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British Oil Men Accused of Aiding Mexican Rebels Official Charges Made at National Palace Involv ing Mexican Kagle Oil Co. Mexico City March 15.—High offl < lain of tin- British oil interests in Mexico have been backing Dc la Huer ta's rebellion. Reports ot British con tributions of supplies and money which bare been widely circulated in the last three months, now nre given official cognizance by a presi dential statement bluntly charging the British oil combine, known in Mexico as the Companla de Petroteo El Aguila and abroad as the Mexican Eagle com pany, with complicity in the uprisings. The statement given out at the nation al palacs reads: “From information in possession of this office it has been possible to confirm fully ths complicity that the highest officials of the Companla El Argulla have had in the recent re bellious movement and Concrete In formation has been received which demonstrates the partiality with which departments of the company have acted in favor of the rebels. "The president of the republic waits only to obtain the latest information in relation to this matter in order to proceed accordingly.” The only stronghold of importance left in possession of the rebels Is Puerto, Mexico, the headquarters of the British oil interests. W. J. Blystone Dead. I-Incoln, March 15.—W. J. Blystone, Civil war veteran and former mem ber of the Nebraska legislature, died at his home here tonight. He was for one term department commander of the Nebraska Grand Army ot the Republic. A DVERTI8EM K N T IF BUCK HURTS brink Plenty Water and Take Glass of Salts Before Break fast Occasionally. When your kidneys hurt and your hack feels sore, don't get scared and proceed to load your stomach with a lot of drugs that excite the kidneys and irritate the entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys clean like you keep your bowls clean, hy flushing them w-ith a mild, harmless salts which helps to remove the body's urinous waste and stimulate them to their normal activity. The function of the kidneys Is to filter the blood. In 24 hours they strain from It 500 grains of achl and waste, so we can readily understand the vital Importance of keeping the kidneys active. Prink lots of good water—you can't drink too much: also get from any pharmacist about four ounces of Jad .Salts. Take a tablespoonful In a glass of water before breakfast each morn lng for a few days and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts ii made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for years to help dean and stimulate clogged kidneys; also to neutralize the acids In the system so they are no longer a source of Irrita tion, thus often relieving bladder weak ness. Jad Salts is Inexpensive; rannot In jure: makes a delightful effervescent lithia water drink which every one should take now and then to help keep their kidneys clean and active. Try 4hls; also keep up the water drinking, and no doubt you will wonder what became of your kidney trouble and backache. By all means have y/inr physician examine your kidneys at least twice a year. “Lunch Hour” Misleading Term for Omaha Business Womens Noonday Rest Period; They Dance, Read, Sew, “Snooze,” See Movies, Munch Chocolate Bars Here are business women who are really resting. At the top, left, is a group of business women gathered in the reading room of the Y. \V. A. to read the next installment of the thrilling serial in their favorite magazines. Upper right shows women gathered in the Itrandeis cafeteria for em ployes, so busy talking that they couldn't stop to give their names. In the left center picture, Nellie Northern is asleep on the couch, Evelyn framer is stringing heads, Mrs. Margaret flair is reading and Miss Helen Koeppcl Is finishing her fancy work. Kight center shows Elizabeth llalhoth eoglgating on just the right word Tor that letter during the noon hour, t iara Jensen i« sittirtg beside her ■eading in the Itrandeis reading room for women employes. Myrtle White at the piano, lower loft, and I ad ia Vanoc, who sings, ire finding relaxation by way of music in the employe’s recreation room. Lower right. Miss Mary