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Look around Omaha at the firms that advertise. They are the ones that have from little concerns to great big ones. VOL. XLVI—NO. 22. JAMERICANS MAY i BUILD SUBMARINE FREIGHTER FLEET Line to Consist of American Built Ships, Manned by American Sailors, Fly- ing American Flag. PROJECT IS CONSIDERED Underwater Merchant Vessels Would Ply Between Bre- men and Baltimore. CABINET WALL ACT TODAY Baltimore, July 13.—Regarding re- ports of the forming of a company in the United States to construct merchant submarines, Henry G. Hil- ken of the Eastern Forwarding com- pany, the local agency for the Deutschland, admitted that the proj- ect is under serious consideration. “If the plan succeeds,” Mr. Hilken said, “the line will consist of Ameri- can-built ships, manned by American seamen and flying the American flag. It will Ply between Baltimore and Bremen. Promoters of the enterprise, Mr. Kilken. said, consisted for the pres- ent of himself, his son, Paul H. L. Hilken, and Simon Lake, submarine inventor. The vessels, if the line materializes, will have a tonnage of 5,000 and will be five times as large as the Deutschland,” Mr. Hilken add- ed. They will be used entirely for commercial purposes. The last case of dyestuffs com- osing the Deutschland’s cargo was rifted out about 9 a. m. The steve- dores at once ret about making the hold ready for the return cargo of nickel arid crude rubber. Washington, July 13.—~Reports of customs and navy- officers on the character of the German submarine Deutschland were the subject of a long conference at the State depart- ment today between Acting Secretary Polk and members of the govern- ment’s neutrality board called in to give informal advice. /The depart- ment's final decision on the status of the submarine probably will be an- nounced after tomorrow’s cabinet meeting, Captain Hughes of the navy and Collector ‘Ryan and Surveyor Steele of the Baltimore custom house, all of | 134 whom examined the vessel, have re- ported unanimously that it is an un- armed freight carrier. Government officials are generally satisfied- that no legitimate objection can be raised against granting all the privileges of a peaceful merchant craft ‘to ‘the Deutschlamdn Hughes Will Be Notified July 81, At Carnegie Hall New York, July 13.—The official notification_ceremonies of the nomi- nation of Charles E. Hughes will be held in New York July 31 at 8 p. m. at Carnegie hall, it was announced today. Announcement_to this effect was made today by Chairman Harding of the committee on notification after-a conference with Mr. Hughes and Chairman Willcox of the national committee. Mr, Hughes’ suggestions as to the time and place for the cere- mony were adopted. “There will be invited to be pres- ent,” said Senator Harding, “mem- bers of the republican national com- mittee, delegates and alternates to the national convention at Chicago, republican governors and representa- tives in the house, heads of corpora- tions in various states, members of the progressive national committee, officials of the progressive national convention and prominent representa- tives of the progressive party,” Senator Harding said that both Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Taft would be invited to the ceremony and reception. Senator Harding’'s announcement of Wednesday morning's conference between Mr. Hughes and many re- publican fleaders from out of town, among them Senator Sutherland of Utah, The Weather For Nebraska—Fair; continued warm. Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. 8 | state troops today. Highest vesterda Lowest yesterday . Mean temperature Precipitation ... Temperature and preci rom the normal: Normal temperature Excess for the day Total excess since Normal precipitatio Deficioncy for the da: Total rainfall since Deficiéeney since March Deficiency, cor. period, 19 Deficiency, cor. period, 191 Reports from Btations a Station and Btate Temp. .of Wenther. 1p.m , - glear Chayenne, W. cloud ver, pi. cloudy. Des Moln i oy, raf Dodge City, 38 inches 36 inches p. m. ‘High- Rain- T 2 Lo Blouty e 8 uder, part cloudy North Platté, clear udy Puebln, cloudy Raptd City, olear Balt Lake, cloudy Sloux City, cloudy, . Valentine, clear .., L. A, WE. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE MONSTER SHARK IS KILLED AT KEYPORT Part of Human Body is Found in Stomach of the Big Fish OCaught Near New York. IT KILLED MAN AND BOY New York, July 13.