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COUNCIL OF WAR
DECIDES TO KEEP
UP BALKAN FIGHT
HEW PRESIDENT OF THE STATE
TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
PRESIDENT YUAN
SHI KAI ACCEPTS
THRONE OF CHINA
REALESTATER5 WHO MAKE OMAHA DIRT PAY
REAR GUARD OF
ALLIES CHECKS,
PURSUING FOE
E
-Y THE BtE'S I
I "Z
Kitchener and Grey and French
Chiefs Agree to Continue Cam
paign in Southern
Europe.
WITHDRAWING FROM SERBIA
They Fix on Measures to Maintain
Security of Expedionary
Forces.
EULGARS ASSAULT POSITIONS
PARIS, Dec. 11. Franca and
Great Britain decided today to con
tinue the campaign In the Balkans
and agreed on military measures
designed to assure the security of
the expeditionary forces which landed
at Salonikl.
A semi-official announcement is
sued this afternoon Indicates that the
French and British troops are being
"withdrawn from Serbia.
Questions of an urgent character relat
ing to the conduct of the war were net
tled on ine qbbis 01 a cumiueie wiuw
standing today at a conference of rep
resentatives of France and Great Brit
ain. Premier Brland and War Secretary
GaMlenl acted for France and Foreign
Secretary Grey and War Secretary
Kitchener for Great Britain.
How Agreement Reached.
The agreement, which has reference to
concerted military action in other Bones
as well aa in the Balkans, was readied
by Premier Briand and War Minister
Gallleni, the French representatives, and
Foreign .Secretary Grey and War Secre
tary Kitchener, acting for Great Britain,
who have been in conference In Paris
during the last two days.
The semi-official announcement Issued
after today's conference says the prln
clpls of maintenance of French and
British troops at Salonikl was approved
by all the participants and that military
measures have teen taken to assure the
security of the expeditionary corps, which
is retreating methodically towards its
base.
: Retreat Easily Effected.
"Simultaneous attacks from the north
west end the east on both banks of the
Vardar by four Bulgarian divisions
against, the allied troops redoubled In
violence on December and 10." says a
Salonikl dispatch to. the Temps. 'The
enemy directed Its efforts especially to
Uw. attack n, the east. : '
"The retreat at the- airiee to their paw
positions was effected without great dif
ficulty To the north the yrenon -evacuated
Grade C. Strumltsa station and
the village of Navldhvo.
"To the west the alllea are holding
the enemy on the Petrovuka, between the
villages of Petrovo and Milakovo and
the Vardar.
To the cast the Bulgarians massed
half of their forces against tho British
front. They attacked furiously south ot
the city of Strumltsa, The British occu
pied new positions, where they are sup
ported by French contingents.
"The Anglo-French line on the east
bank of the Vardar is now approximately
Indicated by the course of the Bojimla
river, the left tributary of the Vardar,
the villages of Deoell, "Caustl and Dotran,
the last on the southern bank of the
lake ot tnai nio-
Base Ball for "Big
Nine" is Assured
CHICAGO Dec 1L "Big Nine" base
ball for the season of 1916 la practically
assured, according to Albion ,W. Small,
newly elected president of the conference
faculty committee today.
The veto by the aenate of the TJnlver
alty of Illinois on the base ball abolition
resolution passed by the committee last
week, referred the matter back for the
committee's reconsideration before a final
vote on the proposal may be taken by the
uuiversttles. The committee's next reg
ular session comes In June and final ac
tion by the universities is not probable
before tho end of the base ball season.
JACK SCULLY NERVOUS;
HE'D JUST BEEN WEDDED
Jack Scully of Omaha. Associated Press
telegraph operator on the Norfolk Dally
News lrased wire, seemed nervous y eater
day morning and mixed up a lot of hi
reports.
Finally he said to the Norfolk operator:
Excuse my nervousness. I was married
thU mornlnr."
A Norfolk girt. Miss Mary Kane, la
the bride. She has been in charge of the
t.ifnhnna booth at the Fontenelle hotel
for some time.
Scully said ho was keeping his marriage
a secret from Omaha papers.
The Weather
Temperatare at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. De.
b a. ni 27
( a. m
7 a. m
S a. m
S a. m
10 a. m.
11 a- m
12 r.i
1 p. m
t p. m
I p. in
4 p. m
t p. ra
5 p. m
7 p. m
I Bvaratlve- Local H.er4.
