THE OMATTA SUNDAY TiEE: DECEMBER 20, 1915.
KAISER AT HOME
I Kansas City Girl Quest of Her Sisters
This Kansan Once Kept Napoleon
From Sleeping Sleep of the Just
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Indiipoition of Emperor Enable
Him to Attend Family Tree
Celebration.
STAGED ET BIO PALACE HALL
BERLIN (Via London), Dec. 25.
Emperor William this year, be
cause of his indisposition, was able
to spend Christmas with his family
t Potsdam. A allRht "Inflammation
of the cellular tissues," about which
no further bulletin has been Issned.
confines him to his apartments, but
not to bed, and he was able to attend
the celebration of the Hohenaollern
family Christmas tree, or rather
Christmas trees which entertain
ment as usual was held this Christ
mas eve In the big hall In the new
palace.
The emperor, empress, their daughter,
their daughters-in-law and grandchildren
each had an InrtivlJual Christmas tree.
araduAtrd In six, on which his or her
gifts were arranged end also gifts for
the sons unable to leave the front.
Before the family Christmas tree cele
bration at the palace each princes at
tended Christmas exercises and later su
perintended the distribution of gifts at
public celebrations held under her spe
cial patronage.
Nation la Cheerful.
Germany is celebrating the second
war Christmas under the worst con
ceivable climatic conditions. now has
been steadily falling throughout the en
tire empire for a week, giving every
promise of a white Christmas, but a
twenty-four-hours' rain has converted
the yulotlde enow mantle to deep mud
and slush.
In spirit, however, the nation Is mak
ing of it a cheerful Christmas. En
couraged by the long record of German
victories and the satisfactory conclusion
of the Serbian camping and having
made up their minds there Is no Imme
diate prospects of peace, the people gen
erally seem determined to Ignore the
probability of an indefinite continuation
of the war and minor discomforts, such
. as bread cards and other food regula
tions, and will celebrate the great Uer
man festival In the traditional spirit.
A large proportion of the nation's man
hood, of course, will observe the day in
the trenches and botnbproofs. Last year
almost every dugout and shelter had its
dwarfed but gaily decorated Christmas
tree and the men received Christmas
gifts and other cheer from home. A
similar condition will prevail . tomorrow.
Retara for Holiday,
The army authorities this year ' have
been most liberal In granting Christmas
furloughs and thousands of veterans
will spend Christmas with their families.
JTor a week past the atreeta of Berlin
and of other cities have been crowded
with returning soldiers dressed In their
war-worn uniforms.
All the merchants report that they
have had a good Christmas trade. The
dealeis in jewelry and other luxuries aay
they have very nearly sold out their
nares. and the stocks of the eapenalve
florists and confectioners are almost de
pleted. The toy dealers and. the estab
lishments patronised by the masses also
have done an exceptional business dur
ing December, which 1 considered to
show there Is no appreciable scarcity of
money.
Pope Hopes that
Peace Will Come in
Answer to Prayer
ROMS (Via Parla.V-Deo. Fore
Benedict today. In replying to the Christ
mas greetings, extended on behalf of the
acred college by Cardinal Vannutelll,
feelingly alluded to the "terrible war In
Europe," and spoke of the Immense car
nage and crueltlea as unprecedented In
history.
The pontiff again expressed an ardent
desire for peace and said that, in con
formity with the wishes of many of the
faithful, he had consented to make an
addition of the words of "Queen of
Peace, pray for us," to the Litany of
Loreto and expressed the hope that the
Mrgln'a Intercession with God would
oon bring an answer to his prayers.
Pope Benedict's reply to Cardinal Vanu
telli'e greetings was delivered on the
occasion of the reception by the pontiff
of the sacred college.
Prosecuted Without
Any Title Whatever
8AN FRANCISCO, Dec !6.-Whether
a baron or Just a man was Indicted
here for use of the mails to Incite mur
der, arson and for attempted Interfer
ence wlih foreign commerce, was an Is
sue rained here today.
