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VOL. XLIV NO. 72.
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WEAKNESS OF
AUSTRIAN ARMS
ALARMS BERLIN
Failure of Dual Monarchy to Stop
the Eussiani Menaces Heart
of Germany.
GERMANS HURRYING EASTWARD
Xaiser Forced to Assist in Meeting
the Advance of Two Million
Russians.
PANIC NOW RULES IN AUSTRIA
Armies, Composed of Different
Races, Openly Mutinous and
Always Beaten.
BALKAN STATES READY TO RISE
Roumanians Ready to Throw La rye
Army Against Austria.
AUSTRIANS , SHOT BY OFFICERS
Soldiers Driven Into Tralas at Point
of tne Bayonet and Scores Are
Killed to Enforce' Obedl-
eace to Orders.
ROME, Sept. ' .--( Via London.)
A dispatch from-Petrograd to the
Messagero declares that the great
battle at Rawa, In" Gallcia, thirty
two miles northwest of Lemberg, la
over and that the Russians have won
a complete victory.
The Austrlans are said to" be re
tiring everywhere. ' Among the
prisoners taken by the Russians are
a large number of Germans.
The Austrlans have evacuated
Russian Poland.
BILLKTI.
PARIS, Sept. 9. A dtepatch to
the Havas agency from Nish, Servia,
says that the Servians are continu
ing their offensive movements
against the Austrlans in the direc
tion of Vishegrad. They crossed
the frontier September 6 and con
tinu.ed,, to advance successfully.
Everywhere the Austrlans . were
thrown back to the left bank of thu
river Drlna.
- LONDON, Sept. 9. News from
Austria indicates that the dual mon
archy Is in grave danger of internal
troubles, while its military situation
is daily becoming worse.
Even Berlin seems to have lost
something of Its prevailing optim
ism. It confesses to the turning of
anxious eyes in the direction of the
ally in Calicia. During the first few
weeks of the war Austria and Ger
many virtually ' dictated the cam
paigns along the Russian border be
cause of the inadequacy of .Russian
railroad and other transports. But
this situation has been radically
changed by the Russian successes in
Galicia.
' Heart of German? Menaced.
Russia now appears to be assum
ing the offensive in East Prussia. It
has thrown 2,000,000 men along the
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The Weather
Temperatures at Omaha
Hours.
Yesterday
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Comparative Local Iteeora.
llt. 1913. 1912. 1911.
Highest yesterday 71 82 K! 79
lowest yesterday 67 64 ,66 64
Meant temperature 64 73 7V 71
Precipitation 17 .T.1.84 .00
Temtr ratura and precipitation departures
from the normul:
Normal temperature 68
lteficlency for the day 4
Total excess since March 1 410
Normal precipitation , .14 Inch
Kxcess for the day 01 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. 18. Mt Inches
lcftriency since March 1.
4.78 Inches
Iieficiency for cor. period. 1913. 7.04 Inches
Lieflcienry for cor. period, 191Z. .t8 Inches
Resorts from Stations at T P. M.
etatlon and Stat Temp. High- Kaln-
of Weather. 7 p m. cat. fall.
Cheyenne, cloudy 4 72 T
Davenport, cloudy ......... 61 68 ..00
tnvvr. cloudy 70
Ies Moines, rain , 62
Ipdre City, cloudy 88
Kander, clear 70
North Platte, clear 78
Omaha, cloudy 68
Pueblo, cloudy 76
Kapld City, clear 70
Halt Lake Oty, clear 68
.-ants Fe, rain 66
M:ertdan, partly cloudy.. 68
ttloux City, rain M
Vsintine. cloudy 66
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1. A. WELSH Local Forecaster,
ONE RESULT OF MODERN
ture shows the havoc wrought
the present war in Europe.
