THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1918.
'DECISIVE BLOW
ONLY DELATED,
GERMANS TOLD
Public Urged in Official Note
. "Not to Renounce Its Con-
'. fidence in Our Hin
. . denburg."
Washington, July 31. Official dis
patches today from France tell how
the German high command has pub
lished in the newspapers throughout
Germany an official statement prepar
ing the people for the defeat-in the
-k second battle of the Marne, but re
newing the promise of a decisive blow
against the Anglo-French front,
v . "An official note published in all the
papers of the empire," say the dis
patches, "tries to make the German
" public accept the total failure of the
ambitious program which was to de.-
velop into the ultimate crushing of the
entente.
"Hindenburg's defense renews the
promise of a decisive blow against the
Anglo-French front, but says the
physiography which the struggle
, presents on the front between Sois
sons and Rheims' and the Champagne
in consequence-of the German attacks
and the Franco-British counter at
tacks (one must note here with what
care the American intervention is
emitted), has led to the necessity
of postponing that decisive blow.
"With this end in view, 'new bases
for subsequent operations, proceed
ings for deplacements and strategical
regroupings' have to be created.
Whilst awaiting preparations for fu
ture operations, they have been forced
'to retire in the northern direction
of the Marne front.'
"How far will this retirement be
carried out? 'A retreat of about a
' dozen kilometers will perhapi be suf
ficient.' It is not thought 'necessary
today that Hindenburg should find
"himself under the obligation of with
. drawing the front as far back as the
; Vesle.'
"The German 'interior front' is im
, plored 'not to renounce its confidence
in our Hindenburg on account of
'that.'"
PrfSs Toeing Mark.
Amsterdam, July 31. The entire
German press is obediently toeing the
. line laid down by the German official
communiques regarding the retreat
from the Marne. This line substan
tially is that General Foch's formi
dable attack to pinch off the whole of
the German's Marne salient was in
vain, that his great sacrifices in men
. - have been bootless and that the initi
' ative remains with the Germans.
To the American , official report of
the capture of Seringes-et-Nesles,
Sergy and Roncheres, the Volks Zei
tung of Cologne appends this com
ment: "These localities are situated in the
zone evacuated by the Germans days
ago, undetected by .the enemy."
Truck Driver Accused
. Of Attempt to Steal "Smokes"
Ten : thousand perfectly good
smokes made too large a haul for
Henry Slack, 2727 South Thirteenth
street, to get away with at one time.
Slack was arrested at St. Joseph, Mo.,
- and brought to Omaha on a complaint
sworn to by A. B. Warren of the
- McCord-Brady company, 'for attempt
ing to steal the cigars.
Slack was an auto truck driver for
McCord-Brady's. Instead of deliver
" . ing the cigars in large cartons at the
railroad freight depot he hauled them
to the drug store of Frank W. Fogg
it 124 North Twelfth street, to be left
until called for. Affer a few days
Fogg grew suspicious and notified the
police. When the cigars failed to
reach the consignee the warrant was
sworn out. Slack had $95 on his
v person when he was searched at the
Omaha police station.
Torpedoing of Vessel by
Germans Angers Spain
Paris, July 31. A dispatch to the
Havas agency irom Madrid quotes
the Spanish newspapers as saying the
torpedoing of the steamer Ramon De
Larringa is the greatest incident that
lias occurred between "Germany and
Spain. Eight, Spaniards perished in
the disaster and the petroleum which
the ship carried, together with that
burned aboard the Spanish freighter
Serantes in New York harbor, con
stituted almost the entire stock as
sured to Spain under the ' Spanish
American agreement
The above dispatch is the first iti
, mation that the Spanish steamer Ra
mon De Larringa had beei. sunk. She
was a vessel of 2,975 tons and was
owned in Bilbao. She was last re
ported as arriving at ah American At
, lantic port on May 29. '
r
S British Casualties in July.
London, July 31. British casual
ties reported during July totaled 67,
291. This compares with total casual
ties reported in June of 141,147. The
losses for July are divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds, officers,
521: men, 8,474. Wounded or missing,
officers, 1,537; men56,759.
The Weather
4-
Comparative Loral Record
. . 191S. 1917. 1916. U1S.
jmgnesc yesterday .. 87 101 93 82
Lowest yesterday ... 65 76 74 68
Mean temperature ... 76 88 84 75
Precipitation 00 .34 .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature 76
Total excess since March 1 571
Normal precipitation ............ .13 Inch
Deficiency for the day.
r
.13 inch
. Total precipitation since Mar. 1.. 9.33 inches
Deficiency since March 1. 9 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1117. .2,17 inches
Deficiency for cor. period, I91. .8.61 inches
Reports From Stations at 1 P. M.
