People don't like to buy
from unknown merchants,
or unknown goods; adver
tising makes steady cut
tomers.
The Omaha Daily Bee
THE WEATHER
FAIR
VOL. XLVI NO. 89.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1916 TEN PAGES.
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GENERAL STRIKE
TO BE CALLED IN
NEW YORK TODAY
Threatened Sympathetic Walk
out to Materialize, Accord
ing to Announcement
of Union Chief .
CONFERENCE IS A FAILURE
Award Board of Empire State
Will Enforce Arbitration
of Dispute.
BEGAN MAKES STATEMENT
' New York, Sept. 21. The threat
ened general labor strike in sym
pathy with the . striking street car
employes will be called tomorrow, it
was announced late today by Ernest
Bohm, secretary Of the Central Fed
erated union. Bohm made the, an
nouncement after a conference be
tween labor leaders and a citizens'
committee, which both he and Mayor
Mitchel declared had failed in its ef
fort to avert the strike.
New York, Sept 21. Arbitration
of the city's transit strike, now in its
third week, will be enforced by the
state board of arbitration and media
tion, it was announced here today by
H. I. Heean. a member of the board
Hearings will be hild Monday and
both sides will be directed to present
testimony.
Asserting that the strike is "the
most menacing labor situation that
has ever threatened the peace and
prosperity" of the city's population,
Mr. Kegan declares that it a general
sympathetic strike was caned tne
safetv and livelihood of "six or seven
millions of people in this corner of
the state would be endangered.
"It is time that the expression 'the
public be damned' be changed to the
new slogan, 'the public be protected.' "
Mr. Regan added: "The time has
come to put an end to the bickerings
between the railroads and their em
ployes. The disputants appear to be
unable to make an end themselves,
therefore the board intends to exer
cise its powers, and to make an end
for them.
"I have already t.-.ken steps to
bring about the compulsory submis
sion of the points in dispute. From
my investigations so far I have de
cided that a, settlement through mu
tual concessions by the companies
and men is possible. I will urge that
the companies take back the striking
employes and settle the great point
in controversy by reducing the time of
operations of th i so-called master and
servant contract from two years to
one year."
Before a subcommittee of the busi
ness men's committee which is seek
ing to settle the car strike William B.
Fitzgerald, head of a delegation of
labor leaders, said this afternoon that
the strikers would go back to work
provided the traction company would
without discrimination restore all un
ion men discharged from their posi
tions, wduldliveup to the agreements
of August 6, 7 and 30 and submit to
arbitration the justice of the "master
and servant" contracts entered into
by the traction companies and some
of their employes. The subcommit
tee was still in session this afternoon
and expected to report later to the
full committee.
Spain Protests
Against Sinking
Of Its Shipping
Madrid, Sept. 20. (Via London.)
A strong protest against the destruc
tion of Spanish ships, by submarines
has been made to the government by
the Spanish Shipowners' association.
The association declares that the tor
pedoing of the ships is "contrary to
all principles of international law and
the elementary rules of humanity."
Up to the present nine Spanish
ships, representing a total -of 57,000
tons, have been the victims of sub
marines. The total tonnage of the
Spanish merchant marine amounts to
only 800,000 tons.
The Weather
Temperature! at Omaha Yesterday.
For Nebraaka Fair. ,
Hour. Dt
, 6 ft. m t
S a. m 51
I 7 a. m 62
I r a. m 85
a. m M
10 a. m 3
11 a. m 6
12 m
1 p. m 70
2 p. m 72
3 p. m 72
4 p. m 73
B p. m 72
p. m. 43
7 p. m 67
5 p. m 66
Comparative Local elleord.
1316. 1115. 1314. 1(11.
Loweat yesterday .. 61 40 64 41
Mean temperature ., 63 63 67 62
Precipitation 00 .00 .26 .00
Temoerature and precipitation departurei
vfrnm the normal:
Normal temperature 64
Deficiency for the day 2
Total exceae alnce March 1 267
Normal precipitation 07 Inch
Deficiency for the day 07 Inch
Total rainfall alnce March 1. .. .13.33 Inchei
Deficiency alnce March 1 10.13 Inchea
Deficiency cor period, 1316 66 Inch
Deficiency, cor. period, 1314.... 3.40 Inchea
Report from Station at 7 P. M.
