Looking Backward
This Day in Omaha
Thirty Twenty -Ten Years Ago
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VOL. XLH NO. 98.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1012-TWELVE 'PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
CRCP OF THE UNITED
STATES THIS YEAR
IS l!i BUMPER CLASS
Department of Agriculture Hakes
Official Estimates and Figures
Out What Has Been Grown.
SPBHW WHEAT BREAKS EECORD
Greatest Yield of Corn in History of
the Country.
CONDITION ABOVE THE AVERAGE
Oats a -Little Short, but 'Barley
Ahead of Former Years.
POTATOES THE GREATEST EVER
Results of the Garnering of Harvests
Bear Out Prediction Made Dur
ing the Earlr Part of
WHAT THE HARVESTS WILL BE.
The Department of Agriculture's
official estimates qf production of the
country's prltncipal crops, which this,
year promise to be the greatest In his
tory, were announced today and are
given below with figures showing the
previous record crops and the year
produced.
The following preliminary estimates
(bushels) are made:
Record '
Crops. 1912. Crop. Tear.
Spring wheat 330,391,000 292,657,000 1898
Winter wheat 389,913,10 49J.N!8,00O i06
All wheat.... 72i,433,000 ' 48 469,000 191
Oats ...1,417,172,000 1.18S,841,Ou0 1910
Barley 224,619,000 178,918,000 1S04,
Rye 85,422,000 34,879 000 1910'
Hay (tons)... 72,425.000 70,798.000 1908
The following estimates are based
upon condition figures;' :
Corn ..3,016,000,000 2,927.418,000 1906
Buckwheat... 18,000,000 22.7i.a000 1866
Potatoes 401,003.000 389,193,000 1909
Tobacco (lbs.) 974,000,0001,065,753,000 1909
Flax . j ' 29,000,000 29,285,000 1902
Rice 24,000,000 . 24,510,000 1910
Teddy's Viewpoint
That of the Trusts
SPEAKER TIES SCORE
IN ELEVENTH INNING
SPRINGFIELD, III.. Oct .-"I m not
trying to put Mr, Roosevelt In a hole."
r.?"J! YnT cond Game of World's Series Called
avsv4iis w UW aW7Ul UCVMI1UUO
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-With the gar
nerlng of the harvests of the country,
predicted earlier In the season to be
greater in most cases than ever grown
by this, or any other nation, the Depart
ment , of Agriculture . continued Its pre
liminary estimates of the production of
these crops in the October report of the
crop reporting board' of Its bureau of
statistics. ; The report, . compiled from re
' ports of correspot dents and agents, of the
bureau and issued at 2:15 o'clock this
afternoon, .announced ; preliminary I esti
mates of the production of spring wheat,
all wheat, oats and barley and estimated
from condition reports the prospective
total yield of corn, buckwheat, potatoes,
r tobacco and rice. , , ' 2
Details of the report, with comparisons
for other years, foUow (oonditlon figures
relate to October ,: or at time of, liar,
vest): : . ,; ' . ;' ' . .
In the Bumper Class. '
Corn-Condition, 82.25 per cent of a
normal, compared with 82.1 per cent on
September 1, 1912: 70.4 per cent in October,
1911, and 80.4 per cent, the ten-year av
erage in October. Indicated yield per
acre. 27.9 bushels, compared with 23.9
bushels in 19U and 27.1 bushels, the 1306
10 average yield. On the planted area,
308,110,000 acres, it is estimated from con
dition reports that the total yield will be
3,016,000,000 bushels, compared with 2,531,
488,000 bushels harvested last year, and
2,886,260,000 bushels harvested in 1910.
Spring Wheat-Indicated yield per acre,
17.2 bushels, compared with 9.4 bushels
last year and 13.4 bushel the average
yield. 1903-10. On the planted area, 19,
201,000 acres, it is preliminarily estimated
the total final production ,wlll be 330,
391,000 bushels, compared with 190,682,000
bushels harvested last year and 200,979,000
bushels harvested in 1910. Quality, 88.7
per cent of normal, compared with
a ten-year average of 86.8 per cent. ,
Showing on Wheat.
All Wheat-Indicated yield per acre, 16
bushels, compared with 12:5 bushels last
year and 14.6 bushels, the average yield.
the United States Steel corporation was
behind the. third party program In
thought
"I am simply trying to show that Mr.
