Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 4, 1915, Page 1

Call Tyler 1000 If Yon Want to Talk to The Dee or to Anyome Connected with The Dee. L THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE WEATHER Showers et VOL. XLV—NO. 7. — OMAHA, SATURDAY M GAN'T ARBITRATE PRINCIPLE UPHELD BY UNITED STATES Only Extent of Damages Arising Out of Lusitania Sinking Can Be Placed Before Tribunal. THIS POSITION OF AMERICA Probably Will Be No Opposition to Fixing Amount of Dam- ages Thus. CARTE BLANCHE TO BERNSTORFF WASH!NQTL-,*S_em, 3. — The Americanpositiontoward a method of fixing reparation for lives and prop- erty lost in German submarine opera- | tions, scuh as the Lusitania and the Arablc, has not been finally deter- mined, but there probably will be no opposition to fixing the amounts by | arbitration. As arbitration, however could cover only the extent of damages and not the question of the principle that unarmed merchant ships must not be sunk with- | out warning and opportunity for the es- cape of noncombatants. Berlin dispatches, apparently officlally tnspired, saying Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, has wide dls- cretionary powers to speak for his gov- ernment in the final negotiations over submarine warfare, have caused a large measure of gratification among American officials, who have had many evidences of the ambassador's efforts to prevent & break between Germany and the United States. Police Officers Use . Their Clubs During | Crane Strike Riot BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Sept. 3.—A riot fn which hundreds of persons took part took place outside the Crane Valve com- pany today, and ten police officers were forced to use their clubs to regain con- trol of the situation, During the scrimmage two pistol shots were heard, *1t as no one was reported shot, it is supposed some excited person fired Into the alr, The trouble started, according to the officers on duty at the Crane plant, where a strike of machinists has been in force for several weeks, when several men tried to prevent others from going in. Two men, alleged to have been leaders in causing the disturbance, were fined and given sentences of six months in jail, fThree policemen were injured In the fighting. - Golorad(; Dry Law ‘May Be Taken Direct to Supreme Court DENVER, Colo., Sept. 3.—~The state su- preme court will be asked to take orig- inal jurisdiction in action seeking to en- Join officials of the city and county of Denver from granting saloon licenses ex- tending beyond January 1, 1916, It was announced today by Fred Farrar, attor- ney general. Colorado's statewide prohibition consti- tutional amendment becomes effective on that date. City and county officials of Denver will join in the request. The attorney general will base his re- quest on the ground that every phase of |the prohibition situation presents consti- |tutidnal questions and chaos and disorder will prevail unless there is a speedy de- cision by the supreme court. |CRUISER TENNESSEE LANDS GUNS AT CAPE HAITIEN CAPE HAITIEN, Haiti, Sept. 3.—The /American crulser Tennessee, arriving from Philadelphia, debarked 100 artillery- men, with machine guns, today. General Cacos, the revolutionary leader, and his followers declined to lay down their arms |and retired in the direction of Hinche and Gonaives. They left behind -them, outside the city to shut off communica- tions with the interior. | The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Saturday For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity wPartly cloudy; not much change in temperature. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hour, Dex. 5 a. 6a 7a. 8a 9 a. 10a 1 a 2m... ] I 80 2p.m 81 3p. m. 83 4p. m 83 5 p. m. 8 ép.m 8 . 7p. m s ) §p.m It Comparative Loca; 1915, 1914, 1918, 1912. Mighest yesterday . MO8 8Os Lowost yesteiday 8 0 % 6 ean temperature % @ 5 0 00 0 % Temperature and precipitation depart- ures from the normal fic 2 I ‘ency for Deficiency for ce March arch 1o.ce...i .08 inch cor. period. 