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ervnan Airship Drops Bombs in Paris Omaha The Best Schools and Colleges Advertised in The Bee THE VOL. XO. 63. OMAHA, MONDAY MORXIXU, Al'CU ST On Train sad t otsl Kewa Standi. $0. SIN'UI.K COPY TWO CENTS. Daily Bee ' i I .'.I, 1!M4. fill cdcmou Aivn I I1LL I ULUUII n.lU BRITONS ABLE TO FIGHT CALLED ON Governments of England and Re public Summon All Eligible to Join Colors. GERMANS PRESS ALLIES BACK Lines Giving Way Gradually Before Victorious Teutons Moving Toward Paris. DEFEAT, RUIN, SHAME, SLAVERY Lord Roberts Says Country in Great Danger and that Number of Sol diers Far Too Small. ONLY COWARDS WON'T SERVE Kaiser's Men Leave West to Meet Russian Invaders. TURKISH ATTITUDE ALARMS Ann? of Crown Prince, Which Occupied LiiniT)i Reported to Be Adranclua- Toward y the Mease. PARIS, Aug. 30. "The progress of th German right wing has obliged us to yield ground on our left," says an official statement issued here to night. The British and French govern ments are calling upon all English men and Frenchmen to Join in de fense of the allied lines, which ap parently are being pushed back gradually by the overwhelming German forces on their way to Paris. A campaign hag been begun in London and other English cities ' to induce all able-bodied English men to Join the colors. Field Marshal Lord Roberts, addressing a meeting to obtain recruits for the army, declared the country was in great danger and that defeat would mean "ruin, shame ana slavery." Field Marshal Meuthen said any eligible man refusing to join the army in the time of his country's need is nothing but a coward. . To Strike Foe's Riant. LONDON, Aug. 30 The French and British are gathering every man and gun available in northwestern France in an attempt to stop the Ger man advance on the road to Paris. It is also said that General Joffre, commander-in-chief of the French army, will endeavor to strike at the German right and bring relief to the British and French forces which have been placed in such a critical situa tion by the German outflanking movement. How far the allies have succeeded in getting across the German path Is not disclosed, for the outside world is ignorant tonight of what is hap pening on the battlefield. Brain Movement East. A report comes both from Antwerp and Copenhagen that the Germans have commenced a movement back from the west to meet the Russians, who have been advancing so quickly through East Prussia. But it Is hardly likely that they will make any great demands upon the western army until the big battle In which there seems to have been a lull has been definitely decided. Held Marshal Sir John French, the British commander whose army has been eo bard pressed, was in com munication with the British war of fice late this afternoon with respect (Continued on Page Two Column Three.) The Weather Temperature at Omaha Yesterday, Hour. 5 a. til. .. 6 a. ni... 7 a. m... ti a- m... 9 a. m... 10 a. m... U a. m... 12 m 1 p. m... I p. m... 3 p. m... 4 p. m... p. m... u. m... lcg .... 6? .... 87 .... tvS .... 9 .... Tl .... 7-t .... 7 .... M .... M .... M .... fcfi .... M .... 7 .... Ml .... u 7 p. m tomaaratlre Local Record ion. im. miz. 1101 Highest yesterday M 99 w sj Lowest yesterday 7 til 71 -Mfn temperature 7 82 M ;. 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WIRELESS REPORT INVENTION British and French Troops Retire for Strategical Piraotr, bat No Troth la Story Are En. enmpaaaed by Eaemy. (Copytlarht, mi, I'retrs PubllshlnK Co.) NEW YORK. Au ?0.-(Rpeclal Cable gram to the New Torfc World find The Omaha Be.) After tha receipt on Friday of the official report from Berlin head quarters by wireless to the Associated Tress via Sayvtlle, L. I., the World cabled the war office in London as follows: "Official wireless from Berlin to ?ay ville, L. I., reports allies In full retreat after nine days" fighting. English de feated at Maubeuge, French and Kngllsh divided and surrounded. This news being displayed heavily. Does British war office wish to comment?" This reply cams yesterday; "The nature of our position In the vi cinity of Charlerol and the concentration of the enemy caused a strategical retire ment of the allies after several days of hesvy fighting. In which the enemy suf fered seerely. "A report that the allies are divided and surrounded is a stupid invention, wholly void of truth." Great Britain Has Sent Its Thanks to Ambassador Gerard WASHINGTON. Aug. aO.