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ODDS AND ENDS OF DAY'S DOINGS SPORT LOVER& READ THE BEE BECAUSE OF THE CRISP, UP-TO-DATE SPORTING NEWS P II TTTTl nl FT A IT "XT A TTt A TTTT 7 iLPTrTA Gives Home to Science. Paris, Sept. 26. Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute, seeking a building at Saint Cloud suitable for a laboratory and workshop near certain hospital centers, found the house he wanted in a park full of splendid trees. The "Verger" (Or chard), as the property was called, belonged to a Andre Bernheim, who had refused the most tempting of fers to rent it. When Mr. Bern heim, heard of Dr. Carrel's wish he said, "Tell Dr. Carrell I am greatly flattered at his choice and the Ver gr and its surroundings are at his service." When the question of rent was raised, Mr. Bernheim declared, "No scientist owes nothing to any body. It is I who am honored.". Photographs Fish in Colors. Honolulu Sept. 26. Prof. W. H. Longley of Gouray college, Balti more' has just completed a set of 32 under-water photographs of the brilliantly colored tropical fish which inhabit the waters of Ha waii with a specially designed cam era. Professor Longley hopes to develop the plates taken to repro duce the natural colors. He be lieves they are the first photo graphs of the kind taken. The plates have been packed in airtight cases for shipment to Baltimore, where they will be developed. Salvage Old Warship. Havana, Sept. 26. Efforts are be ing made by a local salvaging con cern to raise the old Spanish sloop-of-war "Pamona," which sank off the coast of Cuba more than 100 years ago. Automatic "floaters," the invention of a Cuban, are being used. Besides the treasure in silver plate in the wreckage, the salvagers expect to 'recover 42 bronze cannon, with which the ship was armed. Several of these ancient weapons can be seen from the surface and one already is reported brought up. Submerging the Ice Cream. Chicago, Sept. 26. More than 2,000,000 ice cream cones were eaten by sailors at Great Lakes Naval training station during the summer months. The men spent more than .$107 W for cones and consumed more than 50,000 gallons of ice cream. Simplyfying Funeral Settings. San Francisco, Sept. 26. Bronze coffins, rich shrouds and fancy trap pings, including broadcloth, must give way after October 1, to sim pler funeral settings, it was announc ed at the California funeral direct ors' convention here today. The war industries board has ordered re duction of shrouds to four styles for men, eight for women, and cask ets from 34 to 4, eliminating metal lic handles and other special furnish ings as wastages of wood. T eL-V TTo A t7 O KQ New York, Sept. 26. That a prof itable business was shut down by the geperal adoption of anti-loan shark laws was revealed in the su preme court when an appraisal of the estate of Daniel H. Tolman, known as the "king of the loan sharks" for many years, was ap praised at $7,259,344, the bulk made in the money lending business. He had about 60 offices throughout the country. More Books Held Unfit. Washington, Sept. 26. Sixteen additional books have been added to the list which Secretary Baker has ruled are unfit for American soldiers to read. They include works by David Starr Jordan, Hugo Muen sterburg, Edward Lyell Fox, J. O'D. Bennett, Lawrence Mott, Mad eleine Z. Doty and Bernard Dern- Durg. in tne list aiso is tne uook, "Two Thousand Questions and An . swers About the War," which has been withdrawn by the publishers. VOL. 48. NO. 87. Eaton Meand-elau natter May 28. 190V at Omaha P. 0. und.r act of March 3, IS79 OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1918. By Mall (I ytar). Dally. $4.50. Suaday. 12.10. Daily and Sua., M; autalda Nab. paitata axtra. TWO CENTS. THE WEatHER Fair Fray ancj Saturday wkh alowjjy rising tempera ture. ' a Hourly t.fmpnHm a. niA 54 7 . m 5 8 . nu 50 9 a. tit? Si 10 a. m ...5A 11 a. m 58 it m ..68 I 1 p. m..........M l. an... ..... .w m - an ... .... .09 ..6H .65 5 -n. n f a UM . 