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KAISER MASSES
700,000 AT NEW
POIflTFOR BLOW
Army of Nearly Three-Qnarters of
Million Collected Near Arm in
' ' Effort to Break Allies.
HEAVY FIGHTING HAS BEGUN
Preparing for Determined Attempt
to Hammer Way Through
Line of Enemies.
REPORT TO LONDON JOURNAL
Confederates Await Freih Campaign
of Germans to Beach Sea Coast
- of France.
KNOW THAT PLAN UNDER WAT
Invaders Seeking to Accomplish
Purpose by Taking Another
Route.
LARGE FORCES MOVE FORWARD
on of Advancing; Teaton hoate
Provided with Boata and Brtdare
Balldlagf Material, It la
y . . - Report. ,
BULLRTI!.
LONDON. Not. ?. The Weekly
Dispatch's Boulogne correspondent
eays:
"The Germane hare collected 700,
000 men In the neighborhood of
Arras, where thet are preparing for
a determined effort to break through
the allies' line. .
"Heavy fighting already bas be
gun." . '
LONDON. Nov. 19. -In the west the
allies are atlll waiting for the mw at
tack by tb Germans, which hM bean
so Ions Promised. All communication be
tween Belgium and Holland baa been
topped, bo that nothing authoritative
ean.be learned of what the Germans are
doing. Reports continue, however, of
large German f orcee moving weat, aome
of them with boats' and bridge building
material.
It Is believed In London that the next
attempt of tne Germans to get through
to the French coast will be made south
of the tVanco-Beiglan border, perhaps In
the vicinity of Arras. ' This vWntty, It Is
considered, would eervie the purpose of
the Germans as wu as some point far
ther north. It being argued that should
the alllea Una be broken here they would
have' to abandon their postpone , In
Flanders.
In addition, with boata or without boata
It Is thought that the Inundated territory
would provide an obsaele to a German
advance through Belgium to the French
coast. - .
Stucco Gowns with
Sandpaper Tint is
Fashion's Last Word
CHICAGO, Nov. . euooo gowna or
clothes with touch of sandpaper or
putty tint are the latest style, according
tor the weekly bulletin today of the
Fashion Art League of America.
White bats and white-topped boots or
pats should be worn with these crea
tions. ,
Skirts should be snort and flaring for
alim flgurea, or slightly bell-shaped for
stout figures and medium short In length,
says the bulletin.
The short coat Is given preference.
"The black hat Is giving away to the
more popular shades . while white will
replace these colors before mld-wlnter,"
advises the lashton guide.
"The styles are wavering between the
large and smell shapes,"
Danish-Russ Cable is
Cut in Baltic Sea
LONDON, Nov. 29.-A dispatch to the
Central News from Copenhagen says the
cable between Frederics Denmark, and
Llbeu. Russia, and between Frederic
and Petrograd. which are the only di
rect cables between Denmark and Rus
sia, have been cut in the BalUo sea 170
miles east of Bornholra. It Is supposed,
the correspondent says, that the cutting
was done by German warships. The only
communication with Russia now Is by
way of Sweden.
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Can pa rat I ve
Official record of temperature and pre
cipitation compared with the correspond
ing period of the last three years:
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Highest yesterday 47 bO 61 41
lowest yesterday M 45 SO T
Mean temperature. 43 4 40 H
Precipitation 01 tj .w 00
Temperature and precipitation deper
. tures frorri the normal: .
Normal temperature jj
Rxoesa for the day 1
Total exceos alne March 1, WI4...!!!l
Normal prec ipitation 02 Inch
Iefl-irncv for the day ill inch
Totaf rainfall slue Mxrch 1.. 34.41 Inches
Deficiency since March I J 90 Inches
Ivefioency for cor. period 1811.. 7 Winches
DsfiUsncy lot cor. period IkU.. )w inches
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FRENCH SAY ENEMY
BUSY WITH CANNON
Only Eeary Weapons, at Long Dis
tance, Are Used and the Damage
Done is Insignificant.
