Omaha Daily
THE WEATHEfc
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VOL. XLVII. NO. 139.
OMAHA, TUESDAY v MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1917.-TWELVE PAGES.
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ALLIED TROOPS KEAGH
TO SAVE VENIC
; FAtt OF CAMBRAI
BIG GERMAN
Bee
PIAVE
WILL FORCE
RETREAT
CAPTURE OF BOIIRLON HOOD .
IMPERILS CAMBRAI WHICH
CIVILIANS ARE LEAVING
Bri&h Successes Will Probably Lead to Siege of City,
While Armies Continue Pressure on Germans,
From Whom 10,000 Men dnd 100 Guns
Have Already Been Taken.
(By Associated ItM.) v
British troops have captured the high ground in Bourlon
wood and now dominate the region about Cambrai. This- success
came after two days of the most vicious fighting and its im
portance is indicated in part by the fact that German traffic
southeast from Cambrai has been heavy, the probability being
that the civil population of the town has been removed.
General Byng's- latest triumph was
one of hard and heroic endeavor. In
paying tribute to the Third army,
Field. Marshal Haig declares that the
captures of the Bourlon positions
"crowns a most successful operation
and opens the' way to the further
exploitation of advantages already
gained."
Apparently the British commander
will push his advantage still further
and besiege Cambrai, which is three
miles to the east. The fall of Cambrai
would force a German retreat over a
wide area-.
Take 10,000 Prisoners.
In six days, General Byng and the
Third army havex broken the Hinden
burg line, taken a score of villages,
secured the dominating position west
of Cambrai and overrun territory
equal in area to that gained in the
first three months of the drive in the
Ypres salient. Nearly 10,000 prison
ers, 100 guns and much war material
ha: been captured. More important
stifTprobably is the "further exploita-tion-to
which Field Marshal Haig
refers in his congratulatory message.
Around Verdun, the pivot point of
the German line in France, there has
been fighting in which the French
have been victorious. After repulsing
a strong German attack, on the right
hank of the Meuse near Hill 344, the
Frencli- attacked- the-wmyv or a
front of. more than two miles in the
same region. They occupied the first
and second,' German linet and cap
tured more-than 806 prisoners
Government May Run
' Railways If Pooling Fails
Washington, Nov. 26. Government
operation of' railways, if the pooling
plan does not afford relief from the
present situation, was being consid
ered here today as the committee of
vice presidents of eastern lines gath
erifl to perfect general plans to put
th pooling arrangements into ef
fect. '
Congressional action would be
necessary if government operations
were to "be decided upon, but that has
been discussed by officials who have
been considering what steps would be
necessary if the pooling plans should
not relieve the congestion.
The operating committee of vice
presidents,, wfiich will serve under the
general direction of the railroad war
board, met today with:' the board to
work out details of the plan of pool
ing trackage and equipment of the
eastern lines.-' . "
Adopted as the most practical sug
gestion advanced, the pooling plan
will- be operated entirely by the rail
roads themselves withoujt government
p.jticipation. y
Price of News Print Paper
To Be Fixed by Government
New York, Nov; 26. News print
paper manufacturers representing 85
per cent of the print paper output in
the country will sell news print to pub
lishers at 3 cents a pound until April 1
and after that at a price fixed by the
federal trade commissions under an
agreement reached, today between the
government and - six of seven paper
manufacturers charged with violation
of the Sher..ian anti-trust law.
United States Judge Mayer signed
a decree under which the News Print
Manufacturers' association, whose
executive committee includes five of
the seven defendants, was dissolved.
This decree, however, does not take
away from the defendants the right to
co-operate between now and April in
placing facts before the Federal
Trade commission as a basis fof the
prjfe to be fixed. '
Newspaper Women Receive
Soldier Boys at Opera
Lucius PryoT has asked Omaha
Woman's Press club members to act
as reception committee for the thou
sand Soulier boyj who will be guests
Of the San Carlo Grand Opera com
pany during the song birds' engage
ment in Omaha next week.,
, The newspaper women will wel
comevihe soldiers and further plan
to provide 1,000 ; carnations for
boutonnieres for the men. The wom
en scribes will also have charge of dis
tributing printed invitations to the
men some time this week.
German Insurance Must
Close American Business
Washington; Nov. 26. Secretary
McAdoo today decided that undr
Hie trading with the enemy law the
business of all insurance companies
incorporated in Germany or "ally of
eneyny countries"-is to be liquidated
with the exception of life insurance
companies, which are allowed to con
tinue existing contracts'
GERMANS GIVE UP
BOURLON WOODAS
LOST TO KAISER
After Being Repulsed by Brit
ish Infantry Sunday, No At
N tempt to Take Important
Position Made.
