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Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-31

other forms of contracts. some much
more elaborate. are used by other law
yers. The Bissell Claim company OF Min
neapolis. run by w. G. Bissell, formerly
claim agent for the Great Northern rail-
road. issues very nifty Accident Report
blanks. They are so arranged as 20 be
easily filled out, giving a description Of
the victim and his injury or claim.
Stiles & Devaney have developed the
business getting part Of the industry
about as systematically as any. In addi-
tion 10 maintaining a large corps OF
agents, they maintain ices in thirty
three cities, including Chicago, Omaha.
81 Louis. Kansas city, Memphis New
Orleans and san Francisco. TWO OF thei'
adverts,ng travelling representatives. In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
ALLIES REPULSED ON WHOLE
FRONT, BERLIN ASSERTS

1t declares that even Hollands trad
with her colonies has been rendered
impossible, and adds that Swedish pa
| pers are complaining about the inter
ference with trade caused by declaring
| Swedish iron ore contraband.
An earlier War Office statement said
"Our positions in France steadily are
being made stronger, despite the re-
peated attacks of the enemy on the
right and left wings. Following the
capture of Fresnoy- Grande an6
Roye we drove the enemy back with
heavy losses west of the Disc. He is
showing persistence in his attacks on
the west, but the fury of these attacks
apparently is diminishing, indicating
that the French troops are withdraw
ing to the south or attempting a flank
ing movement.
Positions of no strategic Importance
to the Germans have been evacuated
by them and occupied by the enemy,
but he has been unable to bring to sue
cess any efforts to threaten our main
positions.
"All attempts to dislodge us from the
heights of Craonne have been repulsed.
on the left end of our centre our su-
perior artillery has forced the enemy to
give ground at some points, where we
have advanced and strengthened our
intrenchments.
"At the east of the battle front we
again have taken the offensive after re-
pulsing sorties from the Meuse forts
and have regained ground that the
French took with heavy losses and
found themselves unable to hold, They
have sacrificed large forces in this
locality.
1.-The situation in the Vosges is un-
changed, the enemy having failed to
renew their attacks"
The latest list of casualties made
public here increases TO more than 1885,
600 the total of dead. wounded and
missing. The latest list is only of the
dead, AS published in the Tageblatt,
il gives only the regiments and the
number of officers and men killed, but
the list fills four columns. One regi-
ment alone lost 400, nearly one-seventh
Of its total enrolment,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
BRITISH NAVY FEARS
FIGHT IN THE OPEN,
GERMAN DECLARES
Critic Believes Kaiser Sea
Forces Can Hold Their
Own and Disputes Foe S
Supremacy on Water.
BERLIN. Oct. 2.

BERLIN, Oct. 2.
THE German naval policy is of neces-
sity a waiting one. If England Is dis
satisfied it has its redress. England has
the men and the ships, and knows eX-
actly where our fleet Is"
That was the declaration made today
by Count Ernst o. Reventlow Ger
many's greatest naval critic, who has
just returned from visit to the Ger
man naval base, in explaining why
there had not been a naval battle of
magnitude to date.
ut is not up to our leet-about half
the size Of the English feet-to attack
and give battle on their own ground
continued the Count. The English fleet
has shown no disposition to court bat
tIe When our destroyers and subma-
rines seek them we find them close To
their own coast line
ship for ship our feet is the equal Of
the British. believe that whatever
may happen to our fleet, it will give an
account of itself that when the battle is
over there will be grave doubt whether
the British are still the greatest naval
power in the world. And believe abso-
Iutely that the English themselves take
such an outcome into consideration, and
have been waiting in the hope that we
will attack them in their waters where
everything is in their favor You know
they sunk the Eoenigiu Luise almost in
the very mouth OF the Thames
How long do you think the war Will
last" the Count was asked.
Il don't know The English say that
il will be a long war, and that their ad-
vantage viii increase with its duration,
replied the Count 1T may develop into
n long, bitter struggle between Germany
and England after France and Russia
are exhausted. England can he expected
to seek TO dictate a peace against which
Germany will fight to the last ditch In
It's efforts to crush Germany England has |
called upon the yellow hordes of Asia, |
and France upOn Africa Thereby they
nave brought the future struggle for the /
mastery of the world much nearer. And /
believe that America Will be the first |
10 feel this Anyhow Germany has at |
present time no reason for depression
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
GERMAN LINES BENT BACK,
LONDON INTERPRETATION

