The sure way to satisfy your wants is through of the want ad pafes of The Dee. Try a Dee want ad. m Omaha Daily THE WEATHER Unsettled vou XI A NO. G!. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOUSING, fcEPTKMBKR 7, lni.V-TWKlA'F. rAOKS. "oVrt'mi SLVGLE COI'V TVo CENTS. j t r Bee STURDY WORKMEli START FESTAL DAY WITH BIG PARADE Large Number Jofn in the Demon stration Through Gaily Deco . rated Streets of City. WOMEN SWELL THE NUMBERS Ideal Weather Brings Thousands to Sown Town Section to See the Marching Legions. SOUTH SID EES ALSO JOIN IN Sturdy workmen of the various trades celebrated tie day set aside for them each year by a splendid parade In Omaha. It was said to be by odds the best Labor day parade that Omaha has ever seen. And the paraders weren't all mere men, -either. A number of automo biles carried numerous representa tives of the fair sex. There were several floats, plenty of banners and several of the delegations in line wore distinctive uniforms. The day was Ideal In every way. The early rain had Just laid the dnst and old dod Sun wa on the Job. The various public building were gaily decorated j and the festivity of the scune In labor's ! honor waa still further enhanced by the banners strung along the streets in honor of the national convention of the letter carrier Police Lead the Way. The parade was scheduled to start at 00 o'clock, and It started ' with very little delay. Headed by a platoon of po lice. It moved east from Twentieth and Farnam streets, with bands playing gaily. A great crowd was on the streets. The various trades had splendid repre- MtitaMnna nut Thn Mrnontcrl1 WPT several hundred ' strong. The plumbers were in force and the masoXs and the typographers. The plumbers all 'carried canes made to look like two pieces of pipe Joined to gether, with the proper Joints known to all members of the v union, but not to laymen. A feature of the plumbers' part of the parade was a float which combined the practical with the humorous. On the float were all the equipment of a bathroom, even to the steam radiator. In the bath tub waa a colored boy, only his head and neck visible. Most everybody had some thing to shout at the grinning youth, It seemed, ' Movies In Parade. The moving picture operators' union had t float, a complete moving picture mi dline outfit with colored ribbons run ntng from the front of the machine and -radiating to-TJau.Tia IfJm tirttie float, on which was the name of the local union and the legend "Safety First." The features of the parade received frequent cheers from the spectators on the sidelines. In the afternoon ttie "official" labo celebaatlon continued at the German Home on South Thirteenth street, with itftletlo contests, sports, music, dancing and speaking. Boat a Btdrrs Join. Members M the South Side Central Labor Union joined In the parade. Offi cials met at the South Side headquarters at Twenty-fourth and M streets and from there went to North Omaha, where they luined the procession, carrying local ban ners. The local representation numbered several hundreds. Joliet Convicts See Prize Fight, Despite Order of Governor JOLIET, 111.. Sept . Labor day was a real holiday for the hundreds of convicts in the state penitentiary here. Forgetting the walla and bars which cut them off from the outside world, the convicts stood up. and howled with glee while two pugilists pummeled each other In a regu lation ring in the prison yard. In Chicago Governor Dunne became In censed when he learned that the boxing bouts were la prospect. He telegraphed to the wsrden that the fistic feature of the program was wrong and must be eliminated. The telegram, howeVer, ar rived too late, as the bouts were over and the convicts had had their fun. London Exchange . Market Feverish LONDON', Sept. (.American exchange continues to fluctuate feverishly and In the opinion of financiers here the out look is still very uncertain. Cable trans fer opened lower at M Sn8H.e8H. The rate fell to RW-WHST. with few buying orders and later held around 14-67 In a very uncertain market The Weather For Nebraska Partly cloudy; warmer In southwest portion tonight N 1 superstar Omaha Tester day. Deg. M . bl 67 t a ,.. 73 73 , 77 74 78 7 79 ... M . 8 7 r tnvaratlve Loc Record. u' , , ' W15. 