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The Omaha Daily Bee The Sunday Dee Is the only Omaha newspaper that fives iti readers four big p titfe a of colored comics. THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XLV NO. 143. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1015 TWELVE PAGES. Trains, Xotel STswa ataaaa. ate M SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. FARMERS' CONGRESS TURNS OUT ALL THE POLITICALFARMERS Seam Pushes Through a Constitu tional Amendment Eliminating Lawyers, Politician! and Professional Men. UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS STAY Both Suffrage and Prohibition Get Black Eyes, but Latter May Gome Hp Again. OLD OFFICERS RE-ELECTED .Unless you are engaged In some form of agricultural activity you can no longer be a member of tbe Ne braska Farmers' congress. The congress in deliberate body as sembled at tbe Hotel Rome did sol emnly, yet noisily affirm, assert, re solve and proclaim it. The new clause thereupon became an amendment to the constitution and thereby a few lawyers and politicians were seen to Tanish in cpirtt through the yawning transom. Long has a quiet craving for this battle itched at the left ventricle of the farmer's heart. Oft has the sub ject been brought up in a casual way and been dropped as casually. Not ao at Wednesday afternoon's ses sion. It was 6 o'clock when ths matter was brought up. It was 6:30 when the poison oils gases of personality bombs had cleared from the ghastly trenches and the slain lawyers, doctors, merchants, politicians and absentee landlords were prepared for burial. ' Ream Starts the Thins;. J. I. Ream. Innocently or otherwise, precipitated the clash when he asked 1y an amendment that would require .'ery member to regWrter his name ad dress and occupation during the last two years. C II. Oustafson of Mead seconded the motion, pointing out that the actions of the congress are quoted far and wide by public speakers and are ueed in argu ment In legislative halls. Therefore, he wanted a record of who constituted the delegates to a Farmers congress whose acts were being quoted as acts of de liberative bodies of farmers. The eligibility clause of the constitu tion was read. It provided that "any per son in the state may become a member of the Nebraska Farmers' congress by the payment of 11." ' B, M. Tyson of Tobias was sure that was entirely too loose and, that It could not be a farmers' congress If lawyers, bankers, merchants and dentists could be admitted. " w ...... - .y V.. r. Loomls of Edholm In the course of a discussion of the question' asserted that tbe farmers are asleep and need to be awakened. W. O. Whltmore introduced the resolu tion providing that "'any person may be come a member of the Farmers' congress provided he Is engaged la some form of agricultural activity." LUbt U Bought. Everyone wanted to know what consti tutes "agricultural activity." Whltmore attempted to give his Inter pretation by saying he would not ex Cll Cli ne clude such men as IT. George E. Condra, Chancellor Samuel Avery and Dean Bur nett of the University of Nebraska, who engaged In work loooslng toward the development of agriculture In the state, nor yet would he exclude sucb men as Frank O. Odell and Thomas F. Sturgess of the agricultural press. "No, no. we need them,'' was the cry. Ktrkland of Atkinson after explaining that he was a Methodist preacher In his time, but has now for many years been a farmer, started a tirade against the non-farmer and ills activities In the con vention. "I am Informed," he asserted, "thet a majority of the members of our resolu tions committee are not farmers at alL" He went ahead and made a speech on this assumption. President Coupland la touchy on the matter of the committee, for he selected and appointed It. So he held Kirkland to the floor when he would fain take his seat. "Glance over that list," said the presi dent as he pushed the list of the resolu tions committee under the nose of Klrk- (Contlnued on Page Four, Column Two.) The Weather Temperature at Omaha Yesterday, Hours. Deir. .... S3 .... 33 .... SO .... 27 .... W .... 24 .... 27 .... 2S .... 24 .... 31 .... 33 .... 32 .... SO .... 29 .... 2t .... 27 a a. in 6 a. in 7 a. m Comparaltvo Local Record, i . , 115. WI4. 1913. 