hi Flank Gives Way 7 Miles Kaiser s P N II W II FT A TT-T A ll A TTTT X II WfTr4 BACK AGAIN MUTT and JEFF See Sport Page THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XLIV-NO. S2. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, SKPTKMr.KK '22, 1P14-TKN PACKS. ..v:.. sixuu-: HUT TWO CENTS. Rig GOER ARMY CHIEF RESIGNS; COUNTRY FULL OFLOUVAINS Prig. Gen. Beyer, Commander of Union' Defense Force, Oppose Invading German Africa. WESTERN WING OF GERMANS FORGED TO YIELD GROUND Teutons Thrust Back Seven Miles Durinp Forty-Eight Hours as Sequel to Fighting. CHANGING POSITON DURING BATTLE French infantry on the double quick from one position to another during the operations which followed the retirement of. the Germans from the gates of Paris. This maneuver gives a good idea of the conditions that exist during fighting in the open.' u rT-v SAYS DUTCH PEOPLE WITH HIM Surprised Parliament 0. K.' Resolu tion to Conquer Teuton Terri tory Without Provocation. BITTER AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN Speaks of Violated Independence of Republic and Orange Free State by England. BARBARITIES PERPETRATED Charge of Atrocities Recall Out rages of the Briton. FARMS AND TOWNS LAID WASTE fetter from Hln Superior in Amitfr Criticises Other for Xhoirlnc Hatred and Division Amoni Popalatlon. LONDON, Sept. 21. Brigadier General Christ ian Frederick Rcyers, commandant general of the Union of South Africa's defense forceti, has resigned his post, because of his dis approval of the Bciion of Great Britain in Bending commandoes to conquer German southwest Africa. The official press bureau tonight gave out the letter of resignation of General Beyers and the reply of Gen eral Jan Christian Smuts, minister of finance and defence of the South African Union. No Provocation. General Beyers reminds General Smuts that In August he (Unapproved of the vending of commandoes (forces of Boer troops) to .conquer German southwest Africa and expresses surprise, that l'ar- jrarncni.' conTrnnecTTthe resolution of the a-overnment to conquer the. Gorman terri tory without any provocation by th-9 Ger mans. Hs Insists that a majority of the Dutch people In the union disapproved of crossing the German frontier. Referring to a statement that Great Britain had taken part In the European war for the sake of justice and to pro tect the Independence of smaller nations and comply with treaties, General Beyers points to the resignation of two British ministers as evidence "that a strong mi nority cannot bo convinced of the right eousness of war with Germany." As to the protection of smaller nations. General Beyers says: Point to Past. "I have only to Indicate how the Inde pendence of the South African republic and of the Orange Free State was vio lated and of what weight the Sand River convention was. "It is said this war Is being waged against the barbarity of the Germans, i have forgiven, but not forgotten, ull the barbarities perpetrated on our country during the South African war. With very few exceptions all the farms, not to men tion many towns, were so many 'Lou vatns' of which we now hear so much." General Beyers denies that the Germans Invaded South African Union territory and declares "If they did, the Dutch and British would fight side by side In Its defence and that he would gladly lead them." Sraats' Re,1y.. General Smuts in nls reply sajs: "All the plans against German southwest Continued on rage Two, Column One.) The Weather Forecast of the weather for Tuesday and Wednesday: For Nebraska Fair Tuesday and prob ably Wednesday. Foe Iowa Partly cloudy and cooler Tusday-; Wednesday, fair. Hours. Deg. S a. m 6!) U a. in 7 a. m W 5 a. m 7 I a. m 71 10 a. m 74 11 a- m 77 12 in 0 1 p. m 2 p. m 7 3 p. m , "5 4 p. ni 75 6 2. ni 71 p. m 'I 7 i. in SO 8 p. m t Loral Record. so 84 S0 75 66 41 44 43 73 b! :z M 2i .00 .0u .00 C ouaparatlre Highest yesterday, 'lowest yesterday. M.a'i tenipeiature. rrecipitation Hruorli from ntatloas at T P. M. Temprruture and precipitation departures fpjm the normal: Norinul temperature 64 Kiipu fur the day lulu I x((ea slnre March 1 470 iNormal precipitation 07 inch Kxceea for the day 18 inch 'total rainfall since Maroh 1.. JO. 71 inches de ficiency since March 1 140 inches lieficlency for cor. period, 1913. 7. Inches Ieficlency for cor. period, Uii. 1. 