London, Nov. 26.--The Germans
have not repeated their attacks on the
Bourlon position west of Cambrai
since thdir failure of yesterday, Field
Marshal Haig announced today. The
statement issued by the war office
reads: '
"On the Cambrai battle front the
enemy has not repeated its attacks
on the Bourlon position since . the
failure of its attempt at midday yes
terday and the situation is unchanged,
i "Northeast of Yores there. was con
siderable artillery activity on ' both
Bide early last ieht in the Passchett-AthWMh.
daele sectors 4Bf no? Iflfantfy action
developed,
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British AVmy v Headquarters ! m
France, Sunday, Ndv. 25-This morn
ing, found the line of battle of the
weary but determined British troops
stretched in a semi-circle about Bour
lon wood and Bourlon village, which
nestles at the northwestern edge of
the forest. It was a line which had
been established in the face of
dogged resistance on the part of the
Germans, who had fallen back step by
step, fighting with the fury of despair.
All day the opposing forces strug
gled bitterly at close quarters for
possession of the little village from
which the British were iorced Friday
after, gaining a footing in tha rush
that took them through Bourlon
wood. Nightfall still found waves of
infantry surging back and forth
through the streets of the hamlet and
among the houses, their crimson
bayonets telling the story of the ter
rible conflict being waged- Gradually
the Germans fell back, the British
pressing forward with grim persist
ence, which the enemy, could not
withstand, and the hamjet was finally
cleared of the major portion of the
German troops. -
Mopper Up SquacUBusy.
Today some few of the enemy still
remained in Bourlon to be mopped up,
but all the main streets of the place
had been cleared and it was surround
ed by a-strong force of British sol
diers. A little to the southwest of here an
other intense' struggle .was being
staged in the village of Moeuvres,
into which the British had battled
their way with rifle and bayonet and
pushed the Germans out of the south
ern half, "ilsewhere along, the Cam
brai front there was no infantry ac
tion of importance.
Prisoners continue to arrive at the
British cages from the front. Nearly
10,000 captives thus far have been
counted, including 200 officers.
Wants to Fight the Kaiser;
; Uncle Sam Won't Let Him
, Carl Offe of -Wall Lake, la., was
the saddest young man in' Omaha
Saturday, afternoon.
He came here from his Iowa home
to enlist in the marine service of Un
cle Sam, "but learned that an unfor
tunate circumstance of bis life pre
vented that service.
Offe is 18 years of age,' was born
in Germany and came to this coun
try when he was 8 years of age. His
father died in Germany. His mother,
who lives at WJl Lake, has not been
naturalized and the son. declared she
has pro-German sympathies, while he
is r,eady and anxious to do his bit for
this country. -
He wanted to be sent to the Great
Lakes naval training station.
"You can just ask the boys over
at Wall Lake if I haven't been Ameri
can through and through," -he said
when ..e was told of the regulations
which prevented his acceptance into
the service at this time.
Even the recruiting officer and
others r.t tht naval station sympa-.
thized with this husky Iowan who
was so anxious to enlist in the navy.
CANADA'S
DAD
TRMIPFR
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rue hi unit
Repeat Charge, of the Light
Brigade and Fight Their
Way Back on Foot With
Prisoners.
Canadian Army Headquarters in
France, Nov. 26. Canada was splen
didly represented in the great British
advance of November 20, which broke
the Hindenburg line and drove the
enemy back on Cambrai. For the
fjrst time since the German retreat
from Bapaume last spring the Ca
nadian cavalry went into action with
the horses.
After waiting a long time opposite
the village of Masnieres for the signal
which sent .them into action, the
"Hell for Leather" Fort Garry, gal
loped to the attack. They succeeded
in crossing the Lescaut canal and
penetrated the enemy's country.
Another Balaclava Charge.
What followed equals anything in
cavalry exploits in the history of the
empire. A single squadron found it
self all alone. Racing forward, with
the enemy to the right and left of
them, the Fort Garrys galloped in sec
tion over the crest of a hill conceal
ing the enemy's guns. ''Advancing
down the slope they found themselves
facing a battery of four light German
field guns. Charging straight for the
battery, sabering everything as they
came, the officers and men raced to
the guns. In line of troop columns
they advanced, coming on so quickly
that the enemy bad no time to man
two of his guns. One other was cut
off and put out of action. The gun
ners attempted to blow up th. fourth.
