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VOL. XLVI NO. 29.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1916 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO , CENTS.
GREAT BATTLE III
EAST TURNING III
FAVOR OF SLAVS
Furious Engagement Develop
ing at Jablonltxa, Results
- of Which Bo Far in
... Favor of Russ.
THIS .IN CARPATHIANS
Reports .Defeat of Attempt of
Teutons to Advance . in
Stokhod Region.
London, July V20.A wireless dis
patch from Rome says it is reported
from Petrograd that a great battle is
developing at Jablonitza, the results
,o which thus far have been favora-
, ble to the Russians. In addition to
the heavy fighting in the Carpathians,
the dispatch adds, the Russian offen
sive has been resumed before Kovel
and Vladimir-Volynskiand the Riga
area.
Jablonitza is "in the Carpathians,
south of Kolomea, near the northern
end of one of the. mountain ; passes
leading to Hungary.
Teuton! Repulsed on Stokhod.'
Petrograd, July 20. (Via London.)
Attempts by Teutonic forces to ad
vance against the Russians in the
region of the Stokhod river in Vot
hynia have been repulsed, the war of
fice announced today..
Operations in Galicia are being no
tably affected by the overflow of the
The war office announced today
that Ktigi, an important point in the
Caucasus, was occupied by the Rus
sians on Tuesday. Kugi ts a junction
point of high roads in the Erzerum
district, "r ' ' -' : .
iHard Fighting Near Lutsk.
Berlin, July 20. (Via London, 6:45
p. m.) Hard fighting has been re
sumed in Volhynia, southwest of
Lutsk. German trdops, under Gen
eral, von Linsingen," are on the ag
gressive here at some points and have
succeeded in scoring advances. The
Russians are bombarding the- Teu
tonic lines along the lower Lipa with
increasing intensity.
Sioux Valley Doctors ,
Hold Final Sessions
f Of Convention Here
The; final session of the semi-annual
meeting of the Sioux Valley
Medical association closed yesterday
at the Hotel Fontelle with the pre
sentation of several technical papers.
The next meeting will be held at
Sioux City. After Dr. J. P. Lord of
Omaha had refused a nomination
for the -presidency; on the ground
of geographical ( expediency. Dr.
J. . A. Dales of Sioux City
was1 unanimously elected presi
dent. The two vice presidents for
the coming year are Tti M. A. Stern
of Sioux Falls and Dr. A. E. Spald
ing of Luverne, Minn. Dr. G. S.
Browning of Sioux City and Dr. W.
R. Brock of Sheldon, la., who have
held the offices of secretary and treas
urer, respective, lKti . nui,
were continued n office by -a unani
mous vote.
The board of censors of the asso
... ciation for the coming year is com
posed of one physician from each of
the four, states participating in the
meeting. They are J. P. Lord, Ne
braska; L. L. Corcoran. Iowa; G. G.
Cottam, South Dakota; C L. Sher
man, Minnesota. -
Six Omaha men were accepted as
members of the association. They
are " Drs. L. A. Dermody, C. A.
Roeder, W. H. Mick, A. B. Somas,
D. T. QuiEley and W. N. Anderson.
Prosperous Farmer Resents r
Fine for Auto Speeding
Plattsmouth; Neb., July 20. (Spe
- cial.)r-Glenn Perry, a prosperous
farmer living some five miles south
of this city, was fined for alleged
fast auto driving and comes back at
Plattsmouth in the local paper this
evening, when he says that if the city
of Plattsmouth wants the fine of $5
worse than the merchants do the
$8,000 trade which he will have to
spend this fall they are welcome to
the fine.
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Friday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity:
Fair; Bilgntty warmer.
Temperatures t Omaha, Yesterday.
Houra. Dea.
1 1FMES.
.84
6 a.
9 a. m
7 a, m sa
I a. m 70
a. m. .. ., 73
10 a. m 76
It a. m... 78
12 m , 79
1 p. m... 80
2 p. m ....83
I p, m ..83
4 p. tn 8fc
6 p. m.... S6
p. m.,... S5
7 p. m 84
I P- m 83
' - Comparative Local Record.
mfl. is in. 1916. 1913.
