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T1IH OMAHA SIXDAV UK'-'.: Al.:(ilT Tl.
AEROPLANE RAID ON
PARIS IS REPULSED
One German Machine U Shot te
Pieoet ia Mid-Air by Waiting
Air Flotilla. !
DR. DUMBA, Austrian
ambassador to the United
States, whose luggage was
rifled at the Lenox rail
road station, presumably
to obtain secret papers.
THREE OTHER CARS ESCAPE
PARIS, Auh. 28. Four German
military aeroplanes attempted to
make a raid on Paris this morning.
They were attacked hy a French air
flotilla and one of the German ma
chines was shot to pieces in midair.
The German machines crossed the
French lines flying at a great height
and driving toward the city of rarls.
When over a polat to the north of
the capital, they sighted a French air
flotilla, which was waiting for them,
and three of the German aeroplanes
wheeled about and started for the
German lines.
Tw A via Inn Hod Ira Koi.
Two of the German machlnee escsped,
but one wan outdistanced by 11 pursuera
and was riddled by bullet. It 'nil flam
ing Into the foreat of Halatta, where Hie
burned bodies of two avlatora were found.
The fourth machine dropped five bombs
at Montmorency, fifteen mllea from Pari.
No on was hurt. Tfce batteries at Mont
morency opened fire on tho aeroplane,
but It rot away In the hase.
Travelers arriving In l'arta by train
from the north can ae at almost any
bour from ten to fifteen French war
plane In the air at the aame time, pro
tecting the capital from Qentuui air raids,
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Munsey Deeclares
Chain Ownership of
Newspapers is Bad
BALTIMORE. Md.. Aug. J.- enounce
tnent waa made today of the sale by
Frank A. Munaey of the Baltimore News
and the Munaey building to Htuart
Ollveer, who haa been general manager of
Mr. Munaey s Baltimore Intereets for the
last eight years. It la understood that the
transaction laeolred an amount In the
jiel-hborhood ef M, 000,000, Mr. Oil veer
anounoed the he "atanda alone In purchas
ing theae properties, having no alliance
a 1th any financial or corporate Intereata.
The Independent policy of the paper, he
aid, would be continued.
The Newa today pubtlahes a personal
statement from Mr, Munaey concerning
the aale of hie Baltimore Intereata to Mr.
Oil veer, In which he aald that be bought
the Baltimore News with the Ylow to
making It one of a chain te be owned and
operated by cne central organisation.
.Theoretically the . idea looked to be
aound. "But the newapaper Chain In the
outworking lan't the aame thing It looked
to be In first analysis," Mr. Munaey con
tinued. .
;Ownerahlp management speaks a ien
ruaxe the community understands. It
knows Its accents, IU Intonations and
characteristics, whereas with the sal
aried management there Is always some
thing akin to the foreign accent that
cannot be disguised.. ' '
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Fifteen Thousand
More Canadians
for British Service
CRAFT WHICH SANK
ARABIC MAY BE LOST
(Continued fiotn Pss One.)
TRAIN OF GOLD OK
WAY TOJEW YORK
Big Comigrnracnt of Cein and Bonds
from London Landed tt Halifax
by British Battleship.
1
WORTH FORTY -ONE MILLIONS
NEW ADVERTISING MANAGER OF
THE UNION PACIFIC.
VAXcrnono, Me.. Aug. 28. Thai
second lar shipment this month of J
gold and securities from London to!
New York pnHod through here today '
on a special train. It was said here
that It consisted of bonds to the
value of 26,O00,OiiO, and $19,000,-,
000 In gold. j
The gold and securities are being
forwarded to strengthen British
credit In this country and to arrest
the decline in value of the British
pound sterling. They were placed on (
a heavily guarded train at Halifax, j
where, it was understood, they had
arrived on a British battleship,
guarded by a convoy of smaller craft.
The train carried thirty-eight ex
press guards. After a brief stop
here to permit a change of engines
the train left at o'clock for Bangor
and Portland on Its way to New York.
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SQUEAL AND GRUNT
CLUB MENJIANGLED
Sighs and Groans Come from
Throats of Two Hundred
Member at Sen.
GUESTS OF OMAHA FOR A DAY
81ghs and groins were emitted
from the throats of some 200 tnem-
j bers of the Squeal and Grunt club
or Kansas City, St. Joseph and Sioux
City last night at the Ak-Sar-Ben
Don. For the squealers and grunters
were put through such a rigorous
Initiation that tbey mingled sighs
and groans with their squeals and
grunts.