GERMANS REPORT NO RIG NEWS
Tea-tons' Issae( Balletla that Every
this Is ttalet and Lla-ht Attacks
By Enemy Hec.t with'.
Fallarv.
VAIUS, - Nov. .-JThe t official state-,
ment Issued by the War office this aft
ernoon says: ' -
"On November 29 (Sunday) the enemy's
cannonading was more active, but carried
on chiefly with 77-mllllmetre pieces. This
heavy artillery has made Itself felt very
little. Under these conditions, the artil
lery struggle has turned particularly to
our advantage. '
"In Belgium our infantry captured sev
eral supporting positions to the north
and to the south of Tpres. In the coun
try to the north of Arras one of the ene
my's1 attacks, undertaken ; by nearly
three regiments, has definitely failed
after several counter attacks carried out
In all directions. ; .
' Make Marked Proa-ress,
"Between the Somme and Chaulnes we
have made perceptible progress. In the
neighborhood of the village of Fay our
troops came into Immediate contact with
the wire entanglements of the defense.
"In the region of the Alsne, between
Vailly end Berry -au-Barry-eu-Bac, ' a
group of machine 'guns and a. cupola
(foundation) for SO-ecntimetre'pieces were
destroyed by" our shells, one of which
caused an explosion in one of the ene
my's batteries. '
"In the Vosges -three counter attacks
undertaken by the Germans for the pur
pose ' of recapturing' ground previously
taken by' us In the Ban-de-Sapt region
were successively repulsed."
Netalaar to Report.
BERLIN (By wireless to. London), Nov.
29. The following official report was
given out today at army headquarters:
"This afternoon, there Is nothing to re
port from the western army. Yesterday
the -attacks, of the enemy. In the region
to the southeast of Ypres snd to the west
of Lens failed. . ' .
1 "In the east the situation on the right
bank of the Vistula remains unchanged.
Russian advances In the neighborhood of
Lods were . checked and were followed
by counter attacks by our troops-
"There Is nothing of - lmportanoe to
note In regard to Southern Poland-"
Zekki Pasha General
Adjutant to Kaiser
BERLIN (Via The Hague and London),
Nov. 2. According to a dispatch from
Constantinople to the Frankfurter Zet
tung, . the sultan has appointed Zekkl
Pasba, former commander of the Turk
ish troops and lately commander of the
Eighth array corps in Damascus, as
general adjutant In the suits of Emperor
William of Germany.
A similar appointment, says the mes
sage, will be made for Vienna as an ex
pression of the present relations of Tur
key, Germany and Austria, The Frank
furter Zeltung intimates that . tha plan
contemplated hi that Zekki Falua shall
have the same personal relations with
Emperor William as were long held by
the Russian military envoy to Berlin.
WOMAN LOSES LIFE IN AN
EFFORT TO SAVE, HER DOG
8T. PAUL, Minn., Nov. . When Mrs.
F. P. Price, wife of a Minneapolis busi
ness man, rushed to the edge of a 140
foot embankment near tha Town and
Country club here tonight to save her
French poodle, which stood looking over
the brink, the earth beneath her orum-
rbled and she plunged to her death. Tha
dog also fell over the embankment, but
waa uninjured.
Declare Influence
Of College Frats to
Be a Wholesome One
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-More than 100
delegates from the thirty-four largest na
tional college fraternities attended the
sixth annual Inter-fraterntty oonference
at the University club today..
- That fraternities have exercised an In
creasingly wholesome Influence on col
lege . life alnce the ' InagUratlon of the
first national inter-fraternity conference
was the consensus of opinion In reports
from seventy-five institutions.- In reply
to queries forty-five colleges answered
that the fraternity influence for good had
grown vastly in tha last twe years. "Twenty-four
reported that there had been uo
ehnnge, and six. .that ' fraternities bad
long been beneficial. No college reported
that their Influence waa harmful. '
; For the continuance of the work of the
oonference several committees were ap
pointed. James D. Curtis, Delta Tau Tau
Delta, was elected president; H. H. Ho
Corkle, Phi Kappa Psl, secretary; O. H.
