-he Omaha Sunday Bee
NEWS SECTION
PAGES ONE TO EIGHT
THE WEATHER.
Unsettled
VOL. XLV NO. 28.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, PKCEMBEIl . 2G, 1915-SIX SK( T I ( ) NS Tl 1 1 KTY- IT) V 1 1 PAGES.
SIXdl.E COPY FIVE CENTS.
MIDNIGHT MASS
FEATURE OF HEW
YORK CELEBRATION
Billion Fergom Attend Services
Marking Opening of Christ
mas Day in the Cath
olio Churches.
DENVER CHURCH BELLS RING
Large Christmas Sinners Served to
Scores of Needy Individuals
Without Home Ties.
BIG TREE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
NEW YORK. Dec. 25. New York
City celebrated a joyous and pros
perous Christmas with a lavish dis
tribution of gifts and an unusually
targe outlay of charity.
After a display of community
trees in various parks and public
centers throughout the city last
bight, the day was ushered In not
only here, but throughout the arrh
Slocesa of New York with midnight
masses In most of the Catholic
thurches. This was the first time In
fifteen yeara that midnight mass
Was celebrated. It Is estimated that
I, 000,000 persona took part In the
masses.
Baskets of food were distributed . to
2,000 persona by the Salvation Army and
the Volunteers of America. An unusual
Incident of. the celebration i the din
tier, given by the crew of the battleship
New York to 100 boys and girls who
otherwise would have had no Christmas
dinner. Santa Claus brought a pair of
shoes for every boy and girl, dolls for
the girls and Scout suits for the boys.
Throughout the financial district the
employes of stock exchanges, banks and
other financial Interests were made
happy by gifts amounting to nearly
II, 600,000. The New York Stock exchange
had distributed among Its employes from
I to M per cent of their year's salary as
Christmas presents. Six thousand em
ployes of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company rejoiced over the announcement
of increases In pay, beginning January 1,
and aggregating S2S0.O0O a year.
. Cfcarch Belli Rlat at Denver.
DENVER, Dee. 45. Throughout the
Rocky mountain region urban and rural
residents Joined in the celebration of
Christmas today. Official and private
business was suspended and all activities ,
centered around the dispensing, and en-
Joyment of good cheer. . ...
In Denver the world-wide holiday was
ushered in at midnight by the ringing of
church bells. Special Christinas services I
wer held at many churches. Distrlbu-
tlon ot Christmas supplies to the needy
. claimed the attention of all charity or-,
tanlxationg and hundreds ot individual.
Several large Christmas dinners were at-
tended by scores of needy individuals
without family ttles. Special exercises
and dinners featured the festivities at all
tats and municipal Institutions.
At Colorado Springs a feature of the
celebration was a Christmas tree ln one
of the parks bearing trays of edibles
for the birds.
The festivities at El Paso, Texas were
opened last night with a chorus of 200
United States soldiers singing carols and
hymns accompanied my military bands.
Gifts of clothing, toys and other ar
ticles were distributed from the muni
rlual tree to thirteen hundred children,
most members of refugee Mexican fam
ilies. Christmas Tree at White House.
WASHINGTON, Dec 25. Christmas
festivities at the White House today
were devoted largely to the entertain
ment of President Witaon's grand child
ren, little Miss Ellen McAdoo, Master
Francis Sayre and Miss Josephine Coth
ran, a grand niece of 12-years. I. H.
Hoover, chief usher at the White House
played Banta Claus ln the absence of
the president.
There waa a large Christmas tree In
the library on the second floor of the
White Houm elaborately decorated and
laden with packages. Although the presi
dent was away there waa presents and
good wlahes from him for the youngsters
and tho grown-ups. too.
The White House festivities will be
rounded out with a dinner for the fam
ily groug In the state dining room this
evening.
Second Crop of Pear.
""HOUSTON. TIX.. Pec. 25 (Xmas.)
Fresh pears, the second crop of the
season Is a unique a urn appearing on
a
In
number of Christmas tabiea today
this section. After the August ie storm
when tne trees were s.nppea o
trees put out new leaves and blossomed
rain. The fruit Is claimed to be of
better quality than the first crop.
4atet Day at Hot Bprlaars.
HOT SPRINGS, Vs., Dec. 25. The pres
ident and MVS. Wilson spent Christmas
day quietly and dined In their suite at
seven o'clock this evening after a motor
drive.
