Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 5, 1916, Page 1

. Aisue French reconnoitering parties Use the telephone for Bee Want Ads. Tyler 1000 Seven trunk lines. . Intelligent ad-takers, One cent per word, ~ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE VOL. XLVI—NO. 15. ONCE MORE TAKEN BY THE TEUTONS Fortress, Around Which Has Been' Waged Some >of Bloodiest Fighting, in 2 Camp. and Making Additional ’ o : German Hands. SOLDIERS SPEND QUIET DAY lonquests, FRENCH ARE MAKING GAINS T TEUTONS ALSO CLAIM GAINS Entente Forces Are Consolidat- ing Positions and Arrang- ing Affairs, _ ATTACKS ON VERDUN FAIL Paris, July 4.—The Thiaumont work, around which some of the bloodiest fighting of the war has taken place, has been captured by the Germans for the fourth time, ac- cording to the official statement is- sued by the ®French war office to- night, The French have advanced south and east of Assevillers where they have captured a weod and the vil- lages of Bardeuv and Belloy-En- Santerre. They also have taken the greater part of the villageof Estrees where 500 prisoners fell into their hands, ; Paris, July 4—The night was quiet nortli and south of the Somme, with the French organizing the conquered positions, says the French official statentent issued today, , < ‘The Germans made no attempt to interfere with French troops which were tonsolidating the new positions. In addition to the batteries already : captured three more have been taken, two of which were composed of heavy guns, French artillery is proving most destructive. In one dugout which was wrecked by a shell forty gatpses were found. The Germans are said to have suf- fered enormous losses in the fighting near derbecourt, which the French captured. At one point between the Avre and the Aisne a French reconnoisance penetrated as far as the support trenches. . 3 Heavy fighting continued last night on the Verdun front. The Germans made six successive attacks north- west of Thiaumont, from which they were driven by the French recently a few hours after they had ca:ried it. Last night’s attacks were repulsed, the Germans . sustaining considgrable losses. . Southeast of Fumin wood the Frengh made some slight prog/ess. The text-of the' statement saysi. “North and south of the Somme the night passed quietly, The enemy undertook no_ offensive action against our troops, who have organized them- yesterday. S g \“Further information ‘confirms pre- vious reports that the war material captured by us is considerable. Three new batteries, two of them of heavy caliber, have been added to the bat- terics already enurherated. “Further effects of our destructive fire have been noted. In one shelter forty bodies of German soldiers were found, “In & ravine north of Assevillers and on the northern slopes of the \ village of Herbecourt the Germans “ywifered enormous losses. North of Frise one of our aviators yesterday set on fire another German captive balioon, “Between the river Avre and the tl t! t t f 7 t a s f h a have been active, penetrating the first trenches of the enemy as far as the suvporting trenches northeast of Beuvraignes and opposite Vingre. ‘These expeditions brought back pris- aners. Attacks Near Verdun Fail, C: THIAUMONT WORK [SECREGY PREVALLS|ALLIES BATTER Prevailing Belief Is That Little In Future Only Those Having SIGNAL CORPS IS READY morning the people of Lincoln will wake up camp deserted and the soldier boys gone, headquarters indicates that little will be known of the movement of the troops unless special activities arouse a suspicion an“ople stay awake to watch. means possible to move the troops with as much secrecy as possible in order that they may be moved safely, The Nebraska end of the movement of troops is endeavoring to carry where a train was wrecked carrying the guard of one state to the south. Visitors saw ordinary and outside of a big chicken dinner provided for every company.