0
Daily
Call Tyler 1000
If Vou Want to Talk to This He
or to Anyone Connected
With The IWo.
HE
MAHA
THE WEATHER.
Fair
n 4
VOL. XLVI-NO. 291
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 2:?, 191 fi-TWELVE PAGES.
Ob Tr-Jns, lit Motal
Hwt tnd, ate, M
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
ATHLETIC CLUB HAS
. B0UGHT ITS SITE
Magnificent Structure to Be Built
on Douglas Street Eait
of Strand,
ITALIANS DRIVEN
FROM ALL POINT-
OH THE LAVOiiurtE
GERMAN INFANTRY
ATTACKS REP0LSED
Paria Report Capture of German
Block Housei Near Verdun
and Other Gaini,
LIFE OF LYNCH 13
SAVED BY ACTION
OF THE PRESIDENT
MA T I LAN(iH0IiNE AND COLONEL SI H LEY
. ommandcrs of the .second expedition into
"'A .it' . . , , ii ii
EXPEDITION BACK
MEXICAN PURSUIT
v .ceo, now nursmnir me remnanis oi me ounaw
,iv
oand which raided the Kig Hend country in Texas,
Photo made at the firm stop below.thc border, before
the American troops had engaged the bandits.
Colonel Sibley and Major Lanjj
home Have Returned from
Chase of Olenn Spring
Raider.
KOT FOLLOWED BY INDIANS
Detachment Reported A&ain on Way
I South Hai Returned to the
s iTnif.,r. Statu.
AMERICAN MINES ARE RAIDED
Marathon. Tex.. Mav 22.- Both
Colonel Sibley ami Major l.snghorne
are now on the American aide of the
line after their hunt for the Glenn
.Spring bandit, .
Marathon, Tcx May 12. Colonel
I'. W. Sibley's detachment; of the sec
ond expeditionary column readied
lioquilla on the American side of the
international houndary yesterday af
ternoon, according to information
brought here today,
Previously Colonel Sibley had been
reported a turning back to Ret in
touch with Major Langhorne's de
tachment, which had been rtirnored a
in too clone proximity to a band of
Yaiii Indian.
American Properties Raided.
I.I I'aso, 'lex., May 22, -American
and other foreign owned mining
properties at ( uatro ( iciicga were
looted by bandit on May Is, accord
ing to reliable information received
here today,
'Hie looter previously bad at
tacked Sierra Mojada and among
them were a number of the bandit
, who raided lenn Spring and lio.
tjuilla, 'J ex, Alter pillaging the of
fice, bouse and storehouse they
carried their booty to the country be
tween Cuatro Cicncga and San J'e
ilro, where ihey went into hiding.
According to the name information
the country between Cuatro Gene-
gai, which it the birthplace and home
district of Cencral Carranza, Sierra
Mojada and San Pedro contain in
numerable bandit, Lp to a week
ago these had not felt the pressure of
General Trevino' troop movement.
Advice received here ay nothing
regarding the presence of Vaqui In
dian at Cuatro Cicnegas a reported
in dispatcher
New Note from Carranza.
Washington, May 22. The State de
partment ha been advised that a new
note from General (arrana on the
border situation probably will reach
VVashingtoii today or tomorrow, Spe
cial Agent Rodger at Mexico City
has been unable to report wharhal
tailed forth the new commniiic slion,
Mr. Rodger ban advised the State
department thai Carranza official in
Mexico City feel the border situation
is les critical. Some official believe
it possible that the new note deal
with the Glenn Spring raid. Repre
sentations were made by the State rle-
lartment at that time which have not
ieen answered.
It is believed probable the new
American expedition ent over the
line after the raid may be the nine
of the coming note.
Two motion picture photographer!
who accompanied Colonel Sibley'
force brought the new of his arrival
at HuquiiUc.
They said Colonel Sibley'a force
came back intact, having "not even
lost a wagon wheel,"
'INSANITY COMPLAINTS
FILED AGAINST ELOPER
Auinia, Neb., May 22 (Special
1 clegram.) - Sheriff John I'". Powell
today filed an insanity complaint
anainsl (-'red l'arrcll of thl rity. lar-n-ll
is the young man who eloped
villi 10-year-old Marjory Campbell
to Hasting last Saturday.