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GERMAPYACUATE
THE UPPER ALSACE
Information Via Rome from Switrer
land Says Kaiser flat Pulled
Troops froaiiTbis Region,
THREE MILLIQN3 IN BATTLE,
Saeu Is Reported Aaarraate of. Men
on Both Slaes of Flvhttna; Line
on Tlme-Honorrd Battlefields
of the Chalon Plains.
LONDO.V, Sept. 9. A dispatch to the
Central News from Basel, Switzerland
via Rome, says that the Germans have
evacuated upper Alsace.
LONDON," 8ept 9. It Inspiration means
to the French soldier what It did In the
time of .the first Napoleon, -.the; situation
today on the allies' center on the historic
field of Chalons, ' should offer compensa
tion for a disheartened - month of ..rear
guard actions. '
At any rate, the allies, now superior
or equal ' numbers to the Germans, evi
dently have begun the offensive. At least
3,000,0u0 men are- engaged on both sides,
and as the center of the alliea lies on the
plains of Chalons, true to many, pro
phesies, another Armageddon may take
place where Attllla,' surnamed the
"Scourgo of Goyd" was defoated by the
allied Visigoths and Romans in the
bloodiest .battle In the .'world's history.
On these plains, centuries later, Napoleon
conducted the most brilliant , defensive
campaign of Ms carenr. .The French
soldiers will not be altowrd to forget
also that on this field a French army
fought a victorious action after Its com
mander had surrendered his sword. '
Logically, a great and decisive battle
ought to be under way from Tarts to
Verdun, but the veil of secrecy and the
ninagerness of the official communica
tions preclude possible predictions of the
! nature of the engagement proceeding In
jthe western war theater.
Slavs Assert They
Were Put in Front .
of the Battle Line
LONDON, Sept. . The correspondent
of the Central News at Petrograd wires:
"The. Slavonic natives of Austria ar
riving here as prisoners of war declare
they . were placed In front of the battle
line purposely by the Austrians. -
"It- is. proposed to lodge the wounded
AuMrlans and Germans in the empty
German and Aastrlan embassies."
India Plans to Aid
Mother Country
SIMLA, India, Sept. .--vta London.)
The viceroy of India, In council, has out
lined proposals for the consideration of
the Indian people, by which the govern
ment of India proposes to negotiate re
ciprocal arrangements with other British
colonies to meet the present difficulties
regarding the emigration of Indians.
Vader this plan a limited number of
passports will be Issued. It Is similar to
the ' present arrangements between
Canada and Japan, which permits 1 of
temporary arrangements fur the move
ments of students and tourists, but wtilch
limits strictly the. right to settle ler
manently. The viceroy announce also that India
was contributing 1S.Wj0.uh toward the rout
of the Indian contingent In the war; this
in addition to applying the gift of the
Maharaia of Mysore of fl.eos.OOO Uo the
cost of transportation.
AERIAL ATTACK IN WAR Where a Zeppelin dropped a bomb on Antwerp. The pic
by a single missile from a dirigible balloon, a form of attack used for the first time during
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AYIATOR ESCAPES
FROM HOSTILE PAIR
German Officer is Saved from Death
. , by His Enemies Luck , of ,
Bombs.'
REVOLVER DUEL HAS NO RESULT
Dlnpatchea , from Bnchnrest Assert
'that There Is a Strong- Hentl-
meat-In Favor of Rasata
la Ronnianla.
BERLIN, Sept. 8. (Via London, Sept. .)
Serjeant Major Werner of the, aviation
corps returned today from the front after
making; repeated scouting- flights , over
the French and British troops.
Speaking of his experience he took the
opportunity to pay. a tribute to the valor,
bravery, and daring -of .the. British
troops.
' He described as his most thrilling flight
one in which he' battled with two aero
planes of the enemy, one a British biplane
and the other a French monoplane., Both
were much faster than hla machine,
which was old and battered.
"My two enemiee flew beside and about
m for a long time." . he said, "i x-
pected momentarily that they would
throw bombs, but apparently they had
none. Both of them fired revolvers re
peatedly In my direction and I repllnd
with my revolver, but none of the shots
were effective. After en anxious quarter
of an hour 1 drew them toward the Ger
man lines and they were compelled to
withdraw." .
