Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
THE WEATHEB
Fair
VOL. XI A' NO. 28.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOUNTING, JULY 21, liM&-TViKLVH I 'AUKS.
Ob Trains, at Hotel
Kivi .Steads, to., M
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
CABINET APPROYES
FINAL DRAFTOFTHE
NOTE TOGERMANY
Members of Official Family of
President Refuse to Gi?e Oat
Anything Concerning
Reply.
SOOU READY TO BE DISPATCHED
President Submits Outline of Pro'
posed Answer to Kaiser to His
Official Advisers.
MEMBERS FAVOR A FIRM STAND
WASHINGTON, July 20. Presi
dent Wilson and the cabinet, after
two hours' discussion, today ap
proved a final draft of the note to
Germany. . Cabinet officers refuaed
to discuss Its contents or to Inti
mate how the insistence of the
United States to obtain a definite
answer to its representations on
submarine warfare bad been phrased.
The new note will be ready In a day or
to for d'spatch to Berlin. Some changes
suggested In today's meeting will be In
corporated and . after . carcfuf rev 1 ton
hy Secretary Lansing It will he cabled
to Ambassador Gerard. Publication wlH
bo withheld until the note actually ha
been received In P-erlln.
There were no manifestation of tension
In official quarters, the confidence pre
vailing that in the abeenee of any new
Violation of American rights the situation
would not become Immediately dangerous,
fiome officials were Impressed, however,
that the attack on the British steamer
Orduna, endangering a score of Amer
icans, had Introduced a new set of cir
cumstances, showing that even on voy
ages from Europe to the United States
submarine warfare, as being waged by
Germany, subjected neutrals to constant
risks. It la not certain, however, that
any reference to the Orduna case will be
made Ip the new American note.
After the cabinet meeting, which
lasted more than two hours, the secre
taries left in a group and refused to
discuss the situation.
iRiot Follows Strike
At Bayonne Works;
Big Plant is Closed
NEW TORK, July 20. The Bayonne
plant of the Standard OU company of
New Jersey was closed dowif today after
pearly 1,000 still cleaners and ' barret
makers siUk.Xox.Jacreased wages, and
because i,0 other workmen refused to fro
to work either through sympathy, as
claimed br-the strikers, or Intimidation,
the view given by the company officials.
The few score of men who had entered
the plsnt willing to work were sent hoine.
It was said that the company had suf
ficient supplies on hand or within reach
lo permit . the plant to He Idle for a
year. Borne serious rioting, which oc
curred early today. It was said, was a
factor In Influencing the ehutdown.
Several hundred men, alleged to be
strikers and tbelr ' sympathizers, took
part In the disorder today. They first
tried to stop men who were willing to
work from going Into the plant and then
attacked a detail of police who were on
the ground to prevent disorder. No one
was seriously hurt, but six arrests were
made.
It was stated the strikers would make
efforts to have the men employed at the
tidewater works and at Bay May, N. J.,
Join the movement.
Train Plunges 200
Feet Into a Gulch; .
Three Men Killed
DALHABT. Tex., July J0.-A SOO-foot
plunge today Into a gulch at Indlanole,
near here, killed three men and smashed
an engine and ten loaded freight oars.
The ' freight was on the El Paso and
Southwestern railroad and ran through !
a bridge over the gulch. The dead are
Engineer Brickley, Fireman Prlcer and
Brakemaa Klrley, all of Tucumcarl,
J. M.
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Wednesday.
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
-Fair; slightly warmer. ,
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hours. IV-
a. m ST
6 a. in. M
T a. m 69
S a. m M !
s a. m 6A
10 a. m 67
11 a. m
IS m 71
1 p. m 72 '
1 p. m 73
S p. m 73
4 p. m 73
5 p. m '3
p. m 72 !
7 p. m
S o. m 70
OamyaratlT Local Recora.
