Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 21, 1915, Page 2

TRUTONS BXPECTT0 [ ATTACK SALONIKI Greece Withdraws Forces from Vi- cinity of City and General Staff | Wil] Leave Tuesday. | LOOK FOR ASSAULT THURSDAY SALONIKI, Dec. 19.—(Via Paris, Dec. 20.)—The highest Greek mili tary authorities declare it to be their | bel'ef that an Austro-German attack on'Baloniki {8 inevitable. The Greek | general staft will quit Saloniki to- morrow. The last remaining Greek | tioops, save one infantry regiment,| huve been transferred to Kozani Thn’ entente allies have ordered the evacu-| ation of several villages around Salonikl by the civillans' for milifary reasons. Attack Expected Thursday. | PARIS, Deo, 2 t is stated that the German answer .40 the Greek protest upon the questiop «of the entry of Bul- garians into QI"(R territory wuh‘MM in at noon Hafurday,” says the Athens correspondent of the Figaro. “Germany, it is undersiood, declared that notwith- standing the military necessity which' re« quired the pursuit of the retreating en-| ' tente alltes, the imperial government taking note of the popular Greek sentis ment, had ovdereq the immediate -hait of the Bulgarians ? “The cohcentration of Austro-German forces for an invarion is sald to be under way. Whed this concentration has been completed & definite decision will ~“be’ taken. Thus the question has not béen settled ‘bY thé reply, but In officlal eir- cles optimism reigns. man forces are ‘esthinated at about 120,000, with much h artillery. It is said that they will Thursday.” 9.0, The Athens corsbapondent of.the Matin says he learns frém.a rellable ‘source | f that a complete nit, “has been reached by, the,Qréek ard ehtents army staffs as to the Bpplication of thé meas. ures required of the latter for the secur- ity of the entente troops and the free- dom of their movemen! Ask Turks to Assist. LONDON, Dec. 20.—A dispatch to the Dally Mail from Saloniki says: “The Germans have asked the Turks to assist them to drive the entente allles oout of Saloniki, but they require assurances that they will evacuate Greek territory as soon as the allled army is crusheq and thrown into fhe sea. It is understood ‘that Turkey has accepted the proposal’’ SAYS SCHMIDT IS LEADER IN PLOT (Continued from Page One.) knew et that time David Caplan, an- other alleged -participant in the oop- spiracy, who is awalting trial here on & charge of murder. How Found Schmidt, “In 1M4," the witness said, “he was & resident of Home Colony, near Seattle, where David Caplan lived under the name of Frank Moller, On September 1 of that N he stated he went to Seattle and ar- with Willlam J, Burns to go to examinition he denied that he had ary ranged or had told anyone he expected to share the rewards offered for the arrést of the alleged confederates of the Mo- Namara brothers. “1 went to the home of Emma Goldman in New York and engaged a room there," he sald, and added that he lived at the Goldman residence from that time until Schmidt's arrest last February. Contin- uing. Vose sald: “Schmidt told me of the Times job on the night of September 2%, 1014, I was introduced to him that night. He was known as Joe Hottman. A man named' Carlin and I and Schmidt sat together on New York and find Schmidt. Under on-b;nflnu' wttdche.t - 7 ‘The Austro-Ger-. ‘éntirely ready next | secretary for the colonies in the British cabinet, has threatened to retire from the government if the revolt in Parliament by Sir Edward Carson and other unionist members continues. ) A YONPAPENINVOLYED IN HUNITIONS PLOT Metzler, in His Confession, Says Paul Koenig Reported Direct to German Naval Attache. MORE OF WELLAND OCANAL PLOT NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Frederick Metzler, held with others in connec- tion with alleged plots in this country to embarrass the allies by hindering the manufacture of or destroying of munitions, made a full statement to the federal authorities today con- cerning the, alleged activities of Paul Koenlg, of the Hamburg-American line. v Koenig, he sald, had twenty-five agents in New York alone, and re- ported