Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 22, 1915, Page 1

WHEN AWAY FROM HOME The Bee is The Paper Fou ask for; If you plan to be Abgant more than a few days, you. have The led & VOL. XLV THE OMAHA DAILY BE [ SOUNDAY HALTED BY HALLELUJAHS | OF AGED WOHAN Pweet-Faced, . White-Haired 0ld| Lady Carried Away by Emotion Caused by Sermon. INTERRUPTS TABERNACLE TALK | Evangelist Forced to Stop Preach- | ing Until Woman Is Quieted i by Neizhbors. I | TELIS AUDIENC: GOOD EXAMPLE MEETINGS TODAY. | 10 & m.—Sixteen dis r.ct prayer meet- ings. 10 & m.—Bible cl terfan church, Miss Sax 11 &, m. to 2 b, m.—Business women's meeting and lunch, 1609 Farnam street, Miss Miller. | 18 noon—=8hov meetings. 2 p. m.—Sunday at the Tabernacle. | 3 p. m—Tabernacle Bible class, Miss Baxe. 3:18 p. m—Business women's invita. tion committes, Youux Women's Chris.| tian essociation, Miss Dllier. | 3146 p. m.—Boys' and girls' meeting, | oharoh, | Dundee Pre:by- Central Park Conmgregational Miss Gamlin. | 4130 p. m.—Boys' and girls' meeting, Walnat Hill Methodist onurch, Miss Gamlin, 7:30 p. m.—Sunday at tbe Tabernac'e. | 7130 p. m.—Parenis’ meeting, uLowe | Avenue Presbyterian church, Miss Gam- | Uun. € p. m.—Bible class, Christian chureh, | Bouth Sidc, Miss Saxe. | An enthusiastlc woman interrupted | “Billy” Sunday {i his sermon yester- | day afternoon and, for fully sixty| seconds, filled the tabernacle with her joyous shouts and commenda- | tions of his remarks, H She was a sweet-faced old lady, dressed in black and with her white hair parted in the middle and drawn back smoothly over her head. She sat in the center of the front row, right before the evangelist's pulpit. | “Billy’s” theme was the man with the withered hand who was healed by Christ. The aged woman mur- mured “Amen” a number of times. | Her eyes never left his face. Finally “Amens” were not enough and sud- denly she shouted: “Glory to God! Hallelujah! O, Praise His name! Praise His name!” Her clear volce pentrated through the tabernaele and necks were craned to see her, She paused a moment and “Biily” started on with his sermon, but was im- medintely-interrupted Glory to God! “Glory! Glory! Glory! Glory! Glory!” she cried. “Oh, it's so good 4o~ have salvation. Glory to God."” | Billy"” tried to talk, but it was no use.' “Sister, you'll have to keep still,” he! finally sald. “If you want to talk I'll have to stop till you get through.” | Hven this did not restrain her. this morning in Omaha. L LEADERS OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN NEBRASKA district superintendents of the church in Nebraska, who will be present at the opening session of the annual conference -Bishop Frank M. Bristol and the nine THE WEATHER. Unsettled = SUNDAY WORKED AS HARD AS POOR MAN Banker Who Traveled with “Billy” in Eaily Days Tells of Hin Sine+ ———pority--of-Perpose. L HE GOT LITTLE PAY THEN L ‘Bllly’ Bunday wa@ just the same in earnestness, sincerity, industry, devotion and generosity eighteen: vears ago when he, was practically | unknown as he is today,” “mi 'FROST DOES NOT +- HURT 60 Top Row—Rev. W. G. Brown, Omah. Rev. Milton B, Willlams, Lincoln; Rev. J. Isham, Kearney, Hastings; Rev. J. W Morris, Holdre Lower Row—Rev. J. M. Bothwell, Grand Island; E E. Hosman, Norfolk; Bishop F. W. Bristol, Omaha; Rev. B. W. March, Rev. J. W. Embree, Tecumseh; ¢ Gilbert, Fairbury; Rev. G. W, Rev. Eastern but Slight Nips Rather Help the Corn Along. * DRIVER, SPARE THAT Incensed When He { Sees Abrasions on Epidermis | of Hybrid. WEATHER WARMING IN WE!T}sxAm HANDS WITH TOILERS That portion of Nebragka Iylnl: VALDEZ, Colo., Bept. 21.—John MOLE, SAYS JOHN D. Payt of Nebraska Visited,| Rockefeller Is WILL NAME MAN 70 SUGCEED DR. DUMBA Austria-Hungary Probably Will Ap- point Kajetan Merey von Kapo —- Mere-to Vaoant Post- - WASHINGTON IS NOT ADVISED BUDAPEST, Hungary, Sept, 21.— (Via London.)—A Vienna dispatch is published here today saying that | it hag been learned in diplomatic ‘:elrdu at the Austrian capital that “Oh, I can't keep still,” she cried. “Llli jogeph [, Ledvitt, retived banker and | east of a line drawn nort and south | n Rockefeller arrived at Valdes to- | the overnment will not await the former worker with Mr. sunday, who ! of O'Neill, Grand Island and Red| 4oy after a fifteen-mile automobile &rrival of Dr. Constantin T. Dumba try to but the Lord'll have to help me.