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kV': .1 ,*.*. t*' French Say Germans Are Reinforcing Von Kluck on Extreme Right ACTION DESCRIBED OF MUCH VIOLENCE Situation in Center and on East of Long Fighting line Is Unchanged On the eastern end of the battle line in France the Germans are report ed to be making a determined assault on the Verdun positions. One report of the fighting there places the Ger man casualties at ten thousand dead, and fifteen thousand wounded. The German army headquarters in its latest official report of the situa tion in France, confines itself to stat ing that there have been some minor engagements, but that nothing of im portance has occurred. The sharpening of the censorship over news passing through the nands of the British authorities as announc ed last night, would be put into effect, is apparent to a marked degree today. A considerable amount of unofficial reports, comment and special dis patches from the war zone is not be ing transmitted from England. It has been said that a new battle Was developing on the allies' left wing, but this lacks official confirma tion. There were also reports that,the Germans have made gigantic prepara tions to resume their siege of Verdun. The heaviest siege artillery, according to reports, is being transported by the Germans from Metz and they are sac rificing thousands of lives in their en deavors to place these monsters in position. The plain to the east of Verdun is said to be strewn with ten thousand dead and fifteen thousand wounded, the result of repeated German ad vances which have followed each oth er with lightning like rapidity. Paris, Sept. 25. The following official communication was given out in Paris this afternoon: "First, on our left wing there has begun a general action of great vio lence between those detachments. of our forces that are operating between the river Somme ~and the river Oise and the army corps which the enemy has grouped in the region around Tergnier and St. Quentin. These army corps have come, some from the center of the enemy's line and others from Lorraine and the Vosges. These last named corps were transported by rail to Cambrai, by way of Liege and Valiencenries. On the north of river Aisne as far as Berry-Au-Bac, there has been no change of importance. "Second, on the center we have made progress to the east of Rheims In the direction of Berry and Moronvilliers. Further to the east, as far as Argonne region, the situation shows no changes. To the east of the Argonne the enemy has not been able to move out of Varennes. On the right bank of the river Meuse the enemy succeeded in g^tting footing on the heights of the Meuse, in the region of the promon tory of Hatton Chatel and forced in the direction of St. Mihiel, he bom barded the forts of Paroches and of Camp des Romains. To-offset this to the south of Verdun we remain masters of the heights of the Meuse and our troops moving out of Toul, advanced until they reached the region of Beaumont. ."Third, on our right wing Lorraine and the Vosges we have repulsed at tacks of minor importance on Nomey. To the east of Luneville the enemy has made some advance along the lines of the river Vegouse and the river Blette." Bad Campaign Weather. London, Sept. 25.—The weather con ditions which were exceptionally fav orable to modern military operations during the first six weeks of the war, have now changed radically and. are in the main responsible for the lull prevailing in all the war areas with the exception of the combined Mon tenegrin and Servian assault on the coveted provinces of Bosnia and Her zegovina. Accompany the reports of bad weather comes the ominous news of the presence of disease. Hungary has acknowledged an outbreak of cholera among her troops, and while (Continued on page 5) War Situation Briefly Related The thirteenth day of the great battle of the Aisne to the northwest of Paris finds the Franco-British and German armies still fighting desperately with the Germans fiercely re sisting the gradual advance of the allies on General Von Kluck's flank. The French army is now en trenched in a position between the river Somme and the river Oise in a position approximate ly sixty miles north of Paris. In t'ae eastern theater the Russian pursuit of the Austro German forces in Galicia con tinues. A Russian official state ment says the Galician fortified position of Czyschky and Foul s'tyn, together with all the Aus trian artillery have been cap tured. Following the capture of Ja roslau, the Russian flag has moved forward twelve miles to the west of that position and now flies over the town of Prze work and Nancut. The Rus sians claim to be steadily clos ing in on Cracow. A Berlin official statement says there is no news from the eastern war arena. Zeppelin airships have ex tended their operations +o the Belgium seaside resort of Os tend. Three bombs dropped from a dirigible caused considerable damage to buildings and creat ed a panic among the inhabi tants. Emperor William is reported to be suffering from a severe cold caught in a violent rain storm while observing the Ger man soldiers in the trenches before Verdun. WIRELESS JOT CLOSED Secretary Makes Good His Threat to Enforce Neutrality Observance by Marconi Station. Nantucket, Mass., Sept. 25.