Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 19, 1915, Page 1

PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO SIXTEEN [ THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE [ VOL. XLV-NO. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNINC l\l"l'l‘}'.)lnhl{, 19, " BOYS AND GIRLS BYTHE THOUSAND | HEAR EVANGELIST Twenty-Five Hundred “Kids” Crowd Tabernacle While “Billy” Sun- day Talks to Them About Right Living. ALL WOULD LIVE FOR JESUS Names Signed to Cards Which Will Be Used as Working Basis for Sunday Schools. URGES DON'T PLAY FOR “KEEPS” SUNDAY MEETINGS. ® & m.—Grand rally of twelve Sunday wohools at First Congregational churca, Nineteenth and Davenport, Miss Gamlin. 10130 & m.—Sunday at the Tabern:ole. ® p. m—Sunday at the Tabernacls. Men only. Subject, “Chickens Come Mome to Roost.” 8 p. m—Meeting for women im the Auditorium, Mres. Sunday. 7130 p. m.—Sunday at the Tabernacle. 7:30 P. m—“Overflow” meeting ot GEl\MAN ENGINEERS ERECTING A TEMPORARY BRIDGE—This work, so epeedy effective, is what made the German advance into Russia possible. shows the building of & bridge across the Buag river o Wirst Methodist church, Mrs. Sunday and Mrs. Asher. Twenty-five hundred laughed and gasped and wriggled with delight and interest yesterday tabernacle as them stories, afternoon at the “Billy” Sunday told told them what they ought to do nndl what they ought not to do and told them of Christ. The childish faces were turned up to him and over them flitted the emotions that his stories and antics | roused, Billy is a great story teller and a great actor, He imitated tho whina and the shuffle and the coat- sleeve nose wiping of the bad boy and he told them of the good deeds | of good boys and the rewards of good deeds. And alter his talk he suddenly called on all the children to rise who wanted 1o live good lives and live for Jesus, and they rose together. Then “Billy” called for ) grown persons to take their mames and addresses and church prefer- enced. These cards will be turned over to ministers and be the foundation of a great ingathering of the youngsters to the Sunday schools, Homer Rodeheaver began the “Fervice by ¢alling on groups and leading In sing- | ing “Brighten the Corner.” The Bethany Sunday 1 reloasea a luny yell, ‘which e ggdm Hne,” When Gets Through.” A gov Newsles on Ilm- The front rows were occupled an hour before the meeting started. Two newsies ‘brought their unsold papers to the taber- nacle and offered a paper to “Rody” as they passed the platform. A freckled-faced youngster asked Chlet Usher Bowman if he might sit upon the platform with Mr. Sunday. A pretty little miss with curls brought her doll, and a boy had a bottle of red pop stick- | ing out of his coat pockets. A remarkable feature of the prelimin- | Bry meeting was the singing of a duet by Homer Rodeheaver and 3-year-old | mously endorsed today the statement | its meeting today that each of the Harry Stafford, who lives at U Lin- | coln boulevard. The child's voice had risen so clear and sweet in the singing by the children that the choir leader's at- ! tention was anttracted, and he asked the boy to sing with him. Harry has a most | remarkable volce for one so young and ' was rewarded by tremendous applause. Wriggled with Joy. “Billy”* kept the kiddies Interested every minute. He told stories and they wrig- gled with joy. There was one about a {Continued on Page Seven, Column Five.) Bartley Couple Found “kids” | | | “ BALK ON DRAFT e — BRIIISH_WORKM“N URGE RECOGNITION _ OF MBXICAN RULE Railway Union Officials Say Con-| Pan-American Delegates Will Make scription Would Be Followed: by General Strike, PRAISE ; STATEMENT OF THOMAS LONDON, Sept. 18.—The execu- | tive committee of the Amalgamated (Lnlon of Rallway Servants unani-| in the House of Commons on Thurs- | day ‘of J. H. Thomas that conscrip- | revolution and that the { workers would stop work. The resolution adopted by the commit- tee congratulates Mr. Thomas, who Is the organizing secretary of the labor { body, upon his “fine statement’’ and in- dorses the views he expressed. It adda: “The committee instructs the gemeral mecretary immediately to summon this executive committes 1f the government rallway introduces any. proposals for compulsory | ment that each of the partiolpating military service.” ‘The exotltive committee, béfore ““Mr: tiog. would bring on an industrial | * that ‘Redommendation to Their - |- Governments. ASSERTS THAT TIME HAS COME NEW. YORK, Sept. 18.