Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 15, 1916, Page 1

Two full pages of News for Women Every Day in HE OMAHA BEE. VOL. XLVI—NO. 24. SNAVAL COLLIER IS £ SUNK; 50 MARINES Fate of Those and Crew Not Known as American Gov- ernment Ship Sinks Off Charleston. HECTOR NAME OF CRAFT Naval Tender, With Fifty U. 8. | Marines Is Lost Off Charleston. HURRICANE ALONG COAST| Charleston, S. C., July 14.—Captain F. R. Hunt of the tug Vigilant re- ported late today that the naval col- lier .Hector, bound from Charleston for Santo Domingo with fifty marines aboard, had sunk nine miles southeast of Charleston Lightship. The fate of the crew and marines is unknown. Charleston, S. C, July 14—The naval collier Hector, bound for Santo | Domingo, carrying fifty marines, is reported sinking abont sixty miles off Charleston. The lighthouse ten- der Cypress went out at 10 o’clock this morning to the assistance of the Iector, but was unable to breast the heavy seas and returned. The hurricane which struck Charles- ton last night abated today. One llft was lost here. Damage to ship- ping and the water front was not great, and the balance of the city did not suffer severely. At 1:30 r'clock this afternoon wire- less advices were that the Hector was fourteen miles off Cha.lcston and was coming in at the rate of four mileg an hour. Details of its conditions were not available, but the steamer Alamo was in touch with it, ready to lend assistance. Three Reported Killed. Atlanta, Ga, July 14.—Charleston, S. C, was cut off from continuous wire communication today as a result ~of a hurricane that struck the Geor- gia and outh Carolina coasts late last night, sending the wind velocity to a maximum of sixty-four miles an hour, claiming three lives-and doing damage to coast resorts and cities. Fragmentary reports from Charleston indicate two lives lost there, the water front inundated by high tides and much property damage. Aid Sent to Collier. Washington, July 14.—Wireless or- ders were sent to the coast guard cutter Seminole off the North Caro- lina coast today to go to the rescue of the naval collier Hector, reported in distress forty miles southeast of Charleston, 8. C. The tug Vlgllant,‘which had been in wireless communication with the Hector, reported at 12:30 p. m, that a steamer was standing by, but it was not known whether it had transferred the marines and crew. Wireless com- munication is difficult. Four Stolen Ford Cars Recovered At Grand Island Grand Island, Neb., July 14.—(Spe- cial Telegram.)—Deputy Sheriff Cords made an important haul last night and this morning when he re- covered four Ford cars which had been stolen from various points in the state and took into custody one of the thieves involved. He also has a good trace of a fifth car. Neil De- vore has been arrested on the charge of acting as a fence for the thieves ‘and will be held until further devel- opments. The car first discovered was that of Mr, Eddy, a merchant of I'remont, who was here last night and identified his car, Others are in the process of identification, one be- ing from Pawnee City, two from Omaha and one from Lincoln, Sinn Feiners Wreck Recruiting Station Cork, Ircland, July 14.—Chagrined by the non-arrival of prisoners who recently were released after undergo- ing imprisonment_since the Dublin rebellion and who were expected here today, 1,000 Sinn Feiners wrecked the recruiting office, hissed the military pickets and sang republican songg. E- | | i / N The; iv_@ther Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. PEPPREREP Comparative Local Record, 1916, 1915.1914. M3, ilizhest yesterday .. 91 84 89 104 Lowest yesterday 70 68 69 8 Jlean temperatur 80 6 70 1 Precipitation . .00 88 .00 .00 ‘Temperature precipitation departures from the normal: Normal temperature Excess for the duy .. ON BOARD VESSEL Total excess sinco March Normal precipitation. .. Defiflency for the da Total rainfall since March Deflclency since March 1 Deficlency, cor. period, Deficiency, cor. period, 1914 Reports from Stations at 7 i -50 inches THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUPPLIES G0 T0 PERSHING BY RAIL Train Held at Juarez by Gen- eral Gonzales Released by Order from Chihuahua. PARRAL REGION IS QUIET El Paso, “Tex., July 14.