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5 "The Star and Stripes forever." nnnn nn nnAATrrziO nnn nr ni lijvJUM 111. BOMB EXPLODED AT CHICAGO KILLS FOUR, Missile Thrown Into Entrance of Federal Building Where I. W. Ws Were Convicted; Haywood in Build ing at Time Denies His Men Are Guilty of the Murderous Act. Chicago, Sept. 4. A bomb exploding in the entrance of the federal building this afternoon killed four persons and wounded seventy-five others. William H. Wheeler, a mail clerk. J. B. Ladd, a sailor, from the great lakes naval training station, whose home was in Salina, Kan. F. R. Kolkew, a postal clerk. Miss Helen Michike, of Chicago. The blast was attributed to the I. - W. W. by Philip J. Barry, acting chief of the local federal investigation bu , reau. While the city police were rushing the wounded to hospitals, federal agents hurried from the building and made two raids on I. W. W. head quarters. Nine men were bagged at these places and a woman was grabbed in a nearby office building. Her identity is being kept secret. Wrecks Entrance. The explosion wrecked the en trance of the building and shattered every window in the first three floors of two buildings across the street , The courtroom of Judge Kenesaw M. Landiti where 95 I. W. W. leaders were given prison sentences a few days ago, is on the sixth floor of the federal building. ' Will-am D. ("Big Bill") Haywood, "uncrowned king" of the I. W. W., was in the building at the time of the explosion. J With his lawyer he was planning to seek a writ ot error to stay "the execution of the 20-year prison sentence given him. . He deplored the outrage and ad mitted he thought the I. W. W. would be blamed, but denied emphatically that any member of the organization had committed the act. Haywood Feels Tremble. Haywood plainly felt the building . tremble with the detonation of the bomb and heard the glass crash in the dome of the structure and the cries of the injured. He appeared calm and did not leave the deputy marshal's office. "It -is unfortunate that this thing happened at this time," he said feelingly, "I know that the I. W. W. , will be blamed but I am. convinced in my own heart that no man of my organization was in any way connected with this matter. It would be insane for an I. W. W. to commit such an act at this time." One of the men being sought in connection with the explosion is Peter Dailey of St. Paul, Minn., who was placed on trial with the other I. W. W. members, but was later re (Contianed on Fag Two, Column Two.) Visiting Nurses Net $9,000on Their Tag Day Sales Yesterday ' Directors of the Visiting Nurse as sociation surpassed their expecta tions in the large sum they received for their efforts yesterday on Tag day. It is expected the total will reach $9,000. The amount reported last night , was $8,923 with several more sales men to hear from, so that they are confident of reaching the $9,000 mark. The amount collected last year was $5,600. Mrs. Margaret Hynes, president of the association, made the following statement: "The Visiting Nurse association wishes to thank the people of Omaha for the generous manner in which they have supported our Fifth An nual Tag day, the newspapers for their splendid publicity, the movies, the street railway and printers who have so liberally contributed in bring ing our work before the public. "We especially wish to thank the committee and workers who assist ed so faithfully in accomplishing our success. . You all have, given a ser vice to the nation by assisting us in conserving our greatest war resource, the health of our people." Austrian Attack in Force Checked on Italian Front Rome, Sept 4. Austrian troops yesterday attacked the Italians north of the Noce valley, to the south of Mantello. The attack, which was de livered in some force, is reported to day by the war office to have been checked with heavy losses to the en emy. The Austrian gain appears to have been confined to the occupation of two observation posts GO OVER THE TOP WITH THE BOYS IN THE BEE'S WAR NEWS FROM DAY TO DAY. The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 48. NO. 68. ,rtf23l7Sft !& OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1918. R.WLTi WO UNDS 75 PROVISION MADE FOR REGISTERING: MEN WHO ARE ILL Anyone Unable to Appear Ma Be Represented by Proxy Before Draft Board on ' September 12. " Washington, Sept. 4. Provisions for the registering of men within the age limits of the new draft who may be ill on September 12 were an nounced today by Provost Marshal General Crowder. Any man who is unable to appear for registration may send someone else to the draft board and where the board is. satisfied the case is bona fide the representative will be deputized to make out the card and the registrant's report. The word "sick" will be written on the card, which on being delivered to the registrant must be mailed or taken to the local board having jurisdiction. Much broader grounds for claims for