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THE
DAILY
BULLETIN
VOLUME XV.
TWENTY PAGES TODAY
BfcOWNWOOD TEXAS SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER 12 1915.
SECTION ONE
NUMBXT49
DEFICIT IS DECREASED "
TO $1110000 BY BURLESON
NATION'S BIG HEN MAKE MERRY s
IN UNIQUE GRIDIRON BANQUET
YUAN ACCEPTS ILAW TO ENFORCE POSTAL
CHINESETHRONE U. S. NEUTRALITY
r
WARRIORS AND PACIFISTS SHARE
1 ALIKE IX BOXBARDMENT
OF FUN.
BRYAN A LEADING CHARACTER
Fonaer Secretary of State Was Not
Spared by Faa-makers; Roose-
velt Also Represented.
WASHINGTON Dec. 11. Peace and
preparedness advocates alike came in
for a raking fire of jest at the Winter
dinner of the Gridiron Club tonight.
At the close the preparedness ranks
appeared the stronger but their cas-
ualties from verbal shrapnel were al-
most as heavy as those of the pa-
cifists. President Wilson Vice President
Marshall members of the Cabinet
Senators Representatives and .men
prominent in public life from many
parts of the country were among the
club's guests. The chorus of the song
introducing the President follows:
chorus:
Good-bye; chief I'm through
I pray you'll not forget;
I say good-bye to you
With more .or less -regret;
I go to save the. nation
With lecture and oration .
So I bid a fond -adieu
Good-bye. chief Good bless you
I'm through.
As Mr. Bryan finished singing
General Gumdrop "broke out into "In
days of old when knights were bold"
and the entire company mutinied. The
skit closed with the singing of . a
strictly preparedness chorus.
Roosevelt Qualifies.
The Gridiron Rookies sketch
brought out Colonels Roosevelt Har-
vey Watterson and House and Sec-
retary Garrison General Leonard
Wood Mayor John Purroy Mitchel'
of New York Dudley Field Malone
COUXCIL OF STATE TENDERED SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPART
HIS HONOR TWICE BEFORE
ACCEPTANCE.
J
2IENTS WILL WORK TOGETH-
ER IN SECURING EVIDENCE
IS MOST REMARKABLE MAN U. S. PENITENTIARY PROBLEM
Gained Position in China Because of Attorney General Recommends That
His Success in Handling i Employment Be Fosad For In.
the Army. f mates of Federal Prisons.
!
PEKING; China Dec. 11. Yuan Shi
Kai president of the Chinese Re-
public has accepted the throne of
China tendered him by the Council
of State. The Council sent Yuan Shi
Kai two petitions before he accepted
with a proviso that he is to continue
as president until a convenient time
for the coronation.
In recent years Yuan ShI-kai has
EUROPEAN WAR HAS COST AMER-
ICAN POSTAL SERVICE
$21000600.
EXPANSION OF DEPARTMENTS
Parcel Post and Savings Bank Depart-
Bieats Show Remarkable Growth
Daring Year.
WASHINGTON Dec. 11. Postmast-
WASHINGTON Dec. 11. A cen
tral organization Is to be created Tor er General. Burleson's annual report
f"?V Pb tonight .says the Euro-
We take our stand back to you Mr.
Wilson
Strength to your arm we give;
You're the leader of all
We respond to your call
We will stand firm with you for the
red white and blue;
No party or faction divides us in twain
We're just plain Americans proud
of the name;
Let the world realize
Naught can sever our times.
We take our hats off to you.
A figure representing William Jen-
nings Bryan was prominent In the ev-
ening's entertainment. He bobbed up
in three skits always in a ' stellar
role.
Bryan Ib Liraelight
"The Saccharine Soldier" perhaps
the liveliest of all the sketches
brought the former Secretary of State
to the fore as the leader of a band
of New York Collector of Customs: I become the most conspicuous person
Representative Augustus P. Gardner
of Massachusetts; Oswald G. Villard
of New York Mr. Bryan and Theo-
.dore Roosevelt Jr. as candidates for
the army. Scarcely had the squad
assembled when Colenel Roosevelt
leaped forward and began to assail
those who are trying to "Chinafy
America." As the examination for
candidates proceeded Colonel Roose-
velt was asked if he desired to join
the cavalry.
"L want to organize a gas-bomb bri-
gade" he replied.
