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Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-21
SERGT. GONZALES
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Son of Minister to Cuba Eighth
Victim of Disease at
Camp Bliss.
TENTS ARE OvERHEATED

El Paso, Tex, Dec. 20-Sergeant
Robert +. Gonzales OF the machine
gun company, Second South Carolina
infantry, and a son OF w. T. Con-
zales, United States minister to Cuba,
died at the base hospital, Fort Bliss,
at Has O. clock last night of pneu-
monia after an illness of four days.
Sergeant Gonzales was % years old
and came to the border with his regi-
ment from Columbia, S. c.
Minister Gonzales is now enroute
from Havana to FL Paso, according
to the officers of the Second South
Carolina infantry. His mother is
also expected to reach here Saturday
from New York, accompanied by the
boys uncle, Ambrose E. Gonzales.
A military funeral will be held.
Sergeant Gonzales death was the
eighth from pneumonia to be report
ed here among the National Guard
and regular army during the last
eight days. 10 3 s.
Pneumonia is contracted when sob
diers pefmit their tents to become
overheated and then go out into the
cold night air to cool off, according
to Brigadier General George Bell, jr.,
commander of the border division
here, which includes many OF sthe
National Guard troops. General Bell
said today he had warned the SOL
diers against this practice and in
structed officers to make nightly trips
through the camps to inspect the
tents.
Do Not Fear Epidemic.
Washington, Dec. 20.--Army medi-
cal officers on the border reported to-
day there was no danger of the cases
OF spinal meningitis among Georgia
and Pennsylvania troops becoming
epidemic. There have been three
deaths in Georgia regiment, and two
cases, both now recovering, in Penn
sylvania organization. No new cases
have developed in the last eight days.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-21
Ban On Nebraska
Wheat May Close
Minneapolis Mills

Minneapolis, MINI, Dec 2O.-An-
nouncement today by the local Office
Of the Union Pacific railroad that
Minneapolis freight would not be ac-
cepted after Tuesday, December 26,
added to the seriousness of the sit
uation brought about here by the
shortage of freight cars, and leading
millcrs declared that all local -four
mills would be compelled TO shut
down unless conditions improved in
the near future.
All shipments from here for Chi.
cago. Milwaukee, Kansas City and
Omaha we're being accepted by rail
roads today subject to embargoes.
The order Of the Union Pacific.
which will not be in effect until jan
uary 7, was issued with a view to
clearing congested terminals.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-21

Roy Tanner, Twenty-hrst and
Davenport streets, has lain in COM
atose condition at the Wise Memorial
hospital since last Sunday morning,
puzzle to DR.. B. \. McDermott and
number OF other physicians who
have been called in to consultation
on the curious case. All efforts to
restore him to consciousness or to
find any cause for his condition have
failed. The X-rays have been used,
but no blood clots or other known
cause for Inconsistencies have been
found md no broken bones or inter
nal injuries.
Tanner sustained his injury when
he and John Gatchell 1914 Corby
street, were on their way to Millard
Sunday morning to enjcy a chicken
dinner. They went on motorcycle
with side car attachment.
Late in the morning Lee G. Lytle,
l6ll Davenport street. on his : ay to
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-21
Mysterious Shooting of Girl on
Street Follows Supposed
Tryst Early in Evening.
MURDERER HELD IN JAIL

When Dorothy RAIDER, 25 years old,
came to the corner of Twenty-sixth
and Farnam streets last night at 7
p. m. to meet her presumed lover,
four bullets into her body was the
greeting she got She toppled to the
pavement and died a few minutes
later. A man named Fuller, who
says he lives in Lexington, Neb., and
who has been stopping at the Mer-
chants hotel, is under arrest, charged
with killing the girl.
The dead girl had lived in Omaha
about a year. coming here from Kim
ball, Neb. The man who shot her is
F. W. Fuller of Lexington. Neb.. a
butcher about as years of age. He
says he was once the husband of his
victim.
He followed her from Sixteenth and
Farnam to shoot her when she got off
the car
H. Gregory, $40 South Twenty
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-21
PROHIBITION BILL
OVER HOLIDAYS
Parliamentary Misplay Upsets
Plans for Immediate Action
on Sheppard Measure.
ASHURsT POCKETS BILL
BULLETIN.

