IE Omaha Daily 'Be' THE WEATHER rair Iff' VOL. XLVII.NO. 94. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTQBER 5, 1917. TEN PAGES. Oa Trtlnt, tt Hottli, N.wi $td. Ctc, Sc. SINGLE COPY TWO. CENTS.. GPOT BRITISH AFTER EEGHT DAYS' PREPARATION BATHER UPON GERMANY'S GATE TO OSTEND 1 q - , . L : ; o , . r f" Repeated Hammering On Prince Rupprecht'a Line Ex pected to Bring About Repetition of Strategic Retreat; Go Over the Top at 6 A. M. !r In Whirl of Fury. - ... BULLETINS. l '.; (By Aaioclated Frew.) j London, Oct 4. Thousands of prisoners have been taken by the British in the nw drive against the Germans which was begun this morning east of Ypres in Flanders., All the objec tives of the British were won, including positions characterized by Field Marshal Haig'v report from headquarters tonight, as "of great importance." British Front in France and Belgium, Oct. 4. -Field Mar shal Haig's forces in the offensive began to the east of Ypres' this morning in some places have penetrated the German lines to a depth of one mile and have overrun the crest of the Pals-chendaele-Gheluvelt ridge.- - At an early hour the Germans were surrendering by hun dreds. , STARTS NEW OFFENSIVE.; London, Oct. 4, Field' Marshal Haig has begun a new offensive east of Yprc The official statement from British headquarters in France issued today says the British attacked at 6 o'clock this morning: on a wide front and art making satisfactory progress. A number f prisoners already have been taken. , i I In their offensive in the Ypres sec tor today the British gained all their objectives en a front of 16,000 yards and to a depth of 2,500 yards. General Frederick B.' Maurice, chief director of military operations at the war of fice, announced today. , ; .' i WAITED JUST EIGHT DAYS. .The renewal of the Flanders drive comes after an eight-day interval! On Wednesday of. last week the British swept forward over ground on both sides of the Ypres-Menin road, ad vancing from a half mile to a mile at various' points along the 'line. ' , Some of the heaviest fightog in the war on this western-front followed, the Germans making assault after as- - 8lt iw-Jwjwste-mtteaipts- regain the valuable high, greund they had lost Almost every inch of h, how everwas held intact by the, British, who meanwhile' were ' preparing for the next forward bush. To Be Another ''Strategic Retreat?" t With today's renewal of the drive the battle of Flanders is growing more and more to resemble last year's battle of the Somme, which was fol lowed by the, memorable Hindenburg "strategic retreat." The same gen eral tactics now being pursued of per sistent driving at the same point in the line are evidently expected, by the British to achieve a similar result. This time, however, the ground which would have to be abandoned would be far more "valuable to the entente and its loss ar correspondingly heavy blow to the Germans, for the German-held, Belgian coast line, with it ssubmarine and aerial bases, is at stake, together with thegreat French manufacturing city of Lille and wide stretches of ter ritory ft' northern France and Fland ers. . .Ji.v '.:,. - l; - , v j Efforts to Check Drive Fail. lodafs attack followed sharply a laX despairing effort of the German; to; stave 4t off. Crown Prince Rup precht struck at the British line .yes terday at' its most vital points be tween .Tower Hamlet and Polygon - wood, but his troops again were mowed down by the British guns, the assault inaking no impression on the British , line, or affecting the British, purpose to attack today. ' The French fighting front has been comparatively, calm expept for intense PR0BEdL0 PASHA UNCOVERS HUGE PLOT HERE Von Bernstorff Paid Man Now French Military Prisoner $2,00a000 to Aid Ger- .. man Cause. : (Continued on Pane Two-, Colama Four) The. Weather For, Nebraska Fair. " Tmmporntore at Omaha Veatertay, Bonn. i a. m ( a. ra... ......... f a. ra...w ... I a.m.... ........ '. S a. m... 1 a. ........ CsBSiwSSSiB DRAFTED MEN FROM NEBRASKA ON WAY TO CAMP Many Special Trains Pass Through Lincoln on Way to Fort Riley, Where Train ing Will Begin. (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 4. (Special.) The third contingent of Nebraska's draft army moved toward Camp Fun--stoq; today, but the same attention pa pears to be lacking 'that ' was given thcothcrjs. -This is, doubtless due to the fact ; that they are moving in smaller units and tn most instances fw stops are made afid then only for a. very short tinae. " Last night a few passed through Lincoln,, stopping for a short time, in cluding forty-two jnen from Tripp county, S. D. A special train of twelve cars carrying men from the north and' western part, of the -state passed through Lincoln on the Rock Island road fast night, but' few peo ple ' knew that they . were going through. The trai stopped but ; a few minutes in Lincoln. ' From Many Counties. Two train loads," scheduled to stop in Lincoln and pick up others, did not arrive until late and little or no dem onstration was made. They repre sented quotas from Boone, Nance, Madison, Colfax, Dodge and Sarpy counties. Other quotas on another train were from Dakota, Dixon, Cedar, Wayne,Thurston; Burt and Washine ton counties. Probably 400 men were in the quotas. The trains carried din err and it was not necessary for the men to look elsewhere for food. A mistake had been mase in the case of the' -Dakota men and they were sent on ahead of time. These ate at th Lmdell .hotel. L.- W. .Garoutte. one of the live wires of the Sons of Veterans camp a tthis place, discovr ered that some of the men were obliged to play the Jerry Simpson act and bought them socks. . The men happened to" be Indians, and when complaining about, their feet Coloiel Garoutte prescribed socks as the right remedy and, followed up the prescript William R. Hearst at Paul Bolo Pasha Dinner New York, Oct 4. The invest! gation of Attorney General Merton E. Lewis ino the activities here of Bolo Pasha, under arrest in France as spy and peace propagandist, disclosed that William Randolph "Hearst, the newspaper publisher, attended a dinner given in thJi city by Bolo in March, 1916, according to the attorney general. . There were present at this din ner, Mr. .Lewis told newspaper men, Adolf Pavenstedt, who fig ured as an intermediary for the transfer of German funds into New York banks to be sent to Paris for peace propaganda among French newspapers, and Jules Boies, a French lecturer, who, it was re vealed, received money from Bolo Pasha. , i Some time prior to this dinner, Mr. Lewis said, Mr. Hearst had entertained Bolo at the editor's home. It was explained by the at torney general that the editor's re lations with Bolo were purely so cial as far' as he was aware. The attorney was busy today ex amining further witnesses in the Bolo Pasha matter. Further dis closures are expected. BULLETIN. Washington, Oct. 4. State depart ment officials ; admitted today that they had evidence, that . Count von Bernstorff, former German ambassa dor here, directed rne expenditure of the funds paid -to Bolo Pasha, but de clined to reveal - their evidence, al though they may do so after the French government finishes with Bolo's case. (CanUaat Paf Two, Columa Foot) , New York, Oct. 4. The invetiga tion of Paul BoU Pasha's secret activ ities anjjjank accounts here by Mer ton E. Lewis, state attorney genera! is expected to go far to reveal th entire structure of German plotting in the United, States.. , Proof that German money was sup plied in this country by Count von Bernstorff, former German ambas sador, to Bolo Pasha, was to be for warded today to Jules J. Jusserand, the French ambassador. Bolo Pasha is under arrest in Paris as a spy, his detention following the disclosures contained in (Mr. Lewis' preliminary report to Ambassador Jusserand on Bolo Pasha's activities here. Included in the documentary proof, according to Attorney General Lewis, are photographic . reproductions of checks, bank records, letters, cable grams and other evidences of the dis position of the German money fur nished BoloPasha in this country by ex-Ambassador von Bernstorff. Over Million from, Von Bernstorff. The investigation by 'Attorney Gen eral Lewis began eleven days ago. The amount of money which Bern storff,: through his .financial agent, Hugo Schmidt, turned over to Bolo Pasha 'totaled $1,683,500,; the- money coming into possession of Bolo (Pasha after st had passed through a Care fully prearranged system of transfers from one bank to another to hide its origin and to. make it impossible for one bank to know what part the other institution had in the transfer, , The 'banking institutions, .which formed what the! attorney i general terms - the "circle around . which the money traveled on its way to Bolo Pasha" were the Deutsches bank, the (Cob tin Bed on Face Two, Colama Two.) ' 11 a. m. ........... 