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

e WHEN AWAY FROM HOME The Bee is The Paper you ask for; if you plan to de absent more than & few days, have The Bes malled to you. VOL. XLV-NO. 110. MONDAY MORNING, TO'BILLY’ SUNDAY EXCEED $20,000 Fund for Payment of Evangelist More Than Eighteen Thou. sand Before Night Meeting. FOUR SERVICES ON LAST DAY Crowds Besiege Tabernacle from Eight 0'clock in Morning Till Nine at Night. EVANGELIST LEAVES THE CITY FORTY.SECOND DAY. Trail. Attend- Colleo. Kitters. anoe. tions. 918 €79,400 $30,788.71 194 408 . 143 [17] Totals . 9,288 722,900 . . Thank coffering to Mr. Sunday esti. mated at over $30,000, Total . “Billy"" Sunday closed his Omaha campaign of seven weeks yesterday at the tabernacle, where held four services which were almost continu- ous, the interims being devoted to singing. It {s estimated that more than 40,000 people attended the four services. More than $18,000 offerings for Sunday himself was reported by Treasurer W. G. Ure before the sec- ond meeting was counted, insuring a total in excess of $20,000. The first afternoon service was for men, following which a second after- noon service was held because the tabernacle was immediately refilled. Approximately 8,600 adults and 4,600 boys and girls “hit the trail” during the seven weeks’ campaign. Mr, Sunday and members of his party left Omaha shortly after the evening service. The evangelist hastened from the tabernacie in an automooile and at 9 o'clock was speeding to Chicago, where he is due to meet a committes of men this morning at the La BSalle hotel to ar- range for the Chicago campaign. On the last day of the campaign there were nearly 1300 trail hitters, Much Anxiety to Hear Him. header rday efterncon at the tab- ernacle. It was the last afternoon of the campaign and every moment of the two services was fraught with intense inter- est. Some who attended the morning serv- ice remained through for the afternoon service, which was for men. At 12:30 the big building was filled to capacity and many were standing up. Eager ones started the singing - without leadership until Max T. McOullough, secretary of the tabernacle choir, took one of the planos and James D. Westbrook essayed the role of choir leader and a repertoire of songs were rendered before ‘‘Rody" and the others appeared on the platform. At the men's service 400 responded to the invitation to hit the trail and Mr Sunday did not have to do much urging. Among those in front were City Com- missioner Jardine and District Judges Sears and Day. Stanley P. Bostwick led his real estate friend, C. F. Shimer, down the trail. Among the trall hitters was a South Side druggist with whom one of the ushers had been working for several days. At 12565 Mr. Brewster mounted the platform and immediately there were calls “Weo want Brewster!" Second Aftermoon Meetl When the men's meeting dispersed about 3:15 there were enough persons aiting on the outside to refill the tab- ernacle. Hasty arrangements were made for a second meeting forthwith. E. E. Thomas explained to the audlence that a second afterncon meeting would be held If those present agreed to leave at the close, that others who wanted to attend the evening service would not be disappointed. Mr. Sunday and his party went to their hotel and a few minutes later Mr. Rodeheaver and his musical assoclates returned and started the sing- ing for the second service. It was not long before Mr. Sunday reappeared, finding the tabernacle being completely tilled by men, women and young persons. Arrangements were made to empty the taberacle on the east side after the sec- ond afternoon service and admit the evening attendants from the west side Beforc the second afternoon service was over may were walting to get in for the evening service. Some Talk of Finances. In his short talk relative to the finan- clal feature of the Sunday campaign, E B. Thomas said: “Mr. Sunday has given (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) The Weather Temperatures at Omnha Vesterday. Hour. Deg. | ba. . R Ta 6 Sa. .88 (a 9 a 0 W a & | 11 a - | 12m n S 1p. K 2p. . 3p. .0 40 8 5 . 7 D . . .n Comparative Local Highest yesterday lowest yesterday . Mean temperature Precipitation vpersture and pi from the normal: ;{urmnl temperature .. o Normal preeipitation Deficiency for the da; Total rainfall since 23 inchns Deficlency since M ... 