—The Pan-| American conference on Mexican af- fairs announced at the conclusion of diplomatie representatives would recomend to their government that in their judgment the time has now come to extend recognition to a government in Mexico. After declaring that the defacto government aspiring to recognition must possess ‘‘the material and moral capacity necessary to protect the lives of nationals and foreigners,” the conference announced in a state- | governments ‘“shall itself judge such capacity and recognition will like- The photograph 1')].’» l-'l\ l" THE WEATHER. Fair SECTIONS--FORTY PAGES, I\'ULF COPY FIVE CENTS. WILL SEND GERMAN ARMY TO TURKEY Statement Printed in Berlin that Large Force Will Go to Relief of Constantinople. TURKISH POSITIONS DESTROYED BERLIN, Sept. 18.- to Tuckerton, N. J.)—A from Constantinople, as given out here today by the Overseas News 3 Agency, quotes Enver Pasha, Turkish that | minister of war, as saying that a | great German army was to go to Turkey. The News agency says ““A Constantinople telegram states | that at a review of troops held in 18.|honor of Duke Johann Albrecht of | Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, commander- in-chief of the Turkish forces at the Dardanelles, presence of the duke was the fore- ,BERNSTUHFF HAS FULL POWERS T0 TREAT WITH U.S. German Ambassador in Possession | of Complete Information and Authorized to Make Settle- ment of Case (By Wireless message |‘ | FINAL ACTION TAKEN IN BERLIN anhington Officials Feel Matter Will Be Adjusted Satisfactorily. VON JAGOW GIVES ASSURANCES BERLIN (Via London), Sept, ~—A full settlement of the submarine problem can probably be arranged by negotiation in Washington, (‘nuntl von Bernstorff, German ambassador | to the United States, is in possession | of complete Information regarding | the wishes and policy of Germany, | 80 the Associated Press is informed, and has been given power to nego- | tiate terms of settlement with the! United States subject only to final| revision and approval by the home government, A long report on the submarine situn- tion was recetved here from Count von | Bernstortf Thursday and an equally long message of instructions went forward to the ambassador this morning, Both dis- patches were of a nature which seems to make officlals confident that the whole submarine problem can be speedily and safely settled. progress of hostilities on the Frenoh- Strengthens Optimism, German northern line was given out this The form which the negotiations are|afternoon: now taking goes to strengthen this opti=| ““There was diversified activity during mism for in suoh conversations Count|the night in the sector of Neuvilie-Reolin- von Bernstorff is in a position to com=, court, before Roye and upon the plateau municate many thingg not adapted to in-|of Quennevieres. There were frequent clusion in & public note, but which are|artillery bombardments with guns of va- of a nature to convince the Amorican | rious oalibers and hand grenades con- government's settled determination to| flicts, but without aotivity on the part remove the mources of the conflict on the | of the infantry. submarine question “In the region of Berry-Au<Bao and in The hope is expressed here that the | Champagne, in the region around Perthes negotiations can be pushed through with- | and between the Alsne and the Argonne man army. Turkish Fostilon Destroyed. PARIS, Sept. 18—The destruction of a Turkish position on the Gallipoli penin- sula by French forces was announced to- day by the war office. The announce- ment followa: “In the Dardanelles from Beptember 12 to September 17 there was no move- ment of importance. The Turks at- tacked several positions of cur front by means of mines, which had not been employed by them up to this time. On the morning of the 17th an enemy mine gallery muccosatul single loss. The following statement regarding the without costing us a ecmm LANDS| Cortais ‘Bections of | of ‘German Empire, GENEVA, Sept. 18.—(Via Paris.) —The Lausanne Gazette says it has learmed that the German government has decided to lssue a declaration annexing to the German empire the occupled territories in France and Belgium, The Gazette says this measure has been determined upon for the near future, be- | gause it now appears Impossible that the war will be ended as had been hoped, beforo, winter. According to this news- paper, ‘the German government intends to organise the'conquered territory from & political and ‘administrative standpoint, which 1is expected Yo strengthen Ger- i Roeder Admits He | out delay, and that no further issues |district, thers was continuous and ltvely may be brought Into complicate a settle- | cannonading. ment, “On the rest of the front there was Can’t Repudiate Report. nothing te report.’ Forelgn Minister von Jagow said In this e at Cormmay oo = | Bmery Confesses Forging Checks to Amount of $15,000 of the submarine, which sank the Arabic, Nevertheless there was room for a dif- LO8 ANGELIS, du.. Bopt. i8.