Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 20, 1915, Page 1

OMAHA DAILY BEE OMAHA, MOND FEAR A REYOLT OF [YULETIDE MUSIC BERLIN POPULACE, | FILLS CHURCHES TALE OF REFUGER | curistmes ausic in au_the 2ro. testant and Catholic Edifices German Authorities Reported to Be in Honor of the Nativity. in Dread of Rebellion of Dis- contented Masses of the ‘WOB.KB OF GREAT COMPOSERS Capital. 1 I | MUCH MISERY AMONG THE POOR | German-Born Wife of English La-| borer Brings This Story to Flushing. FOOD' SHOPS ARE STORMED LONDON, Dec. 19.—Telegraphing {rom Amsterdam the correspondent The approach of Christmas, the great festival of the Christian year, marked yesterday by olaborate musical programs in many of the city's churches. The story of Bothleiem was told in anthem and solo and the productions of the great music masters on this exalted theme were glven as a portion of the service, Thomas J. Kelly's choir at St. Mary's | Avenue Congregational church rendered a very extensive musical program at the morning service and also at the vesper was | of Reuter’'s Telegram company says: | service. Mr. Kelly sang the solo part f “Life in the poorer quarters of the “: & ‘:‘"‘l _r"l“""";“l- k““'h"; Ms'“‘!:f:]'ld' y . | Watched Thelr Flocks"‘ana Mrs. v, ‘§_ t German capital is described as pitl B Woeciel teqedt waile STNG, BEARELY ful by the German born wife of an English laborer residing in Berlin, who after sixteen months intern- ment, has arrived at Flushing, Hol- land. on her way to England, accord- | ing to the correspondent of the Amsterdam Teiegraaf. “The German authorities,”” the Telegraaf correspondent quotes the woman as saying, “are in great fear of a revolt owing to the discontent of the people. Several riots occurred in which shops were plundered. Mounted police charged the crowds which were composed mainly of of a King" by Neldlinger, “The Magnificat,” which is the hymn of Mary after Elisabeth greeted her as | the mother of the Lord, was especially | effective. In the anthem, “The Shep- nerds’ Story,” solos were sung by Walter Dale, Louis Loring and Mre. Martin Bush Organ msolos and a violin solo by Mr. Brill also marked the program. At the First Methodist .church the chorus cholr of fifty volces gave special music in the morning and in the evening sang the oratorfo, “The Holy City," by A. R, Gaul. The soloists were J. T. Me- | Carl, tenor: Miss Hasel Silver, soprano; | Miss Alice Fintel, alto; Mr. Carnal and | Mr. Nearing, bass. The unaccompanied SIR DOUGLAS HAIG, who AY MORNING succeeds Field Marshal Sir John French in France, photographed as companion of King George at a field review. women. Misery among the working class is considerable and is increas- ing daily.” ‘““The woman's story is somewhat confirmed,” says the Reuter dis- patch, “by a letter from the Berlin f correspondent of the Handelsblad |iny “Holy Night.” who declares that shops literally | The principal Christmas music at the | were stormed by large crowds who | Hanscom Park Methodist church was in were after their daily allowance of |the evening. Solos and solo parts in anthems were sung by Miss Marie y butter, which was only about | 40" Miss Jesste' McDonald, Miss quarter of a pound per family. Mary Virtue, Walter Woodrow and “Provision shops were guarded by | Harold Thom. the police to prevent disturbances.” The morning services at the North A AR L T Presbyterian church included a carol, Republican Unity L May Save Holding trio was sung by Miss Verna Fowler, Miss Sadie Holland and Miss Margory Shackel- | ford. Miss Marguerite Carnal was spe- | elal plann accomnanist, assisting Miss Nora Neal, organist. The quartet of the First Presbyterian church rendered special numbers includ- | | | ) “Child Jesus Comes,” sung by Mrs. Roy Flanagan and Joseph Woolery, jr. Shelly's anthem, “Hark, Hark, My Soul was especially effective, the alto solo p sung by Miss Helen Fales and the soprano The Extra Primary vy . russsn. ' Not only in the large churches was | Christmas music sung, but in nearly all. SIOUX FALLS, | D., Dec. 10.—(8pe- | mne hymns sung by the congregations as | elal.)—A well defined movement i3 Under | woli ‘oq the numbers by the choirs all way among the leaders of the stalwart |0 S0 1 RHREER T Tle B and progressive republican factlons I | oyyatian world is about to celebrate. South Dakota having for its vurvollI:t fl; et re———— unting of the two factions on a F- f h delegutes to reprosent the repuviicans ot | Fight from Shelter South Dakota at the republican national F e convention next Juue, x L3 Gt Ahatt m 3 i It is belleved this mov-hmt vl‘ll :: m o‘rpses ould such prove to e ehl b unnecessary to held | BERLIN, Dec. 16.