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Line Menacing Germans Aisne and Chemin-Des-Damea
i Positions Strengthened by Capture of Chavigny and
Cuffies and Entry Into Crouy; Enemy With
drawing from Lys Salient
By Associated Press.
.There has been no abatement in the strength of the offen
sive the British, French and American troops are throwing
against the German armies from Arras to the region of Soissons.
And as yet there is no indication that it is the purpose of the
seemingly demoralized enemy to turn about and face their
aggressors or to offer more resistance for the present than
through the activities of strong rear guards.
Not atone have the allied tr0PS a11 1
over the battle front from Arras to
Soissons gained further important
Jerrain, but to the north the British
have advanced their line in the Lvs
sector, apparently without much ef
fort. French Save Important Gains.
Of greater significance than any of
tht other victories achieved in Friday's
fighting is the gain of the French,
with whom Americans are brigaded,
in this general sector north of
Soissons. The latest French official
statement records the capture of
Chavigny, three mile northwest, and
Cuffies, a mile and a half nortli of
oissons, ana tne entry nuu mc uuu
skirts of Crouy, to Jthe northeast.
These victories, gained only after
the hardest kind of fighting, make
more secure the allied line running
northward andoutflankihg the Aisne
and a4Q the Chemin Des Dames posi
tions Alsft Jettrinc this .gen
eral situation has been the crossing
by! thfc French of the Ailette river at
Champs.', .
lit the regiontnorth of Noyon the
Fren:Ji have made further progress,
crossing the Canal Du Nord at sev
eral places and advancing materially
in the direction of the Noyon-Ham
railroad line. All around Noyon the
French have strengthened their posi
tions. Cpmbles In British Hands.
To the north the British almost
verywhere are pressing eastward
atong the highways," carrying the Ger
mans before them, notwithstanding
:he desperate resistance that is every
where being. offered by machine gun
ners innumerable and infantry units.
Combles is now in British hands. .
East of Bapaume the British are
working along the Bapaume-Cambrai
road toward Lubucquiere. To the
north of this region Bullecourt and
Hendecourt- on the old Hindenburg
line both were captured, but the Ger
mans, in a violent counter attack,
forced back the British to their west
ern outskirts,, where at last accounts,
occupying an old German trench sys
tem, the Germans were being held.
Northeast of Arras, the British
now are only, a step away from the
famous DrOcourt-Queant switch line,
one of the strongest of the enemy's
fortified positions, which is said to
be filled with forces who intend tena
, ciously to dispute its capture.
' i Withdraw In Lys Salient.
Southwest of Ypres in the Lys
salient the Germans again have be
gun withdrawing and are being close
ly followed up by the British. The
British again hold Bailleul. The
withdrawal of the Germans seem
ingly indicates it is their pupose to
blot out -this salient and straighten
their line southward from Ypres. It
ij. a -move, however, that is greatly
lessening the chance of a drive dur
ing the present year toward the chan
nel ports from this region.
There has been a considerable in
crease in the enemy's artillery activity
rtgainst the American troops in the
Vosges region. Several patrol at
tacks by the Germans have been stop
ped by the Americans. .
Republican Committee
Chairmanship Offered
Representative ross
' Washington, Aug. 30 .Representa
tive Simon D. Foss of Ohio was tend
ered the chairmanship of the republi-
can congressional campaign com
mittee at a meeting of the organiza
tion tonight. Friends of Mr. Foss
said he would accept.
Formal election of a successor to
Representative Frank P. Woods of
Iowa, who resigned as chairman
Tuesday night, was deferred until
Monday night,.
Representative Foss' name was the
:.r-nly one presented. Though the vote
i;i favor of the Ohio representative
was unanimous at the request of
'"Wthe jfornial vote -was jiortponed.
I :fre3;iitaiive Woods attend-cd tu
aight's 'meeting.
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AMERICAN GUNS
MAINTAIN FIRE
ON ENEMY LINES
French Struggle Forward in
Juvigny Region, but U. S.