the results of his investigation to Captain Vot Papen, the Germsn According -to Matsler, Koenlg's activ- ties through agents extended to Quebec, urlington, and Portland, Malne. His gotivities In this ecity, Metsler tharged, further brought into his pos- wesslon, among other things secret reports mad taches of the Russian embassy of the.result of tests of speed boats In Long Island Sound. These Metsler sald, Koenlg got through Frederick Schleindl of the National City bank, now under arrest. . Metzler charged flatly. that it was Koenlg who sent George Fuchs to destroy the Welland canal, but Fuchs, he said, Vt.; Boston ANDREW BONAR LAW, ‘| abd ehild, hame not given. I'HE SECOND NOTE IS STARTED T0 VIENNA Rejoinder of United States in An- cona Case Adheres to Original Position and Adds Facts. WILL BE GIVEN 0UT WEDNESDAY | WABHINGTON, Dec. 20.-—Secre- tary Lansing announced that the sec ¢nd American note to Austria, on the | sinking of the steamship Ancona, had | gone forward yesterday and should | ! reach’ Vienna tomorrow night.| { While Mr. Lansing gave no intima- | tion of its contents, the note is un | | derstood to be a virtual reiteration | of the original demands, with the! !implication that it is the United| OMAHA, TU )AY, DEC CMBER 21, 1915, BARNEY DREYFUSS, owner of the Pittsburgh Na- tional league team, peace en- voy in the patching up of difficulties between the Fed- eral league and Organized Base Ball. States last word on the subject | & | The text of the note will be Issued | | for. publication in newepapers on| Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Lansing | sald. | The nbte is about 60 words long and, | althgugh charscterized by those ae- | quainted with its wording as firm in tone, it in safd to be somewhal less sharn than the first note fn the tenor of its demands. | 1t s basen wquarely, according to these officlale, onthe Austrian admiraity's own version of the Antona sinking, and while reference .16 made to American victims and ‘survivors, the reference is said to be more incidental than direct Twelve Americans Aboard. The names of (welve Americans said to have been on the Ancona when it was torpedbed were received today by the ‘| Statd department from Ambussador Page 4t Rome, The cablegram reads s foi- Tows} 4 * | ““Pwelvs Americans known to have been | on ‘board the Anéona.’ They were “Mry. ‘Ceclle L. Greil, first cabin “Joneph Torrisl and daughter, Carmela, ‘decénd’ odbin, beating American pass- Ports 2840 ‘afd 2887 ! “Alexander Potalivo, his wife, Nicola Potalive; two sons, Marlo, aged 19, and Irlando, aged 17, and two daugh- ters, Maria Irmiba, 14 years, and Marla, | 11 years, thira cabin. (Previous spelling Pattativo' was erroneous.) “Pasquale Laurino, formerly mentioned | as Salirino, naturalized. Mrs. Francls Mascola Lesssra, reported as wife of naturalized American citizen, Maris “Of foregoing only three are kmown to survive, namely: Mrs. Grell, who left Rome to sall today from Bordeaux by stea Rochambeau; Joseph Torri hospital at Ferryville, Tunisia, an lando Potalive " ALLIES GIVE I7 UP | WHEN DARDANELLES | . ARE ALL BUT FORGED (Continued from Page Ome.) gl of Kale-Cultane, where the flag, show- ing that the allled fleet was near, was usually holsted. But the morning hours passed and still the danger signel did not appear. | . The -uhwpg evidently were o elined to ‘more wuch as those the previol ‘the Bouvet, I ble and 'O @own and five othier ships were' daraged. And vet even with ‘gnly’ the gleven remaining ships it appears from the Turkish admissions that the Dardanelles could have been forced on March 1 Duriag the day the correspondent visted several of the bateries. The damage done on the day before was slight, indeed, con- | sisting mostly of large earth displace- ments from the parapets and traverses. Four guns were temporarily out of com- missfon, but the general shortage of am- munition made these pleces negligible quantities, anyway. Where British Failed. ? BARNEY DREYRUSS, WILSONS ARE BUSY ANSWERING NOTES President and Bride Give Up Golf for Day to Reply to Messages of Congratulation. | i, | | PLAN FOR CHRISTMAS TREE HOT SPRINGS, Va.,, Dec. 20.