Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 11, 1915, Page 2

WNAMEE CALLS FOR BATTLESHIPS, TWO SHIPS PREPARING TO lTAlTI BULLETIN. i WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—Secre- THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AU( iUST 11, 1915. GERMAN DRIVE _[[TALIANS DEFEAT | TOWARD CITY OF 4 icnpIAN TROOPS (Continued from “age One.) : 1 sian Front Driven Into Goriza | United States Commander Fears Anti-Foreign Demonstration at Vera Cruz. {But thus far such reports have not been {borne out, and the Porte and Rome | After Long Fight. maintain surface relations with nations - | at peace. For German's reported peace overtures to Russia the British press finds only sar- casm. Virtually all papers iterate edi- torially what officials have insisted so |- 1TWO0 THOUSAND MEN KILLED) GENEVA, Aug. 10 (Via Paris.) on the Italian! Warns U. P. Against Sending Munitions Over the Bridge Warnings have been written on bleached skulls in the past; but on pie plates | have dire warnings never before been written Trainmen coming Pacific bridge into morning saw a ple acr the Union Omaha early in the oss the frog of the track plate sticking up in| Sil—éiting (iompam: i Compromises Suit With United States‘ DENVER, Colo., Aug. 10.<The Amer-| ican Smelting and Refining company to- day pald United States District Attorney | | Harry B. Tedrow, as representative of the federal government, $112,766 as dam- ages and rent for the use of 5,346 acres | of southern Colorado coal lands valued | &t $1,000000, The payment follows the T hompson-Belden & Co. The August Linen Sale Values Which We Cannot The appearance tront of 30,000 Austrian troops re- on it in lead pencil the Their attention was drawn at once. | institution by the government of a suit | On picking up the plate they found writ-| in equity, in which it was charged that | ten the lands in question had been secured sed campaign Is . W " | leased from the Russian Palgh '8| ip YOU DON'T QUIT SHIPPING |fraudulently through the use of “dummy |announced by the Tribune in a dis-) MUNITIONS OVER THIS BRIDGE, entrymen. | pateh from Laibach, Austria These | I'L, BLOW THE DAMN BRIDGE UP."| The ecompany tary Lansing announced late today |Often, that there can be no peace until the g » allies have gained victory. It s belleved that only one warship would be sent |aonsenity 1n Megtang thet Germany te 16 Vera Cruz and that it was ROIDE | willing to conclude peace as matters to relieve whatever ship is used for|stand, but the burden of all written and transportation of the Brazilian ‘ndifl'“krh comment is that such a situation Duplicate When These Are Gone l A-Sale of Fine "C!uest Towels | words was allowed to retain (Signed) “Watch." Guatemalan ministers. Secretary | Lansing denied flatly that mll||nryl or naval expeditions were being pre-| pared and declared such reports nnly' settle Mexican affairs peacefully. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—8erious anti-foreign demonstrations reported today to the Wasington government from Vera Cruz gave State and Navy department officials considerable coneern, particularly in view of the Pan-American conference to be re- sumed in New York tomorrow to de- vise means for restoring peace in Mexico. Advices from Commander McNamee Vera Crus, depicting a threatening situ, tion in Carransa’s government, led to a conference betwen Secretary Lansing, Rear Admiral Benson, acting secretary of the navy, and Leon J. Canova, chief of the division of Mexican affairs. Com. dander McNemeo's report had at first been regarded as aldrming enough to warrant spending naval reinforcements to Vera Crux and preliminary orders have been given to the battieships Louisiana and New Hampshire, at Newport, to make ready. Wil Await Reports. Deliberation on the situation,’ however. W feeling that migh be embarrassing to the Pan-Amer- lcan conferees. An order was sent, how- ever, directing the gumnvoat Marietta to proceed at once from Progreso to Vera Uruz, a distance of about 390 miles. Rear Admiral Benson explained that the Maristta might be utilizsed to convey the Brasilian and Guatemalan ministers in Mexico to New Orleans. ioans and other foreigners and that there had been mumerous endeavors to Incite uptising, although no overt act had yet been committed. Secretary Lansing will leave for New York tonight to resume deliberations with | | | i E B | in one more Mr. R ih | | ] g7 ] B i by i ; : ! : i - : ] H ; | Za T g ¢ 2 i 1 it i § 5 ; : i;i b i A i s ¥ i i & H £i i I i ziiggggii i i i B4 orking Wonders Amo£ Wounded troops, equipped with artillery suffi- clent for two army corps, attacked | |the Ttalians yesterday outside of| | Gorizia, leaving 2,000 dead on the Lattlefleld. ' The Itallans are sald to have gained an | important point strategeuically by joining froces between Romans and Doberdo, south of Gradisca. The Austrians en- deavored in vain to prevent this Junction, | Yosing heavily in the effort. t The bombardment of Rovereto tinues. D.J.0'Brien Sells Candy Factory to Towle and Gordon| would be impossible from the standpoint of the allies Lose 65,000 Men In One Battle, GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 10.