1.56 inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1914 2.8 inches Deficlency for cor. riod, 1915 6.5 inches A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. OFFERINGS GIVEN | —This is the favorite portrait U. 8. EXPORT TRADE Becretary Redfield Announces Plans for Taking Care of Ship- ments, WASHINGTON, Oct. 24—Plans for handling the export trade of the United States through a trust com- pany, co-operating with the federal government in order to avold inter- ference with cargoes, were announced today by Secretary Redfield of the Department of Commerce, after a conference with Assistant Secretary Peters of the Treasury department, Assistant Secretary Vrooman of the Department of Agricuiture, and a number of exporters, trustees of the company. The company will be called the American Overseas Trust company and will handle the American export| business along the lines followed by The Netherlands Overseas Trust com-| pany with the import business of Holland. Becretary Redfleld sald that while it| would In no sense be a government or- | ganization nor be officlally recognized | | by the government, it would ve In close {touch with the various departments of { the governments, whose agents would see, {that its operations were “impartial and| neutral.” This was regarded as meaning that ithe American Overseas Trust company will assure the Buropean governments with which it deals that no goods ex- ported under its supervision will reach | opposing belligerents. Ninety Per Cent of California Farming | Ventures Failures | BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 34.—Ninety per | | cent of attempted farming ventures in | California In the last five years, it was announced here today by the state rural credits' commission, have proven fallures. | Harris Weinstock, of the commission, ! made the announcement as the fi.ding of that body, at a pubiic hearing " re | {on the subject of rural credits. Llwood | Mead, a professor at the uilversity of | { California and also a member of the ! | commission, added that unless something was done, & wholesae warning suould | be sent out cautioning settlers away from this state. | Mr. Weinstock sald the fallir s we e i due to Inflated land values, gnorance uf |local conditions, and lack of ca ita’ | Elghty-five per cent of Ausiralian farm- |ers, aided by rural credt suced, h | said. The state will vote on rural credit | next Tuesday. { iFOHMER OMAHA GIRL WRITES | | OF VENICE IN TIME OF WAR Mrs. Marle Sanno, wife of a leutenant in the Italian army, in a letter to her ]nlulher. Mrs. A. L. Mohler of Omaha, {written In Venice, gives an interesting | | description of that city in time of war. {She is taking & course In nursing in Venice. Mrs. Sanno writes that all the windows in St. Mark’s and In other churches have been removed to preserve them from German bombs and the front 8t Mark's is protected by sandbags. The of famous lions which guarded the plaza have been taken down and put away with other treasures of the eity. No lights are gllowed on the canals snd only one candle permitted in a house. | Mrs. Sanno is & daughter of President Mohler of the Union Pacific rallroad and Mrs. Mohler. SUNDAY CLOSES STRENUOUS OMAHA CAMPAIGN to friends as autographed souvenirs of his visit here. TRUST T0 HANDLE TU. §. WILL PASS THE | recognition of the de tacto govern- | loaded with coal on this side of the Rio | The Prinz Adalbert is an armored |tume and mounted on his black charger, |erulser, 393 feet in length, and with a |which was already on the spot, having displaceincnt of 5855 tons. It carries [been pald for in advance. The parade NEBRASKA RATES | UNDERFIRE OVER | ORDER NINETEEN State Rail Board Will Have Its Day in Court This Week Beifore | Interstate Commerce | Commission, COMPLAINT OF OTHER CITIES Places Out of State Demanded Re-| ductions in Interstate Tariffs | that Would Affeot Intra- state Order. ! “‘Billy’’ has been presenting NEBRASKANS IN WASHINGTON | (From a Staff Correspondent.) : WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—(Spteial Telegram.)—Nebraska will have its| day in court this week, when the cases growing out of “Order No. 19"} will be argued before the Interstate Commerce commission. Appearing! for the state, the rallway commission | and the Omaha Commercial club will| be Attorney General Willis E. Retd,| Bdward P. Smith, general counsel| for the attorney general, who ar- rived this morning, and Henry T. Clarke, jr.,, chairman of the Ne- braska State Railway commission, and E. J. McVann. Order No. 19 was lssued on the 6th of September, 1914, and put Into effect the new schedule of rates between points in the state which had been promul- gated by the commission. Reduction of Twenty Per Cent, This schedule caused a reduction of ap- proximately 20 per cent in the then ex- isting class rates between Omaha and all points In the state. The schedule