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THE JJEIS: UiVIAHA, AiOiNUAi, APiUL 1, liUo". AMERICANS I SUPPLIES TO STEM GERMANS Tremendous Battles Rage All Day Saturday; Trend of Conflict Now Developing Major Operations on Southwest Front, Where Americans Will Join French to Turn Tide. (By Associated Preis.) Many American transport sections are at work bringing up supplies to the French who are southern section around Moreuil and Lassigny, with the Ger mans who have delivered powerful attacks. Balked in their efforts t make ground along the northern side of the salient, they have driven In the allied line, the Ger mans now are trying to break through to the southwest and south. Along a front of 25 miles, from Morsuil, on the Avre river to Lassigny, a tremendous battle waged all Saturday. ' USE MASSED FORMATION, The German troops sre from the " crown prince's army snd are under the leadership of General von Hutie who is sending his men forward in masted formation, one wave follow ' ins the other without cessation. The French troops have stopped I the Germans and have attacked with ' unvarying success. Correspondents on this section Of the lint declare that ' the French are using only a small . portion of the reserves, holding the others for a powerful blow st the op portune moment. ' French troops ! now are meeting the shock of a German attack on , 25-mile front in what may develop . into the most important battle fought since the start of the offensive battle, ",; ARRAS ATTEMPT FUTILE. ,. The, Germans at Arras in the at tempt to take that place from the ; British, and disorganize the northern n British line are finding themselves fr able to advance only step by step, at feat cost in tneir tnrust along the Somme towards Amiens, the Ger mans Friday night turned southward and hurled heavy masses upon the . French in the Montdidier salient. r.It s here, from Moreuil 1Q miles ., northwest of Montdidier in a curving viine around the latter place and east (ward to beyond Lassigny, nearly IS r.miles sway, that the battle was raging sat last accounts. Violent assaults were delivered, upon the French lines, which developed a powerful resist ance snd Were further strengthened py the arrival of fresh reserves. The initial force of the itnpsct, how, , ever, was sufficient to drive the .French back. ahort distances st snd near Jbe poir.t of the salient. Push- ,iAg westward from the branch of the Ancre, whicli runs in s northwesterly .direction from Montdidier, the enemy torcea ins 'way into several villages within a- stretch of about five miles along the front.. ; J ' i.y Advance Three Miles. The advance as shown by the loca tions viif the villages announced as raptured, reached, s maximum of about three miles in this sector. 3 south of Montdidier the wedge also iwis further driven in about two -miles. Fighting at this point around 'Ayencourt was still in progress late on Saturday in a heavy rainfall A possibility is thai the Germans are attempts to stave off an allied counter' blow,' attacking themselves rather . than stand still and be at tacked on this, their most exposed front ; ' : . 0 ' Advancs In Palestine.' ; t ' ( ; On- the remainder' of the front the situatitn is virtually without change, so far as th official reports reveal. American troops in France have irreeted with exultation the news that they' are to be - given a part in the fighting of the great battle. Dis patches from .the front report them enthusiastic over the prospect f. Further notable advances have been scored by the British forces in Meso. potamia snd in Palestine. In the lat ter war theater they have destroyed several miles of the Important Hedias railway, east of the Jordan, cutting off the Turks from communication with Arabia and their forces south east of the Dead Sea. . , Paris was again bombarded by the long distance German cannon this morning. There have been few cas ualties. . , , ..- Eight; dead,, among whom sre four women, "and 37 wounded, including nint womer. snd seven children, were the casualties resulting from the oombardmen: today. Lloyd George Gives . lOut 'Announcement k Of Foch Appointment London, ' March 31-Premler Lloyd George has announced the appointment of General Foch as commander of the allied armlet en the western front . In making the announcement the premier said? V For the first few days after the German army had launched upon our lines an attack unparalleled in its concentration of troops and guns the situation was estremely crit teaiV Thanks to the indomitable bravery of our troops, who gradu ally stemmed the enemy advancs until reinforcements could arrive, and our faithful ally could enter the battle, the situation is now to. proved. The struggle, however, it only in its opening stages and no prediction of its future course can yd be made" ' : Appeal to Farmers for 'H Wheat Shows Ni Results Washington, March 31. The food administration's appeal to American farmers to market their wheat now while the greatest difficulty is being met ia feeding the allies, had only slight effect last week when mill re ceipts to 3.250.000 bushels ss com pared with 3,000,000 of the previous week.. The normal receipts are 7,600.. 