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Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
Germany Expects
To Collect Cost Of
War from Enemies

BERLIN. Aug. O.-Cvia Amsterdam
and I4ondon.)-Dr Kari Helfferich. sec
retary Of the German imperial treasury
speaking In the Reichstag on the second
reading OF the war loan OF $500. .0oO. 900
said Until now twenty billion marks
have been voted and our estimates Of
war needs still are eScseded by real ex-
pendltures. The expenditure IN one
month is higher by one-lhird than
the total expenditure for the war OF 1870,
but every German knows that the sacri-
fices will not be In vain. The grant Of
new millions means q guarantee OF un-
movable determination on the part Of the
German people.
During the war we will not Increase
the gigantic burden OF the people by now
taxation. A tax on war profits can only
be raised at the conclusion OF the war.
Tho heavy burden Of thousands OF mill
lions will be borne through decades by
the instigators OF the war ana not by US. !"
Continuing. DIR. Helfferich declared
speculative business which already had
revived, had to be suspended as all avail
able money was needed by the father
land. Subscriptions 10 the third war loan,
he said. could be made through the post
office and small subscribers for 1000
marks or less would be permitted TO pay
IN installments.
Dr. Helfferioh. discussing the war ex-
penditures OF various powers said;
Up TO the present the German expendi-
lures have been highest. but they are now
being exceeded by Great Britain. Coall-
ton Of our enemies now Is bearing almost
two-thirds ef the total coat Of the war"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
The Day s War NetOs

BRITISH GOVERNMENT today Of
ffciaIIy declared that the white
star liner Arabic, sunk by a Ger
man submarine, was not befns
conveyed when IL was torpedoed.
FACTS HEGARDING the Sinking OF
the Arabic, with the Ioss OF two
American lives, are being gath
cred by the WashingtOn Eoveru-
meBs, which has not as yet Off
ciaIIy commented up0n the dfaaK-
ter.
FOREIGN MINISTER sONNIN0 has
reported 10 the Italian cabinet ON
the Turkish situation, deciarinE
Turkish prOvoeatiOna OF Italy
20 have become intoIerabIe. RE-
ports from Rome, through Paris,
are that Italy viii ask the porte
10 declare eategoricaIIy whether
italian subjects will be permitted
10 leave Turkish posseasions.
BULGARIA HAS concentrated IBO,-
900 troops ON the Turkish fron-
tier, aeeOrding 70 = dispatch from
saIonilxf received IN Italy.
PETHOGRAD OFFICIALLY an
nouneed In . disDatek received
late last niEht that . strOns Ger
man fleet had psnetrated the Gulf
OF Riga AID was engaGfnR the
Russian naval forces there.
RUSSIAN WAR OFFICE declares
that troops OF Grand Dnke Niche
las are making a sueoeasrui stana
against the Germans nozfh west %
the fortress of Brest-TftoFnk.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
SOCIALISTS SERVE.
NOTICE ON KAISER
DR., David, in Speech in Reichstag
Says Lust for Conquest Must
Not Prolong the War
CIVIL LIBERTY FOR GERMANS

BERLIN, Aug. 21.-(via London.l }
In the course Of a debate today In
the Reichstag DR.. Eduard David, the
socialist leader, said: .tat
There lives in the hearts OF the
German people. as in ali other peo-
Pile, longing for the day Of restora-
ton OF peace. II we're Ill for human
ity II It were otherwise. The Euro
pean peoples are bleeding from thou
sands and thousands Of wounds.
Every day OF the war means further
frightful destruction OF values.
Therefore. point again to the
declaration of our party made In the
Reichstag. We adhere 10 the princi-
pie declared on August 4. 1914. that
an end must be made to the war as
soon as our enemies are inclined to
make peace.
Lust Must Not Prevail.
Lust for conquest must not prolong
this war unnecessarily. Emperor William
said we>were waging no war OF conquest
and the chancellor's speech yesterday
supplied further proof Unfortunately
oermanys enemies arc not yet inclined
to peace. Notwithstanding their severe
defssts. Their leading statesmen only
recently asserted the determination to
continue the war until Germany was
crushed and their plans for conquest are
realized. They are still looking for allies
Continued on Page Two. Column Threel
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
Juror in Lawson
Case Arrested on
Perjury Charge