1911. IUghest yesterday 33 44 60 14 lowest yesterday !i U s Mean temperature 29 40 iH 43 Precipitation ,. T .00 .02 .24 Temperature and precipitation depart ures from tne normal: Normal temperature 32 leftcleney for the day 3 Total deficiency since March 1 165 Normal precipitation ftj inch fic-lency for the day u2 Inch IH-ficlency since March 1 1.62 Inches 3ericiency since March 1 l.b Inches J'erlcleucy for cor. period, lU. I 2 inches Deficiency for eor. period, lutt 6 S3 Inches Reports from Statloaa at T P. M. FtS'lon and Stat TsmD. II irh. Rain. oi Weather. Cheyenne, clear . 7 p. ra. e t la I. .00 .00 .00 ,n .00 . .00 T .Oi .60 .( .00 .00 .CO 3 44 3H 4 34 43 33 42 40 44 40 38 Davenport, clear Ienver, clear les Moines, clear Jo!ge city, clear 32 3H 30 34 22 Janier, clear North Platte, clear.... mm ha, clear 'ueblo, clear 4 32 Rapid City, clear Fait Lake Cltv. tit. rJnudw u Ktota re. clear u rneriuan, clear 24 Hoiix City, clear 4 Valentine, clear Z 30 3 T indicate trae nf nrtwl rh4t . I I,... I A, WfcLbH. LocaJ Forecaster TIF ATI Tift I 8 a.m.... L1L. l1 10 a. m.... iT'rrrrw i2m.m!!." . 4 p. m.... - 5 p.m.... ' S p. m.... INJURED GIRL ALL NIGHT UNDER AUTO Car of Mr- Young and Miss Evans of Eastings Hit by Train and Man is Killed. GIRL FINALLY FLAGS A TRAIN HASTINGS, Neb., Dec. 1. (Spe cial Telegram.) Lying half sub- n.erged In a ditch beside the body of ! F.ayless Young, Hastings automobile! salesman, Miss Mabel Evans of Sew-J ard, Neb., signalled a passing St. Joseph & Grand Island section crew at 8 a. ru. and was rescued. Her leg was broken and she was unconscious part of the night. Their car was struck by a train at 10 o'clock last night. A part of the car was found on the engine pilot when the train arrived here, but search for the au tomobile failed. Miss Evans was manager of a department in Stein Bros.' department store. Rntrlneer Reports On arriving at the Hastings station En gineer Watson of last night's soutnoound train from Grand Island reported that j he thought he had hit something at the first bridge north or the city. n ex amination of the engine pilot revealed two broken bars and some broken glass on tha locomotive. Employes of the rail road rode to the first bridge and made a search without finding trace of the acci dent, which had occurred at the second bridge a half a mile farther north. Miss Evans thinks she recovered con sciousness at 1 o'clock a., m. Her cries for Mr. Young brought no response. She was waist deep In water and wreckage of the auto was strewn about her. Her left leg was broken above the'knee and her back sprained. Discovers Escort's Body. She managed to pull herself out of the water and ice, and at daybreak discov ered the body of her escort submerged besldo her. At .7 o'clock a train went by without stopping, but at 7:30 she attracted the attention of a section crew. Some of them helped her, while the others went to the city to call medical aid. The fact that Young's face was under water and mud was cluetched In his hands prompted the belief that he might have drowned, but an autopsy this eve ning revealed a skull fracture and a clot near the base 'of the brain and close by the fracture. There was no water in the lungs. Miss Evans Is suffering from exposure In a 23-degree temperature, but her recov ery is expected. Large Posses Are . Hunting Slayer of . v - Colorado Banker LONGMONT. Colo., Deo. 1. Deputy sheriffs, .detectives and clUrons, under the direction of Sheriff Buster, today continued efforts to apprehend the mur derer of W.' H. Dickens; a wealthy banker and merchant, who was killed last night In the library of his home by a bullet fired through a window. Apparently tha authorities were without tangible clues as to the Identity of the assassin or a motive for the act Trained bloodhounds, brought here from Denver and Colorado Springs, were un able early today to pick up the trail of the slayer. A reward of $1,000 for the apprehension of the murderer has been offered by the city council, the Dickens family and the Farmers' National bank, of which Mr. Dickens was president. A report that Mr. Dickens recently had trouble with a tenant of one of his farms Is being Investigated, In the hope It will throw light upon the" case. Mr. Dickens has been a resident of this section since 1859 and had accumulated a fortune In land, banking and mercantile business. New York Women Are Circulating Defense Petitions NEW YORK. Dec. 1. One hundred wo men. aided by 5,000 Boy Heouts, are can vassing the city today for the collection of signatures to a petition addressed to Kew York representatives and senators ti' ting them to support Frtal ent V tlson's ! plan for national preparedness. Thsy I hope to obtain 200,000 