Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 11, 1915, Page 1

WHEN AWAY FROM HOME The Bee is The Pnpor ... fou) 4 you plan %0 Trne Boe malied to Tou. VOL. XLV—NO. 46, PEOPLE DYING IN MEXICO CITY FROM STARVATION DAILY One Hospital Reports Death of Eight Children, While Another An- nounces Number of Famine Victims. SOLDIERS SHUT OUT ALL FOOD making great offorts, both by | OMAHA, WEDNESDA land and sea. Y MORNING, AUGUST RIGA, THE NEW GERMAN OBJECTIVE-—Russian seaport on the Baltic, for the capture of which the Germans are 11, 1915 'l'l'l.\' PAGES. | | | | £ Woman Arrested for Stealing Dog to Take Home for Her Young to Eat. q CAPITAL TFALTS AND FALLS MEXICO CITY, July 31.—(Via Vera Cruz, Aug. 8.—Via Laredo; Tex., Aug. 10.—Delayed in trans-| mission.)—Eight deaths by nlrvn- tion, all children, were reported by the police station of the Second W ard | today. The general hospital also re~ ported deaths by starvation, though the number was not made public. A police court record in the Second ward was brought to the attention of the American Red Cross representatives today as fllustrative of the extreme mis- ery prevalling among the lower classes because of the want of food. A woman was brought into court charged with stealing a dog. The de- fendant's plea was that the animal was stolen for the purpose of féeding it to her children. The judge dismissed the woman. Food Can’t Enter. Despite the distressing conditions the Red Cross representatives and the for- elgn relief societies have been able to do very little because the military of- ficials refuse to allow food to enter the city. Red Cross officials now have a supply of beef and beans sufficlent for 750,000 liters of soup. Already applications have come from 60,000 persons, and the present supply will last no longer than a fortnight. Cases of death from starvation are being dally reported to the Red Cross headquarters. During the last twenty-four hours this canital has seen three changes of govern- ment. Such a kaleldoscopic shifting of the political status has alarmed even this ity, nccustomed as it has become to rapid changes of political leadership. Zapatistas Go. Shortly after the mnoon hour yester- day the Inhabitants were startled by the precipitate evacuation of the Zapata army before an invisible enemy. Two houps later the Villa contingent of the former army -of occupation rallied and streot ffghting ensued with the Invading ! Carranza forces. At 5 o'clock the firing ceased, and in its hlace was heard tbe clanging of bells. Offices and stores which had been in ine line of fire were opened and' the occu-| pants emerged to learn that the city had been captured by Captain Manuel San- chez and twenty men of Carranza's army. It is estimated that 2500 Zapata soldlers fled beforé this force. belleving it to be mueh larger. Deaa Al Civilians, Captain Sanchez installed himself in the National palace and the Red Cross ambulancé and cars gathered up the dead and wounded, numbering eleven, all of whom were civilians, the fighting having ! taken place in the main streets of the business. section. The city had settled down to the first breathing spell of the day when the Zapata troops, been routed by a force of twenty men, returned. Sanchez, with his Carranza| forces thereupon evacuated the pqlmco,x which was tdken possession of by Gen- eral Castillo, who occupled it during the | night. Flees Police. Castillo, when morning broke, left the palace because of a rumored approach | | learning that they had [P4LY. | 1 | \WATERMELONS FOR AL AT FREHONT {Two Carloads from Georgia, and | They Are Free for All at | Tractor Show. | SPECIAL TRAINS FOR - CROWDS Tuesday was Wyoming, Colorado, mont and Dodge county day at the N tional Farm Tractor Demonstration at Fremont. Acres and acres of ground were iplowed by the big tractors and gang plows for demonstration purposes before the many thousands of farmers and busi- ness men from a half dozen states who flocked to the grounds to see the demon- strations, The tractor short course, which | feature of the week’s demonstration be- | gan yesterday morning, with Prof. L. F. | Seaton of the University of Nebraska | college of agriculture as conductor. Ex- perts on the varlous motors and the {various accessories were given the floor [to talk on technical points and to answer lthe questions of the crowds of those in- | terested. Questions were numerous, for |thousands of farmers are today as well versed on