Gold Near Yankton.
Yankton, S l, May 22. --(Special.)
Several partus in thi rity who
hate been prospecting on Jamea riv
et, claim to have discovered gold on
the place of a farmer named Hanson,
about scten miles from Yankton,
There ate some liiiih quart cliffs at
the place and iput tz-hraring gold
lint been shown here.
The Weather
l .Mfrtt Ml. 7 p Ml, T'.r'Mw :
l et- i iMinhw, 4'iiijtv'H Hluff. Htiil It tniH
)'u imi( Mill' ti i .mt: hi ivinpHatiiiP,
ltn.tr
It
h tt jr.
' I -l I III i I
1 i'ii . I HI
K-.l, ri-t. t...n Al 1
H1 i-. - ... y )t .
I 1
I
I I
i t
I
$ i tn . , ;
ft J I":::::::::--
W ;:;e ;
- it ;
t mirlli a m tt Urn. til
'" ' ft 1 I- ..,.. ,.!,. .,. ,,,,, i,
'- i i, i . I ii it It', , ,., . n, g
I - S i ? 1 It i , 1 11 H " I . I I
S I i t 1 t ,11,
14' i I ' "I i it . ft 1 t
' , . 1 , - ,-l,i, I-., t t ft It
A, D. BRANDEIS HELFS OUT DEAL
The present site of the Douglas
auditorium, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth street, on the north idc
of Douglas, is to be the site of the
new Omaha Athletic flub,
The director of the club yester
day at a meeting 'in the office of Pres
ident W, A. praser, decided to pur
chase two lot, one known a the
Dougla auditorium, purchased from
the P,randei company, and the other,
sixty-six feet adjoining the Douglas
auditorium building on the east, from
lake Schlank, at a total cost of $218,
IX Ml. Arthur D, Urandci agree to take
$I00,(XXI of second mortgage bond in
payment fr hi lot, the bond to
bear 6 ter cent intercM,
Cost of Structure.
The total estimated cost of the club
when completed will be about a fol
low: r.i t,f aruund-, (inn
j Hllll'llhC , , !.
furnishings ... '"'
Ari rilKM in (iJ r.iilnrln ill, noo
Tnlsl ". t2.
It is contemplated to have 1,'MM)
resident members, each, paying $IW
initiation fee and M per auniiin
dues; .M) life member, paying $5(Kt
with no dues, but subject to their
proportionate pait of any special as
sessing should any be levied by the
dub, and 250 non-resident member
at $25 each,
Jl it is determined that the dub can
be built oi) eighty eight loot front in
side lot the unused part of the lot
will be sold, A committee was ap
pointed to eonsult local architects re
garding tin matter,
The committee will meet again
Wednesday night for the purpose of
appointing committees to handle all
detail in connection with the promo
tion and erection of the club.
Eight-Story Building.
The general plan still contemplates
an right-Rlory building for the
I Omaha Athletic dub. J he building
plan, however, are to be worked out
finally by the committees to be ap
pointed Wednesday,
following is a statement isiiied by
Arthur I). Ifrandei concerning the
sale of the property to the club:
"Jn selling the sixty-six feet adjoin
ing the Strand theater to the Omaha
Athletic: club for $100,000 J am letting
it go at a price much lower than it
arfual value, but in my travels over
the country I have found out what a
great advantage an athletic dub i to
a city, and although at the present
time 1 am compelled to spend a great
deal of time away from this city, I am
still personally interested in every
thing that is for Omaha and am al
wayt eajer to ccwperaic toward the
success of any movement for the ad
vancement of the city. In this par
ticular instance, a the Athletic club
wanted a. frontage of M2 feet, 1 even
went o far a to purchase the sixty
six feet east of my property, known
a the Maul property, for $IIH,)00,
which I am turning over to the club
at exactly the price i paid for it. My
understanding is that the hustling
committee is going out for more
members and that plan for the build
ing will be drawn at once.
"The deal for the Maul property
wa made through II. A. Tukey,"
Barbour Elected
Head of Northern
Baptists' Ass'n
Minneapolis, May 22. Dr. ('. A.
