t
"The Stars apd Stripe
forever.'
' ' " - ' s . : '
THOUSANDS MARCH
IN LABOR PARADE,
OMAHA APPLAUDS
. War Spirit i$ Manifest in Service Flags and Banners
Carried by Union Organizations Through Streets
Lined With Cheering Throng; Sheep
Butchers Get First Prize.
' Omaha doffed its hat and extended the right hand of
fellowship yesterday to-the great army of workers, to the
men and women who devote their brain and brawn in shop,
office, store and factory, in the production of necessities and
comforts.'
It was labor's natal day and proud was the man or woman
- who wore the insignia of his or her rank in the hosts who are
keeping the home fires burning while others are far away,
" bearing the brunt of battle for democracy and civilization.
in.. c:: in 17i.'lne
VTi oyiiii M.4.Hwi
The spirit of organized labor was
manifested, first in a parade which
started at 10 a. m., and moved
through the principal streets, be
tween cheering multitudes which paid
homage to the toilers. Many agreed
that it was the best parade of its
kind ever witnessed in Omaha. The
spirit ofwar was one of the domi
i nant features, with thousands of na
tional flags and smany service flags
floating in the morning breeze. There
were more women than usually no
ticed in a Labor Day parade, these
marchers being sisters, wives .and
sweethearts who have taken, up war
time wk beside the "sterner sex.
Miss Joy Higgins, Robert Cowetl,
City Commissioner Butlec and A. H.
' Bigeldw, comprising a committee oa
awards, decided that the sheep butch
ers were entitled to the first prize
6i $15 in War Savings Stamps for
best appearance in the parade. These
workers were attired in an effective
. color scheme -of red, white and blue.
The hod carriers, in blue shirts and
white tjouscrs and hats, were given
the second .parade prize of $7.50 in
War Savings Stamps. Honorable
mention was accorded to the, cattle
butchers; painters and decorators,
canning girls and carpenters' unions
N6s. 1631 and 1278.
J. J. Kerrigan, chairman of the La
bor day committee, was one of the
veterans in the ranks of Omaha's or-
ganized labor. He has served as a
delegate from the carpenters to Cen
tral Labor union for more than a
quarter of a century. He was as
sisted by C. E. Clark, J. N. Wang
ber and E. J. Huller. T. P. Rey-
- nolds .was chief marshal of the pa
rade and wasssisted by Thomas A.
Menzies, C. J. Warren, S. C. Jack
fon, John M. Gilbb, Jack Davis and
John Lynn
Banners Reflect Loyalty.
Banners-carried in the parade re
. fleeted the patriotic, enthusiasm of
' the occasion and bore these expres
sions: -.
"Labor will win the war.
" '"We will keep the home fires burn
ing." , .
'Democracy means equal pay tor
women."
' "We stand behind our president
-for democracy." '
' "Boys, we hear you calling us.
:"Wc make the world better for.
those living today."
"If you need us we will come.
"Funeral march for kaiser and
profiteers." . .
The district council of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor carried a
banner which read, "Eight hyirs for
' all workers." - ' ...
A group of women carried a ban-
tier on which had, been lenerea, w c
made khaki for the boys over there.
, We got fired over here."
vThe telegraphers announced on a
' banner. "A few of us are here; the
ret are4 at work." . .
. ; Bricklayers No. 1: "Organized to
" .win the war for freedom."
, EJectrical workers: "We produce
kaiser-killing energy."
Naval Band in Lead.
' The Great Lakes naval training
station' band, which has been here
'since Saturday, ltd the parade and
was received by hearty cheers all
-long the route.
" The. Hagenbeck-Wallace ' circus
parade follcTwed shortly after the dis-
. - pefsion of the Labor day concourse.
- The Crowd waited patiently for the
second parade, which added to the
holiday features of the day.
- ; Members of organizedv labor went
toJCrue park after the parade with
. 4helr families and enjoyed an outing
with a program of competitive sports.
-Late in the afternoon. Mayor Smith
.and Miss Joy Higgins addressed the
... crowd in the park.
A base ball game between the Navy
and Armour teams at Kourke park,
circus afternoon -and evening and
"(Pageant . ot Children s Year in
i Riverview "park were among the
Labor day attractions offered to
Omahans. All were well attended.
