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The Omaha Sunday
PART ONE-
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VOL. XL1V NO. 0.
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ALLIES OF BRUTAL
TACTICSJN WAR
Says Trance and England Have Or
ganised a Popular War and Pri
vate Citisent Are Firing.
TEUTONS
GIVE
WARNING
Say Such Tactics Will Be Resented
by the Soldiers at the
Front
CITIZENS SO . CAUGHT SHOT
Total Number of Germans Killed So
Far in the War Given as Fif
teen Thousand.
BELGIANS ARE SATISFIES
Say There is Great Demoralization
Among German Troops.
FRENCH SHOW ENTHUSIASM
German Gmprror Has Arm!- War
Trala with Which He Mar o
the Front to Lead Troop
tm Battle. '" ' "
LONDON, Aug. 15. The corre
spondent of the Exchange Telegraph
company In Rome Bays a message
from Berlin asserts that Germany
hase sent to France and Belgium
through neutral powers, a note stat
ing that reports received from th
German army leave no doubt that
Trance and Belgium have organized
a popular war against Germany in
which private citizens, not wearing
uniforms are firing upon German
troops.
Germany gives notice that from to
day every Belgian or French private
citizens who fires on German troops,
or tries to Interfere, with communi
cations between the army of the' In
vasion and the rear guard or, to
interfere In any way with the ad
vance of the German army will be
shot. . The note adds that, if the war
thus assumes a brutal character it
' will be the fault of France and Bel
gium and not of Germany.
German Lola Fifteen Tkraumi.
LONDON, Aug. 15. 7 p. ro.) Ths Cen
tral News correspondent at Brussels,
who haa returned from the front, esti
mates that the German losses in killed
throughout the fighting against the Bel
gians ao far amounts to 1,000 men.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 16. 1:47 p. ro. (Via
London, Aug. 15. 3:40 p. in.) It waa of
ficially announced tns afternoon that the
situation remaina satisfactory and that
nothing happened during last night
A Belgian sergeant who escaped from
Liege asserts .that there ia much demor
alisation among the German troops there.
A German officer and eight soldiers com
mitted suicide by throwing themselves
into the river Mouse.
Field Marshal Cheered.
rAKIS, Aug. 15.-(1:ZS p. m.)-Fleld Mar
shal Sir John French, commander-in-chief
of the British field army, .was
greeted by a vast crowd when he arrived
at th railroad station in Paris today.
The people cheered and aang the British
national anthem when the field marshal
cams out of the station in hla khaki uni
form. He waa attended by the British
ambassador and the French minister of
the interior and was followed by a numer
ous staff.
Sir John spent the Jay In conference
with Adolpho Measlmy minister of the
war. and In paying formal visits to Presi
dent Polncare and Premier Vlvianl.
LONDON. Aug., 15. (1:35 p. m.) The
German Emperor's war train Is described
by a refugee Just escaped from Germany.
The train appropriated for tho use of
the emperor and hla war staff and con
sists of dining, council and sleeping
saloon car, added to which . are well
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The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Sunday:
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair, warmer.
Tempera tare at
Omana
Hour.
5 a. m
Ham
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Yesterday.
Deg.
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K a. m 76
a. m Ti
W a. m ht
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3 p. in s
3 P. m u
P. in t3
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p. m m
T p. ni Bl
8 p. m W
Local Weather Record.
VMt 1SH 1911. 1911.
Highest yesterday 94 103 73 1 (.i
(Lowest yesterday 5 78 4 .To
Mean temperature S" SO Ti .
I'reoipitatlon U) .u .04 .ou
Temperature ai.d precipitation depar
tures (rvm the normal:
Kormal temperature 75
Km-ess for the day 5
Total excrea fclnce March i 367
Normal prwipiiMtluii 11 Inch
Ih fk iency fur the day 11 inch
Total rainfall aine March 1..15 4S Inches
jielii'leucy since March 1 t.XHnches
Itork-irncy for cur. period, 4 4a inches
ILxfiUcuwy lor cor. pertvd, bli, Lathes
Urswn lor The Bee by t'owell.
CUT DOWN WHEN
FLEE jROM FIRE
Negro Sets "Love's Cottage" Afire
. and Chops Down Inmates with
Hatchet as They Rush Out.
