Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 26, 1916, Page 1

PROFITS OF STREL TRUST ARE LARGER THAN EYER BEFOR Total Earnings for Three Months Largest for Any Similar Period in History of the Cor- pontion COMMON S}{ARES IN OLD FORM | Restored to Thexr Regular Dividend | Status of Five Per Cent by | Disbursement. ACTION WAS FORESHADOWED NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—United i States Steel common shares were re- | stored to their regular dividend | | status of § per cent today when the directors unanimously declared a quarterly disbursement of 13 per cent out of earnings for the last quarter of 1915. Total earnings of $51,232,788 for the three months were the largest for any similar pe- riod in the history of the corpora- tion, exceeding the previous record, made in the second quarter of 1907, by $5,729,085 | The statement of earnings, no less than the action on the dividends, was in line with popular expecta- tions, forecasts having ringed from $48,000,000 to $§55,000,000, al- though the latter figure was re-| garded as rather. extravagant. Action Foreshadowed, That some fair rate of dividend would be declared was foreshadowed in the recent decision of the corpo- ration to increase the wages of its unskilled laborers by 10 per cent, nd the offering of the common stock to employes on the profit-sharing plan at 85, The corporation’s financial position may he judged from the fact that it now has cash in banks ampunting to $105,000,000, while its surplus for the last quarter of 1915 amounts to more than $23,000,000, | against a deficit of $5,606,000 in the corre- | #ponding quarter of the previous year. In detall the report for the last quarter of 1015 shows total earnings of §51,232.788, net income of $40,853113 and surplus of $24.300692. ‘These figures compare with total earnings of $38,710,644, net income of $30,045,791 and surplus of $18,087,241 at the end of the quarter immediately preced- ing. Totnl Earnings for Year. Total carnings for 1914 were $130,351,206, compared with $§1.746,518 in 194, On the basis of returns for the last quarter of 1015; ‘and ‘with orders hand, it Is believed the steel corporation’s earn- inge for 1916 will run into unprecedented figures. United States Steel. common was the all-pervading feature of the stock market with an overturn of about 12,00 shares, or more than one-quarter of the day's total eperations. pr 1 P gl Thirty-Three Night : . Riders Plead Guilty NEW MADRID, Mo., Jan. %~Thirty- three defendants in the night rider trials here pleaded gullty today, thus bringing the trialg to a sudden end. All thirty-three were sentenced to six months imprisonment and paroled on good behavior. Two men who Wwere on trial today were allowed to plead guilty and were paroled with the rest. The sentences of the eighteen whose cases had been disposed of will stand. The trials began January 17. The de- fendants wer accused of terrorizing land owners and tenants of southeastern Mis- sourl with the objeci of securing lower rent and higher wage: More Arkansas = Convicts Escape LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Jan. %.—Be- tween fifteen and twenty prisoners on the Pulaski county farm escaped from custody today while repairing a road, according to reports recelved at the sheriff's office. The men rushed into the woods. Bloodhounds were sent in pursuit, The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Wednesday: \ For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Probubly snow; continued cold -,*...—'l cmper Omaha Yesterday. 'MOOSERS WANT | tioned by et | COMPLETE TICKET! E Thirty-Five Who Assemble at Clll‘ THAN WITH TEUTONS of State Chairman Reach Tentative Agreement. TO CALL ANOTHER CONFERENCE | A full state, congressional and | presidential elector ticket is to be placed in the field in the fall by (h(l[ bullmoosers, if the lzrnomcnl- reached at the roundup of (hin\-n five local and state “leaders” at the | Paxton yesterday is to prevail with | a full-grown conference called for | at Lincoln, February 22, i The meeting yesterday was called by State Chairman Frank P, Corriek. Twen ty-seven state bu'lmoosera took lunch to gether and a half dozen more strolled in | for the afternoon talkfest. Resolution Adopted. The gist of tho accumulated sentiment of the day was finally boiled into the following resolution: “Recolved, That a state-wide confer- ence of the prouressives be held at Lin- coln, Neb., Febraary 22, 1916, for the pur-{ pose of selecting and recommending can- didates to be voted for at the state pri- mary, as followa: For national commit- teeman, for yelegates and alternatives to | the national convention to be held at IChicago, June 