Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 4, 1915, Page 1

ADVERTISING 1S THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGR SPOKEN EVERYWHERE BY BUYERS AND SELLERS, [ ————— VOL. XLV--NO. 40, ( LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS AGREE T0 COAFERENGE Bix Countries Asked by Wilson to Be Represented at Meeting to Plan Restoring Peace in Mexico. WHAT THE STEP CONTEMPLATES | First Step in Pacification of Mexico Probably Will Be Embargo on Arms and Ammunition. DIPLOMATS CONFER THURSDAY BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The six South and Central American nations which President Wilson has invited to be represented at the meeting here Thursday to consider plans for restoring peace to Mexico have for- mally signified their willingness to join with the United States in the preliminary conferennces. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—When the three South American ambassa- dors and the three ranking Latin- American ministers meet with Sec- retary: Lansing Thursday to hear President Wilson's plan to ask the co-operation of ‘their countries for restoring peace to Mexico, a course of action will be outlined which all Latin-America will be asked to ap- prove. It contemplates the restoration of constitutional gqvernment without the use of force, if possible, but has in view joint action of all the Ameri- cas, if necessary. Although all officials surround OMAHA, LORD KITCHENER MAKING A PERSONAL INSPEC. TION of a body of troops in front of the Guild Hall in Manchester. the conference with the greatest se- crecy, it is known that one of the first elements is an embargo on arms from all Latin-America to Mexico. The president is not committed to de- taile of any plan, but will invite sugges- tlons from the Latin-Americans to open the way to a common ground. Carransistas Become Anxiou Announcement of the conference sur- prised agents of the Mexican factions here. Carranza’s agents, hopeful that his course within the last few weeks and his efforts to respond to the dem;x of this Y, HIGH HAND RULE BY NORMAL BOARD | Kearney Building Contract Let to Highest Bidder and Member Gettys Voted Out. | ABOVE GOVERNOR AND THE LAW (From a Staff Correspondent.) DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT ENDICOTT, NEB. George W. Cook, Wealthy Retired Farmer, Murders Wife with a Razor and Kills Himself. DAUGHTER FINDS THE BODIEE| FAIRBURY, Neb., Aug. 3,—(8pe- WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1915--TEN _government to relieve Mexico would lead to 1 ite recogmition, their myatifieation. They did not attempt to conceal some misgivings, but are hopeful thet Car- ranza's showing of strength in Mexico will force the conviction that his pro- vistonal government demands recogni- tion. Villa's adherents believe President Wil- #on will submit a plan for a provisiona government, taking up the constitution- alist succession where it was broken by | the death of President Madero. Vasquez Tagle, minister of justice, is in line. Should any faction revolt, they propose an embargo on munitions of war against the revoiters, and that the American government support the factions partici- pating In the provisional government. Such & eourse, they admitted, might necessitate armed intervention, General Carranza’s followers here be- leve he will yield, but will take the ground that he is entitled to recogni- tion. General Carranza’s agency announced that General Hernandes, commanding Viila forces at Coahuila, had sent emis- #arles to arrange a surrender of his forces to the Carranza army. It was #ald he based his surrender on the re- ported wtihdrawal of the Madero family from the Villa mevement. BOY IS DROWNED BY FLOOD 'N PENNSYLVANIA PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa., Aug, 3.—One life was lost and many thousand dollars fault of the machine. 4 LINCOL __|ctal Telegram.)—George C. Cook, & RsgAs. 