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Allies and Germans Battle Along Border The Omaha Daily Bee Advertising is the pendu lam that keeps buying and selling in motion. THE WEATHER. Unsettled VOL. XI. TV NO. 52. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOIiXIXG, AUGUST IS, 1014 TEN PACKS. On Trains and at Hotel Haws Stands, Be. SIXGLU COPY TWO CENTS. RUSSIAN TROOPS IN GENERAL MIX WITH AUSTRIANS Bussian War Office Gives Official Bulletin of Movements of Its Army for Last Four Days. ALONG THE POLISH FRONTIER Defense Leads to a Scries of Attacks by Cavalry Supported by In fantry and Artillery. AUSTRIAN CAVALRY NUMEROUS Occupy a Front of Over Fifty Miles in Length Through Andre jaw to Sardonic. STOP THE AUSTRIAN ADVANCE Russian Troops Dislodge Enemy at Kielce and Take Town. INVADE AUSTRIAN GALLICIA (onMi'ki Inflict dfvfre Punishment on Austrian In a aber Kb (ilfmrnl Itusa Calvary to Front F. very where. ST. PETERSBURG (Via London). Aug. 17. (12:45 p. m.) The Rut plan war office today Issued an offi cial communication giving Informa tion as to the recent military move ments on the frontier between Aus trian Gallcia and Russian Poland. It Bays: "The defensive operations and the movements of reconnoiterlng detach ments of the Russian army on the frontier of Galacia between August 13 and 1" led to a series of attacks by cavalry, supported by Infantry and artillery. "In the provinces of Piotrkoff and Kielce the Austrian cavalry occupied a front of over fifty miles in length, exteuding along a l'nc from Tchens-, tochova, through Andrejew to San domlc. Tho uavalry was supported by infantry and artillery. . On August 14 Austrian advance guard penetrated a aborts-distance 4nto--Haaeian territory. It la reported that this offensive movement wo checked by tho Russian troops. An Austrian attempt to advance from Andrejew toward Kielce. failed on August 15, when the Russian troop by a scries of brilliant cavalry attacks, succeeded in dislodging the enemy from Kielce und also orcupiid a town In tho Ton-.as. ho.f dlstr.ct. The Russian cavalry cut up the Aus trian advance guards and Invaded the frontiers of Austrian Ualllcia, penetrat ing a distance of eight miles. Near Tomaschoff Russian cavalry In flicted Berlous loeses on tho Eleventh Austrian Iragoon regiment In a brilliant saber engagement. German Aeroplane j Brought to Earth j By Belgian Fire TAR1S, Aug. 17. .".:."5 p. m.)Accord'ng to official reports made public today, a German aeroplane, reconnoiterlng over Gives, In the department of Xamur, Mel-! Blum, was met with a hot fire from the' Belgians. The machine fell near Hastlore. Shortly after this at I'inant, a party of ten Ihlans encountered a detachment of Itelglans. eleven of the t'hlans were killed and three escaped. The Weather Forecast till 7 P- m. Tuesday: For Omaha, Counc.l Rluff and Vicinity Fair. Temperature at Oinnhu xeeieruay. Hours. 6 a. in. . . . 6 a. in 7 a. in 8 a. in.... 9 a. m.... It) a. in.... 11 a. in.... 12 m 1 p. m.... 2 p. m.... 3 p. in..., r. . m 4 p. in 6 p. in n p. m 7 p. in 9 p. in.... .... 71 . ... '' .... li .Ml .... M .... x; .... ui A 'J7 'M ... 99 ... W ...ltl ... if ... ii bo Local Weather Hreord. m. mi. ii2. i i' Highest yesterday l'O !4 3 ft) liOweat yesterday 7b 74 '14 ",i Mean temperature M M 81 Precipitation ) .00 .11 T Temperature and precipitation uepari ture from the normal: Normal temperature 73 Kxcesa for the day i Total excess sime March 1 3.-1 Normal precipnat.uii n nCn lieflciency for tne day 11 Inch Total rainfall awe .March I. .15.4s Inches lieficiency since March 1 4l Inches Inflclcncy for cor. period, li't3. . 4 4 inches iH-flUency for cor. per.od. 11.'.. 5.72 Inches Hr ports from Illations at T I. M. Station and State Temp. High- Rair.- of Weather, i p. m. eel. Cheyenne, cloudy To S4 Davenport, oar 9! M I'.nver. partiloudy 4 lea Moines, clear il ti Jiodge City, clear ! W I.anuer. i lear ' 'I North Platte, cloudy vi Vi Omaha, clear l'O laii .C .(X) T .U If) .to T . T T .: .no .