Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 4, 1915, Page 2

o S —— HIGH HAND RULE BY NORMAL BOARD Body Decides that His Commission, Which Expires September 1, is Invalid and Seats Sucoessor. CONTRACT TO HIGH BIDDER (Continued from Page One.) Square deal and their bids on the plum> ing, heating and lighting should be con- sidered. Mr. Gould, junior member of the firm of Gould & Son, was asked if he would like tv change his bid to cover every- thing, but he simply sald that he had made & bld and would stand on that bid Later the senior member of the firm eame In and, disco.ering the conditions that existed and the evident intention of the board to give the contract to the Kearney firm, withdrew his bid in dis gust. “Ihe smaller bldders, who stood around wondering where they camo in, began to thin out, and then Caviness made mo- tlon that the Crosby bid be adopted by the board, notwithstanding It was several thousand dollars higher than amy other bid madc. Gettys Fli ds He's Out. Gettys moved that the Crosby bid be' not accepted and then the board pro- ceeded to sit down on the University Place men. President Morris ruled that Gettys was not a member of the board Gettys flashed his commission issued by the governor showing that he was ap- pointed to mct until September 1, 1Wi. In explanation, he said that he did not wish to encumber the board with his presence ‘he enemy territory wus intercepted be-|ngnty of their oitizens, ¥ he had no right to sit, “There is a question of law Involved,” | said he, “which the board cannot afford to ignore, whether I have a right to vote on the letting of this contract or whether Mr. Reische 1 the one. 1 believe this board ought not to take action until this I8’ pettled.” Treasurer Hall then moved that the board take a recess so that the matter could be looked into, and the attorney general consuited. Majors and Caviness opposed taking any time to look the mat- ter up., They wanted the contract let right then. A vote was taken and the motion was voted down, Viele, Vaviness, Majors and Morris voting against it and Thomas and Hall for, Relsche not voting. Commission Doesn’'t Comnt. President Morris then ruled that Gettys mer members expired June 23, and that s Gettys was appointed to fill an unex- pired term his commission would expire lune 22 and not Beptember 1, as the com- mission issued by the governor stated. “Then in that case, why not take a allow me to look the matter = "““There is a question in- the right of myself to sit on wivich can be determined by to the office of the gov- mistake was made In my will hand my resignation governor, dating it back a day, the present action of wive Mr. Relsche un- -#it on the board' = s i i 3 § % for 67,867 with- his bid was however, was could make a bid after all hids the pins were set minority of two H § i LE i H é i H Caviness and ve the bId to the while Hall and Thomas at the state house has coused such as the arbitrary the normal j £ i 4 to ife by a E 1 i i i i s he went i ¢ i i £ il troops. movement continues. ol h Narew south fhat there have Bheen equall heavy engagements between ¢ I 1t than 2,000 mén and INACTIVITY | i i T of the govermor,” said | ying the orest of the ridge | impossible to maintain that the right of peninsula Bus been gatned |4 belligerent to intercept the commerce of SITUATION AT WARSAW shows ne | Footed in the American notes on the sub- material change. The Germa Ject. o .-; “There aré many cases,” he sald, “in eoftiotal says dess | Which proofs that the goods were enemy m"’-‘m“-. s | Property would afford strong evidence on the banks of the | that they were of enemy origin or Ostrolenka and|enemy destination, and it is only in such Russtan | 00 evidence of such origin or destination ro- IBRITAI NASSERTS ITS BLOCKADE IS WHOLLY LAWFUL (Continved from Page One.) ditions and means of naval warfare aince the rules hitherto governing legal block- | | ade were formulated,’ and recognizes that ' |‘the form of close blockade with it cordon of ships in the Immediate offing | of the blockaded ports is no longer prac- | ticable In the face of an enemy pomsess- ing the means and opportunity to make an effective defensive by the use of sube marines, mines and alr eraft “The only question then which ecan ! arlse in regard to the measure resorted to for the purpose of carrying out a blockade upon these extended lines fs, whether to use your excellency’s wards, they ‘conform to the spirit and principles of the essence of the rules of war' and we shall be content to apply this test to the action which we have taken insofar as it has necessitated interference with neu- tral commerce." Sir Edward Grey then refces to the American civil war blockade of 3,000 miles of coast with a small number of vossels, and recalls how the United States finally took recourse to blockading ‘‘neighboring neutral territory which afforded conveni- ent centers from which contraband could be introduced Into confederate territory |and from which blockade running could | be facilitated.” 