ALLIED SOCIALIST
TALKERSURGE WAR
British Cabinet Officer and
; Parliament Member Want
Goal Reached. " "
PEACE MEANS BONDAGE
Paris, Dec. 26. In addresses at the
national congress of the French so
cialist -party Arthur Henderson, Brit
ish cabinet minister, and-G. H. Rob
erts, member of the British Parlia
ment, both affirmed, amidst enthusias
tic cheers, that the war must be fought
out until full guarantee have been
obtained for a lasting peace.
'In my opinion," said Mr. Render
son, "if France and ourselves were to
enter into negotiations under existing
conditions we should ..be nations in
bondage. Nothing less than that is
tht price our enemies wil,xact for
peace today. ' - ;".;:.'. ,
In -my opinion wc nave. vw
reached the most dangeroqsjand. dif
ficult ieriod of the war. jDuring the
next few months the democracies of
England and France are going to be
tested as never before. Do not mis
understand me. I do not mean that
the stress and strain of fighting in
the field will be more severe, although
I do not ignore such a possibility,
but'ths danger is of entirely a dif
ferent f haracter.
Would B Nations in. Bondage. .
"Our stupendous losses, our unpre
cedented sacrifices, out horror of war,"
our love of peace, may lead us to
mortgage the future. With such
awful experiences we are apt to for
get the great moral, eternal princi
ples and ideals for which we entered
the struggle. We are not only fight
ing a negative action against material
forces -which are highly organized,
but we are engaged in a great con
flict upon the result o! which de
pend our great ideals.
"If we enter into negotiations now
we do' so when, Germany is not re
pentent for its wrongdoing and ' is
glorifying In tbe success of its mili
tary efforts; in fact, in the victory of
German imperialism.'
"I cannot tell you how many
months and what sacrifices stand be
tween us and victory, but I can tell
you what will be the rewards ot vic
tory if we are true to ourselves. We
chall have asserted the rights of na
tions, large or small, to live their own
lives undisturbed by the ambitions of
powerful neighbors. We shall have
exacted such reparation for wrongs
done them by this war as will be a
warning to aggressors for alt time
to come. -. , ' 'V.
"We hate war. It is brutal: the
negation of everything for which we
stand. Therefore, we must prevent its
recurrence to far as ii in our power.
We desire to see the democracies of
the world free to progress to their
highest; ideals. To accomplish this
we must stand together for the de
struction of militarism, the vindica
tion of national right and liberty, the
punishment . of national, wrong. Be
the nations, targe or small, they must
he free." V t ,,. v.v . :
Emile Vandervelde. the Belgian
socialist leader, eaid: "Our comrade
who have remained in invaded Bel
gium support Germany'; dominion
with admirable firmness. Nothing
but encouragement reaches us from
them. So that it would teem that the
person most hostile to war are thotc
farthest from it, ? '.."
"The struggle must be carried on
until Belgium and Serbia are deliv
ered and lacsariam it laid low,
Carranza Must
Act Soon or the
Negoti
tiations End
Washington, Dec 26. Unless Gen
eral Carranza returns favorable an
awer today to the last communication
made to hit eommittionert oy tne
by
-American representatives a week i
at Philadelphia,
the negotiation! will
come to an end. The Mexican com
missioners will meet in New York
today and if , Carranza has sent to
them hs answer it is expected Luis
Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican
delegation, will forward it immediately
to Secretary Lane, chairman ot tne
American tection.
When the joint Mexican-American
'- commission reconvened at Philadel
phia. Alberto J. PanL the Mexican
commissioner who had . carried, the
protocol signed at Atlantic City to
Oucretaro for the ratification of Gen
eral Carranza, submitted a counter
prooosal. It was in effect, a rejection
of the agreement entered into by the
commissioners and .the substitution
of another protocol that had been
drafted by the Mexican commission
crs at the direction of Carranza.
The Americana replied in a writ
ten communication saying that they
could not consider the counter pro
tocol and insisting that tnei agree
ment already made must either be
ratified or definitely repudiated, Some
aspect oi an nmmiium wis given
the communication bv the insistence
that an answer would be expected by
December 26. It was not specifically
stated that failure to ratify the agree
ment would result in a final break in
negotiations, but the intimation that
the Americans would not continue
the debates that already have ex
tended over three months wat clearly
made.- - : .
