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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-27
THE PUBLIC FORUM
GROCERY CLERKS.-On reading

your valuable newspaper, The Day
Book, this evening 1 noticed news
item written about the employees in
the grocery dept Of the Boston
Store, which stated that they were
receiving but S12 and less az week,
and because of this law wage and
these intolerable conditions they
protested and refused to work. 1
agree with these men for their &C
ton, as l have been an employee of
the Boston Store myself and know
what it is; and for that reason the
grocery clerks of Chicago some time
ago saw fit to form a union, which
has progressed very rapidly, and 1
hope that these men will see fit to
join our organization and better their
condition.
I also would like to say to them
that if they will join the grocery
clerks union that 1 will furnish them
with jobs that will pay them not less
than SIS a week.-D. J. Ryan, 6216
Eberhart Az.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-27

JuIOu SOLLSu up 10 serve us. Leu us
keep our savings out of the hands
of scheming fnanciers by placing
them in the postal savings bank
Jas. o. Boy.
A REPLY TO Mr.. JACK DOYLE.
Mr.. Doyle should know that
Guardians carefully distinguish be-
tween Catholics as citizens and
Catholics as protagonists Of a theO-
cratic system of authority. There is
probably not a Guardian who does
not. have Catholic neighbors whom
he or she respects as good neighbOrs
and honest, sincere people. Every
sincere, honest Catholic is in. con-
science bound to labor for the con-
version Of the world to Rome. Be
cause if the church is the only true
church of God, every one should in
duty belong to it. That is very sim
pie, very logical, very true. On the
other hand, every one who does not
believe that the church is a true
church is in conscience bound to OPP
pose every PROSECUTING effort of the
Catholics, Truth as the ideal is what
we are all bound to pursue.
Now we must judge truth by the
history of humanity, changing our
formulas as knowledge evolves. Car
dinal Newman said that a Catholic
historian did not dare to tell the
truth Dublin Review, January,
1900. The majority of the world be-
ieves it. A very scant eighth of the
world is Catholic. The seven-eighths
outside the church is put in a, preca-
riOus condition. They cannot see
how they are shut out. It would look
as though God were playing favor
ties. Though they may be saved if
they are in good faith-a dogmatic
position which the church rejected
under anathema for 1000 years, nay
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Slayer Of Wife and
Army Officer Has
Bond Refused

Alpine, Tex, July 27.-Harry J.
SPANIEL, manager Of local hotel,
was given a preliminary examination
on a charge of killing his wife and
Lieutenant Colonel M. c. Butler,
United States army, here today be-
fore Justice Ragin and remanded to
Jail without bond to await action of
the grand jury, which meets here
September II.
SPANIEL, apparently crazed by
jealousy, it is asserted, shot and killed
his wife, daughter of John Holland,
leading banker and cattleman of
west Texas, and the army officer, a
week ago today while the three were
riding in Spannelrs motor car. The
shooting, which occurred on a resi-
dence street in Alpine, caused much
excitement throughout the section.
When the prisoner was brought
into the court room it seemed obvi-
GUS to friends that he was on the
verge of a mental collapse. He
sobbed a greeting to the few officers
present and with bloodshot eyes
searched the room. Apparently he
paid little attention to the legal
phases of the examination, but num-
bled over and over again: "Oh, my
little girl, my own little girl' refer
ring to his 5-year-old daughter, now
at the home of her grandparents here.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Washington, July 27. - Warning
was issued to the public today by the
Department of Agriculture to look
with extreme suspicion upon any
preparation put on the market and Of
fered for sale as being effective for
the treatment Of infantile paralysis.
Department officials charged with
the enforcement OF the food and
drugs act, an announcement says, "ex-
peel the,outbreak OF infantile paraly-
sis will tempt unscrupulous persons to
offer for sale so-called cures or rem
edies for this dread malady. They,
therefore, have issued special instruc-
tions to food and drug inspectors to
be particularly alert for interstate
shipments or imporations Of medi-
cines, the makers of which allege they
will cure or alleviate this disease, for
which at the present time no mcdici-
nal cure is known
Inspectors have been instructed to
collect samples of all such medicines
found in interstate commerce and Of
ficials declare the makers will be
vigorously prosecuted whenever the
evidence warrants action under the
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Blacklist Protest
With Kick in It
Filed at London

