Losses in Fray Heavy on Both he Omaha Daily Advertising is the pendu lum that keeps buying and selling in motion. THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XIjIV NO. 53. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOVING, Al'ursT L UH4-TKX PAUKK. On Trains and at total Mews Stands, Bo, sixou; corv two cents. Sides Bee LOSSES SERIOUS ON BOTH SIDES IN FIERCE STRUGGLE Germans and Opposing Forces Kill ing and Wounding Thousands in General Engagement. ALLIES ARE MAKING ATTACK Between Moselle and Mons, in Bel gium, United Armies Are Push ing Against Teutons. DIVIDED IN THREE ARMIES One North of Wavre, Another Be tween Lesse and Meuse and Third in Neighborhood of Chimay. NAMUR IS UNDER HEAVY FIRE Stronghold Target for Heaviest Guns ' Kaiser Has in Field. CROWN PRINCE VICTORIOUS Mruair to Wuhlnxtai from For-ela-n Of Mo at Berlin,, Tells of Honors for Heir Apparent of Prussia. PARIS, Aug. 24. (2:57 p. m. "The general engagement continued today with desperation," la the word ing of. an official communication given out this afternoon. "Already both sides have suffered serious losses. "Our armies have resolutely taken the offensive between the MoBelle - and Mons, in Belgium. A general bat tle is now being fought In upper Al sace on to the Vosges mountains and along the river Meurthe. The main boyd of troops is under command of General Pau. These frees hold the front, roughly speaking, between 'An army from the north of Wavre Badonvllle and Luneville. is approaching Neufchateau and Is attacking the German forces which have defiled through Luxemburg and are now on. the right bank of the Sernols- Arm? C'rosseo Sedan. "Another army from the direction of Sedan has crossed the department of Ardennes, and is engaging the Gorman army corps which has been proceeding between the river Lease and the river Meuse. a "A third army corps from the neigh borhood of Chimay Is advancing lo attack the German right between the river Sambre and the river Meuse. This third army li supported by an English army which has come from the vicinity cf Mons. "The movement of the Germans, who sought to pass our left wing, were fol- j lowed step by step, and their right now finds Istelf attacked by the left wing of our army, which Is working Is conjunc tion with the English. From this side the battle continued vigorously for more than twenty-four hours, the field extend ing over the remainder of the front." Grrmana After Nam or. LONDON. Aug. 24. (6:20 p. m) A dispatch received here from Paris says that according to official announcement In the French capital, the Germans are makings, great effort against Namur, which is resisting vigorously. All the Liege forts are still holding out. The entire Belgian army has been con centrated and entrenched at Antwerp. tier mans Tell ot Victory. ' WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. The German embassy today received the following I (Continued on Page Two, Colflmn Two.) The Weather' Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Fair, slightly warmer. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. Deg. 5 a. m...., ,4 a. ra .....M 7 a. m 61 8 a. m S3 ftxr. J', J m 2 11 a. m "4 12 in 74 1 p. m 77 2 p. m 2 3 p. m 8( 4 p. m 3 5 p. m 85 p. m 83 7 p. m Si 8 p. m 73 Comparative Loral Record. 1914. 1913. 1312. 1911. Highest yesterday 5 90 M 7 1-owest yesterday 6K tig 75 11 Mean temperature 72 78 84 wi 1'reclpltailo n 00 .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal temperature 73 Kxcess for the day 1 Total excess elnco March 1 483 Normal precipitation 13 Inch lefi(iency for the day 13 Inch Total rainfall since March 1...1S.7 Inches 1'eflciency since March 1 6.38 Inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1913. S.47 Inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1M2. 6.62 Inches Reports from Stations nt T P. M. Station and State Temp. High- Rain of weather. ip. in. est. at. fall. 7(i .02 68 T 86 . 78 .00 M ,iO 88 .01' 8", .(10 72 . M .01 78 . .00 84 Cheyenne, partly cloudy. M Pavenport, partly clouuy. vj 7enver. partly cloudy.... 82 Ies Monies, clear 72 T)ode City, clear 0 North Platte, clear M maha. clear 81 Xapld City, partly cloudy. W Miertdan, cloudy 62 Moux 'Ity, clear 7 Valentine, clear 72 T Indicates trace of precipitation.' U A. WtLs-H. Local Forecaster. Th Prawn for The Be by Powell. WHERE GERMANS ARE IN BELGIUM Location of the Invading Hosts Up to Noon on Saturday Furnished by Percy Philip. fMOVE SOUTH FROM BRUSSELS Apparent Intention to Enter Franre Rather Than to Path on to the Toast with the Ifnare Army By PERCY I. PHILIP. (Copyright, 1914,' by Press Publishing Co.) 08TEND, Aug. 24. (Special Cablegram to the New York World and Omaha Bee.) (Delayed In Transmission-) The por tions of the Germans In Belgium today are as follows: They are In peaceful occupation of Brussels, and have begun to push south west, unchecked, towards Coutrea and the French