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'The Star and Stripe' Forever." , ; L p . o ' ' : RESISTANCE OF fOE HAS BROKEN DO WN PERSHING REPORTS American Troops Play Brilliant Part in Advance; Line Along Greater Part of Bottom of Soissons-Rheims Salient Pushed Forward n Using Artillery to By Associated Press. Washington, July 28. Resistance of the enemy between the Marne and the Ourcq has been broken down and the Ameri can troops with those of the-allies are in pursuit, General Persh ing announced in his communique for yesterday, received to night by the War department. 1 ,With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front. July 23.-The German line is again north of the Ourcq river and Fere-en-Tardenois, which has been entered by French troops, is at the mercy of the allies. The tightening of the flanks holds promise that the retreat willvcontinue. ' " The line along the greater part of the bottom of Soissons Rheims salient has been pushed forward as much as five miles. The Germans are bringing into v play their artillery in force to check the plunges , of the Franco-American troops. The Americans have played a brilliant part in the advance, which included the occupation of Sergy, on the north bank of the river, and a number of small villages. Artillery Fire Terrific. The line tonight follows the Ourcq rivef to Sergy and to Goussancourt, the latter place lying about six miles north of the Marne. ' The Germans offered bitter resist ance, but not to compare with that which began late today for the re tention of the higher ground further north of the river. "There they sup plemented their defense with artillery fire reaching over the American front lines to the supports, the volume of fire at times attaining enormous pro portions. Unwavering, the -Americans held their ground and ' even advanced while the French on their sectors to the right and left resisted as steadi ly against the vicious efforts of the Germans. From, behind the advancing lines the allied heavy guns kept up a continuous-bombardment throughout the cay, shelling the German positions, wherever the airmen reported troop concentrations. Retreat Conducted Ably. Heavjr artillery has been used to some extent by the Germans in their rear guard actions, but to no such extent as today, and this gives some basis for belief" that von Boehm, the German commander, is preparing to make a stand. 1 is pointed out that 'until the Ardre river is reached all the advantages of ground are with the allies. So it is generally believed that the dropping back of his heavy guns is merely an indication that his avtnies are being withdrawn with all speed from a position wljich is in tolerable and which unless relieved might result in the disorganization of what so far has been an admirably conducted retreat. J Until today the 'wounds received by the American soldiers have not been serious, as a rule, on account of the failure of the Germans to use artillery. A' great .majority of the wounds were clean flesh wounds, made by bullets from machine guns and rifles. s Battle of Woods Ended. The Germans have been swept from the forests of Fere and Ris. Toward the last of this four-day struggle the Franco-American ad vance became so rapid that the re- (tontinued on Fafte Two, Column One.) Union Heads Call Of Strike on Great Lakes Washington, July 28. Orders call ing off the threatened strike of sea men and firemen on the Great,Lakes set for tomorrow were issued today by Victor A. Olander, secretary of the sailors' union of the Great Lakes, and other union leaders, following a conference with Chairman Hurley of the shipping board. In meeting all grievances given by the men for a strike, Chairman Hur ley today ordered (he Lake. Carriers' association and all its members to sign the nation's appeal for men for merchant ships "as originally drafted and without any changes." He also ordered the association not to require seamen to register in its shipping of fices or assembly .rooms, pending fur ther negotiations: Strikers to Return to Jobs in Paper Mills Albany, N. Y., July 28. Represen . tatives of employes ot the Interna tional Paper . company of several New York and New England cities, who have been idle for several days because" of differences with the cor poration over an interpretation of an award of the federal war labor board and whose idleness has curtailed the output of the plants by about 75 per cent, voted tonight to instruct the workmen to resume work Monday. ALL THE LATEST WAR NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 48 NO. 35. KVTt SftmZ& IS OMAHA, Five Miles; Gemans Check Pursuit. AUTO STRUCK ON TRAIN CROSSING AND FIVE HILLED Interurban Car on Waterloo, . Cedar Falls and Northern Road, Grinds to Death ' Picnic Party, ' x Waterloo, la., July 28.-Five per sons were killed and another was in jured todayVhen an automobile was struck by an interurban car on the Waterloo, 'Cedar Falls & Northern road at a crossing fgur miles south of here. The dead: MILTON T. BROWN, Brainard, la. MRS. MILTON T. BROWN, Brainard, la. IRENE BROWN. Brainard, la. CLIFFORD BART LETT, Waterloo.