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2 GERMANS MAKE BID FOR PEACE IN NEW FEELER Latest Overtures by Way of Spain Regarded Alsc as At - tempt to Quell Socialist , ; Unrest ig Prussia. Amsterdam, July 24. Germany has wade suggestions for a peace confer ence to the Spanish government, says the socialist Vorwaerts of Berlin.- The suggestions ire: ' First Germany wants no annexa tions or' indemnities in the west Second The peace treaties with ' Russia and Ronmania may not be questioned. Third The principle of self-deter-; mination of peoples has not been dis cussed,1 but may be settled at the peace conference, where the fate of Belgium also is to be settled.. . Fourth The Balkan question is to be settled around the conference .: table. - .: ' Fifth The freedom of the seas, the dismantling of Gibraltar and the Sue ; canal i and the right for Ger many to use coaling stations. Sixth The colonial question is to be settled on the basis of status quo. The-Vorwaerts considers this a very reasonable peace program. -v Attempt to Quidt Socialists. Washington, July 24. In the peace suggestions which the Berjlin Vor waerts declares the German govern ment is jbout to offer through ', the Spanish government, officials here de tect the '.German design to leave to a round taoie conterence tne actual dehnruoit of peace terms. President Wilson's definition ef the terms upon which America is willing to discuss peace has been accepted by all of the great entente powers as representative of their own desires. Officials here, therefore, view this re ported new attempt at peace negotia tions as another appeal to tne pacifist elements in the entente and also-as intended to quiet the uneasy social ise elements within the central pow ers. . . ; . . ' Three Candidates Enter N. Y. Democratic Primary Saratoga Springs, July, 24. Subse quent to recommending a full state ticket headed by Alfred E. Smith of New ! York,, democrats in state in formal convention today paved the way tor party ... narmony alter tne primaries. As a result of the recom mendation thev faced a three-cornered primary fight, unless one or both of the announced independent demo cratic . candidates William Church Osborn and William Randolph Hearst withdraws his candidacy. The movement looking to harmony was led by former Judge Samuel Sea bury, who pressed to unanimous pas sage his motion that if Mr. Smith was successful in the primaries it would be the sense of the convention that the New Yorker receive the united support ;f the party , in the election campaign. M I ,11 - nun is iu micnu oiaic 1 Convention at Lincoln ' Washington, July 24. (Special Tel egramsSenator Geo. W. Norrii an nounced today that he would leave for' -Lincoln Saturday to attend the republican state convention to be held in the Nebraska capital next Tuesday. Senator Norris. in speaking of the en trance of D. Hv Mercer in the sena torial campaign, asked: didate?". Mercer is still in Washington look ing after the interests of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, but, hopes to leave for Nebraska shortly. i ; , r The Weather ' .ComprtlT Record. ins. 1ST. JSJS. Ml. Highe.t yeeterday .,, fl to T 7 7 Lowest ye.trly.,.. a ft Mean temperature .. tt ; tt 14 14 Precipitation . to .90 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation fleperture. irom normal: Normal temperature ...TT Exeeet for th. day ,os Total excem alne March 1, ISIS..... 161 normal precipitation .......... .14 Inch Deficiency forth day ........ .14 Inch Precipitation lino March 1, 1118 I.IOtnohe Deficiency sine March 1, IBIS l.0 Inch Deficiency tor cor. period 11T, l.T tnchei Deficiency for eor. period Itlt.-T.6 lnohei -: Meporte rrora Station at 1 P. M. Btatlcma and State Tern. Hlfh- Rain- or waainer. Tp.ra. Cheyenne, rain ........ (0 . Davenport, clear , 14 Denver, rain .......,.. Mea Wolnca, part cldy., 13 Dodge city, clear .... IS Tender, cloudy TO North Platte, clear . . 4 Omaha, clear ......... fl Pueblo, part cloudy..., (4 . Rapid City, cloudy .... S Salt Ika City. dear. Santa, r, cloudy ...... SO .Hherldan, cloudy (4 Klooi city, part cloudy OS Valentin, clear TO eet. fall. T4 14 8 04 I TJ 04 01 04 04 t 14 64 04 .14 .01 .01 T. .00 . T, .00 .o T. .00 .00 .01 , .00 "T" Indicate trace of Breelnttatlnn .0 H. V. Roblca, Temporarily In Chare. Double the Life of Your Suit BY HAVING AN EXTRA PAIR OF TROUSERS Ever Pair Suit? MADE to ORDER Between aeaaona the Nicoll Plan is to keep a large or- : ganization of akilled tailor active by adding Suit and Extra Trousers . V ' $35, $40, $45 and Up SEECZDTLE, JAWS OF TRAP ARE CLOSING UPON FOE (Contlnne From Fai On.) Chateau Thierry little more than week ago was accompanied by the fire- of big naval guns, shells from which fell 10 and 15 rmies behind the tinex. The bitterness of the battle around Chateau-Thierry and along that por tion of the north banfc ct tne warne where the enemv still retains a toot ina probably is largely