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Struggle Rages Decision II emhc TT Daily Ak-Sar-Ben Festival Omaha, VU SO to Oct. 10. Slsetrleal Fereae. October T. Fraternity Farads, Ootobsr . Coronation Ball. October t. THE WEATHER. Cloudy VOU XLIV NO. 88. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1914 TEN PAGES. 0 Trains and at BeW Hews Stands, Sa SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. he ' Omaha .Bee GERMANS POUND AYAY AT ALLIES IN AISNE BATTLE London Communication Says lea tons Attack Lines with Great Vigor. RUSSIANS POUR SOLDIERS INTO HUNGARY PLAINS Grand Duke Nicholas Officially An nounces the Successes of the Russians in the East FRENCH CAVALRY ON THE MARCH A detachment of Hussars, the light flying Ch-valiy of the French army, passing through Rouen after retir ing from Tournai, following one of the eng?-;' nits in the great battle of the Marne, where the Allies continually feli back before the German onslaught. 1 re . . ASSERTS WITHOUT SUCCESS Field, Marshal Sir John French De clares the Situation to Be Satisfactory. OTHER SIDE CLAIMS GAINS, TOO Berlin Paper Correspondent Says Deoision Need Not Be Expected Xfor Some Time. LESSEE FIGHTS GROW GENERAL Losses of Kaiser's Men Are Extra . ordinarily Heavy. ENEMY'S SAID EVEN LARGER Lone Column of French Prisoners Arrives at Capital of Empire from Direction of Jthelme. BULLETIN. LONDON, Sept. 28. The. official war information bureau Issued the following statement this afternoon: "Last night the enemy attacked our line with even more vigor, but wUh no more success. There is no change in the situation. The Ger mans have gained no ground and the French have advanced here and there." The supreme clah of arms denoting" the proaching close of the tremendous fort night of practically unceasing battle along the four rivers which flow through northeastern France, has not been in progress aorrie forty-eight hours 'without briturlnc a decisive result. Both, sides claim enoQuraKlng. though slight gains. Field Marshal uir jonn French, commander of the British expedi tionary force, is spending his sixty-second birthday In maintaining what his latest communication to the war office describes as "a satisfactory situation." Sprinting; Dtaianee Apart. The Germans have steadily met assault with counter assault until the trenches of the opposing armies are only sprinting distance apart. Already there has been some work with the steel In hand to hand conflicts, but except at a single point where they forced a passage across the Meuse, the Germans, half of whose army is kept busy on the Russian frontier, had up to last night found It impossible to break through the human barrier stretch ing across France. In the terrific struggle of the last eight hours the hardest fighting has been, as ' it was ax the battle of the Marne between the German right and the allies lift. German Bombard Mallnes. A dispatch to Reuters Telegrem com pany from Amsterdam says that the Ger man are again nomDaraing jnaunen ana at the same time attacking Grernbergen, and were repulsed by the Belgians with heavy losses. , In a dispatch from Ostend the corre spondent of Reuter's Telegram company says that the Belgians, anticipating a German attack on Alost, have sent the .inhabitants away. This town has been reoceupled by the Belgians. The Germans yesterday bombarded Alost. ' Inflicting considerable damage. Including the burning of a hoBpitaL The Germans were driven baek In the dlrec- (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday: For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicin ityCloudy, cooler. Ttisytistsrs Yesterday, Deg. t'omparntlvo Loral Record. 1M4. 1918. 191. 1911. IltKhest yesterday ... lowest yesterday .... Mean temperature .. lowest yesterday .... precipitation .... l 68 47 M .... M 64 44 ... ft 64 44 7; 7fr 64 .01 W 60 40 .00 .44 .07 Temperature and precipitation deoar. tures from the normal: Normal temperature ,. 63 Excess for the day. 6 Total excess sine March t 4t7 Normal precipitation 11 Inch Deficiency for the day 11 inch Total rainfall since March 1..2S. 71 inches Deficiency since March 1 4.01 Inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1913. M inches Iieficlency for cor. period. 