Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 2, 1916, Page 1

. House Passes Eight Hour Bill to Stop Strike z=x= THE OMAHA DAILY BEE Advertising pays the advertiser THE WEATHER 1916—TWELVE PAGES. FAIR SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. who makes it pay, and the surest | way of making it pay is to put the |_advertisement in THE BEE. 'VOL. XLVL—NO. On Trains, at Hotols, News Stands, ete., be. 1. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER | COUNT AND/ COUNTESS VON BERNSTORFF, photo- PRES]DENT STARTS iHouse Acts, Senate R ushes Bl” F orward; ~ FOR SHADOW AW Railroads Claim Men Will Stay on Jobs;. 7 B e T R ek Tt s i Chicago Lines Lift Embargo on Freight 'RALLWAYS CLAIN HOUSE PASSES 8- KING OF GREECE RAILROADS LIFT RALLWAYS CLA I.EAVES THR“NE || husband. The countess arrived on board the Frederick Tn cROWN PRINCE‘ VII of the Scn‘ldmnvnn-Amerlcan line, u\hnlg fm:n Col?ell. £ ARG PLACED | DEFECTON OF HEN 2, King Constantine Abdicates in| Favor of Orown Prince— Venizelos Powerful in i Hellenic Kingdom. Washington, Sept. l.—President | | Wilson left here this afternoon for | the summer White House, Shadow | Lawn, at Long Branch, N. J.,, where | | he will be formally notified tomorrow | HOUR DAY BILL; RUMORS OF REVOLUTION | # British Official Press Repre- sentative at Saloniki Sends Report. ZAIMIS TO BE PREMIER Athens, Gre'ece, Sept. 1.—An en- tente allied fleet of twenty-three war- ships and seven transports has arrived off Piratheus. \ London, Sept. 1.—King Constantine of Greece has abdicated, according to the British official press representa- tive at Saloniki. The press representative says king has abdicated in favor of the crown prince, with Venizelos as the power behind the thronc. The new policy, he reports, will be to work with the entente allies. According to this information Pre- mier Zaimis will remain at the head of the government. Regarding the report from Saloniki that King Constantine has gbdicated the ‘throne, the Greek minister in London said today: _“I.have received no such informa- tion and I certainly do not believe such a_thing has taken place.” Garrison Surrenders to Committee, _The surrender of several Greek gar- risons to a committee which has taken over the administration of part of Greek Macedonia is reported in'a Reuter dispatch: from Saloniki. cording to this dispatch the garrisons at Saloniki, Vodena and Fort Little Karaburun have surrendered to the committee. Various rumors are in_circulation | here in regard to the situation in Greece. - Reuter dispatches from Sa- loniki say there has been fighting be- tween the Greek garrison at Saloniki and Greek volunteers recently organ- ized to assist the Greek regulars, who are resisting the Bl’lgarians in.Mace- | donia. Revotation Under Way. On itg, face this.dispatch “indicates that a revolution is under way in Greece, but.thé message is worded vaguely, probably on account. of the censorship. Therg have been various indications since the entrance of Roumania ifto the war, of political turmoil in Greece, owing. to the conflict befween the neutralists, represented by King Con- stantine, and those who desire to in- tervene in the war with the entente allies, led by former Premier Venize- fos. An Athens dispatch received yesterday predicted that Greece would abandon neutrality within the immedi- ate future. It has also beeen reported that Constantine was finding his po- sition. difficult on account of the growing strength of the pro-entente faction, and it was reported from Sa- loniki in a dispatch on Tuesday that the king had taken flight to Larissa, where he was under the protection of German soldiers. This report, how- ever, ‘was discredited in 'official cir- cles in London. Committee Represents Liberals. There. is in_existence in Greece a committee representing the liberal or Venizelos faction, and it is possible the Greek garrisons surrendered to this or some similar body. The com- mittee was appointed on Sunday on the occasion of the demonstration of 50,000 Greeks before the residence of M. Venizelos in Athens, and was in- structed to present to tile king reso- lutions warning him uot to interfere in the approaching election® and to (Centinued on Page Two, Column Two.) ‘The Weather = Nebraska—Cloudy. Temperature at Omaba— Hours. [ 8 PYSPPEPYEPPP S3gpgEEs. BEEEBE L Comparative Local R Official record of temperature and pre- cipitation compared with the corresponding period of the last three years: 1016, 1915, 1914. 