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The Omaha Daily Bee Everybody Roads the day's happenings evevy ilgy. If folk don't read your store news CTwy day, It'a your fault. THE WEATHER. Fair vol. xliv xo. yo. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY '29, J 914 TWELYK IWCJES. On Trains and at Hottl Nwi Standi, Be, SINGLU COPY TWO CENTS. REPUBLICANS Of NEBRASKA LINE UP SOLID FRONT Breach of Two Years Ago Closes and Leaves No Signs of Its Ever Existing. STATE MEETING LOVE FEAST Convention at Lincoln Turns Out to ; Be Old-Time Gathering of Real Workers. TWO CHAIRMEN START BALL Epperson Opens Meeting and Turns Gavel Over to Ourric Amid Much Cheering. KING OF POLK FOR CHAIRMAN Presides Over Preliminaries General Session. and RESOLUTIONS ARE VIGOROUS Endorse Former Ilepiibllcnii State. ' a nil Natlonnl A tlullulst rntlona ,and Call (or Support of Voter. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 28. (Special Tel egram.) At the state republican convention here today past differ ences were burled and disagree ments smoothed over by the united desire of the delegates to work out a platform upon which tb,e repub lican candidates can go before the people with certainty of success. State Chairman Epperson and Cur rie vied with each other in working for the common Interest, and the convention as a wholo throbbed with the purpose of accomplishing some thing upon which the united repub licanism of the state can ftand and fight in the coming elections. No slates were mado pr broken, and the attempts of trouble makers to center tha eyes, ot tljo curious upon themselves for a row" minute's .-were put down by the committee -aB a Whole. Sound the Keynote. Chairman King, of the convention in his opening speech indicted the national democratic administration and that of the state as woll. He charged tho democrats with a weak, vacillating policy abroad and an eco nomlc blunder at home. He pointed 'education in tho public schools of her to the excessive extravagance of the! home- city. Hor maiden num. was Le ah . , . Caiman, .her father being a merchant in democrats In tho state government, Clcveiamli many year lead. Her mother and assorted that the democratic rul- hVC(j to the age of Si years. Five sur crs wore the well known supporters vlvltig sisters still reside In Cleveland, of the trusts and corporations which ' nlntcen yearn Mr. and Mrs. Edward .... . ,. . ' Rosewater lived In a house which Btood at were visiting their displeasure on , nn, Fnrnam -treeW. the site tho republicans because tho repub - Henna hnd rofllKnd to dn their bld - " " ding. Applause came often and fer- vnnMv aH tho chairman continued his veuuy as me uiiui. wan uu.uiucu ..id t speech. When the' convention had listened to speeches from four gubernatorial candidates tho committee on resolu tions reported, and the work of the day began. It was here that the con vention got into a parliamentary tangle which arose over a quibble c. , a . ou.uo l. .u v,..v.., but the matter was soon straightened . i .1. . '.. 1. .. r .1, . nAnnnn.lAH OUl, UIHl lUC WUtli Ui tl.O I.UUYCUUUH was happily concluded. Epperson nn.l Cnrrle I-reMde. ,ru ph.. ,m wo -ix.il fiiiH m Eltperson nnil Cnrrle Prenlde. 'he City auditorium was well filled i.lU -V noon today when Chairman A. C. Epper (Continued on rage Three.) The Weather . Forecast till 7 p. m. Wednesday: t- r l.o rmi.l Tluffn nnd Vlclnltv r u. uiiiaiwi - - , I..,-. I . .... , , nhnnnp In lmOem ' run, .u iiiii'w. vw.iw . . D ... . - ture. rtimerntnre ni Oinnha Vetenln- nour. Dec. d a. in 7o i II a. in 75 : 7 a. m 76 ' S a. in 79 9 a. m 8.' , 10 a. in 8S 0a m I'm.1":::::::::::: 1 Tm 92 P- m 4 p 96 5 P. m M P- ' JJ JP-.m ' I'" ' Comparative Local ltruord 1911. WIS, 1912. 1911. Highest yesterday. . 97 hi S7 S9 lowest yesterday 75 6 71 Alenn tpmnprnhira KR ro n Freclpitatlon ,00 .67 0 .00 lemperaiure ana piccipitation uepar - a?TndthcomnpaTed years: Normal temnorature 77 Normal precipitation 13 inch Kxcess for the day 13 inch Xf: Deficiency for cor. nerlod, 1913. 