THK OMAHA sr.VHAV I1KK: JUNK 20, 1!15.
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ITALIANS MAKE
RAID ALONG ISONZO
Auitrian Portions on River Bom
barded from Sky by Seaplaoet
and Dirigibles.
ALPINE TROOPS ALSO ACTIVE
Farmer Who Resisted Federal
Stock Inspector Fined Two Cents
i NEBRASKAN WHO IS T. P.
NATIONAL DIRECTOR.
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ROME. June 1. (Via Paris.)
A combined raid by afl Italian naval
?apbne and dirijriMps upon Aus
trian position on the I-onio front Is
described In an official statement
lnnued at the War office. Serious
damage Is said to have been done to
railroad stations and to Austrian en
trenchments. All the machines re
turned safely to their base. The
Italians are reported to have (rained
further successes In the Important
flruirsrle which is devolplng around
TCava.
Th communication follows:
' Inirln th rtny and nllfht of Jnru? IT.
ihr opoii.y trlod by long range artillery
fi' nd mall attark to i1ur somn of
our nw.st advanced position" In the Tyrol
Trrnt'no region and Cadora. If waa
rpuld and vlsorouaiy shelled by our ar
tlllrrv. "In Carrla we continue methodically
t dcmollnh the fortrnax of Malborsrtli
ltli our artillery. On the afternoon of
June 1 the gun of the fortim tried to
reply to our fire, but were reflured to
silence.
"Further details continue to come In
rowernlng the action In the environs of
Monte Nero, mentioned In previous state
ments. These reports show that our
mountain troops performed rfiost praise
worthy exploits. When military reasons
no longer prevent a full account being
riven, the country will learn that not
rnly the mountain troops, hilt other eorp".
have won on several occasions the right
to Its fullflet gratitude.
"On the lsonso front the struggle
round Plava Is assuming larger propor
tions and the Importance of the success
we have gained there becomes mora and
CnlCAOO, June Judge Kennsan-
Mountaln l.nndis of the fnlte'l Ptatee
district court, who nne aecd a fine
01 t2.2i.m0 against the Standard Oil
company. Imied one if ? entu against
Henry Johnaon of I'.iriinston. til., to
day. Johnaon, with a shut gun, drove a
I government agent otf Ms premises,
! a here the scent was looking . for raaes
of foal and mouth dlmtate.
"The fet Is that thia tlerendant Is a
fsrmer who, rents from another man;
that at the time of this offense there
vii a large number of men golmt about
U country dulng ll.lngs to other
people's cattle." said Judge Lnndls.
"On of theac, Armed with a squirt gun
and other parnpliernalia came to John
eon and was going to do something to his
cows. The bulMing of a dairy business
la not an overnight . Joo. Johnaon armed
Mmaelf with a shots. in. a, gatlliu gun
"Sow beslrlce tlie fS' l" in the rape, the
court must consider what manner of ,
criminal It has to del lth I looked st
the hnnda "f thla man: thee werr cov
ered with large knots, icquired In work- ,
trig sixteen t' eighteen tours a Hay. lie .
had worked for twn?y-el-ht , Hra to
care for hlnialf end family nd hid ,
scouired a herd of te,itv cnttH.
"HUH. he reelated a govern nlcni nfflcln
charged with a certain iluty, anil thla
court must uphold the honor and dignity
of the fnlted States envcrnmcnt.
"It is the duty of this court to Impose
such a stinging fine that the defendant
and men like him will never com
offenee agnln.
"It Is the Judgment and sentc
this court that the defendant be fined,
2 cents, without costs."
Those In court listened to the Judge's
concluding remarks with open mouth.
Johnson was not pre"nt, and a hnlllff
a howltser or whatever It was and drove and a newspHper reporter split the fine
off the Intruder. Ibcteeen them.
tverton. in PYanklln county, la the worst
flood sufferer, successive cloudbursts to
day west of the town brought Thompson
creek up.t'the proportions of a river,
carrying out toe steel bridge In the town
and backing It np against the big Burling
ton railroad bridge, which served to form
a dam, Causing the Inundation of tho
town.
