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VOL. XLVI NO. 86.
OMAHA. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1916 TWELVE PAGES.
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BULGARS RETIRE
BEFORE ALLIES;
FLORINA FALLS
Macedonian Town Captured by
French Assault, According
to the Official Statement
Made at Paris.
SERBS 'ARE SUCCESSFUL
Entente Powers; Are Reported
Sending More Troops Into
Southern Roumania.
LINE . ACROSS DOBRUDJA
fans la uoDaonj, ocpu u.
Fiorina, an important town in north
western Macedonia, was carried by
assault by French troops today, ac
cording to an official statement issued
here tonight. The Bulgarians are re
tiring in disorder in the direction of
Monastir, the statement adds. Serbian
troops also have gained successes in
the region of Lake Ostrovo.
Athens (Via London), Sept. 18.
Franco-Serbian troops have sur
rounded the Bulgarian forces in
northwestern Macedonia, which are
falling back precipitately on Monasur,
according to reports reaching here.-'
London, Sept. 18. The town fcf
Fiorina was occupied yesterday by
entente forces, according to a Reuter
dispatch from Saloniki today.
Berlin, Sept. 18. (Via London.)
The allied (entente) forces in esatern
Roumania have received reinforce
ments, the war office announced to
day . They have taken up a line across
Dobrudja, a few miles south of the
railroad running from Constanza to
the Danube.- .
T-l. . - .-f,nH .. 1... !, n.
ine puaiuuus laiwcu up uy .it, iv-
inforced Russian and Roumanian
troops are on the lint extending from
Rachov, on the Danube, nine miles
below the railroad crossing through
Txopadin, seventeen miles southeast
of Rachavz.
Bulgars Continue Advance.
Sofia, Sept. 18. (Via London.)
"Our advance in Dobrudja continues,"
says an official announcement issued
here today. "The enemy occupied a
fortified advance position near Ko
badin. Our troops are in immediate
contact with it. Our cavalry oc
cupied the railway station at Adjen
lar. Sixteen wagons of food were cap
tured. :'
"A brigade trf the enemy yester
day attempted a counter atiacic
against our column on the extreme
left toward the village of Pulatche,
but was repulsed with great losses
and left in our hands several dozen
prisoners as well' as eight caissons,
one gun, four machine guns and other
material.
"From the number killed and
wounded and the large quantity of
war materials lying about on the ter
rain, it appears the enemy sustained
enormous losses during the fighting
o.. September 12, U a- i 14. v
"On the Danube toward Bekia there
was weak artillery firing fn both
sides. We sank a barge in port at
Turn-Severin.
"On the Black Sea coast the day
was calm."
: Serbians Defeat Bulgars.
London, Sept. 18. A further ad
vance for the Serbians on the west
ern end of the Macedonian front is
reported in a dispatch sent out today
under a Saloniki date by the Ex
change Telegraph company. It say
the first and secord line trenches of
the Bulgarians at Kaimakcalan havM
Deen taxen oy ine aemians, wno nave
crossed the P -oda river. Heavy fight
ing continues on the further bank of
the river.
The Serbians are reported to have
taken four field guns and eight ma
chine guns, bringing up to thirty-six
the number of guns captured. A
large number of prisoners also are
said to have fallen into the hands of
the Serbians. The dispatch also re
ports that French troops on the allied
left wing have captured the station
at Fiorina: Heavy fighting continues.
The Weather.
For Nebraska Fair; warmer.
Temperature t Omaha.
WARMER
Hour.
m ,
Comparativr Local Record.
IDltf. 1916. 1914.
Highest yesterday 71 71 8
191 3.
Lowest yesterday ...,4! HO 6o 65
.Vt-an temperature , , , .fig tjft 76 65
Precipitation 00 .,' 00 90 00.
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March 1,
and compared with the last two years:
' Veg.