11. JS1J u Highest yesterday ...... ) M M Loek! yier!ky 9 7T 71 en teinferature 73 ;i u i,i FTeeiptlaliun 04 .w .oo - .20 Temperature and precipitation depart, ures lrom the normal; Koriual temperature go Kxcom for the .day ill"" 4 Toi'l deficiency since March i .'.'. '"65 Normal prcpli iialion n nch Ix-fu-lency (or the dy u7 in. h Tot I rainfa 1 s new March 1. .2Iil Iri.-hes 1 e'le'eney sino Msn ti J.. ... j , h iri.cjr ior cor. lie i,a. fi4. 5 3,1 cliei I ie l-ltn y r'w. ix rio i. i.r r. : i -.4 ! I A. WtLSH. Local Fcrtc-s.cr. at fi Hour. M f a. m... 4 a. in... 7 a. m... jT S a. rn... C S m." . p. in... T p! m!!! w. MAMMOTH FLAG IN THE association through the streets of Omaha Monday. , w v - , - r , - - "---j iw.v s1! "V v- . - c ; I - J K J V4 if 4JTM " iVXfar--. . ' ? h I- I - -At - v ' t - V .V.? j .i:. .-- . '.:'. : V - I 1 1 i i - LETTER CARRIERS " OPEN CONYENTION President Edward Gainov Starts Business by Reading- Seport for Last Two Years: ' DELEGATES ARRIVE HOURLY "To be whipped to bed and whipped to work by the Iron hand of circum stance Is an economic absurdity," shouted President Edward J. Qalnor of the National Association of Letter Carriers, during his extensive report and address at the opening of the convention at the Auditorium this morning. Mr. Qalnor did not say that letter curriers are whipped to bed and I whipped to work, but rather pointed Xitlt'''tBgt,tfllSongftr6n' no" longer exists as extensively as It once did. He was speaking of Sunday dosing and holiday closing when he came to this climax. "We now know ttiat Sunday livery was never necessary. It was Just habit," he said. "The same is true of countless other eustoms. We Inherit them and abide by them for years until we suddenly discover they serve no useful purpose. "Every year brings a more general observance of ffc holidays. Business houses are closed now during hours that a decade ago seemed impossible. It should not require all of a man's working hours to make a living." President Qalnor declared his belief that a pledge for a retirement bill will be in cluded In the principal political platforms drawn up In the 1916 national conventions. Petition for Bill. He recommended a campaign of pub licity for the retirement propaganda. He recommended that the Incoming officers of the association and the board pre pare a petition to congress setting forth the principal reasons for the desirability of a retirement provision on the statutes. He recommended that congress be pe (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) Postoffice Clerks Want Additional Pay and Pensions SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept .-"Better Pay and Shorter Hours' Is the slogan of the delegates to the National Federa tion of Postoffice Clerks that opened here today for a week's session. Practically the entire week, it waa an nounced, wUl be devoted to preparing a program, for whloh. It Is said, the post office clerks will ask, are: Retirement for aged postal workers; a higher salary classification; a civil serv. ice court of oppeals;. an adequate com pensation for Injury law; elimination of the stop-watch in speeding clerks to more work. This Is the first time the federation has met on the FaoUc coast Fahe Photograph Causes Murder of Two Americans by Mexicans BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept. a -The disposition of troops in the Broownsvllls section continue today. By midweek there will be 4,H)0 men, cavalry, Infantry, artillery, signal and aero corps In this district a command large enough, It is hoped, to exert sufficient moral force to make the use of physical foroe unneces sary In maintaining quiet In the border counties with their 70 per cent Mexican population. The troops are patrolling a territory nearly the size of Maine which conta n ! only one city, Brownsville, Tex. How to distinguish between loyal and disloyal Mxloan eltisens Is an unsolved problem and a lack of this knowledge Is s menace to the International relations. Some Americans have come to believe even that other nations are trying to In volve Mtxlco with the Viiited Ktatea. A few credit reports that Americans who wish intervention sre behind most of the urnrii: outbreaks. la t.. to inuuhs sines U budlls