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Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Washington Affairs

Treasury officials instructed the col
lector OF customs at Pensacola TO issue
clearance papers for the schooner Isa-
war supplies said to be for Carran1a
forces.
The personnel Of the various subcom-
mittees of the body In charge OF arrange
,nents for the return trip of American
end South America will be discussed
and steps taken to plan itineraries at a
meeting 10 be held In New York Sep
TENDER 2.
Lack OF American shipping facilities
was emphasized in a statement by the
State department based on a consular re-
port FRI m Arabia The department re-
Ceived from Alden. Arabia, dispatch
stating that the merchants at that port
were complaining bitterly OF the Jack
OF shipping facilities between Alden and
American ports. many merchants having
had to discontinue business as the ware
houses were full and they mad no means
Of shipping the contents thereof to the
United states.
1t become known that plans OF the
United States for putting Haiti in order
contemplate calling upon the War de-
partment II necessary to furnish officers
Tor the island police from It's corps OF
nOncommissiCned officers who have de-
veloped and commanded the Philippine
constabulery. Officials said the proposed
protectorate treaty would provide not
only toF conn e;e financial protector,
houses, but for a native police force Of
ficered by Americans.
Former President Taft at Berkeley told
California that II was conducting a local
la boratOry for social and political expeTi-
ments for which Il would have 70 pay
Other states, he declared. would derive
a benefit at California's expense. You
than the east" he said. This state ~
"A laboratory for political experiments.
which We IN The east are quite willing
you should maintain, II you are quite
willing 10 pay the bills. and you may bs
sure you viii have 70 pay them"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Military Training
Camp for Business
And Professional Men

A military training camp for business
and professional men will be held on the
military reservation, Fort Sheridan, NIL
nois, September 90 TO October H. inclu-
siye The camp will be held under the
direct supervision OF officers OF the
United States army.
The purpose OF the camp is TO offer an
opportunity for business and professional
men OF military age to qualify themselves
for efficient service to the country In case
Of need.
Attendance at the camp will not In
crease either the legal or moral obllga-
tons OF those who attend. The intention
IL merely to equip those taking the course
OF training to fulfin with more efficiency
and usefulness obligations which are al
ready laid upon them az citizens OF the
United States
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Lots of Police Are
Wanted at Friends
of Peace Meeting

CHICAGO. Aug. B.-Ons hundred
plain clothes" policemen have been
asked for by J. J. Tobias, chairman Of the
local committee OF the Friends Of
Feace," to preserve order at the oonven-
ton OF the society, which will be opened
here on Sunday afternoon.
Five thousand elegates are expected
to be present. II Is planned to present
to the convention petitions signed by
10000 persons calling for an embargo
on the export OF ammunition.
Mr.. Tobias. who Is the head Of the Chi
oago Law school, said he had arranged
for the detectives to be scattered
throughout the audience with instruc-
tions to promptly suppress. or II neces-
sary, eject any distlrbers.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Two Viaducts Sought
By HanscOm Parkers

A viaduct over Turner boulevard at
Pacific street between Thirty-third and
Thirty-fourth streets and another over
the Belt line on Martha street extending
from ThiTty-fifth street TO Thirty-seventh
avenue. is sought by the Hanscom Park
improvement club. Action was taken at
the club meeting last night to prepare q
resolution TO be submitted at the next
meeting calling upon the city commits
sioners 70 order such crossings built.
The boulevard viaduct Is desired be-
cause q big district Il practically cut on
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Flood Regions
Or Arkansas Request
Aid for Destitute

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. 2I.-Flood-
SWEPT sections of Arkansas appealed for
aid today to care for thousands of per-
sons made homeless and destitute by
the rising waters. Tonight hundreds Of
families were camping on high ground
with only the barest necessities OF life
and many were reported In actual need
of food.
Newport Searcy, Augusta and George
town asked for food and money. At
Newport 1000 persons, nearly the entire
population, are unable to enter their
houses because of flood waters. APP
proximately 1000 families from the sur
rounding country have been driven into
the four towns and are sheltered in
camps.
Large quantities OF supplies contrib
uted by citizens In Arkansas have been
in adequate for the need, II Is said,
by Mayor A. t. Hubby of Newport, who
made another urgent request for assist
ance late today.
While the White river was falling at
Newport tonight the great volume of
water from tributary streams probably
will keep II at flood stage for ten days,
It was said.
At Des Arc. Ark. where the levee broke
last night. the river still was rising
rapidly tonight At De Walls Bluffs, Aark,,
the river is rising and has reached the
highest stage ever known there. Train
service on the searcy branch of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific railway was
discontinued today. Black river was re-
ported falling tonight and It is believed
will not send a new flood down the
White, as was feared yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
DR.. R. w. Taylor Back
From Vacation Trip

