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Daily Be HE ADVERTISING 18 THK rWIVEBSAL LANGUAGR BPOKKN KVKRVWUKRK IJT BUYERS AND BELXJERS. THE WEATHER. Cloudy H VOL. XLV NO. 74. OMAHA. MONDAY MOUSING, SEITKMIVKK :, 1015. 0m Trains, at Blot el Mews ataxia, etc. SINGLE COIT TWO CENTS. Omaha SUNDAY SCORES VARIOUS ISMS IN VERBALHOT FIRE Christian Science Declared to Be Ninety-One Parts Humbug in Morning Address of Evangelist. PEOPLE DAFFY OVER UPLIFT Need of Present Time is Revival of Doctrines of Salvation 3 T11 una JiPii. TAKES RAP AT SCHOOL BOARD "Billy" Sunday startled his Sunday morning audience of 5,000 persona three times. This is what he said and did: Predicted the near approach of the end of the world, saying, "If I read the signs of the times aright, and I know I do. we're living in the end of the big toe of the existence of the world." Among the signs, he said, were "wars and rumors of war". Interrupted his prayer which be gan, "Well, Lord," with the excla mation, "Whew gosh, I'm getting tired;' seized a water pitcher and drank from it and finished the prayer holding the vessel in one hand and a sweat-soaked handkerchief In the other. Remarked in a discussion of Chris tian Science: "If old Mother Eddy crawls out of her grave before the reeurrectlon, I'll eat a polecat for breakfast and wash it down with whisky." , The prediction of the end of the world was Interpolated In a discussion of present-day evils. "I will preach to you soma time about it and show you," he said. It Wno a Hot Time. It waa fearfully hot In the tabernacle, perspiration drops fell In tiny showers from "Billy" Sunday's face when he leaned from the rostrum toward the audi ence. Hla clothes were soaked with mois ture, although he put but little acrobatlo exercise Into the sermon. It waa only at the close of the sermon after he had mounted a chalr.and had be gun hla prayer that he gave any Indication that he felt the heat. Sunday assailed vigorously ministers and church folk who are willing to compromise on differences In beliefs and attacked churches which, he said, denied the divinity of Christ . mi Attacks Christina Science. He aimed a severe verbal assault against Christian Science, which, he said, waa made up of three parts mental sug gestion, three parts Hlndoophltis, three parts of religion and ninety-one parts pur humbug. Sunday's opinion of social reforms which, hla critics have said, he has failed to give proper consideration in his work of saving souls, was expressed as follows: "Some of us are going daffy over wel fare work and uplift schemes which are all right, but are all wrong when they try to be a substitute for salvation. The pressing need of the times Is a revival of the doctrines of repentance, salvation, heaven, hell and a personal devil." Who Are Heathens T "A man that doesn't believe in God in Omaha is a bigger heathen than a black man In Malay," declared Sunday. "So you old heathen, listen to me," he con tinued, addressing whomsoever might take the title to himself. A remark which waa Interpreted as a criticism of the Omaha school board, by many who recollected the opposition of a majority of the members to work by the evangelist In local schools, was made in connection with a discussion of lmmlgra- (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Gives Birth to a Child Soon After Leaving Tabernacle Mrs. B. V. Landon, Glenwood, la., was removed from the tabernacle at 11:S0 Sunday morning to Lord Lister hospital and gave birth to a baby boy that died a few hours later. , Mrs. Landon came to Omaha on an early train with her husband, Intend ing to return after bearing the mo rain,." service. She is 23 years of age and has two children at home. When Mrs. Landon grew faint In the tabernacle she was) taken to the hos pital department and attended by )r. J. H. Vance, who realised her keriouz ren dition and suggested removal to a placo where she could have coifpetent circ. Her baby, was born an hour after she wa taken from the tabernacle. The Weather For Nebraska Cloudy, cooler. Teraperatnres at Omaha Yesterday. Hour. Deg. 5 a. m 2 S a. m fci 7 a. m 64 S a. m W 8 a. in 70 10 a. m 77 11 a. m to 13 rn H 1 p. m 74 l. m ' S i. m 7 p. m so 5 o. m 7 P- m 77 7 D- in (BrllT Local Record. . . . . WIS. 1914. Wis. 191-. High test yesterday .... 