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VL. XLVI. NO. 191.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1917. SIXTEEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
UNION PACIFIC'S
TRAINS RUNNING
AFTER BLOCKADE
Nineteen Snowkound West of
Laramie Moving When Drifts
Between Eanna and Rock
River Pierced.
MAIL SEVERAL DAYS LATE
Cause of Shutdown New Storm
and Heavy Wind Filling
Channel Recently Dug.
PLOWS RENDERED USELESS
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 26. Unless
the storm now raging on Elk moun
tain strikes the road harder than it
had so far. local officials of the Union
Pacific railway believe the intermit
tent lilockade of that route which has
lasted for the last few days is at an
end.
iraliic over the blocked section
was restored late today, one track be
nig cleared the entire distance be
tween Hanna and Rock River. Nine
teen trains were awaiting an oppor
tunity to proceed when the drifts were
pierced.
At 3 o'clock eastbound trains were
moving through the section which had
been blocked. Westbound traffic
started when the eastbound trains
reached Laramie, to the east of the
blockade.
Nine eastbound and nine westbound
trains were tied up, including a num
ber of tne best trains on the svsteni
Mail for the east, carried on these
trains, will be several days late
reaching its destination.
The cause of today's shutdown was
a new storm at Kock River and
heavy wind off Klk mountain at the
other end of the blockade, which com
billed to fill the snow channel dug
though it late yesterday.
One line of the road was blocked
completely, with two engines and
dynamo and baggage cars from one
train completely buried.
Falling snow caught a larce snow
plow which was cuttimr through the
drifts and rendered it useless, block
ing it from moving forward or back
ward.
Brokers Welcome
Change in "Leak"
Call for Facts
Xew York, Jan. 26. Stock brokers
today welcomed the news that the
house jrules committee had limited
still further fts demands for evidence
to be used in determining whether
any one profited.by a "leak" just be
fore the publication of President Wil
son s first peace note.
While brokers were waiting for
the -stock exchange officials to trans
mit to them the. modified demands
for evidence, Sherman L. Whipple,
counsel for the rules committee, made
public the concluding paragraph of
the new communication, which says:
"The rules committee desires it to
be understood that the main purpose
of the information it requested is to
ascertain the facts with regard to
the buying and selling of stocks on
the stock exchange during trrc period
inquired of who made the profits
and who incurred the losses. It is
hoped that in all matters in doubt
the accounts will be so framed as to
contribute this information in the
clearest and simplest form."
According to Chairman Henry of
the committee, the investigators will
have everything they want within five
days. This inquiry will be resumed
here Monday morning.
Rivers and Harbors Bill,
Carrying $38,000,000, Passes
Washington, Jan. 26. The annual
rivers and harbors appropriation bill
carrying $.38.OOO.0(K). including more
than $10,000,000 for new projects, was
passed by the house today by a' vote
of 221 to 131. It now goes to the
senate.
The Weather
Tfiuperaturn at Omatm Ymterdar.
For Nebraska Unsettled, colder.
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p. m ii
Comparative Loral HrrortR
1!I7. llfi. 1915. 10H.
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Irfiwpst yostenlay. . . . n i '-
M-aii temperature. . , li jo j' -
1'rrc-ipttatiou ' .;.!! .01 .io
Tfmperatur ant prerlnllulfcm d.-parturo
from tht iinrmal at Uniahit niiitc Murh 1
and rompareil with tlie lu.st two yean:
Nornial--Miip(rature j
I'ofi.-ifriry for th day ' "z
Tt.tai PXi-fsH nine! March 1 "oa
N.-rmal prcflpitalton (, j,,,.)",
lficicncy for IhR lay Inch
Total rainfall since Marrh 1 . . . 1 t'. 'ih Uu hn
Jti-ftctency slme March 1 1J.5 (tn hcn
I'-'ficlency for cor. period, 19 if,. 1 . 1 fi in.-h'-H
lcriciency f'jr cor. period, 914. 2.78 inches
RfporU From Slat ion at 7. I M.
