Advertising it the pendu
lum that keep baying
i and telling in motion.
Says
The
Whole
Attacks on
Omaha Daily .
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THE WEATHER,
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VOL. XLIV NO. 107.
OMA1U, "Ve1)XBAY MORNING, OCTOUKlt Jl, MH-TWEIaVK PAGKS. .m&VXVj&Vti STXGLE ? COPY TWO- CENTS.
JAPANESE TAKE
POSSESSION OF
UORHSLjltlDS
Occupation of Marianne Group, Near
, Guam, by Mikado's Heet U An
nounced at Tokio.
OTHER ISLANDS ALSO TAKEN
German Possessions in Manhall,
Eastern and Western Caroline
Archipelagoes Seiied.
FORMERLY OWNED BY SPAIN
All Islands' in Marianne Group Ex
cept Guam Were Sold to Ger
many Fifteen Years Agfo.
PART
OF
JAPANESE POLICY
First Cargo of Food from London
Starts for Relief of Brussels
Plan is to Hold All German Coaling
Stations Until End of War.
GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT SUNK
Craft Wnlck Saeeecded ia Escaalaar
fro at Kla. Ckow Bar Carer
f DaJrVarea la Baals ay
aaeae Warskla.
TOKIO, Oct. 20, (6 P. nU The
narv department has announced the
occupation for military purposes of
strategically Important Islands in the
Marianne, (or Ladrone) Marshs.ll,
east Caroline and west Caroline ar-
chlpellgoes.
Jaluit in tne Marshall group, was
,,,nirt October 14 by a division of
the Japanese fleet. Jaluit,, it is ex
plained, was the base of the enemy s
maritime operations in the Marianne
Marshall and . eastern and western
Caroline archipellgoes. The J apanese
found two German Tessels. One sent
Itself to the bottom and the other
-.ntnrMl with its crew. No
damage was Buffered by the-Japan
ese fleet.
Captare mt Jalnlt Island.
It was ansouncad from Toklo on-Oo-,
tqber ihnt the Japanese aqnadrou. dle
nttd to destroy the German fleet in tha
aautli wan. landed bluejacket . on
Jahut Island, tha aeat ot government
tha Marshall archipelago,, which waa an
nexed by Germany In 18. Tha Marshalla
are In' tha aouth Pacific, about midway
w-n tha rhllippinee and Hawaii.
Jaluit Island is thirty-eight milea long
and twenty-two mllea wide. It haa been
the headquarters of a big German com
pany which traded with tha Marshall and
adjacent groups or Islands. -According
to a German news agency die
r,ateh received In . Peking. October 7
Janeneso forcea had occupied the Island
-r.r v.B. tha most .Important Inland In the
Caroline group or New Philippines, In tha
Factflo ocean. It was declared later in
Tnkin that this report waa without con
firmation. Tap is due east of the Island
of Mindanao In tha Philippine and dis
tance 1.S0O miles. Is is about 130 miles
southwest of Guam.
A dispatch from Washington, October
7. quoted tha Japanese embassy as skying
that the selsure of the Island of Tap was
only one development In the general plan
agreed on by the British and tlie Jap
anese to seize all of the German naval
stations In the Pacific This waa re
garded as necessary. It was explained, to
terminate the activities or the uerman
cruisers which have inflicted serious In
. Jury on British commerce.
C.ermaa Toraeda' Boat Destroyed
SASEBO. Japan, Oct. SO. According to
Information reaching here today, only
three of tha 2S4 members of the,crew of
tha Japanese cruiser TaKochlno wnicn
waa sunk by a mine In Klae Chow bay
on the nlcht of October 17, aurvlve tha
disaster. The body of Captain I to has
Continued on Pass Two, Column Five.
The Weather
Teaaaerstares la Omaha Yesterday,
Peg
- Hour.
iK&ma is
Ktf t a. m....
Jtv i 10 a. m.'...
i VJvt ' J 11 a. m....
' Tmff -1? ?::::
, 4 p. m....
6 p. m....
ia, jfism 7 pf-;:;:
" ' p. m....
