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CIMARRON NEW 8 RUSSIANS CHECK GERMAN ADVANCE AGAINST WARSAW The Kaiser Sends Five Columns Toward Polish Capital and Slavs are Hard Pressed Now. ALLIES CLAIM GAIN The French Say They Have Capturad Two Important Point Along Weatern Battle Line Britiah Navy Wlna. Summary of Events. Of the five Austro-Gerraan col umna which for some days appear ed to be making steady progress in their invasion of Poland, three have suffered checks, according to the official report from Russian headquarters. The column which waa making a downward stroke from Mlawa, on the east Prussian frontier, and which was reported in one dispatch from Petrograd to be within fifteen miles of Warsaw, was repulsed after an energetic offensive, and under counter at tacks from the Russians, was com pelled to retire at some points. Germine Repulaed. The attacka of the main German column which had Ita front on the line between Lodz and Lowics, and which came down diagonally from Thorn, veré delivered with great force, but, according- to the Russian account, were repulaed with heavy loRsea to the Invaders. That the Oer r.pns attached great importance to the success or their attack here is shown by the fact that in the two days they faced the Russian trenches seven times and were driven back by a murderous fire. Didn't Relieve Cracow. The other column which haa suf fered Ik that composed of German and Austrian troops which has been trying to outflank the Russian lert south of Cracow, in this case it wag the Rus sian who assumed the offensive, and they claim that after a tenacioua re sistance they defeated the Germans, taking several guns and 2,000 pris oners. Purauing the Russians. The Germans declare they are pur suing the Russians to the south and southeast of Lodz. Several American correapondents were with the Rus sian army when the battle of Lods broke, but notblng has been baard from them for several days. Evident ly they are under the hand of a strict censorship. Hritlsh military experts say that three-quarters of the best material of the German army has been held in the western theater of war throughout the campaign and that the troops opposed to the Russians consist principally of second line organizations. Importance of Capture. For weeks military arltica have railed Lods "the vital point of the Polish campaign." To the Germans it meant everything, according to Major Moraht, a German war expert. To prevent an Invaalon by the Hus slans the kaiaer's troops had to check their enemy at tho city and their cam paign in doing so undoubtedly brought out the greatest generalahlp the war liaa aeen. Allies Claim Gains. The Allies sre re;orted from Paris and London to bo mnklng alow but steady gains along the entire battle COUNT BERCHTOLP B3 sIlMsTswp Count BercMold Is prime min ister of Austrls and, next to Em peror Francis Joseph, Is the most important figure In Aus trian affaire. Mne In northern Prance and in Del glum. This advance haa been pc loth are strategic points. Germans Move Headquarters. The German dlvtalonnt headquarters was remove! from Routers when shells began to fall In the town after the British had recaptured Passchendaede, eleven miles northeast of Ypres. Desptte the vigorous attack being made by the allied forces, reports to day Indicate that the Germana have not abandoned their offensive at all points. Heavy firing Is reported slong the coast, with the Germans bombard ing Bast Dunkirk, 'west of Nleuport. The allied warships also are reported to have been able to get back Into ac tion and have shelled tha German po sitions. Heavy Fighting In Alsace. Heavy fighting Is reported In Alssce. In the Argonne the German trenches are being aasatled vigorously by French artillery aad through mining operations. All new positions taken by the allied troops along the Yser have been held and the advantage is being followed with determination, ac cording to London reports. Evacuate a French Town. The evacuation by the Germans of Vernelles, southeast of Bethune, was officially announced In a statement Issued In Merlin Bethune Is near the Belgian border. Frltish Win at Sea. The British have retaliated tor the recent German naval victory In the southern Pacific by sinking four of the German warships wblch sank the Monmouth and the Good Hope. The German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gnelse