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Drawn For The Bee The bost newspaper artists of the country contribute thelr best work for Bee readers THE OMAHA DAILY BEE VOIL. XILV-<NO: .92 OMAHA, MO SUNDAY DRIVES HARD THRUSTS AT DEMON AU Delivers His Famous Sermon on Booze to Crowd Whicf Fills the Tabernacle to Over- flow. ONLY MEN usEAR HIS PLEA Uses Figures to Set Forth the Eco- nomic Side of the Question of the Traffic. TRAIL - HITTERS NUMBER 131 TWENTY.FIITH DAY FIGURES., Trial Attend- Coileo Hitteiw. ance. tions. Frevious days.3,152 283,400 $24,610.04 Lunday- 3 10,000 421.00 138 14,.00 [] 118 1,00 1589.c0 Women at Audi- torium N 7,520 Totais 3,543 434,900 .0.7.73 LOY AND GIRL TRAIL HITTERS. Frevious days . P 2433 T ..o . 2 Total by 1k .9,458 Right between the eyes of the liqour traffic “Billy”” Sunday planted his good right fist yesterday after- noon with a terrific blow loaded with logis, common, & sense and multitude of facts and figures. At the same time he sent h's left to the solar plexus another knockout blow loaded with pleading, illustra- tion and a bright picture of g rum- less life, The tabernacle was packed and jammed and crammed with a crowd of men estimated at 12,000 by shortly after 1 o'clock, though the meeting wasn't scheduled to start until 2. Thousands were unable to get in. The afternoon audience be- gan singing as the morning audi- ence came out, As it was impossible for more to get in, “Billy” didn’t keep them wait- ing, but started on his ninety-minute sermon at 1:30, The sermon bristled with facts and figures that fairly stagger and appall the hearer as he is brought to realize Wwhat could be done with the money spent annually in thid country for liquor. One of the most striking statements of the evangelist was that this money would merely one macadam highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, but 100 such highways, each sixteen feet wide, Applause swept the audience repeatediy as the sermon progressed, with every sentence a battering ram agalnst the liquor traffic. Often the audience was roused to more than mere applause, and cheer after cheer swept from one end of the tabernacle to the other and back again, ' Product of the Mills. Seated at the rear of “Billy’s"platform were abou ttwenty boys. “Billy,” after describing the raw materials and the finished products of sawmills, flour mills and grist mills eame to the “gin mill.” At this point the boys stood up on the platform and “Billy” stood on a chair and, with a watve of his hand at the vouths, he cried: “‘This ¥ the raw ma- terial of the gin mil and then de- scribed with wealth of adjectives the awful product of the mill. Another climatic moment was marked by hi# siezing a large American fiag and waving it. He kept this Geéorge M. Cohan property on the pulpit and mnda| frequent use of it during the rest of the s:rmon. Near the close he put the fi over his shoulder and, followed by an imaginary hang of reformed drunkards, he marched off to an imaginary grocery store, butcher shop and dry goods store, His march in that direction continued from the platform along the press desks wnd back again. With the astonished radesmen the reformed drunkard maginary conversations, the tradesmer being astornde” ‘ronkard had money. Then, with a touching catch his voice, “Buly piciuicd the arvva of the ex-drunkard at his home with a sack of flour on his shoulder, porter- house steak under one arm and a pack- 1ge of dry goods under the other, and he Joy of children and wife. 1t was a splendid climax Mus 1 Towether. He declareq that while the Bible states that no drunkard can go to heaven, it is equally true that the saloonkeeper and the saloon landlord can't get to heaven. The whole damn bunch will have to g0 down to hell together,” said “Billy,” Just after his peripathetic flag-carr: ng dramatization of the reformed drunk- ard, “Billy"” stood up on the pulpit, waved the stars_and stripes and called (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) The Weather Yesterday, Temperature at Omnaas Hour. FAIR | it 6a Ta. Sa. fa. 10a. a. 2 m. 1p. in ip. P ™h.m....... Comparative Loc-! Record, 1905, 1914, 1918 1912 Highest yesterday ...... 07 15 S swest Yesterday . 6 @ W Mean temperature . -8 8 T Freeipitation . i B Temperature and precipitation Jdepar- ture. tiom the normal: fmal teagperature .. xee 4 for the day - otal de jciency since Murch 1.... . ¢l 2 0.mal precipitation . s A8 inch Deiclency for the day .08 inch Total rainfall since March 1.2 Dificienev since March 1 0.8 inch Defi-lency for cor. period, 19°4. 4.18 incnes Deticlency for eof fi,rlod, 1913 . 