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BRITISH AIRMEN
PAY TRIBUTE TO
INTREPID TEUTOM
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Impressive - Funeral Services
field for Baron Richthofen;
Wreath Inscribed "Valiant
! and Worthy Foe.
(By dMls(d Trow.)
.With the British Army in France,
April 23. A Urge number of British
fighting men and aviation officers,
at well as Americans stationed at an
adrome nearby; attended the burial
jfsterday of Captain Baron von Rich
' thofen, who was laid away in the
ffaveyard of a little hamlet near
ailly le Sac, where he was slftrt down
in in aerial combat Sunday. It was
ra impressive funeral, worthy of the
greatest aviator yet produced by the
centrat powers. No finer rite could
have been' performed had it been the
premier allied pilot who lost his life,
instead of this, intrepid German whom
all honored. '
,The thoughts of those who, stood
at the grave while the army chaplain
read the beautiful Church of Eng
. land service were expressed in an
Inscription on one rof the floral
wreaths "A Vailant and Worthy
. Fpe." ' '
' Airplanes Circle Over Grave.
One particularly striking touch was
added to the ceremony. As the chap
lain t oak his place by the grave,, a
squadron Of British airplanes came
, circling from all directions and
' throughout the service wheeled over
the graveyard at a low altitude, their
droning engines furnishing an ac
' companimcnt to the words of the
tfergyman. . -
.Captain von Richthofen died fight
ing in the air, as he undoubtedly
would have chosen to do had he
kdown he was fated 'to fall.
ahe captain, with his "flying.circus"
of; more than 20 followers, came flying
toward the British lines near Sailly le
Sac, on the Somme, at about noon
Sunday. The Germans were seeking
British prey, which they hoped to
surround and finish off when the" ill
. fated airmen had no way of escape.
Al they seared the fighting front
f. they encountered two British air
planes. Captain von Richthofen for
sane reason separated himself from
hti followers and started on a furious
. pursuit .of these machines.
- Meanwhilq a score of other British
planes came swirling up and engaged
' the Germans.4 The captain kept after
hi man and attempted to out
mineuvre him. The British , plane
winch was accompanying the one un
deV attack got above the German.
Tie three machines raced toward the
British lines, their guns chattering
lilee mad, They kept getting Jower
unHil at last, when they were about
50 yarda back of the British trenches,
- thiey were only a few hundred feet in
. th air. Meanwhile the other Ger
man machines.'Were.i fighting the Brit-
, hi squadron' more' than three miles
avyay. r ' - -
Shot' THrough Heart t
Machine 'guns and rifles on the
ground came into action against Cap
Urn von Richthofen, who also was
being fired at by at least one of his
dftrersaries in the air. Suddenly his
macnine turneo Its nose downward
aijJ crashed to the earth. Examina
tion later showed that the German
. pilot had a bullet through the heart.
The spot where he fell was under
the observation of German gunners,
who had been watching the conflict
and knew Captain von Fichthofen was
down. : .They immediately placed a
heavy barrage around the fallen ma
chine, A British soldier crawled out
to it and found the aviator dead, still
sitting in the seat of the machine
which was smashed into a thousand
pieces. ,i , t
The captain was flying without a
uuiform. lie had an aviator's outfit
over his nndergarments. There were
no badges of tank, but a pilot's license
found in his pocket gave all the essen-
. tial facts about this 25-year-old
, wonder.
Mechanics of an aviation squadron
constructed a coffin on which they
placed a plate giving the aviator's
1 name, rank and other data. The body
1 waa carried on a motor car with
which marched the firing squad and
many officers and men. Six British
aerial officers acted as pallbearers.
Red Cross Hogs Bred at
" Grinned, Set Ntw Record
Chicago, April 23. Red Cross hogs
a new breed evolved by 72 farmers
of Grinnell, la, topped the Chicago
market today and set a new record
price of $18.50 per hundred. The 72
farmers donated a hoar anloce and
made up a carload that reached Chi--$o
today.
The Weather
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warmer in west portion; Thursday
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Bluffs Would Wrest Transfer
Of Mail From Omaha Terminals
Omaha terminal committee, a gov
ernment organization, the personnel
of which i8,General Managers Jeffers
of the Union Pacific, Walters of the
Northwestern and Holdrege of the
Burlington, is being bombarded with
petitions by the Council Bluffs Com
mercial club.
