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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
up. BRIDGE TO Be
MOVED ON FRIDAY
Between Now and Then Trains
Are Routed Over Plattsmouth
and Illinois Central Bridges.
TO START AT TEN MORNING

Again the time has been set for
moving the Union Pacific old bridge
out and the new one into place. If
all goes we'll the moving will occur
Friday of this week. The exact hour
has not been determined, but, accord
ing to the present lineup, the change
in location of bridges will be made be-
tween 10 in the morning and O'Clock
in the afternoon. y
To be on hand when the Union Pa
cihc bridges are moved two moving
picture men are here from the east.
The work of prying up the old
bridge and getting it OH rollers that
it may be slid off the present, founda-
ton is well under way. This is de-
laying traffic and as result few oi
the trains using the bridge are able
to come into Omaha or get out on
time.
During all Sunday the bridge was
closed and trains from the east into
Omaha and out were routed through
the Union Pacific shop yards and over
the Illinois Central bridge.
The Burlington during the tempo
rary delay incident to the moving OF
the Union Pacific has routed another
OF its Chicago trains by way of Platts-
mouth, No. II, leaving at $50 in the
evening going that way.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
Grew is Rescued
From Bark Nethtis;
Given Up for Lost

New York, Dec. l8.-The twelve
men thought to have been lost on the
bark Nethtis, separated from the tug
Garibaldi during a storm off the New
Jersey coast on a voyage from Bra
zil, were rescued yesterday by the
Italian ship Sardegna, which brought
them to this port today.
Distress signals were observed by
the Sardegna's lookout at 10 a. m. yes
terday when the Italian vessel, from
Mediterranean ports, was some miles
off Barnegat, N. J. A lifeboat was
lowered and the twelve men OH the
vessel i'll trouble, which proved to be
the missing Nethtis, were taken off.
The ship was abandoned.
The Garibaldi, towing the Nethtis,
left Maranham, Brazil, on October
l5. Several times the line partd but
the tug succeeded, in picking up the
bark again until, with less than sixty
miles of their 6000-mile voyage still
to be completed, the Nethtis was
again lost on Friday This time the
heavy weather made it impossible for
the tug to recover its tow and the
bark's crew was given up as lost
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
MOTHER RESCUES
BABE FROM FLAMES
Mrs. Herman Naegele Twice
Struggles Through Fire Filled
Rooms to Children.
BOY PLAYS WITH MATCHES

Fighting for+her babies who wcre
imprisoned in their burning home
Mrs. Herman Naegele, 20l8 Martha
street.. struggled twice through fire.
filled rooms and rescued Eugene
aged 2 years, and Albert, her 10.
month-old baby.
Mrs. Naegele left her home just for
fifteen minutes to make some pur.
chases at a neighboring store. The
smell of smoke greeted her when she
returned. She fastened to her apart
ment and through fog of choking
smoke she saw Eugene i'll the kitchen
He was lying PROSTATE on the floor
She hurriedly brought him to the
open air and dashed again into the
burning home. Albert, who had beer
asleep in the sitting room when she
left, was partly asphyxiated. She
brought him into the street, where
he soon recovered consciousness.
The damage to the property is es-
timated at slightly more than $l00
1t is thought that Eugene started the
fire by playing with matches near the
kitchen stove.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
First Restriction
On Food in Force
In Great Britain

London, Dec. l8.--The first food
restriction went into force in Eng
land today. Hotels and restaurants
are now forbidden to serve more
than two courses for breakfast or
luncheon and three courses for din
ner.
Little inconvenience was expert
enced in connection with the first
two meals. The Englshman's usual
breakfast consists of cereal and
bacon, eggs or fish, and, except in the
more expensive places, luncheon OF
two courses is the rule. 1t was in
arranging for a dinner of three
courses that the caterers experienced
the greatest difficulties, but even in
this case few re likely to go hungry,
as hors d'oeuvres and soup count
only half course, and for the two
other courses diners have the choice
of fish, entrees or roasts, with vege-
tables and deserts. Cheese with
bread and butter or crackers is not
counted as course.
The meatless day, which is ex-
pccted to follow shortly, will prove a,
more difficult problem for restaurants
which make a speciality of roasts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
Thirty Members Of Crew
Of Columbia Reach U. S.