5.5% | ches L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. 3 Inches had | 'YOUTHS THRONG 10 HEAR SUNDAY | Evangelist Advises Them to Live So ! that They Will Go to * Heaven. | To a large audience of young people at the tabernacle Saturday evening, n.ost of the attendants being boys and girls of the high schools of Greater Omaha, Council Bluffs, Benson and Florence, “Billy” Sunday | forceful {hel, the judgment, and he impressed |upon the youthful mina the value of { thinking, |* It wak a gala occasion {an hour before the evangelist began his discourse on “Think On These | the enthusiasm of youth was | | Things,” vented without intervention. “Billy"” and “Ma” and “Rody and 159.60 George” joined in the merriment ot | Flags, banners and pen- | the evening nants were in evidence on every hand, “We want ‘Ma'l” “We want ‘Ma't" yelled a growp of Central High school puplie. “Ma’ responded. “We want George'!” “We want ‘George'!™ they | yelld. And “George” showed his smil- ing countenance cn the platform. Further wants were supplicd by | Brewster, | Stand to Sing “Ameriea.’ Chorister Rodelicaver and Mr. ter sang “What Will 1t De to See Jesus?" and were well recetved. The audience stood and sang “Amerca *Brighten the Corner’ was sung by various groups, ‘nnfl then the popul {and a good-naturcd rivalry sprang up |between the various schobls as to which igroup could do the most brightening. |The fact that several groups were sing- |Ing Alfferent parts of the song at the |#ame time did not perturb “Rody." “Rody" and Mr. 1 | Among the school delegations attending ilast evening were attendants of Central High school, South Side High school, | High School of Commerce, Councll Bluifs High school, Florence High school, Ben- |son High school, Twenticth Avenue school {of Councll Bluffs and the University of {Omaha. Of the 2 trail-hitters last evening it | was observed that with few exceptions |all were happy boys and girls. Mem- {bers of the foot ball teams of the high |schools of Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs went up in groups and {they took the situation good-naturedly. There were some children as young as 10 years in the trail hitters. There were probably in all ten adults who went for- ward, Mr. Sunday expressed his pleasure at the showing made. The discourse was what might there was little or no stang. just a little bere and there of the characteristic Sun- \day verbal pyrotechnics. Ho was much {in earnest and emphasized the reality of & heaven and hell and a judgment day to come for all. In his thought of reading the Bible with some regard to how and why it ,was written and what it means, he re- ! marked, “If you read your cook book | to learn how to shoe a horse you will not know how to shoe a horse.” This was the nearest he came to his usual | typleal manner of digressing from the ordinary form of expression. Foundation Needful. He lald stress on the necessity of lay- {ing a foundation, whether it be of the physical or spiritual being. He said he | has been golng at his present speed for twenty years and has not missed a day, but when he started playing base ball he was not physically fit, but he consulted |a physical expert and thus grew ia | physical strength. In llke manner, when i he ‘A BC of religion, lectual freedom to dispute the Bible, but Wwe must remember that the power of Christ has conquered the world. The | Bible is the word of God, but suppose we !throw it away like this (throwing his ! Bible .onto the floor), we must yet ac- , knowledge that there is in the breast of | men of all nations a natural Instinct to | worship a higher being,” he said. i Comtort in Hell i “Some people think it would be all right {to go to hell If there is an ice box, elec- {tric fan and cold lemonade with a straw."” He urged his young hearers to think, to plan their lives wisely and to remem- ber that men are going to the devil in muititudes just beeause they will not | think. He ascribed most poverty to lack ! of thought in days when the income ex- | ceeded the expense of necessities. He 'told of disastrous fires resultiag from the thoughtlessness of eampers who neglected to extinguish thelr little camp® fires. He told of the discovery of steam, electricity and coal by men who thought, Omahaus Lack Interest, In his closing prayer he said: “Lord, 1 have met people who come w0 or X0 miles to attend these meetings and I know of people in Omaha who would not | 0 five blocks to attend a meeting." | "Ma” Sunday gave the closing prayer | While the trail-hitters stood. Mr. Sunday | ¥aved pennants bearing the names of | i the schols and colleges represented whiie he asked