83 65 73 73 ILoweet yesterday 63 46 til f Mean temperature TS ft) 63 7 precipitation ft .41 ,oo .00 Temperature and preclpiutlon depart ures from the normal: Normal temperature , 87 txcea for the day ' f Tctal deficiency sine March i " 464 Normal precipitation 13 Inch Jfcl-ncy tor the day 10 inch Total rainfall slnve March 1.. .22.64 Inchta Jeflolency since March 1 64 Inch iJe'tc'enry fr cor. period. IW14. 4 5 Inches Iwflclenry for cor. period. 1I3. 7.W inches 1 adl'tes trare of prclp4iaUoii. WELSH, Local Forecaster. "BILLY" GRABS THE WATER PITCHER It was hot in the tabernacle yesterday and the speaker just "ran with sweat." In the midst of his prayer he stopped to take a fooling drink out of the pitcher. ; - v ' ; """a . v . - t c 1 ' ... I SIN SCARS MAN MKELEPROSY "Billy" Sunday Describes How Evil Scars Souls of Those Who Yield Lives to It. 0MAHANS FINE, TELLS GOD MOXTDAT PXOaSAK. Ho. meettngs la OmahsJ JiJthe weekly rest day of K. Slaaday and party. He and Mrs. Sunday and Hoxer Bodahsaver and O). A. Brews w wil jo to Xdneoln in the morning, where the evangelist will preach twloe. Completing the first week of his Omaha campaign, "Billy" Sunday was at his very best Saturday. He- "called a spafte a spade," he took off his coat, when his shirt was wwted through and his collar had given up In despair and wilted down to his shirt band. Ho gave the ex pectant audience' all the slang it i could possibly want and he related one of the finest Bible incidents in decidedly modern language. This was the fine old story of Naman, who went down from Damascus to Jerusalem to be cured of hla leprosy. "Billy" told It like this: "When Naman came to King Joram and showed him the letter, the king ripped It open. Then ho began pacing tho floor very excited and he said: "'They're trying to put ono over on us. Don't fall for It, boys. This Is a military ruse.' Then he sent him to EMsha, who lived In the sub urbs of the city." Acta Part of Ellsha. "Billy" acted out his conception of thi bowing servant coming into Ellsha's hut and telling him his master's mission. Then he took a chair to his pulpit and sat on the chair back with his feet on the scat to represent Klisha sitting on a high stool "writing with a reed pen on papyrus." Klisha, according to tho "Billy-Ian" Interpretation, stroked his whiskers and spat before answering the servant. Then he said, "What's the mat ter with you? What do you want to let a little thing like that get your goat for?" What answer the servant made, 'Bll'y" said not, but the servant went out and told Naaman "Klisha Is home, but he's a queer duck." Mere "Billy" Injected some sarcasm on Christian Science, which amused him as much as it did the audience. He rolled with laughter as he pointed out that Rllsha didn't tell Naman that he didn't have leprosy and didn't offer to give htm absent treatment. New Deal for Naman. Next he depicted Naman at the Jordan, where the prophet had commanded him to wash seven times. "Naman wasn't used to this thing." said "Billy." "At his home up In Lamascus he had a porcelain bath tub end Pears' soap and Ivory and Cutlcura I end one of those crooked-handled dlngo ramuses that you scratch your back with." And sc he continued the narrative with consummate acting and soaring Imagina tion, even to Naman slipping on a bmooth stone and the goose pimple tht came upon him. The rest of the .dra n.atlc story, the Joy of "Mrs. Naman and all the little Namans" when they tw him cleansed of his leprosy was so splendidly done that many were wiping their tears. I "Moral Lepers" was the title of the sermon. And a score of times through out the discourse those five fateful words rumbled lugubriously from the depths of the evangelist's throat. "But he was a leptfr." He deKcrlbt-d the horrors of the disease, (Continued on Tags Five, Column tuur.) U. S. WILL ACCEPT CARRANZA TERMS American Allies Will Meet Accord ing' to Wishes of Constitu tionalist Chief. HIS RECOGNITION .MAY FOLLOW WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. Gen-1 eral-CarraTrra's countwr proposal torn"t',0 official knowledge or intimation the Pan-American diplomats for a conference with hlra over interna tional phases of the Mexican problem probably will be approved, accord ing to opinions expressed here to night by officials In touch with the