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-WW1 '-•iSm1 -M THK PAPER YHAT BOOSTS KEO KUK ALL THE TIME. Subscribers at Th» Daily Gi^ city aro Sorv4d,tho full Leased Wire Serv ice of. the. United Press Associations VOL. 119. NO. 55. FK [*y Wm. Philip Wma, United Pl-ooa Staff Correspondent.] ', £ARI8, Sept. 2 —Despite the admission that the allied left continues to give ground before the strong' German right, there was an air of oon fidsnoe that almost approach ed optimism in official circles today. The Germans arewith- UtHftymiles ofParis frointh& north, but than Iraqia single a complete siege of the ally will be poisible. The (Germans hare bean unable to shatter or to Isolate the allied lines. Their army is declared to be showing evidence of com plete exhaustion. It is now operating many miles from its base at Aix la Ghappelle and the last German reserves are believed to be in action. When they get in front of Paris- the Germans will be confronting the greatest fortifications in th^ world. The ffrerich engi neers confidently declare that their defense will hold fast. 'They insist Germany cafcnot 'bring into action sufficient troops to entirely the city. Those participating in the siege will always be subject to flanking attacks as the Ger ray* trap set for the allied ar mies which contemplated sur rounding and annihilating them, could not be sprung. The retreat of the French- iinihtla— fVF German Army in France Finds the Road to Vic- tory to be Steep and Full of Obstacles. ACTUAL SIEGE OF PARIS NOT EXPECTED assr are Thbughtto Have Eleen Called Out in Supreme Effort to ,at British arau&3 has been along a perfect line, every point where they might have been, surrounded, having been giv en a wide berth. This fact, the Frenoh mili tary experts declare has all of the moral effect of a sweeping victory. A compact army re maining in the field will prove a constantly increasing pen ace to the Germans. enormous losses iirflicted on the German war machine can not be now replaced as every (possible man will b6 needed on the easteiR.linesto check the Russian invasion. The Russian embassy here today declare that the Aus trian army already is nearly crushed. Outnumbered two to one, the Austrians have' been routed in an eight days' strug gle and the Russian attack is being continued so that it can be entirely removed as an ob stacle to the march to Berlin. The Russians have assured both France and England that so soon as the Austrians are crushed they Will move rapid ly forward on the German capital. The Austrian left and center is reported turned, but the right, which extends into Russian Poland, is very strong, having been reinforced (Continued on page j.) What tne War Moves Mean By J, W. T. Mason, Former European Man ager of the United Pre««^ lUnited Press Leased Wire Service.] NSW YORK, Sept, 2.—(11 a. m.)— Russia'a advance on Berlin has been checked and the encouraging hope of the alliaa in the weat of a quick 8lav movement into the heart of Germany is. fading. Russia'a initial atrategy haa failed for the aame reason that France's first drawn plana were de feated. The general staffs of both countries were dominated by a pas sion for an Immediate offensive at all costs and in each case the offens ive waa the wrong thing to do at the moment. Rueala has had to halt her IJWch through east Prussia, prob ibly fifty milea from the German first line of defence along the Vistula be^ cause her strategists undersstimated Austria's strength. The persistent, penstration Into Poland of Austrian forces appear to have been belittled •t Potroflrad (to acknowledge Rue* •la's nsw antl-Gsrmsn name for her capital) until thero came a realiza tion that the Ruaaian left flank would l»# in imminent danger if the advance en BeHta wyrs continued. ... Semi-afp reflation of the danger was *e'lt a' weak ago and 'Lis accounta for the sudden abaence of news concerning Russia'a second army which waa reported to be moving on Posen. This army undoubtedly was divsrted to the south to check the Austrlana but with auch little auccess that all Russia'a military plans now have had to halt in the north while the undereetimated Austrian danger In the aotuh ia obliterated. The distance between the late scene of Russis's sdvsnce