—Carl ference of opinion and Germany would examine carefully the evidenoce trom ‘Washington. without tions had h- @#iven the submarine com- manders, asserted that the whole German nmnmont stood behind this poliey. company, was jalled early he was alleged to have con! ficers that he had forged chi on the company amounting to approximately ||#15000. Emery had been under wurvefl- lance for seversl days wnlle officers of the iInvestment gompany were investi- gating suspected employes. The distriot attorney has promised to Issue a complaint today. Officers visited Emery and questioned him at length. During the questioning the acoused em- ploye is declared to have made & confes- #ion, which resulted in his arrest. Emery's forgeries, it is sald, during the term of office of Charles A. Elder, former president of the Los An- geles Investment company, recently con- victed of misuse of the company's funds. His method was to make fraudulent re- turns of large policles written for sup- posed clients and present demands on the company from general agents of the insurance companies for the premiums. to of- Bought Votes and Falsified Returns INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 15.—Krnest Roeder, who recently pleaded gullty to the election conspiracy indictment on which Mayor Joseph E. Bell is being! tried, today admitted in court that he gave Edward Lyons, Joseph Markey and other so-called slate candidates votes without counting the ballots; that he bought votes and voted persona illegally |t the election. Roeder eald he was the progressive primary clerk and was chosen at the sug- &estion of Dennls Bush, co-defendant and many’s moral position. Civil adminie- tration has been slowly replacing mili- tary rule in fhe oocupied regions and, the Gagette. continues, this. prooess will be Father of Mystery Boy Declared to Be street commissioner, and James H. Gib- son, who has pleaded gullty, “Bush told me to be at the precinct, as there would be & vacancy on the board Enver Pasha said the runner to the arrival of a great Ger- | was destroyed. The operation | CITY OF VILNA NOW INVESTED - ON THREE SIDES Capture of This Point Will Put Teu. tons in Possession of Another Seotion of Petrograd Railroad. | NEW MOVEMENT IN THE SOUTH Central Empires Apparently Prepar ing to Strike Blow at Serbia and ltnlv SHOW-DOWN IN BALKANS NEAR BERLIN, Sept. 18.—(Via Lon- | don.)—Russian advanced positions have been taken in an ttack on the | Dvinsk bridgehead, and the Russian front has been broken through to the south at several points between Vilna and the Niemen river, it was officlally announced by German army headquarters. LONDON, Sept 18.~The city of Vilna is now virtually invested on three sides. The troops of Fleld Marshal Von Mackensen have reached a point near Vilelka, thirty seven miles southeast of the city. The fall of ¥llna would place in possessfon of the Germans a consid- erable section of the rallroad to Petrograd, a portion of which, be- twoen Dvinsk and Viina, they al- ready hold, On the southern end of the battle | line the Russians continue to gain successes, their latest achievefnents being the capture of 1,800 men along the Stripa. Little activity is re- ported from the center of the line, where readjustment is expected, fol- lowing Field Marshal Von Macken- sen’s capture of Pinsk. New Movement in South. Reports that the Austrians and Ger- mane have decided to initiate a new of- fensive campaign are multiplying, but thore is little concrete evidence concern- ing the direction which it may be ex- pected to take. Cabling from Rottordam, veral correspondents assert they have F:uom to bellece the central powers have not only declded to strike a heavy blow, but have already put under way prelimin. ° ary military movements. The Mx -the R. Wmery, head of the | v ‘{ment of the mmm after rivers, Constderable activity has been displayed along this fromt recently. Austrian at- tempts to cross the rivers have been checked and, mocording to official reports from Nish, Berbian artillery has destroyed hrfl!bd worke on the banks of the river. It s felt here that the Balkan problem has reached a oritical stage. The Turco- Helgian agresment, coupled with the an- nouncement of Premier Radoslavof? of Bulgeria, that public opinion was op- posed to any attack on ssems to have pettied the attitude of fin Bul- elles remain closed to the entents powers. There probably will be no further de- velopment in the controversy over con- scription until Parllament meets again next week, Russian Official Report. PETROGRAD, Bept. 17.—(Via London, Sept. 18.)—The war office today Hes Mtn-l iwest of Dvinak continue. extended methodically. and I would be chosen,” sald Roeder. “I Was not & progressive. I was instructed Thomas made his speech in the Com- mons, had adopted a resolution record- | Wise be extended by each govern- An Unfit Guardian | snemy o o ettamive hetns (oo Dviedk By Denver Officers| e e ing its opposition to conscription. DENVER, Colo., Sept. 18.