Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 4, 1915, Page 2

. Y | ] \ Call Tyler 1000 If You Want to Talk to The Nes or to Anyone Connected with The Nee. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE WEATHER Showers i e — — — VOL. XLV-—NO. 67, OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, —— - - CAN'T ARBITRATE PRINCIPLE UPHELD BY UNITED STATES Only Extent of Damages Arising Out of Lusitania Sinking Can Be Placed Before | Tribunal. | THIS POSITION OF AIEBICAI; Probably Will Be No Opposition to Fixing Amount of Dam- ages Thus. CARTE BLANCHE T0 BERNSTORFF | WASHINGTIN, Sept. 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 inspired, saying Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, has wide dis- 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 Btates. taken after the Austrian reoccupation. LEMBERG'S STREETS DON THE ROBES OF PEACE--Lemberg was captured by the Russians during their great advance, and recaptured several months later by the Aus. trians. On both occasions the city was under fire and starvation threatened the inhabi- tants. The remarkable elasticity of the Austrian temperament is illustrated in this photo, ness and civic life seems to have resumed its normal state. 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 lhu!l‘ ‘were heard, it as no one was reported shot, it is sapposed somn excited person | Tel Jed Sokol athletes of the prin- fired into the alr, The trouble started, cipal states of the west have begun according to the officers on duty at the | gompetition for the western cham- Crane plant, where a strike of machinists has been in force for several weeks, when | PIORShID at the South Side field at several men tried to prevent others from | Twenty-first and U streets. More going in. | than seventy-five athletes engaged in 'T“"’":““- l‘:“':f";"rb‘:‘; "?:r:e'n“:: the games and trains are bringing n cal Ing e 0 and given seutences of six ‘months in the remainder of the 150 or more Jall. fThrees policemen were injured in{ Who are scheduled to take part in the.meet, ... wa, - the thting : : Preliminaries were Bégun at once. Work Colorado Dry Law May Be Taken Direct | to Suflame Gourt“; 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, 1915, it was TURNERS COMPETE Tel Jed Sokol Athletes Gather in Omaha and Begin Preliminary Competitions. BOY EXCELS AT THE HIGH JUMP jump and pole vaults were the peincipal contests of the morning. Teams from Kansas, Jowa, the Dakotas and Nebraska practiced. Boy Beats High Jumpers. | “Skin" Krecek, I>-year-old member of | the Omaha Tel Jed Sokol division, proved ' & wonder at the high jump. Breaking his record of 5 feet 8 Inches, he exceeded even the 5-foot 5—inch lmit, but failed to go beyond the mext fraction in three trials. The Bouth Side record for adults was & announced today by Fred Farrar, attor- feet 1 inch. The state record among the ney general. | high schools is 5 feet % inches. Colorado’'s statewide prohibition consti- | Races and shot-put vontests will be tutional amendment becomes effective on Staged next. The real interest of the that date. City and county officials of tournament will come when the finals in Denver will join in the request. |all events are staged in the spacious hall The attorney general will base his re- 'of the South Side union. quest on the ground that every phase of | IR GIEN s ORI el |the prohibition situation presents consti-| ggturday evening Joe Stecher, his tutional questions and chaos and disorder | prother and & team from Dodge is sched- cision by the supreme court. { plon, however, has sent word it is highly { probable that he will be unable to ap- CRUISER TENNESSEE LANDS [pear. A wrestiing engagement in Chi- GUNS AT CAPE HAITIEN | cas0 Monday night combined with his CAPP HAITIEN, Haiti, Sept. 3.—The | 15 the cause of his hesitancy. ‘American crulser Tennesses, arriving | o i stnins o soony. "aene | Three Balkan States Cacos, the revolutionary leader, and his 2 Consent to Revise Bucharest Treaty followers declined to lay down their arms and retired in the direction of Hinche and Gonaives. They left behind -them, |nowever, troops which took up positions _outslde the city to shut off communica- fione with the interion, ROME, Sept. 2—(Via Paris, Sept. 3)— Revislon of the treaty of Bucharest has been agrecd Lo expugitly by Serbia, Rou- {mania and Greece, according to reports |recelved here, but it is said these coun- [tries are not willing to satisfy entirely | The Weather | Bulgaria's claims to territorial compen- Forecast till 7 p. m. Saturday |sation for participating in the wur. For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity i A T change 10 |Tpit Bulgarfa’s protensions arparently are irrecoucilable with what its neigh- TRt ™ o-).