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The Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER Fair VOL. XLVII NO. 300. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1918 10 PAGES. "..5LHk TWO CENTS. nn nn uJ M I I ' MM r , GERMAN EMPEROR VISITS HIS ARMY NORTH Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, Recently Reported Dead or Gravely III, Accompanies His Sovereign on In spection of Defensive Positions in Terri tory Recently Captured. (By Associated Press.) i Amsterdam, June 2. PaulRosner in the Lokal Anzeiger says that Emperor William visited the German army north of Rheims Thursday, remaining until evening, working with in dividual commanders and receiving reports from the battlefield. London, June 2. (British Admiralty, per Wireless Press). Field Marshal von Hindenburg recently has been reported dead or gravely ill, but Paul Rosner, Emperor William, writing in the Lokal Anzeiger, says that on the battle front at Craonne last Tuesday Emperor William and von Hindenburg took a long walk between the trenches, craters, wire entanglements and shell positions of the Chemin Des Dames. CT TMTl MTT T. TOflP.THF.P O To a question as to whether the climbing of a hill was not too much for him, von Hindenburg smilingly said to the emperor: "It is very good for me to get a little exercise, your majesty'." The military correspondent of the British Wireless service writes as fol lows concerning the operations on the western front: "Although the fighting has been severe on the Aisne front, particu larly between the Oise and the Marne, there has been no very pro nounced change in the situation. The main pressure of the enemy is still directed westward, where he is still trying to widen his flank in the di rection cf the forest of Villers-Cot-terets. German Lines Advanced. "Yesterday he made advances here on a 'front between Vatirezis, west of Soissons, and Botiresches, west of Chateau Thierry. By the end of the day his front ran from Vaurezis r. through Saconin-Et-Breuill, Chadun, Longpont, Corey and Faverolle to a point near Chezy and then bent east ward through Licy to Bouresches. " Thence the line runs to the Marne, passing , north of Chateau - Thierry, which the "French hold. "Heavy fighting has taken place on the ground west of Soissons, won back by the French in their success ful counter attacks. In spite of the enemy's efforts the allied gains have been maintained. "On the Rheims flank there is very little change. The enemy made a very powerful attack with tanks northwest and north of Rheims and succeeded in making a little progress at Fort De La Pomelle. A counter attack immediately restored the line, the Germans being thrown back with a loss of 200 prisoners and four of , their tanks." Former Standard Oil Employe Held as Spy New York, June 2. Agents of the military intelligence service brought here from Croton, N. Y., today Hans Lentz, a German and a former em ploye of the Standard Oil company, in whose possession they said were found papers taken from the files of the company, on which were listed all the Standard Oil ships with those that have been torpedoed checked off. Kaiser to Withdraw Troops From Ukraine to West Front Stockholm, June 2. Germany is so well satisfied with the progress of events in the Ukraine that she has Wecided to withdraw two-thirds of the German troops now in the east. The troops withdrawn will be used on the western front and they will be replaced in the east with Austrians. Further Restriction of BeeY Production Planned Washington, June 2. Further re striction of the brewing of beer is in prospect, it was learned today. A 30 per cent curtailment of brewing went into effect April 1, under a voluntary tgreement which expires June 30. The Weather For Nebraska Partly cloudy Mon day aild Tuesday; probably'unsettled in east portion; cooler Tuesday. 6 a. m St 6 a. m 68 7 a. in. 68 8 a. m 60 9a. ra. 63 It) i. m 6a 11 a. Ih 69 12 m. 71 l'p. m.. .......... .73 2 p. m 75 3' 0. nk... ......... .76 4 p. m. 77 6 p. m....f.. 78 6 p. m 78 7 D. m. 78 Off icial'record of temterature and breclDi- tatlon compared with the corresponding period of tbs past three years: 1918 1917 116 116 Highest yesterday , Lowest yesterday Mean temperature Precipitation ' 7S . 69 ' 67 75 r.8 61 53 57 ' 8 ' ' 60' 60 66 40 00 00 precipitation' departures Temperature and from the normal at Omaha since March 1, and compared with the past two years. Normal temperature 68 Excess for the day 00 Total excess since March 1, 1918 418 Normal precipitation 17 Inch Excess for the day 53 Inch Total rainfall since March 1 ..6.10 Inches deficiency for, cor. pd. in 117.. .06 Inch 1tisluij lor cor. pd. In 1915.2.