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NEWS SECTION THE WEATHER. PAGES ONE TO TEN he Omaha Daily Bee Fair VOL. XLIVXO. 104. OCTOHKH 17, 1014 TWENTY Oa Trains and at COPY OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING. PAGES. total Slews Rtanda, Bo, SINGLE TWO CENTS.

TORPEDO SINKS ALLIES HOLD OWN BELGIAN BATTERY IN ACTION This is a photograph of a Belgian battery reply- War Summary GERMANS REACH ing to German one engagement in Belgium of late. The the fire during of the humorous German naval forces have BRITISH CRUISER; censor struck out the name of th nlace wh;re the photograph was made. EVERYWHERE, IS scored strain. The Prltlsh admi- BELGIAN PORT ON 3 ralty announces that the cruiser Hawke was sent to the bottom In --- .350 LOSE LIVES .v'vjv . J..,"""H i.v t I I r-- V FRENCH REPORT the North sea by a German sub- ENGLISH CHANNEL u T!' marine Thursdsy. The French War offce an- ttkwke Wrecked North Sea by a in "On Our Left Wing the Action Con- - nounced yeeterdsy that the prog- Berlin Official Report by Way of German Submarine with Heavy ress of the allies indicated in tinues Vigorously," According Hague Says Ostend and Bruges Loit of Life. Thursday's communication had -- Are Both Taken. M' - , .... to Paris Communication. been confirmod. The field of ac- v: on the wing of allied ft UT I ONE OF CREW ARE SAVE: r' i . tion left the MAKE GAIN AT CERTAIN POINTS armies extends from the region NEWS DISPATCH CONFIRMS of Ypres to the sea. jArmnrncf TCarnh. m VanAvteil t Hot--a There was no official word Laventie Occupied, of Story from Amsterdam to London Had at Least Four Hundred East Estaires from Berlin up to late yesterday, ' " on Board. in Direction of Lille, by but news dispatches report that Press Agenoy Announces Confederates. the Germans marching on Ostend Capture, BESTS NAVAL LOSS OF BRITISH are within ten miles of their ob- jective, having occupied Illanken-bersh- e, STRAIGHTENS GERMANS' FRONT GERMAN'S ATTACK IS IN VAIN a town on the Belgian Other Crniseri Sunk Were Amphion, coast connected by rail with Oe-ten- d. Pathfinder, Aboukir, Hogue Hannescamps, Near Arras, Also Falls Allies Must Pierce Line to Make and Cressy. belief grows in London Headway Into Hands of Troops of the The Against Long Line Ostend will not be occupied that of Troopa, THESEUS ALSO IS ATTACKED Coalition. by the Germans until at least they have fought for Its possession. war- BRITISH DISCOUNT THE MOVE Submarine Fails in Move Against TEUTONS ADVANCE TO C0URTRAI It is reported that British ships will take part In the defense Sister Ship of Hawke. of Assert Capture of Ostend GERMAN ADVANCE RETORTED the town. Wat The French embassy at Wash- N gone Conclusion. JFIFTY SURVIVORS AT ABERDEEN ington lias say- Flahtlaa cnr the Mesne Desperate, received advices ing thnt the allies have captured Tliouah Overshadowed llpexa-flo- n TO CAUSE Smmander and All Offlrexa of the tr Henncsciimps, a town about ten CHANGE OF TACTICS on the Left Wing of Hawke Eicfpl Boatswain aad miles north of Albert. There Is the Allied Forera. All Rnglnnd Flxetted by Talk at CM no news regarding, the fight- Acting; Giuer Horn other ' ing on of bat- nSee and RaysJ Frewlaaaattaa with the Ship. Ill M.KTIX. the northern end the tle Una In France. Deala with Regnlatlann far PARIS, Oct, 16. "Ou our left The statement says Carryiagr af Letters. toRITIVH LOSSES IN OKTH SEA. wing the action continuoa vigor- Paris that KuHFlan troops have repulsed Ger- ously,," oonuminica-tlo- n BULLETIN. Cruiser Amphion, soak by bios an official Ivan-goro- man on Warsaw d. lsRiieti "Kvery-wher- attacks and BERLIN, Oct. 1 (via Tbe Hagus oy this evening. e Itttuser Pathfinder,, sunk torpado, e Ji . : ' e .. s In Husslan Poland, and that Baytamoar 10. 