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THE BEE:. OMAHA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1917.
YANKS STOUTLY REPEL
INVADING TEUTONS IN
HOT TRENCH SKIRMISH
Steps of Dug-Outs Wet With Blood When Germans
Spring Surprise Attack On American Sector;
One Sammie Kills Several, of
, Enemy Single-handed.
AUSTRIAN RUSH
SLACKENS UNDER
ITALIANS' FIRE
Destruction of Roads and
Bridges Prevents Invaders
From Bringing Up
Heavy Guns.
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(By Awx-lnW PlM.)
With the American Army in France, Nov. 12. Complete.
details and verified reports of the recent German trench raid
show that the American troops on that occasion set an example
(or courage and valor unexcelled. The officer who had charge
of verifying the accounts of the raid said to the correspondent
today : x
"I am proud to say that our men engaged in the fight did
everything within their power.
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"They jumped into the fight and
stuck to it In the first place the
troops had been in the trenches lesi
than three hours when the barrage
fire of the Germans began. - They had
inarched a good part of the previous
night and were tired. Some of them
were allowed to go to sleep in a dug
out 25 feet under ground.
STAIRS WET WITH BLOOD.
"When the barrage began these men
did not hear the racket. It is appar
ent that the first they knew of it was
when the Germans started throwing
grenades down upon them. It was
these men who were taken prisoners,
but they fought well, even when sur
prised that way. for the stairs of the
dugout were covered by blood, espe
cially the top half, showing that the
Germans there must have been hit.
The entrance to the dugout also gave
indications of close, hand-to-hand
: fighting.
"From the dugout through the
trenches and over the top through the
barbed wire and well out into No
Man's land there was a wide red
'train. How. much of it was Ameri
can and how much German blood is
not known.
"There 'is 'a corporal now in the
hospital back of the lines who did a
good job. He was in the listening
post when the barrage began. During
the firing an officer made his way
through the shells, God knows now,
Vnd yelled to the corporal to go into
the dugout. !
. Sticks to Post.
"The corporal saw the officer's lips
moving, but did not understand the
- command and remained at his post.
At the end of the barrage he saw Ger
mans all around him five being fight
in front of him, Ho took careful -aim
'" and fired three shots and three of the
enemy were seen to fall. Then a hand
grenade fragment entered the cor
poral's back and put him out of
action." ,
Investigation shows that all the
American telephone wires between the
observation posts and trenches and
batteries at the fear were cut by
fragments of German shells, which
number approximately , 50,000. The
Germans crossing No Man's land
rolled up telephone wires behind them
and set up a small field telephone ex
change outside the American barbed
wires, withi branch lines running to st
least three points while, the raid was
in progress, to direct the enemy artil
lery. ' : "'.-' - '
SENATORS VIEW WAR
RAVAGESIN FRANCE
American Statesmen Abroad
Enjoy Experience of Hearing
German Shells Scream
Overhead.
Omaha to Have Flower Show
" After Twenty-Two Years
Omaha is to have another "flower
show." , 7 ,
Twenty-two years ago, the Omaha
and Council Bluffs Florists club held
the only flower show that Omaha has
ever held, and at a recent meeting of
the club, a committee was appointed
to undertake arrangements for a big
flower show.jto be held in November
of next year. . r
.The committee to perfect an or
ganization is composed of 0. H.
Herman, chairman; J. H. Bath, secre
tary; L. M. Rogers, William Faulk
ner, J. T. Hess, J. S. Gardiner and
Blame Wilcox. -
In all probability the flower show
will be held at the Municipal audi
torium, and the club which now num
bers over 60 florists intend to make it
an annual affair. - Resolutions were
adopted to donate to the Red Cross
all money taken in over actual ex
penses.' . ' : ;
In line with the proposed show,
the local florists dispatched a com
mittee of eight florists to Des Moines,
4lere big chrysanthemum 'show is
now being held, to load up with new
ideas for the Omaha entertainment.
Officers of the Omaha and Council
Bluffs club, who have been most ac
tive in the movement, are John H.
.' Bath, president;-J. B. Gardiner, Coun
cil Bluffs,, secretary, and Lee Lar
nion, vice president. The board of
directors, re-elected Thursday night,
are J. J. Hess, O. H. Larmon and F.
L. Laison. . -
Popular Play to Aid
l v Girls' Home in Omaha
' The Brandeis Players will begin
:he campaign for the new $100,000
?irls home, by giving, a benefit per
formance on November 19, the pro-
reeds to go to the Association for
Protection of Boys and Girls.
This society is planning a commo
dious home within walking distance
af the business disfict. where girls
may find pleasant rooms within their
means. " ' - "
, "Bought and Taid For" will be the
ittraction that evening. -
The entire balcony has been taken
by the following parties: Bemis Bag
company, 50, seats for its employes;
Loose-Wiles company, 50; I ten Bis
cuit company, 50; M. E. Smith com
pany, 50. Mrs. George A. Joslyn has
reserved the remaining 187, seats in
the balcony and will give that evening
a theater party for the Fort Omaha
enlisted men.