The cavalry wiped out that .battery
with this word. Themajority of the
enemy gunners attempted to flee, and
only a few brave men stood at atten
tion beside their cannon. On swept
the little squadron. The retreating
enemy's infantry were engaged
Cut Their Way Back. ,
Dusk found the cavalcy two miles
inside the enemy's territory, com
manded by a lieutenant, A defensive
position was essential. With, sword
the horsemen fought ' their way
. .ta'juwjien '
rpa4.4.T-b.ve
thefy "Dismounted, , Twe messengers
sent back to report theifbdsitioiu Tiad
their , horses shot tinder them, but
struggled back to the lines. Darkness
was falling. The gallant band was
isolated. Stampeding their horses to
divert the enemy's machine gun fire,
what was left of the squadron pre
pared to return.
As they had galloped forward,
using the saber, they now fought
their way back on foot with the bayo
net. The retirement was a succession
of hand-to-hand struggles. Four
times the little party met enemy
working parties with the bayonet and
dispersed them. Midnight had passed
when they reached Masnieres again
and fought their way through the
enemy infantry in the town to a
wrecked bridge, where they crossed
to safety.-
Forty-three of the men-canfe
through unwounded, and they brought
back their wounded and over a dozen
prisoners.
Members of Metal Trades
Begin Convention at Buffalo
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 26. Fifty men
representing the metal trades depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor began a three days' session
here today. Unsatisfactory condi
tions in plants having to do with the
manufacture of material for war and
in the" ship yards, it was said, would
be taken up and the opinion of the
United Metal Trades 'formulated for
submission to the adjustment board
of the National Council for Defense.
Machinists, boilermakers, black
smiths, molders, pattern makers, elec
tricians, sheet metal workers, plumb
ers and stationary engineers were
represented each by five delegates and
the international presidents of the va
rious metal trades unions identified
with the federation.
Today's session was short, adjourn
ment being taken immediately" after
the appointment of committees. "
CARL OFFE.
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NO RESTRICTION
OF LIVE STOCK ON
OMAHA MARKET
i
Measures " Takeaat 4 Kansas
- City to' CphKShipents
to Certain Days-Not -Necessary
Here. ; ,
There is no Immediate necessity of
restricting live stock shipments from
any part of the stafe to given days on
the Omaha market, as has been
necessary in Oklahoma and Kansas
with regard to the Kansas City mar
ket, according to Everett Bucking
ham, general manager of the Union
Stock yards. .
Oklahoma and Kansas have been
divided into zones. Certain zones are
allowed to ship cattle to Kansas City
on given days, while another set of
days of the, week are set apart for
shipment from the other zone. Thin
has been, done by the federal gov
ernment in order to prevent the glut
ting of the market during the first
days of theHweek and the dearth of
consignments on the latter days of
the week. , ,
No Crowding Here.
'There is no necessity for this in
Omaha yet," said Mr. Buckingham.
"Omaha is a four-day cattle market
and a six-day hog market. The stock
does not tend to crowd in here the
first of the week and show a dearth
the rest of the week as it does in
some other markets."
On the Kansas City market the sit
uation is different, partly for the rea
son that so many of the cattle are
range cattle, and the tendency is to
load them at the shipping points on
Saturday nights and Sundays, which
throws them all on the market Mon
day and Tuesday.
bo much is this the case that on
September 24 ' and 25, the first two
days of that week, Kansas City had
80,000 cattle, while the following four
davs of the week brought in a total of
only 15,000.
The federal food administration
through its live stock'conimittees has
arranged that southern Kansas and
western Oklahoma shippers may sell
on the Kansas City market Monday
and Wednesday of the week, while
northern Kansas and eastern Okla-
l.oma may sell on the Kansas City
market on Tuesday and Thursday.
This is expected to bring about
equalization of receipts and stability
of market for four days of the week
and prevent the glutting on a few
days.
In Omaha, on the oher hand, cattle
have always tended to arrive on the
market in a pretty steady stream for
the first four days of the week. This
is shown by the receipts of last week:
Monday w 21.000
Tuesday. 13,000
Wednesday 11,000
Thursday'. ,000
The last week of October this vear
showed the stability of receipts in
Omaha from day to day also as fol
lows: Monday . la ono
Tuesday 13,000
Wednesday 10,000
Thursday ., j.ooo
C. F. Clark to Enforce
Explosives Law for State
Washington. Nov. 26. Insnectors
for forty-one states and Alaska t6
enforce the federal explosive law un
der supervision of the bureau of
mines, was appointed todaj by PresU
dent Wilson. Those for the other
states will be named in a few days.
