Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1915, Page 1

PART CNE NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE 0, s FORD PARTY OF | PEACE PLEADERS | OFF FOR EUROPE = VOL. XLV—NO. 25 Advocates of Attempt to End War Accompanied by Fifty-Seven Newspaper Reporters and Photographers. LATE ARRIVALS DELAY SAILINGS| Bryan and Edison Go to Dock Before, Steamer Sails to Say Farewell to Ford. UFFED DOVES HUNG IN SALOON NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—Henry Ford and more than eighty peace advo- cates salled from here today on the sgteamer Oscar I1I for Christiansand, | Norway. The party was accompan- | fed by fifty-seven newspaper corre- spondents and photographers and more than twenty general assistants, | secretaries and stenographers. The sailing of the Oscar II, scheduled | for 2 o'clock, was delayed some time by the unexpected arrival of fifteen per- sons who had been invited by Mr. Ford, | but had not indicated they intepded sall- ing. The examination of the baggage, passports and tickets of tke fifteen later | arrivals, as well as the final clearing of the ship of all but persons who held tickets, took up considerable time. Byan and Edison There. Willlam Jennings Bryan and Thomas A. Edison arrlved at the dock an hour | before the steamer safled to bid farewell | to Mr. Ford. Mr. Bryan spent half an | hour with Ford. The steamer sailed at 3:15 o'clock, one Tour and fifteen minutes later than the scheduled salling hour. { ..r. Bryan spent some time on the ship bidding “good speed,” as he termed it, to party. “There 1s some chance for the mission 1o succeed,” sald Mr. Bryan; “that is all I care to say now, except that I wish them every good fortune.” Welcome from King Haakon. Just before the gang plank was pulled up, a cable messenger rushed on the ship, and it was reported that Ford had re- ceived a message from King Haakon of Norway, stating the Ford party would be courteously received in Norway. Much excitement prevalled on the| ship and dock for somo time prior to! the sailing. This, in addition to the fact that fifteen of the party arrived Jess than five minutes before 2 o’clock, held | up the work of examining passports and tickets and other matters incidental to the m—— Officials of the line, fearful that the steamer would not be able to leave the pler until after dark, held a hurried conferenice. As a result of this a repre-| sentative of the line boarded the vessel| and sailed, for the purpose of checking up all the persons on board. It was sald then by the line officlals; that the Ford party would probably to-| tal 175, but the exact number will not; be known until a wireless is received to- night from the representatives aboard. All of the saloons and many of the cabins on the steamer were decorated with palms, ferns, flowers, flags and streamers representing the national col-| ors of about seventeen countries. Red, white and blue predominated. Two large white doves, which had en carefully mounted and bearing olive branches, were suspended from the ceil- ing of the main saloon and excited con- siderable comment. Ford Poses for Movies. Henry Ford boarded the steamer at 1:06 | o'clock accompanied by several friends| and three policemen. The latter held the | crowd back while Ford posed for a score ¢ moving plcture cameras and more than | geventy-five other photographers. Ford | carried a tattered American flag, which he waved with one hand while he re-; yestedly doffed his hat to the cameras. Two bands played constantly during the Jast forty-five minutes before the ship got away. The crowd on the dock, steadily Increased and some difficulty | was experienced in clearing the ship of a hundrea more persons who were there to bid friends good bye. One of the diversions during the last hour was the marriage on board the ship{ of Miss Marion Rubincom of Philadelphia | ¢nd Berton Braley of New York. The| ceremony was performed by the, Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago, who was| u member, of the peace party. The bride and groom also sailed. ty Bullding at (Eerhl(.} Neb., Dec. 4.—(Special)— | broken heer this week for | and Odd Fellows' bulld- | ntract for which involves an of about $17,000 and which 3x80 feet. New Fraters GERING, Ground was the new Masonic Tk, the expenditur 1 e The Weather e warmer central For Nebraska—Fair; portion, colder in extreme w | California { will continue throughout 1916 as the OMAHA, SUNDAY MORN a, SURE , THEY'LL INSURE YOU ! SAN DIEGO SHOW WILL REMAIN OPEN Many Exhibits Will Be Taken from San Francisco and Fair Con- tinued Another Year. GUARANTY FUND IS RAISED SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. 4.—Offi- clal announcement that the Panama- exposition, which was opened here January 1 of this year, Panama-California International ex- position, was made today by G. A. Davidson, president of the exposition, who has accepted the presidency of the new project. New Season First of January, Th will open January 1,. 