Normal temperature .). 66
Deficiency for the da ,4 7
Total excess since March 1 267
Nurmal precipitation 09 Inch
Deficiency for the day 0 inch
Total rainfall since March 1. . .1J.99 Inches
Deficiency sine March 1 S.91 Inches
Deficiency cor. period, 1916 ... '.46 Inch
Deficiency cor. period, 1914.... 3.41 Inches
ft ports From Stations at 7 p. at.
Ration. ' State of Temp. Hlfirh- Aaln-
- Weather ,1 p, n.
Cheyenne, cloudy 62
Davenport, clear 60
Denver, eloudy . '. . . . . H
Dea Moines, deaf ,:...t(4
Dodge CUy, part cloudy .6
Lander, cloudy 70
North Platte, clear 73
46
m 47
7 a. m. 47
aEAJjgy 8 a. m 61
( 3 m 69
Wdfcfljf S p. m. 70
ZVi , P- n
jjj 6 p. m 67
7 p. m 65
S t. m 6i
eat. fall
72 .00
66 .00
71 .01
.00
T4 .00
T .00
71 .00
71 .00
74 .00
SO .00
84 .00
70 .34
83 .00
74 .00
78 .00
Omaha, clear 66
Pueblo, part cloudy ... 70
Rapid CUy, clear ......74
Salt Lake City ,10
Pant a Fe, part cloudy ...64
Sheridan, part cloudy ..72
Stoux City, clear ........ M
v.untlne. clear 71
h, JL WELSH, Meteorolclit
Newsie Takes Joy Out of Life for
Big Man Who Tries to Do Good Deed
Buys Baby Package for Old
Woman Who Says She Has
No Money for the
Purchase.
An old, plainly-dressed woman, her
face gridironed by myriads of wrin
kles and her frail-looking frame bent
by years of" toil, paused as she walked
past the federal building and gazed
questioninj y at the large crowd gath
ered abolJVfthe Capitol avenue en
trance. She walked with faltering steps to
the outskirts of the several hundred
persons who had assembled for the
semi-annual auction sale of uncalled
for United States mail.
Jostled forward and backward by
the bidders and the curious, the lone
ly old woman paid but scant attention
to the "What am I bid" human fog
horn who "knocked down" packages
of every-description shoes, bottles of
perfume, insect powder, blankets,
jewelry, stock food, French novels,
and what not.
The aeed and apparently uninter
ested spectator started to thread her
EIGHT PER CENT
TO LIGHTCOMPANY
Commercial Club Committee
Makes Liberal Earning Al
lowance to Electric People.,
COUNCIL REFERS REPORT
In the absence of J. A. Sunderland,
chairman of the special committee of
the Commercial club of Omaha on
electric light and power rates, Fran
cis A. Brogan, a member of that com
mittee, presented to the city council
committee of the whole a partial re
port of the operations of the .Omaha
Electric Light and Power company
from 1889 to 1915.
Explanation was made that another
expert will be engaged to determine
a schedule of rates the company
should charge, based upon the find
irigs of the engineers and accountants
who have been at work for a year. '
The gist of the partial report is
that the committee finds -that a fair
investment valuation of the light
nlanr is 4.769.506: that 8 per cent
return on that valuation should be al
lowed, this amount being $JBl,S6U.,
and that under the schedule of rates
in effect August, 1915, the committee
recommends a reduction of $80,000 a
year ' f rom ;the total 'revenue.- The
committee makes no attempt to sug
gest how this proposed reduction
should be applied to the present
rates. Another expert' will be engaged
for that part of the work.
Valuation and Earnings.
Commenting on the valuation fig
ures adopted by the committee the
report reads: "But we have conclud
ed that the valuation og $4,769,506, is
not unfair to the company and its.
stockholders, and constitutes a neces
sary reduction from the values
claimed by it and from those recom
mended by the experts, in oraer to
do justice to the consumers of the
company."
The valuation total mentioned U
divided as follows: Physical value of
plant, $3,194,680.58; working capital,
$241,298.20; development expense,
$730,000;, amount in depreciation re
serve, $583,528. '
On the subject of reasonable re
turn, the report reads: "We find that,
beginning with June 30, 1915, and for
a reasonable period following that
date, until conditions shall have
changed, as may be hereafter deter
mined, a reasonable rate of return
to be allowed this company on the
amount of its investment is 8 per
cent per annum on the invested capi
tal; that is to say, 8 per cent on $4,
769,506, amounting to an annual re
turn of $381,560."
