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VOL. XLV NO. 78.
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SUNDAY ADVISES
HEARERS TO GET
ON FIRE FOR GOD
Declares Some Church Folk Are Still
Standing Aloof and Some Sa
loon Keepers Come.
PLEA FOB REAL CHURCH WORK
Complains There is No Shouting
When Prodigal Son Makes Home
Ron for Heaven.
CHIEF MALONEY AT MEETING
v Everybody is going to the Sunday
meetings. -Yesterday afternoon there
were 8,000 people there. Steve Ma
loney, chief of detectives, stood in the
corridor and leaned in through the
opening listening attentively to
' "Billy's" sermon on "Personal
Work." There were plenty of empty
I benches, but Steve didn't venture in
:slde. . Near him stood the tall,
oriental-looking person often seen
. about the streets dressed entirely in
white with white coat reaching below
bis knees.
There was little slang to mark the
evangelist's sermon. It was earnest
and a plea,' or rather a demand, for
more real work in the church.
"You yell like Comanche Indians
when the ball team wins," he said,
"but if some prodigal son makes a
home run for heaven, it's carry him
i out and put him In the refrigerator.
You don't rejoice or say anything
about it.
"Some church people are standing aloof
from these meetings and some saloon
keepers and women of the redlight ara
coming to them. Some of you aren't
backsliders because you have nowhere to
backslide from.
The Wasoa la Different.
"I've noticed that everything- gets out
of the way and give room to the firs
engines when they come along, but no
one moves for an ioe wagon. It will be
the same war when the church becomes
a fire wafon instead of an Ioe wagon.
"It la a marvelous thing to observe the
wa . e of religious revival that is sweeping
across this country, when leaders in all
lines are crying out for a revival of the
old religion, when you ean't name a frtn-
gUblg city that isn't calling for re
ligious revivals. Why. in Philadelphia
one man asked the privilege of writing
bis check for $260,000 to flnano eur cam
paign there. We didn't 1st him do it,
' bat he wme willing. ...
"Oet en fire for God. A turtle doesn't
get a move on hint amy time, but Just
put a hot coal on the top of his shell
and see him move. It waawhen the Ro
mans shortened their swords that they
extended their empire. Wi must get
closer to the people;'
"Olerr te Ood."
As Mr. Sunday concluded his sermon
a man In the audience shouted In sten
torian tones, "Glory te Ood."
"Billy" made a strong talk about boost
ing the collections and referred to the
committee now taking subscriptions to
ward the expenses from the wealthier
men of the city. Next Sunday subscrip
tions of from 11 up will be asked from
the morning audlenoe.
"If al lthe churches in Omaha were
torn down and all the ministers driven
out this city would be but a blot on the
map, where no one would want te live,
where they wouldn't be safe and where
property values would shrink to almost
nothing." be said. "Ton have the benefit
of their, influence. What do you do to
suppcrt themT"
The sermon to children tomorrow after
noon will be illustrated by means of the
flags of thirty nations which "Billy has.
It will be 'more of a "talk" than a ser
mon. '
HASTINGS METHODIST
CHURCH RECALLS PASTOR
HASTINGS, Neb.. Sept 11 (Special
Telegram.) Br unanimous vote, the
. Methodist church of this city has called
Rev. A. A. Brooks to the pastorate for
another year. It is expected the selection
will be made at the State Methodist con
vention in Omaha next week.
The Weather
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for Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair; not much change in temperature.
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FIRST TO HIT THE TRAIL AT THE
TABERNACLE.
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MISS BERTHA KRAFT, ' FIRST; T.
LBWTS DAX.LT, SKCONDi MRS. T.
t,WWt8 JAIXY, THIRD.
Miss Bertha Kraft of X15 North Twen
tieth street was the first of the sawdust
trail line in this city. Bhe has been a
member of the German Evangelical
church, and the card which she signed
indicated that she wishes to be "recon
secrated." The song, "Drifting O'er Life's Sea," by
the Tabernacle choir Impressed this
young woman so much that she cried.
She said It reminded her of her old home
at Neoeha, Mo. .
Mr. and Mrs. T. U Dally of 2735 Seward
street were second and third of the trail
Mtters. respectively. Mrs. Dally would
haee been the first woman, but ah h.A
te stop a moment for one of her rubber
snoes mat nearly came off along the
trail, and In conseauence wu rii
by Miss Kraft. This hsuband and wifli
nave attended every evening service at
the tabernacle.
