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VOL. XLVI. NO. 144.
OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1916 EIGHTEEN PAGES. S;J;SK,? i'!S. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
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QUARANTINE ON
NEBRASKA STOCK
SOON TAKEN OFF
Declaration Suspected Disease
Is Stomatitis Cause Sev
eral Local Embargoes
to Be Lifted.
ST. JOSEPH TO ACT MONDAY
Other States Expected to Fol
low Suit in Short
Order. -
HOW TO TREAT AILMENT
IKrom a Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Dec. 1. (Special Tel
egram.) Careful and systematic ob
servation of the Nebraska cattle
found last week in the Kansas City
stock yards suffering with sore
mouths has failed to reveal certain
typical symptoms of foot and mouth
disease, according to the Bureau of
Animal Industry, United States De
partment of Agriculture. The spe
cialists therefore are of the opinion
that the disease is vesicular stoma
titis, a mouth ailment which ordinar
ily affects horses and sometimes af
fects cattle. The most striking symp
tom of this disease is the occurrence
of blisters and sores on the tongue
and other portions of the mouth.
Not of Serious Character.
This disease, while undoubtedly
contagious, is not of great economic
importance, as animals ordinarily re
cover from it in eight to ten days.
Vesicular stomatitis is known in
Europe and South America and has
been found occasionally in the United
States. The present outbreak, how
ever, is the most extensive yet noted
in this country. The specialists of the
department, therefore, are advising
state officials in whose territory the
disease is found to impose local quar
antines to prevent its spread. They
advise all owners and handlers of
horses and cattle, particularly livery
men, managers of stock yards and
breeders, to separate sick from well
animals, to clean up and disinfect
their premises, and to wash out the
mouths of sick animals with a weak
solution of permanganate of potash
or picric acid.
What Experts Find.
The belief of the specialists that the
malady is not foot and mouth disease
is based upon the fact that persistent
nheervatinn of sirk animals and ex
periments in inoculating animals with
the infection at-Washington failed to
reveal certain typical symptoms
which would be expected in any case
: ilar in appearance to the mouth con
ditions produced Dy loot and mouth
disease, but in none of the sick ani
mals examined has there been found
any soreness ol the teet, whioh is a
common symptom of foot and mouth
disease. Moreover many horses have
this particular ailment, and horses
have not been observed to contract
foot and mouth disease in any of the
previous outbreaks in the United
States. Hundreds of hogs exposed to
the disease and in close association
with the sick animals show no signs
of the malady, and this is regarded
as significant because during the re
cent outbreaks of foot and mouth dis
ease hogs 'were as susceptible to foot
and mouth disease as were cattle.
Sheep Not Affected.
Exposed sheep also fail to shov
the disease, yet those cloven foot ani
mals are also susceptible to foot and
mouth infection. This bears out the
diagnosis, since vesicular stomatitis
affects only horses and cattle and not
hogs and sheep.
Finally, the low percentage of ani
mals infected in each of the herds,
only a small proportion out of some
hundreds, would indicate that this ail
ment is not the highly contagious foot
and mouth disease which once it is
introduced into a herd quickly affects
practically 100 per cent of the cattle
and hogs.
Where vesicular stomatitis is pres
ent among cattle and horses, immedi
ate steps should be taken to control
(Continued un Page Four, Column Six.)
The Weather
For Nebraska Fair. '
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour.
Comparative Local Record.
llfi. 11B. 1114. 1913.
Hifrlvst yesterday .... 64 3 4ft 60
Unveat yesterday 35 24 33 46
Mi-an temperature. ... 44 .10 40 48
Precipitation 00 T .00. .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March 1,
mid torn pa red with the pant two years:
Vonnal trmperature' J2
Kxresa for the day 12
Total exocsH since March 1, 116 338
Normal precipitation 02 Inch
IWtctency for the Way.... 02 Inch
lial rain fall since March 1 16.07 Inch
li'flclenty since vMarch 1 12.21 Inches)
Deficiency for cor. period, Itlfi. 1.62 Inches
eflciency for cor. period, 1914. 1.92 Inches
- Station and " Temp. Highest Raln
tale ot Weather. 7 p. m. yesterday, fall.
