Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 12, 1915, Page 2

10 CHANGE THE CANAL ZONE With the Resignation of General Goethals, a Number of Other Officials Will Give Up Places. HARDING IS TO BE GOVERNOR (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) PANAMA, June 3.—During the latter part of August and the early days of SUPERINTENDENTT OF DOUGLAS CO. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. September next several important changes | will take place among the higher offi- clals of the Panama canal. The resigna tion of Major General George W Goethals as governor of the Panama Canal zone and his departure from the isthmus, where he has been in supreme command for the last eight years, will be the beginning of other changes. The most Important of these will be the probable elevation of Lieutenant Colone) Chester Harding from head of the de partment of maintenance and operation to be governor. It has all along been understood on the isthmus and this under standing has not been contradicted by General Goc™ that Colonel Harding would succoed to the governorship. In Tact, General Goethals has let it be known that be obetained the detall of Colonel Harding to the isthmus for that very purpose. Vacation of One Year, Immediately after his resignation as governor and his departure from Panama General Goethals plans to apply for his retirement from active service with the army. His intention s to take a year's vacation and then to engage in private engineering consultation work in New York City. In this venture he probably will be joined by his son, Captain George R. Goethals, and Sidney B, Willlamson, long & civilian engineer on the canal work. Before General Goethals' departure the detall of Captaln Hugh Rodman from #hore duty as marine superintendent with the Panama canal to the command of the superdreadnaught New York will have been announced by the Navy department. Early this year Captain Rodman applied to the department for a return to sea duty on tho departure of General Goe- thals from Panama. His request was granted and he was assured of the com- mand of the New York. He probably will be succeedod by Commander Hutch 1. Cone, now commanding the Dixle. Commander H. V. Butler, at present captain of the port of Balboa, Canal rone, probably will have left the canal by the time most of those changes take place. Ho already has appligd for detatl L wea and undoubtedly will be given the command of one of the sma'ler navy vossels. He probably will be succeeded by Lieutenant Allen B. Reed, now com- manding the torpedo fiotilla tender Iris of the Pacific fleet. Corimander Butler has held his. present position since April P LY At Cristobal, the northern terminus of the canal, Commander Douglas E. Dis- mukes will bo succeeded by Lisutenant Prentiss P. Bassett, now on board the &iven him has not been elarned. ‘Request for Permit - to Ship Bleached - Oats is Refuse WASHINGTON, Sept. 1L.—The Depart- ment of Agriculture today refused the re- in interstate commerce was a hardship because of the condition of this season's crop brought about by the unusual rains in the oats growing sections. Milllons of bushels of cereal are af- fected by the decision which was an-| 2 sE2%, fyf il i ot i if gy {CANADIAN RAIL MAGNATE IS DEAD (Continued trom Page One.) {ic Battles of 1ifo when he was only 13 years of age. it appears he was fascl- [nated from the first with the Lfo of a |rallway man, for his first job was in the railroad. yards. He soon afterward bocame a telegraph operator for the Ilif- nols Central, and his strides ahead in varlous capacities with the Michigan |Central railway and the Chicago & Alton brought him up to his first important executive position as general superinten- dent of the Bt. Louls, Kansas City & | Northern in 1572. Before going to Can. nda he also werved as general manager of the Bouthern Minnesota railway, and general superintendent of the Chicago & {Alten, and the Chicago, Milwaukee & Bt. Paul. HIIl and Harriman of Cana He superintended the extension of the Canadian Pucific to the western coast, and was present at the driving of the last spike on November 7, 18%. The total mileage which later came under his con- troll was over 3,600 He was sald to be the “Hill and Harriman" of Omaha. Asido from his fame as a raliroad {builber, Sir Willlam became a master | of finance and was often pointed out as one of the score of men who formed the foundation of Canadian money. He was THE OMAH. TURKS AND KURDS KILL MANY Men Slaughtered and Women and Children Are Carried Away Into Slavery |LOOT AND BURN ASIATIC CITY (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) RUSSO-ARMENIAN CAMP, NEAR BABHKALA, Kurdistan, July 13.