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GERMANS UNABLE
TO MAKE STAND ON
BANKS OF VESLE
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Bulk of Crown PrinceV Broken Forces Now Rests on
, Chemin-Des-Dames; Ludendorff Placed on Defen
sive by Crushing Counter Stroke Delivered
by General Foch.
By ARTHUR DRAPER.
London, Aug. 3. (Special to the New York Tribune and
The Omaha Bee.) Close at the heels of the crown prince's
army Foch's men have come to the southern slopes of the
heights north of the Aisne along which Ludendorff determined
upon setting up his line of defense following the retreat which
began a fortnight back.
Having been forced to abandon Soissons, the key to the
Marne triangle, the crown prince had no alternative but to fall
tack on the Aisne plateau.
The Vesle. which offered no op-
osition to the Germans when they
flowed down from the Aisne heights
last May, provided no defense when
the tide turned against them and to
night, the bulk of the crown prince's
broken, . humiliated army rests at
Chemin des Dames, the scene of 6uch
violent fighting during the last two
. j-ears.
French Have Revenge.
The French; like the Italians on
the Piave, had their revenge. Foch's
counter stroke has reaped "big re
wards. The best Ludendorff had of
fered ended ' in disastrous failure.
French, British, Americans, Italians
have humbled the heir to the Hohen
.aollern dynasty as never before and
Uhe failure of Verdun has been capped
by the disaster of the Marne,
It is happy' turn of the wheel
whicn brijigs Foch's fighter to the
Aisne on the eve of the fifth year of
the war and finds Ludefidorffs great
army completely on the defensive.
The tides are running strongly in. th
. .fclliesfaxor at "the moment, but it is
wise to guard against "overconfidence
. lest disappointment folldw..
: Line Shifting Constantly. .
''Any attempt to describe the line
would be futile, for it shifts constant
ly and before . this is read town
through which it now runs will be
far behind the allied troops. To the
east of .Sojssons the French are ad
vancing along the south bank of the
Aisne, the German bridge at Oissy
long since having been destroyed.
To the west of Soissons, Pomiere is
In the French hands. Braisne on the
Vesle is occupied by the allies, while
to the east the French cavalry has
crossed the Vesle at Champigny and
Jonomery.' V
All the bridges over the Vesle have
been destroyed by the retreating en
emy and north of the river many vil
lages are burning. The large town
of Fismes is burning tonight. Since
Thursday the crown prince has been
giving way rapidly, an almost certain
sign that he has finished building his
defenses to the north of the river.
The allies are taking few prisoners
and practically no guns, which shows
that everything has been removed
north of the river.
In the neighborhood of Rheims the
Germans are back in their original
line. ..
Enemy's Coup Fails.
Sir Douglas Haig voices the gen
eral military opinion when he states
in his special order to his troops that
"the enemy has made his effort to ob
tain a decision on the western front
andJie has failed." '
Americans have reason to feel proud
In reading his next sentence, "The
steady stream of American troops ar
riving in France has already restored
the balance."
Henceforth there should be a
steady improvement in the allied gen
eral position, though there are al
most certain to b-t. many disappoint
ments and temporary setbacks, for
the enemy is a wonderfully strong
defensive fighter as he has shown at
the Somme, the Marne and in the
early days in Russia. ,
Many believe Ludendorff will try
for a spectacular coup at an early
date in an effort to -recuperate his
losses and prestige, but such a move
will necessarily be limited in scale.
On land and St sea allied prospects
grow, brighter with every day,, al
though the civilian as well as the sol
dier and the sailor recognize that
there is much hard fighting still
ahead.
Ashton flamed to Succeed
Metcalfe on State Council
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3, (Special.)
-Fred VV. Ashton has accepted an
appointment as member of the State
Council of Defense, succeeding Rich
ard L. Metcalfe. Mr. Metcalfe's res
ignation was to take effect as soon as
his successor accepted and qualified.
Gen. Edward Davis Dead.
Honolulu, T. H., Aug. 3. Brigadier
Generat Edward Davis, U. S. A., re
tired, died here yesterday, aged 74.
General DavUovas a veteran of the
civil war, ,
ALL THE LATEST WAR NEWS BY
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VOL. XLVJII NO. 8.
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JAPAN JOINS
U.S.IN GIVING
RUSSIA HELP
Each Will Send Troops to
Safeguard Czecho-Slovaks;
Other Allies Approve
the Project. J
By Associated Press. ...
. Washington) ' "Aug. '. 3. dfficial
statements by the American and
Japanese .governments made ;publc
here tonight announce that the plans
for extending military aid to Russia
in Siberia will be "undertaken by the
United States and Japan alone with
the o'ther allied co-belligerents assent
ing in principle.