DR.. r. w. Taylor, pastor OF ParlvaIe
Presbyterian church, returned yesterday
from q six weeks vacation trip during
which he Travelled on a motorcycle from
Omaha to Fredonia. Ariz.. and back to
Salt Lake City. where he shipped his
wheel. returning by train.
The doctor has made numerous similar
trips, but none that has covered so much
uncharted territory for the motor. He
followed the Colorado river and viewed
the grand canyon from the north rim.
Originally he planned to cross and re-
turn by way OF Albuquerque, but found
this would entail too expensive a trip for
the time available.
Some Of the journey was across desert
land that made travel a real hardship.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Martin Clausen Is
Some Peach Grower

Martin Clausen. 5SO6 North Twenty
ninth street. takes the blue ribbon as the
champion peach grower in this vicinity.
While he is not the owner OF a large
peach orchard. he has one tree in his back
yard from which he has picked three
bushels OF Crawfords.
The Clausen peaches are not the small
kind seen on the fruit stands. but they
are large enough so some of them weigh
a pound each. Yesterday he was dis
playing some Of them around town and
exhibited one that measured eleven inches
in circumference and it was not the larg-
est by any means.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29

now from the west by the low grade and
gully At the Martha street crossing of
the Belt line, school children attending
the Windsor school are put in great peril
on the grade. 1t was at this point where
little Ralph Moss lost his limb under car
wheels.
The club last night passed resolutions
memorial to Judge w. H. Munger, a
member of the club. and to Willis 1.
Hopes. who formerly was its president
and who was president OF the United
Improvement clubs of the city.
w. Boyd Smith presided over the
deliberations
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
FORMER BALTIMORE MAYOR
DIES VERY SUDDENLY

RAHITIMoRE, Aug. 2s-Thomas Gordon
Hayes, former mayor OF Baltimore.
noted lawyer and for many years prom
,nent in Maryland politics. was stricken
with heart failure on the street In Oak
land. Nd, in the AIleghenies today and
died In half an hour.
Mr.. Hayes was n years old and a bach
sioR. In addition 20 serving one term
a. mayor Of Baltimore he had been twice
state senator, city solicitor and United
States district attorney.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
LAST OF FOUNDERS OF
REPUBLICAN PARTY DIES

PITTSBURGH. Pa. AUG. 2S-Colonel
Archibald Blskely. aged a. died at his
homo here tonight after an illness Of
four months, He was said TO have been
the last survivor OF the group OF prom
inent men from various parts OF the
United States who met here on February
90 1859, and took steps which resulted
In the formation of the republican party
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
WOOD ALCOHOL KILLS
PENITENTlARY INMATE

JEFFERSON CTTY. Mo-. Aug. 2s.-one
convict in the Missouri Denitentiary died
tonight and another is believed to be
dying from the effects OF drinking wood
alcohol which they had smuggied into
their cells. Alfred Croker died and
Theodore Irwin is in the prison hospital
CrockePs term was TO have expired In
two months.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
ARREST MADE IN THE
KAYSER CASE AT GARY

uAAH, Ind. Aug. 8.-The arrest Of
Thomas Mojesch. an inspector in the
Gary steel mills. and a statement by
States Attorney Clyde Hunter that the
minister was killed by bullet from his
own revolver were the only developments
today in the investigation OF the murder
Tuesday night of A. NJ. Kayser. Tolles-
ton. Ind. Lutheran minister and German
aympathiser. The states attorney said q
quarrel over business matters probably
furnished . motive for the crime.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
nrnnrtmcnt Oraarn.

WASHINGTON. Aug SS-CSpeciei Teie-
gram. l-NebraskR pensions granted; Ro-
slnA Whitehead, Grand Island, ia The
post Office department has acoepted tho
quarters for the post office at Wahoo,
Nr~N lO~nted IN Linden avenue between
Fifth and Sixth streets, for ten years
from November 1.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR MISS NEVA TURNER

The funeral for Miss Neva W. Turner.
head OF the domestic science department
OF the Central High school. who died a
week ago after a short illness. was held
yesterday at o'clock. Interment was in
Prospect Fiji cemetery
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
NATIONAL DRY
QUESTION AGAIN
BEFORE SENATE

