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the Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER. Fair; Colder Call Tyler 1000 If Yob Want to Talk to Tha Dm me to Aryoa OoiiMctod with Tbo Dm. OMAHA, THUKKDAY MORXIXd, JANUARY 14, 1015-TWELYK PAUKS. Oa Trala sad at Total Maw! Itaad, S - SINGLE COrr TWO CENTS. VOL. XLIV NO. 180. SENATORS START WITH A REDUCED LIST OF WORKERS Bgin Session With Forty-one Em ployes After Committee Toili for Almost Week in Mak ing Up Roster. CORRICK GIVEN HIS REWARD Son of Ball Moose Campaign Man , aer Appointed to Place by Democrats. OKA HANS GIVEN POSITIONS (From a Staff Correspondent.) LISCOLN, Jan. 13. (Special.) The ccnate now has forty-one employes upon Its payroll. Seven had heen appointed be fore to attcnl to the1 preliminaries, and after a long controversy today, during which the committee on employes sub mitted a . report which the senators an-ended and added tp, thirty-four more wtikere .Here put on the list. Douglas county.statesmen were Insistent that they he given a goodly share In the pie and It was largely due to their Insistence that the changes were made. "JTTs said they have threatened to get more employe on the list later as neei. arises or is male to srle when the session gets under way. Two years ago the list of employes numbered seventy-eight. torrlcW Rewarded. Tho first evidence given since election that the democrats recognise and ap preciate, the part that the bull moose parly had In turning the state over to detroerritie control was shown this morn ing wiien In the list of appointees given t ut by the senate committee the name of Pruco Cqrrlck appeared as a clerk In that body. Toi ng Corrlck Is a son of Prank P. Corrlck, chief engineer. of the bull moose party In tliln state and personal represent tatlvp of Colonel Roosevelt. During the campaign charges were made that the democrats were furnishing funds to run the third' party .campaign, but this wa strenuously dendled by Chief Corrick. Now the reward comes for faithful 'en .deavor and Mr. Corrlck Is remembered for the part he took in defeating the republi can state ticket by the appointment of his on to a job in the legislature. Seaate Appolatmeat. Other appointment announced this morning by the senate committee, but which were held up because of objection raised by Senator Howell of Douglas are: I. H. Burger, custodian of gallery; Wal ter Johnson, Omaha, and George Wilson, Curtis, pages: Arthur Pearson, Morefleld. M,.u..nr... n lipiite.nant a-overnor: J. H. OMalley, Alda, George Holmes, Omaha, and Mr. Gillman, olerk In Mil room: El- win Vail. Seward, cerk Judiciary commit tee; Ed Shoemaker, Sidney, and Mr. Phil lips, proofreaders": clerk enrolling and en grossing room. Wnr Brady. AlWon; ste nographer, Mli-Oliyi-a ,wahnaa. Charles Bruner, Omaha; Janitor, Isaao Bailey; Janitor gallery, Colonel Thraeher. PlattsmouUts clerk. Gay,.: Orleans; clerk. Bruce Corrlck, rtocoln; custodian, J. M. HU-fier; gatekeeper. 17. Ttoberta, Fairfield; timekeeper, J. T ur7;' Jan" Itor Harry Bradley, Seward; bookkeeper, Gils F Beachorner, IJncoln; stenogra phers, Paul Kavanaugh of Columbus. Mabel J. Fenn of Omaha. Nellie Murphy of Omaha, Iva It. Mlsen of Hastlnge, Ber nice Owen of York. Marjorle R. Welch of Mncoln. Uiliam G. Golden of O Neill; nightwatch. Joseph Burr, Nebraska City. . deport ta BeTltt. Later the senat committee readjusted the employ report striking out we names of GUham, Miss Kavanaugh of Columbus, Miss Mlsen rot Hastings, Bernica Owen . of York and adding thereto.- "-William Bay, A. J. Btlger and Phil Tracy.'-a clerks la bill room; Mrs. D.-C. Craighead of Omaha, assis tant to chief clerk In engrossing room; Lillian Bellford, Janett Caranaby. steno grapher. Omaha; James McCloud, cus todian, Omaha, and Herbert Bishop, door keeper: ' With these changes th list was author ised. . Jerry Howa.rd Scores. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb., Jan. 13. (Special.) Representative Jerry Howard succeeded in having a letter he had. written to Omaha papers put in the record this aft ernoon. Howard( read the letter which ; wai for retrenchment In' state expenses. The house tabled the request, but It be comes a part of the record Just the same. The Weather Forecast till 1p. m. Thursday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity rair ana coiaer. Temperatare at Omaha Yesterday. Hours. Vet. i a m & a. m. . . W 7 a. m..... S a. m.. M 9 a. m.. 10 a. m.. 11 a. m.. 12 m 1 p. m.. 2 p. nt.. 5 p. m.. 4 p. m.. 6 p. in.. p. in.. 7 p. m : 8 p. m 41 t amparatlve Local Record. 