Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 3, 1916, Page 1

Part One NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 10. VOL. XLVI—NO. 41. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 1916—TWENTY PAGES. On Tralns, at Hotels, News Stands, eto., Se. THE WEATHER WARMER SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. S ROGER CASEMENT S T0 BE HANGED ONTHIS MORNING Reprieve Refused Prisoner and All Arrangements Made for His Execution on Thurs- day Morning. APPEAL FOR MERCY IN VAIN Time 8et for 9 0’'clock This Morning and No Hope for Doomed Man, COURT SENTENCE STANDS ment will be executed in the Penton- ville prison at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning for high treason. The exe- cutioner will be private. Lord Rob- ert Cecil, minister of war trade, today made known to the Associated Press that it was the British government's determinaton not to reprieve Sir Rager. Beyond he statement of Lord Rob- ert, which was n defense of the gov- crnment’s determination, no formal announcement to the effect that the execution will be carried out tomor- row has been made public. Officials inéimated to the Associated Press, however, that this was quite the usual procedure, as a sentence on a convic- | tion carries with it the natural suppo- sition of execution, the only occasion for an official announcement being the granting of a reprieve of a commuta- tion of sentence. WA While the government maintains si- lence as to the formal effort made on behalf of Sir Roger, it is known that petitions were received as late as to- day. The foreign office says no com- munication has been received from the State department at Washington equesting a reprieve. Law to Take Its Course. The whole subject surrounding Sir Roger’s case has been seriously con- sidered by the cabinet and the deter- mination to let the law take its course proved unalterable. The decision of the government will cause some sur- prise as the opinion had become wide- spread that the sentence of Sir Roger would be commuted at the last mo- ment to life imprisonment. Gavin Duffey, counsel for the for- mer knight, is responsible for the statement that the condemned man has embraced the Catholic religion since the passing of the death sen- tence, having received instructions and daily ministrations from a priest vigiting his cell. Mt. Duffey declared also that the prisoner had now seen and bade fare- well to his nearest relatives who called and spent some time with him at the jail. The doomed man is reported as unusually cheerful, bearing him- self as one unconcerned. Wilson Sends Cablegram. Washington, Aug. 2.—At President Wilson’s direction, the State depart- ment today cabled to Ambassador Page for presentation to the British foreign office the resolution passed last week by the senate requesting the president to urge that Great Brit- ain extend clemency to Irish political offenders. The resolution, designed chiefly to aid Roger Casement, sen- enced to hang tomorrow, was held ;p by legislative formalities and reached the Whjte House yesterday. Acting Secretary Polk said Ambas- sador Page would not be instructed to make verbal representations in hapding the resolution to the foreign office. Honored with knighthood—a title since taken from him by i George's order—for his many years of service for Great Britian as Consul and Consul-General, Roger Casement assumed leader at a period of his country's crisis, in the recent Irish rebellion, the plans for which were laid while Casement was in Berlin, where he was reported to have nego-| tiated an understanding with the Ger- man Imperial authorities. British naval supremacy brought an abortive close to Casement’s plans, The German tramp steamship on " (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) "~ Tho Weather Nebraska: Generally falr, slightly warmer south portion; somewhat cooler northwest portion Towa: Generally fair, somewhat warmer. Temperatures at Omaha: Compz=ziivo Local Record. 1916, 1915. 1914. 1913. Highest yesterday .. 56 Lowest vesterday Mean temperature Precipitation ... mperature an 92 kil i 66 68 83 6 80 s A T A d precipitation from nor- vormal temperature .... % iixcees for *he day ....... S Total excess since March 1. L0195 Normal precipitation .. .13 inch Deficiency for the da. 13 inch Total precipitation .. 10.67 inches Deticlency since March 1. 7.88 Inches Excess for cor. perlod, 191 1.18 Inches Deficiency fr cor. period, 1 3.62 inches Report From Stations at 7 P. M, Temper- High- Rain- ture est. fall. Cheyenne, cloudy . STARN Ry 0 83 00 < Denver, cl 0 8 0 3 9 00 100 .00 20 0 North Platte 0% 00 Omaha, part cloudy 5 [H] 0 Pucblo, clear ... v panid Ci Balt sheridan, Sloux City, clear Valentine, clear 5 94 96 L. A. WELSH, Metsorologlst. | London, Aug. 2.