alilefieM u Shambles everybody Reads the day's happen inn mrmrr dn If folks doat nd ytw tor new every day. It's your fault. r HE OMAHA '9 Quarter iknown Daily ' Bee THE WEATHER. Fair VOL. XL1V-X0. 114. 0A, THUUSIUY MOUNIXfl, (KTOHKlt ."., lOH-ForRTlOKX IWOKS. Ob Tralne and at Xotel Kiwi Standi, Sa. -SIXClLi: COPY TWO CENTS. RUSSIAN WINTER NOW FIGHTING ON SIDE OF ALLIES Weather Promises to Flay Important Part in the Campaign in the Eastern Area. SNOW COVERS GROUND AT MINSK Correspondent Who Made Trip from Moscow to Warsaw Say the Weather is Bitterly Cold. RUSSIAN TROOPS TAKE LODZ Swift Movement by Cavalry Menaces German Communications South-. west of Warsaw. ' ' RADOM IS ALSO OCCUPIED General Belief Germans Have Lost Their Opportunity in Poland. LINE SIXTY-TWO .MILES LONG Fl-Tarn Official Report Saya Battle, ' Estenas from Rawa to Jnnc tlon of Ilea aad Vle- tal Rivera. BtLLETUT. BERLIN. Oct. 28. (Wireless to Sayville, L. 1.) Austro-German of ficial reports from the eastern theat'r of the war indicate that severe battles are raging along the Vistula and San rivers. The Germans apparently are engaging numerically superior Rus sian forces, and the battle is attract ing equal attention with the struggle In France and Belgium. The bulletin Issued last night by the Austrian War department states that the Austrians southwest of Ivan Korod are combatting numerically superior forces of Russians. LONDON, Oct. 28. -The weather ""promises soon trphrj"n Important part In the campaign in the eastern .'arena of the war. The rigorous r Russian winter Is said already to ' have set in between Moscow and Warsaw, and snow covers the ground near Minsk. The Russians claim they are fol lowing up relentlessly and success fully the repulse of the Germans from Warsaw. Their cavalry Is pushing rapidly westward from Lodz, which has been occupied by them, and threatening the German lines of communication. The CJermans, it is further contended, are having diffi culty in maintaining their prepared defensive lines around Radom, to . the south of Warsaw. Radon and Lads C'aptared. - Tha correspondent of tht Times at War aaw, telegraphing under date of Tues day, has thla-to say of the campaign In Russian Poland: ' "Radom, flfty-sevtn ' miles aouth of Waraaw, was taken after a hard struggle and large bodlej of Russian cavalry oc cupied 1-ods, seventy-five miles aouth west of Waraaw, to day, after conalder able resistance. ."The opinion la held here that Ger many has definitely, loat its opportunity In Poland, largely becauae it misjudged ALL THE COMFORTS C Tsing-Tau, China. ..iE" IN WAR TIME German soldiers of the Sea Battalion preparing their camp at 'Sanaa ..r"? WW N v ' . w.-i t ;it' -5-. .. x A' -.c?-f.iaiAi ii "M iainiMiii Hum Hi mmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmmmmmmmKmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtymmmmmmmmmAlU FIGHT AT ANTWERP A BITTERJONFLICT Belgian Soldier Pescribes Awful Struggle as Germans Advance Upon the Town. BATTLE IS A DIFFICULT ONE Opposing Forcea Have Slec'pleaa NtKhta, Never Knowlna; 'When Their Llrn Woald Be Wlprd Oat br SheJIa. Berlin Reports Fighting Along Yser is Going Favorably to the Germans LOXDOX, Oct. 28. An Amoterdam dla-patc-h. . to tlie - Chronicle, dated Tueaday, ay: t , "The only news arriving here today from lJerlln Is to, the effect thai the fight for tho Vaer canal la going favorably, for the Germans. "During the laet few days the Ger mansMve been sending great quantltlea of food,' blanket and other atorea from Antwerp to- an unknown destination and the townspeople of Antwerp fear there will be a shortage of theae articles. The Germans are taking. SO per rent of the tramway receipt. "Peaplta the German aaaertlona that their artillery had driven the Brltlxh ships away from Oatend, the bombardment by the ahtpa was renewed so vigorously to day that the atmosphere waa In a state of constant vibration over a targe area all day." . ) . . . (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) The Weather Forecast of weather for Thursday: Kor Nebraska Fair, slightly cooler. For Iowa Fair and cooler. Traaperatare. at iinibi Yesterday. Jlouts. Lit. o a. m 40 a. ni..., 7 a. m S a. in 9 a. ni 10 a. ru 11 a. in 12 m 1 p. ni 1 p. m 3 p. m 4 p. m 6 p. m , p. m 7 p. in 8 p. ni Local Record lEMIELr- LONDON, Oct. M.