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DEFINITE POLICY
TOWARD MEXICO
IS AGREED UPON
Inning Asserts Program to End
Disturbance in Southern Re
public Arranged at
Conference.
rilX SLAIN IN KOEIAS FIGHT
Half Dozen Mexicans Killed and
Five United American Sol
diers Wounded.
BANGERS COME TO RESCUE
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. A very
definite policy as to Mexico has been
agreed upon by the Pan-American
conference, Secretary Lansing an
nounoed today. "The conference
adjourned because I wished to. con
sult President Wilson about it," he
said. "I have consulted the presi
dent and the conference will be re
sumed." Mr. Lansing would not dis
close the conference plans.
Charles A. Douglas, counsel her for
Carranxa, satd he did not believe the
general contemplated giving the Braslllan
minister his passports.
"Regardless of personal differences
that may exist between General Carranza
and the Braslllan minister at Mexico."
said Mr. Douglas, "the necessity of main
taining friendly relations with the gov
ernment of BraxU and the government
of the United States, particularly the
latter, would preclude any overt action
toward Mr. Cordosa,"
Other representatives of General Car
rsma here, . however, had no hesitancy
In saying the Brazilian minister was par
ticularly distasteful to General Carranxa
,end they expected hla stay Jn Mexico City
would be terminated.
Six Slain la Battle.
BROWNSVILLE, T., Aug. 9,-Flve
Mexican bandits and one Mexican woman
were killed in the fighting yesterday at
Norlas, sixty-eight miles north of here.
For an hour fifteen Americans, eight cf
them United States cavalrymen, stood
off the attack of sixty Mexicans. Five
of the Americans were wounded, three
of the latter soldiers. . The fifteen Amer.
leans were saved from death Just as
their ammunition gave out by the arrival
of seventeen Texas rangers.
The Americans, rangers and soldiers,
had gone to Norlas" ranchhouse search
ing for Mexicans. Eight soldiers were left
at the railroad at Norlas', while the re
mainder of the party, numbering seven
teen rangers, went to search a water hole
twelve miles distant.
Meanwhile the Mexicans, from cover
of the brush, galloped, toward the Uttle
detail of soldiers at Norlas'. .The sol
dier a. at first took them for rangers re
turning. Seven American civilians, all
armed. Joined the cavalrymen. The Mex
icans swept down upon this party and
seized a section house while the soldiers
lay flat on the railroad tracks with the
civilians, trying to pick off their attack
ers. Slowly the Americana retreated,
crawling and firing and concentrating
toward the ranch house,, which was about
too yard from the Mexicans.
Killed In Open Fight.
The open fights was where the Amer
icans were wounded. One aoldler, lying
on his stomach on the railroad, received
a bullet through his back. Another sol
dier lost his upper Up, while the third
was shot in the leg. Foreman Forbes of
the King ranch was wounded In the
right leg. Frank Martin, another ranch
foreman, had his left arm badly shat
tered. The Americans were fighting from
cover of the ranch house when the rang
ers returned, dismounted in the brush
and crawled into the house, apparently
unobserved by the Mexicans, who after
a short fight made off.
State Adjutant General Henry Hutch-'
trigs, who was with the rangers, said to
day that he believes the arrival, expected
by tomorrow, of twenty mora rangers
and of four companies of United States
Infantry from Loredo will Insure the
restoration of peace.
Steal Bible and Gown
From Kennard Pastor
When thieves stole a suitcase from the
automobile of Rev. J. D. Weln of Ken
nard, Neb., at Eleventh and Farnam
streets Sunday night they secured, be
sides the receptacle itself, a minister's
gown and collar, together with a Bible.
The Weather
Par Nebraska Generally fair; not much
change In temperature.
For Iowa Generally fair; not much
change in temperature.
TesBeratare at Oiwbwh tfealer'.
Hour. Deg.
3 a. m...
6 a. in .
7 a. in...
a. m. .
a. m...
lu a. 111...
11 a. m. .
12 m
1 p. m...
t p. m...
J p. m .
4 p. in...
ft .p 111.
A p. m
7 p, m 1
p. m 7&
Lwrnl Record.
mis. iu. inn i'!
83 m H2 74
Comparative
Highest yeoterday..
Ixiffat yerteiday .
