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ENGLISH WIN NAVAL BATTLE German Cruiser and De stroyers Sent to Bot tom by British Fleet in North Sea—No English Vessels Arc Lost. ALLIES HOPE IS FOR DELAY Russians Continue to Advance in East Prussia and Poland.— Indian Troops on Way to Aid Allies; Are Anxious for Combat.— All Gaps in French Army Being Filled. PARIS IS STRONGLY FORTIFIED. London.—It has been announced that the British fleet has sunk two German cruisers and two German tor pedo boat destroyers off Heligoland. A third cruiser was set afire and was left sinking. No British ships were lost in the battle, it was added, and the British loss of life was not heavy. In addition to the two torpedo boat destroyers and three cruisers many of Ihe German torpedo boats were kamaged. Two Cruisers Sunk. Rear Admiral Sir David Beatty com manded the British forces and with a strong array of torpedo boat destroy ers, battle cruisers and light cruisers end submarines, attacked the Ger mans in Heligoland. The protected . epuiser Mainz was sent to the bottom In an engagement with the light cruis HIGHLAND REGIMENT MOVING TO THE FRONT German destroyers were riddled and' sunk, while many others were badly damaged. One cruiser, battle-scarred and on fire, drifted away in a sinking condi tion and was lost sight of. British Suffer No Loss. The British cruiser squadron, ac cording to the semi-official report of, ♦he battle, although attacked by sub marine boats and menaced by floating mines and the guns from the German warships, suffered no serious losses. The cruiser Amethyst and the tor pedo boat destroyer Laertes, were damaged, but all the ships in the Brit ish fleet were afloat at the end of the ^engagement. The British loss of life was not great. In the battl cruiser squadron were the flagship Lion, the New Zealand, the Queen Marie and the Princess Royal, commanded by Rear Admiral Beatty, while Read Admiral Moore, Rear Admiral Christian, Commodore Goodnough and Commodore Tyrwritt had charge of other contingents. Pari* Defence Strong. Washington.—The fortifications of Paris and their ability to resist a siege is receiving the close attention of military observers, now that Paris is the announced objective point of the German forces, and the French ministry of war has adopted urgent means of strengthening the city’s de fenses to the utmost. While the city’s detailed defenses are surrounded with secrecy by French military authorities, yet their general character and formidable strength are known to military ex perts, who recognize them as among the strongest fortifications of the world. These fortifications consist of three distinct circles sweeping around the city—first, the S3lid wall of masonry, eighteen feet high, extending for twenty-two miles around the old sec tions of Paris; second, the system of seventeen detached forts arranged at intervals, two miles beyond the wall and making a circuit of the city Aeroplane Falls, Two Killed. Paris.—A German aeroplane fell to the ground inside the British lines in the Ipeenoy region, and the two young German officers on board were killed. Juesnoy is six miles from Lille. The minister of agriculture has au thorized the sale of frozen game in Paris. Large quantities of frozen rabbits in normal times are sent from France to the United States. As a rule they are kept in cold storage un til the opening of the game season, but under the present circumstances they will be used here. Outraged by British Action. Washington, D. C.—A. Rustem Bey, Turkish ambassador, said he was without information as to the stand his government will take in the European crisis, because of inter rupted communication. , “Turkish sentiment has been out raged," said the ambassador, “by the taking over by the British govern ment of two dreadnoughts just com pleted in English shipyards for the Turkish government. The British navy did not need the warships and they meant everything to Turkey.’’ tion; above all, there is cause for un flagging energy in military prepara tion. but there is no cause for despair or even despondency. Time is with us and against our enemies.” On the eastern battlefield the war news continues favorable to the al lies. The Russians continue to ad vance in east Prussia and Finland, neither the German nor the Austrian forces apparently being able to with stand them. Indian Troops Called. London.