exemption from military serv ice are provided in new regula tions now being worked out by Pro vost Marshal General Crowder, to govern the classification of men be tween 18 and 45, who will register on September 12. Important modifications are based upon the change of a few words in the original draft law made in pass ing the new man-power act. The term, "industrial occupation" is eliminated and the law now provides persons may be given deferred classi fication when engaged "in occupa tion or employment, including agri culture, which can be established as necessary to the military establish ment or the maintenance of the na tional interest." Voluntary enlistments for the army except as authorized by acts of con gress in certain cases have been or dered discontinued by General March and all recruiting stations will be closed. The enlisted men serving at stations will be sent to the nearest recruit depot to be physically ex amined and their qualification records made out with a view to their assign ment to "appropriate duty." General March's order supplements one prohibiting the voluntary enlist ment of men between the new draft ages of 18 and 45 years until after the man-power act was passed by con gress. The order is taken to mean that all men hereafter accepted for active military service will be drawn through the draft machinery. The only original voluntary enlist ments hereafter authorized the War department announced today, will be o men over 46 years of v. and un der 56 years, and their enlistment is authorized only for staff corps and departments. Wilson Decides Societies Doing Welfare Work Shall Conduct Joint Campaign Washington, Sept. 4. President Wilson has decided that the seven recognized societies doing welfare work among the American soldiers at home and overseas shall conduct a joint campaign for the funds neces sary to,' carry on their work during the coming year. The president's decision was com municated to Chairman Raymond D. Fosdyck of the commission on train ing camp activity, who in making pub lic the president's letter tonight an nounced that the campaign would be conducted during the week beginning November 11, and that the American people would be asked to srive $170.- 500,000 to the organizations. "It was evident from the first, and has become increasingly evident," said the president's letter to Mr. Fos dyck, "that the services rendered by these agencies to our army and to our allies are essentially one and all of, a kind and must of necessity, if FOOTS WITHDRAWAL OF ENEMY The Germans are ground over the entire 150-mile bat tlefront from Ypres to Rheims. Seemingly the question whether the Germans will be able to hold even relatively their present line from Flanders to Champagne is being an swered. And the answer apparently is negative. Marshal Foch's strategy which im posed on the Germans the necessity of falling back in Flanders, Artois and Picardy is compelling the ene my to withdraw from the Vesle be tween Soissons and Rheims north ward toward the Aisne. Position Precarious, Outflanked on all defensive works along the western part of the battle line and in greater danger of a turn ing movement eastward from the re gions of Noyon and Soissons, the German high command has been forced to begin the retrogade move ment in the boissons-Kheims sector. dJilitary experts long ago predicted wis, would be necessitated by the 1 wd successes. Jhe climax to the German maneu is along the Vesle culminated when .e French swept away the portion of tie old salient in the region of Novon and the French and Americans north of Soissons and along the Vesle reached positions dominating the Aisne and the Chemin Des Dames and crossed to the north side of the Vesle on a front of nearly 20 miles. Huge Fires Behind Front All behind the front toward the Aisne huge fires are to be seen where the enemy is making his way as fast Hi USE REJECTS WILSON'S ADVICE ON POWER BILL Net Investment Recapture Pro vision Retained in Measure Over Objection of the President. Washington, Sept. 4. The house today rejected President Wilson's suggestion that the recapture clause of the administration water bill be amended to eliminate the provision for paying the net investment in the event that power projects are taken under federal, state or municipal con trol at the end of the lease periods, Jlhe recommendation of the water power committee was retained, the house defeating, 96 to 71, a proposal by Representative Ferris of Okla homa that "fair value" be substituted for 'net investment" as urged by the persident. In the debate Representative Sin- nott of Oregon criticised what he termed presidential interference with legislation. In all war legislation, he said, he had supported the president ana in otner matters had given care tui ana respected consideration to whatever he had said to the house. "When these utterances bear evi dence of the president's mature and thoughtful consideration,". Mr. Sin nott said, "they