Harbour, president of Kochcsicr The
ological seminary, Kochcsicr, N. Y.,
was elected president of the Northern
Uaptist convention, without opposi
tion, at the annual meeting here today,
lie will succeed President Shader
Mathew of Chicago, who was not a
candidate for re-election.
K. T, ToinliiiMin, executive secre
tary of the miniMer and mission
aries' benefit board, reported to the
convention that the permanent fund
had been increased to $770,455 .45. The
report told cd a campaign ill which
$250,000 had been raiied and only an
expenditure of ,'K) involved.
Dr. W. C. Kilting ut St, Louis, Mo ,
was re elected secretary. A resolu
tion calling upon the convention in
oiNlruct its next nominating commit-
lee to consider only a pastor m lay
man fr the office ol president, ex
(lulling educators, wa voted down.
British Forces in
Anglo-Egyptian
Sudan Defeated
r.cilm, May 2.' I lit Wlidr,, to'
,v-ayt lib I t oiuiiiiii(ii!e advlt rs In,
l he Ot 1 1 ras t w arnc y t rpr t the ,
itrfi t ot IWiliiti lnuu in a battle I
Willi I i.f IIh ill till t until in tin- pint - 1
lin e of ll.tiliil. in 1 1 M I' t I gtpilan :
ii,Um ll ii 4 I the liulii.il stul (.to!
II 41: ! oi ts ttlt'l I P.fc'!l-.h tin! Illll'lit
li.t.. in I nii .iiit4ti ' u ll'i !''! Sea '
hfHV' !lft -iU am cl to lt.l,k (In j
n i ii-.i iiini il.it llu t .mi I, I. si
i I l-y li.iic uinii i ilu Imuiii nt I'r- .
I.H, !
TREPAREDNtSS PARADE
MAY BE HELD f LAG DAY
t
i t.ttf i.it. i it i 'i it t ,.. 'i.i t.ii
lit ( ( I -t I I. ' I i iftll'.-l - -'.I 11
t ii.t- 4 l.i, h i , i(,t. Iti I ... - i i t
I- I' t n.iii 4.i I nuhui : u
i . .(-mi it t ,. iHe .., , 1 1 il
I ' I l! HJ't t l Ut I M'i-i-i I 1 1 l)
a ii 1 t l( i-.l ii' i. 4 1 . . . i . . . I r-i-
t It I ..! ll. 4 . I . i : t , 4 1 r I., tl,.t Ii $
4Ml It !! I'll I ' It llt li:lt t if
lii m t -f I u i .i ;
A i i I'. !t M l, I ,, t
1 1 tt I I -1 i 1 l! Ulll, 14.' I i f l ! .
)(. . .ve .' I--! :
I'..- l- t i.i , ii. . ,i' -i ..( i - 1 1 ' i
U (.- l'i It I-- I l ir; I 4 j i i
l- 4 t it t I ' 1 I I 'Urn 1 '! .1 '
St.. .!, i. - It 41 1 , .1 ; . ! ,li li, .1 1 .
i , 1 t ..
Roman Force Expelled by Am
triani From Plateau, Accord
ing: to Announcement of
Vienna,
SCORE OF THOUSANDS TAKEN
Moniter Teuton Ouni Make Inferno
of Battlefield from Adifje
to Brenta,
BERLIN ANNOUNCES SUCCESS
Herlin, May 22. f fly YVirrlts to
Sayville ) The Italians have been
driven from their entire position on
I.avarone Plateau, the Austrian war
office announcement of today says. It
is stated that the Italian defeat is
steadily becoming more icrious,
The Austrian lire have been
pushed forward rapidly, several ad
(Jiltutial positions of strategic impor
tance having been captured. 'I he
number of Italian taken prisoner
ha been increased to 2J,KK2,
Battle Front Become Inferno.
Koine May 22 (Via Paris,) Aus
trian artille ry of all sizes and range
wiih the mounter .)05-ruilliineter gnu
predominating, ha transformed the
liattle front between the Adige and
tirenta rivers into an inferno,
Notwithstanding the snow capped
mountain barrier, the Austrian in
fantry is bring launched in wave
which military observer say break
against the formidable tesi.'tance of
the Italians.