TRINIDAD, Colo. Aug. a.-Grover
Hal, member OF the jury which on
May convicted John r. Lawson, inter-
national board member OF the United
Mine Workers Of America, OF first de-
gree murder. t5day @ns a-resfed AT Ra-
ton. y. NJ. on charge Of perjury.
Halls arrest was on On Information
nied IN the district court here by Attor-
ney Gaperai Farrar. II Is based on an
AFFIDAVIT BY Hall. Incorporated in Law
sons motion for new trial. IA which
Hail swore that he had been coerced by
a court bailiff 70 agree TO a verdict Of
guilty.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
Austrian Airmen
Defeated in Fight
by Italian Planes

PARIS. Aug. n.--Itaiian asroplanes de-
featsd an Austrian air squadron off the
Adriatio coast. according TO dispatch to
the Figaro from Turin. Three Of the
Austrian machines were brought down
and their crews we're either killed or
made prisoners. The Figaros correspond
ent says that the Italian squadron forced
an engagement upon the Austrians after
a long. stern chase. The Italian avia-
tors returned to their base without loss
or injury.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
Nine Auto Parties
Robbed in Butte

BUTTE Mont. Aug. 2i-City and
county officials are searching today for
five highwaymen who held up and robbed
nine successive automobile parties in
Butte last night. Estimate Of the losses
Of the motorists in cash and jewelry ap-
proximates 5000. The victims, several
OF them women. were arranged in row
and forced to hand over their valuables.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
ALI Americans
On Arabic Except
Two Accounted For

QUEENSTOWN. Aug. n.--(via Lon
don.)-After checking mp all lists of
Americans on the White Star line steamet
Arabic. torpedoed Thursday by German
submarine. the United States consulate
reports that the only Americans missing
are Mrs. Josephine L. Bruguiere and DR..
Edmond r. Woods.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
wn Act Deliberately.

Tocay's announcement. moreover. indi-
Gates that before President Wilson takes
any action there may be some exchange
OF diplomatic communication.
II Is stated that the State departments
policy Is TO show the utmost deIIberation
consistent with the delicate question and
to omit no opportunity OF avoidinE q
severance with German so long as there
Is reasonable expectation that a suf-
tieient excuse can be given for the sink
ing OF the Arabic.
Although II has been reported that the
German embassy has evidence that Can
tain Finch Of the Arabic had been warned
ana attempted TO escaps before tho tor
pedo was discharged. II was said at the
State department that no information OF
that kind had been received from the
German embassy or from any other Of
ficial quarter.
President Wilson and Secretary Ians-
Ing late this afternoon conferred over the
sinking OF the liner Arabic. Mr.. LANSING
went to the White House with two mes
sages from Ambassador Page, which es-
taoffshed definitely that at least two
American passengers are missing.
II was snid at the white House and
State department that further informa-
ton regarding the sinking OF the Arabic
would be secured before the president de-
Continued on Page NTwo. Column T'woJ
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22

THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY AND HIS FAvoRITE
HoRSE-Duing the the kaiser has spent almost all
his time with the troops crossing from one front to the
other according to the Importance of the fighting The
figure of the emperor and his splendid mount familiar
TO almost every soldier at the front
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22

LONDON, Aug. 21.-Marquis Di
Garroni, italian ambassador to Tur-
key today handed to the Porte note
declaring Italy considered itself in a
state Of war with Turkey and de-
manded his passports, according to
an official telegram from Constanti-
nople received at Amsterdam and
transmitted to the Central News.
The reasons given in the note for
Italy's declaration of war were the
support by Turkey to the Revolt in
Ldbya and the prevention of the de-
parture Of italian residents from
Syria.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22


