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a Daily Everybody Reads A"Ji tiappenfng eve.-y y. If fetta doa't re4 year star we; rry day, t' roar fault. HE THE WEATHEB Cloudy VOL. XLV NO. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1915 TWELVE TAOES. Oa Trains, at Hotel Maw Stands, sto., M SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. OMAH Bee GREENEBAUM FREED ON $20,000 BOND FOLLOWING ARREST General Manager of Indiana Trans . vortation Company First of Six Hen Named to Be Taken Into Custody. FEDERAL INSPECTOR WITNESS General George Uhler Testifies Be ' fore Redfield in Investigation at Chicago. ' DECLARES FORCE EFFICIENT Bl'LLETIX. CHICAGO. July 29. Lato In the afternoon on an application to Judge O'Connor the bonds of W. K. Greene laum were reduced to $20,000 and he was released, his sureties being personal friends.' CHICAGO, July W. K. Greenebe-jm. general manager of the Indiana Trans portation company, which chartered the Eastland, wai the flrat of the six men ordered held' to the grand Jury by the verdict of the coroner'a Jury, arretted. He wn ordered taken Into custody on a coroner'a mittimus and taken to the county Jail. Tear that Mr. Greenebaum might be harmed by other prtaonera caused the Jailer to detain htm In the Jail office rather than the cell room. There are three prisoners In the Ja'l who lost relatives In the Eastland, caid the jailer "and those men and their sympathisers might attempt to attack Mr. Greenebaum." Bonds for Mr. Greene baura were fixed at tao.OCKX General Uhler Testifies. General George Uhler, supervising In spector general of the federal steamboat Inspection service, testified today before Secretary Redfield, In the Department of Commerce Eostland Investigation, that no case of overcrowding or violation of the passenger list had been proved In the last twenty years. He said lnspectora frequently turned away hundreds of per sons who wanted to board vessels al ready filled. The penalty for overcrowd ing ha aaid. was $600. while for a second offense the vessel's license might be re voked. General Uhler, speaking of the Naviga tion department, said: "We never have had such an efficient force as we have now. The men pass tha hardest examinations we hold, and Inspectors this year work daily, while previously they worked only on Sundays, Saturdays and holidays." - Confident Boat Not Overloaded. . Robert P. McCreary. deputy collector f customs of tha sort of Chicago. In clHWya Of tm'tgutluu lnspectora, expttffnW that navigation Inspection, explained that navigation Inspection Is . entirely", differ ent from steamboat Inspection.1 McCreary told In detail of placing Inspectors rtn tha Eastland to count the paisengers and- of making arrangements for one c f the Inspectors to sleep on board Friday night so that no . passengers could be taken aboard without being counted. "1 went to the boat about 7 o'clock Saturday morning," said McCreary. "There I taw Inspectors Oakley and Lob dell In charge on the gangway. I watched them until the count reached 2. ISO. W. IC. Greenebaum, who had chartered the boat, was also there and then aaked me sev eral times about the count. Coant Inclodes Bablea. "Whs the count reached 2,450 I took Oakley's place and counted to 2,41. Then ' we shut off tha gangway unm oniy asm ' (Continued on rage Two-Col. Four.) Three Children Are Beaten to Death TEMPLE, Tex., July 29.-Three chil dren of W. R- Grimes, a farmer near here, were beaten to death with a ham mer last night. Grimes and his wife also were beaten Into unconsciousness, and Mrs. Grimes la not expected to live. When Grimes recovered consciousness ha dressed his three remaining living children, sending them to a neighbor half a mile away for help. Blood hounds have been sent to tha Grimes home. , Two of-the dead children were twin babies and tha third a 7-year-old boy. The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Krlday: Nebraska Partly cloudy; not much change In temperature. Temperatara at Omaha Yesteraay Hour. 6 a. m ( a. m 7 a. ra t a. m a. m ' 10 a. m 11 a. m 12 m. 1 P- m 2 p. m I p. m 4 p. m p. m p. ro 7 p. m 5 p. m Loral Record. lKlfi. 1414. 191. SS 95 100 W 72 7S 75 1 M 0 .70 .00 .... .... ....: ....7 ....".8 ....7 ....Si ....Si ..Ml ....!; ::::S ....so Comparative 181? rr as Highest yesterday... 