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No 1L American Soldiers Ordered Out of Mexico The Omaha Daily Bee Direct from the Rattle Arena. . The Bee's Real War Photos Rest of Them All. THE WEATHER. v Unsettled VOL. XLIV XO. 7; OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER H lOUHVELVE PAGES. Oa Traiaa anS at otsl Mews Bteada. 0a. SINGLE COPY ' TWO CENTS. T. TWO ARMIES OF KAISER FIGHTING AT RIVER AISNE Western, and Central Divisions Make . Stand Against Allies, While '" Others Ettire. RALLIES' ENTIRE LINE ENGAGED On French Left Wing Germans Of- . fer Resistance on North Side 1 - of the Reiver. CENTER IS NORTH OF RHEIMS German Forces Hasten Retreat in Order to Pentrate the Western Argonne Region. DRIVE CROWN PRINCE FURTHER Kaiser's Son Now Said by English to Hare Retreated. ALLIED TROOPS ARE REINFORCED Ha I a Makee Road Heavy and la la. rreastna; Dlfflcnlty of German Army Ita Retreat Six ill. Hundred Gnas Taken. 'PARIS, Sept. 15. The western and central armies of the German forces continued their resistance to day north of the river Aisne and Berth of Rhelms andsghalons, while the eastern army is retreating. This Is the substance of the Frencft offi cial communication given out this afternoon. The text of the com munication is as follows: "On ourIeft wins, during yester day, the Germans offers! resistance on the north side of the river Aisne along a line marked by the forest of L'Augle and Craonne, twelve, miles southeast of Laon. "On our center th German Una of ra Ittanra wii located yesterday to the north of -Rh elms' Trtt f CBuWnsrTtrWBW to reach Vlenne, the town In the western section of the Argonne rcRlon, the forces of thnemy which were in the southern part of Argonna. hastened their move ment of retraat. Ip pusltTK between tho Arg-onne region and the river Meuse their front yesterday, at the end of the day, extended from Varennes to Connenvoye. "On our right wing the Germans were doubling back on Mouna (France), and in Met 1. Dc I me and Chateau Salins (all in Lorraine). . , "In the Vosges and m Alsace the situ-' Btlon IS unchanged. "In Belgium the Belgium army Is con tinuing to operate around Antwerp, caus ing serious losses to the. enemy." 'fIkM AlwK Entire Line. i. statement given out by the offlolal preca bureau thta afternoon says: "The enemy is still occupying; strong position to the north of the Aisne and fighting is golrg on along the whole line." v The erown prince's army has been driven further backhand is now on the Jine of 'arennea, Consenvoye,and Ornoa. "The allied troopa have received rein forcements. . "Htx hundred and twelve 'guns were 'captured yesterday by the corps on the right of .the British, fRaln has made the roada heavy and Is Increasing the difficulty of the German army in Its retrc'at." v T The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Wednesday: For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity v-Unaettled; probably showers. Teaaperatnre at Omaha Yeaterday. Hour. 5 a. ).. S a. m.. 7 a. m.. 8 a. m.. 9 a. m.. 10 a. m.. )1 a. m.. IS m 1 p. 111.. 2 p. m. . S p. 111 . 4 p. in.. 5 p. m .. p. r... 7 p.-in . S p. m . . Vce .... 5i . . . 00 .... M .... 00 .... 64 ....-T 71 81 I sysaiyaira w wv-ano at.m.wawa 19U'. 1913. 1012J911. .Slightest yesterday 82 78 55 78 Lowest yesterday 5i f1 50 ty Mean temperature 6 4 52 ' Precipitation CO-" .09 .07 T. Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal: l Normal temperature 66 Kxcess for the etay 2 Total excess since March 1 406 Normal precipitation 12 Inch leficlency fur the day .11 luetics Total rainfall since Mwrrh 1 30.11 inches lieflciency nlne Aler-h I. ... S.4!) Inches Ief!clency for cor. eriod, litis.. 741 inches Iteflclency for cor. period, 1S1.. IS Inches Reports from Statlaaa at T P. M. Citation and Ftata of Weather. Cheyenne, clear Ilemp. High Rain- T'p. in. ... 74 est. fall. 78 .00 yf .24 M .110 K2 .00 m .oo 70 .00 82 .00 U .00 90 .00 S .00 74 T 72 .00 68 .( 7h .w 78 .00 liavenport. cloudy , 7 Iienver, flear ; M Kes Moines, cloudy 7 1 lodge City, cloudy M lender, doudy HH North Platte, part vluody. 7i Imiaha., clear 1 Pueblo, pi. cloudy H taild City. clouJy 74 Halt LuktfCity, pt. cloudy. 