more precarious because of the German
General Staf's crowding reinforce
ments upon him. There is obvious dan
ger of a partial or complete failure of
his commissariat.
This might have been avoided had the
Germans been prepared TO sacrifice
carefully organized positions in the
Noyon region, but they apparently have
staked almost everything on holding
these places. The peril Of development
has become more imminent and it can
only be supposed that they have failed
10 comprehend the mastery manner in
which their movements in this quarter
have been checked.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
INNOCENT VICTIMS
WRITHE IN AGONY
UNDER WARS HEEL
Wild-eyed Women, fearful
Children and Old Men
F lee From Blackened
Wastes of Northern France.
By LAURENCE ELsToN


| CALAIS, France, Oct 2.-Thousands OF
square miles of northeastern France,
comprising the ancient district of Nor
mandy, have been laid in waste by the
war. The extent of damage to property
and suffering to the populace is incal-
culable.
Many non-combatants old men, women
and children. have been killed in the
fighting or have otherwise met their
death as direct result of hostiities. The
heaviest damage to property has come
from artillery duels between the French
and Germans. Scores of cities towns
and villages have been badly damaged
or wiped out completely Great farms
are now blackened ruins. Elegant cha
teauX in magnificent estates are DESC
late and deserted or are being used as
Rcd Cross depots.
This devastation is still going on. Non
combatants are still being slaughtered.
The destruction OF villages is daily
event The ports of the English Chan
mel coast notably Calais. are cIogged
with refugees.
They are homeless and penniless and
they are among the most pitiful vlctims
of war. Families have been broken up.
uncared for children wait for parents
they will never see again.
All the way across France from the
Somme River to the Belgian and German
borders the war is daily adding to the
destruction. BY day the sun Is obscured
by the smoke which rolls up from bat
tie and from burning villages; by night
the sky is crimson from the glare OF
these confagratlOns. Forests have been
burned, railroad tracks torn up and
bridges shattered Towns stand desert
ed and silent, AS though swept by a
deadly pestilenCe,
The fields are untitled and are torn by
shell fire. The roads are furrowed and
contain the CarCasses OF horses and cattle.
old trenches mark the points where the
French and English made a stand on
their retreat south Of the Germans forth
fed position on their retirement.
Wlld-eyed refugees bring wilder stories
They bring reports OF detachments of
Uhians at points far distant from the
main German army. They come into the
city weak from hunger and with the panic
of battle still in their eyes.
The greatest fears are felt that the Ger
mans will make an airship raid over the
coast Hundreds of thousands of persons
spend the night In cellars to be safe from
aerial bombs,
Although the French nave been able to
get far 10 the north and arc strong south I
lf Arras. il is not yet absolutely Ger |
.aiu that General Won kluk's German /
army Is in retreat. There have been re- /
ports 10 that effect, but they have not |
locu verified officially,
Thousands of French women have gone |
o Eu-laud 10 stay until the Germans /
,re expelled from France.
Food Is scarce i'm northeastern France
md il is wonderful how the Germans .
ne able 10 bring i'm enough provisions TO
eed their enormous army
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02

