Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1915, Page 32

THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER [ KAISER AT HOME ON CHRISTMAS EVE Indisposition of Emperor Enables Him to Attend Family Tree Celebration. STAGED IN BIG PALACE HALL BERLIN (Via London), Dee. 25.‘ —Emperor Willlam this year, be-| cause of his indisposition, was able to spend Christmas with his family | at Potsdam. A slight “inflammation | of the cellular tissues,”” about which no further bulletin has been insnod.‘ confines him to his apartments but not to bed, and he was able to attend | the celebration of the Hohenzollern | family Christmas tree, or rather Christmas trees which entertain- E ment as usual was held this Christ- mas eve in the big hall in the new palace. The emperor, empr: thelr daughter, their daughters-in-law and grandchildren each had an indiviJual Christmas tree, graduated in size, on which his or her gifts were arranged and also gifts for the sons unable to leave the front. Before the family Christmas tree cele- bration at the palacé each princess at- tended Christmas exercises and later su- perintended the distribution of gifts at public celebrations held under her spe- clal patronage. Natlon Is Cheerful. Germany Is celebrating the second war Christmas under the worst con- celvable climatic conditions. Enow has been steadily falling throughout the en- tire empire for a week, giving every promise of a white Christmas, but =& twenty-four-hours’ n has converted the yuletide snow mantle to deep mud and slush. In spirit, however, the nation Is mak- ing of it a cheerful Christmas. En- couraged by the long record of German victories and the satisfactory conclusion of the Serblan camping and having made up their minds there is no imme- dlate prospects of peace, the people gen- | erally seem determined to ignore the; probability of an indefinite continuation | of the war and minor discomforts, such as bread cards and other food regula- tione, and will celebrate the great Ger- man festival in the traditional spirit. A large proportion of the natlon's man- hood, of course, will opserve the day in the trenches and bombproofs. Last year almost every dugout and shelter had its | dwarfed but gally decorated Christmas tree and the men recelved Christmas gifts and other cheer from home. A similar condition will prevail tomorrow. Return for Hollday. The army authorities this year have beon most liberal in granting Christmas furloughs and thousands of veterans ristmas with their familiies. the streets of Berlin cities have been crowded soldiers dreased in thelr : ;;%5?5 i i report that they Christmas trade. The luxuries say H g i i ; HEH s :.sig £ il Eigi ! Kansas City Girl Guest of Her Sisters 2fiss Mildred Marr WILSONS ATTEND A TREE GELEBRATION President and Wife Spend Evening in Old-Fashioned Virginia Xmas Jollification. NEGROES GIVE A PROGRAM HOT SPRINGS, Va. Dec. 24.— KILLED SPEEDING FROM GIRL VICTIM Auto Party Flees Away After Striking Woman and Machine Overturns. OFE DEAD AND TWO HURT LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 36— President and Mrs. Wilson spent to- hotel. It was their first apj honeymoon, offorts kept the Pope Hopes that Peace Will Come in Answer to Prayer everybody else with laughter. almost Endeavoring to make thelr escape night in an old fashioned Virginia |after running down and seriously Christmas celebration, held in the |injuring a woman, according to po- spaclous lounging room of their | lice reports, Charles Herron, & mo- ce | tlon picture actor, was killed, and in the public part of the hotel since | his two companions, James J. Gorm- they arrived Sunday to spend their by, a chauffeur, and Duchallu Dal- ton, an animal trainer, were in- A big and gayly decorated Christ-|jured here tonight, when their auto- mas tree filling one end of the room, | mobile overturned. was presided over by a dusky Santa Gormby was placed under arrest Claus, Before it disported fifteen |at the Emergency hospital. Miss negroes, whose antics and musical | Florence C. Whitman, 25 years old, president and |a stenographer, was struck by an convulsed | automobile as she alighted from a street car n r her home, her arms When Mr. Wilson and his bride ap-|filled with Christmas presents. peared they found a crowd of merry celebrators, including many other honey- moon couples standing, walting for them ROME — (Via Paris)—Dec. 2%.