are persuasive and should not be desregarded, except for the most cogent reasons. But when they bear upon their face pos itive evidence that they are not the result of mature deliberation they should be disregarded accordingly." well rendered, be rendered in the closest co-operation. .It is my judg ment, therefore that we shall secure the best results in the matter of the support of these agencies if these seven societies will unite their forth coming appeals for funds, in order that the spirit of the country in this matter may be , expressed without distinction of race or religious opin ion in support of what is in reality a common service." The budget is divided as follows: Y. M. C. A., $100,000,000. Y. W. C A., $15,000,000. National Catholic War council, (in cluding work of, Knights ol Colum bus and special war activities of wom en), $30,000,000. Jewish welfare board, $J,500,000. At Library associationi $15VOaoS,0(S.amP COmmU"ity Smice' Salvation Army, $3,500,000. TACTICS By Associated Press. now givingas possible northward, in all proba- bility harassed by outposts of French and American troops and by artillery fire and the machine guns and bombs of the allied aviators. While the debacle in the south seems complete, in the north the Germans are also facing a crisis. Everywhere from Peronne to Ypres, BIG BATTLE APPROACHES NEW PHASE Pershing's Army Expected to Be Included in Plans for" Decisive Blow Foch Is Preparing. Washington, Sept. 4. Announce ment today by General March that more than 1,600,000 American troops had been embarked for all fronts up to August 31 furnished a new mea sure of the forces Marshal Foch has at his disposal with which to follow up the victorioes already won on the western front Included in the American ship ments are men sent to Italy and Siberia, the arrival of Major-General Graves, American general, at Vladi vostok with nearly 1,400 men of the forces dispatched direct from the United States having been announced today by General March. The total number of men sent elsewhere than to France, however, is less than 10,- 000, leaving more than 1,500,000 American troops available for the use of the supreme commander in the great battle. The size of this American force becomes Increasingly important as the scope of the new British assault at the very center of the German line on the Douai-Cambrai front be comes apparent. In the opinion of army othcials the breakdown of the German lines on this front may prove the entering wedge for allied successes of a sweeping nature. Britons Smash Hindenburg Line. In his mid-week conference with newspaper correspondents, General March reviewed the battle situation of the last three or four days, not ing particularly that the British in the most impressive phase of the mattle east of Arras had smashed their way across the Hindenburg line on an eight-mile front with Cambrai as their objective. The major enemy resistance along the whole 60-mile battle front from the Scarpe to the Oise, he said, had been encountered and overcome by the British and the swift advance of the French troops last week, when they gained five or six miles on a 25-mile front in a single day, was due largely to with drawal forced upon the enemy in the north. General March pointed out as in dicating the rapidity with which the battle front is shifting under the steady drive of the allied armies that the British had pressed ahead 14 miles since they launched their at tack on August 21. Even as General March talked, word came from the battle front that the enemy had been hurled still fur ther back along the Douai-Cambrai line and indicating the British early roaay stood within five miles of this (Contlnned on Pago Two, Column Fonr.) Germans in Esthonia Hoist Red Flag and Sing the Marseillaise Christiania, Sept. 4. (Havas.) German troops in Esthonia are showing signs of insubordination, according to advices received here from Russia. Several hundred sol diers have hoisted the red flag, singing the "Marseillaise." Their officers were powerless to keep or der. At Reval 400 German soldwra and sailors took Dart in similar demonstrations, according to the reports. Are Yoo Reading Oh, Money! Money! By ELEANOR H. PORTER Author of "Pollyanna" and "Just David" Today's Installment on Page 4 . . FORCE Field Marshal Haig's men are keen- ing hard after the enemy, whose line daily is being sent back further east ward, giving the British better points of vantage from which to work in their task of regaining as their first objectives St. Quentin, Cambrai, Lille and Armentieres. From Ypres to Lens additional towns have been re captured and the old salient more nearly reclaimed. Lens Evacuated. Lens, the famous coal city, is said to have been entirely evacuated by the Germans, and the British are only awaiting the dissipation of the nox ious gases and the rendering of the city safe from the possibility of the detonation of mines in the subterran ean coal chambers to enter it. From Arras