- Ia. , EDITH EARTLETT. Waterloo, Ia. The two families were en route to a picnic, Mr. Bartlctt and. two other members of his family being in an other automobile just ahead of the one that was wrecked. The first car had just turned into a private road leading to the picnic grounds when the crash was heard. The interurban car, en route from Cedar Falls to Waterloo, was travel ing on scheduled time at an estimated speed of 35 miles an hour. The mo torman's view of the road was ob structed by trees. Apparently the driver of the automobile did not see the"approaching interurban car and it is believed he "killed his engine" on the track. The interurban car pushed the wrecked automobile more than 200 feet along the track before the motor man could bring his car to a stop. Occupants of the, automobile were not thrown out, but. were ground to death. The bodies were badly man gled. Troop Train and Freight Collide. Sedalia, Mo., July 28. Two train men are reported to have been killed and 20 or more soldiers injured, some seriously, when a south bound Katy freight train collided with a troop train near Clifton City, Mo., this aft ernoon. CASUALTY LIST SWOLLEN v TO AGGREGATE OF 13,760 Washington, July 28. Heavy fight ing along the Aisne and, Marne in which American troops have partici pated has begun to show in the cas ualty lists. Today's list of 225 names is the longest given out since Ameri can units made their appearance on the battle front. The list, however, it was believed, gives casualties re sulting from the recent German of fensive rather than from the counter stroke. Total casualties in the army and marine corps overseas increased' 1, 050 during the week, compared with 983 the previous week, an aggregate wf 13,766 with the inclusion of today's army list of 22a and the marine corps of two. The week's increase also was the largest yet recorded. In the 13,766 casualties, total deaths, including 291 men lost at sea, killed in action, dead of wounds, dis ease, accident andther causes, num bered 5,493; army, 4,783; marines, 710. The wounded aggregate 7,532; army, 6,340; marines, 1,192. Those missing, including prisoners, total 741; army, 657; marines, 84. Of the week's increase, 949 were THREE SOBS SHELL SHIP ON VOYAGE British Liner Escapes by Hair When Justicia Is Torpedoed And Later Encounters Supersubmersible. An Atlantic Port, July 28. Passen gers on a British liner arriving here today said that last Friday their ship gave battle to a German U-boat 750 miles off the New Jersey coast and last night fired three shots at what was believed to be an American sub marine. Apparently neither undersea craft was hit. This liner was one of several which was being convoyed with the giant Justicia when that vessel was tor pedoed and sunk off the north Irish coast, July 20. According to the pas sengers, a torpedo which hit the Jus ticia passed astern of their own ship and narrowly , missed another, mer chantman before finding its goal. Races Without Convoys. E. H. Butt of Augusta, Ga a brother of Major Archibald Butt, once aide to ex-President Taft, who lost his life on the Titanic, described the liner's three encounters with sub marines. The first, he said, came on July 19, two days after the merchantman, convoyed by destroyers, left a Brit ish port. The booming of guns and the shrieking of whistles brought the passengers to the deck. "The sea was smooth as we took our stations at the life boats," said Mr. , Butt. "We crowded- on all steam and zigzagged as, in company without convoying destroyers, we left the icenf in a, race to save ourselves. We heard during" the night, that the Justicia and destroyers were fighting the U-boats", and later' learned that her struggle, to survive had failed." Mr. Butt said that the ship met no more submarines until last Friday at noon, when 750 miles off the New Jer sey coast, "the call to quarters was again sounded and the ship's guns be gan firing at an object apparently sev eral miles away. ' Huge Submarine Gives Battle. "This was a supersubmarine," said Mr. Butt. "It. made no attempt to come nearer, and, after firing solid shot, which fell short at least 1,000 yards, began to fire shrapnel." The exchange of shots lasted about 45 minutes, according, to Mr. Butt, who said the U-boat then submerged and was not seen again. At the same time, he said, another submarine engaged a British freighter in the same waters, and it was thought the U-boat was sunk. "If so, the Britisher got a good one," said Mr. Butt, "for these boats are supersubmarines which depend more on destruction by gunfire than by torpedoes." "We got our next shock last night," he said. "In a smooth sea a big sub marine broke water not three miles away, and at once our gunners fired three shots at the boat, while our commander signalled 'Who are you?' The shots fell close to the boat and we could see the flutter of flags but no sign of a flag to denote the nation ality of the U-boat. Finally our com mander signalled to the gun crews to cease firing, and we came on, leaving the submarine on the surface. Rumor on board had it that the latest -U-boat was an American." Gideons to Go to Cleveland. Denver, Colo., July 28. Cleveland, O., was selected as the place for holding their 1919 convention at the closing session here of flic, annual convention of the Gideons of Amer ica, the Christian- Commercial Trav elers' association. army men and 101 marines. Killed in action and other deaths numbered 393, compared with 427 the previous week. The wounded numbered 591. compared with 465 the previous week, and the missing and prisoners, 66, comparecSwith 91 the previous week. The army casualty Summary as of ficially announced follows: Killed in action (including 291 at sea); 2,009. , Died of wounds, 749. Died of disease, 1,455. Died of accident and other causes, 570.