2.11 Inches ueuciency tor cor. penoa, ll2. 7. wl Inches Iteporti from Stnttaux nt 7 I'. 31, Station and State Temp. High- Raln or Weather. 7 p m. Cheyenne, pt. cloudy, 74 Denver, cloudy 70 Des Moines, clear Efi Dodge City, pt. -Ioudv.... W Lander, cloudy 78 North Platte, pt. cloudy.. k& Omaha, pt. cloudy 89 Pueblo, cloudy 70 Rapid City, cloudy 80 Salt I.aho City, cloudy .- E Santa Fe, cloudy 70 Sheridan, cloudy S3 Sioux City, clear. ... . . . 90 Valentine. nL cloudv 90 ert. fall 81 T S6 .01 92 .CO M .00 ! H T I 91 .00 : sr ; 86 .51 W .05 8? .00 7S .CO W .01 9-' .fO 9i .00 T" indicates trace of precipitation. X A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. WIFE OF THE FOUNDER OF THE BEE PASSES AWAY Mrs.Ec3usz:d MRS. ROSEWATER IS .DEAD Wife of Founder of The Bee Passes Away at 12:30 O'clock. CAME HERE AS BRIDE IN 1864 Fall In Her Home, on June 4 Cnnses Fractured Illpi from the Kffeets of Which Mrs. Rtnewnter Never Recover. Mrs. Leah Rosewater. wife of the !ote Edward IloBOwatcr, founder of The 13ec, passed away' at 12:30 yesterday after an illness of tevcral weeks. Mrs. Rosewater camo to Omaha a I bride of 21 years. In lSIVl. Her young I husband, Kdvrard Rosewater. whose name was afterwards to be known throughout the United States, was a telegraph oper ator. Her advont here was by stage across Iowa In a bleak November, and she spent her first evening nt a grand Thanksgiving day ball at tho old Herndoii, bouse. As the wlfo of Kdwurd rtoscwater, lounacr oi mo .nee, ner uuumca worth were "always of great assistance to him. Though by no means averse to em ploying' her tlmo a'nd strength,, for nubllo purposes, at the samo' tftno. .lira Bote" Water Was Jncllnedby nature to the- "old fashioned lOal of the homo and the wife and --'mother. . embodying Its kindly and chorishecujpirlt. White always busy" In her 6wn modest charity work and In .social activities-,' she- wa 'not Inclined to jcefc special "prbrrilneneo. She was, how ever, at "one time president of tho Needle Work Kulld. ' Serlpiinly Injured by Fnll. Mrs. n)3;water was born In Cleveland, O., In October. 1S13, and received her ; or Th0 Uec building. The house was ! 'lh.n . moved In n site' opposite Where . - - tho library now stands and they Uvea ,here for n ehort tlme whlle onoth.cr "omo on the present sue oi r.s uhhuto Theater building was In process of con struction. In the new home they lived till Mr. Rosewater's death, August SO, 1906. Tholi- children were born while they lived In the old home at Seventeenth and Faros m. .Seventy-One Yenrn of Aje. Of lato years Mrs. Rosewater has re- Elded with her son-in-law and daughter, I Mr. and Mrs. N. V. Fell. 502 South Thlrty- l,, nr, Jn 1 nf n.i vKr aho fell In i the home fr8Cturlng her hip. From the ... ... . . . ...... , Cllect8 OI miS accil.cni ailC Iuc. icwv ;cred. She was never nble to fay just what the cause of the fall I was and - whether it was a sudden attack of dlzzl- . ,,U j iicss, a iwisiea jmni ... " m.oc "inv.f caused the accident finally resulting -In her death Is not known Mrs. Uoscwatcr was the nlother of j five children, Victor rtoscwater. Charles i C. ltosewot-jr. Mrs. Milton U. Nuwmnni j Mrs. N. I Fell and Mrs. Charles S. El- gutter, who died In 1693. 1 - i Bigamist Olerk, Heir to Millions, Asks A 4-1 "Dn-wrtlrk iillOlliei IT arOlp ' ' j BT. LOUIS. Mo. luly 2S.-C'harleD H. Urun.mond. U ot the late millionaire tobacco manufacturer ot St. Louis. nov cieik In, a "cigar store at San Diego, ICnl., asked the circuit court of Clayton, St. Ioul county, for a pa'role on his six months' sentence for bigamy In a petl-.i !,. ,.i., u;r ..iv T-.. . i.i...