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1 - Fighting Furious in We A smrn War Zone Dtrrt from tle Rattle Arm. The Bee' , Real War Photos Bert of Thm All.V The Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER. Unsettled .VOL. .LIVX0. 10!). OMAHA, FIJI DAY MORNING, OCTOUKR 1 9 1 1 TNVKLVK VM 1 KS. n.l SINGLE COPY TWO, CENTS. CARMAN VQMAM SWEARS SHE IS NOT MURDERESS Wife of Physician Benin that She Slew Hit Patient, ti. Louise v Bailey, in June. NEVER USED GUN IN HER LIFE Did Not Tell NegTO Maid that "'I Shot Him," as Other Testi fied on. Stand. NOT, "CRAZY JEALOUS" OF MATE Haoj Telephone Device Installed Be cause of Stories She Heard About "His Girls." COULD NOT HEAR EVERYTHING Didn't Know Victim and Never Saw Her Till Dead. ASSERTS DOMESTIC TOLD A LIE By Coaseat af laaasel, Adjaara neat Taken fnfll Today f W Fraaerator Will Bra. la ' Crass-Ezaailaatlaa. MINEOLA, N. Y., Oct.- 22. Mrs. Florence Conkilng Carman today told the jury before which she la on trial on the charge of the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, that she is Innocent. . She denied that she had ever told tier maid, Celia Coleman, that "I shot him" on the night" of the tragedy. She never fired a gun in her life, she said. Mr. Carmaa'a Starr. Mr. Carman told the f olio win g story: "I am tha defendant. I was married to Dr. Carman la 1R92. " "Early in the morning - of June 30. 1914, I went to New Tork. I apent tha day shopping. I returned to Free port with a, headache, on a train at 6 o'clock. "Aa soon .as I sot home' I took oft my coat and went to tha cupper table. I answered the front door. one. I ad ' milled a man 1 do not know, I attll had the headache. After supper I un dreased And put my clothing away. Then' I put on my night clothes, and went to bed. I waa III.' I heard Kllsabcth playing ' tha piano. I told her to stop. Hears Shot. "Soon after I . heard a ahot and some commotion down stairs. I aat up and put on tty kimono. I also put on my Uppers. I went down stalra Into the pantry. I could not aee in the office. The door waa cloaed. I heard the doctor talk then I went back up ataira think ing; that everything waa all right. I met Elisabeth up atalra.. Soon after lira. -Towell came up and told me that aome woman had bee ahot in the office. . Mrs. Conklln also cam up, Prosecator Call. "The district attorney called about 9:39 o'clock that night I went to bed at 10 o'clock. I had not been off the premises the whole night. The reason I did not go Into the office waa because Dr. Car man told me never to go into the office after we had the trouble with the nurse. We also had another difficulty about tha office on other occasions. "Tha last tlma I ever eaw Mrs. Var anca the nurae waa In -the office when I' slapped her face. Dr. Carman and I had several spats over Mrs. Varancs. She came to the office afterwards and I did not think it waa right. On the . night I slapped her face I aawber first in the waiting room, Later I looked in ,but she waa not there. So I went out In the yard and looked Into the doctor's office through tha window. "I saw them talking. Then Dr. Carman (Continued on Page Two. Column Five.) V The Weather f Tor Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity Unsettled, probably showers :Vooler. Teaapexataree at Oataha Yreterdar. Caasaarattra Highest yesterday 1-oweM yesterday .. 'Mean temperature PreclplutJou Temperature , and mrea rrom the normal: Normal temiier&ture Kxcesa for the day Total excess since Ma.-ch 1 Normal precipitation Deficiency for the dny Totl rainfall nine Uarch I. Deficiency since Mnvh I , Deficiency for cor. pri iod, V'13 Deficiency or o. . f.ei Iod. Reports It mm Ststloas at Hours. a. in... a. m o3 7 a. in t3 a a. m.... .. fcl a. in 64 a. ii fc.". 11 v m 5 12 m 1 p. in ti 2 p. in 70 S p. in 71 i P- n 71 i p. m 70 P. ni 7 V P. in N p. m W t-aeal Kerard. 1M. WIS. W12. W1J. - t flo , jO an ::i t.a .'. . . . .! H . 41 I ..... .00 . .W) .