—A monster shark whose stomach contained part of a human body, was killed at Key- port, N. J., today, according to in- formation reccived at the weather bureau here from the observer at Long Branch, N. J. The waters of the Atlantic sea- board are infested with sharks. While hundreds of armed men in motor boats were patrolling the New Jersey coast today in search of the man-eating monsters which have now caused the death of four bath- ers, the British sloop Sir George Somers arrived from Bermuda with a score of sharks the crew had caught in the gulf stream during their twelve days’ voyage to this port. The last was caught off the New Jersey coast the day before yester- day. The crew said that the big fish were numerous and hungry. lan attack by a shark probable sixteen | + [ mill workers is in progress. | 5 | participated in yesterday by strikers 7‘ny caused Sheriff Davis to ask for | They followed the ship and snapped viciously at bait. Those caught were pulled in with hook and line and killed as they were hoisted aboard. Dread of the monsters has vir- tually cleared the middle Atlantic coast beaches of bathers, according to; reports received here today, w‘ile many summer resort proprie- tors are enclosing their bathing places with steel nets. The shark killed today weighed 300 pounds and was eleven feet long. It was killed near the mouth of Mata- wan Creek, N. J., and is undoubtedly the same fish which yesterday in- vaded the creek and killed two per- sons, the weather bureau's informant reported. , Shark Kills Man and Boy. Matawan, N. J, July 13.—Hun- dreds of armed men in row boats and launches were hunting today for the man-eating shark that yesterday killed a boy and man and dangerously injured another youth in Matawan creek and caused a reign of terror all along the New J:rsey coast. It was reported this morning that another man named Baldwin was at- tacked and killed by a shark at Key- port, N. J., at the mouth of the creek. The body of Lester Stillwell, 12 years old, has not been recovered and it is believed the shark devoured the ad, ‘W. Stanley Fisher, 24 years old, who was attacked by the shark, when he tried to rescue the Stillwell boy, died upon reaching the shore. Joseph Ralph Dunn, 10 years old, was in.a precarious condition in a New. Brunswick hospital - ‘today, where it was said the injuries he re- ceived from the shark might prove fatal. Bathing Nearly Suspended. The scare that has been felt along the New Jersey shore, mainly in sum- mer resorts, since the first shark raid on bathers, has virtually suspended all beach bathing. Even at Coney Island precautions were taken against a visit of the shark. The tragedy yesterday was all the more startling because it occurred in waters sixteen miles from the ocean. Matawan creek is a tidewater stream about fifty feet wide and from eight to fifteen feet deep. It empties into Raritan bay. The mouth of the creek is at Keyport. The shark, to get there from the Atlantic ocean, had to round Sandy Hook, cross through the lower bay into Raritan bay at the southern end of Staten island. The first person who saw the nine- foot shark yesterday was Captain Thomas B. Cottrell of Keyport, as he started up the creek about noon. Fifty or more persons were bathing, Captain Cottrell says, and he warned them. About the same time a number of men on a bridge saw the shark glide by. Captain Cottrell hurried up the creek in his motor boat to warn| bathers, most of whom left the waters immediately. The others ignored the| warning because they did not believe | miles from the open sca. Four persons now have been killed | by a man-eating shark and two" maimed along the New Jersey coast during the last ten days. State Troops Sent To La Salle, I11,, to Stop Strike Riots Springfield, II, July 13.—State| troops today were ordered to La| Salle, Ill., where a strike of cement La Salle, 13.—Rioting | 111, July from three cement mills in this vicin- | About 300 of the | 1,200 men on strike took part in the | rioting. Stars and clubs were taken from a squad of private policemen, who attempted to guard workmen en route to one of the plants. No attempt was made to operate the mills today and there was no repetition of yesterday's trouble. Three Men Killed by Fall of Building at | Buf{alo, N Buffalo, N. Y., July 13—Three men were killed, six men seriously injur- ed and several reported missing as the result of the collapse today of one of the main buildings at the plant of the Semet Solvay company. The building went down just as a storm broke. It was said lightning struck a tall chimney, causing the collapse. About 100 men were g work in the plant. Ambulances from all the hos- pitals in the city were rushed to the scene and firemen were sent to help workmen clear away the debris in search of missing men. 1 OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, CREW OF THE GERMAN SUBMA 3 “Deutschland’’ taken upon their and Captain Paul Koenig of | N or JULY 14, 21N 1916—TWELVE PAGES. On Truinw, at Hotels, News Ntands ote.. Be 2N BILANT OVER SAFE ARRIVAL—This is a picture of the happy crew of the o shore. In the center is Captain Hinch of the interned German steamer Neckar S = SEA FIGHT NERVES GERMAN WAR PARTY All Talk of Peace on Basis of Ante-Bellum Status Quo Ends Abruptly. WILL HOLD WHAT IT HAS (Correspondence of The Assoclatel Press.) Stockholm, June 21.