The Cologne Gaaette correspondent re
ports from Montemedy on ' the . French
Department ;of the Mouse, twenty-two
miles southeast of Sedan, that German
trains are .already running Into - France
as far as that placl. '
Dispatches to the Cologne Gaxette from
Boucharcst report that there Is a strong
sentiment' In favor of Russia throughout
Roumania.
Sullivan Leading
, 1 in Early Eeturns
CHICAGO, Fept. .-Iutereat in the Illi
nois primary today centered In the con
test between Roger C. Sullivan of Chicago
and !. B. Btrtnger of Lincoln, for the
democratic nomination for United States
senator.
Reports from nine congressional
districts, principally In the northern Sec-
tlon of the state, favored Sullivan. The
weather waa generally fair and the rural
vote waa light
Hiring era friends took heart because
reports from some central and southern
districts, regarded as pivotal. Indicated
that the rau was close or that Stringer
was leadtn.
Few aomeu in the down-state districts
voted, though thtr was a fair representa
tion of the newly enfranchised voters
in t'hicsgo.
Russian Fnrces Advance A Inner
WtlOle Of
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. The Russian emlusy here today issued the
following" ittatement :"
' i"On September 8 a general engagement continued along the whole of
the Austrian front. In the center( the Austrian army Is falling back.
Near Rava Russha a atubbom battle Is being fought with considerable
Austrian forces. Our troops are also attacking a strongly fortified posi
tion at Oorodok, west of L-wow. On the left bank of the Vistula river
our advancers developing favorably."
Lwow, to the west of which the Rushlang are attacking the Austrian
town of Oorodok, .i the 'Polish name of the Austrian city of Lemburg,
which recently was captured by the Russians.
Rava Russka, the scene of a stubborn battle, Is an Austrian town
elevenmiles from the Russian frontier and thirty-two miles northwest of
Lemburg. .
GERMANS CAPTURE
HAUBEUGE FORTS
Besiegers Take Forty Thousand Pris
I Including- Four Generals.
'
FOUR HUNDRED GUNS . SEIZED
German Assan.lt on Important Portress-
on Snmbre River Troves
neessfnl After' More Than
Week of Klahtlnaj.
BURLIN, Sept. . (By Wireless to the
Associated Press by way of Bay vl Lie,
L. I.) Official announcement waa made
today at army headquarters that the
French fortress of Maubeuge, on the
Bambre river, had fallen.
The Germans took tO.ttJO prisoners, In
cluding four general. Four .hundred
guns also were captured.
Dr. Ludwlg Frank of Manhelm, a
prominent socialist meniber of the
Reichstag, was killed 'September 8 dur
ing a charge against the French at I.une-
(Contlnued on Page Two, Column Two.)
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JAPANESE LAND
TROOPSjN CHINA
Twenty Thousand Men Are March
, ing on Chao Yuan from
y Lung Kow.
CENSORSHIP IS COMPLETE
Mall Advices to Peking from Tslug
Taa Hay He port a (irrnaai Are
Karri bk Celestials to Work
. oa Uefensrs I ntroe.
PUKING. Kept. S.-A telegram from
German sources states that the Japanese
landed 20. 00 men at Lung Kow (a town
on tbs northern coast of the Bhan Tung
peninsula) and that they are now ad
vancing toward t'hao Yuan (a town about
eighty miles north of Klao t'how.)
The Japanese censorship is complete.
Kven Chinese offlclHls In the territory
occupied by the Japanese are prevented
from communicating freely with Peking,
while telegraphic communication with
Tslng Tau has been Interrupted for a
week.
Mall advices from Tslng Tau dated Btp
tember S, say that the report that the
Hermans are compelling Chinese laborers
to assist In the construction of defenses
Is untrue. The Chinese deserted Tslng
Tao, expecting a bombardment of the
city by the Japanese, but finding a liveli
hood outside the district of Klao Chow
Impossible, returned In great numbers.
