Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 27, 1915, Page 1

Adoertising is the pendu. lum that heeps buying THE WEATHER. Unsettled VOL. XLV—NO. 164, FORD EXPEDITION |GOBTHALS REPORTS | FAILS BY REASON | ON PANAMA CANAL OF VAGUE PLANS “S'sean sty when” Season, Resumes Activity When Mrs. Rainfall Ieginl Inez Milholland Boisevain | | HEALTH com)mm ARE GOOD Tells Delegates Control Was Left to Only Few Specially Se- lected Persons, | WASHINGTO! Dec. 26—A de- | tailed account of the operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal | HIT AND MISS SYSTEM IS BAD during the first ten months and a | half after its opening to commerce Members of Party Divided and in August, 1914, is given in the Many of Them Put in Time .annuul report of Governor Goethals Sightseeing ol the Canal Zone, made public to- night. Final construction work NOTED SUFFRAGETTE DEPAR“ISHBQ prior to the canal's opening al- b SN so is described in the report, which STOCKHOLM, Dec. 26—Mrs. In-|embraces the fiscal year ending June ez Milholland Boisevain - of New::ll) last, prior to the earth slide York, who withdrew from the Ford which blocked the channel. peace expedition Saturday presented m’f*",‘:"“‘" Py ¢ - “:‘I‘« and '1“;9"""' 4 915, 53 vessels representing a net Pana- At a public meeting of the delegates |, ") tonnage of 188478 and cargo todpy a long statement of her reasons for doing so and for be-| {tonnage of 2,126,735 were passed through from Atlantic to Pacific and 68 vessels, lieving the project was doomed to failure. wr‘pr.wvnllnl a Panama canal tonnage of 11,968,307 and a cargo tonnage of 2,844,067 B | from Pacific to Atlantic, making a total The undemocratic method em- |, ;088 vessels with a net canal tonnage ployed by the managers of the expe- [of 35430% and a cargo tonnage of 4,960, dition is repugnant to my princi- |72 During ll\l!'trriodhthrele m!nr;r :|;m " " interrupted traffic, the channel eing ples,” she said. “Instead of all the 2 closed from October 14 to 20 and Octo- members formulating plans, the |, & (o November 4, 1914, and March 4, work has been confined to a few |to 10, 1915 specially selected persons. When | Milllons of Yards Moved. the party embarked on the Oscar 1L, | Construction of the canal proper, ex- 1 took it for granted that the rather |cept for dredging, excavating and con- vague opinion of the body of dete: | Struction of the cast breakwater at iColon virtually was completed prior to gates would be hammered Into ef- .. fisonl year. In the old Culebra Cut, fective shape by group action and |renamed the Gaillard cut, there were re- constructive thinking throughout |moved, in the process of construction the voyage. during the year, 1,960,607 cublc yards at “An organization was not formed until an average cost of approximately 42% thres days before the end of the voyage. |°°Nt8 & vard. In maintaining the chan- To that fact I trace all misunderstand- nél—including removal of earth deposited ings, dissensions, mistakes in policy, In- by slides—there were taken from Gail- | efficlency and inability to got the idea lard cut 4,710,666 cubic yards at a cost | fot a mediating peace congress in com- of 34 28 cents a yard and from the chan- prehensive shape before the public nel at the Atlantic entrance 1,233,301 cubie Only Private Discussions. vards at a cost of 10 16 cents a yard. “Cucaracha slide,” the report says, “The organization when finally formed, | «was very active from July to October, was abortive. The Scandinavian public, (1914 quiet during the dry season, and which expected clear thinking and & defi- | yotive again with the beginning of the | nite program were skeptical about the | raine meason in April. On the west serious mindedness of the delegates. At |gge gt Culebra the slide showed little the meetings the discussions have been |gujivity through the greater part of the purely private, with the result of Il feel- ing, suspicion and condemnation. For year, but in June, 1915, the general movement of the bank was noticable, the reasons stated, I am unable to con- tinue with the party. and it was estimated that 5,000,000 cublc Gaston Plaintiff, the personal repre- yards of materlal were In motion on | sentative of Mr. Ford, requested Mrs. | June %, 1915, on the west side. It is | timated that about 4,000,000 cublc yards Boisevain to remain with the expedi- |y g 2 o B4 tion. but without avail. {will have to be removed from the east | Since the departure of the expedition | s'de.” from, New York: three weeks ago, no mecunn ive been held at which peace | pi were dise asedg Most of the dis-' con- - s ot~ :\ last. the states- cussion; taken place around the that $14.6.78 has Been spent on forti- dinner .ta:‘l:. at & hotels. Between fications; $760,00 to cover three annual méals, the 'delegates went aightseeing. Dvinents to the Republic, B Phnkma: Mr. Ford's leavig the party on account $:440.00 '°t" ':"m':”:nm;n o: t';:reml | of sickness last week, 15 regarded as a SOvOrnment o al zone o ! brations Saturday evening, but | motif, NOTED B LEAD! _f;’;.