THE BEE: OMJHA. FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1913.
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Heroic Gauls Hold Village After
Repeated Ruse Attacks by
Huns; Capture Men and ,
Machine Guns.
(By Associated Frm.)
With the French Aray in France,
June 13. The defense of Courcelles,
on the left wing of the battle front,
by the French against attacks re
peated day and night from June 9 to
Tune 11. makes a wonderful storv of
heroism.
The vill4ge, which is most impor
tant 'Owing to its (Commanding posi
tion,, was for 48 hours almost sur
rounded by the enemy, but the French
held on and .when a favorable op
portunity came sortied and counter
attacked, repulsing the Germans from
the Vicinity.
Every 4iuse Attempted. "
The Germans tried every possible
ruse as well as force to take the
village. '
'The Mowing crops of the fertile
lands in the vicinity were a source of
considerable trouble to the defenders
is the Germans could creep through
them until they reached the edge of
the village.
xThe enemy covered their hemlets
with clumps of grass and weeds and
crawled slowly forward. They
could not, however, shake the de
termination of the French to retain
possession of the village.
The spirit of the offensive was so
high among the allied troops that they
continued their advance on the left
yesterday, despite the fatigue they
had undergone since the beginning of
the week. Another batch of several
hundred . German prisoners was
brought in, together witjh numerous
machine guns. ' J
MOTHER OF SEVEN
, .CHILDREN GIVEN
, . JAIL SENTENCE
Mrs. Fannie Lewis, 2312 Douglas
street, mother of seven children, ar
raigned in police court several weeks
ago on a charge of aiding and abet
tins: in the delinquency of a 16-year-
old girl, Mary Prawitz, pleaded guilty
to tht charge Thursday morning in
district court, where she had appealed
the case, and was sentenced to three
months in jail by Judge Redick.
Mrs. '''Lewis, together with the
mother of Mary Prawitz, were ar
rested six weeks aso on charges pre
ferred by the military police of Fort
Omaha, who alleged that the two
women allowed undue familiarity to
exist between soldiers and their
dauehters in their homes. Mrs. Praw
its also appealed from the police
court decision.
Mary Prawitz and two daughters of
Mrs. Lewis are now confined in the
city ward of St. Joseph's hospital,
where thev were ordered by city phy
sicians. following examinations for
disease. j " . v
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Coleridge, Neb., Farmer Will
Be Interned During War
Lubbe Juergens, farmer of Cole
ridge, Neb., confined for the last
month in the Douglas county jail as
an alien enemy, has been ordered in
terned for the rest of the war under
the orovisions of the alien enemy act,
Juergens will be taken to Chicago by
United Mates Marshal rlynn, where
he will be put on board the alien en
emy specfal train, which leaves Chi
cago Monday morning for Fort Ogle
thorpe, Ga.
Marshal Flynn will receive custody
in Omaha of some alien enemies from
South Dakota bound for Chicago. He
will relay them to Ottumwa, la.,
where they will be taken in charge
by another official, who will add his
contribution to the party and take
them all to Chicago.
Former City Prosecutor (
v Enlists as Army Private
Former Special Prosecutor T. J.
McGuire has enlisted in the United
States army and will leave for Fort
Logan, Colo., the first of the coming
week.
Mr. McGuire was tendered. an as
signment in the recruiting service of
the army with a commission as first
lieutenant, but he declined the offer
to go into the army as a private, hop
ing in this way to get to the front.
Kerensky on Way to France,
Russian Official Declares
; A Pacific Port, June 13. A Kono
valoff, former Russian minister of
commerce, who has arrived here on
his way to Washington, London and
Paris, said hat, as far as he knew,
former Premier Alexander Kerensky
it on his way to Franc.
'The last I heard of. Kerensky was
through an indirect source," he said.
'At that time he was in Norway and
was trying to reach France."
Twenty Laborers at Water
Plant Demand Higher Pay
Twenty laborers at the Omaha
water plant in Florence made a de
mand Wednesday for an advance
from 35 cents to 40 cents an hour,
saying . if it was not granted by
Thursday noon they v uld go out on
strike and not return at less than 50
cents an hour. The demand of the
men was met Thursday morning with
in advances of their wages to 40 cents
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"Overheated Thief" Makes ,
Way With Seven Electric Fans
Police are looking for the man who
stile seven electric fans from a print
ing company at 809-11 South Thir
teenth street Wednesday night The
"over-heated" thief entered the place
by raising a basement window.
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Thirty-Six Balloon School
; Cadets Leave for Texas
' Thirty-six cadets from the Fort
Omaha balloon school left Omaha this
week for San Antonio, Tex., where
they will continue their studies at the
big balloon school -near there, - - i
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uafrfrti Laudet?
in tfte'Wat? Zone
cworci zrz trance jrztj rersojrse u
experiences on tAc Western tFigAttng zFront-
CHAPTER XVIII.