Station and 8tat Temp. High- Raln
of Weather. 7 p. m . est. fall.
Cheyenne, cleaa 62 70 .00
Davenport, clear 63 70 .00
Denver, clear 70 72 .00
Pea Molnea 66 72 ,00
Lander, clear 63 72 .00
Norlh Platte, clear.... 68 78 .00
Omaha, clear 67 74 .00
Pueblo, clear 72 78 .00
Rapid City, clear 60 66 ,00
Salt Lake City, clear.. 80 v 82 .00
Santa Fe, part cloudy. . 70 76 .00
Sheridan, clear. 62 70 .00
Sioux City, clear 64 70 .00
Valentine, clear 63 63 .00
L. A. WELSH, Moteoroloilat.
WMW.
McAdoo Receives Cheering News
of Rapid Recovery of His Wife
Secretary of Treasury Jubilant
Over Good News Received
From Home.
"Come along and drink a birthday
cocktail with me. September 21 is
Ellen Wilson McAdoo's birthday. She
is sixteen months old today.
"I'll buy.
"But after we sit down and enjoy
the dinner prepared by members of
he Commercial club my glass will
he turned upside down. 1 hese drinks
are sub rosa."
When Secretary of the Treasury
W. G. McAdoo appeared at the Hotel
Fontenelle as t member of the Farm
Loan board, the guest of the Omaha
Commercial club, he was exultant. He
had just received a telegram from his
wife, the daughter of President Wil
son, announcing that she was recov
ering from a severe attack of typhoid
fever.
Secretary McAdoo reached Omaha
at 6 o'clock Thursday evening in his
private car from Lincoln. As the head
FEDERAL FARM
BOARD IN LINCOLN
Committee Sidetracked and
Farmers Are Called In to
Give Testimony.
KINKAIDERS ASK FOE AID
(From a Staff Correapordetit.)
Lincoln, Sept. 21. (Special.) The
Federal Farm Loan bureau hearing
Lincoln's claims here today, deftly
sidetracked the program of Mayor
Bryan and the local land bank com
mittee, and, instead put in more than
half the time listening to what vol
unteer farmers had to say.
"Our idea and our proceedure calls
for a hearing of farmers first, who
come from a distance all who want
to be heard, or who have any ques
tions to ask," William McAdoo, sec
retary of the treasury and ex-offici6
memeber of the board announced.
The hearing too developed into one
of information giving and was entire
ly ( informal. Nearly 400 people
crowded into federal court room, a
large number of whom were farmers.
Members of the board confidentially
remarked that it was the largest hear
ing held in any of the twenty-three
states visited.
Aid to Kinkaiders.
Guy Drake, owner of a section of
grazing land near Wittman, told the
board he came to Lincoln this morn
ing tj raise a. loan from private
sources, when he Happeifed to hear "of
the hearing and thought he would at
tend. "Only a farm loan bank can save
us Kinkaiders," Drake told the boarM.
"I could not get a loan for less than
8 per cent." Drake said he had
wanted to borrow $10,000 to stock
his ranch. He said it was impossible
to make anything unless the men had
tunds to stock their land.
"We are Organized to borrow
money right away," said West Mil
ler of Ainsley, Neb., who came to
Lincoln as therepresentative of a lo
cal grange. "We are readv to take
$20,000 now," he told the committee.
Committee Talks Last
The local committee's Droeram
went through during the afternoon.
Secretary Mellor, Secretary Walter
Whitten of the commercial club,
members of the faculty of the state
farm and Lincoln business men, ap
peared before the board in sunnnrt
of the claim for a bank, ureine Ne
braska's agricultural resources, as yet
undeveloped, as some ot the speakers
put it, as basis for the claim.
The hearing was lareelv nonoar-
tisan. Farmers did not indicate their
preference between Omaha and Lin
coln m the hearing on the bank, and
the showing of most of the other
speakers' was strictly impartial.
Oil Used to Quiet
Angry Sea Sticks to
Wings of Water Fowl
Puerto Plata, Santo Dominno. Sent.
