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Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
MAIL QUEST|ON|S
! TAKING ON MORE
ACUTE FORM No.,
Washington Is Ar ,oSi the
Answer + Been
Long Dell sNa by the
Entente Allies.
TO SEND OVER NEW NOTE
Propose to Prod Grey for a
Little Faster Action on
the Matter.
DELAY IS NOT UNDERSTOOD
TO SEND OVER NEW NOTE
DELAY is NOT UNDERSTOOD

Washington, July ga communi-
cation to Great Britain dealing with
the principles involved in the black
list against American firms is prac-
tically ready and will be sent forward
to London within the next few days.
Acting Secretary Polk discussed the
question with President Wilson today
and then returned to the State depart
ment to complete the work on the
document
While the protest will deal prima-
rily with principles, Mr.. Polk reported
to the president on several individual
cases involved in the blacklist which
he investigated. He said some. of
these firms had good grounds for
complaint, and these facts will be set
forth in the note to Great Britain,
The American government has ac-
cepted the explanations of the black
list made informally by Sir Cecil
Spring Rice, the British ambassador,
without prejudice to its case. The
ambassadors assurances that the
blacklist was not intended to interfere
with American trade with other neu-
trails, however, has not altered the
views of the government that the
United States has grounds for a
strong protest.
Ambassador Page at London today
advised the State department OF an
informal discussion he had at the
British foreign office regarding the
British blacklist of American firms.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
GUARDS ARE NEEDED
ALONG THE BORDER
President Wilson Writes In.
diana Woman State Troops
Are Protecting Country.
NOT THERE FOR DRILL

Washington. July 26.-In reply to
complaint from Mrs. Henry Smith of
Winamac, Ind, who has son in the
National Guard, President Wilson
wrote today that the Guard was being
kept on the Mexican border to pro-
tect the country, not for drill, and that
the service the men we're performing
was an honor to them and necessity
to the United States. ......
The presidents letter was made
public to answer criticism that Ma
tional Guardsmen are not being cared
for properly. 1t follows:
your letter of July 23 ,distresses
me good deal because it shows that
you have not been correctly informed
as to the purpose of having the Ma
tional Guard at the border. It is not
for the purpose of drill, but for the
purpose of protecting the country.
The service the men are performing
ther is an honor to them and a neces-
sity to the United States. | cannot
believe the men would wish to be ex-
cused from it or would lose heart be-
cause Of the discomforts and incon-
veniences of the service.
"The War department has the
camps on the border under the most
careful inspection and is using every
means known to make them sanitary
and safe against disease. The health
record of the men on the border, both
the regulars and the National Guards
men, is exceptionally good.
81 would not have you think that
/ don't sympathize with your dis
tress in the absence of your son, but
l beg that you will take these larger
matters into consideration"
Hundreds Seek Release.
San Antonio, Tex, July 26.-Appli-
cations for release from service of
guardsmen with persons dependent
upon them now are pouring into army
headquarters at Fort San Houston at
the rate of l,500 a week, it was an
nounced today. Several hundred al
ready have been released.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
'BR|TONS take
HIGHEST POINT
ON TEUTON LINE
Field Marshal Haig Reports
Capture of Pozieres, Impor-
tant German Position,
Most Important.
HOUSE TO HOUSE FIGHT
Town is Strongly Fortified and
Each Building Had to be
Taken Separately.
TWO TRENCHES ARE TAKEN
HOUSE TO HOUSE FIGHT
TWO TRENCHES ARE TAKEN

London, July 26.-The capture of
Pozieres, in the Somme river region,
reported today by Field Marshal Sir
Douglas Haig, the British command
er-in-chief in France, gives the Brit
ish troops domination of the highest
point overlooking the plateau on
which the German lines extend to the
eastward. ,-..
Some of the most stubborn fighting
in the recent British offensive. which
now has lasted nearly month, has
occurred in the streets of this village,
which the Germans have fortified un-
til it became one Of the strongest
points of their line. ,5..,
House by House. !
Every house had to be fought for
and taken separately and the British,
after obtaining possession Of a con-
siderable portion Of the village, were
subjected to severe counter attacks,
which they withstood successfully for
several days, and then in turn again
seized the initiative until the whole
place fell before their onslaught.
The German general staff regarded
the possession OF Pozieres OF such inn
'portance that they even brought re-
Inducements from troops which had
been fighting in the Verdun sector,
and these held tenaciously to part Of
the village until driven out or cap
tured in the hand-to-hand fighting.
The text of the official statement
follows:
The village of Pozieres is now in
our hands. West of the village our
territorial troops made a further ad-
vance and captured two strong
trenches and number of prisoners.
including FIVE officers. Elsewhere on
the battlefront there is no change"
Germans Admit Loss.
Berlin, July 26.--Via London. y
British troops have established them
selves in the town Of Pozieres, says
the official statement issued today by
the German army headquarters staff.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
Twenty y-0ne Savings Banks
Carry Over Four Millions

