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October 5.
Electrical Parade Wednesday
night, October 2.
Daylight Military Parade
Thursday afternoon, October 3.
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VAST OMAHA HOST
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
GENERAL PERSHING
Thousands March in City Streets to Honor Leader on
Birthday Anniversary; Hugh Cake Cut and Por
tions Sold For War Funds; Crowds
Cheer News of Great Victory.
YANKS SWOOP DOWN ON HJfN LINES
BEFORE FOE CAN ORGANIZE DEFENSE
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General John J. Pershing was probably asleep over in
France while the great Omaha celebration of his' birthday
was going on last night, for at 8 o'clock in Omaha, it is already
2 o'clock the next morning in France.
But into his dreams must have come a whisper from the
home-land, the home state, the state where those nearest and
dearest to him live. And that whisper must have been of the
big celebration in the state's metropolis where his 58th birth
day was commemorated with a grand parade, patriotic songs
by many thousands of voices, an oration and finally the cut
ting of the gigantic birthday cake and its sale for the benefit
of the Salvation Army war drive.
Never before was such a birthday
celebration held in Omaha. Partic
ularly enthusiastic were the people in
honoring the state's most prominent
citizen because of the news from
France which indicated that the gen
eral and his brave boys were having
a little celebration of the event there
with the addition of unlimited "fire
works" and firecrackers," and some
12,000 German "guests" who had been
brought in to the celebration after
being depTived of their arms.
- The- Omaha streets we're crowded
with people long before the parade
started. A great number of automo
biles were lined up at vantage points
even before 6 o'clock. Boy scouts
acted as patrols. They also distrib
uted many thousands of leaflets con
taining patriotic songs and the crowds
sang these while waiting for the pa
rade. Huge Birthday Cake.
The feature of the parade was the
Pershing birthday rake float, the hand
iwork of Gus Renze, famed Ak-Sar-Ben
artificer. On this was a chef at
work at a table and an enormous
birthday cake with 58 candles on it
and, at the rear, a big picture of Gen
eral Pershing, draped with flags. The
whole float was brilliantly illuminated
with incandescent lights.
It was drawn by 25 Omaha Elks.
Fifteen more Elks held a rope at the
back of the float, acting as a brake
going down hill.
The order of march of the parade
was as follows:
Soldiers from Fort Omaha, 600
strong.
Home Guards.
Soldiers' mothers.
Red Cross and other women's vfrr
organizations in uniform.
Omaha Elks.
The cake on an illuminated float.
Salvation Army.
High School cadets.
Municipal Guards.
The six bands which participated
the parade are: the Midwest
band, formerly called the rostomce
band, composed of postoffice em
ployes; the Omaha Musicians as
sociation band, the Bohemian and
Dan Desdunes' band, the Union Paci
fic band, composed of Union Pacific
employes, and the Boy Scouts' drum
corps. ...
Vast Crowd to Witness.
The court house square was crowd
ed to the limit when the parade was
done. A choir of 200 girls directed
by Frances L. Range, over the main
entrance, led in the singing of pa
triotic songs.
The appearance of the float was
greeted with a great cheer from the
crowd at the court house. (
Charles R. Docherty, exalted ruler
of the Elks, was master of ceremonies
and introduced Capt. C. E. Adams,
commander-in-chief of the grand
Army of the Republic, who made the
pafriotic address.
He only spoke 10 minutes because
the crowd was so solidly jammed all
around the platform that people could
net get out and the ceremonies were
hurried as much as possible.
Captain Adams declared that Gen
eral Pershing is "the central figure of
America's hopes at ffc nresent time."
He gave a brief history of the gen
eral's life 1 and his rapid promotion
following upon military services bril
liantly performed. And die declared
that a still greater celebration even
than this one will take place some
time in the future when Pershing
comes home crowned with victory
over the enemies who have sought
to threaten the liberty of the peoples
nf th world.
Then came the event which the
ffreat audience had been awaiting
the cutting of the cake.
Forward steeped M. Gerard Cos
ette in the full white uniform of a
pastry cook, a French pastry cook, a
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TWO OFFICERS
SHOT IN BATTLE
WITH ROBBERS
Bandits Escape in Car Driven
by Woman After Killing
Colorado Springs Chief
of Detectives.
