THE BEE: OMAHA; SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918. f
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REAL VICTORY IS
IMPOSSIBLE ON
. GAMBRAI FRONT
Initial Advantage Lay With
. Germans in Grand Offensive
launched Yesterday; Al
lies' Line WnT Hold, '
- By W. BEACH THOMAS.
'KWa CoCTMpoadcnt of Londoa Daily Mail.)
. London, March 22. (Special Cable
gram to Omaha Bee and New York
.Tribune.) The Germans are bucking
' an Iron wall at the point near Cam
bra!, where their offensive against
j&t British lines was started. ; '
i I am familiar with the ground over
hich this great battle is being fought
- It gives the Germans an initial ad
vantage, but the nature of the terrain
itt this point makes a real strategic
yictory impossible.
I November last I walked over a
great part of the front where the Ger
jnan offensive is opening and dis.
cussed its possibilities.
It presents some amazing features.
The base of the assault is a line run
ning irregularly along the ridges. The
trench system is provided with a deep
underground tunnel about 18 feet
below the surface. I walked up a
stretch of this near Croisilles, which is
south of Arras, and is one of the
places mentioned as under attack.'
'i ADVANTAGE WITH FOE.
If the enemy wishes to retake the
ground he more or less voluntarily
quitted last spring, he has a great in
itial advantage. He can probably con
ceal several divisions underground.
His back areas are well treed and
much built over. He has had a year
longer to dig trenches than the allies.,
He can see our concentration very
much morw easily than we can see his.
More than this, he is making his
drive at a part of the front which the
British have only recently taken over
from the French. A little farther
south he probably hopes to gain some
advantage from the weakness natural
to a point of junction, but in the past
the laison of the two nations has
proved itself to possess even double
strength.
REASON FOR POLICY.
It is easy enough to understand why
the tierman higher command, should
have changed the general Dplicy from
retreat to advance, The Rnssian
news explains that. But the tactics of
this particular battle are .rather less
obv(ous. . V : . . : '
i A local victory her, is probably
easier than anywhere else, in the line
because our defenses are less well!
concealed, our gun positions more ex
posed, and more trench systems,!
newer and therefore less elaborate.
' If the enemy needs a victory for his
newspapers and for Austrian circul
ation, the place is well selected. But
the whole allied line will not bend.
4 H he wants a real strategic victory
ind a deep advance, his difficulties will
Ueeome "a thing imagination boggles
at" when, if ever, he reaches the old
battlefield of the Somme.
Box Collections of Women ';
Svtfell Armenian Fund
i Box collections Iniade by the women
of the Armenian-Syrian relief com
mittee, together with additional
pledges by the women's committee,
now total $6,000. The total fund has
passed the $38,000 mark. on the way
to. the goal of $45,000, Omaha's quota
for Armenian-Syrian' relief. ; ,
A pledge of $60 a year saves a life
for one year. Mrs. W. E. Rhoades re
ports the following pledges among
the women of Omaha to save a life
each for a year: V, ,.'.,.
) Mrs. J. A. Sunderland,' Mrs. Fred
E. How, Mrs. Lee Huff, Mrs. C. M.
Wilhelm, Mrs. FranJ Carpentert Mrs.
A.J. Kearney, Mrs. Robert Trimble,
Mrs. Charles Gould, Mrs. J.T.Stewart
id. Mrs. Walter Head. Mrs. W. J.
Jlynes, Mrs. Charles Offutt, Mrs. Ed
George, Mr. and Mrs. George Wilcox,
Mrs. WV W, Hoagland, Mrs. Jennie
Snence, Mrs. Sam Rees Jr, Mrs..E, T.
fanning and Mrs, W. E. Rhoades.,,,
The following are pledged to save
I life for six months: -i
Mrs. Willis Todd, Mrs. H. B.
Lemere, Mrs. V. E Shepard, Mrs.
. W. H. Bradburv. MtW. A. Lansan.
Mrs. F. R. Hoagland. Mrs. VV.. IL
He'rdman and Mrs. E. E. Reams.
Mrs. Rhoades is ' continuing her
.work of saving these lives and is ex
pecting a numbertf further responses
by telephone and. otherwise.
Obituary
DONALD JtEIM, t-month-old son
or Frank Reim, 4333 North Forty
Orst street, died Thursday night. The
body will be taken to'Sorenvllle for
' burial '
HANS C. AUTZEN, 89 years old
died at hts home two miles north ot
Florence Thumday niRht. He la ur
vived by his widow. Funeral services
will be held Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock. - .. :..
