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    The . Omaha Daily
Bee
The Sunday Dee i$ the only
Omaht newspaper that
fives its readers four big
peg eg of colored comics.
THE WEATHER
Fair
von XLIV-NO. 270.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL J1, 11)15 FOURTEEN PAtiES.
0 TrMm and at
Sotel ni Btaads, Be
SlXdLE COPY TWO CENTS.
. STRYKER OF SOUTH
OMAHA PROTESTS
MEAT RATE RAISE
'
Secretary of Live Stock Exx-anje j
Assert it Would Give Kansas
City Advantage Over the
Northern Market ' .
ST. JOSEPH MAN IS A WITNESS
Commerce Club Commissioner of
that City Makes a Similar
Argument
OTTUMWA PACKER IS HEARD
CHICAGO. April 28.
against the, advance In
-Protesta
freight
rates on packing house products and
fresh meats from Transmlssisslppl
river territory, proposed by forty
one western railroads, among other
commodity rate advances, was voiced
today before .W. M. Daolels, Inter
state. Commerce commissioner, in the
hearing of the western rate case.
Representatives of packers In In
terior points,-spokesmen for South
Omaha and St. Joseph interests, gave
.their reasons . for opposing the In-
rease of 3 V4 cents per 100 pounds,
which, the railroads are seeking to
dd to the present freight rates. . '
"X V. Stryker. secretary of the 1.1 ve
Stock exchange of South Omaha, declared
that the" chief objection to the proposed
freight rets increases was that It would
add to disadvantage which South
Omaha, already, suffered from In ..compe
tition with' Kansas City.
H. G.Kfake. commissioner of the' traf
fic bureau of the Commercial club of St j
Joseph. Mo.,' made. . a . similar protest
against the Kansas City rates, which, he
declared, worked a direct hardship on St.
Joseph Interests. ; i
H. A. Davis, traffic manager of John j
Morrell & Co.. packers' at. Ottumwa, . ob- j
JecteU to tj) eproposed advance on the i
ground that It would disturb the present
adjustment between itnerlor Iowa points
Including Ottumwa and Memphis,' where
thsra ' Is now strong competition. .
CaUforniaNon- ":
Partisan Election
; Bills Become Laws
" S ACJRAMBNTO,., Cal. ; April IS. Four
I bills ky Spesker of the Assembly C C.
'Tounf ' estaMtahlhg nonpartisan state
-rletitlinS In California .were signad today
by Oorsmor C. W. Johnson. - They rep
resent me' bblet legisls-UVe wish' of the
administration. Under them bo oandlaata
" will t tr ' futy ST eteepr eandldates
for represetjtative or Unite. States sen
ator.
Flood Conditions
In Texas Better
' HOUSTON, Tea. April 18 Central a
; South Texas flooded conditions Improved
, steidily last night and today, strength
ii entng ths belief that the worst la over,
" v although ' all transstate streams are out
of banks at -many point and damage Is
continuing. No. ratn, however, has fallen
alopg tke lower reaehes ct the rlwrsj In
mora than forty-eight hours .and ths
water Is receding slowly.
. Crests of north Texas) flood will not
arrive for several days and by that time
It Is 'believed the southern rivers will
have fallen enough to enable the water
to pass Into ths gulf without trooMs.
V WOMAN'S SKULL IS
P ; CRUSHED WITH HAMMER
BALTIMORE, Md.. . April 3 While
Miss Ida Robbina. 12, Is in a hospital here
' believed to b dying, the police today are
searching for a man and woman who are
thought to have beaten In her skull with
a hammsr. ' -
The assault took pbvoe In the offloa of
Philip Llndemeyer, where the grrl was
employed as stenographer. Before lowing
ronscloiuness she said her attacker was
a negro who demanded money..
(Later developments led the police te
B(jepect a white man and woman. '
The Weather
Forecast till T p. m. Thursday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vlatnlty
Fair and cooler.
Tenpov-f-re at
Omaha l eaterdar
Hours. Dec.
