Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 6, 1915, Page 1

R g UtV ‘S Ao - Call Tyler 1000 If You Want to Talk to The Deo or to Anyome Conmected with The Bee. THE WEATHER BEE VOL. XLV-—NO. (8. OMAHA, MONDAY SUNDAY STARTS HIS OMAHA CAMPAIGN OPENING DAY OF REVIVALSEESTHE STAGE WELL SET | Tabernacle Packed to &puityl When Great Preacher Makes { His Appearance on the Platform. | USES ALL TRICKS OF TRADE Plupges Into His Work Without Hesitation and Gives Full Ex- | hibition of Methods. | ON WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Billy Sunday delighted his first tabernacle audience in Omaha yes- terday morning by exhibiting nearly all the platform thrills for which he is famous. He mimicked and acted, and beat the pulpit with his fist and stamped upon it with his foot, and perspired so that the drops rolled from hig brow, and shouted ,and slanged enough to satisfy the most| expectant in all the vast audience| that filled the tabernacle and crowded in the ten-foot corrider sur: rounding the seats. He seemed to bid glad defiance to hig critics, by sailing right into the two strongest objections brought| against him, namely the collections and the slang. Explains Aboat Collection. One of the first things he did after making his vigorous way to the platform was to explain about the collection. He mentioned that Omaha | is reported to be in the midst of the| most prosperous part of the mosl' prosperous country in the world. In regard to the collection he said: “Not one cent is guaranteed me, | not one penny. These collections are | taken up to pay for the lumber in | this building and the work of ereat- ing it and other expenses in the cam- paign. It is taken to pay your debts. All I get is the collections taken on the last day of the campaign. Noth™ ing more.” Soon Gets Into Slang. The first ten minutes: of hirx rmon were as classic in language ¢ ser- mon of the most “proper’ i+ im- | aginable. Then he suddenly I to the very midst of slangery. I was in describing one of the missionary journeys of Paul. Paul asiel 5 native of a city who certain people were whom he saw | talking and was told that they were church members. The evangelist con- tinued: “Paul says, ‘No, that's a bum steer, and he went over to where they were chewing the rag.” This brought tremendous applause and laughter from the audience. Billy smiled and when he could be heard, sad: “I cut out all my slang because I was com- ing to Omaha." He had described Paul as “a wrinkle | browed, dim-eyed, stoop-shouldered gospel | veteran who had been the bullet meat for all the forces of hell and refused to | dip his colors to the devil's gang of his day.” Greeted with Appl Mr. and Mrs. Sunday entered the tabernacle together just as the service| started. The big bullding was packed to the doors and probably a thousand were standing in the corridor looking in to the main part of the building. And the crowd applauded as the evangelist walked scriously up and took his seat on a wooden-seated chair on the green-car- peted platform, Not a smile did Mr. Sunday give nor any recognition of the ovation. After the cholr had under direction of H. C. Brewster led iIn singing several hymns and | figr Mr. Brewster and Mrs. Asher had mg “Let Jesus Lead," he leaped to his feet and took his place at his pulpit. The audience applauded for probably thirty scconds. Billy scemed somewhat bored | by the demonstration, ‘ 1tis Wedding Anniversary, | He spoke a word of appreciation and | then announced that the day was great | to him and Mrs. Sunday for another rea- son. ! ‘Twenty-seven years ago today and I were married,” he said. audience applauded again. “And I pose you would like to see ‘Ma,’ * said | Biily with a smile, turning to where Mrs, | Sunday sat behind the platform. The| people’s applause gave vociferous evi- dence of thelr desire and Mrs. Sunday came forward smiling and stood beside (Continued on Page ‘“hree, Golamn Fodr,) Ma’ | The | sup- | The Weather Temperatare at Omaha Yesterday. Hours, Deg. 58 m. 13 6a m. 64 7a m o fa m. & a. m. -l 10 a m. i la m . Bm 82 1p. m. 188 2p. m. 8 i .5 84 H 54 $p. 82 7p m 0 Comparative L.-I Record. 1915. 1914. 1913 1912, 5 10 Jligheat ¥ 91 west yest K QMean temperature. 8 Precipitation b5} ‘Temperature and precipitation depart- ures from the normal: al temperature .