—Regardless of the decision, history ultimately will record as to victor and vanquished in the great North Sea naval fight of May 31 and June 1, there is no de- nying the fact that the battle brought a sudden stiffening to the so-called “war party” in Germany. All talk of Germany being willing to end the war on a basis of the ante-bellum status quo ended. It is being given out now in neutral Europe that. Germany will require “a slight rectification of its frontier at the expense of Belgium.” It is further asserted that.it will he necess sary for the central powers to keep a strip of Serbla in order that the railway to Constantinople shall al- ways run through “friendly” country.' Germany always has maintained that its colonies should be returned to it. It is now added that there must be compensation for German losses in the Congo. Something also must be done, it is stated, “to keep Belgium from being the vassal state of Eng- land.” Dr. Aked’s Report Gloomy. Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked of San Francisco, one of the American dele- gates to the neutral conference for| continuous mediation, sitting in| Stockholm, was in Berlin on a mis- sion of peace at the time of the North Sea fight. It is commonly reported he was there by invitation of the German government. At any rate he seems to have had no difficulty in ob- taining audiences from most of the higher officials. The peace confer-| ence had entertained the hope that Germany would outline peace terms of a character so extremely moderate as to command immediate respect in all the neutral countries, thus bring- ing about a public opinion to which belligerents eventually would have to listen. Dr. Aked brought back a very| gloomy report. There seemed to be no thodght anywhere that the war| would end within another year. [ new statement of peace terfs that would be demanded by the new| dominant war party, coupled with the | governmental announcement that peace could be had only upon a basis of consideration for the mili-}"'f the submarine, tary situation of the opposing armies and without consideration or discus- sion as to the cause of the war, ap- pears to have chilled even the most ardent of the peace advocates abid- ing in the Swedish capital. Just a short while before the naval battle the German element in Stockholm was proclaiming the fact that Ger- many was beginning to cease hostili- ties and evacuate all occupied terri- tory in exchange for the captured German colonies over seas. Germany Stands Pat. Dr. Aked is sai(llm have suggested to officials in Berlin that the neutral nations would not look with favor upon German retention of any of Bel-| gium and to have received the an- swer: “The neutral nations are not going to dictate to the 120,000,000 of the central powers. We have bought the land of Belgium with our blood. Ger- many must be [)flJlCClCd'igaillSl fu- | Shall we give back all| New York, July 13.—Five persons ture attacks. we have won_at such great cost? Shall we give up the valuable coal and iron lands of France now in our hands? As to Serbia and Montene- | gro, they have had their lesson, I| hope. We will leave Austria to deal with them.” | Even the extreme pacificists in Germany are said to have told the emissary from the neutral conferences that the time was not ripe for over-| tures of peace. Irrespective of the| conflicting claims of victory, it was| said the naval fight had lengthened the war by twelve months at least, The only thing the pacifists could do now was to wait for the right mo- ment and seize it when it came. Teuton Armies Confident. | Dr. Aked reported to the confer-| ence that he found everywhere in| (Continued on Page lwo.