— Fresident Wilson and his bride ahandoned plans to play golt today to reply to hundreds of messages of congratulation from personal friends, relatives and officials. Since reaching here the couple has re- mained in such deep seclusion that only members=of their immediate party have seen them. ey expocted, however, to take an autdinobile ride late today. The private rafiroad car was sent away today. Arrangements for a Christmas cele- | bration at the president's hotel were | being made today. There will be a large Christmas tree and a special musical entertalnment. Members of the familles of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson may come for the holiday, but no definite plans have been made. { Albert 0. Edwards Dead; Nephew Mrs, Abraham Lincoln SPRINGFIBLD, Ill, Dec. 3.~Albert O. Fdwards, 76, a nephew of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, and for nineteen years custodian of the Lincoln homestead here, died sud- denly today of heart trouble. Mr. Edwards' mother was a sister of Mrs. Lincoln. - He was the owner of the Lincoln furniture in the homestead. This has been sald to be a very valuable rted, after visiting the canal, that its ‘debtriction could net be accomplished at that time., 4 . e The uuthorities’ have evidence which & couch, and we talked. “Schmidt sald he had been having a h-1 of & time running about the country estate, computing its worth on the sale O eid leh Information s |of Lincoln relica clsewhere. The home- _ |stead was given to Illinols years ago by e o e e O e bt " with | RObert Lincoln, san of the emancipator. to keep away from the police. He had to get a new glass eye for fear the old one could be recognized, and he changed laundry marks. He sald he had in- 80 to London, but the war pre- ust what was sald about the Los Angeles Times?' Vose was ed. Many Knew of Job. “Schmidt sald he was sorry he had anybody working: with him on that Job," the withess replied. “He sald that they balleve connects Koenig with the | seventeen shells the battery in question fire on'the Aflantic Transport liner | would have bLen easlly disposed of, & Minnéhaha, though Wwhere this evidence | channel could then have ‘been made was obtained they did not state. After | through the mine field and the way to making his confession Metsler went be- | Constantinopel would have been open. fore the ‘grand jury. That body heard | This was realized in the Turkish capl- also witnesses from Buffalo who testl- | tgl, The:court mare arrengements for fled concerning the Welland canal plot. |its transter to Eskishehir, Antolis and Samuel Gompors, gresident of and Austro-Hungerlan em- American Federation of Labor, was pre- also were ready to go to this pared to testify this afternoon before | ongjant ssat of the Ottoman government. Mr, Bdwards was the last living person who saw the wedding of Mr. and Mrs, Abraham Lincoln i Cotton G ng Roport. ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Cotton ginned prior to December 13 amounted to 10,308~ 253 running bales, ineluding 100840 round bales and 85,810 baues of Sea Island, the census bureau ‘announced today. it he had done the Job alone he would |g¢ Labor's National Peace council. have been all right. He sald there wore | ‘samuel Gompers, president of the about 40 people in San Francisco who | American Federation of Labor, today knew about it before it came off and | went before the federal grand jury which that Johanneen (Anton Johannsen) got|is Investigating the alleged connection scared and called & meeting of higher ups | of labor's National Peace coumcil, with the grand jury in regard o the ectivities | Many.of the femilies of the German offi- cota in the Turkish service left Constan- th ‘#In. shert everybody understood « aalamity was fmpending. What Its igkactinature was but & fow knew. Today the Dardanelles’ forts oave all @ld Schmidt say was there?' Tyeitmoe, referring to man; Johannsen, B. E. Schmidt sald Johann- ought ‘to call the Job said he told Johannsen that he would do the job witness asserted, he