Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 20, 1915, Page 1

The sure way to satisfy your wants is through <se of the want ad pages of The Bee. Try a Bee want ad. VOL. XLV-—NO. 106, OMATLA, POLICE GREDIT ANOTHER HOLDUP T0 THE APE MAN Man Answering Description of the Smith Murderer Holds Up Clar- ence Anderson and Miss Stella Schoor. GIRL MANAGES T0O MAKE ESCAPE BSeventeen Suspects Arrested and | Arranged Before Miss Slater and Ed Malone. TWO RESEMBLE THE MURDERER Clarence Anderson, 608 South Beventeenth street, and Miss Stella | Bchoor, 815 North Thirtieth street, ‘were held up in front of the latter's home by a man answering the de- scription of the Smith murderer. The same build, wearing apparel and the same manner were displayed by this holdup, who robbed Anderson of $2;, and then at the point of a re-| volver compelled Miss Schoor and her escort to walk up the boulevard, front of him, until Indiana avenue was reached. Here he forced them to enter grounds surrounding a va- cant house, and commanded Ander- son to commit unmentionable inde- cencies. struck Weapon., The robber then grasped Miss Schoor by the arm and dragged her into a mearby vacant lot and atempted to at- tack her. She fought with him and in the struggle managed to kick him In such @ manner that he abandoned his attack. At this time pedestrians passed the | house and the holdup made his escape Ao the darkness. Operated Here Two Weeks. Although this robbery and attack oc- turred on October 2, the police are con- vinced that it was perpetrateq by the same man that shot Smith and threat- ened to assault Miss Grace Slater. Fur- thermore Captains Majoney and Dempsey over the head with the | ln‘ The latter refused and was | FOR W. . SMITH Large Attendance and Many Floral Tributes Mark Last Rites for Murdered Man. FRATERNAL SOCIETIES ASSIST The funeral of W. H. Smith, Wood- men of the World cashier who was i shot Saturday night by a highway- man, was held at the home, 318 Fuller avenue, Council Bluffs, yes- terday. The house and the lawn were too small to accommodate the hundreds of persons who came to | attend the services. The floral | tributes were of the most lavish character. Many of them came from | Omaha. The services began at 2:3 o'clock and | continued for nearly an hour. Excelsior lodge, the, Bluffs Masonic organization | where Mr. Smith had risen to the high- | est honors within the gift of its members, | marched to the house in a body, escorted | the hearse to the cemetery and conducted the Masonic rites at the grave. The lo- cal camp of the Woodmen of the World also attended as an organization. The | services at the house were placed under | their charge. Palm Grove, Woodmen eircle, convened | Its members at the home of Mrs. Newton, | & neighbor on Fuller avenue, and marched to the house. Other organizations, in- cluding Modern Woodmen and Eagles, | also attended in large numbers. Many of | the prominent Woodmen in Omaha, in- cluding the officers and employes of the home office, were present. They united in giving beautiful floral tributes. Tells of Dead Man's Fine Character. Dr. A. G. A. Buxton, rector at St. Paul's church, conducted the religlous services at the house. Mr. Smith was an Eng- lishman and a fellow countryman of Dr. { Buxton. He told of the splendid charac- | ter of the dead man, of his happy home {life and the universal affection felt for him by all who came Into contact with briefly to the tragic death. The pallbearers were all Masons, but i nearly all of them were also representa- | tives of the Wooimen of th: World as | members of the organization. They wete: | Former Mayor Dell G. Morgan, Harry H. ‘urlmm Leonard H. Ogden, W, F. his pleasing personality. He alluded but |- are of the opinion that the fellow has | Thorne, Earl Stiles and Wililam Johnson. been operating off and on in the ci!yl The services at the grave in Fairview smince the middle of August. From that 'ceml!lry ‘were witnessed by a)l who went period of the year up to the present time a string of holdups by a lone highway- man, whose description tallies with the wought-for murderer as well as incidents | of the holdups, tend to convince that such ls the case. “I