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"Th Stars and Stripe " Forerer' FOCH WILL Kaiser's Best Troops Outfought by Rainbow Division; Each Army Bent on Destruc tion ofOther. ) """"" ' " 1 - By Associated Press. Washington, July 31. An odd calm fell over the Aisne Marne battle area today with only the thunder of the guns to tell of new and more ter rible gusts of the war storm to come. - Paris and Berlin both noted it. The infantry had paused for breath while the ar tillery pounded new roads ot advance for General Foch's victorious armies. ' Just what the lull may prove was not apparent. Possibly the enemy is li)v nn thm mnvt after the decisive defeat he met in the battle which be-! gan Saturday and centered on tne American positions aiong the north bank of the Ourcq. ' Here the American third division and the now famous Forty-second di vision, the Rainbow division com posed of former national guardsmen of many states, have made good their positions against the enemy's best fighting units. ' They 'asve met, outfought and forced backward by their fierce ardor picked ' Prussian and "Bavarian di visions brought fresh to the field with orders to hold the line of the Otlrcq at. all costs. 1 Line Broken By Americans. The line has" been broken. The American spearhead, driven forward again and again, finally broke the fighting edge of the enemy defense. When supporting columns surged forward across the Ourcq to consoli date the ground so valiantly won and held by the first rufih, enemy hopes of clinging to the present line dvin- dle5- - , . ... , Holding the apex of the allied line at the center, the Americans had paved the way for the dashing cap ture of Chalmont Butte to the west ward by the Franco-British forces. Allied guns now dominate the en emy's lines from this height fore-) telling new inroads to his positions and the strong probability that he will be compelled to fall .back to the Vesle line. Bent on Destruction. The victory was given new signifi cance today by General March, who told the newspaper men at his mid week conference each army now was bent on the destruction of the other; all lesser strategic objectives having been swejit away on both sides and there can be no halting short of the goal. ." ' ' . As General 'March never before has talked at these conferences in gen eral terms, when he turned today from the pin-dotted map where the . turn and sway of the battle was outlined in every detail, and for the first time disclosed the true signifi cance of the struggle in the narrow confines, his words carried convic tion to his hearers. , , . .. "Whatever the enemy's objective was at the start of the' drive," he said, picking his words carefully, "and whatever our hope was in the counter offensive on the flank of the salient, it is now perfectly evident that those aims have been set aside. Mission Now is to Kill. "The objective of each army is the other army; each one of them wants to kill as many o tne otner as pos-, sible. . i . "The holding back of the jaws (of the salient) by the Germans at Sois sqns and near Rheims has made if practically impossible for us "to ex pect a bag. i "They have had two weeks now to withdraw from the dangerous points down near the Marne and the ob jective of each army is the other army.'' - ' The chief of staff had prefacedthis new conception of the great struggle with a careful outline of the battle positions, showing that since last Sat urday another ten miles had been cut out of the length of the battle line by allied successes. It is now barely 54 miles around the flattened salients in which the enemy has massed virtu ally a million men,' as against 74 miles when the counter assault was set in motion. From Chateau Thierry the Americans have made the maximunf advance, covering 14 miles to reach the positions where they rested today, preparing for new advances. Bolshevik! Darry Vote; ' Shanghai, July 31. The bolshevik faction has secured a majority in the "municipal elections at Vladivostok, a dispatch from that city reports. CONTINUE BIG DRIVE PEOPLE , WHO WANT A READABLE AND DEPENDABLE NEWSPAPER LOOK TO THE BEE The- )maha: Daiijy Bee VOL 48. NO. 38. titan m M Oaaka KAISER'S TROOPS ' 'ENTICED TO AUTHORITIES PUT BAN ON N MISS DRAKE'S, WAR CHARITY Promoter Returns Diamonds? , Given by Omaha Girl to' Guarantee Ambulance Corps Training Fee. New York, July 31. Another "wtr charity" went into the discard here today when District Attorney Swann ordered Miss Ethel Langdon Drake to turn over to Ambassador Jusser and of France $14,000 which had been collected for,the ostensible purpose of equipping 25 ambulance units or the sixth army of France and to discon tinue her war charily activities in America. Simultaneously -Miss Virginia K. Chandler, captain in the "Drake Sec tion Sanitaire," which was to, operate the 25 ambulances, announced that a training camp of 19 young women at Bayside, Long Island, under her com mand, had been disbanded and she had resigned her commission. All of the young women are said to be from families of wealth and social prom inence. District Attorney Swann .said his interest in the "Section sanitaire" grew out of the fact that Miss Drake had ordered no ambulances, though she had advertised that she had given 25 to France and wanted to send 1,000. Deposits