—Pope |to take reserved places. Mrs. Wilson Benedict today, in replying to the Christ- | wore an mas greetings, extended on behalf of the | fon velvet, with flesh colored cloty at i z i g i s of as -i unprecedented in i H] E g i ! ] t] it o of i | i God would gl I H %l‘! i ! | ; i i atever of the mails to incite mur- £ commerce, was an Is- here today. Counsel for Baron George Wilhelm von Brincken, ane of three so Indlcted, ob- Jected, and msked that “Heutenant” be substituted for buron” in the indet- “Well, we'll yweep away all titles and section i 1 chares +¢| FOUND GUILTY OF FORGING “ure~mu7 NOTES FOR QUARTER MIL college by Cardinal Vannutelll, [ the neok, She wore a dlamond brooch, the “terrible war in | §1ven her by the president, and a smali|® COTReT. the immense car- | Wrist wateh, oyening gown of black chif-!blocks by other As witnesses hurried forward, the autombolle, it was charged, speeded iway, and after a chase of several machines, over- turned against the tree in rounding Herron was killed almost instantly, Dalton and Gormby were It was near midnight when the party hurled to the sidewalk, badly out broke up with hearty exchanges of ChHstmas good wishes, Harlier In the evening the president and Mrs. Wilson, on returning from and brulsed. Gormby was found in an apartment & short distance away, where officers said he fled after the an automoblle ride, had been surprised second accident. by finding on thelr dinner table a bril- Uantl; ted little Christmas tree suf- v Bl Bl | Carranza Orders an Take Another Step To Isolggg_ German LONDON, Dec. %.—By a royal procla- mation published in tonight's the exportation to tually everything able to Germany is prohibited agreement. attempted interfor-| Thus the British policy of preventing | goods from reaching Germany through peutral countries has been carried & step farther. HERE 1S THE NEW VON HINDENBURG TARIFF BILL Army to Chase Villa EL PASO, Tex., Dec. %.—A Christmas message expressing the confidence of the de facto government in the early re- storation of order in Mexico was sent Gazette, | throughout Mexico tonight by Carransa Bwitserland of vir-! officlals here. Advices were received by that might be service- | General Obregon, commander-in-chief of unless | (ng Carranss army, of the tentative sur- consigned to the Soclete Bueds De Sur-| velllance Economique, which corresponds Dec. 25.—~Whether [ with The Netherlands' Overseas Trust,| & man was indicted | with which the government has & similar A group of former Villa generals today conferred with General Obregon. Gen- eral Isabel Robles was selected after- 1o muster out the surrendered sol- are to be disarmed, patd, given the choice of jolning {Death Call Comes to Miss Mariha Parratt | Mise Martha Parratt, for T E BRITAIN DENIES BN, O MEDICAL GOODS Embassy Issues Statement Prohibi- tion Not 8o Sweeping as Had Been Said. | AN EXPLANATION 1S GIVEN WASHINGTON, Dec. %A statement"| was {ssued by the British embassy to- night denying that Great Britain had extended to hospital supplies of.all kinds | its prohibition against the shipment to Teutonle countries of such supplies made of rubber, Difficulties encountered by the Amer fcan Red Cross in obtaining permits for the passage of hospital stores have been brought to the attention of the State de partment, and yesterday it was learned that the department had communicated | with the London foreign office seekinf to facilitate the dispatch of large quan- titles of goods accumulated at the New | York headquarters of the Red Cross. | Officlals of the society say they have | been unable to obtain permits for the | shipment of supplies of any description to the central powers. Hope All Wil Be Well. In view of the British embassy's state- ' ment, however, it {s hoped that this sit- uation was the result of some misunder- standing which may now be cleared away, The statement follows: “A statement has been published in the | press to the effect that Great Britain has suspended the issuance of permits for shipments of hospital supplies of any description from the United States to Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey." The facts are as follows “On May 11 the British government | communicated to the United States gov-| ernment a list of articles which they| were prepared to accept as coming within the description contained in the Declaration of London, article xxix (1), as articles serving exclusively to ald the sick and wounded and therefore not lia- ble to be considered as contraband of war, provided that a general agreement between the belligerent powers could be secured. It was not until December 9 that the British embassy was informed that Germany had agreed to this list. But the articles mentioned on the list have been given permits since the war began. Not Included in List. “Rubber goods, such as gloves and rubber sheets, were not Included in this | list, and rubber being contraband of war and an article of great