—The Mex- ico Northwestern train, filled with forage and Casas Graildes merchants for the use of General Pershing’s army, which was held up in Juarez last night by order of General Gonzales, was re- leased today on instructions from General Jacinto Trevino at Chihuahua | City. No explanation of the delay in the departure of the train was given by the Mexican authorities in Juarez, They declined to talk of the sub- ject. 5 It is underscood that the instruc- tions for the release came to General Trevino from Mexico City. A telegram received here today from Parral by a mining company, statcs that the people of Parral be- lieve that danger from Villistas has passed. Conditions are normal in that section, it was said, Three companies, the Forty-first, Sixty-ninth and One Hundred and Third, of the coast artillery, were sent from here today to Del Rio, Texas. Shift of Regiments. Announcement yoday that the Sev- enth infantry was being transferred from Camp Cotton, near the Rio Grande, to Fort Bliss, gave rise to re- ports that it was being moved to make room for the Sixteenth infantry, which was said to be on its way out of Mexico. General Bell said, how- ever, that the newly formed Thirty- fourth infantry is to take the place of the Seventh at Camp Cotton. The Thirty-fourth is 6ne of the new regiments now being organized here. The others are the Seventeenth cav- alry and the Eighth field artillery. These regiments are being formed from regulars of other regiments, to be filled in later with recruits. Reports have reached the border that part of the Thirteenth cavalry is moving northward in the rear of the Sixteenth infantry. The Sixteenth has been guarding General Pershing’s line of communications. Texans Repulse Raiders. San Antonio, Tex., July 14—To C company, Second Texas infantry, commanded by Captain A. S. Horton, came the distinction today of being the first of the National Guard to ex- change shots with Mexicans. They prevented a raiding party from cross- ing the Rio Grande near Donna, Tex. Six armed Mexicans attempting to enter American territory at 3 o’clock in the morning were detected by the outpost. They were ordered to halt, but continued advancing. The Texans opened fire. - The fire was returned, but discontinued after a minute, the Mexicans hurrying back to their coun- try. One. of-the .Americans was in- jured and it is believed none of the Mexicans was hit. Neutrality Board Says Deutschland Is Peaceful Craft Washington, July 14.—An advisory | report on the status of the German merchant-submarine Deutschland, submitted to Acting Secretary Polk today by the government neutrality board, is understood to hold that the vessel is a peaceful merchant craft, and entitle [ to all privileges. Indications now are that the State department will make no formal an- nouncement concerning the submar- ine, but that the Treasury department will be advised to ‘permit it to clear and sail from Baltimore whenever its captain desires to start on his return voyage. Mr. Polk received the neutrality board’s report just before he went to the White House to attend the cab- inet meeting. He intimated that a formal ruling by the department would be necessary only in case the submarine had been found to be a warship, liable to be ordered from American aters. The neutrality board gave /its ad- vice after considering the reports of navy and customs officers, who made a complete examination of the Deutschlend and concluded that it not only was unarmed, but could not be converted for war purposes without extensive structural changes. Five Companies of ~ - Guards at La Salle Cem;ent Plants| La Salle, 1L, July 14—Five com- panies_of the Sixth Illinois infantry dlare in camp at cement plants here and at Ogleshy today prepared to ' suppress any rioting that may result frony the resumption of operations at the plants, 1,200 employes of which| are on strike. It is expected that the operation of the cement plants will be |resumed tomorrow. General Dam Bill |s Passed by the House Washingtom, July 14.—The general dam bill, amended from the form in which it passed the senate, regulating water power development in naviga- ble stréams, was passed by the house today—51 to 17. The bill, which provides for a sys- tem of leases under government reg- | ulation and practices, is designed to induce investment of private capital in the development of water power. The principal issue has been over the Statlon and State Temp. 1igh- Raln-|rental iniposed on-power projects un- of Weather. et fall. | gor dment by R v il S T *)i | der an amendment by Representative Davenport, cloudy 94 ‘00 | Sherley of Kentucky, which provides :;g:nilr.