Diamonds. Miss Drake admitted, Mr. Swann said, that she had received from $75 to $175 each from the young woman "rookies" in the training camp to de fray expense". She turned over to the district attorney's office $900 worth of diamonds which had been given, her by Miss Gladys Rhoades of Omaha as a guarantee that her camp fees would be paid. . Miss Drake said that she had re cently succeeded in getting Mrs. Wil liam J. Gavirt, the golf champion, to arrange tourneys for the benefit of the "Section Sanitaire" and that $9, 000 raised thus in San Francisco is on its way to New York. Gives Her Jewels. Most of the information about Miss Drake was given the district attor ney by Mrs. S. J. Symonds, wife of a British army major, who said she had come to America with Miss Drake and had turned over to her a $1,500 monthly allowance and a quan tity of jewelry as we!l as the French war cross given her for her relief work. Miss Drake and Mrs. Symonds were living together at the Ritz-Carl-ton, which also was headquarters of the "Section Sanitaire." Mrs. Sy monds, who was in tears when she left Mr. Swann's office, said she feared she was hopelessly estranged from her husband. .. t Harrold Obtains $50 Verdict for Store's Refusal to Serve Him Holland Harrold has obtained a verdict for $50 damages from the J. G. McCrorey ten-cent store because of its refusal to serve him with a soft drink at its soda fountain when he applied for it. Harrold, who is colored, formerly was a waiter at the Chamber of Commerce and lately has been leader of a jazz band that has played on the streets at intervals for Red Cross activities. Attorney W. H. Hatteroth pleaded the case before a jury in Judge Bald win's branch of municipal court, the decision being reached yesterday. Dr. Fling Gets Clean From University Regents Lincoln, Nelj., July 31. Exonera tion of charges that they had "spread unfounded susntcions" acainst fellow instructors4 at the university was giv- en Dr. F. M. Fling and Professor Minnie T. England tonight by the board of regents of the University of Nebraska as the result of the investi gation of testimony submitted by them during the recent hearing of charges of faltering Americanism brought against several members of the university faculty. While of the opinion that "they have not at all times and in all ways exercised due care to guard the repu tation of the university 'and of their associates" the board stated that "their conduct has not been pur posely or knowingly injurious and their explanations should be accept ed." r Doctor Fling holds a commission of major in the army, being in service at Washington. , -: Crash Kills Thirty Persons A On "Railway in Germany London, July -31. A collision be tween two German) railway trains caused a gas explosion which resulted in the deaths of 30 'persons, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. The accident occurred between Scheidemusl and Landsberg. mmi tim Mttw Mm U. iMS, r. 0. Mm art f Mink l 'V OMAHA, 1 aiser Assures Army He Is Certain It Will Foil Efforts of Enemy Amsterdam, July 31. Emperor William has issued a proclamation dated August 1, addressed to the German army and navy, which reads as follows: "Serious years of war lie behind yon. The German people, con vinced of its just cause, resting on its faithful allies, confronted a world of enemies. Your victorious fighting spirit carried the war in the first year into the enemy's country and preserved the home land from the horrors and devastation of war. "You are in the midst of the hard est struggle. NThe desperate ef forts of the enemy will as hitherto be foiled by your bravery. RICE INDICTED ON FIVE CHARGES OF GRAND LARCENY Former Convict's Bank De posits Average $10,000 Day and Office Payroll Is $2,000 Week;. New York, July 31. Five indict ments charging grand larceny - were returned today against George Graham Rice, the broker whose of fices were raided by federal agents here last Monday. Rice was held in $1,500 bail for a preliminary hearing. Each indictment alleged money sent to Rice for the purchase of se curities was diverted to some other purpose. In making public the indictments the district attorney's office issued a statement in which it said that Rice's offices were maintained at a cost of $2,000 a week for salaries alone and his bank deposits 'averaged $10,000 a day. He issued a weekly "newspa per" and claimed to have more than 53,000 customers scattered through cut the country. For some time he has been actively engaged in pushing the sale of the stock of the Rice Oil company, the corporation having been chartered in Delaware with a capital of $5,000,000. It has not complied with the pro visions of the New York law. the dis trict attorney said, and investigation of its alleged properties in eastern Kentucky deveoped that it had never marketed any oil. Other corpora tions sponsored by Rice, it was stated, were the Emma Consolidated Mining company, the Appalachian Oil company and the Monster Mining company. Rice, who was connected with the Sullivan Trust company in Goldfield, Nev., during the mining excitement there, has served three prison terms as the result of previous stock trans actions. i Minister Takes Son's Side In Quarrel; Fined; Fired North Platte, Neb., July 31. (Spe cial Telegram.) Rev. Mr. Largent, a