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Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
MACHINE GUN IS
USED UPON SNIPERS
Third Kentucky Camp Near Ell
Paso Fired on From Mex
lean Adobe House
ONE MEXICAN IS KILLED

El Paso, Tex, Dec. 25.-lt was re-
ported at the camp of the Third Ken
lucky infantry today that at least
one of the Mexican snipers, who
fired OH the First battalion of the
Third Kentucky infantry, was killed,
while the machine gun belonging to
the battalion was used to rout the
snipers who were firing at the Ameri-
can army camp near the cement plant
on the American side of the Rio
Grande.
Carranza Consul Eduardo Sorinano
Bravo said today he was making an
investigation of the report that snip
ers had fired on American troops
from the Mexican side of the border
last night. He said he had been in
conference with General Jose Muir
guia, the new commander in Juarez,
and said General Murguia had no
knowledge of the sniping and added
that he had no de facto troops sta
toned opposite the cement plant.
Major H. H. Denhardt, command
ing the First battalion of the Third
Kentucky infantry at the cement
plant, said the sniping started from
the vicinity of the little adobe house
which was used by Francisco Ma
dero as his headquarters preceding
the attack on Juarez by the Madero
forces on May 8, 1911. There were
about ten snipers near this house,
Major Denhardt said. As many more
opened fire from point above the
house onsthe sfae Of the mountain
Brigadier General George Bell, jr.,
commanding the border division, said
today he had received no report Of
any Mexicans having been killed by
the machine gun fire.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Lincoln Elks Play
Kris Kringle Role

Lincoln, Dec. 25.-(Special.) For
the seventh consecutive year Lincoln
Elks played Santa Claus to about
1000 children of the city and dis
tributed gifts of candy, toys and other
things to crowd at the city audi
torium.
The kids were entertained by sew
eral acts from the Orpheum and Lyric
theaters and with motion pictures.
In the evening one of the most
elaborate municipal Christmas tree
programs was given at the state house
grounds, on the north side, where
music was the chief feature. Steps
winding to the third story balcony
had been built, up which a Christmas
chorus climbed. a thirty-foot tree
was the centerpiecc. while numerous
smaller evergreens made a small for
est below. These were brilliantly dec
GRATED with electric lights
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
GAS EXPLOSION
PLAYS HAVOC At
FAMILY REUNION
Three Persons Killed, Three
Fatally Injured and Ten
Seriously Hurt at Kim
ballton, Ia.
FOUR NEBRASKA VICTIMS
Children and Grand Children of
John Faaborg Had Gathered
for Holiday Reunion.
LEGS AND ARMS BROKEN,

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 25.-Three
persons were killed, three probably
fatally injured and ten others seriously
injured when gas plant in the home
OF John Faaborg, near Kimballton,
Ia, exploded shortly before noon
Sunday.
The dead are,
JOHN NELSON, As, Kimballton.
IDA FAABORG, IA, Kimballton.
CHRISTINA FAABORG, 9, Kim
ballton.
Those probably fatally injured are:
Anna Faaborg, H. daughter of
John, both feet amputated, internally
injured.
Axel Faaborg, p, both legs broken,
badly burned.
Mrs. Faaborg, "a, Older. Neb.,
splinter of wood thrust through lungs.
Seriously injured:
John Faaborg, S., both legs broken,
Mrs. John Faaborg, a., both legs
broken.
Anton Faaborg, Nysted, Neb., arm
broken, badly burned.
Mrs. Anton Faaborg, Nysted, Neb,,
badly burned and cut,
Lydia Faaborg, y, daughter Of
John, leg broken.
Otto Faaborg, ], son Of John, leg
broken, one arm burned.
Knud Faaborg, 13, son of Soren
Faaborg, leg broken, one eye torn
out.
Infant son of Anton Faaborg, IS
months, both arms broken.
The Faaborg family had gathered
for a reunion over the holidays. Two
Of the sons, with their families, hav-
ing come from Nebraska. Others
came to the reunion from about Elk
horn and Kimballton, where most of
them have farms.
Nelson, one of those killed, had
been called to repair the gas plant,
which exploded.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Pope Pleads for Peace
In Christmas Speech

