Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 9, 1916, Page 1

It Pays to Advertise Advertising pays the advertiser who makes it pay, and the surest way of making it pay is to put the advertisement in THE BEE. . VOL. XLVI--NO. 97, Call at Ne Evidence at Hand That Two German Submarines Operat- ing in Americzn Waters Off New Enpland. AMERICANS ON STEPHANE Over Eighty Americans Baved From Ship Sent 1 Bottom by U. 8. Destroyar Be. fore Vessel Siyks, OREW OF ONE MISSING All Vessels of Enteate Allies Warned to Get Oui of Reach of the German Subseas. GERARD ON NEUTZAL BOAT e BULLETIN. Newport, B 1, Oct. 8.~There s evidence, accepted seriomsly by some naval men tomight, that two German submarines are operating off “the coast, BULLETIN. Boston, Mass, Oet. 8~Later re- ports said that the crew of the Kings- ton had not been picked up and that the destroyer Cushing was searchiny for them. The theory that there were two ¢u! marines operating was based partly ou reports that one of the vessels de- stropad was struck by three torpedoes. S far as known nope of the craft was sunk by shell fire. Only eight torpedoes could he seen on the [7-53 when it was here. and at least six rorpedocs appeared 1o have been used today, Strathdene Crew Saved. Boston, Oct. B~The crew of the Serathdene, nearly all of them Las- cars, were taken aboard the Nan- wcket lightship. Officers and men of the Westpoint took to their small boats after swmmoning assistance from shore. The distress signals of the Westpoint were picked up by the government radio station at Newport. R, 1. Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, conimander of the destroyer flotilla of the Ameri- can Atluntic floet, ordered his ships 10 the resewe. The Westpoit) gave its position as fifky miles veutieast !Sanmu. trut the navy offieials said that later reports indieated that the vessel was not than ten mies off shore. The weather was thick, It was expected that the crew wow'd not be brought, into Newport beiore mid- night. Hear Guns Boom. The booming of the submarine guns was distinctly heard at Nantucket. It was plain that the submersib'e had placed itself in the lane of passerger and freight traffiz and territorial ship- ping, along the coast, g In a flash wireless messages were sent up and down the ccast and far out to sea, warning everythi=g afloat that a German ship was opérating in the steamer lane. Every vessel equipped with wireless was warned to make for the three- mile zome, and the commanders of merchafit vessels of the entente allies fost no time in shifting their course. These that were following what is known as the outside course, turned 10 the inside course that would bring them closer to American land, Ships Are Warned. tritish comsular officers who had hetn advised by the British embassy s warn British shipping against the .53 renewed their caution on learn- img that the submarine had gone into action. it Panic possessed the minds o ship- pers at points aloag the coast, when the fizst reports of the torpedoii: were received. The news that the US3 had attacked British vessels travelled fast. Anxious inquiries were made a1 pewspaper «ffices from seem- ingly almost every one who had a friend on the water or owned a share of stock in @ merchant bottora. The Frederik VI of the Scandi- | navia-American line, which is bring- | ing home the American ambassador to Germany, James W. Gerard and Mrs. * Gerard, was 000 milgy east of New York at noon today. Assurance that the ambassador and bis wife were on & neatral vessel was given to inquir- wg friends by the press. News Sent to Washington. ['he radio stations were suddenly losed i the press by an order from Naws ther The W Fommerntiren af u—- Yestorday. Hour. g & L4 1] " “” it (33 . PUEDEEEENENR Compasntive Local Record. sl record of temparaters aad precipl- corresponding 15. 1914 191 il il ™ W o. uepartures precipitation 07 inch ey e das o1 ined A aaindeil siws Mareh 1 1418 inches raflobanay stwaa Yar:h 1199 inehes mwv :”' sor, pevied, 1914, 1 1) inehes . Bevted [0 449 mahes L A WELAE, Mo worologiet called at Newport yestérday, but later allowed it to proced. Newport, R. I, Oct. 8—~The further details were given. aboard the Ralch. All of ceived here, SENT T0 BOTTOM One Is a Dutch Boat and Other Is Norweg an Steamer— Details Lacking. CREWS OF EACH SAVED BULLETIN. Boston, Oct. 8.