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;-,, i. mi,i Hitmimm0mmmim'iimimmm sj jw-wswwhwssw wirsw"iwiiWiiiBiwiwwireww,wwwpt!it inwiuim wm " THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NF.BRARKA. NEWS BRIEFLY TOLO RELIEF SHIP SAILS PLUCKY BELGIANS DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY Tho Gorman steamor Magdeburg having evaded tho British warships, that havo been patrolling tho North Atlantic, slipped safely into New York harbor after an exciting voyage. Thr'eo thousand employees of the-Hamilton-Brown Shoo company at St.. LouIb will resume work this week, fol- 1riflnt. 1,,-r. tuonVa' Ii11nnr3. uhnn five. INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA. ON ERRAND OF MERCY TO WAR STRICKEN EUROPE GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT local factories of tho concern reuowv operations. TURKEY'S MOVE ALARMS POPE 3 fr i 3 to t"c. Br- " Decree Abolishing Privileges of For .' clgncrs Means Blow to the Roman Church. Now York-. T ho steamer Hod Cross, bound on nn orrnnd of mercy to tho European war zono, left her anchor age in Oravesond bay at 5 p. m., Sun day, and shortly before C o'clock va8 on her way to sea past 'tho Sandy Hook bar. Rushing Americans Home. London. Tho American ambassa dor, Walter Hlnes Page, was advised thut the American lied Cros relief fihlp was Hailing from Now York and would dock at Falmouth September 22, thoro to await further orders, Henry S. Urockenrldge, the Ameri can assistant secretary of war, who Is at Paris, Is obtaining rqports from army officers and consulato officials in England mid on tho continent, as to tho relief work which has been dono with American government funds, preparatory to making a general re port. Tho American relief committee ex pended over $100,000 In government funds last week, chiefly in the pur chase of railway and steamship, tickets for indigent Americans. Tho committee is now ablo to get cheap passages and is rapidly rushing stranded Americans from Liverpool and Glasgow without delay. Portes' Moves Alarming London, The Chronicle's corre spondent n. Home sends tho follow ing dispatch: "The Ottoman decree abolishing the privileges of tho capitulations for foreign subjects in Turkey causes tho greatest concern at tho Vatican, since it sweeps away tho famous French protectorate over Christian affairs in tho llhorty of public wor ship and the rights of scml-religlous" institutions, such as schools and hos pitals, which Christianity, in virtue of the capitulations, has onjoyed throughout tho Ottoman emplro since the ago of the crusaders. Hith erto no ecclesiastical law could bo dealt with except through tho French consular agents or tho French ambas sador to tho nubllmo porto. "The holy sco la entering a lively protest, bocauso It forsecB that bo brusque and revolutionary a chango must deprive it of all forco in admin iBtrativo matters, while tho resultant disendowment means financial ruin." Wounded Are Taken Past Parl6. London. Tho stream of wounded from tho battlefields of tho Marne and Outcq is being directed past Paris to tho hospitals In tho rear, says a Paris dispatch to rtouter's Telegram Co. Tho obvious reason for UiIb is that un til It is quite certain that Paris will not havo to defend horself against nttnek it would bo unwiao to fill tho hospitals of tho capital. Of especial interest are tho Drltlsh and American hospitals at Neullly, which are splen didly equipped for tho work before them. In tho American hospital only fifty-five of tho GOO beds aro occupied. French Aviator Brings Dnvn Airship. London. A Router dispatch from Troyes, Franco, says; "After a chaso of sovoral miles, a 'Froifch aviator succeeded In bringng down u Gorman aeroplane; which had been dropping bombs on tho town. Tho German pilot and two military observers, a captain and u lieutenant, wero killed." Italian Troops in Albania. Paris Troops of tho Italian army are being disembarked In Albania, especially Vnlona, according to a dis patch from Trlosto. Hcccnt advices from Valona Btated that Kiamll Elbashan, nt the head of 40,000 men, had threatened to sack tho town. To Exchange Prisoners. London. A neuter's Telegram Co dispatch at Amsterdam saya that an agreement has been reached whero Franco and Gorman will oxchango an equal number of prisoners, oftlcero and men, who may rojoln tholr ro Bpectlvo armies. Greek Minister Resigns. LondonA dispatch from Athens to the Exchange Telegram Co. states that, Foreign Minister Patios has handed in his resignation. His resigna tion has not yet been accepted. Austrian Offer Refused, London. Tho Austrian government has qffered to remit mnnoy for tho payment of the coupons of tho Hun garian loan of 1914, but bb this would involvo a transaction