3owest yesterday.... (Mean temperature.., JTecipltatton Temperature and .00 de- .. 77 .. 2 precipitation partures from the normal Normal temperature fDeflctency for the day Total deficiency since March 1.. .2tt Normal precipitation 12 Inch Teflcency for the day 11 inch Tntal rainfall atnee March 1...1ftTlnrha, Kxoess since March 1 1h Inches I Ifeflclency for cxir. period, 114. S.24 luetics 1 tUeflciency lur cor. period, inches Reports from Stalloaa at T P. M. Station and Puts Temp. High- lUin of Weather. 7 p. m. eat. fait. Cheyenne, clear 73 Iavenport, clear SO Jxtnver. partly cloudy 76 Da Moines, clear 80 Dodtte City, pt. cloudy. ..SO Lander, partly cloudy 7 Koxih Platte, cloudy 6 Omaha, partly cloudy 81 Pueblo, clear fj Rapid Ci'y. cloudy Salt Lake City. pt. cldy..M feanta !, clear... 1j (heridan. cloudy 72 Mom t'lty, clear k2 .Valentine, partly cloudy. .is 78 .60 .74 M .( M .W W .w 78 .00! M .00 fo .00 M .09 ! 78 .00 M .00 78 .0 7 .0) M . U .W . U A. WbL-SH. Local forecaster. GRAVE OF AN AMERICAN Dennelley, who gave his life in i -i i I i i . 1 r mi in aerDia, i Dunea. oir a officer paying honor to Ills ABOUT TO DOUBLE SHELLSJDPPLIES Sixteen Munitioni Factories Estab lished and Ten more Soon in Operation. TALKS IN HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON. July 29. Sixteen, na tional munitions factories have been established In England and after con sultation with the French ministry, the British government hat decided to set up an additional ten large establishments. ; v ' " ' "''" ; asaajrta ail'lW'Uinjetiient was 'made in the House of Commons this evening by the minister of inanitions, David Lloyd George, who told of the progress made by his department In overcoming the Mortage' In shells that had prevented the army on the continent from doing all It might otherwise have done. To Doable Bapply. These new factories are being erected In the vicinity of the arsenals and the existing armament establishments and according to Mr. Lloyd George, when the government has completed In a few weeks the developments it Is now engaged on, the supply of shells will ba doubled. "This." said the - minister, "will not merely enable us to support our men, but will enable them to cleava their way through to vlctpry." Adds to Force. . , During three months his department had succeeded In adding nearly 40,000 men and women nearly half of the men skilled -to the ranks of the workers connected with armaments and they were pouring In further supplies. His department had also enrolled 100.000 volunteers, but It had been found difficult to remove tha majority of these from their present employment. ' However, scores of thou sands of skilled men, who had enlisted had. been traced and arrangements were made with the-war' office for tha return of these men to the factories. Test of Eadaraaec. In moving an adjournment of the Brit ish Parliament to September It Premier Asqulth said the war had become and would likely continue for some time a contest of endurance. The premW paid high tribute to Russia's gallantry and expressed the belief that the objective of tTie Italians "in a short time will ba vithln their reach." Ambassador Gerard Has Talk With the Kaiser's Chancellor BERLIN, July 29. (Via London.) Dr. Theobold Von Bethmann-Hollweg, ths German Imperial chancellor, who returned to the capital yesterday from a visit to the army headquarters In the field, where he talked with Emperor William, sent for James W. Gerard, the American am. bavsador to Germany, today. The conference between tha American ambassador and the German chancellor Is expected to have an Important bearing on tha future development In the relations between Germany and tha United States. CRAMB IS APPOINTED FAIRBURY POSTMASTER FAIRBCRT. Neb., July 2S fSpeclal Telegram.) W. F. Cramb, editor of ths Falrbury Journal, and a supporter of W. J. Bryan, received his appointment as postmaster here today In a. letter from ths first ssslstant postmaster general. The choke Is a recess appointment to succeed Lew Shelley, who has held the office for eight years. The candidate supported by Senator Hitchcock waa Dan Kavanaugh. A. P. Dagger wss also a candidate. Shelley has held his office for six months following the expiration of his term during the patronage deadlock. W. F. Cramb has been In tha newspaper bualnesa In Falrbury for eighteen years snd was chairman of the Jefferson county central committee at tha time of Presi dent Wilson's election. I v" w ... . - i; I A v -. -1 ! i (V . ! r. James nomas q,m - aerbian mc - CARRAHZA FORCES: CAPTURE PACHUGA 1 " 1 1 ' . ; Chieftain Reports Defeat of Flyins; Villa Column Moving .Towar4 the Capital.'