Tribute to the 'Highlander. '
To my eyes there is no spectacle
that begins to be so imposing as Cthe
sight of a parade of Scottish troops
in full uniform. Arid it is the unani
mous testimony of German prisoners
that this war has brought them no
more terrifying sight than the charge
of a kilted regiment The Highland
ers come leaping forward, their bayo
nets gleaming, shouting old battle
cries that rang through the ' glens
years and centuries agq, and that have
come down to.the descendants of the
warriors of an ancient time. The
Highlanders love to use cold steel;
the claymore was their old weapon,
and the bayonet is its nearest equiva
lent in modern war. They are master
hands with that,' too and the bayonet
is the one thing the Hun has no
stomach for at all,
Fritz is brave enough when; he is
under such cover and shelter as the
trendies give. And he has shown
sort of stubborn courage when attack
ing in massed formations-the Ger
mans have made terrible sacrifices, at
times, in their offensive efforts.JBut
his blood turns to water in his veins
when he sees the big braw laddies
from the Hielands come swooping
toward him, their kilts flapping and
their bayonets shining in( whatever
light there Is. Then he is mighty
quick to throw up his hands and
shout: "Kameradl KameradP
I might go on alj night telling you
some of the stories I heard along the
front about the Scottish soldiers.
They illustrate and ' explain every
phase of his character. They exploit
his humor, despite that base slander
to which I have already referred, his
courage, his stoicism. And, of course,
a vast fund of stories has sprung up
that deals with the proverbial thrift of
the Scot! here was one ale that
will bear repeating, perhaps. ,
Two Highlanders had captured a
chicken a live chicken, not particu
larly fat, it may Jbe, . even a bit
scrawny, but still, a live chicken;
That was a prize, since tft,e bird
seemed tonave;no owner who might
get them into trouble with the mili
tary police. One was for killing and,
eating the fowl at once. But the
other would have none of such a sum
mary plan.
"No, no, Jimmy," he said, pleading
ly, holding the chicken protectingly.
"Let's keep her until morning, and
may be we will ha' an egg as welll"
The other British soldUrs call the
Scots Jock, invariably. Tie English-
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man,' or a soldier from Wales or Ire
land, as a rule, is called Tommy
after the well-known M. Thomas At
kins, Sometimes, an Irishman will be
Paddy and a Welshman Taffy. But
the Scot is always Jock.
Jock gave us a grand welcome at
Aubigny. We were all pretty tired,
but when they told me I could have
an audience of 7,000 Scots soldiers I
forgot my weariness, and Hogge,
Adam and I, to say nothing of John
son, and the wee piano, cleared for
action, as you might say. The con
Cert was given in the picturesque
grounds of the chateau, which had
bfen less harshly treated by the war
than many such beautiful old places.
It was a great experience to sing to
so many men; it was far and away
fhe largest house vi had had since
we had landed at Boulogne.
-After we left Aubigny, the chateau
and that great audience, we drove on
as quickly as we could, since it was
now late, to the headquarters of Gen
eral Mac , commanding the Fif
teenth division to which, of course,
the men whom we had just been en
tertaining belonged. I was to meet
the general upon my arrival.
That was a strange ride. It was
pitch dark, and we had some distance
to go. There were mighty few lights
in evidence; you do not advertise a
road to Fritz's airplanes when you
are traveling roads 'anywhere neat
the front, for he has guns of long
range, that can at times manage to
strafe a road that is supposed to be
beyond the zone of fire with a good
deal of effect. I have seldom seen a
blacker night than that. Objects
along the side of the road were noth
ing but 'shapeless lumps, and I did
not see how our drivers could man
age at all to find their way.
They seemed to have no difficulty,
however, but got aldng swimmingly.
Ipdeed, they traveled faster than they
had in "cTaylight. Perhaps that was
because we were not meeting troops
to hold us up along this road; I be
lieve that, if we had, we should have
stopped and given them a concert,
even though Johnson could not have
seen the keys oLhis piano!
. It was just as well, however. I was
delighted at the reception that had
been given to the Reverend Harry
Lauder, M.P., tour all through our
first day in France. But I was also
extremely tired, and the dinner and
hbed that loomed up ahead of us at
the end of our long ride through the
dark, took on an aspect of enchant
ment as we neared them. My voice,
used as I was to doing a great deal of
singing, was fagged, and Hogge and
Dr. Adam were so hoarse that they
could scarcely speak at all. Even
Johnson was pretty well done up; he
was still, theoretically, at least, on the
sick list, of course. And I ha' no doot
that the wee piano felt it was entitled
to its rest, too!
So we were all mighty glad when
the cars stopped at last. t .
"Well, here we are" said Captain
Godfrey, who was the freshest of us
all. "This is Tramecourt general
headquarters for the Reverend Harry
Lauder, M.P., Tour, while you are in
France, gentlemen. They have special
facilities for visitors here, and unless
one of Friu's airplanes feels disposed
to drop a bomb or two, you won't be
under fire, at night, at least. Of
course, in the daytime "
He shrugged his shoulders. For
our plans did not involve a search for
safe places. Still, it was pleasant to
know that we1 might sleep in fair com
fort. General Mac was waiting to
welcome us, and 'told us that dinner
was ready and waiting, which we were
all glad to hear. It had been a long,
hard day, although the most interest
ing one, by far, that I had ever spent.