1116. 1914. U1S. Ult
Highest yesterday to 1 ba 23
liOeftt yeeterday zn 11
Mean temperature 79 14
Irecipltalun Ufe .07
Temperature and precipitation
fiirs from the normal:
Normal temperature
Kxcas for the day
M 10
44 1
.00 T
depar.
S7
.CI inc h
.06 inches
Total derlciemy mace Marcn 1.
Normal precipitation
Kxcess for the day
Tuial rainfall since March 1...M (4 Inches
Tef clrucy since March 1 1 fci Inches
Iieficlrnoy for cor. period, 1914.. t. 70 inches
IWU'ivncy for cor. pertud. 1SIJ.. ft. 14 lncoo
T lndiutiea trace of precipitation.
I A, WfcLbH. Local fc vreteatar.
P.C10UXT J
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QMA.Lu.ckey
OMAHA AND LDCKEY
ARE THEJflNNERS
Lincoln Man Elected President of
the Nebraska State Teachers'
Association.
COMING HERE AGAIN NEXT TEAR
Omaha again gets the convention
of the Nebraska State Teachers' as
sociation next year, and Dr. O. W. A.
I uckey of the University of Nebraska !
hftcomes president.
The executive committee of the
association counted the ballots at the
LindeH hotel in Lincoln yesterday
morning.
G. V. A. Lucxey received 1,739
votes for president, as against 609
for R. V. Clark of Kearney, the only
opponent that remained in the race
to the end.
No Coatest Vice Presldeat
A. P. Hiltyer of Beatitoe was re-elected
vice president without opposition.
r 1
celvlng 113 votes.
F, J. Matthews pf ' rGand Island was
re-elected treasurer' without opposition,
receiving tl$ votes. . . V. i . . "' u '
' MembefuriTiW 1 executive J committee
were elected by congressional dlstrtot as
follows: First district, Vernon (J. Maya,
Lincoln: Third .district. A. II. Dixon,
Tekamah; Fourth dlstrlot, .John A. Wood-
ard, Beward; Fifth district. K. J. Barr,.
Grand Island; Birth district, H. O. Sut
ton. Kearney. . .C
K. IT. Gruff of Omaha la the executive
member whose term holds over another
year,, which, accounts for there being no
election in the Seoond district.
Omaha was at no time' In danger of
losing the next convention. From the
beginning of the count it was evident
that the proportion . of the votes was In
favor of Omaha. The final tally showed
Omaha. 1,362; Lincoln, 872, a plurality
of 490 for Omaha.
Scarlet Fever Scare
At Children's Home
A scarlet fever scare at Rleverview
home yesterday caused county officials
to hurry three little girls, Grace, Maud
and Ida Knelper, from the hospital thare
to their home. Juvenile Judge Bears, who
had ordered the girls held at the home
was asked for permission to remove them
and hastily gave It
The little girls' illness resembles scar
let fever, but whether it is that disease
has not been definitely determined.
Fifty-three children are at Rlvervlew
home at the present time, and a sugges
tion of an epidemic of diseases that fre
quently keeps Huperlntendent Thompson
and ocunty officials awake nights.
Court Fixes Date
For Eat e Hearing
(From a Staff Correspondent) .
LINCOLN. Dec. ll.-8pecial.)--Judge
Munger today set January U4 as the time
for hearing tne case brought by me oca
Island Kaiiroaa company cwvnii
In passenger rates irom i . v-..- .
i mile. The case will probably be heard
,n
Whitehouse Mentioned for Niche,
in the Hall of Fame for Invention
Why shouldn't an Invitation be extended
by Josephus Daniels to Harry B. White
house, manager of the National Cash
Regifcter company in Omaha, to Join the
naval advisory ' board - with other great
a ' inventors like Edison. Maxim and FordT
Whitehouse also Is an Inventor. He In
vent thing right off the reel. Doesn't
have to putter around in a laboratory or
go five days without sleep Ilka Thomas A.
ttdison. He lust thinks of something, and
right away he knows how to Invent It,
and In a few mtnutea with any odd bits
he finds around the bouse he has It In
vented and In operation.
The scene la Mr.' Whltehouse's home at
tm Douglas street. Mr. Whitehouse U
playing his Vlctrols, which is a perfectly
aU right thing to be doing, seeing It's
only p. ra.
Ills next-door neighbor. Miles Greenleaf,
Is convalescing after a six weeks' tuasle
with bronchitis.
Mr. Greenleaf's own talking machine
has been interned temptrjitly at the home
of his father.