southward to Peronne, English, Scotch, Welsh, Canadian and Australian troops everywhere are har assing the enemy, meeting his vio lent machine gun hre with irresist ible pressure that the enemy has been virtually nonplussed and has retired at some points almost precipitately. Eastward of the old Drocourt Queant line the enemy has been pushed across to the east of the Canal Du Nord, where at last ac counts he was endeavoring to pre vent the British advance by machine gun fire. To the north of Peronne, over an eight-mile front between Moislains and Demicourt, the British at several points have beaten their way across the canal and Wednesday night were pressing the enemy well to the east ward. ' HUMBERT'S ARMY ROUTS HUNS ON LINE JF CANAL French Advance Made Foot by Foot , as Machine Gunners Had Orders to Die at Their Posts. BULLETIN. With the French Army in France, Sept. 4. The Germans appear to be burning supplies and blowing up ammunition dumps in the region north of the Oise river and east of the Noyon-Guiscard road. Many conflagrations have been seen as far east as Tergnier and explosions at Ugny, north of Chauny. Paris, Sept. 4. General Humbert's Third army has been fighting a des perate battle for the past two days northeast of Noyon along the line of the Canal Du Nord in the neigh borhood of Campaigne and Genvry, The determination of the French troops eventually overcame th now erful resistance of the enemy, who early today began to give way along me enure tront. The Germans had resolved to hold on here and had fortified the canal in the most formidable manner with great fields of barbed wire, cemented sneiters ana defense systems brist ling with machine guns hidden be hind enormous loirs. The enemy machine gunners had received orders to hold at all costs and die at their posts, rather than give ground. In many instances they did so and the advance of the French had to be made literallv frr W foot. ' The French had brought a great array of artillery to bear on the woods and villages fronting them. lhe enemy guns were also extremely active ana counter-attacks were fre quent. The object of the French maneuver was to attain the northern border of the hilly mass formed by Autre court wood, thus menacing Guiscard. When the German line beiran to pivft way the French cavalry joined in the action ana early tnis morning reached the farm of St. Martin, on the road between Noyon and Guiscard. The infantry advanced to a front run ning through Salincy, Bourbeteuse and eastward - through Tarlefesse, Poilbarbe; Crisolles and Fretoy-Le-Chateau. Behind the German lines Jussy, Chauny and Lafers can be seen in flames. The French are pursuing the ene my and keeping in closest touch. Lieut. John McArthur of Fremont German Prisoner Washington. Sent 4. Nam rA ad ditional American officers' and men who are prisoners in Germany were announced today bjr the War depart ment vThe camps in which they are held are unknown. Lt. Tohn Mr. Arthur, Fremont, Neb., is included in the list. - i'aSSl'TWO CENTS. C3 AMERICAN TROOPS PURSUING GERMANS NORTH FROM VESLE . -; Main Bodies of Enemy Withdrawing From Soissons Rheims Salient Preparatory to Crossing Aisne; Canal Du Nord Crossed by British on Wide Front in Face of Dogged Resistance. Paris, Sept. 4. -In addition treat north of the Oise and on -..J.U!.- 1.1 i - C XT maue uik gams nunneasi oi ixoyon, according to tne war omce announcement tonight. The greatest gains were made north of the Vesle which has been crossed on a front of nearly. 20 miles. London, Sept. 4.- The Canal du Nord and the Tortilla river have been crossed on a ungnsn ana vveisn troops, according to Field Marshal Haig's communication issued tonight. Moislains lies about three miles north of Peronne. , ' : ' The statement savs: LIFE FOR LIFE SOVIET THREAT TO THE ALLIES Attacks on Russian Officials to Be Met by Attempts on En tente Statesmen; 7Brit- ! ain Files Demand. . London, Sept. 4. The Moscow cor respondent of the Frankfort Zeitung reports that a member of the soviet has asserted that the Russian gov ernment contemplates informing en tente countries that any further at tempts upon the lives of Russian gov ernment officials will be countered by attempts upon entente statesmen in their own countries. The same correspondent is quoted as saying that it has been declared in soviet circles that General .Boris Sa vinkoff organized the recent crimes against high persons in Russia. Britain Demands Reparation. London, Sept. 4. The British gov ernment has sent a telegram to the bolshevik government at Moscow de manding reparation and prompt pun ishment of those culpable in the at tack on the British embassy at Petro grad on Saturday when the embassy was sacked and Captain Cromie, the British attache, was killed. ., The British government threatens in the event of the failure of the bolshevik government to give satis faction, or if there should be a repe tition of acts of violence, to make the members of the soviet