Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 15, 1915, Page 1

WHEN AWAY FROM HOME The Bee is Fhe Paper you ask for; if you plan to be Abpent more than & few days, have The Bes mailed to you. VOL. XLV-—NO. NO MORE WORK ON MONDAY FOR "BILLY" SUNDAY Evangelist Caught Cold and Became Tire don Visit to Lincoln, He Tells Audience. IS PREPARING A NEW SERMON ‘A Fighting Saint’ Will Be Preached for the First Time in This City. | | | OMAHA, WEDNESDAY “‘BILLY"’ RESTING-—The evangelist puts in his rest time in bed. Here he greets his friends, gives interviews, reads the papers and gets the rest and refreshment he needs between his strenuous pulpit performances. SEPTEMBER 1 MORNING, THE OMAHA DAILY BE | THE WEATHER. | Fair 5, 1915—TWELVE PAGES. On Traine, at Notel News Stands, eto, 0o SINGLE CorYy Two CENTS. IGERMANY SAYS |ALLIES MAKING TORPEDO DION'T SINK HESPZRIA Imperial Government Sends Note to | Gerard Making Qualified Dis- claimer of Responsibility for ‘Attackey, NO SUBSEA IN NEIGHBORHOOD STEADY PROGRESS Landing of Large Bodies of Troopl'| on Gallipoli Causes Panic in Constantinople. | TURKS ARE BURNING VILLAGES PARIS, Sept. 14.—The allied fleet has succeeded in locating Turkish batteries along the Asiatic side of |the Dardanelles, according to al iJournal dispatch from Athens. Ob- ITHREAT AGAINST PETROGRAD DOES NOT ALARM RUSS Russian Believe Advance Made by Hindenburg is Offset by the Gains Made in Other Sectors. GERMAN LOSSES ARE ENORMOUS | servers in a captive balloon spled out Costly Campaign in Courland May Character of Explosion Indicates it |(he Ottoman artillery, which was| 4 . . | Russian Offensive Else- Was Effoct of Mine Rather | silenced by shells from British and e DEMANDS MILITANT RELIGION WEDNESDAY PROGRAM, 10 & m-—Bible stndy olass, Dundec Presbyterian church, Miss Saxe. 11 A m—“Billy” Sunday speaks at Omaha university. Noon Prayer Meetingw—Bemis Bag company, Mrs. Asher with women and Mr. Rodeheaver with men. Moward Stove company, Mr. Lines. 2 p. m~"Billy” Sunday at the Taber. nacle. 18185 p, m~—TYoung Men's Christian association prayer meeting for business men, 2130 p. m—Business women's invita. tion ocommittes at Young Women's Ohristian association, Miss Miller and Mrs. Asher. 6118-7 p. m.—Business Women's rally, Wiret Methodist church, Miss Milier and Mrs. Asher. 3:48 p. m.—Meeting for boys a:d girls at Benson Presbuterian church, Miss Gamlin, 4130 p. m.—~Meeting for boys and girls #t Dundee Presbyterian ohurch, Miss Gemlin. 7130 p. m.—“Billy” Sunday at the Tabernacle. Reserved wseats for busl. ness girls and women. 8 p. m.~—Bible stady class, Christian ohurch, South Side, Miss Baxe. No ore going ot of uthe city on his weekly rest day for “Billy” Sun-| day. He made that plain in his aft- ernoon sermon yesterday, His voice ‘was hoarse. ‘I caught a little cold, going down to Lincoln yesterday,” he said. “It's the last time I'm going out on Mon- duys. Pm done, It tired me, too. But my friend Bryan had been sparring around for s week getting up the meeting, and so I didn’t want to disappoint them." he auTdience was one of thesmall- est tha thas been in the tabernagle on a weekday afternoon, being esti- mated at 8,000, “Billy’ announced special collection nights this week, culminating Thursday, which is “dol- lar night.”” And on Friday we'll take the limit off,” he said. 5 He preached a vigorous and militant re- Qiglon with much prayef and work, and incidentally announced that he is preparing a new sermon, to be preached for the first time in Omaha. It ‘will be called “A Fighting Saint.” ““There are too many milk and water, cider and chalk, plastic and pliable peo- ple in the church,” he asaid, ‘““Wesley ‘used to travel 7,000 miles & year preaching the gospel, yet the church is fllled with people today who won't oross an aisle to save & sinner. They're not as much use to the church as the bell. If ther's anything makes me disgusted it's the lazy, apathetic, stolid, indifferent person thet loafs in the ehurch.” Urges Personal Work. He thrilled and inspired his audience by & number of instances of persons in- duced to do persomal work, to approach strangers and influence them to turn to Christ. Miss Miller, who has been & member of his party for ten years, was, herself, converted by a woman who had never done personal work and declared she could not do it, but