McMahon, nurse in rliarge of the women em iloyes at the Itrandeis stores, who renders first aid at anytime during the lay. The business woman’s lunch hour Is no longer occupied with eating. Since the fashionable slimness pre vails tho women find a good many minutes left over from the time meant for the noon- meal. The above pictures show a few dt versions Omaha business women seek in the nlloted time. Various groups find the lunch hour a good time to sew. Some improve their minds by reading, while others find it a time to keep up their private correspond ence. Those who like music play musical instruments in the recreation tooms provided by firms for which they work. Manjr Omaha business firms provide reading and lounging rooms for their women employes and often furnish a piano or phonograph whore the girls may dance. Olliers Take "Snooze.” Other girls use as much of the noon hour as possible making up sleep lost by a party the night before. The time for gossip is over the lunch ta bles, where talk is more Important than food. Some busines women say all extra time is spent shopping. Clerks declare that some of the biKgost Bales arc made during the lunch hours of the business women. Some take tlie time for a trip home; others go without the noon meal to spend the entire hour in the beauty parlor, while a surprising number grab a chocolate 1 or and attend a pic ture show for recreation. It is only the girl In the uptown business district who can spend time shopping or in a picture show. The women who are working in the whole sale district say they tike only a half hour for lunch and leave n half hour earlier in the evening. ' ards have no noonday appeal to the bus; ness women. They gr y there Is no use starting a game of bridge, for the whistle would blow just where the more was beginning to get interest ning. Mah Jons isn't even in the run ning. Ambition keeps some business women practicing shorthand or study ing business English. Strenuous » >: rc ise Bn’t what the business v. uvn crave s during the noon hour. The y. W. U. A. gymnasi um is empty during the noon hour. The directors there «ay the women haven’t time to change clothes for basket I II or volley ball. Busim-ss U' f M’i who spend the summer r o»,n hour In the r* al out. of doors are the • fticc workers at. the University hospital who play tennis on the university • itnpus courts. Wo men howlers u«e their evenings for practice. Business women don’t attend com* n i it tee meetings nti do their employers and few of them gather for dub hint he. ns Sloan Pleads for G. 0. P. Leadership Urges Protective Tariff and Covets Soldier Support at Kimball. Kimball, Neb., March 15 —Charles H. Sierm. aspirant far the republican ; .n.at .ri. 1 ncrr.innt. , n. from Nebraska, addressed a iarg* meeting at Kim ball this week. His talk Included comment on the wheat and livestock situation, arul an earnest advocacy of ^protective tariff "I would rather have the support of the 30,000 republican former ser vice men of Nebraska, than the sup port of the man who was Wiscon sin's Eenator when they were In camps, convoys, trenches and battle," he said. "We are red blooded out here and our republicanism is a conviction. I,et republican press and leadership ad vise. I,et outsiders hold their peace.” ADVERTISEMENT Man 74 Year? Old Is “Rejuvenated” In 3 Weeks Without Gland Or err'bn Kansas Contractor Tells of Wonderful Results Ob tained in Test of Re cent Discovery. Thomas .T. Glatcook, 74, well-known old time Kansas contractor. declares he has virtually been made young again by the recently discovered korex comiround, which by many users Is pronounced superior to • gland treatments," as an invigorator and revltallzer. I feel like I did at 35." says Mr. Glascock, "and seem to he getting stronger every day. During my three weeks' use of the new dlseov ery, pains and weaknesses of many years' standing disappeared almost magically. Today I am ns vigorous and supple as I was in the prime of life. Furthermore, when I begad using the compound, my memory was virtually gone and I was almost blind. Now my mind Is clear and active ami I ran read the finest print without dlf flculty.'