HIhest today .86 78 i 80 79
Lowest today ......... 4 67 flfl 82
Mean temperatura ,...78 " 66 . 73 v70
Precipitation 0 T O
Temperature and precipitation departures
- from the normal at Omaha alnca. March I,
and compared with the last two years:
.Normal temperature ,..,....,.,.77 degrees
Deficiency for the day... t degrees
Total excess since March 1 99 decrees
Normal precipitation 17 Inch
tendency for the day 15 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1 9.87 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 7.16 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916.. .08 Inch
' Deficiency for cor. period, 1914.. 8.28 inch
Reports From Nations at 1 . m.
Station and State ' Temp. High- Rain
of Weather. 7 n. m. est. fall.
Cheyenne, clear 84 .. 88 .00
, Davenport clear ...,. 88
r'r,vr Plur SA
Dr Moines, clear...., 84
- Omaha, clear 84
Rapid City, clear ...... 88
Sheridan, clear 88
isioui city, clear b .88 .
Valentine, clear ss 98 .(
. h, A. WELSH, lleteoroloflst,
est.
88
88
90
88
91
88
90
BRYAN STOPS OFF
- "BETWEFJ TRAINS"
But Where He Came From and
Whither He's .Going He
Didn't Say.
NO CONVENTION ADVICE
Why is W. J. Bryan in town?
Where did he come from and whither
is he going? He said he was here
for a few hours "between "trains" but
wquld not vouchsafe the nature of
bis present errand' - it t suggcsicu
that ppssibly his mission is to iron
out the trouble between the Jacks
and the Jims.
Mrs, Bryan came up from Lincoln
on a 5 o'clock tram to bring her hus
band a package of mail and copies
of the latest "Commoner.
"Do you intend to take ,an. active
part in the forthcoming democratic
state convention?" was asked Mr.
Bryan, to which he replied:'
"I do not care to advise the state
convention. The wets carried the
primary and upon them rests the
responsibility of writing the plat
form and laying out the lines of the
campaign." , -Then
he dictated the following
statement: '
"I expert the prohibition amend
ment to be carried by a considerable
majority., According to the vote in
the Drimarv. measured bv the way the
vote was divided on the gubernatorial
candidates, the drys have a majority
of about 24,000, with . two-thirds of
the vote polled. That ought to give
us at least 35,000 on the total vote, as
a larger percentage 'of the city-wet
vote was polled at the primary than
of the dry vote in the country.. The
majority ought to be considerably
more than 25,000.
V Refers to Party Record.
"I think the prospects of our na
tional ticket are improving daily. The
splendid record . commended at the
national convention has been stilt fur
ther enlarged by the passage of the
rural credits law and by the appro
priation for good roads, and it is
quite certain the shipping bill will be
passed before adjournment Several
other measures are also likely to
pass. It is going to be very hard for
the republicans to attack this record
and their attack upon the president's
Mexican policy has perceptibly weak
ened since the threat of war, which
has awakened the people to a realiza
tion of what intervention would real
ly mean.
"The republicans will not only fail
in their .effort to attack the demo
cratic position, but before the cam
paign is over they will be on the de
fensive in several respects, especially
in respect to the plank demanding
the exclusive federal control of rail
roads. They demand a constitutional
amendment; if necessary, to complete
the railroad program, which contem
plates the surrender by the state's of
all power and authority over the
railroads" ' ' .3
Greek Officers Who -V
Attack Editor Are
Fired from Army
Saloniki. July 20. (Via London.)
A royal decree was published here to
day retiring from the Greek army
officers who were implicated in the
wrecking of the offices of the news
naner. Rizoastis, and the mortal
wounding of its editor. The private
soldiers involved will be court-martialed.
A Fans dispatch, dated July 3.
stated .that eleven Greek army of
ficers had been arrested . by " the
French military authorities at Salon
iki following an attack on the offices
of the Rizoastis and the wounding of
the editor. The newspaper was said
to have printed articles reflecting on
the Greek army in connection with
the surrender of Greek fortresses to
the Bulgarians.
