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AUSTRIANS PRESS
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ITALIAN FRONT
RAILROAD MAN WHO HAS RE
TIRED AS U. P. PRESIDENT.
MOHLER RETIRES
AS PRESIDENT OF i
UNION PACIFIC;
Operating Head of the Bin- c'stem
in the West An miv j
ORDERS CONSULS
TO GO TO EL PASO
TO SEE FUNSTOH
TURKS AIDING GERMANS ON THE YSER In an effort to break the British lines
and get to Calias, the Germans have brought their Turkish allies from the Balkans. The
photograph shows a detachment of Turkish infantry in Asia Minor preparatory to
entraining for the western front. Note the steel helmets of the German type.
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THE WEATHER.
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Forces of Dual Crown Begin Offen-
sive Movement from the
Alps Mountains to the
Adriatio Sea.
HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED
Many Bodies of Soldiers Said to Be
Floating Down the River
Adige.
HEAVY GUNS FROM GERMANY
United Statei Agents at Five Mex
ican Cities Are Ordered to El
Paio to Confer With the
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Geneva, Switzerland (Via Paris),
May 18. Reports from Innsbruck in
dicate that the heaviest fighting of
t It c war between Italy and Austria
during this year is in progress in the
region of Kovereto and the Sugatta
alley, while there is every evidence
that the 'Austrian have begun a gen
eral offensive against the Italians
from the Alps to the Adriatic. Many
bodies of Austrian soldiers killed in
the fighting arc said to be floating
down the Kiver Adige.
The Aublrians have brought several
batteries of their heaviest guns from
' f iennany ami have installed them
near Gorizia and Monfalcone, where
the staff of Archduke -Frederick lias
arrived. The Austrians are also rush
ing troops from Innsbruck into the
region of Trent.
Swiss troops on the frontier report
that the Austrian positions on the
Adainello range have recently been
greatly strengthened and the artillery
duels arc increasing in intensity.
fieri in, May 18. (By Wireless to
Sayville, X. Y.) Artillery engage
ments arc in progress all along the
Austria-Italian front on which the
Austrians began an offensive move
ment vsccral days ago. The official
Austrian statement of May 17 reports
the capture of new positions on the
Dobcrdo I'lateau.
House Committee
Rejects Five-Year
Naval Program
Washington, D. C, May 18. In de
ciding upon the increase of the navy
the house naval committee today vot
ed to abandon the five-year build
ing program, recommended by Sec
retary Daniels, and to recommend
th;i five battle cruisers, to cost $20,
433,5.11 each; four scout cruisers, ten
torpedo boat destroyers, twenty sub
marines, one hospital ship, one oil
supply ship and one ammunition sup
ply ship be built during the 1917 fis-"j
cal year. The committee voted 13 to
a on name cruisers and submarines.
London Hears Pope
Asked Kaiser to
Stop Subsea War
London, May 18. Sir Kdward
Grey, the foreign secretary, an
nounced in the House of Commons
toilay that the government had been
informed by Sir Henry Hdward.
British minister at the Vatican, th.u
representations had been made to
Germany by the Vatican with a view
to inducing Germany to abandon
submarine warfare.
French Occupy
a Greek Fortress
Eicrlin, May 18. (lly Wireless to
Sayville.) The Oversea N'ews
agency today gave out the following:
"It is reported from Athens that
French troops have occupied Fort
Dowatcte by force and that the
Greek government has delivered an
emphatic protest to the ministers at
.tnens ot the entente powers. Greece
, m me 11)1411011 in me : gospel. 1 lie .4tn it) prisoner in
lort is contrary to promise w Inch ! t .ernun v, most of whom ate Rus
haJ been given. ! siaus. open a great in Id for the !
, : ecangeliatioii of Russia. In the
rpi t. ( camps, m lite hospital-, m the prison ,
xIlO VYCatllOr tramps, is an open doot id Impr, lie-!
mrtuloiis and mighty that will at-!
i.,rf.i on t t itt i'rttM !'"' every church m I. mope. ;
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PRESBYTERIAN
ASSEMBLY MEETS
Indication That Rev, W. S. McEwan
of Pittsburgh Will Be Elected
Moderator.
