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The right way is through an ad, and the right place is in the Want Columns. THE LINCOLN DAILY STAR A A A CITY I I Kin 1 XT A I I A 'JO, SLXTKHN 1'AGKS ON'E CENT. RETflKE TRENCHES; GiS DESTROY "THIS" Chicago May Have 7-Cent Bread If Wheat Continues "OVERHEAD EXPENSE, Jrvtish Unable to Hold Works Captured Along Important Road On October 18. ENGLISH ADVANCE HALTED Artillery Too Much for Armored Tractors--Big Gun Duel Continues Along the Somme Front. CHICAGO, Oct.

B. H. Dahlheimer. president of the Master Bakers' association of Chicago, ob- scrrved shurllv after the opening: of tho bonrd of trade that wheat had ad- 2 3 4 more. December at the moment selling: a he said.

"Thht settles it: something: must be done or there will be 7-cent bread in Chicago." Mr. Dahlheimer and a committee tried to bring- the matter to the attrition of President Wilson here yes- terday, to urge an embargo on exportations until the domestic situation is relieved, but the president's schedule was too crowded. i "We will take the matter up with our congressmen at once and arrange in that way to bring: the matter before Mr. Wilson." said Mr. Dahlheimer.

-I An advance from the to the 6-cent loaf is recent history- in this city. 'RENCH INTANTEY QUIET i Associated Press. I Oct. 20--fBy Wireless to I nyvillel--The greater part of renches on the road between Eau- ourt I'Abbuye and Le Barque which captured by the British on Octo- 18 were retaken yesterday by Ger-i lan troops in an attack, according IP official statement issued today at! 10 German in my headquarters. i Attempts made by British detach-' Portland Enthusiasts Meet Nebraska Gridiron Warriors At Station.

(Special to The By "CY" A PORTLAND. Oct. 20--The Na- "to "ad'vance'last i of I bra ska Cornhuskers completed their ourcplettc? and east of Le Sars. the! trip across the continent their Latement adds, failed. I special train pulling into Portland a In the last great attack against 9 a.

in. Several hundred Uimersity of 'rman positions in the Somme region i Nebraska, graduates and former citi- 1 British used several tanks and of the Cornhusker commonwealth nee of destroyed by the were gathered at the Union Pacific, erman artillery fire the statement station to greet the Headed. eclares I ie Nebraska cadet band, the Corn- The German statement regarding busker tourists and the welcoming! ip Somme front savs- I art paraded the streets to the hotels. the a i 'weather the Former Nebraskans have arranged ml artillery duel on both sides of the, a series of enetrtammsnts for the visi- omine continued lively. I tors, the program including scenic "The largest part rt the trenches i auto rides and a banqual and ball Sat-! PS! of read be-v ten Vancourt night.

The latter follows the and Le taken by the pridiron combat between the ng-lish on October IS, was captured buskers and the Oregon Aggies on I tonomah field. Coach Stewart gave the Cornhusker squad a long signal i i late in afternoon, a. program which will be re- I pcated in the afternoon. The ers. though fagged today from their long trip out.

are in fairly good trim foi the Saturday fray. Oregon Aggie supporters are asking odds of 10 to S. attack. In 'he hours avances of English detachments north Oouroelatte and east or Le Sars tiled. "Ap only now reported the 'English i the last attack aroused some of leir much trump'ted armored auto- obiles or so-called tanks.

Three of lem are lying before cur lines having 'en destroyed by Heavy Shelling. LONDON. Oct. The official fol- wing account of oprrations on the rench front was given out here to: Stuff and Schwaben 'doubts were heavily shelled by the i ferny. the Germans Capture Prisoners in Attack On the Russians TKe Summarized Serbian troops on the western end of the a i a front are reported successfully i i their camp a i for a i Through Paris today comes official a of the capture of the i a of Vclyseselo, i i tho bend of tho Cerna river southeast bf Monastir.

