Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 22, 1916, Page 1

7 People don't like to buy from unknown merchants, of unknown goods; adver- tising makes steady cus- !on_:en. VOL. XLVI-NO. 89. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, ‘191:6—TEN PAGES. On Trailns, at Hotels, Newn Standw, ete., be. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS, GENERAL STRIKE 10 BE CALLED IN NEW YORK TODAY Threatened Sympathetic Walk- out to Materialize, Accord- ing to Announcement of Union Chief. CONFERENCE IS A FAILURE Award Board of Empire State Will Enforce Arbitration of Dispute. HEGAN MAKES STATEMENT New York, Sept. 21.—The threat- ened general labor strike in sym- pathy with the .striking street car employes will be called tomorrow, it was announced late today by Ernest Bohm, secretary of the Central Fed- erated union. Bohm made the,an- nouncement after a conference be- tween labor leaders and a citizens’ committee, which both he and Mayor Mitchel declared had failed in its ef- fort to avert the strike. \ New York, Sept. 21.—Arbitration of the city’s transit strike, now in its third week, will be enforced by the state board of arbitration and media- tion, it was announced here today by H. J. Hegan, a member of the board. | Hearings will be hddd Monday and both sides will be directed to present testimony. & Asserting that the strike is “the most menacing labor situation that has ever threatened the peace and prosperity” of the city's .})opulauqn, Mr. Regan declares that it a general sympathetic strike was called the safety and livelihood of “six or seven millions of people in this corner of the state” would be endangered. “It is time that the expression ‘the public be damned’ be changed to the new slogan, ‘the public be protected.’” Mr. Regan added: “The time has come to put an end to the bickerings between the railroads and their em- ployes. The disputants appear to be unable to make an end themselves, therefore the board intends to exer- cise its powers and to make an end for them. “1 have already t:ken steps to bring about the compulsory submis- sion of the points in dispute. From my investigations so far I have de- cided that a settlement through mu- tual concessions by the companies and men is possible. T wil] urge that the companies ukejpck the striking employes and settle the great point in controversy by reducing the time of operations of th: so-called master and servant contract from two years to one year.” 4 Before a subcommittee of the busi- ness men's cominittee which is seek- ing to settle the car strike William B. Fitzgerald, head of a delegation of labor leaders, said this afternoon that the strikers would go back to work provided the traction company would without discrimination restore all un- jon men discharged from their posi- tions, would live up to the agreements of August 6, 7 and 30 and submit to arbitration the justice of the “master |$20, and servant” contracts entered into by the traction companies and some of their employes. The subcommit- tee was still in session this afternoon and expected to report later to the full committee. Spain Protests Against Sinking 0f Its Shipping Madrid, Sept. 20.—(Via London.)— A strong protest against the destruc- tion of Spanish ships by submarines has been made to the government by the Spanish Shipowners’ acsociation. The association declares that the tor- pedoing of the ships is “contrary to all principles of international law and the elementary rules of humanity,” Up to the present nine Spanish ships, representing a total -of 57,000 tons, have been the victims of sub- marines. The total tonnage of the Spanish merchant marine amounts to only 800,000 tons. -'I_'Ee; Weather Temperatures at Omahs Yesterday. For Nebraska—Fair. Hour, vervvTTTAREERRER Comparative Local . 1916. 1916. 1914. 1913, 61 40 54 41 Lowest Yesterday Mean temperature .. 62 53 67 62 Precipitation « .00 .00 .26 .00 Temverature and precipitation departures from the normal: . 64 2 Normal temperature . Deficiency for the day excess since March 1. rmal precipitation Deficlency for the day . Total rafnfall since Marc Deficlency since March 1. Deficleacy cor perlod, 191 Deficiency, cor. period, 1914.... 3.40 inches Reports trom Stations at 7 P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Rain- of Weather. p.m est. fall Cheyenne, clear . 