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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1917)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEDRA8KA. HEADS ARE SELECTED CHOOSE SUPERINTENDENTS FOR FAIR DEPARTMENT MANY FIRES PREVENTABLE Items of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around the State Home WeiUrn Newnp.iper Union New Servlca. W. R. Mollor of Loup City. Neb., "lost of which wcro championed by Al- forty Alllul.cils VVere mi,0ng the prls who has boon secretary of the No- bert of Platte, wero adopted by votes .......... ,..,... ... (s,irmmiv uy thu Cor braska board of agrlculturo for tho last thirteen years and who was twenty to tuirtcen. Aiier u wnn uis unexpectedly defeated for reelection closed that the wots had sulllclent In Janunry, will remain In closo votes to adopt anything proposed, they touch with tho stato fair which ho Is credited with mittlnc on Its feet, Ho is to bo 'superintendent of automobilo hall during the fair, ac- cording to a list of new superintend- onts for tho 1917 fair Just mado public by Sccrotnry E. It. Danlolson or mo nonrti. ino majority in me superintendents have been reappoint ed. Thoy aro. Amphitheatre Joseph Roberts, Fre mont. Auditorium L. W. Leonard, Pawnee City. Automobilo parkin V. Arnold, Vqrdon. nnnds W. li. Hannlntf, Union. ' Hoys encampment enrm. Htrnder, Lin coln. CnmpltiK Rroilnd John Hfwilk. Alilo. Collneum J. II, Harms, Upland. ConccsHlonx II Mynm, Lincoln. Visit exhllilt W J O Prlen. Gretna. Ontrn T. II. Wake. Seward. Oencral Wm. Foster, Llnroln. Guards Adj. Ocn. P. L. Hall. Jr.. Lin- WIN. Sanitation J.' H. Taylor. Colon Tloketn Wm. James, Dorchester. . Transportation w. li. snerniernorn.M Lincoln. wmss A iiorscs i.. r. iciiwicn, m. J " I. i Class "n" cattle O. 13. Hall. Waterloo. Class "C ' swine O . Smith, Kearney. Class "15" poultry C. O. Cottle, ldlRnr. Class "F" nRrlrulttiral products T. n. Keedle. Mlnden; assistant. James 13. TJ . n InfllntiAtn' Class "O" dairy W. C. Andreas. Pent- . .1.. . 1 ...... , tan rlco. Class "H" domestic products Mrs. E. js. iirown, central City. Class "J" textiles Mrs. J. P. Master- Class "IC" fine arts-Mrs. n. D. Suther- lano, Nion. vjmsn Li cuucaiionai aiiss Alice nor- er, i.inooin. Clans "M" machinery itrounds C. 3. CrewH, Culhertson. Class "N" automobile hall W. It. Mellor, Lincoln. Class "O" hotter babies Mrs. C. L. w.MRr, oseeola. Class "O" feed and fornite C. S. owk. ensnron. C ass "H" speed J. W. Lnmb. Nelson. uierK speed c. w. wentz. Aurora. Many Fires Preventable. That 16.6 per cent of flro losses in Nebraska aro strictly preventable and that 67.1 per cent aro partly pro- entnblo Is tho assortlon mado In a bullotln , JuBt lBsucd by Flro Com- mlnsloner RIdgoll, baBod on porccn- isges compiled by Miss Mamlo Mul- doon, secretary of tho flro commls- ion. tho 16.0 por cont entailed a Iobb 9im Fire s Tom' un wn ' probably largely nrovontablo. do. strovod JKK RKn J,.i, ' , Tho percontago of nartv nrovonN iTOn flro. ln mi i. c l compared with 37.9 per cont In Kan- ...,, Uli j,v UU(II a and 54.4 per cont in South Da- kota. Tho figures aro compiled from a total of 1,325 fires Signs Car Distribution Bill Whenever car shortnen in roi,rni,n la reported to tho Nnhrnsim miKunv commission horoaftor. that lm.lv mv OWOrCO aiStr lUltiOn hv hn rnltmn.1a ; I on tho hnsin of rtMnttvn r business. Governor Novlllo has v, . j v Ullliuv? VJk 8 ened II. h. 40. Mm i.ii,a.ii., car dlBtrlbutlon bill, with an omer- eency clause to niakt) It becomo of iociivo immediately. unaer its provisions, all freight cars In N,obrtSka aro first dlstrlb- uted among divisions of tho roads on tho volumo of shipment basis, I. . . . uuiu.iK Binuons on tno Bamo imsis, ana Iinaiiy on that lmnls I among Bhlppvrs at each station. Governor Asks for Appropriation. Govornor Novlllo Bent a mossago to tho iioubo Monday afternoon calling tho attention of tho legislature to tho necessity for Immedlatemllttary prop- arnuon on tho part of tho Btato and asking for tho appropriation of $100,000 to pay tho exponsos of mobilization and "to