Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 17, 1916, Page 1

' LIFE TERM FOR THE WEATHER. Fair; Cold VOL. XLV-—-NO. THE MURDERER OF W. H. SMITH Verrict Returned After Deliber- erating Little More Than Six Hours Over Evidence in 1 Murder Case. | DEFENDANT SITS MOTIONLESS ' No Word or Change of Expression Shows Disappointment or Satisfaction. | WIFE CALLS HIM INNOCENT Arthur Hauser was found guilty | of murder in the first degree and | the penalty was fixed at lite im- | prisonment by the jury which tried him on a charge of slaying W. H.| Smith, Woodmen of the World cashier, at Thirty-first and Dodge | streets, the night of October 16. The | case went to the jury at 3:40 Sat-| urday afternoon. A verdict was reached at 10:04, six hours and twenty-four minutes later. Hauser, who had scanned eagerly the faces of the jurors as they filed into their seats, sat motionless after the reading of the verdiet, until sheriff’s deputies led him away. No| word or change of expression indi- | cated either disappointment or sat- | isfaction. | In his cell a few moments later, | after he had changed his neat blue! serge suit which he wore at the trial, for the khaki garb of a prisoner, he declared: “It was not a falr ver- fet.” { Says Judge Was Fair. { Asked if he believed he had had | a fair trial, he said: “I certainly| did have a fair trial before the judge.” He would say nothing more. The anxiety and mingled hope | and fear which had possessed him during the last days of the trial were gone and the cold defiance of the man whose hand is against so- clety again ruled him. *“Have you any complaint?”’ he was asked. “1 have nothing to say.” he replied. It was Hauser who broke down when his wife, dry-eved, was doing the utmost in her power to free him by her testi- mony, but it was his wife and mother who wept when the verdict of guilty had been returned. Mra. May Hauser, 27-vear-old wife of the bandit, retelved the news while wait- ine on a train to return to her in Wichita. “The aged mother sat opposité n a double geat. While the two women wept, the S-year-old child, Lida, slept on the cushioned seat Wif Calla 1lim Innocent ““Théy've convicted an innocent man," sobbed the wife. “I thought twelve men woujd be fair. He is innocent of that crime,” It was the first time her tears had tiowed since she came to Omaha to testify to an alibi for her husband. ‘The mother sald she longed for death. ‘If you know how a mother feels,’ she said, “you kmow I would be better off | it 1 were dead. I wish I were dying 10w, In contrast, a woman across the river sal ‘I am glad. That is right” It was the wife of the murdered man. With her were two young children whose father Hauser had shot to death Wy a bullet fired into his back. In Council Bluffs also lives the aged mother of the | dead man, who experienced the first thrill of pleasure she has known since the night of the murder. terext In Keen. These two women rejoiced that the law's just vengeance had been visited on the slayer of Smith. Many friends and ac- quaintances of the dead man expressed =atisfaciion. Interest in Counefl Bluffs, his home during his lifetime, was no less keen than in Omaha. #iss Grace Slater, whom Mr. Smith was accompanying to her home, when he was shot, had no statement to make. She had previously expressed confidence that Hauser would be conmvicted. She was the principal state's witness. ‘When the verdiet was returned only District Judge English, Rauser and his attorneys, Richard Horton and Edward ¥. Rooney of Topeka, Kan., court officers and a few spectators who had drifted in were present. Hauser's wife and mother, who had intended to go home early in the afternoon, had waited untii night by his request, but had left for the railway station before the.jury came iu. They had waited at the home of a friend at 1600 Missouri avenue, Albright. It was learned during the evening that (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) 'file Weather Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. CONTINUE COLD Hours. ba. 6 a. Deg, g: BEBEEEE killed today by an air bomb. The chil- dren found the unexploded bomb and u ron = were playing with it when it exploded Normal temperature | The district in the vicimity of the Deficiency for the day.... Total defleiency since March 1. .. 14 |aviation field had been repeatedly Normal preciyiiation . @inch |searched after bombs had been dropped | Deficiency for the day 38 Inch (by the aviators Total v ) Deficleney since March 1.. Defic % inches 1.71 inches ncy for cor, period, 19i4. 3.06 inches Deficlency for cor. perfod, 1913. 