Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1916)
The Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER FAIR VOL. XL VI. NO. 149. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1916 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. You are as close to The Bee Want Ad Dept as your phone is to you. Tyler 1000 ILOYD GEORGE AT WORK AT TASK OF MAKINGCABINET Indications that Prominent Lib erals and Unionists Will Refuses to Accept v Places. SEARCHING FOR SUPPORT Unionists, Seventy Liberals, Possibly Labor Members to Back New Regime. ' ' ' ) FIRST TEST- COMES MONDAY BULLETIN. London, Dec."$, That David Lloyd Geotge lias virtually succeeded in forming a cabinet is indicated in the following announcement in the court circular tonight: "The Right Honorable David Lloyd George had an audience with the ,ling this evening and accepted his majes ty's offer of the post of prime minis ter and first lord of the treasury and kissed his hands upon his appoint ment." " ' . London, Dec. It having been decided that David Lloyd George will undertake the formation of a ministry, political circles today were trrferested chiefly in personnel of the new cab ' inet and the prospects of the new pre mier ' getting together a combination that will have the support of a ma - ioritv in the Hojsi of Commons. Few, if any, of the liberal members of Mr. Asquith's cabinet are likely to accept office unde Mr. Lloyd (Scorge and some o. the unionist members like J. Austen Chamberlain and Lord Robert Cecil are likely to stand aside. However, it is assumed that at the conference at Buckingham palace they assured the new premier of their benevole.it, neutrality, thus making his ti.sk mucl. simpler. Support Now In Sight. Provincial liberal newspapers like the Manchestei Guardian and the Liverpool Post make a plea to the liberals to give the government a fair chance as it is generally assumed that it is the embodiment of British determination to win the war. Ac- cording to one estimate Mr. Lloyd George cart rely on the suppoi. of vir tually all the unionist member and of seventy liberals and hopes to obtain the backing of labor-members, who will come to a Anal decision at a meeting today. It is also reported that Mr. Lloyd George believes- he will be ablejg i. off eifontission to the nationalists which will bring thcul into power. v.. ... . Nuettus at Hand As far as the cabinet is concerned the new premier has a nucleus in A. Bonar Law, Lord Derby, Lord Cur zon, Sir Frederick E. Smith and Sir Edward Carson, while Viscount Reading, the ,lord chief justice, is likely to join the ministry. Other liberal members may be drawn from men such as Sir Frederick Cawlev. member of the House of Commons from the Prestwick division of Lan cashire, and Sir George Pollard, member from the Eccles division of . Lancashire, who, although the public has heard little of them, have done efficient work in committees. Dr. Christopheri Addison, parliamentary under-secretary for munitions, is al most certain to have a place in thei caoinet, ana colonel Winston fcpen 'cer Churchill, former first lord of the admiralty, is slated for a high office. First Test Mondajf. " Under the circumstances it is be lieved the construction of the cabi net will be a matter of only a day or so ajid that by Monday the hew . government will meet the House of Commons to learn what manner of reception will be accorded it. A test qf its strength can he made on the vote of credit, which must be moved immediately. Today's session of the House of Commons was expected to be a for mal one, it being doub.uil whather any of the ministers would put in an appearance. , The Weather For Nebraska Fair: .folder; Temperature! at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. I 6 a, m tf a. m 9 a. 1U a. 11 m 37 12 m , 3n 1 p. m ,38 2 p. m 30 :i p. m 35 P. m 34 5 p. m Z P. m 31 7 p. ni 30 P- m us Comparative Local Record. 1JL. , 115. 1914. 1913. Highest yesterday ....by 65 3ii 31 , Lowest yesterday 3h 33 20 Mean temperature ... .44 46 34 as Precipitation T .00 .07 ,m Temperature and precipitation' dpnriurpn from thu normal at Omaha Mince March 1. anjl compared with the lam two yearn: Deir Normal temperature . . at lixefiw for the day ") 'foittf eicees aince March ...iiZ Normal precipitation ..I...'' .03 Inch" Deficiency for th day .03 Inch Total rainfall aiuce March 1. . .16.07 inches Deficiency since March 1 12.47 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, im. 1.80 I til-hen Deficiency for cor. period, 1V14. 