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DERLIN WAR OFFICE REPORTS
CAPTURE OF. 500 PRISONERS
NEAR VERDUN.
FOE'S COUNTER-ATTACK FAILS
French Declared to Have Suffered
Sanguinary Losses When Attacked
by Troops Under the Crown Prince
Paris Claims Losses for Germans.
Approximately f00 prisoners wort!
taken by the Germans, who also nip-
turetl ten mneliliit! guns. TIiu Kfi-iifli ,
fulled in ii counter-attack lit tilKlit.
The announcement follows:
"Army Group of die German Crown
Prince On the west Imiil; of the;
Mcuso In the sector of Infantry Gen-
ernl von r'nincnls, under eommiiiiil of
Lieutenant General son Mem none,
Wcstphnllan and portions of the Itml
l.sh regiments of proved valor and el
lleiene.v, assisted by artillery, pioneers
mid mine throwers, stormed French
trenches on J 1 1 1 1 ,'10 1 on n front of
3,(100 meters. The enemy suffered
sanguinary losses In hand-tn-hiiml
lighting ami left In our hands, in
round numbers, fioo prisoners, anion;;
whom were 12 olllcers. Wo captured
ten machine puis.
"At night die French laiiuclied n
counter-attack, which railed.
"Knterprlses on Dead Man's Illll and
northeast of Avocoiirt brought the de
Hired results."
Paris, Jan. 'JO. On the Verdun front
the Germans made attacks at four
plonts between Avaeourt wood and
Dead Man's lllll. The. war olllce an
nouncement on Friday says die Her
mans were driven back with severe
losses, although they penetrated ad
vanced trenches near Hill .'10 1. In
upper Alsace the Germans left
trenches at two points to attack, but
were checked by the French artillery.
During the course of the night Ger
man troops undertook several surprise
attacks upon some of our minor posi
tions, but these failed under the lire
of our men located ito the north of
Chilly.
SENATORS HIT INAUGURAL
'Plundering" of Public by Washing
ton Hotels Also Is Denounced
by Lawmakers.
Washington, Jan. 20. The senate on
Friday voted favorably on the $2:5,000
appropriation to pay for the Inaugura
tion expenses at tho capltnl, but not
until there had been some lively talk
about how Washington hotel keepers
"rob" visitors and some observations
that the inaugural ceremonies have
come to resemble a coronation pageant.
When Senator Owrninn brought tho
resolution from the appropriations
committee Senator McCumher (Hep.)
of North Dakota suggested that It
should Include provisions to prevent
hotel keepers from raising their rates.
He said he had been Informed by one
hotel that a room for Inauguration
week would cost $200.
"I'm not going to object to this reso
lution," said Senator Works (Hep.) of
California, "but I should like to see
one president Inaugurated with appro
priate ceremonies suitable In a democ
racy." Senator Thomas (Hem.) of Coloradl
expressed himself in accord with Sen
ators McCumher and Works.
Senator Sherman (Hep.) of Illinois
said he hoped that "wide publicity will
be given this matter, so that certain
of my constituents who may come here
won't have to borrow money from mo
to get home."
DETECTIVE BURNS PAYS FINE
Hunter for Leak in J. P. Morgan's Of.
flee Is Convicted nt New York
To Fight for License.
New York, Jan. 2'.). William .1.
Burns was convicted on Friday for ex
iimlnlng papers In the law olllces of
Seymour & Seymour and was lined
flO.
Martin Kgan, publicity agent for .1.
P. Morgan & Co., who was on trial with
(turns, was acquitted. The papers re
lated to Information regarding muni
tion contracts stolen from the Morgan
nlllces. Hums was investigating the
"leak" In the olllce.
The trial was the concluding chapter
of n wire-tapping scandal that stirred
ill New York state, dragged In Mayor
Mltchel and Police Commissioner
Woods, aroused a religious controversy
between the mayor and Hnmnn Catho
lic clergy of New York and nearly In
volved tin federal government.
Hums' conviction of the misdemeanor
may make It necessary for him to tight
lo retain his detective license.
Judge Shot by Assassin.
Williamson, W. Va., Jim. 2!). Judge
lames Damron of the circuit court here
ivns shot and seriously wounded by an
.jnldentllled man as he walked with
Mrs. Dninnm through tho subway at
.he station.
French Ship Socoa Sunk.
New York, Jan. 20. Humors that
(ho French steamship Socoa had been
ost were confirmed hero by dipt. Y.