Wesley Jerome Is Killed ?
; While Out Hunting Ducks
Staux Falls, S. D Nov. 12.($pe
:iaL) Wesley Jerome, Montrose, was
instantly killed as the result of a
hunting accident. The charge of a
ihotgun struck him in the head. Je
rome and Charles Derschied were duck
hunting on the shores of Arneson
'ake. Jerome was crawling up to the
ake, dragging his shotgun behind
htm. A bush caught the hammer of
the gup. The man is survived by a
widow and several children.
Italian Headquarters, Saturday, N
12. Observers from advanced posi
tions along tHcTfront say the Austrian
offensive is not showing the impetu
ous rush of previous days and evi
dently is slackening as it gets farther
from its base.
The largest guns they have brought
into play thus far are of a type about
the same as our five-inch.
, They have been unable to bring for
ward any of their heavy guns, doubt
less because of the condition of the
bridges and roads torn up or de
stroyed by the Italians.
The fighting is taking a wide range
from the Trentino eastward to the
Tagliamento and then southward to
the sea, but these are detached ac
tions, while the main armies of both
sides are establishing their nosition.
Renewal tonight of a heavy down
pour of rain will swell the Livcnza
and other' streams fed from the moun
tains, increasing the difficult. of
bringing forward heavy artillery.
Try to, Envelop Center.
Everv day the enemy becomes
wearier and is faced- with greater de
termination by the Italians. The Aus-tro-Germans
continue their plan of
advancing with their right wing, evi
dently still hoping to envelop the
center of the Italian rear euard and
cut off the right wing of the retiring
main body. Thus far their plan has
been frustrated by the indomitable re
sistance of the covering troops, wlu
inflicted Heavy punishment upon the
enemy.
From these hills across the Piave
valley the Italian trooos wrote a fresh
chapter in history by their intrepidity.
wotwitnstanding overwhelming num.
bers of Austro-Germans, the Italians
opened such a terrific fire that they
obliged the enemy's heavy columns
to withdraw temporarily and await
remtorcements ot artillery.
German Forces Superior.
When the advance was resumed,
protected by violent fire fron field
batteries, the incessant rattle of Ital
ian machine guns inflicted new losses
on the foe, whose numerical superior
ity permitted him to continue his
progress, although slowly,
Meanwhile, the Italians made all
preparations to retire in goodrder,
protected by charges of their cavalry.
wnicn rusnca uxe an avalanche down
the slopes of the hills, their sabers
and lances cutting down the enemy
with irresistible force, while from
1.000 throats rose the wild war cry.
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Major Sheldon Athletic Director.
Canto Codv. Dentins-. N. M.. Nov
12.-r-(Special.) Major P. H. Sheldon,
South Dakota officer, recently - ap
pointed athletic officer, also will have
charge of the exchanges in the di
vision, of which 'there is about pne to
every regiment.
British Front in France and Bel
gium, Nov. 12. The American con
gressional party and four prominent
men in private life, who have been
visiting the western allied countries
unofficially during the congressional
recess, today completed a four days'
tour and left the British front.
Senators Kenyon and Kendrick.
who have been making a special study
of war problems m England, jqined
the congressional party, of which C.
C. Dill is chairman, for a trip to the
British war zone. All, excepting: the
two senators, had previously seen the
French front, and the latter will visit
it before returning home.
ine members ot the party were
deeply impressed bv the war scenes in
the British theater. As one of them re
marked to the correspondent, "It re
quires a visit to the war zone to gain
a realization of the magnitude of these
activities.
View War's Devastation.
The terrible devastation wrought
by the war was forcibly brought home
to the party by a visit to Arras, the
valley of the Ancre and the Somme
region. In the Somme, Perenne and
Bapaume, which are nothing but a
mass of ruins, were inspected, and
some of the desolate battle front
where the allies fought such san
guinary battles was gone over.
Near Lens they saw real action and
experienced the sensation of hearing
great German shells scream overhead
and break not far away. Battle
scarred Vimy ridge was seen and a
good view was obtained of the entire
zone about Lens, where the Germans
are cooped up by the closclx dntwn
British hues.
Former Representative R. L. Ham
mond of Nebraska said:
"The magnitude of the war is
astounding. Motoring a thousand
miles over the battle front has shown
that the tremendous task of subduing
the Hun is being accomplished. lie
is being steadily pushed back by
French bravery and colonial dash. To
these America will add the illimitable
reserve."
Representative Dan V. Stephens of
Nebraska said:
"I am profoundly impressed with
the tremendous preparations the Brit
ish and French have made to win this
war. No man can view their splendid
armies and equipments and associate
long with their officers at the front
without beitag convinced of the abso
lute certainty of an allied victory.