The committee finds that when the
company stopped installation and re
newal of incandescent lamps there
was an annual addition of $30,000 to
revenues of the company.' During
the year ending June 30, 1915, the le
gal expenses of the company amount
ed to $73,531, referred to as "extra
ordinary." The city council accepted the par
tial report of Ihe committee without
comment, referring the documents to
the city legal department for perusal.
Not Binding on City.
The council has taken the position
that the findings of the Commercial
club's special committee have no
binding effect upon the city, but the
information offered by the commit
tee will be considered for what it may
he worth.
The personnel of the, Commercial
club's committee is: J. A. Sunderland,
F. A. Brogan, F. ). Farrington,
George H. Kelly, F. S. Knapp, T.' J.
Mahbney, F. H. Meyers, H. A.
Thompson, J. L. McCague and W S.
Wright.
Rate Ordinance Goes Over.
The city council referred for
another week Butler's 6-cent electric
light ordinance, with other docu
ments relating to the electric light
situation. Commissioner Jardine an
nounced once more that he would
vote fo a 6-cent ordinance, provided
that the city blocks the rates in the
ordinance. Corporation Counsel
Lambert and Commissioner Butler
maintain that the city should fix the
primary rate at 6 cents and let the
light company do its own blocking of
rates.
Colonel John Beacom
"Dies of Heart Disease
Columbus, N. M., Sept. 18. Colonel
John B. Beacom, Sixth infantry, died
of heart disease today at Colonia Dub
Ian, according to news received here
at the army headquarters. He was
stricken while preparing to leave for
Calexico, Cat., to command a brigade
of National Guard troops encamped at
that place.
Way out of the throng when she
caught the words of the auctioneer
as he flourished a soiled shoe box
about his head and started his lingo:
"What have we here?
"Ah, some home-made bH ' T"7n
netsj just the thing for 52,V"
mothers. ,f i.
"And here's a 1it!y.'- .-es
and this down . jjVof 'he
box; aomethv -JJv' I"
whatever ti p; ."V.-vV' ,
'Com'onX .'' "off. All right,
a quarter's b (fy";iake it a half.'
At this juncture the old woman
pushed her way to the front of the
crowd, peered through her glasses at
the articles dangling from the autfj
tioneer's hand and timidly ventured
a bid of 50 cents.
"Seventy-five," snapped a corpu
lent woman.
Old Woman Cries.
"I'm bid 75 cents for these baby
things. Cutest baby togs I've ever
seen," cajoled the individual conduct
ing the sale. -
Tears came to the old woraalM
e5"Sell them to me for 50 cents, will
you, mister They ought jo be mind,
(OraUnutd oa re Two, Column Two.)
CORONER'S JURY
CENSURESFIREMEN
Charge Men Refused to Re
move Mrs. Malmberg from
Burning Dwelling.
MIGHT HAVE SAVED WOMAN
Anfelt Peterson, 3022 Evans street,
and Mrs. Minnie. T. Wiggs, 3230 Ev
ans street, testified at a coroner's in
quest Monday afternoon that firemen
of Company 11, Thirtieth and Spaul
ding streets, refused to remove Mrs.
Hulda Malmberg, 3047 Evans street,
from the basement of her residence,
which was burning, until they were
given orders by the chief.
Both Peterson and Mrs. Wiggs as
serted that they arrived at-the Malm
berg residence Saturday morning at
4 o'clock, at practically the same time
as the department. That they could
see the form of the woman through
a basement " window, lying on the
floor, and that the firemen absolutely
did nothing toward removing her
until at least twenty or twenty-five
minutes afterward, when she was
brought to the outside, where she
died, were further allegations.