signatures. The campaign Is conducted by a committee of the special relief society, who have des ignated this as "defense day." Already 4.000 voters have applied to the rociety for blanks and signed them with out solicitation. Ten of the largest cor porations In the city are canvassing their t wn employes. The petitions wilt be sent to Washing ton In time to reach members of congress before Us opening next Wednesday. Mrs. William Alexander, president of the society, says the movement Is In tended to show the representatives and renators that they have tha backing of their constituents In support of a better army and navy, -It la a test of strength to show them that the people who are crying out against preparedness are a fettle minority," she declared. Soumania Solons Have General Fight on Floor of House PARIS, Dee. I. "Partisans and adver saries of the government came to blows at the opening session of tbe Roumanian I arllament." telegraphs the Berne eorre- pendent of the Matin. "King Ferdinand had hardly begun to read his speech when ho was Interrupted with criss of 'Down with the government,' from M. Mills, Uader of the Interventionists, and his coherent. "The supporters of the government re plied with cheers for the king, whose s'wech was punctuated throughout by shouts from tha opposition. "No sooner had the king departed than a general fight began between the two factions." HAUSER MAKES A SUP OF TONGUE AT HIS HEARING Mokei it Apparent to Spectators t' ,. He Was the Man Who Kir 5- AN the Woodmen of t -,sf, World Cashier. " . 1 ' HE IS HELD WITHOuy.OKDS 1 V Bound Over on First Decree Murder Charge and May Be Tried Within Two Weeks. HORTON MAY BE DEFENDER "You didn't see rue you didn't see the person have a gun" Hauser. Thl question, put to Miss Grace Slater by Arthur Hausei, arraigned in police court for the murder of W. K. Smith of Council Bluffs, was the one startling slip made by the de fendant during his preliminary ex amination. He was bound over to the district court without bonds on a charge of "first degree murder while attempting to rob." Miss Grace Slater, 2017 Howard street, in whose name the complaint as filed, was the only one to testify against the man. Sho related the circumstances of the hold-up in which her escort, w. H. Smith of the Woodmen of the World, was shot down by a bandit. During the hear ing both she and County Attorney Alagney referred to the highwayman ns Hauser. Bays Manner the Man. Hauser was brought into court by Cap tain Maloney, and listened in an Indif ferent manner to the reading of the com plaint. Miss Slater was accompanied by her mother, and stood alongside of Hauser while in court. The latter pleaded not guilty and asked for a preliminary examination. "Is this the man who shot Smith?" asked Magney. "It Is," replied Miss Slater, emphatic ally, and looked Hauser In the rye. He smiled with a slight sneer, and shifted his gate. Following her recital of the Incidents of the holdup, Hauser asked Miss Slater several questions If the man was masked, what kind of a mask he wore, and, finally, made the slip that caused the crowd which packed the court room to stir audibly. He offered no testimony himself, and was without counsel, owing to tack of funds. Hauser la Gloomy. "I guess they all want trie'ld go fo the chair so the sooner It's over the better," Hauser la said to have remarked to Ma loney as he was led from the court room. Besides the big" crowd of Idly curious, numerous county .and. city, officials . and victims of Mauser's depredations as rob ber, were In court. He was taken to ths county jail in Sheriff McShane's car im mediately after the hearing. County Attorney Magney wilt be ready to put Hauser on trial within two weeks, h said, following the preliminary hearing. Hortosi ilo y Defend If Hauser does not secure an attorney prior to his arraignment In district court, anil If he informs District Judge English that he Is unable to hire a lawyer. Rich arc Hortoa, public defender, will be as signed to defend him. Several attorneys, however, have signi fied their willingness to defend Hauser, without much regard to financial remu neration, on account of the prominence of tha case. Story nf Crime, The crime for which Hauser la to be tried is briefly as follows: On the night of Sunday, October It, W. H. Smith, cashier of tha Woodmsa of the World, met by chance. Miss Grace Slater, an employe of his department, on a downtown thoroughfare, and offered to escort her to her home, at -422 North Thirty-fourth