21. Crude o that had been thrown
overboard by Uncle Sam's warships
to quiet raging waters which destroy
ed the United States Cruiser Memphis
during a recent storm, stuck to the
wings of sea gulls and other water
fowl taking refuge in the bays along
the coast, and rendered them heloless
and unable to fly for several days.
Members of the United States Ma
rine Corps, on expeditionary duty at
this 'place, captured hundreds of the
birds with their naked hands.
The oil-begrimed fowls wandered
up and down the beach, crying piti
fully, while the marines stood guard
to see that boys did not harm them.
Apprentice in U. P.
Years Ago, Brush
From aoorentice boy, wearing a pair
of greasy overalls and working ten
hours per day at y cents per nour 10
president of an elevated railroad
rnmnanv at a salarv of $36,000 per
year, and that inside of fifteen years is
going some, that, nowever, is wnat
Matthew C. Brush, formerly of
Omaha, has accomplished.
Some forty years ago Mattnew i..
Brush was born in Stillwater, Minn.,
where he attended the public schools
and later attended the Armour insti
tute from which he was graduated in
1897. Until he came to the Union
Pacific shoos in 1901. he worked at
odd jobs where ever he could find
them. That year, without money, he
drifted into Omaha and found em
ployment as an apprentice in the ma
chine shops of the Union Pacific.
Brush applied himself to his work,
giving it close attention, and in a
of the farm loan board, composed of
members appointed by the national I
congress, secretary McAdoo greetec a
his political friends and acquaintan' ' s
at the Hotel Fontenelle. .
He was accompanied by fc
Dahlman and Congressm? V," ' 4?
Lobeck. s oN-
I wo minutes after . .., . -.oo
reached the hotel, be' . li'had
thcopportunity of ren.V jj? is coat,
his hand was gripped',, -a repre
sentative of I he Bee. v
"Let's go and drink to the health
of the daughter, while renewing old
acquaintances. There are cocktails on
the menu tonight, but I refuse to
touch a drop." said the secretary .
Thirty guests of the Omaha Com
mercial club attended the dinner in
honor of Secretary McAdoo.
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock
John L. Kennedy, C. O. Lobeck, Ben
jamin F. Baker, Mayor Dahlman
Victor Rosewater, Harvey New
branch, Joseph Polcar, G. W. Wat
tles, W. H. Bucholz, C. E. Burnham,
Peter Jansen, Everett Buckingham.
W. F. Baxter were among the guests.
FRENCH MAKE NEW
GAINS NEAR VERDUN
Paris Official Report Tells of
Capture of Two Trenches
South of Thiaumont.
RAIN HALTS OPERATIONS
Paris, Sept. 21. The French have
made another gain in the Verdun sec
tor, where they captured two trench
es and 100 prisoners south of the
Thiaumont work, according to an of
ficial statement issued by the war
office. They also gained 100 yards
east of Fort Vaux and in the Chapi
tre wood. Bad weather still halts op
erations on the Somme and the Ger
man attacks have not been renewed.
The communication follows:
"North of the River Somme the
enemy have not renewed their activi
ties along the front between the
Priez farm and the farm of Abbe
woqd. Bad weather has interfered
materially with operations on either
bank of the river Somme.
"In the Argonne an attack of the
enemy delivered upon our positions
at Four de Paris resulted in failure
because of our curtain of fire. This
attack was preceded by the explosion
of a mine.
"On the right bank of the River
Meuse our troops yesterday even
ing occupied several sections of ene
my trenches southeast of Thiaumont
work and captured over 100 prisoners,
including two officers. We also took
two machine guns. In the eastern
part of Vaux-Chapitre wood we have
advanced our line by about 100 yards,
while in the forest of Apremont one
of our advanced posts repulsed an at
tack of the enemy in which hand gre
nades were used.
"A French air pilot yesterday
brought down a German aeroplane to
the north of Feronne.
Britons Repulse Counter Attack.
London, Sept. 21. The Germans
launched heavy counter attacks last
night on British positions south of
the Ancre on the Somme front, the
war office announced this afternoon.
New Zealand troops, defending the
attacked position, beat off the Ger
mans with severe losses to them.
Germans Lose Ground.