Colorado Springs. Colo., Sept. 13.
John Rowan, chief of city detectives,
was shot and killed and John U.
Riley, a city detective, was shot and
probably fatally wounded in a battle
with robbers in the downtown district
late this afternoon. The robbers are
thought to be three men alleged to
have held up and robbed a train near
Paola, Kan., July 10, last.
The robbers were run down at an
automobile filling station near the
central fire station by the detectives.
Twenty shots were fired in the battle
which followed. Ihe robbers escaped
in an automobile and were last seen
headed for Denver.
The car was driven by a woman,
who was at the wheel at the time of
the shooting.
It appeared early tonight the fugi
tives had evaded posses, leaving the
main road near Palmer Lake.
A man who passed the bandits' au
tomobile on the road north of Colo
rado Springs reported tonight that as
the car passed him he saw the legs
of a man protruding through the
door, indicating that one of the ban
dits might have been killed or wound
ed in the exchange of shots with the
officers here.
Premier Lloyd George's '
Illness Is Influenza
Manchester, Sept. 13. Premier
David Lloyd George is suffering from
influenza and all his Lancashire en
gagements have been cancelled. His
physician, after a visit to the premier
at 8:30 p. m., said that his tempera
ture was still high and it was doubt
ful if he would be able to leave for
London on Monday.
CENTER BUTTRESS
Of GERMAN FRONT
NOW THREATENED
Isolation of Fortress of Metz by Great Encircling Move
ment Expected by Washington Observers as Sequel
to Elimination of St Mihiel Salient; French
Annies at Verdun Released.
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By Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 13. The number of prisoners taken
by the' Americans in flattening out the St. Mihiel salient now
numbers 13,300, General Pershing reported in his commun
ique for today, received late tonight at the War department.
The text of the statement follows:
"Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, Sept. 13.
Section A : In the St. Mihiel sector we have achieved further
successes. The junction of our troops advancing from the
south of the sector with those advancing from the west has
given us possession of the whole salient to points 12 miles north
east of St. Mihiel and has resulted in the capture of many pris
oners. "Forced back by our steady advance, the enemy is retir
ing and destroying larae quantities of material as he goes. The
number .of prisoners counted has risen to 13,300. Our line now
includes Herbeuville, Thillet, Hattonville, St. Benot-Xammes-
Biaucourt and Vievule." 1
Washington, Sept. 13. Complete
elimination of the St. Mihiel salient
by General Pershing's army and co
operating French forces, many army
offcials here believe, is only the en
tering wedge of operations of far
larger scope.
Official dispatches were still delay
ed and the full scope of the victory
won by the Americans in their first
independent- action could not be
gauged. It was regarded as probable,
however, thft General Pershing's
men still were pressing forward to
get in touch with the new line the
enemy hopes to hold.
Until definite wtfrd comes as to
the line across the mouth of the de
stroyed salient which the Americans
now hold, officers here will be unable
to form opinions as to the most
probable course future operations in
this theater will take. There is a
strong opinion, however, that the
quick evacuation of the St Mihiel
salient will be mad the ctfrnerstone
of a great encircling movement
aimed at isolating the German fort
ress of Metz, the center buttress of
the whole German front from the
North sea to the Swiss border.
Railway Line Liberated.
Strategic importance of General
Pershing's smashing victory hardly
can be overestimated, in the opinion
of many observers. It is out of all
proportion to the extent of the ter
ritory regained or the foroes em
ployed, it is said, for the removal
of this meace in the rear of the
French citadel of Verdun has re
leased the French armies from that
point to Rheims for active offensive
operations. It has also liberated
the railway line from Verdun to Com
mercy, Toul and Nancy.
It was the loss of this railroad,
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War Mothers Join the Parade,
Some in Mourning For Sons
Several hundred war mothers
marched in the Pershing parade last
nirht. Many of them had snow-white
hair and a few of them found it dif
ficult to keep up the gait set by the
husky soldier lads who preceded them.