—(Via Paris.)—A dispatch to the Tribune from Innsbruck, Austria, says that in the re- cent fighting along the section of tie eastern front running from the Pissa river to Ostrov, northeast of Warsaw v wounded, but succeeded In capturing the principal fortified positions of the nul“ sians The engagements in the vicinity of Novogeorglovek, the dispatch said, have been continuous for five days and the Germans have nccupled the northern portion of the defenses of the surrounded fortress. The Russian garrison depends mainly upon bayonet charges, as artillery ammunition s lackin North of the Lublin-Chelm railroad the battle continues to the advantage of the - ot e Austrians and Germans. In the region| D. J. O'Brien, for many years a candy of Nova Alexandria on the Vistula south | manufactusr of Omaha, bas #old out his of Ivangorod, the Russlans are offering | interest in the D. J. O’Brien Candy com- flerce resistance, Inflicting heavy losses | pany, to R. B. Towle, who has been sec- on their opponents. retary and treasurer of the company for French 1al Report. a long petlod, and A, W. Gordon, of the PARIE, Aug. 10.~The French war office | Gordon-Lawless company, manufacturers | this afternoon gave out a report of the [of tin cams. Mr. Gordon's comnection | progress of hostilities which reads as | with the Gordon-Lawless company will tollows: “In the Artols district to the north of the Souches raliway station the Germans last night deltvered two attacks in which they made use of bomba. They were driven back to their trenches by our fire. In the Argonne, in the eastern part of the forest, last night witnessed a can- nonade and rifle firing, but with no in- fantry engagements. There also fighting with bomb and hand grenades Vanquols. “In the forest of Le Pretre the enemy, after a violent bombardment, attacked at about § o'clock yestarday evening our trenches in the vicinity of La Croix-Des- Carmes, but they were checked by a cur- tain of fire from the French troops. Dur- ing the night a further attack, accom- panied by a bombardment of shells con- taining asphyxiating ' gases, also was checked by our artillery. “In Lorraine a reconnalssance made by the enemy against the station and the mill at Moncel was easily repulsed. “The night passed quletly in Vosges." the" :|Cruiser Tennessee Sails for Haiti Wit Marir_xe_Regiment PHILAUELPHIA, Pa, Aug, 10.-Car- rying %2 marines, the United BStates crulser Tennessee sailed from the Phil- edeiphls navy yard today for Haitl Colonel L. W. T. Waller and his staft were also on board. Colonel Waller will assume command of all the United States marines in Haitl. The marines that left here today will reinforce those now in Halti, under command of Rear Admiral Caperton. ‘The Tennessee carriea enough supplies for & three months' campaign. Ensign D. D. Dubree of the Tennessee, ‘whose home s In Texas, was stricken with appendicitia last night and was operated upon in the naval hospital. He will re- cover. | Lindgren Makes Nearly One Million in Public Bequests CHICAGO, Aug. 10.~The bulk of the $1,050,000 estate loft by John R. Lind- gren, late vice president of the Btate bank of Chicago, goes to religious and educational institutions, according to his will, which was approved In court today. Among the beneficiaries are Northwest- ern university, Evanaton, IlL: the Ger- man Missionary soclety and the Chicago Home Missionary and Church Extension soclety. The widow, who renounced her dower rights, and a daughter, receive annulties of 315,000 and $5,000, respectively, and certain specific bequests. GAPPER 10 PROBE ALLEGED GRAFT (Continued from Page One.) -| mer attorney general of thia state, who participated in the receiver proceedings, not be affected by the move, and Mr. Towle will probably become manager of the candy company, the name of whic will remain the same. Nearly a year ago W. B. Walker, presi- dent of the American Thermos Bottle company, & $1,000,000 corporation of New