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GOVERNORS SAY THE VIEWS EX
PRESSED ARE SOUND
HAS ACTED WITH CAUTION
State Executives Comment on the
Document Sent to the German
Government by Presi
dent Wilton
Springfield, 111. Governor Edward
P. Dunne, commenting on tho Amer
ican note to Gormnny, paid:
"The president and IiIb advisers at
(Washington have acted with tho ut
most caution and dellheratlon.
"Thu American nation, through Us
president Iuih spoken and the patriotic
citizenship of tho republic stands loy
ally behind him nnd will sustain him
to the end."
Topeka, Kas. "The country will
fully opprovo both the substance of
the president's firm and powerful noto
to Germany und the moderation and
rourtesy with which the president
frames It," Governor Arthur Capper of
KnriHun said. "The noto Is all the
more Impresslvo because of Its tem
perate and restrained language nnd Its
uplrlt of friendliness."
Frankfort, Ky. "Proaldent Wilson,
1 believe, Is prompted by patriotism,
Juatlre and firmness In tho declaration
be has made public," said Governor
James U. McCrcary of Kentucky.
"The president's atntement seems to
mo to bo positive, firm, comprehensive
and up to the demands of the occa
sion." Sen Francisco. Senator Phelan of
California: "I believe tho noto will
have n very wholesomo effect nnd re
tore to rommorce tho freedom of the
eas."
Fort Dodgo, la. Senator W. S. Ken
yon said he believed President Wll
non's drmnnds In the noto to Germany
would bo complied with. "Tho presi
dent's noto Is a clear presentation of
our country's position," said the sena
tor. Beatrice. Mrs. Sarah Iteed. 85 years
old, nnd a resident of Beatrice since
1857, died nt the home of her son
George last weok. A general break
ing down In health was the causo.
, Mrs. Heed was one of tho earliest
living pioneers of Nebraska. Tho fam
ily rame to Beatrice In the unsettled
days of fifty-eight years ago. Many
tlmoB, Mrs. Heed hns told, the family
was obliged to flee for their lives to
wold Indian depredations.
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Mrs. Heod'a husband, Israel, died a
number of years ago.
Injunction to Rockefeller.
Cleveland. (). John D. Hockefoller,
the millionaire Standard Oil magnate,
has won an Important victory In his
ftght to prevent the collection of tnxes
on $311,000,000 In porsonal property by
Cuyahoga county. Judge John H.
Clark In United States district court
hero granted an Injunction sought by
Rockefeller to restrain tho collection.
The taxes sought amounted to about
$1,500,000, Including a penulty of 50
per cent for failure to pay when dut.
Bolivia' Gets Loan of Million Dollars.
New York. Tho National City bank
lias announced that It had negotiated
a loan to the Bolivian, government of
$1,000,000. Half or the loan is pay
able at the ond of ono year; the other
half at tho end of two yenrB.
It Is believed that the loan will be
of much assistance In helping tho Bo
livian government over the difficul
ties It has experienced in connection
with tho European war.
To Return to Labors
Detroit, Mich. Threo thousand
striking Detroit street railway em
ployes voted to return to work Imme
diately pending settlement of their
differences witn the Detroit United
railway by arbitration.
Rich Soil In Seward.
Seward. E. h. Godfrey nnd R. R.
Spnfford of tho state farm, who made
a, soil survey In K. and F townships,
(have returned to Lincoln, They sur
veyed fifty farms and found ho soil
to be as rich as that of any farms In
Nebrnska.
Prosperity and Morals
Chicago. One year of prosperity
causes 25,000 girls to becoino Immoral,
sccordlng to Dr. Albert E. Mowry, pro
fessor of social dUease nt the college,
of medicine hore.
Immorality among women, he Bald,
hns increasod at tho rate of 25,000
cases a year for tho laBt twenty years,
the Incrense bolng directly attrlbutablo
!o the prosperity of those years.
Cigarettes, automobiles, dances, mod
ern wearing apparel and Jewelry are
Ihe principal contributing causes, Dr.
Mowry declared.
Would Equip Lunch Room.