* Ip order to find out Whether the result were lasting, Mr. Glascock waited six month- before reporting ,01 bis test of the discovery. Gn this point he says: Every passing day strengthens ■ my conviction that my restoration Is not only complete but permanent. I ran't express the happiness this great discovery has brought to me. It has made me 'young' again." .Similar rep-i ts are being made al most dally. Kor instance, D. W. Wood of New Orleans, past 60 years of age. says: "The compound has brought me back to as good, healthy physical condition as I enjoyed at 35, I am apparently as supple as at .’•> and my eyesight Is heller than for \eur-. 1 would nnl take $5,000 for what the discovery has done for me " The compound referred to by Mr. Hancock and Mr. Wood Is put up In ablets for easy u e at home by any one |i has won lire if.rise of thou sands Who suffer'd from nervous evhautlcn, diminished or depleted vigor, < neurasthenia, premature age and lack of animation and vital force. Elderly people have pronounced It a "fountain of youth." THOMAS J. OI.ASCOCK. Prepared e peeially for ailing di rectly in lower spinal nerve centers and blond vessels, gratifying benefits are known usually In a few days, ac cording to thousands who have used It. Knthusiastie reports from users acclaim the compound us giving speedy satisfaction In obstinate cases that had defied nil other treatments previously used. Realizing that thousands of en feebled, half alive folk may consider such news "too good to 1m* true," the American distributors have agreed to supply a regular size, full strength treatment of the kmex compound dls covery on a guaranteed trial basis to everyone who f‘ Is the need of such a preparation. If you wish to test the compotid under a money.liack guarantee, write to the Melton lab oratories, 117.1 Melton Itulldlng, Kan sas City. Mo. You may enclose two dollars or simply send your name, without money, and pay t»v■ > dollars atal postage on delivery of the plain sealed package, ns you prefer. In either case, however. If you aie not satisfied, the laboratories will refund the purchne price upon request. These laboratories ere nationally known and thoroughly reliable, so anyone may fe el free to arc pt their guaranteed offer County Sues Railroad . for $33,000 Taxes Pawnee City, Neh., March 15. County Treasurer M. L. Flanagan has issued a distress warrant fur un paid taxes of the Kansas City a. Northwestern railroad, pasting through the west part of this county, and has delivered it to Shc-i-ff Avery. The warrant is to cover taxes on the road, which have not been paid for seven years. The warrant is not col Icctablo at the present time because ‘ i,:.yu‘.;er. p;rdir.g. tut .: sc-v-.s a* a ncieSTary step toward fere closure, which will he taken by County At tor ney Elmer F White. The total amount of taxes and Interest due the county is $33,*52.95. It has not been in operation for a number of years and various efforts have been made, unsuccessfully, to put It back on its jfect. Bryan to Confer on * Draft in Next War Lincoln, March 15.-—A letter re '•rived by Governor Bryan from Gen. John .1. Pershing states that Lieutenant Colonel Briggs of the War (lepartni'-nt general staff will confer with the governor soon upon subjects which, If necessity shoidd ever arise, would result ill the swift rebuilding ..f 1 lie elite organization under the ... leettve service not, which funeiloned so well during the war. Vi. J. Bryan to Meet Nebraska Democrats Lincoln, March 15.—A meeting of the deni ictatle state committee has been called for next Wednesday Imre to choose the place for holding tho • into convention on May 1. V I Bryan of Florida, broth'r of th' |aes. enf governor, will be in Lincoln that day and after participating in the meeting is to address s democratic i ally nt the city auditorium \l»f KUTlsr.MFST STOMACH I Doth Your Sfotuai li DialrfM \ on? | Is it Weak ami Hore. Tender and Painful? l>o y*u suffer from Acute or Chronic Indigestion. Dyspepsia, Ca tarrh of the Stomach. IPlchiriK. lie,utburn. Hour Stomach, Headache, Nervousness, Constipation nr any form of Stomach, Diver, Kidney or Dowel Trouble? would \oit like to K<>I rid of the-'e no you < »Uld eat .ill you want, what you want, when you iwant to? A Dollar’* Worth Free! H'/nd 10r *o MV*r an l of p.nkni «nd mulling »n*l w * will t*nd you hv rtturn mud n full clolUr’t worth of our lmpr..v*«J Prptopod Tr^ntm«»pt frrn mnd prepaid No nuttinr how tavern or * hrorOe v«ur ■ n »•> —no mutter how mtry tre-t'pnntt you hr trl»*l without rrlltf HF\'|» FOH Tills KKRK PKPTOP\l» Toll A \ . . Itr. it. < . lining t o., Itept. Ill, Jit< Unott, Mb it Gas Question U]> to Bryan Fddt'ial Truth* <\>iiimi?