1916, the-day -follawing. the. official closing of the 1916 fair. Thus there will be a continuity of operation, ahd for the first time in history a two-year exposi- tion. “Forelgn exhibits valued at several mil- Uon dollars from the Panama-Pacifio ex- position at San ¥rancisco, just closing, will be brought here,” President David- son sald in his announcement. ‘“Two of the largest exhibits at the San Francisco exposition—the Canadian and the Itallan—have been obtained for next year, and we expect that the French exhibit also will be installed here, We hope to obtain the Philippine exhibit and the Philippine legislature has been asked for an appropriation to cover the ex- penses. “It is expected the bufldings will be large enough to house the exhibits, but it may be necessary to bufld additional ones. ““The operating and guaranty fund for 1916 hae beéen raised in Los Angeles, San Diego and other parts of southern Cali- fornia, There has been a tentative agree- ment wtih transcontinental railroads re- garding rates.’ British Transports Are Landing More Troops at Saloniki LONDON, Dec. 4—& 8. m.)—A Reuter | dispatch from Saloniki says: “The Bulgarians shelled yesterday the British lines on the Strumitsa front, but soon were silenced by British guns. Oth- | erwise nothing occurred on the allled tront. “Additional British troops disembarked yesterday. “No detalls have been received respect- | ing the occupation of Monastir. Although | it is doubtful whether the Austro-Ger- wans entered the town in force, the fall of the city has evoked considerable re- sentment in Greek circles. “Reports persist that Ruesian troops have entered Bulgaria, where, according to news received here, the people have | already had enough of war. “Three Austrian sples, disguised as Ser- blan gendarmes, were shot yesterday. Large Bodies of For lowa—Partly cloudy Sunday; not much change in temperature. Temperature at Omaha Hour. bam Yesterdrnvy. . 4 - “ Comparative Lecal Record. Offielal record of temperature and pre- | corre- | with the t three years: 1915, 1914. 1913. 1912, O 52 20 » cipitation, compared sponding period of the Highest yesterday Lowest yerterday Mean temperature Precipitation ‘Temperature res from the normal Rormal temperature 4 o o = 0 .0 01 2| Deficiency 208 inch e day Total ra'ifall since Mareh 1 Deficiency since March 1 Deficie Deficie ! for 11 i . 171 inches 4.01 inches inches ney for cor. period, 1914 ney for cor. period, 1913 ® | 4 | cotton fabries will be the most popular precipitation "depar- | | Villa Troops Are Arriving at Juarez EL PASO0, Tex., De ~The arrival of bodies of troops at Jaurez tof om Chihuahua City was taken log to indicate the exacuation of the caf 1 be General Luls Herrera is re ported occupying Santa Rosalia, Chihua e s, about 190 miles south of the capital. | anta Rosalla was evacuated by Villa rees Thursday. Silk and Cotton CLEVELAND, O. Dec, 3.—Silk and| next spring, according to delegates to! the National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manu- facturers’ convention which opened here 7 | today. The reason for this, they say, is 139 | @ inch | woolen cloth are required to clothe for- 2074 inches | elgn armies and dyes used in thelr manu- | | tacture have advanced to prohibitive | the fact that great supplies of wool and | and knocking me. | swelled by few hundred r Popular Fabrics, |SUNDAY ANSWERS FORD'S CRITICISM Evangelist Says P. T. Barnum Turned Over in Grave When He Heard of Peace Ship Stunt. TEN THOUSAND TRAIL HITTERS SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec, 5.—(Spe- clal Telegram.)-—"I think that when Ford put over this advertising stunt P. T. Barnum turned over in his grave and said, ‘I've got to hand it to you, Henry; you got me skinned That's the reply of Rev. “Billy"” Sunday to a statement made by Henry Ford, Detroit millionaire, as the latter sailed today, in which the automobile manufacturer classed Sunday ‘with Chancellor James R coe Day of Syrucuse university and Alton B Parker, one time Hemocratic candidate for the presidency, as “‘the world’s greatest comedian: This was controversy week for the fa- mous evangelist. “Billy"" started off in a congenial spirit and won the admission from Rev. U. G. Klingensmith, Lutheran clergyman, who was the first to attack Sunday upon his arrival here: ‘' ‘Bill' says some good things." Row Over Segregation. Having burfed the hatchet with the Lutherans, however, Mr. Sunday stirred a hornet's nest when in a sermon on “Amusements” he advocated segregation as the best solution for the soclal evil, In his copyrighted sermon he sald: “And while we are on the subject of fallen women, I want to say I think the best way to deal with the problem is to segre- gato all the demimondes in one part of the city.” This statement was