with hostllo KovQrnmont, tho London Arm of Roths childs declined to accopt theoffer. Resentment In Holland. Washington. A wireless dispatch frdm Berlin states: "Tho action of the French and England Jn holding up Holland steamers, carrying neutral mail. Is causing rescntmout." BERLIN ADMITS CHECK IT PARIS; TROOPS RETREAT Official Announcement Made at Berlin That the Forces of the Empire Retired. ENEMY HAD THE ADVANTAGE Numerical Superiority of- the Allies Compelled the Backward Movement Events of a Week of Warfare Summarized What Will Probably Follow the Change In the Situation of the Opposing Forces. Tho retreat of the Germans who at tacked the allied forces between Meaux and Montmlrnll in Franco was officially admitted by Berlin. The re treat was attributed to tho numerical superiority of the allies. On Saturday It was asserted in dis patches from London that Thermonde, Belgium, a town of 150,000 inhabi tants, was almost destroyed by Ger man troops. Only tho town hall and one church aro Intact. Berlin Garrison Loses Heavily. According to a Munich report re ceived at Paris the Berlin garrison alone has lost 42,000 men killed or wounded In tho war thus far. Tho Munich report evidently refers to men of tho Berlin garrison who went to the front at tho outbreak of tho war. French Minister of War Mlllerand ordered prefects throughout Franco to arrest all men llablo to military duty not already In service. By this means tho government expects to get at least 200,000 more troops. There was no confirmation of tho news published In the German news papers of tho fall of Maubcuge. A Reuter dispatch from Petrograd received at London stated that tho AuBtrlans had evacuated Cracow, their strongest post In Gallcla. This clears the way to tho Russian march on Berlin. ' Britain Adds to Army. Premier Asqulth asked parliament to add another half-million men of all ranks to tho regular army. After a short debate tho motion was unani mously adopted. A correspondent of tho Exchungo Telegraph company sent tho following from Rome: A Vienna mossago states that Archduke Frederick lost 120,000 men in tho recent Gallclan battles, or one-fourth of his entire command. Belgian Commission Arrives. The king of Belgium's commission, which was cent to place boforo Pres ident Wilson accounts of alleged Gor man atrocities in Belgium and of Ger many's violation of Belgium's neutral ity arrived at Now York Friday, In tho midst of the European war Great Britain, France, Spain and China have ngreed to sign pence com mission treaties with the United States. Ono offect of the now conven tions is to provont tho United States from being drawn suddenly Into tho conflict. Not Yet Ready for Peace. President Wilson, In response to Inquiries, stated with great regret that none of tho warring natloiiB of Europo Is willing to consider peace proposals at this time. Both tho nresldont nmi Mr,, Brynn fear that nothing short of a declslvo victory by one party or the other to tho great conflict will induce the belligerents to listen to peace counsels. Situation at Lunevllle. The evacuation of Lunevllle, which was nnnounced by French newspapers, followed an assault by tho Germans on tho French position opposlto. This attack was repulsed. An official com munique from Bordeaux stated that tho French were advancing In Lor raine Tho fighting In Alsace, according to the Journal des Debats of Paris, has been In the neighborhood of Altklrch, whero tho French resumed their offen sive movement on September 2, The Germans, according to this newspaper, are in retreat toward tho Rhine. An earlier roport than this, com ing from Basel, Switzerland, wns that the Germans were evacuating Upper Alsaco In order to concentrate their troops on the eastern border to com bat tho Russian advance. Tho Germans also were said to have evacuated Amiens, and the Ger man comnmnder of tho left wing was said' to bo directing his retreat with tho evident Intention of repassing tho Belgian border east of Lille. Russians Advance In Gallcla. A Petrograd report to tho Mes sagero of Rome on Friday stated that a battle near Rawa between Russian and Austrian armies resulted In an overwhelming victory for the czar's trdops after four days of bloody fight ing. It Bald that large numbers of German soldiers who wero fighting with tho AustrianB were prisoners. As a result of their victory, says tho dispatch, the Russians aro masters of northern Gallcla, the' Austrlans re tiring overywhero and evacuating Russian Poland. This will clear tho way for the Russian advance on Ger many through Gallcla'. More Troops for Germans. German re-enforcements estimated at 60,000 men wero advancing Into Franco in three columns, according to an Ostend dispatch to tho Reuter