whom Mr, Sun- day induced to try it. One of his stories of personal work was amusing as well as thrilling. “There was & young fellow in an Towa town, where I was preaching,” he said, “who had just inherited $150,000, and I approached him after the sermon. ‘Don't you want to be a Christian?” I asked him. He flipped his fingers and sald he didn’'t care ‘that’ for it. ‘Don’t you care whether you go to heaven or hell? I asked. ‘No,' he said. ‘All right, then, £0 to hell’ I told him. Three days later he came to me and sald he wanted to (Continued on Page Two, Column Five.) The Weather horecast 4 LB 2 Sraie et —Falr; wi Temperatures at Omaha Yestorday. De, Hours, | s i B e B A 6a m. n r Tam =;- am 0em lam m. 1;’.‘. P. m. 3p m. 4D m. 1§ 7p m. 9 8 p. m. N Leca] Record 1915, 1914. 1913, 1912, % 4 MW 6 o7 66 ' inch N ly g nches ::.m“ from Stations at 7 .M. and Temp. High- - of Weather: © 1y e Rain tall, I U .0 e g .8 2 ® .0 g 2 % ® 0w % % 62 o .00 6 @ - &2 [ A8 5:”““3 b ta lon_ Than Shell. French guns, with the result that the | 70 HIT THE TRAIL | THURSDAY NIGHT the Crowds When Invitation the Constitution Among Friendst is Given. in Welcoming Address. SECRETARIES ARE NAMED| ATTENDANCE IS TO BE LARGE Thursday evening “Billy” Sunday| The famous - query, 's ‘the will extend an invitation to hit the, constitution between ds?! was trall. This was announced by Ma almost equaled by Governor More- HSunday and Ggorge Sunday at the head in an address to State Federa- meeting of * the Tabernucle ushers | tion -of ‘Labgr 'delegatés " Tn' amndatl Monday night. Y convention at the court house 'yes- There had been talk of trail hit-|terday, ting starting Wednesday night, but{ In a brief discussion of his con- the idea was abandoned on account | troversy with Treasurer George Hall of the fact that upoh this ooculon]conwm!ns payment of salaries of there will be a number of delegations | Inre food commission members, in present, and that for them special | which, however, the chief executive LABOR DELEGATES ~|DIPLOMATS WILL HEAR HOREHEAD Ushers Instructed How to Handle | Governor Wants to Know, What is NO COMMENT IN MESSAGE BERLIN (Via London), Sept. 14, ~The German government, in a note dor Gerard, delivered at noon today, made a qualified disclaimer of re- sponsibility for the sinking of the steamship Hesperian. On the face of the evidence thus far at hand, the government {s satisfied that the Hes- perian was not sunk by a German submarine. The communication is & prenimi- nary note, which may be supple- mented when all the facts in connec- tion with the Hesperian incident are established definitely. The German Posftion. The German position, as semi-officlally stated. follows: “As we are Informed from a competent | wource, the news already received, taken in connection with facts officlally known, seems to exclude almost absolutely the possibility that a German submarine could under any efrcumst ‘o8 have been concerned In sinking the British pas- senger steamer Hesperian, “Firstly, according to the prearranged distribution no German submarine should the ocean in which the Hesperian sank “‘Furthermore, the explosion, according to descriptions received from British sources, was of such a nature as to in- dicate from Its effecta that it was rather that of a mine than a torpedo, ““The clrcumstances, that according to these descriptions the vessel was struck HEET s ATURD AY: ear the bow and the bow compartments | filled with water, goes to confirm this as- sumption.” Not All Returned, The note contains in addition to the sume Consideration of Mexioan |, .5 (W€ FRHEE semi-officlally, a paragraph to the effect that all the sub- Affairs at New York. | marines that weré at sea September 4 VILLA I8 SENDING DELEGATES Mave not yet returned, but that there s |no reason to expect that the reports sore- Which they will supply will chan the WASHINGTON, Bept. 14.