3L Nebraska Adds' to Republican House Gains Drawn For The Dee The beat newspaper artlsta or the eoaatry contribute their beet work for Bee reader. 0 maha Daily Bee THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XLIV XO. 120. OMAHA, THURSDAY ' MORNING, NOVEMBMt 5, 1914 FOURTEEN" PAGES. Oa Trains and at Xotel Hews ataada. Be. SINGLE COrY TWO CENTS. DOUGLAS VOTERS MIX- MATTERS , AT THE POLLS Discriminating in Their Preferences and Let in Every Candidate Seeking Ee-Election. MOREHEAD BEATS HOWELL 3,643 j Heturni, Almost Complete, Leave No Doubt on the Main Men. LOBECK LOSES T. W. BLACKBURN Lynch Again County Commissioner by a Very Snug Margin. MAGUEY SNOWS BROME UNDER Vote on Legislature Close, but Dem ocrats Have Better of It. TEN INHOUSE, THREE IN SENATE Count? Goee Against Woman's "nl trmge, hnt for Moat tne Other proposed Amd'' on the, Hat. Returns from all of Dougiaa county ex cept aeven precincts, four In Omaha, one '".n South Omaha and two In the country Kive Governor Morehead a plurality over Howell of 8,643, which Is 600 more than Some of the demorcatlc leaders predicted. The returns show very discriminative voting1. Every county official seeking re election won out. While the democratic governor ran this far1 ahead, no other democrat on the state ticket got a plu rality larger than 200 except Pool and only three won out at all.' This dlacrlmihatlon extends on down ' the line. Congressman Lobeck defeating Blackburn, his republican opponent, by 6.065, on the face of, these nearly com plete k-etums. On Into the legislature, ac cording to these returns, bed ford and Qulnby, democrata; Dodge, republican; Howell, democrat, and Baunders, repub lican, are elected to tbe state senate In the order named. OA state repreaeritatives the vote la close and the tide has shifted more 'than once "since' ffie returns began to come in. Vp to this last accounting, however, ten democrat and two repub licans,' Lungren and Palmer, seem to be elected. ' . . Officers Be-Eleeted. William G. Ure la re-elected county treasurer; Felix McShane. Jr., la . re- Selected sheriff; George A. Magney la re elected county attorney; John C. Lynch, Henry McDonald and Thomas O'Connor ere re-elected to the Board of County Commissioners; Bryce Crawford Is re elected county Judue; Willis C. Crosby Is re-elected coroner; Louis Adams la re elected county surveyor; Frank Dewey Is re-elected county clerk; Harry Pearce will have the distinction of being the only new face In- the court house, hav- (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Son of Grant Parsons " is Fatally Hurt by a FallatDavenportw.ort.it , v I though what War Summary London was silent yesterday Ye gardlpg the naval engagement oft. the Chilean coasts Sunday. T American minister nt San Henry p. Fletcher, howev lo firms repot ts of a Oen. t.v3 , '4 victory ln which' five Ge -vessels sunk or put v out of'iictlon three British warships. I'ntllthc British admiralty has spoken, the extent of their losses cannot be known. According td German reports, the British cruiser Monmouth was sunk, the cruiser ,'Ooodhope put to flight when appareatlyln a sinking con dition and the Glasgow driven Into a neutral port. . ; The German ships are said to have been undamaged . and. the lofig of life on board Is said to have been comparative!