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Fullest and timeliest sport news and tfogsip in The Dee y by dty. Special Sport Section every. Sunday. Omaha Dai THE WEATHER. Cloudy VOL. XI. V NO. S3. OMAIIA, TIIUKSDAY MORNING, KEPTEMUER 2.1, 11&-TWETATE PAGES. Oa Trains, at Kotel Rwi Stands, ste., M SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Bee HE ly h 1 SUfiDAYP AYS HIS RESPECTS TO THE OMAHA SALOONS Anserti that the Drink Places and the urewents logtuer nave a Strangle noid on Throat of the City. rLAIN TALK TO PREACHERS Designates Some of Fine Chnrches as Nothing More Than Gorgeous Religious Club Houses. rF0RM IN PLACE OF RELIGION lb In the course of his Wednesday afternoon' sermon. Btlly Sunday im plied that Omaha has been ' hied by the throat and choked to death by saloons and breweries." It was his first direct concrete statement re garding local saloon influence, pis exact words were: "If any community has been held by the throat and choked to death by saloons and breweries, it is Omaha." At the close of his sermon, people thought that Mr. Sunday was going j to start afternoon trail-hitting lor he called ont: "I go out with the cross of the J Son ot God. Who will gather be neath this standard? All who will, stand up." ' Practically everybody stood up. But no further pledge or evidence of faith was called for. Mr. Sunday's frequent and vigorous criticism of preacher and' church mem bers were repeated tn yesterday's after noon sermon, which was baaed upon the story of the loavea and fishes. After whipping his stinging- lash at ministers, church members and various religious and other beliefs and activities not to his liking, which the revivalist labeled "Jack-aas nonsense," he made his re mark about saloons In Omaha, and then "took a fall" out of downtown churches which move out to the suburbs and re build, when the congregations become large and outgrow their old popertles. Religions Club Houses. ' Dubbing scmh edifices "gorgeous reli gious clubhouses." Mr. Sunday asserted that instead of singing hymns in them, the church members "ought to be down town, shooting tha skunks, digging up , the gophers and killing the rattlesnakes J ot the devO . "They think they " have discharged their responsibilities,, to the messes left behind," he continued, "when they go downtowa once a year and squirt a little rose water , over the festering - masses of humanity there."'; Btlly Sunday mentioned no particular churches in this connection, but his auditors recalled that several Omaha congregations have recently moved from their old downtown locations to the west part of the city. Saadaylarus ia Sentences. Such a policy, Mr. Sunday asserted, amounted to "retreating before - the saloons and the other instruments of the, devlL" Churches ought to stand ana: fight, he thought, instead of running j away. - I "The church has been on the defen-1 alve for 16 years," he continued. "It Is' tlm. If mrrnm rAtlln nn th ntfnnavm " ! Following are some of Mr. Sunday terse and sayings: "If Ood can convert the preachers of the country, the devil wl)l have a harder time. "Ood will not listen to a lot of worldly, Indifferent, critical churches. . "Some of the biggest devils I know 1ave their names on church records. "Some people go through the forma of religion when they are so oloas to hell they can amell the sulphur fumes. "We are substituting ' religion for !gbteouanesa. "It seem to be popular to get a big head of steam on for Ak-8ar-Bn. poll Mcs or business but not for Christ. "The Men and Religion Forward move ment of the Young Men's Christian as sociation waa the biggest ftxxle ever Continued on Page Three, Column Four.) The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Thursday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity -Warmer. Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdajr. Deg. Hour C a. m.. 6 a. in.. 7 a. tn.. 8 a. tn.. t a. m.. 10 a. m.. U a. m.. 12 m. ... 1 p. m.. p. tn.. 5 p. tn.. 4 p. m.. 6 p. m.. p. in.. 7 n. tn.. i p. ru.. 48 49 to 64 67 (9 62 (.' 8 ft) 68 6 70 ft & a Comparative I. oral Record. W6. mt. IB) 8. 1912. 