Dhe Omaha:. Daily Bee DICKiKNKM hI a Inn ton tul the MMtMlWp bifdne mnn n Omnhn, imra th? n(lv(Uliij rol pmng of The Hoe. :he weather. Cloudy VOL. XUV xo. i!)4. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOIiXIXG. JANUARY .TO, 1915-NIXTKKN' lWOKK. 0 Train aaa at otl Mini Stand. 3 S1X0LK COPY TWO CENTS. r MINERS' CHIEFTAIN FLAYS CHARITY OF THE ROCKEFELLERS lAwion of U. M. W. Say Thou audi Suffer In Colorado While Own Earnings Feed Other In Philanthropy. PAINTS HORRORS OF THEIR IIFE Dumped Into Desert Without Food or Water and Starred and Abused by Hasten. a0LTCY "STUPID AND CORRUPT" NEW YORK, Jan. 29 John R. tavraon, executive board member tor Colorado of the United ine Work- 'ers of America, appeared today be fore the Federal Commission on In idnstrlal Relations and atticked the 'testimony of John D. Rockefeller, lr.. .and the methods and purposes of the Rockefeller foundation. N Mr. Lawson told of the shooting of trtking mlnera in Colorado, the shatter- j Ing of miners' homes, of how hundreds j wssre, dumped In lwa Into the desert without food or water,' while other were driven over the mow of the mountain ranite. He uttered a vigorou arraign ment of Mr. Rockefeller for hi confeased . lack of knowledge of condition among the wrker of the Colorado Fuel and Iron .company.. Charity e the Rockefeller. ine pnnantnropy or we Kockeieuers, Mr. Lawsem referred to as follow: "Health for China, a refuge for birds, food for the Belgians, pensions for New York widow, university training for the electand never a thought or a dollar for thousand of men, ' women and c hit dre.n' who starved in Colorado, for , the 'Widow robbed of husbands, chlldern of their father. There - are thousands of Mr. Rockefeller' a ' employe in Colorado who wish to God they were in Belgium to be fed or a bird to be tenderly cared "Fourteen month . thousands of men, ' woman and children suffered nn the mountainsides and prairie and two more1 -month' have gone since we railed off the strike as a result of President Wilson, and yet ho has. not had the opportunity for a personal investigation. HkhBirue.. 'TO excuse for hla- lack of knowledge ancKhla failure Is that he is too busy. What 1 hla bualnessT He explained it by stating, 'I spend a large part of my , ftlrne In directing with others the various foundations which my father ha estab lished and In giving time to questions of Jnveatments.' " Mr. Lawson compared Mr. Rockefeller's testimony with that given by Henry Ford, who testified '.that, he kept in close touch with labor conditions among-hi eni ployea Mr. Lawson reviewed that part It waa stated mat Jonn u. Kocnereuer, Jr., had received only $371,000 In dividends on all hi stock. It wa only unde rqueatlonlug- that he confessed that his father received $8,889,000 from hla bond," 'Mr. Lawson continued, "and that ;the assets of the company were 23.000,000 In excess of liabilities and that this .item did not take in an appreciation In property value of some $19,000,000. 'or 31d he mention the vast holdings thnt the jDompany refuae to develop, keeping them Idle, while the population increase adds to their value. Policy Stupid ill Corrapt. "Whatever appearance of poverty clings Ho the company is not due to anything ftot It own stupid and corrupt policy. Had it taken the money It haa spent In Controlling officials and the electors te. tn purchasing' machine guns,, theemploy nent of gunmen and in crushing the aspiration of human beings, and apent it la wage and the Improvemet ot work ing conditions, they would have rich re turn In increased produclty. "These this record of indifference re specting human life and hupian happi iieaa are vital cause, of industrial dis content An employer who 1 never oen and whose power is handed down from man to man, until there Is a chain that no Individual can climb; our lives and our liberties passed over as a birthday girt or by will; our energies and futures capital ised by financier In distent cities; our master too often men who have' never (.Continued an Page Five, Column One.) The Weather 1 Forecast till T p. m. Saturday: Fox-pmaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity PurUy cloudy; slowly rising tempera ture. aemperatare at Omaha Yesterday. Honr. Icg. .. 