Buslnesa houses were Hooded, two ce
ment buildings coUapsed and a number
of small bouses Vnd .barns .were carried
away. Throi wera some arrow escapes
from drowning,
lorn Greatly Ilamaaed.
CALLAWAY, Neb., June 1. (Special
Telegram.) Two and thirty-eight one
hundredths Inches of rain fell In this lo
cality last night. As a result much of
the listed corn Is covered up to such a
depth that It cannot come through. Man
farmers will bo compelled to plant over.
8u far thla year nearly twenty inchea
of rain has fallen.
Hall of Huge Proportloas.
FAIt.VAM, Neb., June Ifc (BperlsJ Tel
egram.) Hall measuring from seven to
mora evident. A naval battery shelled eVen Inches In circumference fell Just
the enemy batteries near Iiulno, on the north of town early last night. A num
Oulf of Trieste, .between Monfalcone and 0f farmers report crops rulnod and
Trieste, with considerable effect. I stock and buildings more or less dam-
place on trfe ways' will be taken at once
by tho California, a larger and faster.
but similarly armed ship.
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BurMdtth aM iSPe TEUTONIC ALLIES
Mother May Die TAKE GRODEK AND
KOMAENO TOWNS
TAltOIt. Ia., June J9.-(8pecial Tele-i
grsm.) Mrs. Herman Hirst, one mile !
south of Tebor, was nearly burned to i
death and her 9-month-old bal.y was
burned to a black cinder, shortly before
r.oon today, when the woman caused an
explosion by pouring conl oil on' her
kitchen fire to hurry It along. The j
house which was a small old building on .
the farm of Lou Howard, was burned to i
the ground.
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l Wola Szydlowl.icka, there were artillery
duels. .
j "Near Ooumlne the enemy spread a
cloud of asphyxiating gas on a front of
six versta (four miles).
"On the right bank of the Ban our
Mr. and Mrs. Hirst er employed on f , ,he ,!ne of ,akeg at
the farm of Lou Howard and lived In i Qrojek-
tho little houae.. Mr. Hirst whs In the I .. the Pruth an(j Dniester,
field nt work a quarter tf a mllo away. h. th en.m crossed the frontier on
"On the night tsf June 17, while a, naval
seaplane was engaged In destroying the
railroad station at Dlvaca (Junction of
aged. About midnight a severe electrical
storm continued for several hours. Bev-
eral hundred feet -of track are washed
the Istrian railway), our dirigibles made (ollti Coa binj) rcrn cribs wero
an excursion over the enemy's territory, jmoA.ea from their foundations. Foot and
wagon brldgea are out and he residences
south of llum creek were flooded.
Crops Practically Rained. ' j
HASTINGS. Neb.. June l!t.-(Rpec!al
Telegram.) Indirect reports from Hold-
rege tonight declare no one was Injured
In last night's storm, but indicate that
crops close to the city were practically
ruined. Twenty plate glass window and
enarly all west and north windows wera
broken. Trees wre stripped clear of
leaves and city gardens ruined. Italn In
ltotdtege mejisured three Inches' and In
Oxford four Inches.' There were high
a ttlOs,' but teroada.
1 Trala gervlea Paralyse. '
Through train service on the main Una
of the Burlington was paralysed by wash
fat near MoCook RepbrU at Uoldrega
Indieats extensive hall damaV lat Wll
ooz and to crops near there. No hall
(ell In HaatiAC. but there we a heavy
rain. IJ . v!
Thus fear this year Adams county has
had US) Inches of rain, or within Jess
taan tw Inches oftho total of, last year.
This Is true of alf of southwestern Ne
braska. The Republican and Ulue rivers
are overflowing and people are moving
out of the lowlands. Continued rains
hare caused great damage to' crops In
sections which hava suffered from doutha
In several previous years.