—Native troops from India are now on their way to increase the Britis forces in France. This was made known through announcements in the House of Lords by, the mar quis of Crews, secretary of state for India, and Lord Kitchener, secretary of state for war. Lord Kitchener said that in addition to reinforcements which were being received from this country, the gov ernment had decided that the British government's force in France should be increased. The Indian troops were chosen to increase, the forces. Lord Kitchener added that all the gaps in the army in France were being filled. Anxious to Fight. The marquis of Crewe said the In dian people desired that the native soldiers should fight by the side of their comrades in the British army, and that it would have been a disap pointment to India if they had been barred from taking part in the war in Europe. The marquis asserted that in spite of the heavy drafts on the Indian ar my, the Indian frontiers will be fully secured. Paris and Berlin Menaced. The conflict of millions appears at last to be in progress. Even such news as the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse rales beside the realization that a titanic battle is being fought, and that the allies are fighting to block the road to Paris, which the Germans are hardly further away from than New York is from Phila Uhians and Gendarmes Fight. Paris.—A dispatch to the Havas agency from Ostend says that a squadron or Chians with quick firing guns seized a railroad station near Ostend. They carried away the sta tion safe, blew up a portion of the track and left In the direction of Os tend. At Snaeskerke bridge Belgian gendarmes in automobiles and on bi cycles came up and engaged them. After an hour's fighting the Uhlans fled, carrying away seven dead. The Belgians had six killed and two wounded. Congratulates Sultan. Calcutta, Via London.—A represen tative of the Bengal Moslems has tel egraphed the grand vizier at Constan tinople offering congratulations to his imperial majesty on th' occasion of the feast of Balram and expressing gratification at Turkey’s neutrality and British assurance of Turkey’s in tegrity. He adds: “Indian Moslems who consider loy alty to the British crown their first paramount duty would greatly deplore an estrangement between England and Turkey." thirty-four miles long; and third, an outer girdle of forts seventy-five miles long on the heights commanding the valley of the Seine. Allies Fighting to Stop Germans. London.—It is learned on author ity that cannot be doubted that the battle plans of the allies include hard fighting of the extreme right of the French front along the Vosges and a gradual retreat on the left along the west lines. This It is ex pected will turn the German army into western France, where it will ultimately be cooped up by the gen eral turning movement and so be un able to get back to the defense of Berlin by the time the Russians get there. Seek to Gain Time London.—On the side of the allies, whose efforts are devoted to gaining time while the Russians overrun Frussia. is the fact that their armies are still in being and that Germany may run some danger from their ever lengthening lines of communication. That this danger is not negligible is shown by the news that Emperor Wil liam has ordered the mobilization of the last reserves to protect communi cations and occupy Belguim so that the troops now engaged in this work may be released to go to the front, where they are badly needed to re place Germany's heavy losses in killed and wounded. The work of provisioning and sup plying the German armies is greatly facilitated by the Germans being able to draw on Belgium for supplies. The Britis public is facing the disappoint ing news with patient determination. The Spectator says in an editorial note: Cause for Anxiety. "There is cause for anxiety and there is cause for stern determina delphia. Meanwhile the Russians are draw ing nearer to Berlin. Not even dur ing the first great struggle between Europe and Asia, on the far Man churian plains was the enormous bat tle fought in such impenetrable si lence as far as the outer world is concerned. Only the vaguest gener alities are given to the people of Great Britain and France by their respective governments. The Ger man people know little more of what their armies are accomplishing. Attempt to Hammer Way. The impending battle undoubtedly is an attempt by the Germane with the hugest army ever employed for a swift attack, to sledgehammer Its way through the allies’ defensive bar rier, while trying to outflank them between their left and the seaboard. The Pall Mall Gazette critic says that the fighting has been on a front twenty miles along the line between Cambria and Le Cateau and between the rivers Scheldt and Sambre, while the Germans have been steadily at tempting an outflanking movement by forced marches. The allies have the advantage of working on inter ior lines and have been falling back in the interest of concentration. Russ Advance Continues. The Russians appear to be stead ily advancing in east Prussia. They are approaching the great fortress of Koenigsburg and have crossed the river Alle at several points. While they continue their advance with Po sen as their objective, they are con fronting the Austrians between the Duiester and the Vistula and claim a number of victories along that line. The Austrians assert that they have defeated the Russians in a six days’ battle near Krasnik, Russian Poland, repulsing them decisively over the entire front of about forty three miles. A dozen battles are be ing fought around a great wall of German and Austrian bayonets, all of which would be considered mile stones of history in less overwhelm ing days. Are Small Episodes. The sinking of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse by a British cruiser and the loss of the German cruiser Mag deburg are small episodes in the chronicles of a day. The British public is becoming restless under the suspense. The newspapers are beginning to demand a loosening of the censorship, while women throng the war office for word whether their husbands and sons are among the 2,000 British dead and wounded of the last week's fighting. Japan Outlines Plan. Tokio.