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2 THE BEE:, OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22,'- U9 17. 4- GENERAL SCOTT, CHIEF OF STAFF, TO BE RETIRED Official Washington Believes Gen. Thomas M. Barry, Com mander of the Central Dis trict, Will Succeed -.'Washington, D. C, Aug.' 21.--Onc month from today, Major " General Hugh L. Scott ' is expected to com nlcte, his work as chief-of-staff of the ynited States rroy, preparatory Jus retirement from active service the following day, which will pe the sixty fourth anniversary of his birth. -. Under any conditions the choice of a successor to General Scott as chief of staff would be a subject of lively Jntefest and speculation in military circles, but under present conditions, ' &ith tire nation engaged in the great est war of all times, this interest has - 'already reached the' boiling point. From welt informed sources it is learned that the dhoice is roost likely -to fall upon Major General Thomas M. Harry, the present commander of the central department, . with head quarters in Chicago. No official an nouncenicnt' to this effect has been ; made, and those in position to make ' such an announcement have declined ;o verity the rumors. Nevertheless,, it is'-the general belief in Washington .that General. 9kfry-il( be the lucky man. ," . , . : HaiFirar Record. ; Xo officer m the army has a finer record than Genera j Barry, and of ficers wno'hv been associated .with ', him, declare that he will prove to be one of the greatest of those who have served at the : head, of .the ' United ' States, army, -and the Vrinyrhas had many whqieserye, to be, femcmbered among tp truly -grt at,V; When.Vtueral Br,ry was called to v Washington by President Roosevelt somcTyeiirs ago to receive' appoint "' mentjas major,, genefal,. the president : .said lo't1iim.v"J3arry,.you- are not ' made a"inajor,. general because you are a, 'Cuthplic W because -you are an Irishmaribrit you, are made one for the same' reason that I was, made presideut tfiat'is, because you arc an ;.meican,'' r' ? , , ' Jt was tbe'Jat?" -Congressman Rob ert iCffqsrVeltrur uncle of Theo dore' Robsevicft. ' who 'started, "Tom" JBarty tij;)iii military career by ob- lalning 'tor him an 'appointnrcnt to Wesf.rbint iq'l872.' Barry was born vand reaped"' fit thr bid Greenwich vil .lage section '.of New Yptk;City''and r waiTknOttfi .as'Oe1. 6f the brightest lads 'in' the; grapimar. school he at ' tended, kikewise.f.during biJ career at West Toint,v he. was.one ?f the -most popular cadets of his class. He Mas a good student and a fine athlete, and when he graduated in 1877, he 'was assignrd as a second lieutenant 'm the Seventh cavalry, Custer's old command. . 1 i v Tf ansferred to Infantry . , k-ftcr-khrc,j-ar5i in the ' Seventh 'cavalry, he was transferred to the I'irit infantry, and with that command he participated lu various Indian cam paigns 'in the southwest, being; one of the Vomccrsf who were 'prominent in" the campaigns against Gcronimo and his Apaches. In the Pine Ridge campaign of ' 1891, Barry was promoted te a cap taincy, and tvi-o years later he came to Washington for duty in the War department, after active and contin uous service for sixteen years" 'west of the Mississippi. ' When the Spanish war broke emf, General Barry was adjutant general of the Department of the Columbia, lie was relieved 'of that duty. 'and went to the Philippines as the first adjutant general of the American forces in the islands. He was, one if the American officers, who had a prominent part in the Boxer1 cam paigns in China, and when the for cign troops were . recalled from l'tkin he returned o Manila as chief-(..f-ataff of that command. Commanded In Cuba. In 1907 he was sent to Cuba as the rommandcr of the American troops in the second occupation of the island. In that capacity the did his work so thoroughly that he earned not only the gratitude of his own government, but that of Cuba as well, and when the island was for a second time turned back to "the cdntrol, of its own people. General Barrry was accorded when he left an ovation such as few officers have ever received at home or abroard. ' ' -' , In 1910 General Barry succeeded General-Hugh L. Scott; as superin tendent of the West Point academy. Subsequently, he served for a time as . commander ofthe Department of the Past before he was transferred to Chicago. : - PRIEST LABQRS IN WHEAT FIELDS FOR UNCLE SAM i (Continued From Fag On.) One'niorning he turned out for work at S and worked an hour and a half before breakfast In the heat of the afternoon, almost exhausted, be rested an hour. As the time for set tlement came the farmer boss re membered that idle hour, but forgot the early morning overtime and in sisted on docking him half a day. , ' Shorter Hours