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THE -BEEt OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1918. m AMERICANS i ARE CAPTURED BY I GERMAN RAIDERS t . - . k Were Members of Patrol ;" Party Near, Chemin-Des- - Dames, Where Fighting Has Become Furious. (By Associated Preit.) I itn tne American, vrmy in rrance, rSaturday, March 2. The American? Jthe Germans claimed to have cap tured on the Chemin des Dames prob ably was the large! part of a patrol iof 13 men which went out when the raid began and has not been heard for since. The enemy obtained no Jjrisoners from the enemy trenches. I Volunteers from- American units I long the Chemin des Dames searched No Man's land in a rain of machine tun bullets for the 13 missing men, k a . . J ' . C . 1. ut aid not nna any trace 01 incm fcxeept one man who bad been killed. It is certain the uermans took pris jners from this patrol. Details ol the German attack, which ailed completely to reach .the retiches. are now available. American artillerymen laid down a barrage fire s soon as mc uermans smicu tncn. It is knowr. that three companies of i-soeciallv trained "shock trftops" fcvhich had been practicing for this op eration for two weeks look part in the fettaek. Each company was preceded y a picked party of 20 pioneers. Ihe lighting was onsic tor anoui an tour, but the accurate rnacnine gun md rifle fire from the American tront ines, coupled withthe perfect Ameri- yan barrage wnicn prevented rein li'orcements from coming tip. forced ihe Germans to withdraw after sus taining heavy casualties and without Shaving set foot - in thef American Jtrenches. : 1 '" ' ': ' i Soon after the attack was over a Jyoung lieutenant commanding a pla toon, members of which composed the "patrolling party which had gone out Snto No Man's land, went out to find Jthe missing patrol party, but without result He returned to his trench and jasked for a voluntary detail. J Every man in the platoon volun eered, but the lieutenant picked out small party and set out again. They were forced to return, however, when She. German fire became increasingly lieavy. The lieutenant and a' detail ynade a third search just before dawn, iut without success. All the missing 5nen came from New England. The American general commanding ihe unit cn this front said the men vere eager for action and were con tinually asking permission to remain Jn the front line longer than the sl otted period. It has been found nec essary to caution them frequently pgainst exposing themselves, they are W anxious to get a crack at the en ferny. However, they are tempted to peer over the top in the daytime, and go, over at night in the hope of "start ing something." ; ".. ;? ? ' .''HOP- TO IT,',' SAYS ! : MAYOE IN EEPLY ' TO EIVAL PAETY V . - I; j , ' (Continued From Pat On.) , Jliall has been willing and glad to re spond. We are willing to match our patriotism and work with the patriot asm and war work of any man at that jbanquet table. i "We want to give these Huns to understand that everyone understands jthat they are bawling for a little pow er a little feed at the trough, just as the Huns across the water are, and if jthey do as much in this crisis as we tare doing not talk, but do our gov ernment will win this war. ' "I stand ready to defend this administration-everywhere. I was in hopes ihat while our country's welfare de manded all our energy and all the help Ave could give it in this great world :risis we would not be forced to fight t local battle here to see who would iraw these city salaries, because that j all there Is to this fight so far as :hey are concerned. However, if they want to fight all they have to do is to puy some checks and we will be there so play our own hand in the game." harges Against Former Police Chief to Be Dropped Chicago, March 4. Charles C flealey, formerly chief of police, re? .tuujr skjuiucu uii tuaigcs 01 grati ng, and. who now faces a dozen other ndictments, is in no condition to withstand another trial, according to physician report read before Judce abbath today. He is sufferins from aralysis. v ' John J. Healy, attorney, said he ould make an attempt to have the ivil service commission drop the harges pending and then have him einstated as ' a captain so that he ould then resign and obtain a pen- ion to support himself and invalid State's Attorney Hoyne is expected to agree. . - , browder Urges New Draft ' Regulation for Class 1 Washington.., March 4. Provost farshal General Crowder appeared efore the bouse: military. commiH 4gain today to urge prompt passage oi me joint resolution providing for change m the draft law so as to base the ouota of each district m th dumber of men in class one instead of an tne population. t' Under the new ctassifiratinn tVnr will be nobody in class one except persons immediately available for service, go General Crowder ex rilained. hv basinsr the mmtj nn tW class the unfair burden placed on dates with large alien populations win oe avoiaea. , v . jt.vv Six Men Anxious to Land That Soft-14-Hour Day Job j Six men, all weft along in years, applied to Postmaster Fanning for the job of transferring the mails from yie croiicy mn car to tne railway mail car at.Whi-1 c)rf .;nn The job pays $50 a month and re quires it nours oi duty daily, i