T1IK OMAHA SUNDAY I IKK: JANUARY J, i:ui. 11-A tDLLY SATISFIED BY YIENNA REPLY Amtrift'i Aifenrfinrtt fnr Vnfnr "R. a a w a w h laJ V A V ? - garded as More Acceptable f Than Germany'i. lfOTE IS ON WAY TO WILSON WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Aus- Srla's reply to the Ancona note not nly meets the cardinal points of ha American demands, but Rives as surances for the future which are consldered more satisfactory In their (extent than those which were given by Germany. Tho full American official view will hot be known until after President Wil son haa studied the Austrian reply, which Eras received today from. Ambassador 'en f lei J and waa Immediately dispatched o Hot Springs by a White House rnes enaer It may be stated authoritatively, never theless, that danger of a rupture of diplo matic relations haa passed, and the con troversy now enters the same stage as the Lusitania negotiations with Germany, tin even a mora favorable basis. Assurance la Satisfactory. Austria in the Ancona case haa sub scribed to the principle that no ships will M sunk unless they offer resistance or If lee without the persons aboard being brought to safety. This Is considered an assurance that la far reaching and satis factory, i i Germany only promised not to attack fc 'liners" until the persons aboard had n place, In boats. The extent of the lgnatlon liners never has been cleared pip and the American government does hot concede that placing persons in boats recfssarily assures their safety. Points which Austria leaves for further Idlplomatic correspondence are not con sidered of a nature to bring on a new crisis. Chief among them aro questions pf fact which affect Austria's responsi bility for what happened before the sub marine commander torpedoed the AnCona, and their importance is minimised by the promise to pay indemnity for Americans Joat regardless of the absence of proof as to just how they met their death. Statement Accepted. The mere statement that the submarine commander has been punished for not making allowance for the panic on the Ship undoubtedly felll be accepted without question ana without further Inquiry as .o its nature. One of the features of the esse which has attracted wide attention In official mnu . aii'ioina-iic Quarters ib inn KDatrfnt almilarltv rf tha. flmerilri In- th An. 'cona rase with those in the Lusltania t controversy, in both cases observers noted that the foreign office view finally Iprevalled over those of the admiralty which In each case waa hostile to the contentions or the United States. The sinking of the Japanese liner 'Tasaka Maru and the French liner Villa ;de La Clotat after the second American mote waa received In Vienna are accounted 'for hero on the theory that the Austrian admiralty, holding out Vor Its submarine policy, had not then issued new instruc tions to the submarine commanders. i Bernetorff Sees Lansing;. Count von Bernstorff. the German stra baasador, conferred with Secretary ln ling today on the Lusltanla case and It waa said that while no communications were paased, views were exchanged and it waa Indicated that- the promised settle ment Is not far off. The ambassador let It be known that he considered the Aus trian reply a complete compliance with the demands of the United States. The next step In the negotiations in the case will be for the American govern ment to furnish information at Its eom ! in and of the Americans who were lost as one of the preliminaries to fixing the i Indemnity. The other diplomatic ques tions which are raised are regarded broadly as academic. Welcome New Year . Right Merrily in The Great Cities CHICAGO. Jan. l.-Two and a half million dollars Is the estimate given by leading hotel and cafe managers as the amount expended here In the ushering out of the old and the welcoming In of the new year. The same authorities pronounced the celebration as not only the freest in the matter of expenditure, but the gayest which has been observed In Chicago. The light tilting of the "lid" resulting from an official opinion by the corpora tion counsel made it possible for the revels to continue long after the advent of January 1, 1916. NEW YORK, Jan. l.-New Yorkers abandoned themselves last night to rev elry and racket. "The gayest New Tear ever on record," was the verdict of those who know Intimately the his tory of Broadway and other streets where the white lights blase. Half an hour before the chimes of Old Trinity announced the advent of 1916 the clang of church bells, the shriek of whistles on factories, ferryboats and ships of every kind and the din of every description of I tin horns heralded the approach of mid- imsiiu The celebration began early and lasted late. New Paper Company Ready for Business The Field-Hamllton-Bmlth Paper com pany was incorporated yesterday with a capital stock of 136,000 to carry on a busi ness at 1114 Harney street The firm is composed of Clifton R. Field, Council Bluffs, president, for many years with the Carpenter Paper Co.; John F. Hamil ton, Omaha, formerly with the Marshall Paper Co.; Lee A. Smith, Omaha, sec retary