—Sir Roger Case- | jiEE evoLvmok LADKS TTROHRS ASERDTO maemmmmemy | DAY OMAHA A VISIT HISTORICAL WPe? ORet ) \““Z{. | N of Conferengt ifort Should " G Sde to | Bring a3V Here. OPEN, HOWEVER DATE | This City on Itinerary of Sec- ond Trip of Republican Oandidate. | WILLCOX DISCUSSES (From a Staff Correspondent.) New York, Aug. 2.—(Special Tele- gram.)—As a result of a conference | in Omaha, participated in by G. W. | Wattles, J. L. Webster, Gould Dietz, Everett Buckingham, Norris Brown | and Victor Rosewater it was agreed | that an effort should be made to secure the presence of Charles Evans Hughes on some date during histori- cal week for Omaha. Gould Dietz, who came here as a member of the notification committee, | had a conference with Chairman Will- | cox today. | Mr. Deitz reviewed the | situation so far as Nebraska is con- | cerned, with Chairman Willcox, then | told him of the advantages of a visit | to Omaha on historical week, which is expected to eclipse any similar week in the history of the state. Paris, Aug. 2.—North of the| Mr. Willcox told Mr. Dietz that Somme river last night the French Omaha was on Mr. Hughes' itinerary [troops took a powerfully fortified | for the second trip, but the date ‘German work between Helm wood | was open. He, however, agreed that jand Monacu farm, it was officially | the week of October Ist was ad- |announced by the French war depart- | Vaitaveous in many particulars, even 5 | vutside its historical import and he ment this afternoon. v cave Mr. Dietz to understand that On the right bank of the Meuse| Omaha should have most considera- river, north of the fortress of Ver- i(ion, although the pressure of all dun, there was a violent serics of en- | parts of the country for Mr. Hugles gagements throughout the night at was tremendous. Vaux-Le-Chapitre wood and Chenots, | Mr. Dietz came away from the in- terview greatly encouraged. Mr extending to the east as far as to the | south of Damloup. and Mrs. Dietz leave today for Bos- After a series of unsuccessful at-| ton. tacks, some with asphyxiating gas, the Germans Cgaincd a little ground in Vaux-Le-Chapitre wood and at Che- | nois. During the actions the French | took prisoner 100 Germans, including three officers. A Russian reconnoitering party,thev statement adds, made a bayonet| charge in the Champagne region, dis- persing a German detachment. French army: Text of Statement. Rrook Leonard Edwards of Phila- The text of the statement follows: | delphia is mentioned as having “North of the Somme, between|shown “the greatest courage and Helm wood and the Monacu farm, our | coolness in seeking the wounded in troops captured a fortified work |the advance. ‘The ambulancflc was strongly held by the encmy. South |damaged by bursting shells,” con- of this river, an attack, delivered by | tinues the citation, “in crossing a us near Estrees, resulted in our oc-| Violently bombarded - zone, He re- cupation of a German trench to the | paired his machine and fulfilled his northwest of Deniecourt; we also| Mission completely, conveying took some prisoners. | wounded beyond the danger zone. “In the Champagne district, west | James Hilton Sponaglg of Glouces- of Auberive, a Russian reconnoitering | {5 Mass., is cited for “his remarkable party delivered a bayonet charge coolness in repairing his motor on against a detachment of the enemy, the road under violent bombardment which was thereby dispersed, leaving ‘ and transporting wnur!dedu during a behind a number of dead. ‘pq[!rlad of '“;f"s"' shelling.” 4 “On the right bank of the Meuse | . ‘Ol't"?s K \)tterf CO‘I zc“'g York, river the fighting continued last night | (= CTett fackson of Colorado Springs, Vith vn{lené; aliot:g 2;%"8&‘2"‘3,?;‘";33 1 N Y a?dalj‘gl:n‘élh:&le;f %fius\h?:;.c N sp‘r‘::d !f) th:pea<t as far as a point c\a.in:rse:aocrl} cltct'ithscp?r_a:‘el{l for the s i votion with which they car- to the south of Damloup. The enemy, | 04" W o duties amid perilous IT | SIR [ROGER CASEMENT | ©NTL FILM SERVICE FRENCH CAPTURE GERMAN POSITION |Strongly Fortified Post Near Helm Wood Taken, Says Paris Official Report. |GERMAN GAIN AT CHENOIS American Red Cross Workers Win Honors in France Paris, Aug. 2.