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Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
DANGER OF R0UT CONFRONTS
In FORCED WITHDRAWAL

lines there while the critical blow
Of the French and American armies
on the Meuse and in the Cham
pagne is pressed home.
Expect Retreat Soon.
From any point of view it ap-
peared to-,rnilitary men that the tre-
mendous strain could not long be
endured by the enemy. The hour
when he must again attempt on a
wide front the most difficult mill
tary maneuver-withdrawal under
attack-appeared not far distant.
There is little doubt here that the
first stages of retirement to the
Belgian frontier will soon be evil
dent, if the movement has not al
ready begun. At every critical
point Marshal Foch is striking ham,
mer blows. While General Persh-
ing's advance along the Meuse is
growing increasingly menacing
every hour to the whole German
position, the French are battering
again at the Chemin des Danes
ridges which screens Laon. Should
they win the flanking position on
the high ground at which they are
driving, enemy columns on both
sides would be under fire and the
withdrawal from the Aisne line
might we'll become a rout.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
SOFIA ROCKED
BY YANTI.GERMAN
DISTURBANCES.
BuIgaria's Peace Offer Result
of Agreement Reached by
Leaders of All Po-
IitiCaI Parties.

Paris, Sept. 28. - Anti German
peace demonstrations in Sofa have
assumed a serious character since
last Sunday, disturbances having
taken place even opposite the royal
palace, according to information
reaching Zurich.
Communications between Vienna
and Sofia are reported to have been
interrupted while excitement in
Budapest is running high. The
Austrian crown council has been
summoned and the principal Hum
garian political leaders have arrived
in Vienna, it is stated.
Bulgaria's offer of peace to the
allies was the result of a meeting
held on Monday and attended by all
the political leaders of Bulgaria, in-
Guiding Vaseil Radoslavoff, the lib.
eral leader, and member of the cab
met. 1t was not, as German news
papers pretend, the impulsive act
of Premier Malinoff, according to
Zurich dispatches to morning news.
papers here.
If martial law has been proclaim.
ed in Sofa, it was because OF re-
peated anti-German manifestations
with strong pacihst tinge.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
Secretary Baker Questions
German Prisoners of War

tary noticed this and asked about it.
The prisoner explained that each
German regiment had a tailor's kit.
Secretary Baker gave orders that
the prisoners be given food as soon
as possible after being brought to
the rear. The secretary was told
that the Germans had heard of
American canned beef and that they
always asked for it first after being
captured. White bread came second
in their desires.
A German officer, who wore a
monocle and carried cane, resem-
bled the German crown prince. He
attracted much attention from the
secretary's party.
The secretary shook hands with
all the military police on duty at
the cage and watched the army pho
tographers taking pictures of the
prisoners and the crowded corrals.
Another cage visited by the Sec
retary contained 1900 prisoners.
These were furnished with Ameri-
can blankets and mess kits before
being taken to the rear
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
Food Show Fizzles
Under Incubus Of
The World-Herald

The great Annual Food show,
which was to have been put on by
the World d-Herald next week has
collapsed and will not be held as
advertised. The management of
the Auditorium has been notified
that the reservation is cancelled be-
cause OF inability to secure exhibit
ors, or rather of refusal Of the ex-
hibitors to be hooked by the World
Herald.
The food show has been
pAs on twice with much pomp and
boasting, but little, if any,
profit, and to pull it across again the
rld-Herald made a deal to pay
the Retail Grocers' association
$1,000, for use of its name and Or
ganization in the promotion work.
A peculiar wording of the agree
ment let the World-Herald out OF
paying the grocers anything if the
show is not held, although the gro-
GERS have thereby been kept from
holding food show OF their own
as originally planned.
This collapse OF the Food show
comes right on the heels of the
fzzle of another World-Herald en-
terprise, its tractor school," also
scheduled for the Auditorium, but
for which the dates were cancelled,
either as the result of the ineffi-
cheney of the Worid-Herald's show
managers, or mdisposition of those
solicited to te mixed up with a con-
Germ weighted with such a notcri-
Gus rfcord at pre- GeymsSisqa
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