( T precipitation depar- MODERN METHOD OF WARFARE One of the Belgian armored trains, used with great elfcct against t.h li v KOVl , .l. but insufficient to check the advance. ' i i n . L j .1 J CHRISTMAS SHIP IS BIGGEST JHfflG YET Oenerottt People Are Making Sure R Will Carry Full Cargo of Joy to Eurqpe. .N GOODS COMING IK WHOLESALE Receipts at The Bra Office ! the Syaapavthrtl Sapport af Its Readers far the Pplr.adld " Plan. boul the only regret that la arparcnt in connection with the ChrHtmaa Hhlp Is that the generous donors will not all .be able to be present when their gifts are handed to the children in Europe, and see the Joy that la certain to be there. It may also ba a matter of regret that all can not see the great and growing pile oC packages and bundles, boxes, bar rel! and bales that in stored in two big rooms In Tha Baa building, alt ready for the packers to tackle on. Saturday." to get ready for the car that arc to haul tha goods 4aatward. This Mew would re ward them In part.' Field Day" for Rere.lpls. . . Yesterday was a field day at the re ceiving office, and all day long the goods camo in, while tvery mall brought news of shipments that Will arrive today and on Saturday. Along with the notice of goods ahlpped came cash donations, which will be expended In. the purchase of new thlnga. . J Collaetloas from Bcaaola. Thia afternoon the collection ot tha donations of the pupils of the Omaha pub lic schools will be made. Auto trucks will visit the schools bet wen the hours of 1 and S, and will haul the packages to The Bee office, where they will be stored for tha packera, who will get to work on Saturday and prepare the boxes - r ' t 'A 'AW, " V K ... ELEVEN ENGLISH WARSHIPS SHELL GERMAN TROOPS Berlin Official Statement Announce! that Fighting on Tier Canal it Continuing. FRENCH COMMUNICATION SAME Both Assert Battle Still Raget, but Ech Sees Own Side Gaining the Advftntage. 1 i FRAY NORTHWEST OF LILLE HOT I Arm of Confederate! is Slowly Re treating, Aooording to Teuton General Headquarters. French War Office Says Allies , s A rcJMaintainng Their Positions (Continued on Page Eight. Column Kour.) Congress Fails to ' Adjourn Finally; Wq-r , Tax BilV is Signed WA9IIINOTON. Oct 21.-AII hope of final adjournment of congress tonight wss given up and the house adjourned at :1 o'clock . until noon tomorrow. A short tlma afterward the senate took similar action. A filibuster by Senator Hoke 8mlth pre vented final adjournment by the senate. Tha conference report on the war reve nue bill was adopted In the senate by a vote of thirty-five to eleven. f Eor.ator Simmons and Majority Leader I nderwood then telephoned tha president, who drove to tha capltol and sinned the measure. i ' Germans Before v . Warsaw in Retreat PARIS, Oct. 21. The official announce ment ins ud thla afternoon bythe French war office says the posltiona occupied by the allies In Belgium and northern Franca havV been maintained In aplta of the violent attacks of the enemy. Tha text of the announcement follows: "On our left wing. German forces In oonaiderable strength have continued their violent attsrfcMy, particularly in tha vicin ity' of IMxmud, "VVaritlon, Armehtlorea, Radlnghcm and LaBaae, but the. post Ucn occupied by tha allies have been maintained. "On the reat of the front th enemy hag delivered only partial attacks.. Theae all have been repulsed, particularly at Fricourt, to the east of Albert; on the plateau to the west of l.'raonre; in the regiou of $oulu. In the Argonne district; at Four I Paris, southwest of Varennes; in tha region of Malancouit, in the Woevro district; In tho direction of Champion, and at a point southeast of .Mihicl, in tne forst or Allly. "We have made slight progress In tha Argnnnn district and In the southern part of 'he Moevrc, In the forcat of' Mort-mare.