the young people to come for- ward and grasp his hand. Day to Act in . | Mr. Sunday mnnounced he received a letter from Rev. J. W, Welch, his ad- Vance man, now at Syracuse, N. Y., ar- ranging for the next campaign. He sald | the Rev. Mr, thusiastic meeting of 4,000 students of th Syracuse university, led by Chancellor Day, who will dedicate the Syracuse tabernacle “They bave a cottage with twenty- one rooms for us in Syracuse, so we will not have to stay at a hote added “Billy,” smiling. And the boys and girls laughed, too. On behalf of Miss Miller announcement | was made that on Tuesday at 12:3 p, m. the girls' Bible class of Central High school Will meet at the First Methodist church, the girls to bring their lunehes. After that service they wilf view the | Ak-Sar-Hen parade. The boys’ Bible cluss of Central High will meet Wednes- day at the First Methodist church, in )l',t-lfl of Tuesday, as previously an The bour will be 2:15 p. m. | nuunced, | MANY OF THEM GO FORWARD gave a exposition of heaven and For halt | | Brews- song was whistled, | vo | suffice in--a-singleyear to build, not |temned a_Sunday-denatured sermon, for | rted to preach he had to learn the “'Some think it {s evidence of intel-' Welch attended an en-| | | | | | [FRESH ASSURANCES | * GIVEN BY GERHARY New Message on Arabic Believed to| | Have Admitted Subsea Chief | in Error. | ARBITRATION QUESTION IS UP NEW YORK, Oct, 8.—Danger of an immedtate break bgtween the United States and Germany over the torpedoing of the Arabic, with the loss of two American lives, has been averted by the assurances contained in a note received personally here to- day by Secretary Lansing from Count von Bernsiorff, the German ambassa- | dor, Neither the secretary of state nor the German ambassador would make any statement. | The ambassador was with Secre- | tary Lansing only a few minutes, during which the latter did not ex- press any view on the note, assuring | Count von Bernstorff he would notify | him of the time for the next confer-| ence after he had studied the com- munication carefully. What Infekence I There was nothing to indicate that the | new German note met entirely the view- point of the United States, but inasmuch as the American government made ‘it clear to Count von Bernstorff informally, that disavowal that the sinking of the Arable was absolutely necessary before there could be any further negotiation or arbitration of the amount of indem- nity, the general inference was that the Berlin forelgn office had taken the view that the German submariné commander | i must have erred in assuming that the | Arable was Intentionally hostile When. 80Ing to the rescue of the British steamer Dunsiey. It was pointed out as significant in German quarters that when the German government sent its first note on the Arabic, offering to arbitrate the questior | of fact In the case, the evidence collected by the American government was not be- fore it. Hince that time the data care- fully obtained by the United States and held by the Washington government to be absolutely conclusive thst the Arabie Was not attempting to ram the German | submarine, has been placed before the | | Berlin foreign office. Qn fon of Arbitration. The prevalent view tonight was that | | Germany had admitted the error of its | | submarine commander, but wished to ’lrbllmle the extent to which Germany | was liable under the cireumstances for | & mistake. Whether this would be satis- | factory bas never been indicated by IW himgton officlals, though it has been |made plain that the principles Invotved would not be made the subject of dis- cuselon in an arbitral tribunal NDAY MORNING, ‘‘MA’’ SUNDAY also speaks with force and vigor in her efforts to supplement the work of distinguished husband. CONSUL AT MUNICH DENIES CHARGES Hopping on Him Because He Is Irish. HE DID NOT CRITICISE WILSON BERLIN, Oct. 3.—(Via London.) ~—A statement, in reply to recent critfelsm of his conduct, was ‘'made today by T. St. John Gaffney, Amer- ican consul general at Munich, who | has been requested by the State de- partment at Washington to resign. “I know of these accusations only OCTOBER | Repeated attempts 4, 1915, SING PETROGRAD SENDS SOFIA ULTIMATUN, I1 IS ANNOUNCED Czar's Minister Ordered to Leave Within Twenty-four Hours if Bulgaria Does Not Dismiss Teuton Officers, MORE FIGHTING IN THE WEST I Paris Reports Repulse of Four Ger- man Attempts to Retake Positions. BERLIN TELLS OF SUCCESS PETROGRAD (via London), Oct. 3.