Bringing Up
rr-i clad too eat ) - ( I -NEXT - Oh:twe Prvc- :
I SSSJST? S fAMe TO FOOL rTTOTc?LL MORNING- lt f BY CLLf U
JOO THE ARISTOCRATS j I WOULDN'T HAVE HER V; J , v p.Pvr nCrTOR IN
ALL HAVE FOR B?EAK- J KNOW THE TRiiTu fT7 1 Y S BEST DOCTORS
V.... FAST.' , FER "THE wricT r I HA41E -ME 7 TOWN FE THAT
St C - j THE .WORLD? I l DARUN- Sf ' DC- MOW I M
- f pJrVE BEEN CATItV CM T WHERCb . fST , li A FINE. Fl"C !
I CR A MONTH MOW ' ROVER THK V L , J
r HOh7 '
ALL-STAR ;: BOWLERS HERE
-f
Crack Chicago Shooters Will Eoll
' Against Burgess-Rath Team
Tonight
BEST . MEN ON THE ALLEYS
The strong all-star bowling team o(
Chicago.' whlch'wllt rot) walnut th Bur-laete-Nath
fern on the Association alleys
tonight, will be one of the big bowling at
tractions of the season anil Dad Hunting
ton's large grandstand will probably be
lilted to Iti rapacity with local bowling
enthusiast.
The Windy City lineup contain the
t,lck of Chicago bowlers, which meanaall fana la to be held Thursday evening
that they are the plV of the bowllntr.of lh,, wec,, pmM tot the coming era-i
:nrUl, due to thla city's unrivaled prom
inence In the lenpln game,
' Thc tram la being led and captained by
jimmy liloiiln, peer of all presnt-dHy
bowlrra, and once national champion. Th
presence of him alone la tufflcint to
park the houae. Phil Wolfe a In the
lineup, and la a well known aa the game
Iteelf. lie la a bowler of the old school,
having brrn ln 'tha game since Its In
fancy. ' ' '
om of ilB;rTlirec.
,ln 153 he. was wltli. the Big . Three, an
all-etar teim thalviotircd M country,
winning evcry'inntcb.'.'On thla tour Wolfo
averaged t?etlf than 100. Ha ha aHick
with the' r.irw ever 'since, and even now
Is ccmelJcrfH,he bejfl mutch Kama shooter
ly Chli'ugo. v ( - .
. -Nick lifvjck,. whe rivals our. own "P"
Klnnaman tn ','blilld, need ho mtroduc
tlnn aa he la r4roi:ntsed aa one of the bent
la tha game, lit la the leader of tha fat
Oleary quintet of Chicago, who
ha
been winning laurel In many, tourna-1
tneots In seasons past. .The achlevementa
f thla squad alone la due to th piloting
Mid ondcrful rolling - of the nuasyw
"Nck " V - -
Fred Tliorna. th joUhful Chalmer
star, whose sensational shooting In th
Chicago City league brought him Into th
llmHight three aeasons ago, Is In th
.)iiad. Polachok, while unknown to moat
of. the Omaha tenpln bug, la considered
by Chicago bowlers to b on of th best
team shooters In th country. Th match
will probably be on of th moat exciting
and beat played ever staged here.
Work at Minneapolis.
Both teams recently took part ,n the
big International tournament at Mlnno-
apolia and only fifteen pir.a divided their L
; i tula In tneir nonce mere, mi - nnv
Imwiera taking the long end.
Tlnn team 1 making tour of th mid
dle YCkt. and urur their match her will
play track teams lit t-r Uolnea, St. Jo
wph. Karsus City. Kucelalor Kpringk,
Kort Podue and will wind up with a
i-'f) match In bt. Loulav
In the liurgcss-Nash lineup will be
Cain. Weckea, Cummins.. J- Jarcsh and
Neale.
Billy Sullivan
. Wants to Umpire
CHICAGO. Feb. H-Wllllam J. (Billy)
Kulllsan. veteran catcher of the Chicago
Americans, who recently was uncondi
tionally released, today decided to apply
to President Ban Johnson for a position
as an umpire in the American league.
