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Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
AUSTR|ANS USING
LARGE FORCES IN
VIOLENT ATTACK
italians Resist HeroiCally On
sIaught Of II Divisions; Com.
mand Foresees Days of
Arduous Fighting.

Rome, June l8.--Additiona light on
the Austrian offensive has been fur
nished by some of the 5000 prisoners
captured up to today. According to
their testimony, the Austrian divi-
sions operating on the Asiago plat
teau had as their objective for the
first day the plain between Marostica
and Bassafo; the Monte Grappa divi-
sions were ordered to take the plain
between Castelfranco and Asolo, and
the Piave troops were told to invest
Treviso.
The second phase of the battle is
exceptionally violent. A bridgehead
has been established by the Austrians
on the lower Piave. The Italians con-
tinue to resist heroically the on
slaughts of II divisions, which con-
stantly are being replenished by re-
serves concentrated between Su-
CANA and Conegliano. The mass at
tack between Montello and the Piave
is being carried out by Is first line
divisions and eight reserves.
Expected to Take Booty.
The enemy has concentrated at
Fonzaso, behind the lines on the
northern front, long lines of German
camions, with which they expected
to carry off the booty they hoped to
find.
Premier Orlando went to the bat
tie front today.
Whether the enemy effort upon
Montello plateau is an attempt to
move toward the rear of the famous
Monte Grappa, key to the Italian
mountain positions, or else to menace
the Venetian plains and the city of
Venice, it is certain that the Austrians
are fighting desperately to hold what
they have so far attained.
The Italian command feels that
while the first great attempt to ad-
vance has been blocked, each day will
bring new efforts and with each eff
fort the fighting will be most arduous.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
DECREE. OF BOARD
PERS|NGER, HoPT,
lUCKEY must GO
In Addition to Others Cleared,
Six More Freed of Lack of
WhoIe-Hearted Support
of War.

Lincoln, Neb,, June lS-The re-
signation Of Professors Z. B. Hopt,
c. E. Persinger and G. w. A. Luckey
was demanded tonight by the board
of regents of the University of Ne
braska, following charges made by
the State Council of Defense that
faculty members lacked aggressive
Americanism in their attitude on the
war.
Six of the nine University instruc-
ors cleared of suspicion of lacking
hole-hearted support to the govern
ment in the prosecution of the war
were Prof. Paul H. Grummann, L.
B. Tuckerman, Henry .Blumberg, L.
F. Aylsworth, H. w. Caldwell, and H.
K. Wolfe.
Criticize DR.. Fling.
Discussions in the faculty caused in
part by utterances of DR.. F. M. Fling
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
Grace Lusk Declared Sane;
Prison Sentence Imposed

Waukesha, Wis, June 1S.-Grace
Lusk, who was found guilty Of murder
in the second degree for Staying Mrs.
Mary Roberts, wife of David Roberts,
former state veterinarian, this after
noon was declared by board of alien
lists to be sane and was sentenced
by Judge Martin Lueck to 10 years
imprisonment.
When sentence was pronounced
Miss Lusk fell backward in faint.
Before pronouncing sentence, Judge
Lueck delivered l0-minute speech, in
which he severely scored Dr.. Roberts.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
FOUR MILLION
TO Be ARMED
BY JANUARY |
May Become Necessary Soon
to Draw Men From Class z;
Congress May Change
Draft Age Limits.
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, June l8.-Should con.
gress decide that it is necessary at
this time to-extend the draft age lin
its either below 81 or above so, or
both, no opposition will be offered by
| the War department.. .,..,s .ss. :,
In authorizing this statement today,
Secretary Baker said the department
could see no immediate need for such
action, although the date already is in
sight when it will become necessary
to replenish the class l reservoir.
A bill by Senator France of Michi-
gan to extend the draft to men from
l8 to As is now before the senate mill
tary committee and alta hearing on it
last Saturday, Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder gave it as his opinion
that extension of the draft ages would
be necessary. He told the committee
that 100000 would be under arms
by next August / and that class |
would be exhausted by the first of
next year.
The present tentative schedule of
the War department is said to contem-
plate the arming Of 100000 men by
next January |. That would mean the
calling of 100000 men between July
and January and the absorbing not
only of the men remaining in class l
from the first registration, but those
placed in that class under the recent
registration as we'll as 100000 ex-
pected to be put in that class as the
result of the reclassifcation recently
ordered.
May Train Other Nationals.
Congress is to be asked by the War
department for an appropriation to
provide training facilities in this coun-
try for forces other than American
troops.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
UNITED STATES
WILL WIN war,
YSB0NARLAW
Troops Pouring Into France at
Rate That Insures Victory;
Enemy Unable to Reach
Any 0bjectives.
(By Associated Press.)