TWO. KILLED, SIX ARE INJURED
Rammer Home ' f Frank Llnrn
Wright, Nntea Architect, In
' Wisconsin Wkm Affinity
. ' . Stayed Bnrnea.: , . 4- j
SPRING GRE1W. , Wla., 'Aug.' 15,-Two
persons were killed' and six were, In
jured late today' at the summer home of
Prank -' LJoyd' Wrtgtir'Of Chicago.', when
a negro set tiro to ths cottage and then
cut down members of. ths household with
a hatchet as they rushed from the burn
ing building. . ' '
Tho. dead: - i .
MRS. NEMAH BERTHWICK CHENET
WRfairr, t .
EMTL BODELI a draftsman In
Wright's employ.
The Injured: 1
' John and Martha Cheney, children of
Mrs. Cheney,
William Weston. '
Ernest WeStoh. ' '
Herman1 Frits. ' '
David LIndblum.
The authorities are searching for Julia
Carlton, a negro cook employed In the
Wright home. Gertrude Carlton, his
wife, was taken into custody today, while
walking along near by, and is being held
pending an Investigation. (
Estraaared from Wife.
CHICAGO, ' ' Aug. 15.-Frank - . Lloyd
Wright, who la one of the best known
architects tn the central states, and Is
credited with' being among the first to
design a bungalow In this country; was
estranged from ' his wife several years
ago and after a scandal which linked
hla name with that of Mrs. Namah Borth
wlck Chenejr, the wife of a neighbor, in
Oak park, a' suburb. '
Affairs of the Wright and Cheney fam
ilies first became public in 1909 .when Mrs.
Cheney and Mr. Wright departed for Eu
rope, where they remained until early In
1910. Until their return Mrs. Cheney did
not go to Iter home in Osk Park, where
she had left her children with her hus
band. Wright, however, went to his fam
ily and reports of forgiveness and rernn.
dilation were current.
A dividing wall separating the Wright
home Into two apartments was erected,
Mrs. Wright occupied one and Wright the
other. The children spent part of the time
with each parent. After a month or ao a
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Sweden Hostile to Russia, hut Will Try to Keep
GOTHENBURG,
Special Correspondence to The Bee. The polit
ical situation in Europe at the present time is very
strained, and we are in Sweden ready for almost
anything. In the German-Slavic controversy
Sweden, in the nature of the case, leans toward
Austria. Sweden's most dangerous enemy is
Russia. We are told that a detachment of Swed
ish soldiers has already been commissioned to
leave for Gotland to be in readiness for a possi
ble invasion of Russians. The island of Gotland
by virtue of its position in the Baltic between
Sweden and Finland is of strategic importance.
No one can tell what is going to happen, and
fears are entertained that a general Euronean
.oinecommg
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The National Capital
Satnrday, Angast 15, 114.
..- . Tho Senate. s
Met at 11 a. m.
Debated the bill to require federal regis.
The Hosm.
tratton of all opium dealers or producers
Met at noon. '
Debate was resumed on ths conservation
bills.
ONE MAN CAPTURES
TRAINOF UHLANS
Alsatian Engineer Hauls $V.e'n fiiin
;, dred A German, Cavalrymen ,
" """"Into France. -
TURNS THEJL OVER TO SOLDIERS
fciagrlne , Driver ..Rnnnlngr Thesa , to
. Frontier. Takes Another Track
and Rashes Foil Speed
Across Border.
LONDON, . Aug. 15, A dispatch to the
Morning Post . from Paris tells of the
cspture.or TOO German Uhlans single
handed by( an .Alsatian locomotive driver.
Hetwae moving a train earn ing Uhlans
to the frontier and purposely diverted It
tj another track and ran the cars full
speed Into France.
He stopped st the first French ststlon
and handed over the whole tralnload of
Germans with their horse equipment to
French soldiers
Aged Couple Killed;
Team Runs Away
ALBION, Neb., Aug. 15-(Rpeclal Tele-gram.)-David
Whltten. well-to-do farmer,
and his wife, both 70 years old. were
killed today near the town limits when
their team became frightened by animals
belonging to a traveling show, and run
away.
Both were thrown from their vehicle
and died shortly afterward. They were
pioneer residents of Boone county snd
well known. They are survived y sev.
oral grown children.