3.3 lnche Report from Stetiom at t P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Rain ,? p. et. fall. 1 T. 20 L'4 .;m -.21 S4 .an of Weather Cheyenne, clear .... Davenport cloudy .., Denver, cloudy Des Moines. clear .. Dodge City, cloudy . LunUer. clear North Platte, clear Omaha, clear Pueblo, clear Rapid City, clear . . . Salt Lake City, clear Hanta Ke, cloudy Sheridan, clear ..... Sioux Clly. cluudy , . .14 V: lenlltic. clear IX 'i,b "X" Indicates trace of precipitation. - it, A. WULtiH. MeleorolocTlat OMAHA TO HAVE NEW PASSENGER STATION Union Pacific Secures Option On Large Tract Near-Sixteenth and Leavenworth. NOW HELD BY BOCK ISLAND The rapid grjwth of Omaha and Nebraska and the immense increase in business that has come along with it has stirred tie L'uio:i Pacific Rail road company to action. As a re sult Omaha i in a fair way to get some of the things that arc coming to it in the way of better passenger and freight facilities, and active op erations looking 10 this end are ex pected start before the end of an other year. Indications now point to the begin ning of work upon a modern and sufficiently large passenger station ter handle and care for the travel. At the same time indications point to the construction of an immense up-to-date and modern freight depot, taking the place of the antiquated structure built at Ninth and Jones streets, by the Union Pacific more than twenty-five years ago. Two New Stations. It seems to be pretty well assured that the Union Pacific is going to take the lead in the erection of a mod ern passenger station and that in dependently it is going to construct a freight depot for itself and . the other roads that are its tenants Some five years ago, at a cost of about $6D0,00U, the Rock Island bought a large tract of ground west of the Sixteenth street viaduct, in tending to use it for freight depot and yardage purposes. Since then the Rock Island has hit the toboggan and has been in hard lines, finan cially. Now reorganization is in progress with a view to putting the company ,011 its feet. However, in casting about, the officials have con cluded that they do not need the property west of the ixteenthyStreet viaduct. Some days ago it- was put on the market, with the Union Pa cific being in un an option to rake it over at a cool $1,000,000, which is said to be cheap, considering the lo cation. This property, which extends north almost to Sixteenth and Leaven worth streets, it is asserted, makes an ideal location for a union passen ger station, convenient to the busi ness portion of the city and accessi ble to all the roads that would use the building. Railroad men who are not connected 'vith the Union Pacific, bu'. are high up in the councils of other roads that would use the sta tion, assert that this is the place for the passenger station and that there it will probably be located. - Chance ter EnHrrge;ifrdl;: " Wilh the construction of the pas senger station aouth of Leavenworth street, the way is cleared for the enlargement' of the Union Pacific yards, something 'that is badly needed. The business :.as outgrown them and the condition of (lie old freight house is bad. Removing the passenger yards to the -Sixteenth , and Leavenworth streets location, over the distance from Thirteenth to Fourth street, would give the Union Pacific room for eight to ten additional freight tracks and with this increase in fa cilities it is figured that there would be sufficient trackage for twenty-five years to come, even if Omaha en joyed an unprecedented growth dur ing the whole of that time. New Freight Depot. I In connection with converting the present passenger .train tracks into freight car yardage comes along the construction of a new freight depot by the Union Pacific, but the location for it has not ct been- determined. However, it is to be built south of the present structure or on the ground bought by the company around the Eleventh street viaduct som'e years ago. The determination of the Paxton Gallagher company to erect a new building on the site of the present jobbing house is another