Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 14, 1915, Page 1

S The sure wi$ito satisty your wants is through -1se of the want ad pages of The Bee. Try a Bee want ad. VOL. XLV--NO. 49 OMANA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, APPEAL OF ALLIES 70 MEXICAN CHIERS BEGINS 70 60 0UT CHIP OF THE OLD BLO French army decorating his own son, Sergeant Galliot, with the new French war cro CK—General Galliot of the " RACING CAR KILLED ss for valor on the ficld. 1915~FOURTEEN \OWNER OF EMDEN |Presid THE WEATHER Showers PAGES. WASHINGTON, Aug 13 ~President Wilson has written to Mrs. Sophia Gom- Plea of Pan-American Powers Dis- patohed in English to Various Legations in Republic’s Capital. i OFF T0' THE LEADERS TODAY Feeling Grows that Carranza’s Min- ions May Agree to the Peace Plan, VILLA WON'T STAND IN WAY WASHINGTON, Aug 13.—The Pan-American appeal to all elements in Mexico to cease fighting and join in a moéVement to restore constitu- tional ‘government began to go for- ward from the State department to- night. First the document was dis- patched in English to Mexico City, directed to the various Latin-Amer- fcan legations, whose attaches will t-anslate it into Spanish and deliver, it to the military leaders in that vi- cinity.cinity. Tontdrrow the ‘appeal in original Span fsh - will be forwarded directly ‘to' Gen- erals Villa and Carranza, governors of etates and many other chiefs in different parts of the country. The:text will be made public here within a few days. Carransa Aldes May Yield. With the appeal dispatched, the United States government will institute a friendly and persistent effort tb induce Mexican leaders who thus far have shown a disposition to oppose the movement to sacrifice their personal views in IN SPIRIT LAKE RUN pers of Brooklyn, N. Y., mother of Wil N < llam Gompers, the sailor killed by a |R. F. Donaldson, Whose Machine [Haitien sniper during the American oo : cupation of Port au Prince, Haltl. The t Won Money ¥ Om'lhl S titents letiar. Vb 18 reply to one | Place at Indianapolis, Meets from Mrs. Gompers, in which she sald Instant Death. 1the service of his country, but that as he had been her sole support, she hoped AIDE PROBABLY FATALLY HURT the government coula help her in some | way, The president's letter, given out today |At the White House, follows: " "My Dear Madame: 1 have read your |letter of August 3 with the deepest sym- Two Sons Capture First and Second Ignorant of Their Father's Fate. {#he was proud that her son had died in | ent Writes to Mother of Sailor Killed at Port au Prince ONE OF T'.,{li:;(::PILOT H“EjPRIGES OF WHEA'I; E. Donaldson of Milford, Ia.,, owner Rumors of Cancelation of Large of the racing car Emden, which won a place at Indianapolis and $1,000 Contracts by Allies Makes the Traders Nervous. at Omaha, was instantly killed while PARTIAL RECOVERY FOLLOWS driving that car in the automobile| !race here this afternoon. Mechani-| CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—Unconfirmed clan Wilcox probably was fatally in- jured. Two of Donaldson's sons won first and second place in the race after the death of their father, not.:"‘mr" which J. Plerpont Movghd knowing he had: Bemnkiljed was quoted as denying, that the al- lies were cancelling orders for Don W1son, who drove the gm.’whut. was reflected bn the Board of in the Omaha vace. Willle Trade at the opening today in prices Haupt plloted the machine In the In-|11; gents to 8% cents under yester- dianapo'is race. day’'s close. September wheat, the option most affected, closed yesterday at $1.11%. It sold in different parts of the pit at irant Donnldson, one of the wons | den onr 'Briton Wants to Buy Million Head | the opening today at $1.10 to \ : $1.07%. Immediately thereafter I of Cattle ln Ul s' there wi sale at £1.05, December common Mexican interest. It is expected that General Carranza will maintain the' deflance he had indicated in recent com- munications to his ‘agency here, but it is regardeg as prdbable that many of his generals and other adherents can be in- duced to join in a peace convention It is believed here that if a few Car- Finza generals participate in a conven- tion of the factions it will not be long Bafore organized opposition to a