-The Dally News to day describes the terrible experiences of one Belgian regiment during the battle on the coast . when thla regiment wlth-: drew from Antwerp. YhroiigU some frror? It given two daya' .di-lll and Inapec ' Hon.. of., real a ml 4 bun .WMii-ioUt -veUon agaltr in the network of trenches on the banks of the Tser. The newspaper's cor- respondent In hla dispatch quotes one of the f.old!ers in this body aa follows:.;' v.j "There was a farm house on our riglit. and some of our men were firing at It, when the door opened and three of ficers In Belgian uniform stepped out,' shouting to cease firing-. Wesent a de tachment of men to the farm and they were swept away by machine gun fire. "Later we entered the Unches. Thny were full of. water and I 'was firing for six hours, thigh deep In water. The German machine gnns shot us out of crevices In a raised bank only a few yards across the river. The Germans then got Into our cross trenches anl fired down our lines. We had to run: back. Iwas too sleepy to run. I must have fallen asleep and then'e must; have been ordered to advance. I was If too tired to get' up, but some one kicked I me and I got up aa did the man in front of me. lie immediately was shot through the head and foil hack on me. I got up' again. A shell burst near me" and three: men who were running past Just disap peared. ' i Cksrgf the Germans. "I found myself running forward again with others with fixed bayonets, onto the Germans who were firing from our trenches. We were left from 600. They did not wait, but scrambled over the bank across the river. We crouched in a big trench In muddy water. It was; dark and we heard, we thought, Ger mans whispering on the river side of our bank only a few feet away from us. i ne Biimncrii it ere w uerwni wno nan stayed on our aide fearing to cross the river under our fire. "So we stayed all night. Neither they nor we. slept. Some of our men who crept up the bank to look over were shut. Some of the Germana climbed over and we fired at their heads, ham? and arms as they became visible. A few made holes through the looser earth through which we fired on each other. Then the French got around the end and there was heavy-firing.' We heard a few of the enmy slipping down to the ' river edge and tho splashing of water. Then we scrambled over the bank and won. Only l'JO or our leglment now remain." NOTED AUTHOR, LECTURER AND PREACHER IS DEAD. . . rrr--WTT' '" T-" "ft' i V v- A v BATTLE IN FLANDERS BLOODYJIASSAqE Jem Applies to Straggle Among the Sand Dunes and Canals. BRITISH CLAIM A VIGTORYAT YPRES London Correspondent Sends Mes sage Germans Are Driven Back Fifteen Miles. CROSS AND RECROSS THE YSER UK. ALEXANDER COKKKY. DR. ALEXANDER CORKEY DIES Preacher, Lecturer and Author, Dies in Sioux City. WAYNE PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR Minister, Well Kaowa , la Omaha, Kaecnmbs la Hospital Followlaa; . . . . -. An Operation for As - - . dlcltla. s President Wilson Endorses Candidates t 62 61 Comparative Official record of temperature and pre cipitation compared Willi the correspond ing period ot the last three ears: 1814. 113. 1SJ. J9U Highest yesterday . Lowest yesterday . Mean temperature . freclpltaiion Temperature and tares from the normal NortnaJ temperature Kxeeba for the day Total excess since March 1 Noiaitl precipitation Deficiency for the day. i7 42 77 4t a 6s 30 ...4 itt tti 3V ... .00 .tU .04 .00 precipitation depar- 46 jf7 07 Inch 07 hjch Tolnl rainfall alnr March 1..Z4.40 lnrhea Deficiency since March 1 1M inches ttetf.-wjicy for corv period, 1913. S.71 inches Deficiency fur cor. period, UM2. 2 fc Inches Reports front Stallone at T f. M. Station and State ot Weather, fheyenne. clear .... Davenport. Ooudy.. Denvrr. clean Dea Moines, clear.. Xorld 1-ialte. clear. mhaT lear tlapiJ City, clear . Mr rid an. tiear .... sioux city, ti.ar .. ulenllne, llur Temp. High. Kaln- 7 p. ni. . 