street. Near Thirty-first and Dodge streets, they were held up by a masked bandit, who shot Smith down, when the latter was slow in rais ing his hands. He then walked Miss Slater about the neighborhood, for more than an bour, making Indecent proposals to her. Finally he put her on a Cuming street car. at Fortieth street, and disap peared. The police later susplrioned Hauser, and some weeks after ths shooting of Smith he was arrested in Indianapolis, and taken to Wichita, Kan., where the of ficials of that city asserted he was wanted for a string of outrages and rob beries. With the Omaha police confident that he was - wanted here for first degree murder, tha Wichita authorities' de mands were satisfied with money and he was brought to Omaha for trial. Here he confessed to the robbery of the W. T. Hause household, and guests, and Inti mated that he had done other jobs here. He denies all knowledge of the Smith af fair. ' Broasjht to Coiulr Jail. Arthur Hauser, confessed holdup man and assailant' of women, accused of the murder of W. H. Smith. Woodmen of the World cashier, placed In the county Jail pending trial, declined to deny a report that, under a different name, last sum mer he had beeen arrested and arraigned in police court on a vagrancy charge. "Were you not arrested In Omaha last summer?' Hauser waa asked. "You can t find It In the records," he replied. More than that Hauser refused to say concerning that Incident. Police court officials say tbey have a recollection that such a man as Hauser passed through police court. Their belief never has been directly corroborated by Hauser, but his manner of answering the question Is considered to give color to their statement. What disposition was made of tha ease is not known. Seea by KfMe .llawklas. Another statement which threw new tight on Hauler's history In Omaha waa an assertion made by Kffie Hawkins, a negro woman, that she had frequently seen Hauser, and that he had lived with (Continued on l'ae"Two, Column TJ YILLA THREATENS ATTACK UPON U. S, Frton Hears Mexican Outlaw ' ief Tlans to Go Raiding Over the Border. NAC0 GARRISON STRENGTHENED Brl.t.RTIW. NOGALES. Aril., Dec. 1. General I'rbalejo. Villa's Yaqul Indian chief tain, with his entire command of 1,400, surrendered today to Car ran la army officers at Corbo, 209 miles south of here, according to a report which reached here late today. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Attribut ing his recent situation to the failure of the United States government to support him, General Villa is plan ning raids on American territory along the border, according to Infor mation which has reached Major General Funston, commanding the American border guard. In re!.rtlng this to the War depart ment today General Funalon snld he could not believe General Villa contem plated any surh hazardous undertaking, and added that he was transmitting the reporta merely to show what Villa was said to be telling his followers. An additional machine gun plstoon and four troops of cavalry have been sent to reinforce the American garr'son at Naco, Arls. General Funston said the other garrisons are strong enough for any pres ent emergency. Assurances of ample protection for for eign settlers in the Yaqul valley regions have been receVed from Carranm au thorities by Admiral Wlnslow. who ro- i 1-orted his arrival today at Topolombampo ! on his flagship San Diego. The Carransa j commander has promised a mounted pa trol of ICO men at the entrance to the viilley and to hold a force of S,000 addi tional troops within easy supporting dis tance. So far as known no Americans have Lcen Injured in Indian raids. Villa thief. Shot. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dee. l.-Two Villa Generals, Orestes Pcreyra and E. Jlmlnci, with fifty other officers of their com mand, captured after a battle on the Prerte river, in Sonora, were court-martialed and shot, according to a telegram received today from General Obregon. at Nogales, by Arturo Gonsales, Carransa commercial agent here. Villa's power now has been completely Ltoken, Obregon stated In his message. At Carbo, north of Hermoslllo, where General Manuel Digues finally scattered hm main body. Villa destroyed all of his artillery.- A part of his forces defeated on the Fyerte lver escaped westward, proceed ing apparently toward Lower California, wfth'the expectation of Joining Governor I.eteban Cantu at Mexicall, epposir t a lexlco, ,Cs,l. r j ' f Obregon also .stated that among the numerous prisoners who surrendered to General P. Ellas Calles was Alejandro Ce resola. former commander of the Mexi can navy under Huerta. .,. . Carransa, Sends Troopa Kast. NOGALES, Aria., Dec. l.