(8 Inches OF RHEIMS special journalistic attendant of holes and inspected the defensive REVOLUTIONARY PLOTS FOMENTED ALL OVER RUSSIA Counter Movement Unearthed in Petrograd and Moscow Attributed - in Part to Czech-Slav Mutiny. London, June 2. The discovery in Moscow and Petrograd of a large counter revolutionary plot, which stretches throughout the whole of Russia, is announced in a Russian wireless message received here to night. To this plot is attributable in part the mutiny of the Czech-Slovak troops, which have captured several important railway junctions and lines. The Soviet executive decided May 2 to undertake the partial calling to arms of several classes of workmen ind the poorer peasants in Petrograd and Moscow and the Kuban and Don regions. Moscow in State of Siege. At the same time Moscow has been declared in a state of siege. Counter revolutionaries have been arrested in considerable numbers and energetic measures have been taken against the press. These measures are necessary, it is announced, owing to the situation in which the Russian revolution has been placed. The question dominating all others is that of supplying the people with bread, now that Russia has been de prived of the Ukraine granary. The Kuban and Don regions are, accord in.? to the Russian scheme, menaced by a counter revolutionary band, which hopes by means of compli cations to proVoke intervention by foreign powers and thus drive the Russian masses toward famine. Owners Conceal Flour. In some regions the large owners are mobilizing the well-to-do peasants, with the object of resisting the efforts of the government to commandeer the flour depots and are trying to conceal their stocks for purposes of future speculation and finally agents of the counter revolution in the various cities throughout the country, says the statement, "are seeking to excite the starving masses against the Soviet government." U. S. to Send Hospital Ship Over Seas Without Convoy Washington, June 2. The naval hospital ship Comfort, formerly the Ward steamer Saratoga, has been selected to serve as ambulance ship between this country and the Ameri can naval base abroad. It has been specially refitted to bring home sick and wounded sailors and marines. The present plans are to send the Comfort across without convoy, notP fying the German government of its intended voyage and its purpose. "MASS MURDER" COMMITTED Germany Held Responsible for Crime y ''' In Russian Official Protest to Berlin. BY TURKISH ARMY IN CAUCASUS Washington, June 2. "Mass mur der" committed by the Turkish army advancing in the Caucasian districts has brought a sharp protest from the Russian, commissioner of foreign af fairs to the Berlin foreign office,' ad vices today to the State department said. Responsibility for the crime, the protest said, falls on the German gov ernment, which enabled Turkey to take possession of Ardahan, Kars and Batum provinces after the Russian armies had driven out the Turks. "The advance of the Turkish army on the Armenian front was accom panied by mass murders and women and children were killed by thou sands," said the protest "The treaty which we were forced Huns Again Bomb British Hospitals; Sister Among Slain With the British Army in France, June 2. British Red Cross hospi tals have again come under the Ger man bombing scourge. This latest attack began at 10:30 o'clock Friday night and the hostile airmen raided the same group of hospitals which suffered May 19. Several hospitals were hit, and the casualty list among patients and workers is consider able. One hospital was almost demol ished when an enemy aviator dropped an explosive on it after getting his bearings by letting fall a brilliant flare which lighted up the whole district. One sister was killed at this place and several others wounded, one of the latter prob ably fatally. In one hospital, a ward was de stroyed and two other wards were damaged. Several attendants were killed. WOOD BIDS GOOD-BYE TO HIS DIVISION ''Orders Stand; We Must All Help Win the War," He Tells Men He Has Trained. An American City, June 2. "These orders stand and the only thing to do is to do the best we can all of us to win the war" were the words of Major General Leonard Wood in farewell address to the officers of his late command, the 89th division of the national army, which he trained at Lamp Minston, for overseas service. General Wood had expected to go to France at the head of this division but at the last moment was ordered to Camp Funston to train another division. -v At the request of the troops, it was learned today, General Wood, before departing for Camp tunston, review ed the division at an army camp here and made a brief