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The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-12-25
what Have I Done 2"

what have l doue?" she moaned
repeatedly. What have | done?"
where IL your husband?' the priest
asked her.
~ do not know"
'Where did you live?"
II do 90! know"
what happened to you?"
II do not know"
"You see.' said the priest to me.
These poor creatures are In absolute
ignorance as to what has happeuel
and what is happening. They do not
know"
AS we started along the deck the
wolnan reached out her hand tinridIy
and caught the skirt Ut the long coat
the priest wore. He stopped and turn.
ed to her.
Father" she said. what have l
done?"
That is the universal question in
Belgium. There are many thousand
refugees from that harrie1l country In
England. and many more are ctming.
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Salaries May Lower

General reduction of salaries of
first and second-class postmasters
will take place if the postoffice appro-
priation bill passes the house as in
PRODUCED. Postmasters at Butte, Glen
dive, Hamilton and Havre each will
be reduced $500; at Dillon and Helena
reductions will be $500; at Anaconda,
Miles City, Lewistown, Kalispell and
Great Falls, 5000, and Billings, Boze-
man, Livingston and Missoula, $500.
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Record For Elective Office.

John Laws, registrar Of deeds for
Orange county. N. g., for sixty four
years. died in Hillsboro in his ninety.
tifth year He was tirst elected to of.
fee in 1850. and 1t is believed that his
tenure constitutes record for an cleo.
tive Office In the Cnited States.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-12-25
WITH TERROR,
FUTURE IS DARK
Must Wait In Misery While
Battling Hosts Work More
and More Ruin.

Mostly they are women and children
although men come. too men who
might. it seems. be in the army. There
are old men and boys. There are ole
women. and young women and hun
dreds, thousands of children. They
are mostly of the peasant class They
have nothing left save fine bundles
they carry They have been coming
into London by way of Fo!kestone anG
Charing Cross and by way of 1'ilblry
and Liverpool street.
A Dark and Bloody Ground"
1t happened that went over to Ant.
werp along late in September. and On
the boat returning to England there
We're 500 or 600 refugees. principally
from the former villages near Ant.
Weip said former villages. for al
most every village in this vicinity or.
indeed. in practically every part of
Belgium Is Il former village This
widespread destruction left the people
to lie cared for. There was no place
to care for them in Belgium for all
Belgium is Il dark and bloody ground
that has already been fought over time
and again and will be fought over
many times more before this war is
ended
Less than two months before my Wis
it this was a peaceful and prosperous
country. so thickly populated that i,
was almost all one village. with Il PEG
pie who had not the slightest idea ut
what was in store for them. Today II
is Il desolated region. where n burned
or cannon crumbed hamlet eXcites no
remark aud where dead men are so
common and 50 numerous that death
seems an incident Of every minute of
every hour. II the few remaining non
coInbatants chance on a killed German
or killed Belgian or Il killed civilian
there is no speculation rs to how he
died. no inquest, no inquiry. Ii spades
are at hand the peasants dig Il shallow
grave or a trench il there are many of
the dead men. push the body or the
bodies in, throw the earth over them
and take it all as part Of the circum
stance of war.
In seven weeks this happy country
was brutaized beyond conception. 1t
isn't civilized state now. 1t is a
place where there Is no law save the
law of the sword. place where hu
man life counts for nothing. where
human misery finds no sympathy,
where humanity Is staggering under
terrors that are too horrible for de
scription. and where desolation, de.
struction and death have ravaged a
whole people. There were about $500.
600 people in Belgium. living In Il coun
try somewhat smaller than the state
OF Maryland, where the population in
1910 was less than l.50O,00O From the
American view Maryland is rather a
thickly settled state. Crowd into Mary
land 100000 more of people and you
will have an idea of the conycsted
condition OF that kingdom when the
war began.
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The press dispatches this
morning failed to record the
daily advent of a new president
in Mexico.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1914-12-25
Land Will Be Left a Waste.