Roosevelt has the viewpoint of the
trusts and that we cannot afford to have
a man president of the United States
who has that viewpoint It Is a matter
of perfect Indifference to me where Mr.
Roosevelt gets his money, but it is a
matter of a great deal of difference to
me where he gets his Ideas. And he got
his Ideas with regard to the regulation
of monopoly from the gentlemen who
control the United States Steel corpora
tion. ....
"I am perfectly ready to admit that
the Steel corporation has a perfect right
to entertain Its own Ideas about this and
to urge them upon the people of the
United States, but I want to say right
now that Its ideas are not my ideas, and
that I am perfectly certain that it
would not promote any idea which In
terfered with the monopolies of the
United States Steel corporation, and In
asmuch as I hope and Intend to to inter
fere with monopoly Just as much as pos
sible, I cannot subscribe to those ar
rangements by which It knows It will not
be disturbed."
State Pardon Board
Recommends Paroles
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Oct 9.-(Speclal Telegram.)
The state pardon board finished its
work thds afternoon and made the fol
lowing recommendations:
Jack Ross, from Antelope county for
larceny, August 25, 1911, and pardon asked
for; recommended for parole.
Joseph Trimble, from Douglas county
for six years for assault to rob; recom
mended for parole after further Investiga
tion. Carl Sorensen, from Box Butte county
for larceny; application for pardon denied,
but recommended for parole.
Charles Lambeth and Charles Lieukart,
from Thurston count for grand larceny,
appealed to supreme court- and the sen
tence of the lower court was affirmed.
They were sent to the penitentiary June
15, 1912 and on recommendation of the
county attorney of Thurston county and
the district judge wlio sentenced tnem the
board recommended a parole.
with Giants and Red Sox
Six to Six.
NEW YORK OVERCOMES BIG LEAD
Boston Makes Three Runs in First
luting- Played.
WELL RE-PLAY CONTEST
Americans neased. to
Dispose oft! '
COLLINS BATTED JvM THE BOX
Catcher WiUon for New York Fum
blea Ball on the Throwln and
Speaker Touches Plate for
i Needed Score.
Monev Talks." Here's Its Chance
SCORE OF SECOND GAME.
NEW YORK.'
AB
Snodgrass, rf 4
Doyte, 2b 6
Becker, cf.. 4
Murray, rf-lf 5
Merkie, lb 5
Herzog, 3b 4
Meyers, 4
Wtison, c... 0
Fletcher, ss 4
Shafer. ss 0
McCormick 0
Mathewson, p 5
Totals...
Hooper, rf
Yerkes, 2b
(Speaker, cf......
Lewis, if
Gardner, 3b....
SUhl, lb
Wagner, ss....
Carrlgan, c
Collins, p
Mau, p.
...40
OSTC
AB.
... 5
R. H. O. A. E.
110 0 0
0 1 2 5 0
10 0 10
2 3 3 0 0
1 1 19 0 1
13 8 4 0
0 2 5 1 0
0 0 0 1 1
0 0 13 8
0 0 0 3 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
6 11 33 23 8
N.
R. H. O. A. E.
1 3 3 0 0
113 4 0
2 2 3 0 0
2 2 2 0 1
0 0 2 0 0
0 2 10 0 V
0 0 5 5 0
0 0 6 4 0
0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
6 W 33 14 "l
j(ConUnued on Second Page.)
The Weather
Secretary Wdit
Prepares Ballot
(From 'a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Ocf S.-TSpeclal Telegram.)
Secretary of State Wait is preparing the
copy for the election ballo to be sent
county clerks. The electors on the ballot
Will M arranged 'with the' six RoWveft
republicans, appearing first - under ; the
name "republican-progressive." '
Then will . follow the two progressive
electors as "progressive." ' Next in order
will be the democratic electors as demo
crats, followed by the six people's) inde
pendent electors. Under these will fol
low the two regular republican electors,
Wilcox; and Kennedy, as ".'republican,"
with . the six other republican electors
"by petition."
Mr. Wait says that the. above Is the
only solution of the arrangement that he
can see, after much time in looking the
matter up. . , "
. 5
5
5
4
5
. 5
5
3
1
Bedient, p 1
Totals 44
Batted for Fletcher In ninth
' Ran for Meyers in ninth.