was the result of a conference between the commission and all the commerclal bodies of the state and for the first time all those interests stood on the same platform. But in the meantime the fed- | eral commission had prescribed a scale of class raes to be applied from Interior points in Jowa to points in Nebraska and Kansas, which went into effect in June, 1014, which fixed rates to a large part of Nebraska lower than the rates in effect CARRANZA TROOP Permission Granted for 5,000 Sol- | the same destinations. diers ” Jonnoy 'l‘hnu-h ‘The operation of the federal act there~ OCTOBER 08 FEAR GERMAN RAID IN CARIBBEAN SEA American Officials Mystified by Moves Indicating Teuton Sea Activities. 1915, MAY BE MEXICAN FILIBUSTER WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-—A tan- gled skein of circumstances is per- plexing officials here, pointing either to the institution of a new commerce raiding campaign by Germany in the Caribbean Sea, or the beginning of a series of filibustering operations against Mexico. The Justice, Navy and State departments have worked on the mystery several weeks with- out result. The departure of several seagoing mo- tor boats, the escape of German warrant | officers Interned at Norfolk and the mysterfous movements of several Amer- fcan yachts In the Guif of Mexico have | baffled not only officials of the Wash- [ ington government who are anxious to | prevent violations of neutrality through | use of American territory as a base of | naval operations, but also agents of the | British government who foar a commerce | ralding campalgn 1s about to be begun against tho tank steamers which carry | oll trom Moxican ports for theuse of the British navy. The Clreumatances. The circumstances, which officlals be- lleve are all connected In & general way, tollow terned QGerman warrant officers visioned for several days' voyage. Second—The arrival at Buena Ventura, Colombla, of an American ship, emy, from Ban Franc visioned. One of the owners Academy telegraphed the of to go to Colombla. vessel claimed that he put Colombian port for repairs. Some doubt exists as to the real iden- tity of the vessel and officlals have sent to the American consul at Callao the registry number of the Academy and have asked for a complete desoription. Third~Two yachts, the Alameda and the Ventura, have been lying at Key West for several weeks. Louls Van Horn of New York City, who owned them originally, 1s understooq to have sold the Alameda to a General Pasquero. The Ven- tura was recently stolen, it is claimed, from Key West by ‘‘Mexican pirates, and recovered by an American coast into fore caused reductions in existing class Amerioan Territory, rates from Counéll Bluffs and Sioux City ality, foon after the Nebraska order became > BULLETING oftectt b oy BROWNBVILLB, Tex., Oot. M.—| s e, Qo i, s G A detachment of the Bixth .United|ohison, 5t Jossph and Kansas Oty de- States cavalry, stationed near the|manded wu‘:l“ Tyt "dk‘:“ rates those es to Nebraska to an Mercedes canal, forty miles up the equality with Omaha. Upon the refusal Rio Grande from here, was fired on|of the raflroads to comply with these from the Mexican side of the river|demands the five cities severally filed late Saturday night. The fire was|°0mblaints with the Interstate Com- returned by the American troops and | ™®'®, commission. These five com- the Mexican firing ceased. plaints, which are similar in substance, set forth that the Interstate rates from e Missourl river points into Nebraska are LAREDO, Tex., Oct. 24.—Permis-| unreasonably excessive and discrimina- slon for 5,000 Carranza troops to('ory and that the Interstate classifaca- journey through American territory ton causes dlscrimination in so far as it from heré to Douglas, Ariz., where they will re-enter Mexico, has been granted by the United States govern- differs from the lower Nebraska classi- fication. ment, according to reports here to- Meaning of Action. Ostensibly these cases, which doubtless will be consolidated, are a complaint of the five citles against the Chicako & night. ¥ No troops BaYe: Degun $0|yiinwestsrn reliway ot al, but in move yet, reality they are an attack upon the in- Precedent for Action. trastate rates fixed by the raliroad com- ’ mission of Nebraska whercupon the com. WASHINGTON, . O8t. | 34.