1912. S.St inches Reports from Stations at t r. Bf. Station and 8tat of Weather. Temp. High Rala- 7 p. to. est. fall. Cheyenne, cloudy M Heaver, partly cloudy. ...72 TO 74 78 H4 HI 81 74 74 82 .u .00 .oo .00 .od .00 ,ou .uu .00 Ies Moines, clear. .6 Iodge i ity, clear.... North Platte, cloudy Omaha, clear .......... Rapid City, clear. Sheridan, clear ....73 ....71 ....71 .... St Hioux City, cloudy .74 Volentlno. partly cloudy.. M .00 U A. WLH, Local Forecaster. at Omaha, Hours. f- a. rn oS a. m b 7 a. m W 8 a. m l a. m S 10 a. ta 9 1 11 a. m 91 12 m I 7 1 p. m 78 1 P. m 7 S p. m W , p. m 81 I p. m 80 p. m 77 7 p. m 72 S p. m 70 ..... TWO GEEAT VICTOEIES -FOR THE PEOPLE The people of Omaha and Douglas county are to he congratulated on TWO GREAT VICTORIES FOR HONESTY AND DECENCY . WON UN DER THE LEAD OF THE BEE and ' just confirmed by decisions of the supreme court. , First, by the court's refusal of a rehearing THE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR JAIL FEEDING GRAFT sought to be perpetuated by our re form democratic sheriff IS SCOTCHED FOR GOOD. This victory is won in spite of the efforts of the other daily newspapers to have the case thrown by charging the county board with wasteful extrava gance for resisting the sheriff's lawless claims and urging, payment ' without waiting for the court's final decree. N Second, by the ruling that INSANITY FEES held out by the dis trict court olerk BELONG TO THE COUNTY and not to his private , purse an end is promised to this form of publio thievery. Inci dentally, it should be noted that although the insanity fee suit stood in the name of a former incumbent of the office, this is the case into which our present fake reform paid lawyer disguised as. "a friend of the court." - But for the taxpayers and citizens to rejoiee over the failure of the pickpockets to. get away with the loot is not enough. THE AUDACITY OF SHERIFF MSHANE in asking for re-election after his attempted jail feeding graft has been exposed and frustrated CALLS FOR RE BUKE AT THE POLLS, v . Again, were it not for the uncompromising opposition of the re publican majority of the county board these raids on the treasury might have be,en successful. While Commissioners Best and Harte, who helped fight off the grafters, are not now candidates, Commis sioners Lynch and McDonald are up for re-election, and the people should remember that but for the m the treasury looters would have won out v . IT, IS UP TO THE VOTERS to show, not only that they will not stand for dishonest public offenders, but also to prove that they ap preciate good public service by continuing in office the men who fight off the grafters for them. ROUT OF PRINCE'S ARMY SAYES PARIS French Did Not Realize Extent' of Victory When They Crushed Germany's Military Flower." EITHER CAPTURE OR RETREAT Kaiser's Oldest Son Faced Saeb. ma Alternatlre and Ills Army With. rvr Twenty-Foar Miles I" Ono MKht. LONDON. Sept 28.-A Bexanne dispatch to the Dally Telegraph, dated September II, says: "The first German array to ba thor oughly whipped on French soil was that of the crown prince. Its rout saved Paris. "At ths time of their victory the French did not know the extent of the damage they had inflicted on the enemy. Aotu. ally they had smashed the flower of the German military power. "General von Kluck's misfortunes were due directly to the rout of the crown prince's left wing on the night of Hep Umber . n actually retreated twenty, four miles during that night. . "In the plan of the German operations the path that promised the greatest glory was reserved for the crown prince, but the French army opposed him with splen did strategy. In retreat they fought stub bornly over every Inch of the ground and when the time came for the offensive they assumed It In the most effective manner." Fln-nt starts at Daybreak. Describing, the Dattle on September (. the correspondent says: "The battle begaa at daybreak and con tinued until dusk. The artillery fire ex ceeded anything In history. The shells were timed as falling thirty In thirty seconds. The losses, especially to the German,' were enormous. One estimate by a trained observer places as high as 100.900 the German casualty, of which to were killed. "It must be remembered that' the battle front extended for nearly forty miles. It was largely of marsh lands and here the enemy suffered moat "The French also suffered heavily. One corps was wiped out When night came, neither side could claim much advantage (Continued on Pag Two, Cwiutua Three,) ' ( : - fife tfi M M . ... sn clerk, Robert Smith, smuggled his A FRENCH ADYANCE IN RANGE OF GDNS General Joffre Finally Suceeds in Forcing Kaiser's Troops on the Aisne to Fight Hand-to-Hand. . LOSS ' OF LIFE . IS ENORMOUS Germans, TJnafcle to Birr . Their Doavd, Hare Shipped Them , to Hear hoTrlnIoad to Pre-rent Epidemic. BORDEAUX, Sept 28. According to dispatches from tho front ,the Prussian Guard has been cut to pieces during the fighting of the last three days. The strength of some companies has been reduced ffbm 260 to 100 men. Virtually all of the original officers) of the guard have been killed or wounded and two bat talions have been annihilated. rhaaar Taeties. PARIS, Sept. 8. TbV prolonga tion of the tension on the two Jong lines of fire and death fronting each other on the Aisne must have bye come insupportable to the Germans, since reports Indicate that they