GREAT GERMAN FORT WRECKER
, jfilGHT OVER 150 TONS Here ip shown the complete forty-two centimeter gun and its crew in
marching order, the motor truck in fri -u carriage with recoil chamber in the center, and the gun itself at the rear.
lal.
tl. v.. tin "H..- .- t
' - I " J- V
TEUTONS ASSAIL
ALL ALONG LINE
WITHOUT AVAIL
German Attaclji on Entire Front Are
Everywhere Repolsed, Says'
. Paris Statement.. ; . ' ;- '
BELGIAN ARMY HOLDING WELL
'Berlin Report inert! Enemy Suffers
Heavily in' Unsuccessful Moto
' West' of Lille. ,. .
lXNDON,' Oct. . 12:80 p. m .)-The
first consignment of food supplies for
the relief of the people of Brussels to
day waa on the London docks ready for
shipment ' to Rotterdam.
W. H. Page, the American ambassador,
haa consigned this food direct to Brand
Whltlock, the American minister In the
Belgian capital, tn -accordance with the
request the German government made at
the time it granted permission to send
supplies to Brussels.
The Amerlcsn and ' Spanish ministers
at Brussels are the patrons of the plan
to'revictual that city, which probably
will be extended to the sending of sup.
plies to ether Belgian cities.
.This .food' committee, which Is now
taking on a national scope because of
th great needs of , Mslines, luvln,
l!ege and other Belgian cities. Outside
help Is necessary to prevent starvation
among the Belgian people. The com
mittee expects to open a .headquarters
In London and make direct shipments to
Isolated Belgian cities and towns.
CHRISTMAS SHIP'S
TIMEJS CLOSER
Date for Closing Shipment . from
Omaha Only Three Days Off,
" and All Busy.
MANY HELPERS AT THE WORK
People Awakea ta the I aa part a are af
the Eaterarlae aaa Give All
Sorts af Ala ta Make It
a Saceeas.
Time is short. '
Saturday,. October 24, is the limit .for
sending goods from Omaha to the Christ
mas' Ship, . , . '
Many people have been misled by pub
lications made elsewhere iroa Have the
J.idea, JMmt beoaua-a.aW-4oes -not-sal f
from Jew Tork till Neveraber 10, that
gooda can be received up to November 1,
at least. One Nebraska man wrote to The
Bee that he had word from Chicago that
November a la the date, v - r '
Thia la all wrong.
The Christmas Ship will sail from
Brooklyn navy yard on November 10.
When .Uncle Sam fixes the time for a
hip to sail, It atarts at that time.
Uncle Sam baa fixed the time for the
Christmas Ship.
Eleiaeat of Time.
It takea - time' to haul goods from
Omaha to New Tork; the railroads are
generously contributing their transporta
tion facilities, and have planned to hurry
the shipments along on a special schedule,
but even thla requires promptness In des-
FRENCH ADYAHCE
INTOLORRAINE
Announcement that it Has Cap
tured Position in Former French
Territory Causes Great Joy. ..
VALLEY OF ELL IS OCCUPIED
Plaaglaa; Attacks by Gerataaa aad
Allies at Different Folate Aloes
North Fortloa af Blgr Llae
'Are Day's Featares.
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
Oldham Will "Chase"
Ex-Governor Aldrich
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Oct. SO. (Special.) It Is aald
that the average democrat does not use
a "chaser," but It Is announced .by .Sec
retary Spraguo of the democratic state
committee today that W. D. Oldham of
Kearney will chase ex-Governor Aldrich
from now on, ' covering the aame towns
which the ex-governor la covering In N
forta to counteract .'the work being done
by Governor Metcalfe.
When the democratic state committee
laid out an itinerary for Mr. Metcalfe
tba republican state committee laid out
one for Mr. Aldrich which covered the
same towns, but two daya later. Now
tba democratic committee proposes - to
have Mr. Oldham cover the same towns
as Mr. Aldrich. Just who the republican
committee will put on the trail of -the
Kearney statesman has not been deter
f LONDON, Oct. 20. "Burning
houses. indicate. tba lino of fighting
in northwestern.. .Belgium," tele
f raphV the ' flushing correspondent
of the Erening News, under date of
Mcmday,- -- .,---' -"On
Sunday, seventeen trains of
forty ca,rs each brought German
wounded hack to Bruges," the cor
respondent continues. "The north
ern columns of the Germang have
been, increased with reinforcements
brought at night ' by train from
Bruges, where there are now but
few Germans left, ,
"Ostend was quiet Monday morn
60
Caaaaaratlva taal Reeorsl.