The Weather
For Nebraska Unsettled; much colder
tonight with probably rain or anow.
Tosnaerataro at Omaha Yesterday.
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Local R.,ra.
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lowest yesterday ..
Mean temperature ..
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precipitation
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turea from the normal:
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Excens for the day
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Total deficiency since March 1
ui Inch
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Vot nl rainfall since March I..J7.CM inches
lieflciency since- March 1, . J inches
Drficu-ncy for cor. period, 114. 3 27 inches
!iicEucy for cor. nod. JWJ. 6. inch-
COURT HOUS GS
"mY rm
VOLUNTEERS GIYE
OUT XM AS BASKETS
Two Hundred Eighty Big Christ
inas Dinners Distributed Among
Needy of Omaha.
CONTAIN CHICKEN AND FIXINGS
"For I was hungry and ye fed Me."
The glad anniversary of the birth of
Him by Whom these words were said
was celebrated at Volunteers of America
headquarters, 114 North Fifteenth street,
by passing out 280 big baskets laden with
chickens, geese and all the "flxln's" of
a Christmas dinner.
A stout rope across the room separated
the givers from the receivers. And the
eight that met the eyes of the hungry
WM mighty good. Baskets, baskets.
baskets, from which protruded the legs
of. the. toothsome birds. No pinchbeck
basket these, but big and heavy and
liberal. . ', , '
There was the Christmas tree, too.' A
new id ot Christmas Iree. this. "It's
eW specie! guess," said Mrs. Me-
Cormlck. It waa. Indeed, for instead of
juet one top It had five tops. It waa a
fan-shaped tree. George Alcorn was the
Luther Burbank who produced this new
species, by the simple expedient of
bunching five small trees. And the ef-
feet waa decidedly pleasing and the
decorations many and brilliant.
Toya for Kiddies.
To one side of the tree were the many
shelves on which the baskets were dis
played and under the tree were toys and
toys and toys.
Well, the folks arrived early and there
were many expressions of delight when
they saw that grand tree and hungry
eyes rested on those full baskets.
There was a little praise service be
fore the giving started and charming
Miss Alice McCormk-k, daughter of Major
McCormlck, sang for the people a sweet,
tender song that ' moved them wonder
fully. '
Then the giving started and all was
happiness. Major and Mrs. McCormlck,
Captain Clara Allen, Captain Charles
Fisher, Frank Minor and George Alcorn
took their positions on the "giving line."
Tickets were presented by the recipients,
for every case had been Investigated
thoroughly to prove Its worthiness before
a ticket was bestowed.
Out went the heavy basket and off
trudged the happy people. Here hobbles
an aged man with an old steel umbrella
handle for a cane. Here goes en old
woman ln a faded, long coat and with
an old shawl drawn about her thin
shoulders.
Molher with Sl Thlldrea.
One little mother came with six of her
ten children. Pale and drawn was her
face with the toil and anxiety of keeping
j the wolf from the do. But It was
illKhted 11 n with lh. inv nf bln.lnoa.
I sympathy and with the knowledge that
her brood would not be hungry on Christ
mas day, thanks to the foresight and
planning and work of the Volunteers of
America.
Her oldest child Is but 11 years old.
The father "haa gone awav." Not onlv
was this family supplied with an lm
mense basket of good things to eat, but
every one of the children received a
present; dolls for tho girls and aets of
dishes, and horns and balls and thing
for the boys. The toys may not have
been Just brand new, but they were re
ceived With dancing eyes by those
children.
George Alcorn's arms were already sore
with well-doing before he arrived to help
give out the Volunteers' good things.
Christmas morning he had carried one
of the Volunteers' baskets and a big bas-
20 or wood to a maiden lady, 61 years
17 old, who Is sick and has suffered many
reverses. The woman could hardly
25 speak for Joy. Mr. Alcorn let money
W for coal and arranged with a good woman
2jj next door to come In and cook the In
, valld's dinner. Mr. Alcorn waa himself
31 converted In the Omaha Volunteers' hall
SI ten yeara ago when he waa a down-and-
outer and Is now a prosperous contractor
and builder and a frequent speaker in the
Volunteers' hall.
Teddy Hats a Taoaaaad.