new gov- ernment could be effectively checked. In this connection, it has been reported that Geéneral Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army, who is remaining at the border at the request of the state department, is expected to perform lui- portant missionary work. General Scott knows many of the Mexican military leaders personally, and it is believed he may exert a powerful influence, “Ville Wow't Be in Way. A tely no resistance to the plan is ‘frem any sourcs .other. than from ' Geéneral Carranza, and In somé quarters here ghe feeling Is growing that even Carranpa himeeif may respond fa- vorably to the appeal after he has stud- fed its friendly tone carefully. General Villa and his adherents made it clear to- day In & statement, issued by Diaz Lom- bardo, foreign minister at Chihuabua City, that they are ready to eliminate themselves for the common welfare, pro- vided there is no recoguition of the old Clentifico group and that a constitutional government is restored. ‘Romulo 8. Naon, the Argentina‘ambas- sador, hurried to Washington today to the || ' FOR NATIONALITY| | w3 Minister Rizow Resents Imputation that His Country is Trying to . ROME, Aug. 12,—(Via Parls, Aug. 13.)—The = Bulgarian minister to Il(aly. D. Rizow, discussing in the i'Tribuna the negotiations between the Balkan stateg and the quadruple en- tente, characterizes as unjust state- ments that Bulgaria considers iself | indispensable to the allies and is bar- guining on fhat badis. I Bulgaria, the minister asserts, has not. changed its program. It was| BULGKRIA STANDS |TWO ZBPRBLINS 5o IDEALS LIKE THOSE OF ALLIES|FOURTEEN HOUSES. DAMAGED HELBENA, Mont.,, Aug. 13.—C. 0. Robin- {son. representing a large paciing com- {pany of Chieago, made public here today a copy of a cablegram from Liverpool sent to the Chicago office, msking that {an estimate Le furnished of the cost of 11,000,000 head of American beef cattle, de~ [vered at Liverpool. The order, if tilled, a1 Robinson, would require a payment of abdut $100.000.000, and would make |vast Inroads on the available cattle in | CHICAGO, Aug. 18.—Clay, Robinson & 1Co., live stock commission dealers, ad- mitted today that they had received a jrequest from a London hroker several i wecks ago for an estimate on furnishing (1,000,000 Armerican beef cattle, dellvered | &t Liverpool. The firm sald they were iied to belleve that the broker making the jinaviry represented either the English or i the Frénch government, and that the cnt- He were waltited for the army. ™ | Clay, Robinson & Co., 46 not do an ex- LONDON, Aug. 13.—Official an-'porl business and for that feason declined nouncement was made today of an|'0 make an cstimate. Several other @enl- i g to bid, by f airship raid last night on the east ';:",:::d :::: J‘ d.c"::d." e S oo coast of England. The officlal an-| The large packing companies dented all nouncement says that six personsknowledge of the subjeet, further than to were killed, twenty-three injured and 0¥ that they had been making small *hipments of live cattle to France for fourteen houses were damaged seri-|several months, présumably for the army, ously by bombs. { "o saspene smied e won oo | M8 Holrayd Fatally Hurt by Taxicab VISIT ENGLAND Six Persons Killed and Twenty- Three Injured During Raid on the East Coast. | contracts showed a maximum open- ing decline of 334 cents at $1.06. Traders generally were skeptical as to the importance of the cancellation, but the tone of the murket was nervous. Despite u ‘rally that ensued after the sharp declines at the start, the market later suffered from renewed weakness and closed nervous and 1%c to 3@8ge net lower for the day, with September at $.07% and December at $1.074 Patten Discusses Report James A. Patten, a former biard of trade operator, discussing the cancella- tions, sald: “If peace were in sight, Burope would still need wheat and it would have the credit to get it. The cancellation of orders therefore would seem ‘to tndicate one of two things—either Europe has found a #ource of new supply, which means Ru; slon; or Europe 8 that it cannot pay, It was- said two of the latgest firms' which cancefled contracts weve Argiour Grain company and the J. Rbsen. ! baum Grain company. 