THE O'NEILL FRONTIER 0. H. CRONIN, Publisher, O'NEILL, NEBRASKA .'Ukraine- means border land. The Ukrainians are known as little Rus sians in Russia and as Huthenlans In Austria and Hungary. There are about *4.600.000. They have asserted their right to independent existence for cen turies. They claim that they own the land from the Carpathians to the Cau casus. extending well north Into Rus sia. including part of Russia and Aus trian Galicia and part of Russian and .Austrian Galicia and part of what is Known as Russian Poland. When the J»oles were conquered by the Russians, ithe Ukrainians became subject to Russia, but they have never lost their racial sense. The bearing of the prince of Wales all through the w-ar has won him the admiration, respect, and affection of the British peoples, here and overseas. We need not enlarge upon this, for every one knows what to say so Is no courtly form of words. The prince will go to tha oveisea countries ot the em pire when the time comes with the unique advantage of huving seen with hie own eyes the shining ipialttios - revealed during the ultimate test of character—of the races that make up the empire. He will go, too, for ills j own instruction and enlightenment, as ■ the king said frankly of him last year when he foreshadowed Ills visit. A new company has been formed in Naples, under the name, "Transbal canla Italians,” with the object of bringing about direct railway connec tion between Rome and Constantin ople. The proposed route is Otranto, Valona, Monastlr, Halontca, Berea, Drama, Z&nth and Dimotli-a. Only the line. Valona-Monastlr. is to be nswly built; all the other lines are existing. Otranto will he connected with Valona, across the Straits of Otranto, some 50 miles, by large ferry steamers. The new line, It Is hoped, will strengthen Italy's Influence In Albania and the Balkan states. It is difficult to realize, but it is pone the less true, that the Munnan coast of Russia, which the allied troops recently occupied, Is as far north as King William land, where Sir John Franklin and his men abandoned the Kir bus and the Terror. But the gulf stream makes all the climatic dif ference. For that reason it Is possible for Quebee to be much farther south than London, and Boston and New York to be on the parallels of latitude! of Spain and yet have winters of great severity. .«—. Physically, Foch is a little man, bis Inches are about those of Napoleon’s, and he has Grant's fondness for the cigar. Like Joltre, a southerner, he lias frankness of speech which his old commander has never displayed. Un like Petaln hie words are rarely cuustio and ha has made friends among all his allies. An old man, close to 70. yet kounger than Clemenceau, he was still handsome when the war began, but tHe strain has marknd his face and only hie eyes reveal an unshaken spirit. Farming communities should organ ise "community spraying circles,” the agriculture department recommends. A man with a team, under the ar rangement, makes the circle of all farms In the vicinity lighting destruo- I Hv.e plant diseases. In one New York state community, the department re- j ports, the average spraying cost per acre, for the entire season, under the plan was as low as 65 cents, while the cost of one application per acre aver aged 1* rente. Sergeants J. J. Delaney and M. J. ■ McCabe, of Chicago, thought that through an open window they heard a man carrying on a conversation with a graphophone, consisting of “Hoeh der kaiser! Hoch der kaiserV They investigated and found Beo Der inger leaching a pet parrot. JBeo was [placed in Jail and the parrot was taught to sing "Three Cheers for the Red Whit# and Blue" by Delaney. A factory for the making of army uniforms, connected with the Sehuyl'- ' kill arsenal, Philadelphia, and recently opened, is modern in every way, asm talnlng lunch, rest and recreation rooms, welfare workers and a hospital. Only women are employed and they , can earn from <12 to 330 a week. To demonstrate that knitting is not exclusively a girl's pastime, the fifth ! grade boys of the Breck school, Phila delphia. have made a large quilt of many colored knitted squares under the ! direction of their teacher, Miss Marlon Huneviller, and presented it to the sur gical ward or the naval hospital OjeOs have a tendancy to work loosa from their settings more than any other precious stone, and the explana tion is thu1 these stones are more sus ceptible to the action of heat