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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1916)
THE 8EM.-WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEDRA8KA. SHOWS OPPOSITION COMMISSION ODJECT8 TO FED ERAL CONTROL ZiV,?,tT'irk,1Eon' Pnwnco City.. Rep. - t-uw -.'"'Wi. Nebraska City. .Dem. John Murtey, Alvo ,..Dem 8- u q. Todd, Union.. ncm.' 9 Jacob Hnng, Chalco. ...!....!. , . .nVm 10 James H Cra.ldfwk, Omnha. . . . Demi Jen Meibon. omnhn Dem. Jerry Hoivei.l, Omnha Dom. Jii-um, ..mnnii , I Jem. John II. Hopkins, Omaha Doin. rands Ooodnll, Oinalm Dem. 'ii'A Wr'd' """ana.... Dom, II. C. Hlchmond. Omnlia ...Hem, John J. Hhannon, Omnha Dem Frank Is. lltpaan. nmnhn nm Joseph AI. Lovely, Omnha '.Dein. 11 Albnrt II Millar. If.r,..nV,i " ' 12-John K. Neyblt. Tolmmal Hop. ?5Jl it 'M,0lllB,or- ,tykotn City... Dom. 14-U ineetwood, Wakefield...... Dem. If.-Kranz C. Ilndko. Wynot Dem. IZJ U- yplfenrath, Croft'oiii Dem." Tv Ul,",,'e"fV,.KlKln Hod. 19 C. Is. Mnnznr. Plnrr n.n 20 Ornrit 8. Mears, Wayne .'.Hen.' iiwn. ADVA ROSTER OF THTLEGISLATURE Items ef General Interest Gatnered From Reliable Sources Around L. he State Home. Western NewnDane Union Nw (tmrvt. Somn nilifiimtlvo tnfnin.nin .' i fit t.' Tfo.h ' wr..., xt,..i gardlng railroad rnto leclnlatlnn. nr. ad .1" 1i'h.?.n' . dm?, dera and litigation In Nobrnaka during Hub-Iim.' Haitie cV'c'e'k; Den..' tho past ton yearn han hnan rnmniin.i ls?J: ,$vEek-..uuu " wv diuio luiiw.iy commission anu forwarded to Washington, whoro It will comprlso a part of tho allowing to be mado by representatives of tho na tional aBSocIatlon of railway commis sioners In tho hearings boforo com mittees of congress. Tho facts shown arc intended to meet tho railroad arguments In favor of putting themselves under exclusive fedoral Jurisdiction and taking away tho powor of tho states to rcgulato transportation chargos. Tho commis sion hows in a gonoral way what laws iro on tho statute books of Ne braska, what authority It possesses ovor rates and sorvico, how this au- fhnrllv l. m.mh, V Ti wro,?ou' "nu ,lno 15-aeorko Jackson, Nelson... ......Dim number of complaints and applications MJM. K nickard. ouide Hock Hep. moti and disposed of, Investigations r,-l .lUT..;' ,p- maoo by tho COmtn flalon on !t nwn S-1o fltuhr. tlrntiil ImIihwI.. TW "I, ar. BPc,flc intanc08 whoro a. Bi:TantafncltyV. tfelS: "onuu tu ma curriers lias ooen " . j. iin ey. lie srado lion. n 1 1nm- 1 fil HOrfln lrlAM. Tliititinlirn riii u. kj. iiiirrm, utrpitv iem. 53 D. II. Cronln. O'Neill Hen. Will Ask Their Abolishment ttZ?iM?t .B01; "r'lT ?,e.!"- Tho office of stato land commission-1 5S i- A- P'lls .prd. '.'.'.. .'.'.'.bem; iir hn Umn o,...,n ,u u S' H v. iTumpie, Hazard Dem. -. uriuuuuo, iiiiuuKii pa v. j. Taylor, .Morna Dem. the creation of tho board of control P. Greenwalt, Broken Dow Dem. . 0U M. A. .Hosteller. Hlinltnti 11n. u. puui.o insmuuons ana nonco l j. E. Harris, Amherst,.,....... .Hep. ouuiiiu un nnniifinpi nnn witnt wnu- uu v, uurmiBV. iowen notn thia office dooa do ijlven ovor to tho Jizff- n?;nDorr?n0;'. '''mlnSton....Rep. Bimo nuuuor, according to tho rccom- Anoersoa Hoidrego Hep. mondatlona of state Auditor Smith, in A -c'ty 01 Li i i . . ' I ti. , Ajetiiiiui ...limn, um uienniai report to tho governor. vitori. Ldinounty, Moorencia....Dem. Tho board of control has taken over VAoft Cynold?: kStif&ixi:::? tho management of fifteen Institutions 5J & M- Ew'ng. nenkolmnn Dem. formerly under tho land commission- ??ZM.,lR?!',eKIa?J!"V"' no ai,t. , .. . . .. nn -t " . S':.!. i! " v.'..'"!.'