70 68 74 4 46 S6 48 U W M 1 V0 .W .00 .00 Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday'.. Mpmji temperature I'reclpltation Temperature and precipitation depar- lures from the normal at Omaha since Vlarch 1. and compartU with tho last two ware: N'ormal temperature 4 IVficlency for the day 4 'j.rtal d-?ficlBiicy k in e Marvh 1 'J r'oVrnal pre 'loltet.on OS Inch I. flrlency for the da v (M ir.i-h T lal rainfall iin-o Mnroh 1. .. 23. 4F Inches ;-VInv for cor. perin1 t!4 S.V inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1413. 7.41 Inches Reports from Btatluas at T P. M. Station and State ot Weather. 1 p. in. cel. (all. rhi cuuh . .'loudy i ... . j I i.viiiioi t, .Iter w .0 3 enver. lear ,k J Motne, cl.r Si A .v, Jorth l'latt. cljudy....7N M . t.timha, cli-ar K. ,a ,o- I apld City. lart cloihiy.. 7t Mi .or rerida. clfar 7J 7 .w K oux City, ilear W : . Nnlcnttne. cloudy 7s sr. T T" indliatre tra'e of prerlpllalion. U A. WKL8ti, Uocal Korecaater. AUSTRIAN BALLOON ABOUT TO ASCEND with obser vation officers for recormaisanco on the Italian front. 5 4-5 -v $ aJ Wwmmmmmw V , W tVl I ' F ' J'' ' J ' eye eeee syeeeiieL twee ;eArafg)&" - j wm It u (--ink x ! ' i 7" ' I ; vs ; ' ' f' -i ; " X.lt i :L Xf.'x t, . ' J v r ' " -( s . - 4 v' ViiJQ J;vU'.-,;.,'.,"-RK::iy NEBRASKA TURNS IN BIG SUHIO CHURCH About $70,000 Reported Collected by Ministers Attending Ne-. braska Conference Here. SECRETARIES ARE ANNOUNCED About $70,000. In taah, checks and drafts will be turned Into the coffers of tha Methodist church by the 4 SO Nebraska ministers who are attend ing the annual state conference of that denomination this week at the rirst Methodist church. The big 8 am represents the money given by Methodists of the state, through their local churches, to the benevolent work of the church in America and abroad. ,. . . . treasurer was elected shortly after the first session of the conference was called to order at S:30 a. m. by Bishop Frank M. Bristol. Rev. H. O. Langley of I Laurel was chosen for the important financial position. A large group of ilatants will be appointed to help him with the big task. TrrniMrh Man leeretary. Rev. IS. M. Furman of Tecumseh wag elected secretary of the conferee oe, and these assistant secretaries were ' ap pointed: Rerv. A. A. Randall of Broken Bow, Kev. O. B. Warren of Auburn, Rev. W. S.' Porter of Orleans, Rev. E. B. Maxcy of BbJokloy and Rev. (X T. Moore of Bladen. To gather and tabulate records and figures on the year's work among Metho dist churches of the state. Rev. A. V. Wilson of Olltner was elected statistical secretary, with Rev. H. H. Miles of Alma as chief assistant. Rev. Mr. Wilaen ap pointed these assistants for the various districts: Omaha, Rev. H. C. Capsey, Rev. J. W. Williams, Rev. C. H. Moore. Rev. Q. II. Albln: Tecuniaeh. W. I Ilad- aell. Rev. a W, Longacre, Rev. Bert A. Beaire; Falrbury, Re-. F. C. McFay. Rev. B .N. Runkle, Rev. J. W. Walts: Grand Island, Rev. K. P. KUbourn. Rev. S. B. Taft, Rev. W. N. MeCays Hold rege. Rev. J. B. Roe, Rev. H. S. French, Rev. II. F. Martens; Hastings, Rev. 19. O. Johnson, Rev. B. S. Burr, Rev. J. T. Rowan; Kearney, Rev. J. W. Crist, Rev. Luther Gramley, Rev. A. E. Murleas; Lincoln, Rev. Q. E. McCrure. Rev. I Hanthorn, Rev. E. C. Mitchell; Norfolk, Rev. Frank Wtlllama, Rev. U R- Keok ler. Rev. Lawrence Yost. Uishap Brlntol conducted the celebra tion of holy communion at the beginning t the opening session. Rev. Titus Lowe, pastor of the First church, the conference headquarters, made an addreas of wel come, after which reports were heard from the nine superintendents, who are in charge of church work in the state, under the blabop. Commencing Friday morning, 400 lay men of tha state will begin sessions at the First Congregational church, in the quadrennial lay electoral conference. Their presence in the city, with the min isters and many wives and visitors, will make a total of well over 1,000 Methodists from out of the city. Tn Ilear 'Billy" Saadar, The ministers have voted to attend the Friday evening meeting at the "Billy" Sunday tabernacle In a body, with the 'aymen as Uitors. All the other aft- rnoon and evening meetings at the "tab" will also be attended by many of the Methodists, as no business la scheduled on the conference program during the hours when -Bllly" Sunday's meetings are in progress. One of the visitors at the ministerial inference la pr. I. Garland Penn. Ph. .. of