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4
V
"The Stars and Stripes
Forever."
ENEMY ON ALL SIDES
OF SOISSONS-RHEIMS
SALIENT BENT BACK,
Despite Powerfully Strengthened Lines Germans Forced
To Give Way; Further Wedges Driven Eastward
Into Hun Front to Ourcq River; American
i Soldiers Are Pressing Foe Hard.
By Associated Press.
Notwithstanding the Germans have powerfully strength
ened their battle line running across the Soissons-Rheims salient
with additional fresh reserves and have stubbornly disputed
further passage northward to the entente allied troops, the
enemy front has been compelled to bend back appreciably on
all sides of the salient, except at the anchor points resting im
mediately on Soissons and Rheims.
South of Soissons further wedges have been driven into
the enemy front down to the Ourcq river; eastward along the
Ourcq French and American troops have crossed the stream
at various points and advanced their line well to the northwaid,
while southwest of Rheims the allies have debouched from the
wooded sectors and gained the plains, notwithstanding the vio
lence of the enemy's counter maneuvers.
PiMT STOP PTISH V-
At some points the Germans suc-
jceeded somewhat in checking the for
ward movement, but nowhere were
they able to bring it to a standstill.
The retirement of the Germans still
remains orderly, but everywhere the
allied troops and especially the Amer
icans near Fere-En-Tardenois, are
pressing them hard- Particularly bit
ter fighting has taken place around
Fere-En-Tardenois at Sergy, both of
which towns are now well in the
hands of the French and Americans.
At Sergy th Germans paid the Amer
icans the compliment of reinforcing
their battle line with two divisions of
i well-tried Bavarian troops, men whose
Courage previously has been tested
-when the tide of battle was going
against the Germans. It was an ef
fort to destroy the Americans or to
herd them back across the Ourcq.
The effort resulted in failure.
The battle line shifted back and
forth and Sergy changed hands four
times, but the Americans proved to
be masters of the picked enemy
troops and finally drove them out and
retained the village. Heavy casual
ties were inflicted on the Germans.
Bayonets Draw Blood.
.The fighting in Fere-En-Tardenois
also was of a sanguinary character,
the opposing forces fighting in close
contact through the streets of the
town, but with the Germans being
gradually driven back under the ma
chine gun and rife fire of the French
and Americans or left weltering in
their blood from contact with the
cold steej of the allied bayonets.
Immediately south of Soissons on
the western edge of the salient the
Germans strove heroically to hold
back their enemies, in order to pre
vent the further flanking of Soissons
and the possible cutting off of large
forces of their men fighting along
the Ourcq south of Oulchy Le Cha
teau. Scottish troops, however, cap
tured positions in the outskirts of
Buzancy just to the west of the Sois-sons-Chateau
Thierry road, while fur
ther south the French overcame the
resistance imposed against them,
crossed the high road and took Grand
Rozoy and Cugny and the Butte Chal
mont Towns in Flames.
Southeast of Soissons, well inside
the salient and at present far outside
the immediate battle zone, various
towns and villages along the Sois-sons-Fismes
railroad are said to be in
flames. This seemingly would indi
cate that the retirement of the Ger
mans from the big pocket is to pro
ceed still further northward before
they intend to halt it, face about and
give battle to the allied troops along
a chosen line If the retreat on the
west is to be carried beyond the Sois-
cons-rismes line it seems highly prob
able that it is the intention of the Ger
mans to make their stand from Sois
sons eastward a'ong the Aisne to the
Vesle river and thence southeastward
to Rheims.
British troops on various sectors in
France and Flanders continue their
harassing tactics against the German
front Near Morlancourt in the
Amiens sector the Australians have
taken several lines of trenches, cap
tured a fairly large number of prison
ers and inflicted heavy losses on the
enemy during counter attacks. Near
Cavrelle, which lies northeast of
Arras, Canadian contingents likewise
have carried out a successful enter
prise and taken prisoners.
