Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 5, 1915, Page 1

PART ONE NEWS § F(‘T‘ION L ' THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE n\l‘\l l\ \l\IT\\ MORNING, \l' I"I‘I \II!I l‘ 5 1916 5, " SEVEN MEXIGANS KILLED IN BATTLE ALONG BOUNDARY exas Rangers Slay Raiders Believed to bg vallanza men In Uest perate rignt on Xio Granuc Border. FORTY IN ‘Iifl:. UtuulNAL PARTY Attempt Made to Kill American Rancher Four Miies West of 0ld umugo' Tex. OAVALRY RUSHED TO SCENE BROWNSVILLE, 'rn, Sept. 4. Beven Mexicans were killed in a bat- tle this afternoon between Texas rangers on the American side and the Mexicang believed to be Carranza soldiers on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, near Old Hidalgo, Tex. The battle was still being waged at 2 o'clock. FIVE SECTIONS ~FORTY PAGH RUSSIAN RETREAT FROM WARSAW-—While a small rear guard remains to defend the city during evacuation, the great body of Russian forces abandoned the phce, filling the roads leading to the north with troops, cannon, wagons and ambulances. | There are said to have been forty Mexi- eans In the original party. across the Rio Grande t They fired s morning on a 1 Texas ranchnan, near where the fighting | ‘was being wagea this afternoon. No ohe of the American side had been | killed when the last report was received | here. Rangers and citizen's posse this after- noon were chasing a band of Mexicans | near-Benito in the direction of the Rio| Grande, according to a telesram from San Benito, Soldlers and armed citizens today con- tinued the search for Mexican bandits operating north e¢f Brownsville. No ad- ditional clashes have been reported. The posses have found two bombs left by the | Mexicans. They were filled with bolts | .and other scrap iron. Mexicans Killed by Posse. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. 4.—A spe- elal to the Light from its correspondent ‘with the border troops says: ‘A posse of citizens led by Sheriff Vann of San Benito, In approaching a small native house at the Aguad Negras ranch, shot ang killed two Mexicans, Wwho ran and refused to halt. It was found later that a young daughter of a Mexican named Ramirez had been killed 'by a stray bullet and her mother fatally wounded. The wobmen were in the house which was in the line of fire.”" Thé shooting took place about a quar- ter of a mile from the scend of the re- cent fight between soldiers and raiders Thursday afternoon. The two Mexicans Wwevre ldentified as local resilents of the | neighborhood. The correspondent adds: “Friday morning a detachment of the Twelfth cavalry under Lieutenant Matt Bristol, arrested five men near Nebraska station, seven miles southwest of San | | Benito, One, mounted upon a mule, made ,& dash for lberty, but was shot down. The remaining four are held by the #oldiers pending instructions.” The clash is believed to be the one de- seribed in unofficial reports to Browns- ville last night. Laborer Killed By Fall in Front of Movmg Tractor (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 4.—(Special Tele- gram. ing at the fair grounds, assisting in plac- | ing the tractor exhibit, fell this after- noon in front of one of the big engines and was run over and killed, one of the wheels passing over his head. He was wbout 4 years of age, and had lived in | Lincoln three years, but no one appears to know who his rélatives are. GERMANY PUTS OUT NEW TYPE OF SUBMARINE BERLIN, Sept. 4—(By Wireless to Say- ville,)—A dispatch from Christiania states that a German submarine of a' new type, far larger than any previous vessel of this character, has been observeq off the southwestern toast of Norway. This is regarded In Berlin as confirming reports that Germany is about to place in com- mission super-submarines, far excelling the best of its submersibles hitherto, SUBJECTS OF SERMONS. The subjects of “Billy” Sun- day's first three sermons in Omaha to be preached Sunday in the tabernacle will be as fol- lows: “The Need of iod's Grenadiers.” 