'J.,,.i':'.?s':;.. I V V V we, hnv held our own. At to London.) "The Germans occu- a.; " v'i a Is being fought of crutaara Aooukir, Korua aad Crta7. certain points we gained battle south pied Bruges October 14 and Ostend una dj aoamariaa, hakambar IS. have ground Prsemysl. Cxoiaar Jaawaa, tang oy torpauo, Octo-a- r October 15," an official statement ed lfr. and have occupied I.aventle, cast of Estaires in the dihection of Lllba. here today says. LONDON, Oct. 16. The Drltish "There Is no important incident to "An attempt by the Russians to rruiser.Mawke hs been sunk in th mention on the parUi of occupy Lyck (east Prussia) failed i other the RUSSIANS REPULSE JSorth Sea by a German submarine, front except an unsuccessful attack with the loss of their artillery and Out of a erew of 4 00 men fifty-on- e by the Germans in the region of S00 prisoners." vera eaved. aBsnsnsasssasBBs lWI:?';-- Malancourt, northwest of Verdun." ATTACKBYGERMANS was "' Th British cruiser or 7,350 tmmmtuu'"Jh.''-J- " i.mmmn' iaaai iniiHai sssjsara1sam BULLETIW. tons displacement. was 360 LONDON, Oct. It fet Hannescamps Taken. Advance of the Kaiser's Troops on 16. (7:ia p. m..) long, of 'sixty feet beam and drew WASHINGTON. Oct. of A Central News dispatch from Am- Hannescamps, the Vistula River Bank ii twenty-thre- e feet of water. It was southwest of Arras, by the sterdam says that fugitives wtio allies, and an advance by the Germans Thrown Back. . have sister ship of the Edgar, Endlm6n. PRZEMYSL REJECTS Four Thousand Prisoners and from Audenarde to Courtral were an arrived at tha Dutch frontier Craf ton, 'ThoBeus- - nd aibralfar and nouneed In an official dispatch made declara that Ostend has fallen tako " ' NO IMPORTANT ACTION IN EAST trais launches'' li'ibii.-'- ' ' Rich Booty Taken at Antwerp public here by the French embassy. the hands of the Germans. RUSSIANS' REQUEST Tha dispatch follows! Its armament conaleted of to Flghtlnc Rare Believed Ho Far una, tn un tw?lva pounder!, The Germans have advanced from LONDON, Oct was tha W. s.nft Be Confined to Cavalry En lC.As ilva two maihihe gun and WASHINGTON, Oct. The' German plenty of wool, metal and cattle. The Audenarde toward Courtral. The enemy case Just a week ago with Antwerp, two torpedo Polite Demand on Commander of the embassy today received the following harbor works are undamaged. occupies a line of defense at Merotn, ;enrsl No General .tubei. It complement ia so It was today with Ostend. That is tven as 644 men. but tt may have had Austrian Fortress is Rudely official wireless report from Berlin: "The Trench attacks near Albert have Armentlers and Glvenchy. To the weat Aetloa Yet Benn. on beeji repulsed. of LaBassre It In In contact with our to ssy, its occupation by Germany la fewer' board wheu it went down. Refused. , "Official headquarters reports that' at The Hawke was eomnmtidcd, according - "The Russian advance In East Prussia troops between that locality and Arras. momentarily expected. Ostend being to Antwerp between 4.000 and ,0QS prleonera has failed. The Russian attack with A violent combat took place northwest of hlLLETIJI. the Britieh adrnlralty list of September, 15.-(- Vla Iran-fcorfc- PETROORAD. Oct. London, almost opposite the mouth of JW4, DIMITRIEFF SAYS HE IS LUCKY waYe taken and that among the war eight army corps from Warsaw and d to Vermelles, whloh In our the by Captain Hugh P. E. T. Williams, Lens resulted tlng S00-- Oct. between German and booty 'are ' cannon,, 4,000 tone of grain bavs been repulsed." favor. We have taken Hannescamps, and Thames, Britons centered their gaze anions' Its offloera were Commander Russian troops Is now going on within Pratt-Bar- k Austrian Reply Aaarrte Commander southwest of Arras." there . regardless of whether or not liernard A. vr and I.liutenant eight mUea of Warsaw, Russian Poland. Commander R. r.oaoman. Kinds Dlaralty to the taking city Robert It Heneatn Rlre Allies Keen Penndlna" Away. of the would mean M'r-- k 16. -- of-fl- ne Three Saak Thrte Ao. Affrontlnar Proposal Answer REFUGEES LOSE WIRELESS MESSAGE PARIS, Oct 1.