1 Inches t-lutloo and State Temp. High- Rain if Weather. 7 p. m. ... M ... 78 ... 2 ... ? est. fall. .00 k4 .00 ' .0 w .a 71 .fit so . 72 . .00 hcyenne, part cloudy, 1 lavenport, clear I it iiver. cloudy l,ise fltv, clear.. ... : ..jrtli I'latte, clear....- On.aha. "iudy Hnpirt City, clear M-ilJn. part cloudy., Sioux City, clear .'41 .'J Yaletine. cloudv o0 U A. WELSH, Local forecaster. BATTLE OF AISNE AN ARTILLERY DUEL Great Struggle Beginning Week Ago Saturday Ha Developed Into Siege Operations. TEUTON ARMY IS REINFORCED Military Men Pellerr o(hina: Rnt nt f Inn kin u Movement Can Have. Any K.ffert on F.I t her of Forcea. IflNPON. Sept. :i.-T1ie. unparalleled struggle on the river Alsne. which com-menr-ed about a week ago Saturday, has developed into siege operations. Th two armies, strongly intrenched, are earning on an artillery duel while the Infantry make attacks and rounter attacks, which arc In the nature of sorties, from a be sieged fortress. Occasionally one or the other gains a little ground, but It Is so little, that the opposing forces remain In their trenchea or take up positions In new entrench ments Immediately behind those from which they are driven. Rrrntni Reinforced. It Is now becoming the conviction of military men that nothing but outflank ing movements i an have any serious ef fect on either army. The Germans, ac cording to their own official repqt. have been strongly reinforced, both oa their right, where General von Ktuck Is roak Ing such a stubborn stand In almost Im pregnable positions on the hills north of Alsne. end In the center. whre the Ger mans are making almost superhuman ef forts to recapture Rhelms. It Is probably the dexlre to recapture, tbla town at all costs, because of Its Im portance as the key to Important com munications that will improve all their connections for attack or retreat, that has lad the Germans to continue tho bombard ment which haa resulted in the destruc tion of ths famous cathedral. Rontharrtment he ere. This bombardment haa been of the most severe kind, and is being directed from Brlmont. which the French recaptured but loBt again, and from other hills around the town, and is of deadly char acter. The French 'have brought up addi tional heavy artillery In an attempt to drive the Germans out of theje hills, for until thla la dono the situation In the town must be difficult. On the allies' left the French report claims another advance on the right -bank of the river Oise as far as the heights ol I,axsigny, west of Noyon, which has been the center of heavy fighting for a week past. Kigali" Worth of Alsne. Severe fighting also continues north of the Aisne. and In the Craonne district, where the Germans, the French official communication says, have been repulsed pt all points with considerable losses. This Is an extremely difficult country oer which to make an advanoe. The plateau of 'Crnonne Is of limestone, v 1th the sides almost as perpendicular as walls, the valleys In wet weather be coming quagmires. It was on this pla teau Just a century ago that Bluecher failed to check Napoleon. Now Hold the Heights. The allies apparently have scaled the walls of the plateau and now hold tho heights, but ahead of them they found Von Kluck In great strength and arnow awaiting the outcome of the attempt to turn his flunk, which would clear the road for them. The French army, which Is trying to work around the German right. Is pushing Us way slowly alofig. start ing from Compelegne, It reached Noyon, arjd today Is on the heights of Lassigny. Ita nert objective point Is Tergrter, nineteen miles from Irfion, an Important railway Junction, which the tSermans are using for provlsioniug their force. Neither Front Proken. The French have made some headway in Champagne and on the western slope of the Argonne and have reoccupled Mes nll Les Jiurlus and Messlges. but else where the situation remains as it was. It is certain, neither front has been broken, all attempts to do this having been repulsed, and while the German right may be bending back a little, It Is not yet outflanked. 