The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, August 27, 1914, Image 7
1—^■l"11 " ■ 1 "——■——^i——■—————————^ j FIRST WAR PICTURE FROM BERLIN; SOLDIERS IN UNTER DEN LINDEN. GERMAN WARSHIPS REDUCE TWO SEAPORTS IN RUSSIA Libau and Hango Declared To Have Been Demolished—Aus trian Port Of Cattaro Also Reported To Have Been Shelled By French and British Warships—Strong Forts In Chain Of St. Petersburg Defenses Badly Damaged—Continued Fighting Along Prussian Border. Here’s the first picture to reach America showinq the troops of the Kaiser in Berlin marchinq to war. This photo has iust reached thie country Irom Germany and shows German infantry on Unter den Linden. Berlin's famous thoroughfare, en route to the front. GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY OVER FRENCH IN ALSACE Paris War Office Admits Being Outgeneraled In Early Part Of Campaign, But Has Regained Lost Ground—Strass burg, German Stronghold, Still Intact. RUSSIAN TROOPS ENGAGE GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS London, Aug, 24.—In a dispatch from St. Petersburg the correspondent of the Reuter Telegranh company says the Russian general advance, both on Aus tria and Germany, is progressing with out interruption. A big cavalry engagement of the northern army on Friday was a severe blow to the Germans in East Prussia. An entire German battery was cap tured. Aviators are throwing bombs on the German entrenchments and mil itary buildings. Three Austrian army corps are en gaged In the Austro-Servlan theater of war. They are wedged In the Junction of the Drina and Yadel rivers. In a battle of four days’ duration the Ser vians captured 60 Austrian guns. A dispatch received here from Antwerp says, the Russian minister has been advised officially that in an encounter in Prussia the Russians took many German prisoners and captured an entire battery of guns. According to the same Information the Austrians in Galicia have been de feated with heavy losses. Six officers and 1,250 men were taken prisoners. —♦— GRAND DUKE TO LEAD INVASION OF PRUSSIA London. Aug. 24.—The Central News correspondent in Rome says an official dispatch from St. Petersburg asserts that a Russian army composed of 20 army corps will carry out the Invasion cf Prussia under the direction of Grand Duke Nicholas. GERMANS IN CONTROL OF WATERS OF THE BALTIC London, Aug. 24.—The correspondent of the Reuter Telegram company at Amsterdam quotes an official dispatch received there from Berlin as follows: “That the Baltic is free of all hostile ships is confirmed by repeated recon noitering of the German navy up to the Finnish gulf.” GENERAL ADVANCE IS BEGUN BY RUSSIAN ARMY London, Aug. 24.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from St. Petersburg says: “It is officially announced that the Russian army Is now advancing along the entire Austro-German frontier and successfully maintaining the offensive at every point of contact," NO MORE THAN JEWS' RIGHT. SAYS STRAUSS New York, Aug. 24.—Nathan Strauss discussed freely yesterday the report that Czar Nicholas II has promised to grant full civil and political freedom to Russian born Jews. “It is a fine thing, if true," said Mr. Strauss, on the porch of his summer home at Oriental Point. Mamaroneck. “Russia seems to be coming to her senses at last. The Jewish people have never asked for anything more than the right to live in their native country. All they have ever wanted was the chance to prove their worth is citizens and their patriotism in times of stress to the empire. “I am against war in any shape or form, but some times war is neces sary to right a great and permanent wrong. It would seem that the pres ent war has succeeded In giving to a people their undoubted and inalienable right to life, some measure of liberty ind the pursuit of happiness in the and where they happened to be born. “Tile world is surely moving with Ireland and Poland to get home rule ind the Russian Jew ills right to hls share of civil and political indepen lence. “I am one of those who has thought and still thinks that the czar is a .-lctim of circumstances. lie has been surounded all his life with reaction aries of a violent and implacable type, inly news that was most pleasing to Him was ever allowed to get to him. 4nd now when the Russian Jew Is on :he firing line and ready to give up his ife for hls country, the czar sees the trrors of his past administration and agrees, as I hope, to give these people partial liberty. Why wouldn't he? “I have a friend who knows the ’zar personally. He tells me that he s a kindly man. with a disposition to io kind things. Misinformation, I hink, Is responsible for the position n which the czar has been placed at Jifferent times sinee ho ascended the hrone. But now that, at last, he de sires to do the right thing, we should >e ready to forget some of the things hat have blighted his reign, and give tim lull credit for good intentions." HERMAN TROOPS SEEN NEAR DUTCH FRONTIER London, Aug. 24.