Look around Omaha at the
firm that advertise. They
are the ones that have
grown from little concerns
to great big ones.
The
Omaha
Daily
Bee
THE WEATHER
COOLER . .
' ' VOL. XL VI NO. 36.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1916 FOURTEEN PAGES.
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SINGLE COPY TWO -.: CENTS.
KILL TWO MEN
AS LOOT BANK;
TAKENBY POSSE
Two Hen Captured Following
Robbery of Sunol (Neb.)
Institution and-Murder
. . of Pair. ,
$1,200 IN MONEY TAKEN
Place .Entered During Noon
, Hour and Cashier Locked
f-,.. Up in Vault. x
ESCAPES, GIVES ALARM
Sunol, Ncb July 28. (Special Tele
gram.) A bandit, aged about 35,
held up the Farmers' State bank at
this place at 11:30 a. m. today.,. He
bound and gagged Cashiet'""C.' W.
Smith and secured about $2,000 in cur
rency, making escape to a corn field
west of town. A large number of
citizens quickly followed and, when
approached 1 within a short distance,
the robber pulled his two revolvers
and shot Paul Cacik and Ira Paul,
two farmers, members of the posse,
dead. The bandit secured an auto
mobile from a traveling man named
R. G. Lukens, from Denver, at the
point of a revolver, and immediately
" pulled for the east. He is now hiding
in Craig's pasture, two miles east of
-here, and is - surrounded by Sheriff
McDaniels and a large posse from this
place, Sidney and Lodgepole. -.. ,
Sidney, Neb., July -28. The ' Ne
braska State bank at Sunol, near here,
was robbed today of $1,2000 by two
men who locked Cashier W. C Smith
in the vault and in making their escape
killed Ira Paul and Paul Cacik, who
tried to capture them. Later two men
were captured by a posse led by Sher
iff McDaniels of Sidney. They gave
the names of J. W. S. Parnell and I.
G. Lukens. ; . -
According to, the story told by
smith, tne men entered the bank dur
Nng the noon hour. One presented a
draft on an Ohio bank and covered
amitn witn guns wnue ne scanned tne
paper. After taking all currency in
sight the robbers ordered Smith into
the vault and closed the door, but
failed to turn the bolt. .
L : - Gives the Alarm.
As they left the bank and entered
their automobile-Smith emerged from
the vault and gave the alarm. . An at
tempt to stop them caused fusillade
of shots in which Paul and Cacik were
killed. - , v-r
, In response to a.sejhonftanessage
Sheriff McDaniels led a posse in pur
suit,., which surrounded and captured
the ' robbers" about two ' miles from
SundL - Approximately $1,200 found
in their possession was recovered.
- At the sight of the guns Parnell
threw up his hands and surrendered.
No weapons or any of the money was
found on his person, although tourists
going east from Sunol in automobiles
picked up about $50 and left the
money at the Cheyenne County bank
at Lodgepole. - -.-'
Tit-ph Rwinprl Vrnm
Car While Owner is
' Before the Judge
While C.' CV Cunningham, who
drove into Omaha from Kingsley, Ia
without the precaution of subduing
his bright lights, was drawing a fine
of $2.50 and costs for the offense,
some miscreant swiped two new tires
from Cunningham's car, which was
standing outside the police station.
This double-barreled batch of bad
luck .was too much for Cunningham,
who sought solace in a dispensary of
liquid cheer. A few minutes later he
became so disconsolate over his mis
fortune he offered to sell his car and
was just completing a deal to dispose
of the $1,250 brand new machine to
, a couple of city slickers for $400 when
Officer Leroy Wade appeared on the
scene. Wade called tile deal off and
started Cunningham for home.
The Weather
N-braaka:' Probakly fair; aUghtly cooler
northwest portion and wostund central por
tion g.
-Iowa: Generally fair nd continued blrh
temperature. ' . .
Hourly Temperature in, Omaha,
f Kl a. m ,...7
r J-i a- m. n
0M f ) 7 a. m si
mNUL. S a. m. tt
J - 9. ' m 87
JW fa, q lftf1 m
ViWitrtl nSt 11 ft. m., 2
lAttCTMyn 12 m-
7Ww Ur 1 1 lp.m 95
Willi, ...jH' - A S P. ... 18
(PVf, '"""T-U J- s p. m 96
',' Wlm-H TsJ ' P. m. M
TTJ t 1 . 6 p. m.... ....-6
trr) l-J P- m...., ,.94
JBSrm 3 7 p. m.. .......... .92
.;-t,.: CompsumUr Records. ' '''-:'
' nu. iii4. m.