the target today for a red-hot attack by the Syra- cuse moral survey committee, headed by Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Betts of the First Universalist church, a sect for which “Bllly”" has told Syracusians he has no use. The committee, after stating that five years ago Syracuse had thirty houses of fil-fame, with an income of §1,000,000 an- nually, asserted “We are not golng back. We are going the other way. And if Mr, Sunday, last word is In favor of | segration, he ought to stay in Syracuse long enough to learn a better way than a segregated hell for dealing with this evil. Their Is a depth of iniquity, moral depravity and physical rottenest in Sun- day suggestion.” Sundny Denies Wnlin gStatement. “Billy"” came back this afternoon with & denial that he ever made that remark given In his copyrighted sermon, Some fellows are throwing cat fits at some- | thing that I did not say “sapped ‘Billy.’ ** “I don't ordinarilly pay any attention to | such folks who are always hammering But I uttered a word In favor of the segregated district during my life. The moral sur- 'vey," rejoiner tonight was to the effect “Blily"" had better read what he copy- rights, Ten Thousand Trall Hitte Sunday trail hitters today totalled even 10,000 at the tabernacle. Conversion totalled 7,787. The tabernacle attendance todate is 615,000, as compared with 467,600 at Omaha. The total collections are $24,589.34, but number of trafl hitters is ters who get reliation nearly every” night. One high school teacher and thres Sunday school instructors insist upon being con- ! verted at each call, The first wedding to be solefnized in Sunday tabernacle took place last ight when Miss Bessie Ames of Scott, nd Clair Bennett were united by Rev. Mr. Lumb of the Sunday party. The Cornell university student body at Ithaca may hear “Billy" on Thursday. Mr. Sunday this week tarned down a request of Buffalo, N. Y., for a revival because churches there were not united. Rochester, which sent a 2,000 delegation here today, also wants him. Price of Export Gasoline is Raised NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—The Standard Ofl company of New York today announced an advance of | cent a gallon on all grades and packages of gasoline for ~x prices, port. have never| DECEMBER 5, B3Y THE BE | CARICATURI | @ | N\ y | | I | | | POOL HAS NOT YET HEARD FROM T. R. Nebraska Secretary of State Withouts Direot Word from Colonel to | Withdraw Petition. MAY SET DATE FOR HEARING (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 4.—(8pecial.)— No request has yat been received by Becretary of State Pool from Theo- dore Roosevlt asking that the peti-| tion filed to place his name on the pirmary ballot for the republican nomination for the presidency, be withdrawn, Dispatches, early in the week, an- ced that Colonel Roosevelt had that he héd requested the secretary of Btate that the petition be wihdrawn. In the event that the secretary does not recefvé the colonel's request very #soon, Mr. Pool states this morning that | he will set a date for hearing the re-| | monstrance filed by Senator Crawford Kennedy agalnst the Roosevelt petition and ablde by the showing made. | The petition was filed very soon after the last presidential election and has ben laying quietly In he secretary's of- fice until the proper time came to take action. In the mind of the secretary of state now is the accepted time and now is the day of salvation for any who have | anything to say in the matter and then forever after hold their peace. Russia Has Whéat Surplus of Half Billion Bushels PETROGRAD, Dec. 3—(Via London, Dec. 4)—The ministry of finances has presented to the council of ministers a summary of the economic situation in Russia, which says that the grain har- vest for the current year was 512,000,000 poods (a pood equals % English pounds), about 30,000,000 bushgls above the five | year average. | Counting grain carried from the previ- | ous season, Russia has avallable for the current year 4,766,000,00 poods of grain end potatoes, equalling about 3,177,000,000 bushels, the excess of the avallable sur- plus over 1914 amounting to 789,000,000 poods, equalling about 526,000,000 bushels. Deducting the probable consumption of | the country, it is estimated that the new avallable surplus will be about 857,000,000 | bushels. Reports regarding the wniter | crops are of the most favorable nature. Since the beginning of the war, it was | announced, the savings of the people have increased 499,000,000 roubles and now amount to 2,408,000,000 roubles, | Ttalan Ship Chased | By Subsea Craft ' Reaches New York | | NEW YORK, Dec. 4—The steamer | Verona, which arrived today from Italian ports, was chased in the Mediterranean on November 19 by a submarine, and the only reason that it escaped, Captain Simone Gull sald, was that a heavy sea made the submarine roll and pitch