Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 30, 1914, Image 1
Paris Report Says T Right Broken euwn The Omaha Daily Bee Ak-Sar-Ben Festival Omttt, toft. 30 to Oct. 10. Xleetrloal Faraae, October 7. Fraternity Parade. Ootobar . Coronation Ball, Ooteber . THE WEATIFER. Fair VOL. XL1V XO. 8Sf. OMAIIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SKPTEMHKK :), 1SM4 TWELVE I'AliKK. On Train nd at trt'l Hews Stands, Be. SlXdl.B COPY TWO CENTS. 1914 AK-SAR-BEN TO OPEN TODAY; KINGDOM READY Arrival of Noon to Mark Beginning: of Celebration Preliminary to Coronation. GLORY OF MONARCH IS THEME Greater and Grander Festival Than Any in Past History Prepared for Thii Year. GREAT PARADE WEDNESDAY EVE Plaza of Pleasure, Filled with Mar vels, Thrown Open When Noon Arrives. CORONATION IS FRIDAY EVENING Spectacular Performances of Bea- chey Will Thrill Big: Crowds. PIONEERS TO PLAY LARGE PART Two Booms in C'oart Hoame Con. verted Into Sliinin, Whfre Rare Collection of Xfbrulu A n flqnea ta Installed. Dates of Interval. ' Electrical Farads, Wednesday October T. Fratarnal parada, Thursday afternoon, October 8. Coronation ball, Friday evening, Oo tober . Homecoming waak, Ootobar 5 to 10. Territorial Pioneers Ke union, Septem ber 30 to Ootobar 3. In preparation for the coming of his majesty. King- Ak-Sur-Iien XX, ruler of the kingdom of Qulvera, this city of Cibola, greatest i nthe realm, will open thla fall festival' at noon today. Joyous celebration will precede the entry of the monarch into Ms capital city and when the glorious hour of his advent arrives next Friday evening he will appear in splendor and magnificence. Prosperity and happineaa hav been -na.- lot or tno miuiona or. loyai uuj monarch Oils year, so they will herald his I icemlng accordingly. The featival pre- J pared for him Is greater and grander than any of those which have greeted rulers ot Qulvera before. Gates of Plaaa Tktona Oara. Promptly at noon today tlie gates will be thrown open at the wonderful Plaza ef Pleasure, the carnival or King's High way prepared for Royal Ak-Bar-Ben's welcome. Each day until after his coro nation as the twentieth ruler of the realm, tils loyal subjects will make merry there. On the plasa lying between Sixteenth and Twentieth streets and centering on Howard street, dozens of attractions, dis plays, shows and amusements have Been gathered. They present in clfncrete form the wealth and industry of the state, at tractions from all parts ot the world and entertainment without limit in qauntlty or variety. Nor is the Plaza the only place of beauty and attraction In the city, Qulvera' s gateway. Throughout the busi ness section, the red, green and yellow of Ak-Sar-Ben ador.is the streets in the form of tuwa. hunting . und streamers Thousands if t ole red liguti along the principal tho.'3iirhfares will make the king's metropo' bright as night. As the days pass during the festival of the king's corning, special events will occur. The. grand electrical pageant, bringing the king into the city, will be held next Wednesday night, and on the afternoon following, the parade ot fraternal orders will pass through the streets. The elaboratee coronation cere mony and the brilliant ball at the Ak-War-Ben Den will be Friday evening of next week. During th festival, two other big gath erings will take place. The reunion of Nebraska's tertrtorlal pioneers will be held during the same days ss the Ak- Sar-Bcn festival, and the last six days , of the latter will also be home coming 1 week for many former Omahans and Ne braskans, who will gather here to visit, renew acquaintances and take advantage of the attractions and activities of Ak-Bar-Ben. Kins; of the. Air Here. Without any other features of the Im mense assembly of attractions, the thrill ing and spectacular performances of Lin coln Beachey, king of the air, In his big uipiane, will be worth traveling many j miles and paying much money to see. 1 But his tunts will be absolutely tre to all. j being performed high above tha curnivai i grounds. Actually flying in the face of provi- (Continued on Pa Jao, Column Three.) The Weather Forecaat till 7 p. m. Wednesday: For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity Fair tonight and Wednesday; somewhat cooler tonight. Teas perat are at Omaha Hours. Deg. 4 a. m n a. m... til i p. in a. m.. a. ni.. 14 a. m.. 11 a. m.. 12 in 1 p. ni.. ! p. m.. I p. m.. .. si comm ill TYPES OF WAR PRISONERS AT THE GERMAN V has been gathering something way of prisoners of war taken English soldiers and on the jaaf aV i els3 i"ivi nVsWfrf in BRITON WOUNDED IN DUEL IN AIR Aviator Succeeds in Landing After Being Shot by German. STATEMENT BY WAR OFFICE Further Deaerlprto of Operations Lt Week Alons; Line of