Der.
W k W F 7 a. m 3S
jt 13 B A 8 a. m 36
y5&& M a. m 38
Ttt M 10 a. m 8
PjmL M I " a- m 41
vrjiJ w q i p. m 47
C O 2 p. m 63
.-f 3 p. m J4
V 4 p. m 63
'TtnmWlZ p. m 60
1 P. m. 49
8 p. m 47
'heyenne. Cloudy 42 60 ,00
Davenport, clear 40 60 .00
CK-river, partly cloudy.. 44 60 .00
Dew Moines, clear 44 62 .00
Uorfge City, clear 48 62 .on
'-under, cloudy it 40
North Platte, clear 42 64 !o0
Omaha, clear 49 b .00
Tueblo, clear 48 ,00
finpid City, clear . .. . 40 5ft .00
Suit I.aUe City, cloudy. 6- 62 .00
Santa Fe, partly cloudy 2 ,fw
Sheridan, cloudy 36 ,48 . 00
Sioux lty, ptly. cloudy 4 S(( ..no
ttkntlne, cloudy 46 66 .00
l. A. Welsh. Mcteoiog-ist.
CARRANZISTAS ROOT
. SOLDIERS OF VILLA
Gonzales Announces Defeat of
Bandits South of Terrazas
. by Ozuma.
IS SHORT OF AMMUNITION
Juarez, Dec. 1. General Francisco
Gonzales announced today he had re- j
ceived a report that General Carlos i
Ozuna's cavalry had met a band of
Villa troops south of Terrazas yes
terday morning and had routed them,
driving the bandits back into the"
city of Chihuahua. . General Gonzales
said General Ozuna's command num
bered approximately 3.000 men.
The Mexico Northwestern mixed
passenger and freight train' which
was prevented from leaving Tuesday
by the military- left for Casas Grandes
today, carrying a quantity of supplies
for General Pershing.
It was reported this train carried
a quantity ot ties, rails and bridge re
pairing materials to be used in re
placing the burned bridges near Sa
binala, south of Juarez.
Will Crush Villa Soon.
. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 1. "This light
against Villa has just started," An
dres Garcia, inspector general of Car
ranza consulates, declared today. "We
have an expression in Spanish which
says, 'It is only the first plume from
the cock,'" he added. "We will have
enough forces opposing Villa within
the next week to crush the arch-bandit
and his following."
"People on the border need not fear
an attack from Villa bandits," Mr.
Garcia continued. "We will have
1,500 men and a large number of field
pieces in Juarez at once, drawing gar
rison trOODS from other narta rtf th
tate, and we will have 4,500 men be
tween Chihuahua City and Juarez to
prevent any movement Villa may at
tempt." It was announced by Carranza Con
sul Bravo that refugees had reached
Aldama, about twenty-two miles
northeast of Chihuahua City' accord
ing to a telegram he had received
from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, opposite
Presidio, Tex. No Carranza troops
from Chihuahua Citv had reached San
Sostenes, sixty miles from Ojinaga,
he said.
Trevino Short of Munitions.
Washington, Dec. 1. Shortage of
ammunition and food rather th an lark
of morale among the Carranza troops
at Lninuanua iity is held by Ambas
sador Designate Arredondio to be the
real cause of the defeat of General
Trevino and the Carranza forces by
Villa bandits.
Mr. Arredondio believes the Car
ranza troops were forced to evacuate,
but has no official word of the fight
showing definitely that General Tre
vino had abandoned his position.
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Concord, N. H., Dec. 1. The gov
ernor and council today issued a for
mal declaration of the election, of New
Hampshire's democratic candidates
for presidential electors after an offi
cial canvass of the presidential vote.
The official returns gave President
Wilson a' plurality of fifty-six, the
vote being, Wilson, 43,779: Hughes,
43,723.
A recount of the vote under theyli
rection of the secretary of state W
the petition of republican candidates
is subjected to begin December 4.
