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THK - OMAHA SfXDAY NKE:- AUflt'ST- 30, 1914. FRENCH HOPE IS TO DELAY ENEMY German Plan to Crush France by Terrible Blow and Then Face Run Being Carried Out. ALLIES rUBXLY ON DEFENSIVE Alwi4 Offensive Motrnrit Teey Wr raraalaa on Frontier Wwk Ago eek Ooly to B1rk te Way. LONDON. Aug. t. Friday has been a day of momentous new. News of the gravest character cam from France, where In a single week the aspects of the operations have changed entirety. Last week the allied armies mere pursuing an offensive campaign on alt the frontiers. Now, according to official news received from Berlin, Emperor William Is congratulating his people on the success of the Ger man arms In the task of putting the "iron ring" around the allied armies from Cambrat, Department du Nord, France, to the Vosgea, while Lord Kitchener, the British, war minister, came into Parliament with the an nouncement that troops from India are being called to help the British arms In France, and that the British army la to be Immediately reinforced. raat foaaolatloaj. The only consolation offered the British public was the testimony from Field Marshal Sir John French that In the heavy fighting against tremendous odds, the British troops, who suffered severely, bore them selves with conspicuous bravery. It la already realized that the ter rible struggle Is only at its begin ning, and that the German plan of campaign, openly revealed to Blr William Edward Goschen, then Brit ish ambassador to Germany, by Gott lieb von Jagow, the German foreign secretary, as shown by the official paper published yesterday, namely to strike the swiftest and strongest blow at France, regardless of Bel gian neutrality or any other hin drance, and then, when France l at Germany's feet, for Germany to turn its attention to the Russian attack, la being carried through ruthlessly, ParrJy on Defensive. The offensive strategy of the allies la abandoned.- The German army, in vastly superior numbers, has Imposed on the allies a purely defensive strategy, which Is devoted to delay ing as much as possible what now seems to be an Inevitable advance on Paris. Little ran be gathered either from British or French 'official accounts of the great battle of the last week. In fact more is learned from what is omitted than from what U slated. The only thing that Is clear is thst the allies are fighting on the defensive on ever-receding lines, while It Is becoming increasingly clear that the desire to make a bril liant coup In Alsace-Lorraine was a weak spot in French .strategy. Seek la Ml Tint. On the side of the allies, whose efforts are devoted to gaining time while the Russians overrun Prussia, is the fact that their armies are still In being and that Germany may run some danger from their ever length ening lines of communication. That this danger is not negligible Is shown by the newa that Emperor William has ordered the mobilization of the last reserves to protect communica tions and occupy Belgium so that the troops now engaged in this work may be released to go to the. front, where they are badly needed to re place Germany's heavy losses In killed and wounded. The work of provisioning and sup plying the Cerniaqrnsles Is greatly facilitated "by tha,, Germans being able to draw on Belgium for sup plies. The British public la facing the disappointing news with patient determination. The Spectator aays today la an editorial note: '. Caase for A as let y, "There is cause for anxiety and there is cause for stern determina tion; above all, there is cause tor unflagging energy in military prepar ation, but there is no cause for des pair or evea despondency. Time ts with us and against our enemies." On the eastern battlefield the war news continues favorable to the al lies. The Rutblans continue to ad vance in east Prussia and Poland, neither the German nor the Australn lorcea apparently being able to with stand them. No Trac e of Tornado at Sacred Heart . VETERAN UNION GENERAL DIES IN HOME FOR AGEO CHICAGO.' All's. .-Brisadier General Truman Hotchklas. breveted for distin guished service Id the civil war, died her tonight at th as of 82. Pine the loan of the considerable fortune he once pos sessed and tha death or Ml aun several ear ago. tha veteran resided at tha James B. Kins borne for tha seed. BRITISH WOUNDED ARE BROUGHT TO SOUTHAMPTON SOtTHAMPTOIf. England. Auf. Ja Tha first liospltal ship from France ar rived here Iat Bin lit with SO British wounded from tha first battle at Moos Nearly all tha nsea were injured by shell fire. Slreogtaeae Weak Kldaeya. tlectrlo Bitten will mora than surprise you after tha first bottle. Get a bottle today. Safe and aura. Mc and 11. All Ur ug gist. Ad vertisencnl.. J wmm i krm If . .. : v . --z., . , SEEK SOUTH AMERICA TRADE! Agency- in Omaha to Cultivate Latin-American Business. MANY REPLIES FAVORABLE la taswer te limmsi