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The Omaha Sunday Bee
VOL. XLVII NO." 61.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 2. 1918. 5 SECTIONS 42 PAGES
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GERMANS MAKE
SMALL GAINS IN
HEAVY
French Troop Offer Strorfg Resistance Between Oise and
Marne, Inflicting Large Losses and Yielding Ground
Only Where Numerically Overwhelmed;
Fighting Violent Along the Ourcq
' (By Associated Press.)
Paris, June 1. Heavy attacks by the Germans are re
ported in the war office announcement tonight. The French
troops offered strong resistance, inflicting heavy losses on the
- enemy and giving ground only where they were opposed by
overwhelming numbers.
The text of the statement reads:
"The day was marked by a series of powerful attacks
by the Germans along the -whole front comprised between the
Oise and the Marne. Our troops, after alternate advances and
withdrawals, have given no ground except before forces su
perior in number, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy.
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"Between the Oise and the Aisne
we withdrew our positions to the
northern outskirts, of Carlepo.nt wood
tnd on the heights west of Audigni
court, as far as Fontenoy. '
"All the enemy attempts west and
south of Soissons, as far as north of
Vierzy, were in vain.
"Further to the south the battle has
taken on a character of particular
violence on both sides of the Ourcq.
The enemy is master of Chouy and
Neuilly-St. Front.
"Our troops are maintaining the
battle on the line of Villeres-Nelon,
Fatiroy. Priez, Monthiers and Etre
p illy. We hold Chateau Thierry.
" Enemy Held at Marne.
"On the north bank of the Marne
there is no change. On our right, in
the region of the road between Door
mans and Rheims, we have main
tained our positions, notably north of
V i)-en-Ti,'lcnois, ..notwitbAtanditig
the contmVJ.1 pressure 6T the enemy.
The situation remains the same north
and northwest of Rheims. Southeast
of that town a violent enemy attack,
supported by tanks, drove us mo
mentarily from Fort Pompelle on
the railroad, but an immediate counter
attack by our troops regained the fort
and re-established our positions en
tirely. We took more than 200 pris
oners and four tanks.
Allied Airmen Force Fighting.
"On May -31 aerial fighting con
tinued along the battle front. Our air
men attacked with their usual dash
enemy airplanes, 23 of which were
brought down and 14 gravely dam
aged.. Enemy captive balloons were
harassed without respite, being forced
frequently to make landings. Their
observation' work has been consider
ably interfered with and six of them
were destroyed. Our observers have
never ceased to mark out the enemy
lines and send information to the com
manders watching- enemy movements.
They have carried out reconnaissances
day and night as far as Vervins,
Guise, LeCateau and Hirson. .
t "Finally, in the entire battle zone
our escadrilles have employed their
-machine guns against German troops
on the march, inflicting serious
losses."
Germans Report Gains.
Berlin (Via London,), June 1.
"South of the Oise," says the official
report from German headquarters to
day "southwest of Chauny, the troops
of General Hoffman and General von
Francois threw the enemy out of
strong positions near Cuts and south
of Blerancourt. "
"From the northern bank of the
Aisne we advanced, amid violent local
fighting as far as Nouvron and Fon
tenoy. "Desperate counter attacks were de
livered by the French with fresh divi
sions, -which were brought up by
railway and motor cars, against the
iroops advancing across the Soissons
Hartennes road. In the evening bitter
nghting was decided in our favor.
"We, pursued the retreating enemy
is far as the heights to the east of
Chaudun, Vierry and Blanzy.
- "On both sides of the Ourcq river
we have crossed the Soissons-Chateau
Thierry road and, again and again
breaking the enemy's resistance, have
reached the heights of Meuilly and
north of Chateau Thierry. Between
Chateau Thierry and east of Door-.-nans
we have reached the Marne.
From the Marne to west of Rheims
we fought our way toward the Ver
aeual, Olizy, Sarcy, Champagny line.
"Yesterday's fighting again resulted
'n the bringing in of several thousand
orisoners and rich booty. In the last
two days we have shot down 36 en
emy airplanes.
"The artillery battle revived fre
luently. Local attacks by the enemy
touth of Ypres failed."