nau and Leipzig were destroyed east of the Falkland islands, in the south Atlantic, In a battle December 8. Two other German cruisers, the Nurnberg and Dresden, escaped. Tbey were pursued five hundred miles. The Nurnberg was finally sunk. The Dres den, badly crippled, got Into the Straits of Magellan. The British squadron was composed of nine bat tleships, some of them the largest and newest in the navy. This avenging fleet was about twice the strength of the German group. Two colliers were captured. At the same time a squadron of British and Japanese warships sank three Ger man merchantmen off tha coast of Terra del Fuego. Annoui.-ement of these sea activities have Just been made by the British admiralty. Serbs Win Big Victory. An important Austrian defeat in Bosnia Is now an established fact. The Servians drove a wedge into the center of the Austrian forces, shatter ing four army corps, which are now In flight. The mass of prisoners and captured material is so great that it cannot be tabulated. The Servians are pushing the pur suit vigorously and successfully. The roads in the rear of the Servian army are blocked with incoming prisoners who appear satisfied that their ordeal Is over. Entire battalions are seen marching under guard of a handful of Servians, while many groups of prla oners come In unattended, says a Servian official report. Italian Troops to Africa. Eight battalions of Italian troops have been ordered to Libya to rein force the troops there, and, according to the announcement, "to be ready for any emergency." Libya is the Italian name for Tripoli and Cyrenaica, the part of Africa over which it has con trol Tripoli is In Northern Africa, directly opposite Italy. Sweden's Ire Is Rising. A press dispatch from Copenhagen saya that it Is stated from Stock holm that twenty-five floating minea have been observed on the trade routes In the llaltlc near the Finnish mutes In the llaltlc near the Finnish coast. The mines are believed to have been laid by Germans. Great indig nation is expressed In Stockholm, aa iu the last few days three Swedish shipping disssters have occurred at the cost of fifty lives. Kaiser Has Pneumonia. Kaiser Wllhelm is seriously ill Mes sages received from Berlin say the kaiser is suffering from pneumonia snd that bis condition is aggravated by nervous depression caused by his extreme exertion In remaining with his troops In the field almost con stantly since the war 'began. Heavy Battle Losses. Reports from the French war office stsle that the losses of the French army In killed, seriously wounded and captured up to November 10, were slightly mere than 590,000. Of this number nearly 100,000 hare been killed lu battle. Press dispatches from Ber lin say i in- German ofBclsl list of deed, published from time to time, now amounts toaboiit 180,000. The British list of dead to the middle of November Is reported at 20,000; the Russlsn list, BO.OQp. France hss bad more men In the Hold than either of her slllns, and her army suffered the earliest losses. Statements of Austrian, Belgian and Servian casualties are unavailable. It I needless to say they are very heavy. Austria has put a million and a half men in the Held and they have been fighting conatantly and desperately In both western, eaatern and southern areas. Belgium's little army, origi nally about 180,000 strong, has swum In blood almost constantly. Servia has reported to Petrograd, London and Paris the loas of about one-third of her force. They ware orlglnall f about 100.000. DESTROY 500 POLISH TOWNS tRMIES SWAY OVER DESOLATED COUNTRY WITHOUT ANY DECISIVE RESULT. BELGRADE RECAPTURED TROOPS ON FRENCH FRONTIERS STOPPED FROM ACTIVITY BY THE WINTER WEATHER. Waatant Nawapopar UaJon Neva Strvtae. I-ondon, Dec. 16. The Servians have occupied Belgrade after a fierce bat tle, according to dispatches from Nlsh. The Austrian captured Belgrade Dec. 2 after having besieged it since July 29. bombarding from batteries near Scmlln and from monitors on the Danube. A large portion of the city was said to have been destroyed by the Are of the Austrlans. When war was declared the Servian government moved from Belgrade to Kraguyevats and later went farther south to Nlsh. where it remains. A striking realure of the day's offi cial newB is the candid admission by the Austrian government of tho