The a i a are said to have suffered heavy losses, i i 100 men prisoners and three cannon, and to have been put to rout. The i a i in Grecs remains extremely confused. News dispatches from Athens, long delayed in transmission and recording the development of the situation there only up to Wednesday i report i tions in the Greek capital. Greek reservists there are snid to have taken the law into their own a despite the presence- of strong i of entente marines, i the Greek authorities doing i a i to control them. i Constantine is reported to have told the British i i at A ens that the allies, a i deprived him of all power and recognized the provisional government of a i i had better address proposals regarding the course of Greece to the Veniielos revolutionary government.

Take the Offensive and Push Invaders to Frontier, According to Bucharest. FIGHTING MORE STRENUOUS DP DEUTSCHLHI Fate of Bremen Said to Have Interrupted Commercial Submarine Business. net. I'Xc'hange Telegraph dispatch from A a snvs a i a telegram rec-en eci therrs from Premen conllrms ihe i-eporl that the German Ocean a i a i c'om- pnny has loeolvod no nc i ws i tho commercial a i HreniPii a she is lost. i a anxiety prevails a iho a i i of tho c'rew, i a a of whom reside In Bremen nnd it is expoc'ted i i i bo experienced in a i i I for other commercial submarlnos i a undertake i i A a i According i i i sailing of on i voyngp across the 1 A i has been ellod.

Success of Serbians In River Attack Admitted-Battle Increases In Intensity. BULGAES LOSE PRISONERS A I A RETREAT. A Oct. 20. (Via London)--The a i a and German forces in Dobrudja have taken the offensive a the whole front.

They hare forced back the Rum a i a left wing, the war announced today. (Associated Press 1 Ptrr-HARKfiT. Oct. a i a have taken offensive In the Oituz valley, through which the Auatro-Gernian forces invaded Rumania, the war office announced today. They have driven hark the to the frontier.

repulse of attacks on other parts of. the front also is porteil. WIITH RECEPT LINCOLN. 'Oct. cast till 7 p.

Saturday. For Lincoln and Vicinity--Fair tonight and Saturday: slowly rising temperature. I For Nebrask.i--Generally a i to- night and Saturday with slowly rls- I temperature. I Washington Hears of Russian Ban On Many Imports oct. wireie, to Returning to Long Branch Highly Satisfied With French Infantry Quiet PARIS, Oct.

20--There WPS no in- ntry action last night on the French ont in the Somme region, says the rlcial statement issued this afternoon the French war office. In Lorraine surprise attacks against the posts in the region of Bezanges ere repulsed. 151D ii cmmiy anri Thrpp dim i MI ee oiiidii dren Were Without Food Or Clothing. TVith her husband ii' hospital, reatened w.th death, vain- protecting three small children witb- a stove in her quartets, was "ound ing in the attic of a home 0" street. The only entrance vvay to is poor woman's home was it ncn stood up io the roof of che use The discovery was made of- ials of the Charilj Organization so- vere sent there to care for family.

Tho family was found to be badly hi ed of coal and warm clothingr. The lest of the children is years eld. forts are being made to find more rne-Iike and comfortable quarters this OsV.tute family. The mother made application for a heating ve and it ivas learned later that she 1 not hsivc a cook stove in the house her. The family also needs bedding 1 ft was thought the husband bad re- i ered from an attack of pneumonia len he suffered a setback.

His con- ion is now serious. The effects of Thursday's storm bell to show late Thursday i society reports. Two widows and of small children were sup- ed with a stove each, as well as 'thing and coal. The wTyfurcr's lodge was well filled night. bare-footed, a laborer 'applied tho society for a pan- of shoes, appeal is made for blankets rl bedding.

Supplying tho demand ring the last two drcvs has almost the society's supply. of the river Narayuvka. in Galicni. and repulsed sanguman counter attacks, says the German official statement issued today. The Germans captured fourteen officers and 2.050 men and took eleven machine guns.