- ..n i, oi,, i of bigamy January 1911. He was fined C00 and sentenced to jail for six months, 9 ri,,,. u-atf nnrnled 1111 hln Dromlse to let ! H'luor and women alons. Six days later 'lus parole was revoked when it was eloped to Europe with a St. Iuls girl and had been married for the third time. il'ouor since November, 1912. It was ac- companlcd by tho affidavit of his wife l:ru,:,THon,d i,,isIbr1?f ",nd 10 h3r ' throughout their married life. NO WATER FROM RESERVOIR IS GOVERNMENT'S ORDER (From a Staff Coi respondent.) LINCOLN, July 2S -(Special Telegram.) The request of George D. Gllliland of Lexington, -the Gothenburg Light and Power company and the Corad Canal company that the water In the Pathfinder reservoir be turned into the ditch lead ing from the reserved, which was filed with Senator Hitchcock, some days ago, and by him referred to the Reclamation service, was denied by that tervlce toda7. I DEMOCRATS MIX; HITCHCOCK. MEN WIN FIRST ROUND Opposing Factions at Columbus Make Test of Strength Over Resolutions Committee. i BRYAN FORCES ARE OUTVOTED Dahlman Motion as Substitute Lets Chairman Name Head of Plat form Making Body. THOMPSON IS STATE CHAIRMI Delegates Put in Sprague, Hitchcock Man, as Secretary. APPEARANCE OF COMPROMISE Enrly llonr Spent tn Demnnd on Pnrt of I.r.nler thnt Their Clnlmn lie tllven Ileeon nttlon. (From a Staff Correspondent.! COLUMBUS. Neb.. July 2S.-(Spcclal Telegram ) The only thins that 8cn-it-r G. .M. Hitchcock has salnd In the deinp crntlc factional fight In the convention here up till 0 o'clock ton i ht, after the first round of the bate? had been fought, was tho possibility that he will be spe cifically named In the resolutions. Aside from that It was said after the resolutions committee was appointed that ho would get no itrnw endorsement than ho got In Lancaster : lunty, wl.lch was pracucauy no cnaoncmciu Bl .... Chairman Corey in the di!re to rcmu popular with Nebraska democracy, j dropped his mca oi cnoosing jonn out right of Lincoln as chilrman of the reso lutions committee. Instead he appointed Dr. P. L. Hall ot 'l.'ncoln, a Bryan mar., and a man looked up to by all tiio democracy U tho state, Tho personnel of liie oonv.iltteo then stood four for Hit 'hoick and three for the antl-Hltchcock it JJryan wing. Tho committee was made up of Dr. I. L. Hall of Lincoln, chairman; Thomas Allen of Lincoln. First district; Harry 11. Kleharty, Omaha, Second district; John Byrn0i ColumbuV Third district; J. J iThomaB, Seward, Fourth district;. W. H. I Thompson. Grand Island, Fifth district; n Oldham, Kearney, Sixth district. 1 Tho committee was pickco. uy cpuBrca- slonal districts with the chairman, Chosen at. large, after a little fight resulting In the defeat of- the Bryan, proposition to n,,. ium i-nmmlitn elifisan'i liv congres sional 'districts and tho .cha!rinfin.,by the convention . w. It. Thompson of Grand Inland was lfctd state chairman without opposi tion. B. C. Sprngue of York, a Hitchcock man, was elected secretary of the state corn mlttcc over B. C. Kemble of Lincoln, a Bryan man, 649 to 451 E-8. The convention opened at 2:55 o'clock. Mayor Dahlman tried to -deliver a part of tho Douglas delegation to Ifcmblo for secretary- Ho failed. Tho delegation held him to tho Unit rule and mado him get up and vote tho 119 delegates for Sprague, It Is known that Dahlman and Tom Allen had a conference for an hour dur ing tho afternoon before, tho convention opened, It was then that the agreement was made. It was then also that it is sald to have been agreed between the .)..,.. nohlmnn Hint Tnm Allen i u.jtiu j soUll3 maUo the motion to take the whole resolutions matter out of the hands of the .chairman and that Dahlman should then ! make the. telllnc stroke by amending It I to the effect that Corey should bo allowed to choose tho chairman. The game worked. For a half hour before the opening of the convention there was band music and singing in chorus by the various delcga- tlons, conspicuous among these was tne Douglas county delegation singing "What's the Matter With Wilson, He's All Right," and son on down tne line, 1 paying a number of -choral tributes to t ) tm , . . . Oahlninn find other.. . wrjnil, muuii'suii, Opens irlth Tribute. In opening the convention W. II. Thompson paid a tribute to President Wilson, speaking of him as tho greatest president that has adorned the nite House since the lamentca ADranim Lin coln. X "We used to call Andrew Jackson old rough and leady,"- ho continued, "but