Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 10, 1916, Page 1

THE WEATHER FAIR People don't like to buy from unknown merchants, .| or unknown goods; adver- tising makes steady cus- cmers. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE On I'rains, News Ntands. ete.. at Hotels, 8o OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, VOL. XLVI—No. FIF’[‘H REGIMENT | NEW YORK BANKS. A 11Y GErS 0 ’GlEmanfil: %EYAES | OFFER CARRANZA | HUNDRED MILLION,,.." oo "™ REACHESL. .PORT and Southern Journey Begun | Feet Long, Makes First by Last Group of Ne- braska Soldiers. Transatlantic Commercial Trip of the War. 19. JULY 10, 1916. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. BOYS AT HOME SEND AMMUNITION TO BOYS AT FRONT—This photograph shows National Guardsmen of New York loading ammunition for shipment to Brownasville, where the National Guardsmen from New York were sent. : RUSSIANS KEEP PUSHING ENEMY LINE IN RETREAT Anglo-French Offensive En- tirely Overshadowed by the Progress of Ozar's Troops. I Mexico City Papers Report’ American Financiers Would Lend De Facto Chief Large Sum, |KOVEL MAY FALL ANY DAY |Russ Already Across Stokhos River Near Janovka. TEUTONS ARE LACKING MEN London, July 9.—The eastern front continues to overshadow the western from the spectacular viewpoint, the | Russian forcgs going from success to success. Not only has General Let- chitzky, in the soutn, occupied the railroad junction at Delatyn, west of Kolomea, thus cutting off General Von Bethmer from his supply base, but General Brussiloff, in the north, is making surprising advances on both sides of the Kovel railway toward the Stokhod river, Tonight's Russian communication reports the enemy forces in this re- EQUIPMENT IS VERY POOR THIS PREVIOUSLY I{INTED%Long Delays Occasioned to Washington Learns Nothing| Men Who Are Anxious to Further as to Form Nego- | Entrain. tiations to Take. I i EYES ON MOBILIZATION V Mexico City, July 9.—Newspapers liere today publish a story that a group of New York bankers has of- ]Captain Says Long Voy¥ Was Made Without Incident. | HOW THE DAY WAS SPENT | PR (From a Statf Correspondent.) HEADS UP HAMPTON ROADS Lincoln, Neb., July 9.—(Special| : o | :']'clcgram,)—Though somewhat be- | Norfolk, V a.,.July 9.—The Deusch-| hind the announced time of 1 o'clock, |1and, a submarine 300 feet long fl“d; the Fifth Nebraska infantry haml.\"va"yiflx a 1,000-ton cargo composed | fered to loan the Carranza govern-| .. inary detachments and the Lin-|largely of German dyestuffs, arrived ment $100,000,000. Editorially it is /. . Iu;spital company, got out offi" Hampton Roads from a German stated that with this new move the i on and off for the border today, port early today and headed up the | is in 3| |ceaving behind them a disconsolate |bay for Baltimore. Captain Kairig of | | group of officers who were unable to [the vessel said it carried no arms, had | go with them. | come purely as a merchant ship and‘ The officers leit |had made xthe transatlgntic voyage | behind are Ad-| ithotii et - = Eois g w ¥ il i ent. 2 : | jutant General Hall, Assistant Ad-{Tpy o ubmarine’s cargo is consigned jutant General Maysell, Major Fal-|t5 A Schumacher & Co., at Baltimore, Mexican financial situation fair way to being settled. There have been reports that Amer- [ ican bankers might go to the aid of | the de facto government, but no an- nouncement to this effect has been | — 2N N \ pe made. A dispatch from Washington on July 7 declared that Counsellor Polk of the State department had | stated that a conference he had had with ‘I, Fletcher, ambassador desig- nate to Mexico, and Paul M. Warburg of the Federal Reserve Board had nothing to do with the rumor that the American government would encour- age American bankers to loan money to General Carranza. No Word from Carranza. Washington, July 9.—Pending new developments in the diplomatic situa- tion between the United States and the de facto government of Mexico, army officials are learning military ~lessons by watching the working out of the National Guard mobilization +and the summoning of regular army reservists to the colors. . Today brought uoénrther intima- tions from Mexico City as to the course of procedure General Carranza will suggest for diplomatic confer- ences to settle border questions. Offi- cials at the State department are hopeful thaf definite progress toward framing a satisfactory agreement will be made next week. Will Take Several Days. At the Mexican embassy, however, it is believed General Carranza’s sug- gestons may not be received for sev- eral days. Then there probably will be some loss of time as the de fact authorities -doubtless wili desire t give Eliseo Arredondo, ;mbassador designate, specific