Lincoln, Neb., July 26-(Special
Telegram NEARLY $4,000000 in de-
posts is carried by the twenty-one
savings banks Of Nebraska, according
to report of the State Banking board
issued this afternoon. Since Decem-
Der g., the deposits have increased
100000 and the number of depositors
have grown in the same time from 2l,-
673 to 22,202. .
In exact figures the loans and dis
counts amount to $3,247, ,06297; bonds,
etc, $425,o89.27; due from other banks
$726, ,508.58, and with other resources
makes the total $4,461,430.47.
On liabilities the capital stock is
$4ll, 500; surplus, $l0l ,9O9; undivided
profits, $93,Tl; deposits, 1900;
due other banks, $l7,223; guaranty
fund, $30,026; reserved for taxes and
interest, $22 ,548; total $4,46l ,430.+7.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
Turkish Troops Are
On Way to Galicia
To Aid Austrians

Berlin, July 26.-Via London,
July rs, 6:l0 a. m.)-"Important de-
velopments are impending on the
southeast front; the fez will soon be
seen on the Danube"
To this cryptic utterance of the
chief of the intelligence department
It luncheon to the American cor
respondents at German headquarters
last Sunday the Associated Press is
now able to add the key. Turkey has
placed force OF Ottoman troops at
the disposition Of the central powers
for service in Europe. These troops
are now in transit through the Balk-
ans The leading detachments are
already approaching Galicia, where
they will cooperate with the Auatro-
Germans against Turkeys arch
enemy, Russia.
Turkeys timely contribution to the
military forces OF the central powers
is granted in return for German and
Austrian assistance in the Darda-
nelles and Mesopotamia.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
Entire Corn Belt Reported
SUFFERING From Heat

Chicago, July 26.-Excessively hot
weather prevailed in the middlewest
today, with little prospect of imme-
diate relief. Reports Of steadily ris-
ing temperature came from points as
far west as Omaha. The entire corn
belt reported suffering from the heat.
In Chicago the heat was tempered by
lake breezes. The temperature here
was IS at p. m.
The deaths of twenty-three infants
were traced today by Health Com
missioner John Dill Robertson d.
rectly or indirectly to the present hot
wave.
Davenport, Ia July 26.-The hot
test day in fifteen years was expert
enced here today, when the tempera-
ture went to l02 at l2;4S p. M.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
Britain Consents
To Feeding Poles
Under Conditions

London. July 26,-The British gov
ernment, it is learned today, will con-
sent to the plan of rationing the civil
ian population in the areas occupied
by German and Austrian armies un-
der the supervision of neutral COM
mission, appointed by President Will
son, if the central powers will consent
not to remove native food supplies.
Details of the plan will be given
Ambassador Page in letter from the
foreign office this week.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
TINY AIR BUBBLE
POINTS TO MURDER
Sudden Death Of Girl at Olney,
ILL.,, Presents Most Unusual
Features.
LOVER Is HELD IN JAIL

