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o .15 tfEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 31, ; 1918. 2,000 SOLDIERS ADDWARC0L0RTO DECORATION DAY Imposing Memorial Services Held at Auditorium, and Veterans in Big Parade Cheered by Throngs. - (Coatiaaed Tnm Tt (hu.f I . veterans and' the several auxiliaries filed into the building and with their friends quickly filled the lower floor to its 'foil seating capacity, with 1,000 or more persons In the galleries. The seating arrangements in . the Auditorium were so arranged that the Grand Army men and their auxiliaries were in the sections closest to the stage, with the general public to the rear on the sides and in the balconies The entrance of the Grand, Army men,, preceded by the Mapes drum corps, was the signal for loud cheer mg that continued until the veterans . were seated. Colonel banister presided and the mass meeting was . opened by the audience singing the. "Star-Spangled jsannerr. alter wDich Kev. D. E. Ten kins, president of the University of uman ottered prayer. The Counci Bluffs Elks' quartet sang, ('Where Are the Boys of the Old Brigade," this Demg toilowed by K. f. Tuten read ing the:roll of honor, containing the names of Grand Army, men and Spanish-American war veterans who have died since last Memorial day. xne nit lojiows: Oraud Arrtiy Cbtr)a U. Harptt.r - Adolph Burm.l.mr David K. Miller .. C. T. Boufllnot Victor Ltndrflra ' H.ory V. EpUy . ' Jam Doyl -Utt W, Bdfor4 - W, R. Staphana t ftpanlah-Amortcan war V.twint IMwardA-Mlllat,. ' John Ktbtr. - mii Btrtbtuad . Grand Army Quartet Sings. .ltie brand. Army quartet sang "Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue, and for an encore responded with "Tenting; on the Old, Camp . urouno,- aier wmcn tne address de livered on the Gettysburg battle field, November 19, 18w, was recited ' by Benedict M. McConville. A vocal , solo was rendered by George Long, and then Colonel Banister introduced Congressman Charles H. Sloan, the v orator of the occasion, who in part : saia: ,.j-; Congressman Charles- H. Sloan made the principal address at the Auditorium meeting.' 'That this day should be observed under .the . auspices of- its founders, , the Grand Army of the Republic, is eminently proper said Congressman Sloan. "So long as that organization continues it should have control. The Grand Army of the Republic's career will be one of the unique facta of history. ' : ' -; "At the beginning of the war, vre often heard a distinction as to whom we were fighting. It was said that we were fighting .German 'militarism. V-whicb,w are. It was said that'we were Jightiog the German emperor, aaa tnose constituting the govern fflent, which we are. But it was said we were not fighting the German peo ple over there. Sentimental and a!- Orand Army Jahn MeMahoa H. W. Ollbart O. B. Squlraa A. M.Clark B. B. fttokct B. S. Smith A.O.Rolf Jamea Marara. truistic as that may sound, it is not correct. - f Attitude of Hun People. . f. "We are fighting the German peo ple over there, and in that statement is one of the most important facts of this whole war. The German peo ple over in Uermany, unfortunately for themselves, for us and the rest of the world, are bound and devoted to their government, their military system and their emperor. It is the solidarity of that devotion which gives the military arm of Germany its mighty force. "I am speaking plainly for a pur pose.. It is for the purpose of say ing that, if we would win soon, we should understand that we are fight ing the might of the German oeoole. To succeed, we must be as devoted, all of us, to the American govern ment and its cause in this war, as are the German people in Germany, who are against us, to theirs. i German Situation Here. "I am in favor of fighting the Ger man peoole in Germanv I am not in favor of fighting people in America heretofore called Germans, who come to the front and make a living fact their oath of allegiance, and bv their i aauy deportment, by their sacrifices in the home and on the battlefield. show their misguided relatives beyond tne sea that they appreciate the good judgment of their fathers, who left that country for a better country and government. "This we expect from the once call ed Germans of America, This we ex pect from, every man, .woman . and child under our flair. "When it is given whole-heartedly iiuiii an, aim ine louuaniy 01 Ameri can people, guided aright, against the solidarity of the German oeou e uided wrong, then will militant right e enabled to triumph over militant wrong, '"If there are Germans in America not meeting this test, then we are fighting them as we are fighting Ger mans over seas. These we should punish not pamper. . , "Against the kaiser manv and awful have been the curses from outraged women and suffering men. Strange creature, the embodiment of the mili taristic ideas of his empire, he is a giant intellectual fiend incarnate. As the professed Christian ruler of a great empire, he has repeatedly broken and despoiled the cross, while yielding German life and treasure to maintain the crescent He "would crush the Christian king of Belgium: he would exalt-to power and further dominion the cruel sultan of the Turks. A million homes he has despoiled, while the strength of his armies