Cheney, Phi Gamma Delta, treasurer, and
F. W. Shepardson, Bet Theta PI. the
retiring president; J. D. Livingston, Delta
Phi. . dean; T. A. Clark, Alpha. Tau
Omega; Albert 8. Bard, Chi Psl; O. H.
Rogers, Sigma Phi, and F. II., Nymeyer,
Zeta Psl, 1 were chosen to the executive
committee. . 1 '.
YON HINDENBERG
TELLS OF TRIUMPH
i 1
Over 60,000 Prisoners and Hundreds
of Heavy Guns Captured
' from Crax. , .
IS CREATED HELD MARSHAL
Calls ' Upon Hex to Go Forward
With God tor King- and Father,
land Till Last Rnsslsn at
- Our Feet.'
:,s '
Ex-Wife of Clarence
Mackey,and Dr. Blake
Are Wedded in Paris
PARIS, Nov. . Dr. Joseph A. Blake,
the New York ' surgeon, who for some
time has been living in Farla; and' Mrs.
Katherlne Alexander Duor, formerly Mra.
Clarence H. Markay of New York, were
married here yesterday. . . f
The wedding was strictly private. . .The
witnesses were Countess Henrietta de
Bonneval, Francis Rlggs, Dr. Walter
Martin, chief surgeon of Mrs. J n. P.
Whitney's ambulance "corps and Dr.
Richard IMrby, son-in-law of Theodore
Roosevelt,
, Dr. . Blake has been attached to the
American . ambulance In ' Paris.
Mrs. K st he rine Blake was granted a
divorce from Dr. Joseph A. Blake at,
winstea,.(jonn., lest Friday on the ground
of desertion. Clarenoe H. Mackay and
his wife,, who' was Miss Katherlne A.
Duer of New York were . divorced In
Paris last February. The divorce was
described as a "mutual divorce" an in
stitution known only to the courts of
France. Later Mrs. Mackay announced
that she wished to be known as Mrs.
Alexander Duer.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. . TvUt London )
A telegram from Thorn, West Prussia,
gives an army order lusued by General
von Hlndenberg. commander of the Oer
man army In Russian Poland, stating
that "In the severe fighting lasting sev
eral days, my troops brought to a stand
still the offensive of numerically superior
Russian army."
The army order repeats' , the oontenta
of a telegram sent by Emperor William,
congratulating General von Hlndenberg
on his new success; thanking him and
his , troops for the protection they af
forded to the eastern frontier, and pro
moting the general to the rank of field
marshal. The army order concludes:
"I am . proud of having reached the
highest , military rank at the head of
such troops. Your . t it h ting spirit and
perser'verance have In a marvelous man
ner inflicted the greatest losses on the
enemy.' Over 60,000 prisoners, 150 guns
and about 200 machine tuns have fallen
Into our hands. But the enemy Is not
yet annihilated. Therefore go forward
with God for our king and the father-'
land till the last Russian Is subdued and
at our feet. Hurrahl".' '.
CHOLERA RUMORED
PREVALENT AMONG
RUSSIANJOLDIERS
German Minister of Interior Orders
the Isolation of Muscovite
Prisoners.
GUARDING AGAINST DISEASE
MtsBsessMaai
Servian Cabinet of Premier Pachitch
Has Seen Overthrown, it is
Reported.
WIRELESS NEWS TO . SAYVILLE
Large Part of Northern Persia is
, Roused Ag-ainit Ciar.
ANTI-BRITISH FEELING GROWS
nrlla Manifests Great Rat Isf action
.
asters cf Valted
Kingdom.
BiCRLIN. Nov. . (By Wireless to
Payvllle. L. I.) It was announced today
by the official press bureau that word
has been received from Sofia, Bulgaria,
that the Servian cabinet of Premier N.
P. Pachitch has been overthrown.
Other Information given out by the
official presa bureau today follow.
"It ta reported from Constantinople
that the larger part of northern Persia
has been aroused 'to hostile action against
Russia and that In southern Persia
the movement against Great Britain Is
Increasing.