63 70 .00 Davenport, clear . 62 70 100 Danver, , ciear 72 200 Des M6ines . 3 200 Lander, clear 72 .00 North Platte, 75 200 Omaha, clear . " .00 Pueblo, clear 78 .00 Rapid City, clear . A 66 100 Salt Lake City, clear.. 80 82 .00 Santa Fe, part cloudy.. 70 76 .00 Sheridan, clear, . 6 0 .00 Stoux City, cleas 70 100 Valentine, clear 8 .00 L. A. WELSH, Meteorologiat, McAdoo Receives Cheering News of Rapid Re Secretary of Treasury Jubilant Over Good News Received From Home. “Come along and drink a birthday cocktail with me. September 21 is| Ellen Wilson McAdoo’s birthday. She is sixteen months old today. | “I'll buy. “But after we sit down and enjoy the dinner prepared by members of the Commercial club my glass will be turned upside down. These drinks are sub rosa.” When Secretary of the Treasury W. G. McAdoo appeared at the Hotel Fontenelle as 8 member of the Farm Loan board, the guest of the Omaha Commercial club, he was exultant. He had just received a telegram from his wife, the daughter of President Wil- son, announcing that she was recov- ering from a severe attack of typhoid fever. Secretary McAdoo reached Omaha at 6 o'clock Thursday evening in his private car from Lincoln. As the head covery of His Wife of the farm loan board, composed of members appointed by the national | congress, Secretary McAdoo greeted his political friends and acquaintans at the Hotel Fontenelle. N W He was accompanied by . a%a 5 Dahlman and Congressma \o‘* -ederal Board Will Hear qul_)eck. : ; & Omaha's Claims for One of wo minutes after 100 TeachediinsthiotaINlee % 14 had Twelve Banks at Hear- | theopportunity of ren: ;\G\ 1S coat, ing Toda,x, his hand was grippea a repre- sentative of The Bee. “Let's go and drink to the health of the daughter, while refewing old acquaintances. There are cocktails on the menu tonight, but I refuse to touch a drop,” said the secretary . Thirty guests of the Omaha Com- mercial club attended the dinner in honor of Secretary McAdoo. Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, John L. Kennedy, C. O. Lobeck, Ben- jamin F. Baker, Mayor Dahlman, Victor Rosewater, Harvey New- branch, Joseph Polcar, G. W. Wat- tles, W. H. Bucholz, C. E. Burnham, Peter Jansen, Everett Buckingham, W. F. Baxter were among the guests. FEDERAL FARM BOARD IN LINGOLN Committee Sidetracked and Farmers Are Called In to Give Testimony. KINKAIDERS ASK FOR AID| (From a Staff Correspordent.) Lincoln, Sept. 21.—(Special.)—The Federal Farm Loan bureau hearing Lincoln’s claims here today, deftly sidetracked the program of Mayor Bryan and the local land bank com- mittee, and, instead put in more than half the time listening to what vol- unteer farmers had to say. “Our idea and our proceedure calls for a hearing of farmers first, who come from a distance—all who want to be heard, or who have any ques- tibns to ask,” William McAdoo, sec- retary of the treasury and ex-officio memeber of the board announced. The hearing too developed into one of information giving and was entire- ly informal. Nearly 400 people crowded into federal court room, a large number of whom were farmers. Members of the board confidentially remarked that it was the largest hear- ing held in any of the twenty-three states visited. Aid to Kinkaiders. Guy Drake, owner of a section of grazing land near Wittman, told the board he came to Lincoln this morn- | ing to raise a loan from private sources, when he happerded to hear of thedhe:ring and thought he would at- tend. “Only a farm loan bank can s us Kinkaiders,” Drake told the board. | “I could not get a loan for less than 8 per cent” Drake said he had wanted to borrow $10,000 to stock his ranch. He said it was impossible to make anything unless the men had funds to stock their land. “We are organized to borrow money right away,” said West Mil-| ler of Ainsley, Neb, who came to| Lincoln as therepresentative of a lo-| cal grange. “We are ready to take| ,000 now,” he told the committee. Committee Talks Last. The local committee’s program went through during the afternoon. | Secretary Mellor, Secretary Walter Whitten of the commercial club, members of the faculty of the state farm and Lincoln business men, ap-| peared before the board in support | of the claim for a bank, urging Ne# braska’s agricultural resources, as yet" undeveloped, as some of the speakers’ put it, as basis for the claim. The hearing was largely nonpar- tisan. Farmers did not indicate their preference between Omaha and Lin- coln in the hearing on the bank, and the showing of most of the other| speakers' was strictly impartial. 