I'outi,-! for Huron ors;e Wllhelm von
Brlnckfn. one of three so Indicted, ob
jected, and sskid that "lieutenant" t
eubstltuUd for ; Uiron' In the iiidb.i
ment "Well, we'll seep aay all titles mA
prosecute him as George Wllhelm vn
lirUickcn." aald Judtfe Maurhe T. Lw
ling, before whom the matter came
In the United States district court.
SKI AMBULANCES OFF
TO THE FRONT OF WAR
PARIS. Pec. SS. The new ski ambu
lance section of the French army, organ
ized ty If. It. Harjee. left today for
the Alpine mountain front. The new
section was formed with the object of
carrying the wounded over the snows of
the winter on ski sleds Instead of em
ploying mules as formerly. The section
comprises twenty-five skis In charge of
fifty men, among whom are many
Americans and Norn triune who are cap
tained by Herman Webster of Chicago.
DISCOVERS SERUM FOR
WHOOPING CCUGH CURE
HEPJJV. De. fc By Wireless to
Bayvl!le. The Overseas News agency
gats out the following Item today:
"Great Interest has been aroused In
Berlin rued'oal circle by the Itotloe that
rr. Kraua of Buenos Ayrea lias dljtcov.
rred a seruta for the cure of whooping
eaugb. In spite of the fact that little
1h known of the Inventor In bacterio
logical circles. It la sal that teaU of
the serum aure its succes."
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WILSONS ATTEND A
TREE CELEBRATION
President and Wife Spend Evening
in Old-Fashioned Virginia
Xmas Jollification.
NEGROES GIVE A PROGRAM
HOT 8PRINQS, Va.. Dec. 84.
President and Mrs. Wilson spent to
night In an old fashioned Virginia
Christmas celebration, held In the
spacious lounging room of their
hotel. 1 It was their first appearance
In the public part of the hotel since
they arrived Sunday to spend their
honeymoon.
A big and gayly decorated Christ
mas tree filling one end of the room,
was presided over by a dusky Santa
Claus. Before it disported fifteen
negroes, whose antics and musical
efforts kept the president and
everybody eUe almost convulsed
with laughter.
When Mr. Wilson and hla bride in-
Peered they found m. erowd nf marr
celebrators, Including many other honey
moon couples standing, waiting for them
to take reserved places. Mrs. Wilson
wore an evening; gown of black chif
fon velvet, with flesh colored cloth at
the neok. She wore a diamond brooch,
given her by the president, and a small
wrist watch.
It was near midnight when the party
broke up with hearty exchanges of
Christmas good wishes.
Earlier In the evening the president
and Mrs. Wilson, on returning from
an automobile ride, had been surprised
by finding on their dinner table a bril
liantly lighted little Christmas tree sur
mounted ey a dove or peace.
Take Another Step
To Isolate Germany
LONDON, Dec. 28. By a royal procla
mation published In tonight's Gaxette,
the exportation to Switzerland of vir
tually everything that might be service
able to Germany Is prohibited unless
consigned to the Socle te Sues De Sur
veillance Economlque, which corresponds
with The Netherlands Overseas ' Trust,
with which the government has a similar
agreement.
Thus the British policy of preventing
goods from reaching; Germany through
neutral countries has been carried a step
farther.
!HRE IS .THE NEW VON
I H1NDENBURG TARIFF BILL
fcf,m4-Vl LondnnV-Dee. H-Fleld
MorabeJ ttiadanburg has proclaimed
a ae tariff for Russian Poland, which
ah, mm muntf great reductions from the
Hussion tar ff- Leather, for Instance,
Is reduced from 4 marks per metrlo
hundredweight to M marks; steel plates
from U marks to SO pfennigs to f marks
steel bars from marks S pfennigs to
1 marks 40 pfennigs: cutlery from JTO
marks to 0 marks; glassware from S3S
marks to u marks; rice from I marka
to 4 marks: notat flour from IS m.