—For a perfect epitome of conditions in this Teglon it I necemsary to step only a few vards from Bashkala on the Chukh road to the hamilet of Heresan. There today the Assoclated Press correspondent found #ixty Armenian men, al! that are known to remain alive #nd free in a population of M0-not a single woman or ochild hut what had been killed or earried away by the Turks and Kurds. A SUNDAY Bhlre: SEPLEM DR. R. KENDRICK SMITH, speaking to the convention of the United States Hay Fever associa- tjon, insisted the cure has been found in the osteo- pathic method of treating hay fever. Half a doszen wells were crammed with the bodiea of those who had not carried away. Bherabeg. a Kurdish chief, began the ravages last fall, kil'ing score of men and carrying off thousands of head of enttle sixty of sturdiest of the survivory fled to a men astery about fifteen miles away cure arms and help, but they could not recapture the'r village, and had to flee for thelr lives, g the remaining | population in the power of the Kurds The Iatter camped at Horesan all winter and used the women and children as they chose. Immedintoly after the defeat of | the Turk'sh troons under Hallil Bey, at | Dilman, the Kurds foresaw their expul- | #lon and made an end of such of the fe ma'e and youthful population as they did not take away in slavery | Tn Bashka'a there Is no one living now ! Mot lately it was a flourishing and pic- turesque Asiatic city with many well stocked stores and comfortable homes. Many of the houses were two-story stri tures of brick with tasteful balconies ‘There was an abundance of good rugs and been Rome to pre fi -~ some European furniture. The population | comprived 1,600 Armenians, a few Jews and perhaps 3,00 Moslems. Of tho Ar- menians, 500 women and children had bran enrrled awav and divided between the harems of Hassern Bey and Hashi Tiey, Kurdish chiefs. The remainder had perished or fled. The Bashkala Moslems also pald dearly, for thelr handsome city was looted, dismantled and burned. There were fires in a dozen places when the Assoclated Press correspondent visitod the city today with a Russian general and his staff, Murdered in Reprisal. It Is characteristic of the bitterness be- tween the two races that twenty-five Heresan recrults serving in the Turkish army were killed outright In the way of reprisal when news was received of the Turkish defeat at Dilman. The correspondent has been riding al- most dally with General N. of the Rus- | alan army or Andranik, the Armenian | leader, tn pursuit of the filustve Turk- {}sh army under Halil Bey. It was disclosed today that at I | ter. SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD. BRITISH N'PLOMAT DEAD | Donald, | Jaran, of 63, died here yesterday at the | bassador at T kio from 1900 to 1912, | four years prior to going to that he was Great Britain's envoy extraor- | Mege from June 22 to August 14, 1900, interested ag an officer or director of\a | Turkish forces were In a superb posl-|the Eeventy-fourth High'anders in 1872, large number of corporations in Canada, | tion on the slope of & high mountain, | Ten years later he was breveted major. | and dropped bombs along what he| the United States and Cuba. In the lat- | fianked by some still higher. The Rus- | He saw much service in Egypt and In ter place he formed the Cuba Raflway|slan artillery succeeded in sending the 1882 was appointed military attache to company with a capital og $5,000,000, Kuighted by Queen Victoria. He was knighted by Queen Victorie terest; hut norvice 0 Juniversity, .the Royal and numerods other In- atitutions, and notable contribution to the Canadian store of art treasures. The lat- city between the United States and Canada, Van Horne was conspicuous as one of those who opposed the ldea. One |of the lllustrations with which he drove home his point was this: the water In our mill ponds stands at ninety-seven, theirs at thirty-three, and they want us to take away the dam.” CIRCUIT; MAN KILLED ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Sept. I— EE;E : Odell Agnin Has Light, BEATRICE, Neb, g wettled its dispute with the electric at that place and lights have E forces to cover, but there was no gen- eral engagement. There has been warm [the British agency at After #pending five years there, he took up | tural work. Whatever may be the issue | of the war, It seems quite possible that' this will come to pass, for the Armenians look upon America as thelr school mas-| LONDON, Sept. 11.—8ir Claude Mac- former British ambassador to age 8ir Claude MacDonald served as am- For After being graduated from Royal Mill- least part of the gary gcademy at Sandhurst, he entered javiator where his pausing aeroplane took | Brl 1910, THRILLS OF ZEPPELIN HONT Attacking Scout Has to Dodge Sho and Shell While in the Air Bearching for His Prey. WATCHES THE SIGNALS BELOW (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) LONDON, July 5.