he 'lucky" applicant must also buy a tvvo-wheeled cart at a cost of $25. He has to yt"m about five tons of mail , daily. -.. Progress of Uncle Reserve Delayed Six hardy mountaineer youths from West Virginia, anxious to get into the service of their Uncle Sam, will be a little tardy in reporting for duty with tne forest reserve at Vancouver. B. G Suspiciousness of the Omaha police department is to blame. Officer Lickert discovered O. H, Hamilton of Funneltown, N. try ing: to pawn a loaded revolver at a Tenth street pawn shop. He immedi ately took the young man in custody and escorted him to the police sta tion. To Captain Heitfeld Hamilton ex plained that he was on his way to Vancouver with five other West Vir ginians. The train was scheduled to stop several minutes in Omaha, so taking advantage of the opportunity, he tried to pawn the gun to get a little spending money. After unload Americans in Eole Of Cave Men Behind Front Line Trenches (Continued From Page Oni.1 ryiiig supplies. runs through the cave. A sign over one entrance reads: "East Boston tunnel," and one of the men standing near remarked "that reminds me of home." Eager to Fight. At another point the correspondent saw some men who had just com pleted their round of trench duty. The general in . command said they had begged to be allowed to stay in the line a iew more days. "Why, they took us out before we even had a de cent scrap," said a machine gunner. As soon as the Germans learned the Americans were in the trenches op posite them they put up a sign read ing: "Welcome. Yankees," but the in fantrymen riddled it with bullets un til it looked like a sieve. All the soldiers with whom the visitor, talked expressed pleasure at being in the trenches rather than in a training camp. tome into the cook shack and see," a soldier replied to a question as to how the men were fed. In the shack a meal of fresh beef, potatoes. onions, canned corn, white bread, cof fee and canned peaches was found in preparation. Ihe general took the party of cor respondents to his headquarters and pointed out the location of his troops on a large map. "How much No Man's land is there between the trenches at this point?" asked one of the visitors, pointing to the map. "All America'! Land." "There is no No Man's land there; it is alt America's land," replied the general. A French captain later substanti ated the general's statement by saying the Americans had assumed control of No Man's land soon after entering the trenches in that sector. German, prisoners captured in pa trol fighting there stated that the handful of Americans attacked w.ith so mucrj force and vigor that the Germans threw up their hands? and shouted "Kamerad" in the belief that there were many more in the attack ing party. ' '' "" :' '- 1 , t Prisoner Is Guide; Although numerous daring courage ous deeds have been performed by the Americans in this sector, one of the most interesting is that of a German born sergeant, who,, with a small de tail, took a German prisoner in a pa trol fight, but lost his way with the result that the party wound up at the German barbed wire, where they could plainly hear the Germans talk ing; in their dugouts. The sergeant pointed a . revolver at the soldier's head and whispered in German: Maybe they will get us before we can get back, but if they try it I will kill you first Now don t you utter a sound and lead us back to our line." The German prisoner silently led the Americans' back to their own trenches, the sergeant following close behind him with drawn revolver. The prisoner was' turned over to the in telligence officer of the unit, who gained much valuable information from him. r -. . . The French eenerat who trained these troops Is proud of the showing they are making while completing their period of instruction! An Amer ican captain said: "I hey called us tin soldiers in America less than a year ago, but 1 guess we are delivering the sroods just the same." . Between 500 and 1,500 gas shells are thrown on the American positions on the Chemin des Dames front each day, but there have been no serious gas casualties there. The men have been trained thoroughly in the use of gas masks and the necessity of put ting tnem on betore going into tne trenches. They do not find it incon venient, to work and fight "like div ers" as they say. . ; -; f A few men have been gased slight ly while adjusting their, helmets, but this is inevitable when gas shells are thrown a long distance behind the lines. A brigadier ceneral and a major who were riding in an automobile on a tour of inspection a few days ago were gased slightly when a shell burst within a hundred vards of their car. They suffered from headache and slight nausea. An American brigadier general said today he had asked for 'an American divisional citation for each member of the raiding party of 26 of his men which assisted the French in the raid on February 23, in which two German officers and 21 men were captured. Two officers and two men of the raid ing party already have been deco rated by the French with the war cross. This is the first request for honors which has been made for Americans in this sector. ..