1 0 .. 1 2 4 ..' 5 a. m 6 a. m T a. in 8 a. m , a. in 1(1 a. m 11 a. m 12 m 1 p. m 2 p. in S p. m p. m..;.. 5 . m P- m , 7 p. m P. in twtl Reeard. .. 12 12 ,. . . . , IMS. 1914. 1913. 191S. I (Highest yesterday & 27 59 k ' J.owiat HfiiJty i j j Mean temperature 10 in 4 j f im;ijHluun 't' . ,00 Oil Temperature and precipitation iiur I tures from the norma.1- I Jeflrt-ncy lor tl,e day Total excess since March 1... Normal iuh'IkIi niton ' 51 J l";;;' I '."2 'ni'h iui. .1 .1.- . i wv..r., ur nio uMjr. ....... .o-.'lr.rh Total rainfall since March 1... .27.12 Inches ,...-. y ciiivv) iMrt-ii 1, V3 lnoiiea (Deficiency for cor. period. 1913. S ao inehes Deficiency lor cor. period. lal2. 4. a inche ReiMrt Sraaa Station, at T P. Bf. of Weather. T p. mv est. fall. Iavenport. clear if Benver. cloudy 3s 4g flies Moines, cloudy.. 14 it North Platte, cloudy J(J m Omaha, eiouly g ..j JUptd City, clear ft Hlt Lake City, rain 1W 4 'nneridan. clear 14 24 Kloux, City, rlotidy i 14 Valentine, cloudy 14 w T Jn.Jic(ei trara of nr, IrWiati..- Indu ate below aero. . ' It. A.- WtLSH. Local Forecaster. m Caaiuaratlra OFFICIAL OPENING COAST-TO-COAST PIIONE Seated at the table in New York holding instruments through which conversation with San Francisco was carried on are Alexander Graham Bell (in center), U. N. Bethel (on his right), Mayor Mitchel of New iaauuvuerL, xosi oi TOO MANY PAGES ' AND DOORKEEPERS Governor Clarke of Iowa Speoifies Charges of Graft in Reply to Demand of Legislature. . CLERKS IN MUCH PROFUSION DES MOINES. la., Jan. 29. As sertions that the Iowa 'senate em ploys more doorkeeper than there are doors to be kept, and also more pages than necessary, were made to day by Governor Clarke In a formal reply to the senate demand for a de tailed statement along the dine of so- ! called "graft" charges made by the governor in his message to the legis lature. The . governor also declared that preference In the matter of capl tol Jobs la given .to wealthy farmers who are old soldiers, rather than to needy veterans. Among other things the governor said: "Can nny . Justification be given for placing five men In the. cloak room "of each . house to hc.ng up the coats and hats of members as they come In? ;"The mall "1 brought from the city, to the capllol. The state 'had a stalwart wm nJTgjmUtlfc. employed fo attribute it among the departments. Me could easily have oarried the package for the mem ber upctalrs to the . legislative post- office and expected to do it. ,Csn any Just' reason be ' given-for employing an other man ' to take that particular pack age up the' elevator, to the postoffice? HUT Clerk and raves.' "Can any Juntlatiable reason be given why two bill rlerka should be employed simply, to hand alienator. a bill. from a ahelf or pigeon-hole upon an occasion he calls forgone. fAnd this Is not frequent, a all lioime and senate bills are placed In blndera. upon every senator' desk. Now and then he want an extra bill, perhaps, to send to a constituent. Are two men, necessary to get It for him,' or are two (Continued on Page Four, Column One.) Regulation for the Rediscount of . ' Notes is Revised WASHINGTON, Jan. M.-New regula tion governing rediscount of commercial paper by federal reserve banks were Is sued today by the Federal Keserve board. They are designed vto meet' objections to those fh-st issued. Objection was' made to the stringent requirements of the first regulations ror information regarding thio financial condition of borrower from member banks when they present the bor rowers' paper to reserve bank for redis count. - . . t The new regulations will not require statements of financial "condition when member banka present depoattora' paper for redlacount in the following cases: . Where bills bear the signatures of pur chaser .and seller of goods and present prima facie evidence' that "they were Is sued for goods actually purchased or sold; where the aggregate amount Cf obliga tion of a depositor aetualiyredcounted and offered for rediscountSdo not exceed f5,0C0 or where bills are apeclflcally se cured by approved warehouse receipts rovering readily marketable nt.ni.. a. ' , I I "".' ki.aw Mammmmmmmtmmtmmmmmtmmmtwtvmmmmmmmmmum sWMWiWsWsia unim IT1 .,,,, ,,,! f T I'll inn vmmmmx,.