PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN. The Omaha Daily .Bee THE WEATHER. Cloudy VOL. XLIV NO. 152. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1014 TWENTY PAGES. m.mu.W SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. ' RUSSIANS SPURN POPE'S PLEA FOR CHRISTMAS TRUCE Benedict'! Proposal for Holiday Armistice of Warring Nations - Declined by Petrograd. EUCH'IS WORD FROM BERLIN German Government Announces Bear Resistance Around Lodz by No Means Broken. MUCH WORK YET REMAINING New Muscovite Positions Only Few Miles East of CapturedCity. INVASION OF HUNGARY FALLS Mmiftri front Twrkey Tell of Ott man Rurffmn tn Gedni Com munications' of tbe KMnr Bvloa; Cat. INGLORIOUS END AWAITS HIS SERVICE TO IIIS COUNTRY A captured spy with French escort at Baccarat on his way to an inevitable doom. , ."v ' BERLIN. Dec. 11. (By Wireless to .Sayvllle. 1 I.) The proposal of Pope Bencdlot for a truce among the warring nations during the Christmas holidays Is eald by the official prers bureau today n nave wen declined by llussia. i The German prers bureau prevlotmly I announced that Germany was "willing to I agree to a Christmas truce, provided the j other nations at war gave their assent. The latest reports from the fighting i 10 he around Lods. according to Informa- tlon given out by the German official press bureau today, show that the resist ance of tbe Russians in that region Is by no means broken. The new Russian positions on Mlaxga cut, are only twelve or thirteen miles to the eastward of Lodz, which demon strates. It is said, that much yet remains to be done before the Russians can be considered definitely defeated. Gala Added Slgalflcaace. . "In these circumstances," the German statement says, "the battles in the vicin ity of Lewies, to Jhe northeast of Lods, have gained added significance. If the Germans succeed in breaking through here the positions of the Russians behind Mlazga will be untenable. "The report from south Poland does not mention the place where the A us tro--German attack's on the Russians hjf been resumed, but It probably ( at a point to the . south of Ptotrkow. These attacks serve the purpose, of preventing the Rus sians from detaching forces to assist their' armies further to the north. These attacks, as well as those of the Austrlans In the south, thus far bar led to no definite result. s Aaotber Attempt Frw.atra.tedu "Advices received . her from Budapest say that another attempt of the Russians to enter the Hungarian province of Zamp Un has been frustrated." : , , . - "Telegrams from Turkey announoe the occupation by Ottoman troops of. Geda, which Is a further step toward the Invest ment of the Russian fortified seaport of Batum from the land side, and that the communications of the Russians between the upper and lower 'parts of Alschara valley have been cut." Hitchcock Will Push Philippines Bill WASHINGTON, Dec. U When the sen ate Philippine commission . today an nounced hearings next Monday on the ad ministration bill to grant a larger measure of self-government to the people of the island, Chairman Hitchcock de clared it was the purpose to push the bill to final passage at this session of con gress. Secretary Garrison, Former Presi dent Taft, Dean C. Worcester and former Governor General Cameron Forbes are to be asked to testify. v "r'm,ni 11111,1 1 1 1 " A I v . ' . ' ' x - . " ' V.v BRITISH LOSSES IH SEA BATTLE SEYEH DEAD, FOUR HURT Vice Admiral Stcrdee Sends Secre tary of Admiralty Cable Dispatch Telling- of English Casualties. NO OFFICERS AMONG VICTIMS Germans Admit Probable Destruc tion of Five Warships in Battle Off Falkland. LITTLE HOFE OF ANY ESCAPE Berlin Sees Small Chance of Any of Vessels Making Good Getaway. SPLENDID WORK OF SQUADRON F. A. NASH, PIONEER BDSINESSMAN.DEAD One of Omaha's Leading Citizens, Former Head of Electrio Light Company, Called to Rest. KNOWN FOR HIS' CHARITIES POLISH AUTHOR HONORED . BY RUSSIAN ACADEMY Had Beea a Leading; Spirit la Maay f the Pablle Baternrlsea for the Vpbnlldlac of the City f Omaha Fred A. Nash, general western agent 0 the Milwaukee road,- pioneer of the statu and city and prominent business man, after an Illness continuing over several weeks, died at his home, 504 South Twenty-seventh street at 4:60 o'clock Friday morning. For several months