Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 26, 1918, Page 2, Image 2
THE BEE: OMAHA: FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918. TEACE TEXT FOR I VORLD FOUND IN AMERICAN TERMS Congressman Sloan Pays Trib "'ute to the Soldier of United States f and Prophesies Victory. ; (Continued from Fare' One.) tfon it the commander in chief of oar land naval forces. As such, together with the officers under him and the . .. . ,1.1. 1 soiaiers in me irencn or on tne qcck, re entitled to the wise and whole some support of congress and the American people. He and they have the right to ask that the best clothing, food, medicine, equipment, and tnum . tions be furnished. Congress has re sponded in full and heaping measure and will continue so to do. But con gress will probably remember that it is no part 01 me army, is unaer no orders, and i that it represents the civilian population arid should take no commands from anyone. As a congress, it has no commander in chief. . While strongly imbued with these constitutional principles, I have sup ported every complete war measure that has been presented to the house and endeavored, 'as a member of its leading committee, to demonstrate to the people of the United States and the world that after the war's declara ioa and after the constituted commit tees have written out and perfected as nearly as possible important meas ures, to support them. - 5 V Americans Doing Share. Americans in civil life, whether pub lic or private, will support our armed forces by delivering, under proper enactment, all they have and all they may ever hope to have, all they are and all they1 ever hope to be, to strengthen our -army and navy, from the commander .in chief "over here" down to the gallant soldiery "over there." In, so doing they will make no distinction is to rank, except that which the law entails. We nave a grand soldiery) Nearly a million "over here," more .than a ; million "over there." Many of them are the superb grandsons' of .the - members of the Grand Army-of the Republic that greatest fighting force ever organized during the nineteenth century. The fathers of some of these were in that noble humanitarian strife, the Spanish-American war, many of whose veterans are of the fighting- force of the republic Sons of patriotic pa rents are they all, doing the soldier's duty under military law. The American soldier came into the service either as the volunteer act of the young patriot, who asked permis mission to battle for the nation and its flag, or entered through the sys tematic selection of their government, which saw in him the preparation and fighting qualities which could endure , the march and gallantly battle for vic tory. They are both of that Ameri can . mold for which civilization seemed to wait and call upon for de fense m this the hour of her greatest His Own Sons In. yt'ardon the personal reference." I jftave two sons in the service.' I be- V . . . .(I. i i. - principles and ideals have done much for mankind. I have worn their em blems, but during this war I shall wear only that sacred service symbol on my breast. Perhaps a sympathetic people will not disapprove of the pride a parent may indulge in wearing sucy an emblem, tor no insignia ot rank, no other badge of honor granted by any power on earth can with it compare.. " .-. v .. .... ;1 Distance and public service prevent ed my seeing either of these sons as they left the home of happiness and the place where they were born. Like millions of other young Americans they saw their country's need and re sponded to its call. With patriotic zeal and buoyant ambition they en trained for their cantonment and field. One is in the field artillery service, which strives to overcome the inertia of earth and withstand the onrush of battling men The. other sought ser vice in that new field which from creation's dawn was deemed the do main of the eagle, but which, through the genius of man, has become the battling ground of supermen. ; In the Great Camps. I have visited and met their officers, .vac's of chivalry, and their com rades, many men from every part of the republic I passed through, their cities, built, as it were, in the night, where multiplied thousands work and rlril!, sleep and eat, read and pray, as men in civil life are wont to do. I saw them move in mighty inarches on thefcampus-r-drijl, steady, vibrant, vi rile -movement characterizing Ameri' can i maniy motion, l 'saw in many cantonments their daily round of duty and recreation. I visited their hosm- tah where disease and suffering were, and found the skilled men of medi cine and surgery there who had left their homes and practice to battle against disease, that the soldiers might better battle with men. Then. tooI saw the ministering angels of mercy there, who upon occasion, would witn dett nana apply the band sge," administer the soothing lotion. or cool the fevered brow. No longer will it be writteu as was of old of the soldier of the leeion lav dvincr in Alders, there was a lack of woman' nursing and a lack of woman's tears," I broke bread with the officers at their mess and beheld the transform Jion of the student athlete into a fight- The Weather Oeaparatlve Beeard. lilt. HIT. 1(11. ltll. zmt te-Say ........ II II II IT Mt today Tl Tt tS IS temperatare .... It 1 II Tl iiprtur and precipitation departure m tne normal. xrial temperature .................. tl for tne day J ozccm etnee March I... ..ISa nal precipitation ............ .14 Inch sieney for the day . .14 Inch ! precipitation einoe March l.l.tl Inch tieney elnce March 1 ...1.19 tnchea -Jeaer lor cor. period. 1MT..1.T1 Inch J)ncy (or cor. period, 1B1I..T.8J Inches " Jteporta from Stations at 7 P. M. State of Tempera-Htrheat Preclpt "3. . weather tur.- Today, tatlon. enne, part cloudy.. 77 ,T , .01 eenport, pt. cloudy..!! 14 .tl ?r, clear . .. .... .11 14 ' .04 Uolce. cloudy..., 11 e City, cloudy.. ..!! IS . .04 . r, clear .i..T! : . 7! .11 i Platte, clear... 14 II .10 a, cloudy IS , II .04 o, clear ........II ' 14 - -.08 .i City, rain..... .12 . T ',.01 t lAka, clear 74 74 .00 it Fa, part cloudy. SI .14 . ' .04 rca, cloudy ..74 '71 .1! vK. cloudy ....... .10 14 -i .01 cloudy - Authorities In On Still Hunt for Bergdoll Omaha police and federal authori ties disclaim any extraordinary vig ilance is being exerted in searching for Grover C Beredoll. Philadelphia millionaire sportsman who is wanted in the Quaker city as" an evaaer oi the draft, as reported in an Omaha evening 'paper Thursday. Marshal Eberstein, chief of the de partment of Justice bureau in Omaha, declares he has only received :he regular form circular that Bergdoll is wanted as a deserter, and that he merely is pursuing the regular policy of the office in searching' for draft evaders with regard to him. Eberstein further says that Bergdoll probably was in Omaha some time ago, but that there is nd reason to ing military leader. I dined with the privates and enjoyed their whole some fare. I visited the Knights of Columbus establishment and attended divine service at the Young Men's Christian association hut. It seemed to me that we were making not mere fighting demons of our , sons, but clean, strong, manly fighting men. As I left I said, "Ihts is American mili tant, and young American manhood at its best" Clean Out Incompetents. Theft is criminal and should be oun- ished: graft is worse and should be more severely dealt with, because the grafter betrays a trust as well as takes that which is not his. "Let no guilty man escape is an old watenwora. But the Bravest crime now is neither of these. In this crisis of the great war. while the "battle of the ages ' is on, the greatest American criminal is one wno occupies an important posi tion and who does not or can not dis charge with high efficiency his duties Disposition of such characters should be swift and summary. Here the watchword should be reversed, it should be, "Let no guilty man re main." (Applause.) Much is said of peace terms. Ameri can terms of peace will not be accept able to undefeated Germany. There must.be a conclusive allied victory. The terms proposed by America, agreed to by the allies, approved by the conscience of mankind, and sub mitted to by Germany, will be the peace text of the world. Our men, more than a million strong, will be thrown into the bal ance not only to turn a grim deadlock into a decisive victory but to deter mine the successful close of a world war and give character to the course of civilization. This being true, there should be no failure by delayt neglect. incomDetenoe. or worse, to give them all the preparation and support which the loyal and generous Americans have lavishly provided and our sol diers and sailors so richly deserve. TEUTONS DRIVEN TO STEM BIG RUSH (Continued From Pas One.) - Americans do ' not' understand, al though they shout their approval, no matter what the words may mean. The Americans also undertake con-i versation with the namiteAs, whose countenances rarely change; and who never attempt to reply; ':, Intermingled in 'the line -of battle and along the roads are white, black and yellow races in all the units, and the big machine is moving without a knock or lost motion. Now and then the color scheme to the rear of the fighting lines is broken by a column of gray clad prisoners, whose appear ance is always quickly noticed by the troops who are more accustomed to the khaki of the Americans and Brit ish and the blue of the French. In scores of cases prisonersjiave begged their guards to tell them when they are to be, shot, lhe majority of them, however, stolidly accept what they believe to be their. fate,' Wounded Cared for Tenderly. Back of the' line there are dressing stations and fixed hospitals, and the American wounded are cared for ex peditiously and skillfully, in a man ner reflecting the qualities of veter anship now belonging to the Ameri can establishments in France. Ameri can doctors and' nurses, men and women, are working night and day to relieve nain and rentnre iniurerl members. To them young men rep resenting almost every state in the union, and occasionally a French or British soldier, are hurried ; to be cared for until they could be trans ferred elsewhere. v The same snint of co-ooeration is displayed in all the hospitals of the allies. But the number of wounded is not so great as might be expected from the magnitude of the opera' tions. ' Young Men's Christian association men also are dbse on the heels of the advancing Americans. One out fit appeared at Jaulgonne early in the morning with cigarettes, chocolate and other delicacies to be disposed of in their canteens. The guns were roaring on all sides, but Jaulgonne, it was announced, had been captured and the Young Men's Christian asso ciation took charge. The command ing officer ordered the Young Men's Christian association men. out. ex plaining not only that it was too hot, but that the , men would gather wherever they' were and German shells had a habit of going where the berman observers spotted crowds.' All Villages Destroyed. A desolate shell torn waste and burning houses and towns murk the zone evacuated by the Germans and indications are that should the salient GIRLS! USE LEMONS FOR SUNBURN, TAN Try It! Make this lemon lotion to whiten your tanned or .." freckled akin. Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle containing three ounces of Orchard While, shake well, and yon have a quarter pint of the best freckle, sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion whitener, at very, very small cost 1 Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of Orchard White for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face. neck, arms and hands and see how Quickly the freckles, sunburn, wind burn ..and tan disappear and how clear, soft and white the skis be Omaha Not believe he has made Omaha and Council Bluffs his headquarters since Christmas as reported, or that he left here only Monday. Omaha police have not even been looking for the fugitive in their reg ular routine, as evidenced by the fact that when questioned regarding it said they had never heard of the case. .Neither is Bergdoll well known here, nor has he ever raced in Omaha as reported in the evening paper. Bergdoll and his brother were well known motor driver! until a couple of years ago, but neither Grover nor his brother has ever been seen in a contest in this city. In fact, Berg doll has never raced west of Indian apolis. - of Soissons-Rheims be recovered there probably will not be, a village within it or a house staflding with its walls intact At Oulchy-Le-Chateau, for the pos session of which the Franco-American troops struggled for two days, fires had been observed for two days. It is unknown whether they were started by the Germans or from the. shells of the allied guns. ' Neither side is permitting senti ment to enter into the situation. There has been no battle which has displayed a greater spirit of merci less sacrifice. Village after village has been subjected to terrible artil lery fire, until their appearance indi cated that the guns had been aided by an earthquake in their destruc tion. The grain fields and vineyards have escaped, although it is expected that thousands of acres of overripe wheat will be lost through a . lack of har vesters. The grain fields were saved owing to the rapid retreat of the Ger mans, who in only a few instances set fire to them. A slower retreat would have resulted in greater destruction. Fear Felt for U. S. Ambassador Francis At Vologda, Russia Washington, July 25. No word has been received directly from Ambassa dor Francis in Russia since July 11, and there is a feeling of apprehension in official circles here regarding his position in view of the latest turn Of affairs, a It is known that efforts to get messages through to the ambas sador within the past few days have failed. The bolshevik! are in control of Vologda, where Ambassador Francis was at last accounts. The ambassa dor has had no official relations with the bolshevik government, but if the occupation of the Murman peninsula by allied troops is regarded as a dec laration of war the question arises as to the standing of Ambassador Francis in Russia. ' British Egineers Indorse Munition Workers' Strike Leeds. Enfflanrl . T?ifv2.'! -A a (in ference of members, of the, engineer ing and allied trades today, with dele gates present representing 300,000 workers, it was decided tn work next Tuesday if the embargo is not removed. Coventry. Ensrland. Tutv 25Ttv noon today 18,000 of Coventry's 24,000 skilled workers were on strike. Al together 80,000. workers engaged in the manufacturers of munition arc ffected. . The ioinr rnmmi'ltM nt anmn.... ing and allied unions which urged that work be continued pending a conferen . has been repudiated by the strikers. London, via Ottawa. Tutv K Tl. strike had its origin in the deficiency Of skilled labor. Thie rlefiri,, necessitated the government making Eians tor an even distribution of la or, but some firms, bv offering at tractive wages, managed to secure an unfair proportion of skilled workers. ine government theretore laid an embargo on three Coventry firms. Influenza, Typhus and Malaria Make Serious v Ravages in Germany Washington, July 25. Several epidemics are sweeping Germany, in addition to influenza, according to a dispatch from Switzerland. Typhus is said to have appeared in epidemic form at Berlin, and ma laria is reported in the grand duchy of Baden. It is reported the in fluenza epidemic has made serious ravages. The head physicians of the Bavarian army are said to have reported that the health of the troops has been undermined by the epidemic. Hartmann Wardrobe Trunks have lift top, heav ily padded inside to pre vent clothes from falling off the hangers. Shoe pocket, easy to get at Large hat drawer. II hangers of different , kinds. The best and safest trunk for you. Freling & Steinle 1803 Farnam St. : Mail Orders Sent Prepaid. , , i s. Send. for Catalog. , jpJl $32.50 FOE MAY ESCAPE TO NORTHWARD (Continued From Face One.) around Fere-En-Tardenois and north of Dormans on the Marne. It was evident that the southern and south western angles of the German posi tion were yielding to the . pressure against them. News came also of im portant ' advances along the Ourcq front, ., - Germans Mass Reserves. The outstanding fact