1915. 1914. litis. 1913. Highest yesterday 47 45 10 2 Uttcit yesterday 36 IS 3 8 Mean temperature 41 S2 Precipitation 00 .00 lemr mti're and precipitation tnes lrom the normal: Normal temperature Kxress for the day S T T depar- ''1 !.'."!.'!4.'."!te4 .ut inch . .03 inch W 01 inches Total excess since March 1. Normal precipitation Tfirlency for the day Total rainfall since March 1 Deficiency ftnea. March 1 a. 54 inches Deficiency fr cor. period 1K13. S ( Inches teficleacy foK cor. period 1S12. 3.(1 Inches Heaorta frwaa Statloaa at T P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Rain oi Weather. 7 p.m.. eat. . fall. Cheyenne, part cloudy.... 30 M .00 Ijavenport, clear 30 40 .00 Itenver. clear 44 .00 ls Moines, cloudy. 40 W .u0 1 lodge City, clear 40 - Ut .00 I-ander. pai t cloudy 24 4u . .00 umihi, clear 4 47 .00 Pueblo, clear 42 44 . Hap id City, clear 3! 42 .ao It Ike. cloudy w -at T Sanif F, part cloudy.... 30 ft Hhertdan. eioudy 34 40 .00 Floua City, clear 38 44 Vairntine. clear 32 40 .00 T Indicates trace of precipitation mtlicaU-s below aeio. i Jl. WKLfcll Uocal ForecasUr. WAR IN WINTER TIME Group of British soldiers in Flanders. Note the men wearing sheepskin coats. p'-- " j' ' - ' - j ' - r - l , t , Li r:: -lkb-iA?& "v"i Y . v w x f 5 A V fc, - ' . -, .. . . i : , Vyi - S . its?- - -.rn r-, y ' v v -t4 L v -n Nsriv . . sj.r r&r STATE LUMBERMEN MEET IN CONVENTION Opening Session Devoted to Receiy- ing Reports of Officers and Dis cussion of Credit, and : i.:,.;i,Caih Sytfeoma!:' :,f . REPORT MANY CONSOLIDATIONS "We should have nothing - to do with war." said President F. A. Good of the Nebraska Lumber Dealers' association at the opening session of the twenty-fifth annual convention yesterday afternoon. "President Wilson has said that we are concerning ourselves too much with the war which is-none of our business. I agree .with him. We lumbermen should concern ourselves with the war no fur ther than to declare eternal war on sub stitutes for good luraber.ieternal war on the trade pirate and eternal war on ev erything but legitimate lumber business." (im of Slaanp. Secretary E. E. Hall in his annual re port charged the beginning of the little slump In business . the country has ex perienced, to the ' door of ' tariff ' legisla tion in congress, and. then admitted that tho war and several other things follow ing later, accentuated It. He - araerted the revision of the ' Sherman . anti trust law to be ' the. rankest piece of legislation that has been enacted for a long time,". In that it exempted farmers and certain - other businesses from the anti-trust provisions. ' The secretary stated that there are les lumber yards In the state .now than a Lyear ago. The past year, he said. "has been marked hf a great many busi ness .changes, many of which were1 eon aolldations, so that the agregate num ber of yards in th state is reduced." .. Talks on Credits. C. C. Trapp of Graham, MoT,"gave"a talk on credits. He "has worked out 'a system of his own and recommend It to others. He " advocates a ' dlscbunf1 for cash settlement, and interest on deferred payments. ( C. H.'Ketridge representing' the Missouri Valley Lumberman, discussed credits also,' following Mr! Trapp, eaylng; that a cash business ' can ' be done If one will only push it and stick to It. He gave.tn atances of the working of -the cash sys tern to such an extent that not more than , a few hundred dollars stood ort the books 3H 1 at thp close, of . the. year, and declared: 42 "The credit business, ha been, run Into the ground in'all lliiea'of business. There 47 j I going to be more of the cash business.' 4 i The younger generation will do it, and it will come to the point where the man who can t stand the gaff will have to get out. . . ., ; - 1 Sidney demons, associate editor of the Apierlcan . iAimberman, - also, touched the subject In the instance of the remarkable success, of a certain . lumber dealer la Michigan, who, although he had been In business, but six years, had the whole community with him. . H. N. Jewett, wholesale lumber dealer of Omaha, talked In favor of the cash basis so long and so enthusiastically that the chairman had to cell him down. Jewett ateerted that he started In th lumber business in the east nearly a half century ago and on a cash basis; that he later went into the retail grocery busi ness and went wrong In that he did not stick to the cvsh basis. He stood for the cash basis as a genoral proposition. 