moot any othor domanda for muunryproparuiion ana mamtonanco auring tno noxt two years. Distribution of School Land Rental Tho Bates bill, H. R. 297. dlstrlb- uting 10 per cont ot $415,000. rontal on Btato school lands, amonir tho . ' weniorn iNournaKu counties In pro- 1 . " yuiwuu 10 yuo umouui oi unsold Bchool land in thon Timlin. . J amended by tho school lands com- mlttee of tho aonato to make tho porcontago on a llko basis of ills. trlbutlon to tho ontlro tomnorarv HPlinnl fnnil rnnniml it n nnn nin annually. It wob bo reported out by tho commltteo with Senator xjuDutua iwwjiu uuuuu io me UIU, Tlllhlmn'.. tkn... .1 I .1 A a 1 rmu.ii. c,,k..ln Following tho dlspoaal of tho main r , Mti iu kiuui ;u iiuwnimi ur hiiiihitiii i tlon contests. Alnlay aimed merely to roatrlct thoso contoBts, his bill pro- viding that thoy should bo hold under tho direction of a commission of throo ono momber to bo named by the pro- nviici, uuu u) mu vuiiiuy JUUKO ana l. . ....... one by tho patrons. All kinds of con toats wero thus restricted, including tnoao in which the prizes were based on "popularity, esteem, beauty or ex MAY BE DEFEATED "Bone Dry" Bill Roughly Handled In the Senate. Lincoln, Neb. The Robertson amendments to tho prohibitory en forcement bill wero takon up Tuesday. Senators Real, McMillon, Sandall, Mc AlllBtcr and Chappoll spoko at length In favor of tho house bill as It was ro colved by tho somite. Senator Albert of Plntto offored an explanation of the Important amendments offered In tho Robertson motion. Tho discussion ex tended boyond tho noon hour, whon ad-. Journmont was taken. Upon reassemb ling', flvo of tho principal amendments offered by Robertson of Holtcounty, ranging from eighteen to flftoen to adjournod for tho day ami win min work at onco on tho formal task of adopting all of tho 100 changos pro poseil by tho Albert-Mullen amend ments offered by Robertson of Holt, Legislative League Makes Merry. Nearly 500 old and present members of tho Nobraska Legislative loaguo banqueted hero Tuesday night In a glorious, patriotic rally. It was tho largest gathering of Us kind tho loaguo bus yet hold and moro thingB wore dono than at any provl- ous affair, thanks to "Bill" Dcch and Honry Richmond, tho presiding gonl- uses. Nothing was omitted, not oven Marsh Elder, who was really hero this tlmn. nflnr linlnp ndvortinnil without results sovunu ouiur yu.irs. .... , ,, At tho hlislnoss gathorlng "Bill" . .... . . . uecn was caoscu prcB.dcui, a. mi. walling 01 Uavld (Jlty V1CO preslUOnt, ., t T ., r ...... r. ..i. " "U"ry u. jwuiiinuiiu ui unuuiu nut- rotary. Will Prosecute Game Law Infractions. United States Attorney T. S. Allen Is preparing to prosecute all violators of tho federal game law. In a state- mont issued recently thero seems t0 1)0 an improaslon abroad that thoro is an oruer or tno secretary oi agricui- turo allowing spring shooting of ducks and gecso. Thoro is no such regulation and tho law prohibiting such shooting of ducks In tho spring is In forco. Such law will bo strictly enforced unless tho supremo court of tho United States, whoro- a test case Is now ponding, holds the act unconstitutional. If tho law is unheld prosecutions will fol- low and a largo corps of game wardons has been collectln gand gathorlng data which Ib now in tho hands of tho United Statos attorney. Mr. Alon said that ho has a largo number of names of thoso who havo been violating tho law and that If tho law bo hold constitutional, all such casoa will bo presented to tho grand lurv. nate Kill. Suffrage Bill. &n oaon 10 nit uio iimuca suarago bill from tho minor Iioubo sifters has Proved unavailing. Tho trial enmo bo- Iwnnn tlin fnrnnnnn nnil nftnrnnnn din. I cusslons of tho prohibition bill. Sen ntor Sandall of York, author of tho bill, lod tho offort, and in tho affair ,mu 1,10 nctlvo aid of Judgo Albert of Platto. floor loador of tho faction of tho Bonato which is amending tho dry u'l ns t camo from tho houso. Tll voto followod a Bo-called arbi- lrarV rllnB l,y Lieutenant Govornor Howard that tho bll bo put out forth- 