he had been ailing, but his condition was net considered- critical until about six weeks ago. However,, long after this, he was up and not longer than three weeks ago be was down town. Borne weeks ago, when he resigned the presidency of the Omaha Electrio Light and Power company, he and his friends felt that his recovery was certain and that he would go to California or Florida during the cold weather of winter and that he would return In the spring a well man. , Starts as Brakeunaa. Born at Akron, O., April 27, 1848, Mr. Nash had been a resident of Omaha slnoe 1887. His early education was secured In the Akron sobools, and when 16 years of age he went to the Pennsylvania oil fields, where he filled a position as clerk for a year and then started west, Ne braska being his objective point At thai time, though but a boy, he made up hlz mind that he would be a railroad man. Shortly after coming to Omaha, he ap plied for a 'position as brakeman on the Union Pacific and for a few months worked on a freight train. Shortly after ward he waa promoted to the position ot brakeman ' on, one of the Union Pacific passenger trains, and In less than a yeat became conductor. - Mr. Nash kept his eye on the top of Battleships Only Vessels Which Can Command Sea,' Says Daniels PETROGRAD. Dec. ll.-By Way of "Quo Vadls ' and holder of the 1905 Nobel th railroad ladder and In less than a prize honorary member of the Russian Acad emy of Sciences. The Poles are greatly gratified by the honor thus conferred on the writer, which Is generally considered to be a unique one- for' a Pole. The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Saturday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Mostly . cloudy; probably light snow flurries; slightly- warmer. fwaaperatar at Oatatta Yesterday Hours. Deg. S a. m IS - a. m 14 7 a. m 14 a. m a. m 10 a. m 11 a. m 12 m 1 p. m 2 p. m S p. jn..... 4 p. m t p. m p. m..... 7 p. m 8 p. m Comparative Local Record. Hours. peg. I3i. uu. mi. mi. . 17 55 a 86 . 13 84 10 81 .15 44 IS 84 . .03 .00 J .00 ... ... 15 ... 15 ... 16 ... 1 ... 15 ... 15 ... 15 ... 18 ... 16 ... 17 ... 16 ... 15 Highest today Lowest today Mean temperature Precipitation Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal temperature ft Deficiency for the day Total excess since March 1....... 817 Normal precipitation 03 Inch Deficiency for the day 08 inch Total rainfall since March 1..HK5 inches leiu-ien-7 iiim wrcn s.vu mvnes ? kim Deficiency for cor. period, 1912. 8.72 inches Reports from Ctatlojsa at T P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Rain- or weatner. I p. in. est from the time he was appointed conductor, concluded that promotions would not come as rapidly through the (Continued on Page Six, Column Two.) Japanese Warships Seek German Cruiser TOKIO, Dec. 11. According to reliable Information . reaching Tokio today a squadron ot Japanese warships is seeking the German converted cruiser Prlns Eltel Fried rich off the coast of Chile. The steamer Prlns Eltel. Frtedrlch be longs to the North German Lloyd com pany. Early In the war guns were mounted on board of It and It ws trsn ferred Into an auxiliary cruiser. Re cently It 'baa been active off the coast of Chile, and one of Its most reoent ex ploits was the sinking early lu uvivux-ber- of the British steamer Charcaa off Port Corral, Chile. WASHINGTON. Dec. ll.-The dominat ing necessity of dreadnoughts to main tain the strength of tbe nation at sea, with submarine boats - and submarine mines as minor essentials, was empha slsed today by Secretary panlels before the house naval committee. Be declared that if a foreign foe came to attack the United States, the battleships would first be relied upon, and then would com the submarines and mines. Mr.