Ak-Sar-Ben Dates
Carnival September 25
October 5.
Electrical Parade Wed
nesday evening, October 2.
Daylight Parade Thurs
day afternoon, October 3.
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LUSITANIA
DAMAGE
Court Holds Cunard Company
Not Liable for Loss of Life
un reamer unK Dy
German Torpedo.
New York. Auer. 25. The
Cunard Steamship company
cannot be heid liable for loss of
life and property in the tor
pedoing of the Lusitania by a
German" submarine, according
.to a decision handed down in
the admiralty branch of the
United States district court by
Judge Julius M. Mayer and
. made public today.
"The cause of the sinking of the
Lusitania was the illegal act of the
imperial German government, acting
uiruugn us iiisu mucin, uic acrumt-
rine commander," declared Judge
Mayer, , f ho held "the fault, there
fore, must be laid upon those who
are responsible for the sinking of the
vessel in the legal as well as moral
sense."
Suits Dismissed.
In dismissing suits against the
Cunard line, aggregating nearly
$4,000,000 brought by heirs of per
sons who perished with the Liisitania
May 7, 1915, Judge Mayer asserted
1 that it is not to be"'" doubted 'that" the"
United States of America and its al
lies will remember the rights of those
affected by the sinking of the Lusi
tania and wnen the time, shall come
will see to it that reparation shall be
made for one of the most indefenci-
We aefs of modern times."
Judge Mayer dismissed the claim
that the Cunard line was negligent
with the conclusion that the captain
and members of the crew took every
"precaution justified by the then
' known, facts, both before and, after
the vessel was torpedoed. '
"It is of course easy now," the
judge said, "in the ligli of many
later events adJeu to preceding acts,
to look back and say that the Cun
ard line and ifs captain should have
known that tlu German government
would authorize or permit so shock
ing a breach of international law
and- so foul an offense not ""-only
against an enemy, but as well against
peaceful citizens of a then friendly
nation. But the unexpected charac
ter of the act was best evidenced by
the horror Which it excited i the
minds and hearts of the American
people."
Lusitania Not Armed.
Judge Mayer declared that the
proof brought out in this investiga
tion which covered a year, is con
clusive that the Lusitania was nqt and
never hd been armed and that on the
very day of the voyage on which she
was sunk did not carry explosives.
, Discussing the warning advertise
ments published by the German em
bassy in New York newspapers, May
1, the day the Lusitania sailed, Judge
Mayer said:
"It is perfectly plain that the
master was fully justified in sailing on
the appointed day from a neutral port
with many neutral and noncombatant
passengers unless he and his company
. were willing' to yield to an attempt of
the German government to terrify
British shipping.
Officers Displayed Courage.
"Few at that time would be likely to
construe the warning advertisement
is calling attention to more than the
perils' to be expected from quick dis
embarkation andth,e possible rigors
of the sea after the proper safe
guarding of the lives of passengers
by at least full opportunity to take to
the boats."
Judge Mayer held hat the emerj
gency equipment of the, Lusitania
measured fully up to maritime re
quirements and declared that while
there was considerable confusion on
the liner after she was torpedoed, the
officers and the greater part of the
crew "acted, with that matter of fact
courage and fidelity to'duty which are
traditional with men of the sea."
uentrai powers racing
Grain Supply Shortage
Washington, Aug. 25. Discussing
the food situation in enemy countries,
Food Administrator Hoover today
said Germany's prospects for grain
from the Ukraine did not materialize
The stock of grain in Germany, he
said, is about the same as last year.
Austria's condition is not quite so
good in this respect, according to
information available in Europe.
Roumania and Bulgaria he said,
both exporters of grain, are now with
out grain even for their own use, and
(Ce-many must supply, both countries
or let them starve.
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Army's Loyalty Pledged
By Pershing in Message
To Churches of America
By Associated Press.
With the American Army in
France, Aug. 25-"In the name of
the American army in France as"
well as in'my own, I thank you for
your kind and stimulating mes
sage," said John J. Pershing, the
American commander-in-chief in re
plying today to a message from the
Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America.
"If is the consciousness that the
soldier has behind him an undivided
nation," General Pershing contin
ued, "which enables him, whatever
his rank, to face his task with cour
age. We Americans have this added
inspiration and encouragement that
flows from the example of friend
ship of our allies, who for years
have been fighting our battles in
fighting their own.