U. S. Marines Slay 20 in
Fight With Hditien Band
Washington, July 29. Three en
counters between United States ma
rines and Dominican and Haitien ban
dits in Santo Domingo were reported
in dispatches to the Navy department
today. Casualties among the marines
were one corporal and two privates
lightly wounded. One Dominican
cuard officer was also wounded.
About 20 of the bandits were killed,
several wounded and others captured.
YOUNG FOLKS LIKE THE BEE FOR TE CHILDREN'S STORIES, PICTURES
The Omaha Daily
VOL. 48. NO. 36. VTTo T, ' OMAHA,
BEST HUN TROOPS
OPPOSE YANKS IN
GIANT STRUGGLE
Sergy Changes Hands Six
Times During Fighting;
Crown Prince Calls on
Reserve Divisions.
By Associated Press.
With the American Army on the
Aisne-Marne Front, July 29. The
American troops tonight still held the
apex of their advance, won after a
stnggle with the Germans, in which
the opposing lines moved forward
and backward lime and again, Sergy,
on the north bank of the Ourcq,
changing hands six times.
The crown prince of Germany and
his generals paid the Americans a
great compliment in bringing up
against them two of their best di
visions, the Fourth guards and Ba
varians. 1 hey had been held in re
serve prefumabily for the operation.
They had been delayed and reported
to the army north of the Marne Sat
urday night. They moved through
the retreating main body yesterday
and catre into the action early today.
They did not replace any of the Ger
man troops already in the line, but
served as reinforcements.
The first efforts of the guards and
Bavarians were partly successful and
the Americans were forced to with
draw from Sergy and a few other positions,-
including the town of Ser-inges-et-Nesles.
But the Germans
could not force the main body across
the river. Th. stream is narrow and
shallow and omc detachments at
times were driven back, but always
there remained enough Americans on
the north bank to check the German
rushes and in every instance the
Americans returned to the fray with
great spirit. It was a veteran Ameri
can division and today's opposition to
the terrible onslaught made against it
just influenced the confidence of the
staff that it was more than equal to
anything the crown prince had to of
fer. The Germans were not content with
(Continued on Fag Two, Column
TOM CATS ! MARIA CATS ! AND
Bemis Park Residents Overawed by
Galaxy of Felines' Nightly Serenade
COMMON ALLEY CATS TABOO
WANTED Some one to frame an
ordinance that will absolutely
guarantee the freedom of Oma
ha's parks from the presence of
the much maligned cat. For re
ward, apply to any resident of
Bemis park.
Further investigation of this little
ad has divulged a great massing of
Bemis Parkers who are preparing to
air their troubles in the council cham
ber of the city hall. They want the
cat or more properly, great hordes
of cats eliminated, expelled, killed,
shot or executed, any way necessary,
that nightly make of the park a
screaming, howling place of amuse
ment Bemis Parkers can't sleep nights on
account of the gathering of the ca
clan in their particular woods and
vales. They not only acknowledge
this fact, but send forth nightly a
tirade that lets the whole world in
on their woes. "Pussy" is no want
ed in Bemis parkl
l!l!lilinillllllll!llllllll
I CAMOUFLAGED U-BOAT CALLING FORI
I AID MAKES ATTEMPT TO SINK I
! LINERS BENT ON ASSISTANCE I
1 An Atlantic Port, July 29. Three trans-
atlantic liners arrived here today, having
been attacked by German submarines,
each of them when about 200 miles off the
Atlantic coast in latitude 38.35, longitude
70.40. All three vessels by superior speed es-
:aped undamaged after a running fight which
I lasted several hours.
TRAIN COLLIDES
WITH AUTO AND
CRUSHES NURSE
i
Miss Althea Eggleston, Em
ployed in Council Bluffs,
Killed by Cars; Former
ly Lived in Omaha.