Mean temperature .
freclpltation
Temrarature and
.' 87
ri w
00 .01
n hi
67 M
T T
depar.
precipitation
turea from the normal
Normal temperature 76
leflcUncy for tha day 4
Normal i-recipltaiion .15 inch
lrfli'lcncy for the day 12 Inch
Tola! rainfall slnre March 1.. 19. 78 inches
Exoeas since aMrch I 41 tnen
Lieftcicncy, ror. period. 1I4.... 4.2 Inchaa
Deficiency, cor. pel lo-l, 19U 2.87 inches
Reports from Stations at T I. U.
Station and Ktate Teinp.High-Ruln-
or weainer. 1 p. in. eat. Ian
Cheyenne, clear...
78
Duvenport. cloudy 7il
lienvcr, part clou.ly li
North finite, raining.... m
V3
Omaha, cloudy 7S
ilnpiU City, t artly rhudy i
7
fK
M
Sheridan, partly cloudy..
hioua City, clear SK
Valentine, itart cloudy.... 74
SO
X Indicates traca of precipitation.
t A. WELSH, Local Forecaster.
7M!SL
GERMAN FORAGERS IN
cattle as their prize.
' -aw sr n in x
ew
...... . ,,v-
TRACTORS THRESH
JUST FOR A LARK
Horses Are Turned Into Pastures and
Steam and Gasoline Do All the
Work at Fremont.
SHOW IS DOUBLE IN SIZE
Such a whirlwind Joh of threshing
was never before witnessed In Ne
braska as that In progress yesterday
afternoon at the opening of the big
National Farm Tractor demonstra
tion in the fields north of Fremont.
Threshing out of the shock, with
out a horse in sight anywhere In the
field. That was literally the situa
tion. For although threshing by steam and
gasoline power has long been practice d
In Nebraska, up to this day horses have
always been used to haul hayrack load
of bundles to the machine.
Not so on this occasion. Tractors. The
city of Fremont is a-awarm with tractors.
They swarmed out upon the big field in
the afternoon for. the initial parade and
opening of the demonstration. After the
parade dosens of them hooked onto the
wagons and began -hauling tons f bun
dles to the threshing machine that was
soon almost burled by the quantity of
grain thus brought to its mouth. 1
All Hauled b Tractor.
Horses that had been - drawing the
threshed grain to . the granaries were
taken away and turned out to pasture.
Compact and' powerful tractors wheeled
In front of the wagons, backed up, hooked
on and began to ply rapidly and am othly
between the separator and the granaries.
The tank wagon was hauled by a tractor.
The coal wagon was yanked about by a
tractor. Bven . the lunch wagon 4 was
hsuled by a tractor.
And then there were tractors to spare.
There were traotors. -dosens of them,
that, with nothing at all to do in the
process of the threshing, Just fiollcked
about the stubble fields, disporting them
selves like colts after long confinement
In a close stall.
True, dosens of them threw the hook
into the clevis of the' drawbeam of big
gang plows and rolled over acres ana
acres of rich, black Platte bottom soil.
Just to show the great crowds what the
tractors can do in the way of plowing.
That, of course, is what the principal
demonstration consists of.
Throhlna a Mil Mae.
But the threshing activity of the first
day was a sideline. It was a kind of
emergency. It showed how versatile tii
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
Canada Abolishes
Veto of Women on
Military Service
OTTAWA, Oiit, Aug. 8. Wife and
mother have hsd their day in Canada,
so far as .forbidding their men folk to
go to war is concerned, and that diy is
past, according to official announcement
made today by the military depanment.
It will no longer be possible, as It used
to be, for a wife to keep her husbanl
or her sons under 18 from enlisting by
withholding her consent. ,
In announcing the withdrawal of th
veto privilege, given to women early in
the struggle, the department also served
notice on all Canadians that they could
no longer dodge military service by pay
ing $15 each. Heretofore It has been pos
sible for enlisted men to buy discharges
by paying this sum. The practice is to
be discontinued.
Nat Brigham, Well
Known in Omaha as
Singer, Drops Dead
HAMILTON, O., Aug. .-Nt Maynard
Brigham, former United States marshal
for the then territory of Utah, to which
position he was appointed by the late
President Cleveland, dropped dead here
today. His home was In Wheaton. III. For
the last several years he had been a
lecturer,
Nat Brigham was well and moat favorl
ably known In Omaha, where he lived for
many years. He was a great singer and
his services were in demand at ail ttmca
He was a member of the First Presbyte
rian quartet when It was composed of
high class singers and he was also prom
inent In Elk circles. Brigham bad a
splendid votoe and during his residence)
here was constantly called upon to take
part in the big musical events of Omaha.