through eaet Prussia and her present opera tione about Lemberg in Gaiicia ia three hundred miles. Strategic con dltiona in the two areaa are curiously similar. In the north Russis's sta tionary troopa face the heavily forti fied Vistula, whils in the south ths San river with the two etrong mili tary centers at Przemyal and Jaroslav, fifty miles weat of the Ruasian front at Lemberg,.Jare the^ route _Jo the west. IP The position of the alliea In Frarjoe Is not unaatiefactory. All the linpe appear to be holding the Germans ex- (Continued on page a) A MVH fyeD dtiln 1t£ [United Press leased Wire S.ervice.] BERLIN, (via The Hague), Sept. 2. —-Reports of continued euccesses in bqth the eastern and weetern thea tres of war are made public by the war office today. The German advance against P?rlB continues without inter ruption, ft is stated, and the stubborn arma have acored their most notewor thy succesf. The Russian invasion of sastern Prussia has been checked and the advancing columns routsd with enormous losses. Thousanda of pris oners have been taken/including many Russian officers of high rtink. The situation in.the east la much Improved through the arrival there of fresh troops. These hisya been se cured without the general staff having to call upon the weatern forces for any men. The 500,000 members of the landsturm' who have been called to' the colors have been distributed among the Interior ^fortresses and to the supply depots. JXhis action releas ed similar nurrrfier of the activ® army and it I9 ^leee troop* who are now driving tMf Rusaians back on their own frontier. The. aplrlt of the arpny is wpeellent. News of victory in the easlrnaa and contain names of members of the most dietingulehod flimliiis In all Qer niiaj^ Hardty family but haa'snf ve itti' All are reconciled to' the price that must be paid If the German cauae la KEOKUK, IOWA, United PARI? Is hold1 ri DROOPS MOVING. COPENHAGEN,, Sept. 2.—Advices from Berlin Indicate that the German troops movsments Continue. It le stated all train achedulee have abandoned "for the 'present" and the beert fContlnued on page 2.) [United Press Leased Wire Service.] WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—Convinced nonsense. Turkey haa 500.000 men under colors." 1 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, fceased' "Wire Servicfe.]: 'A. 2.—The French center! ,«s, rassed left has failed. The allied army 'is inta^jL a potsnt, effective fighting force'that can continue* to withdraw In tM. face of superior numbers, ana be hela ready to assume the offensive whsn the German loases, and the necessity of replenishing their eastern armies to ifipst the Russisn^ forces ttfem to weifcen th%ir front on French •olV^Thle announcement overshadow ed the admiasion that the line between the strong German right wing and Parle i« general flclal clrctea to accept- the ^possible siege of rtirhi'with Bquanimlt^. It is declared It cannot be effective. The very limita of the fortified zone would of ltself require far more eoldiera than it ia believed Germany can spare effectively to besiege the city and now that the appreme effort of the Germane to crumple up and demoliah checked the fear of aithe allied armlet haa failed, any aiege Russian attack upon Berlin which waa of Paris will always be subject to ing force. a very real one a few daya ago foi-j flank attacks that In the end muatl The Ruasian offensive has been cen lowlng the arrival of refugees from 1 prove disastrous. jtered on the Austrian llnea and enor eastern Prussia who dlflrattttd tho] Tj,s ENORMOUS DAMAGE. E4.L. Keen, United Prose PBy .. GREECE REMAINS PASSIVE. ATHENS, Sept. 2. (via Rome)—Fol lowing an extraordinary council of the ministry, It was announced there haa' work ail of the damage possible on been no change in Greek plans. Neu-,1 the Germans, at any cost in order trallty will be maintained ao long aa that their forcea even if they do got no attempt ia made to involve the] to Parte, will be partially robbed of Balkan* generally in the war. it ia, their effectiveness. As a tribute to known however, that the attitude of: the BrKieh skill. It is admitted the Turkey waa the queation considered.:German right wing includea the erack Mobilization of T«rkey's army under' regiments