THE BEE: OMAHA, WKDNESDAV. .IAMJAKY '27, 1915.
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FRBNGHR EPORT
PROGRESS-OH KSER
Attempt of Germans to Storm the
Trenchei Rear tpres Eepuhed
with Heavy Loss.
FIERCE FIGHTING AT CRAONNE
PARIS, Jan. M. The French War office
thla afternoon save out an official report
on th progress of tins war reading a
follow: ' y
"On the Yser from Belgian troops have
made progress In the vk-lnlty of Fervyse.
."At daybreak yesterday the Germans,
on battalion strong, delivered an attack
against our trenchoa to the east of 1 pres.
"Thla movement wss arrested sharply,
Three hundred dead. Including: the com
mandant of the company at the head of
tH German advance, were left on the
field of battle. Thla attack was to have
been supported by ctrtsln companies from
the 'German second line, but these men,
under the very exact fire of our artillery,
found It impossible tu come out from be
hind their shelters.
"Not far from LaBassec and Gulnchy,
tha enemy delivered five attacks against
the British line. After having made some
alight progress the Germans were re
pulsed ahd left . on the field numerous
dead and sixty prisoners, including two
officers. Thla attack was accompanied
by endeavors at diversion at . several
points on our front. Between the road
-from Bethune to LaBassee and Alx Nou
lette, a detachment of the enemy which
endeavored to come out from its trenches
. was at once stopped by the fire of our
infantry and of our artillery.. On the
rest of the front between the Iya and
the Olse yesterday saw artillery duels.
"To the. west of Craonne the enemy de
livered two successive attacks,, each of
great violence. The first was repulsed,
but tha second penetrated our trenches.
By an energetic counter attack, however,
our troops succeeded in regaining; almost
all of the ground lost by them. At this
point the fighting Is still going on around
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that part of the trinch which Is occu
pied by the Germans
In Champanne, the artillery of tne
enemy esterday allowed less arttrlty
then rn the preceding days, while our
hatterlos delivered an effective fire
against the German position. Tn the Ar
onne, In (.! vlclnltr of Ft. Hubert, we
checked with our artillery fire an attempt
on the pnft of the German to deliver an
attack.'
. "In Al'txe the enemy was active In the
errploy of his mine thrower against our
ronitl'ititi at Harlrfiann-Wel'erknpf ; at this
point yesterday there" was no fresh tlKht
Itik. The Germans yetserday bombarded
Thann, lanbah and .Sennhelm."
GERMANY TAKES
. CONTROL OF ALL
FOOD J5UPPLIES
(Continued from Fage One.i
key to Joaefalva, an important stategk:
position. Huas'an reinforcements are re
ported at conulanlly" arriving In Buko
wlna, a fact which clearly Indicates, In
the opinion of BrltlNh observers, the In
tention of Uupsia to Invade Transylvania
In force.
Fetrograd asserts that as a counter to
the Russian move aealnnt Transylvania,
the German army. Which was Bent osten
sibly to operate agalnxt Scrvla, in now
being directed, to the defense of the Car
pathian pasHCs In conjunction with the
forces of HuiiKary. ,
HUNHlnnM Advance Intrt TnrUey.
I'etrograd reports also that the KusHlan
Caucasian army la closing in on the
Turkish Black sea flank. Where the Ot
toman troops are described as In a dan
gerous plight.' From the s.-.me source
comes a report that the1 British army In
Mesopotamia has met with success while
advancing on Bagdad. '
On the sea the presence of submarines
near the island of Uucgcn, off the coast
of Fruisala, In tlio Baltic, has caused the
German mall boat o put back to Treile
borg, .Sweden, when only a few hours out
on Its regular run to Fastntti.
Berlin now claims that In Sunday's
naval fight In the North sea the Ger
mans sunk two British torpedo boat de
stroyers as well as a British cruiser.
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Positions on Left Bank of Canal
at La Basscc Taken by Teutons
BKItUIN, Jan. I. ilty Wireless to lin
don. S:2S p. m.) The German war office,
In Its statement given out tMs afternoon
says ;ht two strong points of suppxrt in
the possession of the English were cap
tured by German troops yesterday Mn i
general assault on the Ungllsh positions
near LaBassee. '
The text 'of the communication i-cads:
"In the western theater the enemy, fol
lowing his "custom, placed MUMelkerke
a,nd Westende (In . Belgium) under fire
yesterday, A large number of the Inhab
itants were killed Tr Injured by thla fire.
Including the . burgomaster of MhVdle-
kerke.
"Our losses yesterday were small. Our
troopa attacked the positions of the Kng
llsh on both sides of the La Bassee cans.
While the attack to the north of the
canat between Givenehy and the canal
did not lead to the capture of any Kngllsh
positions, on account of a strong flank
ing movement, an attack of the troops
from Bhden, to the south ft the canal,
met wit), complete success. In Oils region
Knglish positions extending over a width
of 1,100 meters (t.SiO yards) were taken
by storm and two strong points of sup
port were captured. Three officers and
Steel Trust Passes
Common Dividend
NKVV YORK, Jan. 26.-The ." ITnlted
States Steel corporation today suspended
the dividend on the common stock. .
The regular quarterly, dividend of 1H
per cent was declared on the preferred
stock. At Its last meeting the board of
directors reduced the quarterly dividend
on the common stock from 114 per cent
to of 1 per cent.
The total earnings of the. corporation
for the last quarter of 1914 were 110.93,170,
the net Income Tor the quarter was S6,K
258. The deficit for the quarter was 15.60,
2S6. These returns compare with total
earnings at the end of the previous quar
ter. of U.S82,022.