- Insignificant. If two British cruisers went -down-It is possible that some 1,600 men were lost. Early reports spoke of the cruiser Dresden as one of the German squadron. Today's ' ad vices from Chile mention the Bre men, but do not speak of the- Dres den. It Is Impossible to deter mine which one of the warships was engaged, or whether . tooth were. . , ! FIGHT FOR HOUSE :3E ON FACE OF PRESENT RETURNS 'Battle for Control of Next Lower Body of Congress Less. Decisive Than Estimated. REPUBLICANS ELECT 172 MEN Democrats Name 189, Bull Mooseri Two, Independens One, Social ists One, Misting One. .. 0. 0. P. GAIN OF FORTY-THREE Of Those Not Yet Heard from, Bur bons Must Secure Twenty-Nine. THAT NECESSARY TO MAJORITY Kiev I CANADIANS AREFRIGHTENED Presence of Five German Warships in Pacific Dominion. NEW ASPECT ON SEA SITUATION Victory ef Teuton . Squadron Off ' Chile. Defloltely Shifts Com ma ad of Soathern Waters to ' the Kalaer. ,y SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. . 4.-The bril liant victory of the German ,' squadron over the British off the coast of Chile places a new aspect en the naval, situa tion In the Pacific. For the present, at least, It definitely shifts command of southern waters to the Germans, and until there haa been a readjustment of. forces will make Itself felt In' the' movement of all cargoes be tween the Pacific coast and Europe. Whloh way the Germans will elect to .turn next to purest speculation, but they' are free to move northwsnj t the mouth of; the Panama, canals or'Jo, .continue southward toward the passage through the straits of Magellan and the route around the Horn.. ' : At the same- time the Wade' lanes be tween Ban Francisco, Fuget sound ' and the orient, ' already heavily policed by Japanese ahd British, are now cleared of menace, and the allied patrols can move against the enemy with a definite ob jective. . The engagement accounts for all , Ger man warships at large In the Pat.io and east of Sues, except the Kmden, whose repeated raids on British . com merce In the Indian ocean have been so costly. - . OTTAWA, Ont Nov. 1-The presence of five German warships In the Paclfio off the coast of Chile, and the proba bility that two more, the Dresden and the Emden, are on their way to Join them, created considerable apprehension here for the safety of Canadian cities on the Pacific roast. To meet the situation the naval authorities at Ottawa were In conference all forenoon. Measures if Is said, will likely be taken, they are haa not bee de termined ' The fact that the German warships had been gathered Into one, fleet was taken here as a clear Indication that Germany had perfected arrangements for Coaling ( DVVENPORT. Ia., Nov. 4. (Special Telegram.) Neal Parsons, 24 years oM, oiUef Grant Parsons of the Parsons Con- Ktriwlifm ifimnlnv nt Omuhfl was Inter .iiv ininrt.i v,er 1V.I. mnrn'nf when thai the fleet- and It Was felt that little could scaffolding In tho elevator shaft of the! ' ion to round up this fleet fintit Brlt butlding under course of construction ! h and Japanese warships now at Tsln fcro'ke and ho dr'oiied over 100 feet to, Tau r relieved. ' tho basement. He will die say physicians. ; " ared that the German fleet may He Is still unconscious. Young Parsons 1 ,team nol,1 "! -der threat of long was employed by his father aa labor, o'atance bombardment attempt to levy foreman. Harry Thomas, a laborer, on tribute on the city of Victoria. The only the scaffolding at the time, was also danger to which the fleet wou!d be sub fatally hurt. jecl ,n carrying out such an enterprise. I It Is ' pointed out, would be an attack '". ln, iwo suomarioes wiilch Canuda Drought from Chile at the ope-iing of th war