Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 27, 1915, Page 2

Adoertising is the pendu- lam that keeps buying and selling in motion. VOL. XLV—NO. 164 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE WEATHER. Unsettled OMAHA 4 P FAILS BY REASON OF VAGUE PLANS Mrs. Inez Milholland Boisevain Tells Delegates Control Was Left to Only Few Specially Se- lected Persons. HIT AND MISS SYSTEM IS BAD Members of Party Divided and Many of Them Put in Time Sightseeing. NOTED SUFFRAGETTE DEPARTS STOCKHOLM, Dec. 26—Mrs. In- ez Milholiand Boisevain of New York, who withdrew from the Ford peace expedition Saturday presented at a public meeting of the delegates todpy a long statement of her reasons for doing so and for be- lieving the project was doomed to | failure. “The undemocratic method em- ployed by the managers of the expe- dition is repugnant to my princi- ples,” she said. *Instead of all the members formulating plans, the work has been confined to a few specially selected persons. When the party embarked on the Oscar I1, I took it for granted thut the rather vague opinion of the body of dete- gates would be hammered into ef- fective shape by group action and constructive thinking throughout the voyage. “An organization was not formed until three days before the end of the voyage. To that fact I trace all misunderstand- ings, dissensions, mistakes in policy, in- efficiency and Inability to get the idea ot a mediating peace congress in com- prehensive shape before the public Only Private Discussions. ‘““The organization when finally formed, was abortive. The Scandinavian public, which expected clear thinking and a defi- nite program were skeptical about the serlous mindedness of the delegates. At the meetings the discussions have been purely private, with the result of ill feel- ing, suspicion and condemnation. For the reasons stated, I am unable to con- tinue with the party.” Gaston Plaintiff, the personal repre- sentative of Mr. Ford, requested Mrs. Boisevain to remain with the expedi- tion. but without avail. meetings have been held at which peace pi weres dise wsndg Most of the dis- dinner tables at the hotels. the delegates went sightseeing. ving the party on account of sickness last week, is regarded as a serious handicap. Want to Reach Hague. Rev. Charles F'. Aked of San Francisco and Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver have explained that It was imperative that the expedition should proceed to The Hague to carry out the original plan as far as possible. This will result in the for- mation of & permanent committee to it at The Hague to adopt ways and means, |of the fiscal year 1915 as miscellaneous | o The committee is to conmsist of a small number of persons from each of the neu- ‘lrul countries, Cannot Cross Germany. Information has been recelved that it will be infpossible to go to The Hague through Germany. Hence this will neces- #itate the chartering of a steamer from Denmark and proceeding to The Hague the report says were very good during | by sea. The peace sessions will end about January 7, when most of the mem- bers of the party will return to the TUnited States. Entente Allies Win in Persia; Form Cabinet LONDON, Deec cabinet has fallen,” 26.—""The pany. nominated premier by the Shah. the entente allies.’ Rurian Begins Work On the Second Note BERLIN, Dec ville, N. Y.)—The Vienna Neit says the Overseas News Agency, “announces that Baron Burlan 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 Weather For Nebraska—Unsettled; much colder. Temperature copme sl FPPPEPEIFLPP Compnrative Local Record, 1915, 1914, 19, 2 —— i ‘,j.‘;”’g }v. 8. CALDWELL'S CONDITION oy inparsiun : 8 B IS STILL VERY SERIOUS [geiende Normal temperature Excess for the day . Total deficiency since precipitation. day rain ro 'y for . ., for cor. period, Since the departure of the expedition from, New York three weeks ago, no 26.—(By Wireless to Say- | At Omaha Yesterday, | Deg. P T4 ure and precipitation tures From the mormel: Sover- FORD EXPEDITION |GOBTHALS REPORTS | O PANANA CANAL Cucaracha Slide, Quiet During Dry Season, Resumes Activity When Rainfall Begins. | HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE GOOD WASHINGTON. Dec. | tailed account of the operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal during the first ten months and a | half after its opening to commerce in August, 1914, is given in the |annual report of Governor Goethals {of the Canal Zone, made public to- night. Final construction work just prior to the canal’s opening al- so is described in the report, which embraces the fiscal year ending June |30 last, prior to the earth slide which blocked the channel. Between August 15, 1914, and June %, 1915, 530 vessels representing a net Pana- ma Canal tonnage of 1,884,728 and cargo {tonnage of 2,126,735 were passed through |from Atlantic to Pacific and 658 vessels, spresenting a Panama canal tonnage of 98,7 and a cargo tonnage of 2,844,057 | from Pacific to Atlantic, making a total of 1,08 vessels with a net canal tonnage of 3,543,0% and a cargo tonnage of 4,96, During this period three minor slides interrupted traffic, the channel being closed from October 14 to 2 and