Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, June 02, 1915, Page 2, Image 2
e niK m .maha. wkjni-iav, .h'm; ITALIANS OCCOPY HEIGHTOF ZUGM Official Statement Sayi Strong Aus trian Position Which Dominate Rorerto ia Captured. AUSTBIANS DEFEATED Hf PASS CDINK, Italy. June Via Parta, i 3:10 p. m.) Italian troop bare or t inpled thirty-seven villages err ? rounding Cortina In Ampbemo rsHcy. I The troopa which occupied thee towna constitute the Italian smiy j which Is invading the province of Trent from the south and Mat j atmuItaaeouEiy with he Invesiout from the south and west. The town ; of Cortina, occupation of which by : the Ttaliana wag announced yester : day. Ilea alxty miiea northetet of ; Trent. I ROME. May 31. I Via Parla, June 1.) The following ofucal statement I of the operatlona of the Italian mill tary forces wre Issued tonight by t General Cadorna, chief of the gen j era! auff : I "The advance) of our trocpa beyond the Tyrol-Trentlno frontier continues t and we hare occupied the Important height of Zugna, about four ml lea ; north of Ala. which dominate Ro r vereto. Upon thia height the Aua ; trlana some time ago ordered t : fortreaa hnllt. 5 Artillery Decides Actios. "Our vtgorooi anlllerr eclem upon the : plateau being follow up, tba fit ef the Austrian front at Belvedere diminishes In ; Intensity and our Infantry la solidly ee- tabllahed upon the field. "Our front advance in Val Bngang has arrived within five mllea of Borgo and 1 1s supported strongly en two alopaa of tbe ' valley. The mountain of Belvedere, ; which dominate Flera TH Prlmteii In the Claroon valley. Is also In our hands. "A battalion and half of Aeetrlan ' with machine runs attacked our Alpine troops In a defile of Monte Croce, on the . ('unit frontier. May - The Alpine troopa repulsed five spirited attacks, fle ; llvered one after the other, after which they took the offensive In a violent rain . end thick foe. putting their assailants to ' flight Our losses were light. "The rain continue en the Frtul! f ran- tier and th water courses are swollen, but our troops advance In enrene con fidence to overcome their difficulty." . Stratt eI Krwlu fleeed at Wight. ; WASHINGTON. June l.Navlgatlon in ' t lie Ctraita of Mecalna between half an : hour after sunset and half an hour before : sunrts haa been prohibited by the Italian i government, whloh haa so edvteed the ' Amricn embassy at Home. In POET AND STATESMAN HEADING ITALIAN WAR DEMONSTRATION Gabriele D'Anunxio and at the right Signor Marcora, president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, marching at the head of the great procession at the recent dedication of the Garibaldi monument at Quarto. -1 1 VI 1 n it! i Baaseaer Teertet Eirenioai. Effective June 1, Nickel Plate road will atell reduced rate tickets to various eait ' rva points. Confer with local agent or write John T. Calahan, A. O. P. A., U W. .'Aden-is St., Chicago. ELECTORS DECIDE : I FOE CITY MERGER j. BY BIG MAJORITY (Continued from Page One.) Tpr Greater Omaha. Ced by Tee Bo. theme who have worked hard for this ecMevement fel. that their labors hate ben. rewarded and that Greater Omaha will bo great in fact as well aa In fony. South Omahana are feellna jubilant end those who were against the propoetPtm i ow erpreee a williognesa to Join fiends vita their new brothers and they hew declare they are read? to work tegwOtar in upbuilding the consolidated community. Mswtwr Dies Hard. A) coterie ef officeholders in Mouth Omaha died hard, Purmg the day Tiomaa Kootor ecoured the north and west preetneta ef Omaha In an automo fc He with eards purporting te imanate from aa Omaha source. One set of cards reed) '"Our city has not been lb1 te irovtde for needed Improvement already aaked for. WW It help us te annex South Omaha, and IuiwWr ' Another card read: "OmeJia 'ha now a bondel debt of tit.oeo.oin. Why load up with South Onahe'a tXKtt.Ooo? Vote no." But Qmait lople did nt fall for this ".advice. ,' Geveraoe, leawee ITvelaaettaa. The nest formality .of . the .Qreatar iMoaiie vote will he the official canvaas. which will be ooiui-Uted this week. Then the election bommieeloner will , certify to the fovemor, who will leeue a proclm tlon officially declaring the' ooneoUdated territory te few Oreeter - Ovtahe. Thta proclamation will be filed, with the city Herk of Omaha and after a lapse' of ten tlaya the consolidation wilf actually be In effect and the preeent Omaha city offi cial will have authority to take over the of t vox, record and .books pf South' Omaha and Dundee. At th eearoe time the eperation ef the existing Omaha city (.barter end ordinances will be extended uver the annexed territory. What Effect Will Be. There will be many details for the Omaha officiate to work out. The merger law provide that the South Omaha, police court. Jail and notice judge shall remain also the library, the high echool and aab- treury. Th preeent police judge in Xouth Omaha wtll hold hla office until Jaunary 1. 