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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1915)
OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1U15. waahlnir away of a bridK at Jarbalo, and In Jfferaon county bcao of a waah mit at Mrtdan. Conatdrabla difficulty alao waa met In Dtcklnnon county, vhert Mud creek waa rportd to be mora Utaa a mile wide at Talmacr. Ralna wre hravleat at Manhattan, whera 1M Inonea were reported. The Kannaa river at Wameo ro 12 feet din-In the nlghf. , Two and a half Inchea of rata fell at o tttt ninn AUhlaon. Small atreama were awollen and ttva Mlaaourt river waa r1nln again. Mlaaouii Pacific traffic waa delayed by a waahout below Atchlaon. act." Ita laat tatment. returned Jine 2 ahnwed a canKal of .Vl,iii. aurnhia of 12.675 and depoHita of approximately I Nil Releaaed. WASHINGTON. July JO. F X. Weln arhenK, arrcated a-vpral daya ajto after he had written leltrra to the Whlta (inuee. haa leen reloafd from the (rov ernment rriapital for the Inaane. where he waa under observation, and returned to hia home In Fellevue, la.. In the cara of relative. WARSAW, TIIE POLISH CAPITAL, NOW THE FOCUS OF THE WORLD'S EYE Scene in the market plac8 of Warsaw, upon which the Germans are rapidly closing in from three sides, and may be already in actual possession. Trains in Kansas TOrBKA. Kan., July -Hvy rain! flor have madn evral arrra, th and aa a rrault rallroada w axperienc tn dirriotilty In aerrral arttona. In Ijptvrnworth county fanta Fe railroad traffic an at a atandalll, brcatiM of ti Tflil Hash, f'1el. W APHINflTON. July sn -Tbe Wharton National hank, at Whnrton, Te.. waa cloeed today by order of the comptroller of the currency, because of financial dlf flrultloai "due to eBlve borrowlnc by Ita offlcera an1 directors and to per alatent vtolationa of the national bank m Tke THOMPSON-BELDEN STORE Statement . . . . - - . ... ' Charge Tnr. ehaae Made Saturday ap pear oa yepr Statsmsat September 1 I- & j J -Q ! n 3 2 ; fr KM" " : L i 1 " l it (l - 6 . - h ' Statement HOWARD AND SIXTEENTH STREETS a. Aid Mia " September TJIK JJKK: i - V.- - i . ' t -i 3 . v . v . TnH. MAPiKTpt- AT WAR.6AW. ' BECKER DIES Ili ELECTRIC CHAIR Former 'Police Lieutenant, Con rieted of t Murder, is Executed t Sunrie. WRITES DYDfO DECLARATION tCftMitijed from Paaa On.)- be Klven.: Tbia laated flva aeconda. An examination that took aemsral minute foilowed. Thre ibyricl&na amon thf wllneaae' then made an examination and Dr. Parr at t:K o'clock announoed "I pronounce tlila man dead." . Becker' Dylaar Declaratlaa. I urine: tha nlfht Becker penciled on a Piece of parcr whut tie captioned, "Mr Vying Declaration." It was taken to the warden' of flea wher two copl.a were typewritten, which Becker alvned with hla fountain pen In a bold hand. To lcpnty Warden Johnaon, who had charg of ihe execution In placa of War- don Thonuu Mott OdorM, who doea not believe In Ui death penalty, tha one time police lieutenant fava hla fountain pen aa a IfC "It ia the laat thing that 1 have to viva away and I want you to hava It 1 want you to glva this stata ment to the newspaper men." lii-S:sr'fi piesaaco filvn out Just before ha went to hla dnath. read: "MV DVINO DFX3UA RATION, "lienthnnaa: "I eland before you In my full senses, knowing - that . no power oa aarth can save ma from the grava. ' "in case of that, in ths teeth of those who condemned me, and In the presence of my Cod and your God, I proclaim my absolute Innorenra of the foul crime for which- I must dt. You ar now about to witness my destruction by tha state which la organised to protect tha lives of the mnocent; may Almighty God par don every on who has contributed ' In any deojrea to my untimely death.' And now on the brink of ray (rare, I declare to tha world that I am proud to hava been tha husband of tha purest, noblest wonwn that erer lived Helen Becker. Thla acknowledgement is ths only legacy I ran leave her. I bid you all goodby. Father, I am ready to go. Amen. (Sinned.) CHARGES BECKER." ria Wife' rirtare Over Heart. After . h; wife had aald farewell, shortly after midnight, Becker maintained a casual conversation . with Deputy Warden Johnaon, wbo aat besida tha screen In front of his cell. Sometimes ha moked cigars, after which