1914 4.9 inches Reports from Stations at 7 P, M, Temp. High- Rain- Tp. m, %L fall 8 2 0 R 1.0‘ 00 0 o8 o8 1L | 4 0 00 Yl - B \ 1! K] 0 %0 o 45 . = 62 20 0 - however, troops which took up positions | cor. period, 1818 6.40 inches | LEMBERG'S STREETS DON THE ROBES OF PEAOE--Lemberg was captured by the Russians during their great advance, and recaptured several months later by the Aus- On both occasions the city was under fire and starvation threatened the inhabi. trians, tants. The remarkable elasticity of the Austrian temperament is illustrated in this photo, Except for a small squad of passing soldiers, busi- ve resumed its normal state. taken after the Austrian reoccupation. ness and civic life seems to ha: | | | { | i | i i Omaha and Begin Preliminary Competitions. BOY EXCELS AT THE HIGH JUMP Tel Jed Sokol athletes of the prin- cipal states of the west have begun | competition for the western cham- pionship at the South Side field at | Twenty-first and U streets. More | than seventy-five athletes engaged in {the games and trains are bringing the remainder of the 150 or more who are scheduled to take part in the.meet, i . - " Preliminaries were Bégun at once. Work on the parallel bars, the running aigh; jump and pole vaults were the principal contests of the morning. ‘Teams from | Kansas, Iowa, the Dakotas and Nebraska | practiced. | Boy Beats High Jampers. | “Skin" Krecek, I>-ycar-old member of {the Omaha Tel Jed Sokol division, proved a wonder at the high jump. Breaking his record of 5 feet 8 Inches, he exceeded even the 5-foot 5—inch limit, but falled to go beyond the next fraction in three trials. The South Side record for adults was 5 (feet 1 inch. The state record among the | high schools is b feet i inches. Races and shot-put vontests will be staged next. The real interest of the tournament will come when the finals in lall events are staged in the spacious hall {of the South Side union. | l Stecher May Not Come. Saturday evening Joe Stecher, his | brother and a team from Dodge is schec juled to take part. The wrestling cham- { plon, however, has sent word it is highly { probable that he will be unable to ap- pear. A wrestling engagement in Chi- |cago Monday night combined with his {engagement at the State fair at Lincoln | |18 the cause of his hesitancy. 'Three Balkan States | Consent to Revise | Bucharest Treaty: ROME. Sept. 2—(Via Paris, Sept. 8.)— Revislon of the treaty of Bucharest has been agreed 1o expucitly by Serbia, Rou- mania and Greece, according to reports {recelved here, but it is said these coun- |tries are not willing to satisfy entirely | Bulgaria's claims to territorial compen |sation for participating in the war. But Bulgaria’s pretensions arparently are irrecouciluble with what its neigh- vors ave willing to grant, and the fm- _Pression is gaining ground there that it is prolonging the negotiutions with the aim of postponing the day when It must {reach a decision. | OVERALL BUTTON HOLDS | CAUSING DEATH OF MAN CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 3.—(Special.) | ~The truthtulness gf the guarantee of | the maker of a brand of overalls that | ithe buttons cannot be torn off caused the | death of R. Arisumi, %, a Japanese ofler | |employed in the local shops of the Unlon | Pacific. Arisumi was sent to a manway |above a large flywheel to oll a heated bearing. A plece of wire projecting from | the wheel caught a button on his overalls and he was jerked from his footing and whirled around' in the wheel for nearly a minute before the machinery could be | stopped. With each revolution his body was battered against a brick wa'l. Every strip of clothing, including his shoes, was stripped from his body and nearly every bone was broken. After the machinery | was stopped the button, still attached to | {& large plece of the overalls, was found | . | held by the wire. 00 ORDER OF BLACK EAGLE FOR VON MACKENSEN BERLIN, Sept. 3.—(By Wireleas to Tuckerton )—Emperor Willlam has econ- ferred upon Field Marshal Von Macken- sen the Order of the Black Hagle, the highest decoration within the emperor's gift, the Overseas News nounced today. agency nn-l TORCH APPLIED T0 PHONE BULLDING Firebug at Council Bluffs Makes Four Attempts Thursday Night to Burn Down Exchange. POLICE FINDING FEW CLUES P2y Police detectives of Counci Bluffs and Omaha are alding thi‘ officers of the Independent Tele- phone company, Council Bluffs, in the effort to solve the mystery cop- nected with the attempts made Thursday night to destroy the Coun- cil Bluffs central office building. The determination {s not only /to solve the’mystery, but to discoyer the party who placed in jéopardy not only the building, but the lives of the