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KCAPES FROPil
AERIAL ATTACK
Attempt Made to Kill Emperor
and German General Staff
in Luxemburg. by Dropping
Bombs From Fliers Fails.
flOUNT SEARCHLIGHTS
TO STOP NIGHT ATTACK
Berlin Admits German Right
, Wing tin France Is Retir
ing, Rest Holding.
(United Yrr loused Wlr.
Berlin, via The Hague, Sept. 11.
That an attempt had been made by
yrenrli and Belgian aviators to kill the
kulner and :rmsn general staff by
dropping bombs upon their headquar
in Luxemberg was admitted here
today.
The. airmen, it was Htated, located
William and his officers In the Oer-
tnan legation in Luxemburg, whence
they were directing the campaign in
Kranche, and hurled four bombs but
nilftsed the bulldina.
; The legation was said to be heavily
guarded, with searchlights mounted on
. . the roof and German aviator In read
iness for an Immediate ascent to repel
aerial attacks.
Xalaar Directing Army.
' The kaiser Is- in personal charge of
Ms trouis' operations, lie Is In commu
rtlcatlonr with the front, by means of a
field telegraph station In the legation,
Occasionally-he,, and the members-of
his staff ' make automobile trips of in
spectlon to. the German advanced post
ttona, but his .majesty ,has not yet
Visited "the actual firing line.
It was admitted that the German
right In Franc had retired before tbe
allies' numerically superior 'forces, but
elsewhere along the western line It
' was Insisted, that the kaiser's forces
continue successrui.
Xastara Situation Improving.
In thetast the aituatlon was lmprov
ing today. The German first line was
holding .. the Russians back In east
. Frussja.
The Muscovite soldiers were routed
In the lake Mauer. region and-evry7
where in that, territory the uermana
J wera -taklng;th5; ptft&9lv&fa&ttt&gL.
other German troops wera reetirorc
Ing the Austrlans. Vienna message
aatd tli Russian attack on Prxeroysl
had bean repulsed. '
' Reports that 'the csar'a forces had
Invaded, tflleala anuVwere attacking the
Vistula fortifications were character
ised as "absurd.".
Crewn: Prince in
Duel With Minister
. "
Jtaporta KeacV Paris of Fistol right
Between Snvar Pasha, war Minister
of Turkey and Tarnish Crown Prince.
Pail( Sept. .11. Quarreling pver
.Turkey's' policy In connection with the
Knropeon war. the Turkish crown
prince and Knver Pasha, the sultan's
war minister, wr declared in a Rome
message received today by the. Havas
Mews Agency here, to nave exchanged
hots.
One account was that the 'crown
prince was slightly wounded and that
Knver was hit in th teg; another that
Envr was so badly hurt that be died
later.
The story came' through many hands
and was regarded as very doubtful.
; L y G AR Y
Tree Strikes Store,
Just Misses Woman
Crb f Comaa TOin Gnat of VfinA
Cus Trt to Toppla; Troll?
WUm Aza Xaoekod Sows.
Hih wind daring; the storm Just be
fore noon hour . today blew ' down a
tall tree on the north side of Bu reside
street between Ninth and West Park
streets, and Mrs. C. E. Simmons, sten
ographer of the Eclectic Feature Film
exchange, who was sitting in the front
window of the building, which stands
Just across the street, narrowly es
caped serious Injury oc death.
The tree crashed down on the Burn-
side street "trolley wires and then
struck the film exchange, which is at
392 Burnside street, with force, that
shattered every window. A lieavy
branch fell across the spot where Mrs.
Hirnmons had been sitting, but she saw
the tree falling and jumped back to
safety. . -y
A near panic occurred" along tbe
street when the broisen trolley wires
vividly flashed up on striking ' the
pavement. They were torn down for
a distance of three blocks, and traffic
was delayed for a few minutes.
American Crew
for Ship Bed Cross
Captain Bast Bay He "Will Bail Mon
day or Tuaday 'With Corps of
Hnraea and Surgeons.
