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JLHE
SWEDISH LETTER
AT ELEVENTH HOUR
IS CALLEDA FRAUD
Missive'sent Broadoast Over
Nebraska Purporting f to
-: Come From American In-1
dependence Conference .
Without Authority.,, T,
SWEDISH CITIZENS PROTEST
Denials Pour in" Prom Them
From Over State of ;,
Nebraska.
AT.T. STTPPORTTNQ KENNEDY
branded Dy tnose . wnose rama
have been attached without authority
as an eleventh hour fraud, a letter
written in Swedish directed against
the candidacy of John L. Kennedy for
United States senator, is being seht
out to the votersofNebrask of Swedish
origin by "the American Independ
ence conference," a Chicago and New
York ontanization. The letter is
literally translated begin "Honored
Countryman: Now in the eleventh
hour of this heated presidential cam'
paign we desire to write you."
It then goes on to urge the Swedish
voter to work for the election of Gil
bert M. Hitchcock. The letter is
signed by the American Independence
conference, and is endorsed by
Johannes Hoving of New York City.
On the letter head 19 the statement
that among the SwedeJ who belong
to the association may be mentioned
Dr. Johannes Hovink, New York;
Rev. C. A. Lonnquist, Axtell; Rev.
Olof Lind, " Holdrege; Rev. Joel
Olsenius, Holdreger Rev. Gunnar
rorsberg, swedeburg, and Uscar Kin
man of Keone, Neb.
Have no Knowledge of It.
Alt nf tfi MphraftVa ministers whnse
names appear on the letter when
called by telephone have stated that
.t I .1.: -1 .u- r
. - a -
nicy khuw iiuimug Ul mc tuiucrcmc,
that they had never been consulted
about the use oi- their names on the
letter head, and positively "were not
members ot the organization nor in
' any manner connected with it.
Information from Chicago obtained
last night disclosed that the Ameri
, can Independence conference is an
organization entirely foreign to Ne
braska, and not made up of a Swedish
JHfjnliership, '
Who Are Backing It?
The officers of the so-called organi
zation, supposed to be aiding demo
crats in other states, as well as here,
are said to be Carl Smith, president,
and William R. McDonald of Chicago,
secretary, , The letter was known not
to be from a Swedish source, from the
fact that it was written in the Swed
ish language. All afternoon yesterday
voters of Swedish origin were calling
at the, offices of John L. Kennedy
here, incensed at the attempt to reach
the Swedish vote-by such a move. -The
Swedish voters of Nebraska read and
write the English language and take
a special pride in the fact of their
absolute loyalty to America, and their
freedom from prejudice because of the
conditions brought on by the Euro
pean war, and they are especially
proud of the understanding which
they have of American - ways and
American customs. . '
' Holdrege Pastor Denies.
wnen nis attention was caned to
the fact 'that his name was used on
the letter Rev. Joel Olsenius, pastor
of the Swedish Lutheran .church, at
Holdrege, stated: "I have nothing to
do with liiis conference, and the con
ference is entirely unknown to me.
It is only a political trick intended to
give the appearance of support from
the churches. The statement' that I
belong to this society is a lie. , I am
honest, and fair and won't stand for
it. I am for John L. Kennedy for
United States senator." ... . .
False, Says Wahoo Educator. "
Rev. A. T. Seashore," head of the
Wahoo college, at Wahoo, Neb.,
.whose name also appears on the let
terhead, stated to Rev. A. T. Lorimer,
pastor of the Zion Lutheran church of
Omaha, over the long distance tele
phone yesterday afternoon, that he is
not a member of the American Inde
pendence conference, and that he had
never heard of the conference, nor au-
(Contlnued gn Fsffl Six, Column One.) .
The Weather
For- Nebraska Fair. . .
Temperatures at Omaha Yeatcrday.'
- s Hour. Dei.
S a. m....v 4
a. m 41
7 a. m 50
I a. m M
I a. m S3
10 a. m 97
11 a. m 61
12 m ...... 7J
1 p. m 74
S p. m..... 76
S P. m 77
4 P.
s p. m.
p. m.
j t p. m.
