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I K .HE "BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1917. BRITISH MANGE ALONG WIDE FRONT General Offensive Begins on Line Directly North of Oer man Field of Retreat. THBEE TOWNS ABE TAKEN tontlna4 from Pare One.) raptured the villages of Pontru and Le Verguier. "The aerial activity of the last few " din hae ennttnUAtl wtth ffrat ,n,rffv Several successful bombing raids were tarried out by us, our machines co operating with our artillery with ex cellent results. Two hostile machines . were destroyed and fifteen others were driven down and probably crushed. Two German kite-balloons were brought dowi in flames. Ten of our airplanes are missing. Some 3,500 prisoners have been cap lured in the new. drive against the German lines by the British, armies alone. Reuter's correspondent at Brit ish headquarters in France telegraphs tortay. . . The prisoners have been coming in an endless procession, the correspond ent reports. . The fighting is increasing in Inten sity as the battle progresses. The bntish casualties thus far are re ported comparatively slight Advance Strenuously Opposed. Along the gerater part of the front, says the correspondent, the advance of the infantry was strenuously op posed. Near Arras the Germans of fered determined resistance and a large pocket of Germans was reported to be still holding out at midday, al though entirely surrounded The -famous redoubt named "The Harp," only a little less formidable ' than the noted "Labyrinth," was cap tured, with virtually the whole batta lion defending it. Several "tanks" were seen climbing Telegraph hill, which commands "The Harp," and probably , had much to do with the surrender of this position. '( Make Good Progress. Along the railway running through to the valley of the Scarpe, adds the correspondent, the British made good , progress, while upon the Lens branch of the line they captured Maison Blanee wood. Thq German defensive barrage or curtain of fire, was slow in starting, notwithstanding frantic signals for help sent up with rockets all along the line. Before the guns had been ham mering the Germans night and day for a week past and most of their trenches were fairly pulverized. The, prisoners taken were mostly Bavarians, Wur- . tembergers and Hamburgers. After a beautiful and warm Easter Sunday, the weather - changed last night and today's attack was carried out in a pelting rain, driven before a gale in which was the Iting of Janu . arr cold. The airplanes, which have accomplished wonderful work since Thursday'! "clearing the air" of Ger man machines were robbed of the op. , portunity to participate in the begfh- nmg of .the offensive. -, ' 'iPenetrati Fot Lums. British troops today peneljatei the German lines all along a wide front : from Arras to Lens, an earlier British war office bulletin reports, The statement says that in the di , rection of Cambrai the British have t stormed the villages of Hermies and Boursiei and penetrated Hivrincourt wood. j In the direction of St. Quentin the British took ' Fresnoy le Petit and advanced their line, southeast of Le Verguier. No estimate of the num . ber of Germans captured can yet be given, the statement mvi, but thV number is considerable. Referring to the attack on the front between Arras and Lena, the statement says: ,"We are making satisfactory pro gress at all points." Attack on Wide Front. ; The statement, which is timed 11:25 a. m., it as follows: "We all attacked at 5:30 o'clock this " morning on wide front from aouth of Arras to aouth of Leas. Our . troops ' have everywhere penetrated the enemy's lines 'and are making sat , isfactory progress at all points. ."In the direction of Camrai we stormed the villages of Hermies and , Hours let and have penetrated into i navrjneourt wooa. "In the direction of St Quentin we , captured Fresnoy Le Petit and -id- vanced oar Hne southeast of Le Ver- ;'i guier. . - . 