Austrian Advance Checked.
The Italian troops have now
formed their lines of de(ene and are
holding firmly all the pisses and
peak Irom which Italian. ofhci 1 say
the forward movement of the Aus
trian has not only been successfully
arrested, but the. Austrian have been
dislodged from several position taken
in the first! ruiih of the offensive,
"'I here are sevcial indications to
confirm the statement that the design
of the present Mrenuou campaign of
the Austrian on the front i to pre
vent Italy from participating with its
troop in the struggle on the J rench
front and also to paralye any action
aiming at the joining of the Avlonia
and Salomki forte for a simultan
cou effort,
Herlin, May 22.-(f!y Wirrlcs to
Sayville.) The capture of several
lines of lirilisli position i-ter a front
of two kilometer (one and one-piar-ter'mile),
near Givetuhy-Kn-Co-belle,
was announced today by the
war office,
(iermaii troops stormed French po
sition on the eastern spurs of Hill
No. .04, on the Verdun front, and
maintained them against retreated
counter attacks, which are aid to
have cost the French great losses.
The following official statement
wa issued today:
"Western front: The French made
several attack without ucces on
our lines in the region of the quarry
south of Ilavedromont and on the
Vau ridge (Verdun front). On the
third attack the French obtained a
footing in the quarry.
"JJuring the night the artillery yva
extraordinarily active on both side
in the whole sector.
"Our air sijuadrorn yesterday after
noon repealed their attacks, with vis
ible great success on the harbor at
Dunkirk. A biplane of the enemy
fell into the sea after a tight. Four
other aeroplanes were disabled in
aerial combats and fell within our
lines, one in the vicinity of Wericjue,
another near Noyon, the third near
Maucourt, east ot the Meuse, and the
fourth northeast of Chateau Salmi.
'1 he last named wa shut down by
Lieutenant Wiiitgeus, who thus dis
abled his fourth aeroplane. In addi
tion to those mentioned, Lieutenant
Hoc Ike ha brought down bin seven
teenth and eighteenth hostile aero
planes, one south of Avocourt and
the other south of Headman's Mill.
This brilliant aviator has been pro
moted by the emperor to the rank of
caiitam in acknowledgement of bis
achievements."
Many Killed When
Fast Trains Hit
Two Automobiles
,l au I raiHi tCo, May 22 -- Franklin
Piru v, learning to 11111 an automobile,
look foul 1 1 1 1 1-1 Imys fur a rule in Ins
new car luil.it, Apuoac lung a lad
roail cnntiiiM at Kril Wood t ny, be
M a fail tram 1 oiiiuig up rfii.l l,i .
1 a me p 1 1 1 -Milken 1 1 , hup. I In,
lo apply the hiiike and dashed ouln
the iijiL The rnijiiii" Mi ink the
car fciii4ielt, killing C. IVitia, Waldr
lili.it!! nil. j II4II1I1I lliiikt' lllllllt
lit baiie 44 lUllv hint I'uitt
ctiaind Willi iiiiipn iniii'r, All
u i n no 11 In - i.l tin 1 itliuiiliia
r.k butt i'uIi nt th mi
S e -1. 1 ! 1 1 1 it-1 1 1 1 tt 1 , II, N 1 4 y '
I oil! pi i t i.'ll 1 w i l killed t"U tie 11
a I t nun It 4.14 pniiiki limn
ttlttlit't 4ii anli'lMliinii' lltltrii t.
I Hin, 1! 31 111 41 4 iliiitlli iui 111 1I1 s
tt . .( t I f f 1 f I tU 4 tan.
Mi. il.,,., ttnir . I l,, ,, !tri ,
I'aniu.e it 4 lUiii-'.it 1 , M ,
I I'.ll.it 4 .1 I I lUlhl, 1. i ,.,41..,
l"lll. UltfH Vlt Hi it 11 f ill,
I ii 4. nt v i.. .1,1, 1. inn 1
JURY TO TRY OR. WAIJC
FOR MUROCR COMPLETiO
Sr "i h vl a t A in, i in try
111 iM'ui Wa.Mit V. -i tin li s
ti !!!'! t 1. . i;i 1 -ti ' .1 n ,
I ot . '! .1-41.' 'I- nil ll..ii,4, l',Hff
l I ll, I 1.41 I l !', ti , ,1.4,
fit 'i Mm .tt . ' M-. .i
tint ft.Mta tU
- - ti I fit 5 '
.4&2 zt pi
(Hrt . - I -' - "t:
I ; u t t t "1
v . r 1H44'
t
4,,. r n KiijmrjurC
AUSTRIANS CAPTURE
PEAK OF ARMENTARA
Much Disputed Position Along the
Southern Tyrol Front is Taken
By Assault.