P'tPtvan be rvl the Irani aa a player
for fourteen yeura and la familiar with
evert- rule of the. game. He never ha
ha I sny cV"f e professional um
but hai often handled exhibition
game. j
Smith Signs With .
San Francisco Team
PAN FRANCISCO. Cel.. Feb. ,
Charle E. Smith, a Chicago National
league pitcher for the last three year
and who waa unconditionally released re
reiiily. has signed a contract to play with
the an Francisco Coast league team this
fcfaurn it was announced today.
Landis May Decide
Base Ball Suit Soon
CHICAGO, Ken. M It was announ ed
toUy ttal Judge Landis would probably
1-ive his d.i ision thla week In the Federal
!-l,ue's anli-lruBt suit against Organised
I-nsr Pall.
PAVELKA BREAKS SHOULDER
IN FALL FROM STAGE
PlEllCE. Neb., Feb. 3 -ifpe lal )-The
v rest Hug match here Katunlay night, be'
taen li,-n Pavelka. Hie Verdlgrv grap-Ht-r.
and Cl Wood, the Undefeated
ihmji1rn of Norfolk, was a disappoint
i ient. to a large crowd r.f spectators. The
to K;tt rt lata wrestled furiously fori
Ikif an hour, when. In their struggles.
'.n niru went through tne rope aad
f i J from th o(tia heoae stage to the
f,. r b. low, a dlta of four or fle
tn i. 1-a.eika wa tie order nui when
IN tru.k tti floor and frit on his
f. -'-t .l,i,ulder, btenklnt one of the bonea.
he a a unable to go on with the
'i he t ui-a v a splendid
.u of the 111a 1 gar.-te lf the
t, ml honors mere even.
Father
m
KEARNEY TRYING TO SELL ITS
FRANCHISE TONORTH PLATTE
KEARNEY. Neb., Feb. 23. -(Special.)
President Klbler of the Kearney Ban
Ball association announced yesterday
that he haa aold Pitcher Dlnan Wright
and First Haseumn Drumm to the Haa
tlngs association and that he hat every
reason to believe that North Datte fans
will purchase the Kearney franchise.
The ' western city he been figuring on
this move for the last year, and It la
believed It will purchase the Kearney
franchise within a very short time. Thla
sounds the deathknell to base ball In j
Kearney.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Feb. 21 (Spe-
clal.)-A meeting of North Platte baae
son will be discussed at the meeting, i
H,me effort has been made to obtain
for North Platte a franchlne In the Mtata
Irtigue. At present, however, the ma
jority of the fana here favor a strong
Independent team. Many good ex-league
player ran be easily secured for the
coming season.
GIDEON AND EDDY TIED
FOR FIRST AT CANNAM'S
n. I. Gallup last night defeated C.
Vaughn, 33 to 24, In the three-cushion !
tournament at C. C. Canam'a pat lor
High rune: Gallup, 4; Vaughn, 1
nlntrj, J'l. Referee, Stlce, .
mi and Gideon will play tonight.
Standing of the players:
Won. : Liat.
Gideon .' 8 A
in- j
Pet.
1 00)
l.ftt)
Ml
M
! ,X 1.1
.0 10
0t
U'liarllavlllo
itarlln
I yj'j,,
jonicsple
ILLINOIS BASKET TEAM
DEFEATED AT OAKLAND
OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 23,-Th cham
pion llllnnla athletic club backet ball
team, holder of the Amateur Athletic
Union title for th last three years, waa
defeated last night by th Oakland
Young Men's Christian association five
and eliminated from th Amateur Athletic
Inlon tournament In progress her. Th
seor was 23 to X Bine Its orgsnlsatlon
sis years ago. th Illinois team. It Is said,
never before had beta defeated.
PLANK WEDS WOMAN
FROM PENNSY TOWN
OETTYPni'RO. Pa.. Feb 23
Edward !
a Tlank. former stsr left handed pitcher
or the Philadelphia Americana and"c"nl"
world a series hero, tonight announced Ev'r "onth tho superintendent of th
bis marriage to Mia Anna C. Myers of ,n"ulry dlvlalun at the local postofftc
Nw Oxford. Pa. Th ceremony took l""rM ot articles found loose
plac at Bldgewood. N. J., on January SO. ln 'l"1 moat of which have slipped
Mr. and Mrs. Plank left tonight for a !
honeymoon trip to Florida.