London, July II. = Among the
strongest protests against the British
governments blacklist Of American
firms is one just received from G. w.
McNear, head of the Petroleum Prod
ucts company of San Francisco, who
points out that his firm is now load
ing the steamships Cacique and Wal
marino with valuable cargoes Of pc
troleum products destined for Aus
tralia and New Zealand.
Mr.. McNear declares in his state
ment that large part of the con-
tents of both ships already has been
resold by the Australian and New
Zealand merchants and he intimates
that if he is prohibited from deliver
ing the cargoes, heavy compensa-
ton will be demanded
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Wilson Asks House
Dems to Support the
Big Navy Measure

Washington, July 27.-President
Wilson summoned to the White
House today Representatives Padg-
ett, Talbot and Estopinal, the rank
ing democratic members of the house
naval committee, and told them he be-
lieved it vital that the house adopt
the naval bill as it passed the senate
with the construction program in
cluding four battle cruisers and four
battleships to be built Immediately
and an increase in the enlisted per-
sonnel of the navy.
The naval committee at a meeting
after the committee agreed to report
the bill back to the house with rec
ommendation that the house disagree
to all the senate amendments and
send the bill to conference for ad-
justment there By some this was
taken as a favorable step for the
larger program.
Chairman Padgett later reported
the bill with formal recommendation
for disagreement and conference. A
discussion Of the senate amendments
followed, Representatives Cox OF In
diana, Byrnes of Tennessee and other
protesting against certain features of
the increase,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Worthless "Cures" for Lnfanti'e
Paralysis Are Offered For Sale

food and drugs act. Such remedies
offered for import will be refused en-
try.
Government officials have noted
that in the past whenever serious
epidemic has existed unscrupulous
dealers have preyed upon the fear or
ignorance of the public by flooding
the market with worthless, hastily
prepared connections for which cura-
tive properties, which have no foun-
dation whatever in fact, are claimed.
In the present infantile paralysis cpl
demic, inspectors already have dis
covered shipments of few such mix
lures. '.+
In its warning the department
points out that the federal law does
not apply to preparations made and
consumed wholly within a single
state, such as patent medicines made
within New York state and sold in
New York City, the center OF the cpl
demic. Persons buying or using a
remedy made in their own state,
therefore," the announcement says,
must rely on the protection accorded
them by their local health authors
ties" t @a 8r
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
FOUR NORWEGIAN
SHIPS ARE SUNK
Vessels Laden With Timber
Bound for British Ports De-
stroyed in North Sea.
CREWS ARE TAKEN OFF

London, July H.-German sub.
marines have started a relentless wal
against timber-laden vessels in the
North Sea. Four ships, all Nor.
wegian, were reported to have beer
sunk today. They were the. Bans
Siebrid, Juno and Kentgern.
The captain and twelve men ot
the Kentgern were landed today al
Shields, where they gave details ol
the destruction of their vessels. The
German submarine commander, after
examining the Norwegian vessels
papers is quoted by members Of the
crew as saying:
well, l suppose l must do it. !
am sorry, but it is my duty. | am
sick and tired of the whole business,
The ship was then saturated with
paraffin and set on fire.
Twenty-eight men, members of the
crews of the Norwegian ships Bans
Siebrid and Juno were landed at Rot.
terdam today by fishing smack
says dispatch to Lloyds shipping
agency. The three vessels were sunk
by torpedoes in the North sea while
carrying cargoes OF timber.
German Steamship Attacked.
Berlin, July 27,--(Wircless to Say.
vile. "A delayed report from Ham
burg, dated July 10, received by the
Overseas News Agency today, gives
details of the previously reported at,
attack by Russian submarine on the
German steamer Elbe, off the Swed,
ish coast, as follows:
"The German trading vessel Elbe
bound from Bondswall to Lulea
Sweden, was attacked off the Port
of Rattan, half mile from the shore
by an enemy submarine, a torpedo
being discharged without any warn.
ing. The captain of the Elbe, by a
rapid maneuver, succeeded in dodg.
ing the torpedo, which passed the
steamer at a distance of twenty
metres and exploded against the
cliffs"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
TUNNEL WORKERS ,
STRIKE NATURAL GAS
New Theory is Given for Dis.
aster at Cleveland Which
Cost Nineteen Lives.
FLOW OF GAS IS STRONG