We made short work of dinner, and
soon afterward they took us to our
rooms. I don't know what Hogge
and Dr. Adam did, hut I know I
looked happily at the comfortable
bed that was in my room. And I
slepfeasily and without heing rocked
to sleep that nichtl
(Continued Tomorrow.)
Commerce High Has New
Plan for Vacation Period
Four 12-week quarters instead of
the two 19-week periods, with a long
summer vacation, is the new arrange1
ment made by the High School of
Commerce. The first of the 12-week
quarters begins July 1, following a
week's vacation. Between the other
quarters there will be no vacation.
This gives students an opportunity to
finish a four-year course in three
years. ;
The great demand for men and wo
men with commercial training due to
war conditions is the immediate cause
of this arrangement, though there
are advantages aside from the fact
that it will enable the high school to
turn out more fully equipped gradu
ates in a given length of time. Ab
sences due to illness or other causes
are more easily made up, as each
quarter offers the same quantity arid
quality of work. , ,
Veteran Omaha Railroad
Man is Called by Death
Cornelius Hogan, 75 years old, for
51 years a resident of Omaha, died
Wednesday night at his home, 1722
South Eighth street. Mr., Hogan had
been employed for 49 years in the lo
cal freight office of the Union Pacific
railroad. Funeral services will be held
at 8:30 o'clock Saturday morning at
Hefcy & Hefey's chapel, thence at 9
o'clock at St. Patricks church. In
terment will be in St. Mary's ceme-
tery. A son and a daughter, both
living here, survive him.
Rotarians to Hold Outing ,
At Seymour Lake Saturday
Plans for next Saturday's Rotary
outing at Seymour lake were dis
cussed at the weekly meeting of the
Rotary club Wednesday noon at the
Hotel Fontenelle. John W. Welch
presided.
Seymour Lake Coutrtry club will be
the scene of the Rotary club outing
dinner and dance Saturday afternoon
and evening. Golf contests, fat man's
contests, lean man's- contests and
ladies' contests will be among the fea--tures
provided by the entertainment
committee. Two hundred and fifty
Rotarians. with their wives, sweet
hearts and friends are expected. Prizes
will be presented to every woman. A
jazz band will furnish the music,
Rotarians have decided to take 1
Liberty loan tank with, them to tlfe
Kansas City convention - beginning
June 23. Rotary night at the Ak-Sar-Ben
den will be held some Monday
nicht the latter part of Tulv.
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It is the only way to assure
Delivery Note This Situation
For the third time since January our allotment
of Hudson Super-Sixes has been reduced. We
see with a continuation of the present active' de-
mand and the growing difficulties of getting cars
'that a definite shortage will exist within a short
time.' i
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That condition already obtains on certain Super
Six models. Production of those types has abso
lutely stopped because all the cars of their class
planned, for this season have' already been built.
The factory can supply no more until a new allot-
ment can be brought through, which will be some
time in the Fall. ,
Why Hudsons Are in
Such Demand
The answer is clear to all who know automobile
qualities. ' ?
Men are choosing cars today they know they can
rely upon. Such attractions ; as formerly have
accounted for the popularity of some cars ' no
longer count for much, if the car has not also
demonstrated its ability in performance and en
durance. ,
Inquire as to the types of cars people are now buying. You
Will find the active sale is of just two types those that are'
very cheap as to price and from which no extraordinary serv
ice is expected and those that are of highest quality.
Men are disposing of their old cars that had shown limita
tions of endurance vand performance in order to get Super
Sixes. They know the importance during the times ahead of
having a car upon which they can rely.
They are' not talcing any chances with cars that may fail
them just at the time when they need it most and when repairs
and service will be hardest to get
GUY L. SMITH
Omaha, Neb.
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2563-65-67 Farnam St
j Douglas 1970.
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Texas, being convinced by eminent geologists that oil existed there. '
They were rewarded for their efforts and judgment by bringing '
in a 10,000 barrel gusher. , , '
Immediately a wild scramble ensued and fabulous amounts were
paid land owners for their property.
Little quarter-acre tracts were 'sold for thousands of dollars. '
We have photographs of this great field, showing hundreds of
wells which are producing millions in oil.
Our High Island property is in the adjoining county, with geo- . ... . ,
logical conditions which convince us we will bring in as large or larger 1
gushers than were" brought in at Goose Creek.
We are selling quarter-acre tracts for $30 to raise immediate drill
- ing fund, and there is no way. of estimating what the value of thesdl
tracts will be in a few months. .
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For heaven's sake let us explain, our plan and show the greatest
opportunity ever offered you to make a fortune when we prove our
High Island, property to be a great gusher oil field. '. ;
At the same time you also share in our profits from our proven
Humble lease, which should earn you splendid profits regardless of
our success at High Island;
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