THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1918.
RICKENBACHER
SAVES AMERICAN
FROM HUN PLANE
Former Omaha Automobile
Racer Snatches Brooklyn
Airman From Death or
Certain Capture.
With the American Army in
France, May 31. There was much
aerial activity, on the front northwest
of Toul yesterday, and two, if not
three, German machines were ihot
down.
Lieutenant Edward Rickenbacher
of Omaha, former automobile racer,
noi oniy Drougni a own one macnine,
but rescued Lieutenant James A.
Meissner of Brooklyn after his ma
chine had been damaged. Single
handed, Rickenbacher attacked two
albatross biplanes and three mono
planes. ' After he had fired a hundred
rounds into one of the biplanes it
fell crashing to the ground. The
lieutenant turned and attacked an
other, which sought safety in flight.
Meanwhile the remaining German
machine had descended too low for
Rickenbacher to attack.
As he was returning to. behind the
American lines Lieutenant Ricken
bacher saw four German airplanes
coming toward him. He turned and
saw Lieutenant Meissner, who was
flying high, attack one enemy ma
chine just as a second hostile airplane
attacked Meissner. Meissner's ma
chine collided with one of the enemy
and a wing of the American's airplane
was torn. Meissner immediately
turned home, when a third enemy ma
chine," seeing that he was crippled,
hastily took fter him.
Rickenbacher made a long dive and
drove off the German with his ma
chine gun, undoubtedly saving Meiss
ner." The combat took place east of
iThiaucourt.
In another fight two American
pilots were forced to withdraw be
cause their guns became jammed just
as they attacked the enemy. Another
pilot encountered five hostile ma
chines and had fired six bursts with
out apparent damage and the enemy
machines retired.
An American aviator was captured
by the Germans in No Man's land
after his machine had been damaged
In a fight between five American ma
chines and a German squadron. The
American aviator last was seen going
into the. enemy trenches under cover
of German rifles.
Man Sentenced to One to Seven
Years for Theft of $85
K Lloyd Smith was sentenced in dis
trict court Friday morning to from
one to seven years in the penitentiary,
following his plea of guilty to a grand
larceny charge. He stole $85 from
Percy Richards on May 1.
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CHAPTER XIII.
My First French Performance.
Captain Godfrey, absolute though
his power over us was he could have
ordered us all home at a moment's
notice turned out to be a delightful
young officer, who did everything in
his power to make our way smooth
and pleasar.t. and who was certimly
as good a manager as I ever had
or ever expect to have. He entered
into the spirit of our tour, and it was
plain to see that it would be a suc
cess from start to finish if it were
within his power to make it so. He
liked to call himself my manager,
and took a great delight, indeed, in
the whole experience. Well, it was
a change for him, no doubtl
I had brought a piano with me, but
no accompanist. That was not an
oversight; it was a matter of delib
erate choice. I had been told, be
fore I left home, that I would have
no difficulty in .finding some one
among the soldiers to accompany me.
And that was true, as I soon found.
In fact, as I was to learn later, I
could have recruited a full orchestra
among the Tommies, and I would
have had in my band, too, musicians
of fame and great ability, far above
the average theater orchestra. Oh,
you must go to France to learn how
every art and craft in Britain has done
its part!
Aye, every sort of artist and artisan,
men of every profession and trade,
can be found in the British army. It
has tkaen them all, like some great
melting pot, and made them soldiers.
I think, indeed, there is no calling
that you could name that would not
yield you a master hand from the
ranks of the British army. And I am
not talking of the officers alone, but
of the great mass of Tommies. And
so when I told Captain Godfrey I
would need a good pianist to play
my accompaniments, he just smiled.
"Right you are!" he said. "We'll
turn one up for you in no time!"
He had no doubts at all, and he was
right. They found a lad called John
son, a Yorkshireman, in a con
valescent ward of one- of the big hos
pitals. He was recovering from an
illness he had incurred in the trenches,
and was not quite ready to go back
to active duty. But he was well
enough to play for me, and delighted
when he heard he might get the as
signment. He was nervous lest he
should not please me, and feared I
might ask for another man. But when
I ran over with him the songs I meant
to sing I found he played the piano
very well indeed,, and had a knack for
accompanying, too. There are good
pianists, soloists, who are not good
accompanists; it takes more than just
the ability to play the piano to work
with a singer, and especially with a
singer like me. It is no straight
ahead singing I do always, as you
ken, perhaps.