wo feel that Wilson while not quite so rough Is -at all times as ready." ,He paid a tribute to W. J. Bryan and to Senator Hitchcock. He pointed to Governor Morehcud as a governor whose record has not been excelled oy any governor In tho state's history. i "Wc want t0 elect our candidates this j fall and we can do this only by so acting j In this convention that the people will jS't Cehlnd the candidates ana cieci mem. I "W can endorse by our votes the ! national administration, the state ad- ; ministration and every democrat in ocn- I sren- I "tV ?.",. u P- William, of Columbus gave I the Invocations. Mayor M. M. Uothlcut- I nor'of Columbus made an address of wcl- come. ie pra.3u i rC.uCj v, I s"' l" '"' c ' " '"" city. The keys are In the Loup bottom," he I said, "and the police force is on a fishing expedition." Clmlrmnn Corey'n Speech. It is for democrats to say In next autumn's election whether the adminis tration of President Wilson shall be per- mlttcd to complete Its program "a pro gram with teeth In It." In this manner Mcrton L. Corey, temporary chairman. Interpreted the party outlook in his ad 1'reas here today before the democratic state convention. The adoption of a nlalfn-M wn a tliM nrlmafu nhlflnl nt . V. & convention. Nomination, will be made at primaries August IS. Mr. Corey warmly defended the Mexican policy of President Wilson and Secretary Rryan, which, he said, Is "democracy's greatest atset In the coming campaign." In this connection he took a fling at Theodore Roosevelt. "Teddy." he said, "would, with dagger In his teeth and six-shooter In his belt, have plowed his (Continued on Page Two.) i warn ssm iSi Drawn for Tho Beo by PowelL linnCITJTiri TJITfnn OIIDDn 11 AH n Muuomto rAYUfi ourrimuri State Convention Congratulates F. P. Corrick on His Work. PAYS TRIBUTE TO ROOSEVELT I'nvom the Short Ilnllot nntt I)r elnren for I'olille Oivnrmlilii mui State. Development of AVnter Power. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 2S.-(Speclal Telegram.) With a fairly good attendance at the bull mooso state convention today that party passed resolutions congratulating F. 1. Corrick on tho work he hnd ac complished for the party, favored woman suffrage, condemned the democratic party for its action on the Colombia' mat ter, declared or publlo ownership of all public tutlllttes and tho atato dcvclqp? mcnt'of wuter'powprs, for a. constitutional convention, reduced freight rates .and the Us6 Of contract Inhor on the roade. Tho conventlo nendorsed all threo con stitutional amendihenta and favored iho shbrt ballot, paid n. tribute to Theodore Roosevelt. ' -A. H. Blgclow df Omaha was chairman Of the convention and the principal ad dress was delivered by JudHe Albert N, Norton! of St. Louis. Anson H. Blgolow, temporary chairman. In hla address centered his criticism on tho republican loaders and attacked briefly tho democratic administration. Mr. Blgelow' said In part: "Gentlemen of the convention: I count it a privilege, gentlemen, to conduct tho preliminary deliberations of this first Ne braska state convention of th progressive i party fince )ts organization. Never be- fore hag America seen a great political ... . puny leap 1..11 K.on unu ... Minerva hkp, from out tho Intelligence of lts creator-thc American electorate. tun grown tma iau urn, 'I am confident that tho more than 70,000 Nfbraskans who assisted In ralslpg that banner two years ago, will bo found following It next Novembe.