Washington, Dec. 20-A parlia-
mentary misplay by one of its friends
late today upset plans for an imme-
diate vote on Senator Sheppard's
District of Columbia prohibition bill
and advocates of the measure were
obliged to agree that it go over until
after the Christmas holidays for final
action.
Washington, Dec 20-The prohibi-
ton bill to make the capital dry fell
into the tolls of filibuster late today
when Senator Ashurst, who favors
it, without intention OF imperiling a
vote, got unanimous consent for con-
sideration of a miscellaneous land
bill The opponents Of the prohibi-
| ton bill were quick to take advantage
of the opportunity to contend that it
had been displaced before the senate
and were supported by ruling from
the chair.
Senator Ashurst then sought to
Withdraw the land bill, and did so
physically by stepping to the desk
and putting the document in his
| pocket.
Senator Reed of Missouri insisted
that such method of withdrawing
bills was new in parliamentary pro-
cedure.
"lf men are permitted to dispose Of
legislation by physically applying
strong-arm methods and grabbing
bills out of the possession OF the
senate" said Senator Reed, "legisla-
tive business then will resolve itself
to grabbing and running. Under
those circumstances the man who
grabs the most and runs the fastest
would be the greatest statesman. If
we are proceeding under Marquis of
Queensbury rules, it is time we knew
it. We may even descend to packing
house rules, which | understand per-
NIT using the thumps and even the
feline method of scratching with the
finger nails"
Senator Ashurst declared he was
not disturbed by Mr.. Reeds attack.
The senator from Missouri" he
said is incapable of carrying out
here or elsewhere any threat he
makes against Inc or against anyone
else- He is fond Of joke against
anyone else, but when it is on him
self he dances around like a rat on a
griddle tryir~ 10 set off"
He declared the if Senator Reed
were fair about the prohibition bill
he would allow it to come to vote.
The saloon lost ou, in Arizona
and elsewhere" he continued, "by
such tactics as these. 1t committed
suicide whel it spread th2 slime +
politics like this on itself.
1T i'll becomes the senator from
Missouri to use technical ideas and
motions against this bill"
AS he concluded the Arizona sena-
tor walked slowly down the aisle,
waving the bill over his head and re-
stored it to the clerks desk.
| The Indians of Oklahoma may suf-
fer. but whisky will still reign in the
national capital" said he.
The debate which FOLLOWED took on
the nature of flbuster. Friends Of
the prohibition bill fear it cannot be
passed unless it is voted on before
the Christmas holidays.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-21
BRITISH PAPERS
LIKE POSITION
OF LLOYD GEORGE
Nation is Prepared to Make All
Sacrifices Necessary to
Insure the Ends Be-.
ing Sought,
PEACE DOOR NOT CLOSED
Germany Must Act in Role of
Vanquished, Not in That
Of Victor.
NO HOSTILE CRITICISM