Highest today 72 29 tl
lowest today 64 t! t:i
Mean temperature, m 30 - M t
Precipitation 04 .00 .17 . .00
Temperature and precipitation departures"
from the normal:
Normal teir.pratui-e 53
K.xcens for tha day jj
Total excess since March 1 ....ts
Normal precipitation , M Inch
'leflflency for the dev... CC In.-h '
Total raiofall since March 1..M.J9 Inches
iefii-iency since Marcn 1 1.13 Inches
I'eflcltncy for cor. period. 1913 S.a iinches
leflclency for cor. period, 1911 I.JO Inche
eerto front atatlaaa at T P. M.
LINCOLN MAN ACCUSED
OF KIDNAPING HIS BOY
: ' . .
KANSAS CITY,. Mo.. Oct. , 20. -f Special
Telegram ) Mrs. Corda Harvey, 4 121
Broadway, reported to the police today
that her 4-year-old son." Clyde, had' been
kidnaped by hla father, Dewey Harvey
of Lincoln. Neb. : According . to her story
Harvey and his uncle, Richard Brown,
came to the house ' yeslerda y ' afternoon
and asked to take the boy for a walk.
They promised to bring him back at 4
o'vlovk, but (ailed to du so. she said.
Mrs. Harvey haa been divorced three
years, the waa given tue custody or tns
boy at that time.
Station and Etata
of Weather.
Cheyenne, clear ....
I'avenport, clear
I enver, clear
l'es Moines, clear ..
North J'Uue. clear
Omaha, rlear
Kapid City, clear .
HirrlJan. clear
( to u t'ity, clear ..
alentlne, rlear
Temp. High- Rain
fall
7 p m. oat.
.... 0 70
, M
,70
, 8
M
M
to
, M
at
(8
7
7t
74
7
73
M
t
74
S3
.00
.0r
.V
.nu
.00
.
U A. VKLH, lAti-nd ForevasUr.
THREE PERSONS INJURED
WHEN AUTO TURNS OVER
BROKEN BOM'. Neb., Oct. SO Spe
cial Telegram. )-Whl!e Mr. and Mrs. ft.
A. Runyon tt Mason City, with their son
and two 'daughters.. were, motoring
through this city about noon today, the
car overturned seriously Injuring three of
the occupants. Mrs. Banning, tha oldest
daughter, waa Injured about tha spine
and possibly Internally, Mabel. T ,yeara
old, sustained a broken thigh, and Mrs.
Runyon's foot was crushed.
The accident was caused by an attempt
ura out for a passing raotorrycla -.
. fto t
PARIS, Oct. 20. Increasing satis
faction was shown by the people of
Paris today on reading the latest re
ports from the front. These indicate
that the allies are continuing their
offensive operations, whien in the
opinion of French observers, promise
the best results. The action of the
Belgian army and of a squadron of
warships in repulsing an attack by
the enemy Is a subject of particularly
favorable comment. .
The public was equally gratified
by the announcement of the situa
tion in Alsace. This was the first
time in some days that the war of
fice has indicated definitely the
French positions. It Is now seen
that the French troops have almost
reached the outlet of the valley lead
ing to the plains of the River III,
which flows north In Atlace and
empties into the Rhine.
The French now consider that they are
firmly established In Alsace on territory
doubly dear to them. Word has been re
ceived also that the Germans are hastily
preparing . nsw - defensive ' works around
Strassburg. .and... digging . Innumerable
trenches'. In front, of this city. . Vineyards
bare "been levelled hy the German en
glneers In carylng outhis work.