ALL SAVED WHEN
LINCOLN SUNK, IS
LONDON REPORT
London, June 1. Such fragmentary
details as have been received have
. reassured the American authorities in
London that the destroyers were able
to pick up nearly all who survived
the explosion of the torpedo when the
stearashio President Lincoln, was
sunlf- "A .; -' t
ATTACKS
LYNCH HELD
UNDER MANN
ACT CHARGE
Ex-County Commissioner In
dicted in Connection With
Mary Lovell; Bills Include
Espionage Violations.
To cap, the climax of his sea of
troubles, former County Commis
sioner
ousted
"Johnny" Lynch, recently
from; office, habeej indicted
JOHN LYNCH.
by the federal grand jury for viola
tion of the Mann act.
The true bill returned contains
nine counts and charges him with
transporting Mary Lavelle Benefiel,
better known as Florence Dean,
from Omaha to Kansas City, ia vio
lation of the federal statute. Novem
ber 15, 1916, is the date specified in
the indictment.
The woman in the case, it is said,
was formerly employed by Lynch as
switch board operator at the court
house and the party going to Kansas
City . included Johnny Ford of the
notorious Lake Side resort.
Lynch's friends declare he will en
deavor to prove that he did not pay
the traveling expenses of his com
(Continned on Tage Twelve, Column One.)
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The Big Drive in May
In Omaha, The Bee made by far the greatest
gain in total display advertising during the
month of May.
Here's the Score in Inches-
(WarfieM Adv. Agenry measurements for 1917
Haynea Adv. Company measurement for 1918.
; 1917. 1918.
Bee . . . a .28306 33363
World-Herald 35496 ' 34630
- News V. 28537 32776
Bee Gain .5057 Inches
World-Herald Loss. 866 Inches
News Gain 4239 Inches
Keep Your Eye on The Bee
. " I . .(Improving Every Day.it . ,
HOW GERMAN PERFIDY
USED RED CROSS MONEY
FOR ENEMY PROPAGANDA
Draft Sent. Bernstorff for
Relief of Sufferers Was
Turned Over to Dr. Dern
berg and Deposited to His
Own Account.
Wow Nebraskans of German
ancestry were imposed upon to
furnish money for German
propaganda in this country by
apealing to their sympathies in
the name of the German Red
Cross is illustrated by the draft
herewith facsimiled. j
The exposure of this fraud
was made last week up in j
Knox county through Editor;
W. H. Needham s Bloomfield
Monitor.
The money for the draft was
subscribed by Germans living
in Knox county for Red Cross
work in Germany during 1915,
and the publication recently of
the evidence that the money
instead of being sent across the
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ocean was turned over to me
chief of German propaganda
in this country, Dr. Dernburg,
for purposes entirely reverse to
Red Cross relief in Germany,
was a shock to many of the
contributors.
Origin of "That" Draft.
Mayor William H. Harm of Bloom
field, upon request of Editor Need
ham, furnished the original cancelled
draft for The Bee.
"Enclosed we hand you photo
graphic copy"6f draft for $829.75
which was sent to Johan von Bern
storff, German ambassador, Jan
uary 11, 1915. This money was
collected from the people of Bloom
field and vicinity for th purpose of :
having it reach " the 'German Red
Cross for the relief of the widows
and orphans in Germany. At that
time Mr. von Bernstorff acknowl-
BRITISH AIRMEN
RAID WORKSHOPS
AT KARLSRUHE
Bombing Machines Cross Rhine
in Face of Strong Opposition
and Drop Many Tons of
Explosives.
(By Ansorlated Prem.)
London, June 1. Another air raid
on Karlsruhe has been made by Brit
ish air squadrons, according to the
official statement on aerial operations
isued tonight by the war office. The
statement reads:
"Our airplanes and balloons again
carried out much successful work yes
terday. During the morning our long
distance bombing machines crossed
the Rhine and in spite of strong op
position from enemy aircraft, dropped
over a ton of bombs on the station
and workshops at Karlsruhe. One
machine failed to return.