1. . . , v t . "No estimate of the prisoners taken can yet be given, bit considerable numbers are reported captured." Fight on Ten-Mile Front. ' The fighting tine from Lens to Ar rat it approximately ten milet in length and liet directly north of the field of the retreat which the Ger rnant have Wen conducting for the last several weeks. The fact that the lipe has been i penetrated by British all along this , wide front indicates that movement there it a general offensive. That it is proving a successful drive is indi ( catcd by the statement that "satisfac tory progress is being marie at all points. ..... An entire new phase of operations on the western front is opened up in this new battle on the Lens-Arras line. The field of attack represents the . Manger point ior we uer- mant, as in the recent fighting a sharp salient -wit driven into the German hne southeast of Arraa. Rich Coal Field Zone. ' ". n Lens region, into which the . i Kntish are drivinsr. is a rich mat M which the Germans have been exploit ing since their occupation of this ter- ntory early in the war. . I The opening of the new offensive : had been foreshadowed in the intense aerial activity of the last two or three , ; dayt in which hundreds of airplanes . have been engaged on both aidea. .. .. This work, at the British statements have, indicated, haa given General (, Haigs- staff photographic reproduc tions of the German position for long 1 distances behind the fiihtino- lin. . I-urther south the British have con linued their progress in the field of the German retreat, the advance re ported at Hermies and Boaraies being particularly important. Boursies it directly on the road from Bapaume . to Cambrai, about eight miles from the latter place. Hermies lies just to the south of Boursies, In their drive toward St. Quentin , the capture of Fresnoy De Petit puts the Brush within two and nni..lieif LONG AND SHORT OF THE MARINE CORPSr-It it claimed that these two members are the taliett and the small est men in this branch of Uncle Sam's service. Both are sta tioned at the Charlestown navy yard. Daniel Vallan meas ures six feet six inches in his stocking feet, while James Bowen measures but five feet. RADICAL RULINGS 'BY SUPREME COURT Woman's Minimum Wage Law and Tea-lour Day Measure Among Those Approved. , OTHBR DB6I8ION8 OIVBN ; "Washington, April 9. Ncw,andim- portant ralings defining public and private rights, ' some regarded as marked departures along progressive lines and involving fundamental ques tions, were announced by the su preme court today. The principal de cisions were: i " The Oregon law establishing a min imum wage for women in any occupa tion as constitutional by a vote of 4 to 4, Justice Brandeis not participat ing because disqualified. How the court divided was not announced. Oreaon s law fixing a ten-hour day (or workmen in manufacturing estab lishments was sustained as constitu tional, 5 to 3, Chief Justice White and Justices Van De-vanter and McReyn olds dissenting, with Justice Brandeis not participating. ' Limited License void. Price fix in s restrictions bv. means of "licenses" for public use of patent ed articles of the Victor talking ma chine and many other corporations were aec-rareu liicsai ana voiu, me court diyiairjg 6 to 3, Justices Mc Kenna, Wohhes and Va'n Devanter dissenting, ' latent monopoly wu further cir cumscribed for public benefit by a ruling . that the Motion Picture Patents company (the so-called mov ing picture trust) and others similar ly circumstanced cannot restrict use of their patent machines to materials 'licensee? for such use. v The anti-rebating clause of the in terstate commerce act was held by the court in another decision to ex tend to railroad payments on freight shipped by a European forwarding agency, the court declaring that "any payment by a carrier to a shipper in consideration of shipping freight over Its lines is prohibited. Hat Effect in Many States. Tie law against fraudulent use of the mailsthe court also decided, ex tends to those "causing" mail mat ters to be illegally deposited, even though such persons do not them- scivca pnysicauy post inc mancr. Women's minimum wage scale and men's hours of service laws of many other states are affected by the deci sions upholding the two Oregon statutes. The decisions mark an ad vanced stand in support of such leg islative enactments, the Oregon laws being the first of their kind to come before the court and were conceded to represent fundamental questions between wage workers and employ ers not hitherto maintained by the nation's highest tribunal. Set Acquainted Day in Central High Is Success The first "set acauainted dav" at Central High passed without any un- pleasantries Monday and the same plan will be continued this morning. Principal J. G. Masters, who had fos tered the clan and had co-ooerated with Charles Morearty, the origina tor, in