Charles F. Clark. David City, was
appointed for the State of Nebraska,
and John J. Hughes, Council Bluffs,
for the State of Iowa.
Crow About
1
OcWia
MRS. DE SAULLES
TELLS HER STORY
OF INDIGNITIES
Husband Ridiculed Her Small
Fortune, jp6ni.e.;dnly' at
' Week-Ends ajid ,- Carried
Another Woman's Picture. ;
(By Associated Press.)
Mineola, N. Y., Nov. 26. From the
witness stand in supreme court here
today Mrs. Blanca De Saulles. told a
story upon . which may depend her
conviction or acquittal of the charge
of murdering her husband Tohn L.
Dc Saulles at his Long Island home
me nignt or August o. ,
It was a tale in which pathos and
humor were mingled. There were
moments when the Dale. 23-vear-old
Chilean .heiress smiled broadly at a
part ol her own grim narration and
when the spectators who crowded
the court room laughed so loudly it
was necessary for Justice David F.
Manning who is presiding, to rap for
order.
But the greater part of the story
was so deeply pathetic that jurors
ana spectators were visibly affected
Crowds Seek Admission.
The long corridor leading to the
court room was jammed with per
sons eager to gain admission long be
fore the morning session began. The
crowd Was s dense that court attend
ants, witnesses and others connected
with the trial had to be conducted
through r..i underground passageway
m order to rencn tne trial chamber.
Mrs. De Saulles testified that in
early childhood she fell while playing
in her aome, striking her head airainst
a fireplace. Next, in reply to ques
tions, sne tow ot her meeting with De
Saulles at a race meeting near Santi
ago, Chile, in 1912, . nd of his subse
quent visits to her mother's home,
Vina Del Mar ("The Vineyard by the
Sea"), near Santiago, and of their
brief courtship and marriage in De
cember ot th esame,year in Fans.
Mrs. De Saulles said she inherited
securities worth $100,000 from her
father, who died when she was a
child, and that shortly after her mar
riage she gave these to De Saulles,
Ridiculed Her Fortune.
"What did he say to you when you
- i-: .. . t .
ijave nun inese. secuntiesr asKea
Uternart.
"He said, 'Why, that's nothing; it's
absurd to call you an heiress.'" re-
plied Mrs. Dc Saulles.-
The witness then told of her return
to the United States with De Saulles
and of his buying her a revolver while
they were residing at Larchmont, N.
Y. She said her husband told her
thafsince she would be alone at home
a great part of the time, it would be
best for her to have the revolver for
her protection.
Mrs. Dc Saulles identified the
weapon, the same one previously in
troduced as an exhibit by the prose
cution, as the revolver with which De
Saulles was shot. Continuing her
story, she said they next went to
South Bethlehem, Pa., where her
liusband's parents,' Major and'Mrs.
Arthur B. De Saulles resided, and
where her son, John L. De Saulles,
Jr., 'was born on Christmas day.
"Were you happy there?" she was
asked.
"It wasn't very nice," was the
answer.
"Was your husbani with you there
much of the time?" asked Uterhart.
"He spent eek-ends with us," said
Mrs. De Saulles. '
Reaching the narration of events
(Ootlneifd on Pan Tiro. Column On.)
REINFORCEMENTS
REACH ITALIANS
AFTER 8 DAYS' TRIP
Solid Ranks of Franco-British Infantry and Artillery Ar
rive Within Sound of Battle on Piave, Where
Auitro-Germans' Advance Has Been
Checked in Severe Fighting.
BULLETIN.
(Br Associated rress.)
Italian Army Headquarters in Northern Italy, Sunday.
Nov. 25. Solid ranks of Franco-British infantry with artillery
and supply trains were seen' by the correspondent today within
sound of the battel on the Italian northern line. They had been
on an eight-day march.
BRITISH AIR MEN
BATTLE WITH GUN
CREWS AT 30 FEET
New, System of Warfare is
Initiated by English, Who
Engage Teuton Infantry
Almost Continuously.
Behind the British Lines in Flan
ders, Sunday, Nov. 25! There have
been almost continual battles between
German infantry and British airmen
flying as low as 30 feet above the
ground. Never before has this kind
of warfare been carried Out on such
a large scale. Pilots attack infantry
and gun crews indiscriminately
wherever they encountered them, and
have inflicted heavy casualties on the
enemy with bombs and machine guns.
The nature of the fighting can be
seen from the experience of a British
pilot whose machine .was literally
shot 'to: pieces by rifle-and machine
gun fire and who tonally crashed down
IbebiSd bia'own lines with ten bullet
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iioica inrougn ma cioinmg, aitnougn
he himself was unhurt.