éd on an attack against Lord Kitchener nch, the commander at the front. LORD & LADY NORTNCIIFF 8. SING HALLELUJAHS WILSONS DRIVEN BY ON BIRTH OF CHRIST| RAIN FROM LINKS | Most Churches Hold Their Christ- mas Celebrations Sunday with Yuletide Music, IN SOME CANTATAS ARE SUNG Jubilations and hallelujahs arose in sermon, song and prayer in the churches of Omaha yesterday in cel- |ebration of the age-old but always new story of the Babe of Bethlehem. Some of the churches held their Sunday school Christmas tree cele- held them last evening. And in all the churches the music of yesterday had the joy of Christmas as its chief 1 The churches were elaborately decor- {fiscal year 1916, $4,269.1680 for the opera- Apitovs. hantioiay tion and maintenance of the canal to | Want to Reach Hague. the end of the fiscal year 1915, while Rev. Charles F. Aked of San Francisco stock on hand aggregates $2,225,000, leav- and Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver have ing $365,988,116 appropriated for the actual explained that it was imperative that the construction of the canal and fits ad- expedition should proceed to The Hague juncts. to carry out the original plan as far as, Two million dollars of this was invested | W possible. This will result in the for-|in colliers, and $.,563,067 was returned to | mation of a permanent committee to sit|the Treasury department up to the close at The Hague to adopt ways and means. The committee is to consist of a small number of persons from each of the neu- | rlml countries. Cannot Cross Germany. Information has been received that it will be inipossible to go to The Hague through Germany. Hence this will neces. sitate the chartering of a steamer from | {of the fiscal year 1915 as miscellaneous | receipts, leaving $357,436,48 as the net | {amount expended for the canal including | |the amount available for work still in | ‘nm.reu A ary dock, two coaling sta- | [tions and terminal piers,not included in | | these figures, are yet to be constructed. i [ Health Oonditions Good, | Health conditions in the canal zone, | Denmark and proceeding to The Hague the report says were very good during by sea. The peace sessions will end the year. The total death rate from dis- about January 7, when most of the mem-)ease was rediced from 14.46 in 1914 to bers of the party will return to the|1LW in 1915 Victims of malaria, the | United States. principal cause of disabllity, were n-l i duced twenty per cent in number and the Entente Allies death rate 32 per cent, in theyear . The | admission rate to hospitals from typhoid e - —— S Win in Persia; Form Cabinet; LONDON, Dec. cabinet has fallen,” “The Persian the Teheran says correspondent of Reuter's Telegram com- pany. nominated premier by the Shah the entente allles.’ Rurian Begins Work On the Second Note BERLIN, Dec. 26.—(By Wireless to Say- ville, N. Y.)—The Vienna Neit says the Overseas News Agency, “announces that Baron Burian has already begun work | upon the answer to the second American | note on the Ancona and that the Austrian reply will be handed during the next few days to the American ambassador at Vienna." The Weathéf For Nebraska—Unsett! nsettled; much colder. Temperature at Comparative Locai lcmq l'lb l’“ Highest yesterday B m’z‘. me Lowest yesterday .. “Prince Firman Firma has been This is considered a great diplomatic victory for Omaha Yesterday. ' Deg. % | was reduced more than 76 per cent, from | dysentery, fifty per cent, and the death |rate from pneumonia was reduced more ! | than 89 per cent. Labor conditions were excellent. More | .\h-n 6,000 men were given transportation | home because they could not be used. Theatrical Promoter Dead of Pneumonia | BERKELBY, Cal, Dec. %.