With this evidence the jury ' rer
turned a verdict that Mrs. Malmberg
came to her death from suffocation,
and censuredtne memDera oi uim
at once. Units of the company so
censured assert that it was practi
cally Impossible to reach Mrs. Malm
berg immediately, while no fireman
admits making such a statement as
that which the two witnesses attrib
ute to them.
Mr, Malmberg, who was injured in
a fall from he second story of the
burning dwelling, is reported to be
improving by those attending him at
the Wise Memorial hospital.
President Wilson
Attends the Funeral
Of His Only Sister
Columbia, S. C, Sept. 18. Presi
dent Wilson came here today to bury
his only sister, Mrs. Annie E. Howe
of Philadelphia, who died Saturday
at New London, Conn. He attended
simple funeral services at the church
and thenwalked with relatives to the
adjoining cemetery and stood with
bowed head and tear-stained face dur
ing the simple rites.
The people of Columbia gathered
along the streets and outside the
church to see the president. During
the ride south this morning the plat
form of every station was crowded,
but there was no cheering. At sev
eral stops flowers were put aboard
the train by school children.
The special train bearing the body
and members of the funeral party ar
rived here shortly before noon. Au
tomobiles took the president and
members of his family directly to the
First Presbyterian church. At the
president's request the city and state
officials gave no official recognition
to his visit.
The last services took place inside
an inclosure in the shaded graveyard
where -are buried Mrs. Howe's hus
band, the father and mother of the
president and several other relatives.
All flags in Columbia were at half
mast during the funeral.
Three Thousand
Coal Miners Strike
Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 18. Three
thousand miners employed by the
Vandalia Coar company and the Vigo
Mining company went on strike today
by order of the officials of District
No. '11, United Mine Workers of
America. The strike was called to en
force the demand of the miners that
the coal companies' order for the use
of electric safety lamps in a mine at
Dugger, Ind., be rescinded.
Ak-Sar-Ben Dates
Ak-Sar-Ben Feativi
ties, including car
nival and Nebraska
Statehood Semi-ceii
tennial celebration
Industrial parade.
Electrical Pageant.
Historical Pageant.
Royal Coronation
Ball.
Masked Court Ball.
Sept.
26 to
Oct 7
Oct 3
Oct 4
Oct. 5
Oct. 6
Oct 7
FARM TRACTORS
BECOME TERROR
OF BRITONS' FOES
Caterpillar Cars Built in Peoria
for Agricultural Purposes
Used for "Joy Biding"
Over trenches.
NOTHING CAN STOP THEM
Pull Up Trees by Roots and Go
on Over Logs and All
Obstacles.
WALK THROUGH FORESTS
Washington, Sept. 18. The British
tanks," the armored motor cars used
n recent assaults on German
trenches in northern France so suc
cessfully as to, attract world-wide at
tention, were built, for the most part,
in Peoria, III., in the form of caterpil
lar tractors, designed many iy ears be
fore the war began "to meet some of
the difficult problems of modern
farming. Except for their armor,
their machine guns and their crews,
thousands like them are in use today
in the United States in plowing, dig
ging ditches, and other labors less
heroic than war.
M. M. Baker, vice president of the
Holt Manufacturing company, ex
plained i here today that it was ma
chines made by hi company at its
Peoria plant that had hurdled
through German trenches, walked
through forests, and crawled over
shell craters in the face of intense
gun fire.
Did Not Arm Them.
"We have sold about 1,000 cater
pillar tractors to the British govern
ment," said Mr. Baker. "We have
had nothing to do with putting armor
on them or placing machine guns, but
some of our men at Aldershot,
England, recently were notified that
th British government intended to
armor some of the tractors and use
them for work other than the usual
towing of big guns.
"Germany had some of these trac
tors before the war besan. and, al
though I do not understand just how
it occurred, I believe she may have
gotten others since then. We have
sent some to France and some to
Russia. So far as I know, up until
the recent appearance of the motor
cars the tractors were used only to
tow big guns. I understand that
Germany had about forty of them in
war, and recent photographs show
that the British are using .some ot
them now for the same purpose.