LETTER CARRIERS' PARADE Carried by the Omaha division of the Letter Carriers' MORE SENSATIONS IN TELEPHONE CASE Attempt Made to Barn Eljan Home When Son Finds Prowler Near Place. THREAT AGAINST DAY AND BEN0 BILLKTISi. The officials of the telephone company are understood' to have In their possession the confession of the person who set the mysterious fires In the Council Bluffs binldlngs and caused such a furore of excite ment In Council Bluffs during the last wees:. . The confession is said to have been mado by Adolph Klgan, IS. year-old son of Manager Elgan of the Telephone-company of Council Bluffs. It is not likely that any pros ecution will result, though this has not been definitely determined. The motive for the offense ap pears as yet to be obscure. What was at first believed to b a practical Joke took on a more serious phase when it was discovered yester day morning that In addition to a guantlty of gasoline having been thrown upon the front porch of the residence of Frank Elgan, district manager of the towa Telephone com pany of Council Bluffs, the telephone wires had been cut. Mr. Elgan's son, Adolph, aged 15 years, discovered the gasoline by detecting Its odor, and was hit with a brick by a man whom he encountered 'In the rear of the house. Manager Elgan was also called up by a man who said he was a friend and also friendly to the company, but who would not give his name. He said he had over heard a conversation In which It was de clared that Manager Elgan and F. J, Day and Charles Bono, prominent Coun cil Bluffs business men, were marked for death because they "sold out" a lot of small stockholders in the old Inde pendent Telephone company. S(lea Aatoe Recovered. MASON CITY, Ja.. Sept (.-Special Telegram.) four automobiles stolen from this city have been recovered. All were sold In Freeborn county, Minensota. Of - fleers are after two more.. F. V. Kehr and Clarenoe Hunt have admitted the thefts. Watchman Eltro3vted. CEDAK FALLS, la.. Sept. . (BpedsJ Telegram. )-Bert Irwin. 18 years of age, night watchman at the Waterloo, Cedar Falls 4 Northern substation, was found dead on ths floor, with hie right side badly burned. Indicating he had touched a live wire. He was married and the father of several children. -r- began operations four Americans have been murdered. Two have been killed at Sebastian by 'Mexicans who were their Personal enemies AnD&MntJv th I-mur t of racial revenge did not enter Into these killings until last week's murder of two i Americans near Ban Benito. i It la now established that two Americans I were, killed partly In retaliation for sorye picture post cards which have been I spread over all northeast Mexico. These were pictures of Texas rangers on horse- hark with ropes about ths bodies of some ' Mexicans killed several weeks ago In the ' fight at Norlas. The rangers did not drag these bodies. The only posed for the . pictures to satisfy a Photographer. The wide sale of these pictures prodnosd bad feelings. The new Seventy-ninth district eourt held its first sitting today at Klo Grande City, about li0 miles up ths river from here. Some of the attorneys who attended court from the old counties ssid they were i-arrylr.g a lawbook la on hnd and a putol iu the oti.ir. - v. ENGINES CRASH IN HEAD-ON COLLISION Bryan" and "Roosevelt" Meet on! Track at Speedway as Spec tacle for Big- Crowd. MOTORCYCLE RACES ON PROGRAM Two locomotives met In a head-on collision at the speedway Ute yester- day afternoon a, a climax to more ffnun (TlHa hnMII antarlnln mnnt A than three horsu' entertainment, A crowd of spectators which filled the grand stand and bleachers' with the exception of the sections furthest west and overflowed onto the broad track, was seemingly well pleased with the show The engines were named "Bryan" and "Roosevelt," those words having been painted on their sides in big white letters. ' " "Bryan" advanced from the west and "Roosevelt' from the east. A series of explosions of dynamite bombs marked the progress of the en gines ' to their meeting place. The ' en gineers Jumped.' "Bryan" ' came the faster. Almost directly opposite from the rrand stand . the . engines crashed to gether.' ,'. Doth Baa-laes Shattered. The engine which was movtng the faatat suffered