THE EEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, AUGUST- 5y 1913.
I COMMAND
OUT WIPED BY
GENERAL FOCH
Strategic Disaster Suffered
When - ManginV and De
Goutte's Armies Joined
at Right Angles.
By Associated Press.
London, via Ottawa, Aug. 4. The
, immediate cause of the German re
treat, saya Reuter's, Ltd., io its re
view of the situation today, was the
brilliant success of the armies of Gen
eral Mangin and General De Goutte,
worth of the Ourcq, which, effected a
junction at a right angle, making pos
sible the beginning on Thursday of
the process of clearing the impor
tant ridge dividing the Crise and the
Ourcq. The British division' in Gen
eral Mangin's army started the oper
ation from Grand Roioy. The
French, co-operating, carried not
merely the summit, but the reverse
slope of the ridge, securing observa
tion behind the Hartennes plateau.
Meanwhile, in the center, the en
emy bastion in the Meuniere wood,
two square miles in extent, was car
ried. Thus the enemy's hope of sta
biliiing the line disappeared. Indeed,
he had suffered a strategic disaster
owing to the reversal of the strate
jgie position brought about by Gen
eral Foch's counter stroke, and his
hasty retirement on the Vesle cannot
, be an easy matter for him, as the
only good road available passes
through Coulognes, w,hich the allies
.captured yesterday.
The allied guns, the review points
out, are now within range of Baro
ches, where the only railway connec
tion from the north crosses the Vesle
into the salient They also command
Fismes, which was the main store
house for the German offensive,
while Braine, between Bazoches and
Soissons, through which the main
road out of the salient passes, is also
exposed to gun fir. Hence the ex
perts are now prophesying that the
withdrawal will continue over the
Aisne. r ' "' " '
ALLIED TROOPS .
CROSS AME AT
, SEVERAL PLACES
I (CstittnBod Tram Tmgt On.)
the slopes down to the western 'side
f the Avre river.
The Germans have retired to the
north bank of the Vesle and the
French have effected four crossings
of the river, according to information
received here tonight The Germans
are resisting stubbornly with strong
rear guard actions.
The text of the official statement
Issued by the war. office today reads:
' "Our patrols have reached the An
' ere river between Dernancourt and
Hamel and are in contact with the
enemy oo this line. ... , ' ,
. .The hostile artillery showed some
activity during the night in the sector
north of Bethune and south of Ypres,"
: The distance between Dernancourt
and Hamel is approximately six miles.
. Withdraw Aerosa Ancre.
Berlin, via London, Aug. 4. The
war office atatement tonight follows;
'.. "During the night there was a re
vival of artillery fire, which increased
to, great intensity at times south of
Ypres and on both sides of the
Somme, . '
"On both sides of Albert we with
drew, without enemy interference, our
posts on the west of the Ancre to
the eastern bank of the river.
"In aucessful forefield engagements
south of the Luce brook and south
west of Montdidier, we captured pris
oners. "There bave been fighting opera-
uoni on we mane, norm jma cast 01
Soissons, On the Vesle we are in
fighting contact with the enemy.' -
Enormous Additions Made to
British Navy During War
Lonaon, Aug. i ne secretary oi
toe admiralty Has made public figures
dealing with the naval situation of
the allies. ; - '
The British navy, apart from the
American forces, consists of warships
and auxiliary craft with a total dis
placement of 6,500,000 tons against
2,500,000 in August, 1914. During that
period about 750,000 tons have been
lost but at the present day the
growth of the fleet shows an increase
of 160 per cent The original 146,000
officers and men have grown to
394,000. -
Sir Erie Geddes, first lord of the
admiralty, on March 5, 1918, aatd
British and American naval forces
were sinking submarines as fast as
they were built, and on July 30. says
the statement, he announced that dur
ing the last three months of the first
half of 1918 the world output of ton
nage exceeded the. world's losses
from all , causes by not less than
100,000 tons per month. -
Cutherland to Enter Race ;
For State Superintendent
Lincoln, Aug. , 4. (Special.)-
Charles M. Sutherland, city superw
tendent of schools, Creighton, has no
tified Secretary of State Pool that
he will file for the nonpartisan nom
ination for state superintendent to
morrow. ' But two candidates had
filed for the nomination, Owen P.