than any other. As the gjonc expands It forces open the prongs by which it Is held. The first New Yorkers to “cross the big pond ’ and visit Europe were two sonH of an Indian chief who were cur ried away to the Netherlands in 1611 by Adraen Block, the Dutch navigator, who Inter became one of New Am sterdam's "Hrsf citizens. Before the war Argentina used her 30,000.00$ head of cattle for meat hides. Tames and as draft oxen anti imported her dairy products. Now .Argentina not only supplies her own dairy demands, but also exports hugs quantities of cheese. It h< announced that ilia Marconi Company will butld the largest wireless station in the world near Buenos Aires The power of the new station will b« 11,00$ kilowatts, and three towers will be erected, each the size of the KITM tower. Mrs. Thomas Bogan Elwyn, captain of'the Philadelphia motor messenger* has been appointed a member of tbs national hoard of the Red Cross trans portation bureau since the messengers Joined the latter organization. More accidents occur In New Yorlc elty on Saturday than anv other dak of the week. This is attributed by the police to the fact that, there being no school on Saturday, so nianv children play in the streets. There arc 31) varied** of bamboo* Some of these trees grow two feet in t* hours, shooting up at this rate for 150 feet. A fortune of jewels is burled with the sacred white elephants of S am when they die. and a very elaborate funeral is given them. A fireplace grate made of tubing through which water can be circulated to distribute heat about a room, lias been patented. • The Norwegian mile is the longest it.IHS yard# The shorteej is the Ctrl. nemo- some 6tt) yards. The production of copper in th« United jsi' has .ndicawed more than 25 fo'd s; • 13S0. _ _ LANGUAGE QUESTION IS BOTHERSOME ONE Nebraska State Council of De. fense Hears of Abuses of Its Orders on Matter. Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 20.—The bear ing before the A merit-animat Ion com mission now In session at the state house for the purpose of threshing out the foreign language question in the state Is productive of sensations. Professor Brommer, of Hampton, pres ident of the German Lutheran Bynod of Missouri In Nebraska, declared that mob law In the name of the president of the United Slates had been used to prevent the preaching of sermons In the German language, that schools and churches had been- broken Into the nd meetings disturbed, that county oundls of defense had forbidden the use of German In the churches In sev : eral counties, preachers threatened by mob lew If they did not comply with the request of the state council of defense, that German Lutherans have been branded as disloyal by one per son in authority. Chairman W. V. Allen of the com mission, announced that as Judge of the district court he will punish to the full extent of the law any one guilty of Inciting a mob. Professor Brommer said that many old people In the churches had not and could not learn Ringllsh, but they have been good citizens and have given their money and their sons to I he war. These feel that they have been mistreated. With tears in their eyes they have told of being deprived of the consolation of religious instruc tion in their mother tongue. "Preachers are commanded by the law of God to preach, and what are we to do?" he asked. “Pleach" said Rev. John Williams, venerable pastor of an BpiscopivUaii church of Omaha for many years, and a member of the commission. "We don't want to disobey the law of God or any law of the state,” said the professor. "There Is no such state law," said Chris Grunther, another member of the commission. "I know,” answered the professor, "it Is a request, but we are told public sentiment Is against foreign languages. We have been threatened with mob If we do use It. You have no idea how we are treated. It is because we are Lutherans and because we are Ger mans. At Walthlll, a home guard, ap pointed as a committeeman, came to the church and in the name of the president of the United States de manded that the preacher quit hie ser mon In German. We were pointed out last year by a person ns disloyal and every Tom, Dick and Harry feels al liberty to throw stones at us." "The Americanisation commission has no desire to require the use of Bngllsh for those people who do not understand It,” said Chris Grunther. Some county councils of defense have made that mistake. We do not Intend to try to prevent people from hearing the word of God or receiving religious Instruction in any language except the one best understood. We do not think that the state council of defense has any such desire. We want to unify the people and give everybody a square Ileal. Mr. Grunther is a native Ger man. Professor Sara Hrbkova, teacher of foreign languages In the University of Nebraska, said that as a war measure aisorimiiiatlon should be made uffainst enemy country languages. Professor Hrbkova is h Bohemian. — rmcoi « l tHEIQHTON FORFEITS HIS BOND Norfolk, Neb.. Sept. 20.