Entente Rejects German Offer; Asks Terms The Omaha Sunday Bee PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 14. THE WEATHER FAIR; WARMER VOL. XL VI NO. 32. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1916. FIVE SECTIONS THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. ALLIES REJECT PEACE PROPOSAL OF THE KAISER Joint Reply of Entente Na tions Says Suggested Coun cil Without Conditions Is Really War Maneuver. "INSINCERE, INEFFECTIVE" Places Responsibility for Start ing Conflict Upon the Cen tral Empires. CAN'T TRUST OATH BREAK Washington, Dec. 30. The official text of the allies' reply to the German proposals began arriving. at the State rirnartmrnt late todav. As the United States acts only as an intermediary in ; transmitting the note to the central powers it will not be made public here. Paris, Dec. 30. The entente gov ernments in replying to Germany de clare that they refuse to consider Ger many's insincere and ineffecticc pro posal for a conference. The suggested conference without conditions is not a peace offer, the note says, but is rather a war ma neuver. . It is long and sets forth again the. responsibility of the central empires fr the European conflagration. It insists on legitimate reparations and restrictions demanded by the en tente as outlined by Premier Lloyd George and also says that Germany by falling to formulate proposals for peace removes in advance any basis for pour parlcrs. , The note seeks to suggest that the lierlin cabinet having proclaimed in 1914 its contempt for treaties cannot pretend to obtain the same conditions as powers respectful of signatures and must offer guarantees. Text of the Note. The text of the note follows: "The allied governments of Bel gium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Montenegro- Portugal, Rou mania, Russia and Serbia, united for the defense of the liberty of their peo ples and faithful to engagements taken not to lay down their arms separately, however, resolved to reply collectively to the pretended proposi tions of peace which were addressed to them on behalf of the enemy gov ernments through the intermediary of the United States, Spain, Switzerland and Holland. Before making any re ply the allied powers desire particu larly to protest against the two es sential assertions of the note of the enemy powers that pretend to throw upon the allies responsibility for the war and proclaim the victory of the central powers. Still for Peace. "The allied governments cannot ad mit an affirmation doubly inexact and which suffices to render sterile all ten tative negotiations. The allied nations have sustained for thirty months a war they did everything to avoid. They have shown by their acts their attachment to peace. That attachment is as strong today as it was m 1914. But it is not upon the word of Gcr manv, after the violation of its en gagements, that the peace broken by iicr may be based." "A mere suggestion, without a statement of terms, that negotiations should be opened, is not an offer of peace. The putting forward by the imperial government of a sham pro posal lacking all substance and pre cision would appear to be less an of fer of peace than a war maneuver. It is founded on calculated misinter pretation of the character of the struggle in the past, the present and the future. The Aggressor in 1914. "As for the past the German note takes no account of the facts, dates and figures which establish that the war was desired, provoked and de clared by Germany and Austria-Hungary- "At The Hague conference it was a German delegate who refused all proposals for disarmament. In July, 1014. it was Austro-Hungary. who. alter having addressed to Serbia an unprecedented ultimatum, declared war upon her in spite of the satisfac tion which had been accorded at once. "The central empires then rejected all attempts made by the entente to bring about a pacific solution of a purely local conflict. Great Britain (Contlnuail on Pairo Four Column One.) The Weather l'"or Nebraska: Fair; rising tempera ture. Tmpratnm at Omalia Yesterday. Hour. Tier. 10 I 11 a. in 11 1Z m 15 1 p. m.. 17 2 p. ni 20 3 p. m 2 fi 4 p. m 27 fi p. m 26 6 p. m 2& 7 p. m 24 Comparative Local Becord. HI S. 1915. 1114. UU. HiRhoat yesterday. . Lowest yesterday.. Mean temperature. . 