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"'THE OMAHASUNPAYBEB: JULY 80, 1916
WARS SECOND YEAR
SEES SOME CHANGE
Battle Over Same Ground, with
Teutonic Allies on the De
fensive Now.
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REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
(Oofltlanaa From TPata One.)
"SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE" TheM photograph, were taken and tent to Omaha, to
how the Rogertons where their brother are .pending many exciting day and night.
death; of captured" surgeon who
bound up the wounds of thtir-tap-tors;
of lieroic "rescues of wounded
tomradej-wider-fire nd of countless
timilar deeds that thrilled the watch
ing world.
Russia's Great Offensive Move. '
The first move in the great allied
offensive was not made by 1 the
Franco-British, however, but by the
Russians. On June 4 the troops of
Emperor Nicholas opened a tremen
dous assault on the Austro-Gcrman
lines on a 300-mile front, extending
from the Pripet marshes to Rou
mania. The Teuton lines held firm
in the north, but to the south Gen
era! Brusstlori swept
Austrian defenses, capturing Cierno
witr, the capital of Bukowina, and
overrunning the ' crown land. ' The
Austrian losses are declared to have
been enormous, a month after the
offensive began the Russians mak
ing, an official announcement that
over ' 200,000 prisoners had been
taken and at least an equal number
killed or wounded. . "
As the offensive developed the
Russians won new successes further
north, and at the close of the' war
year are engaged in a mighty strug
gle for Lemberg, the capital of Gali
ci. The fighting has also extended
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to tne extreme norm, in inc jvnja
Ttoinalc resion. but here the Ger
mans have held their own and no
decisive result has as yet been gained
by either side. .. .- .
' ' Campaign In Asia.'',,:" .'
: In another theater of the war the
year was marked by other and im-
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, Dorian l nussian aucccaa..;-uiiuw-fna-
tha dinatera on the eastern front
In the closing inonth of 1915, the
Grand Duke Nicholas was removed
a commander-in-chief: of the Rus-
n irmui and sent to take charge
of the operations against the Turks
in the Caucasas. After i months .of
preparation he began a great drive
rrni Armenia in lanuarv. lylo,
which resulted in the capture of
Erienim and the port of Trebiiond
and exnelled the Turks 'from the
tr nart of 'Armenia. After
' comparative lull. of some months the
erana aune resumea ma uvii,c
simultaneous with a' serious uprising
th Turks bv. the Arabs in
Arabia. The Arabs took the sacred
city of Mecca, Jiddah and Taif, and
' beseiged Medina, the city - where
Mohammed was buried and one of
the holiest spots of the Moham
medan world. In the meantime the
Russian took Mamakhatun , and
tuikurt ht thru ooerationa have
not yet reached qeflntt eojlch
' , ntaa.tara for BritM? ,n
via connection ' with ' ihe' urtflsfi
campaign the year sawisenQus. n
vflrae lor the Franco-British, arms
' mA Iru Imoortant. but highly dra
matic disaster for the British Th
, disastrous : attempt . of the French
and British to force Dardanelles
ana seize v,onsimino)re w
initrtv abandoned in November,
1915, and the alli4 troops withdrawn
from the'Gallipoli peninsula.. .About
1 (n IWI trnnna had been used ill this
venture, supported by a mighty fleet..
Six battleships, five British and one
French, were sent to the bottom,
as well as some minor craf, and the
casualties were unofficially reported
to be equal to the original wumber
of the expeditionary force. This was
1 the result of six months of some of
the most sanguinary fighting of the
war. ' .' 'i J ' ' v"'' " ' '
The second disaster of the British
was the surrender of 10,000 troops
under General Townsend to the
Turks at Kut-El-Amara on the Tig
ris. This expedition had made a sen
sational dash more than ,300 miles up
the river in an attempt to seiie Bag
dad. It was within ten miles of the
whn it wai decisively defeated
by the Turks and forced to fall back
1UU miles, nere u w riuunutu
and forced to surrender after a re
lief force had made several yarn ef
fort at rescue.
New Nation at War. ,
' Two new nations entered the ranks
of the belligerents during the year.
On October 13, 1915, Bulgaria threw
in her lot with the central powers
and nn March 9. 1916. Germany de-
dared war on Portugal after the re
oublic.had seized all German, ships
intrrnrd in her Dorts.