Bookwalter Land
Worth Nearly Two
Million Dollars
Beatrice, Neb , July 20. (Special.)
County Judge Walden yesterday
appointed Attorney Charles L. Brew
ster of this city appraiser of the estate
of the late John W. Bookwalter in
Nebraska for the purpose of ascer
taining the amount due the state as
inheritance tax. The estate in Ne
braska is valued at $1,832,000. divided
in four counties as follows: Gage,
$481,527.50: Pawnee, $848,58; Thayer,
$264,610; Greeley, $291,419.25.,
COWBOYS RECEIVE
HURTS IN OPENING
WILD WEST EVENTS
FIRST GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN IN PICARDY DRIVE In this picture a group of
German captive are shown on their way to the rear of the British line. They are among
the first prisoner taken in the famous Picardy offensive.
Ottu avian nuu si.i,vub ,
!V
Large Crowd
i Roundup Sh
COWGIRLS EXHIBIT GRIT
Ak-Sar-Ben Queen and Her
Maids Ride in Parade Be
fore Contests Start.
WOOLLY ENOUGH FOB ALL
Marian Howe, queen oi Ak-Sar-Ben,
and her four maids, Mary Me
geath, Ann Gifford,' Marian Towle
and Florence Neville, garbed in their
riding habits, lent grace to the open
ing parade of the first day's program
of the Frontier Days' events and
roundup show at the Douglas county
fair grounds yesterday.
The parade was the curtain-raiser
for an afternoon and evening of wild
and wooly west performing fhat
would have satisfied the most exact
ing tastes of "Deadwood Dick,"
"Three-Bar - Charley," "Mustang
Pete" and all the rest of that host of
personages who in the early days
were wont to shoot up towns, drink
tanglefoot and ride bad, bad horses.
There are badly scraped shins and
great patches of raw elbows on doz
ens of cowboys and cowgirls in
Omaha as the result of the first day's
event. ' . . .
' Thousand Attend Opening.
Three thousand people saw the ex
hibition in the afternoon and s good
crowd witnessed, it at night under
the score of big searchlights.
, Although handsome cash prizes
were hung up for the best riders of
bucking horses and teers and for
numerous, other events. . the boys
could not stick on some of the horses
that were brought in from the pas
ture on the Belt Line, where the 150
wild brutes graze between acts.
Miss Ada Wilks ot Miles Uty,
Mont, was the first to bite the dust.
After her broncho had given a fierce
exhibition of bucking and turning in
midair, he leaped over an embank
ment, and with another vigorous
swish of his whalebone back, threw
the girl.
Miss r ranees Irwin, daughter ot
Charles Irwin, had the narrowest
escape of the afternoon from serious
injury. , In the girls' horse race she
was leading when her horse left the
track, leaped the tence and flung her
to. the ground. She was badly burised
and "painfully skinned her . , elbow.
Aniong the scores of persons who
rah or eallooed to the scene was her
father, Charles Irwin. .
.. And the Show Went On.
"Didn't I teil you to look out for
that place?" he roared at his daugh
ter. Then he wheeled his horse and
galloped back to the starter's stand
to give orders for the show to nro-
ceed.' .." 1" .; - : ,.
When Alvin Bricefield girded un
his chaps to mount.a wild bull on the
race track there was speculation as
to whether the bull was wild. All
speculation ceased when the bull
leaped into the air and crashed
through a fence, taking the boards
with him and pitching the helpless
rider on his neck at the foot of the
starter's stand.
A fierce broncho threw Ernest
(Contlminri on Page Two, Column Throe.)
Eulesfor Shipping
Of Pedigreed Live
Stock Are Revised
Washington, July 20. New rates
and regulations governing the trans
portation 1 'f pedigreed live stock were
prescribeil today by the Interstate
Commerce commission in - decision on
ihe complaint of the National
Society o( Record association, rep
resenting 100,000 fancy stock breed
ers against practically all of the rail
roads of the country.'