4 George C. Marcy, president of the Are mour Graln company, said: 3 “I am unable to understand what has happened abroad. It must be something important, or they would not have can- celed purchases that show such Profits. Possibly it is that the Datdanelles are to be opened. But we have no informa- tion. England wants to hold its gold, and hy buying wheat in Canada and Australia it can use its credits and keep its gold with which to buy munitions. If Burope deceived in signing the: treaty of| confer with Becretary Lansing:concem- | pycharest of 1913, under the terms | ing reports circulated that there has been In various place ing casualties: “Killed: Kour men, two women. In- resulting in the follow- | does mot buy our whéat freely it will jmean much to us and make @ great' deal {of differences in prices." last’ night between 9:3 and 11:45 p. m. SAN FRANCISCo, Aug. 13.—Mrs, difference of opinion between the state department and the Argentine governs ment regarding the Mexican peace pro- posals. These reports sald denial had been made here of a statement issued by the Argentiy. minister of foreign affairs, that the ‘Pan-American conference was based on the assurance that any thought | of armed intervention would be elimi- nated from the plans. After his confer-, ence with the ambassador today Secre- tary Lansing declared that there had been no misunderstanding and that he had assuted the ambassador there was no warrant for publislied statements which had aroused him. " HALF MILLION-DOLLAR . FIRE AT SAN SALVADOR SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13.—Fire thet | Parties an understanding would not have town late last night by officers of the destroyed, business property valued at :been delayed. Nevertheless the principal board. about $6500,000 in San Salvador, capital of Salvador, was reported today by J. Hill, representative of Burych & Co., commis- slon merchants, who received a cable- gram_informing him that his firm's property was destroyed, along with that of Papinl Bros. and Imberton & Co. The Weather Forecast until 7 p. m. Sat For Omaha, Council Biuffs —Showers; not much change in tempera- ture. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. SHOWERS, (it % " we EETEEEEEREEE Comparative Local 1916, 1901 1918, 1912, 8 8B I “ &8 1 U ® 8 U 0 T .00 .0 ipitatlon depar- 7 / FPPEEFY wuposnu~BEBoras 3 R2FAIBIEEIAA2 ¥ 1 2RERRrBas, i L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. . urday : | and Vicinlty | est. fall. | Starr. T |o.' whkich it ceded to Roumania nearly ! 5,000 square miles of territory. What | Bulgaria now wished, he continued, | | was reparation based upon the prin- ciple of nationality for which the the quadruple entente is contending. | The Mir, & newspaper of Sofla, Bulgaria, {1n its fssue of July 13, published the fol- | lowing editorial article on the of the' negotiations between Bulgarla and | Great Britain, France and Russia: ‘““Dhere is today no indication that an understanding can be reached betwesn Bulgaria and the_entente powers. The ‘reasons for this dre numerous. Had | these negotiations begun earlier in the | war they would have progressed more | rapldly. It is .also true ‘that if there ex- !ll!.d greater confidence between the two | reason for delay is to be found elsewhere. | “The triple cntente calls for.the help of neutral nations In the name of justice and of Iiberty, us well as in the name of | the unity of the peoples concerned 'n a | durable péace. With this end in view the | entente powers are laboring hard to ap-, pease the reciprocal, hatreds among the | Balkan states and to substitute amicable | | relations for the hostile feelings at pres- | ent existing among Bulgarians, Serbians, Greeks and Roumanians. The entente | powers in the pourpariers With these| states persist in this idea. “This being #0, the ynission of the en- tente powers is complicated, not to ray | impogiible. The difficulty arises from the | intransigeant a@itude of the Balkan| states toward each other.” Maxfield Found Guilty of Robbing | Oklahoma Banks CHANILER, OKI., Aug. 18.