Washington, Sept. 28.-With
three great major offensives driving
forward simultaneously between
Verdun and the North sea and the
German military framework in Bull
garia tottering toward complete
collapse, today stood out sharply to
military observers here as one of
the most dramatic of the whole
war. Not an hour passed that did
not see new advances scored upon
the great maps at the War depart
ment. From all fronts except in
Italy dispatches were received show
ing the storm to be spreading so
swiftly that events of decisive ma
ture are to be expected momentarily.
Part of Prepared Plan.
To some observers it appeared
that Marshal Foch had seized the
psychological moment to hurl
against the enemy all the accumu-
lated strength of the allied and
American forces, possibly with the
expectation that a crash on the
western front is close at hand
Among army officers, however, it
was said that the launching fof the
British-Belgian thrust was but
part of the carefully prepared pro-
gram which is designed to hold the
German army in the north to its
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
Americans Brought
To StandstiD, Says
German Statement

Berlin, Sept. 23.-(Via London.)-
The official statement today declares
that the American attacks to the
east of the Argonne were brought
to a standstill south of the Apre-
mont Cierges line. Montfaucon, it
is stated. was evacuated under the
threat of a surrounding movement
A little ground was gained by the
French in the Champagne between
the Suippe river and the Aisne, it is
announced.
West of Cambria, in the Cham
pagne and west of the Meuse, heavy
enemy attacks failed, says the Ger
man war office statement issued to-
night. Anglo-Belgian attacks are
under way between Dixmude and
the Lys in Flanders, it is added.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

Heavy enemy counter attacks
around Beaucamp, on the Cambria
front, were repulsed last night by
the British, according to Field Mar
shal Haig's report from headquar-
ters this evening. This morning
the British advanced two miles be-
yond this ridge, occupying the
Highland and Welsh ridges.
The British have captured Marco
ing, Sally and Palluel, as we'll as
Noyelles, Cantaing and Fontaine-
Notre-Dame.
Fleet Bombards Coastal Defenses.
The official communication from
Belgian headquarters tonight says:
"We attacked this morning be-
tween Dixmude and north of Ypres
after violent artillery preparation in
Cooperation with French and Brit
ish batteries.
"The British fleet bombarded the
enemy coastal defenses and points
of communication. The Belgian
and British infantry then advanced
and attacked the positions. We cap
tured all the organized lines of de-
tense in the first position. Cross
ing this, we carried the second posi-
.tians, which was strongly organized.
Despite the resistance and vain
counter attacks against the Staden
railway, we captured the whole for
est of HouthulSt.
1--WE captured territory to the line
of Woumen, Pierkenshoek, Schaep,
Baillie and Broodseynde.
The advance amounted to more
than six kilometers, and 1000 pris-
oners we're taken by the Belgians.
The booty, which has not yet been
counted, includes a complete battery
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
GERMANS
FROM FRANCE

As to the objectives of the main
American thrust, some observers
were inclined to look for turn to-
ward Longuyon, to the northeast,
after little more progress. Lon
guyon is in the rail center through
which flows the enemy communica-
ton lines, not only for a large part
of the line at which the French and
Americans are now striking, but
also for the great Metz fortress.
From positions in this vicinity
American guns would command the
great Longwy iron field and render
it almost useless to the enemy.
Italian Move Next.
Starting at any time, a drive on
the Italian front is expected by
many officers here. Austrian dis
patches recently have admitted that
an offensive army of 100000 men
had been concentrated by the
Italians while the increasing num-
ber of raids and local actions
strongly indicated that a big move
ment is in prospect.
Withdrawal of Austrian troops in
Albania, reported in dispatches to-
day, it was said, was the natural
result of the impending Bulgarian
detection,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
GERMANS BEGIN
TO SEE Defeat
Leading Papers Of Hun|and
Reveal That Nation Must
Face Inevitable DiSaS-
ter in Great War.

Amsterdam, Sept. 28.-The Lokal
Anzeiger, the Vossische Zeitung,
the Tageblatt and GerHfania, four
of the leading papers of Berlin, all
exhort the nation to be calm in this
fateful hour. The Lokal Anzeiger
says communications with Con-
stantinople must be maintained by
all means at Germany's disposal
Vorwaerts, the socialist organ,
goes so far as to deal with the pos
sibility of collapse of the German
defense on the western front and
earnestly appeals to socialists to
help the German people remain
steadfast.
Declaring that the hour had now
arrived to speak plainly, Vorwaerts
says the question no longer is one
of conquest but of attaining peace
in an orderly way and without un-
bearable burdens, adding:
THE government must do every
thing possible to enable it to come
to the conference table together
with its allies as speedily as pos
sible. 1t must be the government
of democracy which goes to the
conference.
The greatest war humanity has
experienced ends as a war purely of
German defense and as such it must
now be quickly brought to an end
as we'll as possible"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

