The Start and Stripes
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U.S. ARRAY
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SET FORI
JIG DRIVE
, American Troops Take Over
Portion of Front en Which
Thrust for Berlin
Will Begin.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 13. Sec
retary Baker was formally ad
' vised today by General Persh
"t ' ing that the first American
field army had been created,
General Pershing retaining
command of the army as well
as of the entire American ex
peditionary forces for the pres
ent. The dispatch added noth
. ing to details of the army or
ganization already made
known from Paris, however,
Mr. Baker said.
Formation of the army is taken
here to mean that the Americaniza
tion of s definite portion of the front
v has been completed. Ihe only state
ment of location of this American
front Riven is that it is "south of the
Marne." Presumably this means a
art. at least, of the lonir line from
St. Mihiel to the Swiss border where
American troops have been put in
at intervals, during the last few
months. ' ' : "
'The extent of the front has not
been disclosed, nor has ihe definite
' strength of the army been given. The
aavices inaicaie xnai u cuuiynacs,
- however, five full corps, which means
. approximately 1,250,000 men.
; Long Front Apportioned.
The effect of the taking over of the
line is to make a definite beginning
at apportioning the long front. The
British, aided by the Belgians,' hold
the left flank from the North sea to
the juncture of the British fourth
army and the French first army in
t Picardy, where an offensive is being
conducted at present.
. In that position the British stand
between the enemy and the channel
' ; ports which would be his only road
to England while the British fleet ex
ists. .- '.'-..
The French' armies presumably are
- being concentrated wholly betwen
- the Picardy juncture with the British
and the American left beyond Ver-
r dun. They block the roads to Paris.
' To the Aiericans will fall the re
' . mainder of the front to the Swiss
border, when the other American
armies shall have been formed.
' The first army undoubtedly now
. holds the bulk of that line with such
French help as is necessary. The
whole line probably is under General
Pershing's direct command, even the
French corps or divisions necessary
until more Americans arrive. '
"- Liggett Probable Commander.
From the five temporary corps com
manders, General Pershing probably
will select the commander of the first
' : army. Opinion here is his choice will
be Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett, now
' commanding the first corps on the
Vesle front. It is expected General
, ' Pershing will soon name his perma
nent corps commanders, the appoint
" ment carrying with it the rank of
lieutenant general.
General Liggett's corps probably is
regarded as the mobile reserve of the
first army and as such is being em
. ployed on the French front. ' Should
.' aggressive operations be undertaken
on the American front this corps
probably would be used there.
The American sector includes what
already has been considered the log
ical road, to Berlin. It was across
- lines now held by Americans that the
French struck in 1914 before the
plunge of the German army through
Belgium localized the war in northern
y , France. : ' '
While the enemy is still in northern
. France, it may be that no major at
tack can Ire attempted through these
gateways. The campaigns in Picardy
. and at the Marne, however, are aimed
' at forcing him back until the oppor
tunity comes to drive hack at him
and it is regarded by officers here
that it will be over the American
V lines that the real thrust at Germany
will be. driven home. .
Two French Steamers
Torpedoed; 462 Missing
Paris, Aug. 13. Four hundred and
forty-two. men are missing as a ft
' l suit of the torpedoing of the French
f steamer Djemnah in the Mediterra
nean the night of July 14-15 while
bound from . Bizerta to Alexandria
with troops 'on board, according to
, an ; 'official announcement tonight.
Four days later the French steamer
, Australian also was torpedoed in the
Mediterranean.
Seventeen sailors were killed. Pas
, sengers to the number of 948 were
- Saved, Three are missing.
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Do Loyal Nebraska Voters Want to En:
dorse This Record Which Senator
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Norris Made for Himself?
Norris Was One of the Fili
busters Who Talked the
Armed Neutrality Bill
to Deatn.