Nor must we forget "Teddy." In dis
seminating Christmas cheer "Teddy's"
: batting average waa 1,000. "Teddy" is
the little yellow dog of the Vc'unteera
and he's always on the Jub. He et
0
;tnds all the street meetings and all the
i nlha. a.l ln,r. ltl, hla ,A,.l.,
" " S'l II
' tlie annual ChriBtmas celebration. Then
, he walks about, as he did yesterday,
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CHRISTMAS MUSIC
OF SAYIOR'S BIRTH
Glorious Day Welcomed In at the
Episcopal Chnrches by Mid
night Services.
CHURCHES ARE WELL FILLED
In the Episcopal churches of the city
Christmas was observed by the celebra
tion of holy communion at both the early
and the 10:30 o'clock services. At St. Bar
nabas the early celebration occurred at I
mldnlirht r.l In I lia nth., Vl 1 1 ., a m m t 1
7:30 o'clock. At all of these services the
attendance was unusually large.
At the Church of the Good Shepherd the
Christmas exercises for the children were
held on Friday evening and besdes the
tree, brilliantly 'Humiliated, there waa an
auununncB 01 canoy, duu ana iruu lor
the little folk, of the Sunday school, dls- i
trlbuted by Santa Claus.
The tmislo was
under the direction of the choir and' con-. !
alated of anthems, clasa songs and solas,
all appropriate for tha occasion. The early
communion waa well attended, but there
waa no music. At the. regular service
at 10: SO o'clock, in addition to the cele
bration ot holy communion there was a
delightful musical program and a abort
address by the rector. Rev. Thomas J.
Collar, his talk having to do with Christ
mas and Its meaning to the people.
The musto consisted ot the reg
ular Christmas hymns from ' the
hymnal and anthems, Mlsa Alice Fry i
singing the solo part. '
Rev. Mr. Collar ln speaking of Christ
mas presented an Interesting word pic
ture of the birth of Christ ln Bethlehem
1,900 years ago, asserting that uponthls
occasion every human heart In every
Christian land la attracted by the child
in the cradle and that by reason of these
millions ot hearts have been brought
closer to Christ.
Hope of Maaklnd.
"This, the birthday of our Lord," said
Mr. Collar, "Is the birthday of the best
hopes of mankind for the reason that It
marks the promise of eternal life for all
who will accept Christ."
The speaker asserted that Christmas,
the birthday of Christ ta the birthday of
true brotherhood the world over, "for It
was through the birth of Christ that
there, was given to the people the true
conception of brotherhood.
In connection with the Chrlstmss Idea
of "peace on earth," Rev. Mr. Collar as
serted that on this Christmas the world
Is rife with war, due to the fact that
"where war la being waged there Is no
room for Christ In the hearts of many
of the people."
The speaker made the prediction that
peace will come, but before It can be
brought about there must be fully estab
lished In the hearts of the people the
Christian brotherhood and when thla la
done the era of war will cease.
Victor B. Caldwell
In Serious Condition
Victor B. Caldwell, president of the
United Statea National bank, who has
been ill for some time at his home, 630
South Twentieth street, was reported
quite low on Christmas day. Late In
the afternoon It waa said that he was
no worse, but his condition was crit
ical. He has suffered with asthma for
tome time, and thla Is now complicated
with Brlght'a disease.
Mrs. Flavilla Etter
Of South Side Dead
Mrs. Flavilla Etter. wife of the late
r . j. roller, former puaiinaaier 01 jum
Omaha, and prominent resident of that J
city since 18)0, died yesterday, aged 73
years.
Mrs. Etter was the mother of Lewis 8,
Ktter, superintendent ot malls for. the
south side; Fred G., a grocer, and Oscar
of Twin Falls, Idaho.
Her home was at lOI North Twenty
fifth street.
WOUNDED GIRL'S CONDITION
REPORTED TO BE IMPROVED
Ida Ftroud. aged yean, who was shot
Wednesday afternoon by a watchmun nt
the city dump, la report) Improved by
those Attending her at St. Joseph's hos
pital. She rec eived a lllr.b.l of pn-sente
and her family spent the entire day at
the hospital
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I CATUWlflT
YANKEE PROTECTS
. THE -CITY OF NISH
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Red Cross Officer Succeeded
Keeping Order with Aid of Bui
gars Until Germans Came.