—Wiliam |D. Menn, railroad man and theatrical | promoter, died here yesterday of pneu- monia. He was 5 years old. | Mann entered the railroad field during “Comstock days” when he was station | agent at Virginia City, Nev., then a bonanza boom camp, In the early 'S0s | he went to Lenver. Colo., to represent the Rock Island rallroal and later was gon-nl passenger agent of that line at Topeka, Kan. | "In 189 he became identified with the | theatrical world In New York as man- lller of the Herald Square theater. He was miarried in Parls, France, to Mar- the opera singer. guerita Sylva, 'Col, Welsh Orders Up Cold_ !Va.ve Flag A cold wave swooped down on Omaha 'and vicinity, beginning Sunday afternoon, and within a short time a big drop in temperature was felt. Colonel Welsh, forecaster of the weather bureau, ordered the cold wave flag holsted at noon, and issued the accompanying prediction of strong north- erly winds, with probably snow and a |drop of 2% to 3 degrees within 24 to 3 ated, nearly every one having a Christ- mas tree, either left over from the Sun- |day school “kiddies’ " celebration or pre- pared for it. At Immanuel Lutheran chureh, Nineteenth and Cass streets, two blx and finely decorated trees occupled | positions at the front of the main audi- (torlum, Arches spanned the space be- {tween each of the pillars in the gallery and arches were arranged above the chan- cel rail. TheseMwere hung with holly les\ea below and fitted with scores of candles above, It was a most striking sight when all the candles were lighted and the choir of nearly seventy voices sang a beautiful Christmas carol. Rev, {Dr. Adoiph Hult preached a Christmas {sermon in the Swedish language. Trinity cathedral was another elabor- ately decorated church. The color scheme was green., The plllars were wound from {top to bottom with green. The, chancel was a mass of verdure, giving a decidedly pleasing effect. Last evening the choir under the leadership of Ben Stanley gave a special carol service. Christnas Message. “The Christmas Message” was Rev. G. L. Peters' subject at the North Side {Christian church yesterday moming. | Special music was rendered by the choir |under airection of J. H. Davis. The solo- ists were Mrs. C. A. Mangum, Miss Ruth | Peters, Mrs. Wiles, Mrs. Willlam Stewart |ana Walter Cody. Thomas J. Kelly's choir at St. Mary's Avenue Congregational rendered a very comprehensive program of Christmas music at 4 p. m., including such old and famous carols as “Good King Wenceslas," sung by Mr. and Mrs, Kelly and the cholr, Solos were also rung by Mrs. Kelly and Miss Vera Tone Beats. Some of the churches presented Christ- mas cantatas in commemoration of the birth of Christ. At the Castellar Presby- terian church “The Christmas King, including “Luther's Cradle Hymn,” was given. Solo parts were taken by Miss Margaret Koopman, Mrs. Frank Brown, Miss Wsther Boggs, Miss Anna Breim and Bert Krelle. Christmas Musie by Cholrs. At Kountse Memorial Lutheran church there was an elaborate program of Christ- mas musiq rendered by the choir under John 8. Helgren. At St. Mark’s Lutheran the cholr under Arthur Meicher also sang a variety of Christmas compositions, One Christian church in Omaha did not celebrate Christmas yesterday. It was the only one that took no notice ¢f the great festival, This was the Greek Orthodox church-at Sixteenth and Martha streets. 1t is the only church of its kind in Ni braska and there are only five of this de- nomination in the Uniteq States. The reason this church did not celebrate the great day is that the Greek church still uses the Jullan calendar originated by Julius Caesar. The year, according to this calendar, is a few minutes longer than it is according to the Gregorian ecai- endar, now used by nearly all the world, and in the course of nineteen centuries the Julian calendar has fallen behind the { hours. lV B. CALDWELL’S CONDITION I)’lr?;‘i:}:lm m':":"' m‘m}:m o & IS STILL VERY SERIOUS tures from the mormal: @ forg= Noremal & lfin:nr-lure sosnaelobin 23| It is reported that Victor B. Caldwell, Excess for 6 | president of the United States National Total deflclency tince March 1. ineu™ | Bank, who s il at his home, 8% South Deficiency for the day 8 inch | Twentieth street, with asthma and Total raintail -ln:&u.m. 1....77.08 inches | Bright's disease, is reported to be hold- = P RS RN ;::‘,“f',:" {ing his own, although his condition ik Deticiency for cor. period, 1913.. 5.2 very serious. Gregorian about thirteen gays. Therefore December % on the Jullan calendar does not come until January 7 of the Gregorian calendar. The celebration of Christmas by the Greek Orthodox church will take place Janvary 7. A Closer R BERLIN, Dec ¥.-(By Wircless.)—The professors’ of the Austrian universities according (o the Overseas News A have ilflllflfl a manifesto asking the ernment to establish after the war, manent and close commercial relat with Germany. AN per- President and Wife Drenched by Storm Before They Are Able to Reach Hotel. EXECUTIVE CATCHES A COLD HOT SPRINGS, Va.,, Dec, 26.