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Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
AUTO THEFTS IN
OMAHA WORK OF
ORGANIZED BAND
Machines Taken Here by the
Agents of Trust Which 0p-
crates All Over Mis-
souri, Valley.

Investigations by insurance actu-
aries. adjusters and detectives em-
ployed by agencies which write auto
mobile hazards by theft, all lead to
the conclusion there is a syndicate
engaged in the disposal of stolen ma
chimes.
The ran1ihcations Of this syndicate
is nation wide and every large city
in the land, including Omaha, has a
clearing house through which stolen
machines are disposed.
The volume of business transacted
by the automobile thief trust will run
into the millions and that it is a COM
paratively safe enterprise is proven
by the fact that the fountain head of
the system has not yet been dis
covered.
There is no question as to there
being a central agency, with settled
business policy, and that it employs
various agencies throughout the
country to get rid of an enormous
number of cars that are acquired y
unlawful means.
Cars stolen from owners in Chica'
60, Detroit, St. Paul, Minneapolis
and other eastern and north .rn points
find their way by devious routes and
Hany agencies to Omaha, where they
are placed in the hands Of certain
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Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
HOUSE
OF BURLINGTON
FIRE DAMAGED
Unclaimed Shipments in Large
Quantity Destroyed by
Blaze in Lower Jack.
son Street.

Thousands of dollarss worth of
freight was destroyed and more valu-
able shipments were endangered from
fire in the "over and short" depart
ment at the south end of the Bur-
lington freight house, Seventh and
Jackson streets, shortly after midnight
last night.
Firemen from II hose companies
and three trucks confined the flames
to the south end of the huge struc-
ture.
Brick walls and the freproof iron
roof of the building resisted the
flames and only the freight piled up in
long rows was harmed.
The blaze started in pile of grease
near the small receiving office at the
extreme south end of the building.
The lover and short" department
consists of miscellaneous freight Of
all descriptions unclaimed by con-
signees or owners. Household furni-
ture, dry goods and packing cases of
unknown value were destroyed or
damaged. Several thousand cases Of
near-beer stacked up just north of
where the progress of the flames was
stayed were only slightly damaged.
Fire Chief Dineen said after the
fire it was impossible to make any &C
curate estimate of the extent of the
damage because of the miscellaneous
character of the freight, from much
of which tags and identification slips
| have been lost.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
German Campaign Leaders
Openly Admit Failure of
Their Strategic Plans

Copenhagen, Aug. 3.-Field Mar
shal Won Hindenburg and General
Ludendorff received the German
correspondent, according to advices
reaching here, and openly admitted
their strategic plans had failed.
They asserted, however, that the
Germans were still masters Of the
situation and that the territories
given to the enemy were disposed of
according to plans.
If the battles were on German
territory they explained they would
be panied to give up villages, but
the progress Of the enemy, they de-
clared. was without importance and
would not affect the results of the
world war.
Won Hindenburg said that the
German soldiers would become
just as easily accustomed to the
Americans as they did to the black
soldiers.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
SALIENT IN
. ALLIED Line
ELIMINATED
Germans Retiring Toward Aisne
With No Certainty Of Find
ing BulWark Against
Armies in Pursuit.
BY Associated Press.

The great salient between scissors
and Rheims. on the Aisne- -Marne
front, in which terrific fighting has
been going on for two weeks, has
been virtually cut out by the allied
forces.
French cavalry patrols now are op-
Grating along the railroad running be-
tween these two cities, constituting
the two pivotal points of the previous
German advance, American troops
hold the outskirts of Fismes, the great
supply base OF the German army,
which the enemy strove with utmost
strength and determination to hold;
allied advance guards have reached the
southern bank of the Aisne and the
force of the combined thrusts of
French, British and Americans ap-
pears great enough now to drive the
Germans back even beyond the Aisne
to the heights of the Chemin Des
Danes. where powerful defenses must
then be faced.
Increase Speed of Advance.
Both east and west the allies on
Saturday increased the speed of their
advance, a distance of more than six
miles forward being gained at certain
points. The line now has been SC
Strengthened as to escape the danger
which previously threatened the
southern bend from scissors of being
enhladed.
Notwithstanding the difficulties con.
fronting them, the allies are bringing
UP their guns almost as fast ss the
Germans are withdrawing theirs and
all the roads over which the Germans
are retiring are being subjected to the
heaviest bombardments.
Coincidentally the British have re.
gained important ground west of the
Ancre river, where the enemy also i:
retreating.
The allies now hold the line of the
Vesle river from Rheims at least a:
far as, Braisne. Beyond this town tht
situation is somewhat obscure, but i
is known that the allies are on III
hills overlooking the Vesle valley t
the west and the northwest. At Veni
eel the allies hold the south bank o
the Aisne and their lines extend west
ward through Scissors to Pommiers
There is no certainty that the Ger
mans will find the Aisne a bulwark
Advices from Paris indicate that th'
Germans lines north of the river arr
in dangerous situation. The retire
ment may go on until the enemy i
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Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
French.Armored Cars
Prove Of Great Value
In Infantry Advance