and treasurer, lately 'of the Car penter company. The company plana to handle everything in connection with the wholesale paper, woodenware and light hardware trade. Young Man Killed By Tractor Wheel ( KHAR BI.I'FFS. Neb., Jan. 1. fSpe ' cial Tflegram.) Charles Olsen, aged St, . his killed todsy when he fell under tha mle.l.H of a big tractor that he was uslny us power for running a circular saw. The engine grar became engaged by mistake and while trying to stop the machine Olsen slipped on some ice and fell underneath. He was a son or Erie Olsen, one of the wealthiest farmers of Saunders county. He leaves a midow and aUld. GAVEL CLUB Or THE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL Left to Fred Huhr, Milton Christenson, Louis Wirth. Bottom row: Beckett, Edward Carlsoa and Breteslav Sedlacek. V) A L Full Text of Austrian Note Granting American Demands VIENNA (Via London), Jan. 1. The following note, dated Decem ber 29, In answer to the American government's demands concerning the sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona by an Austrian submarine, has been delivered to Frederick C. Penfleld, the American ambassador: "In answer to your very esteemed note No. 4307 of the 21st Instant, the subscriber has the honor to lay the following most respectfully be fore his excellency, the ambassador of the United Btates, Frederick Courland Penfleld: !nt Be Observed. "The imperial and royal govern ment agrees- thoroughly with the American cabinet that the sacred commandments of humanity must be observed also In war. Just as It has hitherto given at no time and to no person occasion to doubt Its respect for these commandments, In like manner also in the whole course of this war, which presents such pic tures of confusion of moral concep tions, has it given numerous proofs of humanitarian sentiments toward enemies as well as toward neutral states and it was not due to this gov ernment that it wag, a short time ago, not in harmony with the Washington cabinet 'precisely on1 the question which it (the Austria-Hungarian) government, in harmony ; with the entire public opinion in Austria-Hungary,' regarded as principally a Ques tion of humanity. Coacura la Principle. "The. imperial and royal govern ment can also substantially concur in the principle expressed in the very esteemed . note, that private ships, insofar as they do not flee or offer resistance, may not be de stroyed without the persons aboard being brought into safety. "The imperial and royal govern ment is very responsive to the as surance that the federal government lays value upon seeing that the good relations which happily. . exist be tween Austria-Hungary and the United States of America remains. It reciprocates this assurance most warmly and is now, as heretofore, concerned to render, these relations more hearty so far as lies in its power. "Guided by the same spirit of frankness as the goernment of the United States the imperial and royal government, although It does not find In the note frequently referred to the answer to all the legitimate questions submitted by It is willing to communicate to the federal gov ernment tlie result of the Investiga tion in accordance with existing de partmental regulation aa begun Im mediately after the receipt of the full report on the sinking of the An cona and which was just recently received. Rcsalt ( Ialry. "The result of this Investigation may be summarized aa follows: On November 7, 1915. at U: M o'clock In tha forenoon, tha commander of the submarine observed in latitude tt:0 north, longitude 10:08 east, in foggy weather, at a distance of roundly l.Ouo meters, and ona point to starboard, tha outlines of a large Italian steamer. He took It at first for a trans port steamer and turned about and fired from his rear gun a warning ahot far from tha vessel. "Simultaneously ha displayed tha signal. Lave the ship." The steamer did not stop, but rather turned aalda and sought to escape. Tha commander at first re mained stopped for some minutes In order to Increase the distance, sine be feared that the steamer had a stern gun and would fire at the submarine with it. Fires SUteea Shells. "When tha distance had reached 4.M0 meters ho had tha pursuit taken up with full power and fired from his forward gun at a decreasing distance sixteen shells, among which be observed three hits. "During the chase he ateamer went slg sag and stopped only after the third hit. Thereupon tha commander ceased firing. "During tba flight tha steamer had al ready, while at full apeed. let soma boats with persons In them, fall, which Imme diately eapalsed. After stopping tho steamer began launching boats. ''From a distance of about 1000 meters the commander saw that six boats were filled and rowed hastily away from the steamer. Another boat was capslted and floated keel up. The people held on to the hanging lines and to the ispslxd I boat. "During the further approach of the if- IT) .