NEW BATTLESHIP
ARIZONA LAUNCHED
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bombarding with great effect. It appears.
positions . at ' Monte Panto and entrench
ments facing Oradlseo. teteneive damage
was done on the Ovelaveaga station on
the railroad "frnm- Goreia to' Demberg.
All the machines returned unscathed."
HEAYY RAIN AND ."
A ' ' ,HAIL PLAY HAVOC
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port ihs.Uamaita n .Holdroge alone will
reach AW";' 6 on ' account ' of
broken windows and store front.
At Superior laxjUie ex t nam south part
of the state there Vas a heavy rain all
, night and about; !;q o'clock In th morn
ing hail oommeisred to fall, oonUnurh
Incessantly until 11 o'clock. It la re
ported to have extended up and down the
Republican river valley a distance of
some fifteen tnlles. With- superior near
the center. In width 'It was from one
half to two arxr three miles, completely
destroying all crops in Its path. ; '
'aserlap Wfsdnwi Brekea.
In the city of Huperlor all store front
facing north and all windows on the
north aide of houses were broken. - In
the Northwestern roundhouse 160 pane
of glass' were broken out, the hailstones
whloh were from the slse of walnut and
oroewhut larger, going through them
Ilk bullets. It la estimated that tn
damage by bat" In Superior will approxi
mate perhaps K.OOO to IS, Of.
Out tn the country, east and west of
Superior, according to railroad reports,
the storm was as severe as In the city.
(Jreat damage was done to fsrra build-,
lns and many young calve that hap
pened to be In the open at the early hour
' nt which The storm passed over were
killed. Crop were damaged greatly.
rmall grain, whlch wa nearly ready to
' cut, was beaten down and ruined. The
corn, though not far advanced, wa
pounded Into the mud and It I doubtful
If It will straighten up and continue It
growth.
Rallroaaa Crippled
A baby girl 3 years old waa across tho
road playing with tho children of tho
neighbor, William Tlmaon. The 9-month-old
baby was In the baby carriage near
the stove.
Mrs. Hlrst waa attempting to get the j
fire started for .dinner. Khe dashed a
quantity of kerosene on some smoulder-
th previous days, he has been driven
back to Austrian territory."
Rneslans Fortify TVerr Line,
BERLIN. June 19. (Via London) A
correspondent In Oallcla of the Lokal
Anzelpcr has sent the following dispatch
to his paper:
Aviators report that the Russians are ;
ln kindling and the Freat flaah that fortifying heavily along a lino ten miles
enveloped tho entire kitchen tn names to the WMt ot Lempers'. German ad
followed. Although her clothes were vance patrols furthermore have estab
iiflanw. Mrs. Hirst Hid not forgot her nBhed that tho Russians are making a
babe. She snatched nt the carriage, and, htand In front of them. If necessary the
herself clothed In flames, she dragged Russian present line can be lentrthened
the fiery little chariot ut on the porch, i ln the direction of Tomaszoff, in Russian
Here she left It and ran screaming Into i Poland, by the addition of whatever
the' yard. Russian toices are available. Conditions
William Tlmson, living Just across the ; of the Russians are- not favorable and
'road, ran to her restiue,' threw blanket ! the railroads and highways radiating
about her and smothered the flames. ' from Lemborg are of the greatest valu
Cther neighbors gsthered at . once, and 1 to them for defensive purposes.
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,n fiames. one of the neighbor, art . .os. ; f atlllinaer LOT 111
porch with a pole. The babe wa found
burned to a crisp, however.
Mr. Hirst Is now being given medlr
col attention at the Timeon home. The)
Attending physietan says she has barely
a fighting chance for her life, a her
flesh U badly hurned. All her clothing
was burned off her body.
Arlwina with Us bruadsldo fire from
twelve IV-lnch guns and protection of
more than a foot of th toughest el
that can be made around the vessel'
vital part like a wall, a battle oruiser
would he helpless and must depend on
it peed and seek safety In flight There
are few ship In any navy fit to cope
with th Arlsona, ahlp to hlp.