young women operators and other employes of the company. Mysterious warnings had been given | that the building was to be de-| stroyed. There were four attempts to destroy the bullding, and the cunning and bold- ness displayed resembled the successive attempts made to destroy -the Young Men's Christian association building in the Bluffs several years ago, a crime subsequently confessed by W. E. Cot- trell, secretary of the association. | ‘The chief difference In the two cases, however, is that the investigations made yesterday have completely exonerated every one of the presant employes of the Beil company, and made it certain that the firebug Is an outsider, acquainted with the Interior of the building and the habits of the employes. The first attempt to burn the building was made about 10 o'clock Thursday night, when a fire was started In the southwest corner of the basement, where two coats, hanging on the wall, had been saturated with gasoline and fired. | The Second Attempt, 1 The second attempt was after 11 o'clock, when another fire was started in the northeast corner of the basement, where some inflammable fluld was poured over a plle of insulated wire. and set afire The insulation burned and both fires required the presence of the firemen. The third fire occurred during the rest | period at midnight, when all of the em-| ployes, except four of the young women operators, were out of the building get- | ting their luncheon In was in one corner of the parlor ad- Joining the rest room on the Scott street side of the building, the windows were thrown upon the floor and surrounded by some of the heavy | oaken chairs and set afire. ‘The smoke quickly filled the bullding. After em- ployes with hand fire extinguishers had suppressed the flames the metal hangings of the curtains were found in the pile of embers. One of the chairs was badly charred and a new $% carpet rug was ruined. Fifteen minutes before the fire was discovered a dogzen of the young wemen wore in the room, and it is| thought the firebug slipped in a moment | after they left. Detectives Are Not Talking. large tarpaulin in the rear of the main switchboard was partly lowered, but not fired, although preparations for doing so were evident. With the exception of | badly frightening the operators and caus- ing them hastlly to leave the bufiding, (Continued on Page Two, Column Two,) THE-GATE-CITY-OF THE-WES Omaha's next distinguished ** stop-off" guest is Rev. |, “Billy" Sund And, ! Bishop Bristol says, he is|' coming to hold his revival |, here not because Omaha is || a bad town, but because it || is such a good town. Ourtains torn from a i SEPTEMBER 4, ORNING, 1915—SIX I'"EN PAGES. SING - 1 10! E"u constantly ¢ JAK por(: YORK, Gred\ n wall inary ritain to tide edit loan stem the ' ir pres and erratic fashfon today. last was thrown overboard at the opening of the market and values under the leadership of sterling shot swiftly upward for an extreme rise of 10 cents over last night's quota- tions. Within an hour they had set- tled, with many falls and rebounds, to within 2 cents of yesterday's close, In their spectacular flights values held only to a general sense of direc- tion—upward, Opening Guotations. Opening quotations on sterling were all the way from $4.70 to $4.75, the latter fig- ure being gouted in only .one instance. (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) AL $472 it was reported there were sev- eral trunsactions. appear on the tickers was $4.65, a de- crease within ten minutes of 4 cents. The |a¢ the minimum amount to 4% per cent | market finally reacted to $4.65 and there seemed fairly stationary. In a market where sensations have succeeded one another dally, no such startling varlations of valuations had @ver been recorded before as that of to- day. The confusion of the first hour pointed clearly, in the opinfon of local bankers, to one thing: That values, up- ward bound, were groping blindly for a stable position. Analysts of financlal matters attributed the quest for higher levels chiefly to the theory that both he: id in London the speculators had alized simulteneously that they bad long overstayed thelr position and were rushing to cover. ‘Ine rising value of the pound sterling was reflected in. the stock market by fewer forcign sulex of American securi- tles. Shortly $.64 Francs were noon sterling was quoted market was then ecasy, quoteq at $6.91, a gain of 4 cents overnight; reichsmarks, at 80%, as against last night's close of 80% and ltres at $6.46, & loss of 1 cent from yes- terda; London Market Erratie. LONDON, Sept. 3.