Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 28, 1915, Page 1

4 — 5 N et et : % The unrivalled special feat- ure pages of The Sunday Bee are in a class by them- selves. Best of them all. | v e 7 N SRRt . DAENCAMNE XA AR ot THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XLV—NO. 11! OFFICE SEEKER BETS RAP FROM BANKERS’ HEAD President McNish Makes Attack on Professional Poiitician in Ad- dress Before Omaha Con- vention. ) > ENDORSES THE RESERVE ACT Over Eight Hundred at First Ses- sion, Which js Largest Attend- ance in History. MEMORIAL FOR HENRY YAn:s} Professional politicians and agi- tators received several lusty raps yesterday afternoon in the address of President Jesse C. McNish of the | Nebraska Bankers’ association at the | opening of the two days' session at | Hotel Fontenelle, “We must assist,” he said, “in keeping the demagogue and the pro- fessional politician out of office. | Their attacks upon guccessful men and organized business have worked immeasurable damage. Professional agitators are a national liability, rather than an asset. However, pub- lic opinion is showing tardy disap- proval of unnecessary political an- tagonism to legitimate business, and, hence the country may get more billg of lading and fewer bills of legisla- tion.” President MoNish reviewed the business and industrial conditions which he re- garded as favorable, and told of the good work of the Bankers association in pro- moting the farm development movement. “The bankers have been active and lib- eral, but their best work has been done in the exertion of personal influence upen their patrons in advising them to co- operate with other men in the com- munity in plans for improving and in- creasing the products of the farm. This has engendered a spirit of co-operation as between farmers and townspeople, which is highly beneficlal, State Ruraf Credit, ‘“We should have a rural credit system applicable to American needs. One plan contemplates the extending of our build- ing ang loan association lawe-to admit of making of long-time loans on good farm lands under the amortization plan. The states, and not congress, should de- vise a rural credit system. The danger and folly of taxing the property of citi~ %ens In the town, state and nation by sale of bonds to raise funds to lend Tom, Dick &ng Harry should be apparent. The field of ryural credits should be properly occu- pled by private corporations operating under state laws, for the important rea- son that a federal statute must of neces- sity bo too broad to meet the locallzed | conditions of the several states.” The speaker referred to the report of the state tax commission, regarding it as highly important. His remarks on blue- sky promoters were well received. “Men in less favored states find Nebraska a fiela for profitable exploitation, The Los Angeles Investment company was & colos- sal swindle. Several hundred Nebraskans are among the victims. Some of them paid as high as $45 per share for its stock, which last July was quoted at 32 cents. The three principal officers are | under penitentiary sentences, but that does not mean that money taken prin- | cipally from widows and those inexperi- | enced In business on false pretense, will be returned. Their game was to offer cheap dwelling houses to Investors. They | paid 28 per cent annual gividends, which | | were never earned, but were pald out of money recelved on new stock sales to their dupes. Some investigation and pub- licity by our association would result in much protection to our bank patrons.” Endorses Reserve Act. President McNish unqualifiedly en- | many | Kladovo was PRESIDENT OF THE NEBRASKA BANKERS' ASSOCIATION. BULGARS DRIVEN BACK BY FRENCH Dispatch from Saloniki Tells of Gains of Ground by Allies in Southeastern Serbia. SERB ARCHIVES AT KRALJEVO SALONIKI, Oct. 26.—(Via Paris, Oct. 27.)—The Bulgarians have been completely driven out of Serbia on a line extending from the French sec- tor to Kriudalo and Lukedovan. They have been pushed back also from Veles to the outskirts of Istip, prob- ably rendering their Kumanovo- Vranya line untenable, owing to the menace of a Serblan attack om both sldes. Offensive operations against Nish have not. proceeded beyond Pirot. The Aus- tro-Germans are making the most violent efforts, but their progress s extremely slow. The city of Nish {s tranquil and seems to be in no immediate danger. The government archives and the for- elgn legatjons have been moved only as far as Krallevo, where they are await- ing developments. Crown Prince George arrived at Saloniki this afternoon. < Niwe iwSNearly Open. LONDON, Oct. 27.