Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 17, 1915, Page 1

¢ f VOL. XLV-—NO. 51. OMAHA, TUESDAY BRITISH COAST TOWNS SHELLED BY SUBMARINE G Harrington and White Haven, in Cumberland, on Irish Sea, Bombarded by German U Craft. —;EPOBTED SLAIN PO PERSONS me Fires Caused, Announces Btatement Issued by ' Admiralty. TERIAL DAMAGE IS SMALL| LONDON, Aug. 16.—Parton, Har- ngton and White Haven, in Cum- rland, England, on the Irish sea, ere bombarded today by a German ubmarine, a British official state- ent tonight announced. Some fires ere caused, but the damage was 1ight and there were no casualties, e-Statement adds. Y official Statement. The text of thg statement follows: “A " Gérman submarine fired several Taven, in Cumberland county, between :30 a. m., and 5:20 a. m. today, atérial damage: was caused. “A few shells hit the rallway embank- sent nmorth of Partdn, but train service vas only slightly delayed. “Fires were caused at White nd at Harrington, which were soon ex- inguished. | “No casualties were reported.” | * Description of Places. | White Haven, which lies near the en- rance -of Solway Firth, has a population ¢ about 20,000. The town has numerous actories for the manufacture of cordage, il cloth and other commodities, togeth- r with the fron and brass foundries and t).lm’nn‘h. jve miles north of White Haven, opulation being about 4,00. Parton is nother small seaport town a mile and half from White Haven. [Exports of Forest Products Fall Off Because of War Haven ect, inr; curtailing American ‘exports of forest ‘products fs a featuro of the re- rt of the lumber exports for the flscal r ended June 30, as published in the issue of the Lumber Trade ournal ‘of New Orleans. It shows ‘that e last year's exports of all items under the head of wood and manufacturers de- creased 62 per cent, the ‘valve being $1,937,683, compared Wwith $108,179,640 the revious year. y Every item shows a decrease except hells at Parton, Harrington and White | but no | Marrington is a small town | its NEW. ORLEANS, Aug. 1$.—-War's ef-} ASK RECEIVER FOR | MISSOURI PAGIFIC Attorneys for St. Louis Steel Firm File Petition in Federal Court. CREDITOR OF THE RAILROAD ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16.—A petition for a recelver for the Missouri Pa- cific Iron Mountain railway system was filed in the federal district court | here late today. The suit was filed by the firm of Boyle & Pries, attorneys for the Commonwealth Steel company of St. Louis, which claimed to be creditor jof the railroad to the extent of $55,000 for rolling stock and other raflway supplies. MORNING, AUGUST 17, sanitary corps dogs, trained bring relief to them | cm——————i et — | i | | i DOG LIFE SAVER FOR SOLDIERS—One of the German to locate wounded men and CARRANZA WILL | NOT DELAY NOTR Chieftain’s General Guarantees Safe Conduct to Men Carrying Pan- ‘ American Appeal. | VILLA FORCE NEAR MONTEREY | \ { BULLETIN, | EL PASO, Tex, Aug. 16.—The Carranza consulate here today an- ;nounud the receipt of a copy of the {reply of General P. B, Calles, Car- |ranza commander in Sonora, to the Pan-American appeal for a peace |conference of Mexican leaders, In effect it refers the State depart- ment and the Latin-American diplo- mats to Carranza. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Assur- HE GATE-CITY-OF THEWES' The Master Butchers of || the country have voted to hold their next national || convention hére. Omaha is prepared to entertain all |! comers individually, in groups or delegations, or en || SEVERAL IN RACE FOR JUDGESHIP Bryan Said to Have @Given His Sup- e ——— |[FOREIGN EXCHANGE TAKES SHARP SLUMP British Pound Sterling is Worth Only Four Dollars Sixty-Four Cents in New York. SIX FRANCS MAKE A DOLLAR NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—The value of the English pound sterling went steadily and rapidly downward today lu_;m nvwfich‘q. $4.64 in Amerigan morney, the fowest value ever placed upon it since New York became &' financial center, Utter demoraliza- tion of the foreign exchange markets resulted. Francs followed suit, following to Iu,oo, or the equivalent of 16 2-3 jcents. Normally pounds sterling are THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE WEATHER Cloudy 1915—-TEN PAGES. GALVESTON WALL STANDS FIRM AS HURRICANE RAGES Wind Blows Out of Gulf at High as Seventy Miles an Hour and Water Floods the Streets. NO L0SS OF LIFE REPORTED Barometer Registers to 20.0 and is Still Falling, Says Telephone Dispatch. TELEGRAPH WIRES ARE DOWN RULLETIN, GALVESTON, Tex,, Aug. 16.