Slav Armies invade Austria-Hungary MM The Omaha Daily EARLY fill EDITION VOL. SL1V-XO. 46. OMAHA, Tt'KSDAV MOKNIXO, Al dl NT It. 1.U4-TKX IWUKK. Ob Trains and at Motel Steads, So. SINGLU COPY TWO CENTS. -pa Bee BELGIAN CONSUL ADMITS FALL OF TEN LIEGE FORTS Only Two of the Fortification! that Surround City in Hands of Bel gians, Says Pierre Mali. THESE WILL BE ABANDONED Garrison Will Retire in Good Order to Namnr, Where French Will Join Them in Big Battle. GERMANS NEARLY ISOLATED Bridges and Tunnels in Their Rear Are Blown Up and Supplies Are Cut Off. GERMANS DRIVEN BACKWARD Belgian District Back of Meuse is Cleared of Kaiser's Men. CZAR CONGRATULATES ALBERT Kmpernr of Uvula Felicitates King; of Rrlasinm . on Brmvfrf Ills played by IU" Troops at Lleayr. , BILLETIX. BRUSSELS, (Via London, 5:20 p. m.), Aug. 10. The commander of the forts at Liege, according to an official announcement, reports that all tbe forts ere intact. The soldiers manning them are in fine health and spirits and are amply supplied with provisions and munitions. There is no cause for alarm. The population of Liege main tains its calm and the official view is that the situation is quite satis factory. All the approaches to Brussels are well guarded to prevent any thing iu the nature of a surprise from reconnoitering parties of Ger man cavalry. Small bodies of Uh lans have been signaled in all di rections. Generally they have lost tbeir bearings and surrendered ini- medLutoly on being challenged. mXLKTl. . NEW YORK, Aug. 10. Pierre Mall, Belgian consul at New York, today said that according to his ad vices from Belgium only two of the forts at Liege remained standing to day against the German Invasion. These two, he natd, would be aban doned and the Belglau soldiers would retreat in good order. They would proceed to Naruur and Join 100,000 French troops. Nainur la strongly fortified, and the consul predicted a great battle there. LONDON, Aug. 10 (1 p. m. Liege.) Messages received here today in official quarters from the Belgian general staff assert that the occupa tion of the town of Liege by the Ger man troops has not had the slightest influence on the strategic situation, it is declared th?t bo long as the ring of forts around Liege remains intact, as still it is, the guns command the principal roads by which the Geri mans can advance. This, It Is pointed Ut, makes it impossible for the Ger mans under present circurpstances to receive supplies or ammunition. Every line of railroad between Liege and tbe German frontier is al leged to have been destroyed and the Belgian troops are said to have blown up every bridge, culvert and tunnel. Tbe Belgian general staff declares that it has received reports that the Germans, expecting to take Liege In a few hours, brought with them only sufficient food for a fe days and little ammunition, their plan being to rush Liege and mako it their base of operations. .Continued vn Pae Two.) The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday: For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity Fair, slightly cooler. Hours. Deft FID) nT::::::::;'.-.: 7 a. m Hi a. m. 9 a. in.. 10 a. m.. 11 a. in.. 12 m. ... in in m in M 79 IS p. in. P- p. m...! 77 p. ni 6 ronsaaratlte l.oeal Rrrord 1911. 19!1. UI2. I9M. M '.'1 2 1 V 71 7.' 7 - ;1 X Ml .: .o . Highest ye-terday Lowest yesterday Mean tempcraure Precipitator! TiIDFrt"T HP i'ec:,jitatiur uepar- tures from the normal: Normal temperature 7 Deficiency for the dav i Total excess slnre March 1 572. Normal precipitation Hindi ' Deficiency for the dav 10 inch j Total rainfall since March I 1.7. 10 inches' Pef'cieney since March I 4 .O Indies Deficieacy for eor. period. ISI.'I. S "7 indies; ifefldenr-r for cor. period. 1912. . 