TEUTONS THEN LOOTED CITY
NEW YORK, Dec, 25. It was an
American who surrendered the city,
of Nishi Serbia, to the invading Bui
garlan army after the Serbian forces
had retreated, according to a story
told today by Douglass M. Dold of
this city, who has Just returned to
his home after spending several
months in Serbia.
Dold and hla brother. Elliot W.
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Dold' BOn" 0t en,8t' lc" he '
Juno as memunrs 01 an suwiuuuiw
squad attached to a relief expedi-
on Bent out to aid the Serbians.
1 nnl,,a. M n1(1 who ln charge
j.DUSltt M- Dold. who was in arge
'of the Squad, was Stricken blind at
INlsh as A result of tha hardships, jeUntlnoHe, hava done- conMorMe exe
I overwork and privations he endured jcution, recently asainst the al le trenches
' m rift llnaa l i.
there, and It as on this account
that he and his brother returned
Dold said that when It was realised
that Nish would be captured a SerbUn
regiment- the -Twentieth Puhk. mutl-
nled, killing their colonol, and loted the
house. Dold attempted to protect tne noa-
pltal stores under his charge, but was
knocked down and beaten by the sol
diers, who, he said, wasted the stores
of alcohol and quinine which were used
for the sick and wJunded, and took 2,-Kij
palra of shoes which were- among the
supplies.
After thla regiment loft the city the
people appealed to tho bishop ot Nish to
Induce Dold to surrender It to the Bul
garians and asked for protection. When
the Bulgarians neared the city Dold, the
bishop and a throng of young women
bearing garlands of flowers went out
to' meet them. A white flag was raised
and an officer commanding the Bulga
rians rode forward.
The bishop Introduced Dold as an Amer
ican. "I showed my passport," said Dold,
"and asked for protection of the city
and people and for the hospital stores.
After 1 got through be bowtd respect
fully
and hla men behaved thuinse.ves
splendidly while in the city. A guarujor the order. ; ha1 taken his life. He disappeared from
was sent to protect the hospital store I According to the evidence in the easels hotel in Stroudsburg Wednesday, leav
and there waa no disorder until the Oer- 'Johnson tripped and a sword blade pene- j n a note that he Intended to commit
mans began to arrive and then pande-
monium broke looae. Their conduct waa
worse
than that of the Serbian mutt-
neers.
Ides.
Destruction and loot were on all
uh ik. from Nlh batan
the Agricultural society turned over to
m li. itatnnalnu. arM Kir Raluh Pant
placed In my care the entire reilf suit-
plies. Men tried to give me outright
their hotels and places of business and
frantlo women Implored me to marry
them In order to protect them from thj
Invaders through my passport. It waa
then that I waa suddenly stricken blind.
Of course, 1 waa then useless and in
the way."
Glass Machine Co,
Cuts Big Melon
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 25.-Stork
holders of the American Window Glasa
jiaciiiiia , cuni7 '""
morning that the directors yesterday had
ordered a dividend of $7 a share on the
of Belgium from the International mar
ket and the activity of the building
trades in this country. Leading window
glaaa men said that orders for window
glass from abroad were pressing in thla
market, s.me being for quantities as high
as 40,000 and 60.000 boxes for a customer.
Germans Establish
Their Capital at Nish
LONDON, Dec. Il-Accordlng to dis
patches from a Serbian source, the Ger
mane have established a provisional gov-
'ernment at Nish, withdrawing all tha
! Bulgarian and Austrian troops and en li
li,uw,vuv irctDl. im wo,. Knm nia country in me iiuamr. r. - .llluim, the trade unionists to con
tend of $7 to be paid within alxty daya. iCarstens was a member of the Jmal.a (" V0 his scheme of "labor dilution."
Tlila disbursement reflecU the extraor- ; pioneers and the l-ar,.lehr Vereln. Il.l Y.,Jerd h. vll)lud th, Bt. Notch fac
dlnary proaperlty of the window glass j was one of the heavy sufferers of the aIre.dy ,
ing Bulgar-Auatrlan interference in the fifty yards off the atarboard side of ufaclurlng industry which Is rapidly aa
admlnistratlon of Serbian a f falls. it ,1s! the steamer. The lonauina then atnpped ' sumlng important proportions. Many
added that proclamations have been is
sued that the Germans will "lespect Ser
bian nationality."
