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The Omaha Daily Bee More store new in THE BEE, than other paper. "The great market place" THE WEATHER CLOUDY ' VOL.- XL VI. NO. - 162. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1916 FOURTEEN PAGES. 0 TnUi, it Hctili. Ntwi SIM', cto.. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. WILSON'S PEACE MESSAGE BRINGS JOY TOGERMANY Announcement of President's Endeavor to End War Given Tremendous Welcome ; in Capital. . y . KING GEORGE IS MILITANT British ' Monarch Says Must Fight Till Rights Vindicated, Security Established. , SPEECH FROM THE THRONE Berlin, Dec. 22. (Via London.) The announcement of President Wil- son's peace endeavor was accorded a tremendous welcome in Berlin. The impression of official and newspaper circles appeared in the noon editions under large display headlines reviv ing the interest in the German peace overtures, which had sunk "to a low point under the influence of the pre liminary declarations of statesmen of the entente powers. t . . : The American embassy, to which Ambassador James ,W. ' Gerard re turned late last night from New York, - -. i . ' . i n l l mc nssociaiea rress currcspuuuciu and the American charge, Joseph C. Grew,- were besieged by newspaper men who sought additional informa tion concerning the president's peace note. ' ".- , - .King George Militant. London, Dec. 22. Parliament was prorogued this afternoon without the members being given any further in formation regarding President Wil son's note or what action the govern ment contemplated with respect to it. i Neither the note nor the German peace proposal was mentioned in the! king's speech, read in both houses. The only reference' to the president's suggestion, was made by. Andrew Bonar Law, the government leader, in reply to Sir William Pollard Byles, a pacifist member, Mr. Law declaring that the question was one which could not be dealt with except in communi cation with the allies. , . ': Speech la Brief. ' The1 speech from, the throne was one of the briefest on record. It ex pressed confidence in the ultimate vic tory of the allies and determination to prosecute the war "until we have vindicated the rights so ruthlessly vio- ri by,our enemies and established f urity pt fcurope on a sure toun- s '. . fuictf -tlitt'fcing'j'speech was, ! Inwfi: T. f lords and gentlemen: ThroUgh- - - the montns mat nave elapsed I I last addressed you, my navy 'my army, in-conjunction .with c of our gallant and faithful allies, - e by their unceasing vigilance and mitable -valor justified the high - st I placed in them. I am confi i that however long the struggle, lir efforts; supported by the inflcx . te determination of all my subjects iroughout the empire will finally .' :hieve the victorious consummation f those aims for which I entered into . the war. ,' ... Object of Reconstruction. "My 'government " has been recon structed with the sole object of fur thering those aims, unaltered and un impaired. I thank you for the un stinted liberality with which you con tinue, to provide for the burdens of the war. "The vigorous prosecution of the war must be our single endeavor until we have vindicated the rights so-ruth-lessly violated by our enemies and es tablished the security of Europe on a sure foundation. In this sacred cause I am assured of the united support of all my peoples and I pray the Al mighty God may give us His bless ing." King George was not present in person at the prorogation, which was effected by the lord high chan cellor in the House of Lords and by the speaker in the House of Com mons reading the king's cpccch. The prorogation of Parliament is until February 7. . ' The Weather Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. iDeg. a. m i , a. m 4 7 r, v., UMWJJ 1 a. m 6 r-vHXfVaA 1 a. m V5 NHSr? JO a. m J9 40l 11 a. m is y 12 m m 1 p, m. .,, :o - p. m n 3 p. m 4 p. in 23 6 p. m 22 w p. m 21 ' p. m 20 P. m... iB Comparative Iocal Rooord. 116. 1916. 1119 Hlghrst yesterday,,,. 24 61 34 ' 29 Lowent yesterday 3 ,14 10 , 14 Mean temperature,... ib 42 ' IT 22 Precipitation 00 T .00 ,00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the noral at Omaha since March 1, ami compared with the laat two years: Normal temperature 21 Deficiency for the -jay t IB Total excess since March 1...? tit Normal precipitation OS Inch Deficiency for the day 03 Inch Total rainfall since MaroU 1. .. Inches -Deficiency since March 1 12.46 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, ISlfi., 2.01 Inches Deficiency, for cor. period, 1814.. 