Olney, ILL.,, July 26.-When a tiny
air bubble burst in an artery under
pressure of a physicians knife, the
first chain of evidence against Roy
Hinterliter, who brought the body OF
Miss Elizabeth Ratcliffe, to a sani-
tarium here, in a buggy last Friday
night. was said by prosecuting au-
thorities today to have been welded.
The death of the Ratcliffe girl Is
said by medical authorities to be with
out parallel, if it develops crime
actually was committed.
Hinterliter was held to the grand
jury without bond yesterday by a
coroner's jury, which held him re-
sponsible for the girls death.
Hinterliter began calling on the
girl about ten months ago, when she
came to Olney from Paoli, Ind, to
live with her sister, Mrs. Bert
Fancher. Last Friday evening the
couple went driving. The girl is
said to have died beneath an old elm
tree, two miles from town. Doctors
say the girl was dead when she was
placed in the buggy for the ride to the
sanitarium.
1--WE were getting near town when
she said, Roy feel bad" Hinter-
liter told the physician. Then she
fell over in my lap and | rubbed her
hands and feet, but could not bring
her to-"
No Marks OF Violence.
At an autopsy no marks of violence
were found, but it developed that the
girl was soon to become a mother,
Careful examination failed to reveal
any attempt at an illegal operation.
The stomach was examined. No
trace OF poison was found. Then one
OF the examining doctors stuck a
probe into an artery. There was a
".pouf" almost inaudible, as if a bub-
Bile burst. 1t was said only two
things known to medical science
would cause embolism in the arteries,
faulty injection with hypodermic
needle or lesion of a lung
The body was examined carefully.
There was no needle mark. There was
no lesion of the lungs The brain was
found to be full of water. The heart,
when pierced, almost exploded.
Thus matters stood when a man
from a neighboring town came TO
States Attorney Morris office with
package containing surgical in
strument. He said he had found one
OF the boy friends Of Hinterliter pick
ing it up under an old elm tree, had
taken it away from him and brought Il
to town, thinking it might have some
bearing on the case.
Indications Of Struggle.
Sheriff West visited the spot men
toned. He found where a horse had
been tied and marks of a struggle In
the sandy soil, the imprint of a girls
hand and OF boys shoes.
Instead of using the instrument az
INTENDED, it is maintained by physi-
cisns that he used it as an untitled
hypodermic needle and punctured a
small artery.
To a friend who saw Hintcrliter
after he had taken the girl to sani-
tarium Friday night the latter is quot
ed as saying:
u am in bad. Take my rig home
and tell mother that | don't know
when | will be home, but to expect
me-"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
Forger
Finishes Term

Chicago, July 26.-After serving
nearly eight years for the forgery Of
real estate mortgages, amounting TO
81 100000, Peter Van Vlissinger was
no longer prisoner today. He walked
out Of the Illinois penitentiary at
Joliet last night free man. He con-
fesscd to the forgeries in November,
1903, and was sentenced to an indie
terminate term of from one to four
teen years. He served exactly seven
years and eight months, good be-
havior earning him the early release.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
Britain Promises
Answer to U, s.
Mail Note Soon

London, July 26.--Replying to the
request of Walter Hines Page, the
American ambassador, for expedition
of the answer to the American note
regarding the detention of mails by
British censors, the British foreign
office today said that the reply would
be sent to the United States as soon
as possible, but that Great Britain
still was comforting on the subject
with the French government.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
Germans Execute Six
Civilians at Ghent

London, July 26.--Six civilians have
been executed by the Germans at
Ghent, charged with war treason"
according 10 a Reuters Amsterdam
dispatch quoting the Telegraaf.
Tie dispatch also says that the Ger
mans have removed 1000 men, 1000
women and $50 pupils of tho Turgot
institute from Roubaix, presumably
for agricultural work in Germany.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
s. s. Mcclure Will
Not Be Allowed
To Stay in England

London, July 26.-S. S. Mcclure, the
American publisher, who was de-
tanned for some time by the British
authorities on his arrival at Liverpool
on the American liner Philadelphia,
must return to the United States on
board the same vessel, i the mean
while sojourning at an unnamed
watering place inland "for his health" !"
according to statements made by gov
ernment officials today.
The British home office declined to
grant permit for Mr.. Mcclure to
stay in England. ...
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
DR.. E. D. Atwood
Pleads Not Guilty
To Murder Charge

Boston, Mass, July 26.--Dr. Ed
ridge D, Atwood, the youthful osteo-
path, who in jealous rage attacked
and fatally wounded his former in
structor, DR.. Wilfred E. Harris, was
arraigned on charge of murder to-
day. He pleaded not guilty and was
held without bail to await the action
by the grand jury. DIR. Harris died
last night. s'.2 @'
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
Italians Repulse
Violent Attacks
At Monte Cimone

