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r. 5 lARlfrlNNEXl SUNDAY'S BE"SHELL-PR00PMA CK'-'snS 1 WAk NARRA'l I VE VOL. XLVII- OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12 PAGES. On Trlm. at Hottll. Ntwt Standi. Etc.. to SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS; innrmn - Lm LUJ fjvi The. Omaha Daily Bee iir 17, 1918 Hi 2 Dili If .-J f DRAFT TO 3E IMDE 1 ERIN 9 uommons masses man rower 5 Bill, 301 to. 103; Home Rule Will Follow or Govern ment Will Resign. ' N (By Associated Press.) 'London, April 16. The third read ing of the governments' man-power bill was carried tonight by a vote of 301 to 103. In the report stage of the man power bill, John Dillon, chairman of the Irish nationalists, moved the omission of the Irish clause and , pressed the government to give its r"S ral plans. -He recommended that the ' government go to the counties of An--. trim and Down and try to hold con ' scription meetings. That, he said, would open the government's eyes. PROTESTS CONSCRIPTION. a rs Doubtless the giving of home rule would produce a 'great effect, but at . the present time the government ap peared neither able to carry on the war successfully nor to accept peace; neither able to govern Ireland nor to allow Ireland to govern herself. Mr. Dillon said he had been 40 years in public life, during some of the stormiest periods of Irish his- tory, but he solemnly warned the government that he never had known anything to approach the feeling in Ireland today. ; If conscription was applied, the fchaos and cotifusion ensuing would be appalling and, he declared. Ire- land will be turned into another Bel gium. To Press Home Rule. George N. Barnes, " labor member if the British war cabinet' without portfolio announced in the House of Commons today that the government intended to introduce a home rule bill immediately and would use every . pressure to pass-it Mr.- Barnes announced " that the ' Lloyd George government would re sign if the House of Lords refused 'to pass the new home rule bill. Premier Lloyd George said in the - House of Commons today: - "It is desirable, in the interest of the war, thSt we should settle the , Irish question and produce something like contentment in Ireland and good ; will in America." Fifty Lashes Given Alleged Disloyal German-American Tulsa, Okl., April 16. John Ku- becka, io, Oerman-American, was taken from the street late las,t night by the "Knights of Liberty," led quietly to a secluded spot north of the city, tarred and feathered and given 50 lashes. Kubecka is alleged to have invaded the intimacy of the home of a soldier called in the draft and to have made disloyal remarks. He was made to promise that he would leave Tulsa, never to see the woman again and never make another disloyal remark. : The Knights of Liberty came into . prominence here last November when 15 alleged Industrial Workers of the World members were tarred and feathered and whipped. Premier Back From Front. Paris, April 16. Premier Clemeu , ceau returned to Paris last night from the battle front, where he had been getting into close touch with condi tions. The impression of the situation which he brought back to the capital with him was a favorable one. 'V The Weather T - Nebraska Unsettled Wednesday with showers and cooler in east por tion; Thursday probably fair. Hourly 1nip?rntur. Hour .Degree Comparative I-oral Rfvord. 131 3 1917 1316 1915 lligh?t yesterday ....65 f 62 83 Lowest yesterday ....43 40 !i5 .Mean 1mperature ....54 in ,".4 69 I 1'ivripitatlon 1 '.54 .02 0 j Ti-'mpcrature and precipitation dtpartiin-B I from the normal at Omalia !-!ni March 1 r id eompar?d with the past two years, i formal temperature SI ; Kscl for the day r. . S j Totul exresn since March l,191i ioi Normal precipitation 11 inch Kxeess for the nay 0:t inch Total rainfall fdnee Mar. 1.1918 1.19 Inches deficiency since Mar. 1,1318. .. .1.63 inches l or. period, 1917 25 Inch I'or. period. 