Minimum weights were fixed for
the computation of freight rates on
cattle, sheep and swine and it was ro
dered that the liability of carriers
should be on the following basis:
Horse or. mule, $150; colt, steer or
bull, $75; cow, '$50: calf, $20; hog,
$15; sheep or goat, $5. In the case of
shippers desiring to declares higher
values the commission held railroads
are justified in charging an additional
2 per cent in rate for each 50 per cent
or fraction above the standard values.
Highei charges for crated stock
than for uncrated and rules requiring
shippers to furnish crates were found
unreasonable and ordered discon
tinued. , i
Richest Coachman In the World
Mourns Death of His Employer
Chicago, July 20. When the
funeral of James Hobart Moore, multi-millionaire,
was held at Lake
Geneva yesterday, one of the aincer-
est mourners probably was William
Moore used to Say. "I was worth
less than nothing when Beattie came
to me. He had been to the bank and
drawn out every cent he had saved
-$2,000. 'Take it, he said, 'I got it
from you and you are welcome to
Beattie, called the richest coachman j keep it as long as you want it."
the world, who has seen nearly
twenty-five years in the service of the
Moore household. .
The man whose one kind act was
said to have aided in the accumula
tion of the second fortune of upwards
of $50,000,000 which Mr. Moore has
left to his widow, stood apart from
the throng at the funeral, bowed with
grief, an aged man, grizzled and bent,
and he kept his eyes upon the casket
until, the crypt received it. The dead
man had been his best friend.
Beattie had worked for Moore for
some years when as a result of his
Diamond Match operations, the multi-millionaire
was made " a . pauper
overnight. -
1 was In an awtul position, Mr.
Mr. Moore accepted the sum in
tide him over some minor transac
tions which brought him great profits
and re-established his credit. Then
came the organization of the Ameri
can Tin Plate company, in which he
was the prime mover; the National
Steel, the American Steel Hoop and
other steel companies, with a com
bined capitalization of $187,000,000.
which were absorbed by the United
States Steel corporation.
Moore . never forgot the service
of Beattie. He-placed Beattie in the
way of investments that netted him
more than $150,000. He put part of
his money in a Tennessee plantation,
but continued his work as a coach
man. r.
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GERMAN HfeJSQHETCS
DRY CONVENTION
IN HG UPROAR
Attempt to Rush Through Re
port on Platform Arouses
Noisy Protest.
GOV. SULZER ARRIVES
St. Paul, July 20.-Alonzo J. Wil
son of Chicago, chairman of the
Hanly steering committee, at 4:40
p. m., moved that, the convention take
upthe nomination of a presidential
candidate. This . motion met with
some opposition by friend of Sultzer.
The Wilson motion lost on a rising
vote. A motion to adjourn until
9:30 p. m. was carried at 5 o'clock.
St Paul, Minn., July 20. Efforts
to effect adoption of the resolutions
committee's draft of a platform with
out first printing and distributing
copies to delegates this noon, precipi
tated the first contention among dele
gates at the prohibition national con
vention. The advocates of immediate
consideration and adoption of the
platform receded from -their position
and William Shaw of Boston, who
headed the effort to expedite consid
eration of the platform, withdrew his
motion. The convention then re
cessed until 2 p. m.
For ten minutes the convention
was in an uproar, delegates standing
on chairs and shouting wildly, while
Chairman Fatton vainly pounded to
restore order. The delegates evi
dently desired to have deliberate dis
cussion of the various planks in the
proposed platform before taking up
the question- of adoption. Former
Governor Sutzer of New York did
not appear before the convention as
an 'aspirant for the prohibition nom
ination for president. He declared he
did not come to St. Paul to seek the
nomination, but because a group of
his friends in the convention begged
him to come and speak "for the good
of the cause." , , .
Mr. Sulzer said he did not know
whether he would speak at the con
vention. ' Provisions of Platform.
' The proposed platform led off with
strong declarations for nation-wide
prohibition and woman suffrage.
