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POLES TO REUNITE DHDERJUSS FLAG 6t Petersburg Report Says People See Cherished National Ex istence AheacL . AUSTRIA SUSPICIOUS OP THEM Rasata Coal Pot Twenty Mlllloa Mrj la Field, I Estimate Made at Capital Coaatrr iieseme - Xorsaal Aspect. (Copyright T9U. Press Publishing Co.) tiT. PKTEKSOUIia, Auf. J. (Special Cablegram' to New Tfork World and Omaha Be.) Enthuslastlo meetings of Poles In many towns of Russia ara send, ins loyal , acknowledgments of graras foreshadowed to the Polish nation In tho commander-in-chief's proclamation to tha rmy A loading Pol of Kleff signifi cantly said: "As Slavs we have been en tirely on nif riu uod. a ... ., " but henceforth w side with Russia as Poles, also." The opportunity shortly will ba offered of realising their cherished alms of nat ional existence unrter th Russian flag, which must Inevitably reunite tha whole Polish people, who at present are facing one another In arms, aa parts of the Austrian and German and Russian forces. Poles Shot by Aastrlans. Among tha Austrian prisoner brought to Kieft ara two OaUclans, who at tha moment they saw the ttusslan cavalry inputs flung away their rtflea and. wav ing handkerchiefs, gave themaelvea up as prisoner They report that their fellow ara strictly watched and shot -on th least- suspicion by Austrian bf fleers. Several thousand1 Csccha, resident at Mlefa. have been' received as . Russian subject. and,thm'orrty, hav .volun teered to aarva In th Russian, army. Three thousand Letts from the mobilised districts hav volunteered for th front. If Russia puts Into the field ail men of the empire available either aa soldiers or reserves, or even the last reserves and volunteers, it is not an exaggerated etl inat that It could rale 80,000,00(1 men capable of bearing arms. formal assert Rvme4. Russia now baa practically resumed IU normal aspect. Tor signs that It U at war one must look beneath th surface, at any rate in th larg centers. Trains again are running pretty regularly, bank are open and local trade is endeavoring to recover Its ordinary routine. . POPE'S CONDITION IMPROVES, BUT CEISISN0T PAST (Continued from Page One.) tunately the patient succeeded. In ex pectorating, and mow the crisis seeing to be over. Nephritis complication, however, are seriously feared. Adnalaletera, Ox gem. The doctors have administered oxygeu to the pope, lie waa given stimulating Injections and cupped when death seemed Imminent. These energetic remedies brought about an amelioration, but nobody Is yet able to nay whether they are only tem porary or Indicate that the crista has been overcome. The Austrian ambassador at Rome and the .Bavarian minister ere the first, to call at the Vatican, when th erloug condition ef the. pontiff be- chme knowa.' ..:;' Moved by Hoar ef Gnaa. Tli pope was much moved on hearing from Venice c4v of the. lannonauo in th Adriatic, ' "Th bones of th dogea must thrill in tUtJr sepulchres at th lamlliar sound of battle, recall.ng th horolo days ofld, Ve eatd. The sisters- of th pupa are convinced that a momentous cri-iis has errlvud, and they are deeply apprt-bensiv. They have lighted candles bet or the .nlraculou linage of fcu Jiepa end ren ala prontrute In prayer. . F-bt retl estate columns for bargain edvcrtuttd la The lie. Get a tuo cod rtivm tor Ui summer. August Linen Sale LINEN CRASH TOWELING 11V All Linen Crash Towel ing 12Hc 18c All Linen Crash Towel ing. 16c 20c AU Linen Crash Towel ing 17c. CHECKED GLASS TOWELING 15c Checked Glass Toweling 12 He yard. lfw Clicked Glnas Toweling 10c m yard. 2(c 1iecked Gins Toweling 17c yard. 2ftc Checked Glass Toweling 23c yard. AND SIXTEENTH . STREETS TO START MERCHANT MARINE President Wilson Approves Plan to , Have Government Buy Ships. CONFERS WITH THE LEADERS mils with' a View of Potting This Idea lata Effect Will Be latro. dared In Both Braaehea ' of roaarresa. WASHINGTON. Aug. . President Wilson today approved a plan to hav the government buy a number of ahlpa to bo used in taking American foodstuffs abroad. - , Th president conferred with senate and house leader on the question of develop ing and safeguarding American mer chant marine, and the purchase of ships and passage or a bill under which tho government will undertake tha Insurance of war