(.0 .00 Pueblo, raining k- Raj.ld City, ol.-ar M Knit Lake City, ler " W banta Fe, cloudy 7 W Hheridan, part cloudy ' rtoux City, cloudy M l'O Valentine, cloudy k M J Indicate trace of precipitation. L, A. VYKLbll, Loual Forecaster. Drawn ior The Bee by Powell. UNCLE SAM FINDS NOCAUSEFORALARM Japan's Ultimatum to Germany Car ries Out the Plan Conceived Many Tears Ago. ASSURANCE OF BARON CHINDA Idea Looked lpon aa Method of End. Ina: the. Rale of the Kalaer la the Countries of tho Far East. WASHINGTON. Aug-. K.-Jopan a ulti matum to the Berlin government demand ing that Germany withdraw from Klgu Chau, Its stronghold In China, overshad ows In Washington today all develop ments growing out of war In Europe. fin oumtcndlnj-featuTe ofhe 'crisis irss Uie determination of the "United states not to be drawn Into the controversy. Administrative official look upon It a an issue strictly between Japan and Ger many. , Secretary Bryan was assured by Baron Chlnda. the Japanese ambassador, that the Toklo government waaild exercise ut most care to safeguard the Interest of the I'nlted States and other countries not Immediately Involved during the settle ment of the Issue. Baron Chlnda pre sented a note from his government which comprised the announcement of the ulti matum and a statement of Japan's Inten tion to restore Klau-Chau to China. Ger many took the territory from China after tlm killing of several German mission aries sixteen years ago. o gnrnrlse In Washington. Japan's sudden move, bringing It into the ranue of the European conflict, did not come as a complete surprise In Wash ington. It assurance of the Intention to maintain China's integrity by restor ing Klau-Chau are regarded as satisfac tory to American officials. There la no disposition on their part to believe the administration will assume any attitude other than that of passive observation should Japan take another step and de clare war. Japan demand the withdrawal of Ger man warship from Oriental water and the abandonment of Klau-Chau fulfills Its part of i?o alliance. with (ire.it Prit.iln and was made on the proposal of ( 'oiiiliiued on l atu 2, Fourth Column.) Hundred Thousand Dollars Revenue From the Canal PANAMA, Aug. 17.-The um of IS.OOO. was taken In yesterday In toll by the Panama canal, which was officially opened Saturday, August 13. Three r.teamers already today are going through the waterway and four more probably v.ll start before nightfall. The total receipts In the canal totla up to the present time amount to SIOO.OOO. Of this um 2r,,ono waa collected from the barge line wh ch has been uaing the waterway for some weeks past. The balance ha been obtained from com mercial steamer. Hamburg-American Boat is Captured I NEW YORK, Aug. 17 -A message from ! j Suritus, Brazil, posted today at the Marl- j j time exchange, announces that the Ham- j .burg-American steamship Hanta Cathar- Ina of that company's South American : I service had been captured by a Rritlsh I I ei uiaer. The message did not give the 1 J name of the cruiser or mention to w hat ' port the prise was being taken. I Chased Two Hours j by British Cruisers; i GALVESTON, Tex., Aug. 7.-Captaln I j Rakoa of the Austrian steamer Morawltz. j j which arrived here today from Cardiff, i reported having been chased for six hours I by two British cruisers while approxi mately 0 miles south of barbadoea. lie I said darknea enabled them to escape. Overloading the M,sseng TODAY IS PRIMARY DAY All Poltical Parties Will Nominate Their Candidates. POLLS WILL BE OPEN ALL DAY Voting? to Be in Ordeir from Eight In Hornlsg Till Nine at Mlht Various Combination Slates Circulated. Primary aleotlon today Poll open a. to, te t p. m. All partlaa to nominate. Preparation are all made for the gen eral state-wide primary to be held today, at which all the party ticket are to be put in nomination. Moat of the polling place are at their usual locations, al though a few of them have been, moved aa set forth In the election