have been used to render safe the harem." Mapea Sounds "Taps. At the close of Congressman Sloan's address the audience joined in GIDEONS WILL MEET FRENCH PREVENT IN OMAHA SATURDAY ciifmv onnnnrcc LI1LIII I I IIUUIlLdd OUT OF SOISSONS Business Session Is to Be Held at 7. M. O. A., and Con vention Buns Into Sunday. ' "; The Gideons, the Christian Com mercial Traveling Men's Association of America, will hold their annual state convention in Omaha, Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2. The business session will be at the Young Men's Christian association at 3 p. m. Saturday. At 6:30 p. m. a banquet will be given for Gideons and their friends at Rome hotel. All commercial travelers are invited. ! U. Stanley' Brown, president of Omaha camp, will preside as toastmatster, Sunday, 4 p. m., a mass meeting at Young Men's Christian association and at 8 p. m. a Gideon platform meeting will be held , at Trinity Methodist church. A leaf of experience out of a travel ing man s life will be given by sev eral Gideons, J. C. Bennett of Chicago, national trustee and chairman of the national field work committee, arrived in the city at the Loyal hotel Wednesday evening to assist in the convention. and will remain here till June 6. in teresting commercial traveling men in becoming members and the pro fessional business- men in an asso ciate membership. Mr. ' Bennett states the Gideons is not a secret so ciety or an insurance company. It is Official Statements Show That Allies Solidly Hold Left Bank of Crise River; German Report. Battle Rages Furiously. Paris, May 30. We have prevented enemy progress in the western out skirts of Soissons, says the official report from French headquarters to night. "To the south we solidly hold the left bank of the Crise river. The Germans are multiplying their ef forts in the direction of Ville-en-Tar denoia. "In the center the fighting has not diminished in intensity. The Germans have occupied Ferre-en-Tardenois and Vexilly. "The battle continued today with undiroinshed violence along the whole extent of the front. On our rieht and to the northwest or Kheims we are holding our po sitions." . "The enemv air forces, which have been ery aggressive and numerous during the battle, have been attacked with the greatest daring by French airmen who destroyed IV German machines, brought down two balloons ....J ... 1 1 j -l ) -: 1 a. . intrUnftm.-n.tirm.l .nrf nnn.finlitirftl I . . V""Pc,lca " nciny irHinc8 lu I ..... r. tZ.l t " tilt 'I ina m damaged condition but is best known for placing bibles in the hotel guest rooms. In the last -nine years they have placed nearly 375.000 in the hotels of the United States and Canada Singing "America, after which taps y C. B. Mapes of the The benediction wa Rev. T. J. Mackay, pronounced by All Saints church was sounded b drum corps. rector of The final exercises' of the dav oc curred in Hanscom park at 5 o'clock. where the members of Garfield circle held services to the memorv of the sailor dead. These services were in accordance with the ritual of the or der and were concluded by scatter ing flowers over the surface of the little lake in front of the pavillion. , Mrs. A a. Vanderbilt to Wed. Washington,4 Mayj30. Mrs. Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt and Ray T. Baker, director of the mint, will be married at Mrs. Vanderbilt's country place at Lenox, Mass., early in June. An nouncement was made today by Mrs. Vanderbilt's father, Captain, Isaac E. Emerson of Baltimore. " Graduation Exercises for, Nurses at Ford Hospital The first annual graduation exer cjses of the training school for nurses The official statement issued by at tne rora nospuai win oe neia at Keep's academy, Twenty-fifth and Farnam streets. Wednesday evening, June 5. A class of nine nurses will be graduated. . A reception will be held immediately after the gradua tion exercise. Dr. W. W. Walker, sponser of the graduating class, will deliver the prin cipal address of the evening.,. French General Killed , .. . While Leading His Troops Paris, May 30. According to tV.e Havas correspondent at the front, the French general killed Tuesday on the field of honor was General Pierre De Vallierts. He was struck by a shell fragment while leading his men. Gen eral De Vallieres was 49 years old. U, S, Artillery Blows German Ammunition -v wi t WMSAt J-1Ijr were tAjjiurcu. uuns qi every Ulimp Oy Direct tilt description, up to railway guns of the With the American Army in On the night of May 27-28, French aviators dropped 23 tons of ex plosives on bridges and crossings on the Aillette and Aisne and on var ious cantonments. The next night and day 37 tons of bombs were dropped on convoys, troops and rail way stations." Germans Report Progress. Berlin, (Via London,) May 30. the war office today follows: On the battle front between the Yser and fhe Oise fighting activity has increased, frequently there were lo cal infantry engagements. loe armies of the German crown prince are progressing victoriously, Au Mont. Guivny and Curries have been occupied. Soissons has been taken by Brandenburg troops. The number of prisoners has increased to more than 35,000 and the booty in artillery and war material is large." French Forts Fall. "South of the Vesle the French front, which was in course