i ' "The Stars and Stripes " forever." AIRCRAFT Of 350 Srfliadrons' Needed to Win War Only 13 Are Now in France; Pilots Wait ing for Planes. By Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 24. America's aircraft program for the great army that is counted upon to win the war next year :alls for 350, complete squad rons of planes, and the man part of the- program already is ahead of schedule, with 3,000, pilots, trained i.V This information, given by Major General Kenly, chief of the division 3t military aeronautics, and many other facts hitherto held secret were disclosed today when the senate mili tary committee made public testi mony taken behind closed doors dur ing three months of investigating by the aviation' subcommittee headed by Senator Thomas of Colorado. 273 Machines in France. General Kenly told the committee there are now 13 American airplane squadrons of 273 machines now in France, whereas there should be 175 squadrons. William C. Potter, assistant di rector of airplane production, said General Pershing had called for 25,000 planes by July 1, 1919, and had been told it was hoped to deliver 18,000 to 20,000. This would meet re placement demands of squadrons in the fields C W. Nash, former president of the Nash Motor company and now as sistant to Mr. Ryan in engineering and production, gave it as his opin ion that nothing but De Haviland machines could be delivered before next January and if 10,000 airplanes were delivere-' by next July it would te "almost a miracle." Witnesses Speak Plainly. In fact all of the witnesses appar- sntly gave their statements with what i senator Keea cnaracterizea at one stage as "brutal frankness," all being examined secretly and apparently without considering the possibility !f the publicity now given. Personal :riticisms were voiced with freedom An example is found in General Kenly's examination concerning Gen- rral Pershing s calls tor airplanes. In response to questions General Kenly spoke of what he would do if he were in charge at home and abroad, and added: "If you look over the cables you tvill find a cajole from overseas for one thing one day and the next coun termands the order, and the next day asks for it again, and a week later :ountermands it." There is no real friction between the army and navy, General Kenly told the committee, "except a very strong feeling that the navy some times is getting more than its share." Stops Spad Manufacture. General , Kenly and other officers confirmed reports that General Per shing stopped manufacture of Spad machines last year and recently had criticised several jf the De Haviiand models forwarded. In outlining next year's program, sent in by General Pershing, wit nesses told the committee that Gen eral Pershing was advised that in try ing to get 18,000 or 20,000 machines delivered by next July the authorities "are aiming rather high." J A squadron in the aviation service, it was explained, normally consists of 18 flyers, but they usually have 21. During Secretary Baker's exami nation he was sharply questioned re garding airplane photographs dis tributed by the committee on public information with what the secretary conceded were "exaggerated" cap tions. During the tilt, Senator Reed of Missouri referred to Chairman George Creel of the information com mittee as "a licensed liar," intending to mislead the public. Nebraska Slow to Approve Increase in Express Rates Washington, Aug. 24. Modifica tions of express charges for short hauls within the so-called "first zone" now being worked out by the rail road administration probably Will re sult in increases in rates on fruit, produce and other materials shipped into cities from adjoining localities. The 10 per cent general advance in express rates recently approved by the Interstate Commerce commission now 'has received . the sanction of public service commissions in all states except Utah. South Dakota. Nebraska and Iowa. Reports here indicate that the commissions of these states will act shortly. j LAGGING SEE TODAY'S SPECIAL SECTION DEVOTED TO LINCOLN TTV-n-rr-rr VOL. XLVIII-NO. 11 Famous Army Aviators to Thrill Omaha by Flights Over City Next Saturday Commissioner Manley of the Chamber of Commerce will go to Kansas City tonight to make final arrangements with the British and American aviators who will be in Omaha next Saturday to do all sorts of stunts in their big machines. The aviators are making a tour of the central cities of the United States to give the people a knowledge of the different types of airplarfes used and the kind of tactics used in air battles. They will make flights in Kansas City Monday. Thence they will fly to Des Moines,' where they will give ex hibitions Thursday. Then they will rise and fly to Omaha in an hour or two of time, alighting on the Field club field probably Friday morning. The appearance of a dozen or more airplanes over Omaha in all sorts of thrilling maneuvers will oc cur next Saturday and will be the greatest and most spectacular sight, it is said, that Omaha has ever wit nessed. People will be here from hundreds of miles around to see this greatest of "free shows. 