Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 22, 1915, Page 1

The Sunday Bee is the only Omaha newspaper that gives its readers four big |pcges of colored comics. VOL. XLV-NO. 160. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. THE WEATHER. Fair —_— OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOF DECEMBER ING, 99 1915—-TWELVE SIN at_ Eotel ote, o GLE COPY TWO CENTS. PRICE FOR VILLA ALIVE OR DEAD AND HUNT IS ON With Money and Promotion as In-| centives Carranza Soldiers Stage Strenuous Search for Bandit. CORDON BETWEEN HIM AND U. S. 1f Chief is Caught Constitutionalist | Leader Wil] Take Personal Part in Trial. COURT LAREDO, Tex., Dec. 21.—Advices from the interior of Mexico tonight said a cordon ¢f Carranza soldiers has been stretched over the territory north of Chihuahua City, where General Francisco Villa was recently reported, in an effort to prevent his escape to the United States. This information was contained in military dispatches to Carranza head- qaurters in Nuevo Laredo. made public there tonight. Should Gen- eral Villa be captured, it was said, he would be held for court-martial and General Venustiano Carranza would take part personally in the proceedings against the insurgent leader. Reward for Vilia. Officers and soldiers loyal to the | de facto government have been told that Villa’s capture will mean ma- terial promotion and large reward, it was said by Carranza officers across the river, and every available body of troops has been placed on the | lookout for Villa “‘dead or alive.” Definite information regarding the whereabouts of General Villa is lack- ing on this part of the border, although reports in Mexican circles credited him with having left Chi- huahua City yesterday apparently on the way to the American border. Censor on the Job, A strict censorship has been placed on news regarding the militations in the vicinity of Chihuahua City, but it was officially announced that Gen- eral Trevino had not yet entered the city. Million and a Half Enlist in One Week| LONDON. Dee. fi—James O'Grady, member of Parilament for East Leeds and a member of the joint recruiting com- mittee, contrfhutes an article to the Daily Sketch recording the progress of enlistment under Farl Derby's scheme. Mr, (*Grady says that the first week produced only 127 recruits. Matters slowly improved, but even up to the end of ‘November the response was not satis- factory. “We therefore resolved,” says he, “to bring oft a spanking rally, as the result of which the figures jumped from 74,000 on one day to 33,000 on another and dur- ing the last strenuous week, 1,589,000 men attested, while during the whole nine ‘weells of the campaign some 2,500,000 at- tested."” Baltimore Officials Dislike Vice Report BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 2L—Mayor James H. Prestcn and the board of esti- mates, the governing board of the city, at their meeting today protested against the report of the vice commission al- leging bad moral conditions in Baltimore, made public yesterday. “No such condition exists,” sald the mayor. “As a general picture of Balti- more life and as a picture of the moral conditions in Baltimore the report is scandalous and untrue.” The Weather Forecast of the weather for Wednesday and Thursday: For. Nebraska—Fair Wednesday and probably Thursday; colder Thureday or ‘Thursday night For Iowe—Falr Wednesd: probably becoming unsettled by Thursday; warmer Wednesday in west and central portions. Femperniure' at Omaka Yesterds?: | turs, providing that saloons cennot oper- Hovrs. Deg | ate within five miles of an educational g TR ‘3% |institution. The University of Iowa is 7 a m 29 | located here. S a m.. % A L S T $ a m . 0 a m |Holmes Admits Held 2 m, f 15w | Up A Ed irE , p Aurora Editor 4% m 3y YORK, Neb, Dec. 2L—(Special Tele- € p. m. gram.)—H. H. Holmes, who has been in Tpom the Lutheran hospital for the last three ey AR mfi, weeks suffering from two gunshot wounds Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday Mean temperature = today, that he held up Clark Perkins at | peraare ai Aurora, on Thanksgiving night. As soon tures from the no _|as he is able to be removed he will be R e .. . 