—Ar| 10 by Attorndy General Reed, asks rangements for passage through ieave to intervene in order % protect the American territory of unarmed Car-| ranza troops to reinforce the garri- son at Agua Prieta were made after integrity of the commission and the Commercial club of Omaha, through Mr. McVann, asked a similar privilege for | the purpose of protecting the interests of that city, Leave was granted by the commission in each case. Neither the rallway commission nor the shippers of Omaha makes objection ment, it was learned here tonight, A/ precedent was established during the Madero regime, when the Taft ad-|t, the restoration of the status quo prior ministration allowed Mexican troops|to May 81, 1914, 80 far as the rates from to cross Texas to reach points ina _islpux City and Council Bluffs are con- cerned, but Omaha does object to the cessible by Mexican railroads. | restoration to the old relation of Ne- Bince the United States 18 now dealing | raska rates between that city and lower with recognized government in Mexico 1o | Misgourt river points on various grounds. state of war exlsts there so far as the | American government ls concerned and the movement of the Carranza troops is looked upon as & move to prevent fight- ing. mination of Contest. The Nebraska order No. 19 was the culmination of a contest betWeen ship- pers and carriers which had been pend- ing for some elghteen years and in view t of the fact that the carriers have not 24.—General J, J. | avalled themselves of their legal rights Pershing, commanding the Eighth {n- to test in the manner prescribed by law fontry battalion at Fort Bliss, said to- | the right of the commission to fix the night he had received no word from the class rates on intrastate traffic and as War department as to the transportation No attempt has been made to prove that of Carranza troops through United States the rates are nonproductive or unrea territory to reinforce the Carranza garri- | Sonable, the state appears here to argue son at Agua Prieta, opposite Douglas, |Most strenuously against any action of Ariz. the federal commission which would lead The general said, however, he had a|to &n Increase in Intrastate charges. local report that United States troops | Reed's Conten were moving westward along the border. | Mr, Reed contends first that the rall Cinims of COnrrans: | roads have not shown or have they 4+ PABO, Tex., Oct. 24.—Claiming that | attempted to show that the Nebraska as the recognized government of Mexico Tates are unreasonable, nor has any such it has the sole right to customs duties, attempt been made by the cities who are the Carranza government on Monday is partles to these proceedings, and he in expected to put In motion, through !ts sists with much force that a reasonable representatives and the federal courts rate cannot be the cause of unreason here, an effort to stop shipments into or | able discrimination. He points out that from Juarez until dutics have been pald | the laws and the decisions of various tu the Carranza government, although | courts have upheld the right of states duties in addition are now exacted by the Villa officials across the border, An effort also is to be made to attach | all cars of the Mexican National raliroad | Pershing ¥ EL PASO, Tex., Oc Heard, (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Don Gaspar Portola | Walks (_)ut by Proxy| Grande, in order to prevent the Villa | officials from operating military trains | or foreign-owned Industries that may have been confiscated. BAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oect u.—l)on! - Gaspar De Portola, who 18 said to have | 242 : discovered San Francisco bay In 1769, British Submarine Shnsie an T v s DR Gaspar”’ demanded $1% to re-discover the h T Sinks German CruiSer ver. ths veing “Fortola Day” at the ex- | position. It was refused on the ground that he does not make anything like so much In his everyday lfe as Nicholes Covarublas, at Riverside, After considerable delay, a person with no previous experience a dlscoverer was hired, shoved into Don Gaspar's cos- PETROGRAD, Oct. 24.—A British sub- marine, operating near Libau, attacked and sunk a German crulser of the Prinz Adalbert class, according to officlal an- nouncement made tonight. complement of 57 men. procoeded. patrol. Salling Vessel Agro Fourth—An American called the Two Bisters went aground on an island off the coast of Loujsiana recently clalming to have come from Mexico for repairs. Its status 8 under consideration. Fifth—The American ship Zealandia left Pensacola, Fla.,, suddenly at night with & large stock of provisions on board for Tampico, Mexico, and with a number of Germans in its crew. The arrival of the vessel at Tamploo has been reported where an investigation will be made. An American flag painted on the side of the veasel originally had been painted out, It 48 claimed the vessel flew the German flag at wea, but this has been denled by