—~Two more steam- ers have been sunk by submarines. One Vs, the Dutch steamer, Bloom- ersdijk and the other is the Nor- wegian craft Christian Knudsen, 'he crews of both vessels were picked up by the ‘American torpedo destroyer Drayton and 'are being brought info Newport. New York, Oct. 8—The British steamer Stephano, carrying nearly one hundred Irst and and second class passengers, including many American tourists, was sunk off Nantucket Light ship at 4:30 p. m. today, pre- sumably by the German submarine U-53. The,United States torpedo boat destroyer Batch reported the Toss of the finer by radio to the naval station here, - stating .thdt the “ship had been torpedoed. ~ © / The message from the" destroyer said that the créw and passengers were safe aboard the Batch. Confirmation of the rescue was con- tained in a later message sent by the destroyer to the naval station here. 1t was said that it had picked up the passengers and later had transferred the Americans to the destroyer Jen- kins. Rear Admiral Knight, commandant of the Narragansett naval district, said that the passengers who so de- sired would be allowed to remain on the warship until morning. At the same time, he said, if any of those picked up wanted to be set on shore their wishes would be complied withr as promptly as possiblé. Members of the so-called Newport society set were prompt to extend proffers of help t8 the ship-wrecked assengers through Admiral Knight. Mrs, Robert L. Beekman, wife of Governor Beechman and Mrs. French | Vanderbilt valunteered to take care of as many refugees as possible, Many’ of the passengers on _the | Stephano are residents of New oYrk. Cargo Light. The cargo loss of the Stephano, it was expected, would not be very heavy, as on its westbound voyage it usually carried little freight. This is made up largely, as a rule, of fish, oil and ntger fish products. | The vessel was in the regular ser- | vice of the Red Cross line and was | {bound from 8t. Johns, N. F. to New | | York. It was due in New York to-| |morrow morning. Her agents were | | Bowring & Co., Ltd, of Battery| Place, New York. The sale-of the Stephano to the, Rnssian governmerit which had plan- | ned to use her as an ice breaker, was recently announced. TIts sister ship, the Florizel of the same line, | |also had been sold to Russia for ice | | work. It was expected in marine circles that this was inteded as one of the last of the regular sailings of the Stephano, prior to her sailing for the White Sea. # Skillful Navigator. The liner was under command of | Captain Smith, who had been in the | company’s employ for a number of | years. He is 48 years old and he is known |as a skillful navigator. Shipping men ere conjectured that Captain Smith | has taken the outside course in round- ing Nantucket lightship and thereby | had fallen like a ri‘pe plum into the | grip of the undersed raider. ‘ rdinarily, the Stephano takes the inside course, if the weather is fa- {vorable. This takes her in water 'too shallow for a submarine and | brings the ship within easy reach of | the neutral three-mile limit. At this time of the year, however, nights are | foggy and in order to avoid navigat- ing m thick weather near shore in a well-traveled shipping lane, the | Stephano, it was thought, took the outside course. | The Stephano was a steel screw { steamer 8 2,143 tons, built in Glas- | gow in 1911, Her sister ship, the Florizel, left | New York Friday‘for Halifax, N. S., and St. Johns, N. F Republican Barbecue to | * Be Held at Papillion Four British Steamers SI; . Submersible Commerce Raider on Sunday || Boston, Oct, 8.—~A German submarine supposedly the U-53, which today ish freight steawier Strathdene and torpedoed and crippled the British ireighter Westpoint off Nantucket. No loss of life was reported. The submarige also held up the American freight steamer Kansas, been sunk. The crew of the Kingston were saved by an American destroyer. This word was received at the naval radio station tonight. No The torpedo boat destroyer Ralch,_}eporling officially to the naval station here by radio tonight, said that the British steamer Stephano had been torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket. Its crew was reported safe All the passengers and crew of the British steamer Stephano have been rescued. They are understood to be aboard the American destroyer Balch, It is sfated that the Stephano had between eighty and ninety pas- sengers on bard, when it was stopped by the submarine, which later sank it. Most of the passengers wer¢ tourists from New York, returning home. the Americans on the Stephano, who were rescued by the destroyer Balch, were transferred tonight to the destroyer Jenkins. The number of Americans aboard was not stated in the radio message re- All members of the crew of the British steamer Westpoint have been picked up by a torpedo boat destroper. TWO OTHER BOATS ‘WHEAT CROP SHORT, A republican barbecue will be held at Papillion Octobes 11 in the ci{({; park. A iree dinner will be serve after which Judge Sutton and G. W.