Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 22, 1915, Page 2

<y g a2 ELEVEN DROWNED IN ST, L0UIS FLOOD Levee Breaks Suddenly and Inun- dates East Alton, Wood River and Benbow, Ill STORM IS NOW OVER OHIO| ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 21.—Eleven persons are known to have perished in the flood that swept the west and southern parts of 8t. Louls and some of the suburbs yesterday. Onme of the victims is a white woman. All the others are negroes. The wind and rain storm was an offshoot of the storm which swept Texas earlier in the week. It did damage estimated at several million dollars to crops and other property, seriously impaired transportation and wire facilities and endangered thous- ands of lives St. Louls, ita suburbs and neighbor ing Illinols tcwns suffered most from the ficor waters, which foliowed (ha storm. Seven to nine inches of rein fell in twenty-féur hou At East Alton, T, » foot section of the now leves gave way and & wall ot water from the Wood river rushed | toward the towns of Wood River, Hen- | bow City and Bast Alton, but two horse- men who had stood watch at the levee raced a hundred yards ahead of the on- ceming water, calling - right and left, | “Run for your fives." In less than | an hour the three towns were covere | with ten feet of water, but not a soul bad lingered. The population of W oo. River and Benbow City raced for West | Wood River, while residents of Fast| Alton took refiige in Aiton, Springfield, Mo., reported that the | damage to the Omark peach crop would cxomed 3300000, the damage to corn estimated at near $1,000,000; roal estate men bellove the aggregate property damage to Bt Louls bulldings will be Ir tihe vicimity of $1,000,000, Storm Now in Ohlo. Aug. N.-The Texns swept north- energy today, but high winds and beavy rains etill foliowsd in its path. Galveston is Clenning Up. the vacancy caused by the negleot on the part of thowe who are now acting as such to file their bond and qualify as by law requited.” 'MAY ASK KAISER TO EXPLAIN THE ARABIC ATTACK | (Continued f Page One.) ‘ | {clded the attitude of the American Wov | ernment Bome of the facts already recelved by | |the State department are considered by | lofficlals ns conflicting and * Secretary | | Lansing wants these apparent inconsiat- encles cleared up beforn proceeding Little New Data, The two cablegrams from Ambassador | Page contained no Information whatever regarding the physical features of lhl; | attack on the Arablc. One said the White Btar line officers informed the ambassa- dor that Mrs. Brugulere and Bdmund | | Woods were the only Americans miasing; | that Psul ‘Brugulere was confident that he saw his mother in the water and was sure that she was lost. The second message sald Vice Consul | Thompeon had informed him that Mr.' and Mrs. Brugulere and J, J. Kellott should be added to the list of survivors. The name of Mrs, Moore should be changed to Leopold Moore in the list of survivors, leaving the missing enly two. | Did Not Try teo Eseape. | LONDON, Aug. 2L.—Although no offi- ' report on the sinking of the Arabic has been recelved, it ia learned on in- quiry in officlal circles here that the | British government Is satisfied that the Arable did not attempt to eseape or to | ram the submarine which senk it. | This conclusion is the result of state- | ments made by Captain Finch and® other survivors. All agree that the -ubm-nno‘ Was not sighted until after the torpedo was fired. The Arabic, instead of n—ymxi to escape, had been siowed down for the purpose of ascertaining whether assist- apce could be given to the steamer Duns- ey, previously torpedoed. British of- ficlals scout the idea that the Aarbie Waa attempting to ram. the submarine. ‘They say that by doing so Captain Pinch | would have been almost certain to strike the Dunsley and wreck his own ship, I Statements thus far received maintain without exception that mo waming was given by the submarine. Twenty-Ore of Crew Misst THE MRS. FRANCISCO VIL- LA, wife of the Mexican rebel leader, 'at Long Beach, Oal., where she is spending the summer with her younger sister, and her baby. Senora Villa is but 17 years old. SENORA FRANCISCO VILLA, ! ooy e Avee A8 1o PUneviemh: thides | | Jo cua 1t s raported thak thekpetios . from the mainiand have washed ashore intersection of the Sobr and Narew; east- QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 2l.