tho owners, Bixth—An American yacht, the Ethel, disappeared from Jacksonville, Fla., within the last few weeks and has not been found. Officials have two theories as to the meaning of this series of happenings, One s that wealthy Mexicans in the United States are financing filibustering expedi- tions that have some connection with the raids in the vicinity of Brownsville, Tex., and the other is that small boats putting out from met at sea and armed with guns of medium caltber for raiding purposes, Origin of Latter Theory. The latter theory originateq when a Britlsh tank steamer arriving in a South American port reported that on its way frbm Tuxpam, Mex, it had been fired upon at sea by a small boat. The belief exists in some quarters here that a base of operations has been established on an Island near Haitl, and been accumulated for use on small boats that are brought there from the United States. Great Britain and France have main- tained a patrol of cruisers In the Carib- bean and the seas are being scoured for uspicious craft, Maids Garbed in Trousers Cause a nd, salling vessel Stir on the Street| Three pretty maids, thelr charma care- tully concealed in masculine attire, were arrested last night at Webster streets, whem a policeman found a crowd of men following First—The sudden departure of six in- from Norfolk In the motor boat Eclipse, pro- Acad- heavily pro- the government here that the vessel had no instructions The captain of the the the Uniteq States are being | that guns have | Bixteenth and | BRITISHSALIENT ABOVE LENS-—General French has described the salient driven by the Brit- ish into the German lines north of Lens, and it is shown in the accompany- ing map. It will be seen that the summit of Hill 70 and Hulluch were not held. | LOOK T0 SELYES 10 GET FULL REWARD *“Billy” Sunday Says It'is Now Up to Omaha that He is a tired Man, URGES . CHURCH TO ACTIVITY Billy SBunday confessed yesterday morning at the tabernacle that he was tired, . “Ordinarily I come up the last day or two feeling pretty good, but I con- fess today that I feel somewhat tired,”” he sald, Nevertheless, he then cut loose with “Look to your- selves that ye receive a full reward,” and preached a sermon that brought applause, cheers, laughter and tears, all in lightning succession, and at the close moved 194 persons to hit the trail, That it would do the church good to have a little more persecution one {of the ideas held up to the audience of some 9,600 persons in the morning sermon, “Why, the church hasn't smelled gun- powder for 160 years," sald Mr. Sunday. “If it had a little more trouble nowa- days it would get rid of a lot of barna- cles that vung to the ship of Zion, and It would get rid of a lot of parasites “There are the ruts and the anti- ruts— “Say, Rody, lend me your handkerchief; 1 forgot mine.” Borrows Rody’'s Kerchief, And Homer Rodeheav sitting at the plano behind the pulpit, flung his hand- kerchlef up, and “Bllly" speared it out of the atmosphero as he used to pluck high flies from the sky when his base ball career was at its height. “I think Omaha is not so far from | heaven as it was seven weeks ago, | have (& warm spot in my heart for Omaha. When 1 pass away you'll find Omaha chisled on my soul somewhere. | “Yes, when this revival is over, people will be watching for one of the converts of the tabernacle to fall back. Bomeone | will say, “Ah-haa—ah-haa! A tabernacie lconvert—look at him. 1 told you They are just as apt to fall as those | |who were In the church before th meetings. And yet someone will s “Ah-haa—ah-haa! Well, the people of | Omaha would all be in hell if they had | to depend on their help from such a man.” Bleased with od Weather, Sunday thanked God for the beautitur weather that has prevailed throughout the tabernacle m ings, and closed ‘"hi an eloquent prayer that brought the trall hitters down the sawdust in a hurry, At the fon the girls whispered to| Before the opeming of the scrmon, Rev. Captain Heltfeld that they were on their | Titus Lowe of the local revival committee way to attend a “stag-ess” party, at|made a brief talk, telling Mr. Sunday, which all of the ladies were to %o in|with his arm about his shoulder, that the guise of the sterner sex every dollar that ls now being given to Reporters were caught in the act of |Sunday In the offerinks ls given out of eagerly Iistening for the address where | a spirit of pure love, “and we have come the party was given, and the captain|to love you in seven weeks,” he said, A | promptly stopped the conversation. ~ |collection was taken in the morning, and | ‘Hush, girls. Don't say where the|the