- i 1 ' y ' : jlnssla'i Tha-forward movement of t Ttuaslaa forces Tsa been poslilvely an nounced. An Important success in tha region of Warsaw has driven back the enemy more than thirteen kilometres (eight miles). The advances of tho Rus sians at Ivangorod and to tha south of rrxemysl are equally perceptible." GDNS OF BRITISH DO DEADLY WORK Rumor that Germans Hare Been Forced to Evacuate Oitend Re- ' peated in London. MONITORS DODGE TORPEDOES (irrmti Babmarlae Boats Walrk I n. espectedly Appeared at Ostead ' Make Repeated Attempts to Deatray British Ships. . LONDON, Oct 22. A dispatch, to the Daily Mail from Dunkirk says the British naval bombardment his ut terly destroyed the'' town of Slype, which the Germans held in force. The house occupied by the German headquarters staff was blown to bits. The naval marksmanship according to the dispatch, was superb. A Brit ish signal nan. In a stationary, bal loon, was shot down by the Germans. .WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. A cablegram from the French foreign office, mi pub-' lie tonight by the French embassy here, said: "Tha 4-4 rm ana ha nra U'apaatu hai-al abandoned their defensive porltlon and f lnvader- are in retreat pursued bf the ItuHslans, 'ba have captpred many prisoners and munitions.. Tha Seventeenth and Twen tieth German army corps have been decl mated." LONDON, .Oct. a. Reports that tha Oermana had evacuated Oft end and were retreating toward. Bruges and that their West Flanders army, fr.mi the vicinity of tha coast south to ouitral. waa being hammered Into a slg-zag line by the com bined efforia ,of the British navy and tha British, French' and . Iielglan troops, seemed to coincide, alsj many points that the abseoca of claims of ai.y advances from Berlin, opinion here' was that the fighting amoung the caials of north Bel gium, which followed the German rush from Antwerp, has been generally against 11 .., lj W .0 Inch .(4 tiK-h 14.C9ln-r.es i. dutches ( ti inches 2.41 m has T P.' M. Station and State of Weather, fheyennx. cloudy ... Davenport, clear .... I'euvee wiu lea MntmMi. deer . North I'latte, cluud Onuht. cloMy lUtpwl nty. ruin KherKidn, clcudy ... Mou (ily, rluiHiv... Temp. Hlh, Jlnln- 4 p. ni. ,....; 'jt ., b! 4 4i rt valentine, cloudy Hi J indl'-iitrx trace of iu-cipli est. Si! 7 . i : ft "ii w 0 i i Lion. tall. .', . .IJ .o .12 ."0 .14 .) .1 I A. Wh4r-!.'H, Local Fvrecaster.' Idaho Treasurer Admits His , Guilt BOlisK, Idaho. Oct. a. O. V. Allen, treasurer of Idaho, went into r-nurt lata today and pleaded guilty of embedment!"" "h1"" ht town, while another At any rate, 'the Qermans at one point have been 1 riven back as ar as Thour out, and soma di.paUhe wy that their commuuicationa In the middle of -West Flandera tivf been so disorganised that Iroops from Ghent, are inarching direct to Courtial rst'.ier than Join their comrades to the north, who are in dinger of beloj cut off. ' . 'British, Mhelilasr Oatrad. Tha evacuation ot Us tend was not con firmed this morning, but from Berlin Itself canta a' report that British ships of stata undx, He 'was sentenced to a term or five to ten years In the peniten tiary. '. ' , GERMAN CRUISER SINKS TWELVE MERCHANT SHIPS LONDON, Oct. a-A Norwegian eleamcr which arrived at Los Talma. Canary islands, according to a dispatch from that place to the Iteuter Telegraph company, reports that It wss visited by a German cruiser, whose captain de clared he had sunk eltitn British and French and on Italian stearatre. dispatch salo that the guns of the war vessels hsd destroyed tha village of Hlype, on the canal between Oatrnd and Bruges, wbera it Is said the Orinans have their headquarten. i , . At blule, only a few miles northeast of Hlype. in 134l. a British fleet achieved' victory ever tha French. It la clear now that ships have been playing an important part In the war faro along tha roaat. Tha admiralty officially announces thst the monitors Severn, llumber and Mersy not only bombarded tha German position sooth of Ostend, but landed detachments of mar- FURIOUS SHELLING STILL CONTINUING Heavy Bombardment Between Os tend and Nieuport Said to Be Yet in Fall Progress. ALLIES . HOPEFUL OF VICTOEY . v Army Officer Mays lie Espeela Con federates Will Br la Brasar.ls la ForlalgTht Mara of ' Time. LONDON, Oct. U.-4M p. m. "Tha uH ous bombardment between. Ostend and Nlejport continues today," according to a 'dispatch appearing in tha Telegrafa' of Amsterdam and telegraphed to London by the correspondent In that city of tha Ex change Telegraph company, "Tha Ger mans are firing from Mariakerk and Mid delkerke,1 the French from Nieuport and the English from their warships. Eng lish aviators directed tha firs of tha allies on the German positions." N KruUt Efforts. 