Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1915, Page 2

| REDFIELD BEGINS WHITMAN TELLS | | HIS INVESTIGATION 'WON'T INTERFERE| United States Attorney Says Number - FRIDAY, JULY Rg%}g%\ % AR DETAINED OFF DEAL |tien ot ‘Washineton = 0 o J { EASTLAND CAPTAIN, Captain Henry Pederson, held by grand jury as cul- pable for drowning of over 1,000 excursion passengers CHARLES BECKER, New York police officer, to pay death penalty for instigating Rosenthal mur- der, which was the sensa- 30, 1915. STEAMSHIP NOORm IS B AW, M. Tiirds Vad Bhseabeth ’, NEW YORR, fuly 2.—Paseengers ar Department Ord SOKAL, GALICIA riving here today on the liner Noordam | W ASHL from Rotterds i the Pty 3 o o o e s reg rural letter carrier at Bruning, Neb H. Richardson was appointed post- 3TON, July . detained three hours off Deal by a Brit- | (Continued from Page One.) (Continued trom Page One.) ish patrol boat, while three Austrian|master at iVass, Cherry dwum(\. Neb. 3 [P tto biwrintete vt i el SR — ke e R Ly N v B A of Other Boats May Be Taken on ill-fated boat. |53 e wouia ask the governor to mest ||| tion of the day at the time. [|!5risoners taien during the recent en- et The rrae ooh Ashore and aues- |V e N voman was atpotnted post- ¥ Mrs, Becker at Fishkill, where the gov- gagements July 27 and July 25, is 20 | tloned. The three were later returned to master at Mound City, Campbell county Off the Lake. r " e ernor expects to be early this afternoon. the steamer. Among the passengers was | South Dakota. A% n result of worry over the Becker | case, the governor in sald to be nearly exhausted. He has followed every move { a8 closely am any of the attorneys and s |appearance shows plainly the effects of his hours of study and worry German Official Report. BERLIN (Via London), July 20.—Ger- __ __ Emm— ——— mwan army headquarters todsy gave out & statement on the progress of hostilities as follows i | “In Flanders ou: artillery- destroyed a pontoon over the Furaes canal on which & heavy gun had been mounted To the west of Souchez a French’at- FEDERAL CLAIM OF AUTHORITY CHICAGO, July 29.—Examination of witnesses in the inquiry of the United States Department of Com- ! merce, under the personal supervis- jon of Secretary Redfield, into the | Sole Hope Lies in Governor, | NEW YORK, July 20.—~The sole hope of } | maving Charles Becker from dying in the tack was repulsed | cause of the Eastland disaster, began electric chair at Sing Sing prison to- “Near Givenchy, in the Argonne, and hore today. | morrow merning lies in Governor Whit- near Vaquols we successfully blew iup | man. Counsel for the condemned man | announced today that they had a | doned the tdea of appealing to Ju e court of appeals at Syra- of execution added that the only course remaining open for them to pur- | miie was o appeat to the governor to re- prieve Becker untl October, when the court of appeuls recouvenes. Should the | Rovernor grant such & stay of execution, | counsel sald they would enter an appeal { from the decislon of Bupreme Court Justice Ford, who last alght declined to : | grant a new trial on the ground of newly | | dimcovered evidence { Deciston of Justice Ford. | Justice Ford announced his decision at {10 o’clock last night in his chamber whers |he had lebored for weveral days and | nights on the briefs submitted for and | against the application for a new trial, He called the waiting newspaper men into | his chambers and, as his secretary handed them coples of his typewritten decision, | the justice maid “1 have denied the motien for a new trinl, and this s my birthday. I'm 53 /] 1 virtuaily arrived at my decision Tues- — - gfes cem oo ey bt vyt day night,” said Justice Ford, "but spent CHARLES BECKER Sislla vesterday and taken to the home | er parents, Mr, and Mrs. John G. | many hours since