BRITONS LAUNCH
COUNTERATTACKS
AND GAIN GROUND
part V of Wytschaete ? Recap
tured and Germans Driven
Back Toward Bailleul :
and Eglise.
London, April 17- The- greater
part of Wytschaete, and probably all
of it, ii in the hands of the British.
Major General F. B. Maurice, chief
director of military operations at the
war office, announced today.
Counter-attacking successfully at
Meteren and south of that, the Brit
ish have d-iven back, the Germans
half way to Bailleul. ' They have ad
vanced and improved their lines in
the direction of Neuve Eglise. -
The battle west of Bailleul has been
continuous and sanguinary. Time
after. time the enemy forces flung
themselves against the defenders in
intense assaults, but on each occasion
the British troops held their own and
threw the onrushing Germans back
with huge losses.
, ARTILLERY DUEL RAGING.
'' A tremendous artillery' duel is rag-,
fng - along the northern, front,
Throughout the night thousands of
guns of all calibers made the war zone
hideous with their mighty detona
t tions. ; There was no cessatton of this
' protracted fencing between the heavy
batteries, and this morning the con
test was still continuing, the vibra
tion shaking windows 40 and SO miles
away.
"I returned last night from
Prance," said General Maurice at the
' outset of his talk with The Associat
ed Press. The situation yesterday
waa very anxious. The Germans had
taken Barnaul, Meteren and Wyts
chaete and had brought four fresh
divisions Into action against us. If
the enemy could have maintained that
S receive,, there looked to be vital
anger to the ridge of heights which
includes Mount Kcmmel, and which
la tno DacKoone ot oar defense on
the northern portion of the battle
front Bat the new last night and
today it better,
i Araoy Under Severe Strain.
iPreoarations for shortening our line
in the Ypres salient were made some
time ago and the decision to carry
ktout waa reached before the fall of
Bailleul, owing to the danger offered
to our positions in the' salient from a
flanking movement.
'.The British army is playing the
role which it .often has played before.
It. ia '-fighting a Waterloo while
Bluecher is marching to the battle
field. ..Multiply the battle of Waterloo
a hundred fold and the (Situation at
noon in that battle corresponds to the
situation now in the great world bat
tle, -.vy '
The; British army is under a terri
ble hammering, but provided Bluecher
is marching to the battlefield there is
; to reatotj for discouragement.,
"The enormous task . which the
British army has performed and still
.viumiib lll.JVC WiUffll UJ w
figure.? In the battle of Armentieres
the Germans thus. far have engaged
28 divisions and since March 21 they
have engaged 126 divisions. .
"Of these the British army alone
hai engaged 79,'; the French alone
have engaged 24 and the remainder,
13, have .been engaged by the British
md French together. . .'
"It i unpleasant business standing
the hammering, but so long as we can
itand it .the only question to be asked
!' What: ia happening to Bluecher;
what has. become of the reserves?'
t' Although the -French army' is
'larger than ours, we have taken the
train of these battles' off them. There
is no reason to be -in a state of dis
eair if. the situation. is regarded from
I broad point of view and if we re
tard our great sacrifices rightly as a
accessary part of the great drama."
HITCHCOCK FAILS
. jlNlOYALTY TEST,
i , PRESIDENT SAYS
' (Continued From Fag Ou.)
Mr. Wilson means to rise to the level
of treating issues like this without
, partisanship, the opportunity is now
belore him. m ' x
"Hitchcock Not LoyaL
' To '.salt over Mr. Hitchcock in
favor of Mr. William, the next
democrat in , order, would be absurd.
Mr. William's is plainly not the man
to be chairman of the committe on
fdreign relations. Moreover, the sen
te would never do it.
The senate might, under an appeal
from the president to act without par-
, isanship", make the ranking republi
can instead of the ranking democrat
' chairman of the committee. Seniority
then would not suffer and the senate
cfcres more for seniority than it does
Ift parties'. -
This situation has caused the talk
n Senator Lodge for chairman. It is
only talk, which cannot be traced to
the . gates of the White House
grounds.- !
r-The Hitchcock situation shows the
difficulty of the administration's loy
alty tests unless they are enforced
without partisanship. The objection
that will be raised to Mr. Hitchcock, if
tie administration openly raises one,
Yin oe. ttiat he was not sufficiently
Kyaf in-the early months of the great
far... . ..
f ' 1 iii ,ir -i i i i
Ilotarians Tell Each Other .