German troops constantly were arriv.
ing from France.
General Joffre has reported that the
Germans have been making strong eff
forts to aecupy the heights around
Roye and those commanding Fresnoy-
le-Grande, ten miles northwest of st.
Quentin. However. the French war
once statement issued late last night
said:
German offensive movements against
our left have been repulsed. The gen.
eral situation is satisfactory. We have
made progress in the vicinity of the
Argonne."
The optimistic feeling in Paris con-
tinues high, and every morning the
Parisians arise confident in their pre-
diction that the night will bring "big
news' of German retirement.
Further foreign reinforcements for
the Allies are expected daily.
Members Of the staff of General Gal
lieni, the French Military Governor of
Paris, expect developments from the
vicinity of Arras soon. According to
authentic information the French have
been able to mass n heavy force in
that region for another series of at
tacks against the troops of General
Won Boehn. who are guarding General
Won Kluk's line of communications into
Belgium.
The Allies are resorting to every
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
WOMAN NAMED KAISER
HARASSED IN LONDON
German Cognomen Leads to Ameri-
cans Arrest.

'Do IN Otls =.
Elected from a London hotel and hec-
tored by mob after suspicion as to her
nationality had been aroused by her
name on the register, Mrs. William
Kaiser, Of Newark, n. j., was glad To
be In Boston today She arrived ON the
Arabic from Liverpool
She had been travelling with a party
OF 25 from New York and vicinity aud
made all haste 10 get 10 England after
the war had started, Everything went
well until a servant In a hotel noticed
tne name OF Mrs. William Kaiser" on a
trunk. lie promptly called his fellow
servants, ana the baggage was demol-
lshed
In one OF the trunks the men found
some German newspapers the party had
collected ON their way through Germany
The police were informed While the
Americans were at dinner the room was
entered By soldiers ana the entire num-
Der placed under arrest and subjected 10
an examination. Every trunk WAS opened
In many OF them We're German news
papers telling OF victories 10 their arms.
These were seized, given into the hands
OF a mob gathered outside and burned.
After that Mrs Kaiser was unable To
obtain accommodations at the better no.
tells Servants followed her about erying.
Hoeh der kaiser" aud Shoot the
KaissFf'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
FRENCH TURN HOSE
ON TRENCHES AND
DROWN GERMANS
London Correspondent De-
scribes How Kaiser
Soldiers Were Slain in d
Lines at Chalons. o,
LONDON, Oct. q.

LONDON, Oct. 2.
How German troops whom the Frenci.
were unable to drive from their positiousI
were drowned in their trenches is told
in dispatch received today by the Times
from correspondent who had been al
lowed to visit Chalons. He says ths
the French troops laid lines of hose ~
the German trenches and then flooded
them.
THE Germans are gone and Chalonl
Is rejoicing" says the correspondent
The latest reports seem to indicate a
general retirement from the strong LIND
of defense which the Germans CONSTRUCTED
ed to the north of Rheims and to the
east and west. ",
Their trenches on this line are wonder
ful works OF military art Dug to n
depth of six feet, they are covered and
protected In many cases with layers of
reinforced concrete. This work was done
by forced labor of the inhabitants to form
defensive position in case of need, while
the troops still were fighting on the
Marne. 1
up to this line the French worked
their way, foot by foot, until In placeal
where their front was not 100 yards from
tne German trenches. The condition of
the undrained trenches will be found to
be terrible. The wounded. as we'll as
the dead. lie where they fell. The
French, in the advanced trenches, could
hear cries at night when the firing
paused, coming across the narrow belt
over which the two armies fought.
These terrible conditions are much
worse, because the French fire dslodged
the Germans from their miniature forts.
In some of the trenches on the heights
above Rheims, the French had to drown
out the Germans. Lines of hose were
laid from the towns and fire pumps
worked until the water stood breast high.
Many were drowned.
"Chalons suffered little from the Ger
man occupation. Not a single house
was damaged and only one inhabitsnt
was killed.
The German Government imposed
fine of S6OO,OO0 on the department of
Marine, of which Chalons is the principal
town. This later was reduced to 100000
and 1t was paid Immediately.
when the French retOok the town
on September II, the Germans left be-
hind their wounded"
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avenue Of assistance to drive the Ger
mans from the strong position they
hold at the apex of the triangle formed
by the junction of the oise and Aisne
Rivers. Naval artillery has even been
rushed to the front to lombard the
invaders. The French naval guns are
said to be able to outrange the Ger
man guns by about 700 yards.
It is known that the heavy reinforce
ments, rushed to the front yesterday,
are making themselves felt, especially
on the left.
Although figures are withheld, 1t is
known that during the last two days
the army of General d'Amade, which
commands the extreme left OF the
French position, has been reinforced
by nearly three army corps, so that
1t has been possible to extend this line
nearly to the Belgian border. The
French are in touch with the Belgian
forces operating irregularly in the
west Of Belgium and with the British
base at ostend.
The percentage OF old men in the
line of prisoners continues to increase.
There now Is no doubt that members
of the LandsturTn are fighting shoulder
to shoulder with the armies of the first
line. This Is believed here to be due to
the forced Withdrawal of active troops
to stop the Russian advance from the
east.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
AUTO ROUTE TO wHITEMARsH