instructions before authorizing him to open informal ne- gotiations with Acting Secretary Polk, and the preparation of these will re- uire time, 4 At the War department the belief is expressed that more than 90 per cent of the 4,000 to 5,000 regular arn}fr reservists called for active duty will report promptly. Ernest Sweet Takes Over the Hamilton Tn His Own Name Ernest Sweet, a prominent real es- tate owner and manager and a mem- ber of the syndicate which recently purchased the Hamilton apartments, Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets, at a price reported to be $375,000, Saturday took over the apartments | ® together with the furnishings and fix- tures in his own name at a total cost of $410000. Mr. Sweet has been a successful manager of other high- class rental properties in Omaha, and will manage the Hamilton himself. He is a former president of the Oma- ma Association of ,Building Owners and Managers. Omaha. Elks Taking Lead at Baltimore Baltimore, Md-, July 9.—(Special Telegram,)—Frank L. Pain of Fair- bury, Neb., chairman of the jury com- mittee of the grand lodge of Elks, and Frank Flanagan of Omaha of the credentials committee, spent a hot and busy day here today. They were at work at -their héadquarters per- fecting arrangements for dealing with what is confidently expected to be the largest crowd that ever attended an gation is expected to arrive here with 100 in the party at 7 o'clock Monday morning. They have very comfortable quar- ters awaiting them here at the Albion hotel. Raymond G. Young of Oma- ha is to play a conspicuous part in the convention. The Weather k! ba 6 oA 7 a 8 u 9 a 10 & 11 a 12 m 1 p. 24, 3":7. 4p 5 p. s 7P Comparative Local 1916, Highest yesterday.... 93 Lowest yesterday 1 Mean temperature . 2 01 .00 .00 Precipitation .... 0 : fon departures Temperature and precipitat from the normal: Normal temperitur Excess for the day . Total excess since March 1 Normal precipitation. ... L. ZDeticiency for the day Total rainfall since March Deficiency since March 1....... or cor. perfod, 1916 t cor. period, 1914. . WELSH, Local Forecaster, Deflcie Deficlency L. / Elks’ reugion. The big Omaha dele- been fortified now so as to necessitate M. Birkner, Captain Jacock and one or two others. These are all apart of the staff of the adjutant general | and therefor were not attached to either of the other regiments. First Battalian Leaves. The first battalion left the fair, grounds with the band at 1:30 o’clock, | composed of 280 men and twenty- three officers, not including the band. The big cannon at the armory boomed out the signal of their leav- ing and a Missouri Pacific train took them at the tracks of that company about half a mile from the grounds, at Seventeenth street. There was con- siderable delay in getting off, the train finally pulling out at 2:05. Ten minutes later, the second bat- talion, 231 men and 21 officers with the hospital corps marched to the | tracks, but were kept waiting nearly an hour in the hot sun before the train pulled in to take them on. i The delay was a source of much adverse comment not only by the men but by others, but at 3:15 the train pulled out one hour and ten minutes behind the first section. Wait All Along Line. Fifteen minutes before the second section pulled out the Third battalion with 244 men and 16 officers marched to the tragks and were kept standing in the hot sun, waiting for the section to get away, and even after the third section had pulled in they were kept waiting for a long while befére they entrained and the train pulled away. The cars furnished the troops were old Santa Fe coaches, those used by the First and Third battalions, hav- ing been used to transport the Second Missouri soldiers to the border, and were plastered all eyer with inscrip- tions like the following: “Carranze, you can’'t kick our dog around.” s W “Wait until the Second Missouri gets there.” : | Another inscription which covered | nearly the whole side of a car was: “Carranza—Why don't you come across, Uncle Sam; are you scared?” “Uncle Sam—No, I aif't scared. I'm just waiting till the second Mis- souri gets there.” S Not Much For ‘Cars. Some of the cars furnished looked as if they might fall to pieces Dbefore they got out of the state, while the sleeper used by the officers looked almost as inviting on the outside as a “side-door sleeper,” and just about as comfortable. : The second section looked more in- viting, but was pulled by an old Iron Mountain engine that looked as if it would/lay down and rest before it | got out of the state. 