Station and Stale Temp. Hth- naln-
of Weather. 7 p. in -t,t. fall
heynnnr, clear :t 00
1'avenport, cloudy H h "0,;
Denver, tloar 34 4n 'no
Ic!i Molnet, cloudy..., m n (,j
l'odee City, cloar 4S hi Oft
lender, clear a 3,; "0()
North Platte, pt. cloudy a 'i 40 00
(.tniaha, rloudy 1 4 ' j
ruebio, tar 4n lo on
Rapid City, clear no ;js 01
Salt Lake Vlty, cloar... 40 'ny
Santa Fe, part cloudy.. ?,4 40 'o
Shcridsan, cluudy us p,n
Shiux City, cloudy s "m "4
Valentine, cloudy ;;o oo
"V JndicateK traefl opredpifation.
A. WKLSH, Meteorullffnt.
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WANTS NATIONAL
GOHm OF GABS
State Committee Introduces
Partial Report in Shape
of Resolution.
RAILROADS ARE CENSURED
(From a Staff Correupondrnt.)
Lincoln, Jan. 26. (Special.) The
joint car shortage committee of the
senate and the house, although it has
just begun its hearings and investiga-.
tions, has determined on one drastic
remedy the placing of complete con
trol of the car situation in the hands
of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion. The committee filed a partial report
to this effect in both chambers of the
legislature, today, along with a reso
lution memorializing congress to vest
full power to regulate railroad service
interstate in the national commission.
The concurrent resolution took the
form of a bill in both houses, which
was read as such following the read
ing of the report.
The committee hopes, it says, to
find from its investigations suitable
measures to adopt into laws in the
stale, but meanwhile it urges the im
mediate passage of the resolution to
give congress the opportunity of plac
ing ruling power m tne commission
to become effective before next year's
crops are moved.
The national commission, it is pro
posed, needs specific authority to fix
rules governing interchange of cars
and the loading of them on foreign
roads, with the power to fix stiff
penalties for violations.
the railroads have been left to
their own devices on this important
matter," says the report, "and have
been permitted to make their own
rules, which they have repeatedly and
shamelessly violated, in defiance of
public right and at the expense of the
prosperity and in some instances the
very existence of the shipping and
producing interests of the country."
Utner references are made to the
need of action to prevent "the steal
ing, diverting or tying up of means of
shipping the nation's products."
Witness Testifies
He Saw Planting of
San Francisco Bomb
San Francisco. Tan. 26. V. C. Ox-
man of Durkee, Ore., testified today
in the murder, trial of Thomas J.
Alooney that life actually saw planted
a Point) that cost ten lives and injured
forty persons during a preparedness
parade here last July. He identified
Mooncy, Warren K. Billings and Is
rael Weinberg as the men who placed
tne oomi).
Oxman is the first witness the state
has produced, either i the trial I of
B il lines, sentenced lo nnsrm for life.
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bomb set. He identified Billings in
the court room as the man who ac-
tual.y placed a suit case containing
the bomb on the sidewalk.
nr M nr-mr-v in toetttv thar h trnxir h i
Mooney, Weinberg. Mrs. Moonev
and a man "with a black mustache"
arrived with the bomb in an auto
mobile, Oxman said, and fled after it
was placed. Soon afterward the ex
plosion occurred.
American Cowboys
Battle Mexicans on
International Line
Tucson, Ariz., Tan. 26. According
to telephone advices from Justice of
the Trace Jioean at Artvaca. Ariz..
about forty miles south of Tucson, on
tne bonier, tiirhtme has been tn uroe-
house between Mexican troopers and
American cowboys.
tarted when the cowboys alternated !
to drive their cattle away from the f
I-,,-,, Ii iU !
opened fire. TlieAmericans retreated
and were reinforced by a part ot li '
troop, Utah cavalry, who at once re-1
turned the fire of the Mexicans. No
American casualty ba heen rnnnrtpH
to 5 p. m., but it is not known whether
thc Mexicans suffered any losses.
runner reinforcements were sent.
from Arivaca late today.