SUNDAY TALKS TO
SOCIETY WOMEN
GiTfts Reading from . Henry Van
Dyke's "The Lost Word" at the
0. A. Joslyn Castle.
AND "MA' WAS THEEE ALSO
"Billy" Bundayg morning reading
at the -palatial home of Mrs. George
Joslyn was marked by an absence of
verbal pyrotechnics and the vigorous
ihyslcal performances of the taber
nacle platform. Only once In his
closing prayer the evangelist smote
the table sharply several times with
the notebook which he carried. The
rostrum In the music room from
which he spoke afforded him scant
space.
More than 100 society women assembled
at the Invitation of Mrs. Richard Carrier.
Mrs. Charles Johannea and Miss Clara
Hawley to hear Mr. Sunday's dramatlo
version of Henry Van Dyke's "The Lost
Word.' Outside of the opening and clos
ing prayers, there were tew interpola
tions by Mr. Sunday.
"Thoae who live on the flowered
beulevarda in ease and affluence often
hide aching hearts and suffer sleepless
nlfchta because of a wayward boy Just
as much as less prosperous persons," he
said.
"Xou have wealth, culture, refinement
Tou can have Jeaus. too." he told the
women.
Tkaiki Uad for Opawrtaalty.
'It's too bad. Jeaua, ' that there are
some homes where you can't walk up to
the doora Help them to come back to
you and say, 'I am lonesome for you,
Jeaua' I thank you. Lord, for the op
portunity of speaking in Mrs. Joslyn's
home," was his closing prayer.
"Ma" Sunday, Mra. Asher and Miss
Sax a entered the crowded muaio room
and were going to alt on the stairs, the
only available space, when room was
made for them in the front rew, directly
beneath ta rostrum. Mr. Sunday fre
quently smiled down at Mrs. Sunday.
Homer Rodeheaver, Mr. Brewster and
Mrs. Aaher sang, "Rody" leading the
audience In singing "Brighten the Corner
Where You Are." The voices of the
women were at first timid and faint, but
under "Roey's" urging they soon es-
(Coutiaued uo I Five, Column Three.)
LABOR FEDERATION
m 3Y LAW
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-uon Passes Anti-Prohi-
.n Resolution by Thirty-to-Twelve
Vote.
WOULD REGULATE LIQUOR SALES
The Nebraska Federation of Labor
passed an antl-prohlbltlon resolution
yesterday afternoon by a vote of 30
to 12.
The resolution protests against
i prohibition laws and favors reason-
i able regulation of the liquor trarflo
as enunciated in previous conven-
Hons. It was the original resolution
reported from committee and
amended by the committee shortly
before the final vote was taken.
The result was forecasted a few
Inutes previously by a vote of 29 t
12 on a substitute resolution offered
by Labor Commissioner Coffey in
w hich the protest against prohibition
laws was eliminated. Secretary
Shamp of the International firemen
' moved the adoption of the anti-pro-
J hibition resolution.
I Delegates who spoke for resolutions as
j passed, declared their only concern was
J preservation if employment of worker.
I newly organised Tra, ea Union Liberty
league, of which he la president, "w.ll
j not accept 1 cent from biewery bosses
or saloon men," was cheered by the dele-
f-ates.
A resolution demanding that the city of
Omaha shall not rvqulre firemen in Its
employ to do other work while on duty, i
was adopted. The federation also asked
the city of Lincoln to put into effect the
double shift syatem In Its fire houses as
, authorised by the legislature.
Want I', n. Make War Sappllea.
j A resolution favoring government man
ufacture of munitions of ttar and (hip
by day labor was passed. The re lu-
tlon asserts that private profit n war
suppllea Is largely responsible fur the de
mand for war preparation.
The antl-prohlbltlon resolution as passed
read In part:
"Resolved, that the Nebraska State
Federation of Labor In convention assem
bled emphatically protest against any law
having for Its object county or state
wide prohibition an instruota Its execu
tive board and legUVUve committee te
work against the same and for reason
able regulation as enunciated in former
convention.
The defeated resolution offered by Mr.
Coffey would "reaffirm fromer declara
tions" for "Just, and equitable regulation
of th liquor traffic"
Klaht-Honr Law Not Wavated.
The convention defeated a resolution de
claring for a law fixing a day's work at
eight hour. .The bplnlon was expressed
in debet that contests In the various
trades for shorter hour la on of th
Issue which hold th union together.