--! r-M.ifii... llll 1W I A 1 ": " : r '- r: r : j ; iiemter ba;iks shall ceVtlfy to these con ,8 iditlons in manner to be designated by tbe federal reservo banks Russian Army Advancing Along Coast of East-Prussia in Force PE1'1 RAD -Vla London. 4:45 p. i. nifh.. .1 ..... m.). Iluaslan Tenth army into Eat 1'ruaaiu follows vlr- lually tne lines of Uie first march of General Rennenhamuf, exeept that the rli ,I,...H i,- 1. ....1 to the northward. This was ione to avoid a rer-etitlun of the Russian defeat in the Mamrian lake district. The present Rus sian invasion is understood to be more fully prepared and in greater force than w the first one and, as before, the aim of the army' is the German fortress of KoenigsberK- , From Information available it appear that the Germans, wlio for many weeks past had maintained only a small force In this region, have, rushed virtually I lie entire garrison of ', Koenigaberg to th front, as 'well as drawing .upon the Ger man forces on the Wsrsaw front In .the endeaor to prevent the Kusaians from umana von nis leit;; DISTTNGUISHED PROFESSOR WHO IS CRITICALLY ILL. DEAN CHARLES B. BESSEY. AMEND LABOR LAW AFFECTIHGBYOHEN Senate Committee of Whole Acts Favorably Upon Bill, Making j Some. Exceptions' j TELEPHONE ' WORKERS AIDED (From a Btaff Correspondent.) J LINCOLN," "Jan." ;-fSpeclai:) The commlttee of th whole In the senate this morningi renonimended 7or poVsage S. ,F. 63. by. Spirk of Saline, which ex empts women handling train orders from the operationiof the. fa male labor law with,lts maximum . nine-'hour-day for women. t ' Senator Mallery. of Box Butte, was suc cessful In tacking on an amendment ito the bill,-exempting also, women employed on telephone exchanges-with a .total 'of les than -JX) telephone. . t ', I Friend qthe.feniale. labor law a( first resented the bill as an encroachment upon- It, -but- the sponsors of the various amendrnents verf quick to explain -that they- wce'only "attempting "to skVe" the Jobs of women Jn smaH towns where the work wa vcrv light apd did not require great -attentlc'4, although -It dM - require someone's constant presence .Sueh work is generally dpuo in a private hme, where the station t agent live at the deeot or wJiere the operator haa a .small exchange' In he home. , ' Senatpr Dodge of Douglas rose to re mark during the course ef the debate, that the whole female labor law might a well be repealed Inasmuch aa it wa nowhere observed, i Dr. Bessey Stricken . . With Heart Trouble (1'ioni u Muff Correspondent.)" -' LINCOLN, Jan. 3. (Special Telegram.) Dr. Charle P. " ll..ov- uuj '.. . , . : . .7 i . . i. i, u, the I'nlvcrslty of Nebraska, was trink'n with heart disease and lies at hla home In this city in a critical condition. Dr. ItetHcy l t onuMered one of the most pronilnent botanists in the world and Is well- known in botanieul circles All over Europe. The attaoV Is supposed to have been brought cn py .overa ork. flanking the Maiurlan positions. " r KnnlaTf -military expert argue thst tlis Riiijiun offensive movement will force the German to abandon the Bsura river line 'or compel them to draw forces from the western frontier a was don at the ttnio of the first Inveslon of east Prussia imd- whl li' materially effected the G. rinan advance In the tlroctlon of Paris. At present there Is no noticeable dim inution pf tho almost daily attacks from the. fortified line along the Usui a and Kawka river. The Rusaisn occupatirn of Pilkallen,' town between Stalluponen and Racrut on the Fast Prussian railroad, ahrch kirts the Wusslan border, wa acoom pllshed,' after aii artillery bombardment and battle laatlng all day of January 24. Many buildings In PilkaUea were d. Wroyed by shell fire. ' . . V - s.-' ,t W- ?r , - " ki 'v ' ' s t i . . 