The statement reporting operations in Russia and Galicia says: "Several Russian counter attacks broke down with heavy losses in front of the positions which we had gamed north of Sviniu.sky and on the Sfoli- hod "iver. "Southwest of Svistelniki. on the bank of the Narayuvka, German battalions stormed an important position on the heights and sanguinar- ily repulsed attacks made to recon- quer the lost ground. The enemy left fourteen officers and 2,050 men and eleven machine guns in our hands. "In the southern part of the Carpathian forest which is covered with snow the enemy was thrown from the summit of mount Rusului." Bryan Meets the President At Pittsburgh--Man Chases Wilson Automobile.

GREEK CIPITIL Storm Sets New October Records in the Southwest entire southwest was in the grip of last night's storm wave, temperatures almost everywhere throughout Missouri. Kinpos. Oklahoma. Arkansas and northern Texas setting new records for this earlj- in October according to the bureau reports The ther- niometer fell in Kansas to below 20 degrees, west of Concordia: in Missouri to 24 at St. Joseph; in Oklahoma to 28 at Oklahoma City: in northern Texas to freezing and in northern Louisiana to 36 degrees.

Snow flurries were general according to the reports. Submarine Sinks Swedish Vessel COPENHAGEN. Oct. Lon- crow of the Swedish steamship Normandie landed today, at FYed- fnksbaven. the most northerly seaport of Denmark.

Their vessel was tor- and sunk by a German submar- The Nc.rmandie was of 1.342 tons srross. She wis 232 feet long, thirty- five feet beam and built in 1905. nnounces for Information On Birth Control YORK, Oct. 20 --Mrs. Margar- Sanger.

of this city who was and convicted but not punished lie in Portland, recently for birth to that clinics for the dissemination information on that subject soon to open in San Francisco, Cleved nnd other western and inland clt- rtio police here are searching for a lie which is being conducted in the it York section of Rrooklyn 3 which has heen advertised by distribution of a i in Engi. Yiddish and I a i a Tin- I a birth control bore is a misdcmean- under the "aw. to Meet Demands WASHINGTON. Oct. 20--The department of jiisfce has bpen advised that the direct rs of th" National Association of Master Pluml.ers which has baen under attack ar in violation of the Sherman law.

have passed a resolution by which the entire plan of operation and by-laws of the organization are to be re-vised to meet the government's criticisms. DVtfh TV III! DULUTH, Oct. in depth from 2 to inches, snow today covers northern Minnesota, the iron rnnge nnd the north woods. Thp snow besnn falling here last night. A jood si7od in progress on tne iron ranges all of vrstcrdaj.

beginning i rain and i lo snow under the influence of (itiCC north wind. PITTSBURGH, oct 20--President Wilson and W. Bryan, foimor secretary of state, met here today for the first time in months. The president stopped Pittsburgh for an hour and a half on the way from Chicago to Long Branch and Mr. Bryan came here on the way to speak at Johnstown.

Pa. As soon as the president arrived at the station the former secretary boarded Mr. Wil'-on's private car a the two men shook hands. A large crowd outside the car witnessed the greeting. The men spoke together only for a moment or two then left the car.

The appearance of Mr. Bryan caused a five-minute delay in an automobile tour of Pittsburgh, arranged for the president. Automobiles for the president's party were waiting outsicl" the station.and President and Mrs. Wilson entered one of them. Mr.

Brvan and Secretary Tumulty riding in another. Loses His Hat On the ride president lost his hat and the automobile was stopped while a secret service man recovered "it. A man. apparently a workman, with a bog of tools, jumped on the running board of the president's automobile, but was knocked off by secret service men The man chased the president's conveyance for a block before he was arrested by local detectives. The prisoner gave the name of Richard Cullon, aged 22.

a machinist of this cify. On his way to the station he told the police that he was not at all satisfied with President. Wilson's conduct of the tmion war. In the bag he carried was a knife with a blade five inches long and a bottle of liquid the police are endf-avoring to analyze. Also in the bag were several wood chisels.