Belgian Girls With
Sewing Machines
Will Be Deported
London, Dec. 1. It is reported
from Fauoueniont. savs a Reuter dis-
pitrh from Amsterdam today, that the
male inhabitants of Hassallet and La
naye, Belgium, between the ages of
17 and 50, and also girls and. women
possessing sewing machines, are to be
deported to Germany.
Entente Is Landing
Troops at Athens
London, Dec. 1. A detachment of
entente troops disembarked at Pira
eus, the port of Athens, at 3 o'clock
this morning, according to a wireless
dispatch received today from Athens.
Cable messages dispatched from
Athens late yesterday showed that
preparations were being made to re
sist seizure of the arms and also that
a French transport had arrived at Pi
raeus to land troops if trouble should
develop. British bluejackets were or
dered to co-operate and the admiral
gave warning that prominent person
ages taking part in any resistance
would be arrested.
The Greek government has given
guarantees that order will be main
tained, but it is feared the calling up
of reservists will have the opposite
effect.
Admiral Dtf Fournet insisted that
sixty-four mountain guns be delivered
today. Further time has been given
for the delivery of other guns and
war material.
Grain Embargo on Lines
East of Chicago Probable
Chicago, Dec. 1. Congestion of
railway facilities between Chicago and
the Atlantic seaboard became more
acute today. The Baltimore & Ohio
was expected to give within forty
eight hours' notice of an embargo on
all grain shipments, both domestic
and export. An embargo was also
looked for on the Erie. The New York
Central has already put an embargo
into effect. V
In the grain trade here the difficul
ties of the railways was attributed
chiefly to the curtailment of export
grain shipments and to the conse
quent clogging of elevators and side
track storage.
ALLIES LIKELY
TO GRANT PASS
TO TARNOWSKI
Strong Impression Prevails in
London That Britain Will
Reconsider Refusal of
Safe Conduct.
STATEMENT FROM
Question Presents Two En
tirely Different Phases, As
serts English Minister.
GLAD TO OBLIGE THE U. S.
i-onoon, Dec. 1. A strong impres
sion prevails here that Great Britain
will grant the requfst from Washing
ton for
reconsideration of the re
fusal of a safe conduct for Count
Adam . Jarnowski von Tarnow, who
was recently appointed Atistro-Hun-garian
ambassador to the L"nited
States.
Although stating that he had npt
yet seen the Washington request.
Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war
trade in discussing the question with
the Associated Press correspondent,
said:
"It must be kept' in mind that the
question presents two entirely dis
tinct phases. The first is that of bel
ligerents to whom we could not ex
tend favors under any circumstances.
We can discuss and arrange for the
exchange of military and civilian
prisoners and other similar inatters
with the central powers, but, on ac
count of their actions in this war, we
cannot be expected to grant them a
single favor.
The Other Phase.
"The other phase concerns friendly
neutrals, like the United States, to
whom we are ready to grant any fa
vor which does not violate our im
perative necessities.
"To grant safe conduct to Count
Tarnowski, for which there are pre-
oU,!-.,,- fM '.I ., . r
-vy,,a, may lail wllllin ine
latter-f
pnase, dui u is a difficult question
about which it would be dangerous
to prophesy."
The American request has been
presented directly to Viscount Grey,
secretary of state for foreign affairs.
Early action is expected, but some
time may elapse before it is taken,
as the French government must be
consulted.
Had Sent Allies Note.
It became known on November 29
that the United States had sent notes
to Great Britain and France request
ing reconsideration by those govern
ments of their refusal to issue a safe
conduct through their blockade lin-Q
for Count. Tarnowski Th t..J
puiiuea oui mar it was tne inalien
able right of sovereign nations to ex-
cnange ambassadors and insisted that
a tnird nation, even in war time, was
not justified in denying that right.
