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Allies and Germans' Everywhere in ttl e The Omaha Daily Bee. Ak-Sar-Ben Festival Omaha, eWpt. SO to Ofit. 10. Xleetrleal Parade. October 7. Tsaternlty Parade. October a. Coronation JSall. October . XIIIL WEATHER. Fair VOL. XLIV NO. 87, OMAHA, MONDAY M0KX1XU, SKITHMHKU l 1!U4. On Trains and at et'I Mows Stands. So. 551NUI.K COPY TWO CENTS. Ba DAMAGE DONE IN PARIS BY BOMBS FROM AIR GRAFT One Man Killed, Girl Seriously Wounded and House Wrecked by Missile. GERMAN AEROPLANE SUCCESSFUL Pour Bombs Allowed to Fall in Metropolis, but Three Are Harmless. AMERICANS ARE ENDANGERED One Shell Falls Near Embassy and Another Where U. S. Citizen Resides. ZEPPELIN FLIES OVER BELGIUM Five Cities Bisited by Big Balloon from Germany. FIVE BOMBS FALL AT DYNZE Man Mortally Wounded and Roof of Hoapltai Damaged, According to British Report of Occurrence. PARI 8, Sept. 27. A German aero plane dropped a bomb into Paris to day, killing: one man and seriously wounding a girl. The bomb fell in Avenue du Troc adero at the corner of Rue Freycinet, a short distance from the Eiffel tower and a block from the Ameri can embassy. It is believed the mis sile was Intended for the wireless station on Eiffel towed. The head of the man killed was blown off and the legs of the girl, his daughter, were shattered. Many houses, including that of the prince of Monaco, were badly damaged by the bomb. Nea-by whtre It fell are buildings containing ait.y stores. The aerop'ane dropped , ur bombs. One fell la RufeVineuse; another in Rue de la Pompo, where many Americans reside. A third drooped anions; n herd of cattle on the Auteall race track. Comparatively little damage wan dene by these three bombs. Zeppelins Attack Belgian City. LONDON, Sept 27. A German Zeppe lin made a bomb-dropping tour of several Belgian cities last night, accord In? to . a dispatch from the Reuter cor respondent at Ostend. The airship visited the titles of Alost, Ghent, Dynse, Mln ollcke and Rolleghem, dropping five bombs at Dynze, which mortally wounded un old man and dumoped the roof of a hospital. One bomb wss dropped at Rol leghem, but did no damage. The ZeppUin disappeared in the direction of France. Japanese Attack on Tsing Tau Continues TOKIO. Sept. 27.-The Japanese laud al ta. k on the outskirts of T.5ln Tun, stat ' t government of the German concession vf Klao-Chow, "gan Sot-injijer Zu, and is fctlll coiitinuing, accirding to an offi cial ariiouiK-enu-nl mada today. Ho far c"" be asiei'ained. the casualtica of Hie attacking fcrces totsh Mi The Ja panese aeroplares huo broi most ti'c essful in f counoltoring expedition.! an 1 thus far have c.vuped i:ad.n:i jfccd LIBRARY REFERENCE EXPERT DECLINES DULUTH OFFER Offers to Miss Bertha Ha inner, refer ring chief of the Omaha public library, of a similar position in Imluth. with more salary, more vaoation, no night work and a larger department, have been reiected by her because, sho says, she prefers to remain In Omaha. President C. N. Did, cf the IJbrary board and Librarian Kdith Tobitt have .lust announced Miss Haunter's decision and are elated at being able to keep her on the staff of the local Institution. , Miss ISaumer was born In Omaha, Is a graduate of Sacred Heart academy, has been with the library eighteen years and Is recognized by librarians of the country as among the leaders in reference work. The Weather Temperature 1 esterday. Peg. 'A 6D 4 73 7t "7 , T? 1. 1 ) 79 Comparative Local Record. iin. litis, mi. i9ii. Highest yesterday .... M 'ID 87 IO west yesterday M 44 38 IS Mean teimierature b 67 43 78 l'r ipltatlon 00 .00 .a) T Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal temporal ure , (3 Kxif for the day 4 T' ml defx ieniy since March 1 4ol VnrniHl rei-ipitation (it Inch lK fi len y for the day m In. u . jii ininliill suwe March L.aO.71 llirru s li.'flilfn. y since March 1 i.W) (nrhes I !ii lency for cor. period. 113. . 6 S7 Inches l.ieficiency for cur. iiertod. 1K12. . 27 Im Iks "T" indicates trsie of preciitation. t. A. WKLtill, Local Forecaster. at Omaha Hour. , . a. ni. WMM I n",: a. m. j a, in. fcTA 1 a. m. ltry, -J 11 a. m. jT7Tfy 12 m TPYS - rn. " w . J p. m. 4 p. in. ytj'iis. DURING THE BATTLE OF battle, where the devastation t v. v i lffk'T. Jto . ... : ji . 