4t Panta Fe, cloudy M rilieridan. cloudy 4 Bloux City, clear 74 ValtMillne, pt. cloudy 72 Indicates trare of prc lpitatlon. U A. WELSH, Local Forocaelar. GERMAN ARTILLERY ON THE MARCH-One branch of the German army that haa sustaned .the promise made for it before the war, and even done a bit better, is the artil lery. Its efficiency will not be gainsayed by (" soldiers who have felt or watched its effects. The picture shows a battery i artillery passing through a French villa rro - -8ee ; . ... IW. 1 IP i , TV.,.W General Attempts Receiving- Command to Retreat PARIS. Sept. 15.-An officer who has Just arrived her from that a German general the ' front states commanding an artillery division of the army of the cen ter- attempted eulcldo on receiving aa order to retreat.. Afterwards he was cap tured by the French and sent to the cen ter of France. The taking of Semlln by the Servians has caused great manifestations and re- jolcing in-Belgrade. according, to a dl- wounded were being transported 10 em patcn.to the Havas, atncy from.!. Un. Ths Austrians took away several A "Te, Oucm" was'eung ;in all the prominent hostages. -Va.V ' GERMANS PUSH BACK RU8SIANSIN PRUSSIA Jetrograd Reports Tell of With drawal in Face of Kaiser's ( - , .Enormous Forces. ' CZAR'S FORCES CAPTURE GUNS I'lahllmJ Alnast Aaatrlaa Frontier Reported by Slara to ltare Setleil Them Many Maalma and Field Weapon. LONDON, Sept. Ik A diepatch from Tetrourad to the Post telling of the opera tions on th Russian frontier, says: "The Germans have concentrated enor mous forces" In east Prussia, causing a corresponding retirement on the part of the Russians-. The Tjermans, in aid of the hard" pressed armies! on the Austrian frontier, attempted to drive in with an over helming force along the line from Nordenburg-to. Goldap upon, the Russian base. At the same time Russia had been drawing, upon its forces In' east Prussia for reinforcements against. thie Austrian front Thus the Germans .attempt was wall timed. General Rennenkampff. how ever." by clever maneuvering, succeeded In driving back the Germans with heavy losses.. ' ' '."'. The Austrian army, which- Is retreat; ing on'Przemysl Includes one whole Ger man army corps and parUof another. These forces are loft to Germany for the duration ,of. the war.' for :they will be locked up: in Prxemysl, which the Rus sians must take by a prolonged siege. "Knormou. numbers -of msxlms and 7; i field' guns .which wtre captured by , the 7a j Russians, have, been everywhere lmmedl "s ' ately turned against their old owners. ii l'iie Gailclan railways have been placed J ' (Continued avn Page Two, Column Five.) i 73 Hitcfrcock Blocks Choice of McBride Red Cloud Nasby (From a 8tsff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, l?ept. li (Special Tele gram.) The senate. In executive session late today, rejected the nomination of C. V. Mcllride for postmaster at Red Cloud. It waa Penator Hitchcock's way of show ing his resentment at somebody's inter fering with his own recommendation. When McPridc's nomination came In on Saturday last as fen emergency. Senator Hitchcock was absent from the senate. When the eenjtor appeared on the floor Monday morning- he wss "hot all over," and did not hesitate to say harsh things about Brysn and others, whom he charged with complicity. ' There was no vote taken oa the Me- Biide nomination In the senate, for none was necessary, tha postofflce and post roads committee having reported ad versely on the McBride nomination. The rejection of McBride Intensified the situation as to the Uncoln postmaster ship aa to whathar P. W, Brow a will be continue, vv. ' Tf f-" "111 . Suicide on V churches today. " " On the afternoon of September lfl two Austrian monitors approached" the Ser vian capital .nd fired about fifty shots. The?ervtan artillery at Belgrade and at Semlin replied, driving them off. The flight of the Austrians, th .dis patch says, resembled a panic. The de feat of the Austrians on two sides soon became apparent, as many of the THIRTY-FIYE DIE IN WRECK . 