Lads Make No Spectac
ular Advance.
By Associated Press.
Vith the American Army in
France, Aug. 30. While the Frenclf
troops on the right and 'left of the
,in,eficanAft tbeiffoivt north of Sois
sons struggled forward today, the
Americana sent thousands of rounds
of, high explosive shells and shrap
nel into the German positions. They
made little effort to advance their
line.
Late this afternoon some progress
was made by the Americans in the
region of Juvigny.
Although the day was not marked
by any spectacular advance, there was
far from a lull in the activities on the
American front
Since the Americans . appeared
Wednesday, the Germans have dis
played stubbornness and skill. They
have good positions and are defend
ing them. in a manner which would
suggest that they might even attempt
a serious counter-attack. The posi
tions of the Americans are perhaps
not so good and the contest seems to
have narrowed down to one of com
parative merits of the two organi
zations. Before the day was over the Ger
mans had begun to show signs of
(Continued on Page Ten, Column Three.
American Air Unit
Shoots Down 28 Enemjr
Airplanes in Month
With the American Army in
France, Aug. 30. The record of an
American air unit, compromising 75
pilots, shows that during July it shot
down 28 enemy airplanes and one
balloon.
Eighteen other planes are claimed
to have bee'h brought down, but these
are not confirmed. The American
airmen engaged in 144 combats and
went oi. 131 combat patrols.
The unit's best days were July 16
when six enemy machines and one
balloon were destroyed, and July 24
when five airplanes were destroyed
without an American casualty.
The French flyers during the same
time made nearly 14,000 flights, en
gaged in nearly 700 combats, took
10,000 photographs of enemy posi
tions, dropped 310,000 kilograms of
projectiles and brought down 145
planes. ;
German Public
Allies Have
Success
Amsterdam, Aug. 30. A German
supplementary army report issued in
Berlin last night says:
The end of the eighth day of the
great battle on the western front
did not bring at one point for the
British a success worth mentioning
despite their mass attacks.
"As the result of the peculiar na
ture of the fighting; the British never
know whether the Germans intend
to accept their attacks or abandon
practically worthless terrain without
fighting."
After reiterating the insinuation
i'.:at Australian troops arc bearing the
i. runt of the lighting in this "Tor tisHoral engagements "northeast
unimportant desert" and declaring that J .Noyon and on the Ailette." ,
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Australians Bayonet
And Shoot Everybody,
Says German Document
British 'Headquarters in France,
Avg. 30. (Reuters.) A document
which has fallen into possession of
the British says: '
"The troops opposite are Austra-
Hans, a powerful type of men, ex
ceedingly clever, versatile and very
enterprising. They know how to
creep through the high crops and
capture our outposts. A charac
teristic is that the enemy takes few
prisoners, but bayonets and shoots
everybody. The enemy also under
stands exceedingly well how to
plan, prepare and carry out large
patrol operations. The hostile in
fantry shows great dash by day.
light."
The extent to which the Austral
ian corps' prisoner cages have
been packed of late refutes the
charge of bayoneting and shoot
ing. The same document com
ments on the fact that "the enemy
airmen are absolutely masters of
the air here and are far more num
erous than ours.
AIRSHIPS STAGE
MIMIC BATTLE AT
THE FIELD CLUB
Daring Birdmen of the American-British
Aviation
Squadron to Thrill
Omaha Today.
Today Omahans are to see airships
going through battle maneuvers in
the sky, and doing all sorts of thrilling-stunts.
In a big field north of the peony
farm and west of Fairacres the battle
planes are standing, ready to carry
their -dating pilots aloft i ofthe great
spectacle between 3 and 5 o'clock
this "afternoon.
The airmen of the British-American
Aviation tour flew over from Des
Moines yesterday. They averaged
an hour and a half each to cover the
140 miles. Whistles blew when the
first plane was sighted in the cloudy
eastern sky. And from every building
the people poured: Streets and roofs
were crowded and heads were at
every window as the great mechanical
birds that are doing so much in the
war flew majestically across the city
and then came down in easy spirals
in the landing field.