6 a. m tS
a. m A
' 1 a. m. ; 6
S a. m 67
a. m 71
10 a. m 7
11 a. m 81
is m. U
1 p. m
S p. m...
t p. m S7
4 p. m M
' S p. m U
p. m I1
T p. m 7
Is. m ..7
Ca-vwa4t-
Reeerd.
ua nut- m 1912-
Highest yasterday...
Lowest yeaterday....
Mean temperature...
Precipitation
M 47 SS K
a Am At
V eta n m i
ra A9 At f t
M ill (Id a
Temperature and precipitation depar
turea irem the normal:
Normal temperature 6S
Kxcess for the day
Total exoeaa since March 1 W
Normal preelpltation inch
Tieflctenc- for tha day U Inch
Total rainfall alnoa March 1 14s Inches
Tefl-lency ejnee March 1 1 Inches
Excess for cor. period, 114 U Inch
Eaceas for cor. period. 1914 LS Inches
Rmrti f M Slattas at T P. M.
tatton and State Temp. Hlgrh- Bain
f y aatbar. 7 p. m. eat
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eat. fail.
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7 .00
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7 01
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70 .00
Cheyenne, partly cloudy.. 4
(Denver, cloudy 72
J'es Moines, claar 74
J'odpa city, partly cloudy .M
lender, clear 74
Vf.nh Watte, clear 71
'maha, clear "4
Hueblo, clear .....74
rait Umks City, cloudy 71
i-snta 'e. cloudy U
feri4an, clear I.. ..74
:ouj City, clear.. 7S
Vslentlne. clear St
' "f" indicates trace of precipitation.
1 A. WLH. Local sorccaster.
COMING OF THE CZARS ARMY Entrance of the vic
torious Russians into the main street of the town after the
fall of, the Austrian fortress of Przemysl.
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PULMOTOR SAVES
MAN WITH MUMPS!
Oxygen Administered for Six limn
Revives Patient Thought
to Be Dying.-
SIMONS NOW HAS A CHANCE
, , A . pulmotor belonging to the
Omaha Oaa company was rushed to
Benson Tuesday on a hurry call to
save a man who bad the mumps.
L. A. Simons, a salesman for thy.
T. G." Northwall company, was the
patient. Ho had lain unconscious
tor nine hours at his home, 2805
North Sixty-first street, Benson. The
mumps had taken a"turn for the
.worse and had "gone in," affecting
hla entire system.
'Ths physician tn attendance. Dr. J. M.
P. Heumann, aaw that there was danger
of the heart falling.
He and the father of the young loan.
Charles Simons, determined that heroin
measures must be resorted to. The uas
company was called up and the aiuatiotv
explained.
Corporations may, indeed, be soulless.
But ttveir employes v have souls snd
hearts, too. .. .. ; . '
Could tltey borrow trie pulmotorf
Could they? Well, that pulmotor was
lying around the gas office just aching ,
for a chano to save a life. Could they i
borrow ltT Why. the gas oompany said ,
the Benson folks couldn t keep from bor
rowing It and they would ' send it out
douffle quick.
It arrived at the house In Benson ac-
Lcoratuiled by a skilled operator and sev-
era! tanks of oxygen. . In a Jiffy it was
at work and the oxygen was pumped
Into the system t L. A. Simons.
Administration of oxygen continued
from 10 -a- m. unUl'about 4 p. m., when
It was considered that danger was past.
Simons is resting easily now, with
every chance of complete recovery.
15,000 Letters Urge .
Governor Save Frank
ATLANTA, Ga., April is. At the gov
ernor's office today It wss ssld that IS.OnO
letters 'have been received urging that
i Leo M. Frank's death sentence be com
muned to life Imprisonment.
He wss convicted of murdering Msry
Phagan, a shop girl.
Allied Air Squadron
Raid Zeppelin Base
BKmKH.' Switzerland (via Paris), April
2. Ths military station at Romatudiorn
this morning reported the appearance of
a squsdron of silled aviators making for
IrKdricahafen, where the headquarters
o' the Zeppelin dirigible balloopa Is ' lo
cated. Soon afterwards a lively cannonacMng,
lasting hslf sn hour, wss heard. ' Six ma
cMnea are said to have been over Krled-
er:rshafen. Details of the raid are lack-
111
GENEVA. Switzerland (Via Part), April
is. A French airman yesterday threw
four bombs on ths Mauser rifle factory at
Oberndorf, near Stuttgart.