37 Indies i ill Drawn for The Eeo by Dowell. NINE MILLIONS FOR FULL GERMAN ARMY Full Levy of Fighters Between Ages of Twenty and Fifty Will Make This Total. EMPIRE STRIPPED FOR WAR Only lonfha aad .t aril to Care for Harvest Light Peuslon Pro vided for "Ido , While friers Rlx napldly. (Copyright 1!14. Press Publishing Co.) LONDON. Aim. 10. (Special Cublearum to New York World and Omaha Bee.) M. W. Nevmon. special correspondent of the London Daily News, has just returned from Berlin., He any the. conditions thcrt are very bad. "We ordinary people autfer here In I-ondon. but in Berlin it Is infinitely worse. When the full levy of all men between twenty and fifty years is com plete, it ! estimated that 9.000,0ro will be absent from their usual vocations. Prices arc lushing upward at an -.Mtonlahln? rnte. The government hss tried to fix the pi Ice of rye, wheat flour and malne, but in spite of this food prices have doubled. Llarht Pensions Provided. ."The government Is arranKinc a slight pen-Ion for families of soldiers at tho front, but t is so alight that It will be of little good to them. The farmers who are required to house soltiieis in the field will be scanted small sums (or their board and lodging, but again the figures uio so ridiculously smnll that they will not cover half what the men eat. "The harvest conditions ure the worst of all. Harvfift was under way when the call to arms wan sounded. Men had to leave main standing in the shock In the fields ai d (here It remains except where rtie women folks Imvp been ablo to lruK it to shelter, where It is liable to be com iiianrietml any day. "Student at school and colleges who ore nndi r the reserve nso are volunteer uK to aid In tho fields, but they are In experienced and their work will Imj but little better than a hindrance. Basjaaxe Moantaln lllirh. "All railway stations are overflowing with lokt basrtaKC. When ths mobilization orders tr.me nearly ail the well-to-do people of the empire were away on vacations and began ut once the work ot returning; home. Baggage was checked und that was the last of It. At every slation portmanteaus and trunks are tiled In enormous mountains. At the Kn-dcrlelistrasse atatli.n the conirestlon Is fo treat that the' luxgayc overflows out Into the squure where it lies unprotected from rain or wind or theft. My suitcase, was one of which had l'en reported a"s migslns the day I w a Lied it ." North Sea Closed to Fishing Fleets LONDON, Aug , 10.-tJ-.4j p. m )-The North se-j, was again closed to the rush ing fleets today. The harbor piaster ot 'ScurhoroKgli received a nies-uae frum the admiralty instructing him to tell the masters of fishing vessels not tu go out until further notice. DUTCH STEAMER ALCOR IS SUNK IN GULF OF FINLAND LONDON, Aug. 10. (5:15 p. m.)-The Dutch steamer Alcor of 2.0" tons has been sunk and Its crew landed ut Ilel slngfors. It was bound from ltotterdam for C'ronstadt. Russia. There la nothing to show whether It rtruek a mine or was hit by a shell. One hundred and twenty Germans among the crew of the Red Star line steamer Lapland, anchored In the Sol ent were taken oTf Ihe vessel this after noon by a government tug and trans ferred to Portsmouth. Fifty Belgians among the crew also bft the steamer und are returning to lu-lfcluni. A French gunboat escorted Into Fal mouth at noon an Amsterdam liner which the warship bad picked up at the en trance to tbe English channel The War Lord to the Front. Cruiser Karlsruhe Tells of Fight with Four Other Cruisers SAN JUAN, Aug. lO.-The German crulsor Karlsruhe took on board 9W tons of coal here yesterday and sailed at S.'M In the evening for an unknown destina tion. As It left the harbor It put on full speed and all Its Hunts were extinguished. Its captain reported that ho was in au engagement last Frlduy nisnt off the Bahamas, when the Karlsruhe was pur sued by four English and French cruisers. When he first sighted tho lights tho cap tain thought It was a schooner until a shot was fired, tie said he thought on of the cruisers was disabled, as the pur suit was abandoned and the other war vessels appeared to be assisting it. A lumber schoonor from Jacksonville, Fla., ai rived here today and reported slghtrrfg an English crulser"ur ttie Lan caster type "1W nines' (o the northeast of Knn Juan at 3 o'clock on Saturday after noon, headed southeast. The German steamer Odenwald and the British steamer Salybla, both bound for European ports from the West Indies with freight and passenger, have sought refuge