W. @. Griffith, chairman Of the Route
Committee Of the Automobile club, suE-
pcsts the following as the best route
10 be used IN going 10 the Whitemarsh
race meet tomorrow To Chestnut Hin
by way of the Park drive, and the Lin
coin drive 10 the Chestnut Hill Pennsyl-
vaula Railroad station, down the Bethle-
hem pike 10 the Wheel Pump Hotel. turn
10 the left between the inn and the Darn,
to the right, and a half mile stretch OF
road reaches the Whitemarsh Valley Hunt
Club.
Another route Is out Broad street and
over Stenton avenue 20 the Bethlehem
pike. turn on the pike again .tazstke left
al the drst feTk. and on al the
Club.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
LONDON, Oct. .

Victory for the Allies In France now
ia assured. Without disclosing particu-
lars Of present military operations
Athings may be said which will go far
howard removing any misgivinGs con-
=serning the outcome of this immense
Tstruggls.
The French oficial communications
are informative 10 a deree unapparent
TO the multitude, who have no concep-
ton OF the vast scheme which steadily
Is being developed 10 the undoing OF the
herman forces.
Far from overstating the facts, the
phiciaI bulletins tell but a fraction Of
athe truth. The moment is rapidly ap-
preaching when the curtain can be
aifted on one OF the greatest dramas
yer enacted.
The great battle line steadily is he
soming greater and the position OF the
herman right wing is such, in the por-
lion between I.assigny and ChauInes,
hat its danger Of destruction is immi-
1nent The German lines, which a few
hays ago faced due west, are now facing
porthward. being steadily bent back
ara on the main line, the principal
oints whereof are ChauInes, CambraI
d Valenciennes.
has been apparent throughout the
stages Of the battle Of the Al 6ne
Yon Kluk'7 position is being made
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
BERLIN, Oct. 2.

BERLIN, Oct. 2.
That two of the Belgian forts a
Antwerp have been silenced by Ger
man artillery and that the Germans
are making steady progress in France
,,,,after repulsing all attacks by the AL
les, is asserted in an official statement
g~Yssued here today. 1t also declares
about 1000 Russian officers, including
IS generals, have been taken prisoners
by the Germans.
r. The statement follows:
German artillery has silenced two
forts in the siege of Antwerp. Thirty
aeroplanes sent from France to Bel
Eium have been captured by the Ger
mans.
THE great battle in France is still
undecided. The Germans are hammer
ing the French positions with heavy
artillery. At numerous points attempts
he Allies to break through the Ger
lines have been repulsed, They
suffered their heaviest losses near the
Argonne forest. The Germans con-
tinue to make steady progress
"The fact that the siege of Ant
werp, the big battle in France and
General Won Hindenberg's operations
in the east are being conducted stimuli
taneously is significant, indicating that
the Germans do not lack men.
"In the war theatre in the east the
Russian offensive from the Niemen
against our troops in the Government
OF suwaIki has failed. (This contra
diets the official announcement issued
ct Petrograd)
"The Russian fortress of Ossowiec
is being bombarded.
"Omcial reports show that up TO Sep
tember 25 there had been in German
war prison camps about 1000 captured
ARussian officers, including IS generals"
According to the German newspapers
the war news, characterized by the
.ondon Times as "lies from Dutch
Nsource," is declared by the Nieue Rot
5terdamsche Courant to be issued Off
cially by the British Legation at The
Hague. The Berlin Press Association
says that the Dutch paper Nieuws Van
Den Dag strongly complains about
neglect OF Dutch neutrality by French
and British warships
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
GERMAN STAFF MOVES
BACK TO MAINZ. REPORT
Prepared for Retreat, Goes to East
Bank Of Rhine.