"Prince Abbas and Prlnoe Caman, rela
tives of the khedlve of Egypt, have been
banished by British authorities on charges
of engaging in an antt-Hritlnh con
spiracy. Chara-es Agralaat Fore.lgaera.
"Seven foreigners disguised aa Hod J as
(Mohammedan teachors), were taken be
fore a court martial In Constantinople
charged with Inspiring riots at the Insti
gation of a dragoon, at the Russian em
bassy. "American and English papers report
that the military governor of Antwerp
declared that American relief work In
Belgium was superfluous. This Is er
roneous. The governor's aide de camp
stated to in Interviewer that American
help in feeding the Belgians waa very
desirable.
"In the absence of any definite an
nouncement concerning fighting on lad
attetion Is belg turned to- activities at
sea, especially the sinking of the British
steamers Malachite and Prime off Havre
by German submarines. The fact that
submarines are able to go so far from
their base and make the English channel
unsafe la a source of aatlsf action. '
Another Less to Britain.
- "The toss of the British battleship Bul
wark also la regarded with' satisfaction.
No matter what we the cause. U Is
looked upon as another .serious loss for
the British navy.
"It Is officially denied that Dlxmudo
has been recaptured by the allies. It still
Is in the hands of the Germans.'
Referring to the situation In the est
the presa bureau aaya:
"The troopa of the dual monarchy again
have evacuated Csernowlta. The German
minister of the Interior has ordered as
a preventative measure the Isolation of
Russian prisoners because cholera Is re
ported 'to be prevalent In the Russian
army.
"Advices from Vienna say the cam
paign against Servia la proceeding suc
cessfully, but that progress la very alow
on account of bad weather and the diffi
cult nature of the ground."
Parson 'Asks Police
Aid from Girl Wooers
WORCH ESTER, Masa., Nov. SB. Rev.
Frederick Nicholson, pastor of the First
Spiritual church, today appealed to the
police, for "protection against love-stck
maidens and scheming - mothers.". For
weeks, he said, his life has been made un
happy by love letters and telephone calls.
He turned over to tha police a package
of letters, some of them daintily colored
and richly scented. Police officials sub
sequently visited one home and advised
that attentions to the pastor cease.
. .
R0BBERS STRANGLE AGED
MANUFACTURER TO DEATH
CHICAGO, Nov. .-Emll Emshlemer,
an aged manufacturer of hat frames; was
strangled to death about dusk this even
ing In his office In the heart of the busi
ness district. - Robbers, who pulled down
a balance fire escape la the alley at the
rear of the building, climbed to the win
dow of the small roor where the old
man waa laboring on Invoices. The dis
order of the office Indicates he struggled
hard before a piece of clothesllns was
put around his neck sad twisted with a
sUck untU he dle
REBELS IN SOUTH AFRICA
GAIN AGAINST BRITISH
BERLIN. Nov. 9.By Wtrelcss.)-It
waa announced today by the official
press bureau ttittV dispatch had been
received from The Hague reporting that
rebellious forces In South Africa had
seised ' the police station at Hammer
kraal, lir the Transvaal, and had forced
the English to retreat.. Heavy losses
were inflicted, it Is said, upon the
British.
CARABA0 WON'T TOAST
, GOOD SHIP PIFFLE NOW
WASHINGTON, Nov. l.-The military
order of the Carabae, whose anifual din
ner last year resulted In President Wil
son withdrawing his acceptance of hon
orary membership and the reprimanding
at his request of the officers responsible
for the program because of criticism of
the administration's Philippine policy, has
decided to abandon the function this year.
December IS tentatively had been set for
the dinner ' and the Invitation list pre
pared, but after conferences, the order's
officers made It known that it would be
omitted this year. Ths Carabao. Is eom
posed of officers of the United States
foroee who aerved In the Philippines.