In Han Juan harbor. Six Hundred German Spies Are Arrested in Belgium, Hundred Die BRUSSELS, Via Paris, Aug 10. (i:35 p. in.) Belgium has been covered with a network of German spies. Six hundred already have been arrested and IK) were shot today. Some of tho Germans cap tured were wearing uniforms of gen darmes, civic guards, soldiers and offi cers of the Belgian army. Many of the spies captured wero armed with bombs and revolvers and were riding in auto mobiles bearing false numbers. They al-o had In their poasesslon telegrams and let ters with the counterfeit signature of the Belgian minister of war. Jut before and after the fighting be gan signs were discovered on bridges, military works and aqueducts Indicating thut those structures should be blown up. Severe precautions have now been taken by the military authorities and no one is admitted at tho railway stations with out military permits. Automobiles are halted at every mile. 0'Conner Attacks British Censorship LONDON. Aug. 10. (4:30 p. m )-T. P. O'Connor, the Jrifrh nationalist, today In the House of Commons aa'n opened fire on the press censorship established by the British government. He said that thou sands of dollars spent by American news papers had been wasted In consequence of the censorship and he suggested that trained newspaper men should be added to the staff of the censorship bureau. The Bight Hon. Charles Hobhouse, speaking In behalf of the British posl offlce authorities disclaimed any respon sibility for the censorship over which he said the war office exercised full and sole control. He said If there any delay In forwarding messages after they had passed the censor he was ready to do what he could in the matter. ! COLLEGE WOMEN LOOK AFTER STRANDED TEACHERS j LONDON. Aug. 10.-The Indon rl dents' committee today paid out 10,u to tourists on orders from their home banks. In needy case hotel bills were paid until transportation could be obtained. A bogus steamship lb-Wet agent has appeared on Ihe fccene. One victim paid $iOJ for a counterfeit ticket. The various committee- forme.) for the relief of Americans havlni; fouid that they were helm; victimized, today estab lished a common headquaitcrs, where a more thorough im estigation tan be made, .with the object of eliminating liiipoter. A society of college women has bcen formed by Mr. Walter II. I'age, .Mrs. David Starr Jordan. Mrs. Herbert C. . Hoomt und Mrs. Sheppcrd for the pur- I jose of watching over the Interests of stranded American school teacher. GERMANS UNITE ON RUSSIANJRONTIER Scattered Forces Being Joined in Brigades Ready to Take the Field. BORDER VILLAGES OCCUPIED German Military Aeroplane Fir Dally In Direct Ion of Karuo, Capital ot the Ilnaslaa Pro vl ace. ST. PETKKSBUKO, Via London. Auk, 10. p. m.) The regular troops of the German army who hitherto had been scattered In small detachments along the frontier, are now-concentrating near tbe UuftHUin uuidec. iu arigadua, . composed. of two or three regiments each, all In readiness to take ll-.e field. The positions In the border villages liavo been occupied oy units of cavalry and Infantry of the German army reserve. No serious encounters have occured yet jon the frontier but frequent skirmishes iHtween outposts aro reported, while Ger man military aeroplanes fly dally In the direction of Kovno, capital of tho Rus sian province of the same name which has an outlet on the Jlaltlc. Japan Requisitions More War Transports TOKIO. Aug. 10. The Japcntce govern ment today r quIMtloncd several addi tional transports. Tho einiKM'ur lt expected to interrupt hia vacation and return to Toklo from Nlkko on Wednesday. j George W. Guthrie, American ambas I sailor, leturned today from the summer resort of Miy a riots hit a and conferred Willi tscme of tho other foreign ambassadors. The German fleet at Thing Tau baa al ready seized the Husslan steamer Iliazan, carrying British subjects, has driven 10) merchantmen to the refuge of Japanese ports and has embarrassed the entire Jonanc.sc shipping in tho Orient. The press (,'ivr- prominence to an al ktted communication from America say i"t? the