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BIG BATTLES IF!
AUSTRIANPOLAflO
Lemberj, Capital of Galioia, Cap
tured and Flower of Six Austrian
Army Corp. Destroyed.
BIO FIGHT AT TOMASZOW
Austrian Offensive Moyement
Through Russian Wand ii
Complete Failure.
RUSSIANS SWEEP G ALICIA
If Offioial Report! Are Correct the
Vafue of Victories Can Hardly
Be 'Exaggerated.
PROVINCE IS LARGELY SLAV
All Roads Across Austrian Poland
to Hungary Are Open.
XAST PRUSSIA COMES NEXT
lanai Defeat of Anatrlan ArmlM
Makes It Possible for the, tsar
te Throw Iarae Adttlonal
Force Iato tJermaay.
Bn.LETIN. 1
LONDON. Sept. 4. A dispatch to
the Reuter Telegram company from
(Petrograd Bays the following offi
cial statement has been given out
at the Russian capital:
"On September 2 Lemberg was
closely surrounded by Russian
troops and was captured with, an
enormous amount of war material.
AH the buildings In the town were
(packed with Austrian wounded who
had been abandoned in the enemy's
headlong flight."
BT' LI, F.TIN.
MILAN, Italy, Sept. 4 (3:J9 a
m.) The Secolo's Bucharest (Rou
manla) correspondent, who is usu
ally well Informed, says the Rus
sians have occupied Csernowlta, an
eastern crownland of Austria-Hungary,
without resistance, and air
now marching southward from that
city in the direction of Succawa, in
the same province and near the
Roumanian border.
LONDON, Sept. 4. The British
public has turned hopeful eyes to
ward the east, where the triumph
of Russian arms in the Austrian
province of Oalicia has been amply
confirmed. In addition to the battle
of Lemberg, in which the flower of
six Austrian army corps were de
stroyed, it is evident that there has
been a simultaneous victory. at To
maszow, a town of some importance
thirty miles southeast of Lodz, in
Russian Poland.
v It appears evident today that not only
has the Austrian offensive through Rus
sian Poland, destined to effect a junction
with German army corps from east Prus
sia, failed, but the blow has been so
severe that Gallcia Is virtually In the
control of the Russians.
Lemberg- Is not only the capital of an
enormous territory, Slavic in Us sm
pathy, but also a transportation point of
great strategic value, being tbo center
of eight railroads. If the Russian sue
ctcses continue It is expected that tha
Austrian will be cleared out of Russian
Poland within a few days.
If the official reports of tha Russian
surceases in Ualtcla are anywhere near
correct. It is scarcely possible to exag
gerate Uie importance of their victories.
If the Austrian are as badly crushed In
Oalicia as the Russian reports would
make tha public believe, Russian Poland
will soon cause to be point of anxiety to
the Russian defense and the effort of
the Petrograd general staff can be con
centrated ' on an offensive movement
loward Berlin. ,
The meager German reports received
here Indicate that the Germana are more
than holding their own on the border of
east Prussia, but the Russian general
staff, according to the point of view held
In London, does not seem greatly con
cerned over the status of the campeJra
In this territory, evidently being willing
to await the outcome it the movement
further eastfard before throwing Russia's
full strength against Prussia.
It as la as sweep Gallcia.
LONDON, Sept., A (4 a. m. The Post
Patrograd correspondent wires that
prisoners brought to the Russian base
reported that part of the Russian forces
entered Lemberg, quite la accordance
with the plan of the eommander-in-chlef.
The Austrian) according ta these reports,
opened the last stage of the week's con
flict around Lemberg by a determined
attack on the Russians between KuU,
Lublin and Kholra. about ISO miles north
of Russian territory. The attacks failed
and the Russians assumed the offensive.
, the Austrian army retiring southward,
and received terrible punishment from
the pursuing Russians.
The next day the Russian army moved
forward sloni the whole 300-mile front
to about forty miles southeast of Lem
berg. All along the Una the Russians
sttscJied vigorously and when the second
Austrian army, which was posted east
of lemberg broke sjjd fled, the Russians
tCoiitinued on Tags Two, Column Four.)
