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A T7 APn T7 stench Llose to causer s Mrmv un titain he Omaha Daily NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XLIVXO. 104. OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOHKH 17, 1014 TWENTY PAGES. Oa Trains and at total Slews Rtanda, Bo, SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. P u Bee TORPEDO SINKS BRITISH CRUISER; .350 LOSE LIVES ttkwke Wrecked in North Sea by a German Submarine with Heavy Loit of Life. ft UT I ONE OF CREW ARE SAVE: jArmnrncf TCarnh. m VanAvteil t Hot-a Had at Least Four Hundred ' " on Board. BESTS NAVAL LOSS OF BRITISH Other Crniseri Sunk Were Amphion, Pathfinder, Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy. THESEUS ALSO IS ATTACKED Submarine Fails in Move Against Sister Ship of Hawke. JFIFTY SURVIVORS AT ABERDEEN Smmander and All Offlrexa of the Hawke Eicfpl Boatswain aad Acting; Giuer CM Horn with the Ship. toRITIVH LOSSES IN OKTH SEA. Cruiser Amphion, soak by Itttuser Pathfinder,, sunk oy torpado, Baytamoar 10. crutaara Aooukir, Korua aad Crta7. una dj aoamariaa, hakambar IS. Cxoiaar Jaawaa, tang oy torpauo, Octo ar lfr. LONDON, Oct. 16. The Drltish rruiser.Mawke hs been sunk in th JSorth Sea by a German submarine, i Out of a erew of 4 00 men fifty-one vera eaved. Th British cruiser was or 7,350 tons displacement. It was 360 fet long, of 'sixty feet beam and drew twenty-three feet of water. It was . sister ship of the Edgar, Endlm6n. Craf ton, 'ThoBeus- nd aibralfar and trais launches'' li'ibii.-'" " ' ' ' Its armament conaleted of to .:-inch una, tn S-lnch un tw?lva -pounder!, ilva t-teundrst two maihihe gun and two torpedo .tubei. It complement ia tven as 644 men. but tt may have had fewer' on board wheu it went down. The Hawke was eomnmtidcd, according to the Britieh adrnlralty list of September, JW4, by Captain Hugh P. E. T. Williams, and anions' Its offloera were Commander liernard A. Pratt-Bark vr and I.liutenant Commander Robert R. r.oaoman. Three Saak Thrte M'r-k Ao. This 4eatructton of the Hawke follow by about three weeks the sinking In the North sea of the British cruiser. Abou kir. Home and Creiy., These -Venecia uccumtwd to the attack ut a German aubmartne, and with th?rn some sixty British officers and 1.100 men went to their death. Amoni Its officers at the time of the CuaastT were eight navnl cnilets. . Other British worships lost :n the war vr the cruiser Amphion, which was runk in the North fcea by a mine. .Uig.jHt t). and the cruiser Fathflndcr. torpedoed In the North Sea September 10. Th !os ef th Hawke mokqa a total of six Ttritish f-rulsera destroyed by Germany in the tCorth Sea. .. . Stateaarjtt by Admiralty. The admiralty 4aa given out the fciiow Ing statement : " "Hla majesty's ship Tbuaeus. Cuptain Xugh Edwards, was attacked by a sub marine In the northern waters of the Korttj Sea yesterday, but waa mlsaed. Hla itajesay'a ahlp Hawke, Captain H. P. 13. U'. Williams waa attacked about the same time and was sunk. 'The following officers, with forty-nine tnn of the crew, have been landed at berdeea from a Jrawler: Boatswain Fydney Austin, Gunner James Pennl and eting Gunner Harry Kvltt. l"he remaln ing offlners and men are missing." The Weather Foracavat till 7 p. m. Saturday : For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity -Fair; no important change In tempera ture. .Tap rait are la Omaha Yeaterday. Deg. .... 41 .... 4 .... 44 ... 4f ... 4! ... ;.l ... V .... ... 2 .... .... o; ... 7 ... c ... (4 in ni in in m H p. m (a farad w luteal Reeard. 1814. 1913. 11M2. Mil. .... 7 47 7S m Jtighaat ayatsrday Ixwast yeaterday rreclpttation .'. a 44 sou 00 .02 .0) .fiG Taniperature fend precipitation depart urea from the normal: Normal temptraiure So Tjaficieney for- the day 1 Normal precipitation i inch vsil-lencv for ?i-e dav CS Inch Total rainfbll dime March l...4.tj luchea Tericlency nr Ht,r li 1 1. 1-3 lnci.es Heflcinncj lor Cor. terioil. J!ii:..,.!3 Ini'liex jeiicin'-y r.irior. erlrd Pi;. Heaiorls .'eetu Sri f. turn at T I. M. Etniio-i ar.il I I .- of Wf -iev. "heynna eVar 1 Ml',' HIS - Tain Tvev!rt. cio.uily SO 3enver. ciei.r Sea Moines, clt-ar . nilr dear S4 North PJ.iti.