Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1915, Page 1

L 4 A f { f A The sure way to satisfy your wants is through ‘ise of the want ad pages of The Bee. Try a Bee want ad. THE OMA HA DAILY BEE o VOL. XLV 63. 0. §. WINS AGAIN; BRITAIN MODIFIES ORDER IN COUNCIL Concessions in Enforcement | Ruling Against American Com- ‘ merce Announced as Re- sult of Parleys. STATEMENT OF SPRING-RICE Goods Actually Contracted for Be- fore It Was Made Will Be Al- lowed to Come to U. 8. RELIEF FOR (TKRISTMAS TRADE WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Conces- sions in the enforcement against Ameriacan commerce of the British order in council were announced to- day as a result of informal negotia- tions just completed by the lul‘eign} trade advisers of the State depart-| ment, | The British ambassador, 8ir Cecil Spring-Rice assured the trade ad- visers that their informal representa- tions in cases where the British orders have caused “undue hardship”, to American commerce will receive | special consideration. | Information in the hands of the S(a(e department that private brokers were se- | curing permits in London for Nlm(\\l‘ shipmentg of American goods from Rot- | terdam, while the trade advisers were un- | able even to present special cases, was transmitted to London. Th ambassador called at the State de- partment personally to explain the ex-| tent of the British concessions, which are especially Intended to meet the grow- | ing complaint of American importers | that their Christmas trade is threatened by failure to obtain goods made in Ger- many and Austria for which they had contracted, Applies to Goods in Rotterdam. Generally speaking it is the Intvr-nflon’ of the British government to permit the | passage through the blockade lines of | goods for which the American importers have entered into contract with German and Austrian firms. IHeretofore, it has been required that the meney shull have | actually been paid for the goods, No: it will be sufficient to show that they were regularly contructed for and that the American importer is really the per-| son responsible for them and title rests with him. Good valued at many millions of dollars have accumulated at Rotter- .dam and await transportation to the United States. The order appiles to thésc, | but whether it will extend to goods yet ! in German factories, but under contract for delivery on this side of the Atlantic is yet undetermined. The success of private interests in Lon- don represented by special attorneys in securing the release of about $600,000 worth of such guods now on the docks is explained at the British embassy here as due to the fact that the local attor- neys there were able to secure and pres- | ent to the British authorities the proof | required as to the character of the goods and the conditions of contraet. Now it is planned to permit American importers to present proof to the British embassy here, which, it s belleved will greatly facilitate importations. Kaiser Holding Dyestuffs. The entire responsibility for holding up of dyestuffs of German manufacture intended for America Is placed by the British authorities upon the German government, and it is alleged that a con- | trary impression has been sought to be created because of il feeling against Great Britain. To set itself stralght the British embassy today issued the follow- ing statement: “On April 14 a formal notice was issued by the British govermuent that they would allow vessels carrying two ship- ments of dyestuffs, which were paid for by delivery in Germany of certain cot- ton cargoes to pass without interference, provided the vessels sailed under a neu- tral flag; that the shipments were made from Rotterdam and the dyestuffs con- signed to the secretary of corumerce for distribution directly to the textile indus. tries. “This offer, which was refused by Ger- many, still holds good. Killed by Blow Head, | MASON CITY, 80.—(Special Telegram.)—~Wilell Proska, Bohemlan, was murdered yesterday at his room in the Michael oRss residence, He was struck over the head with a beer bottle. No arrest has yet been made. The Weather | Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday For Omaha, Council Bluffs nlld Vicinity —Fair and warmer. g Temperature at Omaha Yesterday, Hours. Des. Ga.m 6a. m Ta.m 8a.m 0a m. y ia m 2m.... 1p. m. z 2p. m. N lm. h\“‘ 5p. m. 8p. m. 1p. m. 8p. m. Comparative Loeul Record. 1916, 1914. 