Telegraph company of London. Pope Benedict approached Austria and Germany through tholr envoys In Romo, and both informed the pontiff that they nre favorably disposed to second his efforts for peace. The czar Is understood to bo prepared 'to submit the popo's offer to the defer ential consideration of Great Britain and Franco. Tho British official press bureau says tho Oceanic, the White Star llnor which was In the British service ns a converted cruiser, is a total wreck on tho north coast of Scotland. The of ficers and crew wero saved, The German ambassador at Wash ington admitted that in a cablegram to President Wilson Emperor William had protested against tho uso of dum dum bullets by the allied army and tho participation In tho war by Bel gian civilians. British Auxiliaries t Canada. Positive confirmation of the pres once In Canada of approximately 200, 000 Australian, Now Zealand and In dian soldiers was brought ' to Now York by passengers on the steamer Stephano, from St. Johns, N. F. When tho Stephano left Halifax her passengers saw tho British cruis er Nlobe getting ready for sea, the cruiser Essex taking on coal, and tho battleship Glory convoying a German merchantman into port. Tho name of tho prlzo could not bo learned by the passengers. Russians Win and Lose. Tho Russian genernl staff officially announced that the Russian forces have taken Tomaszow, In Russian Polnnd, after a. desporate struggle. In the East Prussian campaign the Russians have met both success and reverse. Tho Russians forces near Myszlnec and Chorzele, in Russian Po land, on the Russo-Prusslan frontier boutheast of Ortlcsburg, have beon repulsed with heavy losses. SUMMARY OF THE WAR Written by the Associate Editor of the Army and Navy Journal. Tho rapid advance of the onvolop- lug movement by which the allies aro turning tlie German right flank Is be ginning to havo a decisive Influence on tho Gorman campaign. Tho re ported retreat of the GermanB to Solssons cuts them oft from their nat ural lino of communication. Indeed, the allied move is so threat ening to tho entire rear of tho Ger mans' right Hank that they have to consider the alternative of getting quick results In their attacks on the French lines or else retlro In tlmo to save tholr right wing from disas ter. The mention of this turning forco of the allies ns a British and French nrmy Indicates that the British havo been rushing forward their later ex pedition, via Havre and Dieppe and moving them to the front as a sepa rate army. Tho retrogression of tho Germau arms of General von Kluck freed the garrison of Paris from Us primary duty of manning tho forts. Detach; menta from this service can well bo spared, sufficient to form an additional corps to strengthen fho allies' left flank. One French Fcce In Peril Dlsptaches develop tonight a now point of attack which has been little mentioned. -Tho fifth German army, after making tho turning movement around Verdun, seems to havo moved southeast up tho valleys of the Aire and Alsne rivers. Bo great was tho pressure of Its attacks that the French line was forced to Soullly and the line of the Ornatn river. Thq day's wire less report from Berlin of tho cap ture of fortiflcatlonn near Verdun re fers to tho operations of this army. This portion of tho French line ie in a dangerous position. In their ef forts to hold the fortress of Verdun the French left a salient protruding 25 miles beyond their genernl line. This salient 1b exposed to attack both on east and west. A success by tho Germans on either sldo would take the other side in rear, and would re sult In serious losses during the with drawal. If the Germans succeeded in such a mbve they would isolate Verdun and have a chanceMo bring to bear upon it tho same tactical use of heavy artillery that resulted In the capture of Llege, Namur and Longwy. The Crnnnh nrmloa tvmilrl Yin tnmntl hnrr to the general line running from Vlrty tn Tnni Such u success on the part of the Germans would not have a decisive effect on the battle, but it would have important value in shortening tho front operations and in facilitating the 'supply of their troops. By throw ing open a new line of operations, It would tend to, counterbalance the at traction of such lines on tho right flank due to the allies' turning move ment. The fighting reported at Easternay, ten miles south of Montmlrail, and the, reports of lighting along the Ornain river Just cast of Vitry show that the Gorman armies are still holding their advance line. The successe of the allies seem to havo been gained most ly by tho British army north of Coul ommlers and by tho Fteuch army and tho allied army on their loft. It Is too soon to make any esti mate as to the outcome of this bat