The fighting In tha vicinity of Mile
has been watched with deep Interest here,
and it Is hoped that not-many days will
pass before the allies take this position.
ins institute 01 vranee, arter -a pro
longed and lively meeting, has decided to
read in public at Its annual meeting next
Monday the report of five of Its members
condemning tha course of Germany In
tba present war. ,
After long continued negotiations
through the Intermediary of the Ameri
can legation at Berne, Switserland. ex.
changes are about to be made among the
belligerent cbuntrlea of Interned civilians,
tt has been decided that all 'women' and
children and all males under 17 y ears of
age will be exchanged between Franca
and Austria. So far as known here the
arrangements with Germany hare not
ben fully completed,' but It Is believed
tfat ssveral tralnldada of German civil
Uns In France win be allowed to go to
the German . frontier. Certain German
men over 17 years of age and military
prisoners will cot be returned.
' Faar ltl Battles Reals.
UD.NDON.' Oct. . Tha plunging Ger
man attacks on the allied line near the
Belgian coast bet seen N leu port , and
Htxmundsi similar tactl.a by the allies
War Summary
That the allies are frustrating
the attempt of the reinforced ex
treme right wing of the German
army to skirt the English channel
ports with the supposed object of
finding a new route to Paris, is
indicated by the French otfclal
statement, given out yesterday,
which asserts that the Belgian
army is maintaining its position on
the River Yser.
Further actions, the statement
adds, are being fought between
the allies and the Germans In the
region of Ypre, Belgium. From
Ypres the allied left wing extends
to the English channel, where it Is
being supported by British naval
forces.
Along the remainder of the 360
mile battle front, stretching from
the ' North Sea to -Switzerland,
where the defenders and the in
vaders have been deeply in
trenched for thirty-seven days,
the only activity noted is that in
the region of the .Meuse river,
where heavy fighting goes on in
cessantly, principally In the vi
cinity of Camp Des Romalns.
- French batteries at 8t. Ilhlel.
south of Verdun, are reported to
have destroyed an entire ' battery
of ; German artillery, which had
been particularly active in Bweep
lQJgn2SX position-
There is a dearth of news from
German sources concerning ihe
operations of Emperor 1 William's
forces either in France or 1 in
Russia . ' ' '
A hugeonfllct is, in progress
along the Vistula river, in Rus
sian' Poland.' Despatches from
Petrograd declare that after fierce
fighting to the west of Warsaw,
the Germans have been driven
back towards their main positions
on a line from Skjernewlre, near
Lodz, to Sandomlr, on the Gallcian
border.
French War Off ice Report Tells of
Progress at Various Points oh Front
TAIUS, Oct. 20. -The French official
communkstlon, given out this afternoon,
says that the Belgian army Is holding its
position upon the Yser river.
The official communication follows: .
"In Belgium. In . spite of violent at
tack on the part of the enemy, the Bel
gl.vn' army haa held Its position on tha
line of the Yser river. . ,
"There have been other actions In the
regions of Ypres between the allied forces
operating In this territory and the forces
of the enemy.
"On our left wing, the Germans con
tinue to hold strongly their advance ponts
around Lille In the direction of Armen-
tie rs, I'ournes and' l.a Bassee. -
'On the Mouse the enemy hss endeav
ored In vain to drive bark the advance
po.its of our troops, w ho have moved out
along the right bank of this stream In
the peninsula of the Camp Des Komatns.
"To sum up.' Jurlng the dsy of October
19, we have made progress at various
points on the front.
"Russlsn: In Kat Prussia and on the
Vistula river there Is no change in the
sltustlon. ' The efforts ; of the .Austrian
to cross the San river have been repulsed.-
The battle south of Prsemysf Is
continuing under conditions favorable to
the Russians."
FIGHT AT- YSEE SINCE SUNDAY
No" Confirmation "of Story that the
- ' Allies Hare Ketaken Oitend
V from'&aiier. " "
NEWS niOSt EAST NOT; CLEAR
Each of Contending Armies Claims
'Foe --in Defensive. .
AUSTRIANS M0EE .OPTIMISTIC
TWO MILLIONS IN -EXILE
FROM HOME
Brussels Editor Estimates Exiles
from Belgium at that .
Number.
THEY WILL NOT COME BACK
laUlaat Cltlea af Mellaaa Refeaees
" Are More Nameroos Than tha .
, Native Poaalatloa.
BRITAIN TRAITOR -
TO THE WHITE HAN
England's Use of Japanese, Indians
and Negroes Called Suicidal
by Danish Author.