19V Z i inches 'hcyenne. Pt. Cloudy 34 3 Davenport, Clear 66 70 50 6D eo 42 52 15 44 4 46 10 42 ti (4 Ivnver, Clear 44 )M Moines, Cloudy S6 : iJiodit- City, Cloudy & leader. Pt. Cloudy 4't "roi'th Platte, Cloudy 52 Omaha, Cloudy 63 Pueu'o, Cloud y 4 - r.apid City. Clear 42 'alt Lake, Cloudy 44 Santa Ke., Clear 4i Hheridan. Cloudy 3S ioux City. Clear ...62 VaVIentlne. Cloudy 50 ' "J' indicates lnce of precipitation. L..A. WELSH. Mctcorotosist, 'itv JH 5 a. m 46 (L-tmJw- Jj& rj 8 a. m 41 ,fy9 a f 9 a.' m 47 rt" L 3 p. r.i e- I VLJsfcJ ' f) 4 p. m 65 j nt$ '"'V1- m 64 ! .SSfeg; 8 p. m 60 FOCH HIDES HIS HAND WHILE . ALL ENEMY CARDS PLA YED Crisis Reached for General Humeri Army ab Messines Ridge; Germans Call Half Million More Men to Colors GERMANS STILL PRESSING ONWARD IN EFFORT TO CRUSH BRITISH ARMY By ARTHUR DRAPER London, April 16. (Special Cablegram to New York Tribune and Omaha Bee.) The supreme crisis for General Plummer's army in Flanders has been reached and the whole course of the war hangs in the balance. The Germans are still furiously pressing onward in their desperate "bloody battle" to crush the British and are only" 25 miles from the sea. (By Associated Press.) Ottawa, April 16. German troops have carried Wyts chaete and the greater part of Messines ridge, according to a despatch from the Reuter correspondent at British head quarters in France received here tonight. The enemy also has established himself in Spanbrok molen. The British are stil Iclinging to the slopes of Messines Ridge, battling desperately to repel the attacks made upon them by overwhelming German GERMANY CALLS MORE MEN David Lloyd George, the British premier, announced in the house of commons tonight that the passage of the man power bill is imperative, as Germany has just called a further half million men to the colors, says a Reuter despatch received from London. FOCH WAITS PATIENTLY. JtSSlSg- cUtsVA one patch, "but the following viewpoint is suggested: "We are confronted by enormous purpose" of the enemy Jhas " . veaiea as an operation attempting to separate the British and rrencn armies by rushing on the former. General Foch, .in closest agreement with Field Marshal Haig, is aiming not only at arresting the enemy, but at a counter attack which shall defeat the Germans. Therefore, within certain limits, the sound policy is to ; allow the Germans to spend their surplus power as lavishly as possible in order to reach the stage of equality or even inferiority. LUDENDORFF'S CARDS DOWN "On the other hand General Foch is endeavoring to avoid the enemy obtaining a great strategic advantage simultaneously, placing a definite price on certain places as worth so much and no more in defending. Thus when the pr.'ce of defending Bailleul was paid, Bailleul was evacuated. "It must be remembered that Gen eral Ludendorff has laid down all his cards, while General Foch has ujot yet shown his hand, j "General Foch's dispositions jn j spire a degree of confidence which the situation in Flanders seemingly does -not justify. We may rest as sured mat our own supreme com mand is watching both the enemy and the map wit. intense vigilance. "While the enemy hopes to frus trate our plans by forcing changes by weight of numbers, so far the incom parable steadfastness of our soldiers has deprive:! the enemy of the fruits of his schemes." "Americans Jailed by Germans For Giving Costume Ball Amsterdam, April 16. An Ameri can artist named Schaeffer and his wife have been sentenced at Munich ito imprisonment for six weeks for holding a costume ball soon after the beginning of the German offensive, a p-css dispatch from Frankfort .re ports. - i Stefanason, Arctic Explorer, Reported III in the North Fairbanks, Alaska. April 16. A messenger arrived at Fort Yukon, Alaska, yesterday from the,- Arctic ocean with word that Vilhjalmur Stcf -ansson, the explorer, who 4s winter ing at Herschel Island, is sufering from typhoid and is very low. AUSTRIA ABOUT TO RENEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST ITALY f By Associated PrTss.) Washington, April 16. An Austrian offensive against Italy is im minent and will be started on a large scale, in the opinion of Italian observers, as expressed in official messages today to the Italian em bassy here. "The recent visit of Emperor Charles to the Austrian front and inspired articles in the Austrian and German newspapers, the usual fore runners of an offensive, are taken as an indication. "The enemy press has begun to speak openly of the offensive in order to prepare the Austro-Hungarian public for the inevitable ledes resulting from such a colossal operationas are anticipated by semi official newspapers," the dispatches say. "The Vossische Zeitung (Berlin) in an article full of mysterious allusions Bays this spring will put