administration. Although Carranza refused to yield to the appeal of Secretary Lansing and representatives of Latin-American republics that he join his adver saries in a peace conference, It was pointed out here that military condi tions In Mexico had undergone marked changes in the last few weeks and in some quarters it was con tended that Carranza's claim for recognition was entitled to investiga tion. Since the Pan-American appeal was Issued Carranza's armies have pressed pacification of territory In central and northern Mexico, whllo j without action. . some reports to the State department I the c' of umb' c?u,n ' . , , . . . , . i Frank von Pa pen, the German military have declared that Villa s forces are j attache,' and Alexander Nuber von Pero dlslntegrating. From authoritative ked, Austrian consul general in New sources advices have reached Wash ington that it would be difficult to conduct a convention to select a pro visional government in Mexico with out the participation of Carranza and , in , I urn imuiary cominanaers, woo Claim now - to control nearly all Mexican territory. Secretary Lansing would not lndi-' ... . . . . cate today how the Pan-Amerlan conierees wouia act on Carranza s on Carranza 8 proposal. It was understood that would be determined at a meeting s next week. It has been learned that some of the Latin-American diplo- mats are Inclined to give Carranza a hearing Hearing, 1 PAWNEE COUNTY FAIR DncTDnmcn rnn iiaiitij : rujirunuu run muivin TABLE ROCK, Ieb., Sopt. 11. -(Special) Announcement has Just bven mado by the management .f the Pawnee county fair that it has ceen postponed f i .m St p jtembar 15-18-1 7. .intil Octolier 13-H-16. The change was necsltatvj ly tr.q feet that twenty-tw.) Nehraski counties are hollding their rails next wk. . which made it Impossible ic s;nr cn'rlei, for the races and ot'ie- amuirient foatuier. At a special elnj'.lon held In DuHols for the purpose of voting " nd for the construction of an ?l.;trj lighting sis tern the proposal in carriol y a vote of M to 14. It is said a trgnamlsalon line Is to be fro-n l"e' Pswnee City plant, and work will htln as goon as the bonds can be Mspos?d of. Fred Hayek of Table HoJk and tliss Gladys Johnson if I'aTe City were married at the court hjuse Ir, Pawnee City Wednesday afternoo-t, Counly JuCge McNalr officiating. LOOKS OVER REGAL AGENCY FOR OMAHA AND VICINITY J. H. Reeve, assistant manager ar the Regal Motor Car company of Detroit, Mich., In charge of eastern territory, has spent the last week rn this territory tak- ing tare or the state fair exhibit and completing the details of the arrange-1 ment with Phil McSi.ane for the handling of Rtguls In this teintor I CONSIDER PLAN TO TAKE SUBSEA CASETO HAGUE Issue with Germany Becomes Less Acute During Day as Proposal to Arbitrate is Dis cussed. TWO PACTIONS IN WASHINGTON One Set of Officials Opposes Move as Surrender to Kaiser, While Other Favors It. . FEEL MUCH MORE OPTIMISTIC WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. The Is sue with Gormany has bReome less acute during the last twenty-four hours through consideration of the proposal to take the dispute In the questions of fact In tho Arabic case to The Hague. One set of officials believes to do so would amount to arbitrating the principles for which th Vnlted States has been contending and would open the way to practically unlimited submarine operations, with disputed questions of fact and arbi tration in each case. Another set of officials believes that without taking in the principles in volved, The Hague might properly be allowed to decide, not whether the submarine commander thought he was Justified in sinking the Arabic because he believed It was about to ram him, but whether the liner ac tually was attempting to resist or es cape, and if so, whether that justified the commander's action in interna tional law. . Lansing la Silent. Both sets of views are being urged on Tresldcnt Wilson, who will decide what shall be done. Secretary Landing refused today to Indicate his view. The course to be pursued may not be determined for a day or two. Generally the Indications In official quarters were more favorable. Despite the fact that all officials con sidered the German explanation unsatis factory and disappointing, there appeared to be