After waivers had been asked on Plank
by th Athletic at th clos of last sea
son, be signed a Federal league contract
''BOB" LAYFIELD DYING;
v HURT PLAYING FOOT BALL
WIIJkllNGTOX. Del.. Feb. Ft. -'Bob"
I. y Add, quarterback of th Johns-Hop-kins
eleven, who sustained a fractured
vertebrae In a foot ball gam with Lehigh j
at Houtn Beimenem. October 31. la dying.
HI phynlctan announced tonight he could
not live more than twenty-four hours and
his parents have given up all hope.
ST. LOUIS FEDERALS
START FOR HAVANA
ST. LOUIS. Feb. M.-Tl.e St I.oula
Federals dpearted f -r Key West, Fla.,
lust last night. Fielder Jones, manager
of t' team, and eight playera made up
the party. They Mil be joined at Key
West by the remainder of th team,
withlaj about ten days, Th entire party
then will go to Havana. Cuba.
MACK SAYS HE OR NOBODY
HAS J. FR8NKLIN BAKER
PltlLAnELrill.. P.. Feb. tl-J.
Franklin Baker, th Athletics' third base
man. lll plar ball with that team lor
the next two fears er he will not plsy at
all. cording to a statement Issued to
night by Connie Mack, manager of the
American league champion.
rralrle Park wkl.t (lab
KAHT AND WrT PLAYER.S.
Winners
Scamiell and Dreyfoo j.
Nelson and Mct'ann a I
Mewart and Wilson , 6.1
Abbott snd Wirton t 1
lienjamin and benjamin 11
1-oiM-rs
Cann and Burness 1 a
MiDten and Hruingtoa , 3
Kos and Hansen , 49
Harion and Reynolds t I
Martin d Cook J J
NORTH AND SOUTH PLATEI19.
Winners 1
Cor,ly and I.ewla
Jr-lfrtre and lnafetlner
Pi-lee aad Rom-land
Luckey and luihol
Bruce and I'himcruM
kWrTnd tt-srs . '
I Kin and Moms
j But'ntt r and I o.e ..
Kon aiJ t opley..
uuk uad ivr!l. .. . . . .
I
. It 1
.11.1
THE HKK: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1915.
Copyright ttl. Inlernatloaa,
New Beevl.
Discovery .of Air Scout Changes
Line of Battle in Western France
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Feb. S.-Detalla of an aero
lane scouting flight which made history
have just become known, almost alt
ricntha after It took place. The report
of the two avlatora making the flight
turned General von Kluk's column toward
the south from Its danh on Parte In An-
"' n1 changed the whole line of battle
!'n the west. A striking feature was that
lhe course of the flight did not follow
orders, but we determined on the Int.
ot the flyers. f
Tha or)r ' fHnht. taken romj a
l","n" magaalne devoted to aeronautic.
follow:
"It happened on the occasion our
!ah on Pari. The Inhabitant of the
'City of Night' received a dally visit
tiom German avlatora. The latter were
accustomed to drop a couple of bomb
every day, but their vUlt her waa not
the object of their program. The chief
I thing waa to keep watch of the move
ifi.ent of the Pari reserve army. This
ipANY ; ARTICLES ARE FOUND
Poitoff ice Clerks Find Many Things
Loose in the Mail Sacks, Which
Are Always Eeported.
DAY'S LIST IS OFTEN QUITE LONG
e a pin and pick It up. '
All the Uiy you'll have good luck..;
There's - no harm ordinarily In thla
ancient advisory couplet. But . United,
States jnall clerks take It .with a grain
of salt.
He who picks up and keeps anything I
that h
finds loos In th mall bags Is
have quite th reverse of good
apt to
luck.
"The government has Inspectors at
work aft the time testing the Integrity of
its clerks," said Postmaster Wharton.