—C6mmunicatiof ‘be- tween the Austro-Gerinan and Bulgarian armies is on the point of being estab- lished and the dispatch 6f munitions to Constantinople s expected to begin within a few days, according to informa- tion -from Turn-Severin, Reuman’a, sent to the Times by its correspondent in Bucharest. This communication. is being effected in the northwestern corner of Serbia, where the distance between the Hungar- jan and Bulgarian frontlers is only forty miles. The dispatch describes the Austrian occupation of Tekia, which' was ac- complished after a hombardment lasting hours, Austrian troops crocsing the Danube in eighty-six boats. The advance on Kladovo immediately fol- lowed. At 4 o'clock Tuesday morning in flames, the Berblans having started many fires. Refugees from Kladovo reaching the Roumanian shore of the Danube included civil authorities and several Serbian officers, Warships Which Attacked New York Theoretically Sunk dorsed the Federal Reserve act, saying, NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—A fleet of “hos- R 28, OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBE TWO GONVICTED RECRUITING MEN | FOR WARIN IS, Blair and Addis Conspiracy structigh former Nebraskan, who is club tomorrow, g -_— ;EONE! FURNISHED BY BRITISH |Stipulation of Facts Admits that Ross, Consul for Great Britain, Provides Cash. | DEFENDANTS TO TAKE APPEAL SAN FRANCIBCO, Cal., Oct. 27.— Ralph K. Blair snd Thomas Addis |were found guilty today of conspir- Ing to hire and retain men in the United States for British military service. The verdict was returned under instructions from Judge Mau- rice T. Dooling, in the United States district court. C. E. Lawrence was found not guflty, The cases against | Lieutenant Kenneth Croft of the | British army and Harry G. Lane | were not considered, one way or the other. The state wanted them for witnesses. \ The Blair-Murdock company also was found not guilty. Stipulations were filed by prosecution and de- fense that an {instructed verdict should be given. A jury was impan- elled as a matter of legal procedure. Counsel for the defense stated an ap- peal would be taken, 4 It was reported that the British con- sulate, which was represented in court during the trial, urged such a course. Judge Dooling's findings conformed with the action of John W. Preston, who did not press the cases against Croft and Lane, whom, he sald, he considered merely as “tools.” Mr. Preston stated in court that he considered Dr. Addis and Blair “the ringleaders.” The penalty for the offense is imprison- ment ‘for not more than two years or a fine of hot more than $10,000, or both. Reeruits Arrested in Chicsgo. 'The neutrality cases came into promi- nence when nineteen men bound for Eng- land were stopped in Chicago and New York and brought back here. The de- fendants admitted that they had provided these men with money, which, the gov- ernment attorneys asserted iIn oourt came from British official sources, but maintatned they merely used.it to send men- to d without any agreement The stipulation filed with Judge Dool- ing, admitted funds for. recruiting were furnished by A, Carnegie Ross, Brit~ ish consul here; that 155 Imeh were re- crufted; that headquarters were main- tained where the men were housed and fed; that transportation and $0.10 each for sustenance on their journey were furnished the men; and that the men were to be transported to England, May Abolish Law. ‘WABHINGTON, Oct. 21.—Convictions under the old statute making it a crime of conspiracy to employ men on Ameri- can soll for military service abroad is State Department, - Fuel Sent to Villa WASHINGTON, Oct, 27.