'The French and Balglana are . par ilsteiitly resisting tha efforts of the Ger mans to Cross tha river Yser. The dykes of this river, have been cut and the banks at high tide are flooded for con siderable distances. Continual rains have made the land very awampy and the Ger mans, suffering from heavy losses, 'can not advance. Large numbers of their wounded arrived at Bruges , and Ostend Wednesday and a body of Germans cams from Ghent to annlt In their removel. ' "A further consignment of new guns for the shelling' of British warships has arrived at Ostend. ' '. Zebrusge Is still occupied by German marinea."- ' Will Be la Brasarla Ka, LONDON, Oct. M.--Ona ' of the allied army officers near tha Belgian border is quoted as having said yesterday: "We shall most certainly be in Brussels under a month. I myself expect in a fortnight." . This probably represents the Impression obtained here even though there Is to ba found little demonstrable proof of any (Continued on fuge Two, Column Four.) ,jnlinud on Tags Two, Column tlx) The National Capital Tharsday, October 22, 10 H, Tha Seaate. Met at noon. Fassed resolution for senatorial com inikAlon to investigate the cotton, export sliiiutlun. . . Took up conference rtr-ott an war rev enue bill. . The Haas. . . Met at 10 a. m. ' ' Adopted conference report on war rev enue after an hour's debate. Agreed to take up -cotton warehouse bill before adio Jrnnx-nt, provided special rule of procedure could be dlsosed of. A resolution for adjournment sine die at o'clock tonight was prepared by ad ministration leaders.- FIERCE ATTACKS REPULSED Rnssians Lose Several Hundred Prisoners and Machine -Guns. GAULS GO AHEAD IN ARGONNE To North of Vr.rdaa, Uroaad at llaa- moat and Brabant aa the Mense Taken from Kalarra t'orees. HE It LIN, Oct. 22, (via AmKtordam and London.) The German war of fice makes public the following: dispatch received from the general headquarters dated this (Thursday) forenoon. "The fighting on the Yser canal continues. Eleven British, war ves sels assist the enemy's artillery. An English torpedo boat was put out of action by our artillery. "Kast of Dlxmude, the enemy waa re pulsed. Our troops have advanced suc cessfully In tho direction of Yprrs. Rattles Very ie'vere.. "The battles to the northwest of LMlc are vary severe, but tha enemy Is slowly retreating.' "Fierca attacks .from the direction of Toulon heights, south of Tulaucourt, were repulsed with heavy lonsrt to the French. "Tha fact Is the British admiral com manding tha fleet off Ostend wanted to bombard tha town, but finally was per suaded by tha Belgian 'authorities to abstain. ... Parana Retreating Far. "In the northeastern war theater our troops ara puraulng the retreating enemy In tha direction of Osifowets (Russian Poland). Several hundred prisoners and machine guns were taken. s "Near Warsaw and (elsewhere) In Rus sian Poland, after several days of battle no fighting was reported yesterday. The situation is still In a state of evolution." Battle Coatlanes. PARIS, Oct. Xi.-The continuation of the great battle between the sea and La Busaee. in which the Belgians and the allies are holding their ground, was offi cially reported by the French war office tonight, between Arras and tha Olse the Germans ara declared to have met with strong opposition. Tha text follows: ' "Tha activity which the enemy dis played yesterday did not slacken today. Between tha aea and La Basaea the battle has continued with Just as great violence, without the Germans being able to force back the Belgian army or tha French and British troops. Meets with No Saeceas. "Similarly, between Arras aiid tha Olaa, the enemy has made determined ef forts which have at bo point been crowned with sucoesa. "In tha Argonne region wa have made progresa between St. Hubert and La Four da Paris. "To tha north of Verdun we have gained ground at Haumont and Brabant on the Meuse. , In tha Woevre region wa have repulsed an attack on Champion." Germans Dealing Severely with All Thieves in Belgium IX5NUON, Oct Travelera from Ant werp, says the Rotterdam correspondent