-T- he steady hammering PARIS, Oct. The French War much from a military standpoint, or This 4eatructton of the Hawke follow Which It Heaervea. of the allies on the German left wing of made an official announcement this hasten, or protract the great war, now by about three weeks afternoon aa follows: the sinking In the the French battle front has brought them In Its seventy-thir- d day. North sea of the British Abou- VIUNXA. O't. 15. (Via Amsterdara and THEIR CHILDREN : within cannon range of the foits "In Russia, on the left bank of the cruiser. UNFAIR TOGERMANS almost The latest news Lon- kir. Home and Creiy., These Venecia London, Oct. !.) It was announced of- at Mets. In spite of this menace, part of Vistula river, the Russian troops during available in uccumtwd to the attack ut a German ficially hero toilay that on the afternoon the German crown prince's army hanss the day of October 13 repulsed the Gor- don early today said the Germans aubmartne, and with th?rn some sixty of October t the commander of the fort- Women Separated from Husbands Dispatch from Honolulu Telling of on doggedly to the positions It hsa taken man attacks rn Warsaw and Ivangorod. were within ten miles of tha city, British officers and 1.100 men ress Przomysl MI'ntnt. fight- "A battle Is going on south of Pria-mys- went to at received from General 'Whereabouts Vio- on the Meuse near St. The having occupied Blankenberghe, their death. and Offspring in Mad Flight of Gunboat Is a Radko Dlrnltrlff, In command of the ing on this end of the long bs.ttle line small town on Belgian Amoni Its officers at the time of the F.UKslan army of Investment, a request from Ostend to Dover. lates Neutrality. said to have been desperate during the Genej-a- l Aelloa Not Beann. the, eoast were 1.-Tn- klng about ten CuaastT eight navnl cnilets. to rurrendcr. The proposal waa promptly last week, though overshsJowed for the LONDON, Oct. the le miles northeast of Ostend . British Other worships lost :n the war rejected. TWENTY-FIV- E THOUSAND LAND ,U. S. GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATES time by the operations ou the allies' left. dispatches arriving In London and connected therewith by steam vr the cruiser Amphion, which was General Dimitr'.erf'S communication waa More important developments, however, from Petrograd, Berlin and Vienna as a tramways. Thus It runk in the North fcea by baels seemed that the a mine. .Uig.jHt as follows: "Good luck, 'which left the Pereewa Belgian Giving; of Positive Information of are looked for between the Meuse and of Information, (t Is almost Impos- t). and the cruiser Fathflndcr. torpedoed army Haadreda'of Leave four sible to any taking of the popular sesside resort Austr'an with Its last successful Operations of to the Moselle, while the battle of the determine with accuracy the In the North Sea September 10. Th !os encounters against out troopa, has given ta Reach Soma Point on Belllaerenta the goes on in the west. situation In the eastern by the invaders was a foregone con- May rivers theater of tha ef th Hawke mokqa a total of six Ttritish me'tlm oiporturjlty of Investing the fort- French Coaat. World t'anae Marconi war. The muln armies of the contending clusion within twenty-fou- r hours, It destroyed . Handle Machine Ussi Weil by Germany in the ress of Prremysl, the of which Company Trouble. forces, the Uusalann on one side and the not already effected at this writing, tCorth Sea. .. . has been you. In the early daya of the war the Ger- Austrian and on entrusted to I assume that DOVER. Oct. IS. (Via London.) Three Germans the other, are Stateaarjtt by Admiralty. It Is possible yon WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-R- ear Admiral mane stiemod to have the advantage of' In dose over and the news delayed as it was when not to send help from thousand refugees from Ostend are still touch an Immense front, The admiralty given out the fciiow-In- g Moore, commandant