—In a dispatch from Amsterdam, the correspondent of the Hally Mall says: "I have received a telephone mes sage from Rosendaal on the Dutch ielgian frontier declaring that German Ilians were seen Friday afternoon hree miles from the Dutch frontier tear Esschen, which is IS miles north if Antwerp." OFFICIALS REPORTED SHOT. Paris. Aug. 24.—Official announce nent was made here today that the Hermans had shot to death the burgo naster and a "roup of the inhabitants if the Belgian town of Aerschot. The execution is declared to have been withoat provocation. The men were all «fc#t at •nua. FRENCH CLAIM GERMANS USED DUM-DUM BULLETS Paris, Aug, 24.—The government to day calls the attention of the powers which signed The Hague convention to Its report that on August 10, following an engagement, a French army surgeon found five dum-dum bullets on thq road to Muenster In Alsace. These bul lets were In a rifle clip and were turned over to the French commanding general. Other dum-dum bullets taken from the bodies of French soldiers killed In battle, have been forwarded to the minister of war. MEAT IN PARIS NOW LOWEST IN 20 YEARS Paris. Aug. 24.—Cheap living is an anomaly of the present situation in Paris. Meats today sold at the lowest prices In 20 years and at the centra) markets yesterday vegetables werq abundant and comparatively cheap. This in spite of the fact that some mer chants have raised their prices at the risk of boycott and prosecution. FLEET IS INCREASED. Victoria, B. C., Aug. 24.—The British fleet at the Esquimau naval station has been Increased by two ships, re garding the identity of which naval of ficials are maintaining the greatest se crecy. The fleet now consists of three cruisers, two sloops of war and two submarines. BELGIUM ENTERS PROTEST. Washington, Aug. 24.—Mr. Havenith, the Belgian minister, presented a not4 of protest to the state department against violation by Germany of tin treaty of 1839, which guaranteed th« neutrality of Belgium. The same noU will be delivered to the foreign offi cers of all neutral and allied nations, QUAKE IS RECORDED. Washington, Aug. 24.—A sharp earthquake disturbance at a distance of about 1,200 miles from Washing ton, was recorded on the seismographs of Georgetown university here early today. It began at 12:49 a. m. and continued 12 minutes. RESUME SHIPPING. New Yok, Aug. 24.—Conferences, held today, between the foreign freight traffic managers of the railroad trunk lines entering this city and freight di rectors of North Atlantic steamship lines developed that the issuance ot through bills of lading from the grain fields to European points would soon be resumed. FILM MAN KILLED. New York, Aug. 24.—Charles J. Hite, of New Rochelle, president of the Thanhauser Film corporation, whoso automobile turned a somersault 1 oft a bridge last night, died of his in juries today. MINE FOREMAN LEAVES THREE DAUGHTERS $40,000 Lead. S. D.. Aug. 24.—With the filling for probate of the will of William S. O'Brien, general foreman of the Homi stake mine, who died here two weeks ago. nearly $40,000 is left to his three daughters of this city to divide equally, Ida, Flora and Elizabeth. Mr. O’Brien was one of the long time residents of this section. MEMBER KAISER'S MILITARY CABINET Washington, Aug. 24.—An official German dispatch reports a "magnifi cent victory" of the German forces between Metz and the Vosges moun tains. No additional details are given. The German embassy here received a report on the dispatch from German officials in New York, through whom It had come and who would not make known any details. At the embassy it was regarded as opening a new and important phase as chief interest thus far had been centered »n the operations in Belgium, whereas this indicated extensive oper ations south of Belgium in the region along the Franco-German frontier be tween Metz and the Vosges mountains, one of the notable scenes of conflict of the Franco-Prussian war. Paris Aug. 24.