—The Russian minister has been ordered to leave Sofia unless within twenty-four hours the Bulgarian gov ernment openly hreaks with Austria and Germany and nemh! away the Austrian and German military offl- cers now in Bulgaria, according to the Semi-offfcial Newes Agency. BERLIN (via London), Oct. 3.~ by the British during the night to recapture terri- tory lost north of Loos failed, with very heavy losses, according to an official statement issued this after- noon, The loss to the French of a small section of trench east of Neau- ville in a night engagement is ad- mitted, PARIS, Oct. 3.—The repulse of four German attempts to retake lost trenches between Souchez and the woods of Givenchy, and of a similar attack to the north of Mesnil are re- ported in the official statement this afternoon, Rockefeller's Plan 0f Salvation Scorned By Chief of Miners TRINIDAD, Oct. 4—John R. Lawson, international board member of the United Mine Workers of America, confined in the county Jail here awaiting decision of the supreme dodrt on his application for a now trlil'ih a statement made to- night sald rélative to the Rockefeller Industrial plan “The plan s not practieal and will not HORGAN FIRH PUT IN CHARGE OF LOAN | Interest Payment on Anglo-French Bonds Will Be Paid Through Company. OBJECT TO CEN‘H;AL!ZE WORK NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—J. P. Mor- | gan & Co. have been placed in entire charge, subject to the wishes of the syndicate mansgers, of the flotation of the $500,000,000 credit loan to Great Britain and France in the United States. Announcement to this offect was made today. The Morgan firm was requested to act as agents, it was sald, at a meet- ing between the syndicate managers this city and the members of the Anglo-French commission which was held last night. The syndicate man- agers are in charge of the loan in the entire country, other local syndicates reporting to them, Ta Centrnlize Work. The Idea of appointing the Morgan firm fs agents, It was sald, was to centralize the work. Interest payments on the bonds will be disbursed through the f.rm Probably inicrest will ‘bé paid in other cities than New York Lord Readink and his asseciates on the Angla-French commission have virtually comploted thelr miesion here and expect to depart for Europe within the next few days. They have yet to slgn the con- tract for the loan and this probably will be done early next week. Lord Reading will slgn for Great Britain. He has full authority to do #0' without further en- abling act of Parllament, It in said. One or both of the French commissioners will slgn the documents on behalf of France. Looking to Future. With the \‘lml Assurance that every | dollar of the Wig loan will be subscribed, Wall street began today to speculite as {to the length of time that would elapse | before another credit will have to be | estabiished. Some authorities placed this At nine months, rome at six. meantime It {s probab'e that some other | method will be devised to ald in stabiliz- |Ing exchange. The flotation of a con | siderable sum of short notes has been mentioned. Subscriptions to the loan were said to- lday to be exceeding the expectations ot | the syndicate managers. The ex amount spoken for thus far is known to the syndicate, but was not disclosed to- day. It was generally helleved, however, that the loan had not been over-mub- #cribed and that, while the entire amount | would be taken within a short time, it | had net all been apoken for as yet, ALLIES In the | ——— e THE WEATHER. Cloudy CENTS. LE COoPry Two CANNON . SHELL"FOE WITH ' CONTINUOUS FIRE | Armies of Confederates Bombard | German Positions All Along | Line Fiercely Without Res NEW LUNGE R:PORTED COMING Another Terrific Blow Soon to Be Delivered Against Defenses | of Invaders, | BRITISH ANNOUNCE SUCCESSES i | LONDON, Oct. 3.—Reports from the western theater of war indicate that a fierce cannonade is being maintained all along the line by the armies of the entente allles. The latest French officlal report records no additional progress, but a |statement from Fileld Marshal Sir |John French, commander-in-chief of the British forces in the fleld, says [that on Friday night the British de- {livered counter attacks southwest of | Fosse, France, and recaptured two | trenches which the Germans previ- ously had recovered in a counter at- |tack, A squadron of sixty-five French weroplanes bombarded the railroad station at’ Vouslers and an aviation | ground in the vicinity. Compared with the allies’ capture of {nearly 30,000 prisoners, 140 guns and fn- numerable machine guns, is the German {claim to have taken 15,000 men and sixty- |one machine guns. Next Attempt Question. The question is being asked as to where {the next attempt will be made to