4S 4 t 60 M) 'M &4 est 4 - ? liu A fi fall .oo .00 . - Mi .ft) .la) .ts) 00 . .00 WASHINGTON, Oct. a. President Wil son wrote letters today endorsing -the WAIXE, Neb.. Oct. (Special Tele gram.) Hev. Alexander Curkey, 'D. P., pastor of, the 4 Wayne r. Presbytealan I'hurrh, author and lecturer,-died in St. Joseph's hospital at Sioux City thla morning, following an operation last Thursday for appendtcltla. '. , Lastweek as lr. Cbrttay was about to leave for Madison to preside.- over the Nebraska Synod as moderator, he was stricken with appendicitis' and. hastened by all posaible apeed In an automobile to Kiuux City for , the operation. The case prdVed ' to be exceedingly critical. He had but a fighting chance- and lost. The funeral services will -be conducted at the first Presbyterian church In Bloux jClty tomorrow. L. A. WEUH. 1-ocaiorecjtter. I c New Hampshire, Edward H. Johnson In South Dakota, W. E. Ptircell In North Dakota' and Representatives Townsend, Tut tie and Brady,' candidates for re-election In New Jersey. The pres'dent will also send a loiter endorsing Representative Horchers. who defeated William B. McKlnley of Illi nois, former chairman ot the republican congressional committee, at the last elec tion. Mr. McKlnley Is running again for the house. Through his letters to Vice Presdeut MerstimJl and Representative I'nderw.jod the president has made blanket endorse ments of all democratic members of the senate and house running for re-ol-t i'.on and haa sent Individual letters supporting almost all new democratic candidates. He has alxo sent letters endorsing a v.:m ber of demoi-ratlc candidates for -crnors Kaeh Time, tlermans Pass niver They Find Themselvea la Death Trap Commanded by fiana of Defenders. LONDON, Oct. a. The "bloody massa cre," as it Is described by those on the spot among the sand dunea and the canals of Flanders, shows aa yet but tew algns ' of slackening. The valor of the German ! attack haa been persistently countered I by equal valor from the steady ranka be fore them. Apparently no quarter la being 'asked or given In this battle on the west I ern front and the land over which It is I being waged resembles a shamblea. Seven times altogether the Germans have crossed and recrossed the Yser. Each time they aucceeded In gaining the left bank they .found themselves In a death trap commanded by the guns of the defenders, immovably Intrenched behind the railroad embankment running more or less parallel .to. the a Yser, and com pletely barring their progress. Pome Ger man forces, according to the latent reports In. London, succeeded In .finding shelter enough among the sand hillocks to enable them to retain a footing between the Yser and the railroad running from Dlxmude to Nleuport, but this number, up to the present time, haa been Insuffi cient to dislodge the allies! German re inforcements are stilt rolling up and the efforts to break through the line show no sign of cessation. Nor Is it expected thst they will until the exhausted masses of men reach the limit of their endurance. French Make Advances. It la impossible for . observers in Lon don to deduct from the German official communications 'the -German opinion of eventa In the arena of the' war. From the point- of view of the allies, tha French announcements of continued progress between Ypres and Dlxmite are considered veiy satisfactory as fore shadowing a possible threatening of the rear of . the . German . forcea . nearest the coast. Another piece of favorable news from the standpoint of the allies conies from the Argonne and the region of the barrier fortresses. 'This reports French penetration of territory hitherto held by the invaders and is taken to indicate the possibility that the German left haa been ao weakened by rushing foices to sup port the operationa on the roast thst the French right wing has been afforded MANY HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTS Defenders and Attacking Forres Battle In Close quarters With a. Terrible. Toll of Hainan Lives. IONDON; Oct. 2S.