Belgium was the pathway leading to
France for Germany, and Germany
used that pathway. The Relgiuns made
what resistance they could Thus
100000 of peaceful people were
caught in the swirl of the tremendous
military operations that followed and
nave been the bloody pawns of the
great game OF war that is being played
in that territory Belgium had no part
in the quarrel. asked probably a
hundred of the most Intelligent types
or these people who are refugees
whether they know why their country
is at war and not one Of them knew
except vaguely.
Belgium didn't want war. What
Belgium wanted was peace and an op
port,lnity to pile mp francs one by one
1T was prosperous country. The PEG
pie are ahnormally thrifty They save
in every possible way. But Belgium
got war. got war that. before it is over
will devastate the whole territory of
Belgium and that has already killed
thousands Of her young men and driv
MI AA'V"o"u NH nk'CIl tuouSilHuS vi ueT
people to foreign countries for refuge.
Since European wars began Belgium
has been fought over. Armies have
marched back and forth across her fer.
tile fields and drencbed the streets Of
her peaceful villages with blood. The
little kingdom has been the sport Of
Mars. Bat now in this war Belgium
faces destruction, except the elimina.
ton OF her actual ground. The land
will be left probably but If the war
continues for long time that is about
all that VIII be left. Or II Germany
should win the war then Belgium will
probably cease to be an independent
kingdom or will become Il Gernanized
principhlity. with pretense Of indie
pendenee. but in reality in German
cODtrOl. II the allies win the first de
mahd will he for payment to Belgium
for her, losses. but there isn't enough
money in the world to pay Belgium
for what Belgium has suffered and will
suffer 1t is the most nlckless little
collntry OH the face of this globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
SHIPPERS NOT FOR
WAREHOUSE BILL
Proposed Legislation Does Not Meet
with Approval with Grain and
Live Stock Men.
FARM BEST PLACE TO STORE
Resolution to Such Effect by COm-
mittee of st. Mary Unanimously
Passed by Assembly in
Convention.

A public warehouse bill is not in espe-
cially good standing with the Nebraska
Farmers COOPERATIVE Grain and Live
Stock Shippers association, holding
the last of it's three days convention in
Omaha. In the resolutions adopted the
warehouse bill was not condemned, but
was touched upon in the following brief
paragraph
Resolved. That we instruct our legis-
Iative committee to keep a close watch
that no warehouse bill is passed that
will In any way be detrimental to the
best interests of the farmers or their CO.
operative companies"
But aside from the resolution commit
tee there was special committee to re-
port on the problem of storage of grain.
This committee headed by ]. c. Miller
This committee. headed by j. c. Miller
storage Condemned.
I'VE condemn the practice Of storing
grain under any circumstances, as the
elevators of the state are not equipped
Continued on Page Four, Column OneD
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
EUGENE DUVAL TO
SUCCEED F. A. NASH
Promotion Comes to Man Who Has
Been Late General Agents As
sistant for Ten Years.
LIVED HERE NINETEEN YEARS
Was Born In h RaiIrOnd office and
Has worked Himself Up from
Telegrnph Operator aud
StenO1rapher.

Eugene Duval has been promoted to the
position of general agent of the Milwau-
--kec road, having jurisdiction over all
freight. traffic and operating matters, his
territory including Nebraska and Council
Bluffs. He succeeds f, A. Nash, de-
ceased, and whose assistant lie had been
for something like ten years.
Mr. Duvals residence in Omaha dates
bacl; nineteen years. and he is the one
man who has been in the railroad bust
ness practically from the day of his birth.
His father was agent for the Grand
Trunk at Toronto. Car, and lived in the
station building where Eugene Duval
was born. As soon as he could walk,
young Duval began playing around the
railroad office, and when he was 10 years
old he had learned telegraphy. At IA
years Of age he secured his first job. that
OF night telegraph operator at a station
in one of the suburbs of Detroit, Mich.
During off times he learned stenography
and couple of years later went to the
Wabash as stenographer to the division
superintendent at Peru, Ind He remained
with the Wabash until 1886. when he
came TO Omaha and secured a position
with the Union Pacific as stenographer
in the office of Superintendent Smith.
out of RaiIrOnd Business.
Shortly after this, Mr. Duval concluded
that he wanted 10 get out of railroading
He secured a position with the govern
ment and went with Pat McCahley OF
the quarrermastcr's office, as clerk and
stenographer, A little later he quit the
government employ and secured a posi-
tion with Peycke Bros, commission men,
This work was rot entirely to his liking
and some nineteen years ago he cast his
lot with the Milwaukee road, appointed
as contracting freight agent Then he
became chief clerk, and ten years age
was appointed assistant to F. a. Nash
a position he held continuously until the
| present promotion came.
! Mr. Duval is married, his family con
sisting of Mrs. Duval and two grown
children, a son and a daughter He is
prominent in club circles, being a mem,
ber of the Commercial, the Field and the
Elks clubs.
Several positions held by Mr.. Nash still
remain to be filled. Among these are the
presidency of the Omaha Auditorium
company, a director in the Omaha Elec,
tric Light and Power company. and a
director in the Douglas Hotel company
owners of the new Fontenelle hotel.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
Tanner Of Lions and
Snowman Arrested in
New York Released

NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-La Belle Andre.
tanner of six lions which yesterday es-
capped from their cage on the stage of
an Eighty-sixth street vaudeville theater
and caused a panic in the audience and
the street outside, TO which one Of the
animals found her way; Carl A, Turn
quist, a Snowman, and George Hamilton.
booking agent. were discharged whe1
arraigned in a police court today o.
charges OF manslaughter
They were arrested yesterday after sew
eral persons had been clswed, a polica-
man wounded by bullet and one OF the
lions had been killed. The magistrate
said he could find no law that would
justify the defendants being held on the
charge Of manslaughter as none OF the
persons elAwed by the lions were seri-
ously hurt.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
RUSSIAN REPORTS DIFFERENT
Muscovites Say They Are Advancing
on Extreme Right and Other
Fights Unimportant.
ALLIES ADVANCING IN WEST
Germans in France and Flanders Be-
ing Forced Backward.
ANNEX EGYPT AND SUDAN
Taking over OF Last OF Turkish Sui
tan's Possessions I'm Africa is
Featured by the News
papers Of London.

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-Agaln the
Germans and the Austrians seem to
be on the crest OF wave OF battle as
the interminable struggle In the east
continues; again Berlin is gay with
flags and again Petrograd declines to
concede victory to the invaders. Ber-
lin and Vienna contend, however,
that the Russians are falling back
along the entire front from the Bal
ito to the Carpathians, with the In
vading center less than thirty miles
from Warsaw.
To the south. where a few weeks ago
Russians were pouring over the Car
pathlans into Hungary. combined Austro-
German columns have now forced them
pack through the passes and II Is now
asserted have advanced two-thirds OF the
way across GAlicia and are nearing the
fortress OF Lemberg, occupied by the Rus
SLAMS carly In the Galician campaign.
The Russian official announcements ad-
init none OF this. They dismiss the han
penings In Galicia as engagements OF no
Importance and class the operations 70
the west of Warsaw In tho same cate
cory. 1t is claimed, however, that the
extreme Russian right near M1awa has
thrust the Germans back and that Rus
sian cavalry has swung across the south
crn border OF East Prussia.
In the western arena there have been
no events Of great importanee; at least
none has been reported. Foot by foot the
allies appear to be forcing the Germans
| out OF their trenches in Flanders and
maintaining the pressure elsewhere on
the front from the sea to Switzerland.
The British press today naturally makes
feature OF tho annexation of Egypt and
the Sudan, which takes from the sultan
of Turkey 100000 subjects and I.SOO, 900
square miles of land. This action, more
over. robs the Turk of his last foothold
in Africa. italy having taken Tripoli from
him few years ago.
All England Is still buzzing with talk
about the German raid on the east coast.
interest having been stimulated afresh nv
the latest accounts coming out OF TIartle
pool.
Many OF tho naturalized Germans. ar
rested on the east coast after the Ger
man raid. have been liberated.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
The Days
War NeSus