014 Principles Developed. | “Your excelloncy will no douBt remem- ber wrinte Sir EAward, “How that in order to meet this new difficuity the old prineiples relating to contraband and blockade were developed and the doctrine of continuous voyake was applied and enforced, under which goods destined for fore they rached th neutral ports from | which they wer to re re-exported, “The dificuities, which imposed upon | |the United States the necessity of ro-| shaving seme of the old rules, are some- | what akin to those with which the allles are now finding in dealing with the trade |of their enemy. Adjacent to Germany |are various neutral countries which afford 1t convenient opportunities for carrying on Its trade with foreign countries. Its | 0wn tervitories are covered by a net work | |of raliways und waterways which enable its commerce to pass as conveniently !through such ports In such neutral coun- itries as through Its own. A blockade limited 1o enemy ports would leave open, routes by which every kind of German comerce colud pass almost as easily as through the ports In its own territory. Rotterdam Nearest Outlet. Rotterdam Is Indeed the nearest out- let for some of the industrial districts of Germany. It sems, accordingly, hat If it {be recognized that a blockade is in cer- |tain cases the appropriate method of r- {torcepting the trade of an enemy country and if the blockade can nly become ef- fective Ly extending It to opemy com- | tiona. 'at the THE BEE: C IMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1915, structions of their own sovereign. In the absence of such Instructions their Jurisdiction and rules of decision are to be ascertained by reference to the known |powers of such tribunals and the prin- ciplea by which they are governed under the public law and the practioe of na- | It will appear therefore that the | principles applieg by the prize courts of the two courts are identical.” The supplemental note then procesds with a long legal argument to demon- strate the practicabllity of a prize court | being governed by International law and same time by municipal law in the form of orders-in-council. It finally comes to the case of the steamer Zamora, in the present war, in which the British court declared: | “The nations of the world need not ! be apprehensive that orders-in-counef] ! will emanate from the government of this country in such violation of the acknowledged laws of nations that it is concelvable that our prise tribunals, hold- ing the law of nations in reverence would feel called upon to disregard and refuse obedlence to the provistons of such or- dors.” | Sir Edward then points out that the legality of the orders-in-councl, or of the measures taken under them, have not yet been brought to a decision in a prise court, but he reminds the United States that “It is open to any United States citizen whose claim is before the prize court, to contend that any order-in-coun- ofl which may affect his clatm is incon- siatent with the principles of international | law and is therefore not binding upon the court. If the prize court declines to | accept his contentions, and if after such decision has been upheld on appeal by the fudiclal committee of his majesty's privy councll, the government of the United States considers that there cu[ serious ground for holding that the de- clslon I8 incorrect and infringes the it 18 open to | them to claim that it should be subjected to review by an international tribunal.” | The celebrated Matamoro case of the clvil war then is cited to show that the supreme court of the United States held it had the right to reverse the decisfons of prise courts, and that “there was no doubt of the justification of an Intornational tribunal to review the de cisions of the prize courts of the United States where the parties alledging them- solves naggrieved had prosecuted thelr appeals to the court of last resort.” If the United States should be dis- satisfled with decisions of British prize ' oourts as sustaned by the privy council, the British government is prepared to concert with the United States in “order to decide upon the best way of apply- ing the principles to the situation which would then have arisen.” | Allies’ Aeroplanes | Drop Twenty-Five | merce passing through netural ports, such an extension in defensible and In acoonl- ance with principles which have met with The note then refers to the case of the British ship Springbok, seised by United States cruisers during the civil war while bound for the British West Indies, be- cause it cargo, it was charged was to be | transhipped to the confederate states. The supreme court of the United States sus- tained the seisure against the condemna- tion of a group of prominent internatipnal lawyers, although the United States and British governments took the broader jview and recognised the development of the older method of blockade. No protest was made by Great Britain. What is Important, “What is really important, in the gen- eral interest,” says the note, “is that adaptations of the old rules should not be made unless they are consistent with the general principle upon which an ad- mitted belligerent right is based. It s also essential that all unnecessary injury to neutrals should be avolded, With these conditions it may be safely affirmed that the steps we are taking to intercept com- merce on thelr way to and from Germany fully comply. We are interfering with no koods with which we should not be en- titled to Interfere by blockade If the ®eographical position and the conditions of Germany at present were such that its t. | commerce passed through its own ports. “We are taking the utmost poasible care not to Interfere with commerce genuinily destined or proceeding from neu countries, Furthermore, we have tempes the wseverity with which our measures might press upon neutrals by not avplving thé rule which was in- variable in the old form of blockade, that hips and goods on their way to or from ‘The note then reviews at some length the various forms in which Dblockades have been maintained to show there has been no uniformity of practice in every ensential pointed declares: “The one principal which is funda- mental and which has obtained universal recognition is that by blockade a belli- gerent iy entitled to out oft by effective on | means the sea-borne commerce of his the allies fn the |enemy.” hroken today by OCan’t Main Bombs on 8trassburg PARIS, Aug. 3—A flotilla of Anglo-' French aeroplanes today flew ower the | German city of Stressburg and dropped twenty-five bombs, according to a dis- ! patch from Geneva to the Havas Agency. The extent of the damage caused by the explosion of the missiles has not yet | been ascertained. Strassburg is the cap- | ital of Alsace-Lorraine, and lles elghty miles southeast of the German fortress of Maets. —— Could Not Walk with Rheumatism. A satisfied patient writes: * Sloan's Liniment. cured my rheumatism; am grateful; I can now walk without pain.” only %c. All druggists,.