—Six members of the American Field ambulance were cited | today in the orders of the day of the Agreement Reachr o Sult | o I8 political | BAND OF BANDITS CROSSES RI0 GRANDE | Eighth Cavalry is Searching! for Outlaws in Hills Seventy Miles East of El Paso. RUSSIANS CONTINUE BIG the lower arrow, which was sians, is 155 miles from Lemberg, the Teuton stronghold. It | INFANTRY ALSO SENT OUT BULLETIN. El Paso, Tex,, Aug. 2—A thorough | search of the territory between Find- lla)’ and Fort Hancock by United | States regulars failed to disclose M\Ir.\mn bandits. This information | was contained m reports to General George Bell, jr. Troops had beew sent to the district early today, upon | receipt of advices that approximately | | 150 bandits had crossed the Rio| Grande. | El Paso, Tex., Aug. 2.—Two troops | of the LEighth cavalry, under com-| mand of Captain Wilham Kelley, jr., | are scouring the gulches and canyons between Finlay, Tex., and Fort Han-! cock, about seventy miles cast of here, in search of bandits. | | The cavalry is supported by a bat- | talion of the Twenty-third infantry, | | rushed from El Paso to Fort Han-| | cock early this morning in response to reports to General George Bell, jr., commanding the aso military dis- | trict, that bandits in large numbers| had crossed the Rio Grande in that First reports to General Bell from the cavalry column said three hours search of the hills disclosed no trace of bandits. The infantry, transported in motor trucks, is being held at Fort Hancock together with a motor cycle squad | also sent from El Paso to reinforce the cavalry should the trail of the bandits be picked up. Reports to General Bell estimated the number of bandits variously from | 50 to 175. One report said that the | bandits form the main body of which | { the five who engaged a joint com-| | mand of Mexican and American cav- | alrymen below Fort Hancock on| Monday were the advance guard. Previous reports that bandits were | in the neighborhood had been brought | here last Saturday night by officers of the First Delaware infantry. They asserted that the troop train on which they were riding enroute to Deming, | N. M., was fired upon in the vicinity | of Finlay. | | Reports of the presence of a large | | party of bandits in the district which thorough search failed to verify were of Fort Hancock, and from passen-| gers aboard a Texas & Pacific train. Willcox Will Open Western 6. 0, P, Offiee at Chicago, Chicago, Aug. 2.—William R | Willcox, chairman of the repubhran} national committee, will arrive in Chi- | cago next Monday, prepared to open the new national headquarters and to announce the organization that will be in charge. This was the ad- vice received by leaders of the party here yesterday. When Charles E. Hughes, the presidential nominee, reaches Chicago Tuesday morning it will be to find the western campaign under way, it is said. Speculation is active among Illi- nois republicans as to who will be placed in charge of the Chicago head- quarters. Frank H. Hitchcock, form- er postmaster general, and Joseph B. | RAIL EMPLOYES STRONG FOR STRIKE Eastern and Southern Mem- bers of Brotherhoods Favor Suspension. COUNT IS HALF FINISHED New York, Aug. 2—When 200,000 of the 400,000 ballots cast by members of four brotherhoods who are voting on the question of calling a general strike on 225 railroads had been counted at noon today, it was an- nounced that “a preponderant num- ber of the men are in favor of a strike.” The ballots counted today are main- is the main objective of the great Slav offensive. received at military headquarters | amnnensese RAILROADS, | from %’,’eriullfilfl‘?[”y F.hSmith, Com- 7 sc\i\.NEE OF MILES y pany C, Eighth Massachusetts infan- try, who was on outpost duty west ST 5 %O mymmme FORMER BATTIE LIFF Kealing of Indianapolis are men- King | after a series of fruitless attacks, some of which were accompanied by the spreading of asphyxiating gas, gained a little ground in the Vaux Le Chapitre wood and at Chenois, but elsewhere all their endeavors were | checked by our fire. In the course | of these engagements, which result:d | took 100 prisoners, including three of- ficers. ¢ “Along thc Somme front our avia- tors yesterday showed great activity. A total of thirty-three aerial encoun- ‘enemy. One German aeroplane, at- | tacked by two Nieuport machines, was |seen to fall in flames, while fourteen other German machines, seriously damaged, were compelled to land or were seen to dive down within their lines. German_ Official Report. Berlin, Aug. 2—(Via London.)