risks wer agreed on. Bill carry ing out th plana .will b Introduced )n both houses of congress Immediately. After the conference Secretary Tumulty gave out this statement: . "Tho conference waa about th devel opment and safeguarding of the merchant marine and, every aspect of the question waa gone over. It waa recognised that the present emergency called for prompt action to relieve a situation which can b relieved. If action is promptly taken. It was agreed that a bill should be in troduced In congress, providing for th Insurance of war risks by1 th govern ment '. "In addition to th agreement of opin ion as to the insurance bill, there was an extenatve discussion of the best means for Immediately providing ships to carry the goods now waiting, for th markets. Several plans ware proposed, and it waa finally agreed that a bill should be drawn and Introduced at a very early date, whlcn should provide for the purchase of an adequate number of Ships by the government and their operation through a corporation controlled by the govern ment, which now operates ships aa well aa th railroad Itself, and which Is eon trolled by the government." Grand Trunk Liner Goes Upon Rocks VANCOUVER, a a. Aug. 19.-Boatlng tta way through a dens fog in Brown's passag on Its way from Maaset to Prince Rupert, the Grand Trunk aclflo steamer Prince Albert fouled the Butterworth rocks near South Dund Island last night and. according to early morning wireless reports, waa breaking up rapidly. Distress aignala from th rlno Albert Pwer first picked up by th wireless operator , on Dig be Island, which is sep arated by a narrow strait from Katen Island. H at one sent out wlraleaa calls to any ahlpa that might b In th vicinity. Th first vessel to reply to th hurry call for help was th rlno Albert's alster shlPp, th Prjnc John. As tar as could te teamed there waa not many passenger aboard th Prtnc Albert SULLIVAN IS APPOINTED CALIF0RNIACHIEF JUSTICE SACRAMKNTO, Cel.. Aug. 11 Matt I Bulllvan of Ban Francisco waa appointed chief Justice of th atat supreme court by Governor Hiram Johnson today to fill th vacancy reused by the death of Jus tic HeHtty. Mr. Bulllvan waa associated with Governor Johnson in th prosecution of Abrahanf Ruef, after Francis J. llcney, the prosecutor, had been shot down la the court room. N. Y' CITY TO SELL FOOD TO PREVENT EXTORTION NEW TORK. Aug. U.-Wlth th city Manning to eatablUh municipal groceries and meat markets and the polio In every borough obtaining companions between present aad past food prices. It waa an- nounoed at the district attorney' offle 1st' today that th promised Inquiry Into th higher cost of living here rlno the outbreak of war in Europe will ba b- gua on Thursday morning. 1 part e m t Or 4m. WASHINGTON. Aug. Id. 8pecl4 Te4e gram ) Ml ;.v H. Kreni h ha bnen a) pointed postmatter at Alva. trok t'ounir, Wyoaiing, vie U, P, Culviu, re aiviied. Harry Hsrnler of Dubuque. la., has been appointed an inl'tor In connection with tha bl'tlutfl.al survey aervk of the Ag ricultural department: salary. Sl.aou iwr I annum. CROISER WITH CASHJSDELAYED Tennessee it Waiting- at Falmouth for Promise of Safe Escort NORTH CAROLINA 0FP TO FRANCE It Left at Davrn foe C'herboer wltk "-apply of Geld for tfc A nigr icans tkat Ara Maroaae4 .la rraaee. FALMOUTH. England, Aug. lS.-Vla London, Aug. 12, 11:15 a. m ) Th United Etates cruiser Tennessee, which should hav sailed at dawn today for tha Hook of 1 Inland on lis mission of relieving stranded. Americans In Europe, did not depart. Henry 8. Breckinridge. United States assistant secretary of war. In explanation of the delay, said: ' "1 had expected to receive Information from all the European governments prom ising safe escort for my representatives In conveying treasure to the "different capitals. I also expected mora definite Information through Ambaamdor Walter Ulnes Page from the continent of Europe as to ths exact number of Americans stranded In the various countries. ' As this has not arrived, I must stay on until ! It does, so that 1 tan Instruct my repre sentatives exactly what to do. Continental Plan Incomplete. "It Is Impossible to get Information by wireless at sea la tha war area, as wa have been asked not to use our wireless In th war area. Therefore, at sea we should be cut off from everybody with out having perfected our continental plana I ahall remain her until I receive all th Information." The cruiser North Carolina, which anchored In tha channel all .light, left at dawn for Cherbourg. The Tennease will communicate with It by cable. American Bailors her complain f th high chargra for changing their money. They lose 80 rents on each five-dollar piece. LONDON, Aug. 19.