have changed their tactics and attacked with the bayonet The opinion Is expressed here that General Joffre' maeter hand is shown In this, a It Is believed be has succeeded In push ing hi lines inside the range of the deadly -heavy German gun , and forced "The enemy to hand to hand fighting. Bine the attacks have been re pulsed over th whole line, aooord Ing to the official communications, (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) 20 H. r. Hupp roadster; splendid con dition; big bargain. Tow rartaor Information snont this opportunity, ih tHe Waat A ao tloa el today's hVee. r. War Summary Violent . attacks are being de livered by the Germans agalnBt the line of the allies between the districts of the Aisne and the Ar gonne, Bay the off Icial" . French Uatement issued yesterday af ternoon. Thus far, according to the statement, these onslaughts have been repulsed. The official announcement is brief, tho French, war office contenting It self with the added remark that there la nothing Dew otherwise in the general situation. Germany is prepared to finance a long: war. This assertion is made In a dispatch from Berlin which passed through the hands of the BiitlBh' censor at London, The war Is costing Germany, It Is stated, 15,000,000 a day. The war loan- has proven a success,', and with, 'various resources from which the government an derive the revenue. It will be possible for Germany, it is stated, to continue the struggle for a year, with the money now in sight. A dispatch from Rome says that 900,000 troopa have been assem bled at Pola, the great naval port of Austria, and that- thorough preparations have , been made against an attack from the sea. The hour for the pattle which will determine whether the Rus sians will make their proposed In vasion of Germany, with Berlin as the final objective, appears to be nrawing near. Official and unofficial advice Indicate a struggle In Russian Po land rivaling In' desperation and possibly In the numbers engaged, the battles of the Marne and Aisne. The main body of the Russians is moving toward the Posen frontier. On its right another army is supposed to be attempting to protect the larger body by stemming t he-rush south ward of the German force that drove the Russian invaders from East Prussia and now seeks' to halt the westward movement. Three Battles in Vicinity of Antvrerp PARIS. Sept 11. A dispatch to the Petit Paristene from. Amsterdam says violent fighting has occurred between the Germans and Belgians at. Schooten,, four miles east of Antwerp; at Termonde, six teen miles east of Ghent' and Hofstade, eighteen miles east of Ghent. In the latter locality tho heavy German artil lery became stuck In the mud and the Germans were obliged to- retire before tho attacks of the Belgians. It la confirmed, say the dispatch, that the Germane are fortifying L4ege. LONDON, Sept. 88. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Blankenberghe, Belgium, under Sunday's SaU, says that 'the Belgians have blown up tho viaduct at Blrghea. thus cutting railway communication between ' Moos and Brussels. . Beachjr Loops the Loop Over Capitol WASHINGTON, Sept . -Lin coin Bei chey, in an aeroplane, looped the loop four times over the dome of the capltot today, while President Wilson watched the performance from a White House window. The aviator than mads such aa -abrupt landing on ths lowlands of ths Potomae river near the Washington monument, that observers In tho tall wireless towers st tho Arltngtou radio station reported he bad fallen. . Bear hey then finished the performance by turning two flup-overs over tike White House, and then more loop, flying low over the business section of the. city) while government officials and thousands of spectators' held their treath. ' ' S Villa Will Not Be President of WASHINGTON. Sept. Assurances from General Villa that he wlU not be a candidate for president or -1oe president of Mexico were forwarded to the adminis tration today by Consular Agent Caroth ers. General Carranxa hss signified his wil lingness not to become a candidate If Villa would, give a similar promise, and If all the military lesdors of the revolu tion could be also eliminated as possibil ities. None of the others hsve appeared as candidates. Villa's assurances were regarded here COSSACKS PLUNDER AS MATTER OF FORM Approach German Viotims Politely and Proceed with Utmost Pre cision in Their Work. a STORIES TOLD OF FARM BURNING Ono I An 4 Owner Serves Officer with Tea add Lnseheoa and Is Thesj Glrrn Chanee to See His Farm Destroyed. By KDWIBf EMERSON. (Copyright Ml, by Press Publishing Co ) AIJC-LA-CHAPELLE. Bept. .