Stewart former assistant superintend'
ent under Superintendent Thomas,
. and the present state superintendent
W. ti. Uemmoni. Under the non
partisan last candidates can file after
the . time has expired for filing for
state offices.' - ' : )
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British . troops advancing over
ground which had been thoroughly
churned up by big shell-fire. The na
ture of the ground gives an idea of
French Socialists Accept
U. S. President's Peace Terms
r Paris, Aug. 4."The most extreme
socialists in France would be consid
ered jingoes in America, and from
what I gather your views coincide
with ours," said Albert Thomas the
French socialist leader and former
member of the war council, to John
Spargo, A. M. Simmons and Charles
Edward Russell, members of the dele
gation sent to Europe by the Demo
cratic League of America, at a meet
ing with them last night.
Mr. Spargo declared his party
would "not disturb the allied govern
ments in their fight against autocracy
and for nationality, and, while uphold,
ing the rights of labor, would never
end its efforts until victory has been
gained by the allies,"
American
Casualty List
Washington, Aug. 4.-The army
casualty list today shows: Killed in
actionv 91; died of wounds, 8; died of
airplane accident, 1; died of accident
and other causes, 4; died of disease.
5: wounded severely, 10; wounded
slightly, 1; wounded degree undeter
mined, 31; missing in action. 12.
Total 28J. ' . -
. Killed in Action.
IfaJor ' John II. Wills, Lynchburg,
Va. , , : : ; ' . . -
Lieut. Forbes Rickard, Jr., Denver,
Colo. V
Sergeants: Lloyd w Ackerman,
Evansville. Ind. '
Albert Andrews, Hugeton, Kan.
Lester Avant, Midlaid City, Ala, ,
Otis L. Gorf, Wade, Miss.
Roual W. Nordquist, Quincy, Mass.
Charles W. Rogers, Cob Hill. Ky.
Manippe Stonecipher, Iuka, 111.,
Carrol S. West, Kezar Falls, Me.
Corporals: Edward J., Brown,
Newark, N. J.
Roy u Cherry, Kouseviue, ra.
Daniel V. Coon, Waterburyi Conn.
David W. Davy, Hedrick, la.
Clayton B. Kaiser, Nazareth, Pa.
Daniel P. MeGrath, Kansas City,
Mo. ,
John B. Murphy, Dallas, Tex.
Albert Sheppard, Ludington, Mich.
Benjamin L. Stone, Danville, Va.
Fred Wurst, Dubuque, la.
Bugler Edward H. Ulearey, Phila
delphia, Pa. .
Mechanic Noah C, Frink, Char
lotte, Vt.
Look William J. Lang, Appieton,
Wis. - -
Privates: Eddie O. Anderson, Wil
bur, Wash. ,
Herman Baker, Ogden, Utah
Earl R. Barcus, Indianapolis, Ind.
Frank Barnes, Covington, Ky.
Albert C Barnstead, Somerville,
Mass.''
Urban Bergeron, Menasha, Wis.
Simon F, Black, Union, Mo.
Charles Brenner, New York.
Giuseooe J. Bulleri. Ellensburg,
Wash.
Calvin A. Carbaugh, York, Pa.
Frank Cherby, New London, Conn.
Bertina Christianson, . Viroqua,
Wis. - . , '
Herman L. Clemmer. Raphine. Va.
John F.-AZody, Stoneham, Mass. A
Cecil if., coie, ureenvuie, uv.
. Tames C Cox, Indianapolis, Ind.
Victor A. Coirie, Philadelphia. Pa.
Angel Crocos, Fond du Lac, Wis.
Henry Daily, Burlington, la.
Ralph W. Davis, 108 Benton St.,
Council Bluffs, la.
John Enno, St. Michael, Italy
Michael J. Ferry, Philadelphia, Pa.
Vito Gerondo, Akron, O.
Walter Glowacki, Cleveland, O.
.Emmett Godesky, Canton, O. -William
Hageman, Appieton, Wis.
David C. Halker, Reading,
Louis C Hanrahan. Unionville,
Conn.