- Daniels reiterated that the Euro pean .war so far bad demonstrated the wisdom of the naval program outlined !or this session of congress. "Battleships,", be said, "are the only ships we can rely on to oommand the rv"Vnnvs today," aatd Secretary Da, '.els, "more and larger, speedier, mora Imj proved battleships, than ever before,-with greater tonnage than ever before We have more guns, much larger and better, with greater range than, ever before and ar greater destructive power. Undoubt edly we have more complete auxiliary oraft, submarines, torpedo boats and more submarines, much better coast defense, more men than ever before, and the men are far more efficient,, better educated and more completely equipped than In all the history of the country." The, naval strength In the Paclflo was taken up. Secretary Daniels testified there were no dreadnoughts there, and the Oregon, now being put again in com mission, and more titan twenty years old, was the only battleship there. lie told of the cruisers, gunboats and torpedo boat flotilla there. , - "Do you regard tSe Paclflo coast -defenses adequate for war?" asked Repre sentative Stephens of California. "Oh. no." Mr. Stephens then asked If with no war craft of any Importance on the Pacltio the secretary would feel safe. The sec retary replied that one of the purposes of building the Panama canal was to enable the dispatch of war vessels thrugh It- "Tou can get the fleet through the canal very easily, which greatly increases the value of our iy." b said! "Don t you think' an enemy oould de liver severe. blow ft the,. PaeUlo coast before 'w could get ship from the At lantic T" ' "An enemy," replied the secretary, "would have to run the gauntlet of 'our submarines In the Philippines and Hawaii and then be obstructed by ' the vessels now on the Pacific long enough for the stronger fleet to arrive." He added he would be against dividing the Atlantic fleet now to augment the Paclflo protection. "In case of war do you not believe there should be some battleships there T" With these new battleships coming In commission," he replied, "we should be able to have some of them on the Pa cific at least part of the time not a division of the fleet but in some way so as not to have either coast unpro tected by battleships." Kills His Pal and is Killed by Officer rheyenn. part cloudy.. IK Davenport, cloudy.. 24 Denver, clear 2 tws Moines, snow 14 North Platte, snow. 14 Omaha, snow H HherkJan, clear 6 Sioux City, clear 16 Valentine, part cloudy.... 10 T indicate trar-a or precipitation. ' Indicates brlow aero. U A. WtXfiH, Local Forecaster. so 26 32 a) 14 17 14 14 70 SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Dec. ll.-Just as the theaters were out last night. In the heart of tbe business section, Elmer Hutchinson shot and killed his pal of a few days, William Houghton, and then, endeavoring to escape arrest, turned his gun on Patrolman James Anderson. Be fore Hutchinson could fire Anderson shot Inflicting a wound from which the man soon. afterwards died. The cause of the murder is shrouded In mystery, but Is believed to have resulted from a threat n the part of one or both to shot the other bee suae of a woman. STRIKE FACTS HELD BACK M AMMONS Governor Refuses to Release Cap tain Van Cise from His Oath of Secrecy. lELATES TO LTJDLOW BATTLE Military Made Inqalry la Private) aad Executive Rcfaaed to Allow Officer to Reveal the Pro seeding-. " DENVER. Colo., Dec. 10,-The United States' Industrial Relations com mission today announced that the hearings at Dallas, Tex., scheduled for next week will be postponed until tbe conclusion of the investigation Into the Colorado coal strike. The hearing here was expected to end Saturday, but will be continued as long as la believed necessary. The first witness at leday's session of he strike investigation was Captain Harold G. Garwood, commanding a militia cavalry troop. He said that at Boprls, Lieutenant Gary Lawrence of hit troop enlisted from fifteen to twenty-five mine guards. He had not been Instructed to secure guard recruits, the witness stated. Captain Telia of Iaojalry. Captain Philip S. Van Cise of Company K, First Infantry, Colorado National Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Tomorrow the Best Colored Comics with The Sunday Bee GERMANS ACTIYE IN EAST FLANDERS French War Office Reports Repulse of Three Assaults in Vicinity of Ypres. ARTILLERY FIGHTS IN ARRAS Allies Pash Forward Krreral Trenches la Argoaae aad Drive Back' Two Attacks by ' . ' the Teatoaa. PARia, pec. lL-aa'p. m.)