Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 15, 1915, Image 1
The Omaha Daily Bee By Advertising in The Uee the storekeeper takes his show window Into the home of every reader TFE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XL1V-XO. 231. OMAHA, MONDAY MOliNIXU, MARCH l!)K. Oa Trains end at ' Motel Mews Steads. SINGLE COrY TWO CENTS. LINCOLN BEAGHEY, DARE DEVIL OFIIR, KILLEOJN FLIGHT Most Audaoioui Aviator of America Falls Seven Thousand Feet in San Francisco Bay. TERRIFIC FIRE OF THEIR ARTILLERY CALLS UPON YILLA TO PUNISH SLAYERS U. S. Repeats to 'Bull of the North" Demand for Bringing1 McManus' Assassins to Justice. SEVEN MORE LION SHIPS TORPEDOED BY SOBSEA FLEET Admiralty Announces Collier' and New Three Thousand-Ton Cot ton Craft Sank by Sub marines. LINCOLN BEACHEY, the dare devil aviator, and some of the tricks he performs in the air, flirting wiih death at every instant. He showed these stunts and others equally dan gerous to thousands in Omaha during the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival last October. WINGS OF AEROPLANE COLLAPSE Maohine Plunges from Great Height Into Water and Body Is Recovered. USED MONOPLANE FIRST TIME . SAN FRANCISCO. March 14. The spectacular career of Lincoln Feacbey, one of the most daring of American aviators, was ended today when he fell to his death at. the ranahia-raciric exposition in light of thousands of spectators. Beachey was completing hia Sec ond flight of the day when the ac cident occurred. Having previously electrified the crowd with a series of serial somersaults, the airman sought to add an. additional thrill by making one of theensatlonal per pendicular drops which usually featured hiH flights. The fatal fall was attributed to tic fact that Beachey entrusted bis life today for the first time to a monoplane. An exceptionally Urge crowd had baea attracted to the fair grounds to see whether he wou:d attempt tha same bio: th-tnking stunts in the new machine tli-t ho hnd performed In hia trim little j blllnne. rt Fllwlit (iocs Well. On the ,"irt flight all went well and Hi- n Utor familicr tri'ks were Indulged In v.- ill t lie exception of the perpendicular ''i":. Tliis Beachey had saved for the c'mihx. It pioved too much of a strain lor the frame of the monoplane. Th.' mechlne wag at an altitude of about 7.1 ifl feet when Beachey shut off his I owcr. For several thousand feet It iJupr.ed head-on for the earth and then the aviator grasped his control levers to nd.iuf-t the planes for the graceful descent which had characterized his previous flights. Machine Wlusta Cramhle. At that point the wlnrs crumpled like a collapsed umbrella and the aeroplane, turning; over and over tn its fall, plunged into Baa Francisco bay. narowly missing; a. vessel lying at the government trans port docks. ' ' ' 'Thousands ef spectators rushed t the nearby waterfront, but with the exemption of a few splintered fragments of the aero plane floating on the surface of the bay no sign of tha wrecked machine cotil t be seen. Launches put out immediately equipped with grappling hooks and a boat's crew from the battleship Oregon, which was anchored In the stream a short distance away, joined in an attempt to recover the body of the aviator, who was strapped to hts machine tinder forty feet of water. , The body wss recovered shortly after i o'clock. , ...... ' Lincoln Beachey was regarded as the mod skillful and daring of' American aviators. He earned' his reputation loi g before French fliers began gliding through the air upside down. Beachey was In re-j tironent when Pegoud began to perform! unheard of feats In the sir and was drawn )' back Into the game by his desire to j demonstrate he could duplicate the ' re-! markable flying ef the foreigner. tVoald Rival the Birds. - Beachey had made a machine with a small flying surface and a, powerful motor. 