"Now, suppose a mall clerk discovers a
hnlf dollsr In the bag. The chances are
that It worked Its way out of an en
velope, but there In also a chance tlif. It
ass placed In that bag by a postal In
tpecter and If it Isn't turned In with the
rest of the loose artlclea to the "nixie"
department that postal clerk will hear
of something to his disadvantage. Most
of the t-Iorks are men of high Integrity
and Innate honesty; but these tests are
"ol" n ' th time to keep th postal
,,rv'l " absolutely free of possible loss
rrom lhWr Pchageg and are undellver-
able because of lost addresses.
These lists aro of most fearful and
wonderful diversity. For instance, her
r the articles turned Into th Omaha
'nlxl' department In on day recently:
Parkag of envelopes. '
Pair rubber heela.
Dosen pocket knives.
Hmall stone.
Four collars.
Ioan lead pencils. ; ,
I'encil and eraser.
Hlx dnsen lapel buttons.
Package picture wire.
Park or ore.
Two packages Sunday school card.
Four rabbits' feet.
Hottltv Pond's Extract
Two plecea oast lug.
Doxen ateel rlnga.
On another day th following were
turned In:
Three ladles- handkerchiefs.
Package of butter.
Nightgown.
Chaiiuila skin.
string of bead.
ult (.f clothes.
l'alr of gariers.
Piece of electrotype.
Toy anake.
Man'a sock.
Three dust brushea.
Parkag of Christmas avals.
Cigar cutter.
Hteel die.
Package roup cure.
Safety raior.
Two ateel ruds.
Package weda.
Box soda cracker
Seventh Daughter's
Promise Comes True
"You are going to have an xeltlng
tun soon." mysteriously declared Lena
'. yciept "Tn Seventh laughter."
a she held th ,alm of John Truhllcka.
Overland hotel, who had paid her 50 cent
o tell his fortune.
Humph," sniffed th other, contemptu
ously. (... k - k,, I.,-. T.I. . .
Ing plenty of eeltment. II w po!
lice headquarters trying to tell Andy Fat-I
tullo, ek sergeant, that somebody had
picked his pocket of $1T. Pattullo Is
Scotch sud does not understand aay other
tongue, and Truhllcka la a Bohemian, who
under th strain of the sarltament. forgot
what little Eiiallnh he knew. It took halt
an hour before the police finally got into
action.
Then tl "seventh daughter" wa
brought to headquarter, where ah Is be
ing detained ss a suspect.
Read Tfr li,'s ;juinr 'haiicea"
land get Into your o bus.nea.
army had marched up with lta front to
ward tha east and one day an aeroplane
wtnt up to observe It again.
"The avlatora were struck with the
uncertain movement of the opponents of
a German corps who appeared to be hae
tng a trifling conflict with troops far
ther north. Upon their own responsi
bility he avlatora changed their course
and flew off to the north. I
"What they saw was well worth closer
observation. Then they speeded bsck to
headquarters and announced that a hos
tile army was marching upon Von
Kluck's flank. . -
"Nobody would believe It at first. Cav
alry patrols had brought no news to In
dicate such movement. But nevertheless
It was true. Th report resulted In the
known new disposition of the German
position In the west and In the conferring
of the Iron Cross of the first class upon
the pilot and the officer observer.'
The two aviators are first lieutenant.
They but rece'ntly returned from an Im
portant flight over Warsaw.-.
SUNDAY -SCHOOLS GROWING
v 4
s, 1 ' 1 ' '
B. A. Wilcox Points Out Great In
crease in Attendance at Sunday :
, . .'-.School Classes!-;.
OVER 15,000,000 SCHOLARS
.Astonishing figures of Sunday school
enrollment tn the United Plates wre
riven by B. A. WMIcox, assistant cashier
of the, Omaha National bank, yesterday
In. an address before- the Douglas County
I Sunday School association at Trinity
Methodist church
Mr. Wllcox'a subject was "Sunday
Bchool Enthualaam" and the facts and
figures of Sunday school growth wer
well calculated to make for enthusiasm.