alleged dynamite conspira- from golng to work on the Pocan- estate of John D. Rockefeller at Tarrytown, N. Y. “Schmpidt told me on January 23, 1915, #ald the witness, “that he had been ex- porimenting with a new explosive on a Connecticut farm and that he had ob- talned a position on the Rockefeller vstate. Referring to the Times explosion, Me- b declared Schmidt told him that the destruction of the Times had done little good since Harrison Gray Otis, the owner, had escaped. « Fogg v the ammusnition ‘ they. ‘can use and t:; tion gentally has been so lmprov "'“':u"m that 1t is considered probable that to force the straits would -c!tnll- than the allies have. Gir] Breaks Leg, Boy Hurts Back in | "y, Coagting Spill, o R el ty-third and - M ""‘. along the border. Vi elimination, 1t 18 | B:r‘a“..m..,‘»""‘;".., m gt Sallovede SUL_Je Corapme SNV | stvart 3 30 North Twenty-ninth move his army into the south and con- | o oaF h S, rom 2 centrate his forces against the rebellious | *Teet. & badly ‘wrenc! back bands atill operating in the interior and | '€ traveler sled on which they '.(" near the capital. ocoasting crashed into the curb at Twenty fitth and Hamilton streets, Sunday night. Still Work Betore Carransa. The youns couple were members of & With the fighting transterred to the |coasting party and as the big sled came interior, the Washington. administration | down the hill at a rapid rate the ateer- will watch developments With closs and | ing device snapped. The traveler crashel friendly interest, but Bof 80 anxiously as |into the curb and overturned with the | | the conspiracy of Franz Von foment strikes in munition pl country. VILLA TURNS ON OWN GENERALS while battles were being fought along the | above results. Other members of - the boundary line. It 1s realized, n-wovvx.. that while the bruises. L withdrawal of the reBelllous northern Dartum s 17 years of age and army will improve the altuation and A::\:r u“‘?- rtn;hr Carransa’s :::I.:: Plf‘lflflunn T ————— easier, the army lore It many ese wal‘shl S dSuez Canal months of serious fighting before he OB AWGELES] Cal.. Dec. n.-nn‘ can assure forelgn diblomats that his rulership is undisputed. Adyices to thy Japan is giving material ald to the en- tente allies In the European war, not only | Stats department do mot indicate how by supplying munitions, but by actually the party are said to have sustained dllorl many theussnd and greater than Many ‘men_ are operating in other partss survender Suez canal with its war- of the republic against the da facto gov-.| ’ ships, was stated here today by A. M. ermnent, but estimates based on officlal and unofficial information place the num-. Papajlan Bey, former minister of the in- terior in Egypt, who s a vikiter in Los A fine hand painted bread and butter ate, & bot- e Califor. corksc )] 1916 calendar. Thia whiskey is bottled ressl for our t n is sold direct to you. Wi - \' = N y Qur reiterenc (unaha tional Bank. T T Y s LEIN' LIQUOR Co. §82 North 16th 8t CENTRAL TAXI cO. Up-to-date limbusines cars. Special rate for or touring Our cars look they have no monol ETRNIS, carry meters and our chauffeurs wear uniforms. Pfl:‘l": ngxg)‘xl-A. 862 sene | THOMPSON-BELDIN 6CO.| son Until | Christmas | v The Fashion Genler of " The MiddleWest, —» ‘ 8:30 a. m. Established 1886. a1 o éift Fabrics ~SILKS IN HIGH FAVOR. In walst, skirt or dress lengths. Yod are safe in making a selec- tion here, where boundless—from the tasteful, but inexpensive fabrics at 50c a yard, to the finest imported weaves—In | gift boxes if desired. —1916 WASH SILKS, 83¢ TO | $1.00 A YARD, Beautiful weaves of Spring- like newness, which are extreme- ly popular for gift purposes. Handsome Chiffon Velvets | In these days of richly beautiful fabrics, velvets are the ideal of fashion. A dress length in a Christmas wrapping will happy remembrance. Gift Linens at Special Prices $2.25 Lace Scarfe, Tuesday, $1.89, $2.60 Bleached Table Cloths, $2. A BALE OF JAPANESE LUNCH CLOTHS AND NAPKINE TO MATCH. $1.00 45-n. Cloths, 75c. $1.60 bG4-inch Japanese Lunch Cloths, $1.00, | $1.00 12-inch Lunch