Methodist minister of Hershey, was arrested a few days ago and fined $50 and costs in this city yesterday for assaulting S. J. Koch. The quarrel arose over the discharge of Largent's son, who had been employed on the Koch farm. Upon his return the min ister was informed that the keys of the church would be taken from him and he was denied audience by the congregation. All American Soldiers Will Henceforth Wear, the Simple Designation 'U.S. '--One Army By Associated Press. Washington,' luly 31. General March, chief of the United States army staff, today said with reference to the army being trained here to support the men at the front, that he had ordered six new divisions created, one of which will be located at Camp Dodge. Again regular regi ments will be used as the center on which each division is built The chief of staff made it plain that it . is a monthly, program of in crease upon which the War depart ment has embarked. The cycle ap pears now to be an army corps a month to be shipped abroad, its place to be taken at once by avnew corps to be created here. The men, quar ters and equipment are available to keep that up for the rest of the year and longer if necessary. Present can- THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1918. JJmSML'SSi TWO CENTS. UNDONE PUTS FORTH PEACE PLEA Statement of Conditions on Which Allies Would Open Discussion Urged by British Statesman. By Associated Press. London, July 31. Another letter on peace prospects, written by , the Marquis of Lansdowne, was read at a conference of his supporters to day. Lord Lansdowne is the only Brit ish statesman of first rank who is listed in his own country and abroad as a pacifist, and it is thought his words will be given the greatest publicity in countries of the cen tral powers, where it is insisted they represent a powerful portion of Brit ish thought. In his letter, Lord Lansdowne said: "We are about to commence the fifth year of the great struggle for liberty, and next week we shall re affirm a solemn resolve not to de sist from the effort until peace with honor is in sight War Toll Placed at 30,000,000. "Meanwhile with every month that passes the toll which the '.war is claiming becomes heavier and heavier. The civilized world is being drained of its resources, is spending its ener gies in purely destructive efforts, each of which involves the further diminution of its reserves Of power and the further mutilation of the ma chinery of production." Lord Lansdowne referred to the estimates placing the casualties of the belligerents at 30,000,000, of which 7,000,000 have been killed, 6,000,000 made prisoner or numbered among the missing and to, the decline in the birth rate which, according to the registrar-general in a recent paper, is costing the belligerents 12,500.000 potential lives, of which 650,000 have been lost to England and Wales. After referring to the toss of life, he said the desire for peace was wide spread among the enemy nations and continued: Many Seek Enlightenment. "What is it that stands in the way? It is with no desire to embarrass the government that I ask the question. But many of us are sorely perplexed and feel it our duty to give them a chance of affording us some measure of reassurance and enlightenment. "There is in the first place, I am convinced, a deep-seated desire for further explanation as to the condi tions on which we are prepared, not to make peace, but to open a discus sion which might lead to peace. (Continued on I'aire Three, Column Fire.) American Dentists Earning Goodly Money n Germany Amsterdam. July 31. The fact that there still are a number of American dentists practicing in Germany is the subject of angry comment in letters to the Cologne Gazette. The writer complains that the business of Ger man dentists now in the army is fall ing into the hands of these Americans. The main grievance seems to be that people still insist upon consult ing the American dentists, whose waiting rooms, says a correspondent, are "filled with society people, who think it is fashionable to be charged steep prices on bills made out in English." tonments will house at least 1,750. 000 men. Already two-score new general offi cers are being sought to command the new divisions and brigades. Gen eral March announced also that he had decided upon abandonment of every designation for the troops ex cept that of "United States Army." All other marks than the plain "U. S." of the regulars will be abolished. For War department purposes, the Na tional army and the national guard are wiped out utterly and the offi cers' reserves corps, goes with them into the discard. The unification plans, means more than changing collar ornaments, Gen eral March says, for in seeking new general officers promotion by election from "the entire army" will be employed. YANKEES OUTWIT HUNS; SPRING TRAP UPON THEM Germans Pour Into Serfages When Led to Suppose Americans Had All Withdrawn and Two Com panies Are Virtually Annihilated by Troops Remaining Concealed in the Village. By Associated Press. With the American Army On the Aisne Marne Front, July 31. General De Goutte, commanding the army on this front, told correspondents he was satisfied with the progress made and he hoped that the advance would continue until the Ger mans were forced