-, clear. ....... it Omaha, clear 2 Pueblo, clear O. Rapid City, clear 3 Bait Laka City, clear SS ranta lX clear M atUertdaa, dear (a .:;i . .11 .00 .00 . .00 .V) .OS ts 74 n 7 7t m 72 JI sS . . Hour- "H yi fnn 5 m - fVrTeev la a. in... vkSS A la. in... Til "rT Wa.m!i; BELGIAN BATTERY IN ACTION This is a photograph of a Belgian battery reply ing to the German fire during one of the humorous engagement in Belgium of late. The censor struck out the name of th nlace wh;re the photograph was made. u -M' - r' i-'': " v'i lWI:?';-"' PRZEMYSL REJECTS RUSSIANS' REQUEST Polite Demand on Commander of the Austrian Fortress is Rudely Refused. , DIMITRIEFF SAYS HE IS LUCKY Austrian Reply Aaarrte Commander Kinds It Heneatn Dlaralty to Rlre Affrontlnar Proposal Answer Which It Heaervea. VIUNXA. O't. 15. (Via Amsterdara and London, Oct. !.) It was announced of ficially hero toilay that on the afternoon of October t the commander of the fort ress at Przomysl received from General Radko Dlrnltrlff, In command of the F.UKslan army of Investment, a request to rurrendcr. The proposal waa promptly rejected. General Dimitr'.erf'S communication waa as follows: "Good luck, 'which left the Austr'an army with Its last successful encounters against out troopa, has given me'tlm oiporturjlty of Investing the fort ress of Prremysl, the dc-fente of which has been entrusted to you. I assume that It Is not possible to send yon help from the outside. In order to avoid useless bloodshed, the present seems to me the rleht moment (o propose to you negotia tions for the surrender of the fortress. If you surrender It will be possible to ob tain honorable conditions for: yourself and your garrison from the highest com-mander-ln'-ctitef of the Riifslan forces. "If your excellency wishes to begin negotiations. I beg thnt you will com municate the conditions to our author ised delegate. First IJeutenant Wandam. I embrace this opportunity to express my high esteem to your esoell ncy." The Austrian answer to this communica tion, whlrh was sent Immediately, ran as follows: ' ' To the Commander. I find It beneath my dignity to give to yonr affronting proposition the answer which It deserves. (Signed! "Commander of tne Garrison of Prsemysl." British Complain German Ships Get Coal at Manila WASHINGTON.. . Ocl. ' In'. Plr . Cecil e'rrlng-Itiee. the British ambasaador, called the attention of Acting Becretary Lansing today to alleged violations of neutrality In the Philippines, where he aaid the BritUh government believed va lioua German ships bad been coaled at sea from Manila. Inquiry waa directed Immediately by the State department to th authorities at Manila. According to advices to the embassy, other neutral veaaela than the American Steamer Kin Paslf. recently ' seised aa a prise by the British and carried to Hong Kong, have- been aeri ctly aupplying the German cruisers which rava been preying on British commerce . In fr eastern atcrs. The ambaihuiior discussed aitli Mr. Lanslne th q.wtion of what restrli Hons n ight be laid on this practice. The Siata department recently took the ground that merchant veseels, even under neutral agents, could not legally carry supplies from American Atlantic ports to the Ger man cruiser off the tost and In Weat Indian waters, and the ambaaaador asks that the same doctrine ehail be applied to the Philippines, a.; e 'J.,,.i':'.?s':;.. Ji . I V V : ' V e .. s T!' . .v'vjv , i .... tmmmtuu'"Jh.''-Jm " i.mmmn' iaaai iniiHai sssjsara1sam Four Thousand Prisoners and Rich Booty Taken at Antwerp WASHINGTON, Oct. W. The' German embassy today received the following official wireless report from Berlin: "Official headquarters reports that' at Antwerp between 4.000 and ,0QS prleonera waYe taken and that among the war booty 'are S00-' cannon,, 4,000 tone of grain REFUGEES LOSE THEIR CHILDREN Women Separated from Husbands and Offspring in Mad Flight from Ostend to Dover. TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND LAND Haadreda'of Pereewa Leave Belgian ta Reach Soma Point on French Coaat. DOVER. Oct. IS. (Via London.) Three thousand refugees from Ostend are still either on the quay here or In the vessels that have not yet been able to dock. The port of Dover is closed because the city is fortified, but the port officials have been obliged to admit these boats carry ing women and children fleeing from Bel glum. The railroad facllltlea are Inadequate to accommodate the great ' crowds. An emergency committee has provided food and water for the fugitives, but it ia un able to give them quarters as all build ings, hotels and homes in Dover are filled. Seven thousand persons from Bel glum came in two days. - Their a1 vent swamped the town. Of the women In the boats unable to dock many are aeparated from their husbands and children. These refugees left Ostend Wednesday night. The captains of ships which already have docked declare they aaw hundreds of persons leaving Ostend in small rowboats, toping to reach some point