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VOL. XL VI. NO. 152.
The Omaha Daily Bee
PRESIDENT OA'S
PLANS FOR PROBE
INTO FOOD PRICES
Wilson Directs the Official in
Charge to Make a Vigorous
and Prompt Investigation
of Situation.
GOES OVER THE DETAILS
Wants Prosecutions if Any Vio
lations of Law Are Dis
covered in Inquiry.
GROCERS MAY DEMAND BAN
Washington, Dec. 11. United
States Attorney Anderson of Boston,
in .general charge of the federal gov
ernment's investigation into the high
cost of living, went over plans for
grand jury investigations with Presi-
' dent Wilson late this afternoon. The
president directed the investigation
be followed vigorously and prompt
prosecutions brought if any violations
of law are discovered. Mr Anderson
devoted today to studying the infor
mation collected from various sources
and reports to the department by its
investigators. It is understood that
Mr. Anderson will take with him a
mass of data relating to the activi
ties of alleged food and coal specula
tors when he leaves for Chicago.
Not Yet Digested.
""Much of the information in Mr.
Anderson's possession has not yet
been digested, it was said, for lack
of time. Such data as he regards im
portant will probably be placed before
the various grand juries.
Two high cost of living resolutions
asking the Department of Justice and
the federal commission whether they
have made inquiries into the rapid
advance in anthracite and bituminous
coal prices at' the mines and what
facts have been ascertained, were in
- troduced today by Representative
, Treadway of Massachusetts.
Will Ask Embargo.
Chicago. Dec. 11. Petitions de
. manding that an embargo be placed
on flour, sugar, canned milks, toma
toes and wheat will be posted in
every grocery in forty-one states for
housewives to sign if a resolution pre
sented today by the executive board
of the National Association of Retail
Grocers and Merchants is adopted.
The petition was presented by
Frank B. Connolly of San Francisco,
vice president of the association, who
asserted that retail grocers are losing
money on 60 per cent of the products
they sell. .
Customer! Sign:': f --'-
Mr. Connolly said that ar similar
resolution, adopted by" the California
Retail Grocers' association, was
placed on the counter in every, gro
cery in- the state and almost in every
instance itlwas signed by customers.
The resolution calls upon President
Wilson to place the embargo "in
order to reduce the present high cost
of living."
John H. Schaefer of Davenport,
la., president of the Grocers' associa
tion, said the retail grocers welcome
federal investigation into the high
cost of living.
"If the government can aid us in
solving this problem we will be
thankful," he said.
The executive board of the gro
cers also is expected to take action
abolishing trading stamps. Federal
and state legislation will be sought
to this end. -
"Eventually the housewife pays for
the trading stamps," said Sol West
field of Chicago, a member of the
board. "We plan to co-operate with
the housewife to abolish them."
Can't Make Roads
Furnish Oil Cars
Washington, Dec. 11. The Inter
state Commerce commission, the su-
nreme court decided today, is without
authority to compel railroads to fur
nish oil tank cars to snippers. An
injunction secured by the Pennsyl
vania railroad against enforcement of
an Interstate Commerce commission
order requiring the carrier to provide
cars of such special type was upheld.
The Weather
For Nebraska Unsettled.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
yHour. ueg.
S a. m..e 12
f3lV J IN a. m 11
5 7 a. m 11
I a. m 12
F. Ham 17
JflPm T 10 a. m 12
YT 12 m 1
L 1 p. m 15
P a p. m!. ""!...!!. i5
5 p. m 14
G p. m 12
7 p. m 12
I p. m 11
Comparative Local Record.
116. 116. 1914. 1111.
Highest yesterday... 16 20 18 55
Ivowest yesterday.... 11 27 13 S4
Mean temperature... 14 28 16 44
Precipitation 05 .03 .07 .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
rrom me normal:
Normal temperature 20
Deficiency for the day 15
Total excess since March 1 412
Normal precipitation 03 Inch
Kxuesa tor the day 02 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1. ... 10.12 inches
deficiency since March 1 12. 64 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1016. 1.62 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1014. 3.70 Inches
Reports From Stations at 1 P. M.
