THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1918.
APPROACH TO HAM
BY ALLIES TAKES
MUN BY SURPRISE
Noyon in Sack From Which
Germans Cannot Escape
Unless They Have Re
treated Hurriedly.
Paris, Aug. 29. Newt of the
French approach to Ham came rath
er unexpectedly and it seemi proba
ble that a new and powerful attack
launched by tht French along the
Nesle-Noyon line, brokt m the ene
niy'i resistance and caused hit pre
cipitate retreat
The advance on Ham teemt to
have been from the west, at the re
port tellt of the capture of German
munition trains at ureuiu it is proo
able that the French have progressed
along the higher ground just south
of the .Somme river and have not
crossed that stream, with its canaL
It would appear that the Germans
who were in Noyon until tnis morn
ing will be trapped there, if they have
not hurriedly retreated from the sack
in which the Noyon region teems to
be caught. ...
If the French have reached Ham,
they have outflanked the German line
to the north, across the Somme. They
also threatened to drive a wedge be
tween the enemy forces north of the
1 ... 1 ." 1 1 (. ........ ' r .
somme ana mose biui in umuuj, u
tli Oise.
Actual possession of the village of
Ham probably will be delayed, as the
rttreatine uermans leave an ruins
saturated with poisonous gas.
' The town of Breuil. where the Ger
man munition trains were captured, is
on the Canal Du Nord.
At Champien wood, Ercheu and
other points in the line south of
Nesle. where the enemy sought to
bar the French advance eastward,
says Liberte, the German rear guards
fought to the last man ana rrisea
to be captured. "
Italian Young Women
Ask to Be Trained As
Aviators in Diaz Army
Rome, Aug. 29. A number of
Italian young women and girls have
petitioned the military authorities
to establish schools where they can
take training in aviation. Their
leaders declare that women on many
occasions have proved that they
possess sufficient physical stamina
to become fliers. They propose that
there be separate schools in air
dromes for women.
Police Have No Clew
To Con Man Who Made
His Escape From Jail
; With no tangible clew to work" on,
the police have been unable to get a
line on Carl . Billings, the notorious
rnnfirience man who made his escape
from theiail at 10 o'clock Wed
nesday night. Billings had been per
mitted to talk to his attorney, Charlet
Kubat, and while talking evidently re
moved a tcrew from the lock and
walked out to freedom. The attorney
expressed great surprise ' when he
.learned that Billings had escaped. He
wat summoned' to the station ana
closely questioned by Captain Heit
feld, but could throw no light on the
mvtrv. , - '- 4
', The gate Is a rickety affair, and
. once outside the avenue of escape was
open, and all Billings had to do was
la walk out of the station, turn south,
"" and go one block to Douglas street
and catch a street car tor council
BJuffs. After looking over the ground
the police are convinced that Billings
' had a confederate who slipped hjm a
screw driver. The hid gate is riot
strong aftd a man of ordinary strength
tould put hit shoulder against it and
break the cast jron hasp. There is
one hole in the wire mesh that is big
- enough to throw a cat through, and
nothing could prevent a confederate
from passing even a large screwdriver
through the meshes.
At the time of Billings daring es-
' cane the desk sergeant was busy book'
in erisonert that had just been
brought in, and during the confusion
Billings had plenty of time to re
move the screw, open the gate and
slip out. Although the police have
combed the city and telegraphed an
accurate description to nearby cities,
no trace of Billings has been found.
Army Appointment.
Whlnton, D. C. Au. !. (Special
Teleiram) The following appointments
hava been md In the army! Emtl Wal-
hoh. Grand Island, saoond lltutanant, quar.
termastsf ris Max Shaw Dunn, Mild,
Ta.. aeoond lieutenant, sanitary carpi;
Philip B. Barkland, Vermillion, 8. D., Cap.
tain, medical eorpa: Olen A. Bailey, Dia
gonal, la., Ralph C. Campbell, ML Pleas
ant, la.. Virtue W. ,Roirers, Yankton, fl. D.,
Knllsted men to be aacond lieutenant air
service:
' Appointment of Purl Arvln AIcoi as sec
ond lieutenant, air service aeronautic)
United State army. Hla assignment to
duty at Ft. Omaha from August t. till, I
announced.