of the Germsn army, the German officers is bitterly resented' reel backbone of the kaiaer'a forces, but Greeer will make no movo-agiiinatj Theae troops cannot be replaced, Turkey until that nation heraelf acts.I and as it. ia now claimed that the German loeaea exceed the British at Anxious to Fight. I the ratio of from 3 to 6 to 1. The NEW YORK. Sept. 2—Jotm wisdom of keeping the British con Rzezink, Austrian reservist, held injatantly on the firing line ia apparent. Ludlow street jail for breach of prom ise, -was so anxious to be free to re turn to the tattierlaad and Join his colors tkat b« marrtwr^is accuser to day. The bride, will accompany Rzezlnk to Austria and bAome a nurse.- and Ar^ennee. The moot desperate rnigsbur^ and Alienate! n. The Second fighting le reported from Rethdl in 1 operating from Poland towarda the department of Ardennee where the 'Thorn and Gradend. WMIe the Ger Germans have thrown enormous freeh nian llnea have atiffened and the foneee against the French llnee- The lines are holding fast, however. That the allied lines have'^ been driven back nearly to Campiegna In the department of Oiae, which la lees than fifty* milea from Paria, waa ad- fContinued on naee 2.1 E I United Press Leased Wire Service.] LONDON, Sept. 2.—The first re- that Bulgaria will unite with Turkey I P°rt received from General French re if the Balkan etite, and engage lnifl*«"ng the Britiah casualtiea, which the European war, the Turkieh am bassador today dsclared that Turke alone had half a million men mobil ized, preparing for "any eventuality." "To aay that Turkey ia on the point of war against. Greece la entirely in|ism. correct," Ambassador Rustem Bey ststed. "We mobilized month ago, in view of much more contingenciea than the settlement of our difRcultiea with Greece, which are thd smallest of our concerns today. Before I waa cut off from communication with my government nearly a month ago, I waa requeated to notify the atate de partment that while Turkey would re main neutral she would have to mobilize aa a precautionary meaaure. "Turkey la preparing very aerlo'ualy covers only* the earlier movement* in the field, again demonatratea that the British officers lead their men. The per cent of caaualtiea to the officera is high, mute tribute to their hero-' It is carefully explained rthat I this is only partial report and that It doea hot deal with the recent fight {ing. The British field marahai re porta: "British officers killed, 36 wound-[ -ed, 57 missing, 95. "British soldiers killed, 127 wound ed, 697 missing, 4,183." The British cavalry ia reported to have taken a number of cannon, the estimates varying from ten to thir teen, in a deeperate charge against a Germar^, fortified position near Gom- (Continued on pin 1) r.\ •n) "1 2. 14 [United Press Leased Wire Service.] ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 2.—The 3 ThiaJWas the cheering Austrian army has been completely news,' id froii^the war office whin crushed. News from the front where it mj *..t* first'announcement today.'the general battle has been In prog Comfhfcffn top of a similar announce.' reas for eight days^ is most favorable ment at midnight, it meant, military to Russia. a a a a A a resistance is being slowly, but «toad-j mans to break the allied armies in Gsilcia, Is now held by the Russians, iiy overcome. two and to surround the terribly har- The Austrian center has been pane But it Is in the east the German t°ated by a superior Ruaaian force and tho wings are now being crum pled- back upon their outer lines. Offl clal dispatches from the Grand Duke Nicholas tell of a sweeping vitory In the bloodieet battle of modern ,times. The Russian losses have been very large. It Is admitted. But It is stated that they are far leae than those sus tained by Auatria. Entire brigadea of Austrlana have been, completely an nihilated. Among their dead are dually leeaening. There Is tome of .the highest rank officers, osltion everywhere Jfi of-. It Is stated that whllei the fighting ibntinues and will probably Continue for ssversi more days, the situation is most favorable to the Ruaaian ar- hmy. feeling In Paris today Is far jnious reinforcements Ruaaian advance as "sprea(mig more optimistic than at any time r'ed to fill