0il Used to Quiet Angry Sea Sticks to Wings of Water Fowl Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, Sept. 21.—Crude oil that had been thrown | overboard by Uncle Sam'’s warships! to quiet raging waters which destroy- ed the United States Cruiser Memphis during a recent storm, stuck to the | wings of sea gulls and other water| fowl taking refuge in the bays along the coast, and rendered them helpless and unable to fly for several days. Members of the United States Ma- rine Corps. on expeditionary duty at| this ‘place, captured hundreds of the| birds with their naked hands. The oil-begrimed fowls wandered | up and down the beach, crying piti-| fully, while the marines stood guard to see that boys did not harm them. | FRENCH MAKE NEW GAINS NEAR VERDON Paris Official Report Tells of Capture of Two Trenches South of Thiaumont. RAIN HALTS OPERATIONS Paris, Sept. 21.—The French have made another gain in the Verdun sec- tor, where they captured two trench- es and 100 prisoners south of the Thiaumont work, according to an of- ficial statement issued by the war office. They also gained 100 yards east of Fort Vaux and in the Chapi- tre wood. Bad weather still halts op- erations on the Somme and the Ger- man attacks have not been renewed. The communication follows: “North of the River Somme the enemy have not renewed their activi- ties along the front between the Priez farm and the farm of Abbe woqg. Bad weather has interfered materially with operations on either bank of the river Somme. “In the Argonne an attack of the enemy delivered upon our positions at Four de Paris resulted in failure because of our curtain of fire. This attack was preceded by the explosion of a mine. . “On the right bank of the River Meuse our troops yesterday even- ing occupied several sections of ene- my trenches southeast of Thiaumont work and captured over 100 prisoners, including two officers. We also took two machine guns. In the eastern e | part of Vaux-Chapitre wood we have advanced our line by about 100 yards, while in the forest of Apremont one of our advanced posts repulsed an at- tack of the enemy in which hand gre- nades were used. “A French air pilot yesterday brought down a German aeroplane to the north of Peronne.” Britons Repulse Counter Attack. London, Sept. 21.—The Germans launched heavy counter attacks last night on British positions south of the Ancre on the Somme front, the | war office announced this afternoon. New Zealand troops, defending the attacked position, beat off the Ger- mans with severe losses to them. Germans Lose Ground. Berlin, Sept. 21.—(Via London.)— Troops of grown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria are engaged in continu- ous hand grenade fighting with en- tente allied forces near Courcelette, north of the river Somme, says to- day's official statement issued by the German general staff. Ground which had been gained by Germans in an attack southwest of Rancourt and in Bouchavesnes was lost, the statement adds, after bitter fighting, 'Status of American Troops in Mexico Under Discussion New London, Conn,, Sept. 21.—The | question of the withdrawal of the American troops was discussed by the Mexican-American commission- ers today, but without an agreement being reached. The Mexican repre- sentatives made no demand or re- quest for their withdrawal and the consideration of the problem is un- derstood to have been of a rather general character, The commissioners spent most of the time today discussing with the Mexicans documentary reports relat- ive to general conditions in Mexico The American commissioners con- ferred among themselves in the aft- ernoon, the joint conference being adjourned until tomorrow. Apprentice in U. P. Sho;;s Fifteén Years Ago, Brush qu Gets $36,000 From apprentice boy, wearing a pair of greasy overalls and working ten hours per day at 9 cents per hour to president of an elevated railroad company at a salary of $36,000 per year, and that inside of fifteen years is going some. That, however, is what Matthew C. Brush, formerly of Omaha, has accomplished. Some forty years ago Matthew C. Brush was born in Stillwater, Minn., where he attended the