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Breslau, capital of Silesia, the city hall of which Is here shown, is In
the Russians, and has been prepared for 'a stubborn defense.
GHENT OF c
BELGIUM LEAVES
CITY OF AHTWERP
German Demand' for Surrender
of the Temporary Capital
Was Refused.
LONDON HEARS OF DISASTER
Unconfirmed Report That the City
Hid Been Taken by the Germans
Little News of Battles In France
Both Combatants Claim Victories
in East Prussia Kaiser Will At
tack England After Fall of Antwerp.
London, Oct 10. It is reported here
that Antwerp, after a terrific 48-hour
bombardment by the Germans, has
fallen. The Morning Post announces
that it "has the Information on good
authority."
Neither tho official press bureau
aor Count do la Laing, Bolgian min
ister to Great Britain, has received
confirmation of the report.
DritlBh ro-enforcoments, whoso ad
vance guard was roportcd to have ar
rived to the relief of Antwerp, have
appeared and have effected a Junction
with the French at a town which can
not bo revealed.
Refuse to Surrender City.
London, Oct. 9. Tho heavy guns of
the kaiser's troops wero trained on
Antwerp after the garrison had refused
a demand that It be surrendered. Tho
commander of the German troops sent
an officer under a white flag Into the
city to announce that tho bombard
ment would begin unlesB the city was
given up. The request was refused.
Immediately after the decision of
the Belgians was announced the tem
porary capital of the nation was re
moved to Ostend, and an exodus of
the people began.
The permanent capital, Brussels, is
held by the Germans.
Death and destruction are carried
Into Antwerp not only by the slego
suns, but also by a fleet of six Zeppe
lins, which clrclo high overhead, drop
, ping bombs. These have destroyed,
by some accounts, at least a score of
houses, maiming and killing the thirty
or forty occupants,
London la Without News.
London, Oct. 11. Censorship of war
news has become so strict that not
one word regarding the fighting be
tween the huge German and allies'
armies In France has been given out
by the British official bureau today.
In some quarters this Is believed to
presage a further slight advance by
the allies. This belief comes from a
almilar situation just prior to tho com
plete check of Von Kluck's army",
which had reached a point 25 miles
from Paris. At that tlmo tho lid was
clamped down tight, but when tho
forward movement becntno an assured
fact the cenBors permitted nows to
Ijo given, to tho public.
Yesterday's nows Indicated that tho
allies wero noar victory, particularly
in the northwestern nreu of tho battlo
scarred district. Tho official commu
nication from Paris Mils afternoon
said the general situation had under
gone no change. This would indicate
MAY BE BESIEGED BY
that tho expected retreat of tho Ger
mans had not materialized.
French Official War Report.
The official communication given
out by tho French war office this aft
ernoon say 8:
"The general situation has under
gone no change
"On our left wing the two oppos
ing bodies of cavalry are still operat
ing to the north of Llllo and of La
Basso and tho battle continues along
the line marked by the reglonn of
Lens Arras, Bray-Sur-Somme, Chaul
nes, Roye and Lasslgny.
"On tho center of the Olse and on
tho Mouse only actions of minor im
portance have been reported.
"On our right in the Woevre dis
trict there has been an artillery con
test along tho entire front.
"In Lorraine, in the Vosges. and In
Alsace there has been no changes.
"In Bosnia Montenegrin troops have
continued their advance In the direc
tion of Sarajevo as far as the fortified
line which protects the city at a dis
tance from it of olght kilometers." -
Allies Repel Attack on Line.
On the Battlo Front, via Paris, Oct.
10, The fiercest fighting of the battlo
of seven rivers haB occurred Blnce
Monday on the left wing of tho allies.
In tho northerly position assumed by
the rival armies on tho extended lineB,
now cavalry forces hurled to Von
Kluck'a relief by the German general
staff, heavily supported by Infantry,
have been hurled with terrlflce force
ngalnBt tho British and French lines,
only to rebound from tho vigor of tho
defense, in turn forced to suffer at
tack by the allies with equal deter
mined energy.
At certain points the Germans were
forced to recede, particularly north of
Arras, where the situation developed
In favor or tho allies. The operations
of tho German cavalry have become so
extended as to reach almost to the sea
coast.