London, June iS.-"After three days
OF attack the Austrian offensive has
not secured the objectives hoped for
on the first day." said Andrew Bonar
Law in the House of Commons today.
He added that there was reason to
believe that the initiative for the Aus
trian offensive had come from Berlin.
Mr.. Bonar Law read extracts from
the minutes of the last war council,
which was held at Versailles. They
stated that, thanks to the prompt and
cordial cooperation of America, it
would be impossible for the enemy to
gain victory by wearing down the
allied reserves before exhausting his
own.
America is not coming into the
war, but is in the war;" he said.
On the western front, after three
months of fighting, said Mr.. Bonar
Law, although the allies have had to
give much ground, not one of the
enemy's strategic points had been at
tanned.
Cheers Given for Americans.
The chancellor said that American
troops were pouring into France and
had reached a figure which a few
months ago would have been thought
impossible. American military coop
Grafton, he continued, would not be
limited by the lack of transports.
The references.to the Americans
were loudly cheered.
The shipping figures which will be
published ffiis week, he said, would
show that world ship construction for
the first time since the German sub
marine warfare began is exceeding
the destruction of ships by U-boats.
Discussing the Austrian offensive,
Mr.. Bonar Law said that the Italian
high command has no fear of the
result. N.,
Mr.. Bonar Law added that the re-
suits which had been attained justified
the changes which were made leading
to unity of command of the allied
forces.
Those responsible" he said in
conclusion, look to the future with
out alarm. If three months hence
none of the strategic detectives which
| have indicated has been attained
by the Germans, then their campaign
will have failed, and, despite their
previous victories, will prove to be
the most disastrous campaign in which
they have engaged.
THE future OF our country and of
the world depends upo the next few
weeks. But l have confidence that
our soldiers and those of all allies will
NOT fail us"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
Aviation Corps Member
Will Be Buried TODAY

Funeral services for Private Lucien
Muriat, a member of the aviation
corps who died Sunday at the Clark
son hospital, will be held this morn
ing at 9 o'clock at St. Johns church.
The civilian relief committee of the
Red Cross has charge of the arrange
ments.
He was an instructor in the aviation
corps schools in California until
taken sick. He was "a years old and
is survived by an uncle, who was last
heard from before the battle of Ver-
dun. lntermment will be at the Holy
Sepulcher cemetery.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
Labor Federation Protests
Western Union Attitude

St. Paul, Mimi, June 49, In ac-
cordance with instructions from the
American Federation of Labor con-
vention, President Samuel Gompers
today sent a telegram to President
Wilson protesting against the attitude
of Newton Carlton, president of the
Western Union Telegraph company,
in issuing cali for convention of
employees for the purpose of forming
a company controlled association" ;"
"The action of the company is in
tended as continuance Of its policy
denying its employees their right to
belong to bona fide, legitimate trade
union," the message said.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
Wilson Pardons Two Soldiers
Who Slept on Post; Warns Others
(Ey Associated Press.)

Washington, June 18.-In granting
unconditional pardon to two young
soldiers sentenced to death for hav-
ig slept on post at the front, Presi-
dent Wilson expected his action to
act "as a challenge to devoted serv-
ice for the future"
The text of his order, identical in
both cases, and made public today,
says:
I'm view of the youth Of Private
y. Sebastian (and JEFF Cook and the
tact that his offense seems to have
been wholly free from disloyalty or
conscious disregard of his duty, |
hereby grant him a full and uncondi-
tional pardon and direct that he re-
Port to his company for further mill
tary duty,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
Omaha Woman Killed When
She Steps in Front of Train

Mrs. Thomas w. Cox, 2S74 Ida
street, was instantly killed at Chey-
enne, Wyo., Sunday night when she
stepped off the train from Omaha di-
rectly in front of another train.
Mrs. Cox and her 10-year-old son,
Marvin, were on their way from
Omaha to Idaho to visit Mrs. Cox's
sister.
She is survived by her husband and
two sons, Marvin, and Ralph, 20 years
old, who is in the United States army,
now stationed at Camp Cody, Deming
N. M.
She was member of the Prettiest
Mile club and was prominent as a
Red Cross worker.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
Tony Costanzo Hurt.