The Squeals and Grunts are an
organization of bog salesmen and
hog buyers of the stock yards of
Kansas City, St. osephj and Sioux
City. They spent the day ia Omaha
IhuikdPoach,
TEUTONS STRIKE
AN UNEXPECTED
BLOW IN GALICIA
(Continued from Page One.)
Great Britain Urges
Subjects to Save
More of Savings
(Correapondeneo of the Associated Preaa.)
ltNDON. Aua. a While the American
exchange problem la being apparently ! enemy dlvl.lon yesterday at Bamary on
to Myaosyoie haa been croaaed. Be
tween Muchawleco and Prlpet, our troops
are driving the defeated enemy In front
of them. German cavalry defeated an
a Brltlah aviator off the Ilelslum coaat
near Oatend. The admiralty alao made
a report on tha attack on August 1 by a
German submarine on the English coast.
The announcement la as follows:
"One of our submarines on August t(
destroyed by gunfire the Bensol factory
and the attached benaol warehouaes and
coke furnaces near Harrington, En si and .
The statement of the lirttiah press that
the submarine attacked the open towns
of Harrlniton, Parton and White Haven
la Inexact
"The same submarine on Auxuat 1 waa
fired at from a sreat dtetance In the Irtah
sea by a large passenger steamer, prob
ably a royal mall steam packet, but was
not hit.
The British admiralty announced on
August 27 that a German submarine had
been dnatroyed and aunk off Oatend by
a British seaplane. Thla Is Inexact. The
submarine waa attacked, but not hit, and
returned te port undamaged."
The British statement referred to by
tha admiralty was made on Auguat 2a.
It atated that Squadron Commander Ar
thur Blgaworth had destroyed, single
handed, a German submarine off Oatend.
The announcement contained theae words:
The submarine waa observed to be com
pletely wrecked and sank off Oatend.'
AweJts Chiefs Report.
WASHINGTON, Au. . Further de
velopments ia the situation with Ger
many now await the Berlin government s
official report en the sinking of Uis
Arabic The Stale department expecu to
receive thla from Ambaaaador Gvrard as
soon as the German admiralty can secure
it, and meaawhllo negotiations are at a
standstill.
Ignored by the Brltlah government which
la oontent to let gold slip away In email
I quantities without making an effort to
! meet Its indebtedness to the United
Htatea, much advice Is being given by
economlata, through tha medium of the
preaa, aa to the moat effloaclous method
of dealing with this problem, which with
an adverae trade balance of several hun
dred millions sterling grows more press
ing every week.
One writer advocates compulsory
economy to reduce Imports and argues
that If the American exchange continues
agnlnat Oreat Britain the prlcea of food
stuffs and other necessaries will continue
to rise. It may develop that there will
soon be no exchange at all as In the rase
of Petrosrad where there exists only a
nominal exchange of 9 per cent agatnat
It and gold exportation prohibited by law.
Ituaala, however. Is In the position of
bains- self-contained so far as foodstuffs
are conoerned. The same writer advo-! the Zlota Ltpa had been broken through
a.taa bread ticket aa the only method i apparently means that the Teutonlo
of makln tha bulk of the Knsllah doduIiv- forces are renewing their thrusts In
lion Mminr larara ana inereaama: weeair . wauoian wmiwi urn n
the road from Kovel to Kobrln.
"Southeastern theater of the war: Un
der the leadership of General Count
Bothma German and Austro-Hungarlan
troops yesterday broke through the Rus
sian posltlona on the Zlota Upa river
north and south of Bresesany. Counter
attacks at night by the enemy were re
pulsed with sanguinary loaaea. Early
today the enemy abandoned realatanue
after further failures. The enemy ia
being puraued."
Since the Anstro-Oermans in their
drive through Gallcla In May and June
threw the Russian back upon the line
of the Dnelater and the Zlota Ltpa and
Gnlla Upa rivers late In June, there
haa ben comparatively Inactivity along
this front, so far aa the official reports
have Indicated,
Today's statement from German army
headquarters that the Russian lines on
OTTAWA, Ontario,' Aug. t.-Twelve 1
Canadian battalions ef infantry are to be
ZSTu rZTZZZZZi rae hire KeUMU covering the genera, sub
today by the military authorlttaa, , The 1 submarine warfare which. It la
troops will be regarded aa rsinforoemenU understood. Count von Bernstorff. the
te be called for service in rraaoa and I Oermaa arobaaaador, baa been Instructed
riandera aa required. j by bla government to open with a dla
Tha twelve battalions have bean ae-1 avowal of Germany's Intentions to cause
tected from ail parte of Canada and the Iocs of life to Americana when the Luai
beat trained corps In the ' division. They ; Unla waa aunk, will be begun when the
contain about l&.one foot soldiers. This
draft will bring the number of men Can
ada has sent te England at HKMXA.
wagee economise, remarking that "ap
peals useless In Germany, a nation trained
docility, will be equally inefficacious
here."