BIG ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED
Atlantic City, N. J., May 18. Inter
est in the first day's sessions of the
Presbyterian assembly which began
its 128th annual meeting here today,
centered in the election of a moder
ator to succeed the Rev. J. Ross Stev
ens, president of Princeton Theologi
cal seminary. Leaders 'among the
2,000 delegates predicted that the as
sembly would set a precedent by se
lecting the Rev. W. L. McKwan of
Pittsburgh. It Is customary to alter
nate between the east and west in
filling the highest office in the gift
of the church. Other candidates
prominently mentioned include Rev.
Dr. John A. Marquis, Cedar Rapids,
la., and Rev. Dr. Hugh A. Walker of
Los Angeles. A successor to the late
Dr. Noble of San Francisco, the per
manent clerk, was also to be chosen
at today's sessions.
The gathering was considered one
of the most important in the history
of the church. Among the matters to
be considered are an overture from
the Cincinnati Presbytery for the ex
pulsion of the New York Presbytery
on charges of ordaining to the minis
try men who, disr laim many of the
essential" beliefs of the church, and
the proposed consolidation of the col
lege board and the board of educa
tion. War and Christianity.
The reports that have been pre
nared bv various committees for con
sideration during the week reflect
some of the new phases of church
problems and particularly some of
the effects which the great war in
Europe has had on church work.
These reports compiled in a book
of 200 pages, which were placed in
the 'bands of the delegates to the as
sembly here today, include some
optimistic views as to the effects
which the war is having and will
continue to have on religion. The
executive commission of the alliance
o the reformed churches through
out the world reports: ,
"Instead of showing the failure of
Christianity, this war has revealed
the strength of Christianity, for
Christianity has been the only bond
that has not snapped because of
this war. (hit of the present condi
tion in F.urope three facts are1
emerging that bear on the religious
situation. The first isthat religion
over there has become largely phil
anthropy. The people have passed
from faith to works. All the coun
tries are full of charitable efforts to
relieve poverty and suffering,
Opportunity for Evangelization.
"The second peculiarity is cvan
gcliatum. The 24,MHl,iMK) men of
the different armies afford a grand
opportunity for the spread of the!
lui become a prrsoinl tiling 1 t.r
war Is nuking L tirnpr Irani that if-
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EFFECTIVE ON FIRST OF JULY;
V L. Mohler, president of the .
I'uion Pacific railroad, is- to retire
from active service. I
He announced his intention last!
nigth, which came as a surpiise to his !
any friends in Omaha. He says he i
will lake a rest, but still will be iiJen- j
tified with the road.
Mr, Mohler's announcement as1
given to the press follows:
"Mr. Mohler announces that he lias 1
decided to retire as president of the j
I'niou Pacific Railroad company and!
the Oregon Short Line Railroad com
pany on July 1, but will still be identi
fied with these companies in an ail
visory capacity."
Two German Ships
Reported Sunk by
RUSSian Submarine
London, May 18. The sinking of
two German steamships by a sub
marine, believed to be a' Russian, is
reported in a Reuter dispatch from
Stockholm, The steamships were
the Kolga, Hamburg for Stockholm,
and the liiauca.
Stockholm, May 17. (Via Loudon,
May 18. ) The Gentian steamer Hera
was sunk this morning off Laudsort,
in the Halt ir.
The sinking of the Hera marks the
first activity of llritish submarines in
the Baltic this season. 'I he Hera left
Stockholm on Tuesday to take on
2,000 tons of iron ore at Oxloestind.
Its captain was ordered on board the
submarine with the ship's (tapers ami
taken prisoner. Sufficient time was
given the crew to leave the ship. All
on board were saved.
The report of the submarine ac
tivity lias stopped 4he movement of
numerous German vessels with car
goes of iron ore now at O.xloesund
and other ports. '
1 he steamships were torpedoes
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Kolga was shelled by the submarine
for twenty minutes. I wo of the
crew were slightly injured.
The. Kolga was then torpcrloed an I
sunk. Thirteen of the crew were
picked up by a Swedish steamer.
