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-Mtf i -s- Phone your Want Ad for the big Sunday Star before 10 p. tonight. H' THE LINCOLN DAILY STAR A A A CITY EDITION I-'IFTKKNTH YEAR. I SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1910. EIGHT PAGES ONE CENT.

British Tell of Victory Over the German Flyers ON THE NOVEMBER GRIDIRON German Troops Force Their Way Into Main Position Along the Black Sea and Danube. 5.000 RUSSIAN PRISONERS LONDON, Oct. aerial operations of the German naval vice off the Belgian coast yesterday, an official statement, by the British official bureau says: "The secretary of the admiralty announces that on the morning of 20th a naval single-seated areoplane attacked and 'brought down a hostile kite balloon near Ostend. "A similar machine engaged a large hostile double-engine tractor seaplane, shooting both the pilot and the observer. The" seaplane side slipped and dived vertically into the sea two miles off Ostend.

The. remains later were Keen floating 1 on the water. "Both of our machines were Sofia Announces Repulse of the Serbians In Desperate Fighting' Along the Cerna River. PARIS TELLS OF GAINS (Associated Press.) BERLIN, Oct. troops have forced their way Into several points of the main positions of the Russians and Rumanians south of Bachova on the Danube, in i Sweet Says Poll Showed gers Are Afraid Of the Labor Vote.

Republican managers in Illinois are a i in their boots over the result of a preliminary poll taken in that state recently according to the infor- fighting, and stormed the heights northwest of Toprai Sari and the heights northwest of Mulclova. Some 5.000 Russians have been captured by the Teutonic Sweet, confidential adviser to tary of State Lansing at Washington. I Mr. Sweet's home is at Madison, I where he will cast his vote November 7. He is on a vacation trip and stopped i off in Lincoln to see his old friend Attorney sssus jss-ss ft ffl Irmv hUdauarters army he-idquat teis.

Loss Admitted. Oct. Oct. on the Dobrudja doiO-An maman attack in is cent of the registered voters are for i Wilson. Mr: Sweet learned while tn i the Windy City.

This ward contains a I (Via Lon- 'arge population of foreign-born peo- Of the remaining 40 per cent, per-Ru- i aps three-fourths were found tld remainder divided Benson, socialist and Han ly bj TKc Summarized Notable headway is being made by the Serbians on tho Macedonia front in their campaign for Monastir, according to the current reports from entente sources. Paris today announces further gains against the Bulgarians in the Bend of the Cerna southeast of Monastir, where the Serbians have pushed well to the north of the river following their recent passage at Brod. Unofficial advices alao report he Serbians, assisted by French troops, attacking in the Kenali region to the west the Fiorina'Monastir railway. Kenali is less than ten mites from Monastir. The Bulgarian position here is declared by the entente military commomentators to be virtually outflanked by the Serbian capture of Velyselo in the Cerna sector, six miles northeast of Kenali.

The latest Bulgarian and German official statement reported the Serbians checked in their Cerna valley campaign. On the Somme front in northern France, General Haig's forces are again scoring gains in their push toward Bapaume, London announces. A now British advance near Butte de Wurlencourt, south of the Albert-Bapaume road, is reported. Each Side Reports Repulse of Other--Russians Sent Back With Loss, Says Berlin. iTEUTONS TAKE POSITIONS Episcopalians Hear of Plan for Defenseless Western Hemisphere.

British Announce Further Progress Toward Gapaum-- Germans Say Their Attacks Fail. NO REST FOR ARTILLERY the region to sup wilson- The a i' strations policy in keeping the United States out of war is the factor which Serbians Repulsed. SOFIA, uci i London Oct. strongly, to the foreign 2 1 i of nil Serbian a.1-· tacks ir. the Orim bend is claimed in tho i i i i issued by the voters.

Chicago will go for Wilson by 100.000 plurality, in Mr. Sweet's opinion. The republican leaders in Illinois, he i i says, consider that their only hope the Cerna bend the a major ty exceedin(? lhat i the rest of the state'for Hughes. attempt Federal Grand Jury to Convene In Lincoln Nov. 1, Is Drawn war ottir" The statement says: front: Desperate fight- i i i Serbians particular iiacy i i efforts to advance, but we pulsed all attacks by and attacks.