000 bushels. , . . Many millions of bushels, the ad ministration said, still are in storage eg the farms. RUSH AHEAD engaged in a great battle in theJ o ELMER CAMPBELL, AVIATOR, THINKS L1TTLE0F FLYING Omaha Boy, Recently Commis sioned, Declares Carelessness Hard to Overcome by Young Airmen. Elmer Campbell,- youngest son of John Campbell, of the Midland Ab stract and Guaranty company has re ceived a commission as second lieu tenant, which he won at the San An tonio aviation camp Campbell has been under training in the south for more than four months, and declares he now thinks no more of flying a few thousand feet in the air than, he does of meandering up Farnam street. Campbell is home on a 10 days' furlough, and soon will return to Kelly Field, where he expects as signment to a school in Illinois, where he will further qualify as a scout aviator, this duty ing the most hazardous of a dangerous call ing. -Bunkie" Killed. . Campbell's ."bunkie" at Kelly Field wss killed recently in a light Ca nadian "ship." as aeroolanes are called by aviators, when he attempted to perform "stunts in the machine. Following this fatal accident officers prohibited the cadets from attempt ing "stunts" in the light Canadian type, which has wings of only 20 feet , These are the machines used for scout duty, bavins a speed of 130 miles an hour, and which are used to do most of the fighting. , Camobell scent more than 100 hours, actual flying time, in the air to receive his commission. Care lessness is the hardest battle to over come by young aviators, Campbell declares. Campbell is not vet 21. He de clares that younger men are selected, it is the general belief, because of their willingness to take great chances. A conservative man Is an easy target for an enemy scout, in asmuch as dips, spinning nose dives, Joop-the-loops snd other apparently unnecessary chances must be taken to evade the Germans. ' Six Persons Baptised : a Sunday in Carter Lake Six women and on-e man were ban. Used in Carter lake Sunday afternoon by Rev. J. Costello of Pleasant Green Baptist church, colored. 1421 North Twenty-fourth street. ! ' Eighteen candidates were td have been immersed, but illness kept 12 away. Those baptised were Men- dames, Bostic, Sbaw, Freeman. Wil son, Lewis and West. J. Banks was the only male baptised. Deacon Smith assisted the pastor. 1 he entire west bank of Carter ake, near the ice house, was lined three deep with people watching the ceremony. Responsive singing preceded the baptism. , . , Some of. those baptised had to be oreibly led Into the water by two assistants. Mrs. West became so en thused while on her way-out of the water that 'she dragged her escorts down into the lake and a lively scramble, ensued. The Easter baptism was the second held this year , by Rev. Mr. Costello, the candidates having been obtained at a series of revival meetings held last week. . , tilm of Thomas Panebianco ' Damaged by Fire Sunday Fire, believed to have been of in cendiary origin, damaged the home of Thomas Panebianco, 812J4 North Thirty-third street, early ' Sunday morning. Members of the family were away. ' Neighbors told of hearing two ex plosions followed by flames leaping from second story windows. ' Thehouse is the property of the Peters Trust company. German Casualty Trains Form Continuous Line Amsterdam, March 31. Trains car rying wounded Germans from the bat. tlefront in France are proceeding con tinuously along the frontier between Germany and Holland, according to a dispatch to the Telegraaf from Kerk rade. It has been necessary to replace hospital cars by freight cars, in which the wounded lie on straw and shav ings.' , , - . Wisdom, Wakefield Lawyer, Gives Up Practice and Enlists Frank Wisdom, 36 years old. law yer of Wakefield, has given Bp his practice and left his wife and child at home to go vo war. He enlisted in the infantry at Omaha recruiting station Saturday. .. . . Wisdom was graduated from the law course'of the Nebraska state uni versity in 190& THOUSANDS SEE DRAFT MEN OFF FORJFUNSTON Train Leaves Promptly at Mid night, With New Soldiers in High Spirits as Great Adventure Begins.' Eighty drafted men from Omaha and more than 200 from other points in the state left for Camp Funiton, Kan., on a special train from the Bur lington station at midnight Saturday. Just as Easter Sunday was berna ushered in, the crowd of friends gave the last lusty cheer for the departing soldiers, and the train sped southward into the night. Several hundred relatives and friends were at the sUtJon. to bid the boys boodbye. 