Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 24, 1915, Page 1

— | ! The Sunday Bes is the only Omaha pewspiper that gives its readers four big |7~ "es of colored comics. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. R VOL. XLV-NO | MUNICIPAL TREE PLEASES KIDS IN GREAT NUMBERS Santa Claus Comes to Auditorium Bringing Big Bags of Candy, Nuts and Fruit as Presents. | TALL SPRUCE GAILY LIGHTED | | Gold and Silver Ornaments and| Many Electric Globes Provide Beautiful Sight. DUNN AND OTHERS SING, ALSO| This little arrangement by which Santa Claus is able to tend to a couple of thousand little boys and girls on the evening before Christmas eve is working out fine. Santa pointed out to the city offi- cials that Christmas eve he's always 80 terribly busy that he simply has to tkip some of the boys and girls ‘When the people of Omaha heard of that they said, “‘Nothing doing, Santa Claus. You've simply got to visit everybody here in Omaha. We won't have you slighting anybody. No, sir.” Well, to make & long stor agreed to come and visit the children as possible | | | short, Santa as many of on the evening before Christmas eve. And in order to make it easy for him (Santa has a touch of the rheumatism sometimes and it's not so casy climbing up and down chimneys), they agreed to let him bring all the things into the Auditorium and have the children come there. Well, they were there last might. My, my, but they were there. A big bunch of {hm appeared before the doors were open and then they flocked from all directions, Big Decorated Chrixtmas Ang that Christmas tree! O-o- Christmas tree. Little Joseph, Comine, newsboy, had a discussion with another boy, in which Joseph held that the tree was 100 feet high, while the other boy said it was 200, And all covered with ornaments and th's gold and silver stuff and countless | clectric lights. Over on the otiier side of the building was a big platform specially built on which was the Omaha Musiclans' as- sociation band, led by George Green, which pealeq forth strains of sweet music, while the crowd was gathering and then gave a fine program. ce 0! Some himself delivered the Christmas greeting. He kept the kiddies interesteq by telling them what he did when he was a little boy and hung up his stocking. Just think of the mayor | being & little boy and hanging up his stocking for Santa to fill. The youngsters wriggled with delight at hearing it Then Miss Grace Poole sang and | Charles R. Gardner sang and a quartet conalsting of Errol Strickler, Edward Fulier, John Gunn and Leonard Rodgers. Dunn, chief of police, sang A solo, my, it seemed there was \othing that Santa had left undone to | insure a gocd time. Up till this time the old fellow had r mained behind the scenes. But now he came out in his red suit trimmed with fur. My, how his happy old eyes beamed with joy as he saw so many of his be- oved children gathered to see him. His at sides fairly shook with joy But juvenile eyes were directed toward | a small mountain of bulging bags on | the platform. Ah, this was the thing. | No stingy, pinchbeck bags e these, | but DiE, Meslthy, hearty bags that con- | tained pounds of candy, nuts, popcorn | balls, oranges and apples, quite a load | for each youngster to carry } Mayor Delivers Greeting | i Mayor Dahlman Kide Applaud Santa Claus. And the youngsters. How they aid ap- plaud and cheer him. They were all mar- shalled at one s'de and marched In a ! long lne across the stage and past the mountain of bags. And as each passed | Santa Claus handed out one of those | big bags of goodies. Santa had to have | a e appointed Dan Butler, C. F. | and the mayor to assist him. Oh, the has to do what help an B ashe even mayor, Santa says. i Sueh joy and laughter. Such full hearts and hands. And it had started in such 9:30, good time that it was all over by so that the 2000 boys and girls could OMAHA, FRIDAY OMAHA'S MUNICIPAL TREE-—Thousands of kiddies re- ceive presents and make merry at the Auditorium. At the base of the trec thirty-five poor families. are the large acks filled with good, things for the bmaha Man Shot Three Times by Bradshaw Marshal YORK, Neb., Dec. 23.