Uerldam of the French line steamer
Ohio, who said the Socon was torpe
Joed by n submarine.
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BRITISH ADMIRALTY REPORTS
ROUT OF GERMAN FLEET.
London Admits Loss of One Destroy.
er In an Engagement In the
North Sea.
London, .Ian. 2.". Heports from
Viimlileu received by Heuter's Tele
graph company via Amsterdam say
that German torpedo boats on Monday
night attempted to leave Zeebrugge to
avolde the Ice, which was very thick.
They were Immediately attacked by a
large llritish squadron.
The action opened nt short range
and early in the light the bridge of the
German destroyer V-00 was swept
away by a direct hit, the commander
and two other olllcers being killed.
The V-00 llred one torpedo and was
hit by another Ilritlsh shell, which
knocked the funnel tint on the deck.
Still another shell put a hole In the
forepart of the vessel.
The crew of the V-Ol) numbered
about sixty. It would appear from the
statements of the men that seven oth
er German vessels were sunk. The
V-01) belonged to the home flout.
LEAK QUIZ IS ADJOURNED
House Committee to Give Experts
Time to Examine Stock Brokers'
Books.
New York, Jan. 20. To give stock
exchange brokers time to produce
records of the dealings of their cus
tomers during the time the Interna
tional peace situation was a factor
In the stock market, the rules com
mittee of the house suspended on
Wednesday Its "leak" Inquiry and re
turned to Washington. They will
come back probably next Tuesday, by
which time It Is expected the brokers'
records will have been examined by
the committee's experts.
The committee expects to lenrn
from these accounts who were the big
operators In the market Just prior
to the publication of the president's
pence note and will then summon
these Individuals to liud out If they
had any advance Information on the
note, and, If so, where they got It.
NO BRITISH SHELLS FOR U. S.
Britain Cancels Bid Made By English
Concern Minister of Munitions
In Control of Steel Output.
London, .inn. o. nie isritMi gov
ernment has refused permission to the
lladtlebW, Ltd., to proceed with work
on the contract for shells lor the
American navy "mi long as the exig
encies of war continue."
The announcement Is made In the
form of an ollhial notice by Christo
pher Addison, the minister of muni
tions In which attention is called to
the fact that die entire seel output Is
under his control.
The Hiitlsh tlrm recently was
awarded the contract to supply shells
for the I'nlted States navy when Its
bid was found to he .V-00 lower per
shell than the offer of any American
tlrm In open bidding.
St. Louis Man Falls Dead.
Washington, Jan. 20. -Overwrought
and excited at what he thought was a
retlectlon on the patriotism of the mid
dle West, Henjnmln Hlewitt, superin
tendent of the St. Louis schools,
dropped dead hero at u meeting.
Hunt U, S. Prisoners on Ship.
Herlln, Jan. -0. .lames W. Gerard
renewed his Inquiries nt the foreign
otilce regarding the possible presence
of Americans among the war prisoners
brought to Germany by the captured
Urltlsh steamer Yurrowdale.
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WILSON MAY STUMP
CONSIDERS MAKING SEVERAL
SPEECHES ON PEACE.
Senate Halts Long Debate on Presi
dent's Address Stone Opposed
to Action.
Washing!! Inn. 20. ('resident
Wilson has taken under consideration
a suggestion that after congress ad
journs he make a number of speeches
In different purts of the country In u
campaign of education in connection
with the Ideas expressed by him In his
address on peace before the senate.
Olllclnls said die president bad
reached no conclusion and would not
do so for several weeks.
Action on Senator Cummins' reso
lution to provide for exclusive con
sideration of ('resident's Wilson pence
address until all senators have ex
pressed their views, was deferred, and
it was sent to the calendar after It
had been debated two hours.
Senator Cummins sought to obtain
unanimous consent for the resolution
to go over without prejudice, to come
up automatically again this week, but
Chairman Stone of foreign relations
committee objected. Senator Cum
mins pointed out that with the resolu
tion on the calendnr it is possible for
him to move to take It up tomorrow or
nny other day after the senate rou
tine morning business Is concluded.
Senator Stone wanted to refer the
resolution to the foreign relations
committee, but the presiding olllcet
llnally ordered It to the calendar.
CHANGE YIELDS TO PROBERS
Agrees to Ask Members to Give Lists
of Deals Veiled Threats Are
Made at Note Leak Quiz.
New York. Jan. 2f.. The "leak" In
vestigation was resumed by the houso
rules committee at the customhouse
here on Tuesday, with II. G. S. Noble,
president of the New York stock ex
change, as the llrM witness.