less -damage than the other, but both were greatly, shattered. Each was pushed to one side In opposite directions, but both remained standing. Fire broke out In one engine, . but it was Immediately o,uenched by floods of water and steam. The air was filled with- steam' which poured from the hollers. Part of the crowd rushed pell mell over toward the engines immediately after the 'collision and waso restrained with difficulty. The wrecked engines were sold to a gunk dealer for a reported price of t3M. It was said that the scrap con tained $300 worth of brass and other valuable materials and as soon as the ' crowd left the work of removing the ! H. i.rt. headl Petersoa Proves Fast. Carl Peterson went to the front In He motorcycle races. Carl Mimger, -fwho was secdhd In the f.rst race, a ! five-mile event, was injured a haf hour Uiter wh,n hu nlcnim wc,,t down wlth hUtt n the. back stretch whilo he was , taking a practice spin, i He was unable to rise and serlgus Injuries were feared, but after he had . been removed In an automobile It was I announced that his injuries were of minor character. . At Ward o( Los Angnles was third In the first race, but was second in the others. In close finishes. John B. Is Wlssri. In the pacing raoe John B-, the winner, was forced to make a hard drive the first two heats by Billy Seal, which In his younger dsys was sn excellent race horse. The time for the three heats was l:. 1:0 and 1:09. Major Cyastantins. a nine -yser-oJ. was third and Teddy ! U W" 'ourth- Here arc the dates for our coming Ak - Ssr- Ben event: Sept. 29, Carnival begins Oct. 5. Floral Parade Oct. 6. Electrical Parade Oct. 8. Coronation Ball Oct. 9, Carnival Ends tHtEair-QHHgwtst J ; l& TOBASCO IS RISING AGAINST CARRANZA State Reported to Be in Revolt and Governor and Other Offi cials Slain. THOUSANDS FACE STARVATION VERA CRUZ. MeJL. Sunt. 4 -Vla TTfaVAnfi i-Tha malnsi nst (. thai Ut of Toba((CO the Carranza government. Street ftghtlng In San Juan Dautlsta, the capital of the state, and In Frontera, ment from America to European balllg- a town on the coast, resulted In ths rnt of war munitions and rrltiolsed the irliiino- or,-..i r.i j .v attitude of the administration toward the killing of General Colorado, the Car- maU.r( th, ot Pejl0. t(vUw ranta governor, the chief of police no formal declaration In favor of an and the secretary of state. i embargo. Many women and children were ' In"t"1 11 dopted a resolution contain lrliio Ing ths following statement of principles killed on the street. The Carrania M ,xpreMlo of th. purposes of ths officials remaining seized a boat at organisation: ' frontera and escaped to Vera Crul. That the majority of Amerlnans are op- .... poned to war except for national defenne. According to reports, TobaBCO is That the time has come to discard war, making an effort to Join the state of ''fwiosJa. wheTishtened Oaxaca In maintaining Independence of General Carranza. Oaxaca re- ... ,, . . yolted last June and has since re - fused to cognie General Carransa. Americans arriving overland from .... ' . . Oaxaca Bay that thousand of natives are starving, or have died as the re- suit of eating poisonous roots r ' Denial by Caurraasa thief. WASHINGTON, Sept (.-Major Oeo eral Funeton reported today that Gen eral Nafarette, the Car r ansa commander at Matamoras. had again denied that Carransa troopers were raiding the Mex ican border, and proposed bringing more Carransa troops to tht Mexican slds to suppress disorders. The Carransa au thorities have suggested a conference to arrange Joint action. Qtneral Funston's message Included the following report from Colonel Bullard at Hrownsvllle: "Carrania ron.SI spates to ms that he has today la person informed Nafarette at Matamoras of the fact that Americans snd Carransa troops are this morning facing each other near Mission snd In danger of conflict; that Nafarette replied he would order his troops to move back (Continued on I'age Two,- Column Two.) Members of Texas Trial for COUPl-a CHRI8TI. Tsx., Sept. ( -Judge Waller T. Burns opened district court here this morning for the trial of forty-one defendants In ths election fraud crecs. A preliminary skirmish of counsel preceded the regular trial, with a motion to quash the