New York, Dec. ls.-The Italian
ship Czarctte from Genoa brought to
the United States today thirty men,
bers of the crew of the American
steamship Columbia, which was sunk
by German submarine November 8
off the Spanish coast. The men, most
of them horse tenders, confirmed the
cable reports of :he destruction by
the same submarine Of their ship, the
Norwegian steamer Balto and the
Swedish ship Varing, and of the trans
fer of the crews of all three, by order
of the submarine commander, to the
Norwegian ship Fordelin, which land
ed them on the Spanish coast in life
boats.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
Wilson's Celebrate Wedding Anniversary by
Makin0 Their First Visit to the "MOv1eS"

Washington Dec and Mrs Wilson today
first wedding anniversary with motor ride family dinner
party and visit to the moving pictures.
and his wife consistent thear but it
their movies" They Annette Kelerman
in feature film. -
Nbce the taken in the house where Republican
before adjournment tonight aroused hearty applause by max
ing the subject of brief address. -
beauty politics. said Mr. Manu. is that
Mr. Wilson recently reelected president
him. Today the Of important day
in his life Mrs. Wilson their happy
year continuance of that happiness for
a long ind pleasant life.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
FOURTH Infantry
OF NEBRASKA TO
Be BROUGHT BACK
Ausker Guardsmea Ar.ong Lat
est Troops Ordered to Re-
turn Home from Camps
on Mexican Border,
COME IN THREE GROUPS
Sixteen Thousand Soldiers Are
Designated by Function to
Take Their Leave.
CARS BEING ASSEMBLED

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. l8,-Na-
tional Guard organizations aggregat-
ing 10000 troops we're designated by
General Funston to leave the border
service and return to their respective
states to be mustered out of the fed
eral service. He acted in compliance
with War department instructions.
The homeward movement of these
organizations will be in three groups
to facilitate the use of rolling stock.
Cars are now being assembled for
regiments included in the first group
and the movements from various bor-
der points will begin in few Gays.
General Funston estimated that II
would be January 5 or 7 before all
units III the last group had started.
The following units will be returned
to their home stations as soon as
transportation is available:
Nebraska-Fourth infantry.
Iowa--Company A., engineers,
Minnesota-Brigade headquarters
and Second infantry.
kansas-Company A., signal corps
North Dakota-First infantry.
Utah--Field hospital No. |.
Pennsylvania: Sixteenth and Fourth
infantry, one infantry brigade head.
quarters, division headquarters and
signal battalion; ambulance company
No. /; field hospital No. |, First cav.
airy.
Observation-Disclosures infantry.
Indiana-Company A, signal corps
ambulance company No. L; first bat
talon field artillery, less battery D.
Missouri-Troop B, field hospital
No. ], ambulance company No. i
Company A, signal corps, brigade
headquarters and Second infantry.
Maryland-Field hospital company
No. !, first ambulance company.
Illinois-Company A, signal corps
Seventh infantry.
New iYork-Ambulance company
No. 3; Twenty-third infantry and Sec
ond field artillery; field hospital Nc. 5
Wisconsin--Brjgade headquarters
and First infantry; field hospital No. /
Virginia-First infantry.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
VOLUNTEER ARMY
SYSTEM FAILURE
General Scott Tells Senate Mil
itary Committee Universal
Training Necessary.
COUNTRY IS UNPROTECTED