Mr. Noble was called, as explained
by Sherman L. Whipple, counsel for
the committee, to detail the workings
of the .stock exchange ami to aid In
determining the possibility under the
rules of engineering deals for large
prollts.
Thinly veiled threats of congression
al action to regulate the stock ex
change and possibly prosecute mem
bers alleged to have T'ligagcd In pools
to depress die Millie of securities; ail
attack upon the theory of "short
sales," with the Implied suggestion
that It might be a wise thing to put an
end to Mich practices, and virtual de
maud that the board of governors (l;
the slock oM'hnnge request Its mem
bers to supply full records of ti ansae
tlons from December 10 to 211, with the
names of the clients involved, were
among the many surprises at the tlrst
session here.
Stock exchange olllclnls fought for
hours against granting the latter re
quest. On the promise that the names
of clients would not be revealed unless
evidence of wiongdolng was discov
ered, olt'u Inls capitulated.
Wilson to Be Officially Re-Electcd.
Washington, Jan. 27. President
Wilson will be olllelally re-elected
Wednesday, February II. On that day
the house and senate will hold a Joint
session In the house and count the
electorlal votes.
Diver Proves U. S. Craft.
Newport, It. I., Jan. 27.- A Milium
rlue, thought at first to he the German
commerce subsea liner, Deutschhtnd.
was sighted near Heaver Tall. It was
Identified as the United States auburn
rlne 01.
DRY FORGES AGREE
WILL ADOPT PROHIBITORY STAT
UTE A8 RECOMMENDED BY
GOVERNOR NEVILLE.
FAVORS THE CONVENTION
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around the
State House
WVstein N'fUHpiprr Union News Service.
"It la farthest from my mind to make
prohibition n farce." Bald Governor
1 Keith Neville to the legislative dry
committees. "I want it enforced."
The house nnd senate committees,
mcvtiiiK Jointly behind closed doors,
heard tho governor so express himself.
1 The Joint committer Immediately took
action looking; to Just such a prohlbl-
i lory sMitute a s Governor Neville rec
J ommended In his inaugural message,
i Tho committee adopted a resolution
1 favoring a bill that will permit people
EDGAR HOWARD
Editor Columbus Telegram
Lieutenant Governor
Much comment Is being directed to
Lieutenant Governor Howard on account
of his efficiency as the presiding officer
of the Senate. He takes keen Interest
In everything pertaining to public wel
fare and Is widely known as an able
editorial and descriptive writer.
to receive a "limited amount" of In
toxicating liquors from outside the
state, and in favor of the enforcement
of a prohibitory law by a state commis
sion. It was further resolved that a
sub-committee of flvo draft u bill to
b presented to the Joint committee for
consideration. The resolution provides
that the committeo to draft such a bill
shall bo composed of members of the
Joint legislative dry committee. Chair
man C. W. Heal of Custer o f the sen
ate committee and Chairman Norton
from Polk, to be members thereof. The
sub-comtnittec is to comprise three rep
resentatives and two senators.
This action of the Joint dry commit
teo clenrs the decks for action In tho
direction of prohibition. It indicates
that the specially chosen members of
both houses are in favoi of a prohibi
tory law that 1b not "bone dry." This
Is in accord with Governor Neville's
message.
Favor Constitutional Convention
Hy n unanimous vote, the house as
n committee of tho whole has voiced
its aproval of houso roll No. 2 calling
for a constitutional convention, sent
it to third reading and recommended
its passage. No one opposed tho bill.
The bill calls for a constitutional con
vention to be voted upon by the peo
plo at the next general election in
15)18. Representatives Martin, Finns
burg and Richmond spoke briefly In
regard to tho bill, declaring that there
was nn overwhelming sentiment In
the 3tnto In favor of n new constitu
tion Hepiesentntlvo Martin explained
the bill, declaring it would take at
least six years to put the state on a
basis of new government.
Senate Confirms Mayfleld
The sennto confirmed Kugcno O.
Mayfleld as a member of the state
board of control by a vote of 32 to 1.
This Is for the short term to fill tho
vacancy from March 1 to June .10,
-aused by the resignation of Judge
Kennedy. In addition Mr. Mayfleld
tMis a week ago. confirmed for tho six
year term, Btartlng July 1.