Can Co Over Anything.
Mr. Baker said he did not know
how many of the tractors sent to
England had been armored and put
in service, nor did he know what
equipment the British war office had
placed upon cars to be used in this
work.
' "It is true," said Mr. Baker, "that
these tractors can go ahead over al
most anything or through almost
anything. They can straddle a trench,
go through a swamp, roll over logs
or climb through shell craters like a
car of Juggernaut. It looks uncanny
to see them crawl along the ground,
just like. a huge caterpillar. In a thick
forest, if they encountered trees they
could not brush out ot tneir way.
they could easily be used to uproot
them and clear their own patns.
Mr. Baker said the tractors sent to
England weigh about 18,000 pounds
each, develop 120 horse power and
are built of steel. I he caterpillar tea
ture, he explained, is of the utmost
importance. Speaking broadly, the
tractor crawls on two belts, with cor
rugated surfaces on either side of the
body. The corrugated surface is on
the ground. On the inside of the
belts, on each side f the body, are
two lines of steel rails, making fonr
lines in all.
Easy to Turn.
"These rails are in short sections.
jointed , and operate over a cogged
mechanism that actually lays them
down with their 'belt attachments as
the tractor moves ahead, and picks
them up aj(ain, so that the car runs
on its own self-made track continu
ously. The short joints in the rails
make it easy to turn to right or left.
1 he bodv is suoDorted by trucks with
five wheels, something like small
railroad trucks. These wheels never
touch the ground, but run upon the
steel rails. In the ordinary tractor
about sevent feet of belt and rails are
on the ground at one time.
The width ot the track used on
the machines sent to England," Mr.
Baker said, was twenty-four inches.
He declared that the ground pressure
is about three pounds per square inch
where a thirty linch track is used, or
less than that of the toot of either
man or horse.
Although Mr. Baker would not dis
cuss the matter, it was understood
the United States War department
is experimenting with armored trac
tors somewhat like those now in use
on the British battle line.
Run on Schiff Bank
At Chicago Continues
Chicago, Sept. 18. Police were
called today to handle the crowd of
depositors, who continued the run on
..he state bank of Schiff & Co.,
icspite the assurance of its officials
:hat the institution is solvent. Its de
posits amount to $2,500,000.
The, run started Sunday, because of
darni spread among the depositors as
i result of three private bank failures
ast week. Officials of the bank said
hat $50,000 was paid out Sunday, and
hat the demand of every depositor
would be met.
The private bank of M. Ginsburk &
ions, which closed Saturday, did not
upcii its doors today.
VACCINATING MEXICAN WOMEN AT EL PASO Texps
and federal health officials are taking every precaution to
keep refugees from Mexico from bringing disease into the
United States. All persons crossing the international bridge
from Juarei into El Paso are vaccinated before they are per
mitted to seek refuge in this country.
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NEW GREEK PREMIER
MARESSTATEMENT
Policy of Benevolent Neutral
ity Will Prevail Pending Ex
amination of Situation.
ACCEPTS NOTE OF ENTENTE
Athens, Sept. 18. (Midnight, Via
London, Sept. 18. Delayed.) Nik
olas Kalogeropoulos, the new premier,
made the following declaration today:
"The new ministry will follow a
benevolent, very benevolent neutral
ly toward tfiFentenTe.t wlllTlecTde
its attitude in Other respects after ex
amining the situation and studying the
diplomatic documents." , ; " '
Premier Kalogeropoulos indignant
ly .repudiated any suggestion that he
is pro-German in his sympathies. The
cabinet was Sworn in at noon. '
Athens, Greece, Sunday, Sept. 17.
(Via London, Sept. 18. Premier
Kalogeropoulos announced today that
the new ministry has assumed full re
sponsibility before the country for its
acts. The cabinet evidently accepts
the note presented by the entente
powers last June in the same spirit as
the previous cabinet :
The note referred to said, that the
entente powers did not require Greece
to abandon neutrality, but demanded
demobilization of the Greek army, the
formation of a non-political govern
ment and the holding of general elec
tions after demobilization had re
stored the electoral body to normal
conditions.