the carburetors and technical | points of a gasoline engine as a decade ago they were on the spavins and ring- bones of their horses. Experts for Lecturers: Nor _haye. the manufacturers been asleep on the job. They: have grasped he opportunity to send out experts to give theso lectures in the tent and thus get the special features and worthy vir- fues of their vatious machines lald bare before the prospective buyers. Fifteen companies have entered their accessories {for exhibit and have furnished their ex- |perts to lecture on them. Here are the |companies that entéred for this special | teature: wiaukesha Motor company, Hansmann Manufacturing Long Prairie, Minn. Bennett r‘unmretor company, apoile, Min) Tiiyatt Roller Bearing company, Eisemann Magneto company, jolis, Ind. Beaver Manufacturing company, | waukee, Wis. Sumter Electrical company, Sumter, 8.C. Champion Spark Plug company, Toledo, MeQu-y-Norrls Manufacturing com- St. Louis. erce Speed Controller company, An- derson, Ind. K.-W. lgnition company, Cleveland, O. Perfex Radlator company, hacine, Wis. Wilcox-Benwett Carburetor company, Mlnnelwlll, Minn. Marshalltown, Ray Y, Ta. Burl‘l thh ‘ompression Ring company, Rockford, Iil. Militia ie on Guard, The Fourth regiment, Nebraska Na- is a ‘Waukesha, company, Minne- Chicago. Indianap- Mil- Ex-Congressman Sutherland Is in Critical Condition | SUPERIOR, Neb, Aug. 10.—~(Special Telegram.)~Word has been recelved here of the very serious iliness in a hospital at Kansas City of ex-Congressman R. D. | Sutherland. He 1s reported to have a very severe case of acute Bright's dis- |ease and the physicians do not hold out | . @ny hope for his recovery. GENERAL SCOTT'S MISSION SUCCEEDS | Villa Agrees to Call Off Meeting of Mining Men and Will Restore Confiscated Goods. CONFERENCE HELD IN EL PASO EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 10.—General Hugh L. Scott, chief-of-staft of the his mission to the border. At noon today the following statement was| given out: “General Villa assured me during our interview thatthe proposed meet- ing of mining men will be postponed 1nd TP “foreign merchan- dise #eized at Chihuabua last week will be restored to its owners, Vio- lations of the law, however, will be | prosecuted in the civil courts. HY! mission here i8 now accomplished. Villa Crosses to El Paso. Escorted by a mounted detachment of bodyguards, General Villa entered an automobile early today in Juarez and crossed the border to keep his appoint- ment with the American chief of staff, representative, and Colonel R. E. L. SEWARD SETTLERS It —— Commoner Says His Name and Wil- son’s to Be Linked as Friends of Peace. |8IX OXEN SERVED AT BARBECUE (From a Staff Correspondent.) SEWARD, Neb., Aug. 10.—(Spe- | elal.)—Under ideal conditloons as {to weather the Seward county old | settlers’ picnic was held today with |a crowd of more than 10,000 people in attendance. | W. J. Bryan delivered an address in | the forenoon to a crowd of about 1,600 | people at the park, following out the | lines of recent addresses made since his | retirement from the cabinet. Mr, Bryan ridiculed the idea of pre- paredness for war as being the best thing -ilo promote peave and called the war in| United States army, has accomplished | Europe & “humane war inhumanly con- \ ducted.” | Still After Jingoes. | He sald the people were refusing to ap- ! ply to nations what it would apply to so- | clety and that the jingo press of the country and the jingo public would put |4 uniform on every titizen and a hair- mv rifle tn his Haads ready to g0 to He reiterated the statement made in former speeches that it was only the prepared nations that weént into the present war and that had the United 'Sthtes been as well prepared for war as these were this country would have been in at the start. ‘“There are a few people in this coun-, try,” sald Mr. Bryan, “who drink blood before breakfast, prepared to kill a man before dinner for féar they will be called mollycoddles before supper time.' He sald the sentiment of the present | i 1 LISTEN 70 BRYAN, George C. Carothers, State dep.r(menli representative, and Colonel R. B. L. | Michie, aide to General Scotf, went to | Juarez and accompanied the Mexican | leader to the private residence of J. F. | Willlams, a banker, where General Scott | has made his headquarters. On the in- ternational bridge a detachment of sol- diers from the Sixteenth United States time appeared to be along the lines