Station and State Temp. Hlffh- Baln
of Weather. 7 p. m. esL fall.
Cheyenne, dear 24 24 .00
Davenport, cloudy 28 - 32 T
Denver, cloudy 30 ' 32 T
Des Moines, snow 20 26 T
Dodge City, part cloudy 20 28 .02
Lander, clear 12 14 .00
North Platte, snow..., 22 24 T
Om.ha, clear .. 12 ... 16 , ,.tt
Pueblo, cloudy 36 31 ' . ,M
ttapld City, snow 22 22 .04
Salt Lake City, cloudy, 26 26 .00
Santa Ke, cloudy 22 22 .06
Sheridan, mow M. 32 84 .26
Sioux Clty(,elear.,i..,,. 8 : 12 ,18
Valentine, snow 22 22 T
"T" indicates trace of precipitation.
U JL WELSH, Meteorologist.
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Stock Yards Company as Santa;
All Employes Get Raise in Pay
All Employes Who Have Been
With Company for a Year
Get 10 Per Cent Increase.
TO BE PAID IN LUMP SUM
Directors of the Union Stock Yards
company re-elected at : meeting of
the stockholders Monday morning
voted an expenditure of approximately
$340,000 for improvements. A 10 per
cent increase in wages for all em
ployes of the yards for the year past,
which is to be paid in one sum De
cember 20, was included. This
amounts to $30,000.
1 he improvement expenditure in
cludes $160,000 for the construction
CANADA'S LAST HOPE
GONE F THIS GOES
Sloan Asks That Taft Reciproc
ity Bill Bee Formally Re
pealed. SHUTS FREE TRADE DOOR
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Dec. 11. (Special Tel
egram. Representative Sloan today
introduced a bill to repeal the act of
July 27, 1911, and known as the Cana
dian reciprocity act. Five and a half
years have passed since this legislation
was enacted nd aCanada has yet to
take advantageof its generous provi
sions. It was enacted by a democratic
house, the Sixty-first, and recom
mended by then President William
Howard Ta7t. It was the beginning
of thes lump to democracy, according
to republican leaders.
During all these years Canada has
shown no disposition to enjoy the
concession reciprocal in character,
which the act provided for, and being
a dead letter, Mr. Sloan believes the
law should be nullified.
Recalls' Ancient History.,
Those who Temember their political
history will recall how the democrats
polished off the recommendations of
the president by attaching the farm
er's free list bill, the woolen bill and
200 different subjects and wrote into
the economic life of the country a free
trade measure. This aided largely in
Mr. Taft's defeat in 1912, according to
the wiseacres.
Congressman Sloan introduced his
repeal bill as a non-political proposi
tion. He believes the act ought to
he rcnealrd because if the reDublicans
houldw repeal the Underwood -tariff
bill, it would artora an opportunity ior
Canada to step in and accept the act
of July, 27, 1911, and thereby put the
great northwest in a position of "hold
ing the ba." This is what the Ccon
gressman from the Fourth district of
Nebraska is seeking to prevent.
The "boss" of Nebraska democracy,
Arthur Mullen, is in Washington for
a conference with Senator Hitchcock.
Cotton Breaks $5
More a Bale on New
Orleanss Exchange
New Orleans, La., Dec. 11. One
of the most sensational breaks ever
recorded on the local cotton exchange
occurred almost immediately after
the announcement of the government
estimate of 11,511,000 bales for the
season's cotton crop. March declined
97 points, practically $5 a bale, in the
first three minutes after the report
was announced, and other months
were almost as weak, July losing $4
a bale, a drop of 80 points.
Washington, Dec. 11. Cotton pro
duction in the United States for the
season 1916-17 will amount to 11,511,
000 equivalent 600-pound bales, the
Department of Agriculture announces
in the final report of the season.
Last year 11,191,820 equivalent 500
pound bales were grown, and during
the five years, 1910 to 1914, the aver
age was 14,259,231 bales. The record
crop was grown in 1914, when 16,134,
930 bales were produced.
Train Hits Auto,
Four Are Killed
Detroit, Minn., Dec. 11. Four per
sons were killed when a train hit the
automobile in which they were riding
late last night at Vergas, Ottertail
county. Thedead:
ALFRED KOPLIN.
