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FIRST SKIRMISH
NEAR Aqua PRIETA
Indications Are that Villa Intends
to Attack the Carranza Garri-
son from the East.
'IU. S. ARMY rs ON GUARD

WASHINGTON, Oct. S0.--Skir-
mishing between Villa and Carranza
forces near Aqua Prieta were 70
ported today by Major General Funs-
ton. Three hundred villa troops
were attacked at Cabrillona by a Car
rama patrol and forced to retreat to
Anavaeachi Pass, west OF Aqua
Prieta.
The main Villa army camped last night
on the banks of San Bernardino river,
fifteen miles from slaughter's ranch. In
formation in the possession Of General
Funston led him TO believe that the
army today would march to point
twelve miles east of Ague Prieta- The
attack. he said. probably will be from
the east.
The position OF the main Villa force
was satisfactory to officials OF the War
department for the reason that, barring
accidents, the entire force OF Carranzs
troops now being transported through
American territory, will have crossed the
border to Aqua Prieta before night
Conditions at Cananea were reported
improved. General Urbelejo. the Villa
commander. It was said, had promised
to protect railroad and copper company
property here, upon the condition that
work be resumed at the earliest possible
moment.
villa IL Expected soon.
DOUGLAS. Ariz., oct. 8O.-Nigger
Head, a black butte family representing
| (Continued on PAGE Four. CSolumn Three
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31
CHAIRMAN HILLS
OUTLINES ISSUES
Head of Republican Organization Is
sues Statement in Connection
with Call of Committee.
MANY LIGHTNING RODS ARE UP

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Chairmen
of both the democrat and republican
national committees last night issued
calls for meetings in Washington to
select cities for the coming national
conventions.
The democrats will meet on De-
cember 7, and the republicans De-
cember IA.
In addition to issuing his call, Chairman
Charles Hiiies. of the republican national
committee set forth the probable line OF
campaign to be followed by his party
1t will include;
An attack upon the democratic tariff
Criticism of the administrations hand
ling of the affairs IN Europe and Mexico
Charges that democracy has failed Ia
keep it's promise of an economical adj
ministration and has failed to keep ttA
1918 platform pledges, including the de.
claraton in favor OF a single term foI
the president.
Attacks on the administrations govern
ment ship bin ana other administration
measures.
l Many Lightning Rods Up.
Mr. Hilles declared that there was nc
lack of interest in the presidential race
! Active organizations. he said are in the
! field for Senators Burton, Weeks. Cum
minis, Borah. Smith and Sherman.
! Others who have strong followings he
said, are Justice Hughes. Elhiu Root
| Philander c. Knox, Charles Warren Fair
banks. and Governor Brumbaugh OF Penn
sylvania. He also added that he had
positive assurance that former President
William Howard Taft will not consider
another nomination for the presidency.
Besides selecting a convention city. this
republicans viii arrange for the appoint
ment OF various subcommittee and make
/ other arrangements for the campaign
! Chicago, St. Louis and Dallas have ap-
piled for the democratic convention. Th'
first two named have offered to meet al
of the expenses OF the national commit
tee. Dallas has offered the use OF ar
auditorium and a bonus OF $4,000
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31
SHIP HESPERIAN
SUNK By TORPEDO
United States Naval Experts Report
on Fragment of War Engine
Found On Its Deck.
GERMANY WILL BE NOTIFIED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-secre-
tary Lansing announced today that
the Navy department had indicated
that the fragment OF the engine Of
war which sank the Allan liner Hes
perian was q part OF a torpedo. The
German government has persistently
denied that the Hesperian was tor
pedoed. In the opinion OF United
States naval experts the fragment
could not have been a part OF ma
rine mine.
The secretary said the result of
the Navy departments investigation
would Immediately be communicated
either to the German government di-
rectly or to Ambassador Bernstorff.
The secretary volunteered mo infor-
nation regarding what form the
communication to the German gov
ernment might take.
Germany has made TO the United
States a qualified disclaimer OF RESPONSE
bility for the sinking of tho Hesperian.
In note to Ambassador Gerard on Sep
tember II. the foreign office said that on
the face OF the evidence then at hand.
Germany was satisfied that the Hes
perian was not sunk by q German sub
marine.
The fragment Ct metal examined by the
Navy department experts was said 20
have been picked from tho deck OF the
Hesperian after the explosion. The Hes
perian sank early I'm September off the
Irish coast while making It's way 20 port
after being disabled by the explosion. The
fragment was sent TO the State depart
ment by the American embassy at Lon
don.
| The State department heretofore had
been in doubt regarding the direct cause
OF the sinking 81 the Hesperian. A mum
Der OF affidsvits from passengers and
officers Of the ship have been received
by the State department.
| he signers swore that the ship had
been torpedoed. Two Americans were
| aboard.
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The Day. War NesOs