of | cruelty, and if any man was cruel it was up to the man who opposed him to be more cruel than he was. In Thousand Years. Before closing Mr. Bryan sald that one thousand years hence the name of Wood- row Wilson and “my name” will be of hostlle forces and General Albama, |tional Guard, is encamped at Fremont, claiming to be a Villa follower, occupied | 2nd thg militiamen are detalled to police the government offices. Towards noon|dUty on the exhibition grounds. Special heavy firing on several streets leading to parades are to be held during the week, the national and municipal palaces, an- |83 8180 sham Wu-'c by t:-c troopers. i, mounced the second approach of Carranza | GOVernor Glenn of North Carolina spol men. This firing lasted all forenoon and |%¢ the chautaugua at Morse park in the well into the afterncon, and when it evening, which was designated as speclal censed the inhabitants were in doubt as| "SRt fOF tractor men at the chautauqua. How could a tractor show be held with to whether the forces of Villa, Zapata or UMY Tise onal + Carranza held the capital of the republic. ;\:z:.u 1 r:op o The Weather Fonan tin 7 p. m. Wed Council Bluffs lnx Vicinity Wols Gets the Melons ‘Well, President (porge Wolz of the Fremont Commercitl club decided a tractor show just could not be held with- out melons, so he got two carloads of —r.u. not much cha the cholcest from the south. These have Tempernture at Omehe Prveretir® | heen resting on ice in storage for several Hours. days and are now daily being sliced and ‘p-ed out free of charge on the demon- stration field, If they last long enough, |there is to be free watermelon for every | visitor every day of the week. I Fishbake Tonight. Special trains on the Burlington from Sioux City, Lincoln and Beatrice are to bring crowds to Fremont. These trains have been arranged for and the sale of tickets has been large. There is to be a fishbake at Morse park in the evening T |for the tractor men and special enter- tainment, including a battle royal and other sports. sl E g‘o During this afternoon the first section Mean temperatul u {of the 6,000-foot reel of the ““Romance of Pnclnl:d:n siess ."'.;.3“ -‘d‘p;:“ the Plow” is to be made by the Holt g™ n"‘nm.’l"” on depar- | peature Film company. k“;?::’fl lemhn:nlnn 3 as .0 No admission is charged to the show. 64 .66 | 70 3 EBEEE!!E 555!!53 8 9 0 1 12 1 2 [ 3 4 5 k3 7 L] Loe; P. p. P P p. P P Record. 1914, 1918. 1912, o 2 8B al 1915. 85 o Comparative Highest yesterda: Lowest rda. | BERNARD A. MELIA DIES Total r-m-n-,_'gcf; l”"w- FOLLOWING TYPHOID ATTACK lency for cor. Deticlency for cor. period, 1913.. 3.87 inches | Bernard A. m # years old, a resi- Reports from Stations at 7 P. M. |qont of Omaha practically all his life, ?"’“"“"fi?{ died at noon yesterday at his home, 1410 South Seventh street, as the result of a m recent attack of typhold fever. He ul survived by a widow, Mrs. Catherine H. oo Mella; two sons, Lee and Francis Melia; a sister, Mrs. J. Winters, Hammond, Ind ~' snd two brothers, James and Martin of u Omaha. Mr. Melia had been in the em- .00 |ploy of Paxton & Gallagher for the last | 0| fifteen years. 00| The funeral will be held at St. Philo- .u mena’'s church, Thursday morning at 8:30 a:u:x::x:;:é:aés ann:lunnurzsgsa; infantry, were drawn up as a guard of honor for General Villa, whom they es- corted in automobiles to the place of meeting. General Villa's guards also accompanied their chief to General Bcott's residence and remalned there until the conference was concluded. Mr. Carothers and Alberto Madero, political adviser to Villa, and brother of the late President Madero, were the only men present at the meeting between the two military chiefs. At 10:30 Villa emerged from the house, re-entered his machine accompanied by Colonel Michie and Mr. Carothers, and returned to Juares. General Scott, after Mr. Carothers' re- turn to American soll, issued his state- ment. General Scott sald that while his work here was completed he would remain awaiting orders from Washington. Mexiean Stocks Sold. The confiscation of foreign merchants’ goods throughout Villa territory was or- dered at Chihuabhua City July 31, when Villa accused the merchants of charging exorbitant prices. Foreign consuls placed their seals on the stores of their nationals, stores of Mexicans were sold out af prices fixed by the Villa government plus 15 per cent allowed for profit. On August 2 selsure of Imports at Juarez began. Supplies of food, coal and other merchandise consigned to mining camps, as well as to merchants of all na- tionalities were seized and ordered shipped to the Villa government at Chihuahua. Maeanw! & meeting of mining men called by Villa for August 1 to consider a matter of “great importance” with Gen- eral Villa was postponed until August 9, when the news of the coming of General Scott stayed all action and postponed the mining men's meeting until August 11 It was this meeting which was called off by General Villa today. 