"The Stars and Stripes
Forever."
. .
250,000 AMERICANS
BAR WA Y TO PARIS;
CRISIS NOT REACHED
Germans Meet With Unexpected Resistance by Maj. Gen.
Liggett's First Army Corps and Hun Forces ,
Placed ir Peril of Big Flanking Move- j
ment, Washington View.
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 16. The crisis of the new German
offensive in France is still to be reached, in the opinion of high
officials here. While the first rush of the enemy apparently
met with a decided check, reports from the front tonight
showed that bitter fighting was still in progress with varying
results.
Advices from General Pershing and General Bliss cover
ing yesterday's operations prompted a statement from the War
department today that the situation was regarded as satisfac
tory by the American commanders.
On the comparatively limited part of the battle front held
by the Americans between Chateau Thierry and the Jaulgonne
. region tonight's advices indicated that the enemy had been
busted from a majority of the points where his initial drive
ha4 made headway across the river.
Farther east, where the Germans
appear to have occupied a copsider
nble amount of territory south of the
Marne, the enemy was still in force
and the French with American aid.
were gradually beating him back to
ward the river. American reinforce
ments were also reported getting into
. he ficrlir.
" - ZSU.uuu .Americans in caiue.
. . .' m trt a
Porbably in excess of 20,000 Amer
ican troops are involved in one place
or another as that would be the ap
proximate strength of Maj-Gen. Hun
ter Liggett's first army corps, several
divisions of which are known to be op
erating with the French corps along
the Marne sector.
Nothing had reached the War de
partment to identify the troops which
made the counter attacks yesterday
at Vaux in the Jaulgonne region.
Secretary Baker said today he had
no reason to believe the first corps
was operating as a unit, the indica
tions being its divisions were employ
ed in French corps.
The extent to which the check of
the first day may have upset the en
emy's calculations could , not be
gauged by the meager accounts re
ceived . today that gave any specific
information of a military character.
It appears certain American forces
have held this door against the enemy,
promptly restoring the general trend
of their original lines wherever the
rush yesterday had swept them back.
The major actions in the battle de
veloped today immediately to the
east of the original American posi
tions. There the enemy apparently
is firmly lodged across the river and
heavy pressure is being brought by
Franco-American forces to eject him.
German Position Precarious.
The German position here appears
'somewhat precarious. It was agreed
that unless they were able without
great delay to extend their advance
(Continued on Fage Two, Column Two.)
Sfe, EDWARD A. RUMELY
The Man Who Bought the. New York Mail for the Kaiser
( serlen of article sketching the
rareer of Dr. Edward A. Rumely. who
has been arrested on a charge of hav
ing bought the New York Evening Mall
with money furnished by the German
government and of having used it for
tierman propaganda.)
By FRANK STOCRBRIDCE.
(Former Managing Editor of. the Evening
Mall.)
'Copyright, 1918. I nlted States and Canada,
the New York Herald Co. All
rights reserved.)
This is the amazing story of an
American who became a German.
It is the story of man who owed
everything to the United States, but
who, when the clash of opposing
civilizations culminated in the sum
mer of 1914 with the opening guns of
the world war elected to throw his
sympathy, his interest, his influence,
his efforts on the side of Germany.
America had Riven tins man s '
grandfather a refuge and a home
when he fled from German oppres
sion. America had given his father
wealth and happiness. America had
given him, Edward Aloysius Rumely,
the opportunity to acquire millions
millions that slipped through his fin
gers in his eagerness to multiply
them.
It is the purpose of this article to
throw light on the devious ways and
specious methods by which imperial
Germany sought to impose its kultur
on a free people. It is the intention
to illuminate, in some degree, the plan
and purpose of the German propagan
da that sought to corrupt the minds
cf the American people through their
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The
VOL. 48. SO. 25.
Allies Down
41 Foe Planes
In Big Battle
Paris, July 16. A statement of
4 tho work of the aviators in the prei-
ent operations says: - " 3
"From the opening of the battle
our aviators took an active part, es
pecially on the Marne. Despite the
thick curtain of smoke which'con
cealed the bridges thrown over by
the enemy, our squadrons discov
ered and attacked them, flying at
a low altitude. They destroyed two
bridges filled with troops who were
precipitated into the river.