Octo- ber 81 to November 4, 1914, and March 4, to 10, 1 lons of Yards Moved. Construction of the canal proper, ex- lcept for dredging, excavating and con- struction of the ocast breakwater at {Colon virtually was completed prior to | this fiseal year. In the old Culebra Cut, renamed the Gaillard cut, there were ro- moved, in the process of construction |during the year, 1,960,607 cublc yards at ian average cost of approximately 42% cents a yard. In maintaining the chan- nél—including removal of earth deposited by slides—there were taken from Gail- of 34 23 cents a yard and from the chan- nel at the Atlantic entrance 1,238,301 cuble yar at a cost of 10 16 cents a yard. “Cucaracha slide,” the report says, | “was very active from July to October, 194, qulet during the dry season, and rainy season in April. On the west side at Culebra the slide showed little activity through the greater part of the year, but in June, 1915, the general movement of the bank was noticable, and it was estimated that 5,000,000 cubie yards of material were In motion on June 30, 1915, on the west side. It is :eslfimlted that about 4,000,000 cubic yards 1 ve to be removed from the east Use of Appropriations. | Of the $3,390,140 appropriated by con- |gress to June. 30, last, the states that '§14,639,573 has been spent on fortl- gusalons have taken place around h® fications; §700 to cover three annual payments to the Republic of Panama; $6,440,000 for the operation of the civil government of the canal gzone for the | fiscal year 1916, $4,289,150 for the opera- tion and maintenance of the canal to the end of the fiscal year 1915, while stock on hand aggregates $2,225,000, leav- ing $365,988,116 appropriated for the actual construction of the canal and its ad- juncts. Two millfon dollars of this was invested {in colliers, and $6,563,067 was returned to {the Treasury department up to the close |receipts, leaving $357,4%,08 as the net jamount expended for the canal including {the amount available for work still in | progress. A dry dock, two coaling sta- |tions and terminal piers,not included in these figures, are yet to be constructed. | Health Oonditions Good, | Health conditions in the canal zone, the year. The total death rate from dis- |ease was rediced from 1446 in 1914 to 1L in 1915 Victims of malaria, the principal cause of disability, were re- duced twenty per cent in number and the death rate 32 per cent, in theyear . The ]Mmhllon rate to hospitals from typhoid { was reduced more than 76 per cent, from | dysentery, fifty per cent, and the death {rate from pneumonia was reduced more i than 8 per cent. | Labor conditions were excellent. More than 6,00 men were given transportation Persian home because they could not be used. says the Teheran| correspondent of Reuter's Telegram com- “Prince Firman Firma has been This s considered & great diplomatic victory for Theatrical Promoter Dead of Pneumonia BERKELBY, Cal, Dec. -~Wiliam D. Mann, railroad man and theatrical promoter, died here yesterday of pneu- onla. He was 5 years old. Mann entered the railroad field during when he was station | agent at Virginia City, Nev., then = bonanza boom camp. In the early 'S0s | he went to Llenver. Colo., to represent | the Rock Island rallroal and later was general passenger agent of that line at Topeka, Kan, | In 18% he became identified with the | theatrical world in N°v York as man- i er of the Herald Square theater. He was married in Paris, France, to Mar- guerita Sylva, the opera singer. |Col. Welsh Orders | i | | | “Comstock days” ~ Up Cold !Vave 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 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 25 to 30 degrees within 24 to 3 hours. It is reported that Victor B. Caldwell, 26.—A de-| active again with the beginning of the ' the NOTED LEAD ' ON BIRTH OF 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 gele~ brations Saturday evening, but muany ! held them last evening. And in all the churches the music of yesterday had the joy of Christmas as its chief motif, 1 The churches were elaborately decor- 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 church, Nineteenth and Cass streets, two ibig and finely decorated trees occupied | positions at the front of the main audi- {torfum. Arches spanned the space be- {tween each of the pillars in the gallery |and arches were arranged above the chan- rail. TheseMwere hung with holly leaves below and fitted with scores of |eandles above. It was a most striking isight when all the candles were lighted jand the cholr of nearly seventy volces 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 pillars were wound from {top to bottom with green. The chancel was a mass of verdure, giving a decidedly |pleasing effect. Last evening the cholr under the leadership of Ben Stanley gave |a special carol service. Christmas Message. “The Christmas Message” was Rev. G. L. Peters’ subject at the North Side |Christian church yesterday morning. | Special music was rendered by the choir {under girection of J. H. Davis. The solo- i1sts were Mrs. C. A. Mangum, Miss Ruth | Peters, Mrs. Wiles, Mrs. William Stewart |and Walter Cody. | Thomas J. Kelly's choir at St. Mary's