6 16 .00 22 27 .90 precipitation .00 Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: Normal temperature ; 1 lirflcteney for the day fi T'lial eireaa ilnre March 1, 101s 148 N'urmal precipitation 03 ln?h Mfflrlency for the day 01 Inch Total rnlnfjill since March 1 .... 18. 62 Inches licflotenry since March 1 12.71 lnchs IWIciency for cor. period. 1315.. 2,20 tnc!t-s t'cficlcucy for cor. period. 1914.. 3.41 Inches L. A. WELSH. Meteorologist. H'gfiiSfTTu MOVES OF FORCES OVERWAR zo - Germans Report ress, with Result Advances Bein ade. QUIET ON VERDUN FRONT Aaolatd Piraa Wr Summary.) The Russians and Roumanians are fighting a heavy rear guard action as they retire toward the line of the Screth, in northeastern Wallachia and southern Moldavia. Today's German army headquarters report shows steady progress for Field Marshal von Mackcnsen's armies along the entire front be tween the Roumanian Carpathians and the Danube, despite the strong resistance, they are encountering. At the same time the "attack on the Moldavian frontier is developing and Russo-Roumanian positions have been carried and passed by the invaders, repeated counter attacks not serving to stop them. In this lighting the Teutonic forces took 660 prisoners and seven machine guns. The Teutonic line of advance from the Wallachian plain now lies well to the norlh of Rimnik Sarat, on the railway from Buzeu to Fokshani, while on the right flank a still nearer approach has been made to Braila. the Danube granary, which is one of the main objectives of Von Mack ensen in the present stage of the struggle. Operations on the Franco-Belgian front have been confined to minor movements except in the Verdun re gion, where Berlin announces the re pulse of several attacks made by the French on the positions on Dead Man hill, of which the Germans re cently reported the capture. Tom Lawson Ready To Tell Congf ess of Diplomatic Leak Boston, Mass., Dec. 30. In re sponse to a telegram from Congress man Robert L. Henry of Texas urg ing that he go to Washington imme diately and produce any facts he may have bearing on a leak from the State department to Wall street in con nection with President Wilson's re cent peace note, Thomas W. Lawson today replied by wire that he would call on the congressman Monday. "You have hbelltri . wngpsamatt and public officials and ,Tredict you cannot make good. Congressman Henry stated in the telegram which Mr. Lawson made pumic nere tooay. It was explained that Mr. Henry made his request in his capacity as member of the house rules commit tee, of which he is chairman. "The good old capitol has been wal lowing in Wall street leak grafts for forty years," the Lawson reply said. "You and Congressman Wood started this leak merry-go-round, then you sort of run me into it through your press statements and then you made me the whole of it. Now I say, congressman, have a heart, have a heart." "This is my program. Tomorrow I will give you a serious 3,000-word bit, then, if you wish, I will visit you on New Year's day. Tuesday from the gallery I will listen to you and the other statesmen who missed out on the leak, lambast me some more." jlpy XeQeratlOn i . a , Federation Drafts Measure rTiA "FriTViTirio T otttI's Pin'c(l out tnat Villa has entered J.0 J-llllUI Lit! JJdiVV i towns of importance in northern Lincoln. Dec. 30. (Special Tele gram.) The office of "public smeller" may be created by the coming legis lature if the bill prepared by a com mittee of the dry federation and given out late this afternoon becomes a law, as it gives authority to all officers, who catch a whiff of the breath of any suspicious individual, to arrest the in dividual and take him and his breath to the bastile, where before an au thorized tribunal he must tell where he secured the stuff. The bill which covers forty-five typewritten pages and has sixty-five sections, is the most drastic, rock ribbed, bone dry law that has ever been before a legislature in the United States. It prohibits the sale of liquor in any form in clubs and any drug store keeping more than one piece of its stock of a nature which might in toxicate is subject to prosecution. Public advertising of liquor is pro hibited on bill boards or in any paper and common carriers must deliver in toxicating liquors between the hours of 5 in the morning and 5 at night with no deliveries on Sunday. Physi cians prescribing liquor for medicinal purposes must pay $5 