—8ecre: Atuktion. Pan-American Conference Will Re- from the foreign office to Ambassa- | have been on September 4 in that part of | sermons will be preached. Ma Sun- day announced that when her hus- band extended the invitation to hit the trail he wanted the decks cleared for action and no side issues to de- tract. At the Thursday night meeting the usual services will be held and at the | close will come the after meeting. This will consist of snging, after which the invitation will be extended, and, accord- ing to Ma Sunday, it will be in w.rds that none will misunderstand, It wil be clear and plain and in the simplest language. Just prior to the extending of the invitation by Mr. Sunday, three to five rows of seats In the front of the (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) i {Czar and King George LONDON, Sept. 14—Reuter's Petrograd correspondent sends the following tele- |gram, forwarded from Emperor Nicholas to IKng eGorge: “In this serious time which my coun- try is going through I have decided to take the eladership of my armies in my own hands. In announcing to you this fact 1 once more express my conviction that with God's help and through the combined efforts of the allies, their final { victory will crown this bloody war.” | The emperor, according to the corre- spondent received this reply from King George: | “I am delighted to hear that you have ‘l.uul.d command of your arniles in the |field, I heartily share your convictions; i that with the help of God you and yuor rave troops, with those of the allles, {will finally secure victory with an hon- {orable and lasting peace. My thoughts 1 will be more than ever with you in these | anxious time; !Fair and Cool, with Some Frost, Perhaps WASHINGTON, Sept. 1+ ~Weather pre- | dictions for the week, beginning tomor- row, issued by the weather bureau to- West Gulf States—Showers in the east gortion at the beginning of the week. will followed Ly generally falr weather; temperatures will average near or slightly below mormal. Reghon of the Great Lakes—Local thun- weather, beginning Thursday. Plains States and Upper Mis <3 Valley—The week will be generally Yair and cpol, with some probability of . in the first half of the week in the mid- dle Atla and northern plains states and extreme upper Mississippi ley. Rocky Mountain and Plateau Regilons— ‘The first half of the week will be fair and cool, with frosts. The latter half, generally falr, with moderate tempera tures. Pacific States—Fuir weather and mod erate temieratuve will prevall during the week, except that local showers are probabl on the north coest. Swap Compliments. dershowers followed by fair and cooler | {dld not mention the treasurer, | governor said: ! “We must have men in office who are | enough of statesmen that to help the peo- |ple, they would even sidestep the con- | stitution,” The eldestepping, according to the opin- {ion expressea by the governor, should happen only where it would work “to the advantage of the people.” Too Many Executives. i "“We have too many executives,” Gov- | ernor Morehead said in the same comnec- {tlon. “When you elect a leader you should stand by him so long as he is serving you well." More than seventy-five delegates were present at the first meeting of the con- vention and prospects were good, officiale sald, for one ‘of the most successful ses- elons in the history of the organisation. The meetings will be continued Wednes- |day and Thursday. Mayor Dahlman in & characteristic {8speech of welcome, declared the inter- ests of the entire state were unified with the interests of labor. He advocated de- velopment of the Missouri river, the pros- pect of which, he sald, made his vision of Omaha as one of the great cities of the nation “no idle dream.” Workers Best Leaders. Governor Morehead welcomed the dele- gates in the name of the state. He de- |clared the people had learned that men who had stone brulses on their feet and callouses on their hands were more likely to know and bring about what the people want when placed in official positions than leaders “born with silver spoons in their mouths.'" . ‘e been classed as a conservative,” he sald, “I belleve that leaders who are carried away by sentiment often do Kreat damage.” Henry J. Beal, vice president of the tederation, responded to the addresses of the governor and mayor. He called at- |tention to the fact that the federation protects the interests of all workers in the state and not alone those of its own members. Thomas B. Reynolds, president of the federation, is presiding at the meetings. Frank M. Coffey is secretary and treas- | urer. the Prohibition Resolutins. A resolution opposing Pro™=._; was among the resolutions introduced and re- ferred to a committee. It was signed by seventeen delegayes. Joseph Proebstle, international sedre- tary of the United Brewery Workers, was | present and announced that he expected to organize a league in Nebraska to fight prohibition when that lssue is submitted to the voters in 1948, Six Die of Heat at Cleveland, Ohio CLEVELAND, 0., Sept. 14.