public schools and later attended the Armour insti- tute from which he was graduated in 1897. Until he came to the Union Pacific shops in 190t, he worked at odd jobs where ever he could find | them. That year, without money, he drifted into Omaha and found em- ployment as an apprentice in the ma- chine shops of the Union Pacific. Brush applied himself to his work, giving it close attention, and in a | couple of years he was promoted to | the position of foreman in the Coun- cil Bluffs roundhouse of the Union Pacific. He remained there a year {and then he went to the Rock Island as master mechanic, subsequently go- ing to the Boston Electric Railway company as a superintendent. Later he became general manager of the Boston & Newton surface lines and | subsequently vice president of the | Boston Street Railway company. Some months ago the electric and clevated companies were merged | der the consolidation. This week, W, |has been president of the Boston was elected president of the consoli- dated companies and his salary fixed at $36,000 per year, Brush holding the vice presidency un- | A. Bancroft, who' Electric resigned, and at a meeting | of the directors, Matthew C. Brush - SEC. W. 6. ADOD | AND FARM LOAN . BOARD ARRIVE M'ADOO0 E.TOLS THE BILL Head of the Treasury Depart- ment Says It's an Act of Long-Del-yed Justice. “SECURITY FOR FARMER" The rural -credits bill, recently adopted by ‘congress, and signed by President Wilson, is an act of long- delayed justice to the farmer, accord- ing to Secretary of the Treasury Wil- liam G. McAdoo, who artived in| Omaha yesterday evening with the Federal Farm Loan board, of which he is chairman. The secretary of the treasury re- gards this piece of legilation as one of great importance to the permanent prosperity of the nation, giving the farmer credit advantages and facili- | ties similar to those enjoyed by the| business mang and denied to the farm- er for so many years. The secretary says the rural credits act is compar- able with, and even more important than, the federal reserve act in the field of consu;uclivc financial legisla- tion. Function of the Bill. “The farm loan bill,” said Secretary McAdoo, “creates a system under which the farmers of the United States will be able, for the first time in the history of the country, to bor row money on farm lands at low rates of interest on long time, namely, rom five to forty years, and by means of annual dues or_installments not only to pay the interest, but {also to retire the principal of the loan at maturity. This piece of legislation is comparable in its benefits and in the magnitude of the industry it will affect, with the federal reserve act, but it is in many respects far more important to the country than the federal reserve act. “It is a statement of an old and | recognized truth to say that t}x\e farm- ing industry is the very basis™of the life and prosperity of the nation, and this statement is more particularly trie of the United States, because of its agricultural development which, although great, can be made vastly greater if our farmers are provided with the long-time credits at low ratessof interest, which are so essen- tial to ‘the further development of the farming industry, There is no inducement to greater farm develop- ment unless it can be made profit- able, and it cannot be made profitable unless the necessary capital is avail- able always to farmers upon reason- able terms. It is amazing that since the establishment of our government until this time, a period of 127 years, absolutely nothing has been done by way of legislation to assure abun-| dant farm credits on reasonable terms to our farmers. Says Farmers Suffered. “On the contrary, they have been the preferred sufferers from a scar- city of money for farm development and agricultural purposes, and have been, as a class, particularly oppress- ed by high, and oftentimes extortion- ate rates of interest and shadowed constantly by the fear of mortgage foreclosures. The Farm Loan Act, or rural credits bill, wiLI emancipate the farmer from the disadvantages he has so long endured. Tt will, when fully established, unquestionably pro- vide an abundance of credits, avail- able at all times, to farmers in all | parts of the country upon long term | mortgages at low rates of interest, | with a provision for repayment of | the