-Fpe-clal Cablegram to New York World and Omaha Bee.) Herr Hofer, a German land owner who was compelled to leave his farm on the Russian frontier hurriedly, writes to me from Koenlgsburg under date of August 22: "This morning I was seated In my home when suddenly there appeared at my window a Russian Cossack officer. " 'Somebody has been shooting out of this house,' " he explained In German. "I Invited him in, and gave him the as surance that neither I nor any of my people had fired a single shot, and that, as a matter of fact, we liffd not been aware of the presence of the Russians. He seeuied to be satisfied. I ssked him whether he wanted a bottie or wins. " 'We don't use a single drop of alcohol during the war. It Is strictly forbidden,' he said, 'but I would thiink you for a glass of tea.' . Took Teal Fired tho Plaeo "I had him served' with tea and lunciw eon, and we entertained one another In a Pleasant manner. As soon as he had fin ished his meal he said In the most disin terested manner: " "The time has now arrived for me to perform my duty. I am going to have your farm burned to the ground, as shots were fired from it upon my men.' "My pleadings were of no use. Ho al lowed me and my people to leave In safety and promised to save my dwelling house. My herd of cattlo was driven by Cossscks Into the stsble, the door locked and all stables were set afire. In the meantime my people and I had climbed aboard one of the hay wagons and we drove away as rapidly as we could. Black clouds and the bellowing of my cattle were the last greetings of my doomed home. , Inhabitants 1st Flight. ' "We all wanted to reach the station, but the last train had left and we were com pelled to drive along. Cossack' troops seemed to be. everywhere. All the roads were populated thickly with people who were fleeing either afoot or In wagons. Several herds of rattle wero being orlven along. Finally we reached arallway sta tion and this evening sriived in Koenlgs burg. "I have heard all kinds of stories con cerning the conduct of the Cossacks. It is said, that in contrast to the regular Russian troops, the Cossacks have re ceived permission to plunder at will and also to burn property. The pretext that IContlnued on Page Two, Column Three.) Next Sunday Special A:SM:BM Edition of THE, BEE ' Beat of Them All Candidate far Mexican Republic as portending a pesccful end of the rup ture with Carransa. The formal retire ment of Carranxa and the sssumptlnn of the provisions) presidency by Fernando Igleslas Caldcron are expected to follow. PARIS, Sept. W.-Franclsco de la Barra. the Mexican minister to .France, tele graphed Mj resignation to the constitu tionalist government of Moxlco several days ao, but up to the present time he has received no reply, in the meantime lie continues to devote himself to the In terests of Mexico. ' ' MYSTERY SHROUDS . SH00TINGTRAGEDY Bruno C. Hanson is Killed and Mrs. Emma Hickins Will Die from Her Wounds. SHOOTING JN; LOCAL HOSPITAL Wemasi Telephones Man that She Is rmlnar lis the. Hospital 4a flee Htm dad Soon Sheie Are Heard. Ht'LLETii. V I-ate yesterday afternoon George Hlek- ms. Union Psclfic dlnlhg csr conductor, husband of Emma Hloklns, who shot nruno c. Hanson at the Presbyterian h. Pltsl yesterday, was arrested and held for developments of the case. Hickins ssys he hss been living at the Toung Men's Christian association since his wife left him on May 30, this year. He was placed under a $5,000 bond, pending the coroner's Inquest. Bruno C. Hanson, wealthy merchant formerly of Battle Creek, Neb,, and mors recently with the Byrne-Hammer com Pany of Omaha, was Instantly killed, and Mrs. Emma Hickins of Omaha was mortally wounded In a shooting ' affair at 10 Monday morning at the Preeby. terlan hospital on South Tenth street. The esse is more or less shrouded 'In mystery, but the supposition Is that Mrs. IMIcklns murdered Hanson and then turned the pistol to her own head. Both are married and have children. Hanson was 40 years old snd Mrs. Hickins wss about J8. Miss Jessie Graham, head nurse at the hospital, said Hanson, who hsa been a patient for the last week or more, re ceived 'a telephone cell at about S;4 o'clock, and made an appointment with the woman, to meet her , in the -hospital office. .At about. 10 o'clock , the womaa appeared, arriving In a taxi. . She shook hands with Hsnson and went with him Into ths off Ics. Miss Graham entered a moment latet to' answer the telephone and she left the dopr open when she went out, she said. The woman was standing and Hanson was sitting. A moment after Miss Gra ham left the office two shots were heard. Hanson was on the flood desd, with a bullet through his brain, and the wo- (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Threatened Coal . and, Meat Famine in Manila Averted ' MANILA, Sept M.