.: 1?"'" V,, ouiiiii rctuuuiiunuB mai mo auoii- i. r.urP "icoweii, vaieniiue....i(ep, tlon bo mado by constitutional amend- Stf'Nr'cfflSS!::::: aiuui. which, it in flnm. tvnuifi mvo I iu i. v.. Hioarns. Nrnttuhiurr Dm fouryearB Auditor Smith further ." ';;;-SSS: ivuuiiiiiiuiiuH inai iiie siato nrintinir District Judmi ouroau do abolished and its work dono i "V0hn n in tho atato auditor's office or tho of- 2 James T, net nco of tho secroctary of stato. 2T-J U. Clndelar. Howells Dem. 2S Norman 12. Hhaffcr, Hooper.... Dntn. o J.11'1!1.1"" J- Dau- Hooper. . . . Dem. 23 C. M. Lemar, Wnhoo Doin. J. JI. I-nmbprt, Wnhoo Hop. 30 Oeorce O. Wnlte, Lincoln Dem. Krank Mills, Lincoln.; Dem. C. V. Peterson. Lincoln Hep, Halph H. Moseiey, Lincoln. ... ..Hop. Leonard MnnsburK, Lincoln. ... .Rot). A, II. Hutton, Lincoln Hto. Si D. H. Dalbny, Heatrlc Hep. C. W. Burrows, Adams Dem, 32 J. A. Axtell, Fnlrbury.... Heri. 2? C. P. Knutzen, Urunlnj; Dem. 34-T. R. Conley, Knlrbury... Hep. u.i - wcuikb num. urcie ...i;em. 55 oorre LiKBet, Utlca f....Hep, .He'sfnburP' IJvld City.... Dem. 3 O. W. Fuller, Reward ...Dern. 39 J. N. Norton. Pnlk Dnm. 0 M. U. Htres-m, York ..Hep. 41 James Foulon, I'nlrmotit Hep. 4S II. A. Kwnnson. Clay Center.., .Dem. 43 John M. Ward, Uenovii ...Itcp. i-erry iteeu. tiennerson Hop. NCE AT VERDUN PARIS REPORTS CAPTURE OF 7,500 GERMANS NORTH OF FORT DOUAU ONT. THE NEW MASTER LOSS ADIMTTED BY BERLIN General Nlvelle Delivers First Stroke Against Kaiser's Forces Since His Appointment to Supreme Command Troops Advance In Waves! aer. Tlntlnv. 3 P. James Cosgrave. Wlllard 13. Stewart. , Fred Shepherd. George R. Day. Lee 8. Estelle. Alexander C. Troup. Charles Leslie, , Willis Q. Sears. William B. Uedlck. . Arthur C. Wakeley. 6J-tIeortte K. Corcoran. R. 13. Qood. CKrederlck W. Button. OeorpreJI. Thomas. 7 HnlDh D. rtrown 8 Ouv T. Oraves. 9 Anson A. Welch. William V. Allen. Governor Issues Proclamation Tho proclamation declaring tho nro hlbltlon amendments to be a part of tha Btftto constitution from this dato on has been formally presented to ma public by Oovornor Morehead. The dobumont gives the form of tho amendmont and tho voto and corti- cb Mini u was reguiany voted upon and adopted. Another proclamation of thoi same kind carries tho talo that l?I,,HIrv ?; tho pure food amendmont wan " it" featcd. 12 Bruno O. Hostotler. la ii. m. urimes. 14 Krnrnt 11. P.irv Nebraska's state law, requiring rail- Jll0,teLnir D'?kB.on roads to transport live stock In ahlp. IfcBtV&g'''' uicni ni an averago rate of 18 miin J a- i-emocrion. por hour on main linen ntlfl 14 nil Inn i per hour on branch linos less than 12K Qonarnl Miles Will Speak miles In length has boon knocked out General Nolson A. Miles of WaBh. by tho state supreme court. ington, D. 0 lloutonant gonoral of tho united States army, rotlrctl. who as a LEGISLATIVE ROSTER yountf officer Just after tho civil war, spent many seasons In Nobraeka and District, Name, Residence and Polltl. the wost fighting tho Indians, lina cal Affiliation of Members om secured as tho principal sneaker events nf nnc..mi,n, i '...i .... ... f. V. wS52,.pJ2t?.ff.5,.,i' ""tor 01 the,comlnB t tho annual mooting of tho Nobrns- Ing took nluco betweon m,J ,. ?," ".-. ia state historical socloty In Lincoln Dlt. Name and lies. P,.im. tho second wo ok in Janunrv. ' Thn raSnTiMf...TOr ' e three big 3--J. M. aates, Fort Crook..... ..'