MRS. MARGARET JWORE. 5
years old, died at her home, 602 South
Eighteenth street, Thursday night, i
Bhe has been a. resident ot Omaha for
the last 80 years. She Is survived by !
: two aona and three daughters. ' i
MRS. VESTA E. MORSE, 24 years
ield, died at ' her "home, 2033 Ohio
street, Thursday night. She is sur
vived by, her husband, W. R. Morse,"
and an infant daughter. Funsi-ai erv
ices will be held at the home Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. '
DOROTHY, MILLER., 2, years old,
daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Frank L.
Miller, 27H Camden avenue; died of
diphtheria 'Tuesday - night Funeral
services were held at the home at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon. Interment
was In Fort Lawn cemetery. .
KENNETH - BORCHERINA, 14
years old, died' at the home of his
oarentfl - Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Borcher-
Ina, J044 Curtis avenue, Thursday
( night He is survived by his parents
, and two, brothers and .four slstera
1 .Funeral-services will be held in the
Trinity Methodist church Sunday aft-
; eriKfon at 2 o'clock. Tne oy bcouis,
; of which he was a member, will at
" tend In a body.. .,'
MATTHEW M. RAT, I years old.
idled at his home, 4333 Laurel avenue,
' Thursday night. He has been a. resi-
.-' dent of Nebraska for 38 years, moving
to Omaha from Schuyler 22 years a so.
He was employed by the McCague In
vestment company as a mason. He is
survived by bis widow and eight chll
dren. Funeral services will be held
at the Cole-McKay parlors Saturday
4' afternoon at 2 o clock.
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.-.Persistent Advertising Jis the load
DESTINY Of MILLIONS HINGES
ON RESULT OF GREAT BATTLE
I (By Associated Proa.) . '
' Exactly 25 months after the Germans began the historic battle of
Verdun, the thunder of their guns deepened into a tempest of jire along
"the British front in Northern France, and they began what may be the
greatest battle of the war, a struggle which may lead to results which
will shape the destinies of millions of people over coming centuries.
The attack was made on a scale hitherto unknown during this waf '
of major offensives. It was over a front of 50 miles. Official reports
are very brief, but correspondents at the scene tell of the terrific storm
of artillery fire that burst over the lines held by Field General Haig's
men.
The bombardment began at 5 c'clock Thursday morning Just
before the early spring dawn was breaking 'over eastern France. Shells
of large and small calibers, were rained upon lines held by the British
about five hours. Then German infantry stormed out to make the first
great assault-.The Germans, favored by the wind, moved forward under
cover of a pall of smoke, which hid the assaulting columns from the eyes
of the British holding the front lines. - ;'
Describing the battle, Andrew Bonar Law informed the House of
Commons that lightly held portions of the British line had been with
drawn, but said that there was no need for alarm on the part of the
country. The Associated Press correspondent at the British front re
ports that an attack there had been expected, and that great prepa
rations had been made to meet it. The Berlin official reports say that ,
the Germans have penetrated some British positions.
Nor were the German efforts concentrated on the front held by the '.
British. Early Thursday morning the Germans assaulted the French
lines near the village of Ornes, to the northwest of Verdun, and claim
to have penetrated a considerable distance. Near Rheims, too, the
, French were subject to assaults, but here the artillery bore the burden
of the fighting.' " , '
The atacks a Verdun and Rheims, however, may be considered for
the time being as mere diversions to the principal attack which has been .
loosed against the British. They would serve to keep French forces at -Verdun
and Rheims, from being transferred to the British sector, if that
part of the battle line should show any suggestions of bending back.
Nothing has been, reported as to attacks on the lines held by the'
Americans. It has been expected that the Germans would make an as- ''
sault on the American held trenches in the Lorraine and Toul sectors, i
acting on the theory that troops which "have not had experience in en
gagements of the first degree might be found easier than veterans. That
such an attack may yet be launched, and with only slight artillery prep
aration, is within the possibilities. . .
Long Ambulance
Lines Ready for
Injured Tommies
London, March 22. Long
lines of ambulances began form
ing at the Charing Cross rail-,
way station early this morning
to receive wounded men from
channel port trains, i -
-- Scenes not unlike those dur
, ing the battle - of, the Somme -"
were enacted, the line ot am
bulancea stretching away from
the station for four city blocks.'
