. General George Uhler, supervising in- &pector genera! of the federal steamboat inspection service, testified today before Secretary Redfleld, in the Department of Commerce Bostland investigation, that no case of overcrowding or violation of the passenger list had been proved in the last twenty years, He sald inspectors frequently turned away hundreds of per- sons who wanted to board vessels al- ready filled. The penalty for overcrowd- ing he eaid, was $500, while for a second offense the vessel's license might be re- voked. General Uhler, speaking of the Naviga- tion department, said: ““We never have had such an efficient force as we have now. The men pass the hardest examinations we hold, and inspectors this year work daily, while previously they worked only on Sundays, Saturdays and holidays.” Confident Bomt Not Overloaded. Robert P. McCreary, deputy collector of customns of the port Jf Chicago, in cHit¥e ot mweteution inspectors, ex: that navigation inspection, explained that navigation inspection s entirely. differ- | GRAVE OF AN AMERICAN HERO— Dennelley, who gave his life i in Serbia, is buried. S8ir Thomas officer paying honor to his mengé ABOUT TO DOUBLE SHELLS SUPPLIES Sixteen Munitions Factories Estab- lished and Ten More Soon in Operation. TALKS IN HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON, July 29.—S8ixteen na- tional munitions factories have been established in England and after con- sultation with the French ministry, the British government has decided to set up an additional ten large establishments, A vifeTcement was ‘made in- the House of Commons this evening by the minister of munitions, David Lioyd ent, from steamboat inspection. McCreary | George, who told of the progress made told in detsil of placing Inspectors on|by his department in overcoming the ihe Eastland to ocount the passengers and- of making arrangements for one cf the inspectors to sleep on board Friday | night so that no .passengers could be taken aboard without being counted. “1 went to the boat about 7 o'clock Saturday morning," sald McCreary. “There I saw Inspectors Oakley and Lob- dell in charge on the gangway. I watched them untij the count reached 2,450. W. i Greenebaum, who had chartered the boat, | was also there and then asked me sev- | eral times about the count. ‘ Count Includes Babies. “Whe the count reached 2450 I took Oakley’s place and counted to 2,47\. Then we shut uff the gangway until only ome Three Children Are | Beaten to Death TEMPLE, Tex., July 2.—Three chil- dren of W. R. Grimes, a farmer near here, were beaten to death with a ham- mer last night. Grimes and his wife also were beaten into unconsclousness, and Mrs. Gri is not expected to live. When Grimes recovered consciousness he dressed his three remaining living children, sending them to a nelghbor half a mile away for help. Blood hounds have been sent to the Grimes home. Two of .the dead children were twin babies and the third a 7-year-old boy. The Weather Forecast till 7 p. ay: k& For Nebraska—! cloudy; much change in temperature. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. 4 Povs oo T m. Frid Partly not { slhiortage In shells that had prevented the army on the continent from doing all it might otherwise have done. To Double Supply. These new factories are being erected in the vicinity of the arsenals and the existing armament establishments and according to Mr. Lloyd George, when the government has completed in a few weeks the developments it is now engaged on, the supply of shells will be doubled. “Thi said the minister, “‘will not merely enable us to support our men, but will enable them to cleave thelr way through to victory.” Adds to Force. During three months his department tad succeeded in adding nearly 40,000 men and women—nearly half of the men skilled ~to the ranks of the workers connected with armaments and they were pouring in furtber supplies. His department had also enrolled 100,000 volunteers, but it had been found difficult to remove the majority of these from their present employment. However, scores of thou- sands of skilled men, who had enlisted had been traced and arrangements were made with the: war office for the return of these men to the factories, Test of Endurance. In moving an adjournment of the Brit- ish Parliament to September ii, Premler Asquith sald the war had become and would likely continue for some time a contest of endurance. The premfier paid high tribute to Rugsia’s gallantry and expressed the belief that the objective of the Itallans “in a short time will be within their reach.” Ambassador Gerard Has Talk With the Kaiser’s Chancellor BERLIN, July 2,—(Via London.)