.faem. mBl0r,cnl societies tho one meeting Loudon, Dec. lS. Oeiierul Mlvulle. Krunco's mnn of nctlon, Jins delivered his first stroke ugnlnst the central powers since liln uppolntment to su preme coimnuii.l. Dlsputches from the I'urls wnr office on Friday report nn energetrc oironslve on the Verdun front, with Impressive results. Uerlln iHJiiiltfl Hint In the new ofTunslvo tho French have gained adviintiiKC on both sides of the Itlvur Aleusc, I'urls, Dec. 18, vlu London. French troops In nn advance north of Douuu- mom unci hetwi-fii the Meiise unit Wouvrc livers captured lnon- tlitin ",-, r00 prisoners and several heavy guns, uceordlig to the French official com munlciitloii Ifisued hero on Friday, The . advance wuh ovur a front of ten kilo meters and to a depth of three kilo-1 iiiuiers, Uerlln, Doc. 18, by wireless. French attacks delivered on the east bank of the Mouse In the Verdun region result ed In a gain of ground for them toward Louvremont and Hnrdaumont, the wnr office announced on Friday In n mipnle- uiuntary stntemcnt. Tho engagement has not yet been concluded. The official statement rends: "On tho east bank of the Meuso strong attacks bv tho Frcnnh tin va been In progress, in which tho enemy .ouiainnu advantage In tho direction of Louvremont and Hnrdaumont. The ugnting una not yet been terminated." An enrllcr stntemcnt rends; "Western front, nrmy group of the .Gorman crown prince On the west oanii or tho Mouse thd French tried three times In vain to regain by at tacks tho trenches on lllll 801. south cast of Malnncourt, cuptured by us n short time ago. "East of tho river, after strong ar tillery preparations extending fnr Into tho terrain behind the lines, they re peatedly launched attacks. Tho ad vanco of tho storming waves failed on Pepper Rldgo under our dcfenslvo fire. The nttaclc on tho south slopes before Fort Hnrdaumont was unable to be de veloped under our destructive fire." MtKimii9lmKIKtOBMnB'Bf&'T toms republic jSPB II. S. DIVER WRECKED TWENTY-SIX 8AILORS RESCUED FROM THE H-3 NEAR HUM BOLDT BAY, CAL. (30ES AGROUND IN DENSE FOG EXCLUSION BILL WINS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPT ED IN THE SENATE. ohn k; Moffiy& n'0""0') long with tho Nebraska g, O.Mww territorial pioneers' association, and rH?,iiennettroXhT.r..::::, & ... T0 mTla nssoclatlon t W, it, wilron. Fremont!. .Illllbern w, bo n f unuBttal interost. on fcprniTk,H"'..i2merB0 ii- account of tho celebration of tho Boml- 8-w. Boost. MaRnet..:;::::;.:::::;;: ntenmal of admission of Nebraska inZlTJ'wH0TA"',uft nb p. to the union. 10-John D. .Henry, ilowj ;Us 2,m. 1J-A. J. BawyerT Lincoln. ".M.'biS; Would Work Hardships il-di"MSHu"7 It&ilway CommlsMonor Hall will IK jHpir: wate HeS- UDOnt fro,.n th0 ra,lwny commission np: R. HanWHfe order granting tho Omaha, Lincoln & w V &.UIII IIIUII, fll. I W SO C. 81 J. W, 22- 2S C. W. Ileal, flraken How '. . "li, . ,", B"y "UI Uelwoon. Omaha I V- S.na". xorK.. iup. mo umann, Lincoln & S4.,-nM,,tman' JJdborjf Dem- B,Jfttrlco Inlorurban road normlBBlnn oW lu stocks and s n. w. linni nmii.n nw '... Hull Bays thut betwunn n,.,,.i, .... 5l Vi.V Siir rMlrndB nr .,0catod nnd 16-Wllii. Wilson. Curtis.... ....V.n.nr tnut oth of them gouora v "havn n 27 B. K. nushe;, Ktmball Hep. hard tlmo" making both ends m,( 28- Oeoreo M. Adams. Crawford. .. .Dem. Ho sava rn.iJiri.n.L.. onus moot. House. f," 8aya cotruction of an electric n,ut4NSm.nn?.n,Si.. . Politics. Un wuld duplicate tho transnorta- t' htf. t.on means and would work a Z I Q. w, Iteneoker. Fnlls city itep. "net hardship upon all tho linos. Asks Corporation of Owners Part of Act Unconstitutional Stato Votcrlnarlan J. S. Andorson Tue suproino court of Nobruska ImB announces that bo doos not doom It uphold tho