Bureau Will Get Special Funds
Tho legislative roferenco bureau
has employed J. II. Hroody of Lincoln,
C. L. Hino and J. P. Palmer of Omaha
to ns3lst In tho bill drafting depart
ment. Director Sheldon of tho bu
reau estimates that it will need $1,
500 more than was appropriated two
years ago, to get through dm legis
lative session, and the houso claims
committeo has agreed to recommend
a speclnl appropriation for whatever
Is required to keep tho bureau run
ning. Counties Must Pay Up
Stanton and Gago counties, which
nttnckod the right of tho state to com
pel them to pay to tho state the an
cient chnrgos ogainst them for care
of their insano, lost out and must pay
into tho strong box of tho common
wealth, according to supremo court
action, upholding tho report of Hof
ereo Jefferson Hrody In tho matter.
Stanton county wns sued for f 2,214
principal and $5,448 interest, and
Gago county for 3,438 principal and
$5,154 interest. Some of the accounts
run for nearly thlrtv years
TWO-CENT FARE ACT
A Plan to Let the Railway Board
Raise Rate
Senator Heal of Custer has intro
duced a bill thnt authorizes tho stnto
railway commission to raise or lower
tho two-cent passenger fare In Nu
braska. Tho two-cent faro law was
enacted by tho legislature In 1907. It
has been hold constitutional by tho
supreme court of die state. The act Is
what Is known ns direct legislation.
It gives the state railway commission
no discretionary power to raise or low
er tho rate prescribed by the statute.
Governor Shlldon, who was governor
lit 1007, held the bill until the last
hour of the last day beforo he permit
ted It to become a, law. Ho desired
to veto the law, but did not do so. It
was his belief that tho rate of fare
should have been left for the state
railway commission to determine after
u hearing of complaining railroads,
thnt possibly tho poorer roads could
show thnt two cents a mile was Inade
quate for them and that the entire law
might bo nnnuled because of a show
ing of some poorly managed road or a
road that did Mttle business In the
state.
The two-cent fare law has been In
force on all tho roads In Nebraska
sinco its adoption until last year when
the MIsFOUrl Pacific and the Hock Is
Ian 1 roads obtained temporary Injunc
tions against the state railway com
mission and attorney general to pre
vent them from enforcing tho law.
The orde was issued by the federal
court and the subject matter Is still In
l'llgation.
Wants Clgaret Law Enforced.
Hepicsentntive J. A. OilU of Valley
county proposes that hereafter It shall
bo a misdemeanor for any county at
torney "to wilfully neglect or refuse
to file a complaint and prosecute any
and all persons" violating uny of the
provisions of the law relating to tho
sale of c'gaiets. Mr. Ollls' bill further
proposes that upon the presentation to
the district court of un affidavit signed
by three resident freeholders and set
ting forth that the county attorney
has neglected to bring such prosecu
tions, "the district court shall appoint
some member of the bar of the state
to prosecute said county attorney for
violation of the provisions of this net,
and upon conviction said county at
torney shall be lined not less than $100
nor more than $500 and be subject to
lemoval from office."
A Bill for Road Improvement
The Naylor bill to provide a way
for counties to undertako a compre
hensive schemo of road Improvement
within their borders went safely
through the house committee of the
whole. Last session Mjr, Naylor nego
tiated a Blmilar bill as far as the sen
ate, but It died under the avalanche of
indefinitely postponed bills of the last
few duys of tho session. As amended
by the roads committee the bill per
mits a county desiring to immediately
put its roads In good shape to submit
a proposition to issue bonds not ex
ceeding 10 per cent of the taxable val
uation of the county. These bonds are
to run thirty years, bear 5 per cent
and may be redeemed after five years.
A three-fifths vote is necessary to
carry the Issue.
To Push County Agent Work
A new association, known as the
Nebraska farm bureau association,
came into existence last week at a
meeting at the university farm of
farmers interested In county agent
work. This association consists of
officers nnd directors of county farm
bureaus, as farmers associations in
chargo of local county agent work
are called.
Tho purpose of tho new association
Is to furnish a medium for the ex
change of ideas in county agent work
and to extend the work over tho en
tire state. Theie are now 2,500 farm
ers in the state who are members of
tho various county farm bureaus em
ploying county agents. They are
among tho most progressive and In
fluential farmers of tho state.
To Reduce Size of Legislature
Notwithstanding it is generally ac
cepted as a fact that the legislature
will submit to the people the question
of calling a constitutional convention,
members of tho legislature continue to
introduce bills for the purpose of sub
mitting proposed constitutional amend
ments two years from now. Senator
Splrk of Saline lias Introduced S. F.