RUSSIAN P0LAN returning to
SJ
- w n
' v . ...
en
Will Try to Raise
Steamer Eastland
Next Wednesday
CHICAGO, Aug. 9-Ralslng of the
steamer Eastland, which turned over in
the Chicago river July 24, with the losa
of hundreds of lives, will not bo at
tempted until next Wednesday, it was an
nounced today, but preparations for
righting the vessel were begun, when the
hull was sealed and a large pump malo
ready. , Work of pumping out the ,iJl
tons of water In the halt submerged ves
sel will begin when steel pipe Connections
are put in place.
SUBMARINE SINKS
TURKISHWARSHIP
Former German Battleship Knrfurst
Friedrich Wilhelm Destroyed
by Entente Craft.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY OTTOMANS
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 0. The
Turkish battleship , Kheyr-Ed-Dln
BarharoEsa of ,9,900 tons displace
ment, formerly', the German warship
KuffUrBffHedrn4 Wilhelm. has
been sunk by a submarine of the en
tente powers, accorddlng to an offi
cial announcement issued today by
the Turkish government.
A majority of the officers and men
composing the crew of the battleship
was saved. . . ' ,
j The official telegram telling of the loss
of the battleship adds:
"The loss of the Barbarossa, which was
1 sunk this morning, however regrettable
iin itself, does not, affect us excessively,
; except that It places the strength of our
; ships, compared to that of the enemy, In
i the ratio of one to ten."
I The Kheyr-Ed-Dln Barbaroeea was
hullt at Stettin In 1891 and was purchased,
together with the battleship Torgut Rels,
from German by Turkey In 1S10. The ves
sel . was 364 feet long, sixty-four feet
beam. an 1 had a ' lepth of twenty-tour
feet Its complement constated of about
600 officers and men. The vessel was
equipped with two submerged elghteen
inch torpedo tubes.
Bwedlak Steamer Bank.
COPEmiAOEX.(ta London). Aug. .
The Swedish steamer Mai has been sunk
by a German submarine. One boat con
talnlng seven . men and a womsn has
been picked up and landed here. A sec
ond boat carrying the captain and nine
men is missing. "
French Troops Take
Towns in Kamerun
PARIS, Aug. .Encircling operations
by French troops against German forces
In the Kamerun, a German colony n
West Africa,' have resulted In further
successes, according to an official etaU
raent Issued by the ministry of the col
onies today. The statement says:
"Encircling operations by French force
in the south and east Kamerun are pro
ceeding successfully. On July IT columns
from the south took Bl'am, which the
enemy evacuated during the night, thus
completing the ronqueat of that part of
the Congo ceded to Germany In 1011.
"On July 23 columns operating In the
east stormed the post of Moopa, forcing
the enemy to retire on Mombl, which In
turn was captured four days later.
Reconnalsances were immediately dis
patched against Nganela NyassL
"Our troops are displaying great activ
ity on the Gadjt-Berl Blmba front. Gadji,
after a violent combat, was evaculated
by the Germans."
Lincoln's live wirebuiincsf
and professional men are
the special guests of Ak
Sar-Ben for a taste of the
annual initiation. Lincoln
snd Omaha can pull to
gether for many thing's of
mutual benefit and should
work in double harness
oftener.
THE'GATE'CITY'OF'THE'WfcST
camp with the requisitioned
re?
Jk '
GREATEST WHEAT
CROP EYER GROWN
Official Estimate for August First
Places the Yield at Nearly a
Billion Bushels.
CORN CHOP IS ALSO AT THE TOP
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. Ameri
can farmers are harvesting the great
est wheat crop ever grown in any one
country. It may reach 1,000,000,000
bushels. Department of Agriculture
experts today estimated the crop at
966,000,000 bushels, baaing their
calculation on the condition of the
crop August 1. Bumper harvests of
other cereals and food crops are In
dicated. The else of the country's Important
farm crops, forecast from their condition
August 1 by the Department of Agricul
ture's crop reporting board and an
nounced today. Is given below, with tha
production estimates forecast from tha
July condition, and the final harvest fig
ures of last year's crops. Comparison
of the July and August forecasts shows
the change In bushels st the harvest
projBDectsvSjJ) affected by weather and
other conditions during tbp month:...