speech to the officers. Expected to Lead Division. "I will not say good bye," he told them, and those who heard him said his voice trembled with emotion, but consider it a temporary separa tion at least I hope so. I have worked hard with you and you have done excellent work. I had hoped very much to take tu over to the other side. In fact, I had no intima tion, direct or indirect, of any change of orders until "we reached here the other night. "The orders have been changed and I am to go back to Funston. I will leave for there tomorrow morn ing. I wish you the best of luck and ask you to keep up the high standard of conduct and work you have in the past. There isn't anything to be said. Ready to Obey Orders. "The orders stand and the only thing to do is the best we can all of us to win the war. That's what we are here for; that's what you have been trained for. I shall follow your career with the deepest interest, with just as much interest as though I were with you. Good luck and God bless you." those who witnessed the review said the troops were never more on their metal and gave an exhibition of perfect marching for the benefit of their former commander. Eighteen Belgians Executed In Fortress of Vieux Dieu Washington, June 2. A cablegram received at the Belgian legation said that 18 Belgians confined in the fort ress of Vieux Dieu had been shot It said also that Abbe Englebert, rec tor of Comblain Au Pont and Alder man Strauss of Antwerp, had been deported to Germany. Vatican Refutes Manifesto by Bishop Against Conscription London, June 2. According to the Daily Mail, the Vatican has written to the Catholic Union disclaiming all knowledge of the Irish bishop's man ifesto against conscription. to sign at Brest-Litovsk afforded the populations of Ardahan, Kars and Batum the right to decide their own destinies. Events now taking place; in these regions show that the policy of extermination of the Armenian people which has been applied for some 10 years still continues. "Russia was successful on the Turkish front and was forced to re linquish Ardahan, Kars and Batum simply because Turkey had Germany as an ally. The responsibility for cruelties against the Armenian popu lation in the regions now occupied by the Turkish troops;thus falls also on the German government, ..which en abled Turkey to take possession of these districts. FALL KILLS 2 AMERICAN ARMY FLIERS U. S. Men Shoot Down Foe Plane; British Destroy 21 Hun Machines; Zeppelin Crew Is Drcwncd. Paris, June 2. Aviator Carter Landrum Ovington of Louisville, Ky., and another aviator were killed dur ing the first day of the present of fensive. Ovington was patrolling with three other machines when the wing of his machine caught in that of a sergeant up in the clouds. Roth machines fell from a height of 1,800 meters and their occupants were killed. American Fells Foe Plane. With the American army in Fiance, June 2. During a fight Sunday after noon between four American planes and six German planes north of Toul one of the American pilots shot down an enemy biplane. Almost at the same time, however, one of the American machines ap parently was hit by an enemy in cendiary bullet and burst into flames and crashed to earth from 45 to 100 meters inside the enemy lines. After further fighting of short duration, the American and German machines separated. There was little other aerial activity today. Zeppelin Felled; Crew Df owned. Copenhagen, June 2. It is re ported that a zeppelin airplane was shot down Saturday morning off the Jutland coast by a British torpedo boat destroyer. The crew of the airplane was drowned according to the report. German Planes Destroyed. London, Jutie 2. The following communication dealing with aviation was issued today: "There was fine weather Saturday. In air fighting 21 German machines were destroyed and four others dis abled. Four enemy observation bal loons were destroyed. Four of our machine are missing. 4 "We dropped 20 tons of bombs dur ing the course of the day, successful attacks heing made on the Zecbrufege mole and the railways at Armentieres, Rosieres, Boesinghe and Fleres. The railway at Karthaus and the Metz Sablons railway 'station also were heavily attacked, by long distance ma chines, one .of which failed to re turn. Pick Up Flyer at Sea. An Atlantic -Port, June 2. Lost in a heavy sea fog and forced to descend when his oil supply ran short, Lieu tenant Myers, an aviator from a naval reserve station near here, was picked up with his craft 30 miles out side this harbor by a steamship which arrived tonight from Cuban port. Myers said he had been afloat with his hydro-airplane less than a hour, when a vessel hove in sight. Daring Feat