5-I 1 ' '' X'Sfiir,..' I k;L,, NORRIS PROPOSES TWO AMENDMENTS Nebraska Senator Will Vote for the Shipping- Bill if His Sugges tions Are Accepted. - kenyon Offers amendments " WASHINGTON, . ' Jan. 29. The government ship purchase bill re ceived it first support from the re publican side today. Snnator Norris of Nebraska declared the plan ap pealed Ktroiigly to him and that if two .amendments he proposed were adopted, he would' vote for it. Ooo amendment he proposed ' would con tinue the government in the shipping: business even after the lines it es tablished became prof itable.- "We would let the taxpayer share the profits as well ag bear the losses of any of these ventures," he added. ' "The second amendment. Senator Norris said, would provide that no veasels'be-' lunging to belligerent nation be pur chased ' unless a diplomatic - understand- In with atkr tt111iriAnM hmA V.-- ,1 reached which would prevent 'the possl- uuujr of pmernnuonsi complication. Waatn tlaard Oat of Politic. Senator Norn, trno la-tegsrded a progressive republioan, said he would pre fer , to , the ' Mipplnlr board vlilch would be created b .the bill ao organised a fo lie taken whoIl- out of politics, but that he wdurd hot ihsist'orf ahy' change In the present plan., Senator Kenyon, another progressive re runllran offered two amendments, one to eliminate cabinet officers from the pro posed' shipping 'board, lie also proposed an amendment to provide' that "none of the ships to be purchased or chartered by the, government should engage In trsns rortatioa of any munitions of war from this oounU-y.to. any .belligerent nation or citlsen thereof." Differences Amona Demorrats. Senator Norris urged the bill should be amended to prohibit the government leas ing it ships and going out of the busi ness. HI statement brought to the tir- fac difference among d em oc ratio sen ators. Senator Hoke Smith inquired if Senator Norrt differed "from those of ua who vastly prefer the government never to operate the ships at all," but lease the ship to the various companies to stimu late competition. "The idea of leasing these boats," said Senator Owen, interrupting, "proceeds upon the assumption that the line would compete with each other and thus re duce the rates. We have tried that idea to Its ultimate conclusion and found that the ships of the United State. Oreat Britain, Germany. Holland and Italy, Instead of competing freely, are in a great International trust. All we would be doing here would be to contribute H0.O00.000 to the perpetuation of that ys tent. These government ship would be come instrument of Uie existing trust." SEVEN O'CLOCK CLOSING , . -v IS RTARTFTV IM nifcTiTA PIERRK, S.D., Jan. 29. -(Special Tele gram.) Seven p'clock .closing or Jhe day light saloon in South' Dakota la on ' the way and will be started on the legislative slide's, an amendment' to tho present 9 o'clock closing' act.' ' , ' To abolish the roller towel and the comb and briu from'all hotel in' tho tato i the proposition which house bill No. 110 ttemptrt to give to th date hotel m siiector, who I the state pure food com missioner. - The bill also amend th old a t and require proprietor to clear their premises of vermin. Instead of attempting to do so as the law now stands. The whole act ia Intended to make better con ditions In the hotels of the state and will likely be enacted by the house. No emergency appropriation for farm er' Institute I the position of the house In defeating the bill asking for $3,000 to continue that work through the spring. The next tangle resulted In putting through the bill requiring a three-year residence in the state for admission to the state soldier' home on th issue that th home la crowded by "one years resi dents" who com over from the national sanitarium and really .belong to other state. The aenaU wound up on th house bill regulating the state game department and allowing a game keeper at the state game preserve in the Black Mills, with volunteer deputies without pay In any number who care to act, and finally passed It without change. FRENCH GENERAL WILL COMMAND A RUSSIAN ARMY Pan, Noted Military Leader of Re public Off to Take Charge of One of Crar'i Forces in Poland. ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE AISNE Germans Make Two Efforts to Get Over River, but Fail Both Times.