Other reports declare that Japunese
dressed vs Chinese are spying In the vicin
ity of Tslng Tau, while German scouts
are watching the Japanese approach. At
the request of Japan, the Chinese govern
ment, being snxlous to preclude the pos
slhilltv of a sonfllct. wlth-lrew the Chinet
soldiers from the Japunese military train.
War Summary
The fall of Maubeaugr-, a
Mrone; Kronen fort res" irom ine
Prlgian frontier, is announced at
the Gorman army noaaquarirrs.
Forty thousand prisonors. in
cluding four ponorals and 400
guns, wore taken. It is said.
No further official Hunt hart
been thrown on what l prounoiy
the greatest battle of the war, be
ing foiiRht east of Paris from
Montmlratll to Verdun and from
Verdun to Nancy. Three million
men are said to be engaged. A
news dispatch from Tarls indl
rntes a belief there that the (ier
nian offensive apnlnst the city has
been definitely checked.
It is Indicated that llounianla
will soon throw its auu.uuu
troop Into the conflict. A dis
patch from Berlin snys that the
Bucharest correspondent or the
Cologne Garotte reports a stronr;
sentiment in favor of Russia
throughout Uoumanla.
Advices from The IUruo are
that a state of siege has been pro
claimed In a great number of
town In the coast of Holland. ,
An English correspondent de
scribes Austria as bankrupt and
Its people in panic. Bosnia, he
says, is In open revolt. The sit
uation is due to the failure of the
Austrian arms against RubsIb.
Anxiety for the Finnish pas
senger steamer Sveaborg, bound
from Raumo. Finland, for Stock
holm, is felt in the latter city.
The vessel has many British and
Americans on board and is over
due. Russia' Is reported as assuming
the offensive In east Prussia and
news from Berlin says that all
eyes In the German capital are
turned eastward, where the im
portance of administering a check
to the invading Russians appears
quite as great as the vigorous
pursuit of the French army. The
Russians are reported as having
pushed their advance sixty miles
southwest of Koenlgsberg.
British officers arriving In
Paris report that the battle east
jot the city still rages furiously.
CASUALTIES EXCEED
ANY PREYIOUS WAR
Ten Thousand Dead Germans Are
Counted in Trenches After
Fight in Prussia.
TIXTY THOUSAND AT S0LIAN
Results of Hattle at Kljnl 'ovorud
Show that War Has Only a
' Small A f fret on Inter.
nnl Trndr.
I.O.NDON, Sept.. . The correspondent
of the Times at Prtrograd sends the fol
lowing: The extent of the losses during the
first six weeks of the war places all
previous casualties far In the background.
Not less than 10,0(O dead Germans were
counted in the trenches after one en
gagement In eastern Prussia.
The fateful September 1. when two
Russian corps came to death north of
ttollau, the losses of both sides totaled
between DO.Oiio and 70,U0O, the majority
being Germs ns.
"The results of the war at Nijnl Nov
gorod provide conclusive evidence of the
comparatively small effect the war had
on Internal trade. Business was sus
pended for only two or three days at the
beginning of mobilization, but afterwards
it was normal. There was a brisk de
mand for g'lOfls from Asia, Persia, the
Caucasus ami the Volga legions. A ma
jority of the firms are ready to extend
credit to regular customers. The state
hank, too, by active discounting, supports
the fair. Furs alone suffered through
the Interruption of foreign trade."