3.1 Inches Reports tram Biations at 7 F. H. Station and State Temp. Hlph- Raln of Weather. 7 p. m. est. fall, Cheyenne, clear 18 24 ,ot Davenport, clear..,...,, 19 14 .00 Dr-nver, clear 21 42 .00 Dee Moines, cloudy..,. 29, 2B ' , Hod It e City, clear 12 46 .00 lender, part cloudy..,, zo 13 . North Platte, clear 20 40 Omaha, clear 30 24 .(to Pueblo, clear...... 38 48 .00 lUpid City, clear 2 , 4 .00 gait Lake, part cloudy 32 -'38 , ,lfi Santa Ke, cloudy 34 3(1 .90 Sheridan, clear 0 l . .no Hioux Oity, clear..,,... 12 " .09 Valentine, clear. v . . . . 4 f .00 "T inaicatea trace or precipitation. indicates below sent L. A, WELSH, Ueteerolovtfft. k ft J KM? U i II HI No Bee Xmas Day In order to give employ ees of all departments of The Bee the day off, there will te no publica tion of the paper Christ mas day This will give your carrier boy a de- served holiday, which we are sure you will not begrudge. No Bee Next Monday Get Ads in for Sunday , y HOPES PRESIDENT PHYSICALLY JELL "What Is the Matter With Him?". Is Headline in One London Paper. CALLED CHRISTMAS BOMB London, Dec. 22. The Globe today gives i secondary place to its" com ment upon President Wilson's note, which is made in a satirical vein un der the heading ' What is the mat ter with him?" "We sincerel hope President Wil son is not ill," says the Globe. "Yet we f.nd ourselves gravely doubtful as to his physical well being." The newspaper proceeds to ask if the president has never heard of what the Germans dii4 in Belgium and Serbia and continues that it finds it self unable to believe he knows these things when he "describes the central power as desirous of securing small states against aggression. The high cost of living s said to be hitting the average . American citizen very hard indeed, which may account in some measure for the milk of human kindness in the presidential cocoa nut." The Star in its commei.t says: "President Wilson's note is a Christ mas bombshell. It comes as a com plete surprise to us. - Let us say at once that the allies in general and Great Britain in particular ought ,to treat it with the n.ost sympathetic respect anu give it most friendly, most careful consideration. "Mr. Wilson is one of the greatest presidents of one of the greatest na tions in the world. He stand for the things that we, as a nation, believe in. His ideals are our ideals. We gladly ?:ive his words the hearing due to a riend speaking in behalf of friends. We refuse to question his sincerity or his single-mindednes. . The spirit of his Christc.as soundings is the right spirit. It is a spirit which we believe animates the British peo ple, and' their allies; ;. They are not atraia ot soundings. ' --.. i- ,..' - 'There euld bt no Worse "mistifee than to think Mr. Wilson is doing to the allies what President Lincoln dreaded the European powers would do during his fight for the union. We did not ask President Lin coln to sav "Lancashire" at the ex pense of American liberty and we are confident Mr. Wilson will not ask us to sacrifice Our liberty in order to mitigate the hardship., which I';; war inflicts upon Americans." 1 As to the question of objects of the belligerents being virtually the same, the Star in its allusion to President Wilson's words in this case says: , "This is an astounding statement which we cannot with the best will in the world reconcile with the facts." Foreign Trade Of U.S. is Nearly Eight Billions Washington,Dec. 22. The coun try's foreign trade this year probably will reach a total of $7,800,000,000. A bureau of foreign and domestic commerce statement shows that for the eleven months ending 'with No vember exports and imports com bined totaled $7,148,000,000. Novem ber exports of $517,900,000 set a new monthly record. The highest previ ous month was September, when ex ports werj $3,000,000 -short of No vember. Imports fell off slightly last month, Buffalo Bill Is Reported Improved Denver, Dec. 22. The condition of Colonel William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. May Decker, tonight was said to be somewhat improved. Colonel Cody has been suffering from a nerv ous breakdown, aggravated by a se vere cold, for about ten days. Attend ing physicians said recovery was as sured within a few days unless he suffers a relapse. Girl Pursues Bad Twelve Blocks A twelve-block pursuit face through the thickly congested down town business section, up and down the streets, around .corners, through alleys and in and out of a barber shop was a thriller provided for after-theater throngs by