—(By Wireless to Say- | @ special primary election throughout ville.)—Deecribing the - defense by Hulb-' South Dakota on April 4 next, as had | garlan soldiers of difficult positions on | been contemplated in some quarters, for ! Krm plateau, in the Isonzo region,~6,70) the purpose of electing delegates to the | feet above the lavel of the sea, the cor- republican national convention. Should | respondent of the Overseas News agency 1t not be necessary to hold a special Pri- | who reached the scene after the recelpt mary for the selection of delegates, the | of o congratulatory telegram sent by Em« taxpayers of South Dakota would be ! peror Willlam to the Kalschau regiment, | SIR JOHN FRENCH |WILSONS ARRIVE BIDS ARMY ADIEU | Retiring - Commander- of British +Forces on Western Front Issues Farewell Order, ARRIVES AT FRENCH CAPITAL LONDON, Dec. 19.—Field Mar- shal 8ir John French issued the following order of the day yester- day before leaving the army on the western front: saved an aggregate of $50,000 of $60,000, which, it is estimated, would be the cost of the special primary, The mixup in the selection of delegates to the republicdn national convention is jue to the fact that the national conven- tion, called for June 7, Is only one day after the date for the regular primary election in South Dakota, which is fixed by the new primary law for the first Tuesday in June, which next year will fall on June & If the stalwart and progressive repub- licans of the state can agree upon a list of delegates, the special primary election would not be held, and the men agreed upon would be on hand at the republican nat'onal convention whe it wn\'tn:‘l Jn:‘ 7, prepared to take their seats in the con- \-m‘mnr; when the proper officers in South Dakota wired them the proper creden- tials as soon as the result of the primary ole~tion on June 6 was known, which doubtless would be early on the morning of June 7, in ample time for the neces- sary official telegram to be sent to the delegates in Chicago, so the members could take their seats when the con- vention convened. REPUBLICANS IN LEAD IN THE REGISTRATION (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLY, Dec. 19,—(Special)—Regis- trations which are being made under the new law for voters, which requires in this city that all voters whether registered t the last election or mot should again Teglster, the same to hold good for four years, is beginning to pick up & little, although only about one-fifth of the vot- ers have appeared so far. Tt shows the republicans far in the lead with a registration of 1,250; demo- crats, 505; soclallsts, 16; prohibitionists, 24; progressives, 13; no designation, 114, and women, 11, a total of 1.94. The Weather at Omaha Yesterday. Temperature Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Mean pet Precipitation .... S0 0 0 % Temperature and precipitation - tures from the normat: © Sapnn Normal temperature rbrestads Deficiency for the day . 5 Total defielency since March 1 Norial preeipjtation ficiency for the day........ al rainfall since March i.. Deficlency since Mareh 1... Deficiency for cor. period, 1914 Deficieney for cor. period. 19 L. A WELSH 2.70 inches inches Local Forecaster, says: ks Hungarians with no sandbags at their disposal, at first took shelter be- hind frosen corpses, The whole plateau was covered with dead Itallans, it being impossible to bury the bodies the Itallans kept up a continuous artillery fire. The wounded soldicrs perished and it was impossible to assist them. “The Hunggrians have been defending the Krn plateau positions for 200 days, in which time 180 attacks were repulsed wityort the Itallans gaining the least sugcess.” Christmas Music The Feature at North Presbyterian Christmas music was a speolal feature at the North Presbyterian ehurch, at both the morning and evening mervices Sunday. The prosram was so pleasing and so well recelved by the two large congregations that it will be repeated next Sunday. Besldes the music there was the regular preaching service by the pastor, Rev, M. V. FHigbee, his morning topic being the “Angels' Song,” it having to do with the first Christmas and the coming of | the Christ child. The music was rendered under the di- rection of Lee G. Krats, choirmaster, Wwith Miss West at the organ. Four anthems were rendered in a most delight- ful manner, the male chorus, with violin accompaniment adding to the interest. Austrians Beaten by Montenegrins PARIS, Deec, 19.