Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 25, 1915, Page 1

PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN VOL. XLV P RO T THE OMAHA DAILY BEE _‘_____]w OMAN/ QA’PURD AY MORN 1915-TWENTY PAGES, LE SUNDAY TALKS |LAYMEN HAVE HOT | View of Two Big Missouri Pacific Engines Soon TOTHOUSANDS OF OMAHA MOTHERS Grandmothers Held to Make Up the Audience at the Tabernacle, Where the Evangelist Is at His Best. | NO HAT RULE IS SET ASIDE Tribute to Woman Who Manicures Fingernails Over Washboard to Support Children. ' NO USE FOR POODLE HUGGERS Bilvery tresses, wrinkled, ure~! worn visages and trembling foot- steps distinguished the greater num- ber in the audience to whom Billy Sunday preached his mothers’ and grandmothers’ sermon Friday after- noon at the tabernacle. This is one of the revivalist's best sermons and it brought out the largest week-day afternoon attendance since his ar- rival, over 7,000 being present. The entire middle section nearest the; platform and = large section of seats on the platform were reserved for the mothers and grandmothers. Ninety-one persons hit the trail, ‘White flowers and white ribbons, honoring mother, were worn by al- most everyone present, “Billy,” too, and “Ma” each wearing a white rose. | “Ma’” came hack from Winona Lake, | Ind., in time to be present at the| meeting. The ironclad rule of the tabernacle, | “All hats removed!” was set aside when | Homer Rodeheaver announced that the women over 6 years of age might keep their hats on If they chose. A great number of women kept their hats on, some of the younger women also not be- | ing Intimidated by the limitation. Rev. Lonard Groh, for twenty years pastor of St. Mari’s Lutheran church, | was escorted to the platform and offered | the opening prayer. Passing street cars annoyed “Bflly" Sunday as he began his talk and he| walted for them to pass. Then he shouted to the ushers, “Don't let people come down the alsles to hunt seatal” Story of Mowes. Mr. Sunday’s sermon was based on the story of Moses and his mother, | side or another of the contest between tho “I think that's a great joke.” Mr. Sunday pald high tribute to the mother who “manicures her finger nails over the washboard to keep her brood out of the poor house.” “There are not devils enough in hell to | pull a boy out of the arms of a godly, {Continued on Page Five, Column Beven.) Forgets Where to Meet Her Mother Twelve-year-old Katherine Hoffman left her mother at the tabernacle to go over to the nursery where the children were playing. Her mother designated & spot where to meet at the close of the meeting. On Katherin return she was unable to locate her mother, whereupon she burst into tears. Two women led her weeping to the platform and appealed to Mr. Brewster for assistance in finding the mother. Mr. Brewster mounted a. chair and called out to the stragglers that a little girl was lost. Mrs. Hoffman was in the crowd and came forward to claim her u-r-tfickonl daughter. “I forgot where you said I should meet you,” sobbed Katherine. DR. DAY BRINGS CRIPPLED GIRL TO SUNDAY MEETING Selma Ohlfs, the South Side crippled girl In whom a number of Omaha club women are interested, was brought to the tabernacle with her mother by Mres. G. ¥, | Copper. Dr. C. M. Day provided an auto- | mobile to bring the crippled girl. The Weather Forecast tll 7 p. m., Saturday: For Omalia, Counctl Bluffs and Vicinity —Showers; not much change in tempera- ture. Temperature at Omaba Yesterday. Hour- De m. m. 55: BEEEEEE I 2ttt laddddds gEER wasonmenBEBons v ,5 | Comparative Local R-cord. 1. 194, 1918 1012 AT Tt o8 W oo oW Hlxhul yu\em.y Lowest yest Mean tempe-n.un Precipita & .00 19 . ’l\m’tnumu recipitation d.pu\ ures from the n‘rd tem) ure. - @ Excess for the day. 'fi;ul defl lency ence March 1. tation. ficiency for the da: ‘otal rainfall since March Deficiency since Mareh 1.. Deficiency for cor. period, 19i4 Deficlency for cor. perfod, 1813 Tlhch.. oports from Stations at 7 P, M. Station Temp of V Cheyenne, cloudy - Davenpo! clear S | Blue Surings. {each of the nine districts in the state, | somebody else a chance to talk. Finally, {less the latter saw fit to disregard the !In each instance followed the choice of |the districts, thereby electing one repre- |dentials, The chief business of TIME AT MEETING Conference of Laymen Waxes Warm as Country Brethren Try to Put One Over on City Folks. SYSTEM 18§ NOW CHANGED LAY DELEGATE. ELECTED. Omaha district, M, D. Cameron, First | chureh. | Lincoln district, W. N. Gates, Lineola. Tecumseh district, G. B. Buokner,| Waverly. Grand ,Island district, C. J. Columbus. 