"Another group of our airplanes has
dropped a ton of bombs on the rail
way triangle of Metz-Sabolns with
good effect and without losses, i Dur
ing the course of the day 31 tons of
bombs were dropped on different tar
gets behind the enemy lines. .
Twenty Hun Machines Destroyed.
"Twenty German machines were de
stroyed in air fighting and six were
driven down out of control.! One
other hostile machine was shot down
by anti-aircraft fire. One of our ma
chines is missing.
"One German light bombing air
plane was brought down in flames
behind our lines."
Bernstorff s Cancelled Draft
and Endorsements on the Back
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m- 0 f
trJt 1HM T MUNDKCD rTWtNTr
TO X.VHOXAL RlRR RWK,
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edged receipt of the draft and said
he would forward it to the right
parties. This photo is sent in com
pliance with your request by wire
today to the Bloomfield Monitor.
"I also have in my possession
other drafts that have gone the
same way, one especially of $500
which was sent by the German In
surance company of Washington
county, December 5, 1914, through
the Citizens State bank, Blair, Neb.
This draft also is endorsed by J.
von Bernstorff to the order of Dr.
Dernburg. On September 20, 1915,
the same German insurance com
pany sent another draft for $500.
This draft was cashed by von Bern-'
storff, himself. These drafts were
-also, - sent , ior the relief of.the
'widows andj orphans in Germany."
This draft for $829 represents the
contributions of but one compara
tively smalt community in Nebraska,
NEBRASKA BOYS
IN ARMY MOTOR
SUPPLY TRAIN
Frank K. . Rositer and Ross
Hammond Assist ir. Moving
Schwab's Office From'
Washington.
Washington, June 1. (Special.)
In the motor supply train of 40
"Tommies" which is moving the
office equipment of the emergency
fleet division, of which Charles M.
Schwab is the head, from Washing
ton to Philadelphia, two of the trucks
had chalked upon their gray bodies
"Nebraska." On inquiring it de
veloped that the two three and a half
ton trucks were driven bv Frank K.
Rositer of Omaha and Ross Ham
mond of Fremont, Neb., nephew of
the publisher and candidate for the
senate.
These trucks are part of company
F of the 8th division motor supply
train, and have been running between
Detroit and Baltimore for weeks, the
two young Nebraskans, hard as nails
and bronzed like veterans, have been
sleeping in their improvised traveling
hotels for the last six weeks, carrying
their sleeping bags and kitchen
luggage with them. '
Both boys are enthusiastic over the
life of a motor driver. Last night they
slept in their trucks at Camp Meigs
on the outskirts of the city, and this
morning moved up to the fleet head
quarters of F street where the entire
office equipment was loaded for
transportation to the Quaker city.
DAIVDSON STATE
DIRECTOR OF RED
CROSS PERSONNEL
Henry A. Gardner, Red Cross di
rector of the bureau of personnel for
the Central division, with headquar
ters in Chicago, who was in Omaha
Saturday in the interest of the Red
Cross, appointed J. A. Davidson as
state director for the bureau in the
campaign for Red Cross workers for
both local and overseas assignments.
American Destroyer
Sinks Two Submarines
Within Half an Hour
An Atlantic Port, June 1, De
struction of two submarines within
half an hour by an American de
stroyer off the coast of France was
reported today by an American ship
arriving here from the war zone.
The U-boats were sent down almost
within sight of the French coast, it
was said.
Harry Lauder's War Expert
ences on Page 6, Section D.
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Hint nomas ano stvturr rivt rr,
and it should be remembered that the
active collection of so-called German
Red Cross funds was carried on
throughout" the state wherever there
were German-born people who could
be induced to give money for this
purpose. How much the grand to
tal amounted to is probably known
only to Bernstorff and Dernburg and
the other agents of the kaiser who
took the money and used it, not to
relieve suffering in Germany, but to
work up support for Germany in this
country and perhaps to pay the spies,
the incendiaries, the munition plant
wreckers and other law-breakers em
ployed by them to keep the United
States from heloine the allie's or
.from protecting itself against Ger
man outrages.. .
Further infortnation about the mis
use of money raised l.ere for German
Red Cross purposes is being gathered
by The Bee for its readers.