—A French war of fice bulletin says: "As already announced, after recon quering the frontier, our troops ad vanced into Lorraine along a front ex tending from the Donan mountain to Chateau Salins. They drove the Ger mans back into the valley of the Seille river and the marshy district and our advance guards reached Delme, Diueze and Mohange. "Yesterday several German army corps made a vigorous counter attack and our advance guards fell back. The fight was extremely fierce on both sides and in view of the greatly superior number of the Germans our troops, who had been fighting continuously for six days, retreated. of Nancy and our right is firmly established in the Donan hills. The greater strength of the enemy made our remaining in Lorraine useless and imprudent. "Details received show that the re occupation of Muhlhausen was a great success. The offensive first along the line from Thann to Danne Marie (Dam merkirch) and then on to Muhlhausen was carried out with rare dash. By a bold stroke, Gen. Paul Pau, once he was master at Thann and Danne Marie, directed the troops west of Muhlhausen, giving the enemy an op portunity to engage him between our lines and the Swiss frontier and then by a second movement the Germans were thrown back on Muhlhausen. "While our right attacked Altkirch. the left advanced on Weubrisach and Colmar, threatening the enemy’s line of retreat until the Germans were then forced to accept battle, which was hot in the suburb of Muhlhausen, Dornach. Our infantry captured 24 guns at the point of bayonets and made several thousand prisoners. The fight swept through the streets, house to house, and the German losses were enormous. "Following up the success, one part of the army occupied Muhlhausen, while the other turned on Altkirch and forced the Germans to fall backward in disorder. Thus we attained the initial object of our troops in upper Alsace— to drive the German forces to the right bank of the Rhine.” In order to show the importance of the successes in Alsace, the official statement gives a detailed account of the first attempt made to force the Germans out of Upper Alsace and across the Rhine and to seize and hold the bridges, thus preventing a counter attack. “On August 7," the statement says, "the French carried Thann and Altkirch brilliantly, but nightfall pre vented them following the success and the German retreat was not cut off. “Despite the opposition of the rein forced Germans, the French advance continued. A ' brigade entered Muhl hausen but the city was difficult to defend. The Germans, well informed by the pro-German inhabitants, de livered a night attack, marching simultaneously from the forest of Neuebraisach and Colmar in a di rection to cut off our retreat. “By remaining in sufficient forces in Muhlhausen, we would have risked having our communications with the upper Vosges and Belfort cut. and a retreat was ordered. As a matter of fact another plan might have been carried out. Our forces at Altkirch might have made a counter attack on the Germans inarching on Gernay, why tins was not done has not yet been properly explained. Our left being attacked toward Cernay by manifestly superior forces, our center attacked at Mu! '.ausen and our right remaining Inactive, put us in a bad position and retreat was the wisest course. This was carried out brilliantly. “To attain our initial attack the operation was begun again on a fresh basis under another commander. Gen eral Pau. Profiting by the lessons of the first attempt and with con siderable reinforcements General Pau resolved upon a decisive effort and not a single reconnaissance. He suc ceeded brilliantly. Our troops, holding ' the crests and principal valleys of the I Vosges, are in a good position to fol low up their advantage in the di rection of Colmar.” KAISER THANKED GOD FOR TRIUMPH AT MUHLHAUSEN London, Aug. 24.—Among the German papers received in London is the Strassburger Post, which gives the em- j peror's rescript issued after the Ger man victory at Muhlhausen and ad- . dressed to army headquarters. The ! emperor said: "I am grateful to our God who is with us. I thank you and our bravo troops for the first victory and express to all who took part in it, my imperial thanks which your chief war lord ad dresses to them in the name of the Fatherland.” ITALIAN ARMY IS TO BE MOBILIZED Paris, Aug. 24.—A general mobiliza tion in Italy has been decided on and will be proclaimed in three or four days according to a message which the Rome correspondent of Eclair succeeded in smuggling through to his paper. The correspondent asserts that King Victor Emmanuel until recently felt obliged to renounce all idea of Italian inter vention in the conflict, but was won over by the arguments of his ministers. Minister of Foreign Affairs Marquis Antonio Di San Giuliano. alone of the cabinet held to a contrary opinion. ITALY ASKS AUSTRIA TO EXPLAIN TROOP LANDING London, Aug. 24.