Switzerland's neutrality under the severest test, as the Austro-German troops will probably encircle, in the course of their operatione, the little republic. "The Budapest Irlap insists that 'since General Foch is in supreme command of all our armies we must attack Jtaly immediately and carry the effect of our presence to the back of the French army.' " forces O- GERMANS PAY BIG PRICE FOR GROUND TAKEN British Troops Confident Tide Turn in Their Favor After Other Side Has L.u n ftpftPln .t&-.rlicy. With the British Army in France, April 16 The town of Wytschaete, ly ing on the crest of a blood stained ridge at the northern end of the new! battle front, and Spanbroekmolen, which nestles ort the top of an eleva tion just southwest, today were stormed and occupied by large Ger man forces. Meanwhile, fresh enemy troops were battering hard at the British lines west of Bailleul, in an attempt to continue fheir success oi last night Hid break through to Uazebrouck. ' Grim fighting has been going on since morning and well into the after noon there had been no cessation in the struggle. preat Price Exacted. A little further south artillery duels have been in progress between La Bassee canal and Robecq, but whether that presaged fresh enemy attacks -west of Merville, to co-ordinate with those to the north, it is impossible to say at this 'hour. These facts may seem somewhat grim in reading, but they have their brighter side. The Germans have won new ground at a great cost of life, and there is no diminution in the manificent spirit which has been poking against the enemy invasion since April 9. There is absolutely no flagging of iaith among the officers and men along this front in their ultimate victory. Expect Turn of Tide. No more gallant defense has been recorded snce the war began than that now going on, and while further sacrifices are expected and even further loss of ground, no doubt ex ists on the British front that ulti mately the allies will come into their own when the German side has spent its fury. 120 Hun Divisions Employed. Balked in their plans at the out set, the enemy shifted and struck heavily in the region of Arras. Now it is the Arnicntieres sector; tomor row it may be somewhere else along the British line. There now are on the western front approximately 200 German divisions. Of this huge num ber about n!0 have already been en gaged, mainly against the British. KEY TO VPRES NOW IN HANDS OF GERMANS British May Be Forced to Retire From This Sector Un less They Drive Foe Back to Lowlands. (Bjr Associated Press.) Germany's mighty effort on the bat tlefield of Flanders has won new suc cesses. According to the latest re ports, the important strategic towns of Bailleul, Wulverghem and Wytschaete are in German hands, and, more important still, the Teutons have carried a large part of the Mes sines ridge by storm. Probably there has been no more bitter struggle during the war than that waged along the battle line through the towns of Bailleul, Neuve Eglise, Wulvertghem and Wytschaete. Neuve Eglise was taken Monday, but Bailleul held out until fresh masses of German troops were hurled into the fray and charged repeatedly on the tired defenders. The same story might be told of Wulvertghem and Wytschaete, while the battle for Mes sines ridge must have been frightful jri its intensity. OENTER ON ONE POINT. The Germans have not attempted to advance their wedge further into the British lines for no new attacks on Merville and further west have been reported. They have devoted their sole attention to the work of widening out the salient and striking at Messines ridge and the railroad running about six miles north of Bailleul. Messines ridge is the key t ihpres-sector-and -its possession will give the Germans a commanding position in starting a new drive. British May Lose Ypres. The successes of the Germans in the last day have an important hear ing on the campaign on the northern battle front. If they are continued there mut be a British retirement from Ypres and possibly for some distance further north, while the cut ting of the railroad passing through Hazebrouck would be still more se rious for the British. So important are the points won by the Germans that the British must be expected to counter attack at once in an effort to sweep the invaders back into the lowlands once more. All accounts of the battle