August rorecest. 1914 Crop.
Winter wheat S9,oo0.ocKV . 6W,O0O,00O
Spring wheat SoT.flfrt.ono .. 30,0v,(Ki
All wheat M,000,000 IM,0no,
Corn l,lf.00u,tW0 J.ffrJ,000,ftiO
Oata .....t...l.i.0"0.' 1,141,000.000
Barley 217,000,000 l5,O00.O'0
Rye -44,)0.O0O 43,000,000
Buckwheat 18,000.000 17.000,004
White potatoes .... 481.000, 000 4O4.O00.OJ0
f4u..l tinlllOM S3.000.0in M 0tl OKI
Tobacco (lbs) l.OM.000,000 l,39,000,0uo I
tlM. id.uuu.uuu i,uuu,ioa
Rice 0.0n0.000 24,000,000
llhv (tons) .75.000.000 70.000.0i0
Apples HB.OilO.OnO 2f4.000,iW,
li'eaches w.uuu.uw m,uuv,uuu
t Igures for winter wheat and rye are
preliminary estimate!.
Details of each crop, other than total
production, as announced by the depart
ment, follow: ,
Winter Wheat Preliminary estimates
show the acre yield' as 14.4 bushels, cora
l's red with 19 last year, and lS.t, the Ova.
year average. j
Pprlng Wheat-Condition, M.4 per cent
of a normal, compared with M S la it
month. 161 last year, snd ". th ten
year aversge. Indicated sere yield, 14
bushels, compared with 11.8 last year and
II 3. the lWt-U average.
A Wheat indicated acre yield. i.t
bushels, compared with 14.4 last year, and
14.7. the 19C8-1J aversge.
Corn Condition, T.S per cent of a nor
mal, compared with 81.2 last month. 74.4
last year and 804 the ten-year average.
Indicated acre yield. 26.7 bushels, com
pared with 2S.S last year and !". the
1906-U average.
Oato Condition, M.4 per cent of a nor-'
mal, compared with M. last month, Tf.4
last year and 10.1, the ten-year average.
Indicated acre yield, . bushels, com
pared with !.? last year, and S0.S. the
lsos-it average. Oats remaining on farms
August 1, was 68,407,000 bushels, compared
with 2,ffr.000 last year, and ,41T,000, the
190S-1I averags.
Barter A here Arereare.
Barley-Condition, M.I per cent of a
j normal, compared with M l last month.
I S6.S last year and Sl.S, the ten-year av
j. 'Continued on Page Two, Column Three3
.; Mayor Mitchel to
Dig Trenches and
Drill for a Month
NEW YORK. Aug. .-Mayor Mitchel
will be one of the volunteer recruits com
posing the camp of 1,100 business and pro
fessional men which begins a month's
training under United States army of
ficers at Plattsburg, N. Y., tomorrow.
In preparation for hit services in camp,
the mayor equipped himself with an out
fit of army clothing, will provide his own
transportation and deposit $30 at camp
to pay for food and other necessaries.
For two wekes ths msyor expects to dig
trenches, study military hygiene and
march when ordered to do so.
Philadelphia, Aug. S. Nearly 100 men
prominent in business and professional
life of this city, Including many well
known athletes, polo players and former
collegians, left today for Plattsburg. N.
Y., where they will undergo a four weks'
course of instruction under regular army
officers. The vanguard of the local con
tingent had already left for the ramp,
where they will Join more than 1,000 other
recruits In undergoing elementary train
ing in military manuevers.
Other Philadelphia's, Including Oeorge
Wharton Pepper, the vice president of
the newly organised branch of the Na
tional Security league, have arranged to
go to the camp directly.
GERMANY CHARGED
WITH VIOLATION OF
THE HAGUE RULES
Belgian Committee Making Investi
gations Alleges that Civilians
Are Foroed to Work in
the Arsenals.
MANY INSTANCES ARE CITED
Wage Attractive, but if Positions
Not Accepted, Men Forced
to Toil.
SUPPRESS ALL INSURRECTIONS
PAUI3, Aug. 9. A report of the
nclglan committee investigating
violations of internstlonal law, is
sued hre todsy by the Helslan lega
tion, is devoted to instances of al
leged violations by Germans of
Article 62 of the fourth Hague con
vention, governing the laws and cus
toms of land warfare.
