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THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. OCTOBER ,.0. 1 0 1 7. 0. S. TROOPS TAKE TRENCH LESSONS Touch of Dangerous Bravado Develops While "Sammies" Await Opportunity to Fire at German First Line. SAILOR INJURED One man wa killed and fiv (lightly injured when an American destroyer wn struck by a torpedo from a Ger man U-boat in European waters. William Edward Merritt, of New York, one of the injured sailors. By FLOYD GIBBONS. (Special Cable to The Bee, (oprifbt. 1917, By the Chicago Tribune Company.) The First American Soldiers in the Trenches, American Expeditionary Forces in France, Oct. 2.1 (Delayed by Censor.) American infantrymen and German regiments face one an other tonight in the first line trenches of the western front. Drab colored soft ground blotched with rust red expanses of wire en tanglements, separate the hostile lines along the historic sector in which the American fighting men are located. In supporting positions near the rear American artilleryme.il with guns are registered on every yard of the imme diate terrain, where the French and Germans have been in death holds for two years. There is no moon and the ?ew clouds that veiled the stars seem to accentuate the blackness of the night. Here in the darkness and mud, on the slippery tiring steps of trench walls and in damp dugouts, the young, red blooded Americans are mingling for the first time with the veteran troops erf France. Touch of Bravado. Occasionally a shell wheezes through the soft atmosphere, seem ing to lead to an unseen arc of sound in the darkness above. It terminates with a sudden thump in the spongy, water soaked mound behind us. An answering missive of steel whines its way back across the void into the populated invisibility in front of us. A touch of dangerous bravado has developed after the first hours in the front at darkness Not a man has been killed yet. Not a man has been wounded. It is not anvwhere near as bad as everybody thought it would be. The infantrymen have all placed a .selected and well-polished cartridge in tile rifle chamber and are itching for the first opportunity to send their first piece of lead toward the German lines. Each first cartridge case is to be saved and every man lias some differ ent plan for inscribing, etching or utilizing this souvenir as a watch charm, a pen-holder or a pocket piece. Shell for President. The importance of the occasion has pervaded the artillery also and I un derstand the plan of battery of the ornamentation and disposal of the cartridge case of the first shell have been destroyed by the expressed wish of a major general to secure the shell and' forward it to President W'ikon properly inscribed. The noncommissioned officers have been ordered to warn the men about recklessness in trenches. Against these orders, almost every man has taken a coveted look over the top and out across the awesome precincts of No Man's Land. "They think this war is a ( cinch after being out here two hours," a top sergeant told me. "We's got a d fool in our company, and I've had to warn him three times to pull his head down below the parapet before he gets it blown off." The fool, before he reads this, will know what the sergeant told him was bunk, but the story went from mouth to mouth along the trenches and it had the effect tor which the sergeant lied. Think Germans Nervous. It is quite probable that the Ger- mans across these some hundred yards . of blackness are nervous concerning the historic event taking place so near them, and this nervousness they mani fested in their repeated attacks on the darkness with star shells. These aerial beauties of night war-, fare, released from their exploding en casements high in tlii air, hang sus pended from the white silk parachutes above the positions held by the Amer ican trench novitiates. The numcious company and battery jesters do not refrain from imitative expressions of Ahs and Ohs. "aiu't it bootiful," as their laughing upturned faces catch the deadwhite glares. There goes a rocket. It is rearing itself from the darkness somewhere on the left. Its flight is noiseless as it mounts higher and higher on its staff of red sparks. Then it