Washington, Jan. lG.-Despite the
pleas of leaders to cease discussion
and turn to work on appropriation
bills the senate devoted its session
today to prohibition debate based
on the proposal to suspend the mo-
ton to attach a dry rider to the Dis
tricl OF Columbia appropriation bills.
Senator James put into the rec
ord a copy of President Wilson'S let
ter to Rev. T. D. Spannon of New Jer-
scy. favorine local option, but o1pos-
ing the making of a political issu
out OF the question.
Senator Kenyon submitted an edi-
torial by Secretary Bryan which. he
said, put the Democratic party in
favor OF prohibition.
To seek some means Ct relicvin
''rc legislative jam in the senate the
democrats of that body will have a
caucus late today.
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
TURKS ENTRY INTO
TABRIz UN0PP0SED

London, Jan. l6.-Thc entrance OF
Turkish troops into TabriZ, Persia,
several days ago was entirely nnop-
posed by the Persians ANA took place
in accordance with plans previously
arranged between American Consul
Gordon Paddock. who co-operated
with the deputy governor and the
commander OF the Turkish forces.
All the Russians in Tabriz. includ-
ing the consul, had previously With
drawn from the city, in order 10
avoid a confluict.
Only 500 Turkish soldiers marched
into the Persian city, the kurds,
numbering some $4,000 men, having
been left at some distance outside.
An official telegram from the Ie-
heran government conveying tre
above information was received IN
London today. This message ADDS
that Persia was neither prepared nor
willing to oppose either side in TINS
conflict but that she would remain
strictly neutral.
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
ITALY TO ENFORCE
DEMANDS ON TURKS

Rome. Jan. iG.-Thc Turkish gov
ornment, according to semi-otiicial
communication published in the Gil
ornale de Italian. has renewed its
order. sent thru Rome to the VAN
of Yemen, Arabia. instructing him to
give complete satisfaction for all the
demands presented by the Italian
government in connection with the
incident at Hodcida. where Turkish
Officials forcibly removed the British
consul fromm the Italian consulate
where Ii" had taken refuge.
The porte authorities, it is de
clarcd, have instructed the Vail to
grant the demands of the Italian
government independently of the in
luiry instituted by the Vail which. it
is said, merely a.ms to establish the
responsibility of each official in the
local administration of Hodeida
The newspaper adds that Cccchi,
the Italian consul at Hodeida, never
was imprisoned or placed on trial by
the liOdeida authorities.
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
WILSON URGES
PROBE Of RISE
IN WHEAT

Washington. Jan. lG.-Prcsidcnt
Wilson today directed Attorney Gen
eral Gregory 10 investigate whether
there had been any violations OF law
in the rise of prices Of wheat and
flour.
The department of commerce prob
ably will be asked by the president
to furnish information SHOWING
what degree OF increase in exports OF
wheat and flour followed ;hc out
break of the European war Mr..
Gregory has promised prompt prose
cutions on any evidence thai Illegal
combinations have forced up tho
price of wheat and flour or other
food products. One investi ga ton
now being conducted in Chicago, is
watched closely by the department
of Justice.
From various sources suggestions
have been made that an embargo be
laid on wheat and flour exports 10
keep home prices normal. Officials
declined today to comment on any Of
them.
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
JOSE C0RD0vA
MEETS TRAGIC
DEATH At
WESTON
Pioneer Resident Of County is
Killed by c. & ".
Train

Jose Rafael Cordova, one of the
earliest settlers OF Las Animas coun-
ty, former county commissioner. was
Instantly killed shortly before noon
today when c. & w. train struck
one mile south of Weston, hurting
him under the wheels. The life Of
the prominent Spanish-Amcrican
resident was crushed out.
How the accident happened is not
definitely known as the details were
not given to TIE coroner or to the G.
& W. official this afternoon. 1t is
declared, howe er, that Cordova was
driving over a crossing near Weston
when the train struck the vehicle.
Cordova's body was picked up to
await the arrival OF an undertaken
summoned from Trinidad.
Jose Rafael Cordova has been a
resident of the county for the past
forty years. residing most of the time
on his ranch near Weston. He has
always been active in politics and
served as county commissioner Il
number OF years ago. He was y
commissioner at the time the present
county Jail was built and his name
appears on the corner stone.
He was for more than twenty years
leader of the Democratic party i'll
the county and about six years ago
became affiliated with the Repub-
lican organization and has Deon an
active worker in the party ranks.
iIo was highly esteemed by all who
knew him and regarded as a kindly
old gentleman. In the early years of
his residence he was teacher of
&c Spanish. si7.Fsfssf'T ~
The deceased is survived by three
sons-Patricia, who resides at Wes-
ton: Francisco of Torres. and d.
Cordova: also by four daughters
who reside in this county. and two
brothers, j. V. Cordova and F.. ~
Cordova. and one sister. Mrs. Mar
tincZ, of Weston.
Coroner bradley is inycsti eating
the accident.
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
Federal League Contracts
Are to be Probed

