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MARCH 3.
1918.
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AMERICANS KILLED IN
GERMAN RAID ON TRENCH
IN SECTOR NEAR TOUL
Captured Teutons Amazed at Terrific Force With Which
Attack i Met by United State Forces Under Gen
eral Perching; Wett Point Captain Among
Slain; Enemy u Driven Back.
With the American Army in France, March 2. American
troops repulsed a strong German attack yesterday in the salient
north of Toul. ' ... .
There were many American casualties, one of the killed
Being a captain who was a graduate from West Point in 1917.
RAID COMPLETE FAILURE.
The raid was a complete failure, three German prisoners
remaining in American hands.
The ground in front of the American trenches was strewn
with German dead. " . ,
A driving wet snow was falling this morning when the
Germans opened fire on the American salient with every weapon
t their command. ,
Seventy-seven heavy shells and gas shells fell in a perfect
whirlwind on the American trenches for half an hour.
, At the same time other enemy shells in great numbers
were dropping on the American battery positions.
' POISONED GAS USED.
The Germans, evidently thinking that the Americans in
this section, having had one taste of gas a few days ago, would
fear it now, let loose great quantities of poisonous gas, but
the men put on their masks and only a few were affected by it.
So intense was the fire that the woods back of the salient were
hot to pieces.
At 6 o'clock the barrage fire was lifted on the trenches to the right of
tils salient, and Germans numbering 240 came sweeping forward under the
protection of their fire. They came forward, apparently intending to make
a big haul, and Jumped into what was left of the trenches, but there, in.
stead of the easy time anticipated, found the Americana all ready for bat
tle. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting began.
SURROUNDED GERMANS.
One American captain rallied men with rifles and machine guns, and
went through the American wire entanglements into No Man's Land and
there waited for the enemy, whom he expected to be driven out by hia
tomrsdes in the trenches. .... . ,
He was right, for soon groups of the enemy started back through the
wire entanglements. The Americans poured in a deadly fire, but un
fortunately the captain was killed during the fight He is the first member
of the 1917 class at West Point to be killed.
ENOUGH OF SAMMY. ,
While the Americans were in front of the wire entanglements and in
hell holes, still fighting desperately, the American barrage fire began sweep.
Ing No Man's Land, catching many running Prussians who had enough of
American methods. The barrage swept back and forth, making sure of doing
all possible damage. ,,
Whea the enemy had been driven back out of the positions, the bodies
ef 10 German soldiers were found in the American trenches. Two German
officers were entsngled in the wire and many bodies were in sight. Eight
were visible through the snow storm st one point.
. GERMAS LEFT SUPPLIES.
The ground waa littered with enemy hand grenades, boxes of explosives
for destroying dugouts snd incendiary bombs, which they hsd no opportunity
to use.
They managed, however, to drop incendiary bombs in two dougouts
which were destroyed by fire, but no Americans were in them. If the Ger
mans captured any prisoners, which it is doubtful, there were not more
than two or three, possibly from s listening post. Of the missing, many
Srobsbly were buried. 1 Digging for them now is proceeding snd others may
6 Accounted for.
HAD NO CHANCE.
Two German prisoners were wounded snd the other taken was unhurt,
except a welt on one of his hands where he wss struck by a young Ameri
can soldiers when he showed fight after capture.
From the prisoners the American officers have secured much valuable
information. One aaid:
"I did not have a chance to do anything before an American jumped on
to me and grabbed ms by the throat"
AMERICANS LOSE MANY.
The Germans hsd been preparing for the raid for three weeka and be
longed to the 75th reserve division of Hsnover. The prisoners had Rus
sian coins in their possession, snd came into the trenches just before the
Americans took over this sector.
The Americans lost many killed and wounded, including officers. The
Americans displayed the greatest persons coursge, bravery and energy
throughout the engagement and outfought the surprised enemy, from the
instant contact waa established.
BRYAN ISSUES
STATEMENT ON
TORONTO RIOT
Chicago, March 2, William Jen
sings Bryan issued a statement to
night explaining the incident at To
ronto, Canada, last night, when he
was jeered while speaking at a pro
hibition mats meeting, and declared
tht an organized effort to make him
unpopular in Toronto had been car
ried on previous to his arrival. One
paper carried an editorial which, he
aaid, "was an indictment to riot." -
"There were editorials in some pa
peri declaring that the persons re
sensible for bringing me to Toronto
should be summarily dealt with," he
added, "and these may have had much
to do with the attempts to keep me
from speaking. The papers which at
tacked me were the only Toronto pa
pers carrying liquor advertisements.
"The incident has been greatly ex
aggerated in many places and made
to sppesr that Canada rejected me.
In fact not more than 2 per cent of
the audience was antagonistic and
these offenders who were said to be
returned soldiers though they wore no
uniforms would have been put out
had I not interfered.