HIE BRITISH IN FRANCE
luring a halt on the march from Boulogne jin the allied armies.
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WILSON APPEALS p; f a
FOR WAR RELIEF ? A".;V fe ' ft
President Asks Congress to Provide
Hundred ' Million Dollars
New Revenue.
DELAY WOULD
Executive Says to Postpone Action
Mlakt Resalt In Great Disaster
to the, Nation 1 n
dostrlally. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Presldent Wil
son personally addressed congress In Joint
session today, urging legislation to raise
1100.000,000 a year additional revenue
through Internal taxes' to meet a treat'
ury deficit threatened by the conflict in
Europe, ,
The president told congress' that he dis
charged a duty which ha wished with all
his heart he might have been spared, but
which he performed without hesitation or
apology, because of the danger In present
clroumstaaoea to create a' '.'moment's
doubt as to the strength and sufficiency
of tfca treaswry of the Vetted States. -
While the treasury, he said, could get
along for a Considerable period, tie pointed
out the peril ofthe government's with
drawing from national banks approxi
mately STS,O0O,000 of the treasury balance
deposited there; advised against the gov
ernment borrowing money or selling bonds
which would make "a most untimely and
unjustifiable demand on the money mar
ket' and appealed to the intelligent and
profoundly patrlotlo public to bear the
burden of a special tax to meet the un
foreseen emergency."
"Congress listened attentively to the" ad
dress. Immediately on its conclusion the
legislative machinery was set In motion
to carry its recommendations Into effect
Chairman Underwood called a meeting of
the ways and means committee to perfect
an internal revenue . measure tentatively
drafted In preliminary conferences. A bill
will be Introduced as soon as possible.
Gentlemen of the congress:
"I come to you today to discharge a
(Continued on Page Five, Column One.)
Many Convoys of the
German Wounded
Reaching Brussels
OSTEND, Belgium. Sept. 4.-Vla Loo-
don. 12:63 p. m.)-AocordJng to advices
rrom Brussels, many convoys of German
wounded from the south reached Bnia.
aeis throughout Wedneaday night. Tha
uerman authorities have forbidden all
traffic on the Boulevard Botanlotii: In
order to prevent the publlo witnesaing
me arrival or wounded men.
Great activity on the railroads w&a tsi
be seen on Thursday. Trains bearing
uerman troops were constantly passing
All exit from the north slda of Bruaaels
has been Interdicted.
The mayors of the various suburbs of
the Belgian capital have been Inform!
by the German military sovemsr nf Krui.
eels that they will be held reeconslble
tor tee maintenance of local order and
the prevention of assemblages or hostile
demonstrations. These offlclsls are
threatened in the case, of the slightest
contravention of these orders, with the
narshest measures against not only ths
guilty.- but their entire community.
, Communication ' between, Ostend and
Parts is interrupted.
Germans Eetreat
to Switzerland to
Escape Capture
LONDON. Sept. t.-UA S a. in. Tele
graphing from Rome, the correspondent
of the Exchange Telegraph company
says thst a message received there from
Basel. Mwttserlsnd. declares that an un
confirmed report has come Into Basel
from Berne setting forth, that General
Lieutenant Von Delmling and the Oer.
maa forces under his command, have
crossed into Swltseriand to prevent their
capture by the French.
THE BEE'S WAR MANUAL
tory, Army and Navy Statistics-
Gunners of ths British artillery
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Passion to Enlist as ; in Boer
War Takes Britons by Sfor"i
LONbON.' Sept. 4. '.Special Cablegram
"lJaNbdN,""Bept.'"i Special Cablegram
to New York World and Omaha Bee.)