Each of these mlaalles reached Its goal,
and according to the information coming
Into Geneva considerable damage was
done. Quantities of munitions and some
machinery was destroyed.
BELGIAN RELIEF FUND
REPORTED AT LINCOLN
Following, Is s list ot subscription to
the Belgian relief fond reported st
IJnceJn: '
Amount reported nrevtmislv tll,Si
J J Christner. Waunett 1
M. M clb. reported bv Mrs.
Chfipln. Lincoln -la
Weetmlnster Presbyterian chureh. .
Unco'n 1 50
Cltisen of Keamev eountv. re
ported by Robert L. Welch.. 110.75
- i ja
. s 1 - x i it
It
BIG GERMAN FLEET
I
6
IN THE NORTH SEAis.
Captain of Swedish Craft Report
Passing Sixty-Eight Warships
of All Classes.
EXACT LOCATION IS WITHHELD
LONDON, April 28. Captain
Scott, commanding a Swedish steam
ship, reports the presence in the
North sea of a German fleet number
ing no less than slxy-elght vessels
all fold. . '
Captain Ecott, wftoes vessel has just
coma to- port.. repora..hat whMe rroMing
the North sea he was held up by one
ot these German vessel After an ex
amination of Ms papers he wss per
mitted to . proceed. The German fleet
was composed ef vessels of all classes,
from battleships ' to torpedo boats
..The dat',.. of Captain Scott's encounter
and juat where In. the North sea he
alghiel this German fleet has not been
ann'-unoed
Reporter Denies v
Story He Was Under
Sentence of Death
GALVESTON, Tex., April 2S. Phi! E.
McCleary, the , American newspaper man
recently reported sentenced to ' death by
General Caxransa, arrived here today on
the ateamshlp City of Tamplco from Vera
; Crus. He ssld he bad no trouble with the
; Carransa government, but Is employed In
Its news service.
The Bee's Frpnk Petitions will
be Transmitted to Governor
" of Georgia With End of this Week
Interest Growing Right Along,
The Bee wishes to give notice it will send in to the governor of
Georgia the signed Leo M. Frank petitions with the close of this
week, although interest in the movement to save this young man from
the death penalty seems to be increasing, as indicated by the requests
for petition blanks and the activity of the people interested.
The Bee Is advised hy James Richardson that aince forwarding the
Cornell alumni petition, published In The Bee last Sunday, flv additional
signatures have been secured and transmitted, making a total of thlrty-sU,
reptesentlng practically the total alumni strength In this community, tbi
additional nsines being C. A. Thomaa, '00; John H. T. Riley, '09; David
W. MagowgB, '11;. Dr. C. H. Waters, '12, and Sanford R. Glfford. '18.
Many individual letters are going forward, copieg of gome of then
coming to us, among them one from
Pardons, Mayor Fisher of Chadton, Dr. Oeorge A. Matthews of Wray, Colo.,
and several others who asked that their names be not printed.
In Council Bluffs, former Mayor Thomas Maloaey, who lay also ex
national treasurer of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, ent a petition of
S00 signatures to be presented to the state president of the order at At
lanta, of which the following is a copy:
COUNCIL. BLUFFfIs.. April 2.'
Hon. P. C. Keeney, Stats President A. O. H , Atlanta, Oa. Daar Sir and
Brother: I am mailing you today a petition which our people up In this country
are very much Interested In, which I would kindly sak you from a fraternal
standpoint to preeent to the governor either by yourself or somebody selected
ty you.
This Is a petition asking the governor to save Leo M. Prank from the gal
lons. I am not criticising ths method of ths trial or anything connected with
its procedures, but ws fellows tn the fane of the circumstantial evidence think
O.at the sentence at least ought te be changed . to imprisonment for life, as
there Is .always a chanoe that somebody might be mistaken, and .none of ua
would feci like convicting someone that there was any chance of a mistake
bomg made along that Una
I am writing thla letter personally and asking you to do this from a stand
point of fraternalism aad also to ahow a lot of bigot In thla part of the country
that our psople are big and broad enough at all timea to help any unfortunate
Kllow, no iifatter what nationality or religion ha might be.