govern ment individually responsible and have them treated as outlaws by civi lized nations. "No Activities Reported," German Official Version Berlin, Sept. 4. "Up to the present no activities have been reported," says tne omual Uerman statement is sued tonight. "Between the Scarpe and the Som- me, tne communication adds, "the enemy felt his way forward to our new lines. Between the Ailette and the Aisne fresh French attacks were repulsed. Sea Joy Rider Found Guilty of Conspiracy New York, Sept. 4. Capt. Leland P. Hawkins of the steamship Yadkin and five ship officers were found guilty of conspiracy against the gov eminent tonight. The men took the ship for a marine "joy ride" in the Mediterranean and financed the. cruise by selling the ship's stores. Empress is Worse. Zurich. Switzerland. Sent. 4. The health' of the German empress, who last week became ill with hurt af fection, is slightly worse todav. ac cording io tne Munich newspapers. Kaiser is Forced to Move Into Germany With . the American Army In France, Sept 4. It has been re ported, and what seems to be partial confirmation has been given the re port, that German main headquar ters has been moved from Spa, Bel gium, to Bonn, Germany. A dispatch from Amsterdam Tuesday said the German general staff headquarters had been trans, ferred from Spa to Verviers, 14 miles east of Liege. THE WEATHER For Nebraska and Iowa Fair with slowly rising temper ature Thursday. Friday fair. 5 62 6 1 p. m.. J p. m.. S p. m. . 4 p. m. . 5 p. m.. p. m.. 7 p. m.. I p, n a. m.. ) i, m., ft . m.. tB.m.. 10 . m , . 11 a. m.. It m.... SI 81 SI , fiO , R 61 to forcing the Germans to re the Vesle front the French today 1 i 1 1 , ... wide front north of Moislains, by "During the early part of the day; the enemy held the east banks of the; river and canal and with artillery and machine gun1 fire endeavored to arrest our advance at this line. ; Advance With Great Dash. "Despite the natural strength of -the enemy's positions, our troops ad- ' vanced with great dash and courage YANKS IN CLOSE PURSUIT. . Washington,' Sept 4.r-American troops in close pursuit of the Ger mans retiring north of the Vesle have captured the villages of Ba toches, Pefles, Fismette and Ja f lieux. taking prisoners and . ma chine guns; General Pershing re ported in his communique for to day, received tonight by the War department. ; The American forces, General Pershing said, have reached the general line Vaux Cere-Blanzy-Le Grand Hameau. American aviators also have suc cessfully bombed , the railroad yards at Longuyon, Domary Daroucourt and Conflans. The gain of the Americans de scribed by General Pershing ap parently is on a front of about five miles to a depth of more than two miles and indicates that the Ger mans now are less than five miles from the river Aisne. Tht French official statement to night said the Germans had retired north of the Vesle on a front of 20 miles. and carried the villages of Manan court and Etricourt. Then overcom ing obstacles presented by the canal and river, they made substantial progress on rising ground to the east. "Further north New Zealand divi sions have taken Ruyaulcourt and reached the northern outskirts of Havrincourt wood east of the canal . line. Other divisions gained the west bank of the canal opposite Demicourt , and Boursies, beating off a counter' attack. "English troops entered Moeuvres from the north, and the fighting con tinues here among the old Hinden burg line defenses. "In the course of our advance fur. ther prisoners and material have fall en into our hands, including two of three German tanks used by the enemy in an unsuccessful counter-attack on August 31. "On the Lys front also we made progress at different points." Withdraw from Vesle. '. With the American Army on the Vesle Front, Sept 4. A German with-, drawal from the Vesle has begun. Combat patrols of Americans and French are close on their heels to the west of Bazoches and eastward to a point beyond Fismes. . , : Smart machine gun resistance fs being encountered. By all indica tions the Germans have withdrawn their main bodies to the north, pos sibly preparatory to crossing the Aisne. Light forces of Americans have ad vanced their lines some distance north of the Vesle. ; . Continue Punishing Fire. It became more apparent today that the Germans had given up the strug gle to maintam a foothold -north of the Vesle. American and French artillery continued their puntshinjj' fire over an area extending to the Aisne without bringing a reply that could be compared in in tensity. The advanced American detach- ments were confronted with the same sort of machine gun fire that the Ger mans have used in all other cases recently to hold off the oooosintr forces while making good their retjeat.' But one by one the gunners ' were (Continued on Fag Two, Column One.) ' English Author Dies. London. Sept. 4. Henry Hamilton. dramatic author, died today at the Haven, his residence at Sand Gate, ' V 4