"When America gets its tremendous
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roughness should not be irritated by
strongly medicated soaps. Why not
use for every-day toilet purposes, Cuti
cura, pure, gentle Soap, touching the
first signs of pimples or irritation with
Cuticura Ointment? For sample each
free by mail address post-card: "Cuti
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where. Soap 25c Ointment 25 and 50c
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Safeguards Health
of The Children
Constipation, or Inaction of the
oowel, la a graat manaea to
health. Cathaitlo or purgative
ramadtta should navar a f Iran to
child ran ai h Tlolanca of thai
action tanda to upaat tha antira
dlg-astlT aitara. A mild. Uxattve
la ft prafarabla, and tha combi
nation, of slmpla lax&Uva barbs
with papain known as Sr. Cald
wall's Syrup Papain, and sold In
drag itorae for nftr cants ft bot
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preparation contains no oplato,
na recti o, or habit-forming drng
of any daacriptlon, la mild and
f antla is ita action, ftnd bringrs
rallaf la an oasy, natural manner.
Xta plaaaant tasta appaala to cUlo
Aran and thay take it raadlly.
Thousands of mothers have tea.
tilled to tha merit of Sr. Cald
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Start Tomorrow
and Keep It Up
Every Morning
Qtt In the habit of drinking a
glass of hot water before
breakfast -
We're not here long, so let's make
our stay agreeable. Let us live well,
eat well, digest well, work well, sleep
well and look well. What a glorious
condition to attain, and yet, how very
easy it is if one will only adapt the
morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise, split
ting neadache. stuffy from a cold.
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom
ach, can, instead, feel as fresh as a
daisy by opening the sluices of the
system, each morning and flushing
out the whole of the internal poison
ous stagnant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
well, should, each morning, before
breakfast, drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonf ul of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the
stomach, liver and bowels the pre
vious day's indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing, sweetening and purifying the
entire alimentary canal before put
ting more food into the stomach. The
action of hot water and limestone
phosphate on an empty stomach is
wonderfully invigorating." It cleans
out all the sour fermentations, gases,
waste and acidiity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast
While you are enjoying your break
fast the water and phosphate is quiet
ly extracting a large volume of water
from the blood and getting ready for
a thorough flushing of all the inside
organs.
The millions of people who are
bothered with constipation, bilious
spells, stomach trouble; others who
have sallow skins, blood disorders
and sickly complexions are urged to
get a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from the drug store. This
will cost very little, but is sufficient
to maiee anyone a pronounced crank
on the subject of mside-bathin? be-
fore breakfast. Advertisement.
I DRE-UPA-COLD
resources of men and supplies back
of them the struggle will soon be,
over.
Chinese Protest
Against Eecent
U, S.-Japan Treaty
Tokio, Xov. 12. The Chinese minis
ter, Chang Tsung Hsiang, on Friday
presented to the Japanese foreign
minister, Vicsount Motono, a note
protesting against the understanding
arrived at between Japan and the
United States in regard to China.
The Japanese-American agreement
has been received here with satisfac
tion, but without enthusiasm. The
announcement caused a decline in the
market, possibly because no mention
was made of economic affairs in the
notes exchanged. The press as a
whole expresses approval on the
ground that friction between Japan
and the United States will be ended.
The Japanese Times says the name
of Secretary Lansing wijl mark an
epoch and will command the highest
respect in Japan on account of his ef
forts in bringing about agreement.
There are numerous reports of
China's anxiety over the Japanese
American notes. The Asahi Shimbun
replies to China's protest by saying j
that Japan has spent blood and money
to prevent the absorption of China by
a 6trong neighbor.
First Americans Wounded in
War Cited in Fjench Dispatch
American Training Camp in France,
Nov. 12. The first American officer
and private wounded in the war have
been mentioned in French dispatches
and presented with citations. The of
ficer is a signal corps lieutenant of
Burlington, Vt., who was the first
casualty.
The soldier was wounded in a raid
on October 29 by a slidl splinter.
The citadons say that both men were
wounded while working in a trench
under enemy observation and they
are respectively the first officer and
soldier of the American forces "to
shed blood on the soil of France for
right, justice and liberty."
Creates $100,000 Fund to
Educate U. S. on Mexicans
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 12. Cre
ation of a fund of $100,000 by Edward
L. Doheny, an oil capitalist of Los
Angeles, to be spent in an investiga
tion of conditions in Mexico so that
Americans may become familiar with
the true situation in that country,
was announced today at the Univer
sity of California at Berkeley.
The investigation, according to Dr.
George W. Scott of the university, is
to be made by a committee of 28 ex
perts in economic and social condi
tions. Among institutions to be repre
sented on the committee are Harvard,
University of Wisconsin, Lmyersitv
of Minnesota, Princeton, Occidental
college, Los Angeles, Le and Stan
ford, Jr., university and the Lnivcr- k
sitv of California.
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Jttit a few of the many dishes which are
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by the use of Eagle Brand.
We have a booklet "Borden's Recipes" which
tells you how to use "the milk that saves the
sugar" in many new and appetizing way's. It
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