4 iff frivol . f&,&,L,'. ff t 4... She- 2. ' GERMANS LURE THE FRENCH fflT 0 OPEN Teuton Division Attacks Much Stronger Force and Then Retires, with Enemy Following. RESULTS IN LORRAINE VICTORY Kai-er- Me- Attacked by O.-U with IleaTT infantry Fire, bnt It Goes OTer Their Heads. By Fdwin Emerwon, (Staff Correspondent of the World and Omaha Bee.) (Copyright,. -Preaa publishing Co.). ,.,tthM Beot. 37.-Ouring my trip to thKTfn-?! member of the Bavarian artillery, a native who had been wounded in battle. He gave impressions of bis of "After we had been traveling for six Hours and going In he direction of the French frontier." he said we 'ved Rledlng. Sunday. August 9. and there e felt our train. This place 1. ten kUome er. (about six mile.) from the French rentier. Not far distant is the German town of Saarburg. From afar we could hear the thunder of cannon. Tan "ee Burning Town. "We then went to Saar-AHderf and were ..ii. in rather srood Quarters. Mon day, August 10. we went through Saar-. burg, where the entire First regiment h.rf h.n assembled, and In the direction, of the frontier. It was midnight when ... rin.iiv arrived at our destination, Ccrey, France, and went Into camp. The burning of the town of Rlamont could plainly be seen in the distance. "We learned officially that our division had the difficult task of attacking a much stronger opponent. Then we were to retire until we reached German terri tory behind Saarburg, "where It was In tended to give battle to the French with the German army corps which had gath ered there. This plan finally materialized In the victorious battle In Lorraine. Our Bavarian division had lured the enemy. Frenchmen "hoot Too lUgn. "In Clrey we were attacked by the French with heavy Infantry fire, which, however, did us no harm, since the Frenchmen shot entirely too high. The shrieking and the whistling of the In fantry bullets as they passed through the trees was terrible, but nobody be longing to our battery was wounded. Night set in and under the eover of darkness we were able to retire in the direction of the German frontier. "The, French followed us up, certain of victory. We retreated more and more and recrossed the German frontier and got Into position behind Kaarburg. Lured Into Open. "In the meantime many army corps had been assembled with an artillery line a kilometer long. The French had been lured into the open field. August IS the cannon thundered along the entire line until evening. "August 1! our battery hurt td take up a very much exposed position, where for more than half an hour the shots rained all over us. There I received my slight wound. "When I got to .Stuttgart during the early park of Heptember there had Just arrived twenty-six French cannon which had been raptured by the troops of Wurttenbtirg at Longwy. Since there i were no horses available, members of the landwehr and landsturm dragged the can non, which they had decorated with flom' ers, through the city amid the hurrahs of an overjoyed multitude. In the court of the castle, where the cannon was placed, the arrival of the king and queen and other members of the royal house hold was cheered enthusiastically. Count Zeppelin was applauded." EIGHTEEN TRAINLOADS OF GERMANS OUT OF FRANCE UONDON. Sept. 27. An Amsterdam dis patch to the Central News company from Maestricht states that between the tiours of 1:1) and 10:30 Friday eighteen train loads of wounded Germans passed through AU-lu-C'happelle from France. THE MARNE French Hussars bringing in wounded from the was beyond expression in words. rJl ,A Fit .. "' - -ah . t--j3 I Bl V Germans Make Slight Gains in Center of Battle Front in West BKRLIN (by Wireless to Sayvtlle, U I.). Sept. 27. The headquarters of the Ger man genera' staff announced lat nigh, that the Germans had made slight gains in the center of the battle front In France. The official statement follows: "The enemy are using their railroad n a general attack on Vie extreme on! cf the right flank of the Ge-man army. "At Bapatime (In Pas-de-Calais), four teen miles southeast of Arraa. an ad Cadet Taylor Back From Meeting of Customs Of ficials Cadet Taylor, collector of customs, re turned Saturday morning from New York City, where he attended the con ference of collectors held last week. Under the reorganization there are how forty-nine districts all of which were represented at the meeting. Dally ses sions were held and practical "methods of administration