think It more than | likely that the same man is responsible for all of them, I have questioned the wvictims closely and in tho statements of each event certain remarks has led m £ P4 g p . Dempsey was of the same opinion. Besides the Smith affair, the Ander- son-Schoor robbery and the Willlam T, Hause holdup—in which was Interrupted at the Hause residence, 8326 Pine street, the guests robbed—are & number of others, all perpetrated dur- ing the month of October, Frightened by Auto Light. On the night eof October 13, Hnrlcy Leighty, 1900 Binney street, in the com- pany of a young lady, whose name he refused to tell the police, at Thirtleth and Wirt streets by a lone bandit, who took his watch, and had started toward the young woman when he light of an approaching auto threw its rays on the trio, and ho turned and made his getaway. His description the same as the Smith bandit. The same night Willlam Brener, 2118 Cass street, and Marie Holland, 411 North Twenty-fifth, were forced to deliver their valuables by a highwayman, who took $ from Mr. Brener and several rings from Miss Holland. The description of this man 15 the same as that given by the others. October 14, Miss Nellle Nanna, 3236 Miami street, was robbed at Thirty-third and Lake street, by a highwayman, who took a valuable diamond ring, and used exceedingly vile and profane language during the operation. Robbed of Diamon: ‘aptan | a cary party was robbed | to the home and by many others who had gone directly to the cemetery. ' Victims of Wreck | Are Buried with Fraternal Honor Telegram.)—Tecumseh was in mourning today. The opsequies of A. O. Shaw and Theodore Smith, who lost their lives in the Randolph, Kan., wreck “were held this afternoon. ¢ All places of business were closed dur- ing the entire afternoon. Both funerals were held at the family homes and from point of attendance they were the largest | ever held in the city, People came from afar to attend. | The funeral of A. O. Shaw was held | at 1:9 o'clock, and Rev. E. M. Furman of Kearney, formerly of Tecumseh, had charge. The funeral of Theodore Smith was held at 3:3 o'clock, and was conducted by Rev. C. C. Wilson of the Methodist | Episcopal church, and Rey. Mr. Furman made brief remarks, | Both burials were in charge of the local llodge of Odd Fellows and there were { members of the order from nearby towns {in line. The floral offerings were beau- |titul and numerous. Interment was in the Tecumseh cemetery. | Fourteen Killed by (Giant Powder Blast In Mine in Montana ' BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 19.—Fourteen men PHOUMBEM; < Neb.; - Oet. numl October 5 Willlam Bro of the Neville | were killed at the Granite Mountain mine hotel was robbed at Twenty-second andiof the North Butte Mining company at | Emmet streets of $300 worth of diamonds by a fellow of the reported type. John Husser, 2600 North Fourteenth street and Beatrice Howard, 94 North {Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) . The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m, Wednesday For Omaha, Council Blufts and Viclnity ;~Cloudy; colder. Yemperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. begi o '3 . m, sl Bexaue TEIREEERR > P M., Comparative Loecal Kecord. 1915. 1914. 1918 1912 " 6 43 (Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Mean temperature Precipitation Deticiency since March 1 ..|..| 1 Deficiency for cor. period, 1914. 2.06 inc Deficiency for cor. period, 1913. 6.22 inches Reports trom Swstions at 7 P, M, Station and State Telnn High- R?l - of Weather, Tp. m. es tl ® have been recovered. Eight other men, all working at the surface, were seriously injured; one of them, Ed Bray, a shift boss, ptobably will die. Among those killed are: JAMES A. BLOW, aged 23, assistant loremm mlrrled 24, nipper, single. GEOR 1 LARKlN . nipper. JOHN M'CAULEY, 62, married, rope- J;)HN WINSTON, 38, shift boss, mar- LACEY GRISHAM, 39, shift bos: mar- nERNEET WATSON, 28, single, shift " HARD GENDLE, 3, electrician, led m::r‘l)' CARLSON, 34, top carman, married. {Moving Pictures 0f Criminals Now CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-Moving picture likeneases of criminals sitting, standing and walking, are planned by Chef Healy of the Chicago police force. By exhibf- ing the films at all stations, the pol ce @{ are expected to gain a knowledge of the appearances of malefactors that they could get In no other way, Chief Healey sald. The 1dea Is said to have originated with P. D. O'Brien, head of the detective buresu. Several negatives already have been taken, but are not ready for exhibi- tion. CARLOAD RATES ON COAL FURTHER SUSPENDED (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—(Special Tel- egram.)