Washington, Dec. lS--Advocates
and opponents of system OF univer-
sal training for military service to re-
place the volunteer system as the
mainstay of the nations defense had
a heating today before the sena,2
military committee on Senator
Chamberllin's bill, for universal
training, which is supported by the
army general staff. E.
While representatives Of organiza-
tiors opposed to the bill, headed by
Walter L. Fisher, former secretary
of the interior, gave their reasons for
opposing it, Major General Scott,
chief -of-staff of the army, detailG to
the committee why the general staff
considered the volunteer system
v9foliy broken down, inefficient and
useless and argel that it be discsrdcl
for universal system OF liability to
training and service.
|, Scott Proposes Large Army.
General Scott, discussing much Of
the army war college material, hith'
erto regarded as confidential, shows
that the army general staff now be-
lievcs that instead OF 100000 availa-
bic men, which i considered suffi-
cient as start to defend the country
against invasion, the country should
have 100000 fully trained men al
the 5eri' ng OF a war, with like
number ready to follow in ninety
days. The change is based on the
development OF the British army, the
org; nization of great Canadian
forces and the British alliance with
Japan.
With such a force available, the
army general staff, General Scott
said, outsiders tn? United States
practically immune from such ell at,
tack as military J.rategists believe
might be expected from the victori'
Gus set of powers in the European
war.
Fisher for Trained Reserve.
Mr.. Fisher declared himself in IA
vor of adequate preparedness.
Il believe" he said, there is no
higher duty than to provide for ade-
quate military preparedness. But
there is a radical difference between
military policy for defense and ag-
grcssive policy. II we are going to
defend the Monroe doctrine in its
broadest sense we are embarking on
military impossibility."
To provide a first line OF defense
Mr.. Fisher suggested that the pay Of
the army be doubled, that civic train.
ing which would fit the men for civil
life be made compulsory and that as
rapidly as they could be trained men
be discharged into citizen reserve, Ii,
able for duty i'll war.
"The plan proposed here is to adopt
universal training for the sake of its
civic by-product, for it is argued tha,
universal training will give greater
civic efficiency. Why not turn this
right around. If you'll adopt civic
discipline for the sake Of its militar,
y-product, you'll carry the country
and you can't carry it otherwise"
Arraigning the volunteer system a.
extravagant, inefficient and dangerous
the chief of staff told the committed
that universal training would be dem
ocratic, reliable, efficient and cconom
ical and within few years practically
render the United States immune
from attack.
1T would be democratic he said
because the burden of national de
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
German Bonds Held
Contraband of War

London, Dec. 1S.-Sir Samuel
Evans, president of the British prize
court, ruled today that German bonds
come under the reprisals order and
that German securities to the value of
10000 marks, which were seized while
on their way N letter to the State
Commercial and Savings bank of Chi
cago, should" remain in court as
property OF enemy origin until the
declaration of peace, or until dealt
with as the court might direct subse-
quently. The securities were seized
on board the Danish steamship Fred
erick VIII,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
Attorney General
Reed Files Suit
Against W, Ure

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 1S.-Attorney
General Reed today brought suit in
the supreme court against Treasurer
w. G. Ure of Douglas County for
$4,000 interest on belated payments
to the state. According to a ruling
of State Treasurer Hall, unpaid
county remittances draw 10 per cent
interest. The $500 for which Reed
is suing is interest of remittances
overdue when the supreme court up
held Halls ruling that counties
should remit to the state every month.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
NOTE IS
PRESENTED TO
THE ENTENTE
German Reply Given to Allied
Governments at London,
Paris, Rome and Other
Capitals Of Coalition.
NOTHING SPECIFIC IN 1T
Lloyd Georges Speech in Com
mons Today Expected to
Indicate Attitude.
ANSWER TO. THE CHAR

London, Dec lS.-The presentation
of the German note to the entente al
lied governments has now practically
been accomplished. While the Brit
ish foreign office was receiving the
document from Ambassador Page
shortly after noon, it is believed that
similar delivery was taking place in
Paris.
The Swiss minister at Rome has
presented the note of the central
powers to Italy without comment and
through the same channel hte mes
sage was presented to Belgium and
Portugal also without comment. The
| Netherlands minister rendered the
peace proposals to Serbia in behalf of
| Bulgaria. +
Note Informally Presented.
Prior to receipt of the note by the
British foreign Office, the deliveries to
Italy, Belgium and other countries
had permitted exchanges concerning
the exact official contents, which
proved to be substantially the same
as given i'll the speech made in the
Reichstag by Chancellor Won Beth
mann-Hollweg and without contain
ing any specific indication of the
terms. +
1t is also being observed in official
i circles that the note was informally
presented without comment, This is
taken to indicate that Germany
framed the communication so that the
neutral Intermediates would act only
as forwarding agents, at least, at the
outset.
To Show General Attitude.
Premier Lloyd Georges speech in
the House of Commons Tuesday is
expected to show the general attitude
of the British government. Thereafter
exchanges between the entente allies
will dtrmin tn nature of the joint
reply, but informal conferences al
ready have prepared much of the
ground.
1t is understood the assertion made
in the note that the war was forced
upon Germany will not be permitted
to go unchallenged and that as a mat
fter Of historical record, Germany's S
part in the events leading to the war
will be clearly shown. What is
termed by British officials as Ger
many's methods of conducting war
against a civilian population, women
and children, particularly, in the re-
cent Belgian deportations, also is
likely to be pointed out. According to
the latest advices reaching the en-
tente allied governments the number
of Belgians deported has reached
10000.
Seeks Conference.
While the note as presented makes
no reference to conference, there
continu to b indications that Germany
is seeking conference. This has led
to a careful scrutiny of the last prec-
edent, that of the conference preced-
ing the peace congress at the close of
the Crimean war.
A preliminary conference was held
at Vienna in 1854 and proved abortive,
but when the peace congress which
finally settled the terms was held at
Paris a year later the discussions at
the conference served largely as a
basis.
Transmitted at Paris.
Paris, Dec. 1S-The American EN-
bassy transmitted the German peace
note to the French foreign office to-
day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
South Dakota Bank
Deposits Increase