'to II marks, aud beeswax from 44 marka
to is marks. -
FOUND GUILTY OF FORGING
NOTES FOR QUARTER MILLION
NEWARK, O.. W. ii.-A.fter being out
ell night a jury In common pleas court
today returned a verdict of guilty In the
case of A. L. Rowlings, a former
prominent bwlneasman of this city.
Kawtlnc. who formerly conducted a large
piano house, was charged with the fore.,
ern of notes aggregating tXO.ftio. His
creditors Included many firm In cities
throughout the country. Sentence was de
ferred. a rate Kiserl beo.4.
ROCHLSTKIt. N. T.. Dec J.-Dr.
John O. Roe. known Internationally as
aa esprrt In plastic surgery, particu
larly of the noM,,difl. here.toda.y.
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RILLED SPEEDING
FROM GIRL YICTIH
Auto Party Fleet Away After
Striking Woman and Machine
Orertorni.
ONE . DEAD AND TWO HURT
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Dec. 16.
Endeavoring to make their escape
after running down and seriously
Injuring a woman, according to po
lice reports, Charles nerron. a mo
tion picture actor, was killed, and
hla two companions, Jamea J. Oorm
by, a chauffeur, and Duchallu Dai-
ton, an animal trainer, were in
jured here tonight, when their auto
mobile overturned.
Oormby was placed under arrest
at the Emergency hospital. Miss
Florence C. Whitman, 25 years old.
a stenographer, was struck by an
automobile as she alighted from a
street car near her home, her arms
filled with Christmas presents.
As witnesses hurried forward, the
autombolle, it was charged, speeded
away, and after a chase of several
blocks by other machines, over
turned against the tree in rounding
a corner. Ilerron was killed almost
instantly. Dalton and Oormby were
hurled to the sidewalk, badly out
and bruised. Oormby waa found In
an apartment a short distance away,
where officers said he tied after the
second accident.
Carranza Orders an
Army to Chase Villa
EL PASO, Tex., Deo. . A Christmas
message expressing the confldenee of the
de facto government in the early re
storation of order In Mexico was sent
throughout Mexico tonight by Carransa
officials here. Advices were received by
General Obregon, commander-in-chief of
the Carransa army, of the tentative sur
render of General Jose Rodriguea, the
largest remaining organised Villa force.
A committee. It waa said, is en route
from Rodrtcues headquarters at Casaa
Qrandes to arrange terms.
The whereabouts of General Villa re
mains a mystery here. General Carransa
has instructed Oenere! Obregon to dls-
patoh an army westward from Chihua
hua to pursue Villa.
A croup of former Villa generals today
conferred with General Obregon. Gen
eral Isabel Roblee was selected after-
ward to muster out the surrendered sol
oiera. 1 ney are to De disarmed. Dald.
clothed and given the choice of joining
Carransa In the campaign against Gen
eral Zapata or being sent to their homos.
Death Call Comes to
Miss Martha Parratt
Mis Martha Parratt. for many years
a teacher In the publie schools of this
city, died Friday afternoon at the home
of her brother-in-law, John Bamtord.
4Q1 Dodge street.
Miss Parratt had been Ul for the last
fiv weeks. She la survived by two sla-
tera. VS rm IT ' W. mA xm .
I ,r - "rw. JL. Ki.
Kruse. and by two brothers, B. j. par-
or juos Angelas, cal., and John 1L
Parratt of this city .
Sho waa well beloved br alt i 1.
her and leaves a host of friends. Funeral
rrsngmeois will ee announced later.
SIR EDWARD GREY BACK
AT WORK AFTER REST
IvONDON. Deo. HL EIr Edward Orey.
secretary for foretcn affaire, returned
to the foreign office today, apparently
much Improved In health by hla rest
of more than a week In the country.
He was visited by Karl Kitchener, secre
tary for war. and later by the Greek
minister In London, with whom he had
a long conversation.
