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PAIR CLERKS OF
HOUSE POINT TO
GAIHSBY G. 0. P.
Their Table Indicates Probability
from Republican Standpoint
of Election.
THIRTY-EIGHT SEATS IN DOUBT
Elephant Must Secure Thirty
Them to Obtain Control of
Lower Chamber.
DEMOS MUST GET FOURTEEN
WITH THE SOLDIERS OF THE OZAR A Cossack camp in the square of a Russian city on the Crens river.
Estimate Gives Nebraska Four Re
publicans in Next Boly.
TWO PLACES LISTED DOUBTFUL
Flftnrr ino Kffet-t that Jilmtlnr
nrioll Will ' hc Case In
llawkcye onnnon-
(From p. Ptaff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. (Special Tel
Ciam.) The republican pair clerks of the
house of representatives presented a table
today showing probability from the re
publican standpoint of the election of
the members of the house of repres'Mita
tlves for the Sixty-fourth congress.
The present house contains ?.: demo
crats, .123 republicans and twenty-one
progressives and other independents.
Thirl vKlitht Doubtful.
According to the estimate published to
day 205 democrats arc sure ulso 1SS re
publicans and five independents while
thirty-elKht seats are doubtful so th
therefore from the republican staiulpo
It la necessary to secure thirty of th"
doubtful districts In order to obtain a
majority over all. ,
On the other hand the democrats have
only to obtain fourteen out of these'
thirty-tight doubtful districts to ir.sure Aguas Cahentes Convention
their continued control of the house dur-; creCs They Shall Step
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.! NiMww win Mmmn
i BOTH CARRANZA i STATE TEACHERS TO
AND YILLA TO 60! BE HERE WEDNESDAY!
Germans Resume Offensive Along
Entire Front from Nieuport to Arras
De-
i
In the present house there are three i
republicans and three democrats from
Nebraska. The estimate of the pair cleric
elves four republicans in the. next houee
end two doubtful; while in Iowa thero i
are at present three democrats and tight j
re publicans.
Estimate fur t lloase.
The estimate for the next house Is ten
republicans and one dnubtrul. Kansas
has. at present five democrat, two re
publicans and one progressive. This is
levteed In the estimate so as to show
rne democrat, five republican nnd two
doubtful. South Dakota is placed in tho
same position as it Is today, namely,
three republicans. No change is expected
In Wyoming.
Down.
EACH ELIMINATED FROM POWER
Such la Statement' Given Associated
Press by Publicity Aarent of
the Assembly in Mexican
lt.
Educators of Nebraska Will As
semble Jin-Omaha This Week
for' -Annual Convention.
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TO ENTERTAIN FOR VISITORS
Local Committees Will Look After
Teachers anil Keep Them I n
tercsteil College Men to
He . Here from Cast.
Austrians Report
Success on Lower
San River, Galicia
LONDON', Oct. 31 The Armsterdain
correspondent of Reuter'a Telegram com
pany has forwarded the following Aus
trian statement given out in Vienna Fri
day noon:
"There was no fighting yesterday in
Russian Poland.
"On the lower San (Galicia) ytron hos
tile forces which crossed the river south
of Nisko were repulsed after severe fl jilt
ing. Near Stary and Sambor our artillery
has blown up a Russian ammunition de
pot. All hostile attacks on the heUhts
west of Stary and Sambor have been re
pulsed. In the district northeast of Turka
our attacking troops have occupied sev
eral Important positions on heights which
the enemy was forced to evacuate pre
cipitately. Our landsturm raptured nu
merous prisoners in theBe engagements.
"The total number of prisoners interned
In Austrla-Hi'ngary on October 28 was
M9 officers and 73,179 men, not Including
the prisoners taken In the battles last
week.
EL PASO, Tox., Oct- 31. General Car
i ranza, as head of the constitutional gov
eminent, and General Villa, commander
of tile division of the north, were elim
inated from power by a deore adopted
late today at the Carranza-Zapata-Vllla
peace conference at Agua Callentca.
This was learned here tonight from a
message sent to the Associated Press by
the publicity ayent of the convention.