Hattle la Xorthwentrta -Krance i LONDON. Bept. 29. (3:18 p. m.) The of ficial press bureau today gave out a statement, ' which says: "The following descriptive account, which has been communicated by an eye witness at present with the general head quarters, continues and supplements the narrative published yesterday of the movement of the Brltlfh force and of t Vi t Vmnrh nrmUi In fmmpillnt tnlleh with it. ! "Wednesday, September 23, was a per fect autumn day. It passed without in cident as regards major operations. Al though the enemy concentrated its heavy artillery on the plateau near Passy, noth ing more than Inconvenience was caused. "The welcome absence of wind gave our airmen a chance, where they took full advantage by gathering much Informa tion. Unfortunately one of our aviators who had been particularly active in an noying the enemy by dropping bombs, was wounded in the air. Being alone on a single seated monoplaue, he was not able to use hta rifle, and while circling above a German two-seated machine In an endeavor to get within pistol shot, lie was hit by the observer of the German machine, who was armed with a rifle. He managed te fly back over our lines and by great good luck he descended to a motor ambulance, which at once con veyed him to a hospital. Bomb Dropped Among: Horses. "Against this may be set off the fact that another of our flyers exploded a bomb arnong some artillery horses, killing several and stampeding others. "On Thursday, September 24, the fine weather continued, as did the lull in the action, the heavy German shells falling mostly near Targnan, twelve miles south east of Laon. "On both Wednesday anoTThursday the weather was eo fine that many flights were made by the aviators French, Brit ish and German. These produce a corre siionding activity among the anti-air craft guns. So still and clear was the air towards evening on Wednesday and dur ing the whole of Thursday thyt to those not especially on the lookout, the presence of aeroplanes high up above them was first made known by th bursting of the projectiles aimed at them. The puffs of smoke from the detonation shell hung in the air for minutes like balls of fleecy cotton or wool before they slowly ex panded and were dissipated. "From the placea mentioned as being the chief targets for .the enemy's heavy how User, it will be seen that ths Ger mans are now Inclined U concentrate their fire systematically onNjeflnite areas in which their aviators think they have located our guns or on villages where It is Imagined our troops may be billeted. The result will be to give work to local builders. Battle Hearsnblea Hlege. "The growing resemblance of this bat tle to siege warfare already has been pointed out. The fact that the later actions of the Russo-Japanaae war as sumed a similar character was thought by many to have been due to exceptional causes, such as the narrowness of the theater, operi.tlons between the Chi nese ffuntler on the west and the moun tainous country of northern Korea on (Continued on Page Two. Column Two) 20 11. P. Hupp roadater; splendid con dition; big bargain. Tor farther information about this opportunity. se the Want Ad Sao tioa of today's Baa. ? j ii4h. 14 ' Cite . i I ' "CtC' J t '" ! - 2 ill i-f vw.- ri of an ethnological o -a from the cliff ' right a grv ' .op V...ns who Promise of Autonomy to Poland is Revoked, Says Berlin Statement BERLIN. epl. 25.-(Vla Wireless to Saville, 1.. I.) The German report on the sinking In the North Sea of the British cruisers AbouVlr, Cressy and Hogue by the German submarine V-9 declares thst the entire engagement lasted one hour. The brltlsh cruisers did not fire a single shot. Contrary to ' English reports the V-9 Was alone in this engagement The , British ..destroyer cTTased flie"T7-9 unlit ( darkness fell, but were not successful In catching it. News ha been given out that the Ger man cruiser Kmden, after sinking five UrltlHh merchant steamers in the Gulf CZAR'S FORCES ' ENTERHUNGARY Official Communication from Buda pest Says Enemy Has Succeeded in Penerating Ung District GALICIA IS PRACTICALLY CLEAR Sorrtea by tiarrlaoa of Prsemyal Are I naaceeaaf ul and Many Prla oners Fall Into Hands of the Rasalana. LONDON, Sept. 29. An official communication Issued at Budapest, according to a Rome dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company, ad mits that the Russians have suc ceeded in crossing the Hungarian frontier at BOveral points in the Ung district, despite the fact that rein forcements have been sent against them. Ung is a county in the northeast ern part of Hungary. allel Nearl Clear of Auetrlaae. LONDON. Kept. 2.