' I p. m.
Comparative Local Record.
. ins. int. 1113.
Highest ywtrdsy.,.. 7a Is 7t 41
Lowest yesterday ,. 49 60 (1 4S
Mean temperature..,;.. S4 St ' (1 4
Precipitation 00 ' . 00 ' . 00 .00
Temperature and precipitation departure,
from the normal: . .
Normal temperature... . , 44
Excess for the day.. 20
Total excess since March 1, 1014 17S
Normal precipitation ..OS inch
Deficiency for the day..., OB Inch
Total rainfall since March. l..lB.I4lnches
Deficiency alnce March 1, 1010. ,11.10 Inche.
Deficiency for cor. period, 101S., l.tl Inches
Deficiency for ocr. period. 1014..-S.0S Inches
Reports from Stations at 7. p. m.
Station and State Temp. Uish- Raln-
of Weather. 7 p. m. est fall.
Cheyonne, part cloudy.. 02 02 .00
Davenport, rloudy . so st .00
Denver, eloudy , 02 .74 .00
Dee Moines, cloudy,,..., 08 74 ,00
Dodge city, clear 02 70 .00
North Piatt. Im- ..... KS An
Omaha. Dart cloudy .7 Ta ne
Sheridan, clear .. IS. aa An
Sioux Palls, clear Off - aa aa
valentine, clear St it aa
- - L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist.
Hughes Wave in East as Seen'by Omaha Man
' New York City, Nov. 1. To the Editor of The Bee:
' Having been in the east for over two weeks and having been
brought in touch with the business men to a great extent,
my opinion has changed from doubt to absolute certainty on
the election of Mr. Hughes as the next president.
I have been much impressed with organizations of man
ufacturers, wholesalers, jobbers and retailers of all lines,
perfected for the furtherance of Mr. Hughes' candidacy.
Every few blocks there are large, woven banners .
."Uptown Retailers' Hughes and Fairbanks Club."
4 "Wholesale Jewelers' Club We Are for Hughes!"
"5 V "Dry Goods Association For Hughes and U. S. A."
Milliners, department stores, druggists and every line
of business is organized. In every retail and wholesale com
munity you will find a dozen such clubs, each having a large
.hall, distributing literature, conducting meetings and sending
literature to all of their customers. -
As one firm told me, it was worth their thousand-dollar
gift to insure Mr. Hughes' election for the sake of protection
to American industry and business after the war. While
. they are enjoying the temporary prosperity under the touch
oi ine nypoaermic neeaie, yet every man of business 1 have
talked with is looking at the tomorrow, and Hughes as the
deliverer. .
The cry of "kept us out of war" is laughed athere. They
feel as though Mr. Wilson, by his befuddling, has come
closer to getting us embroiled than a real man could possibly
, have done. His continuance in power is looked upon as a
sure means of eventually getting us there. The "Adamson
law" is acting as a "boomerang," labor just waking up. to the
fact they. were double-crossed. ' , . ' -
Saturday night there is to be an old-fashioned torch
light procession of thousands of men, whose business is man
ufacturing, advocating Mr. Hughes. The jewelers originated
the idea and have been most heartily joined by other lines.
Caps of the days of Washington are being made for the
-marchers; flags and paper swords are being manufactured
for this giant spectacle. J am to have the pleasure and priv
ilege of marching side by side with the largest manufactur
ing institution in our line of business. The presidents and
heads of concerns are .leading their organizations.
;The pendulum is swinging so strong for Hughes it will
soon be making a complete arc. A peculiar thing is that
there are no Wilson street banners, except opposite the. dem
ocratic headquarters or their subsidiary offices. ' '
This is the unbiased opinion I have gained from observa
tion and talks with business men. I wish the people of our
Nebraska country could see and realize how determined the
east is for a real man and statesman to be our next president.
Kyan Jewelry Company of Omaha. - HARRY E. RYAN.
ENDEAVORERS HOLD
THE RECORD MEET
a a J
Time Taken Up With Addresses
and Reports of Work Done
. ' . During the Last Year.