-02:40 p. m.)-Th American embassy has been advised by Henry 8. Breckinridge from Falmouth that he has Instructions from the secre tary of war at Washington not to sail for the Hook of Holland until ao ordered from Washington.' The embassy ha no knowledge of the reasons for this delay. It Is supposed her that negotiations regarding the movements of the Tennessee are proceed ing directly between Washington and th continental governments concerned. FIERCE BATTLE IN PROGRESS ON EXTENDED FRONT (Continued from Page One.) day a vast entrenched camp on the flank of the enemy. Details of the fighting at Dlnant be tween th French and German troop ahow that the carnage was terrible. Th First French company, although dec! mated, held a poaltlon until another com pany cam up with artillery, which de stroy ad a bridge. The French cavalry then advanced and pushed th German attacker back Into th Mouse. Cap! a re of Lies. Reported. ROTTERDAM, Aug. l.-Vla London ) It Is asserted her that th forts at Liege were ' dynamited by tho Belgians after they had been evacuated, the action of the Belgian being due to th arrival of Germany'! heavy motor batteries. LONDON, Aug. 19.-A Jruasels dis patch to th Mall saya It 'a Warned on th htgheat authority that on Monday th Lieg fort wer atiil luidlng nut They were cut off from th Franco-Belgian f:eld force and surroundei by Germans, but continued their herolo reatstano. An official statement issued by' th French embassy at London (-might, says: "The Liege forts are still holding out. No one of them haa been taken.' Th German government has announced that th forta hav be destroyed and tho defenders burled be.ioat.i th rums. Tha French government declare that the fort are atlll holding. Kaiser Ordera Oeaeral Advaare. LONDON. Aug. ia-(2:80 p. in.) Th curt announcement In a telegram from Brussels, dated last night, of.flerc fight ing between Belgian and German troop along an extended front la generally ac cepted in London today aa Indicating the real beginning of th first great battle of th war. The German attack la today again re ported mad on th direct order of Em peror William himself to his general In th field. The exact extent of the line of fighting haa not yet been reevaled, but presuma bly it stretches in a north and south Una Beyond thla Ita definite location 1 vir tually guess work. Refugee from Dlest. Tlrlemont and other towns in that section of Belgium who fled as the Oermana approached ar coming Into Bruasela In great number. They declare that since th Inhabitant vacated Tlrlemont German shell hav been dropping In the town and that sub sequently the Belgians broke th Germsn advance ther at the point of th bayo net gay Gersnaa Kill Weaaaled. FA HI a, Aug. 1. tf : a. m.) Tha Brus sels correspondent of th Havaa agency telegraphs aa follows: "A committee to Inquire into alleged breache of th law of war by th Oer mana haa drawn up Its atatcment of fact In th caaea of Major Van Iamm. who wa wounded at Haalen on Auguat li aad dispatched, it la claimed, by a revolver shot from the Oermana It Is set forth that Major Knapen was killed under sim ilar circumstance at Oremaol on Au guat . "Kmll Vndrveld, th socialist leader In th Belgian Chamber of Deputies, who recently became mlniater of atate, ha re turned from a vialt to Parts, where he conferred with the prominent men of all parttea He aaya that hla vtalt gav htm ebeolut certainty of final victory for th allies." The National Capital Wedaradari Aagaat 1, 114. Th groat. Met at It a. in. tvH-relary Hrn conferred with th foreian iv!atkn committee over the ('loinliian anil Nlcoragvian treaties. SniMlor Htuhcock Introduced a bill to rrohlhit floating foreign war loana In th flitted states. The llooao. VI t t ncMin. Miscellaneous biMa wer taken up under the i-aU'iidar tdnvaday rule. REPUDIATE FEDERAL MONEY Ten-Million Issue by Huerta Worth lets by Carranza'i Decree. ASK VERA CRUZ WITHDRAWAL Mealraa Pan Rrantttlsm Rfqil In New Provisional Frnltnl 4a Invite Anrrlrtai ta Kvaeaate Galf Port. MEXICO CITT, Aug. 19.