importance from a military point of view, such goods ‘were not allowed to pass into Germany. The British government, however, after careful consideration of all circumstances offered to allow all hospital stores, Whether on the lfst or not, to pass freely on recelpt of a guarantee that these #tores should be used exclusively by the American Red Cross and destroyed after being used. “This guarantee the American Red Cross was unable to give, their units having been withdrawn from Burope. have recently applied for permits very large consignment of rubber account of a Netherlands so- the use of the German Red southeastern Europe, including 2,000 meters of rubber tubing and 2,000 meters of rubber sheeting. This proposal, in view of recent attempts to smuggle rubber into Germany, requires careful consideration and 1s now before the allied governments. “It is absolutely untrue that ‘the pro- hibition has been extended to all sup- plies’ The State department and American Red Cross soclety have been informed of the above-mentioned cir- cumstances in letters dated the st and 24 instant.” Hunt for Submarine | Bases at Canal Ends PANAMA, Dec. .—Major General George W. Goethals, governor of the canal sone, Brigadier General Clarence ! R, Bdwards and Rear Admiral Albert| H for a W. Grant, commanding the Atlantic! submarine flotilla, at conferences be- hlhddhm,lu.ldmb.dm-lhl locations for submarine bases at both ends of the Panama canal, with a view to bringing a larger underwater fleet to the isthmus, It is also understood that they are ar- ranging the location of various mine flelds and other defensive measures in Wwhich a submarine fleet would play an active part. At the conclusion of the conference they will make recommerida- tions to the War and Navy departments. There are now two warships in canal| ‘waters, the Columbia at Colon, and the Cleveland at Balboa. Platte County Fair | Will Buy Grounds| COLUMBUS, NEB.,, Dec. 2,—(Special) =—A meeting of the stockholders of the Platte County Fair assoclation was held in Ryan & Byrnes office for the purpose | of electing officers and a board of man- agers for the ensulng year, which was well attended. Arrangements were com- | pleted for the organization of & perman- ent fair association and the following | officers were elected: Carl Rohde, pres- | ident; J. C. Byrnes, vice president; Jerry | Carrig, secretary; Fred Wilie, treasurer; Carl Rohde, R. F. Dickenson, Emil et i Byrnes, Bruce Webb, € W. Hollingshead and Fred Wille, board of managers. C. W. Hollingshead was | elected as a delegate to attend the an- nual meeling of the county fair manu- gers to be held in Lincoln on the 16th of January, 1916 A committee was appointed to buy per- manent grounds, Fear of Blindness | Brings Fatal Seizure SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dec. %.—(Special Telegram.)—Complaining that his vision was blurred and that he feared he was becoming blind, Winifield 8. Roberts, since 1888 a resident of Sloux Falls, re- tired to his bed and was found dead & short time later of heart failure, He is survived by a widow and four children. FRANCE ORDERS HUNDRED | story of that great | night Nouched the-ceiling was brightly illum- | | core. This Kansan Oncé From Sleeping Sleep of the Just Kept N apoieon John Munsinger ot Howard, Kan., once kept Napoleon Bonaparte awake a few hours longer that the French emperor wanted to be kept awake. Cannon at Waterloo could not L’Np‘ Napoleon awake all the time, for he is sald to have slept on his horse a few moments at a time throughout the day, catehing up much needed rest despite | the roar of shot and shell But John Munsinger of Howard, Kan., | now 108 years old, once kept the great Napoleon from sleeping. | Munsinger was a baby in Wittenbers, Germany. Napoleon was on the march into Russia. The vast army of France passed through Wittenberg on the way to the fatal invasion of the czar's land. In Wittenberg a large division of the army camped for the night, and Napoleon and his wife, Marie of Austria, cast'ng | about for headquarters for the night selected the large home of Mr. .