Enemy to a toward Tarnova and the i of Uobroupolje failed. "At the foot the Uelaschitsa tain, we dispersed an enemy company which was trying to entrench on the railway north of Dova Tepe. On the Struma front, the enemy bombarded inhabited places, including Seres. 1 Paris Report. PARTS.

Oct. 21--The official account mission'er of operations on the Macedonian list: Issued hero a says that the Ser-; Oscar Bloom, Ax tell: Arthur W. Bur- biftn forces which crossed the Cerna; ling-ame, Sutton: Thomas A. Cox, Bev- river thrusting back the Bulgarians erly: i i a Carlson, Marquettn; Fay and capturing several villages, are Copsey, York: Ezra P. Camp, Superior; i i the offensive movement and I x.

B. Catlin, "220 street. Lincoln: have made progress. Western Sentiment Inclined to Give Cornhuskers Best of Game. Great Crowd Assembles For Game--Neither Coach Admits Expecting Victory.

LINCOLN, Oct. -cast till 7 p. m. Sunday: For Lincoln and Vicinity: Fair and warmer tonight and Sunday. For Nebraska: Fair and warmer tonight; Sunday partly cloudy, warmer In eastern portion, prob- ably rain and colder In northwest- ern portion.

Tht; temper;) I ur 7 a. 31 8 a. in 1 II a. 24 10 a. as I I n.

-1'2 4 I p. i p. in Gti i I'. M. i a i niidity.

4" per wind velocity. 12 iiiilos por hour. Republican Candidate for Governor Says Hughes, Kennedy and He Will Lead. 1 i day, clear. a 10- A federal grand jury, to convene in Lincoln November 1 at 2 p.

was By "CY" SHERMAN. fSpeclal to The Star.) PORTLAND. 21--All g-uns i riijrlii'i'i I i i -i year tockiy, OS; lowe.st, -12c. Sun nnd Moon. rises.

a. m. stLs. p. m.

Moon setK. a. m. jProcfuces Some Polls to Show That He Is Away In the Lead. i a H.

C. Hoyt, clerk of the are cocked, primed and loaded for I WEEK'S FORECAST. eral court, of Omaha Jury Com- Trimble. Following is the Great Struggle On. which the invading from Nebraska will linn up apMinst tho home state warriors from Orojjon asrricul- tural college.

The combat has been ono of the best advertised in tire an- Frank DuTeil, 1020 street. Lincoln; I football in the Pacific north- Charles R. Dickerson. Inavale; Ernst west rcg-ion. The Cornhuskers did this afternoon's bifr intcr.soction.al gridiron battle, on i i a In i Gag-non, Falls City; Louis H.

Hines, JJ: Oct. Upland: Wm. Holm. Virginia; Victor London 2 1 A desperate Tvinman. Kepne: Edgar A.

Luke. Ox- has been in profrress all day in J. C. Matlrews. Douglas; Dan a i sector south of Monastir.

I Ougti. Bonkelman: Herbert, M. Oliver, The Cerbiaris are attacking along the i Hastings; F. M. Fierce.

3244 street, entire line. They are supported by i John O. Peek. Tecumseh; the wing of the French, operating Chas. B.

Thompson, A Georg-e from Fiorina. Detachments of Italian troops are arriving a.t Saloniki. New Steamship Company to Serve Canadian Interests Beatric-e: XT. L. AVilliams.

street, Lincoln; John Yost, Hebron. Alternates Fred 174S Euclid a.ve, Lin- Frank E. Smith, Shelby; Wm. I Merrill. "Hayes Center; R.

M. Gillispie, their share in coming- to Portland in the most pretentious stylo in the history of American football, while the hearty welcome accorded the Husker party by Nebraska us, now residents in Portland, has added materially to the interest in today's conflict. The advance scat sale has reached .1 new high water mark in Portland and the Oregon Aggrie management in chargrc of the local arrangements anticipates a 10,000 attendance. Despite the declaration by Dr. Stewart, the Kebraska coach, that he feared WASHINGTON, Oct.

predictions for the week beginning Sunday, issued by the weather bu- reau today, are: Upp.er Mississippi valley nnd plains states: Moderately cool and gen- erally fair except local rains or -t snows probably Wednesday or Thursday. Rocky mountain and plateau gion: Moderately cool and generally fair, except local rains or snows arc probable In northern Rocky niountaln region latter part of the wesk. Pacific states: Generally fair with temperatures near seasonal normal. There is some probability of local rains on the north coast by the middle of the week. Osceola; At.