Rome (Via Paris), Dec. 25.-
Pope Benedict made a plea for
peace in his address at the Christ
mas receptin to the Sacred Col
lege.
Referring to the message of
Bethlehem, the pope said that good
will amongst men was the essential
condition toward obtaining That
just and durable peace, which must
put an end to the horrors of the
present war"
The pope urged those in power
to hear the voice Of the Sacred Col
lege appealing to them to arrest
the destruction of the peoples and
to open their ears to the admoni-
ton "of the Father Of the Christian
family seeking to pave the way to
justice and peace"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
FIGHT RENEWED IN
EAST WALLACHlA
Petrograd Report Says Rou-
manians and Russians Lost
Ground at Some Points
TEUToNs TAKE IsAKTcH

Petrograd, Dec. 25.--(British Ad-
miralty, per Wireless via London.,---
Rcnewed heavy fighting is in progress
in eastern Wallachia, today's war Of
fee statement announces The Rou-
manans were forced to yield ground
at some points and the Russians lost
a height north of the Buzeu-Rimnik
road, but repulsed all other attacks.
The evacuation of Tultcha and lsak-
tcha in Dobrudja is announced. At
temhpest by Austro-Hungariaut roops
to recapture heights occupied by the
Russians north of the Uzul valley
were repulsed sanguinarily, the Rus
slams capturing two guns and more
than 200 prisoners.
feutons Attack Bridgehead.
Berlin, Dec. 25.-(By Wireless to
Sayville Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen's Dobrudja army, after captur-
ing Isaktcha on the Danube, has be-
gun an attack on the bridgehead OF
Matchin, in the northwestern corner
of .Dobrudja province, to which the
Russo -Roumanian forces have retreat
ed, army headquarters announce to-
day. Regarding operation on the
Russian front today's statement says:
"Front'o 'of Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Austro-Hungarian outposts repulsed
several Russian attacks near Lysiet,
southwest of Stanilau (Galicia)."
Activity on Italian Front.
Rome, Sunday, Dec. 24.-(Via Lon
don, Dec. 25)--The war Office today
ISSUED the following statement regard
ing military operations on the Austro-
Italian front:
Between St. Elvio and Gardat
there were artillery actions which
were rather more violent than else
where lin the Tonale and Ledro val
leys. We shelled some transport COL
umns on the Pasubio and in the upper
Astico basin.
"On the Julian front thick mist
interfered with artillery activity. I'm
der the cover of this mist, enemy pa
troll reached by surprise our positions
on pint Sc, southeast of Gorilla. They
were driven off and left some prison
ers in our hands.
"On the Carso some encounters be-
tween patrols occurred During the
evening the enemy shelled Monfal.
clone and point l44 with great vic.
lence but was soon slenced by our
artillery"
French Repulse Attack.
Paris, Dec. 25.-The war Office to.
day issued the following statement
regarding military operations on the
French front:
"On the right bank of the Meuse
| (Verdun 'front.' The activity of the ar.
tillery was maintained at a rather live.
ly rate in the region of Louvemont
and Les Chambrettes.
"The night was calm on the re.
mainder OF the front"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Lassan Peak Emits
Big Pillars Of Smoke

Redding, Cal, Dec. 25.-Lassan
Peak celebrated Christmas by emit
ting today a great black pillar of
smoke. Then the wind came up and
whipped the smoke into ring like a
halo around the .op of the restless old
mountain, which has been erupting at
intervals since the spring Of 1914.
House tops here were covered with
folks viewing the spectacle through
field glasses even before they had
opened their Christmas packages.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Taking Of Torreon
By Villa Confirmed