"Nothing was thrown at me. I call
ed to the audience to gather around
the stage and made my entire speech."
Rules Limiting All Trade
. Profits Issued by Hoover
WmJiinffton. March' 2. Rules limit
ing the trade profits in and regulat
ing the distribution of freten poultry
and cold storage eggs were issued to
night by the food administration.
They become effective tomorrow and
it wss announced, have the general
approval of the trades.
The rules, said a food administra
tion statement, are designed to reduce
the number of transactions to the eco
nomic minimum and are expected to
stabilize the industries, plae transac
tions on a just merchandising basis,
allow legitimate competitk t:, but re
strict opportunities for speculation,
aid in securing prompt, regular and
efficient distribution, eliminate unnec
essary .'trading and otherwise dis
courage practices that have been re
flected in abnormally high prices to
consancra.
Counterfeiter Gets 15
Years' in Penitentiary
New York. March 2.-Antonio
Tui!isL notorious "Blackhand" leader
nd head of the band of counterfeit
ers which planned to print ana cir
culate a million dollars 'of spurious
t0 federal reserve bank notes, was
tossy sentenced in tee teaerai court
to 15 years imprisonment in the pent'
t38 lanta, Ga.
BALLOON SCHOOL
TO BE ENLARGED,
SAYS COL EDGAR
(From a Statt Corrsspondsnt.)
Washington, D. C, March 2. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Congressman Lo
beck, in conference with Colonel Ed
gar of the signal corps, in charge of
balloon school improvements at Fort
Omaha, learned today that work had
been ordered to start on theschool ex
tension facilities.
"It is not planned to buy, but to
lease more, land in the vicinity of Fort
Omaha, to extend the balloon school, '
said Colunel Edgar. "Officers who
have inspected the school are en
thusiastic over its enlargement, and
everything will be done to put it on
a high plane to meet the growing de
mands for balloon instruction."
Colonel Edgar said the memoranda
prepared by the Commercial ciub and
the activities of President Brown and
other officials had been of the very
greatest assistance.
New Lightweight Appears.
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Kansas City.
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Plans for the new Central Congre
gational church, Thirty-sixth and
Harney streets, have been completed
and building operations will begin at
once.
Th nw church-will have a front
age of 209 feet on Thirty-sixth street
and a depth of 150 feet on Harney
street and Dewey avenue. It will
have a seating capacity of about 700.
The Sunday school room, facing Har
ney street, will have a seating capac
GERMANS TAKE
10 AMERICANS
ON FRENCH LINE
Army Headquarters Reports
Fighting at Village of Cha
vignon, Where Sammies
Now Located.
(By anoclated Prete.)
Berlin, March 2. -Ten Americans
have been ccptured by the Germans
near Chavigncn, on the French front,
army headquarters announced today.
It has been known tor some time
that Americans, probably members of
one of the National Guard divisions,
taken to France some time ago, were
along the famous Chemin Des Dames
sector, but the German statement re
veals their, locations more exactly
than anything as yet received from
the fighting front.
A tew more Americans have been
taken to field hospitals, near Toul suf
fering from the effects of gas poison-'
ing. These men were not in the
trenches when the German gas attack
was launched, but ventured into the
danger zone without gas masks, and
were overcome by the fumes which
had settled into shell, boles and low
places. So fat as known the gas cas
ualties number six dead and about 60
bverc6me. Oi the latter only one case
is considered to be grave.
Issues Gas Mask Order.
Strict ordtrs were issued todav to
all ranks in the American sector of
the battlefront near Toul regarding
gas precautions. The men were told
that they must keep their masks and
respirators within quick reach at all
times and were warned that the slight
est delay in getting them on might
mean death.
A few more additional eras easei
developed today among the men who,
many hours after the gas shells had
exploded, went to work in the gassed
area, where the fumes, like water, re
mained in shell holes snd other de
pressions in the earth.
Member of Mine Inspection
Crew Killed In Mine
El Paso, Tex.. March 2. One mem
ber of the New Mexico mine inspec
tion crew was killed Wednesday in
the government coal mine at Car
thage, N. M., when he removed his
oxygen helmet while making an in
spection of the mine with four other
members of the crew, according to a
long distance telephone message from
State Mine Inspector W. W. Risbon
at Carthage today. The man suffo
cated was David Murphy of Daw
son, IS. M.
Federal Agents Raid Home
Of "The Finished Mystery"
Los Angeles. CaL March 2.Fed-
eral officers tonight raided the read
ing room ana nan ot the interna
tional Bible Students' association in
this ritv and ronfirsH a nnmh.r nf
copies of "the Finished Mystery," an
auegea seaitious woric, was on sale
officers caused a man to buy s copy of
ine dook.