—"Bud" Max- ifield was sentenced last night by & | | { ®ljury to serve seven years in the state penitentiary for alleged participation in the robbing of two banks at Stroud, Okl., last March. The jury was out from 7 o'clock untll 11:6 p. m., when it re- turned its vesdict. Five men, Heary Starr, Lewls Estes, Claude Sawyer, Charles Johnson and “Bud” Maxficld, were placed In the Lin- coln county jail charged with the robbery soon after the rald of the banks at Stroud. All were alleged to be members of the band of robbers led by Henry | Stary and Estes pleaded guilty when arraigned. Starr was sentenced to serve twenty-five years. Estes has not been sentenced and was used as @ state’s wits ness in the trials of Sawyer, Johnson and Maxfield. Sawyer was sentenced (o serve five years, Johnoon was acquitied. | west of here. dropping incendiary And explosive bombs Frances Holroyd, an exposition visitor, | sald to be the widow of a Cincinnati millionaire, was lying probably fatally injured early today at a San Francisco ! hospital. Mrs. Holroyd was struck by points, but sucseeded in getting away a taxi-ab late last night. . Physiclans said from our aicratt patrols, Oné of the her skull had been fractured. Zeppelins was probably damaged by the | CINCINNATI, O, Aug. 13—~Inquiry mobile anti-aircraft section.” | here failled to identify Mrs. Holroyd as & Opium Worth Twenty |y 4T .. ' Thousand Dollars s |\ kman in Grusher | Seized at 'Frisoo Ls His Arm Torn Off r— | SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13.—Oplum val- | ued at $20,000 was in possession of the State, Board of Pharmmcy toda: result of a raid on San Francisco's ured: Three men, eleyenm women, children; all eivillans. were seriously damaged. “The Zeppelins were engaged at some nine Fourteen houses lienry W. Baughman, an employe of the C. I, Woodworth stone crushers at Cedar Creck, was brought to the Lord a8 the 'y (ster hospltal yesterday with his arm China- torn, oft st the elbow. His clothing caught in & chain belt and he was found - |in a state of cpflapse by workmen a short The selzure, which comprised 0 five- (in. later. 1t is not certain yet that he tael tins, Is sald to be the largest single il recover. selzure since the importation of smoking | opium was prohibited. Fatal Quarrel-Over ; The Day’s War News Killing of Cub Bear| {LATEST REPORTS from the w 3 fices of the belligerents give rise tp the bellef in the capitals of the entente allies that the safe with. drawal of the maln parts of the KEMMERER, Wyo., Aug. 15.—(Special.) | —A quarrel over a dead bear cub led to| the killing of Albert Pfeiffer, a camp- | mover, by John Kitchen a sheepherder, | at a remote ¢AMp 10 the mountains north. | Kitchen, who is in jail here, claims that he acted in seif-de- fense. 1 According to Kitchen's story, he killed 44 mother bear and one of her two cubs. Pfeiffer captured the other cub alive| and chided Kitchen for killing its twin, accusing him of cowardice in that he feared to take the animal alive. The quarrel continued for several days, grow- ing in bitterngss meanwhile, and Kitchen threatened to give up his job and leave the camp. -~ Pfeiffer, he charges, thep | threatened to kil him if he undertook | to leave, and pointed & gun at him. Later Kitchen reiterated his intention of leaving, whereupon Pfellfer started for | bis gun. Kitchen commanded him to halt and when be did not do so, opened fire. Kitchen does not remember how | o o many shots he fired, but two bullau‘ ably throush attacks by German struck Pfeiffer, causing lustant death. | ,ubmarines, is anvounced. Kitchen fled from the camp, leaving | peysows, including one vere drown: GERMAN ATTACKS have been re- sumed in the Argouse between b fered by the wings of Grand Duke Nicholas’ army. the repulse by A © troops of si- multueous attacks by the Aus triaus through (wo mountain passes 10,000 feet or more high in the Furvave valley sone. No portance clsewhere are SINKING oF Jacous, wther British craft, ¢ BRITISH steamer a 8,000-ton vessel, two Three woman, the body where it fell, and twenty-four | hours later gave himself up. YOUNG man Seoufi¥e! undvules hustler, sbility, witl 4 cash to take in teres il Jovbing | M r‘t{::lr:‘d’hn .f .ll.l: eferen fighting, the Fren, war office re. ences iver. Give Age, experiace, povie. references, etc. FURTHER SUOCESS he entente allies a German colony. torial Africa, are reported from Paris. by forces of St ey 31 | 1 | Emanuel