Rome, July 26.-(Via London. y
On the night OF July "a Italian troops
repulsed two violent counter attacks
against the summit OF Mount Cimone,
which had been captured from the
Austrians, says the Italian official
statement, issued today.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
Iowa City Mayor Is
Overcome by Heat

Iowa City, Ia, July 26.-(Special
Telegram) = Mayor George w.
Koontz, past 20 years of age, was
overcome by heat at noon today, the
first victim Of the year. This after
noon the thermometer reached l02 de-
grees.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27

WHAT THE FRENCH ARE DOING-The sketch map
shows roughly the Noyon salient, nearly perfect semi
ern end, to Peronne, the northwesern fifty miles, from
La Fere the axis of the circle to the front of Noyon
about twenty-five miles shaded portion shows how far
the French have been able the salient
the direction of the main thrust.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
DR.. SIMON FLEXNER

DIX. SIMON FLENNEK -
World-famed as a construc-
tive medical man, is hard at
work at the Rockefeller in
stitute on the deadly infant
lie paralysis.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
UNCHANGED


Official record Of temperatures and preci-
pitation compared with the corresponding
period of the last three years:
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27
The Weather

For Nebraska: Generally fair with
continued high temperature.
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27

Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal.
Normal temperature ............. n
Excess for the day Observation-Disclosures. 9
ortal excess since March 1.......,... .140
Normal precipitation ........ .14inch
Deficiency for the day ......... IA inch
Total precipitation since March 1857 inches
Deficiency since March 1......, 1877 inches
Deficiency for cor, period in 1915 .55 inch
Deficiency for cor. period In 1914 2.s5 inches
Kr.aa.4. fron, SfafIona M 4 1. ma
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CONTINUED on Page Two. Column Two.)
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27

Thousands Of Omaha
families read The Bee
exclusively.
If you want their trade
advertise in The Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-27

L. A. WELSH, Meteorological.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-18
It Happened
At Sleepy Eye
Two Gentlemen with Taking
Ways Make Many ApprOpria-
tions from Clothing Store

Two gentlemen entered the
clothing store of Glotzbach &
Clausen at Sleepy Eye Satur-
day afternoon. Each picked out
a suit, overcoat, shoes, sweat
ers, shirts and hats, had them
put aside saying they would be
''back after them tonight" True
to their promise, they came, via
the back window route, taking
said articles also three suit ca
ses several choice ties and many
other articles, including their
names and addresses and the
3:44 train out of town. The loss
to the store amounts to about
$500 and as yet no one has set
tied the account.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-18
can visitors at the John Zeug
home last Saturday.
WORK OF CORN SUCKERS.
Seem to Perform Useful Office
in Absorbing Nutritive Ele-
mentS for Benefit of Ear

Many farmers are possessed
with the idea that the suckers
or earless stalks which grow
from an ear bearing stalk Of
corn are a hindrance to the best
growth of the latter, and valu-
able hours are sometimes spent
in removing them. But, accord
ing to Wallace''s Farmer, actual
experiments during two success
i've years on Nebraska farms
demonstrated that corn with
the suckers left undisturbed
outyielded that from which the
suckers had been removed. Their
leaves, like the others, would
seem to perform a useful Office
in absorbing nutritive elements
from the atmosphere for the
benefit of the ear on the main
stalk.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-18
X X ;. X X 4 X 4
LUCAN NEWS ITEMS

John Arnce, Of Wabasso, was
a Lucan business caller Monday.
Ele Jefferson and family were
Sunday visitors at the William
Haag home.
L. w. Wilcox, Of Redwood
Falls, was among the Lucan
business callers Wednesday.
Lawrence, the ten-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Kormann,
underwent an operation at the
Marshall hospital Thursday.
Miss Minnie Jensen, who has
been visiting at the G. Hanson
home and other relatives, re-
turned to her home at Sleepy
Eye last Wednesday.
Mrs. Harry Jefferson Sr. left
for Sleepy Eye last Tuesday,
where she will make her future
home with her daughter, Mrs.
Floyd Demings.
The Messrs. G.. Larson and
H. Jefferson Sr. were Redwood
Falls business callers Thursday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-18
EGGS AND ONIONS.