proclamation. la addition to the candidate for slat nomlnaUothero'larV'overMO rntrteafr place on the county and local ticket of the different parties, and to vote a com plete ballot will require fifty-eight cross mark. .... Though the registration I the largest on record, little confusion 1 expected aa a result of an order of the election com missioner establishing what I practically a reading test for foreign-born voters. This order 1 that the judges and clerk of election shall not assist voter to mark their ballot except to the extent that tho name of each candidate to be voted for In given by word of mouth, no memoran dum or printed list being accepted. Slates In Evidence. Slate are In evidence galore with all sort of combination. The Fontenelle slate put out by the Water board ma chine Is drawing the moat fire, not withstanding the large pot of money lta backer are distributing from their head quarter In the Ramge block. The Knight of Luther have a dual repub lican and democratic elate out on pink paper, from which the name of Catholic candidate are notably absent, although In several place more than one nam I listed. Several alate In South' Omaha feature South Omaha candidates, and of two or three democratic slates, the onn endorsed by the Dahlman democracy Is most widely circulated. The office force of Election Commis sioner Moorhead worked all day Sunday and until late Sunday night preparing for the primary. 'An eleventh-hour attack on County Commissioner John C. Lynch, who re cently refused an offer of a truce brought Indirectly from Jo Pokar of the Da ley New, was made by Thomaa Lynch, an attorney, who filed an affidavit saying that he had heard so mo unnamed person make statements reflecting on Lynch. Polcar and hi friend are anxious) to Injure Lynch because they fear the com missioner will bring a lurge sized damage in t as the result of the Burns bribery plot, in which Polcar was Implicated by testimony of Detectives Plckard and Hansen. Attorney Lynch la also a friend of Robert Smith of fee-grabbing fume, and Commissioner Lynch 1 the author of the resolution which started the county's suit against Smith. Another fat la Oil Prices. PITTSBI'IIOH. Pa.. Aug., 17.-OU prices were cut agiln today, Pennsylvania go ing to 1 1 60, Mercer black and New Castle 11.07. and Cabell to 11.06. a reduction of 6 cenui. Corning and Somerset were cut 3 cents to 87. Ragland remained un changed at 67 cents. Scandinavia Seen through Nebraska Eyes Prof. J o a p h AUxia, oftht Uni versity of Ne'iraa ha, it writing aome intereating lettera for The Bee while touri n g Scandi navia, See Editorial Page er. CONGRESS PASSES SHIP REGISTRY BILL Emer"encv Measure Will Permit President to Allow ForeiTi Built Boats to Flv Old Glor- E ECUTIVE WILL SIGHT TODAY Commercial Fleets Can Sail "eas I'nde.r Proteetlon of American Fins; While Belligerents Seek Price. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Congres to day paaaed the emergency shipping bill, which will authorise the president to ad mit foreign-built ship to Amerlean reg istry go that commercial fleet may Ball the sea under protection of tbe American flag while belligerent of JOurope are at war. scouring the ocean for prises. Pres ident Wilson will ign the bill tomorrow. Culmination of the effort to enact this legislation followed repudiation by the senate of the conference report on the measure, which previously had been rad ically amended In the senate. A It goes to the president the bill I the same a It passed the house more than a week oga. Report Defeated. The conference report met defeat In the senate by a vote of forty to twenty be cause of determined opposition to the pro vision which would have admitted to the American coastwise trade all foreign built vessels taking American register within two years. Twenty democrats and twenty repub lican voted to reject the report, which waa submitted and championed by Sen ator O'Oorman, chairman of the Inter oceanlo canal committee. Seventeen