5.57 inches - Ipdicates below vero. L Local Forecaster. MEXICAN OUTLAWRY-Here is a picture takengit long ago showing the work of the Mexican bandits who are seeking vengeance on ASS. a Mexican employe on an American ranch w8 | | DIPLOMATIC SKY Actual Closing of Ports of Central Empires by Allies Likely to Help Situation, | OPINION OF U. S. OFFICIALS WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—En- forcement by Great Britain of an ac- tual ‘blockade of the Teutonic powers would in the opinion of of- ficlals here remove from the field of controversy several international factors. which have led to much diplomatic correspondence and much misunderstanding on the part of the public. One of these is the (quesuon that now remaing unansweked as to the right of a neutral -sf -to ship to Germany or its allies gny goods not contraband’ of war. ¥ Once a blockade was declared there could be' no le*l question of the right of the blo¢kade fleet to 'WILL CLEAR TH | Kaiser Undergoes Operation Safely ROME, Jan. ié. ccording to reports received by the Vatican, Emperor Will- fam underwent an operation last Thurs- day. Although the operation is described as having been successtul, it is said that a week must elapse before his majesty may be pronounced out of damger. AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND MEXICANS FIGHT Reports of Riots at Fort Hancock Simmer Down to a Few Scraps. LETCHER IS TOLD TO REMAIN BL PASO, Tex., Jan. 16.—Re- ports that riots had ocenrred at Fort Hancock™ foday, in Which United | States soldiers had attacked Mex- i icans, were recelved here tonight, but telegraphic messages declared there were no riots of importance and that the reports originated from keep everything out ¢f the enemy’s port. / All Doubt Rdmoved. doctrine of ultimate ' destination also | might be removed so far as it concerns | goods destined for Germany through a neutral state. On the other hand, declaration of o blockade would not warrant, officials be- lieve, interference with America’'s trade with neutral Buropean states, provided the goods were not consigned ultimately to Germany or Austria. Under the or- | ders-in-council such goods :are now -be- | ing detained and commandeered. i Wil Take Up Question. The forthcoming American note to Great Britain on contraband is expected to take up this question at length. It { will vigorously asert the right of neutral | states to trade unmolested among them- | selves and the prospective change in the | British policy is not expected to modify in any wise that stand, So far the State' department has had no officlal information regarding the re- ported purpose of Great Britain to aban- don the order-in-council for an activej blockade. Welfare Board Has Offered Brooklyn Man Position Here The Welfare board last evéning de- cided to tender K. L. Schreiber of Brook- Iyn, N. Y, the pesition of superintendent at an initla! salary which was submitted in & night letter. It is reasonably cer- tain Mr. Schreiber will accept. ‘The prospective incumbent is at present an investigator with the Brooklyn So- clety for the Prevention of Cruelty. to Children and had six years' experience with the Kansas City Welfare board, which is regarded as a model for the country. During his work at Kansas, City he was identified with the Jewish Educa- tional soclety and is well recommended as a man equipped for the work. He is 33 years of age. The Omaha position is offered on the basis that there will be a possibility for advancement as the work shall be ex- panded. With a fund of 310000 for this year it is not expected that a very ex- pensive program can be carried out dur- ing the first year of the work. Ten Children at Play Are Killed by Bomb COLOGNE, (Via London), Jan. 16.—Ten children who were playing in a gravel pit near the local aviation grounds were | It is probable that the bomb found by’ the children had been driven into the ground and only became exposed by the ]hnvynln of the last few days. All doubt as to the application of Iht“ the fact that one or two soldiers had | been engaged in fights with Mexi~ | cans, Everything was quiet at the fort tonight, it was reported. i Potter Palmer, president and prin- cipal stockholder of the Cusechuri- | ochic Mining company of Chihuahua. eighteen of whose employes were victims of the Santa Ysabel massa- cre, arrived here tonight with Mrs, Palmer, Marion Letcher, American consul at | Chihuahua City, did not leave for his post {today. He recelved a message from | Washington, it was sald, countermanding | previous Instructions to proceed and or- dering him to remain on the border. The | message was received as he was about to leave Juarez on a southbound train this afternoon. {Revolutionists are Victorious in China SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 16.