BIO CARD FOR . TODAY
.William R. Hall, Philadelphia,
made an inspiring address before the
state Convention of the Christian En
deavor societies yestettjay. The audi
ence in the evening filled the Bran.
deia theater and the convention is al
ready written down as the biggest
held in the society's' thirty, years of
History in this state.
"The successful Endeavor society."
said Mr. Hal), "must , have a pro
gram' and organization. The captain
of a foot ball team has his program
for his.mcn an.d. they have to, follow
it out if they expect to win." They
must "practice, they must leai;n the
signals, they must 'cut out' pie and
smoking. .....
I he successful Christian Endeavor
society must have a oroeram of
prayer, of practice, of bible reading
and so on. It must have organization
and this must be suited to its needs.
A base ball team doesn't need twenty
men; it needs just nine men and ad
ditional first basemen or catchers or
pitchers on the diamond would only
be in the way.
"I once met a younsr man who in
formed me that his society's organiza
tion didn't seem to work right. He
said they had thirty-five members and
seventeen committees 1 ,
' Another Requirement, '
"A. third, requicefnent for a good
society- is prayerful leadership, and
the fourth' is loyalty. Your members
must be loyal to Christ first and to
the society and to the church."
Hugo JJidncksen sang the solo,
Fear Not, Ye, O, Israel." .
. Bishop William R. Bell. Los An
geles, delivered an address on the
reace Union Goal, lhe societies in
this state are seeking 10,000 new
members of the "Peace Union" in two,
years.
This the Big Day.
Today will be a bin day. Sessions
will be held in the Brandeis theater
this morning, afternoon and night.
Election of officers, choosing of the
next meeting place occur this morn
ing.' This afternoon at 3:30 o'clock a
sightseeing tour in more than 100
automobiles will be made and at 6
o'clock there will be the annual ban
quet, Daniel A. Poling being toast
master. At this evening s, meeting the Oma
ha Christian Endeavor Union chorus
will sing and there are a number of
solo i numbers included in the pro
gram. ' Big Gains Reported,
Great, strides forward have been
made by the Nebraska Christian En
deavorers, as was shown in reports
maqe at the triday morning session.
At the biennial national convention
in Chicago last year certain "goals"
were set for the Endeavorers of each
state. The Nebraskans have already
exceeded some of these goals, though
less than half the time has expired.
Nebraska was to gain 100 new so
cieties in two years. Nebraska has
already gained 162 new societies.
J he state was to gain SOU new
auiet hour" comrades. It has al
ready gained 711. It was to gain 200
new "Tenth legion" members in the
two years and has already 157 of
them. Members of the "Tenth le
gion" systematically give at least one
tenth of their gross incomes to re
ligious purposes.
All these facts were brought out
in the report of the state secretary,
Addie Wagey of Cambridge.
President H. H. Price, in his an-
( Continued n Fag. biz, CcIubu Tw.)
GERMANS YIELD
GR0DHD0N SOMfflE
London and Berlin Tell of
Losses of Territory by
Teuton Forces.
FRENCH , IN FORT .VAUX
London, Nov. 3. The British troops
captured a German trench east of
Gueuedecpurt on the Somme front
last night and raided German trenches
near Arras, says the British war office,
Lose to French.
Berlin, Nov. 3. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) Portions of Sailly-Saillisel
on the Somme front, which were taken
by the Germans were again lost to the
French .yesterday, the war office an
nounced today.
Attempts of the allies to advance
east of Gueudecourt and against the
northern part of St. Pierre Vaast
wood resulted in failure.
"Fighting activity was generally
within moderate limits. Isolated sec
tions in the Somme district were un
der strong artillery fire.
"Hostile advances east of Gueude
court and against the northern part of
St. Pierre Vaast wood failed.
"Towards evening the French fire
against fort yaux decreased.
French Reoccupy Fort Vaux.
Paris, Nov. 3. The French occu
pied Fort Vaux last evening after
waiting for the cessation of great ex
plosions inside the fort, the war office
reported today, lhe fort, evacuated
by the Germans yesterday, passed
again into the possession of the
French without loss to them.
