Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1916, Page 1

Intelligent ad-takers - will help write your want-ad. Tyler 1000 VOL. XLVI—NO. 158. FOURTH INFANTRY OF NEBRASKA T0 BEBROUGHT BACK dusker Guardsmen Ar:ong Lat- est Troops Ordered to Re- turp® Home from Camps on Mexican Border. COME IN THREE GROUPS Sixteen Thousand Soldiers Are Designated by Funston to Take Their Leave. CARS BEING ASSEMBLED San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 18.—Na- tional Guard organizations aggregat- ing 16,000 troops were designated by General Funston to leave the border service and return to their respective <tates to be mustered out of the fed- eral service. He acted in compliance with War department instructions. The homeward movement of these organizations will be in three groups (o facilitate the use of rolling stock. Cars are now heing assembled for regiments included in the first group and the movements from various bor- der points wili begin in a few cays. General Funston estimated that it would be January 5 or 7 before all units m the last group had started, The following units will be returned to their home stations as soon as transportation is available: Nebraska—Fourth infantry. lowa--Company A.. engineers. Minnesota—Brigade headquarters and Second infantry. / Kansas—Compal _signal corps. North Dakota—First infantry. Utah—Field hospital No. 1. Pennsylvania: Sixteenth and Fourth infantry, one infantry brigade head- quarters, division headquarters and signal battalion; ambulance company No. 1; field hospital No. 1, First cav- alr Michigan—Thirty-first infantry. Indiana—Company A, signal corps, ambulance company No. 1; first bat- talion field artillery, less battery D, Missouri—Troop B, field hospital No. 1, ambulance company No. 1; Company A, signal corps, brigade headquarters and Second infantry. Maryland—Field hospital company No. }, first ambulatice company. Illinois—Company A, signal corps, Seventh infantry, New :York—Ambulance company No. 3; Twenty-third infantry and Sec- ond field artillery; field-hospital Nc. 3. Wisconsin—Brigade = headquarters and First infantry; field hospatal No. 1. Virginia—First infantry, Tree Falls Across v Track in Front of Train, Two Killed Hoquiam, Wash,, Dec. 18.—Two en- ginemen were killed and a Northern Pacific local passenger train wrecked near here late last night when a tree fell across the track just as the engine approached. The locomotive, tender and baggage car passed over the trunk, but immediately afterward the tender telescoped the engine cab, crushing the engineer and fireman so that their bodies could not be re- moved until wrecking apparatus ar- rived. 2 Stomach Aches Would Be Welcome at Riverview Juvenile court officials are hoping that Santa Claus will not be too busy to pay a visit to Riverview detention home. The children there, no mat- ter if they're good, bad or indifferent, are children still, and are looking forward 'to Christmas. -But the chances of tnem getting stomach aches from cating too much Christ- mas candy and hurting themselves stumbling over toys are pretty slim unless some kind-hearted, generous indi.idual figures out that he won't miss a couple of yellow-backs from is bank roll. ThemW_e;ather somewhat Nebraska — Unsetticd, ‘ure at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. oY 6 a m.. C@ON L E » ki s v 6 p.m Tp.m 5 pom Comparative Local 3 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, Highest yesterday 30 29 30 45 Lowest yesterday 9 15 20 27 Mean temperature 20 23 25 36 Precppitation ........ .00 T W07 00 Témperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1, and compared with Normal temperaturc 27 Deficlency for the da. 7 Total excess since Mai 325 Normal precipitation Deficiency for the cay Total rainfall since March 1 Deficlency since March 1. Deficiency for cor. period, 1915, 1.89 inches Deficlency for cor, perlod, 1914. 3.67 inches Reports From Stations at 7 P. M. Statlon and State Temp. High- Rain- of Weather. 