Only small groups of night
workers and railroad employes
greeted the first arrivals from .
the front.
GERMANY HAY
INVOLVE DUTCH IN
GREAT-CONFLICT
Dispatches From The Hague
Indicate" That Situation Is
Tense as Result of Seizure
of Ships by Allies.
- , (By Auotlatcd Preii.) ' H , . ,
London. Hlarch 22. Dispatches
from Tlie Hague report that a local
news aeency says that Germany con-
eiders her relations with Holland al
tered by the attitude of the Dutch
government toward the entente and
the United States and publishes a re
port that the "abandonment by the
Dutch government of the remaining
restrictive clauses in its shipping loan
terms would be regarded by Germany
as cause for war. ' -
Although officials -declined tonight
to put an;' definite interpretation on
dispatches from The, Hague; purport
ing to outline Germany's. attitude to
ward Holland, it was pointed out that
the Dutch government under German
threats' had' rejected the British-
American shipping demands. The be
lief was general here, however, that
the requisitioning of Dutch ships in
American and 'British waters would
result in German reprisals upon Hol-
landrand that unrestricted submarine
warfare would be extended to the
Dutch zone.
i i .
Burwell City Election. ,
. Burwell. Neb.'. March 21. (Special.)
The village election this year will
be along party lines. The democrats
have nominated U. r, itennicn, A.,f .
Weber and C. D. Richer, the latter
two being present incumbents. The
renuDiicans nave i nominated u. r.
Hennich, Z. C. Harris and R. A. Reed.
There does not anoear to be any sne
cial issue exceot the licensing ot pool
halls and a city light plant, but the
. . r i . . i . 1
candidates are not pieugea to anyipar
ticular policy. -. ' -
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look for this cause. Ths diet may Have to be
changed, but before good can result from it,
the bowels must be moved;
The mother has the choice of many medi
cinescathartics, purgatives, bitter-waters,
pills, physics, etc. But the little body
doesn't need such harsh remedies for they
wrench the system and do only temporary
good so often followed by anv unpleasant
, reaction. . -.
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WOMEN THREATEN
TO LYNCH-ATTORNEY
f Bailiff Called on to Disperse
Crowd of Angry Women Who
Resented Treatment of ,
; , '. Mrs Smith. "
A group of irate women, who had
been attending a suit involving the
degree of honor of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, threatened o
lynch Frank D. Weaver, an attorney,
in the corner outside of Judge Day's
court roorri, Thursday afternoon. No
violence was done Mr. Weaver, but
the court bailiff, to prevent possible
trouble, dispersed the crowd.
.The disturbance was the result of
a wordy tangle before Judge Day
over the custody of Geraldine Smith,
2-year-old daughter of John O. and
Agnes Smith. -:'
'The Smiths wert divorced , in No
vember, 1917, and the care of the child
awarded to Mrs. Smith, with the
provision that she live with the child
at the home' of Mrs. Agnes Ambler,
2808 South Twenty-second avenue.
Could Not Agree.'
But Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Ambler
could not agree, and on January 29,
a subsequent order was issued by the
court allowing Mrs. Smith to take The
child and find another place of abode.
When she 'requested the child from
Mrs. Ambler her request was refused,
she declared.
The cause was being aired (in court
Thursday when 'the , fight started,
Judge Day continued the case until
April I to allow Mr. Smith an oppor
tunity to obtain witnesses. When
Mrs. Ambler left the court room,
with-Geraldine in her arms, the
mother tried to rest the baby from
her. Mr. Weaver interfered and
pushed the woman aside, whereupon
the women bystanders took a hand
and, threatened violence.
Judge Day ordered Mrs. Smith to
restrain herself until the date of final
hearing.' and she departed from the
room, sobbing. '
Would Take Liberty Bell
"v On Tour to Assist Loan
Philadelphia, March 22. A resolu
tion authorizing the remoVal of the
Liberty bell from Independence hall,,
to be taken on a tour of the country
in the interest of the next Liberty
loan, was introduced in city councils
tdday. It was unanimously adopted
by common council, but was referred
to the finance committee in .select
council after it w made "known that
there i; n; application to pay for the
transportation of the relic, s
" jirs. Garfield Buried.