7 p. m...fc. 8 p. m TO UYJ MM W rn IP BIB BULGARIAN ARMY Of 300,000 MEN IN PERlLOUSPOSmON Allies Straining Every Energy to Reach Uskub and Make Victory Complete as Enemy Retreats in Confusion, Losing Large Quantities of Ma terial and Probably Thousands of Men. - London, Sept. 26. Reports received today emphasized the demoralization of the Bulgarians, who are retreating in confusion, leaving behind an enormous amount of material, and probably many thousands of prisoners, as the allied troops strain every energy to get to Uskub and thereby make the victory complete. It is pointed out that the Bul-- ganan army, estimated to aggregate 300,000 men, is in a very dangerous position; but the victory will not be decisive, in the opinion of the military experts, until Uskub, the center of all the enemy's communi cation lines, is captured. If that is accomplished, it is believed the vic tory will be numbered among the few decisive ones of the war; Cavalry Enters Bulgaria. The renewed resistance of the Bulgarian rear guards and the ar rival of German reinforcements in Macedonia have not succeeded in stemming the great allied advance. British cavalry today entered Bul garia opposite Kosturino, thus avoiding the Belachista mountains, which it was feared might bar its progress, while the Serbians, French, Greek and British routed the Bulgarians from either side of the great salient, which now stretches far into Serbia. The Serbians, who are taking the leading part in the liberation of their country are at the gates of Ishtib, and their cavalry? entering the town of Isvor, has cut the only remaining road northward that running from Prilep to Veles, and along which a large body of Bul garians is reported to be attempting to escape. This probably will lead to an abandonment by the enemy of the Babuna mountains, which are considered virtually impregnable. Bulgarian Resistance Overcome. The review of the first day's fight ing in this attack shows that it is not a case of the allies chasing an en emy who was willing to retreat. On September 18, Greek and British forces attacked on either side ol Lake Doiran, which lies almost at the eastern extremity of the present line. West of the lake the allies cap tured the ridge running from Doiran town westward, but the allied left was driven back. Some Bulgarian outposts east of the lake were cap tured, but all attacks against the Bulgarian main line were fruitless. The next day the allied troops gain ed a little more ground west of the (Continued on Page Two, Column Three) BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCE ABOUT SEA OF GALILEE Several Strategic Towns Oc cupied; Turkish Fourth Army Almost Encircled by Allied Forces. London, Sept. 26. British troops operating in Palestine are extend ing their occupation about the Sea of Galilee. They have occupied Ti berias and Semakh, on the borders of that sea, and Es-Samra, it was officially announced today. Pushing on to the east of the Jordan, the British have occupied the strategic town of Amman, on the Hedjas railway. The precarious position of the Fourth Turkish army may be seen from the fact that Arab cavalry and infantry are north of it. Arab and British forces east and British troops to the south. All these are pressing inward on the enemy, while the Jordan, with its crossings, is in the hands of the allies. The British casualties during the offensive were less than one-tenth of the number of prisoners taken from the Turks, the announcement states. The latest official report, gave the total prisoners as "more than 40,000." brill for Third District Men. Henry Meyers of the third exemp tion board district will call a meet ing of the registrants in his district the first of next week to arrange for classes in military instruction. Of ficers from Fort Omaha will be in charge of the military drills. SENATE DEFERS VOTE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE ACT Action Deferred Awaiting Re turn of Absentees; Defeat of Resolution by One Vote Forecast. Washington, Sept. 26. The senate failed again today to reach a vote on the house resolution proposing submission to the states of the Su zan B. Anthony woman suffrage amendment to the constitution. Af ter a day of conferences and debates the senate adjourned until tomor row, but with little likelihood of a vote before Saturday, if then. Absence of senators favoring the resolution and defections among its advocates were reported to have suf fered an unexpected protraction of debate contributed to postponement of action and to the disappointment of the immense throng of spectators. Some senators supporting the resolution admitted tonight privately that without any further change, the resolution-would be defeated by one vote.