7, end for candidates for presidential electors, and that a full state and congreseional ticket be placed in the field; and to teaasact such other business | as may come betore it. J. F. Hanson >t Fremont is being men- the moosers for governor, as also is Harry Sockett of Gage county, who ran for goyernor last time, but State Chairman Corrick says he does not know whether Mr. Sackett will make the race, The rumor is that Sackett is ready to call himself a republican again. The progressives are in hopes of having George W. Perkins at the conference of February They are not yet certain of being able to get Lim. | | | | ldaho Mooser Drops In. Colonel James M. Ingersoll of Pocatella, Idaho, national committeeman from his state, wandered into the conference, quite by accident, as \ie just happened to be passing through Omaha on his way home from the east. Colonel Ingersoll ventured the guess that, next to Senator Borah,| the republicans of jdaho are for Colonel | Roosevelt. He says they are all walting to see what is going to happen to Borah. Among those present from out in the state were: Frank P. Corrick, Lincoln; H. Gordon Cross, Boone county; J. C. Jenkins, Antelope county; George W. Baldwin, Saline county; A. E. Allyn, Adams county; C. E. Byars, Valley county; W. T. Wills, Boyd county; J, P. Gibbons, Buffalo county; R. P. Turner, Dodge county; O. D, Mardis, Nemaha county; J. C, Harpham, Lancaster county; H, P, Rankin, Lancaster countyy W C, Crooks, Lancaster county; Will S, Jay, Lancaster county; B. E. Gustin, Lancas- ter county; J. L. Kennard, Lancaster county; L. C. Lawson, Grand Island, and Dr. B. F. Smith, Frontier county. Omaha committeemen and sympathizers present were: Nathan Merriam, .lohn| Lewis, W. J. Broatch, A. H, Bigelow, H. 'W. Morrow, Jake Kaley, C. D, Hutchin- son, H. B. Day, C. B. Denny, Dr. W, 0. Henry, Goorge Turkington and N. H, Hixenbaugh. Four Thousand of = | Turks Are Captured LONDON, Jan 2%.~Four thousand Turks, including fifty officers, were cap- tured by the Russians in the recent battle in the neighborhood of Erzerum, according to advices from Petrograd to Reuter’s Telegram company. The Russians are also sald to have captured scorse of machine guns and enormous cuantities of munitions. The Reuter dispatch says: “The rout of the Turks in the bl"Jt which resulted in them being driven into Erzerum appears from later accounts to have been even more decisive than shown in the first reports. Apart from the Ottoman losses in actual battle, the ‘Russians captured during the pursuit fifty officers and 4,000 men. They also took scores of machine guns and enor- mous quantities of munitions. *“The influx of 120,000 Turks in Erzerum is considered to reduce the defensive power of the fortress. “In the Pripet marsh region of Volhy- nia the Russian positions are stated to be only four versts (two and two-thirds miles) from Pinsk, se successfud have been the Russians in recent actions.” Sultan’s Yacht Hit by French Torpedo LONDON, Jan, 2%5.—A dispatch ta the Exchange Telegraph company from Athe |ens says that the sultan's yacht Ertko- | &roal, according to reports from Constan- tinople, was torpedoed in the Bosphorus | by & French submarine in the latter part of December. The ve: was seriously damaged, but is still afloat The same dispatch states that | Marshal has been appointed commander-in-chief of | Fleld Hours Deg. 5 m ' i) -~ : 9 110} i i Comparative Local Record. 198 195 114 11 Highest yesterday (T T L yesterdsy T -4 17 3( temperature 3 6 24 m * Frecipitation 98 T o Temperature and precipitation zlep.r_ tures from the normal Normal temperature Deficiency for the day Total deficiency since March 1. Normal precipitation - Deficlency for the day.. Total raiafall since March 1..25.00 inches Ueficlency since March 1....... 1.7 inches Deficiency cor. period, 1914.... £17 Inches Deficlency cor. period, 1913.... 5.52 inches Reports from Stations at 7 F. M. Btation and State of Weather. W)enne * Davenport Denver, cloudy . Moines, snowing Plafto, snowing. snowing Lapid 'City Bheridan, Sioux Valentin y > indicutca lnu:e --l urmpu.nm. rs L A \vLlel. Local Forecaster the Turkish forces in the Caucasus. The Turkish imperial yacht Ertkogroal |MANN FEARS A WAR | military preparedness was urged to- | into the present conflict or one that might | his remarks. | which will be able to defend us on the | brief iliness. Baron Kolmar Von Der Goltz | WITH BRITAIN MORE Republican Leader of House Mlkes Vigorous Speech in Favor of Preparedness While Both Sides Cheer. CANNOT DIS-lfi‘A}ARD DANGER Remarks that He Was “Little Army | and Navy Man,” but Isn’t Any More. URGES NO PARTICULAR PLAN WASHINGTON, quaiified, Jan. nonpartisan