The Germans gave up the fort, the
statement says, as a result of the vio
lent r rencn bombardment and the
gradual closing in of French- troops.
The re-entrance of the French into
this position was not contested. The
ring of Verdun forts is now re-estab
lished and is held firmly by the
French.
The announcement follows:
"South of the Somme the artillery
fighting was fairly lively in the sec-tors-of
Lihons and Chilly. A surprise
attack was carried out by us against
German trenches west of Laucourt
"On the right bank of the Meuse
(Verdun front) the night was rela
tively calm. Yesterday the enemy, ow
ing to the violence of our bombard
ment, which had continued several
days, evacuated Fort Vaux during the
afternoon without waiting for an at
tack by our infantry, whose pressure
was becoming closer and closer.
"Very heavy explosions were heard
in the fort. During the night our in
fantry, which had gorle up quite close
te the fort, occupied this very impor
tant work without any loss. The belt
of interior forts of Verdun is now re
established in its entirety and is held
firmly by our troops."
Norris Brown Stirs
-Platte Republicans
Columbus, Neb.. Nov. 4. ("Soecial
Telegram.) Successful in every re
spect was the republican meeting ad
dressed by ex-Senator Norris Brown
in Orpheus halt here last night. Sea.
ator Brown kept the audience which
filled.the hall in an enthusiastic mood
tor two hours while he told why
Platte county and the natian should
vote for Hughes and defeat Wilson.
Judging from the applause Platte
county is going to do its share.
He showed where under the Under
wood tariff the farmer and cattleman
in this great agricultural cquntry were
being dealt body blows by the im
portation of foreign cattle and grain,
up until the war, and cited quotations
from the World-Herald at proof. -
The Hughes-Fairbanks club held
another meeting in headquarters to
night , .
T.R. SAYS WILSON
COVERS NATION'S
FACE WITH SHAME
Roosevelt Asserts President
Makes Adroit and Sinister
Appeal to Weak and ,
Unworthy.
DAZZLES EYES OF OTHERS
Times Need a Washington or
Lincoln, But Have Only
a Buchanan.
UTTERED SORDID UNTRUTH
New York, Nov. 3. Theodore
Roosevelt criticised President Wilson
in emphatic words this evening in an
address at Cooper Union, which he
delivered at the request of a cam
paign organization of business men
who oppose the re-election of Mr.
Wilson. Taking as his subject, "Our
Nation's Crisis," Colonel Roosevelt
said that a world cataclysm has over
whelmed civilization and that the
''times have heeded a Washington or
a Lincoln, but unfortunately we have
been granted only another Buchanan."
"I have been assailed," said the
speaker, "because I have criticised
Mr. Wilson. I have not said one thing
of him that was not absolutely truth
ful. I have criticised him because I
believe he has dragged in the dust
what was most sacred in our past and
has jeopardized the most vital hopes
of our future.
Appeals to Unworthy.
"I criticise him now because he
has adroitly and cleverly and with
sinister ability appealed to all that is
weakest and most unworthy in the
American character, and also because
he has sought to lead many men and
women, who are neither weak nor un
worthy, but who have been misled by
a shadow dance with words. He has
kept the eyes of the people dazzled
so they know not what is real and
what is false. In the face of the world
he has covered this nation's face with
shame as with a garment
"I hardly know whether, to feel the
most burning indignation that those
speeches of his wherein he expresses
lofty sentiment which his deeds belie.
or at those other speeches wherein
he displays a frank cynicism of belief
in and appeal to what is basest in the
human heart lit a recent speech at
Long branch he said, as reported in
the daily press, that "you cannot wor
ship God on an empty stomach and
you cannotHie a patriot when you are
; Calls It Sordid Untruth,
"No fflnrr snrdidi- untruth vm was
uttered. Such a sentence could be ut
tered only by a president who cares
nothing for the nation's soul and who
believes that the nation itself puts
its belly above its sou. I call the at
tention of these apostles of the full
belly, of these men who jeer at the
nation's soul; I call the attention of
Mr. Wilson and his secretary of war
and secretary of the navy to what
Washington said of his own soldiers
in a letter to congress."
