Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 29, 1915, Page 1

i ot D NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE POLK APPOINTED | AS COUNSELOR FOR '[L STATE DEPARTMENT Corporation Cou-el of New Yorl QOity Named to Fill Post Vacated by Lansing. PLACE VACANT SINCE THEN A. Mitchel Palmer and Cone John- won Had Been Mentioned [ for Position. 1 OFFICE IS VERY IMPORTANT | WAS!!INGTON Aug 28,—The s(‘-! lection of Frank L. Polk, corporation | counsel of New York City, for coun- selor of the State department was formally announced tonight by Sec-| retary Lansing. The president hud‘ tendered the position to Mr. Polk, | who has accepted. | Mr. Polk will succeed Mr. Lansing, | who became gecretary on the resigna+ | tion by Willlam Jennings Bryan last June. The counselor’s office has been vacant since Mr, Lansing mok‘ his place in the cabinet and there has been much gossip as to who| would fill it. A. Mitchel Palmer of | Pennsylvania and Cone Johnson, so- | lcitor of the State department, have been among those most prominently | mentioned, although it is known that | Mr. Polk's name was suggested by Becretary Lansing early in the dis- cussion While John Bassett Moore was| counselor he acted for the secretary in all matters in the latter’s absence from Washington and the rule con- tinued in effect while Mr. Lansing held the post. Diplomatic callers, ‘were referred to the counselor,. and when matters of pressing importance were pending, such as the corre- spondence with Germany over the Lusitania case, the counselor was called Into conference at cabinet meetings. While it has not been | definitely decided, it is virtually cer- | tain that the rule will continue in| effect after Mr, Polk takes office. ! | Two Million Pounds | of Powder is Sent to Busgia On One Ship & rmumu.vnn. Ps., Aug. 28.~One o!‘ the largest shipments of smokeless pow- der ever sent from the United States will be taken to Russia on the Russian steam- ship Voronej, which will sail today from ‘Wilmington, Del., for Archangel via Glas- Bow. This shipment consists of nearly 2,000,000 pounds of the highest grade of this type, of powder, and is shipped in cases huld< ing 20 pounds each. Besides the explosives, the Voronej has on board twentyyfive auto trucks, shipped at New York, which were stowed in the bottom of the vessel to glve it stabllity. Russian military offi superintended the loading of the vessel, as well as the | mapufacture of the po Taft Re-Elected Head of Unitarians BAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. %.-The general conference of Unitarian churches, the twenty-sixth annual session of which will end today, elected William Howard Taft, former president of the United Bta president ot the conference for the ensuing two years. Other officers were elected as follows: Rev. Waiter R. Greenman of Milwau- kee, general secretary; Percy A. Ather- ton, Boston, treasurer. The new council: Rev. Minot Simons, Cleveland, chair- man; Rev. John Haynes Holmes. New York; Rev. John Howland Lathrop, Brooklyn; Rev. C. 8, 8. Dutton, San Francisco; Rev. Sydney B. Snow, Bos- ton; Charies B Ware, Fitchberg, Mass.; Mrs. Claude U. Gilson, Wellesley, Mass.; Rev. Richard W. Boynton, Buffalo, N. Y. THREE GIRLS DROWN IN SACRAMENTO RIVER SACRAMENTO, Cal, Avg. 28.—Search ‘was being made in the Sacramento river today for the bodies of two of three girls drowned near here last night. The vie times were Ella Chambers, aged 16, whose body was recovered, Elinor and Gladys Banches, sisters, aged 10 and 12. The girls were wading and slipped Into the channel. The Weuther Forecast t01 7 p T O, Councli BIGees and Vicinity —P-.n.ly cloudy. Temperatare at Omaha Yesterday. De- Hour o 4 4 -] P P b > e T L Comparative Loeal and nrvu itation depar- the normal: e Lemper. ca.e. ., 3 72| “ 'l"oul eficlency stuce umh 1. tures Bromn oo Non.ul 17" inch cess for (h 12 ineh otal rainfall since Hur-h el o es cess since March 57 § {neh ency for cor. perlm! mo 5.4 in Wflulfl wr,‘nfl 1913, lflinoh- Forecaster. | | ment of their wives OMAHA, MERCHANTS WEEK T0 BEGIN MONDAY Hundreds of Dealers from Four | States Ready to Come to Omaha i with Families. | $TYLE SHOW AT AUDITORIUM Hundreds of merchants from all| over.four states have already written that they will attend merchants’ market week in Omaha, beginning Monday and continuing until Sep-| tember 4. Special nrranxementa‘ have been made for the entertain-| and rnmmes.