The United States and Japan will
each send "a few thousand men" to
Vladivostok to act as" a common
force in occupying and safeguarding
the city and protecting the rear of
the westward moving Czecho-Slovak
army.
The numbers of the American
troops, and where they will go and
when, may not be discussed.
Co-operate at Murman.
While the United States and Japan
are extending aid to the Czecho-Slo-vak-army
in Siberia, the United States
will continue to co-operate with the
allies operating from Murman and
Archangel. To what extent and
what nature is not announced.
The only present objects of the
Japanese-American forces will be to
give such aidand protection as is
possible to the Czecho-Slovak forces
against the armed body of German
and Austrian prisoners of war and
to steady any efforts at self-government
and self-defense in which the
Russians thelmselves may be willing
to accept assistance.
Later the United States will send
a commission of merchants, agricul
tural experts, labor advisors, Red
Cross representatives and agents of
the Y. M. C. A.
Withdrawal Pledged,
Both the United States and Japan
in the official announcements make
the most specific pledges of the ac
tion agreed upon being wholly with
out thought of interference with the
sovereignty of Russia or any inter
ference whatever in her internal af
fairs. The Japanese government at the
same time pledges itself that when
the objects of the mission are ac
complished it will withdraw every
Japanese soldier and leave the sov
ereignty of Russia unimpaired in all
its phases.
The agreement to which all the al
lies assent islargely the result of the
personal efforts of resident Wilson
rwho has been at work almost un
ceasingly for weeks to bring the na
tions together in the most effective
plan which at the same time will con
vince the Russian people that the
aim was purely to help them pre
serve and, develop ttieir new-iounu
democracy. '
Slavs Occupy Kuban Region.
Amsterdam, Aug. 3. The entire
Kuban region is in the undisputed
possession of the Czecho-Slovaks, ac
cording to a Moscow dispatch to the
Rhenish Westphalian Gazette. '
Grand Cross of Legion
Of Honor Awarded to
Pershing by France
Pans, Aug. 3. Gen. John J.
Pershing, commander-in-chief oj
the American expeditionary forces
'in France, was today awarded the
Grand Cross, of the Legion of'
Honor by the French government
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Unclaimed Shipments in Large
Quantity Destroyed by
Blaze in Lower Jack
son Street.
Thousands of dollars' worth of
freight was destroyed and more valu
able shipments were endangered from
fire in the "over and short" depart
ment at the south end of the Bur
lington freight house. Seventh and
Jackson streets, shortly after midnight
last nignt.
Firemen from 12 hose companies
and three trucks Confined the flames
to the south end of the huge struc
ture Brick walls and the fireproof iron
roof of the building resisted the
flames and only the freight piled up in
long rows was harmed.
The blaze started in a pile of grease
near the small receiving office at the
extreme south end of the building.
The "over and short" department
consists of miscellaneous freight of
all descriptions unclaimed by con
signees or owners. Household furni
ture, dry goodsand packing cases of
unknown value were destroyed or
damaged. Several thousand cases of
near-beer stacked up just north of
where the progress of the flames was
stayed were only slightly damaged.
Fire Chief Dineen said after the
fire it was impossible to make any ac
curate estimate of the extent of the
damage because of the miscellaneous
character of the freight, from much
of which tags and identification slips
have been lost.
Pay Last of Spanish
War -Debt; Hardly a .
Ripple at Treasury
Washington, Aug. 3. The last of
the Spanish war debt was paid off to
day by the redemption of $4,000,000
worth of bonds. -Dart of a block of
$198,000,000 issued June Li, 1898, seven
weeks after war was declared. So
great are the nation's .expenditures in
these days of big scale warfare that
the payment creajed hardly a notice
able reduction s in the treasury's
$1,500,000,000 working balance.
Two Policemen and Bandit
Shot in. Running Battle
Cleveland, C.'Aue. 3. Two citv
policemen were shot, one being per
haps tataily wounded, one payroll
bandit killed or fatally wounded and
two other bandits injured in a gun
fight today,- following the theft of
$22,864, the payroll of the H. J. Walk
er company airplane plant: The
money was recovered when the' ban
dits' car was wrecked in its flight.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUNDAY MORNJNG, AUGUST 4, 1918.
PURSUERS
"Ain't it the Truth!"
Chancellor Avery
Commissioned Major
In American Army
Chancellor Samuel Avery
University oJebrasfci.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3. Chancellor
Samuel Avery of the University of
Nebraska has been comniissiJhed a
major in the national army, (it was
learned here today, when he re
quested the university's board of re
gents to grant him a leave of absence
for the duration of the war.