, ; Shot Down Three Tlmea. ' , Jv
Another ' young airman yesterday
presented hirhself at headquarters
after having been shot down for the
third time within two days. He was
delighted Over his experience and im
mediately applied for another ma
chine so that her might go out again.
One aviator attacked a column of
German Infantry marching in close
formation and hurled two high.power
bomba directjy aniong them. The
troops scattered and, as the airman
whirled away, he saw two heaps of
dead about huge craters which the
bombs had torn in' the road. There
were innumerable cases of airmen sue
cessfully bombing airdromes, troop
transports and gun crews. A large
number of artillery crews have been
wiped out cither by machine gun fire
at close range or by bombs.
Many Pay Penalty.
Naturally, many of the airmen had
miraculous escapes from death and
some, of course, had paid the full price
and have gone to swell the toll of
brave men who have given their lives
for the king and country. Among the
hairbreadth escapes reported is that
of an aviator whose machine was torn
to pieces while he was fighting Ger
man Infantry with his machine gun.
He was caught in the shell fire and att
the wings of his machine were shot
away.
Fortunately he was flying only 20
to 30 feet above the ground and close
to his own lines. He crashed in No
Man's land and found himself un-
(Contlnned on Pago Two Column One.)
A Service Flag for Every Household
That Has Given a Soldier to the Country.
The Bee has secured a limited supply of handsome paper
service flags in correct colors, 11 by 18 inches, with from one
to five service stars, to be pasted on the window pane. They
are of the same quality and workmanship as the American
flag which we distributed in the
at any of our otiices by our
attached coupon. "
Omaha Bee Service Flag Coupon.
Good for one service flag when presented with
3 cents at any of the following offices: '
Omaha Office, Bee BIdg.
Ames Office, 4110 N. 24th St.
Lake Office, 2516 N. 24th St.
Walnut Office, 819 N. 40th St.
Park Office, 2615 Leavenworth
St.
If to be sent by mail
wrapping and postage.
O Fiehtin Severe.
The correspondent was on a tonf
of the northern fighting front, where
the great battle is continuing with
unexampled violence, Major General
Giorgio was found commanding the
extreme left of the Fourth army at a
point where tlie fighting was heaviest'
Throughout yesterday and today
the battle in the mountains has de
veloped in a steady succession of
heavy attacks aud counter attacks,
with occasional brief intervals for re
forming the lines and reorganizing
new positions. Twelve different
enemy assaults have been made with
in a few hours preceding the corre
spondent's visit to headquarters on
the field, but the Italian lines had not
yielded a foot of ground and General
Giorgio, while grave because of the
terrific struggle his men were making
against (tremendous odds, was calm
and confident that the defensive line
would hold until reinforcements swer
swung into the fighting. "
Return to Fight.
Staff officers from headquarters
were taking the trip along the line
and the route lay straight north into
the fighting zone. Soon there were
evidences of a bitter struggle just
ahead, for along the route long lines
of Italian infantry, decimated in the
last few days, were- reforming to -e-tntu'to
the fight-.'They showed the
fearfiil - strain they had been under,
bvlt there was o trace 'of wavering
and the ltfng-lints breathed a spirit
of eagerness. . , ,,..- ..; j ;. :
' - t .. ; Allies Appear.
, In' . another zone , 4' sight which
stirred the blood rwas when solid
ranks of allied rcinforcenleuts crowd
ed 'the roads. Already they were
wirflin sound of the rumble of the
guns and the boom from the battle
off in the . distance could be heard
above the gallop of. the; cavalry the
tramp of the infantry and the clamor
of -the batteries and supply trains.
It was a dark day with a gray aky,
but the whole scene seemed to lighten
up as the color of the Italian gray
was tinted everywhere with ; British
khaki and French blue. They had
been on the march eight days, making
more than IS miles a day, .
Italians Still Hold.
(By Associated preuj
From Lake Garda to the Adriatic
the Italians continue to hold the Aus-tro-Germans
in check. Finding it im
possible to break through the line di
rectly west of the Piave river, the
enemy has beer, making very strong
attacks on the Asiago plateau, where
it was defeated last week in an at
tempt to encircle the important Monte
Meletta position. The fighting has
been most severe, the Italians meet
ing attack with counter attack. -
East of the plateau between , the
Brenta and the Piave only artillery
has been active. Along the Piave the
Germans are showing signs of activ
ity, but their efforts have not ben
fruitful. Attempts to cross the river
on pontoons were crushed by the
Italian artillery fire. v '
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