1913, Highost yesterda 79 81 18 9 Lowest yesterda: 82 AMean ‘temperature 20 Procipitation ., mperature an (rom the normal: Normal temperature, tixcess for the da. l'otal excess since. M Normal precipitation Iixcess for the day. Total rainfall since March Deficiency since March 1. Jixcess for cor, period, 1916 Leticlency for cor. perfod 1 4. Reports from Statlons at 7 P. M. sStatlons and State High- of Weather. Cheyenne, Clear Duveport, clear Denver, clear Des Molunes, cloar Dudgo City, clear . Lander, clear . .. North Platte, clea Omhhg, clear . Pueblo clear .. Papid City, cloar nall Lake, clear : tw ¥e, part cloudy heridan, clear . GlgAr L. i 0 OB ¢\ onide Y a4 1o A WEISH. Materorlogisl o7 66 00 es 8 Inch .12.41 inches Ten. valentine, ¢ the | Ac-| | | | 4 | | ¢. | trial center of Petroseny. 3 | COUNT & COUNTESS VO | o § of his renomination. and a large force of clerks accompan- | ¢33 BULGARS DECLARE WAR ON ROUMANIA Official Ahnouncement 1s Made at Saloniki, According to Reuter Dispatch. ROUMANIANS ON THE MOVE BULLETIN. Berlin, Sept. 1.—(By Wireless to Sayville.)—A dispatch fram Constan- tinople savs that at'8 o'clock last night the Turkish goyernment deliv- ered to the Roumanian minister at | Constantinople a declaration of war against Roumania. London, Sept. 1.—Bulgaria has. de- clargd war on Roumania, according to an official annotincement made at Saloniki, as forwarded by correspondent there. Roumanians Are Advancing. Bucharest, Aug. 31.—(Via London, Sept. 1.)—Roumanian troops invading Transy}vania “have occupied the im- portant industrial center, Petroseny, and the Tarlunge valley, near Kron- stadt, says the announcement of the Roumanian war office. The statement reads as follows: “On our northern and northwestern ! fronts our advance continues with suc- cess in all directions, Our armiés oc- c?ied Tarlunge 'valley, near Brasso (Kronstadt) and the important indus- Our losses were very slight. “On our southern front Hungarian monitors bombarded Turnu, Magureli 6 [ and Zimnitza."” Petroseny 'is th. eenter of a rich coal field near the southern frontier of Transylvania lying just north of the Valcan pass through the Transyl- vania Alps. The occupation of Tar- lunge valley indicates the Roumanijans §{are extending their invasion of the ex- | treme eastern portion of Transylvania. Turnu, Magureli and Zimnitza are Roumanian frontier towns on the Danube river. New York Official Charges Plot to Boost Food Prices New York, Sept. 1.—A conspiracy to raise food prices because of the threat of a nation-wide railroad. strike, is alleged in a letter sent to the fed- eral authoritics here today by Joseph J. Hartigan, commissioner of the mu- nical department of weights and measures. One hundred and sixty carloads of {)oul!ry, about 640,000 chickens, were held up by shippers in thé yards of three of the large railroads in' re- straint of trade, Commissioner Harti- gan alleged,-in- violation of the inter- | state commerce act. Attorneys for several of the eastern trunk lines were preparing to test in « | the United Stites supreme court the legality of the Adamson compromise 00 | eight-hour bill if that measure be- | comes law. FOOD PRICES RISE SHARPLY IN GOTHAN Ultimate Consumer Gets B}Qtef Foretaste of Railroad Strike Conditions. PRODUCE AND EGGS LEAD consumer got a bitte: feretaste of railroad strike conditions today from a sharp advance in prices of food. Dealers attributed the raise to em- bargoes on perishable products put into .effect last night and to pros- pects of a serious shortage if the strike s called. Garden produce advanced 10 per Reuter's\ cent and dairy products reached new high records. Bitter went to 35% | cents' a pound, 7% cents above the quotation of.last year at this time, | and the highest price in the last twen- | ty-five years. The wholesale price: of | eggs of the class most generarly used | reached 35 cents. Poultry went from |18 to 26 cents a pound. Wholesale | meat dealers in New York advanced | prices-half a cent'a pound and pre- | dicted a further rise. |* The New York City authorities are ‘considering means to check exorbi- | tant price raising, although doubt ex- ists as to their legal rights in this re- | spect. | Medlar to Be Host to . Hotel Men on Thursday The first monthly dinner and busi- ness meeting of the Omaha Hotel | Men’s association will be held Thurs- day evening, September 7, at the Ho- | tel Fontenelle, when the local mem- | bers will be the guests of 1. A, Med- | lar, secretary of the local association |and also of the Northwestern associa- | tion, which me.t here in July. New York, Sept. 1.—~The ultimate } Mrs. Wilson ied the president. Arrangements were made at the White House today for sending to Shadow Lawn by special messenger the bill to meet the threatened rail- road strike as soon as it is passed. Leaving Long Branch tomorrow night, President Wilson expects to arrive in Washington early Sunday | morning, stay, here three! hours and then depart for Hodgeville, Ky, where, on Monday, he will accept the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln for the nation. Five More Names Added to Death List on Memphis Washington, D. C, Sept. 1.