of Campbell. Washington, June 2. A second section of yesterday's conuninique from General Pershing delayed in transmission, gives the official story of how Lieutenant Douglas Campbell brought down a German airplane last Friday. It follows: "A later report concerning bringing down a hostile machine by Lieutenant Douglas Campbell, May 31, reported in yesterday's cable is as follows: "Lieutenant Campbell flew over the enemy's lines and while there saw a German two-seater about to take off from the airdrome. He waited until the German machine got over our lines, then closed in, but remained at a fairly safe distance, and allowed the German to fire at him until he observed that the German had no more ammunition. He then closed in and brought the machine down. Machine fell inside our lines, but very near the front line." FIRE IN ARSENAL BELIEVED TO BE OF ENEMY ORIGIN St. Louis, June 2. Army officials tonight expressed the belief that the mysterious fire that did $1,000,000 damage at two warehouses at the United States arsenal here early today was of German origin. Anton Ronjack, 23 years old, an Ausstrian enemy alien, was arrested shortly after the fire started when he auempiea to cauit tne rence sur rounding the government reservation. He'denied knowledge of the fire's or igin and said he attempted to climb the six-foot stockade towatch the blaze. The warehouses are used for the storage of goods ready for immediate dispatch overseas. Both buildings are electrically wired and army officers are of the opinion that the fire was started automatically by means of these wires. 24 ARE MISSING FROM TORPEDOED U.S. TRANSPORT Washington. June 2. Four officers and 20 men are missing from the tor pedoed American transport President Lincoln, the Navy department was ad vised today by Vice Admiral Sims. The message, which said ihat no authentic list of the missing was yet available, did not specify whether the men were of the army or the navy. United States Navy Expects Early Clash With German Fleet New York, N. Y., June 2. The United States now has a large num ber of first class battleships "pre paring side by side with the best ships of the British navy for an en gagement on the high seas, which is expected to occur at any time with the German fleet," according to a statement made in an address here tonight by Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves. "I am not going beyond the border line of secrecy," declared Ad miral Gleaves, "when I say that a few days ago there came an alarm to the heads of the British navy that the German battleships were about to come out for the expected engagement on the high seas. I know that the British navy heads gave the first class American battle ships a post of honor in preparation for the attack." HUN PEACE OFFENSIVE IN OFFING Even Pan-German Press Now Advocates Statement of Tormc llrnorl Formerly Only by Radicals. Amsterdam. June 2. "Is a new Ger nan peace offensive coming?" is the question now being asked in political circles. What has often been advo cated in German socialistic and rad- cal organs, namely, that Germany hould clearly and unequivocally state the terms upon which she would be willing to make peace is noyv urged even hy the pan-Oennan Kreuz Zei- tiig, which judges the present mo ment as a most opportune one. Urges Public Proposal. The newspaper says with emphasis it is 'not a peace offer, but a peace offensive that is wanted, and it be lieves the present German military successes cannot fail to add weight to any concrete proposal Germany may make now, only, the newspaper adds, it should be made publicly. - There need be no apprehension, the newspaper declared, that peace of fensive would weaken Germany's po litical position, and it arguts. that those who would leave the entire issue to the sword take too narrow a view of this war and show no understand ing of its political consequences. Threatens Internal Unity. The Kreuz Zeitung goes on, point ing out that the absence of a definite government peace program is destroy ing internal unity while the, lack of political activity in the interval be tween battles tends to hamper the confidence of the war and to all sorts of rumors about disagreements be tween the government and the army commanders. The government is called upon by the Kreuz Zeitung to appoint imme diately a committee consisting of a leading economist, a colonial expert, representatives of the army and the navy and an international jurist under the presidency, of an able diplomatist to work out a complete peace pro gram; but it urges that time presses and that it must be done quickly. Demands Peace Offensive. Amsterdam, June 2. Vorwerts, commenting on the Krucz