—The Interstate Commerce com- WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER AND THIS IS FASHION!—The young woman is wearing ||| leggings of corduroy; also fur everywhere, ankles, wrists SEVEN IN FIELD Many 0dd l‘ellow- Would Be Grand ‘Warden, Who Sucoceeds to Dep- uty Grand Master. MANY IMPORTANT SESSIONS| Beven candidates are in the field for the office of grand warden of the‘ grand lodge of Odd Fellows, now in session in Omaha. The fight always centers on the office of grand war- den, since from this office a man au- tomatically by precedent succeeds to the office of deputy grand master, and the following year to grand master. The candidates already In the field are Dr. E. Arthur Carr, Lincoln; Dr. Des Jardines, Lincoln; Dan Gerber, Red Cloud; C. A. Johnson, Fremont; | Ii. A, Brainerd, Hebron; G. F. Mead, | Bllver Creek, and E. A. Miller, Kear- ney. A A regular session of the grand en- campment was held this morning at 0dd Fellows' hall, and s again this| afternoon. Grand Encampment Officers. The election of ofticers in the grand en- {130 o'clock today by an explosion of G0 |SmPment Tuesday resulted as followa: wder. Eleven | {pounds of glant powder. Dodin | iorke X, Turkington, L. E. Coy, Paxton, grand patriarch; | Omaha, grand senior warden; E. J. Farr, Blair grand high priest; A. P. Hansenn, Omaha, grand | Junior warden; I, P. Gage, Fremont; (Continued on Page Seven, Three.) Six Killed When Rock Island Trains Collide Head-On! OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Oct. 19.—Six persons are dead, two fataily injured and | elgh others more or less injured as the result of a headon collision between Rock Island southbound passenger train No. n] and a northbound freight train, which | occurred at 2 o'clock this morning at the Agawam curve, twelve miles south of Chickasha. Col. \Officer Toolen Shot by Auto Thief| | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 19.—Police | Sergeant Toolen was shot dead here | | early today in a roundup of auto thieves. The whole available police scattered to the hills beyond the city, secking Harry Duncan, at whose home Toolen was shot. Toolen arrested three men last night and the police say they made a con- fession, implicating Duncan | mission further suspended from Oectober | LONDON, Oct. General Pickler Commits Suicide 19.—General Pickler of | iof these. and about her neck and on her coat collar. CARRANZA GIVEN FOR HEAD.ORFICE).. FULL RECOGNITION, Governmantl of Pln American Con- ference Carry Out Their Plans Relative to Mexico. LETTERS ALL SIMILAR IN TONE WASHINGTON, Oct. 19,—Formal recognition by the United States of the de facto government of Mexico, | with General Venustano Carranza as! chief executive, was accomplished at noon today by the delivery to Oon-~ eral Carranza’s representative, Hliseo | Arredondo, at the Mexican embassy of a letter from Secretary Lansing. Recognition letters from the Pan- American conferees, similar in tone, also were received by Mr, Arredondo, The communication from , Secretary Larsing was sert by messcnger and later Mr. Arrendondo was Invited to the Btate department by the secretary for a general | conference on Mexican affairs, Tomorrow Mr, Arrendondo will start for Baltillo, Mex., to meet General Carranza | and present to him the letters and notes of recognition from the several govern- ments of Central and South Am-flu.