"There aro today l.SSl.OuO officers and
teachers In the Sunday schools of tha
United 8tates.""h said, "and there are
15,7,60 scholar, making a total of 17,
179,000, the greatest and grandest army
that ha ever enrolled under th banner
of Jesug Christ
The are th figures as give at the
International convention In Chicago last
June. They show an Increase over the
figures given . at the convention In, fan
Francisco three years before of-1,0,009.
This meana tjiat 1,65 new members were
added to the Sunday schools of th coun
try ach and avery day dvring those thro
years." ;
11 mentioned th development of th
"cradl roll", from nothing In 1901 to over
1,000.000 t9day. A church In Halifax. Nova
Scofta, has the largest cradfe roll, 65,
closely followed- by. (he First Christian
church, Portsmouth, O., with M0. .
"Th adult movement hag-had more to
do to increase th enrollment of our Sun
day school ihan anything le." h said.
"ln'1908, at the tlm of tha convention In
Toronto, the total Sunday school mem
bership in North America, Including Can
ada, waa 14,117.000.
"There wer but few adults coin para- j
tlveiy and then tne aauit movement was
decided upon. Not th result In th
nine year Immediately preceding 1S0 the
Sunday schools Increased i.oM.OTiO. In th
nln years following 16 they Increased
4,S1S,000. . ' i
"Th Sunday school used to be regarded
as a child's institution. Parenta used to
aay, Go.' Now they are saying more and
more, Com. Th alert wld-wk Bun
day school is not necessarily the noisy
school, but it Is the enthusiastic school. ,
eBld Watch La.
"Watch th losses. It Is saf to say
that If w had In th Sunday schools of
Omaha all th scholars thst have 'grad
uated; from them and left them cur mem
bership would b gt least five time a
great aa It la. In businesses of all kinds
losses of tlm. of money, of efficiency.
r watched carefully and checked. The
same should be done In Sunday schools."
Roll call of delegates In the afternoon,
showed that nearly wer present. . A
large part of both morning and afternoon
session waa devoted to division confer
ences, th problem of elementary, sec
ondary and adult dllslons being dis
cussed. Mrs, C, It. Hlnkhous presided at
th elementary. R S. Flower at th sec.
ondary and K. Y. lienlavn at the adult
division conference.
An Aspiring part of both th afternoon
and evening sessions waa the sung serv
ice conducted by Wlllard Chambera, dl-
i Mctor of th Trinity choir.
A "i-atrlotto banquet was server at
P. m. Th. church room ws. deoor.t.d
lth " cf ,4tion" plctur-' of
"
H a. Wilcox waa toastinaatcr at tne
banquet and short talks wer mad by
Mis Oca K. Johnson ou "Girls.' K. H.
Olmsted on "Hoys." Raymond M. Crosv
man on Boosters," I C. Oberlles of Lin
coln on Knockers'' and Margaret EUea
Brown of Lincoln on Th Nebraska
Jump Up."
At the evening session W. II. Kimberly
made an address on Organised Adult
Clasara" and I. C. Ober'.U of IJncoln. g
nicmler of the international executive
camiuillce, 00 " Bell and Pulleya"
Drawn for The" Bee by George McManus
POSSE AND INDIANS FIGHT
Piutes Entrenched in Utah Moun
tains Reinforced by the Old
Poli Band.
PART OF CAMP IS BURNED
bi;li.rti.
SALT LAKH CITY. Feb. 21-A tele
phone message received from Bluff at
11:30 a. m. says' Indian Agent Janklns
has wired Washington as follows:
"Situation here still serious. Citlien
much alarmed and want th government
tc take decisive action. ; Marshal Ne
beker very properly insists that warrant
bt. served. Indian holding in hllle. I
am endeavoring to get in touch with th
fiKndly clement among the Indians to
have them assist In efforts to effect
peaceable arrest of Hatch."