~Zeppelin hunting is not so easy as it seems to the land-going critics, who think it gross carelessness that any Zeppelin has been allowed to sail over English soll and get saway The first message of a raid may come from a point In Holland, Flanders, or some outlying English coast watch sta- tion. It gives the time of passing, the general direction and the estimated helght of the airship. On receipt of this at the aerodrome, the scout planes start out ‘ Usually the Zeppelin chooses a dark | night for a raid. Tts machine guns amply protect its glant frame from air attacks at its height, level and below. But the gas bags render it vulnerable from above. |To be at an advantage, the chaser must {arlse to a greater height than the in- | vader, which is able to attain a maximum | helght of about 11,000 feet. ‘ Life a Hasardous One. Unlike the gas ship, which can ascend |sw.ftly at will, the aeroplane has to [circle up slowly and laboriously. The scout probably starts out in the pitch dark with clouds to pass through. After the necessary altitude is reached, he has to speculate perhaps vaguely as to his position and then settle on his course. If he is salling over country occupled by the Germans, he has to dodge the searchlights which are touching up the clouds the anti-aircraft guns begins to burst The scout then has to dive, eircle, re- verse and dodge about until he gets | out of range and safe into the. dark again. |1t requires all the nerve the airman | possesses to keep himself under control while the shells burst with blinding flashes and the searchlights play on the \cloud.l. Safe into the dark, the hunter watches for his first clue—a Zeppe in signal from below In the form of fire flashes. This | seen, he shapes his course for it | ¢ Describing the Attack. If the moon Is due to come up at this time, the work s simplified, for the form of the Zeppelin may be casily seen if within range. If unaware of the impend- {ing attack, the enemy's course is regular on a level. The problem is now to keep clear of the Zeppelin's ears. The Zeppelin's engines can be slowed down so that the louder buzz of the aeroplane may be overheard. If the Zeppelin detects the nolse of the {ainary at Peking and was appointed by ' dttacker, he flashes lights that fllumi- {the forelgn representatives to commana P8te all of the surrounding clouds. Once |the legation quarter thero during the he Sees the object of his search, his | machine guns begin to play. There 1s a case recounted by an refuge in a cloud and then passed over thought was the Zeppelin's probable course, which he based on the sound of the enemy’s machine guns. At the same time, the Zeppelin was firing into the outposts, and on ®Pecial work In Africa for the British | cloud in the hope of gettlhg in a chance wucceeded In driv- #ome of their moun~ behind Bashkala and eastern side of thé pass of “t remains to'be seen whether the Turkish forces, which were “shelled today, are of full strength. One thing ‘which impresses an Ameri- mously from the application of American irrigation methods and modern agricul- === =] An Announcement | foreign office. Vanartment Ovders, WASHINCTON Sept. 11.—(Special Tel- egram)—<Phillip 1. Schneider was vointed postmaater at Masillon, ® Ced Nflll)’ lowa. o following motor rural delivety mai! sorvice will be estnblished on October 1 Jn To~a: Charter Oak, Orwiord eounty: Conesv'lle, Muscatine’ county: Denlson Craw'od county, four routes: Fenton K ssuth county: Inwood. Lvon county: Larchw-od. Lvon county. two Foutes Pock Rapids Lvon connty, two router Wesl-v. ‘Vo-enth county; West Sid Crawford co'nty. CIvil rervice examination will ha het | zn Octobe= 23 “or rural letter carriers a‘ | Elyria, ePnder and Wingide, Neb, AR ooou an (L] ooo n ] o} L] i goo an [ ooo p- Cedar shot at the pursuer. Fach lost the other in the clouds, and the Britisher returned to his base without knowing whether or not he had damaged his enemy. The Zeppelin probably did the same thing. CYLINDER HEAD BLOWS OUT AND KILLS ENGINEER CHBEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 11.—(Special ) Will's R. Chambers, 38, a locomotive 'gineer, was instantly killed six miles orth of town late yesterday, when a vlinder-head blew out on his engine and EE [ [a HII L L] i || (Ve ooouono -] L] oo [ I ooo Once caught, the shirapnel from | with the long sausage-like form running | —_— /IR WILLIAM ROBERT- 30N, who has risen from the ranks to chief of staff of the British army. | | SIR WiLe/AM ROBERTSON crushea his skull, His body today wur sent to Battle Creek, Mich., where his wife is visiting. Chambers alighted from his locomotive to inspect a cylinder, which was not working properly, He tightened a valve and called to his fire- man, H. Gerschmehl, to “‘turn her over" that he might observe the result of his work. Gershmehl let steam Into the cylinder and the head blew out, struck Chambers and tore away the entire back portion of his skull, Dr. Karl E, Guthe, Scientist, Is Dead ASHLAND, Ore., Sept. 11—Dr, Karl E. i today following an operation. Dr. Guthe, who was 49 years of age, was noted as a sclentist and was prominent in the educa- tional field. He was in the government's employ for two years, a member of the faculty of the University of Iowa for Michigan for the last six years. LOAN NEGOTIATIONS RAISE FXCHANGE RATES LONDON, Sept. 11.—The activities of the Franco-British financial commission now in New York caused a spurt in cable transfers today to $4.71%, the hizhest point touched since the recent slump. A de- cline to $4.70 followed. but the quotatior closed at $4.70%. Dealers are keeping th 1 books open, fearing to be caught on the wrong side of the market when the ex- pected announcement of an American loan or credit is made. Such an an- nouncement might be expected to send the markeét nearer to the normal level. [l L L] L] ooo LA L [ oooooo ) oo u Lol aoo THOMPSON, BELDEN & COMPANY - Several Thousand Pairs of 'Lace Curtains at an Average of Less Than Half Price Guthe, dean of the University of Michi- | gan, died at a local hospital here early ! four years and dean of the University of | o oo Middle West IPRAISE FOR THE RED CROSS !Americl.n Contingent Outstripped All of the Others in Serbia. TYPHUS NEARLY WIPED OUT | (Corresnondence of the Ams~clated Press.) LONDON, July $.