Miss Elizabeth Ahart, cashier at the Unitt-Docekal Drug company, Wednesday night. , A few days ago by means of some silver-tongued oratory and convincing persuasion a man induced Miss Ahart to cash for him a check on the First National bank calling for $3. The sig nature on the check was "J. C. Holden." The check came back from the bank marked "no account." Wednesday evening Miss Ahart was attending i movie show, when she noticed tWo' rows in front of her the man who had cashed the spurious check. When he left the theater she was right behind him. He saw her and JURY CONVICTS MAN OF MURDER OF HIS MOTHER x ' . John Edward Teijjer Decla" Guilty in Seoond Degrr Twelve Men Ont T .-" A Nine Hor .0 HE COLLAPS. EEDICT "Oh, My God, This Is Not Fair; This Is Not Human,'' He Shrieks. TWENTY YEARS IS MINIMUM Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 22. Guilty of murder in the second degree was the verdict returned by a jury late today against John Edward Teiper, charged with having killed his mother last January. . The jury deliberated twenty-nine hours. The verdict broke the iron nerve of . the young ' defendant, who, throughout the long trial, had given 110 sign of emotion. As the foreman of the jury announced the verdict Teiper's strong frame seemed to crumble. His knees sagged and he would have fallen to the floor had he not been caught by a deputy. "Oh, my God," he shrieked, as he strug gled to rise, "this is not fair; this is not human." The sentence prescribed for sec ond degree murder is a minimum of twenty years' imprisonment. Girl Confesses , Sending Poisoned ' N Candy to Herself Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 22. Ger trude Cox, a young clerk in a local store, confessed last night, the police said today, that was she who sent the box of poisoned candy that Was received through the mail two days ago by her fellov. clerk. Miss Leonora Carr, and turned over to the authori ties by the latter -for investigation. The candy was addressed to both at their place of employment. Miss Cox, attributing her act to despondency due to an unhappy love affair; said she expected to receive the candy from the postmin, eat some and warn her friend. When Miss Carr opened it instead, she said, she telephoned friends "to, call Miss Cox and telt her she is to be poisoned to day." i f vti'- ,.-v ,-. Miss Cox .was under treatment eaTly roday at JJr receiving hospital, where she was taken in a state of al most tqtat collapse. - i . . . Danish Council Ratifies Sale of Islands to U.S. ' ' X '" Copenhagen, Dec. 22. (Via Lon don.) King Christian, in -the cabinet council today, ratified the treaty pro viding for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. This follows the passage by both houses of the Danish Parliament of the bill for the ratification of the treaty. The exchange of the ratifica tion instruments will take place in New York, probably towards the end of January. The Danish ratification will be dispatched on the steamer Helig Olav, the first liner which leaves Copenhagen for New York, sailing on January 11. . Member of First State Legislature In Kansas is Dead Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 22. Robert P. C. Wilson, a pioneer political fig ure, in the histories of Kansas and Missouri, died here last night at the house of his son, Francis M. Wilson, United States district attorney for western Missouri. He leaves another son, DV. R. P. C. Wilson, superinten dent of the Missouri colony for the feeble minded and -epileptic at Mar shall, Mo. Mr. Wilson was a mem ber of the first Kansas legislature and later of the Missouri house of repre sentatives, where he was elected speaker. He was 82 years old. Engagement of Omaha Man to Chicago Girl Chicago, 111., Dec. 22. (Special Tel egram.) Mr. and Mr WllincTfA,, Leavitt announce the engagement of ineir oaugmcr, sessie, to James H Boyle of Omaha. Check A rtist and Captures Him started flight, the race startedim mediately, with Miss Ahart in hot pursuit. Up and down the streets and into alleys fled the pursued mis creant, with Miss Ahart right be hind. Into a barber shop that "hap pened to be open the man darted. Miss Ahart, concealed around an adjacent corner, waited for him to come out, and when he did, resumed the chase. In the meantime Miss Ahart was joined in the chase by Ralph Smith, employed by the Delco Starter torn paoy, and together they tracked the man into the Schliti hotel, where he attempted to take refuge. But before he could get into the elevator, Miss Ahart collared him and