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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1918)
ARE YOU READING "OH, MONEY! MONEY!" BY El'ANOR PORTER? IF NOT, START AT ONCE 1 The THE WEATHER for Nebraska-Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday. aha. Daily Bee Thermometer Beading! T a. ... 8 m. m. . . K. IB... t p. .. S p. at.. 4 p. in.. P. ai.. p. ai,. 1 p. m.. p. B.. .1 M ..100 ..100 i.ioi ..10 .. . .M "The Stars and Stripes Forever." 1 10 . m. . ..M VOL 48.-NO. 48. SEKST SXEA ROMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, -AUGUST 13, mS."?0&-m92K2ZS2 TWO CENTS. lyjivEES Om r. IE SUBMARINES FUMES OVER WATER; SINK SMALL VESSELS NEW MENACE BY RAIDERS HITS SHORES Poisonous Attack Launched Against Naval Station Off Smith Island; Six Men Are Overcome. By Associated Press. 'Washington, Aug. 12. Gas from oil discharged on the water by a German submarine operating off the middle At lantic coast, overcame six men in the coast guard station ancf hghihouse on Smith's Island, North Carolina, Saturday even ing, the NavV department was advised today by the com mandant of the sixth naval dis trict. z It is laid if thfrfas attack was de liberate as most officials1 belieyed, it constitutes a new and ingenious form .of "frightfulness" and so far as has . been reported, was the first direct attempt made by German' raiders to harm persons or property on Ameri can shores. The gas was said by the coriimand . ant of the coast guard station to have much the same effect as the mustard gas. used by the Germans on the western front. The men were laid out for more than half an hour, but apparently suffered no serious after effects. k Think Attack Planned. The dispatch relating the gas at tack was one of a series concerning ' German submarine warfare off the Atlantic coast received during the day by the Navy department. While the reports from the com mandants of the Smith's Island coast guard station and sixth naval dis trict clearly indicated their firm be lief that the gas attack on the Island was deliberate, some officers tonight thought there was a possibility that the submarine had discharged the oil and -gas after Deing wrecked on a reef. Attention 'was called to the fact that the action of salt water on electric batteries used in submarines generates chlorine gas, which is simi lar to mustard gas in its effect and is deadly if encountered in a closed space. If the submarine were wrecked, it was said, this gas would be gen erated and would come to the sur face with the oil which would be freed. N No such possibility, however, was mentioned in the Navy department's announcement, which said: To Endanger Ships. Assuming the attack was deliber ate, the only explanation offered here was that the submarine commander sought to put the lighthouse out of commission with the attendant dan ger to passing ships. If that were the purpose, officials could not under (ContlnoedoaPareThree, Column Fly.) Street Railway Must Get ' . Up Early to Beat Detroit Detroit, Aug. 13. At one minute past midnight this morning the city of Detroit, through its corporation counsel, secured a circuit court in r junction against the Detroit United Railways company, preventing that company from evading the newly en- acted ordinance which became effec tive at midnight and provides for a 5-cerrt fare on all city lines. The city's action forestalled the an nounced intention of the traction com pany to secure an injunction in fed , eral court against the operation of Jhe "ordinance. The attempt of the co-i-pany to collect 6-cent fares which be- gan Saturday led, to the refusal of hundreds of passengers to pay the ' increased sum and resujted in rioting and the damaging of several cars. Suggests "Section Sanitaire" " fund Be Given to Red Cross New York, Aug. 12. The sugges ' tion that the $48,000 raised for the . ."Drake Section Sanitaire." disbanded .after an inquiry by District Attorned Swann, should be turned over to the French government for the purchase ' oi ambulances, was made by the prosecutor today, , ffiUVL 9 Somme Region Deluged By Bombs Thrown From Britain's Air Craft London, Aug. 12. An official communication dealing with avia tion issued tonight says: "Fifty tons of bombs were dropped by our airmen on August 11 and the following night. The two chief objectives, both by day and by night, were the Somme crossings and certain railway junc tions of military importance. . "Courtrai station and its sidings were heavily bombed by some of our squadrons in broad daylight, from a low height, without loss to us. Many direct hits were observed. "At night the stations of Peonne and Cambrai were severely attacked attacked with good effect. All our night bombing machines safely re turned. "Enemy