-Dr. Theobold Von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German imperial chancellor, who returned ‘8| to the capital yesterday from a visit to ‘841 the army headquarters in the field, where % ! he talked with Emperor Willlam, sent for 84 James W. Gerard. the American am- 4§l | bassador to Germany, today. 80 The conference between the American FEBEHEEE5: BEEEESES Comparative Local Record. 1915, 1914. 1913. 191 . B % 10 299 | - .12 inch Deficiency for cor. period, 1914 3.24 loches | Deticlency for cor. period, 1913. 258 inches Reports from Stations at 7 P. M, Station and State 2 |18 gxpected to have an important bearing | 7' 0n the future development in the relations | between Germany and the United States. |CRAMB IS APPOINTED FAIRBURY -POSTMASTER FAIRBURY, Neb, July 20.—(Speclal Telegram.)—W. F. Cramb, éditor of the 190 inches | pqirbury Journal, and a supporter of W. | J. Bryan, received his appointment as postmaster here today in a letter from the first assistant postmaster general. The cholce is a recess tment to succeed Lew Shelley, who has held the office for eight years The candidate supported by Senator Hitchcock was Dan Kavanaugh. A. P. Dugger was also & candidate. Shelley has held his office for six months following the expiration of his term during the patronage deadlock. 'W. F. Cramb has been in the newspaper business in Falrbury for eighteen years est. faill, s .50 8 il i3 - 0 b -0 5 -0 5 .00 s Kl % .l s 0 kL 0 ki .0 : 8 @ L A \Vl'l-!. Local Forecaster. and was chalrman of the Jefferson county central committee at the time of Presi- dent Wilson's election. OMAHA, FRIDAY n fightin, £ AMES ¢ DORNELL ¢ LRI M AL L via CARRANZA FORCES CAPTURE PACHUGA Chieftain Reports Defeat of Flying Villa Column Moving Teward the Capital. " . ' FAMINE CONDITIONS ARE ACUTE —— WASHINGTON, July 29.—General Carranza cabled his Washington agency today that his forces after six hours’ fighting had captured Fachuca and routed the Villa flying column, which was working south to reinfoce Zapafa forces near Mexico City s . s first word from behind the veil which has covered military operations about Mexico City for almost two weeks. When General Gonzales’ and Carranza's army evacuated Mexico City on July 17,| it was ‘announced they were going out to meet a Villa force moving south. The Carranza authorities claim thelr! vietory eliminates Villa forces from central Mexico. Bo serious has the food shortage be- come in Mexico City that the United States will make immediate representa- | tions to Carranza and Zapeta urging| that provisions be permitted to get| through to the starving people in the capital. Stories of alarming conditions have reached the State Department under date of July 2. Representations to General Carranza at Vera Crus and General Zapata, whose | | forces are sald to be scattered along | the rallroad and within Mexico City ‘(Illlf, will go forward probably today. The report from Mexico City said there were some Zapata troops within | the city, but no mention was made of | the Carranza army. Gambling and Lax Morals on Excursion Steamers is Alleged CHICAGO, July ¥.~lax morals and gambling prevail on excursion boats ply- ing out of Ckicago, according to a re- port of an investigation by the Juveniie Protective assoclation, presented to Ira B. Mansfield and Willlam Nicholas, fed- eral inspectors of steamships, and made public today. “License {s synomous with liberty on most of the excursion steamers plying out of Chicago, and the moral atmo- sphere is of the free and easy kind,™ the report says. “The whole influence {of the life aboard during week-end and holiday trips so far it bears on 'the young is demoralizin Judge Refuses Writ - To Condemned Men PHOENIX, Aris, of habeas corpus for cans condemned (o be ha Attorneys for the anti-capital punish- the cases to the supreme court. The decislon