Blizzard is Raging Over
The Black Hills Country
Sturgis, 5. p., Dec. 26. (Special
telegram. I A terrihe northwest bliz
zard has been raging here and over
the Black Hills since last night, ac
companied by hign winds. J here
not much snow, but what there it
drifting. The thermometer stands at
8 below. Business is practically sus
pended. i rains are several hours late.
' Farmers and stockmen yesterday were
given warning ot the storm t coming.
Recruits from New York
Are Down With Measles
1-1 Pass), Tex, Dec 26. Three hun
dred recruitt for the regular army on
. the border and in Mexico were uuar-
-. antined in tenta on the parade groundt
at Fort Bliss today because five of the
recruits were found to have measles.
The recruits arrived here from Fort
Siocum, N. V., for assignment to the
various army commands here and
General Pershing's command.
BRITISH REPULSED
ALONG YPRES FRONT
Over Five Thousand Prisoners
Taken "by Germans in the
Fighting- in Eonmania.
BOMBARDMENT IS TERRIFIC
Berlin, Dec. 26.-(By Wireless to
Sayville.) Today's army headquar
ters statement regarding operations
on the Franco-Belgian front is as
follows:
'"Western fiSnt: In some sectors oi
the Ypres front; on both sides of La
Bassre canal and west of Lent, the
activity of the artillery increased. Ad
vances by strong British patrols were
repeatedly repulsed.
"Front of Prince Leopold: On the
lower Stolchod the Russian artillery
was more active than usual. North
west of Lutsk an enterprise conducted
by German detachments resulted in
h hrmeinff in of sixteen prisoner).
-"Macedonian front: Successful pa
trol advances were mate by Bulgarian
infantry northwest of Mouastir. in
the bend of the Cerna there has been
artillery firing of varying violence."
More Prisoners Captured.
In Roumania 5.500 more prisoneri
ave been taken by the Teutonic al
lies, the U' office announced.
The town of Filinechtl, on the rail
road between Buzeo and Brailia. was
captured at, the point of the bayonet.
Strongly entrenched Kussian positions
both sides ot the village were
stormed, the staiement says.
Petrograd, Dec. JG. (British AU
iralty, per Wireless Press, via Lon
don.) Recapture by Noumanian
forces of one of the heights they re
cently lost in the fighting along tiie
Moldavian frontier is announced by
the war office today. The statement
reads:
"The enemy is bombarding with an
intense artillery fire the regions of the
Wages ot flaniakt, Maniutt and uu-
kalovsee forest. South of Brzezariy
the enemy it directing his fire along
the height! occupied by ut etst of the
villages of Lipnicadolna and Svistel
niki. "On the Moldavian frontier in the
alley of the Kasino river, Roumanian
troops by a daring attack regained one
of the
heights lost by them yester-
day."
BOREAS LOOSED
SWEEPS EAST AND
SOUTH WITH FURY
(('WbsinI Im hn Oh.)
the western and central part of the
state tonight, according to reports
here. The heavy gale it drifting the
snow which fell early today and rail
road traffic it badly crippled. Aber
deen, S. D., reported a fall of twelve
inches of mow yesterday which de
moralized train service in inai tec
Heavy Snow in North Dakota.
Bismark. N. D.: Dec. 26. One of
the worst blizzardl in North Dakota
history gripped the central part of the
state today with a snowfall of sev
enteen inches in tweuty-four hours,
breaking the record of the fall durin
the great blizzard twenty years ago
last November. A train on a branch
of the Minneapolis.' St. Paul & Saulte
Ste. Mane railroad, due here at 5:50
m., -it snowbound at Washburn
white two plows are fighting to re
lease it. All traint on the branch
were suspended temporarily. In the
wake of the thtrty-sixe mile gale car
ryir
Wa
inn the blizzard, is a zero wave.
arnings have been tent to stock
men and larmert.
War Stuns Labor .
In Austria-Hungary
(Cmaaao tat Aselld Press.)
Vienna, Nov. 2. The war hat hit
the trades and organized labor of Aus
tria a blow that it almott stunning.
The total membership hat been re
duced to 177,133, from 415,195, the fig
ures in 1913; thirty of the fifty-two or
ganizationt that are banded together
the to-called "imperial commis
sion, have lest tnan a tnousana
member! apiece now, and the incomes
of about half of the associations have
been so reduced that they are ex
ceeded by expenditures.