LONDON, oct. "A news agency dis
patch from Amsterdam says that IN
preparation for a retreat from France
the Germans nave moved the general
stan headquarters from Lu1emburg to
MaInz, which is on the east bank OF the
Rhine ana is a stong fortress.
The same dispatch says advIces from
Brussels indicate that the Germans are
contemplating an early withdrawal from
that city. having already sent to Ger
many the wounded soldiers and OmeIaI
archives.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
WOMAN FOUND NOT GUILTY
Vindicated After Shooting Conductor
on Illinois Central Train.

CHICAGO, oct 2-Mrs Nellie Higgs
was found not guilty By a Jury today OF
the murder Of W. W. Willis. The tury
vas out less than an hour.
Mrs. Higgs, who shot Wills last April
on en Illinois Central passenger train on
which he was the co luetor. pleaded tbs
un~SltisR ~ a.sg ap0rary insanity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-02
Seven Days Battle West of
Niemen Halts Invasion as
Russians Retake Captured
",.
Positions.
Kaiser's Forces Concentrated in
West Entrench Troops to Pro-
tect SiIesia-Siege of Osso-
Wiec Lifted.
PETROGRAD, Oct. ,


That the Germans are in full retreat
iE the province of suwalkt, Russian Po-
land, was the announcement of the War
once today 1t is stated that the Ger
man centre was broken when the attack
on Ossowec failed. and that the COM
bned Russian assault which followed
greatly demoralized the Germans.
The seven-day battle between the Ger
mans and Russians west of the River
Nlemen in Poland has ended in victory
for the Cars troops, according TO the
official announcement,
The siege of Ossowec has been lifted. o,
Particularly violent fighting is reported
IN progress today in the region west OF
Simno.
The main body of the German army is
now stated to be concentrated in the vest,
rrn districts of Petrokow and Kielce,
where it is reported to be strongly in 70
trcnched.
The Russian cavalry has cut the Ger
man lines of communication AT several
points and has surrounded and captured
many prisoners. From these II has oeeRer
definitely determined that the troops ep-,
posing the Russians at the present time,,o
are the veterans of the earlier campalgns
tu France They have been Withdrawn
and rushed to the east in an effort on. d.
the part of the Germans to check the
westward movement of the great Russian,
war machine, now entering the frst :.
stages Of its efficiency. --...i
OFFICIAL. STATEMENT. --.'' .
The official statement follows; -. .
The Germans are retreating ON the ,sa
borders OF Suwalki and the Governs "
mrnt of Lomza under pressure. Nio-'lns
lent hghting has taken place at -,
Simno The Germans who attacked ~,
Ossowiec are nuriedly rctreatlnS -
north Unto East Prussia German
forces of considerable size have con-
rontratcd on the iClcc-Piotrokow =
lup but Russian cavalry have stop =
ped their advance. .. =.
News of the German concentration on,
hc Eiclcc- Piotrokuw line, which Is in :
southwestern Poland, bears out The ~
honry that the invasion of Suwalki and
.onlzp by General Won Hudenburs. MAJ
uorolv "a movement 10 cover taa.
of the positions where the
icrmaus viii make their actual defense
gainst the main Russian attack These
positions extend over "a line between :
'hprn, eastern Prussia and Cracow. Gal,.f,
eia, =