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rt BEE: OMAHA. TUJSSDAV." JULY 1'JIS. J r-, Maiiam Tak -ms Austmahs INTREPID MEN OF SOUTHERN ARMIES SWARM 1 General Diaz' Troops Crush Foe Drive ; on Mountain Positions and Send ; -; ; Regiments Reeling Back from ; -. Highly Important ' , ' i By Associated Press. v ; Success has apparently crowned the offensive of the Ital .' I&ns in the mountains north of the Venetian plains against the Anstrians. The attack Saturday has gained heights where the enemy was strongly entrenched and the fighting is still going on. Vienna admits a retirement to "prepared positions" which I Is' the expression used in official statements to mean that an i 'enemy blow has gained important ground. i After three days of struggling the Italians are still ham- jnering hard at the most powerful and threatening positions of i the enemy. .-.-- ' v 1 - They have not only gained ground, but have held it against -desperate counter attacks by the Austro-Hungarians, who were I mown down by artillery fire and ' completely checked by the I Italian infantry. , . ...... ,. . Believe Enemy Ousted. i Detsil maps of the are in which the fighting is going on do not show ' distinctly some of the places men. "' tioned in the official statements. TJhe Vienna admission that the new Aus- I trian line runs, through VSemple , wood" Is, therefore,, without signifi ( xanee, but as he positions held by , the Austrians before ihe Italian at- ' tack began " were ' above . the t forest f V, line, It would seem that the enemy has been " ousted ; from the higher - ground heV formerly held and thus - placed at a disadvantage in the fight ing to come, ' .. . ' '". v The Italian: attack was seemingly planned with care. On the right flank of General Dial's forces is the Brenta v river, which' affords protection against i :a flanking attack. On the left there are two deen. valleys' which lend them v selves to the. tactics adopted by the . . Italians. ' '. . French Advance Line. In France there have been local at- v'.'tacka at vicious '.points north of the V ,'Marne on the 'cst side of the salient driven into the .allied lines by the C"'' German offensive that was begun ,--t" .May 27, The French, have advanced , , '; their line north of the Clignon river ': once more and have passed the railr i ' road line running from Cheiy to Vin- ly.t Further north? the French have taLen strong positions along ridges j to the east of Villers Cotterets forest, r , There have been mo unusual vn j jtagements along the British or Amer- v .' ;tcan fronts, but ; there is a tenseness ; along' the whole line from Ypres-to .Rheims and even to the east, along . the J-rencn ssd ' American sectors, there Js expectation that the break ing of the storm may come. In front of Amiens this feeling is especially . .'owked. There the Germans began t great bombardment but have not " tent their infantry into action. i There was intense activity in aerial lighting Sunday. The French brought j'lown or put out of action 21l Ger man airplanes, while the British shot down 7Z and drove 10 down out of i control : ! ;' "' SAU MOVES TO TAKE ME MS , (Centtaaed Frem Page One.) steam' railroads while under federal i control" . . :i f Postmaster, General Burleson in a , tetter, which the president approved as stating the reasons "truly," advised Chairman Sims that the power and discretion to act, as proposed in the resolution "seems imperative to safe , guard public interests." The post master general added: I - v.- j ' Letter from Burleson. "At this moment the paralysis of a ; large part of the system of electrical , communication is threatened with poi- sible consequences prejudicial to our military preparation and other, public . activities, that might prove serious or disastrous. We are reminded thai there is not a nation engaged in war j that entrusts its military or other com- tnunications to unofficial agencies. I , deem it, therefore, my duty, not mere- , ty to approve, but to urge the adoption of the resolution in-order ha, the president may act if necessary, to safe- guard tne , interests of the country durinir the crostcution of th war. ' Secretary Daniels wrote: I believe " ttiat such resolution is of hieh mililarv ' importance and that during this period of war the commander-in-chief of the " army and navy ought to have the J power to take nossession and control of any telegraph, tejephone, marine cable or radio system, and operate the same subject to those conditions of 'aw, to far as annhcable. which are in . force as to steam railroads white under , federal control i It was found ab- . solutely necessary early in he war to take control of radio svstems and I . think-it is almost as important that , tae president should have the Power 'i.to control all methods' of communi- t. tatlOn. 