burns. A shower of green balls fall from the fiery pod. Green for Gas Attack. This is different, this business. One gretn rocket is the signal that the Germans are sending over gas shells. It is an alarm that means the donning of gas masks. They go on quickly. It is the first time this equipment is adjusted under emer gency conditions, yet the men appear to be masters of the contrivances. Then the word is passed along the trenches and dugouts for their re moval. It was not a rrench signal. The green rocketa had been sent up by the Germans. There had been no gas shells. It was a false alarm. "The best kind of practice in the world," said a battalion commander. "It is just the stuff we are here for. I hone the Germans happen to do that every night a new bunch of our men get in these trenches." ! The real practice of trench move- j nicnts had started at 6 o'clock in the morning when the first American shot ! in the war was tired by Battery C of j the battalion to which I am attached. My battery is A. All of its men is we'll as mem! ers of Battery B of the same battalion, take the position to which I ,-u,i bound to adhere, that BaMcry ('.'- first shot was a "JmhhIkc" that is", the shut was tired by Battery C before it went through the prc ' scribed routine of digging itself into the new gun positions and erecting dugouts, which, according to the un derstanding of the other batteries, was the principal rule jn the race for the historic .-in it. Bavarian-Premier Offered Gsrman Chancellorship Amsterdam, Oct. 29. The Zeitung Am Mittag of Berlin says the Ger man chancellorship has been offered to the Bavarian premier, Count von Hertling, who has asked for time to consider the matter. fL & m 1 S3 w it. jE i : WANT U. S. TROOPS ON SALONIKI FRONT General Sarrail, Commanding Army of the Orient, Believes Presence of American Sol diers Desirable. 4 "C WII,ITA1 5- MEKRITT. Michaelis' Situation Still Hanging in Air Berlin, Oct. 29 Although con firmation is still lacking of reports that Chancellor Michaelis has re signed, Berlin newspapers continue to discuss them and devote columns to speculation as to the probable suc cessor to the chancellor. Prince von Buelow and Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann are mentioned most frequently in this connection. Press Feeders Strike; Tie Up New York Print Shops New York. Oct. 29. 'Virtually all printing establishments in the city, according to union claims, were tied up here today by a strike of press , feeders. The walkout came as a re sult of refusal by the employers to grant them a flat wage increase of $4 a w eek. The - smen thrown out of work by the absence of the feeders an nounced they would confer tomorrow with the employers on demands for 10 per cent increase which they have made. Present pay is $18 to $22 a week for feeders and $20 to $35 for pressmen, and, it is said, the employers offered a "war relief" scale of increases rang ing from 50 cents to $2 a week. Thepossibility of asking the gov ernment to conscript labor in case of failure to reach an agreement in view of the fact that many of the larger printing concerns have government contraols was brought up at a closed meeting of employers today, it was said. Palmer Begins Taking Over Enemy Property in U. S. Washington, Oct. 29. A. Mitchell Palmer, enemy property custodian, actually began the business of taking over the millions of dollars of enemy property in the United States today, with a conference with President Wil son, at which the full scope of the work was discussed in detail'. Judge Wade to Preside At The Second Matters Trial Federal Judge Martin J. Wade of Des Moines will preside at the sec ond trial of Thomas H. Matters, which is to begin in the federal court here next Monday. 