Cleveland, O., July 2.-Indications
that we'll OF natural gas was un-
covered by the tunnel explosion here
last Monday were reported today by
l.. M. Jones, the government mining
expert sent here from Pittsburgh. b
The flow OF gas not only makes
recoveries of the bodies in the wreck
impossible, but may prevent COM
pletion of the tunnel, Mr.. Jones said
The gas well, according to the ex-
pert, is apparently of uncomfortable
proportions and the gas similar to
that at the suburb of Lake Wood.
Despite this development .prepara-
tons for further exploration were
made today. The bodies lie behind
a cavc-in nearly 800 feet ,ong.
Special machinery will be needed
to penetrate this wall Of muck. 1t
will require several days to install
it if the gas clears from the workings.
1t will then require several days dig
ging to reach the corpses, so in any
event no more bodies are expected
to be found for a week or more. 81
Water works officials said today
they believe there are only nine
bodies in the tunnel instead Of eleven
as previously estimated Patrick
Kearns, supposed to be entombed,
turned up alive today. He had over
stayed shore leave Monday and
missed death by close margin. JUS
tice Aro, another thought to be with
the i'll fated force, also has been re-
ported alive. This reduces the total
loss of life to nineteen.
The city investigation reached ex-
animation of witnesses today.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
LOBECK PRESENTS
OMAHA'S CLAIMS
Sees McAdoo Concerning City
as Candidate for Bank
Location.
CITES FIGURES TO SHOW

Washington, July H.-(Special
Telegram.) - Representative Lobeck
realizing that if Omaha was to have
look in SO far as securing one OF
the farm loan banks was concerned
action would have to be quick, pre-
scented Omaha's claim to considera-
ton at the hands Of the farm loan
board by laying before Secretary Nc
Adoo cogent reasons why Omaha
should have consideration.
Secretary McAdoo said that for
merly it had been thought wise to
locate these farm loan banks in capi'
tai cities, but frankly admitted that
in the case of Boston, Springfield
would be much preferable, although
Boston is the capital,
This gave Mr.. Lobeck his long de.
sired opening TO tell the secretary oi
the advantages held out by Omaha
and that it would be most vital mis-
take on the part of the board il, in
its tour through the country, it did
not stop at Omaha. -.... i.
Omaha on the Map.
Don't make mistake like the one
you made with reference to o\the loca.
ton of a branch of the federal re-
serve bank" said Lobeck. Omaha
is on the map and one Of the big
towns of the country, you can see
Lincoln and Omaha in day, and we
insist Omaha should be visited"
Mr.. Lobeck recited series of sta
tistics as to Omaha and then left with
Mr.. McAdoo a mass of we'll digested
facts relating to the Gate City.
Secretary McAddo, seemingly
greatly impressed with the showing
made by the congressman, promised
to give the claims of Omaha and its
business men careful consideration.
lust as soon as the board is named
it will make tour Of the country to
collect, at first hand, data and infor-
nation to assist it in reaching a con-
clusion as to the boundary of the
twelve districts into which the coun-
try is to be divided.
Warrant Dismissed.
B. l.. Benson of Omaha was ad-
vised by Representative Lobeck to-
day that the warrant for the deporta-
ton of Vasilios (BilD Kipriodis, a
Greek doing business at Sixteenth and
Capitol avenue, had been dismissed on
the ground of insufficient evidence.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
AND THIS IS WHY
IT CONTINUES HOT
Weather Sharps Make Discov-
cry That a Bermuda High
Is Responsible.
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT

Washington, July "a Bermuda
High is the official cause of the
worst heat wave that has enveloped
the country in fifteen years. Trans
lated from the cryptic language OF
the weather sharps, that means a
great area of high pressure air has
been mobilizing on the weather drill
grounds in the Atlantic off Bermuda
for the last month and now has let
go the full power of its offensive from
the seaboard to the Rocky mountains
For weeks it has stood like a solid
wall against heated currents, trying
vainly TO move out from the interior
over the ocean and now as it swirlS
rapidly along, it is gathering heat and
moisture from the tropics and sweep
ing them northward over the contin-
ent into the vacuum of so called "low
pressure areas" Although its great
est intensity has not yet struck the
Pacific coast, it is expected to do SO
within the next few days.
No relief is promised from the phe,
nomena, which in the east has caused
sweltering city dwellers TO light fires
i'll their homes to dry out the humidity
or which in the Mississippi valley
is threatening the destroy millions Of
dollars worth of food crops.
Worst Yet to Conc.
Chief Forecaster Frankenfield said
today that the heat wave only had
begun. 1t is certain to continue
through the week and probably longer.
None of the conditions essential to a
break up are yet evident. The relief
which often comes from the north
west is nowhere in sight.
During all this month Forecaster
Frankenheld says the huge body Of
high pressure atmosphere has been
gathering over the western Atlantic
from Florida and east to the Azores.
1t is very heavy in weight and thick
in dimensions. Heavy air always
flows to a place occupied by light air,
but unfortunately there is at present
an area of light air in the tropics,
When the heavy air arrives there, it
finds there is still lighter air over the
continent. So it moves north in an
enormous sweep, burning hot from
the tropics and heavily laden with
sea-borne humidity. 1t is distribut-
ing this heat and humidity over all
the continental United States in what
officials call the Bermuda High"
The air in the middle west is be-
coming much heavier and it may form
local center where the air currents
will clash in series of thunderstorms
affording speedy relief through re-
adjustment of the areas Of high pres
sure.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Officers of Newark
Bank Are Held On
Conspiracy Charge