-Says Paris. FLYERS AGAIN SHELL DUNKIRK BERLIN, Jan. 29. (Uy Wireless to Bayville.) The Overseas News Agency today received reports from Geneva, Switzerland, to the effect that General Pau, the noted French army commander, had been sent Itu'ssla to take over the command of one of the Russian armies In Poland. Trjr in o tlnnr, PARIS, Jan. 29 The following official communication wa lued this evening: "At the east of Solssons the Hermans have made two attempts to cross the Alane one at the Mill of the Bocks and the other at the head of the bridge which Is held by our troops to the north of the bridge of Vcntsol. These two attacks were repulsed. "During the night of January 2.1 Dun kirk wa bombnrded by more aviators, who caused ome Insignificant losses, hut killed or wounded only a few persons. Rombs Dropped. . 1 "Between 11 o'clock the night of Janu ary 28 and S o'clock of the morning of January 2 two of our aviators launched numerous bombs upon the enemy's works of Laoh, latere and Soisstins. "On the morning of January 29 a Ger man aeroplane was brought down east of Gerbervllle. Ita pilbt and mechanic, a German officer and subol fleer, were made prisoner." Governor to Name ' Ne w Judge Today (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 2!.-Bpoclal Telegram.) In all probability Governor Morehead will announce his choice for the vacancy In Uie Omaha district Judanhlp tomorrow. It appears to be the prevailing opinion that Judge Red lik will be the man. It la pretty well known here that great prea aure has been brought upon the governor for that appointment and that It come from sources friendly to the corporation of the big city. Tonight an Omaha delegation consisting of Robert Smith, . clerk of the Douglas county district court; W. 0 Ure, county treasurer; F. A. Brogan, Amos .Thomas, Dis-Vaneo,' Joseph Morrow- ndHfnrjr FV Myers, escorted by Senator abnder. vis ited the governor In the interest of Redlck. Short Shrift Given " To Bedfords Bill (From a 'Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jarf? 29.-(Speclul.)-The sen ts In the committee of tho whole, this morning kiUed.a bill by Senator Bedford of Douglas, S. F. 19, providing that the trustees of' all -estate be put under the supervision ot the State Banking board. The bill met with the strongest oppo sition, moat of the senatora believing It too radical a change and being con tent to leavb trust estates tinder the management or supervision of th pro bate Judge. Senator Bedford was about the only one voting for the 1,111, and against tho motion to Indefinitely post- Pone. MEREDITH WOULD PROTECT UNDERGROUND WATER FLOW (From a Staff Corroapondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 29. (Special. ) Among the bill Introduced in tho house Friday Is one by Mr. Meredith, making It un lawful to bury the body of any person dying from contagious or Infactious dis ease, without encasing It In a cement burial vault sealed to exclude air and water and to retain all liquids from within. The apparent purpose of the hill la to prevent contamination - of under ground water flow. A bill Introduced by Mr. Rudismltl. I Intended to prevent anyone other than taxpayer from voting on bond Issue by rountlea, municipalities, school districts, snd other public divisions. , Messrs. Hutton, Mockett ami Jeary of Lancaster county Introduced the bill for alUthe-year-round registration In Lin coln, with the city clerk aa sunpervlslng head. The bill to amend the workmen's com pensation law by allowing laborers to bring suit for damsges when gross negligence I charged against the em ployer wa Introluced by Representative Howard, Kaiser and Dr. Ganghofer Visit Historic Spots on BERLIN. Jan. .-(Vla London.)- The Lokai Anzeiger published some further accounts of the visit, of Dr. Lud wlg Ganghofer, th author to Kmperor William at th German field headquar ter. It tell of a trip made by the em peror and Ir. Ganihof.