—~An amended |ward and southward along the line of the list of the missing members of the Ara-| upper Narew to Strablia at the crossing | blo's erew places the number at twenty- of the. of forty, As previously given. directly south to Ldpnitsa, twelve miles to the revised figures of north of Brest-Litovek, swinging west- missing passengers and members of the ward around ti crew, the total death list is thirty-seven. ‘river Bug, nnfi Hlaly'stok-Brest-Litovek ratlway, fortrete, touching the lodava, and extending In accordance with instructions from the | toward Pisha. m The presence of a German fleet in tho lapse, and up to today no trace of thess |Guit of Riga, whers it g co-operating | miesing has been reported here, ‘with the land forces, brings the evaocua- OMAHA JNDAY ALYESTON BACK ON THE MAP AGAIN ! Dead Learned to Be Over Soore. |URGENT APPEAL FOR GALVESTON, Tex, | Wire service was restored to Galves- | ton today by the Western Unlon. The | first message out of the city since Monday was an Assoclated Prees dis- !pnu'h saying Galveston’s known loss jof life was eight killed in the eity BEE: AID |'proper and twenty-five in the low sec- | tions on the western portion of the [lnh\nd. Water service is expected to ! be resumed tonight. There is plefity | of food in the city. An urgent appeal of citizens of Galves- i(nn und of the state of Texas for aid was sent out today hy residents of the small villages of Antumle. Wallaceville, L es Found at Texas Clity. TEXAS CITY, Tex, Aug. 2.~Nine bodies were picked up yesterday on a dyke near this oity, and today the crew of the tender Rowan, which recovered {them, sald that twenty-nine more bodies |lay on this dyke. It was thought part |of these bodies might be those of men from the dredgeboat Hotston. wretked !three milew oft Texas City. There are only four known survivors of a crew of | forty-four frum the Houston. List of Dead. HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 2.~Dispatches filed in Galveston yesterday and reaching here today, giving a death list of thirteen and saying & flat car had been sent down | the isiand for more bodies, wers supple- | mented by private reports today that a number of bodies had been brought in on ! the car. Galveston island is foxty miles along the feland. The death list from the gulf storm in- creased slightly today and the missing list decreased constderably. The known dead list was 116 today, including thirteen known dead in Galveston, | by a dogzen or more when the Virginia | Point hotel collapse is cleared up. Twenty | persons are listed as missing in this col- Missing at Bolivar Safe, var had been found. A conservative estimate of the missing today was lees than 100. Reports trom Galvesto: tio for rapld recovery of for food supply and ’es ney \ Aug. 20—} It is expected the dead will be increased ' (ST 22, 1910, 'CémMe-rlt of Pré:'s On Torpedoing of the British Liner, ;r“U;i‘tcd Siates Following are brief excerpts from edi- ]W of American newspapers comment- |ing on the sinking of the Arable: | Louleville Courler-Journal: It is the | Inst straw that breaks the camei's back. [* % % *The people en mpsss demand severence of all relations with Germany and we belleve the president will promptly | answer the sammons. Loulsville Anselger: 8o far we know nothing except what the British censor has published. We do not know the eir- cumstance of the sinking of the Arablo, but in spite of this the Anglo-American press breaks into a clamor of war Fortunately, the president and his ad- | visors are cool and determiried to wait until they ire advised offictaity. { Chicago Herald: 1t cannot be said the Arable was carrying ammunition with which German soldiers were. to be killed. "It can’t be muid It was carrylng Canadian troops to the war. The Arablé Was bound for New York. Tt' was murder<plain murder—without palliation or excuse. Cincinnati Frele Press: If our admini- | stration eafriot be persuaded to