plerce the German line. That one will be mado nobody here doubts, gnd the expectation I8 that it will not be long delayed. Ryssla has been relleved, to some ex- tent, by the withd al of German troops to meet the offensive fn the west jand to supply a contingent for the enter- | prise against Serbla, Russia appears to | be holding its own along virtually all its fronts, At any rate, the Germans make no claim to advances except by General von Linsingen, and he is moving forward very alowly, It may be that the Ger- mana are making preparations for some new stroke, having falled to capture Dvinsk by & direct attack and hayeme: vy prove the factor to promote industrial SUpport of this theory was found in the |been counterea in their effort to { peace in Colorado because it does not contain tho essentials of collectiye bar- &nlnlog, Y paternalism for demooracy, or philun- trophy for justice. | seeking charity, they want fustice. Thay + are only ing the same rights that the officials of the Colorado Fuel and Iron but rather aftempts. umuq.,&:"’ announcement today that some of the largest banking instituti in the weore atill taking 41} comers with vem into the nTM'(flnni‘b’fi thé untlor- | writers' basis, h provides for & cash *“The conl miners of Colorado are not PAYmeNnt at the rate of 9 and & rebate |the Invaders, luter of 1%, | Small Fey Included, Even the subseribers for $100 bonds were Minsk. Runs on Offensive, T OMTENERE RE Geveral other polnts. o Ruxsians Nave How TAREN the Mita- tive and are delivering heavy blows at many of which, according to the German accounts, have been re- pulsed. p It is sald Germany has undertaken an through the newspapers,” said Mr. company clalm for themselves, the right INoluded, it was said, and would be until | offensive againat Serbla independently of Gaffney. “Neither by the American ambassddor 'at Berlin nor by the Gaffney Says British Papers Are Washington government has the question ever been raised, “‘My relations with the local Amer- ican colony and with approximately | 100 British subjects who are still] here, aré éxcellent. When, where and | how I am supposed to have carried on anti-British propaganda Is Inex- plicible to me. { Contention La v “The cantention that 1, with or wlth-! out the assistance of my position, smuk- | Bled German or Austrian letters or docu- lents 18 s.mply laugnable. I do not con- sider it commensurate with the dignity | of my office to go into the matter. 1e Equally untrue is the clalin that 1 have criticised the policles of President Wilson." Respecting statements published in the | United Btates that he had entertained Sir Roger Casement, who has been In ‘Germany for several ‘months devoting | himself to the cause of Irish freedom, | Mr. Gaffney raid: | ““The story of the celebration I am sup- ' posed to have held in honor of Bir Roger Casement {s a maliclous prevarication of facts, A few weeks ago George B, Mo- Clalland, former mayor of New York was in Munich. A dinner was given in | his honor, which was attended by several ambassadors and dignitaries. Sir Roger was then in Munich and was invited at the express wish of Mr. McClellan. i Beenunse He In Irishman, ““The efforts of the British press to in- | volve me are due entirely to the fact that I am an Irishman,” Mr. Gaffney con-' tinued. “This fact is enough to convict me of having little enthusiasm for British | ™ politics." Mr. Gaffney also commented on agser- | tions that American citizens with whom he had come In contact at the Munich ! consulate had been ill treated ! “An additional complaint against me," he sald in this conmection, “consists in | the fact that I, as consul general at Munich, should have denied absolutely a | few weeks ago reports from London con- ! Count von Bernstorff, at his hotel, ap- | peared very much pleased with the con- |tents of the new note, which probably | | will be published in a day or twe. He | announced that he expected to return to Washington with his embassy staff at ! |the end of the present month. | Although it had been reported that Sec- | retary Lansing would discuss with the German ambassador the case of Cap- {tain von Papen, the German military | attache, it was learned authoritatively {that the subject was not mentioned. Secretary Lansing has not | opportunity to examine carrled by James F. | which were letters from | Papen yet had an the documents J. Archibald, Captain in | von | \ | L STAPLETON, Neb., Oct. 3.—(Speeial.)