move that comes along with the proposed new freight depot by the Union Pacific. And it is asserted that it was not un til after assurances were given that a new freight house would be erected that the Paxton-Oallagher people de cided to build on the present site. The Paxton-Gallagher company has taken a lease on the Ames building, directly . north of .the old grocery house, and will mve into it. This dorfe, wrecking the old building will be started and the ground cleared that construction may begin early next spring. The new building will cost close to $500,000, eleven stories high, of brick and steel construction and modern in every respect. It will rise seven stories above the floor of the Tenth street viaduct and will be the largest grocery jobbing Jiouse west of Chicago. Rail Commission Calls Omaha Road Upon the Carpet (From a Bluff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Dec. 7. (Special.) The state railway commission has issued an order calling upon the Minneapo lis & Omaha railroad company to appear bore that beody on Decem ber 19 and show cause why the com mission should not revoke its for mer order a''owing that roa ' to run trains out of Sioux City to Omaha wit .out stopping at Dakota City and South Sioux City. The r, mmission holds that the road scured the order through a misrepresentation of the reason why they desired the changes made, al leging that it was for the purpose of ; .akir.g better tim.- and conno tions. when the complaint sets out that it waa for the purposcSif, stop ping passengers from goin . those points to take trains, thuj saving the advance iiargcd because of inter state passenger rates. CAUTIOUS IOWA BANKER INVES 17V IN WILD ftS" F. E. Dufur jorimer Avails Self of Opportunity to Buy Thirty-Five of the Elusive Oayuses. SPECIFIED WHAT KIND it Testimony in Federal Court Brings Out Operations of Stock Company". CASE PROGRESSES SLOWLY - One has to be cautiots these days when everybody is looking for a sucker. No one knew tiiis better than F. E." Dufur, banker of Lorimcr, la., for twenty-seven years. So when he had a chance tc- buy thirty-five wild range horses from Coconino county. Arizona, for a price that was rather low, he thought he would cautiously look into the matter. - This was a part of the testimony brought out in the United States dis trict cjurt in ihc celebrated "wild horse" case, in which the government is prosecuth the U.itcd Sta'.cs Mvc Stock com- v and the C-.'.ah- Land and investment company for using ihe mails to defraud. 1 M",t Be Caught. Mr. Dufur decided he would give $1,750 for thirty-five of the animals, provided they were caught for him and pu in cars at-Flag;.f, Ariz. Ac cordingly, he drew up his"twn bill of sale and specified exactly the kind of animals he preferred. He didn't care so much for the breed, but he was rather particular as to the color. He wanted a few iron grays, some bays and a small number of roans. Just a nice assortment that would bring a top price on the market. The anima's shou'dn't be oter 3 years old and should at least tip the geams at 1,000 pounds or over, and after they were caught and placed in the cars at Flagstaff, Ariz., it wouldn't be a bad idea to have the government in spector at that point look the cayuses over to see that there was no disease among them. To Trade Colorado Land. With all these specifications en closed in a bill of sale, which he made out in his bank atT-orimcr, la., he came to this city in 1913 and took up the offer of the United States Live Stock company for thirty-five of the animals, paying down $750 cash and giving farm property in Colorado to brino-thc amount up, to $1,750. - A half, interest in an old mare that died soon after it was caught and. a wild hone which brought $20 after it was shipped from" Flagstaff, Ariz., to a point in South Dakota, was what Willis S. JdcDonald, a former barber of Draper, S. D., and now of Harding, Mont., received for' his six-room ousc and five acres of land at Draper, S. D., valued at $5,000, which he had traded for sixty head of the wild Coconino county, Arizona, range horses. , Even at that he did not count the two months' fruitless effort of round ing up the elusive steed and the money spent in hiring rangers to aid him in the hunt. This he told in con nection with the "wild horse" case in which the government is trying to show that an organization known as the United Stock company and the Omaha Land Investment company used the mails to defraud. , Horses Grow Wilder. "I went to Flagstaff, Ariz., he said, "to round up my sixty head of horses, which I had been assured by J. S. Smith of the Union Stock company would be an easy thing to do. Smith came out to help me and show me around, but we never ran across any of the brands that Smith had sold me." After goiirg into the wild recesses of Coconino county, he said that the few horscsie saw grew wilder in stead of tamer, as Smith had told him. Failing to find horses with his brand, he said that Srflith gave up the search and left him to pursue his own animals. V McDonald was reluctant to give up the search without and results, so he aided in the building of corrals in which to ensnare the animals. But somehow they wouldn't go into the traps, he said, and those that did hap pen to go in did not have the Smith brand. He gave up the effort after two months' work. A Cash Customer. F. E. McNutt, formerly of Missouri Valley, la., and now of Colby,. Kan., was the first cash customer in the "wild horse" case to testify for the government. Jic said that he pur chased sixty vld horses and paid $600 cash, giving a note for the balance. He afterward paid the note, but did not receive any horses, he said. It seemed as if the "wild horse" officers rather went out of their way to please cash customers, as McNutt testified they promised to catch the horses for him, and that ail he would have to do was to bring them from Diabolo canyon to the market. Oil Inspection Receipts Higher During Bienniurti (From h Staff Corrrtponilent.) Lincoln, Dec. 7. (Special.) Oil inspection receipts have increased about 100 per cent during the pres ent biennium. i During-the 1911-12 biennium the fees of the office amounted to ap proximately $11 3.0(H). In 1913-14 they nicreascd to $143,000. but during the present biennum the fees have jumped to $221.000, , $129,000 being collected the past year. Commissioner Harman - sa,ys that this is due to the fact that large q lantitics of oil have been used for automobile and commercial purposes and also that every barrel of oil coming into the state has been inspected. REVIEW OF TROOPS ON MEXICAN BORDER Some of the 23,000 trooper of the Nation al Guard marching in review at Brownsville, Tek. Brigadier-General Bell, Jr., U. S. A., shown in the insert, is in command of the 55,000 troops on the border. . 0k M. - ROUMANIANS FLEE - FROfflBUCHAREST Capital Abandoned by Army and Inhabitants Before Teutons Arrive. MAY CUT OFF RETREAT (toBOvtattil rrewi War ftiimmar)',) Tie brief dispatches in which the fall of Bucharest was announced left in doubt the fate of the armies which were resisting the advance of the Teutonic , invaders. It is assumed in most entente quar ters, however, that there was no "last stand" by the Roumanians before their capital and such news as has trickled through from German sources indicates that Bucharest was virtually deserted when the Teutonic forces entered it. 'The city is said to have been found uninjured. ' Military commentators 1 in entente capitals point to the probability tliat the actions just prior to the capture of Bucharest were fotuht merely, with a view to delaying the advance of Field Marshal von Mackemen's forces and aiding in the escape flf the main body of-Roumanian. The capture of Ploechti, the railway junction thirty six miles north of Bucharest, how ever, may have blocked the retreat nf a nart nf the Roumanian forces. This eity, moreovr, is in the centcs of the great Prahova valley oil dis trict. German opinion is expressed to the effect that the Roumanians have de cided to abandon all of Wallachia, the main'portion of the Roumanian king dom, and v retire to Moldavia, their northeastern province, where the front would be materially shortened and where they would be in close touch with the Russians. The total captures of Roumanians by the forces of the central powers since the beginning of the war ac reported to have been 100,000 men. Retreat on the Whole Front. Berlin, Def. 7. (Wireless to Say vilie.) The defeated Roumanians are retreating along th6 whole front, the war office announces. The Teutonic troops have