—Yukio Ozaki, minister of justice, in speaking of the disinterest edness of Japanese in the war other than in condtions in Kiao Chow and the China sea, said: “When Japan captures Kiao Chow and hostilities in the China and Japan seas are over, Japan will stand aside and become an onlooker if the war in Europe still is in progress. "If, however, the Germans still re tain a standing in the south seas, which would be a menace to the peace, Japan, in accordance with the alliance, would consult Great Britain and might co-operate in driving the Germans out of the orient.” AUSTRIANS SHELLING THE SERVIANS 1.i-uujuu jnnmum jih Austrian fleldpiece firing at the Servians during the battle near Ssmlio. ___ _ Three French Cities Taken. Ostend. — Striking with all her massed forces at Lille, the German army has penetrated French territory and has occupied the towns of Lille, Roubafx and Valenciennes. They are in Lille just three weeks late on their general schedule. This fact must not be lost sight of since had there been no Belgian resistance the situation of today woud have been on twenty Dumba, the Austro-Hungarian ambas sador to the United States, has an rounced that he had received a wire less message via Sayville, L. I., from the Hungarian secretary of foreign affairs, saying that “the emperor har commanded the Austrian cruiser Kai serin Elisabeth at Tsing-Tau to take up the fight together with the German navy. Diplomatic relations with Japan are broken oft.” Americans Are All Out of Antwerp. Antwerp, via Paris.—All the Amer ican tourists have left for home by way of Holland and England. The ma jority of American residents are re maining. Business is absolutely at a standstill, thought hopes are enter tained that tra/Hc will be re-opened if the river Scheldt remains free. The royal family is showing special interest in the welfare of the people, the young princess. Marie Josie, to give the people confidence, appears on the streets twice daily. Destruction of American Building. Antwerp, Via Paris.—The ministers of the foreign powers at Antwerp have protested against the bombard ment of Antwerp by a Zeppelin diri gible balloon. Among other damage done was the total destruction of a building belonging to an American citizen. All lights at Antwerp are out at 8 O’clock at night. Antwerp is cut oil 'from the entire country, except Ms line, Ghent and the seacoast. The only communication with the outside world is through Ostend. French Gave Way Under Fire. Paris.—With*regard to the unau thorized retreat of a portion of the Fifteenth corps of the French army during the fighting in Lorraine, which resulted in the French invaders of Germany being driven back with losses, M. Clemenceau explains that the troops were impressionable south erners, and their officers did not in terfere with the flight with sufficient energy. I “In the thick of battle,” he says, “those men left a gap of five and six miles for th eenemy to penetrate. Canada Arrests Alleged Spies. Vancouver, B. C.—Charles Natt, a German . reservist, when attempting to send out a code message from the Canadian Pacific telegraph office was arrested on the charge of being a German spy and turned over to the police by the immigration officers, who had watched him. Several other arrests of supposed spies have been made here and the men are being held pending instruction as to their disposition from the federal govern ment s , * HANGED IN EFFIGY 4 The premier of Servia hanged in effigy to a lamppost in Budapest. days ago. The fall of LiHe, which was not de fended, was to be anticipated from the fact that ther were several thousands of Germans at Oysoeng. guard of the main German army, ad vancing through Tournal. While this main army passed through Oudenarde and Tournai, the parallel of minor ar mies to the north and south engaged the allies in battle. After the fall of Namur, the south ern armies had an easier task, being able to swing their left wing round the French right near Charleroi, forc ing them to retreat on their second (line of defense. There is evidence to | prove that this rtirement was carried i out in good order and without great loss to the British. The right was in contact with the French lefts and there was fighting between Mons and Peronne, but so far to the east of Mons that no guns were heard. Determined to Fight it Out. London.