Berlin, Sept. 21. (Via London.)
Troops of (Crown Prince Rupprecht
of Bavaria are engaged in continu
ous hand grenade fighting with en
tente allied forces near Courcelette,
north of the river Somme, says to
day's official statement issued by the
German general statt. Ground which
had been gained by Germans in an
attack southwest of Rancourt and in
Bouchavesnes was lost, the statement
adds, after bitter fighting.
Status of American
Troops in Mexico
Under Discussion
New London, Conn., Sept. 21. The
question of the withdrawal of the
American troops was discussed by
the Mexican-American commission
ers today, but without an agreement
being reached. The Mexican repre
sentatives made no demand or re
quest for their withdrawal and the
consideration of the problem is un
derstood to have "been of a rather
general, character.
The commissioners spent most of
the time today discussing with the
Mexicans documentary reports relat
ive to general conditions in Mexico.
The American commissioners con
ferred among themselves in the aft
ernoon, the joint conference being
adjourned until tomorrow.
Shops Fifteen
Now Gets $36,000
couple of years he was promoted to
the position of foreman in the Coun
cil Bluffs roundhouse of the Union
Pacific. He remained there a year
and then he went to the Rock Island
as master mechanic, subsequently go
ing to the Boston Electric Railway
company as a superintendent. Later
he became general manager of the
Boston & Newton surface lines and
subsequently vice president of the
Boston Street Railway company.
Some months ago the electric and
elevated companies were merged,
Brush holding the vice presidency un
der the consolidation.
This week, W. A. Bancroft, who
has been president of the Boston
Electric resigned, and at a meeting
of the directors, Matthew C. Brush
was elected president of the consoli
dated companies and his salary fixed
at $36,000 per year.
SECW.GJ'ADOO
AND FARM LOAN
BOARD ARRIVE
. ederal Board Will Hear
Omaha's Claims for One of
Twelve Banks at Hear
ing Today.
M'ADOO E.TOLS THE BILL
Head of the Treasury Depart
ment Says It's an Act of
Long-DeMyed Justice.
"SECURITY FOR FARMER"
The
ruralcredits bill, recently
adopted by congress, and signed by
President Wilson, is an act of long
delayed justice to the farmer, accord
ing to Secretary of the Treasury Wil
liam G. McAdoo, who arrived in
Omaha yesterday evening with the
Federal Farm Loan board, ot which
he is chairman.
The secretary of the treasury re
gards this piece of legislation as one
of great importance to the permanent
prosperity of the nation, giving the
farmer credit advantages and facili
ties similar to those enjoved by the
business mam and denied to the farm
er for so many years. The secretary
says the rural credits act is compar
able with, and even more important
than, the federal reserve act in the
field of constructive financial legisla
tion.
Function of the Bill.
"The farm loan bill," said Secretary
McAdoo, "creates a system under
which the farmers of the United
States will be able, for the first time
in the history of the country, to bor
row money on farm lands at low
rates of interest on long time, namely,
from five to forty years, and Dy
means of annual dues or installments
not only to pay the interest, bnt
also to retire tne principal oi tne loan
at maturity. This piece of legislation
is comparable in its benefits and in
the magnitude of the industry it will
affect, with the federal reserve act,
but it is in many respects far more
important to the country than the
federal reserve act
"It is a statement of an old and
recognized truth to say that the farm
ing industry is the very basis' of the
life and orosDeritv of the nation, and
this statement is more particularly
true of the United States, because of
its acricultura development which.
although great, can be made vastly
greater if our farmers are provided
with the long-time credits at low
rafi;of. interest, which are so essen
tial to the further development of
the farming industry. There is no
inducement to ereater farm develop
ment unless it can be made profit
able, and it cannot be made profitable
unless the necessary capital is avail
able always to farmers upon reason
able terms. It is amazing that since
the establishment ot our government
until this time, a period of 127 years,
absolutely nothing has been done by
way ot legislation to assure abun
dant farm credits on reasonable
terms to our farmers.
Says Fanners Suffered. .