Between tho Somme and the Olse
rivers the Germans are still In force,
but the French have succeeded In re
taking a number of positions which
they previously had been forced to
vacate. On the heights of tho Meuso,
Between Verdun 'and St. Mlhlel, tho
Germans are declared to have with
drawn to tho north of Hattonchatel.
The war offlco admits, however, that
the enemy still holds the town of St
Mlhlol and some of the positions to
tho north, on the right bank of 'the
Mouse.
Report From Berlin.
Berlin, Oct. 9. Heavy fighting be
tween great forces of cavalry contin
ues at the western end of the battle
line in France. Infantry figure in the
conflict only occasionally. We took
Doual from the French and they have
been striving to drive us out for sev
eral days without success. We are
making steady progress.
Both Claim Victories.
Petrograd, Oct. 10. The Russian
northern army has occupied Lyck in
East PruBsln, according to an official
Btatemont Issued by tho general staff.
Tho German forces, which hnvn
been driven back during the three
days- ngnung, are concentrating in
three defensive positions to tho west
and northwest of Suwalkl in an effort
to protect Marggrabown, an Important
railroad center 15 miles north of
Lyck, which commands linos of com
munication In all directions. Tho
Iobb of this place, military experts
say, would preclude further activity
In this region.
Russians Repulsed, Austrian Claim.
A wtrelosa message from Berlin
gives tho following ofllclal statement:
"Tho Austrian general Btnff an
nounces tho complete breakup of tho
Russian Invasion of Hungary. Tho ro-
RUSSIANS
some danger of being besieged" by
cent attacks on Przomysl were re
pulsed with terrible loss to the enemy.
"The Russians have been cleared
from tho Carpathians to the western
ridge of Wynzkow. Tho Austrian
troops have retaken Szlget, In Mar
maros county, Hungary."
AFTER ANTWERP, ENGLAND.
Rome, via Paris, Oct. 10. The war
against Great Britain, according to
German newspapers received here,
will commence at the end of October,
after Antwerp has fallen.
Belgium then will becomo the base
of operations against Great Britain,
tho newspapers say.
They add that Admiral von Tlrpltz,
the minister of tho navy, who is now
at general headquarters with Emperor
William, has announced that he will go
aboard the flagship of the German
fleet and direct the operations of the
navy.
GENERAL WAR NEWS
London, Oct 10. A dispatch to the
Exchange- Telegraph company Bays:
"Tho Belgian government has ad
dressed to the neutral powers a vehe
ment protest against the action of Gor
many in monopolizing all the food
stuffs found in BruBBels and its envi
ous and reducing the native popula
tion to famine."
Berlin, Oct. 8, The forty-third Ger
man casualty list has been made pub
lic. It contains 10,600 names in dead,
wounded and missing. It is headed by
tho name of Major General von Wal
ter, who was wounded at Tarnovka,
Russian Poland, September 9.
New York, Oct. 7. Canada is will
ing and able to furnish 500,000 picked
men to fight against Germany it the
British government needs them, ac
cording to Col. Sam Hughes, the Ca
nadian minister of militia, who Bailed
for England today on the steamer
Cedrlc.
Folkestone, via London, Oct 6. Tho
number of Belgian refugees arriving
hero is steadily increasing, more than
two thousand landing today. Many
of theso refugees came from Mallnes
and Alost
Peking, Oct 10. The Japanese have
mounted siege guns on Prince Henry
mountain, which entirely dominates all
three of the Tslng Tao forts, accord
ing to advices reaching Peking today
from Kiauchau. These forts are
named Bismarck, Moltko, and litis,
and are between three and four miles
from the mountain. The attack on
Tslng Tao may begin any day. Prior
to It a demand for the surrender of
the place will be made.
Rome, via Paris, Oct. 9. According
to reports received at the Vatican,
more than G3.000 ecclesiastics now
are serving In different capacities with
the armies In the field, especially with
the Belgian, French and Austrian
forces. Most of these clergymen are
engaged In hospital work. They In
clude Boven bishops and 19 other pre
lates. London, Oct 10. Tho following offi
cial statement was Issued tonight cov
ering an attack by a British air squad
ron on a German airship shed at Dues
seldorf: "The secretary of tho admiralty an
nounces that Squadron Commander
Grey reports that, as authorized, he
carried out with Lieut. R. L. G. Marlx
and Lieut. S. V. Zlppo a successful at
tack on a Duesseldorf airship shod.