1$ Sft. ... . . . . . -l p. m. . 1 p. m. ........... I p. m p. m.. p. ib.. p. m P. ID r. m (i Comparatlva local Beeord. i . ' MIT 1111 1118 1H Hlfhert rtrlay .... 76. II , SS ST Lowest yeaterday .... S4 l Men temperataro ...v S H PrecllUtlo ...... 0 .0 T. N Temperataro and precipitation departurea from the normal at Omaha tinea March 1, end compared with the last two yeara: Normal temperature SO Excess for the day ...... '.. 'fatal detlclency since Uarch 1 Normal precipitation .......... .0T Inch Peflctency for the day .0T Inch Total rainfall alneo March 1... .20.70 Inches Deficiency stneo March 1 4.6 Inchea lpflriency for cor. period, 1111. .11. OS Inchea Deficiency for cor. period, 115.V .SS Inch , ' Renorts From Stations at T F. M". Tern. Hlfh- Rain A MERE CHILD iCAN HELP WIN ' T ; V George Ade Telia How Little ToU By Being . . 'f.Z Determined Can Set Example I for Elders. THIS TERRIBLE WORLD WAR Station and State of weatner. Tp.tt. 64 2 74 ,'4' , ( , 6 74 7S cat, falL I J A r.1 cldr.. vu' J 11 - - Havenport, pt. cldy, Denver, clear ...... Des Moines, pt. c'.dy ' North Flatte, clear Omaha.' clesfr SaltLalse City, clear... 70 Santa Fa, pt. cioy herldaa, eloody ai-.. rttm lar ... II SWIMb W' " i 14 ; ' i 78 ' 71 " lit- . h 70 70 00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 00 .00 This is the first of a aeries of seven articles on "Helping to Win ; the War" prepared by George Ade. Six other articles will follow. They : will be publisttfei exclusively in The Bee ru October 11, 18, 25; Novem- br I, 8 and 13. By GEORGE ADE. ; Can a mere child be of service to his or her country while we are 'try ing to make the kaiser behave? i Undoubtedly. 'How? " , , By observing the conduct of weak kneed, hysterical and complaining ... . . . i . ' . . . aauits ana men ocing jui as umcixm from thenras possible, is Thia war is neither a Joke nor a protracted fuheral ' ' . You will notice that some of the older people refuse to accept it as a fact,: while otners move aooui m-i blue funk, exclaiming, between sobs, that the U. S A. is going to the bow- WOWS, " -s ''" - 1 1 ' "J ,;Let the very young children set their .elders a good .example by re maining calm but determined. i.If you pick up the morning paper and read that the V-boats bagged sev enteen ships instead of the customary fifteen and the Canadians captured only-one line of trenches instead of ' - '- V" two, do not shake your head and de clare that the Germans never can be licked. i ' ' ' : ' ' y Set a good example to your fathers and mothers and uncles and' aunts by renewing your faith daily, in spite of an occasional setback. Quote to them the words of Abra ham Lincoln: "Let us have faith that right makes might and in , that faith let us, to the end dare . to do our duty." You might remind your grown-up relatives that all during the civil war the northern states, harbored a good many well-meaning people who went about moaning that the union never could be preserved and we had bet ter accept peace at afly. price. These invertebrates (an irfver tebrate, ch ldren. is, a creature with a string of macaroni where the back bone should be) these spineless ones were willing to let certain states se cede. The' blacks .were to. remain in slavery. Our flag was to be lowered. Anything to' avoid a fiht to a fin :,. ' ' - .'