Congressional Record. March 4,
!917, giving debate on armed neutral
ity bill:
Mr. Norris: "I want to say that al-
thought I would like to pass some
legislation at this congress, I am most
bitterly opposed to passing this bill,
because I think it is dangerous to our
oeace. I believe it means war. 1
would like to pass legislation that
would give to the merchant ships of
the United States the right to arm
themselves, furnish their own guns
and their own ammunition and their
own Runners, to defend themselves
against any unlawful attacks by sub
marines. I would vote tor such a
bill. I wouldjje glad to vote for this
bill if it were amended that way, and
I would be willing to go further; I
would vote for a provishn that would
permit the president to loan to own
ers of merchant ships the guns to go
on the shms and to supply them with
ammunition, because it is claimed
that the guns and ammunition cannot
be obtained anywhere else; and if that
be true I would permit that to be
done. I am willing that that should
be in the law. but I would insist that
all merchant vessels which were sup
plied with guns and ammunition by
the government of the United States
should be prohibited from carrying
munitions ot war. " n tne diii were
amended that way it would receive
my vote.",
Mr. Norris continued: "Mr Presi
dent, during this same congress I
think, or in the congress preceding
this, the senator from Nebraska, (Mr.
Hitchcock), my colleague, who has
charge of the pending bill, introduced
a bill, the effect of which was to
place an embargo upon ammunition
and munitions of war. His idea then
was to prevent any munitions of war
to be shipped from the United States
to any of the belligerent nations. I
presume he meant it. I do not be
lieve he did that to practice deception
on the people at home or here. I do
not suppose he did that because he
thought it would be popular at home
or get votes, because he wanted them
in an election. I suppose he did that
because he believed it was right. He
is now, after re-election, fathering a
bill that not only permits American
ships to carry munitions of war, but
if, in addition to muntions of war
What More Could
'NO PATCH PEACE,'
SAY NEBRASKANS
THROUGH REAVIS
State's Fighters in National
Army in France Want ar
' Chance to Mcp Up
the Huns.
Washington Bureau of Omaha Bee.
Washington,1 Aug. 13. (Special
Telegram.) "The American soldier
has turned the tide of war on the
western front," Rrepresentative Frank
Reavis of Nebraska, who is just back
from France, declared tonight. .
Mr. Reavis saw some of the work
of the American troops in the fight
at Chateau Thierry. With him was
Representative Bland- of Indiana.
Tbey were the first civilians in Cha
teau Thierry after it was captured.
They witnessed much of the fighting
in that region. They saw the marine
brigade and the rainbow division
make charges. They themselves were
under fire. -.
"It is frankly admitted by every
French soldier and civilian that the
American soldier saved Paris," said
Mr. Reavis.
"The American troops have put the
fearyof God in the Germans. What
they have done has effected a com
plete change in the morale of the
French nation. The -French were
worn out wtih the-long war. There
has been a reversal and an uplift
of spirit which is wonderful.
"It is generally conceded that the
American soldier is of the greatest in
Europe. -His one fault is his reckless
ress. .
Saw the Great Battle.
"The Germans never saw such
fighting before. I saw the charge of
the second division , near Chateau
(Coattaraed Pat Two, Colonui Three.)
MIND FROM WAR, READ "OH, MONEY! MONEY!" NOW RUNNING IN THE BEE
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Decoration Awarded by the Kaiser
Through His Paid Agent for
German Propaganda in America
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VIERECK'S
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
FORMERLY THB
FATHERLAND
Prm IN VtMMt's ty Matt
SENATOR GEORGE
, WHOSE STVKOT AMCaiCAHMM I
they can get an American citizen to
sail as a passenger on her the entire
navy of the United States can be
called out to convoy those munitions
on that vessel and see that they
are delivered to the belligerent na
tions in safety. If there is anything
on earth that could make us a party to
that war, that kind of conduct would
do it I do not believe the congress
He Have Done for "Kultur" HadHeBeen in Kaiser's Pay?
German and Austrian
Leaders Meet to Discuss
All Pending Questions
Amsterdam, Aug. 13. Emperor
Charles of Austria, Baron Burian,
Austro-Hungarian foreign minister,
Prince von Hohenlohe, Austrian
ambassador at Berlin, and Count
von Wedel, German ambassador at
Vienna, are expected at German
main headquarters tomorrow to dis
cuss all pending questions, accord-,
ing to Berlin advices to the Frank
fort Zeitung. The advices add that
. M. Joffe, Russian ambassador to
Germany, 'had left Berlin for Mob
cow, to obtain the ratification of a
treaty, supplementing the Brest
Litovsk treaty.