The reduction m the membership
of the unions not only applies to men,
tome ' 200,000 of whom have been
called to the colors, but to women
as well, of whom 40 per cent of the
o Id number have left the organiza
tions. Some trades.' such at rooters
and paper boxmakert. now have only
twenty-six and ntteen memoera, re
spectively, left. The big metal work
era and textile trades have now only
38,000 and 29,000 membera left
Of course, with tbe reduction
embershio there has been a eoi
nnndinff decrease in the aumt oaid
for "war support," to that the vari
out tradet in 1915, for example, had
to expend but little overttOO.OOO in
this way, as against fcou.uuu in ii,
Similarly the incomes dropped,
that the imperial commission in 1915
took in. through its ntty-two or
ganizations, $1,000,000 in 1915, against
Sl.650.0fl0 in IVI4, and si.uuu.uuu in
1813. Even with lessened member
ship, however, the trades still have
as much in their treasuries today at
they had in 1913.
Two Pioneers of
. Iowa Are Dead
Tabor, la., Dec. 26. (Special.)
George Kemp, aged 85 yeart died
Sunday. He had lived in thit local
ity ever tince the civil war and be
sidet hit widow it survived by three
torn and two daughters, lhey are
lohn Kemp of Pacific lunction: Hen
ry Kemp, Thurman; Bert Kemp; Mrs.
Lucy Rhode, labor; Mrs. Lulu Me
Clenahan. Venango, Neb.
The funeral of Mra. Maria Gregory
wat held here Sunday at o clock
The body wat taken to Pueblo, Colo.
for burial. The deceased was in her
eighty-first year and ia survived by
one ton, W. E. Gregory of labor.
and by one daughter, Mrt. Betty
Kqrick, Lot Angeles, Lai. ,
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Lett Him Laugh at the Law't Locksmitht.
WORKMEN FIND
WN'&MES
Dei ,-' Moines Excavator for
Bridge Approach Locate
' Body Under Ground.
CHAIN AROUND THE NECK
(Prom a Staff Correspondent.)
Des Moines, Dec. 26. (Special Tel
egram.) Workmen excavating for
the Grand avenue bridge this after
noon found the skeleton of a woman
with a chain around her neck. The
body was found at the west approach.
The citv detective department was no
tified. No disappearance of recent
late serves to give detectives a cine.
The find has proven a deep mystery
to the police. .
Increase In Bank Deposit.
The greatest increase in bank de
posits ever recorded Dy me aiaie
banking department in a given period
ia ahnwll bv the December I bank
statements announced today. 'The 880
savings, Jj4 state bank and twenty
one trust companies under the direc
tion of the Mate department snow an
increase of $54,849,968.64 over the de
posits at the time of the correspond
ing call a year ago, November 1, 1915.
They show an increase of more than
$75,000,000, compared with deposits of
November I. 1914. High prices lor
farm products are credited with being
the largest tactor - in mis increase.
Eighty cent corn and good crops are
bringing in lots of money to the
smaller country banks. Thrift clubs
in cities are said to be having some
influence in increasing deposits. The
total deposits in the banks and trust
compamea at the close of business
December I amounted td $384,483,
60476. There is an increase in all of
the important items which enter into
the statement, both in comparison
with the statement of September 12
of thia year and November l a year
xiotaa up bate.
Chester Scott, alias Jim Jones, alias
c" held nn the K. C lunch
. HQ Fat Walnut street last
night. He ordered an electric sand
wich. When told by the clerk that
they were just out he explainea mat
this meant everything in the place
and proceeded to fill his own order.
He robbed three men. A half hout
later he was found by the police.
Property taken from his victims was
found on him. When lodged m the
police station he attacked a one-armed
old man who was there for lodging
and took his overcoat away from him.
Officers then locxea mm m .--by
himself. He gave his names as
Jim Jones, but the police entered it
it Chester Scott, which they asserted
to be hi right name.
Want Fanner on Rail Board. ' "
That Clifford Thome's successor on
the state board of railroad commis
sioners be man who is 'y '
touch and sympathy with the great
interest of the farm and with the
raising and shipping of live stock it
the request of South Prairie Grange,
No. 2077 of Wapaie township. Mus
catine county. A resolution passed by
this organization has been forwarded
to Governor uarxe. it ":-.