VIENNA REP0RT30THER GAINS
Jicrlin, May 22.-(Uy Wireless to
Sayville, N. V'J--Auisro Hungarian
troops have tarried the prak of Ar
nientara HiAkc, the siene of some of
the heaviest fighting in the recently
inaugurated offensive along the
southern Tyrol front, This announce
ment i made in the olfiiial Austrian
report of May 21.
More than 3,01)0 Italians were cap
tured on Saturday by the Austrian,
who also obtained possession of sev
eral village a. They took twenty-five
cannon and eight machine guns, the
ttateineut say.
The official announcement follow:
"The extent of the fiKhtmg on the
southern Tyrol front has been in
creased as the Austro-llungarian
have begun an attack em l a Frauti
Highland. The peak of Armeniaia
ridge is in our band. On l a I ra on
Highland we entered a fire line posi
tion of the enemy, which wa de
fended tenaciously,
" I he troops under Archduke
harles Franc is Joseph Mhe Austrian
1 town prince), consisting of Tyrolean
imperial chasseurs ami I In- 1 . 111 111
lanlry division, extended their suc
cess. ( hiiiiak lm.ci hi, ,md In the
northeast of thi peak, I hiniadiu
I, vile were t.iken. I he Italians aUn
tteie driven Innn tti-iiola '- Sniilh
id this pass t bi er nime .'K 1 111 1 inn ter
I lint It er tell mlii our hands
"We ate advancing fmiii I nl s.ciilo
lotAaid I'd 1 11 1 1 11 1 In the I'.i4iid tal
ley, Anglic be nl has In i 11 lapluied by
us.
"Mure than .1,01X1 Italians were ctp.
Idled M strnlat', 1111 linin g right)
lour 1. Illicit. Wi iilni tin. I, iwenlt
lite laiilU'ii iiinl eight ni.n hme gutm "
GOLDEN NAMED REGISTER
OF O'NEIL LAND OFFICE
stnngl"li, 'In, I'lrsidi'lit
l ,1111 Ii nl.lt , - .i i, 1. tli il i. !,ll ',
Itill ll M 1 1 1 II I1 i. 1 . , a I 1 Id I . U I 11 j
lit ; lillu t ..III Nl ill.
Ex-Prcsulcnl Eliot Writes
Stronjj Endorsement of Brandeis
t 4,l, ii,
1
1 1
I lll'i. . " ' ' ' ,. I -. . .
, .,i.,i..t"ii , I- :, 4 1 1 '-'Mm I. J . I- '
I., 1 1 i .-. i t U,' ...it 1 ..in t 1-4 I. -
. ,1 ., C t 1. , 1 t' .1 , I lit .
I !. , I ''il' , ..ll' 1 1 I
a. .t . !
t , 1, it II I.. 41 !.., I 1 i..
1 ( V I 4 1 '.I. 1 I 11. -i I . t I
1 I ltii.4.! I a ' I -f a p 1 j 1
I t mil-i. .tl..:. ,,. . ,., . ,f,4J l-'H
l ll.il .. .1.
Mi i I , ! i(i - . ,1 1 1 .i 41 I am
'mi',,., ,4, ,
1 )- 1 . .11, U f ..I,-1 l :4,i,
i'i, 1 1 i i, 1 1 . 411 I li..("i.r l',
I tin ', i I , , I I , -Ill 1 I In
. I 4 4- . ll' ' I ..--.Ii,,'l..l' , I
in-. ' ' t ' t I i 1 - 1. !...!