- They said the latest private polls showed that the senate stood 63 to 33 in favor of the resolution, Just one short of two-thirds ma k jority. ' Rains Washing Away Many Homes in Juneau Junean, Alaska, Sept. 26. Many . homes in Juneaa are being torn away, a big improvement hospital has been temporarily abandoned, power plants are idle and all busi- ness osw - torrential rains of unusual warmth, causing a deluge along the main shore of Gastineau channel. The main street of Juneaa is threatened by the floods. Foole Safe at Stockholm. Washington, Sept. 26. The safe arrival at Stockholm of Consul General Poole from Russia was an nounced tod fry, crjt'ry1- Ottoman Government To Seek Separate Peace, Constantinople Rumor Lausanne, Switzerland, Sept. 26. (Havas.) Public irritation in Constantinople has become so great, according to a dispatch from the Turkish capital to the Lausanne Gazette, that rumors are again spreading that the Ottoman government will seek a separate peace. The sultan himself, the message says, would favor a sep arate peace if he could obtain fa vorable conditions from the en tente powers. hntramment Calls Cancelled Because of Epidemic in Camps Washington, Sept. 26. Because of epidemics of Spanish influenza in army camps Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder tonight cancelled calls for the entrainment between Oc tober 7 and 11 of 142,000 draft regis trants. Industries Board Puts Restrictions on Wrapping Washington, Sept. 26. Retail merchants were directed today by the War Industries board to dis continue the unnecessary wrapping of merchandise and to reduce to the point of absolute necessity the use of wrapping paper bags, paper boxes and office stationery. The order is due to the fact that the government soon would be forced to divert to munition manufacturers a large quantity of chemical pulp used heretofore in making wrap ping paper. Bolshevik Government Issues Decree Rescinding Reign of Terror inRussia Amsterdam, Sept. 26. The Rus sian bolshevik government has is sued a decree rescinding its reign of terror, according to the Mir of Moscow. The question was dis cussed at a meeting of the cen tral committees of the soviet, the newspaper says, and when Pre mier Lenine expressed an, earnest desire to return to orderly meth ods of government a majority of those present supported him, NEW AUTHORITY COMING OUT OF CHAOS INRUSSIA Ruling Committee Formed at Conference of All Ele ments Opposed to the Bolsheviki. Washington, Sept. 2 .Out of the chaos which has existed in Rus sia since the overthrow of the Ke rensky government by the bolshe viki, there is emerging a central au thority, which officials and diplo mats here hope will be able to re establish otder and renew the fight against the common enemy. Official information reached the Russian embassy today that the pan Russian conference at Oufa, Euro pean Russia, which has been recog nized by all the provisional govern ments opposing the bolsheviki, in cluding the Siberian government, has constituted a committee of five as the lawful authority for all Rus sia. This committee will be respon sible to the constituent assembly of all Russia, which will convene next January 1, provided 250 members at tend. The committee of five set up as the sovereign authority is composed of M. Tschaicovsky, of the government of the north Archangel; M. Volo godsky, head of the wesfern Siberian government; M. Astor, former mayor of Moscow and member of the constitutional democratic party; Lieutenant-General Boldireff, one of the foremost experts of Russia, and M. Avksentieff. Senator Hitchcock Meets Mullen in Washington Washington, Sept. 26. (Special Telegram.) Senator Hitchcock re turned to Washington from New York this morning to be present at the consideration . of the suffrage amendment "Sir Arthur" Mullen is in the capital on private business, inci dentally, however, to report to Sen ator Hitchcock on the postoffices MtiU pigeonholedf Colorado Troops Turn On Their Captors and Make Them Prisoners Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 26. A por tion of a Colorado regiment, fighting in France recently was made prisoner by the Germans, but before the Germans had time to get their captives behind their lines, the Coloradoans turned on their captors, made them prison ers and resumed the fighting. , This was the announcement made by Gov. Julius C. Gunter after he received a telegram while he was speaking at the Colorado state fair today. PADDLE WHEEL AND CARNIVAL BREAKCOMPAfiY Ak-Sar-Ben Grounds Filled With Stellar Attractions; Crowds Come for Hilar ious Good Time. ATTENDANCE RECORD. 1917. 