'"What do you know about gas-
oombs?" n examiner asked.
"Everything; why I fired one at
Pittsburgh."
"Did It do any damage ?".
"It almost killed Leonard Wood."
Mr. .Gardner clad only in a shirt;
and a barrel rushed in complaining
that Secretaries Daniels and Garrison
bad stolen all of his outfit except his
press agent Secretary Garrison un-
der examination stated that his idea
of a hero was a man who stood on
the administrat'on firing Hne arid per-
mitted Roosevelt to shoot speeches at
of soldiers armed with marshmal-j hinu .Colonel Watterson declared his
lows bon bons and other candies and belief tha.t preparedness just now is a
exhibited as reiics of a barbaric age.
Among the officers were General
Gumdrop Colonel Caramel Major-
good thing because it will demonstrate
that a single-track mind can run 'both
ways. Colenel House was assigned
Marshmallow Captain Candy and f to the Household cavalry. Dudley
other bearing names of confections.
The soldiers' "weapons" were huge
red wbite and blue candy canes;
which they waved quite recklessly.
Announcement of the loss of all of
the armj;'s chewing gum to a girl's
school and the destruction of two
wagonloads of Chautauqua contracts
caused great distress in the camp. Mr.
Bryan then obliged with "Good-bye
chief I'm through." Here is the
Field Malone went to the Boy Scouts
The Newspaper Men.
To prove that newspaper men in
Washington are not handed informa-
tion on a sirver platter "four exhibits
of raw material" with whom the re-
porters have to work Mr. Bryan
Secretary Rcdrieid Senato- James
Hamilton Lewis rnd Secretary Tu
multy were p:?cated in a sketch.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE S)
MAIN FIGHTING FORCES SETTLE
DOWN FOR WINTER IN TRENCHES
TEUTONS EVACUATE LEMBERG J Greece Js expected momentarily.
THOUGH THEIR PURPOSE ' garian premier to be more than a
IS NOT KNOWN. J million men. The allies continue to
fall back toward Saloniki but with-
cut suffering losses such as were en-
t i ipa mi- i puling ...... dured when the retreat first began.
it i ild luL i runup nrnniii . ......c
ALLlLU flnL LLnllRU OLflDW tii&paicn Hemes uie re-j n0 frankly refuse although he
Iuri wuitu gao ionuou sucu a shock.
to the effect that German troops have
'reached Glevgeli near the border be-
aMty of. the Orient through his efforts
to bring his 400000000 fellow yellow
men into line as citizens of the now
Republic of China. The task of turn-
ing this most ancient aid backward
of Kingdoms Into a Republic within
whose confines there was a fifth of
the world's inhabitants a Republic
four times as large as the United
States was obviously no easy one
and the man who attempted it did not
escape storms of criticism from those
who held that he was a dictator vir-
tually founding a new dynasty. But
among foreigners generally Yuan. ShI-
kai is given credit for as able an ad-
ministration as couhd be expected un-
der the circumstances.
Widely Known.
Long before Yuan Shi-kal was
widely known abroad he "had been ac
cepted by the Manchus the Chinese
and the foreigners in China as a
coming man.
Born in 1859 the son of a District
Governor in the province of. Honan
Yuan -ShI-kai aspired to an official
position but the rule was that of-
ficial life was open only to those
who'passed In ancient classics: Yuan
utterly failed in one of those govern-
ment tests at which thousands of as-
pirants are closeted for three days
undergoing examination.
He went into Korea as a secretary
with the army arfd there rose rap-1
idly through his display of military
and diplomatic ability. The famous
Grand Chancellor LI Hung-chang re--ognlzed
in him a man of action and
appointed him Chinese resident at
Seoul. This was the highest post in
the empire and Yuan held It when
he was only 26 years old. When the
Japanese drove- the Chinese out of
Korea he was one of the few. to re-
turn to Peking still in the favor of
the court.
Ariuy Reorganization.
He rose to great prominence thru
his effective reorganization of the
army after the war with Japan had
' shown its weaknesses. It is gener
ally held that he assisted the Em-
press Dowager in effecting a coup
d-etat In 1898 by which she wrested
the throne from the Emperor Kuang
Shu and he was popularly accused of
betraying the Emperor. The Dowag-
er appointed him governor of Shan-
tung where during the the" Boxer
rebellion he displayed his astuteness.
t Invited to Join the Boxer sect he tlar-
damage to the German fortifications.
f iivf rt ilia wro y n'nrn car1or1 tnrlav
v. Ti ta i he was given credit for material as
ai a tuuiucutD uj J. i v.titci uiiauu auu
Force There Unable to Cope With tween Greece and Serbia.