Station and State Temp. High- Rain-
of weather. 7 p. m. est. fall
- Cheyenne, cloudy 84 (0 ,6t
Davenport, clear 78 80 .00
Denver, part 'cloudy. .XS2 M .00
Des Moines, clear 84 84' .00
Dodge . City, clear 94 6 .00
Lsndet, part cloudy.... 4 to .00
North 'Platte, clear. .....90 tl .01
Omaha, ..clear 84 87 .00
Pueblo, clear 04 08 .00
Rapid City, clear 12 04 .00
Peoria, clear 76 78 .00
: Santa Xe. rain 70 84 .02
' Sheridan, clear (0 OS . .00
Charles City, pt ddy..78 78 .00
Valentine, clear 4 18 .00
' U A. WELSH, Meteorologist
, WHEN BRAIN WEARY
Take Horaford'e Acid Phosphate -
and relieve, the headache due to mental
... strain, worry or over-work. Non-fJooholU
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Ex-Czar Granted Two Hours,
Succumbs in Chair, Then Is
Dragged to Post and Slain
Amsterdam, July 31. Given two
hours in which to prepare for the
end, Nicholas Romanoff, former
Russian emperor, was taken out by
his executioners in a state of -ucb
collapse 4hat it was necessary to prop
him against a post, says the Lokal
Anzieger of Berlin, which claims to
have received from va high Russia
personage an account of the em
peror's last hours.
Nicholas was awakened at 5 o'clock
on the morning of his execution. He
was then taken to a room where the
decision of the soviet council was
Communicated to him. He was in
formed the execution would be car
ried out in two hours.
The former emperor received the
COMMON LABPR
TO DE MOBILIZED
IN VARSERVICE
Government Takes Over Re
cruiting and Apportions -Requirements
to States on
Population Basis.
New York, July 31. The federal
government tomorrow will take over
in every state in the union the re
cruiting of common labor for the
furtherance of the war. Labor re
quirements for war industries have
been apportioned to the various
states on the basis of population and
as men are needed they will move
forward to meet the demand. The
aim is to eliminate the turnover;
stabilize wages; increase the produc
tion of essentials, and give efficient
support to the man in the trenches,
who needs from six to ten men to
work for him every day.
Announcement of this plan was
made at a luncheon given in New
York to Secretary of Labor Wilson
by Grosvenor B. Clarkson, secretary
of the Council of National Defense to
a gathering of newspaper publishers.
Independent recruiting of common
labor by plants employing over 100
men will be diverted to the United
States employment service.
Strike Paralyzes Port.
z Montevideo, Urugay, July 31.
This port is completely paralyzed by
a strike of 8,000 laborers connecetd
' i r- r -
wun snipping. .ven ine crews oi a
steamer and government vessels sent
to the res-rue of a wrecked vessel left
their posts. The na'ional troops have
been . put on strike duty.
vFuneral of Mrs. Paterson.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Pat
erson will be held at her home in
Apartment 2 of the Glenaro apart
ments at Fifty-first and Dodge
streets, Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Interment will be in Forest
Lawn cemtery.
Bolsheviki Surrender
Esthonia and Livonia
To German Government
Washington, July 31. Complete
submission or the Bolshevik gov
ernment to the ambitious designs
of Germany and consent to the
practical German annexation of the
great western provinces of Russia
appears to have been the outcome
of the conference wh'ch has just
been held between Russian and
German delegates for the ostensible
purpose of construing the peace
treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
From Zurich today came the
statement that the result of the
conference was a formal renuncia
tion by the soviet government of
any claims to the greater province
of Esthonia and Livonia.
A Sharp
must have steady nerves, good neb. blood,
good eyesight, good stomach, liver and
kidneys. From 40 to 70 per cent, of our
boys were rejected on account of some im
pairment in their human mechanism. A
large percentage was rejected on account
of their kidneys Backache is often caused
by kidney disorder, which means that the
kidneys are not working properly. Poison
ous matter and uric acid accumulate
within the body in great abundance, over
working the kidneys. Hence the conges
tion of Wood causes backache in the same
manner that a similar congestion in the
head causes headache. One becomes nerv
ous, despondent, sick, feverish, irritable,
spots appearing before the eyes, and lack
of ambition to do things.