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 25,-A mes
sage confirming the report OF the cap
ture OF Torreon by Villa forces was
received today by General Funston
from Brigadier General George Bell;
commanding American forces at Fl
Paso. After his successful attack
against the Coahuila stronghold VIA
is reported to have gone eastward to
attack Monterey. -
FL Paso, Tex, Dec. "a report
was received here today by an Ameri-
can known to be close to FRANCISCO
Villa that he had captured San fearo g
De Las Colonias,, northeast OF Tor
reon Yesterday. Villa was said to
have captured LOO de facto troops
when he took this town. which was
the birthplace Of Francisco I, Madero.
Carranza officials claim to have no ln-
formation about taking of this, town.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
British Capture
Turkish Position
East of Ell Arish

London, Dec. 25.-Following up
their victory against the Turks in the
capture OF FL Arish, ninety miles
east of the Suez canal, the British
forces in Egypt have captured a
strong Turkish position at Maghda-
dah, twenty miles to the southeast Of
FL Arish, taking some 100 prisoners,
two guns and quantities of war ma
terial, the war Office announced to-
day.
"A full report from Maghdadah is
not at hand. The total captures are
now l,l3O prisoners, at least two guns
and a large quantity of arms and
war material The enemys casual
ties were considerable. Our airplanes
continue to harass the enemy"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Extinct Species of Male Can Hire
Himself in ON aha at Qhty Per

She sa' ,S%\ re any number OF
youtt ~ .e doing typewriting
am ,F I'd work, but they soon
s ,her lines of work.
- O'Brien's department can
= male stenographer at $50 a
n .Ath
This cooperative employment bu-
rcau is endeavoring to serve employ
ers and employed in all classes of
work, from the most menial to skilled
lines. During the first of the year
the department will be transferred to
permanent rooms in the court house
building The employment service,
maintained in connection with the bu-
reau of immigration of the United
States Department of Labor, is CO.
operating with the Welfare board in
this work.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Windstorm Mars
Celebrations at
Camps at Ell Paso

Et,Paso, Texas, Dec. 25-A wind
storm marred the Christmas celebra-
ton in the army camps in this dis
trict today, blew sand over the Christ
mas dinners at noon in the mess house
and prevented many of the band con-
certs and outdoor celebrations from
being held.
Two hundred children from the
families of the enlisted men at Fort
Bliss and in the regular army camps,
together with the children of soldiers
with General Pershing's forces in
Mexico were given presents at the
Twentieth infantry tabernacle last
night following a Christmas cantata
i'll charge of Chaplin John Taxton Of
the Twentieth infantry.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Memorial Service
For Mrs. BOissevain
Held at Capitol

Washington, Dec. 25-In statuary
hall OF the capitol, memorial services
were held today for Inez Milholland
Boissevain, the young suffrage leader
who died last month in Los Angeles,
by the Congressional Union for wo-
man suffrage. Senator Sutherland Of
Utah, Representative Raker of Cali
fornia, Miss Anne Martin of Nevada,
national chairman of the woman's
party and Miss Maud Younger of Cal
ifornia were on the program for ad-
dresses. A memorial resolution was
presented saying of the young suff-
ragist: "She met her death preaching
the solidarity OF women"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Three Are Held Up'
Two Lose Cash, But
One Has Nothing

Three holdups have been reported
to the police. Andrew Ringle, Ok
ford hotel. was held up at Tenth and
Davenport streets. by two men who
relieved him of $40 in cash and a
watch.
Two bandits held up Joe Richey and
George |. De Force, Globe hotel, at
Twelfth and Capitol Richey lost a
watch and fob and De Force lost
$l25.
Ben Klaiman, 27l4 Franklin street,
was stuck up at Twenty-sixth and
Franklin He had nothing \ and he
lost nothing,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Woman Dies at Age
Of Ninety-Seven

Ailments incident to extreme old
age, caused the death of Mrs. Mar
garet Weatherbe, 81, early Sunday
morning at the home of her daugh-
Ter, Margaret Galbreath, 292l North
Twenty-hfth street. Mrs. Weatherbe
had lived here for the last thirty
years. Besides her daughter there are
10 other survivors. her husband hav-
ng died many years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Here Is a Chance for Some
Good Man to Annex Him
self to a Good Job.