117. Next year at the regular fall election the consolidated territory 1U elect two polios judges end - than Greater Omaha may be redistrfrted and on ef tbe police Judgce must serve within th territory annexed, the underetandln being that South Omaha territory will have an peltc judge, although It la gen erally believed that the line dividing theater Omaha will be extended aome distance north of the preeent north limlta of Fouth Omaha, after January ' 1917. . , . . ('leg I froakt stales. Members of the polioa. tire and acheel departments of South Omaha and Dundee will com unicr tbe present rule and reg ulation of thee departments la Omaha. It will mtaa lnrceaed aalsriee for these city meploye. Th city official of South OmtU will Ctaee la b and various board will autou'ieUcelly be eliminated. A companion bill to the merger law provide that the South Omaha High krhool shall be maintained ea Its preeent basis of grades and tetma. ; i fcoutb Omaha prcarnls a flOkncUtl sit vation whUh w mrt la the mergvr law, ly allolng the officials ef Greater 'niaha to lu ii.teieet bearing war- taut for Ue laet fiv. meatha ef Uili 'M ,-wu VvNV i i " - STATE ORDERS PRDSECDTION Attorney General Takes Step to Force Loop County Authen tic t to Axt. PETITION COMES FROM CITIZEJJS (from a ttaf Oorreiiondent.) I.INCXJLJs', June 1. (Special.) Attorner Oeneral Reed has taken the Ioup county authorities severely to task for the fall- itire to prterute RcnJmln Gjilbreath, the , fclle?eit murderer of Roy Fox. In a Ict , ter to Qovernor Morehead he pliLce .the blame for the Inactivity of the authori ties upon "a eelf-conetltuted vlgllanre committee." wlio. "for tear of putting j the county to expenee. have become j themeelves tlx groseeet uf law vlolatore," and who "are threatenins another mur jder." He direct City Attorney A. H. Moon to i proceed Immediately to pronccuto and 'notifies him that ho lias appointed Fred jo. liawxby of Auburn hb epeclel counsel to anelst him in the trial of the caee. lie 'ief)uct the county Bttorncy to join In ' a roquost to Judge llanua, calling for a ' grand Jury, or In lieu thereof, to j operate with Mr. lUwxby In having the j defendant bound over to the district j court. The attorney general was moved to ao lion bv a rjctltlon signal by ninety-four residents of the county snd directed to the Judges of the district court In th first instance, It was referred by them s per requeet of the petitioners to th .wi h ettnrnev aeneraU The !petltlc,n was uhdor the following date line: "Taylor. Neb., January, 1!15." I Woodmen of World Appeals Its Case (Kiom a ritaff Corespondent.) 1JNCX5L.N. June 1. (8peclal.)-Supreme Forest, Woodmen Circle, has apealed to the enpremo court from the adverse iudgmciit of U.Wt rendered Mlnt it and In favor of Rose II. Rice by the Dougla county district court. The plain tiff altered that aha wa duly elected eu- preme physician of the circle for a term LONDON CENSOR KEEPS LID ON AIR RAEDBYGERMANS (Continued from Page One ) fronv Athens there Is a party In Hie Turkleh capital which Is demanding the oreninr of the straits and Immediate reace overtures. f'rraeh Resxtrt More tlelorlen. PARIS, June 1. The French war office ! this afternoon guve out a report on the progn-es of hoettlltlee which reads: "Violent fighting took place last nlaht in the region tf the north of Arr a. "To the eaet of the road from Alx Noulette to touches we made our way Into a grove, and here developed a hand j to hand fight In which we haa the ad vantage. "On the plateau to the eaut of Notre l'anie De Lorrtle w took poeeeeeion of a Herman works. "A very viulr nt flpht developed around j the utrr mill at Houchez, in tie course 1 of which wo took fclout nixty prlKoner. i "In the VoeaKe neur Jmtenelle, nfrth , of St. Jde, during the r.ea'it of May 30-S1, ' a Oertnan attacK In whi.-h two companlea particlpoted. was repulsed by us with heavy Ices for the enemy." Mexicans Fire On American Launch BAN DIKGO, Cat., June l.