Cincinnati, a eoloree man. lis Is . prominent southern educator among eople of bis race, and ia secretary of the 'reedmen's Aid society of the Methodist church. - - CAR DROPS INTO HOLE JN STREET Six Persons Killed and Hundred Are Hurt by an Unusual Accident at New York. EXPLOSION CAUSES RIO CAVE-IN www vnrnw Ront ' ii Sir oer- sons were killed and between eigniy five and one hundred others injured today, when a dynamite blast in a partly constructed section of the Sev enth avenue subway caused an entire block of pavement to cave in. engulf ing' a crowded trolley car, a heavy truck and many pedestrians. A number of laborers at work in the excavation were burled under tons of debris. Seventy-eight per sons, a considerable portion of them being women and girls on their way to business, were on the surface car, which dropped thirty feet into the excavation and was partly buried un der concrete, rails, heavy timbers, dirt and rocks. The dead: LUIS KRUUMAN, 21 years old, a pas senger on the car. AN UNIDENTIFIED .WOMAN, about SO years old, apparently on her way to work. FOUR LABORERS. Mayer Sfttebel oa Ovoaad. Mayor- Mitchell, Fire Commissioner Adamaon, Polloe Commissioner Woods, District Attorney Perklna, other city of ficials, members of the grand Jury and Edward E. McOeJL chairman of the public service oomnUiton, reached the scene early and made Inspections, Sev eral investigations were begun. The mayor said the inquiry had not progressed far enough to Indloate whether criminal negligence was responsible for the acci dent, or whether arrests would be made. The accident happened a few minutes before S o'clock. Thoueanda of per sona on their way to business in the crowded shopping section, rushed to the scone of the accident. Seventh avenue between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets. Police roped off the entire dis trict between Twenty-second and Twenty- seventh streets and for half a block on either side of Seventh avenue. Persons in houses or buildings adjacent to the cavein were warned to vacate at once, but later were allowed to return. Pedestrians Throwa lato Hole. Persons who were in large of floe build ings close to where the car went down said there waa a great roar as the pave ment and portions of the sidewalks sank. This was followed a moment later by the cries of the partly entombed passengers and of pedestrians who were either i thrown Into the excavation or knocked down. Men and women smashed the win dows in an effort to escape, eye-wit- neases said, while pedestriane who had been thrown Into the hole struggled to avoid the falling debris and regain the street level. Within an hour more than fifty Injured persons had been removed from the cave. Two of theae, a man and a woman, died ' on the way to hospitals, and another j woman waa reported dying by -surgeons. '. A short time later the rescuers reached the worst part of the wreckage and the first body waa removed. Police and fire men reported taking five dead from the cave-In. BLUFFS PRESBYTERY VISITS THE SUNDAY MEETINGS Thirty members of the' Council Bluffs presbytery with their wives were visitors at the tabernacle last night to hear Evangelist Sunday. They came from their meeting at Logan, la., where R F. Chambers of Qriewold, la., waa elected moderator. ' BULGARIA WON'T JOIN TEUTONS, SAVSHimSTER Official at Sofia Denies Mobiliia tion Means Little Balkan Na tion Will Begin War on Entente. GREECE, R0UMANIA NEUTRAL Entente Agents at Sofia Realize They Have Lost Diplomatic Bat tle for Its Support. ARMY TAKES OVER RAILROADS BULLETIN. SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 21. (Via London, Sept. 32. Premier Rados lavoff assured his supporers at a meeting yesterday that Houroanla and Greece would remain neutral. Bt'LLRTIV. LONDON, Sept. B. The Bulgarian Titnlnter. M. Mlsoheff, waa advised by telegraph today of hs government's mobilisation order. On being asked whether Bulgaria in tended to Join with the central powere, M. Mlsoheff replied emphatically: "Certainly not" He reiterated the assertion that the new move Implied nothing more than that Bulgaria was adopting the same precau tionary measures as already had been taken by Switzerland and Holland. All male Serbian subject between the ages of IS and SO, who are