—(By Telephone to Houston)-—At 8 o'clock the barometer registered to 29.0 and was still falling. The wind is blow- ing sixty-five miles an hour. There 118 about three feet of water in the | streets near the bay. No great dam- |ago to property has occurred and no loss of life has been reported. GALVESTON, Tex. Aug. 16.— The tropical storm which struck Gal- veston tdoay, while very severe, had caused no serious damage and no loss of life at 6 o'clock this after- noon. The Galveston sea wall, bulilt as a precaution against such hurri- canes, has withstood the fury of the storm and showed no signs of weak- |enlnl. The storm struck the city late in the iforenoon at a velocity of thirty-four miles an hour. At noon it had increased 1o sixty miles an hour and during the late afternoon fluctuated to sixty miles an hour, blowing in a nottheasteply direc- tion. The city power plant shut off its ourrent as a precautionary measure. May Be Out Off. KANBAS CITY, Mo, Aug. 16.—At 5:80 P. m. the following private telegram was recelved here from Galveston: “We may be cut off from wire com- munication at any time, but we shall be in no danger as long as wind in north- east. You can discount any sensational reports.” Awakened by Preach! HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 16.—"A housand people spent Sunday night in the lobby of the Banta Fe station at Galveston,” sald Fuller Williamson, special agent at Wago, Tex.. of the International and Great Northern rallway, on his arrival here today. “At 4 o'clock I was awak- ened by o man's fervid preachinf; the station waa literally packed with anxious Ppeople.”’ Trapped at Sabine. BEAUMONT, Tex., Aug. 16—~Two wo- men and three men are trapped at Ba- bine, the water having risen over the raliroad between Sabine and Port Arthur, ‘When all of the other residents of Sabins On Trains, Rotel News Btands, eto., So GLE COPY TWO CE le ,?ésfi?fissfifiu RUSSIANS HOLD - GHINESE EMPEROR Gfflfiulmnw,mn President of Republic Planning with American Adviser and Others to Restore the Monarchy. Troops of Both Sides Are Showing Effect of the Intensity oi the Great Struggle Around Warsaw. phanieind National Assembies of Greece and Berbia Meet to Consider De- mands of Bulgaria. CREATES A GREAT SENSATION — | —_— TEUTONS PREPARING TO ACT PEKIN, Aug. 16,—The project of proclaiming himselt emperor is be-| LONDON, Aug. 16.—Military op- | ing discussed by Yuan Shi Kai, presi- | erations in the eastern fleld are de- |dent of the Chinese republic, with|veloping slowly. Both sides show the Ihis immediate supporters and Prot.|effects of the intensity of the Warsaw Frank Johnson Goodnow of Johns|struggle. The German advance now Hopkins university, legal adviser to|centers on the efforts of Fieid Mar- the government, who is spending the | shal Von Hindenburg to foroe troops | summer in Peking. across the Dvina and eastward in the | Prof. Goodnow, who secured the |Keneral direction of Petrograd and confidence of Yuan Shi Kal by ad-|the near approach of the army of vice given during former critical | Prince Leopold of Bavaria to the new times, has been consulted on this|Brest-Litovesk defense. Notwith- question since his arrival here, a|standing the steady pressure of the | month ago, and it {s learned that he|Germans, the Russians have suc- Inn“ro\'” the project, oceeded thus far {n holding them west How it Leaked Out. of the Dvina. The news became public by the a-ub-v"-f The Balkan crisis is drawing to a ate publication in this morning’s news olimax. The national assemblies