1918. Wednesday 4,102 5,8a4 Thursday 7,790 7,567 Buzzing with life and merriment, the Ak-Sar-Ben catnival went on yesterday and last night with crowds that were out to have a good time. It was a big day and a big night, with perfect "circus" weather to help along. And while all was going so mer rily on the carnival grounds, the Board of Governors of Ak-Sar-Ben were up in the city hall having heart-to-heart talks with Smith and Ringer. These gentlemen, having been duly elected to the positions of mayor and police commissioner, respectively, have put the kibosh on the "paddle wheels" and the numer ous booths on the carnival grounds where from time immemorial it has been possible to win a box of candy, a kewpie doll, a ham, a pocket knife, dream book, nearly gold watch and various other useful articles for a nickel or a dime. - v Last night "Dad" Weaver-announced that there was "nothing doing," and so more than a score of booths were dark, their canvas cur tains hanging before them and the spielers resting their voices, but not their legs around the grounds. Crowd Didn't Care. But apparently the crowd didn't care a bit about the "gambling de vices," as Messrs. Ringer and Smith rudely designate these scientific games. They didn't seem to languish for want of kewpie dolls and if they wanted candy they bought it in the regular legitimate channels of com merce. It seems there are three times as many attractions on the grounds as at any previous carnival. Con fettti was used in profusion to the joy of the revelers. Mogy's Paddle Wheel Forms Basis of Test Case in Police Court "Mogey" Bernstein, was arrested on the carnival grounds last night and brought to the station, where he was charged with operating a gambling device. He was imme diately released on bond and or dered to appear in police court this morning. The "device" referred to is the paddle wheel, which police heads say, according to city ordinance, is prohibited. "Mogy" was indignant over his arrest, as he says he has operated similar devices before for the benefit of various war activities and the Red Cross, and asserts the proceeds of the "wheel" on the grounds were to go toward financing the military parade next week. This is considered a test case, however, and will come before Police Judge Fitzgerald for de cision. According to Bernstein, this is the kind of "stuff" the people want.. He says he "took in" over $75 in less than ten minutes last night. Public Advised How To Send Christmas v Packages to Navy Washington, Sept. 26. Christ mas packages for men serving on naval vessels abroad must reach New York not later than November 15, Secretary Daniels announced today. Packages sent by parcel post must be enclosed in substantial boxes with hinged or screw top covers, to facilitate opening and inspecting. ' Boxes sent by express are lim ited to 20 pounds, should be not more than two cubic feet in vol ume, be of wood, well strapped and have hinged or screw tpps. No perishable food product other than those in cans or glass jars should be tacked. All packages must be marked with the name and address of the sender, with a notation "Christmas box," and must be forwarded in care of the supply officer, fleet supply base, Twen tieth street and Third avenue, South Brooklyn, New York. UvJ UVJ PERSHING'S ARMY CAPTURES , 12 TOWNS, 5,000 PRISONERS Attacking Over Front of 20 Miles West of Verdun, Ameri n in Conjunction Conquer Positions in the Cham pagne Germans Have Been Fortifying for the Last Four Years By Associated Press. " Washington, Sept. 26. Attacking this morning over a front of 20 miles, west of Verdun, in co operation with the French, the American first army advanced to an average depth of seven miles and cap;, tured 12 towns and more than 5,000 prisoners. Four of the towns were carried by storm by Pennsylvania, Kansas and Missouri troops of Majof General Liggett's corps, General Pershing said in his official statement on the battle, received tonightat the War deparment. The enemy offered stubborn resistance. Troops of the other corps forced their way across the Forges brook, took the Bois De Forges and wrested from the enemy the towns of Malancourt, Bethincourt, Montfaucon' Cuisy, Nantilles, Zeptzarges, -?Danneoux and Gercourt-Et-Dnllancourt. . , BLOW AIMED AT KEYSTONE OF GERMAN DEFENSIVE ARCH - Success of New Move Would Menace Communication of the Enemy in Bel gium and France. Washington, Sept. 26. The key stone of the great German defensive arch in France is under assault in the Franco-American offensive launched this morning in the Champagne over a front of 40 miles. Because of the place of attack selected by Marshal Foch, military officials regarded the new blow as one of wide strategic possibilities. It was not until General Per shing's official statement arrived late tonight that a definite idea was given of the extent