THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1917.
FRENCH AND BRITISH
STRIKINGBIG BLOW
Details Worked Out for Gen
eral Attack Upon German
Front.
FIGHT ALL ALONG LINE
(Contlmifd From Tare Oat.)
German resistance has stiffened, Gen
eral Hate reports today the capture
ot Villeret, which straightens his line
northwest of M. (Juentin, and an
nounces further progress to the north
west of Lens. Counter attacks which
the Germans have launched at Man
chy and Lagnicourt suggest that the
British are approaching dangerously
near the new German line, which, ac
cording to unofficial accounts, the
Germans had no time to complete be
tore the British oltensive was
launched,
British Official Report.
London, April 16. (12:52 p. m.)
1 he British captured last night the
village of Villaret, south of Hargi-
court. according to an official state.
nient issued by the British war office.
They also made progress northeast of
Lens.
Large captures of guns and war
materials were made by the British
at Lievin and on the Zouchcz river, in
the Ltns region, the statement an
nounces. The cannon taken include
a six-inch naval gun of long range.
Truck loads of new tools, many
thousand rounds of ammunition and
quantities of bombs, grenades and en
gineer equipment also were captured.
The statement reads:
"We captured last night the village
of Villaret, southeast of Hargicourt,
and progressed northwest of Lens.
"Full particulars of the booty we
took at Lievein and on the Souchez
river are unavailable, but the fact is
established that our captures were
exceedingly large, including a long
range six-inch naval gun, many thou
sands rounds of ammunition of all
calibrei up to eight inches, a number
of trench mortars and great quanti
ties of bombs and grenades of all
kinds. In addition, truckloa'ds of ntw
toots, many lengths of tram lines
with trucks complete and two large
engineer dumps have, fallen intact
into our possession.
"The attack at Monchy-Le-Preux
on the 14th was pressed by the enemy
with great determination. The Third
Bavarian division, which was brought
down to resist our offensive during,
the battle of Loos in 1915 and later
took part in the fighting near High
wood during the Somme battle in
1916, was again hurried down to re
inforce the divisions already in line.
If was ordered to "-retake Monchy-Le-Preux
at all costs. Ita lossea tn
this fruitiest attack were exceptional
ly heavy, as has been the, case with all
the Bavarian troops throughout the
whole recent operations. Of the
prisoners taken by us since the 9th
more than one-third are Bavarians."
'. Widen Gap in German Line,
(From a Start Correapondant of th Aaao
. olated Preaa.)
British Headquarteri. In France,
April 16 (Via London). The British
continued fbday gradually to widen
the second gap cut in the Hindenburg
line north of St Quentin, having cap
tured the position known at the Three
Savages, east of Gricourt. St. Quen
tin continues to bum. Away to the
north, Lens still holds out The Ger
mane have several strong positions
about the city, to which they atill
cling. -
The British apparently would like
; to take Lena without inflicting too
great damage from an extensive bom
bardment. They have always been
in i position to reduce the city to
ruins, but the shells have been di
rected against selected spota known to
he used for military purposes by the
Germans. Nevertheless the Germans
continue their work of destroying the
city by blowing up buildings.
Further details of the fighting yes
terday show the desperate character
ot several German attacks on the new
British positions. The attack which
vas essayed from both tides of
Oueant and temporarily pierced the
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British line at Lagnicourt was ex
ceptionally bitter. It began at 4:30
o'clock Sunday morning and con
tinued for three hot- i without inter-r
ruption. British advanced positions
were driven in; but the support units
joined the issue with the Germans.
Many hand to hand encounters fol
lowed. There was also more actually
aimed rifle shooting than for many
months. During this fire the Germans
fell in clumps. They attempted to
seek cover behind bushes and in small
thickets. The British fired into these
with good results. When the reserves
came up at last the Germans broke
into tul! (light.
British Repulsed, Says Berlin.
Berlin. April 16. fVia London.)
Between Soissons and Verdun, savs
the official statement issued by Ger
man army headquarters today, the
British and French yesterday lost
eleven airnlanes, mostly of the latest
type.