The range of the Arlsona' gun la frm
twelve to thirteen miles a they will be
Thompson Unable
" To Settle Strike of :
Chicago Carpenters
CHICAGO, June 19. Mayor Thompson'
attempt to mediate In the building trades,
aa he did successfully In the street car
strike, failed today when James Klrby,
president of the national organization of
carpenters, returned to his borne In In
dianapolis. Mr. Klrby found that th
carpenters were opposed to " any settle
ment not having an advance In wages
as an understood basis. ' The union men
claim that 10,000 of their 16,000 members
already re getting the 70 cents an hour
demand for which brought on the strike
more than a month ago.
Seattle Eace Skids; :
; ; .OfficaTS;KilIed;
SEATTLE, Wash.. June 19. Th path- j
finder car on a Chlcago-to-Seattle relay
automobile race skidded and turned j
turtle about twelve miles due east of
here today, killing former State Senator
George f.' Dickson of HUenburg, Wash.
The 'official car, bearing a message1
from William Halo Thompson of Cht- i
eago to Mayor Hlrman GUI of Peat tie, ,
broke an axle at the Summit of the Cas- ,
cade range early today and the party
divided' between the Pathfinder car and j
another. j
All were trying for a lOO-hour record '
from Chicago. The accident occurred at
a turn.
set In Its turret, or aa far a It gun-
With, about all th passenger business 'pointer and observer ran see In bright
est they can accomodate under normal est weather. Aa previous ship carrying
conditions, the continued rains have : the 4-ipch Runs, the Arlsona' s main
played havoc with the railroads. They battery win have a maximum elevation
are all Jnuvlng their trains, but not on jof nearly twenty dogreea. It would be
schedule. Wasbout ara of almost hourly possible, It Is said, to almost double that
occurrence on most ot the line and be- elevation and add mile to th range ot
fore, repair are made, other are re- ' the gun, out already they ran ahoot
ported.
The Beatrice branch of the T'nlon Pa
cific down Into Kansas Is out of com
mission on account ot the, high water in
the Blue river. At Btockdale the track
is under water,', while worse conditions
maintain somewhere In the vicinity nt
Manhattan, Kan. The extent of the dam
age cannot be ascertained, as telegraph
communications have been eut oft with
the Kansas division. '
and hit farther, it Is probable, than they
would ever be called upon to do.
Three Omm Tarreta.
The Arlsona will carry the three gun
turrets which have been developed by
American naval constructors. It twelve
big rifles being housed In four turrets,
two forward and two after. In addition
It w ill have a secondary battery of twenty-two
flve-lncu. long rang rifle for de-
tense against destroyers, torpedo boat
Cm Its main Una. all the wav from i
Oxford to McCook, th Burlington I hav- ,an4 submarine. The big gun can be
ing trouble. The whole country up th ovr "thr broadside and aroun-1
Republican river valley 1 under water. th ",lr c,rc,B wllh ln Pt' ' an
with more pouring In from th tributary of leas than thirty degree directly
streams. During the night numerous forward for the. after turreta and directly
wa.houts were reported, but they were "trn '. ho forward turret. I-ur of
repaired during th day and train passed h secondary battery gun, two on each
cr the Una are so placed that they can fire
Around Holdrege th water la the high- three degrcea aerots th ahlp'g bow,
e.t in fifteen year. -Several washout taking the place of bow chaaere ot tha
are reported In thla locality and a num. ,a woouu nip oays.
btr on th Wymor branch. East of Su
perior, two mile of track waa under
water Friday night.
Ilallatoaea Bery Theaaaelve.