—The Siasconset station of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., which was or dered closed by Secretary of the Navy Daniels yesterday, because the com pany declined to assure the govern ment that it would abide by navy neutrality regulation, suspended opera tions at 1 p. m. There were no formalities when the station was closed nor was there fric tion between the station attaches and Ensign Nixon of the navy, who h~i been acting as censor and who was instructed to. enforce the order for. suspension. U.S. NAVAL HERO DEAD Admiral Winslow Who Won Notice in China and at Santiago Passes to Final Rest. Washington, D. C., Sept, 25.—Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, U. S. N., retired, is dead at Florence, Italy, ac cording to a consular dispatch receiv ed here today. The-time of his death was not stated. He was in command of the U. S. S. Fern at the battle of Santiago and landed the first detachment of Ameri can marines at Taku, China, in the Boxer uprising. Since his retirement in 1910 he had been living at Cher bourg, France. NTD DEATH TRAP BERLIN TELLS HOW AUSTRIANS OUTGENERALED ARMY OF THE ENEMY. Berlin, Sept. 25.—(via wireless, Say ville L. I.)—A dispatch from the Lon don Times says the restoration of the Rheims cathedral is possible in spite of the considerable damage resulting from the German bombardment. Telegrams received here from Vien na declare 30,000 Servians invaded Austria. They entered Slavonian ter ritory and built fortifications. The Austrian troops retreated intentional ly. Suddenly they attacked the In vaders from two sides near Jakovo and took 7,000 prisonera. Many Serv ians were killed whilw others were drowned in the river Save. The Berlin Tageblatt says that in view of the enormous sacrifices made by Germany, General Bethman-Holl weg, the imperial chancellor and Gen eral Von Moltke, the chief of the gen eral staff, could agree to peace only after Germany's future position had been made quite unassailable. This viewpoint, the paper contends, is in conformity with public opinion throughout Germany. is ",_ IOWA—FaIr rising temperature. Sun rises, 5:49 sets, 6:54. VOLUME SIXTY-SEVEN OTTUMWA, WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914 Administration Measure for Getting Revenue Brings Hot Fight in House MANN SAYS ECONOMY SHOULD BE PRACTISED Holds That Tariff and Not War Is Cause of Short age in the Treasury Washington, D. C., Sept. 25.—De bate on the war revenue bill proceed ed today in both branches of con gress. In the house, where the mea sure was up for passage under a spe cial rule barring amendments and lim iting debate to seven hours. Republi can Leader Mann led the fight upon it with a speech in which he charac terized the tax as unnecessary, charged that a demand for more tax ation was hysterical and that the ad ministration was "excited." He con tended the government would not be embarrassed if It exercised "proper economy." He attributed the condi tion of the treasury to democratic tariff legislation. In the senate the finance committee continued work on the bill and in the chamber Senator Smoot made a speech on the effect of the sugar rates of the new tariff upon the beet sugar industry. The home industry, with proper protection, he said, would sup ply the domestic demand and deliver consumers from war prices. Jn Month The legislative program before the house will keep congress in session at least a month longer, according to Chairman Henry of the rules commit tee. He said at the white house that as soon as the war revenue bill was disposed of a special rule, for twelve hours' debate on the Philippines bill and another for eight hours' debate on the ship purchase bill will be brought in. The right to offer amend ments will be contained in the rules. Chairman Sparkman of the rivers and harbors committee said at. the white house today that he expected the house to accept the main provi sions of the new rivers and harbors bill as passed by the .senate. FRENCH PROTEST GERMANS' DEEDS Washington, D. C., Sept. 25.—The French ambassador, Jules J. Jusse rand, made public today the summary of ten documents drawn up by vari ous officials accusing the German sol soldiers of a systematic campaign of atrocities. The documents, which were placed in the hands of acting Secre tary Lansing of the state department by the ambassador, were also deliv ered to all signatories of The Hague convention. With the documents a letter was delivered which explained that the French government did not take the "step with the ^iew of demanding any action on the part of the United States but merely to report to this country as a signatory of The Hague treaty evidence of how (he treaty was being carried out. New York, Sept. 25.