In the busxurn of Mr. Whitehouse stirs
a kindly thought. "Miles would like to
bear some of this musla."
The thought keeps stirring. Tbea Mr.
Head of Rermbho Re,, v
Crown Once, but Sca ilme
He Yields to Council's
Plea.
OVER PROTEST OF ENTENTE
Executive Will Act in Present Ca
pacity Till Convenient Time
for Coronation.
MANCHU DYNASTY FELL IN 1&12
PEKING. Dec. 11. Yuan Shi Kal.
president of the China republic, has
accepted the throne of China ten
dered to him by the council of state.
Acting as a parliament the Council
of State today canvassed the vote on
the question ot a change In the form
of the government ot China to a
monarchy and found that the rotes
of 1,993 representatives out of 3,043 i
qualified to vote on the proposition
were favorable to the change. . i
The Council of State Immediately
sent to Yuan Shi Kal a petition urg
ing him to accept the throne.'He de
clined at first, but when the petition
was forwarded to him a second time
he accepted with the proviso that he
would continue to act as president
until a convenient time for the coro
nation. Japaa Mar Bead Note.
TOKIO, Dec. 11. It is considered
probable here that Japan, in the
name of itself and its allies, will send
another friendly note to China with
regard to the proposed change of
China's form of government to a
monarchy.
The entente powers have indicated
they do not wish to have the change
take place during the war because
of disturbances of the peace which
it might entail.
After acknowledging China's reply
that it was capable of handling any
outbreaks that might occur, the note
probably will point out that the allies
hold China responsible for the main
tenaoee of peace and the protection
of the lives and property ot for
. Beeaaae Repablle la, ,
China, for centuries under the Manchii
rulef kecame a republic on February 13,
1913,' following the revolution ot 1911, and
after tha adoption of a provisional con
stitution and the election of Yuan 6 hi
Kal as president under Its provisions on
October 6, IBIS, he was Inaugurated four
days later, on October 10.
Indications of plana to abandon tha re
publican form, of government and revert
(Continued, on Page Two, Column Two.)
Austrian Charge
Says Wrote Note
By Dumba's Order
WASHINGTON, Dec. l.-Baron Krlch
Zwledinek, . charge of the Auatro-IIun-garlan
embassy, today called upon Secre
tary Lansing to explain a letter he. wrote
in August, 1814. In which he suggested
that passports ' be bought for Austrian
reservists. The State department haa a
photograph copy of the letter.
. The charge was understood to have In
formed Secretary Lansing that at the
time the letter was written he was a
subordinate in the embassy.
Dr. Constantln T. Dumba, the. ambas
sador, who haa been recalled, was then
In charge, and it was said that Baron
Zwledinek contended that he was actmg
not upon his own initiative, but under
the Instructions of the ambassador.
Baron Zwledinek remained wtth the
secretary nearly an hour. It was believed
that the note which the United States
has dispatched to I Austria-Hungary on
the sinking of the Italian liner, Ancona,
was also a aubject mentioned.
It waa stated authoritatively today that
Secretary Lansing has not yet reached a
decision as to Alexander Von Nuber, the
Austro-Hungarian consul general In New
Tork, whose case la under consideration.
What effect the baron's explanation
today might have upon the secretary's
case was not disclosed. Baron Zwledinek
declined to discuss the subject
Whitehouse begins Inventing. Down in
the cellar he goes and drags up a long
eoil of garden hose. Next ha geta a meg
phone that had done duty In numerous
foot baU games. He binds the megaphone
to one end of the hose.
Next he digs up a big funnel such as
Is used In filling automobile tanks. He
fastens this to the other end of the hose.
Then be slips over to the window of the
patient's room snd softly Inserts the mag
aphone end. Back he files and runs tha
other end of the hose through a window
of his own house.
Breathless with the exertion of so much
Inventing, he places LUit's ninety-ninth
Hungarian raphsody or something on the
machine and starts It, holding the funnel
carefully close to the needle.
The alck man next door, awakening
from a dose, hears strains of music.
Whence come theyT He knows not. He
calls his wife. And then after some
search the sweet deception Is discovered.
Congratulations to Mr. Whitehouse.
Boy, run down to the lawrel crown store
and get one for Mr. Whitehouse, snd stop
on the way at the hall of fame and have
'era reserve the niche between Edlsoa and
Marco&l
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WESTERN RAIL RATE
RAISESJPPROYED
Interstate'Commerce Board Author
ises General Increases in
Passenger Fares.