Th entrance of Bulgaria into the
arena was sienalired by a combined
assault on Serbia by Austria, Germany
and Bu hraria which resulted in tne
complete overwhelming of the hope
lessly outnumbered Serbians and the
subjugation of their country., The
remnants of the Serbian army were
driven across the frontier, into the
wilderness of Albania -whence thev
were rescued by the British. French
and Italians. They were shipped to
Corfu where they were reorganize"
and requipped and laler.-to.the number
of about 100,000, joined the Franco
British forces at Saloniki. The sur
vivors of the Galtipoli campaign $vere
- also gathered at tne Grecian' seaport
. as well as a large British army from
Egypt This combined force. is, es
timated at 600,000 men- and is pre
sumably being held for an attempt to
wrest Serbia from the Bulgarians.
Autro-Italian Efforts
The principal success won by Aus
trian arms during the year was a great
offensive undertaken against Italy in
May. The Austrian forces swept the
Italian invaders back over a wide
stretch of country in the southern
Tyrol, reconquered about 270 square
mites of Austrian territory and' car
ried the battle into Italy. The Ital
ians rallied, however, and at the close
of the twelve months had regained a;
large portion of ground and were vig
orously pressing a counter-offensive
it) accordance with the plans of the
entente for concerted action. . ,
Greatest of Sea Fights. -.
' On the tea the year witnessed an
event of surpassing interest The Ger
man grand fleet, steaming out from
its mine fields and impregnable har
bor at Kiel and Wilhelmshaven, en-
' gaged the British fleet in the might
test naval battle of history. "
- The battle was fought off the coast
of Jutland on May 31. Its results are
so obscured by the conilicting claims
pi the combatants that they will prob-
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ably not be definitely known until the
war is over, if then. The Germans as-
through thef,ert that the British losses were lar
hv r than theirs and on mat grounti!
claim the victory. The British, deny-
ing greater losses, point to tne ran
that they still control the seas as tne.
basis ot their ngnt to ine nue .oi
winn I-nnrion also Claims inai
since the battle 200 Brttisn . snips, i
which had been tied up in Baltic porta
,nr. the heainnino' of the war, have
been able to make their way to Eng-;
lish porta unmolested by German war
ships. . - ." '', , i
Dispute As to the Result.
The German official account Of the
fight says that the British losses were
117,150 tons as against 60,720 tons
sunk bv the British.? The British ad
miralty makes no attempt to estimate
the loss in tonnage, our unomciai ni
ish estimates place the German loss at
liw.zu tons againii i4i -v
n.iti.h n((irillv the Germans have
admitted the Joss of only one capital
ship, the Lutzow, 26,600 tons, a ves
sel surpassing in tonnage and arma
ment many battleships. The British
claim to have sunk in addition xwo
J,..rfn.ht and orobablv a third.
The principal losses admitted by-them
cruisers, The Invincible, The Indefa
tigable and the Queen Mary. ' ;
One bther event on the sea aroused
intense interest. On June 5 Field
Marshal' Earl Kitchener, Great Brit
ain's famous minister of war, was
drowned with his staff off the: Ork
ney when the cruiser Hampshire
went down. It was at first thought
the cruiser had been the victim of a
submarine but this theory was gener
ally discarded when it was learned
that the warship had struck mine
and gone down in the midst of a ter
rific storm. ' 'i
United Bute Deeply Involved.'
The second' year 'of the war was a
memorable one as far as the United
States was concerned. ' It marked
the apparent final passing-of'the crisis
k.tw.sn thii rntmtrv and .Germany
over the submarine warfare, which.
threatened more than, once a rupture
of relations and even war. The sink
ing by a submarine without warning
Ci the White Stat liner . Arabic, with
the loss of. two American lives, ere.
ated a profound impression in the
United States. Germany sent a note
to Washington in September, plead
ing self-defense and offering to refer
the question or compensation iu
Hague, but this was regarded with
disappointment by the Washington
vnvernmen t and the situation became
very tense. In October Germany dis
avowed and regretted the sinking of
the Arabic. ' .
Five months later the . French
steamship Sussex was torpedoed
without warning, wnne carrying
more than 300 passengers, including
number of Americans, across the
English channel. About fifty persons
were killed and this incident brought
the auhmarine situation to an acute
stage. Germany at first disclaimed
resoonsibility for the; attack ..on
the Sussex, but the evidence ao
cumulated by the United States ap,
oeared so overwhelming that Pre.ii
dent Wilson on April 18 dispatched
to Germany a note which was vir
tually an ultimatum, and on the fol
lowing day personally appeared be
fore congress and laid the entire prob
lem before that body. On May 10
Germany admitted the submarine at
tack on the Sussex and promised that,
no more liners or merchantmen
would be sunk, without warning and
without ample opportunity for the
escape of crews and passengers..