HOUSTON DENIES ADVISING
FARMERS TO HOLD CROPS
WASHINGTON, Aug. U.-Becretary
Houston today requested publication of
an announcement that the Department of
Agriculture had sent no communication
or advice to farmers throughout the coun
try counseling them to. hold their crops.
Sweden. Ammst 1.
gr. r" 1 ?
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PANAMA CANAL
: OPEN TO TRAFFIC
All Vessels Up to Ten Thousand Tons
May Now Use It. .
ANC0N MAKES THE FIRST TRIP
It Cnrrlea Panama and Canal Offi
cials and Nnmher of Distin
guished Goeats and Cargo
from New . York.
PANAMA. Aug. lS.-The United States
War Department steamship A scon today
tnad-the passage through, the Panama
canal,' and transit through the waterway
la bow officially open to, the "rfT ) of
the world. ' ' -: ."
"Ths'Ancon left its berth st Cristobal
at T o'clook this morning snd made lta
Way to the cad of ths deep water channel
from the Atlantic to the Gatun locks. It
went through these locks, which hsve
a lift of eighty-five foet In seventy min
utes. It continued through the waterway
from deep water on the Atlantic to deep
water on t.he Pacific side without Incident.
Leaving Cristobal the A neon, passed
several vessels st snchor In the harbor
waiting to follow It through the canal
and thus make the first commercial use
of ths waterway.
The dorks of ths Aneon were crowded
with guests of the government and offi
cials of the canal administration and
ths people of Panama. The peaco flag
of the American Peace society floated
from the mast of the A neon. Beneath
Its decks, however, wnre two huge ptooea
of srtlllery. which will form part of ths
defense of the canal.
Limitations on Warships.
Any of the foreign warships now In
the Atlantic and Taclflc Haters could
also make the trip, but the naval plans
of the European powers which have ves
sels off both coasts of the Vnlted Htates
sre not known here. No embsrraisment
will face the I'nlted Ktstes should one of
the vessels of the belligerents sek pus
sage. Strict rules sre laid down In the
treaty tor the perpetual neutralisation of
tho canal and every detail will be under
tho direction ' of Governor Goethals and
his stsff. Except In rases of absolute
necessity, vessels of the belligerents must
maks uninterrupted passage through the
csnsl. They may not coal, revletual or
embark or disembark troops In tho canal
sone and these provisions also apply to
the terminal waters at both ends o! the
canal, within a limit of three miles.
Twenty-four hous Is the limit of time
a belligerent vessel can remain within
the canal, except In cases of distress snd
a vessel of war of one cannot depart'
within twenty-four hours from tho dc-
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1014-
GERPMfJS ilET RESISTANCE ll ALSACE
GREAT BATTLE II war Summary IIfrENCH ADVANCE
ALONG DANUBE,
SAVE AND DRINA
Fighting: Said to Extend Nearly En
tire Length of the Austrian
Servian Frontier.
AUSTRIANS LOSE MAIN FIGHT
Four Hundred Thousand Men Try to
Cross River Danube Fast
. of Belgrade
SUCCEED AT OTHER F0INTS
They Cross Save and Drina Rivers
from Bosnia and Occupy Sabao
and Los Nitza.
COSSACK VICTORY CONFIRMED
Two Austrian Regiments Annihi
lated Near River Dneister.
RUSSIANS - INVADE PRUSSIA
Csar'a General Staff Annonnpea De.
at ruction of Loral Railroad and
Telegraph Lines at
Eleven Points.
LONDON. Aug. 16. (6:15 a. ni.)
A dispatch to tho Ueuttr Telegram
company from Nlsh, Scrvls, says that
after incessant bombardment along
the entire frontier line of the rivers
ffave and Danube the Austrian have
succeeded in forcing an entry into
Sabac, on the Have, thirty-seven
miles west of Belgrade, and into Loe
Nltsa, on the river Drina.
The Austrlans renewed the at
tempt to cross the Danube at Bel
grade and at other points, but were
repulsed. . .
The correspondent ; of .the Ex
change Telegram company at Nish,
describing the same fighting, says
that 400,000 Austrlans made a con
certed attack along the entire fron
tier, but were repulsed with heavy
casualties.