residents tn the United Kingdom, were ordered today to report to their consuls, preparatory to rejoining the army. SOFIA, Sept. 20. (Via London, Sopt. 22.) Bulgaria apparently is on the brink of war. The neODle generally believe that hostilities are Imminent. The military authorities have taken possession of the rail ways and ordinary traffic has been suspended. Diplomatic representatives here of the entente powers generally recog nize that their causa is a juo and that Bulgaria Is manifesting clearly a tendency toward the central 'powers. This is due to the dissatis faction of the government at Serbia's reply in the negotiations for terri torial concessions in Macedonia and at tht conduct of Greece In this con nection.- -- ' Bulgaria Will Joia Teateaa. , None of the allies representatives here, cherishes longer the hope that Bulgaria can be prevented front Joining with Ger many, Austria and Turkey. .In government circles the statement Is mado that all military measures whloh have been taken are of a preventative nature. Theae measures consist In turn ing over the railroads to the military au thorities and suspending traffic. Reports from many parts of Bulgaria tell of enthusiastic demonstrations in favor of the government. This is con sidered aymptomatic of public feeling, which does not Ignore the fact that the country la near to war. An Informal cessation by Turkey of the territory along the Dedeghatoh railroad has been delayed by the action of the entente powers In notifying Bulgaria that acceptance of this territory would be regarded as an unfriendly aot, which would Invite counter measures. Ferdlnaad Asawera Oapoattlra. It was learned today that King Ferdi nand, . replying last Friday to the tions of leaders of the opposition partleaJoi that the allies would be victorious. sald:a "The entente la not sure of winning. Nothing indicates at this moment that such will be the ease. If Bulgaria's chances of obtaining Macedonia depend thereupon they may never be realised. My government is following a policy which ia positive in action and certain of good results." Rumors that Premier RadoaUreoff. Is likely to resign are characterised in com petent quarters aa unfounded. (irrek Tablaet railed. A THBNS, Greece, ftept. 12 (Via Lon don.) On receipt of news that Bulgaria had ordered a general mobilisation of her troops King Constantino summoned to conference Premier Venuselos and the members of the general staff of the army. The premier subsequently called a meeting of the cabinet. The greatest activity prevails among the representatives of the entente powers. The British, French and Russian min isters held a conference. The Venlseloe government faces the situation confi dently. It la understood that the First, Sixth, Seventh and Tenth divisions, totaling about 100,000 Infantry and several cavalry regiments, will be the first mobilisation, a number of eavalry regiments already has left Sofia for an unknown destina tion Traffic on the Bulgarian railways have been suspended since Saturday. All Bul garian in Macedonia and Thrare who previously served In the Bulgarian army, numbering about 4&.000, have been re called to the colors. Hr are tha date for our coming' A k - Ssr-Dsn events: Sept. 2 9. Carnival begins Oct. 5. Floral Parade Oct. 6. Electrical Parade Oct. 8, Coronation Ball Oct. 9. Carnival Ends Champ Clark Denounces Pork Cry in Connection With Waterways Work ST. LOUIS, Sept. II The opponents of waterways Improvement, the adverse re port or Lieutenant Colonel of F.nglneiMs Deakyne on the reported Improvement of the MlMourl river, and the persons who cry "pork" at every mention of river lm irovement In the middle went, wore denounced by .Speaker Champ Clark of the national house of representatives In sn address before the Bunlness M.n league here today. He called attention to the small gain in population throughout the mlildlewett In lecent years and advocated the rt ratabllahment of cheap water transporta tion ns the prlnrlpnl remedy for thu existing "disparity of growth between the Mtnsieatppl valley and the soahoard, gulf and lake states." Referring to the advantages which might be derived from the building of tha Panama canal and the Improvement of the Mississippi river and its tributaries, he said: "The people