Ghent Gives 100,000
Cigars to Keep the
Germans Out of City
LONDON, Bept. 9. A dispatch from
Ostend, Belgium, relates that the requisi
tions maile by the German forces on the
city of Client following the undemanding
I tltat in r.hi,n f.tr iu.rt.ln iinnlleM fur.
nlshed by the municipality German troops
should not enter the cfty, are as follows:
Ten thoucaml litres of Dentine. 1,00)
litres of mineral water, 100 klios of oats,
100 bicycles, ten motorcycles and twenty
five compressed air r llnders fur motor
cars, a quantity of material for bandages
ami 100,00 cigars. All these articles, as
well as the arms and ammunition of the
local civic guard must be delivered to
the Germans by o'clock this evening.,
Spain Insists Will
Continue Neutrality
WASHINGTON. Bept. I.-The German
embassy has received a message saying:
"The Spanish ambassador in Berlin
strongly aenled rumors of Spain's un
friendly attitude against Germsny and
Austria, all Kpanlsh party leaders being
for strict neutrality. All the paper
speak of the Importance of the capture
of Maubeuge."
TEUTONS DASH 1(1
VAIN AGAINST THE
LINES OF FRANCE
Fourth Day of Battle Finds Ger
mans and Anglo-French Armies
Battling- Furiously.
BRITISH HURL BACK THE ENEMY
Left Wing of Germans Attempts to
Break French on Right Bank
of the Ourcq River.
GERMANS PRESS ON TOO FAST
Paris Reports that They Arrive Out
of Breath and Also Out of
Ammunition.
SPIRIT OF MEN IS BR0KEH
Lack Push of Men Who Pushed tho
Frontier Army Back. x
GRAVE ERROR HAS BEEN MADE;
Whatever the Aim of the Germ ana
Was la Tangent Movement Last
Four Uas Has Proven that '
the Mistake la Fatal.
Bl I.I.KTI'V.
' BORDEAUX, Sept. 9. The foU
lowing announcement was Issued to
night: "On the left wing all the German
attempts to break the French lines
on the right bank of the Ourcq river
have failed. We have taken two
atandarda.
"The British array has crossed the
Marne and the enemy has fallen back
about forty kilometres (twenty-five
miles.)
'On the renter and right wing
there is no notable change."
PAUIS, Sept. 9. British officers
sud soldiers arriving from the front
today declare that the four, days'
battle, which still continues to the
east of Psrts," is being carried on
furiously,
Thuy assert that the French cap
tured a considerable number of field
and machine 6 una, while the Ger
mans often surrendered in groups.
PARIS, Sept. 9. A.n official
communication issued this aft
ernoon says the situation re
mains satisfactory. The German
right is retreating before the Eng
lish. The French center Is slowly
advancing. The situation on the
right Is unchanged. t
The statement gays:
"First On the left wing, al
though the Germans have been rein
forced, the situation remains satis
factory. The enemy Is retiring he
fore the British army.
"Sepond At the center our ad
vance Is slow but general. On the
right wing there has been no action
of the enemy against the great cir
cle of Nancy, in the Vosges, and In
Aluace the situation remains un
changed." Following la official communique
of the French government, Septem
ber 8:
"The Anglo-French forces have
ktaken many prisoners, including a :
battalion of Infantry, and many;
caiaaons."
l'roarress Too Fast.
PARIS, .. .-The German progress
seems to have been too rapid and too pre
cipitate In Its eagerness to get to .the
gates of Paris, for they arrived out of
breath and. to all appearances, out of
ammunition, which may explain why
tl'ey did not pursue their original plan.
(Continued on Page Two. Column One.)
Good Times Ahead
THE sudden breaking out of
Tj7ar caused many to 4 'run
to cover. ' ' Like the chicken on
whom the rose leaf fell, some ;
of us became a prey to fear and
were ready to declare the sky
is "falling."
Now our vision is clearing,
fur alarm has fled, we have re
covered our poise and our cour
age. We are seeing, also, our
opportunity. Swiftly and al
most overwhelmingly has come
to us the perception of the fact
that the competition of Contl-,
.nental Kurope has been taken
away. We are faced with a
condition and an opportunity
both tending to our advantage,
as a country of Industry, agri
culture and trade. Good times
are ahead, if Americans see and '
seize the present opportunity
for enlarging their Industrie
and trading. i
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Big Profits to be had.
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