? ," FAMINE CONDITIONS ARE ACUTE WASHINGTON, July 29. General Carranza cabled his Washington agency today that his forces after six hours' fighting . had captured I-achuca and routed the Villa flying column, which was working south to relnfoce Zapata forces near Mexico City. " - - General Carranta's despatch was ths first word ' from behind the veil which has covered military operations about Mexico- City ' for almost two weeks. When General Gonsales'' and Carranxa's army evacuated Mexico City on July 17, It was announced they were going out to meet a Villa force moving south. Ths Carranxa authorities claim their victory eliminates Villa forces from central Mexico. Bo serious has the food shortage be come In Mexico City that the United States will make Immediate representa tions to Carranza and Zapata urging that provisions ba permitted to get through to the starving people in the capital. Stories of alarming conditions have reached the Stats Department under data of July 25. Representations to General' Carransa at Vera Crus and General Zapata, whose forces are said to be scattered along tha railroad and within Mexico Ltty itself, will go forward probably today. Ths report from Mexico City, said there were soma Zapata troops within the city, but no mention was made of tha Carransa army. Gambling and Lax Morals on Excursion Steamers is Alleged CHICAGO, July . Lax morals and gambling prevail on excursion boats ply ing out of Chicago, according to a re port of an investigation by the Juveniia Protective association, presented to Ira B. Mansfield and William Nicholas, fed eral inspectors of steamships, snd mads public today. "License Is synomous with liberty on most of the excursion steamers plying out of Chicago, and the moral .atmo sphere Is of the free and easy kind," the report says. '-Ths whole influence of tha life aboard during week-end and holiday trips so far as It bears on the young Is demoralising." Judge Refuses Writ . To Condemned Men PHOENIX. Arlt.. July 23.-Suerior Judge McAllister late today denied the writs of habeas corpus for the four Mexi cans condemned to be hanged tomorrow. Attorneys for the anti-capital punish ment adherents will attempt to appeal the cases to the supreme court. The decision was unexpected. Counsel for the condemned men confidently ex. pected that the court ruling would not be given out until tomorrow. Two possibilities remained in the strug gls to avert ths death penalty. Appeal to ths supreme court wss one and the other lay In consideration by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles of a re quest for further reprieve, received front Secretary of State Lansing. . The request was based on an appeal from ViUa rep resentatives and was sent "in view of the political situation In Mexico." It is known that Wiley Jones, one of three members of tha board, does not wish to grant tha request. The board's meeting, set for today, was postponed temporar ily, pending the habeas corpus decision. Governor Hunt said today he had re ceived personal letters from three mem ber of the president's cabinet, but would not disclose what they said. HERO Wl fighting.' - c V ... WHITMAN TELLS MRS. BECKER HE WON'T INTERFERE Governor Refuses Request of Doomed Man's Wife and Last Hope of Slayer of Rosen thal Fades. EXECUTIVE SEES THE WOMAN Mate of 'Former Police Lieutenant Meets Iter in Hotel at Foug-hkeepsie. PRISONER READY TO DIE POrGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., July 29. Governor Whitman at a conference here tonight with Mrs. Charles Becker declined to interfere with the electrocution of her husband set for tomorrow morning. The exeoulon' will take place at S:4S O'clock tomorrow morning, eastern time. Asrrecs to Meet Woman. A LEANT, N. T., July. . .