"Attacks by machine guns and
bombs were carried out on convoys
and columns debauching on north
bank of the Marne. Our escadrilles
engaged enemy aviators during the
battle with good results. Forty-one
airplanes were brought down or put
out of action and nine captive bal
loons were set afire."
Amsterdam, July 16. Particulars
regarding the sixth American ma
chine taking part in the air raid on
Coblenz last week are given by the
Eberfeld General Anzeiger. The
newspaper says that at 10:30 o'clock
Wednesday evening, a 16-year-old
college student named Gerlach,
while busy harvesting near the vil
lage of Schwarzen in Hunsbrueck,
saw a flying machine at a height
of approximately 2,700 feet in
flames.
When it came down he saw it was
a French biplane armed with three
machine guns and bomb-throwing
apparatus and had two occupants,
an American first lieutenant and
another lieutenant who were de
tained by Gerlach and two men.
newspapers and that found a willing
agent in this American-born German.
Is Rumely a Reincarnation?
How was it possible for an Ameri
can to lend himself to Germany's
ends in this fashion? Is Edward A.
Rumely a "throw back" to some by
gone era? Is he an atavistic rein
carnation of some long dead Hun an
cestor? I form no conclusion and at
tempt to render no verdict on this
biological question. -The life story of
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STORY OF THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A NEW YORK PAPER FOR THE KAISER
Omaha Daily Bee
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PAPER IN
THE WESTI
Federal Officials Discover New
Slush Fund; Uncover Ex
tensive Plot to Con
trol Peace.
New York, July 16. (Special Tel-
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ing another newspaper, which Ger
man propagandists bought at the time
Dr. Edward A. Rumely obtained po
session of the New York Evening
Mail reached the city today. It was
learned that the newspaper is pub
lished in a large western city and has
a circulation of upward of half a mil
lion copies.
It was further stated that a trail
had been discovered leading to 13
large newspapers of the country be
lieved to be under control of Ger
man influences and to have received
German money.
Another "Slush" Fund.
Government officials, under whose
direction agents of the department of
justice have been running down var
ious leads to the identity of the per
sons who actually manipulated the
transfer of the large middle west
newspaper to the German govern
ment, today refused to discuss the
matter. They even refused to reveal
the name of this newspaper or the
city in which it is published. . "
' It was learned, however, that this
newspaper .was bought with money
obtained from another "slush fund"
which is no way connected with the
fund which paid for the Evening Mail.
Jt is understood that while oth
funds were unfler the actual control
of Heinrich F. Albert, Count von
Bernstorff's "paymaster," they were
run under separate managements, in
order to confuse as much as possible
government investigation.
To Include 30 Papers.
Agents for the government have
discovered, nevertheless, that the to
tal of the latest fund discovered is not
up to that of the fund with which the
German government got control ot
the Mail. In fact, it is believed by
government officials in charge of the
investigation that the fund which
brought about control of the western
newspapers was totalled at a lower
figure because it was felt by the kai
ser's representatives that the purchase
of control of papers in that part of the
cduntry could be obtained at a much
lower figure than obtained in cities
in the east.
In connection with the discovery
of the new "slush fund," it was def
initely established by agents of the
department of justice that at least
.30 newspapars throughout the coun
try were included in the scheme of
Ambassador von Bcrnstorff and his
propaganda advisers for the dissemi
nation of war news favorable to the
German cause, as well as for spread
continued on rage Two, Column Tnree.)
Edward A. Rumely himself may fur
nish the answer.
I have known Edward A. Rumely
for more than six years. For nearly
two years my association with him
was that of intimate daily contact. Up
to the summer of 1914 I saw Dr.
Rumely only as others saw him an
impetuous, enthusiastic, brilliant, boy
ish young man, with gigantic ideas
and limitless confidence in himself
and his abilities. Nothing could have
been more amazing than his revela
tion of himself as the ardent adherent
supporter and advocate of every Ger
manistic ideal and conception of civi
lization that was diametrically op
posed to all that America and Amer
ican civilization stands for.
