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NEWS SECTION
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THE WEATHER.
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SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
RUMORED SINKING
OF AUDACIOUS IS
NOW CONFIRMED
Report that British , Dreadnought
Lost in Irish Sea is Cor
roborated. ,
VESSEL AT BOTTOM OF OCEAII
.After Career of Less Than Two
-Years Mighty Man o' War
Beneath Waters.
DETAILS OF LOSS ARE GIVEi;
Third Largest Vessel in the Brit
ish. Navy is Sunk by Torpedo
or Mine.
ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE WARSHIP
Cable is Given it, but Snaps as it
Tightens.
CREW SAVED BY THE OLYMPIC
Eight Hundred Men Taken Off by
Lifeboats of vtae, f rnssenarer
Ship, Which Answered Cull
Bent Out by Wireless.
FRENCH OUTPOSTS RUNNING TO SEEK COVER
the railroad track.
from a surprise attack of a German advance giard coming up
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NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Rumors of
disaster to the British super dread
nought Audacious, which have per
sisted ever since the White Star liner
Olympic, diverted from its course, ar
rived at Lough Swllly October 2!,
are confirmed in mall advices re
ceived today by the Associated Press
from a point in Ireland.
After a rareer of loss than two yenrs
thn Auclnoli-uis, third In tonnage nnd ar
mament of hln majesty's warship, lea
at the bottom of the ocean ofr the north
const of IrelanJ. H was lilt by n torpeilo
or disabled by a mine October 27. With
tlm possible exreptlon of one or two men.
the whole crew of 800 officers and mn
was rescued by small boats from the
Olympic.
The rescue was made In a rouph sea
through brilliant nnd dailns seamanship
on the part of the White .star crew.
The bnttlesh'p's cry for assistance was
caught by the wireless operator of the
Olympic, which was only nbont ten miles
distant. The steamer rushed forward at
full uneed. Vobmterrs wire called for
nnd double the number necessary to m.v.i
the lifeboats responded. The criprled
battleship was reac'hVct 1n Wffrtlntss
after 9 o'clock, and before noon all but
100 of its men had been transferred.
By that time the battleship hui -i '"e
clded list at the stern, where, just below
the waterllne. It had received Its wound.
Two of Its enBlnes were unharmed, but
tho ono aft was put out of rommission.
.tteji:t to KaTf Ship
After tuklnn off all the officers and
crew who would leave tho ship, Captain
Haddock of tho Olympic, turned bis at
tention to tin attempt to snve the war
ship. A cable was 6lvcn It, but It
Fnapped as It tightened. Meantime tho
bulkheads besan to Rive way and It was
soon apparent thut it would be Impossible
to tow' tho ship or keep it afloat. The
cruiser Uverpool and several other war
ships had come up and stood by. Lte
In the afternoon It was decided to aban
don tho Audacious, and tho officers and
men who had reinalnel on board wero
tuken off and the Auuacious plunged
btern first, and In a moment had disap
peared. The explosion Is s'jpponel to have been
caused by sheila !"t loose by the llstln?
of the battleship. A bit of armor plate
torn from the rlnklns ship s'.rurk the
deck of the Liverpool, cuttlns tho le:?i
from under a Kuniicr, who died In a
short time.
Man if a Liverpool Killed.
Tho Audacious met Its fete twenty-five
miles off the Irish coat, which tho
Olympic wan skirting. Tho Olympic
sailed from New Yuri, for Glasgow on
October 21. It had been warned that
there were German mines oTf Tory island,
und fear of these, milieu w.is the official
txplanation whin it unexpectedly put
into loiiKh .Swllly. The Olympic's pas
sengers saw the mighty wan lor sink.
Then their ship turned ita prsw to war J
I-ough H willy. Small craft cleared Iho
route to make sure il v.e.s free tiv
mines. From October 127 to November 2
the Olympic Iny at I.oui;h Sw.l y. "hur.es
1.1. Schwab was the only pusjuCKcr wlu
lett the Olymi ic before it Cotki U at Del
fast on November 2.
