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0 3EE " PAST ONI NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 1J. HE MAHA Jl THE WEATHER Fair; Warmer A v 1L I VOL. XLVII. NO. 245. s Id) AMERICANS IN DARING DAYLIGHT RAID VISIT ENEMY FIRING TRENCH Two Officers and Four Men Make Remarkable Dash Across No-Man's Land Into German Lines, Pro tected From Behind By Fire of Comrades; All Return Unscathed. With the American Army in . France, Thursday, March. 28. i Two officers and four men went over the top today in broad daylight, a feat seldom accomplished. Although the sun was shining and the sky was clear, the Americans decided not to defer any longer their determination to learn definitely whether the Germans were present in great numbers in an enemy firing trench. ... -'.::h When dawn came there were faint clouds showing back of the enemy's lines and the Americans delayed for a time, hoping for rain and fog, but when the clouds disappeared, the two officers and the four men decided to make the davlieht venture, although they would be under the eyes of the f enemy, ana were in a piace wnere even pistol" bullets might find their mark. ' " " '"' " .... '"" OVERTHE TOP. r Machine gun3 were posted and the Americans, with grenades swinging at their waists and .with rifles in hand, ' '-'ambered up from the fire step and l,tilt over the parapet They slid head first into' the nearest shell hole and the journey was on. Moving from shell hole to shell hole, taking advan tage of the, slightest rise in the ter rain,1 the patrol proceeded. In the trenches behind .them their comrades stood,, with fingers on their rifles, . ready io fire the instantrsriy Germans ;:: tnivh aliow themselves..'.',., r. if,'. INTO GERMAN tfcEKCHESf From the American lines the. pa-, ' 'ffot AeiewW "-by on disappear aatavihe.fGerman front trenches.; , jzliip:i:uv:;h i Curing the next four1 hours the men in the treBcWt ai"ttl -anxidualyi hearing nothing from the patrol, who V during that time; Were inspecting $00 V'ds 'f Jhe Getmaji- trenches. ' Prepared or instant battle, the, six "Kmencans'made their way from one trench to another, going into each dugout with the . muzzles '..of their rifles preceding them and traveled 300 .yards. r -'-v.- ' '"'-', ' "" Search1 Enemy Line. ' , Returning to the point from which they had started on this inspection, they searched the trenches 300 yards - in the. other: direction. While ' four ' hours may. seem a long time for this . work, it must bejtept in mind that r every bend and every dugout may - - contain1 an overwhelming enemy jroup and there was no assurance that i ki :ne Germans had not discovered what ; U. f I the Americans- were doing and that they had not concealed men in places ' . prepared to meet the invaders. .V , It was: noon when first the head af an American was observed above I . in enemy parapet. The- watchers in t the American-lines breathed easier, but at this moment the Germans dis- :overed the patrol and rifle bullets , began to smash against the trench sides and bottoms. , . Discovered, the six Americans lost . no time in moving out. Unscathed, 1 they returned to our lines, bringing all the information, ' they had sought. f At the other end of our lines dur ing the night. American -patrols wught to go through the enemy wire. .'They penetrated the first belt suc jessfully, but when they reached the T second, a sergeant,, who is from . Texas, put his hand on a wire and . 'eceived an electric ock and was -eJ:w-Tbis attracted the attention of sn sentry, who hred a narc, rv- a ti.v rrawled hurriedly to their own lines as the flare way." " ' The Weather "Mpbraslca Fair: warmer. Vmpcratun at Otnalui yeUrdy, Hour. 6 a. m v t a. m t a. m..v... 8 a. m.... I a. m 10 a. m. .,, Dot . 48 i. 48 . 49 .. 47 48 ,. 50 ii I a. m. . 12 m Eg 1 P. m 69 - P- m (2 1 P- m. .......... g3 4 pi m (4 6 v, m. t J p. m. .......... 3 7 p. m...,..,;,i; t nr- .Ttire I.mv1. RKor. WIS. 1917. UH. 1915. 7 nn " . - 41 . j n trinjeratura .. 65 45 (4 J0 Uiiiat! m . s 00 ...Oft . (in , iu i..itt;.ratnre ana precipitation departures ' iraisra a. nee March 1. a d rr!n,;red with tha pact two year : N.-rHol temrerature 43 r.w v. .or in ay ' 12 .11 ssith Binoe jnarcn 1. itlf,..r., H8 .Vrmnl prtclpltation 7 Inch Jv'Tlfhncy for tha day ..... .. .07 Inch"' T-m1 reolpltation aince ilarrh 1 . .11 inch f -.' l-. hcy lnce Uarrh 1 1911 1.16 tnchea r.:;i-ra tor con penoa tn isi7. .08 Inch Uoficti'ncy for ror. period In 1918 .93 Inch Bcpnrt From Station at 1 P. II. station and Htata- . Tern. High- RalnV Ch"yrnne. part clondy SO .01 javpnrort. cloudy 51 It i Tm vtr, clfar" ...... . .4t ." .12 ' , .-.0J Wnjn. clowly ;8I 1 ; 84 Ji) ". I'fc. 4 WSLSBi Moteoroloslat. 'X .. CO "AH If 7 LENT CEASES AT N00.! SATURDAY; POPE ORDERS IT Special Dispensation is Made by Papal Head of Catholic Church; First Time in History. 