‘ The merchants’,market week idea is' ISIX BEING URGED SUN DAY \llih I\h AUGUST X AUSTRIAN CAVALRY PATROL, reconnoitering on the banks of the Weldhsel river, which they finally crossed, a.rur overcoming the stubborn Russian defense. FOR JUDGESHIP Attorney General McReynolds Not| Likely to Suggest Anyone Over | Sixty Years of Age. MANY LETTERS BEING WRITTEN (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Agu 28.—(Spe- clal Telegram.)—Five well known and very reputable members of the bar of Nebraska are recelviug en- dorsements for the vacancy in the| federal district judgeship of that state, made vacant by the death of Judge W. H. Munger, namely, S.\l\'es—“ growing, and the merchants all over | ter Rush of Omaha, Seymour S, Sid- Omaha’s trade territory each time!ner of Fremont, C. J. Smyth of are more and more pleased with the Omaha, W, H, Thompson of Grand | opportunity of combining pleasure | Island and James W, Woodrough of with the business of laying in the| Omaha. season’s supply of goods for thelrl These gentlemen are being en- trade. |dorsed daily in letters to the attor- It has been found that by bringing the | ney general or through the White ! | tunity to judge i awa, wherc ' one merchants all In at one time and making & week of festivity of the event the va-'! rlous wholesalers and manufacturers are’| able o combine their efforts and thelr #omte realy classy en- htulnmnt for thén, including the big style show, which is In itself of real in- trinsle value to the merchants, as it glves them the opportunity to see every garment worn to its best advantage, and for that reason glves them an oppor- just what stock they wish to lay In and which stock will take best with their customers. Entertainments Planned. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings have all been pre- vared for frec entertainment of the most lavish sort for the visitors. On Monday evening the Isiting merchants will meet | i 1 | at the Commercial club at 7:20, together With their wives and families. The mer- chants will be taken irectly to the Ak- Bar-Ben Den, where they will be guests of honor and will be given all the regu- lar diversions, as weil as a few speclal ones that have been prepared, The women and children will be entertained on that evering a theater party at Brandels theater. On Tuesday after- noon the merchants with thelr wives and familicg are to meet at the Commercial | club corner at 4 o'clock sharp, where ' special street ears to take the will be In readiness entire party to Lake Man- the evening will be spent in a pleasuiable way. A number of in-| teresting athletic contests have been ar- | ranged and all the concessions of Lake Manawa are to be at the disposal of the visitors. Thiz will insure several hours crowded full of entertainment. Supper will bo served thcre and the party will return to Omaha late in the evening. Valuahle Style Show. . The Style show at the Auditorfum on Wednesday evening will be the most pre- tentious of the enteriainments and the that will be attended by the most people. Tho fact that the show this year is held at the Auditorium enabies it to be witnessed by a great many Omaha merchants and thelr familles, together Wit other repres.ntatives of the whole- sale market who heretofore had been un- able to secure admission, Following the Style show a dance will be held In the Auditorium, at which all the guests Wwill be entertained by the Omaha market. On Thursday evening the wvisiting merchants and their famiijes wil assemble at the Commercial club corner at 65:46 p. m. and proceed by spe- clal cars to the Omaha Field club, where & dinner and dance will be held. This will conclude the list of formal entertain- ments to be given this week on a large scale. Sterling Exchange | Takes Another Drop NEW YORK, Aug. %.—For the third nsecutive day, a new low record of *preciation was established today by 1glish pounds sterling. Sterling was ! e only exchange dealt in during the day nd offerings were few and light, it was ald. Nominal quotations on continen- tal exchange also showed further slight depreciation. WILSON STANDS IN RAINTO | REVIEW NATIONAL GUARD' WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 —President Wilson stood half an hour in a soaking 435 rain today and reviewed the District of Columbia National Guard, which had just returned from its annual encampment in Virginia. The president wore a heavy overcoat and rode to the review in his automobile. l ‘oeu from the pod. House and transmitted