' It' j ' ! I' . I il ' '1' . a
inn cols. SIBLEY
BABY LOSES LIFE IN
SWEETWATER FIRE
Child of Mr, and Mrs. N. F. Jensen
Burned to Death in Rear
of Store,
BLAZE FROMOIL EXPLOSION
Ravenna, Neb,, 22. (Special Tele
gram.) -The village of .Sweetwater,
west of Raveniu, w visited by a
disastrous fire this afternoon. Three
buildings were destroyed and the
baby of Mr. and Mr. N. F. Jensen
wa burned to death.
The Jensen family occupied livmR
rooms in the rear of a building used
for a pool ball and confectionery
store. 'I he fire started by the ex
plosion of an oil stove and flames
iprcad so rapidly it ws impossible
lo rescue the baby which wa sleep
ing in it cab, A harness store ad
poining was completely destroyed
with its content, being the property
of the John Olson eslatc.
The building of the Sweetwater
Stale bank wa completely destroyed,
but tile cement block building pre
vented the flame from spreading
further
The Dierk Lumber company prop
i rty located directly soutli of the fire
had a narrow escape.
Harraan Would Make
Office Six-Year Term
il'rt.m t-i4ff 1 firrn4!!in'tMt I
Lincoln. May I Spec il -An
aim mliiicnl In the c (institution will
In- Miliiiiittfd thin fall piuvided a
until! lent number "I mimes is seemed
lo the petition, In make ihe ulfice uf
tiind, iliiig, tlairt and ml 1 oniiiiissiiin-
er a six )rar ieini and appointed hy
the Rote mm , a. al pirnt'ii!
CHICAGO MAN TO PAINT s
POSTOFFICE IN OMAHA
V .nhiiigi.Hi, Mat '' tVperul
I eh 1 am I J I' tn!bt all id Mil
caiji' Ii4 In 1 11 .4 . at 1 -It 1 1 the inliliail
(nl pauitihg ll i' lin.ii-.. pmiiitlitc
I, ml, In n a' t 'M'l
i 1. I 41. -t I- Hff .11
ii-at'Vl I l-4. l 1 In 1
i'ii' 11 m 1 l-i- I' gem
1. ., - ii-l i 11 in i itt.Ust
' .ii'
' ,t
ii. 11 1 1
,,.t il.!'. i.'r 11 ! ll
I 1 ' 1 Hit i 4 '! 41 ! 11 t , s
, .' ,1. St. ,, t ,t,,ti ,ll. 11 -l ,,,,ii,
1 ' IT , 11 . !. . . I . .if, I, lit I 111. t
' i . t 1 , ' i,iit . - , . ( ' , I lit sit 41 t 1 1 ii
J . Ml , 1 I lot -I. -ll, l'-t lUSHl I
j I 1 1 1 - j ' I 1 n I I ll , nil. 1 1 4".. I !'
!''... 1-4 1 i- , . , 1 1..11 . Hi nfi, 4!
1 - 1 ii-, '. .,1 1.-.. 1 . 41 , -it . ii .tiptt l'
i 1 v. .' 1 In 4 tun iii,.-.i 1 in., ( is
i . ,.l,ii I. l t'i ..- .urn (In .mill,
j I , .. 1 - I 1 ' ' I ' 1 1 1 I I' I I I , I .nil
I .
, , 1 1 t ...nl', . 4 i!i s ..I ,
1 Vi 1 i i ' I 1 1 ' - i k 1 i.'li: pi (I. in.
BATTLE ENTERS FOURTH MONTH 1
I'ari. May 22 French grenadier
occupied several block hem tea in Av
ocourt Wood, on the Verdun front,
in the coins of severe fighting last
main,
The stitiRgle west of Dead Mau'j
Mill was terrific. The war office offi
cial statement of thi afternoon say
that the attacks of German infantry
were repulsed.
The block home in Avocourt
Wood were abandoned by the Ger
man. Fast of the Meuse, infantry fight
ing occurred at the Haudromont
quarries, captured yesterday by the
French. The German attarked these
position and, the statement a-sert,
were repulsed with heavy los.
Battle Enters Fourth Month.