2 | taken to Aurora for trial instead of being Total deficlency since March 1.. placed in jall here. Normal precipitation ... mey for the day.... rainfall since Hlnh k- ey since Marc . Deficlency for cor. perlod 1914, Defliclency for cor. period, 1913. s from Stations at 7 P. Station and State [ ‘:.::";::my (loufl)‘ 8 'Y late today announced that Nichol Davs rt, clear ... 3 -°l Hunt, formerly an inspector in the po- | f::'xom';'-w:mr " lee department, would be appointed | North Platte, cloudy " % | head of the detective bureau. Hunt will Omaha, clear 4 0 | mucoeed Captain P. D, O'Brien, recently Poatl, patt clovdy.......& e %) | suspended, but who was reinstated and | } JONS SRUNY... 2 o % | allowed to resign today. The change is | 8 4 0| resarded as purt of Mayvor Thompson's 4 - o unounced campalign to “clean up', Chi iécall Porecantes; MARTIAL TO DECIDE | ..25.98 inches . 1.9 inches 16 inches 5.30 inches Temp. High- n.m- SEVERAL SLAIN IN - RIOTS AT JUAREZ, ONE IS AMERICAN Heavily Armed Mexican and United | States Troops Line Opposite Sides of Rio Grande River. | | TRAINMAN ~ SHOT | Generals Turning Town Over to Carranza Government Finally Gain Control. SOLDIERS REFUSE THE MONEY BL PASO, TEX., Dec. 21—Heavily | | armed Mexican and American troops | lined opposite banks of the Rio | Grande tonight as the result of riot- ing in Juarez, o One shot from der, believed military OFF CAR south of the bor- | by the United S(alo.l‘ authorities to have been ! | tired on American troops toppled | George A. Diepert of El Paso. a | brakeman from off the top of an | El Paso and Southwestern railroad freight car. He was dead with a | bullet in his heart when a corporal’s | guard reached him. His trainmates | fled at the shot. Later the train | was pulled out of range of Mexican \ cavalry that moved along the bank | of the Rio Grande. Two Mexieans Shot. Shortly afterward two Mexicans were shot at the Mexican end of the Santa | Fe bridge, by Mexican custom guards. Reports of fatalities in Juarez varied from two to ten Early tonight 1¢ was stated at the Car ranze consulate that the generals in Juarez who had turned the town over to the Carranza government had con- trol and were in conference upon .the | election of a military leader to take full charge and appoint a paymaster to re- | recelve 100,000 pesos in Carranza paper currency with which to pay off the sol- | diers. . Unofficlal reports from Juares | werc that If an attempt was made to pay off in Carranza currency rloting was sure to be resumed. During the afternoon the report gained current that General Franclsco Viila would reach that city about 5 o'clock but early tonight he had not appeared. Andreas G. Gareia, Mexiean consul, an nounced that Villa had been located at the Bostillo ranch, west of Chihuahua City; that he would not come to the border and that he intended to continue opposition to the defacto government. Obregon on Way. Carranza officials stated that General Alvaro Obregon was enroute from Her- mesillo to take command In Chiiuahua They expect Obregon ta reach hers to- morrow, An order i _Puso' police to- might forb to cross the river to Juarez. The trouble arose when three hundred (Continued on Page Two, Colunm One.) Pulmotor Fails to Revive Twelve-Year- 0ld Intoxicated Lad It takes considerable in the way of intoxication to astonish the crew at police headquarters, but it would be putting it mildly to say that they were astonished yesterday afternoon when 12 year old Ladislaus Vosclika, 1049 South street was brought In all stewed up like Hungarian goulash., ‘The youngster was found by Patrolman Charles Jensen, in an alley between Ninth and Tenth, near Leavenworth, surround- ed.by fifteen empty half pint whiskey flasks. He was dead to the world and police surgeons who examined him used the pulmotor to induce respiration. In- stead of being detained In a cell, he was taken to the hospital, so serious was his condition. Later hs revived somewhat, and is now out of danger. The police want to know where he ob- tained the whiskey, and are working with the juvenile authorities on the case. His parents did not know where he got the stuff and were as surprised at their son's condition as were the police. Bargains in Booze Are Offered in 0ld Who-wah-wah Town | 10WA CITY, 1a., Dec. M.