uct of tho last legislature nccesBttry to ostabllsh a Quarantine I ?J?tlJ ttpPol,Vment of a , 4vu i-uuiuriainir hrnn GREECE GRANTS ALL DEMANDS Athens Dispatch 8ayo Constantlne Will withdraw Troops From Thessaly. London. Dec. 18. Tho Greek mrom. mcnt has accepted tho ultimatum pre sented by tho cntonto nin dispatch from Athens to tho Central Jvew8 agency. Athens (via London). ue.iiauus or tno entente ullles present ed to tho Greek government wen In the nnturo of an ultimatum, am n,nob troops nro to be withdrawn fmm 'rim.. .... i muy, nccoruing to tho demands, and nnlv n nitnin ....... t ... vv.,i uuiuuer qi Boituers nro to bo concentrated In Poloponnesus. uema iiua ror reparation for tho ents of Dccembor l "uvu nam ing took place between nntonfn in.n.. , . "" uuu ureei; troops, are to be for mulated later. Geographical Areas Prescribed From Which Immigrants Will Be Barred Shuts Out Hindus. Men Face Death by Suffocation Before Breeches-Buoy Line Is Made Fast Disabled Engines Believed to Have Caused Accident Eurckn, Cnl., Dec. 10. Five of the- crew of the United States submnrlne U-3, which had been pounding In th& surf nortli of hero since dawn Thurs day, with 20 men Imprisoned in It, were brought ashore on n breeches- buoy. A short tlmo after the remain ing 21 1 Including the two officers, were rescued by the sumo menus. In a dense fog the ll-H struck n snud pit 300 yards off shore, Just out side the entrance to Humboldt bay, while cruising down the coast from Pugot sound on Its way to the Mare Island navy yard In Sun Frnnclsco hay. It was accompanied by tho D. S. S. Cheyenne and the submarines n-1 nnd U-2. Officers of the Cheyenne- said they believed that the accident was caused by the engines of the H-3. becoming disabled. All day long, until tho sen swept tho frail little craft farther beachward to a steadier position, the men of the PREMIER COMMENTS ON PEACE U"3, uottled up in the hull, were rat- BRIAND WARNS FRANCE PROPOSAL BY GERMANY. against the disease known ub stoma tItliUha't attacks both horses and cat tle And produce a sloughing off of tho membrane of tho mouth, instoud ho has asked tho co-oporatlon of stock owners In isolating cases of tho dis ease and in treating tho infected ani mals with an ordinary antiseptic wash, Whoro co-oporatlon is pot givon ho will quarantine promises, Governor Calls for Budget Under the Jaw passed by tho last loglslaturo, establishing a butlgot sys tem and making the governor chief budgot officer, Governor Morehead has sent letters to each of tho stato depart ment beads calling for an estimate of expenses for thn coming blennlum. The reports will Includn all oxpondl tures and revenues for tho last blen nium, and estimates of expenditures and roventics fqr tho coming blonul uw. Upon tholr reports tho governor will taa his appropriation recotu Kendatlons to tho legislature. momberB, but declares void that part of tho act which limits tho court In its choice of comnilSBlonorB to nomlnooa propoBod by tho governor. Tho court 8ayB tho loglBlaturo and the governor cannot thus lntorforo with a co-ordl-nato branch of the stato government uny moro than tha court could appoint olllcora or employes for tho houso or Bonate. p Iho WaBhburn-CroBby Milling com. Piny of Minnesota, which pleaded KUllty at Omaha to soiling mlsbrand ed flour and paid a fine of $50 and costs, has nearly 3,000 sacks of flour mi hand ,u Omuha which will havo to be robrun.lod to conform with tho Nebraska law. boforo it can ho dls posed of ,, dealers In tho state. Undor the law of Nebraska, flour munu aclurerR