7:30 p. m., “The Sins of Society."” \ The Weather Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. sem) Reeord 1915, 1914, 1V 1~ ® §1 o 100 6 5 Compurative Highest yestepday Lowest yesterday % Mean temperature 68 8 & Precipitation 0 00 .0 W Temperature and pmxlpu.uun depart ures fram the mormal Normaj temperature Exceas for the day Total deficiency s n Normal precipitation Deficlency for the duy Total rafnfall since March 1 Defictency since March Deficiency for eor. perlod, 194, Bucmcm Deficlency for cor. period, 1913, 6.45 inches ¢ March 1 : | Market Stagnant| | ROPER WILL TALK T0 MAIL CARRIERS National Convention Delegates Are to Hear Postal Official’s Voice by Telephone. GAINOR TELLS -OF PURPOSE “Hello, this is Mr. Roper at Wash- ington?" “‘Hello.” “All right, let her .go."” Some such laconic conversation as that will be heard at the telephone in the Omaha auditorium Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock, when the 1,600 delegates to the Natiomal Let- | ter Carriers’ -eonvention are gath- | ered there, | Telephone And then and there First Assistant | ent Frank Bigan and others at the | Postmaster General Daniel C. Roper |in his office at Washingtor, D. C., | ,w!ll speak over the telephone his' | greetings to the letter carriers in the | convention hall at the Auditopfum. - | | The Nebraska Telephone complny 1 has arranged to install 250 individual | | recelvers in the great Auditorium, so| | that the delegates attendiog my hear | the speech that leaps half way across | the continent, President Edward J. Galnor of the Na- { tional assoclation 18 then to givena re- | sponse to the talk by the postmaster gen- | teral. All the delegates in the room will | | they are 1700 miles apart. A Fraternal Organization. “I do not like the impression to get |out that we are an organization devoted | lonly to ,inflyencing - legislation,” - said President Edward J, Gainor of the Na- | tional Assoclation of Letter Carriers, | when he arrived fn Omeha for “the-na~ tlonal convention, which opens Monday. “We are a fraternal bunch. There is a good fellowship feellhg among us, and we are organized primarily for that. You | will find & live bunch here. ' They are men of decided opinioris and wen who, {are not afraid to say what they think. “No, we are pot organized to influence | legislation. We have taken up many {things for the good of the service, and i vl e £ Sy (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) | 4 t Five Are Burned to | Death in Orphanage SAN FRANCISCO, stroyed the St. Francis Girls' directory, & | Catholle orphanage, here early today, with the loss of Jive lives. When the fire Was discovered the child- { ren were marshalled and marched out of | the bullding by Sistet Mary Agnes and | ! Mother Superior Margaret, They were quartered in nearby homes and it was be- lieved that all had escaped. Search of the ruins d sclosed the body of Elizabeth O'Bried, 4 years old, and four others. | Another body identiffed wi that of | Katherine O'Brien, Elizabeth’s sister. The remaining three were burned beyond recognition. tForeign Exchange Sept. 4.—Fire NEW YORK, Sept. —Staguation today followed the turmo'f of the week in forelgn exchange mérkets here. The relaxation was so complete that for mors than an hour after the opening of the short busi- ness day not a quotation on any forelgn moneys was availgble. This was partly due to the big exudus yesterday from the financ'al districts of bankers in close touch withsthe situation on the eve of the Labor day ho'iday. Nominal quotations were: Sterling, $4.67; francs. 35.94; marks, §1 cents; lires, $6.44. None of these figures showed much varia- tion from yesterd e— Murder Charge Preferved. MASON CITY, la., Sept. 4.—(Bpecial) ~Louls Pirgeskl, alias Tony Moraz, aged 9, was arrested here today charged with the murder of Thomas Alechnovitch at Kansas City June & last. He will return | without requisition papers. de- | A FORMER EMPLOYE [§ FIRE SUSPECT Officials Think Dis- charged Man May Be Firebug Who Attacked Buildings. LOCKS ARE OWED ON DOORS - Otndlll‘ol tho telephone company from Omaha and Council Bluffs worked yesterday with members of the police and fire departments in an efort to solve the mystery of incendi- ary fires which have been set in the company’s two stations in the luffs. Guy H, Pratt, general commercial superintendent of the Nebraska Tel- ephone company, with offices in Omaha, conferred with