1141. I... ., n,.lilnn ...IM t "I mu ujiuiuiuuu wuuuiii luilliui action An nnPnl wna tnkc from tllls onlcr "i mo cnair nnu mo cnair was over tur"otl by n voto ot 21 to 1 Test Federal Game Law 'Pirn AfT.nnn fn,1nfn1 t.ttl wlilMt does away with tho spring shooting n or ti.n ,mi,. ,i i v"w -"-""J " fmm Hm,.mw in nnomi,, for hunting gatno of this kind over- rl.lna nil n,i ini i i' enforced bv thn Unltod fltntnn ltnnlf. .inn now ihn inr u iminr tested In tho United States sunromo courts and accordlnc to cood au- thorlty many pooplo havo takon it for grantod that violations of tho law would not bo punished until tho decision is handed down. Thoro is little doubt In tho minds of thoso who havo followed tho bill closely but that tho supremo court will find tno mil constitutional and that it will bo enforced to tho lottor. Wolf Bounty Again. Slx or eight years ago, tho statu of Nebraska got tired of paying out i'U,uuu to iuo,000 a year for bountloj l t n ... 011 woivea, una mo iiw on tnnt bud- J tl vuo i uiiuuiuii, ihw mo prcsoni 'wuislaturo shows somn nlenR nf m. enacting that law and making "ty higher than it was hoforo 01,0 c'n8B " anlmalB. Tlio houso vancod to third reading a bill pro I vlillnir Hint I"? n linnil ol.nll t.n n.l.l for coyotes and $5 for gray wolvos, defeating an amendment to ro I lllinn thn nniint -v nilinl,l.. A riMW twu ouutjiuy lo r,.j. . . In the hill room, It is announced bv ,ho commttoo on employes that ton ot the omployoB ot that department of tho Nebraska Beuato havo boon int nir. rinrini. itm r...i, ,.i, ... ,,.a " on tho part of tho commltteo to -.1,. ...!. .1.- .... Biiii iuriuur iruucu iuu iiui, eiu nirK" reci-uii iniiii-u ujiuii ni-iiv DiirK" " ---- , , ,,, A,rlriin Iliwl f!rnH lini-i I,. i seventeen employes n that depart- hy Argentina was said In dispatches re- throughout tho country in order to hold th Amu ,'C"" "Vechuen , mont. Tho number s now reduced cclvci, ,u.ro t0 ,mvu cc mde neces- l reserve facilities that may be need- w" ( " st 5 to suven, and thoro is a disposition Bry by poor crops and the destruction ed by the government m..y become 'J d'' sum ouooiuil lilUiU WUIU i .1.. ..I... fit .. tnlnnlinmt KPrVlCO I'Alflinillll I r " " " .w, 40 U. S. MEN HELD PRISONERS CAPTURED BY RAID- ER MOEWE CONFINED IN GERMAN PRISON. ALL TAKEN FROM TRANSPORT New German Raider Sighted In the Atlantic by American Freight Steam er Which Arrives at Port In the United States. Copenhagen, April 2. More than con,IIU!ruu rn,it.r Moewe, accord- Ing to "Jack" Henson, an American seumnii, who has arrived huru. Thu Americans, he says, now aro held as prisoners of war In (Jerniany. Benson, who for a time was a fel low prisoner of the men now held In (Jermany, says that nearly all of the forty men were horsemen aboard the tninsport Ksmeraldas, which wus sunk by tho Moewe. (Censored), April II. An nrmed ves sel, believed to be tho converted Ger man raider St. Theodore, was sighted In mldocean three days ago by the iVmerlcan freight steamship Mongolia, which nrrlved at an Ainerlcun port. Rio Janeiro, April 2. Tho French bark Catnbronno has arrived here with 200 men of tho crows of various steam ers nnil sailing ships sunk by u Ger man raider oft the Island of Trinidad. They reported that many sailors from the sunken vessels wero drowned. The rescued sailors, who aro French, English and Italian, report that the ....i.i.,.. u. i ....m.... oi.i.. ..m. " mim-n mnnuj, smj. ...... fciiauiim - muiur, U. S. TROOPS MAY AID FRANCE Secretary Lansing Favors Sending Force Abroad and Approves Bond Issue. Washington, March 2S. Representa tives Flood, Harrison and Itagsdale, members of the house foreign uffalrs committee, discussed the International situation on Monday with Secretary Lansing. Espionage and censorship measures were among tho legislation for the new congress that were con- sldered. During the conference Secretary Lan- sing Indicated that one plan to aid the allies Is to help Franco finance the war and that another under consldera- tlon Involves the sending of a military forco to the French front. The president's conclusions