Indictments. A special venire of thirty .men. whose names were kej l secret- until their appearance In eourt was called for the trial and em panelling the jury probably will take all" day. The grand Jury convened this morning under a special call and waa slven a i charge to Investigate political conditions j In Puvai eounty, of whloh San Diego la the county seat. Sixty witnesses havs , been summoned from there, j Ti e Inr!!. tmtnt under whlih the forty ; one defendants are to be tried was re- I I. !..... I ,,.11.... In0 - . I ... . . .u. .vi.vwiii yiuiuuseu investiga tion by agents of the Department of Jus tice of the election of 1914. lit gynlch vote.s were alleged to havs been bribed and to have had their poll taxes paid for the purposes of voting. Tuo charges Involve some of the most prominent men Ja publlo life here, namely, District Judge W. B. Hopkins, who Is serving his sixth term; County T i . d j. UT.W.. 11 Tit.,... A. t - iu. j " ' ' ' . ....vu, wui l III - ger, county clerk; Sheriff at. fa. Wright, County Assessor Joseph Dluntser and County Collector Ld ft. Oliver. SUNDAY GLE1TED BY HUGE CROWD AT C0RNIHG MEETING Evangelist Tells Church Members They Will Have to Get More "Pep" to Win Out MEETS OLD FRIEND ON ROAD 1 Has an Interesting- Session With . Charley Cook, Who Handles j y Throttle on Train. ! TEL1S THE ST03Y OF HIS LIFE COIININO. Ta.. 8ept. 6. (Special! Telegram.) "Well. If it airt old Hill Sunday! H'are ya B ll!" Horny fisted Charley Cook, rall-i road rnjtlncer on the Burlington, j stui k out a h-un-'tv fist and gripped the maul c? Hill Suuday. 11111 rtuck out n hmn-ltke fist al most bs hard and gripped the hand ! of a pnl of bygono dsys. Together thpy rode In the cab of tlio passen- ' ger train that was taking Hill Sunday and hit party to Corning, where this 1 morning the evanpolint had the en tire population of this city under his spell for over an hour; Cook and Sunday were pals In the days when bolh were knee-high to a grasshopper, and they recounted some great old tales as the train thundered along. ' The town of Corning "closed up." liter ally and actually, today to hear Mr. Munday. The tabernacle, which waa opened here yesterday by the committee In charge J of the Corning revival, waa filled today by the 6,00) persons. Mr. Bundny didn't waste any time get ting Into action. His talk, was extern- I I porancoua ny Inter-mlnxled with ths ; story of his life. Its told how he was I brought up In an orplumnge, on a milk- j weed, or words to that effect, snd how he got his diploma In the University of , Poverty. i Then he launched into a fusillade di rected at the "dead ones" In Coming. "Why. Ml bet this burg Is full of moss- I back church members that are more of ' a detriment to Qod Almighty than they are helper. Rout 'em out and make 'em ho, fto'JZS,' need hitting. The harder you yell, the harder I'm going to hit." Friends of Peace Adopt Statement,.. I- of Principles! CHICAGO. Sept. 1 Although speaker) after speaker declared against the snip- men end women bind themselves together That there should be freedom of the ; seas snn insi me uniiea mates snouiu ' contribute to this result by insisting that seas snd thst the united mates should' STel That the manufacture of death dealing i Implements should not be for profit, but solely for national defonse. ElK FXtVnTJISZ I HD,t that such notions Involve the flnsn- ; I clsl Interests of our people with the "de-1 Oilnlng fortunes of belligerent nstlona I That in view ot all these things the ! Friends of Peace plrdxed themselves to ! work to counteract teaohlnps of fslse morality regarding warfare, expose hypo critical phrases to encourage the war ' spirit and eliminate from public life every ! politician and every false teaohor playing ' upon the prejudices of the unthinking wliiie secretly serving the manufacturers af arms and armament Triple Murder at Snow Hill, Md. SNOW HILL, Md., Bept. (.Levin P. Robinson, his wife and Alonxo Redden, a farm hand, were shot and killed by Frank Orano, at Robinson's farm, near here, today. Orano was arrested on the road to Snow Hill, where he waa go'ng to give tilnself up, he said. Jealousy of Mrs. Robinson was glvsa as ths cause ot the triple murder. ' Bar on Bribing of Voters The defendants