tonight ap peared to be that the enemyjs front was being forced back all along the 60-mile battle line. Of the gains re corded the Franco-British drive prob ably has the greatest possibilities, for it means that the eastern jaw of Gen eral Foch's gigantic trap is closing in. Other reports show that the Ger man high command had massed re serves and concentrated artillery to prevent movement at this point or at its counterpart near Soissons, where the western jaw had already been driven ahead in a week's fighting and now faced German reserves assem bled from the whole battle line. " s Should the Franco-British forces be able to enlarge their advance roa terially, the great trap might be final ly sprung by final overwhelming blows on both sides. In that event, all of the victories pictured in to night s rumors might well be realized, May Hold Back Jaws. To the cool judgment of army offi cers, however, the situation did not warrant, on the basis of any informa tion available at a late hour tonight, the assumption that the tune had come when the jaws of Foch's great vise might be crushed together. Knowing what they-, do of the strength of the Germans massed to hold back the menacintr flank attacks. they believed it entirely possible for the enemy to escape northward.- The situation cannot be clearly gauged until further information is received as to the Franco-British op erations west of Rheims. If the at tack is pressed successfully, it seems impossible that the enemy can stabi lize his lines south of the Aisne. American Losses Unknown. Secretary Baker has so far, received no word of the American losses in the present fighting. German, press re ports of tens of thousands of Ameri can dead before their lines are put out as a sop to the German people, it is believed. Mr. Baker's attention was called to the German dispatch referring to the American troops as further "cannon fodder" put into action by the French. "The best information , we have" he said, "seems to indicate that they (the Germans) are themselves sup plying most of that material at the present time. ,"We have no reports on our own casualties as yet, but our people have a much better opportunity to know our losses than the Germans have, because we are taking ground they have been giving up, and in that situ ation we have a superior opportunity for. observation." Vender of Peanut Must Go. To Work is Police Ruling Baltimore, Md July 25. The di rector of compulsory work insists Socrates Nicholardes, a peanut vender is not employed in a useful way. Aft- er a lengtny argument oeiween ine police magistrate and the compulsory work bureau official, Socrates and four other peanut venders were re leased for a hearing on July 30. . Cadet Aviator Dies f ' Memohis. Tenn.. July 25. J. Fran cis Carney, cadet aviator of Denver, died at the hospital at faric held, near Memphis, late yesterday of injuries received July 15, when hjs airplane went into a tail spin and fell near Park field. Samson Are the Best Has t .: The GMC'Samson Tractor has fewer moving parts than any other. , All moving parts are easily! lubricated and are well protected from dirt and dust. All bearings in the motor and tractor we from 50 to 100 per cent over size. This ' insures the longest possible life without adjustment. ' It is constructed of The automatic governor control prevents the motor from racing when the dutch ,k released, and maintains the speed of the tractor steadily, regardless of conditions. Sieve-grip wheels do not pack the soil nor slip. Write us today for detailed specifications. Nebraska Buick Auto Co. OMAHA ' L L Hi fori VIERECK ADMITS USING SOME OF HUN SLUSH FUND "Fatherland" Editor, Who Says He Is Related to Kaiser, Received $100,000 to Spread Propaganda. By Associated Press. , New York, July 25. George Syl vester Viereck, publisher of Viereck's Weekly and formerly editor of the Fatherland, which was barred from the mails : because of pro-German views, has admitted that he received approximately $100,000 from Count von Bernstorff and Dr. Constantin Theodor Dumba for disseminating propaganda in the form of pamphlets and books, according to an announce ment made tonight at the office of States Attorney General Lewis. According to a transcript of Viereck's examination by the attorney general's assistants, he was asked if he was related to the German royal family. He replied that he had pub lished his father's "denial of that Story." "I accept my father's denial that his father was Wilhelm I." Viereck is quoted as saying. 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It was well known that there was some connection, but what the connection is 1 don't know. As a member of the family I have always looked on Queen Louise as my great grandmother." Resigns From Authors' League. Viereck announced tonight that he had complied with the request of the Authors League of America that he resign from the organization. In announcing his resignation, he made public what he characterized as a poem addressed "to divers literary societies," which he said he had dedi cated especially to the Authors' league. The poem follows: Go, play your Liliputian game, Ye lisping scribes and ladies lyric, While brave men die and oceans flame. Your victory, at best, is Pyrrhic; The future knows your scroll of fame, But for the expurgated tame Of George Sylvester Viergck. W.S.Rowe Dies Thursday In Lincoln Hospital W. S. 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