Floyd E. Harry, Osceola, Pa.
Ernest H. Haucke. Aleoma. Wis.
Verroa B. Heckroth, Philadelphia,
Pa. ' . "
John W Tutches, Freeland, La
Herbert Jackson, Birmingham,
England - , c
, William C Knoll, Chicago
: George Koprivica, Jackson. Cat
Roily n E. Leonard, Emmetsburg,
la. - ; .-.
i Louis Levin son, Chicago
David Loughran, Milwaukee, Wis,
Bateman McKean, Hornell, N. Y. .
William J. McNamee, New York,
3 Patrick McSherry,; New York
Albert Martin, Stamford, Conn. '
Robert Mathews Manchester, O.
j Charles H. Miller, Greeley, Kan. ,
Fred J, Newton, Roxbury, Mass.
' ' Boleshaw Osmolski, Pawtucket,
R. L . ' - - ; v " '
JosephyC Ouelette',' Newton Upper
Falls, Mass.- .,
Spero Pappandrikopolone, Aroco
va, Greece. ,
Anthony J, Plachtaj Torrington,
Conn.
Henry B, Pratt, jr Caribou, Me.
Over No-Man's Land
?1
:
or ro -YiAtf& - tavtd.
&mnj erne ft frorx
the tremendous upheaval oi the
ground caused by continuous big shell
fire. . '
Although , the extremists here
charged the, Americans with the im
petuosity of youth, they admit the
validity of the Americans' course. "I
should have done similarly," said M.
Longuet, who is accounted one of the
French extremists.
"There are no socialists here like
our extreme pacifists, Morris Hillquit
and Victor Berger," said Mr, Sim
mons. !'Here there is an almost uni
versal acceptance by socialists of
President Wilson's peace terms."
The French extremists have asked
for another conference next week.
They are seemingly inclined to agree
with the views, of the Americans,
while the moderates concur with them
entirely.
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Casualties for Week 1,430;
Increase Total to 15,196
Washington, Aug. 4. Army and
marine corps casualties reported from
overseas during the week ending to
day increased 1,430, " compared with
1,050 the week before. Total casual
ties reported are 15,196, including to
day's army list of 283 the largest
number yet reported in a single day
and marine'.corps list of two.
While as yet no figures on casual
ties in the great allied offensive in
which American troops are playing
so conspicuous a part have been re
ceived, the increase in the daily army
lists undoubtedly is due in part to this
fighting. The increase for the week
was 1,384. Ifce marine corps list in
creased only w for. seven days.
In the 15,196 casualties, total
deaths, including 291 men lost at sea,
men killed irf action, died of wounds,
disease, accidents and other causes,
numbered 6,144 army men, 5,410; ma
rine, 734. The wounded aggregate
8,264 army men, 7,044; marines, 1,220.
Wesley C Predmore, Winters, Cal.
Charles Quigley. Indiana Harbor.
Ind. '
Fred W. Ranee, Menominee, Mich.
Charles J. Rasp, Detroit, Mich.
Norman V. Reed, Tamaqua, Pa.
George L. Rourke. Osnabrook. N.
d. ;
Peter Sanford, jr., Paterson, N. J.
Robert F. Scott, Hegler, Idaho.
John D. Seymour, St. Louis, Mo.
Ronald E. Smith, Milwaukee, Ore.
Marian Stankowicz, Chicago
Louis A. Steinmetz, Hamilton, O.
Clair G. Sutton, Westover, Pa.
George T; Weatherill, Fayett, Mo.
Paul B. Wolfe, Connersville, Ind.
Reginald Young, Granville, N. S.
Sergeant Henrv r. Wiecher. St
Louis, Mo.
Corporal Edward Otto, Sisseton,
. D.
Died From Wounds.
-Captain John 8. Manning, Brooklyn: Cor
poral Benjamin Berry, Nlty, M.j Earl Gar
rett. Indlanapolla. Ind. Prlvatea Robert P..
PaaU. Klnf .mountain, N. C.j John A. Ollnea,
Hamilton, 111.; Samuel B. Ore.n., Tom.
Creek, Va.; Louli K. Hlco. Thro River.,
Ulch.1 illke Waaarab. Lakowqod. 0.