Bxamples cited cover alleged OermSn
attempts:
Klrst, by offering wages as hlgit as 20
marks (about M a ilay and finally by
force, to compc-1 lirluiiini livlllun to
work in arsenals, on railways lined for
military purposes and In wire factories.
The report gives details of alleged
violations) at I.uttre, Msllnes snd Fweved
hem quotes the text of an orJor asserted
to have been signed by Ueutcnant Gen
eral Count von Westarf. the tjermnn com
mander, at Ohent, dat;.l In that city,
Jut 10, in pa.: i follows;
"The attitude of certain fictct'ri which
under the pretext of patrl.itimt, roly't-g
on The Hague contention, refuso to work
for the Uerman arm;.-, proves that nrtu n
the population thero U Sn Inolii.Htlon to
raise difficulties for th? ncliulnlstiut'.n-t of
the Germany army. In this conMerth n I
Inform you that t will .ipprfni rvch
maneuvers by alt meant in my power."
German Catholics
Meet in St, Paul;
Address by Ireland
ST. PAVU Aug. S. Delegates to the
sixteenth annual convention of the Fed
eration of Oerman-American Onthollo So
clottes, which began a four-day session
here yesterday, settled down to the trans
action of business today after services at
the cathedral. ' '
President Joseph Frry of New York
led the dtseugstoiia at the business meet
ing and J. y. Juonemann, St. Paul, na
tional secretary, submitted his report.
, Archbishop John Bonsano ' of Itorhe,
papal delegate to the United States,
brought greetings to the convention from
Pope Benedict. Archbishop Ireland of St.
Paul praised the loyalty of the Oerman
American Catholics to the Stars anil
Stripes. ...
"We love America, we love Its flag."
he continued, "but greater than all we
Ifrve the freedom of the Star-Spangled
Banner, which puts the power of mon
archy In the hands of every citlien at
least once a year when he goes to the
polls. We want nothing; more than free
dom; We ask no special privileges."
The Day's War News
AUSTRIAN AND GKHMAN troops
ara striata hard at the retreatlag
Itaea of the (tasstaaa la Poland.
Berlta today recorded the forolaa
of the Vlslala at Warsaw aad the
taklasr of Fraa-a, on the east sssk,
while Aaatrlan reports declare the
Raaalaa armies falling hark In
the Vleprs region hare ben dl
Ided by telllna- blows. The Ger
mans confine to advance east
ward from Pn,
Rl'RSIANB ALSO are belnsT hard
washed by Field Marshal Vn
Maekenaea's ermleo to the soatb,
the statement adds. Captor of
namerons prisoners is reported
from the verloas fronts.
MILITARY OBSERVERS In London
express the opiaion that entrap
pi a attempts will fall, at aorta
from tb official reports laalea.
ttoas that the Rnssinna may now
bo speeted to reach their new line
safely.
GERMAN ATTACKS along the west
ern front oa th allied positions
ro eontlnalBsr with apparently In
creased latenslty, bat wlthoat sa
eeea, according to the Parts stato
mens. One of tha noaaalts re
eorded ocenrvod north of Sonehes,
another ia NeaTtlle-St. Toast Mo
tor, n third ta the Arsronae, near
tha road from Vleanne-Le-Cba-tcaa
to Blnarvllle, and a foarth in
the Voeareo, whero a position oa
fh Llna was assailed.
FRENCH MINISTRY of the colonies
reports fnrtber snecosses by
French troops la the German col
ony of tb Kamerna, West Africa.
Tb eonaneet of that part of the
Coaao eeded to Germany la 1911
baa been completed, the etatement
ays, and farther Inroads are be
ta mad oa Uermaa-held terri
tory. OFFICIAL REPORTS from Home
rsesasl activity by Itallaa laoua
tain troops, reealtlag In galas. In
Cadora the Aostrlaaa hare been
forced back as far as the sooth
'elopes of Bargstall, la the valley
of Sexton, (ho etntomont dee lares,
while eonater attacks by tha Aaa
trtaas on the Caroo platoaa art
characterised as "weak aad easily
repnlsed." The Aaetrlna offoetal
report declares all Italian at
tempts to adraaea wera repnlsed.
BECAME OF THE possible effect
npon tb political altnatloa In the
lag attracted by I be flaatlasT In
the Dardanelles, where there hare
been recent proaonnccd activities.
