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Part One NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 12. The Omaha Sui sTDAY B THE WEATHER JCij Unsettled." OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1916 SIX SECTIONS FORTY-TWO PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. CZERN0W1TZ IS NEARLY RAZED IN SLAVS' ASSAULT Capital of Bukowina Reported Almost Destroyed in Fierce Eussian Attacks Upon v the Place-, AUSTRIAHS ABE BESIEGED - .Defending Forces Fast Being En ( veloped, According to Message " From Petrograd.' Petrograd (Via London), June 17. -Czernowitz, the capital of Buko wina, has been almost completely de stroyed in the fierce battle that has been raging there, and the Austrian forces are being fast enveloped by Russian troops which are cutting them off from their Bukowina army, accordin to a telegram to the Russky Invalid. Petrograd, June 17. (Via London.) Russian troops have occupied the town of Radzilowo, on the railroad sixty miles northeast of Lefnberg, ac cording to the official statement is sued today by the Russian army head quarters. Austrians Admit Reverses. Berlin, June 17. (By Wireless to Sayville.) Official .reports from Vi enna during the last few days, de layed in transmission, emphasize the violence of the fighting on the Rus sian front From these reports the Austrian resistance in southern Ga licia and Bukowina appears notably strong. On June 9 Vienna announced the repulse of Russian attacks near Kolki, north of Novo Alexinieo, northwest of Tarnopol, and on the Dniester, with heavy losses to the attacking forces. The report of June 10 said that in violent engagements along the whole northeastern front five attacks by the Russians in strong force were suc cessfully resisted, but the Austrians had to yield on the lower Stripa, be ing driven from the east to the west bank. The Russians tried to advance northwest of Tarnopol, but were un successful. Progress of the Russians was ad mitted in the statement of June 13. A Russian cavalry detachment was driven back southeast of Dubuc in Volhynia, but their cavalry reached the Torezyn district.1 Further efforts of the Russians to cross the Styr near SokuLaajl elsewhgr were futjfe:Ja this district 2,000 Russiatwwere cap tured. ' Renewed attacks by the Russians south of Boyan and north of Czerno witz, all of which were repulsed, were reportecfVune IS. They also tried to cross the Pruth above Czernowitz. but failed. Fresh divisions and dis mounted cavalry divisions were thrown by the Russians into the fighting in the Stokhod-Styr section, but the report declares they failed, with severe losses, in all their at tempts to cross this section between the Rovno-Kovel railroad and Kolki. Gov. Clark Issues Requisition for Alleged Axeman Des Moines, la., June 17. Gover nor George I W. Clarke today issued Requisition papers for the return to Iowa of William Mansfield, held in custody at Kansas City. O. T. Gil lette, county attorney for Montgom ery county, told the governor that Mansfield was held on a fugitive from justice warrant. Mrs. John' J.' Astor To Wed W. K. Dick New York, June 17. The Brooklyn Eagle annnounces today the engage ment of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, widow of Colonel J. J. Astor, who lost his life on the steamer Titanic, to Wil liam K. Dick of Brooklyn. The wed ding will take place at Bar Harbor, Me., on June 19. Mr. Dick is a sugar refiner. Mrs. Astor, who was .Madeleine Tallmage Force, will, by her mar riage, surrender the income of a trust fund of $5,000,000 bequeathed to her bv Colonel Astor. The will oro- I r ..... . .... f video tnat in case or. ner remarriage. e fund should go to Colonel Astor's son. w. Vincent Astor. , Mr. Dick is understood to be very eaitnv. nis sister married a mem- oer ot tne flavemeyer tamily ot sugar manufacturers. ?4 n I Hit' j PS- The Weather . For Nebraska Unsettled. Temperature at )mah Yeaterda?. y . Hour. De -tPKv',y a; n.::;::::::::: S6 ) 7 a. m 59 M'U IT - m US sMvi m ( AWf9 T 10 m 72 )l 13 m 7S L 'P. tn 7 U m,.,rK 12 P- m 81 7 p. m. .,. ia Compoimtlv Local Record. 116. 1815. 1914. 1911. Mlfrhflit yesterday .,, 94 9 . 77 95 I,o west ysterUy , . 