'l:uu- district, George M. Spurlook, o Kearney district, John N. Drydem, Xearney. | Holdreve district, Mrs, Emma J. Cox, ‘Wiloox. Fairbury district, George X, Davis, Norfolk district, . B. Bvans, Dakota Oity. Reserves: Chancellor O. A. Fuller of | Nebraskn Wesleyan university, Univer. wity Flace:; Miss Ella Watson, Limoolny John . Slater, Holdrege. “Politics’* “gag rule!” “unfair!”| “‘unjust!” ‘“‘eruel!” ‘“insult!” and| similar epithets heated the atmo- sphere at the First Congregational| church during the opening session of‘K the quadrenniel conference of Ne- braska Methodist laymen. Old- timers in the councils of the church said afterward it was one of the live- liest sessions since the good old. “shouting Methodism' went out o!l style. v The conference gets together once | every four years to elect nine delegates to the world-wide general conference of the church, and the heated arguments at the first session were precipitated by a lively and successful attempt by the rural delegates to ‘‘put one over” on the clty delegates. Heretofore the nine delegates have been elected direct by the state confer- ence, and generally about seven of the | nine were city men, because the city candidates were the most populer and | widely known. Desiring to change the | system and have one delegate come from G. R. Buckner of Waverly led the suc- (Continued on Page Seven—Column One) cessful fight to have each distriot choose ita own delegate to the world-wide con- ference. It was only after long and loud de- bate, intricate parliamentary tangles, violent assertions and considerable ex- change of personalities that the change was voted upon favorably by the 460 delegates, who lined up distinctly on one oity and rural pastorates. Otties Want Control. “The cities are trying to control the delegates to the detriment of the rural districts,” Mrs. Mary Culmer of Carol- ton, a rural district candidate, asserted in a lengthy and exciting speech. She ‘was one of the leaders of the ruralites. Judge W. G. Spurlock was prominent in the stand-pat opposition to the new method of election, and maintained the old system gave the “best delegates.” A Lincoln d!lbll“ declared that the new method was “as cruel as any political gag rule.” “It's an insult to us farmers to say that the old system of mostly city dele- gates gives the best delegates,” H. W. McFadden of Holbrook, a sandhill dele- gate, shouted, “There's politics in this opposition.” “If there's any politics, it's in your pockets,” replied McFadden, but the laf- ter denied the assertion. Where Do You Stand? “Are we going to be politiclans or ser- vants of God? another westerner in- quired. Delegate Buckner, father of the new system of election, asserted that the city opposition was “unfair and unjust.’” | An amendment was offered, then an amendment to the amendment, then substitute motion was made, after which | the previous question was called for and | the meeting degenerated into a free-for-| all talk-fest for & minute, while Chair-| man John A. Khrhardt of Stanton scratched his head. Original Motion Passes. A moore or mwore of delegntes all in- sisted upon recognition at once, shout- ing to each other to sit down and give all but the original motion were elimi- made. The conference then took & re- cess for a, short time, to allow \‘lclo- gates to rest and get lunch, When the conference reassembled in the afterncon Chalrman Ehrhardt ruled that the action permitting each district to elect its own delegate was not in accord with church law, which requires. that the state conference as a body shall elect the dele- gates, But he sald that each district might nominate its own candidate, who would be then eleceted by the conference, un- nomination and elect somebody else. The outcome was that he conference sentative from each, instead of giving the city dlstriets control of the entire dele- gation, to the disparagement of the rural districts. Delegations from the latter con- sidered that they had won a big victory and set an important precedent, J. A. Brown of Normal acted as secretary of the conference. Chairman Ehrhardt appointed A. M. Walling of | David City, Mrs. Culmer and T. E Young of Ashland to be the committee | on resolutions. J. A. Brown and Judge | Spurlock formed the committee on cre- the conference was to elect delegates to the world-wide general conference at Sara- & | toga, N. Y., next May, to which all dele- gates have their expenses paid. ARGENTENIAN CARRIES DIAMONDS IN POCKET NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—Diamonds worth more than $25,000, which were found in the pockets of Shay Kancher, & wealthy Argentenian, when customs were yesterday because Kuncher had | Grande, | nated 'and it was passed as originally | COF THREE KILLED IN After Head-On Collision in Which Three Were Killed| HEAD-ON CRASH SHARP FIGHT NEAR PROGRESS0, TEXAS One American Soldier and Several Mexicans Are Killed in Battle On the Border, TWO0 AMERICANS ARE WOUNDED BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept. 24.