Died of Disease.
PrWatee Frank Ankaleln. Now Tork: Le
wi R. SJkley, Wlndeor, Conn.) Claronco B.
Heala, Batavla, N. T. Frank Jordan,- Oak-
nd, Cal. i Frank K Klely. Clinton, III.
Died of Airplane Accident
Ueut R.maon Bishop, Dotrolt, Mich.
Died From Accident and Other
Causes. i
Sergeant Loul. O. lauer. Fort Wavs
Ind.: Waconar Clyde W. Knapp, Burtrum,
Minn. Prlvatea William H. Conlff. Madl.on,
Wla.; fiorbert L, Pylveater. Ehreveport. La.
Wounded Severely.
Capt Melvln W. Brldaee. Chlcaao: Ll.u.
tenants Klur Altxandor. Chambenhurr. Pa i
William H. Chandler, Brooklyn; Andrew H.
Green, Raleigh, N. C.: Jamea P. Kelley,
Lynn, Mail.; John P. Kerrigan, Weat Rut
land, Vt.) Sergeant Benjamin W. Robblna.
Sheridan, Wyo.; Corporal. Paul Kahnel, Sey
mour, mo. j un n. mmon, Barney, la.;
Philip W. Young, Montpellar, la.! John D.
Beaty, Lincoln. Neb.: Claud D. Clark.
Qreeqfleld. Mo.; Otto H. Jackion,. Brttt. la.;
.ari v. jonneon,. j-omeroy, la.; Joaepb
Miller, Clarion, lal Edward W. Rudolph,
Carthage, Mo.; John A, Welcher, Vanwert,
t.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined.
Berreant J. VI mil Buckmelater. Htn.rt
Ia.;Herman W. Thom.en, East Peru, la.;
Corporal Charle R. Burdlck, Farragut, la.;
Walter D. Flyaa, Shenandoah, la.) Private
Ralph Burrow. Vinton, la.; Frank Flaherty.
Anamosa, la.; Frank P. Hancock, Du
huquNa.t Will & Harper, Blanchard. Ia.:
Liy-T. Head, OreanTald, la.; Edward Hol
veroon. Decora h. I a.; J a me. Caaper, Cedar
Rapids. Ia.; David W. Scurlock. Sioux City,
I a. I WUllara J. Seals, Creaton, la.; John E.
Thomaa. Council BluZa, la.; Caasiua C
Worm, Anita, Ia.
Missing In Action. W;--
Major Harry Brown. San DIgo. Call
Untenant S. 3. Duka, jr., Washington;
Ervtn David Shaw, Sumter, 8. C; Alfred B.
Strong, Bloui City, la.; Rowan B. Tuekar,
Fort Worth, Tex.
1 ' . ...
Casualties.
Marine corps casualties made pub
lic toaay were: i
Private Dan A, Lockhart, Wells-
Durg, Utah. .
Wounded In Action Severely.
Private Reuben I Touskey, ClevC'
BRITAIN'S PART
IN WAR SHOWN
BY STATPCS
Mother Country and Colonies
Raise 7,500,000 Soldiers,
. of Whom 2, 500,000 Are
N in Casualty Lists.
New York, Aug. 4. Great Britain's
contribution to the, success of the al
lies was made public here today, on
the eve of the fourth annivjrsary to
morrow or the United Kingdom's en
trance into the war, by the British
bureau of information of the Br:ti-h
war mission.
Staggering figures that tell an elo
quent story of sacrifice, heroic-dete-r
ruination and accomplishment, are re
vealed by the bureau, which points
out that Great Britain and her colo
nies have raised 7,500,000 soldiers, of
whom 500,000 have been slain and
2,000,000 are wounded or rissing
England herself, it is said, has fur
nished 60 per cent of the fighters and
suffered 76 per cent of the cisual
ties. rf
It has been estimated, the bureau
says, that Britain has fought "on 17
fronts during the past four years, in
cluding Belgium, France, Italy, Ser
bia, Greece, Russia, Palestine, Meso
potamia, China and North, East and
West Africa.
"Fruits of Kultur."