BRITAIN DENIES BAN
ON MEDICAL GOODS
Embassy Issue. Statement Prohibi
tion Not So Sweeping at Had
Been Said.
AN EXPLANATION IS GIVEN
WASHINGTON, Dec 25. A statement
waa Issued by the Blitlnh embassy to
night denying that Great Britain had
extended to hospital supplies of. all kinds
Its prohibition against the shipment to
Teutonic countries of such supplies made
of rubber.
Difficulties encountered by the Amer
ican Ked Cross In obtstnlng permits for
the passage of hospital stores have been
brought to the attention of the State de
partment, and yesterday It waa learned
that the department bad communicated
with the London foreign office seekird)
to facilitate the dispatch of large quan
tities of goods accumulated at the New
Tork headquarters of the Red Cross.
Officials of the society say they hare
been unable to obtain permits for the
shipment of supplies of any description
to the central powers.
Hope All Will Be Well.
In view of the British embassy's state
ment however, it Is hoped that this sit
uation was the result of some misunder
standing which may now be cleared
away.
The statement follows:
"A statement has been published In the
press to the effect that Oreat Britain
has suspended the Issuance of permits
for shipments of hospital supplies of any
description from the United States to
Germany, Austria, Hungary. Bulgaria
and Turkey."
The facts are aa follows:
"On May 11 the British government
communicated to the I'nlted States gov
ernment a list of articles which they
were prepared to accept as - coming
within the description contained In the
Declaration of London, article xxlx (1),
as articles serving exclusively to aid the
sick and wounded and therefore not lia
ble to be considered as contraband of
war, provided that a general agreement
between the belligerent powers could be
secured. It was not until December I
that the British embassy waa Informed
that Germany had agreed to this list.
But the articles mentioned on the list
have been given permits since the war
began.
Not Iwcladed la List.
"Rubber goods, such as gloves and
rubber sheets, were not Included In this
list, and rubber being contraband of
war and an article of great Importance
from a military point of rlew, such goods
were not allowed to pass Into Germany,
rhe British government, however, after
careful consideration of all circumstances
offered to allow all hospital stores.
whether on the list or not, to pass freely
on receipt of a guarantee that these
stores should be used exclusively by the
American Red Cross and destroyed after
being used.
"This guarantee the American Red
Cross waa unable to give, their units
having been withdrawn from Europe.
They have recently applied for permits
very large consignment of rubber
goods on account of a Netherlands so
ciety for the use of the German Red
Cross In southeastern Europe, Including
MOS meters of rubber tubing and 1.000
square meters of rubber sheeting. This
proposal, in view of recent attempts to
smuggle rubber into Germany, requires
careful Consideration and U now before
the allied rorernments.
"It Is absolutely untrue that 'th nrn.
blhtUon has been extended to all .nn-
pUea.' The State department and th.
American Red Cross society have been
inrormed of the a bore-mentioned dr.
enmstances In letters dated the Ost and
tM instant1
Hunt for Submarine
Bases at Canal Ends
PANAMA. Dee. K. Maine nn.i
Oeorga w. Goethals. coventor of ih
canal sons. Brigadier General Clarence
v inwards and Rear Admiral Albert
w. Grant commanding; the Atlantic
submarine flotilla, at conferences be
ing held here, are said to be discussing
locations for submarine bases at both
enda of the Panama canal, with a rlew
10 ponging m Urger underwater fleet
to the Isthmus.
It l also understood that they are ar
ranging the location of various mine
fields and other defensive measures in
which a submarine fleet would play an
active part. At the conclusion of the'
icy win roaaa recommenaa
tlona to the War and Navy departments.