—Rev. Father W. D. Wind holm, of Creighton, Neb., charged with seditious remarks by the government and indicted recently by the grand Jury lit Omaha, arrived at Norfolk with his bondsmen too late to appear in federal court here to face the charges died against him. Rev. Father Windholm's bonds were for mally forfeited shortly after court opened, and his friends who had gath ered In court to hear the testimony were all aflutter. Wheh the criminal docket was called and Rev. Father Wimlholm failed to respond to ids name the district at torney moved that the bonds be for feited. The United States marshal was ordered to start forfeiture pro ceedings and he called for Rev. Father Wlndholm, after which he publicly called upon the bondsmen to bring In : ♦he body of the defendant. ; Friends of Rev. Father Wlndholm j announced that the defendant had j been told by his attorneys that it 1 would not be necessary for him to appear on the first day of court. A telephone message to him announcing that his bonds had been forfeited started him hurrying to Norfolk. It was indicated that the court would be asked to waive the forfeit ure of the bonds because of the mis understanding between client and counsel. -4 BROTHER TESTIFIES AGAINST ANOTHER Fremont. Neb.. Sept. 20.—The trial of Fred lamgwlsch and Fred Borcherdlng. Winslow business men. on charges of sedition, is on in district court. Martin Borcherdlng, brother of one of the de fendants, came from Fort Omaha, where he attends the balloon school, to testify against the two defendants. Private Borcherdlng reported the case when l\e came do Fremont to enlist six weeks ago. Another .brother, August Borcherdlng, of Winslow, is one of the principal witnesses. The defendants are charged with saying "this Is a rich man's war,” and that “the United States has no right to send her ships across the ocean after Germany had told her to keep off." HIGH SCHOOLERS IN ‘ BAD AUTO WRECK Auburn. Neb.. Sept. 2lh -George Stuff a high school hoy of this city, was killed and Paul Klliot and Gladys Sel ler* are expected to die, while a young woman named GHge was very seriously Injured tn an automobile accident « mile and a half aouthwett of the town of .luHati about Sunday night. ■„ All of the pat ti^gmiuvoiced hi*the ac cident are residents of Auburn and are high school students here. -4 RESTRICT BUILDING WORK IN NEBRASKA T.incoln, Neb., Sept. 20.—Acting in accordance with orders from the war industries hoard of the national council of defense, the stale council has put a f irthri* check on non-essential Indus tries in Nebraska, during the tieriod of the war. Five classes of construction projects ure permitted (o be carried out without a license. They Include build in "e undertaken directly or under cou t'Ai with the war und navy depart ment*.' building repairs not to .exceed t*.5Vl', and certain classes of roau work. ■ .- fc. I FEDERAL COURT IN SESSION AT NORFOLK Spring View, Neb,, Man Enters Plea of Guilty to Making Seditious Talk. ■ / Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1*.——Federal court opened here yesterday with Judge Wood rough presiding. A number of criminal cases were diminished, but several important cases are set for trial. When arraigned B. N. Carr, of Bpringvlew. Neb., pleaded guilty of seditious talk. His case was taken un der advisement. Mack Donny, charged with a similar crime, was given 30 days In the county Jail. John Donner, said to have threatened the life of the president, was discharged after a Jury had been drawn for his case. It was uncertain if he had made the alleged statement after the espion age law was passed. H. Zifk, charged with mailing obscene mattel^ to W. H. Needham, at Bloomfield. Neb./was giv en a fine of |50. Harry Johnson was given a six months' Jail sentence for a second offense of selling liquor to In dians. The case of the United States against W. A. Emery, charged with seditions talk, will go to the jury todav. COUNCIL OF DEFENSE MEMBERS HAVE GRIEF Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 19.