| Rose ashore. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, Subsea is Busy in New England Waters; U-53 Takes Heavy Toll of British S wport Ends in ’St‘nkm @ ® Vit by German torpedoed and sank the Brit- British 'steamer Kingston has also STATE REPORT SAYS Bulletin Issue bdy State Board of Agriculture Says Yield Worth Twenty Millions. CHASE COUNTY LEADS ALL (From a Statf Correspondent.) Lincoln,. Oct. 8-—(Special.)—~Ac- cording to a bulletin issued by Secre- tary W. R. Mellor of the State Board of Agriculture, Nebraska raised less wheat this year than last, but the crop is worth about $20,000,000 more. This is partly due to the fact that there was an acreage of 352,574 less in 1916 than the former wyear, but was partly offset by an average yield of 1.6 bushels ‘per. acre more. The total acreage this i’car was 3.+ 063,756 acres and the yield 65,365,691 bushels. The total ¢rop is valued at $78,438,829. as compared with $58,- 856,358 last year. Clay county raised the largest crop, 2,430,417 bushels with Adam$ county a close second with 2,411,803, Douglas county raised 149,006 bushels on 6,712 acres, an average of over twenty=two bushels to the acre. The highest average yield was in Chase county, being a = little over thirty-four and one-half bushels, Antilla Burning, But Crew and Passengers Are Removed Safely Washington, Oct. 8—Thé pas- sengers and crew of the Ward line steamer Antilla/ from Guantanamo to | New York, which last night was afire 120 miles off the Virginia capes, were being brought into Hampton Roads on the United” States coast guard cut- ter Onondaga. Norfolk, Va, Oct. 8. —A wireless message from the coast gaurd Onon- daga, asks for - the immediate as- sistance of a tug in fighting the fire raging in the hold of the Antilla, New York, Oct. 8—Captain J. E. Blackadder of the Antilla, reported by wireless late today to the Ward line officials here that he adn his 13-year- old daughter and the crew had taken to the life boats, and that the Onon- daga and the Morro Castle of the Ward line were standing by the burn- ing ship. The Antilla’s commander said he believed there was a good chance of saving‘ the ship, Carranza May Not Be : Candidate for Presidency El Paso, Tex., Oct. 8—General Venustiano Carranza may not be a candidate for the presidency of Mexico at the election to be held by the de facto government, J. J. Pes- quiera, Carranza consul at Los An- geles, «Cal,, declared here today upon his arrival from Mexico City en route to Los Angeles. $ ROUMANIANS FALL Withdraw From Hermannstadt to Brasso to Mountain Fron- tier to Insure Better De- fenses of the Passes. | KRONSTADT IS CAPTURED Industrial and Commercial Cepter of Transylvania Taken by Teutons. EARLY PRIZE OF INVADERS Berlin, Oct. 8—Via London.)— Kronstadt, leading industrial and commercial center of Transylvania, which was occupied by Roumanians upon their entry into the war, has been recaptured by the Austro-Ger- man forces, the war office’ announced today. Bucharest, (Via London), Oct. 8.+ Roumanian . troops from Hermann- stadt to Brasso, have been withdrawn to the Carpathian frontier, according to the official communication from Roumanian headquarters, to insure better defense of the frontier passes. London, Oct.8—British and French have again joined forces in an extend- ed attack against German lines on the Somme front. from the Albert-Bapaume road, while the French attack was along the line of the Peronne-Bapaume road. Gains ranging from a quarter of a mile to two-thirds of a mile were made and the Anglo-French front was considerably straightened. The two forces now are engaged in an advance along the two sides of a triangle formed by the two roads, the apex of which is Bapaume. The British captured Sars, about a mile and a half northwest of Cource- lette, while the French, according to the war office, attained all their ob- jéctives, A German armed submarine has made the voyage across the Atlantic, arriving at Newport with official dis- atches and departing a few hours ater, Allies Advance in Balkans. Entente allied forces are pressing hard upon troops defending occupied territory in the Balkans. Both in Macedonia and Ddbrudja the invaders have been compelled to give ground before attacks, On a front of ten miles northeast and cast of the Struma river British