fHE BEE; OMAHA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER lj, 1918.
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SPLENDID DASH
EXHIBITED BY U.S.
BOYS IN ATTACK
American Troops Move to As
sault With Flags Flying
and Singing the
'Marseillaise.
Paris, Sept 13. (Reuter.) About
IOO of the nnt American wounded
arriving in the rear from the St.
Mihiel sector, givei the impression
mat tne oattie was a great victory
and full of promise for the future.
i tie American troops exhibited splen
did dash, some of the regiments mov
ing to the assault with flags Hying
and singing the Marseillaise.
One of the principal points of sup
port in the enemy's defense was tak
en at me point ot tne bayonet. Ves
' pite' fierce resistance the Germans
were completely overthrown and sut
fered exceotionallv h?avv loss.
The American units co-operated
Kplendidly with the French. One
American officer who was .wounded
during the hottest part of the battle
'relates that a small French detach
ment found itself in difficulties in a
wood full of machine guns
Without waitintr for nrdr the
Americans advanced spontaneously
to turn the position and, reaching
me rear of the wood, precipitated
themselves on the nmv and
slaughtered the gunners on their
weapons.
SWIFT DRIVE
THROWS FOE
, OFF BALANCE
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(Ontliwrd mra r One.)
to withstand the steady and un
swerving advance of the Americans
thrown against them and in addition
lost many prisoners to the Ameri
cans.
The only enemy weakness was in
hi artillerv. the rnfv nf lii hiir mini
being deficient and spasmodic through
out, evidencing that he and previously
removed the greater part to safer po
sitions. But his machine guns were
vicious enotich to comnensate for
this.
German Casualties Heavy.
Prisoners taken bv the American!
Come from vn ffrman ftiiM.Inns
among them men from the Lanrfwehr
and landstrnm. Aiistrn-lTiinoririan.
made prisoner came from the 192d,
llith, Mh and JOVth reiriments.
The orisoner arrtiH that th
casualties resnltinir from (ti Amarl.
Can fire were verv heavv Amnn fVi.
captives were numerous officers, who
ireeiy criticized the high command
for what they termed bad judgment.
All the evidence at hand tends to
confirm the belief that the Germans
were altogether unprepared to resist
sucn a torce as Oeneral I'ershing sent
against them. One division on a cer
tain Sector Kent nut a rait fnr r;n.
forcements. The only response to this
appeal was a reply to hold the sector
at all costs.
YAST OMAHA HOST
HONORS PERSHING
(CoBtiaM Tnm fmf On)
WIRE TO PERSHING.
The following telegram of con
gratulation was sent to General
Pershing early Friday morning in
the name of the people of Omaha:
"General John J. Pershing,
American Forces, France:
"Two hundred thousand Omaha
people send birthday congratula
tions. All Omaha and Nebraska
celebrate today in your honor.
"CITIZENS' COMMITTEE,
"CoL J. M. Banister, Chairmna."
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CENTER BUTTRESS
OF HUNS IN DANGER
(Coatlaw Fro Tw On.)
severed by the Germans in 1914. with
the capture of St: Mihiel, which
piacea.tne Verdun fortress in gravest
jwymivv ma orougm on tne battle
vi yeraun, wnere the Germans met
bitter and costly defeat at the
canas of the French. Ever since then
the German grip on the heights
rouna veraun nas held the French
in this region and to the east and
west of the salient chained to de
tensive operations. The numerical
strength of the French army was not
sufficient to permit an effort to drive
tne enemy ott without weakening
e amca ciscwnere.
Three Enemy Divisions Wrecked.
General PrThinor nm ttia .IiTM.t
hud the entry of the American army
uio war oy smasntng tne enemy s
icniaiuing saucui on me wnoie
uicironc, ana smashing it in-less
i wo oavs fighting. Early re-
nxea me number of prisoners
by the Americas at J2,000 and
crooaDlv Tenre.ent the wreck.
f at least three enemy divisions.
timate ot tne war booty cap-
s peen receiveo. ,
the new line across the
.the old pocket is far shorter
I bid ffrnt 1Tvtt r. 4
Ameri.an trnnn. tnntnr V..1.4 f...
.,0 the defense of the salient are now
available for other duty.
As the lines were reported tonight
there was nothing to indicate that the
American forces had stopped. The
German official statement was that a
new line had been prepared, but
the nature of the country where the
American tVoops stood late today
indicated that the German defense
Sosition must be farther back toward
Lett where better natural obstacles
are available. It was expected here
that American patrols would push
forward to feel out this line before
a new advance is undertaken.
Gl.mans' Statement Amusing.
'' The German statement that the sa
lient had been evacuated without
serious interference caused much
.,, amusement among officers in view of
the number of prisoners captured.