The prisoner is held by the police for observation. Satisfied With Reception ON BOARD PRESIDENT WILSON'S SPECIAL, WOOSTER, Oct. 20-President Wilson was returning to the summer capitol at Long Branch, N. today highly satisfied with the reception awarded him in Chicago yesterday and last night. He is due to arrive at Shadow Lawn at midnight.

Attempt to Sell Stolen Bank Bonds Reservists Break Away From Police and Overrun the City. tur- clis- Pi 1 not. 20 i i i in Athens on nosd.iy iiight are it-ported IT. patches from i correspondent at the Greek a i a sent a evening-. Greek reservists a I.ikon tho laAv i their own hands i the pres- of strong "nteiit.

dct.ichmonts of i marines who arc given i a no i assistance by the Greek authorities In maintaining ordoi, the claies. "Tonight," dispalch de- re-ids, i is Has Not Stated Why He Voted Against Age of Consent Bill. Measure Had the Support of Many Well Known Legislators. WlK Judge A. L.

Sutton in the Ne- br.iska i a of east his vote iig.iinsl the bill a i i the age of consent from If, 1o 18 years, he was one, of tiro throe members who so voted. Kighty-four members of the hoiiso, i regard lo polities, gave the measure i support. A it passed the house it went to the senate and in a a it passed i a dissenting vote, being re- coidod. It thus appe.iis thai out of 153 members of tho i a i there were 10) who gave the bill their a i a i support, and only three who opposed its In both houses of the Inture, Mr. Button's party was in con-1 tiol.

Tip, therefore, could have had no partisan reason for voting PMdent that t'hc reservists a i out of hand for despite the fact th it strong this bill. a i a forces are escorting the Ficnch There was, in fact, no suspicion of Greek marines a soldiers sproad about overywhore, tho reservists assembled in groups a taken Ihe law. a party alignment on the bill. The legislature which passed it was republican in both branches. contained W'ASrilN'GTDN, Oct.

a RUSHIII I iHMiinnce of a decree i a iirohihitmR' tho Imp a i of ninny a i i i i i (roods which Mcuro In Amcr- export i a WJLH erhen todn.v in an aiinouiicemont of the department of fomi'ierce The a a from British board of trade i a i which aayfi a a Rus- contomplatcfi i i I i i a i of tho following articles: I'rosh vogoLablPS and i foxcopt U'mons; proMcrvod foods, and saucos, pit klcH, tobiifco, ci- giira and i i Jams, confoctionary; cannod i and ber- iios; hops, boor, and I I qiior.s; a watorn a i i a watern1; chopsp. flah, a ori and patent leathers: a i fur skins. loatUor Klovoa small i of a including; "portlnc floods; cortain a i of wood ami basket ware, precious i a I'liilrHns i i Idnds of and plas.sware; loilot soap: a a i of pold, silver anrl a i a a of copper and alloys of copper, cutlerv articles i expensive i binoculars; musical i articles of cardboard; cotton, velvet plush: a rlo.s of silk and half islk. a i felt goods; carpets, a i i froocl.s and i tulle. lace and a a of laco; embroidery embroidered fabrics: i and underwear: women's hats, caps, umbrollas and parasols, toys, expensive, fancy and toilet articles in general.

Fighting Progresses. HKRIJN. Oct. WlrelefB battle belwepn Auatro- i i forms nnd Rumanians on tho i rirlppi of Transylvania is pro- BrpHSlns'. Jtiiyc today's Gorman official a In tho Russian province borderinp thn Rlack spa, the nght- Inp between Russo-Humanlon arm- le.s and the forces of central pow- ors hpcnine more lively.