-The conespondt.ut of the Times In northern France sends the following regarding the fighting In Belgium, under Tuesday's date: ' "Tl'o . Ciitlsh fire at Tpres. sfter a glorious stand ' for' ' li?u days against overwhelming . odds, drove' the encinx. back fifteen miles. The ileinlan forcea were commanded by the-Bavarian crown prince, who, it la reported, has been wounded. "Tha Urltlsh . forces csptured Lango marck, live mlls northeast of Ypres, ci Friday, after In flirting enormous losses on tha enemy, and established entrenched j positions beyond the village. i "At night, after the roar of the cannon ' had ceased, there waa suddenly a shrill whistle, anil bushes soitkcd In petroleum broke Into flames, throwing a glare over (he scene. Massea ot men sprang up i from the beet crops within a hundred yards of our tivnrhes and with bugle Bound, yell and aong they come dashing forward to our position. "Though taken by surprise, our brave j men were not unprepared. They took their places in the trenches and held them, pouring a terrific flie Into the advancing hosts. rail by Hundreds. "Answering with rifle and machine gun the enemy advanced still with the bugle playing and amha shouts of 'I loch, hoch.' They were In dense manses and they fell by the hundreds. They got within thirty .yar ds of the trenches when they recoiled. "Then came three MasU of a whistk. sounding the retreat. Our men sprain; out of the trenches and went in among them with the bayonet. The slaughter was terrible and there were many hand to hand encounter. "in the dim glare of the burning bushea some of the enemy threw down their arms snd ploaded for mercy. No quarter, however, .waa given on either' aide. - The work was too desperate for that. Bayonet and bullet did their work and the enemy was driven back on Roulera: "A battery and several machine guna were captured and thousands of prison ers were taken. Including a general and several other" officers." democratic senatorial candldaciea of W. w. KiacK in Washington, it. H. btevens n, rv.rk.v wii kn..a in rim.h. wcu IIIIUUB..U..1. nil. .ei.1.111 Ul OMnln, ,nr r.rfllhl. country. He burst from the obscurity mov.raM)t, which may have an echo on of a small-towa preacher Into consider- jtne aboard able raine aa tse autnor ot tna little I The ODlnlon Is exnreafl t.v RrifjaK novel "Allen Butledge." which waa aup- ,.,. obrVBr. ,h. nri..n, ... LfUoH-fJ IU tin W I 1 1 1 II sis aVIISV v rr IV laW Ui 4 Hell Wrlght'a book, "The Calling of Pan Mathews." "Allen Rutledge" dealt with conditions once existing in and around the Presbyterian church at Fairfield, la., and Parsons college, with' Dr. C'orkey as pastor of that, church, as the central figure In the. novel Then La wrots sev eral other books, aome of whlob have had a good aale. He became very popu lar as a Chautauqua lecturer. This fall Dr. Corkey came to' Bellevue college to fill the chair of aociology.but resigned In a little while and returned to his charre as pastor at Wayne. He is a native Irishman, one of seven brothers, all of whom are Preabyterlan preachers. of tactics cannot, ss waa the case In a i:umber of prevloua battles of. the cam. palgn, fade away into another phase without some result which will thwart War Summary Tta" great battle for poaaesslon of th strip of const running long the North Sea, from Osteud to Calais, Is said by th French to be swinging, slowly In fsvor of tho allied forces. The assaults of countless Germnn troops, which apparently attained tht height of human effort, were matched with equal murage and ferocity and to day (he offensive efforts of the (iermans were said lo be relaxing. For the third successive day the French official statement asserted the advantage lay with the allies. It Is noticeable, however, that the French claims In each Instance hnvo been vague and bare of de tail a.i to the capture of towns or localities which may be set down on (he map as marktnc a definite advance at any point, "l'rogress," "ndvnnres" or "gains" are re ported at various sections of the line not closely Indicated. From unofficial reports rroni the front it Is Inferred that In the main the conflict Is raging slong practically the aame line as heretofore and that the deadlock has not been broken. London reports unofficially that the fiercest German attack had diverted from the oeacoast slightly to the south In the line between Dlxmude and Ypres. This may poiwlbly l explained by as sertions that the Drltlsh fleet off the const, said to have been driven off or a time by Oornsan artillery, has resumed .Its bombardment ,wlth telling effect, It Is mild, upon the Germans. Kastward along the main course of battle, where comparative calm frevallod for severs! weeks, there are further Indications that henry action has been resumed. Tues day b official French statement referred to successful attacks on the German's center and eastern end. In yesterday's statement It Is said the Germans attempted a violent - offensive movement nt Crayonne. This assault, It Is said, was replsed. . . . The conflict In Gallcia still la undecided. Both French and Rug laas aseert that tha offensive ac tion SKuinrt the Germans la being pursued successfully In the fight ing nosr Wasaw. . It Is re ported unofficially from Petro- grad, however, that the Russians have not succeeded la pushing the advantage along their left and center s far a" they bud hoped. An unusually early winter threat ens untold hardships for the In vading Germans and the disas trous experiences of Napoleon in his march on Moscow are recalled by dispatches stating that heavy blizzards are raging In western Russia. GERMANS MAKING DETOUR TO CROSS LINE NEAR YPRES London Report Sayg They Hare ' Abandoned Attempt to Force Crossing- of Yser Cnal. ! ATTACK IS FURTHER .SOUTH Effort Now Being" Made to Penetrata llt Line of Allies Between Dix- '"' munde and Yprei, - PREPARIN0 TO ATTACK BELF0RT Germans Before City Are Receiving Large Reinforcements Frenoh ( Strengthen Defenses." BATTLE SWAYS BACK AND FORTH German Rush to Reach ...Channel Coast Apparently Checked. MINES IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN Destruction of Maarheater ' Conk, merer . North of .Ireland Near l.aaea of American Bteamrra ' j Shocks tireat Britain.' , . ilB . . m- IUI.LF.TIX. LONpON, Oct '28. The corres pondent of the Ifally Ma:;, in north ern France, under date of Tuesday, isys. ' "The Germans, ' despairing ot crossing the line from Nleuport to Dlxmude, are trying to make a. de tour to ross the line from Dlxmude to Ypres. Military oplglon la that this line will offer the Germans no .better scope than that along the Yser canal, rather worse, la fact" BII.LETIX. LONDON, Oct. 28. A dispatch to the Times from Berne, Switzerland, sayg that the Germans are receiving large reinforcements In Alsace, and tUt tbe Frepch are making great preparations to repulse aa attack on Belfort, which "li" powerfully en-trenched, Brown Resigns as Head of National' Railways of Mexico NEW YOItlv, Oct. t. I-:. N. Brown, (or many yeora president of the National Itallways ot Mexico, today announced that he lia'l tendered his resignation a president and director. It Is . uncfi rstoo l Mr. Brown severed 'his connection wllh the road a few days bko when word ' wss ioi elvfc.1 in ihls i lly of the election j to tha board of (xuls Cubrera, w ho later I was made president of- the system by tho board aUtlns'ln Mexico City. Mr. Brown offered to retire from the presidency of the road at the time of the overthrow of the Madera res I me. - GERMANS MAINTAIN F00TING0N YSER Belgians' Valiant Attack Not Strong Enough to Dislodge Enemy at the River Bend GAPS ARE ALWAYS FILLED UP More Tenloas Keep t oinlnv I p as Their Men Are Shot Down Kaiser's Korcrs Hejinlaed Aftala at Dlsaannde. LONtXIN; Oct. 2.-The battle which all the world la watching atlli sways back snd forth In the little district of West Flanders, 'where tha allied forces ara strusslins to oherk tha German advance to Calais, but ripples of war news ara noted In wldoly separated points, First comes the new rebellion In South Africa, where tho Boer leaders. Christian lx Wet and General Beyers, former commandant of the military forces of tha union of South Africa, hava taken tha field against the union government on tha heels of checking of the rebellious move mnnt under Colonel MarlU. General t Wet was tha famous antagonist of Lord Kitchener during tha Boer war, and tt uprising ha la now leading la treated by tha BrltlHh press as far more serious than the Marlts outbreak. Germane Invade Angola. An evsiu perhaps second In potential Importance is the reported German in vasion of Angols. the Portuguese colony In West Africa. Whether thla report la true or not, the dispatch comas, almost coincident with the announcement that