KL. PASO. Tex., Oct. 31. Leaders of
the rival Carranza and Villa factions of jt.utors from
The annual meeting of tht Nubraska
Btata Teachers' association will bo held
i in Omaha, November 4 to 7, and U Is ex
(pected that there will be at least B.OXK)
i teachers here from Nebraska, besides a
.'large number from western Iowa. While
the program designates the gathering as
a meeting, instead. It will be a series of
meetings, held each morning, afternoon
and evening cUirlng the throe days.
Hetldes bringing together' the teaxhers
of the stato, the gathering this year is
attracting tho at ten Ion of prominent edu-
ull over the country, many
British Cruiser is
Sunk by Submarine
1 1.1.KTIV.
LONDON, Oct. 31. The British light
cruiser Hermes was sunk by a German
submarine In the stalrts of Dover today.
This announcement was made officially
tonight. Nearly all the officers and men
were saved.
the cotiKtitutlonuliHt party In .Mexico to- 0f whom will be here, Including Prof,
day looked tor an early settlement of Strayer of tho Teachers' college of Co
the differenced between the two chief- j lunibla. university; David Snedden. com
talns, following tho action of tho Aguas lr,,B0,10, Df education for Massachusetts;
falientes conference late yesterday i" i F'rof. Suizalo. Columbia university ; Prof,
adopting n decree disposing both Car- j , iUBURi hett(1 f Uie department of edu
ranza and Villa from official positions. cation. Harvard; Prof. Wenley, head of
The plan which would retire the two,lne department of philosophy, I'nlvcrclty
opposing leaders was drafted and , of Michigan; Prof. Mclaughlin, depart
odopted unanimously by a Joint commit-j ,nent of hUtoryi i Kersitv of Chicago;
tc.e on civil and military matters, the Anna Oronow, department of edu-
niembers of which are the leaders of j catlon University of Chicago; Miss
belli factions. It arranged that the pro- Georgla McCleIlnn, National Kinder
visional president, to be named i gm-ten college, Chlcugo, and many others,
fchould take oath, of office before the as- The tme fop the ,epcnM ot the dls.
seniblcrt convention. i ne aocumeni;
thanlted General Carranza' and General
Vil.i for their revolutionary activity.
The proposition for the retirement
I tlngutshed educators will be arranged so
ithat they can be listened to by all the
f (Continued on Page Four, Column One.)
both leaders wus made to the convention
by Carranza himself, who Insisted that
unless Villa also retired he would be
compelled to refuse to step from office.
Seventy Thousand
Russian Prisoners
Interned in Austria
Roberts Takes Job
in New York Bank
The Weather
For Nebraska Fair Snndav; slightly
cooler rorfi Brd east portioi.s.
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BERLIN, Oct. 31.-tl!y Wireless.) An
official announcement given out In Vienna
says that the total number of Rws n
prisoners interntd In Austria and Hun-1
gary on October IS was M9 officers and j
73.1C9 men, not counting those In transit '
on this date.
Tho report says further that strong j
Russian forces have crossed the River i
Ban south of Nlsko, but that they were
repulsed after hard fighting.
The Russian attacks on the heights to
tho west of Htry and Pambor likewise
have been repulsed. In this inugomi nt
an am.nunlllon depot exploded.
Austrian forces are pushing foarward
on the southern flank and gaining ground.
They carried several fortified Kjsitions
on the heights to the nort'ieust of Turka
In Galicin. twenty-eight miles to the
of Sambor.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. George K.
Roberts, who resigned' us director of the
mint yesterday, announced last night
(hat he is to become assistant to the
president of the National City bank of
New York. He hopeB to tie able to take
j up Ills new duties next week after the
return tc Washington of Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo.
Liner Olympic Ties
Up to Avoid Mines
LONDON, Oct. M.-Tho White Star line
: t earner Olympic Is still lying at Ixjugh
1 Swllly und has not yet landed any
of its pubM-ngcrt. It it expect o,l that
(the Olympic, will' h railed from New
t York on Octol.tr 21, will proceed to Ilel
I fast within a day or two. It Is sa'd o
j have put into Lough Swilly because of
routh ' warnl" leeelved against mines In the
North channel
PARIS, Oct. 31. -The French War office
moon gave out nu official an-
nt as follows:
y of yesterday was marked by
an attempt at general offensive move
ment on the part of the Germans along
the entire front from Nieuport to Arrss
and by violent attacks delivered at other
points of th line of battle.