Four mothers wore black for soldier
sons who already have paid the "su
preme sacrifice on French battle
fields. All of- the mothers carried
service flags and many of them were
ma'rked by three or four stars.
The Home
veterans.
guards marched like
A continual ripple of applause
greeted the marchers all along the
line.- The Fort Omaha soldiers, es
pecially, in their fine, businesslike ap
pearance, got a "hand."
The float was pulled by 75 Omaha
lElks in lieu of the customary horses.
Besides these there were 20 Elks
manning a 'rope at the back to act
as a brake, going down hill.
Not only was General Pershing's
birthday Friday and the 13th, but
the figures in his age, 58, when added
together. It came on the 13th day
of the ninth month, and when you add
these figures, 9, 1 -and 3, you get 13.
Certainly "some jinx" for the Ger
mans. In the section of soldiers' mothers
every woman carried a service flag.
One woman had a flag with four stars.
And one proudly btfre a flag with
one , gold star in it.
"Bob" Manley was hustled from
one place to another in a military
motorcycle with side car driven by
a Fort Omaha soldier.
A big piece of the birthday cake
was sent to General Pershing's son
and one to his sister in Lincoln, Neb.,
where they live.
Those who had the affaiv in hand
were a bit worried about the weather,
which threatened a little during the
day. But the evening could not have
been finer.
The theaters had men out with
megaphones announcing that their
curtains would not rise until the pa
rade had passed.
PANDEMIC OF
INFLUENZA IN
U.S.JS FEARED
Outbreaks at Several Cities on
Eastern Seacoast Reported
by Surgeon Gen
eral Blue.
Washington, Sept. 13. Surgeon
General Blue of the public health ser
vice has made a telegraphic survey to
determine the extent of Spanish in
fluenza in the United States. General
Blue said there was a sharp outbreak
at Fort Morgan near Mobile, Ala.,
in August, and at about the same time
a tramp steamer arrived at Newport
News with almost the entire crew
prostrated. Philadelphia reported a
few cases, some four weeks ago, and
a few have been reported from New
York. The Boston outbreak was re
ported September 11, since when the
pandemic has appeared at New Lon
don, while New Orleans has not
wholly escaped.
"The disease is characterized by
sudden onset," said Dr. Blue to the
Associated Press. "People are stricken
on the streets, while at work in fac
tories, ship yards, offices, or else
where. First there is a chill, then
fever with temperature from 101 to
103, headache, backache, reddening
and running of the eyes, pains all over
the body and general prostration. Per
sons so attacked should go to their
homes at once, get to bed without de
lay and call a physician.
"Treatment under direction of the
physician is simple, but important,
consisting principally of rest in bed,
fresh air, abundant food, with Dover's
powder for the relief of pain. Every
case with fever should be regarded as
serious and kept in bed at least until
temperature becomes normal. Con
valescence requires careful manage
ment to avoid serious complications,
such as bronchial pneumonia, which
i -t infrequently may have fatal ter
mination. During the present out
break in foreign countries the salts
of quinine and aspirin have been most
generally used during the acute at
tack, the aspirin apparently with
much success in the relief of symp
toms." Petrograd Reported Taken
By Anti-Bolshevik Forces
Paris, Sept. . 13. (Havas) Dis
patches received by English news
papers through Helsingfors announce
that Petrograd has been taken by the
anti-revolutionists.
Suffers Paralytic Stroke.
F. J. Otis, peddler, 222 North Nine
teenth street, while buying groceries
at Seventeenth and Cuming streets,
underwent a paralytic stroke. He was
taken to the Lord Lister hospital and
was attended by Dr. Moon.
SWIFT DRIVE
THROWS FOE
OFF BALANCE
Germans Prepared for Attack
on St. Mihiel Salient; but
Powerless to Withstand
American Dash.
By Associated Press.
With the American Army in Lor
raine. Sept. 13. The St. Mihiel salient
has been wiped out and the enemy
forces are now virtually with their
backs on the famous Wotan-Hinden-burg
line, with the Americans and
French paralleling them closely from
Verdun to the Moselle.
The line now extends past Norroy,
Jaulny, Xammes, St. Benoit, Hatton
ville, Hannonville and Herbeville.