-A decree la to be leaned tomorrow, by the governor of the federal district, repudiating gov ernment notea of th lasue of July 2 lap. Thla ssue was made during the -regime of Provisional President Francisco' Carbajal , on the authorization of " the , $iO,ona,000 ( per cent ten-year gold bonds 1 made by the Huerta, administration. About 110.000,000 of thla paper le now In circulation.'- ' . . ' . j Th repudiation la baaed on the decree IssiMtd by Venustlano Carranza on April . 26 ref ualng to recognise the act of the Huerta government. j Th new constitutionalist cabinet waa announced last night a follows: Minister of ' foreign ' aifalra. ' Tsldro Fabela; minister of Interior, Ellaeo Ar redondo; minister of public Instruction,, Dr. Miguel Hllva; minister of communica tions, Tgnaclo Bonillas; minister of finance, Fellcltos Villareal; minister of war, Eduardo Hay. I Th appointment of minister of justice baa been deferred awaiting th reorgan ization of the court. Maatcrtaa; Fed Troops. Th mustering out of the federal troops I proceeding rapidly. Four thoueanl were released today, each enlisted man reoelvlng 110 and hia far home, while the officer received t'-X and their fare. vVhll absolute order prevail every where, the rigor of military government hav been in po way slackened. Two th levee disguised in the uniform of conatltutlonallst wer executed at a police elation today and their bodies ex posed to th view of the curious crowds. Aa In former cases, warning placards were pinned on the breasts of the dead men. Th court) were olosed today, while rail way and telegraph lines continue to be operated for military purpose only, al though It la announced that passenger trafflo between Mexico City and Vera Cruz will ba resumed thla morning. A committee of Americans tomorrow will journey to the headquarter of Gen eral Carranza at Atsacatpolzalco to wel come the chief of the constitutionalists on th part of th women of th colony. An Order demanding the surrender of arms by all tha Inhabitant was later modified o aa not Include foreigners. A conference waa held, yesterday be tween General Carranza and representa tive of Emlllano Zapata. The results were not mad public . To Ask V. S. Withdrawal. LAREDO, Tex., Aug. 19. Resolutions asking that General Carranza'a first of ficial act after he reaches Mexico City be e request to tha United State to with draw Ita troop from Vera Cruz, where they ar "an affront to th Mexican na tion," were adopted Monday night at a mase meeting In Saltlllo, according to travelera reaching the border. After th maa meeting a crowd paraded the streets, ahoutlng "vivas" for Car ranza and the constitutionalists, and some cried, "death to . Americans," . according to the Information brought here. Interstate Three-' : Cent Rates Upheld by the Commission WASHINGTON, Aug. M.-The Interstate rallrbad paaaenger fare of 8 cent a mile through Arkansaa, Missouri apd Okla homa waa upheld by the Interstate Com mere commission today, acting on com plaint of tha public service commissions of these atatea, which aought to have the 2-cent Intrastate rate made the basis of through trafflo charges. Th commission held that the defend ant railroad did not voluntarily estab lish and do not voluntarily maintain the Intrastate passenger far of 1 cent a mile, rfind that basing Interstate paa aongor fares in thoae three atatea on the 1-cent rate waa not unreasonable. Tha commission's ruling Is Important. a th reduction sought would have had wide Influence on passenger traffic rate generally. ' Six atatea Arkansaa Qtanaaa, Minnesota. Nebraska, Mlasourl and Oklahomaestablished i-cent intra state rates In 1907, and ' resulting lltlga tlon brought a ruling from the supreme court that nothing confiscatory could be found to Justify th railroad's complaint. In appealing to the ' Interstate Com mere commission, the state commission sought to ahow that a. reduction of the Interstate rate would stimulate travel. French to Protect Breeding Animals PARIS, Aug. 19, p. m. The French mlnlatera of war and agriculture have adopted measures for tha protection of blooded cattle and horse to be used for breeding purposes. Another effort