3o (pdlel) h ‘who murdered his wife with a razor and then killed himself at Endicott early this morning, had been worry- ing over a scandal connected with his 18-year-old son and a married | In the same arbitrary manner whic | has characterized the work of the brutal majority” on the state nor- mal board for several years the board proceeded today to vote it- {self greater in authority than the WOman in Endfcott. A pcople who created it or the gover-| About a month ago this woman's ‘uor who appointed the members, | husband threatened young Cook with! The work of the board was 80 pr’nsecutlon. Thoughts of his son's openly antagonistic to the interests facing trial had affected the father's, of the taxpayers of the state that mind. . The family admitted he had many of the firms which were there , Pecome slightly unbalanced. l:[e had !for the purpose of bidding on the: Yo" conferred with Sherift denrd! | contract foor the Kearney normal‘:":ghe; ;‘ F;:"bh“’y ""’“'d‘l";’ “‘:‘;“; {auditorium left in disgust and ome| b RIS Mr, STREROS ASENIeC RiD).INW lof the principal bidders, Gould &.there would be no trial at Fnlrhuryl { Son ot Dmaba, withdrew fts bid, | for bim mot to wermyir | | The fine Italian hand of the “majority” | o {1 EeR: A AR SUSIAS] from {ll heaith. Coroner Dodge's verdict was first shown when President Viele, Ivhn was defeated for the presidency at . o the deed had been done during the last meeting, took the obair instead P°TI0d Of temporary insanity. cf President Dan Morris of Kearney, who {had been elected. | Stralghten Peru Record, This was done in order to make regular the corner stone of the Peru normal, which had inscribed thereon the name ¢t Viele as president of the normal board, the stone having been carved when the majority thought it had such a lead pipe | ‘clnr‘h on the presidency that it could {re-clect Viele. That the machine slipped a cog and Viele was defeated was no Daughter Finds Body. It is assumed the tragedy occurred at 3 o'clock this morning, as the young daughter heard the baby crying piteoua'y {and she went into the mother's bed room. | Bhe stumbled over the bodles of ner | parents, in a pool of blood, and wad trightened nearly to death. She gave the alarm and Sheriff Hughes and Coroner Dodge were summoned from Fairbury. The father's body was found lying across | the body of his wife, still clutching the ' bloody weapon. | Mr. Cook was 65 years of age and his| | minister, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE BRITAIN ASSERTS iTS BLOCKADE IS : WhULE[LHWtUL Declares American Protest that Orders-in-Councit Are Alegal to Be Unsusiainable on Any Grounds, “CHANGED CONDITIONS” CITED Alleged German Atrocities Held to Justify Move to Cut Off Sea Trade of Foe. WASHINGTON, Aug. ~Great Britain's replies to the latest Amer- |ican representations against inter- ! terence with neutral commerce reject ienllrely the contention that the or- | ders-in-council are {illegal and jus- tify the British course as belng within international law. “Unsustainable either in point of law upon principies of international equity,” is the British reply to the Amer- [jcan protest against the blockade of {enutral ports, with an invitation to sub- mit to international arbitration any cases !in which the United States is dlssat | fied with action of British prize courts. Great Britain's reply, embodied In two {rotes, one supplemental, was made pub- |lie here tonight and in London simul- | taneously by agreement between the two governments. With the notes made pub- lic also the correspondence over the ! American steamer Neches, seized by the | British while en route from Rotterdam {to the United States with goods of eGr- | man origin. All the correspondence ag- | gregates 7,00 words. | Changea Conaitions, Says Briton. | Changed conditions of warfare, the British note contends, require & new application of the principles of inter- Inational law, The advent of the sub- marine, the airship apd the alleged atrocities by Germany troops In Bel- glum are cited as justification for the exercise of extreme measures. The block- ade Js justified on the contention that the universally recognized fundamental principle of & blockade is that a bellig- crent is entitled to cut off “by effective means the sea-borne commerce of his enemy." The note reiterates that Gereat Britain will continue to apply the orders com- plained of, although not without every cffort to avoid embarrassment to neu- trals, and observes that the American statistics show that any loss in trads with Germany and Austrla has been {more_than overbalanced by the increase of other industrial activitiés dve to the war. In the geheral reply to the American