SOME ASKED HOT ALLOWED
WASHINGTON, Dee. 11. General
increases in passenger fares on west
ern railroads were authorised today
by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion. Some ot the increases for
which the roads asked were disap
proved, but such aa , were allowed
will result in an Increase in revenue.
Proposed Increase In Illinois, Wis-'
con sin, the Michigan upper . penin
sula, MtHDesota.Jowa. Nebraska,
Mteeawi; north o tha Mlaaourl river,
and in Kansas' on and north ot the
main Una ot the Union Pacific from
Kansas City to the Colorado state
line were disapproved, but the com
mission bld that an interestate basis
of 2.4 cents per mile was Justified.
In Missouri south of the Missouri river
and In Kansas south of the main line of
the Union Paclflo proposed increase
were disapproved, but an Interstate basis
of 2. cents per mile were allowed.
Dakota Rate Approved.
Proposed Increases from points within
which new rates were authorized to points
on tha main lines In California. Arlsona,
Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, New
Mexico, Akansas, Oklahoma and Texas
were pronounced unreasonable where the
fare would be higher than that con -
structed on the rate fabric existing to the
east. A basing rate of 2V& cents a mllo
in North and South Dakota and 3 ccnU
in the states south and west was an-
proved.
Increases on mileage tickets to make
them 24 cents a mile north of the Mis
souri river In Missouri and on and north
of the Union Pacific main Una In Kansas
were approved. A mileage ticket rate of
2V cents a mile south of tha same divid
ing lines waa pronounced Justified.
Increases In fare to the east of Mich
igan, Illinois, Iowa. Minnesota, Wiscon
sin, Nebraska. Missouri and jvannas,
based on rates newly authorized In that
territory, were pronounced reasonable.
Folate of Halloa.
The commission held that the evidence
in the case In which nearly fifty roads
were Involved and which was part of
the . whole western advance rate case,
showed substantially the following:
That since 190o the railroads have made
substantial improvements in panaengt-r
service for convenience and safety at
great expense.
That passenger service conditions do
not permit ot economies possible In the
freight service, and that the increased
costs not offset by those economies which
exist are entitled to consideration.
That passenger service in western ter
ritory is less profitable than freight serv
ice and that the existing rates are lower
than those In the south, east and west,
but that there la some justification for
that.
The derision repeats the holdings of the
recent advance freight rates cases that
the railroads have felt the Increased cost
of living, an d recites that the public has
the right to expect adequate, comfortable
and safe service.
No Kxeaso for Waste.
-The ftommlaslnn aalif !
I .,., h . ,.,. ,K
carrlers should be allowed, under reason-
able fares, to earn a reasonable return
upon tha property used In that service.
Neither competition nor the unreasonable
demands of tha public, however, must be
made the excuse for waste and extrava
gance In tha passenger service."
To avoid confusion of practice the com
mission dismissed all the Increanes the
railroads prixposed and ordered the filing
of new tariffs, embodying such incresses
as were allowed to become effective.
Leman Bought Ticket
Alliance to Omaha
(From a Ptaff Correspondent.)
IJNCXLN. Dec. It. (Hoeclal Kheriff I
Oui livers today received orH from
Alliance that It had been discovered that
Ouy Leman, the man held In Ll-icoln
for the murder of Cleil D. Campbell, the
Uncoln contractor, which occurred In
Omaha, November IS. had bought a rail
road, ticket from that place to Omaha on
the day he claimed to have come to
Lincoln by the bog far route.
AS. JM SSA feqr
- P r
"BILLY" IS READY
TO. QUITSYRACUSE
One More Week of Campaign Re
mains Before Evangelist Leaves
for Trenton.
HOT WORDS TOR DETRACTORS
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 11. (Spe
cial Telegram.) "Billy" Sunday
wil shake the dust of Syracuse
from his feet Just one week from to
morrow night, leaving on v Limited
train for his home at Winona Lake,
Wis., where he will ' remain until
New ; Year's evening when he will
again hit the trail eastward with
Trenton, N. J,, as his destination. -'
"Billy" will arrive at the Jersey
city- lata- New Year's avad 111 ape
his campaign there on Sunday, Jan
nary 2.- . ; , ' i
Plans for the Trenton campaign anon
to be held In New Jersey are rapidly
being completed, and tonight It waa an
nounced that - among the features will
be periodical excursions from, Philadel
phia and raterson where Sunday has
already held forth. .
Tills week added materially to tha
number of tabernacle trail hitters, the
total to date reading 13,2.14, aa compared
with Omaha'a 4.881.