frontier. Their advance pa trols and cavalry are well .on their way. Friday morning the cavalry entered Flanders, almost ten miles from Brus sels, but up to Saturday midday no Ger man troops, to my certain knowledge, had entered Ghent. The Germans have p&fsed to the south of that city, and few If any are likely to enter the town. No German troops are at either Bruges or Osttnd. Allies Ready to Move. I have the evidence ol a French aviator that the movement of the allies to com bine and Intercept the German forces has already begun. It will, however, be some days before the Issue is definitely forced. Probably the Germans, of whom, ac cording to moderate estimates, 200,000 have passed through and around Brus sels, will continue their march, even if communication is cut here In the north, and will try to break through to Join the second army, which they are confident will succeed In entering France by way of Luxemburg, and the third, which it U hoped may force a gap at Belfort. From different sources I have the In formation that many of the regiments In Brussels are from the eastern side if the empire, and probably an Interchange of troops has been resorted to by Germany to avoid the possibility of disaffection by reason of local friendships. Of my own knowledge I may say the positions of the English. Belaian nt French forces are entirely satisfactory in regard to the present Gorman rush. Held's Preliminary to Take Place Today SCHUYLER. Neb.. Aug. 24. -(Special Telegram.) Frank Held, accused of the murder of Miss Louise Mick, will be brought here for his preliminary examina tion, which is set for tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock In county court. Held was taken from the Boone county Jail by Col fax county officers last night and brought here during the night. There Is assurance that no attempt at violence will be made. Since the brutal murder of the young girl. County Attorney W. I. Allen has strengthened Its case against the man. It Is likely no effort will bo made on Held's behalf unless it Is done by his wife, who is here and has, It la said, com pleted arrangements for an attorney. Held has not confessed, though the state has a number of damaging statements from him which will be used against him. Ha has not succeeded in proving his whereabouts on the night of the crime and time has resulted In strengthening the state's evidence that he was with the young girl. It is possible that the preliminary will bo waived and the esse thus be sent to the district court. BASE BALL PARK IS RAIDED FOR CONGRESSMEN WASHINOTON. Aug.. Ct -Speaker Clark issued another batch of warrants of arrest today for absentee members. Sergeants raided the base hall nark, cool cafes and other resorts to bring In enough, congressmen so that the houne could gj on with business. ' e War on the Long Bpxx' Big Italian Army Concentrating on . Austrian Frontier r GENEVA, Aug. 23.-vla Paris, Aug. 24. 4:15. p. m. Delayed In transmission) Italian troops, according to thoroughly reliable Information reaching here, are centratlng on Austrian frontier. The French frontier In Swltierland has been virtually stripped of Its garrisons owing to partial mobilization by Individ ual summons and not by public order. According to reports In Geneva the Italian army has been raised to 800,000 men. JAPAN'S PURPOSE IN. THEJFAR EAST Washington Believes Warring Na- tion Bound to Act Only at Xiao Chow. NO REFERENCE TO RAILROADS Wot Expected Any Attempt Will Bo Made to Take. Bis; System from Tien Tsln to Nankins;. . WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Aslde from Informal verbal exchanges between Vis count Chlnda and Secretary Bryan in Washington and Ambassador Guthrie and the foreign office In Toklo, there Is noth ing of record so tar to commit th Japa nese to the limited field ot hostilities laid down In the British note of last week. The Impression prevails here among diplomats, however, that the statement of Viscount Chlnda, taken In connection with the speech In th-) Japanese diet last week of Count Okuma, the Japanese pre mier, Is quite sufficient to bind the Japa nese government to a strict performance of Its obligations In regard to the return of Kiao Chow to China and of the lim itation of the field of hostilities definitely set out In the British statement. No mention was made by Ambassador Chlnda In today's conference of - the status of the railroads In Shantung prov ince, directly or Indirectly controlled by the Germans. It was said at the Japanese embassy here that in all probability the Japanese army would content Itself with the seiz ure of the railroad rrnnlng Inland to Tst Nan, about 200 miles In length, be cause this was German In every respect. It was not expected that any attempt would be made to take possession 'of the extensive system of railways lying be tween Tien Tsln and Nanking because although these were financed