MUNICH ' YANKEES . SPEAK UP
WILSON WELCOMES
BAR ASSOCIATION
President Discusses Eelations of Law
and Lawyers to the Com
mon People.
PUBLIC OPINION FINAL C0UET
(Cunliuucd on Psga Two, Column Two.)
Bxecatlva latlmatea Preeealeat, Nat
Prlaclple, ts Too Oftea tha Galde
, Bales of EvMeaee lley '
Be Archaic.
WASHINGTON, Oct. .-vVlth an ad
dress of welcome by President Wilson,
with former President Taft In the chair
and the entire supreme court sitting as
guests of honor the American Bar asso
ciation today began Us annual session
bere.
In his Introduction of President Wilson,
Mr. Tsft pledged the association's earn-eat'co-operatlon
and deepest personal con
fedence In the president's ability and pur
pose to guide the ship of state safely
through the European crisis. Mr. ,Taft
declared, that. the American people , were
back of the' president In his handling of
the International situation and that he
had the confidence of the nation.
President' Wilson's response was that
his strength rested In the confidence -of
the people. . He pleaded for the ' human-
continued on Psga Three, Column Pour.)
The" National Capital
Tuesaay, Ortebcr S, 1I4.
Met at 11 a. m.
.Considered in' executive session peace
enmmlsfllon trestles with Panama and
the ltonilnlran Hepublin.
Adjourned at l.Kt p. m. to noon Wednes
day. , 1 , '
Tha Hoase.
Met at 'noon.
Kules committee reported rules to Im
mediately consider the Lever cotton ware
house bill and the Glass bill to allow na
tional banks ta Usu4 circulating- notes oa
commercial Paper up to luO per cena
War revenue Mil with senate amend
ments was reported by the ways aod
means committee, with recommendations
that the house disagree and send It to
conference.
Consldered-'fHstrict of Columbia legis
lation, with an aarement to take up cot
ton relief lctiaUcn next.
LONDON, Oct. SO. The plight of. ths
Belgian people, both at borne and In Hol
land, England Franco, Jg aHrrlngihe, ;
neart ana minas aireaay aiatraugut by
the horrofs of war. . .
Figures are necessarily vague,: but a
comparative estimsto la that lOO.OuO Bel
gians, out- of ; a population of 7,009,00(1,
have been expatriated. Lord Gladstone's
committee ssys T?,0oo arrived In I-ondon
during the last week, and tha women's
relief committee,,, which sent a ship to
Holland last week,' reports that in eight
cities of ' Holland the refugees number
nearly SflO.OOO; In other words, they are
more numerous than the. native popula
tion, Tha'Folksfbne committee alone haa
the names of 10,000 refugees on Us lists,
some among them having little money
and only a few winter clothing.
Folkestone already has established a
maternity homo and two hospitals, which
are well filled. There are many gentle
folk among these fugitive Belgians. Who
are not used to labor and who accept
charity reluctantly.
Maay CoatSBlttees at Mark.
Tha London committee has twenty
seven subcommittees In dlfferept cities
in England, Scotland and . Wales, and
these organizations are placing refugees
In homes as rapidly as possible. Alex
andra palace Is being used as the central
point for the reception work. Lady Mc
Dowell and Latdy Kmmott head commit
tees for collecting warm clothing, for
which work la done by boy soouts .
Belgian wounded are acattared In Brit
ish hospitals. Their whereabouts haa
beert registered and this Information, is
available at the Grand hotel In London.
The penniless refugees hers are suffer
ing ss than those in Hollsnd and else
where. Msny of thsm say that the poor,
the sick and the aged at home are in a
condition wore pitiable than la their own,.
'A prosperous Belgian glass manufac
turer of Chorlerol, an employer of euveral
hundred peopln, may be taken as typical
of thti way most of these people look to
the United tats for help. Thla man re-,
'quested the publication In the United
Ht.tei' of an open letter addressed , to
President Wllscn, craving American help
for tha people In Belgium. , "Their money
soon will be gone," this mama'ictur,
said todsy, "snd the' payrolls , aro dls-,
continued. Food Is scarce. My people
must either starve or beg."