in this direction will be th reopening of certain Induatrial eatabllshmenta which have shut their doors and the prevention of closing othrs. The director f foreign commerce ha been Instructed to see if he cannot take aomo steps toward th conquest of Ger man market, and In th Interest of French manufacturers, procure commer cial orders which heretofore have been going to German house. Americans Will Fight For Frenoh Republic PARIS. Aug. 11 Th American Volun teer corps haa up to date a total of IX name on Ita roll. "v Theae American volunteers propos to fight tor Franc and thua In small meas ure repay th service LafaycH rendered th United SU tea. It la believed that W of them will N accepted and equipped by th French wai department. English War Notes Are Quickly- Taken LONPON', Aug. 1. 4:85 p. in. A aura of rn, 000,000 in alx months' treasury bills, re quired for war purpoeea. waa offered to the publio and met with a hearty wel come Th amount applied for wa over r-'ieooo.ouo. Tender at . Is ad got about 48 per cent of their applications: tho abov that figure wer allotted la full. lh average rat per cent wa about tl 13a. WEIGHT OF BATTLE ON SINGLE CORPS Third of German Array Bears Brunt , of Furious Fighting; in Front from Diest to Namnr. IS BEING REPLACED BY FOURTH Threat of Handred Prisoners glala for Erery Bomb Dropped la City treats a tops la hantan Practice. (Copyright. 19H, Press Publishing Co.) By GEOFFREY TOtNG. NAMUR, Aog. 19. (Rpeclal. Cablegram to New York World and Omaha Bee.) I aw enough of ,th defenses at' Namur. to I leave me dreading aa a human being and i desiring . aa an enemy, mat the .whole, German army would move up into thla great, angle. . . ; .; I Only the Third army corps haa yet been engaged. It has. borne alone the whole weight of recent , fierce engagements in front from Namur to Dleat and today It'. la being replaced by the Fourth. 'Thai Fifth and Sixth still are In reeerve. Their J etrateglc use ahould.be very effective. j The Sixth' la the elite of the German army. The Belgian shooting ha so far i wrecked the equality of numfiers, but thla' Is the corps containing tha chosen marks men. The Germana continue to shoot low. The aviators have atopped dropping bomba and the soldier believe tonight the king aent an envoy to aay tljat 100 prisoners would be ahot for every bomb dropped In the unprotected street. Only girls and old men ao far have suffered from thla Inhuman practice. I've spoken with two witnesses of en counter about Dlnant. Th french had their guns In a lofty citadel and smashed the pontoon bridges ai soon aa th Ger mans had built them. Th permanent brldgea were swept a th column ad vanced. They were mined, but not ex ploded. The Impatience of French African troops, th Turcoa, who are spoken of with bated breath, ta aald to have pre vented th success of a crushing envel oping movement, a yielding In the center to pour In on th flanks which the French could only partially execute. . . Americans Want to Stay and See European War Fun THE . HAGUE, Aug. l.-Vle London, 4.40 a. m.) Many Americana ar loath to leave the German capital, according to a newspaper man who has Just reached thla city from Berlin after a long trip. In some Instances, they declare they are quite comfortable. "Everything foreign ha been, eradicated from Berlin during th last fortnight," aaya the newspaper man. "A shop In Friedrickstasae, 'Which waa called the Prince of Wales, wa Well nigh demolished by a mob. Every where French sign 'wer torn down. A restaurant In Kurfeuraten-Damm wa deatroyed by a crowd after th orchestra had played a Ruaaian air. No French words are allowed' to appear anywhere. even on bill of fare. 