democrats. Senators Borah and Jones, republicans, and Senator Polndextor, pro gressive, voted for It. Senator O'Oorman arraigned the opposing democrats, de claring that they were championing an "offensive monopoly" and borrowing re publican arguments In favor of un American principle of protection. f an Boapead Provision. As finally agreed to, the bill, besides providing for the registry of foreign-built ships, authorizes the president In hi dis cretion to suspend provisions of the law requiring all watch officer of American vessel In the foreign trade to be citlsens of the I'nlted States, requiring survey, Inspection and measurement of vessels admitted lo registry by officer of the I'nlted State. Peace Commission in Puerto Plata WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Tha Ameri can Peace commission to the Dominican republic has arrived In Puerto Plata and will hold lta first meeting today, accord ing to a dispatch to the Navy depart ment. Delegates from both the rebel and from President liordus' force will par ticipate. The American transport Hancock with a detachment of marines ha arrived off Santo Domingo City. Austrian Ships Are Pursued by British LONDON, Aug. 17 -nM5 p. m )-A dis patch from Rome to the Exchange Tele graph company says It Is reported from Anrona that four British battleships chased the Austrian cruisers Aurora and rislKetvar, which were blockading A nil varl. The Austrian vessels were pursued until they took refuge In the naval sta tion at 1'ola. The National Capital Monday, .tngsil 17, 114. Tbe Senate. Met at 11 o'chxk. Iebate on registry bill continued. The House. Met at noon. I'assed resolution railing on the Ie leriment -if Agriculture for Infoi inatiun as to the work of tha departmrn a publi city bureau. Ilscusei measures coming up under unanimous consent calendar. TURKS GROSS OVER BULGER FRONTIER ALLIED TROOPS BATTLE GERMANS ALONG FRONTIER French Report the Taking of Many Prisoners in the Course of Their Rapid Advance BATTLE IN UPPER ALSACE Artillery of Allied Forces Has Most Destructive Effect on Ranks of the Enemy. MANY GUNS ARE CAPTURED French Push Troops On Into Mul bach and Lutzehausen After Occupying Schinneck. GUNFIRE IS MOST INCESSANT General Battle is Fought Near the Town of Namur. ALLIES START ON OFFENSIVE French War Office Asserts that the Movement of the Allied Troops on the tiermana Is Meeting; with Greatest Success. bi i.i in isi. (Copyright Pretts Publishing Co.) BELMONT, Switzerland, (Near French and German Frontiers), Augj 16. (Rpeclal Cablegram to New York World and Omaha Bee.) Fighting haa begun again In up per Alsace, between Del fort and Alt klrch. Gunfire is incessant. The French army, which retired from Muelhausen, hag been reinforced and has renewed Its advance. LONDON, Aug. 17. A Brussels dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company vara tbe French casualties In tEe fighting between ftamur km'i Olnant were heavy, as the Germans were strongly entrenched and their artillery at the outset played great havoc with the French. The French wing at Dinant had ben badly cut up and nearly routed when suddenly the strains of Mar seillaise resounded In the French lines and the French rallied. With splendid gallantry they charged, hurling themselves on the Otrtnan troops, breaking through their lines and putting them to flight. 1MH.KTIN. LONDON, Aug. 17. (1:25 p. m.) The official press bureau of tho War office and admiralty has Issued a atatenient saying that French troops, In the course of a rapid ad vance along the valley of tbe Schir meck, have taken a thousand pris oners. The scene of the fighting of the last few days in Tpper Alsace, the official announcement continues, shows the great destructive effects of the fire of the allied artillery. Trenches abandoned by the enemy are filled with dead and wounded. French Oerspr Mrlrmerk, LONDON, Aug. 17. (2:30 p. ni.) A dispatch from Paris td the Havas agency says French troops have occupied the town of Scirmeck, twelve