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    THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER J, 1914.
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GERMANS MOVING
AGAINSTAHTWERP
Occupy Koll and Begin Bombard
ment of Htm in Front of
New Capital.
CALL BELGIANS "BLACK BATS'1
frmtw Ontpasta Prd Terrar
hv I h nt f Their
Eirvtr, frwaa CI If llt
ifirr Kick.
AVPTERDAM (Via Uondon), rl't lO.y
The GtratM have cnmnwnrfd their at
tack on the Prut tin of detenu at Ant
werp, according to dtspatchea received
y tha Amirterdarn paper- Moll, which j
I an Important rail war Junction near,
the Dutch border, we occupied by the
German Sunday and today th Oermana,
wtraagatn occupy Mallne. began a bom
bardment of Lierre. direetl In front of
.Antwerp. They also continued their bom
bardment of FVirtu Wachel and Bt Cath
arine. It la believed heavy Austrian ar
tillery la being used.
laerre, according to message to the
IlandVesblad. ha been under ahell fire
flnea early morning. Th people fled to
Antwerp, being Joined by fugitives from
the anrroundlng vlllagea. It la reported
that many house have been destroyed
ttnd eomo of the Inhablianta killed and
wounded. One ahell fell on a hospital,
fell ling nine persons.
Fad i rree.
IXWDON. Sept. JC The acarclly of
good la Brussels ha raised a grave prob
lem, according to It. C. Hawkln. who haa
Just rettirned from Belgium, where he
completed'arpangemenu to transfer a
r umber of wonndad Belgian oldk)r to
England.
The situation In Bruanela la o& of
grreat tincartalnty," aald Mr. Ilawkln to
night 'There la th graveet danger of
gtarratton. Food la caro and 1M.000 peo
ple are applying for ratlona, which the
liirmu administration la finding t diffi
cult to eupply. There la tb further dan
srer that Lba worklngmaa of th elty may
rls la revolt."
gntrt Of Belgian.
Mr. Hawkin waa greatly Impressed by
Ih apliit of th Belgian troopa at Ant
werp. Regarding condition there, he
Mid:
"Every night a aortl la mad and
every morning bring Its quota of dead
and wounded, aometlinea aa many a
1.000, making a heavy drain 00 the gar
rlsoa; but the usefulness of these expedi
tion oannot be exaggerated. The Ger
)nn outposts are reported aa almoet ter
rorised, not a night panning without aome
tof them being picked off or torn of their
aupply trains blowa up.
"All theae Incldenta tend to upaet the
1 artfully planned arrangement of the
(ierman army. The Belgian at Antwerp
kav been nicknamed "black rata," on
account of their destructive nocturnal
ctlvltie. '
ftvlllana Haffer Ortlr.
"It la remarkable that In eplte or the
vigor of the military operation the' great
iroportlon both of killed and wounded
are civilian. The Oermana undoubtedly
have tried to atrlk terror to tha heart
of tha people of Antwerp In order that
their determination to hoi out to th end
might be ahattered, but th firm tosolve
of King Albert to reaiat all German offer
haa endeared him to the heart of hla
people and they are content to follow hi
lead. This waa ahown when hla majesty
refuaed even to recelv tb laat Oermsn
deputation."
j Whitman's Lead Big,
Sulzer Is Defeated,
Wadsworth Winner
NBW TORK. Sept, WI-WMh the re
ceipt of about two-thirds of the up
state vote and practically all of th New
York City returna It appeared tonight
that James W. Wsdsworth, Jr., had won
the republican nomination for t'nlted
Mates senstor over William M. Calrter.
and that Frederick M. Pavenport hed
defeated former Oovernor Wllllsm Bulaer
for the progressive gubernatorial nomina
tion. Governor Glynn, restrict Attorney
Whitman and Ambwimdor Gerard con
tinued to add to their pluralltlea up-atat
for th democratic gubernatorial, repub
lican gubernatorial and democratic aena-
Vorlal nomination, respectively.
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LONDON CONFIDENT
BIG BATTLE IS WON
Unusual Assurance Among Men
- Cloie to Military Source, of
Information.
BERLIN BECOMES APPREHENSIVE
Pall Mall (iairtle tonamenta Way
France and tier many Hare
( baa are 4 (harartera Blare
War Waa Began.