"From Nieuport to the canal of La
Rassee there were alternate movements
,f advance and retirement.
"To the ninth of Nieuport the Germans,
who hod taken possession of Kamlkapelle,
were driven out of this town by a coun
ter a'tack.
"To tho south of Ypres we lost some
points pf support, HoUeuecke and Zand-
Horde, but we progressed to tho east of
Ypres In the direction of I'nscliendaelo.
"Hetwecn Laltassec and Arras all the
attacks made by the Germans were re
pulsed with heavy losses for them.
"In the region of Cliaulnes we advanced
beyond Llbons and we took possession of
Loquesnoy and Panterre.
"In the region of the Alsne also we
have made progress on the heights of
the right bank down stream from Sols
sons, but we were compelled to withdraw
In tho vicinity of Vallly.
"Wo' have advanced in the region of
Soualn, and there lias been violent en
gagement In the Argonne.
"In tho Woevre district wo have again
wo ground. In IX" forort of I;Pretre.1
RUSSIAN REPORTS
TELL OFJflCTORIES
Messages from Petrograd to Wash
ington Give Accounts of Suc
cesses of Czar's Men.
GERMANS MAKING PROGRESS
Wireless from llerlln Hr.lates that
Knlnrr'i forces Around Vrriloa
Are Aelilevliiu Desired
Results.
WASHINGTON', t 31. StublHirn
fighting continues on tile east Ptusslan
front, between the Russians anil Ger
mans anJ the Austriins suffered heavy
leases near Tallow, on October 29, at
the hands of the Russians, who took 1,000
prisoners, according to a Russian foreign
office dispatch received hero todHy at tho
Russiun embussy.
The text of the clispntrli received from
the foreign offi"o ut 1 el -ograd follows:
"In tho eiiHt Prusdiin front stubborn
fighting continues. Tho attack of the
Germaiia near Rakulurjewo are being
steadily repulsed by our troops. On tjie
left hank of tho Vistula, the German
rear guard, under our pressure, fell back
to the lino from ' Lodz to Varthost
(Continued on Page Two, Column 81k.)
Canada Puts Ban on
Exports to Enemies
of British Empire
OTTAWA. Out., Oct. 31. -The Cunadln
government today placed an embargo on
the exportation to any country at war
with Great Krltaln of any articles which
will be of use to them In prosecuting the
war.
The order prohibits the exportation of
contraband to any neutral country which
would in turn re-export the material to
G;eat Rritaln's enemies.
Among the articles specifically men
tioned as contraband are nickel, nickel
ore, woolen go-xls, food, i x plosives, horses,
fodder, leather, coal, copper, petrol, aero
planes and barbed wire.
RAID IN BLACK SEA
IS UNAUTHORIZED
Turkish Minister Says Attack on
Russian Ports Was Without
Knowledge of Porte.
DIPLOMATS READY TO LEAVE
Representatives of Allleil Govern
ments Are PreiMirlnst to -Unit
f 'onslantlnoule Another
Job for fulled J lutes.
War Summary
Tho story of the Kiiropean war
was again slow ta the trlllng to
day, but such fragment of news
as the retiaora permitted to pass
Indicated that along the North
Sea, the chief point of present
concern for the nations Involved.
It was still a battle of give and
take.
Of Immediate Interest was a
semi-official note from Homo In
dicating that Italy might take a
more definite stand in the strug
gle. It In snld that the island of
SiiHono, commanding the harbor
of Avlona, Albania, ownership of
which has long been disputed by
Greece and Italy, has been seized
by Italian forces.
The Kronen War office In yes
terday's official statement acknow
ledged that the flrest German
onslaught, shifted a few miles to
the east and south from the coast,
has met with success at points.
Two towns south of Ypres, In Hel
giuin, are mentioned by tho
Krencli as having been raptured
by the Gorii'.ans. Kurther east, it
Is saiii. some ground has been won
by the allies. Along the entire
western front, from the sea to Ar
ras, the Germans resumed a gen
erul offensive movement follow
ing the slackening activity of tho
last few days, but, according to
the Krencli War office, nothing
has been accomplished on either
side more than alternate move
ments of advance and retreat.