Newark, N. J., July 27.-Warrants
for the arrest of Edward H. Hatch,
vice president of the Mutual Trust
company of Orange, N. J., closed
Monday by the state banking commits
sion, and for Thomas R. Brynes, sec
retary and treasurer of the institu-
ton, were issued here today. They
are charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud the bank out of $306,000.
Hatch has for sixteen years been
treasurer of N. w. Halsey & Co., a
New York and Chicago bond house.
Byrnes, as treasurer OF the trust com
pany, is alleged to have allowed Hatch
to borrow $4,000 without adequate
collateral. 1t is charged, according to
the prosecutor, that Hatch with de-
posts in the bank of only $4,000 in
duced Byrnes to issue him certifi-
Gates for the loan, which he hypothe-
Gated in New York.
Byrnes was held in $4,000 bail and
Hatch was placed under guard at his
home until he RECEIVERS from an ill
ness.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Everybody Works
'@ But Father" Says
Senator Kern

Washington, July 27.-"Everybody
works but father" said Senator Kern,
democratic leader of the senate, sob
mitting for publication in the Con-
gressionat Record a large number of
kilograms he received today pro-
testing against passage Of the child
labor bill. Among the messages
were:S
Father of large family. am OPP
posed to child labor bill" '
II have young family coming on,
dependent on cotton mill. Defeat tho
Keating BIZ"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
ARMY AND NAVY
BILLS CARRY BIG
TOTALS THIS TIME
Bill Carrying Appropriations
Passes the Senate and Pro-
vides Expenditure of
$685,343,017.
MEASURE TO CONFERENCE
Two Million Dollars for the
Relief of Families of
Guardsmen.
RIGHT TO VOTE STRICKEN

Washington, July 2.--Nearly $780,
100000 for national defense in the
fiscal year 1917 is the aggregate OF
proposed appropriations reached in
the senate today with passage of the
army appropriation bill carrying in
round numbers $314000,000.
This grand total for preparedness
still is subject to revision, however,
because the army bill will follow the
naval bill in conference, where rcduc-
tions are probable, despite the firm
attitude of President Wilson i'll sup
porting the liberal response OF the
senate TO the call for adequate de-
fense.
The Appropriations.
lhe appropriations for prepared
ness, as they now stand, are as fol-
lows:
Army, sS13,97O,447.1O
Navy, SS15S26,s43
Fortiflcations Oaw), $25,74S,O5O,
Military academy, $2,23S,32S.5T
Army and deficiency, s27559,34S.05.
Total $6S5.S4S,0l727
AS it passed the senate, the army
bill exceeded the appropriations made
by the house by more than $l3l ,000,-
600. In the final hours OF debate on
the measure, the senate agreed to an
appropriation of $2,000,000 for relief
OF dependent families of national
guardsmen and regular army soldiers
in service in the Mexican emergency.
Distributions OF the fund is left to
the discretion OF the secretary of war,
but in no case shall any dependent
family receive more than $50 a
month.
Cut Out Right to Vote.
An amendment agreed to yester-
day, giving the soldiers on the bor-
der the right to vote in the field at
the November election, was elimi-
mated from the bill on a point of
order just before passage.
AS soon as the army bill was out
Of the way the senate took up and
passed, after brief debate, the military
academy appropriation bill, carrying
28,33S.57, an increase of $l,0lY,5
over the house authorization In the
main the senate approved the military
committees increase over house ap-
preparations in the army bill, al
though there were few reduction in
hte committee recommendations due
to improvement in the Mexican situa-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Cutters in East
st. Louis Packing
Plants Quit Work