For nearly three years after the
beginning of the European war I was
in a position to observe and to note
the manifestations of these beliefs
and this point of view. What I am
setting down here is written without
malice, entirely without bitterness
and in no heat or anger.
Only One Law Violation Charged.
It has not been charged that any
of the acts, save one, which Edward
A. Rumely performed was in viola
tion of any law. and as to that par
ticular charge upon which he has been
indicted, I have no knowledge and
shall make no comment. Men are not
legally punishable in America for their
beliefs so long as their acts and ex
pressions of beliefs do not violate the
law of the land. '
The purpose of this article, there
fore, is not to assail Edward A.
Rumely but rather to explain him,
and in explaining him to explain the
(Continued on Fag W, Column 4.)
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY
FRENCH AND V. S.
REGAIN GROUND;
HUNS CROSS RIVER
Pershing's Men in First Great BattW Stem Tide of Offen
sive, Holding Line and Repulsing Attacks, In
flicting Heavy Losses on Foe at Many Points
By Associated Press.
With the American Army on the Marne, July 16. French
and American forces fighting together have recaptured the vil
lage of St. Agnan, Hill 223, to the northwest and LaChapelle
Montbodon. In co-operation with the French, the Americans launched
a heavy counter attack this morning between these two vil
lages, driving the enemy steadily back.
On the American right the French made rapid progress,
and all through the action the Germans were fiercely attacked
oy the allies, with the result that they have withdrawn for
considerable distance.
Comparatively large forces of Americans have been en
gaged, especially in the region of Descrivec, where they were
brought up to support the attacking French. Within a short
period the Americans were hotly engaged in the fighting.
American troops have recaptured Fossoy and Crezancy,
towns on the south bank taken by the Germans when they
crossed the Marne.
West of Chateau Thierry, between Vaux and Hill 204.
the enemy launched a small local attack against the Ameri
can forces today, but was speedily beaten off with losses.
This operation subsided qtiickly and the enemy contented
'himself for the remainedr of the day with the laying down of
the heaviest bombardments over the positions, which availed
him nothing. .
" In the counter attacking operations during the day Ameri
cans increased their number of prisoners materially and at this
hour it is possible to announce that the entire operation is going
wen and that all conditions are extremely satisfactory.
Througthout the Germans fought with the utmost stub
borness, being loath to give up ground, but they are declared
to have been unable to withstand the storming of the allied
troops, whose advance was preceded by a terriffic fire. Only
to the south of the Bois Des Rochet did the enemy succeed in
holding his ground temporarily. y
(Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
FORT OMAHA TO
BE ENLARGED FOR
3 THOUSAND MEN
Congressman Lobeck Hears
in War Department That
Balloon School's Place
Now Assured.
Washington Bureau of
The Omaha Bee,
1311 G Street.
Washington, July 16. (Special Tel
egram.) During the course of his
rounds of the departments today pre
paratory to leaving for Omaha to
morrow, Congressman Lobeck, in his
visit to the War department, was giv
en to understand that Fort Omaha
would be enlarged to a capacity for
accommodating 3,000 men, and that
the balloon section would be given
every facility to make it the leading
balloon school in the country, the
war having thoroughly demonstrated
the need for such a permanent insti
tution. Mr. Lobeck was told that Fort
Omaha had come to be one of the
permanent military schools of the
country, and was so regarded by the
general staff and those in authority.
American Airmen
Plyler and Shoninger
Prisoners in Germany
Washington, July 16. r Aviators
William Plyler and Clarence Shonin
ger are prisoners in Germany, the
War department has been advised.
Plyler. who was held at Karlsrhue,
is believed to be Lt. William II. Plyl
er of South Carolina. Shoninger,
who was slightly wounded, is believed
to be a sergeant in the Lafayette es
cadrillc. His home address was not
given.