-ex w submarine the commander saw that great panic reigned aboard and that he had to deal with a paasenger steamer, namely the Ancona, from Genoa. There fore ho Rave the occupunts of the steamer more time than was required to leave the ship in life boats. "At least ten life boats were sti'l aboard, which would have more than sufficed for the resrue of the rersons still aboard. One of these boats hung, full of people, half turned outward on the davits. "Since, however, except for this, no fur ther move was made to lower tho boats, the commander decided after a lapse of forty-five minutes to torpedo the ship In such a manner that it should remain a considerable time afloat, in order thnt On the one hand the getting of the people Into the life boats should be hastened and that on the other, adequate oppor tunity should remain for rescuing tho persons still aboard. Steamer Apnroarhea. "Shortly thereafter a steamer became visible, which waa throwing out heavy clouds of smoke and headed toward the Ancona. It likely- had been summoned by the Ancona's wireless. "Since the submarine commander had to reckon on an attack by a steamer which he took for an enemy cruiser, he submerged after having, at 12:35 o'clock in the afternoon, had a torpedo fired Into the forward baggage hold of the Ancona from a distance of 800 meters. The An cona listed about ten degrees to starboard after this shot. "Thereupon an effort was made to lower the lifeboat which already waa half turned out on the davits. It broke loose, however, and fell into the water. The lifeboat floated keel down farther and the people held fast to the gunwale, "Of the other boats none waa lowered In the water, although persona could still be observed aboard. The ateamer gradually righted Itself to an even keel and settled so alowly that the submarine commander at first doubted whether the steamer' would sink. Not until 1 20 o'clock did It sink, after a lengthy paral lel settling with the bow first. t'onld Hare Been Bared. "During these further forty-five min utes all persons yet aboard could have been saved without difficulty with the boats still on hand. "From the fact that this, contrary to his expectations, was not done, the com mander concluded that the crew, con trary to all seamen's customs, had ac cepted their own rescue w.th the first boats and abandoned to themselves the passengers entrusted to their protection. "The weather at this time of the In cident was good and the sea calm, as that the lifeboats could have reached tho nearest coast without danger, i as Indeed, the lifeboats actually were dam aged only by the unskilled lowering, but not after they hid struck the water. "The loss of human lives Is in tha first Instance by no means aacrlbable to the sinking of the ship, but in all prob abilities In a muth higher measure, to the rapid lowering (Hlnunter Werefen) of the boats during full speed, aa well aa to the fact that tho crew concerned only for ltaeit did not rescue the passengers of the rapsized boats. Asrrlbabl Shots. "It la also probably aacrlbable to shots which hit the fleeing vessel, but tha death of persons, who sank with the steamer la also, above all, aacrlbable to tha d sloysl conduct of tha crew. "As appears from the above adduced state of affairs, the very esteemed note of December B Is baaed In many points on Incorrect premises. Infonnation reaching tha United States government that solid shot was Immediately fired toward the steamer la incorrect; It Is Incorrect that the submarine overhauled the steamer during the chaie; It ij In correct that only a brief period waa given for getting tha people Into the boata. "On tha contrary, an unusually long period waa granted to the Ancona for getting paasengera In the boats. "Finally, it la Incorrect that a number of shells were still fired at the steamer after it had stopped. . , Will Facts Sw. "Tba facts of the case demonstrate further that the commander of tha sub marine granted the steamer a full forty five minutes' time, that Is mora than an adequate period, to give the persons aboard an opportunity to take to the boats. Then since tha people were not all saved, be carried out tha torpedoing in such a manner that tha ship could remain above water tha longest possible time, doing this with tha purpoaa of mak ing possible tha abandonment of the vessel in boata still la hand. "Blnce tha ship remained a further forty-five minutes above water, be would have accomplished his purpoaa if tha crew of tba Ancona had not a-handoaed the passengers in a manner coatrary to duty. "With full consideration, however, of this conduct of the commander, aimed at accomplishing the rescue of tha crew and passengers, the- Imperial and royal marine authorltlea reached the roik-Iu-ston that be had nmttird to take ade quately Into conulderatiun the panic that had broken out among the isswiiserj, riffht, top row: Frank Orchard, Merle Gurti, Louis Mlaska, Edward Johnson, Frank Broadwell, Ralph Goldberg, Dale which rendered difficult the taking to the boats, and the spirit of the reguls .ion that Imperial and tvyal marine offi cers shall fall In giving help to nobody .n need, not ven to an enemy. Officer PanUhrd. "Therefore, the officer was punished In accordance with tho existing rules for exceeding