After a two-hour fight on the floor on
the laaue whether te State Federation of
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uiuur Biiuuia aaopi an anu-proniDitlon
resolution reported out of committee, the
convention adjourned shortly after noon
without having taken action. Th Issue
was made the special order of business
for the afternoon session.
TwojVote were taken, however, in
whloh the wets were numerically su
perior. A motion by Delegate Larsen of
the local carpenter to Indefinitely post
pone consideration of th resolution was
lost, 27 -to 12, and a motion te adjourn,
supported by dry and some wets, was
defeated, 21 to 20, A reoess was taken,
however.
Several warm speeches were mad by
delegates.
Threatens to Withdraw,
Burr of the Lincoln printers threw a
bomb Into the convention when he de
clared that If the antl-prohlbltlon reaolw
Uon was passed he would recommend that
hi union withdraw from the federation,
that he expectod such action would be
taken and that he beltvd adoption of
th resolution would mean th disruption
of th organization. He declared th
resolution if passed would be misunder
stood and that It would be black eye to
the federation.
Ashland of tbe steamfitter deolard he
would starve by inches before ha would
accept a Job In a brewery.
Vloe President Beat declared there
would be no disruption of th federation
in any event.
IKtra Not Prohibit.
"Prohibition does not prohibit," Beat
declared. "There is not a town of more
than 1,000 in the United States In which
a man cannot get a drink of liquor on
hour after he arrives," he asserted. Ii
presented statistics showing more crime
in prohibition cities than In wet and told
of thousands of men thrown out of work
in prohibition territory.
Chelbroad of the local brewery workers
said: "It 1 a death struggle for the
brewery workers."
He read a quotation from a speech of
Llnooln opposing prohibition.
To Stand Toa-etker.
Wang-berg of the machinists asserted
that "th Interest i of one looal the
concern of all," and urged the federation
to stand by the men who would be in
jured by prohibition. He resented im
putation, that the liquor Interests were
behind the fight against prohibition made
by the worker in th trad.
Frank M. Coffey, labor commissioner,
read a report In whloh he pointed eut
benefits and weakness of th compensa
tion law.
n ima or on ease in which a wagon
driver who was stung on the wrist by a
be received compensation.
The law on the whole Is vastly bene
ficial, he said, but he urged th federa
tion members to be prepared to offer
amendments to the next legislature to
remedy weak spots. ,
The present female labor ' law as
amended is almost useless, according to
Mr. Coffey. He declared it was almost
impossible to get evidence against em
ployer, because woman who "peached"
lost their Jobs.
He oritiolaed the a mend meat in force
which makes the law toapelieabl In
towns under t.000 population and reoom
mended that the measure be mad to
penalise persons who made contracts to
violate 1U provisions. Such an amend
ment would make It possible to reach
thoae who fall to obey It. ha said.
Th delegate last evening accepted an
invitation to attend th mpres theater.
"NOW, LISTEN!" Billy ' Sunday has a most positive
ray about him, and when he strikes this attitude he is
driving home one of his points with utmost vigor.
Use Loan to Buy Food Only;
Pay for Munitions in Gold
NBW TORK, Sept 16. Standnrd Ol'
millionaire. Including John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., It was reported today are con
sidering th term of the proposed 11,000,
000,000 credit loan to Great Britain and
Franca, with a view f part lout nz.
Member of the Anglo-Kren h ilnan
eial commission and Am, lean banker
working for th success of the prj os d
iUXXywVXO credit, loan tq Oreat Britain
and Franco, have somewhat different
ideas, it became known today, as to soma
of the terms governing the loan, chief of
which t reported to be the rate of in
terest. The commission Is reported ti be lev
tbe maximum rate should be I per- cent
Many American bankers - belle, e the
mammoth Issue should at least yield S i
par cent while there Is some talk of re
quiring per cent.
A S per cent loan the commission Is re
ported as having said, should be sold at
par or a shad under. Some fl Hanoi, r
here are said to doubt whether the Amer
loan publlo would subscribe to a straight
per cent loan, without collateral at more
than 96, If that.
old for Munitions.
A possibility that obtained wtdesprea
discussion today was that payment for
munitions of war would b excluded from
the operation of the proposed credit loan.
This report was that th big cr .It loan
would be used only for foodst f s and
other prime necessities and that pay
ment of war munitions would be made in
gold.