1 Chair Car of Frisco Train No. 5 Plunges Into Water. CREEK F'OODED BY 'BIG RAINS Trala Speeding to Make f p Loat Time Goea Throash Trestle Near lebsaoa, Mo. Moat ( Dead Drowned. SPRINGFIELD. Mo., Sept. 15. Between thirty-fiva- and forty-five persons were killed and a score of others Injured early today when the locomotive, baggage car and forward chair car of St. I-ouls A San Francisco No. t plunged through a trestle over Brush creek, near Lebanpn, Mo., and were submerged In the swollen stream. - Most of the dead were drowned In the chair car anil a great number of thes were women and children. Those, who were" able to escape from their watery prison fought their way out by breaking windows and swimming to shore. -It la estimated there were sixty-five passen gers lnxthe chair car. ' Owing to poor communication. with the 1 seen of the wreck It is impossible to give a definite estimate of how many escaped. None of the. sleeping cars left tbe track and ' the passengers In these - quickly formed themselvs,lnto rescue parties. , One -man In the chsir.car lost his, wife and five children. "WhenHhe accident. oc cured he was. thrown .clear of, the. descending- chair; and- swam -to. shore.' In the submerged car his, wife and. children met their. deaths, , while ha stood near by-) unable' to save' them. , ' 1 Heavy rains last week c a need all the small . streams n the vicinity to rise. The train 'was late because of. the flooded conditions. As It passed Lebanon, ac- cordlpg to reports reaching here," lta speed, was increased to make uj lost time. Railroads 'officials announced the. In jured .were .brought to'. Springfield this afternoon.' The dead are being placed In hastily .arranged morgues at . Lebanon. The names qf the Identified dead were Continued on Psge Two, Column Three.) Judge McPherson Unable. to Hold Court Owing to Me continued Illness of Judge Smith McPherson he was unable to ap pear on the bench when the September term of the. federal court at Council Bluffs convened here yesterday, morning. Judge Walter I, Smith of the United states circuit court of appeals took his place, but announced that he would only hear thoae eases that wrre of pressing Importance and no criminal cases at. all excert l'.se whi-ia defendant w .. Judrft M TheiS'.n M or.flned, ' h'S home In Red Cik ai d Judge Hmlth said that while he was not compelled to re main In bed he was too much Indisposed to undertake the heavy duties of his of fice. Judge McPherson soma ' time ago suffered severely from an attack of ptomaine poisoning, .and later, when stranded by a balky automobile. Im patiently got out and walked several mlloa, forgetting, his weakened condition, lie was considerably prostrated by the unusual exertion and Is still suffering from the combined affects of the poison and the avsr exertion. ' i . v? r .... ... J T " M - a 1 BELGIANS ACTIYE ; '-TO ASSIST ALLIES Flanking Movement in France De pends on Assistance Rendered in the North. HEAVY FIGHTING ALONG LINE Some of Moat Comprehensive Opera tions no Far Indrrtake by Bel a;lan Army Are, lade Way Against Germans. (Copyright, 1914, by Press Punishing Co ) GHENT, Belgium (via London), Sept. 15. (Spool J ' Cablegram to New York ! World and Omtha Bee.) The magnitude of the battle between the Belgian army and the Germans who' remained In this country Instead ' of Joining their fellowa and Invading France has been carefully masked In all the official communications from the capital at Antwerp, and the few scraps of information abput It. which have trickled Into this place have given littlo hint of Its Importance. . Mark Depends on -Action. 'The battle -lasted for four days, but the people here In Ghent have heard nothing of.lt. They believe all the fighting there Is In t Belgium Is between cycle and cavalry detachments and squads of uhlans.. Yet' the flanking movement of the allies in France 'depended ..largely on the. success of the movement, by far the most important ;of the Belgian army since the days after Liege. - , ( Every -available, man of ' the . German Landsturm. and .the boy army which has held Belgium for three weeks waa massed along :the fighting line. The places held by, the enemy were Kampst. Weerde, Elewyt, Campenhout Werpeleaer, Not selaer and Hollebek. 