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Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
SerVians Report
Successes Over
Austrian Forces

PARIS, Dec ia dispatch 10 the
Havas Agency from Nish, dated peeem-
Der IS. but delayed in transmission, says.
ION the northwestern front our troops
on December II continued a vigorous pur-
suit of the enemy They had cleared all
the territory between the Drina and Save
rivers and occupied Shabats and Losnitza
in the Mladavenovltz- Belgade region.
"Our troops repeatedly assaulted the
enemy's positions at Kraikova, Bara and
Kosdona. driving the Austrians out OF
their trenches by the use Of bombs. The
enemy suffered heavy losses on this
front. At Noviona we captured a bat
talon ana half.
ION the Austrian right our troops
broke the enemys resistance at Pet
rovgrob. The trenches were filled with
bodies of the enemy.
ION the other fronts there Is nothing 10
report During the day OF December Il
on all fronts we captured seventeen Of
ficers and 2,45O men. not including the
battalion and a half taken at Koviona-
In addition we took five field pieces,
four mortars. six quick firers, horses
and field bakeries"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
Priest Says Mass
on French Firing
Line for Soldiers

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 17.-"we're
about TO charge my friends; those who
desire absolution, come forward to me-"
This is how q certain captain In the
French army, who also is a regularly or
dained Catholic priest. addressed his men
in the allies trenches along the User,
Before going into action. according to
three Marist priests OF New Zealand. who
have Just returned from the war zone in
Europe and are now breaking the long
journey home in San Francisco as guests
of the Marist fathers at the Church of
Notre Dame des VICTORIES
They are Rev. Father Regnault, head
of the Marist order in New Zealand
Dean John HALEY. Marist missionary
and DR.. David Kennedy. president of st.
Mary's college at wellington. They were
in Lyons. France, as delegates to a gen.
eral chapter Of the Marist order.
TT is not unusual" said Rev. Mr.,
Regnault today, ito see high mass cele
brated In the trenches during lull In
fighting on the Sabbath. The eeIebrants
are soldiers who for the time have doffet
their warlike' accountrements to dor
priestly vestmepts.
mo sooner are the words spoken-7'Th,
mass Is ended than the priests quickly
| ley aside their robes and buckle on theil
fighting uniforms"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
NEW VOUCHER FOR
| THE GERMAN NAVY
Berlin Press Praises Seamen Who
Braved Mines, and Dreadnoughts
to Attack England.
SAYS TOWNS ARE FORTIFIED
Boersen zeitunE- Intimates that the
raid May he an Indication OF
Greater Events that Are
Immiuent.

BERLIN, Dec. 1.-(Via Amsterdam and
London) --Concerning the Smelling Of
Scarborough and Hartlepool the Berliner
Tageblatt says:
Again our naval forces. facing danger
Of the scattered mines in the North sea,
shelled English fortified places"
The Deutsche Tages zeitung expresses
satisfaction with the attack. especially
Immediately after the naval battle off
the Falkland islands.
The Berlin Neuesten Nacbrchten has
this comment:
This time Il is not a daring cruiser
trick with the transtory throwing Of a
bomb, but a regular bombardment Of
fortified places, which Is new voucher
for the gallantry of the navy"
The Boersen Zeitung says the lombard
ment is possibly the herald Of greater
events
The Boersen zeitung has this to say of
the German bombardment Of English
coast towns:
The heroic spirit which animatss our
army and navy alike has once more
been splendidly proven in the attack on
the English coast, which our beloved
English cousins cannot have believed
possible in view Of the vigilance OF their
navy and the protection afforded by ex-
tensive mine fields.
THE plucky German seaman fears
neither mine nor superdreadnought The
| iron greetings thrown by our naval pieces
| on the English coast are possibly an in
dlcation that greater events are immi'
nent"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
General Funston
Sees New Daughter
For the First Time

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 17.--Major Cen
eral Funston saw for the first time today
a daughte born TO him while he was Ia
command at Vera Cruz The general ar
rived here today on furlough which be-
san December 6, ana win last until Febru-
airy s. His wife and family have been
living at the Preside here He will take
up his residence therp during his stay,
General Funston said he understood unof-
fioially that his next command would be
the Department Of the South. with head
quarters at san Antonio. Tex. Before
his taking charge OF It. however. he may
apply for an extension of his leave OF
absence,
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
French Take Teuton
Trenches Along Lys
at Bayonet Point