Colonel Roosevelt then read the
statement from Washington's letter
on the army's suffering as, without
sufficient clothes or blankets or shoes,
the men marched with bleeding feet
through snow; submitting without a
murmur.
. . Show Wilson's Character.'
"This is what Washington said,"
commented Colonel Roosevelt. "Does
Mr. Wilson think that these men of
Valley Forge were not patriots be
cause they were starving? Mr. Baker
and Mr. Daniels have done evil to this
country only because they stood
where their master Mr. Wilson placed
them. 1 call your attention to their
statements not only because they are
foul slanders on everything that is
good in human nature, and on every
American worth calling an American,
but because they show the character
of Mr. Wilson." . -
Colonel Roosevelt earlier in his ad
dress said that the appeal had been
made for Mr. Wilson that "we should
not change horses in crossing a
stream." On this he commented as
follow:
"The worth of such an anneal is
obvious when the horse, whenever he
comes to stream, first pretends he
is going to jump it, then refuses to
enter it, and when he has reached the
middle alternately moves feebly for
ward and feebly back and occasionally
lies down. ,
Swapping Horses in 1860.
"We had just entered the greatest
crisis In eur history when we 'swap
ped horses' by exchanging Buchanan
for Lincoln and if we had not made
the exchange we would not have
crossed the stream at alt. The failure
now to change Mr. Wilson for Mr.
Hughes would be almost as damag
ing." .
Alter asserting that Washington
and Lincoln stood for a full union of
the people and for full employment of
the nation's strength to meet all
needs, Colonel Roosevelt said that this
country now should in facing prob
lems new in Kind and degree be
(ContlniMd on Par. Bis, Column Four.)
Roosevelt Pictures the Shadows ,
That Are Brooding Over Shadow Lawn
New York, Nov. 3. Theodore Roosevelt, here tonight, in an ad
dress denouncing President Wilson's foreign policies, closed with these
words: v .
"Mr. Wilson now dwells at Shadow Lawn, There should be shadows
enough at Shadow Lawn; the shadows of men, women and children who
have risen from the ooze of the ocean bottom and from graves in for
eign lands; the shadows of the helpless whom Mr. Wilson did not dare
protect lest he might have to face danger; the shadows of babies gasp
ing pitifully, as they sank under the waves; the shadows of women, out
raged an dslain by bandits; the shadows of Boyd and Adair and their
troopers who lay in the Mexican desert, black blood crusted around their
mouths and their dim eyes looking upward, because President Wilson
had sent them to do a task and had then shamefully abandoned them
to foes who knew no mercy. Those are the shadows proper for Shadow
Lawn; the shadows of deeds never done; the shadows of lofty words
that were followed by no action; the shadows of the tortured dead."
Back to Old Faithful
1 i
CARLSTROM FINISHES
FLIGHT TONEW YORK
Aviator Who Started from Chi
cago Thursday Lands at
Governor's Island.
CARRIES A BAG OF MAIL
New York, Nov.' 3. -Victor Carl-
strom, who left Chicago yesterday for
New York In a New York Times mail
carrying airplane, descended on .Gov
ernor a isiana tooay, ending nis
flight at 8:5JV4 a. m. His journey was
interrupted yesterday by stops at Erie,
Pa., and Hammondsport, N, Y. ....
The flight . from Hammondsport,
where the aviator resumed his trip at
6:35 a. ni. today, was without incident
Carlstrom flying at a height of 2,000
feet, aided by a good wind.
A letter from Mayor Thompson of
Chicago, addressed to President Wil
son, was placed in the hands of a spe
cial messenger, who started at once
for Long Branch, N. J. A representa
tive of the New York postoffice met
Carlstrom at Governor s Island and
received the bag of mail brought by
air post
The aviator was greeted upon his
descent by Major General Leonard
Wood, United States army, and Au
gustus Post and Alan R. Hawley of
the Aero Club of America.