then phrasing and ar- Ruknd, St of ¢ R v am e dlarasides Cvans, east of town. Rev. 8. Miller, her mines. French mine explosions In the Champagne district were without result “In the eastern theater of the war the | situation north of the River Niemen re- mains unchanged. To the northeast of ’Suw-lkl‘ along both sides of the railroad | to Olita, our troops have occupled a por- tion of the enemy position, capturing 2,910 prisoners and two machine guns. ' “Last night the Russians delivered re- peated attacks against our front south of | Nasflesk, All these endeavors failed with heavy loss to the enemy. To the west of Novogeorgievsk on the south bank of the Vistula we captured 128 Russiane, “In the distriet to the southwest of Gorakalwarja Russian forces on the night of July 21 attempted to advance in a westerly direction. Yesterday we attacked them and, ve them back. “In the theastern theater of the war the situation with regard to the German troops is generally unchanged." 'DEATH RECORD Alberta Evans. STELLA, Neb,, July 2,.—(Special.)—The Witnesses, including the officers aud crew of the steamer and a long $ list of survivors, were summoned to the federal building to tell their ver- | sions of the catastrophe. While this inquiry was progressing, | United States District Attorney i Clyne prepared to empanel a grand jury to investigate the question of criminal responsibility for the accl-| t dent. In the state’s attorney's of- fice efforts were directed to de-| termine the extent of the jurisdiction of the state grand jury over the per- wsons beld by the coroner’s jury for grand jury action. Doubt was bx—‘[ pressed over the jurisdiction of the #tate over federal officials. { Boats Mzy Be Takenw Off Lake, | District Attorney Ciyne visited the Eastland and inspected the hulk for the first time. e hinted that a number of well kmown excursion steamers ‘‘might have to come off the lake.’ Speaking of possible action by the state grand jury District Attorney Clyne snid: 4 “If any action against those respon- sible fs red by the state grand jury former pastor, now of the Palestine we will 7"f......‘. the mn?m‘:nm :m- s v oyt i b o GREENBAUM FREED Shurbi, Dedr Geneva, will preash the < ¢ ! S funeral at the home Friday morning. at ceedings against the twe steamboat in. |he had just decided. Mrs Becker was 0“ szo m BOND ',o el te ummer resses spectars and the boat captain named by {#ald at that very moment to be visiting y o'clock. Burial will be in Prairie Union the coronér's jury, in advance of any ,h-r doomed husband in Sing Sing. i cemetery. action which may be taken by the state's | Justice Ford’s decision covered five full meG ARREST ~ RS, S s - attorney following indictments by the| EAPTMENRY PEDERSON. |rpages of legal cap paper and contained et O, July. 8—8emust Lens, at UC! rices I'ri ay #Tand jury. These men are government about 1,500 words. Tt goes into the de- president of the Kalem company since ’ officers, the captain holding & govern- tails of the affidavits: tiled by the at- |\ ontintied from Page One) |1W7, and for many years one of the most ment license and being under government | & Co. of Davenport, I, at & premium | torneys for Becker and declares that the | ©0Uld come aboard at & time. 1 counted | Widely known motion. plcture operators Jurisdiction and we saust demand the|©f .16, were sold on condition that an!evidence proffered “is for the most part | Off twenty, one at a time and told In-|In the. country, died- here today in his action on a petition for rehearing now | cumulative and hence insufficient.” spector Lobdell to let on five more. Four | forty-first year. Mr. Long came here from In supreme court as to the validity of Wwomen and a babe in arms came aboard | Baltimore in 1897 and became associated $12.50 and $14.50 the election voting sald