and whlcli are stat'.onrd In the waters about Van Couver island. The Weather Hour, -i 5 a. in.... KMM.' : tS:::: ylf n ,n"' ' ' "I "' S . m.... Deff. ... t Vote pf Douglas County on the Amendments 47 47 4 : a . E7'- r-i ' ci- m AVorkmen'g t'ompcnsaUon Yen It CosBitnratlv l.cal Krrorit. w y.u . , ... Majority UorernOre to Credit of Kir phaat sad Tea to Dake.y aa Resalt of Taedays Elertloas. Bt'LLBTt.N. . WASHINGTON, . Nov. 1-On' the face of incomplete return late today the light for control of the house of representa tives , of . the next congress Is close possibly closer than democratic leaders hava estimated., , , , , . With sixty-nine . congressional dlstricta unreported, the elections stood this way: democrats elected, 189; . . republicans elected, 171; progressives elected. J; inde pendent. 1; socialist, 1; missing, 69. Total membership of 'the houee iXi. The returns thus far ahowed republican gains of forty-three seats. Of the sixty nine . missing, the democrats must have twenty-nine to get H8 a bare majority. Democratic leaders predicted they would hava -more than ' enough. ' Postmaster General Burleson predicted, after, a con ference with . President Wilson, a, ma jority ranging from twenty-nine to forty flve.v ,. , .t, V,MW . t . Y" , Desaoa H14 Seaate. , Tha varying reports of the senate con testa ,in Nevada, CaUfornla, Kansas and Colorado gave no promise of reducing the democratic majority of eight. Re port to the national democratio urn mlttee were said to Indicate the election of Jamea D.' Phelan of California to suc ceed Senator Perkins, a republican; and the re-eleotlon of Senators Newlands and Thomas In Nevada and Colorado. .In Kansas a acjose contest for, the seat of Senator. Btstow aeeme.d tobo between Representativf MurdocV' progressive, anrt former Senator Curtis.. republican. ' laa.v- lhjr Representative Neeley, tha dooiocratlc " ''. Kepablleaas kleited , NEW TORK,' Nov. t.-Inoomplete "re- BRITISII ARMORED TRAIN near Yprcs, with projecting rifles, showing type of new fighting weapons now in nse. lk rnment, ?rV .Jfv m""' fjfS s ' r 4 archtvea, I rVij . njr . , jm VgpljL.- - - ,...JaiiCl ..:'.1ji. . m.r jtf MOREHEAD TO BE GOVERNOR AGAIN Returns from the State Show Him to Be Safely in the Lead . . of Howell. RE-ELECTED GOVERNOR NEBRASKA. OF INCREASES . HIS PLURALITY Vote So Fa Retnraed Indicates a Gala for Ibs Cwisor 1 e ''' Entire :"ltr , Over Tw E'houih of the state has been heard from to make certain the fact that turns-from iht -twenty-nine states where t irernor Morehead has been. JiS- gubernatbrial elettions were '.held" ahowed ,cted Dy an increased pluraUtyi : Return, from fifty-seven counVles seven sUtes-the result waa apparently I -v ben received and tabulated on undetermined. In these seven states the f vernor and show: Morehead, 62, republlcan candidates were leading in o- Howelf " 43, 184. Thesetotals foiir, rfm0i ln.two" C"-are 'both heavier than the rote for fornla, apparently, had ' re-elected Gov- , , . ernor Hiram Johnson,-progressive. rehead and Aldrich two yeara ago, Of' these twenty-nine slates, sixteen at I l Indicate a net gain for Morehead, the present time hav democratic gov- Below the governor, the republican ernors, eleven republican governors and .ticket-seems to be running well. Returns two progressive governors. States electing democratio governore were Alabama, Arlsona, Georgia, Massa chusetts. Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska, OkUJioma. South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. - i ' Republican roremors were elected In Connecticut,. Iowa, New Hampshire. New York. North Dakota, Ohio. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. Vermont and Wisconsin, In Colorado, Kansas, Nevada. Oregon and South Dakota, the republican candi dates were leading- ln early( returns. In Idaho the democratio candidate was lead ing and In Wyoming the democratic ahd progressive candidate. -. New York. New Hampshire. Connecti cut, Colorado and Ohio elected repub. Ilcans to succead democrats; Minnesota and Tennessee chose democrats to suc ceed republicans. r 4 i . v'... : ' - V. ; J I V-"" r,-;t - -M i : 1 JOHN ?f. MOREHEAD. NO POLITICS, BIG " PAYJNFIT OUT TeacheTs' Slogan Raise Salaries and Efficiency, Eliminating; Physi cally Infirm. OUT WITH THE SLATEMAKERS Despite Many Refaalna; to Attend . . Brrsnae of Pnat Politics, four Tboaannd Dejearntee Are , Looked For. . t American Warship y ' Arrives at Beirut from a few acatterlng precincts snow; Pool, 796; Walt 2s; Bkalla, 20. .In Douglas county 110 out of 125 pre cincts gtv: Morehead, U.U; Howell, 8,964. Tbeae figures are not Included in the tabulation, because of the inability to make 'comparisons with the vote' of two years ago. owing to the change made In the voting precinct boundaries. fteveral of the .congressional races In Nebraska' are .developing Into' tight con-' tests. I the First district. Reavls (rep.) appears to have a slight edge' over Ma gulre detn.) on 'meager' returns. In the Second district,- Congieman I.obeck " Is re-elected In all 'probability over his re publican opponent; T. W. ' Blackburn. The race In the trtrd district indicates that Congressman' Stephens (dem.) will be returned,' though rVplllman rep.) haa given' him ft' close' shave tor hl laurels. ' In the- Fourth district. Congressman Sloan (rep.),- with scarcely a doubt,' haa defeated Rhodes (dem.). " ' The ' Fifth district 'race between ' Con gressman B. R. .Barton and former Gov ernor Shallenberger ' ptesents a game fight for honors, with the result ln doubt. Congressman Klnkald ' (rep.) In the LONDON. Nov. 4.-Accordlng to the Athens correspondent of the Star an American warship has arrived at Beirut, ! Blxth appears to have cut another notch By rla. for the protection of the Chnstlaa ! fr himself and appears to have landed population. j safely overTsylor. ' j I The vote on governor, outside of Doug- Rfinnhlir.nn Wina i1" count'r' rar "p0- ': in Wilson's district TRENTON, N. J. Nrv. 4.-Presldent Wilson's home congressional district, the Furth. of New Jersey, has elected Eli jah C. Hutchinson, a republican, to auc. cced Congressman Allan B. Walsh, a democrat, by about S,000 plurality. iUM. u,u. Uii. Armory-r- 41 3i , M M N 00 .(A) 4b .to 44 .10 Highest torfay .... Lowest tort ay Mt-an tompeisture PrevipiUit'.on ...... Temperature ard rreointaUon depar turen from the l.oriuul. Normal li mjieralure Kxceis for tho duy x, Kxces .4lnre i'un h I Normal preclplta'lon Ut-tn.it D'Y lor lb tay TutHl ramfail .Nian-n ... Df fl' iemy lne March 1 I'efirlemy ror irli'd in It'll. DHciency tor. pet.od In li-l.'. Rrort from Mudona at T P. M. Station anJ Hate Te.'u.. Jlich. IU n Majority Woman Suffrage Vea Xo 43 11 M til I.... I. Ui In. n .'injurity S4.4-J Inches t.-.,i.. S. Inches Taxallon .0.174 New Governors-Elect .8,013 L ' ' , .8,092 Connecticut ...... .M. II.' Holcomb, B. a77',ow G- W. tlarke.n, iMaaaarhusett. . '. . ..II. I. Walsh, D. I Nebraska ...... . J. II. Morehead, D. , . 