In some people there are sharp pains in
the back and loins, distressing bladder dis
orders and sometimes obstinate dropsy.
The uric acid sometimes forms into gravel
or kidney stones. When the uric acid
affects the tissues, muscles and joints, it
causes lumbago, rheumatism, gout or
sciatica. This is the time to try Anuric,
double strength. The folks in this city
who have been benefited or cured, are de
lighted with the results they have obtained
by using "An-uric", the new discovery
of Dr. Pierce and his staff of the Invalids'
Hotel and Sureical Institute, in Buffalo,
. Y. Those who started the day with a
people
DR. E. R. TARRY - 240
announcement of the sentence of
death with great calmness. He re
turned to his bedroom and collapsed
in a chair. After a few minutes he
asked for a priest, with whom he tva
allowed to remain unattended. Sub
sequently he wrote several letters.
Jhen the escort arrived to take
him to the place of execution, Nich
olas vainly attempted to rise from
his chair. The priest and a soldier
were obliged to help him get to i.is
feet. He descended the stairs with
difficulty and once fell down
As he was unable to stand without
support, when the place of execution
was reached he was propped against
a post. He raised his hands and
seemed to be trying to speak, but the
rifles spoke, and he fell dead.
America's Cost in War
$1, 500,000,000 Month
England's a Billion
Washington, July 31. America's
war expenses now are about 50 per
tent higher than Great Britain's, it
was shown today by comparison of
treasury- reports and a newly issued
British financial statement. Owing
to the shorter time the United States
has been in the war, however, indi
vidual burden of taxation in this coun
try is only about one-half as much as
in England.
The monthly cost of the war td the
United States now is about $1,500,
000,000, while Great Britain's expenses
are $1,000,000,000 a month. The
United States is spending about $50,
000,000 a day, or more than $2,000,000
an hour. The nation's war debt is
now a little less than $12,500,000,000,
as compared with Great Britain's
$36,675,000,000.
Last Rites Are Performed
For Father M. J. Barratt
Funeral services for Rev. Michael
J. Barrett were held in St Philip
Neri church in Florence yesterday
morning. Father Gleeson was cele
brant, Father Gannon, deacon; Father
Buckley, sub-deacon; Father Galnet,
master of ceremonies, and Monsignor
Collinari, supplicant. Interment was
in Holy Sepulcher cemetery.
The ballbearers wen uan s.
Ketly, P. J. McDonough, J. E. Flem
ing, Joseph Roth, Thomas Fitzgerald,
John Claudt, H. Y. Eneoold and H.
Y. Mockenschneider.
More than 50, priests were in at
tendance together with parishioners
and friends that Crowded the church
to capacity. '
Soviet Issues Decree
Against Anti-Semitism
London, July 31. The soviet gov-1
ernmcht at Moscow has issued a de
cree against anti-Semitism, a Rus
sian wireless message today an
nounces. ,
There is no place in the Russian
scheme for the oppression of nation
alities, the decree declares. The
Jewish bourgeoisie "is our enemy not
as Jews, but as bourgeoisie," it con
tinues. The decree invites the working
classes to fight against pogroms and
all anti-Semitic agitators will bere
garded as outlaws, it is declared.
Woman is Killed When Auto
Runs Into Tree on Curve
Colorado Springs, Colo., July 31.
Mrs. W. L. Earl, 30 years old, wife
of a prominent business man of Ark
ansas City, Kan., was killed and three
other persons were dangerously in
jured early today when a motor car
in which they were riding etruck a
tree on a curve in the road near Mani
tou. Colo.
The injured were Miss Patricia Cur
tis, Arkansas City, Kan., right leg
broken, internal injuries; Frank Bak
er, Pawhuska Okl., left leg and arm
broken, internal injuries, may die;
James Peters, Pawhusk3, Okl., inter
nal injuries.
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an aching head (worn out before the day
began because they were in and out of bed
half a dozen times at night) are appreciat
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Pierce's Amine Tablets, double strength.
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WIRES TAKEN
UNDER CONTROL
BY BURLESON
Companies to Continue Opera
tion in Ordinary Course
Through Regular Chan
nels Until Notice.
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 31. Control 0f
telephone and telegraph lines was
taken over at midnight tonight by the
Postoffice department and their op
eration placed under the general su
pervision of a special committee
created for the purpose by Postmas
ter General Burleson.