Strong Armies of Bulgarians Today was the last day of enroll-
and Austro-Geriaans. jment for military service under the
LONDON Dec. ll.-The main fight- I recu"InS Pn of Earl Darby
and there was no diminution of the
tag armies have apparently settled Crowd3 besieging the recruiting sta-
down to a winter deadlock in the tioris for enlistment
trenches. No important news has On .the western front lively can
been received in several days al-
though it is stated that the Italians
continue their bombardment of Gor-
izla. The Austro-Germans have evac-
uated Lemberg dispatches saying
that the evacuation was on account
of the outbreak of scurvy; but mili-
tary critics believe It Is for the pur-
pose of shortening the Russian line
for the winter and to build more
fortifications.
No definite news of the British re-
tirement from Serbia has been re-
ceived but it is known that the move-
ment to Saloniki is continued. A
Paris newspaper today stated posi-
tively that it has been decided that
the Saloniki positions will be kept
Copenhagen and Amsterdam dis-
patches tell of peace demonstrations
In Berlin in which the German crown
prince was Insulted. These reports
have not been confirmed.
It is generally conceded that the
allied forces in Serbia are Inadequate
to cope with the Bulgarians and Cen-
tral Powers whose armies in the
Balkans are now stated by the Bul-
the first step in the Government's de
termination to more stringently en
force the neutrality laws. The de-
partments of the Postoffice State
Justice and Treasury will) jointly
gather information and they will be
under the direction of Counsellor
Polk of the State Department
This action is in pursuance of the
recommendations made by Attorney
General Gregory in his annual re-
port to Congress last night The At-
torney General suggested amendments
to the present neutrality statutes to
make it specifically a crime against
the. United States to place bombs or
other explosives on vessels sailing
from American ports and thai It
should be made a crime for any per-
son to escape or attempt to escape
from an Interned warship of a bel-
ligerent nation; and in any event au-
thority should be given to some gov-
ernment Department to arrest and re
turn any such person to the place of
interment Another suggestion was
that authority be given the govern-
ment to seize arms and ammunition
about to be exported in violation of a
Presidential proclamation of an em-
bargo on shipments' of that character
and to seize arms and ammunition
about to be used in connection with
military expeditions which them
selves are now prohibited by law.
The Attorney General again rec-
ommends an amendment to the com
modities clause of the Interstate
Commerce Act to prohibit a railroad
from transporting in Interstate com-
merce articles which is manufactures
or produces .or which are manufac-
tured or produced by any corpora-
tion controlled or affiliated with It
by having the same controlling stock-
holders irrespective of whethor such
railroad or such controlled or affiliat-
ed corporation has an interest in the
articles at the time of transportation.
It Is also necessary'' he added In
this connection "if transportation and
production are to be completely di-
vorced that Congress prohibit any
railroad owned or controMed by a pro-
ducing or trading corporation and not
operated merely as a plant facility
from transporting in Interstate com-
merce articles produced or owned by
such corporation."
Criminal aw Chaage.
Another recommendation would
change provisions for the remoyal of
persons Indicted in federal criminal
proceedings to the district where the
indictments were returned so that a
fe'JTal warrant may run after Indict-
ment to any part of the United States
with the privilege that the defendant
may give bail.
Mr. Gregory asked for no changes
In the anti-trust laws. When decis-
ions have been rendered in the Har-
vester Steel Steamship Pool Le-
high Valley United Shoe Machinery
and other cases now before the Su-
preme Court under the Sherman Act!
says the report "the so-called area
had no. sympathy for their con-
tention that those of their sect were
Immune to foreign bullets. He told
them he had one of the foreign guns
In his house and that If the leaders f dobatable grQund in the Iaw of
WT" "T ""-restraint of trade will have been
next day he would stand them up circumscribed."
against the wall and try the "for-
elen dr(iB' mn.in- nn thorn Tf thn Penitentiary Problem.
bullets did not hurt Yuan would be- The Attornel General points out
A v i. come a Boxer. So sublime was the t&at by January l lait almost t)W
S . toTaV JKS J"-? -caaor tat ?o sutaUted federal J . :
io uiu iesi ana according 10 mo c"r. "'mui j.v...