—Five additional names have been added to the list ofsknown dead in the disas- ter to the armored cruiser Memphis at San Domingo City, bringing the probable death list up to forty-one. Overnight advices of Rear Admiral three of the crew of the gunboat Cas- tine had been lost with the ship's launch, and that two of the men in- jured aboard the Memphis when the majn steam pipe burst had died. The additional dead are: A. J. Anderson and W, L. Planck, both of the Memphis, and L. F, Priest, R. E. Garrison and 'the gunbpat Castine. Patterson Ghosen Chief Commander 0f the Grand Army 1.—Whliam J. Pa, was of the Kansas City, _Segl. Patterson of Pittsburgh, elected commander-in-chief succeeds Captain Elias R. Monfort of Cincinnati. was William H. Wormstead of Kan- sas City, department commander of | Missouri. ' | The new officers are: E. K. Russ, | New Orleans, junior vice commander- |in-chief; Rev. Orville S. Reed, Man- zanola, Colo,, chaplain-in-chief, and William M. Hanna, Aurora, Ill, sur- geon general, (ermans in East Africa Reported In P_ull Retreat London, Sept. 1.—General Smuts, commander-in-chief of the - British forces in German East Africa, re- ports under Jate of August 30 that the German forces in that colony are in full retreat. .He announced the oc- cupation of Mrogoro, the seat of the German provisional government, and said he believed the German military headquarters and provisional govern- ment had retired into the mountains. Fifty Lives Are Lost in Hurricane St. Thomas, D. W. L, Sept. 1.— Fifty lives were lost in a hurricane which struck the British West In- dian island of Dominica Monday night. The wind reached a velocity of more than seventy miles, Rivers in the island rose to unpre- cedented heights and carried awa bridges. Some streams chanffed their courses and swept through fields and villages, carrying away houses with their occupants. The number of houses, schools, churches and other buildings wrecked or seriously damaged exceed 200. Two Kansas Visitors Are Held Up by Negroes Ray Davidson of Glasco, Kan., sto?- ping at the Windsor hotel, was held up and robbed of $60 by a negro and white man at Tenth and Yack.mn streets Thursday night while Martin Wilson of Solomon, Kan., stopping at-the Arcade hotel, was held up and robbed of $20 by a lone negro at Eleventh street and Capitol avenue. HERE YOU ARE! Pond to the Navy department said| J. R. Seymour of | 8 Grand Army of the Republic at the | annual encampment liere today. He | The senior vice commander named | | Burlington and Northwestern | First of the Western Roads | to Get in Line and Re- | sume Shipments, OTHER ROADS TO FOLLOW Fear ‘of Strike Passes Away and Lines Get Ready to Put I Trains in Service. | TIEUP I8 SHORT-LIVED The railroad situation took a turn for the better last night and on the assumption that there is not going to be any strike of the trainmen, begin- ning next Monday morning, the Northwestern and the Burlington lifted the freight embargoes that were placed on all freight shipments a couple of days ago. The presumption that other Omaha-Chicago roads will this morn- ing follow the action taken by the | Northwestern and Burlington. No action looking to lifting the embargo had been taken last night, but it was announced from the office of President Calvin, that if matters themselves so that there is little possibility of a strike, the em- bargo will be lifted this morning. As a result of the lifting of the embargo, this morning the .roads \\"l" resume the operation of freight trains on regular schedules, handling all freight offered. No Embargo on Rock Island. With the Rock Island there is no embgrgo on any classification _of freight. 1t is being received for ship- ment to any and all points on the system, only explosives being barred. is | brought about by a circular issued by Freight Traffic Manager Johnson of Chicago, who is acting under the di- rection of the receivers of’the Rock [sland system. Mr. Johnson issués the circular on the assumption that the road, being in the hands of re- ceivers, appointed by the United States court, the road, for the time being is a part of the machinery of the government of the United States and that therefore its operation can- not be molested, tampered with, or interfered with any more than could the postoffices, or the army, or the navy. Expects no Strike. Taking this view of the situation, Mr. ‘Johnson assumes that no matter what may happen on other railroads, next Monday there will not be any strike on the Rock Island, nor at any qgther time, so long as it is operated by and under the direction of the United States court, He has instructed the company agents accordingly. The result is that notwithstanding the em- bargo laid by other roads, the Rock Island continues to accept both per- ishable and nonperishable freight, re- gardless of when it will reach destina- tion, providing this destination is on its system. n consignments going art way over the Rock Island and ater to be taken over by other lines, the consignments are received sub- ject to such delay as may occur after they get onto the other roads. K, 0. Postmaster Is Ousted E‘Egn His Job Washington, Sept. 1.