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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-01
STOP A MOMENT!
LISTEN TO THIS
Cincinnati man tells how to
lift off any corn without
hurting one bit


You reckless men and woman who
are pestered with eorns and who have
at least once week invited an awful
death from lockjaw or blood poison are
now told by Cincinnati authority to
use a drug called freezone, which the
moment few drops are applied to any
corn, the soreness is relieved and soon
the entire corn, root and all, lifts out
with the fingers.
1t is sticky substance which dries
the moment it is applied and is said
to simply shrivel the corn without in
flaming or even irritating the surround
ing tissue or skin, It is claimed that
II quarter Of an ounce of freezone will
cost very little at any of the drug stores,
but is sufficient TO rid ones feet of
eyerys hard or soft corn or callus.
You are further warned that cutting
at corn is a suicidal habit,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-01

ON, according to the code names on
our map. Then to rub it in, they
hoisted some more signs which read,
Come On, we are ready, stupid Eng
liSh."
1t is still mystery to me how they
obtained this knowledge. There had
been no raids or prisoners taken, so
it must have been the work of spies
in our own lines.
Three or four days before the big
push we tried to shatter I'ritz's nerves
by feint attacks, and partially sue
eeeded MS the official reports Of July
! show.
Although we were constantly hom-
harding their lines day and night, still
we fooled the Germans several times.
This was accomplished by throwing
an intense barrage into his lines
then using smoke shells we would put
Il curtain of white smoke across No
Mans Land, completely obstructing
his view of our trenches, and
would raise our curtain of fire
as if in an actual attack All
down our trenches the men would
shout and cheer, and Fritz would turn
loose with machine-gun. rifle, and
shrapnel fire, thinking we We're com
ing over
After three or four of these dummy
attacks his nerves must have been
near the breaking point.
On June a, 1916, at 9:40 in the
morning our guns opened up, and hell
was let loose The din was terrific, IL
constant boom-boom-boom in your ear
AT night the sky was a red glare
Our bombardment had lasted about
two hours when Fritz started reply
ing. Although we were sending over
ten shells to his one, our casualties
were heavy. There was constant
stream of stretchers coming out of the
communication trenches and burial
parties were a common sight
In the dugouts the noise of the guns
almost hurt You had the same sensa-
tion as when riding on the subway you
enter the tube under the river going
10 Brooklyn-a sort of pressure ON the
ear drums, and the ground constantly
trembling.
The roads behind the trenches were
very dangerous because BoGhe shrap-
mel was constantly bursting over them.
We avoided these dangerous spots by
crossing through open fields.
The destruction in the German lines
was awful and | really felt sorry for
them because | realized how they must
be clicking it.
From our front-line trench, every
now and again, we could hear sharp
whistle blasts in the German trenches.
These blasts were the signals for
Stretchcr bearers, and meant tho
Wounding or killing of some German in
the service of his fatherland.
Atwcll and had a tough time of it,
parollng the different trenches at
night but after awhile got used to it.
My old outfit, the machine gun com,
pany, was stationed in huge elephant
dugoutS about four hundred yards be,
hind the front-line trench--they were
in reserve. Occasionally l would stop
In their dugout and have confab with
my former mates. Although we tried
to be jolly, still, there was lurking
feeling of impending disaster. Each
man was wondering, if, after tho
slogan, "Ovcr the top with the best of
IueA,- had been sounded, would he still
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-01
GETTING EVEN.

Yes said the bride OF a week,
Jack tells me everything he knows,
and tell him everything | know"
Indeed reioined her ex-rival, who
had been left at the post. THE ST
lenee when You are together must
lie oppressive. Tt Bits.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-01
Try This For Sour Stomach.

Fat slowly masticate your food
thoroughly. Eat but little meat and
none at all for supper If you are
still troubled with sour Stomach take
one of Chamherlain's Tablets before
going 10 bed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-01
THE REroRr.

Mrs Scenick (musingly)-Suppose |
Should conclude to publish your love
letters?
Mr. Scouick- Why not simply make
a public acknowledgment that YOU
married an idiot?-Stray Stories.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-01


us. We ARE ont of ammunition and
bombs. and the Boches have MS ~ a
Trap They viii bomb us ou. Our
hayonets are useless here. We viii
have 10 go over and meet them, ana
It's case of thirty to one, so Seud
every thrust home, and die like the
men OF d company should When ]
give the Wod, eollcw me, and up and
thcm Give them h-, Lord, If
we only nad a machine gun. we could
wipe chem OUT Here they come get
ready men,
( Just as he finished speaking. the well
come puppup' of a machine gun in
thcir rear rang out and the front lire
Of the onrushing Germans seemed tq
melt away, They Wayered. but once
again came rushing onward Down
went their second line. The machine
gan Was taking an awful toll of lives
Then again they tried to advance, but
the machine gun moved them down
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Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-08