—The Platte county council of defense haa a row on its hands and charges have been made against the chairman and the secretary of the council by P. F. Luchslnger and the row has been brought to the attention of Governor Neville. The governor has taken no action following the hearing of the versions of the parties involved, and now the matter. Is to be threshed out at a (pass meeting at Columbus Wednesday evening. C. J. Qarlow Is the chairman and Mark Burke, sheriff of Platte county, is the secretary. Re cently a suit was filed against Garlow and Burke by Luchslnger asking for ♦ 20.000 damages. Luchslnger. who is a native of Switzerland, alleges that when he was called to the office of the council of defense concerning the use of the German language in the churches and during the conversations some hot words were passed and dur ing the row Burke struck him a num ber of blows and he was not allowed to leave the room until interference arrived. Garlow says that Luchslnger made an insulting remark to Burke. Garlow and Burke state that the visitor was free to leave the office at any time. Now the Platte county coun cil of defense, through its chairman, C. J. Garftw, has called the mass meeting at Columbus to consider the charges made by Mr. Luchslnger and for the approval or the disapproval of the actions of the council and other war promotion committees In Platte county. ♦ ELEVATOR MAN AND FARMERS IN COURT Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 19.—The curtain is expected soon to fall on the village drama which was played for so many years in Ulysses, a thriving place tn Butler county, with George Dobson In the title role of star actor. Litigation in which a group of farmers are seek ing to recover $80,000 from Dobson on the ground that they lost a lot of money on gr&lgh stored In an elevator owned by him at Ulysses, has reached the Ne braska supreme court, and It has al ready been argued and submitted. The farmers won In the lower court and Dobson appealed. For years the latter was the big man of the village with his money In everything almost which promised dividends. Dobson denied that he owned the elevator when the farmers dropped their money, alleging that he had sold his interest in it be fore these losses occurred. The plain tiffs sought to show to the court that the transfer was not bonafide. Doh son is now a resident of Lincoln. USERS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES BEING HEARD Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. 19.—Trains from all parts of Nebraska are bringing In persons Interested in the foreign lan guage question before the Americani zation committee of the Nebraska council of defense which is now In ses sion at the state capitol. The hearing is open and it has been announced that any one who has a grievance over the way that the council has handled the question will be given a chance lo be heard. The committee comprises the Rev. John Williams, Omaha: C. H. Gustaf son, Lincoln; John E. Miller. Lincoln. W. V. Allen, Madison: F. W. C. .lease, Seward; Father Theobald Kalamaja,' Omaha: Chris Grunther. Columbus; Kd H. Coufal, David City. - 4 TENNESSEE GOVERNOR TO VISIT NEBRASKA Lincoln. Neb.. Sept. 19.—Gov. Torn C. Rye. of Tennessee, and a part of his staff will visit Omaha Septem ber 30. The governor's private secretary has written the governor of Nebraska that be would be pleased to meet him or any member of his staff who might, he In Omaha, but insists that the visit Is not public, but strictly of a personal and business nature. NUMEROUS METHODIST PREACHERS‘ARE CHAPLAINS Lincoln. y«h.. Sept. 19.- The Ne braska Methodist conference which closed its fifth annual session Monday, for the first time In its history, carried a special war service roll. Three preachers are enlisted In the service and is are with the army and navy as chaplains. Therefore the "to be sup plied” pulpits are a bit more, numerous this year. —4— BEATRICE—Ruth E. Ayers, of this City, has filed suit hi the district court against Leonard V'. Purdy for damages sustained In an automobile collision which occurred recently In Beatrice. The plain tiff claims $300 for medical expenses. $900 for damages lo her ear. and $10,000 for other damages. Hprdy, a former Ne hraaks. state university football s.tar. la now engaged In the garage business here and collided with a car driven by Miss Ay ers some .weeks ago. SCOTTSBLCFF- George Langford. a ranchman. If, miles northeast of Sootts blnff. bought 112'Tiead of southern steers. 