of this city, this state, this valley, have a golden opportunity 1 1 MANY INDICTMENTS IN EASTLAND CASE Federal Grand Jury Returns Bills Against Owners, Inspectors and Officers of the Boat. CONSPIRACY AND CARLESSNESS CHICAGO, 8ept. 22. Federal In dictments in connection with the Kastland disanter July 2 4, whan the excursion steamer capsized in the Chicago river, causing tho death of 812 persons, were returned today charging conspiracy and criminal carelessness In the operation of an unseaworthy boat. Those named in the true bills were: Oeorge T. Arnold, president of the St. ' Jo"eph"cl''c Hteamshli company. ownnrs oi me caatlaixl Mlllam Hull, vice president and eral manager of the same oomiiany. gn- Walter K, Utvenehauni, manager of the Indiana Transportation company, which chartered the Kaailaud fur the fatal excursion. Harry tedersen, captain of the vessel. Joseph KrioKaon, chief engineer. Robert Reed and Charles C. Eckllff, government steamship instiectors at urand Haven, Mich. I vv f m .-u . . - . . . i di, .loseDn-unicairo HtraniMhln rimi.,n and the St. J oaenh- "h leu wo iouii.f,'. joompany and the Indiana Transportation company, aa corporations. Arnold, Hull, Pedersen, Bnckson. Steels and Roy W. Davis, assistant secretary- treasurer of the St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship company were Indicted by a state grand Jury in connection with the disaster several weeks ago. TVealEf Too Cool T And Too Wet for Central Corn Zone WASHINGTON. Sept. 2i-"Over the oorn growing states including Kansas. Missouri and Illinois and thence north ward, the weather waa loo cool and wet for the rapid maturing, and ripening of corn, and large portions of the crop con tinue late and In danger of frost," says the weekly report of the national weathor and crop bulletin, issued today. "To the eastward the continued warmth and sunshine of the last two weeks have afforded ideal oondltlorva for ripening the erop, and the crop in those districts ts now near maturity, with cutting in progress over the southern portions. "Over most of the spring wheat region threshing continued with only slight In terruption and it Is nearlng completion In some of the large producing states. In the winter wheat states to the eastward of the Mississippi river the weather fav ored preparation of the soil for wheat nd good progress Is reported, some seed having already been sown In the more northern coitions. "To the westward of the Miselaalpp1 river preparations for seeding were less satisfactory, the ground oonttnulng too wet in some sections and too weedy or dry In others. But little wheat bas yet been sown and much ground Is at 111 un prepared. At the same date last year wheat waa being sown in all portions of the belt, and much of It was already up." Weevil activity In the cotton belt was reported to have Increased and to have made prospects for a top crop leas prom ising. Massachusetts Voters Nominate Walsh and McCall BOSTON, Sept. 32.-A revision of the complete vote of the state In yesterday's Joint primaries made today somewhat In creased the plurality of the nomlneen. Oovernor Walsh was renominated for a third term by the democrats and former Congressman McCall was chosen as his republican opponent. The total vote 'of the state for the principal candidates was as follows: Republlnan Oovernor: Samuel K. Mc Call. tS.OSo; Orafton I), dishing. 6M4; Jugenu N. Foss, 10.214. Lieutenant gov ernor: Calvin Coolldge, 73,(T70; Guy A, Ham. m,Ui. Demorratio Governor: David I. Walsh, 74,Sj6; Frederick S. Dsltrirk. 3.470. There waa no contest In the progressive party for governor and Nelson B. Clark will be the opponent of Governor Walsh and Mr. McCall. Land in North Dakota Open for Settlement WASHINGTON. St .