DENVER, Colo.. Feb. 11 -The battle
between a posse led by United States
Marshal Aqulla Nebcker and two bands
of Indians led by Tse'N Gat Piute,
which began early Sunday near Bluff,
Utah, today, assumed more serious pro
portions. Th Indians, who were Joined
Dy an "01a roig- band Sunday, num-
be red ninety. The original cosse of !
twenty-six, reinforced by volunteers from '
nearby villages last night swept down
upon the Indians encamped In Cotton-1
wood gulch, killing three Indians and i
burnlng the "wickiups," or thatched huts,
of Tse N Gat and "Old Polk." his
father. This information was contained
In a telephone message from Bluff to
Durango. Colo.. Just before midnight,
which was th first definite informa
tion received since early yesterday.
Five members of th posse Murray
Williams. Frank Wheatland, Roy Moore,
Die Lewis and Rosco Houston became
OeUched from, the posse when th batU
opened and are IsolateoMn the Rlmfock,
according to Thorn M. Burjte, a mem
ber of the posse, who. telephoned from
Bluff, Th men have been without food
or water sine early Sunday, but are well
supplied with ammunition.
Mancoa Jim, a tTt- chief, ysterdu.
counselled the renegades to surrender
"to save the squawa and children," but
was met with obstinate refusal., "We
will fight until death," was the answer.
The Indian girl who was killed 8unday
while running through the line of battle
has not been identified. The names of
th three Indians killed last night also
have not been learned.
Volunteer bands from Grayson and
Monttcello, Utah, and twenty-five Navalo
police from the Indian agency at Phlp-
loca, are en route to Bluff. A heavy
snow storm prevails.
A telephone report also stated that
troops passed through Moab, ' Utah,
shortly after noon yesterday. Marshal
Nebeker denied that a request foritroopi
had been; made., ,
The trouble jiroae over the resistance to
arrest of.Ts Ne Gat. also known as
Kverett Match, on a charge of th mur
der of Juan Chacos. a sheep herder.
atarco , mi. In Monteiuma
Colorado. -
county.
Dry
s Aim New Blow
At Liquor Traffic
Through Congress
BALTIMORE Md.. Feb. 23.-Charlea B.
Kendall, prohibition party congressman-
elect from California. In an addreas t
prohihitioniata here tonight announced
that It la proposed In the next, congress
thst the federal government shall with
draw, from the Uquor business all the
facilities which' sre under the govern
ment control oe. ownership. He said a
series of four proposed laws are being
prepared.- Tbey are: ' ..-
I. Federal liquor license ' receipts' are
hcrealter to be Issued only to holders of
valid licensee already granted by local
authorities In the states,
. The United states mails will be
closed to use by the liquor interests for
any purpose whatever, thus Dreventlns
the vicious
Snd fraudulent adveitislna-1
published in many
newspapers and ent '
. . i
inrounn tie malls.
a The I'nite.l States will prohibit the
nee ot tntratat eonunercA for liquor
.............. v. muj ruriwir, ana win
slop Importations from foreign countries
thua erecting a stone wall at every atate I
. a leoerai embargo . will be placed
against the waste of food products by i
prohibiting th transformation of grain,
fruila or any product valuable for food
i, v iniumiii or aiconuuc llciuor . .-
' . f
EPIDEMIC OF AILMENTS
AMONG CREIGHTON MEDICS
lVn A. Lr.Muir'ieud or Oslghton
medical college ha returned to th school
after being out of town for several days
on business. Dr. A. )K Dunn, professor
of medicine, bss a!so been out ot towa.
Sickness thieatena to cut down fie at
tendance at the medical to a cnnaiderable
extent If the present weather continues.
Clement Martin and Cart Ruwum of th
Junior clsss. Stanley Roger of the se
nior and Dr. If. F. Gerald, bead of to
cllple work, have been down lith at
tack 0f u grippe. Felix J. Trailer,
senior student who is house physician at
th county detention home. Third aad
Bancroft streets. Is Just recovering from
an attack of puetunouia at St Joseph's
kuspiUaJ
RUSSIANS WIN
MINORBATTLES
War Office Reports Tell of Successes
in Several Engagements in
Galicia and Poland.
