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Thousands of Britons A re Slain in Battle The Omaha Daily Bee KXCLtSlVK N Y. VORLTl War News Cables In Addition to ASSOCIATED TKKSS THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XUY NO. 5. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOKXtXU, AWnsT .';, HM4-TEX PAUES Oa Trains an at otl Xtwi Stands, 5c SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. KAISER'S MEN LOSE BIG BATTLE IN EAST PRUSSIA i1 Defeat of Three Corpi Turned Into Rout by Timely Arrival of Fresh Army from Warsaw. STRIKE HARD BLOW ON FLANK German Corps at Mazar Lakes Are Caught Like Nut Between Powerful Crackers. CZAR'S ADVANCE IS SWIFT Big Movement is Directed by Gen eral Saukhomlinoff, Known as the Russian Kitchener. SIMILAR TACTICS AT LEMBERG Russian Amy at Rava and Another on Way from Southeast AUSTRIANS ROUTED AT PUKHOW Caralrr Division la Pat to Flight by Mnr Russian Sqoadrona H treat Toward Sokal la Probably Cat Off. BILLETI.V. PARIS, Aug. 25 (12:10 p. m.) A dispatch from St. Petersburg eeta forth that Russian troops, fol lowing up their advantages in Ga licia, have captured several passes south of Tarnopol, on the Sereth river. Tarnopol is eighty miles to the east of Lemberg. A division of Austrian cavalry has been routed in Galicla at a point close to the frontier. The Russians captured two batteries of artillery and 200 prisoners. LONDON, Aug. 25 (4:20 a. m.) A dispach to the Daily Mail from St. Petersburg says: "The German defense in East Prussia is based on four, parallel and etrtfrigry fortified lines running north and south. Each is supported by natural obstacles. The foremost three lines are distinct groups of nu merous lakes. The fourth and strongest defense line is the Vistula river, extending from the Russian frontier to the Baltic. "Outside these defense lines the Germaus have on the northeast the very strong fortress at Konlgsberg, with the fortified advance positions at Libau and Tipau. This is situ ated on the flank of the Russian line and must be invested, necessitating the detachment of a considerable force. 'The foremost three de-fence lines are extensively fortified. There are important and permanent fortifications at .Allen steln and Boyen and the whole Is tilled with lakes, leaving only comparatively narrow defiles for the advancing troops. The country if full of fortifications, partly provisional and partly field works, moBt of which are armed with heavy uns. A frontal attack would be a very difficult task, StronK Forts on Vistula. "The Vistula f rom ..too to l.WW yards wide, is guarded by six fortresses. The largest are at Thorn in the south and at Danzig in the north. Between them tire Fordon, Kulm, Grudens and Mariens burg. "A man entitled to rank anion the first as un organizer of victory Is compelled to remain fur from the battlefield. He is Gen eral Soukhomlinoff. the Russian Kitch- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Wednesday: For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity: Fair and continued cool. Tewperatore at Oroaaa Yesterday. Hour. Deg. t a. m S a. in 7 a. in !i. m a. m . . . .(TT ..7 ..TO iu a. in .72 1' a- n 7i l m 't p. rn 75 p. Ill 7b 3 p. m 7 t p. m 77 r. p. m 75 6 p. m 7! 7 p. ni ,. 8 p. m t'oniparative Local Record. ... . 1SU. 1M3. 1S13. 1911. Highest yesterday f7 K tg 7s lowest' yesterday....... y w f.j MfMn I mr-.ra r n rm &i k .-t Precipitation u .01 .ou .os Temperature and precipitation depar-1 tures from the normal; Kj-irm.! lumiur-jhir. m IH-flelency for the day j Total excess since March 1 Mj Normal precipitation 1 inch I ef clcncv for the day 12 Inch Total rainfall since March I. ..15 76 Inches fieficlem-y since March 1 5.5 Inches Ieficl-.iicy for cor. period, J13. 5 5 inches Deficiency for cor. period. ll12. 6.74 inches Resorts front ttatloas mt T P. M. .Station and State Temp. High- Rairv- of Weather. t'heyenne, cloudy Jiavenport. clear Ienver. cloudy 1 es Moines, cloudy.. North Platte, clojdy. Omaha, clear Kapld City, cloudy... Sheridan, clear Smux City, cloudy Valentine, nartlv elou T p. m. est. fall 54 62 T ,w..76 .oil 6K 7, . Mt M .( M ;o .( 6" 77 . 'A ." .Oil 14 ) i4 H .fk y....f W (rj T indicates trace of precipitation. 