'On the northern bank of the
Scarpe river," says- the German offi
cial statement, "our destructive fire
kept down the British attacking waves
and a storming attack could not be
carried out.
"Northeast of Croisilles our fire ren
dered abortive a strong British at
tack, the enemy suffering severe
losses."
"North of the Arras-Cambrai road,"
the statement adds, "our thrusts drove
the enemy back on Lagniccurt and
Boursies. To the sanguinary losses
of the Australians must be added the
loss of 475 prisoners and fifteen ma
chine guns, which have been brought
in, and also twenty-two guns, cap
tured and rendered useless by ex
plosion." "Near St. Quentin," savs the an
nouncement, "the artillery fire again
has increased.
"From Soissom to Rheims and in
the western Champagne there was ex
ceptionally heavy artillery fire and
mii.e throwing. After the failure of
enemy reconnoiterine thrusts vestcr-
day, infantry fighting developed this
morning over wine sectors.
Seven Buildings
BurnatThedford;.
Loss is $20,000
Thedford, Neb., April 16-,-Local in
vestigators . believe the fire which
swept seven buildings in the business
district here Sunday was the result of
incendiarism. The blaze started in a
garage, where twen,ty barrels of gaso
line exploded. No one was about at
the time. The terrific shock broke
yindow panes across the street and
in an instant the whole garage was a
mass of flames. The fire quickly
spread to surrounding buildings. The
damage is estimated at $20,000. A
heavy snow which began falling short
ly after the fire broke out saved the
entire town from burning.
BIG OIL STEAMSHIP
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Tanker Narrangansett, With
Capacity of 11,000 Tons,
Destroyed Off Ireland.
DANISH CREWS RESCUED
New York, April 16. The British
tank steamer Narragansett, a ship of
9,196 tons and one of the largest car
riers of bulk oil ever built, has been
! torpedoed and sunk somewhere off
the -Irish coast, according to word
brought here today by officers on a
British ship.
The Narragansett was owned by
the Anglo-American Oil company,
represented here by E. A. Eames. At
the othces ot the company it was said
no word of the vessel had been re
ceived, although several reports that
it Had met with disaster had reached
here from unofficial sources.
The Narragansett was last reported
when it left here for a British port
on March 5. It was built in 1903 at
Greenock, Scotland, was 512 feet long
and could carry 11,01)0 tons ot oil.
Two Danish Crews Rescued.
Christiania, Norway (Via London ),
April 16. Seamen saved from the
torpedoed Danish ships Nanzy and
haxo have reported to the Danish
consulate in Berlin that the ships
were sunk forty-two miles from land
and four miles outside the blockade
zone.
Reports from Vadsoe indicate that
the northern Norwegian coastwise
serivec is seriously interrupted by the
German blockade. The companies
fear it may be necessary to stop
costal traffic, it is said, unless the
situation is ameliorated.
The Saxo was a Danish steamer
of 711 tons gross, built in 1907 and
owned in Copenhagen. There is no
Danish vessel Nanzy listed, but a
Danish steamer Nacy of 1,311 tons.
Early Nebraska Homesteader
Dies at Ages of Hundred One
Ravenna, Neb., April 16. (Special.)
Michael Kneiss. aged 101 years, died
at his home in Ravenna last night.
His wife, who was ten years younger,
died three months ago. He is survived
by a son and daughter both well ad
vanced in years. He was a native of
Austria and came to American when
he was about 40 years of age. He has
lived in this community ever sinve it
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Omaha Clergymen Join With
Gospel Mission to House
the "Hangers-On."
TO SERVE REFRESHMENTS
A substitute for the saloon as a
lounging place is sought by the
Omaha Ministerial union and the
Union Gospel Mission.
The Ministerial union has decided
to co-operate with the Union Gospel
Mission to expand the '.facilities and
equipment of the latter so that it will
accommodate more men, and so that
it can be made it true social center to
substitute for the saloon in a sense.
Of course it will substitute merely as
a lounging place, and a place of en
tertainment, not in the matter of
stimulants.