trmfis have occupied ,five villagess Further ~west, -on th front, Serbian troops have reached the Bela Voda river, about ten miles east of Monastir. French troops have oc- cupied the town of German, on the eastern shore of Lake Presba, In the region of Lake Butkova Italian troops have advanced. X Russian and Roumanian forces have taken ground in Dobrudja. Russians have occupied two,villages and have repelled attacks. On the right flank Roumanians have occfipied someé trenches and report repulse of attacks in the center. Again Cross Danube. An unconfirmed message from Rome is that another Roumanian ex- edition has crossed the Danube into ulgaria, ;Rparemly behind the lines held by Field Marshal von Mack- ensen, Petrograd regoru fighting in both Volhynia and Galicia and claims the repulse of Austro-German attacks in these fields. Small advanced positions in the Zlota Lipa region of Galicia have been 'given up by the Germans, who, how- ever, have recaptured a height south- cast of Brzezany, according to an- nouncement from the Berlin war of- fice. /The Russian attacks on both sides of the Zlota Lipa continued, but were repulsed.’ The artillery fire on the Somme front continues. In Transylvania Austro-German troops continue to adyance, Rouman- ians are being pursued: through the rest mentions little activity in this section, but says Roumanians have re- turned to the offensive near Petro- seny. , Grand Duke Nicholas reports the capture of .the Petra Kala fortifica- tions from the Turks and Constanti- nople claims the repulse of Russian attacks along the Black Sea coast and a Turkish advance to the south, “We May Never Reach Home,” Sa;'s Commander of German Submarine Newport, R. I, Oct. 6.—Colonel Ernest Voight, a German-American of this city, who was one of those who went aboard the armed German sub- marine, talked with the commander. Later Colonel Voight said it was ap- parent that the vessel visiting here had been on the surface sometime, as its upper structure was well dried out and egcrylhing on deck was polished, as for visitors day, Colonel Voight said that Commander Rose had told him little about the trip except that he had run submerged for virtually three days. He did not make known why this was necessary. No warships were sighted from the time he left Wilhelmshaven until he met the D-2. The records showed, Voight said, that the vessel had submerged to a depth of 200 feet. The commander told him that his ship could make eighteen knots on the gurface and twelve knots submerged. “When do you expect to reach home?” Voight asked. The German commander smiled, thought 4 second, and replied: “We may never reach home.” Soon after the U-53 dropped anchor, a motorboat came alongside, having been dispatched from the naval station to bring Commander The German officer | Hornsherger of New Yérk will speak. | came up to the city unaccompanied ' and first called upon Rear Admiral Knight. He remained only a few mirutes, Later Admiral Knight said that his caller had not told him where he was going, but merely that he would put to sea tonight. He added that they had only exchnged felicita- tions. From the war college the Ger- man commander went to the flagshi and after a brief stay with Rear Ad- miral Gleaves, returned to his ship. rA few minutes later the American tadmirals visited the U-53, The com- ‘mander told his visitors that it was his first visit to America. Soon after Admiral Knight and Admiral Gleaves had left ' the submarine, weighed anchor and turned its prow toward the open sea. The pleasure hoats that had hung about it started in pursuit, but they were soon outdistanced by the sub- marine, which started away at a speed of ‘eighteen knots, It sailed at 5:18 o'clock,. lighted from stem to stern, and traveling awash. At 7 o’clock, it had approached the limit of the three- mile neutral zone off Brenton Reef. Here its wireless was dismantled, the lights went out and five minutes later it gently settled below the surface. All afternoon shore observers kept a shgrp watch for the appearance of warships of the entente allies, which are supposed to be scouting along the coast, but none appeared. BACK BEFORE FOE T0 CARPATHIANS| The British attacked ) THE WTHER UNSETTLED SINGLE COPY' TWO .CENTS. BERLIN DEGLARES GERARD BEARSND. PLEA FROM KAISER Report Envoy Carries Message to Wilson Asking Peace In. tervention Denied in German Oapital. STATED AUTHORITATIVELY Rumors Persist in Washington, Arousing Much Discus- sion There. MANY SEE SOMETHING IN IT Berlin, Oct. (Via London.)