and slow up The chase took place when the Verona was about 110 miles west of the Straits of Bonifaclo. There was no flag on the submarine but it was the concensus of opinfon on the 'Verona but it was a German U boat The chase lasted an hour and a half when night interposed. | ANDREW FREEDMAN, FORMER BASE BALL MAGNATE, DEAD | NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—Andrew Freed man, former owner of the New York | ational League baseball team, died at | his home here today as the result of a nervous breakdown. My, Freedman was well known in local business circles as the organizer of the Casualty Company | of Amerie: He and Richard Croker, | one time Tammy Leader, were | triends for years | | clos 1915—SIX SECTIONS— FORTY-FOU | the | Justice officials were convinced. to- | of China have cast thelr unanimc [night that they had under arrest|for the monarchy and have designated | against munition factories. { personnel of the committee, No opposi- | | South Carolina, who figured prominently v a— THE WEATHER, Fair; Warmer PLOTS AGAINST M IN U. S. BROKEN Arrest of Baron von Brincken in San Francisco Believed to Be Important Achievement in | Campaign. MOST CONSPIRATORS ARRESTED Department of Justice Conduots In- vestigation Covering Entire Country for Weeks. NATION-WIDE PLANS DEFEATED| WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 4. After weeks of investigation covering entire country Department of ‘ most of the men implicated in plots | to interfere with American commerce in munitions of war. { The arrest today in San Francisco | of Baron von Brincken, who claims | to be connected with the office of the German consul general there, is re- garded here as one of the most im- | portant made in several weeks., The | baron, according to the information here was a prominent figure in the | plans of C. C. Crowley, arrested in the same city charged with plots More arrests are to be made in the Crowley case and important develop- ments are looked for ‘when all the wit- nesses the government is seeking reach San Francisco and give thelr testimony. Conlection Between Pl Although officials would not admit that direct connection has been established be- tween the Crowley plots and those in which Lieutenant Robert Fay and his ac- complices were implicated in New York, it {8 understood many facts point to such a conclusion. If this proves true the de- partment expects within a few weeks to have completely defeated plans nation- wide to Interfere with munition shipments in the east to England, France and Italy, and in the west to Russia. Who the head of the Au-p)cled oon- | spiracy was or whether it had any one| head has not been discovered, but in gath- ' erlug up the threads in the Crowley and | Fay cases the department has laid its hands on information which may de- velope along that line. Baron von Brincken's name does not appear here in the records of the Btate departmwent, but it is explained ton! that despite this fact he migh attached to the German consul general office. Ie would have no immunity (rom ' prosecution and in keeping with the pol- | fcy of the Department of Justice could be prosecuted vigorously, House Democrats’ Commttees Favor Preparedness Plan WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Democratic nominations for - house committees an- nounced today and which will be lad| before the house Monday, assure support | for President Wilson's national defense program. Republicans on the commit- tees will be announced later. Five of the six new members of the| naval committee are ‘“blg navy” men. Oscar Callaway of Texas, named to suc- ceed the late Representative Wither- spoon of Mississippl, 1s opposed to any materlal increase in the navy. Wither- spoon was of the same conviction and! the naming of Callaway was in recog- nitlon of how Witherspoon would have votew If he had returned to congrese The new members of the military af- fairs committee are said to be unani- mously In favor of @ large army. Claude Kitchin, chairman of the ways and means committee, s opposed to the campaign of preparedness, but he sald ! today that he was satisfied with the i t tion developed to Kitchin continuing to | head the ways and means committee, | The ‘chalrmanships of the larger com-| mittees remain unchanged from the last| session, Representative Ragsdale of \ as an insurgent of the banking and cur-‘ rency committee last year, was not re-l nominated to that committee, but w placed on the forelgn affairs committes Thirteen democrats and eight members of minority parties will compose each of the larger committees. Boy-Ed and Von Papen Have Talks | With Bernstorffi WASHINGTON, I, €., Dee. 4—Captain | Hoy-Ed naval attache of the German| embassy, whose immediate withdrawal has been requested by the United States, | came here today from New York and haé a long ¢onference with Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, Cap- tain