making the plan a success, was well satisfied with the manner in which the plan was handled. Mudents upon entennar the school Monday morning were given a printed card, upon which they they were to write their mimes and classes. Every one seemed to be pleased with thei arrangement to make friends with fellow students. Introduction - and card distributing committees . were composed of members of the student ''V ' ' j i JUDGE WADE TELLS GRAND JURY TO ACT , ; 4 ' , (Continued From Pace Ona.) war or not, and that you will face the simple fact that we have war and sim ply and calmly inquire intolhe truth of the facts as to whether some mn has-violated his duty under the; law. "I want you to be fair to the-mn si charged. I want you to realize something of his troubles. I want you to realize something of the things that this war means to certain men and women because of their relation with the nation with which we are at war. While doing that, I want you to realize that there is no excuse for a violation of the law of this coun try in reference to the conduct of this war. , i .- 'No Excuse Accepted. "There may be palliations; there may be things that the court would take into consideration in imposing sentence if a man were convicted of violating any of these laws, and they are quite numerous now; in fact, some of them have just been an nounced by executive order within the" last week, there is no excuse which will be accepted. 1 "The court will take into consider ation every fact which ought to be considered in imposing a sentence, but the American people, and those who representj the American people, as you ud in your present position, must stand by the government, even though it be a trial to see your friend charged and convicted of violating some law against the government of the United States. As to those things and all matters that come before you, just be absolutely independent. "You no not owe anybody any thing. There is nobody on earth so independent as a grand juror. You are under no obligation to anybody. You are intended to be a neutral among men and between men and the government, where you can fairly and impartially consider the rights of each." Sailors Who Mutinied' Now Fight for England (Corraspondenc of Tha Associated Proas.) Sydney, Australia, March 30. Nor folk Isfand, which is peopled by de scendants of the mutineers, of the British ship Bounty, English tailors, who married Tahitian women and fled with them to escape British jus tice after the seizure of the Bounty, has just furnished several more re cruits for the Australian forces. . At least four Nprfolk Islanders who were direct deescendants of the Bounty's mutineerrs have been killed in action. Department Orders. WaahUuhm. April t. (Special Teletram.) Amelia trhutter has been appointed poat fmtetreas at Joele. Holt county, Nebraaka, rice C. Scbebata, reetsneit. Penelone granted: Efoutb, Dakota alar J. Cramlell, Arllnatbn. 111. special aot. Nebraeka rural letter carriers appointed: Humphrey, Jerome W. Bender; Laurel, Frank H. O'Oara; Mlnard. Adam W. Mela Infer: Union, Durwood, B. Lynde. Speaking of Breakfasts .'lrt.W.Mi$:..1yjC! Grape-Nuts ' "There a Detsorf SOMEONE WANTS TO TAKE JOY FROM LIFE a Writer is Criticised for His Daily Effusions on Front Page of The Bee. BUT SOME OTHERS LIKE IT By A. R. GROH. "Dear Sir: I have been reading your 'dope' and I have decided that you are plain 'nuts Now cut it out and give that perfectly good space to some one else. A Reader." This, dear friends, is a cruel, cruel tetter that came to me the other day. Oh, how often we great men are un appreciated. Just when I felt that my name was established among the great, when people were , writing . in to me from as far away as Fremont and Plattsmouth, and even from Lincoln, then comes this cruel letter. When I felt my greatness was a-blossoming, along comes a frost, a killing l'rost, in the person of "A Reader" and "nips the root," leaving me withered, for lorn, unknown. Alas I Woe is me! Alas I Alast But let us cease repining. Perhaps we can make our failures stepping stones to higher things, as McGut- fey's Fourth Reader puts it. "Behind the clouds the sun is still shining." Behind Clouds Sunshine. See. here is the sun in the shape of a letter from M. A. Pillsbury, 2429 ronteneue oouievard. rrom wnat ne writes. I am sure he is a eentleman of splendid literary taste. Listen: "Dear Sir: Your special articles