stop the Ilben Germiany must protect itself. , went down with the Arabic, Germany will i have brought about ‘s most grave situa- | tion. Washington Herald: We are surely on | the breaking point with Germany. Detroit Abend Post: If President Wil- #on flatly failed to issue embargo on the part of war material Germany was justi- fied to carry on the war by - submarines, The Arablc was a swimming arsenal. Cleveland Plain Dealer: Amerioan sen- timent i ununimously. aguinet a nation which stands sponsor for. the policy of Louleville TNmes: The sinking of the Arabio wag at best an attempt at murder. New_York Evening Post: It is useless {to heap woids to show how critical Is the situation. The whole tale fs not yet told, but enough s known to prove that deflance of the distinct warnings given Vast Sum Spent in Relief Work by the U, 8. Commission supplied and up o June 30« . “T'wo hundred ninety-three somiplete by President Wilson. Brooklyn (N, Y.) Bagle: Assuming that ail the ciroumistances are as reported, the first step the president must take, & step that can no longer be avoided without national abassiment and humilla- tion, is to send Colnt von Bernstorff out of the country and simultateously recall Mr. Gerard from Berlin. After that con- &ress could well be assembied to provide for whatever may be forced upon us New York Evening World: Germany flouts America’s clalma Germany de- fies American demands. It has chosen to forfeit our friendship and esteem. Philadelphia Presas: 'In the face of the Critical situatiofi thus brought to a sharp focus cool judgment should Ppresal %% * The govérnment may be trusted With the utmost confidence to deal vigo- rously with the grave sftuation | Philladelphia Record: It suffices to say | that the position of the government of the United States as outlined in three emphatic notes, is unalterable, and the | country will back up the president whole- unlimited export of arms and atimunition | heartedly In mainta.nlrg American rights | on the seas, ‘‘from whatever quartér vio- i Washington Post: If American citisens | lated, without compramise and at any | CMina- oost.” |+ Pittsburgh Leader: The safe arrival of |/the fleot that carried gold is. not surpris- {Ing. Nor is the sinkipg.of the Arabic. | #:¢ ¢ What other fate for the Arabic joould be expected? Without protection 1"" Was sent on her errand for more |'munitions. She flagrantly steamed Into Athe danger wone as though courting at- tack. There were no convoys to ward off attack and prevent her destruction, Los Angeles Times: That the sinking Of the Arablo raises questions, which may be very serious and“which may call for other action on the part of President Wilson than pungent phrases, may be tonoeded. Whether an Ameiican life was or was not lost, cannot/ or at least, Ought not, to deterniine the action of President Wilson. until after the war. “Twenty thousand foreign refugees in ‘m‘ have also been cared for and “"‘l:mmuumm apent in the erection of temporary shelters. . “Clothing worth $3,400,000 has been dis- tributed through the Central Clothing bureau in “For the purchase of clothing locally, $2,500,00 has been distributed to the desti- tute, “The total subscription up to date in aoctual cash have been about $15,000,000. “In the distribution of food, over 85,000 yoluntesr workers, mostly Belglans, bave been employed, | i 4 % : i i 2 14 | : "s i i! i i | 58 £t 2 i £ v il i el §sést £ | 2 4 } asf? | i - ; i ? - f 4 i | t : e Z i H it 3 | I (3 T i L it i £f i i i i i E!; it i ;g;e i ] H T e i F ) $E i g £ i i i f i : ! f ; | { fi { sanization, that H 4 § i i ;? il HI #0 high in efficiency, in the spirit of or- full politiea) equality I ¥ g l ; ? | i i ¥ i li I charge d'affairs for the United States, | Was at Velasco, nearly left a wreath In behalf of the American tant when the hurricans | | 75 Wash Dreasés .’ The Store For Shirt Waists Announces the arrival of 8 whole new series of Japaneso, Negligees and Variety of Handkerchiefs for the School Miss Both plain and embroid. ered effects, serviceable but still very attractive, Plain linen handkerchiefs Embroid’d handkerchiefs Initial handkerchiefs The First 2 120 Women FROM POLICE STATION || Goods ‘Section Monday' LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 3i-mnres (] Will receive free a cake of, g by S B | Colgutas Notural Mol g it i : i 0298 THOMPSON, BELDEN Will Clear Monday 20 Fine Silk and Formerly priced Formerly priced Formerly priced uptom—w upto“b.oo— up to $5000— Cheney Bros. Georgette Crepe (40 Inches Wide) A fabrio which is going to be used very exten- sively this Fall and Wi be able to show you snch a complete rango of colors in this popular silk so early in the season. Georgette Crepe in these colors: INDIGO, BLACK, WISTERIA, DUCK BLCE, HERON GRAY, GOLDEN BROWN, —and all Bvening Shades, New Autumn Silks Last week’s arrivals include Clan Stripes and Plaids, Batins, Crepes, Poplins, Failles. Display Monday in the Silk Section. Women'’s Fancy Neckwear ~ One-Half Price A special sale Monday that's good news to Omaha wo- men. Half Price means Just Half Price—so be early to enjoy the best selection. Net Vests, sold from $1.00 to $2.50, at one-half price, llnlqun,nldhmflcto‘&w,uwm Collar and Cuff Bets and Separate Collars, in roli ef. fects, sold from 50c to $2.00, at one-half price, wh $ 1 0.95 J apén Exercised Over the Boycott | Levied by China (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) | TOKIO, Aug. 6.—The retaliatory boy- Ir‘nu in China against the Japaness be- cause of Japan's demands on China has caused profound concern throughout the empire and extensive plans are being formulated to overcome the movement {Japaness merchants are beginning to complain at heavy losses in trade and thoughtful leaders in vartous walke of Japanese life are worried over where the Chineas hostility will end and over how It will affect the future relations of the two countries. y The chamber of commerce of Osaka a very progressive body, has already organized a apeclal commission whose !assignment is the elimination. of the Japanese hoycott by friendly propaganda and the advancement of Japan's trade intarests in China. The commissfon will also investigate the possibilities of eco nomic developments as a result of the new treaties with the government of Pekin, o The members of the chamber will be Hispatched to all important parts of The first party will visit Mon- golla and that part of South Manchuria which bas. not yet been explored, A second group will tour morth China and {a third the south. Other chambers of commerce are joining the mavement. Adopting the Amerfcan ocustom, the fJapanese business men mean to get in personal touch with the Chiness, find out what the trouble is all sbout and theri try to find the proper remedy They will try to prove that the inter- ests of China and Japan are identical. Another project more sentimental in character {8 the sending of parties of school children to China to wvisft ‘With the ‘sohool ‘children of that country.’ Still other plans recelving considertion are those' to arrange & Chino-Japanese ex- hibitfon ‘and to establish a Chirio-Jap- anese bank. The exhibition project is favored by business men generally and is supported by the department of agri- culturs, A bill providing for the found- ing of the bank will probahly be intfo. duced into the mext ‘session of the diet. WOMAN WANTS TO BE BURIED WHERE FINAL VICTORY IS WON (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) PARIS, Aug. 6.—The will of a wealthy woman resident of Marsellles, who dled a few days ago, contains the tollowing clause: “It T ais before the end of hostilities, 1 ask that my body may be laid pro- visionally in the family vault, and that it ehall eventually be interred in .the field where the final decisive victery is gained, I leave the whole of my fertume to the town which bears the name of this victory."” —_—— Land for Returning Seldiers. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) SYDNBY, Australia, June 13 —~The New Bouth Wales government has set aside 5,000 acres of wheat growing land and 250,000 acres of irrigation lands for settle- ment by soldiers returned from the war. A “For Sale” ad will curn second-hand Embroidered Voile and Lingerie 312.50 nter. It’s a pleasure to MENTHE, IVORY, OORAL, Bale starts at 8:30 A, M.—Neckwear Section, Main Floor.