90, a bill proposing to reduce tho size
of tho two branches of the legislature
and providing for n four-year term for
legislators.
Tho sum of $20,000 will be set aside
for tho uso of old soldiers in getting
to nnd from tholr national reunion nt
Vicksburg next fall If a bill intro
duced in tho houso meets with tho
approval of tho legislature. As drawn
up by Jncobson of Dawson nnd Fred
Johnson of Adams, the measure pro
vides that tho $20,000, or as much of
It nB shall bo necess'nry for tho pay
ment of railroad fare and Incidental
expenses whtlo en route, shall bo ap
propriated for tho uso of all civil war
veterans, both union and confederate,
who havo lived hero a year.
Deficiency Claims
Tho stato board of control will nsk
tho legislature to appropriate a total
of $4C,709 to cover deficiencies In tho
maintennnco funds of stnto Institu
tions for two years ending April 1,
1917. Tho deficiencies nro au follows:
Girls' school at Geneva $ 8,005
Orthopedic hospltnl 1C.337
Milford women's homo 4,601
Norfolk insano asylum 10,501
Dopendent children's homo..,. 5,975
One quarter's salary for con
sulting engineer 625
MOTHERHOOD
WOMAN'S JOY
Suggestions to Childless
Women.
Among thfl virtues of Lydia E.
Pinkham'fl Vegetable Compound is tho
ubility to correct sterility in tho
cases of mnny women. This fact is
well established as evidenced by tho
following letter and hundreds of others
we have published in these columg.
Poplar Bluir, Mo. "I want other
women to know what a blessing Lydia
a. rimtnam b vege
table compounu nas
been to me. Wo
had always wanted
a baby in our homo
but I was in poor
health and not ablo
to do my work. My
mother nnd hus
band both urged mo
to try Lydia E.Pink
ham's Vegetable
Compound. I did
nn. mv henlth Im
proved and I am now tho mother of a
fine baby girl nnd do all my own houso
work. "-Mrs. Aixia B. Timmons, 216
Almond SL, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Tn many other homes, onco childless,
there are now children because of the
fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegotablo
Compound makes women normal,
henlthy nnd strong
Write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medi
cine Co., Lynn, Mass.. for advice it
will be confidential and helpful.
Natural Gas.
In the past there has been enormous
waste of natural gas, nnd the total
waste Is still discreditable to the na
tion. In the Appalachian field the loss
of gas from oil wells, llambeaux, from
leaking pipe lines and many other
methods of waste was not less than
1.000.000 cubic feet dally, and prob
ably much more. The heating value
of 1,000.000,000 cubic feet of natural
gas Is roughly equivalent to that
of 1.000.0(H) bushels of coal. In one
state not less than 250,000,000 cubic
feet of gas has been wasted dally, and
possibly more than double that quan
tity, SO per cent of which might hnve
been easily and cheaply preventable.
In the Caddo (La.) natural gas field
at least -100,000,000 cubic feet of gas
was wasted dally, practically nil the
waste being preventable. Two wells
In this field having un estimated vol
ume of 20.000,000 or 80,000,000 cubic
feet a day blew out nnd burned 2or
one or two years. Philadelphia Eve
nlng Ledger.
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burn, sourness or belching of gas, acid,
or eructations of undigested food, no
dizziness, bloating, or foul breath.
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It Is tho Burcst, quickest and most cer
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Please for your sako, get a larg&
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Eat what you liko and digest It; en
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with them, or in case of an attack of
indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or
stomach derangement at daytime or
during tho night, it is handy to give
tho quickest rellof known. Adv.
Paper-Making an Old Art.
l"nper was made from rags In Arn
bla more than ten centuries ago aii(3
the art was brought to Europe In the
thirteenth century.
Cut From Menu.
"What are you paying for eggs?"
"Nothing. They're too blnnieib
high."
Is Work Too Hard?
Many kinds of work wear out the
kidneys, nnd kidney trouble makes
any kind of work bard. It brings
morning lameness, backache, head
ache, nervousness, rheumatism rind
urinary troubles, K your work is
confining, strains the back, or ex
noses vou to extreme boat or cold
or damp, It's well to keep tho kid
neys nctlve, Dnan's Kidney Pills
are reliable nnd safe. Thousands
recommend them.
A Nebraska Case
G. W. Ault, prop. City
feed store, St. Paul,
Neb., says: "Slnco I
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been broken down with
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In misery. I often got
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