— On the high road between Maricourt and Cleary, th the region of the River Somme, French troops penetrated to | our completely demolished trenches, | says the official statement issued to- | day by the German army headquar | the salient northeast of Fort Zoue- {ville in the region of Verdun. With regard to the operations on ; | the eastern front the statement says | several Russian attacks against the German positions in the Stokhod sec- tor, broke down. Italians Defeat Austrians. Rome, Aug. 2—(Via London.)— Austrians suffered a severe defeat in Monday's engagements in the Astico 93| valley, the war office announced to- day. Their attacks on the Italian lines at Monte Seluggio, Castellatto and Monte Cimone were repulsed with extremely heavy losses for the attacking forces, the official state- ment declares. An Italian aerial squadron dropped four tons of high explosives on the Whitehead torpedo and submarine works west of Fiume in Hungary, yesterday, seriously damaging the plant, the announcement adds, ! Dutch Steamship Sunk by Germans London, Aug. 2.--The South Sheilds Zazette says the Dutch steamship Zeeland, which was on its way from a Scottish port to a foreign port, has been sunk by a German submarine after the crew had been ordered to take to the boats, in important losses to the enemy, we | ters took place over the lines of the | |'ters. The Germans captured a hill in | ‘[condi_tion& All the men named are ;\\nrkmg in the Verdun region, under ! the direction of Herbert Townsend and Henry White. | Section No. 1 of the ambulance is |also cited as “crossing many times a locality intensely bombarded with poisonous gas shells and working without rest for thirty-two hours.” el \Five Hundred Lives Are Lost In Forest Fires Toronto, Ont, Aug. 2.—Estimates today of the number of dead in the | bush fires of northern Ontario Satur- day and Sunday are put at 500 by refugees arriving from the various lo- t calities in the fire-swept zone. From | many sections known to have been | sprirkled with settlers no word has | been received at any of the northern | towns of refuge, and this is taken to Im that all have perished A score of refugees, with burns and ‘all showing sigrs of suffering, artived here today with stories cf thrilling escapes. Fred Nilles, who was postman and | stage driver from Matheson to Munro, told how he and a few others tried to escape in the small stage. The flames caught them. They cut the horses loose and fled into a wet ditch and there fought off the flames that burned their clothing and scorched thei, bodies. ‘National Women's Party Declares War@n Wilson Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 2.— The announcement from the White House that President Wilson's atti- tude toward the Susan B. Anthony amendmeit was unchanged was re- |garded at the headquarters of the Na- | tional Womien's party as hostile to the movement, “The women of the United States | cannot allow a man who has taken |such a stand to return to the W House for another four ycars,” said Miss Mabel Vernon, sccretary of the National Women's party. “There is no other course for the National Woman's party to pursue. We must fight for our rights.” tioned in connection with the posi- tion. Reavis' Honest Fruit Baskfi Bill Passes Washington, Aug. “The honest grape fruit and berry basket bill” by Representative Reavis of Ne- braska, prescribing dimensions for standard baskets for interstate ship- ment of grapes, small fruits and ber- | ries, was passed today by the house, Grape growers of New York and southern and western small fruit and berry raisers advocated its passage for protection against competitors using under-sized containers. Austrian;Captifre | 18,000 Russians | Berlin, Aug. 2—(By Wireless to | Sayville.)—The capture during the month of July of more than 18,000 | Russians is announced by Austro- | Hungarian army headquarters in its | statement of August | | The official Austro-Hungarian head- | | quarters’ report of today announces | that the situation all along the Rus- | sian front is unchanged No change in condition along the | Ttalian front has occurred, says the | announcement. Attacks by two Ital- ian companies east of Sicssette were | repulsed. Army Makes 1Plan %) Washington, Aug. 2.