—The State de- partment Is asking American rallroads to cut off supplies of fuel to the enemies of the de facto government in Mexico as a supplementary proceeding to the embargo on arms and ammunition. The following |telegram was sent out today after a con- regarded by State department officlals 88 |ference of rallrond men with State depart- |likely to bring to an issue the question |pene orficials: | ow whether the United States shall, T “Department of State desires rallroads mit to remain In effect a law based {4, oo.gperate as much as possible with upon a policy which might operate 10 jocal yuthorities at El Paso, especially {its own serious disadvantage In time of | golicctor of customs there, in delaying as war. The statute under which Blab'myey g possible shipments of coke and and Addis were convigted at San Fran-icoal intended .for Mexican factions in cisco does not -affect the activitles of revolt against the de, facto government representatives of a forelgn power, who 'o¢ Mexico in the state of Chihuahua.” {arrange for the return of Teservists, but | ‘mhe plan s directed against the Villa imposes heavy penalties upon the agents 'gorces and designed ¢specially to head of a natlon undertaking to send uack off their operation of the gold and silver home for mervice citizens or subject® mines in Chihuahua, for which fuel sup- | who not on military rolls. |plies would have to be drawn from the i Embassy officlals have conferred with {inited States, For the operation of the the Department of Justice on the subjsct |mines the companies have in the past and it is understood that at the em- !haq shipments of coke and goal from “Practical operation will dictate changes | tile” warships which atterapted to invade Dassy instances the cases will be op-[Oklahoma and other points. and its adminstration will be attended | New York harbor last night in a war Pealed and that if the ult ls. then 10~ | With diminishing friction.” In the year game had been theoretically sunk today changed, the matter will be taken up ! Michig&n Central 1914 there were more business failures | than during any previous year, which | fending fleet, which haa been on watch|the United States. certainly gave the new banking system for the fnvaders, however, was first de- | a fair test, as did the troubles following the outbreak of war in Europe. He | pointed out the important fact that “un- | der the new law, (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) | The Weather - | Forecast till 7 p. m. Thursda y For Omaha, Council Bl *Vie . A of uffs llg Vicinity Temperatare at Omaha Yesterday. | Hours, i §a. | [ | i Sfema apnsails TETTETERIEEEEER B Comparative Highest yesterady Lowest yesterday Mean temperature Precipitation . A0 00 Temperature and precipitation depac- tures from the normal Normal temperature......... Excess for the day 4 399 off the entrance to the harbor, A stroyed before they discovered that the enemy was upon them. Then the guns of Forts Hancock, Ham- | ! . redlscountable paper 'llton and Wadsworth opened on the in-| Uni Club Th]_s Noon and| —_— vading fleet with searchlights ‘blank played upon shots the vessels, which were trylng to enter the harbor| under the cover of darkn Several of the enemy warships were sent to the bottom theoretically and the others withdrew. Hans Schmidt Asks for Another Trial ALBANY, N, Y., Oct. 21.—Briefs urging and opposing & new trial for Hans Schmidt, convicted for the slaying of Auna Aumuller in New York in 1913, and now under sentence of death, were filed with the court of appeals today to support oral arguments by attorneys representing Schmidt and the state. In asking a new trial Alphonse Koelble, attorney for Schmidt, asked that he be given an opportunity to present evidence that the Aumuller girl met death as a result of hemorrhage following an opera- tion. He averred toat the conviction whs obtained largely upon Schmidt's confes- slon, since repudiated, that he cut. her throat with a razor, “in obedience to an internal voice which said she should be diplomatically between Great Britain and | Clerks Quit Work DETROIT, Mich.,, Oct. 27.—The strike of Michigan Central raflway clerks, or- dered last night, was on today, with re- ports differing widely as to its effect on the road's traffic conditions. strikers clafm more than a thousand clerks have walked out and thdt the company’s freight traffic s eerfously in- terrupted. The company officlals, how- ever, declare that no more than 40 em- ployes have struck and that freight will be kept moving. 'Estabrook Talks at | Henry D. Estabrook of New York City ' | will speak this noon &t the University ! club on “National Self-Defense.” He will also address the state bankers this after- noon. Friday evening he will be the prin- cipal speaker at the McKinley club din- ner at the Rome hotel. | | ———— | NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK; | p:s: |NINETEEN OF CREW nnownsnl Brltl%blirrza:uégeaper oy ills Ar | that the Norweglan steamer, Scima, of | LONDON, | 967 tons net, has been sunk. Two mem- selling price of treasury bills over the bers of the crew were picked up. Nine-| counter was announced today by the teen others are believed to have been | Bank of England. Three months' bills drowned. now yleld 4% per cent; six months' bills, LONDON, Oct. 21.