Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 14, 1915, Page 1

he sure way to satisfy i] Your wants is through -1se " of the want ad pages of The Bee. Try a Bee want ad. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE VOL. l\ OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEM Ill' R UNDAY TELLS OF CONVERSION IN GAPITAL GITY, vangelist Addresses Two I..ngei Audiences Early in Day St. Paul’s Methodist | Church. | | INTRODUCED BY W. 7. BRYAN |“Ma” Sunday Speaks Briefly l:‘.neh. Time and Recalls Visit of Years Ago. GOLIATH'S FALL IS DEPICTED PROGRAM FOR TUESDAY. 18 m.—Meetings in shops and store 8 p. m—“Billy" Sunday at the taber- macle. 2130 p. m.—Central High school girls &t Pirst Methodisy church. Miss Miller | and Mr. Rodeheaver. 3 p. m—Miss Saxe Tabernacle rostrum. . m,—Moeting for boys and girls on Presbyterian church. Miss 's Bible class on 4130 p. m.—Meeting for boys and girls at Dundee Presbyterian church. Miss Gamlin. 7130 p. m—~*“Billy” Sunday at the ‘Tabernacle. | | (From a Staff Correspondent.) | LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 13.—(Spe- ‘chl Telegram.)—When “Billy” Sun- |day reached St. Paul's church at i:o:xs this morning he found jt filled |with a seething, sweltering mass of |humanity, all women, while a thousand more disappointed ones stood vainly at the doors, finding it impossible to get in. It is estimated that there were fully 4,100 in the (church, the aisles being crowded {until there was not standing room lett. Mr. Sunday and his party, consisting of | *Ma" Sunday and Messrs. Brewster and | Rodeheaver, arrived over the Burlington | &t 10:10 and were greeted by the Lincoln representatives of the Ofnaha papers, the | recelving party, headed by Mr, Bryan, ! not getting there until after the Sunday | party had Mft the train. In the Bryan | party were W. J. and Mayor Bryan, Mrs. Charles Bryan and Mrs. T. 8. Allen. a delegation of Lincoln ministers, Messrs. Boye, Jeffrey, Rogers, Young, Gettys, Harmon and Hull, and Secretary Luke of the Yoiung Men's Christian association, 3, F. Snavely and Charles Strader. Mr, Sunday addressed a congregation of 5,000 men at 8t. Paul's church this aft- ernoon at 1 o'clock. He spent the last twenty minutes of his address in relating his experience &8 a base ball player and ‘became #0 interested in his theme that he nearly missed his train. He had but twelve minutes to reach the station when he left the church, The crowd was not quite as large as at the morning ser- wvice, as the fire department ordered the | doors closed to prevent crowding the alsles. “Ma» Recalls Old Times. meeting for women only was opened with the singing of “America” by the audience, led by Mr. Rodeheaver. | Dr. Jeftrey of St. Paul's church offered prayer. Mr. Bryan then introduced Mrs. | Bunday. “Ma” sald that her mind reverted back twenty years, when she and “Billy ' were | in Nebraska and held meetings in several | towns of the state and were in Lincoln a | part of the time. She was glad to be back again and hoped that the people of | Lincoln would continue to be interested | in their welfare and the success of their | { ‘work, In introducing Mr. Sunday Mr. Bryan otarted with “Ladies and Gentlemen,” | ‘but corrected himself when the crowd be- | gan to laugh. He said he was glad to | be on the platform with a man who was doing so much to make his fellows better | men and women. “Billy" Has Hay Fever. Mr. Sunday was not in his best form, his volce was badly out of condition, caused by a bad cold and a severe attack of hay fever, but he soon warmed up to his work and kept his audience well en- tertained. | Ho sald that,the foundation for the | (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) | The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicin- | ity—Showe cooler. Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday. é Hours. g N BEE: 335355 wraEEpREp Comparative 1 12 [ 3 02 uepart- Highest yesterday Mean' tomperatize rature Procipitation ..., Témperature and precipitati: Wres from the gormal Normal temperature ......... Excess for the day Total deficiency since Normal precipitation Deticiency for the Total ralnfall since Marc Deflolency since March 1., Deficiency for cor. period, 11 dency for cor. period, 191, :&wn- from Statio tion and State Temp. High- Rain- of Weather o ) cuyuu. cloudy @® , clear . Duvor, cl«wd{ Dea Molnes, clear.... Ms. CQity, cloudy.... ler, _cloudy s Nom.:* Platte, Omal partly Pueblo, clear Rapid City, cloudy.. ... Balt Lake Oity, cloudy Banta Fe. W March ..., LIl U3 ineh b 1268 inchos n‘l.l u-oo of ma hfl H, Local Forecaster. ‘qu&rnnllnc against all | the recent encounters ’|be employed ) | Sarrault, READY FOR THE DINNER BELL—The cook is ladling out soup for a company of Italian troops in a captured Aus- trian garrison. 14, 1916—TEN PAGES. THE WEATHER. Showers SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS, Jll HILL SAYS WE - MUST LOAN ALLIES | Rail Magnate Auem Flotation Is Vital to Prosperity of the United States. COMMISSION IS DISHEARTENED | other out-of-town banker | serfbed toward the proposed foreign credit ‘TROOPER KILLED IN BORDER BATTLE Mexican BlndiEI Attack United States Border Patrol Few Miles Above Brownsville TEXAS QUARANTINES MEXICO BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept. 18.— One United States trooper was killed and two others wounded, one proba- | bly fatally, when a gang of Mexican bandits early today attacked the American patrol of seven men at an irrigation pumping plant several miles up the river from this point. The soldler killed was Private Kraft, | who recelved a wound through the head. Private Forney was shot through lhel back and is expected to die. Private Walsh also was wounded, but his con- dition is not considered serfous. The firing was heard by nearby de- tachments, who located it at the pumping plant on the Los Indios project, but as- sistance, leaguered men, came too late to prevent the casualities, The squad of troopers was fired upon from the darkness by a | gang estimated at forty. It is thought| that the bandits have crossed into Mexico, Quarantine Along Border. BAGLE PASS, Tex., Sept. 13.—A strict passage from | Mexico into Texas, exeept with the per- mission of the United States military authorities was put into effect today |along the lower Texas border by state health officlals. The quarantine order was designed to aid the border patrol in keeping out of the state persons suspected of having no legitimate errand in the | United States. The first result. of stop virtually all traffic across the in- ternational boundary. In consequence much inconvenience was experienced here today. Numbers of Mexicans who make their homes In Pledras Negras are employed by local industries. V. E. Me- Farland, state quarantine officer, tele- graphed a protest to Governor Ferguson against operation of the quarantine order here because, he sald, there has been no evidence of serious troub.e in this region. It was reported that several Americans i | had been detained on the south side of the river by the guarantine order. Villistas Make P Showing. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 13.—State department advices from ‘forreon de- | scribed as coming from an unofficial but | rellable source, say Villa troops in all with Carranza forces in Northem Mexico bhad made & poor showing. In many cases, it was de- clared, the Villa soldiers cast away thelr arms and abandoued towns apparently without any real defense. Secretary Lansing announced today that the next meeting of the A, B, C. conferees to discuss the Mexican situa- % | tion probably will be held in Washington either Wednesday or Thursday of this week. The secretary today discussed with President Wilson Geenral Carranza’s iatest note. Unofficial reports have reached here that a supplementary note is to be sent from Carranza sources outlining In de- tail what might be made matters of joint consideration. This would include war indemnities and guarantees to forelgners. FRANCE IMPORTS WORKMEN FROM INDO-CHINA MARSEILLES, France, Sept. 13.