prificipal in easy annual install- |ments. In fact, under the new sys- | tem, the framer ought to be able to | pay the interest on his mortgage and | the principal of his debt through an- nual installments, which will be less {than the straight interest charges he {has been paying on his mortgage {under the old system. Back to the Farm. | “The establishment of this rural| credits system will re-attractto the | {farms vast numbers of our people | | who have been unable to engage in | |agriculture because it has been impos- | sible to secure money on farm obliga- | tions. It means for all the people of the country unlimited benefits be- | cause they will prosper i direct pro- portion to the prosperity and strength of t!\e farming industry of the coun- try.” Hearing This Morning. A regular phalanx of farmers, bank- ers, retailers, wholesalers, stockmen, | real estate men, professional men and | others will storm the federal court room this morning to be heard before the Federal Farm Loan board on the question of Omaha's needs and claims for one of the twelve fed- eral farm loan banks the government proposes to locate in the United States. The local committee in Omaha is prepared with great volumes of fig- ures showing Omaha's advantagcous (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Ak-Sar-Ben Festivi ties, including car nival and Nebrask Statehood Semi-cen tennial celebration Industrial parade. Electrical Pageant. Historical Pageant. Royal Coronation Ball. Sept. 26 to Oct. 7 Oct. 3 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Masked Court Ball. | I FARM LAND BANK BOARD IN OMAHA TODAY—Mem- bers of the Farm Land Bank board who, with Secretary of the Treasury department, will be in Omaha today to hear the claims of this city for one of the twelve land banks. From left to right: Charles E. Sabdell, Herbert Quick, W. W. Flannagan; lower row: Captain W. S. A. Smith, William G. McAdoo, George W. Norris. a QNARRIS A AWING HUGHES SPEAKING IN HOOSIER STATE He Says Great Driving Force of Patriodism Must Furnish Power for Progress. QUOTES CLAY ON TARIFF Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 21.—Charles E. Hughes, addressing his second au- dience of the day in the open air here today, outlined the policies for which he stands and declared that he wanted to sec in the United States “a great driving force of patriotic sen- timent,” which would furnish the mo- tive power for progress. “I want American rights protected throughout the world,” Mr. Hughes said, “I desire to see a great driv- ing force of patriotic sentiment which will give us the motive power of progress. We cannot have progress unléss we have that loyalty and love for our country which will enable us to get up steam to supply energy. “And, therefore, that we may have that I say that American rights must be protected throughout the world with respect to American iives, prop- erty and commerce, with respect to all nations of the world.” The nominee reiterated his declara- tion that the “Pathway of surrender to force leads only to civil war in the end;” declared that he stood firmly for arbitration of industrial disputes. All Americans Are Laborers. “T am the friend of labor,” he said. “Who is not the friend of labor? If a man isn't the friend of labor he isn't the friend of America, because we are all laborers in this country and we have all got to go up or down together.” Mr. Hughes went into detail con- cerning his tariff views. He quoted Henry Clay in support of his decla- ration that the doctrine of a protec- tive tariff was not a partisan doctrine, but “a sound American doctrine.” The protective tariff, he said, would have to be applied to enable America to | meet European competition after the war, “If it is not,” he said, “we will not only have a repetition of the period of unemployment that we had just be- fore the European war, but we will have agitation and confusion and dis- aster .in this country. I see un- bounded trouble ahead in disap- pointment and blighted prospects of labor, if this is not done. 1 see only disturbance and disaster unless we take this matter in hand in time. “We are good natured in this cam- paign. You cannot separate me in friendship from any American citi- zen whether he is a republican or a democrat. 