4 The flights here will be designed to show what sort of work, bombing planes, battle planes, scout planes and others do in the air. One of the wonders will be a sauadron of six planes of the type J. N. 6H (what- ever that means), which will fly over the city in battle formation, con trolled by wireless from the ground. There will also be acrobatic flights by small planes, illustrating the "stunts" performed by fighting pilots when in immediate contact with the enemy. Among the entertainments ar ranged for the distinguished airmen of the party will be a public affairs luncheon at the Chamber of Com merce either f Friday or Saturday noon. Some of the party will make addresses. Maj. C. K. Rhinehardt is in com mand of the party, which consists of two British and about , a dozen American aviators. Accompanying the party as guest of honor will be Brig.-Gen. Charles Lee, a veteran British aviator, now head of the Brit ish Aviation mission to the United States. He will fly around in his own machine and will be accompanied by one or two members of the staff, also in British planes. Major Rhinehardt is one ot tne youngest majors in the air service. (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) 1 1 A 'J . AutOIUODlle ACldentS Cause Injuries to Two Men Saturday Night Just after he had alighted from a street car at Sixteenth and Dodge streets, Charles Dixon, 1823 Lake street, was struck by an automobile operated by Max Osier, an auto mechanic, 1618 North Twenty-fifth street. Dixon's right arm and hand were severely cut and he suffered painful bruises about his body. He was taken home. Osier tried to drive away after the accidenf, Military Po liceman William Sheppard said, and he had to employ force in order to take him. Osier was charged with fast and reckless driving. Pete Christensen, 4602 Redmond avenue, suffered a ftadly wrenched hand and wrist at 8 o'clock Saturday night when he was run down by an automobile operated by J.J- Troxall, 6815 North Twenty-fourth street. Christensen was riding a motorcycle east on Capitol avenue near Twenty fourth street He was taken to the police station, given surgical atten tion by Police Surgeon Edstrom, and taken to his home. Need Two Thousand Men In Dakota Harvest Fields Two thousand harvest workers are needed at once in North Dakota. The wage is from $45 to $50 a month with board and room. This message comes to the govern ment employment bureau. Examiner Robert P. Samardick advises that men who want this work go to Fargo, Grand Forks or Devils Lake, where they will be directed to the fields awaiting the reaper. Former Bellevue Star in Hospital at Great Lakes After trying vainly for fifteen months to enlist in some branch of the service, Paul Ohman, Omaha high school student and former Bellevue college athlete, underwent a special operation for hernia in order to enter the navy. He was accepted, only to be forced to enter the navy hospital at Great Lakes, 111., within two weeks after he arrived there. For the last month he has been confined to a bed. Ohman, who was Bellevue college football captain in the fall of 1914 and who made an enviable record in other branches of athletics during his college career, was teacher of science and coach of the football team at North Platte high school. He ap plied for admission to the first of-. CM f,rpT?1S5? WiTM !& OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1918. 5&J2(t1r'ii,0Jl!&J& FIVE CENTS. U ZJ MAJ. C. K. RHINEHARDT. FLIGHT SURGEON WILLIAM R. REAM KILLED BY FALL Was Formerly Practicing Phy sician at Walthill, 'Neb.; Fatal - Plunge Due to -Stalling of Engine. ! St. Louis. Aug. 24. Major William R. Ream, of San Diego, Cal., flight surgeon of the British-American "fly ing circus, which started early today from Indianapolis to St. Louis, was killed when an airplane piloted by Lieut. Wesley Benner, of Metuchen, N. T., fell 150 feet at Effingham, 111., at 10 a. m. Lieutenant Benner suf fered a compound fracture of a leg and internal injuries. His condition is reported serious. Other airplanes are reported to have landed safely near Effingham, 101 miles east of St. Louis, after the accident. Attempts to reach St. Louis today were abandoned. According to information received here Lieutenant Benner was ap proaching a landing in a corn field, one mile out of Effingham, when his engine apparently stalled and his plane did a nose dive to earth. It was reported the flyers ran into a severe rain and wind storm which caused Lieutenant Benner to attempt to land. Two machines previously had made a safe landing in the field. Four machines landed safely just outside of Marshall, 111., about 40 miles west of Terre Haute, and one landed at Martinsville, 111. Major Ream's death was-the second (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) Special Service for Women Entering Missionary Field Rev. F. W. Leavitt will give a coin missionary service yat the