mistress by any kind of Establishment
or strategy that could be employed
But she was as evasive as the fa-
bled Irishman's flea. Nevertheless,
her fame became great in the neigh
borhood and grew on the element of
mystery of her complete isolation
after the outdoor work was performed.
All other maids and servants in the
neighborhood were abjured by their
several mistresses to model their en-
ergies and devotion along the lines of
Mrs. Johnson's Jewel"
One fateful day last week the
tragedy occurred which wrecked an
idol.
The mysterious servant was at work
washing a window at Mrs. Johnson's S
home. As usual she was the cynosure
of many covetous eyes. She worked
silently, albeit blithely, when suddenly
she lost her equilibrium and for mo-
ment it seemed she would fall from
her perch to the ground with dull,
sickening thud.
Frantically she tried to recover her
balance and save herself from fall.
She threw up her arms and as she
did so she scalped herself completely
and tore the green spectacles from
her optics. There, to the affrighted
onlookers, was revealed Mrs. Johnson,
minus a red wig and the disguise of
green eye shades-a perfect jewel of
maid no longer, but her own sweet
and efficient self.
The neighbors we're shocked by the
revelation, but what she lost in pres
tige as a maid Mrs. Johnson has
gained in the reputation OF being the
most artistic camoufager in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-08
KILLED
. WHEN SLACkERS
BATTLE POSSE
Soldiers Armed With Machine
Guns Called From Camp Pike
to Cope With Deserters
in Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark, July Three
persons were killed today in two
pitched battles between officers and
band Of Is or more alleged deserters
and their supporters, in woods eight
miles west of Heber Springs. Ark.
The dead are Porter Hazelwood, a
chauffeur; Tom Atkinson, aged 55, and
his son, aged Is.
The first fight took place early this
morning at the Atkinson home, where
it is alleged draft resisters have been
llarbored. - ~ s' )
Sheriff X. w. Duke of Cfeburne
county had received information sew
eral men at the house were wanted
for failure to report. His deputies
surrounded the house and then called
to those within to come out and sur
render. A volley of shots was the
reply. Hardwood fell dead.
About noon the sheriff led a second
attack upon the Atkinson place. The
men in the house opened fire. The
posse men returned the fire and
Atkinson and his young son were
killed. Following the fall Of the At
kinsons, the band dispersed.
Governor Brough arranged for the
sending of SO soldiers from Camp
Pike. armed with machine guns.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-08
German "ObEterated"
For Shooting American
After His Surrender

London, July 7.-The ease with
which the Australians and Americans
carried out their attack in the Villers-
Bretonneux region on Thursday
should be matter for reflection, ac-
cording to Reuters correspondent at
British headquarters.
Commenting upon the double vic
tory of the Australians, the CORE
spondent says:
Even granting the perfect plan
ming of our attack and its admirable
performance more resistance should
have been met and the defeat should
not have been so completely ac-
cepted."
In describing how a German officer
was "obliterated" for having, after
surrendering, shot an American ser
geant, the correspondent remarks
that Germans should beware of such
acts of treachery. "The American is
not soft fighter at any time" he
says. at took a good deal to get him
into the war and it is going to take
a good deal to get him out OF it be-
fore the war is finished. The finish
he believes in is dead Germans
But when ayenging treachery. he is
hard fighter. Lest he should forget
what he had to avenge, he went into
the fight shouting 'Lusitan1a,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-08

Because of the humiliating nature
of the tragedy which occurred, and
because, too, this is a story of camou-
fage, it is both wise and necessary
that the heroine of this tale be called,
for convenience, Mrs. Johnson---there
are more Johnsons in the city di-
rectory than any others.
This Mrs. Johnson lives i'll that
vague and extensive district embraced
in the West Farnam neighborhood.
For the last year she has been en-
vied--wholeheartedly envied by all Of
her feminine neighbors.
She possessed that rara avis known
as a faithful maid. The maid in ques-
ton was Titan haired, very much so,
wore green goggles and a rather
striking though indefinite individual
ity. Every morning, when her mis-
tress was supposed to be enjoying her
beauty sleep" the maid would appear
and sweep off the porch, dust the
porch furniture, and when occasion
demanded would scrub the woodwork
and the windows. She was industri-
Gus. painstaking and painfully neat-a
perfect pearl of servant. 1t was
noticeable, too, that during other
hours of the day she tactfully obliter-
ated herself from public view, sup
posedly devoting herself to duties in
the kitchen and chambers where she
unobtrusively shaved from early dawn
to dark.
Neighbors plotted and planned to
make the acquaintance of this ne plus
ultra of servants. some, it must be
confessed, with ulterior and selfish
motives of Turing her away from her
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-08
Teddy" Invited to Aid
Recruiting in Ireland