representations against the orders-in- councll, Sir Bdward Grey, the foreign addressing Ambassador Page, begins by expressing the hope that he may be able to convince the administra- tion in Washington “that the measures {or |we have announced are not only reason- able andn ecessary in themselves, but constitute no more than an adoption of the old principles of blockade to the pecullar olrcumstances with which we are confronted. : Must Do Everything. “I need scarcely dwell,” wrote Sir 1d- ward, “on the obligations incumbent upon the allies to take every step in their power to overcome their common enemy in view of the shockihg violation of the recognized rules and principles of eivi- lized warfare of which he has been guilty during the present struggle.” Sir Bdward then refers to alleged atro- citles in Belgium, polsoning of wells in German southwest Africa, use of pois- onous gases against the allled troops in Flanders, and finally, the sinking of the Lusitania, to show “how Indispensable it is that we should leave unused no justitiable method of defending our- sclves.” Coming down to the question of the allied blockade of neutral ports, the note continues: “In the various notes, which T have received from your excellency, the right of a belligerent to establish a blockade of the enemy ports is admitted, a right J. BULL TO CONTINUE DOING IT| damage done throughout this section last! The roll was called and again the night, by a serles of storms which flooded | brutal majority got In its work by re streams, washed away bridges, damaged | fusing the call the name of J. R. Gettys, railroads and interurban lines and des- |miember of the buard, and substituting troyed harvests. Ralph Rapinsky, a b.,,_inm. of H. E, Relsche of Chadron, who was swept from a bridge here and|hed been appeinted by Governor More- | p iy head to ffll the term at the expiration of Gettys' term. After that act Secre- The Weather tary Cavness moved that Mr. Morris be Forecast till 7 p. m. Wednasday: Gectared the unanimous choice of the board for president, notwithstanding he For Omaha, Counel Bluf: V' —Partly cloudy; warmer, 9 Fieialty had been electeq a month of six weeks Temperature at Omnhn | ago. Ride Are Not Allke, Then the board proceeded to open bids for the erection of the bullding at Ke ncy. The advertisement called for bids ! for the general bullding and also for the heating, plumbing and wiring. The bid | of W. ¥, Crosby of Kearney simply called | for the erection of the buflding and the turnishing &t materfal and work for its completion and was for $37.867. Waliter | Knutson of Kearney put in a bid sub-| tantially worded the same for 3533 Gould & Son put In a bid for the building | vone without the plumbing, heating and 1ghting for $51760, and two other bid all below the Crosby figures, were open There were more than a dozen bids on simply the heating, ; lumbing and lighting, The question then arose as to what the Yester” B9 thes ecord M4 1913 Comparative Loeal Highest yesterday Lowest yestc d it Sean femperat i pronounced by Judge Granby Hillyer in Precipitation \;;o-b\dm.x rm‘l‘ly covered and Crosby was (he aistrict court of Las Animas county. | 7 Tempera allowed to make a verbal statement that ¥ as ¢ lcted M partures fro- the normal it coveded the Whole thing. Tressureri oo o" Was convicted May § ot firat ormal temneratura . degree inurder, the case growing out of | Deficiency for the day Hall did not believe that the board had |, pytrie betwen striking coal miners and | Total deficiency since Ma uny right to accept a bid that did BOt q.iuiv sherifts at Ludlow, October 3, | Regaal prochitetion. specify what it Covered, neithor d.d be !y o o g Bl e Total raintall since 9.7 inches | believe that any action of the board alon§ | <. avoeal makes th PR e Y | ess since March 1.. ......... 1.0 inclic« | that line was legal. S 530041 makes the same allegstiens Deficiency for cor. period, 1914, 8 1ches 7 of error that were made in the applica- | Deficier.cy for dor. period, 1913. 