defeat of the Austrian army In Servia and ap parently Of the abandonment of its third attempt to Invade the territory of its small Slav neighbor. While at tributing the failure to the enemy's superior force, as all government bul letins explain failures, the Austrian war office announcea plainly an ex tended retirement and heavy losses. . "New decisions and measures con sequently will be taken to repel the enemy," says the Austrian statement. Apparently that means that the Aus trian army directed against Servia will assume a defensive line. The Berviaiia claim to be pressing home their victory with more capture of prisoners and to have driven part of the Invading army across the 1 trina river. Moreover, they express confi dence that they are about to retake the capital and expel the invaders from Servian territory. The progress of the war in northern Hungary is less definite. Sunday's German wireless report with candor equal to that, of the Aus trian bulletin spoke'of the "severe re sistance" which the German and Aus trian arms are encountering in South Poland and In Galicia, adding that it was evident the Austrian forces in the Carpathians are not numerically strong enough to clear the Russians out of Hungsrian territory. But the Austrlans claim that they are driving down the northern slopes of the Car pathians the Russian invaders, who were last week in occupation of sev eral towns south of that mountain range. Poland is fast becoming another Belgium In point of suffering, while the opposing armies d'ive each other back and forth, occupy and reoccupy cities and villages and Inflict upon the Inhabitants bombardments similar to those suffered In Belgium and north ern France. More than 500 Polish towns have been ruined, acoordlng to various ac counts from the correspondents. The French official statement given out in Paris reports comparative quiet In Flanders and artillery exchanges of relatively minor importance else where. In the Meuse, German bat teries are said to be moving to the north. In the Woevre district the French captured a trench and re pulsed two counter attacks. The ad vance of tho French line into Alsace Sub brought It to a point north of Altklrch, and about ten miles to the iast of the frontier. The troops In France and Belgium ire suffering from a plague of mud and damp, which causes them greater ilscomfort than did the cold wave at the end of November, with its posi tive hardships of frozen feet and hands, and effectually vetoes any movements on a big scale. The Turkish army has not asserted Itself ,nor has It engaged in any great battle. Enver Pasha has taken command of the Caucasian army and Talaat Bey has succeeded him as min uter of war. Committee Lop Off $2,000,000. Washington. "Economy" was the watchword of the appropriations com mittee In the preparation for the leg islative, executive and judicial appro priation bill, first of the big supply measures, reported to the House, The committee lopped off nearly 82,000,000 from the estimate submitted by the various departments, cuttlug salary al lowances all along the line, and brought In a measure appropriating 88.744,753.50. The bill provides for more than JC.OO0 salaries of govern ment employes. On Killed, Thirty Hurt in Wreck. Northfield, Minn. One person was killed and thirty Injured eight seri ously, when Rock Island passenger train No. 63 waa wrecked eight miles south of here, and five cars rollad down a fifteen-foot embankment Skagway Swept liy $210,000 Fire. Skagway, Alaska. Fire completely destroyed the Moo res wbarf, together with all the warehouse buildings ex cept the ore bunkers and chutea. The loas la estimated at 8210.O00. LATE MARKET QUOTATIONS Beef steers, corn fed, good to choice $7.257.75 Beef steers, corn fed, fair to good e.75J7.Ii Beef steers, grsssers, good to choice 7.007.65 Beef steers, grassera, fair to good .ROÍH7.00 Heifers, prime, com fed .. C507.00 Cowa and heifers, corn fed, good to choice 6.2506.75 Cows and belters, cor fed fair to good 5.756.15 Cowa and heifers, grsssers. good to choice 5.75a'6.50 Cowg and belters, grsssers, 'sir to good 6.005.7B Cow and heifers, grsssers, common to fair 3.76ff4.75 Feeding cowa 4.255.26 Veal calves 7.00i)9.00 Bulla 4.60b.60 Stags 5.00O6.60 Feeders and Blockers, good to choice 6.657.40 Feeders and Blockers, fair to good 6,006.65 Feedera and Blockers, com mon to fBlr s.oote.oo Hogs. Good hogs 7.258.40 8heep. I -ami) $7.268.25 Ewes 4.264.76 Yearlings 5.756.50 Wethers 5.2506 00 Feeder Iambs, f. p. r. .507.M Feeder ewes, f. p. r S.304.26 Breeding ewes 4.256.00 Hay. IF. O. B. Denver, Carload Price.) Colorado upland, per ton. .10.0)1L60 Nebraska upland, per ton 9.00 10.00 Second bottom, Colorado and Nebraska, per ton 8.50 9.50 Timothy, per ton 14.0016.00 Alfalfa, per ton 7.00 8.00 So. Park, choice, per ton. .11.60iil2.60 San Lula Valley, per ton.. 9.0010.