LONDON, Aug. 21.--The Russian
field armies are fighting desperately
but vainly, to check tho onrush OF
the Germans and Austrians. Noyo-
georgievsk. the last Polish fortress 10
hold out, has fallen. Osscwe.x. to
the north OF Poland. has resisted t,c
invaders thus far only because OF TIC
narshy nature oi tie aurroupdi
country, which pre,eats be Gt4asg s.
iicm employing their hssyy "a IS
iectlvoly.
south Of Breot-l-itoyak, Field aar
hal Won Mackensens forces aast
penetrated far beyond the Bag. otaet
German armies east OF that river rem
der serious Russian defense along
the Bialystok- k-Brest-Litovsk line vir
tuaily impossible.
The mysterious naval battle In the Gulf
OF Riga was stIll IN progress at the tims
OF the latest report from PutroErad
which however. gave no details as a.
the magnitude OF the action.
Along the other front no Important
changes are recorded. with the exception
of the French admission OF Inability 10
hold the Lens-Arrns crossroads recently
captured
Balkan states May Join AlIies.
The diplomatic problem In the near
east has been brought appreciably nearer
solution by the formation Of a Greek
ministry under the premiership of Al
VeniEelos and the indieationae lAiAt the
incorporating attitude Of the military
fhqtien IN Serbia against Bulgarla's
clhifns are being broken down.
After forty-eight hours OF unusuaiactiv-
ity. resulting in heavy toll OF merchant
men trayersing the naval war zone, Ger
man submarines apparently have been
withdrawn 10 their bases. Belief IL ex-
pressed that the White Star liner Bowie
/ is safely In port. II il now definitely es-
tabllshed that only two Americans who
were passengers on the Arabic are MISS
ing.
French official Report.
PARIS. Aug. ai.--The French war office
this afternoon gave out a statement on
the progress OF hostilltiea which reada:
Last night saw continued severe artiI-
lery fighting In the Artois district be-
tween the Oise and the AIsne. in the
Champagne district and IN tho vosges
In the Argonne fighting with mines
continues at Cortes Chausees and at 81
Hubert, where we have occupied and
consolidated the crater made by a mine
explosion.
Two weak infantry attacks on the part
OF the enemy. one at Frise-eur- Soi
and the other In the forest OF Parroy in
Lorraine. were completely repuised
by u.s."
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
REED HOLDS RAIL
BOARD Is ILLEGAL
Attorney General, in Message to
Governor. Says His Duty to
Appoint Three New Men.
NO BONDS ARE NOW ON FILE
tFronl a staff, Correspondent.)


(Fronn Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, Aug. 21.--( Especial. -
Members of the state railway CON-
mission. Henry T. Clark, H. G. Tay-
lor and T. l.. Hall, have no right to
hold office and it is UP to Governor
Morehead to appoint three men to
fill their positions, according to an
opinion of Attorney General Reed.
The democratic official in a message TO
the governor alleges that the .commls-
sioners have rever given = bond as re-
ouired by tire statutes. and consequently
are deprived Of the right to hold the
offices.
This may or may not invalidate all acts
OF the commission in the past. the attor-
ney general not being prepared to give
an opinion on that point. ~ rfh -
Needs Court Decisions.
Governor Aiorehead would have little
to say regarding the letter of Attorney
General Reed after receiving IL. To news
paper men he simply said that he would
do nothing for time. but intimated that
thS otAc4ttCS 6NhNAaA WOHAa w ANIbANA
to bring In some court decisions before
the executive would take any action.
The attorney general is OF the opinion
there n nothing for the governor TO do
now. but TO appoint successors to the
present commissioners.
State Treasurer Hall says he will con-
tinue to pay warrants presented by the
commissioners for salaries when they
come to him.
Text of Opinion.
Following is the attorney generals
opinion to the governor:
Under the constitution the state rail-
way commission consists OF three Off
GERS elected by the people. At the pres
cnt time Henry t. Clarke, Jr, II. c.
Taylor and Thomas L. Hall are attempt
ing to act In the capacity of officers of
the state railway commission. While.
each has taken the oath Of Officer neither
OF them have ever given a 5000 bond ss
required by Section ., article OF the
CONTINUED on Page Two, Column One.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
The Weather