With a majority of almoat 100,W already
eatahllahed over John A. Henneeay, It
appear that the governor would finish
probably 1X.M0 vote ahead of hla op
ponent. Whltman'a plurality probably
will be between .7),m0 and 75,000. It Is
believed that Gerard plurality will ex
ceed 75,000.
Omaha-Lincoln Road
Worst on State End
National Highway
"Tb wont roada on the a hoi Omaha,
Lincoln and Denver national highway are
those between Omaha and Lincoln," aald
A. It. Westgard of Washington. D. C,
Mc president and traveling repreaenla
tlr of the National Highway association,
when ha arrived in Omaha over thla road
yesterday. II said he had been Vld n"
would find about thirty-five mile of bad
roada wet of Culbertaon, and, while he
found them not ao good there, he. never
theless, found nothing ao bad aa tha sec-
tlon between Omaha and Lincoln.
'"It la all due to th Inadequate read
lws in Nebraska." h continued. "Kor
example, half th automobile license
money now goes to th county from which
It I collected and that la to b a pent by
th road commissioner of th county.
"Her I th road between Omaha and
Millard, twelve mliea. Tear ago that
waa put In at a cost, I ahould eatlmate, of
about t toe K mile, or tXOOo for th whole
atrip. Now today it ian't woeth much.
That 1 limply becaua It waaa't main'
tained. I don't believe any county ran
afford ta spend ISX.000 on a atrip of twolv
. , miles of road and then leave It go to
piece for th want of maintenance."
Tha National Highway association ha
st its mind upon tha perfection of K.mo
tnlle of government-built highway In the
Untied fetatea.
BROGAN IS IN FAVOR OF
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Francis A. Brogan spoke last evening
before the Kconomlc league Insupport of
the constitutional convention! the moat
effective meana of formulirttng and ac
complishing reform and amendment to
tha constitution.
lie enumerated three plans by which
this might be done, namely: By resolu
tlons submitted to the legislature; 1 slllng
a constitutional convention, and by Ini
tiative measures. In aelertlnTf the conven
tion form as the most efficient, he aald
advisable amendments could be thor
oughly dlecusaed by membera of the con
vention and a clear and concise view of
nroDosltlon be planed before the
peopl for sanction.
In anawerlng the objection that a con
stitutions! convention 1 too loW,' Mr.
Brogan declared that if the constitution
be an embodiment of fundamental law,
fixing a definite kind of government,
thre or four year for It establish
ment I by no means too great a length
of tiro.
II pointed out that tha present consti
tution contalna many obsolete form and
ld!is. a an example th provision of
salaries for state official mado In lftTC,
when th constitution waa formed, are
entirely Inadequate for present flay
needs. Administration of Justice as pro
vided by th prent constitution h not
kept pc with progress made In other
lines, and a need of greater speed In the
accomplishment of Justice Is a vital neces
sity. Kaiser's Son Grinds
With Heel Pictures
Nof Czar and Spouse
PARIS, Sept. HO. Crown Prlnc Fred
erlck William, during tha flrt day of the
battle of tha Mama, had hi headquar
ter at the chateau of the Barone de
Bay, near Cliampaubert. Marna, famous
for It collection of art objects. The
baroness De Bay writes, aaya tha Tarts
Temp, thus:
The crown prince plundered the whole
plane. Ha stol medal, old arm, rare
and precious vases, tapestries. Icons and
gold souvenir most dear to my fsmlly.
He caused to be packed choice bit of
the furniture but come of these cases
were left In the hasty flight of the Ger
mans.
The baroness affirms, according to the
Temps, that the German crown prince
stamped with his heel on the portraits of
th Russian emperor and empress in Che
chapel of the chateau.
(Copyright. 1PU, Tresa Publishing
LONDON, Spt- (Ppeclal Cablegram
to New York World and Omaha Bee.)
Though, up to the-time of writing thla
dispatch, the closely drawn censorship
haa not permitted the publication of any
definite news beyond that contained In
official bulletins concerning what Is hap
pening In Franca, nevertheleea there pre
vails throughout th military dubs and
other good sources of Information, a spirit
Of quiet, but cheerful confidence
Information from quarterk which have
always been r-llaliln show that thla con
fidence Is not baseless nor unjustified.
T'-ere Is no ' evidence of excitement or
Jubtlntlon, for Kncllshmen of the better
Informed classes are not apt to forget
tha lesson Indlroted In the new slogan
of Tommy Atkins, "It's a long, long way
to Tlpperary."