Anthony Costanzo, 2210 Poppleton
street, was lacerated about the face
and badly bruised when a motorcycle
on which he was riding and an auto
mobile driven by E. S. Miller, Twen-
ty-sixth and Center streets, collided
at Fifteenth and Farnam streets. Cos
tanzo's injuries were dressed by po-
lice surgeons and he was taken home.
Miller was arrested for investigation
in connection with the accident.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19

"The needs of discipline in the
army with propriety impose grave
penalties upon those who I'M
peril the safety of their fellows and
endanger their countrys cause by lack
Of vigilance, or by infractions of rules
in which safety has been found to
rest. l am persuaded, however, that
this young man will take the restored
opportunity OF his forfeited life as
challenge to devoted service for the
future and that the soldiers of the
army of the United States in France
will realize too keenly the high char
acter of the cause for which they are
fighting and the confidence which
their country repcses in them to per-
NIT the possibility of further danger
from any similar shortcomings,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
Cooler Weather
In Sight for TODAY

The extreme heat wave under which
Omaha and Nebraska have sweltercd
is now broken according to the
weather sharks. Their predictions
are borne out by drop of 10 degrees
on the thermometer yesterday. The
maximum Tuesday was 90 compared
with 100 on Monday and los Sunday.
They promise another drop today.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
Venezuela Friendly to U. S.,
Minister Dominica AffirmS

Washington, June l8.--Venezuela's
friendship to the United States and
freedom from German influence were
affirmed today by DR.. Santos A.
Dominica, Venezuelan minister here,
in a statement commenting upon
published statement by DR.. Carlos Lo-
pez Buslamanti, Venezuelan editor,
who recently came to America with
story of German intrigue and con-
troll in the Latin-American country.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
American War Activity Now
DESTROYS German Propauanda

Washington, June ia dispatch
to the State department today says
that the Berliner Tageblatt in its
issue of June 10 quoted German
general as saying that the American
military activity was vefy embarrass-
ing to German military strategy and
military writers as it did not COIN
eide with the German program for
influencing opinion at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19

and Mrs. Minnie T. English are crit
icised and unless they can explain
them, the board says, their connection
with the university should terminate.
Call Action Indiscreet.
In a statement explaining its ac-
ton the regents said the position and
public utterances Of Professors Per-
CONTINUED on rage Two, Column Two)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
House Votes Big Increase
In Navy Enlisted Personnel

Washington, June lS.-Permanent
increase Of the enlisted personnel of
the navy from 87,l80 to 131,4S5, as
provided in the naval appropriation
bill as it passed the senate, was ap-
proved today by the house, {
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
Mother of Nurse Executed
BY Germans Passes to Rest

London, June l8.-Mrs. Ida Cavell,
mother of the heroic nurse. Edith Ca
Teli, executed by the Germans in Bel
GUM, has died at her home, Henley
on-Thames, at the age of 81. She
had been in failing health since the
death of her daughter.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
League
Finds Americans Are
Sober and Efficient

New York, June ls.-American
soldiers and sailors serving in
Europe were termed "clean, sober
and efficient" in a formal report is
sued here tonight by a commission
sent abroad by the Anti-Saloon
League of America to investigate
moral conditions in the expedition
ary forces -
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
Hindenburg Reported
Physical and Mental
Wreck in Sanitariunl

Geneva, June ls.-The Tribune
says it learns from a reliable source
that Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg is suffering from an acute
nervous disease, that his mental Ca
pacity is much affected and that he
is confined in a private sanitariun.
The newspaper adds that Hinden-
burg took no responsible part in the
recent offensive on the western
front, the work being chiefly done
by General Ludendorff.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
AUSTRANS FAIL
TO CLOSE PMCER
JAWS UPON ITALY
All Attacks in Alps Repulsed by Allied Troops Who, In
Counter Blows. Regain Lost Territory; EN-
peror Charles Troops Unable to Advance After
Throwing ID Bridges Across River
(By Associated Press.)