Even officers of tho White Mar lin"
were not permitted to hoard the Olympic
at Lough Swllly, anil ail supplies were
(Continued on
OMAHANS HELPING
ALL WAR VICTIMS
Funds Arc Started locally to Help
Sufferers on Both Sides of Bloody
Struggle in Europe.
MANY HAVE RELATIVES THERE
News from West Flanders Causes
a Feeling of Optimism in Berlin
People In ThU City nml Over State
Iluve Nenr und Dlstunt Members
. of Their Faiulllca SerTinu
In Different Armies.
BXIPIAN RELIST TWO.
X. M. I.flany, Omaha $1.00
P. Wllff Son, Omalu .3.00 .
-Ajn Hnltklty, Aslitcli, Keb.'.fJl.OO
O. B. M. Cotter. Omaba $3,00
Mr. and Kit. W. A. Clapp and
Harry Clapp, Frlsnd, Mb 13.03
Stirman Hyn, OmaUa 85.00
T. W. Kainr, 3cuadlct, Hsb..(d.00
Total
.136.00
Hanfariaa Kslief rand $ 400
German itUtf Fund 918,000
Jswlsh aelief Fund 1,003
British Kellef Fund $ 8,000
Luiopcan war is leveling American
cympathles.
Omaiians of foreign birth and these of
natural sympathies toward ona or tho
other of the warrlnp urmies bave merged
opinions in the common cause of relief.
Society functions of I he churches have
been susipendcd for iho winter In many
Instance; local charity work has ceased
to absorb the entire interest of the phi
r nthroplsts; the belplrsw women and
ch'ldren In the landa tci used to naked
ness by the war are th' common thought
of thousands whose pursestrlncs hang
loose and whose hands are buny .it help
ful tasks.
Four hundred dollars we've rairteii
already und we'll keeii on rnlsln.f money
I until uie war is over . r tne neea lor neip
l Its (eased to cxl.-it," suld Henry Pol
lack, who started a move to aid Hun
(Continued on I'age Three, Column Four.)
HUH LIN. Nov. 13.-(Vla The Hague and
London, Nov. 14.) Today s news from the
western war theater Increased public
confidence that the Hermans are making
satisfactory progress there.
Major Moraht, military critic for the
Tagcblatt, referring to the fact that the
prisoners taken at Nleuport, Kciglum,
yesterday were French, says he reKards
this as proof that the recent defeats of
the Ilelglans have so thinned their ranks
that the exhausted survivors had to bs
replaced by French soldiers. He says
further that the losses In prisoners at
Vpres Indicate that the enemy's energy
Is flagging. The French attempts to
break down the German line at Solssons
show, in the critic's opinion, that they
bclleva the Germans have weakened their
lines there in order to shift reinforce
ments to the northwest, but this Is an
error.
Major Moraht expresses the belief that
tho prcucnt fighting In Kast Trussia In
volves no danger of a new Hussion In
vasion there. Nevertheless It is clear
that the Itusslan advance south of the
Vistula, especially In the vicinity of Ka
liz. has caused considerable anxiety.
Whllo it Is not known publicly how far
the Russians have advanced, It Is not
believed that the German frontier has
been crossed anywhere as yet.
Foreign reports that the towns of Ple
schen and IJosen have been occupied for
five days are discredited here. Never
theless the Inspired press Is trying to
allay public anxiety by giving assurances
that there Is not the sllgntest danger,
and even Intimating that General von
Illndenberg soon will turn the tables on
the Itusslans.
RUSS ARMY CORPS
IS CUTTO PIECES
Musoovite Force Exterminated by
Turkisg Troops on the Cau
casian Border.
BRITAIN EXPECTS TIDE'S TURN
German Soldiers Rushed from One
Front to Anothrr to Counter
Anything; Like Success nt
Either Point.
LEllLTN, Nov. 14.-(By Wlreless.)-An
official Turkish communication received
in lierlln and given out to the press
describes .the final defeat of the Huss.an
force, consisting of an entire army corps,
on tho Caucasian border. This enae
ment occurred November 12. The Turkish
rexrt says that the forces of the enemy
were so shattered that they were unable
to offer any further resistance.