"Lieutenant Marlx's bombs, dropped
from a height of 500 feet, hit tho shed,
wont through tho roof, and destroyed
a Knppclln. Flames woro observed
500 feet high, tho result of tho Igniting
of tho gas of nu airship.
"All threo offlcora nro unto, but
tholr aoroplanes Jiavo been lost."
HOPE IS WEEK END
LEADER8 FIGURE ON CONGRESS
CLOSING SATURDAY.
JAPAN GIVES ASSURANCES
Three Dead and Many Injured When
Twenty Ton Rock Crushes
Into Colorado
Train.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. Administration lead
ers In congress are making every ef
fort to wind up tho long session by
Saturday night, with assurances from
tho president that it will bo unneces
sary to return until tho first Monday
in Dccombcr. Whilo no new legisla
tion 1b to be permitted, there is no
certainty, however, that action on tho
war revenue bill can be completed
within the week. When it has passed
tho sennte, a conference will bo neces
sary, nnd a prospect Is thnt it will bo
October 20 before, congress can ad
journ. Japan Gives Satisfactory Assurance.
Washington. Satisfactory assur
ances have been received from Japan
regarding her intentions in the war
against Germany, according to state
ments made by President Wilson. The
president said ho had not followed the
details of tho Japanese explanations
of tho recent attack on German pos
sessions in tho Pacific. Ho Indicated,
however, that nothing had occurred
liable to cause concern on the part of
tho American government. China's
protest to Japan against tho seizure of
the Gorman owned Shan Tung railway
in China Is regarded by tho state de
partment officials as In harmony with
the policy that country has pursued
since hostllo Japanese activities in the
far east began.
Boulder Crashes Into Train.
Grand Junction, Colo. H. R. Hoi
HnBbury, Thomas Linklns and Harry
Braddock were killed and fourteen
wero injured, several seriously, when
a twenty-ton boulder, falling from a
precipice, crashed into the day coach
and smoker of a Denver & Rio Grande
passenger train eighteen miles east of
this city Sunday. The train was run
ning at high speed when a rock struck
the coupling between the tender and
smoker, parting the train. Before tho
automatic air brakes had brought tho
rear section to a stop, n hugo. boulder
crashed upon the smoking car, and
day coach, shattering the roofs and
crumpling the steel walls.
Fatally Stricken at Football Game.
Lincoln, Neb. Paul E. Yates of
2145 A street became suddenly ill
-whilo attending a football game on
Nebraska field Saturday afternoon
and died at 7:45 p. m. Sunday. He
was attacked by uraemlc poisoning
whilo watching the game and became
unconscious. He was rushed to St.
Elizabeth's hospital and every effort
made to combat the effects of tho poi
soning. Ho did not regain conscious
ness. William Lorrlmer Indicted.
Chicago. William Lorimer, who was
voted out of tho United States senate
after an investigation on the ground
thnt he had not been legally elected,
,has been Indicted in the federal court
on a charge of misapplication of the
funds of the LaSalle Street National
bank, tho forerunner of the defunct
LaSalle Strcot Trust & Savings bank.
Lorimer was president of both institu
tions. No Increase In Coal Rates
Washington. An advance of 20
cents a ton in the freight rate on
bituminous coal from mines in the
Illinois field to destinations In the
middle west, of which Omaha, Neb., is
typical, has been suspended by the In
terstate commerce1 commission until
February 2, 1915, pending a general
Investigation.
Enjoins 8trlct Economy.
Washington. Strict injunctions to
practice economy during the coming
year In view of the emergency situa
tion, were given by President Wilson
to cabtnet members who called to dis
cuss with him their estimates, which
are to be sent to the treasury.
The Fall of Antwerp.
London. "The fall of Antwerp
might be accurately dated midnight
Thursday, though tho burgomaster did
not go out to surrender the city until
g o'clock the next morning, and the
Germans did not enter until noon,"
says a Morning Post correspondent In
Belgium. "By midnight Thursday it
was clear that further resistance to
the attacking party was In vain, and
the field forces and the garrison forces
on our sldo began to be withdrawn to
the west side of tho river Scheldt"
Omaha Woman Wears Iron Ring.