wcro not iniulo known definitely, and It was said ho had not determined ilnully what to recommend In his message to congress, Secretary Lansing made it very clear that tho plan which probably will be urged most will be authorization by congress of a large bond Issue, tne proceeds of which would lie devoted to purchnso of French bonds. DIVERS SUNK 781.500 TONS c . e...n. rl.,. Chnmru Rf. 1 - port of U-Boat War to the Reichstag. Berlin. Anrll 2. German submn- rino. in Fol.rmirv sunk 781.r.00 tons of shipping. Secretary of tho Navy Eduurd Capello In a confidential re- port told tho main committee of the Tclehstag . nu said now submarines sent to tho barred zones far exceed tho number lost. Ho summarized tho effect of un restricted submarlno warfare by say lng : Great successes and very small losses." , The German navy, from tho com- mander In chief to the last stoker, is 't,l"roU.Rhn conv,nd t,'U'b,n",n,. will win tho war, the irarlno minister 0--. asserted. "K. . . ' li is pauuui lor our sea rorces iu rorces iu neutral ships. It is hard, but an uosoiuio iicclssuj. '. ... TT NAMON rlnSr MARSHALL Vice President Tells Democrtitlc Lead- ers of Indiana to,Daslst From Politics. Indlnnapolls, March 30. "Tho flrst duty of every American citizen is to his country instead or to ins political party," Vlco President Marshall do- ciureu in n iiii-uuuk h mu .ji-iiiulwii... -1 1 A I I f.....rtH.l(lA stato commltteo and other Democratic leaders here on Wednesday "His llrst care," continued tho vice president, who came here ror a restoe- I . . . l 1 - ... . i ... ..T. roro tnu npocmi session m cohkis, miouiii no m milium mu 1.UUU1 uimi L-lnrv nn.l the dlLMiltv of the American was not propitious for discussing party politics. I on ,oV 1 n,. y l q7.ry of O era Carranza concerning accepted the resignation of the cabl- 2 '"Tile Zdmi or niore Democrats German activities ....Mexico was imll- net heiuled I I ..1.11.. ,xr mlirtt til ii ilU'll I 1 Inltnil Vrll TilU llllllltT llltllt IMtll I present applauded loudly. The vleo catcd l.y state department o mc.au,. - - .. . . .. . , ; U,1....f .,la .Innlnroil iUnt th tllllO Uv-na nilmlttcd t lllt tllO (lepiiriiueill null ...u....- v,,,,, ui- a rn r- I r.l M 1UVJ Uivcr ixcn ....,i.i....,,... Arll r,.,l1.ru wnrn H ..ui m-in p.aceu ny " , " n,i Anur i iii n Steel and Wire comnai.y of Pli 1 liid el jil 1 1 a for tho Immediate con- structlon of 100 steel rope submarine nets. The netH will cost 51.8S1 each Argentina Explains Embargo Washington, April 2. The export t ,.r.. " I....... W HAVE YOU NAILED YOURS? 5. ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC. '1 BRAND WHITLOCK HELD I u. S. MINISTER TO BELGIUM IN "NEWS QUARANTINE." j Germans Say Action Is Necessary to Prevent Information Reaching the Enemy. Amsterdam, March 30. The Ger- man government will ask American of- flclals and relief workers of the Amer- lean commission for relief in Belgium to submit to a period of "news quur- antlnc," the time not to exceed four weeks, to prevent military information being given out, says a dlsputch re- celved hero. The time would count from the day the men lny , down their present charges and notify the authorities in Brussels of their readiness to depart, 'They will bo nsked to assemble ut boiiio center, like Liege, or preferably n German city, such as Cologne, Kails- mho or Munich, which they would not )0 nllowed to lenvo for tho period men- tloncd. The "news quarantine" would np- piy equally to Brand Whltlock, the American minister to Belgium, and his staff, whom the German govern- incut, since tho brenk In diplomatic relations, regards on tho same footing as relief workers, although personally Ill tho cnSO Of Mr. WllltlOCk the lierlOd of detention, as a matter of courtesy, might bo shortened. After tho "quarantine" has ended It is stated that no obstacles will be placed In the way of the departure of the ofllclals and relief workers by any routo tney may cnoose. UPHOLDS THE MEXICO PLOT German Foreign Secretary Declares Appeal 10 Neutrals Oar8 rfignt to Protest. London. April 2. Dr. Alfred Zlm- .. ........ iinnann fnrnlrrn Koprntnrv. k, Uuj relchBtB on tl,0 Amer- ,t ton suI(1 thnt ..tll0i United States cannot deny our right to seek ... ,.,. v ,,nfnr(. ,ms .....uo - been declared, set tho entire world ncalnst us." ... ,,,,, ,,nf ,. TTnlioil Stntos . .. imictlcally ,icclared war Doctor Zlmmormann. Justifying the nrfllliirn of seeking to make Mexico and Japan her allies, according to neuter's Amsterdam correspondent, contended that Mexico obviously was au ally and that tho antagonism be- tween America and Jnpan was strong- ,,r than between Germany and Japan, ticsplt tho fact that a state of war existed between them. nTP -m oaddam7A NtW U.J). IMU 1 1. IU UHnnHintH Rumors Received at Washington oon 1 mm I M -t-. n V cerning maBing oi i I tMrl CUUJhirf igruii mm Washington, March 30. flint the heard rumors concerning massing of Germans at Torreon and elsewhere. I I 1 T Hlllin MCVCn OIIIUOi - ------ aiii-... " -,.., rroil.v O.. A.)HI X. lll CUllsil tip U'T1 has been contracted nnuo of 10.000 tons nas ntiu nuiuiiiiiu for here, it was ced on Krl day by the Toledo Shipbuilding com puny. Telephone Embargo Likely. New York, April 2. Temporary em- I . . . n . .... i . .1 n In rnxmn I lii.l - i ....... . ,.. I i.r.nmil l'Imks In ImnilML'ns rirntifir,..) f.. necessary, u , PEACE OFFER MADE? BERLIN REPORTED TO HAVE SENT OVERTURES TO RUSSIA. Internationalization of Constantincpte and Slav Rule of Armenia, th Principal Bait. London, March 20. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Ampler dam says : "According to a Berlin telegram re celved by the Amsterdam bourse, Ber Hn is filled with rumors that Germany has offered a separate peace to Kus sla. "Tho terms offered nre said to bo complete autonomy to Poland, th in ternatlonnllzatlon of Constantinople, the evacuation by Russia of Austrian territory and Russlun protectorate over Armenia." A Petrograd dispatch reports the arrest of three prominent Russian military ofllcers, Genernl Schlewan, who suppressed the revolution In 1005; General Slegel, who wus military com niiinder of Kharkov fortress, and Gen oral Mrososovsky Tho executive committee at Kiev has ordered the domiciliary arrost at a hotel there of Gen. N. I. Ivnnolf, tor- mer commander of the Russian armies In Volhynla and Gallcla, according to a IleUter'S UlspiltCll. 'Hie committee has telegraphed tho ' government for Instructions, PREMIER IS FOR SUFFRAGE Lloyd George Makes Declaration In Commons Women Win Recogni tion Through War Work. London, March 30. Premier Lloyd George mado a declaration. In tho ihihbu in uuiNinun in unui ui nuumn simrnge. xno premier snie. no wel comed J ho recommendation Ui favor of woman suffrage which was mado In llio tiroirraiii for oloctnrcl reform moved by former Premier Asqulth. He favored a generous extension of the electoral franchise by inducing to three months tho period of qualifying for voting, and by nssumlnu the quall- ticntion or every soiiuer aim sauor. Mr. Asnnlth snld thn honso would not be unprepared to hear that he and other members no loiiL'or reuardod tho miestlon of woman suffmije from tho standpoint they occupied before the war. Mr. Asqulth snlrt tho opposition to woman suffrage always had been based solely on consideration of public ex- pcdlency. Tho women had now worked out their own salvation. The war could not be carried on w ithout them CABINET OF SWEDEN RESIGNS King Confers With Leaders Before An nouncing Retirement of the Body. Stockholm, Mnrch 30.