Wife Asks Divorce
And Arthur Stover
Swallows Poison
The wife of Arthur Stover, a barber
who had worked in and around Oma
ha for-fifteen vears. two weeks aan
Jeff him and commenced a suit for
divorce, alleging nonsupport. Yester
day afternoon Stover went to the
home of Mrs. Cockrell, mother of his
wife. Thirteenth street and Fort
Crook boulevard, drank carbolic acid
and died almost instantly.
Ever since Stover's wife left him,
he had been morose and downhearted.
He had not worked regularly, but had
put in a day now and then at the
shops here in the city. Yesterday aft
ernoon, shortly before 3 o'clock, he
appeared at the home of Mrs. Cock
rell, just over the Sarpy county line,
knocked at the door and asked to see
his wife. Mrs. Stover came to the
door. Stover asked that she dismiss
the suit for divorce and again live with
him. She refused, whereupon he drew
a bottle of carbolic acid from his
pocket, placed it to his lips and quick
ly swallowed the contents. Almost in
stantly he fell over dead.
The body of Stover was turned over
to Coroner Armstrong, who later in
the day transferred it to Deputy Cor
oner Larkin of Douglas county, It is
now in the Larkin morgue in South
Side.
Fuse Factory Pays
Ten Per Cent Monthly
New York, Dec. 1. The Scoville
Manufacturing company, a Connecti
cut corporation making brass special
ties, including fuse for shrapnel, to
day announced another extra monthly
dividend of 10 per cent. Thus far
this year its dividend disbursements
amount to 99 per cent. The capital
stock of the company is $5,000,000.
Revolt of Consumers Against High
prices of Foodstuff is Bearing Fruit
New Y'ork, Dec. 1. The campaign
against the high cost of living en
tered another stage today, when the
presidents of nearly a score of retail
grocery associations and representa
tives of several delicatessen associa
tions met with Joseph Hartigan, com
missioner of weights and measures.
and secretary of Mayor Mitchel's
food committee, to consider remedial
measures.
A series of boycotts on poultry, but
ter and other foodstuffs similar to
that now in force on eggs is nro-
posed. the butter boycott to begin
December 12, when the egg ban will
have run two weeks. Whether the
latter will continue or not after that
depends, it was said, upon the price
at which eggs are selling then. The
wholesale price of eggs has dropped
Democrats Contesting to Be President
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GERMANY HOLDS
MARINATRANSPORT
Bernstorff and Lansing Discuss
Sinking of Ship on Which
. Six Americans Are Lost.
EVIDENCE IS INCOMPLETE
Washington, Dec. 1. The German
submarine commander who sunk the
British horse ship Marina wilh the
loss of six Americans has reported to
his government that he took the ves
sel for a transport. Germany has ask
ed the United States for information
of the status of the ship and is ready
to offer amends if the Marina was en
titled to immunity.
The case was discussed today at a
conference between Count von Berns
torff, the German ambassador, and
Secretary Lansing. Germany in a
communication in reply to the inqui
ries of the United States has asked for
any information in the possession of
this government that will lead to a
settlement.
The conference between the ambas
sador and secretary of state, which
was brief, developed that neither
seemed to be in possession of such
complete information as would be
essential to a determination of
case. The conference was 'asked
by Count Bernstorff,
the
for
May Have Been Armed.
It is understood that if the United
States can inform Germany that the
Marina was not in the British trans
port service an"d"was entitled to" the
immunity of a peaceful merchant ship,
the Berlin government is ready to ac
knowledge an error and make offers
of settlement Satisfactory to the
United States.
President Wilson has been looking
after the case personally and will pass
upon any understanding reached by
the ambassador and the secretary of
state.
When the Marina was sunk it was
stated from London that there was
some ground for believing it had been
previously connected with the British
transport service. Later dispatches
saia tne-snip had been armed with
gun astern, manned by two British
naval gunners, before it started on the
voyage on which it was destroyed.
Carries Horse Cargo.
The Marina had carried a cargo of
horses to England from Newport
News, Va., and was returning when
two submarines lying in wait sunk it
in a stormy sea from which survivors
were rescued after many hours ot
hardship,
In its last note to Germany on the
submarine question the United Slates
threatened to break off diplomatic re
lations unless the campaign of de
naval ffimnm htrtr it ctaripH , th
struction without warning was aban
doned. Another note declared that I
offers of reparation and expressions
of regret would not be sufficient, but
did not actually close the door to ac
cepting an admission of error and in
demnity for damage in any specific
case where the American government
might choose to deal with it in that
way.