—-A success for the Herzegovinian army of Montenegro in forcing back the Austrians, after a hard battle, ls reported in the Montenegrin official statement received here today. _')H-n\:'rln The statement says: e “Our army in the Sanjak was attacked 7a.m on December 15 by superior forces along : n the entire front. Our troops were given Va m orders on the day following to expect o m movements which permit them to occupy 1; X new defensive positions. ne Our Herzegovinian army succeeded after Spm. several hours of furious fighting in : 4 164 forcing the enemy to the other side of $D.m.. the river Subeska and inflicting on him . m serfous losses. School Haouse Burms. FREMONT, Neb, Dec. 19.—(Special,) The school house in District No. ®, twelve miles southeast of Fremont in Douglas county, was destroyed by fire at 11} o'clock Friday night. Farmers ‘formed a bucket brigade and for a while it seemed had succeeded in cheewing the flames when they broke out afresh. The loss is estimated at about $3,000 with insurance to cover. A new plano purchased by the board a few days ago was carried out Lefore it was badly damaged. i v relinquishing command of the British army in France, I wish to ex- 'press to teh officers. the non-com- missioned officers and men with whom I have been so closely asso- clated during the last sixteen months, my heartfelt sorrow in part- ing with them before the campaign in which we have been so long en- gaged together has been brought to ‘s victorious conclusion, i Triumph Not Far Off. | "I have, however, the firmest conviction ‘tfint such a glorious’ ending to their 1 splendid and heroic efforts is not far dis- tant, and I shall watch thelr progress to- | ward this final goal with intense interest, | but in the most confident hope. ! "The success so far attained has been due to the Indomitable spirit and dogged | tonacity which knows no defeat, and the | herole courage so abundantly displayed by the rank and ‘file of the splendid army, which will ever remain the pride and glory of my life to.have commanded dur. | ing over sixteen months of incessant | tighting. A | “The regulars and the territorials of the old army and the new army have ever shown these magnificent qualities in equal degree. From my heart I thank them all, Sorrow for the Lost. “At this sad moment of my parting, my heart goes out to those who have | recetved lifelong Injury from wounds, and I think with sorrow of that great and glorfous host of my- beloved comrades | who have made the greatest sacrific all by laying down their lives for their country, “'In saying good-bye to the British army in France, I ask them once again to ac- cept this expression of my deepest grati- | tude and heartfelt devotion toward them, | and my earnest good wishes for a glori- | ous tuture which T feel to be assured. “J. D. P. FRENCH, | “Field Marshal Commanding in Chief, British Army in France.” Arrives at Paris. PARIS, Dec, 19.-Fleld Marshal Sir John, French arrived at Parls this eve- ning from the front. He will be received tomorrow afternoon by President Poin- care. ! MORGAN DIES FROM GAS HE t TURNS ON BY ACCIDENT | Richard H. Morgan, aged 76 years, dled |at the home of his granddaughter, Mra. |Guy Hayes, 1916 Capitol avenue, of gas {asphixiation. Death was apparently sc- |cidental, the victim probably having |switched on the gas, after turning it off. The jetcock was loose and easily turned | Mr. Morgan had been in Omaha two | days, heving come here from the Old | Soldiers’ home at Leavenworth, Xan. | Coroner Crosby has taken the body. Be. side his granddaughter, Mr. Morgan Is i | purvived by brothers and sisters living at Lincoln, Neh., New Market, Ta. and Idaho, No -« funeral arrangements n lhn‘o been made | the noted negro AT HOT SPRINGS Several Hundred'. People Meot the Station. ARE GREETED WITH OHEERS HOT SPRINGS, Va., ec. 19— President Wilson and his bride, the former Mrs. Norman Galt arrived here shortly after 9 o'clock this morning to spend their honeymoon, They were met at the station by a crowd of several hundred people who ' they alighted from | applauded as their private car, Waiting automobiles took couple immediately to tehir hotel. Hope Essential Factor, 0f Human Existence, Says Rev, Mr, Mackay Rev. T, .Mackay