discussed. Besides the representatives, F. M. Hal stead, chief of the division of customs at Washington and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Peters, who looks after the customs business of the country were present. From New York most of the executives went to Washington to com plete official transactions. The collectors of the south complain particularly of stagnation In the cotton crop as no foreign ports to speak of are open for this product, and pay for the fame Is decidedly uncertain. The general sentiment Is that the busi ness men should stand by each other until a change becomes evident. "Omaha looks better from a business standpoint than any city I have visited, there being less signals of distress In the way of for rent sign here than In any of the larger cities." Allies Prepared for Move of Germans ON THE BATTLE FRONT (Via Paris). Sept. 27. All efforts of the opposing armies were concentrated on the western and eastern wines today. The allies had foreseen uch a move on the part of the Germans toward the west, however, and, although very strong- forces of the In vaders had been thrown on the Somme river, they found themselves opposed In equal numlters. The Infantry played an Important part nil along the line and pushed back the Germans for a considerable distanoe. All mention of the places of action or com ment on the troop movements Is for bidden under the severest penalties. A son of Paul Uouiner, former speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, was killoj In action near Nancy. German Red Cross Nurses Carry Pistols PARIS, Sept 27. The Germans in re treating from Peronne left behind them a hospital staff of 25 surgeons, seventy women nurses, 160 male nurses, a Protestant pastor, Domlnlclan priests and several deaconesses. Kadi of the women nurses carried a repeating pistol. When the chief surgeon was reminded that this a contrary to the Red Cross regula tions he explained that the women had been given arms "to make their persons respected." French Surround and Annihilate a Regiment LONDON-, Sept. V. "The rienih have surrounded and annihilated the 10Mh regi ment of German reserves," aava the Basel correspondent of the Kxchange Telegraph company In a message sent by way of Rome. The dispatch adds: "The Ger man wounded include a colonel, a major, two captains and two lieutenants.'' t, fcM ..w, ; 4 ifrp' if - W- vanced French division was repulsed I y a smaller G"rnian force. "In the ceiit of the battle front we have made sliulit gains. "The forts under mit.i iriiinenl oii'h of Verdun have withdrawn tboir fire. Our artillery Is now engaged wl h f.i"?cs which the enemy brought, up on the west bank of the V.vjsc. "Klsewhere the s'luation romsineil un changed." Hitchcock Agrees With W.T.Thompson - On Someilemo Jobs (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. 8pt. 27.-(Speclal Tele gram.) At the request of W. H. Thomp son, chairman of the democratic central committeee, H. C. Lei son will lie nomin ated postmaster at Hed (.'loud eaily this week. This appointment was decided upon late tonight after a confeience be tween Judge Thompson and Senator Hitchcock. The nomination of R. C. Mo Bride, made by Secretary Bryan, v,h not confirmed. Other appointments which Senator Hitchcock and the "little riant of Grand Island" came to an agreeni(.nt upon to day were: Judge James C. -JuigN y for register and J. P. Scott fir receiver of the land office at Valentine; J m W. Morrow for land office receiver nt Alli ance; Frank Campbell for receiver t O'Neill and W. T. W hite ttr register at Lincoln. Kaiser's Sickness Caused by Fall Into Water-Filled Ditch IXJNDON, Sept. 27.-A despatch to the Times from Geneva siys that the Suisse tates that Emperor William Is III with Inflammation of the lungs as a result of having fallen Into a trench that was filled with water. Art Critic Describes Cathedral Damage LONDON, Bept. 26 A Reuter dispatch from Paris says Thlebault Kissons, art crltlo of the Temps, has visited the cathedral at Rheima and gives the fol lowing description of the structure as It now stands: "To Judge of the damage it was neces sary to ascend the towers. There I saw the bells completely melted. Th roof, which was niuiie of lead plates, had en tirely disappeared; the magnificent cam panile, made of wood n ml lead, n ci ted at the crossing of the transepts and apse had