—Lloyd's nnnnuncen[ dills, 6 per cent, as compared with the previous rate of 4% per cent. These higher rates indicate that the next loans made by the government will be on a § per cent bas ;WHEATLAND WILL HAVE | [HE-GATE-CITY-OF-THE-WES] Nebraska Bankers in | WHEATLAND, Wyo,, Oct. 2.—(Bpe- HENRY D. ESTABROOK, widely-famed orator and presidential candidate and who is here to speak to the Nebraska Bankers' association today and to the McKinley Asks Roads to Delay | Episcopal Bishops The |ment says the prisoner, | Oct. 21.—A reduction in the | 4% per cent, and nine and twelve months’ | BIG “UGAR FACTORY Total deficlency since March 1 (Normal precipitation. .itineh @& sacrifice of love and atonement, Deficency for the day........\. 0Tinch | Robert C. Taylor, assistant district at- o rainfal nece arch 24 inches | y, Defilermnfell since March 1..23.241nches | torney, for the state, opposed the motion. cor. perlod. 191415 inehes | Schmidt was tried twice, the first jury cor, period 9 . 607 inches “disagreeing. In both cases his defense was from Stu Station and State of Weather. [ P.oM, Temp. High- Rain % % "% Gerard Talks With insanity, Cheyeinne, part clous Davenport, cl {::l olnes, clear, ™ J‘l‘u)' . nver, ! 6 o - e o & #| Kaiser for an Hour (h)lon.h Platte, clear ;}l w 'maha, c'es N ot K Puchle: Gear DH & f! BERLIN, Oct. Z—(Via London)— ;V AN)AnllmlE‘dul’ Jerard declined today to Banta Fe. clex % 0 laiscuss for publication his conference én,efldléli, L'lm‘myv [ :: h\‘ytllerdt)‘ with Emperor Willlam. The ux . clear 6 ference, which took place &t Pots- ‘alentine. 'part cloudy . 62 72 oon v L.A. WELSH, Local Forccaster. |dam, lasted for an hour. Omaha for their annual state meeting know the impregnable - position of Omaha’s banks and finan- cial institutions due in large part, of course, to the splen- did condition of the banks in their tributary territory. Omaha is proud of our !| banks and of the bankers who do business with our banks. | clal.)~Wheatland is to have a sugar fac- | tory costing at least $500,000. This be- | | came an established fact last night, when | & committee which had been securing from farmers contracts in which they | | agree to raise sugar beets reported that ! { the required area of 4,000 acres had bnunl sigmed up. Denver capitalists, sald to be headed by Zerner Z. Reed, recently | agreed to build a factory here if this | acreage were secured. Only about 600 acres of beets were raised in this section this year, the product going to the fac- | tory at Fort Collins. These beots tested | very high, 18 per cent saccharine, dem- | onstrating that the sofl and climatic con- | ditions here are pecullarly adapted lol Leet culture. 1916—TWE prominently mentioned as a Special Session of Seems Probable NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—A specidl con- vention of the house of bishops of the! Protestant Eplacopal church of Ameriea probably will oe called in the near | future in an effort to prevent the Epls- copal board of missions from carrying out its intention of sending delegates to the Panama interdenominational —mi slonary congress to be held in Februar acoording to the Right Rev. Reginald H. | Weller, blshop of Fond du Lac, Wis. *Bishop Weller was one of the ™ five | church dignitaries who resigned from the | | 'board. of missions when the board at its | quarterly meeting yesterday refused to rescind a former resolution authorizing | participation in the Panama con | The board of missions at toda; | alon adopted a resolution concerning el in-| structions to be given the delegates to the Panama congress, which read in| part: “Resolved, That our delegates go for | conference only, with no purpose, au- thority or power of committing this ‘board to co-operation.' Another Spy is Executed at London! LONDON, Oct. 21.—Official announce- ment was made today that another spy had been put to death, The announce- | charged with | espionage, was tried recently by the gen- | eral court-martial, found gulity and sen- tenced to death. This sentence was con- firmed and was carried out this morning. Man Recovers from Attack of Anthrax BENBOW CITY, Iil, Oct. Z1.