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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1917)
3 A HOW FRENCH TOOK COL DEPOMMERCU Correspondent Describes Ter rific Attack on German Observation Position. (By Associated Ffwea.) Ottawa, July 21. "It was a brilliant example of a perfectly staged in fantry operation in which every pos sibility was provided for," says the correspondent of Reuter's Limited at the French front in a dispatch re ceived here describing the French success of July 17 between Hill 304 and Avicourt wood on the right bank of the Meuse. "Its success was due," the dispatch continues, '"not only to the meticulous preparation, but to exact knowledge of the position and value of every piece in the enemy's game. The French objective was the recovery of the fiat-topped saddle between Hill 203 and the heights of Avicourt wood, which was captured by the Germans On June 28 after a short hurricane of bombardment in which 500 guns were suddenly turned on a mile and a half of French trenches. Overlook! Positions. "As usual the value of Col de Pom mercu, as the saddle is called, lies in the fact that it enables its possessors to Overlook the enemy's position be low. The Germans had not only a view over French grounds in the rear which they had not before, but they were able to threaten the rear of the French on Hill 304. "The French took their time over their revenge. They kept Col de Pommercu and the German com munication under a heavy and minute ly accurate bombardment under which the German battalions had melted away when it was judged that the position was ripe for attack. "The operation, however, was three times postponed because the weather was unfavorable for artil lery with the result that the German commander, thinking that the attack was not coming at all and that the French were merely trying to ham mer him out of his position with ar tillery, judged the moment oppor tune to relieve the exhausted troops holding this sector, which had lost more than the number of their rein forcements under the bombardment. Germans Are Surprised. "Prisoners of all three German di visions have given graphic accounts of the state of confusion Into which they were thrown by the sudden, lightning-like dash of the French in fantry. No resistance was made. Every officer and man of the French assaulting troops had been carefully rehearsed In the part he was to play. They advanced with a dash that car ried them over the crest in a few sec onds and they had reached the Ger man third trench line before its occu pants realized that the first line was carried, "The German trenches and works were smashed to pieces by the bom bardment and there was practically nothing to check the rush of the French, who passed their objective, which was their old trench line on the crest, without pause, establishing themselves out) yards down the north em slope on ground which was Ger man before June 28." ' Dodge County Bankers Complete Organization Fremont, Neb., July 21. (Special Telegram.) At a picnic at the Fre mont Country club Thursday after noon the Dodge County Bankers' as sociation was organized, officers chosen at a meeting at Hooper six weeks ago being formally elected. They are: President, George C. Gage, Fremont; vice president, Rov T. Cusack, North Bend; secretary, J. Howard Heine, Hooper; treasurer, William Meyer. Hooper. E. R. Gurney of Fremont was chosen to serve as a member of the executive committee with the officers. The ob ject of the organization is to promote closer co-operation among bankers. Dr. Cook Head Physician Of the Modern Woodmen Plattsmouth, Neb., July 21. (Spe cial.) Dr. E. W. Cook, who for the last ten years has been the head physician of the Modern Woodmen of America for Nebraska, was ap pointed the head physician of the entire order, with offices at Rock Island, '111., where he has been for the last few days. He returned home to day and will make arrangements for removal to Rock Island m the near future. The office carries with it a salary of $5,000 per year and is for a term of four years. Bee Wants-Ads Produce Results HEAD OF BRITISH RECRUITING IN UNITED STATES This is Brigadier-General White and his staff. They have charge of recruiting for the British army in the United States. S m r t a -1 mm- 1tnTtlWl"i1Til)iiiiWiiWIIMWlM-lt ,liMH'ni'iWin-i iimmif ii-ihhm mnimuD mi , f If If At UT'.? ! uoiorea waiter injured Probably Fatally In Fight Red Cloud, NTeb., July 21. (Special Telegram.) Harold Littlejohn, a col ored waiter in the Burlington dining car service, was seriously if not fa tally injured here early this morning in an altercation with another waiter named Cummings. According to-the information available, Littlejohn claimed that Cummings owed him a small amount and was trying to enter a sleeping shack near the depot ut tering threats and Cummings hit him on the head with a bcdrail, causing a fracture of the skull. Cummings went west on No. 15 this morning, but was arrested at McCook upon the order of County Attorney Munday, who also ordered the conductor and cook of the dining car held for investigation. The Solitary Brrkft. At flrttt blush brtakfait Bttms a loclabl meal; at that hour a man la bout tattitled, or least contented, with hlmstlf, and In a mood to mak tha