1 A. VVfc.L.H. l.ocl Kuret idler. All nines Hold Back il r me enemy Prawn for The Bee hy Powell. THRILLING TRIP FOR AMERICANS Have Their Steamer Blown Up to Block the Entrance to the Harbor at Hango. REFUGEES OVERFLOW TRAINS People Forced to Sleep on Hotel Stairways and In Parka While Waiting for Tralma to Ce.t ' Oat of the War Zone. STOCKHOLM, Via Ixmdon, Aug. S3. (7:15 a. m.) The American minister, Ira Nelson Morris, with Mis fumlly has ar rived here after a good voyagu from Kag land to Bergen. Norway. Among the American tourists who are staying here arc Mrb. A. H. Page and her daughter of New York, and Mr. and Mra. E. J. Barney or Dayton, O. A thrilling trip was made In Finland by twelve Americans, one of whom said: "Our party left Stockholm on July 31 on a steamer for St. Petersburg, but we were stopped by a Russian warship and com pelled to return to Hango, where we were lodged in a hotel. The steamer was taken In charge by a Russian warship and blown up In the harbor channel. At the same time -oeveral cranes ' and other harbor works were dynamited to block the chan nel to the Finnish harbor. The explo sions made a great spectacle for the Americans. "Our nartv was unable to leave until August 3 because the roundhouse and ! other buildings near the railway station were in flames. "Starting for Stockholm by train, we traveled In cars already overcrowded wllth refugees. Arriving at Syringe we found at leant J.000 persons waiting for the next train north. The town was al ready filled and people were sleeping on the staircases of the overflowing hotels and In the parks. Hotels Overcrowded. "We finally found lodging In a sani tarium outside the town- TJhe next day we continued our trip In a train leaded with Germans who has been expelled from the country. We next arrived at Retnajokl, a hamlet near Tammerfers which boasts i fif x HOCH DER ) f viVA LA ) (LONG LIVE. I H-J PJce rMmT KAISER! of only one hotel, but was trying to en-! today and tomorrow, Dcaides registering tertaln '6,000 strangers. Every private! the delegates, a short program was given house was filled to It capacity, and we j this afternoon; Including an address of would have been compelled to spend the I welcome by Mayor Hothlelncr. night in the streets had it not occurred j Nominations for Btate officers were to the manager of the hotel to suggest ! made, the election being held tomorrow, that we proceed to Nlco'alstadt, a seaport This evening the annual fbamiuet was fifty miles to the west. given In the Orpheum hall. Tomorrow "We took his advice and found com- a meeting will be held for the purpose of fortable lodging In that place. We also I raising funds for the Red Cross. On ac had the good fortune to-discover an Amerl- j count of the war all parades) and the an- can freight steamer on which we were permitted to sail on August 6. The voy age was dangerous, as all the beacon lights had been removed from the passage ! which is narrow and made habardous by shoals. "The other steamers left port at tha same time. The first was commanded by a Russian pilot. It ran aground and was wrecked. Other vessels narrowly escaped . th ,.m. -.. . ' " nramfr, nowever, got tieur, ana we arrived without accident at ilernosand, Sweden. "Our trip through Finland had interest- b .uu trven Mining moments, hut we were not ill treated by the Russians. Ours was the only party which reached Sweden In this manner, as traffic from Nlcol tlsladt was stopped on the day after we sailed and all tourists were forced to I c't'"e their Journey across Toi nea. "After having rested st HernoHand for several days, we cam.. n i ki...i,i.i. : 11 V will remain here until September l ... .. .ArmuiuK uur journev tiv canal to Gothenburg On (September 24 we will sail from Copenhagen for the United States." GERMANS IN BRUSSELS NOT SINCE LAST SUNDAY LONDON.. Aug. 15 The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Rotterdam, in a dispatch printed this morning, says that according to the Rotterdam ncwjp.i;tr.i no German soldiers have been m Rrugela since Sunday morning. The total hum. ber of Hermans who pahsed tliio'Jgh Lrusels is estimated at iO".u. It All Depends Count Tisza Held for the Big European Jtyar NEW YORK, Aug. S3. That It waa Count Tisza and not the nged Emperor Franx Joseph who Is hel responsible by the Aus trlans for the European war, Is the declar ation made last night by Rabbi Mayer Kopsteln to his congregation hero while telling of his experiences as an American refugee In Vienna when Austria declared lar on Scrvla. Rabbi Kopsteln returned on the Noordam yesterday. "I wept to bed comfortubly ono night in Vienna." ho said, "with plenty of re. that night was the name of CouriT TIsfa-T The people knew informally that It wfcs French Abandon All of Occupied Territory of Foe PARIS, Aug. 20. The war office has Issued the following official an nouncement: "The commander-in-chief, requir ing all available forces on the Metitte, haw ordered the progressive abandon ment of occupied territory. Muel hausen has again been evacuated." GERMANS OF NEBRASKA MEETING AT COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, Neb., Aug. 35 (Special Telegram.) Two hundred delegates rep resenting sixty Germnn organization are In attendance at the yearly meeting of the state association of the German- American alliance, being hold in this city nual ball have been given up. At the afternoon session reference was made to the war and at tomorrow's ses sion resolutions will no doubt be adopted. AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS SENT TO DRILL CAMP PARIS. Aug.. :,. 