—The story circulated abroad that the American , ambassador, James A, Gerard, is the bearer of an appeal from the German emperor for peace intervention by the United States, is declared authoritatively here to be absolutely without foundation, Ambassador Gerard, it was said, bears no communication from Eme peror William of any description and, as a matter of fact, when he left. Ber« lin did not even know that he was going to America. He had almost abandoned ' hope of hearing from Washington concerning his request for a leave of absence and thought he probably would return to Berlin after a week in Sweden, and so in- formed the foreign office officials bes fore he left. Un Tralos, at News Stands 1916— Hotels' ete,, HEIR TO ENGLAND'S THRONE ON THE FIELD—This pic- ture shows the Prince of Wales, eldest son of King George, inquiring his way of a British officer in a little town along the Somme. Macedonian | Geister forest, Berlin reports, Bucha-|; } | PRINCE OF WALES % % Neé'w ““York - Pastor Against Thosg Who Have a Oure for All Human Ills, SELF-CONTROL BEST OF ALL In attempting too much the law accomplishes nothing. If the American citizen cannot be’ trusted to handle his own tastes and desires, then citizenship has deteriorated. Preachers who ' turn their churches over to political agitators are crippling the power of the gospel, Beware of 'the type of reformer who goes harking ‘about the coun- try with a patent remedy up his sleeve guaranteed to cure all hu- man ills. _Temperance is a matter of indi- vidual decision. Every man must work out his own ;salvation, “The prohibition problem is aques- tion for every man to decide for him- self. It is not a question to be passed on br legislatures. Intemperance is as old as civilization and the indi- vidual who expects to wipe it out b the mere writing of a law is deluded,” said Dr. W. R. Wasson 6f New York in a forceful address delivefed at All Saints’ church Sunday mornng. Berating the “Billy” Sunday meth- ods of conversion of sinners, attack- m? systems suggested by so-called reformers-of legislating the drink evil out of existence and impressing his audience with the truths of self-con- trol, will power and determination, Dr. Wasson concluded his address with the remark: “The Jaw goes far enough when it suppresses vice and crime. We require the services of | the police and other officers of the | law, but the big struggle.lies with the individual.” Beware of Reformer. “Salvation 'is .often confounded and confused with conversion,. Conver- sion is the first step for the man turned in the right direction, ‘A man is not finally saved until he is perfect in holiness. " These bombastic ‘conyer- sions' may be likened to get-rich- | quick schemes. No man can be a evil one minute and an angel of light the next. We must work out our own salvation. Beware of the long-haired reformer who goes about { the land decldring that he has a pat- ent device up his sleeve that will give you salvation at a moment’s notice. “The church and the minister can- not save you from sin. It's up to you. Knowledge, desire and power are demanded in the settlement of salvation as_well as the tcmperance problemsA Conscignce pl_zys a,prom- inent part, Revelation is the voice and conscience the ear, Salvation is impossible without conscience, Trou- ble comes when men do not act on the knowledge they have assimilated, Their consciences are hardened. “There is novsuch thing as total de- pravity. There is a spark of good- ness in every man if.you can but reach it. Man has.a dual nature of complex disposition. ” Flesh lusteth against the spirit and the lower nature grows more rapidly than the higher. Again 1 say, we must work out our own sal- upon us.” Dr. Wasson was the dinner guest |of Rev. T. J. Mackay, rector of AR | Saints’ cathedral, Sunday. Monday morning he will start a tour of the state, speaking under the auspices of | the Prosperity league ‘DR, WASSON WARNS |VICE PRESID AGAINST REFORMER| U, §. " Warns | Thomias vation rather than having it thrust| the State Today and Talk at Brandeis Tonight. ACCOMPANIED — Vice President Thomas Riley Mar- shall was not in a happy state of ind when he arrived at the Omaha yesterday afternoon. - He was ing with a cold and said he'felt tired. Mrs. Marshall, who is with him, is re- slight attack of m 4 covering from a ptomaine poisoning and the domestic | with affairs of the vice presidential house- hold were further upset by reason of | E:l the loss of Mrs. Marshall's trunk in Milwaukee. \ Nor is that all, When Mayor Dahl- man excusing the smaliness of the re- ceiving party referred to the visit of