Hopeful of Ontrnme.
It Is recognised the great struggle
cannot and will not he ended without
appalling losses, but the present outlook,
It is felt. Is . better tlinn had been ex
pected by the most sanguine of thox
In authority, ami a cheerful confidence
that excellent newii will soon be forth
coming from Frsnce Is now the order of
the day.
James L. r)rvln. In an editorial In
tonights Tall Mull Gaxett reflects
thla prevailing opinion. He polnta out
that for a fortnight past th German
public has teen encouraged by Berlin to
believe that an overwhelming victory wa
at hand despite the fact that for eight
een day the German force,1 In a mass
movement, have tried their utmost, with
repetitions of failure and deadly loss, to
withstand th attack of the allies.
Ikatloae Change Character.
11 continue:
"It's odd that the two great military
nations seem to have exchanged their
supposed characters. Berlin at th
start was full of levity and rage and of
cheap shout of 'On to Pari. Blooe
then Oacmany ha done nine-tenth of th
vaporing. "V
"The French, all, however, ar cold
with fortitude and tenacity, and their
operations have been more anomalous
than those of the Japan. W hear
very Jlttle of their generals or of their
deeds, yet Joffre's method somehow
seem to make a more and mora dominat
ing impression of deliberate personality.
"On the German aid there aema little
left of Moltke but hla nephew. Tb
kaiser Byxantlne regime of eourt fa
voritism, as (Mrmans often bitterly
cslled It, ha not hen good for th pro
motion of men of signal talent and char
acter. . ,
4alll- la fieri I a.
"Tber Is apprehension in Berlin, but
there Is mysterious spreading of hop
throughout Belgium. ' Parts and Bordeaux
believe now that -tha Invaders will b de
cisively bestw at every point of th
present Una of battle. W need not point
out that It would be Impossible for offi
cial silence or semi-official sophistry to
conceal the meaning of such a disaster
from the) German people. -
'That 1 the worst of tha semi-despotic
regime, nothlhg helps It but victory,
otherwise the defeated nation blames It
rulers and not Itself.
"The profound weakness of the present
Oermnn political system will be revealed'
before the end of this war."
t,cattnar the, F.ngllsh.
From the " mention " of two village,
I'alney and Pragnan. in General French'
dlspatehea, It haa been Impossible ,to say
where at least a large expeditionary foro
I located In the present battle. It haa
been believed that they were fully re
sponsible for driving back' the German
right, but It now appear they were lo
cated In strength near to fraonne and
taking part in th tremendous struggle
for the occupation of the height of th
Alsne. -y
Crsonne Is built on a large plateau, and
from It eminence German artillery haa
played havoc with the BrHlsh and
French, though the latter have been well
entrenched and have made most of the
assault only at night.
The bad weaiher that often marks th
French fall, while not seriously hamper
ing the movements of the allies or th
German In the field trenche In their
center, may seriously' Interfere with all
operations in the Lorraine and Alsace re
gion, aa snow flurries ar already re
ported l h e re. The Voege mountain be
come practically Impassable In winter, ex
cept at certain points, which are easily
susceptible of effectiye defense.
Prince Oscar is in
Hapburg Hospital
ROME (via London), Sept. SO. An offi
cial ataternent isaued in Berlin and re
ceived her aaya'.
"Prlnc Oscar, who has heretofore been
reported aa 111 In a hospital at Hamburg,
I pronounced by apoclallsta to be suffer
ing with a heart affection from which he
will recover, but It la said that he must
not resum his place at the front, as he
could not stand th strain:
Prtnoa Joachim, . who was recently
wounded, la expected to be able to return
to the front In October. ' The other sons
of th emperor ar all well."
TEUTONS FIND ALOST
ENTIRELYDESERTED
Nearly Forty Thousand Inhabitant!
March Ont Followed by Shells
of Oncoming Army.
ST0EY OF MASKED MACHINE GUN
Carrrapondeat Talk with Refaareea,
Wha Tell el Attack Id la
Center of Taws' With,
at Warnlag,
(Copyright, 1M4, by Press publishing Co.)
ny m on minTi.
GHENT, Belgium. Bept. 28 (Monday.)