If you a 111 kindly do thla for me I will greatly appreciate It, and If the
orP'Ttuniry ever preaents Itaelf I will be very glad to return the compliment
at any time. .
Kind regarda to ail, I am, fraternally yours. THOMAS MALONET,
' Ex-National Trsasursr.
FRENCH CRUISER IS
SUM BY AUSTRIAN
SUBMARINE CRAFT,,"
, un.veratty made public today hi reply
Majority of Crew of Over Sevenl1" ,h" MxtT ii"d htm by rrof
Hundred Men of Leon Oambetta
Lost as Ship Torpedoed
in Otranto.
. authorities any reeponslbllitv lor the
ALL OFTICEES DIE AT POSTS Verses and ns Harvard s policy of free-
.. - dom of speech will be preserved. His
Victim. Are Mostly Asleep Whenj'--- M M
Explosion Destroys the War Prof. Meyer:. Your letter has come, and
Vessel ; I am grieved at the. feeling .of Irritation
BOAT IS DOING PATROL DUTY i
.-
BH1NDI91, Italy. April
Paris, April 2. (11
layea in ,
Transmission.) The French cruiser,
Leon Gnnibetta has been torpedoed j
by the Austrian submarine U-6 in t na,
Strait of Otranto. the waterway lead-
,ng to the Adriatic Sea.
The first report of the destruction ;
: of this cruiser came from the men
on duty at tho semaphore station of
I Santa Maria Leuca. These men at
!once gave the alarm and vesrels were
sent out to the aid of the Leon Oam
betta from Brindinl, Taranto, Otranto
and Barl. ,
Watehta Strait.
Since the beginning or Anlo-Krench
rparatlons against the PardsnePes lha
French warships In the Adriatic hava
limited their activities la watching ths
Btralt of Otranto. with the Idea of pre
venting any Austrian a il iuatlne escaping
from the Adriatic, at the head of which
is ,rola, the Austrian navnl base, and
reselling the coast of Turkey. This pa
trol dutywlfs parllVularly to proiet the
vessels of the elites operating aralnsl he
Ufcrdaneiles.
The submarine which attacked' the Leon
Oambetta came from Catt.ro. on the
eastern coast of tli Adriatic, an Ai.slrlnn
port about 800 miles from Bants Maria
uca point. This dlstsnee could have
cn traveled by the submarine In sbout
! twenty hours.
Three French cruisers were last night
watching the strait between the Island
of Corfu snd the Italian ooaat.
Their Po.Mlow.
It appears that they took up a position
about half way between Santa Maria
Leuca and the Greek island of Othonl.
lb ere the craft waited for Its pray, and
when the opportunity afforded discharged
its torpedo against the I-eon Oambetta,
which was one of three French cruisers
doing patrol duty.
It is believed the Leon Oambetta had
on board' a craw ' numbering 714 men. In
cluding twenty-two officers. A majority'
cf thagmea vara asleep at ths time ths
crttlner- was sunk.
From Information gathered from vari
ous survivors it is possible to construct
the story of tile disaster as follows: .
Farts with dales Ferry. -
The Leon Oambetta parted company
with the French cruiser Jules Ferry last
night to cross the Strait of Otranto with
a vtaw to co-operating with other French
ships In an attempt to block ths Austrian
fleet If It should seek to leave the Adrt
atlo. This was no unusual maneuver, as
ths Leon "Oambetta for months had been
going up and down the coast.
The. sea . was perfectly . calm and the
' moon shone, brightly. Although the Leon
Oambetta showed no lights snd adopted
trie other customary precautions, there
was ne suspicion of danger.
At midnight the warship wss sbout
twenty miles from Cape Bant a Maria
Leuca. The lookout could see distinctly
the lights on ths Italian' coast. At sea
nothing appeared on the horlson. .
Fearfal Bleat Follows.
Suddenly there was a fearful explosion,
which shook the cruiser fore and aft.
Officers and man remained calm, and.
(Continued on Page Four, Cplumn Four.)