—Four per- |sons were prostrated and the death of | six children was attributed to heat yes- terday, The tempersture was st 9 de- , Grees, the hottest day of the year. tary Lansing announced today thuf + the Pan-American conference on the Mexican situation, which was to have keen ‘convened’ here “tomorrow, will rot.be held until Baturday, and that it will be in New York City. | The change of plan, he said, was not due to any development in the | general situation, but to illness of! one of the conferees. No decision has as yet been reached by ! the Washington government as to the next step in the situation now that re- plies have been recelved from all the fac-| tional leaders, but the expectation is that | after the next sesmon of the Pan-Ameri- can conference a definite announcement of the program to be pursued will be made. Villa's action in sending Roque Gon-| zales Garza, General Felipe Angeles and probably Dias Lombardo, his minister of forelgn relations, to Washington s said to have been decided upon because of a probability of & conference over Mexican | The note 1s & simple fecital of the facts | as the German government sees them, without any expression of sentiment or comment on the German submarine pol- fey. ¢ America Regards Proposed Loan as Commercial Deal WASMINGTON, Sept. 14—From high official quarters it was learned today that the [United States government neither would approve nor disapprove the loan which is being negotiated by repre- sentatives of the European allies in this country. The projected loan s regarded by high ofticials purely as a commercial credit not differing from other commercial transactions in war supplies which are permitted under domestic and Interna- | tional law. There is every indication, it cumps of the allied troops are now | | more tenable. { | Advices from Mytilene received at| | Athens are to the effect that large bodies of Franco-British troops are! aisembarking on the Gallipoiil penin-| sula. Steady progress by the allies | where is Not Stopped. ARTILLERY DUELS IN THE WEST LONDON, Sept. 14.—Feld Marshal Von Hindenburg's offensive near Dvinsk, whero the railroad leading from Vilna to Petrograd, has been reached, again menaces the railway |is reported to be causing consterna-|connections with the Russtan capital. | tors, which the Russians have gained the last fortnight, however, Nurn wwos Near Smyrna. | LONDON, Sept. 14.—~The town of Pho-|(In cnea, Asia Smyrna, 19 reported to be In tiames, ac- | {cording to a Reuter deapatch from | Athens, which says it ia Inferred that | the Turks are destroying coast towns and | retiring into the Intertor In expectation jof the fall of the Dardanelles. A dispateh to tne Morning Post from | Potrograd says “A Turco-German submarine of the new German type has been sighted in the | Black sea by the Russian post on the | Kerch peninsula, tn the Crimean. The | submarine came up and exchanged shots | with the shore before retiring at full !speed. In view of the size and type of the underwater boat, It is evident that it | made its way by sea to Turkish waters." Turkish Officin) Report. CONSTANTINOPLI, Sept. 13 (Via Am- | sterdam and London, Sept. 14.)—The fol- {lowing ofdlcial statement was fssued to- I night at Pae Turklsh war office “Our artillery successfully | enemy régiment noar Anufarta in the neighborhood of Karakol and enemy | camps near Salt Lake, It also dispersed | companies manouvering near Sedul Bahr. “An enemy crulser and torpedo boat which tried to approach the coust were elled by our fire ! "On the remalinder of the front there | 18 nothing tmportant to report.” Witnesses Seek To Fix Shooting Upon Ranchman LAS CRUCES, N, M, Sept. 14~(Bpe- clal Telogram.)