vanished. The vaults still are stand ing and the nave waa not touched by fire.'' The writer thinks, however, that the autumn rains and frost will play havoc with the stones and that measures must be taken immediately to strengthen the walls. . He concluded by quoting the German emperor's son to the Rhelina municipality a few days before the bom bardment: " 'The best proof of my desire not to touch the building Is that I am nnxous to put the wounded 'nslde.' " Next Sunday Special Edition of THE BEE Best of Them All field of action 6f the great wm JAIL GRAFT BEYOND RECALL BY RULING I Sheriff! Inflated Feeding Bills Eliminated for All Time by Supreme Court. FORMER DECISION IS SUSTAINED up rente Judaea Hefuse Hrhrarlnt of Holing that BIcMbane Is Kn lllleri. to Only Reasonable t'wmpp.nsatlon fur Meals. The desperate efforts of Sheriff F. J. McShane, Jr., to freeze to his JH) a day "Jail feeding gruft." have ended In de feat, the stale supreme court yesterduy having overruled tils' ittrney's molten for a rehearing oi tn decision that ho waa entitled only to reasonable compen sation from the county, according to advices from Lincoln. The county board, which had in I led on the sheriff to make a showing yes terdsy of the amount considered reason able payment for furnUhlng the prison ers' food, postponed consideration on ac count of the absence of Sheriff McBhaue and hl attorney, Arthur Mullen. The sheriff's bills for feeding prisoners were three times scrutinized by the su preme court in the light of a new statute passed by the legislature. First a por tion of the law excepting Douxlas county from the remainder of the stute where feeding hills of M cents per day per prisoner were allowed and granting the Douglas county board power to settle the question for Itself, wss declared un constitutional, while the other provisions were allowed to stand. t'oanty Hoard Flaihfs to Finish. The county board again CHrrled the case to the high court and was defeated, but a motion for a rehearing was granted and tho court ultimately held the entire statute unconstitutional, leaving the sit uation us it had been prior to the passage of the law, , In the Interval between the second de cision of the court and the decision upon the' motion for a rehearing several more eases Involving monthly bills were forced ti trial In district court by the sheriff and attempts were made to induce the members of the unard to "lay down." the situation even olng so far that they were publicly criticized for Insisting on fighting the case to the last ditch by Omaha newspapers. Credit Hue to These. The fight of the county board members led by Commissioner John C. Lynch, was upheld at all times by The Hhu which gave publicity to their efforts and to thu evils of the fee gruft. Mr. Lynch as a member of committers which had to deal with the feeding situation took a prom inent part in pushing the case to lis con clusion. Myron L. Learned wss remitted as spe cial counsel by the board and Is credited by local lawyers Willi having won an Im portant legal victory. RUSE DECEIVES GERMANS AND THOUSANDS ARE LOST LONDON. Sept. Tt.-A, Pails dispatch to the Iteuter Telegram company says: "Wounded who have arrived at Mont liKun give details ot the siege of Fort Troyon. neat; Verdun. They say that while the Germans were bombarding the commander of the fort did not r'ply. The enemy, believing that the fort had been esacitated, oproached In order to destroy a redoubt. "The commander of the fort then set fire to two cartloads of straw inside the structure, mid the Germans, convinced that their shells had started the fire and that they could easily take the place, ad vanced In close formation. "The French suddenly unmasked their mitrailleuses, which opened a deadly fire. The number of German bodies abandoned on the slos .around Kurt Troyon Is es timated at 7.000." MARTIAL LAW DECLARED IN EAST DUTCH STATES PARIS. Hept. S7.