Hlvhest yecterday 97 7. V 7 9j
L-owesi yesieraay ... 7f 75 M
rrewpuiwon on .13 .0 ' 7
Temperature and precipitation departures
iiwiu hi vuruiii svi unwnt since March 1.
and compared with the feat two years:
' ' . . ' -T . Desj.
Normal temperatura .......,;. 77
Excess for the day 11
Total excess since March 1 ....160
isormai prtcipita-ian ,n inch
Deficiency for the day ir Inch
Toltal rainfall since March 1....M7 lnchea
e((alency slnco March 1 t.2i Inches
Excess for cor. period In 191ft... Lit Inches
Deficiency for cor. period In 1914 J.1I Inches
; Jtaportu from 8tattant al f p. .
Station and State Temp. Hlah- Bain-
of Weather. I p. mr est fill
jnerenne. Cloudy ? - 9
Davenport, clear ......100 103
Denver, cloudy 94
Des Moines, clear to
Dodte City, clear ......
Leader, cloudy 71
North Platte, clear M, 94
Omaha, clear ......... 9)
Pueblo, clear 93
Rapid City, olear ...... 94
Bait Lake City, part cldy 92
iania re, pari otouoy .. u
Sheridan.' rain IS
Kfoux City, clear 93
Aalentlne, part cloudy . 94
"i moicaiofs 01 precipitation.
I A. WK1SH, Meteorologist.
MRS. T. R. JR., HEADS
LEAGUE THAT WILL
WORK FOR HUGHES.
.IS.
1 '
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100
14
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14
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100 1
Capt, Culver Sends :
- Radio Messages '
; From Aeroplane
: San Diego, Cat., July 28. Ameri
can military aviators expressed grati
fication today over the achievement
of Captain Clarence Culver of the sig
nal corps aviation school, here . in
sending radio messages from an aero
plane at ten-minute intervals during a
flight yesterday to Santa Monica and
return. The , distance covered was
about 230 miles. ' . ' ' 4
Lieutenant W. A. Robertson; who
handled the receiving instruments
here, said that every message from
Captain Culver was recorded in the
telephone receiver with amazing
clearness. ' : r
Preceding' Captain Culver's Ma
chine were four- military aeroplanes
piloted by students of the military
training school, the flight being a
part of the tests the students are un
dergoing to obtain the rank of juniof
military aviator. -
Captain Clarence Culver is a Ne
braskan. He is a Son of General .
H. Culver of Milford. . r . i.'
NerrMexico Guards
' Will Be Tried, by
Court Martial
Washington, , July . 28. Secretary
Baker made oublic today the person
nel of a general court martial to meet
in Columbus, N. M? August 7 for the
trial of membeVs of the New Mexico
'National Guard, who. refused to, be
mustered into the service or.-, tne
United States when the state troops
of New Mexico, Texas and Arizona
were called out for border duty on
May 9 by President Wilson.
Four officers of the regular army
and. nine officers of the New Mexico
Guard compose the court, over which
Major George E. ; Stockle, Twelfth
cavalry, will preside.
J Similar court was urucrcu w iry
cases , of the same kind among the
Texas aruardsmen some weeks ago,
but no trials have resulted, as delin
quents, who, when apprehended, pre
ferred to take the mustering oath
when faced with the alternative of
court martial proceedings. , ' ,
Fugitive Defaulter -
Is Taken Tnrougn
Letter to Woman
, J'"' f ' .V mmmmt ' '
ancc commissioner, convicted as a de-
taulter and who, DroM jau witn a
arrest in Key West, Fla, according
. 1 ' : 1 1 . 1.
10 aavices rcccivcu iicic iuujr. 11
was said Gillies had planned going to
mate disguised themselves in female
attire tne nignt tney escapea rrom me
county jail. ' , ., '
Roberts was arrested at Brighton,
Colo., last Monday. A letter to Miss
Quinn Trott, a state house employe,
sages to friends and asking for 530,
was turnea over 10 me auinoriuesoy
Miss Trott. This led to the capture.