bonds proves to | Mas Not Such Power. and 1 counted the babe as the twp thos-|in the development of several of the 4" tavbeniie, ' Referrmg to the plea of W. Bourke|sand five hundreth person to come |most Important motion ploture camps of Cockran, chief counsel for Bocker, that|aboard the Eastiand.” the country. K Counell Abandons Its Inquiry. . G d the right to grant a new trial is inherent| The witness explained that a baby was Fashionable for Country Club The Independent investigation ordered U. s. Marlnes uar {in the court, the decision says: counted ns a passnger the same as an and Dressey Summer Wear “] cannot find anywhere In the au-|adult under orders received from General French Gonsula,te thorities even a suggestion that this court | Uhler. chMENcING MUNBAY PR posses. any such (inherent) power. On| ‘“You are personally sure that there at Cape Haltlen contrary as has been pointed out, |were only 2,50 persons on board the East- MoHNING the power is granted by statute and must | land, exclusive of the srew?’ asked Sec- AuGusT 2n be exercised Iri strict compliance with it.” [retary Kedfield. ) y WASHINGTON, July 2.~The French| In conclusion the-court says: “I am positive," replied the witness. R consulate at Cape Haitlen, Haltl, 18| “Ag I studied the authorities and ex«| Mr. MoCreary said that he had walked Tm GOIIIIII F"mlmm smu A complete variety of late summer styles in cotton crepes, embroidered voiles and novel warm weather fabrics. menaced by revolutionls l‘nd . l“:"fl-gmlnod the affidavits, the conviction has |about the Fastland while it was being from the United States auxillary crulser | grown upon me that it (s new trlal) [loaded and noted that its life proservers HKagle has been landed to protect It. This | could not be granted witheut disregard- |were properly disteibuted. He denled there | Wil Put on Special Sale Eundreds of information was cabled carly today 1o (ing the law and attempting to usurp|wag any panio among the passengers or Floor Samples and Odd Pleces the State department by American Consul | the functions of another department of | that they rushed to the dock side rall o Fumiese. Livingston. & government. 'when ‘the boat listed sharply, but seemed B Rear Admiral Caperton, In a cablegfam Because of the low prices Alterations will be charged for Advance Notice of Silk Remnant Sale A sale that will appeal to you, in qunli&y, variety and beauty of fabric. : E\'erytfliflg from a waist length to a full dress pattern in this final clearance sale. At About Half the Usual Remnant Prices Displayed in Howard Street Window, i i i,l i ged “The motion therefore is donled.” kely to regain ‘an’ even keel. ) “.E,::";n?‘c::h“ml:::fl:u:“ e pot any sont last night from Port au Prince and T and everything where there remains but received at the Navy departmegt today, sels is Fmed W £ M i BIOWD tWo and in many cases three of an arti- St ki rer e | TBP % yater viain cle—will be. Tedures o &bouE ORs-hair ] 3 » . of the former selling price. Our.huyers and bivouacked for the night. A guard | Another Mllhon, ~Out with Dyngm1te have returned from the great furniturs was placed at the French legation, No —_— manufacturing centers, where extensive serfous disturbances, This action was de- 'PARIS, July 20.~(3:% a m.)—Another| . S AN i A purchases were made for our fall busi- {eMded on after consultation with American fino of 31,000,000 has been imposed on the| BELLINGHAM, Wash, July 2.