in Dakota. Very little work was done iu Kan sas and none in Nebraska.. The party jumped from Oklahoma to North Da kota, where much more attractive working conditions were found, The hours were shorter, accommodations better, and the fear of bad water, common in Oklahoma, was wholly ab sent Nothern farmers showed more . friendly interest in the men, and the shorter hours put more ginger into them and more was accomplished than in the longer work day in the south. - . ? While acting ai general manager, contractor and aometime banker for the party, Father O'Grady worked hit way like the rest of them, tnowlng, threshing, driving teams and pitching hay like one to the manor born. At the start the ruling wage was $3.50 per day. but later it rose to $4 and hoard. On ide days board was de- , fluctett trom the wage. . fcven at that ' scale the lack of steady work and the distance traveled between jobs swallpwed up .mo.st.pf. profits, leaving the college boys little more than the experience at the end. " .v '. ' ..'. Boy Babes of France Part of Kaiser's Loot; Horrors of War Vividly Painted by Red Cross Nurses in Amiens Sector War Mothers Permitted to Keep Little, Girls in' Shell , Torn Caves Where They Have Lived Two Years. , BY JOSEPH NEURON. ('Special Cable to Chtrafo Tribune.) ' Paris, Aug. 21. A low, crooning, strange, pitiful, penetrating like winds in a cave filled the air. "WlyU's that?" cried an American woman, leaning forward to speak to an English chauffeuse, whet for two years had looked on the most horrible of wars. A tear rolled down-the driver's cheeks.1" "The children of France." ' "" "It sounds like a' great dove cote." The chauffeuse shook her head and stared over the landscape, marred by the recent, ravages of war, as they sped by. The evening was falling like a mourning veil of gau ; over the somber view. The road was vacant, but the surrounding hedges and trees seemed filled with the soft, penetrating murmur. A. Worn,, Tom Town. , ; Suddenly . bursting through the maze of beautiful foliage and under arched horse chestnut trees; the au tomobile entered the streets of a French town in the Amiens section, recently evacuated by the' Germans. The cannon of the Germans had been thundering, all day to 1iorth, but now only1 distant mutteriugs dis turbed the mysterious,, all pervading chant. , f . . ; -i i Such a village! Once it was a' town of 3,000 happy people. Now the streets are lilted' w-ith rubbish. Prettv homes have been shattered by shell and dynamite. Parlor furniture" is scattered about.' Ashes still remain in grates standing among the debris. The streets are untenanted except by sentries and occasional women and children, who by force of habit, hurry singly from cov.- to cover. There is attaint odor of chemicals. It tills the air. The Germans had been gassing the town during the day. The Red Cross Angel! . The moor stops. The chauffeuse explains to '.he sentry that she is bringing officials of the reorganized American Red Cross to the town to remove the little children and women. The chauffeuse says that the Red Cross is responJiig to the first of ficial call from -the French govern ment. , The sentry examines the identifica tion card under hits hooded sentry light.' He salutes, removes his hat and bows low. " The captain of the guard arrives. He speaks fair Eng lish. - - "I have billet for you," he said. ''You may rest tonight, but in the morning please withdraw from the town. The Boche may' gas tis again. It is very dangerous here especially for the little children. "We Cannot Rest."4 -; "No,, we cannot, rest tonight,", the American nurse said, "We will take the children out tonight to ," a town some n.ile to the rear. "Very well, very good," the cap tain replied. He turned and sum moned five or aix poilus. "What is this peculiar crooning I hear?", the American woman asked the captain. The 'children 'of France," he re-1 plied. . "Why are they crooning like that?" A Miserable Song of Joy.; .:. Because they've been in caves alt Ti t i . ' . i. day. They arc happy because with the French back in this town they don't. have to stay in the caves all night, too,- When you see the caves where the babies, boys, girls, and women have been, compelled to live for two years and a half while the Germans were here you'll under stand. It is just as welt to visit the caves now as by day, for they arc all dark," Soon the party, cciuiupcd with' shaded lanterns, stepped through the entrance of one of the shattered houses and down into the cellar. The shades were taken from the lanterns and the entrances to the subterranean galleries were, revealed. The party entered one of these. The passageways led from cellar to cellar, but so intense had the bombardment been that even the cellan provided no shelter, and the women