The battle of Verdun, the longest
and most bitterly fought individual
struggle of the war, enter cm it
fourth month today. I he German
are hammering at Headman's Hill,
where the most furiou and bloody
lighting of the three months' con
flict ha taken plac e, t Imguig des
perately lo the treiiche that they
have wrested from the French on
the lower slopes of the hill, the Jen-,
ton have hurled oO.OOO men, barked
by sixty batteries of guns of all cali
ber, forward along a seven-mile
front .from Avocourt wood to the
Meuse in a desperate effort to seize
the coveted summit. '
The German have succeeded in
gaining a footing in the French first
line at a cost of severe losses, but
jn Iging from the experience of the
last it will not be a difficult task for
Ihe French to dislodge them before
tltey are to able to follow up their ad
vantage. Deadman'a Hill Is Key.
That the German must continue
their tremendous onslaught on Dead
man' Hill or abandon the idea of
taking Verdun seem obvious. 1 his
blood soaked summit and it sister
eminence, Hill No, 304, form the key
of the whole system of Verdun de-
lences.
The fire from their batteries flanks
the Houamont plateau across the riv
er. Without the uiiiil.spiited posses
sion of thi plateau military critic
agree that no attack on Verdun has
any chance of success.
Sioux City Pastor
Leading in Vote For
Missionary Bishop
Saratoga Springs, N. V., May 22
Ihe possibility of the union of all
Methodism wa brought two year
nearer todsy hy action of the general
conference, which unanimously
adopted a resolution providing for
adjournment to a date to' be fixed by
the board of bishops,
This will permit a meeting of the
conference in 1918 at the same time
the conference of the southern church
is considering a joint proposal de.
signed to effect the unity of these
and other branches of the Methodist
church.
The conference voted to postpone
indefinitely the election of a mis
sionary bishop for Singapore.
The first ballot tor missionary
bishops for Africa, one of whom is
to be of African descent, for super
vision in Liberia resulted in no choice
for either bishop. For the territory
outside of Liberia Kben S. Johnon,
Sioux City, la., led with 297 votes.
New Mail Protest to
Great Britain Now
Is Nearly Ready
Washington, May JJ--The new
note to Great Britain making further
protest against interference with
American mails was laid before I'res
ident Wilson today ami probably will
he sent to London tomorrow. The
geueial terms of the t.ote were
flamed at the State dcpai tincnt. but
the president is including home of In
own language.
I lie Hole is understood to protest
against the lliiii.h practice of taking
vessel into Itriiisli purls and there
examining and detaining mail going
to and from the I 'oiled Stales The
A 1 1 1 1-r 1 4 1 1 Hole will make plain that
ihe I'lilled Males laniiot coiirnt to
1 oiitiiiiiaui e nl the jmlicy which H al
ready ha nb)i 1 ted
German Steamship
Worms is Reported
Sunk in Baltic Sea
I 0,1,1..,., Mat
Klitii.l.i siilnna
iiiiit i.iiitiiiiit In Italian titinun
'I 'l l I' a in lUllu An rstlunur
nl.it'si'l. .I' (4tth In. 111 t ...ri,tiaril
ii . i ihf 1 'i.titilen a. satmg llie
1 . ii-an li ain-'li ii Woiiiu, 4 loin
jii-ti and nttnr.l lit lUml'U'ii. is be
littt l to hair li-fh oiu nl Ihr l.(ifs
ml, in. the Wt'iins. I It tsi--t.il
1 4I da t 1 4k -in-1 hat n t It 41 hid
I iei man 1
Ii it 4!. 1 ii-ji itf,! t! tt 1 ,r Stti l .h
ii 4 hi .1 'i I; i.iti. e i . n jii'ii,
til Iti k i Inlln: n.4t si.., llit.ltti (a
ii k' I 4" I -a 1 tli ins mat 4tt I
Mrs, S, G Ooultl uf
Alma Dies Suddenly
'n Si Ml,'.'? 1 ((-. i, i
M I N t I , . il t. Villi' ff ii.i.in
111 111 tutit!.4il In If, ilu I inMcii'i
' I I I . I ' 1 1. ' ' I' H 1 J I I ,
.! m-t tt .i V hi III tii in 11 ttl.vii
In' ( II a- I t 1 ,..1 1 I a lni.it I ti mn lit
Death Sentence Commuted to Tes
Yean in Priion After Con
lideration of Protest of
Lansing.