PARIS. Dec, 17.--'Tne French War office
gave out an official statement this, after
noon az follows;
Between the sea and the Lys We have
occupied several German trenches al the
point OF the bayonet. consolidated dnT
positions at Lombaertzyde and st.
Georges and organized the territory
taken from the enemy 20 the west OF
Gheluvelt. fsae
|. I'VE have madal progress at some points
in the region n verneties,
There hah bees no. infantTy actor
along the remainder OF the front, but w
report very. effective shooting on. the par
OF our heavy artillery In the environs o
Tracy-I.e-vai. on the Aisns end in Cham
payne, as well a. 10 the Argonne and IL
the region OF Verdun.
I'm Lorraine and in Alsace there Il
nothing 70 report"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
Rockefeller Fund
Gives Out Report
i. How Money is Used

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-THE general ed
ucation board founded by John D. Rock
efellen TO promote education within the
United States without distinction of
race. sex or creed" and now equipped
with funds for that purpose aggregating
nearly Ssi0oO.0Oo last night issued a re.
port showing how the funds have been
used. This report Is the first INSTALL
ment OF the first comprehensive report
covering the twelve years activity OF
the board which will be used on Janu-
airy l. Atv'
The total benefactions distributed 20
outside institutions through the board up
to June 30 OF this year amounted to $50
Ti6,726 by direct appropriation the board
had devoted tlb,ssis 56 to universities, COLI
legsa, schools. educational conferences,
I rural organisation work and farm wotk.
| Out Of funds held by the board ITO be
| applied TO such specific objects within
the corporate purpose of tho board? as
might be directed by John D. Rockefeller
or John d. Rockefeller. jr.. gifts OF $19-
4,SlS 60 the University OF Chicago and
SO, 2e7 .02s 10 the Rockefeller Institute for
! Medical Research were made.
| OF the direct appropriation more than
| q, 10000 was devoted 10 farm work in
the south and In New England For this
work In the So IN 1925, 80 was given and
more than $4,000 was appropriated for, q
like purpose In Maine and New Hhamp-
shire To rural organization work and
that of rural school agents more thar
$4,000 was given
Negro colleges and schools received ap.
proximately 10000. and for the southerr
education board more than $4,000 was ap-
propriated. In this connection the report
shows that the board received in 1906 thu
sum Of 100000 from Miss Anna t. Jeanei
for the assistance OF negro rural schools
In the south. 80
To universities. colleges and medioa
schools. not including the negro colleges
more than t12,ooo.0Oo was given by dlrec
appropriation.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
Trip Of Goethals is
to Present Panama
Matters to Congress

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Colonel George
w. Cocktails, governor of the Panama
Canal, sailed today from Colon for New
York He is coming to Washington to
apear before the congressional committees
in charge of appropriations for the canal
work 1t is estimated more than $1,000
0D6 viii be needed for the construction Of
dry docks, machine shops and coal
wharves. necessary TO repair and supply
the increasing volume 'of shipping using
the canal.
Secretary Garrison in a statement today
said Colonel Cocktails approaching visit
to the United States was only in order
that he may appear before congress with
reference to canal appropriations.
r'Hia visit to the United tsates has
nothing whatever to do with this matter
OF neutrality aud ! cannot emhasize too
strongly the fact that there has been
nothing whatever sensational in this in
cident, excepting that which has been inn
parted to 1t by newspapers" said Mr..
Garrison.
1.-THE secretary of the navy informs me
chat lie has ordered one ship to proceed
\ Immediately and will probably order
lothers II necessary TO handle the wireless
situation. l am informing Colonel Goethl
ais today OF this fact and also that the
secretary OF the navy win give instruc'
tions TO the commanders of the ships to
aid the zone authorities in any needed
way to preserve neutrality"
The cruiser Tacoma. ordered to the Pan
anna Canal zone to enforce neutrality
left Guantanamo, Cuba. today for Girls
tobal Secretary Daniels was without
further adviees today from the Cana
zone, but said II another vessel were SEM
There II probably would be one Of the
destroyers now at San Diego, Cal. =
Previous orders directing. the Tacoms
to relieve the battleship minnesota a.
| Vera Cruz have been cancelled. The Min
nesota will proceed Immediately to Phila
4 delphia for overhauling.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
CZAR'S MILLIONS
ARE EVERYWHERE
In FULL RETREAT
CONTINUED from Page oneJ