the gape an army of flies." during the last three days. The an fenmlve line. Because of this there The reality of war It now being niveraary of Sedan has passed and no'has been a temporary halt to the pro brought home'to every one. The Het*|great disaster has ovsrwhelmed theiceedings In eastern Pruasia. Positive of casualties are dlatreaalngly long' wya believed to follow a^llne With Lemberg. held by the Rus lk|na and the Austrian center pene trated, the Austrishs will have great difficulty withdrawing to new posi tions and their ranke are ao badly de moralized that it will be very difficult to reform them into an effective flght- French armies. The battle line of denial Is made however,, that any of the north tqdayr roughly speaking,1the running have been hur In the flret of- territory already gained has ten [abandoned. Tw^ idletinct .Russian force opposing the Ruasiana haa been greatly increaaed, It ia still Insisted in ths reports from the. front that it will be Impossible to chectf the Rus sian advance when the*Wrders are giv en to proceed. But till Austrian rs- (Continued on page 2.) ANTWERP (via THE Hague) Sept. 2.—The Belgian capital waa thrown fcecause Irtto a panic early today when the Germans, in a big Zeppelin dirigible attempted to destroy the wireless sta tion with which communication with the chief Belgian centers ia main tained. The effort failed as the bomba fell wide of the mark. But it was very clear that a real German offen sive movement is in contemplation agalnat the city and further raida are looked for. It waa ahortly after 3:30 this Correspondent. But the dirigible was far too high Sept. 2.—Still retreating and shots fell far short of their mark. for any eventualItlea, but mobilization' before auperior numbers, but deliver- However, the fuesilade had the effect ia one thing and concentration of the inn enormous damage to the German of keeping the big Zeppelin so high in srmy another. Turkey has not yet, advance, the allied linea were falling the air that It was Impossible for the said agalnat what country she will back on Paria today. The war office pi lota to discern their points of at-} concentrate her troopa. To aay thatjadrted nothing to the French official tack. When the dirigible crossed the [United Press Leased Wire Service.] only 200,000 soldiers are mobilized, is! announcement that the German right'forts and straightened out towards AUSTRIA—Officially admitted that pushing forward. It ia ad-! the city proper, the search lights the Austrian army has been com- I day morning and that their loases are large. But it is understood to be the intention of the British office to JtWI® every offensive movement against the Prussians in order to endeavor to crush the entire Austrian army at one blow. There are not less than 2, 000,000 Russians facing the 1,000,000 troops in this great battle. As a result the Aus trian lines have been com pelled to give way at certain points. The most serious re the positions there has en abled the Russians to isolate the Austrian forces in Russian Poland and they are now greatly outnumbered. The casualties are appal ling. Both sides have suffered terribly. Artillery firj is de morn" srrih«rf .ing when the outlying forts signalled SCriDett in messages irom Tne the approach of a dirigible. The big Zeppelin, waa flying fully 6,000 feetj high, but the whirring of her propel lers as she headed across the winds could be heard. The forts at once be-' Staff gan shooting at the aerial enemy.) mitted that the British have been en-! were turned against It, but they failed pelied to abandon Lemberg, oapital bottle up part of it in the fortresses gaged almost constantly since Sun-'to carry far enough and they were of Gatica and that the entire Austrian have been defeated. Paris is in readi- quickly turned off in order that their lights might not be. utilised by the Germane in determining their loca tion. The dirigible finally dropped a number of bombs which fell In the suburbs and in the lightly settled dis trict. Early reports received by the burgomaster said they did compara tively little damage. By thia time the aerial guns mounted on the high had been placed in action and a hail of bulleta was being directed against the dirigible. Belgian troopa also fired volleys from their rifles and fin ally the dirigible swung around and headed back toward Malinea. Now that It is considered certain that the Germans plsn a concentrated attack on Antwerp and that a aiege will likely result, city authorities are making preparationa to withstand it. (Continued on page t) (Si "4 GERMANY ... i" .c Eight Days of Battle Gives City Over to Invaders Who are Hacking Austrian Army to Pieces. STRUG6LE BY THREE No Time to Collect Wounded or Bury the Deadr Which sure Piled in Heaps Upon the Field* [United Press Leased Wire Service.] .front SS VIENNA (Via Rome) Sept. 2.