- . House Makes It Crime to Circulate False Reports Washington, March 4.The bill making it a crime to wilfully make or convey false reports of statements to obstruct the government's sale of bonds of other securities, or loans by or to the United States, was passed today by the house. It awaits action by the senate c , Frank. Gilbert Overcome By Gas in Rooming House Frank Gilbert, 64 ye.rs old. 1708 Cass street, was overcome by gas in his room early Monday morning. He was given first aid treatment by a po lice surgeon and taken to St. Joseph's hospital, where he i in a critical condition. Sam's Forest . by Suspicious Cop ing the gun the captain released the young prisoner. In the meantime Walter R. Zinn of Kingwood, W. V., who was in charge of the party investigating Hamilton's long absence, learned of the arrest and hurried to the police station. He immediately began to upbraid Captain Heitfeld, but in so doing neglected to disclose his identity to the police orti cer. So Heitfeld ordered Hamilton thrown into jail on a charge of carry ing concealed weapons. Zinn calmed down at this action, in formed the captain who he was and produced papers to prove bis identity. Jhen Heitfeld released Hamilton. But the train refused to wait for the delayed soldiers and was well on its way west when they arrived at the station. They will be unable to get another tram until 10 o clock tonight MEAT MAGNATES TRIED TO WARD OFF PROSECUTION Chicago, March 4. Francis J. He ney at the outset of today's hearing of the federal trade commission in vestigation of the packing industry in troduced letters to show that in 1916 the big packers decided to start a campaign of publicity in their inter ests to prevent criminal prosecution and to inform cattlemen and meat us ers of the details of the packing in dustry so that opposition to the pack ers would subside. The letters introduced from agents of the big packers said the campaign of publicity "had been delayed too long." : , The letters told of activity of the packers in opposition to the Borland resolution, which sought investigation of the packers, and in that connection Mr, Heney adverted to messages which were sent to the congressional subcommittee having control of the resolution. "The record shows," Mr. Heney said, "that Arthur Meeker of Armour & Co. had caused messages to be sent to all of the plants of the big pack ers asking that telegrams,' differently worded, but all to the effect that the passage of the resolution would hurt the production of meat and provisions, be sent to the subcommittee." LOVETT QUITS AS U. P. HEAD TO ASSIST M'ADOO (Continued Front Pa One.) way vice presidents in" charge of im provements and extensions on their respective lines. Every proposed ex penditure for these purposes will be closly scrutinized before being ap proved. The new division will work closely with the division jl finance and purchases, directed"" by John Skcltqn. Williams,, who plans to cen tralize purchases for. all the roads. As dirextdr" of priorities for the war industries board Judge Lovett's duties had been greatly curtailed by the absorption , of transportation priorities functions by the railroad ad ministration, and the exercise of fuel priority by the fuel administration.. Eventually a joint government board may be formed to co-ordinate the priority functions now exercised by the railroad and fuel administrations, the War and Navy departments and the shipping board. Officials . who have discussed this plan also would include a representative of the treasury whose capital issues com mittee is administering a voluntary system of credits priority. ,. Leading Fremont Banker Is Dead in California Fremont, Neb., March 4. (Special Telegram. f-William E. Smails, vice president of the , Farmers and Mer chants National bank, and for 47 years a resident of Fremont, died at Long Beach, Cal., where he went six weeks ago ro spend tne winter. Mr. Smails was 59 years of age and was firomiif nt in Fremont business af airs. He was president of the Fre mont clearing house association and for 25 years was a member of the board of directors of thi Young Men's Christian association. Mrs. Smails had been with him. His son, Edwin of Omaha, left for Long Beach Sunday. A daughter. Miss Helen, is at the Smajls home in Fre mont, and another son, Herbert, for merly of Omaha, is a member of the aviation section at Atlanta, Ga. The bodv will be brought to Fremont for burial French Penetrate German Line for Over 600 Meters Paris, March 4."Eeast of the Meuse, we carried out a surprise at tack at the Calonne trenches and penetrated as far as the fourth Ger man line on a front of 1,200 metres to a depth of 600 metres," the war office announced tonight. "We cap tured more than 150 prisoners." Hair Tinting All the Rage Tb Absolut and UtUr Hrmlt$$ of "Browoaton" Has Mad Hair Tintinr Saf and Easy. 