London, Dec. 20.-Nearly all of
the morning papers agree that Lloyd
George expressed the views of the
British nation in his speech in the
House Of Commons, dealing with
Germany's peace proposal.
Lloyd George says the Times,
expressed the thoughts and wishes
of the nation and laid down pro-
gram which will command its hearty
support" This is the tone Of the
comment in most of the other papers,
who hold that the premier's answer
and also Lord Curzon's speech i'll
the House of Lords are moderate
in phrase, firm and unanswerable in
substance"
The papers say that the nation is
prepared and will willingly undertake
all the sacrifices foreshadowed and
will face greater privations if neces-
sary to insure those ends of repara-
ton and security which the allies de-
mand from the central powers.
There is nowhere any hostile criti-
cism of the governments declaration,
but the Daily News contends that the
forecast Of the measures for organ
izing the nation do little more than
indicate that the policy Of the late
government will be continued and ex-
tended. 1t says that if the new gov
ernment succeeds as we'll as its prcde-
cessor the nation will be grateful and
that if it succeeds better the nation
will be more than grateful.
Door Not Bolted.
At the same time the newspaper
comments point out the possibility
of negotiations being undertaken, not
withstanding the strong statements of
the premier and Lord Curzon, and
their endorsement by members of the
late government Thus the Daily
News says that the door is not nee
essarily banged and bolted and that
the allies fiat refusal Of Chancellor
Won Bcthmann-Hollwcg's offer is not
meant to indicate that the allies do
not wish peace, but that Germany
must ask it in the role of vanquished
and not the victors."
THE News expresses the hope that
the allies will speedily agree on pre-
else term of which they will be will
ing to negotiate.
Even the Mail, which has always
demanded extreme measures against
Germany, says there is no obstacle
whatever to peace if Germany really
wants it. She has merely to with
draw from the occupied countries and
we are willing enough to discuss
reparation and guarantees for the
future"
The Manchester Guardian says:
Lloyd George has not shut the door
on peace with that resounding clang
for which some of his less balanced
supporters in the press have been
listening. 1t is true he insisted on
the impossibility of accepting the
German invitation as it stands. In
this he was ably seconded by Mr.
Asquith and will be approved by the
country.
THE German chancellor must be
both more modest and more explicit
before he can expect any favorable
answer to his invitation. But the
real danger in the situation which
his offer created was that the allies,
this country in particular, might be
led into an abrupt and sweeping re-
fusal, not merely of the actual invita-
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-21
Wholesalers Protest
Against Rate Raises

Pierre, S. D., Dec 20.-(Special
Telegram.)-A good part of the rate
hearing today was taken up by repre-
sentatives Of the wholesale interests
making their protests as to increasing
rates and explanations of their view
Of the freight situation in South Da-
kota. Most of the representatives of
the jobbers have returned home, but
there are a number of propositions
raised by the roads which will yet be
given hearing.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-21
Six Towns in the Bay
State Taken From Wet Side

Boston, Mass, Dec. 20.--No license
advocates gained two new victories
in the four municipalities outside of
Boston holding elections yesterday.
North Adams changed from the wet
to the dry column for the first time
in twenty-nine years, and Fitchburg
turned last years license majority Of
u to no-license margin of a. Pea
body and Quincy remained in the dry
column.
With the last of the thirty-seven
city elections in the state now de-
cided, the dry forces this year have
added six cities to their lists and have
not lost any.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-21
WILSON URGES
NATIONS At WAR
DISCUSS PEACE
President, in Note to Belliger-
ents, Suggests Occasion Be
Sought to Call Out Avowal
of Their Views.
is WITHOUT ANY NOTICE
Disclaims Any Intention Of
Action as Peace Maker or
Mediator.
U. S. VITALITY INTERESTED

Washington, Dec. 20.-President
Wilson has appealed to all the bel
ligerents to discuss terms OF peace.
Without actually proposing peace
or offering mediation, the president
has sent formal notes to the govern
ments OF all the warning nations, sug-
gesting that "an early occasion be
sought to call out from the nations
now at war such an avowal of their
respective views as to the terms upon
which the war might be concluded
and the arrangements which would be
deemed satisfactory as a guaranty
against its renewal or the kindling OF
any similar conflict in the future, as
would make it possible frankly to
compare them"
Wholly Without Notice.
Wholly without notice and entirely
contrary to what administration Off
cials have described as his course, the
president last night dispatched the
notes to all the belligerents. and to all
IL.
Summarized in the presidents own
words, as contained i'll the notes, his
attitude is as follows:
THE president is not proposing
peace; he is not even offering media
tion. He is merely proposing that
soundings be taken in order that we
may learn, the neutral nations with
the belligerents, how near the haven
OF peace may be-
instruction by Lansing,
The ,ot.s % ,he hoi,;,oro,., a..
prefaccd with ibis instruction by Sec
retary Lansing to the American am
bassadors presenting them;
The president directs me to send
you the following communication to
be presented Immediately to the min
lister of foreign affairs Of the govern
ment to which you are accredited"
The text OF the notes themselves
then begin identically as follows:
The president OF the United States
has instructed me 10 suggest to the
| (here is inserted designation of the
government addresscd) course of
action with regard to the present war
which he hopes that the government
will take under consideration as sug-
gested in the most friendly spirit and
as coming not only from friend but
also as coming from the representa-
tive OF neutral nation whose inter
ests have been most seriously affected
by the war and whose concern for
its early conclusion arises out OF
manifest necessity to determine how
best to safeguard those interests If
'''e wal 10 ~ ~ 'u"'''u.
a.. Inc iexts vary.
At this point the texts vary. In
the notes to the central powers this
paragraph follows next
"The suggestion which l am in
structed to make the president has
long had it in mind to offer. He is
somewhat embarrassed to offer it at
this particular time because it may
now seem to have been prompted by
desire to play in part in connection
with the recent overtures Of the cen
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Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-21
Cold Weather Record
At Pierre Is Broker