-Oovernor Whitman agreed over the long distance telephone at S o'clock today to meet Mrs. Becker and John B. Johnston of Becker's counsel, at a hotel In Poughkeepsle. at o'clock this evening. Mrs. Becker and Mr. Johnston agreed to leave hera on ths S:S7 o'clock train. What She Will Praaeat., NEW TORK. July . According to Attorney Manton. Mr. .Whitman had In his possession at the time of the Becker trlsl a report that Becker's first wife died under suspicious circumstances. Mr. Manton said this information was ' en tirely erroneous. Mrs. Becker will present data to correct any Impression tha governor might have regarding this matter, Mr. Manton said. She will show that the first Mrs. Becker, Instead of dying under mysterious cir cumstances, really died of tuberculosis, after a long Illness. Commenting on Mrs. Becker's efforts to meet Governor Whitman, Mr. Manton said: . . ; , "I have learned that when Mrs. Backer telephoned to Albany this morning ths governor said ha would be In Albany until noon, but that ha left at 10 o'clock; saying ha would see her at T o'clook to night, la view of that situation she could , not see her husband before the hour set for his execution If she wanted to see tha governor. We advised her to do what la beat and to follow (he dic tates of her conscience.' "I have decided not. to go on to Sing sing today," said Becker's counsel. "I believe ha should have this day to pre re to meet J$)s God.",, ; lasses Stated. W, Bourke Cock ran, Becker's chief counsel. Issued a statement which lis said brought the: ease down to "ths present' moment," "The statement,' said Mr. Johnston, Mr. Cockran's assist ant, "went to Albany today to make three requests of Governor Whitman,." First was that the governor reconsider his determination to dispose of Backer's case alone, and that ha take tha advice of seme prominent person "la the in terest of Justice." The second was that If the first re quest be' refused the governor himself hesr objections to the execution, based on the records and the latest affidavits. Tha third request was for a reprieve to enable tha court of final review to decide whether Supreme Court Justice Ford was correct In holdtnr that the supreme court did not have the Inherent power to set aside Judgment of death under existing circumstances. Governor Will Not Interveaa. BEACON, N. T., July- .-Oovarnor Whitman, who motored to Camp Whit man, near hera, to review the state mili tia, today, announced that he did not 4 pert to Intervene In behalf of Chartaa Becker, although he had an appointment to meet lira. Becker. MRS. BECKER'S FINAL AFTKAL Wife of Coadeoaaea Man Baas Oar. eraor Whltaaaa, ' ALBANY, N. Y July J. Mrs. Charles Becker arrived here at 11: SO today to make a final plea to Got ernor Whitman for her husband's life. She was accompanied by John b. Johnson of Becker's counsel. Mrs. Becker did not learn until after her arrival of the governor's departure from the city. She said her plans were uncertain. Governor Whitman telegraphed Mrs. Charles Becker today, in reply to a request for an interview, that he would see her tonight after bis re turn from reviewing the state troops at Camp Whitman, twenty miles from the Sing Sing death house. The governor then left for the camp. The publlo entrance to tha executive chamber In the capltol was closed and guarded by a detective today. An uncon firmed rumor said that tha authorities had learned that soma New York gun men had arrived In Albany, William Orr, Governor Whitman's sec retary, after conferring with Mrs. Becker, (Continued on Pass Two, Column Three.) Free Coupon For the Best Movies By s portal arrangement with eight .of the lea fllna; moving picture theaters THE BEE Is enabled to gl'e Its readers a eomblnatlao coupon good for a free ad mission to an 7 one of them on days specified. In Sunday's Bee Mound of Flowers Body of Unclaimed Little Boy CHICAQO, July !. In the morgue of tha Kantian dead there still Ilea the body of "No. a," an S-year-old boy, unclaimed and unidentified. Except for a hole In the knee of his trousers, there Is no distinguishing mark about his ap parel, and none of the thousands of the searchers for the missing ran place him, so ths publlo baa claimed him for Its kin. A mound of flowers Is rising about the little body, and to each wreath Is pinned a kindly message, "For SM. a poor kid," reads one. "For the little boy from Mrs. O. J. I..." say