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Nebraska dds'to Drawn For The Dee The boat newspaper artlota or the try eontrlbste their bt work for B reader. r. JTh 77 77 u A TP A TTD ATI! J7 If team mouse uams x. Bee THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XLIV NO. 120. r -OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, XOVKMBKR 5, 19141X)URTOEN PAGES. Oa Trains end at ' total Kews Stands. Be. SINGLE COrY TWO CENTS. I DOUGLAS VOTERS MIX MATTERS AT THE POLLS Discriminating in Their Preferences and Let in Every Candidate Seeking Re-Election. MOREHEAD BEATS HOWELL 3,643 Heturns, Almost Complete, Leave No Doubt on the Main Men. LOBECK LOSES T. W. BLACKBURN Lynch Again County Commissioner by b Very Snug Margin. MAGNEY SNOWS BROME UNDER Vote en Legislature Close, but Dem ocrats Have Better of It. TEN INHOUSE, THREE IN SENATE County Goes AsTaiast Woman' Saf ra(r, bat tot Moat of the Other "Propoaed Amida" -"on the. Hat. "Returns from all of Douglas county ex cept eeven preclncta, four in Omaha, one In South Omaha and two In the country give Governor Morehead a plurality over Howell of 3.643, which la 600 more than some of the demorcatic leaders predicted. The returns ahow very discriminative voting. Every county official seeking re election won out. WhUe the democratic (coventor 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. Thla discrimination extends on down ' , the line. Congressman Lobeck defeating Blackburn, his republican opponent, by 6,096, on the face of, these nearly com plete returns. On Into the legislature, ac cording to these returns, feedford and CJulnby, democrats; Dodge, republican; Howell, democrat, and Saunders, repub lican, are elected to the state senate In the order named. On state representatives the vote la close and the tide has shifted more than once 'since' the returns began to come in. Up to this last accounting, however, ten democrat and two repub licans.' Lungren and Palmer.' seem to be elected. '' ' . j : ' : ' ' . Officers lie-Elected. William , O. TJre la re-elected county treasurer; Felix McShane. jr.. Is . re elected sheriff; George A. Magney ktre- elocted county attorney; John C. Lyncjr-, Henry McDonald and Thomas O'Cojttnqr are re-elected to the Board of (bounty Commissioners; Bryce Crawfojd Is re elected county Judge; V'Tiii'J C.- Crosby Is re-elected. twon'"?;' 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- (Contlnued on Page Two, Column Three.) Son of Grant Parsons ' is Fatally Hurt by a Fall at DavenporUmeToM!!"1.1. -v , x A though what t x War Summary , London was silent yeaterdar re garding the nival engagement oft. the Chilean coasts Sunday. T'v American minister nt San Henry p. Fletcher, howe" to nrnis reports of a Gen. .v l victory In which five Ge Ves sels sunk or put v cut ofactloh three British warships. t'ntlltho British admiralty has spoken, the extent or their losses cannot be known. According to fiernian reports, the British cruiser Monmouth was sunk, the cruiser ,-Goodhope put -to flight when apparently a sinking con dition and the Glasgow driven into a neutral port, i v ;., The German ships are said to have been undamaged . and . the loss of life on board is said to have been comparatively Insignificant.' If two British cruisers went down" it is possible that some 1,500 men were lost. Early reports spoke of the cruiser Dresden s one of the German squadrdn. 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, both were. . ! FIGHT FOR HOUSE 3E ON FACE OF DPIJCUWT PUTITDWC I Battle for Control of Next Lower Body of Congress Less. Decisive i Than Estimated. 