and larger children had hollowed out with their hands individual caves, still deeper (ti the earth.; ' , 1 "We shall not attempt to cntcralte deeper of these caves," the captain said. "Wc will merely spread the word of your purpore here and in struct the children to do as you wish. We will gather them south of the town and then you can undertake the trip to But I begjou to hurry. Many, little children have lost theUr lives in the gas attacks. We have made masks for then but the new gas, which the Germans use, gags the children, and they remove their masks in the excitement, despite our warn itiR. Then they die in convulsions." The captain halted the party. A poilu lifted his lantern. ; , An aged woman, lying on a. cot, her hair disheveled, her face lined with care, looked at the party stared with startled eyes of flaming coals. She crawled back into the darkness. Two children lay at her feet, not yet asleep. What War Means to Women. "The Germans took her two daugh ters," the captain said. "One was 19 and the other 22 years. They kept them prisoners in a cave on the other side of the town. The girls endured living torture until children were about to be born to them, when they died. Whether by disease, this dirty wretchedness, or by their own hand, I do not know. "But don't wonder at that, Madame. More than a hundred girls had like ex periences. Others were killed by bay onets, because they refused the ad vances of German soldiers. You'll see some babies born within the last eighteen months. Many others died. This is a terrible place to live. "You'll not see any baby boys. The Germans sent the baby boys to Ger many, although some of them have French fathers. The mothers were al lowed only to keep the girl babies." While the abelbodied women 'work ed in the fields some miles away, ten or fifteen, children, were placed - in charge of each of the aged or inca- pacitated women in the town. Usually these nurse women were grandmoth ers over 60 years old. The party found some babies i years old and less, who had never been out of their subterranean birth places. They were covered with scales,' their skin was red with con stant rash. ., , Their eyes were caked. Their nurses feared to bring them sud denly into the sunlight, because of the danger of blindness. Everywhere there was vermin, skin and instestinal diseases, malnutrition, and wide opened eyes of months of horror. Children Like Lambs. Emerging from the caves in another part of town, the party found itself in a ruins, where about 300 children were scattered about, so the shells would not wipe them all out at once. One would expect these children, who had lived so long in their subterranean homes.' to be filled with fear and re BIG WORK TAKEN FROM ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS (Continued From !' One.) company, as Corr was involved in the injunction brought against the ele- iriians. The American Electric company, another company which was party to the injunction, has the electric Con tract for the Conant Hotel building at Sixteenth and Harney streets. An effort is being made to wrench this sub-contract from the hands of the American, and to induce the I. C. Mardis company, general contractors, to hire the electrical work done bv day labor. The Drake Realty Construction company, at present building four apartment houses, has been ap proached on the matter of employing union electricians, but it is said a com promise was here reached, and that the Drake people will finish their present four jobs under the present status with the understanding that they employ union electricians after that. ' ; , Nonunion electricians are working on the electrical work of three of the Omaha school houses beintr built now. The union notified the Board of Edu1 cation that if the contracts are taken out of the hands of the electrical con tractors who were parties to the in junction the union men will go to work for the school board direct and finish the work. The work oh the various sub-contracts on big jobs in the city-has been so dclaytfd by the strike and injunc tion tangle that the electrical union is depending upon this delay to fur nish the general contractors with suf ficient grounds in many instances for Making the electrical contract out of the hands of the sub-contractor and employing electricians direct. OMAHA SOLDIERS MAY GO TO FRANCE a J.. ( SAYS HARRIES , (Continued From I'M One.) , brigade may be mobilized enroute to Demtng. I rather think the . other regiments wiU 'so at the same time as the Sixth.. But of course it is a difficult problem fof the railroads to move so- rnany troops at once,, and because of that only sections at a time may be taken to Deming. Major Harries isn't going t- let any grass grow under "his feet while in Omaha. He began inspecting the moment he arrived at,the Auditorium and at once madc.plaus for intensive drilling. He says even a day or two of drilling will be of great value to the new companies and leave that much has to be done at Deming. " Hope to Go to France. ; "The best trained division there will be the first at the front," he said. "I feel sure that-the Nebraska bri gade, ju ing bv its condition now, will stand a gooa chance of being sent among the first to France. "There is great incentive for the nonconui-ssioned officers to ; ork hard now, for from their ranks will be chosen, many : for commissions when the three great Unite.'