|8! and patriotic exercisés at the audi- curiosity of the visitor. soldiers; today. will be opened to visitors, except be- | 53: o'clock in the evening. be allowed within the grounds at any other time unless they have business or for the purpose of visiting some member of their own family who is or deadly mixture will be allowed to be brought to the camp by visitors without first “being passed by the board of censorship.” Real food such as mother used to make will be al- lowed Ao pass through, but bakery the camp: do not propose to take any <hances - on -havin ¢ 8 h the boys put on the bum by food of partment Has received final notice that, the signal corps is ready and fully prepared for the trip south, - So it is probable that they may. be moved withi in connection with the examination of men for the service and their rejec- tion, comes with the failure of Chap- lain J. M. Leidy of Omaha, chaplain of the Fourth regiment, to pass the examination. ments, his failure is for a mihor com- plaint and probably easily remedied. Chaplain Leidy feels keenly the dis- the officers and men of the regiment himself to them 'all, and if his appli- they will all hail with delight his good fortune, to the War department for permission to go, stating in his application that he waives all rights to @ pension for AS T0 MOVEMENTS op S1ae Thoors| SERMANS ON ALL FRONTS OF.4; French, Britisi O wussians Report Holdif, All Gains Will Be Known of Plans Till Guardsmen Break Business in Camp Are to Be Allowed There. Drive Russians Back in Gallicia and Check Onslaught Along Somme and Ancre, OFFICIAL REPORTS VARY Halting after their initial ruch, the British and French are consolidating their positions in the field of their new offensive on the westérn front. Under the German pounding the Brit- ish, whil¢ able to hold the captured town of La Boiselle, lost a portion of |* the defensive positions south of it. Furthqr captures of German men and material, including two heavy caliber batteries are reported by the French high command. Meanwhile the Germans are keep- ing up their attacks on Verdun. Six successive assaults were launched last night upon the Thiaumont work, but Paris declares possession of the position was retained, On the eastern front Petrograd an- nounces a severe defeat for the Aus- tro-German forces southwest of (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, July 4.—(Special)—Some to find the mobilization The secrecy which prevails around The war department is using all his out in hope that they will escape he fate of the troops a few days ago Exercises at Auditorium, Today the camp was very quiet. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 5, with loopholes for rifle fire. 1916—TWELVE-. PAGES, NEW YORK’S ARMORED AUTOS OFF FOR MOBILIZAT thre of the armored trucks of the First Battery, the mobilization camp at Peekskill, N. Y. On Tratns, ot Hotels News Seands, 3 Lutsk, London, July 4.—“Substantial pro- ress at some goin(s," is reported in the latest official communication issed from British general head- quarters in France. “The Germans succeeded in driving some of the British troops from positions which they had cauptured in the morning,” A later bulletin from the war offfi:e nothing out of the orium, there was little to arouse the It is said hat 1,600 chicken were shipped in rom Crete for the dinners of the Today is the last day that the camp ys: “Heavy thunderstorms and torren- tial rains interferred somewhat with offensive operations. The situation south of the Ancre is generally un- changed. o é:erations during: the day con- sisted chiefly of minor local enter- prises with a view to retaining the ground gained. The total number of prisoners exceeds 5,000 “The enemy, reinforced by jmany battalions drawn from other parts of the line, continues to offer very stub- born resistance to us at all points. During the night there was heavy fighting in the vicinity of La Boiselle, “Our troops fought with great gal- lantry againgt heavy attacks by the enemy. The enemy recaptured a small portion of the defenses south of the village. Otherwise the situation in this section is unchanged.” Teutons Report Victory. Berlin, July 4.—(Via London.)—A notable victory for the Teutonic forces in Galicia was announced by the war office today. Southeast of Tlumach, by a speedy thrust, the Russians were forced back on a front of more than twenlve and one-half miles, to a depth of more than five and one-quarter miles, Fighting in the West, The official statement says: “While the enemy did not repeat his attacks north of the Ancre brook, he brought forward from Mametz strong forces between the Ancre and the Somme against the front from Thiepval to La Boisselle. South of the Somme he brought strong forces against the line from Barleux'to Belloy. -His losses under our artillery and infantry fire cor- responded to the great number of men employed. The attacks were re- pulsed everywhere. — “Bitter fighting took place for pos- session of Hardecourt, north of the of 5 and 10:30 ween the hours No one will soldier. No grub of a promiscuous hop concoctions and