President Wilson, the vice president sharply replied, “It is not fair to run me in at the tail end of the president's business,” The vice president seemed to think he had a “hard spot” on the political bill, following the president. Reception Committee. , In the small group of democrats at the depot were Mayor ~Dahlman, Postmaster Fanning, J. P, Butler, J. J. Mahoney, L. J. Piatti, “Boss” Arthur Mullen, H. B, Fleharty, R, C. Strehlow, J. A. Rine, H. S. Daniel, Congressman Lobeck, T, J. O’Connor, Lee Bridges and “Doc” Tanner, There were also a few women in the party. The vice president and his wife were taken in automobiles to Hotel Fon- tenelle, where they were assigned the rooms occupied by President Wilson and party last week. The vice presi- dent discouraged the proposal of a re- ception during the evening, pleading that he was tired, Mr. and Mrs, C. T. Kountze were at the hotel to extend an invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Marshall to dinner. Calls Him “Tom.” The only person at the depot who was privileged to address the vice president as “Tom” when he alighted was Charles S. Marshall of 4311 Grant street, first cousin of Mr, Marshall. “Tom spent his honeymoon at our home in Little Rock about twenty- one years. ago,” said Cousin Charles “When Mrs. Marshall s d about four years ago to prepare a genoealog- ical record of the Marshall family, with a collection of documents of as- sociative value, I gave her a letter the vice president wrote to an aunt when he was 7 years old, asking that he be invited to 4 party. 1 dom’t believe the vice president can write any better to- day than he could then, but T want to tell you he was a great lawyer in Indiana before he got into national politics,” continued the Omaha rela- tive, The vice president'is of medium stature and slender physique. He has grayish hair, dresses tastily and car- ries a cane. But he is not enamored of following the president on the poli- tical circuit. He will go to Schuyler, Columbus and Fremont today witfvn H. B. Fleharty of this city, returning for an address at Brandeis theater tonight. “T am confident that Wisconsin and Indiana are safe for the democrats,” was the substancg of Mr, Marshall’s political outpeuring when asked for 3 J an expression. eign affai the under fairs, and Dr, Solf, for t w ambassadot the day before but his visits were of a ture. by officials here with no more sig- nificance than a leave taken by ambasgsador under the same circume - stances, and the present time seemed to be a understoo v in matic tircles, and was Of No Significance. Herr von Jagow, secretary for for« Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, cretary for fore al ecretary of state the r;:;lm: rivate na- regarded colonies, all Mr. Gerard's trip any He had needed a vacation suitable o‘lwnnunlty. He will, it is , have u!o{‘;nnwe confer- ences with President Wilson and Sece retary Lansing, to whom he will be able to give more exhaustive and more intimate reports of the situation than he could through regular diplo- matic channels, % Rumors Won't Down, shington, Oct. 7. de 3 i from all sides fail ha cussed as a possibility, . .dnmn Nothing of It. amatic arrival ;\trl-nch& at awpoflm Gw&m patches for Count von Bernse , just before he has an audience resident Wilson on Monday, rved to add color to the circamstane The Ge: 1 3 rman . The war syl is anything in it and e o Bellere e b o ) reas Two American Ships In Arctic Are Sunk; Details Are Lacking London, Oct: 8—~Two American ships, the Harvita and the Columbia, have been sunk, according to a dis- patch received by the e‘hfl inister in Petrograd from H. A, Fal. - en, the Norgegian consul general at Archangel, Russia, The dispatch says- that ‘rrelt diffirulty has been &xperi- enced in obtaining accurate informas tion, { The dispatch from Consul General Falsen said that besides Norwegian ships the American ships were sunk, A French steamer also was att but escgped undamaged. Greek Professor Asked ‘ To Be Head of Cabinet London, Oct. 8—~A Reuter dispatch . from Athens today nfi:: ks “Prof. Spyridon L. Lambros, authot of many historical works, member of numerous learned societies and occu- pant of the chair of history.in the Uni- versity of Athens, has been as form a service cabinet. “The result of the latest attempt to form a cabinet is not expected to de« velop until Monday.” A Record 42,906 MORE PAID Want-Ads first nine months of 1916 than in the same per- iod of 1915, X This figure exceeds the com- bined gain of the other two Omaha papers for the same period by more than :