. 1916. 1914. 1913. 1912.
flgheet yesterday 73 t 79 W
x west yesterday 7 2 63
Mean temperature 66 7 3 70 7
(PreelpltaUon 0) T .00 .10
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the norma):
Normal temperature 6
Jeflclenev for the day 12
Total deficiency lrue March 1 240
(Normal precipitation 15 inch
Tfeolency 'or th day is nch
Total ramfall since March 1.U...7I liu hes
aUericiency eince March I ut inch
leflilecy for cor. perlid. 1914. I M Inches
Iefi(-tency for cor. period, IMS. S 3 Inches
' departs from Statleae at T P. If .
oiaiion and state
Temp. High- Kaln-
of Weather.
f heyenne. clear
(Davenport, clear
Jenver. cloudy
Is Moines, clear....
lander, clear .
North Platte, clear..
Omaha, clear
Pueblo, cloudy
. m. est. fall.
.62 . .01
. ' 74 .04
. 4 M .)
. 70 74 .02
. TS 73 .00
. 7 74 .(W
. 71 Tt .00
.63 62 .13
. 70 70 .00
y i o .o
. i 64 .71
. 74 TS .09
. 72 74 .00
4 72 .OS
'ectpttatlon.
cal Forecaster.
xvapia v iiy, clear 71)
Fait Lake City. pt. cloudy 81
ri r v, tiouuy..,..
flfiertdan, clear..
hioux City, clear
aienline. rlear
ON THE SOUTHERN WAR FRONT Italian cavalry following up Austrians after one
of the many little battles on the southern border of the European war.
WESTERFIELDLOSES
IN BUSINESS DEALS
Companies Which He Promoted and
in Which He Invested Money
Are Involved.
WOMEN WEEP AT THE MEETING
EUery H. Westerfleld, missing
Dundee treasurer, lost large sums of
money which he invested In business
concerns promoted by him, accord
ing to an Investigation of his affairs,
which has been quietly made by his
friends since his departure from
Omaha.
At a meeting of stockholders of the
Omaha K'urnlture Manufacturing com
pany of Bnlston, held in the office of
Arthur Pancoat, lis attorney, and alao
attorney for Mrs. WoMerfleld, a report
was made that tho company was largely
Involved in deht and an attempt was
mado to plan ways and means to meet
Insistent demands of creditors For this
purpose a bond issue was discussed.
Weeterfield Endorse Notes.
Mr. Westerfleld wa largely Interested
In promoting this company and had In
vested I4.CKM in its Mock. It was re-.
vealoU Monday that an Omai.a bank
holds .tUAtL-jiL-Its mi, . endorsed py
Mr. Westerfleld. The company's - books
show that It owes Mr. Westerfleld t2,
money advanced by him.
Another Omaha concern haa personal
notes of Mr. Westerfleld to the amount
of S3.000.
It was said on excellent authority that
Mr. Weeterfield lost betweon S4.0U) and
IM00 in the defunct National Box com
pany, which he. helled to promote.
Jlra Mary A. Ward, a . idow, and
her daughter, MIes Edith C. Wsrd, who
Invested t3,S0f, all they recived from the
estate of the husband and father, in the
Omaha Furniture Manufacturing com
pany, at tb9 suilcltution of Mr. Weeter
fiuld. wept at tho stocktvoidert' meeting
Monday when they learned that the
company's affair were more badly In
volved than they hd hoped. Mr. Wester
fleld was their attorniy.
Wat Here Monday Nlarht.
Westerfleld is on his way to Portland,
Ore. He was in Omaha Sunday night and
met a man wtio was Interested with him
In a furniture company.
A mmber of the city legal department,
who whes his name not used at this
time, says he has reliable Information
concerning Weeterfield's presence here
and as to the destination of his ticket.
The story of Westerflold's stop-over Sun
day nlgit was printed exclusively In The
Kee Monday.