The ill-omened word "kultur"
comes in for a savage analysis. Pro
fessor von Seydon, in the first frerizy
of the war, said: "The Germans are
the elect people of the earth.. They
will accomplish their destiny, which
is to rule the world and to guide al!
other nations for their common hap
piness." The bureau answers von Seydon
by presenting a table of the vorst
forms of crime committed in Ger
many and England during the ten
years 1897-1907 as follows:
Germany England
Murder ......
350
97
Incest
Rape ,
Unnatural crimes ..
Malicious and felon
ious wounding ... .
Malicious damage to
573
9,381
841
56
216
290
172,153 1,262
property 25,759
Arson 610
358
278
Totals 209,667 2,557
The missing, including prisoners, to
tal 788 army men, 710; marines. 78.
Of the week's increases deaths from
all causes totalled 651, as compared
with 393 the week before; the
wounded numbered 732, compared
with 591 the previous week, and the
missing" and prisoners totalled 47,
compared with 66 the week before.
The summary of army casualties
reported follows:
Killed in action, including 291 at
sea, 2,373; died of wounds,907; died
of disease, 1,514; died of accident and
other causes, 616; wounded in action,
7,044; missing in action, including
prisoners, 710. Total, 13,164.
The marine corps casualty sum-
umijr auuwsi .
Deaths, 734;- wounded, 1,2205 in.
i i- p. -
nanus ui enemy, , s, , missing, J.
Total, 2,032. ,
The marine corps summary , In
cludes thedeaths of 28, officers, the
wounding of 31 others and one miss
ing. SAMMIES THICK IN
NORTHERN FRANCE
Zone Back of British Lines is
Crowded with Soldiers,
from the United
States.
(Correspondence of Th Anoelated Pre.)
Headquarters American Troops
with the British , Forces in France,
June 30. American soldiers are now
spread all over the back areas of the
British zone in France. So thick vet
they it is impossible to miss them out
of doors. If the overseas men are not
met in groups on the road they are
seen sitting in circles around British
noncommissioned officers listening to
lectures on quick-firing, or doing gas
mab jtviff 1m tit m .Irlur.
mere are coiumna oi Americans
"hiking" along the valley beside fast
running' trout streams, and up and
down or around the hills, with which
these axeas are studded. Yon see
them off duty ia all the farm yards
and up all the lanes. They aret wan
dering about ir; the byroads getting
the lay of the land, and sometimes
stepping aside to gather the poppies,
blue bells, daisies and buttercups that
make the French countryside look like
a huge bouquet at this season.
There are Americans in the vilhtrei
HT1 , P A
buying knick-knacks, hunting the
scarce American smoking tobacco or
sitting with children in doorwavs set
ting first notions of French from their
picture books. They are on an im
provised diamond in a pasture with
bat and ball occasionally, not often,
for sporting articles are quite as
scarce as American tobacco here
where the American Youne Men's
Christian association has not yet pene-
irate a cnecuvciv. .
American airs are heard everywhere
sung, whistled or played on an in
strument prat is quite as strange to
these parts as were the bag-pipes four
years ago the mouth organ.
The pipes and the mouth organ
come together frequently where the
Scotch and Americans Ire billetted in
such proximity as to facilitate an ex
change of amenities. If the overseas
boys haven't yet learned to appreciate
.11 .U-. t - ... j. it..
aU
uiv ucauuc oi me PIPCS, till
Scotchmen dance to almost any kind
oi music. -
Waahlnctoa Appelntioeata.
Wehlnfton. Ao. 4. (SpMlal Telafram.)
-Civil cervlc examination will be held on
September 14 for fourth elan poetmaater
a rniuipa, rock mil, Crao Orchard; 4M
laa, Yeitua, ML Arthur aad Oilman. ,
A. Klepatad war appointed paatmaatar.
Marshall City, 8. D vie O. J. Jobnaoa,
reelsned; Jamea A, Hani at Meeteetse,
Park county, Wyo., vie B. T. Balrd, f
1so4 '.
Fluff and Congo Make Strange
Pair of Frien'ds With Ringling's
"Adventure makes strange bedfel
lows," wrote an author long ago.