his Instructions. "The Imperial and royal government, In the face of this state of affair.', does not hesitate to draw the corresponding conclusion respecting trie Indemnifica tion of American clf.aens affected by the sinking of the prise, but In this re gard It makes the tallowing statement: "The Investigation Into the elnking of the Ancona could naturally furnish no es sential point to show In how far a right to an Indemnity Is to he granted Amer ican cltlxens. The Imperial and royal government cannot, Inoeed, even 'accord Ing to the view of the Washington cabi net, be held liable for damage which re sulted from the undoubtedly Justified bombardment of the fleeing ship. "It should Just as littln nave to answer for the damages which came to pass be fore the torpedoing of the ship, through the faulty lowering of lifeboats or the capsizing of lowered boata. "The imperial and royal government must assume that the Washington gov ernment Is In a position and disposed to give It (the Austro-Hungarlan govern ment) the required and certalnlr not un important Information In this respect "If. however. Because of possible lack of material proofs, the particular cir cumstance under which American citi zens suffered damago should not have become known to the union government, tha royal government, In consideration for the humanely deeply regrettable In cident and by a desire to proclaim rfnee again its friendly feelings toward v the federal government, would .he,' gladly willing to disregard this gap "in the evi dence and to extend indemnity slro to those damaged whosa cause cannot be established. "While the Imperial and royal govern ment may probably consider tha affair of the Ancona as settled with the fore going statements. It reserves to Itself at this time the right to bring up for dis cussion at a later period the difficult questions of International law connected with euhmarlne warfare. "Tha undersigned haa tha honor te re quest most respectfully that his excel lency, the ambassador of the I'nlted States of America, will be pleased to bring tha foregoing to the attention of tha federal government and takes advan tage of this opportunity to renew to itis excellency an expression of his most especial esteem. "BURIAN." Hazel Wright Is , Winner of Doll In Bee's Contest At last Haael Wright has a doll. And a "great big beautiful doll," it Is, too. twenty-four Inches high, with beau tiful hair, lovely clothes and eyes that open and shut. When Hazel heard It she waa about tha happiest girl in tha world. Kor Santa Claus had passed her house without leaving a doll, although she had asked him to, and had been a good girl. But Hasel dldn t alt down and cry She Just got busy in Tha Bee's contest and aha got a lot of other people to help her by cutting pictures of the doll out of Tha Bee and then she brought them to The Bee office, fihe had 711 al together and It waa enough to win. So the beautiful doll, whosa name is "Florence." belongs to Hasel now anj lives with her at her home, iu Avenue D, Council Bluffs. Another fine thing about Hazel win ning the doll la that she had tried aev. eral times before, but some little girl always got mora pictures than she. This didn't discourage her and now she bus succeeded. Culled from the Wire, The I'nlted Htates mint at Denver re ceived a total of 34.m.',61S old and silver In 1IS. according to the annual report of Superintendent Thomas Annear. This Is an Increase of IwcMM over the 11)14 re ceipts. Of this sum 144,2. 441 was gold and i7U75 sUver. . Ban Diego turned out e.n masse to do honor to the final day cf the iajiama ( California exposition, which long since free- from debt, has been operated suo neaafully since last January. Coincident with the closing of the ll& exposition will come the opening of the. Panama-California International exposition of 11. to morrow to run through the year. Heven Indictments were returned at Chi cago against five men alleged to have been employed by the I'nlted Garment Vvorkers to do violence to persons who worked through the strike recently con ducted by that union. County grand Jury blamed the union, the employers and the city police for tha violence growing out of the atrlke. B. F. Harris af Champaign. Ill , chair man of the agricultural commission of the American iiankers' association, an nounced tha members of the commission for the year of 1W6. They are K. J. Cur t'n. Decorah. Ia.: Joaeuh Illrsch. Comus Shristi, Tex.; George T. Wells. Denver, olo.j J. K. Wells. Columbus, Wis.: R. I. Woodside. Greenville. 8. C; William Ji High, ban francuco. Cat. The Chicago Opera company brouaht John McCormsxk, the tenor, back to the operatic stage at t'hlcaao after an ab sence of two years. MoCormack appeared In Ia Boheme with UeraJdine Varrsr. Five yeara ao when Mr. McCornutck was with the Chicago Opera company he received a performani-a, now he re ceives I'." 