Ship Brings 77,000 Pounds
Reindeer for Minneapolis
Seattle, Wash., July 16. After be
ing 16 days in the great ice floes of
Bering Sea and one month and 13
days on the round trip, a passenger
liner has completed a voyage to Nome
and St. Michael, Alaska. Officers of
the ship said that conditions in the
north were the worst in 10 years.
The liner brought 77,000 pounds of
reindeer meat for Minneapolis consumption.
17, mS'
GOLF AUCTION
NETS $1,512 FOR
THE RED CROSS
S. R. McKelvie Buys Privilege
of Caddying for "Chick"
Evans for $350: Evans
Ball Brings $175.
Forty-five minutes sufficed to raise
$1,512 for the Red Cross at the golf
tournament at Happy Hollow club
Tuesday afternoon. Of this sum
$1,280 came fromt the auction itself
and $232 from the. sale of admission
tickels.
Patriotic Omahans vied with each
other bidding for smiling Chick
Evans' golf ball or for the privilege
of caddying for ruddy Rob McDon
ald. But little appeal was needed to
(Continued on Page Four, Column Three.)
500,000 Austrians Are
Released by Russians
Amsterdam, July 16. The Austro
Hungarian war minister, says a Vien
na dispatch to the Vossiche Zeitung,
announces that far more than 500,000
Austrian war prisoners already have
returned from Russia.
Germans Now No Nearer
Paris Than Vhen Began
Recent Great Offensive
The cities and towns coming into
i are:
Rheims, I he center of the Champagne district, with a normal poptila-
! tr,4 of I25.U00, and tne noted cathedral which, people trom the trout say
!;js been practically destroyed. More than 4,000 shells have been thrown
into this city since the beginning of the war.
Twelve miles sovth through the hottest section of the present conflict
ani through beat tiful vineyards is Epernay with a, population of 20,000.
Epernay is on the left bank of the Marne. A gentleman now in Omaha
who has motored over the road says the drive from Rheims to Epernay,
all down hill and through beautiful vineyards and forests, is one of
the finest in France.
To the west of Epernay is Chateau Thierry, famous for the manu
facture of wind instruments, with a population of 8,000.
Twenty miles from this point and 35 miles from Paris is Meax, which
was mentioned as being shelled yesterday. This town is the center of an
ac'ive grain niarl-ct and has a population of 15.000.
West r. Chateau Thierry and Epernay is Chalone sur Marne with
27.000 people and the headquarters in peace of the Sixth French Army
crps and n'tca place tor trading in
Notwithstanding some gains were made yesterday the Germans are I
nearer Peris, being at the nearest point 45 miles distant '
no
TWO CENTS.
KAISER BRINGS UP
PICKED ARMIES IN
DESPERATE EFFORT
Three Divisions of Imperial Guards and "Elite" Regiments
From Bavaria, Wurttemburg and Saxony Thrown
Into the Breach Along 65-Mile Front in
Supreme "Storm of Peace."
By Associated Press.
Paris, July 10. The German offensive has taken on a
great scale, equal to that launched on the 21st of March, says
;'. dispatch filed from the Marne battle front today at noon by
die correspondent of the Temps. Fighting continued this morn
ing, the dispatch says, in a violent storm of thunder and light
ning. The weather was clearing at noon. An impression of
confidence throughout the armies is indicated by the latest dis
patches from various parts of tho battle front
Elite German armies are engaged along the GO miles of
fighting front, the representative adds, they including three di
visions of the imperial corps guards with picked regiments
from Bavaria, Wurttemburg, Saxony and Silesian Prussia.
The battle has been baptised "friendenssturm" or "storm
cf peace," the correspondent reports.
Americans and
French Attain
Marne Heights
By Associated Press.
Paris, July 16. The war office an
nounces the recapture of St. Agi.an
and LaChapelle-Monthodon today
and the advance of the Franco
American lines to heights dominat.
ing the Marne valley at various
points.
Desperate fighting is reported in
several sectors of the new battle
front, particularly south of the
Marne, where ground was given
only foot by foot, when the allied
line was obliged to bend back.