'I asked the waiter In a restaurant for a certain EngllBh sauce. He replied angrily: "We no longer serve that cursed f.nglish atuff.' "Host Americana traveling In Germany hav not yet come . to realix tha ral gravity of the situation. Theae Americana ar a curious lot. They seem to think tho war a kind of play, 'great fun,' and cannot realize that war In Germany la nut like war In Mexico. ' "Several Americana were arrested at Mannheim, because . they were pho tographing a railway station, and the American ambassador had the greatest difficulty In obtaining their release. Am bassador Gerard Is kept busy rescuing Imprisoned .Americana or. helping ; others of hia countrymen who need advice or money. Thousands of persona dally are bcseiglng the American embassy in Ber lin seeking passporta or assistance. "Always the advice of the embassy Is 'leave the country as soon as you can,' but the Americana generally ' with trite Yankee obstinacy reply, 'why leave when we are so comfortable here,' whereupon they are told, 'yea, but next week there may be no meat or bread or perhaps the r.ugiana will come.' "To this the tourist answer Inoredu lously, 'well, we guess w will stay and see th fun.' " Austrian Regiment Refuses to Fight LONDON. Aug. 19. It . Is officially stated in Parla that th mobilisation of tha Austrian army was accompanied by much disorder and even open mutiny In many placea. owing to th unpopularity of th war among many classes of people. This Information 1 conveyed In a Pari dispatch to th Dally Telegraph, which continues: "In many parts of Austria enthusiasm for the war Is completely lacking, and the people complain bitterly of spending blood and money In a useless cause." The official statement adds that a larg number of Zech soldiers hav been shot at Prague for refusing to fight, and that during the night of Auguat a whole 8erb regiment of the Fifteenth Austrian army corp routined. A aimllar mutiny occurred In Bohemia. German Steamer is Siezed at Melbourne LONtKN Aug., 19.-(J:15 p. m.) The German eteamer Wtldenfels, on arriving today at Melbourne from New York, via Cap Town, waa seised by th authori ties. Th captain of th vaaeel wa not aware that war had been declared until 1. arrived In tho harbor. iUOnV SOAP, 4 CAKES So THURSDAY ONLY Four Cake to customer. . Not sold to children. ; Please Notice We gek you to make some other purchase to get this bargain your own cUe purchase. Cut PMC Successors to Schaefor's Dreg RUSSIA HASS0LtD FRONT All Factions for the Government Sayi Writer to the Chronicle. ENEMIES ONCE, FRIENDS NOW People K very where Golag to aad Are Ready to Die for Their Coaatrr' " flake. War LONDON. Aug. l-(4: p. m.) "It la Impossible to relate a tithe of the amaz ing thing that,hav hsppened In Ruasia during the last ten dsys," say a letter to the Dally Chronicle, written In Pt. Peters burg August 11 , It continue: f s "Russia I not recognisable, or rather that haunting beauty of Russia, which those of u who live here gropingly and often sadly feel and lov. has suddenly ahone forth radiantly from out of the heavy' clouda of failure and defeat that have hidden it for ao many years." . "Ruasla full of moral energy.' It never displayed It with th sarrre vigor as now at any period of Its history. Ruasla feels Itself for once to be morally In the righ." ' ."Ruasla'a lnternatlcnal e ondltion waa deplorable," say th correspondent. "The Poles. Flnna and Jewa were egiblttered by the government' policy of oppression, The Duma divided, and helpless. Btrlkea were spreading. There wer serious riot In St. Petersburg. Feellaa; I Changed. "Few Russians want to fight for the sake of Servia, but when It became clear that the Austrian move was only the pre lude to th German attack on aa appar ently helpless and demoralised Russia, the feeling changed In an Instant. "The general mobilisation made all Rus sia realise the situation. The peasants, the workmen and the strikers of the weak before; clerks, students, teachers and lawyers, all dropped their work without a murmur and joined the ranks. "I had half expected mobilisation riots In the country flistrtott like those which occurred during the 'Japan war,, but friend from th south, th west and the east declare that all Russia is as one man. Everywhere the people are going to war. Ho die for our country,' a the peasant say. Prepare for Lonpr Strmgsltv "Th drink shops wer closed end all went soberly nd sternly,' xpectlng no easy victories and prepared for a long and hard struggle. 'For the first time In his reign the Russian emperor is out off now from thoae German Influences that egged him on continually to ruinous reaction. His majesty cam out on th balcony of hla palace to greet an Immense throng of his people. "The Duma gave stirring expression to the nation's feeling. The fanatical reac tionary Pourtshkevttch actually shook hands with his bitter enemy, the cadet leader, Milioukov. Representatives : of various nationalities, Pole, the Letts, the Lithunlans, tho Russian Germans and most striking of all. the Jews, stood up and declared whatever they had Buffered they would lay aside their grievances In this hour of great trial and fight side by side with the Russian people. Many dep uties were moved to tears. 