of tho naval station the allies In the equipment and handling which evidently will the forts at Antwerp 4aa " the outside. In order to avoid useless either on quay or In vessels gradually extend fell before the statement : bloodshed, the here the at Honolulu, was ordered today to cloee of machine guns. In this hilly, weodod from the Bajtlo to the present seems to me the not yet been to dock. The the Carpathians. In terrible fire of the German siege "Hla majesty's ship Tbuaeus. Cuptain propose you that have able the Marconi wireless station there country, tha .French have shown that spite of rleht moment (o to negotia- port is closed within the claims f victory here and guns. Xugh Edwards, was attacked by a sub- of Dover because the city twenty-fou- r hours unless the oompany they can also use them with great ef- defeat there, tions for the surrender of the fortress. If is fortified, but the port officials have there Is reason to. believe marine In the northern waters of the you surrender It will be possible to ob- g.re a satisfactory explanation of tha fect. The German rush through the that, generally speaking, the fighting so Steamer Service been obliged to admit these boats carry- aa of Saaneaded. Korttj Sea yesterday, but waa mlsaed. Hla tain honorable conditions for: yourself and sending of a wlreigsa dispatch announc- forest as well In the hills far has been confined to cavalry engage-men- u ing women fleeing Bel-glu- The last of the refugees have come itajesay'a ahlp Hawke, Captain H. P. 13. your garrison and children from ing the arrival of the Gorman gunboat Woevre met with a telling fire of gat-- 1 and a from the highest that general engagement from Ostend and steamer service between U'. Williams waa attacked about the same of the Riifslan forces. Goler. trigs from trees, where guns were so clev- has not yet begun. Inadequate Impossible to that city and England has been suspended time and was sunk. "If your excellency wishes to begin The railroad facllltlea are to Admiral Moore had reported the aendfng erly concealed, that It was until forty-nin- further notice. Thousands already 'The following officers, with e negotiations. I beg thnt you com- accommodate the great crowds. An of the message during the temporary ab-stn- detect, and every effort to gain lost will emergency have reached the British Isles, adding tir tnn of the crew, have been landed at municate the conditions to our author- committee has provided food yesterday of the naval officer on ground cost dearly and failed. Situation Reviewed h the multitude of unwillingly expatriated berdeea from a Jrawler: Boatswain ised delegate. First IJeutenant Wandam. and water for the fugitives, but it ia un- duty at the station as a censor. Th'j gun- The Fren-- Alpine contingent distin- Belgians. Fydney Austin, Gunner James Pennl and I able to give them quarters as all build- boat had Tslog guished Itself in this rough country. embrace this opportunity to express my Just arrived from Tau, by The British press today Is remaln-in- g ings, hotels and homes in Dover are ure now In possession of British Writer Inclined to eting Gunner Harry Kvltt. l"he high esteem to your esoell ncy." convoying the German steamer Iokson. The French clasa the taking Bel-glu- m aa of Oatend with of offlners and men are missing." The Austrian answer to this communica- filled. Seven thousand persons from which had been Impressed into the serv- the route from. Nancy to Mets as far that - LONDON, (Continued tion, whlrh was sent Immediately, ran as came in two days. Their a1 vent ice aa a colUer. Dagney, en the Lorraine border, and Oct. W.The correspondent on Page Two, Column Two I follows: ' ' swamped the town. Of the women In the Acting Becretary Roosevelt regarded menace the route from Verdun to Mets of the Times in-- Paris, in a review of the boats unable to dock many are aeparated the In the neighborhood of Ktaln, endanger- situation