[ which arrived during the day, in accord- ance with the decision of the Pan-Amer- ican conference yesterday. Others Are Expecte Recognition by other nations than those represented in the Pan-American confer- | |ence is expected to follow soon. Great Britain probably will be one of the first | Although no final decision has been reached as to the appointment of an American ambassador to Mexico City, the most liely choice is Henry P, Fletcher, at present ambassador to Chile. He has had long experience in Latin. | publican in politics he was promoted from | minister 10 ambassador by President | Wilsan Secretary Lansing's letter says in sub- stance that the secretary takes pleasure in informing Mr. Arredondo that the gov- ernment of the United States recognizes the de facto government of Mexico, of which General Carranza 1is the chief| exccutive; that the United States is pre- pared to receive a diplomatic representa- | tive of the de facto Kovernment as soon as it is possible to send one to Washing-| ton and asks that Mr. Arredondo com- municate this information to General Carranza. Embargoe on Munitions. | The question of an embargo on war| munitions shipments into Mexico 1y under| congideration, The probable proceedure, | (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) Omaha's welcome to Nebraska Odd 20, | tlaughter, | American countries and although a re- ; 8a.8n gffert fo'\aave human life and itmb, | the prevention of accidents in the indus- 1915—-TWELVE PAGES, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE OFFERINGS FOR SUNDAY TAKEN IN TABERNACLE Collections for Payment of “Billy” | Have Already Begun Instead of | Waiting Until the Last Dly4 | SPEER EXPLAINS CI{ANGED PLAN | | - Says Many Mnght Not Be Reached if Opportunity Deferred Till Next Sunday. |SAYS CAN'T REPAY EVANGELIST ‘““Vengeance is mine; I will repay, | saith the Lord” “Billy” Sunday quoted in the course of his sermon | yesterday afternoon and then he| added grimly Lord get busy “Just you wateh the on some of the old liars in Omaha that have been { maligning me. Just mark gown their names and watch them drop out.” The offerings for “Billy"” were started yesterday instead of being| confined to the services next Sunday. | Envelopes were distributed through- | out the audience and many checks | and pledges placed in these envelopes | will go to “Billy.” “This is done because many are here today who will not he able to be here next Sunday," Rev. Hugh B. Speer sald in a speech explaining the plan for get- ting together the evangelist's compens: tion. “We can't repay Mr. Sunday in mere dollars and cents for the wonder- ful regeneration he has brought to Omaha and this money will be not so much an offering to Mr, Sunday as a thank offer- ing to God that we have been privileged to have him here.” “Billy" preached on the promises of God to his peoplo and how they take away the sting of all troubles if people will but mccept them. The sermon bristied with a score of verses containing | definito promises to all who will balleve| and accept and rest upon them. | It was an optimistic sermon and not without its humorous touches that set| the audience in ripples and gales of “Read your Bibles,” he said, “and see| the promises. Some of you never open| them except to fill in the famBy record with births or deaths. You lose your ‘specs’ and can't find them and there they are, six months later, in the Bible," Fright Wite with Kiss, Again, he spoke of cheerfulness, ‘‘Go home,!’' ha: sald,.."and speak kindly .to your wife. Kiss her; never mind If it does frighten her at first. Why, If some of you old devils would go a day without cussing your wife she'd think you were stck.” ‘Worry, he characterized not only foolish and life-sapping, but “as big a sin as stealing chickens." “Worry! Great Cacsar's ghost!” he ex- claimed. “What a dreadful thing! You worry about everything, like the old woman who said, ‘I feel bad when I feel good because I know I'll feel bad again,' Some people worry because they think the Germans are going to lick us. They haven't got enough people over there| altogether, including the Japs, to lick this | bunch, Calamity howlers! Rely on the promises of God. Don't worry in time of trouble. Don't throw away your ticket ' when the train goes into a tunnel. It'll come out again all right. Bome people &0 'round with a face so long they could eat oatmeal out of a gas pipe.” Responaive Reading Useless, Faith, reliance on the promises and | having the Spirit of God, he sald, are requisites. Singing and going through responsive reading are of no avail, he declared. “Responsive reading!" 