1 he crowd was permitted to fco through the gates in order that they might be with the men until the train left. For the most part it was a cheery, peppy crowd and the place resounded with the snouts of, Kaiser Bill will be ill." and "Berlin. I hear you calling me." r -. . After the train had gone and as the crowd pushed up the steps of the sta tion snd waited for the cars their mood changed and they grew serious with the sober thoughts of war. "I believe' I am going to find out that this fluffy floo-floo is really of some use after all," confided one girl to her chum as she adjusted the veil of her new Easter bonnet down over-tear-stained eyes. The men will spend the greater part of Easter Sunday on their journey, but will eat Sunday supper at mess in the Kansas camp. Today Is One of Grim Realities for Many April fools' day is generally be lieved to be a day of make-believe things, a day when the camoiflage artist has his little fling. All fools' day in Omaha today, on the contrary, will be a day of many realities, of gay and grave ac tivities. - The following is a list of some of the things which occur In Omaha to day and about which there is no April fooling: - Spring vacation starts for school kids. Pay day for many. Michael F. Dempsey begins his , work as chief of police.' Henry P. Hase, formerly captain of police, begins as patrolman on re instatement by city council. Omahans started to work sn hour earlier this morning. The dog. catchers start their annual crusade against unlicensed canines. Meeting of the Thomas Falconer Commissioner club st Loyal hotel tonight. ' Last day on which to make in come tax returns. ' Kathleen Burke of the Scottish Wpmen's hospital and Dr. Robert M. McElroy of Princeton univer sity will speak tonight at a patriotic rally in the Chamber of Commerce. The Nebraska State Music Teach ers association will oosn its second annual convention tonight at Hotel Fontenelle. . - "Feed" and other activities at Ak-Sar-Ben den tonight ,-' Haif.WItted Shrawdoeea. In a smalt town In tha upper part of New Torn ititi thcr. was youth who wae eonaldered half-witted by hit allow oltlaena. On of tho favortu atunta of tha farmara of that section was to orfer tha youth panny and a nickel at tha same time to sea which he would take. Ha Invariably took the penny whereat the agriculturists would boisterous. Jy laugh. ,.i "loung man," said a stranger to tha Imple-minded youth one day after having witnessed tha scene several times, '"why Is It that you always taka tha penny, Instead Of tha nickel?" ... Suppose I took the .nickel." whispered the youth, with" a cautious glance toward the farmer, "would I ever get a chanoe to take anotheroneT" Philadelphia Telegraph. . - , An Affectionate Fumlly. , last June a fond father of an anlv rklM attended the graduating of his pretty daughter from a fashionable aemlnary. and at the close of the exercises the heed cf the institution rushed up to him with hends enthusiastically utRtretched.- "I want to congratulate you, Mr. .Tones, en your very large and extraordinarily af fectionate family." "Large and affectionate family," re turned Mr. Jones, wonderlngly. , I don't Quite understand." 1 "?," wss the happy rejolner of the principal., "During the last term, all 111 Jones' 14 brothers neve called to take her motoring quite a number of times, while James, your youngest son, has taken her ts the theater twice a week."--Phladelphla Telegraph, '-',.;; ! Bolah.vlk Ideals. Schuyler ilerrltt, the new congressman from Stamford, Conn., said at a dinner: "As one of the heads of a large manu facturing concern,- I am . much Interested In the bolshevik, propaganda . among the Russian factories. ' "V ... , "I am afraid the bolshevik Ides won't go. i neaa the other day of a Russian employer who ssld mildly to a delegation Of striking bolshevik handsV " 'I can understand your demands for an Increase of 00 per oent in wsgea. but why da you Insist an my reducing your: hours of work from J a day to two?" ,-- "A young bolahsvtlt struck hi employer Jovially on the baek. - -w e ve got to nave time." he laughed, "to spend our Increased wages, haven't wet' "Washington Star, The Weather i For Nebraska Fair; cooler. Temperntum In Omh ltrdy. Hour. Dtft. t . m .5 S ..!.. 6 1 n. re..,. ,,.(4 I . m...i S4 a. ra..,. ..