'Epsten Company Employes And Families Enjoy Outing, The employes of the Epsten Lith- ographing con:pany, with their fam- ilics, held their annual outing at Sey- | mour lake. Various outdocr and {aquatic sports were indulged in and everyone had an enjoyable time. Colcnel Taggart amuscd Lae gath- cring with an exhibition of his ex- pert quoit tricks. A ball game in the | worning between the press and art departments was won_by the latter, |'after a hard tussle. The game was featured by the pitching of Roger Gallup. . X A paper on “The Relation of Cap- ital to Laber” was read by Secrctary John E. Hoffman. : The committee on amusements! consisted of Tem Johnson, chairman; Gus Paetow, William Holsworth and Ed Gilman, while Al Koch had charge of the refreshments. | coner, Major E. J. Murfin, Major J.|where it is expected to dock tomor- | row. It is being convoyed up the bay by the tug Thomas F. Timmins. The coast guard cutter Onondaga, with Collector Norman Hamilton of this port on board, is following. New York Firms Benefit. New York, July 9.—Approximately 100 tons of dyestuffs aboard the Ger- man submarine which entered the Vir- ginia capes is consigned*to five New York firms, it was announced here to- night. {“Our Enemies Are Ready and So Are We,” Writes Harden London, July 9. Hague dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company quotes Maxmilian Harden, the noted German editor, as writing in Dic Zukunft: 5 “Our enemies are ready. So are we. Therefore, after the exhibition of their strength just given they might, without humiliatiop, make up accounts and look for a straight line toward peace. But we Germans must not believe that they will do that. Everywhere in Germany we hear that France, being exhausted, prefers lu- miliation to another winter campaign, and whatever happens will surrend- er before the winter. This -is - just as true as the talk about Germany | drumming blind and lame men into the army, while we still have at home at least thirty army corps and 600,000 recruits every year.” London, July 8—The Frankfurter Zeitung, in an editorial review of the situation, according to an Amster- dam dispatch, says: “We all know that our position is critical and we depend more than ever on the superiority of our leader- ship. What is important now is the proper utilization of our forces, which calls for weighty considera- tion. “The immense responsibility de- volving upon our staff in the west is terrible, but our fortress is firm.” {Omaha Auto Dealer To Inaugurate Profit- Sharing Plan for Men H. Pelton, an Omaha automobile dealer, has just completed arrange- ments which will put in force among his salesmen a profit-sharing plan. Starting July 1 the company was divided into four parts. The firm of H. Pelton will handle white pleasure | cars and trucks. The Franklin Motor company will sell Franklin cars. The garage will do a general garage busi- ness, and the shop a gencral repair business. Each of these branches of the service will be operated inde- pendent of the other and all profit and loss charged to its respective depart- ment. At the end of each year all profit above a certain per cent will be divided among the salesmen upon a pro rata basis using as factors the amount of each salesman’s earnings. Under this plan salesmen are urged to hold down overhead expense. Shop and garage men have readily grasped the idea and will be alert to give cus- tomers service as well as soliciting | new business. At the end of the year they receive a share of the earn- ings equivalent to their share of the production. of Germans Paris, July 8—The new French front before Peronne appears to have flanking movements southward and a widening of the position already con- quered. French infantry inaugurated this operation yesterday by success- ful attacks in the region of Belloy-En- Santerre, where 350 Germans were taken prisoner and ecast of Estrees, where fifty men were left in French hands after an assault on a communi- cating trench. . : i “It was most business-like,” said an eyewitnesses. “There was not much dallying on the part of the Germans, who, perhaps, had ben impressed by what had been going on north of them during the last few days. The French | had scarcely reached the first line of | their adversaries, when the Germans were seen clun}xmg out of the trenches | in clusters with their hands up and ifthe rear ““The War Is Finished,” Is Shout as They Surrender marching in double quick time toward the French trenches. “The first wave of assailants seemed to ignore these fellows, who tore through the weeds without es- cort and without urging in search of holes in the barbed wire entangle- ments. The Germans were pictures of precipitate anxicty until they reached the parapet protecting the field works. “‘The war is finished! The war is finished!” cried many of them, with their faces expanding into smiles, as they leaped into the