On the French Front in France,
Aug. 3.-(Havas Agency.)-The
French armored car has taken an inn
portant part in recent operations.
They are in constant touch with
the commander of operations and CO.
operate with the aviation service. the
artillery and the infantry by ingeni-
Gus signals. Carrier pigeons keep
headquarters informed as to their
progress.
The machines fight in large forma-
ton, forming batteries and groups.
Batteries of light cars are easily CON
cealable in she'll holes and clur,ps Of
bushes. They have been particularly
useful in the present operations in
destroying machine gun nests and
blockhouses and paralyzing counter
offensives. They also have operated
against enemy artillery.
No one is required to serve in cars.
They are manned by volunteers.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04

To the east Of scissors the exten-
sion Of the line northward along thu
Aisne as we'll as the extension oi
the general line makes it probable
in the opinion Of military experts thai
the Germans will hesitate before con.
centrating themselves for a stand
along the plateau to the east between
the Aisne and the Vesle, 40 the
branch railroad from Sermoise to the
north now is dominated by the allied
guns.
Fifty Hamlets Occupied.
The broad field covered by the ad-
vance today includes at least So
small towns and villages.
Before evacuating Saponay, the Ger.
mans endeavored in vain to remove
locomotives and railway cars. The
French and American 4 heavy guns
previously had severed the railway
running north from Saponay and the
Germans we're unable to make repairs
owing to the continued shelling.
Saponay and the district extending
to Fere-en-T Tardenois form an impor-
tant railway center, of which the Ger
mans made much use until the allied
guns cut the line. When the French
entered Saponay Friday they found
two locomotives which the Germans
had attempted to destroy when they
discovered that the railroad had been
severed, and the railroad yards also
had been damaged by German expio-
sives.
Tardenois Laid Waste.
Friday was the first day Fere-en-
Tardenois was not under the German
artillery since the Germans evac uated
the village. The French and Ameri-
cans already have started to restore
the shell-swept village. A group of
American engineers worked with the
French repairing the roads and
streets.
Previous to evacuating Fere-en-
Tardenois, the Germans virtually de-
stroyed everything which could be
made use of, including mirrors, beds
and furniture. There was not SIN
gle house which had not been Aelfed
or dynamited. Practically the only
things intact are the weathercock or,
the church steepie and the cobblc-
stones of the streets.
The trees in the village square were
twisted as if by cyclone by the fare
we'll shells of the Germars
Loot Order Standing.
A large sign in German at the en-
trance of the church reads: Remove
hats upon entering" Down the
street German sign stretched across
the roadway reads: Captured arms
and loot must be stored here" The
Continued on Page Two. Column One.l
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
Discontinue Residence
Telephone Installations

St. Louis. Aug. 3.-lnstallation of
telephones in residences, which would
require the stringing OF all aerial
wire, was discontinued here today un-
der order from Postmaster General
Burleson, Communicating the avail
able supply Of No. II copper-clad
wire. The order /: expected to have
similar effect throughout the nation.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
Two Policemen and Bandit
Shot in Runninu Battle

Cleveland, O., Aug. 3.-Two city
policemen were shot, one being per-
haps fatally wounded, one payroll
bandit killed or fatally wounded and
two other bandits injured in gur
fight today following the theft OF
$22,8o4, the payroll of the H. J. Walk.
er company airplane plant. The
money was recovefed when the ban
dts car was wrecked in its flight.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
Pay Last Of Spanish
War Debt; Hardly a
Ripple at Treasury