New York, Sept.j 11. That he had
succeeded in obtaining; a crew com
posed entirely of Americans and that
his ship would sail for Europe either
Monday or Tuesday, was the declara
tion here today of Captain Rust of the
steamship Red Cross. The British and
French gwemments had objected to
the departure of tne vessel because
several members of Its crew were
Germans.
The Red Cross is loaded with med
ical stores and relief supplies for the
European battlefields and a corps of
nurses and surgeons. ,
Police Are Huiiting
. Wealthy Attorney
Bstlred British Army Officer Accuses
'' Xioa Angelas Xuiwycr of Bmbessle
ment of $500,000.
Los Angeles; Cali, Sept. H.--Charg-ing
the embezzlement of 134,000 from
Reginald H. Gernon, a retired British
Army officer, warrants wera out. to
day for the arrest of Eugene E. Hew
lett, attorney and reputed millionaire.
Besides the, Specific charge, transac
tions embracing upward of S1.000.CQ9
are"' aaldrto : fur inyoivedT ' '
i 'BorderrDfflcerallh-Nw-;iiexico ara
on the lookout for Hewlett. . He was
sea 4niviiimiiM$
making his way toward Mexico. ;
. Hewlett ia well known in ls Aa
geles - and ; 8an - Francisco. News of
his alleged flight came jas. a-complei&
surprise to-his' numerous friends heie;
Gefnon tilleges that Hewlett got him
to deed property .valued at $500,000
to . him, -promising-' an . income of $250
per month for life.' hi, wife fo -receive
the same amount after his death. , At
that time Gernon' was supposedly-: dy
ing in a hospital at Riverside. Later
he recovered. . j . ' ,
GRIFFITHS MUST SERVE
Washington. Sept. 11- The presi
dent approved the court martlal's find
ings dishonorably discharging Captain
J. H. Griffiths from the army and
sending him to prison for three years
for embezzling government funds at
Seattle.
Beef for British Troops.
New York, Sept-- 11. The British
steamship Highland - Watch,, carrying
& cargo . of 3 5 JO tons of freah beef,
was expected to leave this port today
for Liverpool. The cargo Is intended
for tbe British troops in Europe, it
was Bald.
MAP SHOWING THE FIELD OF AUSTRO-SERVIAN
GERM .RIGHT
RETIRING INTO
SWAMPY LAND
Conditions of Last Week Are
Reversed, Excepting That
Germans Have Natural En
cumbrances to Combat.
SERIOUS REVERSE AT
RHEIMS SEEMS LIKELY
Inestimable Value of Belgian
Resistance to Germans
Proved Again.
By J. W..T. Mason.
(Former London Correspondent for
the United Prens.)
New York, Sept. 11. Operations east
of Paris were becoming Increasingly
difficult today for the German right
wing.
Its persistent pursuit by the British
undoubtedly has greatly exhausted the
rank and file, while the suggestion is
now being made for the first time in
German and French reports that the
allies outnumber the invaders.
Last week's conditions -are now re
versed
Today the German right is being
Shoved northward to the blockhouses
between Paris and the Belgian-Luxemburg
frontier, comprising the defenses
of the La Fere-Laojj-Rhejms line. Last
week the allies were being driven
southward upon, these sama fortifica
tions. German Position Difficult,
. The retreating Germans' present po
sition is not as good as was tbe ground
occupied by the allies' left last week.
The allies had a flank clear of natural
incumbrances. The German right,
however, , is now moving backward
toward a difficult, region, H woods,
swamps and ravines. - .
The danger Is considerable that the
vicinity' of Rheima will see a. serious
reverse inflicted on the German right.
The allies'v chief offensive pressure la
being everted in this7 direction. A
Seml-envIdping movement 7 from the
west and, south fo driving -the Gar
mans toward. Rhaims ls apparently de-
mans xowara itneims w apparently de- I
center ; must send , reinf orcein euts ' t6
tne right, ano-ra tnis weakened condi
tion the entire German Una will be in
ian jet ; . -
General breach's ; report on . the
British- retirement from Belgium sub
stantiates . the impression hitherto
created that the French general staff
was entirely unprepared for a German
advance , on Paris rrom western Bel
gium. General Joff re's, advices to the
British' commander underestimated the
number "of Germans approaching from
that- quarter, and no adequate effort
was made by the French to assist thaif
suddenly overwhelmed allies.