— American troops and a large band of Mexicans reported to be Carranza soldlers, battled today at Progresso; ‘with the' Mexicans retreating under fite and the Americans pushing them toward the Rio Grande, a mile dis- tant. One American soldier, Private Stubblefield of Troop B, Twelfth United States cavalry, was killed and two others were reported wounded. The Mexican casualties have not been ascertained, One troop of the Twelfth cavalry and a large detachment of the Twenty-sixth infantry were engaged ia the fight, which began early today. of the Mexicans had been killed. The Mexicans approached from the di- rection of the Rio Grande, one mile dis- tant from the hamlet. The American detachment was camped In front of & house. The Mexicans upenad fire from the shelter of the walls. Telephone Wires Cut, Lieutenant Payne, in charge of the in- fantry detachment, reported by telephone to Brownsville at 10 a. m., that the fight- ing still was in progress and that several Private Stubblefield fell at the first volley. The telephone wires between Mercedes and the point where the fight ccurred, were cut early this morning |and only meager details were obtainable from an irrigation pumping plant four miles from the scene, where it was re- ported that, besides killing Stubblefield, the Mexicans wounded two other Amer- ican soldiers. ‘The soldiers returned the fire, moving toward the house and firing at the Mex- icans every time one showed himself. The Mexicans were mounted and retreated in the brush in the direction of the Rio the troopers pushing the fight- ing. Smyth for Judge, District or Circuit? So Report Has It An unconfirmed report from an uniden- tified source was in circulation yesterday to the effect that Constantine J. Smyth, to date generally conceded the odds in the race, had beeén dropped out of o sideration for the federal district judge- ship vacancy with his own copsent, um- der assurance that he would be named for & better place on the cirouit bench to be available shortly. When asked by a Bee reporter whether he still expected to be Judge Mungers successor, Mr, Smyth replied: “My name is before the attorney gen- eral. The last news I had was In your paper today. I haven't the slightest mo- |tion what they will do, not the slightest notion."” Here are the dates for our coming Ak - Sar-Ben events: Sept. 29, Carnival begins Oect. 5, Floral Parade Oct. 6, Electrical Parade Oct. 8, Coronation Ball Oect. 9, Carnival Ends Jto Dad Weaver, Twelve Pounds of Dynamite Carried Across Continent by Parcel Post NEW YORK, Sept. M.—Eight sticks of dynamite, weighing twelve pounds, were found in a package in the forelgn branch postoffice here today. The package was mailed at Napa Junction, Cal, Septem- ber 7, being sent to the forelgn branch office, Poafal authorities sald the package was addressed to H. Virginia Roasclo, P. Q, Ceva, Italy, and the name of the sender was given as Laigl Ghirolfi of Nape Junction. The package containing the dynamite received much handling during the trip across the continent, being transferred to and from various mall bags. On re- ceipt at the Grand Central terminal it was shot down a long chute and must ZEPPELIN TO FLY ALL OVER OMAHA Visitors to Ak-Sar-Ben May See How Giant Warships Looked as They Attacked London. MAY CARRY SOME PASSENGERS Ak-Sar-Ben will have a monster free attraction. Moreover, the Ak-Sar-Ben will have one of a distinetly original and up-to-date nature. It will take the form of an Omaha Zeppelin, Randall K. Brown and Gould Dietz ‘went into executive session together and decided that war was all that General Sherman said it was and then some, but as the former said, “What do the people of Omaha know about the perils of war? If they were in London, England, now, they would be out looking for Zeppelins, hourly awaiting a raid from