View Matters From
An Economical As
Well As a Practical
Stanpoint.
When sickness overtakes any member of the
family, the first thought is tt secure the service
of a recognized physician, one in whom confi
dence can be placed.
When death enters the home, one's grief
makes it next to impossible to know what to do
first, and how best to arrange for the burial.
If you will call in person at my Mortuary
Residence, or phone Harney 392, 1 will be glad,
to assist you in arranging all details, and my
policy of giving good burials at reasonable
prices has made me an enviable reputation in
Omaha and throughout the state.
John A. Gentleman
. Residence Mortuary
3411 Farnam Street
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ity of 300 and will be equipped with
a gymnasium, With a gallery, dining
xoom with kitchen and other appur
tenances, also rooms for men's and
women's societies and Campfire Girls
and Boy Scouts.
The pastor's study will be in the
tower.
The entire building will be Gothic
in style and will be of red brick, with
Bedford limestone trimmings.
George B. Prinz, architect, drew the
plans.
NORTH STATE MEN
DEMANDHAY CARS
Send Urgent Bequest to Ne
braska Delegation in Congress
That Means of Shipment
Be Provided.
Waihlaftoa Bureau
of The Omaha Bee, 1S11 O St.
Washington, March 2. (Special
Telegram.) Judge Kinkaid, who has
been petitioned by a large number
of shippers and farmers using the
station at Atkinson, Neb., to aid in
getting cars for the shipment of
native hay, had a conference with C.
K. Gray of the traffic department
today and was assured that relief
would be forthcoming.
The petition of, the shippers and
farmers in and about Atkinson, which
is exhaustive in character, states
among other things that cars are
available at the station mentioned
for the transportation of soft corn,
"but farmers and shippers of Holt,
Rock, Cherry and other western
counties have no soft corn to be
shipped on account of its being used
for local feeding purposes.
"On the contrary, the petition
continues, "the crop of Holt county
is enormous and is worth from $15
to $25 per ton on the track at
Atkinson.
"Relief is necessary in the way of
cars for transportation purposes,
otherwise the hay crop will be lost
as the spring weather will soon de
stroy the value of baled hay standing
in the open."
Congressman Kinkaid urged the
representative or Director General
McAdoo to get cars to Atkinson as
soon as possible and Mr. Gray prom
ised to take up the question with
President Aishton of the Chicago
and Northwestern immediately in
order to save the hay crops.
Fenner Would Go Abroad.
L. B. Fenner, a successful business
man of- Burwell, Neb., has made
application for an executive position
in Red Cross work in foreign service,
and will be aided in his ambition to go
abroad by Representatives Kinkaid
and Shallenberger.
Stephens Gives Lecture.
.Congressman Stephens returned
today from a short trip to Atlantic
City where he delivered his lecture
"On the Battlefields of France and
Flanders" to 5,000 educators.
A. II. Waterhouse, superintendent
of the Fremont public schools, who
returned to Washington with Mr.
Stephens, said the lecture was received
with great enthusiasm and was easily
the hit of the National Education
association convention. Mr. Stephens
was accorded a reception by Nebraska
and ex-Nebraska people in attend
ances on the convention at the Hotel
Traymore after the lecture.
Woman Intends to Buy
Liberty Bond; Loses Money
Mrs. A. R. Harmon, 3223 Seward
street, left her home yesterday with
the single intent of buying a Liberty
Bond and $10 worth of thrift stamos.
Her intention, however, was nor
realized. While in the McCrory 5 and
10 cent store she lost her black nurse
containing $60, with which she was
going to buy the war certificates.
She reported her loss to the police
U.S.T01
AUNCH
THIRD LIBERTY
LOANJN APRIL
Secretary McAdoo Selects An
niversary of America's En
try Into War as Date; De
tails Not Settled.
Washington, March 2. On April
6, the first anniversary of the United
States' entry into the war, the third
Liberty loan will open. There will
be a campaign of three or four weeks.
In announcing the date tonight,
Secretary McAdoo said the amount
of the loan, the interest rate and other
eatures, such as convertibility of
bonds of previous issues, maturity and
terms of payment, are to be de
termined, and that new legislation will
be necessary before plans can be
completed.
The fact that the amount ot tne
oan is dependent on further legisla
tion indicates that it will be for more
than $3,600,000,000, the remainder of
authorized but unissued bonds, and
the fact that certificates of indebted
ness now being sold in anticipation
of the loan bear 4 per cent affords
some indication of the interest rate.
How large the loan shall be de
pends largely, however, on the fate
of the pending war finance bill carry
ing an appropriation of $500,000,000,
and action on the railroad bill, with its
appropriation of a similar amount.
Although-Mr. McAdoo made no
specific announcement, it is now
taken for granted in official circles
that there will be but one more loan
before June 30, the end of the fiscal
year.