the like will ind, hard luck. The authorities at the stomachs of strangé mixture. It is understood that the war de- to the t! t! t: flmh' na few hours. Regret Chaplin Leidy’s Case. 8 Gweregopsr et sh cm vb cmfwyp One of the regretable circumstances s Like many others who ave failed to come up to the require- ppointment, but not more so than t headquarters. - He has endeared ation to the department is allowed, Chaplain Leidy has applied « disability, provided the disability is 5 L m‘O[n ";1 l.ethofii thfcoltl‘:lfi:l;‘cht::v;'; caused by hs present complainty Be- [ Somme. French troops, which pene- cnliada s < ing a noncombatant, it is possible that [ trated our positions there, were the southern slope of Deadman’s hill failed because of the French.fire. On ther ight bank of the river the fight- ing was spirited all night. North- west of the Thiaumont work there’ were six attacks, the last one accom- panied with the use of flaming liquids. They were all futile. The Germans were mowed down by our curtains of fire and the fire of our infantry. They sufferéd heavy losses without being able to drive us from our positions. “We made some progress last night on the southeastern boundary of the Fumin wood and we drove the enemy from a small trench northeast of he battery at Damloup. h T o h a; “In upper Alsace an attack by the TWEnty-SiX MOI'G cnemy upom a _\\'ork to the west of | Aspach was easily repulsed.” trench Planes Drop Bombs Into Sofia| London, July 4.—11:50 a. m.—A squadron of Frencli acroplanes visited Sofia ' this morning and dropped bombs on the military buildings there says a Reuter dispatch from Saloniki. t chaplain left last night for his home in is understood to be all here now, or least sufficient to equip every com- pany up to the first requirements. armed force to Mexico. On the other to war that their places will be open for them when they return. dren have died from the epidemic of infantile paralysis in the five bor- oughs of New York within the last announcement made this by Dr. Haven Emerson, health com- thrown out again. “Northwest of Ypres, west of La Bassce and southwest of Lens, local enemy advancers were repulsed. “On the east bank of the Meuse fierce attacks against the hill batteries of Damloup were easily repulsed. “Repeated official French reports regarding the recapture of the Thiau- mont work and the ngloup battery are false; also the infdrmation as to the numbers of prisoners taken dur- ing the events on the Somme. “On the east .and southeast of Armentieres, German patrols broké into British reconnoitering detach- ments, and near Exbruecke, west of Muelhausen (upper Alsace) into (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Subsea Warfare Will Be Renewed And Not Restricted Copenhagen (Via London), July 4. —Referring to the announced aban- donment by Great Britain of the is application may be allowed. The maha. The equipment for the state troops ti Machinists working in the Havelock ailway shops have passed resolutions ondemning the movement of an i and the city council of Lincoln has t ssured all employes who desire to go t Die of Infantile | Paralysisin Day New York, July 4—Tweénty-six chil- P n wenty-four hours, according to an afternoon 191 AR A) missioner. In Brooklyn alone : s % “{new. cages were reported for obser- [ Declaration of London Captain L |t vation, Persius, naval expert of the Berliner The _VEither t 5 a. i 6 a. 74/t 7 a, 76| 8 a. 1| J 9 a. 67 10 a. 6! 11 a. « 7 12 m 72 1p 7 Ipm % 3 p. 78 4D 80 5 p. 82 § p. 82 P 81 Comparstive Tocal Records. 1916, 1916. 1914, 1913, 88 67 91 9 Highest yesterday . Lowes " 86 00 .00 on departures Mean temperat Precipitatio n . 01 ‘Temperature W2, eciplitati N 1 were summoned at noon and sent out Deg. | cases. 'More than 100 persons, among ;| Coxswain Killed 9 | nell, coxswain of the’ cruiser Boston was killed ship’s blacksmith, was injured by the premature explosion goday of a six pound shell salute in celebration of 2| Fourth.of July. The Boston has for several years been assigned to the Oregon naval militia, was taken over recently by the United States naval departmen 5 men | were members of the Upited States L. A. WELSH, Moteorolugist. | nayy Tageblatt declares in that newspaper Lty g Thirty extra - medical that the German government pur- inspectors his wrestling tactics, but he algo won his_tactics not take a chance of any kind, his FUNSTON IS FIXED Continues Work of Assigning SMALLPOX AT NOGALES Funston continued today the direction of Guardsmen from the gulf