4 THE GATE-CITY-OF THEWES'| Omaha has the hotel ac- commodations to make the away-from-home traveler comfortable, according to his means and his needs. The best for the price and the price to suit. but the household words whenever proposition is mentioned. Governor Morehead spoke in the after- noon to a large crowd and, notwithstand- | ! Ing the races and other sports were in progress, the crowd listened attentively. The governor spoke along lines of the ad- vancement of the state, of prosperity and said there was no state in the whole union so favorably situated os so rich the peace | ple appeared to enjoy the good things of life so much, Big Barbecue. At moon the blg barbecue was served, balt & dozen blg Nebraska steers being roasted for the occasion under the super-| vislon of Colonel John Teeling of Hast- Ings. The carving and serving was under the supervision of Joe Kendall, head chet of the Lindell hotel at Lincoln, both of whom dié thelr very best, the people en- Joying the repast. The program was con- ducted well along into the evening, Seward county old settlers’ picnic bein the event of the season in this territory. 'British Cruiser India is Torpedoed 0ff Swedish Coast | BERLIN, Aug. 10—(By Wireless to Sayville.)~The British auxiliary cruiser India, of 7,900 tons, has been torpedoed off the Norweglan coast. Eighty members of the crew were saved, The place of attack of the India lies along the steamship lane between ¥ng- landl and the Russian port of Archangel. Resttjord is a bay six miles long on the northwestern coast of Norway. LONDON, Aug. 10.—The British torpedo boat destroyer Lynx was sunk yesterday as the result of striking a mine, according to an officlal announcement made this evening by the British press bureau. Four officers and twenty-two men of the crew were saved. Turkish Airmen Destroy Subsea Craft of Entente ™ lX)NflTANTlNOPhE. Aug. 9.~(Via Be lin, Aug. 10.~By Wireless to Sayville. A submarine of the entente allies was unk near Bulalr this afternoon by a Turkish which threw bombs upon the craft. the crew were lost. " in material prosperity or where the peo- | the | Speclal Trainfrom | Sioux City to the | Big Tractor Show €0 great has become the Interest in the tractor show at Fremont that the Bur- lington has decided to run a special train { from Sloux City for those along the line |who wish to visit the show Thursday. | The speclal will leave Sloux City Thure- day morning at § o'clock, and returning | will leave Fremont at 9 o'clock that night. CAPPER TO PROBE ALLEGED GRAFT. |Kansas Governor Orders Inquiry Into Payment to Former Attor- ney General by Receiver, ! | |DEAL IS HELD TO BE ILLEGAL | TOPEKA, Kan.,, Aug. 10.-—Gov- ernor Capper has directed Attorney Bruster to inquire into the alleged ifee of $8,325, said to have been paid by the receivers of the Kansas Natural Gas company to John 8. | Dawson, while he was attorney gen- eral. Dawson is now an assoclate Justice of the Kansas supreme court, The governor directs the torney goneral to atart proceedings for the restoration of the money to the gas company, if illegally paid. Gov. ernor Capper also directed the attor- uey general to investigate other fees paid by the company, which aggre- {gated more than $224,000, The governor's action is the result of | & report of an accountant for the Kansah | Publie Utllitles commission, who mAdé | an examination of the gas company's | booka. ! Statement by Governor. | Governor Capper wn his instructions to | the attorney general referred tb fees to | the amount of $224,0150i4 shown in the | accounts report as follows: | ““These fees, It seems to me are so out| | o comparison with services rendered and ! | 80 far in excess of just and fair com-! | pensation as to constitute what will ap- linked with the peace treatles and be pedr to many as a public scandal. “I note with astonishment that the for- | (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) ues