"Westerfleld was here two hours Bun-
day night, from 11 p. m. to shortly after
1 a. m. A friend of mine saw hlstlcket
as It was punched by the depot gateman
and it read to Portland," said this mem
ber of the city legal department.
Commissioner Butler cays he has in
formation that an effort la being made
by friends of Westerfleld to make good
any shortage there may be in his ac
counts. No shortage has yet been of
ficially announced. The city accounting
department is rearing the close of the
check.
Zapata's Forces
Reoccupy Capital
of Mexico Sunday
WASHINGTON, July 20.-Dlttpatchs to
he Btate department from Mexico City
tite today announced that Zapata forces
eoscupled the capital Sunday, following
the evacuation by the Carransa army
under General Gonsalea
Zapata officials ere said to have re
sumed full control of the city from
4itrh they had been driven ten days ao
by Gonaales, who now has gone north
ward with his troops to meet an advanc
ing Villa force.
Leo M. Frank is
Slowly Improving
M1L.LEDGEVT.LLE, Oa., July .-Phy-slcians
attending Leo M. Frank, whow
throat waa cut by another convict at the
prison farm hers Etturday night, said
today that Frank had passed a restful
nlgut and that they considered his con
dition good under the circumstances, lis
is able to take nourishment, but attend
ants have difficulty In preventing him
from talking.
Physicians attending Frank Issued a
statement at S a. m., saying Frank's tem
perature at that hour was 100. pulse 10
and resplrstlon SO.
Frank today was removed from the
prison hospital to a private room. He
stood the trip welt acoordlng to the doe-tort.
XX
h
-is'.
t
FIYE THOUSAND.
OIL MEN STRIKE
Walkout at Bayonne Ties Up Barrel
and Can Shipments of Oil and
Naphtha to Europe.
MAY AFFECT TIDEWATER PLANT
NFW YORK, July 20. Virtually
every workman employed by the
Standard Oil company at Its Consta
ble Hook plant ot Bayonne went on
strike today. There are now about
5,000 men aut.
At the adjoining Tidewater oil
plant the men still are at work, but
they are said to be restless and the
strikers say they will shortly Join
them. It they do the entire produc
tion of oils and gasoline and naphtha,
as well as the by-products will stop.
There was some disorder at the Stand
ard Oil plant this morning, when a few
of the men insisted upon going to work.
Some shots were fired, but apparently
they were intended only to add to the
noise and excitement, as none was re
ported hit. The police made six arrests.
Mar Call More Police.
, Director of Public Safety Henry. WUfojj.
of Bayonne sent almosi. the entire police
force of the city to the plant. If there Is
further disorder Mr. Wilson will ask his
fellow Commissioners to vote money for
special police.
The strike trouble at the works first
appeared last week, when the still clean
ers, n comparatively small part of the
working force, went out because their de
mand for an 11 per cent Increase In wages
was not granted. They were followed by
the men in the barrel shops, 800 In num
ber, who hsd asked for 16 per cent in
crease. Today the rest of the employes
refused to go into the works.
tops Shipments to Europe.
The strike puts an end for the time
being to the loading of case and barrel
oil for Europe. There are six steamers
now tied up at the piers in the Kill Von
Kull, which skirts the plant. They prob
ably will be towed out into the stream
and anchored off Tompklnavllle if the
strike continues. They are in various
stages of loading. Ail six are said to be
destined for England.
The men who struck todsy made no de
mand for Increased wages, but it is
thought likely they will do so before they
return to work. At present their strike
la of a sympathetic nature.
O, B. Oifford, chairman of the manu
facturing board of the Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey, announced today
that the company will shut down the
plant at Bayonne rather than accede to
what the company believed to be the
unjust demand of the strikers.
Orduna Incident
. Formally Before the
Secretary of State
WASHINGTON, July 20. The Oerman
submarine attack on the Cunard liner
Orduna was formally brought to the at
tention of the American government
today by WillVam O. Thompson, counsel
for the Industtlal Relation commission,
who was a passwger on the ship.