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Fred Miller, who resides at 3002! North Twenty-fourth street, Omaha, was shot three times by Night Marshal Trump at Bradshaw at 2 o'clock this morning while Miller was thought to be attempt- ing to enter and rob the postoffice at that place. Trump shot three times, onc shot going through Miller's right breast, the shots making slight wounds in the abdomen and arm. Miller other home In time fqr bed and Santa could ' wag brought to the hospital in York, lurry back to the North Pole for his | ywhere he is resting easy, and it 1s thought b'g loag that he has to bring down to- | o winl recover. » of his slssed tals night | got away in an automobile they had in — e | walting. Miller claims to conduct | restaurant at 1324 Howard He will be The Weather { turncd over to the United States author- lles. He says his pals all came from —_— | Omaha. Marshal Trump was not hit Temperature at mba Yesterday. !, g the fight Deg. 811 ynvestigation in Omaha finds that Mil- i | ler's assertions are true. He conducts a lunch counter in the saloon owned by Charles Loftman at Fourteenth and Comparative R 1914 1912 Loecal 191 191 Highest yesterday 1 Lowest yesterday 12 Mean temperature 0 Precipitation o Temperature and precipitation depar- tures from the normal "5 o Howard streets, and has been so engaged for three fhe Omaha address given is also correct. Miller has no po lice record at all in Omaha. Tuesday he left for a brief vacat saying in- tended to take trip to Brad Miller has relatives in Des Moines His wife has left for in the hospital years. a hunting shaw, but mot in Omaha York, where he is Detached Chicago Cafes May Keep Dee. 21.—Though | saloons must clo their doc | CHICAGO, Chicago rs promptly w Normal temperature 1 Excess for the day T Total deficiency since March 1 i Normal preeipitation.. .......... i inch Deflclancy tor the day 03 ineh Total rainfall since March 1 Deficiency since March 1 2.04 inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1914, 322 jnehes Deficlency for cor. period, 1913.. 5.36 inches Reports from Stations at 7 p, M. 2698 in: Station and State Temp. High- Rain of Weather. Tp.m. est fall Cheyenne, Bnow.............24 T Davenport, cloudy Denver, cloudy Des Moines, cloudy.. % # Lander. 1 North Platte. sno 1 clear. : r+4 d City. cloudy % 4 t Lake City, clear “ % ridan, cloudy 3 10 x City, cloudy i ® indicates trace o L. A. WELSH, precipitation cat Forecaster. |one hour after midnight restaurants wholly may remain detached all morning, from lbar | night. | This supplemental ruling from the cor- | poration counsel today lifted the gloom | from those who were saddened by the 1 o'elock closing order issued yesterday The latest opinion of the city's legal | adviser was verbally announced and was rooms open | construed by the coropration counsel to mean that patrons of restaurants with | detached bars ean remain in the places | all night if they desire and eat and drink anything which they hase be | tore the var-closing hour may pur al | Year's \Order Americans OQut of Juarez as Mexican Mob Forms EL PASO, Tex.,, Dec. 23,—All Americans are ordered out of Juares at 8:3 this evening. All ,Americans were ordered to remain on the American side by General Pershing at the same time. Tramawy traffic was also discon- ;lln\u-d A mob was reported sur- | rounding the financial agency at ‘J\mnw demanding money | Vienna Likes New Note from America (Via London.)—The new American note regarding the Ancona has made a good impression here. An early answer may be expected. Work on it has been begun already. No Evening Bee on Christmas Day ‘1 Subscribers will be served with The Daily Bee on Satur- day morning. MORNING, DECEMBER 2 'WESTERN ROADS ALLOWED A RAISE IN FREIGHT RATES Interstate Commerce Commission Grants Increases Asked for on Hauls from Rivers to Mountains. MOST IN EFFECT JANUARY No Estimate of Additional Revenue This Wil] Mean Has Been Made. | CAMPAIGN AT VIRTUAL END 31 | WASHINGTON, Dec, 23 Rail | roads operating between the Missis sipp! and Missouri.rivers and the Rocky mountains were granted in- creases in freight rates by the Inter- | state Commerce commission today on many commodities including agricultural fmplements canned goods and boots and shoes No estimate of the additional rev enue the roads will derive from the advances is contained the com mission’s report on the case, but it will mount into the hundreds of thousands annually, despite the fact that numerous increases sought were denied. End Campaign nt Although there still s pending the commission proposed incr few other commodities the palgn of western to higher rates on the more important com modities virtually 18 at an end. Both the cases decided today and the still pending are related to the so-called west ern