‘ ear .. 92 o [ that the secretary of war shall fix Dofas. ¢ i UIIG,S“C]’ rental rates as he deems advis- Notth. Platte, H1 | able to apply for a period of twenty Unmll;u, Sloar 91 .00 | years, with the right to revise every .:"r:duk“lk““f” ] o o0 jten years thereafter. This was op- Sioux City o i 90 12¢(posed by Chairman Adamson of the Valeutine, clear ...,.... 92 94 0o+ [uterstate Commerce committee, supplies consigned to | | OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, ANNUAL OMAHA ~ AUTO DERBY T0 World Will Receive Flag on Board Speedway This Afternoon. | THREE MORE CARS QUALIFY |Aldo Franchi, Hughie Hughes and Tommy Milton Suc- * cessfully Survive. HOW THEY Qll\l.ll’ll}l}\." Per . De Palma, Merced . D'Alene, Duesenberg ..43 . Rickenbacher, Maxwell 43 . Lewls, Crawford ......43 uble, Burman Special.44 enderson, Maxwell ..44 . Vail, Hudson ... 4 ranchi, Pusun ughes, Delage . Milton, Duesenbe: . Johnson, Crawford . . Chandler, Crawford . . Muller, Dans 1'Argent. . Klein, Klelnart Stringer, Mercer 18. Rawlings, Duluth 47 4 BY FRED §. HUNTER. At 2:30 this afternoon Starter Fred Wagner will wave his red flage and seventeen of the fastest racing auto- mobiles in the world will start on their purusit of the prize mpney and glory which will go to the winner of they second annual Omaha champion- ship automobile derby. That the classic this afternoon will Le the most desperately fought and the most sensational race mect of the 1916 season is the universal opinion of the officials, the drivers and the rail birds who follow the racing game. Te field is unquestionably as any ever assembled and the track ranks as the fastest in the world. The full number of seventeen cars permitted by the American Automo- bile association, under whose auspices the race will be run, will go to the post in the main event, the 150-mile race, this afternoon. Eighteeh cars qualified, but Ed Rawlings was pushed out because he could only do ninety miles an hour, while the other seventeen did better. Rawlings, how- ever, will get into the 50-mile race, which follows the big event. Three More Qualify. Three more cars qualified in the eliminations held yesterday after. oonn. Aldo Franchi, Hughie Hughes and Tommy Milton are the fortunate pilots. Franchi made the best mark of the three. He sent his powerful Pusun around in 44 4-5, a clip of a little better than 100 miles an hour. He will receive tenth position at the start by virtue of this mark. Hughie Hughes was right behidd Franchi. He qualified at ninety-nine miles an hour and gets eleventh posi- tion. Hughes was originally sched- uled to drive a Duesenberg here, but he could not get his machine in shape following mechanical mishaps at Sioux City, and he was signed yes- terday to drive the Delage car which Jules Devigne intended to drive. It was joyful news for the speed enthusiasts when it became known Hughie would pilot the speedy De- lage because Hughie is absolutely a master at the wheel and he can be counted upon to make a fast and furious pace. Milton Makes First Sart. Tommy Milton, who did not arrive until Thursday, went upon the track for the first time yesterday and quali- fied his' Duesenberg for twelfth place ni the start at ninety-eight miles an hour, Wilbur D’Alene, Milton’s Duesen- berg teammate, startled the rail birds yesterday by beating Eddie Ricken- bacher and Dave Lewis in the fight for starting positions. Wilbur quali- fied at 104 miles «n hour and catches fourth position as a result while Rick and Lewis fall to fifth and sixth. yesterday and if it works as nicely today trouble is in store for some- body because D'Alene will give the car all she can hold. Jack Gable, who drives the Burman Special, also bettered his mark yes- (Continued on Page Four, Column Five.) Would Issue Beer On Bread Tickets To Save Barley Amsterdam, July 14.—(Via Lon- don.)