-President Wilson, upon the recommendation of Secretary Lane, has signed a proclama tion opening to homestead entry more than lfC.OO acres of land In North Dakota. These lands were formerly within the Fort Berthold Indian reserva tion and have been reserved from dis position because they contained coal. Hy tha terms of the proclamation the lands will not become subject to entry until the spring of lDlt. grow In wealth and population whlrh will never come again. "Traffic on the Mleatiulppi and Mis souri must be revived soon or never." he continued. "The congieselonnl delegation from the Mississippi valley cannot suc ceed Indefinitely in securing appropria tions unless there Is a speedy and Import ant Increase in steamhoatlng. This cun be accomplished In two ways: "First, build steamboats and set thun working; second, construct adequate wharfs and river rail terminals. "It Is evident that the propoganda against river Improvement Is well financed and whoever are behind It must believe that Improved rivers would in jure their Interests, otherwise they would not put the money up for such an ex pensive propoganda." If an appropriation Is for the Improve ment of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York or New England waters, the speaker de clared. "Is a patriotio expenditure. But 't the appropriation Is to be used in Iowa, Missouri or Arkansas, or that region. It Is 'pot k.' " AWAITING OTHER DUMBA DOCUMENTS Two Important Papers Taken from Archibald Have Not Reached State Department. GERMAN DIPLOMATS INVOLVED WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. Acting Secretary of State Polk announced today that the department now la in ponsenHion of all but two of the doc uments taken from James F. J. Arch ibald, which resulted in the request for the recall of the Austro-Hun-tarlan. ambassador. It was declared that until the remaining letters, one fiom Dr. Dumba to his foreign office "on pollltlcal subjects,' and a letter; from Count Von Bernstorff, reached tho department no further action which might affect other persons lm 1 Heated will be taken. Letter by Von I'npen. In addition to correspondence already published the department divulged a translation of a letter addressed to the "Itoyal Minister of War, Berlin," by Von Tapen, dated New York, August SO, re garding probable sale of war materials to the Dutch and Norwegian govern ments. The translation of the letter was aa follows: ' "Recently news has come In here from various sources that Ihe Dutch and Nor wegian governments are buying war ma terials, such aa powder, toluol, etc. "I respectfully beg the royal ministry Jof war to be good enough to let me know wnetner there would be any objection to a sale of war material by Oa to the coun tries mentioned In the event of the gov ernments or their representatives here guaranteeing that no further sale of the goods shall take place. - "On the Norwegian coast I could prob ably unload a large portion of the Lehigh Coke company's toluol, which is lying here useless In storage." ('alia Yankees Irilots. Publication of some of the letters made public In Kngland has aroused consider able speculation hero as to what the f u- ture course of the government may be j with regard to some officials of the Oar-! man embassies. Officials would not com- ' ment on the letter of Captain Frlta von : M A CA LL1 8TE3R, Okl., Sept. S3. A reso Papen, the German military attaohe. In : lutlon empowering the sergeant-at-arms, which he said: "I always say to those to search delegates for weapons was Idlotlo Yankees that they had better hold 8noPted at today's session of a special their tongues." . : district convention of the United Mine Whether any action would be taken by ' Workers convened to Investigate the the government relating to Von Papen.'j charges against Peter Hanraty, president officials would not disclose. ' of th district. The copy of Dd. Dumba's letter In I prevlous to tha adoption of the order which the Austro-Hungarian ambassa-I th" otnventlon t0 reoeas of aa hour dor oomments on the attitude of Presl-! to p'rnilt delegatea who might be earry dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing It I W W8Pn to Mtu" their rooms, was said, had not yet reached the 'd- V'V1 l,ha sergeant-at-arms completed his partmsnt. " wa announced no revolvers had ' found. Nearly 100 pocket Vnlves Wires Warming In the Fight for Federal Judgeship The wires are heating up again with dl patchea bearing democratic signatures Intended to bring pressure on the powers that be in Washington in behalf of dif ferent aspirants for the vacant United States district Judgeship. Friends of Omaha candidates take It that W. II. Thompson of Grand Island has been barred out by the age limit and are, therefore, pushing their respective favorites harder, namely