1 .- : rt . ' ;- ts - - Sutement by President . The president's statement was in a joie to cnsirman bims of the commit - tee, approving: a letter from Post master General Burlesun. ; There was no direcKreference h any of the correspondence to .'the ' call sent out by the; Commercial Telegraphers' nniou ior striKe oi western Union perators July 8. Mr. - Burleson, Iiowever, wrote? that he deemed the Kgislation necessary, '"at this moment 4ihtn paralysis of a large part of the m2,0M OVER FOE ... system of electrical communication is threatened with possible conse quences prejudicial to our military preparations and other activities that might prove disastrous." ; ; . , It was said tonight that on the sen ate side st least there probably would be strong opposition to the bill that might make it difficult for the ad ministration to get action before the recess. ': 1 ' - . v .. Vail Is Ready. k New York, July l.Tbeodore N. Vail,' president of the American Tele phone and Telegraph company, said today that the company would enter no jobjection to- congressional legisla tion, s recommended by President Wilson, "I believe in giving the president all the powers be wants in the mat ter of control of the telegraph and telephone lines," Mr. Vail added. "l have no statement to make now. At the proper time this company will he prepared to place its position before the public" vv FIGHTERS SAVED IN HEROIC FIGHT , AGAINST FLAMES' ; BLOCK IN DANGER ' (Coatlnaad From ft Oa.) Herman Peters, D. B. VVelp'ton and Charles Saunders. ' The Elks obtained the three upper floors of the building for their club rooms eight years ago. Extensive remodeling has recently been made and new fixtures installed. The building of the Cook t Paint company, just east of the Elks build ing, was slightly damaged by water and Smoke, .- r:.1 :. - v ' Three Narrowly Escape. John. Reagan. Herman Meta and Herbert Richardson had narrow es capes from instant death. The three men stood in the door way of the building and were in the act of stepping .out to the sidewalk when there was a rending sounds Aletz held Kichardson back with one hand and pulled Reagan into the shelter of the doorway, not a mo ment too aoon, for a huge, sign and a mass of the brick cornice came tum bling down and crashed at their feet. Nearly a ton of the debrs. landed on the spot where Reagan had been standing for an instant, and from which Metz had pulled him. Had Metz not been warned by the sound the three men would have been crushed to death. Police Give Aid. ' Serseant Samuelson'of the notice department was in 'charge of police handling the large crowd attracted by the fire. Every man on the third de tail or tne ponce department was called in to assist in policing the fire. Apparently the police would have been unable to handle the crowd had not military police and men of other details who came as spectators as listed. The detail under present con ditions is about one-half normal Dr. Drew, assistant police surgeon, urcsscu me injuries oi tne nremen wno were taken to the Lister hospital Spectators expressed indignation over the present system of not having po lice surgeons at. the station to answer emergency calls of this nature. Fire men were forced to wait in the street nearly half ah hour before medical attention could be summoned. - Late street cars in all directions were blocked by lines of hose and forced to make a 'detour of the busi ness section. . v v Building Total Lots. Owners of the building are of the opinion that the building y will be practically a total loss. , It is not be. lieved the walls, will stand during re modeling." ,:.r Practically every available fireman responded to a call for volunteers by umez. Salter to enter , the ground noor . stores and cover stocks with salvage covers and prevent damage from water. At the time it was ex pected momentarily that other floors would fall f . Notes of Fire. ' - One wag possessed of a Strained sense of umor suggested that possi bly the reason the flames spread so rapidly was that ' the Elks had been dry since Hay 1. 