bitterly contested villages of Jouy
and Airy have fallen to the French.
On the western flank of the
Champagne-Verdun, the French are
pushing over the heights behind the
Hindenburg line. From the Ar
gonne, east of the Meuse, the Amer
leans are forcing their way into the
Kriemhild positions. Some ground
has been gained near the Argonne
forest, but the American progress
Saturday apparently was slowed
down some from the first two days.
German Command in Tight Place.
With a 2s0-mile line ahame over
almost its entire length, Marshal
Foch has the German command in
a tight place. On each of the four
sectors the allies threaten import-
ant bases and valuable commpnica-
ton lines. The German command
probably will have trouble ina plac-
ing its reserves to the best a yam
tagc as the allies are in posT4
to strike on still more sect1AET
Marshal Foch thinks necessary. l
In Macedonia the allies are press-l
ing the defeated Germans and Bull
garians into Bulgaria, on the east
into Albania in the west and toward
Uskub on the north.
The Serbans who are at the apex
of the salient, are moving toward
Uskub, having taken Veles and its
garrison They are also approach
ing the Bulgarian border from east
of the Vardar. In the Doiran region
the allies are working their way over
the mountains toward the important
line of the Struma river.
1t is reported the Austrian forces
in Albania are being withdrawn. II
true this is the logical result of al
lied drives in Macedonia, as the
Austrians would be in a precarious
position should they attempt to
hold their line in southern Albania.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
By Associated Press.

With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Friday, Sept. H.
Secretary of War Baker, who
watched the American troops begin
the attack in the region northwest
of Verdun, visited the various head
quarters behind the front today.
The secretary spent more than an
hour in the vicinity of cages holding
German prisoners.
One cage contained 1000 prison.
ers. When the secretary appeared,
American officers commanded the
Germans to stand at attention. All
except one officer leaped to their
feet, and a pull on the shoulders
of the German officer by an Ameri-
can sergeant soon brought him to
his feet
Speaking in German, the secre-
tary asked the prisoners questions
regarding conditions within the
German lines and what the soldiers
thought of the war.
The trousers of one OF the pris-
oners had been patched. The secre-
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
MERRY WEEK IS
PLAN FOR Chief
CITY OF QU|vERA
Military and Electric Parades
Feature of Weeks Enter
tainment for Ak.Sar.
Ben, Visitors.
ATTENDANCE RECORD.

The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben are
looking forward to week of mer-
riment, as the king has decreed that
loyal subjects of the realm who
labor in the vineyard and in the
shop assiduously during the year
are better for brief surcease in the
chief city of the kingdom Of
Quivera.
The big features of the week will
be the electrical parade, "The An
swer of the Allies" on Wednesday
night; and the military and Liberty
bond pageant on Thursday after
noon.
The night parade will be an ar
tistic and impressive demonstration
of the work of the mightiest ar
tihcers OF the realm, led by Chief
Artifcer Gus Renze. This, electrical
column of beautiful floats will have
the war spirit and will evoke a re-
sponsive note in the hearts of thou
sands who will journey hither to
view llIlS I1dSlllliSSHl SPSSto$iS.
The floats will sustain the reputa-
ton Omaha has gained throughout
the nation. as foremost promoter Of
the electrical parade in connection
with fall festivities.
Military Parade.
The military parade will bring to
Omahans and visitors a striking
object lesson of the valient quail
ties of the Yanks. who are at this
time with the allies pushing the
Huns back to the Rhine. Maj. John
G. Maher, who will be marshal of
the military parade, believes Omaha
will be pleased with the daylight pa
rade. He stated that it will show
the people how the troops appear in
the field and present to them some
Of the features of warfare, such as
a cooking outfit, reclamation de-
partment, quartermaster's depart
,nent, ambulance corps, and he add
Continued on Page Two, Column slx.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
YANKEES
SMELLING
BRIDGES
OF MEUSE
Germans Retreat Harassec
by the American Gunners;
Fires Beginning in Rear
of Enemy's Lines.
By Associated Press.