\iun«! singer's father. | John Munsinger was then a baby, and his tiny squauls over some article of dlet that did not agree with him, kept the | emperor wakeful for a part of the night, but the great Corsican did not complain. It made little difference, In fact, for Napoleon gave little thought to sleep in those days. He was planning the great invasion of Russia. When the Munsinger baby had grown to boyhood, when the Moscow expedition had sunken into the | annals of epoch-making military failures, | when Napoleon was scowling his life | away on the island of St. Helena, then | John Munsinger's father took the boy | |on his knee and many a time related the | march and of the when Napoleon and Marle of Austria slept in their home in Wittenberg. The old gentleman related that Napol con and his empress sat up late, very late, talking over the great campaign. Napoleon mapped out his plan of invasion and declared he would hurl the Russians to defeat with the same speed and expe- dition that had marked his other cam- paigns. The Empress Marie just as stubbornly told her lord it could not be done. She repeated over and over that winter would overtake the French, and that the French soldiers from their warmer latitudes could never survive the frightful winters of Russia. History tells the tale, stubborn, and the rch went on. But history has never related the tale of how the empress sought to dissuade the em- peror from that fatal military blunder, under the roof of the Munsinger home in Wittenberg. M. T. Munsinger s of Wayne, Neb, John unsinger - nephew of John Munsinger of Howard, Kan., passed through Omaha recently on his way home after visiting with his aged uncle in Kansas. Some time ago the one-hundred and third birthday of the old gentleman was celebrated at How- ard. On that occasion a little calcula- tion was made and it was found that he has twelve living children, forty-eight grandchildren, eighty-three great-grand- children, and eleven great, great-grand- children, thus completing five living gen- erations. One his one hundred and third birth- day he enjoyed his dinner with the rest, told many interesting stories, wrote his autograph for all guests without the ald of glasses, and danced a lively Jig in the center of a cleared floor for the edifica- tion of those present. ‘“How did I live so long?" repeated the old gentleman. “Why, I never get the blues. That's how I lived so long. Blues are what kill people.” After further conversation the old gent- leman confided to the guests that he claims an athletic championship, too. ‘Yes, sir,”" he said, “I claim I can out- run any man of my age.” HERE ON A VISIT Jolly 0ld Man Plays the Glad Game and Distributes Presents to Gas Co. Employes’ Children, CIGARS FOR ALL THE MEN The children of the Omaha Gas company’s employes had an oppor- tuniuty to see old Santa Claus right at home and at work in his toy shop. It was the annual Christmas enter- tainment given by the company at Washington hall. The scene was the north pole with great icebergs and a couple of polar bears and there sat Santa asleep in front of his work bench, Eight little brownles came tiptoeing {In to music and went through evolu- tions before the sleeping Santa. Then they gathered around him and began to sing and suddenly he woke up. He Jumped up, patted each brownie on the back and then, on request of one, sang a song for them, dancing around while he sang. Then he pointed to the clock. Time was precious and he didn’t have quite all the toys finished. S0 he put worked on all kinds of things and soon |they were done. Then Banta hurried | into his coat and cap ana put his pack on his back and down went the curtaln. Down the Chimney. The next scene showed him coming down the chimney into a good child's SANTA CLAUS COMES/ Frick to Make Good : Savings of Children Lost in Bank Crash PITTSBURGH Dec. 2%.—Joy prevailed In the hearts of Pittsburgh school child- ren tonight as a result of the announce- ment late today by H. C. Frick, mil- lionaire coal magnate, that he will pay in full as a Christmas gift all the ac- counts of the 41,000 children depositors in the Pittsburgh Bank for Savings, which was closed here last Wednesday by order of the state department of banking. The deposits amaunt to $167,136.68 and payment will be made In cash just as soon as the necessary arrangements can be come pleted, which will probably be about January 3. In order to induce children to save, & school savings fund was started many years ago. Through an agreement with the city board of education bank col- leGtors visited the 132 schools in the city weekly. Penny by penny the deposits ot the children increased until they amount- ed to nearly $170,000. Then a few days before Christmas announcement wda made that the bank had been closed and a gloom fell over the city. When Mr. Frick, who is in New York was informed that thousands of coildren were depositors, he at once communi- cated with H. C. McEldowney, president of another local bank, and announced that he would take care of the fund in such a way that the school children the brownies to work helping him. They | would not lose a cent. Flat Feet Keep Men Out of Navy room and fllling the stockings. The boys and girls in the audience held their