German Campaign Leaders
Openly Admit Failure of
Their Strategic Pans
Copenhagen, Aug. 3. Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg and General
Ludendorff received the German
correspondent, according to advices
reaching here, and openly admitted'
their strategic plans had failed.
They asserted, however, that the
Germans were still masters of the
situation and that the territories
given to the enemy were disposed of
according to plans.
If the battles were on German
territory they explained they would
be pained to give up villages, but
the progress of the enemy, they de
clared, was without importance and
would not affect the results of the
world war.
Von Hindenburg said that the
German soldiers would become
just as easily accustomed to the
Americans as they did to the black
soldiers.
Edward A, Rumely
Life Story of Man Who Bought
New York Mail for the Kaiser
on Page Ten-B of This Issue.
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FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE
UNDAY
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WITH HUN BODES
FOLLOW FLEEING FOE
AUTO THEFTS IN
OMAHA WORK OF
ORGANIZED BAND
'Machines Taken Here by the
Agents of Trust Which Op
erates All Over Mis
souri Valley.
Investigations by .insurance actu
aries, adjusters and detectives em
ployed by agencies which write auto
mobile hazards by theft, all lead to
the conclusion there is a syndicate
engaged in the disposal of stolen ma
chines. The ramifications of this syndicate
is nation wide and every large city
in the land, including Omaha, has a
clearing house through which stolen
machines are disposed.
The volume of business transacted
by the automoblic thief trust will run
into the millions and that it is a com
paratively safe enterprise " is proven
bv the fact that the fountain head ot
the system has not yet been dis-Nl
covered.
There is no question as to there
being a central agency, with a settled
business policy, and that it employs
various agencies throughout the
country to get rid of an enormous
number of cars that are acquired y
unlawful means. 1
Cars stolen from owners in Chica
go. Detroit. St. Paul, Minneapolis,
and other eastern and north ;rn points,
find their way by devious routes and
Uiany agencies to Omaha, where they
are placed in the hands or certain
. (Continued on Tat Two. Column Two.)
Army Surgeon General
Asks Enrollment of
1,000 Nurses Weekly
Washington, Aug. 3. An urgent
call to the American Red Cross to
enroll .1,000 nurses a week for the
next two months for immediate duty
with the army nurse corps was issued
today by Surgeon-General Gorgas
With the American armies overseas
entering more and more into the
fighting, the surgeon general said,
the need for additional nurses be
comes imperative.
Discontinue Residence
Telephone Installations
St. Louis, Aug. 3. Installation of
iciepnuncs m residences, wnicn wouiu
require the stringing ot an aerial
wire, was discontinued here today un
der order from Postmaster-General
Burleson, commandeering the avail
able supply of No. 17 copper-clad
wire. The order is expected to have
similar effect throughout the nation.
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ADVANCE SWIFTLY ON
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Germans Unlikely to Make Stand on Plateau Between
Streams As Railroad from Chermois to North Is '
Dominated by Guns; Fifty Towns Covered by
Extension of Allied Lines on Saturday.
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By Associated Press. ' '
With thei American Army on the Aiane-Marne Front, Aufr.
3. 10 p. m. American troops today entered he southern part
of Fismes, the great German base in the center of the Aisne
Marne salient, while other forces of the allies hold the southern ,
banks of the Aisne and Vesle rivers from Sbissons to Fismes. '
Eastward it is almost a straight line through Courville
Branscourt, Courcelles and Champigny. '
The advance of the whole army was along a front of almost
45 miles. . . v
SALIENT IN
ALLIED LINE
It
Germans Retiring Toward Aisne
With No Certainty of Find
ing Bulwark Against
Armies in Pursuit.
, By Associated Press.
The great salient between Soissons
and Rheims,. on the Aisne-Marne
front, in which terrific fighting has
been going on for two weeks, has
been virtually cut out by the allied
forces.
French cavalry patrols now are op
erating along the railroad running be
tween these two cities, constituting
the two pivotal points of the previous
German advance, American ' troops
hold the outskirts of Fismes, the great
supply base of the German army,
which the enemy strove with utmost
strength and determination to hold;
auiea advance guarus nave reaenca me
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southern bank ot the Aisne and the
force of the combined thrusts of
French. British and Americans ap
pears great enough now to drive the
Germans back even beyond the Aisne
to the heights of the Chemin Des
Dames, where powerful defenses must
then be faced.
Increase Speed of Advance.
Both east and west the allies on
Saturday increased the speed of their
advance, a distance of more than six
miles forward being gained at certain
points, lhe line now has been so
straightened as to escape the danger
which previously threatened the
southern bend from Soissons of being
enfiladed. '
Notwithstanding the difficulties con
fronting (hem, the allies are bringing
up their guns almost as last s the
Germans are withdrawing theirs and
all the roads over which the Germans
are retiring are being subjected to the
heaviest bombardments.