Napkins to match, 75¢ a dozen. Japanese Lunch The Best Bargains o Men's and Ladies' Clothing, Hats, Caps, Furnishings and Shoes For the whole family at— J. Helphand Clething Co. $14-816 North 16th 8t. THE OMAHA BEE— THE HOME PAPER Tues., Wed. and Thurs. A Mammoth, Elaborate Photo-Pro- duotion of Hall Caine’s Im. mortal Novel and Play “The Eternal Gity’ With Pauline Frederick Produced amid the grandeur and beauty of modern Rome, thia amasing photo-spectacle marks a new era in dramatic pleturisation. For the first time in the history of motion pictures, The Vatican Gardens, the Coliseum, St. Peter’ the Cu&o of Bt ?n‘nlo‘l.‘n: many_other sive spots in The "Eternal City have been used as settings for & screen production ~the one time capl the world passing before the eye In pictorial panorama, emphasi: ¥ the dramatic intensity of a r ring plot, in relief against this classic background rogressing one of the most powerful and ap- pealing romances ever conceived, Eight reels of film masterplece, direct from the Astor Theater, New York, where a dollar admis- sion price was asked, but abso- lutely no change in prices here. BRANDEIS THEATRE N 0. mm“"‘ n'unun— BELOVED VAGABOND. in Color, variety seems | be a | | “pPuss-Puss’ I duoed. Come and Shoppers’ ' Another Silk Hosiery Sale Values to $3.00 Tuesday for $1.19 a Pair Sale Starts at 9 a. m. For the benéfit of many who did not secure any of | the splendid values we of- fered in our recent sale of |« Women'’s Silk Hosiery, we | have decided, after numer- ous requests, to repeat the sale, and will do so Tues- day. Values to $3 a pair— Tuesday $1.19 a Pair Christmas Candy Table—Center Aisle | Children’s Gloves | —Children’s Pique Gloves, | { in white and tan with fancy | Special This Week— embroideries, $1.35 a pair. | 60c Chocolates, 39¢ per Ib. —Children’s Leathérette| Also boxes of Dinning'’s, (loves, white, tan and gray, | Mazeppa’s, Fruit Brand and 50c a pair. | Swiss Chocolates. | Tapestry Boxes, Half Price Former prices §1,50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00, Art Department—Third Floor. —_— LITTLE BUSY BEES ‘We are going to give you FIVE DOLLS THIS WEEK, because it is Christmas, and we want you all to have a chance to win one. LILLIAN is the biggest and prettiest and is for the little girl that sends us the most pictures, EDNA is second, IDA third, HELEN fourth and ““BOBBY". is fifth (““Bobby’" is a girl, but they ecall her ‘““Bobby,”” becduse she plays with the boys all the time). You just ought to see * her run and jump and play pump-pump- pull-away and all the rest of the outdoor games. That’s. what puts- that sparkle in her eyes and the roses on her cheeks. I-just love her myself, best of them all, because she has such winning ways—dear little,‘‘ Bobby."’ I wonder what little girl will get her. If I was a little girl, wouldn’t I try, though! Remember, must send your pictures in ONE PAY EARLIER this week, because Saturday is Christ- mas, so the CONTEST WILI, CLOSE 4 P. M, FRIDAY, instead of Saturday. These dolls will be given free to the little girls under 12 years of age, who bring or mail us the largest number of dolls' pictures cut out of The Daily and Sunday Bee before 4 p. m., Friday, De- cember. 24. ' 4 ~This plcture of thrée of the dolls will be in The Bee every day this week. Cut them out and ask your friends to save the pictures in thelr paper. for you, too. See how many pictures you can get, and be sure Q;:‘turn them in: to The Bee office before 4 p. m., Friday, De- cember 24, M Yoq Can See the Dolls at The Bee Office =re— Persistence is the cardinal vir- tue in advertising; no matter how good advertising may be in other respects, it must be run frequently and constant- ly to be really succcessful, AMUSEMENTS, AMUSEMENTS, KRUG JSainse WORTHBROS, g3as it BEbaeiruns das, A 's NEXY Bvags., 31 BEDINI'S PARISIAN™ NOVELTY, Chors of Melodious Mewers. Arvay of Surprises. the Buriesquiest Burlesque ever the Owabs City Mis Week HIPP, vt TODAY sad d FANNIE WARD “The aad Mm 1 Oroheuss Travel ibe. Best Seaty S Night, 10 o e | Weekly. | (Except | e, 8o | ‘ Merry Christmas!,