The text i a a On thp frontier ridden dm i projrreHses. "Army irrotip ol Fiolfl Marfihal von Markon.sen- The fighting- a i on tho Dohrudja front livelier." Thp forward movonifnt of tho allied forces in lho hfiul of tho river Coma, In soiithorn Sprbia, has boon halted by the troops of the cpntrnl powers, after a a Serbian success, says tho Oormiin Issued today. Tha a reads: "Macedonliin front: The-Serbian In tho Corna bond nftor a temporary success has boon hnlled. "North of NliIJi- Planlnn and south- WPH! of Pol ran lako wciik hostile attacks failed." Serbians Active. PARIS, Oct.

war office announced today a the Serbians have captured thp plateau and village Of YplvfKPlo on western end of the Macedonian putting thp Bul- Kiirlaus I rout. Tho statement nnyn heavy losse.s wero inflicted on tho Bulgarians. The Serhinns c'nptured 100 Bulgarians and throe cannon. into i hands and the Greek democrats and populists who also forces for the maintenance of order do not dispose of them. "The chief of the French police control has informed the editors of I ha anti-Vemzelos press that beginning tomorrow the French mil exercise a newspaper censorship and a newspapers i i a i run the risk of suspension." articles voted for it.

Tho governor who it, Sihis A. Holciimh. a populist. Judge Sutton. therefore, must have antagonized the bill for some other than a.

a i a reason. Was This the Reason? The only light which th.5 legislative record throws upon his possible rea- Mining Engineer Asphyxiated Rescue Work in son is an explanation offered by Representative W. D. Robinson of Lancas- Tho foregoing, although bi inging the i ter county, who voted with -Button in news of developments in Athens only the negative. Robinson's which up to Wednesday is latest I appears on page 969 of the 1895 house report to be received on the situation Claim U.

S. Recognition. (Via afteinoon publish a letter said to have been sent by the American consul at Saloniki to At. Pol i i foreign minister of tho provisional journal was as follows: "Mr. Speaker--I vote 'No" on this bill I because do not consider that it con- corns rape.

It is morelv a drastic a against tho seduction of young erlrls. It! is law which the people will see a i folly of. but will find hard to ronenl." I Mr Rutton "has not indicated whether voted against the bill for th govei established by former Pro- reason given by Robinson. The CINCINNATI. Oct.

i i to dispose of several thousand dollars worth of bonds to the Amelia State bank of Amelia, late yesterday, a man who was ideiftifiefl today as Alon- 7,0 3. Whitcman. was apprehended and for government officials who claimed that bonds Whiteman was trying to dispose of had been stolen i frnm the bank several months ago. Whiteman said he was a former state senator In Minnesota and seconded the nomination of Grover He insl-ted tlint ho had purchased bonds, and that ho rlid not know a they had boon stolen i his broker in New York notified him. He that he only wanted lo got back what had.

paid for mier Vonlzelos, expressing the sincere hope of being able to i with the de facto government the cordial relations mvavs heretofore existing between the authorities and this consulate. The adherents of At. Venisielos claim that constitutes recognition of the provisional government by the United States American Garrett Droppers, denies a any consul has been authorized to rlo more a cultivate essential relations i the do facto a i i in and Crete as well as Saloniki. Recruited Canada's Army in U. BUL.UTH, Oct.

L. Thompson of Thome, Stanley Wood of i a and R. G. Gordon of Boulder, three men hold as witnos.ie.s in the alleged violation of the neutrality laws, were last evening released on $100 bail to appear the hearing before United Commissioner Arch L. Lome, i today or tomorrow.

i John H. Allen and I'nrk B. Prontiss, they will i i a a i i a I'. Connell, released on $1.000 bail, on Ihe charge of i ing In i army. States men for law did prove "hard to repeal:" in fact, it never has been repealed.

A suc- orvcllng legislature amended it "slightly, but the ago feature, which was the important object of the bill, has never boon changed. The law stands on a books toclav nnd under it dreds of convictions have heen obtained for offenses committed against voung girls, which never would havP been possible if Judgo Sutton's vote hud prevailed. Judge Sutton, now i for governor, has not yet told the people of Nebraska why his vote wan cait a a i i measure for pro(ec- i of young womanhood. Every it is put up to him, he evades It and about prohibition Men Who Voted For the Bill 7Iouso roll No. 34S, the ago of consent bill, was introduced by Representative R.