story fell dead at the first rifle bul- tlaries unless some plan of employ-
let which pierced his heart Yuan ment for them is devised. It is ne3-Shi-kal
was thus freed from any ob- essary ho declared that legislation
ligation to Join the fanatic movement bo passed to meet this condition and
pean war has cost the American post-
al service. $21000000 but that econo
mies of administration have reduced
the audited deficit to a little more
than $11000000 for the fiscal year!
which ended last June. Considera-
tions of service the report says were
placed above all others and notwith-
standing adverse revenue conditions
expansion and improvement of postal
facilities continued. Had It not been
for economical reorganization begun
before the war started and continued
since the Postmaster General says the
audited deficit would have been at
least $24000000. Of the total deficit
however his analysis of the depart-
ment's finances declares that all but
a little more than $300000 was the re-
sult of Increases of postal salaries
and additional railway mail pay re-
quired by law.
Chief among recommendations to
Congress are a renewal of previous
proposals for a change from the
weight to the space basis of fixing
pay to the railroads for carrying mail;
a renewal of recommendations for
government ownership of telegraphs
and telephones; removal of the four
pound limit on first class mail; and
the adoption of more liberal limita-
tions on the weight and insurance of
parcel post packages. J
Parcel Post Expansion.
The greatest expansion in the post-
office the report shows was in the
parcel post Statistics gathered from
fifty principal postofflces show it to
be half of all the postal business and
that more than a billion parcels are
being transported every year. Before
the parcel post was established not
more than one fourth that number
were handled. The amount of post-
age collected from that squjee ap-
proached $2000000 during "tie first
fifteen days of October this year
alone.
Savings Banks
While the war has crippled the
money order system it has boomed
the postal savings banks. The num-
ber of depositors and the amount de-
posited exceeded any year since lha
banks were established. More thaa
a half million depositors were oa the
books at the end of Ji'ne 191o a. gala
of 33 per cent for the year and they
had on deposit nearly $66000000 a
gain of more than 50 per ceat The.
increases in deposits in some cities
was remarkable. They IncreaaeeUIa.
New York 199 per cent; Bridgeport.
Conn. 183 per cent; Brooklya 187
per cent; Patterson 162 per e'emt;
Jersey City 122 per cent; DetroiCli2
per cent Other cit'es showed gHka
ranging from 50 to 100 per cent Of
all the depositors more thanSS .per
cent were foreign born an& fney; had
more than 71 per cent of the totaVde-
posits. The figures are represented
as showing plainly t' e att-action off
the postal banks to the Immigrant
Ssppresslagr Frauds
The activities of the Postoffice De-
partment In suppressing fraudulent
use of the malls are unabated..- The
report says the department is work-
ing in close co-operation with those
interested In purifying advertising
columns and that during the year -57
concerns or persons were baalshed
from the mails and 1900 lotteries
were barred out -4-
The subject of railway mail pay.
which Is one of spirited controversy
between the Postoffice Department
and the railways the Postmaster Gen-
eral's report treats at length. It de-
scribes the situation as acute and
urgent pressing for Immediate ad-
justment but expresses regret that
the railway mall reorganization' Sill
was killed in the last Congress.
BRITISH SHIP SUNK
LONDON Dec. 11. The British
steamer Pusiris was sunk today.The
crew landed safely.
LINER IS AGROUND
BUT NOT IN DANGER
LONDON Dec. 11. The Cunard
liner Ultonia enroute for Quebec
from France with a general cargo Is
aground at St Nazaire France Roads
according to a' dispatch lo Lloyds.
The position of the vessel is not criti-
cal and work of refloating the ship
Is under way.
HEAVY LOSS CAUSED
BY FIRE IN GE0R6LL
COTTON" WAREHOUSE
SHERMAN Georgia Dec. JLAp
proximately twenty-five hundred
bales of cotton were destroyed or bad-
ly damaged when the Farmers Ware-
house burned today in this city. The
loss will total a hundred and twenty-
five thousand dollars.