captured Campino, on the railroad between Kronstadt and I'loechti. In yesterday's fighting more than 9,000 Roumanians were captured. Teutonic troops' yesterday entered Russian positions west of Lutsk, in Volhynia, says today's official report from the Russo-Galician front. Five Russian attacks last night to regain the Raptured ground' were repulsed. Bucharest is Evacuated. Petrograd, Dec. 7. (Via London.) Bucharest, the Roumanian capital, has been evacuated by the Roumanian troops, says the Russian official state ment issued today and the Roumanian forces to the south of the capital also have retired. In Wallachia the Rou manians are retreating towards the east under hostile pressure and hold ing the Teuton forces by rear guard actions. Allen is Charged With Murder of an Iowa ,Young Woman .Seattle, Wash., Dec. 7. A charge, of murder in the first degree was filed vestcrdav against Percival V. Allen, i who escaped from the county jail I last Monday while serving a year's sentence for unlawlully living with Miss Anna Danielson, who died in convulsions in Allen's apartment in this city last July. No trace of Allen has been found, but it is believed he is hiding in Seattle. The murder charge is filed because of evidence of poisoning-'discovered through th; efforts of relatives of Miss Danielson in Iowa and Minne apolis. The complaint -names the woman as Mrs. Anna Danielson Allen by virtue of a wedding ceremony per formed in Tacoma July 5. Allen, who posed as an osteopath physician, is alleged to have been a professional swindler of -vomen. He, met Miss Danielson on a steamer vtyagc from San F'rancisco to Seattle. Roy Barnes Cleared On Charge of Murder I'airbury, Neb., Dec. 7. (Special Telegram.) After deliberating since 6 o'clock Wednesday evening a jury here at. noon today acquitted Roy Harnes'if attempting to kilt Ernest E. McLanc, May 26, 1915. TROOJPS AT THE BORDER Five Thousand of National Guardsmen Are Ordered Home San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 7. A total of 5,767 National Guard troops en gaged in border service was today designated by General Funston to go home. He acted"' under orders from the War department to select be tween 5,000 and 6,000 troops for re lease. ' A number of New York organiza tions at Pharr and McAllcn arc in cluded in the list, but it was said at ' headquarters that General O Ryan and headquarters staff of he New York division have not been ordered home. However, such an order is un derstood to be under consideration. THIS PASTOR NOT TO PROUD TO FIGHT Rev. Robert F. Leavens, How ever, Does Mot Sanction Invasion of Mexico, TALKS 'TO BUSINESS MEN "I am willing, if necessary, to get to the border to defend the ccunfry against invasion," said Rev. Robert Leavens of the First Unitarian church of Omaha, in a talk 011 peace before the Noonday club in the Commercial club rooms. "liuM am willing to go across the border on no condition ex cept ai one soldier with many soldicrf of other countries to establish peace in Mexico." fr. Leavens spoke of the aim of tlie League to F.nforce Peace. He said it aim's to establish a court of justice between nations, a board of arbitration, and an agreement that if any nation enters hostilities without first taking the course of the court of justice and the arbitration hoard, then it shall be subjected to the concerted action of other nations in the league to suppress that hostility. ' - Justifiable Wars. He declared the only Tigliting to be donc( in the world should in the future be fighting against such forces of nature as are hostile to civilization and human advancement, such as the long and successful fight the Holland ers have made against the encroach ments of theocean. "That is an outlet for the' masculine physical-energies of which war is now made the ex-use in so many minds," he said. He spoke of the peace to be de sired, as ' rot a peace of gagged despair servitude of the many and despotism of the few. The only peace to welcome is the peace that brings justice, liberty and right to the weak and strong, and honor to all." Labor Party Decides To Give Its Support To Lloyd George London. Dec. 7. It is regarded this afternoon as virtually certain that David Lloyd George will suc ceed in organizing a ministry which will have the support 5f a majority