Avenue Congregational rendered a very comprebensive 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 fung by Mrs. Kelly and Miss Vera Ione 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 Music by Cholrs. At Kountse Memorial Lutheran church there was an elaborate program of Christ- mas musiq rendered by the choir under John §. Helgren. At St. Mark’s Lutheran the cholr under Arthur Melcher 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 ie the only church of its kind in Ne- braska and there are only tive of this de- nomination in the Uniteq States. The reason this church did not celebrate the great day is that the Greek church still usés the Jullan calendar originated by Jullus Caesar. The year, according to this calendar, is a few minutes longer than it is according to the Gregorian cai- endar, now used by nearly all the world, and in the course of mineteen centuries the Julian calendar has fallen behind the Gregorian about thirteen days. Therefore December % on the Jullan calendar does not come until January 7 of the Gregorian r. The celebration of Christmas by Gt-l"m church will take place ——— Ask Clpser Relations. N, Dec. 2%6.—(By Wireless,)—The of the. Auvstrian universitics, ¥ SNONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER o7, 1915, COPY TWO CENTS. ¥ @;:!;l‘thuliffe. in the papérs under his ~«¢d on an attack against Lord Kitchener nch, the commander at the front, v LORD & LADY NORTNCKIFF B SING HALLELUJAHS |WILSONS DRIVEN BY lard cut 4,710,566 cubic yards at a cost | RAIN FROM LINKS Most Churches Hold Their Christ- | 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 away. 4 mountatn: air, however, it wal' said at the hotel tonight' that neither had suffered any serious 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 his coat and threw it about Mrs. Wil son’s shoulders. Kven this did not save her from a thorough drenching. removed Eat Christmas Dinner. This evening the president and Mrs, Wilson ate a Virginia Christmas 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 Hous» conservatories. There also . were hun- ‘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 & motor 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 Mensignor Dolcl, apostolic delegate at Constantinople to the Turkish government, so far have not produced the desired effect. The Ottoman official bave replied that investigations have been ordered and they are waiting 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 %0 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 at the above address. Miss Hoffman had been to the home of her parents In Coumell Bluffs and upon returning smelled gas coming from the room Investigation revealed the body of the dead woman, and three gas jets turned [on. A note dated “Nov. 16, 914" giving instructions as to what should be done with her body end personal effects, was found gn the bureau. Worry over the death of her husband A J. Btaples who dled Feb. 14 after a long filness, and worry over her own poor health s believed to have caused her to take her own life. She Is survived by two brothers, Edward and Ralph Mc- Nair, and one sister, Mirs. Tom Marmon of Cheyenne, Wyo. An inquest will be held. Miss Hoffman was partially over- come Ly the gas b her cousin's room. hotel and as the storm* PEACE THROUGH VICTORY SLOGAN IN'THE TRENCHES | | Soldiers Sing Christmas Carols on Firing Line While Cannon | Boom and Shells Fly Through Air. IVAUDEVILLE GIVEN AT FRONT | Men Turn from Business of Killing [ to Celebrating the Birth H of Christ. | . GERMAN ORCHESTRA IN TRENCH [ ARRAS. ON THE FRENCH ’l’R()NT. Dec. 26.—~Hundreds of big | shells tore the air over Arras all Fri- | 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 dled down, rifle shots and occas- | sional rattle of machine guns was all | | that broke the stilness of death that settled over the city. The cathedral {stood out against the twilight in ‘rngned ruins like 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 rand on the side of conservatism as A MIDDLE COURSE Nebraska Congressman Says Paid Preparedness Propaganda is Frightening Nation. — | WOULD MUZZLE FEW ADMIRALS | o — | (From a Staff Correspondent.) | WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-—(Spe- clal)—— Representative Dan Stephens whose position on preparedness has been the subject of some spscula- tion, this evening gave out a general statement of some of the features he will support when the subject of military preparedness comes be- fore congress. Mr. Stephens sald “The presi dent has taken the middle ground between the small navy men and the militarysts, e has no doubt been compelled by the circumstances to take this advanced position as | compared with his former attitude | in order to prevent the millitarists | from forcing their program upon‘ congress. The country has been mln-‘ led by the paid preparedness propo- ganda {nto believing that the nation has no defense worth mentioning | against the attacks of a foreign foe. \l Connt Defenses Good, “The people have been led to believe | that nothing Is being done to Increase the strngth of our army navy and e | defenses. “Nothing truth than claim that could be farther from