'Then he started out, aa he ex pressed . It, "to outfly the birds." He Hew (upside down,' made spirals, while head downward, looped the loop and did other "atunta" a thousand feet above the earth which the Wrights and other had never believed were possible., Beachey was Interested in aeronautics as a school boy. He was born in San Francisco in September, 1SS7. At 13 he entered the employ of a balloonist an began to study aerial navigation. He reads his first flight at Jdora park, Oaklanft- Cel., in February., 1905. piloting George I lea ton's dirigible balloon. He was 17 years old at the time. In August of that year lie flew at the Lcandep-Clark exposition at Portland, Oie., as aeronaut for Captain T. S. Bald win. His flights there were not com pletely successful, but he kept on trying. In IMS-Beachey joined Itpy Knabenschue. He created a sensation In July of that year by flying around the dome of the national capttol to the astonishment of thousands snd caused the adjournment of the houae of represent stives. Scores (Continued on Tsga Two, Column Two.) The Weather For Nebraska and Iowa Fair. Vestrrdnr. Detr. at S3 33 it 84 S4 Si S2 st M SI S3 S2 a r.i ( omparntlve si Record. J15. 1M ISIS. Bit Highest yesterday S4 S 44 J latent yesterday 40 TO 1g Mean trmoeriture XI bi M JSI Prerlpttatioa 60 ".00 .it .1 Temperature and precipitation depar ture from the normal: Normal temiierature 321 Iwfuiency for the day 4 Total defU-leucv skice March 1 44! j Normal preciottatloa o tr.on Ix tH'lencv for tha day 04 Inch Total rainfall since March 1....1 iT inches Ku rM since March 1 1. A3 Inches lriiciemy fur cor. erlod, 1 i t . . in h KiCtsa for cor. period. 19U 1 3 Inchus 1'emperatnre at Omaha - ' i Hour. Irs: n TT 10 a. m. ?Bf H. 11 a. m- 0 IS g f s p. m. HjSr- S v. m i 7 p. ru Lsri - . , , T 2 Sw &.4?JfVXJeDS oa 1 ) l V'" "' ' ' ''' ' Tj ,,,.rtrlW ' I' - A JIM C i ! meMAd& v . GERMANS ATTACK FREKCHjOSITIONS Artillery Bombards Cathedral at Soissons and Ypres Civilian Population . Are ''ctims. BELGIANS MAZE PROGRESS PAR1B. March H.-tVia I.ondon.)-The rtatement kiven out at the Yv"ar office this afternoon is as follows-. "Belgian troops, cpntlmss to make progress In the bend of the Vser. Their srtlllery, supported by our heavy srtll lery, destroyed a point of vantage org. ti lled by the Germans in ,a cemetery at Dlxmude. The enemy bombarded Ypres, where there were several victims among the civilian population. "The German artillery also bombarded the cathedral at 8olsona and the sur rounding district. To the north of Rhelms, opposite the , Luxemburg wood, the enemy attempted to seise one of oiir advanced trenches ' and . was repClsed. Rhelms was then bombarded. "In Champagne, towsrd nightfall yes terday, we repulsed two counter attacks. pursued1 the enemy and seised several Jrenchea. In one of these we found about KiO dad and some war material. "In the Argonnes, at Feur de Paris, an attack attempted with the object of de bouching" against our line was checked oompletely. "In Lorraine our patrols occupied F.m bcrminell. "In the Vosges there hss been artillery action." Eaemr hrlla Meaport. BF.RL1N. March 14.-(By. wireless tel erranhy to Sayyllle.) Tho War office gave out the following statement today: "Several of the enemy's ships yesterday afternoon shelled without result positions at Nieuport from a direction north of "La, Panne. "Near Neuve Chapelle, except for one Isolated British attack, which was re fulsed, there were only artillery duels. "In Champagne tha French yesterday repeated their attacks, although to a leaser extent, to the east of Bouan , and, north of Le Meanll. All of these attacks broke down under the German fire, with heavy losses to the French. "In the Vosgea the weather is better and lighttna haa been resumed. "In tha Argonnea the French are now using a nw aort of hand grenades, which fill the air with a pestilential odor, also explosive Infantry hulleta. which pro duce flames when striking objects, were brought Into use once more In yesterday s engacements. , , "Oti the eastern front the situation Is unchanged" Mra. trr tlim, tSTK! J..A, Neb. 'March 14.-.