-r to Ponehery, in th region of the Hodan battlefield. Here the emperor. In apeakln- of tho unity of th German people, 1 quoted a aaylng to , Pr. Oanghofer: "It ia my' greatest pleaaur Mat I could live to see It." Th emperor pointed out to the author a here hi father stood et hedan. where Napoleon and Bismarck aloud and other hiutorlc spots. The trip by automohlb finally I rought the party to the hea.fgut.rtera of Crown Prince Frederick William, when after luncheon had been eaten, .the emperor turned smilingly to hi son and said: V RUSSIANS SOON TO EYACUATELEMBERG Germans Report Many Successes for the Austrians in the Carpa thian Region. AIRSHIPS CONTINUE ACTIVITY RKRL1N, Jan. 29. (Py Wireless to Sayville.) The most encouraging war news, from the German view point, comes from the Carpathian region, where Austrian successes art! reported to have been achieved con sistently for (nom time now. Tho latent feat cf the Austrians Is said to have been the driving of the Rus sians from tho Nagyag valley. Dispatches from Vienna state that the Russians probably will be com pelled soon to evacunte the Gallciaa city of Lemburff, which they have occupied for several months. From all the theaters of war comes news of f reeling weather which bids fair to continue lor some time. The tempera tures In Fast Trussia haa fallen to IS de crees above arm. Thus far, however, the cold weather doe not appear to have affected military activity. The official statement Issued today by tho German general army headquarters says: "In the western theater: During a night expedition made by one of our siiuadrons of arroplanea the Rngllsh provision es tablishments of th fortrea of Dunkirk were attacked. Many bomb were dropped. "An attack made by the enemy In the dunes to the northwest of Nlntiport was repulsed. .The enemy, who penetrated at one place as far a our trenches, wa re pulsed hy a.nlght bayonet attack. "To the aouth of LaBaasra canal the English attempted to recapture sMaltlon which we had taken from them, but their attack wa easily repulsed. "Nothing of Importance took placa on the remainder of the front. "In the eastern theater: Russian at tacks in the region of Kussen, northeast of Gumhlnen (Fast Prussia) failed, the enemy suffering heavy losers. In Northern roland there waa nn change In the situation. "To the northeast of Bollmow and to the east of Lowlc (Central Poland) our troops drove the enemy out of his out post positions and penetrated Into his main positions. The captured trenches, with the exception of one small position of them, were retained and adapted by us, notwithstanding a fierce night counter attack." Judge Landis Takes the Grain Call Case ' Under Advisement CHICAGO, Jan. .-Argument In the government anti-trust suit against the Chicago Board - of Trade attacking -the legality of the call committee, now aban doned by the board, was concluded today and the csso wa taken under advisement by Federal Judge Landl. . Authorities were cited to the court by District Attorney Clyne In mipport of hi contention that the call committee arbi trarily established grain price which governed the trading outside of the hours when the Board of Trade waa actually in session. In the hearing testimony wa offered to prove that tho call rule and It resulting prices were a benefit and not a detriment to farmers, shippers and grain dealers. Fort Crool Saloon Measure is Passed (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. .-(Specla!.)-The aen- ate thl morning passed on third reading the Gate bill permitting the sale of liquor at military prist and repealing the two and ah alf mile limit hitherto exist ing. ! The vote an the bill was the same on third-.rending aa that registered when the bill wa recommended for paaaage by the 'committee of the whole Wednaday with tho exception of twTsenator who were absent and ont voting. They were Sen ator Marshall and Buhrman, who votd agalnat the bill In the committee of the whole. The vote was 18 for to 13 against. Only Two More Days To Introduce Bills (From a fctaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. Ift. Hpeclol.)-When the houses of the legislature adjourned today it was to meet at 10 o'clock Tue- day morning. This will give Tuesday and Wednesday as the last day in which bill may be introduced. , 0 far there ha been Introduced In the senate 173 bill, and In the house. 