have been much enjoyed by myself and family. Sometimes the paper is not very carefully read, but it is very seldom that we miss your valuable and entertaining articles." I (1 am almost overcome with blushes. I feel I cannot quote the rest of it. But, yes! Yes. I must. I will. Write. reluctant hand. Write the rest of Mr. Pillsbury words): "The quiet humor sometimes makes me think you are entitled to the title, 'The Mark Twain of the West,' or something of that sort." (Oh, how furiously J blush!) I bow to vou. Mr. Pillsb-irv. and thank you a thousand times. I think that is surely Pillsbury's best. Marie twain, unfortunately, is not alive today to rejoice in this new honor connected with his name. What do you think about it, "A Reader"? Stuff it Rotten. , Emit Nusbaum. the talented vounc advertising man, tells me there are plenty of people who think my atuff is "rotten."" (1 hat is the ' inelegant word used by the young man.) He admits; however, that some can be found who pronounce it "great stuff." (You have no idea, friends, how it tears my soul, tortures my spirit and outrages my natural and native mod esty to write all this about myself. But it is necessary. And shall it ever be said that the courageous soul of A. R, -Groh shrank from performing a distasteful .task? Never!) ... D'you know. "A Reader," I am sorry you think I'm "nuts," I would like to write to please yoa. But, you see, I. don't know even who vou are. as you modestly refrained from sign ing your name., so i m rather m the dark as to just, what to write for you. In writing "you can please some of the people all .of .the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot please all of the people all of the time." Some people like Kooert w. Uiambers and some like Henry' James. I would gladly follow vour aucrires- tion and "cut it out," but I don't feel that would be lust to1 Mr. Pillsburv and1, perhaps, some others. so trv to bear with me a litHe longer, v.-ill you? t To Jail for Attention To Wife of a Soldier vs ma miuiUH IW MIX WIIC VI rtl vatf T visa T-T.aa.i- ,st ' - J le Va . HtUl.ai, miUtu James Corgrove of Omaha, vho admitted taking Mm. Hurt, her i rJ!.L "i r r , . imuy, anu cuun van acoy ot ura, Moh . Chif ctn n,i .1.. bridewell 4t Chicago Saturday for a year, nooen umen 0310 Stewart ave-H nue. Chicago, who visited the party, paid a $50 fine. Mm. Hurt went home with her husband. HYMENEAL , . i . v. Hatt-HnbTKn. ...iwuui, vauaiiici ui Jamet L. Hilburn, and Frank E. Hatt, both of Onawa, la., were married by Rev. Charlet W. Savidge at hit resi dence Sunday evening-at 6. They were accompanied by the groom's sis ter, Miss Edith Hatt, of Onawa, and the bride's brother, Roy E. Hilburn, of Denver. - .i- ... i. Colds cause Grip latlvo Bromo Quinine niuuvee cauee. -j nere ia oniy on "Bromo Quinine." S. W. Oroya's altaatur on box. tflc Adrertlacment llitiiiiiiaHliilittiiliiiiiiiisiiliiiliiitiiiiiiiinifiiititiiiisnsiiiiii The Hartmann Wardrobe Trunk i i . . . at ateolutaly-lh bait ea the market T some wardrobe trunk! I are not practical. Be Sure and Buy the Beat Open top, padded intide to clothes cannot come off rack. I Shoe box in front. i I Price conaiatent with quality I ,?35, $30, $35, $42.50 1 "OmaWt B.et Baggag Bo.ild.rs" I S n As . 9 lav ranuun street. miitMillRintiilittiW The Wreckers Are Cooing The Parisian Cloak Comnanv. 318- 320 South 16th Street, is receiving every dajr New Spring Suits, New Spring Coats, .New Spring Dresses, New Spring skirts and New . Spring Petticoats, and they must be sold be fore the building is to be torrJ down: savings of 1-3. i and V, on iimw car- Kaiser Pays Cash Bonus for Sinking Of Merchant Ships ; Amsterdam, April 9. (Via Lon don.) The frontier correspondent of the Telegraaf suggests that the reck lessness shown by the German sub marines is due to the big financial rewards offered the crews by the Ger man government. The men who man the submarines get 10 per cent higher pay than those of any other branch of the national service and receive, in addition, substantial bonuses. Fifty per cent of the value of a captured ship is distributed among its captors, 5 per cent to the commander of the submarine, 5 to the chief en gineer, IS to the remaining officers and 25 to the crew. Percentages for torpedoing ships are based on the in surance value of the vessel. In these c.ses the submarine commander gets 1 per cent, the chief engineer I and the remaining