Secretary Laiutng took Mr. Thomp
son's communication to tha White House
with hhn when he went for some time
before the cabinet meeting for an early
conference with 'President Wilson. It
was said Mr. Thompson's statement did
not add materially to the evidence, as he
waa not a witness of the attempt to
torpedo the liner and did not reach the
deck until after the submarine had begun
shelling It. It will, however, serve as
the basis of an Investigation to be con
ducted by the Treasiu-y department,
which wilt- gather affidavits from the
passengers and crews.
British War Fund
is Five Billions
LONDON, July W.-A new vote of
credit of 150.000 000 r7M.Oj0.000) was In
troduced today In the House of Com
mons. This second supplement vote will
bring the sum actually appropriated by
parliament for war expenditures to the
total of 630.000.000 (t3.t0.010 000) during
the current financial year. With the
amount voted between August I and
March 1. the grand total Is 1.S1!.000,0U0
Tha amount thus provided will tide !
ever tha period of the forthcoming par- j
lUmentary recesa The vote of credit
does not Involve a new loan, but merely
sanction expenditures out of funds on
hand,
SINGERS ARRIVE
FOR SAENGERFEST
Sbloists and Instrumentalists Are
Already Here Rehearsing for
the Big Event.
ALL OMAHA IN GALA DRESS
The advance guard of the army of
singers which Is moving on Omaha
for the great national Saengerfest
has arrived. Henri Scott, the famous
bass of the Metropolitan Opera com
pany, and Enrico Palmetto, the cele
brated Danish lyric tenor, are In
Onjaha.
Other soloists will, arrive thirl
morning as will also many special trains
bearing the thousands of singers. Oeorgo
II. Klerk of Milwaukee, secretary of
the saengerbund. Is nere.
Decorations of the city have been com
pleted and Omaha has not heen In such
gala dress for a long time. All
main streets are festive with flags
the
and
bunting and signs of welcome.
Ilo buildings and scores of
business and office buildings
The pub-;
places of
are -gey ,
with the signs of festivity.
Decorations Completed.
.'.Decoration of the home, of the, Omaha
Muslk vereln, Seventeenth and Cass
streets, was completed when Chief Deco
rator Gus Kense placed several allegor -
leal flKures, of musical significance, at
the main entrance.
The auditorium, where the concerts will
be held, la a place of beauty. Flags
and bunting streamers have been used
here with admirable taste. The great
tlora of seats on the stsge, extending
up to the very roof, have been com
pleted. Tho sight of i.OuO singers up
there with the great orchestra in front
will In Itself be worth seelna. Add to
this the wonders of the mighty melody
arid a . faint Idea of tha great ' musical
event is realized
Orchestra rehearsal, started Tuesday
mornlna und-r direction of Prof. Theo-
dore Rudolph Reese, all the musicians
having arrived from Bt, Tsui. Minneap
olis and from Chicago, the latter belnjj
picked members of the Chicago Symphony
orchestra. The orchestra rehearsals con
tinue all day.
Those who heard the rehearsal of the
great children's chorus or 1,000 voices
under dliection of Prof. Btedlnger Tues
day mornliiK were enthusiastic over the
astonishing performance of these
Juvenile Mngers drawn from nearly every
nationality under the ' sun. They sing
both German snd Engllsn songa
Final details of the saengerfeet were
gone . over at the luncheon of Xhe
saengerfest directors at noon,
of committees showed that all
promising for the success of
"feast of nt1ng."
Reports
is most
the bU
Wilson to See Miss
Addams About Peace
WASHINGTON, July .-President Wil
son will discuss with Miss Jane Addams
of Chicago Wednesday the outlook for
Peace in Europe. Ml as Addams recently
returned home after visiting the principal
officials of many of the belligerent and
neutral nut lens abroad as the representa
tive of a women's peace movement. The
president has been Informed from other
sources that there Is little provpect of an
early peace In Europe.