1913, 8 8 W cy Reties | ficlancy for GoF. beriod, 10,3 nohes Reports from Stations at 7 P, M. Station _and State Temp.High- Rain- of Weather. Tp. m. est all. | Cheyenne, clear K] i | avenport, c 58 o | lleuver clea 0 L City, clur . 13 orth Platie, clear 0 0 maha. clear... ® K] © 8 ® . o 6 %0 ® ocal Forecaster, | on the 1st, when it went to 87. OMAH ~\ " .\Y \l GU \l‘ MORNING, 31, BUYING HORSES IN OMAHA FOR THE FRENOH ARMY--8cenes at the Omaha horse wmarket on Monday, when officers of the French army began the inspection of 25,000 horses they expect to ship from here to France for artillery and cavalry service. ACCERTED = PUTTING ON \ALTFRENCH DFEAND) %*« st st MAY SET RECORD FOR AUGUST CHILL Month Just Closing Threatens to Surpass Famous Cold Spell of 'Seventy-Five. I YESTERDAY NOT COLDEST DAY August, 1915, probnbly will go down in history as the coldest Au- gust that the Omaha weather bureau has had an opportun'ty to record. Although the data for tbe whole month is not yet available, the avers"| age of the firty twenty-nine days ; puts this August on the list as being six-tenths of a degree colder than any other August since 1873, which | was the year the first official record was made. The August that compares most closely’ with “thi; th was in 1875, when the average temperature was 69.8, but the average for the first twenty-nine days of this month is 69.2 and unless the 30th and 31st bring up the average a new record will be made. The normal average temperature for August fs 714, but this month has been very much subnormal. The highest point reached by the thermometer so far was The low- est was 44, which was reached yesterday morning. In 1875 the thermometer regis- tered its highest as 8, and the lowest mark reached In any August so far as it has been recorded was In 18%, when on the Sist the temperature dropped to 43.6. This is, however, but four-tenths of a degree lower than yesterday morning's temperature, City Manager Plan For Webster City, WEBSTER CITY, la., Aug. %0,—(Speclal | ‘Telegram.)—By a majority of two to one, Webster City today voted to adopt the city manager plan of government, will be the first city to operate under the law pasecd by the legislature last winter. Three councllmen serve without pay. They elect a manager, who operates the city utilitles and oversees all the city | busine Thomas Thirson, 8. D, Committeeman Is Il CANTON, 8. D, Aug. #.—Thomas Thor- son, republican national committeeman for South Dakota and a well known banker, is critically #ll here. Little hope is held out for his recovery. HENRY FORD JOINS FORT This | SHERIDAN ARMY SCHOOL | CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Colonel D, A. Fred- ericks, United States Army, who is In charge of the Army school, which will be held at Fort Sheridan, mext month, an- nounced today that the application of | | Henry Ford, the multimillionaire manu- has been received | facturer of Detroit, , and approved. RIS LOOKING OVER A FROSPECT k4 [ange for Stolen Buick and Three Hundred LA BARGE, Wyo., Aug. 30.—(Special.)— An opportunity to trade a Ford car for a new Buick six, with only $300 of boot, has proved dl rous for Harry Gourley, who has been deprived of the Bulck by the sheriff and who, if he is to regain his w2000 E Ford, must pay frelght on it from San Francisco. . The Buick. it develops, was stolen at Akron, O., and driven through to this place by the alleged thief, @ man named Burch, who is in jail at 8an Franelsco, Burch, accompanied by another man and two women, arrived at this place in the Bulck six, and represented that they had run short of funds en route to San | | Francisco and must dispose of the car. | Observing Gourley's Ford, Burch offered |to trade the Buick for that machine and 18300 to boot. Gourley hastened to take up the offer, the trade was made and Burch ' and his party departed in the Ford. Gourley used the Buick for several weeks before he was notified by the sheriff that the car was stolen property and must be given up. Burch, on his ar- rival at S8an Francisco, had been arrested for the theft of the Buick and had con- fessed where he had disposed of the car. Gourley's Ford is In a San Franclsco garage, but his $300 is gone. Illinois Militia Guards Alleged Negro Murderer MURPHYSBORO, IjL, Aug. 30.