—Six hundred workmen from Annam (French Indo-China), have arrived here and will in munitions factories at Tarbes and Pau. Minister of Instruction who formerly was governor general of Indo-China, delivered an ad- dress welcoming the Annamites and thanking them for coming to help in the defense of France which was rushed to the be-| the order was to| 4-——3“—- i EXPLAINS ATTACK 1 ON LINER ORDUNA' Weather Heavy and Captain Was Unable to Identify Ship, 8o He Fired at It on lulptniop‘ VIOLATED ORDER, 8AYS MESSAGE | WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Ger-| many’s explanation of the unsuccess- ' ful attempt to destroy the Cunard liner Orduna on July 9 is that the| submarine commander violated his, instructions, which were not to at- tack any liner, but that because o(1 the weather he was unable to mnkc cut the class or nationality of the Orduna. The Orduna, bound from Ldverpool to New York, with some 200 passengers, of whom twenty-two were Americans, was attacked by a torpedo, which barely missed it, and then was shelled by the submarine until it was out of range. | To substantiate the statement that the | German commendsr was inclined to fol- | low his orders, it is stated that he mn‘ after allowed tne stewmer Normandle, | |carrying & cargo of lumber, to pass un- | | moteated. ! The German explanation, which comes in the form of a note, was lald before President Wilson today by 'Secretary Lansing and may figure in discussion of the submarine issue with Count von }Bermwrfl. the German ambassador. 'Three Officers Hutt in Anti-American Riot Near Portland PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 13.—Police Captain C. A. Beatty, Thomas Hammers- ley, a police detective, and Joseph Rotose, | a laborer, are undergoing treatment here today for Injuries and wounds recelved Iast night in a riot precipitated by mill hands at Linton, a suburb. Rotose was shot through the abdomen and the police officers were hurt in their efforts to sub- due the rioters. According to the police, the men had been drinking and an anti-American | demonstration folowed. ' Lyceum Managers Plan to Eliminate | 1 All Propagandai | CHICAGO, Sept. 1 —Mimination of prop- | paganda for political purposes, and wub- | sidies of all kinds, is expected to be the | general subject of a spirited contest at | the thirteenth annual convention of the International Lyceum association, (he tirst session of which was held here to- dav. Besides the. regular lesicative sessions, there will be da'ly programs of model chautauqua. Among those at the opening session were Judge Ben B. Lini- sey, former Senator Cannon of Utah. Governor Ferris of Michigan, and Cons | gressman Ricbard P. Hobson. Negro is Drowned by Missouri Mob | vLousiANA, Mo |form of lynching-by drowning—was the | fate met by Love Rudd, a negro who | was taken from a constable by a mob | |from Clarksville, Mo., several days ago. | This became apparent when Rudd's body | with a blg rock tied to the feet, was found in the Mississippl river tonight. Rudd was taken from the sheriff after his arrest on & charge of rebbery, | A new | Sept. 12 {ot the | Porter step to the south-side of the door NEW YORK, Sept, 13.—Finin- clers of the west and northwest came to New York today to lend a helping | hand to the Anglo-French financial| comissioners inffpeir task of arrans-| h Great Britain | % for the hundreds ' worth of im-| dy shipped abroad and st amounts contracted for contemplated. he first of these arrivals was James J. | Hill, raflroad bullder and financier of St. | Paul, Mr. Hill was sald to be provided | with data upon which he based his be-| liet_that the flotation of a mammoth | credit loan here to Great Britain and France is of more vital intereat, perhaps, to the United States than to the two countries seeking the loan Festus J. Wade of St. Louls, prominent in financlal circles in the west was an-| who was reg- istored here today. Bankers from Ohl-| cago and Cincinnati also wero sald to be in town on. their way here, The commission, it is understood, was not all heartenéd by the result of the pre-| liminary canvass of financial institutions | throughout the country a few weeks ago. This canvass showed, according to reli- able reports, that not more than $100,000,- | 000 or $160,00,000 could have been sub- loan at that time. The minimum amount sought by the commission is $500,000,000, Recently the talk has been of a $1,000,000,- 000 loan. Ald, therefore, from out of town finan- clers and a general realization of the close communion between the establishment of the credit and the continuance without check of the great volume of American | exports were welcomed by the commis- #lon and local financlers alike. The sen- timent