-A rtiapatch to the Havaa agency from Amsierdam that tn order to prevent the exportation of con traband article to Germnny, the Nether land government had declared martial law in the eastern provinces HILL READY FOR MAYTORENA Carranra Officer Prepared to Resist Attack of Villa Minion. I MORE FIGHTING IS PREDICTED First t hief Urn Fnrlher llloodshed nil !! Rebellion Lender w ill ite Illume foe II. V M.'vl-., S.'lll. 17 (S-tl- ' eval 1 -1111111111 Hill " fne of about 1.5"0 men Willi flsht machine guns ninl plenty I i.f i.iiiiiuni'.t on Is lure tonight, prepared: io r!iM another sttatk l.y Governor I MaytoiiTiii s men. ltcliiil'le Infoi nintlon eoio i inlim y Merday's finlit rt Siuitri Uiu-liara, In wnlill Hill wns defeated. Hive Hill's lo at ii'ioiit ninety men 'killed or milled ami left on the Held. Tliny-f.c wounded weio hiouslit here. ;-im ml ll ll s men iiy Mayloienn lost ; t. nty-eiht killed and eiglity-lo 1 w Olllldetl. ' fol U.l l lll.lllel.l, hlUaile eoMllliaililel of I the I'l'lleo Sillier fillers at liuuglas. withheld pri tulxMoii to I'ltnu the ouiuld acroxs Hie lun'rc to ImiiisWx. The Mexl can i'oiis'.'I In re ,i;ipraled to llatf eld's superlois Hi Hni Antonio, who sustained (he Ainei li Hll ol'lli er. , Furl her I iKlillnn I'retl leleii. WASHINGTON. Serl -' - t'u t in fight ing Ml MeVii o Will pieill. ted by (ier.rral CRrrHiifH toibiy to the illitloinntlc corps In Mexico ity. according b offlc'al advices to the SlHte del artnient. The Hut chief explained to Hie diplo- ' milts, who gathered nt his renuext. Hint i Zapata had refused to Htlnul or send ' delegate i,i tne national convention called lor Oi tuber I and that his forces were active in the south. Ho hald thst the blnnie for further bloodshed yould lie Villa's as his ow troops would net (inly on the defensive. n '.a put a nlth VI lie.. Offlciul InfuriiiHlloii ha. come to the Washington government from General Funston and others with a deflnltenes Hint Is retarded beyond question that Zapata and Villa are working In harmony ugHlnsl Carrnnsa and expect the support ot ex-feileials who fled he CMpllsl because Currunr.:t would give them no guarantees. One o' Villa's chief demands has been that meritorious officers who supported I Inert a be taken Into the new national army, only those directly Implicated In the overthrow of Madro being barred. Alreadv It has liet n reported that Fran- j Cisco Cailm.lal, former provisional presl- tieill, uili. ttciiriai i-t-u I'lui, bic it" . SUPrt Villa. Democrats Feature of Fair's Last Day KI.KIIORN. Neb.. Sept. 27. (Special. -Democratic candidates constituted the principal featuie of the Douglas county fair which closed here successfully today. Almost the full county and legislative ticket vit represented, and Dr. V. L. Hall, vice chairman of the stale central committee, and Andrew M. Morrlssey, sec retary, to the governor, wete guests. County Chairman J. D. Dennett and Sec retaiy Harney McArrile had charge of the dinner, which was for committeemen, vis iting democrat and party workers. The Hpcnkers Included J. H. Hanley, for Congressman Lobeck; Henry C. Rich mond, who spoke In behalf of the legis lative house ticket of which he Is mem ber: John M. Tanner. I J. Qulnby. Dr. Q'tlgley, Kdward K. Howell, V. H. De Polt, candidate for county superintendent, and other candidates and guests. The suffrage debate between Frank O. Odell and Mis Dorman was heard by a large throng. The baby show as a distinct feature. Prizes will be announced Monday. The attendance was large, and the fair offi cials are highly pleased with the first fair of the county to be held at Elkhorn. It was considered a fine success. Murders His Wife and Kills Himself Al'RORA, Neb.. Sept. 27. -I Special Tele gram.) Oscar Brown, proprietor of the Central hotel, this morning shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun upon himself. He died a few hours later. Drown appeared to have had a dispute with Mrs. Drown over a proposed busi ness deal that Included a trade of some of their property for western land. Drown declared she was about to deed away something for nothing and domestic ijuarrels ensued. This morning he bought a revolver and coming to the kitchen hail a talk with bis wife following which he allot her ninl then turned tho gun Upon himself. Ho had talked about com mitting suicide of late, but his friends thought he had given up the, thought. I Drown wus 51 years of age and Mis. Drown waa 4S. They leave eight chil dren, the youngest 7 years of ago. The funeral all' be held M..may GERMANY HITS FRANCE ! NEW BLOW; BUYS NO WINE! HORDKA I'X, Sept. i In many of the famous vineyards around Bordeaux, vin tage bus liegun. Women, children and old men are taking the places of the men fighting at tho front. They are aided by refugees from Delg'um and northern France. The crop Is