—The Rome corre spondent of the Exchange Telegraph company says: “Italy has asked for a friendly expla nation from Austria regarding the landing of a large shipment of Austrian arms at Medua, an Albanian seaport, on August 15. The Servian minister who protested to Italy, charged that the Austrians were arming the Alban ians against Servia.” FORMER SENATOR ARRESTED. Des Moines, la., Aug. 24.—H. L. By ers, former state senator from Lucas county, and well known in political circles, was arrested here today on charges of forgery, preferred by a lo cal saloon man, who claims Byers passed a worthless check for *10 at his bar. Byers claims a misunderstanding and was released on *1,000 bonds. SILVER IN DEMAND. New York, Aug. 24—Large sales of bar silver were made today at 56 cents per ounce. This figure is based on the closing London quotation of August 21 and is the first official price made since the outbreak of the European war. BOATS STILL RUNNING. London, Aug. 24.—The German ad vance into the western part of Belgium has not as yet interfered with the pas senger steamer service between Folk stone and Ostend. The regular morn ing boat from each port left on time today. FIRE AT ADEL. Des Moines, la., Aug. 24.—A fire this morning destroyed the electric light plant at Adel, did damage of *50,000, and left Adel without water, in addi tion to shutting off the electric lights in Adel and four surrounding towns. AMERICANS ARE SAFE. Washington, Aug. 24.—Consular re ports from Belgium today say Ameri cans and English in the eastern part of the country are safe. All noncom batants are offered full protection and are in no danger whatever in that part of Belgium, where most of them have gathered. CREDIT MAN ENDS LIFE. Beacon, N. Y., Aug. 24.—Austin Hall Watson, former president of the New York Credit Men's association, com mitted suicide at his country home here this morning by shooting himself with a pistol through the heart. LIGHTNING CAUSES $100,000 FIRE LOSS AT SIOUX FALLS Sioux Falls, S. D„ Aug. 22.—The j large wholesale warehouse of the Da- 1 kota Moline Plow company, situated on North Main avenue, was destroyed by fire early this morning with all the ! contents. The tire was started by light- 1 ning. The loss is estimated at *100,000, ' practically covered by Insurance. The building belongs to the company, but the ground was leased. The company owns ground elsewhere in the whole sale district and may now erect a new warehouse on Its own lots. This section was visited this morn- I ' ing by heavy thunder showprs, which ) will prove ie»ao4tvk> 1 t« hrtv corn and : Pastures. BARON VON DER COLTZ. Baron von der Goltz a? one of the six field marshal generals of the Gorman army, composing the emperor's military cabinet and board of strategy. London, Aug. 22.—According to dis patches reaching London today, Llbau, one of the principal fortifications in the string of const defenses in tho Baltic sea. devised for tho protection of St. Petersburg, was badly dumaged by a German fleet. The bombardment la re ported to have continued two hours. The news of the bombardment was brought by the captain of a Swedish steamer. He said tho inhabitants of Libau were panic stricken. German warships also are reported to have destroyed the harbor works of Hango, Finland. British and French warships aro re ported to have bombarded and greatly damaged Catturo, an Austrian seaport, on Wednesday. No detail of the en gagements at Hango and Catturo are given. RUSSIAN WAR OFFICE EXPLAINS OPERATIONS London, Aug. 22.—A dispatch te the Reuter Telegram company from St. Peterburg gives a communication is sued by the Russian general staff cov ering the operations of the army from August 15 to August 19, In which suc cesses are claimed In skirmishes on both the Austrlun und German fron tiers. “Austrian cavalry which entered Rus sian Poland at Klelec, Rijbizna and other ports,” says the communication, “were driven back with greut casual ties while Austrian infantry, which at tacked Ivrnnsnlk was defeated. The Russians took 260 prisoners. On the Prussian border the Russians took the EUROPEAN WAR WILL RUILD GREAT MERCHANT MARINE Conqueror of Manila Sees Fin ger of Destiny In Opportun ity Now Confronting U. S. New York—Admiral Dewey, ranking officer of the American navy, declared last evening, after hearing of the war news