Calm, methodical, undemonstrative Brit
ain, slow to arouse, is getting into a pas
sion which is carrying . the nation to a
point of deathless . determination to de
feat the Germans. The gloriously gallant
fight tha small British . force has been
making' to stem the German flood toward
Paris has touched the country's imagina
tion, aroused the martial spirit and caused
a rush to the colors. - Hitherto the coun
try, has not seemed to realise the ' full
portent of the events, across the channel
and as In the South African war It has
taken a. bit of pounding of their own
forces to bring the people to the point of
patriotic anger which the situation de
manded. Reervltln Htsttoas Crowded.
Horn they reach that point. Recruiting
during the last three days probably has
been greater than during the previous
SCENE OF BATTLE
SHIFTSJO SOOTH
Three Quarter Million Men in Great
Struggle Along Bheims and
Verdun Line.
EMPEROR WILLIAM IS PRESENT
hJftiaar of Lairge Freaeh Pore fro as
Left Crater May KxaUla Gev
aaaua , Advance ta Sorts '
Proaeh Are Optlaaletle. ;
LONDON, Sapt v 4. (2:15 p. m.)
Refereoce to tha titanic struggle
between tha German army .' under
Crown Prlaca Frederick William and
the forces of Prance which took place
between Rhelma and Verdun Wednea
day la made again today from Berlin.
If the Berlin statement proves cor
rects that three-quarters of a million
troopa were fighting In that region
Wednesday in the "greatest battle of
(Continued on Page Four, Column Four.)
War Pictures
From the Front
Full Page in
The
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fortnight' Today ths recruiting stations
are overwhelmed, hundreds standing in
waiting lines. It la reported that tO.004
men have been accepted within the last
three days. - It's a glorious uprising of tha
whole nation, which has come fully to
realise the necessity not only of clearing
the seas of the enemies' ships, but of heJP
Ing the allies on land as well. With this
conditions prevailing Karl Kitchener will
find It poaslble to suid a stesdy flow or
fresh men to the front. '
Authorities Not Disheartened.
The removal of the French government
to .Bordeaux has received general ap
proval. It Is , considered logical in . the
circumstances, yet .the military authorities
are not disheartened in the slightest de
gree nor surrendering their confidence in
the ultimate success. The Russlsn ad
vance is highly encouraging and It Is con
sidered Impossible that Germany can long
stand such a tremendous sacrifice of men
as It has been undergoing since the war
began. '
BATTLE LINE OPENS
TO KANSAN1S NERYE
Topekt Photographer - Makes His
: Way Into Trenohes and Takes
' Aotion Pictures.
MARCHES WITH - HIGHLANDERS
Arrested Tea Times aad Talks Ills
War Oat, Always Cetttagr Cow
teas to Brlagt Films Away
with Her.
By K. ALEXANDER POWELL.
Special. Correspondent of the World.
(Copyright, M14, by Press Publishing Co.)
; ANTWKRP, via London, Hept. 1 (Spe
olal Cablegram to New York World and
Omaha Be ) Yeeterdey morning a little
man wearing an American army shirt, a
pair of British officer's breeches, French
puttees and a 8eaforth Highlanders' hel
met and carrying a camera the ale of a
parlor phonograph blew Into tha American
consulate in Ostsnd while I was paying
a flying visit there.
He announced that his name was Don-
(Continued on Page Two Column Ope.)
The National Capital
Friday, ptr as her B, 1B14.
The Itast.
Senator Burton resumed his attack on
the river and harbor bill.
Senator Jones Introduced a bill for
government loans of not mora than A,C03
to cltlsens to buy country or city homes.
Held Joint session with the senate to
hear Prealdent WiUon deliver an address
on the need of raising war revenue.
Judiciary comanittee adopted recom
mendations of S aub-commlttee, which
held there was no around for impeach
ment of Federal Judice Kpeer of Georgia.
Heoat amendments to the 'lay tun
trust bill were diss greed to and the
measure went to conference.
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indexed. At Bee office. Coupon page 2.
TEUTONS FALL BACK Otl
REPORT OF ROSS
CROSSING BRITAIN
IS CORROBORATED
Passenger on Cedrio Further Con
firms Stories of Bear Hosts
Through England.