—Bargain | counter sales of intoxicating liquors were | opened today in the ten saloons of Towa | City, which must close tomorrow night under a law passed by the last legisla- ! which he received when he attempted to hold up Night Watchman Springer, made a confession to Chief of Police «'inney Hunt to Command Chicago Detectlves CHICAGO, Dee, “Mayor Thompson DR. BAXTER NEXT trol, have been in Hastings for two days in the same direction. UPON THE GRILL State Board of Control Finds Cloth- ing Delivered at Hastings Asylum Below Grade. " (From = !tu.! ADVOOATES OF PREPAREDNESS — Oongressman Mann of Illinois, who pledged republican support to the president in preparing for defense, and Mrs, William Alex- ander of New York, who is heading a woman's movement . LINCOLN, Dee. n.—mpo&l Tel-| a state institution is on the carpet charged with mismanagement. This time it is Dr. M. W. Baxter, who, it is charged, has permitted contractors to deliver clothing to the state insane asylum at Hastings, of which he is superintendent, very much below the grade of the samples submitted. Commissioners Gerdes and Kenhedy and Becretary Mathews of the board of cou- checking up the elothing and comparing it with the samples submitted. - It is said that some of the clothing. is 8§0° per cent below the quality of the samples. J. H. Spotts, a local dealer, who se- cured the contract, 18 said to have agreed to take back the inferior suits. Whether Buperintendent Baxter s di- rectly responsible for the deception can- not be told until the board of control completes its investigation, but a sys- tematic investigation is being: held, and it is said that it has been shown that the superintendent had relleved the stew- ard of the institution, whose duty It is to recelve and have charge of all sup- plies, from handling the goods which. it is now clalmed are below grade, and took“the duty -upom -himself. Reichstag Votes Ten Billion War Credit BERLIN (Via London), Dee, 2L—The Reichstag today passed the second and third readings of the war credit of 10 000,000,000 marks whith the government had requested. Only nineteen soclalists voted iIn the negative. Before the vote was taken Friedrieh August Karl Geyer read a brief state- ment on behalf of the soclalist minority. explaining thelr negative vote, while Friedrich Ebert, the soclalist leader, spoke in behalf of the soclalist majority, and announced amid long aprlause that his wing of the party would vote “yes." OMAHA STUDENT GIVEN SCHOLARSHIP AT HARVARD CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 21.—(Special Telegram.)—Milton E. Petersen of 2806 Bristol street, Omaha, has been awarded a Harvard ecollege scholarship. The scholarships are given for marked ex- cellence in study. Petersen is a senior and prepared for Harverd at the Omaha High school Free Dolls For the Kiddies The Bee is again making a lot of little ones happy by giving away each week one of those big handsome dolls—the kind the girl yearns for and dreams of some day owning. Cut Out the Pictures That's All. | | | | | NOT HOUSE WILL GO T0 EUROPE FOR THE PRESIDENT Confidential Adviser, at Wiison's Reguest, to Leave Soon for Warring Lands on Diplo- matic Mission. PTACE VENTURE AT ALL Mukes Journey to Convey Informa- | M. | dincneped. tion to American Ambassa- dors, He Says. TO GET TH’E “ATMOSPKERE NEW YORK, Dec, 21 House, confidential President Wilson, stated that he will shortly sail for Europe at the request of the president Colonel E. adviser of Colonel Houge declared that the sole purpose of his trip wonld be to deliver to certain American ambas sadors information regarding this | Rovernment’'s attitude on various international matters now pending | He now denies emphatically that his trip will In any way be a peace mis- slon, Satls Within Fortnight. Colonel House said he expected to sail from here within the next two weeks afd probably would be in Europe about six or eight weeks “I am golng to Furope at the request | of the president and the secretary of | | state for the purpose of taking infor- mation to some of our ambassadors,” he #aid, “in order that they way have a more intimate knowledge of this govern- ment's attitude regarding certain phases of international questions and in order to obtain from them their point of view on these matters. “It i3 not advisable to bring home at this time any of our ambassadors from the belligerent countries. It has been found impossible to convey or obtain by eable or correspondence quite the correct atmosphere.” Lansing is Retieent. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l—Seocretary Lansing tonight declined to add anything to the announcement by Colonel House that he was going to Europe at the re. Quest of the president and the secretary of state. ¥rom other sources, however, came tl intimation that offictal questions ‘m?{ Colonel House s to take up with Amer fean ambassadors at the capitals of belli- &gerent powers were of such an extremely delicate nature that they cou'd not be 1t was suggested that Colonel S's ntatement should be take [\t value. Andigbwatlond wa 14 whe(for manke Ditarmal’ inguiries von- | o> would ke cérning the prospects of peate, olicited IWEIDINEK PLANS ANGONA AGREEMENT, It Is .Reported Charge Has Been Given Free Hand in Settling Matter, HE CONFERS WITH LANSING WASHINGTON, Dge. :21.— Pend- ing 'rnéelpts of Austrla-Hungary's reply. to the second American- note regarding-the sinking of the Italian steainer Ancona, Baron Erich Zwiedi- nek, charge of the Austro-Hungarian embassy, is forming a basis tg con- duct informal negofiations with | Secretary Lansing looking toward an amicable settlement * of "the con- troversy. An intimation to that ef- | fect was received at the State de- | partment today after the charge had conferred at some length with the | secretary. ! It is understood Baron Zwiedinek is attempting negotiations similar to | those conducted by Count von B:-rn-] storff, the German ambassador, fol- lowing the sinking of the steamship | congestion of the lungs. 1o response. Y.M.C.A. Secretary Resigns Because of Pool Tables Put In HASTINGS, Neb,, Dec. 21.—(8pecial Tel- egram.)—E. J. Alcorn, assistant secrotary of the Young Men's Christian association today resigned his position rather then manage the pool tables which were re- cently installed following the religious re- vival as a means of Keeping young men, especlally the converts, away from public halls. Mr. Alcorn said pool tables were con- trary to his Christian bellefs, so he coull not consistently tend them. The assocl- ation s well pleased with the pool table experiment, the officers declaring that they are doing just what was intended. Sarah Bernhardt is Reported_ to Be Dying LONDON, Dec. 22.-8arah Bernhardt s reported to be dying, according to a dis- patch from Paris to the Telegraph. Mme. Bernbardt has never fully recov- cred from the shock following the am putation of a limh last February. Re ports of an improvement in her condition were invariably followed by others that her health wos failing. On .ecember & she became seriously ill, her physiclans announcing that she was suffering from She |s now T years old, GERMAN STEAMERS ARE SUNK IN MARMORA SEA LONDON, Dec. 21.—An Athens dispatch ‘o Reuter's Telegram company says that British submarine has sunk the Ger- nan steamer Leros and other craft in \the sea of Marmora. The steamer Leros was owned by the late today | - AMMUNITION AND CANNON TO TURKS | Enormous Qulnmlu of Shells, Guns and Tents Left Behind by | English in Gallipoli | Flight. | §0 SAYS THE OTi‘OMAN REPORT | Asquith Says Loss in Withdrawing | from Place Light in Men and | Eq\npment. | | ANNOUNCES THREL WOUNDED BERLIN, Dee. 21.—(Via Wire- | less to Tuckerton)-—Enormous quan- [ | ities of ammunition, cannon and | tents were taken the Turks on the withdrawal of the British from the positions evacuated on the Gal- lipoll peninsula, It was officially an- nounced in the Turkish headquarters report dated December 20, from Con- by stantinople. In the British attack on | | the Seddul Bahr front which pre- | ,uwlvd the withdrawal from the other | sectors the BRritigsh suffered enor- ‘mnu! losses, it is declared. The statement follows: The Statement. | | ““Purkish troops during the night of | December 18-19, after heavy artillery ipreparation, began an attack against the enemy’'s positions near Anafarta and Ariburnu, The enemy in order to check | this attack made a general attack along | the whole Seddul Bahr front, which com \plolm\ falled, with enormous losses. “In view of the certainty of Turkish success in advances toward the north, the enemy, during the night of Decem- ber 19-20, hastily withdrew part of ids troops. The enemy was unable to Impede the pursult by the Turkish traops, 8o that no enemy troops now remaln at Anafarta or Ariburnu, “Enormous quantities of ammunition, eannon and tents were taken “An enemy hydroplane was shot down and the occupants taken prisoners.’ Lose Three Men, The only additional details of the with- drawal of the Hritish forces from the Gal lipoll peninsula revealed from -British mources today were those gleaned from Premjer Asquith's speech in the House of Commons In whi¢h he stated that the British losses were confined to three men wounded, a few guns abandoned after being rendered useless, and an insignifi- | Chroncicle cant amount of stores which were left behind. From Turco-German sources, hmm several contradictory detalls ”wb‘d London. The Constan " otficist communication gave the Nide of plified by & Constantinople culated (hrough the Berlin Losses Enormoas. Both these dispatches olaimed ‘‘enor- mous British losses” on the Seddul Bahr front and the taking of an immeasurable amount of booty at Suvia and Ansac. From the Turkish account it appears that the retirement was alded by heavy fox, while terrific British attacks from the Seddul Bahr position—which has not been abandoned—provided a diversion. Aside from the text of these dispatches, no fresh details have been published in Lon- don and all the London newspapers re- frain from speculation regarding the man- ner of the withdrawal. Mrs, Wilson Reads to the President HOT BPRINGS, Va., Deec. 31.—Quite a large honeymoon colony has gathered here since the arrival of President Wil #on and his bride Sunday and they are all planning to stay over for the elabor- ate Cbristmas celebration in which the White Houwse couple are expected to par- ticipate. A long walk In the cold Virginia moun- tain alr and a fifty mile antomobile drive to neighboring springs occupled the president and Mrs. Wilson most of the day. They stopped during the drive at a famous old hotel to see registers signed by Thomas Jefferson and other notable figures In American history., Late I the afternoon the president worked for more than an hour on correspondence, and tonight Mrs. Wilson read to hym from the store of books brought along trom Washington. Becret service men were busy agaln today warding off photographers and moving picture men who continue on the alert in apite of the president's order against them, Knocked Off Bridge by Train, Twi'o Unhurt Ia., ‘e SIOUX CITY, Dec. 21.—Mr. and Arable. It is considered improbable, | Peutsche Levante line. It was 2,67 tons | vy William Anderson of Dakota City, however, that such negotiations can |2nd 2! feet long and was built in 19. | xo) 1410 today bad a remarkable eacape _ | When lagt reported it was at Con- |, 4 E {Gontinued on Page Two, Column Three.) | stznt'nole. from death when their automobile was knocked twenty feet into Perry Creek by T | an incoming Milwalikee passenger train at Santa Claus Will Mahe Ro;;lds of the French Battle Trenches PARIS, Dec. 21 —~Anyone in France may send a Christmas parcel weighing up to two pounds to a soldler at the front without paying postage on the packages [A bill conferring this privilege, which holds good from date until January 8 was unanimously vassed by Parliament today. letters are alweys caried frce The families of soldiers have not waited for of this law, but have been overlooking for some time past the means of transportation to the frout with Christmas packages. They have sent cold chickens, mcat, pies, hams, every variety of cake, sweetmeat and pre- sered frult, and every imaginable thing besides in the way of wearing apparel that would keep out wet and cold Probably 100000 men from the front will spend Christmas with thelr families, The military administration has been generous with leaves and soldiers are now alloweq six days at home, not counting the time of going and coming. Formerly the period was four days. The American aviators Lieutenant Willlam K. Thaw of Pittsburgh, geant Norman Prince of Boston, Sergeant