yearly license and keep a record of all prescriptions issued. The governor is given power to en force the law and is made prohibition commissioner with a deputy commis sioner in charge of the office. Inflow of Gold During Year Up Toward Billion Dollars New York, Dec. 30. The inflow of gold this week carried the total of the year's imports to $684,700,000. This is by far the greatest amount of gold to enter the United States in a single year. The total of imports for the week in behalf of the British treasury amounts to $53,600,000. The heavy expansion of shipments since last Monday is taken in banking circles as an indication that the British author ities are planning to continue sending gold here on an enormous scale. See The Bee's Annual Statistical Review in This Issue - MFXICAN BANDIT - ,:K THREATENS CARRANZA SWAYI Pressed on Every Side by Growing Forces of Outlaw Chiefs, De Facto Leader Faces Overthrow. VILLA RECRUITING ARMY Northern Rebel More Inter ested in Increasing Band Than in Taking Cities. WASHINGTON IS ALARMED Washington, Dec. 30. Increasing I evidence that Carranza's government! is being menaced by bands of in surgents, coupled with the prospect that the first chief will not accept the Atlantic City protocol, has brought the Mexican situation to stage that is causing growing con cern. Officials admit that the conditions! are embarrassing. Some high army officers are urging that Pershing's men be withdrawn as a military step and regardless of conditions, but it is insisted that so far there has been no change in the administration pol icy. The American members of the joint commission which drew the At lantic City protocol will meet here Tuesday to discuss Carranza's request for modification and to consider whether any basis is offered for further conferences with the Mexi can commissioners. Charles A. Dug las, an attorney for the Carranza gov ernment, saw Counsellor Polk of the State department today and is under stood to have made a further plea for withdrawal of the troops. Want Men Brought North. Several army officers of high rank are no longer attempting to conceal their impatience over the joint com mission's failure to secure ratification of an agreement, and openly are urg ing that the altered conditions in Mexico make it imperative to bring the 12,000 men now in Mexico to po sitions on the border, where they could be handled to better advantage it it becomes necessary. partment today supported' unofficial advices indicating that Villa is rapidly gaming strength in northern Mexico that makes his suppression by the Carranza army appear doubtful. At the same time followers of Felix Diaz are said to be making trouble in the south, while Manuel Palaez and other rebel leaders are gaining ground the central portions of the republic, Families Sent to Border. The official advices indicated that the Carranza forces in Saltillo two days ago were inticipating an attack by Villa forces. The governor of the state had directed that the govern ment archives be prepared for moval and many prominent civilians and officials had sent their families to the border. Successes of the Villa forces about Torrcon were confirmed by the advices. Villa's operations in the last few weeks have convinced army men here that he and other leaders of the campaign having for its immediate i object the recruiting of an army and I CUCI Hlll.v'llvlll Hit: 1U1UIWIIIK UIOII the collection of equipment rather than the occupation of territory. It Mexico eight times since he resumed operations on a larger scale, only to surrender them without a struggle. The net result has been to add to his fighting strength materially through the conversion of Carranza soldiers! captured and deserting into rebel troops, and through captures of arms and ammunition, including about thirty pieces of artillery. Villa Again Advancing. F.l Paso, Tex., Dec. 30. Federal agents here U lay sent a report to Washington saying that Villa was at Jimenez and was advancing on Chi huahua City with approximately 10, 000 troops. It was also said bv the I federal agents that General Francisco Murgaia was reported to be making preparations to evacuate the slate capital. Villa captured a train of ammuni tion and sixteen cannon recently when he took Torreon, persons here said to be in communication with Villa announced today. General Talamantes committed sui