-pecial.) Mis. Nsn v Mason die r'aturtlay at Hi. home ef I er mother. Mrs. Tolb; rl Curtis after a two aeeka' Illness. STOYE EXPLOSION IS FATALTO CHILD Little Tot Burned to Crisp When Gasoline Stove Explodes at 1 : South Omaha. ENTIRE FAMILY. IN HOSPITAL v Samuel Galizlg, 20 months old, was burned to a crisp and bis parents, his grandfather, and a roomer are In a serious condition in the' South Omaha ro5ui!al as, the result of a gasoline stove explosion at the Galizla home 1 at 3:30 'o'clock yesterday afternoon at 2604 M street. in. a building con trolled, by L. C. Gibson. The loss to the building waa about $4,000. Mrs. Galizia had but recently re turned from an Omaha hospital and was in bed. The father was frying steak on the gasoline stove and tho baby was In a cradle beside the stove. The father went into the adjoining room to attend to some of the wants of the mother when the stove evi dently flared up and exploded, in stantly enveloping the cradle and the entire room In flames. The father, Tony Galizia, the grandfather, Frank Palaz, and a roomer Joseph I'alpavina fought in vain to reach the child, even the mother rising from her sick bed and joiniug in the battle all to no avail All these were more or less burned about the hands and face, while the mother is In a serious condition from the effort. All are in the hospital. Mra. Vozliarodo, who had been visiting the family, had just taken her children with others to g moving picture show and thus escaped injury from the flames. Detective Michael Glllan noticed the flames and hastened to the rescue of the family, but too late to save the little child. U. S. Ship Sinks After Hitting Swede NKWPOUT NKWX, Vs.. Mar h 14 -The American a huoner Willlsm J. Qutliea nnk after a collision with the Norwegian steamer Tally, ettr'y today near Cape I In tiers. The captain and Its crew were rescued and brought here tonignt by th ti'amcr GREATER OMAHA VOTE ON TUESDAY 1 Boosters Expect Enough to Join Ranks to Pass It with Emerg ency Clause. H0CT0R ' MAKES STATEMENT According to present calculations, the Greater Omaha consolidation bill is expected to come up Tuesday fori final vote on the third reading In the house at Lincoln. Most of the members of the Doug- las delegation Sundayed in Omaha. iof the w.r by dhlt of superior numbers as did also members of the commit- and weight of srtlllery. The enemy for tees who have been handling the!the time being was beaten and on the I a. . I. 1, ...... . .hi. campaign both for and against the pleasure. The vote ordering the bill to a third reading wan 05 to 43, and the main effort now seems to be to secure or prevent the Increase of the affirmative vote to the two-thirds necessary to carry the emergency clause and put the law into opera - inn t nn We are sure every one of the fifty five who voted for the bill last week will uv i4ii, nuiwiinniaiifiins too ancge.' claims of some of the opposing workers Visa (kau as au s-. 1 a a 1. ... . m a i . ..... .... . ... .. .e ..,, o, i"-.-:lhrmith ambulances and transport, and vote, away from us, To the contrary, we . bfXen iht wllUn, Tunk of OU. . l'!.V; r?"r"M'" t.h't :h"" b"' ,,cei serves, afforded no little encouragement. ' v Jirmt IIIBUIII1B lis rilBCl ment. enough recruits will come over to 1 make more than the stxv-seven we ought to have," aaya one f the consolidation promoter. "We can't Msmejhe office- (Continued on Pago Two. t'olumn One. I T H GAT E C I T Y- 0 F'T H E-W EST Omaha'a magnificent hotel f a c i 1 i t i e fit all require ments. A new million dol lar fireproof t hotel, erected aa a public enterprise, can satisfy the most fastidious; and another new hotel is soorr to open. At the same time the older hotels offer all the varied accommoda tions called for according' to the demands or means of the traveling public. GIVES BRITISH DAY Bombardment of German Trenches Described by "Eye Witness" as Most Furious of Whole War. OPENS WAY FOR GRAND RUSH Victory HfMtsns. Enirlish Makes Them Think They Cannot Fail. 4n(j ; I : ENEMY'S : GUNS SUPERIOR TO ... . bii.i.ktin. l,OXffl).,iirriM. - - in - Kr. - fu" tonlpht made the following an- noiimiment: "A heavy counter attack dellv- ; cred by the enemy aurday afternoon nnd several minor counter attacks I ., . . .... ,i raKiiUail amer .n nr .,.... -y- - .".i.wasaae whirl, had p.eMn.isly been