1 make no partisan appeal in a bitter way. I make no repub- (Continued on I'age Two, Column One.) GUARDSHEN ASKT0 STAY ON BORDER Men Who Wish to Remain in Army Will Be Transferred to Other Regiments. FUNSTON ISSUES ORDER San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 21.—The request of three hundred members of the Second New York infantry to re- main on border duty after they had been ordered home, resulted today in an announcement by General Funston that guardsmen who wished to stay could be transferred to other regi- ments, releasing men who wanted to s 4 . retirn to their homes. Men only can be transferred to regiments from their own state, Thete are men in all regiments, who because of busiriess interests, feel they shoyld be permitted to leave the service as long as there is no actual watfare. Investigation in the Second New York disclosed scores of its members without family or business ties who were anxious to remain in the federal service. This informa- tion was transmitted to General Funs- ton by General O'Ryan of the New York National guayrd, The commander of the Southern de- partment wired' his consent to the transfers. He also sent to Majore General Clements, commander at El Paso of the Pennsylvania division, in- structions to carry the plan into ef- fect among his troops. Three Pennsylvania regiments soon will be released by the arrival of a similar number of North Carolina reg- iments. The Second New York began leav- }ing Pharr, Tex., and McAllen today, and will be cleared by tomorrow, its lace in the New York division be- g taken by the Third Tennessee. The release of thousands of troops on the border by the War depart- ment has reduced the number of pro- visional guard divisions to ten, (Ecn- eral Funston said today. The original plan called for three tflvisions of reg- ulars and twelve of guardsmen. The First Vermont infantry left Eagle Pass today for home, being re- lieved by the First Tennessee. Kidnaped Gree k Soldiers Will Be Lodged at Goerlitz Berlin, Sept. 21.—(By Wireless to Sayville.)—The Greek force ti as- ferred from Kavala to Germany will be lodged at Goerlitz, a town of Prus- sian Silesia, says the Overseas News agency. The force is composed of 400 officers and 6,000 men. The officers will be distributed among boarding lious=s and hotels and the soldiers will be placed in barracks. Twenty-SiJ;-}tfioz;;&nd Troops March | In Review Through Streets of El Paso El Paso, Tex., Sept. 21.—National) Ohio, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, guardsmen and regulars—26,000 of them in dust-stained khaki—swung through the streets of El Paso and past a reviewing stand at Fort Bliss today in the first parade and review of an infantry division at full war | strength ever held in e United States. Military men said, also, that a larger number of troops were in |line than at any other time in the | history of the country with the ex- | ception of the grand review in Wash- ington at the close of the civil war, May 23 and 24, 1863. | Tanned by service on the border, | the brown-clad legions, cavalry, in- fantry, field artillery and auxiliary troops, marched in an unbroken col- umn nearly twenty miles long, and which took about five hours to file | past the stand in which Major Gen- eral Chaxles M. Clement, command- ing the Pennsylvania division, and | rigadier General George Bell, jr., commanding the El Paso military district, reviewed them. | Partic g in the review were troops from the regular army, from | Massachusetts, Michigan, Kentucky, ' Rhode Island and New Mexico, in all 799 officers and 25941 men. Eight thousand animals and 1,000 vehicles, including ambulances, gun carriages and supply wagons, helped make up the pageant, Spectators, who thronged the streets, remarked about the apparent warlike efficiency of the procession. Smoothly and compactly, in files of four, came the infantry—18,000 of thgm—their black thickets of rifles being crowned by the fluttering Stars and Stripes. A brigade of artillery, a regiment each of cavalry and engi- neers with detachments from the sig- nal and medical corps, from t*e quar- termaster, pack train and sanitary departments, made up the rest of the column. Apparently not a hat cord or a gun sling was missing. By order of the mayor this morn- ing was a municipal half holiday in El Paso. Stores throughout the city were decorated with flags and bunt- ing, as were the homes along the line GREAT