Thirty-Five More
Babies Are Dead
From Epidemic
New York, July 28. The epidemic
of infantile paralysis, still , is un
checked, the daily report of the health
department shows. Ihe bulletin is
sued today discloses a slight increase
in deaths and a small decrease in the
number of new cases. During the
twenty-four hour period, ending at 10
o ciocx tnis morning, mere were i
new. cases and thirty-five fatalities
from the disease reported in the. five
boroughs of New York.-
Five Hundred Villa ;
Troops Captured
Mexico City, July 28 (Via Laredo.
Tex.J July 28. five hundred VU-
lista have been captured in Zaca
tecas by General Plank, according to
reports received by the government.
All were given amnesty.
Ignacio Media has been killed' in
an engagement at san Luis rotosi, ac
cording to advices received here to
day... ,
SCHOOL BOARD PUTS
TAX LEVY AT 25 MILLS
Makei Eitimate of Eeceipts
nd Expenditures for
" , ' the Year.
MORE MONEY IS IN SIGHT
The Board of Education, at , iTamw
cial meeting yesterday afterr': , x
proved m 23-mill tax li"1' . V
year, this being they"1, .ft.'ii'on
of the finance coming
The following estirry,yt receipts
was presented to the board b Sec
retary- Bourke: ",--,
T.X colleetlon. an . bail, ot $41,
LAMS IN U. S.
COURT GIVES BABY
TO MARGARET RYAN
Child Claimed by Mrs. Matters
and Heir to Estate Is
Disposed Of. ,
IS BY LANDIS
HO.tll valuation ..
Intereit on bond
Interact an funda '.
Uquor Hoanaaa
Drug llcanaea
Mlsoallaneoua llcanaaa
Non.raldant tuition ...........
Poltca caurt flnaa
Stata apportlonmant
Normal training apponienmant .
Agriculture apportlonmant . . . . .
Sola of booka, auppltaa. ate......
High echool lunch foam........
Mlacellaneoua aoureea
Sqjjt .I1.439.HI
Where It Goes.
The board made the following esti
mate of expenditures for the year
.1,114.111
7.0BO
10.000
114,000
10
Us.ooo
4,000
14.000
71 000
too
100
.. 1,000
1,100
1.000
Advertising
Architects aarvlcoa ......
Booka ,.
Cartage and freight
Cen.ua enumeration . . . .
Conetructlon and altea ....
Examining committee. .....f
Fuel i ...
Furniture and futures . . . .
Improvementa ....... ......
Insurance
Interest and egchange .....
Janltora .......
Light and power
Mape .-
Offlcera and Clarke ........
Postage
Rent
Repairs
Special taxes
Supplies
Teachers '. ... . . . ... . . . ....
Telephone
cur traneponanon .......
Traveling expenaea
Miscellaneous expenaea ...
Bond redemption fund .. ..
Ineurance fund
Teechera' retirementfund
To apply on deficit . . . .
Total
100
4M0
XT.AOO
. e.ioo
l.iOO
, 14.000
140
40,000
:o,ooo
74 000
1,000
114,000
(,100
4,100
400
13.440
100
I.7S0
14,000
,00
40,000
811, Ml
1,110
1,000
ISO
11,000
(!,sao
10 000
IMIS
14,401
i,io,m
j Mprt h Sight. ' ,
The total of the budget for next
year is $152,000 more than the bud
get made up by the school officials a
year ago. The board continues to
include $25,000 a year for "construc
tion and sites," notwithstanding a re
cent sale of $1,000,000 bonds which
money has not been spent.' An item
of $74,000 is ailowea lor impiovc
ments, as against $41,750 in the last
levy. . .
The annual, teacnera "''
count has been raised from $819,270
to $899,385. . - - v, ' - . .
, .Tk. rnmmittu allowed in
the list o probable recipts an item of
$354,000 saloon licenses, 1. assuming
there will be no interruption in this
revenue' source. If the state should
go dry next November the school dis
trict would taceive, one-third of $354,-
000 for the period trom January 1 10
May 1, 1917, in which the expected
revenue would be reduced $236,000.
Leo . Angus Brings
Habeas Corpus Suit '
Against Sheriff
Leo Angus, one ot the "boy ban
dits convicted in connection witn me
murder of Nels Lausten aotne years
aeo. and who, after his pardon from
the state penitentiary, was recently
arrested and "acquitted on another
murder charge growing out of
shooting scrape, has brought habeas
corpus proceedings against Sheriff ST.