and success of the initial rush. The Americans ad vanced on a front of 20 miles to an average depth of seven miles, tak ing more than 5,000 prisoners and 12 towns. The French war office previously had reported that "Wie French troops further west had ad vanced nearly four miles at certain points. The point of attack selected by Marshal Foch caused no great sur prise here. As far back as 1915 the French strategists saw that the Champagne front offered the great est possibilities in repelling the in vaders with the least expenditure of men. There was fierce fighting that year on this sector, but the French lacked the reserve power to press forward in accordance with their strategic designs and were forced (Continued on Page Two, Column Two.) NATIONAL GUARD DIVISIONS IN FIGHT. The Pennsylvania troops referred to by General Persh ing evidently are those forming the Twenty-eighth national guard division, while the Kansas and Missouri troops make -up the Thirty-fifth national guard division. At last accounts the Twenty-eighth division was under Major General C. H. Muir and the Thirty-fifth under Major General W. R. Smith.' As the army corps originally were announced, these two divisions were in the second corps under Major General Robert Lee Bullard. 1 The Twenty-eighth, or "Iron" division, had been in hard f fichtintr riprptnforp. havincr hplrl the ppntpr nf tVift American line in the advance across the Ourcq July 26 to 31, uunSg1, GERMANS DAZED BY FEROCITY OF AMERICAN DASH Huns Fail to Discover' Intent to Attack Until They Are Overwhelmed by Rush of Troops. With the American Army on the Champagne . Front, Sept. 26. The assumption of the general staff that the Germans had not discovered the intention of the Americans to at tack was proved by the earlier phases of the fighting today. Ap parently dazed by the suddenness and ferocity of the artillery pre paration, the German artillery reac tion was slow in being registered. It never recovered its balance. From the minute the- Americans swarmed forward the inferiority of the enemy resistance was marked. Early this morning the enemy had laid down artillery fire calculated to cover a Jocal raid. That incident was quickly forgotten in the mag nitude of the operations that fol lowed. One division reports the capture of twenty .77 guns and plentiful sup plies of ammunition. The check on the amount of booty has not yet been taken, but every report indi cates that the amount of it will be large. Officer prisoners say there was much enemy perplexity as to the exact point of attack, but they say they were unaware that one was im pending. Bankers Forget Quarrel In Jubilee Over War News Chicago, Sept. 26. A battle which threatened to disrupt the American Bankers' association ended today after a noisy and turbulent session of the convention when Charles A. Hinsch, president of the organiza tion, read a telegram, which told of the beginning of another great French-American drive on jht west ern front in France. The tumult of the factional con test immediately subsided. The leader of the jackie band called for "Over There," 'and the crowd stood and thundered the words. When the demonstration had subsided few could remember what the contest had bc;n about HAIG HAMMERS HUNS' DEFENSES AT STjilENTIN System of Trenches With 1,500 Prisoners Captured; Line Advanced Also in Flanders. London, Sept. 26. Two British divisions have captured in the last few days a German system of trenches and strong points north west of St. Quentin with 1,500 pri soners, according to the war office announcement tonight. There were only minor encounters today. In Flanders the British line has likewise been advanced, progress having been made in the sector north of LaBassee. North of Gricourt, on the St. Quentin sector, the British repulsed German counter attacks. Class I Registrants Will Be Called m Their Number Order Washington, Sept. 26. Announce ment of the date for the third draft lottery to give numbers determin ing in part the order of. service of each of the 13,000.000 men registered for military service on September 12, will be withheld by Provost Marshal General Crowder for an other day or two. Six states have not yet reported complete totals of the September 12 registrations. Frovost Marshal General Crow der today instructed local draft boards throughout the country to call draft registrants for physical examination as soon asthey have been placed in Class 1 by their board, even though they may have appealed for reclassification to the district board. The examination will be