3:3u p. m.) The Stars and Stripes were seen on tho street of Paris today alongside the French tri color when the corps of American volun- teers, SJ0 strong, marched through the city to thu St. Lazairo railroad station ti take a train for Rouen, where they will be drilled under the French officers. Among ' the American volunteers are many young men who have been study. Ing In Paris. American girls waved their handkerchiefs and clapped their hands as the slender column of volunteers en teied the station, while a crowd which uiifu mo ntju&ic uuuiuc t nrrrru. i iiivn troop trains will take the Americans, together with some other foreign volun leers, to the north. POSITION WANTED STOCKHOLM:! and sajes manager of large out-of-town corpuiation wishes to connect with soma largs concern In Omaha as office manager or sales manager. Have had It years' experience, can furnish best of references, will come to Omaha for interview. For further Information about this man, sse the Wast Ad aectloa of today's Bee. Magnificent- m Wtror, Fo, (jermany to Blame he who had written the. ultlmutum to Servia, and It was In the air that Ger many could be counted on to leap to ( Austria's uld and that HusHla would back up Servia." The next morning IIhViIiI Kopsteln said, he was taken for a spy, the people bring suspicious of every stranger- He took a train for Germany, but on his arrival In Berlin found conditions there worse than In Vienna. In Berlin he was also charged with belngj a spy, but secured his release J.Xroni mobs and the police by showing his . American passports. CATTARO FORTS AREMSTROYED Attack Comes Before Austrian War ships Have Time to Strew the Gulf with Mines. ALL GUNS ARE SILENCED Commander la Parleying with the Allies Ahont Terms of 9ar- render of Port. ni LLETIN. MILAN, Via Paris, Aug. 25 (5:10 a. m.) A news dispatch from Cat taro says that all of the fortifica tions there have been destroyed by the allied fleet. The Austrlang did not have time before the attack to strew the gulf of Cattaro with mines. ROM IS, Aug. 25 (Via London, 3:10 p. m.) A dispatch to the Cor rlere d' Italia, from Anttvarl, Mon tenegro,, nays the fortifications of Cattaro, the Austrian seaport In Dal matla, on the Adriatic, have been completely destroyed and that the Austrian commander Is now parley ing for terms of surrender. The bombardment of Cattaro was conducted by a fleet of the allies. LONDON, Aug. 25.-14 :W a. m.) The Nish correspondent of Reuter'a Telegraph company, telegraphs as follows: "After the great victory by our army our forces are vigorously pursuing the enemy along the whole of their front. The latter made no resistance, but f I 1 with the great Kt haste. "The enemies casualties were numerous. According to the Information obtulned up to the present, the Twenty-first, the Eleventh, the One Hundred and Second and the Twenty-eighth regiments were completely wlied out. The commxnder of the Twenty-eighth was captured. The commander of the Twenty-first division of Infantry of the Lanhwehr was killed The Aunt nans destroyed our quay at Tekia." Vlenaa Prepares for Defense. PARIS. Aug. 25 15:05 a. m )-A ."out nler"s agency dlpatrh from Koine says that an official message from Vienna states that Emperor Francis Joseph has signed a decree ordering the capital to be put In a state of defence. Travelers from Trieste state that the Austriaiib arc concentrating on the Adri atic at I'ola and Zevenico. The population of the Utter have been sent Inland. All the Austrian fleet has been assembled In the Fasana canal at Pola. Maaa Troops oa the Italian Border. ROME. Aug. 25 Via Parts. (.45 a. m.) The Secolo says that notwithstanding the denials of the Austrian government, certain Austrian troops are massing on the Italian frontier. The movements acre Continued on Page Two, Col. Four.) SIR JOHN FRENCH REPORTS BIG LOSSES ASQUITH ADMITS HUGE SLAUGHTER OF ENGLISHMEN Field Marshal Announces British Casualties in Great Battle More Than Two Thousand. PREMIER TELLS THE COMMONS Prime Minister Says General As serted Withdraway to New Position Successful. HARD PRESSED BY THE ENEMY Not Desirable to Say Anything