4"he Belgian forces lay to' the northeast of the line, their farther flank to the south of lAerschot and the center aboiit Keerberger. The center of the battle storm was a cross road about middle distance between M alines and . Louvaln. ' New Belarlaa Gana. Between Aerschot and Brussels a place called Langestraet,- where the Mallncs Louvain canal Is crossed," was vigorously cannonaded by the Belgiana with new guna, of which they are very proud. I wonder where they eame from? A Germaa aeroplane fell Into the Bel gian camp and one officer was killed and a sergeant taken prisoner. On board were nine bombs. The machine waa brought down by rifle fire. BELGIAN COMMISSION WILL MEET WILSON WEDNESDAY" WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Secretary Bryan announced late today, on receipt of a message from President Wilson, that the Belgian commission which has come to this country to protest against alleged German atrocities, will be received at the Whlto House Wtdnesdsy afternoon. The National Capital Taeaaay, September IB, 1914. The Seaate. The filibuster against the river harbor hlil.was continued. Republicans decided to oppose a tax measure In any form whatever. and r.H .11 ilMtr? 1X: . The lloa. Democrats prepared to caucus tonight on the war tax measure. Debate on the land leasing bill WSJ re turned on the door. i YON KLUCR'S ARMY IS SURROUNDED English Correspondent Sends Re port that Allies Encircling Movement is Successful. SLIGHT ADMISSION BY BERLIN Uerraaa Official lllaeoaal Admitted . Tnrnlna f Their Rlaht Wlfirf by Predlctlna; (.alnlaa; of Adtanlaar ar Verdna. HI I.I.ICTI. , LONDON. Sept. 1R. (4:06 p. ra.) The occupation of Rhelmn, by the allied troopa, wan announced by thi official press bureau this afternoon. MXNDON.Sept. U.. T2 p. m. The corrr spondent of the Central News at Dieppe, under date of Mon day. September 14, transmits a re port that the German army under General von Klurk has been forced to surrender. The correspondent says: "A re port has reached Dieppe that the ex treme left of the allies, after making Roye and Ham afad joining a force from the Boulogne district, has com pelled General von Kluck to sur render with, according; to one state ment, 14,000 men, and according to another statement with 25,000 men' and a quantity of guns and war ma terial." Genersl von Kluck has been operating on the German right wing and lias conse quently been opposed to the left wing Of the allies. His army has been retiring be fore the allies' for several days. Itoye and Ham are to thoir southeast of Amiens and were occupied by the Ger mans two days Rga. Recent reports show that theso towns are now in the. posses sion of the allies. Mllltay Critics Differ. For once the milltsry critics on both sides agree that the outcome of the cam paign in' the western area depends on the result of . the operations of the crown prince's army before Verdun, but on the question of accomplished facts the di vergence of opinion Is aa, wlde.os ever. Berlin maintains that -the Investment of Verdun la now complete and therefore ex pects that within two or three days there will be resumption of ' the offensive along the whole German front.1 On the other hand the latest official communi cation Issued In behalf of tbe allies states that the crown prince has been driven back and ' has moved his headquarters from Sainte Menehould south of Rhelms, to Mont Faucnn, about fifteen mtlea northeast. V Berlin admits that the weakened Ger man right wing has been turned hack, but discounts the reverse by maintaining that it will have no effect on the general forward movement to bo Initiated when Verdun falls. Another Strnaale In I'roaress, As far as the moral effect goes, the re capture of Ilhelma probably mesns more to the French army than the rolling up of the -German left wing beyond Verdun, so that the battle line on the Aisne, the scene of sanguinary fighting, la to day undoubtedly the arena of a stub born struggle of the fiercest description. Mine Workers Like .Wilson's Proposal WASHINGTON. Sept. lS.-Presldent Wilson was notified todsy that the United Aline Workers of America had accepted the tentative basis for the set tlement of the Colorado strike submitted by the president last week. The mine operators have not replied. CHARLES AND WM. KARBACH ESCAPE INJURY IN ACCIDENT Miraculously escaping death, Charles Karbach and his brother, William, living at K4 South Twenty-firth atreet, riding in air automonua that they could not con tral, were wedged In between two street cars at Twenty-eighth and Leavenworth streets early this morning. The machine was demolished, hut both occupants were hurled to the yavemrnt unhurt. OFFICIALS DENY BRINGING RUSSIANS FROM NORTH liONDON. Sept. W.