There are now two warships in canal
waters, the Columbia at Colon, and the
Cleveland at Balboa,
Platte County Fair
Will Buy Grounds
COLUMIBUS. NEB.. Dec. 28.Speclal)
-A m retina- of th. ..kh.u.r. .k.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Platte County Fair association was held
In Ryan A Byrnes office tor the purpose
of electing officers and a board of man
agers for the ensuing year, which was
well attended. Arrangements were com
pleted for the organisation of a perman
ent fair association and the following
officers were elected: Carl Rohde, pres
ident; J. C Byrnes, vice president; Jerry
larng. secretary; rred Wllle. treasurer;
and Carl Rohde R. F. Dickenson. Kmll
lxsekt. J. l. Byrnes. Bruce Webb, C
W. Ilolllngshead and Fred Wllle, board
of managers. C W. Ilolllngshead Wus
elected as a delegate to attend the an
nual meeting of the county fair mana
gers to be held In Lincoln on the ldtri
of January, u.
A committee was appointed to buy per
manent grounds.
Fear of Blindness
Brings Fatal Seizure
SIOUX FALLS. & D., Dee. SS. (Special
Telegram.) Complaining that hla vision
waa blurred and that he feared he waa
becoming blind. Wlnlfield & Roberta,
since 1888 a resident of Sioux Falls, re
tired to his bed and waa found dead
a short time later of heart failure. He
Is survived by a widow and four
children.
FRANCE ORDERS HUNDRED
MILLION HAND GRENADES
NEW TORK. Dee. B.-Cor.tracts for
100,000.009 hand grenades for the French
government, it was announced here were
placed today with a syndicate of eastern
Pennsylvania Iron founders. The price
ass not stated.
John Munslnger of Howard, Kan., once
kept Napoleon Bonaparte awake a few
hours longer that the French emperor
wanted to be kept awake.
Cannon at Waterloo could not keep
Napoleon awake all the time, for he Is
said to have slept on his horse a few
moments at a time throughout the day,
catcMng up much needed reM deiplte
the roar of shot and shell.
But John Munslnger of Howard. Kan.,
now 108 years old, once kept the great
Napoleon from sleeping.
Munslnger was a baby In Wittenberg.
Germany. Napoleon was on the march
Into Russia. The vest army of France
penned through Wittenberg on the way
to the fatal invasion of the CMr's land.
In Wittenberg a large division of the
army camped for the night, and Napoleon
and his wife, Marie of Austria, cast'ng
about tor headquarters for the night
selected the large home of Mr. Mun
slnrer's father.
John Munslnger was then a baby, and
his tiny squaulfl over some article of diet
that did not agree with him, kept the
emperor wakeful for a part of the nlnht,
hut the great Corslrsn did not complain.
It made little difference. In fact for
Napoleon gave little thought to sleep in
those days. H was planning the great
Invasion of Russia. When the Munslnger
ha by had grown to boyhood, when the
Mofcow expedition hnd sunken Into the
annals of epoch-making military failures,
when Napoleon was scowling his life
away on the Island of St. Helena, then
John Munslnger's father took the boy
on his knee and many a time related the
story of that great march and of the
night when Napoleon and Marie of
Austria slept In their home In Wittenberg.
The old gentleman related that Napol
eon and his empress sat up late, very
late, talking over the great canipaUn.
Napoleon mapped out hla plan of Invasion
and declared he would hurl the Russians
to defeat with the same speed and expe
dition that had marked his other cam
paigns. The 10m pre as Marie Just as stubbornly
told her lord It could not be done. She
repeated over and over that winter would
overtake the French, and that the French
soldiers from their warmer latitudes
could never survive the frightful winters
of Russia.
History tells the tale. Napoleon. waa
stubborn, and the march went on. But
history has never related the tale of how
the empress aought to dissuade the em
peror from that fatal military blunder,
under the roof of the Munslnger home In
Wittenberg.
M. T. Munslnger of Wayne, Neb.,
SANTA GLAUS COMES
HERE0N A VISIT
Jolly Old Man Playi the Glad Game
and Distributes Presents to Gas
Co, Employes' Children.
CIGAES FOB All THE MEN
The children of the Omaha Qas
company's employes had an oppor
tunity to see old Santa Claus right
at home and at work In his toy shop.