-The British ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, today conveyed to Secretary Bryan the thanks of the British government to the Ameri can ambassador at Berlin, Mr. Gerard, for assisting Bir Edward Goschen and the British embassy staff at Berlin at the time of the rupture between Ger many and England. The message refers to the great assist ance of a personal nature rendered to the British embassy by the t'nited States ambassador and his staff. It says Mr. Gerard repeatedly visited the embassy of his own accord, undeterred by the very hostile attitude of the crowd and, often at considerable personal, risk to himself, extricated many British . subjects from difficult situations. It adds: "It Is a pleasure to me to Inform you that I have received Sir Edward Gray's instructions to request that the warm thanks of his majesty's government may be conveyed to Mr. Gerard for his great personal devotion and energy under these trying circumstances, and I beg you to be so good as to cause this appreciation of his kindly action to be conveyed to Mr. Gerard, to whom as well as his staff, his majesty's government feel they are under a deep obligation." Turkey Prepares to Move Against English and Russ WASHINGTON. Aug. . -Active par ticipation by Turkey against England snd Russia is foreshadowed by news from Constantinople, according to a wireless dispatch from Berlin received at the Ger tran embassy here today. The message also stated that a deep impression hsd been made in Berlin by tre speech of John Burns, a former Lritish cabinet minister, against the pol icy of Sir Edward Grey, the British for eign minister, and that there were hints of fatal consequences in the unrert of Itritish Mohammedan subjects. De Lapeyrere Is in Full Command of the Anglo-French Navy LONDON. Aug. 1J:25 p. m -The official information bureau announces that Vice Adiniial Augustine Boue de Ijipeyrere. con mmender-ln -chief of the KrencJi navy, has assumed command of the combined Anglo-French fleet in the Mediterranean. As a consequence Rear Admiral Fir Archibald Berkeley Miln, v ho Is r;nier to the Frenc h admiral, has given over his command of the British Mediterranean fleet. Officers of the State Militia at the Den Tonight No, the troop train will not b on the way to the front, but It will be a troop train just the same; for some 30) officers of the Nebraska National Guard are to come to Omaha on a special Burlington train from Ashland to be entertained and Initiated at the Den this evening. It hap pens that the National Guardsmen are encamped this year at Ashland during a period before the Pen formally closes. This waa taken advantage of by th Ak-Sar-Ben officials, who promptly Issued them an Invitation. Title men too, ami abstracters from all over the Vnlted States are to be present at the Den, for the title men are to open their eighth annual convention in Omaha today. LIEUT. CRUNCLETON IS DEAD Militia Officer Injured at Ashland Camp Fails to Recover. HORSE HAD FALLEN ON HIM Injured Man "Was Hasteae.d to Beatrice, M'liere It Was nis. revered that His sknll Waa Fraetared. ASHUVND, Neb., Aug. Jft.-fSpeital Tel egram ) Ucuten&nt Cparles M. Crunele ton of the First batvallon of the Fifth Infantry, Who was thrown from his horse at the state rifle range here Thursday, is deay at the Beatrice sanatorium, lie was taken to Beatrice Immediately after the accident. His leg was broken and he was Injured Internally. His wife In Beatrice wsa notified of the accident end met the lieutenant at the train. She was with him when he died at 7:30 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Cruncleton was told by telephone from the rifle range to direct the arrange ments for Lieutenant Cruncleton's treat ment when he arrived at