—Summary re- moval from office for “gross irregu- larities” of William Fristenberger, postmaster at Kansas City, Kan,, was announced late today by the Postoffice department. The following statement was issued by the department: ; “The Postoffice department an- nounced today that it has been com- pelled to remove from office William Fristenberger, postmaster of Kansas City, Kan., because of gross irregu- larities in the condnct of the office, as diclosed by a thorough investiga- tion made by the postoffice inspec- tors, The National Surety company, sureties on the bond of the postmaster have named 1. J. Talbott, as acting postmaster.” | FREE-FOR-ALL CONTEST " $10IN CASH PRIZES | 1 Just tell us | Which is the best advertisement | in The Bee next Sunday $5.00 to first best answer and $1.00 each to five next best. WHAT YOU MUST DO—Look the aper over carefully, pick out the dd of some Omaha retail merchant, send it in with a statement of not over 300 words, giving the | reason why it strikes you as the best for its purpose, | Address: Contest Editor, The Omaha Bee Answers must be in by September 5-—Awards the following Sunday. | Say Large Percentage of Em.- UPGN FRHGHI ployes Would Not Obey The situation on the Rockdsland is Order to Strike. SANTA FE MEN TO VOTE Chicago, Sept. 1.-~Vice President | Byram of the Chicago, Burlington and | | Quicy this afternoon stated that the poll of engineers, firemen and train- | men, including conductors, shows that 25 per cent of members of the | road's employes will not obey t strike order, Members of the four brotherhoods employed on the Atchison, Topeka & | Santa Fe railroad will meet and re- quest their union chiefs to withdraw the order to strike, according to-a statement issued today by W . J. Black, passenger traffic’ manager of | the railroad.* | The meetings, the statencent says,| are to be held at Newton, Kan.; Dodge ity, Kan,, and La Junta, Colo. The chairmen of the Order of Rail- way Conductors, according to the statement, refused 10 issue the strike order on the Santa Fe lines in Colo- rado, It is the intention of the Santa Fe, the statement says, “to start pas- senger trains from all terminals on schedule time Monday with custom- ary equipment. We believe we shall have sufficient train crews to move Ireg{ht train over each division.” ne thousand conductors employed on the Chicago, Milwaukee Xz St, Paul railway have telegraphed A. B, Garretson, general chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors, that they have withdrawn from the strike movement, E. D. Sewall, president of the road announced today. Omaha Road Men Renig. Sioux Falls, S, D, Sept. l.—Re- ports from authentic sources here to- day state that all engineers on the Chicago, St. Paul, inneapolis = & Omaha ling, have refused to strike, To Rii"One Train, St. Paul, Mifn, Sept. T—~Thereat Northern, the N'oflhcm Plciac and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroads, with headquarters in St. Paul, annotmced late today that should the strike order go into effect next Monday they would run one passenger train each way daily on every division of their respective lines. In addition to passengers, the roads plan to handle milk, mail and express on these passenger trains which will run on day schedules except in_the case of trans-continental trains, They also expect to move foodstuffs and fuel by freight. As rapidly as condi- tions permijt, both passenger an freight ser: ice will be extended, with the intention of restoring full service. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & ‘Omaha road is taking a complete poll of its employes, to ascertain the number that would remain on dul{ in event of a walkout, This poll, President James T. Clark said to- night, probably will not be completed until Monday morning, G The Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads, it was learned to- night, are taking a limited poll of their men, but officials of the two roads refuse to make any statement as to the result. | Kerwin's Statement. Minneapolis, Minn,, Sept. 1.