- s tor the day 1l deficlency since March i Normal l'rl'(‘hflll\lmvl 10 inch IDeficiency for the da 10 fpeh Total rainfall fince )l-rcn 1,217 inches iDeficieney since March « 16 inch Defle ency fof cor. Deriod, m? 5.15 inches ficlency for cor pariod, 191Y. ¢ 8 inchos A, WELSH, Local Forecaster " | equipment of our active army and other | | troops called to the colors. The task is ! here tomorrow, | J. Bryan will ————— SUNDAY RECRUITS ey P || SOLDIERS IN THE nation in Omaha, the God- | e, Sttost % | ARMY OF JESUS gutted, hog-jowled spawn of “God's Oreludxen" is the snhlpet of hell, come on, we're ready for you, and you cannot harm us, the Stirring Afternoons for we are ambassadors of God.” “A lot of p—mple were mighty plous when they had to walk, at the Mo} but now that they can afford o a Ford or a Plerce Arrow or a ||| MITITA Packard, it's ‘good-bye, God; || L5 SR I'll see you later. “An angel from heaven couldn’t come to Omaha and ||| live for a week and asso- ||/ ciate with some of the people ||/ you train with and go back to heaven without being fumi- gated, carbolicized, formaide- hyded, dry-cleaned and made over altogether.” ‘Aronm " viism of Audience by Stirring Pictures of Events Dur- ing This Country’s Wars. ALL SING THE BATTLE HYMN illy Sunday was a recruiting of- ficer for the army of Jesus Christ at the afternoon meeting at the taber- nacle yesterday. | In a sermon on “God's Grena- diers” he pleaded with stirring| phrases and gestures and wonderful | dramatic ability for recruits to enlist in the battle for God against the devil., Militancy was his keynote, “Iask no quarter from the devil and I give him none,” he shouted, swinging his arms in sledge-hammer blows as he hurled forth his defl- ance to a demon which to his hear- ers was almost materialized in living | form, by the power which the speaker put into his sentence, Tells of Victories Won. “If a man doesn’t settle his salvation before the under- taker pumps him full of em- balming fluid, he's all in."” “Any time you think you can do this stunt better than I can, butt in, old man.” GZAR SAYS ENEMY - MUST BE EXPELLED Russ Emperor Decltru for War Until Vietory Has Been Sunday told of wars fought “In the Accomplished. brave days of old,”" when troops charged PRESIDES AT SLAV CONGRESS ‘‘over the dead, dying and wounded, over (trenches and over horses,” (> win vie- LONDON, Sept. 5.—A Petrograd | '°1e* : He roused the patriotism of the audi- dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram com-|ence by stirring plctures of events during pany, says: wars conducted by the United States. “Presiding today at the first|He told of the drummer boy who in a meeting of a speclal congress, hay-|[¥MOUs battle in Europe when told to |sound a retreat. said: ing for its subjects measures to be\ “I don't know how to beat a retreat; taken for national defense with spe-|I never learned to do that." clal reference to the organization of| “We don't know how to beat a retreat supply and the transport of stores, | "\,"5 0 LIS SOl gy e pave munitions and fuel, the emperor de-|them the effect of the blare of a trumpet, clared that Russia would continue! emphasizing in his habitual manner, the war until complete victory had Phrases rather than words, and beating been achieved. |each phrase into the consciousness of his hearers. “‘The question before the con-| The climax of the meeting had ar- gress,’ he said, ‘is of the gravest {m- | rived. Sunday seized a chair and carrieq it (Continued on Tw portance. It concerns the more speedy equipment of the army with munitions, which i# the one object for which our vallant troop wait in order to stop foreign invasion and | bring success once more to our arms. | Purlicuient has given me resolutely and without the least hesitation the only reply worthy of Russia—a reply which I expected from it, namely, war until victory is complete, Volce of Nation. ** ‘I doubt mot that this is the volce of the whole Russian nation. Nevertheless the great task we have undertaken im- plies the greatest effort on our part This thought has become universal, but it is necessary to put it into ac tion with- it oo o ey BRCITING SCENES IN .Y, GONVENTION the government's delegates of Parlla- Constitutional Body Closes Consid- ment and the public institutions end in- dustries. In a word, the representatives eration of All Proposed of all business in Russia have entrusted you with the completest confidence with powers of an exceptional extent. I shall | always follow with the most profound attention your labors and will take a Amendments. personal part in them if necessary, But Ome Object. G. 0. P. TO CHAMPION WORK * ‘Nothing must dlstract our thoughts, it 4 our*will and our strength from what is ALBANY, N, Y. Sept. 5.