361, At the close of the eighteenth day pf the last session the senate had Introduced 311 bills and the houae 13. The total number introduced by the senate at the Isst session was 420, while the houae got In 70H. Sedan Battlefield "One get better things to eat by you than by me. I shall coi'slder whether I shall not requisition your cook." The emperor her had ,an opportunity to see a thousand French prisoner march by. He wa greatly pleased when aome of .tliem dofed their cap to him and he returned their salute. During thl review he turned to a rlu-tographcr who r as taking picture and (aid: "Photograph the prisoner and not al ways me." The party later climbed a aleep ascent to get a view of the surrounding region. When descending Or. tlaoghofer aiipiMxl but the emperor qupkly grasped hliii by the inn and aved him from a fall, saying at the "same timer 'Holdleis und cltu.a must help each other all they can." TEUTON FORCES POSHING TOWARD ROOM LINE Austrians and Germans Are Appar- ently Preparing to Meet Anj Sudden Movement from the Little Kingdom. TURKS ACnVEy IN CAUCASUS Advance Apparently Timed to Force Russia to Drain Troops from Po land and Galicia. GERMAN LOSSES IN WEST HEAVY The Day's War News Ht 9SI4 has aaswered ' the nerr Aaatro-4iermaa rfeaalv nitre meat In Ilaaaary and Bikonlaa ltk a aaddea mamptlaa of the attack nn the r.ermaa in their own territory. The Raaalaa army In East rrnsalo la asala attempt Ins to penetrate tbo German lines and an official report from Petro arad today Indicate that heavy flahtlna I a proems at two point. AI'gTRIA.W ARM V staff noaoanre that the Rnaalan who Invaded northern llnnarnry have heen de feated and forced to rvtront. Petmsrmd military experta expect thnt the main attack will he det . llvered on the extreme Rnaalan rla:ht wis in western Bakowtaa. Tt'RKS have hronaht np reinforce, meats In the Tranacaacaalan re rlon and are aaaln on tho offen. alve. Rnaalan and Tarklah. reports are contradictory, bnt tt la appar ent that sever lighting la In v prosrrca. Rt'gSIAlt claim of victory In Boat Prussia are dlspated In h offl- , clal Herman communication to day, which state that tho attack of tho Rnsalaa invader were de feated. URRMAW AEROPLANE aqnadron mad n nlgrht raid on Dunkirk, dropping; bomhs In an effort to de stroy tho British anpply station there, LONDON. JanTTs. With the re newal of offensive operations on the part of the Turks In the Caucasus, apparently timed so aa to force Rus sia to send mora troops into tliM field, the Austro-German activities In Galicia and the Carpathians con tinue to dominate the military situa tion. . ...TN -... The Teuton allies are bein push'od further to the south and Btrun- ot.t nearer the Roumanian frontier iu order' to meet, any sudden movement over the passes from that country The recent flfhtlng In the Carpa thians haa brought no decisive en- (Continued oc I'age Four,. Column Two.) Austria is Urged to Take Charge of All Stores of Food VKNICHI, Jan. .-Vla London llnu. patohe from Vienna state that the city council and the prea are demanding that th Austrian government Immediately fol low th example of Oermany and confis cate all stock of grain, flour and meal Practically no grain Is twin- offered the market In Vienna. TiiM.n.. 1 ji Prague. The prea, the die-patches state .1..- that a great catastrophe threaten unless confiscation is adopted and It denounce ' the selfish attitude of certain Hungarian ' agriculturist who. it 1 claimed, are hid ing thousands of ton of grain and flour Responding to th appeal of land own! er. the Austrian government ha coti ented to th employment of prisoner of war In field work, thu renhein I ant who hav gone to the front. The r.-uners win tie sent out In detachment ... Z 1 "-unaro nn and consequently Ute. V"labI on,y on th "ter e- Useless to you but valuablo to Bomeone else. This means those odd nieces nP furniture, carpets, rugs, musi cal instruments or other ar ticles that' you have lying around or stored away. " The "some one els 7 are the people who are " reading- the For Sale Columns of The Bee. Every day they, read this column looking for perhaps the very thintf you cannot use.- Offer them for sale, you will find a ready buyer and be' agreeably surprised to find how quickly-they can bo turn ed into cash. ' PhoneTylcr 1000 about it THE OMAHA BEE Evrybody Rtmdt Bt Want AJ