Brilliantly supported by the French,
General Pershing has accomplished
the "limited objectives,, of the opera
tions undertaken in the St. Mihiel re
gion. The two forces pushing re
spectively southeast and northwest
took position after position from the
enemy, advancing" ...with, .4 rapidity,
precison and dash that disheartened
him after his reverses of recent
months. Few late actions have yielded
so much ground of so important a
nature.
Bombardment Paralyzes Enemy.
The preliminary artillery work m
the dark hours 61 Thursday morning
was demoralizing in the thoroughness
of its destructiveness. The enemy
was prepared for a possible blow in
this region, but four hours of almost
unsurpassed shelling with gas and
from guns of all calibers left him
powerless to bring up his reserves or
maintain communications. His roads
were torn up, his supplies and ma
terial destroyed, his ammunition
dumps sent skyward and villages be
hind his lines fired. A large number
of prisoners, quantities of supplies
and many guns fell into the hands
of the allies.
Eventual stabilization here will free
important lines of rail communica
tions as well as roadways, and leave
in the possession of the French and
Americans high ground which will
be of great military advantage when
the wet season begins.
Crack Division Overpowered.
In the military sense, the action has
been normal in all its aspects, except
in the rapidity of execution. This
does not mean there has been no
hard fighting. There has been fighting,
both brilliant and fierce, because one
vitally important point was held by
a famous well-tried German division.
Nevertheless the division was unable
(Continued on Pare Four, Column Two.)
France Is Thrilled
By American Success
In Independent Drive
Paris, Sept 13. News of Ameri
ca's first independent offensive on
the western front has thrilled
France. The newspapers print the
battlefront dispatches in the larg
est type and accompany them with
maps and explanations regarding
the ground fought over. No one
doubts that the effort was crowned
with full success.
Editorial writers pay a tribute to
the moderation of General Persh
ing's official communication which
abstained from mentioning the vil
lages regained or surrounded in the
imposing advance.
AMERICAN TROOPS r
ON GERMAN BORDER':
AT MOSELLE RIVER
Battle Line Now Runt From Hattonville on North to
Pagny, Closing Mouth of St Mihiel Sack and Trap- 1,
ping All Germans Remaining There; Im
portant Railways Restored to France. "
By Associated Pre.
The American First army has carried out the initial task,
assigned to it the leveling of the famous St. Mihiel salient in ,
Lorraine.
In a little more than 24hours not only had the work been"
accomplished but General Pershing's men had all the towns,,
villages and strategic positions in the sector within their hand"
and were standing on the banks of the Moselle river at Pagny;'
looking across the stream into German territory. And the;
southern outer fortifications of Metz, the great German strong-; 1
hold in Lorraine, were only four miles distant.
, Large numbers of Germans had been taken prisoner- more
than 12,000 had been counted and others were still on their way
back to the prisoners' cages and many guns and machine guni
and great quantities of ammunition and other war stores were ,
in American hands. Ls$;
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From Hattonville, on the norths
across the salient eastward to Pagnj,-..
the Americans . nave closet!
WORK OR FIGHT,
WILSON'S DICTUM
TO STRIKERS
Notifies Union Machinists No
Interruption of War Pro
duction Will Bt
, Tolerated.
Washington, Sept 13. President
Wilson, himself, took a hand today in
the enforcement of industrial peace
and continued war production. In
effect, he gave notice to employers
and employes alike that no interrup
tion of production will be tolerated;
that both the government powers of
commandeering and the work or fight
order will be applied rigidly where
necessary to deal with recalcitrants.
The president's warning was given
in a letter to union machinists and
other striking workmen at Bridge
port, Conn., who left their jobs in war
material plants a week ago because
they were dissatisfied with an award
by the war. labor board to which
wage demands had been submitted.
The men were told to go back to
work on pain of being barred from
employment for a year and of losing
all claim to exemption from military
service on occupational grounds.
Plant Commandeered.
At the same time the president an
nounced that the plant and business
of the Smith & Wesson company
of Springfield, Mass.. the first em
ployer to "flaunt" the rules of the
war labor board approved by presi
dential proclamation, had been com
mandeered by the War department
to be operated for the neriod of the
war.