preached an inspir- ing sermon on the “Christmas Hope" at All Saints' morning. In the afternoon a vesper mual- cal service services will be held Christmas day, Tplscopal church yesterday was held. Special musical Rev. Mr, Mackay described hope as one of the most essential factors of human existence, reaching the climax of its possibilities in the higher life. Elijah, who ascended: the mountain, looking for clouds and hoping for rain, typified the attitude of mankind which is always reaching after something better in the future, the minister sald. The question whether men may hope in the midst of all the trouble and dis- tress of the great wi Rev, Mr, Mackay answered by saying: “God s still ving. We may well hope that good will coma of the terrible disasters of the war." Rev. Mr. Mackay fllustrated his posi- tion by telling of a question once asked minister, Frederick Douglas, during the civil war. “In the midst of a sermon which was of a rather despondent note,” sald Rev Mr. Mackay, “an aged negro woman askod: “Is God dead? “The shock of the question was so great In the mind of Douglas that it led him | to change the tone of his sermon.’”’ Gravmm Wegt:_ of Lincoln (From a Staff Correspondept.) LINCOLN, Dee. 19.~(Bpecial)~Mining in Nebraska may yet be a part of an im- portant industry, at least to Limcoln. It has just been discovered that at Capital Beach, & pleasure resort just a short dis tance west of Lincoln, a valuable quality of gravel has been discovered. The bed is sald to be about twenty feot thigk and about the same mumber of feet under the mud. The deposit is sald to be of the most valuable kind and can be easily mined. SWEET LEAVES ROCK ISLAND FOR D. & R. G. DENVER, Dec. 9. ~Arthur B, Bweet of Topeka, Kan., general manager of the Rock Island & Pacific raflway m, will on January 1, become vice president of the Denver & Rio Granae raliroad, it was announced today at Rio Grande headquarters here VOL. the | THE WEATHER, Fair — o —— XLV— ot 0 'GERMANY DENIES - CONNECTION WITH | NATION-WIDE PLOT PLOTS IN AMERICA v. s. oteicers Betieve They ave | Unearthed Details of Conspitacy Authoritative Statement from Ber- | to Blow Up War Plants, lin Says Government Has Never Knowingly Accepted Such ' Support. { HAVE GLUES 10 A FORD SURE PEACE | | | NEW YORK, Dec. .19-«With the arraignment here today of Paul Koenig, sald to be the head of the German secret service in this coun- WILSON'S WORDS DISCUSSED. Says Foes of Fatherland Try to Create Impression Respon- sible for Acts. HOLLWEG AND GERARD CONFER NEW YORK, Dee. 19.—The New | York Times has received the follow- |Ing authorized statement by wireless from Berlin: “The German government nat- jurally, has never knowingly accepted ltho support of any person, group of {persons, soclety or organization soeking to promote the cause of Ger- nmany in the United States by illegal acts, by counsels of violence, by contravention of law, or by any any means whatever that could of- fend the American people in the & New York art goods dealer, on a charge of conspiring to blow up the Welland canal, federal officials as- serted they had in their hande the clues to a country-wide conspirhcy to blow up munition plants, which has afready resulted in the loss of many lives and destruction of mil- lions of dollars’ worth of property. For several years Koenlg has been the head of a detective force employed here by the Hamburg-American Steamship company, The company, which is sub- sidized by the German government, was quick to come to his ald and through a local surcty concern supplied $50,000 bail for him and $30,000 bail for Leyendecker, Bank Clerk Arrested. The arrest of Koenig and Lyendecker waa colncident with the arrest by county authorities of Frederick Scheindl, a clerk | SINGLE CoPY TW(.) pride of their own authority. “If it should be alleged that im- proper acts have been committed by | representatives of the German gov- |ernment they could be easily dealt | with. To any complaints, upoh proof as may be submitted by the Ameri- |can government, suitable reaponse will be made, Depends on Allen Press. A8 18 well known, the means of come munication between Germany and the United States is very unsatisfactory; it is practically impossible e the German government to keep itselt In touch with Amerlcan sentiment; it has often to de pend upon the forelgn press for informy tlon concerning American affairs. “The message of President Wilson. to congress, in which the activities