All the machines made easy land
ings except one, a de Haviland bomb
ing plane, piloted .by Lieutenant H.
Kelleher. This machine ran into a
ditch and the landing gear was. dam
aged and the propellor broken.
"We call this only a small mishap,
however," said one of the flyers. "It
only needs a new propeller and
wheels to be as good as ever. The
landing field is by no means ideal,
but it will do."
One British Flyer.
Brigadier, General C. F. Lee. a
veteran aviator of the Royal British
Flying corps and probably the
youngest flying general in the world
(he is 31) was the first to arrive.
Tall, handsome, boyish, General Lee
typifies the British army in modesty,
calmness and unassuming way of
"carrying on."
"Flying is the easiest thing in the
world." he said. "Anyone can learn it.
It is the specialized things that re
quire work, such as learning bomb
ing, fighting, photography and the
other things done by an airplane. The
airplane js a perfectly safe method of
traveling. It is no longer a tricky
animal, but our trusty beast of bur
den." One British Flyer.
General Lee is the only British fly
er who will be here. Up to last night
the following American flyers had ar
rived: Captain G. G. Noble, Lts. 11.
E. Watson, W. Battles, II. Kelleher,
A. L. Clark, C. M. Connell, F. E.
Welch, R. B. Davidson and Earl Car
roll. Three more are expected to
arrive this -morning. They are Lts.
Continued on Page Four, Column Four.
Assured
Not Gained
Worth Telling
the French attacking to the north of
the river Aisne on Aug. 28, with the
aid of the Americans, had as 'little
success as had the British, the state
ment assures the German people that
the defense is daily getting greater
mastery of the tanks and that the
German infantry .and anti-aircraft
automobiles, "have visibly perfected
themselves for the. disposal of new
enemy fighting means."
Berlin, via London, Aug. 30.
"Great Britain attacks on a wide
iront soutneast ot .Arras tailed, says
the official statement from general
lie
cnuquarters tonight. J here
were
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KING OFI.W.W.
GOES TO JAIL
FOR 20 YEARS
Fourteen Chief Aides Given
Same Sentence as , Hay
wood; 33 Get Ten Years;
33 Five Years.
Chicago, Aug. 30. William D. Hay
wood, "uncrowned king" of the I. W.
W., and 14 of his chief aides in the
conspiracy to overthrow the Ameri
can war program were sentenced to
-0 years in 'the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kan., by Federal
Judge K. M. Landis today.
Ten-ye-. rcri:.,ces were iqiposed
uf an 33 of the organization's leaders,
five years on 33, one year and one
day on 12 and ten-day sentences on
two. Cases against Benjamin
Schraeger, editor of the Polishi I. W.
VV. paper, and Pietro Nigra were con
tinued. All sentences on the four counts
in the indictment will run concur
rently. Fines ranging from ."f.'O.OOO
on Haywood and his chief aides down
to $5,000 were imposed.
Ninety days is granted in which
to file a bill of exception and a stay
of seven days in which to petition
for bail.
"It is the closing chapter in Ameri
ca's biggest criminal case," said
Frank K. Nebeker, chief prosecutor.
"We are confident a new trial will
be granted," said George Vanderveer,
chief counsel for the defense.
Guilt Defined by Court.
Before , onouiiciug sentence,
Judge Landis reviewed' at some
length the salient points in the gov
ernment's case, .mi especial stress
on the L W. W. preamble declaring
eternal war on the emp'oying class
and denouncing war with other na
tions; the meeting of the executive'
board after America had entered the
war at which it was decided to ex
pel members entering military serv
ice and later the concerted plan by
strikes and rebellion to block war
measures.