Secretary Lansing went to the
White House this afternoon to dis
cuss the German note on the Marina
case with President Wilson. He re
fused to make any announcement.
Chassell Named as Iowa
Railroad Commissioner
LeMars, la., .Dec. 1. Edward
Chassell, of LeMars, la., has been
named as railroad commissioner by
Governor Clarke to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of James H. Wil
son, of Mcnlo.
Mr. Chassell formerly was state
binder of Iowa.
from 3 to 4 cents a dozen on all grades
since the inception of the boycott.
Commissioner Hartigan declared
that a national cold storage law was
needed to protect consumers against
abuses in the marketing of perishable
foods.
Reports from various cities today
are tO the effect that thousands of
ine encct tnat thousands
turkeys were left on the hands of the I
dealers Thanksgiving asthe result of
the refusal of housewives to pay high
prices. The surplus stock wilt bei
held in cold storage and it is predicted I
that in consequence the Drier of
Christmas turkeys will be greatly re
duced.. As a result of the high cost of liv
ing the Federation of Jewish Farm
ers of America, in convention here.
extend its principle of co-opcra-
.Xve buying.
Cut Down Gallery
Time of Congress,
Speaker Thinks There Would
Be Less Long-Winded Spout
ing Without Record
or Auditors.
ORATORS POSE FOR EFFECT
Washington, Dec. I. Speaker Clark
said today that ii congress wanted to
clean the legislative slate and, go
home March 4, he gladly would join
fix a movement to eliminate useless
oratory, , by cutting down gallery
space anil abolishing the Congres
sional Record and to introduce vot
ing machines.
"It is not difficult to see that the
gallery and the records cause an aw
ful waste of time and money,'' the
speaker declared today as he paused
in his efforts to outline a plan where
by a session's work can be done in
sixty-three legislative days. "Any
time that the galleries are full the
orators on the floor arc posing and
wasting time. And everybody knows
there are any number of cdngress-
ALIEN TREASURY
NOTESJFF SALE
French and British Loan Will
Not Be Floated in This
..j.: Country".' -r "
MORGAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT
New York, Dec. 1. J. P. Morgan &
Co. announced today that no attempt
would be made to sell British and
French treasury notes in the United
States. The announcement was con
tinued in the following statement:
"We have been instructed by the
British and Fjench governments to
withdraw their treasury bills from
sale.
"We have accordingly expressed
I to those institutions and investors
whicli had already placed orders with
.1 . . .
us ior tnese securities tne wish to lie
released from the obligations to de
liver and they have been good enough
to accede.
"This action is because, as explained
by the British chancellor of the ex
chequer and by the French minister
of finance, these governments desire
to show every regard to the federal
reserve board, a governmental body of
which the sccrctcry of the treasury
and the comptroller of currency are
ex-oflicio members.
"We may add that the sale in lim
ited amount of these treasury bills pay
able in dollars in New York have
"ever been an essential part of the al
lied government's financial plans, hut
have for some time been under consid
eration with a view to furuishing a
credit medium that would accommo
date the American banking demands
for an instrument of short maturity
and of such limited volume that the
government could always undertake
to lay down gold in New York suffi
cient to meet the matured hills.
"It was believed further that these
bills would have furnished at the end
of the war an excellent measure of
protection to the American financial
situation, inasmuch as these steadily
maturing obligations of the foreign
governments would have tended to
prevent heavy drifts of gold from this
market."
An informal statement was made by
member of the Morgan company !
that no other financial plans have been
formulated in place of the ones aban
doned. Mortgage on Missouri
Pacific Road Foreclosed
New Y'ork, Dec. 2. A decree in
foreclosure in the Bankers' Trust
company's suit as holders of the first
collateral trust mortgage of the Mis
souri Pacific Railway company, se
curing an issue of $9,636,000 of Mis
souri Pacific bonds, on which $425,000
interest is in default, was signed here
today in the feJcral court.