—A tale of war fare from the British camp In France, vivid with description of the way the English forces face death on the bat tlefield, of the jokes they cracked and the prayer they said with the bullets sweeping their ranks,. was brought to New York today bjf the Rev. James' Molloy, a native of Trenton, N. J., who served as chaplain for several weeks with one of the British regiments in France and returned home today on the Mauretania. "In a modern battle there is an over powering sense of unreality," he said. The business of seeing men kill each other seems mechanical because of the preponderance of the machine element in the affair the human ele ment simply bleeds and dies, but the machines continue in their perfection of slaughter. "The conduct of the English and Irish soldiers in the trenches was sur prising. There those men stood be hind shoulder-high mounds of dirt fac ing level sprays of death in front, yet cracking jokes and singing snatches of music hall songs between volleys. Stu-. pendous bravery I call it, or stupen dous absence of nerves. "I've heard them under the crash of HUtJiWW. JWH—WIW JMU •«. ', ,.-' /•. -i "iiV.J. v•' .. ....• W"^**MWMUtp»WWlWIBHWWW»W|WWWWWI^WI HARD FIGHTING ON WEST WING.: I SEEK TO AVERT Better Classes Trying Hard to Patch Up Trouble Between Leaders PLEAD WITH VILLA TO PRESERVE PEACE Rebel Headquarters Lively and Troops Expect to Be Rushed South Washington, D. C., Sept. 25.— Secretary Garrison today ordered Brig. General Funston command ing the American forces at Vera Cruz not to withdraw during the next ten days. Mexico City, Mex., Sept. 25.—Promi nent men here believe there still is a chance to make peace between Car ranza and Villa before the breach be comes irreparable. Meanwhile the general public here does not seem to have been informed of the controversy. There has. however, been no re sponse to telegrams sent by in fluential Mexicans 16 Villa begging him to make peace. Discussion in official circles indicates a belief that Villa's action might cause continued American occupation of Vera Cruz. Antonio Villareal, governor of the state of Neuvo Leon, who has just left here for Monterey, telegraphed to Villa before starting as follows: .the ideals of the revolution in tfeiirian blood nor foment Irreparable division through discord. Let us pacify the country and return to reason." Hope to Avoid War. Washington, D. C.. Sept. 25.—Ad ministration officials today anxiously awaited the crystallization of events in the break between Generals Car ranza and Villa, still hopeful that ef forts now being made to settle their differences would meet with success. This feeling is shared also by Rafael Zubara Campanay, head of the consti tutionalists agency here, who in a statement expresses the hope that the troubles between the two generals will be satisfactorily adjusted on the ground that no real cause exists for the break. He has made public cor respondence between Carranza and Villa, from which he says it i^ ap parent that Villa had no real grounds for the stand he has taken and that a peaceful arrangement between them would be brought about. General Villa sent word that no mat ter what happened he would afford protection to Americans and other nationals. His headquarters at Chi huahua were described as presenting scenes of much animation with the feeling general that a movement of troops southward was in prospect. American Consul Canada reported Interrupted communications with Mex ico City and spoke of the advisability of keeping American force in Vera Cruz until telegraph and railroad lines were repaired and the situation relieved. Reports from American consuls in Bonora said no fighting was imminent Minister Gives Graphic Description of How the Allies Soldiers Face the Enemy fire of the terrible German guns with comrades dropping all about them, unite in roaring, 'It's a long road to Tipperary' as if they were in barracks. Sometimes I would hear a big Irish man call out to a neighbor in the trenches, 'Well, I winged that Dutch man, all right.' The business of kill ing with them seemed- personal and somewhat a sporting event. "But how the Germans, did pound that British line at Moris! They came on p.nd on never stopping, never falter ing. It was like waves of the sea roll ing up through the fog. One wave would break and die away, but another would be right behind it. The German commanders threw their men into the face of the British fire with absolute recklessness, counting on numbers to overwhelm us. "As seen through glasses, those Ger man lines moving forward was like watching regiments of toy soldiers pushing across a table. You would see a long row of pale blue blocks top ped with spiked helmets, break from cover and come rushing at us. Then a British gun at your elbow would speak, a shell would burst right in the mists of a blue block, a great hurling up of smoke and soil and—the block would be gone. Nothing left but a trih ifi. ii .riid jjjjt iffi Mm'W n' fl n, ft », i. I i.ll 1,tf.hr rt .to If ,*, IU, ^Mr.i r, nil., fti,",,... frr, Hi W ,» .Whli, ,T LOCAL. TEMP.