sent "Judging by obervatlons on r-;,n M(xlro ,.itVt nltll ,.,,,,,, , Uy tors positions of the field of battle -the mntter before Oencral Yli:a ami urge ! nmi hv salements of prisoners, ofipromnt attention. ! i cm there now are 1.720, the ! nemy's losses. mwjt have been very j heavy and cannot have fallen Tar hhirt of 10,000 men within three i f; ys ' "A train at the Don satlon was litwii up by our aircraft Sunday riorning." LONDON, March 14. The British . . . . t - .. . Jot . rn ' successes oi tne iaev w j " . - due to their artillery, which appar ently is superior to that of the Ger- i mans, according to the atory of the "British eye-witness,' lsnueu wuiim. The British guns. Including heavy howitzers, opened the way for an ad vance by the British Indian troops; which carried them to and beyond the village of Nenve Chapelle. while aviators, by dropping bonibg on the railways, prevented the Germans from bringing up reinforcements. Plereeat of War. ine lire oi me j scribed as the fiercest that has yet; been heard In the war, and conflrnu what heretofore had only been ru- rnorert that the British and French have brought up, alnce the battle of Ypres, an enormous number of guns of all calibres. . - . . . 1. I L . U . ' The aerptan trepenes, "- ertllleiy fire was directed, w ere Completely WreCKBU, BO uiai bvc"- ,u one or two places, wnicn naa ir- Places, which had vk converted Into fortresses. . j . y were able to advance .u jieiy.nitv 1 tually been I the infantry : without much difficulty ! This success hat greatly heartened the British' troops who have spentthe winter In the trenchea, and gives Inem hope that when the great general movement Is decided upon they will be able to carry all before them. The Germans, according to reports, are lready sending Jarge numbers of troops to Flandeis in the belief thst a general' ' offensive on the part of the allies has begun. .Int Pari of Strnlestr. The Impression here, however, Is that the British thrust was only part of the allied strategy, which Sims at keeping the Germans bnay on both fronts, thus preventing them from concenli sling at any one -point. . The eye-witness said In part: "It is difficult to give an Idea of the result of this striking surcess upon our men. They have been paying off old scores; they have now inflicted on the enemy something of that ordeal which i.. inn..l ii, I,, t Ha arlli.r staves which filled the hospitals and ambu lances with the cheeriest crowd of wounded ever seen there. "If any further proof of thla was wanted It could be found In the spectacle ( of an Irishman, shot though the cheat, recounting his experiences to a delighted ! audience, in a stentorian voice, sudlble! ! ln tne '"rtherest corner or the 1st ge clear-( i ,naT hospital; it could be found also In the sight of groups of Injured men on the roads, talking and laughing aa they limped back to our firing line. i '-ne columns i m.rcne(i bsck I of prisoners, aa threading their they way i The( fare, of many of them were bright yellow from the effects of the lyddites, L,!... ..... .... u .... .. . th. majority looked shaken and all ad- romlft. mptiM. j Where Sarcrs. I. lea. I "Our success doe. not lie in the fact that w. hav. aslncd an e.t.nl of .,,i.H probably greater than haa ever been 1 gained In the space of so short a tim. I since the commencement of the present i form of 'trench warfare, but in that our I men, In spite of the dlf heartening effects 'of montha of Inactivity la th. trenchea, I have ahown the utmost dash throughout these operations." I Concurrently, the French continue their j offensive In Champagne and the Vosges and are strennthenlng the ground which j they have w on In recent battles, j In the east, the Oerman offensive I sgsinat t'izasnyss Is not developing ss ! fsst ss anticipated. The Russians are offering stubborn resistance to their sd ; xsnce. slung' parallel roads, snd. owing ' to the Inability of the Germans to en- trem h In the froxen ground, have accord i log to the Petregrad reports, thus fsr bad the advantage In the preliminary (ignting. In fsct the Germane are said to have