LARGE RUSSIAN FORCES Rre 10 at
tempt a landing ON the Bulgarian
BLACK Sea coast, according to ad-
vices received im Berlin.
DEFINITE ANNOUNCEMENT of the
capture OF the Serbian stronghold
Of Pfrot is carried in the current
abatement by the Vienna war Of
flee.
FRENCH HAVE MADE further Eains
In the Artota region, occupying n
section of German trenches at BOks
En- Hache. They repuIsed "a Ger
mmn attack near Hill No. 14O,
southeast of sOucheE. These an
nouncements are made In tOdaV's
osSiciaI statement from Paris.
FOUR VIOLENT counter attacks By
the Germsns near the position OF
ola COurtine," in the Champagne.
where the French made gains yes.
terday, are declared 90 have been
completely rePulsed and all the
French gains retained.
TURKISH TRENCHES near the tin
OF the GalliDoh peninsula were de-
stroyed by allied fire and Turkish
guns blew uP an ammunitioa
atorehOuse OF the expeditiOnary
force, an official Turkish state.
ment says.
TROOPS have taken
the offensive against the AastriaHa
I'm Bosnia, near the Serbian bOr-
der, and have inflicted large
losses, according 20 n statement is-
sued by the MOntenesrih legation
in Paris. An important battle be-
gan south of ViHheErad Thursday,
the result of which II not YET
known.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31
Germany Requests
Americans to Extend
Relief to Poland

WASHINGTON. Oct. So.-Germany has
asked the American commission for re-
lief in Belgium to undertake in Poland
relief measures similar to those taken
in Belgium. Officials of the State de-
partment have been informed that the
commission has been told that between
100000 and 100000 people I'm that part
OF Poland occupied by German troops are
destitute and in dire need. To adequately
care for them would mean. It was said.
an expenditure of approximately $4,000 900
a month. Substantial negotiations are
said to be proceeding. despite great DIFF
ficultieS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31
Germany to
Restrict Meat
Consumption

LONDON. oct. So,-German newspapers
publish the schedule prepared by the
German federal council In pursuance Of
the decision to restrict consumption OF
meat The schedule, as forwarded by
Reuters Amsterdam correspondent, Is as
follows;
Mondays and Thursdays: Restaurants
shall offer no meat. fish, fowl or dilhes
cooked in lard, bacon or drippings.
Tuesdays and Fridays: Butchers shRll
sell no raw or cooked meats.
Saturdays; Pork shall not be sold.
Thus far the federal council has placed
no restrictions on cooking OF meats in
homes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31
BILLY" DEFIES
devil AT START
OF new BATTLE
Tells Syracuse that Lies Told About
Him Will Be Downed There
as Everywhere He Has
Appeared.
STUDENTS JOIN IN BIG PARADE
Fifteen Hundred of Them Welcome
Evangelist with Shouts
and Yells.
CAMPAIGN WILL BEGIN TODAY