Pierre, 5. D., Dec. 20.--(Special
Telegram. with government rec
ord OF "a degrees below zero here
this morning, the lowest December
record since the bureau was cstab-
ishcd at this city twenty-five years
ago was broken.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-21
The Weather
Comparative

Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March /,
and compared with the last two years
Normal temperature. re........,........... rs
Deficiency for tho day. so
Total excess since March 1.............2S3
Normal precipitation. ........... .03 inch
Deficiency for the day......... .03 inch
Total rainfall since March 1....16.33 inches
Deficiency since March l.......12.60 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1915. 1.95 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1914. 3.2s inches
Reports from Stations at P. N.
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"FalstaiI' again. but iossibly Mr..
Scott. who is the iin%persona,or Of the
fat knight. Will not he we'll enough to
undertake such an arduous role before
the close o: ;he season. "Ote.lo' has
never been very popular and the COM
pany contains no n 20 sing the
title role.
Outside the domain ~ opera. prcpa-
rations are under way FOR "A New York
production of Gustave Mahler's eighth
symphony. The composition has been
given in Philadelphia amid great popu-
lar excitement. Sold houses and
demands for numerous rcpetit!onS are
reported. All the forces, Including the
Philadelphia orchestra and its con-
ductor. Leopold S.okuN.k.. Will be
brought to this city for thu concert TO
he given under the protection ~ the
SOCIETY of the Friends OF Music.
Philad, iph.a ,waplpors have made
known the profoundly significant fact
that tie 'rip Nithcr VIII cost about
$4,000. This makcs il ncontcstab.e
that the symphony viii hr worth hear
:ny. But what "A pity Mah,cr could
not have had the money
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the Trio de Lutece and Lucien Mura-
tore are to take part In the programme.
The programme for next Wednesday
night Is as follows: Tschaikowsky. An
dante Funebre from quartet. opus 80:
Massenet. Air de werther: Saint-Saens.
Scherzo for two pianos: Faure. trio:
Couperin. La Bandoline. lie Carlton de
Cythere: Daquin. lie Coucou: Bocche-
riri. larghetto and allegro; Saint-Saens.
air de Dejanire. Mistral. magali. Old
French. lie Temps de Cerises. Saint
Saens. variations .or two pianos.
Julia Cup. at her third song recital
in Aeolian Hall on Thursday after
noon. March ls. Will sing a group Of
five sacred songs by Hugo Wolf. fol-
lowed by "A group Of old international
songs in Italian. English. French and
German. Her last group will consist OF
six further numbers by Hugo Wolf.
Mrs. Marjory kennedy-Fraser. author
of Songs of the Hebrides." who was
placed upon the civil pension list ~ the
British Government for her BILE
work Of rescuing from oblivion the folk
songs OF the people in the isles off the
west coast Of Scotland. will. with her
daughter. Patuffa Kenneiy-Fraser. give
her first public recital here OF Songs
! OF the Hebrides" in Aeolian Hall. Thurs.
! day evening. March 16. Granville Ban.
took gives Mrs. Fraser credit for hi,
inspiration for his symphony 'Hebrides.'
recently rendered for the first time ir
Glasgow and Edinburgh. The interest.
ms list OF Hebridean songs which vii
be presented Were collected orally IL
the Western isles by Mrs. Kennedy.
Fraser and her daughter. with the hell
or Kenneth Macleod. They were edited
translated and arranged for voice ant
~pianoforte by Marjory Kennedy-Frasei
and Kenneth Macleod. Some OF IN.
titles OF the numbers in the hit are THE
Sea-gull OF the Observation-Disclosures.
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MRS kENNEOY-FRAsER And MISS KENNEDy-FRAsER SONGS
OF TIE AE6R,DeS". AEOliAN HALL THURSDAY EVENING,