by Germans they were nominally Chinese railroads. The declaration of war by Japan was the chief development of the day here, though dispatches Indicating the prepa rations In Italy for a mobilisation caused some discussion. Germans Resume Bombardment of Forts Near Liege LONDON, Aug. 24. (12:00 p. m )-In a dispatch from Rotterdam, the correspond ent of the Dally Telegraph says that af ter many days of quiet, sounds of the vigorous bombardment of Liege reached the frontier near Maastricht on Sunday. They were heard for hours and Indicated that the Germans are making a treraen dous effort to clear, this long standing danger from their line of supply and that to this end they had brought their heavi est howitzers Into action. Fugitives report, the correspondent con tinues, that the Liege forts have caused great inconvenience to the Germans by destroying their pontoon bridges over the tleuae. The Daily Mail publishes a dixpatch from Antwerp saying that a Belgian who kiicceeded In getting to Iiege and back reports that the German have built eight pontoon bridges acrova the Meuse between Liege and the Dutch frantier. RUSSIAN TROOPS TAKE INSTERBERG Several Days' Fighting with Ger man! on Prussian Frontier Ends in Defeat of the Teutons. STRATEGIC POINT IS . TAKEN Important City and Its Locatloti la Fine from a Military Point of View for the Rnaalnn Army. (Copyright, 1914, Press Pub. Co.) ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 24. (Via London.) The Russian front hat moved forward until IU right flank rests at Insterberg on the north, with its left flank sixty miles to the south. Behind the army are Junctions on Important lines of railway, Ihster berg in particular uniting eight rail ways and being highly important from a military point o' view. Goldap, anotner junction about half way along the railway line, uniting Lyck and Insterberg, is in Russian hands. Insterberg and Goldap, thirty-two miles apart, may be taen as the ex tremities of the Russian fighting front while operations In the region about Lyck are being undertaken an Independent movements designed to clear Germans out of the difficult country near Lake Lets. This. 1s largejy a morass full of narrow passages and now In possession of the Russians who regard themselves as effectually secure on the left flank of the main armies. Every Step Contested. Every step was won by the most stren uous fighting as the Germans put forth their utmost strength to oppose the Rus sian advance. The retreat of the Twen tieth German army corps from the vicin ity of Lyck was what civilians call a rout, but the Russian commander-in-chief was content to report the retirement as of a hurried nature. On the north or right flank the fight Ing was' particularly obstinate and pro longed, three German army corps making a determined effort to outflank the Rus slans and fighting was of a desperate character, lasting for several day, until finally on Saturday 'the Russians broke the German defense, securing Insterberg and the surrounding district. Russian on Offensive. The Russians assumed the offensive and drove the enemy from the line of country which the commander-in-chief required for the development of the future tactics. On the left flank the Germans' defeat was of a signal character and an armi stice was asked ostensibly for the purpose of burying the dead and picking up thi mounded. Grand Duke Nicholas Skllcovltch re fused to stop the battle when the Ger mans gave way and the Russians occu pied the desired . positions. The loss of the Germans has been (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) The National Capital Monday, AifaM 24, 1014. The Senate. Met at 11 a. m. Continued debate on bill to license ware, houses for staple products during the European wsr. Paused warehouse license bill. Considered nominations In executive session. Adjourned at 6:09 p. m. till 11 a. rn. Thursday. The llonae. Met at noon. Iebate was continued In conservation bin Bill to transfer the bureau of mlnca from Interior department to Department of Labor July 1 next Introduced by iu-p-resentatlve Casey of Pennsylvania. Watt lower conservation hill, providing system of leases of water power on pub lic lands to private capital, pasiied. Bill for federal llceiixing of grain ware houses amended so as to Include flax seed reintroduced by Representative Moss of Indiana. . Adjourn-d st :32 p. rn. until noon Tuesday. GUMS OF ALLIES BATTER VESSELS OF FOUR NATIONS BOMBARD TSING-TAU FORTS British, French and Russian War Craft Join Those of Japan in Movement. GERMANS BLOW UP STRUCTURES Declaration of War Against Ger many is Followed Promptly by Attaok on Stronghold. KAISER IGNORES ULTIMATUM Japanese Charge at Berlin Handed His Passports When Time Limit Expires. AMERICANS TAKE CHARGE Mikado's Agent Turns Embassy and Records Over to United States. JAPANESE DIET IS CONVOKED Special ffrwlon Will lie Held to Con