Superintend- Bluffs. ““Fhe strongest clew we have might involve a discharged workman who left the Burvice of the company about a year ago. This man has been acting in an erratic manner,” said Mr, Pratt, The manner.in which entrance was 'galned at both buildings and the use of carbolineum, used for treating butts of telephone poles, for setting the fires, cauged Mr. Pratt to believe that the fire- bug was famfilar with the bulldings. Carbolineum was used at the Scott street bullding Thursdey night. This fluid 1s prohibited - inside were opened by some one who ' knew how to get at the keys or who had dupli- | | cates. New Locks on Doors. Superintendent Pratt ordered new locks placed on the deors and & twenty-four- hour watch on both ‘bulldings. Employes searched- every-nook of the buildings for further evidence of incendiarism, The ecity deteotives , working on the case declared they were at sea. The po- lice maintained the work is that of a | pyromanisc. The boldness of repeating | the offemse on Friday night after three fires Thursday night suggested the work of a cunning and determined mind, the offitials maintained, Attention of the police has been called to {hie presence of stret speakers who have been fulminating on prominent ! corners. One street speaker defended the explosion at the court house in Omaha ' and the Times explosion in Los Atigeles. The detectives admit they have a sus- pect under survelllance, ‘but that is as |far as they will go In showing their hand, | ctive In the service of the | 'age Two, Column One.) | Subsea Landéfirty to Blow Up Turkish Railroad Bridge| LONDON, Sept. 4~A novelty fn sub- marine warfare is reported in a d from Athens to the Star. It s stated that a Britsh submarine, after threading its way through the gulf of Ismid, landed a party for the purpose of dynamiting the rallroad bridge at Gebize, twenty-elght miles southeast of Constantino, rafiroad, fnning to ilaidar, Pusha and Ismid, is the main line of communica- tion between Cobstaintinople and the in- terior of Asia Minor, The dispatch states, that although the expedition was not entlrely successful, the Brit'sh bluejackets destroyed a por- tion of the bridge, killing the Turkish soldiers on guard there and returned safely to the submarine Negroes Now Deny Confessing Murder of Dr. C. F. Mohr PROVIDENCE, R. I, Sept. 4—A denlal that they had corfessed to the murder of Dr. €. Franklin Mohr was made to the Associated Press today by George W. Healls, Heary Spellman and C. Vietor Brown, the negroes, who, according to the police authorities, had previously de- clared that they killed the physiclan at the instigation of Mrs. Mobr. the bullding | Mike O'Connell, a laborer work- | {be able to hear both speakers although :und is stored In a yard nearby. Locks teh | THO HUNDRED ARE KILLED IN WRECK Heavily Laden Passenger Train in Smashup Two Hundred Miles East of Mexico City. MANY WOMEN AMONG VIOTIMS WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Two hundred people, {ncluding many women and children, were killed in a train wreck several days ago 200 miles east of Mexico City. American Consul Silliman reported the accident to the State department today. An- other train following with forty-five American refugees aboard was de- layed by the wrock, bul rmhod Vera Cruz yesterday. | Orders Foreclosure of Mortgage on the Missouri Pacific WOODSTOCK, Vt., Sept. 4.—An appli- cation by counsel for the Guaranty Trust company of New York to foreclose a mortgage given by the Missourl Pacific Elmer B. Adams of St. Louis at his mer home here today, Judge Adams g out the following statement: “Edwin 8. 8 Sunderiand of the law firm of Stetson, Jennings & Russell of |New York City,'-visited . Clrcuit Judge Elmer B, Adams today as attorney of (the Guaranty Trust company of New Yok, to file a bill to foreclose a mort- gage given by the Missourl Paoific rafl- way to secure the first and refunding bonds issued by that compa Judge Adams granted the application. ve Professor Reed Is Absolved from Blame' LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. 4~(Speoial Telegram.)