T. D. FOSTER. HEAD OF '
j PACKING COMPANY. DIES
OTTT'M WA, Is.. July M.-T. D. Foster,
packer of International fame, died here
today after a year's Illness. Mr. Foster
was head of the Morrell Packing com
pany of Ottumwa, la., and Liverpool,
England, with branches throughout the
X'nited Slates.
Omaha's wide 'str.ets and
capacious sidewalks always
give an expansive feeling'
to visitors as compared with
other cities 1 a id out on
cramped and narrow lines.
Omaha has been built with
a view to growth and is
growing, all the time.
01 T Y-Of-TH I wlsl
RADOM CAPTURED
BK THE GERMANS,
Y1ENNA ASSERTS
Capital of Province of Same Name,
Fifty-Seven Miles South of
Warsaw, Taken by Teu
tonic Allies.
FURTHER PROGRESS ANNOUNCED
Other Forts to North of Polish Cap
ital Fall Into Hands of
Invaders.
RUSSIANS ARE IN RETREAT
ni I.I.KTIM.
VIENNA, July 20. (Via London)
Of Hadoni, which lies fifty-seven
miles south of Warsaw was cap
tured today by the Teutonic allies,
according to an official communica
tion issued hero this evening.
UEIIMN, July 20. (Via London.)
Further progress In tho grout Oer
nian drive toward Warsaw from the
north and south was announced offi
cially here today. Tho German war
office reports the capture of Ostro
lenka, on the Narew river, about
sixty miles north of Warsaw. In the
south the Russians are In relreut.
The text of the statement follows:
"After blowing up mines near Chateau
Moose, east of Ypres, ilie Kntl.i.i made
an attack on both nMva of the r U from
Chateau Hooae to Vpr.-s. Thlr attack
collapsed lefor our niialtlons. Jt some
points the sttack. within ri:i of our
artillery, could not le carried through.
The Hrltleh occupied an excavation made
by an explosion.
"Near touches, an atinrk with hand
grenades was repulsed. After vigorous
fighting near Albert, the Frencn allemppd
dining the evening in att.tck against
our positions near Frl.vturt. lhov were
repulsed.
"Eastern theater: In Courlsnd tho
Russians were repulsed iesr Groesch
marden, east of Tukum and ne.v tlruen
dorf end Vstngen. East nf Kwnvinny the
enemy also Is relreetlnij bel'ors our at
tack. "North of Nowegrod on lh Narew,
Oernian troops csrtured enemy position
1 north of the confluence of the Pkroda
and Plssa rivers. Fresh Inndati-um troops
which were v nder fire for the f Irtl time,
, especially Olaliniiulshed themselves. North
of the mouth f the Pkwa we reached
the Narew. The permanent fortifications
of Ostolenka on tha northwest bank of
the river, were occupied.
- "South ot the Vbitula our -tmnps sd-
j vanned Into hostile positions to Would
land Qrojen 'Blonln Is sevrnteen miles
1 weet of Wartaw and Urojca twenty-six
miles south cf the cllyV In rrar guard
j fighting the Russian last W0 prisoners
j and two machine uns.
, ' Boutliesstern theater: German lnml-
wchr and reservo troops of tho army f
Oenoral Von Woyrluh repulsed superior
forces for the rnrmy from (heir position 8
ut llaxunku. AH counter attarks mailo
by the Russian reserves, which were
brought up iuickly, were repulsed. We
captured more than S.OXio prisoners. Our
I tr0OP lsely pursuing the eno.ny. Oit
cvlry rar has reached the railway
i lino from Radom to Ivangorod
''11" U"' ""T VI"'U,,t
Bu W0 ftro tMowi" tl" "treating
Mysterious Fires
Start On Unfinished
Warship Oklahoma
PHILADELPHIA, July 20.-Not until
the flooded compartments of the hsttle
shlp Oklahoma had been emptied and a
careful examination made, as to the ex
tent of the daniajo ctused by three
mysterious fires aboard the vessel last
nlKht a tho varria of tha Now Tork PhlD
j BU,jnf; company. n Camden, would be
known. Firemen from this city and
Camden continued until an early hour
today to pump water Into the compart
ments, from which dense colums of black
smoke issued. The flmt smoke was seen
shortly after the workmen had left the
yards, at ft o'clock last night. The fire
apparently was quickly gotten under con
trol, but more smoke was observed three
hours later. After the second firs was
finally extlngu'shed, smoke was dis
covered In another part of the vee 1 at
midnight.