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Labassee. but were repulsed with heavy
losses TO the enemy.
French earthworks to the east OF
Rheims were destroyed.
THE intention of the French to throw
a bridge over the Aisne at Scissors was
prevented by our artillery.
During the fighting in northern Po-
land yesterday and the previous day the
bravery of the west Prusslan Hessian
regiments gained a victory. The effect
of this victory cannot yet be estimated"
French VIII Call Reserves.
The following press information was
issued by the German official press bu-
reau:
Reports from Rotterdam say that the
French minister of war will lay before
Parliament a bill calling out all French
men fit for service between the ages Of
Is and 81.
AT meeting of the deputies OF the
Department OF the Seine. Deputy Lavelle
is reported to have asked that measures
be adopted with the object of securing
for French commerce benefits resulting
from the present situation. otherwise
Great Britain would become the only
Rainer
Prince Won .Beulow, the former Ger
man imperial chancellor, left Berlin yes
terday for Rome.
'~Telegraphic advices from Petrograd,
| by way of Bucharest, Roumania, say
that In addition TO the socialists all the
radical members of the Russian Duma
have been arrested.
Austrians Are Victorious.
THE first actual successes against the
! Russians in the last few day appear to
have been achieved by the Austrians in
West Galicia Here the Russians. accord
| ing to advices received from the zone
of hostilities. have been attacked stimuli
/ taneously from two sides; on their right
| by an offensive from the eastward OF
Cracow and on their left front by move
ment directed from the south.
The report that the Austrians are fol-
lowing up the retiring Russian army
from the south shows, in the opinion OF
military observers, that the Russians are
being forced northward upon their forces
in western Poland. Whether this retire
ment will extend to the Russians massed
to the north Of Piotrkow. will depend or
the events Of the next few days.
Germans well Fortified.
The report of the withdrawal of this
German column which advanced through
Mlawa, northern Poland, indicates that
the Russians recognized in time the
menace to their right flank The old po
sitions reassumed by the Germans ar,
Istrongly fortified and. in the belief o.
military critics, can be held for q Ions
time under normal conditions, ever
against greatly superior force.
The German offensive in north POLAND
appears to be proceeding according t.
program. reports from the frontier say
without disarrangement by the Russians
That the Austrians were obliged h
evaeuate Belgrade, Servia, after havinI
retired before the Servian army to tn
southwark of ValJevo. points to the ad
vance OF the unexpectedly strong Serviai
forces, The assumption also appears jus
titled that the Austrians may possibl,
have withdrawn troops from Servia 70
use in west Galicia, trusting to chanc
that the Servians were incapable Of fur
Their decided offensive.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
One Million Dollar
Fire Destroys Block

PorrSVILLE, Pa. Dec, -l7.-Fire In
The business section OF Pottsville early
today wiped out property valued at
nearly si.oo0o0o An entire block OF busl-
ness buildings stocked with holiday goods
was destroyed.
The area burned over Is bounded by
Center. Second. Norwegian and Mahan-
tango streets. Twenty stores. the Penn
sylvania National bank and the Academy
OF Music, one OF Pottsvtlle's leading play.
houses. were among the buildings de-
stroyed. The pOstoffice caught fire. but
Was not badly damaged. The fire started
in the rear OF the Woolworth store.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
Letter from Torpedo
Inventor Of Hundred
Years Ago Sells High

NEW YORK. Dec. 17.--A letter from
Robert Fulton TO General William Duane.
March 1. ISIS. telling OF torpedoes In
vented by him capable OF destroying any
foreign invaders Of New York harbor.
was sold for so. 20 yesterday at the auo-
ton sale OF the library OF the late Ardrian
II. Joline.
II am happy 10 find you continue the
firm friend 20 toTpedoes," Fulton wrote.
"AA Infant art which requires only SUP
port and practice 10 produce a change in
maritime affairs or immense Importance
20 this country. E,xpeetine the enemy here
j have not been idle. / have prepared
nine torpedoes. with locks that strike
By concnsssOn. and four with clockwork
locis.s
ceorse D. Smith was the buyer,
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
Ticker Breakdown
Causes Confusion
in Stock Market

NEW YORK, Dec. f.--wall street was
thrown into q state OF confusion at the
opening OF the stock market today BY an
almost complete breakdown in the ticker
quotation service. The machines which
furnished quotations 10 outside sources
were out OF order aud many brokerage
houses With direct exchange oonneo-
tons were unable TO post early prices.
The dispatch organization OF the service
extended to various out OF town points,
including Philadelphia Fortunately trad,
ing was light in the early dealings SC
that the disruption OF the ticker service
caused only temporary Inconvenience.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
CONGRESS PLACE TO BURY
INFORMATION, SAYS TAFT