W. J. Burns Found
Guilty of Printing
Private Documents
New York, Jan. 2f. AVilliam J.
Burns, detective, was fund guilty in
tbe court of special sessions late to
day of publishing private papers taken
from the desks of men in the offices
of Seymour & Seymour, attorneys in
tins city.
Martin Egaii, publicity niauaircr for
J. I'. Morgan and company, was found
not guilty ot the same offense.
Boy Beaten With Cane and
Dog Whip Awarded $1,500
New York, Jan. 26. Malcolm Ir
vine Koncy, i. years old, was
awarded a verdict of $1,500 by a jury
m supreme court Here today against
Kev. Jacob Morris, rector of (,'lirfst
Church school at Kingston, N. Y.,
and Miss Mabel Frances Klder, prin
cipal of that school, for beatings with
a cane, dog whip and hair brush that
Miss Klder inflicted upon him because
he said he did not learn the Psalms.
Wyoming Will Not Erect
Statue of Buffalo Bill
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. .'ft. Thc
lower house of the 'Wyoming legis
lature today voted down a bill to ap
propriate $10,000 for a statue of
Colonel William F. Cody "Buffalo
Bill," which it was nronoscd tn en-n
at Cody, Wyo., for many years his
home.
Mrs. Cody, it is understood. lis.
couraged the erection of monuments
of the noted scout at poinjts other than
his burial place, on Lookout mountain,
near Denver.
HOUSE MEMBERS
HAVE WARM ROI
OVER RAILED
Question of
Ex-
tensions in 1
Nebraska
Raises Tern'
Among
Nebraska Solons.
GREENWALT VS.
Motives Questioned! Floor
una fiery unarges Are
Flung Out.
TWO DAYS YET FOR BILLS
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Jan. 26. (Special.) A
wordy battle between the eloquent
Mr. Greenwalt and the fiery Mr.
Truinble was the feature of the hStise
proceedings today. For a time it ap
peared as if the other members would
have to take to the tall timbers which
decorate the south and east walls of
the hall.
Representative Hoffmeister threw
the stuff into the cage which roused
the animals and set them to fighting
among themselves, while the denizens
of the statehouse, alarmed at the
commotion, rushed to the scene to
discover what was happening.
The gentleman from Chase started
the row by criticizing Greenwalt's
bill. House Roll 67. which was intro
duced to relieve railroad companies
operating branch lines, now or hcrc-
attcr organized, from operating
passenger trains on branch lines con
structed in the future, until their net
earnings on such lines reach 7 per
ent.
Charges Mercenary Motive.
Greenwalt said the ODDoncnts of the
bill were trying to keep western Ne
braska from getting more railroad
lines and that Hoffmeister and Trum
ble were "mercenary" in their atti
tude. J rumple resented the imputation
St?Ii"S Z.J
, the last two years on extensions and
lle refused to listen to so much "cor-
I poration talk."
This riled Cronin, who appeared to
'""i me remarks ot irumble were
... al nun jic Kul oaCK at
iruniuie uy snouting that there was
a suspicion the latter was something
oi a corporation man himself.
Dove Finally Comes.
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reversed themselves and otherwise
did things to make up for their action
last .Saturday in refusing lo adjourn
over Sunday when there was nothing
to do. and after much debating con-,
eluded to adjourn this aftcrnou until
Tuesday at 2 o'clock.
Two More Days for Bills.
This vfts done in order that the
members who have been slow in get
ting their bills ready might have time
to get theim in shape before the two
days left has expired. The constitu
tion requires that all bills must be
introduced before twenty days have
expired. The house, when it quits to
night, will have been in session just
eighteen working days, or rather davs
in which they wore supposed to work,
. u in wiulii 10
flood hopper. The reference bu-
n-au. wan a large torcc ot lured
nHI a.s' . naii .l)f,c!1 with bills.
anl. '.l J"t simply puts the house in a
POSHIOll OI I VlllC low if Pvrvl.nrN-
gctAs in a11 thc .bi!Is desires.