-Benito Duran saw a man {leave the Uttla house near the Porter home and go into the Porter home, a | woman helping him into the house from the front door. This was the gist of his testimony on the stand today In the Connell-Porter murder trial. Duran, to Jose Duran, who was in & fleld near the Porter home at the time of the shoot- ing, testified that he was assisting Con- {nell In driving the herd of cattle to the | blg one,” he testified. “ T have seen ! Porfer and the man was about Porter's #izo. The woman who assisted him into |the house looked like Mrs. Porter. The cattle stampeded soon after the shoot- ing and I had a hard time gotting them back into the road. We could have gone to Mascalero over the old road with the cattlo and avolded Porter's house, but the cattle were very thirsty and we took | this way to get water sooner.'’ Other witnesses in the trial were Noeh Bullard, who was 0 busy trying to get | them stralghtened out that he had little |time to see what developed. Jose Duran, who is the state's witness ‘lu to the aaterial facts, was asked if affairs, a8 & result of the Pan-American is learned, that the Washington govern- |6, Wh? nt belnk employed by Mrs. Con conference here tomorrow. |ment will take no steps either to express | nell in order that he oould testify and 0 Mrs. Just how Carranza’s suggestion that ity views formally on the loan or other- !mw-r-d that he had worked for Mrs. the Pan-American conferees appoint del-|wise to exert its influence in the matter, egates to confer on Mexico's international | affairs will be worked out is not appar- ent. The battleships Kearsarge and Ken- | tucky were ordered to Vera Cruz today to relleve the Loulsiana and the New + Hampshire, which rejoin the Atlantic | fleet. The Kearsarge and Kentucky now jare at Philadelphia and will sall this week. Fights Divorce Suit of One of His Wives MONMOUTH, Iil, Sept. 14.—In an ans- wer and cross bill filed here t day to the {sult for divorce filed in- the Warren | county cireuit court by Bthel Spurgeon | “Darnell” of Avon, IIl, the Rev. Jam-s Morrison Darnell, denied he had married the woman. but asks that “the allegel marriage be annulled” in his fayor, Damnell, now serving a sentence in the | tederal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for violating the Mann act, admitied in | his answer that he and Miss Spurge n | lived together as man and wife, both in Avon, Tll, and in Owatonna, Minn, but denied they had ever been married, He stated that he had obtained marriage cer- tificates on two occosi ns. ‘ut that the woman refused to marry him, The case was ret for hear.ng Septem. AT A IHC GATE CITY-OFTMEWERY | Here are the dates for our |, coming Ak - Sar-Ben| | events: | Sept. 29, Carnival begins Oect. 8, Floral Parade || Oet. 6, Electrical Parade Oct. 8, Coronation Ball Oct. 9, Carnival Ends annfl and concentrators at (dueive to rest and relaxation. Officials In touch with the German fi- look for any protest from the German government In case the Anglo-French loan is floated. It was pointed out that Germany has done what amounts to the same thing itself, attention being called to the fact that out of $10,000,000 borrowed by Germany without collateral, $8,000,000 of bonds are being held by subscribers here as an investment despite Germany's Big‘a,mist Preacher ;orm to liquidate the debt. | Eight Thousand Men Employed in Copper Mines Quit Work CLIFTON, Aris., Sopt. U.—Eight thou- sand men are now on strike at the mines and plants of the Arizona Copper the Detroit Copper company on Copper company. The strike includes miners, electriclans and | machinists and bofler makers. The strikn | follows demends of the Western Federa- tion of Miners for increases in wages The general managers declined to meet the union representatives and have re- fused to make & statement relative to the trouble The Detroft and Arizona companies' Morencl, the Detroit smelter at Morenci, the 8hannon ber B, oand the Arizona smeiters at Clifton and |- {the mines of the Shannon and the Ari- | sona companies at Metcalf are all closed. Court Gives Sunday Theaters to Oregon BALEM, Ore, Sept. 14.—In a declsion upholding the constitutionality of the Sunday closing law, the supreme court today held that it was unlawful to keep open on Sunday any business institution save theaters, drug stores, physiclans' offioe; livery stables, meat markets, bakeries or undertaking establishments. The court held theaters necessary as affording needed mental diversion con- The law was attacked s class legislation and as & violation of the fourteenth amend- meat to the United States comstitutiop. Connell since the murder. | Duran said he had seen O, M. Tally, the principal witness for the defense, jpancial interests in this country do not | petween the house and the iittle house at | the Porter ranch. !. Exports Fall Off ' Sharply Last Week WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.