Little Human Interest Stories of
the Big World War Now Raging
American Held evs Spy.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23. Edward Bright,
an American cltlsen graduate of Columbia
and formerly editor of the Baptist Ex
aminer, Is under arrest at Ooettlngen,
Germany, charged with being a spy, ec
cordlng to Information received by his
wife In this elty. Mr. Bright got word
recently that her husband was Imprisoned
on October IT, and after appealing to the
fitate department at Washington she de
cided today to make her information
public. Mr. Bright with his family had
resided at Ooettlngen for nearly ten
years. Mrs. Bright said. He was study
ing at Ooettlngen university. Mrs.' Bright
with her two sons came here shortly be
fore tlie war began. He first news re
garding hr husband's plight came in a
letter dated October 16, written by a maid
in the Blight's Ooettlngen . household.
This was confirmed by a letter written
from. Ooettlngen, October SO, by an
American rend, who said her husband
had appealed to the American consul and
to Ambassador Oerard end that the con
sul at Hanover bad promised to make a
trip to Ooettlngen tJ investigate ' Mrs.
Bright notified the Htate department
which eabled to the consul at Hanover
and received that Ambassador Gerard
bal "requested an early Investigation.
The nature of Mr. Bright alleged offense
Is not definitely known.
Mr. .Bright waa born In Yonkers.'N. t.,
IT years ago. He was a son of the late
Dr. Edward Bright, who be followed as
editor of the Baptist Examiner. He gave
up this work to travel and study abroad.
QaUt Along Kroat.
PARIS, Nov. ffl.-The following com
munication was Issued by the war office
tonight: - ,
"Quiet prevails along the whole front
except In the Argonne region where the
German attacks have not been more suc
cessful than preceding attacks."
Another Pat Over J. Ball.
LONDON, Nov. .-The British admir
alty It Is believed has solved th
of the sowing of mines off ths North
coast or Ireland. Britinh ships have ar
rested two trawlers, one a Norwegian,
ths Nestor, and the other Danish, which
made their headquarters at Fleetwood on
the Engtlsh coast of the Irish sea. on
a charge of havlns laid tha ,.... .1.1.1.
proved so , disastrous . to British and
neutral shipping.
All along It has been suspected that
these mines were laid by vessels flying
neutral flags, but It was hardly thought
that they were making a British port
their headquarters. '
and Cry Way te Wv.
LONDON, Nov. 2a-A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph eompany from Ams
terdam eays:
"Friday morning fresh German' ma
rineaT who recently arrived at Bruges,
marched toward the Yser. Some were
singing. Others were crying, aa the
ITser Las a bad reputation."
HINDENBERG GETS
BATON ASREWARD
First Field Marshalship Awarded
to German General for East
Prussian Victories.
PRAISED BY WHOLE NATION
Man Picked for Highest Heeo-nllon
Is First In the Hearts of Tea
tons, Vke Are Glad Me
Is t'hoeea.
BERLIN, Nov. is (Via The Hague to
London, Nov. .) The first field mar
shal's baton of the present war has been
awarded lo General von Hlndenberg for
his series of victories In defending East
erh Prussia against the flood of Russian
Invasion. His chief of staff and collab
orator. General von I.tulendorf, has
been promoted to a lieutenant general
ship for his share In the successes.
The award to Von Hlndenberg comes
with the great eastern battle, still unde
cided, aa a reward for the preliminary
victories st Lods. which are said to have
thrown the Russians on the defensive,
with a loss of 60,000 prisoners snd 1M
guns. It Is taken here to Indicate that
the emperor has confidence that Von
Hlndenberg will completely defeat the
Russlsn army.
The honor of receiving the grand cross
of the Iron Cross, tse emblem given a
field marshal. Is the highest mllltsry
distinction a Gorman commander aan
receive and waa won by Von Hlnden
berg, as In the cases of the first Von
Moltke, Crown Prince Frledrlch and the
Prussian "red prince," Frledrlch Karl,
on the field of battle. The elevation of
Von Hlndenberg will be generally ac
claimed In Germany, where he enjoy
great popularity,
A. Fitting Trlbate. '
The newspapers comment apprecia
tively on the honor conferred on Von
Hlnderrberg. The Tageblatt says:
VI t Unfitting that the first man to re
ceive the rank since the death of Field
Marshal Count von Bchtnlffen, th great
teacher of the Clausewltslan-Von Molt-
keen art of war, should be Von Hlnden
berg, who repeatedly has demonstrated
the teachings of the great ' master,
namely, that German leaders must learn
how to Inflict a decisive defeat even
with Inferior numbers. .