another. "For No. SM-the poor little kiddle." la a third. Another voices a spirit of resentment against those responsible for the disaster. If nobody misses a little boy with a BECKER CALU AS DEATH HOUR HEARS Condemned Slayer of Rosenthal Bears Up Well Under Realisa tion Hope is Gone. DOES NOT MOVE ALL NIGHT OSSIN1NO. N. Y., July 29. Charles Becker, former New York police lieutenant, condemned to die tomorrow for Instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, was reported to be bearing up well today under the ' realisation that virtually all hope of his escaping the electric chair had passed. Less than an hour after Beceker re ceived word that Supreme Court Justice Ford had denied tils appeal for a third trial the condemned man threw himself on. his cot. Becker lay with his fsce to the wall and the guard aaid he did nbt move all night Becker arose at T o'clock today. After breakfast he was taken from his cell while the final prepa rations for his execution were msde. When Becker returned to his cell he found that all of his clothing, personal belongings and even the few furnishings of the cell had been removed. On a new cot lay a thin black suit, white shirt with soft collar and a black tie. Black stockings and soft felt slippers were also provided. The left leg of the trousers was not silt when Becker donned the clothes, aa the slitting Is done Just be fore a condemned men Is led to the ex ecution chamber. Father Cashln, the prison chaplain and Becker's vplrituat adviser, will be with the condemned man today and tonight and will accompany Becker to the death chamber. Mrs, Helen Becker, wife of the con demned man, was expected to arrive to day te apend tha last liours aJlowofl her with her husband. : Other members 'tot Booker's family were expected. Thomas Mott Osborne, warden pt Sing Sing, an nounced e w ill - leave the prison late to day. The' warden Is opposed to capital punishment and has never been at ths prison during an execution.' Deputy War-1 den Johnson will have charge of the exe cution Of Becker and Samuel Haynes, a negro, who will probably be electrocuted a few minutes before ''Becker, Two Shiploads of Canadian Troops Arrive at Plymouth ST. JOHN, N. B., July . The steam ships Hesperian and Herachel, carrying three regiments of Canadian mounted rifles, numbering 1,800 men and 450 horses, on their way to Join the British forces In the field, have arrived safely at Plymouth, England, according to cable dispatches received today. The men were sent out from Quebec. Belgian Steamship Sunk by Torpedo LONDON, July . The Belgian steam ship Princess Marts Joss, of 1.K3 tons gross burden, was torpedoed snd sunk today by a German submarine. Twenty one members of the crew of. twenty five twere saved. The Day's War News GERMAN ENDEAVOR to eaptare Warsaw, Bashed forward with not able taerrr for m period covering saora thaa two weeks, baa sot made aay material progress since Tneedar, aeeordlasr to reports from Petrograd, Losdos and Ber lin. Oa the roatrary, the Raaslaa aathorltlea, la their latest official annoaaeemeat, reiterate their elalsas that tha German advaaee movements la tha direction af tha Polish capital hare bees cheeked, aad they specify when and where. disrate Petrograd. AT GRtBECHOW, a point elosa ta tha Gallelaa frontier, aorth af Lembera", tha Germans have made determined attempts to advance, bat have been drives back, accord ing ta tha nasslaa war afflee, aad little farther ta tha saath, at Sokal, tha Rasalaas declare they havo arsis a sareeaafal offen sive mevemeat. Desperate fight las; Is still going aa at this polat. FRENCH OFFICIAL STATEMENT af today reports mlaor activity, bat an flarhtlaaT of aay Importance, while the latest Italian announce ment aaya the progress of tha Italia a farces aa tha farts plateaa has beoa satisfactory aad that they have bcea saoreesfal la mlaor cn- cesaters at ather polats. GERMAN IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR, wha retaraed ta tha capital yestcr. day from army beadaaarters, where ha saw Emperor William, Is la conference todny with Jnmcs W. Gerard, tha Amcrlcaa ambassador. Built About hole In the knee of his trousers, No. SM Is sure to have his trip to the burial ground attended by mourners. More than a riosen have volunteered to bury