I. McShane and Jailor Schroeder. ..
Anmis claims he is confined illegal
ly in the county jail, where he it now
serving a ninety-day sentence on a
vagrancy charge. ' ' '
Angus attacks the validity of the
information against him, claiming
that the information was signed with
a rubber stamp, and further altegei
that Police Judge Charles Foster
changed the charge from vagrancy to
that of carrying concealed weapons
when the commitment was maae,
Hughes at Work on
.Campaign Speeches
Bridgehampton, N. Y., July 28.
Charles E. 'Hughes returned from
New York to his summer home here
tonight to complete his Speech of ac
ceptance and some of the campaign
speeches on which he has been work-
r . ... . 1 . . --1 . . - xi
ins aunnir ine nasi iwu wcco. ...
Hmrhes will remain here until July 31
when the ceremony of notification
will be held in New YorK.
TVin itinerary of the triD to the Pa
cific coast, upon, which Mr. Hughes
will start from New York August 5,
probably will be announced in New
York Saturday oy muonai vnnirmau
Willcox. ' ' " ' -Mr.
Hughes left the train at Quo-o-iic.
an hour's ride from Birdgehamp-
ton, and motored' home tonight He
made no comment on his conferences
in New York today. ,
Proof That Celia
Adams Killed Self
, ...
Boston, July 28. Evidence that Dr.
Lens f. Aaams commiueu suiciuc
as affirmed by Dr. Eldridge D. At
wood, charged with the murder-of
Dr. Wilfred Harrtt, came into pos
session of the district attorney today.
A handbag removed from the ycung
woman's office was found to contain
a phial in which were tablets of the
poison which the medical examiners
decided had caused her death.
The discovery is regarded as of
much importance to the defense,
which, it 1 is understood, will be a
claim that Atwood was driven tem
porarily insane by the suicide of his
fiancee, for which he held Harris re
sponsible.
Real Mother Will Stand Mate,
Says the Judge. .
HOSPITAL IS " FLAYED
Chicago, July 28. Margaret Ryan,
a aCnadian working girl, was today
declared by Judge K. M. Landis of
the United States district court, to
be the mother of a year-old child,
claimed also by Mrs. Anna Dollie
Ledgerwood Matters, and was given
the custody of the infant. ' '
Previous to the opening of the
final day of the federal court, suits
against Mrs. Matters, charging foist
ing a spurious' heir on the probate
court and perjury, were dismsised in
the state courts. ,
"Where a Question of maternity is
involved, the real mother will not
stand mute." Tudse Landis said, in
announcing his decision.
ine decision louowea a specen in
which ihe judge bitterlv -censured
the Misericordia hospital at Ottawa,
Ont, the sisters in charge, and cer
tain attendants. It was in this hos
pital that Mrs. Matters, widow of a
banker, claimed to have given birth
to the child. Certain hospital at
tendants at first supported her claim,
then repudiated their testimony, and
in later hearings asserted that Mar
garet Ryan was its mother and that
it was taken from her and given to
the Chicago widow. ' ''
. Regarding the Claim. ,
Mrs. Matters presented the child to
the probate court here as a posthu
mour heir to er husband's estate, and
in the long period of litigation which
followed,, she was acquitted of a
charge of conspiracy. Following this
verdict, Margaret Ryan brought suit
in the federal court to obtain the
child through writs of habeas corpus.
Her testimony nad all Dee n surj
mitted when court convened today
and Judge Landis asked Mi's, Mat
ters if she wished to testify in spite
of the fact" that her attorneys an
nounced they would not present any
evidence.
Mrs. Matters asserted she was the
mother of the child and told of her
reasons for going, to Canada. , The
decision then was rendered, turning
the baby over to Miss Ryan. '
- The decision of Judge sLndis does
hwt-ffect the' estate -of Fred Mat
ters, late husband of Mrs. Matters,
for Judge Henry Horner in the pro
bate court: had previously held that
Irene was not the child of Mrs. Mat-
ters. .- ;v - - .- ''-. ...:v.-.
Union Threatens to
Tie .Up All New York
City Traction Lines
New York, July 28. The national
organization of the street railway em
ployes today continued efforts to
unionize all the motormen and con
ductors of New York city. Its lead
ers Dredicted that it the street rail
way company did not yield to their
demands in the Bronx and West
Chester county, the strike in those
districts would spread throughout the
city.