on the French battle front, To the Commander. I find It beneath transmission of this dispatch aa a says: The Weather my dignity to give to yonr from their husbands and children. These clear violation of neutrality because It ing communications of the orown prince's affronting camp. "The German army proposition the answer which It deserves. refugees left Ostend Wednesday night. gave positive. Information of the opera- army with the Carman fortified corps which has A queer want ad Foracavat till 7 p. m. Saturday : (Signed! The captains of ships which already have tions a belligerent, driven the French from Lille had little "Commander of tne Garrison of of advising the world A For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity Prsemysl." docked declare they aaw hundreds of of the gunboat's actual position. FIVP BURN TO DEATH effect on the whole situation. Between recent Sunday laana of the -- Fair; no important change In tempera- persons the Lys river and Cincinnati Enquirer contained tha ture. leaving Ostend in small rowboats, Reports from Honolulu that tha Oarier WHEN GASOLINE EXPLODES the town of La Basaee, following want ad: Yeaterday. toping to reach some point on the French thirteen miles southwest of Ulle. the sit- XaJa .Tap raitare la Omaha after taking on half the amount of eoal A. . . - coast. uation remains unchanged. Gar-ma- ns WANTEDAN OLD MAN Hour- Deg. British Complain Hundreds of ethers boarded little to which It was entitled under the neu- 11 persons The One ' 41 NEVADA, Jto., Oct Five destroyed who wants to live In tha "H 5 m - .... trawlers and sailboats, which are still trality laws, was about to the town hall at Arras, on a fVrTeevyi fnn a. .... 4 be Interned were burned to death at Mtlo. Mo., near a fine ceuijtry email place by himaslf. in... Straggling into Dover. Their passenger sixteenth century building. - ,4 .... 44 German Ships Get until the end of the war, were not ex- here, today when a gasoline can ex- . JJh pfyJ" "Vi11- Pr month 4f often have been without food thlrty-sl- a "The enemy has abandoned the attempt vkSS A la. in...... for plained In official dispatches. It was ploded. The place can ... 4! Many Bel- te Latter a way to hardly be called a hours. small boats from said that If the gunboat In- Paris through Roye, deelrable one Til "rT Wa.m!i; ... ;.l Coal at Manila had been although guns are because beatdea living ... V gium are putting Into Lowestoft and terned the action must have been volun- still active there. The alone he would have to cook his own enemy is also slackening Ha nn meals and do such work as .... Folkestone. TheM craft are manned tary on the part of the Germans In order effort. upon hiru to called ... 2 n.oUy- by know 99 the heights ef Brlmont and da. .... WASHINGTON.. . Ocl. ' In'. Plr . Cecil volunteers who nothing to escape capture. tt tt southeast of The" one for this place should be e'rrlng-Itie- e. YES Ithelma. where in .... o; the British ambasaador, of the English ports and head In wher- Officials madn it plain that the course NO" the allies have taken sev- a man used to hard work, but who ni ... 7 ever they can eee docking eral formidable trenches. wanted ateady place, rain or called the attention of Acting Becretary facllltlea. of the department In regard to the wire- If ha gavet shine. in ... c Lansing today to alleged It is eatimated that 36.000 refugees have less alleged "The German efforta to envelope Ver- satisfaction. in ... (4 violations of station's violation of nmi-trali- Don't care how old he la If he la VOTES dun from the north and from the In good m neutrality In the Philippines, where he landed here and at Folkestone slnoa would not be affected by the fu- south- health and doea not drink a H p. m va-lio- east hav been defeated. drop of liquor, smd who aaid the BritUh government believed ua Wednesday. Several thousand other Bel- ture movements of the The poaltion of would not w luteal Reeard. Gler. the German wedge, pushed be bthered with relatives and frlendo (afarad German ships bad been coaled at gians have come from Calais, where through from eelllnir on him. 1814. 