1917," j ;? Soldiers of the military police aided am Omaha police officers in hold'ng back the huge crowds which congregated at the scene. " . The lobby of the Paxton hotel was piled high with luggage- of the guests who had answered to the; alert" that their home for the night might soon become untenantable. , Some of the other guests possessing less presence of mind, or perhaps more firm prin ciple of safety first, wasted little time with their own attire and still less with their baggage. The fire was the first big down town blaze in Omaha in which steam engines were not employed. vThe motors of the big motor trucks were used exclusively to , increase the water pressure. The' old steamer which waS such a delight to bystand ers has become a relic of the past ; ' Wild rumors swept the' fire lines shortly 'after the roof fell. A report that three firemen had been buried within the building and could not be located Was in circulation during 'the duration of the blaze, v , If anyone thinks,, there - are not many men of draft age left in Omaha, a view of tte crowd of spectators at the fire would have disabused them of this. The mass of the masculine element of the spectators was made up of young men of draft age. Out side of the guests of the nearby ho tels, who had been rudely awakened from their slumbers and had sought thestreets for "safety first" there were few elderly persens in y the crowd. " When the firemen first appeared on the scene someone kept yelling: "There's a big fire in Dundee." It distracted the attention of some of the firemen working on the ground. One of the Mickle brothers ap peared on the scene soon after the fire had been gotten under control. He viewed ihe destruction that had been wrought to the. .stocks in the building. . A friend approached and, referring to the damage that had been done . the Schultz stock, said: "I see a competitor of yours has been put out of . business." "Yes," an swered Mickle, "but I hate like h-1 to see him put out that way.'V v- A rumor spread through the ranks of the' firemen and police that Pete McDermott, one of the firemen, was among the missing and had been suf focated in the building. It was found, after investigation, that he was safe and sound in bed. ,He was working on the day shift. v Five Die, 1 4 Hurt In Aii Raids on Mannheim By Allied Aviators Paris, July 1. Five persons were killed and 14 injured at Mannheim, Germany, Saturday morning by bombs dropped by allied aviators, says a Havas dispatch from Basle.- Severe property damage also resulted, ' A successful attack on the Badische aniline and soda factory at Mann heim on Saturday was announced in official reports from the British air ministry Saturday night. Many bombs were dropped and six bursts were ob served on the factory. . In air fighting over Mannheim during the attack the British airmen drove down three Ger man machines out of control. . v Big Increase in Amount of Revenue Collections . Washington, July 1. Internal rev enue collections for the fiscal year ending yesterday totalled $3,672,000, 000, compared with $800,000,000 the year, before and. with $3,400,000,000 which it was estimated the war rev enue measure passed by congress last fall would yield. , . ; Internal Kevenue commissioner Roper, in announcing these figures to niarht. estimated that the cost to the government of making the collections was $12,000,000. . English Parliament Member Forcibly Taken From House London, July .1. Having refused to leave the House of Commons when ordered to do so by the speaker for disorderly conduct, Noel Pemberton- Rillfncr tnnnVipr fnr Hertfordshire. was forcibly removed by the officials. yAN EXCELLENT APfETIZER , ' , Hon ford's Acid PhoephaU ' Mr diminished viUUty or depression. A wholeqjTi tonlo and verr refreshing. Adv. .MOTOR Stauttfu) m Dutgn , TkorougVy9oJtrn MS m A BAIL and "socket tvpo oi gear tmft is ased in the new Series 19 Stade baler Motor Cars. It is tjoick positive and. quiet in opera tion, yet the pressure of your little finger mores it into place instantly. . THE BONNEY-YAGER AUTO CO. , ' ; Stadbkr 2550-84 Fraan SU;..J lives Otp etretit 117 HUN EXPECTED Activity Among German Forces in Front of Americar Posi tions Around Chateau 'Thierry Reported. '' By Associated Press. Washington, July. 1. Resumption of the German offensive on the west front is now expected momentarily by army officials here, i General Per shing's reports, aS well as French, and British advices, show increasing ene my , activity day by day, indie ating that' the Germans are' preparing for another assault. There is great stir and movement among the Germans before the Amer ican lines around Chateau Thierry. , Part of the drive may be directed against this front in a renewal of the thrust at Paris through the Com piegne gateway. ' If so, an army" corps of American troops 1 stands shoulder to . shoulder with the French again to block the road. : ; v t u Secretary Baker disclosed today that organization of the First . rmy corps, undeY Maj." Gen. Hunter Lig gett, probably had been completed, al though he made no -announcement. Operating as Army Corps. - "1 suspect," the secretary said, in reply to a Question. 