—To pre- vent the carrying out or threats of lynch- ing made against Joe Deberry, a negro | charged with the murder of Mrs. James | Martin, three companies of the Illinols state milita stood guard about the jall and court house here today—the day set for the opening of Deberry’'s trial. A | mob of several hundred persons who sur- rounded the Harrisburg, Ill, jail last night intent on lynching the negro, was folled when officers smuggled the negro out of the jall and hurried him here under escort of state troops. Deberry ix alleged to have confessed to the murder of Mrs. Martin, wife of an at- torney. Policem:n of Berkeley Study Psychology and Psychiatry BERKELEY, Cal, Aug. 80.—The police- men of Berkeley are required to attend the University of California, it was an- nounced today. Thls, it is believed, is the first time any city in the world has made prepara- 'Llonl to have a “college bred police de- | partment.’ ‘The Berkeley police are being educated along those particular lines that Chief best answer them in their work. Chiet Vollmer is himself taking the course of study prescribed by himself. More than & year ago Chief Vollmer outlined an extensive educational pro-| gram for the improvement of his stafr. Prof. Henry Goddard, an authority on psychological subjects, gave the members of the police department & course in psy- chology. Now, each policeman having | of Police August Vollmer belloves wiil| passed an examination In that course, an- other has been entered uponm, and th Jou Don Ball on ‘‘psychiatry,” or the relation of mental disease to criminology. The purpose of the lectures s to teach the policemen to understand the char- acter w which they are obliged to deal. | “Insanity.” Thus far the members of the police | department haye been instructed in the following forms of insanity: The maniac- depressive, the melancholic and | paretic. The theory is, that by the course being given them, the policemen are enabled, through psychological observations, to “sige up" & man arrested for one form of crime and ascertain just what other erimes he might have committed. ree | lectures have already been given by Prof. The general subject of the series is gHisFord |Missouri Pacific Will Default on Interest Due Sept. 1 NAW YORK, Aug. 9.—B. F. Bush, re- celver of the Missourl Paeific and St. Louin & Iron Mountain and Southern ratlroads, announced today after a con- ference with Fideral Judge Adams, that he had been directed to take no wction toward paying interest due September 1 on any of the outstanding bonds. Inter- est June 1 last on unextended notes and principal and interest on all equipment notes when due will be paild, Mr. Bush The bonds on which Interest will not be peid September 1 are the first and sece jond refunding mortgage and sinking fund the Interest amounting to about '$190,000, the forty-year gold loan fours, the interest amounting to about $745,000, and the collateral bonds of 1917, on which ,the interost fs approximately $100,000; a total interest default of about $1,85,000, ‘Spanish-American War Veterans in BCRANTON, Pa., . AUE. .—The nutional convention of the Spanish-American war veterans opened here today with a large | attendance of delegates. Commander-in- Chief Charles Cramer presided. Reports of officers showed a membership of 87,644, Among those mentioned for comnmander- In-chiyt are . Captain White, icago; Thomas Golin Goldinay, New Jersey; | L C. Dyer, 8t. Louts, and Barrett O'Hara, | Ilinols. Havaaa, Cuba, snd Omaha, Neb., ar the chief contestants for the 1916 con- | vention. The ladles' auxilllary of the war vel- erans' organization, also opened its con- vention here today. Mrs. Anna K. Junea of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Mary B. Hamil- ton, San Franelsco, are candidates for president-general. (s | Army Camp at Texas | WAB}HI\ONN Au‘ 20.~Becretary | Garrison today announced that the War ! department had determined not to re- I | & Arabio | | | 191 Wotel BERLIN DECDES FRIENDLY TO U8, ARTILLERY DUBLS Trenches of Germans Seriously Damaged at Several Points, Ac- ocording to French. THE WEATHER Fair cory TWO CENTS, GERMANS PUSH | UPON SEAPOLICY | IN THE ARGO"NEi MOVEMENT T0 GLEAR GALIGIA | | | | Germany's Course with Regard to! SEVERAL MINES ARE EXPLODED | Teutons Are E“’!K!d in Driving Case Understood r Capital to Be Determined On. in Kai ‘NO ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE |In Line with Recent Conciliatory Statement by the Imperial Chancellor. | TIRPITZ RETURNS FROM EAST | BERLIN, Aug, 30.—(Via Lon- | don.)