The statement says:
"Today the Germans, who have
not been able to resume their gen
eral attack broken by us yester
day, made violent efforts to in
crease their local successes. Both
in the morning and afternoon the
battle was particularly desperate
south of the Marne. Enemy forces
attempted to ascend the river. Our
troops retarded the advance of the
enemy, defending the ground foot
by foot; they have maintained their
positions on the line of Oeuilly
Leuvrigny. "On our part we counter at
tacked the enemy on the front of
St. Agnan, LaChapelle-Monthodon.
Our troops captured these two
places and carried their line on to
the heights which dominate the
Marne valley in the region of Bour
donnerie and Closmilon.
"East of Rheims the Germans
this morning began again violent
artillery preparations, followed by
attacks at several points on the
front. A powerful effort in the
direction of Beaumont-Sur-Vesle
failed to debouch from P.-unay. In
the sector of Suippes two attacks
made to the west of the river came
to naught under our fire.
"The struggle was not less spirit
ed in the regions north of Crosnes
and east of Tahure, where the en
emy also attacked. Everywhere
his efforts were in vain and his as
saulting troops were repiflsed with
heavy losses.
"It is confirmed from orders
found on prisoners that the attack
on the Champagne iront was car
ried out by IS divisions of the first
line with 10 supporting divisions."
prominence during the German drive
champagne.
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By Associated Press.
The German offensive east and west
of Rheims has had the brakes applied
to it by the strong resistance of the
American, French and Italian armies.
Nowhere has the enemy found it
possible to press forward and tear
his way through opposing positions'
to points of vantage.
Some gains have Jbcfu. made, but
they are trivial compared with those
of other attacks. Instead of in miles,
they may be reckoned almost in yards.
And from some of the positions cap
tured the enemy has been ejected
summarily unaer vicious counter at
tacks delivered by the American
troops fighting alone as a unit and
Americans fighting shoulder to shoul
der with their French comrades in
arms.
Tacit admission that the enemy has
been retarded in their assaults, if not
halted, seemingly is conta'ned in
the latest German official Communi
cation. In dealing with the fighting
of Tuesday it says allied troops on '
the Marne front have delivered "vio
lent counter attacks" and that to the
(Conllnued on I'age Two, Column Two.)
French Ex-Minister
Tried for Treason as
Big Gun Roars in Paris
' Paris? July 16. The trial of Louis
J. Malvy, former minister of the in-
terior, on a charge of treason, was
begun today by the senate, sitting
s the high court. At 1:45 o'clock M
Malvy was brought in and took his
seat in an armchair in the room.
High treason and having intelli
gence with the enemy were the charge
laid against M. Malvy. The distant x
rumbling of the German cannon was
plainly audible, and a shell from a
long range gun exploded somewhere
in Paris while Raoul Peret, former
minister of justice, was reading the
indictment against M. Malvy, at the
request of Anton Dubost, president
of the senate.
The preliminary report tended to
exculpate M. Malvy from the charges
of having informed the enemy of the
French plans for the offensive on the
Chemin des Dames.
Steel Demands Cause
Concern for 'War Program
Washington, July 16. Government
demand for steel has reached such
proportions, it was learned todav.
because of the growth of the war pro
gram, that the. War Industries board
fears present sources of supply soon
will prove inadequate.
At today's meeting of the board
manufacturers were warned that
those who have obtained steel on pri
ority orders for war work and later
were found to be re-selling it to non
war manufacturers would have their
supply cut off. This practice has been
in vogue, the board learned.
AH private consumers of steel
and steel products may be re
quired to submit sworn inven
tories of their stocks on hand.
New Mexico Supreme Court,
Orders Blancett to Death
Santa Fe, N. M., July 16. The su
preme court today upheld the district
court in the case of Elbert W. Blan
cett and sentenced him to be hanged
on August 15. next. Blancett was
convicted of the murder of Clyde
Armour of Sioux City, la., near
Glorieta, N. M., last year. Blancett.
who is alleged to have been a com-
panion of Armour on a motor car
trip, was arrested in Friday Harbor,
Wash.
.