Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-28
GERMAN WAR LOAN
Is OYERSUBSCRIBED
Total of Eight Hundred Million
Dollars Has Been Paid TO
Fund.
WOMAN TELLS A FALSE STORY
English GOverness IL Sentenced to
Prison for Making Allegation
German Soldiers Attacked
and Iniured sister.

BERLIN Oct. n.-(via wireless.)-In
formation given out in official quarters
in Berlin today as follows;
"A total of 500. O.OOO.0 600 marks $500, 900 -
OOo) has been paid in on the German war
loSn, although the loan itself was for
cnIy 2eO0, ,0OO,O 900 marks (se5O, 900. .OOo) The
latest returns OF the Imperial bank show
specie to the amount OF 1.s2S, 10000 marks
(S45T. .O0O, ,OOO), an increase of 27,OOOOn1
marks CS6. .750,OO0).
Notes in circulation chow decrease
Of 100000 marks CS2S,SOO,OOo) up to oc-
tober 26.
'An English governess named Kate
Hume made the allegation that German
soldiers had attacked and mut!lated her
sister, Grace, and produced the sigma
ture OF two Belgian clergymen and o:
certain British officials TO support her
claim. According to the London Times,
an English court declared that Kate
Hume had forged these signatures and
invented the entire story. She was SEN
fenced to three months in prison.
Riots Reported in EgyPt.
Reports from Constantinople declare
there have been sangulnary encounters
between the British garrison and Indian
troops al Alexandria, Egypt Thirty
men were sentenced to death by court
martial held in Alexandria.
The Havas News Agency Of Paris re-
ports officially from London that the
English torpedo boat destroyer Badger
ranmed and sank a German submarine
off the coast of Holland. German Off
ciRl reports OF this same incident are TO
the effect that while the rammng is a
fact, the German submarine returned 20
hsrbor safe and without loss of its crew.
THE military correspondent of the
London Times declares the heavy Ger
man artillery has destroyed all the cam
paign plans Of English and French COM
manders.
"A member Of the Young Turks COM
mittee opened negotiations with the
Ameer of Afghanistan and then sent a
delegate to the new Ameer from Con-
stantinople. The Frankfurter Zeitung
now publishes dispatch from Constan-
tinople saying that Turkey and Afghan
istsn have signed an alliance.
''The Neur zurlcher of Zurich Switzer-
land, commenting on the recent disclos.
ures of the north German Gazette Con
cerning the Anglo Belgian convention oi
WV, says fhhI n Tetht tuuSpirdGy aBdlilbl
Germany has been established and thai
the fact OF Beleium's participation means
a breach OF neutrality.
Eastern Bosnia Cleared.
An Austrian official report says that
eastern Bosnia to the Drina river has
been cleared OF Servians. The Aus
trians attacked the Servians at a point
west OF Vishnegrad on October "a, driv-
ing them back to Vishnegrad. They
reached the river at several points and
captured large quantities of artillery and
rifle ammunition. The Montenegrins are
retreating independently to the south
west. Austrian troops in the Drina dis
trict shelled and stormed two OF the
enemy's positions near Ravnja and Ar
denkovic and captured four machine
guns.
Swedish newspapers report that Bel
gians and the French have suffered
enormous losses in West Flanders and
that the Germans have advanced daily