postponed only in case there is also pending a claim for deferred classification on industrial grounds. Actual induction into the service of those found physically fit will be in accordance with their order num bers as 'determined by the drawing to be held here, except in individual cases, where loCal boards receive orders for the voluntary induction of certain registrants at the request of the army,, navy or marin corps. the beginning of the general allied offensive, when the Aisne- Marne salient was wiped out. They remained in the line until August 6, advancing to Fismes, where they were reliev ed by the Thirty-second national guard division. The Thirty-fifth division landed in France last June 9, and went on the firing line 11 days later; They were last reported on the Vosges front September 4. FRENCH ADVANCE NEARLY FOUR MILES. With the French In the Champagne Front, Sept. 26. Troops of the French army, operating in conjunction with the Americans in a new battle along Champagne front, have today conquered positions that the Germans have been "forti- ' fying for four years, and have sacrificed thousands of men to hold. The French losses have been remarkably light, in spite of the fact' that the German resistance stiffened this afternoon. The advance reached nearly four mile : at certain ' points west of the Argonne. . General Gouraud's soldiers who advanced to those posi- : tions three years ago and have been facing them ever since, are now enjoying a peculiar satisfaction in being in them. In the battle of the Champagne in 1915, the taking of these positions would have demanded a sacrifice, that the . strategic advantage to be gained then did not warrant. The v situation is changed now. Successive blows administered to the Germans on different parts of the front give a differ ent meaning to the attack. ' MANY PRISONERS MERE BOYS. The number of prisoners taken by the French is in creasing steadily. They are filing back by all roads in groups of from a score to several hundred. Among them there is a larger proportion of very young men than heretofore taken. Some of the captives are recruits of the 1920 contingent. They are leaving behind them scores of burning villages. Thirty have been observed in flames up to noon today. Even this additional and unjustifiable devastation can scarecly add to the desolaton that has been spread all over this sharp- . ly disputed ground. , ' The ridges are covered with shell holes that touch each' other everywhere; all vestige of vegetation long ago dis-. appeared, the surface of the ground giving the impression , that it must have been reduced to a state of mud violently churned and then left to dry. The ground is crossed and! crisscrossed in every direction by trenches that have been blown out of shape. ; . x A feature of today's operations was the activity of the enemy airmen, which furnished several spectacular en counters with French observation balloons and anti-aircraft artillery. While puffs from the French shrapnel were seen fcverywhere over the field. OPPOSITION READILY OVERCOME. The French troops attacked the German positions In tha Champagne from Auberive to the main Massignes this morn- " ing about 5 o'clock and carried their first objectives without much opposition, except on the left, where rather stiff fight ing was required. Champagne in July. Then General ' By 9 o'clock General Gouraud's troops had taken Servon, which had been in German hands since 1914, and were iit possession of the main Massignes, Butte Du Mesnil and Navarin. The operation, which was person ally directed by General Petain, re calls in some of its features the first battle of Champagne, of which yes terday was the anniversary. Gen eral Petain was then, as now, in command and the direction of th attack was the same, but the means available for the attack then were less in proportion to the material obstacles to be overcome. Developments today resembled also those of the second battle of Gouraud skillfully parried the great German thrust by drawing his in fantry back out of range of the artil lery, leaving his own guns in posi tion to inflict smarting losses on the advancing infantry. It is learned from prisoners that the (Germans -were imitating General Gouraud in retiring their infantry from the first line. But that is as far 'as they profited from Gouraud's ' lesson. Their artillery went back witli the ' infantry. .. . By Associated Press. Taken in conjunction with the al lied offensive, which has materially bent back the German front n (Cotaued ta hp Tw Gotui Cf j