heavy l ong the line, with steady retire- ment of Grand Duke Nicholas'| l troops recorded in most of the sec- tors. Northeast of Warsaw and assaults is indicated in this terri- tory. PETROGRAD CLAIMS that in the Baltic provinces the Germans are | d back from Riga, on while on the water an at- battieship the mine lers defending th eentrance to i patched to Vienna a reply rejecting | “is not in consonance with the defi- {mitlon of neutrality.” |pointed out tha tto prevent such ship- {Grand Duke Nicholas. On Trains, IM SINHLI‘T 'AMERICA REJECTS AUSTRIA'S VIEWS ON ARMS TRADE Unitde States Sends Vienna Note Declaring Neutrality Not Vio- lated by Allies’ Buying Munitions Here. Nowe Btan COUCHED IN FRIENDLY TONE Penfield Will Probably Present it to Foreign Office Thurs- dny. ' INSISTS ON RIOHT TO SHIP WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-—The United States government today dis- the Austro-Hngarian views recently set forth in a note contending that the great scale on which war muni- tions are being exported from Amer- ica to enemies of the Germanic allles The note was cabled to Ambassador Penfield, who probably will present it to the Vienna forelgn office Thursday, It may be made public later by agreement between thetwo governments, tes Sugmestion. ed in diplomatic language and entirely friendly in tone, the reply Is understood to repudiate flatly the sug- gestion that the United States has per- mitted violations of neutrality and rests firmly upon the right of American export- ers to send war supplies to belligerents able to purchase and receive them. The United States always has held that this is n unquestioned right under inter- national law and high officlals have ments to one country because another was not in a position to recelve them would be in itself a violation of neutral- Ity. rPecedents also have been recalled where In previous wars Germany and Austria fmported arms extensively, The Austro-Hungarian note, handd to Ambassador Penfleld on June 2 was a lengthy document, setting forth the views of that government and suggesting that the United States might redress the state of thinga complained of by Informing the enemies of Austrin-Hungary that the sup- | ply of foodstuffe and material to | them would be suspended unless legit- imate trade in these articles batween America and neutral countries were per- mitted. According to Berlin dispatches, this complaint was sent’ after a conference between .the Austro-Hungarian and Ger- man forelgn offices. Similar notes, it was sald, soon would be sent, 1o the United Btates by Germany and Turkey. Germnas Take Lomza, | . Tighten Net Around Grand Duke Army LONDON, Aug. 10.—Lomza, the strong fortress holding the same relative position on the northeastern lank of Warsaw as Ivangorod on the southeast, fell into Ger- Man hands today, the outlying defenses having beén taken by assailt yesterday. The Russians Il hold Ostrow some twenty-five miles to the southward of Lomsza, but thelr only purpose in holding it is to delay as long as possible the ad- vance of the vietorious Germans and enable the Russian armies to get clear of | the widespread net in which the Teutons {are trying to envelop the forces of the That the Russians ave getting ready for | a further retreat seems clear, from the news that preparations are making for | the evacuation, of the impertant city of | Vilna. This information was quite unex- pected in London, as the latest official | GERMAN DRIVE COPY T\VO (*F’N'I‘q TOWARD CITY OF RIGA IS CHECKED 4 Large Fleet Which Attempts to Force the Mines and Forts at Entrance of Harbor is Driven Away. BRITISH MAKE GAINS IN WEST Capture of German Trenches Near Hooge Not Followed by Usual Counter Attack. BALKAN OUTLOOK STILL MIXED LONDON, Aug. 10.—Although wilitary operations in Russian Cour land have hardly reached the de- clsive stage, the Germans, who have been smashing thelr way toward Itiga, have been checked. = Almost simultaneously German ‘warships, which attempted to seize the Gult of Riga and attain a strategic posftion to sesist the troops ashore, were dis- persed and damaged. The assemblage of German craft was the largest of any engaged in the naval actions of the war thus far, with the exception of the allied squadron at the Dardanelles. Tt nosed its way towards Riga much after the manner of the British ships renged off the Belglan coast last fall. The fact that the German warships were forced to retire is