If less meat, shall we eat SUI
perboiled eggs after the man
ner of the Albanians? It testi
fes to the strength of their di-
gestions. An equal number of
eggs and onions are boiled to-
gether for about three hours
daily on ten successive days,
the eggs being slightly pricked
after each boil so that the juice
Of the onions thoroughly per-
meates them.
They are naturally as hard as
bullets at the end of this treat
ment, but an Albanian will bolt
down a huge plateful, helped
down by lashings of olive oil,
and then clamor for a second
helping.-LonJon Chronicle.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-18
MANY CITIZENS
HEAR DAN LAWLER
Continued from LIST page)

Thomas A. Edison says, ''Peace
with honor Mr.. Roosevelt
declaration that when the Lusi-
tania was sunk he would have
seized every German ship in
American harbors, was shown
to be nothing more or less than
a declaration of war and then
to cap the climax the audience
was told that Mr.. Hughes wired
Mr.. Roosevelt congratulations
on his great effort. If Mr..
Hughes believes thus he is no
enemy Of war-that's certain.
The Adamson law was shown
to be perfectly satisfactory to
over seventy Republicans in
Congress and is not at all like
~ to be proven unconstitutional
as it applies to high salaried Of
ficials as we'll as low ones, and
Of course when it's a case of
distributing the seats Of the
mighty investigation Of high
salaries, etc., well, huff sed."
Mexico was described as a fine
place to keep out of as specula-
tors investments are not worth
the price we would have to pay
for them-a river of human
blood. Let them fight it out
and We'll stay on the side lines
and hold their coats. That's
what Lincoln did and he was
right pretty often, so they say
Each point made by the speaker
was applauded to the echo and
the old soldiers joined in too
God bless them.
The Redwood Falls band came
to life for the occasion and how
they did play! It sounded like
old times. And they are going
to stay alive, so they say, and
we're to have music in the park
next summer-won't that be
nice? So if the Democrats have
restored our band to us they've
done a great big something for
the town.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-18

State julius A. Schmahl is at
work getting the ballots in shape
for the county auditors of the
state. The ballot is but nine
teen inches long this year as
compared with a AZ inch ballot
tour years ago, and one almost
twice as long two years ago.
The ballot has been shortened
under the law prepared by Mr..
Schmahl two years ago and in
troduced in the senate of the
state by Senator Ole Sageng and
passed. The law provided for
the grouping of the candidates
for presidential electors of each
party, so that they now take
up a very small portion of the
space they formerly did. The
presidential electors of each par
ty now take but one-half inch
of space on the ballot where
four years ago each group con-
sumed five inches of space on
the ballot. This, in addition to
the short ballot, which works
for convenience and economy in
printing and publishing the bal
lots, also has caused a saving
Of one tally sheet for president
ial electors and state officers,
where before there were two.
The saving in printing and pub
fishing this year will amount to
a good item, especially when pa
per is at fabulous prices and
hard to get. Mr.. Schmahl, while
modestly taking no credit for
the innovation, estimates that
it will save the state several
thousand dollars in this one cleo
ton, by the economy in print
ing and publishing. This may
not be very good news for the
newspaper friends, but it means
a good deal to the taxpayers of
the state, and at the price of
paper at present it may be that
a great many publishers prefer
to economic on space and pa
per.-Tom Noswal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-10-18
BOYS CONTEST is
OF MUCH INTEREST
Continued from first page.)

swine 90; total 343. Rex Mil
Ter, horses 95; beef cattle, 10;
dairy cattle, 90; swine II; total
1874. JOS. Morley, horses So;
beef cattle, 90; dairy cattle, 88;
swine, 99.2; total 1892. Wal
lace Mckay, horses 55; beef
cattle, IS; dairy cattle, 80; swine
SO; total 1926. Myron Sawyer,
horses SO; beef cattle, 81; dairy
cattle 90; swine, so; total 306.
Edwin Anderson, horses 40; beef
cattle, 95; dairy cattle, IS; swine
90; total 300. Jas. Kennedy,
horses Sc; beef cattle, 62; dairy
catt.e, 81; swine, 96.8, total
1882. Stewart Mckay, horses
55; beef cattle so; dairy cattle
99.2; swine 70; total 1882.