{.-u: Y'.'."t)::. bors are willing to grant, and the im- 5o m. pression is gaining ground there that it is 6a prolonging the negotintions with the aim 1a of postponing the day when it must - $4 reach a decision. 10 a H h3 | OVERALL BUTTON HOLDS (§ o | CAUSING DEATH OF MAN iy m | CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 3.—(Special.) §p.m 8 _mne truthfulness of the guarantee of 3 5 the maker of a brand of overalls that ih.m v |the buttons cannot be torn off caused the 2 aflor Comparative Loca) Record. | death of R. Arisumi, %8, a Japanese e 1915, 1914, 1913, 1912, | employed in the local shops of the Union }Lh’nut yesterday 84 81 98 8 Pacific. Arisuml was sent to a manway wost. yesterday 6 6 % 68|apove a large flywheel to oll a heated Mean temperature " & s % ring. A plece of wire projecting from recipitation W00 W el caught & button on his overalls rature and precipitation depart- |and he was jerked from his footing and whirled around in the wheel for nearly o |a minute before the machinery could be stopped. With each revolution his body was battered against a brick wa'l. Every {nches | strip of clothing, including his shoes, was Ineh o |stripped from his body and nearly every inches | bone was broken. After the machinery wa: Tempe: ures from the norm: ficiency for col Deficiency for co Reports from period, 96 period, 1943 6.40 tions at 7 P. M, Btation and State Temp. High & large piece of the overalls, was found of Weather. v e h e clovdy Tp, m. Sat. “fall held by the wire [ 00 % .| ORDER OF BLACK EAGLE “ 18 FOR VON MACKENSEN 80 00 8% .| BERLIN, Sept. 3.—(By Wireless to & @ | Tuckerton)—Emperor Willlam has eon- « ® % ferred upon Ficld Marshal Von Macken- Santa Fe, parl cloudy 13 %4 |sen the Order of the Black Hagle, the |y e~ AR € | highest decoration within the emperor's fig..,'m.‘,"n‘.::,' % @it the Overseas News agency an- L. A, WELSH, Local Forecaster. nounced today. o FOR WESTERN TITLE| on the paraliel bars, the running algh, TORCH APPLIED 10 - PHONE BULLDING Firebug at Council Bluffs Makes Four Attempts Thursday Night to Burn Down Exchange. POLICE FINDING . FEW CLUES Police detectives of Counc Bluffs and Omaha are alding t officers of the Independent Tel phone company, Council Bluffs, the effort to solve the mystery nected with the attempts m Thursday night to destroy the Cofin- cil Bluffs central office buildfg. The determination is net :only {to solve the mystery, but to discofer the party who placed in jéopardy not only the building, but the lives of the young women operators and other employes of the company. will prevail unless there is a speedy do- | yled to take part. The wrestling cham-! that the. bullding was to be de- stroyed. There were four attempts to destroy the building, and the cunning and bold- ness displayed resembled the successive attempts made to destroy -the Younsg Men's Christian assoclation building in the Bluffs several years ago, a crime subsequently confessed by W. B. Cot-, trell, secretary of the assoclation. The chief difference in'the two cases, however, is that the investigations made yesterday have completely exonerated every one of the presant ewployes 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 bullding was made about 10 o'clock Thursday night, when a fire was started in the | southwest corner of the basement, where | engagement at the State fair at Lincoln | two coats, hanging on the wall, had been saturated with gasoline and fired, The Second Attempt. 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 pile of insulated wire. and set afire The insilation burned and both fires | required the presence of the firemen. topped the button, still attached to | 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. Mysterious warnings had been given | | day { pointed clearly, Exuept for a small squad of passing soldiers, busi- BORE MARKET ERRATIC ift Rise of Ten Gunts in Sterling Over Tuesday’s Close ¥ollowed by Eight-Cent Drop. * TORS HUNTING COVER MEW YORK, Sept. 3.