aircraft flying in large formations, were active on the bat tle front. Twenty-nine hostile ma chines were destroyed in air fight ing during the day and 24 others were driven down out of control. Four hostile balloons were shot down in flames. Five of our ma chines are missing." LAST CURTAIN FOR ANNA HELD AFTER LONGJLLNESS Famous Actress Finally Suc cumbs to Rare Malady; Re peatedly Said Would Never Grow Old. New York, Aug. 12. Anna Held, the actress, died here late today after an illness of several months. Anna Held was born In Paris in 1873, of a Polish mother and a French father. Upon the death of her fa ther the family moved to London, where, for two years prior to going upon the stage, Anna was a street singer. ;When 16 years old, Miss Held returned to Paris after touring Holland and other countries with a company and after that appeared in all the European capitals, winning re nown by reason of her beauty and the daring magnificance of her gowns. When she came to New York in 1896, the Amerian public's desire to see and hear the chic Parisian had been whetted by stories of her beauty, of the perfection of her com plexion, which she was reported as sustaining by means of daily milk baths, and the charm of a French con cert hall song, "Won't You Come and Play Wiz Me." Long in Musical Comedy, For more than 10 years Miss Held was in a musical comedy on the Continued on Page Three, Column Two.) COUNCIL BLUFFS BOY FEELS , Russell Vaughn Deserted to Aid Family Is Court-Martialed, Sentenced, Restored SEVERITY OF ARMY DISCIPLINE Ayer, Mass., Aug. 12. How army discipiline was satisfied in trying the case of a 16-year-old soldier who de serted to support his mother and two small brothers, came to light at Camp Devens today. Two days after Russell R. Vaughn enlisted in Company I, of the 42d infantry at Council Bluffs, la, last August, he received word from his mother that his father was incapaci tated for work and that he and the children were dependent on charity. Without the formality of applying for the leave, the boy went home and for six months supported the family. The day his fathSr was able to resume work Russell gave himself up to the military authorities at Fort Omaha. The case was so plainly against the boy when he was court-martialed for desertion that the court was obliged to sentence him to three years at hard labor, forfeiture of pay and allowances and dishonorable dis charger Major Barratt O'Hara. former lieu tenant governor of Illinois, now judge advocate at Camp Devens, where the regiment had been" transferred in the meantime, recommerided clemency. SHOOT MANY SMALL SMACKS ARE SUB VICTIMS Play Havoc Amongst Fishing Fleet Off Georges Bank; Toll Is Near Score By Associated Press. An Atlantic Port, Aug. 12. The number-of fishing ves sels destroyed by a German submarine in its raid on the fleet off Georges bank last Sat urday night was hearer a score than the nine already reported, according to men from one of the vessels brought here today. Andrew St. Croix, mate of the Kate Palmer, says from the crosstrees of the vessel he saw the sinking of sevfen other schooners by bombs and that before the submarine tame into view he had counted 11 other explosions at intervaJs of 15 minutes or half an hour. ' Reckoning that one bomb was used for each vessel the mate be lieves the 11 bombs represented the sinking of that many vessels. The submarine did not use its guns as far as he observed. According to the mate there were from 25 to 30 sword fishing vessels operating on the banks, and the great er number were sunk. He estimated that at least 40 boat loads of men were set adrift on the banks as a re sult of the raid. St Croix and his two companions who were brought here were picked up by a motoi; boat after they had rowed and sailed about 150 miles. Search is Hampered. Search for the dories of the fish ing craft was hampered by a thick fog. The three men of the Kate Palmer were the only ones to reach this port. Capt. Edward Russell and others of the Palmer's crew were landed elsewhere. Sinking of the British steamer Pen istone of 4,139 gross tons, and the Swedish steamer Sydland, of 3,031 gross tons, in New England waters near where 10 fishing smacks were destroyed Sunday also was reported to the Navy department during the day. The former was torpedoed Sunday with the fate of her crew still undetermined, while the latter was destroyed by bombs August 8, and her crew later rescued by pass ing ships. "Still another dispatch said that several survivors of the schooner Ka tie Palmer landed at New Bedford, Mass., reported that they had been taken aboard the submarine, the com mander of which boasted that he was equipped to remain in American wa ters for six months if he desired." The