on the French coast. Hundreds of ethers boarded little trawlers and sailboats, which are still Straggling into Dover. Their passenger often have been without food for thlrty sla hours. Many small boats from Bel gium are putting Into Lowestoft and Folkestone. TheM craft are manned n.oUy- by volunteers who know nothing of the English ports and head In wher ever they can eee docking facllltlea. It is eatimated that 36.000 refugees have landed here and at Folkestone slnoa Wednesday. Several thousand other Bel gians have come from Calais, where many others are still waiting ships. Tomorrow the Best Colored Comics wittr The Sunday Bee 3 . J..,"""H i.v --t I I r- V v: . s.nft plenty of wool, metal and cattle. The harbor works are undamaged. "The Trench attacks near Albert have beeji repulsed. - "The Russian advance In East Prussia has failed. The Russian attack with eight army corps from Warsaw and Iran fcorfcd bavs been repulsed." WIRELESS MESSAGE : UNFAIR TOGERMANS Dispatch from Honolulu Telling of 'Whereabouts of Gunboat Vio lates Neutrality. ,U. S. GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATES Giving; of Positive Information of Operations of Belllaerenta to the World May t'anae Marconi . Company Trouble. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-Rear Admiral Moore, commandant of tho naval station at Honolulu, was ordered today to cloee the Marconi wireless , station there within twenty-four hours unless the oompany g.re a satisfactory explanation of tha sending of a wlreigsa dispatch announc ing the arrival of the Gorman gunboat Goler. Admiral Moore had reported the aendfng of the message during the temporary ab stnee yesterday of the naval officer on duty at the station as a censor. Th'j gun boat had Just arrived from Tslog Tau, convoying the German steamer Iokson. which had been Impressed into the serv ice aa a colUer. Acting Becretary Roosevelt regarded the transmission of this dispatch aa a clear violation of neutrality because It gave positive. Information of the opera tions of a belligerent, advising the world of the gunboat's actual position. Reports from Honolulu that tha Oarier after taking on half the amount of eoal to which It was entitled under the neu trality laws, was about to be Interned until the end of the war, were not ex plained In official dispatches. It was said that If the gunboat had been In terned the action must have been volun tary on the part of the Germans In order to escape capture. Officials madn it plain that the course of the department In regard to the wire less station's alleged violation of nmi trality would not be affected by the fu ture movements of the Gler. Congress Likely to Adjourn Next Week J WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. -Adjournment ! ; in --at week of the present pesslon of con-j : eresa i presaged in un sgreemtnt j resi hed in tho senate today, under w hich ! tl.e final vote on thi pendlnsc wur revenue I bill will lie taker, tomorrow. South Dakota Hanks. WASHINGTON. Oct. 16 (.-?pec lal Tel. gram.) Tha abstract of lha condition of tfte national tajiks of South Dakota at tha tio of bualneas on September 12, aa reported to the comptroller of the cur rency, shows tha avwese reserve held at 14.1 per cent; loans and discounts, ill,. S,7&: gold coin, X114: la lawful money reeerv bend at kLl,3Sl; Individual do Posits at VC.Kjl.C6, ALLIES HOLD OWN EVERYWHERE, IS FRENCH REPORT "On Our Left Wing the Action Con- tinues Vigorously," According 1 to Paris Communication. i MAKE GAIN AT CERTAIN POINTS Laventie Occupied, East of Estaires in Direction of Lille, by Confederates. GERMAN'S ATTACK IS IN VAIN Hannescamps, Near Arras, Also Falls Into Hands of Troops of the Coalition. TEUTONS ADVANCE TO C0URTRAI GERMAN ADVANCE RETORTED Flahtlaa cnr the Mesne Desperate, Tliouah Overshadowed tr llpexa flon on the Left Wing of the Allied Forera. Ill M.KTIX. PARIS, Oct, 16. "Ou our left wing the action continuoa vigor ously,," bios an official oonuminica tlon lsRiieti this evening. "Kvery where we, hnv held our own. At certain points we have gained ground and have occupied I.aventle, cast of Estaires in the dihection of Lllba. "There Is no important incident to mention on the other parUi of the front except an unsuccessful attack by the Germans in the region of Malancourt, northwest of Verdun." Hannescamps Taken. WASHINGTON. Oct. K.