—It was re- ported in Wall street today that Great Britain had obtained a prelim- {nary ‘credit loan in New York OCity to tide over pressing obligations and stem the'downward trend of sterling exchange '{ates until a mammoth credit loan cay be floated here. '.fl,m values soared from tow to high and in tie and erratic fashion folfy. Al bal- last was thrown overboard at the opening of the market and valu 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 Quotations. | Opening quotations on sterling were all ‘the way from $4.70 to $4.75, the latter fi ure being gouted in only .one instance. (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) At $4.72 it was reported there were sev- | eral transactions. The next quotation to | appear on the tickers was $4.65, a de- crease within ten minutes of 4 cents. The | market finally reacted to $4.65 and there | seemed fairly stationary { In a market where sensations heve succeeded one another dally, no such startiing variations of valuations had ever been recorded before as that of to- The confusion of the first hour in the opinfon of local bankers, to one thing: That values, up- ward bound, were groping blndly for a stable position. Analysts of financial ' matters attributed the quest for higher ! levels chiefly to the theory that both ' hers and in London the speculators had |realized stmultenecusly that they bad \long overstayed thelr position’ and were {rushing to ecover. ‘Tne rising value of the pound sterling |v\u.s reflected in. the stock market by tewer forcign eules of American securi- i 1915—SIXTIEN PAGE BRITAIN HAS MADE GERMANS FORTY NO PEAGE MOVES; MILES FROM RIGA U. S.15 WAITING Recent Rumors Have No Founda- tion in Any Steps Taken by the English Government, it is Learned. AMERICA NOT PUSHING United States Will Make No Further Efforts Until Both Sides Indi- cate Willingness. IT TEUTONS SAID TO BE READY |y qenburg has captured Grodno, | nut LONDON, Sept. 3. clal circles here it is learned authori- tatively that recent rumors of peace have no foundation in any step taken IN, by the British government or in any | Passage of the Niemen and fighting the | statement issued here from author- itative 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. 3.—The 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 fh official 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 Germanle 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 received from Great B ident will make any further move. Orixinal Offer Stands. President Wilsen had made it clear sev- eral times, that his original offer of services to bring about peace still stands and that he will do everything possible to further the movement, The States, b r, will. do. nothing IMkely 10 erie its_position as a friend to all belligerents, it was said authorita- tively, The pope's measage will not be 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 18 known, however, to give basis for indicating that Aus. Germany and Turkey are not ad- se tq discussing peace. Five Per Cent of British Merchant Vessels is Lost BERLIN, Sept. (By Wireless to Tuckerton, N. J)—"The Cologne Gagzette publishes statistics showing that the loases to British shipping during the war at the minimum amount to 4% per cent of*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 association for South and Central America, of which Dr. Bernhard Dernberg has been elected pres- ident, was formed by combiming the Ger- ntine Central assoclation and | the German-Brazillan Commerclal asso- | elation. The constitution of the new or- ganization defines Its purposs as to foster relations, sspecially of a commerclal end economical nature between Germany wnd the couniries of South and Central A lca; to collect In the countries in que of the aswoclation, ond to the press, commercial, financlal, industrial, ship- -In high offi-| y and its allies before the pres- | On Trains, at Hotel News Stands, eto, 5o | Hindenburg Makes Still Further | Progress Toward Rus- an Port, GRODNO HAS BEEN OCCUPIED { ¥ h { BERLIN, Sept. 3.