Ford Peace Party to
Get Gold Reception
By Dutch Government
r s
THE HAGUE Dec. til. The gov-1 friends; r
ernment of Holland wilt give no sup-1 Tfl Press and the general' pub'llc7 Is
port in any form to the Ford peace
Allies Reach Agreement
Paris Dec. 11. Questions of an
urgent character concerning the con- o Boxerg Ag he promlsed t0 Hend Information to
Congress relating to the manufacture
war Secretary Gelllenl representing
France and Grey and Kitchener rep-
resenting England. The plans include
the continuance of the campaign in
the Balkans and measures to safe-
guard the military expeditions at Saloniki.
Greek Army Disbands
Athens Dec. 11. The Greek ov
ernment has made all arrangements
to demobilize its army and a decree
to this effect is to be Issued shortly.
Jt was learned today on gopd author-
ity that the allies renewed energetic
representations yesterday to Induce
Greece to hasten her action with re-
gard to facilities for the allied troops
at Saloniki and a decisive move by
sistance to the foreigners during the
warfare which the allies waged In
China.
. Dismissed ia Disgrace.
With the death of the Empress
Dowager ' and the;. Emperor Kuang
Seu almost coincldently possibly
each by poison at the "hands of the
Other the child emperpr Hsun Tung
came to the throne under the regency
of Prince Chun. Yuan presumably
because he had gained such a control
of the army was dismissed in dis-
grace although nominally on pretext
of "curing a gore leg."
When the anti-rebellion broke out
In October 1911 the Manchu regen-
cy In despair urged Yuan to return.
(CONTINUED ON-PAGE 8)
of supplies for the government This
information will include estimates of
machinery the cost of Installation
price of raw materia value of fin-
ished product and character of ar-
ticles to be .manufactured.
"I shall also urge as part of the
plan"' said the Attorney General "the
payment monthly to the families of
prisoners of a portion of the amount
earned by prison labor and In case
of single men the retention- of some
portion of' these earnings' to be rald
over to them aftor their release from
confinement"
The Attorney General said that a
furniture factory is In consideration
for the Leavenworth penitentiary
mission. The government knew that
the Ford party was coming and had
received notification from the leader
of the party but no reply was sent
There will bo no opposition here
to the landing of the party in Hol-
land but should the activities of some
of the members of the party become
embarrassing the entire party will
probably be atked to transfer their
headquarters elsewhere. Private pa-
cifists here of whom they are many
will probably welcome Ford and his
inclined to regard the Tardjpartys
arrival as without interestamdfno-'
where does the opinion prevail" that
they can secure peace. - - ' ;
Characterized as "Harmless."
Edinburgh Dec. 11. Former Prime .
Minister Earl Roseberry in. a -speech
here tonight said that Henry-Ford
and his peace party are harmless and
ridiculed Dr. Aked. Roseberry - said
that he hoped those of the partjr who
are getting free passage aorosaf.'the
Atlantic will enjoy themselves and
will do no mischief.
HOUSTON
ROBBERS
ARE GROWING BOLD
Twe Daylfeat Berberies Tkere Witk-
ia Less Tbaa Tweaty.fear
Hears; -Ne Arrests.
HOUSTON Dec. 11. An unmasked
bandit at the point of a pistol today
robbed George F. Horton a contractor
of a five hundred dollar payroll and
escaped. Bloodhounds are on his
trail.
Late yesterday a Jewelry robbery of
unusual daring was successfully stag
ed on Main street In view of several
hundred people. An unknown man
smashed with a brick the plate glass
window of Harless' jewelry store
grabbed diamonds valued at a Ihou.
( HOCKING AND GENESEE -
GOING TO PRIZE COURT
WASHINGTON Dec.1!!. The State
Department has been -notified - .that
Great Britain Is taking the steamers
Hocking and Genesee to Lpa4ofor
price court adjudication. The. United
States is urging thatvthe owmers of
the vessels cooperate!n securing a
speedy trial) by the ppoiaJpaL of
counsel and the immetelrpepra-
tlon of their case.
' sand dollars and ran away. Ho has
where ultimately all furniture peeded j not' been captured arid no clue as to
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) ' .His Identity has been secured.
EXPLOSION" CAUSES
HEAVY LOSS OF CARGO
ON B1ITISH VESSEL
NEW YORK DecSll. The fire
which caused the British ship Tyn-
inghame carrying a cargo e .sugar
to pat hack to port was extiagHteaed
thla afternoon. Twenty thousand
bags' of sugar were destroyed.
A bottle which might have contained
chemicals to cause an exploelo waV
feuad I the hold of the vee " - I
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