"On the contrary, they have been
the preferred sufferers from a scar
city of money for farm development
and agricultural purposes, and have
been, as a class, particularly oppress
ed by high, and oftentimes extortion
ate rates of interest and shadowed
constantly by the fear of mortgage
foreclosures. The Farm Loan Act,
or rural credits bill, will emancipate
the farmer from the disadvantages
he has so long endured. It will, when
fully established, unquestionably pro
vide an abundance of credits, avail
able at all times, to farmers in all
parfS of the country upon long term
mortgages at low rates of interest,
with a provision for repayment of
the principal in easy annual install
ments. In fact, under the new sys
tem, the framer ought to be able to
pay the interest on his mortgage and
the principal of his debt through an
nual installments, which will be less
than the straight interest charges he
has been paying on his mortgage
under the old system.
Back to the Farm.
"The establishment of this rural
credits system will re-attractto the
tarms vast numbers of our people
who have been unable to en?acre in
agriculture because it has been impos
sible to secure money on tarm obliga
tions. It means for all the people of
the country unlimited benefits be
cause they will prosper i direct pro
portion to the prosperity and strength
of the. farming industry of the coun
try." Hearing This Morning.
A regular phalanx of farmers, bank
ers, retailers, wholesalers, stockmen,
real estate men, professional men and
others will storm the federal court
room this morning to be heard
before the Federal Farm Loan board
on the question of Omaha's needs
and claims for one of the twelve fed
eral farm loan banks the government
proposes to locate in the United
States.
The local committee in Omaha is
prepared with great volumes of fig
ures showing Omaha's advantageous
(Continued on Page Two, Column Threo.)
Ak-Sar-Ben Dales
Ak-Sar-Ben Feativi
ties, including car
nival and Nebraak.
Statehood Semi-cen
tennial celebration
Industrial parade.
Electrical Pageant.
Historical Pageant.
Royal Coronation
Ball.
Masked Court Ball.
Sept.
26 to
Oct 7
Oct. 3
Oct. 4
Oct. 5
Oct. 6
Oct. 7
FARM LAND BANK BOARD IN OMAHA TODAY Mem
bers of the Farm Land Bank board who, with Secretary of
the Treasury department, will be in Omaha today to hear
the claims of this city for one of the twelve land banks. From
left to right: Charles E. Sabdell, Herbert Quick, W. W.
Flannagan; lower row: Captain W. S. A. Smith, William G.
McAdoo, George W. Norris.
v i- ft
HUGHES SPEAKING
IN HOOSIER STATE
He Says Great Driving Force
of Patriotism Must Furnish
Power for Progress.
QUOTES CLAY ON TARIFF
Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 21. Charles
E. Hughes, addressing his second au
dience of the day in the open air
here today, outlined the policies for
which he stands and declared that
he wanted to see in the United States
"a great driving force of patriotic sen
timent," which would furnish the mo
tive power for progress.
"I want American rights protected
throughout the world," Mr. Hughes
said. "I desire to see a great driv
ing force of patriotic sentiment which
will give us the motive power of
progress. We cannot have progress
unless we have that loyalty and love
for our country which will enable us
to get up steam to supply energy.
''And, therefore, that we may have
that I say that American rights must
be protected throughout the world
with respect to Americar, lives, prop
erty and commerce, with respect to
all nations of the world."
The nominee reiterated his declara
tion that the "Pathway of surrender
to force leads only to civil war in the
end;" declared that he stood firmly
for arbitration of industrial disputes.
All Americans Are Laborers.
"I am the friend of labor," he said.
"Who is not the friend of labor? If
a man isn't the friend of labor he
isn't the friend of America, becauseH
we are all laborers in this country
and we have all got to go up or down
together."
Mr. Hughes went into detail con
cerning his tariff views. He quoted
Henry Clay in support of his decla
ration that the doctrine of a protec
tive tariff was not a partisan doctrine,
but "a sound American doctrine." The
protective tariff, he said, would have
to be applied to enable America to
meet European competition after the
war"
"If it is not." he said, "we will not
only have a repetition of the period of
unemployment that we had just be
fore the Kuropean war, but we will
have agitation and confusion and dis
aster in this country. I see un
bounded trouble ahead in disap
pointment and blighted prospects of
labor, if this is not done. 1 see only
disturbance and disaster unless we
take this matter in hand in time.