— President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson were driven from the golf links here yesterday by heavy rainstorm which broke suddenly and drenched both of.them before they could reach ~hotel a mile ‘vu. Duplto wa said &t the' hotel tonight tha neither had suffered any unou- effects, though the president caught a slight cold. With secret service guards acting as caddies, the couple had just started around the links when the first rain drops fell. They immedistely turned back for the became heavier the president removed his coat and threw it about Mrs. Wil- son’s shoulders. Even this did not save her from a thorough drenching. Eat Christmas Dinner. This evening the president Wilson ate a Virginia Ch tmas din- ner in their private suite. A turkey rcasted in southern style, was served with other favorite dishes prepar:d especially for the couple. On the table was a small Christmas tree. More than fifty Christmas gifts, sent by relatives, members of the president's family and close friends, were delivered at. the presidential sulte today, A large bouquet including a cluster of roses and ‘some orchids, Mrs. Wilson's favor- ite flower, came from the White Houso conservatories. There a'so . were hui ‘dreds of messages of Christmas greet- ings and congratulations. Acknowledge Gifts. Prior to the trip to the golf links the couple did not leave their suite during the day, plans for a meotor ride during the afternoon having been abandoned because of the storm. They spent sev- eral hours writing acknowledgements of gifts and' Christmas messages. Turks Await Reports On Woes of Armenia ROME, Dec. 2.~While reports con- tinue to be received .here of the suffer- ings of the Armenians the representa- tion made by Monsignor Dolcl, apostolic delegate at Constantinople to the Turkish sovernment, so far have not produced the desired effect. The Ottoman officials | have replied that Investigations have | bean ordered and they are walting for reports from those entrusted wi'h the inquiry, MRS. INEZ STAPLES DIES OF GAS ASPHYXIATION Mrs. Inez Staples, aged 40 years was found dead In her room at 20 Harney Street, Sunday morning as the result of sas asphyxiation. The body was dis- covered by Isabell Hoffman, cousin of the dead woman, who lived &t the above address. Miss Hoffman had been to the home of her parents in Coumcil Blufts and upon returning smelled gas coming from the room Investigation revealed the body of the Idud woman, and three gas jets turned on, instructions as to what should be done with her body end personal effects, was found gu the bureau. Worry over the death of her husband A J. Btaples who dled Feb, 14 after a long fiiness, and worry over her own poor health is believed to have caused her to take her own life, She is survived by two brothers, Edward and Ralph Me- Nair, and one sister, Mis. Tom Marmon it Cheyenne, Wyo. An inquest will be held. Miss Hoffman was partially over- come by the gas in her cousin's room. | H ‘lolrher. Sing Christmas Carols on | | SINGLE TWO CENTS PEACE THROUGH VICTORY SLOGAN IN THE TRENCHES‘ Firing Line While Cannon Boom and Shells Fly ‘l‘hrough Air. VAUDEVILLE GIVEN AT FRONT | been the sublect of some spacula- tion, this evening gave out a general . | Men Turn from Business of Killing statement of some of the (:murn Rules Formerly Existing Have Had to Celebrating the Birth 'he will support when the subject to Be Modified or Changed to of Christ. of military preparedness comes be- Meet New Situations. fore congress, GERMAN oncnnsm IN TRENCH Mr. Stephens sald: “The presi- MANY EAST INDIA.IB REJECTED dent has taken the middle ground | oy ARRAS. ON THE FRENCH and on the side of conservatism as | WASHINGTON, Deg. 26, — Un- | FRONT, Dec. 26.