3.16 inches Thomns As » Square Deal. tion for a new trial, recently denied by Reports from Siations at 7 P. M. Superintendent Thomas opposed lhol;ud,. H'llyer. Among the charges is in- Btation ard State Temp. High- Rain |Crosby bid. He sald that naturally, be- | cjuded the affidavit of Grover Hall, a e s, P e U |ing from Kearney, he would lke to see ' ember of the jury, who claims that he | v . clondy. o 7i18 Kearney firm get the contract, but he!y,, induced to consent to s verdict of Denver pt. cloudy. - 0| did not believe the board had any right ..ty by coercive measures, s0id to have v % |to let the contract on that kind of a bid ;ne.m employed by Frank Gooden, baflift. g -X (’,‘:n :‘:‘: ‘r"m""-"'::“: ."';M""b work | The Colorado supreme court already %) el L) N ' ‘e H 8 D] ot it owed i oher Mddere. who hag |Bas before it a petition for & writ of R e g s had o ohibition to bar Judge Hillyer from pre- o k) 'uu-m‘u i Sdvertisement &|,qing at future trials growing out of ex © on Page Two—Columa One.) orecaster. 1 wife, Barah Cook, 48." Thdy wére parents jof ten | were highly esteemed In Jefferson county | ports of his enemy. children, seven girls and threc boys, five of whom were married. Thcy sofar as It gives power to & belligerent to cut off the sea-borne exports and Jm- The contentions, and had lived in Bndicott for many years. | which I understand the United States Arrangements . have been. made. to Iluld‘go‘-(.rm,“' now puts forward, is that the funeral Thursday and burial of the|is 4 belligerent s so clrcumstanced that bodies will be made in the Falrbury ceme- | iy commerce can pass through adjacent tery. {neutral ports as easily as through ports which has obviously no no value save In- | ‘The surviving children include Mrs. Koy ! Schell of Diller, Mrs. Charlle Wilson and Mre, Francis Pearson of Endicott, Mrs. Ralph Hughes of Steele City, Mrs. Roy Ttiley of Endicott, Misses Lillie and Vicla ook, and three sons, Ellls, Ivo and Vir- gll, living at home, Lawson's Attorneys Appeal His Case| DENVER, Aug. 3—An appeal to the Colorado supreme court was flled today by attorneys for John R. Lawson, for- mer coal strike leader, convicted of the murder of John Nimmo, a deputy. sher- e, A petition was filed for & wiit of error and a supersedeas to stay the execu- tion of the sentenc life imprisonment, i | | coal strike disorders. {in his own territory, his opponents has no right to interfere and must restrict his measures to blockade in such a man- ner as to leave such avenues of com- merce still open to his adversaries. This {8 a contention which his majesty's gov- crnment feel unable to accept and which | | |seems to them unsustainable either in | Prisoner beyond the brief clatm that ipoint of law or upon principies of in- | he “didn’t know." ternational e v, | is sald the state at the trial Wfll} W Wi ARt~ St | produce a witness who will testity that “They sre unable to admit that a |immediately before Glenn plunged the helligerent violates any fundamental prin- ciple of international law by anpplying a blockade in such a way as to cut off the | enemy's commerce with forelgn countrie through neutral ports, if the circum- | stances render such an application of the | principles of blockade the only means of | making it effective. The government of the United States, indeed, intimates its readiness to take Into account ‘the great changes which have occurred in the con- A on Page Two, Column Two.) [HE GATE: CITY-OF THE-WES Omaha's fine fireproof Auditoruim is now the property of the city—and is at the disposal of any and all national conven- tions or big gatherings that may *‘stop off"’ here. | was killed, and |Austrian Regiment that Tried to On Traine, at Hotel News Stan oto,, Bo SINGLE THE WEATHER Cloudy l | COPY TWO CENTS. | Retake Position is Wiped Out UDINE, Italy, Aug. 3.—(via Paris)- Itallan officers arriving here from the front say that the Austrian attempis to retake the positions occupled by the Itallane on Carso plateau reached m.