'All this fighting has been carried on in most execrablo weather, a continuous downpour, which often accompanied bat tles, filling the trenches with water and putting a brake on the movements of A L. FRENCH AND ENGLISH DEAD BURIED WHERE THEY FALL LONDON. Sept. tt -The British and French dead are being buried together, where they fall on the field of battle and the German dead burned, according to a dispatch to the Dally Telegraph (rum Emevllla (South of ths Aisne). rx e uay s War News The strupKlc between the Ger msns and the allied forcea on the battle front In France, from Noyon in the 'Ft to Verdun, the French war office pays, has be come less violent. From thin It would peem as If both sides had concluded the gaining of a few yards of ground hardly warranted the losses entailed and are pre paring for a strong offensive movement at some ptrategic point. Tho French report they have made progress between Uhelms and the Argonne forest. On their left wing they hare reached the heights of 1-assigny. With them on this part of the battle line are the British, who, according to an official statement issued by the British bureau, have fared badly since the beginning of the war in the loss of officers. The casualty list shows Jhat 797 British officers are among the killed, wounded and missing, a very high percentage of the total Tosses. Among these are thirty two colonels and lieutenant colo nels, eighty-five majors and 246 captains. The German emperor has taken up big quarters in Luxemburg, according to a Paris dispatch. To guard against possible raids by French aviators a squadron of German aeroplanes is In readi ness to ward off any such at tempts. A Vladivostok dispatch says that Japanese aeroplanes have de stroyed with bombs two of the Important forts at Tsing-Tau, In the German protectorate of Kiao Chow, while Peking reports that a British detachment left Tlen Tsln Saturday to assist the Jap anese in the attack on that place. The Montenegrin army la be lieved to be close to Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia. The Monte negrin foreign office learns that the Austrian army is in retreat. Because of his disapproval of the action of the British govern ment In seeking the conquest of German southwest Africa, Briga dier General Beyers, command ant general of the Union of South Africa's defence forces, has re signed. President Wilson will take no further steps for the present re garding mediation in the Euro pean struggle. Germans Adding to Their Defenses On West Frontier (Copyright, 1914, Press Publishing Co.) ROTTKrtDAM. Sept. 21. (Special Cablv gram to New York World and Omaha Bee.) All transport of merehandias to Mannheim, Baden and hyond haa been stopped by Germans, according to Infor mation received from ftrecht todsy. This traffic would of necessity (to along the Rhine and the whole western frontier of Germany. Thla edict, read in conjunction with a report from Amsterdam that Gcrumny la seriously reinforcing Its fortifications at Cologne and Dusseldorf and making every preparation for defending the towns, suggests that the whole right bank of the Rhine is being prepared for defense and that the Germans are anxious that even the Dutch shall not see their prepa rations. TWENTY-SIX OF PEGASUS' CREW LOSE THEIR LIVES GIBRALTAR (Via London), 6epL 21. It Is officially announced from Zanzibar that the British cruiser Pegasas, which was recently attacked and disabled by the German cruiser Koenlgsberg, has been beached. LONDON, Fept. 22,-IJeulenint Com mander Kiehard C. Turner and Lieuten ant John II. Drake and lent-four men of tli British cruiser Pegasus were killed In the a'-tion with the Oeiman cruiser Koenlgsberg In Zanxihar harbor. Tluec officers and fifty meu were wounded ami nine are missing, Th J v bsbbs AUSTRIA REELING BY TRAITOR BLOWS Russia Two Years Ago Bought Val uable Military Secrets from Vienna Staff Chief. BEAR GRIP ON GALICIA TIGHTENS Prserayal Inrested, tlnnkl's Retreat Ins: rmr Surrounded, Dnnleckn rnnr), teennlliic to le rosrari Reports. VIKXNA, Fept. 21 (Via Paris. I-The be lief Is growing In official circles here that Austrian reverses In Omicla. were, to a largn extent, brought about by exact knowledge held by the Russian war office of Austria's mobilisation and campaign plans, which had been obtained through an elaborate "system of espionage. The military authorities, It Is claimed, two years ago discovered that Colonel Alfred Redl, chief of the general staff of the Eighth Austrian army corps, had betrayed Information of vital Importance ti Russia, and although It Is thought probable the Austrian general staff later made changes In tbelr plans, the military experts believe the mortifications would not have greatly affected the general basis of campaign as worked out. Colonel Redl was found guilty of being a traitor and on the advice of brother officers committed suicide. Anstrlane In 'War. KONDON, Sept. 2I.