1915 OFFICERS INSTALLED BY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Officers elected for ISIS were Installed at ft meeting of th Douglas County Medl. eal association held In th City National bank building last evening. Dr. H. U Akin Is president and Dr. R. A. Dodge, secretarv. A program of papers and dis suasions followed. BORAH FIERCELY ATTACKS WILSON i Senator Declares Speech at In : dianapolii Like Those Made by . Taggart and Murphy. i .: V .. ;. - F T,MttgTs MT.rrr.ATg P0LICT, WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. An attack on Preslflfrnt's Wilson's use of hi consti tutional, powers; criticism and support of his Mexican policy and political apcech making mingled today in a senate discus sion of Senator Cummins' resolution ask ing what the 1'nltcd States Intends to do with the taxes collected during the occu pation of Vera Crus. John Sharp Williams, defending the ad ministration, said it was well known the money was to be turned over to sny government in Mexico eventually recog nised. ' "you aannot embarrass the administra tion, nor befooxle the American people with any such resolution," he said, launching Into a defense of the presi dent's policy. He declared if "a certain American had been In the White House there would have been stern messages to congress, climaxed with: 'Come on, boys, charge!" Hta Prediction "Woodrow Wilson will be renominated! for the presidency," said Senator Wil liams, "and re-elected, not as a minority, but ,as a majority candidate." Senator Cummins insisted congress, not th president, should decide what shall Decome or tne vera irus money, ana then, paying a tribute to President Wil son's Integrity and ability, , adued: I am simply objecting to his position that he is trying to run the United States. It appears in every utterance . that falls from his lips. He assumes that .under the constitution he Is the final arbiter of all these thing. I have no doubt he as sumes It with perfect honesty end with the most' careful consideration." I.Ike' Taaaart and Murphy. v Senator Borah .asBBlled the president's Indianapolis speech, characterising as an aJmiafion by the president that he had arrived at the conclusion that he pre ferred to be the leader of his party rather than the chief executive of the whole people. "I wish to quote the most significant statement ever made by a president with regard to a co-ordinate branch of the (Continued on Page Seven, Column One.) Wheat Siared to Dizzy Heights Upon The Chicago Market; the English channel during the past CHICAGO, . Jan. , 13. Wheat stormed j nlht has boen reported today from dlxxy heights selling at $1.41 repeatedly various points on the coast. These re on the Board of Trade today, and clos- j ports, however, have not yet been con ing t $1.40, only 1 cent under the upper- tlimcd. most record made since the war began Throughout th session the May optlo perched near the top rungs of the prlc ladder, while Immense new export sales aere effected and the bulla had almost undisputed control of the turbulent pit In which speculative dealings went on. Competition by miller with exporters appeared to . be largely responsible for the impetus which sine Monday has whirled price up Tic a bushel from the collapse brought about by sensational stories that the Turkish grip on the Dardanelles had been smashed. It was said today that the Dardanelles, which are 130 miles long, .are beavtly mined from end to end, and that even if the passage was forced the scarcity of avail able vessels and th virtual cntalrty of almest prohibitive war rlska would still remain, not tu nrentlin winter conditions on the Ulatk a. 8,000 PERISH BY QUAKE IN ITALY, ROME TREMBLES Arerzano Virtually Destroyed and Most of Those Escaping from Ruins Are Injured. PANIC THROUGHOUT CAPITAL Confusion and Terror Prevail in Streets of Ancient City on the Tiber. HISTORIC ' BUILDINGS DAMAGED in i.i.Kri. ROME, Jan. 