more of a prospect for finding some ground on which the two countries could meat. Another note reported to have been de livered to Ambassador Gerard by the Berlin foreign office last night failed to arrive today. Secretary Lansing said he that another communication waa coming of what It contained. . At other sources It was reported that the note is Germany's explanations of the unsuccessful attempt to destroy the C'unard liner Orduna on July J. when a ! submarine sent a torpedo within ten ! yards of the shlp't stern, then unsuccess- I fully shelled It until It was out of range. The Orduna waa on Its way to the United States and had twenty-two Amer- j loans on board when attacked. I Not an lsane. In the Orduna case there Is a conflict of statements, whether the ship had warning or was trying to escape. It Is not an Issue between the United States and Germany, and Is not likely to be come one. The German note Is in re sponse to Inquiries made by Ambassador ; Oerard at the direction of the State de- i partment. It is not regarded as having J any bearing on the present situation un- I less It contains some declaration of prln- j clple not to the controversy. j The view of the closest observers hera Is that in the Arabic case the danger of a break grows less aa the hours pass York, there was no change. The United States still la waiting for Austria's reply , to the request to withdraw Dr. Dumbs, j Whether the other men are sufficiently I involved In Dr. Dumba's offense to make 1 their,Smti' !T t"..U.n,.t6d 8tate lm h' "iu mil isv ucuiucu iLri . Psmh- Promises Statement. LBNOX, Mass., Sept. 11. Dr. Oonstantln T. Dumba, ambassador of Austiia-Iiun- ary' whOTO rcaU hai! b'en i,,etel by President Wilson, arrived here today from New York, accompanied by hi. Kretary. Prince Alfred Zu Hoheniohe. Prince Alfred Zu Hoheniohe. Dr. Dumba told newspaper men that he would give : ou; lie,"eni in "T "r aV' . After luncheon with Mme. Dumba at the ambaseador's summer home, Dr. Dumba and Prince Zu Hoheniohe drove to the emba"y l Lenox village, where I they wer met by Baron Erich Zwledinek, counsel of the embassy, and Stephen Henry de Hedrl, one of the secretaries. I Later the ambassador returned to his residence. All Russian Army Lacks is Officers Guns, Ammunition BE3RLIN, dept. 11 (By Wireless to' Tuckerton, N. J.) Travelers who have Just returned from a trip to Russia, con-1 tribute to the Neue ZeltU'sr of Zurich i articles concerning their Impressions of the conditions under which the Russian armies are fighting. These articles are summarised as follows by the Overseas News agency: "Russia has enough soldiers In the field and sufficient food supplies, but hag no arms, officers or ammunition. The army ! units vary. Some of them are equipped ! excellently and make a good Impression. Others are lust to the contrary. The men appear unwilling to serve, and enthusiasm Is seldom noticeable. The soldiers are interested only in the prospects of peace. "The lack of officers Is particularly noticeable. j "The scarcity of ammunition Is still more marked. Only three small munition factories have been operating since the ' largest Russian plant was destroyed by I an explosion. I "Economic conditions are very bad. Large stores of grain are decaying In warehouses while the people go hungry, The fimlue In coal Is simply a calamity." Sunday Preaches on the Evangelistic Church and Knocks Fads and Isms Li his sermon yesterday morning "Billy" Sunday handled the new thought Pcoplo nml ttoo who have deviated from the cviinucllMlo church without kid gloves and railed a spado a spade. Mr. Sumliiy'R text was II Timothy, 11, K: "Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that necdeth not to be ahamctt, rlxhtly dividing the word of truth." He said: We seem to be living In a new era. A great political, moral, social, eco nomli'iil era. Whether we have been separated or combined In our advance ment I am not going to dlMcuss In de ta II. but I think It behooves the clntrcli of God workmen not to forget that we are faring the powers of darkness and opposition as never before In the his tory of Christianity. There never hns been a time when tho people were more self-satisfied, self -comp'njcent, self-centered thsrt they are today. Some Imagine Ood Al mlKhty will condone what evil