EAST ORANGE, N. j.. Dec. 1T
was amused by the recent demand for an
investigation OF the coast defcnscs Of this
country" said former President william
II. TAFT in an address before the
womans club here tonight. The inves-
tigation IL the thing needed the least All
the information that any investigators
might want now Is 90 be found on file
in reports 10 congress.
'If you want 10 conceal any fact you
could not do II better than 10 put II into
the official reports 20 congress" he
added.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
TURKS CONDEMN GREEK
NAVAL ATTACHE AS SPY

LONDON. Dec. 1f.--eeuter's Telegram
company has received a dispatch from
in Athena correspondent saying Greek
naval Officer attached 70 the Greek iega-
ton at ConstAntinople had been court
nartiaied and condemned 70 death on the
charge Of spying. particularly IN oonnec-
ton with the departure of steamers from
Constantinopie. The 0reek minister 70
Turkey has protested and demanded that
the condemned man be turned over to the
Greek LEGATION.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
Indicted Indiana
State Officials Enter
Pleas of Not Guilty

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. H.-Waiving ar
Tsignment. twelve OF .he thirteen officers
and employees OF the 1913 legislature. in
GLIDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS William p.
o'Neill and Secretary OF State Homer l.
Cook. speaker OF the house in 1919 pleaded
not guilty to indictments n erging them
with signing and presenting = ~. claims
for payment by the state. InlteNdiately
after the defendants had entered there
pleas the trial was begun.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18

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coast and this morning a wireless mes
sage from the German capital picked up
here, repeated details OF the attack as
printed by British newspapers yesterday
Nothing has been added from German
official sources.
Steaming at high speed, the German
raiders. barring mishap, should have
reached their advance naval base off
Helgoland some time after midnight last
night. their trip requiring about fifteen
hours Thirty hours out Of port on such
venture in mlne-laden waters is a feat
English papers do not belittle and in his
heart every Englishman hopes that II
will be essayed again, and If necessary
again until the call Is paid once too
often.
1t is presumed that behind them the
German cruisers strewed mines, so a
fleet OF trawlers IL now out engaged in
the precarious task Of sweeping,
Repairing Damages.
The towns attacked yesterday had re-
stunned much OF their normal appearance
by today, except in the bereaved homes
and in the hospitals where the wounded
were quartered. Everywhere the sound
of hammering was heard, as the damage
was repaired.
The belief Is general that the Germans
in this expedition had the able assistance
of spies The remarkable secrecy with
which the raid was executed is shown
by the fact that not single incominR
vessel at any east coast port saw the
German ships prior to their sudden APP
pearance.
! The nearest parallel OF this visit yes.
terday Is found In the activities of John
Paul Jones, the terror of English ship
ping, who menaced English coast towns
in 177s.
number OF victims at Hartlepool were
women and children. Fifteen school boy,
were killed by a single shell. only one
boy in group escaping Ten personI
were killed by the collapse of building
in which they had taken shelter.
One shell damaged a building five miles
from shore.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18

Monroe, this county. there being 5000
bushels OF grain In the building. The fire
started from the inside and when dis
covered It was impossible TO save the
building. The town has a good water
system and fire department and the blaze
was cinfined TO the elevator Loss 5000
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
Germans Sail AUay After Raid
StreWing the Sea With Mines

and London) An official announce
ment issued here says: Part Of our
high seas fleet made an attack on the
English coast and bombarded on the
18th, early in the morning, both fort
flied and coast places at Scarborough
and Hartlepool Regarding its fur
Their course Of action no information
can be given"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
Argentine Cruiser
Seizes German Ship
After Hot Chase

LONDON. Dec. i7.--(I;a6 .. MIA ais
patch received here from -Buenos Ayres
SAYS that the Argentine cruiser Pueyrre-
don. after a hot chase, has seized the
German steamer Patagonia in the Gulf OF
San JerF
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
British Squadron
BOmbards Turkish
Concentration Camp

ATHENS, Dec. H-(Via London. I;+7
a. MIA British squadron has bombarded
Turkish troops who had concentrated
Sunday on the coast OF the Gulf OF
saraos. the arm OF the Aegean sea north
OF the Dardanelles. This information
was received here today in a dispatch
from Mytilene. Details are lacking.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18

LONDON. Dec. ia dispatch to
the Daily Express from Hartlepool
says:
"As the German fleet steamed out
TO sea they dropped mines to prevent
any ships from following in their
wake"
BERLIN, Dec. II (via Amsterdam
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18

Extra heavy, full double
bed size, filled with
pure sanitary cotton,
good grade Of silkoline
covers, in medium and
dark fancy patterns,
at $3.50 each.
ri
Basement.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
FIRE RECORD.