MRS. ALFRED KOPLIN
MRS. PHILIP KOPLIN.
MRS. DETTINOER.
Charae Against Miss Edith
Colby's Boss Dismissed
Thompson Falls, Mont., Dec. 11.
Upon motion ot the special prose
cutor the state's case against A. S.
Ainsworth, owner of a newspaper,
charged with Miss Edith Colby, a re
porter, with the killing 'of A. C.
Thomas, -a politician, was dismissed
today in superior court. The prose
cutor informed the court that Miss
Colby, convicted of second degree
murder and sentenced Saturday to ten
years in the state penitentiary, had
told him she had no further evidence
to connect Ainsworth with the kill
ing other than that given during her
trial.
Will Build Big Paper
Plant at Port Angeles
Port Angels, Wash., Dec. 11. A
pulp and news print paper manufac
turing plant, representing an invest
ment of $2,000,000, will bcbuilt here
by Whalen Bros, of Vancouver, B.
C, according to announcement made
here today. The site for the plant
has been bought and construction
wprk will begin immediately, Whalen
Bros, operate three pulp paper plants
in Canada.
of additional pens in the cattle and
feeder divisions of the yards as well
as the completion of the present steel
and concrete division. Extensions of
water and sewer system were included
in the enumeration; also additional
chute facilities and extensions and
additions totthe railroad department.
An appropriation of $150,000 was
also made for the contemplated con
struction oi a new Exchange build
ing, the construction of which will
probably not be undertaken for two
or three years.
Employes who had been employed
during the fiscal year ending mem
ber 30 were those who w itcd
by the wage increase. oof s
extended through I- (. '
service, as it w 'V. .1 the
y teinpo-
WO, v. .. .v
rary. v
ALL lrf&8& OF
CABINET TO STAY
Rumor That Baker Will Be
come Attorney General and
McCormick War Secretary.
GREGORY FOR THE BENCH
' Washington, Dec. 11. Every mem
ber of President Wilson's cabinet
with the possible exception of At
torney General Gregory expectsto re
main in office after March 4, when
the president's second term begins.
It was learned definitely today that
all of them have been or will be
asked to kcp their posts.
Reoorts concerning possible resig
nations have centered chiefly around
Secretaries McAdoo, Houston and
Baker and the attorney general. It
has been taken for granted that Post
master General Burleson and Secre
tary Lansing, Daniels and Wilson
would remain and indefinite rumors
that Secretary Redfield might wish; to
retire to private business were denied
some time ago.
Secretary McAdoo today personally
denied he had any intention of resign
ing. Regarding Mr. Houston it be
came known that officials, of the
Washington university at St. Louis
has extended his leave of absence as
chancellor of that institution so that
hi can continue as the head of the
Department of Agriculture.
Although Secretary Baker has been
credited with a desire to leave, in all
liklihood he will remain, it is under,
stood, however, that there is a possi
bility he may be shifted to the De
partment ot Justice it Mr. Oregory
insists on resigning and that Vance
McCormick, chairman of the demo
cratic committee may be placed in
charge of the War department. In
the- attorney general' case;" repoftS
about his intention to resign have
been very circumstantial and have
been, accepted as true by officials, al
though he has given no indication of
his intentions. v.
The president has offered Mr.
Gregory a seat on the supreme court
once and should another vacancy oc
cur during the administration,' it is
thought probably he would be seri
ously considered again.
Oil Corporation
Votes Big Bonus
To Its Employes
New York, Dec. 11. The-Standard
Oil company of New Jersey today
authorized bonus payments to all its
employes in the United States receiv
ing less than $3,000. a year, who were
not included in a general wage ad
vance recently made. Those getting
less than $1,000 a year receive 20 per
cent bonus; those between $1,000 and
$2,000 a 15 per cent bonus and those
between $2,000 and $3,000 10 per cent.
Grain Stock On Hand
Shows Big Increase
While Omaha elevators are not
overflowing, owing to the curtailing
in the shipments, there is a big in
crease in the grain stocks on hand.