through the Department of Justice, Great activity is noticed and when At- PERSHING FUNERAL T0 BE AT GHEYENNE General Will Meet Bodies of Wife and Daughters at Oakland Sun- day Morning. | ALL PRESIDIO IS IN MOURNING BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28— When Brigadier General John J. Pershing, speeding today from Texas, | arrives at Oakland Sunday morning he probably will not cross the bay to San Francisco. To spare him the sight of the blackened ruins of his former home at the Presidio, mill- tary reservation here, where his wife and three children met death by suf- focation early yesterday in the fire torney Gneeral Gregory returns fromedristhat.destroyed the building, and the Vacation, which will be In the next week, | #e will have before him a mass of recom. mendations bearing upon the Nebraska federal judgeship, Attorney Woodrough has several large petitions on file, while the others whose names have been mentioned are endorsed by individual letters to either the presi- dent or the attorney general. Nof serfousiy Considered. It was learned today that the attorney general has not given the vacancy serious consideration by reason of absence from ‘Washington for the first time since ho assumed the duties of the office. ‘When ne atorney geneial returns sald a representative of the department, “d have no doubt that he will take up the Nebraska vacancy with a view of making & recommendation to the presi- | dent. Naturally, the attorney gencral will look at the age of those recom- mended. It will be the first cruclal test | In restricting recommendations, for the policy of the administration has been to nominate men for judicial positions un- | der, and not over, % years of age. “‘Whether that ‘rule applied to the men ord”\ of recelving general condo- lences, his friends have arranged to meét him in Oakland, with the bodies in, their care to be placed aboard an Overland train for Cheyenne, Wyo., where the interment will take place. Cheyenne ls the home of Mrs. Porsh- ing's father, United States Senator Fran-' cls I. Warren. The G-year-old son of General Pershing, who was saved by herolc efforts of rescuers from the fate of his mother and little sisters, will be on band to meet his father, ren papa wil, arrive Sunday morning," the general telegraphed from his train. All sgoclal activities have been sus- pended at the Presidio as a result of the tragedy. Mra, Pershing was one of the most populur post matron and her death has plunged’ the vation in mourning. There was to be a conmrence today be- tween Major General Arthur Murray, commanding the western department of | the army, and Thomas R. Murphy, chiet of the San Frincisco fire department, to | device moro adequate fire protection for the Presidio, where in the last five years whose names have been mentioned for | | nine persons have veen burned to death the Munger succession will eliminate any of them, I am not advised, but I feel Ppretty sure that a man over 60 will not be nominated, Must Be Under Sixty. “Former Attorney General McReynolds commenced, and Attorney General Reynolds has followed, the poicy of 0ok~ ing around for men younger than & years of age for ten years' of service and 70 years of age wouid quality a judge | | tor [fact, it takes a judge ten years to get retirement, when, as a matter of into the harness. It takes ten years for a man on the bench to find himself.” During the visit of several Nebraska Politiclans to the capital this week, one | ferred for half an hour todsy with the of them suggested that ex-judge Sullivan would be the ideal appolntment to the Munger vacancy; that, temperamentally, he was fitted for the place, from the laywer's standpoint, bring honor to the position. GIRL CHOKES TO DEATH WHILE LAUGHING he would SIOUX FALLS, 8. D, Aug. 28.—(Spe- laughter caused the | | clal)—~A peal of death of Delilah Wyant, the 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isanc Wyant living on a homestead near Reliance. A companied by a couple of companions the girl was visiting & garden and was eating 8he was In a very merry mood and during this indulged in a hearty peal of laughter, This caused |some of the peas to lodge In the hron- chial tube and she choke fore assistance could be to death be- ven her. and that | in frame bulldings. Four Thousand More Welsh Coal Miners Quit Work LONDON, Aug. 28.