But I saw at once that Johnson and
I would get along fine together, so
everyone was pleased, and I went on
and made my preparations with him
for my first concert That was to
be in Boulogne casino center of the
gayety of the resort in the old days,
but now, for a long time, turned into
a base hospital.
They had played for high stakes
there in the old days before the war.
Thousands of dollars had changed
hands in an hour there. But they
were playing for higher stakes now!
They were playing for the lives and
the health of men, and the hearts of
the women at home in Britain, who
were bound up with them. In the old
days men had staked their money
against the turn of a card or the roll
of the wheel. But now it was with
death they staked and it was a
mightier game than those old walls
had ever seen before.
The largest ward of the hosiptal
was in what had been the Baccarat
room, and it was there I held my
first concert of the trench engagement.
When I appeared it was packed full.
There were men on cots, lying still
and helpless, bandaged to their very
eyes. Some came limping in on their
crutches; some were rolled in in
chairs. It was a sad scene and an
impressive one, and it went to my
heart when I thought that my own
poor laddie must have lain in just such
a room in this very one, perhaps.
He had suffered as these men were
suffering, and he had died as some
of these men for whom I was to sing
would die. For there were men here
who would be patched up, presently,
and would go back. And for them
there might be a next time a next
time when they would need no hos
pital. There was one thing about the
place I liked. It was so clean and
white and spotless. All the garish dis
play, the paint and tawdry finery, of
the old gambling days, had gone. It
was restful, now, and though there
was the hospital smell, it was a clean
smell. And the men looked as though
they had wonderful care. Indeed I
knew they had. that; I knew that
everything that could be done to ease
their state was being done. And
every face I saw was brave and cheer
ful, though the skin of many and
many a lad was stretched tight over
his bones with the pain he had
known, and there was a look in their
eyes, a look with no repining in it, or
complaint, but with the evidences of a
terrible pain, brayely suffered, that
sent the tears starting to my eyes
more than once.
It was much as it had been in the
many hospitals I had visited In
Britain, and yet it was different, too.
I felt that I was really at the front.
Later I came to realize how far
from the real front I actually was at
Bouloene. but then I knew no better.
in all parts of the world, or nearly
all. 'I have sung for folk who had
no idea of what to expect from me,
and have known that I must be at
work from the moment of my first
aooearance on the stage to win them
But these audiences that I was to
face here in France gave me more
thought than any of them. I had so
great a reason for wanting to succeed
with them
And here, ye ken, I faced conditions
that were harder than had ever fallen
to my lot. I was not to have, most of
the time, even the military theaters
that had, in some cases, been built for
the men behind the lines, where many
actors and, indeed, whole companies,
from home had been appearing. I
could make no changes of costume.
I would have no orchestra. Part of
the time I would have my wee piano,
but I reckoned on going to places
where even that sma' thing could no
follow me.
I had a good manager the Brit
ish army, no less! It was the army
that had arranged my booking. We
were not left alone, not for a minute.
I would not have you think that we
were left to go around on our own,
and as we pleased. Far from it! No
sooner had we landed than Captain
Roberts, D. S. O., told me, in a brief,
soldierly way, that was also extremely
businesslike, what sort of plans had
been made for us.
"We have a number of big hos
pitals here," he said. "This is one of
the important British bases, as you
know, and it is one of those where
many of our men are treated before
they are sent home. So, since you are
here, we thought you would want to
give your first concerts to the wound
ed men here."
So I learned that the opening of
what you might call my engagement
in the trenches was to be in hospitals.
That was not new to me, and yet I
was to find that there was a differ
ence between a base hospital in
France and the sort of hospitals I had
seen so often at home.
Nothing, indeed, was left to us.
After Captain Roberts had explained
matters, we met Captain Godfrey,
who was to travel with us, and be
our guide, our military mentor and
our ruler. We understood that we
must place ourselves under him, and
under military discipline. No Tommy,
indeed, was more under discipline
than we had to be. But we did not
chafe, civilians though we were. When
you see the British army at work
nothing is further from your thoughts
than to criticise or to offer any sug
gestions. It knows its business, and
does it, quietly and without fuss. But
FOCH'S RESERVES
READY TO STRIKE
IN COUNTER BLOW
Enemy Reaches La Charmel,
Two Miles From Marne,
Which Probably Will Be
Limit of Advance.
Paris, May 31, 3:45 a. m. The Ger
mans continued to push forward
south of Fere-en-Tardenois, accord
ing to the latest advices reaching
Paris, but neither Chateau Thierry
nor Dormans have yet fallen into
their hands. There is reason to hope
that Chateau Thierry, the population
of which has fled, will be saved.