~Exports fell off sharply durlng the week ending ey tember 1. They amounted to $3 the lowest for one week this year, and n drop of §27,000,000 for the week preceding The trade balance for the week fell to 6,672,241 Although the figures represent only five days of mctual business, no trade having been recorded for Labor day, the decrease is far out of proportion to the loss of & single day. Imports for the week were $26,931 467, No definite explanation is avallable in official quarters for the change. Some officials belleve trade has slackened while the British loan is belng negotiated. | | Mytilene PARIS HEARS that the allied fleet has silenced Turkish batteries om Asiatic const iu the Da nelles which were | eamps of the expe ' with their fire, Turks on the peninsula. {TEUTONIC DEMAND for the Turks be through Roumania moves made suposedly in conmneo- demands attract Balken situation, TENSENESS of the Balkan situat s reported in Athens to be br ing Greece, Rouman Serbia er joint action in case of an Austro-German attack on Hou- igaria is sald not to be shelled an | who s no relative | and that steady | progress is being made against| tion in Constantinople, | The comparative success in other sec- Minor, % miles northwest of | .ayges the capital to regard the lat- est threat against it with no great alarm, British opinfon is that the Courland compaign of the Germans not only is proving costly in men and supplies, tut is likely to fall unless the Rus- slan offensive on the other extreme of the long front can be stopped soon. By their latest | Galicla the Ru penetrated Austro-German trenches in the face of an exceptionally heavy artil- {lery fire. To the north the Russians are | withdrawing steadily from the dangerous { Niemen sallent, opposing the German ad- | vance merely by stubborn rear guard ace tions. Duel of Blg Guw The tremendous duel of big guns still [marks operations along the Franco-Bel- |8lan and Itallan fronts. Exeept for ooca- | slon attempts to rush advanoed | trenches there is little infantry activity on either side. ' From the near east come reports that the Turks are firing lages on the Asfatic shore of the Dardanelles and it is suggested that they are preparing to abandon the Straits, It is also reported that the Turkish shore batteries on the Asiatio side of the Straits have been re- dnoed almost to sftence. French Officinl Repeort. | PARIS, Sept. 14.—~The activity of ar- | tillery along the front in France con- |tinues, and at some places with great | violence, according to the announcement o this afternoon byythe Fremeh war office, Furthermore, French aviators have | thrown bentbs on & raflroad in possession of the Germans, as well ‘as on certaln German barracks. The text of the atatement follows: “There is continued activity today on the part of the artillery along the front !In Artols. To the south of the river | Fomme, in the environs eof Tilloloyle- Oessier and Beuvraignes, there haa been an artillery bombardment of par- Aleular violence in which both éldes par- “deipated. “Artlilory fighting conmtinues slong the canal fiom the Alsne to the Marne; Sap.s- neu and Godat, in Champagne; to the north of the Camp of Challons and along the western frontier of the Argonne. In the forest of Mortmare our batteries put |and end to the fire of the German ma- chine guns, end directed an efficacious | fire upon certain sallents of the German {Une. The night passed quietly on the remainder of the front, “French aviatora have bombarded the rallroad station at the junction of Bema- dorf, near Borhange, as well as the bar- racks of the ememy at Chatel, in the Argonne, and at Langemarck, to the north of Ypres.' —_— Ratd on British Coast. LONDON, Sept, 4.—Another German alr rald was made over the east coast of Englund last night. As far as appears there were no casualties and no damage was done, THE WANT.AD-WAY All Rights Reserved | X for a job youw're An anumo-mu You'll find work; (Most auy knd). Or, if for help you're And oanuot fill the m“- . in day, d Employers can kinds by mv---l(,nm TION WANTED" col nr{.-.'." Telephone Tyler an FUT IT IN THE OMAHA BER