—A coroner's jury investigat |ing tho death of Witlam Branch, Jr., 8| years of age, son of William Branch, ar who died at St. Anthony's hospital, Thursday aftrnogn; a few minutes um | being streck by an automobile, driven by Prof. C. L. Reed, recently clocted prin- | | etpal ‘of the Loutsville Boys' High school, | returnéd & verdict’ that the boy came to | his death from injurics due to his own earclorsress and the accldent was un- avolaabie Prof weeks ago from Omaha. |périod ke has been here |many warm friends, who were much | srieved by the tragedy that marked the | eginning of his residence in Loutsville. Dwarf Dies at the In he NHW YORK, Sept. 4.—Mrs. Iyn home for the aged, | established a record, it longevity among dwarfs and a half feet high aud than twenty-five pounds Negro is Lynched at Dresden, Tenn. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept named Wilson was lynched last night near Dresden for a crime against a white woman after the circuit judge and the sheriff had once taken him from the mob. MORE RIVER BOATS UNDER CONSIDERATION AT DECATUR Adaitional boats ufl barges to handle the business on the river between Omaha and Decatur are still being considered A conference of the business men of Decatur Is to be held this week to con- sider the advisability of bullding a cou- ple of such boats in her 107th year, is believed for Bhe was two weighed less Her birth place THE WEATHER Cloudy STNG LE COPY FIVE CENTS. SUNDAY ARRIVES IN CITY WITH MA AND THEIR PARTY Met at Station by Crowd of Minis- ters and Laymen Who Are In- terested in Revivalist and His leefinn INTRUDER !HOU‘H HE IS INSANE Evangelist 3nd m. Wife Well Pleased with Preparations Made for Them. READY FOR ARDUOUS CAMPAIGN “Bllly’" Sunday arrived in Omaha yesterday morning at 10:40, com- ing from Winona Lake, Ind.,, where | ho has been for ten days. Ay large number of ministers, mem- bers of the committee and others were at the station and greeted and cheered him In the midst of all the greeting and gladness and welcome a sombre note was sounded. It was just as the party had entered the automobile {of F. D. Wead outside the station | that a wild-eyed, unkempt man about 40 years old made his way up to the | side of the machine and, shaking his [ tist at “Billy,” cried in broken Eng- lish: “You ought to be in an insane asylum," o man looked daugerous, Rev. J. W, Welsh, who was putting Mr. BSunday's {Valise In the oar, turned and gave the man a push backwards. He moved away, KAISER WINS AGAIN <|numhllnx. but & moment later while the photographers were busy, he came back and shouted angrily: rallway was granted by Circult Judge ! Reed came to Loulsville several | the brief | has won ! i dedicate a Age of 107 Years| Jeanette | Swartz, who died last night in the Brook- ! 4.—A negro | IN FIGHT FOR RIGA i Berlin Heldqunrten Announces the Oapture of Bridgehead at Friederichstadt. THOUSANDS MADE CAPTIVES BERLIN, Sept, 4.—(Via London.) I ~~The German army engaged in the battle for possession of the Russian | port of Riga has won another impor- tant vietory. Army headquarters today announced the capture,of the | bridgehead at Friedrichstadt; on the Dvina, about forty miles below Riga, | The Germans oaptured thlr!y-u"n officers and 8,325 men, ! The text of today's ofticlal mml is ns followst “Western th western front er: The Mtuation on the unchanged. ‘Bastern theater: Army of Flold Marshal von Hindenburg: The bridge- ' head at Friedrichstadt was stormed yes- | terday. Thirty-seven officers and 3,896 men were taken prisoners. Five machine guns were also captured, “On both sldes of Vilna- the enemy has {repeated his vain attacks. Besides losing a lirge number in k'lled and wounded, ho left 800 prisoners in our hands. “In and around Grodno fighting still continues, During the night, however, the Russians, after suffering defent | ,overywhere, retreated In an easter'y dl- | rection. ‘fhe fortress and all the forts are | !fn our posséssion, The retreat'ng enemy | {s belng pursued. Six heavy guns and | | 2700 prisoners rema'ned in our hands. . "To the south 6f (irodno also the enemy {has_evacvated noditians on the Nismen, “Between the confluence of the Swis- locx and the rewion northeast of the for- ! eat of Bleloviesh, the army of General yon Oallwitz is attacking. Up to the | | Dresent time %00 