"In times of peace you have a legal
right to oppose, by free speech, prep
aration for war. But when war has
been declared that right ceases forth
with," was the court's closing re
mark. Aside from a slight disturbance in
the corridor when one of the prison
ers became hysterical while being led
away, there was no disorder. Scores
of special police banked the corridor
and court room. Only relatives of
the defendants were admitted.
Ovation Quickly Silenced.
There was a deep silence as Hay
wood and his 14 chief assistants
were called before the bar. As "Big
Bill" arose from his seat, a group of
women who had been weeping started
a mild ovation which was quickly
silenced. George Andreytchine, the
young Bulgarian poet, tfho has had
a stormy career, was next called. He
smiled and blew a kiss to his bride,
who waved her handkerchief.
Ralph Chaplin, another poet, fol
lowed, smiling and confident, with
Carl Ahlteen, Minneapolis, editor of
'The Alarm," pale and nervously
twisting his cravat.
The proceedings were interspersed
with an occasional groan from the
(Continued on Page Four, Column On.)
Twelve Per Cent Tax on v
Incomes of $4,000 or Over
Washington, Aug. 30. A flat 12 'per
cent normal tax on annual incomes
above, $4,000 and a normal tax of 6
per cent below $4,000 down to the
exemption limit without any differ
ential against unearned incomes, was
agreed to at a conference today on
the war revenue bill between Secre
tary McAdoo and Chairman Kitchin
and members of the house ways and
means committee.
There will be changes made in the
surtax rates to correspond with this
action. Mr. Kitchin said today prac
tically all questions at issue now had
been settled, but it was unlikely that
the revenue bill would be reported to
the house before Monday.
German Troops Placed Behind
Austrians to Shoot Deserters
With the American Army on the
Lorraine Front, Aug. 30. An Aus
trian prisoner taken says the morale
of the Austrian army now is so bad
that German troops habitually are
placed behind them with orders to"
shoot any men who endeavor to de
serf. Are You Reading
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By ELEANOR H. PORTER
Author of "Pollyanna" and
"fust. David"
Today's Installment on Page 10
31, 1918. ' ?",Lrfa'SSS.!Sri'SSa 2ETW0 CENTS
Grabbing Bear Makes
Reckless Grab to Bear
Musket for Uncle Sam
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 30.
Having been rejected for military
service because of physical defects,
two young Sioux Indians named
Crabbing Bear and George Red
Horn, whose homes are on the Pine
Ridge reservation, deliberately
committed small thefts in the be.
lief that this would result in their
induction Into the military ser
vice. They noted that another In
dian, who some weeks ago com
mitted a theft on -the reservation,
had been permitted to enlist. The
young Indians were arrested on a
federal warrant, and, as they had
hoped) it is probable they will be
inducted into the military service
of Uncle. Sam and sent to a train
ing camp.
GERMANS MUTINY
WHEN ORlERED TO
GO TO THE FRONT
"To Hell With the Fatherland,"
They Cry in Response to
Appeal to Their
Patriotism.
By Associated Press.
With the British Armies in France,
Aug. 30. Reports of Germans refus
ing to fight continue to be received,
reliable German information says:
"On August 28 it was learned that
fthe Fifth company of the 22d reserve
infantry regiment refused to go lor
ward to relieve the Fourth company,
which had suffered heavy losses as
it had only gonev out of line itself
four lays previously.
"The men refused for two hffurs,
during which the commander threat
ened to send them forward under es
cort. In the end the men were per
suaded after a heated argument about
their duty to the fatherland, to which
some of the men openly retorted: 'To
hell with the fatherland.'"
Losses Terrible.
Terrific losses continue to be in
flicted on the Germans. The Germans
on a large section of the front to the
east of Bapaume have not had hot
food for three days because British
bombs smashed a large number of
their rolling kitchens.
In today's attack the defenses t
Riencourt were especially strong and
the town sits atop high ground which
in itself forms a natural defensive po
sition. It had been thought that the
Germans would hold onto this place
desperately and they did for the first
part of the attack.