Washington, Aug. 3,-The last Of
the Spanish war debt was paid off to-
day by the redemption of 100000
worth of bonds, part of a block OF
Sl9s,OO0,OO0 issued June Is, 1893, seven
weeks after war was declared. SO
great are the nations expenditures in
these days of big scale warfare that
the payment created hardly notice
able reduction in the treasury's
81 500 O,O00,O 600 working balance.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
Elimination of Music From
CHICAGO Restaurants Proposed

Chicago, Aug. 3.-The elimination
OF music from hotels and restaurants.
the substitution OF paper napkins for
linen, the application ot the serve
self" plan to retail stores and the
elimination of travelling statesmen are
the objects Of a new department. Of
the State Council of Defense created
today. This department. which is un-
der the direction of Louis M.
Stumer, will be known as the COM
mercial economy administration for
the systematic promotion of thrift,
economy and conservation in busi-
ness"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
Army Surgeon General
Asks Enrolment of
1000 Nurses Weekly

Washington, Aug. 3.-An urgent
call to the American Red Cross to
enroll 1000 nurses a week for the
next two months for immediate duty
with the army nurse corps was issued
today by Surgeon-G General Gorgas.
With the American armies overseas
entering more and more into the
fighting. the surgeon general said.
the need for additional nurses be-
comes imperative.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
JAPAN JOINS
U.S.|N GIVING
RUSSIA HELP
Each Will Send Troops to
Safeguard Czecho- -SIovaks;
Other Allies Approve
the Project.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Aug. 5.--oAicial
statements by the American and
Japanese governments made public
here tonight announce that the plans
for extending military aid to Russia
in Siberia will be undertaken by the
United States and Japan alone with
the other allied eo-belligerents assent
ing in principle.
The United States and Japan will
each send "a few thousand men" to
Viadivostok to act as a common
force in occupying and safeguarding
the city and protecting the rear of
the westward moving Czecho-Slovak
army.
The numbers Of the American
troops, and where they will go and
when, may not be discussed.
Cooperate at Murman.
While the United States and Japan
are extending aid to the Czecho-Slo-
vak-army in Siberia, the United States
will continue to cooperate with the
allies operating from Murman and
Archangel. To what extent and
what nature is not announced.
The only present objects OF the
Japanese-American forces will be to
give such aid and protection as is
possible to the Czecho-Slovak forces
against the armed body of German
and Austrian prisoners OF war and
to steady any efforts at self-govern-
ment and self-defense in which the
Russians themselves may be willing
to accept assistance.
Later the United States will send
a commission of merchants, agricul-
tural experts, labor advisors, Red
Cross representatives and agents OF
the Y. M. c. A.
Withdrawal Pledged.
Both the United States and Japan
in the official announcements make
the most specific pledges of the &C
tiol agreed upon being wholly with
out thought of interference with the
sovereignty of Russia or any inter-
ference whatever in her internal at
fairs.
The Japanese government at the
same time pledges itself that when
the objects of the mission are &C
complished it will withdraw every
Japanese soldier and leave the SOW
ereignty of Russia unimpaired in all
its phases.
The agreement to which all the al
lies assent isilargely the result OF the
personal efforts OF President Wilson
fwho has been at work almost TN
ceasingly for weeks to bring the ma
tons together in the most effective
plan which at the same time will con-
vince thee Russian people that the
aim was purely to help them pre-,
serve and. develop their new-tounc
democracy.
Slavs Occupy Kuban Region.
Amsterdam, Aug. 3.-The entire
Kuban region is in the undisputet
possession Oft Czecho-Slovaks, &C
cordinp TO a Moscow dispatch to The
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
Ashton Named to Succeed
MetCaIfe on State Council