alder War I'roblrnm Amhaiaa dor Guthrie to Represent (Germany at Toklo. FEKING, Aug. 24. The blockade of Tsing-Tau, the fortified sfaport of Hiao Chow, has begun, llrltlsh, French and Russian vessels of war are taking part in the movement. Up to the present time only British regiments have received orders to co-operate wit'h the Japanese In the opratlons against Kiao Chow on the land side. The French, however, are expecting orders to assist the Brit ish. There probably will not be more than two or three regiments from each nation. No reliable in formation has reached here yet aa to any Japanese landing on the Kiao Chow territory. , TSING-TAU, China. Aug. 24. The Germans have dynamited all the tall structures here which might be of assistance to an attacking fleet In giving them sighting points. They have also destroyed the rallrad bridge at the boundary ot their leased territory and they have razed the Chinese villages within the ter ritory. The inhabitants of these vil lages have been partially compen sated, t TOKIO, Aug. 2 4. The Vamato, In an extra edition today, says that the bombardment of Tslng-Tau by the Japanese fleet has commenced. This message was passed by the censor of the Navy "department. BERLIN, Aug. 24. (Via Copen-' I hagen and London, 2:20 p. m.) i The rupture of relations between 'Japan and Germany was effected In a simple manner. A representative! of the German ministry of foreign i affairs proceeded Sunday morning to i the Japanese embassy and handed j the Japanese charge d'affaires his! puBsports with the verbal remark I that Germany had no response to make to Japan's ultimatum concern ing the surrender of Klao-Chow. The Japanese representative turned his! embassy aiyi Its archives over to the protection-of the American ambassa dor. Will Not Affeet Austria. WA8H1NTON, Aug. 24. Dan ger of war between Japan and Aus tria was removed today through the agreement of Austria to dismantle its cruiser, the Kalserin Elizabeth, now at Tslng-Tau. The Austrian ambassador had been preparing to leave Toklo when the Japanese government indicated its approval of suggestion for dis mantling the cruiser. Austria ac cepted the proposal and instructed the officers to interne it at Shanghai. The Austrian ambassador then let it be known that he saw no occasion to leave Japan. Japan Declares Mar. TOKIO, Aug. 23. The emperor of Japan today declared war against Germany. - The Imperial rescript declaring war upon Germany was Issued this evening. It officially Inaugurates hostilities in the far enst as a result of ikrniany'a failure to reply to th Japanese ultima tum. Cheering crowds assembled today be fore the buildings occupied by the De partment of Foreign Affairs and the ad ministration of t lie navy. TliU evening there were luntern processions through (Continued on 1'uge Two, Column Four ) Czar , at Head of His Hordes in Full Force LONDON, Aug. .24. The Central News lias given out u message from Its Homo correspondent paying that a dispatch received in the Italian capital from S(. Petersburg declares that Kniperor Nicholas has gone to the headquarters of the Russian army, which has now taken the of fensive In full strength. War Summary The groat battle between the allied forces of England and France against the bulk of the In vading German army continued again, with no word aa to whether a decisive result had been reached. Official Informa tion given out In London states that the British forces were en gaged all day Sunday with the enemy In the neighborhood of Mons, Belgium. The F.ngllsh held their ground, according to an of ficial statement. The conflict between th allied forces and the Germane In Bel gium extends along the complete line of contact, and the French embassy at London has received Information that up to the pres ent the "battle has been without advantage to either sldo. Reports were in circulation In Paris that the German forces have occupied the fortified town of Nancy, France. The bombardment of Tslng Tau, China, by the Japanese fleet has begun, according to the Ya tnato, which published an extra edition In Toklo yesterday. The message giving the news of the bombardment was passed by tho Navv department' censor at Toklo. The German troops, according to reports from Upper Alsace, aro making another offensive move ment against the French army which Is ' occupying Muelhausen and vicinity. The Russians, according to Paris, now occupy territory fifty miles wide on the German fron tier. A Vienna report filtering through Udino, Italy, says that the Austrlang are about to aban don their operations against the Servians on the Drina river In or der to concentrate their forces against the Russian advance. The Standard OH company, United States 8teel corporation and the United Fruit company have notified the government that the'.r fleets will be put under the American flag. Japanese war moves in the far east are proceeding under sphinx like silence of the officers of the army and navy. Communication between Japan and China has been severed for twenty-four hours and it is believed cable communication between Bhanghal and Nagasaki has been cut. Count von Bernstorff, the Ger man ambassador to the United States, arriving In New Vork, de nounced as false yesterday's re ports that the German crown prince, Frederick William, had been shot either In the streets of Berlin or in the battle at Liege. Only 5,000 or 6,000 German sol diers were engaged In the assault on Liege said Count Bernstorff. Oil and Steel Ships to Be Placed Under the American Flag WASHINGTON. Aug-. 