"Tha victor of Tannenberg holds good
In Poland what he promised in East
Prussia, and in his advance to the Vis
tula, his retirement to the frontier and
by hla new blow at the alowly following
enemy he haa always remained master
of the situation.
"The German nation haa confirmed that
Field Marshal von Hlndenberg will do
all within the limits of human power to
defend , the eastern, borders and over
throw Its most dangerous enemy."
Von Lndrndorf Praised.
Tha Tageblatt gives similar praise to
General von Ludendorf and to the troops
who. It says, will not fall to carry out
the admonitions In the concluding phrase
of Von Hlndenborg'a army order: Issued
at Thorn, to fight "until theMast Rus
slsn Is subdued and at our feet" -
The Lokal vAnselger compares Von
Hlndenberg with Bluoher, the victor at
Waterloo, but says he la not apt to add
to his present laurels the title of the
most popular man In England or receive
an honorary degree at Oxford university.
. "The whole nation rejoices at the ap
pointment of Its hero," the Loftal An
selger continues, "knowing that even
the advance of new Russian armies will
be no cause for apprehension so long aa
this keen-eyed master of strategy la on
the watch to dare and to accomplish
new victories."
The Kreuta fteltung sees In Field Mar
shal von Hlndenberg a gifted, Ood-glven
leader of armies, whose name will be
Included among' the greatest comman
ders on the pages of history.
CZAR EXPLODES i
RUMOR OF GREAT
A RUYJRIUUPH
Official Statement of Headquarter!
Staff at Petrograd Warns
Publio Reports Baseless.
TRIVATE LETTERS AUTHORITY
Germans Offering: Desperate Resist
ance and Battle Between Vis-
tula and Warta Not Over.
BEAR VICTORIES UNCONFIRMED
Berlin Says Kaiser's Men Have Re
commenced Attacks and that
Fighting Continues.
Farmer Finds Youth
With Wife, He Shoots
Him and Wounds Self
,WYMORE. Nsb.. Nov. .-(Bpeclal
Telegram.) William lean, aged to, a
farmer, living nine miles southeast of
here, this afternoon shot and probably
fatally wounded L. Trauernacht, aged IS,
when be returned from visiting a neigh
bor and found the youth with his wife
In the house.
I ben then turned the revolver with
which he shot Trauernacht upon himself,
firing once. The bullet Inflicted a slight
scalp wound. Iben is now l the cus
tody of the county authorities,
Trauermacht, who lives with his par
ents a few miles from the Iben home, wae
taken to Wymore. It la feared that his
Injuries may prove fatal. He waa shot
three times In the abdomen.
. It Is believed that Iben suspected
Trauernacht of undue Intimacy with his
wife.
MUSCOVITE OFFENSIVE HALTED
Von Hindenberg Asserts Forward
Move of Enemy Brought to Stop.
INVADERS SUFFER HEAVY L0S3
Craeww, Aaralaat Which Femes' Atrw
Advancing; to Besleaxe, t Prove
' "Hard Nnt to Crack," It
Is Said.
nrjXKTiv.
LONDON. Not. 19. Renter's
Petrograd correspondent sends an
official statement, which warns the
publlo to observe caution In accept
ing rumors ot a crushing Ruenlan
vlctory.v
The statement says the retreating
Germans arc offering desperate) re
eletance and the battle has not .been
finished. ' ' . I
The stateVtent wae insued by the Rus
sian headquarter staff and deal with
the various rumors of an alleged Euistn
victory between tha Vistula and the
Warta rivers. The statement says:
Based Partly Letters.
"These rumors are partly based on
private letters from the seat ot war
published In certain Journal
'The headquarters' staff wama the
ptvbllo that these rumors are not founded
on facta and must be received with re
eerve. ,"At the very beginning of the war the
headquarters staff recommended the
necessity ot receiving with reserve all
new not emanating from an official
source. . v ' ,'.
