Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 16, 1915, Page 2

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GOVERNORS ASSERT |““We’ve Got Another Mexican, but THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. BIG TRACTOR SHOW REVOLUTION OVER He’s Dead,” R:poric_;f Ranger Chief WELL WORTH WHILE Five States and One Territory of Mexico Weloome Advent of Peace. RENOUNCE VILLA AND CARRANZA EL PASO, Tex., Aug. states and one territory of Mexico are authoritatively announced to have de- clared through their military gover- nors that the revolution is at end in s0 far as they are concerned. Car- ranza and Villa or other forces in arms would be met by resistance should they attempt to enter these precincts of Mexico. Troops in these precincts will be returned to peaceful pursuits, 0f Various Factions. According to the report the declaration of the military governors was made with o view to preserving the integrity of the autonomy of their communal organiza- tions to enable them to enter peace negogiations without factional allegi- ance as between Carransa, Villa or Za- pata. The governors who thus declared for armed peutrality are of various stades of political affiliations. The territory of Teple favors Villa; Ouxaca staté has maintained independ- ence: Guerrero’s status is unknown here Chiapas, Villa's territory; Sinaloa Carranza territory and Durango is ranza-Arriets brothers territory. Others Who May Join, To this. an announcement from Villa sources adds that Governor Jose May- torena of Sonora, Governor Bantiago Ra- mierex of Coahufla, Villa adherents, and Governor Fidel Avila of Sonora, might ba etpected to co-operate with the Villa movernment in it recently proclaimed non-combatant attitude. 15,—~Five | BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Aug. 15J. M. | Fox, captain of Texas rangers, telephoned Ito night from Raymondville, a few mifles | | north of here: “We got another Mexioan- | but he's dead.’ | From other sources it was learned that this Mexican was found on & ranch near | Raymondville and that he was connected | with & band which ralded sections north of here early this week. General K. P. Nafarrate, commander of the Carranza troops at Matamoros, an- nounced through the Mexican consulate here that he is trying to ald in stopping | Mexican outlaws from escaping into | | Mexico give orders that no armed Mexicans ve permitted to cross the Rio Grande from Genersl Nafarrate tonight said he would | the Américan side pxcept at regular ports of entry. *“If they do cross,” sald Nafarrate, “they will be regarded as bandits, and you know what happens to & bandit.” | The consul sald he was instructed to | inform American army ofticers that| §0 000 VISITO! Nafarrate also will order his commanders | along the Rio Grande to permit no armed | person to escape to the United States. | Army headquarters here today received the following telegram from San Juan, Te: Makers of the Steel Machines Wreathed in Smiles at the Numerous Sales Made. ;8 AT FREMONT “Dark the halls and cold the feast,” for the crowds that swarmed over Fremont all last week for the National Farm Tractor Demonstra- tion, have gone, and the big show, the third of its kind ever held in the state, has passed into history as a re- markably successful achievement. No one's word need be taken for the ‘aught four Mexicans in depredations. Three of them escaped. Fourth is now perfectly good Indian.' This telegram came from civillans and did not say that officers had killed the | tourth Mexican, | NEBRASKA UP NEAR THE 10P Of Thirteen States, This Is Second in the Per Capita Value of the Farm Lands. SECOND IN VALUE OF CORN The value of farm property in Nebrasia per capita of farm population ls 56% per cent greater than the average per capita farm value of the ten states of the corn belt. This is shown by a chart compiled by W. D. Fisher ot Alllance, secretary, of the Nebraska Association of Commer- eial Clubs. The chart shows there are thriteen states In the unfon which have farm property In excess of 31,000 per capita for their people who live on farms, Nebraska s the second state in the union in per capita value of farm lands. The value of the farm lands in Nebraska rune 5% per cent higher por person o the farm than the average of the follow- Ing states: Ohlo, Indiana, Illinols, Michi- &an, Wisconsin, Minnesofa, lowa, Missourt success of the week, except that of the tractor manufacturers themselves, for with manufacturers gelling from a dozen to 120 tractors aplece during the week to farmers and dealers over a half doszen states, and even to representatives of