Manuel, former king of Portugal,-has of fered his services to King George and Is willing to take the field sgainat Ger (Contmueu on Tag Two Column On.) How Other Made Money No. 4 Young Rogers barely finished grammar school when he started, out to get work to support himself, lie was delicate and met discourag ing obstacles, but finally landed a Job as errand boy in a grocery and meat store He was anxious to show that he could work and was always at tha store by 6:20 to clean up, sweep out (Continued on Pass Two, Column Three.) f)H BALK. A business that la rUarlng from 1100 to I. OHO tier month right now; $7,000 rash will buy: half cash, tho rest good papsr; no competition; within a block of the Owl lrug t o. Owner la leaving rlty; must sell. i Tot farther Uformatloa aeoat this epport salty, tha Waat AS gsetloa of SaSar's Baa. FEEBLE MINDED MEN CAUSE TRAIN WRECK fUSWEOO, N. T.. Oct. JS. Reca'ise one of the trio wanted revenge for' having been thrown off a train some time ago, three Inmates of tha Htate Home for Feeble Minded at Kyrae ise tampered wltn a awltch. causing the wreck of tha Man hattan flier on tha Delaware, I-acka-wanna Western railroad near Fulton on October 17. In whlc'i two persona were killed and fifteen Injured, tn police an nounced today. The police said they bad obtained a confession to this effect from Joseph Bs-kr, who Implicated James Hakr and t'barles Campbe)' aland a forty hours' rontlnuojs attack before they were able to expel tha Ger mans at the point of the bayonet. "Last r'aturday the Germans ma. I an other rross'ng frther south near Saint tenttvely to trade talks between his employer aud the salesman who visited the store. In short.' Rogers kept his ejes and ears open, grew to be an efficient store salesman. George s ( apeiiu and a frightful strugiOr made his way up to a responsible po ensued between the ilvf .hannels. The!s,,lon ,n wholesale grocery estab- UMiuieni. . , As all live, wideawake young men do, he kept bis eye on the "Business r.encli forces resulted In driving the Germans back over tha river, except the little forces holding the bridgehead at Tervaete. Germans Ara Rrpalsed. "Tha German atmck on Oumude was repulsed last night with heavy lots. "Tha main point at which the Germans crossed the river and where tha aituatlon haa been most critical is north of tha village of Pervyse on tha railway l'na (Continued on Page To, Column To ) Germans occupied the village of tUy vekenskerkt and were driven out, but not for long. They concentrated their mitrailleuses on the canal bank and raked C hances" columns and One day the Belgians, compelling them to retire J found offered a general store for s'tein. The fighting continued till Sun-1 sale in a prosperous' rursl district, day morning, when the arrival if the Rogers made a substantial payment out of his savings and took charge. Ills store invoices 6nly about $6,000, normally, but he does a business of $25,000 a year and is independent, . NOTE-An earneet man can get . into a profitable business If he takea advantage of the oppor- j tunltlea ' offered In Tha Hue's "Buslneaa Chances'' columns. J 7 ele phone Tyler 1000 THE OMAHA BEE Everybody Rta4 B Wmnt Ada LONDON, Oct. 2. -The correspindent of the Times In West F'landers. under data of Tuesday, In describing the ebb and flow of the battle and the aluhborn heroism of the Belgian soldiers, says: "The Belgians never entirely dis'odged the Germans from the footing tbev ob tained across tho Yser near Pervyaa, al though the Germans suffered terrible lo.ies in keeping the strip of ground and make the store look as neat and thus won In the band of tho river. Again attractive as far ss he was able, and again they have been practtraliylWhcn the boys in the neighborhood swept away by Belgian ahrapnei, but' came to work and found him ftnlsb they have continued to pour men Into' ing up the cleaning, they called him the deathtrap which served them as a ' 'ave. servant and other uncotnpll bridge head. ! mentary names, but be hungered for "At Dlxmude and Nleuport the :lrug-l work. gle has ben squally sever. At Dl'.niudel He spent every moment possible the French marines wero obliged to with-! learning the stock and listened at-