sentence thereupon was miti gated to six months at hard labor by Col. George L. Byroade, jommandant. With alljhe requirements of strict army discipiline - fulfilled, Colonel Byroade, in the next breathj sus pended the mitigated sentence and restored the boy to his old place in his company with a. bit of soldierly advice. Russell R. Vaughn is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Vaughn, 1607 Avenue G, 'Council Bluffs, la. In May or June, 1917, he enlisted in Company I. 42d infantry. Shortly after his en listment, receiving fvord that his father was incapacitated for work, he deserted from the army and came straight. home to Council Bluffs and got a job as engine hostler in the Chicago & Northwestern round house. For six months he'suooorted the family of five on his small earn ings as a nostier. Later, he was promoted to firing a switch engine and finally went on the road, getting a steady run between Council Bluff" and Boone. The moment his father was well enough to go to work, young Vaughn quit his -job and surrendered to the officers at Fort Omaha. BEST RUSS ELEMENT TO ESTABLISH EAST FRONT i - Washington Hears of New Pos sibility; "People's Represen tatives Opposed to Germans, Proclamation Declares. s By Associated Press. Amsterdam, Aug. 12. A dispatch to the Wolff bureau, the official German news agency, says that M. Joffe, the Russian ambassador to Ger many, has left for Moscow to report on economic conditions arising from the Brest-Litovsk treaty. Washington, Aug. 12. The possi bility of the establishment of an eastern front that will be a serious menace, at least to the Germans, is being considered by officials here, it became known today in connection with the making public of the full text of the proclamation of the supreme government of the northern territory. The signers of the proclamation are with two exceptions members of the constituent assembly representing the provinces of Novgorod, Archangel, Vologda, Viatka, Kanan and Samara a chain of provinces extending from the Arctic to the region of the Don Cossacks in. the south. . - Thir chain h in the form of a cres cent making a complete front of peo ples strongly pro-ally in sentiment and representing the best elements of the Russian population. Against Germans. The signers of the proclamation announce that "the people's repre sentatives," elected by universal suf frage, are now forced to take into their hands the government of the northern region because as yet there is no legal all-Russian government. They pronounce themselves unquali fiedly opposed to the Germans and declare that the new government "is convinced that Russia's and the al lies' interests in the struggle against foreign enemy are one and the same." Officials of the State depaVtment ad mit that there is reasonable ground for hope that the eastern front will be re-established by this new govern ment, extending as it does from the Arctic to the Caucasus and embracing millions of Russians who see the im minent danger to their newly ac qired freedom, sought for genera tions, in the domination of their country by the German government. Ak - Sar - Ben Show Goes Big When Guests From Afar Visit Den Even the oldest inhabitants of. Ben nington, Irvington and Washington must have turned out to the Ak-Sar-Ben den, to judge from the crowds that braved the heat to throng to the show Monday night. More auto mobiles were parked outside the hall than ever before this season. A large crowd from Cedar Bluffs, Neb., and a delegation from Kennard also were present, as well as the del egates to the convention of the Mid west Advertising association, now meeting in the city. ' The show "went big," as the vaude ville artists say, and the crowd took to heart Miss Bee Alderman's song, "Say, pal, I wanta ask y'u all about Nebraska," and repeated encores were demanded. ' E. C. Page filled the place of Charles Black as master of ceremo nies, during the latter's absence. Rev. D. K. Miller of Cedar Bluffs and B. P. Bartlett of the Topeka Capital, who is in tho city attending the ad vertising convention, were the two speakers. .... .. Presidents Daughter Is Now Full-Fledged , Shoshone Indian $!aid Havre, Mont, Aug. 12. The Sho shone Indians have adopted Mrs. William G. McAdoo, daughter of President Wilson,, and have given her the name Sacajawea. This was the name of the Indian maiden who acted as a guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition. Are You Reading, Oh, Money! Money! By ELEANOR H. PORTER. -Author of "Pollyanna'? and "Just David." Today' InUllmnt on Pago 1,0. SERIOUS MENACE IN SOMME RIVER POCKET CONFRONTS HUNS CHAWS IS DRENCHED DY LEADEN RAIN Britains Pounding on Bridges At Bethencourt; Enemy Troops Fight Back Near Roye. BULLETIN. London, Aug. 