With the American Forces North
west of Verdun, Sept. 28.-High ex-
plosive shells from the American
! big guns are now reaching far be-
hind the German lines. Fires at
Brieulles and at other points are
attributed to the work of the Amer
s.ican s's-s as+.sas.'.a a..s-s's
Shells are reported to be falling
on Consenvoye, Dun-Sur-Meuse and
on other towns far in the rear of the
German lines. The bridges over the
Meuse also are being bombarded,
thus checking the exits of the Ger
mans withdrawing. (
The American lines tonight ex-
tends to the outskirts of Brieulles
and Exermont. Additional prison.
ers have been taken.
In three days more than 60 enemy
airplanes haye been brought down.
The American loss in that period
wasless than 20.
A counter-attack by German in
fantry along the elbow of the Meuse
north of Dannevoux was repulsed
Z this morning by the Ameri-
cans. The assault by the en-
envy was preceded by feeble artil-
lery preparation. Many Germans
were killed in the operation and a
considerable number taken prison
er.
Trains Under Fire.
Two trains loaded with German
troops were caught by the fire of
American batteries as they were en-
tering Brieulles this afternoon. The
artillerists opened fire soon after
the trains were first sighted by OBJ
servers. When the shell smoke
cleared away, only a few of the
Germans were in evidence.
No German tanks were encoun-
tered following the bombardment
of the Brieulles region, although pre-
viously the enemy had number of
these machines in action.
South of the Meuse in the region
of Vilosnes the Americans captured
CONTINUED on Page Two, Column EightD
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

Vital successes are being gained
by the British in their new drive
for Cambria, in which American
troops are aiding in the region west
of lie Catelet. The capture OF
Cambria by the British would ap-
pear to be near for the British are
within one and three-quarters miles
of Cambria at two points and all
natural obstacles have been over
come. On the north the British are
pushing forward rapidly. South
west of Cambria Field Marshal
Haig's men are fighting for the
crossings of the Scheldt canal.
Douai Threatened.
Douai, the German base northeast
Of Arras and one of the outlying de-
fenses of the great fortress of Lille,
also is threatened by the Cambria
operation. The British have crossed
the high road between Douai and
Cambrai and the railroad connect
ing them is useless to the Ger
mans. Southeast of Douai the Brit
ish are reported to have taken Ar
leux. o.. - ..4 4.
Belgian troops entered the great
offensive movement Saturday by
beginning an operation in conjunc-
ton with the British in the Dix
mude-Ypres area. The allies are
reported to have pushed forward
rapidly and were reported fighting
their way through to Houthulest
forest, which has been looked upon
as the keynote of the enemy de,
fensive system between Ypres and
the sea.
Pressing Toward Heights.
General Mangin resumed his slow
progress toward the heights OF the
Chemin Des Danes, the southern
defense line of the great and i'm.
portant massif of Laon. Ground
has been gained south of the high
point at Fort Malmaison and the
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
BY Associated Press.

With the American Army North
west Of Verdun, Friday, Sept. H.
Carrier pigeons have~proved them
selves of inestimable value in
Verdun, sup2lanting telephone
and telegraph wires connect
ing the advanced posts with the
bases at the rear. The birds have
been used freely and have repeat
edly flown from outposts to the d.
visional or corps headquarters with
messages of vital Importance sucn
as calls for barxage FIRE, news OF
unexpected difficulties or word OF
an advance.
The birds were carefully trained
and tested before the beginning OF
the offensive. They were fed es-
pecially we'll at the base stations
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
ALLENbY TAKES
5000 MORE TURKS
IN HOLY LAND
British Capture Also $50 More
Guns; Town of NabuIus
Captured by the
French Cavalry.

London, Sept. 28-General Allen
by. commanding the British forces
operating in the region of Pales-
tine, between Jersualem and the
Sea of Galilee, has taken 5000 more
Turkish prisoners and has cap
tured $50 guns.
Cairo, Egypt, Sept, 28.-(Havas.)
The town of Nabulus, Palestine,
was captured by a French cavalry
regiment in the recent allied drive
west of. the Jordan. With the town
the French horsemen took $500
prisoners, 1S cannon and numerous
machine guns. Their casualties
were only few wounded.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
First News From Fighting
Front Carried by Pigeons

and underfed and neglected at the
front so that they would return to
the bases gladly when released.
Part of the pigeons are from the
French army and part from the
American. Some birds were taken
over by mistake from the French
ard it was believed they had too lit
tie training to permit them to travel
more than five miles. They were
released from the front line with
important messages for a point II
miles away notwithstanding their
youth and inexperience all the pig
cons succeeded in reaching their
stations.
By means of the pigeons general
ly has come the first news of the
capture of towns and important po-
sitions,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29