ALL, THE LATEST WAR NEWS
Me Omaha
VOL. 48 NO. 66.
Eitera u Meutf
at Oetha P. 0.
PRICE OF 1919
WHEAT FIXED AT
$2.20 BY WILSON
Disinterested Commission Will
Be Appointed in Spring to
Investigate Justification
of Increase.
' Washington, Sept. 2. By procla
mation issued today president Wik
son set $220 a 'bushel 'a's' tfii. mini
mum price guaranteed by the govern
ment for the 1919 wheat-crop.
A disinterested . commission, the
president ' stated, will be .appointed
next spring to see whether the in
creased cost of farm labor and sup
plies would justify an increase above
that" price. 5
Possibility of peace before the mid
dle of 1920 was indicated in a mem
orandum written by the president and
accompanying the proclamation, as a
factor in determination of the presi
dent to maintain the p'resent price for
the 1919 crop.
"In giving a guaranteed price for
wheat one year in advance (the only,
industry guaranteed by the govern
ment), there is involved a consider
able national risk," the president said.
Huge Loss Possible. '
"If there should be peace or in
creased shipping available before the
middle of 1920, Europe will naturally
supply itself from the large stores of
much cheaper wheat now in the
southern hemisphere; and, therefore,
the government is undertaking a risk
which might, in such an event, re
sult in a national loss of as much as
$500,000,000 through an unsalable
surplus; or, in any event, in maintain
ing a high level of price to our own
people for a long period subsequent
to freedom in the world's markets."
The proclamation fixes as reason
able guaranteed prices for No. 1
Northern spring wheat and its equiv
alents at the principal primary mar-
tcets tne loiiowmg:
New York, $2.39; Philadelphia,
$2.39; Baltimore and Newport News,
$2.38J4; Duluth, 221V Minnea
polis, 2.2Vt Chicago, $2.26; St.
Louis, $2.24; Kansas City and Omaha,
$2.18; New Orleans and Galveston,
$2.28; Tacoma, Seattle, Portland, As
toria, San Francisco and Los An
geles, $2.20; Salt Lake City, Great
Falls, Pocatello and Spokane, $2.00.
Schools Open Today
With Patriotism the
Theme of Programs
A patriotic program will be given
today when the schools of Greater
Omaha open. Each principal and
teacher wil be allowed to give it in
her own way. It includes the salute
to the fla. "The Call" by President
Wilson, "The Star Spangled Banner,"
In Flanders Fields and other pa
triotic songs and poems. A portiop
of the first period, which will ,be
lengthened, will be. used at.the high
schools and the morning session at
the elementary schools tor the pro
gram. Heavy Rain About Beatrice
Helps Ground for Seeding
Beatrice, . Neb., Sept.' 2. (Special.)
Another heavy rain visited this sec
tion of the state Sunday night. In
some places the rainfall wa3 five
inches: 1:62 inches fell here. Farmers
i'ha.ve finished fall plowing and' say
mat tne moisture has put the ground
in good condition tor seeding.
- cltu mMir May 2. I
at! l Harek a. IS?.
GERMANS IN MOST PERILOUS
. POSITION SINCE WAR BEGAN
,By Associated Press.
Over a front of 30 miles from the
region of Arras to Peronne, Field
Marshal Haig's forces have literally
smashed the German front.
The southern portion of the famous
Drocourt-Queant switch line which
had been heralded as the impregnable
bulwark of the German defense in the
north has given way under the vio
lence of the British onslaught over its
entire front from 'the Scarpe river to
Queant, a distance of about 10 miles.
Monday night the Canadian and Eng
lish troops were pursuing the enemy
some three miles to the east.
Thousands of prisoners have been
taken. At last accounts the enemy
was fighting violently as he gave
ground toward the Canal Du Nord.
. Ends Hindenburg Menace.
By this victory seemingly is ended
the menace of the Hindenburg line to
the south, which the British are grad
ually approaching.
Already thoroughly outflanked on
the north and with the French well
updn its southern base, military ne
cessity apparently will require that
the Germans relinquish the Hinden
burg fortifications and realign their
front from Flanders to Rheims in or
der to avert disaster.