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct. 30.-(Spe-
cial Telegram. Syracuse will do
what Omaha and every decent COM
munity does, come to God" These
words uttered by BILLY" Sunday
this afternoon as his train entered
New York Central depot ushered in
his Syracuse campaign which has as
its slogan, win the Vale of Onon-
daga for Christ"
Hundreds of cheering enthusiasts
greeted BILLY" and his party on
their arrival from Winona Lake,
Ind, this afternoon. Met by leaders
of the campaign, the Sunday party
pushed their way through jostling
crowds, fairly fighting their way to
the street to reach the waiting auto
mobiles.
students in Parade.
Wearing arm bands, singing songs and
giving yells just as IL they were cele-
brating foot ball victory. 1900 uni
versty students participated in the
parade. On arrival at their home, the
Sunday party reviewed the parade while
standing on the porch. The bands played
in front of the residence while under
tho direction of q choir leader. Rah,
rah boys cheered the evangelist to the
echo.
Sundays first statement to the news
paper men concerned rumors afloat
about him here.
II like to see any man in the country
step up to me and call me a CRATER.
What would 1 do? Just let anyone try
It, and see.
Il don't care what John read (refer-
ring to Metropolitan magazine corre-
spondenO, know what John is. and L
would like to tell him so. He came to
the house IN Fhiladelphia, was royalty
entertained and went away and insulted
every woman in the party, although he
had only seen me and Mrs. Sunday.
His lies and the lies of Windle, (refer-
ring to the editor of the Iconocast), that
henchman Of the whiskey gang. and the
lies of all the rest of the gang. no mat
ter where, are uttered, because they
know I've got em on the run.
Devil ON Run I'm Omaha.
i've fought them for eighteen years.
20 breakfast. Omaha knows what can
do. And know what Omaha can do and
will do.
1T was a hard fight in Omaha, but
God won, and once carried, Omaha will
stand firm, They have promised me to
keep on making good, and with Gods
help, the people of Omaha will keep
the devil on the run.
The Sunday tabernacle meetins will
start tomorrow. Nearly all protestant
churches will be closed. There was just
one discordant note in the Sunday well
come. The Syracuse Messenger, edited
by the Rev. U. ]. Klingensmith, in the
October number out today, said edi-
torially: THE church of the Redeemer
will be open during the Sunday revival
The Lutheran church does not approve
Of the methods Of the modern revivalist,
or wandering evangelist Ours Is a
Lutheran congregation, and hence we
cannot consistently take part in the Sum
day revival, nor close our church dur
nc it,"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31
British Submarines
Sink Many German
Ships in Baltic Sea

LONDON. Oct. SO.-The Liverpool Post
publishes a list of twenty German ships,
aEgregating more than 5000 tonnage,
sunk by British submarines In the
Baltic sea, between october II and 2s. as
follows:
Lulea, Germania, Director Reppen-
hagen. Nicomedia. Walter Leonhardt,
svania Cor svsnen). Gertrud. Pyrgos,
Emsard. Babylon. Pernambueo. Soder-
hamn. Johannes Russ. Dalarfven, John
Wulf. Electra. Rendsburg. Glaven and
two named HernS~and.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31
British Recruiters
Fined Thousand Each

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. So.--Dr. Thomas
Adds and Ralph X. Blair, both Of San
Francisco. convicted OF violating the neu-
trality OF the United States by conspiring
to hire and recruit men in this country
for the British army. in the Usited States
district court today were fined $1,000 each.
No prison sentence was imposed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31
Prot Falls After
Three Days Battle

SOFIA. Oct. N.--(via London. oct. sO)
THE fall Of Pirot this morning Cwednes-
day) was a severe blow TO the Serbian
army, since the reduction OF this strong
position leaves open the road to Nish
and invites a strong Bulgarian advance
towards the center OF old Serbia. The
capture OF Pirot followed three days OF
desperate fighting, ending at nightfall ON
October 20.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31
King George is
Reported Better

LONDON. oct. SO.-KinE George. who
was injured on Thursday by being thrown
from his horse while reviewing troops In
the field. continues TO improve. An off,
cial statement issued today says;
THE kings condition shows further inn
provement. There has been some sleep
end the pain is diminishing. Temperature
and pulse are normal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31
ReadinG Lamp EIpiOdes,

STELLA, Neb., Oct &.-(Special Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Kelly, southeast OF Stella,
near Suubert. sustained quite severe
burns at O'Clock last evening, by the
explosion OF large gasoline reading
lamp. They were putting a wick into
the lamp. and believed 1t to be entirely
empty OF gasoline. Mr.. eKlly sustained
burns on the hands, and Mrs. Kelly,
about the face.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31