Coincidentallv the British have re
gained important ground west of the
Ancre river, where the enemy also is
rctreatinsr.
The allies now hold the line of the
Vesle river from Rheims at least as
far as. Braisne. Beyond this town the
situation is somewhat obscure, but it
is known that the allies are on the
hills overlooking the Vesle valley to
the west and the northwest. At Veni.
zel the allies hold the south bank of
the Aisne and their lines extend west
ward throueh Soissons to Pommiers.
There is no certainty that the Ger-
r t . f . 1 t 1-
mans win nnu ine visne a uuiwarn.
Advices from Paris indicate that the
Germans' lines north of the river are
in a dangerous situation! The retire
ment may go on until the enemy is
(Continued on rag Two, Column tite.)
Elimination of Music From -
Chicago Restaurants Proposed
Chicago, Aug. 3. The damnation
of music from hotels and restaurants
tire substitution of paper napkins for
linen, the application or the "serve
self" plan to retail stores and the
elimination of traveling salesmen are
the objects of a new dej-artment of
the State Council of Defense created
today. This depatUncnt. which is un
der the direction of Louis M.
Stumer, will be known as the "com
mercial economy administration for
the systematic promotion of thrift,
economy and conservation in business."
E ffl ATED
THE WEATHER
Fcr Nebraska Generally
fair today and Monday.
Hourly Temperatures: '
"... " Iftg.
4 a. m 10 1 p. to. 8ft
a. m ,.." p. ni , 94
7 a. m 89 3 p. m. 84
a. m ...704 p. m 98
a. m 12'S d. m. ...91
10 a. ni. ,s 14 p. in 0f . i
11 a. ni 7S 7 p. m .97
IS m 811 ., -J
To the east of So5on th
lion of the line northward along the
Aisne as well as the extension i
the general line makes it probable
In the opinion of tnilitary experts thai
he Germans wUl hesitate before eon
centrating themselves for' a stand .
alcnr the plateau to the east between
the Aisne and1 the Vesle.' aa tht
branch railroad from Sermolse to tha
north now is dominated by the allied
guns. . - ... . '-i '. ... v-p,:-
Fifty. Hamlets Occupied.
The broad field covered by the ad
vance today includes at least SO
small towns and villages. .
Before evacuating Saoonav. the Ge'r
mans endeavored in vain to remove
locomotives and railway cars. The
French and American heavy guns
previously had severed, the railway
running north from Saponay and the '
Germans were unable to make repairs
owing to' the continued spelling.
Saponay and the district extending
to Fere-en-Tardenois form an impor
tant railway center, of which the Ger
mans made much use until the allied
guns cut the line. When the French
entered Saponay Friday they found
two locomotives which the Germans'
had attempted to destrov when thev .
discovered that the railroad had beerc
severed, and the railroad yards also
had been damaged by German explo-'
sives.
Tardenois Laid Waste. '
Friday was the first dav Fere-en-i
Tardenois was not under the German
artillery since the Germans evac uated
the village. The 'French and Ameri
cans already have started to restore
the shell-swept village. A group of
American engineers worked with the
irench repairing the roads and
streets.
Previous to evacuating Ferisn.
Tardenois, the Germans virtually de-
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suuycu evcryining wnicn COUld - btt
made use of, including mirrors, bed
and furniture. There was not a sin
gle house which had not been Aelled
or dynamited. Practically the only
things intact are the weathercock on
the church steeple and the cobble
stones of the streets. :
The trees in the village square were
twisted as if fey a cyclone by the fare
well shells of the German's, x
Loot Order Standing. v',
A large sign in German at the en
trance of the church reads: "Remove
hats upon entering." Down the
street a German sign stretched across
the roadway reads: "Captured arms
and loot must be stored here." 'The
(Contlnned on Face Two, Column One.)
French.Armored Cars v
Prove of Great Value
In Infantry Advance
On the French Front in France,
Aug. 3. (Havas Agency.) The
French armdred car has taken an im
portant part in .recent operations.
They are in constant touch with
the commander of operations and co
operate with the aviation service,' the
artillery and the infantry by ingeni
ous signals. Carrier pigeons keep
Headquarters informed as to their
progress. .
The machines fight in large formal
tion, forming batteries and groups.
Batteries of light cars are easily con
cealable in shell holes and clumps of
bushes. They have been particularly
useful in the present operations in
destroying machine gun nests and
blockhouses and paralyzing counter
offensives. They also have operated
against" enemy artillery. .
No one is required to serve in car;
They are manned by volunteers. '
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