abroad, that ho believed that this country was on the threshold of a great opportunity and that Its destiny was peculiarly in the hands of Providence. He Is stopping for the summer at the Oriental hotel, Manhattan Beach, where he was Informed by a represent ative of tho Republic of the declaration of war which Germany had made against Russia. The admiral has come In contact with all tho navies of the world In his long career and he knows well the naval forces of England and Germany. He has followed the news of the war very closely in the last few days, for, having regained his health in the in vigorating airs of the beach In tho month that he has been there, he finds a new zest in life. Sitting on the piazza of the hotel, he gazed out over the sea, watching the coming and going of the steamships and commenting on the making of history. Owing to his official position, the ad miral refused to discuss the Impending Btruggle of the fleets of the powers. He said, however, that now Is the great ppportunity for the United States to build up a merchant marine. "Now Is the opportunity,” continued the admiral, "if congress acts, for the United States to have Its share In the parrying trade of tho world. I thor oughly approve the proposal of the president to have the ship navigation aws so amended that vessels of foreign oulld may come under the American flag. The present statutes are very se vere and some modiflcattlon of them would undoubtedly be necessary. Have the Men For Vessels. "In recent years this country has had practically no merchant marine. Its :rans-Atlantic steamers have been con fined to such vessels as the St. Louis ind the St. Paul. There are coasting vessels, to be sure. If the opportunity ipens fbr this country to obtain ocean parrying trade there are thousands of well trained and vigorous Americans who could man the steamships. There ias not been enough Inducement lately for them to join the merchant marine. With a change In the lavv I have no loubt there will be a great increase in nir carrying trade and that many ves sels will soon bo under the stars and stripes. “One who follows American history," pontinued the admiral, "cannot but be impressed with the fuct that this coun try is in tho hands of God. We are In Ihe present situation free from foreign pntaglements. At this time our gran iries are fllled with one of the great est crops on record. The United States pas before It the opportunity to re istabllsh her once great mercantile narlne. It is an opportunity which should be grasped." Admiral Dewey sat for a moment ooking over the blue water as though urnlng over in his rnlnd the course of events. "I have lived many years,” he said, I have followed the history of this ountry in many phases, and to me the hought has coine that this land was set aside for the realization of a high lestiny. Its mission, no doubt, is to provide a home of freedom for the op pressed of all lands. "Recently at Saratoga I read an old pook in which was an account of the ncidents which concerned the surren lor of General Rurgoyne. The order ,vas given that the American colonels thould be considered as In divisions, deft by the Hudson river. From Can ida was to come a great column under durgoyne. From the eust was to come mother column, while. Sir William Howe was to come up from New York I r -*■ ► AVIATOR FALLS 1,000 ♦ y FEET AND STILL LIVES ♦ - ♦ ► Mineola. N. Y., Aug. 21.—Al- ♦ 1 bort Flleaux, of New York city, ♦ K fell 1,000 feet In his monoplane ♦ y to the Hopmstead aviation field ♦ ► today while looping the loop, -f ► and escaped with Ills life. He ♦ K was badly bruised and lacerated ♦ ► but surgeons at the Nassau hos- ♦ pltal said that he whs suffer- ♦ ► lug chiefly from shock and that ♦ y they though he would live. + ► ♦ offensive near Wlnd-baellen, captured I.yk and took eight German guns and two quick fires. AUSTRIANS CAPTURE TOWN AND KILL 400 RUSSIANS London, Aug. 22.—A dispatch to the Kxchungo Telegraph company from Cracow, dated today, says that Aus trian troops nave occupied the town of Mice how, Russia Poland, after a stiff fight with Cossacks. .T*1® Al*strlan" surprised a detachment of 1,000 Cossacks, while they slept, and succeeded In killing or wounding 400 of them. The Austrian casualties are given as 140. —4— RUSSIANS HARASS BOTH GERMANY AND AUSTRIA London. Aug. 2e.—On GermanVs eastern frontier thero has bee 1 con siderable outpost ftgfctlng which would Indicate that the Russians are com pleting their w*rk of concentration lhere has been no serious collisions in their region as yet, however Aus tria Is too much engaged with Rus sia, and the need of helping Germany In make much progress In her cam paign against Scrvla. AUSTRIA CALLS OUT ALL AVAILABLE FIGHTING MEN London, Aug. 22.