Kaiser Bill. “What are you driving at remarked the latter?” ‘““Thinking of those poor Londoners and Incldentally getting some ideas for Ak- Sar-Ben,” remarked his partner in crime. “We will show them just what it Is to have an Immense Zeppelin flylng over them during the carntvas. tet's put up our Omaha Zeppelin during the carnival and engage Dad Weaver as bomb throw- or-in-chief to lllustrate the awful damage that might ocour if we were at war.” ‘fo Fly Over City. 8o the immense Di-ri-gi-ble will fly at the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities and visitors from outside can see for themselves the latest air craft in actlon. It will ascend from the vacant lot at the corner of Fif teenth and Jones streets. Applications for passage may be made who will have as chief assistant Charles Black of hot alr balloon fame ss adviser in general. (Continuéd on Fage Two, Column Ome) GREECE HAS DECIDED upon mo- its army and has It is expected that the Greek parllament will be sum- ned tomerrow. IT I8 REPORTHED in Athens that Bulgaria’s Black Sea ports, through which it would be open to Russian attack by water, are bhe. ing hurriedly fortified. 1 reports that | captured the fortress of Lutek, BRITISH STEAMER CHANCELLOR of 4,686 t has been sunk. Part of 1ts erew is missing. have struck the bottom with considerable force. The fallure to explode is ex- plained by the heavy wrappings of news- papers. There was an outer cover of heavy manila paper. Next (o this was a heavy layor of newspapers, inside of which was a large clgar box. An Itallan almanac, bearing a portrait of President Wilson was stuffed in one end of the box, while two cloth bags each held four. sticks of dynamite. The powder was 6 per cent and of the type used for blasting in mines. The package was held for nsufficlent podtage, but postal authorities have been unable to locate a Lulgl Ghirolfi at Napa Junction, AUSTRIANS FAIL T0 CHECK RUSS Teutons Said to Have Abandoned the Fortress Northwest of Dubno and Retired, WEST RUSS LINE IS HOLDING BULLETIN. BERLIN, Sept, 24.—(Via Lon~ don,)—Field Marshal Von Hinden- burg has made further progress in his efforts to capture the Russian for- tified city of Dvinek. The taking by storm of additional Russian positions defending \the city northeast of Smelina is officlally reported today. LONDON, Bept. 24.—Military ac- tivities on the eastern front are once more assuming the familiar phases of a slow German advance, following the recent impetuous rush of the in- vaders. The German plan of divid- ing the Ru n armies north and south of the Pripet has been a strate- glc success in a way, but the immedi- ate effect of the severance was to throw an increased burden on the Austrians, who seem unable to check the Russian drive, Unofficial dispatches from Petrograd state that the latest Russian victory northwest of Dubno is of more import- ance than was revealed by the official communication from Petrograd involving recapture of the fortres of Lutsk, northwest of Dubno. Relinquishing this fortress, the Austrians are said to have | retired across the Styr, All the way frem the Baltie port of Riga to the Pripet marshes the Russians are holding thelr line stubbornly in an {attempt to bring their long retirement to an end. The fighting s particularly severe southeast of Vilna and east of Dvinsk. Envelopment of the Vilna army having falled, it is assumed the Germans will develop their offensive movement at Dvinsk with the view of an ultimate |blow at Riga. It is generally belleved the Thc Bce s Photos . “Bllly Have put it over all others and thensome. Another fine one Tomorrow i + Photo by Bee Staff Photographer. GREEK ARMY IS CALLED TO GOLORS Menacing Move of Bulgaria is Fol- lowed by Order from Athens Mobiliging Troops. TENSION IN BALKANS INCREASES BULLETIN, WASHINGTON, Spet. 24.—A state- ment cabled to the Bulgarian lega- tion here today by Premier Radoslav- off announces that Bulgaria does not intend aggressive action against any of {ts neighbors and that its mobilization {s not to be construed as indicating that it {s about to enter the war. BULLETIN. ATHENS, Sept. 24.—(Via Lon- don.)—A decree for general mobili- zation of twenty classes of Greek sol- dlers was signed last night by King Constantine and promulgated. The decision of the king has aroused the greatest enthusiasm, Issuance of the mobilization de- cree came quickly after the king had granted an audience to Premler Ven- fzelos, The premier informed the king that mobilization was the only possible reply to Bulgaria's move. To this the soverelgn agreed, stipulating that it should be regarded as a de- fensive measure. The twenty classes now called to the colors are in addi- tion to four classes already under arms, PARIS, Sept. 24.