Un- of 25, supoprt day by Minority Leader Mann in a/ ringing speech on the floor of the| house. He was heartily and repeat- edly applauded by both sides of the | chamber. | While it has been understood that | most of the republicans favored army and navy increases, until to- day none of their leaders had spoken | on the subject. Consequently, com- ing as it did, on the eve of the presi- dent’s departure on a preparedness speaking tour, Mr. Mann's address was regarded as particularly signifi-| cant. He remarked himself that he | always had been known as a * mall | army and navy man."” Representative Mann based his plea on the ground that it behooves the United States now to prepare for any eventuali- ties that may come as a result of the European war. He declared that he saw now immediate danger of war and hoped | that peace might prevall, but that the danger of the United States being drawn result from it was too great to be dispe- garded. “I have much more fears in the end of war with England than I have of war with Germany,” he said. That was his only comment on this phase of his sub- ject. Later he declined to elaborate on Time to Prepare, Mr, Mann urged no particular prepared- ness plan. He sald he favored a standing army of 250,000 or 300,000 or even 600,000 men, better coast defenses and “a navy sea.” He promised to go into these de- tails at greater length later. Must Provide Forces. “I think we ought to provide these great forces,” sald he in pleading for a non- partisan view of the question, ‘‘that it ought to be considered an emergemoy matter entirely. apart from the. ordinary routine or expense of govergment, with- | out regard to partisahship or party lines.” Touching on the cost, Mr, Mann aald it would be milllons now, but better that than biilions later. 8. 8. Chamberlain, Newspaper Man, Dies Suddenly SAN F'RANCISCO, Jan. 2%.—Samuel 8. Chamberlain, a newspaper executive known from coast to coast, dled here early today from heart failure after a 1ie came here recently on a visit, and is survived by his widow, at the family home at Chappaqua, N. Y.; a son who is a newspaper publisher in New York, and a Adaughter. Mr. Chamberlun, the son of & news- paper man, started his career on the New York World, and later became pri- vate secretary to James Gordon Bennett. In 1889 he went to work on the San Fran- | clsco Examiner, and except for one year was employed continuously thereafter on the Hearst papers, for the most part as an organizer %nd builder. Mr. Chamberlain was born at Wals- worth, N. Y., September 25, 153, He com- pleted his education at New York uni- ‘versity in 1871, and entered newspaper work. During his service with Mr. Bennett he established Le Matin of Paris and re- mained with it as editor for two years. Bryce Asks America LONDON, Jan. 2.—Viscount Bryoce, formerly British ambassador at Wash- | ington, today asked the government of the United States to take steps to send rellef to the Armenfans who, he have been driven by the Turks into the deserts of Syria and Mesopotamia. (German Aeroplanes | To Help Armenians| states, | [ORITE SPORT BEHIND THE TRENCHES-In this picture two French ng it up in proper style by the side of a small ‘‘bombproof. The man skeeper holding a watch, This is the way the men get recreation after FRENCH ARTILAERY M}H BoxiNG IN WEST NEBRASKA Rates Because of Short Cut- off lnto Colorado. Nebraskans ll\lng in towns along| the main line of the Union Pacific west of the point where the road en- ters Colorado, runs five pr six miles, and then comes back into this state, are up in arms over an advance made in passenger rates. The rate has been increased since the Inter- state Commerce commission per- mitted the roads to increase their in- terstate and not their intrastate rates. From Omaha to Pine Bluff, a dhunce of 47 miles, the Union Pacific Tuns through Nebraska, with the exception of five or six miles, just west of Julesburg, where the line swerves to the south. The fact that the road runs into Colorado and then back into Nebraska gives it a legal right to charge the increased rate from all points west of where it enters this state after having come out of Colorado. The application of the increased rate of #-10 cents per mile was commenced Jan- vary 15, and since then every person from Raltom the first station in Nebrasks on the Union Paclfic main line west of Jules- burg, Colo., has been paying 2 and 410 cents per mile if they rode east. Increase of a Dollar. Take from Sldney to Cheyenne county, for instance. Irom there to Omaha is 407 miles, and the distance is through Nebraska all the way with the exception of five or six miles west of Julesburg. Under the old