be would let his head fall upon his hand' and gas reflectively at the concrete floor for minutes at a tlma. Dawn found htm seated on the edge of hla oot carefully pinning a photograph of his wife on his whit ehlrf over his heart, ' - - ' Then, as If he daatred to hava her all to himself, Becker put on a thin black alpaca coat, which ha tightly buttoned. The photograph waa not seen by tb wit nestea until tha physician opened his cost as h sat In tba death ohair. Becker was put to death by tha state executioner, whoa name Is unknown to tha public. This man succeeded State rinctrlclan Davis and ha said ha would not tak the Job unleaa h name was kil McreL lis lives In a ltttta town p state and went atout his work briskly. Becker's executioner said that In hla ormlon the man had died Instantly at the first contract. ' A a autopsy on tba body of Backer was performed, according to law. Immediately after the execution. After Becker's body t ad been removed from tha electrlo chair, Harauel Hayaes. a negro murderer, was brought Into tha execution room and electrocuted. Ona of Becker's Isst ra iuets to Warden Osborne waa that Its ( put to death before) tha negro, Haynea. GERDES WOULD START .PRISON PLATE FACTORY i Krom a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July J0.-(uHtaJ ) Com uilssioner Oerdea of the Board of Con- tivl hes submitted to tha tooard a pro 3ai to establish a plant for. tha mano- iailure of automobile number plates at n,e Nt'U-utka penUteiiXiary. lie liu hist been to Chicago, where he has been Investigating such an establish ment and is convinced that one could be installed at a cost of from K to IV. Cointnteoiuoer Gerdes sees a fu t'jre development la the industry In tba manufacture of advertising plates, now tecotrliig u.ulte common. THREE ABE CONVICTED BY LOS ANGELES JURY ANOS.LKS, Cel.. July JO The Jury In the trie) of the government auit against Charles 'A. :iir, president, and ten other '.,nm r olfl' lals and employee of the La Aocrlrs liHtli'.''nt company, charged mlth conspiring to use the malls tn a t;m to defraud, returned a verdict 1st to4ay of guilty aatist Preetdent Utter, W. I. rwb!e and George It fiert-v T'.e eal't thr deTendanta wera ' '' Ki H llanrfr lor Haeaanatlsn. Im,h I ei :'r ai-d irv to ear r-ut yonr ' ' ' ' :" 1 !' 1 if r.ht ' ' e I I . tl dr..- Gompcrs Again Says Foreign Agents Arc Trying to Start Strikes in U. S. WASHINGTON, July A.-President tampers of tha American Federation of Labor reiterated today hla statement that foreign Influences hsd been working to make strike In tha United States and called upon he working men to discoun tenance any such attempts. Mr. Gompers made public his correspondence with tha Central Federated union of New Tork, which made an Inquiry regarding a state ment attributed to Mr. Oomser that "officers of International unions had re ceived money to pull otf strike In Bridge port and elsewhere in ammunition fac tories." ' "I never mentioned International unlona" wrot Mr, Gompars, "nor did I us tha word Oerman, nor did I mention Bridgeport, nor did I refer to ammunition factories. What I did aay waa that au thentic Information had coma to me that efforts had been made to corrupt men for the purpose of having eLrikee Inau gurated among seamen snd longshoremen engaged In handling American product and manning ship for Kuropean ports, that tha co-ruptlng Influence waa being conducted by agents of a foreign govern ment and that I had no 'doubt the same agencies snd Influences wer at work elsewhere with the same purpose In view. "We. should all enter an emphatic pro teat and frown upon any foreign inter ference no matter by what motive ac tuated, particularly when that motive Is ulterior and to the detriment of the good name, growl h and permanency of our great catine, "That the effort has been made to corrupt ao me of our men for such a pur pose Is true, but that tha strikes hava been Inaugurated Is untrue; and it Is untrue because the men, who have given tlma and service to workers of.our coun ry, hava interposed. In time." STATE WILL INDICT FEDERAL OFFICERS . (Continued from rage Ons.) field haa ordered his aides to take charge of tha Eastland and keep off every on not connected with the federal govern ment until