Under the terrific British fire, how
ever, the enemy broke as Haig's men
stormed the place and it now is firm
ly in British hands. Here the British
are within a few hundred yards of
the famous Drocourt-Queant line,
which probably is one of the strong
est positions the enemy has ever
erected on the western front.
Five Lines of Trenches. '
The Drocourt-Cjueant defenses con
sist of live lines of trenches, many ma
chine guns and immense quantities of
.wire. J he ground is honeycombed
with deep dugouts to offer shelter
from bombardment. It is along this
line perhaps that one of the most
niuer sirugRics ot tne war may soon
take place.
200,000 Workmen in
Westphalia Strike;
Troops Fear Riots
Geneva, Aug. 30. Serious strikes
involving 200,000 workmen have
borken out at Bochum, in West
phalia, according to dispatches re
ceived here today fron; Munich.
Three thousand strikers have been
sent to the front and 8,000 deported
from the region under escort. Troops
are guarding th? town, it is said, as
riots are feared.
Hindenburg Line Offers
Germans No Safe Refuge
From Attacks of Mies
With the French Army in France,
Aug. 30. The Germans have no po
sition to fall back upon west of the
Hindenburg line, except a line run
ning from Ham to Berlancourt.
The Third army in the region of
Noyon has occupied Mont St. Simeon,
while the Canal Du Nord was crossed
at Chevilly. The extent of these
gains in territory is insignificant, but
they are important. The .loss of
Mont St. Simeon means a loss of the
main defense of the salient from the
canal to the Aisne. The French cross
ing of the Canal Du Nord obliges
GERMANS SUFFER ;
TERRIBLE LOSSES
UNDER HARD BLO WS
AH of Country South and Weit of the Somme Freed
of Enemy; Haig's Men Cross Stream South of La
Chapelette; Hindenburg Line Crossed to
South of Bullecourt.
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 30. -"East and northeast of Bapaume our
operations are proceeding satisfactorily, in' spite of increased
hostile resistance," says the official Statement from Field Mar
shal Haig's headquarters in France tonight "Hard fighting
occurred on the greater part of this front and a number of heavy
counter attacks were made by the enemy."
f British troops today crossed the Hindenburg line to the
south of Bullecourt.
With the British Forces in France, Aug. 80. -The fighting
British armies again smashed their way forward today all along
the line. There has been very heavy fighting almost everywhere
between the Somme and Scarpe rivers and under the force of
repeated blows, delivered with machine-like precision,' the foe
haj been forced to abandon many more town positions and large
strips of ground.
ROSS PEASANTS
AIDED BY 1,200
HON MUTINEERS
i u. .,-,')
Resolute Struggle Going, on
Against White Guards ;jn
Ukralhe; Fierce Battle ;
Near Kiev.'
London, Aug. 30. Twelve hundred
German mutineers have joined forces
with an armed paasant body and at
tacked the German forces in the re
gion. of Dymcra, 24 miles from Kiev,
according to a Russian' wireless dis
patch received here toUay from Mos
cow. Fierce' fighting has taken place
between the Germans and the peas
ants and there have been heavy losses
on both sides.
Tho dispatch follows:
"A resolute struggle is going on
against the White Guards. The or
ganizer of the recently discovered
conspiracy at . Moscow; named Mar
pulias, has been . shot. Near the
Church of Christ, the Saviour, a band
of White Guards was caputred during
the night. The author, Peschechnoff.
(formerly editor of a newspaper at
Petrograd) has been set free at Mos
cow. "In the Ukraine the unrest among
the peasants is spreading. The dis
trict and town of Dymera, 24 miles
from Kiev, has been declared by the
German army commander to be in a
state of siege. All persons wWe for
bidden to be in the streets after 7
p. m. and all movements to and from
the town were prohibited.
"Nevertheless the peasants succeed
ed in concentrating forces around the
town and the commander asked for
reinforcements from Kiev. After two
hours an airplane appeared over the
town and announced that two steam
ers with soldiers and guns had been
dispatched against the peasant forces.