Council Bluffs people are seeking
to have the transfer of mail and ex
press made at the old Council Bluffs
transfer, instead of at the Union and
Burlington stations in Omaha, While
the petitions of the Council Bluffs
Commercial club may go for naught,
it is possible that the change of the
point of transfer may be made.
Member's of the Omaha terminal
committee assert that petitions and
protests, while they will be consid
ered, will not have any weight in
bringing about a decision. The whole
proposition is up to the committee,
and if the members find that it is
more economical and the public can
be better served by making the trans
fer in Council Bluffs instead of in
Omaha, the order will issue.
Ancient Cruisers
, Sunk in Channels
To Block Passage
(Continued From Pace . One.)
iliaries, was to run alongside the mole
and attack it with gunfire as they ap
proached. Storming and demolition
parties were to be landed. Meantime,
three block ships, assisted by motor
boats, were to make for the entrance
to i the canal, run auround and be
blown up. Two old and valueless sub
marines, tilled witn explosives, were
to run against the pile work connect-
f ... . . : . l- . t. -1 Aa.Il .
order to cut off the nfolc from the
shore.,
mtr in mifinnrr wilii mc anuic. iji
"At Ostend the operation was more
simple, but the difficulties were con
siderably increased by mist, rain ad
low visibility and the consequent ab
scehce of aerial co-operation. '
' Block Ships Sunk.
"The results thus far are known to
be that two block ships were run
ashore and blown up at Ostend. It is
too early to say definitely whether
they accomplished their object, but so
far a the offensive could see in the
darkness they were slightly off the
course. At Zeebrugge, two of three
block ships attained their objective,
being sunk or blown up at the en
trance of the canal. The j third
grounded while passing in.
"A certain amount of damage, at
present unknown, was done by gun
lire and torpedo attack on an enemy
destroyer and other craft lying at the
mole. Costal motor boats report hav
ing torpedoed an enemy destroyer,
which was trying to escape seaward.
One of the two oldubmarines gained
its objective and destroyed the piling
approach to the mole.
Attack tinder Heavy Fire.
"The sprming parties from the Vin
dictive and the ferry boats attacked
under ,an extremely heavy fire and
fought With the greatest gallantry,
maintaining their position alongside
the mole for an hour and causing, it is
believed, much damage to the enemy
and inflicting considerable losses.
The objectives for the storming and
demolition, parties on the mole were
the enemy forces holding it. and the
battery upon it. as well as the de
stroyer and submarine depots and the
large seaplane base upon it.
"After re-embarking their landing
parties the aforesaid three vessels
withdrew. Their attack orimarilv was
intended to engage the garrison of
the mole, thereby allowing the block
ships to enter the harbor.
"Up to date the British Josses re
ported are one destroyer sunk by
gunnre and two costal motor boats
and two launches missine.
AVe have sufficient information to
show that the entrance to the Bruges
canal probably was effectively
blocked, that material damage was
done and that the greatest credit is
due to all ranks for their gallantry."
The ports of Ostend and Zeebrugge,
on the Belgian coast, are the prin
cipal bases fo the operations of the
submarines in fheir campaign against
nipping in tne worm sea ana ling
lish channel. They are of great im
portance to the Germans for this ijur
pose, and it has beei. recognized by
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CLlcjjo fU.Uv & Cr..teni-rub:ithera. .
Years ago Council Bluffs was the
point where the transfer of mail and
express from one train to another
was made. Subsequently after the
Omaha and Chicago roads perfected
a lease with the Union Pacific so that
their trains were run over the bridge
and brought to this side of the river,
the point of transfer was brought
to the Omaha stations.
Should the point of transfer be
Changed, the change would affect
something like 50 mail and express
handlers. To be closer to their work,
they would have to lire in Council
Bluffs. t ' e-
While none of the members cf the
Omaha terminal committee have ex
pressed an opinion relative what their
action wilt be in favoring or oppos
ing a change, they assert that making
the transfer in Council Bluffs would
relieve to a great extend the conges
tion a the Union and Burlington. sta
tions in Omaha. Here the trains from
both directions are held on the tracks
of the passenger yards, frequently de
laying trains that are made up and
ready to start out on their runs.
the allies that to deprive the enemy
of them would be one of the most
effective means of dealing with the
submarine. '
An attack on these ports by the
British fleet has been urged, but the
British naval authorities apparently
regard " the - land defenses as too
strong to make this practicablei
Various measures have been adopted
to destroy German submarines on en
tering or leaving these ports. Field
Marshal Ilaig's offensive in Flanders
last summer was generally believed
to have as one of its main objectives
the bending back of the German
northern flank so as to deprive the
enemy of these two points.