rate the fare intc Omaha was $8.14 on the 2-cent-per-mile basis. Under the new plan of charging, it 18 $9.76. Following are some other changes that the Union Pacific has applied in the way of advancing rates from BSidney: To North Platte is 134 miles and the rate ap- plied is 33015 Lexington, 192 i X Kearney, 228 miles, $5.20; Grand Isiand, 260 miles, 36.30. And a corresponding in- crease applies on tickets sold to all other Nebraska points west of the short stretch where the Union Pacific runs off into Colorado and then back into this state. Boyecotlt the Road. ‘The people of Eidney have not only complained to the Nebraska State Rall- way commission of the action of the Union Pacific, alleging a- direct violation of the Nebraska law, fixing the rate at| 2 cents per mile, but they have levied a | sort of a boycott against the road and are working night and day to divert cast- bound business over the Burlington, | Although Sidney people coming into | Omaha over the Burlington have to go to Alllance and then down through Grand | | Island and Lincoln, a distance of seventy- five miles farther than over the Union | | Pacific, that has become thelr route of | travel and the route over which they ship and recelve their frelght Bombard Dunkirk| that a German seaplane was forced to | was built at Elswick in 1903, is 206 feet long and has a displacement of %0 tons and armament of eight three-pounders, the water by a British machine north- cast of Nieuport about § o'clock this morning. LLord Beresford Says Navy Could LONDON, Jan press for a more stringent blockade is reinforced today by a letter from Ad- miral Lord Beresford of Metemmeh and Curraghmore. “The conviction 1is says Lord Bereaford, been allowed -0 act. the war would have been ended somo months ago. The gov- ernment has not dared to govern, If an gaining ground,” “that had thie navy effective blockide had been declared In August, 1914, objection could have been raised by international law, but there are difficulties now, « wing to permissive and preferential agriements with neutrals “Owing to want of decision dnd prompt %.~The demand of lhe‘ Have Ended War tf Given Chance action we are in a hopeless muddle, and an inextricable tangle. Unshackle the navy, however, and the result will be apparent in & fow weeks.' Lord Beresford in {llustrating what he terms the mistakes of the government says the report is current that the fleet was ordered this month not to interfepe with German-Americans bearing Ameri- can passports, and that the effect of this order will be 1o allow German reservists once more Lo weed to Germany. When Is is foolery to stop?" n»hl Admiral Beresiwd. “Can anything be more heart-br:aking to the men of the fleet LONDON, Jan. 2%.—A British official report from Dunkirk states that two| | aeroplanes dropped bombs on Dunkirk | | about 6 o'clock this morning. It is added |VILLA’S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF ADMITTED El PASO, Tex Jan. %.—~Manuel dinavietia, former chief of saff to| Prancisco Villa at Jaurez was ad mitted to the United States by immigra- tion authorities after the three days hearing. | Success Is measured in many ways, but success in trade depends on mar-~ keting your goods. The successful mer~ chantis invariably the merchant who stimulates his busi- \ | Union Pacific Chugu Int"‘ltl'e\h ident Heard Says Old Contro- RATES ARE RAISED GATTLE AND SHEEP |SWEDEN FIRN FOR MEN MAY AGREE versy Over Division of Range is Near Settlement. SANDHILL CHAPS UP IN ARMS|MARKETING IS BIG PROBLEM | STANDS BY INTERNATIONAL LAW EL PASO, Tex, .lnn 26.—Market conditions and the relation of cattle- men to publie lands and grazing were the principal toplcs discussed by Dwight B, Heard, president of the American National Live Stock asso- ciation, in his address here today at| the convention of the association. Mr. Heard expressed gratification at his ability to “report that there is now a general disposition on the part ©f the chief men of. lhtnulu te co-operate with M‘tltmm form of federal control for the un- appropriated unrederved public lands.