GERMANS CARRY
WAR ACROSS THE
GREEK BORDERS
Heavy Guns of Teutons Open on
Ang-lo-French Lines in Macedo
nian Territory Under
Hellenic Flap.
MEANS GREAT ADVANCE IS ON
! Turkish Cannon Do Damage
to
Entente Positions on Galli
poli Peninsula.
SILENCE THREE BATTERIES
LONDON. Dec. 25. Christmas
day was barren of notable war de
velopments. The commanders of
the huge forces in the European
Melds of hostilities for the moot part
seem to have been resting on their j
arms. I
One of tho most interesting of the j
day's reports came through Athens j
to the effect that on Friday Ger
man artillery on lake Doiran, about
forty miles northwest of Balontki,
was shelling the Anglo-French lines
in Greek Macedonia which the allies
are continuing to fortify. This might
easily moan that the looked for ad
vance by the forces of the central
powers against the allied bane at
Salonlkl was about to begin.
;rree Takes Miami.
According to one correspondent the
Orek irovernment has definitely decided
not to permit the enemies of the cn'cnie
to penetrate Greek territory, unless the
central powers satisfactorily guarantee
that Greek territory will not be en
dangered. Over on the other aide of the Balkans.
Teutonlo aircrafts appear to heve been
active recently, a dispatch from UettlnJI,
Montenegro, reporting that two aero
planes had dropped bombs on flrutarl.
I killing lu. t. rill. . . n .1 I . . 1 . . 4 . 1
soore of ot, whe of f(1)0 Albnn
Isn coast tho Montenegrins, through a
submarine attack, lost a ship with live
stock. Paris reported the Christmas eve pre
parations along the western front as
not being Important enough' to reootd.
The German account ' mentioned only
mlnlng operations In which the (ler-
mar blew up works which were under , ilea have been searching since Novem
constructlon In front of their lines, pre- jber 80, In connection with neutrality vlo
sumably by the British. The British Ration eaaes, was served with a sub
report under Friday date, spoke only j poena last night at police headquarters
of artillery activity;, notably Jn th vl-1 when the chauffeur of the taxlcab In
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cmiiy or Tpres. ., f ,
' " ' T"k,, "
Jn lh? tjardsnelle. the Turkfsh gun.
have been buoy and, according' to Con-
i?"' " .. r " "l1' """""" "
loaded vessels, preventing the fending
of troops by ahelllpg the allies landing
stages and silencing three allied batter-
les. besides breaking up the work of en-
trenchment diggers.
in Persia the Russian are declared to
have severely damaged the Persian In-
surgents in a battlo twenty-five miles
from Teheran. Along the Russian front
useir in ngniing, according to Berlin,
haa ben limited to patrol engagements.
Lodges Must Pay
'Damages for Horse
, Play Accidents
AUSTIN. Tex., Dec. 26. Secret orders
were held responsible for Injuries in
flicted on neophltes during Initiation In a
ruling Friday by the Texas supreme
court, ordering the Grand Temple and
Tabernacle Knlghta and Dausrhters of
Labor to pay 112,000 awarded Smith John
son by a lower coth-t for permanent In
juries alleged to have been Inflicted
while he was being Initiated Into a lodge
I uaiea nis Doay. i ne order contended
:lnl" ln" "lu dm not speciry mat tne
' omciaung omcer wear a swora ana mat
j 11 " nl- so ne inaiviauauy waa re-
sponsible.
w raw, iduim mniuini n muni im
The case, fought through te courts for
month"' " haa been watched by aecret
I ....., ta 11.7 w "uum
a precedent.
Veteran of German
Wars and Tornado
Victim Is Called
August F. Caratena died early Saturday
morning at his residence, 4402 leaven
worth street. He had lived In Omaha for
forty-three yeara, and Is survived by h i
! wife, Ms son, Henry C. Carstetis, seven
j grandchildren and one great-grandchild,
all of Omaha. He was 7S years old. He
i was born in Germany and came to this
icouniry )n isij. Me w is a veteran 'ni
jwara of 1864 and KT0-T1 and was honored
with the Iron Cross for bravery. He
pletely destroyed. The funeral wi'l t.e
held Tuesday afternoon, luf'mcnt w'll be
In Evergreen cenieteo
Submarine Fires
At Greek Steamship
NEW YORK. Dec K.-The Greek
steamer Ioanlna arrived today from
Piraeus and reported having been fired
upon by a submarine, nationality un
known, when about eighty miles off
Kalamata. Greece. Captain IlaJapU aald
.the submarine pursued the steamer sunia
ilatance befor filing a shell, h ch fell
a ,J . ,.c0 1 1, . v .i.s-
and the submarine passed close to the factories are engaged In tba new Indus
steamer, but submerged after freeing the try and orders have been in excess of
( Greek flag on the vessrl.