HASTINGS. Neb., June la (Specials
All known record for hall In Nebraska
were broken last night, when stones
Compared la the Arlsona th old bat-
tleslilpa ot th Oregon rlasa are almost
Hue toy. The new ship could engage a
fleet of three ot them at the same time.
turning upon each aa many gun a it
could bring to bear and Ha guns would
be bigger and of longer range, ln addi- j
Edward Dunkhorst,
Pugilist, is Dying
CHICAGO, June !. Edward Dunkhorat,
known to follower of boxing aa th
human freight car" because of hi great
siie, was reported to be dying her to
dy. Dunkhorst fought Jame J. Jef
ferle and many other star heavy weights
In his day. He has lost eighty-five
pound during his present illness.
Announcement"
suit.
ad bring geed re-
Hoyne, Thompson .
and Sheehan Chosen 1
to Arbitrate Strike
CHICAGO. June 19. Street car and
elevated road employe who were on
strike for two day thl week, today
chose Macley Hoyne, states attorney of
Cook county as their representative on
tha board which will arbitrate tha mat
ter In dlapute between them and the
companies. The companies hav choaen
Jame hheehan and with Mayor Thomp
son aa umpire, the board win begin its
meeting next Monday.
Department Orders,
WASHINGTON. Juno 19. (Special Tele
gram. lira. Llxzle HackcnlxTK has been
appointed postmaster at Ranger. Loxan
county, Nebraska, vice P. J. Htartuck,
resigned. ,
Merle D. Roerah ha been appointed a
rural, letter carrier at Lemars, la
measuring nine Inches In circumference Uun u cuuld ,tem awy ,rom ,hm "r
fell at lioidreg. fifty mile west other, tovertaae mem at pleasure, nevaiopin
The luU root of the Burlington depot ' twenty-ona knot against their sixteen or
'd the tUe roof of the postoftlce were leveuUo. i The remarkable thing about
rulnea. Nt eu unprotected north win- ln" arrai in him un au poei.
in 4 he towa escaped. Hailstones
vrre found ala Inches la the ground. The
damage-1 building In tee oily te ecti
iald at to Iioas), but crop u(.
fcred little, . Seven teen clean out. hole
a ere counted In tha roof of a houae and
4 bar a - oeanplete'y NaNeedr The
storm, broke -m 'ehek a4 lasted
tdrty minute, Repfrts bruutht over
Un4 say a alx-tnll trlp of-crop was
cuti'Pletoly ruined near Wilcox. ' .
T'a las Urn kg AUUii.
tiurlliivicn trains, which earlier tn th
week were routed ovet JbtVnloa Pacific
(torn Hasting went, were today, .on e-
K'vua iiooa trouDiea on cne latter roai,
nt frvm Lincoln to Alllauce, In the
nui lUarsurn part of the ataW. and
i-i"vi south to Denver. The town of
however. Is- that taoh of tbe. entalteV
hip would nwi many or more men
ttian. the Arlxoii, which will, carry a
complement of 914 men in It crew,
. . . Will lt rifteea Mtllloais.
The" new aea fortrcsa a it took the
arater today coat ,more than r 7.ieo.00x
That waa for hull and machinery alone.
The gun and armor will eot aa. much
more and other equipment neoesaary to
(it It for duty will add another million to
It total coat, it u longer' and wider
than any 'but th ewet trana-Atlaiitl
liner, it It I desired to put It throuiih
the Vanama vanal l he links and bends
in ifi chanhef ,wll( be taxed almost to
the limit to ftv It paafe way.
. . The . ArUona ia Xh tuurth batUealtiii
to be built in a government yard and IK i V,
The Human Body
la made up of many Important organs and ,
members, and of these the feet play a very
Important part. We are taught from early
life to take good care of our body and do no,
but the feet are always neglected. Tbe tn- '
fluenoe ot the feet la distinctly noticeable In
every phaae of everyday life and, whether
It be minor or serious trouble, physical effi
ciency Is greatly reduced.
The methods used In my foot comfort xer
vice Is to remove the cause of the abnormal
conditions and to restore the FOOT to Its
natural shapelineas and comfort.
See Btxyker for Foot (mfort riervlce.
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117 North 16th St.
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