Another, In strongly urging the great
wage earning British publlo to save a
portion of the weekly wage, In order that
the government may borrow It later at
Interest says the fact must not be over
looked that while trade la supposedly
good 'we are not trading under ordinary
circumstances, and practically all en
gineering firms shipbuilders and many
manufacturer while paying out wages
and piling up profits, are really trading
with the government and not adding to
the wealth of the nation. A million
pounds spent on cotton produces wealth
distributable in many channels and also
aaslats exports whereas the same sum
spent on munitions Is trading with the
government only.
success In the course of an attempt te
clear the remainder of that territory
of Russian troops, which, if carried to
a conclusion, would result In the Rue-
elane being fsreed bsck Into their prov
ince of Volhynla and Padolia.
The occupation of the town of Narew,
also reported today, records a further
advance of the German armies pushing
eastward from the Blalystok-Blelsk Una.
Has Bryan Agreed ...
WitH Hitohcock?
' (From a Staff Correspondent)
I WASHINGTON. Aug. M. SpeoUl Tele
gram.) Have Senator Hitchcock and,
"Brother" Charles Bryan made an of
fettatv and defenelv agreement affect
ing their political ambit lone, the one to
receive the Bryan support for senator,
the other to receive the support of the
senator and the World-Herald for gov
. eraorT This Is a etroumatantlaU story
brought to Washington today by a demo
crat who baa been in Nebraska for aev
i alrweeka.
. Having occasion to travel ever the
state, the store-aald 'Memocrat," who
has had targe experience In political af
faire, stated, that every condition la Ne
braska indicated that Senator Hitchcock
and Charley Bryan had reached an un
derstanding. If thla stattemcnt ahould
turn out to be true, the eyaa of politi
cians will be upon Net renka'a next eeua
tor, when the names of Allen and Lioomls
come before the eenate for confirmation,
tha formir a United Statee district at
otrney ,tha latter aa United States mar-anal.
SCHOOL INSPECTOR TO TEST
FOR HEAT IN THE COAL
The buildings and grounds committee
.of the Board of Educatioa will recom
mend the appo'ntment of a eoal Inspector.
The duties of this new official will be
te see that eoal la delivered acoord'ng
te contract and to supervise the flrtns;, to
the end that the greatest possible heat
Siate department announcea Its readiness.
Theae exchangea which are to be con
tinuation of the dlplomatlo dlaouselona,
will not be encouraged by the United
Slatna until the rase of the Arabia haa
been satisfactorily disposed of.
The Amertoen government believes that
Germany's sincerity In Its announcement
that undersea warfare against passenger
steamers bad ended roust be established
before the Lauitanin discussion oaa eon-
tlnue.
What it Means.
Reiterations by American officials that
rights of - neutrals will be Instated upon
In all quarters Is taken by German of
ficiate to mean that when it la estab
lished that Germany has modified Its
submarine policy, Ennland will be asked
to relax the blockade against foodstuffs
for Germany. German officials believe
the chance ot their policy will permit an
aoerptanoa by tha United States of the
oonceaalone which Germany will make
when negotiations are reopened.
The Ktate department now regarda its
case on the Arabic aa made up as far as
British and American sources of Informa
tion are concerned. There now remalna
only the German preaentatlon to afford
the department a baala for final decision.
There was no further conference today
between Secretary lAnstng and Count
Von liemstorff, and It ia understood the
latter probably will not again call, at the
State department Until his government
Is ready to submit the statement It haa
promised In regard to the Arabic, Incident.
Illinois Court Holds
Appropriations for
Departments Void
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. ffl.-Tho gov
ernor of Illinois has power to veto pnrta
of appropriations mado by the legislature
without vetoing the entire Items, accord
Ing to a decision handed down today by
Judge James Crelfhton of the Sangamon
county circuit court. The question of
governor's power in this connection waa
one of the topics discussed at the gover
nors conference In Boston this week.