(8peclal Cablegram to New York World
and Omaha Bee.) What 1s In some re
spects th most remarkable incident In
the whole course of the Belgian campaign
evacuation, but I may attempt a general
outline. Yeeterdar afternoon the Her
mans sent fifty sple dlrgulaed ref
ugees from village further afield. They
ram and melted awny. Then more
"peasants" sppeared, bringing household
goods with them on little carts drawn
by dog. Belgian lancers and rycUf
were In strong force In the center ot the
town and the streets Here full of piople,
mauy of them preparing of their own
free w-111 for the trek which- afterward
became compulsory and universal.
Suddenly the "peasants" swung round
their little carts and flung away the cov
erings from the contents and poured from
machine guns a hall of lead Into soldiers
and civilians alike. ;
Mother Loses Children,
On the Ghent road thla afternoon I saw
a woman who waa conspicuous by her
sobs among the tens of thousands In this
niost lamentHQje of processions fhe had
lost her two children "shot here and
here," she said, touching her neck end
forehead. Several women also wera
killed.
Last night orders were given for every
un in the nreutnt. occurred today. By
order of the Belgian military authorities, Pton In Alost and the adjacent villages
Inhabitants, was 10 icnvo in tne morning for Ghent From
ZEPPELIN DRIYER
TELLS OFOHE TRIP
First Visit of Aircraft to Antwerp
Described by Man Who Wai on
Bok'd the Machine'.
PANIC CAUSED BY THE BOMBS
Aviators Con Id Plainly Be What
Waa tiolnax Below Tftwaa,
Kven to lanage Dona kg
Their Missile.
Alost, a town of 33,2"0
evacuated by the entire civilian popula
tion. Not a Belgian remained In the place
by t o'clock thla afternoon.
Thla la the anawer to the "Crime of
Termonde." Termonde. seven mllea to
the north waa wiped out ,wlth a com-'
pleteness never knowti to history, and In
the process hundreds of defenseles peo
ple perished. To save Alost, thre times
tho size, from a similar fate, the govern
ment haa taken the wise, though sen na
tional step of ordering a complete aban
donment down to the last maul woman
and child. If tho Germans destroy Alost
aow they will be doubly cursed, for not a
soul remains to challenge their occupa
tion. City Entirely Deserted.
Testerday there were 40,000 people, civ
ilians all, (tuletly pursuing their avoca
tions under the shadow of the coming
terror In Aloet and surrounding village.
When the place waa entered by German
force thla afternoon It was as quiet as
a aepulcher. I spota to the last man out,
two miles from the edge of town. He
was an elderly Englishman, riding around
en a blcycl to j find what damage had
been done by a shell a few hours earlier
to the great Gothic church of St. Mar
tin. He wa accosted by a Belgian offi
cer. "If you don't want your throat silt.
come out of this," said th soldier,
hustling him, cycle and ail. Into an ar
mored car.
What la happening In Alost tonight we
only guess, but, I know that when the
German advanoe guard came In they
found all doors of all houses open, all
furniture there, all food In all larders
ready to be eaten, all wine to be drunk,
all beds to be slept In all that an army
could desire to satisfy its love of com
fort and pride of cdhquest.
Fir t pan Civilians.
It Is not possible yet to obtain coherent
account of what led up to the great
daybreak onward they have been stream
ing out by the highroad. Yet even so
pitiable a crowd hardly escaped a bom
bardment. At 10 o'clock shells began to
drop into the town. The church Is said
to have been struck, but not badly damaged.
BELGIANS THREATEN TO
USE BUTCHERKNIVES
LONDON, Sept. fa Americans who ar
rived today from Bruasel say most of
their countrymen are now leaving that
city, fearing outbreaks owing to the
strong feeling among the population
against the Germans.
As an evidence of this attitude among
the Brussels people It Is cited that after
Burgomaster Max waa arrested, numer
ous placards were posted warning the
Germans that If the burgomaster was in
jured the people of Brussels had petrol,
vitriol and butcher knives and would us
them.
While the German troop ,wera taking a
party of captured Belgian soldier through
tha city on Bunday the crowd became so
threatening that In the confusion two of
the prisoners escaped. The Germans
promptly arrested six civilians to take
their places, It Is said.
(Copyright. 1914, by Press Publishing Co
By F,DWI EMEnSON.
LIEGE, Sept. 30 Speclei Cablegram to
the New York World and Omaha Be.)
A Oermnn aviator, who took part In th
first flight of a Zeppelin over Antwerp,
told me the following:
"Our trip caused a terrifks panto In th
fortress; the gas factory wa destroyed.