such tlma aa tha federal of ficial shall have completed their Inves tigation. "So much haa been aald about a gov ernment whitewash" that tha city should see that nothing Is don to arouse ths slightest suspicion that the Inquiry, la not on, tha SQuara't.the 'coroner ! aald: I visited tha wrack' of the Eaatland lat night and vu told that federal officials had glvsn orders to keep everyone off the boat." ... . laeawotor Raid Testifies. , Robert Held, United State Inspector of teamboata. teatlfled at Secretary Red field' Eastland Inquiry today concern ing his examination of tha vassal and also about ths appointment of his son-lo-law, J. M. Erickaon, aa Its chief engineer. In 13. whan ha first saw tha Eastland. Its official capacity waa 1,000. ha said, but later, when it cam hla turn to Inspect It, ha reduced It to 1,06, baaing. hla fig ures on It life saving apparatus rather than on Its dock apaos. the customary GEKMAN HOSTS ARE AT GATES OF POLISH CAPITAL (Continued from Pag One.) man movement of attack at Lav Croix De Carme waa easily repulsed. . "A Gorman aviator yesterday threw down on tha town of Nancy a total of four bomb, but no casualties or damag resulted. "In the Bosges at Rarrenkopf, tha .fighting continued , until midnight with great fury. ' -- ' "A fresh Oerman attack-was repulsed. A stream of fire maintained by our troop Inflicted heavj Ioaas on tha snemy." The witness aald that hi son-in-law had applied for the position of rhtef engineer of the Eastland at tha request of hi wife and that William II. Hull, vice pree Idant of the company which owned tha steamer, had written a letter to the Grand Haven Inspection board, asking about Erlcksoa' qualifications. Erickaon was later appointed chief engineer. inspector Reid said that at on. time be had angered Mr. Hull by refualna- in grant a certificate of Inspection to ths steamer J3ugn C. Hart. "I have had my character attacked nM thaa once," said the witness, "because I refused to certify boata" Inspector Held declared that ao boat owner .had ever tried to Influanoe htm In making Inspection of vessels. At on tlma the witness said he had threateneed to take away the lioana of Captain Harry Pedsrsnn, commander of the Eastland, because he had thrown off a stern line on the Vaetland without warning nearby boata, which were en dangered by the act ' Why Capacity Waa Increased. Inspector Reld told of amending the Baetlsnd's capacity certificate July . 1314, allowing it to carry I.toO passenger. The new permit, he said, was baaed on the addition of four life reft to it life saving squipment The witness admitted that, when he Issued the new permit he was only advised of ths new life rafts by an. affidavit from Captain Pedersen. but, 1e said, "four day later I saw the rafta myself on ths vessel." Oa More Ma Recovered. Work of raising the steamer Eastland progressed alowly today. The big ves sel had been encircled with heavy cablea tavrge pontoons were being forced under her bow and stern. Meanwhile launches dragged tb river and tea divers continued their search for bodies of victims. The body of a woman waa taken from a cabin of the boat eerly In the day. The morning's figures on the loss of lire showed: Identified dead , gg I nldentlflet dead t v eat era fcJecirto company list of inUalng gx Total j ajj Walter C. Steele, secretary and' treas urer of tha 8t. Joseph-Chicago Meant ship company, owners of ths Eastland, who was arrested yesterday on a charge of criminal carelessness 'In connection with the disaster, waa releaaed In HO.OUO bond today, and the case against hla continue1 until August W. Mayor Thorn peon announced today that a would revoke tha license of any undertaken who overcharged the families of Eastland victims la funeral axpenaea Several such complaints have been re ceived by the mayor and tnrestlsatioa is being msde. The relief fund for tie Eastland survivor today passed the mark. Apartment. :.ats. lioi.i and tottaxea Jean he r-ntd oul'-kly an .be.ly y a i e r i- -lit O.M; Druse, Old Time Burlington Employe, is Dead O. M. ' Druse, for thirty year tn tha employ of th Burlington road In Lincoln and Omaha, died laat night following aa operation for a chronic trouble. He had lived In Omaha for three years but re cently, owing