European nations who spent the week scrutinizing every machine on the field and buylng big orders for the ranches at home, the tractor manufacturers are Ifl to testify to the succesp of the wedk's business. With eighty tractors actually plowing and giving demonstration work, and many hundreds of tractors kept on the ground for sale purposes, the town was fairly clanking with tractor activity all the week. Start for Home, Friday night most of the tractor peo- STANDARD OIL DENOUNGED BY WALSH BOARD (Continued from Page One.) |tle respect for the forelgn-Born men whose labor prodyces the company’s earnings and who are proponents of the extremely individualistic and reao- tionary ‘industrial theorles discarded by enlightened emiployers and by economists many voars ago.” The report then recited that the com- pany employed a detective agency of New York City to furnish guards and strike breakers. It quoted the attorney for the agency s referring to these men as “a lot of thugs™ The investigators added “their appearance amply justified his use of the term.” Sheriff Flayed. “The strike was broken by Sherift Bugene Kinkead,” the report stated, “Who first overawed and dlsorganized the strikers by assaulting and arresting chines they had left on cars and started for home or for Bloux Falls where a big tor mens for the asuccessful manner In which he managed the week's demonstra- tion and the unfalling way in which he met every emergency so that all went x Features, r show is mot a dry and AUGUST ple pulled up stakes, loaded what ma- | This ‘would make in all eight states | .4 Kaneqs, and one territory of Mexico pledged to Second These Clanses. some forin of peaceful settlement of | wopraska stands second fn. the per Muxiien imyesl @isorder. capita value of the corn crop, according to this bulletin, The state brings an an- Dave Hands out nual per capita value to its farmers of 45% per cent moro than the average of A mne of Talk the ten states named, [ b Nebraska stands second in the per Printed on a card capita value of its wheat crop and brings nual per capita value of wheat to ——— 8 farmers of 4.7 per cent more than Meet Dave O'Brien these days, and be- | the average of the corn belt states, fore you can get two words out of your | This state ranks fifth in value of the mouth, he will hand you semething. The |oat crops annually and leads five of the “something” Is a card containing printed | corn belt states 58% per cent in the yor Auestions and answers designed to save |capita value of this crop. Dave from talking, something he never | Nebraska ranks fourth in the value of Shied at before, and reads as follows: rye, fourth in potatoes In the corn belt, second in per capita value of hors¢s, y Cor |fourth in the per capita value of dairy cattle, first In per capita value of baef Plan Wfison Day For the__sute Fair LINCOLN, Aug. 15.—(Special Telegram.) ~A number of democrats, uding state officers, held a luncheon at the Lindell hotel last evening and decided to hold a Woodrow ‘Wilson day at the state falr. will secure either Senator James Senator Gore or Ollle James as the rhr. Both Senator Mitch- " J. Bryan will be Invited to to Iowa to Study sHENAXDOAN, Ia., Aug. in 1.—(Bpe- & P i i " : i i i i i i i OR arrangements consist- I agi i 5 : : % : i ; I i 38} s to the day uss Captives Not. Poroe[l_l_nto Battle WASHINGTON, Aug. Hungarian - : il i i i ia 15.—~The Austro. 2] g £ qit i 5 H { i | i | E - i1 1 i il ! 3 i i fit gEE | ¢ é E : S 1 Fa ; H ¥ panion. “Ha! Ha! Ha! from Mr. Brown, i it i ? i i i 2E i H ig? o sif silfe ol e one of their leaders and then strength- ened his control over them by promising to use his influence to obtain an increase in wages and by arresting thirty of the Armed guards. Y In enother section of the report it was stated that the sheriff's alleged assault Was upon “a young Elisabeth city so- clalist by the name of Jeremiah Baly." * The report asserted that the sherfft had suggested Baly as a member of the strike committee, and when the man went to the plant to draw back pay, in- slsted that Baly, mot being an employe of the company refused to go to the pay window and that the sheriff Pirst “‘beat Bim viclously and then arrested him.” “Bherift Kinkead, of course, had the cordial approval of Standard Ol com- mny officials, who were thus snabled to maintain thelr refusal to make any con- cession to the men until the men returned to work and had in effect thrown them- solves on the bounty of the company.” continued the report. The Inereane in Wages. “Twe days after the men had returned lifeless demonstration of farm tractors. Many interesting features