was unexpected. Coundel for the condemned men confidently ex- pected that the court ruling would not | be given out until tomorrow. | Two possibllities rematned in the strug- gle to avert the death penalty. Appeal ! to the supreme court was one and the ! other lay in consideration by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles of a re- | | quest for further reprieve, received from ' | Becretary of State Lansing.. The romuni | was based on an appeal from Viila rep- Tesentatives and was sent “in view ol! the political situation In Mexico.” It fs} known that Wiley Jones, one of three members of the board, does not wish to grant the request. The board’s meeting, set for today, wes postponed temporar- | fly, pending the habeas corpus decision. | "Governor Hunt said todey he had re- celved personal lotters from three mem- bers of the president’'s cabinet, but would not disclose what they sald. I |Bhe will show that the first Mrs. Becker, General ‘Carranta’s despatch was the MORNING, JULY 30, WHITMAN TELLS |Meund WON'T INTERFERE Governor Refuses Request Doomed Man's Wife and Last Hope of Slayer of Rosen- thal Fades. EXECUTIVE n.u“ THE WOMAN Mate of Former Police Lieutemant Meets Her in Hotel at «. Poughkeepsie. of POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y,, July 29. —Governor Whitman at a conference here tonight with Mrs. Charles Becker declined to interfere with the electrocution of her husband set for tomorrow morning. The execulon will take place at 5:4 o'clock tomorrow morning, eastern time. Agrees to Meet Woman, ALBANY, N. Y, July 2.-—Governor Whitman agreed over the long distance telephone at 8 o'clock today to meet Mrs, Becker and John B. Johnston of Becker's counsel, at a hotel in Poughkeepsle, at 6 o'clock this evening. Mrs. Becker and Mr. Johnston agreed to leave here on the 8:57 o'clock train. What She Will Present.. NEW YORK, July 2.—According to Attorney Manton, Mr. Whitman had in his posseasion at the time of the Becker trial a report that Becker's first wife diled under suspicious circumstances. Mr. Manton sald this information was en- tirely erroneous. Mrs. Becker will present data to correct any impression the governor might have regarding this matter, Mr. Manton said. instead of dying under mysterious cir- cumstances, really died of tuberculosis, after a long illness. Commenting on Mrs. Becker's efforts to meet Governor, Whitman, Mr. Manton » “I have learned that when Mrs. Becker telephoned to Albany this morning the governor sald he would be in Albany untll noon, but that he left at 10 o'clock; saying he would see her at 7 o'clock to- night. Im view of that situation she could not see her husband befors the hour set for his execution if she wanted to see the governor. We advised her to do what Is best and to follow the dlo- tates of her conscience. “I have decided not to go on to Sing. sing toda: sald Becker's coumsel. “I believe ha should have this day to pre- re to meet his God.” Ishues Stated. W. Bourké Cockran, Becker's chief counsel, isstied & statément which he sald brought the case down to ‘‘the present moment.” ‘The statement,” sald Mr. Johnston, Mr. Cockran's assi ant, “went to Albany today to make three requests of Governor Whitman, First was that the governor reconsider his determination to dispose of Becker's case aloné, and that he take the advice of seme prominent person “in the in- terest of justice.” The second was that if the first re- quest be refused the governor himselt hear objections to the execution, based on the records and the latest affidavits. The third request was for a reprieve to enable the court of final review to decide whether Supreme Court Juatice Ford was correct in holding that the supreme court did not have the inherent power to set aside judgment of death under existing circumstances. Governor Will Not Interveme. BEACON, N. Y., July- 2.