in the House of Commons, the labor party having decided to participate 111 the making up of the new cabinet. It is said that George Nicoll Barnes, labor member of Parliament for the Blackfriars' division of Glas gow and a ; rivy councillor, and Ar thur Henderson, president of the Board of Education in the coalition ministry, will be members of the cabinet ana mat one ot tnctu win sit III 111c war cuu111.11. in ttuuiiiuu 11 is also said three undcrsccretaryships will be allotted to the labor party. It is understood Mr. Lloyd George is aiming at a cabinet of twelve mem bers, five of them unionists, Bve lib erals and two labor representatives. From this number a small Var coun cil is to be appointed. The labor parliamentary party to day adopted a resolution expressing the hope that "in the supreme crisis an emLavor will be made by the new government to settle the Irish ques tion and bring about the widest measure of co-operation of all forces and energies of the nation and the empire." 3- DJ5IC.-GEN BBM.. HONORS ARE HEAPED OHR'FADDEN HotefClerks of Two States Elect Him President and Boost Him Again. WANT HIM AS THE BIQ BOSS R. D. McFaddcn-of the Wellington Inn was elected president of the Nebraska-Iowa Hotel Clerks' associa tion, which is concluding its two days' session in Omaha. Not only was he elected president of this association for the enduing year, but it waa recommended that he be pushed as national president of the Grccttrs of-Amcrica at the conven tion of this national body to be held at Bostonxnext June. -This recom mendation came from the board of governors in their regular report, It was greeted with enthusiasm, and right now McFadden's derby is in the ring for the light. Yes, and the Nebraska-Iowa asso ciation it to send a- delegation of ten men to the national convention to put its favorite, sou, McFaddeu, across. The ten delegates were lso decided upon It the morning meeting. They are Colonel H. B. Summers, OtlumWa, la.; Colonel William Anderson, Oma ha; J. W. Kennedy, Omaha; Joseph M. McCaffery, Hot Springs, S. D.; R. Koenigsberger, Omaha; Jay Mac clarty, Sioux City, la.; Paul Stanton, Oniaha; John Kcenan, .Omaha; Bry ant, Omaha, and R. Di McFaddcn, Oniaha. t 4 ' Hamilton in Again. Jay S. Hamilton of Omaha was ra clecled secretary-treasurer of the Nebraska-Iowa association, and Colonel William Anderson was made first vice presidents 1 The delegates enjoyed luncheon at the Hotel Loyal at noon, with their ladies present. They were photo graphed in a group 011 the poscrncc steps at 2 o'clock and the ladies were given an auto ride at 2:15. At the election of officers the fol lowing were chosen: am Foster of Mason City, la., second 'vice presi dent; 1. C. Koenigsburger of Omaha, third vice president; S. K. Wright of Oskaloosa, la., sergeant, at arms; S. B. Somers of Ottutnwa, la., R. K. Bryant of Oniaha, A. A. Frost of Des Moines, H. C. Hcckett of Lexington. Neb., and George Danchy of Oska loosa, members of the board of gov ernors. The board of governors will select the next 'meeting place at their annual meeting.. " The two days' session of the hotel clerks closed with a banquet at the Hotel Fontenelle last evening. Van Dyke Writes I Poem Glorifying Name of France New York, Dec. 7. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, whose resignation as minister to The Netherlands was announced last Monday, contributes to the cur rent number of the Art World, under the title of "The Name of France," the verse poem glorfyiug France and concluding with these lines: A name that , calls the world to share The burden of sacrificial strife, Where the cause at stake is the world's free life, And the rule ot the people every- wnere A name like a'vo-v, a name tike a prayer. I give you, France. In a statement to the correspondent of the Associated Press in The Hague announcing his resignation, Dr. Van Dyke said: "The main reason was my wish to return to work as a writer with full freedom to say what I think and feel." More Food Inspections. Than During Year Before (From a Stuff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Dec. 6. (Special.) The state food department yesterday filed a case against F. R. Smith of the S. & K. meat market of this city, alleg ing the sale of impure meat. Mr. Smith, who is manager of the