along this line speak of the small British forces which attempted to withstand the at tacks by heavy legions of Teutons, which were brought up fresh for the assault. There is higher ground just to the north of Bailleul and Neuve Eglise from which the British can still con duct a stern defense. Merville is standing -'firm, in spite of terrific 'at tacks made against it, while along the southern side of the salient there have been no engagements reported. The same condition holds true in the sector before Amiens where there have been only artillery duels. Raid ing operations in which both sides have taken the initiative are reported from the French front in the Chani pagne. American Defeat Claimed. In spite of the reports from the American front that German attacks there have been utter failures, a re port from Berlin, via Amsterdam, says that the American positions near St. Mihill were taken by storm by the Germans who. held them against de termined counter attacks. It is prob able that the German report deals with the battle' in which the Ameri cans administered a sound heating to special shock troops brought up by the Germans to take the American positions. The Germans in Finland arc ad vancing east of Helsingfors and are encountering little, if any resistance. Ten German trawlers have been sunk in the Cattcgat, the narrow strait between Jutland and Norway, by a British fleet. The survivors of the trawlers' 'crews were rescued. Dr Michael J.' Ford III of Pneumonia at Hospital Dr. Michael J. Ford is ill of pneu monia at the Ford hospital, of which he is the founder. Last night he was reportedas slight ly improved. Location of Key Cities Bailleiil, from which the British were driven Tuesday, is on the Calais-Nancy railroad and 46 1-2 miles from Calais. It has had a population of 15,01)0, largely en gaged in production of hand-made lace. Hazebrouck, toward which the German drive tow is directed, is a town of 14,000 on the river Bourre and an important railway junction, 37 1-2 miles from Calais and 25 miles from Dunkirk, the German ob jectives on the coast. Ypres, which the Germans are trying to throw into a salient and force its evacuation, is in Belgium, surrounded by canals and on the man line from Paris to Oslend. Wulverghem, Wytschaete and Bailleul Fall After Battles of Frightful In- tensity; Attacks Made in Mist "WE HAVE LOST NOTHING VITAL,' LLOYD GEORGE TELLS COMMONS London, April 16. Referring to the situation at the frcnt in the House of Commons today, Premier Lloyd George said: "The fluctuation between hope and dispondency must continue for some time yet. But I am still full of confi dence. General Plumer (in command at Messines Ridge) is quite confident. We have lost territory, but we have lost nothing vital." (By Associated Press.) London, April 16. Field Marshal Haig, in his official report' tonight announcer the occupation by the Germans of both Wytschaete and Spanbroekmolen. The report says: "Severe fighting has been taking place on the front from Meteren to Wytschaete. "Supported by a heavy bombardment, his troops ap proached our positions under cover of the mist, and after a prolonged struggle gained possession of both localities. Or.PT TrnriTiinT n in mittitpfm ENORMOUS LOSS WHEN GERMAN ZEP FACTORY BURNS Panic in Town, Scene of Blaze Which Destroys Two Large Zeppelins and Forty AlrpfoTresr Geneva, April 16. Enormous loss was caused by (he fire which started Saturday in the Zeppelin and air plane works at Manzel, near Fried richshafen, mid destroyed the plant,' according to reliable reports from Rorschach, on Lake Constance. Vast quantities of raw materials were burned and it is reported at Constance that two large Zeppelins and 40 airplanes also were destroyed. As the military authorities are preventing anyone from approaching the scene of the fire, the number of killed and .In.'iAed cannot be learned at present. The tire started on Saturday and burned all day Sunday, according to two Swiss travelers, why were in I: ricdrichshattn on Sunday. There were frequq'it explosions due to the busting of gasoline tanks and hydro gen cylinders There was a panic in the town, where several houses were set on fire and others damaged. Motion Picture Producer Found Guilty of Disloyalty I.os Angeles, Cal., April 16. Robert Goldstein, a motion picture producer, charged with violations of the espion age