Mx How They'd Run Things
"ERotarians lay no claim to being pro
Visional meddlers, but at the weekly
luncheon at the Hotel Fontenelle
Wednesday noon the speakers took
as their subject, not their ownbusi-
' fr hiTi 4liaf iS 4li tttir fj.11up
Joy Sutphen'of the Brandeis theater,
talked on Service via the Only Way.
1L Ferciot. Western Union man
fter.took as. his enlightening topic,
!f rom Macaroni to Sausage a la Skin
Jftrr'Bix": Kline of Sunderland
fros. told the members how Buffet's
grocery should be operated.
. R. M. Harris acted as chairman.
vostDone Luncheon for Women
fioan Workers Until Saturday
rThe luncheon which waa to have
Ifeent-held at ; the - Chamber of Com-inercetoday-lby
the women- Liberty
Tir workers. Jtas been postponed un
til Saturday at UAS o'clock. Marie
' British Armies in East
Take Seven Town
Lor.cJcn. April 17. TMT Greek
rr.d Dritihh troops which on Mon
i':y crcc.ed the Struma river on the
rjv'.rrn funk of the Macedonian
i .rc iv., "ccupied reven towns, the
w:r c."ce announces. The statc
p"nt fo lews:
j "Creel: troops crossed the River
! Struma above Lake Tahinos. and
occupied the villages - of Btglik
Mah, Kakaratka, Sslmah, Klspeki
and Ada. The operation was most
successfully carried out with slight
casualties.
"Further to the-north British
troops occupied Kumli and Or.
manli."
BOMB FOUND IN
THE SORENSON
ROOMING HOUSE
Infernal Machine Taken Over
by Local Police, Carried to
City Dump and There
Exploded.
A bomb found by Mrs. Dorah A.
Sorenson in her rooming house at
2104 Harney street was taken by po
lice to the city dump yesterday after
noon, where it was exploded. A terri
fic report followed. Police believe that
had the bomb been encased it would
have had force enough to create great
damage. It contained about an ounce
of nitroglycerine.
Mrs. Sorenson handled the bomb,
which was in the shape of a glass
"ball," for several hours before she
became suspicious of its contents and
took it to the police. The ball was
handled even more carefully by the
officers as they took it to the city
dump.
Mrs. Sorenson told police that
she found the "ball" on a dresser in
a room vacated by a foreigner Mon
day night. Tuesday morning Mrs,
Sorenson received a letter, written in
code, which she took to the post-
office to have translated. The letter
read: "Watch." Below this word was
a round ring, with a dot in the center,
believed to have represented the
bomb. Below this were the words:
"You are going." She says the letter
could not have been written by the
foreigner.
Mrs. .Sorenson says she knows of
no enemies who would endeavor to
take her life.
JESSE LOWE, SON v
OF FIEST MAYOR
OF OMAHA, DIES
Jesse Lowe. 58 years old. son of
Jesse Lowe, sr., Omaha's first mayor,
died Wednesday morning at his home
in beardstown, 111., after a long ill
ness. Mr. Lowe' was formerly a mem
ber of the firm of Rosewtter, Christy
& Lowe in Omaha, where he Resided
for many years.
Mr. Lowe was a civil engineer and
handled many important waterway
projects, among which were the su
pervision of the Chicago drainage
canals, the Eads-Jetty project at the
mouth of the Mississippi, and exten
sive alterations of the course of the
Warrior river in Alabama.
Mr. Lowe is survived bv his widow.
two brothers, F. B. Lowe of Omaha
ana i. n, owe or caiitdrnia, and
(our children, who reside at Beards
town. The body will be brought to
Omaha for interment.
Ice to Be Luxury.
Chicago, April Id. Ice may be one
if the almos. prohibitive luxuries this
summer witl a "blue sky" price and
an under supplied market, according
to members of the Illinois-Wisconsin
Ice Dealers association meeting in
Chicago toady.
Spanish Vessel Torpedoed
And Three of Crew Lost
Madrid, April 17. The owners of
the Spanish vessel Louisa have in
formed the government that the ship
has been torpedoed. Three of the
crew were lost.
; FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Mr. Pred!s timely arrival in New York enabled him to make a snecial pur
chase of 200 wdmeVs
season's latest models. We are offering these
suits at a price which is within everyone's,
reach. These are positively the biggest values
of the season.
WOMEN'S AND
MISSES'
Values $30.00
- YOUR CHOICE :
THURSDA Y, FRIDAY
and SATURDAY
p
A The Popular Price Cloak
JLUTHER KOUNTZE,
HEAD OF BANKING
HOUSE, IS DEAD
One of Founders of First Na
tional of Omaha Passes Away
at Mew York? Was 79
Years-Old.