-, fighting un ler tho same leaders, lc-ya! to the samo principles and enlisted not merely for the skirmish of 1913, but for the war. "The primaries of August IS .u-xt will show' beyond a shadow of a doubt thut enough progressives have hrcyonihly loft tho republican parly to render absolutely futile any further attempty by progres sives to control It, and tepubllcan tiir;dad bearers will be. for nil linp-jitant pl.icts, tried and true standpatters. The enly Howell that will i,lu'n be .n evidence will be howls of glee over tho icstoratlin of j lhe Tntutes to iwci . . ..Hnnac( oy n WOrnout theory that they ore . divinely appointed to protect the states from undue enroochmcnts by the national government, the democratic party fails to see that we are living In tho twentieth contury. "We Invite progressive thinkers ot all partlps, of all creeds, of all classes to join ua In this effort to purify party poll- t iicti to maj(e party responsive to the will of Its membership, to overthrow bosslsm and machine political methods, mako pro gressive principles a living truth In gov ernmental action. "Wo declare that this movement to ward progress In statp and nation will bo a triumphal march." Sirl Bathing Suit Makers Will Strike NKW YORK, July 2S.-Two thousand , E)rJgi member8 ot the IJalillng suit Mak- ers' union, have decided that a higher wage scale must be paid. Tho executive , commlttco of tho unon yesterday voted ! to call a strike, the demand for an In- creased waae scale having been refused by the employers. A majority of tho union members aro engaged In making Hnttiliw mill nnri nratnra frip wnmen The strike order Is e.tpected to go Into effect today. , HOMING PIGEON RETURNS AFTER TWO YEARS' ABSENCE KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 2S.-A little ! ?alttred ,,om,n p'?.?on ? tr.T h"me two years has returned with its wings frayed and Its tall feathers mlislng. Tho bird was released from the balloon Uncle Sam near Chicago two years ago by Roy Donaldson, aide to Captain John Hunnewrll of St. lxul. Donaldson re leased three pigeons, all of which had small metal tags attached to their legs. Roth of the others returned within a few days, but the third failed to arrive until yesterday The Platform Grinders The National Capital Tnrftilny, July -H, tlM. The Senate. Met at 11 o'clock. Debate resumed on trust bills. Investigations of charges of railroad rate discriminations In the south was continued before a committee. Republi can conferences decided not to filibuster ngalnst the trust bills, but to hurry ad journment. The Iloime. Met at noon. ' Consideration of conference reports on appropriation bills was resumed. RUSSIAN MOYEMEANS WAR German Offioial Says Any Mobiliza tion Against Austria Hostile. KAISER WOULD TAKE ACTION r 1 1 " Cuar's Troon Are; Reported to Have, Tnken Wirlinllen, In Ittmnlnn Polnnil Along the Fron tier. BERLIN, July IS.-No confirmation had been received up to a late hour this Eve ning cither by tho German foreign of flco or the Russian embassy of the mobl llxatlon of various army corps in Russia, anN reported in yesterday's dispatches to London. A German official declared flatly that any Russian mobilization against Aus tria, partial or otherwise, meant war. German mobilization orders would then, he said, bo Issued Immediately and when these onco had been launched there would bo no possibility of recalling them or of Germany resting on Its nrms while ne gotiations continued, ns tho strategic necessities of war on Its' two fronts would force Germany to strike Immediately and hard. The opinion expressed In well Informed Russian circles tonight, however, that partial mobilization of Russian troops along tho Austrian frontier would quite probablo act ns an answer to tho Aus trian declaration of war on Servlo. Ser vian officials here appeared to think that such a step could bo undertaken without evoking a German counter-moblllzatlon. An unconfirmed dispatch from Gum hlnnen. eastern Prussia, to tho Taeg Ilche Rundschau, today ssys Russia has occupied Wlrbollen, Russian Poland, with a force of engineers, cavalry, artillery and two regiments of Infantry, while Rus sian guards havo been placed along all roods on the frontier. Tho dispatch adds that a squadron of German Uhlans has advanced to Bydtkuhnen. on the Rus sian frontier. Mediators Submit New Proposals in Rail Wage Dispute CHICAGO. July 28. New proposals sub mitted by, tho feijeral mediators in an effort to avert a strike of 60,000 loco motive engineers and firemen on ninety- eight western railroads were under con sideration by both sides, today. "I am not at liberty to aiy what tho proposals are," asserted Judge Martin A. Knapp, a member of the mediation board, "but wo hope the will bring peace. The sltua tlon, however, still Is grave" Senate Republicans Will Not Filibuster Against Trust Bills WASHINGTON, July 28. Senate repub llcans In conference toduy decided not to filibuster ugalnBt the trust bills. They I are opposen ' " speeches, but their mala purpose Is to j oring aooui aujuuriiiuciu b ovum fea sible. When the enato convened today discussion of the trade commission bill was resumed. MAYOR HARRISON TAKES HAND IN LEVEE FIGHT CHICAGO, July 2S.