. iuuay .vo dims nad been
"'troriuced and with the chance which
., ,c days recess will give it is
hkely that thc speed limit of former
ycars will be exceeded.
Taylor Opposes Recess.
Keoresentalivp Tavlnr
I to the recess. "If we intend to give
; tilt? people -an economical session."
said he, "we should get past that
; twenty-day period for introduction of
bills as soon as possible. The more
llVJ mcic is inc more puts there
will be. Two years ago we held a
night session on the twentieth day
Mist to give the members a chance
to get in their bills, and if I remember
rightly about 180 bills came in at that
time. If that is what you are after
myv, let's have a roll call and see
who wants it. ,
The roll was called and the motion
to extend the constitutional limit was
carried by a vote of 06 to 30. Those
voting against adjournment were-
Andoraim (Huy.li, nai, n,.ircn Cul ,
Hurrows. Conloy, JJalbiy, Klfi-m oral. KuIIit'
(M.rniley, llurfmelBl.r. Ko.li, l,aliul,u
UBlt-lt. Llndbrrir, Mutizer. Murley, NnyV
Nurliin, Ollla. Henei ker. Hlckard. KelschUk'
(Contlpued on I'ne, Two Column One.)
Student Rides in Private
Car Has Scarlet Fever
(From a Staff Correapottdunt.)
Lincoln, Jan. 16. (Special.) Lloyd
Elliott, freshman student at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, rode in a private
coach on thc Burlington all the way
to his home in Mason, Neb., today
Not another passenger was allowed
in his car mainly because Lloyd had
scarlet fever. He rode alone in state
because thc state health authorities
so ordcretl.
When Lincoln health officials went
lo quarantine young Elliott, Friday
morning, on the report of his physi
cian, they found him gone.
State Health Inspector J. D. Case
located him an hour later on a Bur
lington train at York. The conductor
was ordered to get everyone else out
of the car, which he did.
At Aurora local health officers
boarded the train and scaled up the
car. Jt will be set out and fumigated
when it reaches Mason.
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EARTHQUAKE KILLS
MANY HUNDREDS
Island of Bali, in Dutch East
Indies, Scene of Terrible
Disaster.
TREMORS FELT IN CANADA
London, Jan. 26. Five hundred and
fifty persons were killed in the earth
quake on the Island of Bali, accord
ing to an official report received at
The Hague and transmitted to Rcu
ter's Telegram company.
A dispatch from London under date
of January 25 said that news had been
received in Amsterdam that fiftv na
tives bad been killed and 200 injured
in an earthquake on the Island of Bali,
in the Ma.'ay Archipelago. More than
1,000 houses vvcre destroyed, it was
added, and the governors' palace was
seriously damaged.
Bali, which has a population of
about 700.000, is one of thc Dutch pos
sessions forming the Dutch East In
dies. Thc island has aintrca of about
2,100 square miles.
Tremors in Ottawa.
Ottawa, Ont.. Jan. 26. Earthquake
tremors were recorded for four sec
onds here this afternoon,
Montreal Buildings Shaken.
Montreal, Jan. 26. An earthquake
shock which continued for fifteen sec
onds rocked this district this after
noon. Buildings shook throughout
the city, causing considerable alarm
among office tenants in the business
lection, where high structures stand
Navy Department
Will Build Plant
To Make Shells
Washington, Jan. 26. Secretary
Daniels today began preparing to
meet thc British government's refusal
to permit lladlield's (Lid.) to manu
facture projectiles for the American
navy by making ready to equip a gov
ernment -plant to do thc work.
Ordnance experts were nut lo wort
j on thc plans.
1 expect work, to begin on the
plant in the spring," said Secretary
Daniels, "and the machinery will be
advertised for soon."