—Sixty thou- sand revolutionary troops have defeated the forces of Yuan Shi Kai,.head of the Chinese government, in an ection fought in the province of Sze Chuen, according to & cablegram received here today from ‘Shanghal by Tong King Chong, president of the Chinese Republic association, The battle according to the cablegram, ended with the capture and occupation of Tsue, Chow ¥u' by revoluntionary forces, who the cable sald, also were threatening Cheng Tu, capital of the province of Sze Chuen The losses in killed and wounded, cablegram stated, were about 1,000, AMBASSADOR VAN DYKE IS UPON HIS WAY HOME the | senger on the steamer Rotterdam, which salled from Rotterdam today. In this instance the victim was SW¢ the mistake of trying to escape. - MUCH T00 HIGH! | Exchange is Preparing Brief, Show- | ' ing Discriminations to Take | to Interstate Commerce | Commission. | KANSAS CITY GETS THE FAVORS | ‘Exining Rates Show Railroads Di- | verting Business from Omaha's | Natural Territory. | FIGURES THAT PROVE CHARGES Better grain rates from Omaha between Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas points is one of the things the Omaha Grain Exchange is now work- ing upon, For over four months the Grain Exchange officials and their traffic manager, Ed P. Smith, have worked on an elaborate table of facts and figures which they intend to file with the Interstate Commerce com- mission in a brief attacking the rates the roads are charging on | grain from Omaha into this great ter- | ritory, Kansas City still has a vast advantage TN X over Omaha In the freight rates leading into this field of consumption. Discrimination is Glaring. That there is vast disorimination against I |Omaha and in favor of Kansas City in {the matter of these rates, will be charged the brief. 1t will be shown that Omaha is handicapped in its effort to reach this southern territory, while Kansas City is favored in its effort to reach the Minneapolis mills through Omaha | Mere are the facts: Omaha pays § | Books Show Ambassador Paid Large |cents mare to reach Oklahoma, Arkansas ek |and Texas than Kansas City d while | Sums to Recalled Military Kansas City pays only 1 cent more to Attache. réach Minneapolis mills than Omeha —_— does. 1 CHECKS ARE GIVEN TO KOENIG | This condition, the grain men here con- | 'lnnd is an unjustifiable case of discrim- | inatioh, and they want it rectiffed. | LONDON,; Jan. 16.—Payments bY. | “snere 15, a vast demand in Oklahoma, Captain von Papen, the recalled |Arkansas and Texas for Omsha and . |Kansas City grain, especially what is military attache of the German em known: as the'rough grain, or corn and bassy at Washington, to two persons joats for feeding purpose: Naturally the graln men in hoth these charged with playing important |prmuu-y grain markets seek the business, parts in the activities of German |In 1912, 1913 and 1914 45 per cent of the agents In the United States are dis- (S0 shé oats that reached Omaha was closed by a further examination of |aecoding. (i S ewr b sccording to. Trafflo Manager Smith of the documents in the British govern- |the Grain: Exchange. The next year a ment’s possession. :nmrvm was raiped in the south and { A bank book shows that were | oM needed from . this section, but siven to Paul Koenis, Heaa. ofi the pole thene flgures are given merery 1o show service of the Hamburg-American line, ‘,“‘""‘ Tor our' “grsin I that. wéo- who is under arrest in New York and |tlo™ Hans Adam von Wedell, who has Pen! .~ ' Whére Omaha Sufrers, | indicted at New York for congplracy.| wi Koenlg 1o crodited with having 1e0elved |one. ot ,_;:fi"" 7 oo Ll g g several checks for large sumis, change will seek to have sdjusted before Paid by Berastorff, : the Interstate merce commission it is The books show the receipt by Cap-|by no means the only discrepancy that tain von Papen of large sums from |[needs attention. Rates in favor of Kansas “Bernstorff."” City and against Omaha are so gross and The payments began in. August, 1914, |80 extensive that the whole trouble can a few days after the commencement of by ho means be ironed out in a single the war and continued until the middle |case. of October, last. Some of the payments| “If we could ever be given the same are credited to ‘‘Bernstorff” and others |™ate per ton mile as Kansas City to “Embassy.” enjoys,” says Mr. Smith, “Ninety per | 80 that we can give it to able-bodied men | | %0 that they can go to work on the ice. | to a family where there was a baby five Other entries shortly before Captain von Papen's departure from the. United States show receipts from individuals in cent of our rates would be reduced. We have been fighting and fighting to get some of these points adjusted, but the LONDON, Jan. 16—~ Dr. Henry Van Dyke, the American iminister at The | Hauge, has left for a brief visit to the United States on efficial business According to a Reuter dispatch from The Hague, Dr. Van Dyke, is a pas- payment for personal debts, one being. from the purchaser of von Papen's auto- | mobile, . whole rate schedule of the southern part of our state is still a constant source of Irritation."” Letters Only Interesting. | Some Nebrasks Cases. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15—Disclosures| Some conspleuous cases may be oited| of alleged activities of German agents|in the rate qver the Burlington from in the United States contained in the towns in the southern part of the state. papors seized Dby the' Britlsh from| From Wymore to Omaha, for example, Captain von Papen, the former German |y a distance of 116 miles., From Wymore military attache here, while they have|to Kansas City the distance is 184 miles, commanded intense Iinterest, have' Yet the rate is the same. From Fair- brought no_indication of officlal notice. | bury to Omaha, the distance is 115 miles: The general view is that the United City, 217 miles, yet the rate| States government practically closed the me. From Hebron to Omaha, incident when it called for the With-! 14 iniles: to Kansas City, 253 miles. drawal of Captain von Papen and his yot the rate is the same. From Shick- colleague, Captain .Boy-Ed, the naval| ey to Omaha the distance is 132 miles; attache. to Kansas Oity, 240 miles, with the Much of the correspondence cabled (0] yume rate, From Red Cloud to Omaha this country is looked upon by most ;. 195 wmijes; to Kansas City, 22 miles, officluls as being_little more than ins| with the rate the same, From Alma to teresting. |Omaha 1s 222 miles; to Kansas City 237 { miles, with the rate the same, D a:th Of woman | Prior to the fight before the Inter- 0 |state Commerce. commission, which re- ll sulted in a little readjustment in De- At HOIdrege Wi | cember, 1913, some still more glaring dis- s 2 | crepencies were in effect BeInvestigated| ™ mcis et tosk resar. Lo Grain rates from Aubum to Omaha, LINCOLN, Jan. 16.—(Special Telegram.) | a distance of ninety-six miles, were| —A lotter from L N. Miller, -proprietor of | $0.35, while the rate to Kansas City, the | | the Hampton hotel at Holdrege, was re- | greater distance of 138 miles was only celved by Governor Morohead this'after- | $83. Thus while the distance was noon, calling attention to the -uddmlnlmml one-half greater to Kansas City, death of a woman who had.gone to meet | the rate to that place was a cent a a man at another hotel there, who was | hundred poufids less. All the commis- said to be & state officlal. The governor |slon dill in the readjustment at that announced after an investigation he had | time was to raise the Kansas City rate| | found out, the man was not a state em- | to $0.35, the equal of the Omaha rate, ploye, but that he regarded the affair as K Without taking into consideration the| serious and calling for an investigation | §reater distance to Kansas Oity, by the county attornby. The governor Fractically the same thing was dong| sald his information was*confidential and he could give out nothing further, ‘wnh the rates from Crab Orchard, Te- | cumseh and several other points where the situation was much similar. This Coroner's assistants, called to the room of Sam Larson, 811 South Seventh street, late Sunday after- noon by a telephone report that the man had been found dead, were pre- paring to place the body in the dead basket and remave it to the unde | “Bay, what do you fellofs want?" | the “corpse” inquired, showing signs of life. { Examination by Dr. C. B. Foltz who accomapnied the coroner's men, showed that Larson was merely suf- fering from hunger and cold. e is Y |“Say, What Do You Want?”’ Asks Corpse When Undertaker Calls ’w some relief, but not satisfactory. A mortifying situation still standing, for example, is the rate from Bracken | and Armour. These two towns are taken A« an illustration for the simple reason | that it chances that Bracken is 132 miles irom Kunsas Oity, while Armour is | exactly 132 miles from Omaha. Brack en's grain rate to Kansas City is .35, (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) E-2 Blast Not Due To Edison Battery NEW YORK, Jan. 16—A statement in- dicating that the new Edison storage there for A. Rachman, the owner,| pattery was uot In any way responsible had not seen the old man for two | for the cxplosion on the submarine, F days. When he was unable to rouse |8t the New York navy yard