—The German { troops which are advaneing 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 Fleld Marshal von | the last of the strong Russian fort- resses to hold out, | Announcement was made at army head- | quarters today as follows: | “Field Marshal yon Hindenburg's army | conquered Grodno after rapldly forcing a Russians In the streets of the city. The rmans reached the Niemen between the Augustowo canal and the Swislocs- Lonnewarden line. German cavalry ad- | vances to the northwest and west of | Vilna. The Russians attempted to oppose our advance, but falled, sutfering extra- ordinarlly large losses. Southeast of Merecz the Russians were thrown back, General von Gallwits' troops broke the resistance of the enemy on the Aleks- {syce-Swislocs road. Field Marshal von Hindenburg's army ocaptured more than 0 Russians as well as one cannon and | clghteen machine guns. | Navariane Busy. ““The army of Prince Leopold of Ba- | varia is still engaged in battle north of | Peuszany. The army of Flold 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 Boloto and Dubowje, “Southeastern theater of war: Bothmer's army is advancing and fighting in the Sereth district. “Wesatern theater of war: Near Souches attacks delivered by the French with hand grenades were repulsed. In Flanders and the Champagne mines Were exploded successfully.” To Go South. LONDON, Sept. 8-The German and Austrian armies on the sastern front are about to part company, according to & dispateh to the Exchange Telegram com- pany from Amsterdam. This quotes & message from Vienna snnouncing that General in { mander-in-chiet of the Austrian armies, shal Von Mackenses ander, at Brest- 10 "Conse co-operating. the direction of Serbia, |Japanese Diplomat | Says Carranza GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. 3.—The first {direct news from Vera Cruz since the | recent hurricane which broke the Mexican cable, came today in a cablegram which statéd that Japanese Minister Adatchi had left Mexico City and was enroute to Japan, Illness caused him to break his journey at Orizaba last night, but bis secretary, Senjiro Ohashl, continued to Vera Cruz and in an interview sald: “The situaticn has been horrible in Mexico City until recently, but due to {the constitutionalist administration and the sterling qualities of General Gon- zales, matters are rapidly improving and normal conditions voon will be reparied. | The people were disposed to be un- | the beginning, rival to greet him with enthusiasm.” |POSTMASTER REMOVES I CONFEDERATE FLAGS Postmaster M. SING Field Marshal Archduke Fredarick, coms today bade officlal farewell to Fleld Mar- the German coms ovak, as henceforth ho armiles Bt the two commanders wore | The message saya it is bolleved the | Austrian armies that have been operat- {Ing In Poland shortly will be removed in | | Can Save Mexico | friendly to the Carranza government in but now they are con- | vinced that Le is the only man to save |the country. They are walting his ar- ADA, OkL, Sept. 3—Ankry words were ton and distribite among the members passed and threats made yesterday when W. Ligon removed from the federal bullding several confederate LE COPY TWO CENTS. EVACUATION OF FORTS OF BRODNO - 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 OClaimed Near Vilna and Elsewhere—Ger- man Progress is Slow. ARTILLERY FIGHTING IN WEST BULLETIN. BERLIN, Sept, 5.-—(By Wireless to Tuckerton.)—The army of Field 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 officlally that Russian forces are being withdrawn from the right bank of the Niemen. The loss by the Russians of the last of thelr 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 several times by vigorous counter attacks. In the center and the extreme north the Germans are making little progress. The Russlans claim another local success near Vilna. Great Artillery Duel in France. The great artillery = duel continues along the western front held by the French. The ultimate purpose of this activity 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- #ime campaign. It complains that a promise which does not inolude protec- tlon for merchantmen s inadequate. Negotiations botween Turkey and Bul- |@arla concerning rallroad concessiens to the latter are again under way. It is not expected In quarters favorable to the entente allles lm,”"flfl Pprove suceesatul. 