—(Special Tel- | egram.)—Government agents today found L. G, Timpey of Bartley, Neb., and Mil- dred Hodgkin of Culbertson, who came here in an auto early this week. It is sald that a marriage has been agreed to which will probably cause federal prose- cution of the man to be dropped. Aberdeen Man Kills Wife and Himself ABERDFEN, 8. D, Sept. 18—What probably will prove a triple tragedy oc- curred here at noon Bismarck, N, D., entered the home of his wife’s mother, shot his wife, her mother end self. Vogt and wife are dead and her mother Is dying. Mrs, Vogt had rocently left her husband. The Weather ti1 7 p. m. Sunday Fortmana, Council Bluffs and Vieinity ~Fair; not much change In temperatur Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. menscumBEEon—an, PYETEPEAFPPP — Comparative [ges roxey X Jesterday m dnumr. . ture and rec| ures o X normal since ormal temperature ... ‘Total GI‘KDJ o dul‘ Wil iency since Mare Normal tpitation . lor the day . rainfall since March 1. reh Record. 5. 1914, 1913 1912 A % “® o [ 8 inch & inch 23 € inches p. Willlam Vogt of | Many Ministers to Watch Sunday Land Sinners Upon Trail Every afternoon and evening, beginning with (Tuesday, when the annual confer- ence of Methodist Episcopal churches of Nebraska will begin, will be used by the 1,000 attending ministers and lay dele- gates solely for the purpose of hearing “Billy"" Sunday. No business or addresses are scheduled {on the program for the afternoons and | evenings of the conference session. All {those attending the church gathering will spend that time in listening to the base ball evangelist exhort people to hit the sawdust trall. Seats will be reserved each evening at the “tab” for ministers, 50 of whom are | expected to attend the conference. About that number of laymen will also attend the conference and the trail-hitting | gatherings, so the latter meetings will i be greatly swelled by the Methodists dur- !ing the week. Their sessions continue until Monday, September 27. “Ma” Sunday is on the conference pro- gram for an address Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. She will talk at the Firet Methodist church, the conference head- quarters, after the “tab” meeting that day, | LITTLE GIRL BADLY MANGLED BY A DOG SIOUX FALLS, 8 D, Sept. 18.—At- ment. separately at such time as it may deem proper.” The statement makes no definite announceent regarding the time of recommendation, but it is that it will eome within the next few weeks, Secretary Lansing announced that the| question of recognition would be further considered at a meeting of the Pan- American diplomats to be held in New York three weeks from today. At this meeting it is understcod the decision as to what government to recognize in Mexico will be made. Two Carloads of Gasoline Explode TOLEDO, O., Sept. 18.—One man was killed and heavy property loss was sus- British Tank Ship Sunk by Torpedo LONDON, Sept, 15.—(1:22 p. m.)~The British tank steamer San Seferino has been torpedoed and sunk by a submarine. Three members of its crew of forty-two are missing. The San Seferino, of 6,480 tons gross and 420 feet long, was bullt last year and owned in London. It was last reported a8 having sulled in August from Puerto, Mexico. Its destination was not given. Trench Diggers Find 0ld French Coins tained today when two cars of gasoline oxploded at the plant of the Hickox Pro- ducing company, manifacturers of gaso- | line. The victim was M. Markel, an em- ploye. The cxplosion was felt twé miles away. Night workers, stil ‘were thrown out of thelr beds two blocks away and thousnnds of panes of window Ihuu were shattered, l NANCY, France, Sept. 15.—While dig~ #ing trenches in the forest of Chempen- oux French soldiers discovered a hoard of anclent French colns of the early sev- enteenth century, evidently buried at the time of the French entry into Lorraine, under Louls XIIL Under the provisions | of the law, half the treasure will go to the state and the other half to the sol- dlers, who found it General thla and Main Army Flee from Tqrreon to Chihuahua BL PASO, Tex., Sept. 18.—Reports that the exacuation of Torreon was practl cally completed yesterday and thu. Gien | tacked by a vicious dog, Lucille Norris, [ ¢ral Villa is now at Chihushua with most |the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.|Oof his army, were brought to the horder E. Norris, of Henry, was badly mangled | by forelgners arriving todav. b#fore she could be rescued. The little {many times befors, when the animal. 