-Although it had been announced that Walter Runciman president of the Board of Trade, who actsd as arbitrator in the recent coal strike, would decline to see a deputation of miners, Mr. Runciman and David Lloyd George, minister of munitions, con- committee representing the men which ame to London from Cardiff yesterday. Although dissatisfaction with Mr. Run- clman’'s award to the miners is spreading, the men's leaders are standing firmly against another strike at this time. Nev- erthelesa reports from the coal flelds to- day stated 4,00 more men have quit work. Sight-Seeeing Car Runs Away-Women Are Patally Hurt BAN FRAN(']BAY) (‘Al Aug. 28.—Two | ‘women were hurt, probably fataily, when & sight-secing automobile with about fifty persons on board, got beyond control of the chauffeur today and ran wild down hill avenue, Germany is Victim of a Wrong System of Educatton, Says Mez! OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. 25.—That Ger-| States and loves civilization and human- many was the yetim of a wrong system|ity, should be grateful to the man who by John Mee of Munich, Germany, at the| closing scssion here last night of the continued, Natlonal Bducational assoclation nationailsm' drzu He sald in part: |of education was the declaration made| bas kept America out of Lne war. “EMucation in internationalism,” he “means educating the old men “Inter-| first to change the idea that collective was the subject of his ad-| homiclde 1s the proper thing. “The first duty of a man is not to de- “Those In my country who made war| fend his country, but not to attack any | meant it for the world's gain. not mean to destroy. They are the vie- tims of & wrong system of education. They have been taught nothing beyond an lonal conception of militarism, They did | othe is the spectacle of the ocoll of the country talking peac country “The most gratifying slght in the world e professors i for educa- great agency which will | tion 1s the one “Bveryone who lhves in the United wipe out the stupldity of militariam." 1915—FIVE “Tell War-| into a side stroet from Van Ness ; Taxeblatt. SECTIONS—FORTY PAGE (GRART WHICH SANE | ARABIC MAY BE LOST Zondon News Hints that Submarine the suggestion that the submarine which sunk the steamship Arabic has itselt since been sunk, and that therefore Germany's disavowal of the action of the underwater boat commander becomes comparatively easy. The editorial continues: “If it 1s true that Germany is pre- pared to abandon or suspend the at- tacks, the United States has won considerable diplomatie There is not the slightest ri | suppose that Dr. Von Bethmann- Hollweg sanctioned the attack upon the Arabic or desired to acerbate the relations with America. The sinking of the Arabic may be assumed with some degree of certainty to have been the malignant trick of his opponents, the Tirpitzites, designed quite as much to embarrass him as to drive \ America to action.” Of Historle fmportance, | The paper sayw that the ‘submission of official Germany to the United States' demands 18 a fact of historlc im- portance, Involving at least recognition |of the force of public opinion, and in so | | Jri\[\nr!n that German warships bom- | Most HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE oS, QI\GI 0] THE WEATHER Fair COPY FIVE CE 'PREPARE 10 DIG THEMSELVES IN M. Sazonoff Says 'l'here Can Be No Peace While Single German is i On Russian Soil. | MORE WEISH MINERS QUIT LONDON, Aug. 28.-—As the Rus- slan armies continue to retreat the foreign and war ministries at Petro- grad deny vigorously that thelr gov- ernment has any thought of making |n separate peace with the central powers. Speclal dispatches from Petrograd state that the Russians are on the point of digging them- | selves in. | Military writers at the Rusaian| capital are of the opinion that the| German turning movement in Cour- land is not likely to threaten Petro- grad serlously this autumn, as Field | Marshal Von Hindenburg apparently has made no progress in his efforts to secure control of the Baltic coast. | | The latest news from that region, | however, indicates that Germany ha not given up the plan for naval co- operation toward this end. Berlin barded, at two points, Dago island, | which commands the élitrance to the gulf of Finland. The Russian minister, M. Sazonoff, de- | clares emphatically that there is no dls- agreement among the allled commanders | and that while a German soldler remains {on Russian soll there can be no peace. Tho greatest interest is displayed here | In reports from Washington of the nego- tiations between the United States and Germany concerning the Arablo incident. of the newspapers consider that President Wilson has won a diplomatio success, the effect of which on the whole to be momentous. Notwithstanding the orders of their Which Destroyed Liner May |leadors, 400 Welsh miners have quit g The advisability of government comtrol Have Since Been Sunk. of mines ia again being dlscuseed | seriousl | WOULD MAXB DISAVOWAL EASY rench Offieln) Report. PARIS, Aug. %.