- I Even after the battle of Gettysburg, when the tortunes ot war oegan to favor the north, just as they are now favoring the allies, every community had to put up with ' a few-of the whiners and faultfinders who belittled Continued race Ten, Colama Two.) Here It Comes, FARMER SAYS TO GROW HOGS IN ALL CITY BACK LOTS Head of Farmers Congress, TFaVorsTixfng Price of Live . Stock and the Feed ,for It.;4. . "Repeal every city ordinance in the state. which prohibits the keeping of a hog in the back lot,", that is the advice of O. G. Smith of Kearney, president of the. Nebraska Farm congress. Mn Smith says, he realizes there- would be a little fight with the health authorities, but , he feels sure that matter could be adjusted. He believes that, in these days of food shortage, and conservation talk, it is vitally wrong to allow the garbage ford rinchot and other big speakers are to be here. Mr. Smith, a few years ago, bought two thoroughbred sows and raised two litters of blooded pigs in his back yard in Kearney. He got seventeen fancy pigs and sold them for an aver age of oveY $30 apiece, which brought him a sum (something over $500. Tu Use the Garbage. He eliev'es that in these days of food shortage, and conservation talk,, it is vitally wrong to allow the garbage from the kitchen to go to waste when from the ordinary home that garbage will practically keep a hog. . President Smith is also in favor, of fixing the price of live stock, and of the feed that is necessary to produce that livj: stock. He speaks particular ly of the hog situation.' He says he is working out what he believes will be a proper-and adequate ratio between the ; price of corn and the price1' of hogs. ) He will endeavor to nave the figures in such shape that he may present them for consideration at the South Omaha meeting tonight. While he does not give out his figures yet, he.intimates that he would put the price of both corn and hogs consid erably lower than they are at this time, and would yet leave enough margin so that the swine grower can amply afford to grow pork. , ' Must Fix Prices. : Mr. Smith is a farmer himself, and a heavy swine breeder. "We must fix not only the prices of hogs and corn," he said, "but we must fix the prices of the other feeds which every up-to-date swine grower nowa days feeds to his hogs to round them out and get the best results. We must have the price of shorts and middlings fixed as well as the price of corn, if we are going to fix the price of hogs and establish a standard- which the breeders can depend upon in raising pork. J am confident there is a way to do this, and that the proper basis can be reached, and I feel sure that I will ready to present such a stand-1 ard to the meeting tonight." - . War Insurance Passes; ; , Pershing to Be General Washington, Oct WWith the -$10,000 maximum insurance rl."n re- stored as urged by the administraJ" tion and with an additional provi sion raising Major General Persh ing, commanding the American forces in France, and Major Gen . eral Bliss, ch'ef of staff, to the rank of generah the soldiers' and sailors' bill, carrying an appropriation of $176,000,000, was passed tonight by the senate by a vote of 71 to 0. . GIRL'S ROMANCE SHATTERED YHEN SOLDIER LEAVES MistEfstherJiclceUElopesto Wahoo With Corporal Bal-., sam,. Who Disappears , After' Honeymoon. A honeymoon of a day and a .sol-dier-bridCgroomilost on the way (o Deming were the troubles that brought pretty Esther Bicket Bal sam, 19 years old, to the authorities to ask aid in. finding her husband, Corpora! Murray Balsam of Company B, Fourth Nebraska. On September 21 Corporal Balsam arrived suddenly from Deming and informed Miss Bickel, who thought him on furlough, that he could not live without her. Although she had known him but a month, love and pa triotism conquered and at once the couple eloped to Wahoo, where Judge A. Z. Donato of the county court married them. . , Honeymoon of a Day. They returned to Omaha, but after a honeymoon of a day Mrs. Balsam bade her husband a tearful iare well and sent him back to Deming. He reported" once on the way, a tel egram from Denver saying he was all right. :That was Uhe last heard of him. ' ' - Yesterday ' the distracted girlrwife rushed to the authorities to ask help, fearing some harm had.befallen'him. No one at Deming knows of the "fur lough." Friends there thought he had merely gone to El Paso for