French com- munication trenches and filed back to between lines of _ more French troops waiting for theMword to take their turn in the assault. The prisoners then cried for water and bread. . “The sprivates generally did not conceal their satisfaction in finding tranquillity at the rear of the French lines. Only the officers were down- cast.” SHIPPING AMMUNITION TO BORDER. YAQUI REDS MAKE RAID UPON RANGH. Take Advantage of With-| drawal of Troops and Devas- tate American Property. ‘Rfil‘UGEES FLEE TO SHIP Mazatlan, Mexico, July 9~—Yaqui| Indians, taking advantage of the| withdrawal of Mexican troops from Southern Sonora, are reported here to | have crossed the Yaqui river and in- vaded the lands of American settlers | and the Richardson Construction Co., ! devastating all property except com-| pany headquarters at Esperandea, where a Mexican, garrison is main- tained. The only Americans left -in:the gaqm Valley are: J. E. Lowder, F. . Hetchel, Leon Anthony, Fred See- man, Gus Seighman, H. Bruss, Karl Fiester and a man named Pedecourco. There is much suffering here on account of a lack of food. Four sis-| ters of the Order of the Immaculate Heart have been given r_efugc on board the United States cruiser South Dakota, off this port, and will be sent to San Diego, Cal, by the first avail- able steamer. The navy collier Nan- shan is expected to leave La Paz Tuesday with fifty-four refugees from | Guaymas and La Paz. The peons at La Paz are reported suffering all the rigors of famine. Merchants there absolutely refuse to accept Carranza currency. Horses land mules are sharing the peons’ hard- ships and are dying in large numbers along the roads in the vicinity of La Paz. Montana Suffragist To Run for Congress Missoula, Mont., July 9.—Miss! Jeanette Rankin of this city, promi- nent suffragist, announced herself yes- terday as a candidate for congress on the republican ticket, with the support of the Missoula Good Government league. She is the first woman in the state to aspire for this office. | Property Damage Done by | Hurricane Five Millions New Orleans, La, July 9.—The positive death list from Wednesday's gulf coast hurricance and a series of storms and floods that followed in Alabama and Georgia stood tonight at nine, with at least forty persons reported missing, most all from small schooners in the gulf. Unconfirmed reports say that nearly a score of per-‘ sons were killed in villages near Mo- | | bile, but prostrated wire and rail| | communic=tion prevent confirmation. | There are also reports of deaths else- | where. Property damage will reach | $5,000,000. | Man Dies From Broken Neck | Received in Fall From Wagon ! M. C. Maney, 80 years old, a pio- neer resident of Omaha, and for many years in the employe of the Omaha Water company, was overcome with the heat Saturday afternoon and fell .from his wagon, at Thirty-first street and Piedmont avenue, sustaining in- juries that caused his death. His neck | and three ribs were broken. Mr. and“Mrs. F. Fralt, 5557 North Thirty-third street, discovered the body ‘and notified the authorities. | Maney lived with his daughter at 5024 North Thirty-fourth street. Nebraska-Born Woman Sees | City for the First Time} Fremont, Neb., July 9.—(Special-)— | Mrs. Claus Thompson, born -and | brought fip in Dodge county, near! Rogers, made her first visit to Fre- mont this week, when she came to have some dental work done. Mrs. Thompson is 50 years old and had never been further away from home | than North Bend. She has a large | family, some of her sons and daugh- | ters being married. She expressed surprise that such tall building could be erected and stand up. She had never before seen a paved street. - | ment. !surances of support that are con- fiilla, Recovered So He Can E@d Bandits San Antonio, Tex., July 9.—Fran- cisco Villa's reported appearance in Mexico was followed today by a re- port at the border of a new version of the injuries he is supposed to have received. According to this latest ver-| sion, Villa was shot through both legs and only recently recovered enough to retake command of his men. The report that Villa has been operating southwest of Parral was transmitted to General Funston from El Paso to- day, the same report bearing the new account of the nature of his wounds. HUGHES SENDS WIRE 10 PROGRESSIVES Republican ~ Oandidate ~ Tele- graphs to California Moosers About Their Aims. ASKS ALL WORK TOGETHER Bridgehampton, N. Y., July 9— Charles E. Hughes yesterday sent the following telegram to Governor John: son at the California state conference of progressives held at San Francisco: “I understand that the progressive conference in California is to be held today. The national aims to which we are devoted are so vitally