These promises were considered sat
isfactory by the president and the
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MEETS BIO HOGf OEOWEES
THREE VIEWS IN THE TRENCHES SHOWING WHERE THE MEN
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war cloud' Jifted. Since that time a
large number of ships have been sunk
by, German, and Austrian submarines,
but the . rules , of international law
have been , generally observed.
Friction No -Longer Exiit.'
.' Another' cause of friction between
the United States' and the central
powers was also, removed during the
year.. Since 'theoutbreak of .the war
certain' propagandists had been busy
instigating , strikes, in rnunitibn fac
tories which , had contracts with' the
allies and in..,-ndeavoring , in other
way to interfere with this- trade For
his' activity in this respect the recall
of Dr. Constantin Dumba,. Austrian
ambassador, was requested by Presin
dent Wilson.. in September.. The fol
lowing December, for similar ..reasons,
the president .requested trie recall ot
Captain JBoy-Ed : and Captain von,
Papen, nevalj iliid military attaches,.
respectively, to the German embassy.
A number ot conviotioii, vyere ob
tained in the criminal courts in othci
cases and the propaganda ceased. ;
"f Ireiand' Share lit : Year., v '
Apart . front event in the actual
war theaters the most striking event,
of the year ; in connection with the
conflict was .an' uprising in Ireland
in April. The outbreak was organized
by a society knows as the Sinn Fein,
committed to the principle of an.'in
dependent Ireland: Bloody fighting
took place in Dublin in which hun
dreds of lives were lost and the heart
of the business section destroyed, at
a cost oi many minions' or oouars.;
The fighting was' sporadic elsewhere!
in the island and of minor importance1
The revolt was finally crushed .and
thering-leaders executed.
The day before the outbreak of
the rebellion, Sir Roger Casement;
formerly in the British consular serv
ice, was arrested on the west coast
of .Ireland, where he had attempted
to land a cargo of arms sent from
Germany. .He - was tried later, for
high treason and sentenced to death,
Losses in Men tnd Money.
No definite figures can be given of
the cost of the great war in blood, and
gold, but the most reliable estimates
present figures so vast that they be
come practically meaningless.' In
March, 1916, the United States gen
eral, army staff estimated that the
total losses in men to all the bel
ligerents since 'the war began was
13,033,000. -As' all the belligerents
have ceased issuing casualty lists for
public consumption the exact figures
for any country are unavailable.
As to the money, question figures
are more reliable, but till vague.
Thev Dresent sums- wmch art so-be
yond anything previously known to
international finance, 'so impossible
of' any human comparison, that they
become little more than a jumble of
figures. ' In March, Dr. Karl Hel-
ferrich, secretary of the imperial
treasury of Germany, estimated that
the war was costing all tn comDat
ants $375.0O0.0O0a week, or $11,500,-
000.000 a vear. William Michaelis,
another German financial expert, put
the yearly cost at the vaster sum, of
$15,UUU,UUU,UUU and other financial. au
thorities srave'even 'higher 'figures.'
- On iulv 't7 Reeinald 'McKehna,
British chancellor of the i exchequer,;
stated in the House of "Commons that
the expenditures'-for1 Great, Britain
alont were $30,000,000Marly: He did
not say, however, how;' much of this
enormous sum represented Lwart ex-perise.-
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, " Talk iot Peace, y.
.Within- the last! !fW? month there
has been-some talk of peace m Ger
manv and considerable peace-activity
by unofficial bodies in various coun
tries, but there has been little indica
tion that the chancellenea of Europe
are at Dresent seriously . considering
aclose of hostilities. .
INTEREST IN SWINE
SHOW WIDESPREAD
. Z. Bmsell Finds Great En
thusiasm Among Breeders
of North and East.
Tn "a Ihtfe" weeks swing through the
no'rthern middle west states and the
eastern part of the country, E. Z.
Russell, associate editor of the Twen
tieth Century Farmer, who made the
trip in the interests of the publication,
and incidentally sounded out the sen
timent among the prominent hog
breeders, found the opinion unani
mous that the National Swine show,
to be staged in Omaha October 2 to 7,
inclusive, will be the greatest porcine
stock classic ever held in this country
which means the world. ,
While on his. trio, Mr. Russell, who
is to be general superintendent at the
big swine show, talked to hosts and
hosts of nationally-known breeders,
who signified their intentions of
bringing the cream of their pens to
the local event. .' '
It would be a toss up, according to
Mr; Russell," as to whether the big
hog men of, Minnesota, Wisconsin.