He could have said the same thing
about a circus menagerie, for ani
mal friendships are a never failing
source of amusement and speculation
to the "big show" employes. . With
more than a thousand animals, birds
and reptiles in its mammoth zoo, the
Ringling Brothers' circus i has its
share of strange and curious love
affairs.
William Chambers, for almost a
score of years 'Iguardian angel" of
the Ringling animal family, from the
massive-jawed lions to the little, chat
tering monkeys, can spin many a yarn
regarding .these strange friendships
He recalls the season when a mean
tempered lioness mothered a pet kit-'
ten. Friendships between elephants
and the talented performing dogs
happen most every season. Two years
ago a performing goose insisted upon
sharing part of an ostrich's dinner,
much to the wonder of the latter and
the amusement of visitors.
This season a sudden and unex
plainable friendship has sprung up
between "Congo," a big orang
outang, and "Fluff," an orphaned
spaniel pup. "Congo's" trainer took
the puppy under his wing, and in less
than a week "Congo"' had learned to
feed the dog from a milkN bottle.
Friendship ripened and soon the
oang-outang insisted that "Fluff"
share his apartment at all bours of
the day and night. Whenever the
dog wishes to visit "Congo," he
barks in particular way, the orang
outang's trainer opens the cage door
and! lets "Fluff" inside.
By chance you may see the dbg and
monkey playing together in the cage
when Ringling Brothers' circus ex
hibits here next Wednesday. You
will have to come early, however, for,
when the band starts up, announcing
the ooeninir of the spectacle. "Inm
Days of Old," "Fluff" insists on
king another of his pals the bass
AMERICAN BOYS TAKE
HDN BASE BY STORM
(Contlrtued From Fate One.)
the fire indicated the emplacement of
a great number of guns. ' It is yet
regarded probable that it is nothing
more than a plan to offer a stiff re
sistance, in order to gain more time
for a withdrawal to the Aisne..
Bombard Enemy Positions.
Near Fismes there are a few Ger
man machine' gunners, but no serious
resistance is expected. The Ameri
can and French guns are in position,
and a great quantity of shells is being
hurled on to the table land which the
Germans are holding.
The cost and gain of the big drive
are being estimated.
, Aside from the strategic gains
made by the allied armies, the morale
of the men has beep wonderfully re
invigorated. At one depot near Fere-en-Tardenois,
it is estimated that
more than $4,000,000 worth of ammu
nition and general stores fell into the
hands of the allies, while the volume
of supplies destroyed at this same
depot is believed to amount to sev
eral times that value. . ,
In scores of villages from the
Ourcq to the Vesle, the French and
Amenan troops encountered scenes
of demolition. Everything that could
be burned had been set on fire. The
crops were not extensively damaged
owing to the rain which put out the
fires. . .
The Ameritans had many narrow
escapes from explosives attached to
doors in villages and connected with
electric batteries. , .
Salient Is Gone.
London. Auur. 4. Teleeraohincr at 1
o'clock Sunday afternoon, Reuter's
correspondent at American headquar
ters on the Aisne-Marne tront says:
Ihe salient is gone. I he allied
troops already are holding the south
bank of the Vesle river, rismes is
in flames.
"The wagons of the retreating Ger
man column can be seen toiling over
muddy roads toward the Aisne. Our
cavalry patrols report only rear
guard screens.
To have thus driven the enemy
back as he was driven back four years
ago is no mean achievement, but we
must not overestimate it. That the
enemy has been forced to retire bit
terly against his will, is obvious. I
am prepared to accept General Luden
dofff's statement that the retirement
was decided on 15 days ago after
General retain s blow against the
west side of the salient, and the Ger
mans can pride themselves on having
remained, to use Ludendorff's phrase,
masters ot the situation, ihat is to
say, they have beenjible to avert the
collapse of the side of the salient and
the consequent capture by the allies
of all the troops within it
"To that extent they are masters
of the situation as the bankrupt may
be so described who just escaped be-
ing-,cnt to prison.
Die at Their rosts.
The American communication to
day describes the enemy as having
. . t f ' t ri
been oriven in coniusion Deyona me
Vesle. So far as I have been able to
learn signs of confusion have been
hitherto conspicuously absent. ' In
deed, I , have never followed any
army's retirement which left so little
evidence of being forced, except in the
matter of ammunition.