In Gallcia, according to official Informa
tion given out in Berlin today, the Rus
sians continue to advance and have oc
cupied Tarnow, Jaslo and Krosno.
"The Austrian campaign against tho
Servians Is proceeding rapidly," the
statement continues. "The Servians are
retreating from Koceljewa and Vuljevo
toward the east, evidently not only to
avoid the pursuing western army, but
to avoid being cut off by tho northwest
ern forces which are advancing on Val-
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
Winners in The Bee Doll Contest
CHRISTMAS SHIP .
OFF FOR EUROPE
Collier Jason " Sails with Twelve
Hundred Tons of Presents (or
" War Orphan.: " '
FIRST STOP AT FALMOUTH
Presents for Rnglaad, France uud
llrlaltim Will lie Dlschuru-ed
There Vessel Will Then
Proceed to Itotterdnm.
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NKW YORK, Nov. 14.-At 10 o"clock this
morning the Christmas ship to whose
cargo friends of Tho Bee contributed the
V. S. H. Jason, Lieutenant Corn
man Jer C K. Courtney, command
ingleft the dock of Norton, Ully 8t Co.,
at the llusli terminal, Brooklyn, and
started on Its voyage across the Atlantic
ocean, loaded with 1,200 tona of presents
given by the people of the United Btateu.
On Christmas day the gifts will be de
livered to the million and more girls and
boys whos fathers have died In the
ICuropean war.
(.ndnpeeil from Wilson.
. A message of Godspeed from President
Wilson was received by Lieutenant Com
mander C. F. Courtney, IT. 8. N., shortly
before sailing time. Tho docks as the ship
sailed were black with thousands of
school children.
The glft. carried wero gatheredfrom
every state of tho union. They Include
everything from toys and dolls to cloth
ing and food. Ko heavy was the rain of
presents that a force of ninety soldiers and
sixty isallors frmi tlm navy yard was ra
uuircd to classify and repack them so
that an etpiul distribution might be made
In the sevcial countries for whlchthey j
were Intended.
i:iKhl-Tn ( nrlnnda.
The cargo contained the following Items:
Fourteen lurlocds of children's cloth
IniT, five carloads of women's clothing,
one .arload of men's clothing, five car
loads of toys and fifty-seten carloads of
miscellaneous pieseiilH, foodstuffs, boots,
shod, etc., u total of eighty-two carloads.
Tho amp will cull first at Falmouth,
wluro the gilts Intended for L'ngland,
Franco and IlelKlum will be discharged;
then It will proceed to Rotterdam, where
gifts for Holland and Germany will be
discharged. At a later date another con
signment will go forward for the people
of RuMsla and Poland.
WINNERS IN. BEE'S
PANAMA CONTEST
Miss Watt. Charles Hall and Miss
Pinney Secure Largest Number
of the Votes Cast.
ALL EXPENSES OF TRIP PAID
Will m tlTfr the I'nlon Pacific nnd
Visit Holh "nn Krnnrlacn nnd
Sun IMruo Repositions
Neat Year.
THK WIWKHS.
Kama. Ho. of Votes.
Fay K. Watts 4,002, 853
Charlss Hall , 3,B43,cea
Bnth A. Flnnsy 3.717.353
Co-operating with a number of the pro
gressive merchants of the city and with
the Union Pacific Railroad company, Tho
Ue la enabled to glva to three persons In
Omaha. Mies Fay M. Watts, Charles Hall
and Miss Ruth A. Pinney, each a glorious
trip next year, and best of ail, this trip
will not of neoesslty cost any of these
persons a penny. The Reo is paying all
of tho expenses, except for the railroad
tlokots, which are supplied by the Union
Pacific
A little mors than a year ago The Bee
Inaugurated Its Panama exposition eon
test. Its details bave been explained so
many times that It Is not necessary to
more than refer to them. Sovernl of the
merchants contraoted to advertlso In the
columns of The Ilco one day each week
during the year. Tho Bee agreed to ao
cept receipted bills of these merchants as
evidence of tho sales and further agreed
.1... Ih . V. . . . ...
mi. in mo uoiuesi eaon dollar in re
ceipted bills should bo equivalent to 100
votes. It also agreed that in the content
there should he threo winners designated.