Kurther Indefinite claims are
made or gain at other points
along tho line, which Btretcb.es
south und east to the Swiss bor
der. No word is spoken to con
firm the unofficial statements of
lost night that the Germans had
evacuated Ostend.
In the east the battle of mil
lions continues without definite
result. An Austrian defeat on the
east Prussian front is reported by
the Russian embassy at Washing
ton. The last word from the Aus
trian government Ii that reverses
have been suffered by the Rus
sians at various points In Gslcia.
Turkey's hostile acts against
Russia soon may place It at War
with all the allied powers, It waa
said at the State department in
Washington that the diplomatic
representatives of these powers
are preparing to leave Constanti
nople.
GERMANS WILL
RESUME FIGHT IN
WESTFLANDERS
Rumor from London Kaiser Has
Begun Construction of Naval
Base at Zeebruggee.
ADVANCE ALONG YPRES LINE
Report that Ostend and Lille Have
Been Evacuated Not Confirmed
by Berlin War Office.
WILL SEND TROOPS TO WEST
Germans Will Withdraw to Fron
tier of East Prussia and Act on
Defensive Till Calais Taken.
ALL WATCHING BALKAN STATES
Attitude of Greece and Bulgaria is,
New Feature in Situation.
ITALY EXPECTED TO JOIN ALLIES
Rome raprra Bar Action of Turkey
Makes Problem Mediterranean
in Scope and Italy Mast Pro
tect North African Interests.
BULLETIN.
LONDON", Oct. 81. A. Rotterdam
dispatch to the Dally Mail says the
Germans, who are reported to have
evacuated Ostend, have retired to
Zeebrugge, about fifteen miles east
of Ostend,- where they have placed
heavy guns and intend, from appear
ances, to utilise the place as a naval
base.
WASHINGTON, Oct. m.-Thn Turkish
minister f flnanco Informed tho Krencli
ambassador at Constantinople yesterday
that tho' raid of Turkish warships on
Russian seaports took place without the
knowledge of the Ottoman government.
This Information was conveyed In a
dispatch today from Ambassador Mor
genthau to the American government.
Mr. Morgenthiui added that the Russian
ambassador received Instructions at 3 u.
m. yesteiday to demand his passports
and made an effort to see the grand
vizier, who pleaded Illness and did not
receive him.
Tho Russian, French and Rrltlsh em
bassadors according to the same dispatch
are preparing to leave Constantinople to
gether tonight.
On receiving Instructions to leave Con
stantinople the Russian ambassador Im
mediately placed tho Interests of the Rus
sia In the Italian ambassador's bands.
Ambassador Morgenthau made no men
tion of a declaration of war or Internal
conditions In Turkey. He probably will
take over the French and British em
bassies. Ambassador Morgcnthuo'a dispatch waa
filed at noon yesterday In cipher. The
fact that no mention was made concern
ing missionaries led officials to believe
that Mr. Morgenthau felt confident that
Americans throughout the Ottoman em
pire would be safe.
On the authority of a prominent diplo
mat it was said today that A. Rustem
Rey, the Turkish ambassador here, when
leaving Washington three weeks ago, told
a friend that Turkey would enter tho war
on the sl'lo of Germany within a month.
United States Ask
Release of Kroonland
Cosapnrative
Highest yesterday
lowest yestertiay .',, ''' Si -,i
Minn tempei attire .... Hi 1' in .'!7
Precipitation (M M T .
Temperature and pri tijjiiation depar
tures frcjn the normal:
Normal temperature
Kxc - for ih- u,iv
Total excess since Altrch 1.
Normal iTcclpltntluii
Deficiency for the day
Total rainfall atme March 1.
Ieri.lni- M.n... 1
, i, ifm y i ,ji cur. inmi. j:u. inches
Jjeflciency for cor. prriu.l. imj. 1.97 Incht
T indicate trace of precipitation.