It has been estimated that seven di
visions of the enemy were in the
, salient, including those standing
guard at the flanks. Probably not
more than four divisions have at
-any time been in the depth of the
pocket and of these, more than one
fourth have been captuTed. Officers
say that a retreat offered at such
;. ot hardly can be considered as a
successful evacuation and they are
inclined to accept the German state
ment as promulgated for home con
sumption. II was said that for the
high command to acknowledge that
the first American blow had blotted
out in less than two days a salient
that had been held for four years
and also cost the Germans more than
- 12,000 prisoners in addition to their
dead, might further agitate the Ger
man civil population.
At. the same time it is not
doubted that the German leaders
expected the stroke and, made
such preparation as they' could
toward getting teir m-" -. -c'-ef
-the salient The swiftness of the
American advance on t..e i,u..
however, seems to have upset their
plans. And it is believed here that
...... the figures on war material captured
will beat out this view.
. Women of Storm Lake Take
Up Line of Military Work
Storm Lake, la., Sept 13. (Spe
cial) A military organization tor
women has been perfected here. Six-
' ty-five women have enlisted and six
companies will be recruited with 20
members each. Military tactics will
be studied and weekly drills held. Can
teen service will be a feature, of the
work. . ,
Four more young men of Storm
lake have received promotions, in
military life. They are Lieutenant
S. L. Hoffman to the rank of cap
tain; Lael DeLand, ensign in the navy;
Bert Reynolds to lieutenant and Wil
liam Aitkin to rank of first lieutenant
for valiant service rendered during
the second battle of th.e Marne.
Barracks will be erected on " the
Buena Vista college campus to accom
modate the young men who will enter
the students' training corps,- October
Despondent, Takes Poison.
Despondency over domestic trouble
caused Mrs. Jens Niclson, 4114 Cali
fornia street tn attmmt
Thursday night. She swallowed two
bichloride tof mercury tablets. After
takintl the TJOiflOn h mnn'tal o
neighbor. Mr. CI. A MrN.n..,. in it
Webster street, of her act. The neigh.
nor notified the police station. Mrs.
NielsOn Was ffiven atiroirat aft.n-
tl'On bv Police Slirrrnn Tnhninn Ch
will recover.
master and past master of the art of
cake making. In his hand was a
knife about two feet long, it seemed.
And with skilled hand monsieur cut
into that beautiful cake.
The first cut into the cake brought
out a four-pound cube and this cube,
General Pershing, if all goes well,
will be eating a couple of weeks from
now. (Not all of it at once, how
ever). No time was lost in getting
it started on its way. It was placed
in a box previously prepared, a card
was enclosed, the box scaled up and
a messenger started on the run to
get it to the postollice.
On Way to France.
The card enclosed read as fol
lows: "Birthday greetings from the peo
ple of Omaha and your brother Elks
or iso. ,w.
The Omaha lodge, of which Gen
eral Pershing is a member, is No. 39.
The card was signed by Cot J. M.
Banister, chairman; Capt. C, E.
Adams, speaker of the evening; Maj.
R. E. Frith, marshal of the parade;
Charles R. Docherty, exalted ruler
of the local lodge of Elks and master
of ceremonies, and Robert Manley,
commissioner of the Omaha Cham
ber of Commerce.
The Cake wan the tarcrenf ever
baked in the state. It wi three feet
in height and five leet. two inches in
diameter. It was baked and decorated
by Monsieur Gerard Cozette, pastry
chef of the Fontenelle hoteL It wis
given by the Fontenelle hotel man
agement to the Elks lodge, and auc
tioned by the lodge,jfor the. benefit of
the Salvation Army war fund.
Cost More Than $300. '
The cake was a fruit cake and
welched 900 nounrfa. The tnirr1int
used included 200 pounds of butter,
i3 pounds ot sugar bu pounds of
flour, 1,620 eggs, and 168 pounds of
elaced fruits. Tha cost wa mnre
than $300. Special permission to bake
it waa secured from the United SUate
food administration.
It was put in its position on the
platform late yesterday afternoon, all
complete with its 58 real candles.
Surmounting the cake was the em
blem of the Elks, the clock marking
the hour of 11.
With the general's piece of cake
safely on its way, the leather-lunged
George Long mounted the stand and
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began auctioning off big chunks of
me cake.
The first piece was started at $5
but the price advanced swiftly until
Robert Cowell got it for $25. The
second piece went to frank Myers
for $15. Then they began going rap
idly at lower prices irom siu down to
J.
The wheel was started and Dan
Whitney, Oscar Lieben, D. C John
son,' Ben Stiefler, Maynard Swartz
and Tom Swift sold chances and
spun the wheel to very good purpose-
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1'lie Elks' Pershing Day Ladies
committee, under direction of Mrs.
Miles Greenleaf, worked hard pack
ing the pieces of cake in little boxes
nrenarerf fnr the nnrnnse Row
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scouts were dispatched ouf through
the crowd selling pieces of the cake
at $1 each. They also sold the can
dles from the cake.
The biggest piece of cake went to
Look Before
You Buy
Bayer -Tablets and Cap
sules of Aspirin contain
genuine Aspirin. Demand
them in the original pack
ages. For your protection
every package and every
tablet is plainly and in
variably marked with
Your
Guaranttm
of Purity"
Aspirin
For the' past 14 years
Has been made on the
banks of the Hudson
- TlMhto-mark "Aiplrin" (JUa. 0. 8.