~Dr. J. C. Helper, who & month ago was stricken | with anthrax, today was pronounced | cured by his attending physiclan. The | only permanent ill effect left by the disease 1s & three inch scar on Dr. Help- ler's neck. Now Out ‘ The Bee's ‘ | “Billy” Sunday || Special Fine big illustrated 32- age paper containing ?u account of the Omaha campaign and all the principal ser- mons as preached at the *Tab" fromday today. Just what you want for out of town folks. Price 10 Cts. Order now. |of Bera Palanka, direct connection with INVADERS N SERBIA JOIN THEIR FORCES Direct Connection Between Austro- Germans and Bulgarians Estab- lished on Danube River. ADVANCE IS MADE IN RUSSIA BERLIN (Via London), Oct, 27.— Direct connection between the Aus- tro-German forces in Serbia and the Bulgarian army of General Boyadjeft | has been established on the Danube river, to the east of Brza Palanka, according to the officlal announce- ment given out today by the German army headquarters staff. German troops under Field Mar- shal von Hindenburg have penetrated Russian positions over a front of more than a mile In the fighting in the Dvinsk region, the war office announced today. The statement follows: “Dobrin, east of Vishegrad (Bosnia) has been taken, | “The army of Generals von Koovess! and von Gallwits have driven back the| enemy wherever he has made & stand. | “As regards the main forces, tho gen-| eral line of Valyeo-Morawos (on the Ljig) Docola, has been reached. Kast of this line the Jasenica and Raca has | been crossed on both sides of Svilajac- | renava. In the Pek valley Nerasnika has | been taken. “Forces advancing to the east of Or- sova captured twele heavy cannon near Kladowo. “At IJubloevac, on the Danube east the army of General Boyadjieff (the Bul- garlan commander) has been established by patrols. The right wing of this army is pursuing the enemy from Negotin in northeasterly and southwesterly direc- tions. Fighting continues for possession of Knjasezae." Gains on Russian Front. The report in regard to the eastern front follows: i “South of the Abily-Dvinsk rallway our troopa penetrated Russian positions in the region of Tymschany over a front some. two kilometres (one mile and & quarter) wide. They captured six offi- 2ers, 40 men, one machine gun and two mine throwers. The positions won were retained in spite of repeated Russian at- tacks, We evacuated only the church- yard of Szaszaly, one kilometre northeast of Gerbunowka, during the night, “Army of General von Linsingen: West of Czartorysk our attack has progressed as far as the line of Komarow and Kas- enucha Helghts, and to the southeast of Miedwieze." from the Franco-Belglan explosion of a French mine on the Lille-Arras road unimportant engagement developed which went in our favor. N “Northwest of Massignes (In the Cham- pagne) the French during an attack with hand grenades penetrated one of our ad- vanced trenches In one small point. They were driven out during the evening. “In an aerlal conibat, Lieutenant Ingel- mann shet down his fifth enemy aero- plune, If was a French biplane carrying British officers, who were taken pris- oners, Two other enemy aeroplanes were | brought down behind the iines of the enemy. One of them was destroyed com- pletely by our artillery. The other fell at & point north of Souches.” The junction of the Austro-German armies with the Bulgarian troops was made in the extreme northeastern corner Palanka, to the east of which the In- vading armles joineq hands, 1a on the Bergo-Roumanian frontier and about fif- | teen miles south and cast of the Austro- Hungarian border. To accomplish the Junction the Bulgarians penetrated Ser- bian territory in a northerly direction for twenty miles, Court-Martial Asks for Attendance of Colonel 8. Reber SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21.—A request for the appearance of Licutenant Colonel Samuel Reber, chief of the aviation seo-! tion of the army, at the court-martial of | Lieutenant Colonel Lewis E. Goodler, judge advocate of the western depart- ment, was telegraphed today to the War department. The prosecution made the request so that Colonel Reber might tes- tity concerning corvespondence with Cap- taln Arthur 8, Cowan, commandant of the army aviation school at North lsland, | near San Diego, Cal. Army Commanders ! Are Transferred’ WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.