Declaring that they had been passed in
I an Incorrect form, the court knocked out
DVTNSK. Russia. Aug. B.-(Vla kon- 'appropriations amounting; to $200,0.0, which
don.) wounded memnera or the former jltt made by the last general aasexn
garrison of the lortrees of Oaaowets, re- My. xiiU action may necessitate n
orntly evacuated by the Russians, who ' ca) seselon of the legislature In order
are la hospitals here, declare that the j that state departments may have enough
German losses before that fortresr. sur- money with which to operate. The de
pass Imagination, German prisoners are clslons were made In a case brought by
represented aa saying that officers among ; John B. Fergus, a Chloago "tax payer.
German Losses
in Assault Upon
Ossowetz Enormous
the attacking foroos declared the fortress
bad ooat them five times more men than
were In the garrison.
The Oermana, It Is assarted, stormed the
fortress almost dally, expending
gather more than 1000,00 shells.
alto-
DEATH RECORD.
Mrs, J. W. Haatktfkera. Sr.
LINDSAY, Neb., Aug. W. (Special. V
Mre. J. W. Ramaekus, sr., died Isst
evening. She was one of the oldest set
tlers in this part ef the country, settling
on a farm north ot town after coming
may.be obtained from the fueL He alao hem In 1879. She was the mother of
will be required to put. la the summer fourteen children, five of whom, with
enontha making repeira on the beating her husband, survive. The remaining
plants. . j children are Mort and Hubert, who are
Coal wQl be tested for heat units here-1 la business here, and Mesdsmes John
after. Bour. Joseph Bour and P. Smith. Site
Sperlflcatione are now being prepared was 71 yeara old. In 1810 Mr. and Mrs.
for next season's eoal, bids for which will Ramaekus celebrated their golden wed-
Webster City to Have
Watermelon Day
WEBSTER CITT, Ia., Aug. .-Spe-clal.)
Webster City will celebrate Its an
nual watermelon day Tuesday. The
preparations thla year have been on a
large scale than ever attempted before,
and the city confidently expects to enter
tain the largest crowd that has ever been
here.
Elllng O. Weeks of Eagle Grove, the
most successful flier In the midwest.
will make four flights In his big German
taube machine. Lieutenant Oovernor
Harding will give the addreea ot the day.
following which Prof. Deeta, a aoll ex
pert from the University of Minnesota,
will apesk to farmers. The celebration
will be held In the double city -parka,
and tha addresses and a vaudeville pro
gram given from an elevated stage be
tween the two parka. There will be band
ooncerts all day and two ball games be
tween the Fort Dodge team and the
Webster City Nationals. For the auto
floral parade i.t the juornlng over fTO
in decorations alons has been spent.
Watermelon day was established here
seven years ago. It Is the one day in the
year when the merchants Invite the
farmers from far and wide and the peo
ple from the nearby towns to oome to
Webster City and enjoy a big free day.
j There la no charge for anything but the
ball games. Three carloads ot water
melons will be distributed free at noon
from big corrals in the two rlty parks..
be ppened within a few weeks. The
school district will be la the market for
about e,0C) tons of coal.
EDITORS URGED TO ATTEND
STATE FAIR SEPTEMBER 8
Horace M. Davta, president of the State
Preaa asaxiatlon. haa written to Ne
braska editors suggesting that they all
attend the state fair Wednesday ot fair
week, September t, so that they may
aneet for conferences and to talk shop.
A "For Sale" ad erUl turn eecoiMl-hand
furniture Into cask. ...
ding here, being married In Holland in
lhaa. Funeral services will be held Mob
day at tha Holy Family church.
Mrs. Orlatade) Brett.
TECCMSEH, Neb., Aug. IS. -Special
Telegram.) M ra. Orlando Brett, widow
or Martin Brott of this dty, died here
today. She was aged 80 yeara. Mrs.
Brott was a native of Mason county,
Illinois, and bad lived la Teeumeoh for
fifty yeara, being among the earliest
settlers. She was Jhe mother ef thir
teen children. Her husband died two
years ago.
MEAT SHORTAGE IN SWEDEN
BECAUSE OF SHIPMENTS
(Correspondence of the Associated Preas.)
STOCKHOLM. Aug. l-Tbe shortage of
meat In Sweden, eaused by the large
exports of the -last twelve months to
Germany, Is beginning to be seriously
felt here, and retail dealers have peti
tioned the government to terbld further
exports.