STRUGGLE ONDOBRUDJALINE RAGES WITH FURY Roumania Reports Defeat of Bulgars, While Latter Say the Roumanians Hold FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA Positions, Paris Reports Defeat of Bul. garian Attacks on Entente on Kaimakcalan Peak. SOFIA OALLS IT A VICTORY Bucharest, Seut. 21. -(Via London.) —The battle in Dobrudja between the Danube and the Black Sea continues with intensity along the whole line, Official announcement was made here today that the Russians and Roumae nians have repulsed the Germans and’ Bulgarians in all their attacks, in- flicting severe 10sses on them, Roumanian troops, which have been retreating in Transylvania, have halte ed their retirement south of Petros seny, the statement says. 3 Following is the announcement: “On our northwestern front thers were small skirmishes in the Streinm valley. Our troops have halted their retirement south of Petroseny, whera they are fortifying themselves. In Dobrudja the struggle continues with obstinacy. Russo-Roumanian troops rc{‘mlscd in sanguinary manner ot the whole front all attacks of the enemy and make several counter attacks: “Enemy aeroplanes dropped bombs on Constantza, where no one was in- jured, and on Piatra Neumtu, where a child was injured.” Defense Maintains Itself. Sofia, Wednesday, Sept. 20.—(Via London.)—Stubborn resistance is be- ing offered h{ the Roumanians and Russians to the attacks of the Teu« tonic allies in the great battle now in progress in the Roumanian provs ince of Dobrudja, The war office announced today that so far the de- fense had maintained itself in its strongly fortified position. The states ment says: “Roumania front: On the Danube our artillery successfully bombarded the Turnseverin statin. “The battle on the line of Maralui, Nemik, Arabadaji, Kokardja, Cobadin and Tuzla continued yesterday with the greatest stubbornness on both sides. The enemy maintained himself in his strongly fortified position. “On the Black sea coast there was calm.” Bulgars Defeated in Macedonia, Paris, Sept. 21.—The repulse of vie olent Bulgarian attacks on the Kaie makcalan peak with heavy losses to the attackers is reported in a1 offi- cial statement given out by the war office today. In the region of the Brod river the Bulgarians forced their: way into the village of Boresnica after two attacks had failed. They were driven out by the Serbians im balgunct fighting. urther progress for the gllies is re- gorted on the left wing, where they ave reached hill No. 1550, three miles northwest of Pisoderi. Sofia Calls it Victory. Sofia,” Wednesday, Sept. 20.—(Via London, Sept. Zl.y—Bulnrim suc~ cesses in the Florina district on the Macedonian front are announced by the war office in today's official state< ment. The tide of battle turned fa- vorably to the Bulgarians, who in- flicted heavy losses on the entente forces in operations in which the Bule garian cavalry took part. The state« ment reads: The battles “Macedonian front: around Florina are developing favors nblfi for us. In strong counter ate tacks in which our cavalry particiz pated the enemy was repulsed with great losses. The plateau is covered with enemy dead. We captured one officer and eleven men of a Russian brigade and 100 men of the One Hun- dred and Seventy-fifth French regis ment with two machine guns, “A strong attack against Kaimakcas lan failed with great losses. | . “In the Moglenica valley the situa« tion is unchanged. There was ars tillery activity on both sides. | Minor infantry :ngwtrfienu oce | curred, both east and west of the Vardar, also artillery fire, “On the Struma front there was feeble artillery activity. Cripple Rescued From Burning House by Wife Fire starting from unknown cause did damage estimated at $400 to the home of S. P. Sorensen Thursday. Mrs. Sorenson carried her husband, a cripple, from the second floor of the house to the street) and then di- rected the activities of neighbors who assembled to help save the furniture. Mr. Sorenson was trapped in a room on the second floor when his wife rescued him, g The problem of find- ing the one person amongst thousands who would RENT OR BUY your real estate is made ?;y by the little Want- No arrow ever finds ' its mark as surely and L:iickly ‘as the Want- Call Tyler 1000 of march. The review was tendered by Gen- . for Bee Want-Ads, eral Bell to General Clement, - \