The collateral security is to he sold
on a date fj be fixed, and the decree
also provides that unless :ne price of
fered amounts to $6,750,000. the salt
is to be adjourned unti. me future
Hafc lo he fied hv thi- rnnrl Thr
Afrrpf fnrrhpr nrnvlrlnt; flint if ihnrr
is any surplus above this amount, it
is to be turned over to the Guaranty
Trust company as trustee lor hrst
mortgage refunding security holders
which mortgage sets off an rsue of
bonds amounting to $.11,778.1X10 This
mortgage . ... also foreclosed and the
court decided that any surplus a'ter
payment of the Hankeis' Trust com
pany's mortgage shall he ..pplied to (
the liquidation ot the uonds ot the
refunding mortgage.
Pro Tem of Senate
Space and Save
Says Champ Clark
nii'ii who talk lor the record a gieat
deal more than is nccessarv.
"The record is not necessarv. The
Kuglish House of Commons has
none. A journal is kept. Dr. John
son used to write it after the dav's
proceedings were over. He simply
recorded who spoke and which side
thev were on.
"I have not much hope, though
that 1 would receive much support if
I started to make a fight for smaller
galleries and no record, so I won t
start it. But there is hope that the
present method of taking roll calls
will he abolished. It is archaic and
a time waster."
Xhe speaker also favors reducing
the house from 4.15 to 300 members
and holding it to that number.
Minority Leader Mann today ex
pressed the view and offered figures
to substantiate it that under no cir-
cumstances could the democrats have
a majority in the next house, but that
there was a chance for the repub
licans to have in members, He
further said that he was not worry
ing about the speakership and
thought it would bq much more fun
to remain in his present position.
PRESIDENT INVITES
BRYANS TO LUNCHEON
Commoner and Wife Will Be
Entertained at White.
House Deoember 6.
TO BUILD AT ASHEVILLE
(From a Staff Corroapondent.)
Washington, Dec. 1. Special Tel
egram.) Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Bryan were in town today, but left
tonight for Asheville, N. C, and after
a short visit there will go to Flor
ida for the winter. While in Wash
ington Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Daniels entertained a distin
guished company at luncheon it
honor of the ex-Secretary "of State
land Mrs. Brvan
While seeing politi-
; ca ca((.r8 all(
1 J
rushing about pre
paratory to going south, the "Com
moncr" was up to his eyes with busi
ness.
On December 6 the President and
I Mrs. Wilson will entertain the for
mer secretary of slate and Mrs.
Bryan at luncheon. This will be the
! first time Mrs. Bryan has visited the
j White House since her husband re
signed from the cabinet and the sec
I ond tunc the former secretary and
j the president have dined together
, .since hryau lett 'the cabinet.
; On the evening of December 6 Mr.
: Brvan will be given a testimonial din-
ner by district democrats, which will
i probably be attended by President
Wilson.
Speaking of the rumors that he
! contemplates leaving Nebraska, Mr.
j Hryan said:
Lincoln, ici)., will remain our
' home, as it has been for the past
I twenty-nine years. We shall spend
a part of each year there, and that
part will include election day.
I shall retain my citizenship there
and shall vote there. The sacrifice
of home life is the severest penalty
that one has to pay for beinc in poli
tics. By spending the summer in
Asheville 1 can remain home more
and yet be near enough to come to
J Washington whenever it may be de
j sirable to do so.
c i '1
huilHinir site near Asheville ten
acres on ton ot a little mountain
which rises 500 feet above the city.
We shall build there next spring. The
name selected for the Asheville home
is Mt. Calm.'
! "I expect to be a frequent visitor
in Washington during the next fif
teen or twenty years if I live that
long. 1 am interested in national and
international questions more so than
ever, if that is possible.