Four others are missing.
Half an hour later the Rianca wai
shelled and torpedoed in the same
vicinity. The crew was picked up by
the vessel which rescued the men
from the Kolga. Two were injured
slightly. t
Revenue Agent is
Charged with Taking
Tips from Dealers
New York, May 18. Christopher J
Fortman, for more than ten years a
deputy internal revenue collector, was
arrested by the federal authorities to
day on a warrant charging him with
demanding and accepting bribes from
tobacco dealers in return for making
false reports to the government. As
sistant L'nited States Attorney Mc
Donald said other collectors would be
arrested in an effort to break up a
system of alleged grafting, which, he
said, has cost the government ntore
than $J(K),0(HJ within the last ten
years.
Fortman ws dropped
from the
service two weeks ago.
than ten years, Assistant Uistriet
tornry Mv Donald charges, l ortmaii
has collected an average of a
week m "lips" frnm the tnhaico men.
Ills duty wa to cheek iit the re.
turns made by about m) dealers each
niiiuth. lortmaii, the government
charges, without making an inveu
lor, ccitifii d the dralers' returns and
tereurd f'ir this serene "lips' of fl
or J.' Itum each dealei.
Tofim.ui was Itansirrred to I'hiU 1 t,v 1 ommissi..ier
iletiiliia some lime ju.i Hi airriHi"io aii'l a ball
Ku.s .nit j Ilit- leicut lit. in tiiK-nl ,.
sMiMU, ,Nr l.,baiio ileabrs mil
tiiaiui'aclnri'i i on (hf iliariiif of If-
tilling i Kat b.isrs with. ml i a in i Ibn ,
thr tminte tiamiis 1 urtitiati ua
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GEORGE ROGERS,
CIGAR MAN. DEAD
I Expires at Hotel from Heart Failure,
After Bcinf at Work as Usual
Wednesday.
HAS SUFFERED THREE YEARS
George Rogers, for many years a
prominent cigar man of Omaha ami
candidate, for the nomination for
sheriff on the democratic ticket at
the April primaries, died suddenly
from heart disease at the Fontencltc
hotel early jesterday morning.
Mr. Rogers Is survived by bis wife
and tliref; sons, and lived at 2010 liin
lie y street.
Mr. Rogers took dinner Wednes
day at the I'ontciielli" with a cigar
salesman, who was endeavoring to
sell Mr. Rogers a new line of cigars.
He had been at his usual labors dur
ing the day and attended the Rotary
club lunch at noon.
.Mr. Rogers seemen" practically nor
mal, but when his host ordered
coffee, Mr. Rogers said, "I don't be-
111 'c win nave loucc. i in noi
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A moment later h threw his hands
over his heart, announced that he
was very ill and asked to be taken
out of the dining room. F'rieuds im
mediately rarried him out and Dr. II.
M. FiUgibbon, who was in the hotel
at the'time, .was called. The doctor
advised that the sick man be not re
moved from the hotel, but be put to
bed there.
When the doctor had worked with
Ihc patient for a few hours he seemed
to grow more quiet, and about mid
night fell asleep. After a few hours
he woke, again in great pain, and
again the doctyr worked with hint
until he became quiet. Farly this
morning he awoke again and after a
struggle with excruciating pain about
the heart he passed away about 0:30.
Mr. Rogers bad been suffering for
some three years with arteriosclero
sis, or hardening of the arteries.
Candidate for Sheriff.
The immediate cause of death i
aid by the doctor to have been what
is Known as angina pectoris, or the
hardening and blocking of the arter
ies immediately about the heart, oth
erwise called "heart block."
The campaign Mr. Rogers made
for the democratic nomination for
shentf of Douglas county this spring
is said to have had ninth to do with
aggravating his trouble, as he was
known as a man who entered any
kind of a campaign with considerable
At-;vlK''r al.',(l cl,, t-v
Mrs. Rogers, was with her husband
when be died. She was i.illed in tin
es cuing when be was l.ikrn ill and
stard with him throughout the night.