=Brigadler General John P. Wisser was assigned today to command of the Department of Hawall, relleving Major General Wil- lam H. Carter, who retires on November 19 for age. General Wisser will be suc- ceeded us commander of the first brigade in Hawall by Brigadier General Fred- erick 8, Strong, now commanding the South Atlantic artillery division, with headquarters at Charleston, 8. C. After temporary duty at Houston, Tex., Major General J. Franklin Bell will relieve Major General Arthur Murray as com- || mander of the Western department -li San Francisco on December §, when the latter retires for ag ! CATHOLIC CLERGY GATHER FOR SCHOOL CONSECRATION DENVER, Colo, Oet. 21.-A distin- guished company of Catholie clergy and laymen gathered here today to participate in the ceremonies incident to the conse- cration of Father A, J. Schuler of Den- wver as bishop of the Roman Catholic dlo. cese of El Paso, Tex. Archbishop J. B, Pitaval of Santa Fe, N. M., will officiate, assisted by bishops and other church dig- | nitaries frons Omaha, Cheyenne, Salt' Lake City, Denver and other cities of the | west. A banquet and reception tomerrow night will close the festivities. | | PY TWO CENTS. SERBS’ PLIGHT HOURLY GROWS MORE-DESPERATE Only Something in the Nature of & Miracle Can Avert Disaster to the Little Slavonic Kingdom. INVADERS DRAWING CLOSER Austro-German and Bulgarian Armies Now Only Twenty Miles from Each Other. FRENCH HOLD PART OF ROAD BULLETIN, BERLIN, Oect. 27.—(Via London.) ~~Direct connection between the Austro-German forces {n Serbla and the Bulgarlan army of General Boyadjieff has been established on the Danube river, to the east of Brza Palanka, according to the official an- nouncement given out today by the German army headquarters staff. LONDON, Oct. 27.—The despesato plight of the Serbians, which has been described ever since the begin- ning of the Austro-German and Bul- garlan invasions as “‘an affair of na- tional life and death,” {s no longer a rhetorical phgase, but the Iiteral truth. London's optimism regarding the outcome of the Balkan conflict, which had been colored by reports of the determined Serbian resistance and the difficulties which the invad- ers are meeting, has now yielded to the conviction that it will take some- thing in the nature of a miracle to avert a disaster for Serbla. Lord Lansdowne's exposition of the Macedonian campalgn in the House of Lordg yestérday 1s regarded as an indi- cation that the assistance the allles have been able to offer Berbia {a not sufficlent to meet its needs.' The appeal of the Serblan premier to England “to do @very. thing you can to Insure your troaps reaching us as soon as poasible” inth mates the resistance of the Herblans is nearing the last stage. Only Twenty Milen Apart, Austro-German and Bulgarian forces are now within twenty miles of each other. Bouthwest and southeast of Bel- grade invading armies are advauncing along a hundred-mile front, twenty-five to forty miles south .of 'the Danube. Analysis of the situation in regard to the Bolgrade;Nish-Salonik] raliroad shows that the: Germans command the first fifty miles from Belgrade, the Serblans [ the next 160, the Bulgarians the next 100, and the French the last fifty miles to the Greek fronter, No detalls have been recelved here con- cerning the reported recapture by the Serblane of Veles. Whether free communication between Hungary and Bulgaria by way of the Danube has yet been established Is doubtful, but the proximity of the forces of the two ccuntries makes such com- munication at least imminent. Serbian Resistance St orn. All dlspatches continue to describe the Intensely stubborn resistance of the Ser- bl According to accounts which have ched here concerning the capture of lof Serbla. The Serblan town of Brza | Uskup, the Berblans defended every foot of ground furfously and no quarter was glven on elther side. Although the Bul- garian forces are sald to have out num- ‘bered the Berblans ten to one, they made only 600 prisoners. All the others fought to the death. Fleld Marshal von Hindenburg's tre- mendous offensi: st Dvinsk con- tinues, but thus far has not advanced sufficlently to shake the Russian de- fenses, South of the Pripet the Aus- trians are struggling to regain the ial- tiative, The situation on other fronts shows no material change, French Offfelal Report. PARIS, Oct. 27.—Another attack was made last night by the Germans In the (Continued on Page Two, Column TWo.) 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