Benedict of Douglas county, on of Sutton's own colleagues. The of the house at that time was L. Richards of Hebron. He volTl for the bill. George Rouse of Hall county, afterward elector! speaker in another session, also supported it Judge Thomas Munger of the Stntci court, then a member of Mio house from 1 FyincaMor county, cast i i vote for tho bill.

Other wol! Known members who thought it worthy of (Continued On Nine.) FAIRMONT, W. Ort. AT Jones, i i engineer to Bn r- a i near hero yesterday in th" charge of a trained crow from Pittsburgh a i of the bureau of mines to conduct the work of rescue at the Jamison i where more than a doxen men had been entombed by an explosion, was asphyxiated in the workings early today. Jones with neven other men had reached the bottom of the shaft where canary birds were released to test the All the birds were almost immediately killed and who had advanced i ihe workings, also fell to the tracks. TTls companions advancing to his dp.sc.-ue the force of the as and ono by one wero overcome.

When they did not return to tho a party entered the i and brought them out. All quickly recovered except Jones who had apparently died in tho mine. Four other bodies of Mctim.s of the explosion also have been recovered. VelvcHclo is two milcjK north of Broil, a towr on the Cerna river, the capture of which was announced yesterday bjf I French war office. Heavy Fighting.

SUKIA, Oi I. CVia fighting in the rprna bend reported in 1111 official statement issued bv the war office today. 8ALONIKI, Oct. 'London.) --The capture of Erod and Velyeselo is reported by Serbian army headquarters as follows: "On October IS we continued our attacks on Sokol mountain. The army of Gen.

Ifisohltoh mot with an important siiccesf. It defeated the 44th and -Sth Bulgarian regiments, occupied the villages of Brod and Velyes- elo, two miles north of Brod, and captured four machine guns, three and eighty prisoners'" Part of Demands Granted Workers at Bayonne Plant Only Two Members of Alaunia's Crew Lost With Liner, NEW YORK. Oct. Cunard i announces here today word has heen received that all but two of tho crew of the steamer Alaunia which was sunk yesteiday by a mine in the Ens- li.sh channel, has been saved. message read -I "All passengers saved.

As far ca-i trace all crew safe except two." A message leceived. the officials said, reiterated previous information that all passengers were landed Wednesday at FalmoutTi, so they not involved in the disaster. 185 Bakers Fail in Three Months rOT.T'MRT'S. Oc' of because nf the Increase In the cost of wheat and flour wna Instrumental In causing 1R." bakers of the United States to fail in btl.otneii clu--lng June. nnd August according to figures complied by the National Assoclntlou of Master bankers through trade channels and made public today.

HOGS BRING PRICES CSnoeial to The Star.) AVOCA. Oct. The a a ruiroc Jersey hog sale of A. E. WHK lipld at bin home southwest of town Tuesday, and wai bv u-ors 'ram Otoe.

and Johnson counties. Tliirtv-seven head erf nnd i orfigptl SHfi.2". per bend. Tho highest rrleo link! was JfiB rt'hlch WHB nought hv Bcx-dchflfii. of Neb.

Six hone) iold for over $50 per head. A NT. Oct. Stand- ard Oil cnmpanv and other plants af- bv the strike which was attended bv rioting and the loss of HVPB resumed their accustomed acti- i -when all except a few of the" men were Idle returned i Belter i eondltions arc ed them and tlielr domand for Increase ttll! be granted in part, it Indicated by the federal conciliators came here from Washington to volun-- tcer their services. 4 A LOSES NOTES.

CTCXTRALIA. Oct cials of the First National bank Centralia, which was robbed day by four men, announced that tlcally all the notes held by the bank," 'j to tho amount of about $75,000 been taken by the who obtained in currency. The flclals hare no hope of recovering any, of the stolon paper and robbers will burn It. Tn the meantime the bnnk hs.s no evidence of debt from spvernl hundred borrowers. PodtiM i i givon up the chase of the IN FW SPA PER IN FW SPA PERI.

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