-Havlng se cured permission from Washington to transport eastward over American terri tory S.000 Carransa troops, General Al vara Obregon entrained today 2.000 men destined for Naco and Agua Prleta. They are to operate against Villa troops, i who apparently have been broken Into small bands In accordance with their ' chiefs plan to resort to guerilla warfare ' and border raids If defeated In battle oy ' the Carransa forces. The remainder of Obregon's expedition ary force, 3.00UO men, will be sent east ward as soon as sufficient railroad equipment Is available. United States troops have been detailed as an escort. General Obregon said, that Jose Rodti gues, the Villa commander reported yes terday to be menacing Agua Prleta, was not strong enough successfully to attack tha Mexican town oppoalta Douglas. Nevertheless he decided to strengthen the garrison there and also at Naco. Alleged Belgian Grafters Are Under Arrest at Paris PARIS, Dee. 1. Omer Boulanger, presi dent of tha Belgian committee, of Paris and Kdraond Do Vrlea Jules and Ar mand Bamuel, Brussels stock brokers. j have bean arrested on tha charge of il legal trafflo In Belgian bank notes. The Bank of France has agreed to cash Belgian bank notes In amount of not more than S0Q franc one a fortnight for Belgian refugees, the amount and date being endorced on tha passports of ths recipients. The police charge that the men arrested bought at low rates large quantities of Belgian notes la Holland and Belgium, and, getting in touch with numbers of needly Belgian refugee, Indueod them, io consideration of small commissions, to exchange the notes at tha Bank of France. M. Boulanger was chauffeur of the late King Leopold of Belgium, in whoso ser vice he Is said to have amassed a for tune of tOO.OUO francg. The Day's War News WHEN TUB teste alllM susv eoaecBtratea 640,ttOO men la tho Ualkaas Stoassasilsv will deliver aa altlatataai to Aastrla, seeoralsg to a reaort la Bucharest. CLOSELY rOLLOWHO lh visit of Emperor William to Vleaaa mart tho aews that Isres members of tha Aastrlaa eablaet aavo r slaed. Tho rsla;aatloaa ss4 the (aerataa emperor's visit have gives rise to a wide raac of apeesla tloa aa tho preseat state of af fairs la Aasirla. CAPTIHH OF 1C.OOW Serblaas hy tho Halwarlaas wis they took Frlsread Is aaaouaeed by Berlla today. A Balsrarlaa statemeat VON MACKENSEN, the man who did the job in Serbia for the Kaiser. la. r V. rV.- ' K. f Y3- V e -t T timSHAL MANY RUMORS ABOUT KAISER'S LATEST TRIP Emperor is Said to Be Trying to Get Austria to Cede. Transylvania . . Roumania. ; 0FTER TO GIVE BACK SILESIA PARIS, Dec. 1. Diplomatic. cfries at Rome believe, says the correspon dent of the Journal, that the visit of Emperor William to Vienna was n ade to reconcile, If possible, diver gent views of Germany and Austria and obtain a plcdgo of territorial sacrifices from Hungary In the hope of assuring the neutrality of Rou manla. Alexander Marghllomon and P. P. Carp, leader of the Roumanian conservatives, are reported to have assured the duke of Mecklenburg-Hchwcrln, when he was In Bucharest ttint the' benevolent neutrality of Koumanla could be counted upon by the Teutonic allies If Germany could in duce Austria to cedo Translvanla and i Iart of Bukowlna to Koumanla. M. Carp j Is said to have promised also to bring ; about changes la the Roumanian cabinet. Negotiations between I'.erlln and Vienna, (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) Woman Identifies Letters Written by John J, McNamara LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. l.-Mlss Nora V.. Haley of Indianapolis, former stenographer for John J. McNamara, identified, by the handwriting, all but two of a dozen letters submitted to her today, with concealed dates and signatures. In the murder trial of Matthew A. Schmidt. The prosecution . seeks to show ' that Fchmldt was one of a number of con spirators among whose acts was tho ('ynamltlns of the Los Angeles Tlmaa building. Fchmldt Is accused of causing the death of one of the victims of that disaster. Miss Haley's testimony wss toward the end of showing such conspiracy and ths defense offered her the letters to test her memory, fr'he made two mistakes. American Women Succeed in Evading Mayo Indian Band LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Dec. l.