AVERY ON STAND
SAYS FACULTY IS
SLOW MANGE
Doesn't Believe One of Accused
Men Would Help Germany;
Tells How Labored
With Luckey.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Neb., June 1. (Special).
That Professor G. W. A. Luckey did
not want to play the game of "follow
the leader" in the war because he did
not know where the leader was head
ed, was the testihiony of Chancellor
Samuel Avery of the University of
Nebraska "today. The chancellor
came from "Washington this morning
to testify in the hearing of professors
charged with lukewarm patriotism.
The chancellor said he had asked
Professor Luckey about the Howell
incident where it had been charged
that he had said in a speech that this
was not his war. Chancellor Avery
said the professor said he favored a
defensive war instead of an offensive
and did, not favor sending our sol
diers across to fight.
The chancellor told Luckey he had
better make a plain statement of his
support of the president, which he
did. This was not satisfactory to the
chancellor and when the latter re
monstrated with him, Luckey said:
"How can I support the president
when I don't know what he is Roing
to do?" The chancellor asked him to
cut out some of the explanatiun, but
he sent it to the newspapers as it was.
The chancellor said Professor Luckey
told him he thought old men otitrht
(Contlnned on Pag Two, Column Thrne)
PALLBEARER FINDS BROTHER
"The Germans Will Pay For Your Blood, Joe,"
Murmurs Mourner On Rallying From Shock.
AMONG DEAD U. S. SOLDIERS
(By AMorlated Previa.)
With the American Army in France,
June 1. One of the most pathetic in
stances of the war, so far as America
is concerned, occurred in a little cem
etery to the rear of the Picardy front
recently, when an American soldier,
acting as a pallbearer at the funeral
of several Americans, discovered his
own brother, Joseph Ash, among the
dead. The brothers, members of dif
ferent campanies, had met only the
day before at the froni. Josph re
mained there ; and was mortally
wounded, dying soon afterward. His
brother was ordered to the rear lines
with a party of wood choppers.
The wood choppers were working
near thm nUrjr at the time of the
AMERICAN
REACH POSITIONS
IN BATTLE AREA
Germans Hammering Lines Apparently with Hope of
Crushing in Soissons Salient and Opening Way to
Paris; Enemy Brought to Standstill in
; ' Vicinity of Chateau Thierry. .
(By Associated Press.) y '
With the'r left ng touching the Marne and1 their right
linking up with the battle front at Noyon, the Germans in their
new offensive are hammering the allied line apparently with
the hope of crushing in the Soissons salient and opening the
way to Paris by way of the Marne and the Oise. They are re
ported to bo dsing well on toward three-quarters of a million
men in this effort. i : j ;
Although the enemy occupies the northern bank of the
Marne for a stretch of a dozen miles east from the vicinity of
Chateau Thierry, he seems to have made no serious attempt to
force a crossing. f.-.
U.S. TROOPS
VITAL FACTOR
. 1NBI0BATTLE
Americans May Hold Balance
Between Defeat and Victory,
Says Head1 of British
Military Mission.
r.
By AuMwIatcd Frmt.)
Washington, June 1. American
troops have become a vital factor in
the great battle in France and may
hold the balance between defeat and
victory, General Bridges, head of ' a
special British military mission to
the United States, said here tonight
in discussing the renewal of the
German drive. '' ''
The objects now before the Ger
mans, the general said, appear to be
threefold the capture of Paris, the
division of the main allied armies by
an advance through Amiens and the
capture of the channel ports.
While now on a narrow and
dangerous sailent said the general,
the Germans will be in a favorable
position for advance on Paris should
they be successful in .pushing out the
west leg of the sailent and joining
if up with the Amiens sailent That,
he said, appeared to be their inten-
(Contlniifd on Tag Mi, Column One.)
Hawaiian Troops Called.