"The enemy s dead are certainly un-
buried. But who should have buried
them? He left men behind him with
ordefs to die- And died they have.
They lie in group about their guns,
dozens here, dozens there every cne
with an American bullet through his
brain .or breast, or with the equally
decisive stab of the American bayonet.
"These groups are close together in
vital positions and amount to a total
of from w to Jiw men. ihey give
evidence of fine .discipline and deter
mination and not of that sort of thing
one is accustomed to find behind de
feated armies.
German Operation Failure.
"$o far as I can 'see, the enemy
counted exactly the cost of his re
tirement, and paid not a man or a
gun above his margin. As a soldier
ly achievement it moved one to ad
miration and, cheered as one must
be by the confessions of weakness
which the retirement implies, there
is nothing in the retirement on which
to build exaggerated hopes of the
future. By far the most hopeful fea
ture of the whole business is the
difficulty of explaining it an any other
hypothesis than that the Germans are
much shorfer of men than. we had
supposed.
, . "jhtir advance, on the west of
I
Tula Poses of Congo and
Cdnim Playmate
vis-Tdrummer in the big hundred piece
orchestra.
Rheims was a big artillery bluff
which could only have been justified
by the success of. the attack on the
east of it.
"Ludendorff calls the operation a
strategical success. No, it is not
that, it is a great strategical failure,
relieved by various tactical successes,
and it may not be too soon to say
that the failure, even retrieved as it
has been, probably spells ruin to the
German offensive for this season, at
least, against Paris.
May Attack in Flanders.
"True, they have an attack they
may deliver in Flanders almost any
moment they please, if Crown Prince
Rupprecet's reserves have not been
drawn upon too largely in the Ger
man crown prince's interest. But Oc
tober is likely to be the earliest . date
for any vital operations here, and
October means some half million
more of these excellent Americans in
the line.
"The extreme weakness of Luden
dorff's strategical success was exhib
ited yesterday. A great general with
a strategical success on his hands
had an opportunity yesterday for a
big tactical blow which surely would
have tempted him had not some seri
ous reason intervened. The German
retirement was rapid and the allied
pursuit, in order to keep pace with
it, was forced to outrun the protec
tion of itsvheavy guns.
"Yet Ludendorff refrained. Why?
Well, two reasons suggest them
selves. Either he had never the
needful force at his 'disposal or a
defensive attitude to the north of the
Aisne having been decided upon, the
troops required to cover the retire
ment had been cut down to the low
est possible numbers and every avail
able division was being turned round
to Flanders for the long deferred at
tack upon the British front."
Mexican Labor Admitted.
Washington, Aug. 4. Restrictions
on Mexican labor entering the United
States were modified today by order
of Secretary Wilson to permit them to
engage in mining of all kinds and in
common labor on construction for the
government in Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona and California. Immigration
of Mexicans, it is stated, has relieved
the lab6r shortage, particularly in the
southwest. I
Albert W. Jefferis
FOR CONGRESS
Republican
PRIMARY, AUG. 20.
li you want a man in the IL S. sen
ate who stands for
Lovaltv to government Good
things for our soldier boys and their
dependents.' National rrohibition.
Equal Suffrage". More federal' aid
for rood roads. Federal insurance
for workmen. Government control
of railroads and other utilities when
Accessary to best carry on the war.
Against war profiteering. And if yon
want a good conservative business
man who has always proven to be a
friend of the common people, you
should vote for the Hastings mayor,
WILLIAM MADGETT
Republican Candidate for
V U. S. Senator at the
Primaries) August 20.
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"Burglars Qubn Gets
Eddies Bank'Roll As
He Follows Wife's Tip
There is a member of the Chicago
Sox who possesses a weakness. His
name is Elgdie Cicotte. It is' a weak
ness of being easily bluffed in a pok
er game. y
One night, when the team was on
the road, and Eddie was leaving his
room in the hotel to join the Burg
lars.' club, in its regular session- his
wife called to him:
"Eddie., oh, Eddie!"
''Yes, wife," he answered.
'Havea good time tonight. In'?
don't let anything bluff you. Mrv
Tones was in here today and si e
laughed at me because .her husbard .