C. J. Smyth, 8. R. Rush and J. W. Woodrouh. Herbert Daniels made a special trip to Washing ton In behalf of Woodrough and Richard 8. Metcalfe has Just returned with a re port on his efforts to boost Smyth. Rush Is counting on his long record In the Department of Justice, and A. C. Wakeley has some eastern, n well as home support. Still a new Rh'hinond is in the field by mention of the name of Charles B, Kel ler, formerly associated with the , late George w. Doane and now a partner of ll. H..Baldrlge and said to be willing to take the plum If the others cannot land it. Child is Killed by Automobile at Grand Island, Neb, GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Sept. 32. (Spe cial Telegram.) George CAiiurlne, a well , nown rarmer or an adjacent county, ran into and killed John Peters, the S2-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph I'etens, In the outskirts of the city today. Cumrtiie, driving an auto mobile, was crossing a bridge when the child ran across in front of his car. The boy waa struck on the head und .was dead before a physician oould reach the scene. It Is likely that there will be an Inquest. The father is a car inspeoier tcr the Union Pacific. RUSSIAN MAI!) ARMY ON SALIENT OF VILNA SAVED Czar's Forces Destroy Everything of Military Value as They -Retire in Southeasterly Direction. CAVALRY RAID IS ' HALTED Indications that Detachments May Be Cut and Russians Losses Will Be Heavy. DEMAND RECALL OF THE DUMA BM.I.KTIV. BERLIN, Sept. 22. tVla Lon don) The capture of the Kusslan city of Ostrow was announred tod by the War office. IXJNDON, Spt. 22. Special dis patches from Petrograd agree that the Russians have withdrawn safely from the Vllna salient, the strategic value of which was considered so great that the Russian staff felt jus tified in risking some of the best troops to defend it to the last possi ble moment. In their withdrawal the Russians are said to have de stroyed everything of military utility, ag has been their practice since the gigantic retreat began. While the main army probably la safe. It la hardly likely that the whole Russian foree will eaoape without heavy losses In men and guns. Field Marshnl Vnn HI-. denburge eavalry, which was expected to complete the encircling movement. Is still held up between Smorgou ami deobno. On the Vlna-Llda-Slotitm flantv the German advance ia proceeding stead II y, but P ranee Leopold's progress I ; slower, while Field Marshal Von Mars ensen has come to a pause beyond th-i Pripet marshes. If the Russians' retreat Is to be stopped successfully, the swiftest movement must oome from the south, and the Germans must reap the full advantage of their efforts within a week. As was predicted, the Zemstvo confer ence at Moscow petitioned Emperor Nicholas to recall the Duma and sum -mon a cabinet responsive to the wishes ef the people. 1 The protracted artillery duels along the western front have been relieved by sev eral Infantry attacks. The English public Is discussing wl.li greatest Interest the record war hud ti t presented yesterday. War Renewed In Belgium. PARIS, Sept. S3. The artillery fighting along the western frontt ao prevalent it the last few weoks.as broken "out in" " Belgium; according to the French offlctnl report given out in this city this after noon. 1 ' . Artillery fighting has taken place aim. near Arras, between the Somme anil Olse, between the Alsne and 'he Argon region and In Lorraine. A group of eight Frenoh aviators has successfully bombarded a railroad sta tlon on the line from Verdun to Meti. Delegates to Union Convention Searohed collected, however, i'unratry Is charged with irregularities In making contracts and agreements v'th coal companlea in the Arkansas fli'M He has denied the charges. THE WANT-AD-WAY Tll AM) WANTjS J - A-': '.LJ rfirtiT' All Rights Raserraa. Ton may bowl aboat the sreataerj Bay lta makiag business bad, But you'd "brighten up yo ur eoraet" If you'd use a Bee Waat Aa. Tha Want Ad's need la aaaav ways; They cover the baalaess field Tbev go Into most aU the homes, o big- p route they always yield. lo don't give ao with eea disgust; it down with folded trmi to weep, Bat pn a Waat Ad la The Steel From its effort yoaur profits reap. 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