Unite, i States Is sending a fleet to Asia to protect Its interests. The re port lh considered baseless, but it his nevertheless reawakened Interest us to ! America's attitude. Forty missionaries mostly French, 'but some of them Ger mans, arc leaving for their home coun tries to take their daces In their armies. FRENCH BULLETS MAKE WORSE WOUNDS THAN FOES' i i BUI. FORT. Fiance. Aug. W. The (French surgeons who have been caring for the wounded In the fighting In lower Alsace report that tho French bullets ap pear to make more s rlous wounds than those of the German rifles. KO.Mi:. Auk. 1. American tourist marooned In Italy by the Interruption of the steamship service since the outbreak of war are believed to number about ."0i. They are agitating for prompt measures for their reparation. It Is understood that arrangements are being made at Genoa for the departure of the steamer, Prin cipe Undine, on Wednesday. Scandinavia Seen through Nebraska Eyes Prof. J o a p h Alexis, of the Uni' vertity of Nebr&t ha, i writing tome interesting letter for The Bee while touri n g Scandi navia, ' See Editorial Page FRENCH AND BIG ARMIES ARE LINING UP FOR GENERAL BATTLE French War Office Reports Numer ous Skirmishes Along Entire German-French Frontier. BOTH SIDES STRENGTHENED German, Austrian and French Troops Moving to Reinforce Their Re spective Positions. FRENCH TAKE TWOy TASSES Indications that Alsace Will Be Scene of First General En gagement of Conflict. GERMANS FLOOD SEILLE VALLEY Water, However, Does Not Rise High Enough to Check French. FRENCH NEAR NEU BREISACH Lane Foree Hruorted In llardt For est, several Miles West of City of Menlhansen, Whlrh Wm Occupied aturdn. UKUSSKLS (Via Paris ), Aug. 10. (10:45 a. m.) Information from the front confirms the report that the German troops have ceasud their advance by the valley of the Ourthe. They are said to have retired on their renerves and to be throwing up defensive works. The German offensive movement to the north of Liege Is developing. nt n.F.TiN. PARIS, Aug. 10. (1:05 a. m.) A statement issued by the War de partment at a late hour last night says that numerous skirmishes are taking place along the entire front ot the French army. One clash ' with the Germans was violent and the losses on both sides were serious. The official communication adds that the German troops are receiving reinforcements and that the French also are being strengthened. A bsttle began on Saturday evening on the ridges of tho Voages mountains. Aeroplanes took part. The French troops alter a desperate encounter obtained pos session of the mountain passes of Bon homme and Salnte Marie. Then on Sun- (Continued on Page Two.) Cruiser Rainbow Lying in Wait Off the Golden Gate liUBKKA, Cal Aug., TO.-The steamrr City of Topeka, which arrived here to day from San Francisco, reported that It sighted the British protected cruiser Rainbow, aeslgned to the service of Canada, off Point Reyes, yesterday. The captain of the Topeka believed the Rulnbow was standing on and off the Golden Gate looking for Gorman prizes. The length of time it will be ablo to do so, however. Is not rreat, as it was allowed by the authorities of the port of Pan Francisco to take cn but fifty tons of coal, sufficient to ct.rry It with what it had, to the nearest home port. NATIONS ACKNOWLEDGE OFFER OF U. S. CHIEF WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. -Secretary Bryan announced today that ho had re ceived acknowledgement of President 'Wilson's tender of good offices from Austria-Hungary, France, Great Britain and Russia. Mr. Bryan declined to Indicate tho nature of any of the responses I ut It was understood that Ihey wero simply ark nowledgmeuts. The state department is continuing lis efforts for the releasn of .Mr. and Mrs. Archer M. Huntington, under arrest In Neurembeig. The stato department has been informed that (Sweden's attitude will be neutral. BRIDGE WRECKER SHOT TO DEATH NEAR OTTAWA OTTAWA, Out., Aug. io.