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company, sent rrom Vienna under yesterday’s date, says that the Austrian government lias Issued a llnal call to arms for all able bodied men from the ages of 10 to 42 years. to Join Burgoyne. History records that he never did. “There was found in the state rec ords of England, not long ago, as this book tells, a certain unsigned order di recting that one of these divisions Join Burgoyne. The minister who was to have signed It noticed that a blotted sheet was brought to him and sent It away and directed that a clean copy be prepared. Ho never did sign It, as a matter of fact. Had Burgoyne had an. adequate force, ns he would have had had tho scheme of the campaign been carried out. he might never have sur rendered to the Americans. And his de feut, coming at this time, put heart i* an American army which otherwise might have been destroyed. "There are events in our own clvli war which have impressed upon me the idea that Providence Is watching over this country. I talked of them, not so many years ago, with Generai Sickles, sitting with him on this very piazza. It seemed as though some high er power Inspired Farragut to pass the forts at New Orleans under Are, al though none believed that he could do so. The result was the destruction of a confederate fleet, the capture of New Orleans and the holding of the Mississippi. There is an event which as a young officer In the navy at the time deeply impressed me. The outcomo of It seemed to me then an act of divine Providence—as tho ruling of a higher power. The confederate vessel, the Merrimac, was spreading havoc among the fleet of the North. She had de stroyed several vessels and was com ing back to finish the rest when there appeared a strange vessel of a type never seen before upon tho sea—the Yankee cheese box on a plank. She was not even then the property of the Uni ted States. “She was a strange, nondescript craft, yet she compelled the Merrimac to withdraw. The Monitor that day brought a new era of naval architec ture. Her guns were In a turret which turned on a spindle. Here was this strange craft, built with private cap ital, which had come, as if from no where, and accomplished this wonder. She was a surprise to the navy. As an officer In the navy at that time I had never heard of her. It would seem as though the hand of God were in her coming there. “And what a change she made. What a debt the modern navies of the world owe to her designer. The great war ships of the world have their great guns in turrets which turn. The battles of the sea are fought by vessels devel oped on principles which the Monitor made known to naval warfare. Had the Merrimac been successful at that time, it is generally believed, <h.e con federacy would have been recognized by the powers of Europe. Her defeat changed tho trend of events. Admiral Dewsy declined to discuss the battle of Manila bay, where the fleet of Spain was destroyed without the loss of a single American life. In Ihc event of any naval engagement be ing fought off tho American coasts. Admiral Dewey said that the interna tional law would prevent the fighting taking place within the three-mile lim it. Three miles beyond Sandy Hook would be as near New York as any hostilities on the sea would be per mitted. 4 DUTCH TAKE SHOTS 4 <+ AT GIANT ZEPPELINS 4 4 -- 4 4 Amsterdam, (via London), 4 ♦ Aur. 22.—Notable activity is 4 4 evident among the German air 4 ♦ craft which ily frequently over 4 4 Holland. 4 4 A Zeppelin, following the 4 4 course of the Rhine, passed over 4 4 Zevenaar today. Dutch soldiers 4 4 shot at it and the dirigible dis- 4 appeared over the German fron- 4 4 tier. 4 4 Another Zeppelin flew over 4 ♦ Maastricht last night and fol- 4 ♦ lowed the road to Meeren, aft- 4 4 erward disappearing. 4 ♦ German aeroplanes also have 4 4 been seen in several directions 4 4 scouting over Holland. 4 CANADA APPROPRIATES $50,000,000 FOR WAR Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 21.—A war appro priation of $50,000,000 was put through the Canadian house of commons today. There was no opposition or criticism. The prime minister, Sir Robert Bor den. explained that the sum was re quired in financing the military organ ization which Canada has offered tho British government and the vote wan approved. Tho proceedings occupied J»»t oho ntavte.