The statement concerning the date
of the campaign was made at this
time, Secretary McAdoo explained, to
give every community time to prepare
tor the big bond sale and he strongly
advocated popular, demonstrations of
patriotism on the day of the opening
of the loan and the second year of
war.
After stating the date of the cam
paign opening, the secretary con
tinued: "The amount, terms, and conditions
of the loan have not yet been decided
because these features are dependent
upon further legislation. I expect to
ask the congress at an early date to
grant the necessary additional au
thority.
The nation already has absorbed
$5,808,000,000 of liberty bonds $2,000,
000,000 of the first issue and 3,808,
000,000 of the second issue. In ad
dition, nearly $1,400,000,000 of cer
tificates of indebtedness to be. met
from proceeds of the third loan, and
about $1,125,000,000 tax certificates,
due next Jure are outstanding.
With April 6. only five weeks dis
tant from tomorrow, Secretary Mc
Adoo will have to rush his program
for issuing $3,000,000,000 of certifi
cates before the loan campaign opens.
When he announced his intention of
issuing this quantity of certificates to
prepare the way for absorbing the
huge loan, he said they would be put
out in blocks every two weeks. One
of these for $500,000,000 is now
open and will continue until next
Tuesday. If it is subscribed in full
$1,600,000,000 of the three billion
dollar program will remain to be
floated with the month.
The third loan campaign will close
just before the Red Cross nation wide
drive for collection of another $100,
000,000 mercy fund. Soon aftor that.
Elkhorn
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576,000 cans of Elkhorn Milk in one order
shipping out this week over seas to allies. We
are not boasting we are just proud that our
ELKHORN MILK is produced under condi
tions to meet rigid government requirements,
and we take pride in saying that you can get
the same best quality by just saying to your
grocer: "ELKHORN MILK, please."
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Papillion, Neb.
Dannebrog, Neb. Leroy Corliss Pres
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Millard Hotel Pharmacy
' Exonerated
A jury ill DUtrict Court befor Judg Etfolla, after bearing th
charges againat ,
JOHN KROUPA
of salliai bottle of Medicatod Alcohol, not labeled according to
law, returned m yerdict of NOT GUILTY.
The jury waa out but a abort time.
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REDS MAKE
EFFORT NOW TO
HOLD FRONT
(Br AMoclated FrM.)
London, March 2. According
to a dispatch received here from
a semi-official news agency st
Petrograd, dated Thursday, the
German offensive has been
stopped by serious resistance,
which has been offered by the
revolutionary troops.
The dispatch says that the
bolsehvik forces are destroying
all bridges, railways and roads
by which various threatened
I points may be reached. The
troops are proceeing to tne
front prepared to resist any fur
ther attempt on the pert of the
Germans to advance.
The Germans at some points,
particularly at Rosenovsky, are
already rebuilding bridges and
roads.
Another dispatch from Petro
grad says the advance on Orsha
continues and a battle is expect
ed there between the Germans
and thousands of armd work
men, who have arrived in the
city.
the nation's credit may be called on
to purchase bonds of thewar finance
co-operation, providing it is author
ized by congress.
Finds Wheat and Rye
In Perfect Condition
Mark Simmons, district passenger
agent for the Great Western, is in
from sn extended trip over his ter
ritory in southern and central Ne
braska and reports that the opinion
of the farmers is that the winter wheat
and rye have come through the win
ter in perfect condition.
According to Mr. Simmons, in the
southern part of Nebraska the wheat
fields are beginning to show green,
the young plant having begun its
growth. The acreage of wheat and
rye, says Mr. Simmons, is reported to
be fully up to the average.
Lloyd George Makes Unusual
Visit to American Embassy
London, March 2. Premier Lloyd
George visited the American embassy
Friday evening and had an important
conference with Ambassador Page,
according to the Daily News, which
believes the meeting was in connec
tion with Japan's intervention in Si
beria. It is quite unusual for a premier to
visit foreign embassies. Such calls
usually are made by the foreign minis
ter. '
Czernin8 Terms Ask
Abdication of King
London, March 2. The peace
terms submitted to King Ferdinand
of Roumania, by Count Czernin, the
Austian-Hungarian foreign minister,
included the king's abdication in
favor of his brother, Prince .Wil
liam, or the taking of a referendum
in Roumania regarding his succes
sor, according to a Berlin dispatch
transmitted by the Exchange Tele
graph correspondent at Amsterdam
today.
In December, 1916, when the in
vasion of Roumania by the central
powers was underway and Prince
William, who is a general of Prus
sian infantry, was in command of a
part of the invading force, Prince
William became a pretender to the
throne of Roumania at that time, is
suing a proclamation, declaring him
self to be the rightful heir to the
Roumanian throne.
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