—Hundreds of big ' between the small navy men and Precedented problems with which shells tore the air over Arras all Fri- | the mi'itarysts. e has mo doubt the federal bureau of immigration day afternoon. The echoes of these were the last compliments of the sea son and they had no sooner died away than the life of Arras began to show itself through re-opened cellar doors and windows in preparation for the usual Christmas eve festivities. After the usual systematic shell- ing died down, rifle shots and occas- sional rattle of machine guns was all | that broke the stilness of death that settled over the eity. The cathedral | |stood out against the twilight in ! ragged ruins llke a spetre, with crumbling walls of demolished build- ings all around, giving the aspect of a gigantic cemetery with decaying | headstones, Christmas Spirit Visible. The ‘rattle of machine guns struck up again and a few rifle shots rang through the clear air. Toward 8 o'clock, the soft | compared with ‘lod by the paid preparedness propo- | defenses. COPY Nebraska Conmnmln Says Paid Preparedness Proptglnfll is NBLING All[“s Frightening Nation WOULD MUZZLE FEW ADMIRALS ' Changed Status of Immigrants (From a Staff Correspondent.) : m"h‘ Abo“' by w“ co‘ai WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 <spo»| tions Makes New Tasks cial) —Representative Dan Stephens for Federal Bureau. | whose position on preparedness has D ULTIE!—E;'“DEPOBTATION has had to deal as the result of the . war in Europe are pictured in the annual report of Commissioner Gen- to prevent the millitarists ©ral Anthony Caminettl, made public thelr program upon !tndn) by the secretary of labor, The country has been mis- | Particular attention is directed to difficulties encountered in enforecing ganda {nto believing that the nation | the deportation of nndesirable allens has no defense worth mentioning |Pecause of the prospect, in many against the attacks of a foreign foe, | cases, of placing them in eéxtreme hazard either on the high seas or - after being landed in a foreign port. “The people have been led to bellne‘A“hn“!h in the miafn the policy of that nothing Is being done to increase the trngth of our army navy and coast| Protecting aliens proved toibe cor- | rect and was successful, the commis- could be farther from the sioner general says, one of its results lr‘n:h t‘i;‘nr: this. |‘m:n|d ll'v(rnn\ upor:‘. has been to leave in the United claim that our coast defenses are the 3 best in the work:ul am convinced that Btates at the close P fhe'year 1, o theso claims are correct and when we| [OFSISUATS With WO ¥Rt to be bere destined nluinhlv to deporta- round out our fleet with more submarines and and alr craft and plenty of ammunition tion, been compelled by the circumstances to take this advanced position as his former attitude | in order from forcing congress. t Defenses | “Nothing { etrains of an organ were heard from an invisible soruce. Santa Claus and the Christmas spirit, { notwithstanding the war, were in evi- | dence everywhere along the Atols bat- tle front where the Assoclated Press cor- respondents passed Christmas eve. | were in the trenches and shelters with the simple soldiers, in the temporary barracks where the traditional Christmas eve theater was replaced by an impro- vised concert and vaudeville that almost rivalled the best that Paris could do in the time of peace. In the quarters where the officers celebrated with no less simplicity and dignity and in the first one finds behind the battle front, night mass was celebrated. ~ Rockats Let Loowe. From the road running almpst paralall to thia trench,, rockets shooting up inte the alr from both lines recalled the Fourth of July fire work in America. An ofticer explained that this was partly due to habit. “Fuses are set off every night,” the mid- They | lttle church, still' defying shell fire, that | New Problemas gn--t-l. “It would be impossible,” the report continues, “adequately to describe the problems which have confronted the bu- reau as the result of the unique gituation produced by the existence of Bu- ropean conflict. There has hardly. been a phase of the enforcement of the regu- lations which it has not been necessary to modity, suspend or remodel in its ap- bullding all war craft fo governzient| Plicatlons. Such propomeions s the oth: yards, and manufacturing all arms and | ! of land boundaries, particularty the ammunition in government arsenal. | ComaS DRI I “I would repeat the war stamp tax and | IR the WeE); the Manfiing of Wiiew sea- In lléu thereof raise the graduated tax |Men. especiaily thuss employed on ves- | mels of belligerent nations interned in rate on incomes without lowering the t exemptions. Let thess with great in.