The inspection report Monday morn
ing shows an increase of 1,602,000
bushels over the corresponding date
of one year ago. In bushels, the
comparative figures are:
Now Toar Aflro.
WVat 1.294,000 1,111,000
Corn 427,000 152.000
Oata 1,895,000 790,000
Rye 163.000 111.000
Barley 6.000 19.000
Totala 3,785,000 2.183,000
During the last week the surplus
stock of wheat decreased slightly, but
there was a big increase in corn, oats
and barley. However, it is exoected
-4-that inside of another month there
will be considerable decrease in the
surplus corn and oats, for before the
end of that time buyers will take the
two kinds of grain for the southern
plantations.
Trial of Dr, Wittman
Is Further Delayed
Trial of Dr. Xavicr W. Wittman,
indicted in 1913 on charges of using
the mails to defraud in connection
with a medical scheme in which Witt
man claimed to possess" an electrical
treatment that was a panacea for all
ills, and captured in Wheeling, W.
Va., by W. M. Coble, Department
of Justice agent in Omaha, after a
pursuit extending over three years
and which included several journeys
across the continent and a visit to
Europe and Australia, has been fur
ther delayed. Wittman was brought
before Judge Woodrough after noon,
but his attorneys asked for a delay
of a few days and their request was
granted. It was rumored Wittman
intended to plead guilty, but this re
port was spiked by the request for
the delay.
MILLER WANTED
TO TRADE PLANT
FOR WILD HORSES
Joseph Disterhaupt of Hum
phrey Testifies How Sought
to Swap Mill for Farm and
Arizona Range Horses.
BANKER CHECKED DEAL
Retired Farmer Tells Story of
Trade of Wisconsin Stump
Land Worth $6,000.
GOT "INSIDE FACTS," TOO
How Joseph Disterhaupt, miller, of
Humphrey, Neb., became discontented
with grinding wheat and wanted to
trade off his $18,000 mill for a 149-acrc
farm somewhere along the Mississippi
river in White Side county, Illinois,
and 120 head of wild range horses of
Coconino county, Arizona, was the
story told in the United States district
court yesterday afternoon during
hearing of the "wild horse" case, in
which the government is prosecuting
the United States Live Stock company
and Omaha L'and and Investment
company for using the mails to de
fraud in selling imaginary wild range
horses on the government reserve in
Coconino county.
That the Humphrey miller did not
lose his $18,000 plant was not his fault,
he testified. He did his best to con
summate the deal but Dr. William N.
Condon, president of the Otis and
Murphy bank of Humphrey, just
wouldn't let him trade. In fact, it
was brought out that the doctor had
a suit filed against him by one of the
officers of the "wild horse" company
because he refused to let the deal go
through.
Boosted Price of .Mill.
"I met A. O. Perry and J, S. Smith
at Humphrey," the miller testified.
"They had come up to see if I was
willing to trade my mill for a farm in
Illinois. Perry was to he my agent.
After we had discussed a trade for a
while, Perry took me outside my mill
and said, 'Say, Joe, why don't you
boost the price of your null from $18,
000 to $21,000?'. I did. There was a
difference, however, of about $6,000
between the value of my property aud
Mr. Smith's," the miller added, "and I
was offered some wild horses for the
difference," he concluded.
"What were you offered for the
difference?" them iller was asked.
"One hundred and twenty wild
horses."
"Did Mr. Smith sav anvthine when
you boosted the value of ygur propo
ertyr ne was again asked.
"He seemed to study the inatter,".
'(WriiiTler added, "and said that he
would give me twenty more horses
for the difference."
"Why did Mr Smith say he wanted
the mill?" Disterhaupt was queried..
"He said he wanted it for his broth
er who was once an expert miller but
that five years ago he failed and went
broke and that now he wanted to set
him up again."
Saved by Condon.
Perry, his agent, he said told him
that the deal was a bargain and upon
this assumption ando thers he went
to investigate the land.
He then told that he signed a bill
of sale for his property, but that Dr.
Condon held the deal up because he
was convinced it was a fraud.
Dr. W. N. Condon, the banker,
was next called to the witness stand.