New York, April 17. CSoecial Tele-
gram.) Luther Kountzc, .head of the
large banking and brokerage house of
Kounte Brothfirs,T41 Broadway, died
today at his home, 5 East ' Fifty-
Seventh street,
Mr. Kountzc was in his 77th year.
He was born in Canton, O. The firm
of Konntze & Co. was founded in
Omaha m 1857, is a-private banking
company. Later it beer .ic the First
National bank of Omaha.
In 1862 Mr. Kountze moved " to
Denver, where he was the founder and
first president' of the Colorado Na
tional bank, and later became the first
president of the street car. system iu
that city. .
Mr. Kountze then became very
much interested in banking and wetjt
to London in 1867, where he studied
the private banking situation for a
year. He returned to New York in
I860 and established the banking
firm of Kountze Brothers in the old
National City bank building.
Two Children Survive.
Mr. Kountze married Miss Xnne
Parson Ward in 1875, and is survived
by two children, Mrs. J. Gordon
Douglas and Major W. De Lancey
Kountze, at present attached to the
163d infantry of the 82 division of the
national army.
Mr. Kountze had always been a
lover and patron of art, and was one
of the founders of the Metropolitan
opera house.
He was a member of the Union and
Metropolitan clubs, , and in former
years held membership in a number
of hunting clubs.
Funeral services will be held at the
late home of Mr. Kountze at 10
o'clock Friday morning.
Visited Omaha Frequently.
Luther Kountze who died at his
home in New York City yesterday,
was one of the four Kountze brothers
who in pioneer days established
hanks in Omaha, New York and
Denver. Luther Kountze had charge
of the aflairs of the Denver bank for
some years.
He had considerable property in
Omaha and many years ago visited
here frequently. He Yiever lived in
Nebraska.
Charles T. Kountze, a nephew, left
for the east last night to be present
at the funeral. 1
Condition of Winter Wheat
Improved by Recent Rains
Washington, April 17. Generally
favorable weather caused a continued
improvement to winter wheat during
the week justi ended, the weather
bureau crop bulletin today announced.
Some damage was done by freezing
in Missouri, but in Kansas prospects
were greatly improved by rain in the
most important wheat producing
counties, causing the crop to make
steady improvement.
Seeding of spring grains Is un
usually advanced, but planting of corn
is slightly less advanced than normal
in central districts. Iowa's acreage
of corn will be reduced by scarcity of
good seed. -
Sisters Alleged to Have
Followed Soldier to Camp
Des Moines, April 17. (Special
Telegram.) Two girls from Beacon,
Ia., Mabel and Bernice Edwards, are
being sought by their parents in Des
Moines. Police officers are co
operating in the search. It is be
lieved they came here to see a sol
dier at Camp Dodge with whom they
were acquainted. They have not yet
been located.
InclV Rain Helps Winter
Wheat in Valley County
Ord, April 16. More than an inch
of rain has fallen during 24 hours.
Winter wheat and pasture are in fine
condition.
REMARKABLE
THURSDAY,
and misses' beautiful tailored
SUITS
to $50.00
Store.
Southeast Corner 16th and Douglas Sts.
Germans Land 40,000 '
Troops in Finland
London, April 17. The Germans
have, landed 40,000 troops at Hel
singfors, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copen
hagen. A German squadron an
chored in the harbor of Helsingfors
consists of 12 ships, including the
battleships Posen and Westfalen,
each of 18,600 tons.
LORDS ADVANCE
MANPOWER BILL
Conscription Measure Heartily
Welcomed by Marquis of
Lansdowne and Quickly
Passes Second Reading.
London, April 17. The House of
Lords today passed the second read
ing of the government's man power
bill.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, dis
cussing the bill, heartily welcomed the
measure.
"Our duty," he said, "is to help en
courage the gallant army to the ut
most of our ability. I feel so stronaJy
ou this point that I am cfuite ready
to throw to the winds many old
notions and antagonisms, and I be
lieve this can be done without harm
to consistency" or the pledges of the
government. It would be very dif
ferent under less serious circum
stances. "I could, however, have wished that
the government had fixed the age
limit lower and I cannot help think
ing that the extension of conscription
to-Jreland is very doubtful wisdom,
while it is still more objectionable that
this part of the question should be
linked up with home rule."
Fourth Officers' Training
Camps Will Open May 15
Washington, April 17. The fourth
officers' training camps will open May
IS at various divisional camps and
cantonments, Secretary Baker an
nounced today.