-nri climax when the Austro-Hungarian com- mander launched against Mount Seibusi| one of four Kaiserjaeger regiments, which had just arrived from Vienna. The egers met a regiment mglier! and shouted to them to sur The next the officers fixed flashed in hand-to-hand struggle, and finally the Bersagelierl occupied Austrian positions, the fleld Kaiserjaogers stood resembled of arnage Few the Austrians had escaped. Kalse ot B render 4 desperate moment ey 0 bayonets n when the the where | had | scene immense ot Ttnlinkia Advance in Roverto, VERONA, Italy, Aug (via Paris)— ' Although the ther still fs unsettled, the advance of the Itallan forces inst | Roverto, an Austrian town thirteen miles { southwest of Trent, 1s progressing along | the Arsa valley. The forts surrounding the town already are sald to be suffer ing under the fire of Itallan siege guns, | | PRAGTICAL TESTS | O STEAMBOATS Sandbags Weighing as Much as En- | tire Quota of Passengers to Be | Placed on One Side Ship. } | | | i INSPECTORS RELEASED ON BOND CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—A board named by the city council harbors committee today began preparations for tests of the stability of excursion steamships sailing out of the port of Chicago. Sand bags, weighing as much as a full quota of passengers, will be placed on one side of the steamshlp Christopher Columbus next Thursday as a means of ascer- tainning the seaworthiness of that vessel, The tederal grand jury today resumed the taking of evidence regarding the alleged ‘“cranky’’ performances of the steamship Eastland, which capsized at its dock a week ago Saturday. It was announced that subscriptions to ald the families of Eastland victims are in excess of $3,00, and that benefits to be given in the next few days will con- siderably f{rarease that figure. Judge Landls in the United States dis- triet court today ordered the release of Steamboat Inspectors Robert Reid and Charles C. Ecklift upon thelr own cash bonds of 32,500 each. They will appear-in court a week from tomorrow, when arguments on an ap- plication for & writ of habeas corpus Itiled by their attorneys will be heard. Nine hundred and elghty-one persons lost their lives in the steamer Kastland |disaster, according to final figures given out today by the Western Electric com- | pany, which completed the checking of | {its employes and friends who boarded the | vessel. The identified dead number §38, |unidentifed dead two, and the Western | Electric company placed the final list of missing at 141, making the total %1 The bottom has dropped out of the lake excursion business as & result of the dis- | aster to the Bastland, according to H, W, Thorp, genera] manager of the Goodrich Transit company. Three big excursion ! steamers have been withdrawn from ser | vice and ship owners are sald to be fore- |most n urging safety tests which will | restore confidence in lake boats. | Alleged Slayer of Auburn Man Pleads Ignorance of Crime SIOUX FALLS, 8. D, Aug. 3.—(Special.) | —Repeatedly declaring that he remembers nothing of the fight, Joseph Gilenn, a transient, who s charged with first de- | gree murder In connection with the| death of Thomas Sarvis, of Auburn, ! Neb, has been lodged In the Lake | county jail pending his trial at the Oc- tober term of state circult court. The | defendant waived his preliminary hear ing and his bond was fixed at $10,000. Glenn s something)of a man of mys- | tery. He Is about 48 years of age, and from appear: 18 of the hobo ele ment. Notwithstanding repeated qu tioning he refuses to give any informa tion concerning himself to the officers, | and nothing can be learned as to his home or whether he has relatives living Since he was taken into custody a rela- tive of the murdered man also questioned him about the fight in which Sarvis lost his lite, but could get nothing from the blade of a large jackknife Into Sar abdomen, he (Glenn), made a threat to et" Barvis. Both men were intoxicatea t the time of the fight, which resulted in the fatal wounding of Sarvis, who died some hours later in a hospital. Sarvis lay on the ground an hour and & half after receiving the frightful wound, when he managed to mako his| way to a drug store and call for assist ance. The murdered man was about 82 years of age, of fine physique, gave evidence of having been well raised and spoke of his people being well re- spected at Auburn, Neb., and vicinity, Buffalo Express P Hits Landslide PARKERS LANDING, Pa., Aug. 38— Running at high speed, the Buffalo Ex- press on the Pennsylvania rallroad ran into a landslide near here early today. Jesse Willlams, engineer of Pittsburgh, R. Gelfrich, fireman of Pittsburgh, ‘'was seriously scalded. Three day coaches and a slecper left the track, l but remained upright 0. S. SOLDIERS KILL which were transported to platforms pre- pared mountains south of Ro- vereto. on the s Iilled with Rocks. , Aug. S—(via