SAW TROOPS UPON THE ROAD
Estimates Number of Czar's Soldiers
Traveling in Island at Sev
enty Thousand.
BOATS TAKE THEM TO FRANCE
Associated. Press Correspondence
Says Cossacks Safely Landed
at Gallio Ports.
CONVEYED ON SPECIAL TRAINS
Government Shrouds Transportation
of Fighters in Secreoy.
MOVEMENT IS VIA SCOTLAND
Flahttaa Mrs of Allies Hashed
Throaah Klnadaaa oe Way te
Battlefields ef West
ers Karope,
BI'LLKTIK.
NEW YORK, Spt. 4. Further
corroboration of reports that Rus
ia has been landing troops on Bel
gian soil by way of England and
Scotland reached New York today
when Dr. Daniel Elliott of Newark,
N. J a passenger on ths steamship
Cedrlc, declared he witnessed a
movement of troop trains conveying
Russians through England. The
Cedrlc arrived, from Liverpool with
1,460 passengers.
Dr. Elliott estimated the number
of the Russians at more than 70,000
and declared they had come by way
of northern Scotland and were on
their way to tha English channel to
embark for tha continent
Mall advices from London today
told of 80,000 Russian troopa hav
ing reached France.
Take Haee Host to Kraaee.
(Correspondence of the Assoclsted Press.)
LONDON, Aug. 27. Reports
reach London from Liverpool that
England has placed more that 80,
000 Russian troops In France by
means of transports sent north of
the Scandinavian peninsula to Fin
land, where the Cossacks embarked
and were safely landed at French
ports.
Because of the mines In the Bal
tic and North seas and presence of
the German fleet. It has been re
garded as impossible for Russia to
reach Franc except by marching
through Germany.
A constant stream of empty ships
nas been moving south from Liver
pool ever since the declaration of
war, but there has been no observa
tion of ships northward bound, and
the rumor that England has helped
Russians Into Franca has given rise
to much speculation as to where the
ships sailed from. However, the
the secrecy which surrounded the
movement of the expeditionary army
was so complete that the public Is
willing to believe e Englisn gov
ernment has It within its power to
conceal any movement.
According to atorles told by pas
sengers who returned from England
on the Mauretanla September 3,
this reported movement of Russian
troops to France was made by way
of the Scotch coast.
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The German rlsht is at the rear
of the retreating French, who are
falling back through Cretl. Senlls
and Crrpy-Kn-YalolR.
,Thla neas would place the ad
vance of the German host within
perhaps twenty miles of the limits
of Tartu, their objective point.
Official Information regarding
the respective positions of the
Germans and the allies is, how
ever, lacking.
Mails reaching New York from
London yeuterday bring report
originating In Liverpool that
British transports have landed
80.000 Russian troops In France.
This matter waa not allowed to
pass the cable censor.
Frees reports of tha operations
In the east add little to what in
formation has come from official
sources. In general, they refer
to fighting early In the week and
confirm Russian claims of disas
ter to the Austrian arms in Oali
cia and German successes in east
TruBsla. The Rneslans have oc
cupied Lermberg, the capital and
stronghold of Austrian Oalicia.
Belgian advices say that a tour
ist arriving from Budapest de
clared that the people there fear
that theWhole Austro-Hungarian
structure may break down follow
ing the Austrian defeat by the
Russians.
Australia has arranged to send
more Infantry and light horse to
aupport the allies.
Premier AsqultU opened the
crusade to stimulate recruiting at
a meeting In Guild hall, London.
He called . on every able-bodied
Britain of military age to rally to
the colors.
The German ambassador to the
United States, Count von Bern
storff, announced that he has
positive Information that two
British cruisers . oft New York
harbor were receiving supplies
from a vessel flying the American
flag
DRIVING WEDGE
TOWARD PARIS
German Army in V-Shape Formation
Slowly and Surely Pressing Allies
Baok to French Capital.