letters of ftolteltatloa I. oral C oasmerelat Men See PremUIss R r-salls. Is to hold a meeting Friday at which the matter of pushing the export trade to f-otith America thrnush this channel Is to be taken up especially. Favorable replies have been received from merchants In Brazil, Teru. Equador, t'ruguaf. I'arafuay. Argentine, and many other countries. Among others from which answers have come favora ble to establishing trade relations. Is B'.ilgnri. Of course nothing can he dona ! In this relation until the European war 1.1 over. I Americans Let Short End. . Th figures of 1912 shorn- thst of Latin- Through tho International Commission ! American Imports the t'nlted States fur agency, just organised In Omaha, manu- i nished only one-fourth, while Germany fmturer and Jobbers hope to develop hss a larre share over the trade, and the giving; them control of tha Isthmian rall way. On ot the many pronounced vasarlee of the tornado was at tha Academy of the Barred Heart, Thirty-sixth and Hurt streets, where the wind leaped over tha big; building; from the southwest and tore off the facade on the north, badly gut ting; the structure. More artistic than the former front la the new entrance and apartment, which now make the bu'Iding bitter than before. Tho Academy of the Bacred Heart Is situated In one of the most beautiful resi dential apots of Omaha. It la a typical school home, facing the residence of Bishop Scannell. Its grounds are plo turesque, wide-spreading and templed with tree of many varieties. Park 1'la.ce" Is a name most appropriately se lected, for the campus Is a veritable park, most Inviting in Its quiet seclusion. LOUVAIN BURNED AND CITIZENS SHOT Belgian Seat of Learning; Despoiled and Residents Put to Sword by Army Corps. fugitives Jell tales op ruin Clergy asea Shot Dow a aad Naaa Forced to Flee from Their Cloisters noaaha I'sed ' lo Wreck dir. (Copyright. 1HI4. by Press Publishing Co.) TERNUZED, Holland. Aug. 29. (Special Cablegram to the New Yerk World and Omaha Bee.) Louvaln was sacked Wednesday night by the Germans and a great part of Us peo ple was massacred, Including women, children and clergy. Their nation ality did not save thera. English and American clergymen, alike, were slain. All the noble public buildings, Including the town hall, library and university were destroyed: 8m U is the tale of horror disclosed at Malines by fleeing refugees and confirmed by the procurer and by escaped notables from the destroyed city. The atrocity seems Incredible, but there is no reason to doubt Its truth. - r .. - . Fire oa sr Owa Mea. What was the cause of this sudden outbreak 'one cannot as ye; say. The refugees tell only of the horrors; they can give no reason, but what seems to have happened Is that the German army , was defeated at Ma lines the previous day and fell back upon' Louvaia in some disorder. Reaching the town in the evening, the German fugitives - were fired upon In error by their own troops. Rage at this misfortune and cha grin over the defeat seems to have Inflamed the soldiers, who set about systematically to massacre the popu lation and destroy the city, whose monuments belonged as much to civilization as to Belgium. Slaughter Beg I as. It is not possible to put' on paper the accounts of the fugitives. They were given In gestures and broken exclamations rather than In sen tences. The purport was always the same, that their population had done nothing, but last night returning German soldiers began to arrive. Suddenly the Germans becam an gry and began to slaughter, pillage and destroy. None fct tha horrors of the worst Incidents of barbarian warfare seem to hare, been lacking. City Lira la Balaa. From what was told me, nothing re mains of Louvaln but ruina, nor of its population but fugitive. It la possible that when tha full atory comes to be told ft will be found tha horror was not quite so great, for all accounts are from people fleeing for their Uvea, but among those people, were four clvto dignitaries who were In the city during the night; snd who were actually, n the hands of ! the Germans but escaped. They are Inclined to think It was the German rasa at the defeat at Mallnea which aet aflame the barbarian passions. They declare emphatically that sine tho unopposed occupation of Louvaln by the German a week ago the civil population had given no cause for offense. The attack upon tho unarmed popula tion came suddenly, tho Germans firing In the street, going from houaa to house, pillaging, ravishing, murdering and set ting the houses on fire Neither age nor sex was respected. Almost all the clergy were shot, including one English and one American clergyman., The monstroua work continued throughout the night, and In the morning those officials, wbo bad taken refugu In tha church, were dilv n out of town at the point of Layoneta. but not killed, the fit of murderous raira hav ing evidently