"1 was convinced that the trade was
a fraud," the doctor tetified, "Smith
and Ferry tetsified that the land was
worth $150 an acre. As to the horses
I was told that they were bred up
from draft horses, very tame and easy
to catch."
"I refused to have anything to do
with the deal and stopped Mr. Dis
terhaupt from trading, because he was
my friend and not because he owed
my bank a small mortgage' on the
place."
The banker testified that he was
offered a commission of $1,000 on the
side if he would let the deal go
through and that his bank would be
paid the mortgage, but that he re
fused. In summing up his statements the
banker said that he had no interest
in the matter outside of keeping one
of his patrons from being fleeced)
Miller Grateful Man.
Afterwards the banker told repor
ters that the miller was the most
grateful man in Nebraska, when he
realized that he had almost lost his
property.
John F. Brauer, retired farmer of
Fargo, S. D had some stump land in
Onida county, Wisconsin, of which
he was extremely anxious to realize.
It was worth about $6,000, he said,
and had an incumbrance of $1,060 on
it. An ad in a Minneapolis paper
that he could trade land for wild
horses caught his fancy. He investi
gated and his investigation became
positive evidence that the "wild
horses" scheme was on the square,
lie said. It was brought out, however,
that he lost his farm.
The fanner told of his traveling to
Minneapolis, Minn., to get the inside
facts on the "wild horse" proposition,
as he thought. In the office of T. C.
Gulicksen, in room 939 of the Lumber
building, in Minneapolis, he said he
met J. S. Smith, who claimed to have
(Continued en Paa Two, Column Two.)
Aged Woman Burned to
Death at North Platte
North Platte, Ncb Dec. 11. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Mrs. Mary Jane
Applegate, 81 years old, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Christ
Paulson, here from burns sustained
when gasoline with which she was
kindling a fire exploded. She mistook
the gasoline for kerosene. Members
of the Paulson family heard her
screams and, rushing to the room,
succeeded in smothering the flames
that enveloped her, but not until the
aged woman had been fatally burned.
NEW SHACKLETON RESCUE EXPEDITION On Saturday
next Sir Ernest Shackleton will start for Dunedin, New Zea
land, to rescue Captain Mackintosh and his crew, marooned
in the South Atlantic for nearly two years. The photo
shows Sir Ernest Shackleton (left), and Captain Mackintosh.
SUBSEA SITUATION
BECOMES ACUTE
State Department Says Sink
ing of Marina Clear-Cut Vio
lation of German Pledge.
SIX AMERICANS KILLED
Washington, Dec. 11. Announce
ment was made at the State depart
ment today that complete information
now at hand covering the case of the
British horse ship Marina, torpedoed
with a loss of six Americans, makes
it appear to he a "clear cut" viola
tion of Germany's pledges to the
United Slates.
Full information on the case of
the Arabia will be awaited before the
next move is made, which is expected
to take the form of a new note in
tended to clear up what appears to be
differences of interpretation on what
Germany's pledges in the Sussex case
actually covered, especially with ref
erence to armed ships. ,
Teed Named. or ;
Job at the Wayne
Normal School
T nrtn Keh Tier. 11. fSnecial.)
Attempts to prevent State Superin-
tendant 1 nomas trom putting across
n.,,linff he mioht hp interested in
at the last meeting he would have
with the Mate Normal ooaro, came
to naught today, when the representa-
f tUm nA frnwA whirh has
uvea ui HIV v, v.w..,
fought him for years, were unable to
... , , - T T 1 1
gain tneir enas, ana e v. iceu, rurai
school inspector -in the superindend
ent's office, was selected as head of
the rural school department of the
Wayne State Normal, by a vote of
in ihre Thrtmaa Hall. Pilcer
and President Morris voting for Tedd,
. .. , ..a r:i.
while caveness, Majors ana n.iscnc
voted for County Superintendent
Yoder of Douglas county.
An attempt was made by Caveness
to have the matter put over until
another meeting, but the board voted
his proposition down by a four to
three vote. SupeYintednent Conn of
the Wayne Normal proposed both
Teed and Yoder for the position, and
said tnat eitner woum De sausiaciury.