Herd Elevator at Monroe.
COLUMBUS. Neb. Dec. l7J-(speeial
Telegram.)- F1re last night at ! o'clock
destroyed the +. B. Hord elevator at
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
A LETTER

The following IL taken from q letter
written by n prominent business man to
THE MIDWEST LIFE:
'Explaining why am borrowing at this
time on my policy will gay that | have
quite an important business project on
hand, taking all of my available means
for the next four or probably six months
sources, / found that by calling on all OF
the companies in which held policies,
could borrow about 5000 at this time. /
mention all of this because It has shown
me a new and valued use of an old line
life insurance policy. l have always been
a believer In insurance of this character,
but ] am more confirmed In 1t now than
ever especially when contrast 1t with my
assessment policies. all OF which bear no
AZ. r.ndnr-nrnhinr, N,nl,tln ~
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
Remnants Of COlOred
and Black Dress Goods
Specially Priced for Friday

Specially Priced for Friday
A gift not for the day
alone, but good for many
months to come; dress and
skirt lengths, and a fine
assortment Of lengths for
misses and children IS
dresses.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
OruIser Tennessee at AIeEandria.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Dec. r.-CYla
London)-The American cruiser Ten
nessee, which has been in the eastern
Mediterranean for some weeks charged
with the surveillance Of American in
terests, arrived here today.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
Austrian Training
Ship is Blown Up;
ALI Cadets Lost

LONDON. Dec film a dispatch from
Rome the correspondent Of the Central
News says; ~
"A Trieste official has announced the
blowing up by mine and sinking OF the
Austrian training ship Beethoven with the
loss OF the crew and all the cadets on
hoard"
None OF the standard naval reference
books has mention of training ship
named Beethoven belonging to Austria
Hungary. The dual monarchy has muir
or five ships devoted 70 the training OF
cadets, and It Is possible that since the
outbreak OF hostilities other vessels have
been used for this purpose. When ship
ia assigned for training purposes It's
nama often Il esangeds@ = y seass--s' ~
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
The Novelty Idea
Is Strong in
Handkerchiefs

The new types of seal
Hoped edges are especially
interesting this season
also rolled hens, one-half
and one-inch hens, and
handkerchiefs embroid.
erred in one corner.
Our use quality of
all-linen embroidered
hAndkerchiefs in white
and colored edges are
very fine and exclu-
sive.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-18
ALL ENGLAND is
STIRRED BY RAID
ON COAST TOWNS

CONTINUED from Page one.)
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-06-26
REMOVING SUCKERS FROM CORN

Manypeople just at this time are
asking if they should pull the suck
ers from their corn. That is a
question that could be answered yes
or no. Yes. There are several rea-
sons given why corn suckers so bad
ly. Two of the best are a lack of
plants on the ground And a super
abundance of available plant food
and good seasons
Practical experience has shown
to me that if you have all the corn
you need on the ground it pays to
remove the suckers. If your stand
is poor and you want more corn on
the land leave them. Suckers indi-
cate too few plants ON the ground;
but if your corn stands thick on the
ground and you leave them a drouth
would cut your crop severely. If
you have an abundance of rain your
suckers will make splendid corn. So
you have it, yes, no, yes. Get a
stand of corn and pull your suckers.
j. E. CREEL.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-06-26

old-time Southerners. People in
those days knew how to live and life
meant something in real social inter
course, friendship, responsibility to
mankind and to God And they en-
joyed the bountiful good things in
the way of wholesome food Judge
Carrie made great reputation for the
dinner house at Kennesaw in the
times before the advent of the dining
car. and when the brakeman would
call twenty minutes for dinner" as
the prelude to real feast
And now the dear old people are
reunited in the better world.
1t is sad to part with those we love
but there was so much of brightness
and goodness about Judge Carrie and
his wife and she had lived to such a
ripe old age that the parting does
not seem like death. We feel that
the dear immortal spirits are ever
near us though unseen and we can
almost speak to them through the
thin veil that separates us. Ger
tainly they speak to us through the
happy memory of them.
JOSIAH CARTER.