| United States ports, and the handling o comes Pay a rate sufficent together |aliens of an extremely undesirable type ’ | with an Inheritance tax, to pay for the | impelled to come to the United States Increased cost defense. trom belligerent countries because of the “Then 1 would muszle fighting admirals | VETY situation arising from the status of and cocky diplomats who are thrilled | thelr native land, are but a few ot the with the sheen of xreat power in thetr hands, No admiral or diplomat should fssue demands that might lead to war upon | 8% representatives of other governments un- till he has orders to do so from congress, ““To the battle fleet,”” said the Fremont | congressman, "I would add a great mer- | chant marine, government owned, as an auxiliary to the navy in time of war. It | would give the navy an alr of usefulness that it does not possess now and would serve commerce and steady freight rates. In time of war it would be & tremendous asset. “T would take all profit out of war by we are doing well enough.” ‘ | hotel and as the storm’ and Mrs, ! officer explained, “‘even when the moon “I would met rid of the Philippine | shines brightly as tonight, and besides jslands at the very earliest possible con- | the Germans may, as last year, have an gistent with honor and the needs of the idea that we are going at them before natives. These possessions are a stand- morning." of midnight and on the stroke of o'clock, the line as far as the horizon in one form and another, was {lluminated as by a long line of ‘“Have we lost our sense of proportion { brilllant stars. Flashes of different colors and are wq drifting back into barbarism could be seen far away to the north,|from which we came? Let us hope not, | although no reports were heard and let us hope that we may calmly face Seyeral miles up the deep wide ditch|® bleeding world again to establish in the with twelve inches of chalky mud at its| World & sane and wholesome course for bottom, ust far enmough fjrom the (Iar-‘ nations to pursue.” man line to permit tranquil sleep, soldlers % |Council May Have entertained each other with simple folk songs and examined parcels from home | and talked of victory. | | Ing menace to our peace and welfare. The fuses multiplied at the approach’' They impoverished and ruined Spain and | 12 have cost us to date million of dollars l".nl on economic grounds, the report tells of the rejection of many Hindu and East ‘Indian laborers who attempted to land at Pacific ports on the ground that they were likely to become public charges. It refers, too, to a case now pending in the supreme court involving the right of the government to exclude certain Russians on the ground that they were bound for a locality in the west where it was known that there was not | sufficient demand for laborers to justify the belief that they would be able to maintain themselves. Bxpressing the hope that the court will sustain the ad- ministrative officers, the report declares that if the officers are not vested with discretion to exclude allens under such circumstances, ““the law is not as com- Germans Sing. ““They are singing over there,” said a soldier just back from the first Il trench referring to the Germans. “They’ ®ot an orchestra and they're shouting to beat the band, but it does not sound very gay."” prehensive as it should be and much less potent to protect the people of this coun- trr nnn tho bureau had always supposed To Cut to Keep Within the Limit| Members of tho Recreation board de- Asks for Automobiles. city council makes up the new budget | ous schemes resorted to in smuggling A note dated “Nov. 16, 814" giving within the next two weeks. | Meanwhile the impromptu the concert e There is every indication that the coun- in the trenches went on in tones that were light, gay and confident. Tht same °l! Will have to do some shaving off on | phrase was heard in all the toasts given| th® estimates of the various city de- here. It is “peace through victory.” partments in order to stay within the A little farther from the trenches |n|"""'""'" total gemeral city fund as rtme) king for a goodly vised roof, the midnight watch was pre- | FVery department is s ceded by a concert in which the actor- | lowance and the annual budget melee |the stage in peace times, reversed the Fl order of things and with the greatest zest Shangha.l a Refuge |occupled by the armies, : G k | Womeh fvidence. For Chinese Crooks lines passed in different directions. Some | (v, (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) with pick, shovel and rific, were §oIng | gHANGHAI Dec. 10.