cide when he saw the light was lost, it was added. Villa evacuated the town after he had obtained the train of ammunition, the cannon and a sup ply of shoes, clothing and blankets for his men, the Villa partisans said. Senator Wilson to Oppose Mass of Worthless Laws Fremont, Neb., Dec. 30. (Special.) State Senator Wallace Wilson will use his influence in the Nebraska legis lature to cut down the number of laws passed. Senator Wilson has no Mils of his own and will endeavor to see that the statesmen are not burdened with a lot of laws that will not be enforced. "We have two many laws now," Mr. Wilson said, "and I intend to see what can be done to limiting the output of the legislature." He said he had notified his constitu ents in Dodge county that they will not get any of the jobs he has to give out. He will favor selling the Fre mont college, if the matter is brought before the senate. r -w'w m - . tmMHs - ii i n '.vvw " I ' .': .'Y English-Speaking Peoples Should Avoid Reversion to One-Man Rule Dr. Roscoe Pound Thinks There Is Better Way to Adapt Law to Human Needs. W.tt HALL HEADS STATE BAR Declaring that we, the English speaking peoples, should find some more rational method of adapting the law to the human needs, instead of returning to the personal form of government and going back to the days of oriental justice, Roscoe Pound, dean of the law school of Harvard university and known as an authority on jurisprudence on two continents, speaking before the sev enteenth annual meeting of the Ne braska State Bar association at the Hotel Fontenclle, suggested that we should shape some broad road to justice without destroying the results of year of experience. Dr. Pound, a former Nebraskan and personally acquained with the major ity of the members of the state bar association, received a demonstrative and enthusiastic reception, when he was introduced by John Dryden, president of the body. His scholarly address on the subject, "The Recru descence of Personal Government," though carefully worded and bril- ANGLO-FRENCH WIN BATTLEOF SOME Would Be More Complete but for Pro-German Weather, Says Douglas Haig. DETAILED STORY OF FIGHT London, Dec. 30. The battle of the Somme is pictured as a sweeping tri umph for the entente allied arms in a report by General Sir Douglas Haig, which was issued tonight nd which covers operations 'roni July 1 to No vember 18. General Haig terms the battle a triumph in which the German western armies were only aved from complete collapse and a decisive de feat by a protracted period of unfavor able weather, tit tit nrnvtn nA ttita Anglo-French forces from taking full advantage oi .neir successtui advance. He declares that nevertheless it was a triumph which proved beyond doubt the ability of the al'ies to overthrow Germany "when the times comes." The Uritish commander shows himself a firm believer in the doctrine that the entente allies can win the war on the western front. Does Everything Possible to Centralize Trade in America Paris, Dec. 30. Alexandre Ribot, minister of finance, addressing the senate on the appropriations fur the first quarter of 1917, said that the French government had done every thing possible to centralize its pur chases in America and that it now had an intermediary to regulate prices. The senate voted unanimously for the first clauses of the bill, compris ing the credits as a whole. Discus sion of the other clauses and the new taxes was postponed. Speed the Parting Welcome the Coming Mo C liantly phrased, was delivered with out the aid of notes or manuscript of any kind. The administration of law and justice from the primitive fifties up to the present day, As described by the eastern law school deaq. Growth of Law. He told of the growth of law and justice from the very beginning, when kings and fulcra administered justice in rough and ready fashion, according to their personal feelings at the time. For instance, he pointed out that the witty fellow, who told of his crime or misdemeanor in a manner to please the king, probably escaped without punishment, while the dull invididual who bored his majesty was lucky if he got up with his life. Then, asserted Dr. Pound, came the primitive period in the dispensation of justice; when the ruling motto was "peace at any price." He told his listeners that there was then de veloped a period of primitive law, the