9:20 a. m. A dlnpatcb to the
Reuter Telegram company from
Nlsh, dated August 18 and sent by
way of Athens,' gives tho Servian
official account of' recent fighting on
the- frontier.
"Four hundred thousand Austrian"
ssys the war office, "attacked the
Servians last night. A fierce battle ex
tended all along the line. Flnully tho
Austrlans were repulsed with heavy
casualties towards Tekla, on the Rou
manian frontier, and also repulsed from
Belgrade, where they had attempted to
cross the Danube, but through numerical
superiority the enemy succeeded In
crossing the Rsve."
The Berviana are concentrating for a
big engagement, which Is expected this
evening. The chief of the Porvlan general
staff considers the fall of Sabac of no
aerlotis Importance.
Russian Victory Confirmed.
I5NDON, Aug. 16.-U1:30 a, ni.) The
French minister of foreign affairs In
telegraphing to the French embassy here
today a summary of the various conflicts
about which reports already have ben
published gives official confirmation of
a Russian victory over the Austrlana on
the river Dniester, lie saya the Fourth
infantry regiment end tho First cavaliy
regiment of tho Austrian army were an
nihilated by the RusMana.
The French minister adds that the
positions in upper Aluace and at Uege,
Belgium, sre unchanged, and concludes:
"In consequence of the universal outcry
the German government has (iitidcd tu
remit to the former French ambassador
at Rerlln the 1900 he had been compiled
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war is about to break out. A Russian aerial fleet
may some morning drop its bombs over Stock
holm and Gothenburg. President Poincare of
France visited Stockholm the other day, having
had a conference with the Czar shortly before,
and the French president assured the Swedish
government that there was absolutely no inten
tion on the part of the Russian government to
attack Sweden. The facts of history can, how
ever, not be forgotten, and fears of Russian in
vasion will not down. These is, however, but
little excitement prevailing just now; a feeling
of resignation is making itself felt in the coun
try, and we are patiently t )
awaiting develnnmp.nts '-c
War Summary
The Petit Journal of Paris says
It learns "on unimpeachable au
thority" that Japan is resolved to
declare war on Germany.
A wireless dispatch from Berlin
received in London says In an in
terview Imperial Chancellor Von
Bethmann-Ilollweg represented
the war "a life and death struggle
between the Germans and Rus
sians." Psrltt declares officially that
the Paalea pass over the Verges
has been occupied by French
troops.
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia,
commander-in-chief of the army,
ralltt on the roles to be loyal to
RtiHsIa and promises them autpn
omy. The Exchange Telegraph com
pany of London nays 400,000 Aus
trian troops nade a concentrated
dash on Servla, but were repulsed
with heiivy casualties.
The Belgian general staff re
ports the position of its army as
excellent.
Belgian dispatches report two
companies of German infantry
ambushed by Belgians. Flfiy
Germans are said to huve been
killed.
Field Marshal Sir John French,
commander-in-chief of the Eng
lish field army, arrived in Paris?
From Rome a report of an at
tempt to reconstruct the league of
the Balkan nations with the ob
ject of asHlstlng Russia and re
straining Turkey.
General Stein of the German
general staff in a manifesto to the
German nation cautions the peo
ple against believing anything not
made public officially. He said
all news will be published in good
time and there will be no exag
geration or minimising.
General Otto Von . Emmich.
German commander at Liege, ia
dead. He has been suceeded by
General Von Der Marwlts. ' ,. .
CZAR PROMISES THE
POLESJUTOHOMY
Says that Poland May Be Born
Again in Return for
Loyalty.
GERMANY REGRETS CONFLICT
Chancellor Rays It Is with n Henry
Heart that (.ermany gees Eng
land Lined Ip vlh lta
Kliruiles.
LONDON. Aug. 15.-(8 a. m.MA dis
patch to neuter's Telegram company
from fit. I'etersburg saya that Grand
Duke Nicholas, commandcr-ln-chlcf of
the Russian army, haa addresaed a mani
festo to Poland, appealing for the loyalty
of the Poles and promising them auton
omy in return. The manifesto reads:
"The hour haa sounded when the sacred
dream of your fathera may be, realized.