—In the House of Commons nothing so deeply impressed your cor respondent as the determination with which men of ail parties are facing the possibility that this war may last two or three years. There was no excitement, but every where wa6 seen the stern resolve to fight it out to an absolute finish to free Europe from the menace of Ger man militarism and its inordinate am bitions. Premier Asquith’s statement that there is no intention of introduc ing compulsory military service in this country was accepted as proving Kitchener’s confidence that the half million men he needs to support the allies and supply the war waste must be furnished by volunteer enlistment Relations Broksn Off. Manchester, N. H. — Dr. K. T. NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD intelligence here gathered COVERS WIDE AREA. GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT Includes What Is Going On at Wash ington and in Other Sections of the Country. WASHINGTON. Secretary Bryan has officially stat ed that the Panama-Pacific exposition In 1915 will be held as announced. • • • Secretary Bryan has cabled all American embassies and legations in Europe to urge all Americans to re turn home immediately. * • • The emergency shipping bill, author izing the admission of foreign built thips to American regstry, has been Ugned by President Wilson. • • • Administration leaders in congress were summoned to the White house and told that the president expected ao let-down in the program of keep ing the trust bill moving. France has expressed to the United States its disapproval of certain phases of the administration’s plan to build up a merchant marine through the purchase of foreign ships. • • • President Wilson has issued a pro clamation of neutrality recognizing that “a state of war unhappily exists between Japan and Austria-Hungary.” It is similar to other proclamation pre viously issued. • • • Advocates of jail sentences for trust law breakers spoke in the sen ate and by a vote of 20 to 21 incor porated in the pending Clayton bill a provision to make violations of the “tying” contract section punishable by imprisonment. • • • Paul Fuller of New York, who prob aoly will be the next ambassador to Mexico, reported to President Wilson that there was little danger of a con flict between Villa and Carranza and that prospects for continued peace in Mexico were bright. • » » The senate passed the so-called cotton warehouse license bill, pro posed by Senator Hoke Smith origin ally to add value to cotton warehouse certificates by means of government al inspection and certification of grades of cotton stored in licensed warehouses. • • • The treasury department has an nounced that in the annual bonds of domestic corporations and dividends on their stock otvned by non-resident aliens are not subject to the income tax. whether the bonds or stock be physically located in or out of the United States. • • • The administration water power conservation bill was passed by the house. It provides for a system of government leases of water power sits on public lands to private cap ital, the revenue to go to the re clamation fund and then to be used for public purposes. DOMESTIC. William Guggenheim of New York has donated $5,000 to the German Red Cross society. • • • Stephen F. Russo of Peekskill. N. Y., gave a pint of his blood to save the life of Jerome Bladwin, a stran ger, in a transfusion operation. • • • Receivers have been appointed for the International Steam Pump Co., a $29,000,000 corporation, by United States Judge Mayer. The receiver ship was granted in an equity suit brought by bondholders and stock holders and a creditor. • • * “Bert” Cutting of Indianapolis, 19 years old, who ha^ been totally blind for years, has won distinction for him self by reproducing in shorthand a speech made by Governor Ralston. He uses a mechanical device instead of taking the usual shorthand notes. * • • The republic at Libera, on the west •oast of Africa, toward which the United States always has maintained he intimate relation of friendly .ounselor has appealed to the Ameri tnn government for advice in en orcing neutrality at its wireless and Able stations. • • • After many days' consideration the federal reserve board has decided it will open ail twelve federal reserve banks at the same time and launch the new bankmg system simultan eously all over the country. • • • Hunger will bring peace in Europe, In the opinion of Dr. Nicholas Mur ray Butler, president of Columbia uni versity. who arrived in New York on the Principe di Udine, after the war and interfered with his plans to visit the German emperor in response to a personal invitation. * * • The pending administration Philip pine bill was urged as an imperative necessity as in accord with Fillipino sentiment in a favorable report filed with the house by the insular affairs committee. i * • • Hale Ho' len was elected ' president of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy railroad to succeed “he late Darius Miller. Mr. Hn d^n's name was the only or.e to be presented to the direc tors at their meeting in Chicago and he was named without a dissenting voice. • • • Bali'h Emerson, philanthropist, man ufae‘ure~. inventor