These were followed by anti-preparedness
and peace planks. Reciprocal
trade treaties with foreign nations
and a federal trade commission of
specialists were recommended.
Taking up the Mexican situation,
the platform declared the "democratic
party has blundered, and the repub
lican party evaded responsibility,"
Mexico needs not a conqueror, but a
Good , Samaritan, the platform de
clared, --f ,-.
The plank on tree institutions de
clared for absolute ' separation of
church and state, with an adequate
guarantee for religious and civil lib
erty. The subjects of markets and mar
keting conditions was taken up in a
vigorous clause in which government
owned and operated terminal eleva
tors and warehouses were urged, to
gether with the abolishment of all
boards of trade and chambers of com
merce dealing in options and futures.
The platform wound up with a
ringing declaration that this is the
day of opportunity for the American
people.
Captured Subsea
Will Be Exhibited
On Thames . River
London, July 20. The first official
announcement that Great Britain has
captured a German submarine of the
U-35 class was made in the House of
Commons today by Thomas Mc
Namara. financial secretary of the ad
miralty, who said that one of these
vessels would be brought to London
to be viewed by the public
Plague Kills Thirty
One More Children
New York, July 20. On only one
day since the inception of the epi
demic of infantile paralysis on June
26 have more fatalities from the
disease occurred than in the last
twenty-four , hours. During - this
period the pleague killed thirty-one
children and there were 119 new
cases reported in the five boroughs of
New torn uty. , : ,
DE FACTO FORCES
SURROUND VILLA
Report from General Matias
Ramos Says Capture of Out
law General Imminent.
LOCATED HEAR : AMADOR
Chihuahua City, Mex, July 20.
Villa and his main band was in the
vicinity of Amador, about thirty miles
south of the Durango line, according
to reports received from General Ma
tias Ramos' at General Jacinto Tre
vino's headquarters here today. The
message, which was relayed from
Rosaria, General Ramos' - base, at
Tepehuanes, by General Laveaga, was
meager because of the difficulty of
telegraphic communication.
General Trevino announced, how
ever, that the government troops still
have the band, which consists of
about 800 men, surrounded, and that
Villa's early capture seems probable.
Reports from the garrison at Guan
acevi indicated that should the ban
dits attempt to push on southward,
the Rarrison at that ooint is'Dreoared
to reinforce General Ramos, who com-
. Baltimore, July1 20. Prepared to
leave port at any moment, Captain
Falil Koenig, commander of the Ger
man merchant submarine Deutsch
land, put on his uniform today for
the first time since he landed here,
eleven days ago and for several hours
this morning studied the chart of the
Patapsco river and Chespeake bay
with Captain Frederick Hansch, com
mander of the North German Lloyd
liner Neckar. When Captain Koenig
went back aboard the undersea liner
he took with him a duplicate manifest
of his ship's cargo. Another copy was
ready to be taken to the customs
house.
Captain Koenig said he would not
leave his ship again and indicated an
early departure, but said nothing that
would give an idea just when the
submersible would leave.
. It was understood the Deutchland'l
mand a- torce-W about ,4,UUU men, engines and submerging machinery
lareely cavalry.
Announcement also was made at
the comandancia today that General
Luis Caballero, once governor of the
state of Tamaoljpas, and more re
cently stationed at Mexico City, has
arrived in Tampico to assume com
mand of the Fifth division of the army
of the northeast, relieving General
Nafarrett, ordered to the capital.
' Chihuahua Stores Closed.
Practically all merchants here closed
their doors today, asserting that they
could no longer continue to do busi
ness at a profit at the silver exchange
rate fixed by the authorities of the
de facto government for the new is
sue of Carranza currency. 1 .
Francisco Trevino, civil governor of
Chihuahua, immediately called a mass
meeting at which the merchants de
tailed their grievances and a commit
tee was appointed to place their com
plaints before the national monetary
commission in Mexico City. Pending
a decision from the commission, how
ever, the shops must remain open, the
governor ordered.