Ohio or Kentucky,, four of the states
visited by the farm paper editor, are
the more enthusiastic over the swine
show. , :
Mr. Russell visited, among other ex
ceptionally well-known breeders , m
the Badger state, J. U. McDonald ot
North Bend, Wis., who assured the
Omahan that he will be here with a
carload about forty head of the fin
est porkers, ever raised in the state
that Milwaukee made famous.
Attends Meeting of Official.
While in Chicago, Mr. Russell at
tended a meeting of the officials of
the National Swine Growers' associa
tiona meeting the principal topic of
which was a general discussion of the
big event in Omaha.
' He also held conferences with the
men, on the editorial staffs of the
leading swine papers in the Windy
;City. ' These swine scribes impressed
on Mr. Kussell the fact that there will
be' thousands of hog breeders from
all parts of the United States outside
of the exhibitors who plan to make
Omaha their mecca along about Oc
tober 2.
As usual, when Mr. Russell returned
from the east, he found his desk in the
Twentieth Century Farmer- office
piled high with correspondence from
leading swine men from the four
winds. Applications for catalogues
and requests for information in re
gard to the show are coming in
daily from California to Ohio, and
irom fne a.anaoian urn
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An excellent criterion
spread interest taken in the plans for
the show, even at this early date, is
the fact that out of the 672 pens avail
able for the exhibitors' herds, 134 have
een reserved and paid for.
Negro Holdups Continue
Their Activities Here
Two more victims of the negro
holdup men who have been operating
in the down town district in the last
couple of days have reported their
losses to the police.
H. B. Nealy of Boone, la., was
.rc. hv the holduo men ut.
T,.,.tdi, and rimiiriag streets, thel
negroes robbing him of all the mriiefy
hj
had, " . 1
Tl,,.. rmrrm held tin amCSJ
Marsh at Tenth and Harney streerjj
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norted at oolice headquarters. I "
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Girl Bound Over
to vJijo, . ana ! -.1 i . .
toihefLr 3 Complaint of
n of tTO widVr T)U1
Blaine Russell, Flomar hotel, who
it is charged, was driving an auto said
to have struck a milk wagon driven
by Charles Nelson, was arraigned in
police court and bound over to tlic
district court with bonds fixed at
$500. The charge was reckless driv
ing. Nelson, who suffered severe in
juries, is said to be improving. Miss
Russell, being unable to furnish bond,
has been held in the matron's depart
ment since the latter part of June.
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Mystic Workers of the
; '. World Give Lawn Social
,r Alystic Worker of the World, No.
893, gave a lawn social- at the home
of Mrs. Johanna Strawn, Wednesday
evening, attended by .400 guests.
A feature of the affair was a fortune
telling booth presided over by Mad
ame Minnie Wanda. J. W. Doran was
the speaker, and amusements for the
children were in charge of Mrs. Ly
man Chritehfield. - Musical numbers
were given by Mrs. Nelson, John Mc
Grath and Charles Keeley. ,
Saunders County Men to
. Be Entertained at the Den
Business men from five towns of
Saunders county are to be entertained
at the Ak-Sar-Ben Den Monday eve
ning. - i ; , - , 1
The delegation is to be headed by
H. H. Peters of Yutan. He has prom
ised Samson he will bring 1,000 men
on the special Union Pacific train.
,The towns are Yutan, Valparaiso,
Mead, Wahoo and Dewey.- -
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lieve in the best that can
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Ahrent Fox
Auburn
Cadillac 1
Cole . r , , ,
Case
Buick , -Dodge
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Elcar r.
Oakland
Packard
Pathfinder
Saxon
'White'"
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. Carter-car
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Wectcott
Moon.--.:
Apperton.; .
Elkharf
' Patterton '
Pilot
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Baker
Rauch & Lang
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Douglas 3697,
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R. C Smith, Manager.
The Car With No
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buyers everywhere. With this reduction the car has not been
4 changed in any; detail. You get the same remarkable car that
' is daily pleasing 100,000 owners. ; w'.'
You get a. car that the cost.of running is low-twenty miles
to.Qn.e;gallonjQf;gasoline, from 7,000 to 10,000 miles for each
set of tires. The Maxwell is the car that holds "the world's
non-stop record,, 22,.000 miles, and the. motor was i at that time
'. stopped voluntarily, . . .
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