The place carries with it a salary of
$155 per month for the first year.
White Rats Await
Call for Walkout
Chicago, Dec. 11. Telegraph or
ders for a nation-wide strike of
vaudeville actors were awaited here
tonight by many members of the
White Rats Actors' Union of America,
who expected the word to come out
of the west from their national exe
cutives who are on a trip to strength
en the organization. It is thought
here that the strike call to force bet
ter working conditions will be issued
in Chicago as soon as the leaders per
fect their plans. '
It was said that vaudeville heads
and booking agencies have taken
steps to meet the expected strike by
"lining up more than 200 emergency
acts to fill in breaches in the western
time" that may result from a walk
out. The publicity manager of the
White Rats here, however, said there
soon will he startling news which
"will be in the nature of a bomb shell
to certain managers."
Descendant of George
Washington's Sister Dead
Baltimore, Md., Dec. II. Miss Vir
ginia Taylor Lewis, a descendant of
George , Washington's sister and a
relative of Francis Scott Key, died
here last night. She was born seventy
four years ago in the house in Wash
ington, D. C, to which Dolly Madison
fled when the White House was
burned by the British forces during
the war of 1812.
Alleged Shoplifters
Keep Away from Police
Irene Smith and Mildred Bamiff,
arrested Saturday charged with hav
ing stolen several articles from the
Burgess-Nash store, failed to appear
when their cases were called in po
lice court. Miss Smith forfeited bail
in the sum of $15 and Miss Bamiff
forfeited $10.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE
HAS SEVERE CHILL
First Statement of New Gov
ernment in House of Com
mons Next Thursday.
A. BONAR LAW IN OFFICE
London, 1 ;c. It. Premier Lloyd
George i- ill. lie was unable to go
to Buckingham palace today with
members of his cabinet to receive the
seals of office from King Georeg.
Official announcement was made
that the premier was suffering from
a severe chill and that on the ai'vicc
of his physiciani he was remcining
indoors today.
Premier Lloyd George has sent the
following to all members of the
House of Commons, it wai an
nounced officially today:
"The king has entrusted me with
the task of forming a government. I
have carried out the command.' I
'had hoped to make a statement to the
Hbouse dnifftiesday:-' ! now find it to
lie impossible. On iuesday Mr.
.Bonar Law. as leader in the house,
will move adjournment till Thursday.
. "The one predominant task before
the government is the vigorous pro
secution pt tne war to a triumphant
conclusion, I feel confident the
government can rely on your support
as long as they devote their energies
effectively to that end.
Andrew Bonar Law and the other
members of the ministry, . who are
not required to seek re-election on
assumption bf office, and also the
lords, who are co-operating with the
new administration, went to the pal
ace at noon today, kissed the hands
of the king and received their seals
of office. The members of the cabi
net, who must be re-elected unlesa
the House of Commons passes a bill
making this unnecessary, and the
ministers, who are members of
neither house, for whom seats must
be found, are taking over their offices
and will conduct them as tnougn an
official formalities have been com-
Dlied with.
These members, however, will not
I be able to appear before the House
of Commons tomorrow and it is ex
pected the session will be a formal
one. The statement concerning the
government's policy to be made by
M. Lloyd George or Mr. Bonar Law
in the House ot Commons ana Lord
Curzon in the House of Lords, prob.
ably will be made Thursday, when the
vote of credit is moved.
A strong policy in regard to con
trol of shipping, mines, food and man
power, is looked tor.
Nebraska Roads
File New Schedule
Of Demurrage Rates
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 11. in com
pliance with the new demurrage rate
order of the interstate Commerce
commission, Nebraska railroads to
day filed with the State Railway com
mission new schedules. The new rate
Drovides the regular free time allow
ance and fixes the rates at $1, $2 and
S3 for the first three davs. respective
ly, and $5 for the fourth and each
following day.
Berlin Announces
Russ Attacks Fail
i
Berlin, Dec. 11. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) Strong Russian attacks
were delivered on tne 1 ransyivanian
front today, but were unsuccessful
and without influence upon the ad
vance of the Teutonic armies in Wal
lachia, the war office announced to
night. New Serbian and French attacks
in the Cerna bend on the Macedonian
front also failed, says the war office.