must brand each Back with the name of the makor and tho pUco whore the floor Is milled The Minnesota company has mills at suv oral different places. BUZEU CAPTURED BY TEUTONS Official Statement Says J,000 More r-nsoners Have Been Taken In Roumanla. Itorlln Do. io r.ii.,1.1 .. . ....... v. iiiimii Ainrsiiiii am Mnckensen's army has captured the B.cni rauway center of Duzeu, in uuimeusiern iioumnnln, tho German war olllco announced on B'rldny. Buzou Una niiAni -. I a. . . t niniui eisiy mues northeast of Bucharest end Is considered one of! the mum guiewnys to tbo Iloumanlnn pr6v Inco of Moldavlu. Throo railroads uuuvurgu mere. The capture of 4.000 nililltlm.ni n,. Bo-ltoumanlnn prisoners by the Ninth army is reported in tho official state ment. TORPEDO BOAT GRILSE SAFE Canadian Craft. Believed Lost at Sea Arrives at Northern Port Under ' Own Power. Halifax, N. S., Dec 18. Tho Cann ulan torpedo boat Grilse, formerly the American yacht Winchester, which was belloved to havo been lost with all hnnds off the const In tho storm Tues day night, cumo Into the hnrbor at Sholburuo, 100 miles southeast of here undor Its own power. Six members of its crew perlBhed In tho storm and a number of others were Injured. T, remainder, Including all the officers, "um i.-iin ivu unie. White Claims Re-Electlon. Indlnnnpolls, Dec. 10. President John P. White of tho United Mine Workers stnted that unofflclnl returns of tho Election hold Dccembor 12 Indi cate his re-election over John II. Wal ker of Illinois. Waco Women Start Boycott Waco. Tex., Dec. 18. Boycotting eggs, butter and turkeys, 300 Waco women nt u mass meeting hero laid plans for active nnd immediate steps toward trying to obtain n reduction in Driceo of the three article Washington, Dec. 14. The senate adopted tho committee amendment to the Immigration bill which would bar Hindus nnd certain other Asiatics without mentioning them by nnme, with an added provision stipulating that nothing In the net shnll be con strued to repeal nny existing law, treaty or ngreoment which serves to prohibit or restrict Immigration. This added stipulation, proposed by Senator Phelan of California, Is de signed to replace the direct reference to tho so-cnllcd "gentleman's agree ...n...)t ...j.,. -. ... Mit-iii. wuh .inpan, wnicn was stricken out of tho houso bill by tho sennte committee at the request of the stato uepnrtment. j-uu i-uiniuiitec amenument nre scribes certain geographical ureas from which Immigrants shnll n6t bo admit ted Instead- of naming races or nntlon nlltlcs as wns done In the bill ns It passed tho house. During the debate Senator . . unu 'Benntor I'liclan encaged In n lively colloquy, the former Insisting that it was needless to Insert In tho bill nny reference to agreements be cause they would not strengthen the position or tho United States. Senator Heed's amendment to nr. chide African blncks from tho Tinir,i States wns defeated by a vote of 32 to 37. When tho senate adjourned mere wns pending another amend ment by Senator Heed to exclude nil persons who came to tho United Stntes for temporary employment na laborers, Intending to return to their native innu. Makes Address at Night Session of the Chamber of Deputies Opposes Hasty Action. Paris, Dec. 15. Premier Brland dur- ueu nrouncl like nuts in a bnrrel. One lonely figure stuck to tho bridge, us if he were lashed to the diver's super structure, until the beating of the great breakers began heeling the sub marine over nnd back, Its conning, tower pounding the 'sandy bottom. Then he disappeared; tho hatches- were battened