beyond their new positions. He praised the manner in which Americans were carrying out their part. The American forces now occupy O- the hills beyond Seringes and Sergy. One of the fiercest encounters in the present offensive was brought about by the Americans who occupied Scr inges. During the night the Ameri cans pretended to withdraw from the village. Some did. but others remain ed in the houses and other points of vantage. The Germans began pour ing into the place and the Americans opened fire. Two enemy companies were virtually annihilated. The hand-to-hand fighting In the streets was savage, but of short dura tion. The Americans awaited other Germans, but none came. So French and Americans moved beyond the village. When the t Germans learned that "Americans were present' in Seringes they used their artillery and there is unquestionable evidence that numer ous Germans were killeJ by their own sheiis..a,...v-''";:'"'::7v-;' Some prisoners ' said orders were to hold at all costs. Among the pris oners were men attached to the Fifth foot guards from Lorraine and others who had been on leave in Germany, who said the German people were thoroughly tired of the war and did not care who governed, so long as the war came to an end. The Germans are now using high explosive shells simultaneously . with gas shells. The high explosives arc designed to drown the "pop" of the gas projectiles, which the allies have learned to distinguish from the others. The percentage of gas casual ties is low as a result of the discovery of the German trick, because the al lies generally anticipate attacks with gas. Praise American Troops. London, August 1. "Nobody can contemplate without profound admi ration the vigor and heroism with which, the Americans have fought in every stage of the battle," writes the Daily Mail correspondent with the American army on the front in France. "If bravery were the only test for winning our affections, then the Americans merit the highest possible esteem.' But jt is not bravery alone that has given the Americans dur ing the last 10 days their repeated successes. Fiercely as they fight, they nevertheless fight intelligently and profitably. "There are units which have had more experience in battle ' than others, but when the battalions which have manned quiet sectors are thrown into the furance they fight as well as their more experienced comrades. There is one unit, which since the German offensive began has won un dying renown, fighting at one of the most important points on the line, although it had previously experi enced only trench raids and gas at tacks. Such an achievement gives a vivid indication of the fighting value of the Americans." Dr. H. K. Wolfe, Long Nebraska Educator, Is Dead in Wyoming Lincoln, Neb., July 31. Word of the death at Wheatland, Wyo.. of Dr. H. K. Wolfe, for more than 20 years an instructor at the University of Nebraska, was received here today by his brother, Paul C Wolfe of Lin coln. Dr. Wolfe's death was due to heart disease. Dr.. Wolfe was professor of phil osophy and ' was one of the most Hdely known educators in the state. He was one of the instructors whom the university's board of regents re cently exonerated from suspicion of lacking whole-hearted Americanism as following an inquiry into charges that some of the university's staff were not aggressively for America in prosecuting the war. Dr. Wolfe's father, J. v. Wolfe, was land com missioner of Nebraska during the populist regime. ' V Edward A. Rumely Life Story of Man Who Bought -New York Mail for the Kaiser on Page Twelve of This Issue. DEATH ALLIES PREPARE TO SEND TROOPS TO SLOVAKS' AID France and Britain to Draw on Colonies in Orient for Con tingents When Japan Agrees. By Associated Press. Washington, July 3l.-NegoUatlon between,, the, entente .powers? "Japan and the United States regarding the extension of aid to the Czecho-Slo; vaks in Siberia and Russia' have ad vanced another step. - Information sought by Japan on certain points of the American pro posal now has been furnished. This places the whole subject again before the Japanese foreign office, which must determine whether the proposal is sufficiently concrete to warrant ac tion. From unofficial sources comes news that in anticipation of a satisfactory conclusion, Japan and the entente al lies are perfecting arrangements for the organization of whatever military force may be necessary. Because of their proximity to Siberia, Japan and China have been foremost in this work. To preserve the international char acter of the enterprise France and Great Britain are preparing contin gents. Both of them will draw upon their nearby colonies, the French hav ing already started five companies of regular French troops and Annamites from Tonquin to the north, while the British probably will send troops from India and Hongkong. One Child. Rescued From . Barn, One Burned to' Death Chadron, Neb., July 31. (Special Telegram.) After, saving S-year-old Fielding Pope from death in a burn ing barn at the risk of her life, Mrs.' G. H. Williams of Chadron if in a serious condition from burns ' and shock received when she tried to en ter the barn a second time to save George Pope, a child of ,o. Mrs. Williams was taken from the barn in a faint by neighbors. The body of the boy was afterward found burned to a crisp. ' The father of the two boys, Field ing .H. Pope, is hurrying from Cas per, Wyo. ' Passengers Removed From Stranded Japanese Steamer A Canadian Pacific Port, July 31. Officers and passengers of the stranded passenger liner Canada Maru arrived here today and ex pressed the opinion that there was little chance of floating the big boat, which piled up on a reef yesterday as she neared the end of a run from the orient with a cargo said to be worth about $4,000,000. Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign. Will Open Saturday, September 28 Washington July 31. -The cam paign for the fourth Liberty loan will open Saturday, September 28 and continue three weeks, ending October 19, it was announced to night by Secretary McAdoo. : In fixing ' three weeks as the length of, the campaign instead of 'four, treasury officials plan for a , more Intensive campaign; Although official, announcement has not been made, the amount of the loan probably will be $6,000, 000,000 and, the rate of interest which the bonds will bear 4 per. cent. Should the treasury decide soon to place on the market cer . tificates of indebtedness redeemable next June.jwhen taxes are paid, the amount of he loan may be reduced. THE WEATHER For Nebraska Generally fair) warmer in east Thursday. . .1.. ! lp.ro ..70 t p. m. - .HI S p. ma .. S3 4p.m. M S p. m M p. m 15 7 p. m M 8 p.m. 8S r R a. m, . 7 . a. 9 a. 1 It a. IS 3 m. .6 m. 6 m 08 m. 71 m. 74 77 Allies Lessen Efforts to Clean . Salient; Germans Watch ful of U. S. Boys at . Battlefield Ape:.. By Associated Press. Whether as a result of weari ness after two weeks of inces sant fighting or because of the greatly increased strength in man Dower and positions ol armies on the Soissons-Rheims front have noticeably de creased their efforts to clear the salient, If the pause in the offensive is at- , tributable to weariness, the armies of the German crown prince also must be worn out, for despite reinforce ments they have lacked the hardi ness to throw back their antagonists. The fourteenth, day of the great allied offensive saw little activity on the part of either of the contending , forces except in the nature of re ciprocal bombardments. Enemy Thrusts Fruitless. 1 Tuesday night witnessed violent at. tacks by the Germans to expel the . Americans and. French from the val uable positions' they hold ior(h of the Ourcq in the region of Fere En Tardenois, and along the western Side of the salient near Oulchy le Chateau, where Scottish troops are holding with the French the wedge that has been driven eastward into the enemy line. These efforts. were.. A watchful eye is being kept by , the Germans on the Americans stand ing at the apex of the battle line near Fere En Tardenois and the enemy guns are showering their positions with great quantities of high explo sives and gas shells. The enemy also continues jealously ' to guard with hugh effectives the extreme eastern and western flanks of the Salient to ward off possible surprise attacks. Berlin Reports 24,000 Captured. The latest Berlin official commit nication asserts that more than 4,000 prisoners have been , taken by the Germans in the past few days and that since July 15 in excess of 24,000 allied troops have been captured. ' Whether the Germans have chosen the spot where ultimately they-will face about fend give battle to the al lied forces is not apparent. Great fires behind the lines possibly might indicate, the destruction of further villages which it is intended to evac uate and press on northward to a chosen battle line. With the approach of the com mencement of the fifth year of the . war the German emperor evidently -realizes the seriousness of the situa- . tion. In a proclamation to bis army and navy he tells his men they are facing the hardest struggle of the war, but they will be able to ( foil An incident that may aggravate th already serious situation between the' ucrmans ana ine UKrainians is tne assassination of Field Marshal von Eichorn, the German director in that Ukraine, and his . adjutant. They were killed bv the explosion of a bomb thrown by a native in Kiev. , James Woods, Omaha I Soldier, Is Killed at Camp Cody, N, M. Camp Cody, N. M'July 31. (Spe cial Tefegram.)-i-Corp. James Woods, Company B, military police, died in the base hosnital here of iniuries re ceived when a horse stepped on. his abdomen. : His home was at 3103 Marcy street, Omaha. . James Woods was a "soldier of for tune" who made Omaha his home, but he had no relatives living here. Frank C Burkhart who lives at 3108 Marcy. street, was named in his en listment papers as his "next friend." "Mr. Woods was a Spanish war. veteran," said Mr. Burkhart "He was a soldier of fortune, too, one of those ' men who are happy to be engaged in wars. 'He fought in the Mexican army of Madero and when Madero . was killed'he returned to Omaha. As soon as the present war broke out he tried to enlist in various branches of the service. His age was against him , as he was about 43 years bid. 4 But he finally succeeded in getting into the Sixth Nebraska regiment, with which he went to Camp Cody.". The body will be brought back to Omaha and the dead soldier will have a military funeral, probably on Friday, Burial will be in forest Lawn curj tery, , ' . DEADLOCK