Officers of the car men's organiza
tion said that arrangements for the
fight in New York had .been : in
progress for several months and that
a fund of $750,000 was on hand to use
in the event ot a general tie up on
suhway, surface and elevated line
Edward A. Maher, jr., general man
ager of the Union Railway company,
declared that with adequate police
protection the strike would be broken
by Saturday. He denied that there
was danger of the strike spreading.
Jt is estimated that more than 100
persons were injured in clashes be
tween strike breakers and rioters and
the police. Twenty cars were badly
damaged. '
No attempt has been made to
fasten on the strikers blame for the
fatal accident that occurred in the
Bronx late last night "In this acci
dent a strike breaker, acting as mo
torman, was killed and two policemen,
and three strike guards, employed by
the railway company, were hurt.
Their car jumped the .rack ' and
struck an iron pillar, and five minutes
later three empty cars in- some mys
terious manner rolled down a steep
hill and crashed into the wreckage.
Seward Wants Judge for -
Its Auto Floral Parade
If Gus Renze is not too busy mak
ing floats for -Ak-Sar-Ben he may
have a job to go to Seward, Neb., to
judge an automobile floral parade
which is to be held there August lk
The Seward Commercial club,
through F. W. Goehner, its president,
has written the Commercial club of
Omaha asking that some one be sent
out to judge this parade, and the
president expressed a preference for
Gus Renze, artisan of a Ak-Sar-Ben.
Renze will be consulted in the matter.
The parade is to be a feature of Sew
ard's harvest festival. '
Reed Advises Pool -'
On Food Commissioner
Lincoln, "Neb., July '28. (Special
Telegram.) Secretary of State Pool
has been advised by Attorney General
Reed tha the not follow the plan of
the title proposed by the attorney
general for the amendment to be voted
for covering the food commissioner
proposition, but can print the entire
amendment as the title. The law lim
its ballot titles to 200 words, while
the amendment has 215 words, so that
there will have to be another agree
ment reached before the thing- is set
tled. ' . . . v. .
CAVALRY MEN BRANDING REMOUNTS The militia
men on the morder have many things to do, and perhaps the
most dangeraua is the branding of horses bought by the gov
ernment for them, as they are entirely unaccustomed to
that work.
I viv o am 1
f- --
CANADIANS DENY -CAPTOREOF
BREMEN
Report . Subsea Taken Into
Halifax by Patrol Boat Con- '
tradioied from Ottawa.
TWO REPOETS EEOEIVED
. Ottawa', July 28. The naval depart
ment denied today that there is any
foundation for the story published In
New York that the Germsn super
submarine Bremen has been captured
and taken into Halifax. , 'V -.
- News for Halifax.
Halifax, N. S., July 28. Nothing is
known here of the Bremen story fur
ther than the repofts from New York
that the submarine had been captured
and brought into Halifax harbor,
V .Brratn Reported Captured. ,
Portland, Me.,- July 28. A-ttteg'ram
saying the Ccrman underwater mer
chantman Bremen had been captured
and was being towed into Halifax was
received, in this city today from a
Canadian source which was believed
to be reliable.
Second Report Received.
New Ybrk, July 28.Another cir
cumstantial report regarding the
whereabouts of the German submarine
Bremen, long expected at some Amer
ican port, is that the ship has been
captured by British patroling squ-d-
rons and is today tied up in the har
bor of Halifax, si. b.
The icport as published here today
is given in a letter said to have been
written by the secretary of a high Ca
nadian official to a business man of
this city. The tetter is declared to
have been mcilcd from Buffalo, N. Y.,
two days ago.
Deutschlsnd l waiting.
1 Baltimore, Md, July 28. The Ger
man merchant submarine, Deutsch
lsnd. will not sail for home until of
ficial information has been received
from its sister ship, the Bremen, by
its agents here, according to a report
received today from a source consid
ered reliable.
It was also said, on good authority.
that the Deutschland would make no
secret attempt at a getaway, but that
it was probable it would leave its pier
during the day, in order to arrive at
the capes under the cover ot darkness
Spokane Man i ;
'Gets First Prize In
fi fir Lottery for Land
Spokane, Wash!; July 28 Drawing
for homestead rights in 425,000 acres
in the Lolville Indian reservation,
which began here under direction of
Judge John McPhaul, representative
of the federal government, was to be
continued today. . More than 9,000
registrations were heaped on the
stage of a, theater, where four girls
drew the winning, numbers. Over
1,600 names were drawn yesterday.