— | The fourth annual Logan county fair, | | which was held September 38-29-%, ended and con denc. with & very laree and excellent display of exhibits. An excellent program was held each day at the new falr grounds. Over 290 people attended the three | dava. | i cerning statements sald to have been | made by American citizens who had been in Munich, which had been printed in | Amerfcan newspapers, and that I should have sald that these stories were pure foolishney 1 felt it my duty to make wich a deninl, becaise the Ameriean | vewspapers indicated plainly that anxiety | was feit for American men and women in Munich. My report showed up the Brit-| Ish reports as falsehoods, which they ! Were—deliberate falsehoods snd inven- | tons. Helpless Agninst luirigue. regret extremely, for the sake of | Americans in Munich as well as British under my protection, that unrest is fo mented systematically. I am, however sbsolutely powerless against this un scatemanly lntrizie. It gives me pleas ure te say that as u resuvlt of this attack I have wen a great d of sympathy Thus far the maneuvers | of mewspapers, with the intention of stirring up toub e between the Americ an colony, my British wards and mysclf, | can be sald 0 La.e biea waoly de feated.” I ' Louts. [was spent In Cinginnat at St to join the ofganization of thelr choles, which is provided for by statute in Colorado. They demand the privilege the underwriting lists are closed. The de- #lre of the syndicate, it w sald, is to make the loan as popular .‘gm.m», and Austria and a Bucharest report says the Germans have attempted, without suc- cess, to croks the Danube near Semendria. i t the main Serblan of selling their labor through the medium to this end it was probable that small | It Is at this point tha e maAl of collective bargaining. “They desire an organisation on each side equal in strength with a sense of equity to govern a contract that s bind- ing on both sides.” Referring to that part of the plan, which says that the company will pay the expenses of miners' representatives to the conference and reimburse them for time lost, Mr., Lawson sald: “It will be A hopeless task indeed It safe repre- sentatives cannot be found under this benevolent plan. No Intelligent person s golng to be decelved by this sub- terfuge.” Father Harrington Dies from Effects 0f Summer Cold Rev. Willlam J. Harrington, 8. J., & Jesuit priest, since September, 1914, a member of the faculty of Crelghton col- lege, died at 7:156 o'clock last evening. Last summer he caught a severe oold, which resulted in lung trouble, from the effocts of which he died Father Harrington was born in St He took his preparatory and col- lege courses at St Louls university, and entered the Soclety of Jesus at the age of 17 He was ordalned at Woodstock Maryland, in 189, by Cardinal Most of his lite as a Jesuit Francls Xavier's college.” For ten years he di- rected the studies of this historic ool lege. Futher Harrington was an able man and a thorough teacher. Last year he head of the department of English at Creighton college. He taught oratory and dramatic literature with an enthus lasm and a thoroughness which made his pupils his sdmirers and his debtors. Father Harrington's funera) will be held Tuesday morning at 8t. John's chureh at £:30 o'elock, Robber Holds Up Two Young Couples Here's a highwayman who makes a wpecinlty of stopping interested young | couples. Last night he stopped two couples, close to the midnight hour, and robbed both Clarence Andrews, Tekamah, who w taking Miss Estelle Schnoor, 815 North Thirtieth street, home, close to midnight, were held up at Thirtieth and Cuming streets The robher compelled the couple, at pistol point, to accompany him to a vacant house on Indlana avenue, where he demanded the couple entertain him by spooning. A few minutes afterwards, Miss Beat. rice Howard, 924 North Thirty-sixth, told the police that with her escort, she was stopped A few @oors away from her home, and robbed of $3. Her eseort, John Helsser, 303 North Fourteenth, ) Mis. Davideon, 4247 Corby, was robbed es she was entering her home by & man Wiu torced her at the polnt of & gun tp open ber pocketbook. She lost 15 cents. subscribers’ first, It also beeame known todav that some of the largest underwriters had Klven maximum and minimum ameants for Which they wished their names entered, This would provide considerable latitude In alloting bonds to the small investors. No figure whatever has been set at the mark,at which it is desired to stablize exchan and there Is reason to belleve that the commission and the syndicate will both be satisfied If the rate on ster- ling does not fall below its presant leve! which ranged today from $4.72 to W78, This I8 14 to 16 cents under normal. The West's Share. CHICAGO, Oct. 8.