Members of the commission seemed well
satisfied today with th progress made
BRYAN PRESENTS
THE LITTLE GIANT
Former Secretary of State and W.
H. Thompson Hold Interview
with Gregory.
NOTHING TO BAY AFTEBWARDS
(Trom a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 16. (Spe
cial Telegram.) William Jennings
Bryan of Nebraska presented his fel
low statesman, tbe "Little Giant of
Grand Island," William H. Thomp
son, to Attorney General Gregory to
day.
At an early hour today Colonel
Bryan arranged for an Interview with
tbe attorney general, who returned
from his vacation on Tuesday. The
meeting was arranged for 3:30
o'clock, but it was nearly 4 when
Colonel Bryan, Mr. Thompson and
Mr. McConnaughy and a friend whose
name . could not be ascertained
reached the Department of Justice
In a "taxi."
Colonel Bryan and Judge Thompson
were immediately accorded an audience
by the attorney general and for half an
hour they were oloaeted together.
What transpired at that Conference Is
not known. It may be that the attorney
general thought Mr. Thompson's atfe )
a bar to his recommendation for the va
cancy on th federal bench of Nebraska
created by th death of Judge W. 11.
Munger.
However, Mr., Tbotnpaon had nothing
t say about his conference, neither had
his friend Mr. MoOonnaughy about aUielr
call on Secretary Lane this morning In
the Interest of the Tri-County Supple
mantal Water association, which brought
Judge Thompson and Mr. Mo-onnaugby
to Washington at this particular time for
the purpose of explaining th report of a
field of floor of the Department of the
Interior.
Where the fullest effort to give the
cietit'-.'
thus far. Millions in pledges, It was re
ported, already had been secured, and
more pledges war tentatively assured.
Negotiations, It was said, had reached
the stage where an authoritative state
ment from , th commission would be
issued soon, perhaps tonight.
It developed today that th pro-derman
group of New York financiers had failed
to . receive,, invitations to Participate .
the negotiations, although the hint had
been dropped that they would welcome
it. Certain members of th group have
felt somewhat hurt by th failure to In
clude them.
Under no circumstances, It was said,
would members of this group partloipet
in a loan whloh would cover payment of
war munitions.
Mar Offer Canadian fteearltle.
ST. PAUL. Minn., Sept IS. It was n.
mered In local financial olrolea today
that a proposition would be mad to th
Anglo-French financial commissi cm In
New Tork by which It Is hoped to effect
the proposed H.000,000,000 loan through the
aid of Canadian seouriUes. Looal finan
cier who discussed this gossip said exact
details of th plan had not bean drrulged,
but declared It possible that the big loan.
If , made, would depend upon Canadian
backing for completion.
Effort to obtain any oomment from
the office of Jama J. Hill ea this re
port proved fruitless, and none of th
local, bankers olos to Mr. H1U would
discus th rumor. Mr. Hill is new in
New Tork with other American finan
ciers negotiating with tha member of
th Anglo-French com mission.
publlo the reason for th appearance of
Judg Thompson and Mr. MoOonnaughy
existed yesterday, today they evenwent
o far as to deny themseWes te oallers.
'Billy' Sunday Visits
Woman Who Knew
Him at Age of Four
Among the sick persons whom Mr. and
Mrs. Hunday . called on yesterday wa
Mrs. Bain, 4111 Charles street, who was
present when Mr. Sunday's grandmother
died In Ames, la, nearly fifty year ago.
It was hard to say which enjoyed the
visit most, Mr. Sunday or Mra Bain.
"I remember, you were about 4 year
old then," aald th aged wloman. "And
they brought you Into th room when
your grandma was near her end. Tou
aaked if ah was going to dl and they
told you, 'Yes, she waa going to be with
Jesus,' and you began to cry and said
you wanted to die and be with Jesus,
too. I laid out your grandma's body and
was there until after the funeral." -
Vienna Receives Note
Asking Dumba Recall
WASinNOTON, Sept. ls.-Announce-ment
was mu(a at tha Stat department
lata today of th receipt of a meaaage
from the American legation at Berne,
Swltxerland, stating that th not asking
for the recaU of Ambassador uumbe was
delivered In Vienna September 10.
Officials were unable to explain the
failure - of the Amerhan embassy at
Vienna to acknowledge receipt of the
note, but It is presumed that telegraphic '
communication was interrupted between !
Vienna and Berne Just after the message
from the United States government !
reaohed Its destination. I
Potato Harvester Are Needed.