E. G. Maggi of the Nebraska Board of)
Peeved German Professor Told No
. Lid on Free Speech at Harvard
Ma., April St I'resl-
lenre Itoncil or Harvard
Kunn Meyer or int nivereiiy or nei-
j tin. In wht-h the latter protested agMnst
'the publication by a Harvard student pa-
; per of a poem entitled "Holt Mil Vni." '
. Pr. Loivcll disclaims for I ha university i
j aaalust Harvard that II shows. Th
i poem and prUs to which ou refer I hid
iROOSRVRLT OPTRH
w w - - w
flAiTfimmnn ni i mm
.
lIiUlt!,, 5eye41 " '
wem to neaaqnancrs wncn c
Could Not Agree with It.
CROSS-EXAMINATION IS ENDED
SYRACUSE, N. Y., April J8.
Theodore Roosevelt told today as a
witness In the $50,000 libel suit
brought aaglnct b,lm by William
Barnes, when governor of New York
and president of the United States,
he conferred with former United
States Senator Thomas C. Piatt
"the boss." .
While he was governor of New
York the colonel declared he dis-
cussed things with Senator Piatt be-
j rRllse he hnd found out that the leg-
; tslatur obeyed hla orders. And thi
; ,v.
thouht " beit h' tber
was any likelihood of that law-mak
ing body of the state disagreeing, with
him to first go to headquarters and
talk things over. Further, as gov
ernor, the colonel said he did net
vant to run any chances of disrupt
ing the republican party.
As president ot ths United Htstes the
colonel roedlly sdmltted he conferred
constantly with the senator from New
York on all manner of things. He said
he valued tho senator's sdvloe snd
wanted to take advantage of his wide
experience.
These statements' were msde In reply
to quesilens ssked the colonel during the
early part ot his. redirect exsmlnstlon,
his cross-examination by counsel for
,4 William Barnes having bean concluded
today. ,' ' .
L J'la clriel waa most. active ew. th. jltJ
neiis stand., lie slapped his hsnds upon
his thighs snd moved his arms and head
to glva emphasis to Ills words. He raised
his voice and pounded Upon the arm ot
the witness chair until counsel for M"
Barnes entered sir objection with the
court against what they termed his
Vgostlculs lions."
When Justice Andrews sscended the
bench he warned the jury against read
ing the newspapers.
Mr. Ivlns then asked the colonel
whether he remembered making a speech
st Hudson Falls in 1913.
. "Where la Hudson Falls?" ssksd the
ootcnel. i
Mr. Ivlns replied: "I have never been
governor and consequently I have never
been all over the state."
The speech at Hudson Falls wss read.
In It Colonel Roosevelt wss reported, ss
saying that Mr. Barnes was a menace
to tho stste of New York and that It
be wss a menace befors election he wss
"a menace yet."
'John M. Bowers, Colonel Roosevelt's
chief counsel, objected. Mr. Ivlns , ex
plained to the court that the colonel's
speeches were not being Introduced with
an Idea of compounding the alleged libel,
but with the idea of showing ths colonel's
state ot mind. The objection was over
ruled. Baraea aad Marphy.
In another speech Colonel Roosevolt
was quoted as saying, but he said he was
Incorrectly quoted, "that Mr. B. and Mr.
M" should be In the same party. The
speech wss delivered In Saratoga. In It
Colonel Roosevelt was also quoted ss
saying that one controls New York and
the other controls Albany.
Colonel Roosevelt said the speech was
substantially correct, but that part of
thing he said had ' been left out snd
parts had been shortened and incorrectly
reported.
"I never ssld 'Mr. B. snd Vr. M , "
the eolonel said. "1 aald 'Mr. Barnes and
Mr. Murphy.' "
In another" peech' ..Colonel Roosevelt
was quoted ss ssylng that "Mr. Whit
man was one of the moat efficient In
struments of Tammany." An objection to
the reading of this speech wsa sustained.
In a speech delivered st Malone, N. Y.,
Colonel Rooeevelt chargm! that Mr.
(Continued on Psge Four, Column Two.)
Free Coupon
For the
Best Movies
Ry special arrangement with
elgUt of the leading moving
picture theaters THE TJEK Is
enabled to give Its readers a
combination coupon good for
a free admission to any one
of them on days specified.