—A protest against' the con- sumption of barley for the making of beer is made in a letter sent to Chan- cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg, signed by 80,900 members of Goo¢ Templar lodges in Germany, The letter points out “the gigantic waste of bread- material” in the use of large quantities of barley for the production of beer. hereafter beer be only supplied on bread ticKets. Subsea Freighter Will Be Loaded by Saturday Evening Baltimore, Md., July 14—The work of loading the German submarine Deutschland with its return cargo of i nickel and rubber was begun this aft- ternoon and proceeded: with a speed | that promised to have it completed |Ly tomorrow night. No hint couid be obtained from any sour tof the vessel, BE HELD TODAY Seventeen of Fastest Oars i : i — |EXPECT WONDERFUL RACE Wilbur had the old Duesy popping | It urges that| 5, JULY 1 1916—SIXTEEN PAGES. On Tralns, at H News Ktands. et DEAD BODIES OF CARRIZAL VICTIMS STARTING HOMEWARD—This picture shows the shipping of the bodies of Carrizal victims, after the people of El Paso had paid them honor in a public demonstration. i HUGH AT DETROIT AUG 7 Republican Candidate Will Go from Straits City to Chicago and the Twin Cities. TWO WEEKS IN ROCKIES Bridgeport, N. Y., July 14—Charles E. Hughes will open his campaign with a speech at Detroit on the night of August 7. He wilk then go to Chi- cago, then to St. aul or Minne- apolis for his third speech. In announcing this program today Mr. Hughes said he would adhere to his plan to make only ten or twelve set speeches on the trip, which would take him to the Pacific coast, and will return cast in time to go into Maine before the September elections. Plans for the other speeches he will make on the transcontinental trip have not matured, but he will spend the. two weeks originally contem- plated in the Rocky mountains. Deutschland Crew Member in Wilson's Chair at Washington from the German submarine mer- chantman Deutschland came oyer from Baltimore today and were en- tertained at the White House and the Navy department, A White House attache showed them through the east, blue and red rooms, the cabinet room and President Wilson's private office, One of the youngsters asked per- mission to sit in the president’s chair at the head or the cabimnet table, and he did it while his comrades grinned appreciation. All were much inter- ested in the war maps showing the positions of the armies in Europe, and they pointed with pride to the names of their home towns in Ger- many, Orpet Case May Go to Jury Today Waukegan, 111, July 14.—At the noon recess there was said to be every prospect that the case of Will H. Orpet, charged with the murder of Marion Lambert, would be in the hands of the jury Saturday, a day | earlier than had been expected. James H. Wilkerson, chief of Or- pet's counsel, made the final argu- | ment for his client, asserting that the clement of reasonable doubt loomed l:;rggc in every circumstance of the cade except where they had been ab- solutely removed by the defense. o'clock. Washington, July 14.—Six seamen |- HES 0 SPEAK |CLARKE NAMED FOR BRITISH ATTACKS SUPREME BENCH| FAIL, SAYS BERLIN Judge of Federal District Court at Oleveland Nominated for Seat in Highest Court. SUCCEEDS JUSTICE HUGHES ‘Washington, July 14.—J. H. Clarke, United States district judge at Cleve- land, O., was nominated by President Wilson today as an associate justice of the supreme court to succeed for- mer Justice Hughes, the republican nominee for the presidency. The president discussed his selec- tion at today's cabinet meeting and sent the nomination to the senate ime mediately afterward. Judge Clarke was appointed federal district judge about two years ago by President Wilson,. He is a bach- clor: and- has devoted most of lis leisuge hours of his life to reading. He was horn at Lisbon, O., and will be fifty-nine yedrs old in September. In politics he has been a life-long democrat and ran against Mark Hanpa for the United States senate in 1903, A sketch of his life, given out at the White House today, says: “He has been conspicuous in pro- gressive movements in Ohio and in the nation at large.” Since becoming district judge in Cleveland, he has taken especial in- terest in the naturalization and Americanization of foreigh-born citi- zens. Particular attention is directed in the White House sketch to the fact that despite his service as general counsel for a railropd before going on the bench, Judge Clarke, in his campaign for the senate, advocated a 2-cent railroad passenger law. In Cleveland Judge Clarke, for a long time, was associated in politics with the late Mayor Johnson and Secretary Baker. He has been classed as a progressive democrat and has taken part in several reform move- ments. Strikes and Lockouts . Show Big Increase Washington, July 14.