market, pleaded guilty and was assessed a fine of $10 and costs, which he paid. Commissioner , Harman announces that inspections for the last bien nium have been 100 per cent greater in number than during the previous biennium, running up to 52,450. VILLA'S BANDITS BURN AMERICAN AT THE STARE Government Agents at El Paso Report Mutilation and Murder of Man ' Named Foster. ONE AMERICAN HANGED Howard Gray, Mining Engineer, Is Executed at Farral, Says V Report of Messenger, OTHER AMERICANS SAFE El Paso, Dec. 7. Government agents here today sent a report to Washington saying an American named Foster had been mutilated, then burned at the stake by Villa ' bandits operating neaf Torreon. ,' .' The report was said to have becil brought by refugees coming to the border from Torreon. They also re ported seeing sixty Carranza soldiers . with their ears cut off by Villa ban dits near Torreon. Foster's son was forced to witness his father's cxecu- ' tion, the report stated. Foster was an American hacienda . superintendent. His first name, his home in the United States and his , relatives arc not known here. 1. El Paso, Tex.,' Dec, 7. Howard Gray, an American mining man at Parral, was killed by Villa bandits when they entered the town Novem- ' ber 5, according to . a telegram re ceived today by the Alvarado Mining ' and Milling company. H The message said all other Amer icans were safe and American prop erty was unharmed. Gray had a si- " trr, a Mrs. Bowman, residing in lil Paso. r A messenger who arrived from Par-. ral shortly atter tne telegram was made public said Gray was hanged by order of Villa. 1 Gray Shot and Hanged. Gray was shot to death in the door way of his home near parral and Ins body then hanged by a band of Villa bandits from Villa's main column, two foreign refugees who reached here to day from Parral reported. , These foreigners saw Edgar Kock, German vice consul in Parral, before they left that city. He told them he ' was ordered executed by Villa ban dits at Santa Rosalia alter being robbed of $511,000 worth of silver bars belonging to the Alvarado Mining and Milling company. The refugees also saw Theodore Hoemuller, a German, eloe. th'ev ''fl rarrarHe was re-V" oorted to have been killed, together ' iwith his wife and family. They laid al other foreigners m the farm district-were safe, except 1 number of Chinese, who had been killed. Villa Not lit Chihuahua. Washington, Dec. 7. Doubts that Villa himself was in Chihudiua City when the city was taken from the Catrania forces, as was reported, have been raised by the story of a deserter from Villa's band, who says the ban dit chief directed the fighting by tele graph from Bustillo'i ranch, near Chi huahua. His story was forwarded to the 1 War department todajt by the American military authorities at tl Paso. .. Offer to Labor Party. . The Central News says Mr. Lloyd' George has offered the labor party two scats in the cabinet, one represen tative in the war council and three under secretaryships and. that the of fer is under consideration. The House of Commons adjourned until Tuesday, . A meeting of the liberal party, bvtr which Mr. Asquith will preside, will, be held Friday. - t ,. , Jf Wilson Entertains Men Who Aided in His Second Election i. . Washington, Dec. 7. President Wilson gave a dinner at the White House tonight in honor of Vance1 M Cormick, chairman of the national democratic committee, with members of the democratic campaign commit tee and of the progressive committee which aided in the president's re-elec tion, as guests. It was a celebration of the victorv last month. if mnii h. I In addition to Mr. McCormick the diners included Homer S. Cummini, vice chairman; Representative Carter' Glass, secretary; Wilbur .B. Marsh, treasurer; Senator Walsh, western democratic manager; Henry Morgen thau, chairman of the finance com mittee of the democratic national committee; Gavin McNab and F. J. Hcncy of California and democratic and progressive leaders from other states. 85 The Bee carried 85 more Rooms to Rent , ,S. advertisements in October and November of 1916 than in the ( same months of v 1915. N Exceptional Re sults plus t h e lowest rate Is the . reason. You are as close to . . The Be Want Ad D.pl. as your phone is to you CaU Tyler 1000 '.Today Ask for Mr. Addicm. i r