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HAIG AGAIN DRIVES FORWARD Striking northeast of Ypres, General Haig's Franco-British army moved forward between (1) Draeibank and (2) Poelcappelle. -The mSVe ment had as its primary object the advancing of the allied left wing to keep pace with the'wedge driven in the center. Saluitiki. Oct. 29. "We are glad to see Americans here anil vc want to see more of them." This was the greeting of General Sarrail, commander-in-chief of the army of the Orient, to a correspond-1 cut for the Associated l'ress, who was j received at headquarters today. i General Sarrail is a man of large build, much like General Pershing:, with gray hair and heavy moustache, big chest and shoulders. He wears the .steel gray uniform of the French high command. The bronze stands on the sleeve tell his rank as major gen eral in the French army and generalis simo of all the allied forces on this front, seven nations in all, I'rench, British, Italian, Russian, Serbian, Greek and Albanian. "Yes, we want to see the Ameri cans," he said. "Their reputation has come ahead of them. Wc hear the most flattering reports of those who have landed in France jtit the kind we need. New Pep Into Ranks. "This army of the Americans has had a stimulating effect on all our fronts," the general went on. "It was timely and our men seem pleased, for they have been bearing this bur den a long time. They have carried on a noble and devoted work, but they are naturally gratified to find that the great American republic now has thrown its tremendous weight into the scales and that the vigor and youth of America will soon be fighting with the allied forces in the cause of humanity. "For the morale of the troops, as well as the great international effect, nothing could have been more stimu lating than the entry of the United States into the war." The general desired that the amp lest facilities be given to see just what the army of the Orient was do ing. Reports had been spread in America, probably through German propagandists, that the Sarrail army was in a had way and was going to withdraw. Nothing could be further from the truth. Covers Wide Front. The army of the Orient has a front of about 350 miles, running across Macedonia, Serbia and part of Al bania. It sweeps in a great arc, about 60 miles in Salonika and being on the Aegean Sea at the Gulf of Orfano, on the east, and running to a point 38 miles west of Koritza, Albania. Here it connects with the Italian front across Albania, which is separate from the army of the Orient. Generally speaking this 350 miles of front is divided between the British on the right, the French in the center and the French, Serbs, Greeks, Rus sians, Italians and Albanians on the left. This huge front has not far from .5 divisions guarding its whole length. It is a composite army, with generals, princes and pashas on the roster of the supreme command. Besides the fighting, an immense amount of construction is being done along the whole front, with a net work of splendid roads for the quick shifting of troops, substantial bridges of steel, masonry and vast camps of supplies and ammunition. t Are There to Stay. Everything is being done with the evident purpose of permanency and there is no evidence of withdrawal, now or later on. General Sarrail makes frequent visits to the front, going to Monastir, Koritza or some other point as an offensive is delivered. Each of the allied armies has a staff officer near General Sarrail to keep in touch with every branch of the organization. Major Davis of the American army has just been added to these staff officers. The sign on Major Davis' I ...tw . ;l,V;VMlSTKCOtf PlKt" A . 5t.- ' . tW i, il' 1 PRtStNT B.TTLt Ll-Ni. office reads: "American Liaison Of ficer." What lies ahead of tin- annv "i the Orient is partly a military (puMioii and partly political. The militaries are united in the belief that the Bal kan front must be held as a vital link in the chain encircling the central powers. Also they believe yi.it I lie greatest stroke of strategy in the war can be made here hv a move on the right flank, which will cut through to the Black sea and .