3 est. fall Cheyenne, cloudy .00 Davenport, snow . Denver, cloudy . ch .03 inch 6.14 Inches 2.73 Inches DEFENSE STARTS IN WILD HORSE CASE First Witness Testifies Thou- sands of Animals Ran Wild on Arizona Range. BROTHERS CONTRADICT There were horses, yes thousands of them, on the Coconino reserve in Arizona, witnesses for the defense tes- tified before the “wild horse” jury yes- terday afternoon, in which the gov- ernment is prosecuting the United States Live Stock company and the Omaha Land and Investment com- fraud. That the horses were nét phantom and imaginary was the testimony of L. W. Arnold, stockman of O'Neill, Neb., the first witness to take the stand for the defense. He told the jury that he thought hg saw between 3,000 and 4,000 animals roaming the reserve. “Were the horses wild:"” asked. “You bet they were wild.” “You might have seen the same horses twelve or more times and thought they were different animals each time?” the United States district attorney, on cross-examination, asked him, | “Possibly.” Borrows Money. The stockman ‘testified bejore the jury that he had gone into partnership with C. A. Smith for the capture of the wild horses and that he and Smith had borrowed $10,000 from C. AL Thompson, president of the Newport, Neb., bank to finance the expedition. With the money he said he and Smith purchased all the brands of the wild horses from individuals in Flagstaff, Ariz., that it was possible to. “Did you gather any horses?" he | was asked. “Yes; about 250." “We took them to the stock yards and auctioned off a large number.” “I was the highest bidder on some of them,” he said, “and bought a car- load at about $30 a head for my ranch near O'Neill, Neb.” “And even then,” the stockman re- plied, “I know we didn’t get the b horses, for the best horses got awa; After buying a carload of the ani- mals, Arnold said he sold out his share of the horse business to Smith, because he had something better in sight. he was Brothers in Dispute. H. L. Middleton, whose brother had previously testified for the govern- ment that the horses were almost an unknown factor, completely contra- dicted his brother’s testimony. He said that he saw thousands of horses on the range and that a pérson could catch them if he devoted his time to the task. He said that he intended } going oyt and catching the horses called for in his bill of sale as soon as the government was through pros- ecuiing the case, P. F. Maley, 4210 Sprague strcet, the city, said he saw a large number of horses on the range in Arizona and that he had rounded up four carloads for the United States Live Stock company. ~ On cross-examination he admitted, pany for the use of the mails to de-| OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, | PEACE NOTE IS PRESENTED 10 - THE ENTENTE German Reply Given to Allied Governments at London, Paris, Rome and Other Capitals of Coalition. NOTHING SPECIFIC IN IT Lloyd George's Speech in Com- mons Today Expected to Indicate Attitude. | ANSWER TO.THE: CHAR\ London, Dec. 18 —The presentation of the German note to the entente al- lied governments has now practically been accomplished. While the Brit- ish foreign office was receiving the {document from Ambassador Page | shortly after noon, it is believed that a similar delivery was taking place in Paris. The Swiss minister at Rome has presetned the” note of the central I powers to Italy without comment and | through the same channel hte mes- sage was presented to Belgium and | Portugal also without comment. The Netherlands minister tendered the ipeace proposals to Serbia in behalf of | Bulgaria. Note Informally Presented. Prior to receipt of tlte note by the British foreign office, the deliveries to Italy, Belgium and other countries ‘had permitted exchanges concerning the exact official contents, which proved to be substantially the same las given in the speech made in the | Reichstag by Chancellor von Beth- | mann-Hollweg and Without contain- ing any specific indication of the terms. It is also being observed in official circles that the note was informally | presented without comment, This is |taken to indicate that Germany framed the communication so that the neutral intermediaries would act only as forwarding agents, at least, at the outset. To Show General Attitude. Premier Li6yd George's speech in the House of Commons Tuesday is expected to show the general attitude of the British government. Thereafter exchanges between the entente allics will dtrmin th nature of the joint reply, but informal conferences al- ready have iprepared much of the ground. It is understood the assertion made in the note that the war was forced upon Germany will not be permitted to go unchallenged and that as a mat- ter of historical record, Germany's part in the events leading to the war will be clearly shown, What is termed “by British® officials as Ger- many’s methods of conducting war against a civilian population, women and children, particularly, in the re- cent Belgian deportations, also is likely to be pointed out. According to the latest advices reaching the en- tente allied governments the number of OBclgi:ms deported has reached how:ver, that he might have been | 120,000, mis’.ken in the number of animals he saw, for he wasn't-just certain if he had seen the same bunches or animals more than once. Art Miller and W, A. Autrum, con- nected with the South Side stock yards, testified that they had seey sev- eral carloads of horses that were shipped to the yards for auction which had come from Arizona. They were hardly the kind that the United States Live Stock company claimed to | have sold in their bills of sales, they admitted, when cross-examined by government attorneys. Crew is-Rescued From Bark Nethtis; Given Up for Lost | New York, Dec. 18.