Washington. June 1. President
Wilson called into the military service
of the United States today the first
and second regiments of infantry of
the National Guard of Hawaii and all
members of its medical personnel.
funeral and the chaplain asked them to
be pallbearers. In the midst of; the
service the chaplain read the name of
Joseph Ash. The brother, who stood
with hared head in the small group of
soldier mourners,' reeled forward, his
eyes filled with tears, and exclaimed,
"My brother! Oh, my brotherl" -
The chaplain, not understanding,
stepped up and placed his arm around
the young man's shoulder, saying:
"We are all brotliers," my boy."
The soldier looked in the coffin and
shook his head. "The Germans will
pay for youn blood, Joe," he said, and
theit it was that the. chaplain and the
others around him understood and
they led him away.
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TROOPS
O IN FOE'S PATH.
The main trend of the enemy ef-
fort is westward,and with this purpose
seemingly fully developed General ;
Foch is disposing his forces to resist
it. Already the French seem to be b ' :"
considerable strength in the path of
the crown prince's drive west of th
Sojssons road to Chateau Thierry. ;
The Germans at last reports had ,
succeeded in penetrating from two .
and one-half to nearly four miles at
points west of this road. 'They were
stopped for' the time being, at least,
at Chaudun, three miles from the road,
which the French first lost and then
retook in desperate fighting, and like"
wise before Chouy ( and Neuilly St
Front to the south. ,
Just below Soissons the crown
prince's troops were forced back on
the Crise river, which runs on a north
and south line through that town, In
the engagements of tnis front several
hundred prisoners were taken by th
French and in the Soissons fightbgr.,
especially, the Germans suffered icr '
rihe punishment
? Protecting Line Formed.
Near tie ifarne.'in the vicinity of
ChateaiiThierry, an important rail- .
way point on the river, the situation is
somewhat obscure, but the French ap
parently have a protecting line flung
northwest from the Marne at Clfar
teves. three and one-half miles north
east of Chateau Thierry, and linking , -up
with their north and south line
above, the latter town, which the Ger- ,
mans are strongly threatening. - '
Rheims, on the left of the German
advance, is still in allied hands, and in
general there is little apparent effort
on the part of the Germans to enlarge ' ,
their salient in this direction except at
its narrow edge, which they are mak
ing some ; headway ; in broadening ,
along the Marne. The line be- ,
tween Rheims and the Marne takes
the general course of the Dorrmans-
Rheims road. " . -f
Americans to Aid Defense.
Paris military commentators report
the masses of the allied reserves be
ginning to take part in the action and
it develops that American troops at
ready are in the battle area, stationed
at points whence their intervention
will be easy when the time is tonsid
ered favorable. , ; '
News from the Italian front reflects
the opinion that the long expected
Austrian offensive is likely to open
shortly. Italy is declared to be thor
oughly in readiness and probably bet
ter off than ever in the way of modern
war material. - . v
TWO WAREHOUSES
AT ARSENAL BUM;
LOSS 3 MILLION
St. Louis, June 2. Warehouses Nos,
23 and 24 at the United States arsenal
l.ere were destroyed by fire, shortly
after midnight tonight with a loss of
army equipment stored there esti
mated at $3,000,000. ,
Every available fire fighting facility
in the city was called out to combat
the flames, which threatened more
than $6,000,000 worth of army supplies
within the large depot t
An Austrian enemy alien was cap
tured within the stockade shortly
after an explosion was heard which is
believed to have started the fire. An
other explosion is said to have par
tially wrecked one of the warehouses.
Officers of the quartermaster's de
partment said early today that more
than 13,000,000 yards of khaki clotn
for army uniforms was destroyed. ,
Nine Nurses Will Rsceivve
Diplomas at Ford Hospital
The first annual graduation excr
cises of the training, school for
nurses . at the Ford hospital will be...
held Wednesday V night at Keep's
academy. Dr. WV W. Walker, clasii
sponsor, will deliver the principal, ad- .
dress. . -j j
Nine nurses. Misses I-eona Virgin-
ia Scott, Johannah Andrea Olson,
Katherine Elizabeth Wagner, Olga v i
Johannah Nordine, Mae Bernice An '
derson, " Alvenia Wellensick, Juli j
Johannah Heller and Marie .;Adele
Ilenricksen. will be given diplomat : 1 i
A reception for the graduates will , V
be held immediately after the gradm -atiua
exercise
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