and cousin of t Rar!h tGaldo Emerson, died recently < in hi® home at Rockford, 111., at the i age of 8" years. He was born in An- 1 dover, Mass. 1 Uncle Sam's position in the Japan ese-German war is that of a neutral observer. • • • Tunis J. Powell, president of the American District Telephone com pany of New York, died in his home in Brooklyn. He was 82 years old. • • • What was said to be the record price for wheat in the Pacific north west since 1908 was reached in the Portland market when 5,000 bushels were sold for $1.06% * • • An official statement form the Brit ish consulate said three British war ships have been sent at full speed to protect cotton and oil traffic in the Gulf of Mexico. • • • Gen. Powell Clayton, distinguished statesman, diplomat and soldier, died at his home in Washington at the age of eighty-one years. He had been in feeble health for many mouths. * • • Nine hundred thousand barrels of oil are reported burning in the Heald. ton and Cushing oil fields of Oklaho ma. The burning oil was flowing into several creeks and little headway was being made by those battling the flames. Lightning started both fires. • * ■ Charles F. Brown, special master in the suit of the Central Trust Co. against the Wabash Railroad Co., in a report filed in New York in the feder al district court, found that the Wa bash Railroad Co. was insolvent and therefore wholly unable to pay its debts and obligations. * * * The war of the nations has made itself felt among even peaceful mind ed canary birds. Dealers in birdseed in San Francisco have advanced the price 100 per cent. Their excuse is that most of the selected feed comes from Europe and that since the de claration of hostilities the supply has been cut down. • • • There probably will be no grand opera in Boston this winter, according to a cablegram rtcived from Ellen Jordan, managing director of the Bos ton Opera company. Most of the sing ers are Europeans and at least four teen male members of the company are known to have enlisted in the armies. FOREIGN. London reports that Togoland, the German possessions on the west coast of Africa, have surrendered un conditionally. * • • An official announcement made public at Berlin says that the city of Namur and five of its forts have been captured by the Germans. • * • Brussels resumes something of its normal condition. The German com mander promises to protect the city if its inhabitants do not grow hostile. • • * The situatoin between Japan and Austria is described in Tokio as a “rupture of diplomatic relations, not war." • • • Austrians have started fortifying Vienna; the official reason given is | merely to give work to the unem- i ployed. • • • It is stated the British marines have occupied Ostend to prevent the Ger mans from getting a foothold on the j English channel. • • • The term of the duke of Connaught as governor general of Canada which should expire on October 22, has b^en | extended indefinitely. • • • The Belgian royal family will aban don the temporary palace and estab lish themselves in a secret place in Antwerp as the result of attack by a Zeppelin airship. a a a The attack on Antwerp by a Zeppe lin dirigible balloon has aroused some anxiety regarding the possibility of a similar attack on London. • • • The ministry of war has decided to make Paris a perfectly entrenched camp. This is purely a precautionary measure to insure inlets and exits, nc matter what the result. The Russian army contemplates an attack on Berlin within three weeks it was officially admitted in St. Pe tersburg. It was stated that Russian mobilization has been completed and that 8.0UC.000 men are tinder arms. • • • Tournai. capital of Hainout. Bel gium. was compelled by German cap ers to p2y $100,000 indemnity with in an hour, the burgomaster being held as a hostage until the money was raised, acocrding to a dispatch from Boulogne. • * • The proud boast than “an English man's home is b;s castle," does not Sold good now. Here are some things , ;hat the naval and military authori ties may do under the “defense of , the rea’m act.” passed by parlia j orient in fcondon.. - I » * • At Tsing Tau. capital of Kiao ”how, the German protectorate in Hhina. the German forces have pre- ( oared for a bombardment by the ( lapanese fleet, by dynamiting the tall structures there which might be of ( issistance to the attacking forces as ) sighting points. * * * Climbing among the central Alps is ( imong the things forbidden by the ( niiitary law under which Switzerland low lives. The Swiss mountain ( ruides were among the first to be railed to the colors. • • • 1 All American recruits for thr French army will leave Paris for touen, where they will be supplied vitta uniforms and drilled. Of the LOO or more Americane who under vent a physical examination prepara ory to enlistment, only one was re- B ected. This is said to be a record. ' • • • *' Japan has come into the war of na- * ions. The emperor of Japan has de- a lared war on Germany and the Jap- l nese fleet and land forces are ready D or the struggle around Kiao Chow, lie German protectorate In China. '' 0 NORMAL BOARD KICKS ON CHAD RON STATE DORMITORY. PASSENGER RATE THREATENED Commission Fears Application of Ok lahoma Case to Nebraska Two-Cent Law. Lincoln.