Hirsch, Bloomington: an Agrgie victory, Portland sentiment Thomas Garrett. Wm. P. Hag-er, York. Hayes Center; NEW YORK.

Oct. 21-- A new steamship company to be known as ihe An- line, organized by a fusion of the interests of the established Anchor and Donaldson Steamship companies, has been organized for Slasgow-Canadian passengers and for freight trade, according to a. cablegram i French Seize Strip of Land Adjoining- Tien Tsin Concession received here today by local represen- PEKING. Oct. 21--A square mile of territory adjoining- the French concessions at Tiftn Tsin has been forcibly persists in predicting 1 a defeat for tho native sons.

Betting: odds today still favored Nebraska generally at odds of 10 to 8 and 10 to 7. Head Coach Stewart was keenly disappointed because of the rageed form displayed by the Huskers in i practice drill o.nd announced another shake-up in tire varsity line-up in consequence. The Aggie team, accompanied by a thousand rooters, invaded this morning- by special train. Head SHOT BY Count Karl Stuergkh Victim of Vienna Publisher. Says Reuter's Correspondent.

Coach Pipol was "so pessimistic that tatlves of the Anchor line. Directors i Keized fry the French consul with the of "the coaches if both companies will be represented assistance of troops. The Chinese POC can win jn the directorate of the 1 new ce ivere arrested and Frenchmen sub- ivith Sir Alfred Booth of the Cunard i juited for them. Replying to a pro- is chairman, the Cunard line having test from the Chinese foreign office, the arge interests in the Anchor line. legation at Peking- raplied i le steamers Letitia, Cassandra and Sat- I assumed the responsibility for vio- Brooke It Corey (c) irnia, heretofore flying- the Donaldson lence that might result from the action.

Walker Ig Kositzky ine flag, will be transferred to the new The district occupied by the French is I Selph Mose'r organization. thickly populated and Chinese are I Bush rg- Dalo The Donaldson line is now oporatingj threatening- violence as they have stub- i service between Liverpool, the river bornly resisted for many years an- Platte and leading- South American negation to the French conoe'ssion and jorts. It has a. fleet of twenty-five this particular the protest to the ihips, totalling- 89.992 tons. The An-J French legation the foreign officers line operates a passenger and a a warning- that it.

would not be "reight Kftrricft between Glasgow and responsible if violence resulled. STew York, calling-at Liverpool in con-! The press is violently as- lunction with Cunard service. It has I sailing- the action of the French, de- fie.et of fifteen ships with a total i daring: that it surpasses Japanese tac- onnage of tons. tics a is in actual warfare against defenseless China. Carranza Troops The a Imc-up: Oregon McNeil Nebraska Shaw Sisaelt re R-eardon qlh Caiey Sanderson Doylo C'onn rhrf Rhodes Newman frh Cook Jap Labor Unions to Form Council (Associated Press.) LONDON.

Oct. 21--The premier of Austria, has been shot. Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent says the premier Count Karl Stuergkh was shot by the of a Vienna newspaper named Abler, according to a telegram received at Amsterdam from Berlin. Architect Confers With Professors on New Uni. Building- Plans Following Villa Red Cross Would Work on Border SA.N ANTONIO, Oct.

troops are operating 1 in the te.r- i SAX ANTONIO, between the American expedi- General A Murray, San Antonio SAX FRANCISCO. Oct. steps in an a to solve the Japanese labor problem on the Pacific coast were a hero today with announcement that the i Japanese labor unions, to affiliate into a separate Japanese labor council, have been formed and that the movement would ionary command and Villa forces to to begin an inspection of border forces i be extended throughout California, he to a report from with a. view to ascertaining if the or- i Oregon and Washington. Thr: action Gen.

ganization can do anything to make i fellows suggestions made recently by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a letter to San Francisco labor leaders. B. Suzuki, president of the laborers' i society of Japan, who fathered i-eneral Pershing received; by 'unston today. The dispatch said that the men more comfortable in camp. leflnite information regarding location the bandits were lacking.