1 Lent ceases at noon Saturday for the first time in the history of the Catho lic church. A special dispensation of the pope allowed the faithful this privilege thisyearl ( Because, of , the wavanA the consequent number of meatless' days. ' Lenten rules . were: -"Yesterday was the day of mourning throughout Lnnstendom. it was the day that commemorated the death 0i Christ on 'the cfosS. i Special services in most of the Christian churches of Omaha marlced the: day, those in the Catholic churches being . especially elaborate. . ' ' ' . , Mayor Dahlman issued a proclama tion making the three hours, from noon till 3 o'clock, a legal holiday in Omaha. Mass of the pre-sanctified was said in all Catholic churches yesterday morning. Archbishop Harty was the celebrant at St. Cecilia's cathedral. The office of Tenebrae was celebrated in all Catholic churches last night , Detroit Priest Preaches. The most elaborate service of the day was that of the "Tre Orae," held in St. Tohn's Catholic church, from noon till 3 o'clock. The whole church was draped in black and the altar was covered with black, symbolic of the death of Christ. A large crucifix stood in front of the black altar drap ings. - Rev. John McClory of Detroit conducted the service, preaching a sermon on each of Christ's seven words uttered from the cross. There were also congregational singing and prayers. So large was the crowd that admission was by ticket. Most of the Protestant churphes of the city have been holding special night services this week. They ob served Good Friday with appropriate services. Patriotic Parade. North Platte, March 29. (Special Telegram'.) A patriotic parade will be held ehere Tune 6 to promote the third Liberty loan. Charles G. Ryan will speak at meetings afternooK nd evening at the Franklin auditorium. EGG DYES ARE ' Omahans to Observe Hooverized Easter. MARKET DRUG Easter egg dyes are t drug on the market this year. They are worse than a drug, and the stores which laid in a supply face an absolute loss fin their entire supply. Hoover has decreed that this Easter be an eggless Easter and it looks like the people of Omaha are going to pay attention to his order. While egg prices are about half what they were a short time back, that will be no in centive for Omaha to color Easter eggs. . ' r . "I well remember the time when we saved eggs for weeks before Easter for two purposes," said the Oldest Inhabitant. "One was that we might have all the eggs we wanted to eat for Easter morning breakfast and the other was so we might have plenty to color." . "Yes, I remember that, too," said the Careful Observer. "I remember when I was a boy on the farm we used to hide all the ecKS we could tind around the barn and save them for Easter." A visit to a couple of the down town drufr stores brought forth the information: that not a package of Easter dyes had been sold. This may be- taken- as one good guide for the assertion, that Omaha is to obey the u I mandate and have - a real eggless Easter. : . . '-V-;.;- . OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH, SO, 1918 C'3 '''3 EIL " H " " -I)" ; o " - Battle Front Af AMERICANS MAY CWTTtEON WEST General Pershing Places U. S.' Army at Disposal of Allies; Foch' May Take Supreme I Commands. Paris, March 29. General Persh ing called on General Foch at head quarters yesterday, according to L'lnformation, and placed at his dis posal the whole resources of the American army for employment in the battle now in progress. ' There have been several reports re cently that General Fofli, one of the most brilliant strategists ot the day, who was largely responsible for the French victory in the battle of the Marne, would be placed in supreme command on the western "front. Htnor for Americans. The Daily Chronicle of London said an announcement bearing on the co-ordination of British and French military exertions might be expected almost immediately and that an influ ential role migbt be assigned to Gen eral Foch. "I come," L'lnformation quotes General Pershing as saying, "to say to you that the American people would hold it a great honor for our troops were they engaged in the pres ent battle. I ask it of you, m my name . nc in that ol the American "Ther is at this moment no other question than that of fighting. In fantry, artillery, aviation all that , we have arc yours to dispose of them as you Willi Others are coming which ar as numerous as will be necessary. I have come to say to you that the American people would be proud to be engaged in the great est battle in history." GERMANS CLAIM 70,000 ALLIED CAPTIVESTAKEN Berlin, March 29 (Via London.) Since the beginning of the great bat tle now in progress the German forces have taken 70,000 and 1,100 guns, says today's army' headquarters "report. Ideal Easter Sunday Weather Man's Promise Easter will be all that wearers of new millinery and men's and , women's suits could wish, accord- ' ing to the Omaha weather bureau. , Nothing is in sight, to indicate any bad weather for Easter," is the weather man's assurance. "We are predicting partly cloudy and a little cooler tonight There was some rain out in- the state last . night; also in Kansas, northern Texas and Colorado. Dodge City, Kan., had 1.44 inches, of rain, a very i splendid rainfall and just what we hope to get in Nebraska ' after Easter. For we don't want to interfere with the ladies' happiness in their new hats and eowns,' -- - . in is ii it ii i.iri ii i r j . JUnll 111 I U UI1LIII '; ter 8 Days Battle GEMS DRIVE Penetrate Marcelcave,? 