they do. The lyvrrn ire man as soon as he gets a hank account, puffs up like a poi soned pup and thinks he csn do any thing he likes if he goes to church on Sunday and sings hymns and puts col lection In tho plate. I toll you the man's a fool who thinks ho can siinre hlniKelf by appealing good on Sunday and cheat his neighbor the rest of the week. Why, all the good you can do can't counterbalance one bit of evil you do. Some people think that a man who lives a fairly good life, goes to church Is true to his mai'iiaso vows, will stand Just as goo, a show of going to Heaven as the man who has been on the firing line and has been bullet meat and has worked and fought against the stoical Indifference of the people of today. And then there's a whole lot of non sense being passed around these days. They say that a man should think good thoughts, read good books and, be with good people If he will go to heaven. They convey the Impression nowadays that no man will ultimately go to hell. I tell you that all the good books, and good thoughts In the world, taken alone, will not send you to heaven, but to hell. Say, Qod knows his business. MAGNATES SUNG ' AXE J O'NEILL Club Owners Demand that Preiie Tip Resign and Turn Funds Over to Hanlon. NEW BOARD OF FIVE SELECTED Six club owners of the Western league meeting at the Fontenelle hotel yesterday afternoon deeded to demand the resignation of Norrls L. O'Neill, present president of the Western league, and written notico of this demand which orders O'Neill to turn over all money, records and the like of the leageu to Ed Hanlon, vice president, will be served immedi ately, he magnatesT who attended the Omaha meeting were Ed Hanlon of Sioux City, Pa Rourke of Omaha, Jimmy McGill of Denver, John Savage of Topeka, Hugh Jones of Lincoln and Buck Ebright of Wichita. The club owners announced that the demand for O'Neill's resignation was due to his lack of Interest In Western league j affnlrs. It was asserted that O'Neill was f requested, to call a meeting this month I so that the club owners could assemble to talk over the last disastrous season ! and tentatively consider what might be! done in the wayef planning for 1018 so j that that season would not be a failure. This O'Neill refused to do, declare the magnates, on the grounds that a meeting should not be called until after the Na tional association meets. This refusal to obey the wishes of the owners prompted the demand for his resignation, say the moguls. New Hoard of Onvernnra. A new board of governors waa also chosen. On the new board are Hanlon, Rourke, McGill, Savage and Jones. Here tofore , the board of directors has con sisted of but three owners. The present board la Kourke, Frank Isbell of Dea . Moines and Jack Holland of fit Joseph. Isbell and Holland were not re-elected because of their opposltron to the meet ing here. The meeting was originally suggested by a petition. The petition was signed by the six owners who met hero yesterday. Holland and Isbell re fused to sign It. Then last Thursday the j call went out for the meeting by order j of Hanlon, aa vice president: Rourke, as ' director, and Savage as a club owner. Holland and Isbell'dll not attenl, so they ; were frotcn off the board. Tom Chlvlngton, president of the American association, was suggested aa a possible man to succeed O'Neill. No i other man was considered. j The club owners believe that a proposi- ; tlon could be made Chlvlngton which he -would consider more favorable than his prcacnt Job. Also Chlvlngton Is at pres- ', ent encountering several dlffhultles as executive of the association, and It Is thought he would welcome a chance to I become president of the Western. i Auxiliary of the Letter Carriers Endorses Suffrage Mrs. Mary earmark, acting president of the City Central Suffrage organlxa tlon, addressed the Ladles' Auxiliary of the National Association of letter Car riers at the Hotel Fontenelle Friday evening and secured the endorsement of woman suffrsge by the convention. The 1 resolutions committee wss made up of j me president, si rs. Garonne n. stem or Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Anna Callaher of Flttsbuigh, Mrs. Minnie Bcoggina of Oak land, Cal., and Mrs. Elisabeth Johnston of Columbus. O. Mrs. E. M. Fairfield, president Of the local suffrage organisation. Is expected home Monday from the east, where she nas spent tne summer in eonierence wlt'J i eastern suffragists, I Don't be a fool and try to tell him how to run his business. Assails New Thonaht I'eople. We have been getting away from spirit vl things. The spiritual seems so unreal. We want gold we can touch. And these new thought people have transformed the devil Into an angel of light with their Isms and schisms and no wthought all msde to fool tho elect. And the devil likes It. It doesn't always suit his purpose to he painted black. It hurts him. The devil's a pretty smooth guy. He knows his business. 