Official reports have not yet reached leadquarters concerning the new cam- laign against "Villa, undertaken by do acto troops under Gsn, Ozuno. Steamer Sinks In Ambassador Sharp for Reichstag Bill for Credit of 12 Billion Marks XKYV VORK, Oct. G. American ambassador to France, sailed today on the American I lino steamship St. Paul, accompanied.

by his family, to return to his post, Amonpr those at tho pier to bid him ST. I.Otirs. Oct. steamer a i Colonel B. M.

House, ape Girardeau struck some piling In personal adviser to the president. he Mississippi rlvor south of Chester, 11.. today and sank. FO3 I Most of the fifty passengers were AMSTERDAM. Oct.

21 (Via London) Oct. 20--(Via. Lonn i staterooms asleep when 1 -A Viennu a a i I'lon, Oct. 2 A i i received hie re ioat struck. They were awakened i or Francis Joseph has appointed 'rorn Berlin are to the effect, that a ho crew nrul the lifeboats -wore low- 1'j-lnce Henry of Prussia, i i be held in the-relchstag Sat- red.j All were taken off i ac- Kmpcror Wl'lliam.

of i i a asking for new war credit Went. The crew also escaped, the Austrian navy, an honorary tlUe. of. 12,000,000,000 marki. organization of the Japanese, said he would have 30.000 Japanese workmen In California members of such unions within a year.

E. B. Jackson, of Chicago, member of ilie firm of Coolidge Hotlgdon. th i i architects, was in Lincoln Saturday consulting with university authorities regarding the social science and teachers' college i i to be placed on the city campus. On account of the great increase in i i material prices, the two.

buildings will have to be reduced somewhat in size and. Mr. Jackson wished to consult. members of the faculty regarding the proposed changes. Hv; held conferences with the teachers at the Lindell hotel.

Mr. Jackson, instead of Mr. Hodgdon, came to Lincoln, Mr. Hodgdon having been called to Boston. Change In Mexican Commission Denied WASHINGTON, Oct.

of official Information on Mexican affairs at the state department and the 'Mexican embassy disclaim any knowledge of any changes In the personnel of tho Mexican commission or of tho ambassadorship to the United States, such are reported In Mexico City. EliHco Arredondo, ambassador iftnate, today authorized a den in I of the report that. Gcnenil Tnblo would rfllevo Luis Cabrera, head of the commission, or that, lift was to be auc- ctcded as ambassador by Mr. Cabrerft. A.

TJ. Suttori, republican inoc for R-ovcrnor, is nliil 'kidding" i i i tnar nc 1 will be I elected by LTi.OOO majorlt.y. He started i out i iu I CiinipaiBn predicting i mni'Kin of votes for himself, sind ho is a i on his first proft- 1 I i I I i according to Judge Hughes is going lo carry Nc- liraska by a a i possibly not. so I as his own. not less a 10.000 and from that on up to 25,000.

The republican i wetn and drys alike, i be elected, he wnys. Mr. Sulton bases his estimates on polls which hn sayp were takon i the pant week on a i where he was passenger: He gave a couplo of these straw votes to The Star when a ro- porter saw him at republican statr hpadcjuarters Saturday morning-. Hn said thry were taken in finch case by a republican and a democrat, but I unable to give the names of the men I a canvassed the Some of the Samples. From these polls.

It appears a Judge. does not: intend to lot Keith Neville figure In the election except under the head of "scattering." Here is a. sample: On a train between Oxford and Reaver City, according to Sutton, a poll resulted: Hughes. 13; Wilson, Kennedy, 11; Hitchcock, 2: Sutton, 11; Neville dry 12, wet 2. Another set of figures furnished by the republican candidate, said to have been taken on train west from i coln, showed this interesting a i ment.