-Fears of a coal famine here through the threatened re fusal of Oreat Britain and Japan to per mit Its Import without guarantees against re-exportation has been averted. Japna has Instructed local merchants not to sell coal without exacting a bond for twice Its value and also Insists on consular in spection. The suspicion that German vessels load here to supply warships at sea still ex ists. Today the steamer Elmshorn, car rylng 4,000 tons of coal, put back from Corregldor Island, having sighted a Brit ish cruiser outside. Tho meat situation presented a similar problem. Most of the supply comes from Austrslla, and there were threats that it would be suspended unless guarantees were given. Governor General Harrison has relieved the situation by promising tbst the government will guarantee that ther will be na rexpert of this article. VIENNA DENIES THE REPORT Germans Renew Offensive Against General Rennenkampf Under Direction of Kaiser. AUSTRIAN3 ARE STILL RETLUINCr Germans' Preparations come to Naught in the East and They, ' Too, Are Retiring. 1 DEMBICA IS NOW OCCUPIED Austhans Are Leaving Frzemysl and Abandon Transports. awe mwos F0RTRESESS STRENGTHENED Heavy Mortars Whirl) Had Beesj Seat toAsslat Germnna Are Be Inst Installed la Aastrlaat' V Forts lo Stop Attack. . ! . LONDON, Bept. , 2S. From thsl east tomes reports of actions from1 almost every section of the Russian frontier. The Austrian forces are still re tiring n Cracow, and besides hav Ing; taken some of the forts around Prsemysl, the Russian cavalry Id said to be pouring through the de flies of the Carpathians on to the. plains of Hungary. . Uenlnl from Bnde-Peat. Although the. success .of this lattes movement Is officially denied from Buda Pest which announces that the repeated attempts of the Russian Cavalry, to en ter tho country have been repulaed, hur ried efforts are being made along - the Austrian frontier to strengthen the gar rtsons of the fortresses. On hundred thoussnd troops takes from Trent at th be-lftlng of the war have been replaced! bv Hungarians, and all eighteen forts of ths first line of defense are being brought Into the highest state of repair, while the second defenses, commanding tho passes, have ' been reinforced by additional ret doubts. Kaiser 1st' Bant Prassla. Emperor William Is reported to he lit East Prussia, and the Germsn offensive probably - under his eyes has recom menced against General Rennenkampf. Petrogrsd believes that this movement, because of its limited front ' Is a dlver-t slon to relievo the threatened ' German line from Ksllss to Craoow. Electric currents are a marked feature" of the , defensive arrangements. Wire havo been laid over all tho ' strategid points on the frontier, and these: connect with a powerful power station at Rlva. Twelve heavy mortars' which were' sent to help the Germans havo been recall! and havo been ""hastily Installed In the frontier fortresses, making them' a for mldable obstacle. r.ernran Advance. Frnstrated. Telegraphing from Petrograd the con , respondent of the Chronicle says: "It appeared last night aa If the battle, fn the w eat of Russia tor which vast Ger-. anan preparations had been made, had at last begun. Now It has already ended, and the Germans are la retreat shelUnsl the works' of Ossowets as they go- ,, , "They cams across the border on th twenty-third at four points. The moat southerly wss close to Kalis. ' where they occupied the district of Warta an1 suffered heavy Ineaes at Sierads (thirty two miles east southeast of Kalisk). - "Another force advanced to Mlawa (la Russian Poland) while another Invaded the government of Lamsa near Wine sen la, and was definitely defeated. "Another came by way of Suwalkl and made Its way east toward the Nlemaa, where It was engaged on a front thirty miles long. "The Germans' strength Is not stated. (Continued on Page Two, Column Oney Austrian Declares ; Reports of Russian Victories Untrue MANCHESTER, Mae., Sept. SS.-Th Austrian ambassador today gave out tho following official dispatch which he said ho had received by wireless from Vienna: "The situation In the northern and southern war theaters .remains un changed.. Favorable information pub llshed by the enemies is wrong: par tlcularly the Information' from London. The story that two forts of the Prsemyal fortress !n Gallcla have been conquered la entirely an invention. The Austro Hungarian government has protested to the ailiea ai.d the neutral powers against the use of drum-dum projectiles on the part of the Russians. ad('ng that tho chief commandant of the A list ro-Hungarian army Is- at present not thinking oC reprisals." HThe dispatch was signed by Count Berchtokl, foreign secretary. LONDON. Sept -(: p. m.)-A Cen tral News dispatch from' Rome says that the following telegram has been, received there from Petrograd: 'The right wing of the Austrians have been driven beyond tho Carpathians Into Hungary, where It Is being pursued by the Russians. Th Austrian debacle 1 oomplet. k i - : : . x.
