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11 eutons Continue Retreat in France to The Omaha Daily Bee ADVKHTIRINO IR THK rNIVKRSAL LANGUAGE BPOKKN EVERYWrTKRF. I1T BUYERS AND SKLLKRS. THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XUV NO. 74. OMAHA. SATl'WDAY MOUXINU, NKITF.MBKK 1- 1!M4-S1XTKMX PAUKS. r.v:v:-dd:.v sinolk copy two cents. Hetsl FORTUNE TURNS TO GERMANS IN EASTERN FIELD General . Pindenburg Defeats Left Flank of Russian Army in East Prussia. RUSSIANS IN FULL RETREAT Way Said to Be Open Now fof an Attack on the Rear of the Czar's Troops. GERMANS ARE IN CLOSE PURSUIT Confirmation of . the Statement is Received by the German Em bassy in Washington. CROWN PRINCE BUSY AT VERDUN Takes Fortifications Southwest and Attacks Fortress South. OTHER FORTS ARE CANNONADED Official Statement Sara tke Jermo 1'arU Army U Maklun Active Attempt to Carry Im portant rlata. LONDON, Sept. 11. la a dis patch from Copenhagen the corre spondent of the Reuter Telegram company says that General Von Beneckendorffun von Pindenburg has defeated the left flank of the Russian army in east Prussia with bis eastern army and thereby opened the way for an attack on the enemy's rear. The Russians are said to have abandoned their resistance and to be in full retreat, with the German east- I ern army pursuing them In a north- easterly dlrectton toward Memel. j Report to German Kmba7. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. The German! embassy today received .the following j wireless from Berlin: "Official headquarters reports that the German crown prince's army yesterday took fortifications southwest of Verdun. r l It T)..n Kair I m df I Bi'L-iniT fortress south of Verdun. The other forts sines Wednesday have been cannonaded by heavy artillery. "General Pindenburg with the eastern army outflanked and defeated the left wing of the Russian army still In l'.ast Prussia. The Russians gave up fighting snd ara bow retreating everywhere. The m stern rmy Is pursuing the Kuss'ans inMn history, still raging on the plains of a southeasterly direction toward the river Champagne to the cant of Paris, lies in Nicmen." the center. For five days the tide of Belgium Boy Scout Decorated by King';; 11. The rero of Kelgi'Jin 1 today in tha Hoy scout ueysen. r.o nas been decorated by King Albert for his Talor and devotion to his country. TUIa vflimn man whfl Kill hnril lit L.iC2e described by the Fl.aro a. of almost 1 1 1 l i i. ii ii t riiai nil" n-.. " . . . ... . . wn as avaae. Ha was able lu nno his way through the woods and rass the sentinel of the enemy with unerring ac- curacy Iysen made his wsy through the Ger - an line from Antwerp for the tenth time last Sunday, carrying dispatches to! secret representatives oi tnc r-eigiun government In Brussels. He has dis covered and denounced eleven German spies in Belgium and discovered other spies without impairing hla boyish sim plicity. The Weather For Omaha. Council Rluffs and Vicinity Fair; warmer. Tesnperttore at Omaha le.trrdas. Hour. 6 a. in.. . la. m. . . 7 a. in. . . D a. m... 9 a. m... lrt a. m .. 11 a. m... 12 m 1 p. m... ! p. in... rcg .... 5U a at P. in t P. m Tfi J Jj' J 7 V. mi.'!!!!!!!!!. "Hil S a. m AS Local Hrcord. i 1914. 1913. 191 1S11. I li- ij -'i !!' Comparative Highest yesterday Lowest yraterday. Mean temperature 7 precipitation no .00 .oo .iu Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal : Normal temperature T Detlelency for the day i Total excess since Mar-h 1 410 Normal precipitation 14 inch Deficiency for the day Hindi Total rainfall since .March 1... .lx.&h inch Dficlney since March 1 4.51 indie Deficiency for cor. period. 1HU. s.! inches Deficiency for cor. ierid. 1911. 3. 21 Inches Heporta from stations at T P. M. Btatlon and f tsis Temp. High- Ram- of Weather. 7 p. m. est. fall. .) Cheyenne, pt. cloudy TH Denver, pt. cloudy K Des Moines, clear ft" Dodge t'lty. clear Tii Lander, clear 7n North Platte, pt. cloudy.. T4 Omaha, clear 70 Puehlo. clear M Rapid City, clear Mi Fait IJiWe City. . lear M tanla Fe, clouily S4 M S -2 ! NO ."i .110 .