Lincoln. A resolution asking tho
school board to build a kitchen and
equip tho lunch room at tho now high
school building was adopted at a
meeting of tho patrons' association at
the high school building last week.
The society went on record ns offering
all assistance possible toward tho in
stallation of the new equipment. It
was voted to spond tho money now In
the treasury ns a payment on tho mov
ing picture machine recently pur
chased for the high school,
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ATTITUDE OF U. S. IS DEFINED
OUR RIGHTS ON HIGH SEAS MUST
BE SAFEGUARDED.
President Wilson and Cabinet Com-
plete Document, Which Is Cabled
to Ambassador Gerard for
Presentation.
Washington. The United States
government has cabled AmbasHudor
Gerard for presentation to the Ger
man government a noto calling atten
tion "to tho grave situation which
has resulted from violation of Ameri
can rlghtB on tho high seas, culminat
ing in tho sinking of the Lusltanln
with a loss of more than ono hundred
American lives."
The communication expresses the
confident expectation of the United
States "thnt the imporlal Germnn gov
ernment will disavow tho nets of which
tho government of tho United States
complains; that they will make rep
aration so far as reparation Is pos
sible for Injuries which aro without
measure, and that thoy will tako Im
medinto stops to provont tho recur
rence of nnythlng so obviously sub
versive of the principles of warfare
for which tho Imperial Gorman gov
ernment In the past so wisely and so
tlrmly contended "
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that "the Imperial Gorman government
will not expect the government of tho
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United States to omit any word or any
act necessary to tho performance of
its sacred duty to maintain the rights
of tho United States and its citizens
and of safeguarding their free exer
cise and enjoyment."
Dr. Avery on Peace Commission.
Liucoln. Chancellor Avery has
been requested by Secretary of Stnte
Dryan to servo on the peace commis
slon provided for in tho treaty with
Sweden. He has written to Secretary
Bryan accepting the appointment, at
tho same time expressing his appreci
ation of tho honor In being given an
opportunity to hcrve. Tho post car
ries no compensation unless the com
missioners should actually be obliged
to arbitrato dlfllcultlcs.
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Boquet of Lilies
Bucharest. An Austrian aviator
flow over tho Uumanlan city of Turn
Scvcrin, dropping a bouquet of lilies
with the Inscription:
"The Austrian flying corps salutes
the mayor and ladles of tho town."
The nvlator then bombarded Hub
slan vessels near tho Servian bank of
the Danube, but without success, ac
cording to dispatches received here
today.
Ex-Champ Sick
Los Angeles, Cat. James J. Jeffries,
former heavyweight chumplon, Is seri
ously ill of pneumonia. Physiclaua
said that unleBU complications set In
his recovery was most likely. Friends
of the ox-champion did not know of
his illness uutll Monday, when he was
said to have passed the crisis success
fully. He has been seriously ill for
more than a week.
Socialists Against War.
Chicago. A stand against wnr was
taken here by the national committee
of the socialist party, which augment
ed nntl-mllltarlsm resolutions by an
amendment to the constitution which
road: "Any member of tho socialist
party elected to any office who shall
vote for appropriations for war shall
bo dropped by tho party."
The amendment was adopted only
after long discussion, In which It wns
argued that tho amendment failed to
provide against military approprla
tlons, Lincoln Ratification of tho aver
age 25 per cent rale increase by tho
Ancient Order of United Workmen
was formally made shortly beforo final
adjournment.
Tho now schedule was proposed by
A. M. Wnlllng of David City. Tho
further ratification by tho entire mem
bership of the order In this state Is
necessary through ono of two ways,
either by n silent acquiescence or by
a referendum vote upon tho mnttor,
at tho wish of tho petitioners to tho
numhor of 10 per cent of the 41,000
lodge members.
FORWARD STEP MADE BY THE
WORLD COURT CONGRESS.
Former President Wm. H. Taft and
Alton B. Parker are Principal
Speakers at the Cleveland
Meeting.