This again demonstrates the Inesti
mable strategic advantage to the
French of the Belgians' resistance. If
time had not been given thus for the
British force's arrival.,the French left
would have been overwhelmed and the
fall of Maubeuge would have become
a second Sedan.
The allies' present favorable position
probably would never 4,have been at
tained if it had not been for Belgium
and Great -Britain.
The German general staff seems tc
have estimated correctly what the
French would do, but It lacked Insight
into the - characters - of - the Belgians
and British
ACTION
GERMAN
BRITISH
RUSSIANS
War Bulletins
NAVAL BATTLE REPORTED
Copenhagen, Sept. ;1 1 . Uncon
firmed reports of a Jjattle In prog
ress between the German Baltic
fleet and a Russian squadron off
the Aland islands were current
here this afternoon.
OPERATOR IS ARRESTED
Honolulu, Sept. 11. -i Arriying
here from the orient, on its way
to San Francisco, the Pacific Mail
liner Manchuria' reported today
the arrest at Hongkong of its
wireless operator, Frits Eliest,
charged with giving information
concerning . British , naWal . move
ments to German ships. It was
said the British insisted Eliest was
a German , reservist, though he
claimed 'American citizenship.
LEIPSIC IS SIGHTED
San Pedro. Cal., Sept. 11. Of
ficers of the Steamer President, in
port here today, reported sighting
the German cruiser Leipsic late
Wednesday afternoon 80 miles
south of here. She was proceeding
slowly northward.
WIRELESS REGULATION URGED
Washington. Sept. 11. Navy of
ficials predicted here today that
Marconi's defiance of America's
proposed wireless censorship would
result in the passage by congress
of stringent regulative legislation.
It was hinted that an emergency
measure probably would be asked
to avert litigation If Marconi ques
tions America's right to Impose
censorship. V
BALKAN ALLIANCE FORMED
v Bucharest. Roumaaia, - Sept.. 11.
Roumania, Bulgaria and Greece
have formed! an alliance, it "was
stated ' Jiesa today, for f united ac
tion against Turkey, If the latter
j a .'5
garrJiV"Ki: -?Ur4'
TORPEDO ; BOAT BLOWNt UP
Trieste, Via Rome, Sept. 11.
An Austrian torpedo 'boat' has been
blown up by a', mine off Fasana; it
was announced here today. Most
of the crew were saved.
The Austrian; war fleet was
cruising off the; coast but had not
met ;the enemy ; up to today.
Food- was running short In
Trieste and business was pros
trated. There was. much suffering.
SEMLIN'S CAPTURE BLOODY
TAthens, Sept. 11. The Servians
have taken Semlin, Hungary, ac
cording to dispatches received to
day from Nish, after the bloodiest
battle since the Austro-Servlan
fight at Shabatz.
The capture was made at the
point of the bayonet. Thousands
of Austrlans were killed or taken
prisoner. The rest retreated in s
oanic.
Many . stands of colors, numbers
of cannon and quantities of mu
nitions also fell Into the Servians'
hands. - , - .
According to the Servian war
office, the city was first bombard
ed. Then a feint revealed the
fact that the Austrlans were in
difficulties, and a charge was
ordered.
One hundred and fifty thousand
Servian veterans of the. Balkan war
responded . to the . order. , Their
rush was irresistible. The Aus
trlans were dislodged quickly. V
BELGIAN COMMISSION ARRIVES
New York, Sept. All. The Bel
gian commission which is to lodge
a protest .with the American gov
ernment at Washington against
alleged German atrocities In Bel
gium arrived here - today on the
liner . Celtic. The commission's
spokesman, Henri Carton Mi Wart,
refused to talk for publication;
The Celtic carried 1900 passen
gers, and many or them were des
titute. x ' . .
Count de Leichterveldd secre
tary, of the commission, . denied
that Belgian civilians were ordered
to resist the Germans. He' de-
cl ared - if tbe kaiser had . Informed
President Wilson that the - Ger
mans were forced to take extreme
measures because Belgian civilians
opposed them that he lied.' "V.-
MNo other word," said the count,
''expresses it. King Albert Issued
a - proclamation - the instant the
Germans entered Belgium,; warning
civilians to offer i no resistance.