most of th world. Wo man vitality is at its maximum, mtrs exist met lurs xhilaration along with It;- food humor mantlet tvsrythlns. But thers la an uncertainty In company, svn when yon may chooie It; (or temperament Is never to ba wholly trunted (artists ara dangerous people to meet at breakfast), and there ara e thousand haneenlnsa troubled aleeD. early awakening-, mosquitoes, a surmised mouse, no hot wster, buttoned boots, put ting studs In a shirt that may occur be. tween golnt to bed at night and coming down to breakfast In the morning, and III sdjusted feelings In even ons member ot the company may dampen the spirits of all. Company is no doubt the better state, and brings out tho full capacities for pleasure thst II In breakfast, but a solitary break fast Is safer; solitary breakfast Is mora tempered but it la mora .certain. Tale, Review, pllllWlll!l!lllllll ii,iii;i;i;ii!iii:iiiij!iii!i!iiiiiiiii liiiii.iiiiiiiiiiliiiiB! es in Radical Chans Workmen's Comp i.- J- ' ens ation aw The Omaha "Bee" of July 9, 1917. irhead drafted ne in mate 0,000 the , about I quota. d he HI be ilte as oor- 8as nptions raw .jole Douglas nptions other tde rnment bers as Itration x gov- vhe e of Trjr are uid the niing for IT1 for Cai from of the ' offi- igis- tnder- He was ns ,18- .. for-.ington dead teed He jvern- ktis in which 1 days V as iton, ftower of agri N the -ck-lllroads NEW LIABILITY LAW TO AFFECT ALL EMPLOYERS New Statute, Operative in Two Weeks, Fixes Price for Loss or Injury of Every Part of Body. Two weeks from today every em ployer of labor in Nebraska except farmers and those employing domes tics only, will have to carry liability insurance to cover all possibilities of injuries occurring to those employes. The workmen's compensation and employers' liability law of Nebraska with its new amendments adopted at the last session ot the legislature, will become effective July Z4. The former law made only those responsible who employed five or more persons in their business. Un der the amendments all those employ ing one or more persons come under the law'a provisions. This will take in a much larger field than the old law, for the reason that under the old provision a large percentage of the small retailers In the country towns escaped on the jgrounds of not employing five per: sons. ' Keep Employes Insured. Under one of the amendments em ployers are now required to keep in sured sufficiently to cover damages for personal injury or death to their ett ployes; or to furnish to the compen sation commissioner satisfactory proof Of financial ability to pay direct the compensation in the amount and man ner, and when due as provided for in the act. Not only does the revised statute cover a larger field of employers in the state, but it shortens the time elapsing between the accident and when the liability begins to run from two weeks to one. The new law further increases the amount of liability from SO per cent of the injured one's salary,' to 66 2-3 per cent. Price Fixed by Law. Under the old law there was a schedule of liability fixed for the loss of a hand, a foot, a leg, or an eye. Under the new law there is a long and detailed schedule of liability for dismemberment. Every joint of the finger is here listed with its price. Every finger of the hand is evaluated. Every toe and every joint of the toe is listed with its price. This is con tinued down through a long list This detailing of the schedule is considered to be an advantage in that it eliminates all possibility of dis pute as to liability m minor injuries ana maxes taw aennice ana certain. de aci get v before There and, th wit, t dot El- conv. her m! Evry- a I "Mra Detect) Oiv and obtaini sid d) lo- f ' at v bind bring 1 have b a& chars, evident la r invesv vernats miles u-EJsi SV ne M CO' te " ti. lv r . cil x conv ers w Ps actv the C) Th'" i ' clo that, conn tectivs. (Contti Attf bur, store a slf if and a ir'juiiiiiu FiiMUiaui;iu:iiJiuui:ujniiJKauaiU!i:unmiijaiiUiuniisattmiLJiLlti!Uiiiruuii;tjiUUiii tiiiiiuiiiuuiuiitinnuuiti iitiunuui tutttiUiiuuHiUiii Laiiujiiliiiiiiiiuiui;:i :n;iH it luiitt Kiniuti tnltu Hnnrimuuini:tiMinm,ttiij tMHt titnnuii i inn irui tUKuniiuiumiiniMir jSre Tom i- cted? liiiniiuiWiiiiiniiiiiiinmniiiiiiiiiiii MIIIMIIIIMI.llMIIIIKMIIIIK1 o Em ploy ers: 4i '.fit m To be exact, the new law becomes effective at midnight, Monday next, July 23d. Applies to all employers of one or more persons, except farmers and householders. , One of the requirements is that every em ployer insure his risk in a Company li censed and admitted in Nebraska-or fur nish proof of his financial ability to pay the benefits over a period of twenty or thirty yearsor even longer in some cases. While the maximum payment for a single death is $4,200.00, aloss of Fifteen or Twenty Thousand Dollars is possible for total dis ability of one employee-to say nothing of a number of employees injured in one big accident. On receipt of in structions by mail, telegraph or tele phone, we will bind insurance to cover your entire legal liability under this law-without limit in amount. Tell us the nature of your business, with an estimate of your annual pay- roll-and policy will i I be mailed for your ; f approval. 1 :.. 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