of an article for the information of business mon.. discussing whether & monarchy fs | bl and Greece meet today with not the better form ot government for | the probability of a definite decision China. The published article quotes Pro- (a8 regards Bulgaria's territorial de- fossor Goodnow as declaring that for [ mands, upon which hinge the ques- China a monarchy is a better form of | tion of united action of the Balkan government than a republic and that states with the Allies. “conditions are different in China and America, and it fs tmposhle to trans- | IR the best posted quarters hers the plant a system from one oountry to another." o t was learned from one of Yuan Shi News Just Leaks Out and is Being Telegraphed Throughout the Country. tablish the monarchy within two years. |gtriot neutrality, The news has created a sensation 1n |would be Peking and s belng telegraphed througb- |tietpating out the count: operation with the alltes. Rep Rorn in 1013 Teutons Ready to Act. China became a republic on February | In the meantime there are many evi- 13, 1012, upon the abdication of the Em-|&ences of Austro-German preparations to peror Kuang Su, following the revolution |deal with the Balkan situation. the effect of which to withhold Greece from par- B in a plan of united Balkan co- ) stitution formulated by the revolutionary government of Nanking was accepted and under this & provisional pariiament met [and Serbia. in Peking on April 8 1913. A permanent |of Belgrade and the activity of constitution was drafted and the articles (artillery at dealing with the election and term of of-|Danube, lends fice of president and vice president were passed by parliament. Under these, Yuan Shi Kai on October 6, was elected presi- dent for & five-year term. Battleships Will Continue Their [sme Trip to Vera Cruz|srement win b rached. but the su- i i t, box :lh°°::":‘;':;' :‘:";:T:":,?k‘:r‘:::d‘nnren that General Carranza will not W. E. Thom ¢ q‘“’.‘ t“l ‘::15:;:: SrARCH (0L, AD-| sonertad the town sarly whes storm ool :I‘I"‘.nm at London, M. Bosko- 9 S0d Bogenee 0.3 In value, Exports of |obstruct dellvery of the Pan-Amer-| POt to W. ‘~m.“l"°" |V Baturday the Taiiph poung satap.| 00e beoasme grave, the women would | wAmmNoTON, ue. I—Secretary |Ioeld (S0IG0 SSRGNE Fiee Be b 3 g h { Grang 3 not leave, Port var, Caplen an - battieships New ground found Jumber proper were 41 per cent of the |jcan appeal to Mexico reached thei (7% S B g g g A S % oy . v ta Dantels has ordered the ips which it will be possible to unite the year before, or 1,129,205,000 feet, compased to 2,405,208,000 feet. | ! The United Kingdom made the nearest | |approach to maintaining its volume of | receipts of lumber from this country, taking 260,098,000 feet, compared to 332,337,- | 000 feet the preceeding vear, a 23 per cent decreas The greatest decrease in volume was to Canada, which in 1913-1914 | was this country's largest customer in | Jumber, taking 434,399,000 feet. The last State department today in a message from C. B. Parker of the American jembassy staff in Mexico City, saying | seneral Pablo Gonzales, Carranza’s commander there, had ‘“promised safe conduct to the messengers who are to carry the appeal to General Zapata and others.” Destitution Among Americans. Parker also reported destitution among year Canada's takings fell to 182,734,000 Americans in the capital and sald many fe being alded by American embassy SMYTH OTHERWISE IN LEAD |eet. ! taches and had asked to be sent to the \Greek Government - T, a Said t0 Have QUit!uaer nosaio termandes ant Rasol wa: | dero had advanced within nine leagues | | i " ATHENS, Greece (Via London), Aug. 16. | Of the city —The Greek chamber of deputies assem-| NO replies to the American note had Ihxoa today. M. Zavitzatnos, an adherent | been received today. of former Premier Venizlos, was elected| General Carranza’s agency here today president. |made public telegrams from several gen- M, Zavitzanos received 182 votes as com- €rals pledging their support to General pared with ninety-three