due to his Hetermination to stave off Franco American attacks from the south at least until the big weapons haye been dragged back to safety. The Amer ican advance reported today through Chatelet forest and to the northeast of Epieds is beginning to menace se riously enemy positions further east ward on the Marne which are cover ing his withdrawal within the salient Half Million Men in Salient, It has been estimated that the Ger jnans now have as many as half a million men in the limited salient they still hold. About 40 divisions are understood to have been identi fied there. The irregularly shaped nocket ii about 30 miles broad at its base, between Soissons and "Rheims, while its greatest depth around 20 miles. Should the final rail connection northward come under direct .gun fire, it is regarded as possible a veri table rout would result as the massed forces of the enemy could not all be gotten away. 1 , Appraised at its lowest probable value, officers say, the counter stroke already has drawn in the . enemy's most vital necessity, his reserves. Hjs whole plan of campaign has been overturned in less than a week and it is regarded as more than probable that the initiative seized by, General Foch will remian in his hands per manently, to be amplified into , blows at other parts of the line. 1 Six New Divisions. ' The chief of staff announced that he had ordered six new infantry di visions organized in this country dur ing July, stationed respectively at Camps Devens, Mass.; Mead, Md.; Sheridan, Ala.; Custer, Mich.; Fun ston, Kan., and Lewis, Wash. Two regular infantry regiments will form the nucleus or each new di vision. Home guards have replaced regulars at interior guard posts for this purpose and the regulars are now (noving to the camps designated, General March said. Aside from the two infantry regiments of regulars, the divisions will be composed of na tional army troops. The chief of staff said the Ameri can divisions he mentioned last Sat urday as involved in the fighting were still constantly engaged. He added no additional American units to those already known to be on the line in this region. Exploding Gas Bag Sets Fire To Naval Air Station Hangar Norfolk. Va., July 24, The main hangar and a dirigible balloon were destroyed and more than a dozen air planes and several buildings were damaged by hre today at the naval air station here. Buckling of one of the main braces of the gas bag of the dirigible as it was attempting a land inn caused the balloon to become un manageable and . Settle on the . roof of the main hangar.. While attendants were preparing to remove the balloon ' the gas bag exploded, setting fire to the hangar. The flames spread to other buildings before brought under control. The damage is estimated at less than $50,000. Self-Denial of America Is Astounding to British London, July 24. In . commenting upon the review of the food situation given by Herbert C Hoover, Ameri can food administrator, the Manches ter Guardian calls- attention to the "astonishing response of the American people to the appeal that they should economize to help feed us." "Next to raising their armies," the paper adds, "this is the most memor able of all proofs of intense earnest ness of the American people " . Prize Iowa Baby Dies of Tubercular 'Meningitis t Webster Ctty, la., July 24. (Spe cial) The 23-months-old baby daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Kaufmann of Stanhope, just south of this city, died today. . She was Iowa's sweep stakes prize baby, having won that award among all the babies entered last year at the state fair. ' Kansas Wheat Crop May Total 1 02,000,000 Bushels Topeka, Kan., July 24. The 1918 wheat crop in Kansas orobablv will I total 1UAUUU.UUU bushels, accord no- to a statement mane public today by the Kansas state Board of Agriculture. , . RELIEVE INDIGESTION With Horaford' Acid Phoaphat Taken before meal a, tone the stomach. promote! appetite and prevent dUtrti. Buy a bottle. Advertisement. , try having an Extra of Trousers with your It means double wear for the suit. , The Tailor THE BEE: The Bee' 8 Fund For Free Milk and Ice Nine-year-old Helen Merritt, 3236 Harney street, writes: "I'saYed this dollar myself and am glad to give it for such a good cause." A subscrib er writes: "May your good work mul tiply." 