Already the roads to Doual, Cam
brai and St. Quentin are thoroughly
REVENUE BILL TO
YIELD BIG SUM OF
$8,012,792,000
Will be introduced in'; House
"v Today WCostetibr:
Friday; Great In
crease JDveM 91 7.
Washington, SepV . 2. The new
revenue , bill, with ... a levy, affecting
every individual and -business con
cern in the country, was approved
unanimously .today by the house
ways and means committee. Chair
man Kitchin will introduce it in the
house tomorrow and ask for consider
ation Friday.- Leaders hope to send
it to the senate within '-10 days after
debate begins. .
The final committee estimate of
the revenue to be yielded under the
new bill is -$8,012,792,000, as against
$3,941,633,000 last year, under the
present law. The largest source of
estimated revenue is from taxes on
excess profits, including war profits
$3,100,000 and the next iS from taxes
on incomes $1,482,186,000 from indi
viduals and $828,000,000 from cor
porations. The exemptions under the new bill
are the same as under the old, $1,000
for single persons and $2,000 for
married persons with $200 additional
allowed for each dependent child un
der 18 years old. An exemption of
$200 for each dependent incapable of
self-support because' of mental or
physical disability also is allowed.
Provisions of Bill.
The report, whicji will be made
public tomorrow by Chairman
Kitchin,' explained the provisions of
the bill in detail. It said the com
mittee determined what proportion of
the cost of the war this yeab should
be financed by taxation and by bonds,
not from previous experience, as there
was no analogy in history, but upon
thorough consideration of, the effect
on the morale of the people upon
price inflation, upon production, and
upon relative ability of the people to
pay taxes now and after the war.
The committee explained" that it.
nad decided upon the raising of $8,
000,000,000 by taxation because it had
accepted as a sound fiscal policy the
recommendation ot fcecretarv Mc-
Adoo that'eme-third of the govern
ment's estimated exoenditure of $24.-
000,000,000 this year .be obtained from
this source and. the regaining two
thirds by. bonds. ! ,
The report said that the bill levied
on all citizens or residents of the
United States a normal tax of 12 per
cent upoft the amount of income in
excess of exemptions except oh the
first $4,000 of the taxable amount the
rate shall be 6 per cent. The meas
ure also increases the surtaxes all
along the line. .
Highest On Tobacco.
There is no reference to the immi
nence of prohibition legislation in
what the report said about the bever
age tax. - i -
The tobacco rates, the report said,
are fixed at approximately the high
est, revenue producing rates that can
safely be levied without ereatlv re
ducing the consumption of - tobacco
and correct the reduction in revenue.
So far as practicable the committee
has placed the excise taxes upon the
manufacture, producer or importer.
In the second group of articles re
garded as a luxury when sold over
a fixed price the committee believed
that these taxes hadeen paid by the
consumer and collected by the re
tailer.-f
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS FULL LEASED
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER
invested by the. British and French
armies, while north of Soissons the
French and Americans are in posi
tions of vantage from which they
carry out turning movements which
will outflank Laon and the Chemin-Des-Dames
and Aisne lines. The
situation of the enemy, viewed from
the war maps, is the most perilous he
has yet been in.
I Flanders "Sore" Spot
Added to the troubles of the Ger
man high command is the situation
that is fast developing in Flanders,
in the region around Ypres, where
the Germans daily are being forced
out of their positions by the British
and American troops. All over this
sector steady progress is being made
eastward in the blotting out of the
salient that has long existed there.
The Americans who took Voorme
zeele Sunday, now are .well into the
region east of the town) having over
come the strong resistance of the
Germans who endeavored to bar their
way.. A few more strides by Haig's
men in this region and Armentieres
will be within striking distance. Af
ter Armentieres it is but a. step to
Lille.
Hard fighting has been in progress
between the British and Germans
around Peronne, where the Austral
Captain Roosevelt and
318 Invalided Arrive Safe
An Atlantic Port, Sept. 2. Cap
tain Archie Roosevelt arrived here
from France. He was wounded
last April during the capture of
Cantigny. On the same ship were
13 other officers and 300 men who
also have been invalided home.
HITIOEiOUNM:
PAYS HONOR TO
LABORING MAN
President Wilson Addresses
Great Throngs in Washing
ton; All Back Slogan, "Win
War for Freedom."
By Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 2. Labor
day was observed today
throughout the United States.