(,, I inn; 'J I M SN H - ti 74 Sheridan, clear W M .01 Pious t'lty. clear 70 74 .00 .Valentine, clear 76 M .00 Indicates trae of precipitation, a. WELSH. Local Forecaster. ENGLAND'S AIRCRAFT IN THE WAR The British array is well equipped with aircraft of various kinds, and although less ha? been heard of them than of the French and Germans during the conflict, tho English airmen have Vtnvt aiiWa Vinsir TVt a n!4niA etinttre on lTriorlieli lirifrit- 1 uccu vjuiic vuaj. pikiuic hovering on guard over Ostend. JU: a CONFLICTING CLAIMS BY OPPOSING FORCES Key to Outcome of Big Battle Lies in Center, Where ' Fighting is the Hardest. FRENCH BEAR BRUNT OF FIGHT tiermana Still Making: Headloaa; Kfforta to Drle Their Wfde . .Into the French Line Sooth of V'er Job). - LONDON, Sept. ' 11. The conflirttnK claims !n official communications Usuvd at the headquarters of the forces oppos- ' each other so fiercely In the ttM tlio advice volunteered In the latcht French t mniur.leaticn against drawine Infprences from phases of the struggle before a declxlve result la attained. The key to the ultimate outcome of what perhaps will be the greatest battle hatllc there tins chbed and flowed, hear ling Germans ad French alternately oti its crest, with terrific losses on both I s'des, but without permanent advantage either bide. The Germans would still ippcar to be making headlong efforts drive their wedge Into tha French I line at a point to the south of Verdun, and the ulready larpc limy under Crown Prince Freder'rk Willis in has been rein- j 'rcrd wh the obje-t of pushing home ' ceded to b of extreme Importance.' On the German r sht wing, where the ! trcops of lump'eror William are opposed to the Hrltlsh forces. Germany ocrlclaliy 'admits wa-a ills letirement,' but not defeat, as rst reported beunuse of telegraphic errors In the transmission of messages. The renewal of activity on the part of the HelMlan army seems to he a fact, but up to the present time it has not gone beyond harassing the small forces of German reservlnts iet behind when the army of oecuiatlon was sent to the battlefield" to the east of ParlK. From the extreme right of the French 1! n comes a report that battle-scarred Iiiebaut.en haa acain fallen to the pos session o. France. It this I" true, it will bw the fifth or sixth time that this Alsa tian town has changed hands in the pre ent wsr. In the F.a-trru Field. On the eastern field of bsttle the Rus sians appear to have been driven buck In eat Prussia, but. according to Petrngrad iidvlcs. they continue to punish the Austria in. The luteal Intelligence from ijj Iierlln Indicates that Gener.ila Reneeken TUldnrfr nnd -Von Hlndnbig have gained j an Important success In east Prussia. According to this version, tha Russian are lu full retieat. with the Unmans in close pursuit. The Russian version Is that their detachments sre falling back, but holclng. Orrman naval activity In the Unltic sea dolls watched with much interest here, but tho report that there has been an en gagement between German and Russian taitiadions off the Aland islsnils Is de nied. This probably arose from the sink li.g by a tierinan torpedo boat of the Husslsn merchant steamer Fleahoig ;n this region. The attitude of Turkey, which has been a subject of paramount anxiety to the foreign offices of Europe, seems to have teen decided for her, if the st'ry Is true that Roumanla, Greece and Hulgarla have agreeU'to prevent Ottoman asslst- 01 is nee to Germany and Austiis. The allies hava been working strenuously to this (irrrk Mlalater Healsas. lJNIxiN, 6pt. ll. A dlsintch from Athns to the Kxchange Telegram coin- has handed In his resignation. It has not yet been decided whether It wtil ke accepted. anync cut uuiuu ""TTi J 3 ft; ; Turkish Crown Prince Exchanges Shots with Minister During Quarrel PARIS, Sept. 11. A dispatch to the Havas agency from Rome says: ,-A telegram from Athns to the news paper Vita says that a violent dlncus slon arose between the crown prince of Turkey and Knver Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, on the subject of the political policy of Turkey. "Enver Pasha, becoming greatly ex cited, .flred two shots from a revolver at tlw prluce, who was slightly wounded. The prince- ntnlled :and shot Enver Pasha, In the leg.' . - ' . , , - ' BALKAN STATES IN WAR AGREEMENT Rumania, Greece and Bulgaria Form Compact to Interfere if Tur key Aids Germany. WILLING- TO REMAIN NEUTRAL Home Report Says Berlin la He alamed to Italian Neutrality, but Insists that Italy Mnst at Mo Time Interfere. ' LONDON, Sept. 11. Telegraphing from Rome, a correspondent of tha Dally Tele graph declares he has learned from diplomatic sources that Roumanla, Greece and Bulgaria have signed an agreement which may be regarded as a real alliance, under the .terms of which these three na tions) engage to interfere whenever neces sary In order to prevent Turkey aiding Germany and AuBtrla In the present war. If .Turkey remains neutral, however, theso three states will do the same. It Is reported In Borne, the correspond ent continues, that Berlin haa become re signed to the Idea of Italian neutrality, but It is determined that Italy shall at least remain neutral until the end. Poincare Charges ; Germans Are Usirig Dum Dum Bullets WASHINGTON, Hept. 11. President Point's ra of France has cabled to Presi dent Wi'son a reply to the protest of Km peror William which charged that the al lies had bern using dum dum bullets. The French president declared In his metssgo that Emperor William was at tempting to shift the responsibility tor tho use by Germany of dum dum bullets, practically since the outbresk of the war. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA TO STAND TOGETHER TO END COHKMIAUBX, Via l4ndon, Hept. 11. The A'oi-slsphe Zeltung of Berlin de clares that previous to the outbreak of the war Germany and Austria-Hungary agreed as now have the parties to the triple entente not to mska peaee separ- j atoly. The Bee's War Manual Map, Pictures, History, . Statistics of Army and Navy Strength all indexed Just what you want Coupon on page 2 War Pictures From the Front Full Page in The Sunday Bee cy i i a i i "According to another version, Enver Parha ban since died of the wounds re ceived in the duel with the crown prlnoe." WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. The German embassy today received the following message from Berlin: "The three entente, powers, apprehending Turkey's Interven tion In favor of Oennany and Austria, expressed to Turkey their readiness to concent to the abolition of stipulations in cant?! of Turkey's' nsutrallty during the preetnt war." . ' ' -f-' -I GERMANS SHOWING SIGNS OF FATIGUE Dispatches Bia London Disparag-e Ability of Teutons to Keep Up Offensive Move on Paris. INVADERS ARE ALMOST SHEARED Dmpernle. Klahtlna. However, Ac cord Inn- to Allies, Saved the Kaiser's .Men from Dan Herons Position. LONDON, Sept. 11. A dispatch to tha Times from Bordeaux dated Thursday says: "Since .'Sunday, when the enemy's sweep southeast of Paris was checked on tha Grandermorin, the German war machine has been showing signs of wear and each fresh day' of battle has closed with tha allies In a igore favorable position. ' "On Kundsy there was furious fighting along the Grande Morin, which continued at I-a Ferte Gaucher throughout the night and on Monday morning the enemy began a retreat on their next line along the Petti- Morin. "Here, they were allowed ' to rast, the allied forces were tasting tha for Joy of the offensive and wished to luU it to the full. "On Tuesday the German command be came apprehensive for the safety of Its communication and ssw looming on its right flank a possibility of disaster. "North of Psrls the French found ample room for asaembllng a large army and while the British were slipping from the northeast of Paris to the east with the Germans their places of glory was taken by a strong French force which moved up to the river Ourcq and became a very serious menac e to the enemy's ra ti rat iiig movement. I.ILe Pair of Israri. "The Ourcq formed the upper blade of a pair of shears of which, as they were gradually closed, tha Grande Morln, tha Petit Morln and the river Ma me formed the lowr blade. "Immediately the German stsff reallsesl this situation It endeavored to extricate itself from lietwecn tha blade by a rapid retreat and by a serious, but fruitless on slaught on the Freiuh holding the right bank of the Ourcu. "The fighting here l.ss been of a pecu liarly dcapcrate character, which Is shown by the fact tlist of two standards cap tured one. that of the Thirty-sixth regl- jnv-nt of Msgdeburg, was torn from the j hands of Its hearer by a French infantry reservist. , "Tha French, however, stand firm along the Ourcq, while the British ha v crossed I the Msrne and driven the enemy a dls ! tsneo of twenty-five miles, j "From the renter news Is meager, but j tht French are understood to b pro- I ' sreaslntf. I s r 'Tha Germans apparently are suffering from lack of ammunition, and It would seem thst their difficulties In obtaining supplies from their bsae have only begun. If all their plans succeed as they have dona during the last few days the allies shouM be well on their wsy to victory." s BRITOHS TAKE MY GUNS AND MEN SEMLIN SEIZED BY SERVIANS IN BLOODY BATTLE Important Town in Austria-Hungary Across River from Belgrade is Occupied. AUSTRIAN BOMBARDMENT ENDS Bridge Between the Two Cities Was Blown Up by the Servians Last July. MONTENEGRINS TAKE FOTOHA Juncture is Effected with Servian Forces that Are Operating Near Visegrad. RUSSIANS