East ST. Louis, ILL.,, July 27.-Meat
cutters employed at the packing
houses here Of Swift & Co., Armour
& Co. and Morris & Co. struck today.
Packing company officials say about
800 men walked out, but labor lead
ers say nearly 5000 struck. The un-
ion leaders assert the strike is due to
the discharge of fifty men who were
leaders in a secret movement to Or
ganize the butchers.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
RUSS CONTINUE
TO MAKE GAINS
IN EAST ARENA
retrograd Reports Capture Of
More Than Six Thousand
Tcu:ons in the Fight Of F.;
Tuesday.
AUsTRIANs IN RETREAT
Vienna Says Troops Are With
drawing Before Superior
Pressure. 80 S..
BRIToNs FIGHT ALL NIGHT

Petrosrad. July H.--(Nia London)
In battle on Tuesday on the Rus
sian western front $3.50 Teutons were
taken prisoner, says the official state
ment issued today by the Russian
war department. The Russians also
captured five guns and twenty-five
machine guns,
Russian forces operating in the
Caucasus are continuing their pursuit
of the retreating Turks. the state
ment says. In the Turkish fortress
of Erzingan, the capture of which was
announced yesterday, the Russians
took depot Of war material, 81
Austrians Are Retreating. s e
Berlin, July 2.-(Wireless to Say
vile. AN Austrian withdrawal be-
fore superior Russian pressure north
of Brody, in northeastern Galicia, is
announced by Austro-Hungarian army
headquarters in its report of July 26.
The statement says:
South of Leszinow Twelve miles
north Of Brody) our troops were with
drawn behind the Bolduka sector be-
fore superior enemy forces. Very vio-
lent Russian attacks in the vicinity
of Radziviloff (six miles northeast Of
Brodyl resulted in significant Rus
sian advantages. The Russians suf-
fercd extraordinarily heavy losses.
British Fight All Night,
London, July 27.-Throughout the
night British troops continued to
press the Germans with hand-to-hand
encounters at various points on the
Somme front in France, says the Of
fieial statement issued today Il
The text of the British official
statement says:
Throughout the night our artillery
had been active and we continued to
press the enemy with hand -to-hand
encounters at various points.
"The enemy is using large numbers
Of gas and tear shells in the battle
area. s-.Ss4A..,,. \. Il.
Elsewhere on the British front
there was no incident of importance
in the last forty-eight hours"
German. Official Report.
Berlin, July H.-(Via London -
Russian troops last night made fu-
tile storming attack against the Ger
man positions on the Shara river,
northwest of Liachovichy, il was an
nounced by the German general staff
today. The Russians, it is added, also
were sanguinarily repulsed in the re-
gion west of Berestechk.
British hand grenade attacks
against the German lines to the west
of the town Of Pozieres, in the
Somme region, were repulsed yester-
day, according to the announcement
made by the, German headquarters to-
day 81
South OF the Somme river French
attack, launched at point northeast
of Barlesux, failed, the statement
adds. e>
In the Verdun regionf several
strong French attacks were. carried
out in the region Of Froide Terre and
Fleury, but they were repulsed. Fight
ing continues at some points. 's
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Mayor Of Mitchell
Asks for Troops

Mitchell, S. D., July H.--Mayor J.
E. Wells today made an appeal to
Adjutant General Morris for militia
to cope with the lawless harvest hands
who are passing through the city by
hundreds daily. He requests that the
local militia company, now at the
state mobilization camp at Redheld,
be returned to Mitchell
During the last few days the har.
vest hands have seized several pas
senger and freight trains and caused
alarm among the people Of small
towns on the railroads. .5.s
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Protest Against
Blacklist Cabled
To London by Polk

Washington. July IA note to
Great Britain objceting to the black
listing of American business firms as
an "invasion OF neutral rights" was
cabled to London late last night by
the State department.
Acting Secretary Polk, announcing
today that the communication had
been dispatched, declined to discuss il
further than to say that it contained
Representations. He said it would
be given out for publication Monday.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Hughes Confers
With Fall About
Mexican Outlook

New York, July 27.-Charles +.
Hughes, presidential nominee, III a
long conference here today with
former Senator Fall of New Mexico
received a first-hand report of condi-
tions along the Mexican border.
Among the nominees other callers
were John c. Evcrsman, secretary Of
the republican congressional cam
paign committee, and Dwight B.
Heard OF Arizona, chairman of the
Arzonia state committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Brigadier General
lanes c. Lee is Dead

New York, July 27.-Army circles
today heard OF the death at Hague,
Lake George, N. Y, yesterday OF
Brigadier General James c. Lee
United States army, retired. He was
80 years old. The funeral will be
held in Washington next Sunday. In
terment will be i'll Arlington, Va.