contributions were liberal, being made party Is at, or these reporters’ll be out there hornin’ in letting on like they're| girls.” Whereupon Killjoy Heltfeld was promptly assaulted, and thereafter closely watched, since he alone, of all the men In the central station, knew the preclous secret. At midnight Captal, Heltfeld abandoned his attempts to leave the statiin surreptitiously, | Young Woman School Teacher Is Murdered DODGE CITY, Kan., Oct. 24—~After an all night arch the body of Miss Nellle Byers, & school teacher, was found hidden under a plle of leaves and weeds near here today. She had been attacked, her clothing torn off and she was choked to death. Miss Byers, who was M years old, left her school yesterday afterncon to walk to her boarding house, Her non- appearance started a search, mostly In the little envelopes for purpose. Monday evening at the tabernacle there is to be a meeting of all those who have | taken their stand for Christ during the | tabernacle revival Ten Thousand Are Registere(} for Land the | ALL OF ALLIES THE WEATHER. Fair SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. STRIKE TO SAVE SERBIAN NATION Italy Begins Offensive, Russia Hits in North and Fleets Shell Bulgar Coast as Relief Blows, FEAR LITTLE STATE IS LOST | Greece and Roumania Want Enough Troops to Protect Them In- stead of Bribes. ENTENTE TROOPS ARE ON WAY BULLETIN, SOFIA (Via London), Oct. 24.— The Bulgarian troops have com- pletely conquered Uskup, the chief Serblan town on the rallway between Nish and Saloniki, according to an official communication issued today, BULLRTIN, NISH (Via London), Oct. 24.—An officlal announcement by the Serb- fan general headquarters staff today says that the Serblan towns of Kumanovo and Veles have been taken by the Bulgarians. RULLETIN, PARIS, Oct. 24.—The eighth Ger- man attack in five days on the strong French positions in the wood of Giv- enchy, north of Arras, was repulsed yesterday with sanguinary losses, ac- cording to the officlal statement is« sued today. NULLETIN, BERLIN, Oect. 24.—8Success for the German troops in the region of Dvinsk, with the capture of eighteen officers and 2,940 men and further gains for the Teutonic allies in Ser- bia are chronicled in the official com« munication made public today, LONDON, Oct, 24.—Widely sep- arated, though synchronous diver- slons by the entente forces on land and sea, designed evidently as pre- liminary moves to relieve the strain on Serbia, pending the time allled troops of sufficlent weight can reach the Balkan front, have marked the developments of the last thirty- #ix hours, Italy, having confined itself for weeks to loca] actions, isolated at- tacks and counter-attack has launched a general offensive along the Tyrol and the Trentino frontiers qQf Austria; allled warships, includ- ing Russian vessels, have entered the Balkan ports in the Aegean, and Russia has increased the pressure on the eastern front and by a coup of combined land and sea operations, has flung men and guns on the coast of Courland, ninety mil northeast of Ri thus menacing von Buelow'’s army, which for so long a time has been trying to take the Baltic port, Berlin Tells of Landing. News of this surprise landing is dise closed in the Berlin communication, which describes the forces landed as of small strength The fact that a Russian vessel particie pated in the bombardment of the Bul- garian coast ls attested by a British of- ficlal statement and is welcomed in England as an incident which will dis- pel the idea supposed to be held by many Bulgarians that they are fighting Serbla only and not their former ally, Russia. The Russian southern fleet, of course, is locked in behind the Dardanelles, and the only Russian warship in Aegean waters, 50 far as known, is the crulse: The admiralty (Continued on P4 All Rights Reserved. This mas almost s ot YUY 58 gonren 's ) . re In the BUSINESS CES. Now when hLe starts his business With WANT ADS he will strive MINOT, N. D, Oct. 24.—~Ten thousand persons had registered up to tomght In the hope of obtaining hom-steads on the Fort Berthold reservation, which is e~ ing thrown open by the government. Minot is drawlng the largest reglstra- tion, 7,092 having been recorded. R gls- tration at Blsmarck and Plaza has been comparatively light this week, James McPhaul, representing the In terior department, tonight estimated the total registration for the 700 homesteals would not exceed 2,000, ] l‘ them BEE wawr "Il be using, SR them A The best busi tien THE OMAHA BEE. Because they produce the best sults; If your business lace a “BUSIN 1000 now '...P“w a n today" PUT IT IN THE OMAHA BER,