HOLDING TWO TOWNS Retain Cities South of Capital. of Bulowina Province. BATTERY SINKS AUSTRIAN SHIP Hlpumrr Wrecked l llnaalan Rat. terr and Torpedo II oat Itloviii I li Month of Trent After Utrlklnsr Mine m I.I.KTI. , Servla, Sept. 10. (Via Sept. 11.) The Servians Semlln, across the river N1SII, London, occupied from Belgrade, this afternoon after a bloody battle. Seinllu Is an Important town of Austria-Hungary, In Slavonlu. It Is located on the tongue of land formed by the junction of the Danube and the Save, opposite Belgrade, Servla, with which It was connected by a railway bridge across the Save- It was from Semlln that the Aus trian infantry and artillery, In con junction with the monitors on the river, began the fighting on July 29 with the Servians. The Servians early that morning blew up the bridge connecting Semlln with Bel grade. An intermittent bombard ment, according to reports, has since been kept up by the Austrians in Semlln on Belgrade. I'oloba Occupied. LONDON, Hopt. 11. A dispatch to the Kxchange Telegraph company from Nlsh, dated Friday, ssys the Montenegrins have captured Fotoha and effected a Juncture with tht Servians operating near Visegrad. The combined troops. It Is stated, have now begun a march on har Jevo, tha capital of Bosnia Russians Hold Town. PETROGRAD, Sept. jl.-(Vla Parls.) It Is announced hero that Russian troops are holding tho Austrian towns of Sue zswa and llatna, situated fifty miles south of Cftcrnowlti, the cspltal of tho Austrian province of Bukowina. PETROGRAD, Sept. 11. (Via Paris) An Austrian stesmer has been sunk by a Russian battery located on the banks of the Vistula. Torpedo Doat Blown I p. ROME. Sept. 10.-Yla liondon, 8epl. 11.) According to tha Trlbuna, an Austrian torpedo boat has been blown up near Fasana, fifty-two miles south of Trieste, In Istrla, sfter striking a mine. Ad ranee Aaalnst Itaaslaaa. PETROGRAD, Sept. ll.-German troops hlch .have been transported from the wast have concentrated along the banks of tha river Alio and are now marching In an easterly direction and crossing the Maaurle lakes. The Russian advance guard Is retreating to the esst. SENATOR CLARK TELLS OF GERMAN ATROCITIES NEW YORK, Sept. ll.-Prlnc. Nicholas Engslltcheff, former Russian vice consul In Chicago, returning to America today, mads public a slstement which he said had been given him In Paris by William A. Clark, former United Rates senator from Montana, with the request that It ha. given to tho American prsa. The statement follows: "Tell tha American people of this, whloli I have Investigated. It Is that of a Bel gian family, the father of whom was shot dead by the Germans and the mother lashed to a chair while the soldiers at tacked her 18-year-old daughter before her eyes. The mother became a raving maniac. I have the daughter tinder my cars here." Tomorrow the Best Colored Comics with The Sunday Bee War Summary Official Orrman advices re ceived In Washington declare that Ihe Germans held their own in two days' fighting east of Paris, capturing fifty guns and several thousand prisoner, but retired the right flank on the advance of strong hostile columns. Earlier dispatches from Berlin represented the Germans as hav ing lost fifty guns and several thousand prisoners. The French embassy at Wash ington has received reports from Bordeaux of marked advances against the German right wing. These appear to be based on state ments by the French ministry of war made publio last night. Tor day it Is announced in Paris that the Germans have retired In some places forty or fifty miles. Important new comes from east Prussia, where the Russians appeared to have made little. If any, progress since the reverse at Allenstetn. They are now re ported to be bombarding the strongly fortified capital of Koen- lgsberg. There are Indications, however, that the Germans are arriving In force and moving to ward Koenlgsberg. A dispatch from Petrograd aaysj that the Ger mans from the west concentrated on the banks of the river Alls and are marching In an easterly direc tion, while the Russian advance guard Is retreating. The Alls river flows north and east In a direction southeast from Koenlgs berg. A general retirement of th Germans east of Paris continues, according to a statement yester day afternoon by the war infor mation bureau in London. It la said that . British troops captured 1,600 prisoners and several guns. A dispatch from Rotterdam says that an official German com munication denies that the for tress at Przemysl Is surrounded by Russians or that tha Russian