13. U i estimated that, the number of dead Irom ui earthquake- ,reachcsabout 1 0,000. Ill I.I.KT1N. ROME, .lan. 13. The town of Avezzano was virtually destroyed by the earthquake, the dead boing esti mated at about K.OQJi One thousand persons esraped from the rnlns, but most of them were Injured. ROM K, Jan. 13 A terrific earthquake, tho strongest ever felt In Rome, occurred early todny. It lasted several seconds and caused a serious panic, people every where rushing from their houses. In ter ror. Many buildings were damaged. So far 'tis could he learned one hour after th quake, no lives were lost. Nor was It possible to reach any definite Idea of the degree of the damage Buffered by the city. Whole City l Confusion, There was confusion throughout the whola of Rome. In some cases It amounted to terror. The telephone was resorted to by great numbers of people at virtually the same time In endeavors to ascertain the safety of relatives and friends, and thon to learn the extent of the damage to the city. The telephone girls did their best to meet the emer gency. A system of gathering and giving Information was hurriedly Inaugurated. Historic Buildings Damaged. It was learned early In tho day that among the old buildings damaged was the Palaszo Chlgl, aa well as the famous column of Marcus Aurellus. Historic buildings on the Plana Colonna, In the center of Rome, were also damaged, as was also the famous Farnese Palace, oc cupied by the French embassy. Here a piece of the stone cornice had fallen. Th belfry of the church of St Andrea Is in danger of falling and the building has been surrounded by a cordon of po lice to prevent people from approaching It. Church Dame Cracked. So violent was the Bhock that the dome of th church of St. Charles Catl nan was" cracked. -xTarge pfec"of th' cornice of the Jesuit church of St, Ig natius broke and fffll with a crash which added to tho fright of the persons la the neighborhood. Ceilings In many of the houses fell, a number of persons being injured in that manner. A colossal statLe at the Basilica of St. John Leteran, which occupied a posi tion visible from many part of Rome, fell and was shattered on the steps of the edifice. Several street car lines suspended opera tions because of the damages caused by the earthquake. Pante In Naples. NAPLES (Via Rome), Jan. 13.-A violent earthquake shock occurred here today and, caused a panic. It Is reported than many, houses fell In Caserta, northeast of Naples. All th glass In the observatory on Mount Ve suvius was broken. The last serious earthquake In Rome was July 19, 1899. Rome, Frascatl, Mar ino and other towns on the Albsn hills reit tne shock and many buildings were damaged, but' their waa no loss of life. Further south, in Italy and Sicily, how- j ever earthl,UBKc. ,ro frcfiuent .nd very evsre. Great, loss of life and heavy damhgo to property have occurred In these regions, fkoi'k Kerorded la Washington. WASHINGTON. Jun. lX-The earth shocks at Rome were recorded here from 2:?3 to 2:32 a. m., eastern time, on the seismographs ' at Georgetown university. That would be, Romo time, 8:13 to 9:22, according to calculations of the observers. Rumore of German Submarines Sunk. Is Denied at Dover DOVER (via tendon), Jan. 13. The port authorities deny the report current here today that two German submarines were fired upon and sunk Jty the coast batteries off Dover. i DOVER (via Losdon), Jan. !3.-Two j Gorman submarines today were fired j U on and sunk by the coast battrrirs off j Dover, according to peisistent rumors current In the city. The presence of hostile airships over cej The National Capital! Wrdaraday. Jaaaary ta, 1013. The fteaate. "" Met at noon. Foreign relations committee dlscuased the Colombian treaty. The Hons. Met at noon. The naval committee adopted the ad ministrations two-battleship program. WANTED Experienced druggist. one who Is r tumble of taking full charge of drill store: onlv rsllabl man with good reference need apply. Tot further laformaMoa about these tpportaalties. ae th Want Ad section of today's Be. President Asks Republicans to Help Pass His Ship Purchase Measure W.XSIttW.ToN. Jan. U. Kvidences that President Wilson Intends to concentrate his Influence for the ship purchase bill, probably wtlh the aid of some republican votes, lo the exclusion of the Phlllpplno and conservation bills, If necessary, was apparent today. Mnir.irl Quezon, resident Philippine coniinlBsliiner. told the president today hs did' not expect the Philippine bill to pass during the present session. Senator Kenyon, republican. Invited to the'Whlte AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER "RESIGNS Man Who Formulated Policy Which Lead to Declaration of War Leaves the Cabinet. HUNGARIAN SUCCEEDS HIM HI I.I.KTI . VIKNNA, Austria, Jan. U.