F. Rosenbaum of Rosenbaum company sald: “‘Our own cancellations were not very heavy. It was about three days ago that the buying stopped.. The European buyers started to beg out of their pur- chases, mccepting a loss of from 8 to 10 cents a bushel, I should say."” Cancellation yesterday by the allies of contracts agsreguting pearly 2000000 bushels of wheat, bought for September shipment to Burope, was puzzling to the grain trade early today. Not only were cancellations reported by Chicago concerns, but some seaboard exporters claimed to have closed out open contracts. Canadian exporters also reported some cancellations. Movgan Otfice Stlent, NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—~Nobody in authority at the offices of J. P, Morgan & Co., It was said today, knew anything about the cancellation of orders for 2,000,000 bushels of wheat by representa- tives of the allies, the J. Germans Release American 8hip Wico WASHINGTON, Aug. 18~The Amer. fcan oll steamer Wico, taken by German warships to Swinemuende, has been re- leased and facllities have been given for n forees from the Warsaw repairs to damage when the vessel was being brought Wnto port by the German ance which s belug of- |Prize crew. Its cargo aléo was released. Ambassador Gerard, on istructions of the Btate department, made repre- JTALIAN HEADQUARTERS reports | Sentations which secured the release of |the Wico. He had previously obtained the releasé of the Llama, also bound for Stockholm. - Thelr cargoes were for neutral consumption and were not in- terfered with, The only American ship now held by the Germans is the Dunsyre, detained until the question of ownership is settied. German authorities contend jts change from British to American reglster was to avold capture. No officlal notice of the detention of the Standard Oll tank steamer Farolyte by the Britlsh at Kirkwall has yet reached the department. Building the Billy Sunday Tabernacle Full page illustrated story with explana- tion of the plan, In Next Sunday's Bee | | | | | | - - = TWO CENTS. IRUSSIANS HOLD GERMAN BALTIC SINGLE COPY pathy. I feel like congratulating you on having had & won whose dignity it I\'ul | my heart goos out to you none the less to die in the service of his country, but in profound sympathy. “I am sure that it would be the desire of everyone connected with the pulblc service to see that you did not sutfer need | because of your son's death, I am send- ing your letter to the secretary of the navy to inquire whether there is any | possibility under the law as It stands | of assisting you, T fear that there is not, but I am sure the secretary of the navy will wish to consider the matter very fully. Cordially and elncerely yours, “WOODROW WILSON." TRACTOR SHOW IS | BROUGHT T0 CLOSE, Fifteen Thousand People Present to Wateh the Plowing Machines and Participate in Barbecue. OMAHA I8 WELL REPRESENTED With 15,000 _people om the grounds, thq National Farm Tractor demonstration at Fremont closed yesterday afternoon with a hurrah, some elghty tractors being on the fleld, plowing hundreds of acres in a short space of time. The crowds for the week attending the tractor show totalled between | 45,000 ana §0,000. It was Omaha and Ak-Sar-Ben day at the tractor show yesterday. Hundreds of Omaha people were at Fremont, having gone in automeblles and by rail. The FLANK IN GHECK Successful Counter Attacks Made on Teuton Armies Tryi-- to Cut the Warsaw-Petrograd Railroad. ATTAOK TOWARD RIGA FAILS Railway Junotion at Dvinsk is Ob- jective Point of Gemeral Von Hindenberg’s Foroes. GRAND DUKE MAY SAVE ARMY BULLETIN, BERLIN, Aug. 13.—(Via London.) ~-The Polish city of Sledlce, fifty- five miles southeast of Warsaw, has been captured by the Germans. An- nouncement to this effect was made today at army headquarters. LONDON, Aug. 13.