of Reuter'a Telegram company, report that on Tuesday tight 10,000 German marinas, with machine guns, left Ant werp In a southerly direction. Later a long file of carta bearing wounded en tered tha town. Tha garrison of Antwerp has been greatly reduced and only a few policemen are on duty. Plundering la the auburbs is Increaaing. The Ger mans ara dealing severely with plunder ers when they ara caught. Recently a man, who waa detected forcing an en trance to xa houae, waa shot. ine Hermans are on the filendllaal terms with" tha population. A big move) ment or troops is reported from uhent. MILLION GERMANS SENT TO FRONT WITHIN MONTH IX) N DON. Oct. 21 A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Pet rograd says It is seml-offlclally stated that tha number of German troops sent to tha eastern and western theaters of the war since the middle of September Is J. 000,000. The dispatch states that the export of any stores from Germany la prohibited and that thla may aeriously affect hwit gerland, which heretofore has received potatoes from Germany. Wair Summary Northern France and the coast or Helglum still are the fields where the most lmporlant fight ing In tho western arena ot the war continues with the utmost stubbornness, but aa yet without derisive reaull. The French war office announces that theytolltad lines, are holdlnuMn spite of the furious onslaughts of the enemy, while news dispatches from Lon don assert that developments gen erally are against the Invaders. IlerMn. however, has not bn heard from since Wednesday and the situation Is being reported only from tho side of the allies. The German announcement of of Wednesday said that In the fighting west of Lille, German troops, taking the offensive, had repulsed the enemy at several points. British warships have played an Important part In these operations and . there are indlcatlone that their activities are not at an nd. The fighting Is going on night and day and the allies are said to be approaching to tha Oerniah posi tions before Lille. No conn motion of the reported evacuation of Ostend baa been re reived. The German garrison at Antwerp Is said to have been re duced, and a German column of reinforcements, with two of tha famous slxteen-lnch guns la re ported as having passed through Antwerp on lta way to Bruges. Outside ot. Belgium, tba fields of battle .are numerous, Plcardy, Champagne, the Argonne, the Woevre. Lorraine, the Vosgea and Alsace being referred to aa lo calities where righting la taking place. In several of thjse dis tricts the French claim officially to have repulsed German attacks, which they describe as not so severe aa in the Belgian field. The French say also that they have made progress In the Ar gonne and in the Woevre ter ritory. A bouse sheltering the head quarters of the German ataft at Sllpe, onTTrs Belgian coast, fcao. been destroyed by shell flrefrom British warships, according to a news dispatch received in London from Dunkirk. ' ' The latest German casualty list gives the names of about 11,500 men killed, woundod and missing. In the eastern arena ot the war loth aides claim progress, but not In the same localities. Paris aays officially that tha Russians in the vicinity of Warsaw have driven the enemy back eight miles and the Petrograd war office declares that Russian troops have saved Warsaw from a German bombard ment. There has been hand-to-hand fighting in the vicinity jot Blonie ano ProuschkotY-la Rus sian Poland. The fighting, south of Przemysl, according to' this same authority, has been going on for alx days with heavy? losses on the part of the Austrlans. A news dispatch from Warsaw says numerous parties of German prisoners, one of which included a German general, are constantly be ing brought into that city. ; KAISER GIVES BIG HONORS TOCOHPANY Pioneer Men of Lorraine Battalion Receive Skull and Crossbones Distinction. TEUTONS AEE HOLDING FIRMLY Genua a Army la Kast Praaala Re. Varied as Kf ferdvely Beslstlaa; the Oaslaaght af lavaaloa by the t sar's Parses. (10 flOSS LEFT OH HUNGAR SOIL, SAY AUSTRIANS t s , Austrian Official Statement Says They Have Gained Ground in Several