Two atllllaa la Exile.
The editor of the Independence Beige
of Brussels Is now In London.. The paper
has been published successively In Ghent
and Ostend and it wi'l shortly appear In
the Jlritish capital. This man, speaking
toUay of the Belgian exodtis, said:
"There are perhaps today ,000,08r Bel
gians outside the borders of their. coun
try. It Is doubtful which are the better
off, .those outside or those Inefric. Mil
lions more would have gone had they
not been too poor, or too' optimistic. It
I useless to urge them to return and
live under Oerman rule. They will re
main away until the war Is over, no
matter what happens. I csms out with
my family of four persons. . All our bag
gaga was in two hand bags, and we bad
little . money., I ha,va a city home In
Brussels and a country home outside. I
do not care to see them while the Ger
mans are there."
The tremendous responsibility of car
ing for these Belgian refugees presents
problems which are being discussed at
leegth In English newspapers'
Aaserlvaaa af Uerataa City
tatehieat1 Settlagr Ko'rth that
Ulaad Hlasdoat ranaed ' .
, , ; Great Was .1 r
Isaac
1
BiiRLlN, OoC J0:-(By Vlrelet id Say
ytl'tJstJjal'iaaa ,lntfU'WiaUsa..gl,eon iaw4
touay.la (ieranaa official el rules ssys:
"Although tha now of the fata f ths
German torpedo-boaia B-llS, , 8-117, 8-HS
and 8-H8, w hlt'h Were sunk hy British
warships off' tha Dutch coast,' hfcs
arouaod feelings of. deop regret through
otrt Cleimsr.y, the loss of the ah I pa ' will
neither Increase or decresse tha pride of
tha Herman for. their .navy, XThe crews
are much bemoaned, but the vessels were
old anj 6f little .value. i
Ttaased Aatwera GaTOraar.' ',
i"Senalor fitrandes of Hamburg has b
appointed civil goveraor of Antwerp.'
."Two Belgian majors have related to a
war correspondent of j the , ; Nlewe. Rot-1
terdamache Courant that one-half of the
Belgian army has been Interned. In Hol
land. A quarter of the whole army haa
deserted, they declare, and tha last quar
ter Is so disorganised that it. ts only a
burden to the British and French armies.
"Nearly all tha Italian . volunteers j In
the French army have returned to Italy
during the lest few daya. .
"French recruiting officers are spend
ing considerable sums of money to bring
about the enlistment of the fisher popu
lation residing on. the lYench and Bel
gian coasts. These men are . to be -.organized
aa, sharp ahpotes. . j .'
.'Peter Nsnsen, a well known Danish
author, haa declared that tba rendering
of assistance to Germany's enemies 1 by
Jspanese, Indiana and Africans la sui
cidal., in. view ot the polloy of tha white
rsoes. The time may come, be ssys,
whsn the white, races of Europe and the
Americas will have to Join together in
opposition to thess Orientals.. -
Meaas Uerataa Plaaaclal Victory.
"The French' newspsper. L' Action
Franc-else, sumits that the war means
the flnsnclal triumph ' of ' Gem-.auy, . at
one time considered a poor, country, over
Franoe, formerly . thn banker "of i tha
world. ,1 1 i . .7 1
"The London report published in New
York -city that' tha auccesa of the Oer
man war loan waa made possible-only
by the goverament'a aeisthgi deposits ta
private banks, is-absurd. No private de
posits have been avlaed. The subscrip
tions- to this loan wore- absolutely unln- 1
fluenced by the1 government. 1
"Thei American committee of Munich
haa issued statement settlag forth Its
opinion .that : England is reiponalble for
the wsr, that It. Is lossy the sole obstacle
to 'pea:e;-.volrln its Indignation at the
falsification of facta In England and pro
testing against the participation of the
Japanese in the war,"
Sorelaaa- lHHstaar All Their-AratU
ahl. Streatrth far-General As
eaalt tpoa Sarajevo. ,:
PARIS,' Oct. ie. German' attaicks
along . tha entire front.' today were
everywhere repulsed, according to the
French abatement Issued tonight.'.
- The' text follows:, .