Miss Althea Eggleston, nurse of
the Council Bluffs Visiting Nurses'
association, was killed yesterday
afternoon about 4 o'clock when a
Great Western passenger train crash
ed into an automobile which she was
driving. The car containing Miss
Eggleston was wedged beneath the
trucks of a Pullman car and carried
more than 250 feet before the train
was stopped.
The accident happened on the Six
teenth street crossing of the Great
Western railroad between Ninth and
Tenth avenuea. Miss Eggleston was
driving south on Sixteenth street and
as she reached the crossing found it
blocked by a freight train. The train
was uncoupled and she passed through
it directly in front of another train
on a parallel track, screened by the
freight train.
Wrecker Lifts Sleeper.
Trainmen who rushed to the scene
of the accident began frantic efforts
to release the imprisoned woman
when faint cries were heard beneath
the debris. She was conscious "when
assistance reached her, but was un
able to stand the pain of prying off
the wrecked car. A wrecking crew
was dispatched to the scene and lift
ed the 150-ton car bodily and swung
it away from the wrecked auto.
The injured nurse was rushed to
the Edmundson hospital, where she
died shortly after arriving.
She talked calmly while being re
moved from the wreckage and on the
way to the hospital. Attending
physicians attributed death to in
ternal injuries.
Miss Eggleston had been employed
by the Council Bluffs Visiting Nurse
association for more than a year.
When the association was formed she
was recommended by the Omaha Vis
iting Nurse association, where she
had worked for a number of years,
and commenced her duties with the
new organization.
Both Parents Dead.
She came to Omaha from Chicago
where one sister, Miss Esther Eg
gleston, and her stepmother reside
Another sister lives in Cleveland, O.
Both parents are dead.
The car in which Miss Eggleston
was killed was given her two weeks
ago in order to facilitate her work.
She had just learned to run the ma
chine and bystanders say she was
driving with the utmost care when
the accident happened.
Further than becoming a nuisance,
"Tabby" now is called unpatriotic. It
has been figured that nightly more
shoe leather has been thrown into
discard er, the yard, by protesting
citizens in Bemis park than would
shoe an army. Therefore, "Tabby"
will get his'n from Hoover if he don't
watch out.
And there are other things to com
plain about the cat, all of which
makes him or her one grand, un
wanted nuisance.
The problem now is how to keep
the cat out of Bemis park. Watchmen
would never do, for watchmen are not
numerous enough. A direct appeal to
the feline's better nature would never
be heard. An ordinance might do,
but what kind of an ordinance will
keep a cat out of a park? That's the
question that is propounded to any
one who thinks of a proper remedv
and if the question is not answered,
Bemis Parkers swear that they will
face the city council and leave it up
to that body to give the proper relief,
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY
By Associated Press.
Crafty Little Devils,
Those Huns; Retreat
"According to Plans'
Berlin, Via London, July 29.
"After fulfilling their task," says
the German official statement is
sued today, "Our forefield guards
fell back to their lines in accord
ance with orders before strong at
tacks by the enemy. At Fere-en-Tardenois
and to the south of that
place the enemy's attacks, several
times renewed, led to violent com
bats which ended in the repulse of
the enemy."
The communication admits that
July 26-27, still in accordance with
plans, the Germans evacuated the
front line between the Ourcq and
the Ardre and also shifted their de
fense to the region between Fere-en-Tardenois
and Ville-en-Tarde-nois,
without the knowledge of the
allies.
DEEP DENT MADE
IN GERMAN LINE
NORTH OF OURCQ
Allies Deliver Sharp Attack at
Dawn, Piercing Huns' Po
sitions; Grand Rozoy
Is Taken.
By Associated Press.
With the French Army in France,
Ju!y 29. A decidedly sharp attack de
livered by the allies at dawn today
north of the Ourcq river made an
other deep dent in the German line
Numerous prisoners were taken. As
far as reported up to the present the
front was pushed forward to the wood
lying about 1,500 yards north of the
village of Grand Rozoy, which also
was taken.