'REPUBLICANS ELECT IT2 MEN BRITISH ARMORED TRAIN near Ypres, with projecting rifles, showing type of new fighting weapons now in use. CANADIANS AM FRIGHTENED Presence of Five German Warships v in Pacific Dominion. NEW ASPECT ON SEA SITUATION Victory of Teatoa Squadron Oft Chtl Definitely Shifts Command of Soathem Waters to ' the Kaiser. , ' DVVENPORT. Ia.. Nov. 4. (Specia: Telegram.) Neal Parsons, 24 years old, otust Grant Parsons of the Parsons Coa- nally Injured here this morn'ng when the i V'"1' n1 H Wu felt h- ""Is could SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. , 4 The bril liant victory of the German squadron over the British off the coast of Chile places a new aspect an 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 has been a readjustment of. forces wlU make itself felt In ' the movement or all cargoes be tween the Pacific coast and Europe. Which way the Germans will elect; to .turn next to purest speculation, but tb"ey' are tree to move noHbwsrd. t the mouth of. the Panama, canatorjjo continue southward toward "the passage through the straits of Magellan and the route around the Horn.. ,. . , . At the same time the trade lanes between- Bart Francisco, Puget sound and the orient, ' already heavily - policed by Japanese and British, are now cleared of ronace, 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.lc and east of Sues, except the Emden. whose repeated raids on British com merce In the Indian ocean have been so costly. V..'r . Canadians Are Soared. "' OTTAWA, Ont.. Nov. 4--The presence of five German warships In the Pacific 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 coast. To meet the situation the naval authorities at Ottawa were In forenoon. Measures f s said, will likely be taken. they are has 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 naa perfected arrangements for eoallng Democrats Name 189, Bull. Moosert Two, Independens One, Social- " ists One, Missing One. .. G. 0. P. GAIN OP FORTY-THREE scaffolding In the elevator shaft of the; " u 10 rouna up tnis neet Until Brlt bullding under course of construction 1 Jf h and Japanese warehtpe now at Tstn t.ro'ke and he dropped over 100 feet 10, Tu r relieved. ' the basement. He will die say physicians.: " "ared that the German fleet may lie is still unconscious. Young Parsons ' warn north and under threat of long, was employed by his father aa labor oletance bombardmeht attempt to levy foreman. Harry Thomas, a laborer, on V"lbute on. "e f'ty of Victoria. The only the scaffoldlnn at the time, was also danger to Which the fleet would be sub- fataliy hurt. The Weatlier Hour. ! 6 a. m WMSSl' . , i. m V a. m..v. yeT , I p a. m M J W a. m SSV Jtm::::: i' w , V 3 p. m..... , 4 P. m ' K-r " P- m a .Aafen. 6 p. m 1 7 p. m 8 p. ni V Des. ... 4 ject iq carrying out such an enterprise. It. Is' pointed out, would be an attack from, the, two submarines which Canada brought from Chile at the opening of the war and which are statloprd In the waters about Van Couve.- island. Vote pf Douglas County on the Amendments LI CamttnratlT Highest today Lowest tixlay Mran tompisture . Precipitation ........ Temperature ard coca I Krvoril. r.i't. 1.1.1a. ii!. ua. .... 6J 6s Bi 4 Hi M 41 S ..... Ci. t 6S St No wi - .to .00 .00 preeipita'.ton depar tures from the i.oiiuai. , Normal umperalure .... Kirn, fir tliu day Kicpm since Van li 1 .. Normal preclplta'ion..'... Deficient? lor til J lay 'I'oikI rainfaa siii.e Jiarch J..,.S4.4'J Inches j -r.l..n Defi' lency since M;irch I S. Inches x"on - efirlrncy -or icrli d in lflt. 7.1JliK'hes Vs , Detifiency or. per.od in li-l.'.. "3. 1 inches 0 Report from btullona at T P. M. . ' " ' "" StaUon and ftate Te.-.iii. Dish. tl n. -".l"'r . Workmen's t'Diupcnsatlon Ves ........... o ... ..... . . ... Majority Armory-y- ; .7,565 .1.10 0; Those Not Tet Heard from. Bar ' bons Mast Secure Twenty-Nine. THAT NECESSARY TO MAJORITY Eleven Governor to Credit of tie .1 pnnnt and Ten to Donkey aa Resnlt of Tarsday'a Elections. WASHINGTON. . Nov. 4. -On the face of incomplete returns late today the fight for cqntrol of the house of representa tive, of .the next congress Is close possibly closer than democratic leaders have estimated., , , . . ... , , With sixty-nine - congressional districts unreported, the elections stood thle way: democrats elected. 