withdrawn their front to the north of Frxasnyes. Heavy fighting ia In progress In the Carpathians despite snowstorms snd deep (IrUU. CAPITAL REPORTED TO BE QUIET WA'-HINCTON. March 14. De mands by the fnlted States govern ment upon Governor flMaaar, the !; nder In Merico City. for the punishment of soldiers who niurtlrred John American cltlren. B. McManus, an and the payment ! of adequate eompensailon to Mc Manns' family were repeated today to Oencral Villa. "As Villa and Zapata." said Sec- retary Bryan, "have been co-operat- Mng. I thou&ht it was a good Idea to msk( representations to Villa as m (hat ,he offenderg wf)Uld bf) punished." r , wrolhrP.. The Recretary leiegnnihcd to (ieore C. (.'nmthets. American consular ag.-nt, an-j 'companylna VlPa. the suhslnnce of the As finances of the YlllA-.alata gov ernment have been practically In control of General Villa, himself, the question of an Indemnity to the family of McManus. It la believed, nitl he settled by th northern chief. General Salaxsr has al ready promised to punish those guilty of killing McManus. Mexico City was reported unlet lata to day with no. change In the slttimton tnere. Promise of Ilia. HI. PASO. Tex.. March 1".-Geternl Francisco Villa, upon rectlvlnt Informs Hon regarding the kllllnc by Zapata j soldiers of the American, John H. He Maims, ttlegraphcd the Associated Press a statement received here today, ss fol lows: "Plnce we have no i ommunleatlon with lh capital of the republic have no kavwledtie of Its occupHtlm by the forces ef Zapata, nor hart we knowledge of the happenings In that place. But we will secure Information and If any disorders' have been committed, society may have complete confidence that those to blame i will be punished by application of the penalty they desvrve." Tills wtss telegrsphed under dste yeslerdsy'fi om Monterey. of -r i, ,i y j Tw , Little LaCl WailtS To Hike, So He Gets Real Early StartlrV Hoi Astrovlts. aged 1 yet.rs , living at . ce j,,,0Ulu.,.r at .IIUIW.IV p VIIMV, jm W.I, lift. II IU I o'clock Punday ( hlorntnt from th Dougies street bridge, "' "r" umcovcreq njr me 1011 keener. . Th admiralty anneuared- that the In J,,l,t 'l th-.brW-e at thi.!v a ,UUK ,ff. cre.sw.lt. ,TUs In- urseemly hour Is fully kplalned In Desk l ,,..,.. ,. B,m Mar,nBl.. rc,lort for the MlIC,. jj " ;.,.. ... islands, Marcn l.'.' Tha crew of the in- """" . ! II. Mi), .r iw.ll... ....!.,... T u - port reads as follows: , .W(j, mRr, wh,0 ud ,. inS V." rPW"' r I Po:,",M",lr' 'ty confirmed are bridge Hunday morning by the tollt.ke, Klor.n. whlch wa. torp.doed at 1 ' " t?,P' I ,7"" ,CT.1 ,h f h- "HMol-channel March 1 1 . m" T Kh'" "mP'n,n' "vn. with the exception of one fire had been teller, him about hikes they. t. An-.lM,Mli wMch wa. tt. bad taken. and the he.uliful rivers, val- cked of ,h, 5cllly ulan(li Mar,h . loo,. h V m1 ? k The crew of the latter vessel U reported Journeys, so he decided ha would like toj,s rt.cue ' t"fr.r.,rd ilT'.'", . . ,J Th Andenwen was torpedoed In th. to.d b is mo?, before going to oed he j Br1)in cnanne, Mtrch ,!nc6 1 .. . T,,hr. hl" m,b t " been towed Into Cherbourg. It. er.w ws. i-k. . -hori ml- . ""'" landed at Brlsham. Th. steamer Heaa. Tr:'- ...!'- torpedoed March It eff th. Hol went to bed, but could not Kleen for thinking ef the beautiful rivers, val. lev and mountains, and knowing that they were far awsy he thought It best to get an early start or he would not leech them. "tio he got up shout midnight. , dressea quietly, snd slipping downstairs stsrted on his trip. He waa headed for Fslr mount psrk when the tollman found lmi." At this Juncture the report stops, tha only further information It vouchaafes belna that Snl- -i ,, , . the little fellow horn. " ' Beachey Wanted to Return to Omaha to Fly Here This Fall "Had. I want to come back next vsr I want a six days' contract and I will stay here much longer, because I like this ! bunch. Th ese were Ihe Is.t words of Lincoln hey In Omaha last fall aa he bade Weaver, aecretsry it the Knights of! Beachey Dad Ak-Far-Ibn good-bye as he wss leaving! the city. Beachey did his famous lonn h