(Continued on Pago Nino, ColunuiTwo.)
Russ Report Heavy
German Losses on
the Recent Retreat
LONDON, Nov. 14. -The Petrograd cor
respondent of the Dally News sends the
following comment on the operations on
the Russian front:
"The German eastern army will con
duct the liuino defense from two bases.
They are organizing their northern forces
at Thorn, using the back belt railways to
maintain communications with their Kast
Prussian army. The now southern base
is Oppoin on the Oder, fifty miles south
east of Ureslau.
"A quantity of guns are being brought
to Oppeln from Cracow and tho latter
place evidently la to be abandoned to tho
Austrian garrison.
"In the last stages of tho retreat from
Poland the Oermans covered twenty-five
miles dally. Their column which fell
back on Kalasx, lost 80,000 men of whom
20,000 were killed."
The Day's
War News
Seldom since the bPRlnning of
the war have the reports from the
various scenes of net Ion been so
contradictory as now. In Pel
pluni. In France, in Galicla and in
Russian Poland, and In the Cau
casian roslons, fighting is pro
ceeding with vurytng. degrees of
Intensity, but there was little, in
t lie way of authenticated news to
indicate noteworthy changes In
the fortunes of any of the contend
ing ti.it ions.
Humors of the sinklnK of the
Hrltish superdreadnought Auda
cious more than n fortnight ago
were confirmed by mall advices.
The French War office, In yes
terday's official statement, again
asserted that minor successes had
been won In Uelglum, but la the
mnln the great battle for posses
sion of tho northern seacoast of
France apparently is proceeding
about the same as heretofore.
Near Nleuport, on the North Sea,
in the region of Yprvs and be
tween Ia Rassee and Arras, across
the Krench border, successes by
tho allies are reported, either in
the way of repulsing Oerman at
tacks or making slow advances.
Oerman military authorities
made no modification of their pre
vious assertions that their forces
were slowly pushing onward at
various points In rtelglum. Un
official advices from Rerlln
showed that the Overman people
were Increasingly optimistic on ac
count of the latest reports from
the front.
Turkey renewed Its claims to
victory over tho Russian forces,
sfntlnir that the Invaders are le
Ing pushed back to Russian soli.
A Mirprlse attack by the Turks,
Constantinople reports, was mado
with such success that the Rus
sians wero driven back toward
Dutotim, losing several towns. In
a battle near Erzerutn the Rus
sians are said to have lost 8,600
men. Petrograd, however, re
ports steady progress In the cam
paign against Turkey.
Of what Is happening In the
great struggle further north be
tween the Russians and the Teu
tonic allies there was no further
word.
ALLIES RESUME
ADVANCE ALONG
BELGIAN FRONT
Feeling- Growing in England that
Germans Will Never Get Coveted
Base on Channel Coast
FORCE OF ATTACKS WEAKEN
Coalition Forces Take Offensive at
Points South of Bixschoote and
East of Ypres.
ARTILLERY DUELS CONTINUE
Report that Allied Forces Have Re
captured Bizmude Has Not
Been Confirmed.
RUSS ADVANCE INTO
TURK GARRISONS
ARE IN REYOLT
Uprising Reported Among Soldiers
in Constantinople an Adri-anople.
BOMB IS EXPLODED IN PALACE
FItu German Officers Klllevd by
Shot Intended for "the Man
Who Sold Turkey to
Germany-"
I-ONDON. Nov. U.-A dispatch to the
Dally News from Petrorrad says:
"A message received here from Buch
arest states that there has been a re
volt among the Constantinople and the
Adrlanople garrisons.