64 - 60 . " (8 TO Mean temporalurc .,, 69 - 60 68 99 Precipitation , T .66 .00 .06 Tmperatur and precipitation departures from tha normal: . Normal tamDflraturs ... f Dtftcltincy for the day S Total ch itnca March 1 3 Normal precipitation 0.11 inch Deficiency for the day.... 6.17 Inch Total rainfall lnc March 1..., 6.83 lncha Deficiency alnce March 1 , 4.94 Inchea Deficiency cor. period In 1816.,, 1.60 tnchaa Bxcem cor. period in 1914 1.81 inches Report from Station at 1 p. m. flta Hon and Stata . Tamp. High- Raln of Weather. it 1 p, m. eat. ,. fall. Omaha, eltar ...-....,... it 84 T X-t J nd lea tea trace of precipitation. 1 JL WELSH. Metooroloflat NEBRASKAN FINDS BODYOFCERYAHTE Lieutenant Roderick Dew-of Te cumseh Picks Up Body of Villa 0 Bandit on Battlefield. HE WRITES STORY OF FIGHT . Tecumseh, Neb., June 17. (Spe cial.) Lieutenant Roderick Dew of Tecumseh is at the front in the Mexi can bandit hunt. He is with the Sev enteenth infantry, probably about 250 miles south of Columbus, N. M., but, as army rules do not let the men give locations of troops, this is not known definitely. Lieutenant Dew was with the men to kill the noted rebel, Cer vantes, and he has written relatives here of the incident. His letter bears the date of May 28, but, of course, no postmark. It was sent to Columbus by army carrier for mailing, perhaps by an aerial service. Shorn of every thing personal, the letter follows: "A detachment of our men, eleven in all, were out towards the moun tains to the east looking for beef and making maps. They had left camp about 7 a. m., and had entered the mouth of a canyon, when, about 9:30 o'clock, they were jumped upon by a band of about forty Mexicans. One of the men mounted his .horse and started to camp for help, while the others took positions in the rocks and fought. Beats Cavalry to Scene. , "When the messenger reached camp a couple of troops of cavalry were ordered out with our machine gun company. Captain Walton . ordered me to take what men of the company I could get horses for and get out there quickly. I took six men. and started, and, believe me, I 'went some.' I cvoered the six or Seven miles in about thirty minutes, beating the cavalry by about ten minutes. "When I arrived at our wagon I found some of the detachment. They told me that one of our men had been killed and two wounded. The wounded were at the wagon, both being slight, one injured in the knee and the other in the leg and arm. I was informed that after fighting about forty-five minutes the Mexicans hail retreated up a deep gorge, running northeast through the mountains. It was sup posed that several Mexicans had been killed.- - - .... Finds Body of Cervantes. "I took four of these men and pro ceeded up the canyon and on to a ridge where our men had fought. I found that Private Marksbury, re ported dead, was still living, though badly wounded. He had been hit with a - Mauser, which generally tears a largJiole in. a victim, in the right ehesti -through the lungs, and could not last long. I went on to see the dead Mexicans "and try and make identifications. On the first one I found a personal letter addressed to Senor Candelario Cervantes, among other things. ' "I could hardly believe that the poor 'mut' was Cervantes, one of the most notorious bandits in Mexico probably equal to Villa. It was Cer vantes who planned the Columbus raid and persuaded Vjilla to carry it to execution. He was the most merci less killer and torturer .of them all. Other papers I found convinced me more that the dead Mexican was Cer vantes. "About this time firing suddenly opened up about 600 yards north of (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) Body of Drowned Boy Taken From Missouri Near Nebraska City The body of 12-year-old Carl Jacob son, 1301 Jefferson street, was taken from the Missouri river at Nebraska City yesterday afternoon according to advice received by Sheriff McShane. The body of his younger brother, Elmer, has not been found yet.- The two boys were swimming last Tuesday afternoon and when little El mer became seized by cramps his brother went to his rescue and both died in the swift current. " T. R. IS FATIGUED AND WONT SEE REPORTERS Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 17. Theo dore Roosevelt, who is suffering from what his physicians say is a slight attack of pleurisy, returned to his home at Sagamore Hill late today from New York. He came by auto mobile and was accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and their son, Quentin. He was unattended on the trip by a physi cian. He declined to see newspaper men tonight, but sent out word that he was "alright" and had "nothing to say," regarding the political situation. Persons who saw Colonel