Hughes 28: Wilson 22: Sutton 37; Neville 32; Hitchcock 7: dry 4 4 wet S. Several traveling men are authority for the that Judge Sutton himself has been taking- train polls recently. They say they were on trains when the republican candidate perscn- a went through the cars askhig tho people to give their political prefer-, ences. Sutton Scores a Scoop. Tn reporting these straw votes Sutton has "scooped' 1 all the newspapers of the Polls reported from other sources have invariably shown Wilson a long way ahead of Hughes with the democratic nominees for governor and senator leading by a leaser margin.

Kven these two which he The Star as an indication of the politcal sentiment in the state were eclipsed by another poll which Judge Sutton sa.id had been taken, but which ho did not have handy just, the time. In this poll, he declared, got no vote? at. all; it was a i for himself, ind almost so on the remainder of the republican ticket. When asked for a forecast of elee- lion results. Judge Sutton at first said i lie didn't, want to give out a i of that i Then he reconsidered and told, the reporter this: "Drift Towards Hughes." 'There is a strong i toward Mr.

Hughes in Nebraska. I believe he win carry the state by 10,000 to 25,000." "And what do you figure your own majority will be?" "Oh, It will be enough to make It safe. I'm looking for about 25,000. I'm looking for the same for Kennedy. The rest of the ticket will run right along with us.

There may be some variation on different candidates, but It. won't be much." Judge Sutton Indicated that he does not. have a high opinion of The Star. He said to the scribe: "If I worked for such a paper as The Star, I'd go and take a Turkish hath every night." Tho ma.tter of Judge Button's legislative record was broached by thn newspa.per man, nnd the candidate (Associated Press.) ST. LOUIS.

Oct. Sl--Tluc establish- of a mutual agreement among: the nations of the western hemisphere similar to the non-armament between the United Stales und Canada was urged In a report submitted to the house of deputies of the Protestant ISplacopal convention today by a com- I mission headed by Rev. Henry Lu' beck of New York. The report of tho commission wan placed on tho house calendar. Tire report said: "By agreement, armament on the Great Lakes has been limited and the border been i i for 100 years and our relations with our north- Tn neighbors are increasingly cordial.

AVc are a part of a Pan-American union i our Latin-American neighbors. This uxtendH the eo-opernttvo Idea over the whole western hemisphere and makes for Those ara practical succesHi'H and HUffKOHtlons for the organization of mankind In tho Interest of the normal condition of peace." The commission said that a similar agreement on the part of European nations was a possibility and would tend toward a permanent condition of International p'eaoe. Tho delegates to the general convention and the woman's a i i a were guests this afternoon at a reception at the Missouri a garden, a park and garden i to Ihe oily by the late Henry Shaw. lira NHL IS STILL Police Thought They Had Located Miss Jessie Wells But Were Mistaken. (Associated BERLIN.

Oct. London). Husslan attempts to take trenches on tha western bank oc the river Stokhod, In Volhynla, were repulsed yesterday hy troops under command of Prince Leopold of Bavaria with heavy losses to the attackers, says the official statement issued today at German army On the river Narayuvka In Gallcia, the statement adds, the Germans captured Russian positions northwest of Skormonbchy taking prisoners and seven machine guns. Russian Report. TETROGRAD.

Oct. London)--The repulse of a Teutonic attack in the Narayuvka district south- jyist of Lernberg In Gallcin. la announced by the war office In today's official. In Volhynla only artillery engagements nnd outpost operations are reported. The statement reads: "In the Ulianovsk and Alexandrovsk settlements, eight versts (about flvo nilleN of Klselin, twenty-two oast of A'alcilmir, Volynskt in Volhynia.) an a i battle Is proceeding, "In the region of Shelvov and west of Bubnov active reconnaissances hava been conducted by our scouts.

"An enemy attack from the Barnov farm near the Narayuvka (In Gallola southeast of Lemberg) two varsts (about 1 1-4 miles) south of the village of Svlstelnlkl wan repelled. "In the wooded Carpathians snow falling and his reached In the ravines a depth us great as four feet' eight inches. "South of the Dornsi-Watrn. near the Rumanian border tho enemy attacked ono of our advanced posts. Supported by 100 coHsacks the post repelled tho nttap.k and put tho enemy to flight, capturing one machine guns, a trench cnnnon and a number of prisoners." British Claim Progress.