1 think one of the biggest curses that ever came to America was the congress of religions, hold In Chicago during the World's Fair. There were there Chris tian men sitting In with mutts like Hin du, follow. ts of Zoroasters, Shlntols-n, Bnrsseos, Confucius they had their pa godna and joes houses and temples, and there wore sun worshipers In Chicago, who built a high wrII around a llttlo Joint they built tho house with glsss iind went In there to worship so that the sun would eliminate sin. Cannot Improve on tiod. ' Any man that thinks he can Improve on God Is a fool, ps big a fool as the ; man who thinks l.o ran make honey bet-j tcr than the bees. And we have all these Isms. There Is tho crowd that tries to , drive the devil out by some sort of a! hypodermic needle. And then there Is Blavatskylsm, which holds that life Is a dreamlike, eosmlo progress. And they're all trying to keep men and women away from Jesus Christ. And 1 tell you It Is my business to fight anything that Is fighting Jesus Christ, and I'll do It In spite of anybody this side of hell. Now this Blavatskylsm trios to find In everything on earth the reincarnate form of an earlier existence. Tliey son you on the streets of Omaha and they say It Is somebody else who lived long ago and In another form called you. They tell you not to shy a shoe at the tomcat rousing the night on the hack fence, for that tomcat Is the daughter of your nelghhoi who used to take music U-SHon. Wo got Kddylsm; they label it Chris- (Continued on I'sge Five,, Column Two ) BERLIN HAS NOTHING ON HESPERIAN CASE Foreign Office and Admiralty State They Have No Information . . st. All. THINK U. S. NOT CONCERNED BERLIN, 8ept 12. -(Via Lon don.) -The. German foreign office and the admiralty stated today that they had no news regarding the Hesperian Incident, concerning which Ambassador Oerard asked Informa tion recently. The question whether Americans lost their lives when the Hesperian was blown up will pro ably have a bearing on. the ultimate answer to Washington, It Is said. Since the steamer was a British vessol bound from a British to a Canadian port, the Germans are in clined to hold that the question on its merits Is one concerning chiefly Great Britain and Germany and that Ameri can Interests can be based only on actual damage to Americans. This view Is as yet largely academic, for Germany thus far has nothing to in dicate that the ship was not destroyed by a mine Instep d of a submarine, it is stated. In view of the reiterated and strengthened instructions, issued to submarine commanders, there Is little inclination here to accept the as sumption that the ship was tor pedoed. . Nebraska Hard Hit In Call for Teachers KEARNEY, Neb., Sept. ll.-President Dan Morris of the Btate Normal board expressed deep regret today when Inter vlewffl relative to the possibility of In crease In salary of Btate Normal faculty members, that the board could not moot the salaries offered In other states In order to retain Instructors who were called from the Nebraska schools. "Nebraska has built for Itself an en viable reputation for schools and tho Peru, Chadron and Kearney schools havd developed an efficiency which placed them amang the best In the country," said Mr. Morris. "The schools have been benefited by extensive legislative appropriations fur bul'dlngs and equipment and they are of the most modern In every respect But the one greatest essential, that of the selection of Instructors of proven ability, has suffered because of the lack of meeting salaries offered in other states. After NebraskAias developed her faculty members many are called to other states where they 'make good' at a great