3 years old. at $6 a head. July 3. 1911. Ho sold them at tin average weight of 1,392 pound* at $54.99 nr an average of $206.92 per head. His profit Is figured at $141 per head or s total of $19,782. Feed was grass and oil cake. Somewhere in the V pi ted Stale* there is a dangerous German, escaped from a Canadian internment camp, and again from it Minnesota insane asylum. Caught in a slacker raid in Minneapolis lie feigned Insanity so successfully that he was sent lo U . usy .urn. REPORT POLITICIANS CATERING TO BERMANS Both Republicans and Demo, crats of Nebraska Said to Be Courting Favor. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. IS.—Notwith standing that the war its supposed to i have stamped out the poisonous virus j bf Pro-Oermanism. evidences are still Shown that politicians are not averse to working the German voters of Ne , hraska. A Lincoln German who trav i els much over the state and partic | ularly in German farming communl-. j ties, report* to Chairman Beach of the republican state central oommitlee that he has found traces of democratic missionary work among the Teutons of Dodge and adjacent counties. He claims that this propaganda is being done in an effort to square Gov ernor Neville. The Germane arc told that the governor Is not responsible for the actions of the stale council of defense which hae made it exceedingly hot for them. These missionaries are • alleged to have attempted to make Hichard L. Metcalfe the goat because of his verile Americanism and hi* un compromising altitude against all kinds of disloyalty. The German Tribune, a republican daily which supported Neville two years ago. and which is published and edited by Val Peters, hgs recently Indicated that it will support him again. Members of the Nonpartisan league claim to have been approached by friends of Governor Neville asking if iHere is not some way by which the row between the governor and the league can be patched up. Tha league lui i been •sore" on Neville for some time because they charge that he did not afford them proper protection at their meetings and showed no inter est in helping them push their co operative measures through the leg islature. The 3 emocrals say that the republi cans have no reason to talk about wooing the German voters because their actions have shown that they want their support badly. It Is pointed out tiial McKelvle and his friends have let It be known that if the former Is elected governor he will name a council of defense, which, while gov erned by vital Americanism will show more diplomacy and a more delicate ■ consideration for the German resi dents of the state. McKelvie is ac •j< tiled of flirting w ith the Nonpartisan [league by promising the organisation ;that lie will protect Its meetings from llie mob if they are along loyal lines. -A— NEBRASKA METHODISTS AGAINST FEDERATION Lincoln, Nel>„ Kept. 18.—-The Ne biaska Methodist conference frowned on the federated church movement vhen It adopted the recommendation of a special committee to discontinue |t standing committee on the question tif church federation. The committee |n Its report declared that the Metho flsl church is not benefited by federa tion in a community. Bishop Matt tughes, presiding officer of the con erence said: "The federated church in a com munity is not a success. You will find fciat where the federated church exists Methodism is lost and Is laid on the •helf." A resolution was passed favoring the julldlng of another wing to the Metho llst hospital at Omaha to cost ap proximately $35,000. The conference ?iV meet at University Place in 18i9. This Is the second year that it has con lened here. Today the appointments Pr the year will be made by Bishop ttughes and the conference will close, fecause of the war and other reasons nany chunges are anticipated. fWO FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS AT OMAHA Omaha. Neb.. Sept. 18.