Paris)—Letters| o In Rome from officers at the front agree that the fighting on the| Isonzo river and on the Carso platean may be taken as an excellent example of the perfect realization of the plans of the Italian commanders Nothing in these engagements was left to chance. Bverything was worked out with mathematical precision. A leu- tenant of artllery, writing from the front, says the formidable Austrian de fenses on Mount Podgoro and Mount Michele are no longer recognizable, the 1talidn artillery having done its work well Other letters relate that a largo portion of the Austrian los by the hurling down of ro 10,000 men were thus crushed to death in thelr trenches. At =an Martini, no fower than 2,600 Austrian dead were found in & group of trenches The Itallans lost comparatively few men in this fighting. MEXICAN RAIDERS, Over Score Captured in One Place | and Dozen or So Killed in Another. STORMY TIMES ON THE BOB.DER' WASHINGTON, Aug. 3,—Colonel Ricardo Aguilar, former ‘“‘red (lns-. ger” under General Salazar, and & former captain in Huerta¥ prmy, | and twenty-two Mexican ralders were captured today on the border by United States cavalrymen under Captain Ryan. A quantity of arms, ammunition and supplies were taken. Bandits Ave Killed. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Aug. 8—Twelve to fifteen Mexican bandita are reported killed in fighting today with the United | States cavalrymen and American posse- men in the low, thick, thorny brush north of Brownsvilie. Private McGuire of the Twelfth Cavalry was reported killed; Private Curtiss possibly fatally wounded, and Deputy Sheritf C. A. Mona- | han of Brownsville shot in the les. | Appeals were sent to Governor James | F. Ferguson today asking for more! United States troops to heip guard thia | section of the border. The outlaws are | belloved to be part of the same band | which has been marauding In this section from twenty to sixty miles inside the American border for nearly three weeks, Ono American was killed by them three weeks ago. The country s thinly set- tled, the low brush with thick foliage atfording vinlimited hiding places. When Discovered, Tals particular body of bandits was discovered about 2 o'clock this morning near San Henito, Tex., about fifteen miles from the border, by Sam Robertson, president of the San Benito & Rio Grande Valley rallroad, while returning from surveying. He reported that they seemed to have a stockade. Lieutenant Leutz ordered troop A im mediately into their saddles, twenty-six cavalrymen galloping out of San Benito in the moonlight, accompanied by several local officers. The Americans unexpectedly ran upon the Mexicans. A running fight began, For the remainder of the night and m of the morning tiere was continual rifle firing in the brush, About 30 farmer from near Ban Benito have joined in the hunt. This afternoon the bandits apparently were surrounded. The killing of Private McGuire was confirmed. Private Cap- saddle was also woundes. Supreme Council Knights of Columbus Meets _a,t Seattle FHATTLE, Wash.,, Aug. 3.—~The annual RUSSIAN LINE T0 WEST OF POLISH CAPITAL HOLDS Teuton Hosts, However, Continue Their Advance on Warsaw from Both the North and South, READY TO EVACUATE THE CITY French and Belgian Consulates Turned Over to American Officers. FIGHTING RESUMED IN FRANCE LONDON, Aug. 3.—The armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary are Leing held by the Russians to the west of Warsaw, but they are making progress elsewhere on the eastern front, according to the official state- ments emanating from Berlin and Vienna, their most determined attack evidently being that directed against Wyzkow, a town thirty-five miles rortheast of Warsaw, Pursuing their policy of cutting the communications of Grand Duke Nicholas, heavy German forces are at- tacking the rallroad linking the main Warsaw-Petrograd line with Ostro- lenka, Tho latest dispatch direct from Warsaw, coming from a correspondent of the Asso- clated Press and dated July 31, shows that conditions In the threatened polish capitol are much better than were In- dicated in the latest direct dispatches to the London newspapers, which were sent July 2. ‘The later information of the Associated Press states that the people are return- Ing to their homes and that the