-The Russian grip on the scattered Austrian forces In Gallcla Is holding relentlessly, according to Petrograd advtecs. The fortress of Jaroslau Is being bombarded, Prcemysl has been Invested and General Dankl's army, which Is retreating toward Cracow, haa been aurrounded. The capture of the town of Dublerko, on the river Han. by the Russians, has cut Przemysl off from the western armies, so that it must now rely for defense upon the Austrian and German army corps which are there. General Pankl Is believed to be In a difficult position. . Driven out of South4 Poland and separated from the main body of the Austrian army, he has been compelled to make a race for Cracow, In which he was, according to Russian ac-' counts, beaten by the Russian army com ing southward from the Vistula to Baranow. Germans Retaliate. The Germans have retaliated to some extent by penetrating the territory of( Fuwalkl, In Russian Poland, and farther to the north. But the Russians ax con tenting themselves with defending their fortresses until their work In Gallcia Is completed. The Montenegrins and Servians are re ported to be meeting with success and tho Montenegrins are approachUig Sara jevo, capital of Bosnia. Filibusterers Win; Pork Bill Cut Down to Twenty Millions WASHINGTON, Bept. 21. -Victory to night culminated the long-drawn-out fili buster against the rivers and harbors bill In the senate. By a vote of twenty-seven to twenty-two the senate sent the meas ure back to the committee, with instruc tions that Ita total appropriations be cut to M,nno0. to be expended In the discre tion of the War department, on existing waterway Improvement projects. The bill when originally reporti.-d from the commerce committee carried $."J,(ji),. 000, but had been reduced to about 34,0U0, 000 by committee action two weeks ago. Kaiser in Quarters at Luxemburg Now LONPON, Sept. 21. The German em peror has taken up his quarters in Lux emburg, according to a Paris dispat'-h to the Kxchanue Telegraph company. Thou sands of troops are stationed around the legation, where he resides. To guard against possible raids by French aviators, a squadron of aeroplanes Is In constant readiness to beat off attacks. WANTFD llrlght Young lady wt.nte.1 hy prominent Omaha business firm fur osition as book kewper. od salary, splendid fu ture. Slut': experi'-.nce and give reference. For farther Information abont thla opportunity, ses ht Waat Ad JMctloa of today's Bee. - s J 4 lfc. "Y v ' 1 - . . ' , -: , Germans Occupy Craonne Positions and Bethany Town I1KRI.IN, Sept. 21 (Via I Pinion.) An official comnuinlcMion is sued Monday night reftnrdinK tit course of tho battles around Rhelms says: , "Tho .sljons, hilly poNltlons at t'raonnei have bc-en captured. Ad vancing on Ilheinis our troops oc cupied the village of Itcthany. "We are attacking the strong fort on the line south of VerdureVhHl 11,0 and the tiermaua have rrossed the ea.t border In tlie direction of Lorraine, which la defended by eight Krtnch army corps. A sortie from the northeast of Verdun haa leen repulsed. "The French troop camping to the north of Toul (near Nancy) have been (surprised by our artillery. I.'.'ln the ret of . the . Vrcnch war theater there have been no engaifsj. menta. "In the llelglao and eaatern bat tteflelda the situation in un changed." ROOSEVELT FLAYS COURTS T. R., at Kansas City, Kan., Attacks Judiciary of Own State, MOST REACTIONARY ANYWHERE Declares tlonat to I'mixreaalvra Want ! I. aw to 1'iit Stop Mid Labor ia America. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Sept. 21.