"Standing by their side we expect
not only to vindicate the common
cause of justice, honor and right
eousness, but also to lay a solid
foundation for a world peace.
"The invisible, unconquerable
force let loose by the prayers, hopes
and ideals of Christian America, of
which you are the representatives,
is incalculable. Your message of
loyalty to us draws this reciprocal
message of loyalty to you. May we
prove ourselves worthy of it."
HUNS WITHDRAW
NORTH OF VESLE
UNDERPRESSURE
,
Americans Assigned Task of
Hammering Communica
tions in Order to Hurry
--fnemy's Departure
. By Associated Press.
With the American' Army in
France, Aug. 25. Reports from vari
ous sources say that the Germans a
withdrawing north of the Vesle, ow
ing to continued pressure along the
French and British fronts.
In the Fismes district the German
artillery fired in a desultory fashion
Sunday and there was no infantry
action except patrol engagements at
a few places Much heavy cannon
ading has been heard around Sois
sons. Ordered to Maintain Contact.
With the American Forces oh the
Vesle, Aug. 25. Prisoners taken near
Chateau- Du Diable, west of Fismes,
said they had been ordered to keep
in constant contact with the Ameri
cans along the Vesle The German
retreat north of the Marne was or
derly, they said, and German soldiers
believe it was a tactical maneuver to
eliminate an awkward salient.
Advance East of Bazoches.
Washington, Aug. 25. American
troops fin Saturday advanced their
lines slightly east of Bazoches, while
other American units in the Vosges
inflicted heavy losses in the enemy
in repulsing a raid, General Persh
ing reported in his communique dated
August 24.
Task Assigned Americans.
London, Aug. 25. A week of con
tinuous allied success closed glorious
ly Saturday, when the British stormed
no fewer than 15 important strong
holds.
The sisrnificant part of the success
is that the Americans west of Fismes
and south of the Vesle had been lately
assigned to the task of hammering
the -German communications within
the north of the Aisne district. They
have been steadily reinforced all the
time, and If their present movement
develops it is likely to have serious
consequences for the Germans, whom
Generals Mangin and' Humbert are
outflanking.
While Ludendorff deems it prudent
to retire from this region, his decision
to withdraw to the 1917 line may be
hastened by the Americans.
Canadians Will
Decoration
of Remarkable Valor
Canadian Army Headquarters, Aug.
25. (Canadian Press.) A Canadian
corporal has been recommended for
the Victoria cross for capturing single
handed a strong German post with
three machine guns. The guns were
infilading his company and the cor
poral attacked the post, killing three
men and capturing the remainder of
the gun crews. Later he collected
three men and charged a battery of
5.9 howitzers, capturing the crews.
The guns fired point blank at the
corporal and his three men, but they
were not hit.
A lieutenant of the 22d French Ca
nadian battalion, who was killed in
battle at Courcelette Aug. 9, has
been recommended for the Victoria
cross "tor most conspicuous gallantry
OMAHA,
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MANGIN WINS
BIG VICTORY
in his urtivn
French Gain Possession of En
tire South Bank of the
Oise and Foothold
Along isne.
With.ihe French Army in France,
Aug. 25. The first phase of the bat
tle of the Aisne and Oise has put the
French in possession of the entire
south bank of the Oise west of the
Ailettc.
The Germans are thrown back upon
the hilly forest region of Coucy for
communication between their troops
operating on the Oise above the
Ailettc and their troops on the Aisne
east of Soissons.
Both sides command the Oise with
their artillery. French scouts have
found it so formidably defended by
machine gun nests and artillery from
Xoyon to Chaulnes that it will re
quire considerable work by the hea
vy artillery before a crossing in force
is attempted.
On the right bank of the Ailette
the Germans are resisting stoutly
from a strong position along the
edge of the forest of Coucy. Small
parties of French have effected a
crossing.
Plans Executed Rapidly.
General Mangin has won a sub-.
stantial victory, of which there; is
plenty of material evidence besides
13,000 prisoners and 300 captured can
non. He set out first tp drive the
Germans from the plateaux of Adigni
court, Natnpocl and Carlepont by a
Ai-ioleni jhrust orlhwaBd(ihetr by - a.
quick facing about toward the east
to drive tbem off the heights west of
me Miette, inus clearing xne souin
bank of the Oise and lending support
to the Third army's action in the hills
of Thiescourt.
