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FROM BELGIAN SOIL
Voormezeele Captured by U.
Advance Two Miles Beyond Juvigny; Germans
Left With Little Chance for Effective Resist-
Until They
ance
By Associated Press.
With the British Army in Flanders, Sept. 1. For the first
time American troops fought on Belgian soil today. They
captured Voormezeele and were engaged in the operations else
where in the same locality.
London, Sept. t. Reuter's
. . ,. . .
quarters says he hears that the Americans, besides taking Voor
mezeele, have captured several strong positions between Voor
mezeele and Ypres.
With the American Army in France, Sept. 1. The Ameri
can troops in their drive beyond Juvigny last night and today
advanced about two miles and captured nearly 600 prisoners,
together with considerable war supplies.
rtgain in.e vjcidii uwtn. uv-'i in
Soissons have been cracked by the
Americans, who tonight have made
secure their new positions near Terny
Sorny and on a line along the Be-1
thune-Soissons road. ,
The Americans are at the apex of
the allied forces in that part of the
general front and the commanding of
ficer, the French general Mangin, sup
plemented his messages of congratu
lations to the American commander
bv expressing " admiration for his
units' work and admitting surprise
that troops comparatively new should
have conducted themselves, with such
dash and" irjjjiancy.. ...,..V"
Juvigny in American Lines.
Juvigny, the ruins of a village north
of Soissons that the Germans fought
so desperately to retain, is well within
the American lines. It was taken
Friday, but publication of details of
its capture was not permitted.
The Americans have consolidated
their positions to the east of Juvig
ny. They control the zone in advance
of the village. American artillery
dominate the country and the Ger
mans apparently have been left with
flight chance of effective resistance
until they reach the broken terrain
around Neuville. The German officers
were oiftmaneuvered and their men
outfought.
Enemy machine guns proved a ter
rible barrier to the progress of the
Americans, but it was not enough.
When all was over the Germans un
v ittiugly added a final touch of trage
dy when they dropped a high ex
plosive shell into the midst of 187
prisoners the Americans had removed
to 'the rear. Five German captives
were killed and scores were terribly
mounded.
Enemy Caught Napping.
When the objective of General
Pershing's men finally was attained
the Germans within the town were
caught napping. The Americans had
completely encircled them. German
machine guns and trench mortars all
were pointed to the west and the
northwest but the assailants appeared
out of an arc drawn about their rear.
The mopping up of the town and
positions immediately adjacent to it
netted the Americans. 225 prisoners.
The German dead have not been
counted. The number is big.
Two days ago American patrols
were a mile and a half beyond Ju
vigny. But 1he Germans were not
exhausted and there was a repetition
of the experiences of certain Ameri
can divisions north of the Marne
when town after town passed back
and forth before the Germans were
definitely pushed back.
Tanks in Fierce Fight.
Thursday night when an American
detachment escorted by tanks entered
Juvigny, the German line once more
was behind the railroad west of the
town. A tremendous struggle began.
Friday the Americans were in
structed fo pound the German lines
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
McAdoo Says Railroaders
May Celebrate Labor Day
Washington, Sept. 1. Railroad
men by order of Director General
McAdoo are to be permitted to per
ticipate in Labor day celebrations so
far as is possible.
Tn an order to all regional directors-!
Mr. McAdoo instructs them to make
arrangements where possible to let
railroad men observe the day. He
reminds the railroad workers of their
high responsibility in helping win
the war.
Are You Reading
0b, Money! Money'
By ELEANOR H. PORTER
Author of "Pollyanna" and
"Just David"
Today's Installment on Page 7.
S. Force; Forces on Veslej
Reach NeuviUe.
correspondent at British head-;
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CZECHOSLOVAK
BAZAAR OPENS AT
IRE AUDIT!
Huge Parade and Patriotic
Demonstration Marks .
- Start orGigantrc "
Affair.
With one of the most intensely pa
triotic demonstrations ever given in
Nebraska by persons of Czech and
Slavic blood, the Liberty bazaar, or
iginated for the purpose of raising
funds for the Czecho-Slovak armies
in France and Russia, and which will
continue for a week, was formally
inaugurated Sunday afternoon.