189; ..republicans elected, 171; progressives ejected. 8; Inde pendent, 1; socialist. 1: missing, 69. Total membership of 'the houee 4X. The returns thus far showed republican gains of forty-three seats. Of the sixty nine missing, the democrats must have twenty-nine to get tlS, a bare majority. Democratic leaders predicted they would have more than enough. " Postmaster General Burleson predicted, after, a con ference .with . President Wilson, a, ma jority" ranging from twenty-nine to forty-five.-.' . ,. , .t, v . , Demon Hoi 4 Senate.- .The varying reports of the senate con tests in Nevad, CaUfornla, Kansas and Colorado gave no promise of reducing the ( democratic majority of eight. Reports- to the national democrats com mittee were said to Indicate the election of James D.' Phelan of California to suc ceed Senator Perkins, a republican; and the re-election of Senators Newlands and Thomas In Nevada and Colorado. . In Kansas a aclose contest' for, the seat of Senator Brlstew aeemeit f t h K.t.uun Aepresentatlve Murdoch progressive, and lurraer BiMf COrtlS. . rsDuullcaa. laav lhg- Representative Neeley, the 4eoMcra.th- A ' Rennbtlrans kleeted NEW TORK.- Nov. 4.-Inoomtlet r. u o . j 1 -v -fV '3 ' A "'" va. . .. . 1 e - j v 's?-- r ' . r,J y wwtoi&T . - , ' i - U.a ' i" V - tl if,.,,, ' ' fc -JU. ' - X J MOREHEAD TO BE . GOVERNOR AGAIN Returns from the State Show Him to "Be Safely in the Lead . . of Howell. ' INCREASES HIS PLURALITY Vote . So Oaln for Far Returned ; Indicates tb' Governor In the Entire; Statu Over Tw- -A ' Yenra A o, ' " RE-ELECTED GOVERNOR NEBRASKA. OF Enough of the Btate has been heard t-ohi to make' certain the fact that turns-fronvhe -twenty-nine sutes where r tremor Morehead ' has been. r gubernatorial; elections Wers Held' showed f ,cted Dy an increased. pluraUty: pTY rr'r ' Return, from fifty-seven counVies seven. sUtes-the result was apparently I ben received and tabulated on unaetermined. in these seven states the 4 vernor and show: Moreneao, o,- republican candidates were leading in; o- Howell ' 43,184. These totals fnrni. . ST?? '"i0- c'"'are both heavier than the rote for fornia, apparently, bad ' re-elected Gov- " , . ... ernor Hiram Johnson,-progressive. rehead and Aldrlch two yeara ago, of these twenty-nine states, sixteen at i ' X indicate a met gain for Morehead. the present time have democratic gov- Below the governor, the republican ; emors, eieven republican governors and two progressive governors. States electing democratic governors were Alabama, Arlsona. Georgia, Massa chusetts, Minnesota. Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. 1 Republican governors 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 Id early , returns. In Idaho the democratlo candidate was lead ing and in Wyoming the democratic and progressive candidates. New -York. New Hampshire, .Connecti cut, Colorado and Ohio elected repub licans to succeed democrats; Minnesota and Tennessee chose democrats to suc ceed republicans. S ' , i ' - i 1 . . -4 . , .r M ! JOHN ft MOREHEAD, NO POLITICS, BIG ' PAYJJNFIT OUT TeacheTs' Slogan Raise Salaries and Efficiency, Eliminating Physi cally Infirm. OUT WITH THE SLATEMAKERS American Warship y ' Arrives at Beirut ticket-seems to be running well. Returns from a few scattering precincts show; Pool, 796; Walt. V: Skalla, 20. ;-In Douglas county 110 out of 125 pre cincts give: Morehead, J2,ll; Howell, 8,964. These figures are not included In the tabulation, because of the Inability to make 'comparisons with thevote' of two years ago, owing to the change made In the voting precinct boundaries. Several of the 'congressional ' races In Nebraska' are developing into' tight con-' tests. In the First district, Reavls (rep.) appears to have a slight edge' over Ma guire (dem.) on meager' returns. In. the Second district,' Congiest.man. Lobeck ' Is re-elected In all ' probability over his re publican opponent; T.' W. f Blackburn. The rare In the trlrd district indicates that Congressman Stephens (dem.) will be returned,- though lllman ' (rep.) 