-A Petrograd dis patch to the Reuters Telegram company states thst an army messenger has an nounced that the Russians have almost completely cleared Galicla of the enemy, who has taken refuge In the passes of the Carpathian mountains. The same source confirms the reports of the pro gressive destruction of the Austrian army. - An eye witness states that two German army corps took part In the battle of Jaroalau. According to the same dispatch, Ruasians had to take moat of the ene my's trenches at the point of the bayonet, (rraisii I'ae BIsT (sane. PETROGRAD, Bept. .-The following official communication from the chief of the general staff, regarding the Russian operations, has been given out here. "Ruealan troepa are driving fast on the offense in the forests of Agutstow In Russian Poland, province of Buwalkl. (Continued on Page Two. Column Four.) French Deny the Sinking of Warship by Forts of Cattaro WASHINGTON, Hept 29. -Official de nial of the ainklng of a Franc, h warship by the Austrian forts at Cattaro was made today by the French admlrallty, through the embassy here. The French secretary for ths navy has made known that this news Is entirely false and theie is nothing to Justify such report. "Cp to dste (September is), no French warship has been touched by sn Austrian projectile, - snia the admiralty statement whli h attributed the report to the Cologne CiSKvty:. ENTRATION CAMP AT DOBERITZ The German army he Concentration Camp at ias encountered in battle. On have been captured 4' ?3 Mm . '1 m', J "M t, rf aw v . r- - - ;4 of Bengal, destroyed naval nil tank steamers st Madras. Other Information malTepubllc In Ber lin declares that the commander-in-chief of the Russian forces (Grand Duke Nich olas) has revoked the government's prom ise of autonomy for Poland, giving as his reason the fact that the Polish rifle men fought on the Austrian side In the battle of ( Lemberg. It is explained by the caranandr4n.TChlef .that , a . pollehJ constitution waa to be granted only under the condition that all Poles were loyal. J tlon that Emperor Nicholas' manifesto to the Poles was worthless because It was given out without his signature. STEAM ROLLER OF RUSS THREATENS German General Staff Realizes Must Win in West Now to Pay Attention to the East. it NOW UP TO THE INFANTRYMEN If Groins la Won the Snceeaa Will Be Doe. to the Men ha Foot Honkers la the French Line Pierced. LONDON, Sept '29. In his review of the situation of the battle In northern France the Paris correspondent of the Times says: "The German center still holds strongly. In fact It seems clear, as pointed out by Colonel Rousset, the military critic of the IJberte, that the Germans have re ceived orders to break through the French line anywhere and at any coat. Tho Russian ateam roller has come too close to be any longer disregarded and it is felt by the Germao general staff that a decisive success must be won against the allies In the western theater of war in order that Germany may be able to turn Its attention, with soma assurances, to the victorious advance of the Russians. Ilealataare la Kwrlona. "The enemy continues to fight with great fury at certain points of the line, though the action Is generally less in tense along the Immense battle front. A narrow strip of territory, which they succeeded in gaining as the result of violent attacks, was Immediately rewon by the allies, who captured cannon, pris oners and flags. "The French left continues to make progress. On the other hand the Germans have attained lio appreciable advantage from their success on the heights of the Meuae. The breach they made la too narrow to permit of the paesage of the Meuae by forces In sufficient numbers. "Nothing decisive hss yet occurred, bgt the scanty newa available ia certainly to the advantage of the allies rather than to th enemy. The furioua battle of the Alsne is a soldiers' battle in the sense that if ground Is won the final victory must be attained by the courage and tenacity of the Infantry. On no point along the gigantic line has the Anglo Fren;h Wall been pierced." Price of Mileage Books Increases WASHINGTON. St. 2.