Through aisles of humanity, lin
ing the route of the parade, which
started at Thirteenth and Martha
streets and ended at the Muny auditor
ium, over 4,000 persons including men,
women and children of Bohemian,
Polish and 'Serbian nativity or ante
cedents, niarcheti rode in proces
sion. When the head of the procession
reached the auditorium there were
scores of decorated automobiles still
congregate. at the assembling
grounds at Thirteenth and Martha,
and it took nearly an hour for the
whole of the parade to pass a given
point.
The procession was made up of
mounted policemen, automobiles con
taining Governor Neville, Mayor
Smith, City Commissioners Ringer,
Butler and Zimman, Lt. Oldrich
Spaniel of the Czecho-Slovak army
in France, distinguished citizens of
Bohemian and Slavic birth of Omaha
and the state of Nebraska, and march
ing societies of the Czecho-Slovak,
Bohemian and kindred circles of Om
tha, Plattsmouth and Morse Bluffs,
Bohemian chapter of the A- erican
Red Cross, the Boher' relief so
cieties, Sokols, and other organiza
tions. '
Fjve bands discoursed stirring
(Continued on Tage Three, Column Five.)
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ALL AMERICANS NOW IN SINGLE ARMY,
SAYS WILSON IN LABOR DAY MESSAGE
Washington, Sept. 1. All Ameri
can are addressed as fellow enlisted
men of a single army, of many parts,
but commanded by a single obliga
tion, in President Wilson's Labor
day message.
At first, the president says, this
hardly seemed more than a war of
defense against military aggression;
now it is clear that it is more than a
war to alter the balance of power of
Europe, that Germany was striking
at what free men everywhere desire
and must have, the right to deter
mine their own fortunes. Labor day,
1018, therefore is supremely signifi
cant, he says.
Text of Message.
The president's message follows:
"My fellow citizens: Labor day,
1918, is not like any Labor day that
that we have known. Labor day was
always deeply significant with us.
Xow it is supremely significant.
Keenly as we were aware a year
ago of the enterprise of life and
death upon which the" nation had
embarked, we did not perceive its
meaning as clearly as we do. now. We
knew that we were all partners and
must stand and strive together, but
Allies Take Peronne, Reach
NICOLAI LENIN E
REPORTED DEAD
FROM WOUNDS
Bolshevik Premier,Shot by a
Young Girl Belonging to In
tellectual Class After
Public Meeting.
London, Sept. 1. Xicolai Leninc,
the bJshevik premier, v ho was shot
twice by an assassin last Friday night
at Moscow, has died of his wounds,
according to a telegram from Petro-
grad received by the Exchange Telc
graph company by way of Copen-
It
hagen.
The latest official news concerning
Lenine's condition is a bulletin by
Russian wireless Saturday evening
NICOLAI ISriN&- 1
stating that immediate danger is past
and that no complications have
arisen.
Amsterdam,' Sept. 1. The condi
tion of Nicolai Lenine, tse Russian
bolshevik premier, again at whose
life an attempt was made Friday
night is reported by the Russian
newspaper Pravada to be serious. The
newspaper says the premier was shot
by a young girl belonging to the in
tellectual class. The attack on 'Le
ninc was made Friday evening after
a meeting of laborers where Lenine
spoke.
As the premier was leaving two
women stopped him and discussed
the recent decrees regarding the im
portation of foodstuffs. In the course
of the interview three shots were
fired.
A Moscow telegram by way of
Vienna says the attack on the Rus
sian premier was made by two wo
men belonging to the social revolu
tionary party.
Norse Steamer Torpedoed;
Crew Landed at Cape Race
Stockholm, Sept. 1. The Norwe
gian steamer Bergsdal has been tor
pedoed and sunk. According to in
formation received here, 25 men of
the crew have been landed at Cape
Race,; on the southeastern coast of
Newfoundland.
we did not realize as we do now that
we are all enlisted men, nie'mbers of
a single army, of many parts and
many tasks but commanded by a
single obligation, our faces set to
wards a single object. We now know
that every tool in every essential in
dustry is a weapon, and a weapon
wielded for the same purpose that
an army rifle is wielded a weapon
which if we were to lay down no rifle
would be of any use.
War Meaning Now Clear.