-ioti Ask? Governor to Furnish Information.1 Lincoln March lu ■ -Huston 1 turnip son, chairman of the federal tia l** commission. in a Utter received b\ Govemcr Bryan, asks the governor to i "Ive him the names of lnd*per.dtnt gasoline ccn.enit Horn which he pro cured g«ij*cl»ne i . at summer bot i? un | abi* to g«: It now because, -s th«■ governor wrote, “these producing agencies base appaiently p.i*.<•«! u the gasoline morn poly.” Whether action will be taken bv the commission depend**, the b-tter nays, on results of an in«iuir>' nnsv being made. County Merchants Form Own Insurance Firm T.lnodn, March 15.—The stale Mur cky department today authorized the Merchants Mutual Ourplary Iw»ur jnco company wllh h*udijnartf rs In Omaha, to do bnslner* within the slate. According to Its officers, the coin puny Is formed In order to fur nish protection against the numerous store robberies In Nebraska. I.oral Izifa are worth t '* ey. They appear each wrrk on the screen In Omaha motion picture theaters Send your jokes to the I>oenl I.af I'ditor The Omaha Hcc. Brick Plants and let Plants TRY OUR COAL If it’s just what you want, we have two mines to supply you. Write Smoky Hollow Coal Company Albia, Iowa Miners Since 1890 Chicago Physicist Wins * Nobel Prize Award <'hi'.'ii'o March 15—Dr. Calvin S Pan- of I'hlrtiKu. who holds that radio vibrations rre colors, that sound is l.glit tlmt orbits are circular In stead of eih,'t cal, ami other revolu i onary theories, has Icon nominated for the Nobel prize in physics. It was disclosed. A Ic-ttei ft i m the nominating com mittee of liie £ vecUsh social academy of science h » sent Doctor pa~e a let ter pzu.sing the 1 y. ■ of his thet‘ if. E-dtt’t-.j a tv.v T.T.ttrn l.y D:.l:r rtf; t.f.r* the commU-.n was a is tier from I- J. Sze of tin t'i•«d Stw.es naval Ghser vat ore at M...e ..“land an opponent of the Einstein theory. Plot to Arm Chinese Told bv Prisoner British, French and Belgians to Protest Against Activity of Italian Muni tions Bing. Shanghai, March 15—A gigantic In irnationnl aims scandal running Into nililiuns, was cb.'Llged tday by All tonlo Vespa, funner foreign mi'inlr-i of the Chinese maritime customs board. \ espa. geserted Italian authoritli s rue attempting to deport him to Italy for the purpose of railroading him to prison because of his alleged activi ties ii) Italian cliques gelling the Chinese arms in violation of the treaty. His remarkable story caused a sen sation in Shanghai and Peking and it is said the British, French and Bel gian legation will lodge protests as a result because of the breaking of the treaty whereby all nations agreed not to sell arms to China in an attempt to avert further civil war. Attorneys General Ask Stringent Oil Laws Chicago. March 15.—The executive committee of the national conference of attorneys-gencral at a special nneeting today formally called upon Pres dent Coolldge, congress. the fed eial trade commission and th» ex eentives of the several states to lake immediate action to establish a more stringent regulation of the petroleum industry. Acting under authority of the last meeting of the entire association the executivo comtn.ttee today outlined a program' of activity and requested congress "to provide immediately a special and sufficient appropriation to the federal trade commission for the‘conduct and prosecution of this work." The statement was signed by eight members of the execut.ve comm'ttee. as follows: Attorneys general O. 8. j Spillman. N'ehraska. chairman: George M. Napier. Georgia, secretary: Clif ford I. Hilton. Minnesota: Herman I,. Hikers, Wisconsin' Benjamin J. Gibson. Iowa .lay K Benton. Mussa-! chusetts; George F. Short, Ok la ho- , aia, and Harvey H. Cluff, t.tah. Quarry Explosion Injures Workman Beatrice. Neb . March 1" —While j .ngag»d in blasting rock at '.he Pavla ] stone quarry ea.