advance rate cases. before ases on general cam obtain the roads one The first and most important part of this case was de clded weeks ago, some ncreases being allowed and others refused, and a petl tion for its reopening recently was de nied. | The increase proposed on agricultural implements was about 2 per cent per hundred pounds, on canned goods about | 1 cent per hundred, on flue lining about | 8 cents per hundred. on eggs about 3 ¢ per hundred, to nts from on cider and vinegar 2 cents per hundred pounds, on | buxite cre about 20 cents per gross ton on boots and shoes about cents per | hundred pounds, on dried fruits about & | | cents per hundred, on furniture 7 cents | per hundrea Charge on Frul The transit charge allowed on fruits and vegetables amounts to 1% cerls per hundred pounds; for storage in transit with a minimum charge of $ per car. The opinion of the commission in co fined strictly to a discussion of merits of the contentions for and against the individual increases proposed except for one general reference. In this it says: “The testimony heard In the western advance rate case relating to the finan- clal needs of the carriers was made a part of the record In this case, That testimony was carefully analyzed and discussed In the western mdvance rate case and wlill, therefore, not be again discussed here, but it has been carefully considered as part of the justification ol fered by the respondents for the in creases here promised.” Lumber Rate Increasc Among the miscellaneous increases al- lowed was one of 1 cent per 100 pounds on lumber in carloads from Chicago and St. Louls to Missourl river crossings, and an increase on lime of 1 to & cents per 10 pounds on shipments from St. Paul and Minneapolls to Iowa, Missourl and Nebraska points. Most of the new rates | will become effective January 31, and | the tariffs containing the increases dis- {allowed must be cancelled by December | 28 next. Murderer of Police Chief Gets Life Term GALESBURG, 1., Hopkins, colored, w: of the murder of chief of police, T. L. Mathews. He will be Imprisoned for life. Hopkins shot Chief Mathews when the latter headed a rald on the negro's gambling house. | Mathews had been chlef of police six | months, Dec. 23.—Henry found guilty today jalesburg’s The Day’s War News E MUCH DISPUTED » t of rtmans-Wellerkopf, ‘ Vosges, is again in German hands, according to Herlin, - nounced by the war office that the aken by the French on Tuesday, was recaptured by = landwehr regiment. FRENCH OFFICIAL §TA today ‘ peak, declured there e situs Hartmans-Wellerkopf, " was made yesters y the Fremch right. LINER Yaska Mure was submarine without of while progr: day s agen downin the Mediterranean bound from L 120 passenge one of a“n American, all of whom were sayed. DARDANE XPEDITION the British 2,021 e helng the offielal figu casuslties up to December 11. ' while to Jupan with ns » of NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—More than 4,000, 000 of the population of Poland are desti- tute and entirely dependent upon soup kitchens, where there ls issued to reach each applicant & small loaf of bread and pint of soup daily, sccording to Wil- liam H. Hamilton of the American mercy =d relief committee, who reached New 1 the | former | \More Than Fol;r Millic;ns m Soup Lines in War-Devastated Poland T hey Entertained the Kiddies at the Municipal Christmas Tree Chas. R.Gardner. AUSTRIAN PLANE SHELLS GREEK CITY Teuton Aircraft Flies to Within Few Miles of Saloniki, Shell- ing Village. ZEPPELIN ALSO REPORTED SEEN PARIS, Dec. 23.—An- Austrian areo- plane yesterday flew to within a little more than three miles of Saloniki, and dropped bombs near a village in the viclnity, & ling to reports from Salo nikl, forwarded by the Havas' corres pondent at Athens. Another unconfirmed report from the same source was to the effect that a zeppelin had been seen flying over northern Greek territory The dispateh, which bears today's date, i as follows It is reported from Salonikl that an Austrian areoplane was perceived yes- terday morning five kilometers from Salonikl, After reconnoltering, the aero- plane dropped five bomba near the vil- | lage of Apaplt without doing any dam- age. Three French aeroplanes started in pursuit, but the enemy aeroplane flew off in a northerly direction. “According unconfirm flylng over Christmas Gifts in Way of Salaries to ‘ Some Postmasters (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec, 2.