Beatrice, where surgeons were waiting to take him to the hospital, where the leg was set. Mis arm was broken and close examination by the pnysicians disclosed the fart that his skull was fractured. Lieutenant Cruncleton was not a good horseman and he had been given a broncho, which was practically uncon trollable. When the horse became fright ened at the sound of a shrieking auto mobile horn Lieutenant Cruncletoi nullod sharply on the reins. The horse reared and fell backward, pinning the rider to the ground. Governor Morehead with General Hull and staff led the parade from the cajiip to the City park with the band signal corps on guard duty at the exercises of the state rifle range today. Report from Berlin Confirms North Sea Victory of England ..COPEVHAGKN (Via London), Aug. 30. A dispatch to the Wolff bureau from Berlin says: ."Vesterdsy forenoon during partly foggv weather several small British cruisers and two flotillas, comprising about forty de stroyers appeared in the North north west of Helgoland. "A desperate isolated engagement en sued between them and our small forces. Htnall German cruisers steamed westward and on account of the short distance came Into contact with several large Kngllslt cruisers. Thus the cruiser Ariadne was attacked at short range by two large cruisers of the lion class and sunk after a glorious fight. The majority of the crew, numbering 260, were saved. "The destroyer N-87 was bombarded by a small cruiser and ten destroyers and sunk. It went down firing Its guns. Its captain, who waa squadron commander, was killed. The small cruisers Coeln and Mains are missir.f:, and, according to Tleuter dispatches, were sunk after an engagement with an enemy of superior force. Of their crews, eight officers and ninety-one men appear to have been saved by British warships." France Has Plan for 200,000More Men PARIS. Aug. 30. -,(3:13 p. m )-The mla tstry of war announces that it has been ileclded to call out the class of JSle, which j w ill give at least 200,00 additional troops I and also to rail out the active reserve and ine iaesi classes or the territorial re-aerv GERMANS ON WAY TO TURK CAPITAL Eight Hundred Officers and Sailors Pass Through Bulgaria, Bound for Constantinople. AMMUNITION ALSO ON ROAD Itrimrt from Athens Hrachr I.on ilon that Teuton Force Is K11 Monte In Specie I Train to City nt nltan. LONDON, Aug. 3ft. The correspondent of the Iteuter Telegram company at Athens ssys: "According to semi-official statement, news has been received from a trustwor thy source In Constantinople that SOOGer-j man officers and sailors, as well ss a quantity of ammunition, passed through Bulgaria Friday In a special train on their way to Constantinople." Using Asiatics and Blacks, Allies Can't Teach Enemy. Ethics NKW YORK, Aug. 90.-t.Wiit Von Bernstot-ff, the German ambassador to the I'nlted States, who returned hern from Washington lat night, i.ssued the following statement today in reference to the alleged atrocities of the German army. "The campaign of our enemies charg ing the German army with cruelty is absolutely shameful. The traditions of the German army are above all attacks In this respect. Nobody can regret more than 1 do if women and childien have been killed during the fighting. This is, however, unavoidable if the civilian population of a country joins in the fighting as la the rase in Belgium, where German soldiers have been shot In the back, where German wounded have been mutilated and doctors and nurses shot at, "It is absolutely unjustifiable to sup pose that Zeppelin bombs were thrown against anything else but fortifications. Women and children should not remain in besieged fortresses. Not the slightest harm was done to anybody In the open city of Brussels, whilst on the first day of the war French aeroplanes bombarded the open city of Nuremburg. "It Is Inconceivable that any of the powers, who have joined the coalition formed solely for the purpose of attack ing us should desire to give us lessons on methods of Ku ropes n warfare, after having called oriental , races Into the struggle and after having sent