yesterday | i mor get any response, Bands con-| ¥** Made tomght by Miller Reese Huteh- | 76 years old. The county authoritives |ver'e then called to give the man [eharlly aid and attention. | Larson has been feeble and un- able to work fot years and is said to have eked out an existence by gathering waste food and picking up coal and wood near where he lived. | L. Bands, who handles the property | until the last man, | On Traine, at Notel News Otands, ato., Se. GRAIN RATES T0 |CAPT. KLINE FINDS | RUSS ADVANCE IN “ANDFROM OMAHA | WORK FOR MANY CAUGASUS, TURKS Cases of Distress Are Often Discov- ' ered by Salvation Army in Making T WARM CLOTHING IS NEEDED The aptness of that figure of speech, “the cruel cold,” is seen in reading the winter annals of the poor as they are reported to the charitable institutions of Omaha these bitter days The Salvation Army at its indus- trial home, 1112 Dodge street. cared for a small army of destitute men during last week. Captain Kline reports that he gave 650 extra meals and 35 extra beds to men who came to him shivering and hungry. | These were given without any pay- ment whatever and are in addition to the 415 regular meals served for his staff of twenty-five workers and the 280 regular lodgings given at| ! nominal price. | The loe harvest provided work for able- | bodled men and Captain Kline sent about | 20 men to the lce flelds. Ho provided a number of these with overcoats, shoes and underclothing before they were suf- ficlently clad to do this cold work | Need More rm Clothes, [ have had a | al response to the | call for overcoat he sald, “but we are out of shoes and underclothing. We hope | to get some of this kind of clothing in | I hope the people will call us up If they have anything of this kind." Many ocases of destitution in have been relieved by the Army The hungry, destitute and cold are in the | office of Captain Kline and at the “store" | of the industrial home at all hours of the day. A man was sent out to take bedclothes | homes also. weeks old. He found the mother in bed with the infant shivering. They were made comfortable. The father is out of work and sickly. Cold Teo Much, Groceries and provislons were sent to a mother and four children. The father is in Arlzona trying to recover from tuberculosis. The mother has done day work of all kinds and managed to get along without asking aid. But the added | burden of buying coal and winter cloth- | Ing for her little ones proved too much | for her. It wvas only as a last resort that asked atd. The charitable in-| stitutions had rever heard of her case before as she worked unceasingly to try to carry her burden alone. Most Canes Worthy. “Most of the cases ave very worthy " sald Captain JCMne. - “Of course. you find a few of the good-for-nothings. I gave an overcont to a.young fellow one day and sent him to the foe for a job, Saturday he came back and asked for another overcoat. He said he had lost the first one. I fired him out bodily, the miserable bum. But most of them are glad to get the work and thankful for the help. | “We have a great need now for work | or jobs for men who are physically unfit to do the heavy work of harvesting ice. They ‘are anxious to work, and people | who have jobs around their homes or In their business places will help by calling us up so that we can send some of our men out and let them help themselves along."” The Volunteers of America are helping a number of worthy cases and their lodg- ing house has been filled to overflowing every night since the cold snap began. Austrians Continue Montenegrin Chase | With Great Vigor —— | BERLIN, Jan. 16.—(By Wireloss to | Bayville.)~The Austrians are continuing their pursuit of the Montenegring on both the southwestern and eastern fronts. The official statement by the war office recelved here today from Vienna, re- ports that at Cotinje, 146 cannon, ten ma- chine guns and 10,000 rifles and much ammunition was captured. ROME, Jan. 15.—The Montenegrin thorities officially deny that Montenegro ever adhered to or intdnds to adhere te any separate proposal of peace or to any armistice with Austrtw, It is declared that King Nicholas and his army and people will continue to fight | | A recent dispatéh from London says | that after the capture of Mount Loveen by the Austrains advices had been re-| celved that Austria and Montenegro had arranged an armistice, Whitman Declares For Justice Hughes NEW YORK, Jan, J6.