(4 10) a. nt. ..... . . ......67 11 m. m..,,. ,St 11 ra...... ...... ..17 1 p. in.....,,,. s S ft. m.. ST S p. m...., si 4 p. m.. ...... J. I p. in...,,,. .o s p. m.. o t p. m ti CmprtlT Lentl Itorard. , 1111 HIT. lift 1B1I mehe.t ritrly o T 4T 31 lwit y.try ... SI 41 tt as Mean temperature .. U S 41 at FraclplUtion .00 ' .to T .00 Temperature and , creclDttatlon daoar. turc-i from the normal: Normal temperature, 44 Eieen lor tbe dar n ToUl alno Maroa I,.., .....141 Normal precipitation ,.......: ,01 Inch Deficiency tor tho day.... .04 Inch Total precipitation tine Mar. 1., .11 inch peuelency tinea March 1 l it lnchea DefleUner for eor. period HIT.. .04 Inch rflclncy for cor. period JUI.1.04 tnchea EDUCATIONAL . , ' Onwfard at I hadron. Alllanc Ntb., March II. Frof. T. . Oawfora. who hat been- with' the Alllanc Hlb achool aa principal for two years. haa mm elected aunertnUndent of tha Chadron. Neb., achoola. Mr. Crawford hat hwn ery tucceaaful In the Alliance achool, both aa an lna true tor and coach In ath letic. ! ENGLISH LABOR LEADERS TELL HOW TO SPEED W AR WORK William Mosses and Charles Duncan in Address to Cen- tral Union Give Remarkable Account of United " Efforts Which Unions of Great Britain J'l . , , Are Making to Help Beat Kaiser. One million of 4,000,000 workers now engaged in the man ufacture of munitions of war in Great Britain at this time are women who work from 51 to 55 hours per week," said William Mosses, member of the British labor commission now visiting in this country. ' He, spoke Saturday in the of Central Labor union. ' SPEAKS FOR BRITAIN. Q Tom P. Reynolds called the meeting to order, and introduced Colis Lovely of the American Federation of Labor as chairman Charles Duncan, labor member of the - British 'parliament, also spoke. These labor leaders of Great Brit ain have been in this country a few weeks. Two members of the party are touring the east. "The women munition workers," said Mr. Mosses, "are ; given three months' probatory training and are put to the work in regard to which they show proficiency. There is scarcely any limit to work the women can do. I have seen them rolling boiler plate and I have seen them en- eagrea in tne exquisite precision work in the gauge rooms. They are eaoable of almost any work m con nection with the manufacture of muni- tiona of war and had it not been for their loyalty and enthusiasm we would not have been able to have supplied our allies with the shells which they needed. "Dunne the first few months of the war these women worked 65 hours a week, but it was found that those hours were too long, so the time was reduced until it Is now 55 hours per week, with 51 hours in some of the factories. WORK SPEEDS UP. "Only a few privileged ' persons kiiow how many shells are being turned out and I am one of those privileged few, so we can speak only played record , j IS , 'Painty 1 1 c; 111 1 1 ram - . . . -. K Ijlgjf 1 11 r-e-i v-jcx 1 r ' - - i . . . - ''IPSWfll ' Vttlc&eik. lUatearoc! Auditorium, under the auspices in equivalents, but i can state tnai we are now making as many shells in two weeks as we made in the whole year of 1915, and we are manufactur ing 420 times as many uns as we did in March, 1915. "Lloyd George realized that it was necessary to enlist the co-operation of the workers if the army was to be supplied with shells, so in March, 1915, he invited the representatives of 35 unions to confer with him; It was the first time in which our govern ment had ever approached the trades unions for co-operation. "He pointed out that the obstacles to a maximum Of munition produc tion should be removed; also that we should throw overboard our rules and regulations for ihi period of the war. He told us at that time that every English infantry regiment had two machine Runs while the Germans had 10 machine guns to each infantry regiment, and he1 put it squarely up to the trades unions. Agree to proposals.' er, "After three days' debate the dele gates agreed to.Uoyd George's pro posals of state compulsory arbitra tion in labor affairs and the unions agreed to abrogate their rights to strike on government contract work. I have been identified with trades unions for 33 . years, and I wish to state that I have got more for my members through arbitration and con ciliation than through strikes. The strike is a weapon; that should be Caruso sings a captivating Italian love song " Eyes of Bliie" is redolent of the passionate love-making of sunny Italy, tani Garuso sings it with all the ardent devotion of the true Italian Romeo. , yictrola Kf 4 Scat Record Another old-time favorite by Alma Gluck The simple beauty of Gluck's voice, brings out all the pathos and tenderness of :" Darling Nelly Gray." A welcome addition, to her list of charming old favorites. ' . , . . VletroU 81 Sel Record (4729. Ten-inch, tl number by Boston Symphony Orchestra The quaint little f "Marchc bv this famous organization of 100 musicians makes a of surpassing beauty. Vietrola Red Seal Etcord Two war songs by Shannon Four and Peerless Quartet Percy Hemus. and , Henry Burr present delightful songs. Two catchy dannumbers by lie Victor Military Band. Four Operatic Arias and, Concert Songs. An Exquisite Violin Solp.'i- , Hear these new Victor Record, te-dtw at soy Victor dealer's. He will gladly glre you an Wu.tr.ted booklet deteribing thro new records and play