—A board of five army officers was appointed to- day to study best methods of mobil- izing supplies for the National Guard during peace times at points throughout the country as will make for quick and efficient equip- ment when troops are called for I federal service. Establishment of twelve general supply depots, each containing full { equipment for a division of troops of 22,000 men of all arms of the service located centrally in each of the twelve militia divisions into which the coun- try has been divided and will be modelled upon the experimental gen- ly votes of the eastern and southern members of the “Big Four” railway | brotherhoods. The western and south- western chairmen wiil arrive in a few days with the ballots from their re- spective communities. It is expected that the lowest number of votes cast iin favor of the strike will come from the eastern members of the railway unions. However, no matter what the number of votes cast against the strike by the eastern men, there is practically no doubt the majority of them favor the strike, it was asserted. South Strong for Strike. Thus far, the largest number of votes in favor of the gtrike have been | cast by the members from the south. One of the southerners, who is in touch with the vote counting, pre- dicted today that the vote from his section would run approximately as follows: i “Engineers, 96 per cent; trainmen, 98 per cent; firemen, 99'2 per cent, and conductors, 94 per cent.” An official of the Southcastern As- | sociation of Trainmen, who is in close | touch with the situation, declared to- [day that 99% per cent of the mem- | bers of the four orders of railway | workers of the south favor a strike. It had been expected the counting of the vote would be completed by August 7, but at the rate the count |is being made it ought to be com- | plete before that, unless there should be some unexpected delay. l;ilize : Mo to Supplies for Twelve Divisions phia five years ago. The purpose of the general staff the on the Mexican border. There now are ordnance, medical, quartermasters Jand commissary depots at various |caused adjournment of the committee [ points, but no general depots except | until tomorrow. The senate com- | at_Philadelphia mitteemen flatly refused to accept an | Members of the board are: Colonel [ amendment to the revised articles of William M. Arthur, medical corps; [ war submitted by Representative | Colonel Edwin B. Babbitt, ordnance Hay, which would exempt retired | department; Lieutenant Colonel Rich- is contemplated. The depots will be /mond McA. Schofield, quartermaster’s corps; Major William_J. Jackson, in- spector general, and Cnptaifl John L. De Witt, quartermaster's corps, who | will act as recorder eral depot established in Philadel- s to take immediate advantage of lessons arising from the mobiliza- such | tion of the National Guard for duty | DRIVE—Brody, indicated by || captured recently by the Rus- || Further [ north, at the spot indicated by the upper arrow, the Russians report the German defense routed. STRIKE OF NEW YORK GARMEN PROBABLE Mayor Mitchel is Making Effort to Prevent Tie Up of All Traction Lines in Oity. FEARS EFFORTS FUTILE New York, Aug. 2—While some of the leaders of the movement to in- volve all street car lines in New York in the strike on the Third Avenue sys- tem were busy enrolling the employes of other lines into the union, others called on Mayor Mitchel today, in- formed him of the union's demands and agreed to meet him tomorrow morning with representatives of the street railway corporations in another effort to bring about a satisfactory settlement. These leaders informed Mayor Mitchel that there had been one in- stance at least of the discharge by the New York Street Railways com- pany of an employe for union activi- ties, and that a strike would be the inevitable result. The mayor re- quested them to withnold action un- til tomorrow's conference and elicited a promise, it was announced at the mayor's office, that his wishes would be respected. Meantime the New York Railways company was making preparations against a strike, and already has gathered a force of several hundred rofessional strikebreakers. The po- ice also were taking all precautions and Police Commissioner Woods has | assurances from Governor Whitman | that 10,000 state militiamen were | available to prevent disorder should the strike prove too big a problem for the police. _ Although the mayor has not re- linquished hope of bringing about ar- | bitration, it was said he feels that the attitude of the strike leaders and rail- way officials is such that the chances of avoiding a strike are small. _ The threatened tieup of every car line in greater New York is to be only the first step in a nation-wide strike of street car men in order to win the union’s demand for the right to or- %amze everywhere, it was stated today y. Louis Frediger, counsel for the union organizers. “It is a country-wide affair,” Mr. | | Frediger declared. “The organizing of street railway men is progressing | rapidly. Attention is to be centered first on New York City." Conferees on Army Bill 8trike Snag Washington, Aug. 2.