0H). The box orfua sales sliuweV me iiotixe in i me uikviu hi me tory of the Chicago Opera vomnanv 1 W Canada Celebrates By Raising Armies To Half Million Men OTTAWA, Ontario, nec. Si. Canada 111 celebrate the coming of New Tear's by increasing the number of men au thorised for overseas sen-ice from 260.00S to WO.OOO, Premier Itobert I Borden an nounced today. "Yesterday." the premier's statement said, "the authorised forces of Canada numbered 230,000 and the number enlisted waa rapidly approximating that limit to day. Tha first of the new year our au thorised force will be Wo.OOO. Tha an nouncement Is made In token of Canada's unfliching resolve to crown the Justice of our cause with victory and an abiding peace. "The number of men rnus far enlisted In Canada Is 212,890, while 11I.92J have been aent to Europe, (0000 of whom are on the firing line. Only one soldier has been lost In tha transportation of Can adians across the Atlantic" Millions in Cash In Treasury of Douglas County The balance sheer of County Treaaurer Ure. made up at tha end of the last day of the year, showed $3,734,203.93 In cash and securities on hand as against 32.M7, 367.37 on tha corresponding date of 1913. Tha total receipts for 1913 were $3,163, 846.02, as against f7,7M,m4 during 1914. Disbursements last year aggregated 33, 7S9.&76J7, as against 3T.319.4M.28 during tha previous year. The following table shows the tax col lections during the year! ... Current city taxes t2.OM.M7.81 Back city taxea 117.3M.07 Current county taxes 128s.8ft7.IM Bark county taxea 91. 391. 33 Current taxes t.3l.o4.lS Back taxes 90S. 74330 Total taxes ,. S.n2J1.49 County and city levies 3,924,144.34 Two Heavy Hardware Houses in on Merger The Omaha Banm Iron store, Incorpor ated, suoeeeds to tha business of the Omaha Iron Store companr and tha Baum Iron company. The new company will carry on the combined Business of the two concerns In tha building at Thir teenth and Harney streets, formerly oc cupied by the Baum Iron company. This organisation is headed by H. I, Adams, president and general manager; Frank L. Adams, treasurer; H- J. McCarthy, secretary, and Daniel Baum, Jr., vloa president. By this merger of these) houses, tha Omaha Baum Iron store becomes tha most extensive distributor of heavy hard of tho country and will extend tha field of operation by entering territory not heretofore covered by either house. Tha Baum Iron company has been la this lino In Nebraska since 137. Tha Omaha Iron Store company succeeded to the business of W. J. Broatch tea years ago. Telegraphers Hold WatchNight Party The Western Union Electrical club of Omaha entertained at a watch party and dance In The Bee building last night. Some two hundred attended tha affair composed of tha members of their fam ilies and friends. At midnight tha talepraphera gave 191s an appropriate "30" and welcomed tha 1918 new arrival under the caption "Wel come 1913" In Morsa. Salvini, Italian Tragedian, Is Dead TjONDON, Jan. 1. Tommasso Salvini. the eminent Italian tragedian, has Just died at Florence, Italy. H0LMBURG ENDORSED FOR LEGISLATURE BY LOYAL CLUB Leonard Holmburg. retiring president of the Loyal club, haa been Indorsed by that organisation as rsndldatt for state legis lature. Mr. Holmburg presided over tha club for right years. His Indorsement for tha April primaries waa made at a meeting of tha club. A public statement of this action of the club was signed by S. Han sen, F. K. Ptone, T. Harrison and B. Thompson. RUBELS GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS SALE Commences Tuesday Morning, January 4. Stora closed tomorrow (Monday). Marking down prices and preparing for the Btg Sale. Kor full particulars see Monday evening papers. MONUMENTS FOR NEW COURT HOUSE Patriotic Sociftiei Are Boosting Project to Erect New Shafti. GRAND ARMY TAKES PART ' Acting as a committee. Major It. 8. Wilcox, A. 8. Cieluh. Jonathan Kd wards and Captain C. K. Adams hsve called a meeting to he held In Memorial hall In tha court house at I o'clock, the after noon of January . They have Invited all patriotic, civic and rnnimer.'ial soci eties, the mayor and city council, the Board of Kdui-atlon, and the Htate 11 s torlcal societies to send delegates. In addition, they invite all pubilu aplrlled cltlxens and representatives of the press. The purpose of the meeting Is to talk over and determine upon what steps should be taken relative to the erection of a monument, or a number of monu ments on the court houe grounds. iom memoratlve of the Nehratkn soldiers and sailors of the ch II war, the Nebraska Pioneers and ti e I.lnreiln litahway. The three Grand Armv pos'a In Omaha, the Sons of Veterans and the Hons of tho Revolution have formed a temporary or ganization, look. up to the election of a monument. Now; they desire to hold the meeting for the purpose of fretting the views of the public as to design and lo cation and also as to whether there should be one l.irge monument, or several smaller ones. 0 This Is a strictly health resolution and the most Important oaa that It Is possible to make. Father, mother, brother, sister, everybody mak this resolution and see that those under your care are properly taught the Importance of Good Terth In order to stow a strong, clean, healthy body. 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