officers 4 and the crew 10. There are also extra rewards for special exploits. German Says Army of U. S. Will Be Used Against Japan Amsterdam (Via London), April 9. Under the caption "The Biter Bit," Sundays Koelmsche Volke Zeitung prints an article under a Berlin date, which purports to explain America's plan in the far east. It says: "The antagonism between America and Japan arose over China, but Washington proved craftier than Tokio and forced China to break with Germany, by which action, Japan, like hsau, was cheated of its rights as the first born. President Wilson realized the importance of Chinese and Jap anese questions better than any of his predecessors and adopted a strong policy in support of the prestige of the United States, a policy which also became anti-German. It would be wrong to attribute this policy to pro-Britishism. During the war President Wilson pursued an American policy above all, to which is ascribable America's huge nevelopment in the production of armaments. Every child knows that no one in Germany ever thought of the possibility of a German-American war. President Wil son himself hardly seriously contem plated a German danger, but did con template a Japanese danger. 1ms is also fully understood in Tokio." Ihe article says that on the surface nothing is more natural than Amer ica snouiu equip a giant army and fleet. It continues: "They are not for use. however, in this war, during which they will prac tically not fire a shot, but for use afterward against Japan. Thus our enemies play with their own allies the game of 'the biter bit,' with Japan acting in the leading part." uHba FHauon Lasts" We might advertise WRIGLEY'S as the dentifrice-withot-abrush.,, For it cleanses the teeth and gums it pleasantly sweetens the mouth it FIGHTS ACIDITY. It brings' a wholesome fresh ness to the palate that makes the, whole day lighter and brighter. . Needless to caution you to get WRIGLEY'S, the filtered, the clean, gum. - " i ' ' " '. VP' ' For millions have made it their positive choice, having " tried others. . i So, if you forgot your tooth brush' this morning, why, Wrigley a bit! Chew it after every mesl Hay Exchange Officers Are Elected at Annual Meeting F. J. Farrington was yesterday elected president of the Omaha Hay exchange; E. A. Knapp, first vice president; A. A. Nixon, second" vice president; George E. Haverstick, treasurer, and W. A. Ellis, secretary. Directors elected for three year terms were F. J. Farrington, M. J. Hyland and A. A. Nixon. The five members of the board of arbitration elected were E. O. Ames, W. T. Burns. W. A. Ellis, Henry Foley and J. F. Hughes. Increased trackage facilities and switching facilities were urged at th annual meeting and it was decided to work toward this end, especially with a view to getting special hay tracks laid. The hay rates disadvantageous to Omaha, as compared with Kansas City, were also discussed, and it was decided to carry the matter to the Interstate Commerce commission as soon as possible to seek a readjust -3ei a tS-if: THOMPSON BELDEN & CO. " s(abftsied 06e A Great, Section of New Untrimmed Hats To Meet Your Every Need The shapes are myriad in style and size and color. Your choice will be in no way limited. And the reasonable prices 95c, $1.45 to $2.95 EVERY NEW JS0RT OF TRIMMING Burnt Peacock, Goose Feathers, New Wings, Fancies, Flowers, price, 25c to 95c Trimming Done Free of Charge When Materials Are Selected Here Basement Millinery Section ill PUK SI is ' ment that will give Omaha an even chance with its competitors as a hay distributing point. The Olmstead Hay company was elected to membership in the ex change. Central High Students In Patriotic Program Central High school students will take part in a patriotic program at the hieh school Wednesday morning at 10:30. The cadet battalion will be in full uniform. Students will be massed on the south steps and walk. The battalion will hold a dress parade followed by a call to the coirs. "The Star Spangled Banner" will be sung by the high school glee club. A speech, "What America Stands For," will be delivered by Morris Margolin, a high school student. I. G. Dunn will be the principal speaker.- "Amer ica'' will be sung by the student body and glee club. ,ww gaeM wc PERFECT GUM rjSU 'mm) WRAPPED TIGHT a ciiia-.-ii.i fMnii.ii WM KEPT JtffiMT c ol St. Uuentm's outskirts. and senior councils. - ments it assured to yoa. Adv. f