—Conferees on the army appropriation bill today encountered a stumbling block which army officers from some of the disci- plinary(J!ruvisionu of the regulations. Consideration of the appropriations practically has been completed, but I the Deutschland appeared | ia_nrhhored close to the Thimble Shoals ight. | where up Chesapeake SUBSEA BEGINS GREAT GAME OF - HIDE AND SEEK |Submarine Deutschland Disap« pears from View Soon After it Passes Tangier Sound | At 6:30 a. m. |SIXTY MILES INSIDE OAPES | Rumor Allies’ Warships Have Spread Nets Outside Three- Mile Limit. ONLY ONE SHIP IN SIGHT Norfolk, Va, Aug. 2.—Radio mes- sages received here late today said the German submarine Deutschland was off New Point Comfort, near the entrance to Mobjack bay, fully fortys five miles from Cape Henry. This would mean a four hours' run to Cape l-!enry in the event that Captain Koenig decided to make his dash to sea_tonight, . The Deutschland's position places it in or close to the channel of Yorle river and marine men here suggested that it might be making ecither for that river or Mobjack bay to anchor for the night. Newport News, Va., Aug. 2.—Ths | Deutschland was reported off Thim- ble Shoal lighthouse, about four or five miles from Fortress Monroe, at 4 o'clock. It seemed to be heading for Fortress Monroe. bservers at Fortress Monroe said at 4:50 that the vessel believed to be to _have \ Cape Henry, Va., Aug. 2—The Ger- man merchant submarine Deutschland had not been sighted herc at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, twenty-one hours after it left Baltimore on its return trip to Germany. Marine men believed the boat had stopped somes bay, as not more than seventeen hours would have been necessary for it to make the trip here, even at a moderate rate of speed. Fortress Monroe, Va. Aug. 2. Eighteen hours after the german merchant submarine Deutschland sailed from Baltimore on its return 'voyage to Germany, it had not been sighted trom the Virginia capes or in Hampton Roads and nothing had been heard from it since 6:30 o'clock this morning, when it was reported off Tangier Sound, about sixty miles up Chesapeal:e Bay. Althqugh Jast night it was said to be making sixteen knots, it apparently has been proceeding since at a much slower rate of speed. On the trip up the bay after its arrival off the capes only seventeen hours was required for the run from Hampton Roads to Baltimore, Much surprise was occasioned herq by reports brought by passengers on an incoming coastwise steamer that only one allied warship was on guard, today off the capes. Rumor of Allies’ Trap. Newport News, Va,, Aug. 2—Tha German merchant submarine Deutsch- land was sifih!ed off Tangier sound at 6 o'clock this morning. It was still heading toward the lower bay at a : high rate of speed. Tangier sound is about seventy-five miles above the capes. Two ::roplanes were seen flyiny over lower Chesapeake Bay at Hamp+ ton Roads §hortly after daybreak this morning. They were not from the Atlantic coast aeronautical station here. It is Lelieved they came from the armored cruiser North Carolina on neutrality patrol off the Virginia capes. The machines maneuvered back and forth over the water at a moderate aln};tude. [ assengers arriving today on an Old Domgmion liner from New York reported that when the ship ap- proached the Virginia capes, only one foreign warship was sighted. They told of seeing an object lying low in the water, with two masts visible, te ward which the foreign cruiser was heading. It looked like two huge buoys with masts above, and some of the passengers thought it might be supporting a net. It lay just outside the three-mile limit, where the chane nel is narrow. Passes Solomon’s Islaad. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 2.—Last ree ported as passing Solomons island at 2:30 o'clock this morning, the next word of the German merchant sub- marine Deutschland which sailed from port last evening for Germanyis ex« re:lcd to come from some point in ower Chesapeake bay. Solomons is« land is about eighty miles from the Virgina capes. The Solomons island dispatch said that the Deutschland was steaming at a speed of about sixteen knots an hour; that there was no indication (Continued on Page Two, Column Two,) i_f I Only Enew what employer needs my services— Well, there’s a best way to bring about an introduction; Insert a “Situation Wanted” advertises ment in The Bee. Some one needs yous ability now! Telephone your ad to The %ee to?i,ay. e no announcement of the revised fig- ures had been made. l Call Tyler 1000, ;