deman'led that he make good the bad check; The man wasted no time in producing the three bucks. ' And Miss Ahart. so tickled (o re cover the money after the long diase, let the man go. BRITISH FORCES, CAPTURE EL ARISH Activity, on , Tigris- Also Indi cates Attempt to Take Bag dad Will Be Renewed. PLAN TO PROTECT CANAL (AMWjiate4 PnM War Summary.) While winter weather is causing military operation on most of; the fighting fronts to lack features of In terest,, considerable -aotivity is devel oping in sectors far enough south to admit of energetic campaigning. On the Tigris, the British, after long period of quiet, have recently pushed forward close to Kut-El- Amare on the south and are contin- uing "to- attack" the "Turkish forces in that region, evidently in the hope of resuming their long delayed march toward Bagdad. , Now another field of activity is de manding attention with today's state ment from London that British forces have captured El Arish in Egypt on the Mediterranean,' ninety miles east of the Suez canal. Little has been . heard from the Egyptian operations for some time, but the British are known to have been making . somewhat elaborate preparations to protect the canal re gion from further incursions such as, that of last summeV and their defen sive line have been pushed far out on the Sinai peninsula. 1 Apparently, there has been a recent effort still further to ixtend the defensive zone, of which the capture of El Arish con stitutes an important development.- The taking -of El Arish-establishes the British front at this point well toward the border of Palestine and marks the furthest eastward penetra tion by British froces in this area since the Turkish raids began. El Arish has been the object previ ously of attacks by British aviators and warships and last May a com bined naval and air raid on the. place was reported to have destroyed the fortifications. On the Franco-Belgian front the artillery is the only arm of the serv ice that is displaying activity of mo ment and even the bombardments such as those reported in the Somme and Verdun regions are not of pro nounced intensity. Villistas Attack Torreon at 4 a. m. El Paso, Tcx Dec. 22. Francisco Villa's forces began an attack on Tor reon at 4 o'clock this morning, ac cording to unconfirmed reports re ceived here today. The battle was said to be in progress at noon. A report received here and said to have come from Chihuahua City stated that Villa and his forces were attacking Torreon and the battle was a violent and bloody one. This report was said to have been received by General Francisco Mur guia at Chihua'liua City by wireless from Torreon. Villa was reported to have passed Bermejillo, twenty-five mijes north of Torreon, yesterday, going south with his command. The Bermejillo garrison fled to Torreon, it was added. Fire in Theater While . Women Watch Photo Play ; Hundreds of women and children sat watching motion pictures in the Sun theater while firemen extin guished a slight fire in the organ toft in the rear of the showhousc. ; An electric heater ignited one of the base boards of the organ. M. B. Horton, organist, notified the fire department by telephone and all was over before the theater patrons realized that there had been a fire. Christmas Boxes STOCK MARKET IS FIRM AND HIGHER Opening; PrloeeAre Two ,to , Eight " Points1 Above Close of Thursday. STEEL LEADS ADVANCE New York, Dec, 22. Opening prices on the', stock market today showeij, sharp 'ecoverjr, from jthe closing quotations' yesterday ,11a' Cains of 2 to 8 points were regis tered by shires recently under great est pressure, .V.:.-., . .. . 'i i Sentiment seemed - to be more cheerful, the strain of yesterday , ap parently having been relieved by the over-night developments in the peace situation.! , - ' -. Steel Leads Advance. ' . The more noteworthy features of the opening included United States Steel, which oh a single block of 25, 000 shares was up 104 to 104)4, against yesterday's closing price of 101; Union Pacific, AH; Central Leather, 6; Cruicible Steel, 4)4; At lantic,. Gulf and .West Indies, 4'A; Marine preferred, 4 ; Utah Copper, 4'A; Lackawanna Steel, 5; American Woolen, 6; Pittsburgh Coal, 6H; New York Air Brake, 8, and 2 to 5 points hv-other prominent stocks. The advance precipitated extensive short covering, which materially re duced yesterday's profits of that fac tion. ' , . , -j Wheat Nervous and Irregular. Chicago, Dec. 22. Wheat ( today opened -nervous and : irregular with prices from '4 cent under to ft cents Over