Cloveland, O. With the opening
hero of the world court congrcas, a
movement was formally launched
which It advocates claim the groatcBt
advance yet taken toward lasting peace
among world powers. Prominent men
from nil over the country, Including
William H. Taft. 'Alton B. Parker.
Henry Clews and many others, were
present, giving assurance, Mayor
Newton D. Daker said in his welcom
ing address, that the movement "Is
not vlBlonary and not Impractical."
The congress plans an International
court of Justice, founded on an agree
ment to which all the great powers
would be signatory. All signatory na
tions would submit their disputes to
the court. One not so doing would be
subjected to the combined pressure of
the others. Each speaker at the open
ing fcesslon dwelt on tho stable char
acter of the congress' plan.
"This body Is not so foolish ns to
conceive that war will be made Impos
sible byuch n court," said John Hays
Ilnmmond, chairman In an nddress
opening the deliberations. "What we
hope to do Is to minimize the possi
bility of war"
Former President Taft said: "A
movement like this loses force by
making claims of what it will accom
plish. Hut we are trying to be prac
tical We are not rainbow chnsers
und we are not offering a mlllenium."
Judge Alton H Parker made an at
tack on the United States senate.
which, he said, had nullified previous
attempts at treaty-making, which
would have Insured the United Stntes
against war with Great Hrltaln or
France. He declnred that the opinion
of the American people must be so
decidedly molded that when tho time
comes for an International agreement
the United States would be certain to
he n signatory, the sennte notwith
standing "And " ho added, "does anyone
doubt but that when the awful conflict
In Europe Is ended tho warring na
tions, viewing their dead and their de
vastated countries, will welcomo a
plan which promises un end to sucl
disasters?"
Peking. The Chinese government
has issued a "frank nnd plain state
ment" in connection with "the drastic
action of Japan" in presenting its ulti
matum on May 7. Contending that
China aimed nt the continuation of
the friendship existing between China
and Japan, and was particularly so
licitous for the preservation of peace
in the fnr enst.
Mexican Policy Unchanged.
Washington. No change in the at
titude of the United States on tho
Mexican situation has resulted from
tho report of Duval West, who visited
factional lenders as President Wilson's
personal representative.
Secretary Bryan said that the Mexi
can policy of the administration wns
unaltered nnd that Mr. West's report
would not be mudo public.
Negroes Kept from Voting.
Kansas City. Mo. Testimony thnt
nogroos were kopt from voting nt the
recent municipal election In Kansas
City, Kan., by means of falsa certlll
cates of registration wns offered by
J, H. Franklin, a negro preacher, at
the Investigation by Governor Capper
of Kansas. Franklin suld negroes liv
ing In ono precinct were registered
from another, making It impossible
for thorn to cnBt ballots on election
day. Ho snld that when ho Inqul'ed.
clerks in the election commissioner's
office said It was a clorlcal error.
Sam Patterson Is Installed.
Washington. Samuol Patterson ot
Lincoln, formerly of Arapahoe, has
now been sworn in, and has taken
chnrgo as auditor of tho treasury,' view
W. E. Andrews of Hastings, resigned.
Following tho formal transfer, tho re
tiring auditor accompanied Mr Patter
son to his olflce, Introducing him to
the employes and giving tho neces
sary Informn'tlon ouj dotnlls .of tho
work. Auditor Patterson said ho an
ticipated making no changes In the
personnel of tho present forco, mo3t
of whom are under civil service.
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CONDITIONS IN MEXICO NOT
GROWING ANY BETTER.
VILLA HURRYING TO JUAREZ
Reported that a New Revolution It
Being Started by Reaction-
arles General Villa
Is Worried.
El Paso. Tex. Leaving his troop
In the field to fight the Obrogon forces
General Francisco Villa Is hurrying
to the border at Juarez to Investigate
reports that a now revolution Is be
ing formed by reactionaries of Mex
ico. His ttoops have been battling for
days with an army of 30.000 men at
the I.eon-Guanujuuto battle front,
with little advantage to either side.