Following; nameA officers of the medical
rerpa will proceed to Camp . Dodge, De
Moines. la. and report for duty: Captain
Joseph A. Carter, Julius C Cllppert, George
H. Gllmora, Jess S. Little. John L. Men
. ntrg, - Everett Power. Robert A. Smith,
: Kranct A. Sparks, William L. Stephenaon.
First. Lieutenant Rnbler Goldaton. Arthur
. H, Jackson, Elsh A. Lapham. James T.
McConaughey, Henry C. Metcalf, Krnest V.
Xeuman, Oeorge Parke, Laurence W. Pemce.
August H. Rlnftn, Marcus R. Bathe, Karl
C. Wold. v
AMERICANS PLAY
BASE BALL IN GAS
filASKSOVERSEA
Foot- Ball Revives Exhausted
Yanks Back From Front
Trenches; Y Physical
Directors Sought.
A a
American aomters overseas are
playing base ball in gas masks, ac
cording to Young Men's Christian
Association Secretaries Degrotte and
Martin, who are in Omaha on a tour
of the country to recruit men for
"Y" service as physical directors. So
enthusiastic are the Yankees in their
efforts to keen in the best of nhvsi
cal condition they often indulge in
the national pastime close behind the
lines, under screaming shells, and in
areas drenched with poison fumes
I he visiting secretaries spoke at
the Young Women's Christian asso
ciation Thursday noon before state
representatives of the Younu Men's
Christian association recruiting com
mittees.
An instance of the wholesome ef
feet of athletics upon Uncle Sam's
fighting men is shown in the story
of a unit of exhausted soldiers told
by Mr. Martin.
Foot Ball Revives Men.
"The men had just come from the
front line trenches, said Mr. Mar
tin. They were dated almost to
the extent of shell shock. They
stood around stupidly, unable to con
centrate their thoughts. Then some
one threw a football into the crowd
and almost at once they began to kick
it about and became the same intelli
gent, animated American soldiers
they had been before entering the
battle."
Mr. Degrotte believes that from
now on the warfare will be largely in
the open, although Fritz may at
tempt to "dig in" from time to time.
The allied soldiers here have the
advantage, according to Mr. Degrotte,
in spite of boasted German suprema
cy, but this advantage is due entirely
to athletic work which gives the
fighting man balance and agressive-
nest.
Big Athletic Goodt Order.
Mr. Degrotte has a $1,400,000 order
for athletic goods, which he believes
is the largest order of its kind ever
placed.
The two secretaries hope to recruit
400 men for .'immediate- need," as
physical directors. The recruits will
be sent to Young Men's Christian
association training schools at Chi
cago and Springfield, Mass. Ath
letic faddists" are not desired, but
Rood men of adaptibility prove the
best material for the months of train
ing at these schools.
There are ten athletic directors to
each division, a divisional superin
tendent 1 and nine regimental direc
tors. ,
PEACE AND ORDER
ARE RESTORED ON
MEXICAN BORDER
General Calles Takes Arms
Away From Civilians in
Nogales, Sonora; City
Under Martial Law.
YANKS SWEEP HUNS
BACK ALONG JUYIGY
(Continued From Page One.)
the scene of a dramatic tank drive.
Under the cover of artillery the light
French tanks flirted along both sides
of the path up to the little place,
smashing down one machine gun nest
after another, in spite of the employ
ment by the Germans of their new
tank eun. a sort of super-Mauser.