-Increases of! one quarter cent per mile In the cost or railway mileage books will become ef fective on October J. The tariffs pro posing an advance will not be suspended by the Interstate commerce, but may be investigated later iute feffecUt. pm 3 Doberitz, near Berlin, in the the left-is shown a group of - v- AtW C4 MAN ARE CRUSHED IN TUBEJISASTER Three Collision! df Subway and Sur face Cars in North Side of Manhattan Island. TRAFFIC IS BADLY CONGESTED Terns of Thooaanrts Are DrlwyeO on Wr o work Smoke Povri from getaway for Dlatnaee of Tea Blorka. NEW YORK, 8ept. 29. Three collisions of subway and surfaca cars sent eighteen persons, more than half of them' women, to hospitals today. Two of the injured were said to be mortally hurt. Four persons were Injured in a crash between subway trains at One Hundred and Forty-second and Lexington Avenue. The subway was blocked snd tens of thousands of persons were delayed on their Way to work. Mis Persons 'Victims. Six persons were the victims of a col lision between surface cam In the center of the One Hundred and Forty-fith street bridge over the Harlem river. One car that had been struck, deeterted by crew and passengers and not held by Its brake. then shot down the Incline of tho bridge and crushed another trolley car at the end of the bridge. ICight more persons were later taken to hospital as the result of thla accident. The traffic congestion that followed the collision In tho subway was the worst in the history of the city. At several stations more than 6,0K persons crowded on the platforms snd thnee nearest the rails were forced entirely off snd. In some cases, walked along the tracks be tween stations In nerll-jus proximity to the deadly third rail. Surface cars were crowded till passengers sat In tho win dows. Milk wagons, trucks and delivery carts of all descriptions were hired by the thousands waiting to get down town, and a y-ily stream of these vehicles, laden to overflowing with men and women, rolled south through the chief thoroughfares during the early af lei noon. Fire Adda to Difficulty. VAddlng to the difficulties of the situa tion was the stubborn fire that blazed up when the trains crashed. For ten blocks along I-enox avenue every man hole belched billows of black smoke. Firemen tried to fight the blase by plac ing their hose through these thirty-Inch openings, but made little headway. The underground fire raged fiercely fur more than two hours. CIVIL GOVERNMENT CLASSES AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Classes in civil government and hlhtory. Intended especially for foreign born resi dents who are preparing to take citizen ship examinations, will be started at the public library Friday evening. The course of Instruction has been conducted free each year by the library board and proves a great help to would-be citizens. Meet ings will be held weekly on Friday eve nlngs at 7:90 o'clock. Next Sunday Special AKzSMzBM v Edition of THE BEE Beat of Them All 4 fi! V ,-4 i. War Summary The terrific batt, now In Its eighteenth day, In the Aisne dis trict, to tho north of 1'arlH. ton- tlniiea to rage, but lis violence 1 generally held to portend a de cisive result in the near future. Furious hand-to-hand fighting la going on and the losses to both the allied and Oertnan armies are enormous. Several times the (lernians have UmI their innssed troops gainst the French left win, but In ev ery case they were repulsed, ac- tirdliig to the official statement Issued by the French war depart ment this afternoon. In tln tenter, It Is asserted, a ;'.y cannonading is going on u! tU-'.i between the Argonne forest and the river Mense the allies have made some progress. The Herman general staff, Ber lin advices say, claims that the sit unt inn on French soil has not changed nnd It Is emphatically denied that the hattle at any point of the line is going In favor of the allies. (ialiria has been almost cleared of Austrian, according to an an nouncement at Petrograd, and the Russians, crossing the Car pathian mountains, have entered Hungary and are driving hark 'lie Austrian reinforcements sent v, against them. The Invaders wept across the mountains Into - -r ,,,. district, which Is ahout 180 miles northwest of .mlnnest, the Hungarian capital. Germans estimated to number 1. ".0,000 are reported from Uot- tiIiuii to be preparing for a siege of the Belgian fortress of Ant- iverp. The Japanese are drawing the nllltary cordon rloHer around the German territory of Klao Chow, In the Chinese province of Shan i'ung. An official Japanese state ment today announces that ' the Japanese are driving the Ger mans toward Tslng Tau and that 'he Japanese fleet, aided by the army, haa bombarded the litis "o.'t. - Russia nag extended the sus pension of specie payments for another month. Austria Denies Report of Russian Victory at Galicia HF.RL1N, Sept. 29.