(Hi Gunnison Valley, per ton. . 11.60 Straw, per ton 3.253.50 Grain. Wheat, choice milling. 100 lbs. . . 1.52 Rye, Colorado, bulk, 100 lbs 1.35 Idaho oats, sacked 1.66 Nebraska oats, sacked 1.56 Corn chop, sack 1.30 Corn, In sack 1.29 Bran, Colo., per 100 lbs. 1.05 Flour. Standard Colorado, net '-l.il Dressed Poultry. Less 10 Commission. Turkeys, fancy D. P 19 20 Turkeys, old toms 16 '17 Turkeys, choice 14 15 Hens, large 12 18 Hens, amall 8 9 Broilers 18 20 Springs 12 13 Ducks 13 14 Geese IS 14 Roosters 7 8 Live Poultry. Less 10, Commission. Hens, fancy 7 n 12 Hens, small 8 9 Broilers 17 18 Springs 11 18 Boosters 6 7 Turkeys, 10 lb, or over ... .14 15 Ducks 11 12 Geese 11 12 Eggs. ligns, graded No. 1 net, F. O. B. Denver 30 Erks. raded No. 2 net, F. O. B. Denver 18 Eggs, caae couut, less com mission 7 268.60 Buner. Elgla . 32 Cresnieries, ex. Colo., lb.... 3334 Creameries, ex. East. lb.... 3334 Creameries, 2d grade, lb... 28 Process 2g Packing utock 21 Fruit Apples, Colo, new, box , . . ,0 Peers, Colo 1.252.00 Vegetsbles. Colery, dozen. Colorado .30 Cabbage, Colo., cwt 1.00 Lit Onions, cwt.. Colo 1.26 1.76 Potatoes, Colo .9041.16 MISCELLANEOUS MARKET8. Lead and Spelter. New York. Lead S3. 7693.86. Lost don, l 6s. Spelter $6.560 6.65. Bt. LouIb. Lead 83.37 ft- 8peltar $6.603.75. Omaha Live Stock Quotations. South Omaha. Hogs Heavy, $8.79 at ; iigm, (J.s5Wh.5; pigs, $5.5(1 Cattle Nutlve steers, $6.T510.2S; cows snd heifers. $5.767.36; Western steers, 16.O0trS.30; Texas steers, $5.80 7.20; cows and heifers, $5.2 7.00 calves. $7.50)9.50. Sheep Yearlings, $6.60 7.20; weth ers, $5.4006.15; lamba, I7.s0fr.840. Chicago Grain and Previsions. Chicago. Wheat No. 2 red, $1.160 1.154; No. 2 hard, $1.1514 1.16. new. fi;i4i'63V4c; No. ; oJVtc ; new, 61VtJti?M Oata No. 3 white, dard, 474 04810. I7c; stao Bye No. 2, $1.1001.101. Hurley 60070c. Pork $18.$0. Lard $9.66. s lUsav-$. 12-ÍJ9.8I. P.O. DEPARTMENT SELF-SUSTAINING POSTMASTER GENERAL BURLE SON SUBMITS ANNUAL RE PORT TO PRESIDENT. RAISE EMPLOYEES PAY REVENUES FOR 1914 INCREASED S PER CENT. AMOUNTING TO $287,934,569.69. Waatem NVwupspcr t'nlan Nw Sarvlea. Washington. The postoffice appro priation bill, carrying approximately $325,000.000 virtually was ready for submission to the House Monday. The question of the scqulsltlon of the telegraph and telephone systems rec mmended by Postmaster Oeneral Bur leson would be left for further Inquiry under the bill. The bill contain a number of new provisions, including the abolishment 3f the office of assistant postmaster; regrouping all activities In first-class offices so as to concentrate all super visory authority In each office under a postmaster and superintendents of fin 11 a no and mail; raising the maximum balances scceptable at postal banka Trom $500 to $2,000, the intereat to be payable only on deposits up to $1,000; Increased pay for rural carriers; au thority for the experiment of putting rural carriers of one county In each state on a contract basis; increase of $100 annually In the pay of postofflce and railway mall clerks and letter car riers until the msximum allowed by law Is reached; authority for re-arrangement of the salaries of superin tendents, their assistants, cashiers and others, with provision for an addition al $1,000,000 expenditure. Asserting that for the first time tince its organization by Benjamin Franklin the Postofflce Department Is on a self-sustaining basis. Postmaster General Burleson submitted to Presi dent Wilson hiB annual report. It re cords cnormouB growth in the depart ment's business because of the parcels post and postal savings bank divisions. Mr. Burleson features his report with an estimate that a surplus of $3,569, 545, the second of his administration, will be shown for the fiscal year of 1914 when all claims and charges have been met. a The legislative program recommend