imm. I for three davs here last fall rinrin. ,. Ak-Sar-I en carnlcal ,, he proved the .best attraction the Board of Governors' ' h,d er brought to Omaha to attract ! "v""" " "cas were mar- I crowds velous snd people csrn hundreds of miles' to see him defy desth. J Beachey's contract in Omaha cslled lorj three davs' flights, both morning and aft- ( ernoon. and he was psld $1,000 each eve-! nlng after ha had flnlahel his nights. j Before coming to Omahs Beac hey had I made several flights st Ihe state fair at I Lincoln, but this did not detract from hi" drawing ability for Omaha, but rather1 enhanced It, ss thousands were anxlousl to see the man who did such marvelous ' feats so high from mother earth. ' a 1 " Non-union Lather Is 1 Shot Off Scaffold! CHICAtJO. March It "Get down from, there and beat it," railed a man yesterday ' to Pavtd Johnson, a non-union lather, j and when Johnson did neither Ihe man shot hi in off a scaffold. The bullet hit Johnson in the thigh. The lathers' union haa been "locked cut" by the Con Usct'iig l.ailieis' association. CONFIRMED APO u vvxiwi . "cis aitis iua marines Believed to Have Been Towed to Port. SOME OF CREWS ARE RESCUED The Day's War News K K MiiNK British TrsseU kave been torpedoed tr Kermts marines In British vrnlere. Two nre re nor tee .tsk, the alnlclasT ( tws la net resllrstea efflelallr and three nre . helleTed hare heen towed to port. Prerleaa these he In a: torpedoed elahtr elaht British merchant veaaela were sank or tnnrn, twelre helntr mlnrd and twentr-two sank kr snhmarlnes. 1VF.IHNII STF. (HRR llaana has heen torpedoed off Searhoronah, AM,. OFFK'I A I. REPOHTli respect. Inur the land operations . Indleate thai eomparatlre ajnlet preralla alon; the rarloas battle fronts. LONDON. Manh 14. German submarines have been particularly acih.3 of late In British waters. with the result that seven British stoamers have been torpedoed since March 10. Two of them at 'least have gone to the bottom the collier Invergyle and the Indian City, the latter a new steamer of nearly 8,000 tons, laden with cotton trom Gal veston.' v . - Sinking; Sot Confirmed. Two others may have been sunk, but thla lias not been confirmed, al though their rrewg are reported to have been rescued. , The other three are believed to have been towed to port. . Up to March 10, from the com mencement of the war, eighty-eight British inerthan vessels were sunk or twelve of them being de- mines and twenty-two by I aitm..tnAi Tn ttriittttAn ' ktntn ....i .ra hlown un fcr iwineg and twenty-eight-wera cap- j tured by hostile cran. tjdm City's CrerrSaved. The admiralty announced that the In- Sdlly Islands. It la reported thst its crew waa saved. Tha steamer Martdals was torpedoed March It off South. Rock In the Irish channel. . Twenty-nine mem bers of its craw were picked up and two wer. lost, Describe experiences. In describing his experiences, Csptsln Williams of the Indian City, who has ar rived here, ssld: "At 7:30 o'clock Friday morning, when nine miles south of 8t. Mary's island. I wni j inuuani was mi penncoi . sighted what I thought was the periscope 0f ,,Ub;' r Th i marine dived and came up astern. j "I kept the steamer going, but the sub 'marine caught up wlth'it, and through, ; th. megu phone th. commander told me to ' put my t:ag up. r hoisted the Germ. n : enslkti- The commander then told ua to I get Into the boats, which we did. II. ti.en ! blew up the stesmer." j Of the seven steamers mentioned In th. 'admiralty statementtwo, th. Andonwen (Continued on I'age Two, Column Three.) T7 SO C AllftAft 1 ICC . V- J UUUI1 ri Good for 25 cts. or 60 cts. Uy gpeclal arrangement with the management for the bene fit of Bee readers. Observe atrlctly the conditions and limi tations stipulated In the coupon. Thla I lee Coupon Entitles Dearer to one 25c or 50c Seat For the performance of fcfcSamson,, At the Boyd Theater, Monday Evening, March 15. Present at Box Office any time prior t performance and get a free admission ticket tn addi tion to the ticket you buy at the regular price. You must have a Bee coupon for oack extra ticket you ask (or.