of forma tion, broke down under uninterrupted attacks by our divisions. We threw the enemy back after stubborn resist ance as far as and across the line of Villemontoire, Feren, ' Tardenois, Coulonges, Brouilet and Branscourt. The forts on the northwestern front of Rheims have fallen. The northern parts of La Nouvillette and Betheny were captured. Guns of every Huns Throw Regiments ' Of Tanks Into Great Attack - (Br Aaaoeiated Preaa.) London, May 30. In their initial onslaught Monday the Germans are believed to have used more tanks than ever before, says Reuter's cor respondent with the British forces on the-French front, writing Wednesday. The 50th British division near Craonne withstood a gas attack of three hours and withheld the Ger mans in the attempt to reach the Aisne until the "men were drowned under the, German combers." Ths same fate overtook the French di vision to the right of the 50th. After falling back the 50th made a gallant attempt to recapture Craonne, but was defeated by machine gun fire from the enemy tanks. In the end the 50th was obliged to fall back toward the river. France, May 30. The American artillery today obtained direct hits on a big ammunition dump pf the enemy east of St' Mihiel which blew, up, with a terrific explosion, the burst of flames and pillar of smoke snooting many hundred yards in the air. i f ym J - . j k r : 3-' Jli M I Grown Too T heaviest caliber, were taken, i he impetuous advance of our at tacking forces orevented the enemv from carrying back rich war provi sions heaped up in the captured ter ritories; large depots fell into our hands at Soissons. Braisne and Fismes. Extensive munitions denots. railway trains and hospital establish ments, with a large quantity of med ical equipment, fell into our posses sion. An airdrome, with machines ready to start and airplane materials, also were captured. With the army grouos of General von Gallwita and Duke Albrecht the fighting activity revived temporarily. : "During the last three davs our aviators have brought down 38 enemy airpianes soutn ot irpres; five enemy Dauoons were Drought down in fiames." "To the south of Fere-en-Tarde- nois, says the official report this evening from headauarters. "we are fighting our way toward the Marne." Advance Pushed Towarda Marne. With the French Armv in France. May 30. The Germans in the Cham pagne pushed farther toward the river Marne today. The intention of the Teutons probably is to secure a po sition enabling them to turn to the westward with the bulk of their at tacking armies. The efforts of the Germans since their first rapid advance appear to take a lan-iike movement lhe orincioal column of the Teuton divisions seem to be thrusting in the direction of Fero-En-Tardenois, which now is un der a heavy fire, un both flanks also strong forces 'jniiiiiiiiini!iiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiil;iliiiiiiiiii!liiiiiiiiiiiiiil!tiiilH "Long Live President Wilson," Cry Sailors in Austrian Navy San Francisco, May 30. Parades of sailors shouting "'Long Live Presi dent Wilson" along the decks of Austrian battleships may be one 're sult of American recognition of .the aims of the southern Slavs, according to a statement here today by Dr. H. Hinkovic, L. L. D., a member of the Jugo-Slav committee of London. Dr. Hinkovic is in the United States as a member of the South Slavic National council, which has its headquarters in Washington. Air Raid Alarm Causes Panic; Eighteen Trampled tc Death Geneva, May 30. Eighteen women and children were trampled to death and other persons were injured in a panic which follwed an aerial raid alarm sounded in Mannheim at mid day yesterday, according to a dispatch received here. The streets were crowded and a wild rush for shelter ensued. It developed later that the warnjng signals were caused by the sighting ot a squadron of German aviators returning to their base. McCormack Will Sing To Raise K. of C. Fund New York, May 30. John McCor mack, the singer who has just sue cessfully closed a concert tour to raise $100,000 for the Red Cross, announced tonight he would start on a similar tour to raise the same amount' for the Knights of Columbus war camp fund. He will start in, Boston next Sunday night. REIGN OP TERROR -IN FINLAND; 158 WOMEN EXECUTED London, May 30. A Russian wire less dispatch says the central commit tee of Finnish workmen has protested against the terrorism of Finland by the White Guard, stating that 70,000 persons, the majority of them social democrats, have been imprisoned and brutally treated. Of these 30,000 are civilians. The wholesale slaughter of prison ers was begun by Finnish troops, as- sisted by the Germans. In one day 158 women prisoners were killed. Many Sisters of Mercy of the Sacred Guard were put to death without trial. Field court martiala are still con' demning persons to death en masse, although the civil war is over. Th Finnish proletariat calls out to the civilized world in the name oi hu manity to stop this terrorism. Heavy Rain in Frontier, Eustisi Neb., My 30. (Special Telegram.) More than three inchei of rain has fallen in this section dur ing the last three days. Wheat had begun to get brown, but the moisture has given it new life. are engaged. 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