'has given him" a clese' shave for bin laurels. In the ; Fourth district. Congressman Sloan rep.).- with ac'arcely a doubt,' haa defeated Rhodes (dem.). ' ' The 'Fifth district 'race between ' Con gressman 8. R. Barton and former Gov ernor Shallenberger presents a game 'fight for honors, with the result In doubt. I Congressman Klnkald ' (rep.) In the LONDON, Nov. 4,-Accordlng to the Athens correspondent of the Star an American warship haa arrived at Beirut, j Sixth' appears to have cut another, notch Syria, for the protection of the Christian ! for himself and appears to have landed population. 1 safely overTaylor. ' 1 I The vote on governor, outside of Doug. RfirmhllPan WlTIO ;la county, so far reported. Is: in Wilson's District TRENTON. N. J.. Nov. 4.-President Wilson's home congressional district, the FVurth, of New Jersey, has elected Eli jah C. Hutchinson, a republican, to sue. cted Congressman Allan B. Walsh, a democrat, by about J.000 plurality. Vas j Majority Woman Suffrazi ........ Ill " ' M-So '. . .OS inch ' ., , -ui In. n Majority 4 New Governors-Elect, e.ois i ...... 8,B.a Connecticut . , 2 l7Ti,,OW ..,oi7 ;Masrhuetts I Nebraska . . . , 7.693! New 'ork. . . ttta rennsyl vanla . of W eati.er. 7 p. nt. tt. t'heyenne, cVar i f Davenport, purt tlouily M (a 1'enver. r!sr ! fcx Iea .Molnei, pt. cloudy M --iff lodtfe t" ty. lear fri 70 North Platte, clear M (imalia. clear 57 Hapirt I'ity. clear S2 Hieridan, vicar 4K 6i fcioux City, i-lar St it Vaivatlne, rl...,r 62 tt faUljurx- .001 1 es .tit ' ... 1 ... . '.' Majority . . . .00 .t Term of Offlci ,tif) a es WiNo ..... .w li A. WUH. Local Forecaster. ,MaJorlty .' , .M. II.' Holcomb, R. ...ti. V. tlarke.K. . . . . ..n. I. Walsh, D. . . J. If. Morebend, D. . ..V. U. VVhltmn, H. .M. O. Rrumltnxh. a.;Hth Carolina. . .R. I. Manning, U. k4a, Tennessee T. ( Kye, I). Wisconsin E. I.. Pblllpp, R. .0.4S (Minnesota. W. H. Hammond, IJ. 4.00 sutl Iaotn. . , . . Byrne, R. 'Rhode Island, . . .R. L. BeelkniAn, R. .o,o , Kansas Arthur iper. It. Vermont; . . .'.W. P. DIUInghani, R. Michigan. ...... .. N. Kerrts, 1). Oklahoma. . R L. W'UiUms, R. North Dakota. .: ..f ft. K. nnaa . It .8,805 onto. .F. H. Willis. K. v (lolorado. .O. A. Carlson. R, . T Hampshire..!!. H. Kpculdlng, R. i . ij. voaie, tv. Oreiron J. Wytbycomb. U. .7,737 8.742 8317 ......4,343 Ito-elected. The. vote on governos outside of Doug las county so far reported Is: . , v. uiflH 191J More- How- Sack- More- At Platte, -II... Antelope, 1. Holt, 2 Cass, 2...:.. Adams, 2... York. 11...., Nem-e, 6... Khline, 1... Stanton, 3. I'olk, 4....'. Ma. ison, t. Wayne. 5.. McPh'rs'n, t Wash'Wn. S Scott's B.. Fillmore. 2. Sarpy. II... Cuming, IS.. Gosper, II.. head.' ell.' ett. head, d rich. l,0i!S ). 73 .... . i... 7J 70 4 94 . 90 V 7 4 140 79 1.S9 rt . . . 225 2 204 't 1 .... '223 ' 133 '. 7HI 9lf7 . 22 . m . 6h3 ' 24J 3S7 S ' v 4 3J 27 1 71 7J 210' "1S .... 22 IV .441 604 ' .. I 409 4"7 147 130 .. 163 153 a' , ri ... 801 nx ! 49 i5 " T I 6M 417 " .. SIS 547 I 1 4 ... W T 109 ,. Vt 98 l.m rr .... 1,011 74 . :.7 .... Si . 4X1 .... 44 oi 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' the afternoon. Counting Douelus county, ' the thirty-one counties from which ' Incomplete returns have been heard from, give suffrage ' 19,356, and against . suffrage 21,067. This gives the antls in those incomplete returns, a ma jority of 1,701. 