Consta.tl.opl reports determined
trench ftsTbflasr and claims the
latest elaeh reealted tavern sly to
th Tarks.
BRAZIL RECALLS
ENYOrTO MEXICO
Big: Bepublio Withdraws Minister
Because of Carrania's Threat
to Expel Him.
DIPLOMATS MEET WEDNESDAY
WASHINGTON, Aug. . Csrransa
officials hera said today tha Braslllan
minister at Mejlco City, the only dip
lomatic representative the United
States has In Mexico, has been with
drawn by his government because
General Csrrsnia was prepared to ex
pel him from the country as he did
Senor Ortega, the Guatemalan min
ister. The rtratlllan minister reported to the
State department today that no reaaon
had been given for the expulsion of Senor
Ortega and that he. ntiuaelf. Intended to
sail Wednesday from Vera Cms on a
French liner for the t'nlted States.
It Is believed here that Carranxa ex
pelled the Guatemalan and was prepar
ing to expel the Braslllan minister be
cause of the paritlctpatlon of their coun
trlea In the Pan-American conference in
Washington for composing Mexican af
fairs. The development Is a very disturbing
one for the success of ths Pan-American
conference.
Officials who were hoping that Carranxa
would join a peace conference with hla
adversaries and meet the efforts of the
Pan-Amerlnan nations to settle the fac
tional strife were much disappointed. 1
It was said by Carranxa agents that
neither the Guatemalan nor the Braxlllan
minister had been on good terms with
Cnrransa snd that It had been Tarranxa's
Intention lo hand the Braslllan hla pass
ports ss soon as he sgaln reoccupled
.Mexico City.
The participation of BraxU and Guate
mala in the conference, they said, brought
Carransa's resentment to a climax. It
was recalled that Castro, the dictator of
Venrxuelu, took much the same action
when offended by foreign nations press
ing for a settlement of affairs ( In his
country.
(arransn Moving to Mexico City.
Slate Popartmcnt advices today said
General Carranxa was making hurried
preparations to move his capital front
Vera Crus to Mexico City. Archives and
clerks liavo b en moving to the capital
since Friday. The Impreoslon In Mexican
circles hore is that Carranxa proposes to
establish himaeK in Mexico City snd
probably proclaim himself provisional
president In the face of the Pan Amer
ican effort to bring the factions together,
Ameiican naval commanders at Vs a
Crux have been ordered to place a war
ship at ths disposal of the two diplomats
If they s is 1 it. There ar three gunboats
In that vicinity.
Reoaiaf Conference : Wednesday.
Secretary Lansing . announced today
that the Pan American conference on
Mexican affaire would be resume 1 in
New York City Wednesday afternoon at
i o'clock at the Biltmore hotel. He said
he did not know, how prolonged the con
lerence would be. '
' Secretsry Lansmg said he wss considering-
American representation In Mexico
City In view of the departure of the Bra
sllian minister, but he did no', know
what would be done. Hs assumed, how
ever, that American dtplomat.o at. airs
would be in a "sort of a state of qui
escence" in Mexico City. The reasons
for the Braslllan minister's visit to ths
United States at this time, the secretary
said, were unknown to him.
arm Hsu I'rr iiiirlH Manifesto.
GALVESTON, Tex.. Aug. ..-General
Carranxa la preparing a manifesto to the
Amerlcsn people In which he plans to
review the Mexican altustion and make
public the correspondence between h s
government and the State Department.
Notloe of preparation of the document
was received today by Juan T. Burns,
constitutional cousul here. Just how
soon ths manifesto will be issued wa
not stated.
Pittsburgh Priest
Refuses a Fortune
of Twleve Millions
PITTSBURGH, Aug. S.-Bellevlng his
advanced age and an occasional attack
of rheumatism would preclude judicious
handling of great wealth, Father William
CJrabam, pastor of St. Patrick's Roman
Cathollo church, has declined to accept
a fortune of from 112,000.000 to 115.000,090
left him recently through the death of
relatives In Sidney, Australia, and Bolivia,
Bouth America.
"I have no desire to add to my burdens
a lot of wealth that would bring me no
satisfaction," said Father Graham. "I
am by no means wealthy, but I have
enough worldly goods for my physical
needs, and besides I am nearly so years
old and often afflicted with rheumatism.