voloed \in Wall street today was' that the time had come for the bankers | country and every one else inter- | ested in the continuance of American prosperity to help the commission in ac- complishing its task. The commission cloaked its movements today and even its whereabouts with se- crecy, It was sald that a meeting was being held, but where or with whom was not divulged. Later In the day it developed that the meeting was between the commission and J. P. Morgan, Henry P. Davidson of the Morgan firm, and Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City bank. Messrs. Morgan, Davidson and Vanderlip called at the Hotel Biltmore, where the commissloniers are staying, and the Gommissioners’ lunchiebn guests: oon- ference iasted well into the aftermoon. The commission late ‘oday deviated |from fts policy of having American financiers call to see them at their head- quarters by sending Sir Babbington Smith on their behalf to the offfce of James J. Hill, ralilway builder and finan- cler, to obtain from him his views on the proposed big credit loan. Witness Testifies Porter at House When Shot Fired LAS CRUCES, N. M., Sept. 13—(Special | Telegram.)—James L. Porter went from his house to a small bullding near t’h.l road just as Ralph Connell was passing the Porter house, where he was killed, Jowe Duran, the star witness for the state in the Connell murder case, testh- | fled today. His evidence is considered by far the most important yet developed, and the #tate believes it has made a case with Duran's testimony. Duran was riding with the Connell herd at the time Con- nell was shot, he testified, and he told | of sceing Porter leave his house, where he was seen standing in the door just when the shot was fired, “I was riding near the head of the herd und Connell toward the rear. As we passcd Forter's house, I saw Porter g0 to the little house and stand within the door until Connell came opposite to the door of (he little house. I saw and I saw Connell fall after I heard a shot, | I ca'led to Porter and sald, ‘You have | got him now.’ Porter did not answer, | but returned to his residence.” Nothing hes yet been obtained on what the defense has planned, except that an effort will be made to show that the bullet ranged downward and that Porter could not have fired It W. J. Connell, father of Ralph Connell, is in charge of the case and is making | An exceptionally strong chain of evidence. Entente Will Make Radical Changes in Conduct of the War| ROME, Sept. 12.~(Via Paris, Sept. 13.)— The next meeting of the Itallan cabinet will deal with new measures on which the quadruple entente allies have decided for | the future conduct of the war, according to the correspondent in the city of Turin Stampa. The measures are sald to be, an analogous to those employed by the Germans to assure thelr recent military succcsses. The Agencia Libra says that the recent visit of General Joffre to the Italian front | and Emperor Nicholas' assumption of the |active command of the Russian army are lnakauom of radical changes which are traminent in the conduct of the war. Submarine Sinks Norwegw.n Ship LONDON, Sept. 1i—An attack with | gunfire on & neutral ship by a German | submarine i reported in & dispatch from ! Christians to Reuter's Telegram com- | pany. The submarine is said to have | fired on the Norweglan ship Presto, with & oargo of wood, last Friday. The crew was saved. jand needed astsstar {More Arrests at St. {and Herbert O. Baker, arrested Bunday {on the matter of increasing his fire in- | tncendiary fire. SANT ANNA SAFE, PROCEEDING UPON WAY T0 AZORES French Fabre Liner With Fighting Men Aboard, Reported on Fire, Declared Not to Be in Danger. | CAPTAIN § AYS BLAZE IS 0UT TURKS SUSTAIN HEAYY LOSSES Lines Defending Dardanelles Said to Be Greatly Weakened and Position is Precariouns, — \ DICTATORS CONTROL OCAPITAL ATHENS, Sept. 12.