Omaha, Nob. Wearing an Iron ring,
given her In exchange for a valuable
opal sot one, which sho contributed to
tho war relief fund of tho Austrian
j Silver Cross society in Vienna, whero
sho nursed wounded soldlors, Miss
Eloanore Rent, has arrived in Omaha
from a two-year Btay abroad. Sho was
formerly a toacuor or piano at Brow
noil hall. "I gnvo gold for Iron," is tho
Inscription on Miss Rontz's Iron ring,
I which she prizes highly.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Friday is G. A, R. patriotic day In
Nebraska.
Alliance will have a council of tho
boy scouts.
York will hold her fall festival Oc
tober 13 10 17. ,
Platte county has mado great prep
arations for the fair this week.
Tho national dog races are being
pulled off at Wymore this week.
Tho exhibits at the Gage county
fair far surpass those of any previous
year.
The most successful celebration of
Omaha's Ak-Sar-Ben closed Saturday
night
E. T. Hartley, a well known Nebras
ka educator, is dead at his home In
Lincoln.
A system of union dollvery haB been
put into effect by the merchants ol
Fremont
The Hastings Chautauqua park has
been secured for the big democratic
barbecue.
During a storm last week hail stones
over an inch in diameter foil at Col
lege View.
Tho attendance at Omaha's Ak-Sar-Ben
this year has beat all records of
previous years.
Homos will bo found at Tecumscb
for a number of waifs brought from
New York City.
J. F. Smith has been engaged as
physical director of tho Parish gym
nasium at AInsworth.
A three days' session of the Mon
nonlto church will be held nt Beatrice
commencing October 28.
Many Nebraska farmers are in
creasing their alfalfa acreage, finding
it a most valuablo crop.
C. F. Shaffer of Alllnnco was In
jured when his auto turned over on
the road near Scottsbluff.
R. B. Jameson of Weeping Water
shot an owl measuring four and a half
feet from tip to tip of its wings.
Beatrice is making arrangements to
properly care for the crowd expected
at the poultry show to be held there
this winter.
Will Schelllnger raised 900 bushels
of tomatoes on a two-acro patch near
Nebraska City, and theyv netted him
nearly $300.
A floating body found In the river
at Rulo recently has been identified
as that of Fred Ogg, who was drowned
at Stella In August
A district meeting of Odd Fellows
will be held at Falls City, October 16.
Nearly 200 delegates are expected
from over the district.
At the home of William Hinrlchsen,
at Plattsmouth, la tho unusual sight
of on apple tree in full bloom for the
second time this year.
Miss Sophia Teeters of Cedar Bluffs
was nearly scalped when her hair got
caught in ktho gear of a washing ma
chine she was operating.
Rev. A. J, Holllngsworth, for several
years pastor of tho Christian church
at Peru, has accepted the pastorate of
Temple church at Kansas City.
Charles Sellck of Weeping Watei
was severely injured when attacked by
a horse which seized his arm and in
flicted painful wounds by biting.
Eddy Clark, a 15-year-okl Omahs
boy, fell down the elevator shaft al
the Ramgo building at Omaha and re
ceived Injuries from which he died
later.
The Meyer jewelry store at Grand
Island was burglarized, $150 worth ol
goods being taken. No cluo to the
Identity of tho burglnrs has been se
cured. Although bonds have been voted for
the construction of a new electric
light plant at North Bend, tho town
may purchaso current from tho Fre
mont plant
Tho session of tho Central Nebras
ka Poultry association, to bo held at
Kcnesaw during the wnek of Novem
ber 30, promises to be one of tho most
Interesting ever held by that body.
Workmen excavating on tho streets
t Lincoln exhumed a headstone mark
ing the grave of a little child, evi
dently burled by early settlers when
the present site was a boundless
waste of barren prairie.
Roy Haggerty waa run over by an
auto as he was on his return from
school at Lincoln and serlofesly in
jured. Rev. Charles Burns, pastor of the
M. E. church at Western, has been as
signed to tho pastorate of the Cedar
Bluffs church.
John J. Ryder of Omaha waa re
elected president of the league ot
American municipalities at Its meet
ing 'at Milwaukee.
Edith Shoft, a 16-year-old Wymore
girl, suicided rather than face threat
ened charges of an alleged exposure
of a financial deal.
William Hartman, an aged resident
of Beatrice, waa badly beaten up by
burglars who broke into his home.
Sixty decorated autos wero In thi
suffrage parade on old soldier's da)
at the fall festival at Falls City.
D. M. Amsbury, for twenty-five yean
publisher of the Broken Bow Repub
lican, has sold out to C. E. Shea oi
Bralnerd, who will turn It Into a dem
ocratic organ.