Thc Navy department practically
has abandoned hope of getting sat
isfactory bids from American manu
facturers. The board selecting a site
for the $11,000,000 armor plant prob
ably will locate the projectile plant
on the same site.
Empowered to Requisition
Any Foreign Securities
London, Jan. 26. The official Ga
zette last night announced that by a
new order in council thc treasury is
empowered under the defense of the
realm act to requisition any foreign
securities which may be required lo
strengthen Great Britain's financial
position and also to require holders
of such securities to make a return
on them to the treasury.
France Takes Drastic Steps to
Conserve Supplies of Foodstuffs
Paris, Jan. 26. Erancc last night
followed the example of England and
Italy in restricting meals in restau
rants. Diners in restaurants are
hereafter restricted to hors d'oeuvrcs
or soup, two other dishes and cheese
or dessert. In regard to the two
main dishes the bill of fare, instead
of the sixty or seventy items usually
presented, is confined to a maximum
of nine. Thc nine consist of one egg
dish, three meat and three vegeta
bles. Thc restrictions have been drawn
up in conjunction with the represen
tatives of the provision trades and
have been taken in good part by both
the public and the restaurant propri
etors. Public opinion generally recog
Luck Follows Pluck-It's Mostly (U) You
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CITY MANAGERS
FOR SMALL CITIES
Nebraska Municipal League
Takes Action Favoring the
McMullen Bill.
COUNCIL OF FIVE MEN
Hastings, .Neb., Jan. 26. (Special
Telegram.) The Nebraska League of
Municipalities gave much time today
to the study of pending state legisla
tion affecting cities. The following
legislative committee was chosen:
A. V. Mnian. Nobraaka city: W. H. Barnrn,
fnlrhury; K. K. Kclgorton, Aurora; J. M. Cal
loway. Wuhno; 1 K. Rocniiir, Alliance;
Cliaiie K. Urui-kmati, Jiantltma.
. C. A. Sorenson, assistant director
of thc legislative reference bureau, re
ported on the' city manager form of
government, as provided in the Mc
Mullen bill based on the Dayton (O.)
plan.
Elimination of the recall system
effective at Dayton will be advised.
The proposed city manager bill
calls for a city council of live mem
bers, chosen at large in cities of the
second class, whose duties arc to be
only those of a legislative nature.
These councilmen in turn are to
choose a citv mauacer. who U r.atu
a business manager, and who is to be
in active control and charge of city
affairs.
One State and Three
City Employes Are
Held at Cincinnati
Cincinnati. ().. Jan. 26. Nine ar
rests of men indicted by the federal
grand jury which investigated the
alleged election frauds here were
made today, including one man hold- i
nig a slate position and three holding
i-itv nnitt,m 1
William KnrM , i; i:
cense inspector, and Eugene Sheridan !
superintendent of the citv workhouse-'
Oscar Mayer, clerk of the municipal
court, and John Tokcr, head of a sub-
department of the street cleaning de-1
narlnient u-nr. miw il, ...... 1
into custody. Besides these, Edward ! '-"t'ler Drake is one of the promi
llalhgale, former republican council-i I"1'" !)usli'e?s men of the city, having
man, aim reter Long, former supcrin-,
tendent of the municipal lodging
house and republican politician, were ,
also placed under arrest. I
The other three included a manager
of a lodging house, a saloon keeper
and a salesman.
Manderson Estate Makes
Donation to the Library
The library has received a collection
of Indian relics from the estate of the
late General Manderson, with the re
quest it be placed in the museum.
The collection consists chiefly of In
dun blankets and baskets.
licsides tbe Indian relics a num
ber of letters from Admiral Schley,
William McKinley. Theodore Koosc
velt, William Taft, Lew Wallace.
Harry Lauder and Alice Longfellow
were also received.
nizes thc importance of stopping the
wasle in food.