- -. Wounded in action, 6,340. Missing in action 657. Total to date, 11,780. The official .summary of marine corps casualties follows: Deaths, 710. - Wounded, 1,192. , In hands of enemy, 5. Missing, 79. Total to date, 1,906. Officers included in the "marine corps summary totaled 58. The army summary does not distinguish officers from enlisted men. MONDAY MORNING, JULY GREAT GERMAN SUPPLY BASE FALLS . INTO HANDS OF ALLIES Picked Troops Hold Open Mouth of Bag. as Crown Prince's Army Falls Back By Associated . Press. The Franco-American troops, con tinuing their pressure on the Ger mans in retreat from the Marne, have reached and crossed the Ourcq river and penetrated the town of Fere-en-Tardenois, one of the great German supply bases for the enemy troops in side the Soissons-Rheims salient. Meantime on the center of the allied right wing southwest of Rheims vio lent attacks by the French have, forced the enemy to give further ground and enabled the French to capture several towns of strategic value and to draw their, front appre ciably nearer the high road which runs northeastward from Dormans to Rheims. Holding Tenaciously. On the extreme wings of the gradu ally decreasing pocket near Soissons and Rhejms-tthe enemy, heavily rein forced, is holding tenaciously, realiz ing that successes there would result in a general crumbling of his plans of defense against the locking up of his entire armies inside the big bag. In addition to the large number of troops for reinforcement that have been thrown on these two sectors, the German long range run? from the re gion north of Soissons and north and northeast of Rheims are keeping both wings of the salient under heavy enfilading. fire. ' . Under, the battering, tactics of the Americans and Frenchmen the Ger man line on the south has now been driven back more than 12 miles from the point south of Chateau Thierry, where July 18 the allied troops locked the door, to Paris against the enemy and themselves became the aggressors in what has turned out one of the greatest battles of the war. The crossing of the Ourcq, even if only by advanced elements of the Roy G. Halstead Of Blair Is Killed In Action in France Blair, Neb.. July 28.-(Special.)-A telegram received today by Mr. and M.rs. Clem Halstead announced the death of their son, Roy G. Halstead, 25 years old, killed jn action some where in France June 12. He enlisted Julv 20, 1917, at Portland, Ore., joini mg the Unitel States marine corps, and was sent to Camp Fremont, Cali fornia. He arrived in France last February. He is the first Washington county boy killed in service. Two brothers are also in the service, Everett at Camp Fremont and Jesse, who re cently went with the drafted men to Camp Funston, Kansas. The parents recently moved to a rented farm near Blair. Roy had taken out the $10,000 government insurance and also had $1,000 in the Woodmen of the World. No better tribute to the dead soldier could be paid him than the words of W. G. Harrison, for whom he worked over 10 years. "If he fought like he worked," said Harrison, "he was a whirlwind. I would ratlicr have him than any two ordinary men. It grieves me to hear of his death." British Munition Workers Returning to Their Jobs London, July 28. The ministry of munitions tonight announced that re ports received today from all parts of the country indicate that the strile situation in the munitions industry "has distinctly improved and that a majority of the strikers in all proba bility will return to work tomorrow." As a result of mass meetings in Birmingham and West Bromwich to day it was decided by the district committees of the strikers' organiza tions that the men should return to work Monday morning. A majority of men at the Birmingham meeting favored . a continuation, of the strike, but as a two-thirds vote was neces sary and this was not obtainable the committee advised a resumption of work. Von Hindenburg Reported To Be in Excellent Health Amsterdam, July 28. An official communication received from German main headquar'ers dcrifs recent ru mors concerning Field Mashal Hin denburg's health. The communica tor, says Hindenburg's hcilth ii ex cciici't Edward A. Rumely Life Story of Man Who Bought New York Mail for the Kaiser 1 on Page Five of This Issue 29, 1918 EJ allied forces, presages a general cross ing later on. The French official communications thus far during the battle have been . ramarkably con servative in their estimates of the gains that daily have been made, and it is indicated in unofficial dispatches . 