Messenger Betrays Bandit,
Galveston. July 20. The capture
of Francisco Villa by cavalry of the
de facto government is momentarily
expected, according to a cablegram
received today by Juan A. Mateos,
Mexican consul here. This message
says that yesterday a Villa messenger
was captured by Carranza troops.
This messenger is said to have told
where Villa was located and a force
has been sent to capture him. The
messenger reported that Villa was ill
and seeking medical aid.
Mr. La Follette ,
Continues "Attack .
On Navy Measure
Washington, July 20. The naval
bill still was before. the senate today,
an attack by Senator La Follette on
the measure having delayed a vote
yesterday.
Resuming the attack today, Senator
La Follette reiterated his declaration
that the proposed doubling of expen
ditures for military purposes had been
actuated by selfish interests, instead
of patriotism, and asserted that there
was not a military, economic or politi
cal reason to. warrant the proposed
appropriations. ,
"The logic of the whole world's
situation is against necessity for these
proposed increases," he sa'd.
DEUTSCHLAND IS
READY FOR RETURM
Captain Koenig Dons Uniform
" and Announces He Will Not
Again Come Ashore..
CREW FEARS SUFFOCATION
had been erven a final test and were
found to be in perfect condition.
' , ' Crew Fears Suffocation.
' All shore leave for' the crew of the
Deutschland was stopped tonight. Ac
cording to stories told by friends of
some of the submarine's seamed, the
latter have expressed deepest anxiety
over the possibility of their falling
victims to the allied cruisers reported
to be awaiting the submarine off the
capes not from cannon but from dis
abled engines, through being caui '.t
in nets which they believe will be
stretched for them.
- "Entangled in these, the submarine
cannot escape," a friend of the men
was quoted as saying tonight; "its
engines will be crippled and it will be
a slow and agonizing death for all
on board. When engines stop the
lights will go out and the ai. will stop.
That is what the men fear. They talk
of it continually while with me at
night and they ask everyone to pray
for them."
This same man says the Deutsch
land's crew expressed fears that the
Bremen might meet the fate they had
pictured as a possibility to themselves.
Council of Trade'
Predicts Raid On
U. S. Gold Reserve
Washington;-July 20. A general
European attack upon America's un
precedented gold reserve and foreign
trade at the close "f the war is pre
dicted in a statement submitted to
the house judiciary committee today
by the national foreign trade council,
urging passage of the Webb bill to
permit American combinations in the
export trade.
. Pointing out that the present en
ormous export business is due large
ly to an abnormal war demand, the
council says the liberty to co-operate,
which rivals and customers of Ameri
can firms have enjoyed, has produced
highly organized selling agencies and
that the United States cannot hold its
position in the world 'of business if
European industrial and government
co-operation against American com
petition is to continue.
The judiciary committee concluded
hearings today on the Webb- bill. El
cott H. Goodwin, general secretary
of the chamber of commerce of the
United States, submitted the results
of the referendum of the chamber ap
proving export combinations.
Thousands of Extra Cars Will Be
Needed to Move Troops in Case of War
Chicago, July 20. In order to move
the maximum number of troops -on
short notice the railroads of the
country must have 6,750 more cars
permanently at the cell of the War
department, according to W. J. Black,
passenger traffic manager ' of the
Santa Fe railroad, in a statement here
today.- Such- an increase, he said,
would allow the movement of 11750,
000 troops within forty-eight hours.
The railroads, Mr. Black says, now
have a surplus of about 8,000 passen
ger cars. With fifty men to a car
these would accommodate 400,000. In
cluding 2,500 sleeping cars of all
kinds, 87,500 additional, or a total of
487,500 men could be transported at
one time without disturbing commer
cial business. ,
Mr. Black declares that if all pas
senger and sleeping cars in the United
States were used at once 1,750,000
troops could be transported, but it
would be impracticable to abandon all
commercial trains, even in time of
war. At least 50 per cent of the nor
mal traffic would have to be main
tained. On that basis, he said, avail
able equipment would enable Ameri
can railways to move only 500,000
troops in forty-eight hours, thence the
increase in cars necessary if it were
desired to move the largest contin
gents, i
GERMAN POSTS
Oil BOTH BANKS
OF SOU FALL
French War Office' Reports
Capture of Teuton Trenches
During Series of Night
Attacks. ..'