—(Special Tele- to another report, as yet w zeppelin has been seen Florina and Demir-Hissar." | gram.)—The following fourth class post offices will become presidential offices on January 1 and the salary the post- | masters will recetve are given: Nebraska—Beemer, $1,100; Brady, $1,00; Calro, $,100; Carroll, $1,100; Chappell, $1,100; Cody, $1,100; Lindsay, $1,100; Ne hawka, $1.000; Oshkosh, $1.200; Seneca, $1,000; Talmage, $1,000, Towa—Albert City, $1,200; Ashton, $1,200; Bussey, $,100; Everly, $1,100; Farragut, $1,100; Garrison, $1,000; Garwin, $1,00; K $1,100; Melrose, $1,100; New Albin, $1,100; Kenwlck, $1,100; Bt. Charles, $1,000; | Bhelsburg, $1,100; Whittemore, $1,100, .South Dakota—Canton, $1,10; Ramona, $1,100; Bpencer, $1,200. Wyoming—Afton, $1,300. Twenty Years Fate 0f “Wholesale" Thief stone, SIOUX CITY, la, Dec. 2.—L. Roy Chase, self confessed burglar, who robbed homes on & wholesale scale, today | pleaded gullty to a burglary charge in | the atstrict court and was given a twenty- | year sentence | After Chase was arrested Monday night, thousands of dollars’ worth of loot was found in his home, the house being filled | from cellar to garret. Chase wife posed a8 a painter. Ho has a and four children. CENTRAL PACIFIC BONDS BOUGHT FROM FRENCH NEW YORK, Dec. #.-Kuhn, Loeb & Co., announced today the completion of negotiations In Parls for the purchase t bonds of the Central Pacfic Rallway " | company, which 1s controlled by the Southern Pacific company The bonds are a 4 cent lssue were gold in | 911 to neh banking interests, prin cipal and interest beins xuaranteed by the Southern Paeific. The total amount of the issue s 2 ancs, or ap proximately $50,000,000. ONLY ONE PRIMARY PREDICTED FOR DAKOTA PIERRE, 8, D, Dec il T gram.)—C. M. Burke, rej wi national committeeman from th t ald this evening: I predict t there will be only one primary electior outh Dakota for the next campalgn will not be u special session of glslature to change the primary This he ast of the nt tangle | Al of the its forth as his poli tecome of the pres ation over it iblican national con | York today on the Mr, Hamliiton has b steamship Rotterdam. n in Europe sevea | months looking into rellef work for his organization. He added that he had traveled from Alexandretta to Warsaw. and in the entire the Russians evacuated by hardly an {2 | aabitable building standing country there wa |VAPANESE LINER | THE WEATHER. Rain or Snow — ] SINGI MISss iRACE POOL. . DUNN, SUNK BY TORPEDO Yaska Maru is Sent to Bottom of | Mediterranean by Submarine | Without Warning. ALL ON BOARD ARE SAVED LLONDON, Dec. 23.—The new Japanese liner, Yasaka Maru, which was sunk in the eastern Mediter-| ranean by a submarine the steamer was on its way from London to Japan with 120 passengers and & | while crew of 160 aboard, was sent to the bottom without warning, according tc a report received from Port Sald | from the agents of the owners., All| of those on board the ship, including | American passenger, W, J, Leigh, were saved. The natlonality cf the submarine is not mentioned by the agents, and previous reports referred to the sinking of the ship #8 done by either an Austrian or a German submarine, The Yasaka Maru was sunk Tuesday afternoon. -A French gunboat picked cne | the opposing sides. | reoccupying so | but B COPY TWO CENTS. GREECE FEARS MORE BULGARS MAY CROSS LINE Law Hellenic Kingdom is Reported to Be Imminent, Proclamation Throughout of the Martial MINOR NAVAL FIGHT AT VARNA Rumored Capture of City Seems to Be Only Skirmish Among Torpedo Craft. MAY BE PRELIMINARY ACTION LONDON, Dec. 23.—Proclamation of martial law in Greece is reported unofficially to be imminent. Al- though no confirmation of this report available, there is evidence of growing uneasiness at Athens over the possibility that Bulgarian troops will cross the border. The only thing which has occurred to relleve the situation is the an- nouncement that the Bulgarian offi- cer in command of the force which clashed with the Greeks in Epirus has been punished and that the inei- dent {s considered closed. Recrudescence of submaribne activities in the near east is signalized in a start- ling manner by the sinking of the Japanese liner Ysaka Maru. Apparently there was no loss of life, but, according to marine Insurance men, the property loss was the heaviest incurred in any maritime disaster of the war. The na- ture of the valuable cargo remains un- Alsclosed. Miner Naval Fight at Varaa, mystery of the bombardment ot Vurna, which