. Ctates armies are all mobilized. For the new national army the officers will be chosen from the officers' training camps and also from the ranks of the federalized guards." ' Major Harries is a son of Brigadier General George H. Harries. Ml i as coffee's successor on the family table makes for-better health and more comfort. Preferred By Thousands i Theresa Reason Juvle) straint Instead, they frisked a' aut like lambs amid the debris of their paternal .homes. In the dusk the children walked some marched in files picking their way through piles of stones not au dibly or visibly talking to each other, but all half , humming or crooning their monotonous. . wordless, pitiful, penetrating sounds like the winds from the caves. The sounds of the crooning seemed no louder when you were near the children than when you were several hundred yards away. There was no pitch to the tune, but overwhelming, depressing volume. None of the children smiled. Some had lost their minds through shell shock and wandered about in isolated spots. Others, maimed by ex plosions and splinters, or by convul sions caused by inhaled gases, limped about or lay op the banks. Some were startled by strangers. Others seemed dumb to all impressions. French Lines Hold Against : . Prussian Troops , ((pnllniifd From Page One.) French proved justified, for they not only pushed the German intruders back as far as they intended, but took many prisoners from chosen German regiments. Terrific Shell Fire. All through the night the German artillery had poured shells of every caliber into the roads and communi cating trenches, leading to the front. They introduced a novelty in the shape of fifteen-inch shells containing enormous shrapnel bullets, which burst overhead, scattering pieces far and wide. But the disposition of the French troops was so cleverly con trived that they suffered little. Verdun itself received hundreds of shells, which simply added to the de struction in the city. All the ground within "tight miles of the front lines was strewn repeatedly .with shells, containing a horrible new German gas known as "mustard gas," affecting the mucous membrane and any portion of the body which was exposed," caus ing terrible blisters, las its base was sulphuric acid, and bringing a slow and painful death it it entered the lungs., , , ,-. . Airmen Are Busy. The aviators were busy as soon as the light, permitted and the corre spondent 'saw two German machines snot down by gunfire, while .German airmen made a specialty of attacking observation balloons and twice ' at tempted to destroy' these, but were driven off on- each occasion. Information comes from , various parts of the line that the French have in several places gone further than was originally, intended and that the prisoners taken number into jthe thou sands,',;;," :''' '; Federal Reserve Bank'td -; Be Opened Here Sept. 4 September 4.; has been set as the day for formally cpeni.ng the Omaha branch' 'of hfe Federal -Reserve bank . of the Tenth, m'stridt. -The bank will be looa1e.d 0ri'7fhfariiam building, formerly the -.rirsr" national Jiank building. The.Ciuarters and some of the fixtures of . the old First National bank. will be used. A. Delano, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve board of Washing ton, D. G was in Omaha Monday, meeting with O. T, Eastman, who has been' elected manager of the Omaha branch, and with the newly appointed directors of the branch! Other banki efs of Omaha were invited in for luncheon at the Hotel Fontenelle, when matters pertaining to the es tablishment of the new branch were liscussed. " Drexel's Arch Preserver This is a most wonderful ' shoe, made on scientific principles to preserve the beauty of the foot. Stock is white canvas and fine glazed kid and so con- , " . , structed that the arch re- . ceives the support ncaes- safy, doing away with the " . bunglesome, heavy metal arch inserted in the ordi-' nary shoe. It Is neat and attractive and light on the foot We have them in two' ' . styles, broad or narrow toe; low 6r medium heels. All Black Kid, $7.50 Black Kid Cloth Top, $7.00 Pares! .Pest Paid DREXEL SHOE CO. 1419 FARNAM ST. ' PANIC