Mr. Knox, president of the company
which constructed the new superdread
naught, was unable to explain tha origin
of the fires and declared that a rlftd In
vestigation would he made.
The Oklahoma was launched on March
23, 1914. and was about ready for a trial
trip, preparatory to being turned over
to the United States government In
September. It sost 14,000,000, and its
armament, which Includes ten fourteen
inuh guns, an additional I'.WOOOO.
WASHINGTON, July 20. The fire last
night aboard the new dread naught Okla
homa is believed to have originated la
wooden supports and other inflammable
material in the magazine space between
the two forward turrets. Reports reach
ing the Navy department today said of
ficers thought it likely a cigarette stub
or burning match had started a smol
dering fire which was not discovered
until night. It may, however, have been
due to electricity.
Naval officers do not believe there Is
snythlng to Indicate the work of an
Incendiary either in the fire aboard
the Oklahoma or In recent fires on the
New Jersey and Alabama.
French Aeroplanes
Bombard Colmar
PARIB. July K)-Vla LontfoTj-The of
ficUtl announcement from the wr office
this afternoon kays that a squadron of
six French aeioplancs bombsstied the
station at Colmur, capital of I'pp-r
Alsace. The aeroplanes returned un
ITALIANS PUSHING
LINE INTO AUSTRIA
Dispatches to Geneva Tribune Re
port Gains in Cadore, Carnia and
Along the Isonzo.
DIRIGIBLES ATTACK TRIESTE
dKNKVA, Switzerland, July 20.
(Via Paris.) Dlnpatchos to the
Tribune say that larse gains have
been made by the Italians since July
16. According to these advices the
Austrlana have lost more than fivo
miles 1 ft Cadore and leaner distances
in Carnia, at Horhsptte, Uradlne,
Dodero and Kollerwald, on the
Isonio. Tho Austrians have recap
tured two positions near Tolmlno
and north of San Lucas.
The Tribune also publishes a dis
patch from the Russian front saying
that on the night of July 17-18 a
fierce hand-to-hand encounter oc
curred near the Rawka river, in Rus
sian Toland. After fifteen hours of
fighting the Russlnns forced their
opponents back several miles, cap
turing several hundred prisoners.
Italian Official Report.
riOMK, Monday, July 19. (Via Paris,
July 3U-The following etatoment was
given out at tho ministry of marine here
todsy:
'Since the last statemrnt of July 7, the
nay has Intensified Its action in co
opcnislim with the aerial service against
tho enemy's coasts In the lower and
upper Adriatic. The following operations
on the eon were carried out:
"In the Dalmatian archipelago: Cut
ting cables near islands wIiMk on ao
count of their proximity to our coasts.
constituted effective centers for observa
tion for the enemy.; destruction of depots
for revlctuslmtf barracks, factories and
torpedo boats on one of tha Islands, and
the rapture of a few prisoners.
"At dawn on the ISth a cHvliiInn tm.