—The twelve { men thought to have been lost on the bark Nethtis, separated from the tug Garibaldi during a storm off the New Jersey coast on a voyage from Bra- zil, were rescued yesterday by the Italian ship Sardegna, which brought them to this port today. Distress signals were observed by the Sardegna’s lookout at 10 a. m. yes- terday when the Italian vessel, from Medite:ranean ports, was some miles off Barnegat, N. J. A lifeboat was lowered and the twelve men on the vessel in trouble, which proved to be the missing Nethtis, were taken off. The ship was abandoned. The Garibaldi, towing the Nethtis, left Maranham, Brazil, on October 13. Several times the line pnn. but the tug succeeded,in picking up the bark again until, with less than sixty miles of their 6,000-mile voyage still to be completed, the Nethtis was {again lost on Friday. This time the heavy weather made it impossible for the tug to recover its tow and the bark's crew was given up as lost. Belle Fourche Cow Makes Butter Record Belle Fourche, S. D., Dec. 18—A new record for butter production has been established by a cow belonging to M. J. Smiley here, it is claimed. The official test, made by Prof. Lar- son of the state college, shows a pro- duction of 47.77 pounds of butter in seven days. Ten Per Cent Increase for Dodge City, cleal .00 Lander, cioudy «w| Four Thousand Coke Makers clear .00 | Cary, W. Va,, Dec, 18.—The United Repid '“," st :3:‘; States Coal and Coke company, a R AVe ATt Cloay: ‘00 | subsidiary of the United States Steel ¢ Fe, clear .. .00 | company, announced today that it i: :x would give its 4,000 employes a Christ- 26 < ¢ precipitation, L. A, WELSH, Meteorologlst. mas present in the form of a 10 per cent increase in wages. The increase will become effective at once, ) Seeks Conference. While the note as presented-makes Ino reference to a conference, there continu to b indications that Germany is seeking a conference. This has led ito a careful scrutiny of the last prece Ig(lcu(. that of the conference preced- | ing the peace congress at the close of the Crimean war. A preliminary conference was held at Vienna in 1854 and proved abartive, but when the peace congress which finally settled the terms was held at Paris a year later the discussions at the conference served largely as a basis. Transmitted at Paris, Paris, Dec. 18.—The American em- | bassy transmitted the German peace ino(c to the French forcign office to- | i day. Attorney General Reed Files Suit Against W, G. Ure Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 18.—Attorney General -Reed today brought suit in the supreme court against Treasurer W. G. Ure of Douglas County for $3,800 interest on belated payments to the state. According to a ruling of State Treasurer Hall, unpaid county remittances draw 10 per cent interest, The $3,800 for which Reed is suing is interest of remittances overdue when the supreme court up- held Hall's ruling that counties should remit to the state every month. (rerman Bonds Held Contraband of War London, Dec. 18—~Sir Samuel Evans, president of the British prize court, ruled today that German bonds come under the reprisals order and that German securities to the value of 30,000 marks, which were seized while on their way in a letter to the State Commercial Q\d Savings bank of Chi- cago, should® remain in court as property of enemy origin until the declaration of peace, or until dealt with as the court might direct subse- quently. The securities were seized on board the Danish steamship Fred- erick VIII. Regular Soldier Accidentally Shot Brownsville, Tex., Dec. 18.