ed by the postmaster general In part follows: Early action toward govern ment ownership of telegraph and tele phone lines snd Immediate taking over of these systems in Hawaii, Alaska and Porto Rico. Substitution of con tract "star route" system for salaried rural carrier service, to eliminate $40, 000 annual loss on rural delivery. Post office cooperation with state govern ments in road-building, where improve ments Insure better postal service. Of the department's financial condi tion the report says . "The postal reve nues for 1914 amounted to $287,934, 565.67, an Increase over the preceding year of slightly less' than 8 as com pared with a corresponding Increase f slightly more than 8 for 1913." Thrift Shown by Postal Savings. Washington. In a report to Con gress the Postofflce Department dwells upon the popularity of the pos tal savings bank system in Colorado. The large amounts on deposit In va rious Colorado cities are set forth as follows: Denver, $401,G30; Clippie "reek, $22,197; Ault, $25,079; Colorado City, $20,941; Colorado Springs, $46, Vil; Florence, $28,379; Grand Junc tion, $45,600; Leadvllle. $183,025; Mar ble, $10,037; Pueblo, $84,991; Victor, $33.071. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Wilson Nsmea Number of Consul to Various Countries. Washington. The President nomi nated: To be consuls general: Edwin 3. Cuunlngham of Tenneasee (now con sul general at Singapore) at Hankow, China; Frederick M. Ryder of Connec ticut (now consul at Rlmouski) at Singapore. To be consuls: Thomas D. Bowman of Missouri, at Fernie, B. 0.1 Jose de Olivares of Missouri, at Hamil ton, Ontario; Milton B. Kirk of Illi nois st Orilla, Ontario; Nelson T. Johnson of Oklahoma, at Chunking, China; Albert W. Pontius of Minne sota, at Foocnow, China; Frank Dent son of Vermont, at Prescott, Ontario; Thomas B. I Layson of I-oulslaya. at Tahiti, Society Islsnds ; John Q. Woods of Hawaii, at Chamntts, Germany; Car) F. Dutchman of Missouri, at Bomba; India; l.uclen Memmlnger of South Carolina, at Madras, India; Luclen N Sullivan of Pennsylvania, at Newcas tle, New Sohth Wales, Australia, and B Carleton Baker of California, at Na gasaki, Japan. Mexicans Slay Two Americans. Washington. Two Thomas Francis and R. Pittsburg, Ps., have been ñora. Méx.. according to 1 the American consular a anee. Secretar Bryan d vestlgatton. Americans E. Dunn ot killed in So report front tent at Can ivetcd an In Supreme Court to Recess. Washington. 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You see, I had hud a cough drop and a button in my pocket" "And what did you do?" chorused the women st the table. "Did you tell ber mother?" "No. 1 didn't. I was mad. It was a very unusual button from my new suit." MESMERIZED A Poisonous Drug Still Freely Used. Many people are brought up to be lieve that coffee is a necessity ot life, and the strong hold that the drug, caffeine. In coffee has on the sys tem makes it hard to looseu Its grip even when one realizes ita Injurious effects. i A lady writes: "I had used coffee for years; It seemed one of the ne cessities of life. A few months ago my health, which had been slowly fall ing, became more Impaired, and I knew that unless relief cam trom some source I would soon be a physi cal wrack. "I wss weak and nervous, kad slcbfJV hesdaches, no ambition, and felt tlreor of life. My husband waa also losing his health. He was troubled so much with indigestion that at tlmea he could eat only a few mouthfnls. "Finally we aaw Poatum advertised and bought a package. I followed di rections for making carefully, and added cream, which tamed It to the loveliest rich-looking and tasting drink I aver saw served at any table, and we have used Postum ever since. "I gained Ova pounds In weight In as many weeks, and now feel well and strong la every respect. My headaches hare gone, and I am a new woman. My husbands Indigestion has left him, and ha can now est anything." Nam given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Wellvllle." In pkga. Postum comes In two forms: Regular Poatum must be well boiled 16e aad 25e packages. Instant Poetum Is a soluble pow der. A teaepoonful dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, make a delicious bev. age Instantly. 80. and 60c tins. The cost per cup ot both kinds la about tha same. "There's a Reason" for Postum sold by Grocers. 0