"And a weapon for what? What is
the war for? - Why are wc enlisted?
hy should we be ashamed if we
were not "enlisted? At first it seemed
hardly more than a war of defense
against the military aggression of
Germany. 'Belgium had been violated.
France invaded, and Germany was
afield again, as in WO and 1866. to
work out her ambitions in Europe;
and it was necessary to meet her
force with force. But it is clear now
that it is much more than a war to
alter the balance of power in Europe.
Germany, it is now plain, is striking !
at what free men everywhere desire !
and mut have the right to dcter-
mine their own fortunes, to insist up
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Germany Now on Defensive,
Admits von Hindenburg
Amsterdam. Sept. 1. Field Marshal von Hindenburg', in a birthday
telegram to Chancellor von Hertling, says:
"Germany is fighting a bitter battle. In ever renewed attacks our
enemies are attempting to enforce a decisive break through, in which
they have up to the present failed. They will continue their useless
attempts.
"A severe battle has still to be fought. The German,, people know
what is at stake. They know that on the battlefields of France and
Flanders the German army is defending the sacred ground of the
Fatherland. Recent announcements by enemy statesmen show purely
and simply the will to annihilation and demonstrate to all of us the
fate which Germany has to expect if she is not victorious in this battle.
"I have great confidence that the Fatherland stands united behind
the fighting troops in order to break the insolence of our enemies."
GREAT SALIENTS
IN ALLIED LINES
FLATTENED OUT
Marne and Picardy Sectors
Reclaimed and Germans Un-'
able to Hold Back Ag
gressive Wings.
By Associated Press.
The Germans continue to give
ground before the allies. Daily the
trend of events accentuates the in
security of the German lines and
their inability to hold back the ag
gressors. Where, -two months ago. great
salients projected into the allied
front these either have been flattened
out or are in the process of being
blotted out, and in some instances
the allies, themselves have driven in
wedges.
With the Marne and Picardy sec
tors now practically reclaimed, the
wings of the present allied offensive
are moving in a manner that bodes ill
for the Germans. In the north, the
wing on the Lys salient southwest
of Ypres gradually is bending under
voluntary retirements and the pres
sure of Field Marshal Haig's forces.
Following the fall of Kemmel the al
lied line has been movd furthr for
ward until it now rests almost upon
the Estaires-La Bassee road, less
than seven miles southwest of
Armentieres. By wiping out of this
salient the menace to the channel
ports has been overcome.
On the southern wing, north of
Soissons, the French and American
troops arc continuing their progress.
The villages of Leury and Crecy-Au-Mont
have been captured and, cross
ing the Ailette, a footing has been
gained in' the woods west of Coucy-Le-Chateau,
through which passes
the railroad line running from
Chauny to Laon. Large numbers of
prisoners have been taken.
From Arras southward to the vicin
ity of Noyon the British and French
troops have made remarkable gains.
Back to Horses.
New York, Sept. 1. New York to
day turned back to the horse drawn
age in its observance of the first
Sunday ban on gasoline. Fashionable
streets, .normally crowded with autos.
rumbled under the thud of hoofs.
The few motorists who ventured, to
disregard the fuel administration's re
quest were surrounded by jeering
crowds.
on justce. and to oblige governments
to act for them and not for the pri
vate and selfish interest of a gover
ning class, it is a war to make the
nations and peoples of the world se
cure against every such power as the
German utocracy represents. It is a
war of emancipation. Not until it is
won can men. anywhere live free frolu
constant fear or breathe freely while
they go abouUtheir daily tasks and
know that governments -are their
servants, not their masters.
'This is, therefore, the war of all
I wars which labor should support and
with all its concentrated power. The
world cannot be safe, men's lives
cannot be secure, noman's rights can
be confidently and. successfully as
serted against the rule and mastery
of arbitrary groups and special inter
ests, so long as governments like that
which, after long premeditation drew
Austria and Germany into this war
are permitted to control the destinies
and the daily fortunes of men and na
tions, plotting while honest men work,
laying the fires of which innocent
men, women and children are to be
the fuel. ' '
'"Vou know the nature of this 'war.