—Private Robert Gail, 22 years old, of Troop 11, Third United States cavalry, was accidently shot and killed here late yesterday when a rifle in the hands of another cavalryman was accidently discharged while being cleaned, Gail's former lome was ncar Detroit, Mich. W GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS—Scene in Maine, where Christmas trees are being cut for shipment to various parts of the country. trimmed and shipped to the big cities every year. = U.P. BRIDGE 0 BE NOVED ON FRIDAY Between Now and Then Trains Are Routed Over Plattsmouth ! and Illinois Central Bridges. | TO START AT TEN MORNING Again the time has been set for moving the Union Pacific old bridge out and the new one intg place. If all goes well the moving will occur Friday of this week. The exact hour has not been determined, but, accord- ing to the present lineup, the change in location of bridges will be made be- tween 10 in the morning and 3 o'clock | in the afternoon. To be on hand when the Union 'a- cific bridges are moved two moving picture men are here from the east, The work of prying up the old bridge and getting it on rollers that it may be slid off the pgesent, iqu_w-l tion is well under way. This is de- laying traffic and as a result few of the trains using the bridge are able to come into Omaha or get out on time, : During all Sunday the bridge was closed and trains from the east into Omaha and out were routed through the Union Pacific shop yards and over the Illinois Central bridge. The Burlington during the tempo« rary delay incident to the moving of the Union Pacific has routed another of its Chicago trains by way of Platts- mouth, No. 12, leaving at 6:30 in the evening going that way. Bank at Brush, Colo., is Robbed by | Two Au@ Bandits Brush, Colo., Dec. 19.—Two men held up the Stockmen’s National bank | here when the doors opened today and escaped in a closed motor car with $7,500. South Dakota Bank Deposits Increase, Pierre, S. D., Dec. :8.—An ncrease of nearly five and a half million dol- lars in state bank deposits for the two months from September 12 to November 17 is shown in the rcport of state bank examiners issued today. | The state banks show total resources of $98,200,277.31. The deposits in these barks have increased in two months from $78,192,736.52 to $83,- 596,316.18. | Thirty Members of Crew 0f Columbia Reach U. S.| New York, Dec. 18—The Italian| ship Czarette from Genoa brought to the United States today thirty mem- bers of the crew of the American| steamship Columbia, which was sunk | by a German submarine November 8 off the Spanish coast. The men, most of them horse tenders, confirmed the | cable reports of the destruction by | the same submarine of their ship, the Norwegian steamer Balto and the Swedish ship Varing, and of the trans- fer of the erews of all three, by order of the submarine commander, to the | Norwegian ship Fordelin, which land- ed them on the Spanish coast in life boats. i in a feature film, ing it the subject of a brief address. results and remain friends. 1 did not vote for him. Today is the a long ind pleasant life.” " LOADING CHIRISTMAS, TREES Wilsons Celebrate Wedding Anniversary by Malking Their First Visit to the *‘ Movies” Washington, Dec. 18.—~The President and Mrs. Wilson tqday cele- brated their first wedding anniversary with a motor ride, a family dinner party and a visit to the moving pictures. . The president and his wife are very consistent theater goers, but it was their first visit to “the movies.” They went to see Annette Kellerman Nbtice of the anniversary was taken in the house, where Republican Leader Mann before adjournment tonight aroused hearty applause by mak- “The beauty of American politics,” said Mr. Mann, “is that we accept Mr. Wilson recently was re-elected president. in his life, and I wish to felicitate him and Mrs. Wilson on _their happy union o} a year ago and wish for them a continuance of that happiness for 1916—TEN PAGES. Many thousands of these trees are cut, On Tratns, at Hotels, Nows Stands, eto,, So. | | . | French and British Lose 5 Million Men Berlin, Dec. 18.—(Wireless to Sayville.)—=The losses of the French army to date have been 3,- 800,000 and of the British 1,300,000, according to ‘“competent military authority,” says an Overseas News agency statement today. On the same authority the French Josses on the Somme up to the end of November are estimated at not less than 250,000 and those of the British at” 550,000, MOTHER RESCUES BABE FROM FLAMES Mrs. Herman Naegele Twice Struggles Through Fire-Filled Rooms to Children. BOY PLAYS WITH MATCHES — Fighting foroher babies who avere imprisoned in their burning home, Mrs. Herman Nacgele, 2018 Martha street, struggled twice through fire- filled rooms and rescued Eugene, aged 2 years, and Albert, her 10- month-old baby. : Mrs. Naegele left her home just for fifteen minutes to make some pur- chases at a neighboring store. The smell of smoke greeted her wlen she returned. She hastened to her apart- ment and through a fog of choking smoke she saw Eugene in the kitchen. He was lying prostrate on the floor. She _hurriedly brought him to the +lopen air and dashed again into the burning home. Albert, who had been asleep in the sitting room when she left, was partly asphyxiated, She brought him into the street, where he soon recovered consciousness. The damage to the property is_es- timated at slightly more than $100. It is thought that Eugene started the fire by playing with matches near the kitchen stove. * Lloyd George Will Be Able to Make His Statement Tuesday London, Dec. 18.