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THE WEATHER UNSETTLED BEEWANT-ADS lc per word. Best results, Cheapest rates. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1916 TWELVE PAGES. S"tt.i'J Tt SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS...-, 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. JBb 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. :(,;- 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 Room to Rent Ads , , Why pay more than tm lc per word when you '""" receive the Best Re- , . suits at that price? o: To rent your room ' Call Tyler 1000 Today '