—Telegrams were re- celved from J, P. Morgan & Co. today by the local managers of the Anglo-French |loan syndicate, directing that no further subscriptions be accepted, except subject to confirmation by the syndicate heads in New York, ; Chicago and the middie west will take not less than $50,000,000 of the bonds, ocording to reports from local banks and bond houses, A meeting of the big In-, vestment houses of the city was held to- day for the organization of the local sy dicate and reports of the extent of sub- scriptions in this territory were made. One Chicago capitalist, it was reported had placed un order for $1,000,00 of the bonds and, it was sald, made subscris- tions for §260,000 which had been recelved, ‘Packers Ask Polk to | Protest to England WASHINGTON, Oct, 3.—Representa- tives of Chicago meat packers todny formally requested Ac®ng Secretary Polk wishes would be considered of the State Department to make rep resentation to Great Britain regarding disposition of twenty-nine selzed ships rrylng $1460000 worth of American cargoes. The representatives said their efforts wore designed (o prevent the ®lcages from reaching the British prize |court, where recently the cargoes of four jother ships, valued at 31500000 were forfeited on the ground that while con- slgned s the Scandinavian countries they iwere really for the German military forces. | Mr. Polk did not indicate what action, ‘I! any, \he State department would take, | Mexicans Fight with | American Cavalry BROWNSVILI Tex,, Oct. 5—The " nited States cavalry patrol and a half fdozen Mexicans had a running fizht near tLa Feria, about thirty miles up the Rio [Cirande. The Mexicans tricd to ambush ‘the Americans, but falled. There were no known easualties. JITNEYS ARE COMMON CARRIERS IN CALIFORNIA BAN FRANCISCO, road commission of ruled that it comon carriers. Oct, %—The California » and sutomobiles are Al today | rallway most the frontier, While many writers discredit the state- ments that the Germans are sending a large force against Serbia, others belleve it 1s doing so to Influence Bulgaria, which almost everybody here is now satiafied has decided to join the central powers and s awaiting an oppertune moment to throw the welght of its army in the scale against the allies. Alltes WIIl Take Hand, The moment it does o the allled forces, which have been promised the support of Serbia, and which the Paris papers are confident I8 already in or on the way to Macedonia, will take a hand, in co- operation, it is hoped In the allied coun- tries, with Greece, which ls already mobilizing, and Roumania, which, it is reported, has again been threatened by Austria-Hungary with reprisals unless it permits the passage through ita territory of munitions for Turkey. Interest, strategically, in the Balkans will be concerned mostly with the rafl- way by which Serbla can be supplied with men and munitions, This runs from Saloniki to Uskup, parallel with and west of the Vardar river, and thence to Mitro- vitza. About sixty miles from Saloniki |it passes within & few miles of the Bul- | Barlan border near Strumitza, the scens of the rald by Bulgarian irregulars a few | months ago. Murder Committed in Front of W. J. Bryan After Peace Speech ! ‘ HILLEBORO, Tex. -Oct. 3.—Reopening old famlly feud, Mrs, Joseph Kirk- | ick today shot and killed Dr, A, C, Eaylor in front of the Hill County fait | Erandstand, where several thousand per- L had gatbered to hear a peace lec: ture by Willlam J. Bryan. Dr. SBaylor, who was one of the mos! prominent physiclans of central Texas | was out on bond for the killing of Mrs. | Kirkpatrick's husband last January, | My, Bryan had just concluded his lec- | ture and was passing through the crowd { shaking hands when Mrs. Kirkpatrick | approached an automabile in which Say. lor was seated and opened fire at close range with a small pistol. | The weapon emptied, she began shoot: ing with a second pistol and then sur. (rendered to Sheriff Long. The body ol Dr. Saylor showed ten oullet wounds | Mrs. Kirkpatriek is 6 years of age. |LINCOLN GREEKS ARE ‘ ORDERED TO OMAHA (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Oct 3%.—/Special)—From 15 | to 20 Groeks of Lincoln and Haveloch | were ordered to Omaha immediately tc Joln with Nebruska Greeks recalled to | the colors. The men are between 21 an) 43 years in age. Word was sent to Akexander | akedes, of the Lincoin candy kitchen to asseinble the men at once. They are tc report to the Greek representative i Omiha and hav had their expenses gaar | sntecd 1o return o the old counteys nearly approaches

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