that pleased body and soul of the multitudes were staged all week. Watermelons—two car- loads of them—were furnished by the Commercial club of Fremont, so that everyone got watermelon freo of charge. A fishbake at Morse park was put on by show is soon to be held. With only a few of the tractors left in Fremont Saturday morning, & big moving picture feature was taken by the Holt Feature Film company. The Wallis Cub tractor that made the 1,000« mile durabllity run to enter the tractor {show, was featured as just coming in on the lap of its long journey with Miss Laura Wolz, daughter of Senator |George Wolz ot Fremont running it. The Commercial club officlals of Fremont and the staff of the Twentieth Century Farger, the company that organized the big tractor demenstration, rode out in automobiles to greet the Cub and bid it welcome. Mayor Burgell of Fremont met the girl driving the tragtor and handed her @ large boquet of flowers, after which to work the Standard Oll company &n-|,ier members of the recevtion party nounced increases in wages. These in-|png "NCPIE LD SRS P creases were less than those demanded| "y piugenrand, fleld man for the by the strikers and the rates being Pald | qyoniiath Century Farmer, and general ‘| are still below t by one of the the Standard Ofl company's-plant, if the common labor rate can be taken as a basis of com- parison. 3 *“The outcome of the strike constitutes & complete victory for the Standard Oil company as to its vital policies, that is its refusal to recognise or permit col- lective action or to make any concession to the men except of its own free will and accord.” The report gave a long history of the strike and of the disorders which accompanied it. It accused the Standard Ol company of urging the Bayonne po- lice to keep strikers off the streets and aaserted that the attempt to do o caused the firat riot on July 2. The arrival of strikebreakers from New York City on July 21 was blamied in the report for a confliot between the police and strikers and it was stated further that as a result the local police asked Sheriff Kinkead to send deputies to Bay- oune. ’ Notioe by Oftficlals. ‘The report sald further that the city officials notified the Standard Oil com- pany and the Tidewater Oil company, “that they would have to make prepara- Culls fro_nl_the Wire Mrs. Winifred M of the late Wil “n “What sre you laughing about, Tom? aukod Mr. Initt. " N train o exposition e R RS manager of the Tractor Demonstration, ‘was profusely congratulated by the trac- the Commercial club also, and here there was fun, and fun, and fish for all. A wrestling match was staged one night for the crowds Between Stecher and Hen- derson. This attracted a specially large crowd. The Stock Yards company of Omaha celebrated a barbecue at Fremont roast- ing two oxen and furnishing roast beef sandwiches for all. There was something doing every minute, and the 50,000 peo- ple from all over Nebraska and adigin- ing states, that visited the tractor show, feel that they have been Yo a week's celebration worth while. Negro Confesses ‘ Murder in Kansas Elijah Golden, negro. confessed last night to the police that on October 17, 1914, he killed & negro named Jegry Hen- derson in Rosedale, Kan. He sald he meant to shoot another negro with whom he quarreled in a “‘craps” game, but killed Henderson accidentally, Frank Miner, also colored, living at 1211 Capitol, witnessed , the killing, and when he saw Golden last night he picked up C. L, Walker, a friend, for ‘fmoral mm" and hurried to police headquar- Ofticers Willlam Murphy and James Murphy made the arrest.. The local au- thorities communicated with Kansas po- lice, who wired that they wanted Golden. Golden says he is willing to go back to face the consequences. Famine Reported in Haiti by Caperton | WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 —Famine has followed in the wake of the Haitlen revolution and the American Red Cross headed today an appeal for aid for suf- fering natives of the Island republic. A report from Rear Admiral Caperton, At once turned over $1,90 Navy department, which was tel- | isgrinfidlls il H 16, PRINTERS IN ANKUAL OUTING Employes Paid for Attending Picnic of Ben Franklin Club at Elm- wood Park. BIG DANCE PLATFORM POPULAR The Ben Franklin club of Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs print- ers, gave its fourth annual picnic Sat- urday in Elmwood park and it was (ho‘ greatest ever given by the club, Most of the printing establishments were clesed all day so that all the em- ployes could go. And they got pald for | the day just as if they had beéen