yesterday's" close. A sharp break quickly ensued. May dropped to $1.62K a maximum over-night loss of 1'4 cents. July fell to $1.34f, a similar loss. At the top at the open ing May sold at $1.65 and July at $I.36J4. Traders seemed perplexed in endeavors to interpret the so-called peace situation. France Taxes Theater And Movie Tickets Paris, Dec. 22. The Chamber -of Deputies has approved a batch of new taxes, among them a graduated tax on theater and vaudeville tickets. Moving picture establishments must pay 5 per cent on monthly receipts under 25,000 francs, 10 per cent from 25,000 to 50,000 francs, 20 per cent from 50.000 to 100,000 and 25 per cent on receipts in excess of that. Forty francs per 100 is imposed on refined sugar.. The price of tobacco is also raised as well as the rates on letter and postal card postage, telegrams, telephone calls and money orders. Vorwaerts Says Mr. Lloyd George ; Demands Unconditional Surrender Berlin, Dec. 22. (Via London.) The Vorwaerts, which was one of the first newspapers in Germany to talk of peace, expresses deep disappoint ment , ovcrl the speech of Premier David' Lloyd George. The paper cites passages in the speech from which it claims the jiily logical inference is that, firstly, the entente refuses tp make peace until it can do so upon the ruins of Germany's : military power; secondly, the entente, because Germany breaks treaties, willi make no treaty with Germany at all, but will itself take substantial guarantees by force of arms: thirdly, that Ger many must swallow -the entente's terms, whole and unseen, before Lloyd George will condescend to ne gotiate. ' Lloyd George, says the Vorwaerts, speaks like a judge in robes thunder ing a sentence against a poor sinner H also compares him to a superman THREE MEN HURT ' IN WRECK AT YUTAW Burlington Fast Stock -Train Hits Union Pacifio Double . '-Header at Crossing. : SEVERAL CATTLE KILLED Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 22. Three train men were sriously injured when a Burlinitpnf?tock ,;train crashed into Union- Pacmc.double-headcr freight train af Yutaii at i':20Tliit morning. The Injured nun:' s !"'- ; J. W. Patrick, Uioux City, "fireman on the Burlington train, Leg broken and injuries about back. ! Will live,. !- j G. A.' Miller, Sioux City, engineer on 'the Burlington; slightly injured. ' John Traylor, Beatrice, ciigineex-on Union Pacific train; compound rac tut;e of left leg and internal injuries; expected to live. '.'.;.-. , t The injured men were lushed vto Lincoln on a special train on , the Burlington, reaching this city at 6 o'clock. They were taken to St. Elizabeth'-hospital.- v - - The Union Pacific train had stopped on the siding and most of the crews were on the : ground, so that "they escaped injury. The, Burl ington struck the Union Pacific sec ond ena-ine. tossing it off the track. .The Burlington engine was completely demolished, several cattle on the stock train were killed, antrn number were injured, . f j The Union Pacific train was a regu lar bound for Beatrice. The Burling ton train was bound for Omaha and was sunning between thirty and forty miles an hour, and was a special train, aiccording to the report. According to the Union Pacific sta tion master at Yutan, his train had the right-of-way, and the . Burlington should have stopped as it neared the crossing., Chief Clerk Baird of the Burlington said that arr investigation had been ordered and that he would ihakc no statement as to the responsi. bility for the accident until after the ijivestigation. Traffic at Yutan was still held up by the wreckage at" 10 o'clock. Interstate Commission Issues Boxcar Ukase , Washington, Dec. 22. An order was issued by the Interstate Com merce commission today requiring the railroads to show cause at a hearing December 28 why they should not re turn at once to their owners without diversion or misuse all foreign coal and retrigerator cars immediately aft er unloading at their destination. I and to employers who, during a strike demand that1- the workmen - resume work unconditionally. The Vorwaerts sees everywhere in the language of the speech a stern rejection of Ger many s otter to negotiate, and hence it concludes that Lloyd George is illogical in finally saying that the en- niiii. mum wan uiuii u ncars vjcr many's terms. "The whole tenor of the sneech.' the Vorwaerts says, "shows that Lloyd George uses . the absence . of terms in Germany's note as a mere pretext, whereas the real reason for his refusal of our oner is that Ger many wants to negotiate rather than to surrender unconditionally." The Vorwaerts concludes with an attack on the socialist seceders and declares that the British premier has shown the falsity of their allegation that the only obstacles to peace are Germany's refusal to negotiate and the abandonment of annexation. WILSON EXPECTS NEUTRAL NATIONS TO FOLLOW LEAD Hope Expressed at Washing ton that Europeans at War -Will Aid the Peace Movement. EXPECTS FRANK REPLIES President's Talks with Diplo mats Causes Greater Sur price Than Note. ' .MOVE GROWING. IN SCOPE London, Dec. 22. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from The Hague . says it is announced semi-officially that should the entente allies ui tneir reply to the peace proposals of the central powers leave the door open for) negotiations Germany will make known its chief peace terms imme diately. , - ? ': Washington. Dec. , 22, With the : purposes of President Wilson's note to belligerents clarified by official' statements on the subject, the atten tion of the" United States has been turned to the reception of the note in the foreign capitals. , - Diplomatists are eagerly watching for indications of whether the Euro pean neutrals will follow the lead of the United States and make a similar appeal to the warring powers. There is a growing feeling that the United States hopes to become the clearing house for views and possibly for terms of the belligerents. Sev eral of the diplomatists have advised 1 their governments to that effect iu order to guide them in their replies. Move Grows in Scope. Surprise at the fast growing sig nificance of the president's move was expressed on all sides, where it was pointed out that at first the opinion prevailed that the note- was merely a "feeler" and that the most im mediately contemplated effect in issu--ing it was the receipt of some sort ' of definition from the various warring nations. That the president should . let it be known indirectly to the diplomats for their guidance (hat he went even farther than that and counted on an absolutely frank reply from the belligerents, which would lead to an actuat opportunity for ne gotiations, proved only less surpris ing than the actual note itsclt. This feeling was increased by sec retary Lansing's statement yesterday mat no souuaings nan .nceji ratccn pi the attitude ) the belligerents and that the note had been sent ugard- -less of the central powers' proposals or of the reply of Lloyd George. 1 he question very much to the tore today was whether the European neu trals would present a united appeal. The Spanish and Swiss representa tives here have been at the State department repeatedly, since , those proposals came out and ' probably know fully the plans of this gov ernment. , , i It is pointed out that the Euro pean neutrals have suffered beyond any other nation not actually in volved in the -war and that ,pcace is more essential to them than to any but .the actual belligerents. - In addi tion, they have none of the bitterness of war and none of its ambitions and are anxious more- for the coming of peace than for the accomplishment of any oilier purpose. Nevertheless, their geographical position between the two contending forces has been so dangerous that up to now they have been able to do no more than maintain their neutrality without mix ing in the struggle even to suggesting peace. Part of this danger is, how ever, thought removed by the Amer ican aciiuu. v . - . Will Advise Friendly Replies. Gradual clarification among the en. tente diplomats here of the presi dent's purpose and indications that they would advise their governments to reply in- a friendly spirit, proved a source of deep gratification today, as it was pointed out both in the note itself and in Secretary Lansing's ex planation that one of the dangers was that the allies would consider the step as a pro-German move. Every 1 on Patv Patv Three, CJelama Two.) Kansas City .Man Put ,; On Shipping Board Washington, Dec. 22. President Wilson today nominated the follow ing to be .members of the government shipping board: William Denman of San Francisco, Bernard N. Baker of Baltimore, John A. Donald of New York, John Bar ber White of Kansas City, Mo and Theodore Brent of New Orleans. V The advertising pub lic of Omaha have been convinced that they can get the Best Results through The Bee and pay only Ic per word for them. A gain of more than S5.000 paid want ads in 1916 is evidence of -their approval. You are as close to The Boa Want Ad DapL ,: as your phone is to you. Call Tyler 1000 Today