—Lemberg has fallen.. The Austrian army which has been fighting in front of the Galician capital, has been They lie where they fell and withdrawn. It did not enter the city, as the general staff desired to avoid any general bombardment and the defend ing force was withdrawn to the south. The eighth dOT of the great extends from the Dneister to the Prus sian frontier finds the Aus trian army out-numbered and hard pressed. It is very plain that Russia has abandoned wing, operating from itit t'i in mps^aiTM from the Summarized by John Edwin Nevin, United Press Staff Correspondent. I a 1 AAA AAA MA aiAAa aft A A a Ia .. a. 4lt ana a a a A Am A buildinga and In the cathedral spire railroads, transferring the active and the Austrian right wing has been pots and replacing them landatrum. ENGLAND—Preliminary caaualties show high per cent of of ficers killed, lists of missing very large and becauae continuous fighting, the dead and wounded cannot be gath ered. Prince of Walea relief fund now totals $10,000,000. 1. J,/ FF THE WEATHER. —7 p. m. 70 7 a. m. 58. Fair and Cooler. Local temp .. -i.. .. .• UjfiN PAGES A Whole simply, brigades have been mowed down. But there hasr^ been no%time either to bury thrSl dead or collect the wounded. the tide of battle has surged, backwards and forwards over them. v. 5,000 LB^DilJuD." ST. PETERSBURG, Se^l.^, 2.—Another sweeping snooess over the itastriana i*was ported today, supptementing1 those of the victories at Lem-i"*-' berg and near the Russian Po land frontier. The war office announces that the Russian position on the Denister cap-' tured a supposedly impregn^g ble Austrian position ,that, heavily garrisoned, 'b -V The official announcement states that the Russians charged the Austrian position, at the point of the bayonet and, swept over the entrenchment* completely routing the Aus- train troops. Five thousand, verse, however, is at Lemberg Austrians were left dead on. the abandonment of the field. The Russians cap tured thirty-two big guns and more than 1,000 prisoners in cluding the Austrian general in command. As a result of this success the Russian .left is now co-operating with the center and the retreat of the Austrians is seriously men aced. The War at a Glance center is holding faat and the right is advancing. All efforts of the Ger mans to apllt the allied armies and it in the fortresses army of 1,000,000 men who have, ness for a siege but there is no panic, been fighfing along a line from the! RUSSIA—The Russians admit the Dneiater into hard pressed of Ruasiana. Russian Poland is now defeat of two army corps in eastern'. by twice that number Prussia by the Germans who have been heavily reinforced. Sweeping., -War office proclalma victories over the Austrians are claim** victories in the east and weat. The ed and it ia etated that until th^^ Prussian army haa been heavily re-j Austrian army is completely wiped out, inforced snd has taken the offensive the movement to take Berlin will bej^i agalnat the Ruasiana. Only troop' delayed. Lemberg has been captucodf"** trains are now being moved on the the Auatrian centre haa been pierced army from the interior forts and de- crushed by the Ruaaian left, moving with the from the Dneiater, an Austrian genr eral being among the prisoners. reports ofj BELGIUM—Another Zeppelin over/ Antwerp resulted in little damage. Antwerp ia prepared for a siege and outaiders are ordered to leavq^the city- 4 S TURKEY—Conflicting reports r» garding Turkey's intentions continue FRANCE—It is admitted that |hei to be circulated, but London ia con German right wing ia now less than! vineed she will declare war on if a a re a in a :K.