-The of flclal statement given out In Paris this afternoon says that the enemy yesterday was active In the vicinity of Ypres. Throe of his attacks were repulsed, but one of the Important French trenches was reached by the forces of Emperor Wil liam. Nevertheless, French troops con tinue to make progress In the direction of the enemy's lines, according to the official report.' Artillery engagements are reported in the region of Arras and In the Vosges as well as In the vicinity of Varennes (Continued on Page Two, Column Three?) The National Capital Friday, December 11, 1014. The legate. Met at noon. I Chairman Hitchcock of the Philippine committee announced that the Indepen dence bill would be pressed for passage at this session. Testimony continued before a special committee on charge of, railroad rate dis crimination against south Atlantic ports Hearings on ths bill for leasing land tor water power sites continued before the- lands f-oinmlttee. Senator Weeks spoke on the subject of national defense. Adlourned at 1:80 p. nv until noon Sat urday as a mark of respect to tbe lata Representative Payne. The Hoase. Met at noon. After arranging for funeral services In the hall of the house at 1D W a. m. Pun day for the late Representative Bereno K. Payne and the appointment ot a com mitter to take hia body to New York, ad journment was taken at o'clock until 11 a tn. Saturday. Keep the Waters for Fur Moatha Without Friendly Harbor or Be lag; Able to Make Vsr, f Cablegrams. LONDON. Dec. ll.-The secretary of the admiralty haa received a cable dispatch from Vice Admiral Sturdee of the British squadron stating that In the battle oft tbe Falkland Islands in which the Ger man cruisers Scharnhorst, Gnelsenau and Leipzig were sunk, the British casualties totaled seven men killed and four wounded. No officers, the dispatch says, were either killed or wounded. BEltUN. Dee. 11. (Via Amsterdam and Ixmdon) A German semi-official statement was given out here today re garding the naval battle off the Falk land Islands December 8, when the Ger man cruiser squadron commanded by Admiral Count Von Spec waa defeated by a British squadron under Vice Ad miral Sir Frederick Doveton .Sturdee. The loss of the cruisers, Scharnhorst, Oueiaenau and Leipzig la conceded by the Germans and little hope waa held out that the cruisers Dresden and Num ber g could long evade capture. The state ment reads: Steam Southward. i "Regarding the naval battle off the Falkland Islands It transpires that our rrulser squadron soon after the battle with Sir Christopher Cradock's ships oft Coronel, put Into the harbor of Santiago de Chile and left there after a stay of less than twenty-four hours for an un known destination. It Is assumed that the squadron steamed southward to seek the British battleship Canopus and the light cruiser Glasgow. Meanwhile It appears from the English newspapers a very strong British squad ron was despatched to search for and to destroy our orulser squadron. Nothing certain Is yet known by us cenoerntng the battle. It Is reasonable to conclude, however, that the Scp&rnhorst, Gaelaenau and Leipzig were sunk while the Dree, den and the Numburg succeeded In es caping. - , . i . . ; Little Chane of Escape. , i ''In view ot - the ' superiority of th enemy's fleet, which consists particularly ot big, fast, well armed . ships, there seems little chance that our two- ornlsers can long evade pursuit We must, there fore, also reckon with the loss of both these ships. "It Is hardily to be expected that ac curate Information will be given from British sources of the course of the con flict or of the composition of the British squadron. ' Kept lea for Foar Months. "It should not be forgotten that our squadron was four months on the high seas and that without being able to make use of cablegrams or other means of In formation, it assembled and dealt a heavy blow to the 'enemy's fleet. No protected harbor was at the disposal of our ships for most necessary repairs and there was no dock for the cleaning of their keels. They succeeded, neverthleeaa. In getting supplies of provisions and coal for- four months without falling Into the enemy's hands." , r The British official statement announc ing that the German cruiser Nurnberg also had been sunk an December 8, ap parently had not been made public In Ber lin when the foregoing sunl-offlclal com munication was Issued. ' Emperor William's Condition Shows Much Improvement LONDON, Dec. 11. A dispatch to the Evening News from The Hague says: "According to information reaching here through private sources, E&nperor