Roosevelt said he appeared much fatigued from the long journey by motor car. FUNSTON'S MEN FIGHT MEXICANS ACROSS BORDER American ' Troops Pass line on "Hot Trail" and Engage Band of Carranza Soldiers or Villa Bandits. . Them as What Don't Get No Vacations IT ISN'T . KNOWN He Facto Force Rumored Sew-rom , tfatamoras to Head Off Invading Troops. THIS HASN'T BEEN CONFIRMED Mercedes, Tex., June 17. A report reached here this afternoon that Car ranza soldiers have been sent from Matamoros to intercept American troops reported to have crossed the border following a "hot trail." This report, however, has not been con firmed. Borwnsville, June 17. Tele phone reports received here at 3 o'clock this afternoon from Villa Nueva said that firing had been heard in the direction of the Naranjos ranch, about four miles up the river from Villa Nueva. Lieutenant A. D. Newman of Troop H of the Thirteenth cavalry crossed into Mexico, opposite Villa Neuva, at 9 o'clock this morning on a "hot trail." "San Antonio, Tex., June 17. Amer ican troops crossed the border below Brownsville this afternoon and imme diately were engaged in fighting, ac cording to a report from General Parker to General Funston. The brief report did not state whethther the force opposed to the A- lericans were bandits or Mexican troops. The American trojps engaged -are those of the Second rquadron of the Third cavalry under Major Anderson. The troop under Captain Newman, who was the first dispatched towards San Benito in pursuit of the bandits that attacked there last night, a de tachment of thelTweiUy-sixth, infan try, was first to'cross, that troop be ing followed within a short time 'by Major Anderson with' the remainder of the squ'adron. ' Troops Take the Trail. Brownsville, Tex., June 17. A sec ond squadron of the Third cavalry, commanded by Major Edward Ander sen, left Fort Brown at 1:30 o'clock today .for a point ten miles up the Rio Grande river to reinforce Lieu tenant A. D. Newman, pursuing a "hot trail" of the Mexican bandits who attacked near San Benito last night. The command' Include 90 men, every available mount being used. The machine gun troop of the Third cavalry also was ordered out. Reports that three bandits were killed in a fight with American troops ten miles east of San Benito last night were untrue, according to re ports received here today. The Amer i ans believe they wounded several of the band. , Details of the fight say that a de tachment of the Twenty-sixth United T ites infantry were fired on from the brush I twenty-five or( thirty ban dits. The soldiers dropped to the ground and returned the fire. After the first few volleys the Americans rushed the bandits, who scattered in the brush and escaped. The fight followed the kidnapping by bandits during the afternoon of a Mexican farmer named Lugar. Lu gar's nephew, who was with him at the time, escaped and gave the alarm. Word from the vicinity in which the bandits were said to have been located positively stated that the trail was "hot" and that the swift expedi tion of cavalry would probably result in the Mexicans being apprehended before or shortly after they crossed the Rio Grande river. Assertions were made by Sam Rob ertson, president of the San Benito & Rio Grande railroad and a resident of San Benito, that three Mexicans in the attacking party were partici pants in last summer's raids, which were believed to have been led by Aniceto Pizano and Luis de La Rose. I 1 wffAT ME. TARE r gv f Labor Leader Given Verdict for Slander Kansas City, Mo., June 17. Alex ander HowaVpresident of the Kansas district, United Mine Workers of America, was awarded a verdict for $7,000 damages against Joseph H. Hazen of Mulberry, Kan., by a jury here today. The jury refused to grant Howat damages from Charles S. Keith and other defendants in his $50,000 suit for slander. Howat, in a statement, declared the verdict wa a complete vindication of his efforts to disprove alleged state ments in connection with the mak ing of a contract between coal oper ators and miners. Many Englishmen Will Return Home With French Wives British Headquarters in France, June 17. One of the results of the presence of" the British army in France is that a good many. British soldiers will take French wives home v.ith them. Ths difference in. lang guage, far. from being a barrier, is an accessory. Tommy Atkins teaches 'Miss France English and Miss France teaches Tommy Atkins French. There is plenty