OF lo0 mllllmeters, other heavy cali
Der guns and important material.
The number of dead bodies on the
field shows the extent of the enemy
losses"
Tighten Grip on Cambria.
British Headquarters in France,
September 28- (Reuters.)- With
the entry of the second British army
into the great offensive virtually
the whole of our front is ablaze
while the Belgian army is carrying
the battle to the very wash of the
North sea. The fruits of our con-
verging roundup towards Cambria
which nestles in the very center OF
the net work of roads and rail.
ways, still are being gathered. That
city lies at our feet and is within
range of our field guns.
The gain of ground has not been
considerable since last night for the
simple reason that we have enough
to do cleaning up and consolidating
what we already have gained SO
there has been little opportunity to
extend Our advance. There have
been some important local improve:
ments, however. @
Apparently the whole of Marco
ing is in our hands as our line rests
upon the bank of St. Quentin canal,
which runs east from that place.
Highland ridge, which was the
scene of such severe fighting in the
former battle of Cambria, is again
in our hands.
1t is believed there was big haul
of guns near Havrincourt which had
been especially reserved to pinch out
in yesterdays attack.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
Omaha Man Is to Speak
At Banquet in Chicaqo

For the diamond jubilee OF the
B'nai Birth and the fiftieth ami
versary of its organization in this
district which is to be celebrated at
Chicago this week, Victor Rose
water of The Bee is on the program
for one of the principal addresses
at the celebration banquet. The
banquet will be held Wednesday at
the La Sale hotel, also the head
quarters for the annual conventioa
of the order, which is fraternal =
national in its scope.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
central POWERS
SEND TROOPS TO
BuLGAR|A'S AID
British and Greeks Press In
vasion of Balkan State;
Serbs Driving Toward
City Of Uskub.

Vienna, Sept. 28-Austrian troops
have gone to the assistance of the
Bulgarians, according to the war Of
flee statement tonight, which re-
cords the repulse of enemy attacks
west of Lake Ochrida, "in a defen-
sive~ sector which we have taken
over from the Bulgarians."
Masses of Germans on Way.
London, Sept. 2S.-Great masses
of German troops are on their way
Continued on Page Two, Column Three)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
Crown Prince Charles
Renounces Succession
To Roumanian Throne

Amsterdam, Sept. %. - Crown
Prince Charles of Roumania, who
was ordered by King Ferdinand to
undergo IS days solitary confne-
mtnt because he recently went to
Odessa and married the daughter
OF Roumanian army officer, is re-
rorted to have renounced his sucJ
cession to the Roumanian thrnoe.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
Four Thousand Prisoners Taken by
Belgians in Advance of Three
and One-Half Miles Between
Dixmude and Ypres;
Menace Cambria
By Associated Press.

London, Sept 28-n their attack today between Ypres
and Dxmude the Begians made advance of more than
three and a half miles, taking 1000 prisoners.
The British and Belgans have taken the town Of Poe
capele and have outanked Passchendaee ridge on the
north and are advancing toward Roulers.
Ostend and Zeebrugge German naval bases on the
Belgian coast heavily bombarded by entente warshps
between 2:30 and o'clock this morning. according to dis
patch from Amsterdam to the Central News agency The
German batteries the Belgian replied vigorously
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
British Casualties for the
Past Week Total 24,929

London, Sept. 2S.-British cas-
ualties reported for the week end
ing today as announced by the war
Office follows:
Officers killed or died of wounds,
432; men, 1896.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-29
DEEP NR0ADS MADE INTO GERMAN DEFENSES A
ON 250.lMLE FRONT FROM NORTH SEA To VERDUlI
Germans Faced With the Create
Offensive Effort Since Beginning
Of War, Americans, British, \
French and Belgians Pro- /
crossing Successfully
By Associated Press.

Over front of than $50 miles from the North Sea
to Verdun the allies smashing into the German deenses
four wide and important sectors The enemy is faced
with the greatest allied offensive effort the beginning
of the war.
On all the sectors the British, French, American and
Belgian troops progressing successfully Serious in
roads are being made into the German defensive system
north of Ypres around Cambria north of the Aisne and
the sector Additional prisoners have
been added to the allied total of 20OO for the last three
days and several hundred guns all cabers have been
froro +boa