-(Vla l.on don.) Count Leopold Von Betrhtold, Aus trian foreign minister, has resigned and his resignation has been accepted, accord ing to the Vienna Fremdemhlatt. Count Von Herchtold will be succeeded by Baron Stephen Murlan von Ralecx, min ister of the royal court In the Hungarian cabinet. Count Von Herchtold was one of the main factors in the situation which led to the Austrian declaration of war on Servla which In turn precipitated the European war. As Austrian foreign minister Count Von Rerchtold was largely responsible for formulating the policy which resulted In the declaration of war on Servla. On several occasions recently it has been reported unofficially that he would re sign. The appointment of s Hungarian to sticeed hlin In control of Austrian foreign affairs Is believed to Indicate that henceforth Munqsry will assume a more prominent place In shaping thj policy of the dua! monarchy during the war. Czar to Drop Men With Teutonic Names From the Council rKTROORAD, Jan. IS. (Via Ixindon.) What virtually amount to an entirely new council of empires Is being crested today, the last day of th Russian year, by the annual appointment of new mem bers. The general Interest In the selec tions which are to be mad publlo befor the day Is over Is Intensified by th ex pectation that many Russians with Ger man names' wnr no longer aery th em pire la the capacity of councillor. t It Is practically certain , that the new president of the council will be Ivan Golouboff. .that the vice, presidency will be given - to Serge Manotikhlna. , Doth these men are Russians. The council of empire corresponds In Importance to the American senate, but in addition It wMda certain powers which In the United States are vested In the president and supreme court. A number of Its members are ap pointed by the emperor, while the re mainder are elected by th Zemstvos. , Since the elected membership I seldom complete and as It slways Includes a number of non residents, the appointees of Emperor Nicholas always are in a ma jority In the council which, after the em peror himself. Is the most Important' gov erning factor In the empire. Th president and vice president always are appointed to office. Russian ' officials bearing Teutonic names predominate In the government of Poland. These men also are being grad ually replaced with born Russians thus removing one of the complaints of th Poles. After the cspture of Baron Korff, the governor of Warsaw, by the Ger mans some weeks a,go, he was replaced with a man named Von Essen. Later Von Easen was supplanted by the head of the emperor's chancellory, a Russian named Lublnoff. Will Investigate Charge of Fraud in Cannon's District WASHINGTON, Jan. lS.-Unlted Slates Attorney Karch of the eastern district of Illinois has been authorised to begin an Investigation of the published charge tiiat frauds were committed In th Eight eenth Illinois district in the fall election when former Hpcaker Cannon was re turned to congress. Officials of the Department of Justice here know little about the matter, x- cent published renorta that several nun. dred voters went to the Klf htaonth till- I nols district from Tcrre Haute, Ind., Just across the state line. The department Is waiting for further data from Karch. Bank Robbers Who .Killed Oklahoma Officer Arrested Ml'KKOOKE, Okl.. Jan. lX-Two of th three robber who held up and robbed the First National bank of Terlton, Okl., yea- ) terday and killed Robert Moore, a deputy sheriff, were raptured late yesterday and are In Jail today at Pawnee. The third cacatwd. Most of th $3,000 taken from th bank wss recovered. German Soldiers Deserting Colors PARIS, Jan. 1$. "Th rel reason foi the strict guarding of the Belgian-Dutch frontier," says th Matin' correspondent at Havre, "ia an epidemic of desertion which began In the German