—Governor Whitman, who motored to Camp Whit- man, near here, to review the state mili- /| tia, today, announced that he did not ex- ,|{pect to intervene in behalf of Charles Becker, although he had an appointment to meet Dirs. Becker. MRS, BECKER'S FINAL APPEAL Wife of Co er ALBANY, N. Y., Charles Becker arrived here at 11:30 today to make a final plea to Gov- ernor Whitman for her husband’s life. She was accompanied by John E. Johnson of Becker's counsel. Mrs. Hecker did not learn until after her arrival of the governor's departure from the city. She sald her plans were uncertain, Governor Whitman telegruphed Mrs. Charles Becker today, In reply to a request for an interyiew, that he would see her tonight after his re- turn from reviewing the state troops at Camp Whitman, twenty miles from the Bing Sing death house, The governor then left for the camp. The public entrance to the executive chamber In the capitol was closed and July 20,—Superior | §uarded by a detective today. An uncon- {ambassador and the German chancellor | JUdEe McAllister late today denied the (firmed rumor sald that the authorities four Mexl. |had leained that some New: York gun- tomorrow. {men had arrived in Albany, Willlam Orr, Governor Whitman's sec- {ment adherents will attempt to appeal |retary, after conferring with Mrs. Becker, — e ! (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Free Coupon For the Best Movies In Sunday's Bee 1915—~TWELV THE WEATHER Cloudy " ) PAGES. Fowerilt About On Trains, Wews Stand Body of Unclaimed Little Boy MRS' BEGKER HE CHICAGO, July $.—~In the morgue of the Eastland dead there still lies the body of “No. 36, an S-year-old boy, unclaimed and unidentified. Except for & hole in the knee of his trousers, there Is no distinguishing mark about his ap- parel, and none of the thousands of the searchers for the missing can place him, 80 the public has claimed him for its kin, A mound of flowers is rising about the little body, and to each wreath Is pinned & kindly message. ‘“For 3%, a poor kid," reads one. For the little boy—from Mre. O. J. L. says another. “For No. 3%8--the poor little kiddie," is a third. Another volces a spirit of resentment against those responsible for the disaster. If nobody misses a little boy with a | hole In the knee of his trousers, No. 6 is sure to have his trip to the burial ground attended by mourners. More than a dozen have volunteered to bury the 1ad, and the Boy Scouts have offered to give him a military funeral Coroner Hoffman the body will be preserved as long &s possible—possibly another week--for identification. It is believed that No. 33 did not be- long to the familles of any of the West- ern Electric company’s employes, whose plenic was terminated Saturday by the capsizing of the Eastland, Among the thousands who have viewed the body two or three have claimed to recognize it, but later inquiries revealed that the identification was wrongly made BECKER CALM AS DEATH HOUR NEARS Condemned Slayer of Rosenthal Bears Up Well Under Realiza- tion Hope is Gone. DOES NOT MOVE ALL NIGHT OSSINING, N. Y, July 20.— Charles Becker, former New York police lieutenant, condemned to die tomorrow for instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, was reported to be bearing up well today under the realization that virtually all hope of his escaping the electric chair had passed. Less than an hour after Beceker re- Ford had denled his appeal for a third trial the condemned man threw himselt on. his cot. Becker lay with his face to the wall and the guard sald he did nbt move all night. Becker arose at 7 o'clpck today. After breakfast he was taken from his cell while the final prepa- rations for his execution were made, When Becker returned to his cell he found that all of his clothing, Personal belongings and even the few furnishings of the cell had been removed. On a new cot lay a thin black suit, white shirt with soft collar and a black tie. Black stockings and soft felt slippers were also provided. The left leg of the trousers was not slit when Bécker donned the clothes, as the siitting is done just be- fore a condemned man is led to the ex- ecution chamber. Father Cashin, the prison chaplain and Becker's spiritual adviser, will be with the condemned man today and tonight and will accompany Becker to the death chamber. 1 Mrs, lelen Becker, wite of the con- demned man, was to a to- day to spend the lust ho with her husband. . Other members Beoker's family were expected. Thonias celved word that Supreme Court Justice | ALLEGE COALITION AGAINST GERMANY Berlin Paper Prints Belgian Corre- spondence Said to Show Com- bine Against Kaiser. DOCUMENTS GO BACK TEN YEARS BERLIN, July 20.