It. A. WfcLAH, Local Forecaster.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. Formal pro
test to the Rrillbli government against the
detention of the Amcr-.-an copper-laden
steamer Kroonland at Gibraltar, was j We, the undii signed Rohcniian citizens
made by the State d"p irlmcnt, through j and business im n ol Omaha, resent the
Ambassador Page at UnJ m. I U ious und unwarranted attacks upon
The Kntish authorities were asked to our cha.act.:i und integrity that have
evrlaln wiiy the ve.-s' 1 has not cither 'been made through the columns uf the
j been releai-ed or rent to a prize court. 'Omaha laily Nes. We object to being
.The protest also Mated there seems to claimed as "gunmen and gungteis," and
.be no warrant for t!ie further detention 1 deeply regiet that one of oi:r country
: of the ship, wliie'.
j Greece. It u i r
. against the J ti n'!
Bohemians Keenly Resent
the Underhanded Attacks
IS
.1W
."7 Pico
.(7 Inch
1 111 1... .!,....
2.7 Inches ' conditional contraband, did not stop
i any pore on me way 'o uiDranar ana
o should not be liable to seizure on ac
count of its cargo.
ii bound to Italy and men Joseph Pohar, its editor should.
bable that a protest J without provocation, seek to blacken our
,n of other vessels by ( character . and use us as a means with
Great iliitain will be made later.
Attention today was called to the fact
that Che Kroonland left New York ten
dayr, before Great Britain declared copper
which to continue his viejous and under
handed attacks upon John C. Lynch,
who. in compliance with the law and
the conscientious discharge of his duties
as a public official, selected us as a por
tion of the petit Jurors to be drawn for
jury service this year.
W believe ' that the good American
citizens of Omaha ami ."-'outh liinaha are
Just and fuir-iiinidi d und (list they havo
found the Rohemlan race a very desir
able. Industrious iin.l patriotic class of
cltiz.-ns, and we have every confidence
that they will not. be misled by tho
political trickery and chicanery of one
of our own rue who, we are ashamed
to my, has not even hesitated to defile
us In his attempts to satisfy his own
personal malice toward Mr. Lynch.
Moslems in Russia
Loyal to the Czar
Joe F. Francl,
Joe Mlratsky,
Charles J. ferny,
J. J. Moup,
It. llavelka.
Joseph M. Roucek,
John Llbal.
,lo,.ph I.aiigpaul,
Frank Uuhka,
James Vhllr,
llliilin Vasiik,
Htephi-ii Royka,
Martin rival Ina,
Martin Houp,
F. Kovarlk.
Fr. J. Kolera.
John J. Novak,
Fi ank Rrodil. Jr.;
Prokop Kruml,
Frank, Tvmsu.
ION DON", Oct. 31. The correspondent
of tlte Morning Post in Petrograd sends
his paper the following:
"The statement published here that the
guns of the cruiser Gocben r. turned
on the sultan's paluee in order to make
him yield to the German demand probably
Is untrue."
A dispatch to the Central News from
Petrograd says that up to a late hour
Friday no declaration of war had been
received from Turkey. Neither the Rus
sian ambassador nor the Turkish am
bassador have left their putts, the dls-
1 nun h savs. und continues:
"Consternation prevails In Constantl-,
nople and the Turkish niiiiislry Is sitting'
continuously. The secretary of the Turk
ish embassy In Petrograd says that he
'hopes the misunderstanding will soon be
cleared up.' The head of the Moselms In
Russia condemns the folly of Turkey and
declares that Ills followers aro loyal to
the Russian enueror."
LONDON, Oct. 31. Although offU
clsl communications do not she
much light on the situation in West
Flanders other reports from Holland
Indicate that a German retirement
frora the coast south of Ostend Is im
minent and It is again reported that
the invaders have evacuated Ostend.
These rumors, however, are not con
firmed from Berlin," which v claims
some advance along the Yproa line.
Illle U declared in special dispatches
again to be free of German troops, and
Its hopeful citizens are so confident that
the Germans never will return that plana
are being; made to resume Uie usual clvls
functions.
Will Move Troopa from East.
"hat Germany has by no means given
up its determination to take Calais Is
Indicated by the significant report from
Rcrlln by wsy of Copenhagen that the
German general staff has decided that
tho army In Poland shall fall back to the
frontier of Silesia and remain on the de
fensive until the battle In Flanders ends
with the capture of Calais. Such a move
ment would release three or four army
corps from Silesia to Helglum.