colored African and Indian troops to France to fight their battles for them." Belgians Sending Commission to U.S. to Enter Protest I).vrxN, Aug. .10. A dispute-in to the Ueuter Telegram company from Ostend savs that the commission of ministers of state left for the I'nlted States today. The ministers are charged with a niisRlon to President Wilson, to whom they will deliver a document from the Belgian gov ernment relating to alleged violations of the international law convections by Geimanv, and solicit action by the Amer ican government. The commission Is composed of Messrs. Vandervelde, Goblet, IlAlvlelle and Desadeler. The first named, Kmll Vandervelde, Is the socialist leader in the Belgian Chamber of lrputlcs. Passenger Ship Destroyed by Mine TlNnoV, Aug. (:( p. m.i-A dis patch from Nikolmyev, Russia. Bays that the small passenger steamer Kxprets from Odessa for Nlkolaycv, struck a mine on August 11 and was destroyed. F'ifty-four persons perished, but the bulk of the passengers and crew was picked up by other stuamers. English Capture Samoan Seaport liixnov, Aug. Srt-Tlie official in formation bureau announces that Apia, a seaport of t'polu, Samoan Islands, and capital of the German part of the group, surrendered cm the morning of August ') to a Hntuh force from New Zealand. J IMLION FICHT ON AUSTRO-RUSS MILLION MEN IN BIGAUSTMSS FIGhT ON BORDER Battle Has Bern On for Three Days Over Hundred Miles of Line. CZAR MAKES SOME INROADS His Troops Are Reported to Have Advanced Twenty Miles Into Enemy's Country. ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT Will Determine to Great Extent the Future of Southwestern Eu rope Conflicts. GERMANS HOLDING INVADERS Kaiser's Defenders Reported to Be Checking the Cossacks. CZAR NICHOLAS SEES SUCCESS St. Petersham Me.tanaes to London Report Mats Are Making Ait- Fnanaed In Conflict. ROMK (via London!, Aug.. :H). DlHpatrh.es from AuRlrlan headquar ters to the Corrlere Delia Serla statu that 1,000,000 men are engaged in the (treat battla which has been pro ceeding for three days on the Austro RunBian frontier. The battle line extends from the Vistula river to the Dneister river, over 100 miles. The flKhting has been fully severe as that in Belgium. The Russians, who took the offensive, have penetrated over twenty miles into Austrian ter ritory. K.itaaaeinent Is Important. IONDON. Aug. 30 ( 11:30 a. m.) Knuagenients of tremendous im portance between the Russians and Austrlans are bring fought along the course of the Vistula river, accord ing to an official statement Issued at St. Petersburg and telegraphed to the lteuter Telegram company. The Russians claim successes, saying that they have captured several thousand prisoners and that the Austrlans lost .1,000 men in one engagement. Hnsslans He port Secce. A dispatch to Daily Mull - from Ft. Petersburg ssvs that the Russian ad vance continues successfully in all thea ters of Russian npeattlons and that It is only a question of a few dsyj when the Germans will be driven beyond the Vis tula. Scattered encounlers havrt devel oped Into a general iMttle extending 110 miles from the southern districts of Lit 1 In. In Russian Poland, to a point be yond Imberg, in Galicia. erniana Presalnar Russians. BLRL1N, Aug. 30. By Wireless to th-J Associated Piees. via Hayvllle, U I.) The latest news from Allrnsteln (a town r.f Fast Prussia, sixty-five miles south of Koenlgsburg) Indicates that the Ger man army is energetically presnlng In Russia-is (wireless station unable to read next few words). Russian endorance is described ss terrific. Corpses lie in hi-aps mi the battlefield. Many prisoner. In cluding one Russian general, were cap tured. Roberts Says Great Britain is Engaged in Vital Struggle TiONPo.V, Aug. 30 -c':.V p. ri i-Meld Marshal Lord Roberts made the declara tion today that Great Hrltiilu In the pres ent war would require hundreds of thou sands of soldiers. The occasion of this statement was the review of a new regiment of 1 3iO Lon don business men. In an address Ixird Roberts said in psrt: "You are the pick of the nation's highly educated business men. You