-The Amer ican fishing launch America arrived here today speckled with btilletholes re ceived, the crew ealil, at Ptmta -Ilanda bay, twelve miles sotitheaHt of Kneenada, Lower California. Bullets also tore the clothing of the crew. Owners of the boat said they believed It wss mistaken for a launch attempting to land Chinese. The firing began from ambush when the America dropped anchor snd con tinued until It was out of range. PRESBYTERIANS DIVIDE EDUCATIONAL FUND U)VEUANI. Colo., June 1. "The aP- of four years, beginning In 1908, but that portlonmcnt of funda to educational In i0 Li. v..e vet to serve, she etltutlons, approved by the general as-1 It twix wavsa m - - - was deposed and her place taken by Dr. Charles a Brown. Bh wa given a ver dict for the 1911 salary. SENATOR MATTES PAYS . CALL AT THE STATE HOUSE rPram a Staff Correspondent.) UNCO UN, June.l. ( Special .V-Henator I John Mattes of Nebraska City was a I rtate houee caller today. He had business with the attorney general concerning; ! litigation that Involvea a cement patent 1 v. i. intaMiitMl. it waa also I whispered that the Otoe county senator nter.d the ministry I "f"i ' ...ii, two con- I!'1. Inclusive, and tl errtbly of the t'nlted Preehyterlan church today, provldos a maximum of Pi.COO for the cxrenses of the hoard of education and J2.0CO each to Pittsburgh and Xenia seminaries. The balance of tho educa tional fund, e&timated at HI .(XX), will cto to the following college: Cooper, Mon mouth. Muskingum, , Tarklo and West minster. Under the termx of the apportionment three-fourtha of the fund due the five colleges will be on a comparative ba(s, including tlic afnrregate hours of religious instruction, tlie : service rendered the ch'trch by the number of students who between 1905 and the board's estimate year, because South Omaha's fiscal year ends July a, for the further reason that the mergwr will cut out the South Omaha lvy which otherwise would be made In July and would be available to the extant ef M per cent in August. Money ea Offset. To offcet much - of thia deficiency th consolidated Tidal will hajve (for use unearned salaries of floutb Omaha offi ciate during part of June end all of July, also pnhlla service corporation royalties for the last' quarter of the year arid etlier mlH?ellaneous collections, making th situation. It la said, not a serious ene. r '.. The nest Omaha lev will be declared by th elty council during the last of July, hut will not be available , until January , navt year. The city council ef ratr Omaha, may lvf up to th aorsaent Omalia charter maximum of, tl.aio.ooo and aa much of th eBouth Omaha charter maxi mum ae msy be necessary, In this mart eer providing for tag collections next year to, meat wsrrants which msy be Issued to tanry South Omaha territory during the Inst five months of the year. Manley Member of River Terminal i Conference Board R.- H. Uanley waa made ono ef a com mittee five te make arrangemonte for, the river terminal conference of repre sentatives, ef a half dosen states to he held some time la October. Hr. Manley .has returned from BL Louta, where Monday ha attended th . met trur of the executive commute ef th Kiver Terminal ronference. The matter of how to finance the river terminals, 'the matter of deciding on' the host type 'of terminals, and a lot of other question relating to river navigation de velopment ' are te he ' taken ur by the river terminal conference. ' Mr. Manley found a lot ef enthusiasm at th' meeting at Rt. Iioula because of Omaha's determi nation te get back Into river navigation after twenty-five year. Penna Said to Have , Made Long Journey to Get His Victim . : :' (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, June L-fHpeclai.-Ila,uii. tlon papers for Fedele Tenna, said to be a member of the Italian Blackhand so ciety, convicted of the murder of Angelo Romanlnl In Trumbet, O., were granted by the governor today. Penna Is said to have followed his vic tim across the Vnlted Btutes until he raught him In Ohio. The chase waa a lively ono, the doomed man seeming to know that his life was 'a danger. Penna was convicted of murder iri the first de gree, but escaped, and la now In the cus tody' of the authorities In Omaha. lin. th- annolntment of a new in-' the adequacy of tho financial policy of I i . a--tne W. IT. ,tho InUirtdtial rchool. j lUrtnCf9 JUIMIllseiwa . - - Wilson of Fremont hae been a Lincoln Xisltor during th last few days. It 1 said that he la also Interested in the latter matter. ALL BRIDGES OUT FOR MILES ON THE NIOBRARA (TVom a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. June" 1. Speclal.-For BOAT KEEPER AT CARTER LAKE HAS REAL BOOSTER There's tricks to alt trades, the old timers say, hut who'd ever think that tow-headed keeper of boats for hire on Carter lake could have aught hut the weather man to conjure for him? i .. u.y i'ii. utiurr 1119 slimier ut a seventy-five mllea along; the Monrara dumb of . trees, sits a man In a boat there la not a paesable bridge, according; pulling out two-poundera every five mln- Add Famous Closing Remarks 'One Whisky' ' NACO, tionora. Mexico, June 1. -Declaring he wa being shot to satisfy the demands of American residents, Je Aoero waa executad here today aa a any In the presence of several hundred people. ! Acero stood beside the grave dug for htm In, a cemetery where the exeeutlon took place and asked for a drink of whisky and a cigar. After