Il want male stenographer and
am willing to pay $50 per month"
were tn words OF man who ad-
dressed the cooperative employment
bureau IN the Welfare board rooms
in the city hall.
What is it you want" asked Miss
O'Brien.
Il said male stenographer-SS0
per month" repeated the man
The humor of the situation, accord
ing to Miss O'Brien. is tina: male
stenographers are becoming nearly
extinct; that is, regular stenographers.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Bag Containing Diamonds
Lost in Xmas Crowds

Mrs. Charles Thrush, 1928 Leaven-
worth street, lost her jewels Satur-
day night in The rush of Christmas
shoppers. Among the articles lost
were a two-karat diamond ring, two
one-half karat diamond rings, wrist
watch and 90 cents in change. They
were in a leather purse.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
Henry F. Farney, Noted
Artist and Author, Dies

Cincinnati, O., Dec. 25:-Henry F.
Farny, aged II years. widely knwon
author and painter, died here Mon,
dav in a hospital. He had been II
for several weeks, of ailments inci--
dent to advancing age. Mr. Farny
won world wide recognition as an
artist of unsual merit by his pant
;nps of famous Indian chiefs.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26

DIPLOMATS WHO WILL RECEIVE ANSWER TO PEACE
NOTE-These American diplomats conveyed the German
peace terms the allies and will probably transmit the
Walter Hines Page is the American ambassador to
the Court of St. James, David r. Francis American
bassador to Russia, Thomas Nelson Page American
bassador to Italy and William C. Sharp is American
bassador to France.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26
The Weather

For Nebraska - Probably snow,
colder; fresh to strong winds.
For Iowa-Ipcreasing cloudiness.
With snow; warmer in west portion.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-26

Comparative Local Records.
1916. 1915. 1914. 1913.
Highest yesterday. IS % 10
Lowest yesterday. II S
Mean temperature. Il "a IA
orecipita lion ...... 90 90 0t r
Temperature and precipitation departures
rom the normal at Omaha since March
and compared with the last two years:
tormal temperature. e....,................ "a
Excess for the day y...............-...
Total excess since March 1............ col
yormal precipitation .......... .03 inch
Deficiency for the day. y...,..,... .O3 inch
rotaI rainfall since March l....16. SO inches
deficiency since March 1....,..1 73 Inches
deficiency for cor. period, 1915. 2.o5 inches
,erIriency for cor. period, 1914 3. 81 inches
"r' indicates trace Of precipitation,
L. A. WELSH Meteorologist
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15
HOW PIGEONS BEAR MESSAGE
Matter Is Not as Simple as Is Gener
ally Observation-Disclosures to
Tall Feather.

The general notion that all that has
to be done in forwarding a dispatch
by pigeon is to catch the bird, tie
letter to its leg. and then liberate it.
is utterly fallacious. as the method OF
attaching the message is OF great i'm
pOrtance. Besides. to be of much
service, the birds must have been
thoroughly trained: otherwise. II the
distance to be traversed be great, the
pigeon will in all probability lose its
way, as 1t depends more upon observa-
ton than anything else for guidance
in its flights.
Prior to the siege of Paris the
method OF affixing the message to the
bird had not received that attention
which 1t demanded. and consequently
many dispatches were lost in transit
At first the massage was merely
rolled up tightly. waxed over to pro-
tect 1t from the weather, and then at
tached to a feather in the birds tail
But 1t was soon found that the Irvine
which kept the missive In its place
cut or damaged the paper. and. there
fore, in order to prevent It from being
pecked by the pigeon and from being
Injured by wet, the dispatch was in
serted in a small goose quill two
inches in length. The quill was then
pierced close to each end with red
hot bodkin, so as not to split 1t, and
in the holes waxed silk threads were
Inserted to afiix IT to the strongest tail
feather. BY sttschinE the MESSAGE IN
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15
APPEALED TO FRUGAL SOUL
How Pennsylvania Outehman Finally
Picked Out the Girl He Wanted
for Wife.