'hey just drone through it. does it do them?" The audience was large for an after- noon service, numbering about 4500, A he exclaimed. What good collee r the International Evangol- tatic tion of which Mr, SBunday Is an offi was taken. Safety First is the Slogan Sounded PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19.—8afety first, not as a matter of dollars and cents, but is the keynote of the fourth annual safety congress of the Natlonal Safety council, which opened here today. This council is & representative organ- ization in the United States working for tries, on the rallroads and in public places generally. The session will close Thurs- day night. The Day’s War News POWERS have informed udly note that they large reinforce- ENTENTE Greece in intend sendin ments to the Balkan fromt, it is stated in Athens advices. ITALY HAS BEEN added to the list of powers that nave declared wi Bulga: | by Rassia is gard to SALONIKI-NISH LINE is » open, Paris s Informed from Athens, ‘HICI.ANI AGAIN have been attack- ing the French lines northeast of Souches, the Paris war ports. POSSIBILITY of further changes in the British cabinet, folloewing the reslgnation of Sir Edward Carson, THE WEATHER Cloudy SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. " MISS LUCILLE COVING- TON, who is suing Dr. John Wesley Hill, noted preacher and president of the Peace Forum, for- $100,000 for breach of Fromise She says she will ntroduce letters from Dr. Hill as evidence, = ——— EARLY COUNT GIVES ITEUTON ARMIES MOVING SOUTH ~ FROM BELGRADE Gain Fifteen Miles, but Outcome of | the Fighting Continues to Re- ! main a Mystery to the t Outside World. BULGARIANS REACK RAILROAD Claim is Made that Serbians Have Driven Back the Invaders, Re- gaining Lost Territory. FRENCH ARE IN STRUMNITZA BULLETIN, PARIS, Oect. 19.—An Itallan squadron has left for the near east under sealed orders, participate in the blockade of the Bulgarian coast, according to a Brindisi dispatch received here this evening, but which has been delayed in transmission. { LONDON, Oct, 19.—Italy has de clared war against Bulgaria, but the question whether it will send troops to join the British and French forces in Serbla remains as obscure as the results of the fighting raging on Ser- bia’s eastern frontier. The Austro-German armies which occupled Belgrade appear to have advanced more than fifteen miles south of the city, but the outeome of the fighting between Bulgarians and Serbians along the important Salon- iki-Nish railway cannot be summed up so easily. At two points, the northernmost of which is Vranya, the Bulgarians as- sert they have reached this railroad, while to the south the Serblans are reported to have driven back the in- vaders, Both Athens and Parls maintain that French troops have occupled Strumnitza, In southwestern Bulgaria, but there aro supposedly to = avallable no officlal reports relating to the struggle in this quarter, and none JERSEY ANTIS LEAD Unofficial Returns 8o Far Received Show Equal Suffrage is Lost. COUNT PROCEEDING SLOWLY “IERSEY CITY, N. J. Oct. Unoftictal returns from eighteen Ml- tricts in Jersey City, Elizabeth and Plaintield give 1,020 votes for and 1,719 against adopfion of the woman suffrage amendment, % Complete unofficial returns from three districts in Trenton and par- tlal returns for seven others at 9 o'clock tonight give 633 votes for and 1,128 against the amendment. Wilson Given Noisy Welcome on Visit To Jersey to Vote WASHINGTON, Oct, 19.~President Wil- son returned to Washington tonight from Princeton after casting the first ballot ever given by a chief executive of the \ United Btates in favor of woman suf-| frage. The president's brief visit to his legnl residence was marked by a more enthusi- astic welcome from the Princeton dents than ever before had been glven him on any of his numerous trips there #ince he entered the White House. The young men gave nolsy evidences of thcir approval of his stand on the suffrage is expected until the fighting reaches a more conclusive stage. Removal of General Sir Tan Hamilton from command of the Dardandlles foree ‘was received in England with mixed feel- ings, coming on the heels of rumors of & posaible withdrawal from Gallipoll pe- ninsula. In the best ‘Informed clrcles, however, the appointment as commander- in-chief of Major General Charles Munroe winterprated as an indication that - ounwcn will be prosecuted with renowed energy, as the country has mreat mfi- dence in the new leader's ability. ROME, Oct. 19.