| O glory! Glory! Glory! Glory! Glory!” Her voice rose higher and higher. “Billy” seemed to give it up. He smiled. | visiting Mr. Sunday and attending | night. The audience tittered. 1 “Never mind,” he sald. “If the sister| wants to get excited, let her go. And,| say,” he suddenly shouted, “if some of you would feel more glory and shdut more glory you'd do more for Christ.” People around her calmed the good| woman finally and “Billy” proceeded. | Many Clergymen Present. | There were many fervent ‘“‘Amens’”! throughout the service, for a large part of the audience was made up of Metho- alst clergymen and laymen who are here to attend the conference of that ehurch.| The evangelist's sermon dealt with persons whose lives are ruined by “withered hands,” inherent good qualities which have become warped and withered as & good hand can become warped and, withered and worse than useless through. disuse. It was the first tabernacle meeting of the campaign where no gollection was taken and “Billy" seemed to take special pleasure in announcing that there would be none until Friday. Chotr Director Rodeheaver Had to go to another meeting just after opening the tabernacle meeting and Mrs. Asher then led the audience in several hymns. ! A number of stoves have been placed in the tabernacle. They are of the cast iron kind and their pipes go straight up through the roof. It is expected they ;:g; needed before the meetings are The V_V_eather * For Omaha, Council Bluff ! —Unsottied: ‘warmer g agid Temperature at Onmia Yesterday, | Hour, Deg. | ba m... L4l ga m. 40 & Tam .43 8a m. a7 E sam: it T Yam. 5] lam L b8 12.... 6) 1p m t 1B D L 4p 5 p. H s p. | 7p Bp.m..... Comparative Loesi Reeord, 1915, 1914, 1913 1912 Highest ye terday w8 % s w0 Lowest \este dav i A 41 “ Mcan tempe ature B3 & 62 62 Precipitation 0 % W .0 Tempernture and cipitation depar tures from the no: Normal Tempe Deficlency for ¢ day Total deficlensy : ‘nee Marc Normal preeipiiatin Deticlercy for ih: day... ... Total ramfell sires Mareh Deficlency tines March 1 Deficlency cor. period. 1914 inches | Deficlency cor. period 113 7.83 inches | Repor(s from Stat ons at 7 P, M. Station and State Temp. High- Rain- of Weatner € fall. Cheyenne, ¢ 00 | rt r 00 | Denver, clear, 0 Des Mojnes. elear K Lander ' partly cloudy 0 North Platie, clear ) Omaha, clear....... 0 ! tained a fractured skull, which may pro ! fatal, In an automobile collision at Twen- + Dr. Hirschmann's car was badly wrecked. the services. “1 got acquainted with him when he came to Waterloo, Ia., with M. B. Willlams to help him hold evangel- sald Mr. Leaw:itt. “He was enter- | tained in my mother’s home and even | in those early days my mother de-! clared he was the greatest evangel- | istic preacher of the age. “He held his meetiigs in those days with scarcely any remuneration at all. Sometimes he paid the expenses himself. Ang he was just as vigorous and earnest then when preaching to a comparatively small number of veople In some little town hall as he is today.” Chief oi yunit, { Mr. Leavitt, who is a member of the firm of Leavitt & Johnson, bankers at Waterloo, but retired and :iving in Los Angeles, went with Mr. Sunday when he first started holding meetings. He was chorister, planist, private secretary, jan- iter, head of men's Bib'e work, head of women's Bible weork, director of extension work amd advaice man, all In one, ““Those early days wcre marked by the same earnestness on the part of ‘Billy’ as today,” he said. ““He would rise early, take a cold bath, go for a walk and then eome back and be bury all day with his books and sermons Ilie made every minute ,count. A further, hardship was | being separated from his wife and ehil- dren, who lived then at 64 Throop street, Chicago. Sometimes ne would lflr(rn)lh‘; to his wife and she would come out with | the children and spend a week with bim, but he couldn’t gfford to keep them with bim il the time. Meet in Opera House, ““One of the first - towns | went to with | him was merson, la. The Presbyterian (Zontinued on Page Five, Column Four.) Mrs. J. M. Sutton g Hurt Seriously in Gollisio_n of Cars| Mrs. J. M. Sutton of