It was the annual Christmas enter
tainment given by the company at
Washington hall. The scene was the
north pole with great Icebergs and a
coupla of polar bears and there sat
Santa asleep In front of his work
bench.
Eight little brownies came tiptoeing
In to muslo and went through evolu
tlona before the sleeping Banta. Then
they gathered around him and began
to sing and suddenly he woke up. He
Jumped up, patted each brownie on the
back and then, on request of one,' sang
a song for them, dancing around while
be sang. Then he pointed to the clock.
Time waa precious and he didn't have
quite all the toys finished. Bo he put
the brownies to work helping him. They
worked on all kinds of things and soon
they were done. Then Banta hurried
into hla coat and cap ana put his pack
on his back and down went the curtain.
Dowst the Chimney.
. The next scene showed him coming
down the chimney Into a good child's
room and tilling the stockings. Tho
boys and girls In the audlenoe held
thelr breath with Interest. WMlam E.
(Davis, South Omaha manager, filled :
the role of the good saint. And after !
,.
this came the distribution of Dres- 1
ents. All the children had tickets and j six because of defective eyes, nine be
they gathered around the place where i cause of heart affections, seven for de
the glfU were given and every one was formltlea, eight for akin dlseaaes. six for
made happy with a gift and also candy. . nasal troubles and thirteen for defective
There were cigars for the men and candy J
and other presents for the women.
It was the twelfth Christmas enter-
tatnment given br the eomnanr to ita
employes. Nearly 800 were present A
program preceded the little drama and
Lln" X , tn""M
Touched the -celling was brightly illum-
mated.
Gold Medal to Wood.
O. W. Clabaugh. vice president of the
company, presided and Introduced Rev.
T. J. Mackay, who delivered an address.
Harry DUbrow sang "Song of Thanks
giving" and later rendered "Loch Lo
mond," and had to respond to an en
core. Little Fredericks famnHaii ...... . .
lightful recitation , "Bess and Santa
Claua," and C. Regnler Davis played a
cornet solo. -Th. P.Ims."
An impresslv. part of the program was!
th. presentation of a goli medal to
Harry Wood for long and faithful .,rv-
Ice. The company presents a gold medal
each Christmas to th. employe who has
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iT t, 2rn "T ,C" tH. l0n"
serVi d J ent,ou-;
sen Ice dates from 1890. The Diveenta-
tlon speech waa by Vtce-Presldeni Tel.-
baua-h. llr Woad rannndH m,ft.
of thanks and appreciation.
TWO HIGHWAYMEN SEARCH
DELIVERY WAGON FOR TURK
After i hls;hwavm. ..d ...eeh. Presented with an envelope containing a , ""P0 V the war and although no
L. 7 J t m ! T,? th th Christmas greeting, and a reataursnts were permitted to remain
the pockets of Lynn St. Claire, delivery , Jd ptece green g. an ,
ZJZ Tlv H"0"-!"??" I Christmas turkeys were distributed a. . thronged until a late hour and the tra-Twenty-nlnth
and Leavenworth, they dl- to emDlov. f h. Richardson ! dltional booths enjoyed an un...,,.ii-
rected their attention to the wagon.
"Slx-blts ain't very much, sonny," de
clared th. highwaymen. "T ain't got a
couple o' turkeys back there In th.
wagon, hav. you?"
St. Claire replied In th. negative, but
the highwaymen insisted on looking for
themselves.
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nephew of John Munslnger of Howard.
Kan., passed through Omaha recently on
his way home after visiting with his
aged uncle In Kansas. Some time ajro
the one-hundred and third birthday of the
old gentleman waa celebrated at How
ard. On that occasion a little calcula
tion was made and It was found that he
has twelve living children, forty-eight
grandchildren, eighty-three great-grandchildren,
and eleven great, great-grandchildren,
thus completing five living gen
erations. One his one hundred and third birth
day he enjoyed his dinner with the rest
told many Interesting stories, wrote his
autograph for all guests without the aid
of glasses, and danced a lively jig In the
center of a cleared floor for the edifica
tion of those present
"How did I live so long?" repeated the
old gentleman. "Why, I never get the
blues. That's how I lived so long.