breath with interest. Willlam E. | Davis, South Omaha manager, filled the role of the good saint. And after all this came the distribution of pres- they gathered around the place where the gifts were given and every one was made happy with a gift and also candy. There were cigars for the men and candy and other presents for the women. It was the twelfth Christmas enter- talnment given by the company to its employes, Nearly 300 were present. A program preceded the little drama and the gift giving. A Christmas tree that | inated. ! Gold Medal to Wood, ; G. W. Clabaugh, vice president of the | company, presided and introduced Rev. | T. J. Mackay, who delivered an address. Harry Disbrow sang “Song of Thanks- ' giving” and later rendered “Loch Lo- mond,” and had to respond to an en- Little Frodericka Campbell .gave a de- Hghtful recitation, “Bess and Santa Claus,” and C. Regnier Davis played a cornet solo, “The Palms.” [ An impressive part of the program was the presentation of a gold medal to Harry Wood for long and faithful serv- ice. The compAny presents a ®old medal each Christmas to the employe who has Leen in the company’s service the long- est. Mr. Wood's record of continuous service dates from 18%. The presenta- tion speech was by Vice-President Cla- baugh. Mr. Wood responded with words = of thanks and appreciation. | TWO HIGHWAYMEN SEARCH DELIVERY WAGON FOR TURK | After two highwaymen had searched the pockets of Lynn St. Claire, delivery boy for the Elmer Johnson grocery at Twenty-ninth and Leavenworth, they di- rected their attention to the wagon. MILLION HAND GRENADES NEW YORK, Dee. 8.-Contracts for 100,000,000 hand grenades for the French Sovernment, it was announced here were placed today with a syndicate of eastern Pennaylvania ifron founders. The price Was not stated. “Six-bits aln't very much, sonny,” de- clared the highwaymen. “T' ain't got a | couple o' turkeys back there in the | wagon, have you? St Claire replied in the negative, the highwaymen insisted on themselves. ents, All the children had tickets and | More men fall to get into the United States navy because they have flut feet than for any other reason. This is dis- closeq by the annual report of the local recrulting office. Out of 178 rejections in the first quarter of this year thirty- three were Lecause of flat feet, twenty- six because of defective eyes, nine be- cause of heart affections, seven for de- formities, elght for skin diseases, six for nasal troubles and thirteen for defective teeth It is estimated that it costs about $300 to get each man accepted, counting the salaries of the recruiting staff, ralroad fares of accepted mer, and so on. Out of every eight applicants six fail to pass the physical examination. Chokes to Death While Eating Meat While eating a small piece of steak in Louls Beatty's “Uneeda Quick Lunch” at 115 North Fifteenth, early last night, choked meat rooms at 1721 Davenport street, to death when a piece df the lodged in his windpipe. He was sitting at the counter, and customers were eating on both sides of him when he suddenly fell forward on his face. Dr. W. F. Leary was called in but the man was dead before the obstacle in his throat could be removed. Coroner Crosby was unable to learn anything of his relatives last night. Gold and Turkeys For Stole_ Employes Each employe of Beaton & Laler was presented with an envelope containing & card with the Christmas greetings and & % gold plece. Christmas turkeys were distributed as usual to the employes of the Richardson Drug company. This has been the cus- tom of the house for the last twenty years or more, A new crisp § bill was given to every 1915 & success. office expenses | | AMERICA ASKA DATA ON JAP SHIP SINKING State Department Begins Inguiry Concerning Torpedoing of Yasaka Maru. MAY COMPLICATE SITUATION WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.~The state department today began an in- quiry into the sinking in the Mediter- ranean of the Japanese liner Yasaka Maru by cabling the American con- sular agent at Port Sald, Egypt, to gather and forward promptly all available details. Prompt action followed receipt of | unofficial reports that the vessel had | been .torpedoed by an Austrian sub- marine without warning, thereby en- | dangering the life of an American | eitizen who was on board. Should official verification of the re- | ports be received the matter will be made the subject of further diplomatic correspondence with Austria-Hungary. Officials made no attempt to conceal the |fact that the sinking of the Yasaka Maru under the alleged circumstances | would seriously complicate the negotia- | tlons over the sinking of the Itallan steamship