"Soldiers arrived with machine guns
and occupied all routes to the town.
A fine was imposed on the town.
"Mutineers numbering about 1,200
men with ten machine guns and sev
eral other guns joined the peasants
and fierce fighting took place between
these forces and the Germans. There
were many losses on both sides.
"The population of Kiev is starv
ing." '
the retreating forces to quicken their
flight or suffer greater losses.
he violent reaction effected north
of Soissons by picked German divi
sions apparently was! intended to
check the advance over the plateau
towards the Chemin Des Dames and
force Marshal Foch to detach troops
from other operations and ease the
trying situation. Developments prove
the latter object is no more likely
to be attained than the other. The
French pressure goes on and even
the Hindenburg line, the supreme
reliance of the Germans, appears this
evening far from a refuge,
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9 Once more the Germans nave suf
fered 1 terrible losses. The ' British ' ,
have freed all the country south and
west of the Somme, the last Germans
being driven behind the river this
morning. Even there . the enemy is
not finding rest for the British have
crossed the stream at least at one
place south of Lt Cbapelletto, ,
' ' JPresslng Toward Peronne.'
"-From Peronne 'southward' the Brh
istj cannon and then the French guns
are hurling' projectiles, big and little,
on the other side of the rivet.' Juaj
north of the Somme sf ter; it . turns
west, the British have Captured Clery
and are pressing toward Peronne.
The Germans have been trying ever
since the fall of Bapaume to hold
the line running alotig the road be
tween that town and Peronne. ' Brit
ish patrols have reached Le Trans
loy, directly on the road and it is re
ported that Le Transloy has fallen
and that a fierce battle within a battle
is raging almost along the . whole
length of the road.
Germans Fighting Desperately.
Hard fighting is going on around
Beaulencourt, which is astride the
road between Le Transloy and Ba
paume. "The Germans hold the ma
jor portion of this village for the mo
ment, but they seem destined to be
thrown out. A struggle is in progress
at Morval, -southwest of Le Trans-
lojr. The fighting appears to have
reached a hand-to-hand character and
the Germans are said to have suffered
from British bayonets. Other' towns
in this immediate neighborhood fell
this morning or during last night. '
From this locality the line of battle i
swings wide around Bapaume and
there has been more heavy fighting
here. Banconrt, east of Bapaume, fell
after being stormed.
Attack With Bayonets. , "
Astride the road to'Cambraj from
Peronne the British crashed into the
Germans and smothered their resist
ance, sometimes- again at the point of
the bayonet. Fremicourt seems to
have been taken and the British have
driven on eastward. North of befe",
Vaulx-Vraucourt, which contained a
large enemy garrison that offered tho
strongest resistance with machine'
guns, apparently has fallen in its en
tirety to the British. Ecoust-St.-1!
Mein and Longatte in its suburbs
again is reported to have been cap
tured by the British. . V ' "
Here the Germans delivered a pow
erful counter-attack and the British 1
withdrew. The artillery was turned t
into the trap and after it had finished
the British moved back again ' and
mopped up what remained of the
Gerjnans.
Bullecourt is well in British handst
as apparently also is Hendeconrt,
Riencourt and Cagnicourt. The Brit-
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Senate Votes Fund for :
Buying Seed Wheat to
Be Sold to the Farmers
Washington, Aug. 30. Opposition
to various appropriations as wasteful
and unnecessary together with pro-,
traded debate on the conference re
port to the man power bilj resulted in
the failure of the senate to pass the
agricultural appropriation bill with its ,
amendment providing for prohibition
after June 30,. 1919. ' Prohibition ,lead--ers
plan for a vote tomorrow.
Discussion of minor appropriations
occupied most of the time, senators
contending much of the money could v
be devoted to better purposes. -An
amendment authorizing the secretary
of agriculture to set side. $2,500,00
for the purchase of seed wheat t fcs
sold to farmers was adopted 1