Pair, not much change in temperature.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
4 WARSAIPS LOST
IN RIGA GULF FRAY
Three Russian and One German
Battle Craft Sunk in Clash Of
Baltic Fleets.
TWO TEuToN BOATS CRIPPLED
BULLETIN.

PETRoGRAD (via London), Aug.
Ala British submarine has tor
pedoed German cruiser in the Bal
tic sea. This statement is made in an
official announcement.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22

PErhOGRAD, Aug. q (via London).
The newspaper Russky Invalid states
that the chief units Of tine Russian Bal
tic fleet are not in the Gulf OF Riga.
where a German fleet has entered and
engaged Russian naval defenders The
Gulf Of Riga. the newspaper declares,
is defended by mines and small war
ships.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
DECLARED
! WAR CONTRADAND
Britain in Announcing it Says
Action Will Be Taken to Miti-
gate Distress Caused.
FRANCE WILL DO THE SAME

LONDON. Aug. 21.-Cotton has
been declared absolute eontraband
by Great Britain. accordin to a state
ment issued by the foreln office this
afternoon.
The statement declares that the
overnment proposes to initiate meas
nres to relieve depression that miht
temporarily distress the cotton mar
ket because of the contraband order.
It was learned upon inquiry at the
foreign office that the French gov
eminent will issue similar notice
early tomorrow.
fhe Announcement.
The announcement fillows;
Ills maJesty's. government has de-
cIared cotton absolute contraband. white
the circumstances might have justified
such action at an earlier period, his
majesty's government are glad to think
that local conditions OF the American
interests likely 20 be affected are more
favorable for such step than they were
a year ago, and moreover, his majesty's
government contenplates iniation OF
measures TO relieve as far as possible
any abnormal depression which might
temporarily disturb market conditions"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22

THE STEAMSHIP ARABIC, bows on, as it sailed from
submarine eff Fsstnet
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
MAY ASK KAISER
TO EXPLAIN THE
ARABIC ATTACK
State Department mtimates that the
German Governments Atten.
tion Will Be Called to
the Incident.
ACTION WILL NOT BE HAsTY
Will Give Opportunity to Present
Mitigating Circumstances, if
There Are Any.
ONLY TWO AMERICANS LOST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.--It was
announced OF the State department
today that Ambassador Gerard prob
ably win be directed to call the Ger
man governments attention to the
sinking of the White Star liner Ara
bic and to invite any explanation.
THIS was the first indication from
official source that Germany would
have an opportunity TO give the rea-
sons for the attack, apparently in dis.
regard of President Wilson's solemn
warning that such an act would be
regarded as deliberately unfrlendly.
The State departments attitude Is that
X the German government has any facts
which, In It's opinion. so TO mitigate the
circumstances Of tho attack. the Berlin
foreign office should have opportunity 20
present them
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
BULLETIN.

BULLETlNs
LONDON, Aug. 21.--Italy has de-
clared war against Turkey and the
italian ambassador has left Con-
stantinople. This announcement is
made IN Reuter- Telegram from Con-
stantinople via Berlin and Amster-
dam.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
ITALY DECLARES
WAR UPON THE
TURKISH EMPIRE
Rome Ambassador Hands Porte
Note Saying state of hostili-
ties Already Existing.
HE DEMANDS HIS PASSPORTS
Reasons Given Are Support by Otto
mans of Revolt in Libya
Province.
REsIpENTs KEPT IN sYRIA


LONDON, Aug. 21.--A steffani
news agency dispatch from Rome
says italy has declared war against
Turkey.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22