Chateau Thierry is 10 miles south
of Fere-en-Tardenois, while Dor
mans is six miles south of Veailly.
Both towns are on the river Marne.
The extreme point of the German
advance is Le Charmel, about two
miles north of the river Marne.
The fishting front, it is declared,
runs as follows:
From Chavigny north of Soissons It
describes a circle west of that city and
rejoins the River Crise south of Sois
sons. Then it goes to Gerzy, follows
the Soissons-Chateau Thierry road
until near Hartennes, where it bends
southeast to Grand Rozoy. Then, on
southward, leaving Mulchy-Le-Cha-teau,
it passes Nataeuil-Notre Dame
and advances toward the Marne to
Courcy, Brecy. Courpoi! and Le
Charmel, which marks its extreme
point.
Through Vezilly, Brouillet, Savigny
and Thillois, it runs northeastward to
the environs of Rheims.
Confident of Success.
The newspaper! do not attempt to
minimize the importance of the Ger
man advance, Gabriel Hanotaux, in
the Figaro, compares the strategic sit
uation with that on the eve of the
battle of the Marne. All the com
mentators, however, express confi
dence that the high command will so
dispose the allied troops as to restore
the situation, which L'Homme Libre
considers to have reached its maxi
mum point of gravity yesterday.
The Petit Partsien says the govern
ment officials who saw the army
chiefs yesterday returned in the eve
ning still confident, which it regards
as a good sign.
It is resistance of the two wings of
the allied force which inspires the
confidence of all the military critics.
To take victorious advantage of the
success they have so far gained, the
Germans must succeed in bending
even Fritz has learned to be chary
of getting in the way when the Brit
ish army has made up its mind and
that is what he is there for, though
I've no doubt that Fritz himself
would give a pretty penny to be at
home again, with peace declared.
(Continued Tommorrow.)
these two hinges, and all their efforts
to do this, up to this time, have been
vain.
Reserve in Action.
Another reason for the confident
feeling is the arrival of allied re
serves. Besides the mention in the
official report of the beginning of in
tervention by these reserves, the
Echo-De-Parii in a dispatch from the
front filed at 2 a. m. today reports
the reserves are arriving on the battle
ground with artillery and auxiliary
services.
Their entrance into action, the
message reports, is being effected
methodically, without any display of
nervousness. General Foch and Gen
eral Petain are working intimately to
gether, to meet the serious situation.
In commenting on the intervention
of the fresh forces, L'Homme Libre
says it does not appear doubtful that
the enemy has reached the extreme
point of his advance and that he will
encounter the allied reserves, carefully
withheld until a favorable moment
shall arrive for a counter-attack.
Aviators Honor Wright,
Inventor of Airplanes
Dayton, O., May 31. Aviators
stationed at McCook field vesterday
paid tribute to Wilbur Wright, who
with his brother, Orville Wright, in
vented the first successful heavier-than-air
airplane, when they hovered
over his tomb and dropped flowers.
It was one of the most impressive
ceremonies ever witnessed in the
city.
ITALIANS BAG
500 PRISONERS
AND WAR BOOTY
Roman Forces on Lower Piavi
and Tonale Sectors Inflict
Heavy Loss Upon the
Austrians.
Washington, May 31. Italian
operations against the Austrians have
been successfully carried out on the
lower Piave as well as in the Tonale
sector. The Roman forces reached
the objectives set at Capo Sile on a
front of 60O meters and took 500
Austrian prisoners and a larga
amount of material, dispatches front
Roma to the Italian embassy today
state.
News reaching Rome today from
the Rhine says Austrian losses in the
Tonale sector reached 3,000 men
killed, wounded and missing.
Germans Swing Eastward
To Encircle City of Rheims
London, May 31. The Germane
are swinging their columns eastward
with the object of getting around
Rheims through Ville-en-TardenoU
and the valley of the Ardre.
Important Changes
In Schedules
Effective, Sunday, Jane 2nd
Trains will leave Omaha Union Station, a foHowit
EASTBOUND
No. 310 Des Moinei Local, except Sunday 6:00 A. M.
No. 8 Chicago Express, daily 6:80 A. M,
No. 6 Chicago Express, daily 8:15 P. M.
No. 14 Chicago Express, daily. . . . ... . . .5:00 P. M.
WESTBOUND
No. 5 Colorado Express, daily... -.-r.-... 1:80 P. M.