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Judge Day Asked
To Hold Hearing
On Decatur Bank
District Judge George A. Day has
been requested by Attorney General
W. L. Reed to gi) to Tckatnah next
week to hold a bearing on the appli
cation for receivership of the defunct
state bank at Decatur. No date has
been set for the hearing.
LYNCH CONVICTED
BY COURT-MARTIAL
American Living: in Dublin Found
Guilty of Participating- in the
Recent Irish Rebellion.
SENTENCE IS NOT GIVEN OUT
London, May 18. Jeremiah Lynch
of New York lias been tried and con
victed by a court-martial at Dublin
on a charge of participating in the
Irish rebellion. The sentence was to
be promulgated today, but no word
has beetr received by the American
embassy here as to what sentence
was imposed.
The news that Lynch had been
convicted by a court-martial was re
ceived by the embassy from the
American consul in Dublin. Previous
lo this last news the embassy had
of Lynch was that under the defense
of the realm act he was prohibited
from leaving the five-mile zone of
Dublin. This provision as a rule only
applies to hostile aliens, but can be
extended to friendly aliens. It was
extended to Lynch, as he had been
making rips to western Ireland.
Lynch was a resident of Dublin for
some time.
Formerly Lived at New York.
New York, May 18. Jeremiah C,
Lynch is a naturalized American cit- j
izen, it was said today by his friends
in this city. Cp to four years 'ago,
when he returned to Ireland to en
gage in the iiiMirancc business in the
city of Cork, he was prominent in
Irish circles here as president nf the
I'hilo-Ccltic society and as a member
of the State Celtic league.
Two years ago be returned to New
York and spent six months here as
representative of the Gaelic league
from Ireland and has since been in
Ireland as representative of the Gaelic
league from the l'nited Slates. He is
about 40 years old and first came to
this country as a young man of 20.
Northwestern Has
Raised Pay Check of
Many Employes
N i iw
company
e Nut th western Kadroad
la come in nli ,ni tie
crease in the pay o many of its em-
plovcs I hr iro n asr will be 5 tier
'iriit and it will make its at.i.eai aii e
( in the envelope containing the
slept anjthnkn (,,r w of k prrfnimrd Mav
v (tight. . Wlulc ihrrc air srsrial tlioii-aiol
lis ton- , Sottliwrsterii rmplows sib,, will
iitliiiinjll ,lire in the 5 per tint inrtrase In
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Fort and Trench Taken and Numer
ous German Rushes Repulsed
Wjth Great Losses.
AEROPLANES BOMBARD METZ
Paris, May 18. everal attacks were
made by German troops on the Ver
dun front last night in an effort to
rapture a redoubt at Avorourt, The
official statement of today says the
Germans were repulsed each time
and tljat they Inst heavily, French
troops, after severe fighting, captured
a German fort on the northeast slope
of Hill 304,
One German trench north of Hill
287 was raided by French lorces,
which killed or captured the occu
pants of these positions,
On the Verdun front east of the
Meusc the artillery on both sides
was active during the night.
Two French aeroplanes dropped
eighty more shells on lite railway
station at Mctz on the night of May
lo.
Germans Renuls French.
Rerlin, May 18. (Via London,)
The repulse this morning of three
attacks by the French agaktst Ger
man positions on Hill No. 304, north
west of Verdun, was announced by
the war office today. ,
Dakota Wesleyan
Orator First Man
in Mohonk Contest
Mohonk Lake, N. Y., May 18.
Frances Case, a student at Dakota
Wesleyan university, representing the
western group, won the eleventh an-
nual national oratorical contest of
me interrollegtatc reace association
today. Five college undergraduates
took part in the competition, each
being the winner successively in three
preliminary contests college, state
and geographical groups. Their ora
tions were judged the best of about
550 representing 130 colleges and uni
versities. The frist pric is $100.