-s-The state normal board has taken up the question of a defective building and a propose-d de partment for the study of defective childeen. J. R. Gettys, a membes of the board, reported that the new dor mitory at the Chadron normal, built by Mr. Mulholland of South Dakota, was defective. He said there were cracks under the roof near the eaves and open spaces not intended by the architect, that the floor in the top story is not in good condition and the flooring is poor and the cement floor in the basement is crumbling, and cracked. The building was to have been finished by June 1, yet there are no outside doors in the structure. The board instructed the scretary to no tify the contractor if the building is pot filnished and in good condition by September 7. the board will take the Job off his hands and finish it. The architect who designed the structure was asked to inspect it. Mr. Gettys made a verbal retort in favor of establishing a new depart ment in all four state normal schools, commencing with the Peru school. He advocated a department for the study of defective children with an expert in charge who will be able to instruct teachers how to discover defects in children and how to care for such children. The board took no action, but acked for a written report on the subject. May Affect 2-Cent Law. Death knells may be sounded one of these days for the 2-cent paEsenger law, now effective in Nebraska And when that time comes the 2-cent specter, which played ghost until the federals courts spoke, will assume form as far as travelers in this state are concerned. This is the conclusion reached by the state railway commission after reading the recent decision of the in terstate commerce commission in the case of the corporation commis sion of Oklahoma against the Santa Fe and other roads of that state. In the proceeding on which is based this startling announcement it was alleged that the interstate fare of 2 cents per mile through Arkansas. Missouri and Oklahoma was unreas onable and discriminatory to the ex tent that it exceeded the 2-cent fare maintained in the three states. The prayer was for the establishment of a 2-cent fare on all interstate business between the three states. In discussing the problem in the de cision the federal regulatory body cites the United States suprme court decision giving authority to regulate purely intrastate rates where inter state rates are seriously affected thereby. That is where the cloud rises on the Nebraska horizon. It means in short that if the Nebraska 2-cent passenger rate is found to in terfere with a through rate, then the Nebraska rate can be raised to meet the demands of the occasion. It is a grave danger, according to th€ state commission, and one that threaten® freight traffic as much as passenger business. Open Season for Ducks. The publication of a news item that ^ the open season on ducks did not be gin until October 1, has brought in a flood of letters to Game Warden Rut enbeck asking about the law- The game warden has keVt his stenogra pher busy trying to untangle the mys tery and gives out that the open sea son for w ild duck, geese, brant, cranes and game water fowls, begins Tues day. September 1 and will close Wed nesday, December 1G. Assistant State Engineer Hero. Friends of “Cy" Mason, assistant state engineer, who stopped a run away team at Fremont the other dnv and saved the l^ves of a woman and two little children, will make efforts to land a Carnegie medal for him. The deed is termed, by those who saw it. is one of the bravest they ever wit aessed. Accept Craddock’s Plans. The State Normal board at its reg ilar meeting decided to accept the jlans prepared by J. H. Craddock of Dinaha for a new model school buiki ng at the Peru normal school to cost n the neighborhood cf $80,000, bids to >e considered at the next meeting of he board, October 1. Firms Rush to Exhibit. Novel and unique farm machinery exhibits will be one of the features of he state fair this fall. During the last few years, declares i machinery expert, many improve nents in machines have been captur ’d by companies outside the alleged rust. Small manufacturers have rush ’d in. eager to show their improved, ip-to-date models. A long list of implement and ma hinery firms have already signed ontracts with the State Board of Ag iculture. Time to Control Hessian Fly. The most effective way of control ng the Hessian fly, says Press Bulle n No. 45 of the Nebraska Kxperi lent Station, just issued, is to de troy the stubble shortly after har est. The flaxseeds or puparia are >ft in the stubble after harvest, and iese should be destroyed by early eep plowing, done so carefully that ie stubble is thrown to the bottom f the furrow and completely covered, v ins entrapping the flies. This plow- X ig should be done very soon after arvest.