The program succeeded so rapidly
that though the enemy may say that
he retired unhindered, some of his
staff officers were obliged to flee in
scanty attire. A German general was
seen running from one of the exits
of a cavern at the top of Mount
Choisy without boots or suspenders,
just as French soldiers appeared at
the other entrance.
The correspondent who later visit
ed that cavern found in it other evi
dences of the hasty departure of the
German divisional staff that had occu
pied it. Along with the general's boots
and suspenders, there were several
pairs of costly field glasses and a
complete telephone system.
In the piles of arms and ammunition
that have been collected on and
aroimd the height, there are a con
siderable number of bayonets with
the sawtooth blade.
Stronghold Carried By Storm.
If the Germans did not intend to
remain south of the Oise they evi
dently thought they could hold this
position. The slopes are covered
with brush that hides the gulleys and
cavern entrances, where machine gun
nests in ambush held up the division
that was engaged, in the attack from
8 o'clock in the morning to 8 o'clock
in the evening. The Germans were
even preparing to spend the night
in their elaborately fitted headquar
ters in the quarry at the top.
But after a short artillery prepara
tion the place was stormed and the
German staff had only just time to
get away. One officer who was taken
prisoner, said .
"The French are making war in
an entirely new fashion. It is a great
attack." .
Rank and file prisoners without ex
ception agree that Germany is doom
ed to defeat. Most of these men were
in the machine gun sections that the
new German tactics sacrificed to pro
tect the rttreat, and they expressed
their resentment treely.
Receive .
for Deeds
and almost superhuman devotion to
duty."
When the British attack began the
lieutenant's company was held up by
an enemy machine gun. The officer
rushed in, captured the gun and per
sonally killed two of the enemy's
crew. In this action he was wounded
in the thigh. Later -in the day his
company was held up by machine
gun nest in a group of houses. He
organized two platoons which cap
tured 150 Germans and 15 machine
guns. The lieutenant himself killed
five Germans. In this fight he was
wounded in the shoulder.
In the evening the lieutenant saw
a field gun firing on his men with
open sights. He organized a party
and whilt rushing toward the gun
was seriously wounded in the abdo
men. He died of his wounds.
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MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST,
MM1
IT
British and French Troops
Hammer Two Hun Flanks
The allied armies have driven into
the foe's flanks in Picardy for big
gains, wresting from him the solid
black areas. The upper part of the
map shows General Byng s new sur
prise drive between Albert and Ar
ras,'. anS-'the lower th continuation
of the French offensive. Military oh
FOUND DEAD IN
RED WITH HEAD
NEARLYSEVERED
Mrs. Vera Young, Colored,
Murdered in Her Home in
North Bottoms; Hus
band Disappears.
Weltering in her own blood, the
dead body of Mrs. Vena Young,
negro, was found in bed at 1 o'clock
Monday morning at her home, 1010
Grace street. The head had been al
most severed from the body with a
jack knife.
Her husband, Frank Young, is said
to have committed the crime. After
stabbing the woman to death the
slayer attempted to set the bed cloth
ing afire. He made his escape from
the house by leaping through a front
window, clad only in underwear and
socks, neighbors say.
The Youngs, neighbors told the
police, had been quarreling violently
for several days, but Sunday they had
made up. Apparently the quarrel
was resumed after they had retired.
The body was found by the
woman's father. Oliver Morseman of
Clarinda, la., who was here on a
visit.
The Youngs had o..e child, Mrs.
May Green way, 1107 Grace street.
Boy Drowned When
. Boat Capsizes With
Two at Carter Lake
Kenny Hutton, 16-year-old son oi
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hutton, 1822
Locust street, was drowned at noon
Sunday when the rowboat in which
he and his companion, Lloyd Evans,
1912 Emmet street, were riding, cap
sized just off Sandy Point in Carter
lake.
According to the Evans boy, his
companion dropped his pipe out of
the boat, and in an effort to recover
it, the boat overturned.
Detectives Jensen and Vanous and
Dr. Moon arrived too tate to re
suscitate the boy. The body was re
covered and taken to the J. P. Swan
son undertaking parlors.
Texas Drouth Broken.
Houston, Aug., 25. Copious rains
fell in many pa.rts of the state, ac
cording to reports reaching the
Houston weather bureau today, and
the belief was expressed that the long
drouth had been broken. ,
Are You Reading '
Oh, Money! Money!