to Lower California, quietnight along the border. pression of their skepticism concern- of General Pershing’s troops. In view Lof the declaration by General Fun- ston that his chief object in recom- mending the division of along the border was to enable three high ranking field officers to organize with competent staffs and otherwise ceptance of the suggestion by the War department as more indicative of pre- paration for war than of any yield- ing to demands for withdrawal. ments halted, at least for the present, with | ewis Stalls; Hours Spent in Vain By Big Wrestlers Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled for four hours and fifty-five minutes yesterday and at the end of that time Referee Ed Smith stopped the match and declared it a draw. For the last hour they had' been wrestling by the aid of lamp lights placed around the arena, Darkness found Joe Stecher and Ed Lewis still wrestling last night at the Douglas county fair grounds. . The match started at about 4 o’clock, and just before darkness came Pro- moter Melady had Referee Smith tell the wrestlers that would have to.go to a finish.if it took all night, - they + The Jargest crowd that ever saw a.sporting event of that Ed Lewis made a lot of ‘enemies by he dough for his friends, who bet hat he could stay a certain length of ime with Stecher. He stayed, but were not popular, He talled all the way through and would lan of campaign being to stay away rom Stecher, and he did it just as FOR REAL FIGHTING Guards as Regiments From North Reach Border, San Antonio, Tex., July 4—General the mobilization of National Early morning informa- ion reaching him indicated another Army officers wére frank in the ex- ng the reports that the administra- ion is planning an early withdrawal authority echnical units, surround themselves repare for possible general operations n Mexico, army officers regard the ac- Connecticut Troops at Nogales: Nogales, Ariz., July 4—Reinforce- | to the garrison here were| he arrival today of.the last of the Connecticut infantry, which consisted | =~ of the Second battalions of the First and Second regiments, These troops, poses again to begin a new and un- restricted submarine war in order to force Great Britain to follow the rules of international law. Captain Persius states that Ger- many has now such a large number of submarines that they will be able to harm British trade considerably and prevent munitions reaching France. He proposes that Germany should ask the American government certain questions as to the attitude it intends to adopt. Rumania Seizes Rolling Stock of Austrian Lines London, July 4.—The Rumanian overnment seized 250 cars and six ocomotives belonging to the Austro Hungarian railways which were sent into Rumania while the Russians were advancing in Bukowina, says a Reuter despatch frony Bucharest. All exportation to Bulgaria has been sus- | pended. o investigate reports of additional hem two adults, now have died of he disease since the epidemic began, une 26. By Explosion of Shell on Cruiser Portland, Ore., July 4—V. D, Bur- and Frank Traillinger 1 and the erew in charge \ 3% for a pleasant celebration of the anni- versary of our libes cially-the helpless children and babies, that could not get care in any other way. and milk. Remember the helpless tribution to The Bee office. thing from 10 cents to $5. (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) The Bee's Fund for Free Milk and Ice Thousands of dollars will go today rty. This is right and good. But don't forget the poor, espe- The Bee's fund takes care of a class Every cent goes to buy ice ittle ones. Bring or send your con- Previously acknowledged . (‘i'oo‘l‘n‘»l". Jones. kind in this section of the country was on hand eatly yesterday afternoon, and they stayed as long as they could see through the dusk. well as he did last fall at Evansville, Ind,, when he stayed for two hours and tén minutes. At 8:10 last night they had wrestled four hours and ten minutes, when the crowd hurled cush- ions into the arena, showing their disapproval of Lewis’ actions, Four times during the match (Continued on Page 9, Column 1) SOMME BATILE NOT ALLOWED 70 DRAG French Colonel Who Was Wounded Gives Description Of the Assault. GERMAN RESISTANOE S8TOUT Paris, July 4.