54 7 French Officiay Report, PARIS, Sept. ,—The French war office ittu afternoon gave out a statement on the progreéss of hostllities, which reads a8 follows: In the course of last night our artillery !displayed the same activity as has been the case recently, without notable inei- dent."” BRIDE GOES TO DENMARK TO ESCORT LOVER HERE MASON CITY, Ia., Sept. 3. —(Special)— Here I8 & 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 relation, but a man bearing the same name. She loved him and he loved her, but his grit falled when he faced the ocean. Miss Larson was braver, and on June 26 she sallel for Denmark, hunted up the man she loved, brought him to this country with her, arrived in Mason City Iast evening, hunted up a clergy- man and the words were spoken that made them husband and wife. THE WANT-AD WAY. In was In one corner of the parlor ad-!tes joining the rest room on the Scott street' Shortly b #ide of the buiflding, Ourtains torn from at 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 $4.64. The market was then terday. London Market Errvatie. LONDON, Sept ore noon sterling was quoted casy, \cs were quoted at $5.91, a gain of | 4 cents overnighi; relchsmarks, at 8%, as against last night's close of 80% and | lires at $6.46, & loss of 1 cent from veu | Gruz tO Be Released | 8.~There were further | ping, lagislative and administrative news News Writer Held in Jail in Vera flags, which had been placed there in honor of the state encampment of con- federate vetertans, now ih progress here. | Kxcitement 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 postoftice. VERA CRUZ, Mex., Sept. 3.—Henry W charred and a new $% carpet rug Was this morning and the market was nerv prisy 0 by orde ruined. Fifteen minutes before the fire| ror a time. Cable transfers upen!dr 3:‘ :g“u:.?.l.:.rl:|":l-:‘:r::‘r.: A.‘,’,.‘::;.,:)“,m( :..'_- | SURROUNDI OF fmportant parts was discovered a dozen of the youns settied and considerably higher than New tributing news in the United States un- | of the Turkish forces on the G | wemen wore in the room, and it I8{York at $465 to $46%. The quotation favorable to the Carranza party, is to| el | thought the firebug slipped in a moment| jumped almost immediately to $4.70, sell- be released tonight, General Carranza| tente sl i jatise thup: lofs. ers, there being few buyers. | naving issued orders to that effect. No| from Athens to & Parls mnews | Detectives Are Not Talking. At about noon there were some cover-|explanation as to the circumstances | agemey. {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 bullding, | (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) | ) Omaha's next distinguished stop-off'' guest is Rev. “Billy" Sunday. And, as l 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, erratic fluctuations in American Exchange 'Francis, « newspaper correspondent, who 0 $4.68@4.09%%, where the quotation stands for the present. The rise already has had a detrimental | jeffect on the market for American se- | curities. American raliroad stocks are 1‘1 to 3 points below yesterday, Although more stock is coming out, there is mot 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—(Spectal.) —~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 (#1000 damages brought by M. E. Beach, ' |Viee president of the American Liv.. | Stock Powder company and eity 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 | for 3. Beach, | | [ order have been given. The State department at Washington | has twice made demands for the release of Francis. The most recent representa- tions, on August 27, were said to have been of a vigorous character, Francis is a British subject, but was in | Mexico under employment by an Amer- | fcan concern. Tomorrow the Best Colored Comics —wil The Sunday Bee | The fourth attempt was made when the | INg operations which caused a declin® which led to the issuance of the releass ' yyssIAN RESISTANCE to the Ger- in the north contin- | man unes riromg & | latest statement vance by ity armies defen | Vilna un | GRODNO I8 IN PROCESS of evacua- defending & fortress have t bank of the the Russian war office tan the | erossed to the r ] Niemen, southern parts an retreat contl a contl rtillery metivity evidence lately. has bee: able been 1,800 nelles, with the loss of more than :l»h ! - ! The best thing for you to do If your wants you would Is to put an Ad in Sunday's You'll find they fill the Your business will surely thrive, ODNO, LAST of Russian strong-| But get your Ad in been cap- We close at SEVEN FIVE, The Omahs Boee will Ny uk.‘ywruomflur one for its blg Sun until 7:45 Satur ‘,“fl g. Telephone Tyler 1000 al PUT IT IN.THW OM 7" ° R