follow vari ous professions and you are doing exactly what all able-bodied men In the kingdom should do, no matter what their rank or station In life. My feeling toward you is one of intense admiration. How wry different Is your tlon to that of tne men who can still go on plslng cricket and foot ball as If the very existence of the country were nof at stake. "We are engaged In a life and death struggle snd you are showing your dc. termination to do your duty as soldiers and by all the msna In your power to bring this wsr-a war forced on us by an ambitious and unscrupulous nation to a successful end." Germans Blow Up Bridge in Prussia AMSKKOAM, Aug. .V-iia I.ndon. Aug. M. Sunday.) A dispatch to the Algemeen Handelshlad from Turnhout, Belgium, says tnat the (jcrmana have blown tip the railway bridges on the line between Moll, a village thirty-one miles esst of Antwerp, and Munchen Gladbach, r.htnldi Prussia. Bombs Thrown Into Paris from German Airship PARIS, Aug.. 80. A ;ernmn aero-plum-, flying at height of 6,000 feet over I'nrl, dropped several bombs into the tit)' nt 1:80 o'clock this afternoon, tine hotuh struck near l.'Kst railway station, not far front the military tioilLil, and three more fell near tjunl de .lenininpcs, Hue Rlcollet mid Plmr tie la Rcpiib lliltte. It is declared that u damage was done. GERMAN RUSH NOT CHECREDBY BRITON Forward Movement of the Kaiser's Forces Overcomes the English Expeditionary Army. LOSS ON BOTH SIDES IS HEAVY Kleld Marshal r'reaeh Reports (in ( nndlllnaa that F.slst at K.nd of Three nays ef Terrific KUhtlnv. I.ONPON, Ai:g. St (RiM a m.) A ills patch to the Times from Amiens, l'vsnce. sivvs that since Monday morning last, the (iermsn advance has been one of almost Incredible rapidity, the Germans never slvlng the retreating Prltish a moment s rest. 'The first great German effort has suc ceeded." says the correspondent. "We have to fare the fact that the British expeditionary force requires Immediate and Immense reinforcements. The Invest ment, of Psrls rsnnot he banished from the field of possibilities " Brltnna Xot Molested. It is stated that sine August 21. apart from cavalry fighting, the Prltlsh army has not been molested. It has rested and refitted, and relnforrements to double the aiimbrr of losses sustained already hate arrived. Kvsry g tinner has been replaced and the army I now resdy for the next grest battle. lirrmas Leases Heavy. Field Marshal Sir John French, com mander of the British evpeditlonary tore, reports that ths Oerman losses In battle from August 23 to -) were nut of all pinpnrtlon to the British lovses owing lo the German attack being made In dense formation. Between 8(0 and XH) dead or wounded Germans were counted in one street. Field Marshal French also declares that the strategic position of the allies la such that a decisive victory world probably be fatal to the Germans, while a contin uance of reliance can, If prolonged, lead only to one conclusion. filves British Losses. Field Marshal Sir John French esti mates that the British casualties from August 3 to M were between IS.OOO and 6iO. The official Information bureau an nounces that after a desperate battle on August V. against tremendous odds, the British extricated themselves in good or der, though with serloun losses. Crrmans Heport Hrlflah Defeat. RERUN, Aug. ) (By way of Copen hagen and I-ondon. 6:50 p. m ) The cor respondence at German army headquar ters of the Deutsche Tages Zeltung re ports the defeat of the English at St. Juentln, accompanied by great losses. The armv, utterly defeated, he says, found Its retreat barred by mashes of German cavalry. lilies Resume. Offensive. rAPJP, Aug. 3ft-(by way of London. 6 40 p. nt.)