* “This,”" he added, "It carried out Along lines of good judgment will eliminate for all time the friction which has so long existed between sheep and cattlemen, It will also mean better breeding, the de-| velopment of additional water supply and the production upon the vast area of public grazing lands of a great num- ber of animals annually.” Marketing is Big Problem. Mr. Heard urged the question of marketing be given careful consideration, “Conditions of the live stock industry generally during the last year have mot been entirely satisfactory,” he said, “There has been general discontent, especially among feeders in the Mis- siseippl valley, who complain of unstable prices and abnorma} fluctuations in the market piaces. Investigation developes frist, a shortage of cattle in preportion to the population, as campared with the last three years and, second, that export of beef products have revived. ¢ * * The excess recelpts at central markets were less than 4 per cent over the pre- viqus year and should not affect the market, “1t would seem that the beef market of 1915 should ‘have been stronger than | in 1914, but the average price for native beed stéers In Chicago for the first ten months 6f 1915 was $8.112 per hundred- weights, as against $8.79 in the corre- sponding period of 1914 “This abnormal situation should re- celve careful -attention and we should have utmost team play between cattle producers on the ranch and cattle feed- ers on the farm, and the packer.' Sheriff’s Posse and Bandits Battle in Hills_of Arkansas Ark., Jan. 2.~The report of a nearby mountains between & sheriff's posse and bandits, alleged to be members of a gang which recently held up a bank at Heavenor, Okla., was | reported to the sheriff's office late last nl[hl The message sald one man had been killed and thres wounded, but did not reveal the identity of efthér. An ap- peal for help made and reinforce- ments left early |.1.y MENA, battle In port issued by the Turkish headous:ters | staff. ‘The British, the annonncement | says, left about 3,000 dead on the f eid The text of the Turkish headquarters’| report follows: “Irak front Engagments continue st the Kut-El-Amara position. Pritish ness with judicious newspaper publicity. || Advertise in The Bee forces coming from Imam Ali Gherbi attacked on Junuary 31 the Turkish posi tions near Menlaire, about thirty-five kilometers (twenty-one miles) east of Kut-El-Amara, on both sides of the Tigris river 0 mrn R JARV“ Leaders of All Parties in Parliament | | el | NEUTRAL RIGHTS Endorse Statement of Polioy by Premier. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan, 24.— (Via London, Jan. 25.)-—Mainte- nance of neutrality in conformity with the principles of international law was the keynote of all the speeches before both houses of Par- llament today, when debate on the budget was opened. Leaders of all parties dwelt on the vital unanimity Fighting | wounded at | In sately. | lines by of the Swedish people in favoring firm and impartial neutrality, Pre- mier Hammarskjoeld declared this I’ ‘be the! ’ollq mmt. u N auv the idea thet our lmml‘ we will not abandon neutrality any Gonditions. - 1t 1s our fervent desirg to keep peace, and It Is our duty to wotk for this cnd with all our might, but we must also reckon with eventualities in which maintenance of peace, in spite of all our efforts, would mo lunger be profitable." Co-operates with Others, Sweden, the premier continued, has en- deavored constantly to co-operate with other neutrals, particularly Denmark and Norway, to promote common aims. In these efforts Sweden has been successful to a consjderabla degree, he said, adding: “Weo regret that these united efforts for the rights and weltare of neutral powers and for preservation, as men- tioned in the spuech from the throne, of the inheritance of international law should depend on clrcumstances ever which we have no control, and to judge | which we have no right. “But it is our convietion that the suc- cess of such efforts would be to the ad- vantage, materially and ideally, not only of Bweden, but of other neutral countries and of belligerents. ““The | present grouping of the powers will not' be eoternal. 1In other circum- _stances a belligerent perhaps will be very sorry that it has for the sake of an often doubtful ‘and. temporary ‘advantage torn up' treaties and provisions of interna- tional law when it is too late to restore them, Galns Would Be Temporary.' The premier sdmitted that certain in- conveniences, espectally of a commerelel nature, might have been nitigated If the | government had been less schupulous in regard 10 absolute and impartial neu- ty. However, ’xperience has_shown us,” be continued, “that in view of the per- petual and rapid aggravation of the com- mercial war one can depend for only a short time on the precarious enjoyment of advantages procured by such arrange- ments. Other noutrals also have learned from experience t concessions merely give rise to fresh demands. When onee one enters on the road of concessions it | in easy to get further and further away from real neutrality Chalmette Plant Re NEW ORLEANS, La. Jan Chalmette plant of the American Sugar Refining company, closod’ several wee renumed operations today. About €00 of { the 1,000 employes were put to work mes. Three Thousand Britons Fall as They Make Attack Upon Turk Foe| “he engagement lasted six hours BERLIN, Jap. %.