of leisure for the courtship to develop. Frequently British battalions remain in the same section for months at a time. When the men have done their shift in the trenches they return, "in rest" as the saying goes, to the same villages where they were before. Usually they have quarters jn the French houses. In a sense" they become members of the community. v; J , - With the French men folk away the British soldier lends a hand with any heavy -work which requires a roan's strength. Only today the cor respondent saw a British soldier drawing a harrow. A feminine hand does- some sewing or cooking for him iu retutn. The romantic atmosphere is not lacking. When the Briton,says "au revoir". to his sweetheart and starts for the trenches he may never come back; and he is going to fight for France. On Sunday afternoons the .girls are out in their best frocks as they are anywhere else iu the world, and walk ing with them along the roads and lanes are men in khaki; their conver sations are a mixture of French and English, ' -. It is not romance alone that leads the Briton to marry in France. He has learned to admire the thrift and clearness of the French woman and her industry in taking the place of her fathers and brothers at the front RAILRORD CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS i Pennsylvania Asks Employes to Run Trains in Case of Strike of Train Men. SIXTH OF MEN NOW ON TRAINS ' rtihtoelphia., Pa, June I7f-General, Manager S. C."Lohg of the Pennsyl vania railroad today appealed to the 146,000 employes of the company's lines east of Pittsburgh acking for the continuance of their loyalty and calling for volunteers tn maintain the service in the event of a trainmen's strike. The appeal, after calling attention to the fact that a strike ballot Is be ing taken by the train employes of the Pennsylvania, says: "This company employs 146,000 men. Of this number only 25,000 are in the train service. It is not rea sonable to expect that the wages', of the remaining 121,000 employes, not in the train service, shall be jeopar dized or stopped by a strike of less than one-sixth of all the employes. "If this strike of trainmen is car ried on, our company will require en gineers, firemen, conductors, passen ger and freight brakemen. The man agement calls the attention of all faithful employes to the necessity that may arise to meet such emergency. "Those of you who feel and be lieve with the management that the traffic of the company must move, regardless of any wage controversy and who are willing to volunteer their service to assist the company in doing its duty to the public, to the stock holders and to loyal and faithful em ployes, will send their names to their tmmed'ate superior officers, stating for what service they volunteer." "Bill" Hellen is Struck by Gas Bike And is Badly Hurt William N. Hellen of the Overland Omaha company and One of Omaha's L.st knou.i automobile men, was se verely injured Friday night when he was knocked down by a motorcycle at Twenty-third and Farnam streets. One finger was broken and he was badly battered and bruised and for a time it was feared internal injuries would set in. Mr. Hellen was walking across Far nam street to a barber shop at the time of the accident. An automobile was coming east and a motorcycle going west. As Mr. Hellen dodge ahead of the automobile- the motor cycle rider drove squarely into him. He was taken to the Wise hospital and then taken to his home at 5412 Florence boulevard. Belleyue College Summer ScSool to Be 3eld Outdoors No dreary, sleepy recitations in hot, stuffy classrooms at the Bellevue col lege summer school, which opens Monday. Instead, professors and stu dents alike will enjoy tomfortable seats in shady nooks about the cam pus, cooled by breezes from the Mis souri. All recitations, save labora tory sessions, will be held outdoors. A large attendance is promised for the summer school. It will be the eighth session. Preparatory, college and normal subjects will be taught. Prof. P. W. Evans will be in charge. As the session lasts only nine weeks, no student will be allowed to take more work than would give him credit lor nine college hours. MARION LAMBERT'S . FRIENDS TESTIFY Eighteen Girls Brought in By State to Impeach Testimony of Josephine Davis. MARION SAID SHE LIKED 0RFET WaeganlUJune' 17-The state today brought eighteen 18-year-old girls to court to impeach the testi mony of Josephine Davis in the trial of Will