not abundant, many imma ture grapes having dropix-d from the stock owing to premature blossoming, but if the promise of the fruit Is fulfilled, the wine will be good. The disiosal of the ine is likely to be a problem as about 20,00,00 bottles went to Germany each ear, and, tn ad dition, tho epeudlng power of the world will be diminished for some time to come, owing to the Immense cort of the war. With a view to compensating this fall ing off, the Dordeaux growers intend to make a strong effort to capture the big trade In sparkling Hock and Moselle, heretofore done In the I'nited Stales by (iermany. Incidentally, they hope to de prive champagne of some of lis vogue. RIVAL ARMIES AT BAYONET'S POINT; ALLIES SEE GAIN Hand-to-Hand Fighting Results in ' Advantage to French, Sayi Paris Statement. PERCEPTIBLE ADVANCES MADE Gains Are Noted Between Oie and : Somme and North Aisne to i Rheimi. 1 ENTRENCHMENTS COME CLOSE Soldiers. Only Few Hundred Yards j Apart, Charge with Bayonets j in Hands. i GROUND REGAINED SATURDAY ! Territory Lost Between Argonna and Meuse is Recovered. VIOLENT FIGHTING IN SERVIA Official Frenrli Dlspatehes May) A el Ion In rrnaaVess in Vele-hbor- hood of KrnnanJ and Far n River Drlnau 1 PAR 13. Sept. 27. An official statement Issued this afternoon say that the armies of the allies and tb Germans nre In the closest contact everywhere and that the bayonet fighting generally Is favoring tho allies. The statement says the perceptible advanoett have been made by the allies between the Oise and the Sotnnie and to the north of the . Somme from the Aisne to Rbetms. In some places the opostng en trenchments are only some hundred yards apart and violent bayonet ( char Res by the Germans have been ' repulsed at all points. A vigorous (Jerinun offensive tnrs"-ben thrown hack In the region of Berru and Nogent L'Ahesse. At the end or the day (Saturday), the I French troops. It la said, regained the ground lt between the Argonns region j and the Meue. The Cent's ns occupy a front which pasaes by St. Mlhlel and northwest of Pont-A-Mousson. There is no change of importance on the allies left wing. Allies t.aln on Highl. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. A alight ad vantage over the Herman left wing by the allies and Russian advances toward Cracow marked by the capture of Itscazuw, were indicated today in official dispatches to the French embaaey. Violent fighting was under way In Servla In the neighborhood of KrupanJ and as far as the River Drlna, the dis patch added. The dispatches desc ribing operations ri France which were of supplementary nature, added: - "At the end of the day, our troops oc cupied a front at Dompletre (southwest of Peronne). Rlbecourt and Noyon were put on the defensive by the Germane. "We occupy Iierry-Au-Bac. "The enemy has retired on Blamunt wllh serious losses and has evacuated Diidonville. He was forced from LeBneiiic and the wood between Lessen x and Nlscnbarh." Germans in Revenge. Burn Belgian Town AMSTKHDAM (la London). Hept. 17. The Maastricht correspondi nt of the Nleuws Van Den Dag has sent the fol lowing dispatch: "Belgian soldiers on Friday blew up thai railway at Dllsn, Llmborg, near Hasacth Shortly afterwards a German military train was derailed an8 destroyed. In re venge the Oerr.iuns burned the village. One hundred and fifty refugees arrived here today from Dllzn. "At Brussels the g unison continues actively to perfect the defense works. A complete belt of barbed wire now en- circles the city, within which Is a double i line of trenches. It 's also stated that nil th high roads lending into Hrussela j have been mined. Sixty Victims of Shipwreck Saved WASHINGTON. Sept r.-Four officers and fifty-six persons, who were aboard the Cutter Taltomu when she went ashore In te Western Aleutian Islands,' have been picked up by the steamer Conlova and survey ship Patterson, near Agaitu islund, advices today to the H.-vniue Cutter Et-rvlce stated. Search now Is proceeding for twenty-three other persons from the Tahoma, who. landed, Ir un boats on islands nearby. Bombardment of Malines is Begun LONDON, Sept. 27. Adespatca to the Reuter Telegram company from Aatweraj ays that the Germans today oomraenend the bombardment of Malines. The peopie were obliged to quit their reconstruct iou habitations. Heavy gun-flrlng Is aUe heard in the direction of Hofaiadn, f. 1