Dublin, July 7.-Col. Arthur Lynch, nationalist men,
Der of parliament who recently accepted commission
to assist the recruiting campaign in Ireland has sent
appeal to Theodore Roosevelt for cooperation In the
course of the communication Colonel Lynch says:
"Send me word of encouragement or better STILL come
Yourself and help win the young of Ireland to the
allies
"There are grave and deep difficulties, lamentable
stories of cheated hopes unrecognzed rights and hareds
for wrongs inflicted in the past But feature throws
these matters into the proper perspecvehe fact that
the Germans laundering at the gates of Paris are
hammering at the channel ports
If they win it will be needless to make plans for Ire
land or dream dreams of liberty Potsdam will take care
of Erin
"When the Stars and Stripes raised over the cause
when once Old Glory had blown out her folds the emblem
of liberty, sign of protection to millions of rlshmen,
had hoped that opposition to the allies would close But
ancient and present resentment proved too strong
Oyster Bay, N. Y. July 7.-When informed of Colonel
ynch appeal to him for assistance in the recruiting cam
pagn Colonel Roosevelt displayed deep interest in the pro-
posa He said however that he could make no formal COM
ment until BE had received personally the message from
Colonel Lynch.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-08
ELWOOD BAILEY
BRINGS T|D|NGS
OF i. S. HEROES
Y. NJ. c. A. Worker in France
Moves Great Audience at
First Methodist Church in
Message From Trenches.

American soldiers have been
fighting in Italy for four months u
declared Elwood Bailey, Young Mems
Christian association worker re-
Gently returned from France, in a
heart thrilling talk on the fight for
democracy to the hundreds who
heard him speak at the First Metho-
dist church Sunday night.
The talk, interspersed with humor
and given with deep feeling and
earnestness, told of the wonderful
spirit Of the allies, both soldiers and
civilians, as observed by Mr.. Bailey
ii the towns and cities of Eurone, il,
the hospitals and dressing stations, in
the refugee camps. and devastated
villages, and in the first line trenches
and No Mans Land.
Incident after incident was related
by the "made-in- Omaha" man, who
has been cheering the boys in the
great struggle. Mr.. Bailey told WV
idly of the fine spirit of the Ameri-
can boys in the trenches as he saw
them while missiles sped to and fro.
While making one talk to the
American troops, Mr.. Bailey was
stopped by a gas attack and another
time by the order to prepare for the
wave of Huns advancing on the
trench. Mr.. Bailey stood in the
trench during the attack and caught
the dying soldiers as they fell into his
arms.
Chased By U-Boats.
The fieart-to-heart talk began with
several jests and humorous incidents
of the behavior of the passengers
when their steamer was being chased
by U-boat. Mr.. Bailey then be-
came more serious and told of the
boys as they listened to his talks and
thought of those they had left over
seas. The reverence with which the
boys speak of home received special
mention.
II have heard every song from Al.
pha to Omega sung in France, but
never Home, Sweet Home Home is
spoken with awe and only in the quiet
of the night" said the speaker.
Il would like to stay here for ar
hour and speak of the English boys
would like to speak of the French
the Belgians and of all others. Yol
have all their flags flying from you
radiators save one--Italy's. Thos.
fellows are holding a line $50 miles
long. Their general said to them
Go, and for Gods sake never fal
| Continued on Page Two, Column F1ve.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-08
YANKEES BUCK enemy LINE
American Casualties in
War Now Total 11,086