ready mas Deen erected.
LONDON, Oct. 30.-The position
OF Serbia is becoming more desper-
ate daily. Nish is threatened by the
Bulgarians, while the Austrians and
Germans are gradually opening the
way toward the great Serbian arse
nal at Kraguyevatz. Rome reports
that the Serbian capital has been re-
moved to certain point"
According TO the latest official re-
ports from Sofia the Serbians are in
retreat in a westerly direction all
along the Bulgarian front. Unoffi-
cial dispatches state that a Bulgarian
officer commanding an advance pa
troll has dined with the Austro-Ger-
man staff.
The Bulgarians assert that they are ia
possession of Negotin. Brza Paianlkas
zajecar. Kniajerats and several villages
| In the Timok valley. which gives them
a strategical position of primary i'm
portance. Tho complete capture OF
| Pirot 10 not claimed by the war office
at Sofia. which says the Bulgarians,
after storming the southern fortifica-
tions. penetrated the town, where night
put an end to the fighting
| French Hold strumitEa.
With the exception of the unofficial re-
| port that the French are now firmly IN
possession OF strumitza, no news has
been received concerning the military
movements OF the entente allies in the
Balkans.
From Bulgarian sources admissions
have been received that the seaports re-
| Gently bonibardod suffered severely. a
Bucharest dispatch says that Russian
j troops have set sail from Odessa and
sebastopol for. the Bulgarian coast.
Along the other fronts severe fighting
/ IL reported without decisive results. An
important struggle is in progress ON the
Austro-Itallan line. Vienna reports
Italian attacks were repulsed after a
sanRuinary struggle.
The cabinet changes in France are
l.
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The Weather

For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
cloudy. cooler.
rr-.r.rntnre nj Omaha YeateFdaY.
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BRITISH WARSHIP
SUNK IN COLLISION
Mine Sweeper Hythe is Run Down
by Another of His Majesty's
Ships in Dardanelles.
HUNDRED MEN ARE DROWNED

LONDON, Oct. SO.-one hundred
men are reported missing after a col
lision between the British auxiliary
sweeper Hythe and another British
warship off the Gallipoli peninsula,
in which the Hythe was sunk.
The announcement was made today in
an official statement by the British ad-
miralty as follows:
During the night OF october 2s-29,
II. NJ. s. Hythe. an auxiliary sweeper,
Lieutenant Commander Arthur Bird, was
sunk after being in collision with an
other OF his majesty's ships off the
Gsllipoli peninsula.
AT the time OF the collision she had
ON board about $50 men in addition TO
its crew. One hundred are reported
missing
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31
TEUTON ARMIES
MENACE GREAT
SERB ARSENAL
Position Of the Little Slavonic King
dom is Daily Becoming More
and More Desperate as
Invaders Push On.
BULsARs TAKE MORE TOWNS
Serbians Are in Retreat in Westerly
Direction Along the Entire
Battle Front.
FRENCH HOLDING sTRUSnTzA

PARIS, Oct. sO.---The British
troops which we're landed at Saloniki
are said by the Havas correspondent
there to have received orders from
London to depart for the Serbian
front. The correspondent adds that
a junction with Serbian troops al
ready has been effected.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-31

The Hythe was q merchant vessel
taken over by the British admiralty for
naval uses. II was steamer OF 500 tons
gross and was built in l909 at Dunn
barton
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COmparnttVe Local hecOrd.
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CONTINUED on Pase Four, Column 7
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.mgeratuEe I'd preelpltatlOn depae-
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MONEY N EXCHANGE.

The New York Federal Reserve BANK
rates were 4 per cent for thirty ~
ninety days and 3 per cent. tcr longer
bills.
Open market discounts. prime accent.
aices maturing up to ninety days. -,
u2l4 per cent.
Commercial paper rates were 81, a
~ per cent. for sixty and ninety day
bills and for four 10 SIX months les,
names "A per cent. for others.
Time money was dull and steady
Rates were 81. per cent. FOR sixty
days. 2iam2A for ninety days, "a "a
per eel for four months. 3d3i. per
. for Ave and six months.
Call money on the floor " the Stock
Exchange yesterday ruled at -. Dor
cent. high. . per cent. low, u. yer
cent.
Domestic exchange on New York g,
Louis. par; San Francisco, SIC. IRE.
MUM Minneapolis. 30c. premium mi.
cago, par: Cincinnati. par Montreal
$3.50 premium.
Call money on London was u, per
cent. short bills. a. per cent NEE
months bills, AZ Der cert.
Sterling exchange easier. F7na, q.e.
tations were: Demand, i75i. cables
AZ.
Bar silver in London. 22',d N-z
York, 4Tssc.
New York Clearing House sta'smsr.
Exchanges. s3i+.s34.3jS balances. to3.
417.0s6; Sub-Treasury credit ht.7nA
S5s3 sO4
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GOSSIP OF A R E
4 Great Rise.