Villa considers the activity of tho
old lliirrta regime olllclals along the
border more Important than the pres
ent battle. An Invasion by them of
the northern part of Mexico would
mean that he would lose .Inure, nnd
thus be cut off Irom his base of sup
plies. He Imports all his ammuni
tion from the United States through
Juarez, as well as his provisions.
At the present time there are fifteen
generals of the old lltierta army, as
well as 4.000 officers and men of this
organization In El Paso Many of
them admit that they are receiving
pay from the new military organiza
tion, which has its headquarters in
New Yoik. They arc awaiting the
ordor for the Invasion of the new rev
olutionary force to Mexico.
Villa currency has dropped to 3
cents, the lowest It has ever been yet
quoted Reports of the fighting
around Leon declared Obregon's right
wing hns taken the offensive In an
ffort to force Its way to the north
Country Full of Spleo.
Chicago. That the United States It
as honeycombed with sp'os as nn
European nntlon w.'ih asserted b
peakcrs at the convention of naval
and military order of the Spanish
Amorlcan war In session here. The
spy question was raised in the discus-
HORACE M. DAVIS
Editor of the Ord Journal, who was
elected president of the Nebraska
Press Association at its Omaha
meeting In April, to succeed H. A.
Bralnerd of the Hebron Champion.
slon of a resolution by Major Edward
Schulze of Connecticut, culling upon
public men to cease "blasting" the
reputation of tho United States as a
power. He said when weak points in
tho country's defense were found the
proper authorities should bo notified
instead of the administration held to
ridicule.
Western Woman Honored
Omaha. Mrs. O. D. Baltzly is the
new president of tho Woman's Home
and Foreign Missionary society of the
general synod of the Lutheran church
the first western woman to receive
this honor. She was unanimously
elected at the closing session of the
biennial convention.
Caught Under Falling Wall
Newark, N. J. Six firemen were
crushed under e, falling brick wall
while fighting a $300,000 Arc which
burned three four-Btory buildings of
the leather manufacturing plant of
George Stengel, Inc., hore. Some of
tho flromon were so severely Injured
.hat they may not recover.
Des Moines, la. Warden J. C. Sand
ers of tho Fort Mndlson penitenttnry
was again refused permission by the
state executive council to manufac
ture automobile plates used in the
state. Tho refusal was on tho ground
that convict labor should not be per
mitted to compete with freo labor.
Sanders has beea ufter tho privilege
or making tho plates for tho last six
years. Each year he has been donlod.
Ono of the reasons tho wardon claims
the state should give him the coutract
Is that Industries must be established
at tho prisons.
San Francisco. Tho tnsk of moving
$121,000,000 In gold nnd sliver through
the streotB of San Francisco has been
completod. Tho vnst fortuno was in
government monoy which wns moved
from tho old subtreasury to tho new.
New York. Admiral Georgo Dewey,
president of the general board of tho
nnvy for the last fifteen years sont a
letter to tho banquet of tho olllccrs of
tho Atluntlc fleet, in which he said
that "the olllclcncy of the fleet has
steadily progressed and has never
been so high as It Is today."
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CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
A Thnyor county baseball league la
being formed.
Work hnB started on the Uellevuo
gymnasium.
Aurora Is nfter the next meeting
of the state G. A. R.
Lumuel Hrown, nged 10, drowned
at Kearney last week.
A J 15,000 theater is to be built ut
Claikson this summer.
Chinch bugs aro causing farmers
much trouble around Falls City
Creto's new Carnegie library was
opened to tho public Inst week.
Tho new $14,000 Methodist church
nt Elmwood has been dedicated.
MIbs May Shcldton was crowned
May queen nt Hastings college.
II. S. Cnrey baH been appointed
postmaster nt Leymoyne. Keith coun
ty. Work on the Security Stnte bank
building at Broken How will begin
soon.
Tho postofllco at Caldwell, Scotts
bluff county, Is ordered discontinued
Juno 15.
The Schuyler company of the Ne
braska Nntlonnl Gunrd Is to bo re-,
organized
The citizens of Merna will soon
vote on electric light, water and
park bonds.
The Flese Motor company Is erect
ing n large cement block garage at
West Point.