1 Nearly everybody ' sees the great good which this fund does for the helpless little ones who have no other source of help. ' Every case is carefully investigated by the city nurses without any ex pense to the fund , whatever. You can rest assured that every last cent that you give to this fund actually goes to buy pure milk and cooling ice for' the suffering babies and little children of the very poor. Have you done your bit for these poor little things? Send or bring , any sum from 10 cents to JS to The Bee office as your share in this work. Will you? Previously reported $371.00 Helen . Merritt 1.00 E. Vake 2.00 Maud and Evelyn Wilder, Ly ons, Neb 1.00 A-Subscriber, St. Edward, Neb 1.00 Total'... $376.00 U. S. Plans in Siberia Stir Japanese; Joint . Action Is Forecast '; By Associated Press. Tokio, Friday, July 19. America's proposal relative to the Siberian sit uation has precipitated a controversy between the military groups and po litical parties, while it is strongly sup ported by the business interests. Army Influence; which is particularly re flected m cabinet circles, urges inter vention, but the Seiyukai and the Keneseikai parties are exercising an unexpected opposing .influence. Leaders like Hara. Makino, Taka hashi and Kato have readily fought for joint action with America, believ ing that the future interests of the em pire compel complete co-operation with America. v It is understood that a compromise will be effected by which the Amer ican proposal for a joint expedition will be accepted. Public statements as to the purposes of this expedition are suggested. Orenburg is Abandoned by Russ Soviet Troops Amsterdam, July 24. Soviet troops have definitely abandoned Orenburg, capital of the Russian province of the same name. A new government has been formed under the leadership of General Detoff. A hunger revolution has broken out in the cities of Jaro slav, Rybinsk, Ljubin and Unglitch, according to Moscow papers received here. fX Close ".j Sfin l Observers - ( ! Seldom fW Snort- .Sighted' 1 Paradoxical as it may sound, the man who sees every thing that goes on around him, is looking a long ways ahead. Observation is the first sign of budding intelligence in the baby, and might properly be termed a sixth sense. Italy observed suspicious actions on the part of Ger many, and. warned England not to disperse her magnifi cent fleet then on review an act which prevented the complete triumph of Germany. ;, ... American statesmen have, for many years, told us we needed a merchant marine second to none, and we heeded not and because we could not see AHEAD, as did thqse close observers of that trend-of human events, we are a year behind in our war preparations. . ; The merchant who carefully observes the habits, ac tions and abilities of his clerks, soon outstrips his rivals. The clerk who observes the little leaks and incon veniences and suggests a plan to remedy them, is looking beyond the weekly pay day and heading for promotion. 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I looked a long way into the future and today my" "dream has come true." Painles is Withers Dental Co. 423-425 Securities Bid., 16th and Farnam Sta. :t OMAHA, NEB. 1 y , - Office Hoars: 8:30 Av to 8 P, M. -Sunday: 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1918. EPIEDS PASSED BY AMERICANS IN DRIVE ; (Continued From Fa On.) of Chateau Thierry the allied forces used mounted patrols at two places in maintaining - contact with their army in the rear. It is known now that General von Boehm, the German commander on this front, has managed to move a large part of his guns and stores. Aviators Play Important Role. . " Qwlnar to the fact that the day was bright and there was little wind, avia tors played an important role in tne fighting. American aviators in combats north of the Marne on Wednesday downed five German machines. The Ameri cans suffered no losses. Their first fight was with a German squadron of 12 planes, the battle-lasting nearly two hours. Four German planes were downed. Later the Americans shot down another enemy plane. . . The newspaper correspondents to day witnessed an aerial engagement on the Chateau Thierry front in wtiich the enemy was driven orr. An enemy aviator appeared over two observa tion balloons. The anti-aircraft gun ners saw him dropping to secure the range, and let loose scores of shrap nel shells about him. In less than three minutes two French planes went to the rescue of the balloons, but the German declined to figlit. Nose diving directly through a rain of shells, he righted himself and flew away before the anti-aircraft guns could swing upon him or the slower-flying planes could get at him. Railroad Useless to Huns. Extremely hard fighting has been going on along the line south of Sois sons, where the Germans are concen trating in full strength in order to prevent the further imperilling of their lines, over which supplies must reach them. But the allies have made gains. , . The main railroad is now useless so far as the Germans are concerned, while the heavy guns of the alliea are reaching many of the wagon roads which the enemy has fought so hard to retain. The Germans can obtain limited supplies, but it is believed these will not be sufficient to warrant keeping the big army in the salient, v Brecy Captured. Oh the French Front in France, July 24. The fighting today was ex tremely heavy southward ot the Ourcq, where the Americans took Epieds, which they lost yesterday, and advanced, together with the French at least three kilometers, threatening Fere-En-Tardenois, which is under constant bombardment. Around about Armentieres the Ger mans had massed hundreds of ma chine guns which caused some trou ble, but could not stay the advanca of the allied troops. The Tournelles wood was reached, Brecy fell and the Franco-Americans obtained a footing in the Lefre wood. Southwest of Rheims the British Your Future Is Re vealed in Today's Possibilities. 