—There were tore strikes and lockouts in the United States in the six months end- ing June 1 than in_the entire year of 1915, figures compiled by the bureau of labor statistics showed today. Be- tween December 1 and June 1 1432 labor disputes were reported, while during 1915 the number was 1,405, Wool Crop Worth About Seventy-Five Millions Washington, July 14.—American sheep raisers will realize about $75,- 006,000 for this year's wool crop, the Department of Agriculture announced today. Average prices during June were 28.7 cents a pound, higher than for many years. “Keep the hands and mouth clean,” is the advice laid~ down by Dr. Thomtas Darlington as the best mcans | of preventing the spread of infantife | paralysis. = | Dr. Darlington was commissioner {of health in New York City for six | years. : diers’ welface committee and by ar- rangements with Secrctary of War Baker, Dr. Darlington left for the Mexican border to make a scientifig study of sanitation ~there. He wi spend his “vacation” in that work, 'Rodgers Will Look Into Seizure of the Hearst Ranch Washington, July 14.—Special Agent Rodgers, at Mexico City, was instructed by the State department |'today to investigate a complaint made by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst that her ranch | de facto government, Medical Expert Gives Advice | On Checking Deadly Child Plague At the solicitation of the sol- « as to the date of departure |in Mexico had been confiscated by the | DR DARLINGTON. German War Office S8ays First Rushes Were Repulsed and New Battles Are On. RUSSIANS BEATEN BACK Berlin, July 14—(By Wireless to Sayvitle.)—New and violent battles are being fought on both sides of the Somme river this morning, says the official statement, given out today by the German army headquarters staff, Early this morning, the statement says, British troops attacked in the sector of Mametz Wood and Longue- val and made repeated efforts to cap- ture Trones Woods. The first British attacks were beaten back and new battles are in progress. East of the Mepse rivery in' the tempted to reconquer {erritory cap- tured by the Germans, the official statement sdys. Near the fortress of Souville, the French attack was im- peded by a curtain of fire, it is de- clared, and in the vicinity of Laufee work, the attack was completely re- pulsed, / Russian forces, which had again entered the first linc of the German trenches defended by troops of Gen- eral Count von Bothmer, were eject ed, the German official statement says, with considerable losses by a counter attack, The text of the statement says: “On both sides of the Somme new and violent combats are in progress, The British early in the morying at- tacked in the sector of Mametz wood and Longueval, and they made re- peated effort in Trones woods, where, yesterday evening the British already were sensibly hit by the rapid ad- vance of our reserves, “After the first attempts of the enemy had been beaten back, the Brit- ish engaged in new attacks, T “The French, after numerous fail- ures in the last few days, met with another setback yesterday, when the attacked, without success, in the vi- cinity of Barleux and to the east of Estrees. Neither the French nor their black friends gained one yard of Terrain, “East of the Mause, French at- tempts at reconquest - failed. Near the fortess of Souville our curtain of fire impeded the attack. Near the Laufee works, the attack wag flatly repulsed. “On the rest of the front numer- ous enemy patrols, reconnoitering de- tachments, were repulsed, German patrols brought in prisoners from Qulches, Beaulne and from a point west of Markirch. “Eastern theater: Army of General von' Linsingen: On the Stokhod a German counter attack near Zarecz drove back the Russians, who had ad- vanced. We took 160 prisoners and captured some machine guns, “German squadrons successfully re- peated their attacks on the east bank of the Stokhod. “Army group of General Count von Bothmer: The enemy again entered | our first line, but was ejected with 3c011ksi(lcrablc losses by a counter at- tack.” ‘Meteor Big as House Falls in Arkansas | Hot Springs, Ark,, July M-—A‘ me- | teor, the unburied part of which is as | :Iargc as a five-room house, fell last {night on the farm of J. W, Skipes, ilwcnty miles west of Hot Springs. Farmers of the vicinity today were | afraid to aproach the meteor because | of. gases and smoke which still were arising from it. A party of local sci- entists and newspaper men left Hot Springs to view the meteor, ‘Wilson Goes for Short Cruise on Mayflower Washington, July 14.