kilometers (seven and one half miles) beyond Saales, In Alsace. They took twelve filed guns, twelve caissons and eight rapid fire guns. The French cavalry then pushed on to Mulbach and Lutzelbausen. Coatlan to Advance. PARIS. Aug. 17. (11:05 a. m.) An official announcement today by the French War office says: "The advance of the French arm ies continue to develop. Our troops have taken the heights to the north of the Alstatlan frontier, in German territory, and the French line now passes through Abret hevillier. lor quln, Azoudange and Marnal. "In the Donon, or Hougemont, re gion we have occupied Schirmeck, eight miles from Haales, in Alsace, and we have captured twelve German field guns, eight machine guns and twelve gun carriages, with ammuni tion. Our cavalry has penetrated as fur as Lutzelbausen and Muhlbuch, ur Hoshelni. Farther to the south we occupy Villa, east of Durbels, on the road to Schlestadt and Saint Croix Aux Mines, and some heavy artillery haa been captured by the French troops. "In Alnace we have a strongly sup porting line from Thann, through Cernay to Dannemarie." War Summary French official reports assert that the French armies continue their forward march in Aluace, where many guns are said to have been captured from the Germans, as well as many prisoners and tb stnndard of an Alsatian infantry regiment, which Is now on view at the French War office. St. Petersburg reports succospos by the Russian troops over the Austrian on the frontier, where an Austrian drugoon regiment la said to have suffered severely In a Habre engagement. A German dreadnought is re ported by the captain of a Dutch steamer as having been put out of action. He asserted on arriving In Holland today that it wan lying In the harbor at. Trondhjem, se verely damaged. No confirmation has been received In orflclal quar ters. A naval battle between French and Austrian warships off Iludaa, Imluiatta, Is said to have resulted in the sinking of two Austrian Iron clads, whilo one was set on fire and another fled. Four llrltlnh battleships are re ported to have chased two Aus trian cruisers from Antlvarl, where they had established a blockade. The standard of the famous deaths head hussars, the German crown prince's regiment, is said to have been captured by the Pol glans. Dispatches saying Greece had received Information of the pas sage through Bulgarian territory of Turkish troops going toward Greece are published in Copenha gen. It is said Greece has threat ened to take similar measures. Germany has followed Eng land's example and that of other countries Is acknowledging receipt of President Wilson's offer of good offices. Russia has not yet replied. The Japan press regards the ul timatum sent to Germany aa con taining reasonable demands. ENGLAND DISLIKES SEA MOVE OF D. S. Reports of Impending American Taking Over of German Ships Causes Worry in London. MEANS SUPPLIES FOR TEUTONS Vessels Flrlngr the Stars and Stripes Have Liberty of lllah Sena and Could Knler North Hen I'orts of Fatherland. (Copyright, Presa Publishing Co.) LONDON, Aug. 16. (Special Cablegram, to New York World and Omaha llee.) Itcporta of Impending American acquisi tion of part of tho great German mer chant fleet h caused uneuslness here. I'n questional;! iiuch a development would carry possibilities of arousing Irritation In this rountiy and probably among all tha aUlea. If there suddenly comes Into being a great fleet of American ships, the prob lem of (ieriiiany's obtaining food Is largely solved, for ships flying the Amer ican flag would have the liberty of the high seas and could enter tho North sea Herman ports and certainly n tha aspect of affairs could ply the Adriatic with com! lete freedom. Food Problem Sertona. For England, the food problem la more serious even than for (lermany, but Eng land docs not even consider possible a (Icrman victory on tiii seas. If Ameri can legislation makes possible the pur chase, of German ships In New York and tho i.iles are