William's condition today showed marked Improvement His temperature this naming waa normal. Ills physicians allowed htm to sit up for a few hours." The Day's War News It la admitted unofficially in Petrotxad today that German troops ar awoeplns acrom Rus sian Poland and ara now about fifteen miles from Warsaw. Tba army of General Msckenien ap parently Is striking forward rap Idly, although It Is said that the other Invading grmtoa to ths north and south ara making little, If any, progrM. Emperor Nicholas Is again at the front, having gone on this oc casion to Trans-Caucasia, where his troops are seeking to thrust back the Turks and accomplish Russia's historic aim of planting Its flag on the Boephorus. A Turkish report states that an attempt ot Russians , to land troops on the shore of the Black Sca, near Batum, was repulsed with heavy loss to the lnviders. Germany to proud of Us ven turous men o' war In the hour of their destruction. The admiralty at Berlin points out that the war ships defeated by the British In the south Atlantic had been for months on the high seas, deprived of the use ot ports for obtaining supplies or repairs, notwithstand ing which thoy were always able to obtain coal. Emperor William, announce ment of whoso Illness haa been followed by various unauthentic cated reports that his condition was serious, is said to have Im proved considerably. ' The reported turn In the for tunes of war in Bervla, where only recently the Austrlans were described aa pushing the defend ing army to such lengths as to threaten Us destruction, Is said In Nlsh to be decisive. RODLERS ENTERED BY ALLIED TROOPS Foroes of Coalition Occupy Tlanderi Town Northwest of Ypres, Ac cording- to Amsterdam Paper. SO HEWS FROM EAST WORRIES Lack t Deflalte lafartaatloa Caa. , eerwlaor Bltaattea la Polaad (' tmm Uneaelaesa la Halted - , Kingdom". . - AMSTERDAM (Via London.), Dc. 10.- The allies iisve entered Routers (Roue selaere) In west Flanders, about twelve miles northeast of Ypres..' according to the Sluts correspondent of the Handleabiad. ' A dispatch to . a London newspaper from the Belgian frontier ' Wednesday said the German divisional headquarters was removed from Roulers when shells began to fall In the town after the Brit ish recaptured Passchcndaele a short distance to the west. Germans Driven Oat. LONDON, Dec. w.-Rcuter's Boulogne correspondent, who has just returned to Boulogne from Armentlnrwa. that Tuesday the Germans were driven out of Armenueres Dy the British and hurled back beyond artillery ruin, irnuniunu is nine mile northwest of Lille, While the defeat of the German squad ron In the south Atlantic has evoked the liveliest satisfaction throughout Great Britain there has been no celebration such as marked the victories of the South African war, the British people being too much wrapped up In the action of the allied armies on the continent The lack of news fr-m Poland causes some uneasiness regarding the result ot the prolonged battle between the Russians and Germans, but reports from France are considered here to be mora favnr. able to the allies. . French Make Slow Proarreaa. The dally communicant ns from Paris show that the French bave been making slow progress at many points for the last fortnight, and a review Stnt by a French ye witness for the period from Novem ber 87 to December S cla'ms that the as cendancy of the French Infantry and ar tll.ery over the Oermans has been es tablished, and that while the Infantry has advanoed the artillery has mastered the German batteries. Woman Who Kille d Husband Acquitted GLOBE, Arts., Dec. 11. Mra Katharine Spaleta, on trial for having shot and killed her husband on the street here last summer when he attacked ber escort, was acquitted late last night War Pictures From the Front Full Page in The Sunday Bee Establishment of Farm Credits Most Important of All ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Deo. lL-Farm wealth of the United States, estimated at 840, 000,000,008, should be 'the basis on which the prosperity' of the country rests per manently, yet there Is no adequate law In existence under which to flnanoe the farm. , This was the condition disclosed here today at the Interstate Agricultural Congress by W. C. Brown, former presi dent of the New York Centra! railroad