to falling health, returned to Lincoln. Mr. Druaa waa Mara age and when he came to Nebraska was employed la the Burlington land depart ment, Yvnca the necessity for this de partment be Mima leas, ha became, & ra cial Investigator for the legal depart, ment with headquarters at Lincoln. For threat year be had been an tnanaA. i- th "safety first" department, working; uirauy unaer tne main headquarter supervision. , Mrs. Druse and a dauaMar Mm t a Olson, survive. They accompanied th i way io uncoin yesterday. REFEREES TO BE NAMED IN THE G. W. EG AN CASE riERREL B. D.. July . (Saeniel Tal- egram. At the afternoon hearing In th aisiarrmsnt complaint against Oeorg W. Egan. his attorney moved to eirike from the complaints all charges based on oases now pending either la circuit court or In ths supreme court of anneals. whtnH waa denied. Attorney General Caldwell argu ing that If caaea In court were a bar to dlssbarment, an attorney could keep that bar always up. The court decided to appoint three ref eree to take testimony on the complaint and report their findings to the court, such restrictions to be made at an early date. - s THREE INCHES OF RAIN FALLS NEAR VVYMORE BEATRICE. Neb.. July . (Special.) Two and seventy one-hundredth inches of water tell here thla moru'ng. Wy more. Blue Springs and other point re port a rainfall of three inchea The Blue river la eight feet above normal and bear and, Indian creek are out of their banks Tb Union Pacific failed to get a train through here tonight from Manhattan, Kan., on account of the high water. Twenty-five and eighty-one ne-hun-dredth of rata haa fallen here elnc th first of th year, aa Increase of 14.lt Inchea over a year ago. vf R00SEVELTS LEAVE LOS ANGELES F.OR THE EAST I-OS ANOELES Cal.. Julv A Cln.l and Mra Theodore Roosevelt left here today tor Oyster Bay, N. T. They came wat on a tour of the coast and vt sited the exposition at Ban Francisco and San It to. Uepartaaea. Order. WASHINGTON, July M.-K,ecial Tel-friu.i-Nrbruk pension granted; Alary ltaj,1all. Krentont, gi2. Joseph C Cutei waa appointed rural letter carrier at Waverty. la. Addle J. Williamson waa appointed postmaster at twmm, Knox county .Ne tual.a, vice K K, Hatkin. remove, . Illlte I.. V.-Vei Ira (.IMIMtrcj l"l-' n.e'.r st Kluieiue, t ''ih,iiii o ui,? White Hose for Summer Wear Cool, Comfortable and At tractive; all Styles at Mod erate Prices: Silk Lisle - -5c, '.ion and 50-j Silk Hoot 50c and 75c Ont Size Lisle - - 35c and 50o Out Size Silk Hoot 75c All Parasols Go Saturday The Final Sale of the Season $10 Parasols for $8 Parasols for -$6 Parasols for -$5 Parasols for -$4 Parasols for ... $3 Parasols for -$2 Parasols for - $5.00 $4.00 $3.00 $2.50 $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 To Left of Main Entrance. Pennants 25c Omaha, Creighton, Ne braska pennants; to close out, regularly sold up to $2.00; Saturday, 25c each. Fashionable Summer Gloves Kayser Gloves in white and colors, short lengths for ----- - 50c to $1.25 12 and 16-button lengths, in white and black, 75c to $2 Full 16-button. length Silk Gloves, Milanese finisli. $1.25 quality, white ony for - - - 79c rfirrfWli iTnTnn The Store for Shirtwaists A Sale Saturday of Wash Waists Voile, Orgp.ndie, Linen and Batiste Waists, in plain white, stripes and colors Values to $1.50, all Sizes 79c Come Saturday Last Call Final Clearing of Silk Remnants Clearing up time is here. We do this every year at the end of each season's selling.-We are now planning for the new Autumn Goods which are beginning to arrive. 2500 Remnants to Go Everything, from one-yard to full dress patterns in cluded, for gowns, wraps, waists, petticoats, skirts, etc. The items given below are but a handful gleaned here and there for a brief description. Kead each item care fully; note the reductions: ,"'.;.' ALL SILK BLACK CREPE DK CHINK, $2.00 quality, 40 Incbea Wide; 4tt yards tn remnant, for .. ...... $3.98 TUB SILKS, 2H yarda, white with pin stripes of color, 1.00 qual ity, for ....... 