-Capture of Hannescamps, southwest of Arras, by the allies, and an advance by the Germans from Audenarde to Courtral were an nouneed In an official dispatch made public here by the French embassy. Tha dispatch follows! The Germans have advanced from Audenarde toward Courtral. The enemy occupies a line of defense at Merotn, Armentlers and Glvenchy. To the weat of LaBassre It In In contact with our troops between that locality and Arras. A violent combat took place northwest of Lens to Vermelles, whloh resulted In our favor. We have taken Hannescamps, southwest of Arras." Allies Keen Penndlna" Away. PARIS, Oct 1.-The steady hammering of the allies on the German left wing of the French battle front has brought them almost within cannon range of the foits at Mets. In spite of this menace, part of the German crown prince's army hanss on doggedly to the positions It hsa taken on the Meuse near St. MI'ntnt. The fight ing on this end of the long bs.ttle line Is said to have been desperate during the last week, though overshsJowed for the time by the operations ou the allies' left. More important developments, however, are looked for between the Meuse and the Moselle, while the battle of the four rivers goes on in the west. Handle Machine Ussi Weil In the early daya of the war the Ger mane stiemod to have the advantage of' the allies In the equipment and handling of machine guns. In this hilly, weodod country, tha .French have shown that they can also use them with great ef fect. The German rush through the Ar gonne forest as well aa In the hills of Woevre met with a telling fire of gat 1 trigs from trees, where guns were so clev erly concealed, that It was Impossible to detect, and every effort to gain lost ground cost dearly and failed. The Fren-h Alpine contingent distin guished Itself in this rough country. The French ure now In possession of the route from. Nancy to Mets as far aa Dagney, en the Lorraine border, and menace the route from Verdun to Mets In the neighborhood of Ktaln, endanger ing communications of the orown prince's army with the Carman fortified camp. FIVP BURN TO DEATH WHEN GASOLINE EXPLODES NEVADA, Jto., Oct 11 Five persons were burned to death at Mtlo. Mo., near here, today when a gasoline can ex ploded. tt YES 99 tt NO" VOTES FOR WOMEN In the Interest of fairness to both sides and to help along the educational Mde of the suffrage campaign, The Bea lias opened a special depart ment on the subject putting one column at the dlpoxal of the local suffrage organiza tion and another column at the disposal of the anti-suffrage association. See Magazine Page War Summary German naval forces have scored strain. The Prltlsh admi ralty announces that the cruiser Hawke was sent to the bottom In the North sea by a German sub marine Thursdsy. The French War offce an nounced yeeterdsy that the prog ress of the allies indicated in Thursday's communication had been confirmod. The field of ac tion on the left wing of the allied armies extends from the region of Ypres to the sea. There was no official word from Berlin up to late yesterday, but news dispatches report that the Germans marching on Ostend are within ten miles of their ob jective, having occupied Illanken bershe, a town on the Belgian coast connected by rail with Oe tend. The belief grows in London that Ostend will not be occupied by the Germans until at least they have fought for Its possession. It is reported that British war ships will take part In the defense of the town. The French embassy at Wash ington lias received advices say ing thnt the allies have captured Henncsciimps, a town about ten miles north of Albert. There Is no other news regarding, the fight ing on the northern end of the bat tle Una In France. The Paris statement says that KuHFlan troops have repulsed Ger man attacks on Warsaw and Ivan gorod. In Husslan Poland, and that a battle Is being fought south of Prsemysl. RUSSIANS REPULSE ATTACKBYGERMANS Advance of the Kaiser's Troops on the Vistula River Bank ii Thrown Back. NO IMPORTANT ACTION IN EAST Flghtlnc Rare Believed Ho Far Be Confined to Cavalry En ;enrsl No General Aetloa Yet Benn. hlLLETIJI. PETROORAD. Oct. 15.-(Vla London, Oct. KO-Flghtlng between German and Russian troops Is now going on within eight mUea of Warsaw, Russian Poland. PARIS, Oct. 16. -The French War of flne made an official announcement this afternoon aa follows: "In Russia, on the left bank of the Vistula river, the Russian troops during the day of October 13 repulsed the Gor man attacks rn Warsaw and Ivangorod. "A battle Is going on south of Pria mysL" Genej-al Aelloa Not Beann. LONDON, Oct. 1.