'Will the government be capable of seizing this splendid opportunity for mak ing peace with all its peoples?" Count Witte Says ,. -War Wm Not Last n rpi, Hffvie-'Ur. uver lnree Montnsi PARIS, Aug. 19. (8:W a. m.) A news dispatch from Tarbes quotes Count Wltte, the Russian statesman, who Is on his way from Blarrits to Russia.' a declar ing that the European war would not last more than two or three montha. It waa bound to end, he aald. In th downfall of Germany. Russia's mobilisa tion has been carried out slowly, but surely, and the army was certain to van- qulsh Germany whatever might happen. 4:15 a. m --"Outpost combats, however Interesting and characteristic, do not -Justify us in counting 'on the certainty of a prompt and definite victory," writes for mer Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephen Plnchon in the Petit Journal. "I find too much said about the Ger mans being demoralised. Their original over-confidence may give place to doubts, but that Is alL The war nowbeginnjng la a war to the death. On It hangs the ex istence of Germany ' as well as that of France. It will be waged fuiloualy en both sides. It will probably be long and the losses enormous. . "Let us make up our minds to the fact that we have to contend with the moat redoubtable army In Europe and have need for all 1 our material anl .iorai forces. Troops from Canada to Cross Atlantic OTTAWA, Out. Aug. 19. Thursday, the Canadian government will begin moving its 25,000 volunteers of the over-seas divi sion to th assembly camp at Valcartler. Th order for the movement wa made last night by th minister of militia. Most of the force will reach the camp by Saturday. Th last of It will be In Bun day and preparation will then be mad for Immediate dispatch across th At lantic. v Germans Kill Italians Who Cheer for Italy LONDON. Aug. 19. (U:3B a. m. ) A dia 1 patch from Rome to th Star say refugees I frjm Magdeburg, Germany, report that the German soldiers fired on 3,000 Italians confined In the barracks there, killing "ea and wounding slate because some of them shouted. "Hun-en for Italy.'' Everybody Keada Bee Want Ads. DSSiSts. Store, I. W. Cor. ISA A CosgUs Ji GREECE INCLINED- TO GETJNTO FRAY Publio Opinion in Favor of Nation's Adhesion to the Triple Entente. POLICY OF ISOLATION FATAL Nation Meat Join aide en Which It Right end Aspiration Have' Foaad gysnpath'y d .... Rapport. '"73 - my (By a Staff Correspondent) 1 (Copyright, Press Publishing Co.? ATHENS. Aug. 15. (Delayed In Trans mission) Aug. 19-(Speclal Cablegram to New York World and Omaha Bee.) I have been able to ascertain the opinion of a number of leading Greek politician as to the policy they . consider . Greece Should adopt in the present crisis. . M. Theotokls, whose Germanophlle leanings ara well known, holds that Greece should maintain strict neutrality. M. Mailt, M. Dragoumia, M. Mavrc michaells, favor adhesion to the triple en tente. This also Is th overwhelming ver dict of public opinion. M. Mailt sold that the policy of Isola tion would be a fatal mistake for Greece In 'a struggle In which the whole future of the Greek race Is at stake, and that Greece must Join the side on which it rights and aspirations have found sym pathy and support. While the government still adheres to Its policy of neutrality,.-events are fast developing which It would seem will put an end to this course. It Is noteworthy that the. prees organs, which hitherto have advocated absolute neutrality, now declare that the sale of German ship ta Turkey removes all doubt as to what Greece has to expect from Germany, while Anstrlan hostility to vital Greek: ntoroats haa long been amply proved. Red Blotchy Skin - . Easily Remedied Bathe Year Blood with fjooling, . Purifying Remedy On of the IJlr Peril When your blood Is overheated the con rastlon or Inflammation make straight! for the skin. Then Is the time you need that famous blood purifier S. 8. 8. 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