-Mayor Harrison today took a ie.lid in the vice crusade being waged by the police, when he re voked the licenses of two of the best known saloons In the south side leveo district. The action was taken on recom mendation of Chief of Police Glesuon, who said he would Rsk the mayor, to close every saloon In the district that violated the 1 o'clock closing ordinance. MME, CAILLAUX ACQUITTED Announcement of Verdict Followed. by Wildest Tumult. JUDGES, HELPLESS, LEAVE ROOM Nevernl tSrnuim of llnrrlnler Come to lllnns Clienu run! l.nhorl Kmlirnee One An other. PARIS, July 28. Madame Henrietta Calllaux was tonight acquitted by a Jury In the court of assize of the wilful murder on March 18 last of Gaston Calmctto, editor ot the Figaro. Tho verdict wns re turned after fifty minutes' deliberation. The announcement wns followed by tho wildest tumult. Mine. Calllaux staggered and then threw her arms nbout tho nock of her couiiboI, Ferpondl Labor!. Her Jmlr was undone. falling over her shoulder, and hor hat dropped to tho floor. Tho spectators stood uoon desks and choirs. "Calllaux! Laborlt" ' anil erica of "Calllaux, as rflssln!" merged Into ono. Tho din was deafening. Several groups of barristers camo to blows and the re publican guards, In an endeavor to sop arate them. Joined In tho melee. The spectacle of Laborl and Chenu, tho lat ter counsel for tho Calmctto family, cm bracing each other calmed tho tumult for a moment, hut It was redoubled when they left with Mmo. Calllaux. Jndpce Leave Itooin, Falling to make himself heard, tho pre siding Judge, followed by the other Judges marched out of the room. Tho advocates took complete pobscbsIou ot tho court; some of them mounted tho Judges' desks and harrangued the crowd. Tho guarda then cleared a portion of tho room anil comparative quiet was restored. Judge Atbanell then returned and read the Judg ment, ordering the release of Mmc. Calllaux. Shaken with emotion Mine. Calllaux left by the witnesses' door, tho guards making u lane through the crowd. Sho covcrod her fnce with her hands as If to shield herself from tho fruloun cries of "Murderess!" Uy way o fa number of narrow corridors and hack nlalrcases sho leached a Mil nil door in the Palace of Justice, where nn automobile was wait ing and drove off unobserved. M. Calllaux left by th emaln entrance on the arm of his devoted friend, Dep uty Pascal Ceccaldl, amid mingled cheers and hoots. Thus ended tho most sensational trial with which Paraslan courts have had to deal In years. Kach day proved Its dra matic thrill and though the verdict has : been pronounced tho outcome cannot be j foretold. 1 Neoren AVomnn. ! Tho session of the court was devoted to j speeches by counsel, Mme. Cullluux had ! come into the prisoner's dock pale and worn. Sho collapsed during tho course of the address ot Matre Chenu, who cored her bitterly. Tho speech of the procurator general,' Jules llcrbuux, was unusually mild in tone. To the Jurors he said: "Yor duty us tho defendants of the Interests of society requires you to find. a verdict of guilty, but no one demands ou to be pitiless." Matrl Laborl, who came last, delivered u masterpiece of passionate eloquence. He closed amid u tempest of applause, saying: "My wish Is that Mme. Calllaux shall I leave here' acquitted and that the press ahall be purified. I.et us keep our angor for our enemies abroad. I.et us leave this court resolute and mted to faco the perils which threaten us." ! ROADS REFUSE TO ACCEPT GRAIN