HEMINOrORT). Neb., Sept. M. (fcp.
dal There Is a great shortage of farm
handa here to assist la getting th pota
toes out of th ground. Men can get
at least forty day' work at 11 and better
per day and board. Unless at least 10)
men can be employed In thla vicinity the
largest potato crop ever ralatd wl I b
lost by frost K. U Pieroe of th State
bank will direct any laborer who come to
farmers who need them.
CARGOES OF MEAT
ARE CONTRABAND,
SAYS PRIZE COURT
British Prise Court Condemns Fif
teen Million Dollars Worth of
American Packers' Goods.
NEARLY ALL OWNED IN CHICAGO
Products Are Declared by Tribunal
as Forfeited to the British
Crown.
CHICAGO MEN WILL APPEAL
LONDON. Sept. 16. The Drltlsh
irlif court totluy condemned the
Kreuter pnrt of tho American prod
ucts forming the cirnops of four
steamships. The products, valued
at several million dollars, are de
clared forfeited to the crown.
The judgment was delivered by
Plr Samuel T. Evans, president of
the court. It Involves the cargoes
of tho Norwegian steamships Kim,
Alfred Nobel, HJornsterne-njorson
and Krldland. All the goods on
these vessels, consisting principally
of American meat products, are con
fiscated, with the exception of a
small proportion which the court re
leased to claimants.
The case has been pending for several
month. Th steamships were seised laat
November, and although efforts were
made by the American owners to obtain
an early trial the Urltlsh authorities set
th hearing for June. Th hearing closed
last month and Judgment was reserved
until today.
Jadsment of Coart.
In a lengthy Judgment. Sir Samuel said
It was plain thoae ships were carrying
toward Copenhagen when captured more
than thirteen times the amount of good
which undr normal circumstances would
have been taken to that port. That fact
gave practical and overwhelming assur
ance that the goods were Intended to find
their way to Oermany, although, of
course, It did not prove conclusively that
thay were destined for an enemy of
Great Britain. 1
One circumstance throwing light on the
real destination of the goods. Sir Sam
uel aald, was that tha exportation of lard
by one American, company alone to Co
penhagen In three weeks after the out
break of the war was twenty tlmea mora
than in period of peaoe. As to tin of
canned meats, h said, it had not not
been shown that they had been sent to
Denmark In any great quantity before
th war, yet hundreds of thousands war
ln40, the. way when .th vessel we r can.
tured. These tins, it Seemed, could not
hav been meant for any other parsons
other than German soldiers.
Itefarrlng to th consignments of rubber
described as gum tha president aald:
"I hav com to th conclusion that
gum la not a good commercial descrip
tion for rubber, and that It was used In
th ship' manifests In order to avoid
th difficulty which would reault In Its
capture by a belllgrsunt. Any conceal
ment of this sort will, while I alt in th
pris court, weigh heavily against those
who adopt such courses."
Sir Samuel allowed on el aim of a
Oanlah manufacturer for a quantity of
rubber, which he said had been shipped
In good faith for us in his factory.
Fifteen Millions a Meat.
Th meat cargoes, shipped for th moat
part by th great American packing com
panies and valued by them at Pi, 000,000,
were found by th president to be des
tined, except for soma small ltm, not
for consumption in Denmark, but for de
livery In Oermany. U held that thlr
eventual destination was th Oerman
government, for th ea of ta naval and
military forces. TO rul otherwise, Sir
Samuel said, would be to allow one's eye
to be blinded.
The court disallowed sixteen claima. In-
ciuo-lne thoae of th Morris, Armour,
Hammond, Swift and Suliberger com.
panics. It allowed eight claims. Includ
ing that of the Cudahy company of Chi-eag-o.
Th other were Danish consignees.
Sir Samuel gave leave to appeal, fixing
security for the cosU at U5.000. divisible
among the appellants. He also gave th
crown attorney leave to appeal In th
eases of the Cudahy and other claims
which were allowed.