-Word was received here today that Miss Mabl Burr, former student at the University of Southern California, and four, other American women, besides a number of children, were safe In a refugee camp at Topolobampo, after eluding Mayo In dians, who raldod American ranches at Nos Mods, glnaloa, Mexico. The raid occurred November IT, and for five days thereafter the women es corted by men relatives and friends, were pursued as they Ted to the coast for safety. Miss Burr s brother, Clifford Burr, received messages today which stated that the refugees hid from the Indians In Irrigation ditches und ravines. The raiders stripped the ranches of prac tically everything movable. IOWA DOCTOR CONVICTED UNDER HARRISON DRUG ACT DE9 MOINE5., Dec. I.-Dr. Bamuel Miller, an Kasl iJes Moines physician, wps found guilty by a Jury In ths fed eral court today, of violating the liar ruun drug act. 0 f i m FIFTEEN THOUSAND SERBIANS TAKEN Enormous Number of Prisoners Cap tured When Bulgars Enter Frisrend. INVADERS CROSS CERNA BERLIN (via London). Dec. 1. Army headquarters announced today that with the capture of Prtsrend, western Serbia, 15,000 Serbians were made prisoners. Regarding operations In the Bal kans, today's official statement says: "Buocessful engagements occurred at certain points with enemy rear gusrda. "At Prlsrend Bulgarian troops took 1K.000 Serbian prisoners, many mounted guns and other war materials. "Western theater: West of La Base extensive mining operations by our troops caused considerable damage In English positions. "One nnglish and one French aeroplane were shot down and tha occupants mads prisoners. Qnlet In r'.nst. "Kastem theater: There is nothing to report." A Bulgarian offlclel report, dated No vember 2. says: "Bulaarlan troops have crossed tha upper Cerna and have taken the bridges and roads whlrh lead to Mnnastlr. "On the southern Anglo-French front the situation Is unchanged. In order to avoid mistakes, It Is stated that the Anglo-French operations have been eon fined to the Cernava valley. Blnoe the arrival of Bulgarian troopa the Anglo French forces not only have not advanced one step, but have been thrown back for a distance of several kilometers. "All attempts of the Anglo-French troops to advance northwest of Cerna have felled. "The left bank of tho Cerna has been completely cleared of tho enemy, Ths retreating French and Perblan troops de stroyed all the bridges over the Cerna up to the mouth of the Vardar." French Offlelnl Heport. PARIS. Dec. 1. The French official re port on the progress of hostilities, given out by the war office this afternoon, says that French artillery has been energet ically engaged along the River flomme. There also have been certain attacks on German aeroplanes in which the French wrre successful. Otherwise there Is noth ing new to report. . The text of the communication follows: "Nothing occurred last night worth re cording, except energetic cannonading by our artillery In the sector of the Frlse valley ef the River Somme. "In the Artols district one of our aero planes yesterday attacked two German machines behind the German lines. One of these machines wss compelled to come to the ground. Tho other was pursued as far as Doul. r. - - During tha day of November t a French aeroplano threw down six shells and seriously damaged barracks located i.Asi "the railroad station at Lens." " Three Alleged Cattle Thieves Are in Iowa Jails IDA GROVE. Ia.. Dee. 1. (8peclal Tele gram.) Sheriff Mcleod of Ida county at midnight rounded up the third supposed member of a gang of cattle thieves that has been operating In Ida and Cherokee counties the last two weeks. Fred Cllne of Holsteln Is alleged leader and la In Jail, while his accomplices, Fred and Henry Mehr, also of Holsteln, are in Jail at Cherokee. Tha Mehr boys are said to have made a confession, stating they worked under the direction ef Cllne. The gang Is charged with stealing five head of .cattle belonging to Q. W. Smith and selling them to Butcher J. C. Christen sen, Battle Creek, for $291, and a few days later of selling eleven head of stolen rattle to a butcher at Cherokee for 1300. Ths Mehr boys stated their business waa to pick up cattle and drive them to market, while Clina followed be hind In an auto ready to pick them up and take flight If they were followed. Chancellor Day Calls Ford Peace Plan Grotesque 8TRACUSE. N. Y., Dee. 1. -Chancellor James R. Day of Syracuse university has ! declined Henry Ford's Invitation to se lect a student for tha peace expedition. In a letter to Mr. Ford's secretary, tha chancellor stated that "the plan Is grotesque and will accomplish nothing but ths ridicule of your country." Bryan Leaves to Consult Henry Ford MIAMI. Fla.. Dee. 1.