12. The town of Lassigny, three miles north east of Gury, in Picardy, was expected to be in the possession of the allies by nightfall, ac cording to military opinion to day. It was stated that the al lies were on the crest of the high ground and firing into the Germans from the rear. It has been ascertained that there is one Austrian division on the western front, but it has not yet been brought into action; ';, By Associated Press. With the British Army in France, Aug. 12. The British guns are hammering Chaulnes while cannon of larger caliber are coming up all the time and drenching the enemy rear with steel. They are also pounding away at the bridges across the Somme at Bethencourt. The shelling of the bridges here is a serious matter for the enemy as bombs from the air are continually being dropped by British airplanes from a low altitude at the bridges in the Peronne district. This bomb ing has been going on day and night since the battle began, forcing the Germans to divert their transport, so that the gen eral movement was southeast. With the comparatively small force of Americans there has been no real heavy fighting today. Allies Meet Checks. At many places along the new trout, especially just south of the Somme, the Germans are occupying the old line dugouts built by the French more than two years ago. The Ger mans have concentrated artillery at many places and today are sending in more shells than on any day since the battle began. Lihons was heav ily shelled. A party of cavalry charging down the Roye road ran into the cross fire of large German pill boxes studded with machine guns just this side of Roye and received a check, but the Germans who happened to get the opportunity to do this execution paid the extreme penalty later. ' -Today the resistance bv the enemv has been stiffening progressively but his troops appear to be nervous and apprehensive ofwhat the future holds for them and what the aflies intend to do. In order to feel out the .allied forces it is expected that further (Contlnned oo P Three, Column Three.) Young' Mother Child is Given Torn between love of her mother and love for her child, homesick and heartsick, the girl mother, whose baby has been given away through the -efforts of The Bee, surrendered the little one Monday afternoon in the office of the Board of Public Welfare, according to arrangements. "My baby I How can I give you up?" she wept, holding the little one to her breast. "Do you ypu want to keep it? There is still time to change your mind," said Mrs. Ohaus. v But no. Her mother would not take her back unless she surrendered, the child, and she was homesick and lonesome. Only a child herself, she felt the need of the protecting walls o home. She left the sleeping baby and the little bundle containing its piti fully f belonaiflffi. iavinsr a tearful (!) Germany Clamoring To Know Wherefore Of "This Reverse" Amsterdam, Aug 12. Clamoring for an inquiry into "this reverse, the Weiser Zeitung of Bremen says the story that the German army was surprised is an insufficient ex planation, inasmuch as it has been officially stated that the attack was expected and the German lines to the west of Montdidier were ac cordingly withdrawn. The Cologne Volks Zeitung ad vises the people to keep their spirits up, indicating that yesterday was a day of depression. In Cologne it was the day of tht defeatists," the newspaper says. "With anxiety depicted on their faces they stood together exchang ing their fears and discussing the dark prospects.'' ' How the general situation on the western front strikes Holland may be indicated by a cartoon in Satur day's Amsterdam Telegraaf, show ing the American eagle with Presi dent Wilson's face in a deadly com bat with the Prussian eagle, with Emperor William's face, the latter bird being in a sadly disheveled state. 0 i HUNS DESPERATE IN EFFORTS TO CHECONRUSII Despite Reinforcements, Un able to Stop French, Who Have Strong Hold on Thiescourt Plateau. By Associated Press. With the French Army in France, Aug. 12. Although the Germans have been reinforced and are resisting more strongly between the Avre and the Oisc, their fresh divisions have been unable entirely to stop the advancing French, who now have a firm hold on Thiescourt plateau. South of Roye and northwest of Noyon the French hold positions that command the only roads leading from Roye and Ribe court, toward Noyon, over which the enemy can withdraw his artillery. The increasing difficulties attend ing their retreat are driving the Ger mans to desperate sacrifices in their efforts to check the allies' advance around the positions the Germans hold on Thiescourt plateau. Their losses are extremely heavy and their dead lie all over the field. They arc