The heights north of Grand Rozoy
are now in allied hands, and the ad
vancing troops are approaching the
dominating hills numbered 205 and
208, which in the distance overlook
Fismes, where the Germans have large
concentrations of stores.
Further to the east thf allied troops
have crossed the Ourcq at several
places and taken Corheny farm, south
west of Saponay.
The enemy artillery is replying only
feebly to the allied attacks.
Germans Had Massed
Great Stores of Guns
And Shells at Mame
. With "the American Army on the
Aisne-Marne Front, July 29. The
tremendous stores of German ammu
nition found by the Franco-American
troops in the forests of Fere and Riz
leads officers to believe that the allied
offensive nipped in the bud German
plans for a momentous drive upon
Epernay.
The forests and the surrounding
country north of the Marne were vir
tually one great arsenal for German
ammunition of all kinds, big gun
shells being particularly numerous.
At places on the edges of the woods
there were large shells stacked like
cord wood over large areas.
Thousands of these shells were in
tended for the German 210 millimeter
guns, only a few of which have been
captured. The Americans assume
that the Germans withdrew many of
these guns and that others intended
for the great drive had not yet ar
rived when the allied offensive be
gan. All through the forests the Ameri
cans came upon ammunition depots,
at some places more than an acre of
ground being covered with shells of
all calibers. Some of the smaller
shells were labeled "for immediate
use." Along the roads everywhere,
and even in the open places, the shells
were camouflaged with limbs of trees.
Edward A. Rumely
Life Story of Man Who Bought
New York Hail for the Kaiser
on Page Twelve of This Issue.
30, 1918. HssiE. f. TWO CENTS.
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The master of another vessel in port today 1
said that three days ago wireless calls were I
caught by his ship coming from a vessel in
plain sight asking for assistance, but which 1
upon closer observation proved to be a sub-1
marine with telescopic masts and which in J
many respects was made to imitate a sailing I
vessel in a sinking condition. g
PATRIOTIC SONG
OF FREMONT GIRL
TAKES ATTHE DEN
Spirit of Americanism Pre
vails as Great Audience
Cheers; Ross Hammond
Gives Address.
Patriotism had the boards at the
Ak-Sar-Ben den last night. Ross
Hammond, editor of a republican
newspaper, explained how republicans
could make the world safe for democ
racy. "Say, Pal, I Wanta Ask Y'u All
About Nebraska," the patriotic song
written by a Nebraska, girl, brought
forth cheers from the large audience.
The. spirit of -Americanism pervaded
the show from beginning to end.
The quartet of the Fremont home
guards made the biggest impression
of the evening with a series of three
songs written by Miss Beatrice Alder
man of Fremont. "Just Tell Dad I've
Gone Over the Top" and "When the
Boys Come Home Again," touched
the hearts of the audience, but they
simply went wild over the tale of the
Nebraska boy in France who asks his
pal about the bad lands of his home
state.
Adopted for Quartet.
"Say, Pal, I Wanta Ask Y'u All
About Nebraska" captured the hearts
of Director Ben Johnston and Charlie
Black with such effect that enough
copies were at once bought to supply
the Ak-ar-Ben chorus. The song has
been adopted as part of the show and
will be sung at every performance
henceforth.
All of Fremont must have been on
hand, judging from the enthusiasm
which greeted the several features of
the show. George Wolz piloted the
Dodge county delegation. H. L. An
drews was in charge of the Arlington
crowd and E. L. Green escorted the
visitors from Valley.
Ross Hammond spoke briefly of
his experiences in France and the war
zone and said that peace could only
be made by the. allies in Potsdam
palace. Hammond is an old member
of Ak-Sar-Ben himself.
Seventy-five home guards from Fre
mont and a large delegation from
Fort Omaha helped to swell the audi
ence. Four hundred visitors from Mis
souri Valley and Logan are expected
at the den next Monday right, to
gether with delegations from Neola
and Minden.