tle. While the allies havo n. greater total forco the Germans have drawn In their columns and massed tholr troops In a way that gives them a numerical superiority at tho point of contact. Tho outcome Is going to depend largely on the French artillery. If tho French guns cau hold tholr positions and maintain their Are, tho German losses In assault will be so great as to make success Impossible. All signs indicate that tho Ger mans havo reached tho limit of their available force for the French cam paign. To gain sufficient strength for tho last effort they havo had to strip tho country from Ghent, Bel glum to Muelhausen, Alsaco. Kaiser Gains In Prussia. Tho latest news changes tho situa tion In Fast Prussia. Tho German armies In this region havo been great ly re-enforcc1 and have again In flicted on tho Russian army of lnvnslon a blow that will seriously delay Its ad vance. During the last ten days the GermanB havo made uso of their bet ter rail system to push forward to East Prussia such great numbers of reservo organizations that they have overpowered the south wing of tho Russian army and have forced It back Into tho lako region of Prussia. Tho roport from Berlin of tho aofeat of tho Twenty-second Russian corps at Lyck, If confirmed, will Indicate a disas trous defeat for the Russians. Tho German success In this district will havo an Important lnfluenco In delaying the advance of tho central Russian army through Poland. Due to tho same rail superiority Austria can move her reserves Into Gallcla faster than Russia con bring her forces to tho front. Tho Austrian re sistance on tho front from Rawa Ruska south to Stryi la stiffening. In tho rest of tho field of opera tions tho ndvuntago lies with tho Russians. Includes What Is Going On at Wash ington and In Other Sections of the Country. WASHINGTON. ") The senate has passed the million dollar appropriation for extra ex penses of diplomatic and consular service occasioned by the European war. President Wilson has disapproved the proposal to increase the income tax as a means of raising revenue to offset a treasury deficit due to the European wur. Practically all tho principal rail roads In the east have completed fil ing with the Interstate Commerce commission their new tariffs propos ing increases In the prlco of mlleago tickets. . Tho Interstate Commerce commis sion has declined to permit the rail roads between the Missouri river and the Pacific coaBt to Ignore the long and short haul rule on wheat and flour. After long consideration officials are convinced that the federal gov ernment can tako no further steps to aid cotton producers to meet the un usual conditions caused by the Euro pean war. v The effective date of the Interstate Commerce commission's orders In the intermountaln rate case was again postponed from October 1 to Novem ber 15, to glvo the railroads more time to adjust tholr tariffs. An amendment to'tie bank law permitting state banks . and trust companies with capital of $25,000 and 20 per cent, surplus or more, to issue federal currency under the Vreeland section, was passed in the senate. President WlUon has approved Southern Presbytorlan church wo men's plan to raise "the Ellen Wilson fund for the Christian education of mountain youth" as a memorial to Mrs. Wilson, who started the move ment. In agreeing on a war revenue meas- ?,re wh,ch ,wi11 tax frelBht transporta. "on nn( increaso revenue taxes or on beer and domestic wines, tho ways and means committee paved the way for relelving tho government of financial stringency due to the Euro pean war. The Interstate commerce commis sion has scheduled a hearing in Chi cago on Jan. 20 nt which the question of discrimination by railroads agalnBt shippers by pjacing embargoes against coal shipments will be considered. Both the shippers and the carriers have been asked to appear. President Wilson vetoed the bill to raise the limit of individual deposits in postal savings brinks to $1,000 be cause It contained a provision repeal ing a section of the new bank law which provides that federal funds may be deposited only with members of the federal reserve system. DOMESTIC. Protests against Great Britain's seizure of tho two battleships being built in England for Turkey, at the outbreak of the war adopted at a meeting of Ottomafl, Indian and Per sian Mussulmans nnd Hindus in New York. Rodman Wanamaker will send two Indian boy to the academy In Mer cersbijrg, Pa. After completing the course there they will bo sent to Princeton. When their education Is completed they will return to their 'people to help educate them, Woman suffrage was endorsed and a plea for representation to congress of tho 10,000,000 negroes In the Unit ed States was made In the annual ad