Game called in eleventh on account of
darkness. I
New YorS 0 1010003010-6
Boston 3 0001001010-6
Two-base hits: Snodgrass, Hooper,
Murray, Herzog, Lewis (2). Three-base
hits: Herzog, Murray, Yerkes, Merkie,
Speaker. Hits: Off Collins, 9 and four
runs in thirty times at bat in seven and
a third innings; off Hall, 2 and two runs
in nine times at bat in two ana two-
thirds innings; off Bedient, no hits and
no runs in one time at bat in one inning.
Sacrifice hit: Gardner. Sacrtlce lliee;
Herzog, McCormick. stolen bases: Stahl,
Hooper (2), Herzog, Snodgrass. Double
play: Fletcher to Heroes. Left on bases:
New York, 9; Boston, 6. Bases, on balls:
Off Hall, 4; off Bedient, 1. First on
errors: New York, 1; Bftston, 3. Hit by
pitched ball: By Bedient, Snodgrass.
Struck out: By Collins, 5; by Mathewson,
4; by Bedient, t Time: 2:38. Umpires:
At plate, O'Loughlin; on bases, Rig.er;
left field, Klem; right field, Evans. .
From the Minneapolis Journal. . v . . . , J ,
'MONTENEGRIN ARMY
IS ANNIHILATED BY i
TROOPS OF SULTAN
March Across Turkish Border, Where"
Battle is Fought and Attended
by Frightful Results.
BULGARIANS GO TO MEET TURKS
On Way to Mustaphe Pasha to Force
V Road to Adrianople.
SKIRMISHES "ALONG FRONTIER
Bulgaria and Servia Sever Diplo-r
matio Relations with Turkey.
FORCES HURRIED TO THE FRONT
King Ferdinand Takes Command of
Allied Armies of the Bulgarian
States and Mobilising
Is Completed.
Chicago Inter Ocean
Sold to Kohlsaat
CHICAGO, Oct 9. H. K. Kohlsaat,
editor and publisher of the Chicago
Record-Herald, today purchased the Chi
cago Inter Ocean from George W. Hin
man, who will retire from Chicago Jour
nalism. Y
Kohlsaat, according to an announce
ment made this afternoon, will . take Im
mediate charge of the Inter Ocean. Im
portant changes in the business and
editorial organization of the paper are
said to be Included in the policy which
Kohlsaat "has planned, ne was part
owner of the Inter Ocean from 1891 to
1893.
For " Nebraska Unsettled and colder,
temperatures near freezing in north and
west portions.
For Iowa Unsettled, with showers and
thunderstorms In east portion; colder.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. ieg.
5 a. m 52
6 a. m...... 52
7 a. m..... 52
8 a. m 62
9 a. m 52
10 a. m........ 53
11 a. m 54
12 m 65
1 p. m.... 56
2 p. m 57
3 p. ro 58
4 p. m. ....... ....... 59
5 P. m..... 59
P. m ..w 68
7 p. m ., 58
- 8 p. m ,"58
Comparative Local Record.
I 1 ; , 1912- 19 11 1910. 1909.
Highest today... 69 66 75 54
Lowest today 62 43 54 45
Mean temperature 56 64 ' 64 48
Precipitation ..68 .00 .00 .33
Temperature and precipitation depart
ures from the normal at Omaha since
March March 1 and. compared wtih the
last two years:
Normal temperature ' 58
Deficiency for the day j
Deficiency since March 1 .... 153
Kormal preolpltatlon.. ........ t071nch
Excess for the day ...... .61 Inch
Precipitation since March 1.. 22.80 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 2.84 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 191L13.55 Inches
Renorta from Stations at 7 P. M.
Deficiency for cor. period. 1910..11W inches r
l erap. tugn- Kaln-
Portion of the Eddy
Will Declared Void
BOSTON. Mass., Oct. 9.-A trust estl
mated at $2,000,000, created by the will of
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the
Christian Science church, for the benefit
of the denomination, was declared void
by the Massachusetts supreme court to.
day.
The court held, however, that a char-
Itable trust . has been created and that
new trustees may be appointed to ad
minister it , ..
Station and State of
Weathetr.
Cheyenne, cloudy
Davenport cloudy
Denver, cloudy .....
Des Moines, cloudy..