NOT FAR FROM METROPOLIS
Klahllua ia Progress Thirty-Two
Miles from Kelser'e Objective
Point Oermaa Troops Sao
ply Seems laeshaust lels.
BIXLKTIW.
LONDON, Sept. 4 (2 a. m.) A
correspondent of the Telegraph, wir
ing from Forges-Les-Eaux. twenty
five miles northeast of Rouen, under
Wednesday's date, says:
"The allies continue to show val
iant resistance to the overwhelm
ing forces of the enemy. The allies
are compelled by sheer weight of
numbers to continue to fall back. It
is an orderly retirement, but It Is
not a retreat.
"The German army haa gradually
narrowed Its principal attack point
until It has become an arrow head
or V-shaped mass, pointing directly
for Paris.
"When I left the scene the southern-most
end of the enemy's line
was near Crlel, which Is less than
four hours' run from Paris by train.
In front of the enemy was the river,
with Its bridges waiting to be
blown up, and still further In front
was the army ready for a stubborn
resistance. On the enemy's flanks
were other armies of the allies, nu
merically inferior, but full of fight.
"Ijt night the enemy's cavalry pa
trols were In ac tion st Henlls, In the de
partment of the Oise, thirty-two miles
north-northeast of Purls.
"Previous to the Uerman advance to
Oriel, there was a big battle at Com-
(Continued on Page Two. Column Five.)
Serb Secret Society
Will Start Revolts in
; Austrian Provinces
lXVDO.N, Sept. 4 (.1:48 p. ni )-A dis
patch to neuter's Telegram compsny from
Itjnie, datrd September 3. ssys:
Aicordine to a icport from gervis
the Secret firrvlsn soclrty, 'Naroda
Obrana. Is preparing- a revolutionary
movrimnt in Bosnia and Ilerzefovina
(Austrian provinces), which will break
out simultaneoiivly with similar move
ments In Bohemia and Hungary."
SAN QUEm
MARCH OFKAISER
ON PARIS CHECKED
BY CONFEDERATES
Advance of German Right Wing Re
ported Stopped and Assailants.
Retire Upon San Quentin.
STORY COMES FROM OSTEND
Attempt of Teutons to Envelop
Left Wing of Enemy Has
Been Frustrate!
CAVALRY MOVE IS REPULSED
Invaders Fall Back and Are Obliged
to Abandon Several Pieces of
Artillery.
PRESSURE OF ALLIES IS STRONG
Attack of Wilhelm's Men Halted
Two Days by Foe.
FRENCH ADVANCE IN LORRAINE
Gallic Troops Win Successes In
that ProTlnre aad la Vosrcs,
According to Paris Wst
Office Statement. t
OSTEND. Belgium, Sept. 4 (Via
London.) The advance of tha Ger
man right wing Is reported checked.
The Germans have been obliged to
retire on St. Quentin.
KaveJoplna; Move Frustrated.
LONDON. Sept. 4. A dispatch
to the Reuteo Telegraph, company
from Antwerp, reaching here by
way of Ostend, says that It seems
that the attempt of the Germans to
envelope the left wing of the allies
has been frustrated.
. A big force of cavalry advancing
on Compelgne has been vigorously
repulsed and obliged to abandon
several pieces of artillery.
Compelled to Hetlre.
The correspondent says: "It Is
learned on good authority that the
advance movement of the German
right wing has been checked for the
last two days under pressure from
tha left wing of the allies. The en
emy baa been compelled to retlra
on St. Quentin. A big force of Ger
man cavalry that was advancing on
Compelgne was vigorously repulsexj
and forced to abandon several piece,
of artillery. It appears that the at
tempt to envelope the allies' left;
wing waa frustrated."
Saatalae Son Carries.
PARIS, Sept. 4. An official
communication issued by the milU
tary government of Paris this after
noon says:
"The movements of the opposing
armies near Paris ara being con
tinued without contact taking place
In the district of Verdun the Gere
man force has sustained soma
checks. In Lorraine and the Vosgea
our troops won Afresh impartial sac
cesses. The general situation Is lit
tle changed."
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