-Tnklng the unre eonclllable dispatches arriving In London from Petrograd, Berlin and Vienna as a baels of Information, (t Is almost Impos sible to determine with any accuracy the situation In the eastern theater of tha war. The muln armies of the contending forces, the Uusalann on one side and the Austrian and Germans on the other, are In dose touch over an Immense front, which evidently will gradually extend from the Bajtlo to the Carpathians. In spite of the claims f victory here and defeat there, there Is reason to. believe that, generally speaking, the fighting so far has been confined to cavalry engage menu and that a general engagement has not yet begun. Situation Reviewed by British Writer LONDON, Oct. W.The correspondent of the Times in- Paris, in a review of the situation on the French battle front, says: "The German army corps which has driven the French from Lille had little effect on the whole situation. Between the Lys river and the town of La Basaee, thirteen miles southwest of Ulle. the sit uation remains unchanged. The Gar mans destroyed the town hall at Arras, a fine sixteenth century building. "The enemy has abandoned the attempt te Latter a way to Paris through Roye, although guns are still active there. The enemy is also slackening Ha effort. nn the heights ef Brlmont and southeast of Ithelma. where the allies have taken sev eral formidable trenches. "The German efforta to envelope Ver dun from the north and from the south east hav been defeated. The poaltion of the German wedge, pushed through from Pont a Mousson to St Mlhlel. Is becoming more and more uncomfortable." Peasant Girls Fight Against Germans lNDON. Oct 1S.-A dlspatoh to lleuter's Tclceram company from Patro riad says: "To Hie locsl pcasuntry, smone thm many tlrls. Is attributed In nrt the failure of the German attempts to cross the Vistula during the r"'mt flKhtiiip. The gills aided the Russian soldiers by digging trenches. "On the initiative of an P:ngllah 'club here, a movement Is on foot to raise a detachment of recruits for the British army. Incahlre men employed In oot ton mills have volunteered." GERMANS REACH BELGIAN PORT ON ENGLISH CHANNEL Berlin Official Report by Way of Hague Says Ostend and Bruges Are Both Taken. NEWS DISPATCH CONFIRMS Story from Amsterdam to London Press Agenoy Announces Capture, STRAIGHTENS GERMANS' FRONT Allies Must Pierce Line to Make Headway Against Long Line of Troopa, BRITISH DISCOUNT THE MOVE Assert Capture of Ostend Wat Fore ! N gone Conclusion. TO CAUSE CHANGE OF TACTICS All Rnglnnd Flxetted by Talk at nSee and RaysJ Frewlaaaattaa ' Deala with Regnlatlann far Carryiagr af Letters. BULLETIN. BERLIN, Oct. 1 (via Tbe Hagus to London.) "The Germans occu pied Bruges October 14 and Ostend October 15," an official statement la sued here today says. "An attempt by the Russians to occupy Lyck (east Prussia) failed with the loss of their artillery and S00 prisoners." aBsnsnsasssasBBs BULLETIW. LONDON, Oct. 16. (7:ia p. m..) A Central News dispatch from Am sterdam says that fugitives wtio have arrived at tha Dutch frontier declara that Ostend has fallen tako the hands of the Germans. LONDON, Oct lC.As -was tha case Just a week ago with Antwerp, so It was today with Ostend. That is to ssy, its occupation by Germany la momentarily expected. Ostend being almost opposite the mouth of the Thames, Britons centered their gaze there . regardless of whether or not the taking of the city would mean much from a military standpoint, or hasten, or protract the great war, now In Its seventy-third day. The latest news available in Lon don early today said the Germans were within ten miles of tha city, having occupied Blankenberghe, a small town on the, Belgian eoast about ten miles northeast of Ostend and connected therewith by steam tramways. Thus It seemed that the taking of the popular sesside resort by the invaders was a foregone con clusion within twenty-four hours, It not already effected at this writing, and the news delayed as it was when the forts at Antwerp fell before the terrible fire of the German siege guns. Steamer Service Saaneaded. The last of the refugees have come from Ostend and steamer service between that city and England has been suspended until further notice. Thousands already have reached the British Isles, adding tir the multitude of unwillingly expatriated Belgians. The British press today Is Inclined to clasa the taking of Oatend with that of (Continued on Page Two, Column Two I A queer want ad A recent Sunday laana of the Cincinnati Enquirer contained tha following want ad: XaJa A. WANTEDAN OLD MAN One who wants to live In ' tha ceuijtry on a email place by himaslf. . JJh pfyJ" "Vi11- ,4 Pr month and find himself. 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