Grandson of General
Sam Houston is Dead
Austin, Tex., Dec. 11. Captain J.
H. Morrow of the Texas National
Guard and a grandson of General
Sain Houston, famous yas a Mexican
war soldier, died here yesterday. He
served conspicuously in the United
States army and was stationed in the
Philippines and Hawaii.
ROUMANIANS TO '
MAKE STAND ON
BUZEU FRONTIER
Petrograd Dispatches Indicate
Teuton Advance in North
ern Wallachia is
Checked.
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RUSSIANS MAKE HEADWAY
Czar's Troops Hammer Away
in Attempt to Cut Supply , ,
Lines Into Roumania. V ?
OTHER FRONTS ARE QUIET
t.l'mrbitml Freaa War 8ammar7.)
Indications today point more -
strongly than ever to the probability
that the new defensive line of the
Roumanians, following their retreat
from Bucharest, will be drawn along
the Buzeu river, forming the southern
boundary of their norther.i province
of Moldavia, ,VM
Additional reports from Petrograd
indicate a considerable measure of
success by the Roumanian northern
army in holding up the Teutonic ad
vance northeast along the railroad
from Ploechti, north of Bucharest, to
the town of Buzeu, located at about
the center of the Buzeu river line,
which stretches easward to the lower
reaches of the Danube.
It is necessary to the apparent pur
pose of the Roumanians for them to
Krevent an Austrj-German advance
ere until the Roumanian forces fur
ther south in eastern Wallachia, re
treating from the region between
Bucharest and Tchernavoda, have
reached the Buzeu river line, unless,
indeed, the Roumanian military
authorities have decided to retain a
hold on more of eastern Wallachia
than it now seems their purpose to
defend. These Roumanian forces are
threatened not only by Fiejd Marshal
von Mackensen's Danube army, but
by ntw contingents of Bulgarians
which hav; crossed the Danube be
tween Silistria and Tchernavoda.
Meanwhile the R'tssians are ham
mering away at the Austro-German
lines on the western frontier of Mol
davia and teport making headway in
the valleys running toward the west.
Their object apparently is not only
to hold the Moldavian frontier, safe,
but possibly to achieve an eventual
success in breaking well through into
Hungary and cutting in behind the
Austro-German tupply lines leading
into Roumania from the north.
There 'has been little fighting of an
important nature on the other fronts.
In Macedonia the Serbians report
having driven the Bulgarians back in
one lector northeast of Monastir. On
the Franco-Belgian front tittle has
developed beyond intermittent artil
lery activity in the Somme area and
aviation operations on a considerable
scale. ' ,
. Romanians Retake Positions. ; ;
: Petrourad. Dec. 11. (Via London.)
After being pressed back ty the
Teutonic forces on the front east ot
Ploechti, the Roumanians made an
(Coatuuwd M Faa Tin, Oolvma Ona.)
Man Who Lived
, Ten Years With "
Broken Back Dies
Chicago, Dec 11. Oscar Samuel-
son, who lived with a broken back
at a north fide hospital for more than
ten years, is dead here today. The
issue of whether the government
should pay for the injury ia pending
in congress,
Samuelson was hurt while working
for the federal reclamation service
near Cody, Wyo and was brought
here for treatment, ' i
As he was without funds, Congress
man Fred Britton introduced a bill
asking the government to bear the
expenses. ,,
French Destroyer tn
Sunk in Collision
Berlin, Dec. 11. (By Wireless ia
Sayville.) The Overseas News
airencv savs:
"German newspapers state that the
French destroyer, Yatagan, sunk in
collision with a British transport, is
the fifth French destroyer lost in this
way during the war. ' :
No previous report has been re
ceived-of the sinking ot the Yatagan.
It was a vessel of 307 tons displace
ment, 187 feet long and laid down in
1900. It was armed with one nine.
pound gun, six three-pounders and
two torpedo tuoes. '
Monday's Record
As compared with
Monday, Dec. 13, 1915
The Bee
Gained 19
The World-Herald '
Lost 32
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