Supposed Bremen
Is American Craft
New London, Conn., Sept 18. The
submarine reported approaching New
London late last night which was be
lieved to be the German undersea
merchantman Bremen, was an Ameri
can craft of the L type returning
from maneuvers, it developed . to
day with the return to port of the
ocean-going tug, T. A. Scott, jr.
The tug set out last night carrying
persons supposed to be representa
tives ot the Eastern Forwarding com
pany, to which the cargo of the sub
marine Deutschland was consigned at
Baltimore. The Scott reported today
that nothing was seen or heard of the
Bremen. The American submarine
sighted was returning to its base.
Higher Coal Rate to
Nebraska is Suspended
Washington, Sept. 18. Tariffs of
the Denver & Salt Lake railroad
which would effect an increase in
freight rates on bituminous coal from
the Oak Hills district in Colorado to
points in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri
and Iowa were suspended today by
the Interstate Commerce. commission
until, January 16 pending investiga
tion. "
Five Survivors of the Battle ot
Beecher Island Are at Reunion
Wray, Colo., Sept. 18. Five men
who emerged forty-eight years ago
today from a three-day battle with
hostile Cheyenne Indians in one of
the most desperate encounters which
characterized the time when the In
dian and buffalo held right of prior
ity over the western plains, met here
today after journeying from the far
sides of the continent to recount the
horrors of frontier life and renew
comradeships. The survivors are
John Hurst, Odgensburg, N. V.;
Thomas Kanahan, Boise, Idaho; S.
Schlesingcr, Cleveland, O.; A. P. Pli
Icy, Kansas City, Kan., and Thomas
Murphy of Kansas. The occasion is
the fiftieth encampment of the sur
vivors of the battle of Beecher Is
MORE GUARDSMEN
WILL BESENT HOME
Regiment Will Be Sent North
Every Time New Eegiment
Arrive! at Border.
18,000 MEN YET TO MOVE
Washington, Sept. 18. General
Funston was directed by the War de
partment today , to -return one Na
tional Guard regiment to its home
station for each new regiment of the
Guard sent IS "the border.
TThTSecoml New York Infantry will
be one pf the first to return. Other
regiments will be Selected by General
Funston. Train equipment used to
transport troops recently ordered
south will be employed iti bringing
home the returning regiments.
The order was issued in line with
Secretary Baker's policy of sending
all organizations in state momiization
camps to the border before they Sre
mustered out of the federal service.
The three North Carolina regiments
ordered south Saturday, together with
those from Tennessee already on the
way, will be the first to reach Gen
eral Funston's command to relieve
troops now there.
There are 18,000 Guardsmen still in
the state camp. These will move as
rapidly as the necessary arrangements
can be made.
It was indicated at the War depart
ment that no general movement of
guardsmen homeward would be or
dered until a decision affecting the
border situation had been reached by
the American-Mexican commission
now meeting at New London, Conn.
The department has - submitted the
final-disposition of all border troops.
National Guard and regulars to the
commission. .
When National Guard organiza
tions are ordered to home stations for
muster out, those members who ap
ply may be discharged at border sta
tions when applications are made In
good faith and are approved by the
commanding otticers.
Man is Killed by
Automobile Truck
Lake Park, la., Sept. 18. Hugo
Lamp, a young man of Durant, la.,
was instntly killed when he lost his
balance and fell under the wheels of
an automobile truck near here Sunday
atternoon. I
President's Son-in-Law
Returns from Border
New York, Sept. 18. Francis B.
Sayre, President Wilson's son-in-law,
who has visited the American troops
along the Mexican border in the in
terest of the Young Men's Christian
association in Massachusetts, arrived
here today on the steamship Antilles
from New Orleans.
land. Several hundred persons from
eastern Colorado, western Kansas
and western Nebraska .were in at
tendance. The battle occurred September 16,
17 and 18, 1868. For three days the
Forsythe Scouts, made up of fron
tiersmen, withstood the seige by the
Indians, led by Chief Roman Nose.