Dodge City, cloudy.,
Lander, snowing
North Platte, clear.,
Omaha, : cloudy ,
"Pueblo, . cloudy
uapid City, cloudy..
rill uuy
S.v.ta Fe, part coludr
Sheridan, snowing
Sioux KJty, celar ,
vatentme. part cloudy
7 p. m.
.... 48
.... 58
.... 54
.... 58
.... 62
..... 68
...... 60
44
44
. 66
.34
58
52
est.
fall.
JOINT DEBATE TONIGHT ON
SUFFRAGE AT CITY HALL
"Doo"' Bixby of the Lincoln State Jour
nal and Prof. Lucile Eaves of the State
university will meet tonight In a debate
on equal suffrage in the council cham
ber of the city hall. Prof. Evans will
defend the suffrage question. Th de
bate will begin at 8 o'clock and at 7:30
a business meeting of the members of
the Political Equality club will be held.
The debate will be open to the public and
no admission will be charged.
BOSTON, ; Oct. 9. The second contest,
of the world's series between the Boston
American leaguers and the New York
N&tIonaTr"today ' went eleven 'innings to
a tie, score of t to 8, when darkness put.
an end to the battle that kept 30,000 spec
tators on, the edge of keenest excitement
throughout ' every' Inning. " The' contest
will be' played over tomorrow at' Fenway
park. .. ; - . '
With one victory registered for the Red
Sox, Manager McGraw sent out his star
twirler, Mathewson, tx capture the sec
ond game for the Giants. Mathewson
had been rested for, about two weeks to
win the first game he twirled, but tonight
the Red Sox still gloated over their one
victory and no game lost with the
dreaded Mathewson .worn out with a hard
pitched eleven-Inning tie game, v
Trls Speaker, the Red Sox I middle
fielder, furnished the dramatic climax In
the contest where tortus played,' fickle
favor with first one and then the other j
team.'. :'..'' .'
The ninth inning found the Red Sox j
and the Giants locked in a tie score of
SCOTT TELLS OF 'PHONE TALK
Former West Virginia Congressman
Before Investigating Committee.
1 ': . v
MONEY USED IN 1804 CAMPAIGN
Talking Over Long Distance Wire
Abont Raising Money, Thought
',' Vole at Other" End Was .. ,
That at Rovlt,-'- ' r
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
Receiver Sought for
Natural Gas Company
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct 9.-A pettion
to appoint receivers for the Kansas
Natural Gas company was filed in the
federal court today. Judges Pollock and
Campbell took the matter under advise
ment . ' ' i
The receivership was brought by a
Pennsylvania stockholder. The petition
asserts that the company .cannot make
enough money selling gas at 25 and 27
cents' per 1,000 feet to pay Its bond In
terest or to make payments on Its sinking
fund. . .
54 T
64 .68 I
62 . .01 ,
58 .90
74 , .01
40 . .94
70 .32
59 .68
6 .00
54 .00
4 ,.- .70
60 .00
48 .04
62 .00
64 .00
Indicates trace of precipitation
1 A. WELSH, Local Forecaster.
SOUTH DAKOTA MAN KILLED
BY BRYAN'S SPECIAL TRAIN
ABERDEEN, S." D.. Oct. 9. (Special
Telegram.) F. S. C. Scott was run over
by the Bryan special train near here last
night and killed.
Scott was employed by a threshing
crew and was driving a load of wheat
to town. He was intoxicated. He feU
from the wagon and lay in drunken
stupor on the track. He was not found
Mtlt this morning. His left arm was
cut off at the shoulder, his left leg at
the knee and all the fingers of the light
hand.
Enters Dining Room
and Shoots His Wife
VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 9.-After
creating a panic In a crowded - dining
room of a fashionable hotel last night
here by firing two bullets into his wife's
arm and two Into his oin breast, Cleo
Boulanger, a young French Canadian of
Montreal, died early today.
Mrs. Boulanger said today that she had
left her husband because of cruel treat
ment and that he had followed her from
place to place across the continent.
Court Bars T. R.
Electors in Idaho
LEWISTON, Idaho, Oct .-The su
preme court of Idaho, in session here,
handed down a. decision today holding
that the presidential electors and candi
dates, for congress on, the progressive
ticket In Idaho were not nominated In
conformity with the state law and should
not be certified by the secretary of state
or printed cn the official ballot at the
coming election.
- Ranch Change Hands. .