President Wilson, in a Labor
day message, laid great stress
on the part that labor had in
the winning of the war, saying
in part:
"Every tool in every essen
tial industry is a weapon and a
weapon wielded for the same
purpose that an army rifle is
wielded.",
Director General McAdoo
issued an order that railroad
employes be permitted to par
ticipate in celebration ot tne
day where essential operations
would not be hampered.
Director General Schwab of the
Emergency Fleet corporation, in a
cablegram to the American troops
in France, gave those forces assur
ances that everything possible was
being done by that indusry.
President Gompers of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, now
abroad, in a mes-age to the American
people, pledged the fullest support of
organized labor to the cause of the
republic. ,
Daniels at indianapous.
Indianapolis. Ind., Sent. 2. Dis
cussing what he believes will be the
conditions in this country after the
war, Josephus Daniels, secretary, ot
the navy, chief speaker at the Labor
day celebration here, declared that
the soldiers and sailors, when they
return to civil life, will Control
(Cratlnoed on Fact Two, Column Tiro.) .
Two Britishers Take
80 German Prisoners
With the British Forces in
France, Sept 2. So swiftly did the
British advance that at one point in
the recent fighting a complete horse
ambulance, including two doctors
and 350 prisoners were taken. At
one place a British officer with one
man bombed an enemy trench and
then advanced. Eighty Germans of
the garrison surrendered to the
pair.
The effects of the recent entente
allied artillery fire are shown in n
order signed by General Luden
dorff, which also apparently dis
closes a shortage of German artil
lery. General Ludendorff says that
during one month the allied shell
fire destroyed 13 per cent of Ger
man guns in action. He directs
that strong counter-battery meas
ures be taken,
Daily
3, 1918.
Mall (I w). miry. 4Mi tMity. U.M:
Dally ul Sd.. M; tmlH Nik, tttm axtra.
ians successfully withstood violent at
tacks and have taken several thous
ands of prisoners. Between Peronne
and Bapaunie the Germans also have
imposed strong opposition to the
British, but the St. Pierre-Vaast wood,
Letransloy and Allaines and Haut
Allaines all have been successfully
carried. .
On Road to Ham.
On the southern end of the front
the French have made another im
portant crossing of the Canal Du
Nord, this time east of Nestle, which
places them well on the road to Ham,
the last remaining important point in
the Somme-Oisc sector with lines
leading from it to St. Quentin and
La Fere.
North of Soissons equally impor
tant progress has been made. Here,
where the Americans are in line with
the French, gains have been made on
the plateau east of Crecy-Au-Mpnt
and Juvigny and the villages ' of
Leuilly and Terny Sorny have been
taken, notwithstanding stubborn re
sistance. These gains, if they are continued,
seemingly cannot but result shortly
in the enemy withdrawing northward
from the Velse river positions he
holds and reconstituting his entire
front to Rheims. .
YANKS CUT WAY
THROUGH ACRES
OF BARBED WIRE
Make Further, Progress on
r the Flanders FfontrGo
ing East From Voor
mezeele. By Associated Press.
With the 'American Army in
France, Sept. 2.--The American troopB
reached the embankments of the
Bethune-Soissons roadway late Sun
day night by literally cutting their
way through acre after acre of barbed
wire the work of two great armies.
In gaining the-road the Americans
passed over great open places con
sisting of an immense network of
wire.
The first wire entanglements had
been stung by the French. Then the
Germans came along and for their
own protection erected an additional
wire system.
Yanks Hold Objectives.
The American spearhead east of
Juvigny was driven across the
Bethune-Soissons roadway by a great
early morning hammer blow, and the
Americans spread in a great semi
circle and held their objective.
In the face of machine gun and air
plane fire, the Americans began a
powerful night assault from the
Bethune-Soissons roadway, which
they reached Sunday. They held the
roadway until after dark, despite ma
chine gun fire from the high points
ahead and enfiladed by machine guns
from the south in the direction of
Terrny-Sorny. The attack carried
them to the De Castille trench, more
than half a kilometre east of the road
way. From where the Decastelle
ternch crosses the roadway the Amer
cans hold a line to the southwest on
the outskirts of Terny-Sorny.
German Airmen Busy.