However much Americans in gen
sral may have lost the primitive yir-
tues OF thrift and frugality. the Penn
sylvania Dutch still possess them. 40
cording TO Helen r, Martin. -..-
Mrs Martin has told how she
watched a young Pennsylvania Dutch
man study three girls. his object being
mHtrimony.
They were sewing, and he made .
test of their frugality by the way they
tore off their threads. The girl who
tore of her thread closest to the
stitch appealed to him most Later be
watched them at piemaking. With an
other test in mind, he asked each of
them for the waste dough scraps. One
Of the girls. wanting to make hit.
gave him generously. The girl who
had won the first test scrimped few
crumbs for him-and won his heart
and hand Soon after. his foot was
seen on the rocker OF her chair as
they talked-which is Pennsylvania
Dutch for I mean to marry this girl :"
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15

times. Mohammed has the reputation
Of being a seer. II you like. Madame,
| will take you there tomorrow"
Belle assented She was uneasy
concerning her husband Major Gar.
rett was a thousand miles away in
the interior. He had been sent up to
the head of the Nile with his regi-
ment from Cairo. to take part in the
subsection of one OF the Mohammedan
tribes OF the Sudan which had taken
It into its head to go on foray. He
had been gone six months, and she
had not heard from him for two.
She wavered between contempt and
superstition as she accompanied the
dragoman down the teeming lane of
the bazaar. between lines OF stalls the
owners OF which persisted in scream
ing the merits of their wares At last
they reached the man with the crys-
tails.
He was an immense Arab. his head
enveloped in a voluminous turban.
and he sat in his stall immobile.
There was nothing in the booth ex-
cept half a dozen crystals. perfectly
round, semitransparent spheres OF
glass.
As IL he had been expecting her. the
Arab rose and motioned to her to en-
ter the booth. Inside, he handed her
a low chair and indicated that she
was to be seated. Then, taking one
OF the globes from the counter, he
placed it in her hands, at the same
time drawing the curtains which sep.
arated the booth from the lane out.
side.
Belle Garrett. seated there alone,
heard the raucous cries OF the sellers
in the bazaar sound fainter in her
ears. A curious sense came over her
OF being divorced from time and
space. She was aware OF the Arab
at her side, but everything had grown
dark except the crystal, which was
dazzling bright. Then its surface be-
gan to film. It turned opalescent, milky,
Suddenly a picture began to form on
It.
She saw a thorn Jungle, and line
of white tents pitched in little clear
ing. Egyptian soldiers were moving
to and fro. She saw the camels on
their picket line, and the men feed
ing them. A tent flap was lifted. and
she. saw an officer inside, writing.
She gasped. 1t was Dick. her hus-
band!
She wanted to go to him for 81
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15


A certain dealer had lot of cheese
which was anything but good. and,
tired OF seeing it about, told the as
sistant when he closed the shop to
leave the condemned cheeses at the
door for someone to walk on with
Thomas occasionally crept to a win
dow to see operations. and at length
went to his master, grinning all over
his face. saying the cheese was gone.
Leave another out tomorrow night
WAS the masters order, which was
obeyed by the shopman. who. after a
few peeps next evening, walked to his
master in the counting house. scratch
ing his head. and looking as though
some great disappointment had befal-
len him.
rs II gomez" asked the dealer.
No. sir; that other 'un has walked
backi"
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15