of Ger | man sympathizers in the United Htates | wero discused, will serve as an fllustra- tion. There was recelved in Germany & brief summary of those passages which referred to plots and conspira- cles agalnst peace and order In the United States, and the effect pro- duced thereby upon sentiment in Ger- many was probably more painful than In the Natlonal City bank. Scheindl, de- tectives claimed, confeased that he was employed by Koenlg to supply him with information regarding the shipment of munitions to the allles. This Information was obtained through telegrams and lotters received by Na- tlonal City bank which has had a promi- nent part in the purchasing in this coun- try of supplies for the allles. Scheindl #ald he recelved $25 a week from Koenlg, police added. Scheindl told the police that he Is a German reservist and that he mcted solely from patriotic motives, Scheindl was arralgned before a police magistrate on an affidavit charging him with complicity In the larceny of docu- ments and messages valued at $100,000, from the National City bank. He wns held in $25,000 ball for a hearing Monday. Offers to “Squeal.” Important evidenco regarding Koenig's Activities is understood to have been ob- talned from Frederick Motzler, who was arrested in connection with Koenlg and Leyendecker, Metuler also was employed by the Hamburg-American line and acted as stenographer to Koenlg. He was to have been arraigned with his chief and the American government knew. A dif-| Leyendecker, but at the last moment it ferent impression thereby might have|was annovnced by Assistapt United beén 'produced by the full text of the|States Attorney Wood, who is In charge message, but unfortunately that would|of the edse that Metzler was not to ap- not be avallable in Germany until the!pear, American newspapers arrived by mall. or| Tater a high fedoral officlal admitted a fortnight or three weoks later, except|that Mek had offered to turn state’s as it might be taken with doubts and|evidence And had already snppiied reservationg from the Engllah press. government with much valuable Infor- munication between the Ckerman govern-| would not ‘Be arrafkmed, two attofneys ment and jta diplomatic representatives |acting for the Hamburg-Amerioan 1ine |in the United Btates by cable or. wirelews | went to the federal muthorities and asked !{s impossible for reasons whioh the [ Dermission to #ée him. This requeat Americah government knows. Megsages | refused. The attorneys then offered by eable must pass through the English | amotnt of Ball to secure Motsler's Ii censorship, and messages in secret code | This offed also was refused. M , | by wircless in forbidden. Therefore mis-| who had been examined at police hilid- understandings &re hound to arise, while | quarters during the night, was explanations are often so circumscribed |aWay early today and no Information or belated as to be mot wholly effective. | would be vouchsafed as to where he was “Apparently the enemies of Germany | belng held, would have succeeded in oreating the im- Slenth Suspend pression that the German government W | A new development occurred in the |In some. way morally or otherwise re-|case late today when Otto F. Mottola, A | aponsible for what Mr. Wilson hus char- | polics hendquarter's defective, was sins acterized anti-American wotivities COm- | ponded after & hearing by Commisslonst prehending attacks ;upon proverty 8nd | Woods - Mottola was surimoned. befors Vilations of the rules which the Amert- | 0" eommiseioner after the potice . said |can government has seen fit to Impose they found his name in & note (% v upon the course of neutral trade. from Koenlg. Ateording to mm & An Absolute Denial. attributed to Koenlg and Metsler, Mottola ““This the German government abso-|was employed by the former at ® o day {lutely denies. It cannot specifically Te- |t make investigations. pudiate acts committed by individuals | ihe arrests yesterday and today are over whom it has ne control mnd of whose | oy o0 po merely the of movements and intentions It s neither |,y "o ll'l"ltl.“'h.‘mmwfll Tt lofficlally nor unoffielally informed. Tt | oo "0 0 bt @ —— {can only eay and does most emphatically | o 0 o0 assert ARARTES '.M"'M declare to Germans abroad, to Gorman- |, g,y oo ot K-‘n = American citisens of the United States alone and probably between 300 and 40 snd to the Ameeiosn people. all llkS: | Looyioreg”anout the country, ' that whoever is gullty of conduct :o sy clate the German cause with lawlessness ] b o oot wuakestion or et sennst | Evolution of Man . 