-Three per sons were killed when a train plunged through a railway bridge near the Cana dian military camp, Valrartler. The bridge was damaged during the night and a man whom the authorities sus pect was Implicated in the plot was shot to death as be was running away. A guard who saw the man hurrying off challenged Win. When the man refused to halt, the guard fired. MAURETANIA PASSENGERS ARRIVING IN NEW YORK NF.W YORK, Aug. W. A train curving I 1JN passengers of the White Mar liner ; Vuuretniila. which put Into Halifay on 'Thursday while eu route from Liverpool I to New York, arrived here this morning. ; The Mauretanla changed it h course aft'r ! beimr warned hv Ihe llritlh rruli j Kvacx of Ihe presence of German cruUeis lp American waters GER W ARIES CLASH New Moves in Big War Game Official reports from France give no definite details of the strength of the French In Alsace, near the Swiss frontier, where General Joffre Is believed to be in command. Austrian troops have been hurried thero to the aid of the Germans and an Important battle Is believed to be imminent. Indications are that another forward movement of the main French force Is In preparation near MeU, as official reports from Paris say the German troops have Inundated the Sellle valley be tween MeU and Nancy to hinder the French advance, but the quan tity of water Is understood to be insufficient to prevent the French forward movement. Aside from the flanking move ment through Belgium, by which the French assume the German army was trying to get to the rear of the great French fortresses on tho frontier, indications were that a strong German advance is to be made on France by ay of Luxemburg. A German reconnoitering pa trol penetrated forty-six mllea into French territory. The London Dally Telegraph's Brussels correspondent says that Germany Is mobilizing 1,000,000 of the Lansturm, or final, reserve. Numerous skirmishes are re ported along the Franco-German front, none, however, very seri ous. Tho French troops are reported in Paris to have seized a German aeroplane factory at Muelhausen. German troops occupy the town of Liege, but not of the surround ing forts, which were still holding out today, according to Belgian reports. A lull In the fighting was an nounced from Brussels, which olty expects that the next clash will occur when tbe allied forces have completed plans to take the offen sive against the German troops. Brussels reports the German cavalry retiring before the French advance. The German cruisers Goeben and BreHlau have evaded their British and French pursuers and have artved In tho Adriatic. An Austrian fleet was reported proceeding from Pola to succor them. Paris reports that Austrian troops have fallen back before the Servians on the Bosnian frontier. Montenegrin artillery bom barded the Austrian fortifications at the port of Cattaro. Austrian cruiser bombarded Antlvarl, Montenegro. A small group of German sol diers who sought refuge on Dutch territory are to be detained at Altkamar, Holland, till the end of the war. Ships reaching New York re port hearing wireless messages that the North German Lloyd steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelra bad been captured by the British cruiser Essex in the North Atlan tic. Port of Quebec is Officially Closed QUF.BKC, Aug. 10.-The Port of Quebec In now closed under orders from the fed eral authorities. No ship will be al lowed to leave. The following ships that left Suturday or Kunday are held at Father Point: Donaldson liner Ietltla. Allan liner Ulcll- iun, Canadian Pacific steamship Ty rolls, Ciinard liner Alaunla and the Drayhead of the HeaI line. HALIFAX, N. R.. Aug. 10. -Two Ger mans were taken prisoners today in Cus ter? near here, on the charge of being- spies. MONTREAL. Aug, 10 Tha port of Montreal was ordered closed today by the minister of marine. Only two small grain curriers are now In port. FRANCE BREAKS OFF ITS RELATIONSWITH AUSTRIA PARI ft, Via London, Aug. 10. p. m.) It was officially announced tonight that France had broken off diplomatic rela tions with Austria-Hungary. The French ambassador at Vienna has left the Aus trian capital and the Austro-Hungarlsn ambassador at Parla haa asked for his passpoits. DENIAL THAT NEUTRALITY VIOLATED AT LIMBURG I1NDON