-t of Blue Fprmg«. j Fif-.l Davis. ?4, was severely burned! about the fa e, hands and arms In an explosion which occurred about ?■ !!• was rushed *to a hospital in thl* city for treatment. While h;« con lUtlon is serious. It is thought he will . recover. (riant Pu-lihall Slarletl on ^ av- to Washington Chicago, March t! —A giant push ; ball, seven feet In diameter, its covci ..f red. white and Hue leather, was started down Michigan avenue today on its way to New York and Wash ir.gtrn to call attention to the cit! - -j -• '/.itary trails l*"*z cajeps tt.ovq Francisco. The ball is Inflated with air andi weighs 250 pounds. Graveling Bill Is Comm? Up |ly \%»ortflf«'d l*r» I >t‘s Mollis*. March IV — A hill amending the Iowa highway laws to permit counties to issue bonds for tlie graveling of primary roails . well as for paving these roads, is to he brought before the special session probably next week, in pursuance to a resolution adopted fn the senate to day without opposition. The pro ,|,tisal was made by Senator Bowman of Black Hawk county, who is secre tary of the Iowa flood Roads a o , Nation, and was based - n tit® ri ;Uest ,.f a number of counties which are ready to proceed with e: iveUng proj (-ets, but \>Jiirh do not care at this time to improve their roads by the more expensive method of paving With 27 Wounds, Veteran in (Tell Relief Agencies Seek to Re move Former Marine From Reformatory to Hospital. Lincoln, March 15.—Efforts are un der way by veterans’ relief agencies here today to provide proper hos pitalization for Jack Carson, 23, "Cuts and Scars," now serving a sentence In the state reformatory here. Jack snd his companion, Jne Po cus, were sentenced to the reforma tory for breaking and entering an army store at Kenrru-v last fall. Carson. nicknamed "Cut* and Scars" by Major I^ejuene of the Marine corps. Is I edlv in ne-il of hospital treatment. Weakened by 27 wounds by bayonets, shrapnel and bullet, In nearly two years service overseas, his condition is rendered critical t.y a malignant eve disease which h* says he contracted in the Kearney Jail. His health at the time of the ar rest in December was so poor that • ounty Attorney Hugh Drake of Buffalo county personally conducted him to the University hospital irt' Omaha for treatment. From Omaha he was brought to the reformatory here, but his condition ha« not im proved and efforts are being made tie return him to Omaha or else where for treatment. Carson says that h» was sllotted m a month compensation, but that he has not received it for the past six months. Aft»r his discharge from a hospital in Washington, he said, he told officials to s®nd compensation checks to Denver. He was "bum ming" his way to Denver when ar rested in Kearney in an effort to ob tain a new outfit of Mottling. Filley A'k' Depot on Other Side of Track' Filley, X<-b.. March 15.—The village j hoard has taken up the matter of j the location of the Burlington railway , station here, the present s.te being | unfavorable to ths citizens. The depot is on the north side of the j tracks, an 1 the town on the south side. They claim it is dangerous to .til cl til ns to t* compelled Jo cross the tra. fcs getting to and from the trains. ar,u also because cf the L,ct l that the depot ar.d a curve makes the [ unruii. hing view cf trains otfvure. When in Omaha Stop at Hotel Rome I They have petitioned the railway I company to Improve the alt nation, land It Ia und**nitf>od the railway com ! pany ha? promised fo move the depot t » the town *d o of the trarkx and | improve it in the near future. I.inrolu—(, >rge Kosrhreilnr, who left his horn# more than :i year ago and x thought to have worked hi* way through Nebraska, is wanted hv* hi? fath* r at Wavcrly. la., according to i*. m* 'tage r« • • ived hy the t hief of police from that place. Al»\ Mil hKMI NT Catarrh Germs Can Be Killed. II is In glad new to #auffe;*rs f---» I.HuUing I. ■■■king. !«*a • • yiif* <*i*.-,rrh <r Bron<h!a! intention*. 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