Austrian Troops and
Stores Being Moved
For Strike at Italy
, Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 13. The
Austrians are reported moving an im
mense amount of material and great
numbers of troops in the direction of
Italy and a.- expected to attempt
another offensive on the Italian front.
("We Do Not Kill Babies,"
Shouts U-Boat Captain
Boston,- Aug. 13. "We are not
baby killers, so ; don't tell any
lies about us when you reach
land,", was the parting shot of
the youthful commander of a
German submarine , which sank
the schooner, Kate Palmer, Saturday,
Capt. Edward Russell of the fisher
man stated on his arrival here today
While aboard the submarine Cap
tain Russell said he observed the
officers and men closely. All of them
were young. The commander was
not more than 21 and most of the
crew were below that age. They evi
dently were not familiar with the At
lantic ocean and depended wholly, he
said, on bulky sets of charts
Mce Five Cal
WILLIAM , NORRIS .
ASXD OU TB COTlTVTIO
of the United States would enact that
kind of a law if every senator would
follow his own conscientious convic
tions." Congressional Record, April 4,
1917, giving debate on joint resolution
declaring a state of war with Ger
many. '
Mr. Norris: "I have no quarrel
with the man who does not desire to
LINE ONv VESLE
HELD STOUTLY
BY AMERICANS
Another Ineffectual' Stab at
Fismette Made by Ger
mans; Artillery Active
on Both Sides.
With the American Army on the
Vesle Front, Aug. 13. An exchange
of high explosive shells, shrapnel and
gas projectiles, on the front held by
the Americans between Soissons and
Rheims is taking place. Another
ineffectual stab was made at Fis
mette by the Germans last night. ,
Today has been comparatively
quiet. The front and back areas
of both sides along the Vesle are be
ing reached by shellfire but there nas
been no alteration in jhe line.
The Germans are digging in, but
not in such a mannr as to indicate
an intention to remin permanently.
Reports of observers show it is prob-'
ably their intention to fight off the
Franco-Americans only until hey can
consolidate their scattered organi
zations and make- a withdrawal over
the'Aisne in orderly fashion.
Auto Minutemen Corps is
Formed by Home Guards
J. W. Parish 'of the home guards
has been assigned to the duty of re
cruiting a squadron of automobile
minute men.
Are You Reading
Oh, Money! Money!
By ELEANOR H. PORTER.
Author of "Pollyanna" and
"Just David." '
Today's Installment on Page 5.
LY
U Mli"!' VStEX um TWO CENTS. "v
Norris Said Our Declaration
of War Put the Dollar
Mark on the American
Flag.
have our country remain neutral.
While many such people are moved
by selfish motives and hopes of gain,
I have no doubt but that in a great
many instances, through what I be
lieve to be a misunderstanding of the
real conditions, there are many hon
est, patriotic citizens vno think we
ought to engage in this war and who
are behind the president in his de
mand that we should declare war
against Germany. I think such peo
ple err in judgment and to a great
extent have been misled as to the real
history and the true facts by the al
most unanimous demand of the great
combination of wealth that has a
direct financial interest in our partici
pation in the war. We have loaned
many hundreds of millions of dollars
to the allies in this controversy. While
such action was legal and counte
nanced by international law, there is
no doubt in my mind but the enorm
ous amount of money loaned to the
allies in this cuntry has been instru
mental in bringing about a public
sentiment in favor of our country tak
ing a course that would make every
bond worth a hundred cents on the
dollar and making the payment of
every debt certain and sure. Through
this instrumentality and throunh the
instrumentality of others who have
not only made millions out of. the
wat ia the manufacture of munitions,
etc., and who would expect to make
millions more if our country could
be drawn into the catastrophe, a
large number of the great newspapers
and news agencies of the country have
uccii cumroneu ana enusiea in ine
greatest propaganda that the world
has ever known, to manufacture senti
ment in favor of war.