'that several of our divisions are operating together I . . r A as .an army corps unacr command oi General Liggett . "Whether another army corps has been created and a tentative com mander chesen, I have not heard." "It is reported," says the commu nique from General Pershing, "that the Germans at one point have been 'at tempting (to make friends with our men. ' -. . - ' "On the morning of June 25 they made signs signifying 'good morning.' They had deposited some kittens on the parapets of the small posts and threw a package of cigarets into one of our barbed wire entanglements. Our soldiers did not reciprocate these attentions. . - "Raiding j activity .has not been above normal on either side. The fire of the German artillery has been light and has not included any marked con centration. "His machine gun fire has consisted of intermittent bursts and scattered shots distributed it various points. A few hand grenades have fallen in our trenches, 1? ; ' ; 4 v German Planes Fly High. "The " German airplanes' confine their activity to reoonnoissance duty. Most of them remain over our lines only a short period and some re mained at a high altitude. In some cases our anti-aircraft batteries suc ceeded in driving them off. The Ger man balloons showed normal activity. "Behind the German - lines, the most interesting feature was again the appearance of considerable groups of men and women engaged in agricultural work in the fields, making hay. . The proportion of women is apparently large. In dividuals and small groups passing from post to post, signalling, ob serving our . lines and performing other : routine duties were noted. '"There was also' a movement of wagons, trucks and trains. j "In the matter of works, the enemy is showing considerable activity in reoairin those already constructed and in making additions at several points. The works are of the cus tomary sort. One" of his. working parties was broken up by our grenade fire, June 27."- ' New' Urgent. Deficiency Bill Carries Large Appropriation ; Washington, July 1. A new argent deficiency bill appropriating $926,504, 000 additional for the military estab lishment and $50,000,000 for additional war labor housing, was reported to the house ,- today by 5he appropriations committee. - -: i ' CARS' DUtribttters . ' Omaba, Nb, on : .V ., v .Vil ONLY 24 PERSONS ! SAVED AS PIRATE ' STRIKES IN DARK , (Lpntiauod From Fas On.) or the engine room crew who may have beex killed by the explosion of the torpedo, it is clear that everyone got away. One of the small boats, called accident boats, was held back for those last to leave the ship. But when all the others were away, the captain went to his cabin for an elec tric torch, and on returning found that this also had gone.; ' Hailed in English. 'The submarine hailed the boat in English: 'Come alongside, it ordered. "The boat was pulling down to pick up a drowning man. The second officer stood up and shouted back: 'We are picking up a man. from the water.'-' ., f. r v " 'Come alongside,' repeated the brusk voice from-the submarine. The boat held on its way- and forthwith two revolver shots were fired at or over it ; ' ; . . r . ,; "'Come alongside as I will shoot my big gun? shouted the submarine 'commander. The boat lay alongside the submarine and the Captain (prob ably the man picked up) was ordered on board. In case he should be made prisoner and kept on board, he gave the second officer, who remained in the boat, the course to steer. He was then taken to the "conning tower of the submarine, where . two" officers awaited him. . , , - "The commander asked him sharply: what ship is that? ' " 'It is the hospital ship Llandovery Castle,' answered the captain. . "'Yes the commander did not at tempt to appear surprisedbut you are carrying eight American flight of ficers. , , . "'We are not.' replied the caotain. 'We have seven Canadian medical of ficers on board. The ship was char tered by the Canadian government to carry sick and wounded Canadians from England to Canada. " Is After Americans. 'The submarine commander reiter- atd: 'You have been carrying Ameri can flight officers.' i I have been running to Canada for six months with wounded." I give you my word of honor that we have ear ned none except patients, medical staff crew and sisters. - "The commander then demanded if there were any Canadian medical of ficers in the boat and' he was told there was one. He ordered him to come aboard. . .. " 'Where are our other boats?' asked the captain. The submarine , com mander did not answer. He was watching the Canadian medical com ficer being roughly hauled on board and thrust along the deck. This was done so violently and with such plain intention to1 injure the Canadian, Maj. T. Lyon, of the Canadian army medi cal corps, that he actually had a small bone in his foot broken by the han dling he received. v "There was another German of ficer in the coining tower, the second in command, who had not