~There were further erratic fluciuations in American Exchange this morning for a time. York at $4.65 to $467. The quotation Jumped almost immediately to $4.70, sell- be released tonight, General Carranza | ers, there being few buyers. The next quotation to | d the market was nervous Cable transfers opened un- | settled and considerably higher than New BRITAIN HAS MADE NO PEAGE MOVES; U. S.1S WAITING Recent Rumors Have No Founda- tion in Any Steps Taken by the English Government, it is Learned. AMERICA NOT PUSHING IT United States Will Make No Further Efforts Until Both Sides Indi- oate Willingne: TEUTONS SAID TO BE READY nuL LONDON, Sept. ~In high offi- clal circles here it is learned authori- tatively that recent rumors of peace have no foundation in any step taken by the British government or in any statement issued here from author- ftative sources. No member of the government would allow himself to be quoted in discussion of the peace rumors which recently have gained wide circula- tion, The Associated Press, however, was authorized to make public the foregoing explicit denial WASHINGTON, Sept. United States will make no further efforts to bring about peace in Eu- rope until it has received informa- tion that its good offices will be wel- comed by both sides in the conflict, This was stated unauthoritatively here today in offictal discussions of the message from Pope Benedict, de- livered to President Wilson yester- day by Cardinal Gibbons. From the fact thaf the Vatican is in close touch with Austria, the con- struction placed by officials on the pope’s message is that the Germanic powers would be willing to discuss peace at this time, It was stated by those In closest touch with the ad- niinistration that similar word will havg to be recelved from Great B! and its allies before the pres- ident will make any further move. Orizinal Offer Staunds. President Wilson had made it clear sev- eral times, that his original offer of wervices to bring about peace still stands and that he will do everything possible to further the movement. The Btal however, will do nothing tively, The pope's message will not bo made public by this government, although there ! would be no objection if Cardinal Gib- bons gives it out. Enough of the con- tents of the message ls known, however, to give basis for indicating that Aus- tria, Germany and Turkey are verse tq discussing peace. iFive Per Cent of British Merchant i Vess_gls is Lost ’ BERLIN, Sept (By Wireless to | Tuckerton, N. J.)—"The Cologne Gagzette publishes statistics showing that the losses to British shipping during the war lof*the ‘whole tonnage,” says the Overseas | News agency. “Of vessels above 100 tons an average of one in twenty of the Brit- ish fleet has been lost.” The German Economical assoclation for {Bouth and Central America, of which Dr. | Bernbard Dernberg has been elected pres- ident, was formed by combining the Ger- man-Argentine Central assoclation and the German-Brazilian Comumerolal asso- !clation. The constitution of the new or- | ganization defines Its purposs as to foster relations, especially of & commerclal end economical nature between Germany and the couniries of South and Central Arer- lea; to collect In the countries In ques- itfon and distribute among the membery of the assoclation, ond to the press, commercial, financlal, industrial, ship | ping, lagislative and administrative news News Writer Held in Jail in Vera Cruz to}e Released VERA CRUZ, Mex., Sept. 3.—Henry W Francis, a newspaper correspondent, who was imprisoned here August 10 by order of General Carranza, charged with dis- tributing news in the United States un- favorable to the Carranza party, to |having issued orders to that effect. No 8. —The | not ad- | LE COPY TWO CENTS. GERMANS FORTY - MILBS FROM RIGA | Hindenburg Makes Still Further | Progress Toward Rus- sian Port. GRODNO HAS BEEN OCCUPIED i BERLIN, Sept. 3.