Eight young wolves were found In
a liny stack near Julian by tho Gra
ham brothers.
John Joseph, retired merchant ot
Wahoo. was badly Injured In an nu
totnohlle accident.
Tho Nebraska State bank, capital
ized nt $25,000. ImB opened for busi
ness nt Valentine.
Two of the men who will make a
soil survey of Dawes county have
started their work.
Six hundred dentists arc expected
to attend the state convention nt
Omaha, Mny 17 to 20.
J. H. Wenburg, wealthy Oconto far
mer, died of Injuries received when ho
wns kicked by a horse.
A new canning company, Incorpo
rated nt $50,000, will be established
at Blair this summer.
The Nebraska State Golf associa
tion decided to hold Its tournnment
nt Omnha. July 7 to 10
Tho Lincoln Telephone nnd Tele
graph company will soon erect a new
building at David City.
Ono hundred delegates attended
the O. L. D. good roads' convention
at Hastings Inst week.
Miss Olive Jones of Hastings hns
received word that she has won a
freo scholarship at Yale.
The cornerstone for the new Ger
man Reform church nt Harvard was
laid with lmpofilng exercises.
J. W. Wolvington has taken up his
duty ns postmaster nt Wolvington, a
new office south of Chndron.
All card tables, slot machines nnd
dlco boxes have been ordered out of
Crawford by tho city council.
Tho ten thousand dollars' worth of
Jail bonds missing for nlno years at
Soward have been recovered.
C. P Johnson of Elm Creek was
Instantly killed when he was struck
by n passenger train at Kearney.
Mrs. William Catlierwood was ser
iously Injured when thrown from a
buggy In n runaway near North Bend.
Tho Northwest Nebraskn High
School Athletic association will bold
Ub annual meet In Hartlngton Mny 21.
Tho body of William Jacobs, Sr..
who disappeared from Council Bluffs
Inst February, was found nt Lincoln.
The Library board of Tckamah ac
cepted plaiiB for tho Carnegie build
ing. Work on the structure will start
soon.
Flvo hundred delegates attended
tho EaBtern Star convention at Hast
ings. The next meeting will be held
at McCook.
Tho Wood Lake cornet concert
band will give open air concerts al
ternate Saturday evenings through
the summer.
A new rural route out of Morrill to
the south side of tho river will go In
to effect In June, providing a trl-week-ly
Gervlce.
Over threo hundred Elks nttended
tho state convention at Fremont.
Omnha was selected as tho next meet
ing place.
Reports nro thoro will be no peach
crop In the southern pat of the state,
hut prospects nro good for a bumper
upplo crop.
Judge Georgo F. Cocoran of York
was elected state deputy of tho
Knights of Columbus for Nebrnskn at
their convention at O'Nell.
An election will soon ho held In
Soward to glvo tho citizens a chnnco
to express their cholco on tho loca
tion of tho new $50,000 high school.
Tho affection and loyalty of a dog
to his master was never better Illus
trated than when an English bulldog
roturned to Leon Cummlngs of Howo
from Kansas City, a distance of 120
miles.
Tho new Hnstlngs directory gives
that city a population of 15,540, a gain
of 5,000 In three years.
B. E. Leedom & Son, proprietors of
tho Gordon Journal, will begin tho
erection of a modern newspaper build
ing soon.
Tho Nebraska stato board of nurso
oxamlners will hold examinations for
tho nurses at tho stato houso, Lincoln.
Juno 15 and 10.
Tho first Adams county grand Jury
in twenty years Is Investigating
chnrges in connection with tho John
O'Connor caao at Hastings.
DIRIGIBLE FOR U. 5.
DANIELS AWARDS CONTRACT
FOR FIRST WAR BALLOON.
TO 8E READY IN SEPTEMBER
It Wilt Cost $45,636 and Is Designed
to Carry Four Observers and
Crew of Four.
Washington. Construction of tho
navy's first dirigible was authorized
by Secretary Daniels, who awarded
it contract for Its manufacture to tho
Connecticut Aero company of New
Haven on a bid ot $15,630. The bal
loon la to bo delivered In September
so ns to bo In use at tho naval aero
nautic station nt Pensacola early
next autumn. It Is designed to carry
four student observers In uddltlon to
n crew of four.
