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VOU XLIV NO. 88.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1914 TEN PAGES.
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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.
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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
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.... M 64 44
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W 60 40
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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.
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Heaver, partly cloudy. ...72
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Rapid City, clear.
Sheridan, clear
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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,)
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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.)
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dition; big bargain.
Tow rartaor Information snont this
opportunity, ih tHe Waat A ao
tloa el today's hVee.
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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.
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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
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