Spots. MAKE A STUBBORN ATTACK Move Against Fortified Positions of the Russians, Whoso Counter Attack Fails. MANY GERMANS PRISONERS One General Bearing Gifts from the Kaiser is Taken by the . Russians. " ' " ' ' WARSAW SAVED BOMBARDMENT Crar's Troops Display Exceptional Energy in Its Defense. GERMANS SUFFER SEVERELY Siberian Reglaneata of Vtini Men Ara lllakly raiaallnaeat for Their Martial Appearane Befer Warsaw, LONDON, Oct. 22. An official statement given out at noon Wednes day at tha Austrian general head quarters, regarding tho fighting in Gallcla, ia contained in a ditpatch to Reuter'a Telegram company from Vienna by way of Amsterdam. It says: "Wa have gained ground In several epots in a heavy atubborn attack on the fortified posltlona 9! tha enemy from Plotxyn to the high road east of Medyka, while tho Russian counter attack could nowhere penetrate. "It nucht our troops captured tha heights north of Nltnnkowtre which Vol lowed tha capture of the villages located against the heights. In the southern wins; tha main battle waa fought by artillery. Tho field fortification system beu liheraily applied, the .bait l itakas treatly tha character ot a fortress war. . "yostefday wa captured, la the Car pathians, tha Cahlonkt pass, tha last point held there by tha Russians. There is ow no enemy left on Hungarian soil. "In Bukawlna wa advanced as far as tha Great Sereth." Maay Prtaanrra Taken. LONDON, Oct' . A dispatch from Warsaw to Reuler's Telegran company, contains tha following: "Numerous parties of German prisoners ara continually arriving. Among tha latest batch la a general who had brought gifts to tha troopa from Emperor Wil liam." 'Warsaw from Bombardment. PETROQUAD. Oct. S.-The official newa bureau. In a statement reviewing tho fighting around Warsaw, says: "Tha Russian troops displayed excep tional energy In coming to th defense of Warsaw end saving the city from a Ger man bombardment. Tha Russian concen tration was effected with greater swift ness than was called for by strategical reasons. "ltocumsnta taken from prisoners wh were captured during the fighting near Warsaw show that the Germans were confident f entering the otty between tha ljtli and I7lh of October. "The Siberian regiments arriving ' at Warsaw wera Immediately sent to tha front. but not before they wera warmly hailed by tha - population which waa greatly Impressed by the martial ap pearance of theaa vsun .Mira t. tng their .bayonet charges 'at nlrht i the forest ot Motchldlovak tha Siberian (Continued on Page Two. Column Three.) B Kill. IN, Oct. 21. (Via Tha Hague and I,ondon, Oct. 22.) Kmperor William has conferred on the pioneer company ot a Lorraine battalion the right to wear tha skull and cross bony on tha cap, which heretofore haa beeif a distinction monop olised by the famous Vantlg Death's Mead Husks is. The action of the em peror waa taken at tha Instauca of the crown prince, who reported the. valor of the pioneers in building Bridges and con structing earthworks under particularly dangerous circumstances. It Is announced that the Krupps ara making over for the use of the (firman army 600 cannon that have been ciptured from the ejiemy. Major Mohrat, .the military correspond ent of the lierllner Tageblatt, wrltea that tbe Kast Prussian frontier la held firmly by tha Germane, who even have attempted an advance from Lyck to transfer tha fighting to-aiien territory. The offensive powers cf tha Russia, 1 ermy in the north evidently are weaken ing gradually, being revived only when fresh troops are introduced. II con tinues: The fighting at Warsaw goes on, The (Continued on Psg Two, Coiuiuq Two; There's the right person for every position to be filled Whether you want a capable stenographer, an expert sales: man or an intelligent office boy, there is somewhere in Omaha just the right person for the place. And there is the reliable way to find that person the Want Ad way of The Bee. It will take your message . to , the worth, while workers. Let your Ad tell, just what you require -anti the right person will read and respond.' If you're in a hurry, Telephone Tyler 1000 THE OMAHA BEE KverjflHKiy Rrad R? Want -Ids. i