"The day has been cbaracterlied
by an effort on the part of the Gar
mans along all part of. the front
to the extreme, north, where the Bel
gian army hag held remarkably; at
La Baaaee, where the German troops
have attempted an offensive move
ment of particular rlolenoe; . to the
north ot Arras, at Mamett, between
Peronoe and Albert;. at Vauquola, to
the.eaBt of the Argonne, a d, finally,
on the heights of the Meuse and in
the region ot Champion,
j . 'These attack . have been every
whW" tepniseu.". i
Gerataaa HmI Bacsay.
rgf?reKtlit? OW.' i-TU 'London.V-
Tlie following 'official ' communication
from .Berlin,' jjated' bctobar ," hag been- '
rlcstved In ' Amsterdam: .
i 'TTtie' Germsae advs'nclng -ilong the
coast. ffomtOstend vmet hostile . forces at
'tha Tser ,rlver near ; ?leupot. where
fighting has been . going on since last .
Sunday.-, - . . ', ; h .
' I'Testerday the . attacks ot tha enemy
west of . LJlle. weio ragfilsed, the enemy
suffering heavy losses. . , . , :
."In, the eastern theater of the war there
has been- no material thaage." j t . ,
- Xo ' Ceoateraetiaa; Hews.' '
LONDON; Oct. 2a-KTothlng haa. benn
received UP to, the .present .from the Ger
man, intelligence department .to counter
act tha British ' Impression . conveyed In
the new's7 both 'official ' and unofficial,
published, here, that the tide of . battle'
both in the eastern and western theaters
is not for the moment flowing la favor
of Germany.
Tha picture, however,, continue ' ao
blurred that It la .Impossible, except for
the commanders on the spot, accurately
to gauge the' effect of . t$e .momentary
i-hsnges on the ultimate result, so It may
well be " that the Oerman great general
staff, when it considers the time; right,
will present a scene of an entirely, dif
ferent aapeot.' " '
Tha Belgian minister at London has no
confirmation of the atafy that tba allies
have reoecupisd Ostend, but in any caaa
tha . Oerman ; hold oa tbat seaport must
be somewhat preoarioua If , tha allies still
retain tha positions assigned. to them, in
the latest Freach of flclal , aiatemeaU "
Daagcr t Belaar Cat Off." '
Should tba allies' push' 'thejr w44ge be-'
yond Roulera, where Its point' rested yes
terday, Ostend would be tn considers ble'
dsngsr of being cut off from the rest of
the German army., .' ,. r . , .'
Tha Germans are mekirig great effort,
to break through their opponents' lines
tn tha neighborhood of Arras, whsra, as
general Joffre's statement point 'Out.
the fighting haa' proceeded for. tea days
without, a .respite, ' , . ,. "'''' '
News , of the ' oenfllct of milliona 'jt ,
men Along ine. Vistula rtver in ttussiaa
Poland la mostly of a negative character.
Kach of the, vast armies claims tbat ita
opponent ia oa tha defensive and neither
pretends to bava aaoured anything like
a permanent advantage: The ' Austrian
(Continued oa Tags Two. Column Two.)
Germany Has Million
Tons -Rdw Sugar, for
' NeutralCountries
WASHINGTON, Oct. tt.Taermany wUl
permit the shipment of raw sugar to neu
tral countries. . American. Consul Done-'
gan at Medaeburg, Germany, haa so ad
vised the State department. He states
from lUVOOO to S00.OGO metrlo tons of raw
sugar is now , available and approxi
mately SOO.Ooe metrlo tons will be avail
able later. Mr. Donegan advises tha use
of A me rice a vessela for cargoes. The
German beet erop, be reports, is ex
pected to produce a minimum of J,6W,'JOO
toss of raws sugar,
If you
Want to Help :
Christmas Ship ,
Telephone to L
The Dee Office,
' : ... '
or-to - .'..
Mrs. C. C. Chase, Harney 5.: -Mrs.
Chas. Offutt, Harney 112.
Mrs. P. A. Kaah, Harney J72.
Mrs. M.T. Barlow, HaAey 1311.
Mrs. Gould Diets. Harney 1 1.
Mrs. T. D. Crane, rioreaoe S6t.