principle of which was to buy off the injured pcrsofi by rewards fixed according to thcoir relative serious ness. In this system of tariffs, Dr. Pound gave as an example the old English case, where a man, if he re ceived a bruise protected by his (Continued on Pane Koiir. t'ojomn Tw.) COAL COMPANIES CALLEDCOMBINE Des Moines Attorney Starts Suit Against Fifteen Oper ating in Capital. ASKS TO HAVE RECEIVER (Prom a Hlaff Correspondent.) Des Moines, la., Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) An injunction was asked to day by 1. T. Jones, an attorney, against fifteen coal companies oper ating here claiming that they were in a combine. Jones asks that a re ceiver be appointed to conduct the business of the companies, while the courts investigate the alleged com bine. Leading companies in this sec tion are named in his petition. ! CrillSer DeS MOineS Will briDQ Americans Back From Svria Washington, Dec, 30-Final plans for bringing home the 200 Americans interned for months in Syria and Palestine made by the State depart ment today and communicated to Am bassador Elkus, at Constantinople, provide for sending the cruiser Des Moines from Alexandria, Egypt, to Beirut as soon as the refugees are brought rfom Jaffa. Turkish military authorities refused to allow the Americans to leave from Jaffa, but have given permission for use of the Beirut route. Played Poker Christmas Eve And Now They Are Arrested Sioux City, la., Dec. 30. Warrants were issued today for the arrest of seventeen well known citizens of the town of Moville, la., this county, on the charge of gambling. The accused arc alleged to have played poker Christmas eve. No Bee Tomorrow, NO IMMEDIATE STRIKEJAYS LEE Head of Trainmen'! Brother hood Denies Railroad Men Ordered to Quit Work. NO CIRCULAR IS PREPARED Cleveland, 0 Dec. 30. Warren S. Stone and W. G. Lee, heads of the Railway Engineers and 'Railway Trainmen brotherhoods, respectively, arrived in Cleveland today, following the rejection of the demand by the managers' committee that the Adam son law be placed in effect January 1. "It is highly improbable that there will be a strike Monday," Stone said. He asserted the report that a cir cular letter had been sent to railway employes, asking for a renewal of the authority to call a general strike, was untrue. "No circular has yet been prepared," he said. Stone said no further statement would be forthcoming today in Cleve land, and that there would be no meeting of the brotherhood heads. It was pointed out that a general strike Monday would be an impossi bility because of the fact that railroad unions would have to be first notified of such an intention, and that they would have to notify their subchair mrn. Lee said he had nothing to add to the statement given out yesterday in New York. 'There will be no im mediate strike," he said. Emperor Charles And Empress Zita Crowned in Splendor London, Dec. 30. The coronation of Kmperor Charles and Empress Zita of Austria as king and queen of Hungary took place this morning in St. Mathey church at Budapest, the Amsterdam correspondent of the Ex change Telegraph company cables. The ceremony was marked with all the traditional medieval pomp. The king wore the gala uniform of a Hungarian field marshal and was sur rounded by the captains of his body guard. The queen rode in a coach drawn by sixteen horses, which was followed by a page. A salute was fired as the procession moved through the streets. Cardinal Czernocli, primate of Hun gary, with the remainder of the clergy ! cor.e the ann qiieen mK, tne church, which was filled with officials and diplomats. The king took the oath to defend the interests of the Roman, Caiholic church against any enemy.' Afterward the king, wear ing the crown, took the oath before the Parliament building in the pres ence of the populace. Men Who Hold Cars Too Long Are Under Suspicion New York, Dec. 30. After a. con ference here today of federal district attorneys from Maine to West Vir ginia who are investigating the high cost of living, a statement was issued by George W. Anderson, United States district attorney at Boston, in charge of the government's inquiry into food and fuel prices, declaring that "business men who hold or re tain cars unnecessarily and unfairly are under just suspicion." New Year's Day GREATEST YEAR IN HISTORY OF GATE CITY ENDS Building Permits, Bank Clear ings, Orain and Live Stock Receipts All Make Cains That Are Enormous. FACTORIES SHOW INCREASE Gain in Butter Manufacturing Alone Totals Over Ton Million Dollars. JOBBING FORGES AHEAD ll. is IS. Marnifarturlnf ... SdMM.Itit fSISJMS.IVHI Jobbing a.7M.4S 177.ll.7S Roal .tat Inm. H.4SII.IK3 1M4MM l"k' horn output 1I,1(W.I lU.4m.SWl lank rlrarinn... I,7llM!t IM:!,1M"I ' Nmitr nntnnt.,.. 