The secretary said that 2 per cent
of the enlisted personnel of the divi
sions and detached units of the reg
ular army, national guard and na
tional army, except the coast artillery
and the various staff corps, will be
designated to attend the schools. In
addition there will be admitted all
graduating members of senior divi
sions, reserve officers'; training corps
units, who have completed the course
prescribed for the reserve officers'
training corps and all members of the
advance course, senior divisions, of
the corps, who by May 15 have com
pleted one year of the advanced
course and who have had 300 hours of
military instruction since January 1,
191, under supervision of an army
officer.
In addition men who. have had a
year's military training under army
officers, at any time during the last
10 years, in educational institutions,
recognized by the War department,
will be .admitted. All applications
must be filed by -May 1.
New Army Registration ..Bill
Ordered Favorably Reported
Washington, April 17. The senate
resolution for registration of men
who have reached 21 years of age
since June 5, 1917,, was ordered
favorably reported to the house to
day. The registration dates would
be fixed by presidential proclamation.
Military Police at Work;
Two Women Are Arrested
Federal authorities are holding
Sadie Knouse and Hazel Kelly. 1317
Davenport street, in default of $500
bonds each. They were arrested by
military , police in company with
Charles Vhite and Charles House,
soldiers. They are charged with vio
lation of the government five-mile
Thousands of Families
Starving in Bohemia,
Washington, April 17. Thou
sands of families in Bohemia, espe- ,.
cially in Prague and vicinity, are
starving, according to an official
dispatch from France today, which
quoted the Leipziger VolkS Zeitung.
Last week it was estimated that
there was a deficit of 100,000 loaves
of bread in Prague.
suits, made up in the
If -I I I " IS X
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GREijT GERMAN
DRIVE LOCALIZED
ON NARRO W FRONT
i
Further Successes Would Force
British to Evacuate Large
Area, Belief of Military
Men at Washington.
Washington, April 17. For the
moment the German drive at the
British line has localized on the sector
running from Bailleul around to the
eastward of Ypres and military men
here are watching with eager interest
the British counter attacks on this
narrow front, mherp further ptipmv
successes probably would mean the
evacuation fit a large stretch of ter
ritory. While the British official statement
THOMPSON,BElJiW - CO.
Qhe fashion Center Jbr
Foulards for Summer
They make the loveliest frocks -they
wear well - give the best of
service and are particularly pretty
in design and color We now have
an exceptional showing of shower
proof foulards which are recog
nized as the best (40 inch) $2.50
Now the Parasols
Assume Importance
We know of no costume that will
not look better in combination
with a bright new parasol.
Silk coverings are distinctive -Shapes
are novel and pleasing.
Handles very attractive. Best of
all they are rain proof - as well as
sun proof. Good at all times $1
to 112.50.
Childrens Sunshades are new and
more than ordinarily dainty 50c
to $3.50.
The Blouse Store
-.
An important group of Spring and
Summer blouses will be featured
Thursday for $5.95
Tailored and novelty styles in
Georgette, Crepe de Chine and
Voile. Not a bit ordinary in
either appearance or value.
Second floor
m Will LlKe
These Silk Shirts
And New Neckwear
The Mens Shop
Good looking Shirts of tub silks,
broadcloth silks and crepe de
chine. Plain shades - stripes and
stripes filled with plain colors. All
very new and bound to please.
Eagles and- Manhattans. Both
above criticism $5 to $12
Handsome neckwear that will har
monize with Spring Shirts. Four-in-hand
and bats in the prevailing
shades and patterns. A truly end
less variety 50c to $4.
To the left as you' enter
$25 A Month Grows to
$8,116.36
Send for chart iihowing how $25 a month in
vested in N. Y. Stock Exchange Securities
grew to $8,116.36. Larger or smaller month
ly savings produce similar profitable returns.
KRIEBEL & CO., Investment Bankers
137 South La Sail Street, Chicago.
Win the) War by Preparing the Land,
Sowing th Seed and Producing
Bigger Crops.
Work la Joint Effort the Soil of ths U. S. and
Canada Co-operative Farming in Man Power
Necessary to Win the Battle for Liberty.