More at Present Except Men in Good Spirits. STANDING TOIL AND BATTLE Official News Bureau Says Condi tion of Army Satisfactory. NOT ANY MORE FIGHTING ON Aauuuncemrnt from London Plates that There Has Hern No Further t.enrral Hnaaaerae.nt etlth t.rrmaua. LONDON. Aug. 25. "We have heard this morning from Blr John French, commander of the Urllltih forces on tho continent," Premier Anqulth Informed the members of the House of Commons this after noon, "that the withdrawal of his troops to a new position was suc cessfully effected. It waA not ef fected wtthout considerable loss. They were hard pressed by the enemy who, however, were shaken orf. "It Is not desirable to Kay any thing more at the present ' moment, except that the field marshal reports that,, la spite of bard inarching and hard fighting, the British forces are in the best of spirits. "He estimates the casualties at something over two thousand, but we have not yet received any names." The IlritlKh official news bureau Issued the following announcement tonight: "There has been no further general enRagrment. The condition of the DrltlbU troops is in every way satisfactory." German Forces Are Attacking Charleroi; LONDON. Aug. 25.-"Slnce i-rsterdayj morning tho Germans have been attack-1 'ng Charleroi, which the French are hold-. Ing," says the Dally Mall's Ostenl corre spondent. "The Germans Invaded the town from j the M intalgny side and came out by the turning bridges In front of the railway 1 station. i "German shells are falling In the town. . The houses on the left of the Hotel Ku rope, as seen from the rnllway station, appeared to be seriously damaged. A mass of French artillery and trj ps in endless lines poured out, It is ssld to- i ai v naieiei, ami mo nermann were driven back with a serious loss." Hastings Germans Held in England HASTI.ViiS, Nob., Aug. 2B.-(Rpe lal Telegram.) Knrl Rusch and wife of this city have written friends here that they wire taken from a Germnn ship bv the i Rrltlsh off the coast of Knglund and are detained at the t'nion workhouse, Fal j mouth. Engluml, where they fear they j will starve to death. They were on their way to Iluck S.iratof, Russia Friends hi re have been asked to send them money to pay their expenses back to Hustings. Denied in Paris Namur Has Fallen lO.NDO.N, Aur,- 2.I. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph 'company from Paris says it is denied at the French capital that the pc.lgian city f Namur has been taken by the Germans. The National Capital Taesday, August an, 1M. The Senate. Resumed on Clayton trust bill. Heveesed at Vtti p. in. to 11 a. ni. Wednes day. Tha House. Met at noon. iteiTrsentiUiv l'idraoid introduced resiiHitlun to withhold pay from absent memliers and can e all leaves of absence. hi amen bill up fur debate. Pasred l-'rderwood resolution ft deduct psv of absent members. Units (uinniltlee In formal ly agreed to report a xpeclul rule, probably next Thursditv, for liuineillatH ioiisideratlon of war rlk marine Insurance bill. Adjourned at 5 p. in. to noon Wtdne. day. War Summary Namur, the Belgian fortress, has fal'rn into German hands, ac cording to an announcement made by the official press bureau In London. Details of the fighting around the fortress were not given, but the Kngllsh newspa pers regard the fall as Inexplica ble. Rer'in dispatches say five of the forts of Namur and the city Itself have fallen and the capture of the remaining four forts Is Im minent. A reverse to the forces of the allies Is generally admitted by the Kngllsh and French newspapers, which say today's news Is "de cidedly bad." While plainly ex pressing disappointment at the failure of their forces, they de clare the retrogade movement toward the line of strong defen sive works near the frontier has been carried out in good order. It is assumed that tho allies are falling back on their first line of defensive works running from Maubegtie in a southeasterly di rection by way of Hlrson, Me zlerds, Montmedy, Verdun, St. Mlhiel, Tout and Eplnal, all of which have strong fortresses and interspersed with smaller works, such as Ayvelle, Genicourt, Tro yone, Leg Taroches, Lalnville, Glronvllle and ' Jouy-Sous-Les-Cotes, llehlnd these lies another strong lino of fortifications from St. Quentlu, in the north, through Laon and Reims to the great en trenched camp at Chalons. The Kngllsh newspapers de claro that both the Kngllsh and Russians are determined to "fight to a finish," whatever the outlook may be at present. They say the possession of Namur was vital for Germany and that it "was a fine stroke for the Germans ,to have rushed the place under the. eyes of the allied