—(Via Paris, Sept. 13.) An American citi- zen of standing in Athens has re French Steamship Which Called for Aid in Mid-Atlantic on Way to Azores Under Escort. CARRIES - 1,700 RESERVISTS BULLETIN. NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—The Fabre line steamship Sant’ Anna, which was on fire in midocean, is safe and proceeding under escort to the Azores, according to a wireless message received at the line's local office today. The message was from the captain | celved advices from Constantinople, which, he says, are trustworthy, that the situation of the Turkish army and government is unfavorable. Ao- cording to this information, the posi- tion of the Turkish forces defending the Dardanelleg i{s precarious, It is sald’ the Turkish front, thinned by the heavy losses which the fighting| has entalled on both sides, is finding | it increasingly difficult to hold the lines against the French and British, Turkey's position at sea is described a8 disadvantageous. The former Ger man orulsers (Goeben and Hres are Sald to have been incapicitated, while the 'VON HINDENBURG 1S MAKING DRIVE TOWARD DVINSK tro-German Foroes Are Advanc- ing Slowly at All Points in the East Exoept Galicia. RUSSIANS MANY CAPTURED General Russky Says There is No Danger of Capture of Petro- grad This Year. BULGARS AND TURKS AGREE BULLETIN. BERLIN, BSept. 18.—(Via Lon- don.)—The armies of von Hinden. burg, by a terrific battering offen- sive, have at last set foot on the Kovno-Petrograd railway, between Vilna and Dvinsk. ' The entire Aus- tro-German forces have beem striving of the Sant’ Anna and came via (‘-»m Russian fleet preys upon Turkigh sh.p- | €0 gain this rallway since the fall of Race. It read: “Fre in hold 2. Fire is out. Pro- ceeding to Azores escorted by An- cona." | — | NEW YORKR, Sept. 13.—The local’ offices of the Fabre line received no word during this morning regarding | thelr steamer Sant’ Anna, bound from New York for Italian ports with more than 1,600 Itallan reserves and a lurge cargo of foodstuffs, which had | Leen reported on fire about 960 miles southeast from Halifax, N, 8, in n wirelese message received at the lat- ter point late last night. The mesage received at Halifax stated the Sant' Anna was on fire, in distre Its position wa kiven as latitude 4023 north, longitude 41.30 west. This s approximately 960 miles southeast of Halifax and as the Sant' Anna radio equjpment was not powerful, it was thouBht the message had been relayed by a steamer much nearer Halifax than the position given | for the Sant' Anna. Ship Searched for Bombs, It was sald today that the sailing of the Bant’ Anna from this port was de- layed twenty-four hours to permit a thorough search because the suspicions of ita officers had been aroused by ru- mors that a bomb had been placed aboard. Fire was discovered in No. 2 hold of the Bant' Anna while it was lying at its pler in South Brookiyn September 21, 194. All the goode in that hold were destroyed by fire and water and the loss was estimated at $100,000, The Sant’ Anna, reported on fire in mid-ocean, s a two-stacker steel stem- ship of 14,000 tons, bullt in 10, Mr. and Mrs, T. J. Fitzmorris of Omaha and Mrs. George W. Parr of Nebraska City were among the passengers on the Sant' Anna from New York to Naples in June, 1914, Commander Pavy was in command then as now. He s a reserve officer of the French navy, of medium helght, stockily bullt and about 50 years of age. He ex- hibited to a marked degree friendly solici- tude and genlal companionship toward his passengers, particularly In stormy weather. On these occasions he would make the rounds of the decks with the ship's physiclan, cheering the unwell and &lving medical ald where needed. Pas- sengers confined to thelr staterooms were | attended by nurses. In fine weather the | commander and his officers were untiring | in providing various amusements, such | as concerts, movies and dances on the| saloon deck. At the same time so hr' as landlubbers could observe, discipline | was perfect, and no incident other than mal-de-mer occurred to mar the pleasure of a twelve-day voyage. Louis in Connection With Incendiary Plots #T. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 18-—Jullus R, Bersoh, vice president of the Berach Fire Insurance Agency company, was arrested today just after he had given $2,000 bond in the circuit court to answer any charge that might be placed against him in the inquiry into alleged incendiary plots. The arrest of Bersch was the sixth to be made in the inves tion of tnhe al« leged industry of promoting fires. | Bert Keaney, in charge of the detective bureau investigation of fires, sald today that the circuit attorney has stenographic reports of conversations which Bersch retary of the Christen Bellows company, surance preliminary to the starting of an Chiet of Police Young sald today that Baker had made a full confession and that the police are looking for another man. Bersch is Baker's employer. Ac- cording to the police an organized band comprising insurance men, property own- ers and “human torches” or active incen- |diaries have operated in St. Louls during i the last few years and have netted them- selvey more than §2,600,000. Missouri Hunting for Smelter Trust JOPLIN, Mo., Sept. 13.—Mine owners of southwest Missouri, testifying here today at an investigation to determine whether @ smelter trust exists in Missouri, gave information regarding prices paid in this district for sino ore. The hearin, began today before Frank McAlister, spe- clal commissioner appointed by the stato supreme court, is being conducted by W. T. Rutherford, assistant yattorney gen- eral of the state. Mine operators recently made represen- tations that zinc ore prices were not in | keeping with the record rise in spelter quotations. Allegations that a combina- tion of smelter concerns fixed prices caused the attorney general to order a & full lnvestigation. | today at the Turkish | wait for death terminated today when, pink. Triumvirate in Control. According to this information, Turkish affairs are under the control of a tilum- virate with autocratic powers, o.nalst- ing of Enver Pasha, ministcr of warj Taalat Bey, minister of the interior, and Bedri Bey, chief of police of Constanti- nople. lissatisfaction among the Mos- lems I8 reported, and it is eald Shelk Ul Islam was dlsmissed because he did not approve of measures taken against the Armenians, The committee of unjon and progress i reported to have been v.r tually wuperseded by a secret Sommittee sponsible to the wishes of the Armenians Are Massacred, The American's informant etates that Armenians are being shipped to conoen- tration camps at various poluts, being driven afoot or forwarded in box oars He adds that the earller mass.ores of Christians in Asia Minor aie being du- plicated in the present instance and that in wome cases only a comparatively small part of the expelled Armenians reach the concentration campu alive, Henry Morganthau, American ambassa- dor at Constantinople, has exerted every effort to protect the Armenians, but ap- parently his endeavors have been un- aveiling. It ls stated that Americad women who attempted to go wih the refugees to look out for Armenian chil- dren were turned back and that & mum- ber of young Armenian girls, who were students at the American college at Con- stantinople fell into the hands of the Turks. ifwl Short of ¥ Owing to the n of sea transs portation it is “fmpousible to pur- chase coal in Constantin and wood being used for locomotivi The crops were good, but it has been almost im- possible to harvest them. Petroleum costs §1 a gallon and the price of sugar has increased seven-fold, The American's Informant states. t =l an agreement, sald to have been reached between Turkey and Bulgaria has not offected u definite settiement of rela- tions, but that to the contrary, the Turks are hastlly erecting defenses against th Bulgarians. Turks Destroy Calssons. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 13—(Via Amsterdam and Lendon, Sept. 13.)—The following official statement was issued ar office: “In the Anafarta section our artillery on the right wing destroyed some enemy calssons while that on the left wing di- rected a heavy fire ugainst enemy trenches, “Nothing of Importance occurred yes- terday near Arl Burnu, “Near Seddul Bahr two enemy cruisers and @ torpedo boat fired ineffectually at our various positions.” (German Ambassador Has Conference with Secretary Lansing WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Count von Bernstorff conferred with Secretary Lan- slng at noon today. Mr. Lansing before seeing the ambassador, went to the White House to talk with the president. It is probable that the ambassador will have an audience with the president later, but the time has not been fixed. Ambassador Bernstorft s conference wmith Becretary Lansing lasted just half an hour. At its