the this. Coast defense experts our coast defenses are the best in the world. I am convinced that these clalms are correct and when we round out our fleet with more submarines’ and air craft and plenty of ammunition we are doing well enough.” illrnlnu 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. They | 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, mid- night mass was celebrated. ~ Rockats Let Loowe, { to this trench, rockets shooting up into [ the alf from both lines recalled the Fourth of July fire work in America. An ofticer explairied that this was partly due to habit. ‘‘Fuses are sot off every night” the officer explained, “even when the moon shines brightly as tonight, and besides the Germans may, as last year, have an fdea that we are golng at them before morning, The fuses multiplied at the approach of midnight and on the stroke of 12 o'clock, the line as far as the horizon was (lluminated as by a long line of !brilllant stars. Flashes of different colors could be seen far away to the north, | although no reports were heard. ! Seyeral miles up the deep wide ditch with twelve inches of chalky mud at its| bottom, ust far enough fjrom the Ger-| man line to permit tranquil sleep, soldiers entertained each other with simple folk wonen and cxamined paresis oo nems COUNCI] May Have and talked of vietory. Germans Sing. ““They are singing over there,” said a soldier just back from the first line trench referring to the Germans. “They've Eot an orchestra and they're shouting to beat the band, but it does not sound very gay."” Meanwhile the impromptu the concert in the trenches went on in tones that | were light, gay and confident. Tht same | Phrase was heard in all the tonsts here. It is “peace through victory, A little farther from. the trenches in a bombarded barn covered by an impro- vised roof, the midnight watch was pre- ceded by a concert in which the actor- soldiers, who had joked the military on |the stage In peace times, reversed the order of things and with the greatest zest caricatured the elvillan behind the zone |occupled by the armies. Women in Bvidence, iven lines passed in different directions. Some with pick, shovel and rifle, were going to take their.turn in the trenches, while others were golng back to the old vil- lage church to mwell the congregation Ofticers, including generals, colonels, captains and leutenants, with & sprink- ling of efvillans an dmeny women were in attendance. As in the quarters of tie soldicrs near the trenches, everything in the attitude of the service brought out the same note “Peace through victory A stretcher bearer, witi a military {medal, and & grenid'er, with a war cross on his breast, sang‘a Christmas anthem |to the accompaniment of the modest old organ played by a simple soldler with such a master hand that quite inspiring as the music. The last notes, good will toward men,” e strains were est cathedral Peace on earth, 1 away as the congregation was filing out of the little church, while In the distance the hooming of cannon recalled, ‘“No truce for Christ- mas. 'Postal Service Has | Doubled in 12 Years WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The postal service has goubled in the last twelve years and during the last flscal year |audited transactions reached the $2.000,- 000,000 mark for the first thme, according to the annual report of Charles A. Kram, |muditor for the Postoffice department, made public tonight. Bales of ftamps, postal cards and stamped envelopes, the greal source of imcome, netted $268,000,000 ‘for the year. About $20,00000 was pald out in salaries. little church, still defying shell fire, that | exemptions. All along the roads in this region twe | “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 mot possess now and would | serve commerce and steady freight rates. In time of war it would be a tremendous asset. “I would take all profit out of war by bullding all war craft fa government yards, and manufacturing all arms and | ammunition in government arsenal. | “I would repeat the war stamp tax and | in lleu thereof ralse the graduated tax | rate on incomes without lowering the | Let these with great in- comes pay a yate sufficlent together | | with an inheritance tax, to pay for the Increased cost defense. ““Then 1 would muszle fighting admirals Despite | From the road running almost paralall ang cocky diplomats who are thrilled With the sheen of srest power in thelr hands. ” No admiral or diplomat should lesue demands that might lead to war upon | representatives of other governments un- till he hay orders to do so from congress. “I would get rid of the Philippine | islands at the very earliest possible con- sistent with honor and the needs of the natives. These possessions are a stand- {Ing menace to our peace and welfare. They impoverished and ruined Spain and | have cost us to date million of dollars| in one form and another. “Have we lost our sense of proportion | and are wq drifting back into barbarism from which we came? Let us hope not. and let us hope that we may calmly face & bleeding world again to establish in the | world a sane and wholesome course for nations to pursue.” To Cut to Keep Within the Limit Members of the Recreation board de- olded to ask for $30,000 for 1916 when the city council makes up the new budget within the next two weeks, There {s every indication that the coun- cfl will have to do some shaving off on the estimates of the various city de- partments in order to stay within the maximum total general city fund as provided by the city charter | Every department is asking for a goodly allowancé and the annual budget melee will soon be on. \Shanghai a Refuge | For Chinese Crooks (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) | SHANGHAIL Dee. 10.