passed. Fleo Cloisters. On the road from Louvaln to Antwerp crowds ot pitiful refugees could be see a. Nuns fleeing from their cloisters, prtngta from their churches, the alck carried oa their beds, the aged tottering along with tha help of their children, all who could, carrying" some poor article of household furniture. In one cart were collected seventeen children, evidently of several families, then la another handcart s-a old palsied woman waa pushed on by her grandchild. All were fleeing to Antwerp as tho city' of refuge, tho city which shudder in the darkness throughout the alght at the fear of midnight bomb. Among tho train of fugitive were am bulance of the Belgian army la which are carried soilrltloualy the Genua a wounded to the hospitals. MILLIONAIRSjCRY FOR FOOD Such is Observation of Nebraska Woman in Paris During- War. MONEY CRISIS WAS GREAT Mlse Fraacea Lsag of Madlsna Write Parents of DlfflraKy to Get Aaaerlraa Paper ex changed for Money. "Htranded millionaires came arid aat In the court yard of the hotel and cried be cause they had no money to buy their breakfast," say Mis Frances Long, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Iong pf Cadleon, Heb., In a letter In which she describes the experience of herself and other tourist In Pari during 'the four days of greatest excitement since the war broke out. The letter haa Just been re ceived by Dr. and Mrs. Long, the first let ter from her lnce the war broke out. Wis Long 1 conducting a party of tourUt through Europe. She has made a number of trips abroad and haa picked up enough of German and French to be come a competent guide. "Tho money crlsla was great." ah wrote of the situation In Paris. "The mil lionaire and school teacher were In the same fix. We had check we could not cash and th hotel would not take peo. pie who could not pay. Cook's agency discounted their own check 33 per cent Finally the Amilan Express company cashed check at' pr in French paper money." "At the Palace hotel the Americans finally met to devise way and mean ot getting themselves home. It wa very exciting there all afternoon with so many other Americana, all of tho rich and poor alike In trouble," write Mis Long. "Each one had been through some har rowing experience. Th party stood In lino twelve hour at the office of tha po lice commlsslar to register to get per mission to stay In Paris. Sunday. Au gust I; Monday and Tuesday nights fol lowing, th Avenue U Opera wa a Con tinuous line of solcler and equipment passing. By Turaday night all wa peace ful o. nth streets. Friday taxlcabs were to b had on every hand as of old. Poo Pie even began to alt out In front of tho cafe and have their drink. Money reenied quite easy that day, and many shop reopened." The party had reached London when GetBldof CullcuraSoaD and Ointment Will help you when all else fails. Unsightly complexions are often bar to social advancement and business success. Start life with a clear skin and good hair. Samples Free by Mall Oitteera See sa OtsiaMM aula thrauflMMit tke rt. UteiliMvlxd.rtaaMIro .vitas- boos. Asanas 'CuUeura.' Is. 11V. Soiim. ft ft Mi i Miss Long wrote her parents. They were to sail for home on tho Donaldson line from Olawgow to Montreal on August 29. Bee Want Ads Are Read and Used by Ambitious Men nd Women. a large eport business with Fouth Amer ica, and in fact with all the world as soon as the wars are over. While the wars are in progress, however, the Bouth American, or I.atln-Amrican trade Is to be especially cultivated. It la the be lief of the Omaha manufacturers that while German and English trade Is cut off with Foutu America, American trade rhould gain a greater foothold than It ever hnd before. The new commission agency haa written t'nlted Kingdom of Great Britain has the largest. France also has shipped a great deal of Its goods to South America ss well as many other countries from all over the world. On account of the proxi mity of the t'nlted States and the added facility nf the Panama canal. It la felt th t'nlted fetale should be furnishing a great deal more than Imports for Latin America. On the other hand the figures show that Americana get one-third" of all that Censors Won't Pass One Another's Stuff FAItl", Aug. 3.