7,fl3 I Nw ' Vork V. II. Wbltamn, K. , .o Tennsylvaala. ..M. O. Itrumbah, R. . - . . ' ' 7.11 iiK-hes eu 1.U Inches v Majority . of Wsat.'.er. I p. at. t. t'heyinnr, cV,r . r Davenport, purt iloudy iu tin Ieiiver. c'.r .' M Itt-m Molneo, pt. cloudy U - tie lolire 1' ty, Uar H i North Platte, clear M 64 tiiruaha, rltar 57 til JUplil t'ily. clour. 42 r-hendan. clear 4K 6 fcioux City, clear S3 M laJvatlne, .-,r It '!jur,-. D'lrK .... :, o Majority .00! Term of Offlc w. Xo 1 A. VS'ELAH. Local Forecsat.r. .Majority 8317 .,S3 TrnnciHiee T. i Kye, I). 1 Wisconsin. ; E. 1. PhUlpp, R. O 459 .'"co w. h. Iiamntoud, D. V,04i Dakota Byrne, R. . xoj, lUnxlo Island. . . .R. L. Beelkmao, R. ' , Kansaa Art buy 'xr, K. torment. . , .."W. V. DIlHnicuatn, R. Michlgaa. ....... . W. N. Kerria, 1. Oklahoma ;..R. L. W 11 J lams, It. North Dakota. .. B. Hanna, R. ( !!.. V it uiili. u ................ . . T. , . l(Vlorado. ....... A. farlann. II- . tq! vw Hajnphlre.Jt, f. Kpaukllac.H. nvTBu 1 . oaaie, n. OreiroB JT. Wyttoycunob, U. ' Ke-elecld. , .7,737 SJ42 .8,005 The, vote on governoa outside of Doug las county so far reported is; Trend is Against Suffrage as More . Returns Come In After having led - In the first meager reports until yesterday afternoon, woman' suffrage' began to fall somewhere behind In ' tha afternoon. Counting ' Douk'lus county, the thirty-one counties from which ' Incomplete returns have been heard from, give suffrage 19.306, and against . suffrage 21,fc7. ' This gives fho antta In these incomplete returns, a ma jority' of 1,701. The thirty counties outside of Douglas, with mostly Incomplete returns, also give the antla a majority of 7W. Douglas county voted: For, 7.CJS; against,' 8,3(t. Tha vote aa It had straggled In by Wednesday . evening stood, outside of Douglas county, as follows: For, Down with politics, up with salaries, out with tile physically unfit! That la a dominant cry at the annual convention of the Nebraska State Teachers' associa tion. . l v The convention opened with a large at tendance yesterday In the banqunt hall of Hotel Rome. Fully 4.000 delegates are ex pected, despite the fact that mny teach ers refused to attend because of the pol itics characterising the affairs of the as sociation In the past. But now that the association has set Its foot down hard on politics, that'giiovanco probably will be fully redressed before another con vention rolls around. The antl-politlcs sentiment Is so mani fest now that no ono Is even so much as suggesting candidates for the presidency. The field Is open, the race free. The main sessions of the convention to day .and tomorrow will be held In the Auditorium. Rectlonal meetings will be held in First Methodist and other nearby churches, Chambers' academy and else where. There are thlrty-awo of these de partmental gatherings ln all. 1 1!14 Mi More- How- Back- More- A I- - head.' ell. ett. head, drlch. Platte. . H.... e0 73 Antelope, 1.. 73 70 4 ' 84 90 Holt, 2 1HH Ttt 4 140 7 Cass. Z....... 1K9 J18 ,....225. MH Adams. .... 24 nt .... 2!S 133 York. U ' 7X1 t:i7 . 22 m . 6J NciM-e. 5....' 243 3rt7 I 3-" v 4 rallne. I.... 3J 27 1 71 . 73 Klanton, t.. 210 r ' 1 .... 2M 178 I'olk, 4...... .441 604 ' .. ' P9 Vn Madison. I.. 147 130 .. U3 l.'-3 Wsyne. $... 2S2 ,2'.' .... 80I ZX) MePh rs'n. 1 49 5 ' 7 Wiih'Uin, W 417 ' (IS Kl pVott's i-l 4 .. to Fillmore, i. . 7 1"9 .. 1"2 8 Parpy. II... l.lK 07 .... 1,011 4 Cuming, II.. 794 . 57 Gosper. 11.. 423 . 433 .... 