Victor Carlstrom, flying in the
New York Times' - mail-carrying
aeroplane, failed yesterday in his
attempt to fly from Chicago to
New York without a stop, but
broke the American cross-country
non-stop record when he flew from
Chicago to Erie, Pa., a distance of
480 miles in A.lvyi. Carlstrom also
broke the speed record for distance
flying, his average time being about
112 miles an hour.
A defective joint in the gasoline
feed connection forced the aviator to
descend at Erie for repairs and a
fresh supply. After resuming flight,
he found it impossible to reach New
York before night and came down at
Hammondsport,, this adding 155 miles
to his day's flight, making a total of
cos miles.
Wife Shoots Hubby
Because of Beating
" Grand Island, Neb., Nov. 3. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Luther Wilson, col
ored, lies in the hospital tonight with
a twenty-two caliber bullet wound in
his breast, as the result of a quarrel
with his wife.
Mrs. Wilson is in custody and de
clares the shooting, admittedly done
by her. was the result of cruel treat
ment of their 9-year-old babe, and
of the assault upon her just prior
to the shooting, when she was
knocked down. After being assisted
to her feet and to another room, she
seized the weapon and after he had
again thrown a sugar bowl at her,
shot him.
The couple came here from Kan
sas City in August, last. Wilson is
expected to recover.
HUGHES DISCUSSES
TARIFF AT HUDSON
Republican Nominee Asks
About Democratio Promises
to Seduce Cost of Living.
ROSY PROMISES NOT KEPT
Hudson, N. Y., Nov. 3. In his
speech here today s Charles E.
Hughes made the tariff his chief
theme and assailed the democratic
party for Its failure ) reduce' the
high cost of living,- ;
"I think' they were just at eloquent
in- promises four years ago as they
are today," Mr. Hughes said. "As J
look back to the statements that were
made at that time I cannot see how
any one could have said anything
more eloquently, more persuasively
than was said at that time with respect
to whatv was going to be done tor
American labor and American busi
ness. You would have thought at
that time that the sun of promise had
just begun to shine upon a benighted
world and that they were going to
have an entirely ' new condition in
which labor would profit to the ut
most and American business would
get an extraordinary incentive.
. Cost of Living Mounting.
"They told us, for example, that
there was the high cost of living.
Well, we all know that we had very
intimate knowledge of that fact, but
what was' still more to the point, they
told us that they were going to re
duce it and that if we would only
put them in power they would show
us how the high cost of living was
going to come down. Well, through
a division in our ranks, which I am
glad to say has been happily healed,
they had a chance to show what they
could do with this high cost ot living.
"That robust companion, however,
has become more and more- robust
and seems to thrive on a democratic
administration and it is mounting
higher and higher and taller and tall
er and when we consider this promise
in relation to present promises, we
wonder whether they are going to
do any better with respect to the fu-
Contlnuad on fag. Two, Column Ono.)
Funeral of North
Platte Police Chief
North Platte, Neb, Nov. 3. (Spe
cial.) Funeral services for H. L.
Baker, chief of the North Platte po
lice department, who was killed when
he was struck by a locomotive in the
Union Pacific yards here, were held
from the Christian church this after
noon. Members of the local lodge of
Odd Fellows, of which Chief Baker
was a member, had charge of the
funeral.
Because of the death of Chief Baker,
the foot ball game with Kearney
High school, which was scheduled for
the local gridiron this afternoon, was
postponed. Willis Baker, son of the
chief of police, is captain of the High
school foot ball squad. Under the
new arrangement of dates North
Platte will play at Lexington on Mon
day and Kearney will play here Fri
day, November 10. ' ,
City officials have appointed John
Jones, night patrolman, chief of police
in Chief Baker's place.
Italian Dirigible '
Bombards San Pietro
Rome (Via Paris), Nov. 3. An Ital
ian dirigible airship on the night of
November 1, says an official state
ment, dropped seventeen bombs on
fortifications and warships in the
roadstead of San Pietro, in Sebenico
bay. The dirigible returned without
being hit in spite of an intense fire
from the Austrian coast batteries.