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INSISTS NEW DRAFT UNFAIR TO LOYAL COUNTIES (Continued From Page One.) the president the right to initiat rates, fares, charges, classifications etc., which lates, etc., shall be filed with the interstate commerce com mission in such form and at such time and upon such notice as he shall di rect The interstate commerce com mission is authorized to investigate charges of unfairness and injustice as to the reasonableness of said rates and make r;port of its findings to the president for such action as he may deem required in the public interest. Stephens Goes Home. Representative Dan Stephens and Superintendent Waterhouse of the rremont public schools, left for Ne braska yesterday. Representative Stephens returns to his home at this time ostensibly on business, but there is a suspicicn abroad the business means politics and may be in connec tion witn n.s canaiaacy tor tne sen- ate, wnicn is sun a suoject ior serious . . f ' l. .Til l . f consideration on Stephens part. May Take Over Hayward. Senator Norris and Representatives Keavis and bhallenberger today sug gested to officials of the war office the advisability of the taking over of the Hayward Military academy, near Lincoln, for war purposes. Ihey sug gested that in view of the abandon' ment of the bergeants' school at Fort hill, on account of impure water, the War department would find an excel lent location at the Hayward acad emy, ihe suggestion was well re ceived by those in charge of the war office and a reply will be made in a few days. DRYS TO DECIDE FATE OF PARTY IN CONVENTION Chicago, March 4. Whether the national prohibition party shall con tinue in existence, or merge with the new nationalist party, probably will be decided at the prohibition conven tion, which opens tomorrow. It was called at this time, according to Vir gil G. Hinshaw, chairman of, the pro: hibition national committee, so as to meet in connection with the national- ist party, wh:ch holds its convention Wednesday. - . '. ' The majority of the members of the national committee of the i prohibi tionists have openly declared in fa vor of a merger with the nationalists, according t3 Mr. Hinshaw, because the parties stand for the same funda mental principles. Both favor nation wide prohibition, woman suffrage and public ownership of utilities. The national party was formed by the persons who deserted the so cialist party at its St, Louis, conven tion because of what they termed its disloyal stand, , McAdoo to. Start Campaign ; For Old Discarded Jewels New York March 4. A national campaign to induce people to sur render discarded jewelry for sale for the benefit . of the personal needs of army1 and navy aviators, was an pounced here today by .the treasure and trinket fund of the national spe cial aid society's aviation committee. Since September first about $40,000 has been raised privately through the sale of contributed jewelry. The trin kets to be assembled during the pub lic campaign will be bought by the United States assay office to be dis posed of at an Easter sale conducted here by the committee. Lincoln Traction Wants Straight Five-Cent Fare Lincoln, March 4. (Special Tele gramsEleven million passengers rode on the lines of the Lincoln Trac tion company last year, and on that basis the company makes a showing that it- will have to have 6.51 cents this year .on each fare in order to pay an average revenue on the invest ment. This was the showing made by the company in its hearing before the state railway commission today on an application for an increase in rates. The company would like to abolish its ."six-for-a-quarter" rate at present for a straight 5rcenf fare. Adams Express Employes Walk Out on Strike Lincoln, March 4. (Special Tele-gram.)Thirty-five employes of the Adams Express company walked out on a strike today after demanding higher wages. Among the number were some of the office men. It is claimed by the company that it dis charged a couple of trouble makers and. these induced the rest to walk out They asked for a raise of $10 a month. ; . Tha bast and moat practical trunk made. . Tha paddad top prevents clothe from falling off tha hangers. ' Tha lift top makes all garmantt equally easy to get. Outside construction of trunk ia supreme in trunk building. . Priced no higher than ordinary trunks. Just more detail and thought put into the trunk for your com fort. , Won't yott let u show you? FRELING &STEINLE . ' "Omaha'a Best Baggage Builders" 1803 Fcrnsm Street COUNTY CLARE IS QUIET; VISCOUNT FRENCH IS THERE London, March 4. Nothing has been reported from Ireland in the last few days which would suggest that the visit of Viscount French, com mander of the home forces, to County Clare is due to any increase in the trouble in County Clare or elsewhere. Reports indicate that the special measures taken in County Clare had a remarkably calming effect and, al though the causes of the trouble have not disappeared, the disturbing ele ments have been unsually quiet since the troops were called to assist the police. Viscount French left Dublin Sun day for County Clare and was accom panied by General Sir Bryan Mahon, commander of the British forces in Ireland. Outbreaks of lawlessness in County Uare, which is western Ireland, re suited in troops being sent there Feb ruary 26 to aid the local police. The same day County Clare was declared a special arera under the defense of the realm act. RUSSIANS WRECK RAILWAY; DETAIN U. S. AMBASSADOR (Continued From rage One.) bridges already destroyed were in Lhina, east of Lake Baikal. Officials do not believe that the de struction of the railroad is in any way part of a plan to prevent Ambassador l'rancis and the other diplomats from caving Russia if they choose to do so. At the State department