A barrage preceded the infantrymen
in the night assault, the artillery suc
ceeding in clearing the machine gun
nests ahead on the hills. The chief
source of annoyance to the Americans
came from machine guns on the Bois
De Beaumont to the southward, where
the artillery had difficulty in shoot
ing them out because of the dense
woods.
. Soon after the American barrage
(Continued on Pace Two, Column Four.)
. VHW
Jerry Ji Kissane. Omaha
; Boy, is Drowned in France
Jerry J. Kissane, 24 years old, 2975
Creighton avenue, a former Omaha
fireman, was drowned "somewhere"
in France August 17, according to an
official telegram from the War de
partment received by the soldier's
father, Mike Kissane, a retired police
man, late Monday afternoon. The
body was recovered.
Kissane made his home with his
father and two sisters. He is a
brother of "Dick" Kissane, v well
known in baseball circles. Both boys
wanted to serve the colors but "Dick"
was rejected. Jerry formerly served
as a city fireman previous to enlist
ing, and was stationed at Firehouse
No. 1. He enlisted December 1, 1917,
and landed on French soil july IS
of this year. He was a private in
Battery C, Fifty-fourth regiment
Coast Artillery Corps.
Private Kissane was born in
Omaha, graduated from the graded
schools and attended high school one
term.
iVlRE SERVICE
.Bee
TWO CENTS.
DR0 COURT QUEANT
LINE IS SMASHED
ON SIX-MILE SECTOR
Canadians and British Aided by Tanks Take Many
Prisoners on Their Wide Sweep Ahead When
Many Villages Are Captured; Letranalcy.
and St Pierre Vaast Wood Taken
With the British Army in France, Sept. 2. The British
have pierced the Drocourt-Queant line. In a fierce battle, which
has been raging since dawn and which will probably prove to
be one of the most important of the war, Canadian and Eng
lish troops, at last report had at one point driven in about five
kilometers, or a little more than three miles, and were still going -over
a six-mile front.
Furious Fiehtine-.
SUB SINKS U.S.
STEAMER ONEGA;
26 ARE MISSING
British Steamer Escrick Tor
pedoed By U-Boat; Captain
of Fishing Schooner is
Taken Prisoner.
By Aesociated Press.
A British Port, Sept'. 2.-6 p. m.
The American steamship Dnegahai
,kee"iri6fTped3.'hserfcmnder-
ed Friday , night Twenty-nine per
sons were' saved1.' Twenty-sue , are
missing.
The Onega was 3,636 tons gross
and was built at Belfasfin 1880. She
was '"owned by Barber & Co.
of New York. The vessel was 400
feet long. 39 feet beam and 21 feet
deep. The Onega was formerly the
Hvluckenbach and before that she
was known under the names of
Brooklyn, Macpherson, . Obdam and
British, Queen. . ,
' A Canadian Atlantic Port Sept. 2.
The British steamer Escriqk, 4,151
tons, bound from Bordeaux to Mon
treal, was torpedoed on the night of
August 16 when about 500 miles off
the French coast. Thirteen survivors
of the crew of 37 have arrived here
on an oil tanker which picked
them up. t
An engineer and two firemen are
believed to liave been killed when the
torpedo struck. Two lifeboats con
taining the remainder of the crew,
including' the captain, are missing,
but the survivors believe they may
have' been picked up by another
vessel, t
Chief Officer Llewelyn, in com
mand of the survivors, said the Es
crick sank in 20 minutes. He re
mained on the scene until daylight
in the hope of joining the other
boats, but saw no sign of them. He
made for the land, and, covered 200
miles before being rescued.
"Just a few minutes after the Es
crick sank," he added, "the subma
rine came alongside us and, asked for
our captain. I said that he was not
in our boat.' They then inquired for
the wireless operators and gunners.
I did not answer and the U-boat dis
appeared." Huns Burn Supplies
T XT Ml A
lNear vauxauion as
aii n i n
d
allies Kusn rorwar
By Associated Press.
With the French Army in France,
Sept. 2. Huge fires, which were seen
in the direction of Vauxaillon, north
east of Soissons, at 3 o'clock this aft
ernoon, indicated that the enemy was
burning his supplies. There is said
to be nothing else inflammable in
that region. .