Lose of Packers Complete,
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. l.If th confisca
tion of American meat cargoes ordered
the British prise oourt, Chicago packer
will lose approximately 116.000,000, at
whloh th shipments were valued. Th
packers, however, have not yet given up
the fight
Attorney Henry Veeder, C. J. Faulk
ner. Jr., and M. W. Borden, representing
Swift Co., Armour A Co. and Morris
Co., this afternoon gave the following
Joint statement concerning tha decision
of tha British prise court, received
today: ,
"England's confiscation of 3.800,OuO
worth of American meat products, as an
nounced In the brief press dispatches to
day Is not Justified by the facts or any
principle of International law. It can only
b construed as of another step In Eng
land's policy to Interfere with the trade
of Amerloan cltlsens with the cltlsena of
neutral countries. All these shipments
war destined to neutral countries, and
the ship's papers, at the time of their
seisur. clearly showed suoh fact. They
were not destined to or for the enemies of
Oreat Britain, end. upon trial of the case,
no avtdeno showing they were destined te
such enemy of Oreat Britain was ad-
auca mJa non cou,1 hv o"1- "his
"'"' n'ary further presentation of
nron,r Protesta to the Department of
8,at ,or n luUble adjustment of the
cUlrM'
uuy J. Bhepnard, vice president of the
Cudahy Packing company, which escaped
with slight loss, said that his company
proved that Its shipments had been
bought outright by Danish merchants.
C. J. Fsulkner of the legal staff of Ar
mour A Co.' said:
"I don't see how Kngland Justifies that
dlt'lslon. The goods shipped on thret of
the four ship Involved were sent before
the English order was Issued. W could
not stop th shipments when th order
did com out; they war on th ocean."
RUSSIANS AGAIN
ON OFFENSIVE AT
SEVERAL POINTS
Activity in Mid-Poland and Oalicia
Tends to Support Lord Kitche
ner's Optimiitio Pre
diction.
GERMANS CHECKED AT DVErSK
Russians in Last Few Bays Haye
Captured More Men Than
They Hare Lost
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BERLIN, Sept 16. (Via Lon
don.) The capture of the Russian
city of rinsk, about 100 miles east
of Rrest-Litovsk, was announced to
day at army headquarters.
LONDON, Sept. 16. Coincident
with Earl Kitchener's optlmlstlo re
marks In the House of Lords con
cerning the position of the Russian
armies, they are showing, an Increas
ing disposition to reaasum the
offensive at many points on the east
ern front. They are not only press
ing their attacks against th Aus
trlans in Oaltcla, but for the most
part ro holding up the Oerman rash
In mid-Poland. The Russians also
assert they have thrown back the In
vaders near Svientayany, where the
German cavalry out the Petrogmd
railroad between Dvinsk and Vtlna.
The Germans' battery still holds out
at the bridgehead near Dvinsk, al
though the Russians apparently are
holding their opponents In check in
thla region.
Raselans Gain Mtt TTatm tese.
Counting their captures In Oaltcla th
Rusalana lately hav been taking more
prisoner than they- have been losing In
England hopes are rising that Barl Kit
chener did not make an incautious pte
dlctlon when he dectatred Oermany hat
shot It bolt, but that his statement was
based on facta It is said hare that V n
Itlndenburg'a drive is losing Its vis ra
while Von Macknnean la striving to over
come the difficulties of the marsh coun
try and th Austrian appear te be unable
to regain th upper hand in Oalli la.
Th Balkan situation has not reached a
settlement, Th British press view Bul
garia' attitude with eom anxiety.
"Bulgarian alma," says th Manchestet
Guardian, "form te ui)c.p(Jn:ra
mgly anxious , thought by th entente
power. M ' . .' .
' Artillery lliitlif la West.
PARIS, Sept IS Th French war office
gave out a report thla afternoon on the
progress of hostilities reading!
"Yesterday witnessed fighting with
hand grenade at the saphaada In th
sector of Neuvlll. A bombardment of
th suburbs of Arras brought forth a
vigorous reply from our artillery directed
against the batteries and the trenoh of
the enemy. There was also fighting
with mines in th region of Kris, In the
department of the Bomtne. ,'
'There was artillery firing, during all
last night around Roy and in th vicin
ity of Lasslgny, where our shell started
fires. In tli region of Bexry-Au-Ba In
Champagne, near . Hllalre and Aul.e
rive, In the northern Wovr district, and
In th Vosgas at Ban-De-Sapt, the night
also was marked by fairly spirited artil
lery actions."
Peoria Man Chewed
to Death by Rats
PEORIA. III., Sept. la-George Mil er
aged M years, died at a hospital her to
day, having been chewed to deathly
rata Authorities yesterday found toi
ler lying helpless In a barn whet he
had been stricken with a' sudden illness.
His fac was . gnawed almost beyond
recognition. Th barking of a Pet dog
attracted attention to Miller plight.
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