—9 p. m., 45 7 a. m., 50 2 p. m., 58._ New York, Sept. 25. Andrew Carnegie, advocate of international peace, reached New York today aboard the steamer Mauretania with a new version of how the war in Europe was started: "I'll tell you how the war started," said Mr. Carnegie. "The kaiser was on a holiday on his yacht in the North sea. While he was away he received a telegram asking him to return to Berlin. When he returned the mis chief had already been done. "The kaiser is a marvelous man, possessed of wonderful ingenuity. He has done more good for Germany'than any other man.. He has built up a great foreign commerce and a marvel ous internal business. The kaiser is a peace loving man. "The trouble was started by the German military caste that rules the ZEPPELIN DROPS BELGIAN SEAPORT IS VISITED BY GERMAN AIRSHIP—RESULTS DISACTROUS. Ostend, (via London) Sept. 25. A Zeppelin airship coming from the di rection of Thorout, twelve miles south west of Bruges, Belgium, dropped three bombs yesterday. One of them struck a bridge on the outskirts of the town, another fell in the harbor and another on the premises of a whole sale fish dealer in the fish market, partly wrecking the'building. The explosion here made a great cavity in the ground and "badly dam aged all surrounding houses, extin guished street lamps, destroyed elec tric wires and created a panic. The Zeppelin returned in the direction of Thielt, twelve miles northeast of Courtrai. few little men madly running back through the haze of .powder smoke. "But the German shells kept coming and coming. They are terrible, those shells. I have seen one shell enter a littie hill and there explode, can-ying away the whole top of the hill. I have seen a company of British wiped out by the explosion of a single shell. "Perhaps the night fight is the most weird and terrible. In this the forces of the allies had the superiority through their preponderant supply of aeroplanes. The allied forces on tho lines from Mons to Senlis had 35 aero planes which were busy day and night but particularly at night. "Vou would hear a scurrying of In visible propellers overhead and by straining your ears could trace the din of the night flyer over the German positions. Gunners stand ready behind their pieces keyed up to a wire pitch of efficiency. "Suddenly a spark appears In the heavens it falls. The airman has dis covered the position of the German battery and his falling torch makes the range and the position. Instantly the British guns roar and a shower of shells soars up to follow the line of the falling star." Paris Expecting Long Siege Before Big Battle is Decided Paris, Sept. 25.—According to information reaching the French capital this morning, the Germans are continuing their desperate re sistance against the advance of the allies in the north. This advance was first on Roye, 26 miles to the east of Amiens and then upon Peronne, 20 miles north of Roye. It was only by a continuous raking artillery fire and hard 'fight ing that the French and British troops were able to continue their advance against the vigorous defense of the enemy. The left wing of the allies now occupies positions between the River Oise and the river Somme, which were traversed by the Germans during their ad vance In the direction of Paris. From this fact it is argued here by military observers the Germans will be obliged to concentrate a great force in order to protect their right wing, the outflanking of which Paris believes, would mean a decisive victory for the allie^. In this fighting, which Is in a large measure from improvised forts, the allies have advanced not only on the left, where their man euvers apparently were successful, but also at other points which were strongly fortified, Buch as Berry-Au-Bac, in the direction of Craonne. Judging from the reports coming to Paris the Germans ap pear to be sacrificing masses of men in the hope of gaining a quick advantage. So strong are some of the positions on each Bide that Paris be lieves a long and steady siege at some points is not Improbable. The allies appear to be prepared for this as well as for any other develop ments. Carnegie Explains How the European Struggle Started Conner country. They are responsible for the war. The kaiser gathered around him a group of men. who, unknown to him, acted in concert and in his absence took the action that could not be altered. "As for my own country, I do not want war, and I thank God that I live in a brotherhood of forty-eight na tions—forty-eight nations in one union." Mrs. Carnegie and their daughter accompanied Mr. Carnegie on the trip across. "America's duty lb the world," Mr. Carnegie said, ''la to point the way to an everlasting peace. What we want is an international court to stop war. No real friend of lasting peace wants to stop the war now. That would be a short sighted policy and would be but an armed truce." LAUDS WATERWAY IS HI DEFENSE SECRETARY DANIELS IS IN FAVOR OF CANAL CLEAR ACRESS THE NATION. Albany. N. Y„ Sept. 25.