At the morning meeting of the
Ministerial union this matter was
taken up following a report on the
subject by a special committee ap
pointed for that purpose some weeks
ago.
Light Drinks There.
Refreshments are to be served there,
perhaps along the line of sandwiches
and soft drinks. At least that is the
general plan as it is now tentatively
thought out. The Union Gospel Mis
sion with its reorganized board of di
rectors intends to attack this problem
vigorously. The Mission's home is at
present between Thirteenth and Four
teenth on Douglas streets.
Rev. A. A. DcLarme read an able
paper on "Advertising from the Angle
of the Church." He strongly advo
cated campaigns of newspaper and
billboard advertising for the churches.
The opinion that came out in the dis
cusion following, was that the sooner
the churches recognize the import
ance of carrying on regular campaigns
ot advertising just as any other busi
ness, the better it will be and the
larger congregations they will get.
Schreiber Says Time to
Act on House of Hope
Mayor Dahlman, replying to Su
perintendent Schreiber of the Board
ct Public Welfare, stated that unless
the board of directors ot the Mouse ot
Hope take early action in connection
with the management of the old
house of Hope at 956 North Twenty
stventh avenue, the matter will be re
ferred to the city legal department.
"1 believe it is a disgrace that an
institution of this character should be
permitted in Omaha," said Mr.
Schreiber to the mayor.
I agree with you, replied the
mayor.
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Libel Suit Grows Out
' Of Postoffice Fight
Brookings, S. D., April 16. (Spe
cial.) The postoffice fight in this city
last fall has resulted in a damage suit
for $10,000 being instituted in the
state circuit- court. The defendants
in the action are Sheriff Miriier and J.
K. Fridley. The complainant in the
action is Thomas Tinker. Tinker was
a candidate 'or appointment as post
master. The alleged libelouj state
ment, which is the basis of the suit,
is charged with having been sent to
the Postoffice department in Wash
ington by the two defendants, with
the alleged object of preventing
Tinker's appointment as postmaster.
The statement was originally signed
by a number of other leading demo
crats of Brookings and vicinity, but
all but the two defendants withdrew
their signatures from the statement.
claiming they did not understand the
purport of the statement when they
attached their signatures thereto. It
is expected the case will be tried at
the next term of circuit court in this
city.
"No Half Way War" Editorial
Quoted by the Lumberman
Among other war editorials quoted
in the American Lumberman of Chi
cago, issue of April 7, is an abstract
from an editorial in The Omaha Bee,
under the head, "No Half Way War."
The quotation follows:
"Congress may be depended upon
not only to adopt the declaratory
resolution, but to empower the presi
dent to act with all the available re
sources of the country mobilized to
make our action effective.
"With every patriotic citizen it
must be, and it will be, 'America
First, and America All the Time.' "
Editorial extracts from some thirty
leading metropolitan newspapers are
grouped together for this page spread
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America Responds to The President's
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Woman Robbed by Man Who
Follows Her from Church
A man she thought had attended
her church, followed Mrs. N. J. Mc
Kitrick, 1326 South Twenty-seventh
street, after the evening services', and
at Twenty-fourth and Poppleton ave
nue grabbed her pocketbook, con
taining $12 and a gold watch. Mrs.
McKitrick and several other church
members gave chase up a.i alley, but
the man disappeared.
Mrs. McKitrick greatlv valued the
timepiece, as it was a birthday gift
from her children.
Here is a Chance to Join
The Roosevelt Brigade
Homer V. Knouse of the city water
department, as secretary of the Ne-
braska Association of Member! of
the American Society of Civil En
gineers, received a supply of applica
tion blanks for use by those who wish
to join a proposed engineering corps
to serve with Theodore Roosevelt in
France.
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TUESDAY
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Sizes 16 to 44.
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In most cases only one
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Strictly tailored suits in
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The fabrics are men's
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, gabardines and wool jer-
Under ordinary
circumstances these
suits would sell
. , Up to $65.
Tuesday
$29.50
As usual, no extra charge
for alterations.
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