Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 15, 1915, Page 1

3 { PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE VOL. XLV-—-NO. 9. PLEA T0 MEXICO HAS NO HINT OF ARMY PRESSURE poses. Pan-American Appeal to Distressed Republio Calls on Leaders | to Meet for Confer- | ence. { OFFERS TO ACT AS MEDIATORS Chiefs Requested to Take Steps Toward Reconstruction of Country. MOTIVES OF FRIENDLINESS WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—The Pan-American appeal to Mexico, now being delivered to the chiefs of fac- tions and governors of states, wn‘ made public here tonight by the smcj department. | Without even an intimation of armed intervention, it calls upon the Jeaders to meet somewhere in Mexico, | on neutralized ground, in a confer- ence, “to adopt the first steps neces- | mary-to the constitutional reconstruc- tion of the country,” and to issue a fall for immediate election. The services of the United States or any | of thé other Pan-American conferees are offered as intermediaries to ar-| range the meeting. l The appedl, although sddressed to the | political -and military leaders, takes on | the form of an anhouncement to the | Mexican peoplé themselves. As made | public by the State department, the docu- | ment is prefaced by this announcement: *“The Mexican people are informed that | ‘the following communication has been : gent to ‘many prominent persons in! Mexico, who. possess authority or mili- | tary power within the republic.” i Text ‘of Appeal. i Then follows the appeal, dated at Wash- | ington, August 11 ! “The undesignied, the secretary of state | of the Unitéd: States, the ambassadors ex- traordiary and plenipetentiaries of | Bragil, Cbile and Argentina, and the envoys extraordinary and ministers pleni- potehiary of Bolivia, Uruguay, and Guate- | mala, accredited to the government of | the United States of America,pcting ‘sev-, erally and independently, uBAnimousiy { ®end to you thie following communisation: § e Y mopt . sinvere . pir.t o("'w :r%mu"qm conyinced that they. rightly. Interotst the cornest wish M’“ they have et ‘8t the suggestion of the webrptary of Atate of the Uuited States, consider. the Me 50 s to | escertain whether thelr friendly and dis- yiteréNted neétp be succesafully em- MUNGER FUNERAL I3 HELD IN OMAHA Body is Then Taken ' Bervices Are ud MASONIC 'FUNERAL AT GRA : ploged to re-establish peace and consti- Funera) services for the late J ,tutional order in our sister republic. Willlam Henry Munger yesterda “In the héat of the frightful 6trusgle. | yorning brought & large concourse .;:m':“-'l? l;:'"yh:o:;mfidi:‘:ym:fii’ef friends to the family residence at bave lost sight of the diasolving etrects | 1624 South Twenty-second avenue. | of the strife upon the' most vital condl- (The Wohuse was filled with beautiful tions of the natlonal existence not onty{floral tributes gent from far and| upan the life and liberty. of the inhabi- {wige and they were plled in pro- “tants, (but on the prestige and security § oy o¥ around the casket. Teles of the country. H 4 Won’'t Remain Unmoved, and letters of gondolence from “We cannot doubt, however, h and promi- can doubt—that in the presence of United-Btates family. As a yathetic appeal from' their brothers ‘ hbor of days of old, “Rev. Dr‘ Ameriga recalling to them these ! astrous effects, asking them to save (helr p Tuotherland from an abyss—no ore can | D888 of the'i@ongregati ghurch doubt, we repeat—that the patriotiy of Fremont offiéfated; and (¢ funeral the men who lead or aid in any wa! t‘pnny left “for mfi‘“ “by” train bloody atrife will not remain unmo¥ed:|ghortly befofe noon. s | no ofie can doubt that each and everyone| . (n, { of then, measuring in il own conBCience | wera wenfled: tr- & :q“;’:“ o piavi his share fn the responsibilities of pPast|\alter B. Dale, prayer _M':‘""m.-“' Fhit misfortune and looking forward to his|mon, :reviewing the dead judge's . share In the glory of the pacifioation and | in which Dr. Buss cnatacterized the good | Teconstruction of the country will re<| heartedness and lionesty, and consclen~, ot spond nobly and resolutely to this friendly appeal and give their best efforts to opening the way to some saving tious devotion to duty, that had marked hig rise from lowly beginnings ta aml-l nence. He lamented that plans for reur- | action. ¢ | Ing trom the bench in October next, gad “We, the undersigned, believd thut if | to resume with his wife their residence the men directing the armed movements | in Fremont had not- been permitted to | in Mexico, whether political or military [ materfalize, but said that Mrs. Munger chiefs, should agree to meet, either in|would now by herself muks her home| person or by delogates, far from the | [Eortinucy on Page Two, Column Three) sound BF canndn, &nd with no other in»| — hted o mere 10 scnanse 1ions and| Allies Debark Large | Number of Troops on Gallipoli. Peninsula Teconstruction of the country——and to to determine the fate of the gountry— from such action would undoubtedly re- sujt the strong and unyielding agreement | issue the first and most essential of | PARIS, Aug. 14.