yet spoken. In' reply to the captain's question he motioned over his shoulder with his field glasses, northwards. x Eleven Men Picked up. . . , "The following survivors from the captain's boat are the only ones ac counted for up to presehtj Eleven-of them were picked up from the water: R. A Silvester, captain I. Chapman, second officer; D. C. Barton, fourth officer; H. M. Evans, purser; Lamp Trimmer Davies, Painter Sc,ott, O. S. Hunt, Able-bobied Seaman Murphy, Schroeder, 'Goodrich, Ward, Tred gian, Fireman P. McVey, . Fireman Mounsey, Trimmer Heather Desk Wardrobe Truhks Mad by Hartmann Are Diffcrcbt They have- Gibraltarised Cor ners, Paddsd Hinged Tops, Rein forced Trays, Special Locks and Hinges, Spot Welded Frames to Carry the Drawers. All above features are patented. Why 'not buy the best? 1 Priced at $30, $32.50, $40.00, . $47.50, $50.00 Ind $57.50 . Mail Orders Sent Prepaid. Freling &. 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Several times it shaved the boat nar rowly, once swirling past within two feet of it; once it stopped and again took the second land fourth officers aboard and questioned them. , Invents New Excuse... "By this time the submarine com-, mander invented a new excuse. He stated that there was a big explosion aft as the vessel sank, and that therefore, she must Tiave been carry ing ammunition. The second officer explained patiently that this was the explosion of the boiler and the fall ing of the funnel. They were allowed to return to the boat, which then made a sail and proceeded. ' "Again for a while the; submarine circled and threatened her by sweep ing close to her,, then moved off and seemed to come to a .'stop.". From' this position,' says the captain's offi cial statement she opened fire at an unseen target, .firing about twelve shells. 1 i "It is perhaps too early yet to guess what the unseen target may have been. Possibly the other boats tj-hen they are picked up can furnish evi dence on this point 4 tic iaii(piH s uuai iiau uccu luvvcu the submarine... Nothing .was vto be seen of the others. Since no wireless was sent out there was no hope of assistance arriving from the north. The captain, therefore, ; decided to make for the Irish coast, to send help. : ' s ... "After sailing and pulling for about 70 miles they were picked up by the destroyer Lysander, which immediate ly sent a wireless that search should be made for the other survivors, and carried the occupants of the captain's boat into Queenstown." for some distance while . alongsidejt"njunction ith the artiiiery. Fort TH0Mpson,Belden'- Co sdhe Cfashton Center Jor Zuomcir Continuation In the Enlarged Section of Basement Apparel A very extensive dis play of dresses, aprons and apron dresses in' gingham and percale. All styles, colors and sizes. Values up to $3. Tuesday your ' choice ::.i:i$i.29. j . These are hi Gifts for Boys, Now in Camp1 Khaki handkerchiefs, in silk, linen and cotton, 15c to 75c. - Cigarette . Cases, 50c to $1. Tobacco Pouches, $1 to $1.25. ( Handkerchief Cases, 75c. 'Cards in khaki cases, SI. Money belts of khaki and ma rine blue, $1 and $1.50. Khaki Silk Shirts, $5. Khaki Wool Hose now ready in all qualities. , Collar; but- : tons and belts. In the Men's Shop BUY mm ma WOW THE tSfAR- This Space 'Contributed .v,- -y'.-,- -" IP. DR. E, It TARRY - 240 7' ' 600 IIEBRASKANS WILL BE DRAFTED ( : FOR FORT OMAHA More Land Will Be Purchased . to Accommodate Addition al Units; Will Bj Re ' placement Camp. : Washington Bureau of ' The Omaha Bee, 1311 O Street. -, Washington, July 1. (Special Tele gram.) Six hundred men wo sta-. tioned at Campe Greene, Charlotte, N. C, have been ordered to Fort Omaha to fill vacancies caused by sig nal corps troops being ordered else where. Six hundred additional troops who will be inducted into the service of the United States will be stationed at Fort Omaha. - Army officials connected with the signal corps hope to secure the sec ond 600 from the neighborhood of Omab.a, Douglas, Sarpy, Washington, Cass and Otoe counties in Nebraska and Pottwattamie county in . Iowa, rather than have' to call on Camp Dodge to fill up the requisite quota of troops assigned to the balloon school at the fort, . which has been somewhat kept back because of a lack of balloons. '' , ? General Pershing has asked tor ad' ditiona! balloon observers and troops trained to operate these balloons in Omaha will become a permanent re placement school and negotiations for the purchase of some 35 acres adja-v cent to Florence field is now under--way. The fort wll be greatly in- e . j . V creased in size to accommodate tne new units. ' ., Florence Extends Honor to President Wilson in CityVote ' Florence, Italy, July 1. 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