.el. .Audisio and Bloch. Miss Gall will
canoe. Mr.. Polacco will conduct.
Die Walkuere" az popular prices on
Saturday evening. with Mines. Gadsr!.
Kurt. Ober. Sparkes. Fornia. Warrum.
Curtis, milford. Heinrich. Roteson ard
Mattfeld and Messrs. tr!us. Eraul and
Euysdael. NJ. Bodanzky conductinv
At to-right's opera concert Nine.
Schumann-Heink will sing an aria
from Bruch's "Odysseus" ard a group
OF SONGS ny Schubort-Liszt and Schu-
hert-Alottl. jacques Crlus will sing
an aria from Bce,hoven's "Adelaide"
and the Prize Song from Die Meis-
t%ersinger." Marvine Maazei. pianist.
Will play Ruh!nste.n's u MINOR crr-
certo. The orchestra under li!char1
iiagcinan's direction will pay Cold
! marks "~Sakunta!a" overture. Fine
S;"ppen-Sk.z2e aus M't.elasion by
Borodln. Nolkmann's "Sercnade for
Strings" and Berlioz's Queen Ma"
sCher2u.
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CONCERTS. RECITALS. NOTES OF
MUSIC.

The last pair OF concerts here Of the
season given by the Boston symptom,
orchestra will tahe place In Carnegie
Hail next Thursday evening. March &c.
and SATURDAY afternoon, March IS.
Thursday evening Anton Wick. tn.
concert master Of the orchestra. will APP
pear rs solois;. playing the rarely heard
concerto. In Hungarian Style,' for v'o-
lin and orchestra, b. Josef Joachim.
The orchestral numbers will be Bee
thovcn's overture to "~I.eonore," No. I :;
~Schumann's symphony No. |. The pro-
gramme for Saturday afternoon includes
the rarely heard "concertan.e Sym
phon!e" Of Mozart for violin aid vio,a.
the solo instruments being played by
Messrs. Anton W'itek and Emile F'erir
The orchestra will play Beethoven's
symphony No. .. Rrahms's Academic
Festival" overture and Wagner's prelude
to Die Mcistersingcr."
Fritz kreisler and Pablo Casals viii
again play Hrahms's double concerto for
violin. vloloncelio and orchestra with
the symphony Society at Carnegie Hal,
hts afternoon, The orchestral numbers
10 10 heard are he ~Bacchanale from
"Tannhaeuser," Wagner. Paris version,
aud She symphonic poem Death and
TRANSPORTATION" Richard strauss
The symphony Society's final concert
In New York for the present serson
will b. given at Carnegie Han on
Wednesday afternoon. March -, wiz
Josef Hoffman, as %solo!st. A. this con
cert NJ. iIofmann will play Beethoven
"Emperor' concerto Cor piano with or
chcstra and "A group az solos for piano
Tn orchestra will play Tscha.kowsky's
NTH symphony. Following this concert
the entire New YORK Sympnuny or
chestra, with its conductor. Walter
Damroscl. and JOSEF lIocmann AS solo
list. will leave New York for "A tour of
ten weeks. covering 5000 miles, TO the
Pacific coas, and back. During this
period the orchestra will give seventy
concerts in over sixty cities OF the
United States.
This afternoon the final performance
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METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.