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3,-(Special.)
Fired w. Ashton has accepted an
appointment as member of the State
Council of Defense, succeeding Rich
ard L. Metcalfe. Mr.. Metealfe's res
ignation was to take effect as soon as
his successor accepted and qualified.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04

back on the Aisne plateau.
The Vesle, which offered no op-'
position to the Germans when they
flowed down from the Aisne heights
last May, provided no defense when
~the tide turned against them and to-
night the bulk of the crown princes
broken, Inundated army rests at
Chemin des Danes, the scene Of such
violent fighting during the last two
years.
French Have Revenge.
The French, like the Italians on
she Piave, had their revenge. Foch's
counter stroke has reaped big Are-
wards. The best Ludendorff had of
fered ended in disastrous failure.
French, British, Americans, Italians
have humbled the heir to the Hohen-
zollern dynasty as never bsfore and
the failure of Verdun has been capped
BY the disaster of the Marne.
II is . happy turn OF the wheel
which brings Foch's fighters to the
Aisne on the eve Of the fifth year OF
the war and finds Ludehdorf's great
army completely on the defensive.
The tides are running strongly in. the
allies favor at the moment, but it Is
wise to guard against ,overconhdence
lest disappointment follow,
+ H.. Line Shifting Constantly.
Any attempt to describe the line
would be futile, for it shifts constant
" and before this is read towns
through which it now runs will be
far. behind the allied troops. To the
east of scissors the French are ad
vancing along the south bank Of the
Aisne, the German bridge at Oissy
long since having been destroyed.
To the west of Scissors, Pomiere is
In the French hands. Braisne on the
Vesle is occupied by the allies, while
to the east the French cavalry has
crossed the Vesle at Champigny and
Jonomery. A
All the bridges over the Veste have
been destroyed by the retreating en-
emy and north of the river many vii
lagos are burning. The large town
of Fismes is burning tonight. Since
Thursday the crown prince has been
giving way rapidly, an almost certain
sign that he has finished building his
defenses to the north of the river.
The allies are taking few prisoners
and practically no guns, which shows
that everything has been removed
north Of the river. ...
In the neighborhood Of Rheims the
Germans are back in their original
line.
Enemy's Coup Fails.
Sir Douglas Haig voices the gen.
eral military opinion when he states
in his special order to his troops that
"the enemy has made his effort to OBJ
tain decision on the western front
and Me has failed"
Americans have reason to feel proud
in reading his next sentence, "The
steady stream of American troops ar
irving in France has already restored
the balance"
Henceforth there should be a
steady improvement in the allied gen.
eral position, though there are al
most certain to be many disappoint-
ments and temporary setbacks, for
the enemy is a wonderfully strong
defensive fighter as he has shown at
the Somme, the Marne and in the
early days in Russia.
Many believe Ludepdorff will try
for spectacular coup at an early
date in an effort to recuperate his
losses and prestige, but such a move
will necessarily be limited in scale.
On land and at sea allied prospects
grow, brighter with every day., al
though the civilian as we'll as the SOL
dier and the sailor recognize that
there is much hard fighting still
ahead. :
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
Grand Cross of Legion
Of Honor Awarded to
Pershiu0 bH France

Paris, Aug. 3.-Gen. John ].
Pershing, commander-in-chief Of
the American expeditionary forces
in France, was today awarded the
Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honor by the French government.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
Chancellor 5a1auelA lAvevy
University at Mbraska.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3.-Chancellor
Samuel Avery of the University Of
Nebraska has been commissioned a
major in the national army, it was
learned here today, when he re-
quested the university's board of re-
gents to grant him leave of absence
for the duration OF the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
C0NQUERING ARMIES
ADVANCE SWIFTLY ON
FRONT OF Is MILES
Germans Unlikely to Make Stand on Plateau Between
Streams As Railroad from Chermois to North Is
Dominated by Guns; Fifty Towns Covered by
Extension of Allied Lines on Saturday.
BY Associated Press,

With the American Army the Asne Marne Front Aug
10 mAmercan troops today entered the southern part
sme the great German base the center of the Asne
Marne salient while other forces of the allies hold the southern
banks of the Ane and Vese rivers from Scissors to Fses
Eastward it is almost straight line through Courylle
Branscourt, Courcees end Champigny
The advance of the whole army along front of almost
45 miles - !
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
GERMANS UNABLE
TO MAKE STAND ON
BANKS OF VESLE
Bulk of Crown Princes Broken Forces Now Rests or
Chemn-D Des.D Danes; Ludendorff Placed on Defen'
sive by Cr,,shng Counter Stroke Delivered
by General Foch
Bv ARTHUR DRAPER.