In Sunday's Dee
CIJCANINO establiahmrnt; good
proposition for a huatlsr; hex
piendld reputation and good trad;
food raaaona for Bailing: will trale
r Income property or 11,000 caah.
ror farther tafonnanoa ebon
this opporta-ltr, soe th Waat
Ad Beouoa of The Bee today.
never heard of until vour letter came.
"As you are aware, the freedom of
speech of neither the professors nor the
students In an A merles n university Is
limited, nor are tiiey themselves subject
In their utterance to the direction of
the authorities. This policy of freedom
of speech we shall continue to pursue.
for we believe
which accords
It to be the only one ;
with the principles of
mileinl.; freedom. I hope the time will
come when you and your colleagues in :
Ocnimny w ill re, oRniite that this course j
Is the only right one. Very truly your.
a. t.AvRKNt:n i.owki.1.." i
Tlie poem, which was anlltk-rmsn 1.1'
tomv, was Written In coiiiik lltlon and the
author whs given a prise. The Judges I
Were two professors of the university.
UlNFON LEADERS AWD
w
nitirnrinn tvTiTrimi-riM
Labor Officials and Contractors Are
Charged with Boycotting Ma-,
terial Made Outside City.
100 MEN
AND
FIRMS NAMED
CHICAGO. April 28. The eigh
teen officials of labor unions, eighty
two contractors or contacting firms
and two alleged trusts named in In
dictments returned in the United
States district court yesterday charg
ing violation of trie Sherman anti
trust and interstate commerce law,
were eipeclcd to appear today to
give bond of $10,000 for each Indict
ment In which their names appear.
If the Indicted men do not reeepotid
within a few dsys, It Is announced by
the court capiases wrtl be Issued.
' Ths chnrKca In each of the eight In
dlolments ere conspiracy to restrain
trade, combination In restraint of trado,
Interferlnv with Interntate commerces
and rest mining Interstate commerce. The
labor leaders are charged with having
prevented union workmen from unlondins
or handling goods which bad been
shipped from oulalde the state, because
of alleged dlstiutes with the concerns to
.which the kooiIh sre billed. '
Rnrentt Outside Material.
The Indictments charge that associa
tions have been formed here for the pur
pose of boycotting goods, tn certAln lines,
manufactured outside of Chicago. The
Uhcr leaders. It wss alleged, had sgrced
not lo permit their men to work on Jobs
where m terial msnufactured outelds of
Chics so' wss being used, snd ths con
tractors agreed. It was charged, to em
ploy only workmen Who Were members
of the unions which belonged tn ths ss-
sooi.ttlon.
.KflrUJ., ef the 0laa.-L)gMlng jl4
Fixture association and the Chlrsgo
Switchboard Vsnufaeturers' association
we.ni nsnied In two Indictments. Many
well known - electrical contractors also
were Included In' the list.
The Investigation was started a year
sgo.
tateaieat by O'Doanel.
Pimon O'Donnell ssld of ths Indictments:
- "I am sure I know nothing of anything
I may be charged with. I have been
fighting for ths good of the workmen ot
the city and have held out consistently
for an agreement which explicitly sets
out that there rhsil be no discrimination
against goods made outside Chicago. Of
cotirite, no one cares to have a federal
indictment ngnlnnt him."
Similar expressions rams from other
labor leaders who were Indicted snd from
contract irs who are alleged to have con
spired with the unions to keep goods
(Continued on Pags Four, Column Three.)
Miss Jane Addams :
Made Chairman of
Peace Conference
THE HAUL' El, Netherlands, April M
(Vla London.) The International . Con
gress of Women today unanimously made
Miss Jane Addams, one of the American
delegates, chairwoman.
The gathering adopted resolutions pro
testing against the madnea and horror
of war; opposing the assumption that
women can be protected under conditions
af modern warfare: recognising women's
responsibility in connection with wars,
but declaring I hat tticlr'liiflueme against
wars could ha effective only with eciual
political rights; pledging wotnon to do
sll In their power to promote mutual
understanding and good will, and urging
the neceaaity of directing the education
of children toward the Idea of con
structive peace.
Other motions adopted expreeeed It aa
the conviction of the conference that in
ternational disputes should be referred
to arbitration and conciliation.