H, Orpet for the alleged mur der of Marion, Lambert. The girls had attended Marion's eighteenth birthday party on February 6, three days before her death. The first of the girls to take the stand, Bernice Wells, testified that Marion seemed happy at the party. She did not see her cry), as Miss Davis had testified, nor had she seen Marion and Miss Davis alone at any time during the party. On cross - examination Attorney Ralph F. Potter asked: "Did Marion always appear gayer than others, as if she were 'trying to hide her troubles behind a mask of gaiety?" "I wouldn't say that she just seemed happy." A demure miss in unadorned blue came next. She smiled innocently at Mr. Dady when asked her name, and responded in an unafraid voice, "Flor ence Russell." She was born at Ra cine, Wis., eighteen years ago. "Did you see Josephine Davis take FIGHTING ON WHOLE YOLHYNIAN FRONT Berlin Official Report Tells of the Austro-Hungarian Victories in Eastern Arena. (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Mrs, Rustin Given Verdict for Twenty Thousand by Judge Mrs. Frederick Rustin, widow of the late Dr. Frederick Rustin, was awarded $20,000 by Judge George A. Day in district court, where she sued to recover $40,000 on jjolicies held by her husband in the Mutual Life Insur ance company. One policy called for $20,000 and the other two were of $10,000 each The question of how Dr. Rustin c .me to his death did not erfter into the suit. The dispute hinged upon the time of payment of premiums. Judge Day h,eld that the two $10,000 policies were invalidated, but said the $20,000 was still in force, ITALIAN ATTACKS REPULSED Berlin, June 17. (Wireless to Say ville.) Austro-Hungarian troops south of the Dneitser river in Galicia defeated a Russian cavalry force on Thursday, according to an official statement given out by the Austro Hungarian army headquarters under date of June 16. The statement also annoffncVs that new battles have been started on tie whole front in Volhynia. The text of the Austrian statement follows; "South of the Dnelster our troops repulsed the enemy's cavalry. Far ther to the east there were only small engagements in this district "West of Visvovzyk Russian1 at tacks against our positions are in progress. Two officers and 400 Rus sians remained in the hands of our troops. Near Tarnopol there were no especial events. "On the whole Volhynian front new combats have been started. On the Stokhod and the Styr several en emy attempts to cross the river failed. The enemy as usual suffered heavy losses, , "Italian front; Enemy attacks on the southern part of the Doberdo plate'au were repulsed, Repeated Italian attacks against several of our positions on the Dolomites likewise failed. "On the Asiago plateau there were spirited artillery duels. "In the Ortler district our troops conquered the top of Takat and the summit of the hindmost Madatsh," Grenade Attack on Avocourt. Paris, June 17. In the course of last night German troops attacked the French positions at Avocourt with grenades, says the official state ment issued today by the French war department. In the region of Le Mort Homme there was an interfse bombardment. . v . In the Vosges after a violent bom bardment of Hill No. 425, to the east of Thann, French infantry, the state ment adds, penetrated the firsthand second lines and brought back a num ber of German prisoners. Italian Troops Take Two Austrian Posts by Storm Rome, June 17. (Via London.) Italian troops have carried the Aus trian positions of Malga, Fossetta and Monte Magari, between the Frenzcla valley and Marcesina, according to an official statement given out at the War department today. The Italians took 203 prisoners and captured six guns and four machine guns. Between the Adige and Astico there were intense artillery actions. On the Sette commimi plateau there were fierce engagements, which everywhere ended favorably for us. Southwest of Asiago the enemy, after heavy bombardment, made two attacks on our positions from Monte Pau to Boscon. , After repeated and costly efforts, enemy infantry suceeded in reaching the summit of Monte Lemerle, but was at once dislodged by a successful Counter attack. .. .. Northeast of Asiago, we advanced between the Frenzcla valle and Mar cesina. Notwithstanding stubborn re sistance of the enemy, entrenched and supported by numerous batteries, we made progress at the head of the Frcnzela valley, on the heights of Monte Fior and Monte Castelgomber