found in shell holes and rocks where they vainly sought protection from the French fire. Among them are some survivors, who are found in every possible hiding place. Using Horseflesh. Privations were endured by the Germans in the front line recently. This was picturesquely evidenced by a letter found since the offensive be gan. It was from an officer, who in formed his relatives in Germany that the French artillery, had been fur nishing the only meat available by killing horses. Another officer wrote with pride and' satisfaction that he was able to send along with his mes sage of love and hope a sack of wheat he had just gleaned from an adjoin ing field. ' Weeps as Her. i to New Parent goodbye to the unconscious daughter, who did not know of the momentous change taking place Jn her young life. Soon the new mother came. Smiles of joy and thankfulness, illuminated her face. She carried hef treasure to the waiting automotive and left im. mediately for the new -home, where me uaDy win grow up as tne aaugher of a prosperous farmer with the free dom of his broad acres and the love of a young couple respected by the community to shield her from the sad fate of her little mother. One of Jhe welfare "Workers accom panied the child and Her new mother on their journey to, see that , papers were properly taken out. "In the meantime. The Bee office still, is deluged with telegrams and letters from peeple who want the baby, . PICKED ARMY UTILIZED TO STOP ALLIES Foe Reserves Are Hard Pressed In Region Near Oise; Amer icans Gain Foothold in Bray-Sur-Somme. BULLETIN. Washington, Aug. 12.' "Along the Vesle hostile at tacks in the. vicinity of Fismes were repulsed with losses to , the enemy," General Pershing reported in today's , communique. s By Associated Press. Although the Germans are employing fresh forces of re serves in efforts to hold back the allied troops who are press-" ing them from the region of the Somme to the Oise. the Amprf. can, British and French .armies continue to make progress. Monday witnessed c-ains of ground at various points along the battle front of hio-h im portance for the further prose cution of the endeavors of the allies to drive out the Germans from the old Amiens-Mont. didier sector. ' After an extremely bitter contest the American and Brit ish have gained-a foothold in the important little town of Bray-Sur-Somme, on the north ern DanK of the Somme. A short rlisfanre arrnea t, to the south the British have taken Proyart and midway of the line have pressed on to the east, of FnuniiM. court in a maneuver wh irh Vi a s rp- suited in the further outflanking of Chaulnes from the smith from the north. . . " Gury Is Captured. " - On their oart the Frnrl in Mi.1 rolling country immediately north of the' Oise river have captured Gury.a position of great strategic value, lying southwest of Lassigny and at several other points southward to the ' region of the Oise have advanced their line further toward Noyon. In Monday's fighting hundreds 'of ' additional Germans were made pris oners and the enemy also lost heavilv in merj killed or wounded. Unofficial reports give the number of Germans captured during the present offensive as in the neighborhood of 40,000. . ine uermang at last accounts were still throwing reinforcements to the ' east of the road running through ' . Chaulnes. Rove and Nnvnn.'th nai.,,a sage" of which by the allies would senousiy menace an the Oermm ! forces inside the pocket formed by the ' ' Somme on the north and east and the Oise south. Not alone are the allies -endeavoring to press their advantage by frontal attacks, but they have : drawn up to their back lines guns of medium and heavy calibers and with , these they are heavily shelling the areas. ' Is Important Blow." , Seemingly the advances by the French troops on the southern , part of the line cannot but have an ex tremely important effect on the pres ent battle. The hill positions they have gained not alone dominate the ; Oise valley running northeastward to Noyon but around Lassigny also give , them a sweep of the plains south of Roye. ! . . , ; Aside from the Amiens-Montdidier : sector little fighting has taken place on any of the fronts. Along the ' Vesle the Germans again have deliv- . ered violent cdunter attacks against the Americans and French who are holding ground on the north bank of the stream. As on previous occa sions when the enemy attempted to dislodge the allied troops the counter . ' attacks failed. , British aircraft have brought down a German airship off the coast of Holland, according ta the announce-. . ment by the British admiralty. An unofficial report announces that s v Zeppelin of the. largest and newest type has been brought down off tht English east coast , - f.