Washington, July 7.-Casualties in the army and ma
rne corps in the American expedtonary forces increased
by 703 during the week. compared with 497 the previous
week. and aggregated 0S6 with the inclusion of today
army list giving 1T names and the marine corps list Civ
ing So names.
Total deaths including 291 men lost at sea, killed in
action died of wounds disease accident and other
number 4414-army men 3,917; marines 497. The
wounded aggregate 6169-army 5000; marines 969
The missing in action, including prisoners, total SOB
army men 452 marines 81.
Of the weeks increase, 4S8 army men and 265
marines Killed in action and other deaths numbered 1885,
those wounded otaed 303 and the missing and prisoners
lis.
The army casualties summary as officially announced
today follows:
Killed in action Gncuding 29 lost at sea- 1,574 died
of wounds 532; died of disease 1922 died of accident
and other 489 wounded in action 5000; missing
in action including prisoners, 452.
The marine corps casualty summary follows Deaths 497
wounded 969; in hands of enemy 2; missing 40. Total
1,517
Officers included in the marine corps summary We're
Deaths 21; wounded %; missing 2 The army summary
does not note the number of officers included.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-08
One Killed, Three
Injured When Car Hits
. Auto Near Havelock
From a Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln, July 7:-(special. JAS "a
result of being hit by University
Place-Lincoln street car, two people
are lying in a Lincoln LONE injured,
another is close to deaths door, and
the third died on the operating table
soon after reaching the University
Place hospital.
Martin Beckman, who with his par
erts and brothers and sisters, lives
about four miles east of Havelock,
was returning from Lincoln to their
home when they were struck where
the o. L. D. road crosses the car
track near Havelock. They were
watching an automobile just ahead of
them and did not see the approaching
car, which struck them directly head
on, throwing the auto about 40 feet.
Miss Ella Beckman, 18 years of age,
died from fractured skull, while
Merle Beckman, II, is in a critical
condition at hospital. Martin Beck
man, II, driver of the car, and Clar-
ence, his younger brother, are injured,
but not seriously.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-08
AMERICANS LEAP
into BATTLE after
LONG, HARD MARCH
Prominent Part Played by Star
Company of U. S. Troops in
Australians Fourth of
July Show.
BY Associated Press.

With the British Army in France,
July Last night the correspondent
slept on the ground among the
troops of one star company OF Amer
leans who played a prominent part
in Thursdays great show. Here is a
story told by one of the officers:
"The Americans went into the line
after a long, hard march. The Fritz
es undoubtedly had no inkling that
the attack was to be made. AT mid
night Wednesday we were sent for
ward to lie out, ready for an advance
al $40 o'clock Thursday morning.
MANY of our boys were tired when
they reached the positions and de-
spite the fact that they were just EN-.
barking upon the biggest adventure
Of, their lives--a leap into the un-
known--they threw themselves on
the ground and slept soindly Il was
an encouraging sign ttol us, for il
n3eTnt thatstlte men were not i1mpy.
They never did show any sign OF
nerves, as a matter of fact.
"For us officers there was no sleep.
"We had to admire the GOODNESS of
the Australian officers, who told
stories and laughed as if nothing was
going to happen, though we Ameri-
cans knew that shortly before the
kickoff the gunners would put down
a barrage which would be the signal
for all hands on the job.
Barrage Tremendous. 49,.
"A few minutes before the allied
barrage was due the allied artillery
opened with harassing fire and we
American officers were out among our
men to keep them steady, fearing they
might mistake this for the barrage.
CONTINUED on Page Two, Column Three.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-08
WESTERN LEAGUE
CLOSES Up UNTIL
GERMANY LICKED
w.
Magnates and Players Declare
for Patriotism First; Many
to Enlist; DiCkerson Goes
to France.

Representative of the Western
League baseball clubs at meeting in
Omaha Sunday unanimously decided
to discontinue playing out the present
season. Prexy Dickerson and own
ers Of the clubs expressed the opinion
that but one ipennant race could be
successfully battled for under present
conditions and that one on the west
ern front. No more baseball will be
seen in the Western League until
after the successful termination of
the war. Omaha's last games were
played Sunday. Other teams will con-
clude the season today.
1t was generally admitted that the
present season has not been a sue
cess financially, but all club owners
stated they would have been able to
finish the season, were they not of
the opinion that continuing the league
would be handicap to the govern
ment's prosecution of the war.
1--WE need every man in the country
either on the western front or en-
gagged in occupations of a productive
nature" said President Dickerson.
Base ball players are as patriotic as
any other class, and ] believe a major
ity of them will enlist in the army
Base ball fans do not have their in
terest on sports when they know
that relatives and friends are battling
for life in Europe.
"At the close of the war base ball
will be more popular than ever before.
1t VOL not be purely American
sport but world sport. The worlds
championship will soon be contested
for by every civilized nation and I
trust the young men engaged now
will be able to return to the game in
better condition than ever before"
Leaves to Close Up Shop.
President Dickerson left last night
for Kansas City where he will close
the headquarters Of the league which
will be moved to his home at Grand
Rapids, Mich. He has received his
commission from the government and
expects an early call to leave for
France where he will have charge of
base ball and boxing among the al
lied troops. This position was once
offered Christy Mathewson who was
unable to accept. Mr.. Dickerson has
had Is years experience as sport
writer and referee which will prove of
great benefit in his new duties. He
will be released at the conclusion of
the war in order to preside at the
opening of the Western League.
w. A. Rourke, president of the
Omaha club, stated that he was sorry
to see the league close but felt that
it was traitorous to continue under
war conditions. 81 look to see base
ball bigger and better after the war,
he said. "You can assure Omaha fans
that when the Western League re.
opens and the American flag flies ir
Continued on Page Two, Column Two)