to and west of Marcesina. The best results were obtained on the right wing, where our Alpine troops carried the positon of Malga Fossetta and Monte Magarif inflicting heavy losses on the enemy's guns and much ma terial. Hostile' air craft droppped bombs on various points on the Venetian plain and on the town of Padua, kill ing three persons and wounding eight. On the 15th, six- of our Caproni aeroplanes bombarded the railway station of Mattevello, in the Adige valley. Yesterday a squadron of thirty-seven Capronis and Farmans dropped 160 bombs and 60,000 arrows on enemy encampments north' of Asiago and in Nos valley. The whole squadron returned safely. Two hos tile machines were brought down. DE FACTO THREAT DOES NOT CHANGE AMERICAN PLANS Warning Sent to General Pershing Not to Move the American Troops Will Be Dis- , , regarded. AMERICANS READY TO ACT Mexican Embassy Says Order ia a Badly Garbled Translation or Fabrication, ' MAY CALL MORE GUARDSMEN Washington, June 17. Warning from Mexican commanders that any movement of American troops except in retirement toward $he border would precipitate hostilities will not change the purpose of the United States government to keep its expedi tion in northern Mexico or prevent General Pershing from taking any steps necessary to insure . the safety of his own columns and deal with ban dits threatening the border. Nb ad vance further south is contemplated and it is not believed here the Car ranza forces are planning an imme diate attack upon the American forces. . , The War department today was without advices from General Persh ing regarding the warning said to have been sent him by General Tre vino, but General Funston reported the substance of a telephone conver sation he had with General Bell at EI Paso, who stated it as a fact that such a warning had been given. Di plomatic officials were inclined to be lieve that if General - Trevino did serve a warning it was for home con sumption. They thought it might be a political move by General -fcarranza designed to offset the activities of the anti-American element in Mexico. General Funston reported also that Major Gray of the Fourteenth caval ry, commanding the two troops at tacked by Mexicans at San Ignacio, Tex., recently, had returned from an effort to pick up the trail of the ban dits. The cavalry crossed to the Mexican side, but encountered none of the outlaws. Major Gray reported he had receiv ed assurances of co-operation from Carranza military commanders across. (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) Boat TJestroyer is . ' Sunk in Collision London, June 17. The British tor pedo boat destroyer Eden has been sunk. Thirty-one members of the crew were saved. Three officers are missing. The Eden was sunk in the English channel last night after a collision. This announcement was made this aft ernoon by the official press bureau. The British destroyer Eden dis placed 555 tons and carried a comple ment of seventy men. . It was 220 feet long, 23-foot beam and 8-foot deep. It was built in 1903 and had a speed of twenty-six knots. The Eden carried four 3-inch guns and was equipped with two 18:tnch tor pedo tubes. v Wants City to Pay ' For a Broken Leg Evelyn V. Maxfield of 2611 Temple ton street, is the second personal in jury claimant against the city within the week, both injuries occurring at the pavilion of Miller park. Mrs. Maxfield alleges that she feil while descending the steps of the pavilion and she contends that the steps were not constructed in accordance with the city building code, which requires a minimum tread of ten inches and raisers of not less than eight inches. The pavilion steps are. said to be only nine inches in tread. In the Maxfield claim it is cited that the city hall steps have a tread of fourteen inches and. the court house steps twenty four inches. This claim is for $600, to cover expenses incurred by reason of a broken leg. Champion German O Aviator is Killed London, June 17. Captain Boelke, the champion German aviator, is be lieved to have been killed in an aerial combat with the French aviator, Rog er Ribiere. A Fokker of the type known.to have been piloted by Boelke v. as shot down by Ribiere two days ago near Verdun.. , , More Stalwart Evidence : . s For the 16th con secutive week Bee : Want-Ads have made a gain of over 1,000 ' PAID ads over same period of 1915. 1315 MORE PAID- Want-Ads for the Week just ended 6-17, than s a m e week one year ago.