The Austrian pncers not closing upon Italy with the
precision of last October when they forced back the Italian
armies of General Cadoa from the Julian Alps to the Pav
river and from the northern mountain regions almost to the
plains of Veneta In fact they do not to be closing at all
The upper jaw in the Venetian Alps stalled under the
resistance of the British French and Italian forces and the
neither lack the force necessary to bring
the Pav river and push back the Italian troops which clog
gng its path.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
Cousin Of Mrs. Drapier
Dies of Wounds In France

Mrs. w. c. Drapier, 4l02 California
street, has. received word that her
cousin, Sergt. James w. Walden of
Toledo, died of wounds received with
the American Expeditionary forces
in France June II.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-19
REGENTS ASK RESERVATIONS
FROM THREE UNI. PROFESSORS
GERMANS ADMIT AMERICAN
TROOPS WILL TURN WAR TIDE
(By Associated Press J

Geneva, June 1S.-The enthusiasm created by the
first German offensive has passed and feeling of pro-
found detection regns among the German people, accord
ing to interview with neutral diplomat, who has just
arrived in Geneva from Berlin in La Suisse The people
at home expected quick victory from the early reports
in official bulletins and above all, quick peace. The
principal question asked in Berlin last week
"Have entered Paris"
The economic situation in the interior of Germany the
diplomat declared, is becoming more and serious.
Germans both military and civilians realize and vir-
uay admit that the constant arrivals of fresh American
troops will turn the tide of the war.
The diplomat concluded his interview with a state
ment that during recent sitting of the rechstag the ques
ton of autonomy for AsaceLorraine discussed off,
cialy for the first time since the beginning of the war;
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-18
Minor Gains from the War.

For longer than four years science and in
vention in countries engaged in war has been
devoted with singleness of purpose to produc-
ing means to make war more deadly and terri
bic. Now some of the minor gains in the way
of useful knowledge are becoming known. One
learned French investigator has considered the
habits of the brown or Norway rat reaching the
conclusion that the way to get rid of this pest
is to starve him. This is accomplished by plac-
ing food prepared for human consumption
where the rat cannot get it. If scraps cannot
be fed to hogs or otherwise be safely disposed
of, they must be buried deeply, so the rodent
cannot get at them. This instruction is for SOL
ders in the field or trenches
Inquiry as to what measures may be used
against the "cootie," in order to secure immunity
from him, and yet permit the soldier to be
careless in certain personal habits, has not yet
reached definite stage If the war had gone
on few months longer the final answer might
have been returned. 1t is barely possible that
Scientific interest having been aroused, this
quest will be pursued through peace until the
soldier of the future can look into the cannon's
mouth without stopping to scratch.
Another benefcent discovery is that the fixed
nitrogen, liberated during the terrific lombard
ments, will so react as to render the fought-over
fields wonderfully fecund. This end was not in
view during the proceedings, but if it turns out
that way some unlooked-for good will be had
Research may develop other benefits yet un-
suspected to flow from the conflict, but these
enumerated show that science is on the alert.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-18
Radio Phone and the Airplane.

While the news item about the use of the
radio telephone for communication to and from
airplanes is interesting, it lacks something of
novelty. Readers might mbibe the notion that
the service was but lately invented. 1t un-
doubtedly has been greatly perfected since our
entrance into the war, but it had been we'll tried
out in our army air service long before we en-
gagged in hostilities. A Nebraska man. Captain
Clarence Culver, serving in cavalry regiment,
but attached for his tour of duty with the Signal
corps of the army, successfully adapted wireless
transmission to telephony, and communicated
by this means with the ground station while
flying over the army field at San Diego in 1916
The thought has been in the minds of army men
since the invention of photography and the de-
velopment of the heavier-than-air flying ma
chine for military purposes. 1t has many ad-
vantages and some equally apparent disadvan-
tages but evidently has been of real service in
actual combat
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-18
GERMANY'S PERSISTENCE SIG
NIFICANT.