Temperature and precipitation depart
ures from the normal;
Normal temperature. ure................... "a
Deficiency for the day ....-...........- 4
Total deficiency since March i....... 1894
Normal precipitation ......... " inch
Deficiency for the day.......... NJ inch
Total raihfall since March l. "a So inches
Excess since March l-.-....---.. "a inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1914 81 inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1913. 8 08 inches
Il indicates trace Of precipitation
l. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22

official announcement.
BERLIN. Aug. 21.--Three Rus
sian -darships and one German war
ship. all small vessels, have been
sunk in the battle in the Gulf OF
Riga. Announcement ito this effect
was made today.
Two other German warships were
put out of commission during the
engagement. One ran ashore and
the other was damaged.
The Russian vessels which were sunk
were the gunboats sivutch and Koreets,
and a torpedo boat The German ships
sunk or put out OF commission were ali
torpedo boats. The damaged German
boat was escorted to port
Are sister ships.
The alvutch and Koreets were sister
ships OF s75 tons displacement They
were 2is feet long, thlrty-six feet beam
and eight feet deep. They were armed
with two AZ inch gune and four three
inch guns. Their normal complement
was 140 men each.
For nearly fortnight powerful Ger
man squadron was engaged in an at
tempt TO force. an entrance TO the Gulf
OF Riga for the purpose OF assisting the
German army. which occupies the west
ern coast Of the gulf. The Russians as
serted that they repelled on August s
an attack delivered by nine German
battIeships. twelve cruisers and large
number OF destroyers
Later the Russians announced that
their warships had been drawn in closer
on account OF the superiority Of the
German squadron and an official COM
munication received last night from Pet
rograd said that a German fleet had
penetrated the gulf and engaged the Rus
sian vessels.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
CzAR'S ARMIES
FAIL TO CHECK
TEUTON ONRUSR
Only Check to Invaders is at 0sso-
wetz Where They Are IN
able to Make Use Of
Their Heavy Guns.
ERMAN FORCES EAST OF BUG
Russian Defense Along Bailystook-
Brest-Litovsk Line Now vir-
tually Impossible.
FRENCH LOSE NEAR ARRAs
BULLETIN,

BULLETIN.
BERLIN, Aug. 2i.--(Via Lon.
don. 1.-THE Germans have captured
The Russian town OF Bielsk, twenty
five miles south of Bialwstok. and
have driven the Russians over the
Bials river, according to an official
announcement given out by the Ger
rany army headquarters staff.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-22
PART ONE

PAGES ONE TO TWELVE
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
80 Roads Oppose Space
Plan for Rail Mail Pay

NEW YORK, May 21.-Executives rep
resenting moro than thirty railroad
companies, at a meeting in Grand Cen
trail terminal. adopted resolutions cp-
posing the space plan" Of payment for
carrying mails advocated by tho Post
office Department. and urging the ro-
tention of the present system Of pay
ment. according to weight
The position taken by the COMMITTEES
on railway mail pay on this proposition
was indorsed. and approval was also
given to these reforms In the present
laws relating to the carrying of mails
as urged by the committee:
/. That the malls be weighed and pay
readjusted at least once q year, instead
of once every four years.
2. That the railroads be paid for, oI
relieved from. the duty Of carrying the
mail between railroad stations and post
Offices
g. That the railroads be paid 70,
apartment postofflce oars on a pre-
rata basis, with the compensation fol
full railway postoffce cars.
Howard Elliott, president OF the New
Haven railroad, was chairman of the
meeting
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
ValiepO Black Hole OF
Serbia's Typhus Plague
Victims Die So Rapidly That Authorities Have Lost
Count-Decent Burials Out of Question With
Deaths Reaching $50 Day.
By HENRY WOOD.