Shelby, la., sus-| ty-seventh and Davenport streets at noon. | Mrs. Sutton, her husband, her daugh- ter, Mra. G. H. Curtis, also of Shelby and Mrs. Curtls’ daughter Helen, aged 10 years, were riding in & machine ptloted | by Roy Benton of the Apperson Auto| company east on Davenport street. Dr. | Herman Hirschmann was driving his car | south on Twenty-seventh street. At lhll intersection the two cars collided and | the force of the impact swung the car ln' which Mrs. Sutton was riding around in’ such & manner that Mrs. Sutton was| thpown out and her head struck u-lnn| the curb, She was immediately taken to Bt. Joseph's hospital, where it was said she had a chance to recover. Nome of | the other occupants of the car was hurt. 'is in the city spending beveral days Cloud was visited by a frost Mondny‘ ride from Trinidad over the “Stone-| ffom, the United States before ap- West of this line, while the ! wg)1'» highway, recently graded and POInting his successor. The new am- weather waB cool, there, was no rost. | ymproved by the expenditure of con- | Passador, it {s stated, will be named 1t is not believed that throughout the | gigergble Rockefeller foundation corn belt of the state’ the'frost Was| money under the supervision of W. | severe emough to materially’ damage | | istic meetings in the spring of 1896,” | the corn. Some. Who' hi¥e studled | he visited several. of the bulldings the situation and the conditions are! anq talked wit of the opinion that it will' be bene- ficial, as it will stop, the growth of | representative of the camp. stalk and hasten the ripening of the ears. It s conceded.that practically all the corn In the.seuth.portion of the state has passed the frost damage stage. North of the Platte the corn.is not quite so far advanced, but.even there it is. asserted that a large portion of it is so far along that it could be hurt only by a freeze. According to the station reports of.the raflroads, there was no locality where freezing temperature was reached Monday night in the Nebrocka corn belt, No Damage to Cerm, Superintendeyt Jefferies of the Union Pacific wired &ll company agents in Ne- braska, instructing them to immediately ascertain from farmers and others the frost damake, if dny, in their particular localities. Before noon more than nine- tenths of the agens had responded and after going through the replies, Superin- tendent Jefferles gave out this statement “Light frost most of the way from Omata to Cheyenne, but no damage to the corn.” The general mai er's office of the Burlington made an investigation by gei ting into communication with the agents | of the Nebraska system and at noon the information was given out that there was a ‘“light,frost over a little more than the east half of Nebraska, but indications are that there has been no damage to growing crops.’’ Wil Help Corn. Frank Walters,.general manager of the Northwestern, said: ““There was a light frost over our lines do | In- | stead, 1t will be a benefit, as it will stop to a point a little west of O'Netll. I not think it has.done any damage. the growth of the statks, send.the saj looks as If the cold spell has passed @Gardeners on the produce market as- rolling country back from the river. They ontend that while the frost tender vegetables, It was w0l .ov enough to do much harm Little Damawe in 4 FAIRBURY, Neb, Sept. 2 ! Telegram.)—A Hght frost and tic | one of the season visited Jeffersc last nigkt, but did ot do any percept damage, except In lowlands. Tender vegetables, such a&s tomatoes, melons and other small P (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) atpped water- vegetables es- caped practically uninjured except in rare places. There was no damage to corn. L. Mackenzie King. During his stay e nien, particularly with Archie Dennison, the grievance |, Dennison told the Standard Oil mag- Mate of several instances when, through digect mediation with the officers of the Bxpnny. he had secured, rellef from bur- some rules which, he declared, had 'been imposed by minor ‘‘bosses” without | the knowledge of the heads of - the.cor poration. When Mr. Rockefeller was go- ing into'the mine, B, H. Weitzel, man- ager of the company's fuel department, sald, “Well, you've got to dress for it.” So Weitzel