The Russian tactics of bending back
the line of invaders in Russian Poland
Dally Mall i one section at a time, the retreat of each
of France I section endangering the position of the
section next to-lt on the south, appears
throwing air team, consisting of six by- j to London observers to have been suc
planes and two monoplanes, soared away ' cessful everywhere except on the extreme
to the southeast to a house near tlx- J Russian left, where the Austrians still
inude, where the German headquarters maintain the positions they succeeded In'
staff had been established after It had retaking from the Russians,
been driven by the naval gun Ire from a j Along the frontier of Fast Prussia the
big house near tho coast. The new I Germans are fighting stubbornly ta ore-
Aeroplanes Drop
Bombs in Quarters .
of German Staff
1ONlKiN, Oct. SI. "French airmen
from their base near DunKIrK today made
reprisals on tho Germans,"
correspondent In tho north
says, under dato of Friday. "A bomb-
headiiuarters wus a chateau in wooded
grounds.
"Tho aeroplane team carried 240 bombs.
7 he machines flew, one after another.
vent another invasion of their territory
at a point farther south. It is argued
here that the Russians cannot expect to
assume a full offensive movement '.nttl
roof of the chateau before the slate roof
ing and masonry was hurled about and
flumes broke out In the building.
"The German staff rnn out of doors
and hid In the woods and the aviators,
who had not .previously flown over the
chateau dropped bombs among the treos
where the Germans had secreted them
selves. The entire team of flyers re
turned safely to their Dunkirk base in
the evening."
Bavarian Troops
Driven Back Into
Belgium by Britons
IONHON, Oct. 31. The correspondent
of the Times In Northern France, In re
porting that the allies have reoccupled
Lille, rays:
"The emperor had his wish. Ill Ba
varians have met the English Just once
In the center of the battle line In Flan
ders, In a small corner of France north
of Lille. The llaVarluns have been
forced back foot by foot onto the Bel
gian frontier.
"This is the explanation of the sudden
retreat of the German right wing on the
Vser between" Nieuport and Dlxmude. The
German center had been defeated and the
right wing was compelled to fall back.
"The fighting has been furious for
many days and the little British army
was vastly outnumbered, but in the end
the British have beaten the Bavarians. It
Is still a long, long way to Calais via
ypres.
"South of Lille the position Is more ob
scure.
"The Germans are in strong force near
La 1: as see. Their big guns found the
range of our trenches with terrible effect.
The German Infantry twice broke through,
but here, too. they were finally repulsed
and the last road to the coast has been
closed to the Germans.
over the chateau and each dropped a l the Austrians are driven from the Ban.
number of explosive mlssllee. Hardly' But even this will not mean an (mine-
hod a half dozen of these fallen on thelate Invasion of Germany, as it Is known
that the Oe-mans, In preparation for a
possible retirement, have established
heavily entrenched positions along the
River Wrathe.
All Watchlasr Balkans.
Speculation as to the effects of the po
(Continued on l'age Two, Column Six.)
British Send Three .
High Officials on
Mysterious Mission
LONDON. Oct. Sl.-The British govern
ment has sent three of its highest officials
to the continent on a moat mysterious
and liniorta:it mission. The delegation
consists of David Lloyd Oeorge, the chan
cellor of the exchequer; Lord HaJdane.
the lord chancellor, and Lord Reading,
the chief Justice,
The destination and object of this mis
sion la being kept a profound secret. Its
Importance la evident from its member
ship, and apparently the business to be
transacted concerns both,' financial and
legal matters. Lord Haldane and the
chief Justice rank about the foremost au
thorities upon the law in the United King
dom. The most plausible report has It that
the three have gone to Holland and pos
sibly will extend their Journey to; the
Kcandlnavlun countries to deal with the.
matter of shipment of goods from neutral
countries Into. Germany. If the statements
of the English newspaper are correct,
Holland and the Scandinavian nations
are conducting a flourishing trade with
Germany through trans-shipment of sup
plies from the United States, end even
from England.
The newspapers of all those countries
assert that their importations are for
their own needs alone, while English pa
pers Insist that they are receiving con
signments of petroleum, grain and food
stuffs generally, which far exceed thelg
normal requirements.