the lad. and the Boy Scouts have offered to gle Mm a military funeral. Coroner Hoffman says the body will be preserved as long s.a possible possibly another week for Identification. It la believed that No. SM did not be long to the families of any of the West ern Electric, company's employes, whose plcnlo wss terminated Saturday by the rapslslng of the Ksstland. Among the thousands who have viewed the body two or three have claimed to recognise It, but later Inquiries revealed that the identification was wrongly made. ALLEGE COALITION. AGAIHSTGERMANY Berlin Paper Prints Belgian Corre spondence Said to Show Com bine Against Kaiser. DOCUMENTS GO BACK TEN YEARS BERLIN, July l. (Via London.) The Norddeutsche Allgemelne Zel tung began the publication this morning of a series of documents purporting to be secret Belgian diplomatic reports found In Brussels by the Germans, and deecrlblng In ternational political events from the time of the Moroccan crisis until the beginning of the present conflict. The purpose of their publication is to prove that Germany maintained a peaceful attitude throughout this period. The papers pubtlahsd this morning In clude alleged reports msde to Baron De Favereau. former Belgian foreign minis ter, by Count De Lalalng, former Bel gian minister to Great Britain; Baron Orelndl. minister to Berlin; Baron La- ghalt, at Parts, and Count Dursel, charge d'affaires st Berlin. These reports date from 1W6 and deal wrm European politic, especially the attitude of tha triple en tente towards Germany. Count Lelalng and Baron Grelndl are quoted as having reported in February, 190S, that British hostility to Germany was caussd by Jealousy of ths lstter na tion's commercial and naval growth. La lalng Is said to have asserted that the British fesred the days of their naval supremacy were numbered. A statement attributed to Baron Leg halt, writing under date of May T, 1906, was that while King Edward was In Paris,, he said the, confidence existing between Germany and. France had dis appeared and conditions were like those twerty years earlier. ' Baron Orelndl la said , to have been the author of a letter written September 23, 1906, praising the drelbund, led by Germany, for having maintained Euro pean peace for thirty years and declar ing the nsw disposition of the British fleet was unquestionably directed against Germany. The same minister Is quoted aa having asserted in a later letter that King Ed ward was hostile to Germany and that Germany's Isolation was the act of Brit ish policy. All the letters printed em phasise efforts said to havs been mud by Great Britain to form a coalition against Germany. Good Roads Day Finds Conditions Bad for Any Wqrk Roads all over tha stats were so muddy that practically nothing could be done on Good Roads day, proclaimed by Gov ernor Morehead for two daya. It Is ex pected, however, that considerable work will be accomplished today. J. K. George, president of the Omaha Auto mobile club and vice chairman of the Commercial club's ' good roads commit tee, had ten teams at work In Douglas county on ths various roads. It Is reported to the Omaha Auto club that tha roads of Nebraska and Iowa are so muddy that tourists are shipping their cars across these states rather than wait for the roads to dry, CAMBRIDGE, Neb., July (Special.) Roads were worked In every direction from town today. The town board recog nised oGod Roads day by having all streets drsgged and tha approaches to crossings put In first Jlass shape. Westerfield Near Omaha, is Report EX H. Westerfield. former treasurer of Dundee, was reported early last night to be nearlng Omaha on the Los Angeles limited train. He was due to arrive at :) o'clock. The Westerfield defense now is going to be that there Is no hols In the treasury. "There Is no real deficiency in Mr. Westerfleld's accounts. There is money In ths bank to cover any apparent deficit which may havs been found by ths city. Mr. Westerfield has not yet been asked for the funds," declared A. C. Fanooaai, attorney for Mr. Westerfield, thus sug gesting that the missing money baa been or Is to be put back. - "You can't get away from the short age. The books show It," waa a state ment of Commissioner Butler, who made the check of ths Westerfield accounta. County Attorney Magney yesterday completed the drawing of a complaint against E. II. Westerfield, Dundee treas urer, alleging embesslement of S21,otS be longing to the city of Omaha. Swedish Brig Sunk By German Submarine LONDON, July 2.