—A report just re- cefved from the Rritish Red Cross work- ere in Serbla speaks very highly of t'e work of the American contingent there “The work of the Americans alread challenges comnarison with what (thv British workers have done.” savs the r port, “and it promises soon to outstr us. An Tnternational Senitary slon, of which Sir Ralph Paget ‘s chair man. has been established with h quarters in Nish. Under it the xenoral medical and sanitary work of the try has been rough'y apportioned hetweer the d'fferent co-opera'ing nations. Fran has charge of the northern half of the country. and the United States of the south, Nish and its immediate nei ‘hho: hood is under the Russians. The Fritis) have had the care of the army and mos of the hospital work, except wha Sertlans themselves are doinz. “This plan is working smoothly an well; but the share of the burden whicl the United States is bearing continual'y increases, and will increase. Dr. Richard Strong, head of the American Ranitar commissfon, is an ex-eptional :an wide experience, and he has beh'nl hin the practically unlimited financial re sources of the wonderful Rockefeile foundation “The United States, moreover, only nation which at the momen spare an almost limitless supply o tors. A party of twenty-five addition American doctors is expected shortly a Salonika. They are the advance guard of o contingent of 130 or Wore. As the land they will be detached, singly and in two and threes, to polats all over Serol whera they are most needed “The typhus has now been reduced t such comparatively trivial proportions that one almost begins to speak of it in the past tense, although there will L many thousands of deaths from it yet The total number during the winter and spring was well over 200,000, ““Fhere are now 4 British doctors and nurses in Serbla. There have been no new wounded for some five months typhus and typhold have declined until they are no longer a serious public menace, and cholera, however anxiously awaited, has not yet arrived.” Chicago Man Loses Voice and Hearing In the War Zone CHICAGO, Sept. 1lL—An unusually vivid war Jetter was made public herc today. It Was from Robert Beck, former owner of & taxicab business in Chicago, 1o his friend, Charles Grand. Beck joined the allies as driver of an armored automobile, His hair has turned white from his experiences. “I am glad to have the chance to tell you that I am alive, and that §s all.” the letter reads. “My hair is nearly white now. I am sorry to tell you that 1 am deaf and dumb through shock and wounds. 1 am a motorcycle dlspatch bearer and armored car driver, “1 was driving a sixty-horse-power ar mored car. I could not drive fast enough through the dead bodles, because the dead bodles and horses were 8o thick that I could not get through. All at once a shell hit my car and blew it up. “When they got me from underneath the wrecked car I was deaf and dumb, with my ribs crushed and spine hurt The other three men I carrled with me in the armored car were blown to bits."” com th | The Fashion Cenef of the S THROUGH the courtesy of the manufacturers of Radfern Corsets, we an- | nounce the visit of one of | their designing staff, Miss | Adelaide McCauley, who will spend a few days in our Corset Dapartment, be- ginning September 13th. This associate designer will be pleased to meet yon and discuss your corsct problems and give you personal attention in fitting the new Redfern models best adapted to your figure. You are cordially invited to call at any hour or make definite ap- vointment by mail or telephone. Monday $2.00 Sty ish 54-in. Zibeline Suitings 50c a Yard Very speciul vulue for Mondey only, You should see them to realize their wonderful vaulue. == 00000 Sale Starts Monday These prices will make the best sale of the entire year. Drapery Section—Basement. 8:30 A. M. Monday. OVER 400 SWISS CURTAINS plain white with dots and faney fignred lace insertions and lace edzes; worth $1.25 to $2.75 a pair, at 39¢ eaCh OVER 500 OURTAINS of lace and serim, a large variety atterns, worth $1.50 to $3.00 a pair, T L rnnany . S9¢ ench OVER 600 CURTAINS, lace, scrim and marquisctte, large selection of patterns; some of these curtains are very out-of-the-ordinary; worth $2.25 to $3.75 a pair, at - .. 69e each OVER 600 CURTAINS, lace, white and ecrn serim and mar- quisette included; valves from $3.50 to $5.50 - oring " AmBeney 98¢ each OVER 1,500 CURTAINS, lace, scrim and marquisette, ecru white and natural, duchess, cluny lace. Arahian point, Milan, Battenberg and novelties, values from sz 9 5 a p a i r $5.50 to $7.00 a pair OVER 500 CURTAINS, same style * as above, worth $6.75 to $9.00 a pair, at $ 3-95 a pair Ovlcrd 500 Onrhin:d the very b:t curtains in stock, every pat- t i ing i rt i . 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