negotiated with the company store and paid $2 each for suits of blue | overalls, jumpers and miners' caps, in which Rackefeller and Wi L. Mackensie King larrayed themselves. Then, gulded by Weitzel, J. P. Thomas, division super- intendent of the company, and Dennison, {the grievance man, Rockefeller and King | plodded into the long “manway,” which led Into the side hill and plerced the thick velns of col Humps His Head Often. The roof was low, the path rough and | sometimes slippery with water. The Rockefeller back was bowed and the Rockefeller brow time and again bumped | painfully on the overhanging coal oell- ing. But, smiling and chatting cheertully, Rockefeller tramped briskly along the dark interior of the mountain. Reach- ing the section where three men were at work, Rockefeller shook hends with each |and Tony and Mike Bukinovich ducked !'their heads and grinned bashful answers | to the questions of the oil king. Rocke- | feller asked particularly regarding the wages and working conditions of the {men and recelved a wide variety of answers. | Just before leaving the mine the party | passed a mule patiently waiting for his r to Le Joaded for another trip down | the long passageway to the trolley tracks. down and hasten the ripening. At no| Rockefeller began tdlking to the mule | place along our lines” was the frost of |driver, then sdddenly—"Look there,” he the killing kind. All through the state|demanded, “Why Is that mule chafed and the weather Is much warmer, and it| bleeding frorm the harness?’ The ems | barassed driver stammered an explana- | tlon. Rockefeiler walked around the ani- sert that around Omaha and Council | mal pointing out several places where Bluffs there was a light frost in the|its skin had been worn by the harmess. { lowlands, but none on the hills or in the Finally the combined cloquence of all the | mine officlals present sufficed to per- suade the man of millions that “green” ules always sufferod abraisons from the harness until their skin became c: always | suffered abrasions umed his walk, Garn Struck by Lightning. ASON CITY, la, Sept. 2.—(Special) The big barn belonging to T. A. Barnes at Plymouth was taruck by lghtning last night and burned. In the barn were 700 bushels of corn, hay, oats, harness and machinery. All were burned. One horse was %0 badly burned that it had to be Ikilled. The loss s estimated at 33,000, ' b into | at once, The dispatch says that Kajetan Merey von Kapos-Mere, former Aus- tro-Hungarian ambassador at Rome, has been selected for this place! Kajetan Merey Von Kapos-Mere served as Austro-Hungarian ambassador at |Rome from June of W10 to August of last |Year. In March of this year he returned |to Rome as representative of his govern- ment in -the unsuccessful negotintions with Italy In regard to territorial con- cessions by Austria, which preceded It~ aly's entrance into the-war, Washington Not Advised. WABHINGTON, Bept. 21.—No inquiries have been made by the Austrian foreign office as to the acceptability of Kajetan Merey von Kapos-Mere as ambassador to United States or regarding any prospect- ive successor to Dr. Dumba. Budapest |news dispatches that the ambassader at Rome would be transferred to Washing- ton was the State department's only in- | formation that a successor to Dr. Dumba, {was being considereq in Vienna. Ambassador Penfield's latest dispatches indicate the Austrian government has made no decision as yet concerning the recall’ of Dr. Dumba, Western Roads | Given More Time To File Petition WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—The Inter- state Commerce commiasion today granted & request by the rallroads interested for | time in which to prépare a formal peth- tion for reopening and reargument of the western advance, rate case so far as cer- tain rates are concerned. The carriers to reopen the case in respect to the rates on packing house products, live stock, fresh meats, grain and grain products. The commission’s order today does not mean that a re- opening of the case is assured, but gives the raflroads ninety days longer, or until December 31, 1915, to comply with its orig- inal order in the western advance case, #0 far as the order affects the rates on these products. Before the end of ninety days the car- | lers will be given an opportunity to pre- | sent their formal petition for a rehearing. PUEBLO BANKER HELD ON FEDERAL CHARGE 27.