—An official de- cree for the mobilization of the Greek army was issued In Athens today, says the Athens correspondent of the Havas News Agency. probably will be summoned tomor- row, {Pead of the fire-box. His skull wi Parliament | The dispatch says the decree was | (Continued on Page Two, Coluinn One, Sunday Is Given ' Scolding by One Woman at the Tab “Billy” Sunday was roundly scolded following the trall-hitting at the mothers® meeting and he took it like a good fel- low. Mrs. Barah Cummings of Glenwood, Ia., 8 years old, administered the scold- ing. Mrs, Cummings was fenewing old ac- Quaintance with “Billy’ when a crowd of friends and others who wanted to shake hands with him surged about the press box where they were standing. “Billy” Interrupted the old woman each moment by shaking hands or speaking a | word to those who came up. Mrs, Cum- | mings grasped his coat lapels with trem- bling fingers and cried out: “Listen to me, ‘Blily,' I'm talking to you now. I'm older.than you are, and you've got to listen to me."” Whereupon “Billy" listened. Mre. Cummings' husband was in the Twenty-third lowa regiment and in the same company in which “Billy's” father enlisted, and her two children, Effie and Robert, were in the Soldiers’ Orphan home at Glenwood when “Billy” and his brother 14 were there. “1 remember so well how you looked then and what a good boy you were, My daughter Bffie lked you so well. She lives in Wyoming now and she would now,"” exclaimed Mrs. Cummings. ‘Bifie? Oh, I remember her well. She was a blonde, buxom girl and she had brown eyes, now, didn't she? Oh, yes, I remember Effie,"” retumed “Billy,” as he was hustied away, give anything to be able to hear you | AT OREAPOLIS Freight and Passanger Trains on the Missouri Pacific Road Meet in Front-End Collision with Fatal Results. NONE OF PASSENGERS KILLED Both Engines and Baggage Oar De- molished When the Two Traing Come Together. ONE TRAIN IS OVERLOOKED DEAD. N. J. SRERLOCK, engineer of Xanses oity. W. B. GOODWIN, fireman, Kansas Oy, 7. ¥. WILSON, brakeman, Falls Olt9 Injured. Arthur Stuberg, Omaha, knee out bruised, B. L. Cooper, Auburn, man, right leg out. E. B, BEdwards, Omaha, traveling salesman for the M. E, Smith eom- pany, right arm cut and bruised. L. M. Williams, Omaha, right knee and elbow lacerated and bruised. Charles L. White, Kansas Oity, news agent, shoulder bruised and out/ on hands and head. James A, Madden, St. Louls, por- tor, hands cut and right shoulder bruised. D. B. Parker, Kansas City, porter, right hand cut. W. 8. West, postal clerk, Kansas City, right thigh fractured. J. H. Harris, Stella, Neb,, face cut und bruised. James McClurg, Leavenworth Kan., bruised about the shoulders and chest. Harry Cotton, Kansas City, bag< gageman, face and right arm cut and/ bruised. baggage- —_— Il Three men were killed and eleven injured in a head-on collision on '.Iu Missourl Pacitic, one mile south of Oreapolls, this morning at 8:45, when a nortbbound frelght train crashed (nto a southbound passenger. The men killed ware the. sagineer and nn-ol on the freight train and the hoad brakeman on the There were thirty passe.gers on train, | Mistakes the Train. The cause of the wreck is attribus ted to Hogineer Sherlock ing orders, or, rather, mistaking wild train for that he was warn F orders to pasd against. He freight No. 168 on the siding at La Platte. When he arrived there Noy 166, & wild train, was on the sidingy It is presumed that he mistook thix train for No, 163 and went on at full speed. Two miles farther down the lmq and just below the Oreapolls uoul.n: he met No. 168 head-on, and . quickly that he had no time to acy before the crash came, flnmummmuluflq toward the éast. Three hundred north of where the wreck oocurred, & of large trees extends up to the right- of-way from the east. Until this point is passed it is impossible to see the track more than 200 feet ahead. It is on a slight up-grade and from the position, in which the body of Fireman Good was found, he was stoking his when the crash came. ‘.l‘lubodyu!-ld gineer Bherlock was piuned against crushed and It is presumed that (Continued on Page Two, Column n‘nun-v&n“ 'nb--fl-. 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