CollertloM Rna Behind.
The tabernacle attendance here reaches
SnO.OOO, exceeding that at Omaha by 136
.jKM, but the Nebraska city still leads In
' collections.
Byracusana have given I77.M3.22, white
(for tho same period In Omaha the sum
I was S29.C6.!6.
! Trexldcnt fitrj ker of Hamilton college
; heads the list of the week's converts to
i Bundavlsin.
"Billy got mc; I'm for him," stated the
noted educator today.
"I would that I could copy him. 'Dilly's'
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Thirteen Schmidt
Case Witnesses Tell
About Explosions
IX)S AKU&L, Cel., Dec ll.-Tlilr-teen
witnesses, all of whom told of dy
namite .explosions, testified at today's
brief session of the trial of Mathew A.
Hchmldt, charged with the murder of
one of the twenty victims of the Times
bo mi -explosion here five years ago.
Ie Trower, superintendent of the
Pittithurgh Construction company, tes
tified (hat thirteen explosions occurred
on work ot his company after It had
declared open shop In
Fred Baker, a police sergeant at In
diana Harbor, told of a bomb explosion
of a bridge at that place In March, 1910.
The1 other witnesses were: Harry Burns,
a Chicago policeman; W. B. Fortune of
Colllnsvllle, N. J.; Hugo Lucas, a foun
dry man of Peoria, 111.; Uuls K. Rod-
dewlg, Davenport, la.; August Bclffert,
Clinton. Ia, and Martin Morgan, Green
Bay, Wis.
British Recruits Rush to Enlist
So as to Avoid Conscription Order
LONDON, Dec. ll.-London, except per
haps la the closing hours of heated gen
eral elections, lias never witnessed such
scenes as virtually the a hole city pre
sentud this afternoon, with the earl of
Derby'a recruiting period extended to
clone tomorrow at midnight, having little
more than twenty-four hours to run.
In every section of tho city recruita
rame forward' In droves to be atteated.
Tena of thousands of workmen, clerks
and ahop girls spent their half-holiday
In the parks and the streets watching
snd participating In the recruiting. Among
them were thousands of soldiers in khaki.
i bu, "w recruits
and veterans, with
! many convali-acrnt wounded men. Inelud-
Ing numerous Australians, t anauiana,
Highlanders and Indian troops. There
was thick mud under foot and occasion
ally heavy ahowera fell, but the parks,
ss well as the streets, remained crowded.
while bands marched about playing pat
riotic airs. All the newsboys carried plafl
GRIDIRON CI U 3
GRILLS GUESTS
Peace and Preparedness Plans
Roasted at Annual Dinner of
Washing-ton Correspondents.
BRYAN LEADS CANDY TROOPS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Peace
and preparedness advocates alike
came in (or a raking (Ire of jest at
the winter dinner of the Gridiron
club tonight. At the close the pre
paredness . ranks . ' appeared the
stronger, but their casualties (rom
verbal shrapnel were almost as
heavy as those of the psclflsts.
President 'W'l,on' Vica President
Marshall, members ot the cabinet,
etaatorflt representative! and man
prominant la publlo lit (rom many
parts ot the county were among tha
club's guests. .
Thi chorus of the song Introduc
ing the president follows:
We k bur stand hack of you, Mr.
Wilson,
Strensth to your arm we give;
Tou're the leader of all,
We respond to your call.
We will stsnrt firm with you for the red,
white and, blue.
No party or faetlon divides us In twain
We're just plain Americans, proud of
the name;
. It the world realise . .
Naught can aever our ties, ,
We take our hats off to you.
A figure representing William Jennlna
Bryan was prominent In the evening's
entertainment. He lobbed up In th-ee
skits, always In a stellar rote.
nr..,, romn-aari. Oady Soldier-. '
"The Saccharine Boldlrr," perhaps the
liveliest -of all the sketches, brought the
former socretsry of state to the fore ag
tha leader of a band of .old era. armed
with marshmallows, bon bona and other
candles, and exhibited as relics of a
barbarlo age.' Among the officers ware
General Oumdrop, Colonel Caramel, Malo?
Marshmallow, Captain Candy, and others
tearing names ot confections. Tha sol
diers' "weapons" . were huge red, whit
(Continued On l'age Two, Column One.)
Germany Blamed
for Delay of Two
Cargoes of .Dyes
WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 12.