—~Advertisement. RUSSIAN LINE TO WEST OF POLISH CAPITAL HOLDS (Continued from Page One.) unanimous adoption of a resolution de- claring It to be the empire’s unshakable determination not to conclude peace be- fore Russian victory was complete and pledging the willing assistance of the en- tire population for the creation of fresh means for continuing the struggle. The resolution emphasised the neces- #ity of forgetting ola political quarrels and recalled the government's benevolence with regard to the interests of “all loyal citizens of Russia without distinction of race, language or roligion." ' The members also expressed their “un- shakable faith that the shortcomings which hitherto have existed in the pro- his enemny can be limited in the way sug- cases that we are detaining them where proof of enemy ownership would afford not in practice of detaining the Bir Edwards' note closes with the ob have been sue« | servation that “fixures of recent month vaugored, eapturing |show that the increased opportunities af er< [forded by the war for American com. | merce have more than compensated for | on the |[the loss of the eGrman ang Austriar %6 have un. |markets, Weo shall continue to apply ' A dis- | these measures with every desire to reports | 00casion the least possible amount of in | Britiah | convenience to persons engaged in legit- | imate commerce. In the supplement note, which is a re Ply to the American caveat giving no [ we. |Uce that the United States would ne recognize the orders in councl in le ime, forty |of International law, Sir Edward write frontier, |De does ‘mot understand to what 4 waided from the |VOrgence of vie v Bri- |18w applicable in cases before the pri A4 to the principles o y |oourt, the goverument of the Unitec o vision of munitions for the army will be immediately removed and that those re- sponsible for criminal omissions will be made to pay the penalty, no matter what thelir position.” German Official Report. BERLIN, Aug. 3-—(Via London.)~The [German army headquarters staff today gave out mate- ment: “Western theater: The English posi- tion near Hooge, which we captured July the following official , is, contrary to report lssued from the | entirely in | British headquarters, our hands “In the Champagne, after several suc- ocessful mine explosions west of Perthes and west of Souain, we ocoupled the bor- ders of the craters. “In the Argonnes, northwest of Fleur de Paris, we captured some hostile trenches, capturing aix prisoners. In a bayonet attack yesterday we captured altogether four officers and 183 men and took two machine guns. “In the Vosges during the fighting on the night of August 1-2 we lost a small portion of a trench on Bchratzmannele, between Lingekopf and Barrenkopf. A trench on Lingekopf which had been completely destroyed on the night of August 1-3 has not been reoccupled by us, “A French captive balloon, torn from its anchorage during a thunderstorm, was caught by us to the northwest of Etaine. “Eastern war theater: In the battles around Mitau we took some 500 prisoners. “Bast of Ponlewesch, (thirty-filve miles southeast of Bhavll), the enemy, who has been partly ejected from several of his positions, discontinued his resistance d retreated in an easterly direction. ‘Our troops forced the road between Wobolniki and Bubocs, taking 1,20 pris- oners and two machine guns. “In the direction of Leezna we gained ground and captured some 3,00 Russians. "Otherwise along the Narew front and still only | before Warsaw there have been minor combats, all of which have been favorable for us Southeastern war theator: German troops under General Von Woyrsch ex panded their bridgehead position on the | ®ast bank of the Vistula river, thereby taking 70 prisoners. | “Austro-Hungarian troops under Gen eral Von Koovess gained a decisive suc- | cess on the west front of Ivangorod, cap- turing 2,30 prisoners and thirty-two can- non, among them twenty-ons heavy pleces and two [leld mortars. “Field Marshal von Mackengen's army | yesterday met resistance on the line of Nowo Alexandria, Lejzna and Zalin, to the north of Chelm In the afternoon | the enemy’s line was broken to the east of Lecgna, (fifteen miles northeast of Lublin), and north of Chelm, whereupon | during the night he began to evacuate his positions on the great part of this | front. Only at some points is he llfll' offering some resistance. “Hast of Leczna we yesterday captured 2000 prisoners. Between the Bug and Chelm on August 1 and August 3 we cap- tured 1,30 prisoners and took several machine guns.” 1 | | | 7 Play Oxfords for ‘ Boys, at $1.00 In Our Aunual $1.00 Sale of 8hoes which starts Thursday. f—— wo 7 | Big Lot of FineWasix gkirts | at Half Price $6.98 Skirts at. . . $3.49 $5.00 Skirts at. . . $2.50 $3.9 Crepe $1.98, ilnghlm petticoats; worth Soc, at. . at $15.00 Suits at e at.. 8 Skirts at. . . $1.99 and white, larly sold for $1.50 and Wash Petticoats, about 15 dozen, i|l striped and plain 25¢ Bathing Suits Half Price $17.50 Suits at $8.75 $7.50 $10.00 Suits at $5.00 Palm Beach Suits | Worth to $17.50 $7 50 | About 60 pretty Palm Beach Suits in || an assortment of styles; while they Hst.coecevs.. 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