Miss Eileen Kavanaugh of Colum
bus contracted diphtheria whilo In
Omaha purchasing hor wedding trous
seau, from the effects of which she
lied in less than a week.
Probation Officer Bernstein of
Omaha has mado an appeal to "the
public for funds with which to fight
tho traffic In cocaine.
Rev. Harry Huntington, pastor ol
tho M. E. church at Pawnoo City for
several years, has been assigned to
a charge nt Columbus.
Nebraska City Is growing enthusi
astic ovor tho prospect of n horse shoe
tournament In tho near future.
The first serious football injury to
bo roportcd In tho stato this Benson
occurred nt Tccumseh when Frank
Morrlssoy Buffered a fractured collar
bono while in practice.
Heavy Pasturing Condemned.
Heavy pasturing of alfalfa is not
advised. The number of animals per
acre should be bo regulated that two
or threo small cuttings of hay may
be taken from tho field. This is nec
essary to insure tender green growth
for grazing. When little buds begin to
shoot at the base of the stalk the
alfalfa should be cut In a very few
days a fresh now growth makes its
appearance. Overpasturlng, without
occasional cutting, also tends to in
jure the crowns of the plant and even
tually destroys the stand.
A Distinction.
The heathen in his blindness bowed
down to wood and stone.
"For shame!" cried the children of
light, and shuddered ostentatiously.
Whereupon the heathen fell thoughts
ful. "Are wood and stone so much
worso than a bit of bunting dyed In
divers colors?" he queried.
"Don't get sarcastic, now!" warned
tho children of light "Wo'ro not talk
ing about patriotism, wo'ro. talking
about religion!"
Przomysl.
Wo aro indebted to a Pittsburgh
contemporary, educated in a place
whero tho smelting of raccB is going
on, for tho proper pronunciation of
that Gallclan stronghold. It Is to hold
a "p" between your teeth while pro
nouncing "zhem," nnd nt tho psycho
logical moment hook a "p" in the
outer hook of tho "z." Thus "Pzhem-Is-K''
A cinch. Syracuse Post-Standard.
Not Needed.
Two collego students were ar
raigned before tho magistrate,
charged with hurdling the low spots
In tho road in their motor car.
"Have you a lawyer?" asked the
magistrate.
"We'ro not going to have any law
yer,' answered tho elder of the stu
dents. "We've decided to tell the.
truth."
Simple Cure. '
SI Attica Drinking Is a mighty bad
habit: It's easy enough to cure your
self, though. My brother had the
drink habit and he cured himself just
by walking.
Bl Heck Wonderful!
SI Attica Yep. Every time he saw
a saloon he just walked light past it
His Escape.
Tho young man had threatened sui
cide If i she rejected him. And although
she did, ho didn't
"Why didn't ho?" was asked.
"Said he'd glvo his heart to her."
"What's that got to do with It?"
"Oh, ho didn't have tho heart to kill
himself."
Strategy Illustrated.
First Urchin Say, Chlmmle. wot'e
dls strategy t'lng dey talk about?
Second Urchin Well, it's like dls:
Supposln' yer run out of amminltion
an' yer don't want do enemy ter know
It, den it's Btratergy tor keep on flr
In'. An Exacting Leadership.
"I don't see why you should regard
me as an enemy," said Senator Sor
ghum. "I havo frequently shouted
'Votes for women.'"
"Yes," replied the resolute propa
gandist; "but you didn't shout loud
enough."
Love and the Wolf.
At a dinner in Tonopah Senator
Key Plttman, apropos of a rash elope
ment on tho part of two young con
stituents, shook his head and said:
"LoyTj laughs at locksmiths. And
later on, alas, my young friends will
find the wolf doing the same thing."
The greatest pleasure some people
seem to have is to keep other people
from having any.
But oven If you are able to con
vince a fool, what's the use?
Breakfasts
of "Other Days"
ran something like that
Ham. bacon or sausage;
fried potatoes; doughnuts and
coffee prepared by over
worked mother.
Today's and
Tomorrow's
Breakfasts
tun about Eke thist
Post
Toasties
with cream or fruits t a
poached egg or two; crisp
toast; and a cup of Postum
a royal itaitcr (or any day.
Quick, easy to serve, ap
petizing, and
" Mother" has it easier I
old by Grocers.
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