—The German {troops which are advancing on the { important Russian port of Riga on the Baltic have made a further con- | sequential gain. Officlal announce- | ment was made here today that they | captured a position noorthwest of | Friedrichstadt, which {s about forty miles from Riga. | The army of Fileld Marshal von | Hindenburg has captured Grodno, | the last of the strong Russian fort- | resses to hold out. | Announcement was made at army head- i..u..ru-r- today as follows: | “Field Marshal yon Hindenburg's army | conquered Grodno after rapidly forcing & | passage of the Niemen and fighting the Russians In the streets of the city. The | Germans reached the Niemen between the Augustowo canal and the Swislocz- Lennewarden line, German cavalry ad- | vances to the northwest and west of | Vilna. The Russians attempted to oppose our advance, but failed, suffering extra- ordinarily large losses. Southeast of Merecz the Russlans were thrown back, General von Gallwite' troops broke the resistance of the enemy on the Aleks- { eyce-Swislocs road. Field Marshal von Hindenburg's army captured more than ,000 Russians as well as one cannon and | elghteen machine guns. | Havariane Busy. | “The army of Prince Leopold of Ba- | varia is still engaged in battle north of Psuszany. “The army of Fleld Marshal von Mack- ensen, pursuing the Russians, reached the Jaslolda river near Silnek and Bereza and also in the district of Anto- pol, east of Kobrin. Austro-Hungarian troops are advancing to the east and south of Holoto and Dubowie, “Southeastern theater of war: Ceneral Bothmer's army is advancing and Is fighting in the Sereth district. “Western theater of war: Near Souchez attacks delivered by the French w'th hand grenades wers repulsed. In Flanders and the Champagne mines Were exploded successfully.” To Go South. LONDION, Bept. 8,—The German and Austrian armies on the eastern front are about to part company, according to a dispateh to the Exchange Telegram com- pany from Amsterdam. Thia quotes a measage from Viennga ennouncing that Field Marshal Archduks Fredsrick, coms { mander-in-chief of the Austrian armies, today bade official farewell to Fleld Mar- shal Von Mackensen, the Geiman coms | { 1 mander, at Brost-Litovak, as henceforth [y tho armfes 6t the two commanders wore % Rad its position as a friend to |0 Cease co-operating all belligerents, it was sald authorita- The message saya it is believed the Austrian armies that have been operat- !Ing In Polund shortly will be removed in Ithe dircotion of Serbia, Japanese Diplomat Says Carranza | Can Save Mexico GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. 3.—The first tdirect news from Vera Cruz since the recent hurricane which broke the Mexican cable, came today in @ cablegram which statéd that Japaneso Minister Adatchi {had left Mexico City and was enroute |to Japan, Tness caused him to break his journey at Orizaba last night, but bis | secretary, Senfiro Ohashi, continued to Vera Cruz and in an interview sald: “The uaticn has been horrible in Mexico City until recently, but due to ithe constitutionalist administration and the sterling qualities of General Gon- zales, matters are rapldly improving and I normal conditions voon will be reparied. | The people were disposed to be un- | friendly to the Carranza government in |the beginning, but now they are con- | vinced that he is the only man to save |the country. They are walting his ar- rival to greet him with enthusiasm.” POSTMASTER REMOVES CONFEDERATE FLAGS ADA, OkL, Sopt. 3—Ankry words were passed and threats made yesterday when Postmaster M. W. Ligon removed from the federal bullding several confederate flags, which had been placed there In honor of the state encampment of con- federate vetertans, now ih progress here. Excitement was intense for a while, but the postmaster stood pat on his declara- tion that none but the Stars and Stripes should fly from the postoffice. The Day’s War News | SURROUNDING OF important pa of the Turkish forces on the Gall | ftrom Athens to & Parls | At about noon there were some cover-|explanation as to the circumstances | agemey. The fourth attempt was made when the | Ing operations which caused a declins which led to the lssuance of the release | pUSSIAN RESISTANCE to the Gere 10 $4.65614.60%, where the quotation stands order have been given. for the present. The rise already has had a detrimental | The State department at Washington | effect on the market curities. American 1 to 3 points below yesteiday. more stock is coming out, there is not the same Inducement to sell as when the | transfer rate