City Council to Meet This
Week on Tuesday Evening
The regular city council meeting
will be held Tuesday night at 8
o'clock, instead of in the morning.
This will be the second of a series of
night council meetings on the last
Tuesday of each month, to give citi
zens an opportunity to appear before
the mmissioners with matters of
general or local interest. The purpose
is to make these night meetings an
open forum for the general welfare of
the city
German Chief "Explains"
The Failure of U-Boats to
Sink American Transports
Amsterdam, July 26. The chief of
the German admiralty staff, Admiral
von Holtzendorff, has explained to
the Cologne Gazette to the best of
his ability the reason why German
U-boats are not sinking American
transports.
He says that owing to the many
points of debarkation that are at the
disposal of the Americans from the
north of Scotland to the Mediterra
nean, the irregularity of the coming
of the transports and the strong de
stroyer guards which accompany
them, it is inexpedient for the U
boats to lurk off all these harbors on
the chance of getting a shot at them.
The real object of the U-boats, the
AND PUZZLES
Bee
COPENHAGEN WIRE
SA YS ROW AMONG
CENTRAL POWERS
Relations Between Germany and Ottomans Have Been
Severed, According to Direct Information From
Constantinople; Believed Due to Cession .of
Dobrudja Region of Roumania to Bulgaria.
By Associated Press.
London, July 29. The relations between Germany and
Turkey have been severed, according to direct information
from Constantinople.
This announcement is made by the Copenhagen corre
spondent of the Exchange Telegraph company;
The excitement against
say, has been growing, particularly after last week's events.
, The Germans recently demanded the cruiser Hamidieh,
the only large Bhip then in possession of Turkey, as com
pensation for the Breslau, the former German cruiser which
was destroyed in the Dardanelles while under the Turkish
flag. Despite Turkey's protest the Hamidieh has departed for
Sevastopol with the German flag flying.
DILLON WANTS
WILSON TO PASS
ON IRISH PLANS
Nationalist Leader Introduces
Proposal In House of Com
mons; Voted Duwn by
245 to 106.
By Associated Press.
London, July 29. The debate in the
House of Commons today on the
Irish question ended in the defeat of
the Irish adherents. The motion of
John Dillon, the nationalist leader,
condemning the government's Irish
policy, was rejected by a vote of 24S
to 106.
Mr. Dillon's suggestion that the
question of Ireland be referred to
President Wilson was well received
by the house, but as former Premier
Asquith pointed out. it could not be
expected that the president of the
United States would undertake such
an arduous task at this time and the
matter was obviously one which the
British people would have to settle
thcinselves.
What Dillon Said.
Introducing his resolution which
expresses the view that "the true so
lution of the Irish quesion is to put
into operation without delay in regard
to Ireland the principles laid down by
President Wilson," Mr. Dillon ad
mitted that the nationalist party was
in difficulty, but he added. "We are
because we have struggled to save the
constitutional position and bring Ire
land into the war, while the govern
ment has done everything in its power
to drive her out of the war."
Street Railway Case
Decision This Week
Washington, July 29. (Special
Telegram.) Secretary Lauck of the
National War Labor board said to
day that a decision in the Omaha
street railway case would be given
Wednesday or Thursday of this week
in all probability.
Outlaw German Alliance.
Washington, July 29. The pre
siding officer of the senate and house
today signed and sent to the presi
dent the resolution repealing the fed
eral charter of the National German
Alliance, whose members have been
charged with pro-German activities.
admiral says, is to reduce enemy
cargo space, for on this depends the
ability of the allies to continue the
waf.
Referring to a statement attributed
to the British admiral, Sir John Jel
licoe, the former first sea lord, that
the U-boat war was a failure, that
it had ceased to constitute a danger
and that more U-boats were being de
stroyed than were being built, the
admiral said:
"The statement is incorrect, and if
credited would prove a fatal error for
our oooonents. The fact is that
merely by appropriating neutral ton
nage the situation has undergone a
temporary amelioration."