"Five Gorman officers were killed by
the exploding of a bomb at the falaoe of
Knver Boy, the Turkish war mlnUter and
leader of the young Turk party. Enver
Bey was not Injured. A letter found
nearby said the bomb was Intended for
'Ilia man who sold Turkey to Got
many," '
LORD ROBERTS, BRITISH
FIELD MARSHAL DEAD
z
LONDON .Nov. 14. The death of Field
Marshal Roberts was officially i
nounoed tonight.
The WeatUcr.
Forect-t until 7 l. in. ou'.day:
Fcr Oinahr.. Council l:iu:fs und Vicinity
Clouuj- and colder
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
MAKES RATES OF REDISCOUNT
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. The Federal
Reserve board today announced that tho
rate of rediscount t' be charged for dis
counting commercial paper for member
banks by the federal reserve banks at
yan Francisco and 1'hIIus will be i per
cent on bills running not longer than
thirty days an 1 U'a per cent on bills of
lor.ger maturity. The rates for New
York und Philadelphia will be 6 to
per cent and for Huston and Chicago C
per cent on all maturities.
Little Human Interest Stories
of the Big World War Now Raging
BRITISH WARSHIPS REOPEN
TURKISH PORT IN ARABIA
Believe Spy Mas Been Tuken.
LONDON, Nov. 14. A mysterious per
son, known under tho names of llorst,
Von der Qolti and Hrldumun Taylor, de
scribed as a major In the Mexican army
and suspected of being a German spy,
was remanded In police court today on
the charge of falling to register us an
alien enemy. Tho prosecution said that
although the prisoner was charged with
this minor offense, he was under the very
grave suplclon of the foreign office, the
admiralty and the police and that ho
might have to answer more serious
charges.
The man had in his possession a pass
j port issued in Wushington bearing the
name Brldgeman Taylor and describing
mm as a major in the Mexican army.
When arrested by a detective and asked
whether his name was Taylor or Von der
Goltx, the prisoner is alleged to have re
plied, "Taylor, but how came you to
know that 1 am Von der Goltx?"
GALICIA
Vienna Report Admits Occupation of
Several Cities by Czar ' Men.
TEUTON REPORT CONSERVATIVE
nerlln Clulma Progress on Western
Front uud Rays All Attempts
of the Allies tu Admnce
Are Repulsed, ..
BULLETIN.
BERLIN, Nov. 1. (By Wireless
to London) Military headquarters
today gave out an official announce
ment as follows:
"The fighting in western Flanders
continues. Our attacks' during the
last few days have been Impeded by
the rain and stormy weather and are,
therefore, proceeding slowly. South
of Ypres we have taken, 700 prisoners.
"The British attacks to the west of
Lille have been repulsed.
At Berry Au Bao we compelled
the French to evacuate a command
ing position.
"Our attack in the forest of Ar-
gonne has made good progress. Here
the French again suffered heavy
losses, leaving more than 1(0 prison
ers In our hands.
LONDON, Nov. 14. Both official
and unofficial reports concerning the
situation In Flanders agree that the
fores of the Oerman assaults on the
allies' lines, has lessened and the
feeling Is growing in England that
the coveted base for an invasion of
England never will bo gained by the
Germans.
A Paris official statesment de
clares that from the sea to the river
Lys the Oerman action has been less
keen, that the allies have assumed
the offensive along some parts of the
front, are making progress south of
Bixschoote and have taken a hamlet
east of Ypres. Artillery duels con
tinue along the reBt of the line.
Dlxmude has been reported as re-
occupied by the allies, but this lacks
confirmation. As the allied armies
have resumed the offensive at cer
tain points, however, there Is reason
to believe that this town may again
be the center of savage fighting.
' Russians Adrunco Into Galicla.
On the eastern battleground the Rus
sians continue to advance. Vienna ad
mits officially that they have occupied
Tarnow, Jaslo and Krasno, In Galicla.
Residents are fleeing from East Hllesla.
The occupation of Johannlsburg, In Kast
Prussia, is regarded her as being of
great strategic value to the Russians.