act, was convicted in the federal court last night by a jury. Goldstein was charged with exhibit ing scenes intended to incite hatred against the British, which were in corporated in a motion picture play dealing with events in the revolution ary war. Bombs Endanger Life of Milwaukee District Attorney " Milwaukee. Wis., April 16. Two bombs, one near one side and the other near the front'of District At torney W. A. Zabel's residence, oil Sherman boulevard, were found this forenoon. The missiles were removed before any damage was wrought. It is believed the bonfbs were placed in revenge for the prosecution of 11 Italians found guilty of rioting at Bay View last September and .sentenced to long terms in state prison. Soldier Killed by Mexican Snipers on Texas Border Laredo, Tex., April 16. Private Thomas F. Atchison, headqquarters company of the 37th United States infantry, was killed yesterday by a sniper's bullet from the Mexican side of the river while on patrol duty near Zapata. His home is Portland, Ore. FLAG SALUTE FOR WOMEN; DR. HENR Y OFFERS $50 PRIZE Omaha, April IS My Dear Mr. Rosewater: I have been much inter ested in reading the editorials in The Bee and Chicago Tribune calling at tention to the feet that very few Americans remember to salute the flag when it passes. It is not because we do not love the flag, but lack of edu cation and thoughtlessness, and our attention should be called to it until we all recognize the flag on every proper occasion The women are quite as patriotic as the men, and yet I know of no method for a woman to salute the flag. I am glad to offer through The Bee three prizes the first $20, the second $15 and the third $10, for the best suggestion as to a salute that women could express their reverence and patriotism for the flag th same as when a man takes off his hat. I wish to do this through The Bee, as I know you are 100 per cent' American. E. C. HENRY. "At Meteren the enemy also suc ceeded during the morning in obtain ing a footing in the Village, where the fighting is continuing. "On other parts of the above front the enemy's attacks were repulsed. "This morning the enemy also de livered a strong local attack upon our positions opposite Boyelles, south of Arras, and fighting is still taking place in this neighborhood. "The hostile artillery has been rnore active today south of Albert and in the neighborhood of La Bas see canal. Bodies of German infantry assembling in the vicinity of Locon, were engaged and dispersed by our artillery. ' There bas been increased artillery activity on both sides in the Passchendaele sector. "On the remainder of the British front the situation is unchanged." kSURPRISE, BERLIN REPORTS. Berlin, (Via London.) April 16. "Our attacks on the Lys battlefield met with complete success," says the official communication from general headquarters. "The great mine cra ters of the Wytschaete battle of 1917 were taken by a surprise attack. After a short spell of fire, we stormed Wulverghem in a surprise attack and the enemy's positions on both sides of the village. "Counter attacks by English com panies completely broke down. "From the plain, while scaling the heights between Neuve Chapclle and Bailleul, our troops attacked Snd wrested them from the ene.ny in a vigorous hand to hand encounter. "English attacks against Locon failed. We took some prisoners dur ing the repulse of a joint attack car ried out by the English and French north of the Luce rivulet." The evening communication says: "The heights of Wytschaete have been stormed. Bailleul has been taken." Bombardment at Montdidier. Paris, April 16. The war office to night says: "Violent bombardment on both sides took place in the region of Montdidier. There was no infantry action. "About the Bois le Pretre several attempts made by the enemy were repulsed after quite lively engage ments. Our patrols took prisoners near Negrevillc and Badonviller." American Front Quiet. Withlhe American army in France, April 16. The American troops northwest of Tout again took pos session of No Man's Land near Apre mont forest last night after a week in which the shell torn land between the trenches was virtually deserted except during the long series of at tacks because of the violence of the artillery fire. Two American patrols went out last night seeking a machine gun nest, which was reported in front of the German