dress of Rev. E. C. Morris, president of the National Baptist convention at the opening session of the organiza tion in Philadelphia. Wlldwood (N. J.) Life Guards estab lished a record for that resort when within one hour Captain Needham and his men, after most strenuous work rescued twenty-six persons from drowning. Rev. John T. Woods, rector of tho Holy Cross church In Brooklyn, has been mado a domestic prolate, with the title of Monslgnor, according to a cablegram from Romo. Tho elovatlon of Father Woods was ono of tho Jast official acts of the pope before his death. A petition naming James W. Ger ard, ambassador to Germany, as a democratlo candidate for the nomina tion for Unltod States senator, was filed with tho New York secretary of stato at Albany. Mrs. Amanda Woks, last survivor of those arrested at the time of tho ussasslnntlon of President Lincoln,, and charged with hnvlng beon impli cated In tho plot, Is dead at her homo, at "Washington, at the age of 80 yearB. Tho United Snttes district court nt. Philadelphia appointed a receiver for' Isaac A. Sheppard & Co., manufac turers of heaters and steam boilers-' Tho assets are placed at $1,000,000'' and the liabilities at $500,000: Tho beef packers of the United; States are now in absolute control of the Argentine output of beef, accord ing to testimony given before Chief Magistrate McAdoo at tho Inquiry into the advance In food prices at, New York. ' i Expelled from colleges and church es of Guadalajara by the constitu tionalists, forty-five Spanish and French Catholic priests and lay brothers and forty-eight sisters of tho. Sacred Heart have arrived in San. Francisco. s Baron John Henry do Villiers, chief justice of the supreme court of tho. Union of South Africa, died Septem ber 2. He waB attorney general and. minister of Mines in the Botha cabinet and was created a baron in 1910. He was born in 1842. The Salvation army was denied n. permit further to conduct its activi ties in Los Angeles. The action was taken by the municipal charities com mission and its effect will bo to halt all the activities of the army except purely religious work. The first veteran of the present European war to reach the United States, haB arrived in New York, aboard tho steamer Lapland. He was; Alios Von Nleuwenhausen of Gibson City, 111., a Belgian who was wounded in one of the battles before Llege. FOREIGN. According to lato advices Japanese aviators have been sent up again to drop bombs into Tslng Tau. Prince Albert, second son of Klnc: George of England, has been operate oajor appendicitis. Reports from Oostend says a coun ell of defense haB been formed un der the presidency of King Albert. France announces that It is sending. reserves to Morocco to release regu lars now there for service with the army in France. The German steamship Bethanla,. with 400 German reservists on board,, has been captured by the British. North Atlantic patrol. It Is reported in Basle, Switzerland,, that tho Germans have definitely evn uated upper Alcase to rush every available man to East Prussia. Frenchmen In Loudon now have a. newspaper of their own. It Is the first French dally newspaper In England.. Its title is "L'Echo do France." Fifteen cents a day will be paid by the government of Belgium to every Belgian woman in America whose husband is with the Belgian army. Maubeuge, a French fortress, haei fallen Into the hands of tho Germans, and, according to the report, the Ger mans took 40,000 prisoners and 40u guns. Twenty thousand citizens of Lon don havo joined the volunteer police forco as special constables, to tako the place of regular policemen who have gone to the war. President Polncare of France has. sent a cablegram to President Wilson denying that the French are manu facturing and using dum-dum bullets,. as was charged by Emperor William.. Because ho announced In large Aeadllnes "the evacuation of the mili tary zone of Paris," Joseph Besson, the editor of a Grenoble newspaper of Grenoble, France, must appear before a courtmartlal. Count Szechenyl, tho Austrian min ister of Copenhagen, was arrested by mlstuke as a spy and was detained an hour before his Identity was proven.. He had maps In his possession when arrested, which aroused suspicion. Paris reports say there are ap proximately 1,600,000 men in tho allle armies In France. Employes of biscuit factories tni London have been working overtime to execute an order for a Btipply of meat biscuits to the French army Tho population of Paris and su burbs before the war was 3,400,000. According to semi-official figures It 1b now 2,010,000, owing to tho mobiliza tion of the army and the departure of the fugitives. ygt&$yJH SZ""' '- "tmaewiie '&.rr-z-rm--r?-z?r-;"'v n "- f ftr. .fl-." ts-