This gun is virtually identical with
the Mauser, except that it fires a bul-
I.e. a-ttnn ti 1 f J r risl in
XT'I-.- Vi T)f llCfc a IHLIC Hiui iia.i 't'vi
uKa.c3, Am, Aug. .-v. x,u- .. Thin, it is calcu ated. can
tarco Elias Calles, military governor pjerce the tank an(j possibly injure
of Sonora, issued a manifesto tonight some vital- part of the engine. But
ordering all civilians in Nogales, So- jn the path of the advancing machines
nora, to deliver their firearms -and "ow ,ie br0.kffn Zltl mX
ammunition to the general military
headquarters at once to prevent Allies Hold Mastery of Air.
further tniping across the border.' There is unquestioned mastery of
me manitesto, distributed m tne the air by the allies along this iront.
form of a handbill, resulted in many t, ha. hpen mistv this morninsr and
nnes, piston ana mucn ammunition three was little effective aerial work
Deing surrendered to me military au- and practically none by the uer-
GERMANS FORCED
BACK ON WHOLE
OF BRITISH FRONT
(Continued From Pace One.)
they soon were driven out. The
only result was to carpet the ground
in front of the British with German
dead.
There has been extraordinarily
heavy fighting for Greenland hill. The
position was reached once by the
British, but was relinquished during
a counter-attack yesterday. It is now
entirely British once more. The Brit
ish captured many prisoners.
Just north of the Somme. the Ger
mans are offering stiff resistance from
Ham, on the north bank of the river
west of Peronne.
Except in the extreme north, the
fighting is through villages which
have changed hands many times since
the war began. The ruins in some
cases became overgrown with weeds,
grass and poppies more than once,
only to be churned up again! ViU
lages reported from time to time tO(
1.1..A k.an . i n.a.va A r .r.11rre at
all. They are simply mounds of
debris.
Its the distance now and then there
is a cloud of dust and smoke arising
from a 'Village" showing where , a
high explosive shell just landed. There
is a body of khaki-clad troops swing
ing up a road and battered Germans
passing it on the way to the rear
toward the prison cages.
thorities. General Calles now has
complete control of the situation on
the international line tonight and no
further trouble is anticipated. The
Mexican town is under martial law,
No Further Trouble Expected.
Washington, Aug. 29. Official re
ports to the War and State depart
mans.
Onlv a few nnsoners are reported
an vet. the Germans seeing to it that
only machine gun crews should be
sacrificed.
Huns Resist Desperately.
All the skill of General von
Schwerin. commanding the seventh
ments today emphasized that the d di;ision is being exercised io
border trouble at Nogales, Ariz., wHl 0,d back the Arnericans at their
Keports trom Major General ilol-
breok, in command on the border,
said quiet had been restored. State
department dispatches told of satis-
tactory results trom the conterence
between Brigadier General Cabell and J
Governor Calles. At the Mexican
embassy here it was stated that Gov
ernor Calles could be counted on to
stamp out the activities of the Ger
man propagandists in Sonora.
Such information as the State de
partment received on the forcible en
try of armed Mexicans into the
American consulate at Nogales.
Sonora, and the wounding of Ameri-
point in the line north of Soissons and
save the Germans from the menace
thev would be under if the allies oc
cupied the plateau extending further
toward the east.
Recovering bfore the day ended
from the shock of the early morning
attack Von Schwerin brought into
play his artillery and other resources
m a desperate eltort to ctiecK tne
movement. Equally determined ef
forts were made by those organiza
tions in front of French divisions on
the right and left of the Americans.
Bitter Contest Expected.
Reports from points on the line
can Consul Tooley indicated that the where the attack is in nrotrress indi
incident was the act of irresponsible cate the Americans are confronted by
persons and not the Mexican military whaL is believed by many to be one
.i.tlin.it!.. I ... . , . I 1 .
or tne mosi aeierminea sianus yci
taken by the Germans, who realize
that a break at any point would likely
be followed by disaster.
The opinion seems to be that every
yard of territory gained will be bit
terly contested and that it is not im
nrobable that villages arrd other ob
jectives will be subjected to the fate
of capture and recapture many times
To Essential Industries N?. their possession js undisputed.