ranks after the littlle of the Yser. From November IS to Dectmlier IS tber were 1 1,000 deaer I'ona Hum the garrison of Bruges alone." House today by the president, sussested several amendments lo the shipping hill which he thought would make it accepta ble to some republicans. One would place control of the government ships under a nonpartisan board, and another would eliminate the tenirary character of th project. The president expects to aee other republican seratora In the near future. Some democrat oppose the bill, and the president plans to win enough republican voles to pass It. The Day's War News The assaults of the- allies against selected positions. In the German line, Raining ground for thorn at several points during the laat week, have led to German counter attacks In force and the heaviest Infantry fighting for some time. The official com munlratlons from Berlin and Paris Indicate that the Germans, having brought Urge bodies of troops Into play, have checked the advance of the allies and have themselves made Important gains. Further Important successes In the campaign against Turkey were announced today by Russia. It la asserted that One Turkish regi ment waa captured, another par tially destroyed. The statement today of the Russian ataff attached to the Caucasian army, however, shows that Turkish resistance has not been broken, stating that ob stinate and bitter fighting Is still In progress. Turkish forces which Invaded 'northwestern Persia are reported unofficially to have occupied Ta briz, an Important Persian city within the sphere of Russian In fluence. In southern Poland the Russians have made another attempt to push across the Nlda river, appar ently in an effort to advance once more on Cracow. ' An official Aus trian statement says the Russians were compelled to withdraw under the fire of the Austrian artillery. BODY OF MBIT IS FOUND IN THE RIYER Froze nin the Ice of the South Platte at Point . Indicated by Roy Roberta in Hi Confession. ' ; . .!''. IN CHARGE OF THE CORONER NORTH PLATTE, Neb.. Jan. 13. -(Special Telegram.) By Sheriff Salisbury, A. E. Tiinmerrnan and I. B. Trout th body of Vernon Connett was found today In the South Platte river pne mil south of Sutherland. Yesterday Roy Roberts, charged with th murder of oCnnett, snd who ha been bound over to the district court of Lin coln county to answer to thst charge, stated that Connett was killed by Charles Clayton at Bund's ranch, about eight mile west of North Platte, August t. 1914; that he, Roberts, hitched up Connett's team, loaded the body Into a wagon and deposited it In the South Platte river on mil south of Sutherland. Thla Informa tion was wired to the county attorney here laat night snd Sheriff Salisbury, Tlmmerman and Trout went thl morning to the location described and there found the body frosnn In the Ice. It wss brought hero today by Coroner Makmey. The body of oCnnott I encased In Ice and it I impossible to tell whether the Jawbone I still Intact. Some weeks ago a Jawbone was. found about a mil from where the body was found today, and was Identified by Connett' relatives. After putting the body In the river, Roberta yesterday confessed that ha drove the team to Ilershey, sold It to William Jenkins for $2tf and then came to North Platte and divided th money with Charles Clayton. There la no question but the body found today ia that of Vernon Connett. The shoe and clothing are Intact and can be Identified. Krlatlves of Connett will be here In two day. Th situation at pres ent Is that Charles Clayton and his wife asert that Roberts murdered Connett, while Roberta Insists that Clayton was the murderer. NflPflfl f (V Hfl tl O ( 1 Q T1 S U iDOiU 1UI UallCHUdillb Killing U, S. Hunters BRIGGF.Bl.'RN, Ont.. Jan. 15.