1 Constantine Would - , Use American Money To Recover Throne Paris, July 24.Prince Christo pher brother of former King Con stantine of Greece, is reported fo be about to.4narry a very rich Ameri can woman who is now in Switzer land, according , to a Geneva dis patch to the Temps. The dis patch saya that the former king, who is now financially embarrassed, counts upon this marriage to obtain means for financing a campaign for the restoration of his throne. The Temps correspondent says that Constantine is, therefore, working earnestly to bring the .marriage about and that his brother-in-law, the German emperor, supports the plan. and French have been fighting the Germans incessantly for five days. The Germans are trying to protect the pivot on which their armies are retreating northward. But they have not stopped the allies. In the last two days 'hundreds of prisoners from enemy shock divisions have been taken, while several German points established in the small woods have succumbed to allied attacks. Former German and Austrian Consul at Boston Arrested Boston, July 24. Oswald Kun hardt, formerly German and Austrian consul in this city, was arrested to day as an alien enemy at his home in Maqchester and immediately brought here. Federal officers refused to con firm or deny a report that the arrest was connected with submarine activ ity off the coast. Up to the time this country entered the war Kunhardt was a member of the Tennis and Racquet club, one of the most exclusive organizations of Back Bay society. He represented the Berlin aniline works, which con trolled a large part of the business in Germany dyes in this country. Wilson's Pronouncement as to Siberia Completed Washington. Tulv 24. President Wilson has completed his pronounce ment as to the plans of the United States for participation in the ex pedition to give military aid to Rus sia and it will be made public as soon as Japan's reply to the American pro posals nas been received. PROVISIONS STORES LOOTED BY SOLDIERS (Continued From Pare One.) never be done to diminish the amount which they have to supply to the army in the field. "Rapid and complete seizure and economic use of provisions may prove Fresh Beef Travels on a Rapid Schedule Fresh beef for domestic markets goes from stockyards to retail stores within a period of about two weeks. Although chilled, this meat is not frozen; hence it cannot be stored for a rise in price. A steer is dressed usually within twenty-four hours after purchase by the packer. The beef is held in a cooler at the packing house, at a temperature a little above freezing, for about three clays. It is then loaded into a refrigerator car, where a similar temperature is maintained, and is in transit to market on an average of about six days. Upon arrival at the branch distrib uting house, it is unloaded into a "cooler, and placed on sale. . ' Swift & Company requires all beef to be sold during the week of arrival, and the average of sales is within , five days. Any delay " along the above journey means deterioration in the. meat and loss to the packer. , - Swift & Company, U. S. A. of capital importance for the contin uation of the operations." Pillaging Widespread. The pillaging in the back areas, of which von Boehm complains, appears to have become widespread. Recent orders issued by the commanders of the 18th and 2d armies, opposite the British, have revealed excesses which seem almost incredible, con sidering that the German military machine has been notorious for its iron discipline. Trains have been held up and the guards killed and provi sions carried away by gangs of des perate soldiers intent upon satisfying their hunger, even if they are shot for it. As a rule the troops in the front line are 'well fed, and prisoners re cently taken corroborate this, but in order to supply them with adequate provisions the rations of the divisions resting or training in the back areas are cut down to a minimum and the amount doled out to each may today I THOMPSGN,BELlEN k-CQ QAe fashton Center Jor Womarr Finer Grades of Wash Goods Qo at Decided Reductions Many will buy now and lay aside a few patterns for future use, as these prices canhardly be ex pected later on. All novelty voiles, beautiful lieht summer fabrics (86 and 40-inch) sold this season up to $1.50 a yard. ' Thursday. 98c a yard. Worth-Whilc Apparel Values Tub Skirts : The favorite of summer wardrobes. . These are correctly tailored, of fine materials and are all from our regular stock. No reservations. 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