—Premier Lloyd George was much better this morn- ing and his secretary said, that he would certainly make the promised statement in the House of Commons on Tucsday. Cuba Will Have Great Sugar Crop New York, Dec. 18.—Cuba's sugar yield for 1916-1917 will be a record breaking one, according to cable ad- vices received lhere by the Federal Sugar Refining company. The cur- rent crop will amount to 3,466,000 tons as compared with 3,006,000 tons last vear and 2,582,245 in the previous season, according to the messages. The large output is attributed largely to favorable weather. 17 Americans Killed London, Dec. 19.—Seventeen Amer- ican_muleteers and eleven of the Brit- ish horse transport ship Russian, which was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterrancan on December 14, have been killed, the British admiralty announced. anniversary of a very important day | | | rapidly as they could be trained men | called by the labor organizations as a VOLUNTEER ARMY SYSTEN FAILURE General Scott Tells Senate Mil. | itary Committee Universal Training Necessary. COUNTRY 1S UNPROTECTED Washington, Dec. 18.—Advocates and opponents of a system of univer- sal training for military service to re- place the volunteer system as the mainstay of the nation's defense had a heacng today before the senai: military committee on Scnator Chamberlain's ~ bill, for universal training, which is supported by the army general staff. T, While representatives of organiza- tior:s opposed to the bill, headed by Walter L. Fisher, former secretary of the interior, gave their reasons for opposing it, Major General Scott, chief-of-staff of the army, detaild to the committee why the general staff considereu the volunteer system \&olly broken down, inefficient and useless and arge ! that it be discerdel for a universal system of liability to training and service. Scott Proposes Large Army. General Scott, discussing much of the army war college material, hith- erto regarded as confidential, shows| that the army general staff now be- lieves that instead of 500,000 availa- ble men, which it considered suffi- cient as a start to defend the country against invasion, the country should have 1,500,000 fully trained men at the beri- g of a war, with 4 like number ready to lollow in ninety days. The change is bised on the development of the British army, the orginization of great Canadian forces and. the British alliance® with Japan. With such a force available, army general stali, General Scott said, onsiders th: United States practically immune from such an at- fack as military Jtrategists ‘believe might be expected from the victori- vus sct of powers in the European war. Fisher for Trained Reserve. Mr. Fisher declared himself in fa- vor of adequate preparedness, “I believe,” he said, “there is no higher duty than to provide for ade- quate military preparedness. But there is a radical difference between a military policy for defense and ag- gressive policy. If we are going to defend the Monroe doctrine in its broadest sense we are embarking on | a military impossibility.” To provide a first line of defense, Mr, Fisher suggested that the pay of the army be doubled, that civic train- ing which would fit the men for civil life be made compulsory and that as the be discharged into a citizen reserve, li- able for duty in war, “The plan proposed here is to adopt universal training for the sake of its civic by-product, for it is argued that universal training will give greater civic efficiency. Why not turn this right around, If you'll adopt civic discipline for the sake of its military by-product, you'll carry the country and you can't carry it otherwise.” Arraigning the volunteer system as extravagant, inefficient and dangerous, that universal training would be dem- | ocratic, reliable, efficient and cconoms- ical and within a few years practically | render the United States immune | from attack, | “It would be democratic,” he said, “because the burden of national de- (Continued on Page Seven, Column Three.) | T —— | General Strike | 0f One Day Begins | In Spain Tuesday| Madrid, Dec. 18.