~~It {s understood today that Germany's course with regard to the Arabic case has been decided upon | and that it is in line with the recent Dr. von German statement Hollweg, con.dliatory Bethmann chancellor, This development followed the return to Berlin of the chancellor, Admiral von Tirpitz and many other by the ! participants in the conference with the German emperor at his head- quarters on the eastern front, No official statement has been made re- garding the German decision, but there seems good ground for the bellet that the government has adopted the viewpoint set forth by the chancellor. | In a statement made by Dr. Von Beth- mann-Hollweg, the German {mperial !chancellor, on August 25, he declared that | from | tions, |ernment would not hesitate to glve such |complete sutistaction to the United States t ! } | the circumstances surrounding the sink- ing of the Arablc had not been fully cleared away, ns no report regarding it had been recelved, and that It was not even known whether a mine or a torpedo a German underwater eraft sunk the Arabic, or whether the liner might not have justified by its actions drastic proceedings by the submarine's come mander. The chancellor added Only after all thess clrcumstances have been cleared up will ft be possible to say whether the commander of ono of our submarines went beyond his instruc- In which case the imperial gov- as would conform to the friendly rela- Uons existing between both govern- | menta."” Pagsengers On French Liner Wear Identification Tags NEW YORK, Aug. 80.—Passengers ar- riving here today aboard the steamer FEspagne from Bordeaux, wore |dentifica- | PARIS, Aug. :(0 - \'lolont artillery fighting took place yesterday even- fng at many points in the Argonne district, as a result of which the trenches of the Germans were sers | ously damaged, according to the French official report this afternoon. The text of the communication follows YVesterday evening saw severe artiller fighung, accompar by the r\||u\hll| of mines and engagements with bomba and hand grenades, at a large number of positions in the Argonne district. The trenches of the enemy were serlously damaged at Courtes Chausees, Murris- | sons and at Bolante, “The advent of night brought relative quiet to this reglon, as well as on the | rest of the front American Shipping Tonnage Largest for Fifty Years WASHINGTON, Aug. % can flag now floats over the foreign trade than at any other time since 16, and the United States is press- ing close on France and Norway as a marine nation Figures made public by the Department of Commerce show a record increase in American shipping for the year onded June 3. On that date there were regis- tered in the foreign trade 2768 ahips, to- tallng 1,813,775 gross tons, an increase of 63 ships and 23 tons for the year. Practically all the fncreasos are due to the new American registry law, As- slstant Secretary Sweet ot the Depart- ment of Commerce said in a statement today: “This Is &bout triple the Increase In registored tonnage for any previous year in Amerloan history. Our reglstered ton- nage 18 now much greater than at any ~The Amerl- time since 183, when wo had 114 gross tons in foreign trede, It is many times more cfficlent, howwver, as the steam tonnage now smounts to 1,213,067 gross tons, while in 183 it amounted to only 13,46 tons. v ““The increase from the ship registry act of August 18, 1914, to June 13, 1915, was g0 rapll that tonnage under the [American flag now employed in forelgn trade in nearly equal te sueh tonnage {under the French or Norweglan flags. British tonnage, of course, is more than 'ten-fold greater.” Forced to Watch ~ Girl Drown Only a Few Inches Awa, tions tags, lssued to them before salling, ! 50 that they might be identified in case German submarines should send their ship to the bottom while they were pasa- Ing through the war szone. Tt wi the firt time that such tags had been worn by passengers aboard a liner reaching here from Europe since the war began. To escape submarines, the Rspagne salled at 2 o'clock in the morning of August 21, shortly after the sinking ot the Arable had become known. The trip, however, was without speclal inc!dent. Among the passengers was Dr. C. Burns Cralg of the New York Neurologi- val irstitute, who had been In Paris ten months, studying the effect of constant fiving on the nerves of soldiers. Cralg said that the whine of rifle bullets was apparently not harmful to the nervous systems of the men In the trenches, as they soon became accustomed to it, but [that the crashing of hig guns had a very iserlous effect, as the sound shattered the iner\u and made some men insane, Brldgeport Workers National Convention Given Higher Wages BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Aug. 30.