Ancona, which already threat- | ened to resuit in the breaking off of diplomatic relations. Eases the Tension Baron Erich Zweldinek, charge of the | Austro-Hungarian embassy hers, is un- derstood to have told Secretary Lan- | sing, during an informal conference, that | in preparing a reply to the second Amer- ican note the Vienna foreign office would be gulded by concern for the good re- lations at present existing with the | United States government. This tended |to eass somewhat the existing tension, though there was no Indication that Austria had decided to comply with the demands of the United States for dis- avowal, punishment of the commander |of the submarine and reparation by the payment of indemnity for the Americans | Killed or injured. The United States does mot contem- plate entering into extended dtplomatic | exchanges over the Ancona case. Unless some good reason presents itself for | further negotiations the United States, it 1s sald, will consider as final the reply to its second note, which Baron Zweld- inek informed Secretary Lansing today probably would arrive some time before Wednesday. Has No Informatiom, During his call upon Mr. Lansing the charge was understood to have discussed informally the press dispatches concern- ing the einking of the Yasaka Maru. | However, he had no information to im | part. The state department cabled instruc- tons for a report to Edward Lyell Bristow, consular agent at Port Said, vress dispatches having reported that jthe survivors, including the American citizen, had been landed there. The department also expects that in- formation regarding the sinking of the vessel may come from diplomatic or cohsular representatives in other places, particularly Paris, ' @ French gunboat having rescued the survivo: Contract is Let for Deep OHEII Project PLATTSMOUTH, Dec. 25.—(Special)- Charles H. Baker of Des Molnes, and T. H. Pollock of Plattsmouth, who are prospecting for ofl and gas in south- east Cass county, have signed a contract With L. Deitrich of Kansas City, for the drilling of a test well. Machinery with & capacity of drilling 3,000 feet has been i shipped to Cass county from the south- ern oll fields, and work will be be- &un immediately upon the arrival of same. E. F. Schramm, assistant professor of geology, University of Neoraska, has se- lected the anticline, or ledge of rock which shows evidence of a great up- heaval south of Plattamouth and north- east of Union, as the most favorable location. Funeral Services For Mar@ McCord Private funeral services were held ¥ri- day afternoon for Miss Margery Mo- | Cord, who died suddenly Thursday, Rev. |Edwin Hart Jenks, pastor of the First Presbyterfan church, which Miss MoGord attended, had charge and spoke from the text in Matthew xix: 3, “The maiden is not dead, but sleepeth.” After the services at the home, Twen- | ty-second and Cass streets, the body was | placed temporarily in a receiving vault in Forest Lawn cemetery. Later it will be buried at St. Joseph, Mo, the former home of the McCord family, FLAUGHER COMMANDS GEORGE CROOK G. A. R. POST George Crook post, Grand Army of the Republie, elected officers last night at headquarters at the courthouse, and se- lected delegates to the state encamp- ment, Officers elected, were as follows: Com- | mander, D. 8. Flaugher; senlor vice commander, C. T. Smith; junlor vice | commander, M. L. Platts; quartermaster, {John Hall, a stone mason, aged 4, who |J. T. Beatty; chaplain, Perry Hough; of- | ficer of the day, Frank Mil |of the guard, Charles Wicks; surgeon, | F. W. Simpson; patriotic instructor, | George P. Garlick; trustee for three | years, F. W. Simpson; delegates to state encampment, R. N. Willls, B. E Melick, and O. H. Swingley; alternates, | M. L. Platts, E. B, Eagen, and Charles | Wicks, C. F. Bonnle was initiated and mus- tered in &8 & new member of the post. BOULEVARDS OF PARIS THRONGED WITH PEOPLE PARIS, Dec. 25.—~The second Christmas Eve of the war was even less solemn than the first. Parisians are becoming accustomed to the unusual condjtions imposed by the war and although no |restaurants were permitted to remain {open all night, the boulevards were thronged until a late hour and the tra- ditional booths enjoyed an unusually | §00d ‘trade in toys and candy. | _Hundreds of soldiers in French grey Belgians in blue and British in Khaki re- {lieved the sombre colors womm by officer {one of the employes of Hastings & Hey- 'civilians. A brilliant full moon madeup but den as & teken of the appreciation of for the restrained lighting of the streets looking for |the efforts of the employes in making | Theaters and moving plcture |crowded to capacity, - ot - -