The Food Controllers of United States and
Canada are asking for greater food pro
duction. Scarcely 100.000.000 bushels of
wheat can be sent to the allies overseaa be
fore the crop harvest. Upon the efforts of
the United States and Canada rents the burd
en of supply. Every Available Tillable Acre
must Contribute; Every Available Farmer
and Farm Hand must Assist. Western Can
ada has an enormous acreage to be seeded
but man power is short, and an appeal to the
United States allies is for more men for
seeding operations. Canada's Wheat Produc
tion last Year waa 225,000,000 Bushels; the
demand from Canada alone for 1918, ia
400,000,000 Bushels. To secure this she
must have assistance, she has the land but
needs the men. The Government of the
United States wants every man who can ef
fectively help to do farm work this year. It
wants the land in. the United States de
veloped first of course: but it also wants to
help Canada. Whenever we find a man we
can spare to Canada's fields after ours are
supplied, we want to direct him there. Apply
to our Employment Service, and we will tell
where you can best serve the combined in
terests. Western Canada's help will be re
quired not later than May Sth. Wares to
competent help, $30 a month and up, board
and lodging. Those who respond to this
appeal will get a warm welcome, good wages,
rood board, and find comfortable homes.
They will get a rate of one cent a mile from
Canadian boundary points to destination
and return. For particulars as to routes and
places where employment may be had, apply
to
U. S. Employment Service, Dept. ef Labor.
Omaha or Lincoln, Neb.
GoAiterc
withPicfurcs
thai ieli Your
ntslnrr nuroAXlMY;
ikalhc Unes east of .Ypres had been
withdrawn and readjusted on a new
front did not give the position of the
new hue, it is known that the general
trend of the British line on this north
ern flank of the great battle now is
represented by almost a right angle.
Troops which faced due east only a
week,ago are now fighting on a front
that extends in a general east and
west direction and they are facing
sduth. From the lines to the east of
Ypres the British have been swung
back on a 12-mile front with the
Ypres positions as the hinge of the
njovement.
That hinge now forms a broad
salient into the German lines which
they are trying to flatten out. Should
the German effort fail, it is believed
here the British will be left in a
strong strategic position. By a coun
ter attack from Ypres they might
reconquer all the ground lost in this
northern extension of the battle front.
The desperate nature of the attacks
aimed at the capture of Ypres indi
cates th belief of the German com
manders that their position will be
untenable unless they can widen it in
that direction.
Dresses For
Summer Wear
Are presented in a large
and varied offering - Very
distinctive and not expensive
For porch wear - shopping and other down
town occasions for the summer clubs
Everything has been considered and pre
pared for in advance.
First Groups of Summer Dresses
Will be offered Thursday. No effort has
been spared to make the display as interest
ing as possible.
Prices are Correct
A Timely Sale of
PUMPS
Thursday and Friday
Reduced to $4.65
II Every pair is fashionable and
dependable. No undesirables are
found in this sale.
H Your choice of gray kid, black
kid, brown kid and patent leather.
Worth Up to
$8 a Pair
Thursday
$4.65
A Pair
No Exchanges - No Credits - No
C. O. D..
ALL SALES FINAL
Fine Sheer Lisle Hose
Made of fine English yarn with
spliced seams, garter tops and
double- soles. A sheer, fine
quality in white and black, $1 a
pair
iff I i White Enamel 1
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Speeding Up in Loan DrivV
Watihinctnn Anril 17 Tlir thinl t
o 1 c - -
over and less than one-third oi tht:
three billion dollars minimum ha'
been officially recorded as subscribed
The total reported tonight to the
treasury enverintr receints hv ban'
up to the close of business last nigv
was S9S2.923.250. or S48.OOO.00O short
of the billion dollar "total expected by
tonight. . - ;..
"The need for constant,, steady driv-
ing by sales committees every day?"
throughout the remainder of the cam-."
paign is plain," says the treasirry
statement. "Only persistant daily
and hourly effort will restore the;,
campaign to the rate it had acquired '
a week 'ago, possibly under Jthe im-
petus of the start of the honor flag
race.
nt 12 t i k -. 4
laraieu .Reappointed.
Washington, April 17. Reappoint'f
ment of Andre Tardieu, as high com-
missigner of France to the United ,
States, was announced today in an of-I
flcial cable from Paris. : I
Women
Wash Cottons
Dark grounds are the dominant
note expressed in summer cot
ton fabrics. Colors are really
very attractive and designs are 5
such as will make the daintiest
of cool frocks. . -. ;
You'll finer nowhere else -so
complete a showing of
50c materials.
Opposite the silks
Pique Skirtings Y3f
"Manchester piques in plain
welts and fancy cords. This is
the ideal material for summer .'"
suits and skirts, because it is so, .
easily washed and ironed (36- .
inch) $1 a yard
Linen section .
Red Cross Aprons, ;
Made of cool, dainty lawn. Cer
tain to be comfortable on hot .
days.
More are now ready at the spe--'
cial price of $1.69
In the Basement
Treasury Department -Urg:
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