1 States is In fagt wn enemy of that very R d B cause and & source of flnbcrruumlndt‘lo eqmre llhons of the German government, notwithstanding Y : what any ‘'he or they' may belleve to e&I'S, Says Mluer the contrary.” —_— | BERLIN (Via London), Dec. 19~Dr. lcal hall, SBunday evening, upon ‘“The |von Bethmann-Hollweg, German im-|Bvolution of Life and Form,” in which perial chancellor, today scnt for James |he stated that the pedigree of man, in- W. Gerard, the American ambassador, | stead of being only & few thousand years and the two held an extended conference [ gld, covered u period of millions upon No statements regarding the subjects d%- [ ney through evolution was & matter of cussed was obfainable, but the ANONS |something over 4,000,000000 years. ‘That affalr threatened reflex effect on German- | from the middle of the Third Root race American relations, which it has been | ¢, the present time was about 18,000,000 learned here I8 & matter of concern to |years, sibly have furhished the occosion for the | (ists have already agreed that man has conference, A exlsted for millions of years. He as- ——————— serted that “one has to admit a some. | BACHELO® CARPENTERS ARE |thing beyond the physical sight which in | INVITED TO SEE THE TREE |a!t powerful, which gives the beauty, the | [ life, property and order in the United Hollweg Sees Gerard. Burd F. Miller lectured at Theosophi- concerning German-American relations. | millions of years, and that his long jour- higher German authorities, and may pos- | My Miller sald that the physical sclen- orm, the color, and is in fact the very | | resy Auxillary of the Omaha creator of them, but because these forces | The o y Il have the|8re Rot visible to our objective sight | Carpenters’ unfon lodge wi a | fam'lles and children of o/l the union |thére has sprung a great guif between carpenters in Omaha and Council Blutte [*hose Who study the form side and those as guests at & big Christmas tree cele- | WHO atudy the life side Monday | “Put to those who study the inner side of nature the real beauty and grandeur ittempt of apparent, and the two as one. “In the olden times religion and sclence were wedded together and there was no discord between the intelligence and the bration at the Labor temple evening. This will be the first the women to have & Christinas tree, but they expect to make it an annual event in the. future. The entértainment will b orinclpall¥dgpiy The fundamental ditference be- for the children. The suxiliory INVMeR|¢yeen the ancient and modern sclence is all bachelor carpenters, lowever, to that the anclent science studies the world tend and assist §n making the evenlng | geom the standpoint of a life that s an enjoyable onme. CENTS. PARTY WILL STOP WAR THIS WINTER .ARRAIGI KOEN—I(‘} AND ANOTHER | Leader of Expedition, Landing at Ohristiania, Confident Soldiers Out of Trenches Before Spring. try, and Richard Emil Leyendecker. BRYAN TO JOIN AT THE HAGUE Asserts Movement Most Benevolent Thing American Republio Ever Did. HALT AT KIRKWALL DISPLEASES CHRISTIANIA, Norway (Via Lon- don), Dee, 19.—"“Every nation in the world will soon look upon the Amer- fcan peace pllgrims as taking the fnitiative in stopping history's worst war. The landing of the peace ex- pedition in Hurope will be recorded as one of the moat benevolent things the American republic ever did,” sald Henry Ford today to the Associated Press representative on stepping ashore on Norwegian soil. The steamship Oscar 11, carrying the Ford pence expedition, arrived at this port on Saturday after a fourteen days' voyage from New York. The delegates expreased much displeasure because the vessol ‘was delayed three days by the British authorities at Kirkwall, 8cotland. Sees Them Out by Spring. Mr. Ford sald he was confident the expedition would result in getting the men out of the trenches before the winter was over, He declared he had informa- tlon from officlal sources that his pesce plan was looked upon approvingly. He added that his motive In coming to Bu- rope waa to develop to the full an under- etending throughout the world by the time peace sessions were begun at The Hague, where Willlam Jennings Bwan, ox-secretary of state, was expected to Joln the peace party. Mr. Ford explained the presence of the American party in Norway was mere'y intended to convince the Norweglans of the fervent wish of Americans for peace. He expects to gather a Norwegian dele- gation here, and then In ahonut thres days, procoed to Stockholm. He sald the party would grow as it traveled through neutral countries, and that this would convinee the belligerents, that the rest m sclentiat stud- s through which ovolving, while tha mo fe8 by observing the fo that life manifests. ' — Plekpoek Is Sentenced, 19.