—E. E. Kerwin, general 5upcriqlendpn! of the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad, an- nounced today that he had been ad- vised by representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive’ Engi- neers of his road that the engineers would not go on strike, Receives “Assurances.” George R. Huntington, gcncral manager of the Minneapolis, St. [’aul & Sault Ste, Marie railroad, tonight authorized the announcement that as- surances had been received from 40 per cent of the conductors and brake- men of that road, members of the brotherhoods, that they would not obey a strike order. Engineers and firemen of the road did not take a strike vote because of a three-year contract still in force. Won’t Give Number. | Mrs, Dorward in | Charge of Fstate " The day preceding fungfra! services | | for Dr. William N. Dorvfard, dentist, | who died on a train en goute back to| Omaha, his will and ptition, asking that the widow be agjpointed admin- | istrator of his estatef were filed in| | the office of County gjudge Crawford. According to thef "will, the wife, | Clara 1., receives fthe cntire estate after $100 cach hlag been given to | Joseph J. Dorwatfd, a son, Witten, | |S. D.; Lois F. laughter, El| Paso, 111, Cole Gilles- | pie, stepdaughter, { Omaha. The value | | of the estate is jnot stipulated, the widow ' being sirfnply awarded the entire_bulk aftery payment of these| | three bequests. Wihien County f Tudge Crawford ap- pointed Mrs. rawford temporary | administratrix I¥riday afternoon, his | | order provided #that the dental bus- | iness conducted hy Dr. Dorward be | continued unti¥ final settlement of | the cstate is nfade, September 22 all passenger trains and at least one [~ d | publican, BEFORE SENATE Senate, in Night Session, Be- gins Oonsideration of Adam- son Measure Which Just Went Through House. THE VOTE 18 230 TO 56 Two Demoawi—n_-ieu.fivo and 8ixty-Eight Republicans Vote for It, WORK 18 —Efinnxn uP Washington, Sept. 1.—The Adam- son eight-hour day bill which railroad brotherhood officials have said for- mally would avert, the threatened strike if finally enacted by tomorrow night was passed late today by the house and sent to the senate, The vote was 239 to 56, with five members voting present. Immediately after passing : the Adamson bill the house adjourned un- til 11 o'clock tomorrow, precluding a possibility of final action by congress tonight unless the senate accepts the house measure unchanged. Two Demos Vote No. Only two democrats, Steele of Pennsylvania and Black of Texas, voted against the bill. Sixty-eight re- publicans and-one socialist voted for the meaure. \ The senate recessed at 5:40 o'clock until 8 o'clock tonight when debate will be resumed with a view to action before adjournment if possible. When' the senate reconvened to- night Senator Pittman moved to strike out-all of the enacting clause of the senate bill and substitute therefor the Adamson bill passed by the house. At Senator. Newlands’ req&g:. unanimous cofisent was given to la aside the senate bill temporarily and bell.n consideration of the house bill. inal vote was delayed in the house by renewal of the Sterling permanent mediation and arbitration pmpolll‘ig the form of a motion to rec the bill to the commerce m It was ruled out as not germane an argument and epresentative Mann appealed from the decision of the chair, RS Final voting on the Adamson bill in. the house began at3:30 p. m, after the house began at 3:30 p. m, after the house, in committee of the whole, had rejected the amendment of Rep- représentative Sterling, lllinois, re- i for a permanent board of mediation and conciliation to settle future wage disputes, and ' pending whose report strikes and lockouts would be prohibited. An amendment by Representative Small of North Carolina to specify the employes to be affected by the bill as conductors, engineers, firemen and trainmen was voted down, Other Employes Excluded. An amendment by Representative . Clark of Illinois applying the. eight- hour law to shopmcn, trackmen, sta- ' tion agents and all other employes not grovi ed for in the bill was rejected y the house, 180 to 120, i The house after considerable dis- cussion adopted amendments b‘y‘ Rep- resentatives - Page and Kitchin, ex- empting from the eight-hour law small independent roads and electric street and interurban railways and providing that the exemption shall not apply to terminals or transfer companies, : \ Debate in the Senate. Senator Newland$ made a favora~ ble report-from the committee at 2:30 o'ghock and unanimous consent was granted by the senate for imme- i consideration. Senator New- pened the discussion. b Sengtor Newlands called special at-' tentign to a provision of the bill added after/the original draft had been sub- mitt¢d, which would declare any per- 4on who willfully delays, obstructs or hinders operations of trains, guilty of a misdemeanor, to be punished by:a fine not exceeding $5,000 and impris- (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) + & — There are a few peo- ple who still look upon advertising as an ex- ense. They will cheer- ully hand out many dollars in postage to have their selling mes- sage delivered to a few hundred people, yet be- grudge the expenditure of a few dimes on & - Want-Ad that: reaches tens of thousands. Call Tyler 1000 for Bee Want-Ads.