The German squadron which at
tackled the eastern coast OF Eng
land, causing the death of about
100 persons, Is said in Berlin to
have sunk two British destroyers
and damaged badly a third. The
British admiralty states that two
warships were struck by German
shells and that five men we're
killed and fifteen wounded, but
makes no mention OF the loss of
any vessels.
Both Berlin and Vienna assert
that a decisive defeat has been
inflicted on the Russians and that
they are retreating along the
whole line, ther resistance being
broken. These statements are
not borne out, however, by the
Russian military authorities. who
say that one of the German col
umns advancing on Warsaw has
been routed and that elsewhere
there has been significant
changes.
Emperor William is said to
have improved in health suffi-
ciently to permit of his return to
the front next week.
The German armies which In
vaded France and Belgium are
said by the allies to be yielding
slowly but steadily. The Ger
man War office denies that
further ground has been won by
the allies. 1t states that French
attacks have been repulsed and
that in the Argonne $500 prison
ers were captured.
The German statement adds
little to its announcement of yes
terday that a great victory had
been gained over the Russians.
1t is said merely that the retreat
ing Russians are being pursued.
The last Of the venturesome
crew which sailed on the German
cruiser Emden have been cap
tured by British warships.
Bombardment by British
squadron of Turkish Qualifications
in the gulf of Saraos, north of the
Dardanelles, is said at Athens to
have routed the Turks and in
fllcted heavy damage.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
Kemal Is
Proclaimed Sultan
Of Egypt by Britain

LONDON, Dec. IS 1t is officially an
nounced that Prince Hussein Kemal has
been appointed to succeed the khedive OF
Egypt, Abbas Hilmi. Prince Hussein
Kemal will take the title Of sultan. The
new sultan is an uncle of Abbas Hilmi.
The official press bureau in its announce
ment OF the appointment says:
Prince Hussein Kemal Pasha. the
eldest living prince of the family Of
Mahomet All, has accepted the post Of
sultan of Egypt"
CAIRO. Egypt, Dec 1S.--(Via London.)-
A British protectorate was formally pro-
claimed throughout Egypt today In all
garrison towns a salute of lOl guns was
fired and the union jack was hoisted.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
Freight Steamship
Isthmian Ashore on
San Benito Island

SAN DIEGO. Cal. Dec. 1s-str1kins rocks
off San Benito island. 300 miles south
OF San Diego, the American awaiian
freighter Isthinian. southbound from San
Pedro for Panama canal, sent a wireless
call for assistance early today and at last
reports was proceeding northward at the
rate OF five miles an hour.
According to radio reports here the
Isthmian has twenty-hix feet OF water In
No. hold and the ship is down by the
head and steering badly.
On receipt Of the wireless call from the
lsthmian, tho crusier West Virginia. the
torpedo boat destroyer Perry and the
navy tug Iroquois cleared south ut fuH
speed. 1t is expected the Perry Will meet
the Isthmian about o'clock this after
noon.
The Isthmian carries crew OF forty
men, but no passengers. 1t is bound for
New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
Prisoner Defies
Bolts, Steel Bars
and Stone Walls

SAN QUENTIN. Cal. Dec. B.-John
Bogden, convict, is at liberty today,
having established for the fifth time to
his satisfaction that stone walls mako
no prison to speak Of. For iron bars he
has equal contempt
Bogden did not check in at roll call
last night, and for a while the peniten-
tlary authorities felt sure he was within
the walls. Later they came to believe
the walls could not hold him.
Before coming here. Bogden bent apart
set Of cell bars in San Francisco and
walked out between them. At Woodland,
Cal, where he was picked up, he went
through six inches OF wood and steel be-
tween him and free air. In 1903 he par
ticipated In a bloodthirsty jail break at
the Folsom (Cal) penitentiary. and once
he turned up missing from the jail at
Chehalis, Wash.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
Three South Dakota
Banks Close Doors

PIERRE. $. D.. Dec. 1s.-(Special Tele--
gram.)-State Bank Examiner wingfield
reports this morning that the Farmers
and Citizens State bank OF Bryant, the
Bank Of Willow Lakes and the First state
Bank Of Faith turned over their affairs
to the state department at the close Of
business last night.
The Bryant and Willow Lakes banks
being connected In a business way with
the Syverson bank which failed at Ban
croft. which, with paper that cannot be
realized on at present. was the cause OF
their assignment.
The Bryant bank was capitalized at
s25. 900 and carried deposits of $4,000 The
Willow Lakes bank was capitalized at
$4,000 and carried $4,000 The Faith
bank was capitalized at $4,000 and car
ried but $4,000 deposits
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
Submits
Liquor Amendment
to the Upper House

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-senator Shep-
pard OF Texas oo-suthor OF the pending
resolution to submit to the states con-
stitutional amendment for national pro-
senate.
The disposition OF this prohibition
amendment is the most solemn duty that
has confronted congress since the death
of slavery, he said. 1T will determine
whether the moral forces of the nations
are the dominat one IN this republic"
The issue will not come formally before
the senate until the Hobson resolution
has been passed upon In the house
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
The National Capital
Friday, December IS, 1914.