—Many hundreds of factory workers who had been on stilke recently, returned to thelr accustomed tasks today, their aifferences having been adjusted. In nearly every instance the workers have entered upon the clght hour schedule without a re- duction In wage. The largest delegation | of returning employes was that of up- establish the divisional army camp at| Texas City, Tex., destroyed by the re- cent storm. No declsion has yet been reached as to its future location. Major | General J. Franklin Bell, comn the dlvision, recommended the Cily camp be abandoncd. WYOMING TOWNS QUIET CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. ,—Business activity in Cheyenne, Rawlins and other Wyoming towns will he suspended dur- (ing the funeral services of Mrs. John J Pershing and her three young daugh- | ters, which is to be held here tomorrow. | | General Jobm J. Pershing of the United Btates army s to arrive early tomorrow {With the funeral party. Bishop N, 8. Thomas I8 to officlate. Mrs. Pershing, who with her children perished in a fire at the Presidio, Californin, | ward of 800 girls at the Crown and the George C. Batchellor Corset company. At a meeting of employes of the Salts Textile company, where 1,600 are out, and the plant s closed, for two weeks, an- | nouncement was made today that work for 150 weavers and slashers can be ob- tained elsewhere. No one signified a willingness to leave the city. The strik- ers are confident of winning a shorter work day and changes in the shop sys- | tem, WORLAND, Wryo., ~Btanding up to her mouth In the Big Horn river, Mrs. Henry Woestenberg was | able to reach within six inches of Mrs. Andrew Sorenson, but was compelled to stand and watch the latter drown be- cause she could advance no farther into the stream without herself belng swept from her feet, Mrs. Borenson drowned while bathing in the river with Mrs, Woestenberg and the latter's daughter. Bhe could swim, but for some reason be- came helpless and called for ald. Mrs, Woestenberg risked her life in an at- tempt at rescue, but could not reach the drowning girl, Mrs. Woestenbery's girl ran down the river giving the alarm and the body of the drowned woman was found by her husband nearly a mile below where the tragedy occurred, Mrs, Soren- son was 17 years of age and had been married only a few months. ] Taft Will Make Three Addresses at Berkeley, Cal. 90.—'“The Preal- SAN FRANCIECO, A dency, Its Powers, Dutles and Re- sponsibliit was the general subject announced tocay for a series of three lectures to be given by Willlam Howard Taft at the University of Califorsla at Berkeley, Cal. The fiwt lecture, tuday, was on the program as dealing with the “power’’ of the p:esidency, Wednesday and Friday Mr. Taft will deliver addresses on the remaining divi- slons of his subject. Tonight Mr. Taft will attend a meet- ing of the Monday Evening club, where he will speak informal'y. | Mr. Taft announced today that the suh- ject of his address at the Panama-Pa- ©lfic exposition, Thursday, September “Taft day,” will be “Necessary Steps to Preparefness, Including Taxation.' City i is Abandoned Kaiser Is Buying Large Quanttttes Of Shells in U. S., Says Chicago Man' CHICAGO, Aug. 80.—George M, Gets- chow, secretary of Philip Getschow & Co., Is the Dally News today as stating that he is a stockholder in & tirm which 1s making 100000 six-ineh shells for the United States army, and that the German government, like the allles, is purchasing munitions of war in quoted In | the American market. FOR PERSHING FUNERAL | “As to the American order, 1 am not at liberty to disclose the name of the firm, | further than to say that the contract is woith about 9640000, Mr, Getschow Is quoted as saying., A month after the war broke out, this firm ordered 150 lathes for making shells, but they arrived only recently. from the European belligerents. “I have seen son tracts,” continued Mr, Getschow. ““That Germuny s & buyer is common knowledg? among manufacturer The Germans This firm has no orders| of the German cons | based on these with 30 per cent profit added. “Taking an order from Germany for munitions is simply & matter of accept- ing the contract at & certain definite price, one-fourth the value of the entire order, being deposted in a bunk for the checking account of & manufacturer, who has himself given the bank guarantees of deliveries. As fast as shipments are made more money is deposited to the manu- facturers' account. Most of the ship- ments to Germany are made in Norweglan and Danish steamers.” WASHINGTON, Aug. %0.