-Tha etory that Russian troops had been landed on the continent after coming via Kngland from Archangel, haa met with formal and apei'lflo denial both from the English official bureau and from Belgian offlolal source, . - ""' an encircling movement, by way of War Summary Germany's armies to the north and east of Parle, after retreat ing for upwards of fifty miles to ward the Belgian frontier, are to day making a determined stand along the river Aisne. A news agency dispatch from Dieppe says that General von Kluck has been enveloped br a French encircling movement and forced to surrender with a large command and a quantity of guna and ammunition. The German general staff, how ever, announced yesterday that heavy engagements were being fought by General von Kluct's right wtng to the northeast of Paris without a decisive result, so far. The French attempts to break through the German lines were said to have been repulsed. Reports regarding the opera tions In East Prussia contradict each fother. Ftom Petrograd h Is said that General Rennenkacoipf. Lhas -resumed the offensive and that the Investment of Koenlga berg still ia in progress. Berlin advices, however, are fo the ef fect that the Russian general haa suffered defeat nearly as severely as that of the Russian disaster at Allenstein. Further Petrograd dispatches estimate the casualties of the Austrians in Gallcla total 300, 000, nearly one-third of -their forces. , The sinking of the German pro tected cruiser Hela of 2,040 tona by a submarine of the allied fleet is announced in an official state ment lrsued at Berlin. A major part of the crew was saved, j The German submarine which, sank the British cruiser Path finder, wlth(a loss of 24 6 lives, is reported to have been destroyed by the fire of several British cruisers. . t Sharp-skirmishes have taken place in the Shantung peninsula of China between the German de fender of the Klao Chow conces sion and a Japanese laying foroe, A , measure, was Introduced In the Brltieh Parliament today sus pending until after the-war the proceedings on the Irish' home rule and the Welsh disestablish ment bills. Queen iWllhelmtna, opening Parliament in(person, emphasised the necessity of the Ne'herlands maintaining the strictest neutral ity In the war, BELGIANS FALL INTO TRAP OFOEBHAHS Alexander Powell Describes How Infantry Assault Upon Weerde . Was Repulsed. RUN INTO HAIL OF DEATH Mea Advance, Believing Tiwi Ersesstrd and Are Met fcy Machine Artillery and Rifle Fire. y K. AI.RXANDKH rOWRLL, (Copyright, 19U, by PreSa Publishing Co.) ANTWERP, Sept.' U.-(8pectal Cable gram to New Tork World and Omaha Bee.) This cable wss origlnfeUy intended to be the story pf the taking of Weerde. Owing, however, to circumstances . over which neither the Belgiana nor I had control, Weerde remains untaken. Four HIgian divisions pressed forward along a front extending from Aerschot nearly to AJost, a distance of something over thirty miles, on Saturday morning. The Belgian centrr rested on Hompst, two miles south of Valines, its objective be ing the town of Weerde on the Antwerp and Brussels railway, a point of consid erable strategic Importance. It waa known the Uermans occupied Weerde in force, so throughout he day the Belgian artillery, masked by heavy woqda, pounded away Incessantly. By noon the Germans' guns ceased to reply, which was assumed by the Jubilant Bel gians to be a sign that the enemy's ar tillery had been silenced. Thompson, the now famous war photo grapher of the New 'Tork World, and 1, arrived at he headquarters of the First division at Bemptit early in the afternoon. leaving our car at the gate of the con vent over which a .