conclusion as he left the State department he told inquirers “I really cannot say anything about what T sald to the secretary or about| what he sald to me. That rests with Seo- retary Lansing." The ambassador made it clear, however, that the situation had not come to an fm- passe. From his manner some of his Qquestioners inferred that his conference | with the secretary forecasts a favorable | outcome and that probably arbitration might be agreed upon. Becretary Lansing, like the ambassador, refused to discuss his conference in any way. The inference which offictals al-| lowed to go out was that the negotiation were, 80 far, proceeding amicably and | ‘were awalting further developments be- tween Washington and Berlin. Physician Who Was Watching Self Die | is Out of Danger | Sept. 15.—A fourday | DENVER, Colo., Dr. W. W, Kenney was declared to bave | entirely recovered from the effects of Al hypodermic Injection of polson which he | took through mistake Thursday morning. | Dr. Kenney took the polson, which ordi- narily kills in s few days through action on the kidneys, in the belief that it was a sleeping potion. Discovering his mistake, he summoned medical ald and settied down to walt for death, in the meantime studying with sclentiffc Interest the action of the drug on his system. For| four days the irsue of life or death hung in the balarice, but the physician's system finally threw off the effects of the poison and he was prepounced out of danger. . Kovno, LONDON, Sept. 13.—/The Austro- German armies on the eastern fron- tier, still striving for definite re- suits, are making progress every- where except along the Galiclan fron- tiers, where the Russlans report a further success. In the north, where the Russian line has been straightened by a withdrawal of forces, Fleld Marshal von Hindenburg is directing a vio- lent drive toward Dvinsk and a crossing of the Dvina. In the center Crown Prince Leopold has forced his way over the Zelwianka and in the vicinity of Skidel. In the southern field Mackensen, on both sides of the Pinsk rallroad, is pressing eastward toward the town. These movements have resulted in the capture of sev- eral thousand Russians, The final objecMive of the central powera in this campalgn is still & matter of canjecture, but General Russky, com- of the northern Russian army, positively that there is no danger that Petrograd will fall this year before the guns of the ynvaders. On the other fronts there is little to report. It appears to be established that Bulgaria has struck a bargain with Tur- key, ln‘G Premier Radoslavoff, in re- sponse to an appeal of the Armenians, stated that Sofla i mow on the most friendly terma with Canstan In the Bglkans and Italy rumors are again ourrent of an of- nation must increase it victory for the entente allles is to be assured. French Official Report. PARIS, Sept. 18.—The French war of- fice today gave out a statement on the progress of hostilities reading as fol- lows: “Several hand grenade combats were reported during the night near the Bethune-Arras road and an enemy attack was easily repulsed to the north of the Souchex station. At the same time there was artillery activity on both sides. “The mine fighting proceeded contind uously and stubbornly to the south of the Somme before Faye. There was violent bombarding In the sectors of Armancourt of Beuvraignes, as well as on the plateau of Quennevieres and Nouvron. Intermit- tent cannonading took place in the Chamange and in the Argonne. @n the Lorraine nt our batteries directed an ' efficaclous fire on the German trenches and organizations in the neighborhood of Embermenil Leintrey and Anserviller. Enemy groups which left their trénches and advanced up to our wire entangf- :onlu were dispersed by our infantry re."” HAVRE, France, Sept. 13.—The follow- | ing official statement regarding the oper- ations of the Belglan army was lssued today : “There was a light bombardment along the entire front. Our artillery dispersed Germans working near Mllestone No. 13 on the Yser and near Diegrachten. udvenl-ui by a liberal use of ud watch the results, you efi Your business can be very .na'..n] WANT ADS, 1‘ry & classified campalgn for the uou} with your veat 'r. opholc ‘l‘ylflI 100/ 4 - PUT IT IN THEE OMANA .‘