down, and crow nnd of- Ing Wednesday night's session of the T', "f Und ,f' s'i-t ir?1- prisoners ,a iuuii imperial cnunceiior s to(i, i, , , . - . peace prosposnl. In which he warned ah'T un Zn, 1 T .XT the country to bownro of France's ene- ffn0lC gr i ""1 a5. .of . mles. Ho nddnrt thut nvnn Wni,i Di,ul1 lot, ioor- noi do less In tho nr,,.oB , , h 01 u.'0 Ulver s n,r wnlstle, dying other members of the nllled coufer- awny as the air supply wus exhausted. A 46 HURT IN BOAT CRASH Steamer Powhatan and Unidentified vessel Collide In Chesa peake Bay., Norfolk, Vai, Dec. IB. The Mer chnnt nnd Miners' steamer Powhntan, oounu rrom -Norrolk for Providence, H. I., reported by wjreless on Wednes day that 40 of her passengers and crow had been Injured when tho boat was in collision with nn unidentified vessel off Thlmblo shoals, Chesapeako nay, nnu tnnt the ship had been benched to prevent It from sinking. Later wireless messages reported that uio uiu Dominion liner Jamestown had arrived and taken on board thn in. Jured and nil tho Powhatan's passen gers. 20 MINERS KILLED BY BLAST Explosion Wrecks Shaft at Stone City, Kan. Thirty-Nine Men Trapped In Drifts. Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. IB. Twentv men lost their lives on Wednesday In nn explosion which wrecked tho Iteedy & Hynn coal mine nt Stono City. Mlno olllclnls declnred 30 men wero trapped In tho drift. Cut Wires In Phone Strike. Toledo, O.. Dec. 15. Iho Ohio Smt Telephone compnny announced that slnco tho strlko of Us. operntors nnd linemen bejrau three wfceks ngo, 4,00fl wires hnvo bftn HUt by rioters, render ing that number of telephones useless. Mlscha Elman Hurt In Taxi. Now York, Dec. 10. Mlscha Elman. tin violinist, was injuied. nlthouch not seriously, when n tnxlcah in which ho was riding collided with a street car. His scalp was cut In two places by (lying glass. Allies Lose Many Vessels. Berlin, Dec. 10. Tho destruction nr tho French cruiser Suffren brings tho naval losses of tho allies up to 102 vessels slnco tho beginning of the war. It was announced through tho Over seas News agency. once! chamber passed 2 h, ruinflrinnnn in i, . t , ed Ule stnrt of n messnge In Morse t mr "M " oy tho diver's whistle. - I If .. "I hnvo , ,ih, mn m ,,uu wus ,,nny maue fast to tUe try on guard against possible poison- "7" "l 'Z T lug," said M. Brland amid applause. t'sa Z SS a , . , ,8 " 'eU "When a country arms Itself to tho , ' A brceches by W,IS teeth, when It seLes Ten Xywherc 1. 010 b8Utto- in violation of the laws of nations u m u,e conning l0W- nml Mfnn... 1.1 it t . ... I uicuui. vmUla ,iu,i uivu uieill, X SI1UUK1 rpi. TTQ ,..,, tu t. A be culltv If T fiiii country. 'Look ont; tnk r. 1 ,e Srew were ,nJurcd. b"t packed in . ' I T It A fntuati i s ninnn. "I havo tho rhrlif In tUn. fit l" ov.uij tmuwuu gna, gen- . wt -. mat I Jill I AMnA.i ...1. a . to snv tn our onnmino wuier lcnKcu to tne, Pat- dredth time, 'The blood Is on your hands, not unan nnrs .' Wnt thn t doubt the clenr-slghtedness of my RUSS SMASH TEUTONIC LEFT country, but in the face of these at- tempts to spread dissension among tho Capture Two Ridges In Belbor Region allies I exclaim, 'The French republic of Falkenhayn's Wing Qer- wm not uo less than tho convention. " No one can say that I havo ever been unduly optimistic," said M. London, Dec. 14 .Russia's KmnRli nn Brland. "But today, however, moro Falkenhayn's left on the Moldavian uinn ever, we must hnve tho convln- front resulted on Tnosdnv nf th tlon that victory Is cortnln. ture of two liPldus in i,n rtiKn,. - i n --' ubimji It Is truo that valorous Roumnnln gion. says nn olllolnl has been forced to yield, nnd It Is a from Petrogrnd. The troops of tho czar suu event; Diit its army, sunnorroil nro here enenced In nn oiTnri- tn tn by that of Russia, will come Into Its the German Transylvnnlnn flank before own. as to the question In the East, the Teutonic advance in Roumnnla ii is inr troni being settled, nnd to- reaches tho Buzeu river. morrow there will bo a new front Mlzll, on tho Ploechtl-Rnzan lino ...l.t.1. SIS i. I A - . - (viin.il win nBiurniize tno enemies' " Deen captured by tho Austro-Ger- luiceM. mans, sn.vsan olllolnl sfntomnf fri.io v - JLJISET post Is nbout half way between Ploeeh- U. S. WHEAT 639,886,000 BU I1 "nd ",e V,uzcu' n dlstnnce of about 7 ' wv w i fnrrv-fivo mllna Russian losses In tho wooded Car pathians for tho Inst week nro csti- mans Take Mlzll. Crop Report Shows Decrease In Wheat and increase In Corn Figures on Other Grains. Washington, Dec. 10. Final cstl mates of this year's production of tho ranted by Vienna nt 30,000 soldiers. Germnn divisions are belnc shifted from Roumanla to other fronts, accord ing to Petrogrnd, which dispatch is country's nrlnclnnl fi.rm " taken na meaning that the Teutons nounccd by the department of nirr.P.i 1 nv eone. us. f nr "s tney can Jn Ke ttirc nro I'eruinnnu s uomnin Corn, 2.583,2-11,000 bushels. with 2.732.457.000. tho 1010-14 aver- SENATE HONORS SAULSBURY K. tMit-iii o.mj,o,wu DUSIiels. com. De aware Man Is Elects d.m. nn ..1 ...I At. "TOO Onr fff I ivaiwwill, imuu iui uio live-year Pro Tern, of the Unner Branch I ' UYV1UKC af Cannr... nici nnn nnn . . I vi.a ,mi,vu,ivv DUSIlCIS. com. imreu wuii i.iOf,uui.wo. the 1010-14 Wnshlncton. Dec. 10.Snnfnr wn. uvLnij,o. Inrrl Sniiluhttrv mm of nio. n...l.. icnminnn . . . w...., "v.umii; wU uJf v ov.-i,wa. ugninst 180.208,- elected president pro tempore of tho i,W(W. ubuiuhi o(,uta1uoo. to 22 for Senator Galllnger (Rep.) and " I f for Rnnntnp fllnnn of X f I . ., , ... urn enm mnnmim , . "V. 1 "caui, m "iwuin Hrrnuvca OCNItNUb ranuionw oi tne l'rogresslve-Republlc- ans. President O. K.'s Punishment Given New Mexico Militiamen for Fail ure to Serve on Border. THREE DIE IN MICHIGAN MINE Frozen Cross-Head Causes Elevator Bucket to Fall With Occupants. Washington, Dec. 15. Preslilonf Wilson approved tho action of nrmy court-martial In sentencing Lowls O. YiuiJi ui now Mexico mllltlu to Marquette. Mich Dee 10 An i tllshonornble dlschnrtro nn,i v.o- ...T" . . V:' u.cn" rcfl 1U- An eIe t. , - -" m vumr UUCKCI piungeu 70 feet to thn oP vV"Vo L the' shaft , iTuoZl but remitted prised sT tenco" ho! l??l" "' cause tho case had lm., nri " r . . "vu'" ll? uuu iainy m- teSf jurmg six outers, a frozen cross-head ua iiroijuiisiuie ior uie accldenL Pershing to Be Promoted. Washington, Dec. 18. In ncknowl- Rallway Earnings Increase. T ,.1.1 a. - - edgement of his service n T""UC?: .Net earnings President Wilson on Friday afternoon , , vn ,wa. "ro of the United recommended tho motion i nT V' "ere ?107,- Gen. .Tohn.J. Persl iP i, "V": "1"'0.1'4' H, ""ersinto commerce 0 w tuiiJUl I lnisalnn nilnmm,l r-.., r. . i Muiiuvcu, uuriuir senrnrn. com- gcnernl. ber, 1915, they were 507,507,783. Would' Reduce "Oleo" Tax. Washington. Dec. 18. Another high- Author of "Hot Time" 'la Dead Santa Rosa, Cal., Dec. 18. Joseph cost-of-living measure-one to reduce t in . ., ; .VC' 18 Jo?eph the tax on oleomargarine from i02S S tt Z . .. o. license tax on oleomargarine rnZZ 2d I So on Frld? '' uW" T",ght-" turers-was Introduced In the house. (,ay Ho wn nenrljr