It is a war which industry must sus
MANY LABOR DAY
FESTIVITIES IN
OMAHA MONDAY
Circus, Parades and Serious
Speeches on Labor and the
War Will Feature the
Big Holiday.
LABOR DAY EVENTS.
10 o'clock Labor day parade, fol
lowed by picnic at Krug park.
10 o'clock Match shoot, Gun club
grounds.
Circus parade follows Labor day
i parade.-.- . .
Navy and Armours base ball tame,'.
Rourke park, afternoon.
NLiberty bazaar, Auditorium, after
noon and evening.
Hagenbeck-Wallace circus, after
noon and evening.
3 p. m., Riverview park "Pageant
of Children's Year."
Special matinees at all the theaters.
Labor day this year, the second
since America entered the war, will
be largely commemorative of the part
labor is playing in the winning of the
war.
What labor has done and what it
will continue to do until autocracy
is doomed and universal democracy is
established, will be the inspiring
sentiment of pageant and speech dur
ing the day, and it will be symbolic
of the fact that the man who works
at forge or anvil, on lathe or at the
bench, in any capacity of useful em
ployment, is doing his bit at home
to encourage and assist the man at
the fighting front in bearing the
brunt of battle.
In Omaha the day will be observed
on a large scale and in a more solemn
spirit, because of this fact, than it
has ever before been. At least 10,000
members of all of .he local organiza
tions of union labor will appear in the
parade, which will start at 10 o'clock,
sharp.
On the labor program there will be
a continuous round of sports and
(Continued on Vuge Three, Column Tour.)
More Than 50,000 Prisoners
Taken by British in August
London, Sept. 1. The B...ish cap
tured in the month of August 57,318
German prisoners, 657 guns, more
than 5,750 machine guns and 1,000
trench mortars.
tain. The army of
is as imnorlknt, as
aborers at home :
essential, as the i
army of fighting men in the far fields
of the actual battle. And the laborer
;s not only needed as
s"c4dicr. lt is his war.
murli
ob un. i
'.lIlC Soldier i
is his champion and representative.
To fail to win should be to imperil
everything that the laborer has striv
en for and held dear since freedom
first had its dawn and his struggle
for justiqc began. The soldiers at tht
front know this. It steels then
muscles to think of it. They are
crusaders. They are fighting for no
selfish advantage for their own na
tion. They would despise anyone who
fought for the selfish advantage' of
any nation. They arc giving their
lives that homes everywhere as well
as the homes they love in America,
may be kept sacred and safe, and men
everywhere as they insist upon being
free. They are fighting for the ideals
of their own land great ideals, im
mortal ideals, ideals which shall light
the way for all men to the places
where justice is done and men live
with Jifted heads, and emancipated
spirits. - That is the reason they fight
with solemn joy and are invincible.
"Let us, make this, therefore, a day
Lens, Storm Fleury
RAILROAD CENTER
AT BEND OF S0MME
IN BRITISH HANDS
.
Towns of Bullecourt and Morv&l Also Captured1;
Further German Retirement Indicated by
Large Fires Burning in Neighborhood of
Lens and Armentieres.
Paris, Sept. 1. In the region north of Soissons French
troops last night stormed the town of Leury and captured a
thousand Germans, the French War office announced today.
French troops have crossed the Somme canal at Epenan
court seven miles south of Peronne. Rouy-Le-Petit, two miles
northeast of Nesle, lias been captured by the French.
French troops have captured Crecy-Au-Mont, south of
the Ailette river. North of the Ailette they have gained a
footing in the wood west of Coucy-Le-Chateau, the War office
announces tonight.
London, Sept. 1. Peronne, the railroad center at the bend
of the river Somme, taken by the Germans in their offensive
of last March, was recaptured today by forces of Field Mar
shal Ilaig.
The towns of Bullecourt and Morval also were captured
by the British. ' . ....
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These are regarded as an indicati&n of a further German-fS
Hrement.' ' " ' '' ' ' '" '-.:
( Rritish trooris eflntinue to advance
RAILROAD MEN
WARNED TO KEEP
OUT ((POLITICS
Must Quit Service Before Run
ning for Office or Doing
Campaign Work, Mc
Adco's Order.
Washington, Sept. 1. Director
General McAdoo today ordered all
railroad men, officials and employes
alike, to keep out of politics.