--VhlIo no of :lal announcement Iiah yet been nclal announcement Iiah yet been "c.ai mmouiiuiLiu open made, It Is said that Kins Gustaf has " ro" " Ing the departure of tho old one. No U. Goats Off New York i - ----- ... Vnpl. Mpn, !11 'I'lin o Unc..l l.Hli snlimnrlnoH r,.i.nrt,.,l "-" -". o..,, off Block Island turned out to be two . . - ' - co , ma up u . ho uru vhen the amy department Investigated. Glass Found In Bandages New York, March 31. Instances of e announc- Jioro. ri-cior ui iio niiimm. uiiioiiiu. PUIS BLAME ON U.S. VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG SAYS KAISER NEVER PLANNED TO ATTACK AMERICA. WILL FIGHT IF FORCED TO German Chancellor Tells the Reichstag That the U-Boat Campaign Is Nee essary for Defense Wants No Quarrel With America. Berlin, March 31. "Germnny never hint (he slightest intention of attack lug the United States of America, and does not have such intention now. It never desired war against tho United States of America, and does not de sire It today," was tho declaration iniulo by the German Imperial chan cellor, Dr. von Bethmann-llollweg, in a speech in the reichstng. The chancellor made important dec larations concerning Germany's policy toward the United States and Russia. "How did these things develop?" asked the chancellor In speaking of the relations with the United States. Ho then proceeded to answer the 'ques tion by reviewing the cause which led up to the German use of submarines In unrestricted warfare. Declaring that Germany had under taken unrestricted subniurine warfare for its defense, Dr. von Bethmann llollweg said : "If the American nation considers this a cause for which to declare war against the German nation, with which It has lived In peace for more than ono hundred'years ; If this action warrants an Increase of bloodshed, we shall not havo to bear the burden of responsi bility for It." Dealing with Russia, tho Imperial chancellor said-that the Russian em peror hart not listened to tho German emperor's advice no longer to opposo tho justified wishes of his nation for reforms. Dr. von Bethmann-llollweg em phatically .denied that the German em peror or Germany was desirous of re storing "czardom." Dr. Peter Spnlin, leader of the Cath olic center party, denied that tho reichstng, as charged by the Prussian herrenlmus, hart meddled with things oservod for the emperor nnd tho bun- desrath. Ho said: "If America comes to war with Ger many we have confidence In the abil ity of the leaders In the army nnd navy to settle with her." ASK FARMERS TO RUSH CROPS Secretary Houston at Washington Makes Plea on Economic and Patriotic Basis. Washington, March 20. Secretary- Houston Issued a statement calling on tho farmers of the United States to strive this year for the "highest stand ard of efficiency in producing and con servation of food." Ho urged tho securing of maximum returns from seed, the prevention of waste and tho taking of measures against potato disease. WANTS YANKEES SENT HOME Request From Washington Said to Have Been Forwarded to Berlin Government. Rome, March 30. Germany hns been nsked to send Americans home, according to n report here. It was reported Ambnssador Page had been Instructed from Washington to request transmission of this message to Ber lin through the Spanish ambassador hero. EX-JUDGE DIES IN U. S. PRISON Ell H. Redman, Convicted of Indiana Vote Frauds, Expires at Leavenworth. Leavenworth, Knn., April 2. Ell H . Redman, ono of the men convicted In connection with the alleged election conspiracy at Terro Haute, Intl., died here In the federal penitentiary, where ho was serving a live-year sentence. He formerly was circuit judge. BATTLE IS LOST BY VILLA Bandit at Head of 3,500 Cavalry De feated In Attempt to Capture Chi huahua City. Chlhunhua City, April 2. Francisco Villa, at the head of n cavalry force of 3,r00 men, mado a determined at tempt on Friday to capture Chlhunhua City, but was driven back with a loss of COO prisoners nnd 350 In killed nnd wounded. Money for Brooklyn Navy Yard. Washington, March 30. Arrange ments havo been completed for the ex penditure of ?3.000,000 to place Brooklyn nnvy yard on a war footing It was olllclnlly announced here. Raise Chicago Wheat Rates. Washington, April 2. An Increase of about 12 per cent In freight rates on wheat for export from Chicago to Nor folk and Newport News, suspended since October 1(1 last, was approved by tho Interstate commerce commission. New Mexican Ambassador. Laredo, Tex., April 2.- Ignacii BonlllnH. new Mexican ambassador to Washington, was welcomed to the United States by United States con sular and army olllclals upon his ar rival hero. cellenco In any other capacity.1