1. . . II" ! . ' A It ' inai aiueu xroops arc fusiuciauiy in advance of the line as announced officially. Cavalry Brought Into Fighting. ! Where the Germans ate in retreat cavalry has been brought into the I righting. .tanks and machine guns pre harrying the enemy, whose losses are heavy. Airplanes are flying over the retreating hordes dropping bombs, while the big allied guns from the sides of the salient are keeping up their intensive firing from all angles into the denser congested area. The retreat of the enemy has by no means become a rout, and so long as the picked troops around Soissons r.nd Rheims are able to keep well open the mouth of the bag through whicb the Germans are falling back it is expected that the greater portion of the armies of the crown prince wlil be successful in reaching the line where it is intended for them to turn and make a stand. . Just where they will stand is prob lematical. Motif than half theoockeU If as some of v the nvlitary critics have suggested. Crown Prince Hup prccht of Bavaria purposes to start an offensive against thj British in France and Flanders, no signs of it are apparent. What little fighting has been going on in this region has been in the nature of patrol raids, in which the British have taken a number of prisoners and machine guns. Rain Turns Flanders Front In Places Into Impassable Quagmire With the British Army in France, July 28. Continued rain has turned the Flanders front at many places into an almost impassable mire, while all other parts of the front are wet and soggy. Large quantities of gas have been projected against various sections of the German lines, which have also been shelled freely, and, according to prisoners, the enemy units arc losing strength little by little. German soldiers seem satisfied to push matters, for their officers have been telling them extraordinary talcs in order to make them fight, instead oL submitting to capture. Prisoners say they were warned the New Zea landers were opposite and that on no account should they allow themselves to be talten alive as the New Zea landers were cannibals, who would offer them cigarettes and eat them directly after. All the prisoners, fnuch to the astonishment of their captors, firmly declined to acccp cigarettes. Hcbby Renominated. Dallas, Tex.. July 28. Tonight's re turns from the statewide democratic piiniary from 2,7 j.l precincts out of 4,399 in Texas gave Governor Hobby 305,630 votes, against James E. Fer guson's 145,812. INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF U. S. IMPRESSES T. P. O'CONNOR New York, July 28. Impressions of T. P. O'Cannor. M. P., were writ ten for the Associated Press just before his departure for England and for publication at the time of his ar rival. Mr. O'Connor was in '.his country tor more than a year as a commis sioner of the Irish parliamentary pnrty, and he soon joined to such labors campaigns to create allied sentiment among the Irish. The Irish leader says President Wilson is dominantly Celt and there ij a contradiction between the presi dent of the photograoh and the presi dent of the living flesh and blood. After telling of his arrival in New York in June, 1917. Mr. O'Connor writes as follows: "I must own my first impressions were not encouraging from any point of view. Within a few hours I had every evidence on the one hand that the anti-English sentiment had not yet spent itself and still confused the issue in the minds of tome of my race; on the other hand the sight of this great rich. city, rushing as I 'ih." TWO CENTS. CAVALRY AW TANKS CHARGE RANKS OF ENEMY IN MAD FLIGHT Ourcq River Crossed; Fere-en-Tardenois, Anthenay and Olizy-et-Violaine Occupied; Heavy Pressure Brought Upon Both Flanks; Enormous Losses Sustained By Crown Prince's Troops in Effort to Escape. By Associated Press. Paris. July 28. French advanced guards have reached the north bank of the Ourcq river, and allied troops have en tered Fere-en-Tardenois, the German supply base, which lies in the middle line of the Aisne-Marne sector. The announcement of the war office tonight adds that the villages of Anthenay and Olizy-et-Violaine, on the east flank, lying to the southwest ,of Rheims, have been occupied. EATING PLACES RELEASED FROM WHEAT PLEDGE Hoover Extends , Congratula tions on Saving Made in Consumption of Flour, Meal and Sugar. Washington, fuly 28. Release of lintel, restaurants, rlnhs and dininff fear services throughout the country August 1 from the voluntary pledge to use no wheat until after the pres ent harvest, was announced today in a cablegram received (from Food Ad ministrator Hoover, now in England. Public eating places, the food admin istrator taid, will continue to comply with baking regulations and to serve "Victory" bread. Mr. Hoover congratulated the eat ing places upon their patriotic service and voiced confidence that the spirit shown will enable the American peo ple to build up a great food reserve against the exigencies of the future. Though exact figures have not been compiled, it was estimated today by the food administration that through the voluntary pledge made by hotels, restaurants, clubs and dining cars, there has been effected between Oc tober 1, 1917, and August. 