89c WHITE CREPE DE CHINK, $2.00 quality, 40 Inchea wide, 5 yard in remnant, for- - -- - - -- -- -- -- 4.19 BLACK CHIFFON TAFFETA, $1.75 quality, 30 Inchea wide, 5 yards in remnant, for - 3.09 SATIN STRIPE TUB CREPE, 92.00 quality, 8)4 yarda In remnant, - for ... - - . . . k . $1.98 BLACK FAILLE SILK, $2.00 quality, 86 inches wide, 6 yards in 'remnants, for - . - ' - - - - - - - $4.07 SATIN STRIFE SILK YOLK, $1.25 quality,, 40 inches wide; color navy blue, SU yards, fur i ... . j -- . .- $1.25 B ROCHE SILK POPLIN, $1.75 quality, 40 inchea, color heliotrope, 5 yarda, for - - , . . . - $3.08 CHIFFON POMPADOUR TAFFETA, $2.00 quality, 86-inch, color navy blue, 5U yards, for ..... - - - - - - $3.79 ALL SILK STRIPE MARQUISETTE, $1.25 quality, color brown, 94 yards, for - - . $1.08 SPOT PROOF FOULARD SILK, $1.00 quality, 8 1-6 yards In rem. nant, for - - - - - - . - $1.98 SILK CREPE NOVELTY, $2.00 quality, 40-inch, Russ Green A yards, for ' $3.04 We will find hundreds of equally great value. We cannot war. rant you that these will not he sold out before yon come; you should be here when they go on sale. 1 , "1 . a . Saturday, 8:30 A. M. 16 Wool Suits Formerly $19.50 to $39.50, Saturday . $8.75 in bine, black and white checks, gray, in following size 36. Two, size 38. One, , size 40. Two, size 44. One, size 49. With Separate Skirts So Much in Vogue These are pleasing prices Your choice of any wash skirt in stock, gabardine, pique, golfine, linen, white and colors, included in this sale ' Former Prices to - - $8.75 Saturday for $2.95 Toilet Goods Specials De Meridor Cream - - - 19c Ponds' Vanishing Cream,' at - - - - - 19c Nail Files ......... 10c Thompsofi-Belden & Co. HOWARD AMP eSJXTE.EJITH SXREEXS Beaton's Bargain Bulletin SOo Nail Brushes 96c ISo Mail Brushes ..12c SOo Tooth Brushes ttOe lie. Rubber Gloves 89c SOe Van Form Bath CrystsJs,19c So Remmer'i Squares Soap, t cakes 25a S So DaMar's Roe and Glycerine Soap, t cakes SOo SSe Peroxide Bath Boap, S cakes for SO I to 4711 White Rose Olyoerlne Boap, per cake He 100 Ivory Boap, S cakes . . . .18c lOe Straw Hat Cleaner, Bea ton's Bo 16c Powder Papers He Lot of ISc. 16o and SOe Faeet Powders. Baturday ISo Lot of 16c and Sac Talcam Pow ders, Saturday 7e 1 60 Bath Caps 89c Tio Manicure Sciaeors 4Se 1 lb. Epsom Salts Bo l(o pkg. Pumloe Btona Be 60o Colgate's Toilet Waters, aU odors 88c $1.00 Traxo ?9 tie Chamberlain's Antiseptic Liniment 16c Bo $1. 00 Cooper's .Discovery. .60c 26c Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy 17o 60c Kodol Dyspepsia Liquid, Sfte $8.76 HorUck's Halted Milk for ta9 $1.00 HorUck's Malted MUk, 67c Llsterlne. 14c, 2Ui and .. ..B0c 60c Pebeco Tooth Paste i . . .sVic S6e Lyons' Tooth Powder ..14c Z6e Sanltol Tooth Paste or Pow der lc 60c DeMar's Shampoo Liquid Green Soap lOe Retinal Bank Clears 10c George IV Cigars Be 10c Preferencia Cigars, conchas stse. 4 for SOe lie First Consul Cigars .... 10c 16c Motart Cigars 10e SOe Stuart's Dyspepsia . . . .29c kOc Canthrox 9c 76c Monogram Stationery . .29e 25o Beaton's Cold Cream ..19c SOo Pompeiaa Night Cream SOc SOe Pompelan Massage Cream for . . ac SOo Fitch Dandruff Remover, BSc 15c Mustard Cerate 12c 26c Mentholatum 14c Deaton Drug Company 1 5th and Faro&si Streets HOTELS. iKl ICMESITI. Glen f.lorris Inn Chrises Lskt, t.f.!r.:tcr,);3 Popular Renditions of Omaha PetpU Owned aad Operated by HOTEL RADI8SON CO., Minneapolis, Minn. ivtsrr s fZLu nnnriDEis TC txuTia l TSSJa OsTXT BOW." Week Seals alna Tvmerrav sTts-ht, "Tx stock ynjursoT." Edward Lynoh A1"tZx TaTH ATI TO." kfatlae. lsu-S& Stn. SV lea SOs ; i u LAKE MANAWA Balalar. Beaetmar. Haaatag eoa Other a eonaa. Case be Ciia.iUa l.i in v4 Ple tniM ta.ie trntiaf. l'iu "wis V.w rrvimaiaa." Otiia "l urn Yw ft . i.uoot." "Tli, srumetive I .1.1. .11. I. I . I llll I . - : - . ' . . v - . . rill rr.M tW j si Choice Apartments Apartments and Flats are quickly coming Into their own. As the Fall approaches calls are Increasing daily; people are making preparations for their Winter homes. It will be very profitable for yen to advertise your Apartments at this time, even if your leases do sot expire until October 1st, because many new leases are being made now. The Omaha Bee will carry your message to the very best class of apartment tenants In this city at a cost of only a few cents each day. The Omaha Bee will gladly help you write your advertisement, or will give you any other help that you may feel in need of. Pbone us at once. i ft Tyler 1000 ful h mm w H