CAMBRIDGE, Neb., Oct 9.-(Special)
W. H. Grassmeyer of Kearney has bought
the James Fee property, corslstlng of
twenty acres adjoining the 5ty of Cam
bridge, which is to be used by him as a
feed ranch,- where he will feed 1,009 head
of cattle this winter.
WASHINGTON. Oct .-Charlei P.
Taft of Cincinnati, brother of the presi
dent, was the most Important witness to
bo hoard today before the senate cam
paign contributions committee, Congress
man "McKlnley has testified; that the Taf
campaign cost about 3265,000 and that the
Taft brothers gave about 1150,000 of that
sum..,.. - j; !",
Elmer Dover of Taooma. Wash., former
secretary of the republican , committee,
has been " directed by the committee to
bring to Washington any records he may
have left in Chicago bearing on campaign
contrlbutipns ill' 1904, or other years.
. Former; Senator Scott wai, the first
witness today. ; - . .
"When we got low in funds In October,
1904," said he, "I asked Mi. Bills if he
could hot go 'to 26 Broadway and get
some moneys He said no, he had already
secured a opntrlbutlon from those people.
I asked him how much they had given
and he said 1100,000.
The examination of Charles D. Hllles,
republican , national chairman, ; was
scheduled t6 appear today, was postponed
until tomorrow. Other witnesses to ap
peap' today were Robert S. Lovett, former
lieutenant of the late E, H. Harrlman;
Matthew Hale of Massachusetts, Dan U.
Hanna of Ohio- and Senator M. B. Scott
of West Virginia. - ,
Talk with White House,
Scott said he was in republican national
headquarters in New York In October in
1901, when a telephone call cams from
the White Houso for Treasurer Bliss or
Chairman, Cortelyou. Neither was pres
ent so be talked on the wire.
Scott did not identify the speaker ' at
the White House and of the wire, but
referred to him as "the voice from the
White House," and "the response from
the White House."
" 'What is this trouble I hear about
HigKltwr'1' Senator Scott said he heard
over the wire. " 'I hear he may be, de
feated.' " He' told "the White House"
that Hlggins was in danger. -
" 'Can't the state committee supply the
necessary funds?' asked the , White
House." ' . ''"'",
Mr. Scott Bald he told of 'the difficul
ties in getting money for the campaign
and the response from the White House
was: , " ."'.'"..''"'
" 'I would rather lose the election in
the country than be defeated In my own
state.' " ;-.' '
"I said: 'There is no danger of your
being defeated.' ". He added that the
voice at the White House said:
" 'Mr. Harrlman is coming to see me
and I'll see If we can arrange to raise
the funds to help Higgins.' "
Scott said the committee would "have
to Judge" with whom he had the conver
sation. - '
Thought It Was Roosevelt.
"Oh, 1 might as well answer your ques
tions," he added;, "I thought I was talk
ing with President Roossvelt"
When further questioned he said he
could . not remember whether the party
at the White House had said "Mr. Harrl
man is coming here," or "I will have
Mr. Harrlman. come here." ...
Scott said that when he suggested that
Bliss go to 26 Broadway for more money,
Bliss replied that President. Roosevelt
had notified -him not to. accept Standard
Oil contributions. . , V
When all the trouble broke out about
the life Insurance companies and cam
paign contributions," said Scott, "I went
to the White House 'and suggested to
Registered Mail is
Stolen in Holdup of
, Rock Island Train
: . ' ' I
. FORT SMITH, Ark., Oct. 8,-Traln No.
41 westbound on the Rock Island railroad,
was held, up between Howe and Wister,
Okl., tonight, the , express safes blown
and registered mall taken. The robbers
forced, ha -engineer -jto-aut; the- -engine
from the tran and rua up to within 300
yards of the Wister station, where the
robbers got off and ran Into a, cornfield.
Flagman Hailing .escaped through the
train from . the rear while the robbers
were at ; work and ran, back to Howe,,
where he notified 'the station agent.
A special ,traln from Halley, bearing
Sheriff Burnett and seven deputies, was
sent to the scene. The agent at Wister
reported that the robbers were seen to
enter the cornfield, but not to leave It,
but that the citizens of Wister were
afraid to make an effort at capture. .
The last report received was that the
men stopped the train with torpedoes.