~China's appesl to others were going back to the old Vil- | portion of the republic beyond Chinese lage church to swell the congregation. | jurisdiction is somewhat justified by con- captains and lleutenants, with a sprink- | for criminals and outlaws from various ling of efvillans an dmany women were |parts of China and many of them are a bombarded barn covered by an impro- | Provided by the city charter. soldiers, who had joked the military on | ™' #90R be on. | caricatured the elvillan benind the sone | All along the roads in this region two - to take their turn in the trenches, while | (ne foreign powers to preserve peace in Ofticers, Including generals, colonels, | ditions in Shanghal. This city is & refuge |in attendance. | desperate enough to undertake any crim- As in the quarters of (e soldicrs near |{nal commission. The municipal jail con- the trenches, everything in the attitude |tained more than 1,200 convicts late in of the service brought out the same |September, a record for this season. Chi- note {nese crooks enjoy life in the Shanghal “‘Peace through victory {Jall. 1t affords a pleasant home in win- A stretcher bearer, witi a military |ter, and offers better food than Chinese | medal, and & grenid'er, with a war cross | coolies are accustomed to. on his breast, sang'a Christmas anthem |to the accompaniment of the modest old (organ played by a simple soldler with |such & master hand that the strains were ‘There is considerable agitation here for the restoration of flogging in an effort to discourage loafers from seeking jail sentences. No other part of China is as quite Inspiring as the best cathedral |lenlent to criminals as Shanghal. Under music. The last notes, “Peace on earth, |Chinese law, they are flogged for small 1 800d will toward men,”” dicd away as the |offenses and executed for serious ones. |congregation was filing out of the little | Here in Shanghai jall sentences and com- Ichureh, while fn the distance the booming | fortable lodging make law breaking very of cannon recalled, ce for Christ- |attractive. Recently there have been mes." many cases of Chinese actually assault- S — ||n, policemen for the sole purpose of 'Postal Service Has getting locked up during the winter. Doubled in 12 Years|Kaiser's Condition WAlHlNomH.-E %.—~The postal service has goubled in the last twelve Is Excltlng Alarm years and during the last fiscal year sudited transactions reached the $2,000,- LONDON, Dec. ¥.-Alarming rumors 000,000 mark for the first time, according |probably of an exaggerated nature, are to the annual report of Charles A. Kram, | being circulated in Switzerland today econ- cerning Emperor Willlam's iliness, ac- |suditor for the Postoffice department, made public tonight. SBales of Atamps, |cording to the Zurich correspondent of postal cards and stamped envelopes, the |the Exchange Telegraph Co. The dumors greal source of Income, netted $265,000,000 | state, says the correspondent that the ‘for the year. About $0,000,000 was paid |emperors condition is causing profound out in salaries. anxiety in Berlin, tr Chinese and other immigrants from the east into the country and suggests that it there is any doubt about the letter of the law relating to persons admitted as natives, sons of natives, eto., proper amendments should be enacted. An ap- propriation is asked to provide automo- biles for patrol work along the Canadian border, a decision of the comptroller of the currency, having obliged the bu- reau to discontinue the egpenditure of money for this purpose. Plans for further development of the bureau’'s employment bureau work are outlined, one of the.new phases of the program being an effort to induee many incoming aliens who have heen tillers of the soll in their own country to go to farms instead of to congested industrial centers, - ¥ General Law is Needed. An urgent plea for the enactment of a general immigration law, similar to the Burnett bill vetoed by President Wilson at the last session of congress on ac- count of its literacy test provision, con- cludes the commissioner's recommenda- tions for legislation. The proposed law, the report says, represented the result of experience and investigation of half a century, framed to conform to all su- preme court decisions, and would have improved the existing law by strengthen- ing and extending many of its most im« portant provisions. AWARDS IN HARRISON , COUNTY CORN CONTEST LOGAN, la., Dec. 26.—(Special)—Ac« cording to Information received by Dr. M. A, Humphrey, county acre corn leader in Harrison county, the gold watch of- |fered by Louls A. Wilson, live stock salesman at Logan, will go to Fred Fore- man at Missourl Valley, and the $20 gold plece offered by the county officials for best quality without reference to yleld will go to Ray Mahoney of Mondamin in the county prize contest. Local prises will be awarded as follows: Dzvtodblno—dhnn Jawis, first; Leslle —C1yds ‘rutll 3 3 . o RO seeand. $o; Kndy Crasan, e Ihnurl Valley—Howard Ji "‘fl' am a lones, tirst;