—An official communi- all, the immediate call to general elec-|C&tion on the situation at the Darda- tions. | nelles, given out by the French war office “An sdequate place within the Mexican | N3 afternoon reads ——— e R TN T Mexlcan| On the - Gailipoli’ pentnsula British forces, since August 6, have been debark- ing successfully at a point near the Bay of Suvia on, the west side of the penins They have made progress at - t further to the south in the vicinify of Gaba Tepe. Here, after some 4 & severe fighting, these forces were suc- rily cloudy; not miuch | consful.in gainiug a footing on the siope q of the helght of Sarl Bastr. They took | ®t Omaha Yesterday.|more than 650 prisoners and captured nine Hour Deg; | machine The operations at this © & |point coniinue to progress. ‘At the south end of the peninsula the fforts of the Turks to penetrate our nes resulted in failure. On August 7 some slight progress. Since this activity of the French front has mainly i artillery fighting, ,mui-l advantage for our bat- requisite to the creation of a provisional &overnment, which should adopt the first steps necessary to the constitutional Page 2,.Column 2.) Weather . e m. Sunday: i The French war office this afternoon gave out a report on the progress of hos, tilitles which reads: “In the Artols district there was fight. during & part of last night with hand grenades and bombs. “In the Argonne the enemy yesterds: evening delivered an aitack along the entire front in the Marie Therese sactor. Everywnens they were repulsed and suf- fered perceptible losses. At this point there was & h German sttack at an morning, but less violent "s:xlg BETPRE2INSITR Austria Prepares - Raid on Serbia to S ST AT of eumzu-en- Wway through Sorbla to Telieve “l'icv. tflREi* BUSHELS OF JEWELS AND PURSES Large Quantity of Small Pieces of Personal Property Found on Up- per Deck of Eastland. WRECKED SHIP ON EVEN KEEL CHICAGO, Aug. 14.—Three bush-| els of jewels, purses and other small pieces of personal property which be- longed to victims of the Bastland disaster were recovered when the ship, just three weeks after the catastrophe, was restored to even keel today. The property was found on the upper decks, which were the | first avallable to search. Rumor Teamsters' Strike in 8t, Louis May Be Settled ST. .LOUIS, Mo, Aug. 14—The two largest transfer companies that are af- fected by the strike of teamsters said today that they would not try to operate their wagons with nonunion men before Monda) . The teamsters of four other firms, a total of 100 men, joined the strike today. Postotfice inspcctors today notiffed the | unlon leaders that there must be no in- | terference- with the transportation mail between St. of Louis and East St | Louts. Union officials replied that the mail vans would not be molested if they carry noth'ng but mall. The inspectors agreed to have large signs put on the wagong to show what they were carrying. A report that the strike might be set- tied today galned currency, Chicago City Pay Roll is Held Up CHICAGO, Aug. M.—Salaries of 17,00 ¢ity employes, aggregating approximately $2300,000 & mouth, were held up today by Percy Colvin, president of the city commission, as a reprisal for the action of City Treasurer Sergel in refusing to Day the salaries of seven special men em- | ployed in the civil commission work. City Treasurer Sergel sald the reason he had refused to pay the seven men was boosuse civil service reform leaders had informed him the men had not been legally appolinted Year was o L000. It some live wire does not snap store has been owned bv o over twenty years, PR OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1b, 1915—FIVE SECTION GOING UP FOR A PEEP AT THE ENEMY'S SHIPS--This remarkable photograph shows captive balloon on an Italian battleship about to ascend for reconnaissance pur- 'PLAN ROR ATTACK ON