The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-09-03

Paris, Sept. Flying at a height
OF 5000 feet, a German aviator hurled
i've bombs into the city.
Little Damage Done.
one struck near LEST railway sta.
ton, not far from the military station,
but did no damage. Others dropped
near the Quai D'Jemmapes in the Rue
Ricollet and in the Place De La Re.
p%ublique.
Two women were injured and a
number OF windows broken. A section
OF pavement was blown up.
Calm Still Prevails.
Though the city vas startled by this
threatening occurrence, which
brought home to the people with stun.
ming force the realization that the Ger
mans are within striking distance of
the capital, calm still prevails.
According to the Paris Temps, the
aviator also dropped a manifesto read
ing as follows:
The German army is at the gates of
Paris. There is nothing for you TO do
but surrender.
tSigned) Lieut.. Won H~idssen."
He disappeared as suddenly as he
came and before any attempt could be
made to bring him down, though for
that matter he was sailing so high that
any attack upon his machine would
have been futile.
Order Houses Raced.
Tho nfinial ,,,,;oot;on ;ao.,-I -
the military governor ordering that the
houses within the zone of action of the
Paris forts be evacuated and RACED has
been the subject of much discussion
and upon this order rumors of various
kinds spread throughout the city.
Germans in Paris by Sept. 2.
Lcndon.-A Times Copenhagen dis
patch declares that the German EN-.
peror and several high German officers
are selling their Russian and English
orders and turning the proceeds over
to the Red Cross fund.
The German press confidently as
serts that the official prediction that
their troops would be in Paris on Sept.
2 will be fulfilled.
Fighting Is Resumed.
Fighting of a desperate character
continues in France. A report from
Dieppe, France, not confirmed here,
says that the project of Diepre an
that French troops under
General Pau annihilated an entire
German army corps.
Advance OF Germans.
The advance OF the Germans
through Picardy, the northernmost
province of France, Is reported from
Amiens, as having been checked by
the combined French and English
forces, after the Germans had advanc-
ed farther to the south. Tremendous
losses have been inflicted on the Ger
mans.
Severe Action Is Now in Progress.
Severe action has been in progress
since Friday about Launois and Signy
La Abbaye, 10 miles southwest OF Me-
zieres, says an official statement. From
this report 1t is inferred that the
crown princes army, recently In the
Belgian ~srdennes, Is trying to break
through to conform with the advance
of the German right. 1t Is anticipated
that a corresponding movement VIII
be made by the German army recent
ly in Luxembourg. probably against
the line of the Meuse, between Dun
and Stenay.
French Check First.
Further west the French have check
ed the Germans advance guard n
at the other extremity on the Mouse
the French are offering a vigorous and
successful resistance which extend
along nearly the whole front.
Allies Ready to Take the Offensive.
The allied forces are now ready to
assume the offensive. Indeed. this
movement has already begun. The
British. in conjunction with the French
left, have begun a vigorous assault on
the German forces who have penetrat-
ed a short distance on the Somme riv-
err in the direction OF La Fere, In t5e
department OF Aisne.
The overwhelming OF the
Russians In East Prussia have forced
the kaiser to withdraw nearly all the
army left to occupy Belgium. greatly
weakening the force attacking the
French frontier.
koenisber0 Taken.
London.--The Chronicles st. Peters
burg correspondent sends the un-