German' plan 'fVHs.
"Undoubtedly the German plan to
pierce our front on the left bank of the
Vistula and surround rrt of the, Rus
sian army, haa completely failed. It ap
pears from the oommunlcatlons'ef the
I staff commander-in-chief that the Ger
mans have been compelled to fall back
from Rsgow and Tussyn through
Brseilny and Btyrkow.under conditions
moat dlssdvantageous to them. The Ger
mans suffered enormous losses during
the retreat.
"The fighting, however. Is not yet fin
ished. The battle on the whole front Is
developing favorably for us.
, Offers Resistance.
"Ths enemy, however, continues to of
fer stubborn resistance. It Is Impossible
therefore to consider the operations
ended and It Is necessary to await the
revelation of its final roaults in the first
form that the Russian troopa are fully
conscious of the necesKlty for success
fully concluding their heroic efforts in
order to finally shatter the enemy's re
sistance." Grand Duke's Statement.
LONDON, Nov. 19. "We have suc
ceeded In making progress at certain
nninta." Is all tha Grand Duke Nicholas,
Russian commander-in-chief. permits
himself to say ot the battle of Lods, in
which, according to Information from un
official but .usually credible source the
Russians have gained a great victory over
the German armies, whlcn maae tne
third attempt since the commencement
of the war to advance to Warsaw.
This brief reference to the battle,
added to what was said In the previous
report from Russian headquarters, is
taken here to mean that If the-Germane
have not been defeated already the Rus
sians have drawn a cordon around them
Confess Disposing
' Of Stolen Freight
BLAIR, Neb., Nov. 29. (Special Tele
gram.) Frank Whltnev and Rnk.rt I
Taylor, who were Implicated In robbing
merchandise cars at Dale atutinn ih.
"Northwestern railroad, were brought
rrom rremont yesterday by Sheriff
Compton. Railroad Detectives Dlneen
and Ely arrested the two men In Fre
mont and held them as suspicious char
acters. .
Taylor waa given a preliminary
hearing this afternoon before County
Judge Eller and confessed that lie and
Whitney helped to disuse of the goods
after they had been stolen from the cars
and Implicating three other men ruiw
held In Omaha, as the parties who broke
into tne cars and stole the goods.
Whitney said he was from Omilii mn
Taylor says his home is at 101 Wool worth
avenue, Omaha, and that he has a wife
and three children.
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH;
HUSBAND FATALLY BURNED
MASON CITT. Ia.. Nov.' t8.-8poclal
Telegram.) Mrs. Margaret Walxh mas
burned to death, and Peter & Walsh, her
husband, fatally burned In a fire tonight,
which partially destroyed their residence.
(Continued on Psge Two, Column Four.)
Food Prices Eise
In England Due
To Lack of Ships
(Copyright. 1911. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Nov. . (Special Cablegram
to New York. World and Omaha Bee.)
Despite Great Britain's command of the
seas, tha cost of Irving here after tour
months of war still Is steadily advancing
and the outlook Is most unfavorable for
a return of normal prices, as the tncrease
affects most foodstuffs. At the begin
ning of the war the publlo became pan
icky and purchased food In such quanti
ties that prices took a skyward leap, but
later, when fears of a food shortage dis
appeared there was a return to the lower
level in many Instances.
The scarcity ot tonnage and the gen
eral disturbance ol normal trade ave
nues has caused fVrlcea to rise again,
and now they show no tendency to re-'
turn downward. Flour now brings from'
8.75 to 25 for a sack ot & pounds,
against tti-S to S4.50 last year.
Butter Is from 35 cents to W cents
higher for most qualities, while Danish,
and RVaetan has gone up from 1160 to
2.75 a hundredweight compared With last
year. Usga are very costly, being from
Si to H .35 a case, against . to 15.60 last
year.
Ham lias Increased and North Carolina
rice has gone up a third In prtce com
pared with lufct year. Sugar at higher,
because the government laid in a bin
supply at the time ot the ford pauls.