SUEZ PAILURE , Plant at Jaffa Preparing s t k'_wuhon,h Destroyed HOUSES IN CITY NOT DAMAG PARIS, Aug. 14./—A’ plan for an i attaek on.the Syes canal is said by Ilhe ministry of marine today to-have been detected’ and thwarted. * An- noudgeniont was made in the follow- ing statement: ) | - “On August 12, after warning had | been ‘BiVen to the governor of Jaffa |and time given for the evacuation of {the vieinity, a French cruiser bom- | barded and destroyed the principal | buildings of the shops of the German firm of Wagner Bros;, which were making arms and ammunition and constructing boats destined for an attack -on the Suez canal. The houses in the vicinity were not dam- nged."* Jaffa, in southern Palestine, Asatic 1’1‘urkuy. is about 160 milee mortheast of f?ort Baid, at the Mediterranean end of {the Sues canal. In'Jaffa 18 & large foun. |dry owned by Wagner Brothers. The French marine ministry’s communi- cations leaves In dcubt the nature of the expedition sald to have been ' planned ‘mlmt the candl. It would be obviously impossiblé to construct at Jaffa a naval forcq of sufficient strength to cope with the warships of Great Britain and France in those waters and it might be inferred that small vessels were being bullt for & raid, dépending on secrecy and speed [for the success of the adventure. The Bues canal wus attacked by the {Turks earller in the war. An army was {sent to Egypt last winter and in Febru- |ary there was somie fighting near the shal, The main forces of the Turks, however, did not reacis their goal, ~TTIRTY-SIX PAGES. SINGLE THE OMAHA ‘SUNDAY BEE [ & | COPY FIVE CENTS. WAR DEPARTMENT ' RUSHES REGINENT 10 BROWNSVILLE Artillery Are Ordered to Border. ARE ASKED FOR BY FUNSTON| Mexican loldie:l Cross the Bound- ary and Begin Slaughtering Cattle. WASHINGTON, Aug !today the War department, at the! ordered one regiment of infantry from Texas City to Brownaville and also ordered one aereplane, onc bat- tery of 4.7 guns andyehe batters of | 4.7 howitzers to Brownsville from Fort gtill, Okla. Mapor General Bell, commanding at | Texas. City, will select the Infantry regl {ment; the commander at Fort 8l will choose the batteries. Although - portsa today indicated no more forces | would be sent to Brownsville, later de- velopments evidently convined General | Funston of the need of more protection | for the border line threatened by Mexican | ratders | NOGALES, Ariz, Aug. 14.—Mex- ican soldiers entered American x-rrl-\[ tory fifteen miles west of Nogales| today and began slaughtering cattle, according to a report from the Har- rison ranch, on the border. Three automobiles loaded with armed men; started for the scene soon after the report reached here. Forming Sceret Socletion, AUSTIN. Tex., Aug. I4.—Mexicans in Guadalupe, Hays and Gonsales counties are forming secret socleties, which are | & menace to the safety of Amerlcans, ac- | cording to F. C. Welnert, manager of| the state cotton warehouses, who yester- day returned from a trip to Seguin, where | he was called to advise a group of farm- | ers, who had recelved threatening letters. | *“These Mexicans are organized by agi-! tators from San Antonio,” sald Mr, Wein- | ert. ““The agitators have one argument that always brings results. They say to the peon ‘These lands are really ours' and incite him to selze them. ] The agitators, after organizing -em| sqoleties for the “redemption” of lands to Mexicans, generally disappear after bolléoting dues from the members. . « | took possession of No. 10 in the Rio Grende for a short time while the Mexican ralding was at its helght a few days ago. This island is large, containing pasturage fof con- siderable stock. American residents of the vicinity, which is near Rio Grande City, 100 miles above here, were mysti- fled by the actions of the Méxiean sol: diers. The latter finally withdrew from the island. Peace officers and rangers have adopted a summary code of handiing sus- pected Mexicans, At Fort Brown here the following report was turned In, made by peace officers to an army patrol of- floer on duty at a small statlon north of Brownsville: “We' met two Mexicans. They tried ({Continted on Page Two, Column Two.) Blast Furnaces to Resume Operation SHARON, Pa., Aug. l4.