Finally they succeeded in driving off
the redskins. Survivors of the battle
within a few years had scattered to
various parts of the country" and to
day there are only five left of the lit
tle handful of frontiersmen.
A monument was erected a few
years ago to mark the spot where
the fort stood. The' money was ap
propriated by congress and raised by
popular subscription.
FRENCH CIRCLE
TEUTON TROOPS
IN DENIECOURT
Paris War Office Reports Ad
ditional Gains Made by
Entente Forces on the
Somme Front.
COUNTER ATTACKS FAIL
German Attempts to Retake
Lost Ground Repulsed with
Enormous Losses.
BRITONS REPORT GAINS
Taris, Sept. 18, (Via London, Sept.
19.) South of Combles, on the Som
me front, the French have carried an
other group of German trenches, ac
cording to the official statement from
the war office tonight. Desperate
fighting contiuue's around Denicourt,
white actions both in the Champagne
district and on the Verdun, front,
where the French captured a trench
on Dead Man hill, are recorded. ,
Paris, Sept. 18. The Germans lost
heavily in several counter attacks
north and south of the Somme last
night, the war office announced to
day. The French maintained the
ground recently won and made fur
ther progress toward Clery and
Berny and on the eastern edge of
Deniecourt.
The French took 1,200 prisoners
and ten machine guns, the statement
says. The towii of Deniecourt is now
completely encircled by the French.
Prisoners report that' enormous
losses have been sustained by some oi
the German formations. The state
ment says two battalions were al
most annihilated bv the French ar
tillery.
Text of Statement
The text follows:
"North of the Somme river we have
occupied a trench east of Clery and
repulsed counter attacks of , the
enemy at that point. South or the
river the enemy last night delivered
several counter attacks against our
trenches located east of Berny and
south of Deniecourt. In this latter
region the Germans delivered no
fewer than three violent attacks. Each
one was repulsed with heavy losses
for the enemy. x
"East ,of Berny, as well ss im
mediately east of Deniecourt, we
have made further progress. The lat
ter point is completely encircled.
"The number of prisoners counted
up to the present limo hadceachd
1,200. Also ten machine guns of the
enemy are now in our hands.
' "According to information obtained
from some of these prisoners, the
losses inflicted during the fighting
yesterday in the vicinity bf Berny
upon the Tenth division of German
reserves and upon the One Hundred
and Twentietjt reserve regiment were
engaged. Two battalions of the Thirty-eighth
regiment. Eleventh division,
were almost annihilated by our artil-
"Thcre has been nothing of impor
tance to report from the remainder
of the front.
"Flight Adjutant Tarascon has
(Continued n I'r Twm, Csluma Thr )
Omaha Man Hurt
In Auto Upset at
Gibbon is Dead
Gihhnn. Vch . Sent. 18 fSnrrinl
Telegram.) Joe Schellberg, Omaha,
who was injured here yesterday af
ternoon when his car turned over on
the Lincoln highway, half mile west
of the depot, died this morning at 1
o'clock. Up to a late hour last night
it was thought three broken ribs wss
the most serious injury.
ill Tl 3 i
aii necoras ior
Stock Receipts . ;
In Omaha Broken
All records for live stock receipts
on the Omaha live stock market were
broken Monday when 972 cars of live
stock were reported in. The best pre
vious record was 953 cars, on Septem
ber 11, 1915.
In the 972 cars were 18,561 head of
cattle, 4,709 head of hogs and 50,691
head of sheep.
Bee Want-Ads
Are Making the
Greatest Progress
1483 MORE;
Paid Want-Ads
last week than , ,
same week year
ago.
No other Omaha newspaper
is making anywhere near the
progress in the Want-Ad col
umns as The Bee. For more
than 28 consecutive weeks
Bee Want-Ads have gained
over 1,000 PAID ADS per
week. This is the b'est pos-:
1 1 ' - Jf Al A. .
siDie prooi oi me great pop
ularity of Bee Want-Ads,