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it n Qn nnro-e E. Tames and
t hp,mtn Th nnhuaii Telegraph
u.r.M ia nrffinar the appointment of
W. B. Martin of Dubuque as Thome's
successor. He is secretary of the Du-
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER
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buque Shippers' association ' and is a
democrat It is possible that Thome
will not hand in his resignation until
after Governor Harding takes office.
Thome ia known to have political am
bitions. He ran for congress in the
Second district m the primaries
against Harry Hull and it is expected
he Will again be a candidate two years
hence. He will maintain his residence
in Washington, la., although most oi
his work will be done throug a Chi
cago office.
Attempt Suicide.
Despondent over tbe loss of a wrist
watch and $375 in cash, Mattie Had
ley, 26 years old, living at 600 East
Gran avenue attempted suicide Sun
day through inhaling gas. She was
tound oy city pnysiciana as uc w
lapsing into unconsciousness and was
quickly revived after treatment.
Pint Regiment Home.
The First regiment, Iowa National
Guard, spent Christmas in the bar
rack at Fort Des Moines. A big
turkey dinner was served. A few of
the members of the First battallion,
which reached Des Moines early Sat
urday morning, were at their homes
for the day. The First battalion did
not reach Fort DesMoines until 2:30
Sunday afternoon and the Third bat
..i:.. .-..;. H at 7-M in the evening.
The First battalion ia made up of
companies: A, Dubuque; B, Waterloo:
C. and D, Cedar Rapids. The Third
Kattaiinn ia made uo of Company L,
Burlington; K. Washington; L, Keo
kuk, and M, Fairfield. All offcers and
clerk are being busy with the work
rreparatory to mustering out the men
c is expected it will take from fifteen
to twenty days to muster out the men.
Dr. Schmaria Levin, a member of
the first duma which ever convened
in Russia, is in Des Moines lecturing
on the Zionist movement He u
reputed to be one of the most distin
guished lecturers in' the field on the
Zionist movement.
"The Jewish race throughout Eu
rope has contributed more than 800,
000 soldiers to the war," he said last
evening. "That is a greater contri
bution, proportionately, than has been
made by Belgium, France or any
other nation, not excepting England.
But the enlistments of the Jews is
sacrifice which brings no reward to
the race. The Jewish soldiers do not
ITEETIT
aMwatf.
DR. McKtNNEYSayai
"Tbe best resolution you oan make is
to resolve to koep your teeth in A-1
eonditkm all through ISlt and the
rost ot the years to corns." Have the
McKennoy dentists put them in good
shapo today- Thq cost Is eomparatlve-
ly small.
Haaviast Briar
WsrlerMUl.
Wonder Plato
wsrtk SIS to SIS,
$5, $8, $10
W wm rtm tw
Beat SOves- FU1-
GsM
McKENNEY
DENTISTS
I4tk and Fi
PImm DoavtM MT3.
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it 25c at all druggists.
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BMt an
IvrowsW - .
$4.00
f fllJ lW MM1
27, 1916.
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fight for a country
of their own.
Thrv die in vain for other nations.
tc
We want nation of our own, a land
we can call our own home and one
which will give us opportunity to de
velop our own culture.'! -
Clifford . C. Thome, state railroad
commissioner, left for his home in
Washington, Ia., without handing in
his resignation as state railroad com
missoner to Governor Clarke. Thorne
stated a few days ago that he would
accept the offer of the National Live
stock Protective league to act as its
counsel in the rate investigation case.
His duties with the organization are
expected to start January 1. . Gover
nor Clarke is therefore not in a posi
tion to consider any appointment of
a man to succeed Thome. Thorne
may possibly withold his resignation
until Governor-elect Harding takes
his office, thus giving Harding an op
portunity toappoint his successor.
HotelLoyal
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Special al la Carta Menu
Good Music and Entertainers
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SANTO DOMINGO
NEAR REVOLUTION
IU. S. Officials Discover -Large
Stores of Munitions Con
cealed in Porto Kico.
SOME ABRESTS ARE MADE
San Juan, Porto Rico, Dec 26.