Pierre, S. D., Dec. -8.-An Increase
OF nearly five and a half million dol
lars in state bank deposits for the
two months from September II to
November II is shown in the report
of state bank examiners issued today.
The state banks show total resources
of $98,200,277.3l. The deposits in
these banks have increased in two
months from $7S,l92,736.52 to $685.
596. .3l6,l8,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
Stomach Aches Would Be
Welcome at RivervieW

Juvenile court officials are hoping
that Santa Claus will not be too busy
to pay visit TO Riverview detention
home. The children there, no mat
ter if they're good, baG or indifferent,
are children still, and are looking
forward to Christmas. But the
chances of them getting stomach
aches from eating too much Christ
mas candy and hurting themselves
stumbling over toys are pretty slim
unless some kind-hcarted, generous
indi idual figures out that he won't
miss couple Of yellow-backs from
lis bank roll.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
General Strike
Of One Day Begins
In Spain Tuesday

Madrid, Dec. l8.-(Via Paris. "A
twenty-four-hour general strike,
called by the labor organizations as a
protest against the increased price of
food will take place tomorrow
throughout Spain. Factories, stores
and many offices will be closed and
no newspapers published. The au-
thorities have posted notices appeal
ing to the good sense of the public
to maintain order and announcing
that any disturbances would be Wig
orously dealt with.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
Cash Dividend of
Hundred Per Cent

Pittsburgh. Dec. l8.-Stockholders
Of the Standard Oil company Of Ken
lucky, located here today, received
official information that they would
be asked to vote on proposition of
the directors to increase the capital
of the company from $3,0O0,0OO to
$6,000,000. A cash dividend Of 100
per cent is to be paid out of the conf
pany's $4,0O0,000 surplus.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
Ten Per Cent Increase for
Four Thousand Coke Makers

Gary, w. Va, Dec. 1S.-Thc United
States Coal and Coke company, a
subsidiary of the United States Steel
company, announced today that it
would give its 1000 employees Christ
mas present in the form Of 10 per
cent increase in wages. The increase
will become effective at once.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
DEFENSE STARTS IN
WILD HORSE CASE
First Witness Testifies Thou
sands of Animals Ran Wild
on Arizona Range.
BROTHERS CONTRADICT

tHSlS "SlS hoi oSo' ySS iiouoauuS
of them, OH the Coconino reserve in
Arizona, witnesses for the defense tes-
tilted before the wild horse" jury yes
terday afternoon. in which the gov
ernment is prosecuting the United
States Live Stock company and the
Omaha Land and Investment COM
pany for the use OF the mails to de-
fraud.
That the horses were not phantom
and imaginary was the testimony rof
L. w. Arnold, stockman of O'Nelll,
Neb., the first witness to take the
stand for the defense. He told the
jury that he thought he saw between
5000 and 1000 animals roaming the
reserve.
"Were the horses Wild" he was
asked.
you bet they were wild
"You might have seen the same
horses twelve or more times and
thought they were different animals
each time?" the United States district
attorney. on Cross-eNaminatiou. asked
him.
"Possiblv,
porrous Mo,
NJ o"' ,. ~
me slocklnah testihed before tie
jury that he had gone into partnership
with c. A. Smith for the capture of
the wild horses and that he and Smith
had borrowed $4,000 from c. NJ,
Thomson, nre esident of the New,orf
Neb., bank 10 finance the expedition,
With the money he said he and Smith
purchased ali the brands of the wild
horses from individuals in Flagstaff,
Ariz,, that II was possible to-
"D;d Won Gather anv horses" he
was asked
ives. ahout 250"
"\Ve took them to the stock Yards
and auctioned of a large number"
"J was The highest bidder m some
NJ them" he said "and bought car.
load at about S3O head for nv
ranch near O'Ne;ll Neb"
"Ard even then the stocln,a, re-.
nI;ed "J know we didn't oct the he 81
horses ior the hest horses oot away /,
After buv;np a carload of the ani.
m.Is Arnold sa;d he sold out his
share of The horse business to Smith
berause he had something better in
s;aht
~ p., =: n:.
oiotle's Ill DiSpu'e'
Fl. L. Middleton, whose brother had
previously testihed tor the, govern
ment that the horses were almost an
unknown factor, completely contra,
dlcted his brothers testimony. he said
that he saw thousands OF horses on
the range and that person could
catch them It he devoted his time to
| the task. lie SAID that he INTENDED
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
Regular Soldier
Accidentally Shot