—What the proposed great inland waterway from Massachusetts bay to the Rio Grande would mean to the nation in time of war was discussed here today by Sec retary Da..iels of the navy department before the convention of the Atlantic Deep Waterways association. "Not only will this waterway lend it self tremendously to the development of internal commerce and tend to bring down the rates of transporta tion," said Mr. Daniels, "but It also provides unusual facilities for self-de fense in time of war. In any conflict between nations which have navies, the all Important consideration is to secure, if possible, immediate control of the sea and the power which pos sesses the superior navy is usually able to do this. In such case the navy of the weaker power takes refuge in some deep and well defended harbor where it seeks to wear out its enemy by fighting it in detachments and in other ways wearing down its strength. If this weaker power, having thus taken refuge in a safe harbor can maneuver its ships through inland channels to other exits, it enjoys a great advantage. "The submarine lias long beeri con sidered a source of great effectiveness and if even the submarine alone of the navy could have free movement through an inland waterway the power whose navy was bottled up would be in a position to make a longer defense until it could bring into play the re sources of its country. "Even in times of peace the canal is a very important factor to the navy and lends itself to preparation for na tional security. Large quantities of heavy materials are constantly re quired by the government ror its navy yards, and on these the transportation charges by the waterway would be more than cut In half." EMPEROR WILLIAM HAS SEVERE COLD London, Sept. 25—Emperor William is suffering from a severe cold, accord ing to the Geneva correspondent of the Chronicle. He caught it in the trenches before Verdun where he was drenched by the rain when recently .viewine hitj soldiers. mm: "T A XjapoS IBOjjo^siH »WS wL'«S 5 :TJ -'1 "V ''!'^'1 1 J11 '1 I, •I. Rev. 0. G. Orcutt Talks or Teaching Functions of Churches SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION OPENS Representatives From the Gonuty Gather at First Christian Church TONIQHT'8 PROGRAM. 7:30—Devotional exercises, Dr. R. A. Montgomery. 8peclal prayer for an enlarged Sun day school vision. Musle by Sunday School Sym. phony orchestra. 8:00—Address: "How Scott Coun ty won and keeps the State f«. NUMBER 17 BETTER TRAINING I 4'- Banner," S. E. McCosh of Davenport, chairman state executive committee. 8:40—"Aims and Plans of the Teacher Training Institute," W. B. LaForce. Making a strong plea for more effi cient and more definitely organized religious training in the Sunday school, Rev. O. G. Orcutt and W. D. Stem of Des MolneB opened the pro gram of the Y'apello Cotinty Sjunday school convention tn the First Chris tian church Thorfc.Aay eVening! The 'gathering has been lasting throughout all of today, commencing with a ses sion at 9 o'clock this morning ands the closing addresses will be given tnft*^ fe evening. The meeting has been featured throughout by stirring talks both from out-of-town people and lo cal workers, and by excellent repf-ta on the progress of Sunday school In stitutes as they have been made In Wapello county. This afternoon the devotional ex* i' ercises, opening the meeting, were held at 1:30 and were In charge cf Rev. B. F. Patt. using as his theme "The Pastor and Sunday School," with a special prayer for the state, county and township officers and workers. He was followed at 2 o'clock by W. D. Stem, the secretary of the state Sunday school association, talking on "The County Standard." At 2:30 W. B. LaForce made a reporf from the schools of the county, using a map showing the location of every school and Its relative standing compared' with the county standard. The reports of committees, election of officers and next place of meeting were taken up shortly after 3:30 and at 3:45 S. E. McCosh of Davenport told of "The Jubilee Goal for 1915—A twenty per cent increase in every department cf state, district, county, lownshjp and school. What does it mean? How se cured?" Secretary Stem discussed the duties of county superintendents of departments, elementary, second- (Continued on page 5) SNOWSANDFLOODS HINDER SOLDIERS London, Sept. 25.—A dispatch to th® Central News from Lucerne, Switzer land, states that military operations in upper Alsace have been brought to &' pause in consequence of falls of snowi in the mountains and floods in the val leys. Among the last reserves called upon in Alsace, according to the dispatch, are thirty Trappist monks from the Oelberg convent. FLEEING GERMANS REPORT LOSSES Paris, Sept. 25.—The Matin pub lishes a dispatch from .Bagel, Switzer land, credited to the Fournier agency which Bayp that Germans in flight from Lorraine declare that during the attack upon the entrenched camp at Verdun the Austrian and German artil lery had 10,000 dead and 15,000 wound ed. Many of the wounded died where they fell, it is said, owing to a lack of prompt treatment. DRUGGISTS OBJECT TO "FREE GOODS" Indianapolis. Ind.. Sept. 25,—Dele gates to the convention of the Nation al Wholesale Druggists' association to day went to French Lick, Ind., as guests of Thomas Taggart. The drug gists adopted resolutions yesterday favoring an Increase in railroad rates. Members condemned the practice of giving "free goods" as trade induce* inenta it I i«