" ihnviltf i Kraut ifiill v tnratAit in
! the Blue Ridge mountains. The cli-
mate is salubrious and the mountain
peaks surrounding the city present a
uiaginlicent view; but our chief rea
son for spending the summers at
Asheville is that it is only a night's
ride from Washington."
John D, Archbold
Is Slightly Better
Tarrytown, N. Y Dec. 1. John D
Archbold, president of the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey, who is
seriously ill at his home here follow
ing an operation a week ago for ap
pendicitis, passed a comfortable night,
it was Mated by a member of the fam-
ily.
It was said that he had a slight
last night about 11 o'clock and
had seemcr better since then.
TEUTONIC GRIP
UPON ROMANIA
STILLUNSHAKEN
Armies of Von Mackensen and
Von Falkenhayn Are Almost
Within Gunshot of
the Capital.
RUSS BEGIN A DIVERSION
Petrograd Reports Capture of
Whole Range of Heights on
Moldavia Frontier.
SMALL GAIN, SAYS BERLIN
London. Dec. I. The Cologne Ga
zette publishes an unconfirmed report
that Russian troops have arrived at
Bucharest.
The Teutonic grip on Koumania re
mains unshaken and at last reports
was tightening with three converg
ing forces continuing unchecked
their advance toward Bucharest.
Despite tenacious resistance by the
Roumanians, which appears to have
increased as Bucharest was neared
by the armies of Field Marshal von
Mackensen and General von Falken
hayn, the invaders are now almost
within gunshot of its capital. They
are nearest their objective on the
southwest where Tzomana, sixteen
miles distan', has been reached. From
the west they have driven to within
forty miles, reaching Gtaviatziotzu. i
On the northwest they have broken
the Roumanian lines, permitting of a :
new influx of Austro-German troops 1
by way of Torzburg pass and Cam'
pulling.
RusaianB on Big Offensive.
The Russians meanwhile have been
attacking heavily all along the fron
tier of Moldavia, the Roumanian prov- ;
ince which projects northward be
tween Transylvania and Bessarabia, '
in an evident attempt to create a di
version in Roumania's favor. Today
Petrograd reports a pronounced suc
cess in its offensive, declaring the
whole range of heights along the
frontier south of Kirlibaba has been
taken by the Russians.
Whether this success will have any
immediate effect on the operations of
the Teutonic armies engaged in the
main attack on the Romanians )ias
not yet been indicated. Apparently
it would require a considerable pene
tration of Transylvanian territory by'
the Russians to affect the southern
campaign. .
Serious Crisis 'in Greece.
" Gree4day hi in the midst of
what seems likely to prove it great
est crisis. The entente ultimatum un
der which possession of Greek arms .
(ContlnBfd M Paa Ftv, Column Twa.) -
Two vGirls Shot bj
Hunter Because
Auto Killed Dog
Van Wert, O.. Dec. 1. Margaret
Morris, 16 years old, and her sister, ;
Gwendola, 18, were shot by a rabbit
hunter while returning to their homes
at Vendocia, near here, late yesterday
atternoon when the automobile in
which they were riding with Elliott
Morris, their brother, and Albert Uhl
hit and killed a hunting dog. Wilbur ;
Hiller and Sam Hiller, brothers, were
arrested on a charge of attempting to
kill. Wilbur is said to have fired two
charges of buckshot at the passing au
tomobile, the girls in the rear scat be
ing hit.
Supposed Subsea
Of Cape Hatteras ;
New York, Dec. 1. An unidentified
vessel, riding low in the water, with
out the usual green and red side lights
and believed to be a submarine, was
sighted torty miles east ot Diamond ,
Shoals, Cape Hatteras, at 10:30 p. m.t
November 29, from the bridge of the
American steamship, Crofton Hall.
according to officers of the ship on
its arrival here today trom south ;
American ports.
The unknown craft, the officers said.
was moving in a southerly direction, ,
following a Spanish sailing ship. !:
The belief that it might have been
a submarine was strengthened, the of
ficers asserted, by the tact that they
had picked up several wireless mes
sages from naval stations in Bermuda
and from British warships warning '
British snips to look out tor sub
marines.
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