trenches, but found it empty. The patrols went up to the barbed wire in front of the enemy first line, but encountered no Germans. V British Mission to U. S. Lands at Atlantic Port A Canadian Atlantic Port, April 16. Two British missions to the United States arrived here today and will proceed soon to New York. BOLO DIES, A TRAITOR TO FRANCE Pays Penalty for Using Money From Germany to Further' Interests of That Nation . at Home. . Paris, April, 17. Bolo Pasha been executed at Vicenennes. hat Bolo Pasha it was shown at hit trial, received 10,000,000 marks in 1915 from Abbas Hilmi, forme i khedive of kgypt, for the purpose of influencing the French press. In February, 1916, Bolo came to American. The Dutsche bank of Ber. ( lin, is said to have turned over to -him 10,000,000 francs, which was de- X posited in this coiintry, at least nine j banks figuring in the records of the ! case. Disclosures made by the ; United States government relative to his activities in this country are said i to have brought about the arrest on , September 29, 1917, . for receiving1 money from Germany or 'use in peace j propaganda. After his arrest there came sensational disclosures of nis activities. Prominent Frenchmen connected with the Bolo affair included former Premier Joseph Caillaux, Senator Charles Humbert and Fernand Mcnoir, presiding judge of the high est Parisian court. Caillaux , and llambert are in prison awaiting trial. vBolo's brother is a Catholic priest and is one of the most eloquent pul- ' pit orators in the church in France, j . j OMAHA UNIT f , i TOSTAYATCAMP V WITH DIVlSlOh K. (from a Staff Corrapondent.) V Washington, April . 16. (Special r- Telegram.) Pressure " lias fecmuy been brought to bear on having th Omaha ambulance unit organized under Red Cross auspices ordered tc the front as soon as. possible. Tele grams have been sent Congressman Luheik by Gould Dictz and others asking that he aid in furtherance ol these desires. Today,Mr. Lobeck had a conference with Surgeon General Gorgas, who stated that it was not the desire ol , the medical department to disconnect the Omaha hospital unit from the 84th ' division now at' Camp Zachary Taylor and he stated the Omaha ambulance c6mpany would not be , sent over until the division goes. , - ' . Attorneys Probing Extent " Of Enemy Property Holdings A committee-of Omaha attorneys Tuesday started a check of the books ; of the probate court of Douglas county to determine the extent of the property owned by residents of Gcr many. They will also go dver the ' hooks of Lancaster, Dodge and 10 other Nebraska counties in the near future. ' Harry E. O'Neill, assisted by A. Mitchell Palmer, head of the Depart ment of Alien Enemy Property, is in , charge of the work. If satisfactory results are obtained by this method in Nebraska similar work -will be pur sued throughout the country. Omaha property owned by enemies will be taken , over by the govern ment. , ; Britons Sink Ten Foe ; Ships in Naval Fight London, , April 16. Ten . German, trawlers have been sunk by gun lire in the Cattcgat "(between Sweden nd Denmark), the admiralty announces. Their crews were saved by British ships. There were not British cas- ualties. . The. operations, in the Cattegatt, the statement says, were undertaken by the-rnnimander-in-rhief nf the crand J 7. Meet. ' Three Aviators Killed' In Flights Near Houston Houston, Tex!, April 16. Three aviators, Lieut. Roland J. Winterton, of South Boston, Mass.; Lieut. Leo , John Nugent, Washburn, Iowa, and Cadet Forest Dean Jones, Wor echestcr, Mass., were killed and Cadet Miunce seriously injured in , two airplane accidents at Ellington' ' field, an American flying camp, here today. . , St. Louis Pays Honors to Late Missouri Senator St. Loui's. April 16. The tra! bearing the tody of Senator William' J. Stone, who died Sunday in Wash ington, reached St. Louis tonight and, !s was met by a regiment of home guards, 100 uniformed mail carriers, 75 policeme.i and a civil escort of v about 100 Missourians. A crowd of 2,000 persons was at the station. r James Cosgrove on Trial for Illegal Possession of Liquor James Cosgrove, formerly pro-' prictor of the Hurry messenger serW ice, is on trial in Judge Leslie's courtf charged with unlawful possession ot intoxicating liquor. Liquor was found' December 20 in the office of the com- ii)anv14J0 Cauitc : ' c i . i 5