A hundred and fifty years ago the living
body of Poland waa torn to pieces, but
Its soul survived and It lived In hope
that for the Polish people would come
an hour of regeneration and reconcilia
tion wtth Russia.
"The Russian army brings you the
solemn news of this reconciliation which
effaces the frontiers severing ths Polish
people whom It unites conjointly under
tho sceptre of the czar of Russia. I'nder
this sceptre Poland will be born agnln,
free In Its religion. Its language and
autonomous.
"Russia expects from you only the
loyalty to which history has bound you.
With open heart end a brotherly hand
extended, Great Russia cornea to meet
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Out of War
INTO HIGH VALES
OF UPPER ALSACE
Force Takes Foiiession of City of
Saalcs After- Driving Out Gar
rison of Germans.
BRITISH CENSOR. ON OUTLOOK
Statement Says German Offensive
Movement in the Vosgrst
Has Been Arrested.
BELGIAN STAFF PUTS ON LTD
Says Conditions Satisfactory, but No
More Bulletins Will Be Issued
for Strategic Reasons.
STILL FIGHTING AT LIEGE
Belgian Major Contradicts Report
Forts Have Surrendered.
TURKEY TRAPPED BY GERMANY
Report that British Ad ml raj Haa
Taken Command nt Battleships
j Bought frnnt Kaiser Will
Not ztA t'aed Csn
I BILLF.TI.ir.
LONDON. Aug. 15. (3:60 p. m.)',
There are indications of an lnten
Hon on tho part of the German
troops to envelop tba extreme left of
the allied forces, according to a
statement Issued by the official press
bureau here this afternoon.
BIXl.ETIX.
LONDON, Aug. 15 (8:10 a. tn.)!"
The British official press-bureau
in its communication today says:
"The German offensive is for tba
moment arrested In upper Alsac
and there are Indications that the
French have made progresa on that
aide.'"' .s
"The French troops are adrancingf
Into the high Alsntrlan valleys of tho
Vosges mountains. Since their oc
cupation of the Baales region In Ger
man territory, on the frontier of AU
sace, which was announced yestep-
day, the French troops have entered
the town of Baales Itself, driving out
the German troops. Today they col
lected the kite abandoned by the
German fugitives.
"In the Woevre district, in the de
partment of the Meuse, the French
troops today fired at and brought
down a hostile aeroplane which was
flying at a height of. over 1,000
yards. The two German officers oc
cupying the flying machine were
taken prisoners.
"In the same district a battalion
of French light infantry put to frfght
a battalion of German landwebr4
taking forty prisoners.
"The Belgian cavalry continues td
be successful In the neighborhood of
Hassolt."
' BILI.ETIX.
BRUSSTLS. Aug. 14 (Vial
Paris, Aug. 16, 11:05 p. m.) The
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American Teachers
in Switzerland Are
Detained for Present
WASHINGTON. Aug. U.-Araericsa
Mlnlater Stovall at Berne cabled asking
that all schools and colleges In tha United
Mates be Informed that teachers la
Switzerland muat remain In that country;'
until they have arranged for transport
talion to leave. This was Interpreted by
department officials to mean that BwtU
serland did not want Americana to lesvn
until a definite route to a seaport has
been arranged.
The legation at Norway reported UiaS,
ordinary cnmmxrrlal transportation was
open, but insufficient to relieve ths con
gestion. No ships sre available except
those running and booked months In ad
vance.
From the American consul st Copen
hagen tho State department received word
that vessels ran depart from Eabjeergr
that dally service haa been estsblisbed
to England, but that all Americans bad
left Eabjers.
Tho Mate department was later In
formed through the Swiss legation here
that at a conference between the presi
dent of Switzerland and the various min
isters a complete plan was drawn up for
ths transportation of Americans.
This plan was submitted to Mlnlater
Stovall and awaits execution till the State
department here is able to announce
that It haa secured means of water trans
portation for the Americans. Aaauraneea '
Here given by the (Swiss government that
the Americans were In perfect safety and)
thai the only reason given for their
detention In the country was the fact
that they were In greater safety lav
Switzerland.
lUilways in South KYancs still were, In
operation, it was stated, and as soon as
ships could be provided by ths United
States the Ewiss president's plan woulil
b put Into effecC probably by niamAs oC