armies." In other parts, of Belgium fighting Is still in progress, and a report from Ostend says 30,000 Germans have attacked ' Mallnes, thirteen miles from Antwerp. Charleroi has also been the scene of hot fighting, this time between the French and German troops, and a fresh encounter Is believed to have begun there. ' Twenty-five thousand Germans have been surrounded between Courtral and Anseghern, accord ing to an Ostend dispatch to the London Daily Express. Russian reports relate the ad vance of the Russian armies in eastern Prussia and' the surpris ingly rapid movement of the troops. Russian officials, how ever, caution against feeling too preat elation over the preliminary Fuccesses, pointing out that the German territory about the Vis tula Is strongly fortified along the line of the Russian forward march. Newspaper dispatches assert that the Austrian fortified port of Cattaro, Dalmatla, has been de stroyed by the allied fleets. Death of Francis Joseph of Austria Matter of Hours I-ONDOV, Auk. 23. A Oopen liaKen (llsimtcli to the Kxcliangfl Telegraph company, dated August 21, nays: "The condition of Kniei-ir Fran cIh Joseph of Austria, according to telegrams received today, In much worse. His death Is a question of hours." Mrs. Koenig, Omaha, Is Safe at Dresden WASHINGTON, Aug. a. Today's dis patches to the State department reported the safety of the following Americans In Kurope, about whom Inquiry has been made: Miiaha Mrs. Koenlg. Dresden, lies Moines Hiifmaus. Leipzig. Drnver-Mtsa llessler. Ml. ltiehter, Dresden. I. os AnKelis Miss Patielger. Dresden. Kaimuki, Honolulu liosworth family, Dresden. Sun Antonio Ralph ,;uko, Dresden. Kurt Ham Houston-Mrs Benjamin II. Ilcctman. Breslau. Montreal Miss Iluldwin. Dresden. House Will Deduct Pay from Absentees WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. On motion of Democratlo Leader I'nderwood. the house voted today to deduct from the pay of members for all time they are absent ex cept In case of Illness. All leaves were canceled. For days the house has been forced to suspend business at times for lack of a quorum. GERMANS TAKE NAMUR CITY AND FIVE OF ITS FORTS Kaistr' Troops Capture Belgian Stronghold and Penetrate Line of Allies at Vital Point. GLOOM PERVADES ENGLAND Expert of London Times Says Fall of Namur After Two Days Will Require Much Explanation. FINE VICTORY FOR GERMANS Intimation that . Belgians Would Avoid Big Fine Like that Levied Against Liege. MORE BAD NEWS TO COME Times Says Germans Gained Ground Along Entire Line. CHRONICLE IS MORE CRITICAL It Says We Mar Yet See Before Lonsj the Hermans Marching; In K.araeat Agtalnst the City of rrl. BII.LKTIW. BERLIN. Aug. 26. (By. Wireless) to the Associated Press (Via Nauen, Germany, and Sayville, L. I.)--An official announcement made publlo hero today says that the city of Na mur and five of Its forts have been' captured by the, Germans. The bom bardment of the four other forta continues and their fall seems Im minent. ' . BI IXKTIM. '. LONDON, Aug. 4. (3:6J p. m.); The official war information bu reau says: "It Is announced that . Nam u r has fallen." , , . The above dispatch, aa, indicated, waa filed In London at 3:62 O'clock: Monday afternoon and received in New York at 6:10 o'clock thia (Tuesday) morning. Its transmis sion was probably delayed by, the cnsor. BILLKTIJV. LONDON, Aug. 25. 7:G0 a. m Beyond the bare statement made ' late yesterday afternoon that It waa announced that Namur had fallen, the official war Information bureau has Issued nothing on the subject. j It Is not yet known definitely her I uIiaIap iha fait f Aea tn tha tnwn. or to ttoe forts or to both. ' LONDON. Ana. 28. (Big a. m.) Com menting on the fall of Namur before the Germans, the Times says It la one of. those Inexplicable events which makea war the gamble that It Is. That Namur should have fallen In two days will re quire a deal of explanation, the Time adds. The Times' military expert says: It la too early to say that tho line ot tha Meuse south of Mexlres must ba aban doned, but the outlook Is not favorablo and tha development of the situation In the next few davs will be watched with legitimate anxletv. He continues: "Tl ere are reports that the townspeople and even Kha garrison of Namur wer less disposed than the men of Liege to. (Continued on Page Two, Column On) Try Again If your first offerings through Uoe Want Ads did not jgot tho result you anticipated, or thoso who did answer did, not accept your offer, or serv ices, you must remember that eyeryhody does npt read the uds every day, nor do. they; read the same ads. 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