FIGHTING ALONG HEUSE
French Capture StronglyFor.
tified Position South of ,
Fleury.
ITALIAN RUSHES . FAILURE
London, July 21. The official
statement issued about midnight
British headquarters in France reads:
"North of the Bezantin-Longueval
line we advanced about 1,000 yards in
the face of stubborn resistance.
Heavy fighting still continues In the
northern outskirts of Longueval vil
lage and in Dellcville wood. w 6
"On - the remainder of the battle
front there is no change." . '
Paris, July 20. The French forces
have captured the entire first line
German positions extending from
Estrees to the height of Vermando
villers, according to the official state
ment issued by the war office tonight.
They also have taken, on both sidea
of the river, about 2,900 prisoners in
today's engagement.
i Paris. "July 20. Fresh attacks in
the pontine region were delivered last
night on both sides of the river. On
the north bank trenches in the Harde
court sector were taken, while south
of the river all the German front line
trenches between Parleux and Soye
court fell into French hands. -
Announcement of the French suc
cesses is made in this afternoon's war
office bulletin. .
The trenches captured pn the north
bank run from Halecourt-Mamelon,
to the east of Hardecourt, along the
railway from Combles to Clery. Four
hundred prisoners were captured
here.
In the Verdun region there was a
continuous bombardment of the
Avocourt and Chattancourt sectors
on the left bank of the Meuse, with a
grenade engagement to the northeast
of Hill 304.
On the east bank of the Meuse the
French progressed west of the Thiau
mont earthworks, while to the south
of Fleury they took a strongly forti
fied German post, together. Kith 150
prisoners.
A German aeroplane was brought
down in the Somme region east of
Peronne. . - ... - .-
Text of French Statement Y-;-
The communication follows: "
"On both sides of the Somme our
infantry this morning attacked Get
man positions and gained notable ad
vantages. North of the Somme we
captured enemy trenches from Ma-melon-Hardecourt,
as fsr as the river
and carried our line clear to the east
of Hardecourt along the railroad to
the narrow road which runs from
Combles to Clery. -
"South of Somme, between Parf
leux and Soyecourt, all the first line
(CoaUanrd rw Tw, olama Tw.)
Seigel Will Make
' Survey of Ellis
Island Conditions
New York, July 20. A survey ol
conditions at the federal immigration
station at Ellis Island will be made
by Representative Isaac Seigel of
New York. Seigel was requested by
Chairman Burnett of the immigration
committee of the house of representa
tives to find out whether the condi
tions alleged by Representative Will
iam S. Bennett to exist at Ellis fsland
warranted a congressional investiga
tion. ' : ' - ., ;. .,'..
Mr. Bennett's charges of immoral
ity and mismanagement on 'Ellis
Island are denied in a statement by
Frederick C. Howe, commissioner ol
immigration. "The trouble," said Mr.
Howe, "began when I requested tha
Department of Labor to take over the
private contract for the feeding of
immigrants at Ellis Island.
"I wanted the government to do it
rtffht and tab,. th lm KHk
------ ----- vi jjivilt
out of it. Mr. Bennett introduced an
miicnuincni to tne sundry civil bill,
which dented the government that
rtorhr . Tl.- , T
.-s... -w,,L,..b nullum iimes
amounts to hundreds of thousands of
uuuais.
Minister is Given 1 - 1
Term in County Jail
for Bootlegging
Montgomery City, Mo., Jul 20. 4
Rev. R, M. Mills, pastor of Chris
nan churches in Misrourl and other
states for eighteen years, is in tha
county jail here. Rev. Mills was ac
cused of bootlegging, was fined $300
or sentenced to serve 150 days in jail,
and accepted the latter punishment.
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down information.
There are . mighty few'
superfluous words in
Want-Ads, They just
give the'important facta
about the thing adver
tised.' That's why its
possible to read several
columns in a few short
minutes.