—Fresident Wilson plans to spend the week-end on board the naval yacht Mayfiower down the Potomac river and Chesa- peake Bay. Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, he will leave late today to cruise until late Sunday night or ) Monday morning. SINGLE COPY region of ‘Vcrdun, the F:g[\cl} n-+ THE WEATHER FAIR TWO CEN'TS, GERMAN SECOND LINETONORTHOF SOMME BROKEN |British Resume Offensive and | Penctrate Teuton Defenses Along Front of Some Four Miles. |THREE TOWNS CAPTURED | Rush Gives Britons Dossession | of Roads Used in Supplying Part of German Army. ENTHUSIASM IN LONDON BULLETIN. Paris, July 14.—The bombardment along the Bglgian front has reached a point of the greatest intensity, ac- cording to the official statement is- sued by the French war office tonight. London, July I4A—Fic;cc counter attacks made by the Germans, in an effort to reconquer some of the ground captured by the British in4o- day's drive, were completely crushed by the Britisi force, according to the official/statement issued by the war office tonight. British Front in France, July 14— (Via London,)—The British have now taken both Basentin-Le-Petit and Basentine-Le-Grande, as well as Lon- gueval. The struggle is continuing in the wood beyond Longueval and on the high points of the ridge, London, July 14.—At daylight this morning the British, resuming the of- fensive north of the Somme, attacked the Germaa second line defenses and, according to the report of their com- mander, General Sir Douglas Haig, succeeded in penetrating them on a front of four miles. Press dispatches from the front ada that the- villages of Bazentin-Le-Grand and Longueval, north of Montauban, and the remain- ing portion of Trone’s woods were taken by the British. While it was expected the British would not allow any great length of time to elapse-before continuing their operations, it was hardly believed the second German line would! be at. tacked after only one day of artillery reparation; for it was only the day efore yesterday that they completed capture of the first line in the regiont between Hardecourt and-Ovil- lers., The direction of the attack, too, was mmethmr of a surprise, for in- stedd of pushing on toward bles, General "Haig chose 1o attack™ the flank of the Germans who faced Con- talmaison and Ovillers and those who still. occupy Pozieres. * Cuts Off German Supplies. The advance to Longueval and Ba- zentin-Le-Grand, if =~ accomplished, gives the British possession of other important roads running in various directions, which have been a great help to the Germans in supplying their army directly = south or the Ancre river, News of the British success was re- ceived m London with the greatest enthusiasm, It has given added (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) - ——— Summer Chateau of King of Greece is Destroyed by Fire London, July 14.—The Royal ¢ha- teau at Tatoi, Greece, occupied as the summer residence of King Constan- tine, has been destroyed by fire, says a Reuter dispatch from Athens, Tze king, Queen Sophia and members of the royal family escaped and took ref- uge with Prince Nicholas at his home in Kephisia, The fire started in the forest near the chateau and spread to that building and to the adjoinin, barracks of the rural police, whi were destroyed. Several lives, ine cluding those of officers, were lost in the burning of the barracks. Kin of Emperor of Austria Are Called Zurich (Via Paris), July 14.—Mem- bers of the Austrian imperial family have been summoned to Schoenbrunn owing to the illness of the emperor, Francis Joseph, according to news dis- patches from Innsbruck, Several spe- cialists are attending the aged king- emperor and the news of the war is being withheld from him. Man Who Foiled Plot to Strip Arsenal is Dead Pittsburgh, Pa., July 14.—John ‘M. Larimer, aged 96, who foiled the plot in 1800 to strip the Allegheny arsenal of ammunition and -cannon in order to arm ports in confederate territory, the cxposure of which led to the | resignation of John B. Floyd, secre- tary of war-in the cabinet of Presi- dent James Buchanan, is dead at his home here. He was born here. Death was due to old age. They’re not all big opportunities. Only a few of the adsin the “Business Chance” columns are what might | be turned into a big op- tunities, but each ad is an opening which can be turned into a big oB- portunity by the right man. \ i “You may be the man.”