Raid you could be bluffed out of anv
pot." ,
The scene changes to tfce following
morning. Eddie and his wife were at
the breakrast table. -r-
"How'd you do last night?" she
asked. , ' r
"Well. wife. Tdidn't do so well- I ,
dropped two hundred. But they didn't
mutt me!
Ladies Are No Longer. ,
Interested in Case Ball
"Attendance on Ladies' dav certain
ly has fallen off since we entered this
war," said Charles A. Comiskev. resi
dent of the Chicago Americans. Co
miskey is the originator of the free
day for the fair sex. He declared that
throwing open the gates to the ladies
one day a week was a great move to
stimulate attendance. t
'When we began admitting the
ladies on ' Fridays, they enjoyed the
games immensely and soon caueht on.
They began scoring the contests, and
today, the ladies are the best fans I
ever saw. They know when a player
pulls a 'boner' and they know when to
cheer.
"With -the inaueural of the LadiesV
day, the fair sex made up a big part
of our Sunday crowds. But this war
has changed things. Many- of the
women who came with their hus
bands, friends or sweetnearts, are
working to helb win the War. Some ,
of their male escorts of previous days
are 'over there,' or are employed in
some essential work and are too busy
to attend the games regularly.
Sport Will "Come Back"
After War Says Oarsman
Jim Pilkington, president of the Na
tional Association Amateur Oars
men, sees a brilliant prospect for all
athletic sports wnen peace is de
clared, says the Great Lakes Bulletin,
official naval station publication. Pil- .
kington, whose active association with
the governing body in rowing goes
back to 1876 within a decade of the
end of the. civil war believes that
conditions following the great war
will be much the same as those which
were experienced here in the recon
struction period. ' '
"The civil war, or rather the end
ing of it, gave sport its impetus in
this country," said Pilkington.
"Because Uncle Sam is practically
making athletics compulsory in the
land and naval forces, hundreds and
thousands of young men, who never
before engaged in sport, have become
active and enthusiastic athletes. It is
easy to see what the result will be
when the wartends." ' -"
CROMWELL SAYS
HIS TROUBLES ARE
THING OF THE PAST
Had Been Going Down Hill
Five Years;' Tanlac i
Restored His
Health.
"You just ought to hear my wife
praising Tanlac; why she says it's the
best medicine in the world,-- and I
know she's right about it for I've
taken it, too, and it has dope us both
more good than anything else-," said
Herman Cromwell, whois employed
at the city hall and lives at 1912
South Twelfth streeti the other day.
"About five years ago," he con
tinued, "I commenced to go down hill
and soon got so I could hardly eat a .
thing without having trouble after
wards with indigestion. At onetime
I was in such an awful fix that I had .
to be operated on. Then my kidneys
got all out of order and worried me
night and day. In fact my rest was
troken so that I could hardly sleep
when I went to bed, and I would get
up in the mornings feeling so fagged
cut it was all I could do to go to my
work. My wife, too, complained of
suffering from awful headaches and t
frequent spells of dizziness that
would come over her. She had a ter
rible pain in her back and tier lower
limbs ached so bad at times that sue -could
hardly get around. I think
from the way we suffered that both of ,
us had a touch of sciatica. - .
"We got to reading in the papers
about Tanlbc and heard so much
about the good it was doing others
that we decided to get some and take
it between us. Well, sir, it has given
us both such big appetites that wev
can hardly eat enough to satisfy us.
All my troubles seem to have vanish
ed and I sleep as sound as a log every -night
and get up feeiirg well and
strong and able to put through a
hard day's work every day in the
week. My wife has improved in every '
way and never complains now of -a
thing. She is doing all the house
work and is quite strong and hearty
for, a womn of her agev since Tanlac '
fixed her up like it has." v ."
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by Sher
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16th and Dodge streets; 16tb and
Harney streets; Owl Drug Co., 16th
and Farnam streets; Harvard Phar
macy, 24th and Farnam streets; north
east corner 19th and Farnam streets;
West End Pharmacy, 49th and Dodge
streets, under the personal direction
of a Special Teniae Representative,
and in South Omaha by Forrest &
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