Great Arizona Copper
Concern in Court's Hands
KTew York, April 23. An equity re
ceiver for the Gila Copper Sulphide
company, a $2,500,000 corporation,
owning 1,500 acres uf coal, iron and
copper land in Arizona, was ap
pointed today by United States Judge
rand;
The Gila company, reported to have
been financed by Benjamin P. Cheney
of Boston, husbaqd of Julia Arthur,
actress, is said to "have defaulted in
the payment of $680,000 on mortgage
bonds which matured April 1. In the
suit in equity, brought by the London
Arizona Consolidated Copper com
pany, it was alleged that on account
'of the unprecedented financial con
ditions caused by the war, it will be
impossible for the defendant to bor
row the amounts necessary fox re
financing." Bolshevik Minister Asks
. Explanation From Berlin
London. Aoril 23. A Russian wire
less dispatch received here tonight
says!
"All attempts, direct and through'
tne intermediary ot the Oerman gov
ernment, to open peace negotiation
at Smolensk between Russia and the
Kiev rada having failed, M. Tchitch
erin, the bolshevik foreign minister
has wired Berlin asking whether the
delay means that Germany has de
cided to renounce the fulfillment of
the clause in the Brest-Litovsk treaty
which provided that Russia should
conclude an immediate peace with the
central rada."
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PURPOSE 'OF RAID
. ON GERMAN BASES
(Continued From Face One.)
terprise that demonstrated the high
spirit of the allied naval forces and
the eagerness of officers and men to
get into the fight. The operation is
the most daring attempted by the
allied sea forces during the war and
the fact that landing parties were suc
cessfully put ashore and the surviv
ors re-embarked in the face of Ger
man batteries and troops shows, offi
cers here say, that nothin sltouK
be viewed as impossible until it has
been tried out.
May Mine Coasts. "
Presumably the allied naval forces
now are preparing to mine the Bel
gian and German coasts thoroughly,
Backing up the mines with a guard of
heavy ships to beat off the German
fleet, should it come out, and with
numerous smaller craft to drive off
or destroy .mine sweepers that at
tempt to clear lanes for the U-boats.
The sinking of concrete laden ships
in the entrance to Zeebrugge canal
might shut in destroyers and U-boats
based there, and allied craft would
keep watch to prevent the removal of
the obstructions. If the channel was
not completely closed at the first at
tempt, further efforts are to be ex
pected. Some officers thought it probable
that the Germans had removed some
Of their shore batteries for the use
in the fighting in Flanders. .This
might have caused the allies to move
just at this time and account for the
boldness of the operations.
Since the- raief sjiotos the German
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coast defenses are not invulnerable, to
some officers this action is looked
upon as forecasting the possibility of
an attempt to force a landing in the
rear of the German line, thus turning
the flank of the. whole German posi
tion in Flanders. That possibility
has been discussed widely ever since
the deadlock of trench warfare began.
Morale of Allied Forces
Remains at Highest Pitch
With the British Army in France,
April 23. In touring virtually the
whole line from north to south, the
correspondent everywhere found a
feeling dt optimism.
Yesterday, as the shell-shaken town
of Villers-Bretonneux was reached, a
British military band in a camp not
far away struck up a smashing Ameri
can march. It was indicative of the
spirit of the men.
It may be said that the morale of
the allied forces remains at the high
est pitch. .
Despite the infantry inactivity there
has been little easing of the tension
tor everyone realizes that heavy fight
ing is impending.
Germans and Turks
Advancing in Russia
Moscow, April 23. The Germans
after the capture of Lakhti are mov
ing in the direction of Viborg. The
Finnish bolshevik government is eva
cuating Viborg.
London, April 23. A Turkjsh of
ficial communication issued April 22
and received here today says:
-We are fighting our way to Kars,
iif the Caucasus, and have occupied
Ozurgeti, 30 kilometers northeast of
Batum."
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