1 a hlch is explained by the fact that In on
part of the city suddenly all gas lamps
were extinguished.
"It was easy to observe the result of
the bombs which we had been throwing
out. One bomb fell among a group of
houses and we could see from our airship
how the lre front of the buildings
tumbled to pletes.
"Although our airship waa Balling along
at a good height, yetwe were being shot
at, but we were able to return In safety
to our landing station. No doubt thee
trips will be repeated."
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SOUTHEAST IMPROVERS
. FAVOR BOND ELECTION
Th Southeast Improvement elub went
oa record last night aa unanimously In
favor of th auhmlBslon to th peopl
th November election of a ll.SflO.OO bond
iasu to improve graded school and build
n new tacbnloal and commercial high
fee hoot.
B. r. Navghtoa urged th need of aaw
lilgh cboola, on for tti north, another
for th wet and a third for th aouth
fcart of tb city.
Th Board ot Education ha decided
that no bond laaua will be submitted
this fall. Member TL F. WUIlam of the
tord told th elub that th member of
ta board bad gon thoroughly Into th
natter before concluding to withhold th
tood propositions.
County and city commissioners were
thanked for their effort ta securing 100
to grade Bancroft street. County Com
toilantooer Joh C. Liynch and City Com-
tniiMioser Dan B. Butlar and Tbomaa
fefoGovera mad abort speeches.
Th club roommdd to th d tractors
Of Oraaha th advisability of locating th
unlvareity on th alta near th Rlvrvtw
ton.
lMr TrsakU
CtUM It.
It o t take long far kidney and blad
(W trouble to gtv you a lam hack, and
ven worn If not checked. Mr. IL T.
ttrsyng. Gain villa, Ge,. waa fairly
cua on bar back with kidney trouble
ar.ii nflamd bladder. Bha ya:
took Foley Kidney Pill aad aaw my
Wk la stronger than In year, and ktd-
ttey trouble and painful bladdar sai
tion hav entirely gon. Good drug
gist r glad to aell Foley Kidney Pill
feeeauM they always help. They eon lain
tui b&bit funning drug. All dealers.
Prices Not Boosted
By War in Britain
Iean A. L. Mulrhead of the Crelghton
Medical college haa received a very In
teresting' letter from a cousin in London,
who la In close touch with affair at th
British capital. Th letter waa written
September 11
According to tha writer, th so-called
'Jingo" party of England would have
had a hard time In Inducing the English
people ta war-against Germany it tha
latter had not attacked Belgium.
Bustneaa I apparently little affected
Price ar not yet high, thanks to actlv
measures by the government in fixing
maximum price. Bugar has shown th
greatest inoreaa because the German
auDulv ha been cut off. Britisher look
to th American farmer to aupply th
crop which will fall to com from th
continent.
In London at night th lighting la not
brilliant, due to fear of Zeppelin, and
searchllghta sweep the sky at night
Fear la expressed that even ahould th
German war strength be broken it might
only result In th aggrandisement of th
Russian arms, bat Britons ar worrying
chiefly over th present.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown
Are Safe in Holland
Mr. and Mr. Charles IL Brown of
Omaha hav finally reached Holland
from Vienna, according to a cablegram
rrecelved by Randall K. Brown. They
wer near Vienna when th war started.
and no communication with them waa
posatbl for many weeks. Finally th
tKat departmentlearned of their safety
and ability to go by rail to Antwerp,
They will anil from that port aa soon a
atearaahlp booking raa b secured
SUFFERING DRIVE MANY
. OF THC GERMANS INSANE
TOLEDO, a. 8pt. S.-Theodor Roo-
terdara dispatch to th Dally Mall, prlvata
Information from Berlin say that befor
th retreat to the wester frontier th
Gorman eommUaariat broke down com
plelely. . For a fortnight a majority ot
th Germans lived on bread and watar.
80 great waa their aufferlng that larg
number entered th hospitals with nerv
ous breakdown and many bacam tnaan.
NICE WEATHER CAUSES HENS
TO BEGIN LAYING AGAIN
Warm weather has started th heaa to
laying agala with renewed enthusiasm,
and so th retail price of egg haa dropped
I emits, from M tu 21 rents, according to
Al King of Has den Bros. H also says
that ntany cases of storage egg hav
been placed on th market during the
last few dss, which has contributed to
tb reduced prtr.
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