Only one Interpretation may be put on the
persistence with which DR.. Solf has approached
the president appealing for mitigation of the
terms of the armistice, or for favors of one sort
or another. Unless his purpose is to excite
friction between the United States and the En-
tente Allies, he has adopted a singular course
for one so skilled in diplomatic procedure. The
various requests he has made are all of one
tenor, that Germany be granted some special
consideration and that the president intercede
with the European powers concerned to the
end that the conditions be relaxed Mr. Wilson
quite properly has notified the doctor that he
must address his notes to Versailles in the flu
ture, for the reason that all the allies equally
concerned. In response to one asking permits
sion to send a German commission on beg
ging expedition to this country, the president
has called attention of the foreign Office at
Berlin that the United States still is at war
with Germany and that the situation is likely
to remain unchanged in this respect for some
time. In other words, the government at Ber-
lin is told that its efforts to separate the United
States from its associates in the war are wasted
No good reason appears for giving hungry Ger
mans preference over hungry Belgians or starry
ing Russians, and it is not likely any favors will
be granted those who are responsible above all
others for the distress that exists
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-18
No Base for Farm Production Costs.

- Secretary Houston reports that the board
of experts he charged with the duty of formu-
lating basis for farm production costs has
found the task impossible. This will not sur
prise any who has working familiarity with
American agricultural methods. Too many
seemingly unrelated items must be considered,
and finally the absolute uncertainty of climate
determines the yield against which cost details
must be distributed to fix the unit of produc-
ton. Until agriculture is brought much nearer
to exactness in process, through systematiza-
ton of methods, the application of determined
business principles, and greater Standardization
than now seems likely, the elements of cost
finding are lacking. In the end the weather
conditions will decide, and for that reason long
time must elapse before the American or any
other farmer can tell with precision what his
unit costs are And this leaves the process of
price hxaton as indefinite as ever
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-18
Settling a Vital Principle.

Charges of sedition made against certain
leaders of the socialist party in America are
not to be abandoned because the end of the
war is in sight. The Department of Justice
proposes to carry these through to final deter
mination, process that is necessary in order
to settle the vital principle that is involved. In
the proper and reasonable exercise of the right
of free speech, every citizen is secure. Whether
this immunity goes to the extent of protecting
the radical or the thoughtless in vocing senti-
ments or opinions, the fair intent of which is
inimical to the public good, must now be de-
cided. To certain degree this carries with it
the right of the individual to say for himself
what constitutes the public good. The i'm
portance therefore, of these cases is plain, and
that it applies with as much force to peace con-
ditions as to those of war is also clear. Good
government depends on knowing how far the
citizen may be held personally responsible for
his own utterances.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-18
NOVEMBER IL, 1918

The black war clouds have rolled away
And peace has come to the world today.
Rejoice! Rejoice! You girl and boy!
Wave your banners and shout for JOY!
Blow your trumpets and beat your drums!
For Liberty! Liberty! Here she comes!
War must not shall not, ever fill
The world again by despots will.
Then one more cheer: Hurray! Murray!
Peace has come to the world today!
A rifted cloud and CLEANS Of light
Pierced the gloom of Stygan night.
snow-white dove was there revealed
Above the shell-scarred battle field.
iuns dropped from grmy hands, while eyes
Chung to the vision in the skies
And men. who longed for deaths release.
Held up their arms to the Dove Of Peace.
The war clouds broke and rolled away,
And peace came to the world today.
All We who fell on battle fields
Are living still Your snow-white shields,
Unblemished. glorious and complete.
Are resting at the Masters feet.
Your spirits brave, undaunted, free,
Have saved the world from tyranny.
Dear Lads! Twas not in vain you gave
Your life to sleep in unknown grave;
You've swept the tyrant's power away,
And Peace reigns in the world today.
Ye old and young, We weak and strong,
Are Joined together in joyous throng.
Weeping? Yes but We know 1t not
Shouting? Yes but who would stop?
For God has shown he stands for right
Against the black mailed fist Of might,
And blessed Peace has come to rest
In lands that have been sore oppressed
So through the streets you surge and sway
Because Peace came to the world today
Rejoicel Rejoice! Ye girl and boy!
Wave your banners and shout for Joy!
Blow your trumpets and beat your drums!
For Liberty! Liberty Here she comes!
Just one more cheer: Hurray! Hurrayl
Peace has come to the world today.
Omaha. DAVID R1TCH1E.