Increase In salary. The result U that Nebraska is hit In the most vital spot In the seat of learning. "The fact has been pointed out on vari ous occasions, but now with the loss of Professors Neale, Benson and Richard son, three of the most capable Instructors in the Kearny school, all of whom hav been called to other states, ths fact Is felt more keenly than ever." VILLA CHIEFTAIN FLEES OWN TROOPS FOR THE U. S. DEL KIO, Tex., Sept U. Gene re I Sllva, in command of the Villa garrison at Las Vacas, across the rtver from here, fled from his own men last night and todsy was Interned. Tuesday night 300 of Bllva's men de serted, leaving his command reduced to O0. Yecterday Colonel Carlos Fills Is said to have mutinied and declared for Carranxa. fllva's court martial Is sal to have sentenced Fills to death, but thj majority of the troops supported Fills and Kllva became a refugee. Fills Is no in command a Las Vacas VIENNA ADMITS FORGES HURLED BACK BY SLAVS Austrian Official xteport Tells of ' Armies Withurawing in Gaiioia Before Superior Unemy Troops. SKIDEL TAKEN BY GERMANS WVtrrn Front Scene of Much Activity, Presaging Beginning of important Fighting. 2,500,000 TEUTONS IN EAST VIENNA, Sept. 12. (Via Lon don.) Austrian forces that have been engaged with the Russians along the Sereth river, south of Tar nopol, In eastern Galicla, have been withdrawn to the heights east of the Strips river "before superior enemy forces." It is stated in the official announcement of the Austrian war office today. Western Armies Aetlve. LONDON, Sept. 12. The western front, with continuous artillery en gagements, occasional Infantry at tacks and the probability that im portant events now pending, will soon begin, attracts almost as much attention as the eastern battle fields, where the Russians and Austro-Ger-mans are contending for the mastery of railway lines, the posesslon of which will make the victors more se cure when the time comes to go into winter quarters. Rasa Offensive Strong. For some time yet, however, the east Is likely to be the scene of the more sensational actions. The Rus sians are putting forth a strong of fensive on either wing and ara mak ing an equally stubborn defensive In the center, where Austro-Germans, although gaining ground dally and coming closer to the Vllna-Rovno railway, are meeting with Increasing opposition. Flahtlea In Streets. Kech village street and road la nrnvlnv the scene of a sanguinary engagement. ror example, Skldel, a town immediately east of Grodno, which at last has boon captured by the Garmarus, was the center or a Cattle lasting several days with al- iternatlng success " The Germans 'attacked the town again ,and again, massing heavy artillery for I the purpose, and, according to the Berlin j official statement, did not succeed la utriuumirig me missians until last night. Throughout the great marsh dlntrict from this point southeastward ta Rnvnn similar contests are taking place. The Austro-Murmana are trying by every means In their power to force their way through to the Vllna-Rovno rallwav h. fore tho heavy rains set in, and put an end to the fighting for the time being. In the narrow strip of Galicla between the Bereth river and the Bessarabian front, the Russians have been strongly reinforced and are apparently well sup plied with guns and ammunition. Thev report their . third victory here over the Austro-aerman forces, bringing their total of prisoners captured durina- tha week up to 22.000, wirliout mentioning the toss or men and guns. Anstrlnns tdmlt Setback. The Austrtans admit that they have suffered a setback In this region, in the statement jtbat they withdrew their front on the Bereth to the heights east of the Htrlpa river "before superior enemy forces." On the northern end of the line, south east of Riga, the Russians also an on th aggressive, with the result that the Germans have made no further progress against the Dvlna river line. Borne of the British military writers be lieve that the Austro-Germans have reached the limit of their penetration of (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) THE WANT-AD-WAY Tfcts aa has a sank aoooaai, rat years he bad been yearning? ,' To wake his business asgsr, . So more mossy hs'd 'tr. earning. . 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