-~W, B. Slaughter DENVER, Sept of Dallas, Tex., president of the closed Mercantile National bank of Pueblo, was arrested here today by federal officeids on a warrant sworn out by government offjcers In connection with the bank fallure there last Mareh, When Sluughter learned a warrant was out for him ne went to the United States commissioner’s office and gave himself up. GERMANS READY 10 RAID SERBIA Belief that They Expect to March Into Bulgaria Up Valley of the Morava River, FIGHTING ALONG THE DANUBE PULLETIN. BERLIN, Sept. 21.—(By Wireless to Sayville.)—It is reported that Bul- | garian troops are concentrated near | the Serblan frontier and that Ger- ‘;mnn and Austro-Hungarian troops have been concentrated since a cer- tain date along the Serblan border | line | nUL ! BERLIN, Sept. 21 {to Sayville.)—"It is reported from |the Balkans, says the Overseas News Agency, “that the Serbian gov | ernment has declared the Berbo-Bul- | garian frontier district a war zone.” LRTIN, BERLIN, Sept. 21.—(Via Lon- don,)—Official reports from Aus- trian and German headquarters and | diepatches trom the Balkan capitals show that the long-expected Teutonic campaign against Serbia has now be- gun. Austrian and German artillery today is bombarding Serbilan posi- tions south of the river frontier at various points along the hundred- mile front between the mouths of the Drina and Morava rivers. This action undoubtedly is intended as a cover to throwing of a force across the river and the seizure of a bridgehead, whence the new ‘‘steam roller” can be started. Just where a crossing will be attempted s unknown May Take Route of Crusaders. 'ho shortest route (o Buigaria would lead through the northeastern cormer of Herbin, where barely thirty miles of Ser- bian territory intervenes between the Bul- ®arian and Hungarian borders, The diffi- cult mountalnous country, absence of rail- roads and the proximity of the Rouman- {an frontier, however, speak in favor of the old route of the crusaders further to the west through the broad and fertile Morava valley. Through this valley run roads and a railway line to Bulgaria and |Turkey. This raflrond reaches the Dan- lube at two points, Belgrade and Semen- dris, both of which are under bombard- ]mtnt todny. | Mmoedon Join Bulgar Army. | BOFIA, Sunday, Sept. 19.—(Via Berlin Iby Wireless to SBayville, Sept. 21.)~It Is |learned that the number of Nacedonians {who joined the Bulgarian colors on Fri- {day {8 about 10,000, From rellable \sources it s xeported thdt traffic on Bul. | gnrian rallronds has been suspended tem- 'Wru ly, Bulgarin Mobilizes Army, WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.— General ! mobilisation of all military forces in Bul- garla, effective today, for the purpose of armed neutrality, has been ordered by the Bulgarian government. Officlal an- vouncement of this order was communi- cated by his government to Mr. Pagare- toff, the Bulgarian minister here. British Transport BERLIN, Sept. 2.—(By Wireiess to Say- ville)~The Frankfurter Zeltung reports | that a large British transport from Egypt | for the Dardanelles has been sunk by a | German submarine. This report was gyoven out today by {the Overseas News agency, which ways | “A special telegram to the Frankfurter | Zeitung says that & German submarine |torpedied a 15,000-ton British transport off he {sland of Crets, in the Mediterranean. |The ship was going from Hgypt to the Gallipoli peninsula. 6. ¢ '® VOTE BIGGER IN BAY STATE PRIMARY | BOSTON, Sept. 21.—In today’'s primaries early returns from seventy-nine out of 915 election precincts, representing forty- |four out of %2 citles and towns outside of Boston, gave for governor: | (By Wireless Reported Sunk| RUSSIAN ARMY ESCAPES NET GF VON HINDENBURG Cavalry Soreen Thrown Arcu Vilna Apparently is Too Wea | to Check Veterans of | General Ruzsky. MARSHES HINDER Simultaneous Movement of < Mackensen and Prince L | pold is Delayed |GERMANS ACTIVE ON DAL ADVANRC | LONDON, Sept. 21.