-'ritcnm of the Judiciary and a plea for Immediate lawa to regulate child labor were voiced by Colonel Theodore lloosevelt In an ad dress madn In Kansas City, Kan., tonight. "The progressives want a national law to put a stop to ehild labor, and we are going to have It." declared Colonel KoukcvcU. "The republiians and demo crats say it Is against the constitution to pass such a law, but In the day when the constitution was written there was no child Ishor. "We should choose our laws to suit the present needs of our' people. No man ad mires the constitution more than I. "No man admires the fathers that wrote it more than I. I admire them intelli gently, for 1 know what they didn't then. "New York has the proud distinction of having the most reai'tloiiHry Judiciary In the country," declared Colonel Kooe velt. "And the funny thing Is that the men who compose Its courts are A No. 1 men and could settle a dispute, between two men with (erfect Justlre. When they settle a law case, however, they tin not .think of the human being Involved. They think only of the papers, precedents Hnd arguments." The Roosevelt party will leave, here to morrow morning for Lincoln, Nrh., where Colonel lloosevelt will speuk tomorrow night. To Arrive After Mldulgbt. i wcniy-nve progressives, mostly can didates, and a few of the old county ominitteenit n met on the top floor of the City National bank building last night. It was announced that Colonel noose velt was to get Into Omaha at 12:25, after midnight tonight, following his address at Lincoln. Many of the local progres sives are planning to go down to meet him. There was some talk of getting a crowd out foi a reception at the Taxton hotel, but then It was pointed out that he ia in the hands of the national com mittee and that it la doubtful If a recep tion would be permitted for him at that hour, as the colonel's health is not the beat. WILSON TO GO TO PRINCETON TO VOTE IN PRIMARY WASHINGTON", Sept. Jl President Wilton lll go to Princeton, N. J . to vote in the primaries there. He will irse Washington at i o'clock In the morning and be hark again shortly after o'clock in the evening. He will vote lor the lenomlmitlon of Itepi csentallve Allan Wglsb. , ,v ENGLISH OFFICERS FALL BY JUNDREDS Seven Hundred and Ninety-Seven Among Killed, Wounded and Missing. CHARGES LIKE OF BALAKLAVA Correspondents Declare Flahtlng Kxceeds In Violence Anything Since Struasle a Port Arthnr. liNTKIV. Sept. a. - Uraphlc derrriptlons from corretipoiiiients hovering In the wake of tho armies In Trance, declare last week's Untiles exceeded in violence anything In history since the struggle, at Tort Arthur There are stories of charges unequalled In the annals of British arms since Halnklsva and the css- UHtty lists which filter through slowly day by day confirm thn reports, which otherwise might be taken as an exagger ation. The part that Hrltlsh officers are play Ing lei Illustrated by tho bare testimony of the casualty lists, fleven hundred and ninety-seven ofb-ers are among the killed, wounded and missing, whh h is a per centage out of all proportion to the ranks, tine hundred ami thirty officers have been killed: 358 have been sounded and 2T9 are missing. Many of the miss ing probably must later l? recorded as killed or wounded. Hold Honor Mare. The Coldstream (luards regiment hoda the place of honor, with tujrty-one cas ualties among Ita officers' corps. The King's Royal Rifles and the Suffolk regi ment have earli had twenly-flve officers killed or wounded; the Oordon Highland ers twenty-three, the Munster Kuslleers twenly-one. Cameron Highlanders and Cheshire regiment each nineteen. Tho field artillery has lost flfty-rlx and the medical corps fifty-two officers. Usted by ranks, the names of colonels and lieutenant colonels number thirty two; majors clghty-flve and captains Homes In Monrnlng. The homes of many of the best known families in the kingdom are In mourning. Lieutenant Wyndham of the Coldstream (luards, killed in action, wsn the. only son of the late ileorge Wyndham, at one time chief secretary for Ireland. Lieu tenant Lock wood of the same recipient was tho nephew and heir of Lieutenant x'olonel A. R. l. Lmkwnod. one of the most popular members of the House of Commons. Saturday's list announced the death of l,ord liuernsey, the heir of the earl of Aylesford, and lxrd Arthur Vin cent Hay, heir of the Marquis Tweed- dale. Chicago Men Held For Operations to Swindle W. 0. W, CHICAGO, Sept. 21. Dr. - fi. M. Robin, an attache of the city health department, and Kdward hlnKer were arrested by fed eral officials today, charged with having used the malls to defraud the Woodmen of the. World of Omaha. I'osImI authori ties declared they believed they had un earthed frauds of more than 1fi,0frt. The men were accused of Inserting false names in membership applications, send ing them io Omaha with tl.fiO application fee and then receiving W fee for medical examination. More arrests in the case are expected soon, according to William A. Kraser of Omaha, aoverelgn commander of the Woodmen. 