12 Miles From Important French Railway City; Attempt Enveloping Movement. . (Br Auoclated Fran.) JJritish Army Headquarters In France, March 29. The Germans were able to penetrate Marceicave, 12 miles east of Amiens, In the region south rf the Somme, only by means of heavy massed attacks late yester day, which gradually forced the Brit ish back. It was .n this district, south of the Somme, that, the invaders continued to make their greatest efforts. The British here are battling stubbornly and brilliantly against an advance, which, it must be admitted, has been steady. '.. . The conflict in this region has been most sanguinary and at latest re ports it was continuing along a line represented roughly by Hamcl, War fusee, Abancourt - and Marceicave. This point seemed to mark, the ex treme advance against the British. The German attack in this region was made from Cerisy, on the Som me, supported by artillery from across the river. ' Would Envelop Amiens. Yesterday's assaults on the extreme northern and southern "parts of the battlefield were in continuance of the German's scheme to swing their lines out so as ' to broaden . the salient which they have driven in and there' by possibly enable them to make an attempt to envelop Amiens, . The fighting east of Arras yester day was of a most desperate nature, especially in the region of ielcgraph hilI,joutheast of the city. Day-Long Struggle. ' Here the masses ; of troops strug gled at close quarters throughout the day. The British hdd grimly to the defenses which guard the already war-shocked town. - Neuville-Vitasse; southeast of Tele graph. hill, was occupied by the Ger mans. They also succeeded, in get ting a hold on Orange hill, further north. From these position they are continuing their offensive. . SAMMIES TAKE FOUR GERMANS ON T0UL FRONT With the American Army In France, March 29. Four prisoners were captured by the Americans on the' front northwest of Toul some time during last night or early to day, according to reports filtering back from the line. It is not known whether the pris' oners were engaged in an attempt to raid the American positions or whether they were brought in by an American raiding party CITY i)F AMIENS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES IN PARIS KILLING 75 PERSONS British and French Have Advantage - in Guns Inasmuch as Teutons Unable to BULLETIN. 1 Kans, March 29-Seventy-five persons were killed and 90 wounded, most of them women and children, when a shell fired by a German long range gun fell on a church in the region of Paris while Good Friday services were being held, ac cording to an official communication issu ed this evening. Among ihose killed was H. Stroehlin, counselor of the Swiss legation in Paris. The sarrie church was struck by a shell during the celebration of high mass last Sunday and many casualties resulted. V ; r: GERMANS PLAN NEW BLOW iAntrf German supreme command is about to de liver a new ahd mighty blow on another part of the front which will "tear a new hole inthe already pierced Pans, March 29. 1 he hortly after 3 o clock this afternoon. - GERMANS APPEAR EXHAUSTED. Witnihe French Army and at others the French and has begun to give place to artillery battles. Monchel was taken by the French troops f . In guns the British and French have the; advantage, inasmuch as the Ger mans have been unable to drag much artillery with them. They are engaged in es tablishing themselves iri the positions to which they have advanced, but have noi had time thoroughly to organize their defenses.' V : 25 PLANES LIMIT OF U. S. AIRCRAFT OUTPUT JULY 1 Washington, March 29. Testimony before the senate military commit tee has revealed . that the " United States will do well to have 25 Ameri- can-b'uilt. battleplanes in France by July 1. Two have been sent, the in quiry developed, 14 have been com pleted and are ready to go, and about a dozen more are in the last laps of construction. Military authorities, it is said, esti mate that about three months elapse from the time a plane leaves this country until it is placed in service in Europe. In the senate recently tne statement was made that, although the original program called for 12,000 machine by July 1, the number would not exceed 37, ' " '. Japs and British Rush Guns to Aid of Russian Anti-Reds , Peking, Saturday, March 28. Japanese, French and British field guns have been forwarded to General Semenoff, the anti bolshevik leader, whose troops have beenf opposing the- bol chevik forces in , Manchuria. The Japanese general, Naka jima, nas arrived (place not given). Fanning Holds Stamps For Owner to Come Since Saturday ' "I wonder ii. I've been stung I" These words, rang out in the office of the Omaha postmaster, at precisely 9:47 o'clock Wednesday morning. y ; Fostma'stcr ' Charles Everett Fan ning, (for it was he), held in his hand a war . saving stamp certificate on which were five war savings stamps. The postmaster advanced $20.70 a the five stamps to a man who car into his office about three weeks af. apparently in great financial distress He said he just simply had .to have the money. . , . "I," he said, assuming a benevolent attitude, "I will advance ;you this money out of my own pocket and you can come in and buy the stamps back when you are able." .