forces ore advancing on Cracow, as has been represented at Petro grad and London. Renewed activity by the Ger man navy In the Baltic is indi cated in reports from Berlin and elsewhere. Nlsh reports that Servian forces have occupied Semlln, a town of Austria-Hungary, from which the Austrians began their original attack on Servla, Serv ian and Montenegrin troops have effected a juncture and begun a march on Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. Eight French physicians arriv ing In Rotterdam after attending bolh French and German wounded declare they found no evidence of the use of dum dum bullets by either side. The Turkish minister of war, Enver Pasha, la reported from Athens to have been wounded in a revolver duel with the crown prince of Turkey. Earlier ad vices from Constantinople stated that Enver Paaha was confined to his home suffering from blood poisoning. Berlin admits that its forces have retired before the attack of the allies, but the invaders have been strengthened by the arrival of fresh troops from Belgium and they may resume the offensive. The allies also are said to be pre paring for German reinforce ments by bringing up reserves. On the east Prussian front neither aide seems to have been able to hold Its positions. There Is a possibility, however, that Russia la awaiting the advent of winter, which will freeze the marshes before making a serious attack' In this direction. The supposed retirement of the Germans from a portion of the territory they occupy In Belgium has apparently led to tentative efforts on the part of Belgian troops to assume an offensive movement from their strong base at Antwerp. Italian Attache Quits Berlin Post 1'AHl.S, Kept. 11. The Rome correspond ent of the Havas Agency telegraphs that ('mint Colderarl dl Palazzo, tha Italian military attache at Berlin, has left his post and Is returning to Italy, Tha cause of his departure Is nut known. SENATE BILL ALLOWS STATE BANKS TO ISSUE MONEY WASHINGTON. Kapt. ll.-An amend- nnt to the bank law permitting- stst banks snd trust companion with rspilal of IJ.'.'K) and S1) per rent suriilim or more tu Issue federal currency un'lcr the Vrre land section, was passed today in tha senate TEUTONS ON RUN; CENTER AND RIGHT WING FALL BACK Official Report of France Says Ger man Forces Continue Their Retreat. MIDDLE IS ALSO RETIRING Eng-liih Army Said to Have Captured Eleven Cannon, and Many Prisoners. OFFENSIVE MOVE SUCCEEDS Battle on Since September Six, Ex tending- in General Way from Paris to Verdun, TEUTONS' LOSSES ARE HEAVY More Than Sixty to SerentyFiT Kilometer! Loit. CLEVER MANEUVERING OF FOB By Rapla Actios Ts Klaek'a Troops) Afcla to Bsoapo Belagr Eavel s r Coated rates PARIS, Sept, 11. "The Germans continue to retreat. The British have taken eleven cannon and many prisoners." This was tha gist of an official report Issued here tonight. BULLETIN'. PARIS, Sept. 11. (Via London.) It is officially announced that the German center, as well as their right wing, is retreating. e PARIS, Sept. 11. A review of the recent fighting; east of Paris from the standpoint of the French -war office Is made in an official communication issued this after noon. The offensive movements of the allies are described as success ful. The statement follows: "As we already have announced, a battle has been taping place since September 6 over a front extending in a general wry from Paris to Verdnn. Obliged to Retire. "From the very outset of this action the Germsn right wing, the army comv manded by General Von Kluck. which' September t had reached the district ti the north of Provlns, was obliged to fall back because, of tha danger of being en veloped. By Its clever and rapid move ments this army was succeeding In escap ing from tha allies' grip and waa throw-: Ing Itself with the greater part of lts; force against ou'renveloplng wing to tha: north of tho Msrne and tha west of the- Ourcq river. : "But tho French troops, which wera op; eratlng In this region, powerfully aided by tha bravery of our British allies. In flicted considerable losses on tha enemy and gained the time necessary to allow, our offensive to press forward and at present on that side tho enemy la In re treat toward Alsno and tha Oolsa. .! Have Not Teased Paraatt. "Ho haa thus fallen back more than' sixty or seventy-five kilometers (thirty seven to forty-six miles) in four days. In (Continued on Page Four, Column One.) r In every home there is some unfilled want which can be supplied by Bee Want Ads. 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