—Activity such as thig region has not known in seven years {s shown by blast furnace interests, due to the Increasing demand for pig iron. The statement was made today that fur- naces which have long been idle would be placed in operation before October 1. Superintendent J. 8, Robbins of the Clair Furnace company received orders to re- pair the plant without delay, and Presi- dent George 8. Boyd of the Valley Mold and Iron company, announced the Alice furnace would be placed in operation as soon as possible. Two blast furnaces at Middlesex are being repaired and the Hall furnace of the Republic Iron and Steel 0 is being made ready for an additional furnace of the Shenango Fumace company, it is ex- pected, will be blown in next week. \Mexican Generals Ej. PABO, Téx., Aug, 14—The military commanders of the states of Sinaloa, Tepic, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero and, it is belleved, Durango, have refused to | recognize the autherity of either Villa or | Carransa, according to authoritative ad- | vices here today. It is said tne commanders have degided that for. these states the reyolution s over, and, although prepared to t invasion of their states, the soldiers are to be used In planting and harvesting. ! It s said that the forces Villa sent to | Durango several weeks ago to head off |an advance by General Obregon joined in & state movement there and will not rejoin Villa. General Angeles, second in command of the Villa forces, was appointed last night to deal with the affairs of native snd foreign merchants whose stores and goods iwern corifiscated recently at Chibushua, jaccording to advices received today . Carransa Alds fa Basdit Hust, BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Aug. 4—There were indications today of possible co- | operation from Carranss forces om the Mexican side of the Rio Grande in the | clean up of bandita, which is now being made in the Brownsville section by rang- ers and United States troops. | Tt was reported that Carranzs’s troops last night fired on Mexicans who were trying to cross from the American side into Mexico near Mercedes. It is believed | in Five States ' Repudiate Carranza and Villa part of .the band which crossed from Mexico near Mercedes last night. Etforts ¢ontinue today to surround these Mexicans in the brush on the American The task is difficult, owing to the density of the underbrush. Genergl E. P. Nafarrote, Carranza com- mander st Matamoros, has been running | Mexican bandits out of the section under bis control, ‘Jmmediately opposite the Texas borer i Ralders Steal Cattle. } NOGALES, Ariz., Aug. 14.—~With twenty | armed men, Sheriff W. A, McKnight left | here today for Harrison's ranch, nine | miles east, whars Mexican ralders were | reported to have crossed the interna- | tonal boundary and driven 30 head of cattle into Mexico. Nogales citizens be- gan arming themselves, saying they feared raids close by. Bert Sorvel, manager of the Harvison ranch, said the Mexicans, who appeared to be soldiers, made the raid before dawn. Borrels sald he and a cowboy fired on the Mexicans, who returned the fire. Fifty cowboys from other ranches were riding toward the Harrison place with the gnnounced intention of going into Mexico, I nécessary, to bring the cattle back. Carransa forces app,ared close to No- gales, Bonora, today, and near the border. The Villa gerrison under Governor Jose the Mexicans who tried to escape ware Maytorena, prepared for an attack. In Addition to Infantry, One Aero- | plane and Two Batteries of | POSSES START AFTER THEM 14.—Late | | request of Major General Funston,| Thebay War New l GERMAN FORCES and exert pressure on both south wings of the Russian aemy. The situntion 1s cansing the ques- entente allles whether Grand Duke line of detense { ovak ax its center. | GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT shows | that Fleld Marshal Von Macken- { sem’'s forces have swung north- ward to & lne drawn from Radsyn to Viadiva, pressing closer to the Brest. hold, which abo miles morth of V Germa pled R GERMAN CROWN PRINCE contine ues pounding st the Fremoh in the Argonne. Paris report nieht along the entire Mart | near Martinswerk, in the Argonne rexlon. BRITISH STEAMER CATRO and a fishing smack have been German submarines. FRENCH MINISTRY OF MARINE announced that trated throngh the bombardment by a French crulser of German shops in Jafta. RUSSIANS DECLARE THE LINE WILL HOLD| Assert Brest-Litovek Fromt Will Stand Firm Against the Teutons. PETROGRAD STILL CONFIDENT PETROGRAD, Aug. W.