--ever Germany from Turkey. But the political coun cils of the entente allies, which co ordinate all their movements, have thus far ruled that the supreme cfToit shall be made on the western front. Consumers Make Slight Gain in Chicago Milk War Chicago, Oct. 29 The fight be tween producers and distributors of ! Kcrcnsky at Front i To Reorganize Army Fetrograd. Oct. 29. Premier I Kereni.lty has gone to the front, i The newspapers today published a 1 note to the effect that the war ! minister has begun the elaboration i of a scheme for the reorganization I of part of the army on the basis of separate nationalities. milk on one side and consumers on the oilier on the matter of priies to day continued with slight gains for the consumers. One l.iriv'c company announced thai beginning nct Thurs day the price to the consumer would be reduced I .ent to 12 cents a quart. Twelve icnts is, however, 2 cents higher than a year ago. Meanwhile 42 representatives of milk companies were called before the grand jury as the result of charges of price fixing. GREEN TROOPS CAUSE j OF ITALY'S REVERSE: Believe Germany's Greatest Card Is Played in Offensive ! ou Southern Front; Fears America's Coming;. Wa.hiHKton. ( Vt. 2") l ack of ina tei i.il. munitions, i-im-. and uusea MMiud (loops on the rejht will',', nt the lace of an o c w In dir.in tr-lro dcr ni.ri li ra- t-min tr.nii the Kum.ui bordef'i ,u c lilt' c. lines a-r'.iied bv tr'hnu '.! cpe:;- 01 iln- Italian mis si. !n ' i'. lot t ' -1 I lalia-i del eat 1:1 t!,' hiian Alp-. I heio i'ius! hr a teiniiii.it'.on ii tile ! inn' lines, t! e -a. e. insump 1 ; of tile I ta'.i.Mi o!. :i -n r , ,:mnit hr ( - .pei ted helm,- in-t sp. the eai.n p..i. n ive.iuw ii lie v ' ' . . in ::li. on i let en n e lino-. Food and Mi'mtioiis Needed. Mei.ihers i t t'n- nnsMon ale eon ' .'. i't tl .it i elii t an I .: -si-t.uiee w ill' !( I'll iieoiunig limn 1 ' - allies. M ci ate not w ,i n 1 1 d . 1 1 . 1 1 v lias an ah i' in',, tin e ol ion: ' n 1 1 1 :on , s,', ! Co.-e mi in -n .ml hist , hut nut lea-: . loo I, are u hat nnn-t Is- ii.nl at once. I he Italian i :-hl. - hi, h In si tailed inniei ilie enemy's i;h.U auit, it is said Inn i-, u a i onipo e.l o! 1 e : i .to i i.t's, n.i t a- m-d in u at flic ierai. lll.li',' It inn' -,l:l lor (i;r w i olr I :oii t to lie 1 1 In li ,u 'i to a old a tl.inkini; alt.nl.. ihe I'aiiai'. crucial ; stall kinnv tha' no le... 'a. in i'dll.tlOil ! Gi i in. n and Mi 1 1 'an 1 1 'ps u n e l:i inr ( aiio;i:a's .run Xcieillie ' U the alM.nl, i oiihl li.ne hern :e- -s:s, i si.i . e-'siulli, It.iii.m-; line '-ay. had lire ! be "il pueii bv the .ill.es to l(al s e.:ll lor inn" :io a - and -npplii'-.. Mo-t of tin' 7iM i ai'i'o-i I. .. wrre taken without h.nii;;; lirei'. a -hot, (m ! la. k of a in 1 1 mi n P ii .a Allies To Rescue. I hat the allie.; will now make rcrv ; et'oit to simply the Italian aimv is i not douhleii. 1 .isl wnk (he Italian rini'.i -'. here learned that the Amer iran shipping board had allottal 25 ships, or lOO.IKHI to::s. p. Italv j and these ships .should be able to cairv not only inuiutioiis hut supplies ol food to ihe Italian people and thereby relieve the u'trtnal political strain. In thtowiiig its enoinious force m- mist tin- Italians i!ir mission here I believes, Germany has played its ! grcalc-t card. The Italians, when j turned hack, woo within .! miles of ' l.ohaeh. wliuh. in the oninioii of the Italian general stall, was the key to success, and the eaptme of that place by the Italian forces would have meant the collapse of Austria, which, in turn, would cause dele.it for tier many. Wilt Not Chance Result. 1 Cardiff, Wales. O. t. 2. Speaking i in legard to the Italian situation here today. General Smuts, the former South African commander, said: "Germany sei s America rushing in with tremendous weight. Therefore, it is trying to dodge the issue and catch sonic advantage in a minor theater of war. It will not help her; it will only prolong the war a few months. Ihe issue is no, longer in doubt." Allied Airmen Drop Bombs On German Airdromes London. Oct. 2"'.- -The admiralty lo- I day ts-urd the follow mo. statement te- AaidniL; air ranis on German military rstahli-hmeiits in Belgium : "The naval an service vesterdaV aturuooM carTied out bombing raids on curinv aird. nines at Kngel and 1 M I ion is Westrem. "Main tons i t bombs wen- dropped ih. io llie shod- and the r.nivvav line i '! . '. atoi s ;.i.-o hottibed the i , ii ,'. , , in" i ion - at i oi tem.1.! i ' and I n Ii: r : i i.ie h, nt two t. n - of bomb- - i-1 e di . -np( d I nc ol our n.n hMi- :- I.iilod io reliiin. " I i'e I't'i'inv jinirniiii at ar-se- 1 'i'ii' " a . boinbed at il'i"n veslerdav. Unci 1 hits on 'in- sbeil- wetc made. 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