After laying pur., case before fair
minded Americans we will be con
ten to let them judge the truth
of the matter." - " .
:. . REOCCCPV" MULHAUSEN
f ' Basel, Switzerland, , Sept.. .11.
The , French " were -reported - here
today,- to'ihave occupied .Mulhausen
SAP FGES ARE DEMORALIZED:
RECEIVE SET-BACK IN PRUSSIA
L . i , : n ' .
British War Office Announces French and British Armies Are
Pursuing Germans, Taking Many Prisoners Who, It Says,
Give Evidences 1 of Drunkenness Among Routed Enemy; Rus
sian Advance in Prussia Halted By German Army.
RUSSIANS DEFEATED
IN PRUSSIA IS CLAIM
; (United Press Leased Wire)
Berlin (via Amsterdam), Sejrt. 11. A notable Ger
man defeat of the Russians in Ea$t Prussia was announced
here this afternoon. j -
The left flank of the invading force had been com
pletely crushed and the Russians were in full retreat, it
was stated.
This victory, said the .war office, opened the way for
a German attack on the czar's main army in Russian Po
land along the line to Warsaw. ;
It was added that it'might also be possible for the Ger
mans to flank the Russians, whose forces have been re
duced by the dispatch of fresh ttoops to Galicia, where it
was declared the Austrians were again on the 'offensive.
RUSSIANS EXPECT GREAT BATTLE.
Pefrograd, Sept. 11. The Russians in East Prussia
were retiring today to new defenses to oppose a large
German force approaching from: the west.
The war office stated that a great battle was near. -
The German army was said to include several army
corps withdrawn from France, with 200,000 of the sec
ond .line of troops.
It was reported that this boldv had stripped; the east
Gentian :ibrts to! their heavy
.'''RsSiancavalryduhd tne
the Lake Mauer region.
Five German corps were
the Austrians along the line from: Tomasaow through RawaJ
Riiska and past the vicinity of Lemberg to the River
Dniester. :
German officers have reorganized the Austrian -forces
and. a general battle with the Russians was developing
today. ' ' ' . . ' .
Two German army corps were reported on their way
to attempt relief of Konigsbergj wriich the Russians are
bombarding. J
AUSTRIANS REPULSED;
SERVIANS IN SEMLIN
Nish, Sept. 1 1 . Servians under Crown Prince Alex
ander today occupied Semlin,
trians in the bloodiest battle of the.Austro-Servian war.
The Austrians lost enormously.
. Semlin is on the north
site Belgrade.
It'was announced also that
Servians from Ushitza,.' having
Fotcha and Vishegrad, were
of Bosnia and approaching its capital, Sarajevo.
The Austrian troops opposing them were said to be nu
merically weak. . .
AUSTRIANS DROPPED GUNS
TO FLEE,
Petfograd, Sept. 11. -Tjhe Russian war office issued
the following statement today:
"After, the recent action
were 'overwhelmingly defeated,
fled in utter panic: The soldiers
the cannon, transport wagons
them to flee, leaving the
transportation. equipment.
"When, the main bodv
the wayiwas blocked thus and . the retirement was impos
sible until tjie roads had been cleared. . ; j .
- Thd Austrian pfficers efforti to rally their men failed.
U was a: complete rout, in which the. troops abandoned
even their rifles -and knapsacks to expedite their escape."
. The; statement was supposed to refer to the r Rawa
Ruska'.engaemeht. . ,
AUSTRIANS DEMANDING PEACE.
-Vienna (via Rome), -Sept.; tl. "Peace" was the; al
most universal demand here 'todayi ; :
Anti-German feelings was increasing.- The 'popular
view: was that tbeGermans had left the Austrians to-fade
the Russians aldne in Jheir: eagerness to invade France,
artillery and was bringing it
CermansTn great force in
- ' - .
understood to have joined
Hungary, repulsing the Aus
banlq of tbe Save river, oppo
forces of Montenegrins and
effected a junction between
invading the Austrian province
CLAIM RUSSIANS
in Galicia, when the Austrians
the Austrian left wing
cut the horses loose from
anp other vehicles" and used
roads j blocked with abandoned
.. ! .
of Austrians started to retreat.