was at first deploted as & form!dable Russian attack on the chief Bulgarlan port, has stirred London, but, according to reports from both sides it was nothing more than a minor naval action among torpedo boats, In which the i shore batteries participated. However, u large Russdan fieet is said to be in the vicinity of Varna, and the action may be merely the prelim: rous Russian attack Hartman's-Wellerkopf 1s once more a subject of contention. Possession of the summit “of this mountain has been dis- puted so closely by military forces as well as by those who officially vecord thelr ,movements, that an Assoclated Press correspondent was called upon last April to decide the relative positions of In the present in- stance the French assert they hAve ex- pelled the Germans from thelr highest trenches. The Germans admit retirement trom the summit, which they assert they had oceupied since April. The French claim they have not only advanced their positions substantially, notwithatanding the fact that the Germans succeeded in of the lost trenche: have forestalled in a measure an offensive which the Germans had been preparing in the Vosges. ry to a se- Bulgar Account of Varna Fight, BERLIN, Dec. 23.—(By Wireless ta Sayville.)~What is apparently the Bul- sarian version of the recent naval en- counter off Varna on the Black sea coast, which was followed by reports that the Russians were landing troops there, s contained in a Sofia dispatch glven out by the Overseas News agency as follow “Four Russian torpedo boat destroyers approached a Bulgarian torpedo boat and attacked +it. The torpedo boat answered the Russlan fire and Bulgarian coast batteries also took part in the engage+ ment. The destroyers shortly withdrew, The torpedo boat was not damaged.” Turks Sink Two Moenitors, CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec R—(Via London, Dec. 28)—A Turkish official statement given out last night says thay on the Irak front, in Mesopotamia, neas Kut-El-Amara, Turkish artillery sank twe enemy monitors and caused an explosion up the passengers and crew at midnight and landed them at Port Sald We - | day morning. The company provided hotel accommédations for them and is (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Serbian Crown Part 0f Bulgarian Loot BERLIN, (Via Wi S8 to Sayville,) Dec Among the news items given out duy for publication by the Over- sens News agency, were the following The bBulgarian king was greeted as a liberator on his trip through the con- | ered Macedonian distriots, He first v d Uskup, and then passed on to| the captured Anglo-French postions near | Veles and Krivolak, King Ferdinand was deeply impressed by the scene of the battlefield at Prisend, wh there were hundreds of burnt automoblles and millions of cartridges | to remind him of the breakdown of the | Serblan army. On one hill.was King | Peter's broken carriage. At the same [ place the Serblan crown was found. “In Monastir the king was greeted with bread and salt hristmas gifts were presented to- day to 20 children of dead German soldlers. The presentation took place in the American church in Mots-Strasse, Berlin, under the direction of the Ladies' union. The gifts were made by Ameri- can women. Mrs, James W. Gerard, wife of the American assador and Mrs Jacques Mayer, wifo of an American | resident in Berll bseribed liberally | for the occaslor Runaway Street Car Hits Tree; 30 Hurt | Y., Dee, persons W injured, some probably mortally when an interurban car, run- | ning wild after the motorman had falle out on a sharp curve, left the ralls and struck a tree here late today. Of the 00 passengers aboard the car, the major- were workmen, BYRAC —Thirty \ } | in on board another by a direct hit An enemy attack on the Caucasus front the nelghborhood of Id, in Turkish Armenia, on December 20, resulted in losses for the enemy of eight officers and 30 men, while the Turkish losses (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) THE WANT-AD. WA Johnnie O'Neil saw an automobile Advertised in The Omaha Bee. A second hand car, and cheaper by far Than most of the new ones you wee. He bought the machine, now he may be seen Riding round both at work and at play. ighty glad he saw tha{ He's sure d strong for the classified Are you looking for used r o Kutomabile Cofitmn section and you best bargains of the day tered there, Do you want to sell? If you sell your automobile, write a ticulars about right WWI- 1 And put it in The OmabaJles, .