I .Th ranirlirv With urnirn rhe? cams
Washington, Aug. 28. Govern- were maeie bv the Americans and
uthorities
The violation of the consulate is
now under investiration but there is
very disposition on the part of the
officials to treat the Nogales affair
a purely local incident which
should not be elevated to an inter
national issue. i
Uncle Sam Will Give Aid
ment aid is available under certain French early in the day was not dupli
cated in the afternoon, when the bat
tle settled into a strong artillery duel
in which the guns of both sides fired
often at direct targets and at unusual.
ly close range.
Facing Many Guns.
The country which has been the
battlefield for almost four years again
conflict which has
conditions to industries in the process
of conversion from less-essential pro
duction to manufacture of materials
contributing to the war, officials of
the war finance corporation today
explained. This was prompted by
reports that many manufacturing
concerns are threatened with bank
ruptcy.
Tlia nn'nrlnat rnnfitinna tnr nfttiln. IS the SCene Of a
inor oirf trnm th tmurnmn( hi uui Willi lilt uiuuiuc ui utuiK
billion-dollar fund are that the Con- most stubbornly fought. Tonight the
cerns must be eneaeed in industry or ky dotted with flashes of exploding
" . New Letter Carriers.
' WaahlnctoD, D. C, An. St. Special Tele-
. jrram.) Rural latter carriers appointed:
Nebraska Bralnard. Arnold J, Flala; Crab
Orchard. Daniel Piatt; Garrison Alex
Pchaumburi; Rtilnt CttyJoho J. Foater.
Iowa Akron, J. Roy Dee; Albert City, Carl
.A. O. Johansen; Mount Air, Mary E. Hud
eon; Gravity, Elmer L. Wbeeler.
, - Appointment ot sergeant, Francis TB. Gay
nor. Medical department; second lieutenant
of sanitary corps, United States army Is an-
. nounced. Ha will proceed to Des Moines.
The Weather
Comparatlre Local Record.
jn. imt. mt. mi.
itltht-st yesterday..... ST It 11 t
lowest yesterday ti (S (0 Si
Vcsn temperature..... IS II IS It
Precipitation ..,...... .00 .07 .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal: .
formal temperature.... , TJ
ttxeeet for the day , 0
Total excess sine Karen l..,........T70
. Normal precipitation O.H Inch
Deficiency (or the day.. ....a 0.11 Inch
Total rainfall sine March 1, 'IT 10.4S Inches
Deficiency since March 1 ll.tl Inches
Pefldenoy for enr-period, HIT l.SS Inch
Pendency for cor. period. 116 10. H Incuse
Reports From BUtions it T P, M.
State of Tempera-Hlsh-Preelpl.
StaUon Weather ture est tatlon
Cheyenne, clear....... St tt .00
Davenport, clear TI , 12 . .00
Denver, clear , ...14 SI , .09
Des Moines, cloudy.. ....10 . 12 .00
Dodge City, part 'cloudy. to tt T
Under, clear ...II ' It ' .00
North Platte, clear S to .00
Omaha, clear IS IT .00
Pueblo, cloudy ......0 tt f .(
Rapid City, part cloudy. .TI TI, ,C
Hants Fa, cloudy It It ,
Sheridan, clear Ts TI .C
loux City, part cloudy.lt , It " .
line, clear,. ..S II t ,0
.. Indicates trace of precipitation.
1 U A. WELfiH. Msuorolocitt.
SENATE VOTES BAN
ON BEER AND WINE
EFFECTIVE JULY 1
(Continued From Par On.)'
exercise his present authority to stop
manufacture of beer and wines, (an
amendment adopted by the house
when it passed the bill May 23, last)
and for the original senate agriculture
committee provision to stop sales of
all intoxicating beverages Jan. 1,
next.
When the agricultural bill comes
before the senate tomorrow a sharp
fight on its appropriations, alleged to
be extravagant and unnecessary is
planned by several senators, but gen
eral opinion was that the measure
would be passed before adjournment
without further action on the pro
hibition clause.
Speaking jn support of the amend
ment, Senator Norris of Nebraska,
denied contentions that because of
immense loans made by banks on
whisky held in bond, national prohibi
tion would bring about financial disaster.
business essential during the war
period and that its credit must be of
nature to provide collateral.