4N.Sa.37n SO.IISIII Rank drnoKlta Il.1(ll,47 S,S1'l,7r BlllMltl rwrmlla.. 1.H2S.107 5,SSo,M,1 l.raln nx-'pla (ho.) 1S.IM.IMt SO.SIS.MNI drain ahlp'ta (Ira.) 7.07MOO 41,702,400 lil VIC STOCK RKCKIPTS. (at!!. IhMdl 1.IS4.SM l.SIS.Mt loan (hul a.im.aio i.mi, Nlltwp (hd J,I70,IHM SpiSS.STU lloraM (hoadl..... !7,4S 41,070 Commercially, 13 1 45 has been the, most brilliant year jn Omaha's his tory. ' , The greatest increases over the activities of the previous year were shown in building permits, bank clear-' ing, manufacturing, jobbing and grain and live stock receipts. ,,, In manufacturing alone an increase of over $54,000,000 is shown, or a total output of $-'o8.057,715. This shows an increase of over 25 per cent. .This great manufacturing output was in some measure due to the coming of new factories, but in a larger measure due to the increasing of the capacity of some plants, and the running of others at their full capacity to sup ply the ever increasing volume of orders. ' , The biggest gain in manufaclurihK was shown in the line' of packing house products, which jumped some 1341,000,000 over the volume of the previous year, an increase of practi cally 30 per cent. While there was an increase in the amount of stock slaughtered, the increased price of meats and all packing house products to some extent caused the aggregate figures in dollars and cents to climb to this high mark. ' . - t-.- v. - f Increase in Smelting. ; . The smelting industry showed an increase of over $7,000,000, and Omaha thus easily retains first place in the world's lead reducing industry, ; be1 sides occupying an important position as a gold refining center. . ! Butter making, in which for some, years Omaha has held the world's . record, forged ahead almost 40 per cent, with a total volume of $10,789, 144 worth of creamery butter pro-; duced here during the twelve months.. Alfalfa products, which are only be-, ginning to come into their own,' showed an increase of $1,386,000 over ' the previous year, or a gain of over'. 37 per cent. ( Jobbing Porgea Ahead. , While the jobbing figures as com piled by E. V. Parrish of the bureau, of publicity, show an increase of $6, 567,818, Mr. Parrish points out that in former years he has included grain; handled on the Omaha grain market.' in the jobbing figures, and that this year he has held this as a separate item. Thus, if grain were included' here just for the take of a fair com- ' parison with last year's figures, the jobbing must show an increase of $31,. 369,818, or a gain of some 18 per cent.' The largest gain made by any one item under the head of jobbing was; made in automobiles. This business amounted to the height of $25,660,000 in round numbers. . Jobbing in agricultural implements show an increase of between 8 and 9 per cent, but this item would also. (CoDtlnuwl on Poro Viva, Column Two.) British Steamer Maitai Reported to Have Gone Ashore San Francisco, Dec. 30. The Brit-' ish steamship Maitai of the Union Steamship company of New ealand,' went ashore December 25 on Rara tonga, one of the Cook islands, ac cording to information received here today by the Marine department of the Chamber , of Commerce. The Maitari carries passengers Commission Suspends - Corn Rate Into Canada Washington. D. C Dec. 30. Pro- posed increases of from 10 to 20 per cent in freight rates in corn shipped from Chicago and Detroit elevators, to Toronto and other points in On taria, Quebec, and Canada were sus-, pended today by the Interstate Com merce commission until May 1, the suspension applying to rates over the Canadian Pacific, Grand . Trunk, Wabash and Michigan Central lines, fiidout New Features for the New Year t The Bee has In store for its readers a number of unique new features which we are sure will prove of fascinating interest. All in addition to all the news day by day. Watch for the announcements and see these features as they ap pear. 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