The Senate.
Hearings were resumed on the Philip
pine bill.
Senator Sheppard spoke on his consti-
tutional prohibition amendment
Rejected the nomination OF w. n. Col
Inns as postmaster at Kansas city Mo.
Adjourned at 4;32 p. m. to noon Satur-
day.
The House.
January q was selected as the day for
eulogies for the late Representative
BTemneT of New Jersey.
Representative Gardner testified before
the naval committee urging increases OF
sea defenses.
Hearings were continued on the bill 10
limit cold storage of food
Passed legislative, executive and tu-
dicial appropriation bill carrying about
$50, 600 900
Began consideration OF postoffice ap-
preparation bill.
Indian appropriation bill carrying
S 1850 reported.
Naval affairs committee concluded
hearings on annual appropriation bill,
heated argument between Representative
Gardner OF Massachusetts, and common
marking closing session.
Adjourned at j:25 p. m to noon Satur-
day.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
African Rebellion
at End Says Botha

CAPEToWN. Dec. 1s.-CVia London y
General Louis Botha. premier OF the
Union Of South Africa. considers that the
rebellion. apart from the rounding up OF
a few stray bands, is at an end. Ac-
cordingly he has gone on a short vaca-
tion on his farm before undertaking a
campaign against German Southwest
Africa.
With the capture of General De Wet
and the death OF General Beyers In an
engagement, the South African govern
ment recently announced that the rebel
lion started by the leaders was practically
at an end. Most OF the followers of
De Wet and Beyers. it is stated, have
been either captured OF dispersed.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19

British warships were lost during the re-
cent raid by German squadron on the
east coast Of England.
berlin. Dec 1s-(By wireless to Say
vile, L. IO-"In the German raid on the
English cast coast two British destroyers
were destroyed and one was heavily
damaged"
LONDON, Dec. 1s.-An Amsterdam dis
patch to Reuters Telegram company con-
tains a German official statement which
says some OF the British destroyers which
attacked the German raiding squadron
cff the British coast were sunk, The
communication follows:
''The retreating cruisers were attacked
by four British destroyers, one of which
was sunk Another disappeared, badly
damaged.
AT another point another English de-
stroyer wa9 sunk
An official statement, issued by the
British admiralty last night, makes no
mention of any British warship having
been lost The British statement said
that the light cruiser, Patrol, and the
destroyer. Doom, which were among the
British ships that attacked the German
cruisers, were struck by shells and lost
| five men in killed and fifteen wounded.
TrawIer Sees Hattie.
LONDON, Dec. 1s.--The Daily Tele-
graphs Hull correspondent, telegraphing
| Thursday night. says; .
"The steam trawler Cassandra arrived
| here tonight and brought the story Of
| the naval engagement which followed the
German raid on Hartlepool, Scarborough
and Whitby Wednesday morning.
"The Cassandra was caught between a
| German vessel and the pursuing British
1 1sdiiadron. One OF the men of the Cassan-
dra's crew in an interview. said;
1--WE were about thirty miles off Scar
| borough at 10 or II o'clock In the morn
ing. when we were surprised to see eight
or nine warships approaching us at full
| speed our surprise turned to amusement
when we found they were Germans and
heard shots fired.
\ Zone first-class battleship passed so
close to us that we could see the men
working the guns, which were being fired
rapidly One destroyer was sent within
hailing distance of us and we thought our
| last moment had come. but at another
signal 1t steamed away.
| "'When the German vessels had got
well away a British squadron came into
sight firing as they came. 1t seemed to
me they were ten miles apart. We seemed
to be in danger from the British squad
ron and hurriedly hauled in our gear.
We heard firing for a full half hour.
Later on we saw some OF the British
vessels return and came to the conclusion
that thee hase was over, but with what
results we did not know"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
DANES WATCHING ALL
AMERICAN CARGOES

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-According to
Copenhagen dispatch to the Central News
the government there has ordered all
Danish importers of foodstuffs from
America to deposit with the government
bills OF lading and orders showing the
disposal of these cargoes, with view of
preventing absolutely any export of food
to Germany.