Porto Rico has beeif used at t base
of supplies for revolutionary ammu
nition for Santo Domingo is the be
lief of United States officials here
i who recently discovered and confis
cated a large quantity of revolver
and rifle shells, concealed in barrels
of codfish and l.stined for the neigh
boring republic. '
Two arrests were nade following
the confiscation of the ammunition
but when a grand jury investigation
followed it was found that although
the smuggling of ammunition into
Santo Domingo was prohibited,
there was no punishment provided
by the law prohibiting it. v
; During tne aaminisiraiion oi r res
ident Roosevelt congress adopted a
joint resolution authorizing the pres
ident, to issue a pro:iamarion lorpiu-
ding the sending of mui.itiona of war
nto Santo Domi.igo, but the procla
mation was the only prohibition on
record. Officials here believe that
the systematic trafficking in muni
tions has been broken up.
General Gonzales Goes Out
To Capture the Villa Band
EI Paso, Tex.. Dec. 26. The ap
pearance of a band ot Villa troops
south of Chihuahua .City, Mexico, was
reported today to have caused Gen
eral Francisco Murguia to order Gen-
eral Gonzales south with Ins com
I mand. '
One troop train was reported to
have left Juarez for Chihuahua City
today and another was being loaded
to go south late today.
. Cold IwU.
"Voting l,ord Ufftng-ton, thft heln of the
I Craven earldom and the 'Bradley Martin
mllltoRi, has eloped with a town clerk'e
i daughter."
The epeaker was E. Berry wall, the new
Tork clubman. Ho went on: .
"Young- men continually make theae ro-
I manttce marriages, but young women let-
dom do ao. Dukea aona marry beneath
them regularly, but., dukea daughters
never. , '
"Women. I fear, have colder and more
mercenary hearts than men. There's m story
on that line.
"An octogenarian banker took the hand
I of his beautiful girl wife In his, and shed
ding a senile tear, ho quavered:
Alas, darling, we are mined. An un
fortunate slump In war stocks has wiped
I me out completely. Not a cent Is left'
"Nathalie, the ez-movie queen, gave a
bitter laugh.
' Then,' she said, 'X did marry for love,
after alt, didn't I?" Washington Star.
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.money will be welli
spent if you select
furs.
THE FUR SHOP
TheTrain of Today
Shortest Route
Chicago-New York
20-Hour Schedule
Yet No Excessive Speed
SNIPING CONTINUES
ALONG THE BORDER
Kentucky Troops Forced to
Abandon First Line Trenches
and Move Further Back.
MEXICANS FIGHT AT DANCE
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 26. Firing in
the vicinity of the Third Kentucky
outpost, near the border, late last
night, caused another general alarm
at the camp of the First battalion of
this regiment, following the skirmish
between Mexican snipers and the sol
diers of this battalion Sunday night.
Investigation developed the fact that
the firing had occurred on the Texas
side of the - Rio Gnde, where a
Christmas dance was being held by
Mexicans.
The Kentucky outposts dug them
selves in yesterday near the monu
ment which marks the boundary be
tween New Mexico and Chihuahua.
The outposts were forced to abandon
their first line trench near the boun
dary Sunday night, and two addi
tional trenches were dug yesterday, in
anticipation of further sniping opera-
i jions.
The snioing Sunday night came
from the adobe house where Fran
cisco Madero made his headquarters
during the Medero revolution.
Rumors continue in circulation to
day that one Mexican sniper was
killed, but American army officers
were unable to confirm the report to
day. ,
Fourth Nebraska
On Its Way North
Llano Grande. Tex., Dec. 26. (Spe,
cial Telegram.) The Fourth Ne
braska regiment intrained for the
north at 1 o'clock today.
Streigel, Soldier on Border,
Is Shot and Killed by Sentry
1 Columbus, N. M Dec. 26. Private
Albert A. Streigel of the quarter
master corps was shot and killed to
day by a sentry. Streigel had been
confined to the stockade on a charge
of disorderly conduct. He had been
given permission to go to his tent for
blankets and was being taken there
when the shooting occurred. The
sentry claimed Streigel attempted to
escape. The sentry was said to have
called tot Streigel three times to'halt
and then fired. ' 1 1
A wind storm blew the roof from
the military postoffice, partially de
stroyed the hangar being erected on
the aviation field and slightly dam
aged the army aeroplanes. ,.
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