Today's successes completed the
conquest of the Soissons plateau,
which will compel the Uermans to
retire to the Chemin Des Dames,
which itself is menaced by the French
advance toward Vauxaillon.
Paris, Sept. "2, French troops are
continuing their advance east of
Crecy-Au-Mont and Juvigny and have
occupied Leuilly and Teerny-Sorny,
northeast of Soissons, according to
the war office announcement tonight
1 1
Prosecutor Who Convicted
L W. W's, May Come Here
Chicago, Sept, 2. Frank K. Ne-
beker of Salt Lake City, chief govern
ment attorney in the prosecution
which 'resulted recently in the con
viction of 100 Industrial Workers of
the World leaders of anti-war con
spiracy, has been requested to take
charge of similar cases in other cities,
it .jvas announced today,
: THE WEATHER.
Nebraska Probably show
ers Wednesday. Not much
change in temperature.
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The fighting was as furious as any
since the war began and increased in
intensity as the British' battled their ' '.
way forward meeting the ever-grow
ing resistance of tne enemy, who
had put in every available matt and '-
was rushing -up reserves at the rear. .
Thousands of prisoners have been '
captured; the roads to the British
rear are literally jammed with them. '
There has been fierce fighting in
Dury, which was taken by the British
and Mount Dury, which, .the Ger
mans held in , great strength, was
stormed. The British went on after
killing enormous numbers of the
enemy. The Germans died fighting
here as elsewhere.' 4 ,
Cagnirourtv wood and Cagnicourt
have been captured and Bois De -Boucbe,
to the southwest, is reported
also to have been occupied. V. v - '
There has been heavy fighting in
Buissy, northeast of Queant. Large '
numbers of prisoners have been cap
tured and progress made against the
northern end of the Queant-Drocourt
line. , , s . ;
Hun Dead in Piles, .
During the night there was heavy , y
fighting around the British positions,
which were almost jammed up
against the great German defense '
system. Piles of dead Germans was
one of ' the results.' ,' During on
enemy attack a sergeant with a ma
chine gun killed ' 60 Germans' who
tried to rush him. ' .
It was soon after 5 o'clock in the
morning that the massed British can
non broke loose with a roar that was
heard for miles jri a crash barrage.
The whole sky seemed ablaze as
thousands of British shells poured'
into the German wires and lines.
When the barrage raised the Cana
dians and English swarmed over the
top. Just ' behind them were , num-
erous tanks of all sizes. They had "
been , ever only a minute when the v
enemy opened with a counter bar
rage, which is said to have been by
far the strongest he has put down
since the British offensive began.
The instant the British appeared
the Germans in many cases jumped
out of the, trenches and held their
hands high above their heads. In
some cases the Eritish met a hail of
machine, gun bullets. They pushed
on. Quickly the first line was over
come. ' ,
Germans in Panic. '
Fromall along the line .came re
ports that the Germans were panic
stricken and many of 'them "were ,
found cowering in holes, screaming
with fright.
By 7:30 o'clock the British had
passed the German front and support
lines. Then the motor machine guns
dashed out into the good roads at
the German rear. Tanks also man- '
aged to get through and they are,
working far in advance of the infan
try. ,
Some of the ( fast motor machine
guns are reported by the airplanes
to have made their way along the '
Canal Du Nord on the roads between
Douai and Marqui, while others are
reported to be-holding the bridge
heads against large numbers of Ger-. .
man reserves, who certainly are com
ing up in the rear.
Along the Arras-Cambrai road th .. .
British have made good progress and
Villers I es-Cagnicourt, which wa
protected by, special belts of wire and
a 'powerful treflch system,, was the
scene of desnerate fighting. . Both
Villers Lez" CsniVourt and Cagni
egiirt are in British hands and the
British have carried te hattle coa
siderably'to the east of th's. - , ;
Canadians pfunge Ahead. . "
- Canadian Headquarters in France,
Sept. 2. Canadian troops attacked this ,'
morning astride the Arras-Cambrai
road on a front of five miles and
broke through the Drocourt-Queant,"
switch line on a front of two miles. -
The Canadians are reported to be V
in Dury and also tcrhave reached the '
western edge of Cagnicourt. Con-
siderable fighting is taking place on
the high ground between Dury and
Etaing. A large number of Germans
have been taken prisonerj - .