1 The thirty counties outside of Douglas, with mostly incomplete returns, also give the antls a majority of 754. Douglas county voted: For, 1.6'J3;H against,- 8,638. .The vote as It had 'straggled In by Wednesday evening stood, outside of Douglas county, as follows: For. . Against. Antelope, 1 pet 179- 129 Holt, 3 pets 74 Pitt Saline, I pet m 67 Clay,- 3 pets 97 97 Madison, 3 pets 100 li7 Nancv, S pets 1W Jefferson, 1 pot 34 132 Wayne, 5 pets 209 . .246 Mcpherson, 3 pets 7ti 33 Lancaster, 20 pets 2,3tf 2,101 KaunderH, ljx-t 1.9 X9 Washington, 8 pets 41 436 Scott's Ulu.'f, a pets 23 K Iloone, 2 pots 11 1'W Cuming, 8 pets I:) 37H Hooker 1 . pyt 4d r.3 Jefferson, 7 pets 4"3 54t Sheridan, T pets 240 1 210 Kearney, 15 pets rre :K) Pierce, 8 pets IMi 2M Hall, complete 1,2X2 l,f.,7 Box Butte, complete l,j"3 l.KuO Logan, 1 Pet 67 64 Deuel. 8 pets K.4 112 Franklin. IS pets 319 478 Cherry. 11 pets 3'o 291 flage, 22 pets 1,125 1,27 Men Uk, 6 pets 443 .M0 Grant, 2 pets 70 xii Totals Ti'...ll,t;3 12,419 Despite Many Refusing to Attend ., Bejpanae of Pnat Polltlos, Four ' ' ' Thousand DcIeurntes Are , .Looked, For. . , Down with politics, up with salaries. out with tllo physically unfitl That is a dominant cry at the annual convention of the Nebraska State Teachers' associa tion. , '"The convention oixined with a lares at tendance yesterday in the banquet hall of Hotel Rome. Fully 4,000 delegates are ex pected, despite the fact thut mlny teach ers refused to attend because of the pol itics characterizing the affairs of the as. sociatlon In tho past. But now that the association has set Its foot down hard on polities, thntr1 grievance probably will be fully redressed before another con vention rolls around. The anti-politics sentiment Is so mani fest now that no 0110 la even so much ss suggesting candidates for the presidency. The field la open, the race free. The main sessions of the convention to day .and tomorrow will be held In the Auditorium. Sectional meetings will be held in First Methodist and other nearby churches, Chambers' academy and else where. There are thlrty-lavo of these de partmental gatherings in all. Harr 8trlL.cs Keynote, Superintendent C. M. ,Barr of Hastings yesterday struck what eeems 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 teacliers. Along this line he said: "I know of my -own absolute knowl edge that many teachers steind all day before a class of thirty-five or more and 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 ox amluatlon of scnool teachers. "With the physically unfit eliminated an Increase In pay would probably fol low. I believe the state of Nebraska Is wealthy enough to pay every teucher a living wage. The pay should t extend through the year. I have seen old teachers, who had worked for $40 a month, trying to eke out an existence In GERMAN FLEET LEAVES ITS BASE NEAR HELGOLAND Another Report from Dunkirk Says Four Battleships and Four Cruis ers Have Left Keil. FLEET IS SIGHTED IN BALTIC (Continued. on Page Two, Column Two.) Nebraska in Congress First District C. F. Reavls (rep.) Kecond District. .C. O. Lobeck (dem.) Third Diatriot..D. V. Stephens (dem.) Fourth .District-: .Char lew H. Hloan (rep.) Fifth Dil HcL.81 las R. Jl&rton (rep.) Sixth District . . . Moses P. lvlukald (rep.) In doubt. F. Augustus Heinze, Copper Magnate, Dies SARATOGA, N. Y., Nov. 4. Augustus Helnse, owner of immense copper Inter ests In the west, died suddenly here to night. Mr. Heine had made his home In Sar atoga for the last six months, and his son, F. Augustus Helnse, jr., was the only relative he had here. Mrs. Helnse died about s year ago. A slater of Mr. Helnse, lrs. William K. Fleitmanti, and two brothers, Arthur f. ana utto Helnse, or New York, are I on their way here. No funeral arrange ments will be made Until