for the candidate |Carranza. The agency announced the | ’“ the government. telegrams were written at o time when PARIS, Aug. 16—A dispatch to the!the generals feared “a threat of armed (Havas News Agency from Athens says|intervention by the United States in the that following the election of M. !iInternal affairs of Mexico and of partici- Zavitzanos as president of the Greek Pation in that movement by South and chamber of deputies, the Gouneris gov-|Central American powers."” |ernment restgnea. A State department dispatch from Tor- reon says the Villa garrison at Durango | has revoltéd and that the city has been The Weather taken by Carranza forces. Morgan Appears . 5 3 b i H H H 2 i Hours. : s at Banking House| 6a m Ta m fa m NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-J. P. Morgan Jem |appeared at the office of J. P. Morgan ReE & Co. in Wall street today for the first 12 m. time since he was shot at his summer 1p m home at Glencove, L. I, on July 8 by 3 % - | | Erich Muenter, alias Frank Holt. b § - Private detectives have been stationed 5 p. m. about the bullding occupled by the Mor- 8p m, gan firm since the day Mr. Morgan was | E K-+ |shot, and the detectives were on duty | {when Mr. Morgan arrived. Mr. Morgan appeared to have entirely recovered from the bullet wound. His Comparative Local Record. Ofticlal record of temperature and pre- cipitation compared with tle correspond- ing period of the last l{;ge \7"1’;]‘& un. face was bronzed and he walked with a Highest yesterday ...... & 9 10 8 'oPid and firm step ey Kol v A re Pt i .| Two United States Temperature and precipitation depart- . et s o ol Marines Drowned Normal Excess for the . ficlency since March WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—Two Amer- tatl ol Fagnal Lriiniation inch | ican marines were washed overboard from Total rainfall since M inches | the battleship New Hampshire and | since March 1............ .1 inch for cor. period, 1914 a.ulnmu!‘“"“d pecterday, Whils the ohip' waa ¥ for cor. period, 1913. 4.53 inches | sailing through the gulf hurricane some- where south of the Florida coast. No damage to the New Hampshire or Loula- fana, which are proceeding to southern waters, was reported. The marines were James Franklin Rob- inson and Bardie Wuyne Ray. Robin- son's mother, Mrs. W, A. Robinson, lives in Uhrichsville, O. Ray's residence is #lven as Mississlppl. The bodles were not recovered. . B222ik2sa (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—(Bpe- cial Telegram.)—The death of W. H. Munger is universally regretted | ambong Nebraskans in Washington of all shades of political opinions. His was regarded as one of the finest minds on the bench of the west. While a number of candidates have been announced for the Munger suc- | cession, predicated on the judge's voluntary retirement, it will not be at all surprising to witness still others in the field. 8o far as now known the candidates are: C.J. Smyth of Omaha, speclal at- torney connected with the Department of Justice; J. W. Woodrough of Omaha, & well-known lawyer of that elty, president of the Wilson club of Nebraska, who en- | deavored to have his name pronounced as i spelled “Woodrow,” but has given up, the effort being too much; 8. R, Rush, | former assistant district attorney of Ne- | braska, now connected With the Depart-| ment of Justice in the preparation of causes growing out of special claims® in the south; Robert W. Patrick of Omaha, son of the late J. N. H. Patrick, a prac- ticing attorney of the Gate City, and W. H. Thompson of Grand Island, who relies on the help of ex-Secretary Bryan to land him in the position. ] C. J. Smyth, who has been a most con- sistent follower of Mr. Bryan, broached the subject of the Munger succession to | “the commoner’ one day. before the latter quit the cabihet and was told that Mr. Bryan had given “Billy” Thompson to understand he would be for him in ,the event of a vacancy on the district beneh, | Among those who guess what this ad- ministration will do it would appear as if the fight was between Smyth, Rush and Woodroigh. Lutheran Synod Meets at Deshler DESHLER, Neb, Aug. 16.