IT IS NOW DEMANDED
THAT THE AMERICAN CITI
ZENS SHALL BE USED AS IN
SURANCE POLICIES TO
GUARANTEE THE SAFE DE
LIVERY OF MUNITIONS OF
WAR TO BELLIGERENT NA
TIONS. The enormous profits of
munitions manufacturers, stock
brokers and bond dealers must be
still further increased by our en
trance into the war. This has
brought us to the present moment,
when congress, urged by the presi
dent and backed by the artificial
sentiment, is about to declare war
and engulf our country in the great-
(Continued on Pare Two, Colomn Four.)
Wool Stocks Sufficient
To Last Year If People
Economize in Apparel
New York, Aug. 13. Despite the
fact that the government has tak
en over the entire wool stocks of
growers and dealers fox war uses,
there remains in the hands of job
bers and cutters-up enough mate
ria to supply civilian clothing
needs for a year, Herbert Pea
body, chief of the woolen division
of the war industries board, said
today in an address before the Na
tional Association of Retail Clo
thiers. Mr. Peabody advised the clo
thiers to urge customers to econo
mize by wearing their apparel as
long as possible.
Gompers to Head Labor
Delegation to England
Washington, Aug. 13. America's
mjssion to the British trades union
congress which meets in London Sep
tember 17, 18 and 19 will be headed
by Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
will tour England, France and Italy
to confer with labor leaders.
Mr. Gompers left Washington to
day for New York for. a series' of
conferences there before sailing. He
conferred yesterday with President
Wilson. Socialism, he declared,
would occupy no part in delibera
tions of the American delegates. He
added there would be no socialist
representation.
Former Governor Willis
Leads in Ohio Primary
Columbus, O., Aug. 13. Unofficial
returns from 402 precincts m 12 scat
tered counties of the state tonight
indicated that former Gov. Frank B
Willis received the republican nomi
nation for governor over Edwin Jones
and John H. Arnold at today's pri
mary election. Governor Cox and
the remainder of the democratic
state ticket had no opposition.- ,
Be
H
GERMANS FORCED
TO VACATE LONG
LINE Of
V
Strong Resistance Unavailing Stop Poilui in Resump-
tion of Offensive Between Matz and Oise Rivers;
Enemy Transport Endangered Through the ,
Loss of Lassienv Massif. '
1 By Associated Press. "
Paris, Aug. 13.--The French resumed the offensive today
between the Matz and the Oise rivers, making progress to the
north and east of Gury and thereby increasing the menace to
the Germans at Lassigny, according to the war office statement
tonight. Strong enemy resistance was unavailing to stop the
attackers. - 1 t ,
French Headquarters in France, Aug 13. In the French
sector the main factor is the desperate energy with which the
enemy is clinging to the western and ; southern edges of
J hiescourt and the hills filling the space between Lassigny and
the Oise, which constitute the pillar of General von Hutier's
right wing. ,
- On these edges the French hold Gury, Mareuil, Lamotte
and Canny-Sur-Matz. A short distance north of Cannv is the
Bois des Loges. Along this line
self in his 1914 trenches and is
GERMANS IN
POCKET FIGHT
DESPERATELY
' - i- in. !'.
Fresh Reinforcements anid Guns
Brought Up iii Endeavor to
Hold Noyon-Roye-Chaul-nes
Line.
By Associated Press.
The strength of the German oppo
sition from immediately north of the
Somme rivtr to the river just below
Roye apparently has checked the east
ward march of the allied troops.
German resistance has not prevent
ed the French on the extreme south
ern end of the line from winning ad
ditional points of great strategic value
in the hill and forest region between
the Oise and the Matz, where Las
signy and Noyon are the ultimate ob
jectives. The capture of these places would
result probaLly in the forced evacua
tion by the Germans of the Noyon-
Roye-Chatilnes line and would have a
marked effect on the battle line run
ning southeastward past Soissons and
thence along the Vesle river.
German Armies in Pocket,
The battle line in the north and
on the center remains virtually as it
stood Monday, although all the allied
troops have bettered their stands
slightly and taken additional prison
ers. The Americans and French at
last accounts still were in the en
virons of Bray, north of the river,
while south of the river the Germans
continued in possession of Chaulnes
and Roye which seemingly they in
tend to defend at all hazards. Fresh
(Continued on Page Two, Colomn Two.)