FOR GALVESTON TOPEKA, Kan., July 28. An embargo on all grain shipments to Galveston, Tex.. for export until August 2 was Issued by the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fo railway and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway and connecting lines here today. The reason assigned Is an alleged short age of steamers at the port of Galveston. HUTCHINSON, Kan.. July 28. Hun dreds of farmers bringing wheat to Hutchinson and surrounding grain sta tions today were obliged to return home with their grain or take a low price be cause ot the embargo declared by the railroads on expert wheat through the port of Galveston. Ono of the terminal grain companies ceased buying today and but for the European situation grain men asserted the wheat price would have di.opped severvl cents WAR IS DECLARED BY AUSTRIA ON ITS LITTLE NEIGHBOR Foreign Office Says that Servian Compliance with Demand Now Would Be Insufficient. KAISER REJECTS GREY'S PLAN He Does Not Think Any First-Class Power Would Submit to Disci pline by Its Peers. MANY RUMORS OF HOSTILITIES Austria is Sending Two Army Corps from Bohemia to Servian Frontier. BRITISH FLEET IS MOBILIZED Two Squadrons Ready to Slip An chors at Moment's Notice. ITALY IS ALSO WATCHFUL Three "Wnrshllin VIsltliiR on the Clyde Are Ordered to Itetnrn to Home, Wntern Will Try to I.oenllre Conflict. iuti,i,i:tin. VIENNA., .July 28. Tho Mill-taorlBcho-RuiidHch.au roporta active movomonta ot both Sorvlan and Montenegrin troops, which aro In cloao touch at PrlboJ, near tho fron tier of Hoenlo. mn.i.KTiN. LONDON, July 28. A newspaper dispatch from Somlln, on tha Danube, naya tho Sorvlan Parllrf mont, after a prolonged dobato, Ja reported to havo accoptod all the de mands mado by Austria-Hungary. HUIjLKTIN. VIE3NNA, July 28. Official noti fication of tho declaration of war wan sent to Sorvla today by the Austro-IIiingarlan government. Tho Imporlal Austro-Hungarlnn Forolgn office declared today that oven should Sorvla now comply with the demands contained In tho Aus trian note, 'tho government of tho dual monarchy would not bo satis fied. Officials of tho ministry stated thnt Sorvla's reply had made It Impossible for Austria-Hungary to adhero to Its former standpoint, and compliance by Sorvla with tho de mands made on It could no longer lnfluonco tho courso of action of the AuBtro-Hungnrlan empire. The declaration of war was gazetted hero lato thlB afternoon. The text la aa follows: "Tho royal government of Scrvla not having replied in a satisfactory manner to the note remitted to It by tho Austro Hungarlau minister In Belgrade on July 23, 1914, tho Imperial and royal govern ment finds itself compelled to proceed Itself to safeguard its rights and Inter ests and to havo recourse for this pur pose to forco of-nrm.i. "Austria-Hungary considers Itself therefore this moment In a state ot wal with Bervla. . (filgned) "COUNT HBRCHTHOLD. "Minister Foreign Affairs of Austria Hungary." IIUM.KTI.N. NISH. Scrvla. July 25. The Servian steamers Dellgrad and Moreva were seized today at Orsova on the Danube by Austrlans. The Servian colors were hauled down and the Austrian flag hoisted. Tho passengers were detained. Wnr flonil fi'.ln I) I liner. LONDON, July 28. Tho refusal by Ger many and Austria-Hungary to participate In a mediation conference on tho Austro Servian conflict, reports of the raptd movements of Austro-Hungarlan troops and the persistent downward trend of ! European stock markets were the out standing developments of tho European situation today. Preparations for war proceeded on all sides. Even England's battle squadrons have all been mobilized In readiness for eventualities and the (Continued, on Page Two.) It might just as well have been you who succeed ed as the other fel low whom you think won because he was "LUCKY!" Opportunities for suc cess are not proclaim ed from the housetops they have to be LOOKED for, as a rule. Ofttimes an innocent looking little "Help Wanted" ad in The Bee is the clew! Look thrbugh today's Bee Want Ads-no telling.