~(By Wireless 10 #av- All ville)—The British force golug |the British attacks were repulsed by | reliet of the troops surrounded by Turks | iunjer attacks. The British were re- | at Kut-El-Amara, attacked the Turidsn | 00 00T ere to the east positions near Menlar! on January &1, but |7 epulsed after an engageraent lasi- | O e wosording to an officiui ro.| On the battefleld tha British left - Jgrbons about 3,000 dead. The Turkish losses were | ceng ively slight, General Aylmer (commander of the British, forces), asked and obtained enc day & time in order to bury the dead. “Hritish soldiers taken prisoner stated that the British column also had lost 8,000 men in dead and wounded in the preceding engagements near Sheik Sald “The Turks attacked another British detachment eadvancing to the west of Korna from Mun Tefik, which used the British to retreat. The British left 100 dead.’ The WHEN AWAY FROM HOME THE WEATHER. The Bee is the Paper Bave The Bee .:.';..‘ ey VOL. XLV-—NO. 190. ; 4 OMAHA, \\'FD\}- SDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1916—TWELVE PAGES, SINGLE COPY TWO CEN BOMBS DROPPED INTO GIEVGELI AND MONASTIR Sixteen French Acroplanes Make a Long Trip from Saloni Important Cities in Macedonia. MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED Renewed on a Large Scale in Belgium and West- ern France. GERMANS DESTROY CATHEDRAL PARIS, Jan. 25.~The BSerbian | towns of Monastir and Gievgell have | again been attacked by a squadron ‘n{ Prench aeroplanes, sixteen in num- ber, the Athens correspondent of the Havas agency telegraphs, It is esti- mated 100 persons were killed or Gievgell. JAll the French aeroplanes returned In some cases they cov- ered a distance of 190 miles. Battles in Belglam Fra The French war office statement on the progress of hostilities given out this af ternoon says, that last night there wi continued artillery activity in the viein- ity of Nieuport in Belgiun. The results | of this are described as favorable to the French German troops at one point penetrated the first line of French trenches, but they were at once driven out after a very spirited fight In the Artols district yesterday evening German forces attacked the French lin over a distance of 1,60 yards. The pre- | paratory work consisted in the explosion | of a number of mines followed by a | very violent bombardment. The Germans were driven back to their the French fire, according to the official statement. They were auc- cessfui in upying some craters, how- ever, but from most of these they were later expelled rmans Destroy Cathedral. BERLIN, Jan. %.—(Via London.)—The cathedral at Nieuport, says the German ° official statement issued this afterncon, been destroyed by German artillery it was offering an excellent ob« tlori post. The cathedral was bullt in the fi century and restored in 1008 The church had & massive baroque tower Wwith & roof made of modern umber, It con- tained a Gothic pulpit, renalssance cholr stalls and rood loft and a sculptured altar Iy the baroque style of 1630 g _Naney wm from German from the bom! able and only two days six persons had been killed ton wounded in Nancy as the result of a bombardment of the city by German fitteen-inch guns. Alarming rumeors having circulated as to the havos caused by the bombardment and consequent panio among inhabitants, the prefect of the department In which Nancy is flt- uated issued a circular discrediting the yumors, On the day mentioned Presi- dent Polncare went to Nancy and passed the entire day there, As a precaution- ary measure, the art works in the 'l- lories of the city were Troles. Safe conducts were to 2,00 persons to leave the city nn the occasion of the three days' bombard- ment. Lobeck Announces He Will Run Again (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan, 2%.—(Special Tels- grom.)—Representative Lobeck, conform~ ly to the primary laws of the state, to- dny forwarded to the secretary of state of Nebraska his formal declaration that he will be a candidate for congress from the Second district. The Day’s War News I report of today states 1 n heayvy bombardment the munched aun attack with infantry over w fromt of 1,500 yards near Nieuport. [MONASTIR AND GIEVGELI, south- ern Nerb towns held by the Peutonic allles, have been &t~ tacked agn by n squadron of French the deadlock. REMNANTS troops, o driven MONTENEGRO'S from thelr own army as an organised unit has | for the eable re- REPORT FROM Constantinople says (.fl-- fleld marshal, with a reinforced army, has ve- cently wom & series of vieteries have brought Hrserum