Chicago, Jan. 16.-Affidarits
charging the federal league or at
least influential members of II win
trying to come within the pale OF
organized baseball which the fcdHr-
ais now are suing as "A trust. and 9TH
ers purporting to show that the fed
eral contracts contain equivalents OF
the ten day reserve clauses CRITICIZE"
were among two dozen filed today
giving the side of organized base
ball
The proposal of peace which would
have resulted. il was planned, in the
union of the Federals and their rlN-
ais, are discussed in an atiidaFit
filed by Joseph j. Lannnin Of tn"
Boston Americans. He relates thal
the Wards. owners OF the Brooklyn
Federals. sought a peace pact under
which they would have purchased
the New York Americans and Chas.
Weeshman of the Chicago Federais
would have taken over the Chicago
Cubs
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
Famine ADDS TO
SUFFERING THOUSANDS
EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
Death and Injured Toll Reaches Astounding Figures. Armies Of
Relief Workers Grope in Ruins for Bodies Scores Of Villages
Depopuated. italian Government Declines Official
Aid from Foreign Sources

vcrishly, for ClCl hour # delay
means death by 3ta!Natinn or oNhaus-
,inn for buried victims. From town
after town cam. reports os oNcava-
tions that were zoo late ln save lives.
Attention era iUell- is turning
from AyeZ2ano. nc center Of the dis
turbance and the greater sufferer to
smaller towns where an almost equal
percentage Of .he population were
destroyed. In only one ease so far
do late reports show thai the effect ;
Of the carthqua GO Were les disastrous
than had been feared. Only on che
part of Sora's 1900 persons appear
to have been killed.
While train loads of injured con-
tinuc to arrive in Rome, additional
details of the horrorc come in, all
tending to confirm earlier estimates
of the tremendous loss of life. Re
ports indicate that next to Avc2Zano
the towns that suffered most arc
Pcscina. with 500 victims: Palermo,
w,lh I.0OG dead and SaInelino. with
COO of its population of | 500 killed
All are near hvezzano. The hoTr"r
of possible flood added to the fam
inc and suffering from cold exists in
the neighborhood of the F'iicino
canal which has heen damned up
by Il landslide at Montecorvino Rn-
ve'la Solhisrs ard 0iTilirrs are
working desperately to Hlenr the ca
nal.
Though IT seems definitely cstab-
lishcd that the present oIr'huEakn
Will not rival that Of Mr5s.na in 1908
IN the number of dead. the percent
tCnutInucH 0u pnKe ~
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
SULLIVAN IS
CHARGED WITH
GRATING
Witness Says Secy' Bryan
Knew Minister Was Ex-
plotting Public
Contracts

New York, Jan. l6.-F Testimony
that Secretary of State Bryan was
informed that James NJ sullivan,
American minister to the Dominican
republic, figured i'll an alleged con
spiracy to exploit public contracts in
that republic. was heard today at the
inquiry by Senator Elliott Phalen in
to the minister's fitness.
James l.. lsyrne, of Boston. Il con
struction engineer. testified that he
had told Mr.. Bryan that the minis
tcr's cousin. Timothy J. Sullivan, had
told him that the minister had ad-
ranged that tn" Banco Macdonald OF
Santo Domingo should get govern
mcnt contracts and that he, Timothy
j.. was down in Santo Domingo to
manage the construction work and
see that Minister sullivan got his
bit.
Mr.. Bryan, the witness said. asked
him to write it ont. and then said,
Perhaps you don't care to do this.
Brync said he would b" glad to
and the secretary replied that II
would not be necessary. | got tho
impression" said the witness. that
the secretary did not want the mat
ter on the record of the state depart
ment.
An affidavit by Byrnc further
stated that Timothy j. sullivan had
said there would be no trouble in
carrying the contracts through as
the Bnnco Nac!onaie, the conccrh
which worked up this scheme and
was to finance ii. was solid with Sec
retary Bryan.
sullivan also told the witness, ac-
cording to the affidavit, that Minis
t.r SULLIVAN mad used ms influence
to obtain a 1000 loan for him
from the National Bank Of Santo
Domingo and that it would never
have to be paid off
u old all these things in substance
as set forth in this affidavit to Sec
rctary Bryan" the affidavit contin-
ned. Il know all the officials of the
state department have been advised
o. tn. true conditions in Santo Do
mingo by many Americans whose
standing and integrity cannot he
questioned.
''Thc American people and the
Democratic party have been discred-
tied and dishonorcd in Santo Domin-
go by the conduct of Minister Sulli.
van. The net result in Santo Do
mingo is that sincere and honest
American business men who have in
vested their money in legitimate en-
tcrprises for the Development Of the
Dominican republic have suffered
great losses
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
DENVER TAX
QUESTION NOW
up TO CARLSNN