BATTLE BEGINS FOR
SALONMPOSITION
German Artillery on Banks of Lake
Dorian Opens Fire on Anglo
French Lines.
BULGARS AND GERMANS FIGHT
PARIS, Dec. 25. The Athens cor
reKpondent of the Journal telegraphs
under Friday's date that the Ger
man artillery on the banks of Lake
Doiran, in Macedonia, about forty
miles northwest of Salontkl, are
bombarding the Anglo-French lines,
which the allied troops are continu
ing to fortify. ,
1 lirriMM sad Bnlaara Klakt. i
A dispatch to the llavas News agency
from Rome says:
"The Gaaette Popolo prints a report
of a sanguinary affray at t'ekup between
officers of the Austro-German forces and
the Bulgarian officers. Revolvers were
freely used, according to the report, two
Mermen, one Austilnn and two Hulga-
rlan officers being killed and a numlicr
of other officers wounded
Horn ha Dropped n Scaiarl.
Two aeroplanes, one of which waa Ger
man, dropped four bombs on Scutari,
Albania, on lecember 13, killing five
civilians and Injuring sixteen women and
children, according to a llavas dispatch
from Cettlnje.
The following official statement was
Issued by the war office this afternoon:
"During- the course of the night there
were no events of Importance to record."
Miaee a ad Ceaater Mian. -
BERLIN. Dec. K.-By Wireless to Say
vllle.) Mining operations against the
German lines west of I a Basse, near the
tlelglan border on the French front, have
been ftustatcd by the Germans, whose
counter mining destroyed the hostile
works, army headquarters announced to
day.
On the Russian front there have been
patrol engagementa at several points and
leconnolterlng parties that were advanc
ing toward the German lines were re
pulsed.
Speeding Chauffeur
Takes Much Wanted
Man to the Police
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 25. Rob
ert Capelle, general agent In this city
for the North German I.loyd Steamship
'company, for whom the federal author!
IwhlcU he waa rldlna waa arrested and
taken there for fast driving.
Capelle, eccordlCff to the subpoena,
mu(Tappear before the federal grand
Jury next Monday. He ta wanted, John
W. Preston, United States WUtrlct at
torney said, to furnish Information re
garding the disposition of $125,000 and be
leved by the federal officials to have
been sent here for the purpose of out-
fitting vessels with supplies for Qer-
Imany waa possible, '
I Capelle disappeared November SO, when
subpoena waa issued requiring his
! appearance before the federal Inquisitors,
i He haa been reported In various places
.since, but not until last night waa he
located by the authorities. Capelle and
a companion were passengers In the
tsxlcab whose chauffeur was arrested.
While waiting at police headquarters for
the chauffeur to arrange his ball Capelle
was recognised. The United Btates mar
shal's office wns notified and the sub
poena waa served.
Dr. A. E. Hancock,
Author, Kills Self
BTROUDSBURO, Pa. Dec. 25. The
body of Dr. Albert E. Hancock, author
and a former member of tho Haverford
college, faculty, was found near the Dela
ware water cap last night, and by his
,ije wu the revolver with which he
j suicide. He had been In poor health for
some time,
Another note waa found in Dr. Han-
cock's pocket which said:
"In the third year of the atruggle to
;rM.. health the disease Developed a
, m.na for aelf-destruction. A current of
suicidal pictures fuxui imrcaaanuy
'through my mind for more than a year.
Then came a period of seeming re
covery. "I.aat September the mania suddenly
broke out ln a more malignant form and
during these last months it slowly
spread Into an obsession and gentle, yet
simple impu'se for death."
Overstudy Is ascribed as the cause ot
Dr. Hancock's breakdown.