48 | cross, suddenly attacked the lttie girl, seriously wounding her about the head. The girl's mother and some nelghbors, | have participated in the It was sald thirteen troop traine had % 00 .0 gl and a number of playmates were | reached Chihuahua, bringing all the ar Jlullon depart- ‘yhylnl with the dog, as they had done | tillery, horses, camp equipment and what is left of the Villa army, togother with 5 | which evidently had become tired and|the household goods of the officers and their families, General Vi ‘s family were sald to flight from after considerable effort, succeeded iy | Torreon. driving the dog away. The animal was| Reports among the refugees here in- killed by the town marshal. dicate there is & well defined plan amony | the military leaders to wage guerilia warfare against the Curransa foroes | from Crihushua City It was said that the force at Clihuzhua will split into small bends {erd swing back along the lunes of Obre- “n—'- communications, actiug Independ- entiy, but eco-operating with Gemeral | Vilia s chief of operations. The arrival at Juarez of a cattle car loaded with silver bullion revived rumors that Villa was preparing to ship to the border some of the loot secured from | General Tomas Urbina, whom Villa exe cuted two weeks ago. Villa official howeber, denled that the car eontained any of the Urbina loot. 6 give the vote to Lyons.” FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept I18-The The witness sald he worked with Gibson | “Mystery Boy," the T-year-old lad whose on election day and bought a number of | !dentity has puzzied the authorities for | votes with money given him by Gibson.|weeks, is Roy Carell of Fort Worth and Roeder sald he brought three men to the |nct Tommy Delo of Juebec, Canada, ac- polls, who did not live in the precinct and | ¢Ording to a decimvn handed down In the voted them under the name of persons| United States district court here today. who lived n the precinct, but were out| Because of the declsion, Mr. and Mrs. of the city on election day. Peter Delo of Quebeo, lose their fight for the boy whom they had journeywd half way across the continent to establish o8 thelr missing son. In deciding that B. 8. Carell was the father of the boy, the court also decreed that Carell's roaming habits and finan. clal condition precluded allowing him the custody of the child, and & home for the boy will be found by the court, To determine which of the two claim- ants were parents of the child, Carell yesterday asked the court to make a sclentific character analysis of the boy. An examination was sald to have re. vealed traits, claimed to be hereditary, similar to those of Carrell. GERMAN ARMY is to ed to Enver Pasha, t war minister, in a din- from Constantinople by way | ln, GERMAN GOVERNMENT intends shortly to issue & declaration a. nexing to the German empire the territory in France and Nelgiom occupied by German troops, it fa repulsed nrml.v fire. In a rmish Bvientsyany near the of Da ischii the latter village rematned in possession of the enemy, “In the region of Vilna and east that point there was stubborn fighl which already had taken some time developing. To the left of the Viliya between the branch rallway lines from Vilne to Novo Svientsyany, and Vilelki, enemy detachments at some places reached the Novo Vileisk-Molo- siazidl FRR Narotch and Svir southwest of Svientsyany, engagements accurred with strong detachments of cavalry. The Ger- mans are developing vigorous attacks. in the direction of Vilna, southwest of Melchagolo. “Southwest of Orany repeated enemy attacks against the villages of Eisnouty and Datsichki were repulsed. South of Datsichki, after stubborn fighting the Germans succeeded in ocoupying the village of Rodsiuny.” GERMAN ‘Week Beginaing Sevt. 20. tish tank of 6,430 Of its erew of forty.two three men are missing. IN THE DARDANELLES the French wecord & success in the destruetin | vesterday of & Turkish mine gal- lery. ATTACKS BY THE TURKS on the on | ia resulted in the killing of hundrods of the ex- tionary foree, the Turkish war | otfice dccares. | AUSTRIAN ATTEMPTS te invade Serbia have beon resumed, accord- lng teo the was office at Nish, which weports that three efforts of the Austrians to cross the River Save during the night of Sepfem- ber 14 were frustrated. NUSSIANS CONTINUE to bo presscd back nlong the = thelr Hne. Viln the polut of falling, while Dvluh s serously threat south they are Sucoeasca. Bouth Omaha. at Box Office| .. with regular, loIl‘l‘fi ‘O’l (‘ounon price of one Mon. HIPPODROME 8514 Cuming #t. M‘H.-‘ Al Plot 004 ‘This Coupon any Mon n mpan! 1 y |with one D& a pald admission ticke! FREE MOVIE COUPON Admitting to the Following Picture Shows This Bee Coupon entitles bearer 1o a free ticket to any one of these high tndn: v‘mn ons vald admiss on