By ELEANOR H. PORTER
Author of "Pollyanna" and
"lust David"
Today's Installment on Page 5.
26, 1918.' aVrfeW
Mio)onnnnr?n
servers expect the dermans to evacu
ate the whole menaced area indicated
by single shading. Tlx crisscross
shaded area is the ground won by
Marshal Foch in his drives this year.
The dash linearis the4oldrfHindenburg
line;-the solid linc'lndlcatej the pres
cut battle zone.
GERMANY LOSES
SPIRIT SHOWN IN
EARLYSTAGES
Captured Officers Fell Differ
ent Story From Those That
Were Taken in Early
, Spring Drive.
British Army Headquarters, Aug.
25. The demeano of hundreds of
German officers taken prisoner re
cently is in striking contrast with the
attitutle of officers captured during
the British retreat last spring. Then
German officer prisoners were arro
gant and meant to crush the British
to earth, but now they are depressed
and very anxious. They appear very
wiliing to talk and the tenor of their
conversation may be summed up as
follows:
They say Germany entered the
war with enthusiasm, but this has
long since disappeared and the strug
gle has now become an economic one
with Great Britain.
Germany Hopeless.
They admit that Germany is in
practically a hopeless condition, both
economically and from the man
power point of view and ask whether
Great Britain cannot now consider
Germany sufficiently reduced to be no
longer a dangerous trade rival or
whether the allies intend to crush her,
altogether. In the latter case, they
say, Germany will be forced to fight
to the last, but they make no effort
to conceal their impression of what
this means for the fatherland. They
say they believe there is every dispo
sition to evacuate Belgium and north-
(Continurd on Tnr Two, Column Five.)
Propaganda to Keep U. S.
Out of the War Conducted
By German
New York, Aug. 25. Germany con
ducted a "subtle propaganda in 1917"
to check American preparation for
war by leading the public to believe
that the German people were about
to overthrow "Kaiserism' Alfred L.
Becker, deputy state attorney general,
asserted tonight in making public the
results of !is examination of George
T. O'Dell, correspondent of the New
York Evening Mail who went to Ger
many with Ambassador' von Berns
torff after the breaking off of diplo
matic relations.
According to Mr. Becker, O'Dell
was granted interviews with reputed
leaders of German thought and was
encouraged to send back articles "de
signed to persuade America by what
would appear the testimony 'of an
unprejudiced observer, that the Ger
man masses were about to rise
against their masters and that the
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FOE SWEPT BACK
IN NORTH TO OLD
HIM DEN BURG LINE
Additional Towns Captured by Haigs Men infNorth
While French Continue Advance Between Ailette
and Aisne; Arrival of German Reinforce
ments Fails ta Stop Onrush of Allies.
London. Aug. 25 (Via Montreal) Reconnoiterin a natroN
of British troops are entering Bapaume. It is reported that
British outposts have reached the fringe of Buflecourt, which
lies seven miles northeast of Bapaume, and captured High wood
east of Albert.
London, Aug. 25. The British troops made further
progress today and have taken many prisoners, notwithstand
ing the arrival of German reinforcements on the battle front,
according to Field Marshal Haig's report tonight.
The report says r , : . ,
"Resistance increased today with the arrival of German
reinforcements on the battle front. Many hostile counter attacks
were broken down. Our troops with great gallantry have ovi
ercome the resistance and have made further" progress; they
have taken many prisoners. . ; . '
AUSTRALIANS CARRY HIGH GROUND.
"North of the Sol. me the Australians carried the enemy'e x
positions on the high ground east of Bray. British troops ad
vanced in the direction of Carnoyand have taken Mametz.
"Welsh troops captured Mametz wood :
"In the center we captured Martinpuich, LeHars and Le
barque. ... , :: ; .
"North of Bapaume there has been severe fighting in.
Fa,vreuil and ' about Mory and Croisilles. . We made progress
east of Behagnies and in Neuville-Vitasse,"
Contalmaisdn, 3 miles northeast of Albert, and W&rlen-court-Eaucourt
on the Albert-Bapaume road three miles south'
east of Bapaume, have been captured by the Britsh according
to the official statement issued today by the war office.
GERMANS LAUNCH COUNTER ATTACKS.