Arthur Mullen in Capital
To Help Run Government
Washington Bureau of Omaha Bee.
Washington, Sept. 13. (Special
Telegram.) The junior partner of the
firm of Hitchcock and Mullen arrived
in Washington this morning on polit
ical business. Little Arthur is having
difficulty over the postmasterships.
Then the firm must take care of
Mayer Jim Dahlman, who is still wait
ing to be fixed and for that and other
reasons, notably to secure the Skin
ner Packing company the right to in
crease its captital stock. Nebraska's
democratic national committeeman
has been a right busy individual here
abouts. The Dahlman matter, it is expected,
will be settled tomorrow and a like
ly guess is that "Mayor Jim" will be
appointed deputy commissioner of in
ternal revenue under Commissioner
Roper.
But ht will not tak over ths job
until after the election, for Morehead
and Neville both have asked for
"Mayor Jim's" help, which is not to
be sneezed at even though the Dahl
man star is temporarily in eclipse.
Senator Hitchcock is expected in
Washington in the morning and then
the firm of Hitchcock and Mullen will
settle the Dahlman matter for good
and all.
Victor Rosewater, editor of The
Bee, was in the capital today for a
few hours, en route to New York.
While in Washington he called on
members of the Nebraska delegation,
having luncheon with Congressman
Sloan.
Congressman Kinkaid's bill "auth
orising the resurvey or retracement
of lands heretofore returned as sur
veyed public lands of the United
States under certain conditions," was
passed by the senate today. It now
goes to the president
the mouth of the big sack that extendi
ed southward to St Mihiel, trapping
within it by their fast advance all th
enemy forces who failed to take:
refuge in flight when the great bom
bardment of Thursday morning
heralded the approach of the offer-
sive. .
In additionalong the eastern, side
of the heights north of Hattonville
the Americans have debouched from
the hill region and are .astride the
railroad running from Commercy to
Verdun. Likewise the Thiauconrt
Metz and Nancy-Metz railroads are
in American hands. :
Beginning in the northwest and
crossing . the salient eastward,
Fresnes, Les Eparges, Hattonville.
Preny and Pagny and all the ground
lying between them are in American
hands. The towns of Vigneulles,
Thiaucourt, Pont-a-Moasson and St
Mihiel are far in the rear of the pres
ent line. Mont See, the dominating
height , in the center of the salient,
and from which much trouble had
been expected, fell without fighting.
Among the numerous prisoners taken
were men from Austro-Hungarian
armies.
Hold Strategic Positions.
Although the operation of the
Americans has been described as
having "limited objectives," it never
theless cannot but have a most im
portant bearing on the future of thej
war. From the straightened line
growing out of the obliteration of
the St Mihiel salient the Americans
now are aligned on territory front
which it is possible to get behind
both the Meuse and Moselle rivers
and thus make null the reported plana
of the Germans to stabilize their
front along the Meuse should the'y,
be enable to hold the allies in the
west in check? '
Already allied airmen are heavily
bombing the Moselle region around!
Metz and its outlying fortifications,
having dropped many tons of bombs
on the strategic railways leading front
the great fortress, and it seemingly
is not without reason to expect that
with apparent supremacy in the air
Metz and the surrounding country
henceforth is to be sadly harassed
by the allied flying squadrons.
Meanwhile the maneuvers on t
west front around Cambrai and St.
Qucntin should not be lost sight ri
by reason of the present American
offensive. Here the British aid
French daily are enlarging their gains
in the process of outflanking and cap
turing these two important towns
which are all but within their grasp
Farther to the north in Flanders the
British also are keeping up their en
croachments in the region of La
Basse and Armentieres, both of which
places are imperilled. r -
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Pershing's Sisters and Son,
Honor Guests at Dinner
Lincoln, Neb., Sept 13.- Mrs. D. Si.
Butler and Miss May Pershing, sisters
of Gen. John J. Pershing, and Warren,
Pershing, the general's son, were spa
cial guests at a dinner held by the 1
Country club here tonight in cele
bration of the American commanders 5
58th birthday. Many : friends,
who knew General Pershing when tj
lived here, were present. .
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