—“We were sent against’ Dompierre and Becquin- court,” said a ‘yolng colonial' infan- tryman who was wounded in the bat- tle of the Somme. “Things did not drag. The signal was given at 9 o'clock and off we went. Two hours later we had Dompierre and Bec- quincourt and were pushing on to- ward Herbecourt, We had taken seven lines' of trenches. It was real fine. There were few hand-to-hand fights. We marched with fixed bayo- nets, but, attacked, the trenches with bombs. I never could have believed it could have gone to quickly. I felt so good that when my wrist was broken, near Herbecourt, I didn't even feel it.” Another wounded man of the'same regiment said: “While we were marching forward we saw to the right of us several tent flaps pegged down to the ground. ‘Hello;" said the man beside me, ‘the Germans are drying their washing.’ “We laughed and trudged on, but suddenly shots came.from behind ys; the Germans appeared from unier- neath the flaps and wereshooting into our backs. We fell upon them (Continued on Page 2, Coloumn 2.) Inmate of Volunteers' Home Drops Qut Win_d_q;v to Death A man _identified as William Davis of Cleveland, O. apparently about 45 years of age, who has been making his home for the last six months at the Volunteers of America lodging house, 114 North Fifteenth street, fell from a second story win- dow. of the building into an areaway fifteen feet deep sometime Monday night and was killed. His body was discovered at 7 o'clock this morning by an employe of the Volunteers, His skull was crushed, both legs broken and the body badly scalded by hot water from the exhaust pipes of the Chicago Steam laundry, discharging into the areaway. Coroner Crosby has the body and will hold an inquest. Davis had a wife living in Cleveland ION CAMP—The picture shows » New York National Guard, on the way to Besides\a rapid fire gun, the trucks are provided Bl T NS ROAR SEVEN DAYS AND NIGHTS German Writer Describes Open- ing of Anglo-French Attack on Somme Positions. FIRST LINE ABANDONED Berlin, July 3.—(Via London.)— The correspondent of the Lokal An- zeiger, telegraphing on Sunday from German headquarters.in- France, de- scribes the opening ‘of the Anglo- French attack as follows: “For seven. days and seven hights guns of all calibers from . field guns camps and shelters behind constantly Mmf'ffi ‘the - German positions, renewed-waves of poison: gas. 'ffi gas drifted over, mingled. with.shells, which, as they butst, threw out cor- rosive, benumbing fumes, “The country between Ypfes and Royse was one vast hell during the long period of preparations, which was douple the length of that which receded the battle in Champagne ast autumn. The only pauses came when sallies) were made to determine whether an onslaught was possible, The Germans’ first line trenches in many places were completely destroy- ed under a hail of missiles against which the best pioneer work was helpless., First Line Abandoned. “It came as a relief to the German troops from an almost unbearable strain when the bombardment yes- terday ceased and strong columng ad- vanced. These did not attack the whole front, but broad sections on either side of the Somme and Ancre rivers fron®*the British northern sec- tor to La Boiselle. Along the se¢ond sector, from La Boiselle to the Som- me, the first line trenches were so demolished that they offered no sup- port for their hard-pressed occupants and retirement was decided upon an executed. The ruins of Fricourt, Ma- metz and Curlu, which lay in lie with the front trenches, had to abandoned to the enclhy, whb fotin here relatively his gréater success of the first day, “The sector south of the Somme reaches to Lihons, just south of the Roman roads-from Amiens to St. Quentin, “The material left behind in the abandonment of the front trenches was destroyed before retirement, The struggle continues along the whole front, with enormous violence and the utmost use of artillery, both in re- cent and counter attacks, British Gains Small, “These are the results of the first day of this monstrous combat in which the united forces of England, France and Belgium, with an incon- ceivable supply of munitions and cannon from the whole world, at- tempted to breach the German front. The first day's success. may be re- garded as comparatively small. The loss of a limited territory was ex- pected, but no sensible person will over-estimate this modest result of the first day's offensive, since the abandonment of a bit of trench here and there, a ruined village or a couple of kilometers of {territory sig- nifies little in view of the many lines of our position, sometimes seven rows deep.” Alleged Villisca Axe Man Released On Bond of $5,000 Kansas City, Mo,, July 4~William Mansfield,” who was