ALLIES ARE PURSUING
THE FLEEING GERMANS
j :
(United Press Leased Wire)
London, Sept; 1 1. The German retreat is general,"
announced the war office tonight; referring to the fighting
in northeastern France, "and continues. The British and
French forces are pursuing them vigorously.
"Thursday, 1500 prisoners, several guns and a quan
tity or transport equipment were taken.
"The enemy is retreating most rapidly east of Sois-
sons, where there are evidences of some disorder. ;
"Considerable bodies of the enemy are being found
hiding in the woods, after finding it impossible to keep up
with the main line of retreat. .
"They are surrendering on sight.
"The plight these men are found in, their positions
and the riflin,of villages are evidences of drunkenness
and point to a demoralization in the ranks of the routed '
enemy. '
"The pursuit, will be continued." v
GERMANS ARE WITHDRAWING
ALL FORGES FROM BELGIUM
Ghent (via jOstend). Septal lhe Germanswere
withdrawinglaWtbeji-fforcc?
tatteogfcrtir4Q
T-L -J: f 1
inc soiaiers who nave recently Deen operating in this
region were making their best speed ; southward. ' . rf.
The Belgians took the offensive the moment the evacu
ation began, j
A strong Belgian . column
man corps in the Audenarde-Contrai-Renaix district, and
in the fight which ensued there were heavy losses on both,
sides. ' ! , . v' ' :
It was believed trie Germans were about to evacuate
all. of northern Belgium and
ines of communication are
Anglo-Belgian raid on them was momentarily expected here. '
PARIS BELIEVES DANGER OVER. ; ;
Paris, Sept. ill. Paris was' overjoyed todav at favor
able news from the front.
Announcement that the
that elsewhere their lines were
assurance that . all danger to
passed. -.-
The belief was general that the : Germans must soeed-:
ily.iwithdraw from French, territory -or be completely over
whelmed. I : 7,
ALLIES' OFFENSE UNCHECKED. "
Paris, SeptJ 11. The allies' offense in the ' north is
unchecked, Military Governor
t if-x- t ! 1 ! j f
in mai quarter, 11c aaiu, uic ucrmans were in retreat. At ,
the center, however, he stated, the battle was still ? in-,
decisive! ; ! " A,- - . . .
GERMAN RIGHT
BACK FROM 12 TO 15 MILES
Paris, Sept.! 1 1. Germany's right wing in northeastern
France had been driven back
coramg to a telegram receivea at j :p. m.'trom tne Bor-
deauxwar office. It was stated that the allies' offensive'
still continued.; , . " ; . - ' - -v, ..
Four days' 'uninterrupted fighting, according to the war '
office's statement, was involved in pushing, back the Ger
man right. ' I '- 7 ' .; - . ,
"The first! phase of the battle of the Marne,?went on
the telegram, "was very favorable to the? allies; ?the Qer-
mans retreating on the ngnt and. at the centerr,, .' ; ; - '
"The.German armies; commanded by the cfcniprince
and the, Prince of Wurtembiirgi which are; attacking the i
French on the Oranin river, entering the Marne'near Vitry,
have been unable tojadvance. ; '7 7 . " 1"
. ,' : Atteri on jLter.Vaiiu J ; i v
"The general, situation has now completely "changed.
Since September the enemy has been unable ; to' advance t
anywherem bur lines -j ' . 'y
. . 'The iGerman - armies under Generals von ; Kliik and
Von Ejuelow. fought; furiously in a . vain attempt td l3reak
through the French center on the plateau north of Sezanne
and Vitry.".,, .,; ; ' ; . . . ;
ttom northern Belgiuniaoday
frontier; '
... - .. .........
attacked the - rear of a Ger- -
northeastern France. Their
endangered. News of an
' ' :
allies' center was. holding and
advancing was hailed as an
the French metropolis has
-.. -
Gallieni announced today.
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WING DRIVEN '
from 12 to 1 5 miles today; ac-
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