—The| ness, big shipments of general home gharge d'atfalres and the French and | gy of Brussels by the Germen authori-| Water main léading from the reservolr | furnishings will soon be nere, and iy | Britsh cherge d'affaires. The French |yl consequence of the destruction of| Which supplies the town of. Blaine on the ( order to display the new fall lines, wa Warahip, Descartes is expected tonlght. | zopoaiin dirigible balloon at Bvere by | International border was dynamited last | must have every foot of floor space now and two | Juiators of the alliés, according to the | night. The town is without water supply | occupled by all these odd pieces and dis- ded. Have | corrogpondent &t Huvre of the Petit|todax. continued patterns. If you has of the | py isten. A placard on a fence near the scene of | in ‘your home for an extra pi reporting the explosion read: niture, an excellent rug or a beéautiful [eonditions at Cape Haltlen quiet, but Eagle Coughed for Three Years. “Put out the Japs or there will be some- | pair of lace curtains or draperies, you Janded twenty men at Cape Haitien to| A grateful sufferer gerites: “Your medi- | thing worse than this happen.” should by all means take advantage of i | i | four of the six persons protact French consulste for fear of at-|cine, Dr. King's New. Discovery, cured| There has been discontent at Blaine |the extremely low prices that will pre- i iday’ s the coroner's jury. He is tack on refugees there. They were landed | my coush of three years standing.”.®k. |aver the employment of Japanese in fish |vail throughout this Sale. As usual, you Details of Sale in Friday’s Papers. : Jurisdiction of the grand at request of French consul.” All druggists.—Advertisement. canneries. : make your own terms. ‘Those over whom the state grand g E = sf iz ; 3 : ’ / N | - Rémodeling A HOSPE (0. FRY %§§m“{%da():.ll;€h/}l§stgal: & AL _E. 1513 DouglasSt For Men and Women—Well-Known Shoes at Nearly Hali Price! o Treatment For Liquor and 'odomuullophhb-nuflfimh Sale. The wellknown makes and low prices will convinoe yon that this is o sale worth whils. : Drug Users NEW SHOW TODAY A BIG REDUOTION IN EVERY BROKEN LINE OF HIGH.GRADE SHOES IN OUR STORE. omoyee ansntty” e cravine ||| T Lrrazn wasmy W - or Tdquor and sale has hrdhg‘tdlholtbhdu , and this year will o . phcrd than w:’bdm. ou all know that our M‘ means just :},:’:,’.,‘,..‘;‘;.EK‘;?.:.“:H:‘_.“::,‘..‘:.‘“:& n&%‘“‘mfi il 's i el Thervy-fifth Year AMUSEMENT! i i i prioes. mane, nothing “heroic.” B i e sure to come—a: hd ually, and Canine Wondsrs RV eyt DN oy e ud come early. [§ || Py are TSy praduel it Dot 3 : patients suffer no collapse. “WwEOM -rn'oomo“' Do not be pursuaded that all treat- DESTROY™ floated. ‘e ‘alike. Ours is the onl :};‘-‘cl:lv‘or one, as time and experi- “Nam, the Status’ e to s without deluy. These con s without delay. - CQitions are serious and thers should be mo experiments. Prices for Women | H.H, ‘s $4.50 Ef ] 3 5 : i f | é sEsIoN Beats.” 100 “szern 100 & | Laird s Alvine phy's $6.50 tan Rus- | Gebel’s $4.50 tan | $6.00 hand - made | patent ords and gend -for “‘:‘&'.3:':‘:3:?&'5'-'-:&-1‘.:""* A o ¢ sin and gun metal | Russia and blsck | Delta pumps, pat- gray, fawn Soqntsnns i e Oxfords, bench-/rubber sole Ox-|ent and dull, turn %gm The Keeley Institute FRANKE'S AIRDOME today learned fords, and welt ... . Corner Sty Swests. e i, . SATH [ 2= AT - s e, § body supposed 1o be Laird & Schober's ‘———_—_—'_j__ TowNIGRT & Gerewits, vietim _ of the ~ Thaw and Steamer Eastiond disastes B0 patent, dull “ | Bvelyn Nesbit < £rom the Chicago drainage canal at West: ::'lhnlnnh THE OMAHA BEE- | o R verreer dremma of Masslad ‘@rn avenve today, nearly four miles from pumps, THE HOME PAPER. | fite. the acens of the accident. Tha body was N, i s 5 = [ iny"’ = o i e Threads of Destin wanal. ¥ty & Petor's HOTELS. e P i et Ea w’n— dull e aana1n five Teels but four of the 82 bodels re- and white top, . e B = Glon Morrig Inp | femmmmmmmm=== i { i H F an -3 < ; g ? Clan G No. 63 Annual Picnic Krug Park, July 31 Admissien 10 Cents Christmas Lake, Minnetonka iy i ¥ % Instailed in the LAKE MANAWA “THE STOCK FERFROT" |Edward Lynch 434 assccas THE ONLY SON