The decree 'was printed in the of
ficial journal today, but does not
ionic into effect iinlil Ecbruary 15. ll
is applicable to all establishments
where meals are sold to the public,
including clubs, hotels, boarding
houses and canteens. Managements
must submit bills of fare for lunch
eon lo the police authorities not
later than 10 o'clock in the (lay and
for dinners not later than 5 o'clock
and must hang up a copy of the rcgu
lations in a conspicuous place.
The restrictions include an abso
lute prohibition of puddings and an
order to economize Hour, milk, eggs,
sugar anil vegetables. Salads count
as courses unless crvcaVon thc same
plate with meat
LUTHER DRAKE WEDS
LOS ANGELES GIRL
Omaha Bachelor Banker Qui
etly Goes Wfst and There
Is Married.
TO LIVE AT BLACKST0NE
Luther Drake, banker, clubman and
bachelor, has become a benedict. In
Los Angeles, Cal., Thursday lie was
married to miss ftiary urace Wilt'
shire, one of thc charming and ac
complished young women of the Pa-
cific coast country. While the an
nouncement of the wedding comes as
a surprise to a large number of Mr.
Drake's friends, to the iiuiiuatea it is
no surprise.
Last week Mr. Drake annouvd
lhat lie was going to California K
spend a portion of the winter. H
packed ins grip as he would for anyi
uruinary trip, uut at tile Merchants
National bank, of which he is the
president, he confided to his close
business associates that when he re
turned be would have his wife with
him. He even engaged apartments
for himself and Mrs. Drake at the
Blackstone and they are to be ready
for occupancy early in March. This
is taken to mean that he and his bride
will be back in Omaha about that
time.
Met First in Omaha.
At the homes of the Hamillons,
Frank and Fred, associated in tli
banking business with Mr. Drake, last
night it was asserted that it was not
known to a certainty when Mr. and
Mrs. Drake would return to Omaha
nor thc itinerary of their wedding
trip.
l or some years Mr. Drake baa hri.
looked upon as one of Omaha's most
eligible bachelors, but he has always
turned aside the darts of Cupid.
The first meeting was two years
ago, when Miss Wiltshire, now Mrs.
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was m the citv visitnnr lift-
rs. Frank Hamilton. Since
she lias visited here a cnunle of
"T'li""'' l'een,n0'c' that she
. V , . w"c frequently seen
' .f '- . . . was alwa's very
a,,."n!lv' to her. Mrs. Drake has been
Pn"c,"a' 11 fashionable girls' school
"1 l-OS Angeles.
, , , """"" "ere lor many years,
. ',ils ."'ways been prominent in
s"c'ety circles and his company has
been greatly sought by mothers with
marriageable daughters, lle is a
'"ember of the Omaha,' Country and
Commercial clubs.
Woman On Hunger
Strike Gradually
Growing Weaker
New York, Jan. 26. The "hunger
strike" begun Monday night by Mrs.
Ethel Byrne, who is serving a thirty
day term following conviction as a
binh control propagandist, is gradu
ally weakening the woman, according
, iy yjuuy s iJUIKllll OI Hie priSOn V-
sieian.
Her blood pressure was "within
j normal limits, but wavering." the bul
l letin said, while temperature was
shghtly below normal and pulse had
inotieraieiy weakened." At noon to
day she had fasted nearly ninety
hours. . '
The commissioner tai,l ; ,,,j
with thc prison medical board to de
cide whether Mrs. Byrne weuld be
fed forcibly if she persisted in re
fusing to eat.
Three Injured in Crash
Of Trains Over in Iowa
Marshalltown, la., Jan. 26. Three
persons were injured when a south
bound passenger train on the Minne
apolis & St. Louis railway crashed
into thc rear of the Story City branch
passenger train in the western limits
of this city during a blinding snow
storm this morning.
The injured: Mrs. Ora Bohannan,
a professional entertainer of Pitts
burgh, seriously; Mrs. V. II. Estep,
Union, la.; Mrs. M. W. McCain, To
ledo, ia.