prisoners have been taken, “Army of General Fisld Marshall Prince {Leopold of Bavaria: The fehting 1n tha passages through the marshy . distriot nnr!h and northeast of Grodana contin- i “Army of Tleld Marshal von Macken- | een: The enemy 16 atfll holding M hr'dwe head near Bereza-Kartuska. Furthep | I south, in the reglon of Drohicsyn. sixty | iflometers (thirty-seven miles) west of Pinsk, the enemy has heen mpulud » ‘Sunday to Dedicate Tabernacle Bnilt At Corning Monday “Billy” Sunday will spend his weekly rest day, Monday, by going to Corning, Ta., in the morning with Mrs, Sunday and Pi s Brewster and Matthews to tabernacle which has . just been completed there for a revival cam- paign. He will dedicate the tabernacle in the morning and return to Omabs in time to attend the ball game at Rourke | park in the afternoon, | Former Omaha Man Accidentally Killed : Near _Gibbon, Neb. GIBBON, Neb, pt. 4.—~(Special Tele- gram.)—Bert Richey was caught in the | flywheel of a treshing engine last night | |And had one arm badly torn. dle died at | I's o'clock this morning. His father lives | |at 6322 Center street, Omaha. He has a | brother on & homestead near George- | town, Custer county. \New York 8tands | By Death Penalty| ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 4—In its closing | | hours today the constitutional convention refused to abolish the death penalty and voted to ralse the salary of the governor of New York from $10,000 to §20,000 a year, effective January 1, 1917 The proposal to permit Jurles in first degree to decide whether convieted persons should be electrocutea or meed to life !Iwm. by & declsive murder cases imprisonment, was | nd nay vots llho me “You ought to be locked up in an in- sane asylum," The fellow was evidently somewhat de- mented or intoxicated, The truin on which the Sundays arrived was about twenty-five minutes late. In- {side the gates at the Union station halr !a hundred ministers, laymen prominent in the work and newspaper men had Bathered. Ma Comes with Him. “Billy” came smiling trom one of the rear Pullmans, carrying his black valise und followed by the smiling "Ma’ Bun- | day, Mre. Willlam Asher, who has charge of extenslon work for women, and Robert Matthews, one of the planists, George HSunday clasped his mother in his arms and kiseed her and shook hands with his smillug fagher, Then the pho- tographic corps got busy. “Billy" and “Mu" and George Sunday, Mra. Asher, the smiling evangelist, He stood with hia &rm around “Ma’s walst. Several plos tures were taken of him separately and then he rushed off up the platform, but soon found he had lodt ‘M. Back he | went, looking anxiously till he found her on the arm of Geowse, and the three pro- ceeded into the station arm in arm. It s very evident that Mrs. Sunday is the idol of her husband and family, “Billy" wore his gray suit and cap, no vest, low black shoes and white silk shirt. Mrs. Sunday was modishly gowned In mauve colored silk. Rev, Lowe Leads Yells, Rev, Titus Lowe led several yells of the “What's the matter with 'Billy’ SBunday" varlety and the crowd responded with salvos. As the party entered the station those inside the gates cheered, Among the prominent laymen at the |statlon were W. E. Feshier, K. F. Deni- lson, B, E. Thomas and F, D. Wead, The iparty left the station in Mr, We: and Mr. Foshier's automobiles, driving directly to the Loyal hotel, where splendid rooms are reserved for the wcecommodation of bers of the party. Persons reo- |Dr. Welsh and Planiste Brewster and Matthews posed. “Turn ‘er loose,” sald ognized the much-heraldes angelist as the cars glideq up the city's streets and frequently there were ocheers. At the hotel another big crowd was waiting and cheered the party with enthusiasm. Pleased with Rooms. The Bunday smile was «n evidence to all. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sunday were pleased with the rooms prepared for them. The convenience of them to the tabernacle was one of the things that pleased them. They were decorated with flowers and & big basket of fruit was on the table, Mr, Sunday went right to work, con- ferring and advising with committees in the afternoon. The revival starts Sunday morning at 10:80, when “Billy” will preach his first sermon in the tabernacle. He will preach also at 2 and 7:30 p. m, He looks In splendid health and par- fectly “fit” for the arduous work ahead of him. Department Orders. WA!IHN(JT(!N Sept. 4.