'He declares the. total amount of the alleged swindles is at least 15.ii0n, and that It will probably exceed that sum by a considerable figure. "Vot some time Indications have pointed to fraud," Commander Kraser says. "Evi dence In our hands led us to suapect a systematic plan to rob lis of small amounts by lha collection of agency and medical lees on false applications. Our lawyers and detectives have been work lug on the case quite a while, and the frauds have been occurring for at least elKbteen months. Dr. Robin Is an exam ining phyMtclan and Kdward Singer Is an agent. They are among those suspected of being Implicated In the scheme." t loadbarst la Arlsoaa. RAY, Arls., Sept. 21. One men. Wayne pengler. lost his life here today In a rloiidhurKt which swept th round the main atiei-l of this town, washing away houses and cutting off the main mater supply pipe line. A water famine ia imminent, as half a mile of the Olla Valley railroad and too bridges are destroyed and the tsnk cars cannot be brought In from Uie REINFORCEMENTS AID ALLIES Fresher Troops at Disposal of Con federate Commanders Compel Enemy to Retire. ARMIES ARE ALMOST EXHAUSTED Both Determined Not to Gir Inch of Territory Without a Ter rible Struggle. COLD STEEL AGAIN PLAYS PART French Soldiers from Africa and British Use Bayonet Well. CAUTION MARKS ALL MOVEMENTS Recklessness Dlsplarea at Be rim. Inar of War, with Rrsnltaat Carnaa-e Tbrongh Marbtae inns, Disappears. niLLRTn. PARIS, Sept. 21. Th official communication Issued tonight y: "The engagements today hava been less, violent. We hav. rnad appreciable progress, notably be tween lthelma and the Argonne" RILLETIX. LONDON. Sepl. 21. The official prss bureau announced at 7:45 o'clock this evening: "Blnce the last report waa re ceived from General French further counter attacks have been made and successfully repulsed." ON THK BATTIjEFIIONT. Sept. 81. (Via Paris) The western win r of the German llre b !MBir?nruB,u,J bark about seven smU during the last forty-eiKht hours as a sequel to continuous fighting nignt and day. Both armies, although each la almost exhausted, show the ntmoat determination not to yield aa lnch,of ground without a terrible struggle, but the fresher troops at the dis posal of the allied commanders bare gradually forced the Germans io recede. ' " Retake Field Gisi, The Turcos 'are adding dally to their record of daring achievements. . Late last night In a costly bayonet encounter they broke through the German lines without i firing more than a few shots and recap tured and brought back four field guns which the French troops had abandoned the previous day. They seemed to dls-. dain the murderous rifle and machine gun fire poured Into them, refusing to listen to the officers who tried to keep them under coyer. Cold steel strain played a considerable part In the battle of the eriVirmoua hoata fighting along the Alsne, the Oise 'and Voevre. The most remarkable point about the encounters la that the troop scarcely see each . other before thy actually come hand to hand. Carried Oat with Caatlea. The recklessness displayed at the Be ginning of the hostilities, with the re sultant carnage through the maohlne guns, h:is almost disappeared and every Continued on l'age Two, Column Two.) Did You Know This? Did you know that there yrzk a classification in The Be'g "Want Ad columns in which all kinds of unusual bargain . in necessities could be found? That classification is the "For Sale" column. One of the interesting thing about it is the fact that few people place an ad in it ' unless they absolutely have tfj to make a 'big sacrifice to get the cash quickly. These chances ore accord ingly snapped up quiokly by knowing people. It takes but a moment to read the bargains in the " For Sale" column. You might as well have the benefit as others. Telephone Tyler 1000. THE OMAHA BEE if r i t i I euUld. u