stood at $4.i0. DAMAGE SUIT GROWS OUT OF SHENANDOAH QUARREL SHENANDOAH, Ia., Sept. 3—(Special.) | ~Punching the price of a clgar on a meal ticket In violation of the cash sys- tem was the cause of a heated argument at the Elk cafe at supper time Sunday night, which has resulted in a suit for §1.000 damages brought by M Stock Powder company and city council- man, against the management of the cafe. He charges in bis notice of suit that O. W. Griffith, one of the pro- prietors, unlawfully assaulted him and used abusive language. The trial will come up in the December term of the superior court. G, W. Brown is attorney l for Mr, Beach, for American se- railroad stocks are|of Francis | Althougn | tions, on August 21, were sald to have E. Beach, ' Niee president of the American Ldv. | has twice made demands for the release The most recent representa- been of a vigorous character, Francis is a British subject, Lut was In | Mexico under employment by au Amer- fcan concern. Tomorrow the Best Colored Comics —with— The Sunday Bee the north eontin- | Viina line. GRODNO I8 IN PROCESS of tion. The Russians defen the fortress | erossed to the right bank of the | Niemen, the Russian war office says, baving held the position long southern parts of the the Russian retreat continues. ON THE WESTERN FRONT there has been a continuance of the not- GRODNO, LAST of Russian strong- | holds in Poland, has been cap- ed by the Germ DISPATCH FROM SOFIA, through reports the sinking of a which struck a e Darda- EVACUATION OF FORTS OF RRODNO NOW UNDER WAY Official Report Admits that Troons | Are Being Withdrawn from i the ‘Right Bank of the Niemen River. RUSSIAN CENTER IS HOLDING Further Local Successes Olaimed Near Vilna and Elsewhere—Ger- man Progress is Slow. { ARTILLERY FIGHTING IN WEST BULLETIN, BERLIN, Sept, 5.—(By Wireless to Tuckerton.)—The army of Fleld Marshal Von Hindenburg has cap- tured Grodno, the last of the strong Russlan fortresses to hold out. { LONDON, Sept. 8.—The evacua- tion of Grodno is under way. Petro- grad admits officially that Russian forces are being withdrawn from the right bank of the Niemen. The loss by the Russians of the last of their strong fortresses has been expected and the report that its evacuation is imminent caused no {surprise here. It has been evident for some time that Grand Duke Nich- olsa had no intention of allowing a number of men sufficlent to main- tuin & long defense to be penned up in any fortress which could be in- vested. Along the Galiclan border General Ivanoff continues to retire, but not with- out Inflicting heavy losses on the Aus- tro-German forces, which have been #haken scveral times by vigorous counter attacks. In the center and the extreme north the Germans are making little Progress. The Rusalans clalm another local success near Vilna. Great Artillery Duel in Franee. The great artillery duel continues along the western front hela by the French. The uitimate purpose of this mctivity Is still obscure, The British press is not greatly pleased at the reception by the United States of Germany's promise to modify its subma- #Mue campaign. It complains that a promise which does not include protec- tion for merchantmen is inadequate. Negotiations between Turkey and Bul- &narla concerning rallroad concessiens to the latter are again under way. It is not expected in quarters favorable to the entente allles that,thep wilt prove successful. 4 French Officia) Report, PARIS, Sept. 8.~The French war offlce }thu afternoon gave out a statement on the progress of hostilities, which reads a8 follows: “In the course of last night our artillery !displayed the same activity as has been ;hl case recently, without notable inel- lent." BRIDE GOES TO DENMARK TO ESCORT LOVER HERE MASON CITY, Ta., Sept. 8.—(Speclal)— Here 8 & new way of getting a spouse. | Miss Christine Larson liked America and desired to live In America. Across the water in old Denmark lived Nils Larson, no ation, but a man bearing the same name. 8he loved him and he loved her, but his grit falled when he faced the ocean. Miss Larson was braver, and on June 26 she sailel for Denmark, hunted up the man she loved, brought him to this country with her, arrived in Mason City last evening, hunted up a clergy- man and the words were spoken that made them husband and wife. 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