First Central Congregational church Sun day for Miss Anna Lane. 4314 South Twenty-third street,' who leaves in the near future for Peking, China. She will be an in structor in natural science at the woman's college in that city, Temperance Union Will Quilt for Belgian Relief The North Side W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. C. J Schmidt, 3342 Larlmore avenue, Wednesday, to make a quilt for the Belgian relief. Members and friends are requested to come early, bring ing needle, thimble, thread and a bundle of quilt pieces. ficers' training camp at Fort Snelling, he tried to enlist in the balloon school at Fort Omaha and tried other branches of the service, but was re jected everywhere because of his physical defect. A special operation at North Platte remedied his trouble, and he was ac cepted for the navy. But unaccus tomed strain shortly after he reached Great Lakes broke open his wound and he was sent to the hospital. "I shan't lift anything heavier than a match for a year," he writes to his mother, Mrs. Bonnie Ohman, 2404 Davenport street, "or perhaps my fork to my mouth. They keep me in bed all the time and I guess all hope of my getting into active service for some months is past." ' 111 1 I l l IIS11111 II I I w I i-i -i " II ' I L-J I UUM M M WMM MAN POWER BILL PASSED BY 336 TO 2 Final Effort to Place 19-Year-Old Boys in Deferred Class Defeated by Vote of 191 to 146. Washington, Aug. 24. The new man power bill extending the selec tive draft to all men between the ages of 18 and 45 years was passed by the house tonight with only mi nor changes in the original draft of the War department. On the first roll call only two neg ative votes were cast by Representa tive London of New York, the so cialist, and Representative Gordon of Ohio, democrat. The final vote was announced as 336 to 2. The final vote was preceded by three days' debate, during which the chief contention was an amendment to defer the calling of youths from 18 to 20 years until older men had been summoned. A final effort was made by Chair man Dent today to place the 18-year old boys in a deterred class, but a motion to recommit the bill to the military affairs committee with in structions to incorporate that amend ment was lost, 191 to 146. Goes Now to Senate. Ihe bill now goes to the senate, where leaders tonight predicted its passage early next week. The senate plans to substitute the house bill for the measure favorably reported by the military committee of that body and thus expedite its hnal enactment. Congressional leaders hope to tend the measure to the president by the I" latter part of next week. Ihe senate soon after convening unexpectedly abandoned plans for a vote today and adjourned until Mon day. An attempt in the house to insert a work or fight amendment, by which those exempted from military service on occupational grounds would be re quired to remain at their civil tasks failed, 52 to 91. The amendment was directed against strikes and was char acterized by officials of the American Federation of Labor as a conscrip tion of labor. Congressmen Excepted. The house today reversed its action of yesterday in voting to include members of congress in the draft. By a rising vote, 89 to 143, it defeated an amendment by Representative Gregg ot iexas, which would make mem bers of congress, state legislatures and federal and state executive offi cers liable to draft. An amendment by Representative Smith of New York to exempt police officers in cities of more than 500.000 population and designed to relieve the situation in New York, where a short age of police officers is said to be threatened, was defeated. An amendment by Representative Treadway of Massachusetts, which was adopted, provides for the ap pointment of special examiners in local conscription districts for the re-examination of men placed in de ferred classification as a means of further combining the deferred classes for additional men for active service. Chairman Dent of the house mili tary committee read a letter today fom Secretary Baker in which the lat ter set forth his objections to the McKenzie amendment, which was de feated yesterday and which provided for deferring the call of youths from 18 to 20 years. Mr. Baker sa'd he believed the amendment wauld seri ously impair the ability .of the wiys and means committee to get the men in accordance with the military pro gram. More Than Two Hundred Omaha Boys Register For Military Service More than 200 men who have at tained majority since June 5 regis tered for militM-y service in Omaha Saturday. The men were given their ques tionnaires immediately after regis tering. Only a few of the regis trants claimed exemption. Some of them are married and some support one or both of their parents. Exemption board members say that more than half of the regis trants will make soldiers. About 150.000 21-year-olds regis tered in the United States Saturday and, it is estimated, that 75,000 of them will be inducted for general military service. Are Ypu Reading Oh, Money! Money! By ELEANOR H. PORTER Author of "Pollyanna" and "Just David" Today's Installment on Page 9. AND COMING NEBRASKA STATE FAIR - s. V : 9 , GERMANS RATTLED BY STURDY BLOWS OF HAIG'S ARMIES Staggering Enemy in State Loss of Important Positions in Thiepval Salient; British Mow Down New Divisions Thrown Into Fighting; Continue Victorious Advance. By Associated Press. With the British Army in France, Aug. 24.