Denver. Colo. Jan. 16.-The possi-
bility of adjusting the tax contro-
versy between the state tax commits
sion and the city and county OF Den
yer was the subject OF il conference
at Governor G. A. Carlson's office to-
day. Participating in the discussion
were the governor. executive state
officials and the commissioners OF
Denver. In addition to an effort to
reach basis for the payment of state
taxes by Denver courty for the last
few years. which are in litigation
the conferees discussed proposals for
Il property valuation that Will be
satisfactory to state ana city OIL
cials The Denver commissioners al
so asked that in selecting member
of the state tax commission to sue
ceed Frank Adams of this city, a
Denver man be chosen. Adams term
will expire shortly.
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
WHEAT DROPS S CENTS
THEN RECEIVERS q CENTS
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Chicago, Jan. lh.--N neat hroU'e"
five cents in the first fifteen MN
utcs of today's session of the board
Of trade on reports that Il cCnSres-
sional movement was on foot to pro
hibit expectations.
May wheat. which closed at ST. 10
yesterday. sold down to Sl.io.
For a brief time. trading assumed
an almost panicky aspect. \ storm
of sleerlc orders from ill-protcct-
ed bulls came on the market ana
found the pit temporarily without
buyers. At the extreme decline, sew
cral of the larger houses began to
purchase on liberal scale. The re-
suit was quick rally, but only to
about one-half the extent OF the
break. When comparative calm mad
been restored the May option was
stcadying around $l.424.
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
NAVY BILL IS
BEFORE HOUSE

Washington, Jan. 1G.-Informally
bill to the house today. the naval
committee said that while in the Eu-
ropean war the submarine has been
effective in harbor and coast defense,
it has not been able to control the
sea as the superior battleship fleet
has done. causing an enemy with an
inferior battleship fleet to suffer
great loss of merchant ships, block
aiding its ports ana driving its com
merce off the seas.
The committee reported that there
fore the two battleships program had
not been changed. 1t added that the
effectiveness of the submarine in the
Il naval weapon of great value" and
that the "airship for scouting pur-
poses. likewise. has demonstrated its
effectiveness"
The bill probably will be reached
for debate about February |. II car
ries an increase of IS, ,l92, 900 i'll the
building program over what the navy
department recommends.
The committee commcnds ccoh-
omy. endorsed the proposed new Of
flee of tslief of operations. and urged
the provision for creating a naval re-
serve, which would provide $4,000
trained men within a few years.
"Thc origination of Il naval re-
serve is necessary to the adequate de-
fense of the country" said the COM
mittcc
The chronicle=news., 1915-01-16
new VEhIRE IN
LA VETA CASE TO
REPORT MONDAY

Pueblo. Jan. l6.-With a new ve-
uirc of 100 talcsmen drawn and
ready for examination. Judge Burke
today adjourned the La Veta trial
in which eight former strikers are
accused of numbering party of
mine guards, until Monday.
An upheaval in the La Veta case
was threatened yesterday when the
attorneys got on their war paint and
on each side accused the other OF
operating too vigorously cohort OF
"gumshOc men As to the direct
charges that were banded in the
chambers session and as to what the
particular acts of the sleuths We're,
Is maintained as n mutual secret.
But both the prosecution and the de-
fensc have had detectives working
among the prospective jurors, came
to light with such emphasis that this
was acknowledged. TTW"
When questioned as to what the
direct charges were. all the attor-
ncYs who attended the conference
with Judge Burke yesterday srac-
fully side stepped. The session con
tinucd for an hour. and that IL waN"d
decidedly warm was admitted hy sev-
Cral of the attorneys. The lawyers
had little 10 say about the charges
that were exchanged. but stated that
whatever Judge Burke wanted to
give ont about the matter would be
all right.
Judge Burke gave "a signiticahi
laugh when asked concerning the
"sum-shoc" episode. The judge is
real diplomat and no number Of law
yers could get very far in misun-
derstanding with him in their midst
II don't think that either sid" has