Paris; Aug. 25. The Germans today - launched v heavy
counter attacks along the front on the Oise and Ailette rivers.
trying to stem the advance of General Mangin's army which is
menacing the German positions on the Chemin Des Dames. :
The French continued their nroirrpsa nt nf T?ompiiY.
Detwen the Ailette and the Aisne, according to the war office
announcement tonight. They repulsed counter attacks west of
Crecy-Au-Mont. Four hundred additional prisoners have been
taken.
Austro-Hungarian reinforcements have arrived on the
southeastern end of the western front, a number of soldiers
from Austrian units having been captured by French patrols
in Woevre region. ' '
NEAR OLD HINDENBURG LINE
With the British Army in France, Aug. 25. On some parts
of the northern battle front the British have reached points a
thousand yards from the old Hindenburg line, which seems
strongly held. , s '
In addition to crossing the Albert-Bapaume road at many
places the British have made progress southward for a consider
able distance with cavalry operating in front of the infantry.
The defenses of Bapaume either have already been captured
or are in process of being captured. Bapaume itself must fall
shortly. v ,
Meanwhile some of the heaviest
Dailies Ordered to Cut Down
Weekly and Semi-Weeklies
Washington, Aug. 25. Publishers
of metropolitan dailies having
weekly, semi-weekly or tri-weekly
editions were ordered today by the
war industries board through its. pulp
and paper section to reduce the
amount of paper used IS per cent, be
ginning September 9.
A number of practices are ordered
abolished such as continuing sub
scriptions after date of expiration,
giving free copies except in certain
instances, giving of more than one
copy tJ advertisers, furnishing of
copies to exchanges ana accepting
returns from dealers.
Agents in 1917
war could be won by political meas
ures without force of arms."
Mr. Becker said O'Dell was re
quired to send his articles by cable,
because if they vvere sent by wireless
they might be picked up in Russia,
where Germany then was disseminat
ing a different brand of propaganda.
O'Dell, Mr. Becker says, got much
of his information ,from Dr. Roed
riger, censor in the German foreign
office; Prof. Gaevernitz of Freiburg
university; Dr. Koertz of Heidelberg
and other "alleged leaders of
thought." According to Mr. Becker,
O'Dell prepared an additional series
of articles after his return to Ameri
ca which Dr. Edward A. Rumely, then
managing editor of the New York
Evening Mail, ordered widely dis
tributed through the Evening Mail's
syndicate. But the syndicate man
ager refused to push their sale. (
THE WEATHER
For Nebraska Fair Monday
and probably Tuesday; cooler.
Thermometer Readings:
5 a. m 7 J 1 p. m M
a. m ft j 3 p. m. ......... .S7
' a. m 71 j I p. in SO
8 a. m 73 (4pm. , S3
B a. m 73 S p. m SI
10 a. m 77 p. m SH
it a. m ftt 7 p. m. OS
12 m 8ft I
fighting of the war is going on in this
section of the battle front, for the
Germans are loath to part with the
town, which has great strategic value.
British Advance Rapidly.
Warlencourt, an important position
just south of Bapaume on the road
to Albert, which has been widely;!
crossed, was taken , by the British!
after a bitter struggle in which the
Germans suffered very severe losses
Great numbers of the enemy were
captured during the day, among them
a large party from the Third German
naval division. '
So fast was the British advance '
(Continued on Fage Two, Column On.)
Father Jannette, One
Of Oldest Priest of
State, Dies Sunday
Rev. John J. Janetlf, one of Ihe '
oldest Catholic priests of this diocese
and chaplain of St. Joseph's hospital
for 'the last 25 years, died Sunday
morning at the age of 76 years. Prior
to becoming chaplain at the bospitai
Father Jannette was pastor of St.
Patrick's church. Fourteenth and Cas
telar, for many years.
Requiem high mass will be cele
brated at St. Joseph's Tuesday morn
ing at 9 o'clock. The body will be
removed to St. Cecelia church at 2
p. m. and will lie in state until Wed
nesday morning at 9 o'clock, when ;
pontifical high mass will be offered '
there by Archbishop J. J. Harty.
Burial will be at Holy Sepulcher cem
etery. Father Jannette was a priest in this
diocese for the last 44 years and was ,
exceeded in point of service by but
nn. nnVeK Vather T.vnrh r( Wnnrl
River. Father Jannette was at one ,
time a priest at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
when all of Wyoming was in this
diocese. He was also located at one
time at Plattsmouth and Exeter, Neb.