—Three weeks Id Frank Olsando was killed instant i' in front of the Besse Theater on the louth Side when an automobile driven ?y Floyd Hunt got beyond his control jnd ran into the crowd in front of lie theater. Two little girls. Ethel and Elaine Vilder, 10 and 13 years old, sustained erioiis injuries at the same time >hey are daughters of William Wil-"' ier. Twenty-eighth and I streets. In an automobile crash near the orner of Twenty-eighth and Q •treels. South Side, Patrick Broderick, ,8 years okl, 3T41 U street, and An l.ew Tull. 23 years old. Thirty-fifth nd V streets, were killed when their struck a trolley pole. The engine ixpioded, scattering portions of the lit' over the roadway. Tuily was tilled instantly, his li e a d being trushed to a pulp. Broderick suffered 1 broken neck, but lived about half in hour. WOMAN ORDERED TO EXPLAIN REMARKS West Point, Neb.. Sept. 18—The coun ty defense council lias had before it Hie case of Mrs. John Stempel, a rtsi Jenl of the village of Bancroft, wha sad been cited to appear before the ►ouncil on the charge of having made tome disloyal utterances. Her sayings, Is testified to by many reputable wit nesses. indicated that she held very ttrong opinions against this govern ment and had not been at all backward !n expressing them. She was examined by County Attorney Elliott and made a complete and absolute'denial-of all tits charges. The council spent seine time In deliberation ami decided, unani mously. that the matter should lie pre sented to the court. ^OOD PROFITEERS TO BE GIVEN NO QUARTER Lincoln. Neb.. Sept. 18. Attorney Ceneral Reed will continue to chase alleged food profiteers. Prior to the primary election Mr. Reed started anti profiteering suits against the truck gardeners and produce brokers of Omaha, but Judge Day. of the Douglas county district court, dismissed them on the ground that there werf’-tto merit ill them. The attorney general nays that he lias been encouraged to" appeal and consequently he lias gvnjL.toi the Nebraska Supreme court. ir-Qjieiofrthe charges made against-the food men was that they encouraged consumers to buy more than they needed and thereby en hanced Die price of vegetables and oili er produce to the public. GERMAN LANGUAGE IS TO BE USED LESf. Wakefield, Neb., Sept. 18.—A patri otic demonstration against the use ol foreign languages w.-.s Jieid at the audi torium here. Considerable trouble lias been experienced hero lately with the use of foreign languages since a re cent order of Die council of defense that Its use must he discontinued on the streets and the meeting was the beginning of a crusade to abolish the tame. The meeting was called in the form of a home guard rally and 34 new members, most of them local business men. were rtc.uited into ti e guards. j ! German Counter Assaults Beaten Off by Americans Smashingon TowardMetz BY JOHN DUE OANDT, United Press Staff Correspondent. I’aris, Sept. 18 (;t:25 p. in.)—The advanced defenses of Meta have entered the action against the Americans, according to L'Heure American forces are continuing their progress along the left bank ot the Mos-He The Germans are slowly withdrawing toward their prepared lino. **y Associated Press. With tlie American. Army in Lor raine, .Sept. 19.—(2:30 p. m.'i—Germar Infantry attempted to attack the Amer ican lines west of ihe Moselle Tuesday evening, but the enemy troops were driven back by the fire of the Ameri can artillery. When observers reported that a light line of German iniaiurymen was ap proaching the American big guns threw a terrific barrage 'r.to that area. There were no further movements by the enemy. Observers reported this morning there were no living Germans in the region where they were sighted last night. Quite a number of dead, how ever, weye seen. Paris, Sc pi. j 9.—A ittevican forces striking noitheastw.ii(I along the valley of tha Rupt de Mad in the direction of Gorz and Oliambley, have captured a series of important fortified positions. La I iberte announced today. (Gorz, is seven miles southwest of Metz and a mile within the German frontier. Ohambley is five mi/es front Gorz.) At the same time the Prer.th, operat ing in the Woevre advanced two to three kilometers (a mile and a quarter tc a mile and three quarters.) They reached a Hue east of Watron ville, Hautecourt, Dieppe and Moran ville. it was reported. (Dieppe is six infles northeast of Verdun Hautecourt is three inllea southeast of Dieppe Moranvllle is a mile south of Hautecourt. Watronville is three miles south of Moranville ) PRISONERS DOWNCAST. By Associated Press. With the American Army on the Lorraine Front, Tuesday, Sept. 17.