Lloyd George Now
Biggest Briton of All
I.ONDON, Dec. 25-In England. David
,A .v. minister of munitions,
t chief figure for the moment. ThlJ
s no hld(iy period for him, as he Is
. th M t f the nioat Imporant work
Operation ana wnere lunner ueveiop-
! menu In this direction are in contam- ,
I plation. It la stated "Mr. Lloyd George's
party was much Impfeeied with the ef
I flcient manner In which the women, in
: trudueed under the dilution scheme, were
already executing useful work on
mm nines. v
Pittsburgh Builds
Up Toy Industry
PITTSBURGH. Pa.. Dec. 25. The tem
porary retirement of Germany from the
toy trade of the United States has built
i UP
I iifs
In the Pittsburgh district a toy mail
producing rspaclty.
CHINA'S TROOPS
BY THOUSANDS
JOIN REBELLION
Province of Yunnan Declares Inde
pendence from Proposed Empire
as Thirty Thousand Sol
diers Mutiny.
REVOLUTION APPEARS GROWING
Exile in This Country Says Move
ment Will Spread Till Whole
Land Swept.
OTHER PROVINCES WILL JOIN
PBKINO. Drc. 25. The govern
ment troops in the province of Yun
nan have Joined the revolutionists
under Tsal Ao, who has declared
the province independent and guar
anteed the safoly of foreigners. The
revolutionary forces now number
30.000.
Conditions in the province of
Kwelchow was unsettled, but dlsaf-
fections have not been reported ln
the other southern provinces.
Punishment for Taaa Shi Kal.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 25.-Oeneral
Hwsng Using, former minister of war
of the Chinese republic and at one time
generalissimo of the revolutionary army
at Wuchang, last night at hla home In
Media, near here, declared that the ob
ject of the uprising la the upholding of
the republican form of government and
"the'punlshment of Yuan fllil Kal."
The leaders of the movement wlt'i
whom he Is In constant communication
aim, he aald, to reestablish the constitu
tion and parliament. They will protect
the lives and property of foreign resi
dents In China, .but will not recognise
contracts, loans or conoesslons made by
Tunn Bhl Kal after the dato of the up
rising. They will fight under the flrnr
of the Chinese republic with the addi
tion of a white pennant Inscribed with
Chinese colors declaring fur the punish
ment of Yuan Khl Kal.
Other I'mtlieri Will Join.
The general, who has devoted his life
to the establishment of a republican form
of government In China and led an ex
pedition against Yuan Bhl Kal from Nan
king, said that Tsal An, who la lead
ing the present uprising In Yunnan
will receive support ' from marfy other
provinces. Tsal Ao, he said, is an able
man, and waa brought to Peking by
Yuan Flit Kal and made director general
for the collection ot taxes because the
president fatyd Taal Ao's power In
Yunnan, . : ' ' '. w
Tsnl Ao, ,tfft;ordlnR to General Hwang
Heine, wa Importuned by tha officers
and soldiers who had served under him In
Yunnan, to return there and lead the re
volt. He managed to leave Peking on
leave of absence and arrived In Yuan
Nanfu on December IS, according to a
recent cablegram received at Med a. Gen
eral Hwang Using declared that he
doubted tho first report that the govern
ment troops had not Joined in the re
volt as it was their officers who had
summoned Tsai Ao to lead them.
The province of Sse Chuen, which l
Immediately north of Yunnan Is also In
full sympathy with the movement to de
pose Yuan 8h Knl. tlie general said, and
their troops would be with and not
against tho revolutionists. In the prov
inces of Kwel Chow and Kwang SI In
the southern section of China, the peoplo
are almost unanimously opposed to
Yuan Mil Kal. according to advices re
ceived by General H
latest cablegiam received from Shanghai
was undecipherable he said. He be
lieved that the words used In the code
had been purposely mixed up.
General Hwnng Using said that ho
probably would return to China In the
near future.
Homesteader Gets
Title to Mine Claims
SEATTLE. Wash., Iec. 25.-TltIo to lflrt
acres of land on Snohomish, county, con
taining twenty mining claims on which
it is estimated $445,000 haa been spent In
Improvements and development work, is
vested today ln Peter It. Chappell of
Seattle as a result of a decision of the
United States general land office. The
claims were staked in the iW'a and $100,0i
was Invested In guildlngs, $4S,000 in ma
chinery and $240,OuO In development work
up to 1911 when Chappell filed a home
stead application for the land.
In the contest for the claim Chappell
alleged that the land was not chiefly
valuable as mineral land and on this
contention he waa upheld by the land
office.
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