work- ing, the only condition being that they come to the picnic. No picnic, no pay. When you can get paid for going to a | plenic,~say. it's & pipe. Fully 1,20 were there. Printed red tags were worn by all the elect and, in addition, most of them wore pennants or | arm bands inscribed with the name of thelr several firms. Under the shade of the trees a big | dancing platform had been buiit. A Greater Omaha band wagon was sta- tioned at one end and on the wagon was a brass band of colored gentlemen who played while the plenickers danced en- thusiastically from early aftefmoon tiil late at night. : lle Varies Dance Program. st dances held sway most of | the time, but Will M. Maupin undertook | to put on a quadrille himself, doing the | “swing your partners” stuff till he was purple in the face and begging for cough lozengers. Between dances a quartet of | colored warblers told how they longed to | be in old Vajinny whah they was bo'n | and rendered other vocal selectfons. Another diversion was the distribution of hundreds of boxes of candied popcorn, same being dispensed from the dancipg floor by Mesers. Potter, Barnhart and Corey of the committee. Some of the folks brought their own baskets of eats and some were supplied |by gheir firms. But the lemonade, like the joy, was unconfined. Five earthen jars holding twenty gallons each were filled and emptied several times and the bodies of thousands of lemons strewed the battlefield after it was over. Yes, of course, they had ice cream. Lots of it. Hot coffee, too, all day long. Children Play Games. A continuous stream of the little folks shot from the slippery slide. Some of the bigger ones played croquet. And on the baseball diamond two red hot contest took place. The big game was between the National Prints and the Beacon Press and resulted in a 7 to 4 victory for the National Prints and the capture by that team of the $10 cash prize that hdd been hung up. A preliminary game between the mar- ried and single men resulted in victory for the bachelors by a score of 5 to 4, after the married men had kept ahead up to the ninth. The committee in charge of the affair was as follows: J, 'W. Barnhart, George Amos, C. B. Corey, Charles Docherty, | Emory Peterson, Harvey Milliken, Frank | A. Kennedy and E. L. Potter. e e A Cough Medicine That Helps, Dr. King's New Discovery will Belp your cough or cold. Keep a bottle at| home for emergencles. Sc, At drus;mm-.l —Advertisement, e ———— CHARTER IS GRANTED | NEW BANK AT VALLEY | A state ehartor has been granted the Farmeis State bank of Valley, Douglas county. &It will be a home institution controlled by prominent farmers of that community. 1 An up-to-date banking house will be erocted on the vacant corner just morth | of the Erway drug store. The bank will | start In temporary quarters before Sop- tember 1. Andrew Wicklund, an old settler, is president; Roy M. Erway, a young busi- ness man of Valley, is vice president, and Ed Warner, formerly with the {United States National of Omaha and | later of the City National of Lincoln, | will be cashler, Board of directors, B. ¥, | Carlson and O. M. Parson, prominent | farmers, and O. H. Schurman, who is president of the Commercial National of Fremont. 1915, 1f you are suffering from eczema, ringworm or similar fiching, red, unsightly skin affection, bathe the sore places with Resinol Soap and hot water, then gently apply a little Resinol Ointment. You will be astonished how instantly the itching stops and healing begins. 1In most cases the sick skin quickly becomes clear and healthy again, at very little cost. Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap are sold by all dealers in drugs and toilet goods. I ) G o esevccscescssvsessvsnn 3 R S Oliver Chilled PlowWorks ere They Are! ' e Oliver No. 1 Center Draft Gang All Nebraska and Iowa are talking today of the wonderful work done by OLIVER PLOWS at Fremont's Tractor Show. Buy an Oliver and get the best. OLIVER CHILLED PLOW WORKS, Omaha N 8, —tt . o, R S Y et ,Ofitstrip Competition The most persuasive salesman and the fastest mail lag far behind Western Union Day Letters and Night Letters. Télegraphic solicitation puts you in direct touch with the man who signs orders, and closes business. Full particalars at any Western Union Office THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. After the excitement of the game you will enjoy a cold bottle of Save coupons and get Premium. No better beer made, no beer better made. Phone Douglas 1889, LUXUS MERCANTILE COMPANY, Distributors, and have a case sent home. :

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