Mr. Burleson announced that until
further notice the companies will con
tinue operation in the ordinary course
through the regular channels and
that all officers and employes, will
continue in the performance of their
present duties on the same terms of
employment The plan is. however,
tc co-ordinate the facilities of the va
rious companies to the best interest
of the public and the stockholders.
Investigations into wire conditions
being conducted by the special com
mittee, composed of First Assistant
Postmaster General Koons. David T.
Lewis, former member of the tariff
commission, and William, H. Lamar,
solicitor of the Postoffice department,
will be continued so that all possible
information can be secured before
any changes are undertaken.
Vail Urges LoyaltyV
New York, July 31. Theodore N.
VaiJ, president of the American Be'!
Telephone company, today issued a
statement to ill employes of the Bell
lines asking them to continue to show
their "finest sense of obligation," and
"loyalty and fidelity to the public
service" under government control,
which begins tonight at midnight.
that they have displayed in the past.
14,500 Huns Taken Since
March Last by British
London, July 31. Since March 21 of
this year the British have taken 14,
500 prisoners on the western front.
James Ian McPherson, parliamen
tary secretary of the war office, in
formed the House of Commons to
day. Flying; Cadet Killed.
Fort Worth, Tex. July 31. Flying
Cadet William Vann Weir of Gadsen
Ala., was killed at noon today whin
his plane crashed to earth at Caruth-:
Georgette Crepe
BLOUSES
Just
LANSDOWNE MAKES
. A PEACE PLEA
, (Continued From race One.)
Wilson's Speech Remarkable.
, "President Wilson's Fourth of July
speech remarkable both for what it
contain and what it omits derives
additional importance from the fact
that our own prime minister immedi
ately and whole-heartedly adopted it.
"It is a picture drawn by a great
master of the golden age to which we
are bidden to look forward. It does
not seem, however, to provide those
who are in search of a basis for pre
liminary negotiations with the kind of
groundwork after which they are
striving. ( '
"If Germany should intimate its
readiness to conform ' to President
Wilson's standards . a elong advance
would have been made in the right
direction. The speech is. however,
not an outline of peace terms, but
vcrv nnhlv worded descriotion of
'the things for-which the associated
peonies of the world are fighting.
On the argument that the moment
in which the allies are achieving glori
ous successes in the held is not the
moment for hinting at aeace. he said
"In the face of the world-wide
calamities the war has brought, no
moment can be inoDDortune for con
siderinir reasonable proposals. If one
moment is more opportune than an
other it is the moment when events
have shown that, whatever be the
feeling which inspires it, it is not one
of doubt as to our" ability to hold
cur own in this deadly struggle, if
we are forced to continue." ,
Draft Calls for 5,586 W
Graduates of School;
Nebraska Quota 145
Washington, July 31. Provost
Marshal General Crowder today
called on 23 states for 5,586 grammar
school graduates of draft i.ge quali
fied for general military service to
take courses of training at colleges
over the country. The men may vol
unteer until August 6, and after that
time any deficiency will be mads up
They are ordered to entrain August
15. The quotas by states and the as
signments include:
California, 287, Agricultural College
of Utah; Colorado, 257, Colortdo
Agricultural college; Idaho, '.93, Uni
versity of Idaho; Iowa, 206, Des
Moines college; Nebraska, 145, Agri
tural College of Utah; Nevada, 103,
University of Nevada; Oregon, 303
Benson Polytechnic institute, Oregon;
Utah, 450, Utah university; Washing
ton, 247, Oregon Agricultural col
leee.
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Monday, August 5
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Details in Sunday Papers
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American Fliers Shoot
Down Teuton Aairplane
By Associated Press.
With the American Army in
France, July 31. Lt. A. R. Briggs, of
Framingham, Mass., and Lt. David E.
Putnam, of Newman, Mass, of the
American aerial forces, report they
probably brought down an enemy
plane behind his lines at Montsec.
The aviators saw their opponent
plunge earthward, but the fog and
clouds prevented them from observ
ing the crash. The fight was the first
in the Toul sector for several days.
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Rail Employes Are Warned
Against War-Time Strikes
Washington, July 31. Railway em
ployes were told by Director "eneral
McAdoo in announcing details of the
wage increase for more than 500.30Q
shopmen that the nation expected
new energy from the workers in re
turn for pay increases and improve
ments in employment conditions and
that strikes and other labor dis
turbances must be eliminated during
the war.
Metal Market.
New York. July SI. Metals Lead
spelter market unchanfed.
and
At London Spot tin, S0.
Message to the
'Folks at Home
Coupled with
Ambassador Gerard's
Address on "Loyalty"
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