-(Via Wireless to Hay villa.) Information given out In Ber lin today declares that tho Austrian gov ernment under date of yesterday denied Kusalan successes near the fortress of I'rzemysl. It Is further declared that the situation "on the River Have la unchanged. Attention is called here to the Dally Citizen, a workman's paper published In London, which criticises Great Britain sharply for accepting help from Japan In the present war. This paper, It Is said, predicts unfortunate oonsequenoes for Australia and America from this move snd says that 100.090 Japanese are ready to embark for India. Berlin newspapers have expressed ap preciation of the protest of Lord Bel borne, former British colonial secretary, against what are characterised as the un true reports of German atrocities, pub lished In the London Times. Seven members of the'Krupp firm, now in the war cone, have been decorated with the medal of the iron Cross for the splendid work of the Krupp howltsers. '' Britons and Germans Begin Exchanging Lists oi Prisoners LONDON, Sept. 29 The British and German governinenta have begun ex changing lists of prisoners of war. This Is being done through Walter 11. I'age, the American ambassador In Ixjiulon, and is preparatory to arranging an actual exchange of prisoners. The first lists passed through the American einbusxy today. They were not very extended, but additional lints are expected shortly. I'p to the present time thoxe exchanges have been arranged only for women and children and men over EU years or less than IH years old, or those physically disabled. The war office promises a epeedy pub lication of the, liata of English prisoner in Germany to relieve the anxiety of rel atives. Italians Warned to Keep Out of Armies of Nations at War ROM K. Sept. . (Via Paris, 4:lu p. in.) The Official Uaxette haa published a warning Issued by the government -.o Italians who have taken or Intend to take service In the army of any country now at war. This action is against neutrality and punishable under article 13 of the penal code with from five to ten years In prison, or sixteen years In case Italy becomes Involved. Article 13 also deprives any Italian who engagea in military aervlce abroad of hia Italian cltlacnahlp without exempting him from military duty at home, END MAY BE NEAR OF THE TITANIC . BATTLEOFAISNE All Indications Point to an Ap proaching Finish After Eigh- teen Days' Battle. FIGH.TTN0 IS HAND-TO-HAUD With Such Fury is the Mighty Con test Wag-in; that Issue Slay Soon Be Decided. HUMAN BARRIER IS INTACT British and French Armies Consist- ently Throw Back Masses of Attacking Germans. LOSS COMBAT IS C0LL0SSAL Gruesome Picture of Thousands Lying- in Fire-Swept Zone. RUSSIANS SECURE A FOOTHOLD Now Seems Certain They Have Crossed llnnsrarlan Frontier la , Considerable Stre.agta, with Ko Farts Now Ahead. BIXIRTIN. LONDON, Sept. 30. A Paris dia- patch to the Exchango Telegraph company says: "I tls stated here to night (Tuesday) that tha German right has been entlre'y broken and la now being pursued by the allies. All the automobiles in northern France have been requisitioned for the purpose of pursuit. BILLETIN. PARIS, sept. 29. Tha French official communication Issued to night aaya: " "There la nothing new In the sit uation." OIXLUTIN, . LONDON, Sept. 8. ( 3 :' 2 pi ji J In, a dinpatch from Antwerp the correspondent of the Evening Newa aaya the aliening of Mallnes, Bel glum, by the Germans continued throughout last night. Moat of tha streets are encumbered with the wreckage of burned buildings. Cardinal Mercler left Mallnes at 6:30 yesterday evening. The few remaining Inhabitants also Isft the city yesterday. LONDON, Sept. 2. The eigh teenth day of the battle of the Alsne thus far haa brought no decisive re sult, but all Indications continue to point to an approaching end of the Homeric struggle.. Hand to . hand, fighting, now raging with aucn fury, la bound, It ia generally held, to de cide the Inane. Meanwhile, the fog which the French official report yesterday an nounced, had prevented operation! in the Woevra district, "covers meta phorically the rest of "the long baN tie line. All that the publio Is permitted to know from the allied side is that so far the British and French armies have held their grip on their positions and have consistently thrown back the masses of Germans who have been bravely and in cessantly hurled on them in an effort to break through tha human barrier. In Berlin It Is asserted that there has been no change In the situation, and that the scales have turned slightly la ' their fsvor is stoutly denied. The losses of the opposing smiles in the last few days of the combat have been colossal. Kven the official reports con tain a gruesome picture of thousanda of dead and wounded lying In the fire swept gone between the two armies, and (Continued on Page Two, Column One Bright and Homelike. Furnished Rooms with board if you desire may be found in The Bee's Want Ad section. Kxperience teaches families with such rooms to rent thatthe most welcome tenants are readers of The Bee, ao do not fail to say that you, are one when you call to look at rooms. You can be accommodated ia " any part of the tity where you tare to live, and at reasonable prices. 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