44 3u Antelope, 1 pet 179- VJ9 Holt, 3 pets 7'i li ) Hallne, 1 pet m 67 Clay, t pets 97 H7 Madison, 3 pots K0 lti7 Nunc 1 pets W 14ti Jefferson, 1 ct 84 VM Wayne, 6 pets 2n . .246 McPhersoa, 3 pets 7 ' S3 l.ancenter, 20 pets 2, 2-6 2,104 Haunders, 1 JK-t b9 M Washington, I pets 4i 4J6 Scott's lllu.'f, 4 pets 211 K limine. 2 puts 151 1V Cuming, S pets 1;0 31 Hooker 1 Pet 4A M Jeffornon, 7 pets 4'.' rM Bherulan, 7 t t ZV 1 2W Kearney, lu lls in ;n Pierce, 8 pets W 2iW Hall, complete 1.2K2 l.,7 Hox Butte, complete 1,071 l.two IOgan, 1 pet 67 f4 Deuel, 2 pets 1M 112 Franklin, 15 pets 319 478 Cherry, 11 pets 32a 'Jt)1 fiaKe, 22 pets 1,125 1,27 MeriU'k, 6 p:tS 443 JWP Grant, 2 pits 70 vpiti Totals (7....I1.6K3 12,419 (Continued .on Page Two, Column Two.) ... . -V - . - I- n Nebraska in Congress KU-ft District. . . .C. V. Reavls (rep.) Hecond District'. ,C. O. Lobeck (dem.) Third Diatr1ot..D. V. Htchetia (dem.) Fourth. DUtrict..; ....... . .Charlen H. Hloan (rep.) Fifth lUtrlct..Hllaa R. Itarton (rep.) 8Uth District. . . . . ; Mose P. Itlukaid (rep.) Ia doubt. F. Augustus Heinze, Copper Magnate, Dies SARA TOO A. N. T., Nov. 4. Augustus I Mine, owner of immense copper Inter ests In the west, died suddenly here to night. Mr. Hrtnie. had made his home In Sar atoga for the last U months, and his son, F. Augustus Helnse, Jr., was the only relative he had here. Mrs. Helnse died about a year ago. Barr Strikes Keynote. Superintendent C. M. Jlarr of Hastings yesterday struck what eems to be a key note of sentiment at this convention, when, In his address at Hotel Rome, he declared against politics, for higher pay and the elimination by examination of the physically unfit teaciiers. Along this line he said: "I know of my wn absolute knowl edge that many teaehera sssnd all day before a clasa of thlrty-flvo or mora an l go through the pretense of teaching when they are physically Incompetent to teach. They ought to be eliminated, and the only way to do It Is to secure the passage of a law requiring physical ex amination of school teachers. "With tho physically unfit eliminated an Increase In pay would probably fol low. I believe the state of Nebraska ia wealthy enough to pay every teacher a living wage. The pay should extent through the year. I .have seen old teachers, who had worked tor 140 , a month, trying to eke out an existence In (Continued on Page Three, Column Two.) Winners in Douglas - (iovernor John II. Morthead, d. CoiiKreas, Hecond District C. O. Lolxv-k, d. Hupreme Justice Conrad Hollen beck, d. ' County Attorney George A. Mag ney, d. Sheriff F, J. McShane, d. '. V Tremurr W. . l4 r. County Clerk Frank Dewey, r. lU-KiHit-r 01 )hn Harry IVarje,r. County Surveyor IxiuU Adams, r. Superintendent Public Instruction -W. A. Voder, r. County Coroner Willie C.Crosby ,r. County ConiiidHMloner, Second Dis trict John O. Lynch, r. County tommUKioner, Fourth Dis trictThomas O'Connor, tl. A slater of Mr. Helnse, Mrs. William I County f oitimitulon..r. fc'irut rtiu- K. Fleltmanii, and two brothers, Arthur jtrh t Henry 8. McDonald, r. P. and Otto Helnse, of New York, are! DiHtrlct Ju(l;e -Jairtys I'.FnKlUh.d. on their way here. No funeral artange-1 futy JudKo Bryce t Yaw ford, r. ments will be made until they arrive. Hallway Colli 111 Nn loner T. ' L. Mr. lieinie seldom apent moretha n a Hall, r, few days at a tune here, living in New! Police Judge -Charles K. Fohter, r. Vork. ' I 11. Republican. D. Democrat. GERMAN FLEET LEAVES ITS BASE NEAR HELGOLAND Another Report from Dunkirk Sayt Four Battleships and Four Crull ers Have Left Keil. FLEET IS SIGHTED IN BALTIC German Warships. Gather Off Aland Islands Opposite Entrance to -Gulf of Finland. DARING RAID TOWARD ENGLAND Cruiser Halcyon Succeeds in Escaping- from Tight Corner Prac tically Tninjured. BATTLE FOUGHl OFF YARMOUTH . r , , . J ' . Shells Drop Within Few Hundred Yards of Naval Station. ' DARDANELLES IS BOMBARDED Combined Fleet of Allies Opens Fire on Turkish Forts at Month , of tha Strait from Loan" Distance. Bl LLKTIIV. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 4. (Via London) A fleet of German war ships bas gathered off the Aland Islands, In the Baltic sea, northeast of Stockholm and opposite the en trance to tbe Gulf of Finland. They evidently, were proceeding north and biave stopped to await orders. - BULLETIN. DOVER, NOT. 4. (Via London.! The report la being circulated that the German fleet has come out from Its base. It Is also reported from Dunkirk that four battleships and four cruisers have put to aea from Kiel: ' ' v ' LONDON, Nov. 4 '-With preasura on the France-Bel giajt jk cpast relieved. In terest ln Londan again has been diverted from land operations to naval movements. Tha daring dash of a German squadron to within ten miles of the northeast coast of England indicates that the prolonged Inactivity of the larger units of the Ger man fleet has been broken by a raid on tha coast of England, but much satisfac tion la expressed that ihe cruiser Halcyon, by the clever seamanship of Us com mander, escaped from a tight corner practically uninjured. The retiring Ger man squadron dropped floating mines ln Ita track and thla delayed pursuit. Dardanelles Bombarded. Another Interesting naval development was the long distance bombardment ot the Dardanelles by a combined allied fleet. Athena reports that seventy shots were fired at tha Turkish forts by tho British ship. The result of the engagement Is un known. A huge pillar of smoke on ahoro Indicated that some of the shells must have found their mark. The official report from Belgian head quarters are becoming mare positive In,, their assertions that tha enemy la pre paring to withdraw from his hard won' position on the southwest coast of Bel glum. Nleuport haa been evacuated, but not before the city had become an untenable-ruin. The battle of the Sand Dunes may now be said to be history, as In London it Is considered aa hardly likely that tha Germans again will attempt to move in that direction, as tha flooding of the country haa made It practically worth less as a battleground. ElseVhere along the western battlefront the usual attacks and counter attacks are reported without any Indication aa to the exact point where the Invaders may bo (Continued on Pago Two. Column Four.) Who's Got ' the Money? Answer: The Western farmer. Farms ln the West that are being developed scientifically along with natural fertility and accessibility to markets, . are making their owners wealthy. 'Farmers in western ' states are, worth today . $750,000,000 more than they would have been if there had been no war. This is the INCREASE only in value of their crops, and is itself only ' 25 less than our national debt. Just think for a moment of the unlimited 'possibilities In a good farm and the Missouri Valley is the best ln the country. 8ee It there Is not a good farm for sale In The Bee'a "Farm and Ranch. Lands" column. If those offered today do not appeal to you, keep ln touch with this col umn every day from now on' and you will soon be able to pick up a big bargain. Phone Tyler 1000 The Omaha Bee Evrybody Rmadt Bit Want AU f