arrested in Kan- sas, City, Kan,, three weeks ago in connection with the Villisca, la,, axe murders, is at liberty today on $5,000 bond by order of the Wyandotte, Kan,, district court. Mansfield's at- torney in court yesterday declared the case had been called twice with- out adequate proof of the charges be- ingNntroduced by the lowa authori- ties, who are attempting to have M‘axlufield returned to that state for trial, a SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. CARRANZA REPLY as it was dee public in adv; note, and then, staff, left Wag holiday at the arrival of the repi fied at the description of but withheld formal comment, study of the text of the note, &: dh'- eral feeling here was that.the erisis, which has' been only a_step from assed, If the unof- ly is borne out, | be a resump- y negotiations, and n actual war, had ficial version of lge re| there undoubtedly wil tion of friendl th ra American troops, there will be danger of a break, the.de facto in 8t umlnmgufi Mc%o*wd g A and paves'the way for resum| discussions. in re.{rd toa m tection protocol, the subject of first notes which two government: can. repul to the American response to ( ranza’s demand for withdrawal of United States troops from Mexico. in which Secretary Lansin nounced the intention of the States to use its forces as long as might be necessary duties which the Mexican ment neglected, as well as to communication sent a week ago Sun- day, demanding the release ers captured at Carrizal and requir- ing an early statement of the de facto government's intentions, met. of the wlrninf in Mexico will declaration of is given instea ment sought, is in a the de i e and - safeguard American territory without having a formidable army in Mexico. Stop Trains,in Respect - : For Mrs.smctty Green July 4—Out of re- etty Green, who died in New York yesterday all trains on railroad with general headquarters here, which she owned, will_stop for five minutes uneral hour tomorrow, busiriess - houses will spect to Mrs. the Texas during the and Terrell close for one hour, THE WEATHER FAIR T0U.S. SAID TO BE CONCILIATORY Washington and Will Be Delivered to Lansing Tomorrow. is Now Preparing to Handle Situation on Border, Answer to Demands Reaches TENSION MUCH RELIEVED Answer Contends That Mexico' WANTS U. 8. T0O RETIRE Washington, July 4.~General Care | ranza’s reply to the demands of the United States reached the Mexican e.mblssy here today, and will be de- livered to Secretary Lansing tomor- row. If it is correctly described by persons close to the embassy, it is congiliatory in tone and designed to offer a basis for amicable adjustment of difficulties between the two govs ernments, As all Washington was celebrating a summer resort. General Feeling of Relief. Secretary Lansing, In spite of the reserve, the Fourth, Eliseo Arredundo, the Mexican ambagsador designate, made no attempt to seck an immediate en- gagement to present the communica- tion. Instead he directed an embassy employe to givé out such information med advisable to make ance of delivery of the ‘with members- of his hington to spend the when told of seemed grati- f its contents, absence of further serious bocder Sdl or unwarranted attacks Can Control Situation, it According to the ififormation avails rote pe?-‘:fi& b’" Pl 0 4 ités rather % er passed between pro- the able, the note, believed to have been dictated by Carranza himself uwuncely that ldc,g\uh‘” ""“'% orthern The de facto government annonnces Question of Withdrawal.. Presumably the note is in tro G that it Has accepted in principle iedi- ation aufieniom from other Ameri- ublics, and invites the United States likewise to record itself, There is no proposal that the issue be submitted to med ever, and on the contrary it is ob- served that a settlement might better be reached through direct negotia- tions between the governments inter- ested and the best informed, uestions at tion, l;i’m\v.- an- mited to perform the e brief Officials are most anxious to know osition and Army in Mexico Unnecessary. just how the latter demand has been It was intimated at the em- bassy that while there is no renewal that American troops: be attacked, a general glll’pclll of the specific state- Both State and War department acto authoril Terrell, Tex, i Midland \ officials feel that the United States *wsition to deal fi_rmlfl with ties in Mexico PHENOMENAL SUCCESS For the 18th con- secutive week Bee Want-Ads have made a gain of over 1,000 PAID ads over same period of 1915. y MORE PAID