Chairman Baruch. of the war in
dustries board, explained that the new
industrial preference list under prep
aration by the war industries board
will carry in 65 groups the prime es
sential industries, rated according to
their needs.
Nebraska Postmasters
Reappointed by Wilson
Washington, D. C, Aug. !t. (Special Tel
xirrara.) President Wilson aent to the sen
ate today the following nominations for post
masters In Nebraska, all of whom were re
appointments: Thomas T. Osterman, Blair;
Oeorge W. Ollllland, Bradshaw; Lyman H.
Eastman, Campbell; William C. Treadway,
Cedar Rapids; Elizabeth McLean, Clerks;
Qaston A. Kosa, Clarkson; Gilbert R. Eno,
Collegevlew; Patrick H. Green, Crelghton;
Harrison D. West, Crofton: Samuel 8. Far
rens, Decatur; John O. Blauser, Dillon;
Stephen C Lynde, Hartlngton; Ralnard B.
Wahlqulat, Hastings; Hiram B. Cameron,
Herman: Sadie K Flaherty, Hyannla; John
Cain, Kenesan; Edwsrd W. Roche Kimball;
Morris K. Jones, Lexington: .Claud J.
Brown, Lynch: Charles J. Haltberg, Lyons;
F. H. Davis. Madison: William McMtchael,
Maywood: William ' N. Corder, Morrill;
Thomas A. Dsvls. Nellgh; I. A. Manchester,
North Loup; Robert Dunlay. Orleans: Jamea
B. McDonald, Pilger; David C Morgan,
Plattamouth: Thomas A. Kelly. Republican
City; J. a Dullaghan, Rushvllle; Arthur C.
Schoenock, Scrlbner; William D. Bradstreet,
8penrer; Henry d. Burrltt, Shelby; Thomas
A. Sharp, Stanton: B. 8. Keck, Thomaa-
burg; Kdgar D. Wright, Tecumseh; John
Canfleld, Tekamah: C. L. McCord. Tllden;
Bryon Buaby. Wakefield: Andrew J. Cald
well, Walthlll; Charles A. Berry. Wayne;
I. J. Corley, Weeping Water: Morton T.
Kilmer, Western; Clinton Fry. Wlnalde;
Oeorge W. Campbell, Wymoro.'
Church Banquet. N
Missouri" Valley, la., Aug. 29. The
Rev. Dr. Cable of Council Bluffs, the
Rev. L. E. Ripley of Logan and the
Rev. A. C. Bonham of Missouri Val
ley were among the speakers here
last evening following a banquet of
the Methodist Episcopal church plan
ning for observance of one hundredth
anniversary of Missionary society.
lianas
shells, while the roar of the barrage
and counter barrage must be audible
almost to Fans. In the back areas
shells are falling behind the lines, but
not so frequently as many times pre
viously. The Germans apparently are
using all their guns and energy in at
tempting to tear down the deter
mined lines of their advancing enemy.
How many hundreds or thousands
of suns the Germans have immediate
ly in front of the Americans' is not
known. Every. hill side, ravine and
wood crackles with their fire, when
ever approached. And it has been in
the face of their destructive offense
that the Americans and the French,
as well, have been moving,
Comparatively little gas has been
employed by the enemy. There have
arrived at the dressing stations a few
cases of men suffering from mustard
gas, but most of them encountered it
in shell holes, hollows and depres
sions where it was old. but still ef
fective. -
As the day passed the visibility im
proved and the aviators of both sides
became more active. Those of the al
lies rendered valuable assistance in
observation work.
The Germans today concentrated
much of their efforts on the destruc
tion of tanks.
THPMRS0N,BELD!EN - CO.
15 tfhe fashion Center JorWomat3
Commercial Spanish
A course in Commercial
Spanish, five hours per week,
will be offered under the
instruction of Mr. M. C.
Gordon, the new Director of
the Commercial Department.
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