impor- tant that I earnestly hope there may be more strong and effective co-opera- tion which will insure their achieve- I desire a reunited party as the essential agency of national prog- gress, a party drawing to itself the liberal sentiment of a quickened na- tion. “I warmly appreciate the many as- stantly coming to me from progres- sives and the willingness that has been so frankly shown to forget for- mer differences in order that by com- mon efforts we may meet our coun- try’s imperative need. As to our com- mon purposes, I repeat to your con- ference what I said in my telegram to the progressive \cotvention at Chi- cago, We are divided in our ideals, let us work together to attain them.” San Francisco, July 8.—Governor Johnson announced here today his willingness to be a candidate for the United States senate. He was wildly cheered by progressives assembled in a mgeting at which the announcement was made. Governor Johnson re- cently declared for Charles E. Hughes for president. Victor Murdock on the Fence And He Finds It Comfortable Portland, Ore:, July 9—“I am on the fence and [ find it comfortable” said Victor Murdock, progressive leader from Kansas, when he arrived here today on a speaking tour. He declared he was not ready to say to whom he would give his supporé in the coming presidential campaign. UPON SHIPPING BILL Democratic Senators Who Op- posed Measure All Line Up With Administration. SHAKE HANDS ON ISSUE Washington, July 9.—Democratic senators in caucas yesterday reached ian agreement on the government ship- ping bill to upbild the American mer- chant marine, ending one of the most serious party divisions that has oc- curred within the life of the Wilson administration, Differences which led to a demo- cratic revolt at the last session of con- gress and resulted in failure of the ship: purchase bill had threatened the pending measure, earnestly advocated by President Wiison, with a like fate. Amendments submitted today, how- ever, ironed out all serious differences and senators who had been fighting each other on the issue shook hands, rcsolymg to press the bill for passage at this session no matter how long it may delay adjournment. Amendments include the following provisions: ynThe government shall not purchase any hip which flies the flag of a European nation at war nor any ship already engaged in American trade unless it s about to be withdrawn from that trade No ship shall be acquired by the govern- ment which is below 76 per cent of jta orig- inal effictency. The government shall not undertake to operate merchant ships unless all efforts fail to negotiate satisfactory leases or sales to private corporations for that purpose, the government reserving the right, however, to prescribe conditions under which ships shall operated and in what service they shall engage. Among democratic senators who were opposed to the bill as it came from the house and whose support has been'won over by today’s action are Clarke, leader of the opposition; Bankhead, Vardaman, Hitchcock, O’Gorman and Hardwick. Five Thousand Fire Loss in Town of Odell _ Beatrice, Neb, July 9.—(Special Telegram.)—Fire at Odell, m this county, yesterday destroyed the res- taurants of fl. L. Cullen and J. H. Gillian, the cr®am station of H. E. Spink and damaged the meat market of the former. The fire started in the rear of Cullen's restaurant from an unknown cause. The bucket brigade prevented the flames from spreading to other parts of the town. The loss is placed at about $5,000, partially covered by insurance. Lansing Thinks the Mexican Crisis Is Looking Better Now Watertown, N. Y. July 9.—(Spe- cial.)—Secretary of State Robert Lansin; arrived today at his summer home at Henderson harbor for a month's vacation. Askec if the Mexican crisis was pas->d, Mr. Lansing said: “I don't know as to that. It looks better.” bzar Brin;s Up Fresh Troopsifor Three Days to Cut Off Austrians Austrian Headguarters (Via Berlin to London), July 9—The retirement of the northern and southern wings of the Austro-German army south of the Pripet marshes was due to the superiority of the Russian forces, at- tended by the throwing in of fresh forces and the massing of attack upon attack regardless of losses. Spurred on by the success of Gen- eral Bothmer's troops south of the Dneister on the Tlumach front, the Russians brought up new troops to hoth sides of the Dneister steadily for three days, and succeeded in stopping General von Bothmer east of Tlu- mach, forcing him to abandon the lower course of the Stripa. The new line to which the Austro-Germans brooks flowing into the Dneister from the worth and the south, about | twelve miles west of the Stripa| river. This distance represents tfic Russian gains. The