any ramie you with to hear. Saeogtr Voice Cultorc Record art invaluable to vocal students aak to hear them. "fetors and rictrolai ifl great yariety from $10 to $400. Period atyltt to order from $375 to J950. Important Notica. Victor Records and Victor Machines are Scientific aily.eoordinated and syacbnmised ia the processes of manufacture, snd their use, one with,- tho other, is absolutely essential to a perfect reproduction. ' New Victor Kacordt eVaoottratod at Tradftnait of tha Victor TaMns Umtblot Ccapaay diluinlluj;n. yroawks of this used only as a last resort Through this agreement with Lloyd George, known as the treasury agreement, we agreed that there-should be no strikes on demarcation or on jurisdictional disputes; that there should be an al sohitely open shop within the trades unions and that priority of employ ment should be granted to discharged soldiers and sailors; also that that pre-war prices paid for piecework snould be maintained even to women and boys. Machine Runs Smoothly. it was flue to a sympathetic in terpretation of that agreement that the industrial machine of our gov ernment ran so smoothly during the last three years. There have been 4,000,000 workers engaged in making munitions and the work has in no case been seriously interfered with since that agreement with Lloyd George, newspaper accounts to the contrary notwithstanding. Trade unionism lost none oi its prestige, out on the contrary is stronger than ever, ooin m moraie ana competence. "The United States' needs infinitely more ships. While on the western coast a few weeks ago I observed the shipyards and saw encouraging signs of activity. We hope that your armies in France will not suffer for ammuni tions as ours did during the early stages of the war ., , . Lose Enthusiasm. "When we had been at war as long as you have been we were flamboyant and enthusiastic, but we have lost our enthusiasm. We are determined; we are fighting for the right to walk around unarmed' and-" unafraid. ikWe are going to crush that military jug gernaut known as kaiserisra .and you have joined us, : History; will. never tell us what" Great ; Britain's small army was called upon to perform with France and Belgium at the beginning, of the war. . - Replying to criticism of this or his government, Charles Duncan, in his address, said: ''The inan who never makes mistakes never makes anything but mistakes. He referred to the last years as the grimmest years ever experienced by Great Britain. j What Britain Did. ' "We have equipped and trained an army of nearly 6,000,000 soldiers, the greatest task ever undertaken by Great Britain in its history. This wat i the greatest volunteer army ever I SB5ST. TwetTt-iaeh, JJ Miniature" oy Tschaikowskv 64766. Teo4och,li Two Really Amusing Comic Songs. Four Popular Song Successes. all eWalera iio tho let a oach ateoth raised in the history of the world." he said. "The old country has shown that there is life in the old dog yet. The world naturally expects that the United State!! do big things and that Mr. Kaiser will learn- that he was mistaken when he belittled the en trance of this country into the war. I saw the first contingent of Amer ican soldiers when they arrived in London and I can say that, they re ceived the greatest ovation accorded to any body of soldiers in my coun try. One of the first duties ofthis country is to concentrate in the speeding up of ship building Obvi ously this will impose a tremendou.i task. If it was ever essential for America to send a large army to France, that moment is here." Low Clouds and Rains Hold Up British Air Operations London, March ,31. The British official report of air operations reads: "During Friday morning low clouds and rain greatly ' interfered with flying, but in spite of the' weather, valuable work was accomplished-by our airplanes. Our machines con centrated their efforts Upon the battle area south of the Somme where ob servers previously had reported large columns of the enemy advancing from the east. Many bombs were dropped and thousands' of rounds of ammuni tion were fired" upon thesercolumns. "A great deal of fighting took place, the enemy's low flying machines be ing particularly active in this area." Aged Physician Enters ... Leavenworth Soldiers' Home Fremont. Neb.. March' Telegram.) Dr. W. F. Roseman who came to Fremont in 1869 and has since resided here, left f6r "Leaven worth, Kan., where he will enter the Old Soldiers' home. Dr. Roseman' is the oldest practicing physician in the state. He has been prominent in G. A. R. and the Nebraska: "Volunteer Fireman's association'circles:. He has been in failing health at! winter; - . Famous Architect Dead.'' ' Washington, March 31 Paul.-Reiz, 76, an architect who designed the congressional library and other pub lic buildings, died at his home here tonight. . - futttnr enly. 1 : r ....