STRICKEN PRUSSiAfjLtl BEFORE JANKS Monster Machines Cover Ad vance of Infantry Who Find Little Left to Do But Care for Prisoners. , .. ' ; (Bjr AmocUWi Presa.) I British Front in Trance and Bel gium, Aug. 21. British tanks scored another triumph in the capture of im portant German positions yesterday morning in the neighborhood or the Ypres-Poelcapelle road, north of St. Julien. It was a tank show almost from start to finish and the infantry played the part of supernumeraries in sup port1 of the leading actors. Large numbers of the enemy troops added a -final melodramatic touch by surrendering abjectly or fleeing in terror as the heavy leads lumbered on to the stage. As recorded in the official communi cation the British captured German defenses along a mile front to a depth of 500 yards. Among the strongholds occupied were the Famour triarigle, Hibau and Lockcroft farms, the sites of exceedingly strong concrete and steel machine gun redoubts that men aced the infantry advance. . Tanks Go Over at Dawn. It was the dawn when the tanks lined up and waited for the signal to "go over the top." The British artillery, observing no less of chivalry to (he tanks than to the infantry m the past, poured a preliminary stream of shells into , the, German lines, then dropped a barrage ahead of the iron monitors, which started forward look ing for all the world like great dra gons :hat had rolled out from one of Hans Andersen s conceptions into the gray morning light that - shrouded this battlefield in the "cockpit of Eu rope." Behind them came the infantry, ready to do the cleaning up of the re maining enemy after the tanks had finished their part. But there was little" for the infantry to do except assemble and care for the prisoners as the tanks progressed. There was hard fighting at several positions such as three redoubts mentioned, but it was always brief. . The tanks wheeled into the posi tion and turned a heavy fire on the fortifications and the Germans were killed or else they surrendered. The army casualties; were heavy, Great numbers of Germans were seen flee ing, terror-stricken, as the tanks, ap peared in the tlistance and a consid erable number threw down their arms and surrendered without resistance. The tanks cleared the whole terri , I ' .... - , - . .... f jk tn very bejiinninfl of the war the 1 I PVfeaerC t "l ' whole Bell Telephone System was placed I r- ' l",',0,' 'Vernment' ii I K.a t The government's needs for telephone serviccvor 'equipment are given precedence over all private requests. ; . Our switchboards, poles, wire and telephones have been turned over to the government as needed for use at army head quarters, training camps and for signal corps service in the field. Many of our skilled men are going into the army signal corps service, and employees of less training are taking their places. Government messages on our local and long distance lines have had the right-of-way over private messages. In everything we have done it has been "the Government First. ' The magnitude of the war has necessitated unusual prepara- - tion.- Mighty forces are marshalling, great stores of food and mu nitions are being gathered and the energies of the nation are fo cused on war problems. s. As the nation's military establishment grows, the demands of the government upon the Bell System are bound to increase. y. Additional activity in commerce and industry as thl result of larger demands for food and munitions from our allies and for our ' own use, m,eans more need of telephone service by private business, m '.-- .i ,... . 5SS3 tory desired and then trundleS back home. They suffered no damage and the casualties for the operation to taled fifteen. This has been the most striking incident of the latest fight ing along this front There have been intense artillery bombardments 'and the air services of both sides have been uuusually ac tive. Last night the' air was full of British and ' German planes, which bombed their!, way into; each other's territory amirjst picturesciue, but awe some flashes front breaking shrapnel and . long whrteTfays- from search lights, f 'Z,.Z. -. The French'engTrieers Rave encoun tered considerable .difficulties amid the marshes lafltolwhtch their troops have advanced, orrrtheir left, but the rITii)R BELDEN ! - COMPANY Have You Seen What Autumn Silks Are Like? , You have but to wander down "our broad aisle, to inspect leisurely every worth-while value of the new season. Many women are making their selec tions now and wisely ,too for the , assortments are complete and the prices lower than the present market warrants. Satin Radio Stripe foretell of many beautiful Frocks and Fall Suits. They are distinctive and must be seen to be appre ciated. 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