Prize No. 1, carrying with it the
right to 'make -first selection of laud,
was drawn by George Lennon of Spo
kane, Wash, , Among those in the
first hundred names drawn were Miss
Linda M. Derbert of Princeton, Wis.,
whose prize was No: 7; Charles, F.
White, Chicago; Rachael C. Owens,
Minneapolis; Joseph A. Mills, Indian
apolis; Leonard H. Baro, Salt Lake;
Benjamin F. Friend, Friendville, Md.
Most of the names announced were
those of people of the northwest.
About 5,000 names were to be se
lected and recorded in their order
and given a chance at one of the 600
homesteads on the reservations. It
was believed that only the first 200
registrations drawn would be very
valuable ' - - ?
Charged With Defrauding the
Government in Sale of Liquor
Santa Fe, N. M., July 28. Guy L.
Hartman,. alias C. E. Johnson, scout
with, the Pershing Mexican expedition,.-
charged with defraduing the
government by the sale of liquor in
Arkansas, was brought to tire peni
tentiary here today by United States
Marshal, pending the issuance of pa
pers for his transfer to Arkansas. It
is - understood here the government
charges allege the fraud extends to a
whole string of distilleries in Arkan
sas, West Virginia, the Carohnas and
Florida, ,. v .
GERMANS EXECUTE
BRITISH CAPTAIN
- '
Master of Merchant Ship Con
,' vioted of Attempt, to Bam ,
Teuton Submarine.
TRIAL HELD THURSDAY
Berlin, July 28. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) Captain Charles Fryatt of
the Great Eastern railway steamship
Brussels, which vessel was captured
by German destrovers last month and
taken into Zeebrugge, has been exe
cuted by shootrUg after a trial before
a German naval court-martial. The
death sentence was passed upon Cap
tain Fryatt because of his alleged ac
tion in attempting, previously,, to ram
a German Submarine.
Testimony was presented , at the
court-martial td show that while Can-
tain- Fryatt did not belong to the
armed forces, he had attempted, oo
March 28, 1915, while near the Mass
lightship, to ram the German sub
marine U-JJ. i , .:,'
1 Captain Fryatt and the first' officer
and the first engineer of the Brussels
received from the British admiralty
gold watches for "brave conduct" and
were mentioned in the House of Com
mons.. " , ,, - ;: " 1 ,.
The submarine U-33, according to
the official account of the trial, bad
signalled to the British steamer to
show its flag and to aton. but Can-
tain Fryatt did not heed and, it is
BRITISH FORCES :
CAPTURE ALL OF
DELVJLLE WOOD
Official Statement Says Bran,
denburg Division Driven ;
Ont and Counter Attack
' Repulsed. V . -
RUSSIANS ARE ADVANCING
More Ground is Gained in
Southern Volhynia and the ,
' Caucasus Region.
SERBS ATTACK BULOARS
London, July 28. British ' troops
have captured Delville wood bi its
entirety, the British official statement
announces this afternoon. The Ger
man position in the aomme- region
had been defended by the Branden
burg division, which was driven out
London, July 28.-The British
statement says: v 1
"After severe fighting we have
driven the Fifth Bradenburg division
from remaining' positions in Del
ville wood, capturing three officers
and 158 men.
"The whole wood how is in our
hsnds and two German counter at
tacks have been beaten off with heavy
loss to the enemy.
"We made further ' progress in
Longifeval village and near Fozieres,
and in the latter area we captured
forty-eight wounded Germans.
r'Last night the enemy guns were ..
active against our new positions and
there were heavy 1 artillery- duels in
various sectors of the battle area.
"Near Neuve Chapelle small parties
of Germans succeeded in entering our
trenches at two points, but im
mediately were driven out bv a
counter attack, leaving a few wounded
in our Hands. , ;
"Northeast of Souches , and at
several other points our artillery
shelled the enemy's front line and
communication trenches." 1
. Russians In France Busy. '
Paris, July 28. Russians recon
noitering at Auberlve. jn the Chain
nagne savs the French' official state
ment issued this afternoon, penetrated
the Uerman trenches and cleared
(CoattaMM- on Faa Tw. Cln
1 Tw.)
(Ooatlnasd on Fsrs Two, Column four.) .
Balance of Trade ' :
In Favor of U. S.