The Oermans are reported as having
taken the guns from Cracow to Ohpcln,
In BUesla, fifty miles southeast ot 13 res
ist), and to have left the defense of the
Cracow fortress entirely to the Austrian
garrison.
In the opinion of British observers, the
city of Danslg, on the coast of West
Prussia, looms as a point of Russian ob-
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 14-Presldent
Wilson today issued a proclamation to
supplement the existing regulation for
I ONIl.l.V. Nov. 14 -It was declared ! nre,rvatlini nf rieulrnlllv In the I'mrniiiu
off., ialiy tuduv that the western en- canu and the .unlimil lanul xone during
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Irene Conrad an 1 Kuih Curran, happy
little girls with' their dolls, Alice and
Dorothy, which were given them by The
Bee for collecting the largest number of
doll pictures clipped dally from the
columns of The Bee,
lis the be( iii pur sage, was now clear
und that steamer were passing freely.
Tho r.i 'isli fun-a a k ugo occupied
the port of Fao. at the south of the What
I F.I Arab, a Turkish river, which empties
Into the head of the Gulf of Persia.
Previous to landing of the British forces
the TurUs gun at Fao were silenced by
the fire ot the sloop Odin.
the- Kuropean war.
Husslans Depopulate Prussia.
IINDON. Nov. W.-The Morning Post's
correspondent In Kelglum fays lie hears
on reliable authority that the Russian
commanders, taught by the harsh ex
periences of their allies with German
spies, have arrived at the conclusion that
In their advance along German territory
none of the German civil population will
be allowed to remain In conquered ter
ritory and that all of them must go for
ward in advance of the Itusslan army.
FUfctlnar In Lund of Pharaohs.
BKKL.1N, Nov. 13.-(By Wireless, Do-I
layed.) The reports reaching lierlln from'
Milan, Italy, sot forth In F.gypt fighting
already has occurred near the Sues canal.
This information was given to the press
today from official quarters. Four wag
onloads of F.ngllsh wounded have arrived
at Cairo. The men were hurt in the
fighting between Hues and Ismaylia.
There has been a mutiny of the native
troops and many well known Egyptians
have been arrested.
(Correspondence of The Associated Press).
('sarin In Hole of Nurse.
PETHOORAD. Oct 28-Almost In the
shadow of the imperial palace In Tsear
skoyo, the winter home of Emperor
Nicholas, there la a low building- half
hidden behind villas which is perhaps
tho most remarkable hospital Improvised
during tho present war. Holdlers come
out not only healed, but with a strange
exaltation.
The hospital is supported by funds at
tho disposal of tho minister of the im
perial court. At the special request of
the empress, a pert of the building has
been set aside as the court hospital,
wero t lie rmpress and her two eldest
daughters, the Grand Duchesses Olga and
Tatlana, work among the other Red Cross
nurses from 10 o'clock every morning
until late In the afternoon.
New Rules Made to
Safeguard Issue of
American Passports
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14-New rules to
balk attempts by foreign secret agents to
obtain American passports for use abroad
were in effect today, through an order
signed by President? Wilson. An announce
ment by the State department, outlining
the new regulations said the department
recently had been Informed "ot several
cases In which aliens holding themselves
out as native American citizens have ob
tained or attempted to obtain American
passports for purposes of espionage or
otherwise in foreign countries."
"Under the new rules," the department'
announced, "an applicant for a passport
must make a sworn application before a
cleric of a federal or state court within
the Jurisdiction ot which he er his wit
nesses resides and the seal of the court
must be affirmed. It la . aleo required
that his witness, who must be an Amer
ican cltlsen, make a sworn statement In
support of the application before the
same official.
"The applicant or his witness must be
known to the clerk ot the court before
whom the application is made, or must
be able to satisfy such officer as to hii
identity and the genulneues ot the ap
plication. "Another requirement of the new pass
port rules Is that an- applicant for a
passport Is required to state the names
of the foreign countries which be ex
pects to visit and If aay such country la
at war, he must state the object ef bjr
visit thereto."