—(8pecial gram.)—Mrs Stewart has bee re-appointed po lmlnru at Btrang, Fil- PR ebraska, more county, A clvil_merice examination will be helg on October 9 for rural carriers at M ywood. Ne BULGARS STILL DEMAND WHOLE OF MAGEDONIA Concessions Which it is Said Berbia Offers _Are Not Satisfactory to “the Government at Sofia. FINAL DRAFT OF NOTE READY Indications that Attempt to Revive Balkan League in Interest of Entente Mav Not Succeed | PEACE TALK INTERF~™ LONDON LONDON, Sept. 4.—1n the absence of marked changes on any of the bat- tle fronts, the English public has again turned its attention to the diplomatic situation in the near east and to rumors of tentative efforts in the direction of peace negotiations. 1t is announced officially at Nish that the final draft of Serbia's answer to the note’of the quadruple entente is ready and will be presented shortly. It is presumed here that the reply on the whole will be favor able in regard to concessions to Bul garia, although little hope is enter tained that Serbla will grant its lat enemy all the territory demanded | Macedonia. Advices from Hofia Indicate that unless the whole of Macedonia 18 conceded thers s little chance of reestablishment of the Balkan 1 It is pointed out in of« fiolal eircles at the Bulgarian capilal that compliance with the program of the en~ tente allles means actual participation in the war, while agreement to the request of the central powers Implies merely friendly neutrality, expressed in permit- ting the shipment through Bulgaria of arms and other war supplies for the Turks, London Interested in Peace Talk. Although it has been established rather definitely that London has no part in the fnvitation of formal peace discussion, it is plain that official oircles dre Interested keenly in the news of activity in this direction. There are straws in the wind which In- dicate that what are designated as “'proper peace overtures” on the part of Germany would meet with consideration, However, the general publio, not so well informed as is the government, prob- ably would regard such overtures as pre- mature. oy b While untmu.m the sphere of the wwer, h’ al of peace s in the air, lbl mu. continues along all fronts without inter- ruption. The Russians are fighting des- perately along the Dvina, protecting the shoitest road to Potrograd. They are de- {Continued on Pege Two, Column TWo) GERMAN TROOPS fighting toward the Russian port of Riga, have won & notable victory in the capture of INTENSE' USE of artillery continues to be reported from the fighting Paris alludes to the latest engagements u\ot “par- ticular violence." MILITARY OBSERVERS abroad in- cline to the belief that the per- sistent bombardment of German move by the entente west., PETROGRAD, in its ment, admits a retirement of Russians to the north Dvina, In the sector w perate struggle to protect and the road to Petrograd progress. NORTH OF VILNA, where the Ger- man lines have apparently made little progress of late, the Rus. sians claim to have continued of- fensive operations’ and to have gained ground ggminst the is mans, BALKAN PROBLEM still unsolved state and there signs that the situation nitely shape itself within few days. ek Beginning Sept. 6’ FREE MOVIE COUPON Admitting to the Following Picture Shows This Bee Coupon entitles bearer (o a free ticket to any one of these high class Movin Plcture Theaters on the days named. Present at Box Offive with regular price of one adult paid ticket and get addition-| al ticket free. - Mth and W, South Omaba. Bel Soupon ou,g tor Mon. and’ night | p panied b, paid sdm -Tu @514 Cuming St. Always the Best Piotares O able. Phis Coupon good apy Monday night if accompanfed by s pald admission Your Favorito, Goed on Mondays and Thursdays with one pald ticket. BESSE GRAND MONROE panted paid admission, luvnrw 16th fil Mo Ceuuon- l«rI l’flod for any Monday night when ae- companied by one pald admission. When sccomp fed by a lfl mission, t Em is any onday night. Il Cou-