—(Special)— The Nebraska-Wyoming district ‘of the Evangelical Lutheran synod of Misseuri, Ohio and other states holds its annual session here August 18-24, Over 40 pas- tors, teachers, cducators and lay dele- &ates will attend. Nebraska distriet is cne of the twenty- five districts of Missouri synod in North and South America. As every individual congregajion In the organization has a voice in the management of the educa- tional, missionary and home church work of the synod, such meetings of each dis- trict are necessary. The prosperous Lutheran farmers and business men in and around Deshler en- tartain and provide lofgings free of charge, market, by falling to $(69. Today it opened 2c under Baturday's lowest price, a situation without parallel of American finance, and within an hour lost another penny, and by 1 o'clock sold down to 84.64%. The sharp fall in exchange rates was ascribed to the demand of American manufacturers forggay for the goods sold them a ld.'. With the value of'the English pound debased as never before, the American ! dollar today was thé standard of world financial market. In financlal circles the rapld lowering of foreign exchange rates was regarded as presaging difficul- ties ahead. The reappearance of J. P. Morgan in the field for the first time since am mt- tempt was made to assassin: him July 2 gave color to the bellef that megotin- tions to the present abnormal situation might soon be consummated. In the face of this bellef there was a rally In the market for sterling about 2 P. m. to within % cent of the opening. Francs likewise steadied. Other conti- nental sales rose in sympathy. The Day’s War News ADVANCES RECORDED in the Ger- man official Litovsk, ew Russia Prince Leopold Russians near Losyee, miles east of Sie which Germans took nst week, to- day occupled Losyce and Mied- syrsee, the latter plase about twenty-five miles in n southwest. erly direction from Sledioe. # closer to ' the fortress are slans, marching through Brest. Lifovak slong both bauks of the Basx. PARLIAMENTS of Serbis and Greece meet today portant developments in the Balkan situs- ald may be given the allies’ cause, but predictions of quick action te lacking. Observers ties, in view of the reluctance of Serbin and Greece to Grant the territorial clatms of Bulgaria. GERMAN SUBMARINE has sunk the Norweglan steamer Albls, a 1,381« ton vessel. The crew escaped. and the Bug. under water, Houses Blown Down. VICTORIA, Tex, Aug. 16—The gult storm which has been raging several hours has blown down several small houses on the beach front at Nureery and Thomaston, coast points near here, No ltves have been lost and no danger s felt on this score. A special train has been sent to Port O’Conner to bring out residents If high water threatens there. Wires Go Dowm, | DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 16.—Wires to Gal- veston went down at 6:30 o'clock tonight. The storm threatened also to cut off wire communication with Beaumont and several other Texas coast towns, Former Wyoming | Officer Dies of a Stroke of Paralysis SUNDANCE, Wyo., Aug. 16.—(Special.) —Stricken by paralysis when he encoun- tered a rattlesnake while working in a | fleld near his home, L. R. Davis, 77, | twice speaker of the Wyoming house and for nine years recelver of the land office here, was unable to rally from the {shock of his experience and diedgat his home, after Hngering for sev days. For several hours he lay helpless in the brolling sun after his encounter with the snake. Davis was a Wyoming ploneer, having come to the territory prior to the Black {Hills gold excitement in 1877. He was born at Fitchburgh, Mass., in October, | 1587; served two years in the union army jduring the civil war, and from 1865 to 1871 was a Methodist minister. After the Black Hills excitement he moved to this county, in 188, and resided here thereafter. He was receiver of the Sun- dance land office for some years and # member of the Wyoming house in 1806, 1507, 1899 and 1911, serving as speaker in 180 and 1911. He was one of the best | known republicans of the state and stood high in Masonry. Armagh Man Who Defied Posse Shoots Self Through Head DUBLIN, Ireland, Aug. 16-David Johnston was found dead this morning beneath a window of his house in Lurgan, County Armagh, In which for two days he had withstood & slege of the constab- ulary. A bullet wound below his eye and an empty revolver clutched in his hand indicated he had used his last cart- ridge to cheat the police of their quarry. Johnston, who Is believed to have been mentully irresponsible, precipitated the trouble on Saturday by firing at registry enumerators, who went to his house to deliver the official forms In connection with the natlonal registration now under Ay, Hampshire and Louisiana, now in the Guit of Mexico, to proceed to Vera Crus. This course has generally been expected, Russinn Officers RAD, Aug. 16.—(Pla London. but not untll today was it acknowledsed |py myary aituation u—v(una by nz: at the Navy department. slan army officers wtih a degres of op- Ex-President Taft " Criticises Wals 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 16.—Former Pres- |Confidence is felt here that the Rus- fdent Taft, in an adress here today be-|gsians will be able to make and further fore the Business Men's league, crith-|castward progress of the invaders very clged the chairman of the Industrial Re- lations commission for his statement that he did not have judicial polse. | ""What is meant by judicial poise?" sald Mr. Taft. “Merely that an Investi- gator I8 trying to find the truth. The statement of the chalrman of the In- dustrial commission that he did not ap- proach the subject under Investigation with judicial poise is equivalent to say- ing that he was not seeking the truth, | The result is that no one will pay any attention to the report of the commis- | slon, and its conclusions will play no part with judiclally minded men." Mr. Taft outlined briefly the refo~m le~islation of the last few years to cor- rect the evils of monopoly, but sald the country now is “in the aftermath of the crusade against plutocracy.'” ““This,” he continued, “is the pri the remedy for the original abuses.” Teamsters’ Strike < in 8t. Louis Over ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16.—The strike of the 15600 teamsters and chauffeurs, which started Friday night, was settled last night. one hour In the day's work and better working conditions. The wage increases, according to the team ownees, will ag- | gregate 360,000 4 year, whereas the orig- inal demands of the en called for in- | creases totalling’ $160,00, The strikers will return to work tomorrow. | Phe seftlement was brought about by Father Timothy Dempsey, a Catholic | priest, who induced leaders of both sides to agres to a joint meeting. FORMER TABOR BOY KILLED CHEYENNE, W Aug. 16.—(Special.) ~Roger Sutter, 10, was Instantly killed; | Edwin Ridley. 12, badly burned and four others severely shocked Friday afternoon at 4:3 o'clock when lightning struck & little country school house ten miles northeast of Cheyenne, The bolt struck the school house, which is known as the Ridley school, during a severe hail- storm. The Butter family recently came to Wyoming from ‘Tabor, Aviator Drowns. ROCHESTER, N. Y, Aug, 5-Law- rence L. Lyon, 3 vears old. of Ithaca, an aviator, was drowned at Conesus lake late today when the aeroplane turned over and fell into the water. ? The strikers were grauted an in- | crease of § cents weekly, & reduction of |t costly to them. Flerce battles are looked for in the dis- trict between the Nuerec and A rivers and at the crossings of the 2 The immediate German objective is be- lleved to be the double track raflroad which roughly parallels the present fighting line, running from Ossowetz to Two, (Continued on Column Five.) | s | Al Rights Neserves. BY LIGHTNING IN WYOMING '-m-.:'._':gg:.-.a OIS T e eme, TR B SRR A good Wi n ad, give Aes- o8, 3 bty e 00 'yier 1000 now