and now an Iowa fajmer. "The establishment of farm credits Is one of the most Important questions now before the nation," Mr. Brown said. "The farmer Is now paying twice the In terest he should. Long time loans at m low rate would enable the farmer to properly finance his work, and It Is this financing upon which depends to a large degree the future prosperity of the country." Ms, Brown said the people should en dorse President Wilson's plan for a land bank. B. K. Slater of Chicago, who was de scribed aa "the friend of the cow," also spoke. SERVIANS CLAIM GREAT VICTORY 0VERAUSTRIAI1S . SBBasaaBBaaasi Official Report from Nisn Says Par salt of the Enemy is Proceeding Along the Whole Line. BATTLE LASTS FOR FOUR DATS Twenty-Two Thousand Prisoners and Varied Assortment of War Materials Captured. GERMANS MENACING ' WARSAW Advance Guard of Kaiser's Army ia Within Fifteen Miles of the Capital of Russian Poland. RUSSIAN STATEMENT UNCERTAIN BBsssanaajBaaBj Says it May Be Necessary to Evara ate City for Strategic Reasons. . ALLIES ADVANCING IN WE3T tmnor Vww ltfw Aw'll A lea tSattre Line la Fraaeo ail Belglaas lQaaaerar Willi a Is Better. -' 1 BtiLLHTIlV. LONDON, Dec. 11. A dispatch from Nlsh, Servla, to. Renter's Tele gram company contain a statement giving additional details of the re cent overwhelming victory over that Austrlans claimed by the Servians In northwest Servla. "The pursuit of the enemy la pro ceeding along tho whole line," the statement says, "especially on our left and center." . i The statement reviews the fight ing from December 3 to 7 Inclusive, estimates the total prisoners at up ward ot 22,000 and enumerates an Immense and varied assortment of war material captured. Including an entire artillery depot, LONDON, Dec II. The reported rout ot the Austrian forces In Servla, the borders of which country they crossed triumphantly J ant two weeka ago, together with the steady ad vance of the German center In the direction of Warsaw on this, the third German Invasion of Russian Poland, dominate the war nejra to After occupying Lods the Germane have been pushing to the northeast to ward Waraaw along the railroad and one dispatch from Petrograd estimates that they are only flften miles from the Polish capital, while another message from Petrograd, speculating on the pos sible fall of Waraaw warns the Russian people that the abandonment of this city. If such a move becomes necessary, should be regarded as a strateglo operation on the part of the Russians rather than a decided German victory. It will be re called that a similar view waa expressed, when the Russians retired from Lods. Bloody FlBbtlnar Near Craeaw. Aitnougn conceding in errect the pro gress of the German center, the Rus sians, Judging from dispatches reaching London, contend that the tide Is running In their favor In the sanguinary fighting south of Cracow, where combined Auatro- German forces are endeavoring to move northward. They declare moreover that they are holding . In check the German forces pushing . down : toward Warsaw from East Prussia. . ... It would appear today that the Servian retirement, before the Austrlans soma weeks ago was in reality a movement for trategio jrposes. Their sharp return blow, if the Nish reports are to be ao eepted, has been extraordinary effective. After sustaining enormous losses the Austrlans are being rapidly driven to the northwest. In the direction of their ewq borders. Alllre Advance) la West. . In the western arena of the conflict the allies are apply'ng pressure against the whole Getman Una In France and Belgium, and while they appear to be making alight advances they have not as yet taken advantage of the transfer of German forces to tbe eaat to essay a general advance. - Emiwrur William is better, according to (Continued on Page Two, Column Six!) What 50c will do It will carry a 25 word WANT AD to over 45000 subscribers to The Bee tomorrow. Coming A Notable Series of Descriptive War Articles by Rudyard Kipling, Writer. The First One, Portraying Recruiting Camp Scenes, Will Appear World' Famed as a Sunday in The Bee j Writo your Want Ad out norar, .make it as interesting as pos I Bible, and leave it at Tta Beo vymue, ur ...... ... ... Call Tyler 1000 ' and place it by phone; -a bill will be mailed later, - The Omaha Bee X 1