San Pietro is a town on the island
of Brazza, the largest of the Dalma
tian islands in the Adriatic sea, about
110 miles southeast of Trieste.
AUSTRIANS LOSE
15,000 MEN IN
NEW ITALIAN ROSH
One Regiment and Several Bat
talions Reported Annihi
lated on First Day of
Movement.
RUSS LOSE IN GALICIA
Berlin Reports Seven Attempts
to Retake Fort Near Lem
berg Are Defeated.
BIO BATTLE IN ROUMANIA
London, Nov. 3. A Rome dispatch
to the Wireless Press says the first
day of the new Italian offensive cost
the Austrians the loss of 15,000 men.
One-third of them were made prison
ers, the dispatch says. (The Italian
war office reported that 4,731 prison
ers had been taken.) The Twenty
first Austrian regiment and several
battalions are said to have been an
nihilated. The weather Is favorable and the
battle against the heights east of
Goriza and on the Carso continues
fiercely, Austrian counter attacks are
described as feeble. -
Russians Repulsed In Galicla.
' Berlin. Nov. 3. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) Russian troops charged
seven times yesterday in an attempt
to recapture positions taken by Ger
mans on the Narayuvvka, southeast
of Lembcrg. They suffered excep
tionally severe losses, the war office;
announced and gained no success.
The statement follows: '
"The Russians suffered exceptional
ly severe losses during unsuccessful
attempts seven times repeated, to re
capture the positions stormed by us
on October 30, west of Foly-Kasno-lesne,
on the left bank of the
Narayuvvka.
' Roumanla Reports Conflict
Bucharest, Nov. 3. (Via London.)
The war office announced today
that in the fighting along the Hungarian-Roumanian
frontier the Rou
manian forces had driven the Aus
trians and Germans across the border
at Table Butzi. The Roumanians made
an attack in Buzeu valley, occupying
Mount Siriul and Taturumio.
Berlin. Nov. . 3. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) Austro - German forces
have penetrated further into Kou-
mania in the districts southwest i
I
Predeal and southeast of Rothe
thurro.' pass, : it was announced o(
cially today.
The statement follows: v
"On the southern Transylvania
front Roumanian attacks were re
pulsed by our fire or in bayonet fight
ing. Southwest of Predeal and south
east of Rothenthurm pass we made an
advance, pursuing the enemy and cap
turing more than 350 Roumanians.
"Balkan front (Dobrudja and Mace
donia), there were no events of im
portance.", i , ,
National Bank ;
Resources Exceed
Fourteen Billions
Washington, Nov. 3. Reports of
national banks, condition on Septem
ber 12, the comptroller of the cur
rency announced today, ihow totat re
sources of $14,411,000,000, or $216,
000,000 greater than ever before in the
nation's history. This was an in
crease of $485,000,000 over June 30,
last, and $2,144,000,000 over Septem
ber 2, 1915. The previous high water
mark was on May 1, last.
Total deposits amounted to $11,
362,000,000, i or $227,000,000 greater
than ever before. The increase was
$485,000,000 over June 30 and $2,133,
000,000 over September 2, 1915. ,
Deposits in central reserve' bank
cities from May 1, last, tb September
12 showed a reduction of $218,000,000,
while in other reserve cities there was
an increase of $151,000,000, and in
country banks an increase of $294,
000,000. "This," says the comptrol
ler, "is indicative of the healthy, pro
gressive effect of the federal re
serve act in decentralizing and dis
tributing the money of the country."
Loans and discounts were $7,859,
000,000, the largest amount ever re
ported. Bryan Boosts Howard
Arid Ignores Neville
Benkelman, Neb., Nov. 3. (Spe
cial. Telegram.) W. J. Bryan ad
dressed an audience of over 2,000
people tonight in the interest of the
dry amendment and the re-election of
President Wilson. It was the largest
crowd ever seen here, people coming
trom a distance ot torty miles to hear
him, ' He spoke in favor of the elec
tion of Edgar Howard for lieutenant
governor, he having been a resident
of Benkelman in the early days; also
Congressman shaUenberger, but he
failed to even insinuate that Hitch
cock or Neville existed.
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