denly. Il used almost to wish that
you'd break down some day when you
we're out yonder swimming so that 1
could save your"
She did not answer.
Marion. do you hear me? Didn't
You ever wish anything at all?"
Somehow his arm was around her
waist and Marion forgot to look back
over her shoulder to be sure that Dell
was out of sight twas wonderfully
quiet down there along the beach with
Just the gulls flying low and reed
bird calling now and then over the
sandhills in the marshes.
Nothing" she said softly hanging
her head only that you wouldn't get
so many letters postmarked Boston"
Copyright. 1916 by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Svndicate.)
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15

room or their little nat Iney laughed
heartily at her accounts OF her dis
nluslonment about the retreat and the
rustic hero she had expected to ind
there.
And now we're going to celebrate
my return from the rural regions by
going to a picture show. but l hope
they won't show any rustic heroes"
said Alene. -.-- -.--- " --
That reminds me-" exclaimed her
mother. Did you hear about VIII Egg
ger winning a thousand-dollar prize
for the best scenario picturing q mod
ern business romance? Isn't that
CREATE" Before Alene could reply her
father called her from the front door.
bidding her come to greet an old
friend. She was not surprised great
ly when she found the old friend"
to be VIII Egger.
"Oh. VIII. but I'm glad to get back
to civilization" said Alene, after the
first greetings were over. I'm In
clined to think the rustic romances
are all on the films" 90
Il came by to ask your parents how
you liked your retreat" laughed VIII,
"but maybe you'll go to the picture
show with me-"
I'm go If you'll guarantee no rustic
adventures" asserted Alene.
81 can safely promise that" said
VIII, for they are giving the first run
tonight of a modern business 70
nance
oh. and congratulations on your
home run for the big prizei Mother
was just telling me about it when you
came ..;5
What want to tell you. Alene. ia
that I've been hoping that thousand i
won might help make little home. II
you'll help me run It,"
Copyright. 1916 by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate) 10
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15

The method OF breaking small bot
ties without splintering the glass by
burning an oil-soaked string tied
about them, is well known, but this
method does not work well with large
bottles. Following is a method by
which any sized glass vessel can be
broken-as. for example. a glass tub
to be made-o out OF carboy:
FIJI the vessel with cold water up
to the point at which it. is to be
broken. Pour enough boiling oil over
the water to make good coat on the
surface, and. before the oil has time
to cool, dash cold water on the outside
of the vessel. A clean break at the
contact point of oil and water win be
the result
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15
BY HAROLD CARTER

a
Copyright. 1916. by W. g. Chapman0
20 nonsense, Belle! don't believe
in that rubbish, and wouldn't encOur'
age superstition" said Lady Wheelock.
Belle Garrett turned reluctantly
away from the Arab with the crystal
Seeing his hopes of customer dis
appearing. the fellow set up a wailing
chant that followed the ladies all
along the bazaa-.
What is he saying7" Belle Garrett
asked the dragoman.
He wants you to look In his crys-
tai, lady" answered thu Egyptian
He says that you will see something
very important"
Again Belle Garrett hesitated. but
her companion was departing, and at
length she hurried after her. hearing
the Arabs cries still in her ears.
Did you ever look into one Of those
crystals?' she asked her friend.
"Neverl" snapped Lady Wheelock.
It's all a pack Of superstition and
humburg"
The dragoman smiled, and Belle
caught the look on his face. When
they were alone she asked him:
Did you ever hear OF anything
true being seen in a cystal7"
Yes. lady" he answered. Some
The Lamar register., 1916-03-15
What Could He Do?

81 hate to be contradicted." she said.
Then | won't contradict you" he
returned
You don't love me-" she asserted
81 don't" he admitted
you are hateful old thing she
cried.
81 am" he replied.
81 believe you are trying to tease
me-" she said.
81 am he conceded.
And you do not love me-"
81 don't"
We'll. she said at last Il do hate
a man who's weak enough to be led
nv "a woman "-Houstop Post