Elliott €. have been ullowed eight days In America, gay than usual, the mothers, as is In ing freely for the children ment will not permit restaurants cafes to remain open later than usua! closing hour of there is no more reserving of tables in noted restaurants for mid night suppers. of the one chureh time street frivolities seryices will be unusually im- Beor- and Cowdin of New York exclusive of the time for the voyage They are on board the steamer Rotter- dam While Christmas in Paris will be less dicated by the crowded shops, are buy- The govern- and the 10:30 o'clock and t high prices Also there will be none The « trestle crosing | minor injuries Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were en route They received only accldent occurred. Both were able to drag themselves from the demolished car and climb the bank of the creek to the trestle above before members of the train crew could assist them. Babies in Germany Facing Starvation WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.~The Ameri can Red Cross transmitted to Secretary Lansing today a petition from the eiti- zen's committee for food shipments, ask- ing that safe conduet be obtained from for bables in Germany and Austria. The committee, which was organized with headquarters in New York for the pur- | pose of supplying this milk, declared that bables in the Teutonic countries were threatened with starvation. the withdrawal and- it was somewhat. am- BRITISH ABANDON ’RUSSIANS TAKE VARNA UPON THE BULGAR COAST ChiefBlack Sea Port of King Ferdi- nand's Country Captured by Naval Forces of the Muscovites. GUNS SILENCED Bombardment Hurls Town in Ruins, the Garrison Suffering Heavily, | FORCES ARE LANDED IN OITY LONDQ DEFENDING Dec. 22--The Daily reports the capture of Varna, Bulgaria’'s chief Black Sea port, by the Russians. It s the bombardment of the Russians sil- enced the Bulgarian guns and laid the town in ruins, the garrison suf- fering heavily. The Russians then, according te the report, landed infantry and artil- ery without loss and in sufficient foree to hold the town against Bul- garfan attack. Varna a few miles south of the Roumanian border, is a rallway ter- minal, Reports have been current for a long time that the Russians would attempt an invasion of Bulgaria from the sea and it has been sald that forces for this purpose were con- centrated at Odessa. Grinnell College is Given Check for Fifty Thousand GRINNELL, Ta., Dec. 2.—(Special.)— Prosident J. H. T, Main announced today the receipt of a check for $50,00 from an anonymous dongr in the east, When asked concerning the Mentity of the giver Mr. Main merely smiled and said: “Tell them Santa Claus put it in our stocking.” Grinnell college Is conducting an ag- gressive and successful new endowment for needed hnflm equipment. Recently a parcel of fn Kansas City, valued at $160,000, was turned mer to the college for the pur- pose of financing the start ol & new m dormitoty Nntfn' hy cont hew reeitation m-a udn' Can Sell Horsé Meat as Food in New Yorko NEW YORK, Dee. !l—ll-l. of bl'.' meat for food will be permitted in New ' York after January 1, the board of health announced ‘today. Commenting upon the revocation of the section ef the sanitary code which prohibited the use of horse- flesh, ‘Commissioner Emerson sald that while the health department does not exactly recommend it, seen in its use, ““The horee never has tuberculosis and almost never communicates a malignant no harm can be discase to hurffin beings, he sald. “Hereafter old horses, instead of being @old for their bones, which are worth little or nothing, will be fattened and disposed of for meat Bmerson, announced that special precautions will be taken to prevent the sale of hotseflesh In the guise of veal or beef. v | THE WANT-AD.-WAY ' to the combination bridge over the Mis | rourl river on their way home when thé the entente allles for shipments of milk | All Rights Reserved. uol Iyunu-lu'm If employer uid take the thme ‘"th::.:uall'\lm ) They'd never hav Or with new take & Youl fizd meny resl wood salesmeni | ! ’:.'3.'." ‘u‘n‘-u-:w.u’b.- | T yoh use the Want Ad Way. ! | | | you need more help businese? xing sor a clerk. 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