Failure to move dyentuffa from Europe
1o the United States Is due. to Germany
Instead of Orest Britain, according to a
statement Issued today at the c'tate de
partment. Termlsslon by the British foreign of
fice for the. two cargoes of dyestuffs tu
come forward Is still . In effect, but the
German embargo have made their move
ment Impossible.
Ambassador Page has been Instructed
to call the attention of the British for
eign office to ' the vital need In this
country for logwood from Jamaica and
British Honduras.
arda calling upon men to enlist
In the parks and open squares speech-
making was In progress. In the hotels '
and restaurants, on the trams and busses .
and on the street cornera everybody waa '
engaged in discussing enlistment and the ;
question of voluntary service versus con- 1
scrlptlon waa argued hotly. II ports ot
similar scenes came from - provincial
towns.
Announcement of the extension of time
for the recruiting plan waa cheered when
the newspapers spread the news.
Tha official announcement aayt:
"It should be understood clearly by
every available maa, especially single
men, at present unattested, that the op
portunity offered carries with It an equal
responsibility to present himself today or
tomorrow, and so add to the volume of
evidence now presented to othtr nations
allied, neutral or hostile that the deter
mination of the country is resolute to
prosecute the war to a victorious conclusion."
Flight of the Anglo-French Forces
Before Teuton and Bulbar
Armies Becomes More
Orderly.
ENTENTE HOLDS GIEVGELI
Report Teutonio Forces Had Taken
Foint Commanding1 Railroad to
Salonikl Unfounded.
ALLIES' FORCES OUTNUMBERED
awe
LONDON, Doe. 11. The latest
news from the Balkans indicates
that the allies are still (ailing back,
but without suffering the losses en
dured on the first days of the re
tieat, when the pursuing Bulgarians
attacked rear guards repeatedly.
Paris reports that in these actions
the French inflicted heavy losses on
the pursuers by their artillery (ire.
The British publlo receives a ahock In
the form of a Palonlkl dispatch statins;
that Glevgell had been occupied by two
divisions of German troops. Later re
ports, however, state that this Important
position Is not yet within the rang of
the Invadlrs' guns. Oievgell la on tha
Greek frontier near the Vardar river and
commands the railroad north from Sa
lonikl. The town first came Into promi
nence during the present war as head
quarters of the typhus hospital of Dr.
James F. Donnelly of New Tork, who
died in Nlsh in February.
It Is generally conceded the present
forces of the alllea are Inadequate to cops
with Bulgaria and tha central powers,
whose armies, according to a statement
credited to Premier Radoslavotf ot Bui
gnrta, now number 1,000,000 men.
The final day for recruiting under tha
plan of the earl of Derby finds no diminu
tion In the croWds which besieged the re
crultlng stations. In the rush medical
examination has become aa perfuuetury
as the signing ot the recruits" names, and
and it la expected many of those who
have come forward will be rejected when
called for active service.
Raeelaaa ea Border of Reamaala.
BERUN, Dec. ll.-By Wireless to
Sayvllle.l-Advlces received today Indi
cate that the Russians are hurriedly con
centrating troops along the Roumanian
border. The Austrian forces In Buko-
wtna also are being , reinforced heavily.
, A Bucharest dispatch, . forwarded by
way of Budapest."' ea'ya "that thS harbor
at Ren I. (he uss!an ' Danuba -port at
Which troops have been concentrated for
soma time, haa been closed to passenger
and freight trafflo since Monday because
ot the forthcoming arrival of additional
transport chips.
New York City Facing
Milk Shortage Due to
Demands of. Europe
NEW TORK. Deo. ll.-The health de
partment, announced today that New
York City la facing a serious milk short
age aa a result of the enormous pur
chases of condensed milk by the alllea
. for the soldiers In. the trenches,
The situation particularly menaces the
' Por- In that grade B milk, mainly used
i'"' "nu'actured article, is the milk
'. ch'"fl' consumed by the poorer classes.,
! The shortage at present amounta to
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Lansing Asks for
Safe Conduct for
" German Attaches
WASHINOTON, D. C, Deo. ll.-The
State department announced late today
that It had requested the British and
French embassies to grant aafe conduct
for Captain Boy-Fid and Captain von
Papcn, the recalled Oerman naval and
military attaches.
I
Germans Say French
Assaults Repulsed
BERLIN, Dec. 11. (Via London.) Tha
French again have bombarded and then
attacked the position recently taken by
the Germans northeast of Soualn in tha
it'tiampaine region, but were repulsed,
the Germans retaining all their gains, ac
cording to official announcements today.
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