Coming state and federal elections,
as well as the primary contests, the
director general said, make it imper
ative that the conduct of all should
be scrupulously guarded that there
can be no charge of railroad influence.
Pointing out that while railroads
were under private management it
was common report that their parti
cipation in politics was widespread.
Mr. McAdoo said under government
control there arc no longer private
interests to serve.
"Under government control," says
the announcement, "there is no in
ducement to officers and employes to
engage in politics. On the contrary
they owe a high duty to the public
scrupulously to abstain therefrom."
Membership on a local school or
(( outlined on J'nxe Two, Column (Inc.)
0f frcsi, comprehension not only of
t,at ... ,r. aim,i. and ,-.f v.neweH
and clear-eyed resolution, but a day of
consecration also, in which we de-
vote mtrsplvrs without tiansp nr
timt ,n il,r trrp.-it task of spltinu- rnir
country and the whole world free to
render justice to all and of making
it impossible for small groups of po
litical rulers anywhere to disturb
our peace or the peace of the world
or in any way to make tools and pup
pets of those upon whose consent
and upon whose power their own au
thority and their own very existence
depend.
"We may count upon each other.
The nation is of a single mind. It is
taking counsel with no special class.
It is serving no private or single in
terest. Its own mind has been cleared
and fortified by these days which
burn the dross away. The light of a
new conviction has penetrated to
every class amongst us. We realize
as we never realized before, that we
are comrades, dependent upon ne
another, irresistable when united,
powerless when divided. And so we
join hands to lead the world to a new
and better day,".
in the Lys salient, southwest of
Ypres. The British have crossed the -Lawe
and are nearing the road from
Estaires to La Bassee, according to
the war office statement today. ,
JNortneast or tiapaume tne unusu &
forces have cleared the enemy from .
Longatte and Ecoust-St.Mein. South
of Bapaume they have made progress
toward Le Transloy.
Lys Line Advanced.
The British, line in the Lys sector
now runs as follows:
From Zillebeke to Voormezeele,
Vuerstraet, to Lindenhoek, to La :
Creche, to Donlieu, to the western '
edge of La Gorgue, a suburb of Es- t
taires, to La Couture and then to the
old battle line north of Festubert. ,
All of these are in British posses
sion. Field Marshal Haig reports the
capture of Peronne by the Austra
lians, in his communication from Brit
ish headquarters in France tonight.
Flamicourt and St. Denis, in the
same sector, were also occupied.
London troops have captured Bou
chavesnes and Rancourt.
Together the English and AusUa--lians
in the two operations took more
than 2,000 prisoners.
St. Quentin Hill Held Firmly.
The British war office statement is
sued today says:
"Yesterday evening the enemy re
peatedly counter attacked our new
position at Mont St. Quentin and was
repulsed on each occasion after severe
fighting, leaving prisoners in our
hands.
"We have made progress in the di
rection of Le Transloy and during
the night cleared the enemy from the
villages of Longatte and Ecoust-St.
Mein, taking 100 prisoners.
"North of Arras-Cambrai road more
than 50 prisoners were captured by
us in a successful minor operation
east of Haucourt.
"In the Lys sector our advance is
continuing. Our troops have cross
ed the Lawe river and are approach
ing the La Bassee-Estaires road."
Von Hertling Is Anxious
For Outlook of the Future
Amsterdam, Saturday, Aug. 31
Count Von Hertling, the imperial
German chancellor, today expressed
anxiety over the outlook for the
future irr an address to a delegation
of representatives of the Catholic
students union. According to a Ber
lin dispatch, the chancellor spoke of
the sacrifices and the demands of the
war and declared in addition to the
sacrifices of blood, "there are dif
ficulties of food and clithing and
manifold deprivations at the present
time and I am anxious concerning
the outlook for the future."
Germans Admit Their Lines
Have Been Pressed Back
Berlin, via London, Sept. I. -The
official statement from general head
quarters this evening says:
"Fighting is proceeding between
the Scarpe and the Somme. British
attacks here, in the main, failed. At
isolated places they pressed bade
our lines toward the east.
"Between the Qise and the Aisne
French
partial attacks' were rc
pulsed,'