1918, a sav ing of between 175,000,000 and 200, 000,000 pounds of wheat and'its prod ucts; 150,000,000 pounds of meal and 50,000,000 pounds of sugar. V , , ... . II Ryan Pleads for Increase in Fir and Spruce Production Tacoma, Wash., July 28. At Para dise Valley, Rainier National park, well up above the clouds and in the heart of the great timber region of the Pacific northwest, John D. Ryan, director of the American aircraft production, announced to the West Coast Lumbermen's association in convention, that America's supremacy in the air demands that the lumber industry in the northwest double its production of fir and spruce for air plane stock before the end of the year. thought to every seaside resort in the vacation spirit of the summer, was in marked contrast to the sombre attitude of- the city I had left after three years of war. Further. I found in private conversation a startling evidence of a division of mind and opinion as to America's intervention in the war, which was expressed with an openness which surprised and even pained me. "I speak of this first impression frankly now, because I am able to add that I saw the transformation of feeling. Now I feel convinced that of all nations in this war. the one that feels most passionately, most unitedly and most ruthlessly is America. I w,ill even go to the length of saying that if any one or all of the European nations 3hculd in war weariness show any sign of accept ing an inconclusive peace. America would keep on, even if she had to stand alone; and that wherever else the Germans may look for a spirit of compromise, thev cannot look for it, or even for an approach to it, from the' people of the United States." THE WEATHER v For Nebraska Fair Mon day and Tuesday, Thermometer Rendlngi: Dec Dm, S . m. a. m. 7 . m. 8 a. m. 9 a, m. 10 a. m. 80 19 78 81 83 84 84 I p. m 8 t p. m 87 8 P. m 88 4 p. ra a 5 p. m 84 p. m 80 1 p. m.!.;., 77 11 a. at... 13 m 85 V The retreat of the crown nnnce i forces along the whole Marne front has reached a more precipitate phase. In some places the Germans have fallen back for a distance of several miles. French and American troops are harrying the retiring forces in the center, while French and British troops are hammering at both flank. In a statement issued this after noon, the French war office said: "Since-the opening of the.artiMery Jombardment on July 18, the day of the trench counter otiensive on the J front between the Aisne and the Marne, our tanks have taken a glori ous part in the battle. After piercing the enemy lines and enabling the in fantry to enter the breach they have not ceased to accompany or precede the troops. "Throughout the battle the tanks have given proof of their ability to. maneuver and of their incomparable audacity. The crews drove the tanks into the hottest parts of the battle- and recoiled from no obstacles. They attacked the centers of resistance and the batteries of the enemy under ter- . riric fire from machine guns and spe cial German cannon. Charge German Batteries. "Their gallantry attained the great- . est results. Each tank, acounted for IS or 20 German machine guns. Some -of the tanks charged the German bat- teries, putting the gunners but of action and insuring the capture of the cannon and material x . "The losses sustained by the Ger- mans as a result of the onslaught of the tanks were high, according to reports of prisoners. From July, 18 ... , to July 23 the tanks took part every . day in the attack. Most of them were in action twice and some returned to the fight four or five. times in the same day. Some tank companies fought for three full days. Drivers, operated their tanks for 30 hours in the two-day period of July 18-19. "Cavalry in considerable numbers succeeded in getting in among the retiring Germans, while airplanes are bombarding columns on the march." Huns Report "Quiet Day." Berlin (via London), July 28. The official communication from general -headquarter: dealing with events of Saturday reports a quiet day on the crown prince's battle front. It makes mention, however, of "our new posi tions," while not admitting any ma terial allied advance. Lieut. Harries, Son of Former Omaha Man, Is Killed In War Duty Paris, Saturday, July 27. First Lt. Warren Harries, son of Gen. George Hubert Harries of Washington, and Louisville, Ky., and Omaha, was in stantly killed in an automobile acci dent in a provincial city of France, where he was on duty on the night of July 25. Lieutenant Harries never lived in Omaha, although he had visited here several times with his father, who was president of the Omaha Electric Light and Power company, now the Nebraska Power company. General Harries was in Omaha when the war broke out and went into the service. He is now in France. -v'-. . Wilson Visits Baltimore. Baltimore, July 28. President and Mrs. Wilson, with Miss Margaret Wilson, motored to Baltimore this afternoon for a brief visit to the.presi dent's brother, Joseph R. Wilson. i -( 7 T. t -