-The Swedish brig Fortune was torpedoed and sunk In the North Bea today by a German submarine, according to a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph company. The crew was saved. The brig was SKXi tons gross burden and was built la lilt RUSSIANS TAKE OFFENSIVE NEAR SOKAL, GALIOIA Petrograd Claims to Have Thrown the Teutons Back Across the Dniester River by Coun ter M0T8. GERMANS ADVANCE PROM R0ZAR Reported Capture of One Village Sixty Miles from Warsaw is Only Definite News. REST OF LONG LINE SEEMS QUIET LONDON. July 2. Except from Sokal, Gallcla, where the Russians claim by a counter offensive to have thrown' back the Austro-Hungarlans across the Dnelster river, little definite news reached London this morning from the eastern battle front. To the east of the Narew river, the extent of the German ad vance from Roxan is marked by the capture of the village of Ooworowo, which lies only six miles from the river. The exact status of the oneraUons on the eastern frontier Is proving a pussie to students of the Warsaw campaign, even Petrograd belnr un. certain whether the vast operations Between the Bug and the Vistula rivers mark the crisis of the battle or oniy a pause, to allow one side or the other to draw breath or re arrange It forces. Along the western front eotnpsrattve Quiet prevails, with n.i- i.,. .... - . c. Claiming ana rarla admitting the inoccupation of irmcnrs in uia Bouches sector. Lall A Ion sr I son so. Roma explains the lull along the Isonso river front on the ground that the Italians are engaged in organising and securing the Positions which they won on the Oarao plateau, but Vienna claims tha lak of activity means the termination of Italian suooeas after an Austrian-Hun- . garian defense along the whole chosen battlellne. German submarine warfare which raged ' around the Orkney Islands at the end of last week, presumably against trade with the only open Russian port, Arch angel, has been transferred to the north east coast of Suffolk, where several neutral aa well as British ships have fellen victims to the undersea commerce ' raider. --- - . , . Hoamaala May Feed Teatoas. The situation In the near east remains apparently unchanged, so far as any de parture from neutrality is concerned, but . the entente allies already are showing considerable Irritation over Bulgaria's successful negotiations with Turkey and they soon may transfer their displeasure to ltoumanla, which Is reported to ba ready to lift the embargo on the export of grain, thereby supplying the central powers with a hugs a cessation of food supplier Preach Official report. PARIS, July 29. Ths French war da partment today gave' out the following statement: "In the Artols region there was the customary bombardment last night and in ths Bouches sector, there were several engagements with . hsnd grenades and bombs. In the Argonne there has been fighting with bombs and torpedoea In the vicinity of Dagatells and at Courta Chaussee. "Near St. Hubert, as well aa In the forest of Malancourt, we blew up by means of mines,, ssvsral German posi tions. "In ths Vosages at Lingekopf. In ths positions taken by us July 22, we picked up yesterday too German corpses ' and took possession of two machine guns. 209 rifles and a great quantity of munitions and equipment. The German forces left on ths ground at Barrenkopf more than 400 dead. The exact number of German (Continued on Page Two, Column Five.) THE WANT-AD. WAY All Ktskts Ratr4. This young atarrisd auea Kas regained bis health. - And not only that ale's gaming mac wealth. Sis crops are real good, Xxteod out for aillas. And wbea he thanks 01 floe Me stands there aad aiallss. Xf farm hands are soaroe Aai be needs Hum bad. It's mis at y near a ciaoa SsU use a sl Ai. Continued Tomorrow. Ths central west has finished bar vesting the largest whsat t-rup In iu history. Now Is ths time to make your lent offering to the great army of land buveia of this section tlirmiah the I'laaj-'fi 4 Columns of "THE OMAHA UEK ." Tc!e phons Tyler 1000 now an 4 rrr it is thk ommh ui:e. I I