they arrive. Mr. lielnse seldom ent morettia 11 1 few days at a tUne here, living in Net York. - - (Continued on Page Three, Column Two.) Winners in Douglas - f ioveruor John II. Morvheari, d. Conirress, Second lN(rict C. O, Lobeck, 1. ' Supreme Justice Conrad Hollen beck, d. ' . - County Attorney George A. Mag. ney, d. Sheriff F. 4. McShaiie, d. ,, v TwsNur-r w. U. I're, r. County Clerk Frank Dewey, r. iK-il'Mier ot Deed Harry Peajye.r. County Surveyor Louis Adains, r. Superintendent Public Instruction XV. A. Voder, r. County Coroner Willis C.Crosby.r-. County Commissioner, Second Dis trict Jolm o, Lynch, r. County ConimioMloner, Fourth Dis trict Thomas O'Connor, d. County CoiuuilHttionert First Dis trict Henry S. McDonald, r. DiMrlct JuUe JaiiWs P.Kuvllsh.d. . (Viuuty JudKe Hryee Crawford, r. Hallway Cniiilhioner T. L. . I Hall, r. I Police Judgie Cluurles K. Foater, r. J R. -Republican. D. Democrat. German Warships. Gather Off Aland Islands Opposite Entrance to -Gulf of Finland. DARING RAID TOWARD ENGLAND Cruiser Halcyon Succeeds in Escap ing; from Tight Corner Prac tically Tninjured. BATTLE FOUGHT OFF YARMOUTH Shells Drop Within Few Hundred Yards of Naval Station. V DARDANELLES IS BOMBARDED Combined Fleet of Allies Opens Fire on Turkish Forts at Month , of the Strait from Lonar Distance. Bt'LLKTIN. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 4. (Via London) A fleet of German war ships has gathered oft the . Aland lelanda, in the Baltic sea. northeast of Stockholm and, opposite the en trance to the Gulf of Finland. They evidently, were proceeding north and hlave stopped to await orders. - BVLLETUV. DOVER, NtJy. 4. (Via London. The report In 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: f s " LONDON, Nov. 4 With pressure on the France-Belgian sea, cpast relieved. In terest In Londan again has been diverted from land operations to naval movements. The daring dash of a German squadron to within ten mles of the northeast coast of K rig and indicates that the prolonged Inactivity of the larger units of the Ger man fleet has been broken by a raid on the coast of England, but much satisfac tion la expressed that the cruiser Halcyon, by the clever seamanship of its com mander, escaped - from a tight corner practically uninjured. The retiring Ger man squadron dropped floating mines In Its track and this delayed pursuit. Dardanelles Bombarded. Another interesting naval development was the long dlntance bombardment ot the Dardanelles by a combined allied fleet. Athens reports that seventy shots wero fired at the Turkish forts by the British ship. The result of the engagement Is un known. A huge pillar of smoke on shorn indicated that some of the shells must have found their mark. The official reports from Belgian head quarters are becoming more positive in,, their assertions that the enemy Is pre paring to withdraw from his hard won position on the southwest coast of Bel glum. N leu port has been evacuated, but not before the city had become an unten able ruin. The battle of the Sand Dunes may now bs said to be history, as In London it is considered as hardly likely that the Germans again will attempt to move In that direction, as the flooding of the country haa made It practically worthy less as a battlegrourd. Elsewhere along tho western battlefront the usual attacks and counter attacks are reported without any Indication as to the exact point where the Invaders may be (Continued on Page Two. Column Four.) Who's Got ' the Money? Answer: The Western farmer. v Farms in 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 in the country. See if there is not a good farm tor sale In The Bee's "Farm and Hanch Lands" column. If those offered today do not appeal to you, keep in 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 Everybody Rad Btm Want Adm ( i