No. 17 Oklahoma Express, daily. ....... 8 :45 P. M.
No. 7 Colorado Express, daily 12:01 A. M.
Pullman service on all trains, excepting No. 310.
PRESERVE THIS
For further information inquire at
City Ticket Office, 411 South
Street, or at Union Station.
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THERE ARE THOSE WHO WISH THE HOURS AWAY! Anxiously Awaiting Each
Year THE JUNE WHITE SALE Saturday Morning at 8:30 the Longed-for Event Occurs
When we ended our White Sale of a year ago, we were not sure that we could have another for a long, long time, and yet it so happens that the prices which we
paid for White Goods months ago are so low compared to present market quotations that we verily believe this will be one of the most satisfying sales, from the cus
tomers' standpoint, that we have ever conducted. The prices which we quote cannot convey any clear idea of values, but must only be received as GUIDE POSTS,
INDICATORS, which may help you to lay your plans wisely and govern your outlay. You will appreciate, we feel sure, that now, more than any time previous, it
is important to trade with a dependable store WHOSE STATEMENTS CAN BE ACCEPTED AT 100 PER CENT WITHOUT ANY PERADVENTURE.
India Linen . . . ... ... . . . 20c 25tf. 30
Flaxons. ...... ., ,. ... . . .v. . .25, 35S 45, 60tf and $5tf
Batiste.... 350, 50? ana 75?
Such a Meritorious Lot of Blouses for Women
Saturday will open up the Entire Purchase and the Sale will
start at 8:30 A. M. Hundreds upon hundreds of elegant Blouses,
bought from dependable makers cleanup of stock lots, small lots
and greater lots, including the very latest models
$2.98
1
1
NOW THE PRICES
WOMEN'S NIGHT ROBES FIRST If we could place in your
hands present trade lists, together with a sample of each garment,
there would be no question of your prompt attendance.
NIGHT GOWN PRICES FOR THIS SALE
98, $1.39, $1.98 and $2.50
ENVELOPE CHEMISE Real Comfort for
Summer Wear Nothing Skimped
$1.19. $1.35 and $1.95
WHITE PETTICOATS Fashion's effect on quantity means a
decided saving in price here. You easily save a dollar on each
skirt bought at $1.59, $1.95, $2.49, $2.98
FILIPINO WOMEN are deft with the needle. From the other side
' of the world we show most attractive garments. Transportation
is becoming more and more of a problem. Now, therefore, is your
time to secure these garments of quality at a decided saving in
price NIGHT GOWNS OR ENVELOPES, with great variety of
trimming .$2.49 Each
THE BOYS OVER THERE
' are advised to buy Silk Underwear to facilitate removal of cooties
no such reason in your case but there is another, viz., the popu
larity of Silk its charm and the further fact that, comparatively
speaking, it is relatively cheaper than cotton today. Flesh color,
but that does not preclude them from a place in a White Sale.
Dozens of styles or patterns made from Crepe de Chine or Wash
Satin. .
- CAMISOLES at $1.69 BLOOMERS at $2.95
Garments for Infants at SALE PRICES, Also
; Note, if you please, quality of material, the motherly touch in
: the workmanship, the appealing atmosphere of babyhood, resem
bling home-made
White Dresses, 6 months to 6 years;
at 98c, $1.98, $3.45
Infants' Hoods 49c and 98c
Creepers and Rompers.. 49e and 69c
Long and short hand-made Dresses,
at $1.19, $1.79 and $2.29
Infanta' Gowns 49c and 69c
White Dresses, 8 years to 16 years,
, ;at ' $2.98 and $4.98
Infants Long Dresses 69c
Children's Gowns, 69c, 98c and $1.29
. Middies $1.19 and $1.98
Pine long and short Dresses, from
$7.50 to $21.50
ONE-THIRD OFF.
Children's Drawers . . . .19e and 39c
Long and short Princess Slips, 98c
and $1.39
Princess Slips and Petticoats, $1.39,
$1.89 and $2-69
Hand-made Pillow Slips, 98c, $1.98
and $2.98
Boys' Suits 89c, $1.29, $2.29
JUNE FIRST SALE OF FOREIGN LACES, ETC.,
ON MAIN FLOOR
. Fine 36 and 45-Inch Organdy and Voile, trimmed with filet band,
Rosebud Embroidery for Children's wear. All from St. Gall,
Switzerland. Priced regularly $1.35 to $8.50 on Saturday
i2 FORMER PRICES
' 4 to ' 6-Inch Cambric Embroidery especially good for under
wear ...) .12V2d Yard
LACES AT lOtf Clunys, Vals, Net Top Laces all wonderfully
'cheap.