Franz Von Papen, the military a tache of the embassy, whose withdrawal was also asked, is expected to come to shington soon Officials of the man fused to discuss ptain Boy any developments of the state department otary Lansing has not yet decided what action, if any, will be taken in the cuse of Austro-Hungarlan Consul General Von Nuber at New York. NAVY AVIATOR MAKES NEW ALTITUDE RECOHDi i embassy re- | s visit | or request by the PENSACOLA, Fla., Dee. 4—Announce- was made at the navy aero station e today that Lieutenant R, C. Saufley, navy aviator, made a new world's alti- tude record for hydro-aeroplanes late yesterday when he ascended 12,13 feet. The ascent occupled fifty minutes and the descent to Pensacola bay was fif- teen minutes. R PAGES {enthronement | other provinces SINGLE OHINA PREPARES T0 Plans for Enthronement of President as Emperor Proceed, Despite * Protest of Japan. MANY DIFFICULTIES IN WAY 't The Assoclated Press.) Nov. 3.—~Plans for the of Yuan Shi Kal are being made in spite of the joint re- quest of Japan, Russia and England that the abandonment of the repub- le be dalayed. It has been an- nounced that the new dynasty prob- ably will be called the Wu, or War dynasty. In exchange for the sur- render of all imperial documents and (Correspondence PEKING, the title to the throne of China, the | boy emperor, Hsuan Tung, will be made an hereditary prince. Already ten of the twenty-one provinces vote Yuan porer. 1t Sht Kal as thelr cholce according to government falr to assume that a few will deviate for em of the from the government plan Three Moves In Game. ‘The transformation of the republic into | a monarchy will be effected by three moves, unless forelgn interference upsets the present plans. After the election of representatives for the peaple's con- vention, this body will determine the form and text of the ballot to be used. The third step will be the nomination of the president to be emperor. The presi- dent will tuen ascend the dragon throne and the boy emperor will surrender to him all the historic treasures of the Te'ng dynasty. Little Hsuan Tung's title of emperor wiil then be cancelle\. Interesting reporta are circulated daily as to the unwillingness of Yuan Shi Kal to accept the emperorship. The latest is that the president especially to decline the great responsibility and return to his native place to till the soil. Varfous organs and bodles throughout China are preparing memorials which will be submitted to the president en- treating him to accept the crown. Emperor Hsuan Tung will submit a petition from the imperial family. Military Governor Tuan Chih Kuel of Mukden will ttach his signature to a memorial from the military governors of all the prov- inces, Wang Kuan will submit a petition on behalf of the Mohammedans. Other promnent Chinese will offer from the commerclal bodles of China, from the educational organizations and from Tibet and Mongolia. Many Diffienlties in Way. Because of the bellef very general among the lower classes in China that l:: deposed boy emperor is truly the son heaven, lho'n are many difficulties to be wercome in placing another emperor on the throne without giving great offense r believers in the old Chinese tradi- fong It fs necessary for the new empéror to get the bdy emperor to turn over the titlo of “Bmperor of the Great Pure” and the traditional imperial seat which has been In the possession of the Chi- nese emperors for centuries. In order to accomplish this it is reported that after the results of the election have been an- nounced in favor of the monarchy, the president will resign and offer the throne to the boy emperor. He in turn will de- cline the honor, his advisers urging that he is too young for such great responsi- bility. Then the demand that Yuan Shi Kal accept the emperorship will be in order and he will “unw'llingly” ascend the throne with the consent of the de- posed dynasty. Reports that Yuan Shi Kal's seventh daughter will marry the throneless boy emperor, thus allylng the president with the Tsing dynasty have been generally dented. It 1s reported the little emperor will marry a Manchu princess. Bank Messenger Killed by Robber In Subway Station NEW YORK, Dec. 3, —Allan N, Gardner, ! a bank messenger, was mortally shot, and George De Brosa, his assallant, was dangerously wounded by Walter F. Orleman, another messenger, in De Brosa's attempt to steal a bag conta'n- ing $,00 at the Fourteenth street sub- way station during the rush hour late today. The messengers are employes of the Bank of the Metropolis, De Brosa, who was armed with three revolvers, carried nearly 200 cartridges, a bag of black powder and wore two suits of clothes, walked up behind the mMmes- sengers and fired two shots into the head of Gardner, who carried the bag, and as the messenger fell to the floor amid the cries of the subway