Charge that Painter,
of Omaha Was Visited
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Oct 9.-Frank
M. Ryan and other defendants in the
dynamite case were required to stand up
today so the Jury might become ac
quainted with their faces.
"These forty-five men." asserted Will-
lam N. "Harding, attorney for the de
fense, "were not dynamiters, but were,
as the evidence will disclose, lovers of
peace and quiet"
M. C. Tif ft, counsel for Fred Mooney
of Duluth and Charles N. Beum of Min
neapolis, said It would be proven that
photographs of nonunion work under
construction were taken, not for use of
the dynamite gang, but to enlighten the
union as ' to where more employment
might be had. The government had
charged that Beum visited ' Frank K
Painter of Omaha about a job to be done
there.
OMAHA GREEKS OFF FOR WAR
Eighty Stalwart Lads Couldn't Wait
for Orders and Have Gone..
FIVE HUNDRED OTHERS READY
Half Thousand I.oyal Subjects of
: King George . Await Orders to
Move from Ambassador Kol
:f-. ; . kasogian at Washington.
V, -
Colonel Has New Way
of Raising Money
MACKINAW CITY, Mich., Oct .
Colonel Roosevelt's present tour of the
central states was placed on a self-supporting
basis today. It was announced
that on the Roosevelt car was a repre
sentative of the progressive party finan
cial bureau, whose duty it is to pass the
hat among the people gathered to hear
the colonel at every atop. The collector
reported 31.000 raised in Detroit yester
day, when the plan was first tried out.
Buttons and certificates of membership
In the progressive party are given in re
turn for contributions.
The colonel Invades the upper peninsula
of Michigan today.
(Continued on Second Page.)
Crime Wave Sweeps
Over Iowa City
IOWA CITT, la., Oct 9.-(Spec!al Tele
gram.) Murder and suicide, in which
Mrs. John Potter killed herself and crip,
pled daughter, Malzie, by Jumping into
a cistern;, the passing of six forgeries to
the amount of $75 by two university .stu
dents on the Commercial Savings bank
and five safe crackings In as many fac
tories of the town throughout the night,
together with the exciting chase by dep
uty sheriffs of Esther Brown and ECdon
Nebergall, "" 15-year-old elopers from
Davenport to this place, constituted tho
wave of excitement to which Iowa City
has been treated since midnight last
night
Eighty stalwart Greeks, too impatient
to wait for orders to take up arms
against the Turks, let Omaha last
evening for New York to embark fot
Greece,
Five hundred subjects of King George
in Omaha stand ready to go, and will
leave on' the first train after word t
received from Ambassador Kolkasoglau
at Washington. . ; .
Word Is being hastened to all Greeks
in the territory adjacent to Omaha and
within a day or two they will be flock-
Ing here to mobilise.
Mass Meeting Sunday. '
By Sunday It is expected that between
500 and 1,000 Greeks, most of whom are
worthing on the railroads, will have ar
rived in Omaha, and it Is being planned
to hold a mass meeting In Barlght hall
on that day. Definite arrangements will
be made at that time for a general move
ment toward the seat of war.
The patriotism shown by the ureeks Is
something at which to marvel. Prac
tically everyone who is old enough to
bear arms will go to the front for their
flag, and the roads and manufacturing
plants employing them will be greatly
hampered for help. Even those who are
established In business are winding up
their affairs or leaving them in other
hands that they might return to their
native country.
Montenegro's , Initiative, as reported In
this mornings papers, has incited even'
ureeK m Omaha to activity, and word
Is expected hourly to return to the old
country and take up arms. , .
Athenasios Mouiaklotis, an . importer
and prominent business man of Chicago,
has dropped his business interests en
tirely and is now. In Omaha to get a line
on his countrymen In preparation for
war. He will visit all the big cities in
the west for. the same purpose.
Prominent among those who are or
ganizing the Greeks of Omaha and sur
rounding, territory is Pericles Cokos.
president of the local Greek council and
a prominent business man who conducts
a bakery at 724 South Fourteenth street
Until two years av he was a lieutenant
of the Third company, Grecian artillery,
and has seen much . active service. Lieu
tenant Cokos is arranging his extensive
business affairs. He owns several bak
eries In this country and expects to leave
with the other volunteers In a few days.
He will probably go next week.