.. Cleveland, O.,' March 2L Funeral
services for Mrs. Lucretia R. Gar
field, widow of ,the late : President
James A. Garfield, were held here
today. ; i
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thousands of mothers have used successfully
' for baby's constipation and its accompany
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leasnesa, sleeplessness, etc. ' ; .
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for herself, and it is especially important that '"
she be free from constipation. - '
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HUNS BUY UP.PAPERS
OYER SWITZERLAND
News From Neutral or Allied
Countries Misconstrued to
Aid German Cause in ,
Little Bepublic.
(By dMoclatod Frew.) '
Berne, Nov. 8. Probably at no.iime
since the war began has German
propaganda been more aggressively
active in Switzerland than at the pres-
ent .
Those Yfk6 arc following the Ger
man campaign declare that uncounted
millions are being spent, and that
the expenditures have been increased
since the day, not so very many
months ago, when xounter efforts
were ; begun counter . efforts that
with a comparatively Insignificant
amount of money have accomplished
wonders by their tact and clever
ness. ' -
The.German propaganda is qperated
in a score of ways, but the chief
method is the presentation of the Ger
man viewpoint and German news in
the papers, but because it is clumsy
ft is vastly less effective than the
outlay should warrant. In brief, Ger
many. has tried and is trying to in
fluence Swiss public opinion as if the
Swiss people could clearly understand
the German way of thinking.
As the basis ojJts propaganda work
here Germany acquired a number of
newspapers in Switzerland several in
the. German language and one pub
lished in French,, the latter now under
suspension. Similarly, the "Swiss" pa
pers in the German language are quite
as abiousiy German . as the. Berlin
Lokal Anzciger or the Cologne Gaz
ette, execept that they are immeasur-
lably less able.
Distribute Colored News. ;
, The Germans acquired or started a
whole series of news agencies through
which to distribute their news. Soon,
however, these agencies added an
other and vastly more important func
tion, -that of collecting and transmit
ting news from countries at war with
Germany news, however, carefully
colored if not actually distorted.- It
was in this direction that the German
propaganda began to be dangerously
effective. ..
While German newspapermen them
selves could only roost along the Ital
ian border at Lugano, and the French
at Geneva, and transmit colored news
from Italian and French -newspapers
to Germany, the neutral Swiss cor
respondents of ,the so-called "Swiss"
agencies had free access to Italy and
France. They carefully chose all the
misleading, even though technically
accurate, news they could squeeze by
the censor. If a -sensational and un
influential deputy, in ;th'e. French or
Italian Chamber makes an attack on
the government, it is faithfully flashed
to Switzerland; if a score of women in
Rome throw stones during a protest
meeting, Switzerland hears of the
"rioting", that is gravely menacing the
established order it. Italy.
With America's entry into the war
the agencies went a step farther and
rendered another important service to
Germany, distorted news from the
United States. .Again and again the
reliable, the genuinely Swiss journals,
issued denials or published the cor
rect news.- The first effect was not to
be corrected by later stories.
lmbargo' Used as Arguments, ,
The general trend of this American
news concerns the embargo and Am
erica's intentions toward Switzerland.
Every storj in a list that would fill
a scrap book tended to show that the
United $tates hag the intention - of
starving its little sister republic. Not
even an announcement by Switzer
land's president that from authentic
reports he knew that food was under
way or soon to start could offset the
effect of the first stories. And they
had meantime gone to Germany and
were foil -wed. by sympathetic editor
ials in German papers popular her"V
commiserating with Switzerland i.
its struggle against Yankee oppres
sion, r , ,
A third propaganda method which
began early-to operate and, still flour
ishes, is that of "literature" that Is
distributed by the ton. Switzerland is
flooded with it, and the protests that
have been raised have come in a sur
prising number of cases from Gerftian
Switzerland. The procedure is "echt
deutsch." It is one that has been fol
lowed in Holland, in Scandinavia, In
all the neutral countries since the be
ginning of the war.
Austrians More Clever.
, Vastly more effective and clever
has been the Austrian propaganda In
Swizterland. Shortly after the open
ing of the war two influential and
clever newspapermen one - an Aus
trian from Vienna,' the other a Hun
garian from Budapest both of whom
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TILLMAN TO RUN AGAIN FOR
SEAT IN SENATE.