—One dispatch trom Ambassador Gerard which Secre- tary Lansing declared threw no light on the situation was the only Jdevelopment | today in the Arabic case. While Secie- tary Lansing refused to discuss the dls patch !t was Inferred that the (lerman | government did not yet have of the submarine Count of United States Senator and Mrs, War- | | yance, specifying that the cost of manu-|von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, (ren of Wyoming, llh. body here who will accompany | facture will be so much, | expense so much and the price will be) the overhead | | was In New York. No further develop- ment was expected before his return, more shipa in ' Aug. M.—(Special) | the report M9 commander and was | 15 a daughter have the whole thing figured out in ad-|not ready to make its explanation the P--sian Forces from the Last Corner in the Aus- trian Empire ARTILLERY FIGK“ IN WEST Week Closed with Series of Violent l Bombardments from Worth Sea to Vosges Mountains, | ACTIVITY ALONG DARDANELLES LETIN, 30.—(Via London) ~German forces have made =& ‘furlhnr advance on the Russian | tortress of Grodno, the only one of | their fortified positions near the Ger- man border which still remains in ‘nmr possession. Offiefal announce- | ment was made here today of the | capture of Lipsk, in northern Poland, | about twenty miles to the west of Grando. ny BERLIN, Aug. LONDON, Aug. 30.—Reports from the eastern front indicating that the | Austrians and Germans are engaged !in an effort to clear the last corner of Galicla still held by the oppon- | ents, have excited great interest here. The Russian lines on the upper Bug and the Ziota Lipa have been pierced, but is not yet clear how serfous a resistance 18 belng offered | to the vast enveloping movement from the south. Having jost Breat-Iitovek, Grand Duke | Nicholaa cannot afford 1o hold the river | positions In the south In the face of an important movement, for to do so would endanger his armies. The opinion 1s ventured by some English critice that this latest move may conclude for the Present the great offensive effort against the Ruselans, which have been in pro- greas sinco May, and that once Austrian #oll s cleared of the Invaders a new campalgn may bhe undertaken by the Teutonic forces, this time in the near cast. In support of this theory is cited the report that the central powers are massing troops near the Roumanian bors der. | The week end witnesse® violent and !almost continuous activity on the part of the artlilery of the allies all the way | from the North Sea to the Vonges. 'rh;rn nro no indicat! '« that blg un munitions {8 be- !n. ;fiflm-d y Infantry attacks. London 18 again awaiting official re- | ports from the British or French au- thoritiey concerning the campalgn at the Dardanelles, where, according to Cone stantinople, heavy fighting is under way, | | | Light Frost at Mason City. MASON CITY, Ia., Aug. 80.—(Bpecial Telegram.)~With the thermometer 30 above a light frost fell last night, but little damage was reported. The Day’s War News GRUDNO, LAST of the great fori- Polana held by the Rus- today reports the cap of the town of Lipsk, miles to the west of the fortress, | GENERAL VON EICHHORN has d in a batide enst of 1,600 prisoners a FIELD MAREHAL Ve sen's troops forces which made a sta of Kobrin while retrea marshy districts east of Rreste Litovak, GERMAN TRENCHES at points in the Argonne region were wert y damaged late Sunday by the explosion of min, pounding of French arti cording to today's official report from Pa | SINKING OF the Dritish steamer Str | Willlam Stephenson of New Case tle, & 1,600-ton vessel, presumably after having been torpedocd by a German submarine, is reported from Londom several | | | | All Rights Reserved. | 3 E.' ;:',‘.':-'i“-'-‘ by 1 Vs an T T ketting provasors by the stack I 2"3,."'-'3-'."..'-{“- "fl | l’l-I'Ill h’oo“. matter what line of business your U TELEPHONE TYLER 1000 NOW ANA PUT IT IN THE OMAHA BEE,