—New Bow our single goal, which is to drive |wo vi constitutional ~convention the enemy from our borders, “‘With this end In view, make certain the complete closed consideration of all proposed amendments amid exciting scenes. ‘While friends and foes of the pro- posal to permit the legislature to en- act a living wage law for women and children clamored for a vote on the measure, President Elihu Root, on the motion of Majority Leader Wick- we must | military | now entrusted to you, gentlemen. 1 know | that you will devote all your strength | and all your love for the fatherland to | its accomplishment. Bet to work with the help of God.'"™ | ersham, declared the convention ad-| Brya'n Wlll Address ! journed until next Thursday. At “Prlends of Peace" that time consideration will be given only to the work of the revision com- CHICAGO, Sept. 5—A resqution de- Mittee; and a vote on the wage prop- claring against the shipment of war osition before final adjournment munitions from this country to European ' probably friday or Saturday will be belligerents and urging congress to buy up all munition factors so as to make | M POssIDle. shipments im| will be brought be- | Republicans to Fight for It. fore the natio convention of the | Republicans, who are in the majority Friends of Peace"Which will be opened in the convention, 116 to 62, will immedi- | ately launch a vigorous campaign in be- Hundreds of delegates arrived and nmre’h.u of the new constitution. It is con- are expected tomorrow. A big majority sidered extremely doubtful if the demo- are German-Americans, Chatrman John |crats will wage an organized fight against Brisbin Walker sald: | the new instrument. “The organization Is mot pro-German, | The chief proposed amendments would though,” he added, “German naturally Provide for want to see the war ended, because of lhBhoflenlmx alu:h:.bdl:n 80 as to "t‘t“. 6 governor, utenant-governor, attor- the fearful sacritice it exacts from their | gy “Gcral”and comptrolier the - only brothers. German-Americans exceed in | elective state office . number any other portion of our citizens | AR exccutive budget evstem -4 the legielature might eliminate items Who are of foreign blood. That is why | the Suaet of (he“;ovenmr. Dut make no they predominate in this convention,” i-ddlllunl | It was annoinced fonight that Wilitam | Volds for wamen: the cenvention maraly | provided that if the » address the convention| RIUaNGTont already y two | Monday afterncon and probably will| nmur: "u“. r(l)‘ved at zhn nl-nndwn ' this fall, it shel me operative DUl S ot aomn S e O e mwa?’?"r ciiige n 'rriation to ‘regulating their local airs and re- charters. Aldrich Will Run |E8e i . Against Hitcheock| A" = ™ == * Giving the legislature po-ur to prohibit mlnuflell.fln' in tenementa. Bringing victims of occupational disease under the provision of the workmen's compensation act (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Sept. §5.—(Special.)— Chester H. Aldrich, former governor Reapportionment al lines w of Nebraska, will be a candidate for| . l,’ wobt Oreslr o Vo f';«lfmh‘ the republican nomination for the|having a l)urlly in the senate for ten | years at Sulm!llulh soclal United Stdtes senate to fill the place now occupled by Senator Gilbert M. iHtcheock, democrat., for sinking fund bonds and otherwise changing the bond- ing system from the state and citics along | lines which it is belleved will save mil- | lions interest charges. . MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6 POPE SENT WILSON , NO WRITTEN WORD Vatican Issues Statement Denying Any Special Message Communi- | cated by Gibbons. CARDINALS DID NOT NEED .IT ROME (Via Paris), Sept. 5.—Car- dinal Gibbons’ interview with Presi- dent Wilson {8 considered by the vati- can as the most important event in the campaign for the re-establish-| ment of peace, but the vatican wishes to have the attitude of the pope plain- ly set forth to avoid misunderstand- ing, and therefore has issued a formal statement to the effect that the pope did not send any special message by | the cardinal to the president of the| United States. The situation at the present mo-| ment, it is pointed out, does not seem favorable for the pope to take the initiative in the matter of peace, but the pontiff is ready to help in all possible ways in any effort in that direction from whatever quarter it comes. The opinion is expressed in vatican circles here that the United Btates is in the best position to un- dertake such a mission, Page Ordered to Touch English Up WASHINGTON, 8ept. 6.