today it was said no decision had been reached as to the part the United States would take in Japan s plan for intervention in Siberia to prevent the railroad and immense quantities of war supplies tailing into the hands of the Germans. Depart With Difficulty. London, March 4. Special dis patches from Petrograd describe the departure of the British and French embassies and the Belgian, Serbian, ureelc and Portuguese legations last Ihursday after a series of hindrances which in the case of the Italian em bassy was sufficient to detain its staff in Petrograd after the others had left. The Italians were still in Petrograd Saturday and also the staff of the consulates, according to the corre spondent of the Morning, Post l tit bolshevik foreign ofhee. while permitting the American, Japanese, Brazilian and Siamese delegations to leave without restraint, insisted upon endorsing all passports of the others before departure and refused endorse ment unless the passport specifically described the owner as a diplomat Consequently a number of military and other members of the various missions were left behind, and, says tne correspondent of the uaily Mail, apparently are held as hostages. U - : Foreigners on Train. Foreigner. Jiot' connecter! wirh th diplomatic service seem, however t. hj,veacbmpanied ihe diplomats on their train, while ' reports suefrest others be able to ;, get away sooner, or later. Reasons given for holding the 1 Italians .differ, but it seems, that Count .Prasso, one of them, was obnoxious to the Russian A nation-wide campaign is being launched to increase the number of small flocks of hens in the United States. It is a war measure. It is addressed to the city and town dweller more than to anyone else. It is a measure of economy. It will supply hundreds of thousands of families with cheap, clean eggs, raised at home, it win save food and prevent waste. The central idea is to utilize the table scraps from every family table to feed a small flock of hens. The average , family, says the Department of Agriculture, throws away enough table scraps to provide an egg for each member of the family. What is needed are the hens to turn the scraps into eggs. Just how this should be done is fully described in an of ficial illustrated book, now being distributed free by The Bee. If you are interested in the possibilities of keeping chickens, either as a matter of patriotism or of saving money, or both, send your name and address with a 2-cent stamp for return postage to The Omaha Bee Information Bureau, Washington, D. C. You will receive an illustrated booklet with full direc tions for raising eggs in your own back yard. Ask for the Poultry Book. foreign office, which also was said to have suspected the Italians of helping their nationals to escape from Petro grad contrary to regulations. According to the correspondent of the Morning Post, provision shops in Petrograd were absolutely empty on Saturday. Many of the shops were boarded up and food was not obtainable. Omaha Figures in $100,000 Suit Against "Billy" Sunday Suit for $100,000 damages has been brought against "Billy" Sunday, the evangelist, by Sidney G Trapp of Kansas City, author of several books dealing with the sexology of the Bi ble. Trapp charges Sunday with willful plagiarism of his works. His petition alleges that Sunday, in the evangelist business for pecuniary gain and profit, has appropriated the original thoughts, ideas and language con tained in Trapp's books and employs them for his own gain in an "indecent, vulgar, suggestive and obscene way." Omaha ' one of the cities in which Sunday is accused of using the al leged plagiarized material and depo sitions are to be taken here for the case, which will be tried in a Kan sas City court. Zhe Gashion Center for Womot' IBS The fine quality of the fabrics and pre ciseness of workmanship are self-evident. $45, $55, $65 No Extra Charge for Alterations. The Blouse Store Dozens of very new blouses, including a very attractive col lection of tailored styles, at $2.50, $2.95, $3.50, $5 Infants' Hose Cashmere hose with silk heels and toes, 35c, 50c. "Silk hd Wool, 60c. : . . " ' Pure Jap Silk, in sky, pink and white, at $1. Xeee CMckeis! May Call Up Embryo -.; Officers for Active Work Washington,, March 4. Thirty thousand youths between 17 and 20, now preparing themselves to be re serve officers in their courses of school study may be called in June for a month of training in the field with regulars, National Guardsmen and national army troops. This plan is being considered in connection with arrangements for the fourth series of officers' training camps to be opened about June L A recommendation now is before the War department to discontinue the system of locating officers' train ing camps at cantonments and to es tablish three great schools for line officers infantry at Fort Leaven worth, cavalry at Fort Riley and ar tillery at Fort Sill. Woman Spy Bill Passed by House of Representatives Washington, March 4 The "woman spy bill," giving the president power to deal with unnaturalized women of hostile countries as it does with men, was passed today by the house. It would affect all women of 14 years or more, and now goes to the senate. 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