‘Eolun One.) The | Baltimore Omaha Continues Omaha continues to have the dis- tinction of being about the hottest place on the map. And there is no relief in sight. “Fair and continued warm” is the forecast. The hottest places in the whole country are west of here, Boise, Idaho and Winnemuca, Nev, regis- tering 100 degrees. Points in A New Mexico, Arizona and Texas are much cooler than for some time. As most or our “weather” comes in from the west and northwest, continued warm is the outlook. It was 4 degrees cooler at 7 a. m. as Ot;e of the Hottest Spots in the Country than at 7 a. m. Wednesday, if that gives you any encouragement, Rain fell at a few places in the state Wednesday night. Ashland had the most, .64 of an inch. Omaha had only .08. So far this year Nebraska has had far less than its usual rainfall. At Omaha the normal rainfall from March 1 to the present time has been about 16 inches. This year only 9% inches have fallen. Yet crops are flourishing “like the green bay tree.” Twenty years ago such a rain refi- ciency would have been ruinous. To- day, .with the rainfall conserved by millions of trees, the shortage is un- noticed by the growing crops. SUBSEA IS READY T0 TAKE ON CARGO Unloading ‘of Freight Shows --Deuntschland is Not a3 Large ' ~'As Was Estimated. PRESENTS NEW PROBLEMS Baltimore, Md., July 13.—Unload- ing of the cargo of the German super- submarine Deutschland was complet- ed early today and the ship's rise re- vealed that. the estimates of its size have been exaggerated. Instead of being more than 300 feet long and 30 feet wide, its length is not more than 250 feet and its width is less than 25 feet. Its over-all draft, figured sub- merged, shows that it needs at least thirty-two feet for complete submer- gence. Through all the feverish activity of the last hours of the unloading, the tug Thomas F. Timmins played the strong beams of a powerful searchlight all about, sweeping the waters, the shore lines and the Deutschland’s decks. A smaller pow- ered searchlight which had been set up on the motor boat Etco reached corners that were beyond the Tim- mins’ light. Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, is expected to come to toda. to inspect the Deutschland. ayor James H. Pres- ton will take luncheon with the am- bassador and Carl A. Luderitz, the German consul here, and afterward will get his first view of the interior 1 This evening the | mayor will entertain at dinner at his | home Count von Bernstorff, Mr. Lu- deritz, Captain Paul Koenig of the Deutschland and other distinguished !gu;sts. | .The crew of the Deutschland de- cided to turn over to the Red Cross fund the $10,000 gift for valor from a 'New Yorker. | Raises Many New Issues. Although the contention of the British and French enibassies that |the German submarine Deutschland lat Baltimore is a potential warship |:has had little weight at the State de- !partment, i view of the department's linformation that the vessel is purely ia merchant ship, officials today saw (Continued on Page Two, (‘nlllmTOnr.) 'Five Persons Killed ' By Ammonia Blast were killed, one is missing and at :lcasl thirty others were injured to- day, when an ammonia tank in a Brooklyn butcher shop exploded, completely wrecking a four-story brick building. So terrific was the blast that scarcely a brick in the building was left standing on another, and the vic- tims were crushed under tons of de- bris. A passing trolley escaped the avalanche of bricks, but a dozen pas- sengers aboard were injured, some by shock and others by flying glass and debris. The known dead are: Schimdt, owner of the shop; two clerks, the cashier, who was a woman, and a delivery boy. A girl whose father says she was on her way to the store and who cannot be found is believed also to have per- ished. Martin UPHOLDS NEBRASKA COURT COHMISSION Judge of Federal Cirouit Court of Appeals Hands Down a Damage Oase Opinion. MORRIS & 00. V8. KORINEK The right of the Nebraska state su- preme court commission to adjudicate cases brought before it was upheld in an opinion handed down by Walter I. Smith of Council Bluffs, judge of the United States circuit court of ap- peals. Smith’s ruling was made in the case of Morris & Co. against John Korinek, growing out of a damage suit in which Korinek was awarded $7,500 damages in Nebraska courts for personal injuries received while employed at the Morris plant. Korinek's suit was tried before Judge Leslie and the verdict sus- tained in supreme court after a hear- ing before the commission. Counsel for Morris & Co. then asked Judge Munger in federal court to enjoin collection of the judgment, on grounds that supreme court com- mission of Nebraska was in conflict with the constitution of this state and that its operation had deprived the defendant of its rights to equal | treatment under the law accorded by | the constitution of the United States. Munger Denks Injunction. Munger denied the injunction and the case was appealed to the United States