AMBASSADOR PAGE NOTIFIIL
Aaquith is Preparing Statement ol
Full Particular of Uprising;
and Executions.
WILL BE READyIn FEW DAYS
London, May 22. -Jeremiah C,
Lynch, the ialuralied American, who
was sentenced to ten years' imprison
ment by a court -msrtial at Dublin last
week for complicity in the Irish re
bellion, was originally sentenced IT
death. The British military authori
ties commuted the death sentence to
ten years' imprisonment after consid
eration of a request from the State
department at Washington that the
convicted man be not executed.
Asquith Preparing Statement.
A statement giving full particulars
of the acts for which fiflee . partici
pant in the Irish rebellion had been
executed wa being prepared and
would be presented shortly, Premier
Asquith told 1 questioner in the house
of commons today.
The premier added in reply to I
further question that he was anxious
because of misunderstanding in
America on this subject that the
statement should be prejented at the
earliest possible moment.
Ambassador Page Notified.
Washington, May 22. Ambassador
Page at London today cabled the
Stale department that he had been of
ficially advised by the Uritish govern
ment that Jeremiah C, Lynch, the
uaturalird American cilien, con
victed of complicity in the Dublin re
bellion, had originally been sentenced
10 death, but that the sentence had
been commuted to ten years' impris
onment, Coal Dealers Who
Swindle Uncle Sam '
Denied a New Trial
San Francisco, May 22. The
t'litted Stales tircuit court of appeals
denied today the rehearing of James
P. Smith, vice president and general
manager of the Western Fuel com'
pany; Frederick ,'. Mills, superin
tendent, and Fdward JL Mayer, chief
weigher, convicted two year ago of
conspiracy to defraud the government
of customs duties and drawbacks on
imported ioal.
Smith wa sentenced to eighteen
months in San Oiietitin prison and
fined $54,000; Mills to eighteen
months In San Quentin, and Mayer
to one year in the county jail.
As a result of the conviction of the
three, there is now ready for trial
a civil suit by the government against
the Western Fuel company for re
covery of M),im, the value of the
cargoes on which, it is alleged, the
government wa mulcted of custom
duties and drawback.
Armours Spending
Half Million on Ads
11. R. Chapman of the advertising
department of Armour (n Co., is mak
ing a tour of the country in the in
terest of the institutional advertising
of that company, and has been in
Omaha a few clay going over the
local situation, with Superintendent
Harris and the local sales force.
In Omaha Mr. Chaptian mat with
the Armour salesmen and gave them
some new sidelights tjn the Armour
campaign. He also found that re
mits in thi city have been most
gratifying In his department.
"Armour k Co. are spending $500,
OOII on their nintitulional advertising
tin year," explained Mr. Chapman
Saturday. " l lie entire line of qual
ity product have been put under the
'Oval Label' and the rntiie sum being
expended in pushing this brand. The
plan is proving Dec tit c and the dis
tribution ii growing rapidly. We are,
especially pleased with the situation
in Omaha.'
Kansas Wheat Crop
Many Millions Short
Trtpe'sa, Kan , Mav 22 - A pics,
iperlite it Id of I iK.t N h list it bushels of
ttmlrr wheat m Kaunas this year s
1 forecast in a repent covering condi
I iiuii s; j tit Mav 17 issued today by
I I t Muhlcr, srcreUiy nl the stale,
jhoaid ot agi ii tiltui r, t oinpaifd with
4 similar iiputt Htm-., at this tune
ci tear a im-i 141 .1 of .'. ivi
I lilisht U it uliutt 11
j .
j W tv a- JJ tTj irtf I
! tJUllls- XXV LiLlCl s
'it' tins l?lh , .ins
sti , ii ll-. N,Uit AJs
l ate slo.it it i) In
I I 1M ie i t tntil n h sit
I l' I'll I I I tola Ii . 1 I !i
m'h1 ! 1 t nr C
rai I'll tllHH
15 0 1
MOIUi PAID
Want-AJ for the
ftv jtitt f n JJ
than im
vAtvk, ) tAt a ti ,
I 1 1 let" ll a nl Cls
Ulitit l"t ll'SSt