Greeks are in no way bound to return
to thelr native country in time of strife,
but their great love for the flag and their
hatred toward the Turks, wo have per
secuted them for centuries, kindles the
f re of patriotism In every breast , ,
Lieutenant Cokos, like all Greeks, Is a
deep student in history, and Is partic
ularly familiar with the Balkan' situa
tion. The center of the present strife Is
irf Macedonia, where there are a great
many Greeks, also Servians. Bulgarians
and Montenegrins all of whom are Chris- J
tlans. The Turks are all Mohammedans '
and they refuse to allow the Greeks and I
others in Macedonia, to establish their
own schools and churches. ' They would
make them all Mohammedans. This situ
ation has existed for centuries, but It did
not become so acute until the young
Turks tame Into power. Turkey has al
ways managed to keep the various states
at variance with each other, and here
tofore It has been Impossible to form a
Balkan alliance of sufficient strength to
combat the Turks. Now that the states
LONDON, ' Oct. S.-A Montenegrin,
force which crossed the Turkish border
has been annihilated according to a dls-i
patch from Constantinople, which de
clares 4,000 Albanian troops have Invaded
Montenegro.
A Bulgarian army has started for Mus
tapha Pasha to force the road to Adrian
ople, where the Turks are concentrated
In great strength.
Skirmishes have occured on the Ser.
vian and Bulgarian frontiers.
Confirmation of the rupture of diplo
matic relations with Turkey by both
Bulgaria and Servia has been received ln
Paris, according to a news agency dis.
patch from that city. ."
A Bulgarian force Is reported to have
crossed the Turkish frontier and King '
Ferdinand Is said to bs hurrylug outu
ward to take command of the allied
Balkan troops.
News from Sofa, Bulgaria, says that
the rapidity of the concentration of the,
army lias exceeded all expectations and
developments will tow be very rapid.
Everything In connection with the mo-1
blllzation has worked with the utmost
smoothness and there has been a remark
able absence of confusion at the war oU
flees.
To Rellet of Scutari. '
SALONIKA, Turkey, Oct J.-Serioua.
fighting continues between the Turkish ,
and Montenegrin forces on the Montene
grin frontier. '
Essad Pasha, Turkish commander of
the force marching to the relief of
Scutari, has passed the River Boy ana
Without encountering opposition.
;The Albanians In the frontier district
have promises to restrain the Montene
grin troops without help from the Turk
ish troops. '
TnrVUh Government Awaits Events.
CONSTANTINOPLE. , Oct. . - The
Turkish government awaits events with
calm assurance, according to Noradun-
dghlan Effendl, the Ottoman foreign
minister, tn an interview to the As
sociated Press today he said:
"We face the future with perfect con
fidence. I should like to point out however,-
that the declaration of war by
Montenegro was made contrary to the
practice adopted by all civilised , states.,.
It went galnst the stipulation of The
Hague , convention, of which Montenegro
was' a Signatory., v;
"In the first place, no attempt was
made to seek the good offices of a third
party tn order to find a means of avoid
ing a conflict ,' '.'".-.
"Secondly, the declaration oJwar did
not set forth any real or tangible cause
for war. " . , '";,
"Thirdly, Montenegro opened hostilities
without granting the usual' preliminary
delay end actually before the declaration
of war was presented to. the porte."
The, Turkish government has decided
to make a .. selection from among tho
Greek vessels detained In Turkish porta
and will hold those best suited for
military transport purposes and release
the others. "
War Would Be Imprudent.
ATHENS, Greece, Oct 9. Represents
tlons on behalf of the powers of Europ
were Wde tQ the Greek government yes
terday by the Austrian and Russian rain- '
Isters. ' '' : ' ; i- '. '-'' .
The conference was of a friendly
nature, the 'Austrian and Russian min-
isters declaring that it would be im
prudent in the. highest degree for the;
Balkan states to take any action against
Turkey. They would by so doing risk a.
great -deal and never succeed in obtain
ing for the Christians In Macedonia any
more' than that which : the powers wera
determined to get for, them. -.
Powers Are On twitted.
PARIS, Oct a A general conflagra
tlon In the Balkans . Is expected bj
officials here within ' forty-eight hours.
Montenegro's declaration of war against
Turkey Is regarded merely as the begin-
ning It Is believed that the other units .
In the Balkun coalition will follow suit -
as soon as me mooiuzauon or ineir ar
mies Is complete. There is only a faint
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