~(8pe-| GRAND ISLAND, Neb.,, Dec. 19.—(Spe- hours &} elal.)—Peter Halnes, alias John King, one JURY IN COWAN CASE IS UNABLE TO AGREE GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec | clal)—After being out twenty { Jury in the case of the State against Earl|of the two pickpockets arrested after re- | co 2, on the charge of attacking a|lleving a Merrick county farmer of a roll b6-year-old girl, informed the court that it| of bills at the fair grounds last fall, and | | had been and would be unable to agree. | who pleaded guilty shortly thereafter, was The alleged crime 1s reported to have|sentenced today to serve from one to taken place near Bhelton, Buffalo county, | seven years in the penitentiary. The court early last summer. Cowan s retained in|bas in the meantime been investigating custody with the expectation that there|the man's record and it has not been will be & second trial. found to be good. of the world demanded peace Immedi- ately. By the time Copenhagen was visited and The Hague reached, probably two weeks hence, Mr. Ford sald, thy peace movement’ would have a definie Pprogram. . ther in Fine, T membera of the Ford party landed mmflfik and went' to various Hotels, 'The weather 1s fino, %> the éllers will have.a good chance o ses Norwoeglan winter lite, After holding meétings while crossing the A auestion of the American preparedness poliey, the 15 pance mdvocates, on ar- riving, were anxious to learn what atti- tude would be adopted toward them by Earope. Receptions by Christiania preachers and university proféssors and an unoffi:lal call made by Albert Q. Schmedeman, American minister to Norway, attended the first day of the members of the peace expedition in Europe. Normal meetinrs Wwill begtn Monday, Ohristiania newspapers publish long ac- counts regarding the Ford expeditionCac- Companying the storles with cartoons from forelgn newspapers. Mold Publio Meeting. Just before the Oscar II reached Chris- tiania the Ford guests held a public meeting aboard the ship. Samuel Me- * Clure of New York said that unless the T’ pllgrims composed their differences “opinlon regurding President Wilson's preparedness policy it would cause dis- oster (o the expedition. He declared American ‘Was necessary and was not related 1o the peace efforts, Rev. Charles F. Aked, pastor of the First Congregationa) church of San Fran- cisco, maintained it was ridiculous for Americans to urge peace abroad while preparing for war at home. ! Finally a resolution declaring that the delegates were unanimous for Europeah peace was adopted. Wantmp Land in Nebraska (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 16,—(Special)—Land Commissioner ¥Fred Beckmann thinks he has discovered a curiosity. It ls 5, man who has lived on a piece of Nebraska land seventeen years and now does not want it any more. With Nebraska land turning out products which put Alaska gold mines In the shade, it is hard to belleve that there is any man who wants to let g0 of a Nebraska farm after living on it that number of years. The man is Bernard Koch of Fordyoe, In Cedar county, and the land is a quarter section upem which he has been paying a rental of 817 per acre per year, The iease runs out January ! and Kooch says he wants to give it up, but he attaches & couple of strings to the propesition, one of them that the state should pay bim $3.774 for improvements he has placed on the land and the other is that he be permitted to purchase the land at not more than $3 per acre. Mr. Beckmann has Informed Mr. Kech that the state does not buy improve- ments placed on leased land and that in case of sale the price must be fixed by appralsement Report Massacres Among the Serbians LONDON, Dee. 18.~The foilowing, of- ficlal Serblan statement has been re- celved from Ecutari: “During the retreat of the Serbian army the Austrisns and Bulgarians armed Mussulmans In New Serbla and incited them aguinst the peaceful populs- ton. Numerous massacres ensued sad unprecedented cruelties and crimes were committed.” & itle and dlsagreeing over the.