There waa ad opt "d also a general reso
lution declaring women to be united In
spite of the hatred and bloodshed now
filling the world
Harvester Denies
Carranza Charges
WASHINGTON. April 2S.-The Inter-
national Harvester eompsny today for-
mally denied to He. rotary Bryan that it
had sought sdvsntages over competitors
In Yucatan In the purchase of alaal gtas
and
disclaimed knowledge of charges
made by the Carransa government that
one of its sgents had used the name of
the State department to further It In
terests. On requrst of Luis Ceberere, Oar
ranaa's secretary ot the treasury, com
plaint waa lodged with the State depart
ment against the methods aald to be em
ployed by Avellno Montes, on agent In
Vucatan of the harvester company. The j
complaint churKed that Monte used the j
name of the Htate department to force ,
condition in negotiation between ira 1
ducr snd consmer or sisal and had i Telephone Tyler 1000.
attempted to pay for the fibre In recogT
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LAND CAMPAIGN
ALONG STRAITS
IS PROGRESSING
French Troops Are Advancing on
Asiatic Side of the Dardanelles
and British on the
European Side.
FIERCE BATTLE IN FLANDERS
Britjjh and Report. Indicate
. .
that German Offensive Near
Ypres is Halted.
GERMAN REPORT CONTRADICTS
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May 8 war news
SBf
more are enaaaed with the Mrlt
th, Helalan and French la a
atraarnte tnr master- of the terrt.
Rl M1t .Ml A I X are mls the
ffeaalve la another af their re
peated efforts to .posh over the
ooaatala barrier la llantrary,
BRITISH COHRKPOMDRT In
northern France telegraphs that
the Herman effort to lara the left
British flank near Yaree has failed
aad that the German have been
eheeked definitely, sltknnik the
hattle etlll enattnaee with vtn
Irnee. BISSIAN AND AISTBIAN official
statements Indicate that fin-tin
la the Carpathian la heeoatlna;
snore Intense. Rarfc aide elalsna
o hare defeated the attaeke of the
other, hat It le apparent that
arodaallr the activity la spreading
alongr the areater section of the
hattle line.
ITALY IS STILL DKRATIXG the
ejaeatlon whether It shall Inter
vene la the war,
AI.I.IKg AT TMK IMRDANEM.F.S
have aacceeded In laadlaaj troopa
on both aldea of tho etralta, Inane
v aratlaai the combined laad and sea
attempt at tho eoaqaest at Con
stantinople, FRFMCH ARMORF.n CRUISER Leon
tiainbetta, of 19,40 tone displace
ment, ksa beea torpedoed by aa
Aaatrlan aaamarlae. The Berlin
news agjeacy which made the an-
aooneeaient ear that port of the
erew of between TOO and HO men
waa aared.
NKW UKRM A!. ATTACK ea a ar
scale has been Inaagnrated In Has.
alaa Polaad, mark I a. tho rMsa.
Hon ot aotlva hostilities after a
loan loll.
uEHLlN (via London). April g.
a well authenticated report has
reached Berlin that the left wing of
the allies' landing force on the Cal
llpoll peninsula, which General von
LIman von Sanders, the German com
mander of the Turkish forces re
ported yesterday as holding out, has
now surrender to the Turka.
LONDON, April 28. England la
breathing free again today In the
belief that the German offensive near
Ypres has been stopped and the coun
try is finding time to turn Its atten
tion to the Dardanelles where an al
lied army has landed on both shores
of the gtraita.
Parts reports that the French sec
tion landed on the Asiatic shore and
la making steady progress, despite
the stubborn resistance of the Turk
ish defenders, who are atrongly en
trenched and supported by artillery.
The British section has success
fully made a base on the European
side of the straits. .
t -able to Make rrosrresa.
Turkey admits thes landings, but de
clares thst the slllcs have been unable
to make any progress toward the Interior.
The Istest French official announcement
declares thst the allies are making con
tinued progress between Ypres and Dlx
mude where the capture of Driaonera.
niaclilne guns snd wsr supplies Is claimed.
I Following the reported failure of the
German attack at Lcs Eparge. the
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