~China's appeal to !the forelgn powers to preserve peace in portion of the republic beyond Chinese Jurisdiction is somewhat justified by con- | dittons in Shanghal. This city is & refuge for criminals and outlaws from various |parts of China and many of them are | desperate enough to undertake any crim- |inal commission. The municipal jail con- |tained more than 1,200 convicts late in | September, a record for this on. Chi- inese crooks enjoy life In the Shanghal |Jail. It affords a pleasant home in win- ter, and offers better food than Chinese coolies are accustomed to. 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 lenlent to criminals as Shanghal. Under Chinese law, they are flogged for small offenses and executed for serious ones | Here in Shanghal ja!l sentences and com- fortable lodging make law breaking very attractive. Recently there have been {many cases of Chinese actually assault- {ing policemen for sole purpose of getting locked up during the winter. |Kaiser's Condition Is Exciting Alarm LONDON, Dec. %.—Alarming rumors probably of an exaggerated nature, are being circulated in Switzerland today con- cerning Emperor Willlam's iliness, uc- cording to the Zurleh correspondent of the 8 Co, The dumors state, says that the npe vmrounal the 18 \ 'STEPHENS STEERS UNCLE SAM FIN NEW PROBLEMS IN HANOLING ALIENS Changed Status of Immigrants Brought About by War Condi- tions Makes New Tasks for Federal Bureau. DIFFICULTIES OF DEPORTATION Rules Formerly Existing Have Had to Be Modified or Changed to Meet New Situations. MANY EAST INDIANS REJECTED WASHINGTON, Dee. 26, — Un- precedented problems with which the federal bureau of immigration has had to deal as the result of the war In Europe are pictured in the annual report of Commissioner Gen- eral Anthony Caminett!, made public today by the secretary of labor, Particular attention is directed to difficulties encountered in enforcing the deportation of undesirable aliens because of the prospect, in many cases, of placing them in éxtreme hazard either on the high seas or after being landed in a forelgn port. Although in the niafn the policy of protecting allens proved to be cor- rect and was suoccessful, the commis- sioner general says, one of its results has been to leave in the United States at the close of the year 1,328 foreigners with no right to be here and destined ultiniately to deporta- tion. 4 New Problems Presented, “It would be impossible,” the report continues, “adequately to describe the problems which have confronted the bu- reau a8 the result of the unique gituation produced by the existence of the Wu- ropean conflict. There has hardly. been a phase of the enforcement of the regu- Iations whi¢h it has not been necessary to modity, suspend or remodel In its ap- plications. Such propomtions as the con- trol of land boundaries, particularly the Canadian berder (Canada being involved in the war); the handling of alien sea- men, especlally those employed on ves- sels of belligerent nations interned in United States ports, and the handling of aliens of an extremely undesirable type impelled to come to the United States from belligerent countries because of the very situation arising from the status of their native land, are but a few of the larger probiems wu has been.. con ed. to |'meet this situation has been no easy | task." Many Hindus Rejected. Urging the necessity for excluding aliens 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 Russlans on the ground that they were bound for a locality in the west ‘where it was known that there was not ufficlent demand for laborers to justify the belief that they would bo able to maintain themselves. Expressing 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- prehensive as it shonld be and much less potent to protect the people of this coun- try than the bureau had always supposed it"to be.” Asks for Automobiles, The commission calls attention to vari- ous schemes resorted to In smuggling Chinese and other immigrants from the east Into the country and suggests that i 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- blles 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 induge many incoming aliens who have been 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. Wiison, lve stock salesman at Logan, will go to Fred Fore- man at Missourl Valley, and the $2 gold plece offered by the county officlale for best quality without reference to yleld will go to Ray Mahoney of Mondamin in the county prise contest. Local prises will be awarded as follows Woodbine—Glenn Lewis, Davi Logan- (‘ Nelll, M Ro; firet; B B Lealte £ ~