Of premier importance and special interest is the sale started
so auspiciously yesterday. Not since we have been in business have
we been able to present all things considered
$1.98
many
Sheer white, varied styles,
trimmings; value now $3.00.
$3.98
This is a choice lot. Prettiest of
fabrics, correctest of models; worth,
and we say it advisedly, $6.00.
$4.95
Georgettes, Crepes, in the newest
tints and sheerest of the sheer fab
rics. The real value will surprise
you.
Soft Voiles, Lingerie Blouses,
dainty laces; high and low necks;
values now at least $4.50.
$6.95
"Are they not dreams," our sales
women exclaimed when these beau
ties were opened up. They surely
are. Soft crepe weaves; most In
viting of silk fabrics.
$7.95
Exclusive models Silk and Georg
ette. Acme of aristocratic elegance.
Worth today from $12.50 to $15.00.
The Summer Dresses will catch your eye first thing we'll bet
a cooky on that.
Below stairs, to-wit, in the Basement Salesroom, Saturday
Colonial Ice Tea Glasses, at $2.00 The Dozen
Colonial Dishes, for puddings and strawberries and ah cream
89 The Dozen have sold as high as $2.25 dozen.
Serving Trays, on Saturday 59d Each
FOR CHILDREN Underwear made from Nainsook REAL
COMFORT "All He Needs," "Air She Needs." May we, as
President Wilson might say, introduce you to these well named
Suits for Boys and Girls, Sleeping Suits, short sleeves, knee length.
Arctic Underwear, in its suggestion of coolness, are the nainsook
SUITS FOR MEN on sale Saturday at 65d
Difficult to get anything worth anything for less than $1 nowadays
WASH DRESS GOODS Harvest time is on now. Saturday will
sell a Silk Warp Pongee Rose, Cadet, Tan, Gray and Roseda,
for 85 Yard
New Plaid Voiles 50 Plaid and Stripe Tissue, 40 Yd.
WHITE GOODS FADING FAST
AND WHY NOT?
Long Cloth, at 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40
Nainsook, at. .25. 30tf. 35 and 40
r
Persian Lawns. .-.. .-35, 40, 45 and 50
Poplins ... . 45, 60 and 75
Piques ......... 50, 75S $1.00 and $1.25
Thousands of Different Pieces of White Gooda. .
Crochet Bed Spreads For TWi Sale
$3.78
$400
are
Cambridge $2.50
Countess v $3.00
Ivanhoe $3.00
Bates $3.60
Deeside A $3.75
SATIN BED SPREAD SALE
No. 1132, at $4.95
No. 1232, at $5.85
No. Ionia, at .......$6.50
No. 2224, at $7.50
No. 2514, at .$8.50
Premier .
Deeside D
Will be higher before they
lower.
Sheets That Are Extra Value
81x99, Ironclad $1J9
81x99, Rugby ........ v..... $1.85
81x99, Century ....$2.00
81x99, Pequot ....$2.15
81x99, Mistletoe ............$2.25
81x99, Brighton ....$2.23
81x99, T. K. Special .$2.25
IF IT DIDN'T COST QUITE SO MUCH, WE WOULD TAKE
A PAGE TO TELL OF "COBB'S." Somebody has missed a bet in
not telling the publicity board of the Chamber of Commerce of the
fame of "COBB'S CANDY."
We venture the assertion that if there was anywhere within
the limits of our land any new industry of equal popularity Rob
ert Manley, Esquire, would go and get it for Omaha. Not in our
time has any one thing threatened to make Omaha so famous.
Just a few words promised before, showing that you can Eat
Candy and still be a Patriot hark to what the Food Administrator
says
THIRD GROUP Marshmallows and similar candy, being
made with corn syrup, corn starch and gelatine, with only a small
percentage of sugar, eaten plain, toasted or dipped in chocolate or
rolled in cocoanut You'll use our Teddy's exclamation then
DELICIOUS that is, if it's COBB'S.
FOURTH GROUP Includes Gum Drops and that class of
sweets. We may recount the Calories in the different kinds of
COBB'S CANDIES later.
Now, take a little tip from me If ye would have real Candy
joy in the Summer time let COBB suggest what to buy what
keeps best and what eats best. He knows and the Missus knows,
also. Ices and Creams should be ordered Saturday morning
Douglas 51, and say COBB, please pays to be polite to the switch
director
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