The last previous quarter showed . a
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11" men were taken prisoners and one
cannon and three machine guns were cap
tured.
"The Knglish attempted In vain to re-
rapture the positions which had been
Immediately employed for our own pur
poses, but they were beaten hack with
heavy losses. Our losses were compara
tively email,
"Battles successful for our troops' took
place on the heights of Craonne to the
southeast of ljuin. All the attacks of
the French In the southern part of the
Argonne were repelled. More than fifty
prlsonera fell into our hands.
"In the eastern theater the Russians
attacked positions of our cavelry to the
northeast of Gumhlnnen (In Kast-Frus-cla)
without success. Fierce artillery
duels' took place on tho remainder of the
front In Kast Perusals. " '
"1-ess Important engagements to the
northeast of Wloclawek (In. the .lower
Vistula, forty miles southeast of Thorn),
were, successful for us,
.."Nothing of Importance has happened
In Poland to the west of the Vistula
river or to the east of ths Fllica river,"
surplus for the first time In 114.
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AMERICANS BUY BEET
V SEED IN QERMANY
WASHINGTON, Jan. i6. One hundred
and fifteen thousand bags of beet sugar
seed, worth SK3R.000 In gold, have' been
bought hi Germany for American grow
ers, that the American crop may hot
suffer by the war.
Wj U Petrlken of Penver. Colo., rrpe
senllng tho largest beet sugar companies,
who bought the seed In Rotterdam from
representatives of the Greman growers,
called at tho White House today to thank
President Wilson for tho co-operation of
tho government through the. State and
Agricultural departments.
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MOTHER JONES TO
SEE ROCKEFELLER
John D.. Jr., Invites Labor Leader to
Visit Him and Giro Information
About Colorado Strike.
AGED WOMAN IS ASTONISHED
NEW TORK, Jan. 8s.-John T). Rocke
feller, Jr., today Invited "Mother" Jones,
the aged strike leader In the Colorado
Coal fields, to visit him and place before
him all Information as to the strike situa
tion there. The Invitation was accepted.
The Invitation was extended by Mr.
Rockefeller as he entered the room In
the city hall, where tho .federal commis
sion on Industrial relations Is conducting
Its inquiry Into the phlianthroplo founda-
tlona and the causes of Industrial unrest.
Mr. Rockefeller testified yesterday he
fore the commission and was the first
witness called today.
As he walked from the door to the wit
ness chair he saw "Mother" Jones alt
ting among the spectators. He stepped
to her side and shook hands.
"I wish you would come to sea me and
give me any Information you have on the
Colorado situation." he said. "Mother"
Jones was visibly astonished.
"ThaTs very nice of you," she said.
"I have alaways said that you could
know but little of the condition of the
workers In Colorado and that you should
hear something elao besides what these
hireling tell you."
Aftcy Mr. Rockefeller took ths stand.
Chairman Walsh read a letter written
by Mr. Werborn (president of the com
pany) to Starr J. Murphy of the personal
staff of John 11. Rockefeller, sr. In the
letter Mr. Wrlborn said that a clergy
man at;Bttnset had made some remarks
detrimental to the, company and that It
had been' suggested that he clergyman
tw t removed. Although . the .clergyman
had "m.'ido Indiscreet remarks avid haNd
socialistic ' tendencies." Mr. Wolborn
wrote, "he hesitated to remove hUn,"'
As a cltlxen Mr. Rockefeller said he
believed all1 clergymen should he' free' to
say what they please. It was brought
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out that the clergyman In question bait
been severe In his criticism of tha Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company In. connec
tion with ths conflicts at Ludlow.
Kiowa Metfclna- of Deteetl-ree.
THd you know that Jefferson Fsrr Is
a sheriff, and that for fifteen rears your
company- has used Its Influence) to elect
him?" asked Mr. .Walsh. "Pld you know
that Just before the strike he swore In
son men as deputies and was told that
the Colorado Fuel and ' Iron company
would furnish them with arms and pay
themr
Mr. Rockefeller said that he knew noth
ing about that. .
"As a rltlsen I say thAt anything; which
Interferes with the operation of a dem
ocratic ' form of government should not
be tolerated," Mr. ; Rockefeller added.
.."I do know," he testified, "thst if my
home and property were .in , danger I
would take any ' measures ' within my
power to protect them., Emergencies are
likely to 'arise." ' i t
Mr. Rockefeller said ha had. never heard
that detectives were employed by the
Colorado 'Fuel and Iron company to spy
on the men. - 1 '
"Suppose you found that the executives
of the Colorado" Fuel and Iron company
had taken away the rights of the men?"
he was asked.
"I would have to hear all sides," he
replied. "If the directors determined that
the executive officials were guilty they
would have to stand any action the'board
might take."
"What would you do tQ. a corporation
officer who admitted, that he had used
money and influence In an election?"
Chairman' Walsh asked. J
'I would do my utmost to have him
separated from the corporation.'" the wit
ness replied. "I would not care to be
associated In business with such a dis
honest man." . ".' .
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ARE AGAIN INDICTED
CHICAGO, Jan. t& Additional Indict
ment returned here today in connection
with tha defunet Laflalle Btreet Trust
and Pavings bank charged 'William txrl-
mer, president; Charles B. Munday, vice
president, and Henry W. , Htittljr, a di
rector, with misapplication of funds. The
Indictments constitute the third formal
chrge axalnet Monday, the second
against the former United States senator
and the first against Iluttlg.
flaw ' Cotton Held.
LONDON, Jan. M.-A dispatch to
Reuters Telegram company from Amster
dam says, that the prohibition of the ex
portation of raw cotton has" been temp
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