York, made Mr. O’Brien & very attractive offer to join his company, and as & direct result of this offer Mr, O’'Brien has sold out his interest which for so long has been the controlling power in the big candy factory., Mr. O’'Brien will leave In about & month to join the New York con- cern, and will probably become vice pres- {dent. The salary he will receive ls very large, and & substantial portion of the concerns stook will shortly be piaced in his name. The final tranafer of the stock held by Mr. O’Brien In the D. J. O'Brien Candy company was made in the offices of Ma- honey & Kennedy in the City National bank bullding, and the beaming faces of everyone connected with the trans- action showed only too plainly how satis- factory the arrangements weore. “1 am delighted with the men who will manage the factory in the future,’ sald Mr. O'Brien. “There are no men in the country whom 1 would rather see in con- trol of it than Ross Towle and Al Gor- don, and the whole deal is perfoctly satistactory.” 3 The amount involved in the transfer s not made publie, but inasmuch as Mr. O'Brien’s Interest was the controlling one in the blg company, it Is safe to as- sume that the amount was one of the largest involved in any business trans- action arranged in Omahg, for some time past. The amount of stock Mr. O'Brien owns in the American Thermos Bottle company is also not made public. —— — Powder Company to Raise Wages Ten Per Cent Monthly . GARY, Ind., Aug. 10.—~Employes of the Aetna Chemical company and the Aetna Explosive company of New York, which operate plants at Aetna, a suburb of Gary; Thebes, Tll, and Ishpeming, Mich., have been granted wage increases of 50 per cent, it was announced tpday. According to the announcsments of the companies, the employes wiil be granted a further increase of 60 per cent If the Buropean war lasts beyond December of i this year. . Bffective August 1, the employes were given & voluntary increase of 10 per cent in wages and a similar monthly increaso will_be made for five months. If at the end of that period the war still permits and the experiment is a success, monthly advances will continue until Juhe 1, 1916, when the workers will be recelving 100 per cent Increase over today's wages. Several thousand men will share in the increases. Children Burned toDeath in a Barn , Near Pilger, Neb. PILOBR, Neb, Aug. 10.—(Special Tele- brought In the name of the state of Kan-, gram.)—A barn was burned on tha farm Tuesday afternoon Ed Dodrill, in the city Jall, confessed to Stephen Maloney that he had written on the plate and made the threat. Dodrill was jalled Mon- day night when he thought he was an officer of the law and began patroling the river front warehouss with a gun In his pocket, although he had only put in an application some hours before and had been turned down. Just whai the matter with this man, Dodrill, al con-| “Watch,” the police have not yet de-| termined, but he will be turned over to the proper authorities, who will exam. ine Into his state of mind. Express Company is Robbed of Large Sum by Systematic Thefts CHICAGO, Aug. 10.—~With three men under arrest here today, one of whom is #ald to have confessed, detectives for the Wells Fargo Express company, claim to have uncovered a system of thefts through which the company has been robbed of merchandise totaling narly $200,000 within the last twelve years. The men under arreat are Frank Wil- #on, who s alleged to have disposed of the, stolen goods; Benjamin Watkins, an employe of the express company, and a man known to the police only as the “mysterious man,” who is sald to have traveled under as many as twenty allases, Watkine was employed by the United States Express company, which was ab- #orbed by the Wells Fargo more than a year ago. For eleven years previous to that time, detectives sald, the United States company had been losing an aver- age of $2,000 worth of goods a month. Watkins remained in the service when the United States company was absorbed. Packages containing valuables would be rewrapped Into one large parcel by Wat- | kins, It was charged, and addressed to the ‘“‘mysterious man,’ of Chicago, where it would be clalmed under the alias which happened to be on the label. Raiders Hope to Annex Part of Texas to Mexico BROWNSVILLE, Aug. 10—An explana- tion of the purposes and extent of the Mexican raids of the last three weeks was obtained today from Jesus Garca, a Mexican wounded and captured in the Sunday night fight at Norlas, who is expected to die. He sald many Mex- icans, especlally the lower classes, hope to regain possession of that part of Texas between the Rio Grande and the Nueoes river or roughly the strip bounded by Brownsville and Corpus Christl and re- turn it to Mexico. Garcla said a political party having this aim exists in the Southern part of Texas and that he was forced to join the band which attacked Norias. It is claimed that, for the last two years, Mexicans have held weekly meeting at Garcla's home. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—An official report from Major General Funston was received at the War department today describing the attacks of bandits on civillans and United States soldiers at the railroad station at Norias, Tex. Gen- eral Funston said it has been established that “most of the men concerned in these outrages are residents of Texas, but only a few are Americans.” * at some suburb | 206 acres upon which stands the plant of the “model mine” at Cokedale, upon payment for the land. This payment is included in the $112,766 received by Mre Tedrow. All the land ‘s In the vieinity of Cokedale and Aguilar, Colo. Some of it is under lease to the Victor-American Fuel company and the government will allow the lease to stand, thus becoming a coal mine landlord. 1 In consideration of the payment of recent damages, Mr. Tedrow dismissed the suit pending In the United States district court. Fair Attendance | Passes Ten Millions BAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 10.—At- tendance at the Panama-Pacific exposi- tion has passed the ten-million mark, aocording to announcement today by the exposition directors. The ninth mil- lion was registered on July 25, and the daily average in rolling up the tenth million was 76,923, WOMAN WOULD NOT GIVE UP Though Sick.and Suffering; At Last Found Help in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta- ble Compound. Richmond, Pa. — * When I started taking Lydia E. Pinkham'’s Vegetable Compound I wasina dreadfully rundown state of health, had internal trow- bles, and was so ex- tremely nervous and prostrated thatif I | had given in to my feelings I would have been in bed. As it was I had hardly strength at | times to be on my | feet anC ... . 1di1 do was by a great effort. I could not sleep at night and ! of course felt very bad in the morning, and had a steady headache. ““After taking the second bottle I no- ticed that the headache was not so bad, 1 rested better, and my nerves were stronger. I continued its use until it made a new woman of me, and now I , can hardly realize that I am able to do | so much as Ido. Whenever I know any woman in need of a good medicine I highly praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg- | etable Compound.’” — Mrs. FRANK CLARK, 8146 N. Tulip St., Richmond, Pa. ‘Women Have Been Telling Women for forty years how Lydia E.Pinkham’s | Vegetable Compound has restored their | health when suffering with female ills. ‘This accounts for the enormous demand for it from coast to coast. If you are troubled with any silment peculiar to women why don’t you try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound? It will p:lyvuw do so. Lydia E. Pink- bham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. | | B T Advfirtising Specialty - Salesman Wanted for Omaha and surrounding territory, by an old and t with the Grit of a Grindstone and Go of a Gun. Bide line or full time. Liberal ‘commission, Right man can make $2,000 or more a year, One hav- ing established trade with high class | business houses preferred. ovice with push considered. Give references, rience and present line. ] TAYLOR BROS, CO., Division dor Instrument i‘o:puu. Roches- ter, N. ¥. EDUCATIONAL. Uihnmhmhy-.—-mdw— EARN MORE WITH LESS ToIL. 45¢ Scalloped Guest Towe's 50c¢ Hemstitched Guest Towels 75¢ Hemstitched Guest Towels - 19¢ each - 39¢ each - B50¢ each l A Sale of Turkish Towels | 45¢ Turkish Towels - - 50¢ Turkish Towels - - 75¢ Turkish Towels - $1.00 Turkish Towels - - - 25¢ 39¢ 50¢ 75¢ I_ Table Damask by the Yard $1.25 Bleached Damask - $1.50 Bleached Damask $1.75 Bleaclied Damask $2.00 Bleached Damask $1.50 Silver Bleached Damask - $1.00 1.10 yard 1.25 yard - $1.50 yard - $1.25 yard yard To Chicago and East Four Daily Trains a CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY Leave Omaha ...1:15am 7:10am 50 pm 7:50 pm Arrive Chicago..2:00pm 9:10pm 8:10am 9:16 am Equipment of these trains has every requisite of travel com- fort, including coaches or free reclining chair cars, drawing- room, compartment and open section sleeping cars and unexcelled dining service. Observation cars on all trains, together with well ballasted, double track roadbed protected by automatic signals, add to the pleasure and comfort of passengers., waukee” on your next trip east. Try the “Mil- Round trip summer excursion tickets to New York, Boston and many other points, including attractive trips by lake, river and ocean, are now on sale at reduced rates. For information, reservations, etc., call on or address W. E. BOCK, City Passenger Agent, 0. M. & 8t. P. Ry, 1817 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb, Asu}t- for all steamship lines. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR PRESENT THE THEARLE STUPENDOUS PAIN’S FIREWORKS COMPANY PRODUCTION WAR of NATIONS “WHILE HISTORY IS IN THE MAKING" WAR WAGED IN THE AIR AIRSHIPS and AREOPLANES MANNED BY LIVING OPERATORS 81,30 --FIREWORKS-- DISPLAY NIGHTLY $1,5002 SIX BIG CIRCUS ACTS—300 PEOPLE Douglas County New Fair Grounds 6 Nights, August 17 to 22 General Admission, 50c - Reserved Seats, 7S¢ - Box Seals, Each $1 'll. has been paid $3.3% by the recelvers o Otto Willers, northwest of this town, for the services rendered while holding | tnis morning and two children, aged 3| HIGHLAND PARK COLLEGE D. President ‘““ office of attorney general and Araw: | ung § years, were burned to death. An| Mammoth Tractor Demonstration Fremont, Neb., August 9-14 46 manufacturers entered, 80 tractors, 80 plows. 1,000 acres of stubble will be plowed, harrowed, disced, ote., during the week. W. J. Bryan and Governor Morehead will be present at the opening, A st 9. Remarkable motion picture scenario will be staged Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Joe Stecher will wrestle Thursda Big barbecue dinner Friday. All demon- strations and entertalnments are free. For further detatls, write TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Omaha Or phone Tyler 1000, Bevor. - 108 adequate salary from the state. older child, of 8 years, was playing with T am clting this inquiry to you 1o &8« | the two in the barn and had matches itching rash Vallee, the |0€riain the legality of acceptance of the | yith her. In some way she set fire to | of the serum, have . |fees In such cases by the attorney gen- d to mot the little ones | ‘The moment that Resinol Oint- RO SN | coul 58 The Sntn and MERSE Datals ot o] B o o e ritier | | mant tontiass Behing ekin the Rch- which Procedure to enforce restitution in case |\ .l hor cries, rushed to the burning | | ing stops and healing begins. That such payment and acoeptance are In | ,.uaing ang was able to get the older| | is why doctors have prescribed it your opinion not sanctioned by law." | gl oyt but falled in her herole sttempts| | 80 successfully for twenty years in 0"“.:"':‘“ to Bar, to save the smaller children. The entire even the severest cases of eczema, action Governor Capper | Luuqing was consumed, together with a | ringworm, rashes, and many other horse. |'| tormenting, disfiguring skin dis- Entente Sends Joint | | ke S Resnol Onimen Note to Bulgaria| ly of the wors: cases are to = ines, | and private, with the complaisant con- be nivance of judges sitting in bankruptey number |Proceedings and receiverships has long Serums against different varieties of been a disgrace to the American benc) Bacteria, has been Put to practical use &nd bar. | “Popular Indignation has, in recent Do |Sald: can ui “The milking of corporations, publie de- 3 makes a sick skin or scalp healthy, quickly, easily and at little cost. Resinol Olntment Resinol Soap also ot by i e “:--ufl-mn Bl DotV Balimore Ma. 2 | years, been something of a restralnt | PARIS, Aug. 10.~The correspondent at upon the orgles of graft, but the case of | Saloniki of the Havas agency telegraphs the Kansas Natural Gas company seems | that diplomatic representatives of France, to revert to the days when receivership | Russia, Great Hritain and Italy have de- STabs were taken as & matter of course.” —_—— TONIGHT 8:25 AND M.I._lE!l Soen Base Ball OMAHA vs. TOPEEA, Rourke Park, Aug. 9-10-10-11. Two Games Aug 10; 1st Called 8 p. m. EI0EI0EI0EIO IO LI OEI O EXOEI O EIO EIOEIO IO EIOEIO EIO I, Phone Douglas 7018 Co-Pa-Co Paints 1812 Farnam St. C. R. Cook Pa Edward Lynch From Out Yonder” understanding with the Balkan states. i : [HIRAM MAXIN INVENTS EFFECTIVE RESPIRATOR PARIS, Aug. 10.-Fipam Maxim s eredited by the Londou cerrespondent ot‘ the Petit Parisien with having I.v-u! , | & simple and tnexpensive contrivamce to | protect soldlers from the offects of deadly | gases employed in battle, This device is | GHAS. GHAPLIN “THE BANK" LAKE MANAWA Basning Bostns. Duncing iy, B