Brownsville, Tex, Dec. l8.-Private
Robert Gail, % years old, of Troop
II, Third United States cavalry, was
accidently shot and killed here late
yesterday when rife in the hands OF
another cavalryman was accidently
discharged while being cleaned. Calls
former home was near Detroit, Mich.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
Cuba Will Have
Great Sugar Crop

New York, Dec. 1S,-Cuba's sugar
yield for l9l6-l9l7 will be a record
breaking one, according TO cable ad-
vices received here by the Federal
Sugar Refining company. The cur
rent crop will amount to 100000 tons
as compared with 100000 tons last
year and 2,5S2,245 in the previous
season, according to the messages.
The large output is attributed largely
tr f,yorah1e weather
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19

Babadagh and Hccineaga, says the
war Office announcement tonight.
tAssociated Press War Summary
Some lessening in the intensity OF
the fighting in Roumania is indicated
by today's German army headquarters
statement, which reports the situation
OH the Roumanian front unchanged
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's ad-
vance has pushed considerably beyond
the Buzeu line, drawn approximately
across. the southern boundary OF Mol
davia, and unofficial advices indicate
that the entente front is to be es-
tablished between Rimnik Sarat, on
the Buzeu-J Jassy railway, about twenty
miles north Of Buzeu and the Danube
marshes.
Current advices declare that the
Roumanian army is no longer in ac-
ton. having been withdrawn for re-
grouping and rehtting to Jassy and
Bc5sarabia, under the protection OF
Russian forces, which now hold the
fighting line. The Russians are ex-
pected to make the stand on the RIM
mix Sarat line, where strong defcnses
have been prepared. The Berlin state
ment reporting hostile forces falling
back on lbraili, may indicate that the
easterly end Of the line will be es-
tablished at this important Danube
river point, twenty-five miles south OF
Galata.
On the Franco-Belgian front, Paris
announces strong counter attaek by
the Germans on the positions won by
the French in their recent sweeping
advance north and northeast Of Vcr-
dun. The only success Of the attack
ing forces, however, according to
Paris, was at one poin. on the Cham
brettes farm, about mile and quar-
ter north of Fort Douarnont, where
they secured footing.
The French took 1857 prisoners
in the Verdun fighting Of the last three
days. the Paris, war Office announced.
together with lis cannon, l07 machine
guns and forty-four bomb throwcrs.
German Official Report.
Berlin, Dec. lS.-(Wireless to Say
vile NO change in the situation
on the Roumanian front is reported
in today's communication fgpm army
headquarters. The statement follows:
IN the Mestccanesci sector, east
Of the Golden Bystritsa. there was a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
French and British
Lose 5 Million Men

Berlin, Dec. lS.-(Wireless to
Sayvilie 1.-The losses of the
French army to date have been s.
100000 and Of the British 800, 900,
according to competent military
authority" says an Overseas News
agency statement today.
On the same authority the French
losses on the Somme up to the end
of November are estimated at not
less than 250,000 and those Of the
British at 550,000.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
Tree. Falls Across
\ Track in Front of
Train, Two Killed

Hoquiam, Wash, Dec. l8.-Two en-
ginemen were killed and a Northern
Pacific local passenger train wrecked
near here late last night when a tree
fell across the track just as the engine
approached. The locomotive, tender
and baggage car passed over the
trunk, but Immediately afterward the
tender telescoped the engine cab,
crushing the engineer and fireman SO
that their bodies could not be re-
moved until wrecking apparatus ar
rived
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-19
Belle Fourche Cow
Makes Butter Record

Belle Fourche, S. D., Dec. ia
new record for butter production has
been established by COW belonging
to NJ. J. Smiley here, it is claimed
The official test, made by Prof. Lar
son of the state college, shows a pro-
duction of Mt pounds Of butter in
seven DAYS.