—The French war-of- LONDON, Aug "» ~—The Dally | fice this afternoon gave out a statement News, in an editorial today, hazards | O the progress of hostilities, whivh reads | as follows: “Last night saw some artillery engage- ments around Souchex and Neuville, as well as in the vicinity of Roye. “There was also fighting with bombe on the plateau of Quennevieres and the plateau of Nouvron. “‘In the Argonne our artillery on several oceasions checked the endeavors of the enemy to bombard our trenches “French aviators during the night bom- barded the Iroad station at Chattel- I'IohM Kaiser Apologizes to Holland for Air Trip Above Its Soil BERLIN, Aug. 2.—(By Wireless to Sayville.)—The Overseas News Agency to- dny gave out the following: ““The German government has informed the Dutch government that on August 23, a German alrship, driven from its course by contrary winds, flew over Dutch territory. As soon as the commander noticed that he was on the wrong course he changed the direction of the airship. Strict instructions have been given to commanders to avold flylng over neu- far justifies President Wilson's patient | diplom, The editorial adda: “If this really has been nccomplished, the president has struck a shrewd blow for peace in other continents than Amer- fca. If the United States can imposs conditions and limitations on Germany's war methods, other nations cam 4o the same, and Germany's claim to be its own Judge in such matters is once and for ail shattered.” Denies Loss of Submarine. BERLIN, Aug. 23.—(Via London.)—The admiralty toduy made denial of the of- ficial British statement that a German | submarin, d been sunk this week by | (Gontinued on Page Two, Column Two) 'Red Cross Asserts Famine in Mexico is Growing More Acute| WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—The interna- {national relief committee In Mexico City |reported to Red Cross headquarters here [toduy that despite other reports to the ;eom.ru-v famine in Mexico City dally be- |comes more acute, It was stated that ap- | plications to the committee for food were being made by more than one-fourth of the population of the eity. { Further consideration of the Mexican [prflhlom will be undertaken soon by the Pan-American conference, probably late next week, it was sald today by State de- | partment officlals, By that time all replies to the peace conference appeal that are expected will have been recelved, Including the re- sponse of General Carranza. It is be- lieve General Carranza will urge recog- nition of his government, C. A. Douglas, counsel for General Car- |ranza in Washington, today recelved the following telegram from General Pablo Gonzales, general-in-chief in command at Mexico City, under date of August 3: “I have the pleasure of Informing you that lhe general situation is (mproving Idally, hunger problem is almost solved, nd with reference to rallroad traffic, so soon as this is resumed with the north, which will be accomplished in three or four days, the aspect of the h-oumry will have changed favorably.” IVON BESELER APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF POLAND | AMSTERDAM (via London), Aug. 8.~ Word was recelved here today from Your FPavorite. Berlin that General von Beseler, con- | queror of Antwerp and Novogeorgievak, | | |This Coupon sosd E’n"adr‘;."“,':‘:':‘,’: had been appointeq general of the entire any Mon s y E 1f accomp with oene - occupled Russian territory. This an- |} ['f sccoms ticket. noun: ent is credited to the Pose tral territory. “‘Organizations of German rallway em- ployes with 084,000 members, have col- locted 3525000 for the support of families of members of these organizations. “Private reports reaching Berlin state that the rapld succession of German vio- torfes has caused depression all over Russia, especially at Petrograd, where there is much uneasiness. The early loss of Vilna, Dvinek and Grodno is expected. Captured Russians from all parts of the front state that they were without officers and no