Blues are what kill people." '
After further conversation the old gent
leman confided to the guests that he
claims an athletic championship, too.
"Tes, sir," he said, "I claim I can out
run any man of my age."
Frick to Make Good
Savings of Children
Lost in Bank Crash
PITTSBURGH Deo. . Joy prevailed
in the hearts of Pittsburgh school child
ren tonight ss a result of the announce
ment late today by H. C. Frick, mil
lionaire coal magnate, that he will pay
In full as a Christmas gift all the ac
counts of the 41.000 children depositors In
the Pittsburgh Bank for Savings, which
waa closed here last Wednesday by order
of the state department of banking. The
deposits amount to $167,136,68 and payment
will be made In cash Just as soon as the
necessary arrangements can be com
pleted, which will probably be about
January t.
In order to Induce children to save,
a school savings fund was started many
years ago. Through an agreement with
the city board of education bank col
lectors visited the 1S3 schools In the city
weekly. Penny by penny the deposits of
the children increased until they amount
ed to nearly S17O.00O. Then a few daye
before Christmas announcement was
made that the bank had been closed and
a gloom fell over the city.
When Mr. Frick, who Is In New Tork
was Informed that thousands of enlldren
were depositors, he at once communi
cated with II. C. Mk-Eldowney, president
of another local bank, and announced
that he would take care of the fund In
such a way that the school children
would not loee a cent
Flat Feet Keep
Men Out of Navy
More men fall to get Into the Cnlted
States navy because they have flat feet
than for an other minii Tkia i i.-
closed by the annual report of the local
recruiting of flee. Out of 178 rejections In
the first quarter of thla vtir thirtv.
three were becsusa of flat fet tw,nt,.
teeth.
It Is estimated that It costs about 1300
io gei eech man accepted, counting the
salaries of the recruiting staff, railroad
lares or accepted men, office expenses
and so on.
Out of every eight applicants six fall
to pass the physical examination.
Chokes to Death
While Eating Meat
While eating a email piece of steak In
Loula Beatty's "Uneeda Quick Lunch" at
115 North Fifteenth, early last night.
; John Hall, a stone mason, aged . who
m' 1721 davenport street, choked
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Gold and Turkeys
For Store Employes
Each employe of Beaton sv w
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Drug company. This has been the cue- j good trade In toys and candy,
torn of the house for the last twenty Hundreds of sold ers In French grey
years or more. Belgisns In blue and British in Khaki re
A new crisp ti bill was given to every I Ueved the sombre colors worn by
one of the employes of Hastings A Hey- I civilians. A brilliant full moon madeup
den as a Uken of the appreciation of for the restrained lighting of the streets
th. efforts tt the employes In mikln, .Thui.r. n... .i., ,
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AMERICA ASKA DATA
ON JAP SHIP SINKING
StAte Department Begins Inquiry
Concerning- Torpedoing of
Yasaka Mara.
MAY COMPLICATE SITUATION
WASHINGTON. Dec. 25. The
state department today began an In
quiry into the sinking In the Mediter
ranean of the Japanese liner Yasaka
Maru by cabling the American con
sular agent at Port Said, Egypt, to
gather and forward promptly all
available details.
Prompt action followed receipt of
unofficial reports that the vessel had
been -torpedoed by an Austrian sub
marine without warning, thereby en
dangering the life of an American
citizen who was on board.
Should official verification of the re
ports be received the matter will be
made the subject of further dlplomatis
correspondence with Austria-Hungary.
Officials made no attempt to conceal the
fact that the sinking of the Tasaka
Maru under the alleged circumstances
would seriously complicate the negotia
tions over the sinking of the Italian
steamship Ancona, which already threat
ened to result In the breaking eft of
diplomatic relations.