1913. 11M2. Mil. Pont a Mousson to St Mlhlel. Is becoming 7 47 7S sea from Manila. Inquiry waa directed many others are still waiting ships. It la not an attractive berth, and Jtighaat ayatsrday .... m FOR more and more would be too lonesome Ixwast yeaterday a 44 sou Immediately by the State department to Congress Likely to uncomfortable." men. for most rreclpttation .'. 00 .02 .0) .fiG th authorities at Manila. Taniperature fend precipitation depart urea f001'.1 bother me with answering According to advices to the embassy, thla advertisement unless you want from the normal: Adjourn Next Week Peasant Girls tha place with all its disadvantage. Normal temptraiure So other neutral veaaela than the American WOMEN Fight a - It even worae than I say It la Tjaficieney for- the day 1 Steamer Kin Paslf. recently ' seised aa a Addreas 11 17. Lnqulrer office. Normal precipitation i inch J 10. v prise by the Hong WASHINGTON. Oct. --Adjournment Against ?i-- British and carried to Tomorrow the Best Germans Mall Order Journal for dav CS Inch - in In the Interest of fairness to Kong, have- been ctly week of the present pesslon con-- Total rainfbll dime March l...4.tj luchea aeri aupplying the of j help along Tericlency nr Ht,r li 1. lnci.es German cruisers which rava been preying eresa i presaged in un sgreemtnt both sides and to The Dee's "Help Wanted" Heflcinncj Oct 1S.- -A lor Cor. terioil. J!ii:..,.!3 Ini'liex on commerce In j resi hed in tho senate today, w educational Mde of the lNDON. dlspatoh to jeiicin'-- British eastern under hich the lleuter's company columns show a number r.irior. erlrd Pi;. fr Colored tl.e final vote on pendlnsc wur Bea Tclceram from Patro-ria- d of Heaiorls .'eetu Sri f. turn T M. atcrs. thi revenue suffrage campaign, The says: at I. bill will lie attractive offers every i I The ambaihuiior discussed Mr. taker, tomorrow. depart- day Etniio-- ar.il I Ml',' HIS - Tain aitli lias opened a special "To Hie locsl pcasuntry, smone of Wf iev. Lanslne th q.wtion of what restrli Hons thm in the week ment on the subject putting many tlrls. Is attributed In and they're "heynna eVar n ight be laid on this practice. The Siata Comics nrt the cio.uily SO one column at the dlpoxal of failure of the mig'hty interesting" Tvev!rt. .:;i department recently took the ground South Dakota Hanks. German attempts to cross reading 3enver. ciei.r . that WASHINGTON. Oct. 16 Tel.-gra- local suffrage organiza- the Vistula during the flKhtiiip. Moines, clt-a- merchant veseels, even lal the r"'mt to those who Sea . ts .11 under neutral wittr Tha abstract of lha condition of The gills aided want to get dear S4 74 agents, legally carry tion and another column at the Russian soldiers by , could not supplies tfte national tajiks of South Dakota North PJ.iti.-- ...... n at anti-suffra- digging trenches. ahead. clear. it from American Atlantic ports to the Ger- tha tio of bualneas on September 12, aa the disposal of the Omaha, clear 2 7 .00 reported to "On the initiative of P:ngllah Pueblo, O. man cruiser off In Weat the comptroller of the cur- association. an 'club rWaoAori TfUw clear 7t .00 the tost and The Sunday Bee rency, shows tha avwese reserve held here, 1000 Rapid City, 3 . at a movement Is on foot to raise a clear m Indian waters, and the ambaaaador asks 14.1 per cent; loans and discounts, ill,. Bait Laka City, clear SS 72 .00 S,7&: gold detachment of recruits for the British JI .V) that the same doctrine ehail be applied to coin, X114: la lawful money See Magazine Page ranta lX clear M army. oot-to- reeerv bend at ts men employed In The Omaha Bee atUertdaa, dear (a sS .OS the Philippines, kLl,3Sl; Individual Incahlre at VC.Kjl.C6, mills have volunteered." Vryeef Keaets B Wrnnt Ada.