Is Two Billions
Washington, July 28. Foreign
trade of the United States closed its
greatest year in history June 30 with
a balance of $2,126,000,000 in favor of
American exporters. The year a ex
ports aggregated $4,334,000,000. -the
Department of Commerce announced
today, and imports were valued at
$2,198,000,000. The trade balance was
double that of last year and four
times that of 1914. Exports exceeded
those of last year by. $1,5W,UUU,U00.
The exact foreign trade figures an
nounced, differing slightly from pre
liminary estimates, show the , year's
exports exceed the annual average
from 1911 .to 1914 by more than $2,
000,000,000. Gold imports for the
year aggregated $404,000,000, . com
nared with $25,000,000 last vear.
In Tune exports amounted to $465.-
000,000, an increase of about $200,000,
000 over last June, but a decrease of
about $10,000,000 from May 5. .
- Imports for the year, $2,198,000,000,
exceeded by $524,000,000 the 1915 to
tal and the annual average from 1911
to 1914 by $475,000,000. June imports
were valued at. $246,000,000, the lar
gest ever showa in a single month,
being $17,000,000 more than the fig
ures for May -tand $88,000,000 more
than those of June, 1915. ., , t
Butchers' Strike
- Extends to Plants
In St. Louis, Mo.
St. Louis, July 28. The "strike of
butchers and meat cutters at East St.
Louis (III.) packing houses spread to
day to the Missouri side of the river.
Butchers and meat cotters employed
by the St. Louis Independent Pack
ing company, St. Louis, Mo-rwent
out. . "' -' '" -" "' '-;
The company asked for police pro
tection and twenty . patrolmejji were
assigned to the plant
The strike at the three large plants
in East St. Louis grew today, and
union officials, said between 4,000 and
5,000 men .were out.- Managers of
Armour and company, Swift and com
pany, Morris and company said be
tween 2,000 and 2,500 were on strike.
The strike extended today to the
plants of Cox, Gordon and of the
Sartorious Provision company, both
on the Missouri side of the river.
. Officials- of the. St. Louis inde
pendent packing company said that
nearly all their' 600 employes had
Struck. ' .. .
' At all plants the strikers are de
manding substantially the same thing
rerofnitinr, of their unit n.
Oases Growing Out '
Of Colorado Strike, 1
c To Be Dismissed
'; C:'.---"-""'1": ;. , .
Denver, Coio.i i Ju1y:28.--Fred Far
rar, attorney general of Colorado, to
day announced be would recommend
the dismissal ot a majority of the
eighty-four cases in Huerfano - and
Las Animas counties brought by the
state as a result of disorders incident
to the coal miners' strike in Colorado
m iyu ana ivi. nis action, tne an
nouncement said, was based on the
belief the best interests of the com
monwealth would be served by such
action. , ' -. - . .. ; ... - v, '.j ...
British Boat is
Sunk in Fight Off '
Coast of Scotland
-(By Wireless to
, battle between
Berlin. July 28,-
Savville. In a naval
several German, submarines and three
British patrol boats off the coast of
Scotland one of the British vessels
was sunk, according to a report re
ceived by the Dutch newspaper Han
delsblad and telegraphed to the Over
seas news agency. , , .
Cabinet Discusses . '
Mexican Situation
Washington. "July 28. Mexico was
discussed Ly the cabinet today for the
first time in several weeks. Acting
Secretary Polk reported on his con
ferences with Elizeo Arrendondo, the
Mexican ambassador designate.
It was intimated Mr. Arredondo
might be summoned to the State de
partment later today to receive Pres
ident Wilson's final decision on Gen
eral Carranza's plan for appointing a
joint commission to adjust differ
ences." " .' """ :j ' - :- " iv- - -
General Carranza is understood to
Lave acceded in part at least to the
department's view of what ahould be
the scope of the . proposed commis
sion's authority. , . ; ; ,-- j
Ed Walsh Saves Two
. . Girls From Drowning
Chicago, July 28. Ed Walsh of the
Chicago White Sox last night turned
lifesaver and rescued two, drowning;
girls from the lake. Afterward he de
clined to talk about his act, and said
he didn't even know the names of the
girls. The rescue took place at a
hotel beach where Walsh had just
dived from a raft, which someone, a
moment later,, overturned, throwing
its occupants into the water. Walsh
heard the appeals for help from, the
girts and brought them safely : t
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