London Aug. S.Special to the New York Tribune and
The Omaha BeeCose at the heels Of the crown princes
army Fochs have to the southern slopes of the
heights north of the Asne along which Ludendo determined
upon setting up his line Of defense following the retreat which
began fortnight back.
Having been forced to abandon Sossons the key to the
Marine triangle the prince had alternative but to fall
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
Gen. Edward Davis Dead.

Honolulu, I. H., Aug. 3.-Brigadicr
General Edward Davis. u. S. A., re-
tired. died here yesterday, aged "a.
General Dsvis-~was veteran Of the
civil war.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
Slavs Occupy Kuban Region.

Amsterdam, Aug. 3.-The entire,
Kuban region is in the undisputed
possession of the Czecho-Slovaks, &C
cording to a Moscow dispatch to the
Rhenish Westphalian Gazette.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-03-08
Smallpox: Is
Increasing

Raleigh, March S.-Sma11pox IS
on the increase in North Carolina
According to reports furnished to
the State Board Of Health there
are at present III cases Of small
pox reported from 81 counties.
Stanley County leads the list with
Is cases. This represents a very
large increase over the number Of
cases reported a moth ago.
No cases are reported from
Nash, Wilson or northampton
Counties. In Nash County there
has been a county ordinance re-
quiring vaccination Of all school
children since 1914. Similar ordi-
nances have recently passed in
Wilson and North Hampton Coun-
ties. AS result, thousands of
children have been, and. are being
vaccinated, and thus far, not a
single case has been reported from
among those vaccinated.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-03-08
SPECIAL SERMON
SUNDAY EVENING

On Sunday evening next Rev.
Reuben Meredith will preach a
special sermon on "peace' which
he has been preparing with very
great care and which it would be
well for all our people to hear.
We understand that Rev. Mere
dith has gone deeply into the sub
ject and will be able to give a
complete exposition Of this most
deeply sought for feature Of the
great war.
Some special music will be rem
dered and the entire service will
take baout an hour and a quarter
commencing at Z 80.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-03-08

Those unfamis Lar with the
Aurora Borealis, or more common
ly known as the Northern Lights,
were greatly startled at the phe-
nomena last night when streaks
Of gray lights flashed through the
sky about nine O'Clock, which
later turned to yellow-pinkish
color, and, finally, about half past
ten, became a dark purplish red
that spread over the heavens,
both east and west like an arc,
with it's ends on the horizon.
Several explanations are given
for this wonder Of the heavens,
some stating that it is the re-
fection Of the sun upon the ice
foes Of the north pole. Other
scientists say that when electri-
city passes through the rarefed
air it exhibits diffused luminous
stream which has all the charac-
teristic appearances Of an ourora
hence it is Highly probable that
this light is occasioned by the
passage Of electricity through the
upper regions Of the atmosphere.
The connection between the
aurora and magnetism is also
evident from the fact that the
magnetic needle is strongly af-
fected by it.
Superstition carries through
many ages the i'll omen Of terrible
wars and great battles.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-03-08
Vote
But Not Fight

Lincoln, Nebr., Mar. 8.-Hun-
dreds of men in Nebraska who
have voted for years are claiming
exemption from military service
on the ground that they arc alien
enemies. Under a law to be lnl-
tiated by the state council OF de
fense, Nebraska will soon change
her election laws so alien en-
emies'' or even just plain 'aliens
cannot vote and help make the
In Scottsbuff county, Nebraska
736 registrants under the draft
law. all Of whom have been voting
under the state law which gives
them the ballot on the strength
of their first papers, or declara-
ton of intention, claimed exemp-
!tion.
In some school districts in this
state it has been discovered that
the German parachial school en-
tirely crowded out the public
schools every bit of the instruc-
ton was in the German language.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-03-08
Servi< e B >>.rds
Without Paw
(BY UNITED PRESS)

Washington, Mar. S.-Of the
261 memebres Of local selective-
service boards in Oklahoma, 81
per cent have served without pay
The cost per man certified for
service in Oklahoma was $1.57,
less than in any other state, ac-
cording to figures made public
by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. The cost Of operation
of the selective-service law ran
highest in Delaware, $40 per man.
The average cost per man cer-
tilted throughout the United
States was $4.93.