The extraordinary performance OF
Crucible Steel was regarded In Wall
Street with mixed feelings. In any
other time but the present an abrupt
rise of 10 points upon ar enormous turn
over OF stock would have to receive
a proper explanation or else arouse the
suspicious OF the whole financial DIS
trict. But the war brides" have taught
their lesson. The Street has not looked
Upon the market for Crucible Steel with
n excess of favor. The marner Oi
the recent advance in the stock sug-
ges,ed nothing more than a stock job
hing game or a rather large scale
under cover of the great excitement
that the war order game has aroused.
The common stock OF a company owing
81 per cent. on its preferred stock would
also seem to be the last object to at
tract buying Of a permanent sort. The
collapse of the market after the first
advance was regarded as confirming
the general view Of the Street. but the
second move Is the more difficult 20 ex-
plain or this account. IL 's said that
new interests nave taken charge Of the
market and that these new people a:e
of more substantial sort than the last.
They are not IN the game for five or
ten points. Their position is taken after
a careful study OF the possibilities OF
the company in the war munitions field.
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wnr Speculation.

The current speculation in the war
brides" is the sort that might be en-
peCted in times of great uncertainty.
Because of the boldness with which 1t
is carried on and the apparent disre-
gard of the old rules of caution, some
observers characterize it as gambling
pure and simple, But the fact is h a
the very uncertainties OF the present
financial outlook put every venture in
inance more or less upon a gambling
basis. For. after all. what man in the
whole world would dare predict the state
of the markets a year hence" Somebody
once coined an epigram to the effect that
the ordinary run of people did not make
money in Wall Street because they wer.
afraid to buy AT the top. objection
cannot be made to the Spectators in
the war brides" The more remarkable
the performance of a stock the greater
the crowd that is attracted and the more
plausible appear the predictions Of still
further gains The old rules of appraising
the approximate level at which a stock
should sell according to present earnings
and prospects are laughed to scorn. The
future Is a treasure house upon which
every one with Imagination may draw.
These are unprecedented times and few
people are daring enough to place a limit
upon the speculative possibilities of any
stock. The result IL a certain disre-
gard OF ordinary caution in speculation.
But in view of the great profits hat
have been made who can Say tina this
boldness has not been justified? The
stories of these profits have a long life.
They travel far. That is why incidents
like the Crucible Steel advance are con-
t~inually happening and why there is
still an active speculative interest in
stocks like Bethlehem Steel ard General
Motors. although the extent OF the rise
and the level at which they are selling
would under ordinary circumstance
absolutely deter speculation.
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Southern Pacific.

Continued weakness in southern Pa
citc yesterday gave renewed prominence
TO the talk NJ dividend reduction, chiefly.
however, from stock market interests.
II was not reflected by those who know
the company's business. II was learned
authoritatively yesterday that tho diyi-
dend has been earned and earned with
n comfortable mavgin. No fear is en-
pressed by those in a position to- know
that the dividend will be changed in any
respect and it is made apparent that the
matter OF declaration OF the dividend
Is not one that il causing n appre-
hension among the directors. This is
not the first time that Southern Pacific
has acted in the present manne After
long periods of steadinsss at a moderate
level the stock has broken several times
in a way that mas in no instance been
accounted for by internal conditions OF
the company's operations. The move
ments are accepted as due TO the technl-
cal position nf the stock. partly At least
by reason of the large supply released
through the sale by Union Pacific of its
holdings. In the present case it is eA-
plalned that foreign selling has been
carefully gagged for some time to meet
exactly a normal buying demand With
out at any time overtaXing IT,. Extra
selling from some source has tempor-
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The Const ryatiVe broker is all AT sea.
He has lost his BEARINGS entirely. The
market in the war brides is altogethsr
too much for him. He can't swallow
the stories that are going around OF
enormous profits from war business,
They stick In his craw. The old rules for
the guidance OF the Spectator have
been violated every day, and TO his dis
gust such violations have ben highly
profitable, The conservative broker lost
another customer yesterday. The Gus
toner came in ard wanted to buy Cruel
bic Steel when il was selling around 81,
after a s~traightaway rise of about four
points. The conservative broker tried
10 persuade him not TO. pointing out the
ahsurdity Of taking on a pup like Cruz
chile at present prices. The customer.
as customers are, was a little dense and
was heard to refer vaguely 10 Bethle-
hem Steel. This was, OF course OBJ
v!ously unfair, and the argument ended
by the conservative broker refusing vita
some heat to allow his customer to
touch Crucible Steel in his Office, The
customer had not been out of the way
more than an hour before cruC!ble
jumped another FIVE points,