Aug 10. A despatch to tha Morning Post fiom Amsterdam says thut the Dutch legation at BrueU publishes a statement denying the report that Ger man troops hud violated Dutch neutrality at Limburg. SLAV ARMIES ARE MARCHING INTO DUALMONARGHlf Servian and Montegrin Forces Hara Begun Invasion of Southern Austria. BELGRADE BOMBARDMENT ON Eight Austrian Regiments Are Re ported to Have Crossed Lake Constance. BOUND FOR GERMAN PROVINCE Thirty Thousand Men Are at Basel on Their Way to Alsace. OFFICERS DRAW MOST FIRE Their Distinctive Uniforms Put Wearers in Unusual Peril INVASION OF LUXEMBURG Germaae Threw laa; Larasa Force la Frasee Tbroaarh Nrslrsl Due ay -Forests and Villa Rased. NISIi; Serrla, Aug. 10. The Aus trian bombardment of Belgrade haa continued for the last four days. The heavy guna caused severe dam age to private property, but were less effective yesterday when the firing was from a great distance. The Servian army is being rapidly organised and haa begun to take the offensive by penetrating Bosnia near Prlbot and Vlsegrad. The Montenegrin forces occupied Splzsa, Pachtrovlts and Budua, on tha Dalmatlcan coast and also car rled by assult etlka and ' ienokos, surrounding height. . The G-ermn minister before he left ervia', after"recelving his pass ports, entrusted the ears" of German and Austrian j subjects to tha American consul., i v .. HOME, Aug1. 10.-(Vla Paris, t: a. m.) Bight Austrian retimanU are reports to have crossed Lake Constance, en routs for Alsace. LONDON. Aug. 10.-(:10 a. m.) The Rome correspondent of the Exchange. Telegraph company forwards a dlspat.'Jj from Basel, Switzerland, saying that the Austrian troops have arrived there, com ing by way of Constance. They comprise 30,000 men of tha Fourteenth corps, under command of the grand duke of Tuscany, which, were withdrawn from Tyrol to prevent them being tent against the Servians. They will reinforce the German troop encamped at Asleln. where the Germans are massing on the hills and la tha forti fications following the French success In Alaace. I Hiring the fierce fighting of the last few days, says a dispatch to the Dally Telegraph from Brussels, a large number of officers, as compared with privates, were disabled owing to their dlstlnctlva uniforms. A great many surgeons, in particular, fell. The Belgian government Is Infested with spies and German agents, who make des perate efforts to reveal and fustrate the plans of the military authorities. A German major was the first to cross the bridge entering Luxumburg. He found his way barred by a cabinet minister who turned hla automobile across the bridge and taking a copy of the Berlin treaty from hla pocket showed It to the major, who remarked: "1 era acquainted with it. but have or ders which I must execute." Immediately afterwards Marie Adelaide, grand duchess of Luxemburg, drove up In a motor car. which the chauffeur turned lengthwise across the bridge while the duchess exclaimed: "The neutrality of Luxemburg must be respected.. I shall telegraph Emperor William. The German officer answered, "Tou had better bo borne quietly." When the commander of the Luxemburg army remonstrated, the German officer, pointing a revolver toward the comman der, retorted: "If these are not your methods they are ours. Clear out." Soon work of military destruction be gan. Villas and farm houses were de molished, say the correspondent and thick trees cut down for strategic pur poses. From Luxumburg to Hod an a the fields are devested and houses rased. Trenches have been dug and whoever casts a glance are arrested aa spies. (Continued on Page Two.) A True Story The first dollar John Wana ' maker ever took in as a mer chant he reinvested In news paper advertising. Ills business has expanded year by year, and after trials of every sort of medium he haa found the newspaper to be the best result producer for the smallest cost. National advertisers are now realising that what tbe news papers will do for their retailer they will do for them. Both consumer and dealer are In fluenced when a nationally made article of standard merit is iadvertlsed In the newspa J pets.