a source of tutisfaction to the British press, which finds encouragement in the resistance of the Russians in this northeastern theater fn contrast to their retirement elsewhere. British Galn in Weat. The British advance in the vicintty of Hooge, while not comparable with the tremendous actions in Poland, marked the most important engagement in which the British army has figured since the battle of Festubert In May. The gain was small and still has to be maintained ngainst the almost inevitable German | counter attacks, The Balkan situation is stfll ehaotie. Dispatches from BSaloniki say that the Austro-German plan to strike again at Berbla already has found expression in A concentration of Teutonic forces along the Serblan frontler. It is said 100,000 men have been massed near Orsova, Hun- kary, which may bo the forsrunner of the predicted campalgn through l-‘l for the relief of Turkey, haa not declared ' the Ottoman thelr atfairs to their Am I¢ flila be true, 1t probably means that impending developments in the Balkans dictateq the aotion of Italy, Many Rumors About Ttaly. It bas been rumored frequently that Italy would send troops to assist France and England in the Gallipoll operations, {Continued on Paxe Two, Column TWwo.) Andrews Is in Race In Fifth for Congress HABTINGS, Neb, Aug. 0.~(Speclal Telegram.)—W, E. Andrews today author ized the ment that he will be a can« didate for the republican nomination fox c:n.reumn from the Fifth district o 1916, Mr. Andrews sald that he would at the Troper time enter upon the public dis« cussion of national questions that will be involved in the campaign. This announcement disposes of the re bulletins from Petrograd conveyed the 'port that Mr, Andrews might enter the impression that the German rush in that race for the governorship. His f |today by the state grand jury In connec- | The state's attorney said ‘the grand jury ihad been given evidence that the East- quarter had been stemmed. The sudden change of front Indicates | that developments must have supervined ‘ to Induce the Russians to surrender their Junction. Six Indictments Voted in Eastland Disaster Inquiry |naming six pe |tederal government officials, were voted H tion with the steamer Eastland disaster and will be returned in court tomorrow. and was overcrowded. Bvidence con- cerning government officials in the case the Gulf of Rign was beaten off. checked German advance g8 Vilkomer rict, at which wl-‘ invaders: are within mn miles of the trunk lne raflron Petrograd. At Kovmo it is a.- fte the brissing up riress have d, with heavy losses to the attacking forees. AUSTRO-GERMAN pressure on the Russinns continues ot forces are re southern Poli RO Austrian trenches in the Carnia rexio suceess in the Plava & similar Dardan | tlal progress, ae- | cording to news agency dispatehes l'o-l Athens. | ANS REPORT mew Turks in the Caucas RUSSIANS ALSO ASSERT they .l"‘{rd‘rnl grand jury, caliber guns des- | was considered proper matter for the Brltlm Then Consohdate LONDON, A\l‘. 10.—8ir John French, commander-in-chief of the British forces in France and Belglum, in a report glven out today by the official press bureau, says the British troops have slightly withdrawn fro mthefr line south {of Hooge, near Ypres, but have coasol- ldated the villuge of Hooge. HARRY THAW GOES T0 ROOM UPON ARPIVING IN OMAHA . | Harry K. Thaw and his party arrived in | Omaha at 7:30 o'clock last evening. Thaw | went directly to his room st the Fonte- | nelle hotel without stopping to registe He expected to remain two or three un here. MISSCURI AFTER TRACTOR FYHIBITS E0R STATE FAIR hrstes river. AEROFLANE ubmarine of and sank the eraft, with loss of all of its crew, | Constantinople ———— | B. C. Biggerstaff of Sedalin, Mo., super- ' intendent of the machinery and indus- | trial seotions of exhibits of the Missour! state fair, was In Omeha lsst night on his way home from the tractor show at' Fremont. { %, none of whom are | assert that he has had no thought of seeking that place. Mr. Andrews rendered distinguished serwice in congress before taking the | place of auditor for the United States | treasury, which he held during several | different administrations and until a few weeks ago under the democratic w of President Wilson. THRLTS e fiord 8 per L] Mm“} used this ‘l'hc quickest vly to x Baver "is” %o pat 5 nonuncement about your Clausitied columna of THE 3\5!!& Bl Telephone Tyler 1000 and } PUYT IT IN THE OMAHA BEE,