throng, the robber threw away the revolver, selzed the bag and fled, Orleman gave chase and De Brosa drew a second revolver and fired, the bullet lodging in the messenger's coat collar. Orleman, however, wrested the revolver from De Brosa and fired twice, one bullet lodging in De Brosa's back, He dropped his booty and fled into Broadway. By this time police were approaching from several directions. De Brosa then drew his third revolver and discarding his outer suit, ran across Union Square. Here he attempted to retrace his steps, but was felled by a patrolman whom ho attempted to shoot. { Alpine Soldiers Descend Precipice ROME (Via Lendon), Dec The fol lowing official communication was Ixsued today “In the Ledro valley one of our detach- | | ments of Alpinists d jnorth of Pre by means of ropes and sur- | ended a precipice prised the enemy, who had been rein- forced, and drove him firmly occupying the position. ‘Minor actions ending in our (avor are reported from morthwest of Roncegno, in the valley of Suguna, in the Rlens Fisch- back ridge and the valley of Seebach i Gallets. “Our infantry occupled In fromt of Tolmino & part of an enemy entrench- ment on Santa Maria hill, capturing rifles and ammunition. There 13 no change on the rest of the front.” reports. | desires | memorials | back, afterward | NTS. o i BULGARS SAID T0 COPY TFIVE ( UNITIONS TRADE {CROWN YUANSHIKAL BE ON WAY T0 ITALIAN ZONE Three Divisions Are Said to Be on Their Way West Across Hun- gary to Aid the Aus- trian Army. RUSSIAN DIVISION IS DELAYED | Rumor that Large Army Will Move Into Bulgaria is Partly Dis- credited. | SERBIAN ARMIES IN ALBANIA BULLETIN, BERLIN, Dec. 4.—(Via London.) ~Capture of more than 2,000 Ser- bians by Teutonic forces is reported in today's official statement by army |headquarters. The captures were effected in engagements with scat- tered bands in the mountain regions. LONDON, Dec. 4.—The much ru- mored Russian diversion against the Bulgarians has not materialized, but the fact that no Russlan officlal |statement was issued last night gave |rise to hopes in London that if wa being withheld in order to chronicle this new phase of the Balkan cam- paign. At the same time reports have reached here from Bucharest that three Bulgarian divisions crossed Hungary enroute to the Ital- fan or western front, which, if true, would seem to indicate that Bulgaria does not fear a Russian invasion. Reports of such a shift of forces on the part of the Bulgarians are as | vague, however, as the report that | Austro-German troops had been |rushed from other quarters eastward to face the new Russian menace. Serb Armies Are in Albania. Dispatches from several sources assert that both the northern and southern Ser- blan armies are safely established in Al- bania, while forces of the Serbs, who evidently formed part of the defenders of Monastir, have reached the French camp at Gievgell, in Serblan territory, near the Greek frontier not far from Saloniki. A feeling of optimism over the near eastern situation seems to be growing hero, but outwardly there is little to Justity it except on the theory that the Russian onslaught sgeinst Bulgaria will quickly crystalize, while entents diplo- matic negotiations in GheSsegwin seerm to be progressing favorably. From Ger- man sources news has been received that Greece has granted the allies absolute control of the rallroads In Macedonia together with certain ports on the Aegean sea, thus assuring them an undisturbed base of operations, British Epedition Directed at Bagdad is Reported Defeated LONDON, Dec. 4—The British army In Meropotamia is in retreat. Official {announcement was made today that the |forces of General Townsend were retir- to Kut-El-Amara. } The British announcement confirms a |Berlin wireless dispatch, of two days ago |to the effect that the British were belng |forced back in the direction of Kut-Hi- Amara, 106 miles south of Bagdad. The lenl quoted an officlal Turkish re- port which sald the British were, fleeing in disorder, after losing 65,000 officers and men in three days fighting. The British attempted to make a stand at Asizl, but were again routed. The defeat of the British puts an end for the time being to their hope of cap- i turing Bagd: In thelr advance they occupled Otesi- phon on the Tigris, eighteen miles below Bagdad. They were compelled to retire on account of lack of water and on at- tempting to resume the advance on Bag- dad were confronted with a strongly re- inforced Turkish army, resulting in the battle reported from Berlin. {Two British Ships i Sunk by Subseas LONDON, Dec. 4—Two more British steamships have been sunk in the Medit- teranean by submarines, They were the Middleton and the Clan Mac Leod. Four men on the Middleton were killed and |one was wounded. Nineteen were landed |8t Malta. i Week Beginning Dec. 6. 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