—Ambassador Page at London has been instructed to e vigorous representations to the Hritish forelgn office for the release of | American-owned shipments of German &0ods now held up at Rotterdam under | the British orders-in-council. State de- partment officlals indicated today they expected an early reply. % Mother and Son Die As Auto Plunges! YANKTON, 8. D., Sept. 5.—Mrs. l‘.‘rlc‘ Eide and her son, Edward, were killed | this afternoon when the automoblle in | ‘Wwhich they were returning to thelr mun~| try home from Welre dropped off a | bridge approach down an embankment into & creek. The victims were members of a ploneer family, , 1915 “BILLY'' SMITES THE DEVIL-—The acrobatic revival- ist began his engagement in Omaha before three house- filling audiences with a battering-ram assault on the ram. parts of His Satan's Majesty. [ TEUTONS SWEEP On Traine, at HWotel Ne Stands, eto, Se TWO SINGLE COPY PULLETI LONDON, S8ept. (.—The Allen steamship Hesperian was torpedoed at 8:20 o'clock last night off the south coast of Ireland, 100 miles southwest of Fastnet. Approximately 860 passengers were on board, one CEN'DS, Series of Battles Are Being Fought‘ | South of the Pripet § I | ey | RUSSIANS CONTINUING RETREAT | Hesperian, Carrying Canadian Sol- LONDON, Sept. 5.—Although they | Gun Attacked Off Ire- continue their retirement In some land. | others, the Russians, on the whole, | EIGHT nmson “Ponm LOST have stiffened their opposition to the | manic allles now have to fight, and Ship Armed with Heavy | fight hard, for every yard of ground Rifle. Away to the north, just below the | CRAFT IS SAID TO BE AFLOAT Gulf of Riga, a big battle is in prog-| Dvina, and the Germans now occupy | the western bank between Lenne- head yesterday, and Friedrichstadt, where another bridgehead was taken = FOR DVINA RIVER| TURPEUUED NO Hnnheu | diers and Mounted and Visible | sectors and are being driven back in| Austro-German advance and the Ger-| U, 8, Consul at Qqeemm" Says which they gain. DI SERER ress for possession of the river| wada, where they captured a bridge- | by storm today These successes, If they can be ca or two of them AméTicans, to a conclusion by forcing a crossing of . | the Dvina, must result in the evacuation BULLETIN, MONTREAL, Sept. 5.—The Allen |of the town of Riga, which already is | being threatened from the west and |south by Field Marshal von Hinden- | Management. today received tele- burg's army. grams from Eaogland informing them Fight Serles of Batttes. that the Hesperian was torpedoed From Friedrichstadt south to the |®nd was proceeding to Queenstown Pripet marshes, the Russians and Ger- | under convoy. mans are engaged In a series of battles, and while the Russlans by a counter of+ R tensive along the Vilnu river, and coun- ter attacks at other points, are inflicting LIVERPOOL, Sept. 5.—The Allen line {ssued the following notice this evening: “All the passengers and «rew of the Hesperian were safely landed to- day at Queenstown.” LONDON, 8eépt. 5.—The Allen liner Hesperian was torpedoed off the south coast of Ireland by a Ger- man submarine, The ship was re- ported keeping afloat, The passen- gers and crew are being taken to Queenstown, | The Hesperian carried 600 persons, !of whom 860 were passengers, All were saved. The liner was bound from Liverpool to Montreal, It was torpedoed at 8 o'clock last night about 800 miles southeast of Fastnet. Passengers say the liner was tor- pedoed without warning. The boats got away quickly, Many wounded Canadian soldiers were aboard. The Hesperian 8 mow proceeding to Queenstown with the assistance of ad- miralty tuge. | The American consul at Queenstown reported to the American embassy that there were one or two Americans aboard the Hesperian, but that none was lost. | Didn't Sink, The steamer did not sink and is re- ported proceeding, under convoy to Queenstown, to which port most of the passengers and crew were taken by res- cle steamers. Passengers landed at Queenstown as- rted that the attack was made without warning. The American consul at Queenstown telegraphed the embassy here that there were one or two Ameri- cans aboard, adding that none was lost. The Hespedlan, & vesmel of 10,0% tons gross, was outward bound from Liver- \pool for Montreal, Many of the 350 pas- sengers aboard were wounded Canadian soldiers on their way home from the front. There were approximately 260 in tha crew. The attack upon the Hesperian came just as darkness was falling. Passengers 'ALIEN INFLUENCE IN HAITI AGAINST U. 8. Martial Law Declared in Cities of Island to Combat Hostile Foreign Propaganda. REAR ADMIRAL CAPERTON