— German and Austrian prisoners taken in the recent advance by the Ameri cans in this section displayed great in terest when they learned of the Aus trian peace suggestion when the news reached the camps where they were ta|'o*VjctU>:i t«> the ]H»!n? ' ivheit* it "vMI m*>?t only « iscTitial j Kt-Ji c f the o»l:kvn j.ctA-i.li.orh Aiui \ !f'i« .-r^r.'ns \vHI he T<\\f i : ' U\M t»vrei'. « TEN MILES GAINED IN NEW DRIVE Serbs, French and Greek Troops Attacking With Great Vigor —Plan to Recover Ser bia and Free Czechs.. • "i . .1— |TURKEY MAY BE CUT OFF i -- j AH Indications Now Point to j Sustained Operations on Big Scale—Bulgars Are Driven From Hills % ■ By Associated i'ress. ■■ I London. Sept. 19.— (4.3 p. m.) Bulgarian resistance on the j Macedonian front is weakening iand the allied troops have ad j vanned an average of 10 miles, jceivod from Saloniki. Fifty guns jceived from Soloniki. Fifty guns have been captured. Berlin, Sept. 19.—(via London.) —German troops are aiding the Bulgarians in their defense against, allied attacks in Mace donia, according to an official statement from the war office to day. The Bulgarians are fighting against the French, Serbians and II reeks. nnsiimdi™, aept. 1».—ii ims oven hinted in military circles fori some months that this autumn would see a major operation on the Macedonian front and from the news of the past few days it appears that operation has begun. While it Is not possible for military reasons to give the number of men intended 1o participate in thi* movement its object is clear, 1o cut off Turkey from the other central powers to crush Bulgaria and to free Serbia, Rumania and the Jugo-Siavs of southern Austria. --- • Paris, Sept. 19.—Allied forces on the Macedonian front have penetrated to a depth of nearly four and a half miles on a front of fifteen and a half miles and have captured 4,000 prisoner^, ac cording to an official statement issued today by the war office. The text of the statement reads: "Operations on the Macedonian front continue very successfully. The rront through Sokol, Dobropolje and Vet renik has been widened to 25 kilo meters and the allied forces have pane Hated lo a depth of seven kilometers. "Prisoners to the number of 4,000, in cluding a staff colonel, have been cap tured. Thirty guns, numerous mine throwers and machine guns and con- s siderable booty have been taken. jF' "The Serbian forces are vleing with tiic French in courage and spirit.” By Associated Press. As the allied offensive in Macedonia continOes the impression Is growing that an operation of major proportions may have been begun there. The front where the fighting is going on is almost shut off from the world and except for official reports there art few details known as to the progress of the entente forces. It appears, how ever, that t lie attack which was launched on Sunday is gaining import ant ground cast of Monastlr. Sofia admits the allies have been successful at some points and,says that the Bulgarian troops have been with drawn to positions further north. This may lie taken as confirmation of the reports from allied sources telling of the successful drive over the high ridges which the Teutonic powers have held for the past 18 months or more. i.ast reports indicate that the rather restricted.front over which the first as sault was launched, is now being lengthened espe'clally to the east- Miters of the 1 ion where the battle is being foufiht :'»•>.v it is Impossible that the "* allies i.o ve passed through the wine where the hardest resistance might lie expected. 500 REFUGEES REACH STOCKHOLM IN SAFETY By the Associated Press. Stockholm. Sept. 19^—Another potty of refugees from Russia, numbering 500 person* and including 60 A morion II and British . ivillans arrived here yes terday at Haparanda. In the party were 400 Italian soldier* and officers. FARMERS UNABLE TO GET CARS FOR GRAIN Omaha, Neb., Sept. 19. Farmers who held tlieir wheat until they ere offered a fair price bv local buyers or until they can get their car* to move the urain to the grain corpoiation will not lie considered unpatriotic, ac cording to a statement issued by llurdon W. Wattles, federal food ad ministrator for Nebraska. The heavy movements of wheat have made it «;.f ficult at tiroes for farmers to get care. The shipments this year have been greeter than ever before. Between July 1 and August 23 the movement of wheat to primary markets aggregated j(iy r.M.tt.u bushels, nearly four tiroes is much r.r during the same ’period Ac-t year. in addition, heavy tdrlp ■ .< n ol' corn i.nd oafs haw iritcnpl : d the car luge. , d ■ i •• |. >tdi •*