TEUTONS STORM
MILE OF FRENCH
WORKS AT VERDUN
Berlin Announces Success of
Important Offensive Move
On the Franco-Bel- J
gian Front,
COUNTER ATTACK FAILS
Germans Capture 500 Prison
ers and Ten Machine Guns
During Operation,
ATTACK ON FOUR POINTS
Berlin, Jan. 26. (By Wireless to .
Sayville.) Counter attacks by French
troops on the west bank of the Meuse,
in the Verdun sector, and by Russian
troops on thc River Aa, in the Riga
district of the northern Russo-Ger-man
front, have been repulsed, says
the supplementary war office state
ment tonight. It reads:
"On the west bank of the Meuse,
French counter attacks were repulsed.
Russian counter attacks along the
River Aa, were driven back."
Aiiorlttad Press War Summary, .
In what appears to have been the
most important offensive movement
undertaken on the Franco-Belgian
front in several weeks, French
trenches on a front of approximately
a mile in the region of Hill 304, north
west of Verdun,, were stormed by
German troops yesterday, the Ber
lin war office announces. A counter
attack delivered at night by the
French failed to drive out the Ger
mans, who, during the operation, cap
tured 500 prisoners and ten machine
guns.
The Paris account of the German
offensive reports it launched along a
rather wide front, the attacks being'
delivered at four points between Avo
court wood, on the extreme left of
the French lines about Verdun, and
Dead Man hill, a distance of more
than three and a half miles. The at
tacks were repulsed, the French
statement declares, except that tlie
Germans penetrated advanced trench
es near Hill 304. The German state
ment mentions the fighting in the
other sectors" of this attack as "en
terprises on Dead Man hill and north
west of Avocourt" which "brought
the desired result."
Fight in Riga Region.
Fighting in the Riga region, the
northernmost sector of thc Russian
front, continues to show advances for
the Germans, according to Berlin, ,
which reports additional Russian I
positions gained 6h both sides of the
ttivcr Aa, southwest of Riga, border- .
ing the great Tirul marsh.
Fighting in this marshy region is
made possible at this season by the
freezing of the swamps. A Russian
offensive early this month was taken
to be aimed at Mitau, the German
base south of Riga, but it failed of
decisive result The Germans now
apparently have not only regained
such ground as they lost, but are
striking northward across the,
swampy ground in the direction of
Riga.
The Russians are offering strong
resistance and delivered counter at
tacks on the east side of the Aa river.
They failed, however, according to
Berlin, which reports the capture ot
500 prisoners during the day's
fighting.
Roumanian Attacks Fail,
Operations in the other war areas
have been of comparative unimpor
tance. Minor attacks by the Rouma
nians in western Moldavia have
failed, Berlin says, as did also a Ser
bian attack in the Moglenica moun
tain region, on thc Macedonian front
German Official? Report.
Berlin, Jan. 26. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) French trenches on Hill
304, northwest of Verdun, were -stormed
yesterday by German troops
along a front of 1,600 meters, the war
office announced today.
Approximately 500 prisoners were
taken by the Germans, who also cap- -tured
tell machine guns. Thc French
failed in a counter attack at night. ?
The announcement follows:
"Army group of the German crown a
prince: On the west bank of the
Meuse in thc sector of Infantry Gen
eral von Francois, under command of
Lieutenant General von Dem Borne,
Westphalian and portions of the Ba
dish regiments of proved valor and
efficiency, assisted by artillery, pio
neers and mine throwers, stormed -French
trenches on Hill No. 304 on
a front of 1,600 meters. The enemy
suffered sanguinary losses in hand-to- .
hand fighting and left in our hands in
round numbers 500 prisoners, among
whom were twelve officers. We cap
tured ten machine guns.
"Enterprises on Dead Man Hill
and northeast of Avocourt brought
the desired results."
French Official Report.
Paris, Jan. 26. On the Verdun
front last night the Germans made at
tacks at four points between Avocourt
wood and Dead Man hill Today's
Contlnal on Pare, Two Column One.)
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