life of the capital Ir cesuming a normal aspect, although the official eatablishments have made all preparations for the sxpected evacuation, the French and Belgian consulates being placed in the hands of the American consul, Fighting Resumed in West. In the west, fighting again is in pro- gress on the British section of the battle front, and there has been a resumption of Infantry activity, with the French ad- mitting that the Germans have captured some trenches in the Argonne and the Cas Marie Therese dlstriot, but claiming that counter attacks have rewon & pore tion of the lost ground. In the Vosges mountains, Paris states that the French troops took several Ger- man trenches, after {ntligtink tieavy losses on the defenders. M The record of British surmarine activity given out by British admirality last night, was supplemented today by a Petrograd officlal report, which an- nounces that an English sumbersible has sunk a la German transport in the Baltle, ' PARIS, Aug. today low, “In the Artols, In the vicinity of Sou- chez, there was spirited fighting during & part of last night, in which hand grenaders and bombs were largely used. On the plateau of Quennevieres and iIn the valley of the Alsne yesterday saw violent artlllery exchange. Solssons was again bombarded, “‘In the Argonne, in the sectors of Bt. Hubert, Marie Therese, Fontain-Aux- Charmes, and at Hill No. 214, the t- ing continued throughout the night. Germans endeavored to deliver several attacks, but were not successful. At Eparges there was yesterday a rather severe bombardment. “In the Vosges the enemy yesterday evening delivered one attack against our positions on the river Linge and three attacks against out positions on the Barrenkopf. These violent attacks were all repulsed. Dumn Votes to Prosecute War, PETROGRAD, Aug. 8~(Via London.)— Michael V. Rodzlanke of Ekaterinoslav today was re-elected president of the Russian Duma by a vote of 36 to 4. On the conclusion of the debate on the war, 3.—~The French war office e out an official report as fol- | convention will be the rerort of the com- | has carried on an investigation for the convention of the supreme councll of the | the Duma placed itself on record by the Knights of Columbus opened here today | /o s with delegates from all parts of the ‘Continued on Page Two, Column Thres.) United Btates, as weli as Canada, Mexico and the Philippines in attendance. ‘The chief matter to be taken up by the THE WANT-AD. WAY missioner on religlous prejudices, which o y ast year to determine the causes of waves of religlous prejudice and with a wiew to effecting a more friendly feeling between different religions. | Colonel P. H. Callahan of Loulsville, | Ky., chairman of the commission, sald: “The recommendations of the report, will include & declaration of the Catholic position in regard to civil alleglance, and will condemn the action of the politicians who make religion a campalgn fssue. The report will deal with the principal matters which excite prejudice, the chief | sources from which it springs and the classes in which It largely exists." i The delekates to the supreme councl! | attended high mass at St James | cathedral, celebrated by archbishop John | Bonzano, the papal delegate, before open- | ing thelr annual sesslon. Addresses of welcome were delivered before the coun- cll by Governor Ernest Lister, Supreme Justice Chadwick, Mayor Hiram C. Gl | and Thomas Burke, president of the | Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Supreme | Knight James A. Flaherty responded. A second session of the councll was held this afternoon. Hearing Ordered. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—(Special Tele- sram.)—The Interstate Comumerce com-~ mission has ordered a hearing held at Bloux Falls, 8. D., on September 2 in the matter of rates on coal in carloads from points in Wyoming and Montana to points in South Dakota. Two Elevators Burn MASON CITY, Ia, Aug. 3.—(Special Telegram.)—Flevators owned by Hugh | Mullin and Charles Raw at Britt, burned this morning. Loss §14,000; insurance, #6,000. o g T Raives real 2t meais, e R (Continued Tomorrow.) h{ secure very class ¢ “Boarders i e | Clussified c%:n“w-u c OMAHA BEE, lace a Board Room Ad_in ‘today’s’ paper. Lol «:».«-n' u"‘a. Feldohace Tl Jesd PUT IT IN THE OMAHA s