Ked of the old cruisers Vareae, Fran
cesco Ferruclo, Giuseppe Garibaldi and
Veitor Pisanl, approached t'e waters of
('attaro. nuinlfestlng Its presence by
nomparaing and seriously damaging tha
railroads of tho locality, while another
warship actlna attain! Oravnan.
stroyd a machinery depot and several
other military buildings and landed a
party, which made a ruralnnnnra nn
iGluppana island. Enemy cruisers, which
nan taken refuge at the Csttaro base,
which, although of obsolete type, could
have offered opposition to our old cruis
ers, did not come out from the port, but,
nevertheless, kept tip steam. While our
snips were flrswlng off, they made an
attack by submarines, and the Glusseppe
Garibaldi, after avoiding the first attack,
whs struck by a torpedo and sunk.
"The crew preserved discipline and be
haved with coolness, shouting sevoral
times 'Long live the kln!' before Jump
ing Into the sea- In obedience to orders.
Most of them wero saved.
"Among the inmt remarkable , aerial
c peratlons must be cited the bombardment
ty one of our dirigibles on the 17th at
.Trieste. The technical establishment was
j badly damaged In the previous raid of
the th. This time bombs thrown on
thco Important workshops started a fire
So extensive as to be visible twenty miles
away.
"Our scaplaneg dropped bombs on Aus
trian destroyers protecting Fasana cansl
!iear Pola. Two other seaplanes bom-
uarded the battery near the Balvower
llulithousi) on the 14th. One of our dirig
ibles bombarded with excellent reaulta tho
Trlnnann station and Trieste rail roe d
yaraa at Alonralcone on the lth.
"On the 17th. an enemv' aeanlan h.
longing to a small quadron which flew
over Uorl and Uarletta, wss captured
with two officers."
(Jarlbaldl Brothers Hetarn.
UD1NE, Itsly. July l.-(Vla Psris
July 20.)-Colouel Pepplno Oarlbaldl, his
four brothers and a number of other of
f liters who served with him in the regi
ment of Italian volunteers which fought
with the French army in tho Argonne
earlier in the war, have reached the
Italian front in the Carode region. They
have been attached to the Alpine brigade
formed by the grandfather of the Gari
baldi brothers, the famous Italian patriot.
In the war against Austria in 1SC8. Tha
Garlhaldluns have taken an oath to de
feat the Austrians or die in the attempt
Freight Rates on
Illinois Soft Coal
to Omaha Advanced
WASHINGTON, July 20-Increases of
10 per cent In the Joint rate of the South
ern railway and the Wabash railroad on
bituminous coal from the Belleville dis
trict In Illinois to Omaha and points In
the same group, were' allowed today by
the Interstate Commerce commission.
Local coal men are waiting for the
order from the Interstate Commerce com
mission, as they say they cannot tell
from the dispatches Just which of tha
several cases pending Is here referred to.
One case, affecting Omaha to soma ex
tent was brought by some Ht. Louts con
cerns and Is known as the Southern oase.
Another brought by western coal men af
fects Omaha somewhat, and still an
other Is known as the general advance
case.
Rotary Clubs Make
New Code of Ethics
SAN FRANC1KCU. July SO Eleven
"commandments," a "code of ethics" for
business men of all lines.' were adopted
today by the sixth snuual convention of
the International Association of Rotary
Clubs. The coda contains the abstract
ideas of "service" advanced by Rotarlans
as a broad rule of business conduct, based
on tho Golden Rule and expressed In tho
phrsso "he profits most who serves
best"
The code sets up as Ideas to advance
the fellow man, a scorn of Illegitimate
success, equal obllKetlon to those not
members of Rotary clubs and appreciation
of friends as the greatest of assets.
RUSS PROBABLY
WILL ABANDON
WARSAW SOON
Teutons Menace the Capital of Po
land from Three Sides and
Czar's Communication is
in Danger.
GERMANS CAPTURE WINDAU
It Will Be Made Base of Operations
Directed Against the Port
of Riga.
SPORADIC FIGHTS IN THE WEST
Rl M.KTI.