—(Via London.) ~The Norddeutsche Aligemeine Zel- tung began the publication this morning of a serles of documents purporting to be secret Belgian diplomatic reports found In Brussels by the Germans, and describing in- ternational political events from the time of the Moroccan crisis until the beginning of the present conflict. The purpose of their publication is to prove that Germany maintained a peaceful attitude throughout this period. The papers published this morning In- |elude alleged reports made to Baron De | Favereau, former Belglan forelgn minis- ter, by Count De Lalaing, former Bel- glan minister to Great Britain: Baron ‘Greindl, minister to Berlin; Baron Le- ghait, at Paris, and Count Dursel, charge d'affaires at Berlin. from 1905 and deal witn Furopsan politics, espacially the attitude of the triple en- tente towards Germany. Count Lelaing and Baron Greindl are quuted as hav reported in February, 1905, that British hostility to Germany was caused by jealousy of the latter na- tion's commercial and naval growth. La- laing is sald to have asserted that the British feared the days of thelr naval supremacy were numbered. A statement attributed to Baron Leg- hait, writing under date of May 7, 1908, was that while King Edward was in Paris, he gald the. confidence existing between Germany and France hed dis- 'fi conditions were like : t eariter. Baron Greindl Is sald to have been the author of a letter written September SINGLE These reports date ‘Mott Osbarne, warden of Bing Sing, an- nounced. &g %’u the prison late to- 1 th day. The wa is opposed to capital B, . O e COPY TWO CENTS. RUSSIANS TAKE OFFENSIVE NEAR SOKAL, GALICIA Petrograd Claims to Have Thrown the Teutons Back Across the Dniester River by Coun- ter Move. GERMANS ADVANCE FROM ROZAR Reported Capture of One Village Bixty Miles from Warsaw is Only Definite News. REST OF LONG LINE SEEMS QUIET LONDON, July 26-—Except from {Bokal, Galicla, where the Russians claim by a counter offensive to have thrown: back the Austro-Hungarians across the Dnelster river, little definite news reached London this morning from the eastern battle front. To the east of the Narew river, the extent of the German ad- vance from Rozan {s marked by the capture of the village of Goworowo, which lles only six miles from the river, The exact status of the operations on the eastern frontier is proving a pursle to students of the Warsaw campaign, even Petrograd being un- certain whether the vast operations between the Bug and the Vistula rivers mark the crisis of the battle or only a pause, to allow one side or the other to draw breath or re- arrange its forces, Along the west v qulet Brovaila, with- Berin clatming od Parls admitting the trenches in the mhummrum o i Lull Along lsonso, me explaine the lull along the Isonso river front on the ground that the Itallans Are engaged in orgmnizing and securing the positions which they won on the OCarwo plateay, but Vienna claims the lack of activity means the terminution of Itallan sucoews after an Austrian-Hune garian defense along the whole chosen battleline. German submarine warfare which raged around the Orkney Islands at the end of last week, presumably against trade with the only open Russian port, Arch- Houpania May Feed Teutons. Tha situation in the near east remains apparently unchanged, so far as any de- parture from neutrality is concerned, but punishment and has never been at the prison during an exécution. Deputy War- den Johnson will have charge of the exe- cution of Becker and Sumuel Haynes, A negro, who will pi ly be electrocuted a few minutes before Becker. Two Shiploads of Canadian Troops Arrive at Plymouth ST. JOHN, N. B, July 20.—The steam- ships Hesperian and Herschel, carrying three regiments of Canadian mounted rifles, numbering 1,80 men and 40 horses, on thelr way to join the British forces In the field, h arrived safely at Plymouth, England, according to cable dispatches recelved today. The men were sent out from Quebec. Belgian Steamship Sunk by Torpedo LONDON, July 2.