-Red Croes flag was flying, which promised therefore to be fairly Immune from shell fire. I.eok Down an Battle, Gronad. A hundred yarda In front of It stretched the highway from Brussels to Antwerp. laying In a ditch bordering our side of tbe highway was a Belgian brigade of In-funu-y. Ascending to the garret wa broke a hole through the tiled roof and found ouraelvea looking down upon the battle precisely as one looks down on a base ball game from the upper tier of seats at the polo grounds. In the Immediate foregrounds were two regiments) of carabineers, two regiments ef chasseurs, the men all crouching In tha ditch or lying prone on the ground. Five hundred yarda on the other si do of the highway we rould see through tho trees the red pottery roofs and white washed wslls of Weerde, while a short distance (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) WILSON ORDERS U, S. TROOPS TO QUIT VERA CRUZ 0 American Soldiers in Possession ol Mexican Seaport Commanded to Withdraw. ' STATEMENT FROM WHITE HOUSE Further Presence of Soldiers of Uncle Sam Are Deemed Un- necessary, it it Said. v EXECUTIVE EXPLAINS ACTION More in View of Entire Removal of Circumstances Thought to Justify Occupation. SHIPS LIKELY TO COME HOME Understood in Official Circles that War Veisels Will Leave Soon. CABINET TALKS OVER SITUATION Asseaaesmeal Followa Discission of Matter by Chief Magistrate and Ilia Mlalatere at' Meet las;. WASHINGTON. Sept 16 Amer- lean troops have been ordered with drawn from Vera Crui. ' The following . statement waa given out at the White House thtg afternoon: "The troops have been ordered withdrawn from Vera Crus. This ac tion Is takon In view of the entire removal of the circumstances which were thought to Justify the occupa tion. The further presence of the troops Is deemed unnecessary." While no mention waa made of the fleet It la understood In oflclal circles that wltfi the withdrawal most of the war ships In Mexican watera will be- ordered home. s The announcement followed a discus-, slon of the situation at today's cabinet meeting and came as a direct result of favorable advices from Paul Fuller, Pres Idrnt Wilson's personal representative, who Is retpmlng from an Investigation trip to Mexico. German Prince in Danger in Argonne IjOKDON, Sept. lB.-The correspondent of the Times at Bordeaux dealing with what he terras the precarious position of tha Xlerman crown prince, who Is threat ened with complete envelopment If he seeks his fortune In the plalna of Chalons, save: N it la nnulhl that If he la strong nmirh In hold the Argonne forest tTiat the Oermsns may complete a change of front and awing their armies on the pivot of Argonne around to the Meuse valley, tn which General Von Kluck's army will find Itself In the position of outside run Mi. murh as at the bend of a racing track, and might be unable to get around In time. 'it innVi mt nresent aa though the Whole German army Is withdrawing to snake a stand on the Peronae-Bt. Quentin-ver-fin. Mocierwa line, which would give them a line of retreat through Luxem berg. This la known to have been pre pared by the ssppers tor a oeierminea defense." -' Submarine is Sunk in Turn by British I3NDON. Sept. 15. The Bcotsman today states that the German submarine which sank tha British cruiser Pathfinder has Itself sunk. On Wednesday last, accord ing to the paper, a part of the British fleet on the lookout for German sub marines became aware of the near pres ence of one. Tha British vessels divided, when the submarine appeared with only Us periscope showing. With grim patience tbe British cruiser waited for the reappearance of the sub marine, which occurred in a dramatic fashion. By some miscalculation, prob ably In a final effort to excape the' cruisers, tha submarine's conning tower and upper structure suddenly, appeared in the midst of the English vessels. Tha conning tower -had hardly -broken the surface of the water when tha first British gun marked it The doomed ves sel waa within range of seven Brltieh cruisers and from every one of them guns crashed out In ten seconds seven shot entered the frail shell of the sub- Democrat Margin ' in Maine is 3,587 PORTUAND, Sept. 15. The democratic victory in Maine's state election yester day waa measured by the S.S67 plurality by which Mayor Oakley C. Curtis of Portland defeated Governor William T. Haines, rpubllcsn, tor re-election, ac cording o unofficial returns from all but thirty-seven of the 621 cities and; towns todsy. All four congressmen, three republkgrn and one democrat, were re-elected. " The comparative returns available for 44 cities and towna give: Haines, re publican, u.&3; Taft, republican, '."fil; Curtis, democrat, 1,;; Wilson demo crat, S0.4M; Gardner, progressive, n,4U Roosevelt, progressive, r,gH. !