2I.-Thc I'nlted Htutes steel corporation, t he .Standard Oil company and tbo I'nlted Krult company have notified the government of their In tentions to put their fleets under the American fluff, under the new law extend ing home registry to foreign built craft. Sugar Beet Tonnage Smaller This Year WASHINGTON.' Aug. H-Wlth the prices of sugar higher than In many j years Indications are that the country's sugar beet rcop this year will be the smallest since 1910. A forecast of t.SM.OOO tons was announced today by the popart ment of Agriculture. Last year the pro duction was 5.S69.O00 Ions; In 1912, 6,224,000 tons nad In 1911 5,0;2.muO tons. FALLS CITY GERMANS DEDICATE NEW FLAGS FALLS CITV. Neb., Aug. 24 (Special ) Dedicatory services were held here yes terday by the Merman military aoriety, the occasion being the dedication of two large silk flag, one American and one Herman, which had been presented to the society by friends. Addrebses were made by Governor Morchuad, Mayor John U lithe ami C. F. lb'avix. A military drill and picnic followed. 1 TSINB-TAU GREAT BATTLE IS RAGING AT MANY BELGIAN POINTS British and French Troops Are in Contact with Germans Along French Frontier. KAISER'S MEN IN FIVE ARMIES One Large Force Moving on Lille, France and Another is Threat ening Manheuge. THIRD IS ATTACKING NAMUR Another Force Has Front Extending from Oivet, France, to Dieden hofen, Lorraine. FRENCH OFFICIAL STATEMENT It Says English and French Are Holding Germans. BRITONS TAKE THE OFFENSIVE An Harlter Platmnt Says Battlei Katenda from Mons to Luxem burg and Probably Will Last Nevrral Days. Bt IXKTI. PARIM, Aug. 24. (8:10 p. m.) An official announcement made, this afternoon nay . that Luneville, Anmnce anil DitMilunrd, in the depart, iiient of Meurthe ct Moselles have) been occupied by the (lermans. The French position otherwise liaa not boon modified. til I.LETI. 1'AltIH, Aug. 21 (237 p. m.) "The general engagement continue today with desperation" is the word ing of an official communication' given out this afternoon. Alrtwdy both Midi- have suffered eerioua' loMeN.' ' - "Our armies had resolutely taken the offensive between the Moselle and Mons, in Hclgluin. A general battle is now Ix-lng fought in upper Alsace on to Vongea mountains and along the river Meurthe. The main body of troops in under command of (general I'au. These forces hold tho front heretofore indicated." LONDON. Aug. 2V (2:35 p. m.) ' The official bureau of Information ; today gave out the following an-, nouncement: "British forces were engaged all day Sunday and until after dark with -the . enemy in the neighborhood of Mons, Belgium. They held their ground." (er mans Advance In Five Colnmna. ItOTTEKDAM. Aug. 24. (Via London, Noon.) According to the, best information obtainable here, the disposition of the German forces in Belgium Is broadly as follows: "The right flank, occupying the entire territory immediately south of Antwerp, is moving southwest in the direction of Lille. A second force is ' moving on Maubeuge, fifty miles southeast of Lille, in the department of Nord, and a third is occupied wilt th$ reduction of the Namur forts, which consist of nine defenses of steel and concrete surrounding the city. It is estimated that these three columns together comprise nearly a quarter of a million men. The main northern German army is advancing slowly, with its front ex- ' tending from Glvet, France, to Died enhofen, In Larralne. The French defenses from La Fere to Reims are . thought to be the objective of this ftmy, which is believed to number 800.000 men. . "The main body to the south is di scontinued on Page Two. Column Two.) rr Mr. Dealer, Serve Your Public The retail merchant's success is in a direct ratio with his ability to serve his public. And service to the public means giving it what it wants, wheil it la wanted. . . When a national advertiser comes into the columns of the local newspapers with the story of his merchandise it means that a demand will be created right there. People will want to see those goods. Live merchants at once sense the demand, make attractive window displays, show the goods on their counters and otherwise see to it that the desire created by the newspa per advertising is attracted their way. -