"We are good natured in this cam
paign. You cannot separate me in
friendship from any American citi
zen whether he is a republican or a
democrat. I make no partisan appeal
in a bitter way. I make no repub-
(Contlnucd on 1'asa Two, Column One.)
Twenty-Six Thousand Troops March
In Review Through Streets of El Paso
El Paso, Tex., Sept. 21. National
guardsmen and regulars 26,000 of
them in dust-stained khaki swung
through the streets of El Paso and
past a reviewing stand at Fort Bliss
today in the first parade and review
of an infantry division at full war
strength ever held in .he United
States. Military men said, also, that
a larger number of troops were in
line than at any other time in the
history of the country with the ex
ception of the grand review in Wash
ington at the close of the civil war,
May 23 and 24, 1869.
Tanned by service on the border,
the brown-clad legions, cavalry, in
fantry, field artillery and auxiliary
troops, marched in an unbroken col
umn nearly twenty miles long, and
which took about five hours to file
past the stand in which Major Gen
eral Chaflcs M. Clement, command
ing the Pennsylvania division, and
Brigadier General George Bell, jr.,
commanding the El Paso military
district, reviewed them.
Participating in the review were
troops from the regular army, from
Massachusetts, Michigan, Kentucky,
(QHMUM SWIM
GUARDSMEN ASK TO
STAYON BORDER
Men Who Wish to Remain in
Army Will Be Transferred
to Other Regiments.
FUNSTON ISSUES ORDER
San Antonio, Tex., Sept 21. The
request of three hundred members of
the Second New York infantry to re
main on border duty after they had
been ordered home, resulted today in
an announcement by General Funston
that guardsmen who wished to stay
coutd be transferred to other regi
ments, releasing men who wanted to
return to their homes. Men only can
be transferred to regiments from theif
own state.
There are men in all regiments, who
because of business interests, feel
they should be permitted to leave the
service as long is there is do actual
watfare. Investigation in the Second
New York disclosed scores of its
members without family or business
ties who were anxious to remain in
the federal service. This informa
tion was transmitted to General Funs
ton by General O'Ryan of the New
York National guard.
The commander of the Southern de
partment wired' his consent to the
transfers. He also sent to Major
General Clements, commander at El
Paso of the Pennsylvania division, in
structions to carry the plan Into ef
fect among his troops.
Three Pennsylvania regiments Soon
will be released by the arrival of a
similar number of North Carolina reg
iments. The Second New York began leav
ing Pharr, Tex., and McAllcn today,
and will be cleared by tomorrow, its
place in the New York division be
ing taken by the Third Tennessee.
, The release of thousands of troops
on the border by the War depart
ment has reduced the number of pro
visional guard divisions to ten, Gen
eral Funston said today. The original
plan called for three divisions of reg
ulars and twelve of guardsmen.
The First Vermont infantry left
Eagle Pass today for home, being re
lieved by the First Tennessee.
Kidnaped Gree k
Soldiers Will Be
Lodged at Goerlitz
Berlin, Sept. 21. (Dy Wireless to
Sayville.) The Greek force ti s
ferred from Kavala to Germany will
be lodged at Goerlitz, a town of Prus
sian Silesia, says the Overseas News
agency. The force is composed of 400
officers and 6,000 men. The officers
will be distributed among boarding
houses and hotels and the soldiers will
be placed in barracks.
I Ohio, South Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Khode Island and New Mexico, in all
799 officers and 25,941 men. Eight
thousand animals and 1,000 vehicles,
including ambulances, gun carriages
and supply wagons, helped make up
the pageant.
Spectators, who thronged the
streets, remarked about the apparent
warlike efficiency of the procession.
Smoothly and compactly, in files of
four, came the infantry 18,000 of
them their black thickets of rifles
being crowned by the fluttering Stars
and Stripes. A brigade of artillery,
a regiment each of cavalry and engi
neers with detachments from the sig
nal and medical corps, from tLe quar
termaster, pack train and sanitary
departments, made up the rest of the
column. Apparently not a hat cord
or a gun sling was missing.
By order of the mayor this morn
ing was a municipal half holiday in
El Paso. Stores throughout the city
were decorated with flags and bunt
ing, as were the homes along the line
of march.