-Promln-atol, a constable; Thomaa W. Delaney, corporal; Archie Kayo and privates Kinsman and Macintosh of the Forty i'ourth Canadian Infantry, facing charges of manslaughter growing out of th kill ing of Walter Smith at Fort Erie, De cember 28, were arraigned before a magis trate here today. Through counsel, the men entered pleas of not guilty and asked that they be admitted to ball. The application for bail was opposed by rep resentatives of the crown attorney and was denied. The men wcr committed to Jail and trial wa set to begin March $ at Welland. HOUSE NAVAL COMMITTEE FAVORS TWO BATTLESHIPS WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-A naval build ing program of two battleships, six tor pedo boat destroyer and seventeen sub marine was adopted and Incorporated Into th naval bill today by th house naval committee. Th bill wa reported at one to th house. The vote for th two battleships wss sixteen to 4; for th six torpedo boat destroyer, fifteen to five, and for th seventeen submarines, eleven lo nine. MOSLEMS MAKE VALIANT STAND NEAR CAUCASUS Turkish Force is Making Surprising Resistance to Advanoe of Rus sians in View of Reported Disastrous Defeat. GERMANS ACTIVE IN FRANCE. Violent Fighting is Reported hy Paris at Points Near Soissons and Perthes. BATTLE CONTINUES ALL NIGHT. LONDON. Jan. 13. The stand of the defeated Turkish army at Kara Urgan, between Sara-Katnysh and the frontier of the Caucasus, and the attempts of the Germans to check the adVance of the allies In France, northeast of Soissons and near Perthes, marked the principal points today where desperate conflicts are reportedto be rasing. For six days the Turks have been making a valiant effort to rally their retreating forces, and, aided by a garrison from Enorum, have been making a surprising fight, In view of Russian reports of their, recent crushing defeat. . . The latest Petrograd official commu nication says the fighting at Kara-Urgan la turning In the Russians' favor, but both armies are righting with the handi cap of deep snow and bitter cold. Private Petrograd dispatches say th Turks shw no signs of weakening. Two Hetties Iw Pre are, The Germans have again stormed "Bpur m," northeast! of frissons. In what Paris describes sa an "Important attack," th result being still unknown this morning. Th French took the hill only last Satur day, and alnce then the Germans have made a determined effort to carry It by a counter attack. The scene or th righting Is the nearest point . to the French capital along the battle line, bi-lng only alxty miles from Pails. Similar violent f'ghtlng I reported as , progiesslng about fifty miles further esst. near Perthes, where th Germans by a counter attack succeeded In breaking through and In establishing themselves be Ind the "French advanced position, north of Geausejour. . The fighting pre- sumably continued all night, but th out come waa not known this morning. Th German apparently are making great ef forts, not only to 'hold what they have recover, but also to drlv th French farther back, a an advance on the cart of th latter would threaten their com munication to th rorth. T.mrpt Agcaia Threaleaed. Telegrams from Cairo revive the re-f port of a German-Turkish Invasion of Egypt. A dispatch received here says that the Turkish force, officered by Oer riians, which are gathered in southern. Syria, waiting to attack, are holding back only until th arrival of expected rein forcement. Dispatches from Sofia Indicate that Rouraanla plana to start it campaign through Transylvania In February, WfialA Tlrafra TTnirtr'tr Buoy Long Ways ST. JOHN, N. B., Jan. 13. "Roaring Bull" buoy, which, with it anchor, weighs 1,000 pounds, was carried away by a whale, according to ofricers of the' Canadian government steamer Lans downs In port today from a search for the missing guide to mariners. . The Lansdowne found a dead whale, fifty feet long entangled in the chain of the buoy, which had been dragged a lone distance. Th whale apparently died from)' exhaustion. CTATE ENGINEERS MEET TO -ORGANIZE SQCITY TODAYi Hartaon L. Mark, concrete and Irriga tion -engineer of Oshkosh, Neb., Is in Omaha to assist in the organisation of g state engineering eoclety, ,the promot er to meet at the Paxton hotel thla1 morning.' Mr. Mark surveyed Garden, county snd Is an applicant for suneiinJ tendent of Irrigation division No. 1, th south half pf the state. Who Wants Some Furniture Cheap? You can often pick up soinrj pplondul bargains in the "for Sale" columns of The Bee. ! reopic are iicijucuwjr compelled by circumstan ces to sacrifice the f uniish- tags of a whole house in or der to raise money quickly. The lufky jer.son is the one who looks out for these bar gains ami who acts quickly. If you want to be that. one, read the ''For Sale" column of Th Bee every day. Phone Tyler 1000 THE OMAHA BEE "rlor Jts Want Ait" '