—(Via Paris.)—A twenty-four-hour general strike, protest against the.increased price of food will take place tomorrow throughout Spain. Factories, stores and many offices will be closed and no newspapers published. The au- thorities have posted notices appeal- ing to the good sense of the public to maintain order and announcing| that any disturbances would be vig- orously dealt with, SINGLE 'YON MACKENSEN THE WEATHE.R UNSEFTLED COPY TWO CENTS. ADVANCE BEYOND BUZEU RIVER LINE Entente Reported Preparing for New Stand on the Railway Twenty Milc = - to the North, Germans, in Counter Attack, Retake One Poin in the Verdun Region. ‘FRENOH BOOTY IS LARGE Bulletin. Berlin, Dec. 18—(By Wireless to ville.)—The Teutonic army ad- vancing northward in nortHern Dodrudja has crossed the line between Babadagh and Hecineaga, says the war office announcement tonight. S (Associnted Press War Summary.) Some lessening in the intensity of the fighting in Roumania is indicated by today’s German army headquarters statement, which reports the situation on the Roumanian front unchanged. Field Marshal von Mackensen's ad- vance has pushed considerably beyond {the Buzeu line, drawn approximately across, the southern boundary of Mol- davia, and unofficial advices indicate that the entente front is to be es- tablished between Rimnik Sarat, on the Buzeu-Jassy railway, about twenty miles north of Buzeu and the Danube marshes. Current advices declare that the Roumanian army is no longer in ac- tion, having been withdrawn for re- | grouping and refitting to Jassy and Beasarabia, under the protection of Russian forces, which now hold the fighting line. The Russians are ex- pected to make the stand on the Rim- nik- Sarat line, where strong defenses have been prepared. The Berlin state- ment reporting hostile forces falling back on Ibraili, may indicate that the casterly end of the line will be es- tablished at this important Danube river point, twenty-five miles qutl'. of Galata, & On the Franco-Belgian fron announces a strong counter a the Germans on the positis the French in their ¥ advance north and nortl dun. The only success ing forces, however, aceord to Paris, was at one point én the Cham- brettes farm, about a mile.and a quar- ter north of Fort Douamont, where they secured a footing, The French took 11,387 prisoners in the Verdun fighting of the last three days, the Paris.war office announced, together with 115 cannon, 107 machine guns and forty-four bomb throwers. German Official Report, Berlin, Dec. 18.—~(Wireless to Say- ville,)—No change in the situation on the Roumanian front is reported in today's communication fgom army headquarters. The statemei® follows: “In the Mestccanesci sector, east of the Golden Bystritsa, there was a (Continued on Page Nev First Restriction On Food in Force In Great Britain London, Dec. 18—The first food restriction went into force in Eng- land today. Hotels and restaurants are now forbidden to serve more than two courses for breakfast or luncheon angl three courses for din- ner. { Little inconvenience was experi- enced in connection with the first two meals. The Englishman’s usual breakfast consists of a cereal and bacon, eggs or fish, and, except in the more expensive places, a luncheon of two courses is the rule. It was in arranging for a dinner of three courses that the caterers experienced the greatest difficulties, but even in this case few .re likely to go hungry, as hors d'oeuvres and soup count only half a course, and for the two other courses diners have the choice of fish, entrees or roasts, with vege- tables and deserts. Cheese with bread and butter or crackers is not counted as a course, The meatless day, which is ex- pected to follow shortly, will prove a. more difficult problem for restaurants whizh make a specialty of roasts, Cash Dividend of Hundred Per Cent Pittshurgh, Dec. 18.—Stockholders of the Standard Oil company of Ken- tucky, located here today, received official information that they would b~ asked to vote on a proposition of ‘olumn Two.) the directors to increase the capita | the chief of staff told the committee | 25 pital On Ship U-Boat Sunk| of the company from $3,000,000 to $6,000,000. A cash dividend of 100 per cent is to be paid out of the com- pany's $4,000,000 surplus. Just think For 1c a Word your want will be told “to 200,000 - people. Can you find a cheap- er, quicker way to get the desired results than through a Bee Want Ad. Call Tyler 1000 You are as close to The Bee Want Ad Dept: as your phone is to you.