Royal Palace Hit
By Bomb in Aerial
Raid on Karlsruhe
Geneva, Aug, 13. Details received
here concerning the recent British
aerial bombardment of Karlsruhe say
that the northern portion of the sta
tion was seriously damaged as also
was the arsenal, where there was a
heavy explosion. One bomb explod
ed on the wing of the palace of the
Grand Duchess Sophie, killing or in
juring several visitors and servants.
A second bomb fell near a cannon
factory which, however, escaped in
jury. A third bomb smashed tne
windows of the principal -church of
the city. At the time the church was
filled with worshipper, who fled in
panic. Many persons were injured.
Ihe Germans admit that 11 per
sons were killed and 26 injured.
Huddleston Renominated
Over Wilson's Opposition
Birmingham, Aug. 13. Congress
man George Huddleston, whom Presi
dent Wilson in a recent telegram
characterized as "in every way was
an opponent of the administration,"
has been renominated for congress
on the basis of the returns available
from today's state-wide, democratic
primary.
United States Senator John ' S.
Bankhead was renominated by a large
majority over Frank S. White.
THE WEATHER-
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TRENCHES
the enemy has established him- '
fighting his hardest.
London. Anc' 13. After iatuhhnm
fighting, the French have repulsed a
heavy German counter attack on Las-signy-Massif,
according to, the latest
news received from the front Monday. ,
v ' 1 - Evacuation Forced. v '
The French gains on the Lassigny
Massif already have forced the Ger
mans to evacuate long lines of
trenches in the vaUey of the Oise
and are calculated . to. forcjs further
evacuation almost immediately. Nov.
on win come under tne fire of the
French guns as loon as the artillery
can be moved up. Then the road x
transports on the whole network of
highways around Noyon will become
a difficult problem for the Germans.
In the opinion of experts here,
the evacuation of Roye may be ex
pected within a day or two, for the
town is now under a cross fire. The ''
abandonment of Rove 'by the Ger
mans also makes Chaulnes difficult
to hold. . ' '' '. :"
t Since the allied ffensive began on
the Montdidier-Amiens sector August
8, the total captures by the French
first army and the British fourth
army have aggregated 28,000 men,
among whom, are 800 officers, in-,
eluding eight regimental commanders,
and 600 guns,, says Field Mar-
shal Haig's communication from
headquarters tonight. The ' : com
munication, adds that ' Tuesday .
passed in comparative quiet on .
the British battle front ,
. Hons Fight Stubbornly.
' With the French Army, Aug. 13.
The French continued their vigor
ous assaults on the Thiescourt plateau
today taking two more important po
sitions which are keys to the plateau
the Ecuvillon and St. Claude farms.
The Germans are filling the numerout -ravines
and woods with mustard gas
and keeping up a heavy machine gun
fire in trying to cling to the parts of
theTieights they still hold.
The task of the French I In this
region is extremely difficult, as the
Germans know the ground thorough
ly, have all the ranges and 'have v
brought up ' heavy guns to replace
it- 1 t f mm .,
meir enormous , losses . in nem artil- .
lery. They also have massed ma
chine guns in all of the numerous fa
vorable positions they still hold on
the plateau that protects the road to .
Noyon. ' ;. 1 ; ;
The Germans' stand there ia vital
If this key to Noyon falls, the en
emy's retreat wouM become difficult
The stabilization of the line on the
old Roye-Lassigny front is considered
as the closing feature of the first
phase of the battle of the Avre.
Sabotage Defended '
By W. D. Haywood at 1
Trial of L W. Wi Leaders ;,
Chicago, TAug.'i 13. Sabotage , was
defended as the "biggest strongest .'
and most wholesale weapon of the '
working class" by William D. Hay
wood, general secretary and treasur-
er of the Industrial Workers of . the .
World, at the trial today of 100 lead
ers of the organization, charged with V
violations of the espionage law.
"We believe in using sabotage to ,
protect humanity," said Haywood.
"It prevents dishonest employers
from adulterating food products and
other necessities of life. Sabotage
must, be used if the capitalistic class
is to be put out of business. ; '
"It is the only practical means of'
protecting humanity from - beine
robbed and poisoned." ' ;.V
Haywood concluded his testimony
today. , ' J v.t v-T..V
It is expected the defense will close
by the end of this week and the case .
given the jury within 10 daya.
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