Chase won the right to represent
the' western group, made up of col
leges from Nebraska, Iowa, South
Dakota, Missouri and Kansas, in an
oratorial contest held in Omaha a
few weeks ago,
Wilson to Address
League for Peace
Washington, May IS. President
W ilson loilav accepted an invitation
to speak either I riday or Saturday of
nest week at a meeting here o( the
League to l.iitotce Peace, of which
..i Hie! I'lCsnlent gf( is piesi.li lit,
I lie ii--i.riit, in speaking to an ami
piepar ediii st i mmntre recently,
tt'KKrstril that atlrr the war, all na
tions might lofiilmte in a league in!
piesitve pra e with a coiiiiuoii polne'
lour. I
In i cli'l. rati. m ol tlie anniversary ol j
the littt Hague lolriifrtuf. reprrsrn-j
taturs ot tiie W onu n't trait party (
day mgr. I I'tcsnbiil W ilson to ukr J
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ol nrutial tiation. i, tiake tliortt to,
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Government Wishes to Amnje for
Closer Co-Operation Among the
Military and Civil Officers.
DEEMER SAFELY ACROSS LINE
BULLETIN,
P.I Paso, May 1H. An American
soldier who crossed the international
boundary, a mile and a half east of
Juar.-z, early today, was shot and
killed by Mexican customs guards.
General Gavira, Carrauza commander
in Jaurer. informed General Bell,
stating that the American was in
toxicated and fired on the Mexicans
before they shot him.
General Hell immediately detailed
two officers to Juarez, and these, in
conjunction with two officers as--signed
by General Gavira and the
Mexican military judge, began an in
vestigation of the shooting.
Washington, May 18. American '
consuls ami vice consuls at Chihua
hua. Juarez, Nogab-s, Duratigo,
Aguas Calieiit.es and Monterey have
been ordered lo I'.l Paso to confer
with Major General Fimslon. It was '
announced that the purpose is to pro
i ide closer' co-operation between the
American civil and military authori
ties in watching developments in the
border rrgion, but it may have a
bearing in ultimate withdrawal of the
American forces. Consul Letcher of
Chihuahua probably will later come
to Washington lo make a report.
Official advices of the rescue of
Deemer ami Payne, the two Amer
icans rarried off by Mexican bandits
after the Glenn Springs and Iiorjuil
las raids, say Colonel Sibley and tha
expedition after the ltorpiillas raiders
were yesterday at Ixjs Alamos, forty
miles south of the border, while
Major I.anghorne's troops were last
reported near Cerrero lilanco, where
thev struck the bandits, wounding"
ami taking two. Iloth forces now
arc out in small detachments.
Deemer Safely Across Border.
Marathon, Tex., May 18. Jesse
Deemer, the Hoquillas store keeper,
and Monroe Payne, negro, kidnaped
by the liig Hand bandit raiders and
rescued by Major George T. Lang
home's cavalry detachment, have
reached Iioquillas, according to of
ficial reoorts received here today.
No official confirmation has yet
reached here of the reported engage
ment between (he America" troops
and the bandits, in which six Mexi
cans were said to have been killed
and seventy-live captured. It is
thought that the story of the encoun
ter may have had its origin in a fight
that occurred when Major Lang
home released Deemer and Payne,
Bandits Are Surprised.
According to the official r"port, the
rescue of the Americans took place
in the dead of night. Major Lang
home, with a detachment of the
Kighth cavalry, drove in automobiles ,
and trucks to a ranch house where
part of the Glenn Springs raiders
were quartered.
The bandits were surprised, but,
although surrounded, they put up a
stiff fight. Two were wounded and
two captured. The remainder escaped
in the darkness. The Americans had
no losses.
Scarcity of gasoline for his supply
trucks is said to have prevented Ma
jor I.anghorne from immediately tak
ing up the trail of the bandits.
Major Langhorne is reported still'
pushing southward through Coahuila.
'Residents here are in receipt of tn
formatioii from lloquillas that 400
armed Yatpii Indians have left Cuatro
( ienrgas, IdU miles southeast, riding
in a direction that should place them
near Major I.anghorne's advance col
umn shortly. Army officials say they
cannot confirm the report.
TO FIX DATE FOR THE
STATE W. C.J. U. MEETING
An i uitation lo meet in Omaha the
latter pail of Mav and decide the
dale for the state Women's Christian
Temperance union convention was
voted P be extended the state tem
perance rummr committee. This
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