a day. - , Was Popular Here. Corporal Balsam was one of the best known and most popular men in his company. Company Bv is the one with'the "millionaire captain, captain-Hamilton of Omaha. . For six months Company , B was encamped across the Tiver, guarding the Union Pacific bridge. - WORLD'S LIBERTY IS THEME OF GREAT DA YUGHT PARADE Magnificent Spectacle Winds Way Between Columns of Cheering Throng Which Pack Central Part of the City; Bands Play Martial Music and Soldiers Give It Military Air. TWELVE REVENUE AGENTS COLLECT TOBACCO WAR TAX After viewing the inspiring pageant which moved over tha streets yesterday, the spectator waa impressed with a fullei meaning of the trite expression, that thia country if the melting pot of the nations. V "The world's J-ioerty .I'araotr was the, name of the -magnificent spectacle, but the inspiration would have been there without - n name. Nothing of this nature had ever been witnessed here before; it was some thing born of the hour; It was a mighty expression of the allied na tions in their stand for world deraoc- . racy as against autocracy. " - ., . Many Countries Represented. ' There were floats representing Ire land, Trance,. Scotland, England, Bel gium. Lithuania, Poland, Italy, Greece and America, and floats from the elec trical oarade of Wednesday night represented "Our Army," "Our Navy," "Aviation," "Red Cross" and "Jfeace." It was a wonderful drawing to gether of hopes and ambitions of peo ples born under other flags, yet hearts beating as one in this conflict for the maintenance of democracy1 and human rights and all as one beneath the folds o( Old" Glory.. , ' . , - One of the ' scenes . showed : King John .signing the Magna Cbarta, the immortal document which gave to the , people their first "rights from divine kings." The center of another Scene was Joan of Arc, the patron saintess of France. The sad story of Belgium was depicted on the Belgian float, Uncle Sam.lVictory, Goddess of Lib erty and other symbolical character! were shown in effective niemblef. The Polish civil and military costumes worn by natives of this land of history attracted second notice of the crowd. The Higtand warriors and kiddies in kilts on the Scotch float likewise did . not escape observations of the throng. Signal Corps Men In Line. v ' The parade was led by' Chief o Police Henry, W, Dunn, Marshals Leo A. Hoffman and Charles J.( Kar baqh and the board of governors of the Knights ' of . Ak-Sar-Ben,, none of whom needed an introduction. Captain J. A. Pagelow and staff, with 200 men of the signal corps' sta tioned at Fort Omaha, won applause all along the route. One. company of this complement appeared with arms, in mlrching order and the other com pany manned twenty motor trucks. These trucks were loaded and manned just as they would be if ordered to the front. The equipment included a signal balloon and basket, an Ameri-. can and a French winch for the bal loon, supply of oil for. trucks, wireless apparatus, telephone - and telegraph' outfits, reels of wire aiid other ma terials necessary in the field." . Captain Cook headed a detachment of 300 men of the Forty-first in fantry from Fevrt Crook.", Lieutenant Colonel Daiel Longwell commanded 600 Omaha high school cadets. Four Three-Cent Postage Will Be Charged Soon; Income Tax. Will Catch Many Who Were Exempt. Twelve i deputyyUnited States in ternal revenue agents started out early Thursday morning to visit all retail tobacco stores in Omaha and take inventcries of stocks on hand for payment of the new war tax, in ac cordance with the bill just signed by President Wilson. Inventories of retail stocks wilt be taken only at first,, as the tax will be charged to the manufacturer after the government shall have collected the tax on the stocks in the hands of re tailers. ' f i' The tax is a mere : trifle ; on the cheaper cigars. On cigars retailing at less than 4 cents there is no increased tax whatever, ' On cigars retailing from 4 cents to' 7 cents each the tax is increased his '-frper tnousali d above the old rate This old rate was $3 per thousand on all kinds of cigars, regardless of price. , ' ., . , t Cigar Tax Small , On cigars retailing from 7 cents to IS cents the tax is raised from the old rate to $6, just double. On cigars re tailing at IS cents to 20 cents the tax is boosted to $8 and on cigars retail ing at more than "20 cents the new tax is placed at $lt) pe thousand-.