made, there la certain to be (Continued on Puge 2, Fifth Column.) Shoe Factories Are Closed by the War CT. IOCIS, Mo.. Aug. 17-Four of th five International Shoe conipai.y factories did not open today, as an indirect result ' of the Kuropcan war. Seven of twelve factories operated by tho company In other cltlea did not open. It la thought th.it all the I. lie factories will reopen Au gust 31. Officials of the company aald tho closing of the factories was due to the demoralization of the southern cotton In- dustry by the war. ; rihoes, which it had been exported to ' sell largely in the southern states, are not now In demand. Lloyds Will Sell If They GeUhe Price MOW YOKK, Aug., I7.-Uke the Hamburg-American line, the North (icrman Uoyd I ne, also Herman owned, announced today that It la willing to sell any of Its Hhlps to Americans If it can get the price It demands for them. In niaaing tho announcement, officials of the company said "the present situa tion in Kurope haa nothing to do with our willingness to eell. We have always beta ready to sell." GREECE OBJECTS TO TURK TROOPS THRUJUlGARIA Hears the Army of the Sultan is Crossing Bulgaria in the Direc tion of Greece. WILL IMMEDIATELY ACT IF SO Will Take Naval and Military Measures to Stop the March Toward That Country. RUSSIA WANTS ITS FLEET OUT Asks Permission of Turkey to Take Its Warships Through the Dardenellcs. MONTENEGRIN TROOPS ACTIVE Have Crossed the Bosnian Frontier and Captured Some Towns FOUR AUSTRIAN SHIPS SUNK Humor la Confirmed Officially 'that tre Austrian Battleship "7rlny and Three Other Hoata Sank hjr the Kreneh Fleet. LONDON. Aug. 17. (8:30 p. m.) Official dispatches gay Oreere haa received Information that Turkish troops are crossing; Bulgarian terri tory and marching in the direction of Greece. The Greek government. In consequence of these reports, has notified Turkey that If this news should be confirmed, corresponding military and naval measures will be taken immediately by Greece, A dispatch from Copenhagen says the Polltiken publishes a dUpatch from Constantinople stating that lluanla haa. demanded from Turkey permission for the unrestricted pas sage through tbe Dardanelles of the Russian Black Sea fleet. The Russian fleet in the Black Sea since the beginning of warlike opera tions hag captured about 100 Ger man and Austrian merchant vessels trading in those waters. Many of them were tank steamers .conveying oil. v Over Uoanlan Frontier. A dispatch from Home to the Exchange Telegraph company eays the Montenegrin troops have crossed the Itosnlan frontier and occupied the town of Tchainltaa after a fierce battle. The Rome dlapatch to the Exchange Telegraph company adds that the Mon tenegrins have captured eight Austrian block houses In Herzegovina between , ll'lek and Treblnje. They have also oc cupied seven villages near Treblnje and have taken twelve Austrian officers prisoner. Fonr Austrlxns Ships task, HOMK, Aug. 17. (Via London, 5:15 p. m.) Confirmation of the naval' fight In the Adriatic sea Is given In a dispatch from Cettlnjo to the Corrlere d'ltalia today, which says that the ustrlan battleship Zrlnyl and three other ships whose names could not be ascertained were sunk by the French fleet. A great number of French and Kngllsh warships are said to bo patrolling tho coast. The Austro-Hungarlan battleship Zrlnyl was a vessel displacing 14.268 tone. It carried four 12-inch guna in pairs In turrets, eight 9.4-lnrh guns also In pairs. In turrets, and twenty J 9-Inch guns In Its battery, besides a number of smaller cannon. It waa a strongly armored vesael and was fitted with three torpedo tubes and carried a crew of men. A dispatch to Iteuter'. Telegram com pany from Nlsh, Servia, under date of Hunday says: "A na-al battle between French and Austrian warships began off Rudua, Austria, on the Adriatic at 9 o'clock this morning. The French squadron, coming from the southwest, attacked the Austrian war ships. 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