-The English and rronct eenroip appear to be as busy on news psrsed br one or the other of the allies' official news burenu as on th dispatches of the newspaper correspondent Tht Hiltish censorship stops part of official communications lucd by the war office in Pari, and the French censors appeal to have delayed, on two or three occa sions, announcements made In th IIous of Commons regarding the situation of tbe armies. The French censorship, how ever, seems lee sovere than that In Eng land on new originating in Franc. out hundrede of letters to South Amer- I.atin-Amerira exports. In other words. lean and European merchants with a view to soliciting business for Omaha made goods. Many replies have already been received from merchant in foreign lands who hope to begin to Import from America. The work In Omaha Is con ducted with especial facility, due to the fact that W. J. Do Winter I doing the foreign correspondence for the commis sion firm. He Is a Hollander by birth. He ha been a student of language all hi life. Today he speaks, reada and writes fluently six languages, Knglish, German, Dutch, French, Ppanish and Italian. He Is the foreign correspondent for the Woodmen of the World, and haa been doing the letter writing to foreign lands for th commission men on the side. Th Omaha Manufacturers' association the balance of the trade with South America Is against the Vnlted States, and the manufacturers seek to change that condition. FIGHTING IN STREETS OF MEXICO CITY IS REPORTED VERA CRL'Z. Mexico. Aug. 2. -Private measgea from Mexico City says there was fighting In the street of the capital again ysteray and that several persons tvere killed. The censorship there makes It Impossible for Mexican refugee here to get any details. Passengers from ! Puerto Mexico says that General Rlncon j and his garrison of ) men there have re volted and Joined the former federal sol- dicrs who -revolted at Salinas Crux, thus j Dn.Btn.1 F Bail v Sanatorium This Isstltrjtlon ts the only on In the central west with separata buildings situated m their own ample grounds, vet entirely dla ilnct. and rendering It possible to classify cases. The one building being fitted for and devoted to the treatment of non-contagious and non-mental diseases, no others be ing admitted: the other Rest Cot tage being designed (or and da (.cd to the exclusive treatment of select mental cases requiring for a time watchful care and aptv M-il nursing. --------- m jBBSSm FIN OF OUR AUGUST CLEARANCE SALE Thii is the last opportunity you have to supply your home furnishing needs at to y2 off. The last of our broken lines together with a few remaining odd lots have now been placed on our floors and after they are sold the sale will end. "We must dispose of all last season's merchandise during the next few days so that room can be made for new Fall and Winter Furniture, which is now arriving. Thousands of young couples about to start housekeeping are grasping this opporhinity to furniture their homes com pletely at a most sensational saving. Come to the store as soon as you can to take advantage of these bargains. All we ask is a comparison of quality and price. We know you will positively buy your home furnishings here if yooi will investigate the kind of furniture we sell at such low figures. Come and convince yourself. Convenient Monthly Credit Terms Gladly Arranged on Any Purchase l j I c PHIJ ELEGANT GENUINE LEATHER PARLOR SUITE. Constructed I fclU ' j U throughout of a rich hlrch hanrianmnlv finished In mahoeranv. Kani I C. t A PI :"h;p VAI.ITE IV A -TTlf fONTINl'Ol'S 8TK1UI, IIK) COMBI NATION. Bed has five heavy 1-ln. tillers, Vernls Martin enamel, ail alsea. tiprlngs have angular ateel frame, copper coil supports, heavy cotton top mattress with atrcmg, dur ante iicKing. complete outfit for only. $12.15 ELEGANT GENUINE LEATHER PARLOR SUITE. Constructed throughout of a rich birch, handsomely finished in mahogany. Frames are very massive and brilliantly polished. Upholstered in genuine high grade leather over full steel spring supports. 71 The design is simple, yet artistically executed with JJ jff French turned legs. A most seuBatlonal bargain at only, "r" flEtxrria celebrated kitchen CAHINKTR. The flneet cabinet con etruvleU, made entirely of ucasoneil oak with oil rubbed finish. Abso lutely dust and vermin proof. Con veniently arranged and complete In every detail. Must aeen to be appreciated. A limited nuantttv AMAZIN'Cl VALUE IN A WELL MADK COLONIAL, DRESSER. Con structed throughout of American quartered Imitation oak. Base haa four conveniently arranged drawer wttn wooa pulls and heavy carved claw feet. Mirror Is French bevel Plate., special for this week' selling a i $8.75 WWff aft ' J ff- -m; fc t j V- . SIS Jr 'l - AVI-! "5'H V m J-.f -V. I OENTLEMEN'P COMBlKATlOXi i WABDRtlBB AND DESK, It Is built ' throughout of American quarter sawed oak, beautifully finished : golden. lias three roomy drawers, i hut compartment, wardrobe section, sllnTg clothes rack and aplendi.liv I arranged desk. Very r f 7C I ylo.ij KLEGANT COilBlNATION1 BL'Ft'ET AND CHINA CLOSET. Thla splen did dining room piece la made of the flnes( quartered oak. At each end of his buffet is an Inclosed compart nient for china, lias linen drawer. euverware drawer and French plate mirror. Clearance price......; iinrii uik.n, $15.98 e HIGH' GRADE PARLOR ROCKERB orKuuiuu.v iinipneu in manogany. Hnrlnr seat Is upholstered In Spanish Imperial leather. Haa broad panel haca and neatly carved top place. 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