LONDON, Oct. British on the Sommc front have made additional headway In their push toward Bapaum along the main road from Albert, according to today's announcement by the war office, which records a gain of ground near Butto de Warlencourt The, statement reads: "During the night further progress was made in the neighborhood of Butto de Wariencourt There was Intermittent shelling hy the enemy on our front northan and south oftho "We successfully raided enemy trenches south of Neuvechappelle." Where is Miss Jessie Wells, 24. i i who disappeared last Monday i This question is baffling police and relatives of the girl today. Captain of Police Hall believed he had traced the missing girl to SL Klizabeth's hoppitnl but continued investigation today revcnvd that the patient In the hospital is "Mrs. Jessie Wells." She Is Lincoln woman, her mother lives here, Mrs.

Wells went to the hospital the night Miss Wells dropped out of sight. But Miss Theresa Wells, a twin sister of the missing co-ed, says the woma.n in tho hospital is not her sister. This is the Information L. P. Wells, of Gering, father of the girls has given police.

Jessie Wells and her sister, with a party of friends were studying In the university library room last Monday evening when Jessie suddenly left the company. She left a note at her rooming place, saying she was going home. Germans Deny It. BERLIN, Oct. the Somma battlefield heavy firing continues, says the official statement given out today by the German army headquarters staff.

English attacks'on. the German positions between Le nnd En.ucourt I'Abbaye failed, the announcement, says. American Schooner Down In Mid-Ocean; Two Officers Lost NORFOLK, Oct. members of the crew of the four- masted American schooner Fannie C. Bowen off Fail river, were i brought here this morning by the Norwegian steamer Avon, after Captain Carter and the first mate had bcem lost when tho vessel was shipwrecked in mid-ocean.

Aviators Active. PARIS. Oct. official coni- munication issued this afternoon rq- gardlng military operations in France, says: "There was nothing of importance during tho night to report. "Aviation: Yesterday our chasing aeroplanes had numerous combats in which seven machines fell throe, of the within our lines.

These fell between Bpuchavesnes and Rancourt. The four others dropped in the region of Mola- lalns nnd Erie. Lieut. Huerteux who brought down one of tile thus accounted for his tenth German aeroplane. Four other enemy machines which were badly hit after fights with our pilots were obliged to come down within their lines.

"Last night one of our ships drop pcd forty bombs on the stations at Nayon and Chauncy and afterward dropped bomba on a train between A i and Chaucy. On the sanio nig-ht. fifteen of our aeroplanes dropped seventy-nine bombs in the region of Nesle, Ham and at Malizny and at, Tlese." i Son Presented to i Birthday Party (Continued on Puce Olm.) QUINCT, Benjamin Stroot arranged a birthday party for her husband here last niprht and In- vlted a lartre of his friends. Durlnp- the course of the merrymaking Mrs. Stroot gave birth to a son.

Hughes to Tour Ohio and Indiana NEW YORK. Oct. IS. Hughes' remaining campaign tours will include trips through New England, New York state, Ohio, Indiana, winding up here with speeches at Madison Square Garden November 4. He will resume his speech making here Tuesday October 24.

Mr. HuKhes cpent today reatlng in Montclalr, N. Neville Spending Day In Tour of Lancaster County Keith Neville, democratic candidate' for governor of Nebraska, is spending Saturday with an escort of two automobile loads of citizens touring- and speaking- in the northern part of Lancaster county. Ho will return to Lincoln in time to address a meeting- of trainmen thtt evening In Moose hall. Captain Refuses to Leave Vessel 1 i'." ilMalSM DETROIT, Oct.

only by its aged captain and two tneia bers of the crew, tho tug: Shaun Rhiif of Detroit was brought safoly to Fetal island, this afternoon. The sal was disabled in the terrific storm on Lake Erie last night. When a twf8 came to rescue early today it claimed that five members oT Shaun Rhue's crew left the ship nn4" were taken aboard tho rescuing tuf. Captain Robert Mains, 75 years age, refused to leave his lug and with. his engineer and cook brought hto boat to port, V..

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