Why should an old msn like me choose
to spend the rest of bis days on earth 1
under the weight of so much money. Give
it to my poor relatives who need it."
Father Graham had before him today
communications from attorneys Jn both
plaoes, asking for directions as to ths
management of ths estates. Hs replied
that he did not want the money and
directed them to get into communica
tion with the heirs next in line.
Harry K. Thaw in
Omaha Today
Harry & Thaw is duo in Omaha early
in the morning, according to H. J. Bice,
his private secretary, who has been here
for several days awaiting him.
"Mr. Thaw is driving his car himself,"
ssld Mr. Bice. "He will remain In
Omaha one er two days and wlU then
proceed westward. People everywhere
change their opinions of Thaw for tha
better rfter they meet and talk to him."
WATERLOO, la., Aug. S. (Special Tele
gram.) Harry K. Thaw left this after
noon for Omaha In a large touring car.
He arrived here ftunday for a visit with
ex-Governor Bols, a long time friend.
Thawte accompanied by C. II. Wharton
at Chicago, Attorney Frank K. Jot ns to a
of New Tork and P. O. Pendleton of Con
cord, N. II. His s-lait created no
tiou.
EXPECT KAISER
TO STRIKE NEXT
BLOW AT SERBIA
Pressure that tha Allies Are Exerting-
on Greece and Bulgaria
Turns Interest Toward
Southern Arena.
MAY CHECK SCHEME OF ENTEI7T&
Attempt to Connect Austria Up with
Turkey Causes Keen Apprehen
sion in Great Britain.
WESTERN ARENA IS QUIET
RL'LXKTIlf.
BERLIN, Aug. 9. (Via London.)
Praga, the suburb of Warsaw, on
the eastern bank of the Vistula, has
been occupied by German troops, ac
cording to an official statement Is
sued today by the German army head
quarters staff.
LONDON, Aug. 9. Russia having
rejected what in England Is regarded
as a bona fide proposal made by the
German emperor for peace, with a
part of Poland traded for Oallda, the
great struggle In the east must con
tinue, and as there Is no indication
of an immediate general offensive by
either side in the west, the struggle
of the Russian forces to shake them
selves free of the Austro-Oerman
grip, remains the chief factor in the
war news, with an added interest in
the Dardanelles operations.
The Qalllpoli field will be closely
s atched because of its possible bear
ing on the Balkan situation again
tlnimering by reason of renewed
tfuadruple entente pressure on Bui-rarla-
and Greece. Never before has
the importance of the operations at
ihe Dardanelles been more keenly
realUed in Great Britain and France
I than now. asDerlallr as there ara
I many indications that Germany plans .
Jto deliver its next hard blow against
I Serbia In order to link up with Tur
key and thus checkmate the spring '
plans of the entente allied powers.
It Is Increasingly manifest that Oer
many looks to the east for a settlement ,
of the war. By overrunning Serbia It
would oocupy a very favorable etrateglo
position to invoke Bulgaria's passive or
active - aid la reaohlng Constantinople
slong ths main line. The expectations
of such a move doubtless has brought
I about renewed negotiations between the
j entente allies and Bulgaria.
j The. Turks claim successes In ths recent
1 trench wsrfare on ths Gallipot! penin
sula, but there really has been no note
j worthy change la the situation so far as -
the public Is aware.
The Austro-Uermana continue to make
progress both to the northeast and to
the southeast of Warsaw, and the A us-
tro-Hungartans claim to have out In two
the Russian forces which retreated after
losing the Lublin-Chelm railroad.
Italian Official Report.
ROME, Aug. .-(Vla Farla )-The fol- .
lowing official statement, dated August
I. has been given out by the Italian gen-t-rM
headquarters:
"In the Tonalc pass sone, our Alpine
detachments, advancing boldly along a
difficult ridge rock, which rises from ths
south, over Val Del Monte (Noce), re
pulsed and dispersed, on the morning of
August 7, the troops of the enemy en- '
trenched southeaat of tho peak of Er
cavallo, capturing bombs, fuse catridgea
and other material.
"On the sams day, other detachments
of the enemy, entrenched at Malga
Falude, ' northeast of the peak of Er
cavallo, were driven from their position
by the accurate fire of our mountain
artillery, which had been hoisted to a
(Continued on Pase Two, Column Two.) '
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flats, because many people are
thinking about their winter home
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