Wt. Off.) it a guarantaa that tha mcoo
MticaoidMtar of aalicjlicacid in thcaa
tablata an4 eapauka of tba idMbla
b miiauf aetata.
Sfc James orphanage in Benson. And
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una wai yatu ivi uj 13 C1K3, HCauCa
by James J. Parks. They "chipped
in" and raised $100 which naiH fnr
the chunk of-cake for the little or.
phans
The total sum realized for the Sal
vation armv war fund hv the birth
day celebration was estimated to be
about $1,500 but no exact count was
made of it last night
Two Couples Ask Divorces.
David C. Ricker. alWea that hi-.
wife. Anna, is of a ouarrelanme anH
domineering disposition and he asks
a divorce, the petition for which was
filed in district court Friday.
California Prune Crop V
- Badly Damaged by Rams
San Francisco, Sept. 13. An order
holding up all shipments of prunes
outside the state for civilian con
sumption pending a ' survey of the
damage done the prune crop by the
prevailing unprecedented rainfall was
issued today by the federal food ad
ministration for California. The or
der was issued to insure a sufficient
iuauuijr iu uu immense government
contracts.
It wa.a estimated hv nackera and
others that the rain would causey
loss of between 25 and 50 per cent
of the total crop. The government
had contracted for 51,000,000, pounds.
Bam feAVERl
iiiiiliiiilii.iiilHill,1,ll,II;i,llll,l,l1,),t,ii .yer 3000"K-iniliiMi,iii,l!HiMr1,iiNiliilii
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D. C. ELDREDGE,
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Ben cm & "SrTotnt
dJm Sfam of Individual $Lop6r
E. M. REYNOLDS,
V.-Prei. and Gen. Mgr.
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Original Children's Store .of Omaha
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a l1,!01 Jn, dac-k bI and Plaids faicy Pockets and belts. Gathered, pleated
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five Years for Man, Guilty
On White Slavery Charge
" Henry Howard Biggerstaff, ranch
er, living at Mission, S. D, sentenced
to five years' imprisonment'at Leav
enworth, Kan, by Judge Woodrough,
who presided at the term of federal
court at Chadron this week, has filed
supersedeas bond for appeal from the
court's decision. -
Boys' Dependable Suits
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SUITS stoutly made to withstand hard boy wear.
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Youthful Headwear for
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nPHE designers and manufacturers
A who created the styles In headwear
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Tailored models in velvet, corduroy,
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. at $1.75 to $2.75;
Tams for theschoolgirl, in velvet or
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Children's Sweaters
$S954o $5.95
Made of all-wool yarn in the new
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- Prices $5.95, $7.50,
$8;75 to $15.00 '
Correct Shoes for
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Go-Carts in reed, fibre or leatherette. Prices $5 to $24
Collapsible Sulkies, in reed or fibre at $8 50.
$12.00, $14.00 and $20.00
Fourth Floor.
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Good Weights
Values Exceptional
Plain white wool finished blankets of good weight and
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Extra heavy and extra fine Wool Blankets up to $25
DowniUira : ,
Why Yon Should See the
ROUND OAK
Saturday
Yoa should see this range in
full operation, see and taste
the goodies we are actually
baking with its "even heat,"
which is just as even with any
kind of coal, ooke wood or
cobs.
A woman witnesses this range in operation for
just a few minutes and its great superiority becomes
apparent to her.
The fact' that the "Round Oak" makes TWO
SHOVELS of FUEL do the work of THREE and that It
continues to make this economy possible through many,
many years of service is sufficient reason why every
woman in Omaha should know about Ihe "Round Oalr
and why YOU should see it SATURDAY. 1
GO TO YOUR OLD STOVE NOW, consider fts
condition, the heat it WASTES and the WORK ft
means then come and see the ROUND OAK CHIEJ?
in operation and your problem will be solved.
' Mala Floor. '
YourWindows
Beautiful
Draped in serviceable but in
expensive materials. s
Inexpensive Curtain Scrims and
Marquisettes at, per yard
30, 35, 45 and 50
Filet Curtain Nets at, per yard,
40& 45, 65 and. J. . .75
Remnants of Cretonnes in a very large variety of designs and
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cushion covers, runners, small windows, knitting bags and a hun
dred other things, at Half Price
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Axminster
Rugs
slightly imperfect
The imperfections in these
Rugs are hardly noticeable,
in fact it is necessary to
point same out to the aver
age customer. Designs ares
Oriental and Floral The
regular pikea aka i..;.y a third te a half more.
27x54 Axminster Rugs an Qgj
36x72 Axminster Rugs ".WW" .$480
Final Clean-Up of All Liaoleum Remnant
Pieces large enough for cupboards, mats under stoves, for hall
ways and automobiles, in Three Lots 10, 25, 50
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