NIsH, Serbia, May Q (by mail.-Valievo
is the black hole OF the terrible typhus
plague ravasing Serbia. There were
5000 men women and children in the
town when the epidemic began sweeping
out whole families.
The victims are dying like flies-so
rapidly that the town authorities have
lost count. At least 1000 of those sur
viving are stricken with the disease and
are battling for their lives.
DIR. b. MacCookingham, Of Red Hook,
Duchess county, N. Y, pictured con-
ditions In the Serbian typhus center to
me today. He had just arrived from
valievo, where he spent four months
fighting the plague.
Like Plaques of Middle Ages.
Tho only way you can get an idea
is by reading accounts OF some of the
said.
DR.. MacCookingham himself was
stricken with typhus In two Of It's worst
the s,,sra sfd the
former police surgeon Of Brooklyn, N
Y, and Dr. MacCookingham's only Eng
disappearing companion in the black
hole" of Nalievo, died of It,
made some effort to give the victims q
decent burial" said DR.. MacCooking-
ham. That was when the deaths were
running only fifty to seventy-five a day.
Later, when deaths reached $50 a
day and when a large part of the popu-
latlon was down with the fever, that
was out of the question. They simply
stacked the bodies together like logs
and hauled them away;
p THE dead wagon made It's rounds as
often as possible. Bodies were Just toss
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
kitChin Sure America
Will Not Enter War

KINSTON. N. c.. May N.-Congress-
man Claude Kitchin. the new Demo-
cratic leader in the House. when asked
about the American negotiations with
Germany. said:
Germany will not accede to all the
demands OF the United States. She
may grant everything except the aban.
donment OF submarine warfare agains,
certain classes Of belligerent ships
IL the British government will yien
to the extent OF removing the starva.
ton blockade, Germany will cease tht
use OF submarines against all craf,
but warships.'
And II Germany does not accede tc
all the American demands, what vii
tho President do?" he was asked.
He said he could not speak for Presi
dent Wilson. but was certain there wa,
no possibility Of war.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Newport Cabbies Lend
$50 to Mrs. Oelrichs

NEWPORT. r. l., May 2l.-Mrs. Her
man Oelrichs. who has been here for a
few days arranging for the opening OF
her summer home, Rosecliff. has re-
turned to New York.
When she reached the boat landing
she found she had lost her pocketbook
and was without funds. She had no
time to return uptown. There were
several cabmen at the wharf, and Mrs
Oelrichs appealed to them for assist
ance.
who will lend me s2o?" she asked.
One man dug down, but all that he
had was SO Another had the s2(
and loaned 1t to Mrs. Oelriohs.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Completing Fund for
Jamestown Isle Shaft

The Pocahontas Memorial Association
has launched a wind-up campaign to OBJ
tain the remainder Of the amount neces-
sarv for the erection OF the memorial
monument on jamestown Island, in the
James river. At meeting held last
night at the Bellevue Hotel 1t was an
nounced that 5000 must be forthcom-
Ing before the $4,000 necessary for the
completion of the memorial is assured
The financial committee reported that
the benefit performance held at the Co.
lumbia Theater May II. benefited the
fund about $3.50. The pedestal for the
monument has already been set in place
and tho members OF the association be.
lieve that the unveiling will take place
some time this summer. Miss Ells
Lorraine Dorsey presided and Miss LII.
Ian Reed was secretary.
The Washington times., 1915-05-21
Campfire Girls to
HapeIndOOr
Unfavorable Weather Changes
Plans For Distribution Of
Trophi, &.

Owing to the unfavorable weather. ar
rangements have been made to hold
the grand council fire" of the Camp
fire Girls tonight in the gymnasium OF
the Mt. Pleasant Congregational
Church. The original plan was to meet
near Rock Creek Park.
Moro than l50 Campfire Girls. repro
senting twenty groups in various parts
Of the city. are expected to be present
tives and friends. The principal event
will be the distribution Of insignia and
trophies.
The presentations will be made by
Miss A. M. Merrill. chairman OF the
Guardians Council. and in charge OF
the work in the District. An addre ss
on the aims and ideals OF tho organiza.
ton will be made by DR.. Luther II
Gulick.