circuit court of appeals. “Smith’s decision was rendered on an application to restrain . collection of the judgment until the circuit court had rendered a decision on the ap- peal. \ s Smith issued a temporary injunc- tion some days ago, but his order va- cates this injunction and refuses to grant a restraining order. Unlcs} the Uinted States| supreme court inter- venes, Korinek will be able to get him money at once. His attorney, W. R. Patrick, applied for a writ of exe- cution ; L Smith, in upholding the right of the supreme court commission to ass upon this case, says that the Nebraska supreme court has already recognized the supreme court com- mission as a_constitutional body, so far as the Nebraska state constitu- tion is concerned. Failed to Challenge. He rules, however, that Morris & Co. probably ‘would have had the |right to refuse to have their case heard by the commission, but that as they failed to challenge, the body when the case was pending, they have no righ to do so now. Smith further rules that the com- mission did not deprive Morris & Co. of their rights under the consti- tution of the United States. It is considered. possible that Smith's decision will be permitted to stand unchalleneged, thereby for the present at least determining thé le- gality of the supreme court commis- sion, so far as its constitutionality is concerned. L : The supreme court commission is 2 body authorized under an act of the legislature of 1915 to aid the su- preme court in relieving its congested docket. Its members are attorneys appointed by Governor Morehead, who act substantially as judges of the dtate supreme court. [SAYS SAN ANTONIO IS AN ARMED CAMP Texan, Visiting in Omaha, Tells of Oonditions on Border as Caused by Mobilization. SEE REPUBLICAN STRENGTH “The streets of San Antonio re- semble an armed camp these days,” declared Walter ‘Steeves, a business man of that city, who is visiting in Omaha, “There are about 10,000 troops there all the time, coming and going every day. A large number of regulars were stationed at San An- tonio last spring, but most of them have been displaced /by guardsmen now, “The main streets are congested with traffic caused by the mobiliza- tion, and it is not uncommon to see a dozen/ or more big army trucks loaded with army supplies and troop- ers going down the street, Business 18 good in San Antonio on account of the -money which the guardsmen spend. \ 8 “It is a queer thing to us Texans to see how very little many of the eastern Guard know about our coun- try. Several of the members of the New York Guard had an idea that when they had a little leisure in San Antonio that they would hire a jit- ney and run down and take a look, at the border, but when they discov- ered that it was about as far from San Antonio to the border as from New York to Albany, they decided to wait until they were ordered south. “Many of the guardsmen, particu- larly those from the east, are taking the mobilization more in the nature of a long vacation than anything else. It is not an uncommon sight to see a private in the rear ranks of one of the eastern regiments riding about in his automobile, which he has had shipped down to him for use in the hours when he is off duty. Democrats Admire Hughes. “The, Texas politicians are having a hard row to hoe this year. They are largely born and bred democrats and can hardly imagine themselves doing anything except voting the democratic ticket, but they are not satisfied with the Wilson policy in Mexico and they admire Hughes. The republicans are making an active cam- paigh this year and have a good deal more of a chance to win than ever before. The Texas democrats are in the queer position of criticising Wil- son bitterly themselves, but when an outsider makes any complaint they rush to his defense. Personally, I think that in the fall the old habit of voting the democratic ticket will be so strong that they, will vote to re- elect Wilson, but if the men who were murdered ‘in cold blood at Carrizal are 1ot avenged it may prove the un- doing of Wilson.” “I should think that this mobili- zation ought to be a fine thing for the manufacturers of Omaha. They ought to be in a position to supply many of the contracts that the army commissary department is making, and their facilities for shipment and delivery certainly should be far su- perior to thosq of the eastern manu- facturers. ‘It ‘takes an immense lot of foodstuffs and other supplies to | provide for the men under arms, Tons and tons of flour, meat, beans and so on are shipped into and out of El Paso and San Antonio all the time.” Mr. Steeves expects to go east on business in a few days and merely stopped over with the Colonel G. S. Bingham family for a few days to re- new an acquaintance formed when | Colonel Bingham was head of the | quartermaster's department in San Antonio. 