-Accordlng to Liberie, the Ger mans havo penetrated a short dlntanre neither on the river Somme. The British in conjunction with the .French left, have resumed a vigorous offensive. Further west the Preach troop's have checked the enemy's advance guard. At the other e Iremlty of the line on the Meuse the French are offering a strenuous and suc cessful resistance which extends alons nearly the whole front. Season of Chicago Grand Opera is Off Because of the War ri I If 'AGO, Aug. 30-So many singers sre endangering their lives and voices In the Kuropean confllrt that the dlreetoia of the Chlcsgo Grand Opera company, after a despairing two days' meeting, an nounced tonight that there would be no performances the coming season. Bernard I'lrlch, manager of the company, cabled the singers, notifying them their con tracts had been cancelled. "All of the principals are abroad," aald Mr. L'lrlch. "Among those who have en listed In the French army are M. Mura tore. tenor; M. Crabbe and M. Huberdeau, basros. The men engaged for the chorus are mobilised with the Italian army. The women of the company have asserted that because of their connections abroad they could not sing with war raging In hurope." PRENCH DENY AEROPLANES BOMBARDED NUREMBURG WASHINGTON. Aug. SO.-The Frenh embassy in a statement today denied that "French aeroplanes bombarded the epen rlty of Nuremburg." as waa alleged in h statement yesterday by Count Bern slorff U New- York. HOUSES IN PARIS IN ZONE OF FORTS ORDERED RAZED Military Governor of French Capital Hakes Preparations for Siege of the City. FOUR DAYS GIVEN FOR WORK Citizens Must Move Out at Once and Then Destroy Their Own Howes. EVIDENT NEED IS PRESSING Action Taken by Authorities and Announced by the French War Office. NO NEWS ARRIVES FROM MEUSE Forces on Lorraine Advance, De clares the Official Bulletin. VIOLENT BATTLE NEAR LANNOY Result hot Decisive, Though F reach Drive Germans Bark Right, the Left Wlnsj. 1 PARIS. Auk. 30. (5:35 p. m.) Th French capital today rushed Hi4 plans to resist a siege by the Oerman army. The city ! being turned Into an entrenched camp. Following the decree issued by th military governor ordering resident of the districts within action of the city's defending line of forts to evac uate and destroy their houses within four days from today, enormous stocks of food were placed in ths state warehouse. The Boli de Boulogne presents a picturesque inspect. It. ha been, transferred into a vast pasture filled with cowg and sheep. The animals have been divided Into groups and are guarded by reserves wearing the large shirts of drovers. The num ber of sheep pastured in the parks exceeds 10,000. PARIS, Aug. 30. It Is officially announced that the military governor has ordered all residents of the rone within action of the city's defending fort to evacuate and destroy their houses within four days from today, August 30. Further announcements from war office: "In Lorraine our forces have ad vanced. We occupy a line along Montague and our right wing is push ing forward. There is no news front the Meuse. "A violent battle occurred yester day (Saturday) in the region of Lan noy, near Lille, Signy L'Abbaye and Chateau Porclen, but ths result has not been decisive and the attack will be resumed tomorrow. "Four French army corps engaged In a violent battle on the left wing. The right wing of these four corps, taking the offensive, drove back on Guise the Tenth German corps and the guard, both suffering consider able losses. "Our left was less fortunate. Ths German forces are advancing in ths direction of La Fere." (La, Fere is town in Alane, 140 miles north west of Laon. It is a fortress of ths second class.) ; ' v- Area AffecteH. WASHINGTON, Aug. SO.-A circle of country thirty-four mtlei In length will be swept of buildings if the order of the military governor of Tarls. that residents in the military cone of action of the French capital's defending forts, burn (Continued on Page Two Column Two.) rr- "And Now the Schoolboy" And the school girl, too, be come real problems again. Vacation Is ending and ths real work of winter is begin ning. Ths coming of school days brings its problems to every borne. Many ' purchases have ' to bo made ths tax is severs. Wise mothers will find ths advertising columns of Ths Bes Quite helpful In this little em ergency. The merchants have antici pated ths school day wants and ars competing for your trade. Be well Informed in advance) snd BUY TO THE INTERE8T8 OF YOUR OWN POCKET- BOOK. J.