TAKE OFFENSIVE IN THE NORTH
PEROQRAD. Feb. 23. Repulses
of the Austrians and Germans at sev
eral pointa on the western battle
front are claimed by the Russians in
an official communication leaued last
night. It la stated that ln eastern
Oallcia, southeast of Stantslau, two
brigades of Austrians were driven off
with loss of 1,500 prisoners, In
cluding twenty officers and several
machine guns. The communication
follows :
'Fighting continue on the right bank
of the Bobr and th Narew In isolated
engagements; An encounter of secondary
Importance occurred near Grodno, on the
Llpskov road, in which we attacked the
Germans.
''T" "unB ot th fortress wer used
ct,ve5r nl effectively in the fighting
ln th . Ossowetg district. On the road
irom Lomia we took jcowahno after a
fierce combat The enemy took the of
fenslve with considerable force In
Prtasnyss region.
"Wo captured several villages on the
road between Radons and Plonzok taking
500 prisoners oh the left bank of the Vis
tula. . S
"Attacks of the enemy on' the north
bank of the Pilica In the district of
Lopussno were repulsed." ''"'..
. . ...'- - .
" Aaatrlaai Loaaea Heavy. ' '
"It has been definitely Veerned that the
Austrian suffered heavy losses north of
Zakllezyn In western Galicia on Febru
ary IT. . . '. ' , ..
. "After capturing the heights of Smol-
tlka, east of Lupkow pass In th Car-.1
pathlan. our troops repulsed repeated
counter attacks of the Auatrisns. who
reached a point within' a few paces of
cur positions, but were forced back with
very heavy losses,
t "The German delivered four . attack
against the height of Myto Koxlourka on
the night of February 20, but were driven
back. We had carried the hill, which was
an Important part of the enemy's position.
"We attacked the Austrians south of
fctanlslau In Eastern Galicia and drove
back two brigades after a combat In
which tho bayonet sometimes was used.
We took here 1.600 prisoners, including
twenty officers and several machine
guns."
' srk, Are Zvefeated.
A report on th righting in th Cacausus
received from th headquarters of the
Russian commander of that region says
that on February SI there were engage
ments with th Turk In th vicinity of
Tchoruk as a result of which th Turks
wer driven back beyond the river. There
waa no fighting elsewhere on this date.
Rent room quick with Bee Want Ad.
OPPONENTS OF GOVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP WIN DEBATE
Government ownership of railroads
t would not be a rood thing for the public,
It wa decided last night at Bellevue col
leg when Judges were called upon to
referee th annual A. L. Sutton debate.
Th subject wss "Resolved. That the
Government Should Own and Operate
Railroad." Anne Johnston, Dean Fales
snd B. D. Berkhelmher had the affirm
tlv and Walter E. Webb. Telma Jensen
and Bernlc Dunn had th negative.
George A. Magney, George A. Day ami
William Yerlngton wer the Judge The
prlxe Is ISO.
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Solidified Alcohol
Issued to Soldiers
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
PARI3. Feb. SO. The commissary de
partment of the army has 'lately dis
tributed to men on guard ln the advanced
trenches solidified alcohol, which Is easily
lighted by a match, and, burning without
a visible flame, gives out sufTTclent heat
to warm up ration.
From the chemist's standpoint alcohol
is still mexlstent, all efforts to arrive at
this result at ordinary temperature har
Ing failed. The aveJlabllly of a ao-oalled
solidified alcohol Is due to the genius of
the smuggler. About ten years ago. .a
man conceived the . idea. of. crushing
grated white soap In a mortar and mix
ing with it its weight In alcohol. In this
form the alcohol passed the customs'. in
spection as soap and a subsequent simple
process of distillation restored. th alco
hol to It natural state.
Germans Propose to -Hold
Iron District
(Correspondence of The Aasoclated Press.)
PARIS, Feb. 8. The Frankfarter Zel
tung reports that the Germans have
pierced the hills from Joeuf in French
territory to Moyeuvre-la-Grand In . Lor
raine to facilitate communication. Th
tunnel ha been completed in two months'
work and Cost '$6,000,000. This tunnel was
long ago proposed by miners and manu
facturers In th Iron mining; district of
the valley ot- Briey but opposed by tho
government for strategical reasons. Tha
execution of the work by the Germans 1
takon a Indicating a determination on
their part to hold this rich mining coun
try at. all hasarda.
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