- 0 Trllnl. it Hotel. N btaiidi, ttc. H. Drag Heavy Artillery enemy ring,' the VossischeZeitung of Berlin declares. Ion range bombardment in France, Thursday.archS.he great Get- British are rs offering; firm o ' ALLIES SCORE The main portion of today's fighting was around the north , ern sector of the battlefield, where both the French and the British had a successful day, counter-attacking with great vigor where the Germans threatened to push most deeply ino their lines. At present the front is most uneven. During the first rush the Germans succeeded at some places In indenting the lines so that here and there were or later must be straightened out. BRITISH GREATLY OUTNUMBERED. Further details concerning the first part of the battle show that no fewer than 38 German divisions were thrown, simultane. ously against a front held by only eight British divisions, over- ii . .1 -J t .1 1 1. D-V! J DU!-1. Wneiming mem ana lorcing incm uatn.. ucnmu ukw utmau divisions were only three others in reserve, but the troops fought valiantly and delayed the German advance for a consid erable time. ' ' ' ' ' ' . Since then about 49 further hurled into the battle (a total of estimated strength of the German division, about 1,000,000 , men). , 1 GEN.W00DPASSES TEST; WILL GO TO FRONTJNtRANCE Washington, March 29. Major General Leonard Wood has passed his physical examination for actual serv ice at the front and will be returned to command his division at Camp Funston, Kan. This became known at the War de partment late today, disposing of rumors that through the test to which all general officers who are to take the field in France are subjected, the administration was preparing to shelve General Wood, senior major general on the active list of the army. The man i hanked 'm profusely and the postmaiter gave him the cash, re taining the stamps, which he put away in a drawer of his desk. "I wijl come in Saturday, sure, and buy the stamps back," said the man. J"he , postmaster ran across the stamps" this morning. He looked up the name of the man, which was writ ten on the certificate. He was sur- rised to fitii he is the general agent f a large fire insurance company in Omaha. It doesn't look as though such a man would be desperately in need of $2070 "That fel!ow said he would come in Saturday, but he didn't say which Sat urday," said Mr. Fanning, who fears that the stamps may have been lost by the teal owner. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Along ot Pans- was resumed a "fcv j.. resistance.' Infantry fighting . SUCCESSES. formed pockets, which sooner German divisions have been 87 divisions, or, at the present . Not only the army of the Savarian crown prince, but also that of the -German crown prince is now engaged. The German generals immediately ' commanding the troops . from thi north to the south of the front at ,". tacked are Von, Below, Von Marwita '. and Von Hutier. The army of Gen ; eral von Hutier faces the French , along the Oise. It is very quiet today, '.' after the bloody defeat of its attempt , to cross the river.' Most of the bridges have now been blown up. ; The fighting has been much more severe in the sectors of Von Below and Von Marwitz. It is evident the allies are gaining the upper hand and mastering the enemy with artillery. ' Short of "Aviators. Owing to the terrible casualties among his aviators, the enemy is compelled to feel almost blindly for weak spots in the allied lines, which he has been seeking constantly so as to throw against them some of his dense masses. Vhcn it is. remem bered that the enemy has more than a division for every 1,000 yards of the front on whiclwhe attacked, an idea may be gained of the difficulties with which the allies -have been beset.,- Cross on Dead Bodies. --At one point on the Crozat canal, where the Germans eventually gained a crossing, they made 16 different at tacks on one day. Finally the British corps wTiich was holding the p'osition , fell back, absolutely exhausted, and t the Germans crossed, over a bridg ' of piled up bodies &f their own com- ," rades. The German advance has been morV rapid at some pofhts and the allies have scarcely had time to get away1 with their cannon, as no horses we , near. One French battery of 75s was dragged five miles with ropes by the gunners, who succeeded in saving it, . (CouUnued oa V&te Xuo. Column TvJ . -. i t