The review was tendered by Gen
eral Bell to General Clement.
GREAT STRUGGLE
ON DOBRUDJ ALINE
RAGES WITH FURY
Roumania Reports Defeat ot
Bulgars, While Latter Bej
the Roumanians Hold
Positions, '
FIGHTING IS MACEDONIA
Paris Reports Defeat of Bui
garian Attacks on Entente
on Kaimakcalan Peak.
SOFIA CALLS IT A VICTOR?
Bucharest, Seut. 21. -(Via London.)
Danube and the Black Sea continues
with intensity along the whole line.
Official announcement was made here -today
that the Russians and Rouma
nians have repulsed the Germans and'
Bulgarians in all .their attacks, in
flicting severe losses on them.
Roumanian troops, which have been
retreating in Transylvania, have halt
ed their retirement south of Petroa
seny, the statement says. :-
Following is the announcement:
"On our northwestern front there
were small skirmishes in the Strein
valley. Our troops have hatted their
retirement south of Petroseny, where
they are fortifying themselves. In
Dohrudja the struggle continues with
obstinacy. Russo-Roumanian troops
repulsed in sanguinary manner on the
whole front all attacks of the enemy
and make several counter attacks,
"Enemy aeroplanes dropped bombs
on Constantza, where no one was in
jured, and on Piatra Neumtu, where
a child was injured."
Defense Maintains Itself.
Sofia, Wednesday, Sept. 20. (Via '
London.) Stubborn resistance is be
ing offered by the Roumanians and
Russians to the attacks of the Teu
tonic allies in the great battle now
in progress in the Roumanian prov
ince of Dobrudja. The war office
announced today that so far the de
fense had maintained itself in its
Btronfflv fortified noaition. Th atate
ment says:
"Roumania front: On the Danube
our artillery successfully bombarded
the Turnseverin station.
"The battle on the line of Maralui,
Nemik, Arabadaji, Kokardja, Cobadin
and Tuzla continued yesterday with
the greatest stubbornness on both
sides. The enemy maintained himself i
in his strongly fortified position.
"On the Black sea coast there was
cainy- .
Bulgars Defeated In Macedonia.' "
Paris, Sept. 21. The repulse of vi
olent Bulgarian attacks On the Kai
makcalan peak with heavy losses to
the attackers is reported in ai offi
cial statement given out by the war
office today. In the region of the
Brod river the Bulgarians forced their
way into the village of Boresnica
after two attacks had failed, they
were, driven out by the Serbians in
bayonet fighting.
Further progress for the allies is re-
Sorted on the left wing, where they
lirf ' i-rarhxrl hill Nn 1 ?V1 tnr-a
miles northwest of Pisoderi.
Sofia Calls It Victory.
Sofia,' Wednesday, Sept. 20. (Via
London, Sept. 21.) Bulgarian suc
cesses in the Fiorina district on the
Macedonian front are announced by
the war office in today's official state
ment. The tide of battle turned fa
vorably to the Bulgarians, who in
flicted heavy losses on the entente
forces in operations in which the Bul
garian cavalry took part. The state
ment reads: i-
"Macedonian front: -The battles)
around Fiorina are developing favor
ably for us. In strong counter at
tacks in which our cavalry partici
pated the enemy was repulsed with'
great losses. The plateau is covered
with enemy dead. We captured one
officer and eleven men of a Russian
brigade and 100 men of the One Hun
dred and Seventy-fifth French regi
ment with two machine guns.
"A strong attack against Kaimakca- -lan
failed with great losses. - - '
"In the Moglenica valley the situa
tion is unchanged. There was ar
tillery activity on both sides.
Minor infantry engagements oc
curred, both east and west of the
Vardar, also artillery fire.
"On .the Struma front there war
feeble artillery activity. 1
Cripple Rescued From
Burning House by Wife
Fire starting from unknown cause ..
did damage estimated at $400 to the
home of S. P. Sorensen Thursday.
Mrs. Sorenson carried her husband,
a cripple, from the second floor of
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rected the activities of neighbors who
assembled to help save the furniture.
Mr. Sorenson was trapped in a
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wife rescued him. 1
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