- Field Mar shal Haig's fighting armies achieved further victories today. They delivered blow after blow to the staggering enemy, who in some places, such as the Thiepval salient, was reported to be in a state of great confusion. Thiepval itself, a mighty position atop a high hill from which the surrounding country for miles is under observation, has been occupied and the British line has been straightened between Grandcourt and La Boisselle. Miraumont, that boche position which has held out for days in the center of the battle front, is gradually being sur rounded. The town is choked with German dead and manv living Germans may be captured there shortly. FALL OF BAPAUME IMMINENT. In the advance on Bapaume village the village of Avesnes-les-Bapaume, just at the edge of the larger town, has been reached. It seems certain that BaDaume will fall, but rriftrp heavy fighting is expected. British troops have advanced to a point north of Morey and have also entered Croiselles, which is some miles east of the Arras-Bapaume road and probably marks the peak of the advance eastward in the northern battle zone. There- has also been fighting north of the river Scarpe and the British have penetated the old German front line for more" than 500 yards. The British attacked Givenchy and recov ered the old front line from which they retired during an attack last evening. Every Yard Contested. While field Marshal Jiaigs men pressed forward with mighty strides on the main battle front today, they had to fight for every yard of ground Considerable numbers of guns and prisoners have been captured all all along the line and the British have again inflicted the heaviest possible casualties on the enemy. The ground over which the battle has been fought was invariably littered with dead Ger mans. Still fighting a losing battle, the Germans are unquestionably becom ing disorganized and rattled. Officers who have been taken prisoner have mentioned recent reverses, and espe cially the defeat which is now being suffered and said that Germany was willing to give anything for peace. These statements are of value only as showing how the German army is coming to look upon the war now going aginst them. New German divisions continue to arrive in the zone, only to be stood up before the advancing British and mowed down. While they have been able to check, in a measure, the allies, they have been unable to stay their continuous forward movement. There are stories of less than a dozen men being left in some of the German companies which have par ticipated in the recent fighting. Sol dier prisoners captured today ex pressed themselves generally as hav ing lost faith in the higher command, while noncommissioned officers at tributed the defeats to the inefficiency of the German air service, and more especially to the presence of many untrained recruits in the older divis ions. Some are said to have de serted while on the way to the front to participate in the battle. i American Gunners Rush Into Battle When Under Orders to Remain in the Rear London, Aug. 24. How a detach ment of American machine gunners managed to take part in the recent fighting on the British front is told in a letter from an officer commanding a Canadian machine gun-section. The letter says: ''We had a largenumber of Amer ican machine gunners attached to our section for instruction. When' orders for the attack came, our colonel, who regarded the Americans, as insuffi ciently trained for participaticn, issued strict orders to the Americans to re main behind during the attack. , We were well across into German terri tory when suddenly Americans ap peared in the thick of the fray on the right flank. They had been left behind, according to orders, but re mained only about two minutes and then took matters into their own hands. As soon as the first wave had Bee of Confusion as Result of LOBECK VOTES WITH EAST UPON MMER BILL ... ' 1 - i Splits With Delegation From Nebraska on Measure; Rea vis Expresses Himself On Exemptions. Washington Bureau of The Bee. Washington, D. C., Aug. 24.