'Entente Advance Is Only Beginning Lonidon,” July 13.~The enténte' al- lied offensive on the western front is only in its beginning, ‘declared” Pre- mier Asquith today in announcing in the House of Commons that the gov- ernment had decided to ask workers to forego their August holidays be- cause o? the demand for munitions in France. He expressed conviction that the workmen would co-operate in this Elan so as to make it plain to Great Britain’s foes that the offen- sive, in its present intensity of bom- bardment and assault, wouk{. if neces- sary, be “continued indefinitely,” SINGLE COPY THE WEATHER FAIR TWO CENTS. GREAT DRIVE BY RUSS S MARVEL OF WAR WRITERS Six Large Armies, With Appar- ently Endless Supplies, Are Engaging Austrians and Germans. RUSH BEGINS IN TURKEY Grand Duke Nicholas Resumes Offensive and Forces Turks Back Twenty-Five Miles. GERMANS ATTACK VERDUN London, July 13.—The recovery of the Russian armies since theip de- feats of last year and the apparently inexhaustible supplies of guns and ammunition with which they are pro- vided, countinues to be a source of wonder to military writers. At least six great armies are engaged against the Austrians and Germans on Rus- sia's western front. All of them are using great quantities of ammuni- tion, even those not definitely on the offensive. The forces under Grand Duke Nicholas in Armenia and Persia have been fighting vigorously against the Turks for months. A few weeks ago parts of these forces, particularly those west of Erzerum were com- pelled to fall back;in'the face of a stronger Turkish army. Early this week the grand duke resumed the offensive in this region and recap- tured Mamakhatum, fifty miles west of Erzerum, so that the Turks h fallen back some twenty-five miles from the furthest point reached in their counter offensive. Battle for Kovel, Meanwhile the armies directly south of the Pinsk marshes are fight= ing a pitched battle with the Austro- German forces of General von Lin- singen, along the line of the Stokhod. river. It probably will be some days before the decision is reached, as the Teutons have brought up very strong reinforcements in the hope of retain- ing possession of Kovel, loss of which would necessitate a regrouping over a long stretch of the front. North of the Pinsk marshes the fighting at present is largely with ar- tillery, In Galicia the Russian armies are reforming for continuation of the offensive. Seventh Onslaught at Verdun, In the west the renewed efforts of the Getman crown prince at Verdun temporarily are taking precedence in the publi¢ ‘mind ‘over the battle -of Somme. . The atack just delivered by the Germans before Verdun is the. seventh great onslaught' with: dense (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Young Man With Unsigned Bank Notes Arrested at Denver Denver, Colo., July 13.—W. Edward Diez, 24, Atlanta, Ga,, known in Den« ver as Joseph C. Meyers, was arreste ed here last night and is held pend« ing an investigation .into the source of $1,000 worth of unsigned national bank notes which the police say he threw away as he was about to be apprehended with the bills, which, it is said, were identified by pottof{ico inspectors as part of a series amounts ing to $1,000,000 stolen from the mails in a train holdup on_the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Central Station, Va., October 8, 1915. Diez, who denies any knowledge of the robbery, recently came from Hot Springs, Ark, and Kansas City, Mo,, and resided here at the Youn, uen‘q Christian association, where he was taken into custody, U, 8. Army Officers See Hand of Villa St. Antonio, Tex,, July 13.~Infors mation indicating that the garrison at Ojinaga, opposite Presidio, Tex, would join any considerable body of Villa’s men moving northward in« stead of resisting them, was received at General Funston's headquarters today. Many of the 700 men under Colonel Rojas, commanding at Ojine aga, formerly were in Villa’s come mand. Army officers here are convinced that Villa personally is directin rebel operations south and edst of Chihuahua, and that after attacking a force of the de facto government troops near Parral, he sent one ‘dee ttachment of his newly formed army north. Troop movements in the Big Bend district and at other points along the border were continued today with the idea of tightening the patrol. 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