ACTS WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—Foreign influences In Hait{ working to block Plans of the United States to pacify the republic and rehabilitate its finances under American supervision have made it necessary to declare martial law in Port Au Prince, the <apital, and practically all but two of the country’s open ports. Rear Admiral Caperton, acting within his general instructions, declared martial law today and explained that his ac- tion was taken because of a situa- tion which was beyond the control of the local government, Will Not Disclose Information. For reasons of international polloy the State department will not disclose any of the Information it has recelved bearing on the subject. There have recently been persistent reports of the activity of for- elgn agents, and so marked has been the effect of thelr activities upon members of the Halitlen congross and government that the State department found it neces- sary to hurry its policy of educating the people of Haitl to an appreciation of the benefits of American finanelal control | with its protection ageinst insistent for- elgn creditors. France Is among the largest of Haitl's creditors, its citizens being sald to have about §20,000,000 in Haitien national bond: besides large mercantile and banking in- | terests in the republic. France has not only refrained from opposing the develop- ment of the American policy, but Am- bassador Jusserand yesterday assured the State department of French approval of any plans which would result in the establishment of a stable and responsible government in Haitl, ===\ who have reached Queenstown express [ heavy losses on their pursuers, they are | the bellef that she had been chased for some distance by submarine, whioh belng pressed back and the town of Vilna, which has already been evacu- | fired as soon as it was within range. The | ated by the civillans, probably will soon !Attack came so suddenly, it was stated, be left behind by the Russian army. that great alarm was felt aboard the To the south of the Pripet marshes a | steamer | series of Lattles ure belng fought " Calls for Ald. Russians along the tyr and Sereth riv The torpedo struck the Hesperian for- ers are making a stubborn stand und the ward of the engine room tearing away | Austro-Hungarians, in wh ranks | (T o Page Two, Golumn Five) | there is a strong leavening of Gefmans, lare finding thelr way eastward barred on most of the fronts, They hu eve forced a crossing of the fioel ol e W Bl B | THE WANT-AD. WAY 80 that now a very narrow strip of Ga- licla remains in Russign hands. 1 Finding it gmposs ble to make head. way in their frontal attacks on the positions covering the fortresses of Dubno and Rovno, which were bases of the Russian armies for (helr advance | through Gallcla, the Austrians are mak- Ing an attempt to turn these positio from the south and claim that Gener von Boehm-Ermolll has broken through the Russian lines. There is no indication where the new Russ| lines are, but from their strong defense it is evident that they Intend it possible to bring the Austro-Germans' offensive to, & standstill not far east of where they are now offering a most stubborn resistance, o far as the Rus- slan armies are concerned it is apparent that they are falrly safe from any en- | eircling movement unless the Germans can quickly throw a strong force acrol the Dvina southeast of Riga. At present the Russians have behind | them & large number of roads leading east and northeast, and as they have | proved> themselves to be masters of retreat, military writers here are con- vinced that they will remain nowhers | long enough to be caught. The rua guards, of course, occasionally fail into the hands of the pursuers, The French, british and Belglan artil- | lery comtinue an insistent bombardment commander in chief are not disclosed. For a well ‘Wan of the German trenches and cantonm-nts Will be seen clerh in the west, but thus far ihe exwected | WHO fy looki b“ offensive has not developed, anl mol designs of General Joffie, tac Fronch | S me | The invasion of Houmanis by the ' And fil) them iu a hurry, Austro-Germans, with or Without, & | .00 ol L declaration of war, is being discussed as I Omal & probability in the Balkar capitals. A heavy fall of snow has added to the | atfficulties of the Itallans and Austrians in the Alps. But they continue the bom- bardment of the opposing wesitions and both claim successes. IC Bee" are read daily ‘l all of and most efllchl in the varioua kind, use a “Bee Hel TELEFRONE _ 1000 AND 4 .