THE WEATHER
Nebraska Fair; warmer to
day; east portion Wednesday.
Thermometer Rending:
Hour. De. Hoof.
B k. m 7 I 1 p. m.
6 ft. m 5 I I p. m.
7 ft. m M I p. m.
S a. m 64 I 4 p. m.
a. m 5 i S p. m.
10 . m AA I A p. m.
11 ft. m AK ( 1 p. m.
IS ra 11 p. m.
D(T.
...73
...7.1
...75
....17
....77
... .77
....77
....7
Germany, the advices further
V? CAITSES T.TTTT.1C StTRPRTSP".
Washington- July 29. While
no
official notice of the breach of rela-
tions between Turkey and Germany
or rather the central powers, for with
out doubt rfustria is involved with
Germany in the dispute with the Ot
toman goveriment has reached Wash
ington, officials expressed little sur-i
prise tonight at the Copenhagen dis-
patcn received from London saying
that Germany and Turkey had severed
relations.
Serving Two Masters.
In official circles here for some time
past it has been realized that in her
efforts to serve both Turkey and Bul
garia in the division of spoils resulting
from the enforced treaty with Ruma
nia, Germany had incurred the ill
will of both her allies.
Following the conclusion of the
pact at Jassy, both Turkey and Bul
garia laid claim to much of the terri
tory which Rumania has been forced
to cede to her enemies.
Belief in Turkey that favoritism
was being shown Bulgaria by Ger
many in the negotiations, according '
to recent dispatches received here,
caused a rapid growth of anti-German
feeling in Constantinople. A
shortage of food, weariness of the war
and dissatisfaction with the voune
Turk party because of its submission
to German control recently found ex
pression in Constantinople in food
riots and mutinous uorisines. which
have been sternly suppressed by the
military auuioriues.
Turkey War Weary.
That Turkey has become more and
more weary of the war was indicated
in the failure of the latest Turkish ,
loan in June. According to Swiss dis
patches only 12,000.000' was ob
tained out of 32,000,000 sought
However, there was considerable
doubt in the miqds of officials here
whether severance of relations, even
if actually brought about, would be
permanent.
It was also pointed out that the
Turkish army is officered almost en
tirely by Germans, and that while the
Turkish diplomatic authorities might
sever relations with Germany, the ar
my would remain thoroughly German.
Many Disputes.
Announcement was made in the
Reichstag June 8 that differences had
arisen between Bulgaria and. Turkey
over the division of lands taken from
Roumania under the peace agreement
with the central powers. The an
nouncement was made by Dr. -von
Kuehlmann, the German foreign, sec
retary, who added that the question
was a difference of opinion between
two of Germany's allies, to whom
Germany was bound by exactly equal
ties, and that everything must be
avoided which would cause the im
pression to prevail abroad that Ger
many's policy favored the claims of
the one ally at the expense of the
other.
The Cologne Gazette early in June
asserted that the differences between
Turkey and Bulgaria involved a cer
tain danger that the "work of har
mony achieved by the central powers
at Bucharest may suffer." The news
paper added that both Bulgaria and
Turkey were claiming Germany's full
support in their respective interests.
Announcement was made some
time ago that Germany and Turkey
were in a hot dispute over the dispo
sition of Russia's Black sea fleet.
Pan-Turkey Move.
Turkey's ambitions in the Black sea
and in the Caucusus recently were
attacked by the Pan-German Berlin
newspaper Kreuz Zeitung
"Turkey's' idea," said the newspa
per, "seems to be to set in a dominat-
ing position in the Black sea, making
the Pan-Turkish idea paramount
there and creating in the Caucasus a
strong rampart between Turkey and
Russia. Hence German tolicy is con-'
1 fronted with difficult tasks