-William J. Bryan will leave tonight for New York to aej the Ford paace mission sail for Europe on Haturday. BISMARCK. N. D. Dec L-Crged. he said, by German, French, Russian, Eng lish and Scotch people residing In North Dakota to accept Henry Ford's Invita tion to accompany ths peace expedition Governor Hanna announced ho would prepare Immediately for the trip. CHICAGO. Dec. 1. From her bed in tho Presbyterian hospital MlssAddam gave out a statement endorsing Henry Ford's peace plana and saying she would Join tho peace party later In Europe If sho was able to make tha trip. Mistrial Ordered in Case of Tom Watson ACQI'STA, 0 Dec. l.-A mistrial was ordered in federal court here tonight In the case of Thomas K. Watson, the Thomson, Oa., editor and author, charged with having sent obscene mat ter through the mails. .Tha jury which hsd had the case befora it since Tues day afternoon, reported it could not agree. BALKAN STATES DOMINATE WAR AND DIPLOMACY Boumania'i Attitude is Causing Great Uneasiness in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulfraria. GREECE PUZZLES THE ENTENTE Befusal to Take Army from Mace donia and Turn Over Port of Saloniki Source of Worry. BUSS STRENGTHEN RIGA LINE BCLLETIJf. BERLIN, Dec. 1. (Via London.) Army headquarters announced to day that with the capturo of Prlsrend, western Serbia, 16.000 Serbians were made prisoners. LONDON, Dec.. 1. The Balkan states continue to dominate both the n.llltary and diplomatic situations in Europe. Roumanla'a attitude ap parently Is causing the Central pow ers great uneasiness, while Greece's refusal to limit its military effective ness as requested by the entente Is of equal concern to those powers. Roumanla Is said to be only await Ins; the presence in the Balkans of preponderant entente military forces before dispatching an ultimatum to Austria. German military critics, according to dlspatch'a reaching London, express con siderable dlasattsractlon with conditions In the Balkans, predicting both military and diploniatio difficulties ahead despite the brilliant Serbian campaign of Field Marshal von Mackensen. Moreover, It Is reported that Austria is opposed to tha Ilea and possibility of Bulgarian domina tion of the Balkan states, and It Is sug gested that a desire to forestall any fric tion In this connection was responsible for the Oerman emperor's recent visit to Vienna, Greece atandlasr Pat. Greece steadfastly refuses to concede entente demands for ths unrestricted use of tho Greek port of Halonlkl as a' base, and furthermore declines to remove Its army from Macedonia. Except for tha capturo of Prlsrend by (he Bulgarians there has ben no marked change In the Serbian military situation. The fate of Monastlr, reported to have fa'len before the Bulgars, remains ob scure, notwithstanding definite reports that neutral consuls In the city had ar ranged to turn It over to the attackers after withdrawal of tha Serbians. But Inter dispatches stated that' telegrapblo eotnlnurilcsUort ' with tha city was still maintained. Indicating ' that it had not been entirely evacuated. Raaslans tras;tBeit Hlsra Llae. " The eastern front has been compara tively quiet. Tha Russians are reported as being greatly strengthened along the Riga line and imbued with a confidence that they can shatter tha Oerman de fenses whenever forward move la deemed expedient. Vienna reports that the Italians seem determined to capture Qorisla with tho least possible loss of time, but progress agslnst tha defenses of tba town is ex ceedingly slow. ' ' ONE OF HOCH'S WIDQWS, DIESJJF STARVATION CHICAGO, Deo. l.-A. widow of Johann Hoch. ono of the thirty-two, died of star vation, superinduced by pneumonia, here today. She was Mrs. Mary Hock Warlike, ' aged OS years. Hoch. branded at his trial as an arch-bigamist and murderer of manv wives, whom he blgamously married, waa 1 banged In this city a decade or mora ago, Tha woman who died today was an im portant witness against him. but after loch's execution she remarried and re tired to obscurity. Her second husband aiea several years ago. THE WANT-AD-WAY , SUS atlgats NMHi ' If yoall tako all yeas' rooalpta Aad staek than up la a pll, You'll vary sooa realise Why you laa&lore wears tM smile. 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