heaviest fighting in these sec- tors, however, occurred west of Kolo- mea, where the Russians are evidently trying to drive a breach between the armies of General von Bothmer and General Pflanzer and to isolate the latter. All their onslaughts were re- pulsed. On the northern flank just south of the Pripet marshes the Russians for days have been throwing in fresh troops in an attempt to cut off the Austrian forces holding the triangle formed by_the big bend in the Styr river north” of Kolki. The new line to which the Austrians retired to es- cape being surrounded runs straight | retired follows the course of two|across the base of the triangis some miles in the rear of the former point of the triangle, gion retiring in great disorder and adds that the Russians have occupied Huleviche, whi¢ch is about twenty- four miles to the east of Kovel, while apparently the Russians are already across the Stokhod river somewhere in the region of Janovka. To Force Retirement. German possession of Baranovichi and Kovel are absolutely essential if he is to retain hold over the invaded parts of Poland and Lithuania, but it is considered i that it is only a matter of a few days before the Rus- sians will be in possession of Kovel, which would compel Von Linsingen's retirement from the Lutsk salient. German official and unofficial dis- patches reflect anxiety over the Rus- sian advance as being greater than over the Anglo-French offensive, which the German military critics contend will not interfere “with the operations against Verdun. Major Moraha and other German critics ex- press surprise.at the extent and per- sistence of the Russian offensive and of the endless resources of ammuni- tion. : Germans Lack Men. It is reported from Rome. that at a recent council of German and Aus- - trian marshals, Von Hindenburg de- clared that it would be impossible to attempt an offensive on a large scale without reinforcements of at least a quarter of a million men. Berlin admits the loss of Harde- court, " The Roumanian government, ac- cording to a Berne dispatch, has de- clined an invitation from the German and Austrian governments to partici- pate in a conference of the Danube powers. Pathfinder Twin- | - Six Starts Coast-to- Coast Run on “High” Word has just been received by the Foshier Motor company regarding the Pathfinder Twin Six, which with Weidley at the wheel is to be driven from coast-to-coast in high gear. The car left the Panama Interna-. tional exposition grounds, San Diego, Cal,, at 12 o’clock noon, July 3, and was started by wire from Denver. In starting the car the same Western Union equipment used by President Wilson, in starting the Panama ex- position was employed. Reflorts en route show that the car left Los Angeles at 12:30 p. m., ar- riving at Fresno at 10:30 p. m.. 'Left Fresno at 9 a. m,, arriving at’ San Francisco at 5 p, m. The gasoline mileage through the mountains was ten.and six-tenths gallons to the mile. Write Some Fire Insurance in State (From a Statf Correspondent.) Lincoln, . July 9.—(Special.)One hundred and ten stock fire insurance companies licensed to do business in Nebraska in 1915, only two of which are domestic corporations, wrote $383,000,000 of insurance, for which they received nearly $4,800,000 in net premiums. Losses were incurred to the amount of $3,603,806, all of which was paid in 1915 except $4,798. These totals are taken from the manuscript of the forthcoming an- nual report of W. B. Eastman, in- surance commissioner: which is ex- pected will be ready for delivery early in August. Seventy-five of these companies are corporations organized within the United States and have a combined capital of $72,998,075. The remaining thirty-five companies, technically known as “aliens,” have their “ home offices in England, France, Scotland, Germany, Holland, Japan and othex foreign countries, All but one or two of these have en- tered the United States by making a deposit of securities with the in- surance department of New York, which stands in lieu of capital. The others entered via Rhode Island. Mrs. W. C. Weiser Injured In Automobile Upset Fremont, Neb,, July 9.—(Special Telegram.)—Mrs. W. C. Weiser is at a local hospital in a critical condition, suffering with injuries sustained when she and her baby were thrown from an automobile driven by Mr. Weiser Saturday evening. Mrs. Weiser sus- tained the fracture of both arms and a deep cut on her forehead, besides a severe shock. Her condition is critical, but physicians say she ;may recover. The baby is badly bruised, but its injuries are not serious, Mrs. Weiser and baby "were thrown out when the car traveling at a high rate of speed struck a bad place in the cement drive way near the Plajta river, o ~