ammunition and food were distributed. Messages from Berne say the Bwiss staff declares that B French aviator, who zerland after being interned, had not taken back his promise to make no ef- fort to escape. On the contrary, he broke his parole when he fled.” ‘SUBMAHINE FIRES ON NORWEGIAN SHIP NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—Officers and crew of the Norweglan steamer Capto, whick, reached here today from Cardiff, sald that the vessel was fired upon without warning by a German submarine August 12, in the English channel. Two shots were fired, it was sald. The Norwegian flag was then dlsplayed and the submarine dlsappeared. question of submarine warfare is certain | TEUTONS STRIKE AN UNEXPECTED BLOW IN GALICIA While England is Rejoicing Russ Are Digging Selves in, Germans Break Slav Line in New Place. NO SYMPTOMS OF A CHECK Slav Front on Zlola Lipa River Gives Way Before Sweep of Enemy, TOWN OF NA;E? 13 OCCUPIED BERLIN, Aug. 28.—(Via Lon- | don.)—Teutonie pressure against the Russians in east Galicia has resulted in the pilercing of the Russian lines along the Zlota Lipa river, it was officlally announced today by Ger- man army headquarters. It was also announced that the town of Narew, about twenty miles southeast of Blalystok, had been occupled by the | | Germans. The text of the statement follows: | "French hand grenade attack on Linge- | kopf, north of Muenster, was repulsed on a great part of the front. ““There has been mucn activity by artil- lery and airmen. Enemy aviators bom- barded Ostend, Middelkerke and Bruges without success. In Muelhelm, in Baden, threo clivillans were killed by bombe dropped by aviators. “Eastern theater of war: Army group of Feld Marshal General Von Hinden- burg. The enemy has been defeated in batties north of Bausk and Schoenberg. More than 2,000 Russiane were taken pris- oners and two cannon and nine machine guns were captured, “Enemy advances towards parts of our |front between Radaliwilischk! and Svia- dosme were repulsed. “‘Boutheast of Kovno the troops of Gen- eral Von Eichhorn are making further | victorious progress. The enemy is being pursued between the Bobr and the Ber- bralowieska. The town of Narew has been oceunted. ‘Army group of Prince Leopold of Pavaria: This army group is penetrating into the Bieloviezh forest and across the Lesnaprawa, the lower eastern bank of which already has been eaptured. “Army group of Field Marshal Von Mackensen: In the pursuit of the enemy the high road from Kamienlez-Litovsk (Continved on Page Tws, Column Four) AVUSTRO-GERMANS apparently have ccessfully & new ef« fort to drive the Russians out of the small part of enstern Gallels IN THE BASTWARD DRIVE of Gen. eral Von Bichhora's treops, the town of Narew, about tweaty miley east of the Bilalystok-Blelsk line, hay been occupled. GERMAN CAVALRY is active on the Russian flank southeast of Brest- Litovak, where a success of this branch the army in pursuit of the Russians fs reported. ATTEMPTED GERMAN alr rald on in the German raiding force was brought down by bullets and fell FURTHER EVIDENCE of increas- ing Austrian activity the seuth- ern front is furuished by an An- mouncement of the reopening of hostilities between the Austrians and the Montenegrins. The latter claim & repulse of Austrian de- tachments in a short engngement near the mouth of the Guif of Cattaro. GERMAN ADMIRALTY denfes o British aviator destroyed and sank a German submarine off Ostend, as claimed by British admir. alty. The attacke: to port ITALIAN ENGAGEMENTS for Trent Triest mre developing as although progress fis slow, unofficia] advices from Rome declare. ONLY BOMB FIGHTING artfl. lery gagements on the fromt in France are reported by Paris, An- other rallroad statl German lines has been bombarded. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE if any change in the situntion on the 0.“ %0 far as the latest Turkish otnieta report indicates. BESSE GRAND 94th and W, ‘oupons are wood ((‘ any llond-y &I hen ae- fompanted by one paid admission. 384 and Arbor FREE MOVIE COUPON Admitting to the Following Picture Shows This Bee Ooupon entltles bearer to a froo ticket to any one of these high class Moving Picture Theaters on the days named. Present at Box Office with regular price of one adult paid ticket and get additional ticket free, MONROE|FAVORITE Good fo~ Tues- days whet accom- 1 vanied by a 10c | {&7%, accomvan- misslon, led Bv nlulrn. this Cou- ®rood Monday night. o vald admission