Zeitungs peace affensive mainfesto, complains that it is a pan-German attempt at a favorable moment of military success to tie the German government per manently to the pan-German an nexation program, and adds: "Neverthless, we also demand from the government a peace offensive and an immediate announcement of its concrete war aims. We are not ani mated by lust of conquest and demand that the government's copditions shall be of such nature as can really forth with lea3 to peace, namely, that they shall convince our enemies that they have no oppression, violence or sever ence of national territory to fear from a victorious Germany." Shipyard Strike Ended. Vancouver, B. C, June 2. The ship yard strike in British Columbia, which involved nearly 10,000 men, is practically ended, according to an an nouncement by Senator Gideon Rob ertson, mediator. MAN TRAP IN NO MAN'S LAND German Instrument of Torture and Death to be Shipped to This Country as Trophy. DISCOVERED BY U. S. SOLDIERS Paris, June 2. The latest German barbarism consists of a man trap sim ilar to a bear trap discovered in No Man's land by Corporal Leonardo Manser and Sergeant Victor L. Vau pel. United States engineers. Corporal Manser, after bringing in the trophy to the trenches, told how he came to discover it. He said: , "We were in the trenches on the right of May 24 when Sergeant Vau pel and myself decided to go on a scouting expedition. We crept care fully over the top, making our way through the barbed wire entangle ments and into one shell hole after another. "After we got half way across No Man's land, my cane was jerked from FOCH'S RESERVES BLOCK ADVANCE OF FOE ON PARIS French Forces With Terrific Smashes Recapture Vantage Points in Center of Battle Line; Germans Make Small Gains on Left Wing; Attempt to V Ford Marne River Foreseen , (By Associated Press.) The strength of General Foch's reserves has been felt by, the armies of the German crown prince in the "'battle for Paris.' East of the line running from Soissons to Chateau Thierry, where the Germans Saturday, in a continuation of their mighty strokes, gained several additional villages and then attempted to proceed further westward, magnificent opposition was in terposed by the newly strengthened lines, and with terrific" smashes the French forces recaptured Longpont, Corey, Faver olles and Troesnes, vantage points in the center of the line leading to the forest of Villers Cotteras, which seems to bethe present objective! of the enemy. O MAY FORD RIVER. WESTERN UNION FLIES IN FACE OF FEDERAL BOARD Refuses to Submit to Jurisdic tion of War Labor Body as to Employes, Taft Reports. New York, June 2. The Western Union Telegraph company has de clined to submit to the jurisdiction of the National War Labor board which sought to adjust the differences be tween the company and those of its employes -who are members of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America. ...... . v The Western Union's declaration became known when the report of an executive session of the war board held here yesterdav, was made public tonight. Jt emnoaied a report Dy vv. H. Taft and Frank P. Walsfy joint chairmen of the board, who con ferred with Newcomb Garlton, presi dent of th,e Western Union, in an effort to .compose the difficulties be tween the company and those of its employes who had been dismissed, it was charged, because they joined the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America. Taft and Walsh Investigate. Complaint against the company's action was taken to the war board and Mr. Tft and Mr. Walsh made an investigation, they then submitted a proposition in a nature of a com- promise based on the principles underlying the work of the war board. This platform recognizes the right of men to organize and holds they should be discharged for mem bership in trades unions or for legit imate union activities. This compromise under which the Western Union was not required to recogonize the union and by which the union was bound not to use the stfike as a weapon, was submitted to Mr. Carlton, but he declined posi tively to permit employes of his company to join the union unless a referendum of all the company's workers showed that a majority of them favored such a step. ' Submit Their Report. Correspondence between Mr. Taft and Mr. Carlton followed with the result that the joint chairmen ended their report to the board yesterday with this statement: "In view of the correspondence, it does not seem useful to further pro long the mediation. The construc tion of our principles as set forth in Mr. Taft's telegram to Mr. Carlton leads to the conclusion that the Western Union Telegraph company should accept