—Italy. hag declared war on Bulgaria, mccording to an anounce- ment by the Btefan! News agency. The Havas oorrupondenl at Rome tele- “The Itallan .ov-rnm-m by order of the king, declared that a state of war existed between Bulguria by reason of Bulgaria's having opened hostillities against Serbla, thus allying itself with | the enemies of Italy and combatting its allies.” Austro-German Advance. LONDON, Oct. 19.~Italy has declared war against Bulgaria, but the question whether it will send troops to join the ‘British and French forces in Serbla re- | mains as obscure as the results of the | flghting raging on Serbla's eastern from- ther, | The Austro-German armies which occu- pled Belgrade appear to have advanced mote than fifteen miles south of the city, | but the outcome of the fighting between | Bulgarians and Serblans along the im- | portant Balonlki-Nish rallway cannot be summed up so easily, At two points, the northernmost of which is Vranya, the Bulgarians sssert | they have reached this railroad, while to Pt Mokt st sl s Bt et e 'mcnu"um on Tage Two, Commn Twa,) the question. Cheering, singing, whistling and maseh- | o - ing in close formation the greeted ths for- mer head of their unlversity uproaclously and hundreds of them femained neaxr hun from the time he arrived until his dep: | ture, Women suffragists were not much in | evidence during the president's visit, and only two approached him to thank him for voting for their cause. There wero mo women watchers at the polling place and no women in the wicinity soliciting votes, The president put'in a hard day's work golng to and coming from Princeton. He spent several hours on the train with his stenographer dictating answers to letters He also worked on the note to Great Brit- ain regarding interference with American trade, which was sent him from the State department some time ago. ZeppeTin Strikes Chimney and All the Crew Killed LONDON, Oet. 19.—4:% p. m.—A Laondon firm of glass manufacturers, which has a plant at Maubeuge, ¥rance, received the following cable message today: “The chimney of our Maubeuge works has been destroyed by .a Zeppelin dash- ing into it. All the occupants of the Zeppelin were killod.” Two German Boats Sunk by Submarine STOCKHO! Sweden, Oct. 19.—~The German steamers, Pernambuco, 4,788 tons, and the Soederhamn, 1,48 tons, were tor- pedoed iast night by a British submarine THE WAN!' T-AD.WAY | No man ever made NIRRT There ave & gweat -‘n.l'{ doals xR 'lwlutb‘ N lll. to start fll‘. n. fiL Then t.’l '-h. 5 about wu :2 28 untfl April 28 the operation of certain |the Austro-Hungarian army committed Fellows h.°14“': their 'I‘lnd the attorney general, a meed | off Oxeloesund, along the Baltic coast of ! 0 | acheduled increases on rates om cosl in | suicide today by shooting, according to | | lodge sessions here. Omaha || ... .ight, 1o being discussed fu|Sweden. Shon B s M g“,, %|carioads from certain mines in Wyoming |a dispatch from Vienna by way of Ams- (| has always been strong for Great Britain, The Pernambuco sank, but the Soeder- readily ,. hamn was kept afroat by its cargo of [ help you may need wood. Both vessels were bound for Ger- many. The Pernambuco carried a cargo of fron ore. | | | most cordial ' { | ERTERISL2 2R ‘®lana Colorado to interstate polnts on the | terdam by Reuter's Telegraph company. 46| Union Facitic railroad, the operation of |The officer feared, the dispatch adds ] which is suspended from June 3 until [that an operation which he was about Jfi‘fii’mnwu October 3, 1915, to undergo, would not bring him reliet, fraternal organizations and for this one in particular. PREMIER ASQUITH is 111, an offi. eial bulictin in London unuounced today. Telephone Tyler 1000 ana A “PUT IT IN THE OMAHA BER,