—~The Belgian steam- ship Princess Marie Jose, of 1,93 tons gross burden, was torpedoed and sunk today by a German submarine. Twenty- one members of the crew of twenty- five were saved. The Day’s War News GERMAN ENDEAVOR to ocapture Warsaw, pushed fo: d with not- able energy for a period covering more than two weeks, has not made any material progress since reporis Tuesday, saccording to from Petrograd, L announcement, reiterate claims that the German adva movements in the direction of th Germany, for having maintained Euro- ilho entents allies already are showing |pean peace for thirty years and declar- considerable irritation over Bulgaria's ing the new disposition of the British |#Uccessful negotiations with Turkey and fleet was unquestionably directed against |they soon may transfer their displeasure Germany. to Roumania, which is reported to be The same minister is quoted as having | "84y to 1ift the embargo on the export asserted in a later letter that King Ed- [Of #rain, thereby supplying the central whrd was hostile to Germany and that [POWers with & huge accesation of food Germany’s isslation was the act of Brit- | Suppiles. ish policy. All the letters printed em- French Officlal Neport. phasizo efforts sald to have been made | pAris, July . o A Y by Great Britain to form a coalition | partment today gave out the following against Germany. statement: {Good Roads Day PBbre el porfi s Finds Conditions in the Bouches sector, there were several engagements with hand grenades and bombs. In the Argonne there has been Bad for Any VWrk |t e pae st s Chaussee, Roads all over the state were so muddy | that practically nothing could be done | on Good Roads day, proclaimed by Gov- ernor Morehead for two days. It is ex- pected, however, that considerable work will be accomplished today. J. W, George, preaident of the Omaha Auto-| up yesterday 200 German corpses mobile club and vice chairman of the | took possession of two machine guns, Commercial club's good roads commit- | rifies and a great quantity of munis tee, had ten teams at work In Douglas | ang equipment. county on the various roads. It is reported to the Omaha Auto club that the roads of Nebrasks and Iowa are | s0 muddy that tourists are shipping their | cars across these states rather than walt for the roads to dry. | CAMBRIDGE, Neb., July #.—(Special) ' ~Roads were worked in every direction | from town today. The town board recog- nized oGod Roads day by having -u| streets dragged and the spproaches to | crossings put in first class shape. | Westerfield Near | Omaha, is Report B. H. Westerfleld, former treasurer of Dundee, was reported early last night to be nearing Omaha on the Los Angeles | limited train. He was due to arrive at “In the Vosages at Lingekopf, in positions taken by us July 23, we (Continued on Page Two, Column 9:40 o'clock. The Westerfield defense now is golng to be that there is no hole in the treasury. “There is no real deficlency in Mr. Westerfield's accounts. There is money 1 but have been driven back, accord- fog to the Russian war offi farther to the south, nt the Russians declare they succesaful offem- Desperate fight- ing is still golng on at this point. while the latest Italian announce- ment says the progress the Italian forees on the Curso plateau been satisfactory aud t th bee: ccesafu ters at other poluts, GERMAN IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR, who returned to the capital yester. 1 Gerard, the American aumbassa- dor. , | for the funds,” declared A, C. Pancoasi, in the bank to cover any apparent deficit | which may have been found by the eity. | Mr, Westerfield has not yet been asked ttorney for Mr. Westerfield, thus sug- sting that the missing money has been or is to be put back. { “You can't get away from the short- age. The books show it was state- ment of Commissioner Butler, who made the check of the Westerfield accounts. County Attorney Magney yesterday completed the drawing of a complaint against E. H. Westerfield, Dundee treas- urer, alleging embeszlement of $21,048 be- longing to the city of Omaha. Swedish Brig Sunk By German Submarine LONDON, July 20.~The Swedish brig Fortune was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea today by a German submarine, according to a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph company. The crew was saved. The brig was 306 tons gross burden and was bulit in 1578, SEERESS SRR P Continued Tomorrow. | . i Lt St i S