W (- v
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ntf '1H.il 1 rf: i
mm
Senatof Tillman of South Carolina,
veteran democrat and chairman of the
naval committee, has announced his
candidacy for a fifth term. He said the
entrance of the United States into the
war had changed the situation since
his announcement he would not seek
to succeed himself.
operated ews bureaus in their re
spective cities, were commissioned by
the Austrc-Hunirarian government to
establish a seemingly neutral bureau
in Zurich that should have connections
in other neutral as well as enemy
countries. They were careful never to
send it the ordinary -German brand of
"propaganda" news. The bureau was
successful and is today. It established
connections in Holland, in-Rome and
is able to place a comparatively large
quantity of news which is the more
effective because it a not too obvious-
ly Austrian in character. It encourag
es the rather lively sympathy that ex
ists for Austria and will always carry
a story tending to show that Austro-
tlungary is not really an autocratic
monarchy but rather a collection of
free peoples voluntarily bound to
gether into one nation and fighting
bravely an uohill battle that was nnt
of their choosing.
Omaha Wants Full Credit-
u For War Work Donations
Omaha wants full credit for the sub
scriptions to war work funds made
py organizations and individuals in
Omaha. To-this end. th- rhamW
of Commerce will, write a letter to
every large corporation in the coun
try, having a branch in Omaha, and
ask that when subscriptions are made
by such corporations to a war work
fund of any kind, that Omaha mana-
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Chinese Troops on Frontier ,
; Rob Russians; AicTfleds
Harbin, March 21. It is reported
that Chinese troops on the Man
churian frontier are robbing Russians
and fraternizing with the bolsheviki.
It is aJle&ed by observers that west
ern Siberia is already economically
under Ge'rman control. Omsk banks,
shops, newspapers and public utili
ties are under German influence. Ger
man prisoners serve on spviets anft
municipal committees and are able to
travel about freely. They are holding
reunions and regaining the confidence
of the peple. ,
There has been a marked rise in
the value of the ruble in prospect of
Japanese intervention. Banks are com
pelled tx purchase rubles in Japan,
where they havo, been cornered.
Howell and Mullen y
On Way Home from East
(From s Staff Corns Jfcndent. )
Wasbington, March 22. CSpecial
Tejegram.) Democratic National
Committeeman Arthur Mullen left for
Omaha today with R. BeeCh,er How
ell. Senator , Hitchcock suggests
that their presence might be con
strued to mean a coalition of the dem
ocratic and republican parties in Ne
braska, if he- did not know other
wise. Ua S. Wants Fifty Expert
Watch Makers in France
New York, March 22. Fifty expert
watchmakers are needed for immedi
ate service in France in the air service
repair department, according to a call
slent out today b Commander Grady,
inspector of the eastern department of
the navy. First class ratings will be j
given men accepted for service. '
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CZAR NICHOLAS
HAD 80,000 SPIES
All Are .Being Hunted Down
and Sent to Jail to Await
Trial by Provisional
; .' Government.
(Correspondence of The AaaoclateONfre!..)
Petrograd, March 22.-Thirly-three
long lists of spies, informers and
agents provocateurs m jx-Emperor
Nicholas pay have been published
by the commission for' securing the
new system of government apppinted
by the provisional government im
mediately after the revolution. Fifty
more lists may be expected. The,
total number of these secret legion-"
aries of autocracy is expected to
reach 80.000. Those whose guilt is
beyond doubt have been put in jail;
but it is not yet settled whether they
will be tried and punished or merely
kept (in jail until the peril, of a reac
tionary colinttr revolution has passed. ,
As1 revealed by these iuquiries, au
tocracy's spies and informers were Z
much less picturesque and romantic
than they appear in the typical "ni
hilist novel. 'Most belonged to the
more intelligent working class or to
the minor bourgeoisie. They were
paid badly, the average wage for or
ganizing political crime or betraying
accomplices being $20 a month. The
spies were usuallyonstructed to be
come members of secret revolution
ary or terrorists' organizations.
Good Thins for Shoes. ' '
When your shoe leather gets dry or hard
you should oil or grease It, says the Populat
Science Monthly. To d this, first brusr
off all mud and then wash the shoe in wane
water, drying It with a, soft cloth.
While the shoe It still wet apply the oil
or grease, rubbing it in with a swab ot
wool, or,., batter still, with the palm of the
hand. After treatment the stales should be
left to dry in a warm, but not In a hot.
place. Castor oil is recommended for (hoes
that, are to be polished. For plainer foot
gear fish oil and oleine, or any one ot the
loss expensive oils, may be substituted with
very good results. r
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