—Governor Whit- man gave out o statement today in which he declared for Justice Charles K. | Hughes of the United States supreme court for the iepublican nomination for! president. | “Justice Hughes,”" he said, 'undnuhlull\'; is' the cholee of the majority of the re publicans of this state and of the na tion. He would bo the best candidate d the best president of any of those | whose names have been suggested. If he would accept the nomination, I am un- reservedly for him." l Miss Ida May Swift Weds Italian Count CHICAGO, Jan. 16-Miss lda May Swift, daugiter of Mr. and Mrs. Louls Franklin Swift, was married today Count James Minotlo of New York, son of Count and Countess Minotto of Venice. Count Minotto and hiw bride will sall from g inson, chief enginser for Thomas K. Edi- cluded Larson had died and called | yon, and & member of the naval consult- | the coroner. ing board. New York on February 5 for South Amer- fea and plan to return o New York, where they will reside, on June 1 ts Round. { SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. IN FLIGHT IN ASIA Constantinople Reports Onward Sweep of Cgar's Army Along a Front of One Hundred Miles. RETREAT ON IN MESOPOTAMIA | London Anertl"Snlun‘l forces Are | Falling Back on Both | Banks of Tigris ENGLISH GUNS BOMBARD LILLE CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan., 16.— (Via Wireless to Berlin and. Lon- don.)—A new general offensive along the front of almost 100 miles | has been undertaken in the Caucasus by reinforced Russian columns, ac- cording to an officlal statement is- sued today at the Turkish war of- fice. Turks Are Fleelng. LONDON, Jan. 16, — Turkish forces on both banks of the. River Tigris, twenty-five miles south of | Kut El Amara, {n Mesopotamia, are retreating, according to an announce- ,ment made today by the official press bureau. The war office adds that after hard fighting the Turks began to withdraw, January 13. and | that they are being closely pressed by British troops under General Aylmer. Austrians Take Trench, BERLIN, Jan. 16~(By Wireleas to Sayville.)—Austro-Hungarian troops took an Italian trench near Tueneno yester- day, according to an official statement issued by the Austro-Hungarian head- quarters, under dete of January 18 The Austrian statement adds that Ital- lan artillery activity was increased yes- terday at Mount San Michele and aganst the Tolmino-Gorisia and Mraliveh bridge- heads, British artiliery is bombarding the im- portant French town of Lille near the Belgian border and inside the German lines, but so far the shells have caused only slight damage to the place, the erman headquarters announced today. The statement also says there was lively artillery fighting and mining activity yesterday along the French front, |Fire Burns Third of Big Norwegian City Wo- g prophoghe oo wrea ing Norweglan seaport, with a population of 90,000, was destroyed last night by fire. Two lves are reported to have been lost and 2,000 persons are homeless. The property damage is estimated at $15,000,000. Wilson Agnin © tdate. FREMONT, Neb.,, Jan. 16.—(Special)— State Senator Wallace Wilson Saturday filed for the momination for re-election on the democratic ticket. The Day’s War News ONLY ON THE BESSARABIAN and east Gallclan fronts and in Mon- egro have there been recemt of prime rapid sequence the Montenegrin the erumb- f the Mttle kingdom's re- sistance, presents perhaps the more dramatic aspect, but on = t greater interest for the moment at least lot being waged be- trinns and the Ruse AN OFFENSIVE, re- sumed in force after n brief halt, apparently is being pressed with more ermination than before. Reports of the fighting so far have come only from Vienns, but these cate that the attac aguinst the Lustrian lines were of ® desperate character, the Rus. sians repeatedly charging in wer=. ful losses, according to the Ause trinn official stat . The ree port adds that the attacks have not netted the Russinns an inch of territory. IN MONTENEG ihe Austria following wu; r eapture of Uet- tinje, are depleted forees of King Nieh captures, The encgrius, according to unof- advices, after transferring their capital to Niksic determined to wake o ka, to the southeast of d if neces~ sary to eo their retreat southward and concentrate t dete at Seutarl, Albanis, n interior Montenegro, on the casts ern frout, the fighting in thiv fleld of war the Austrians have advanced from Berane and takem the heighis of Gradine, teo thg south, A SEMI-OFFICIAL STATEMENT fse sued in Berlin declares the Eme peror Willlamn has completely ree covered “from the slight imdispos sition caused by & carbunele.” BRITISH LOSSES in ofticers during Decomber totaled 039, of whom 275 were killed. Total casualties of officers since the war begmw to the end of December were 3%, 081 the killed 6,847, THE FIGHTING along the Franeos Helglan line has not beem of Moy ment since the operations i’ the Champagne, »