During the first three months of 1914
the country's ea pot-tattoos of eattle wore
re times as heavy aa a year ago, sud
The funeral will be held Tueeday a) rre waa a almllar Increase tn the ex.
noon. orts of dressed meat.
As a result of the court's action, mem
bers of the legislature may bo forced to
refund to the state fX.WU which they ap
propriated to themselves for traveling ex
penses
CHICAGO. Aug. . One of the Imme
diate local effects of Judge Crelghton'a
decision at Springfield today may be
to cractlcally knock out the grain In-
apectkm service on the Chicago board ot
trade, according to a Cook county memo
randum of the legislature. Salaries ot
ths three appeal Inspectors were knocked
out Fourteen deputy grain Inspectors,
most of whom were assigned to the Chi
cago dls'rlct. also were knocked out of
their claries by the court's decision.
Powder Maker Says
He Was Of f ered'Cash
to Blow Up Plant
GART. Ind.. Aug.-Joseph Kramer,
a powder maker. Interrogated by the po
lice today. In connection with their In
vestigation of the murder ot the Ger
man pastor. Rev. Edmund Ksyser, whose
body waa found near the parsonage In
ToUeston. last Tuesday night, said two
men. one of whom "looked like Kayser,"
recently approached him with a pro posi
tion to blow up the Aetna powder works,
where he is employed. He said bs reached
an agrement with the two under wtil -h
he was to get U.&00 for destroying ths
Aetna plant, but that later he decided
to tall the police Instead.
The Gary police today concentrated
their attention on the theory that the
pastor came to his death as a result of
pro-German sympathies.
SWEDEN BRINGS ITS ARMY
UP TO RpAL WAR BASIS
LONDON'. July ".-The P'vd'sh army
has been considerably developed since tha
beginning of the European war, accord
ing to a eorreepondent of the Exchange
Telegraph company. It la officially an
nounced that 8edn now has SATWO regu
lars end nn.QOO Landaturmera. Buppilee
of ammunition and war material have
been brought up to date, and the Swedtah
military writers state that the army baa
never before atod at auch a high point
ef effk-teney. Five thousand new offt
oe re and non-commissioned officers have
been appointed, and all old soldiers have
been called up for a oourse of supple men-
tal training.
yesterday being entertained by th
stork yards crowd and the bog sales
men and buyers of Omaha.
"They sre a bright bunch of feJlowa,"
ald Everett Buckingham, president of
the Union Stock Yard company, and
pre-ldent of the Board of oOvernors of
Ak-Par-Ben. "Tou can't beat that bunch.
There la not a keener, sharper, brainier
bunch of fellows tn the world than a
bunch of hog salesmen."
Entertained All Day.
All day the fellows enjoyed the hospi
tality of the South Omaha fellows. In
te afternoon they were driven about the
city In automobiles, and In the evening
they dined at the Fontenelle hotel. Then
they were off for the den.
Qua Rente and his force of stage car
penters and perdition brewers had been
at work several days on some especially,
prepared contraptions for the Initiation
of theae fellows. And ths Initiation was
worth while.
Like a flock of heroes thst they are,
the working crew of ths Den came out
again In full force, even though this was
a special show, and even though Satur
day night Is the night when the boys or
dinarily would have other dates. The
dancers were on deck. The singers wers
there. The chorus of nurses of the Pop
sanitarium were dolled out In their
striped gowns, and the sailors and pi
rates were ready at the helm and at tlie
anchor hoist.
Several other special shows are to be
given before the close of the eeason this
year, because the heavy rains all through
tha season mads It necessary to postpone
a number of entertalnmente that had
been planned.
Six Hurt in Wreck
at Idlewild, Colo.
COLORADO 8PRINOS. Colo., Aug.
(Special Telegram.) Late reports from
Idlewild, on the Colorado Midland road,
show that six persona were Injured and
twenty-seven badly shaken up or slightly
bruised In the wreck of the Wildlower
train In a collision with a freight train
near that point late yesterday. Those
most seriously Injured Included:
Mrs. J. P. I4'les. Mason City, Tex., loat
two teeth, badly bruaed about bead and
shoulders I
J. P. Lylea, Mason City. Tex., nervous
shock, ausmentad Mr advanced ace.
M rs. Oeorge M. W Instead, Hutchinson.
Kan., injured In chest.
Mlra Freda Tolpe, Wichita, Kan., severe
nervous shock and bruises.
All will recover.
Apartments, flats, nouses and cottages
can be rented quickly and cheaply by
Bee "For Rent."
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