Eases the Tension.
Bsron Erich Zweldlnek. charge of the
Auatro-Hungarlan embassy here. Is un
derstood to have told Secretary Lan
sing, during an informal conference, that
in preparing a reply to the second Amer
ican note the Vienna foreign office would
be guided by concern for the good re
lations at present existing with the
United States government. This tended
to ease somewhat the existing tension,
though there was no indication that
Austria had decided to comply with the
demands of the United States for dis
avowal, punishment of the commander
of the submarine and reparation by the
payment of Indemnity for the Americans
killed or Injured.
The United States does not contem- .
plate entering Into extended dtplomattc
exchanges over the Ancona case. Unless
some good reason presents Itself for
further negotiations the United States. It
Is said, will consider as final the reply
to Its second note, which Baron Zweld
lnek Informed Secretary Lansing today
probably would arrive some time before
Wednesday.
Has Kn Infonsmtloa.
During his call upon Mr. Lansing the
charge was understood to hare discussed
Informally the press dispatches concern
ing the sinking of the Tasaka Maru.
However, he had no Information to Im
part. The state department cabled instruc
tlona for a report to Edward Lyell
Brurtow. consular agent at Port Said,
press dispatches having reported that
the survivors, including; the American
cttlsen, had been landed there.
Tho department also expects that In
formation regarding the sinking of the
vessel may come from diplomatic or
consular representatives In other places
particularly Paris. - a French gunboat
having rescued the survivors.
Contract is Let for
Deep Oil Well Project
PLATTSMOTJTH. Deo. JS.-(Speclal)- '
Charles II. Baker of Des Moines, and
H- Pollock of Plattsmouth. who are
prospecting for oil and gas in south
east Cass county, have signed a contract
with L. Deltrlch of Kansas City, for the
drilling of a test welU Machinery with
a capacity of drilling J.000 feet has been
hipped to Cass county from the south
ern oil fields, and work will be be
gun Immediately upon the arrival of
same.
E. F. Schramm, assistant professor of
geology. University of Neoraska, has se
lected the anticline, or ledge of rock
which shows evidence of a great up
heaval south of Plattsmouth and north
east of Union, as the most favorable
location.
Funeral Services
For Margery McCord
Private funeral serrloes were) held Fri
day afternoon for Miss Margery Mo
Cord, who died suddenly Thursday, Rev.
Edwin Hart Jenks, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, which Miss MoOord
attended, had charge and spoke from the
text in Matthew xix: 84, "The maiden Is
not dead, but sleepeth."
After the services at the home. Twenty-second
and Cass streets, the body waa
placed temporarily in a receiving vault in
Forest Lawn cemetery. Later it will be
burled at St. Joseph, Mo., the former
home of the McCord family.
FLAUGHER COMMANDS
GEORGE CROOK G. A. R. POST
George Crook post. Grand Army of the
Republic, elected officers last night at
headquarters at the courthouse, and se
lected delegates to the state encamp
ment. Officers elected, were as follows: Com
mander, D. S. Flaugher; senior rice
commander, C. T. Smith; Junior vice
commander. M. L. Flatta; quartermaster,
J. T. Beatty; chaplain. Perry Hough; of
ficer of the day. Frank Miller; officer
of the guard. Charles Wicks; surgeon.
F. W. Simpson; patrlotlo Instructor,
George P. Garllck; trustee for three
years, F. W. Simpson; delegates to
state encampment, R. N. Willis, E. E.
Melick, and O. H. Swlngley; alternates.
M. L. Platts. E. B. Eagen, and Charles
Wicks.
C. F. Bonnie was Initiated and mus
tered In as a new member of the post.
BOULEVARDS OF PARIS
THRONGED WITH PEOPLE
PARIS, Dec. 25. The second Christmas
Eve of the war was even lees solemn
than the first Parisians are becoming
accustomed to the unusual conditions
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