Hermann GuetH's The Tanning -
the Shrcw"-"Der W:jcrspacnstigcn
ZaehmunS"-w.l havc It's hrs. per-
Torrance in this country in IA genera
ton on next "Wednesday evening "A,
the metropolitan Opera House. The
work was first produced on October
II. 1874, in the Opera House AT Mann
helm. of which Arthur B%odanzky, who
has rehearsed ard viii conduct the
opera here. was musical director be-
fore coming to America General
Manager Gatti-Cssazza has had James
Fox Of the scenic department Of tn.
Metropolitan Opera House reproduce
the scenery painted by Ludwig Sievrrt
for the Mannheim Opera Houses most
recent production OF this opera,
The cast will be as follows: Kdth-
erinc. Nine. Margaret Oher: Pctruccio.
Clarence Whitehill; Bidncn. Nine.
Marie Rappold: LUcentio. Johannes
Sembach; Bdptistd. Otto %i;or.,z.
| HortPnsio, Robert l.eonhardt Grumio
Basyl Ruysdacl: 4 H~ousckccprr. Nine.
Marie Ma,,fc,d: 4 Tailor. Albert
| Reiss; MAJOR D0mo. Max Bach.
The other operas this week viii he
as follows:
Aida" tomorrow evening. with
Mines. I.appold. Homer and curtis and
Messrs. Mart!uelli. Amato. RosSi Scott
and Audisio, Miss Call VIII dance
Mr.. Bavagnoli will conduct.
a special matinee for the benefit %
' the Emergency Fund on Thu: sday. ~
Programme being as foi,ows: I'll
T'rovatore.' second act. second scene
with Nine. Ober and MessrS. Martin
II! and Audisio. MIR. Po.acco conduct
irg: ~"Lohcngrin,' second act. WITH
Mines, Gadshi and Homer and M"ss-s
Crlus, We'll, Braun and Schlegcl, Mr.,
Hodanzky conducting, "Pagliacc!." first
act. with Nine. Caiatti ana Messrs,
CarusO. De I.uca, Tegani and Bldn.
MIR. Ravagnoli conducting. and he
Tartar Ballet from "prince Igor, wit
Miss Cali, Mr.. Ronfiglio and the entire
chorus and corps de ballet, Mr. Polac,o
conducting.
ia Sonnambula" OF Thursday eve
ming, with Mines. Bar:ientos, Pcrinl
and Sparkes and Mcssrs, Damacco
D!dur, Rossi and Audisio. Mr. POlaCcG
conducting.
MADAME Sans-Gene" on Friday eve
ming. with Mines. Farrar. Braslau
Sparkes, Fornia, lcgencr and Curtis
end Messrs. Martincllr. An1ato n,
Segurola. Althouse, Tcgani, Badl
Leonhardt. I,eschigllan and Beguc
Mr.. Poiacco conducting.
"samson ct Dalila" at the Saturaa.
matinee. with Nine. Homer aai
Messrs. caruso. Amato. Rothier. Scsle.
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appearances In other cities was ar
ranged for this season. the cities booked
including Chicago. Boston, Cleveland.
Dayton. Hartford. Pittsburg and Syra-
cuse. The programme for March 10.
which II made up entirely OF original
compositions for two pianos. follows:
Schumann. andante and variations. opus
49,; Reinecke. impromptu on a theme
from Schuinann's Manfred: Mozart.
sonata In d major Saiht-Saens. varia-
ions on II theme by Beethoven: Arensky.
romance and valse; Chabrler. ~"Espana."
John McCormack's next New. York ~
cital will be given at Carnegie Hall SUM-
day afternoon. March 10.
A new song. "The Goddess in the Gar
den,' written for him by Enrique
Cranados, the composer OF "Goyescas."
and tho "Kashimiri Song" also written
for him by Harry r. Burleigh. will No
special features OF the programme. The
latter II from the Indian Love Lyrios'
OF Lawrence Hope.