It will bo 175 feet long, flfty-flvo
feet high, have a gas capacity of
110,000 cubic feet and a speed of
twenty-five miles nn hour Congress
appropriated $1,000,000 for aeronau
tics in the Inst naval bill. Tho new
hydroaeroplancB were received last
week on orders given two months
ngo nnd three others nro duo for de
livery soon. Threo additional oncfl
will be bid for during tho summer.
Contract will be awarded within a
few days for a floating dlrlgihlo shed
nnd designed to nccommodato tho
dirigible.
Tho armored cruiser North Cnro
linn, now In the Mediterranean, Is
to be relieved In ten dnys by the
cruiser Des Moines nnd overhauled
In the United States for use at Pen
sacola ns nn aviation Bhlp. With Its
arrival and delivery of the airships
contracted for, the Pensacola station
will begin the training of officers and
men on a larger scale than ever be
fore. Official Version of Tragedy.
Berlin. From tho report received
from the BUbmnrlne which sank the
Cunnrd line steamer Lusltanln the
following official version of the Inci
dent Is published by tho ndmlralty
Rtnff under the signature of Admiral
Behneko:
"The submarine flighted the steam
er, which Bhowed no flag, on May 7
at 2.20 o'clock, central European time,
nfternoon, on the southeast coast ot
Ireland. In fine clenr weather.
"At 3:10 o'clock one torpedo wai
fired at the Lusltanln, which hit Us
Btnrboard side below the captaln'a
bridge. The detonation of the tor
pedo was followed Immediately by a
further explosion of extremely strong
effect. The ship quickly listed to
starboard and began to sink.
"The second explosion must bo
traced back to the Ignition of quan
tities of ammunition Inside the Bhlp."
Aliens Herded Into Camps.
London. The pollco throughout tho
country have been busy of Inte gath
ering subjects of hostllo countries ot
a military nge and dispatching them
to concentration points. Mnny hun
dreds of voluntnrlly surrendered nnd
were Bent off in batches, 500 going to
Southend to be placed aboaid steam
ers which have been fitted up for tho
purpose. The only difficulty tho
nuthorltles fnced was that of finding
room, as the suddenness with which
the government camo to Its decision
following the riots gave no time to
pieparo new camps.
Serious disturbances occurod in
Rothcrhnm, North Shields and other
places. In Rotherhnm the rlotera
were mostly women and young peo
ple, but hardly a slnglo Gorman shop
In tbe town escaped wreckage.
Rush to Become Citizens.
New York. Since tho sinking ot
tho Lusltnnla tho number of Gcrmann
npplylng for naturalization In thin
city has Increased nearly 300 per
cent, announced Naturalization Com
missioner Wciser. Mr. Wclser added
that tho greatest number of applica
tions for some time had como from
Russians nnd that tho Germans were
at tho foot of tho list until recently.
War Veterans Want Peace.
Tulsa, Okl. Tho Oklahoma Bank
ers' asoclatlon, Oklahoma dopartmont
of the Grand Army of tho Republic
r.nd tho stato organization of tho
Spnnlah War veterans, in session horo
ndopted resolutions urging tho prosl
dent to use every means to avert wnr
and commending his course bo far.
John D. Wins Taxation Fight.
Clovelnnd. John D. Rockefeller won
his Injunction suit to restrain Cuya
hoga county from collecting taxes on
$31.000,000 worth of Intangible prop
erty. South Americans With United States.
Now York. South Amorlcnn dele
gates to tho coming Pnn-Amorlcan
financial conforonco In Washington, a
number of whom aro now In thin city,
voiced their npprovnl of tho position
tnken by President Wilson In his noto
to Germnny.
Mass of Jewelry Stolen.
Now York. It Is announced that
burglars entered tho apartment of
Raymond McCuno, son of A. W. Mc
Cuno of Salt Lako City, and stole
$30,000 worth of Jewelry.
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