taking- the drink end lighting; the cigar he blew tbe moke In the direction of the filing squad and announced he was ready to die. Although condemned aa a spy, Acitfa offenses, according to th. Mexican offi cials, consisted of holding: up thrs Amer ican gamblers and attacking two Ameri can women while he was a member ef th police tore her. ... Germany is Sinking . . Ships by Wireless? to State Engineer Johnson. ' Between the town of Niobrara and Carns five bridges have either g ne our or ro lnar'f8i'ie by reason of the river having cut around them. Mr. Johnson says that old settlers tell hiin that the water waa the highest It had been In thirty years. Many email bridges were washed out also. The damage seems to have been confined for tho most part to the Niobrara country. Aquitania on Rocks in the Mersey River NEW YOKK. June 1. Passengers on the steamship Lapland, In today from Liverpool, said they had seen the Cunard liner Aquitania. the largest British ship ever launched, which was commandeered early In the war for use as a transport, on the rock In the Mersey. , Taf t Terms German Reply Irresponsive NKW HAVEN. Conn.. June 1. William II. Tuft, when asked tonight te comment upon the German reply to the American j note, said; 1 "I think tho reply of the Oermaa gov- j ernment la lrrepoalve., - . I utes. Occasionally' he rows back to the boat house for more bait, and there he accidentally exhibits his "thus far" string and causes a mad rush for boats, bait and poles , The string of fiah Is a mere theatrical "prop," and the finned beauties that he pulls out regularly are not hooked, but tied on. One fellow yesterday wore part of his Jaw awny repeating- " 'Sunny I can't ketch 'em a tali, an that feller there's pulllti Vm In regulor'n clockworks. It beats me, brother, it beats me"' And about that time the "ehlll" would "catch" another fish, and the surround ing flock of envious fishermen would sigh and try It again for awhile. Read the Bee Want Ads each day. eherrod Smith Ifwrta Ankle. Pitcher Shsrrod Smith of Brooklyn has been laid up with a wrenched ankle, sus tained while going after a batted ball In practice at Brooklyn last Tuesday. CEDAR YALLEY RACES AT ; ; MASON QITV JUNE. 15-17 MAW)N C1TT, la' June l.-peclal.t June 15, !, IT are the days for the an nual rart ng event for this city, a mem ber of th Cedar valley circuit. For four teen year this racing vnt haa com without a single Intermission, and, con trary te the record of some cities In the elrtult. the weather haa been such that they have (laid out In good ahape. Thia year there wilt he a larger field of har ness horse than evr before, according to the Judgment of the management. And In addition to this there will be several thoroughbred .running horse and. these race are to he featured this year, th first In the history of the association. Three hames races and ene running race wilt occur each day. Four thousand dol lar have been hutur tto In purse, and theew will b at least ISO horses on the track. llorsM from Texas. Oklahoma. Kentucky, Tnnee. New York. Ohio, Uarylend. California and Colorado are entered. PROFESSOR MERRILL . ' KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE SALT LAKE C1TT. June l.-Prof. Lewis A. Merrill, vice president ef the Panama exposition commission ef Utah and a wMely known agricultural expert, died this morning ef Injuria rwelved taat eight, wken his automobile ran off an embankment. Three ether persons In th sarty were slUrntly Injured. Prof. Met-rtti waa agricultural expart of the Salt Lak tout at th time of his death and waa a member ef the faculty of th stau ag ricultural college for several years" MAKE PROTEST AGAINST CLEMENCY FOR FRANK ATLANTA, (.a.. Jue 1. Th Georgia Prison commutation grantsd a hearing today to a delegation which presented th rotosl o" a mas meeting- In Marietta laet nlftlit against commutation of I.o M. Frank s death entenr,e. Mary I'liagan. of . whose murder Frank waa convicted, formerly lived at Marietta. LONDON,' June 1. Tho titiKteation has been made In the Evening standard by Fred T Jane, the naval author, that the steamer Priucein Ijetie was blown up by a Germux .wireless device.. .The t'llnceta Irene, an auxiliary In the British navy, was blown ur lat week In Sheemeas harbor with a loss of more tnan 30"! Uvea Mr. Jane pointed out the fact that the baitlerhlu Bulwark waa suddenly blown to stoma not far from the same spoi anu snid n was a curious comet-1 u-wiiivii-rnv Jum t.Th . of d-noe." Experiments, he ,ald, havv j lhe 'iuprem, counull of th. Royal rca- -r I'rope.iy um . .,,., , by-law, to cha.ig.i It ROYAL ARCANUM RATE CHANGE IS LEGAL t'uned charge bv wirelej from a short ' distance. Half Dozen Killed as Auto Truck Plunges TA1JK, Tx., June 1. 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