-1-. ', So, if the cigar man should try to tell you that your favorite 5-cent cigar is now selling at 6 cents, "because of the war tax, just laugh at him and tell him that the tax boost, is only $1 per thousand cigars, winch amounts to one-tenth of a cent per. cigar. If you smoke a IO-cent or two-for-a-quarter cigar the war tax increase amounts to only three-tenths of a cent for each cigar, which is not enough to cause an increase in the re tail price. ... Three-Cent Postage Next. These taxes go into effect immedi ately. Other taxes provided, for in the big bill go into tfTect at various times, some not for a couple of months, to allow time for the printing and 'distributing ' of ; adhesive tax stamps. ; i ..is - . , , t , Postmaster Fanning has not .re- (Contlnntd oa Paga Two, Columa rive) British Cruiser Goes 1 . Down Off Irish Coast London, Oct. 4. The . British cruiser Drake has been torpedoed and sunk, according to an admiralty announcement this evening. ' The Drake was torpedoed Tues-. day morning pff the north coast of Ireland. It reached a harbor, but then sank in shallow water. One officer and eighteen men were killed by the explosion. The1 mainder of the ship's company were : saved. - ' . , . , v- ' Young Farmer Sells All His Stock That He May Do His Bit Frank L. Snide, a prominent young farmer of Springfield, has made , a great sacrifice to serve Uncle Sam as a member of the new national army. On October 1 he held a closing out sale of his stock and farm implements, and on October 3 he left Papillion for Fort Riley as a member of the third contingent from Sarpy county. Mr. Snide, who is but 23 years old. has made a notable success as a farmer in the last two years. Thir teen thousand dollars was the amount Bis cattle and other stock brought at the. sale. Thirty choice young milk cows sold for $201 apiece and buyers from all over the state were there to purchase them. rewery Employes to : - c Be. Given Wage Increase Atlantic City,, N. J., j Oct. 4. The United States Brewers' association to day decided to increase the wages of employes in all branches of the in dustry. Approximately 100.000 work men will benefit. The association" elected C. W. Feigenspan of Newark. N. J., as president. Carl S. Blaut of Oakland, Cal., was. elected a director. ;'Wji -' jMy.'2&s- v;v . 1 1 : - r- 1 1 FRANK L. SNIDE. (Contlnnad oa Fata Tan, Colama Ona.) . . Business Is Gk)bdr; :Is Report Jy6m;yM ! All Over. Country;, Washington, Oct 4. Continuation : of generally good business conditions throughout the country ' r was ; an-: ' nounced t,oday by the federal reserve 1 board in its monthly: review. ; The report by districts shows: r New York General business, condi- tions good. ' ' Richmond Labor scarcity has af- i fected certain industriesespecially the gathering of crops. General business , is good. ' 1 . ' -?::'" ; , Chicago Some hesitation in busi- ness . which may be affected by legis lative measures, but on the whole the situation u satisfactory 1 - -. Minneapolis General, business ac tive; ou.'..-...iavoralle.-'' ; . Kansas City Increased bank clear--, ings . indicate 'welt maintained activi- , tics. ; ''.',';, , ... Dallas Increased activities Tn many lines of business. , J .. . San Francisco Bank' clearings) in-; creased 38 per cent. Business gen-J erally if fcood. ,f T v v , . v 5 September- Sundays ; Display Advertising inlhe i Bee ' Out-Gains All Otiiera ' aMaaaMMaMaMHaaaMM' m-m ' " jawaaaMp ' . . J In Inches r This Year Last Year Sunday Sept. -2; 1,744 ! ' ;i 9864 Sunday, Sept,..9, 2,188 ... ., r 1,1 53 H Sunday, Sept ie, 1,896' - 1,358 Suhday, Sept.-,23,' 2,237 t VM16 ; SundaySept. 30,-6,208 '" 6,164 . ; T; Totall! ,14,274 11,081 ' t '; ' .- ':- ,-' i'.t , The Baa'i Gin-3,193 Utehaa. . . 268 inches ahead of World-,. : Herald, tfti i 1 1 4 ( 2072 inches ahead of the New i Keep Your Eye On The Bee IMPROVING EVERY DAY i