this compromise. V" It declines, however to do so, or to submit to the decision of this board and no further action of the board is, therefore, recommended, except the (Continued on Tags Two, Column One.) my, hand. Advancing a few steps, I stumbled on the trap, which had been released by the pressure of the cane, On examination I found the trap set to catch scouts, and chained to stakes in the ground. I loosened the chain and brought the trap to our trenches. The contrivance is three feet long and has jaws 18 inches wide with teeth two inches long. It is designed to give the victim great pain and make him call for help. This attracts his com rades who become tragets for a Ger man machine gun fusillade which re sults in the annihilation of the entire party." The trap is in the Paris Young Men's Christian association and will be shipped to America as a trophy. The Germans, however, still have in their possession the village of Vaiir ezis, west of Soissons, and further south Saconin Et Breuil, Chaudun, Licy and Bouresches, the last named directly west of Chateau Thierry. A little to the southwest of Chateau ' Thierry the, enemy has reached the Marne. . , , - Nowhere has there been any" at tempt by the invaders to cross tht river, and at all points east of Cha teau Thierry they are hugging the northern bank of the stream. It il not improbable, kowever, that the tactics of the Germany have in view the fording of the nyr when the time is more propitious, for in the center of the line between Chateau Thierry and Rheims they have pushed, nacic tne allied iront across tht Rheims-Dormans road between Olizy. Violaine and Villa En Tardenois and are pressing; onward , toward the Marne. This is the only point on their left wing, however, where the enemy has been able to niake fresh gains, notwithstanding4 the. facts, that He has .thfowaifieirwft&nf'into the battle, some of them the best trained troops in .the German army. Aim to Outflank Rheims. , Having failed in all their effort t outflank Rheims by direct assault it now. seems to be the intention of the Germans further to widen their oc cupation of territory lying south of the Rheims-Dorman road and there by outflank the Cathedral city and bring about its capitulation. In the fighting in the immediate vi cinity of Rheimsthe enemy won Fort De La Pompelle, but his tenure was short-lived,' for the French in a coun ter attack reconquered it Taken all in all, the seventh .day of the new battle found the allied Una from Soissons to Rheims, although it - naa been Dent back at various points, not so hard pressed as on previous days and seemingly more capable of resisting the enemy's onslaughts. The British in the region of Arras, Lens and Bethune are keeoiner uo their trench raiding operations against tne uermans. As yet the expected great battle has not broken in the Italian theater.. Aviation Camp Adjutant Instantly Killed in Fall Indianapolis, June 2. Captain Ed win P. Webb, adjutant of an aviation ' camp here, was instantly killed and Major Guy Geaheart, commandant of the camp, was slightfy-injured, -when the machine in which they were mak ing a flight fell this afternoon. No cause was assigned for the accident. ' Although officers of the camp re fused to assign a cause for the ac cident, spectators who viewed the fall a base ballpark and dropping base j balls with ribbons attached, dropped' one, tne ribDon ot which caught in ! the mechanism of the machine. Th ' ' plane then went into a spinning nose dive and could not be righted in timej to avert the fatal fall. . Toronto June 2. Cadet, Hector Strathy Miller of Winning was in stantly killed in a collision in midair between two biplanes near the Lea bide airdrome today. s. Thousand Unregistered Men Rounded Up in Tucson Tucson, Ariz., June 2. A posse ' composed of members of the On Hundred Per Cent American club, numbering 599, under the leadership; of United States Marshal Joe DiHion,' Saturday night rounded up nearly 1. 000 young men who could not show, draft classification cards. They, were ' taken to the city hall for examina tion by the draft board. T The registered men ere separated from the draft evaders and deserters, there being a few of the latter. Some pool halls were emptied by the raid.' Finland Must Kneel to Kaiser For Licenses on All Imports Stockholm, June 2. How .; little independence.remains to Finland and '. how completely the Germanization . of Finland has been effected is in dicated by an announcement - today. " ' that all licenses for import into Fin land must be approved, by German officials. , . , The Deutsche bank has established ' a branch office at Helsingfors f3 1 the control of financial, oneratie$j . m ft