~~The Russians for the time being are holding in cleck the Ballle flank of the German armies, which are struggling to cut the Warsaw-Petrograd rallway and are battling toward the Dvina, be- yond which lie the roads to the Rus- sian capital. This has been accom- plished with the ald of reinforce- Tuents and by virtue of one counter attack after another. The fortress of Kovno still holds out, German attacks toward Riga have been repulsed and the rallway junetion at Dvinsk remains in Rus- | Union Stock Yards company made good on ita threat tp roast oxen for & barbe- cue, roasting two, one downtown and one out in the tractor fleld. The watermelons, of which there were soveral carloads, furnished by the Com- mercial club of Fremont, held out nicely, and the way the crowd devoured roast ox, sandwiches and watermelon was nothing short of a sight for clear eyes. Tractors Move Out. By 5 o'clock the tractor companies be- #an to pull up stakes to get ready to load the machinery and accessories and leave town. It was a happy bunch of tractor sian hands. From Ostrolenka, north of Warsaw, to Cheim, in the south, the Teutons clalm to have made further progress, but between the Vieprz and the Bug they apparently have been thrown back with heavy losa. It may be that Feld Marshal Von Hin- denburg has not exerted fully his power in the north, but is awaiting events in the south before hammering his hardest toward the Dvina, near the banks of Wwhich hia cavalry has been for some men who finished the day, for, althoush rain had been predicted, no rain overs took them on the last day. Thus it was another splendid day for tractor sales, The way sales were ul for the opportunity of thelr output at & show such splendid results in ing brough way of sales, Meuy Sales Are Mado. Some of the companies kept a scoreboard up at thelr headquarters, Where every sale was registered so that people might see how many were sold during the week. Thus the International by 4 o'clock In the afternoon of Friday Freneh Officlal Report. PARIS, Aug. 13.—The French war office had reglstered elghty-nine and was con- fidently predicting it would be ralsed to 100 before sundown. this afterncon gave our a réport on the progress of hostilities, which reads: “In the Artofs district, a German sttack last night to the north of the Chatea: The simple recorded an even 100 tractors ecked. ¢ #old to one man who will represent thcmi“ Mearrern i Lo, in Kansas, The Jollet Ofl Tractor company re- corded forty sales by the afternoon of ! the last day of the show. These are but a few of the repressnta~ tive sales of the week. All the Torty- elght companies that exhibited had a fine Tun of sales for the week and the agents are going home well pleased. The moving plcture men are still on the grotnd to get some of the woenes that, on account of the press of business at the demonstration, could not be arranged | with the proper settings during the week, The Wallls Cub tractor 18 to be taken for the movies this morning, it being represented as just pulling into Fremont from its 1,000-mile durabllity run whlchl :« N:uo from Cleveland to Fremont in y-one days precedl; b o v ng the opening of The Walte tractor will be shown taking | @ party of Commercial club representa~ | tives out to meet the Wallis Cub ana Bla | it welcome, Big Crowd fyom Omaha, Besides the Omaha people who went to Fremont on the trains, automobiles com- menced golng early In the morning and continuing up to noon. Up to 11:%0 o'clock twenty-five cars had checked out from Ak-Sar-Ben headquarters, recetving the colors for decorations. But, besides, there were many who went without colors, There were those present Wwho had not taken notice of the an- houncement that penants would be fur- nished and so started without them. There ‘were many others who started long before the Ak-Sar-Ben office was opened in the morning. 2 Governors’ Cars All the governors of Ak-Sar-Ben, wh) were in the city made the trip. The two, cars for the governors were manned as follows: In the first car, Gould Diets, | Bverett Buckingham, Wrank W, Judson, Charles D, Beaton and Victor Rosewater. In the second car, Randall K. Brown, | D. J. O'Brien, Charles Black and J. D. Weaver. 3 The Unlon Stock Yards company was well represented¥in the autos that went, as the company was to roast the oxen for a big barbecue in the afternoon. Mayor Dahlman, Corporation Counsel Lambert, Gas Commissioner Butler and Tom Flynn, retiring city clerk, made up & party of city officlals who motored to Fremont to visit the tractor show, Friday, the thirteenth, had no terrors for them, companies at Portola, Plumes county, at a loss estimated at between 330,000 and 2,000,000,