LONDON. July 20. The upper
most question concerning the east
ern campaign now la when Warsaw
will bo evacuated, rather than
whether It will be given up. With
virtually all of Courland In the
hands of Field Marshal Von Hlndcn
herg and with the Austro-German
forces across the Bug, continued oc
cupancy of the Polish capital exposes
the Russians to the danger of dis
aster. Through Copenhagen comes a re
port of the occupation of Wlndau by
the Germans. This menace to the
Russians from the north Is paral
leled from the southeast by the ad
vance of the Teutonic allies on the
Lublin railroad, one of the chief
arteries of communication with War
saw. The wisdom of abandoning the Warsaw
sallnnt In favor of a straight Russian line
dally becomes a more leflnite subject of
speculation among the allies and Russian
retirement from the capital before it Is
Invested completely is predicted widely.
From Wlndau the Germans are reported
to be advancing toward Riga with the
Intention of seising that port and clear
ing the nearby sees of mines, thus ob
taining another naval base. All the glory
hss not gons to von Hlndenburg, as his
colleague. Field Marshal von Mackensen
Is credited with the capture of Kras
nnslav. On the western front the Germans ap
parently are content to maintain a series
of sporadic, attacks on various portions
of the line. Paris claims the Germans suf
fered severe tosses In an unsuccessful as
ssult on the heights of the Meuse.
The coal strike situation Is described
In dispatches from the mine fields as
being more hopeful today.
Rertuan 'official Report.
PBrtLlN. July lafVIa Amsterdam and
Ixmdon. July ja Important successes
for the Teutonic allies all along fe battle
Hue In Russia from the Keltic sea to
Bukowlna nre claimed In an official
ststement Issued today at the Oernvin
war office. The army of General von
Gallwlts Is snJd to be standing in force
on the Narew line xouthwest ot Nowa
Ueorglevsk. one of the girdle of fort
resses which protects Warsaw, and only
ten miles from tho PolUh capital.
With the capture of Wlndau tho Ger
mann have come Into possession of an
other seaitort on the Baltic and are within
a few miles of Riga, seat of tho governor
general ot tho Lalllo province
The German r.nd Austrian forces are
said to Uuve taken prisoners 45.000 Rus
sians. Tho communication follows:
Western theater: In the district of
(touches, after a comparatively quiet day,
fighting became more spirited during the
night. A French attack against Souches
was repulsed and attacks south of
Bouchea were prevented by our fire.
'On tho front between the Olse and
the Argonne there was vlclout artillery
and mine fighting Weak enemy attacks
In the Argonne forest were unimportant
On the Meuse heights southwest of
Eparges and on the Tranohee, tho fight
ing is pnceedlpg with alternatJ sicceoaes.
Our troops lost minor local advantages
which th-jy had gained on the I7th, but
captured three officers and 300 men.
Tukaai aad Wlrdaa Takes.
"RusMlan war theater! German troops
occupied Tukuv and captured Wlndau.
(Wlndau 1 a seaport In Courtland on
the Baltic ki at the moiKh of the Wln
dau river, 100 miles northwest of Mltau).
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
THE WANT AD WAY.
pfinntcjip
(All rlihts
a
Ho wrote ap his ad
Ana knew without fail.
That sua were he'd get
By the very aeat wall.
Well tha answers ho had
Sure wade his eyes sitlaa.
So shouted with Joy,
"ftfi WAJSTaJuS tow SUM,
Bs sat dowa at onoa;
Vo time weald ho looao.
To look then ail ever.
Toe best oaeo to fthfiosa.
(Coattauea tomorrow.)
Many good business opportunities r
advertlsaj In TUU liEfcf daily. If yo
dnn't flnj a bi'-"-s th suits von.
write an ad telling our readers what
you want and the pi li e ou v.lU to pajr.
Telaiihune Tyler 1UO0 now
And lut It In The Omaha Um. ,
TTar''')niHi)'pirTnriMwiiiiifitiiititini .
Jm
I w I'll i i ' 1 ' ' '(" I III t FF' rriim-HTMn r if I