have engaged several of ths elite of the Texas bar aud blame their prosecution to the alleged machina tions of their political enemlos. The empanelling of the Jury was pre ceded by two hours' srgument on ths motion to quash Indictments against ths defendants on the ground that the In dictments alleged "fraud," but. no! any specific violation of the federal statutes. The defense also urged that the' motion be quashed on the ground that other allegations sre exclusively state offenses. Ths arguments were Interrupted by the empanelling of a grand Jury. Out of fifty veniremen, thirty-seven answered and of this number seven were excused. The petit Jury of twelve men was being selected this afternoon. Judge Burns Intimated at the close of the morning session thst the motion to quash the In dictments would be overruled when he told the members . of the Jury already qualified, many of them would serve on the trial Jury and that It would be neces sary for them not to discuss the eases or suffer themselves to be approached by. anybody. Shortly after noon the grand Jury snade a third report on the same Indictments, the latest being te correct the one re turned last week. The si counts were reduced t five. BERLIN SAYS IT . HAS NO REPORT ON HESPERIAN Allan Lir.er Damaged by Explosion Saturday h;jjat Remains Afloat for Thirty Four Hours. MAY HAVE STRUCK A MINE No Statement Yt Obtained from. Anyone Who Paw Either Mine or Torpedo. SEVERAL OF CREW ARE MISSIN0 HI I. MCI IN. BERLIN Ola London), Sept. 6. , Tuo Uorman admiralty has as yet na information regarding the Hesperian case. The sinking of the liner was feci: (Officially commented upon to this ef "U is more advisable to await mora definite news as to whether thel ..huii'I' vns Boiuaiiy turned out, and .' so, under what conditions." Dl'LLRTISI. '(" fl. A message from Consul Frost to the American embassy said that the total lose of life might reach twenty. According to information telegraphed by Mr. Frost, the Hesperian went down at 6:41 o'clock at a point not far from the scene of the explosion, all those on board at the time being rescued.' ' nt'LLBTIlf. LONDON, Bopt. 6. A Reuter tel gram from Amsterdam says a semU official message from Berlin, con' rcrning the torpedoing of the Hes perian, states the details must be awaited as to whether the vessel was1 torpedoed at all, and If ao, the ctr-j cumstances which led to the- tor pedoing. LONDON, SeptToT The Allan 11ns steamer Hesperian sank at :4S o'clock, this morning within a few miles of Queenstown, after Captain' Main and a volunteer rescue crew of twenty-five had made a brave fight to bring the crippled ship Into port.' During the night the Hesperian set tled gradually . by th head. Day' ilght showed the dee.ks.ttt,. .aaj the liner about to take th final plunge. The captain and crew were; taken off by rescue boats and landed later at Queenstown by the steamer, Empress. . The sinking or the Hesperian la (Continued on. Page Two, Column Two.) Sunday Firsts "I say to the forces of dam nation in Omaha, the God forsaken, weasle-eyed, pus gutted, hog-Jowled spawn of bell, come on, we're ready for you, and you cannot harm us, for we are ambassadors of God." "A lot of people wero mighty pious when they had to walk, but now that they can afford a Ford or a Pierce Arrow or a Packard, It's 'good-bye, God; I'll see you later.' " . "An angel from heaven couldn't come to Omaha and live for a week and asso ciate with some of the people you train with and go back to heaven without being fumi gated, carbollclied, 1 formalde hyded, dry-cleaned and made over altogether." If a man doesn't settle his salvation before the under taker pumps him full of em balming fluid, he's all In." "Any time you thick you can do this stunt better than I can. butt In, old man. A : 1 THE WANT-AD. WAY 1 ' All Rights Reserved. ' I pat a Want-ad la the paier Sot say sales w a liula M slack ?wsi nly a vsry short ad Bat rxa getttag pros-teoia by th staes) Xi'e She first vtsse I ever tr4 taess ' Bat from the reeult that I've a4 I see yoa eaa wake no you haaluae By Bala a Utile Bee ad. Vo matte was"! 11 of Valines ywa ti Yea will a a very imul ooe BV astag a UtUe Bee WuWl BeTi all ae bnslaess yvw'T seer. TBUtYBOara RUS ISO) IKrW AB ntssiassjan.'