—(Via London.) ~The new positions occupled by the Ger- mans and Austrians were outlined with approximate accuracy on good authority today, for the first time since tho fall of Warsaw. The line starting from the vicinity of Ossowetz, near the Prusslan border, opposite the Masurian lakes region, curves to the south and east, running through Sokolow, Siediice, Lu- kow, Ostrow and Viadova. The concentration of Austro-German forces in the direction of the fortress of Brest-Litovsk is proceeding along three roads, running to that point from Miek kin, from Lukow and Viadova. The in+ vaders are still between forty and fifty miles trom Brest-Litovsk and are meet- ing with, strong opposition at every r future the original pian ret! from the Vistula lfne will accomplished and Brest-Litovak, althoukh not’ yet Ih the ‘spheré of adtivity, wil Asklme its' furiction as 'ohd ehd of thé Ttussian lne. In"Petrograd 'thé opmion bo checked on this line. Naval Action Describ Belated details of the recent naval &e- tion at the entrance of the gulf of show that the Germans with nine of the line and twelve crulsers drew up in battle formation. A fleet of trawlers, preceding the warships, cleared away wines. vog vbg The Russian defenders estimated that the Germans opened fire with one-fifth of thelr strength. Meanwhile Russian hydro-aeroplanes bombarded ‘hs trawl- ers and warships, The trawlers eventually were driven off. Two of the German warships damaged were torpedo boats, the other a cruiser. They struck mines and apparently wers | injured The: the project for of ers of Swar and foreign labopers manufacture of ‘war supplies. Koreans and Persians are to be employed. The council also approved the plan of the minister of educstion for opening certain universities to women, in the medical, sclentific and legal branches. Russians Abandoning Bialystok. BIALYSTOK, Aug. 14—(Via Petrogred.) —The equipment and supplies of factoriea and stores are being removed from this city, which s firty-five miles east of Lomaz. Many Inhabitants are depart- ing, although the civil government, state and private banks, the postal and tele- Erph services are still in operation. The roads leading to this city from the west and northwest are lined with end- leas processions of refugees with thelr wagons. Many peasants in the Lomas, Ostrow and Malkin districts have de- parted hurriedly. ‘Week Beginning August 16. tion to be ralsed In capitals of the | m to Russian -murUM IPREPARING FOR DRIVE THROUGH RUSSIAN GENTER Germans Now Hold Front About Fifty Miles in Width on Line | Sixty Miles East of the | City of Warsaw. FOUR TOWNS ARE CAPTURED Enveloping Movement to the North Along the River Dvina Also Continues. PETROGRAD REPORTS CHECK | BULLETIN. WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—The American consul at Riga has taken over the British interests there. Am- bassador Marye so reported today from Petrograd, but gave no explana- tion. BULLETIN. BERLIN, Aug:e $4.—(Via Lon- don.)—The forces of Field Marshal Von Mackensen, pursuing the re- treating Resuians from the south, have reached the lime of the high road leading from Radzyn to Widwlo- daw, it was officlally announced by German army headquarters today. LONDON, Aug. 14.-—Steady prog- ress for the forces of Prince Leopold of Bavaria eastward from Warsaw is taken here to indicate that the Ger- mans are now massing their main movements on & drive through the Russian center and the continuance of the enveloping effort in the north along the Dvina. Both Petrograd and Berlin agree that the Germans have occupled the towns of Sokolow, Sledlce and Lukow, forming a Ger- man front about sixty miles east of | Warsaw and fifty miles wide, | This is more than half way to Brest-Litovsk, which Grand Dike | Nicholas, the Russian commander-in- chief, hoped to make the new center of his defepse. It is now regarded as probablg that this point' will be | abandoned. | Petrograd Reports Check. | Petrograd _cl have bean Dvinak, cede | @les in réar guatd fighting during s fotirament. . German correspondents accompanying |the invading armies say the Russians are they abandon. Operations in the western fleld have Virtually been halted, except for occa- slonal local trench skirmishes. | War clouds continue to gather over the | Balkans. A Gentral News gispateh from Amsterdam reports that Germany is pre- paring for pventualities by transporting 40,000 troopy from Warsaw to the Serbian frontien, Re the rald of Crowas - Trip Through West, NEW YORK, Aug. 4=Willam H. Salt Lake City, and then proceed to San Francisco to dct as president of the Unitarian convention and to address the Red Cross conference. 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