—Latest re iports from the Vilna fighting rzone ‘Ind(c-(a that the Russian army ther :hu escaped the coils which Wield | Marshal Von | about it. Hindenburg threw By cavalry raids, as bril llant as the famous coups of Stuart { and Sheridan In the American civil | war, a screen of German horseman | swarmed about both flanks of the retréating Russtans and stood astride their main lines of communi cation. It now appears to be prob able, however, that these encirclin forces are too weak to impede Gen erdl Ruzsky's veterans, Marshes Delay Prince 1 i The simultaneous movement by Pri Leopold and Field Marshal Von Macken #en have not resulted the advance, n expected espectally by the latter, wh has not been able to link ‘his shattered troops after thelr march through th Pripet marshes, If it be true that the defenders of Viina have eacaped, Russia has cause to draw a deep breath of relief, for it is @pparent that the ocautious strategy of Grand Duke Nicholas was abandoned for the moment and that General Russky's troops remained in Vilna so long that Fold Marshal Von Hindenberg's plans for a junction of his wings seemed for time certain of wuccess. North of Lida the raliway s in German hands, but the main foroes of the Russians are south of that peint., The domestic situation in Russia, owing to the strict censorship, is still a matter of mystery. When the Duma was pro- rogued numerous strikes were declared In many cases the men are still out Others returned to work, and ns the stoppage was In the nature of & protest no long-continued trouble s expected The Zemstvo eonferences at Moscow this week will express agreement in the nn tlonal orisls with the Duma majorits and will likely urge upon the h " ex ®uthorities the necessity of app n trusted by the people, Germ Attack Serbs, The long-expected offensive again | Berbla s ald to have begun with storm of artlllery fire designed to cover crossings of th Danube and Have, The Teutons evidently expect to push a way toward Constantinople along the roa opened by the crusaders. Along the other fronta nothine ne has developed except the growin: | | tonsity of the German reply to the allies artiliery on the wesiorn lne. Art'l'ery Rombardment in Veut, PARIS, Sept, 2l.—~An artillery bomburd ment in which hoth sides took part, of Imnfllluod violence, to the north of Arras i..nd to the east of Noulette and of Lor- | ette, is recited in the French officlal com- | munication on the progress of hostilities glven out in Parls this afternoon. Further activity, in which artillery and | Infantry took part, has taken place at other points on the front in France. The text of the communication follows | “There was a bombardment yesterday in which both sides took part and of continued violence to the north of Arras and east of Noulette. In the sector of Neuville French batteries direoted an ficacious fire on the positions of the en- emy to the east of the highway to Be- thune. A reconnoftering party brought back some prisoners. “In front of Beuvraignes, to the south of Roye, there has been spirited rifle firing, artillery exchanges and fighting (Continued on Page Two., Column Five.) | Bamuel McCall (rep.). - Graton D. Quahing (reb e | ne a8 (rep. Da¥id 1. Walsh (dem.) 8 THE WANT-AD. WAY | Frederick 8. Deitrick (dem.).. | | Two hundred out of 25 election pre- cincts in the city of Boston gave MoCull, 6318, Cushing, 7,807, Ioss, 738; Walsh, | 8L,417; Deitrick, 1,063, | \ The Day’s War News WHILE THE RUSSIAN armi treating from the Vilna reg parently are mot definitely out of ers in the capitals of d coufidence ot which records xpected Te: tonie drive through bia. It is that the aim of the Aus- tro-German armies be to force r way toward Consta through the orave valley, in which raillway lHues lead to Bul. garin and Turkey. GERMAN SUBMARINE which been operating in the Dlack Sea it is anuounced in Odessa. British const the British off the steamer Linkmoor, of 4,048 tons, been sunk, presumably in = operations. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY at gnce & Successe ax gmbassador to " be Kajetan Mervey Kapos-Mere, former Austro-Hunga to Rome « | | All Rights Reserved | Wom may have a trombone m"w write oat ical Instruments of all kinds f you make through Tostrurments™ column 15 OMAHA BEE. | | Telophone your Ad to THE BIE | at once for our blg SUNDAY WANT ) PAPER, Telephone Tyler 1000 4 & PUT IT IN THE OMAHA BEK,