(Spe cial Telegram.) On the motion to re commit the new draft or man-power bill to the committee on military af fairs of the house with instructions to create one deferred class in the bill from 18 to 19, the Nebraska delega tion exclusive of Sloan, absent, and with the single exception of Lobeck. voted in favor of recommending the bill. Lobeck split with Shallenberger and Stephens, his democratic breth ren, for two reasons, probably. First because the administration wanted a free hand in handling the draft in its own way, and. second, because the industrial centers seemingly were ar rayed against this. At least an anaylsis of the vote would seem to warrant such con clusion. Keep Boys Where Belong. Congressman Keavis in ODDOsmK the Madden amendment to the man power bill prohibiting any employe in the executive departments of the government boards or commissions from being exempt or given deferred classification, by reason of such em ployment, from military duty said that the house, in his judgment, was getting itself into a more or less ab surd, position, by stating last night that a congressman should not be ex empt, tie thought such a course would put the Membership of the (Continued on Pace Two, Colnmn Thrw.) gone over they followed the Cana dians. "One of the first officers they en countered on the other side of No Man's land was the colonel who had commanded them to remain behind; but he was too busy to do much more than frown at them. They excused their presence on the ground that they thought they could prove useful in escorting back prisoners, and the colonel gave them permission to do this. "But some hours afterward I saw them again, well up in the front of the attack,, close behind our cavalry, and very busy firing their guns, which they roust have kept concealed some where during their interview with the colonel. "They worked like veterans and stayed with us throughout the next tw days. One of them is in line for a decoration." i THE WEATHER Fair and slightly warmer Sunday, Monday cooler. Thermometer Boadmcu m 67 1 m. .......... IS m 7 Jo. m 87 7 a. m e t p. n ,. M a .m..... 65 4 p. m m a. m 70 S p. m M 10 a. m 76 6 p. m. .......... 80 11 a, m HO 1 p. m 88 It m 83 ADVANCE BEGUN BY U. S. LADS Bapaume Expected to Fall Soon, but Not Without Se vere Fight; French Clos ing on Noyon. By Associated Press. Paris, Aug. 24. rhe Ameri can troops in the Fismes sector have advanced as far north as the Soissons-Rheims road, on a front of about 800 meters, ac cording to the war office an-' nouncement tonight. British Headquarters in France, Aug. 24. The town of Thiepval, northeast of Albert. on the Ancre front, was entered today by British forces in the teeth of much machine gun and rifle fire. Bray also was cap tured by the British. ' ' London, Aug. 25. "New Zealanders, striking in the di rection of Bapaume, have cap tured Cojeul with trresistable dash," says an official state ment Issued by the 'war office shortly after midnights . The oiily Cojeul appearing on the maps is the , Cojeul rivef, nine miles north of Bapaume, but it is possible that there is a small village of that name near Bapaume. Without pause the British forces battling against the Germans are moving forward in the direction of Bapaume. The fighting has been ex tremely heavy, but there has been no stopping field Marshal Haig's men and the latest report from Brit ish headquarters says that they are making progress along the entirt front of the British attack. , Important Towns Taken. The important towns of Bray, , Thiepval and Grandcourt, together with several smaller places, have been captured, and more than 2,000 prison ers have been taken. Around Miraumont, which lies a little north of Grandcourt, the fight ing has been of great intensity, and this place apparently has fallen, as Haig's report says that "the enemy held out until outflanked by advancing columns." - British detachments have reached Avesnes-Les-Bapaume, which lie very close to Baoaume. whose cao- ture is expected at an early date but not without severe fighting. Pass Beyond Bray. Nearer the Somme, however, the Germans have not been So suoc'ssfut. Bray has heen captured by the Brit ish who are said to be to the east of that town. Bray is important be cause it stands on high ground and dominates a large amount of terri tory on each side of the Somme. There are iew details of the pro- fress of the fighting south of the omme. The capture of cannon is reported from this region, but there. (Continued eo Pace Two, "Colnmn Throe.) j Jess Eckford Goes Back to Regiment at Camp Funstonf Jess Eckford, who was arrested dur ing the slacker raid .last Thursday, returned to Camp Funston, Kan., last night. . ; ; f Eckford was arrested by a military policeman upon suspicion that the; army uniform Eckford was: wearing was "camouflage," ,and local police confirmed that-suspicion. Investigation, however, proved that Eckford is a United States soldier stationed at Camp Funston, and that ' he had been there for more than two months. He was absent without leave in Omaha and was accompanied back to Camp Funston by Sergeant Cook. Great Lakes Naval Band T r To Lead Labor Day Parade The Great Lakes Naval band will lead the Labor day parade in Omaha. Arrangements have been made' hy Ensign Condict of the local naval res cruiting station for a concert on the. " street Saturday night. " The band will also play at the Fort- Dodge-Navy ball, game at. Rourke park Sunday next. The band , is tev leave Tuesday morning for the sisMJ fair at Lincoln . . . : . - i