NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS National, Political. Personal and Other Matters in Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. WAR NEWS. The Australian contingent has ar rived in England for service in France and Belgium. * • • The British house of commons has given the government the power to commandeer all factories in which munitions of war can be manufac tured. * * * A report reaching Berlin from Rot terdam says that the British collier Beethoven has been sunk at some place not stated, either by a torpedo or a mine. * * * The Roumanian senate has adopted a bill empowering the government to proclaim martial law throughout the country whenever it deems such a measure necessary. • • * A Berlin dispatch asserted that since the opening of direct negotia tions between Italy and Austria a de cided relation in tire tension of Aus tria-Italian relations is noticeable. • * • Great Britain has decided not to treat captured crews of German sub marines as ordinary prisoners of war, but will intern them with a view to their "possible conviction at the end of the war.” * * * In the Prussian Diet the minister of agriculture declared that on the present basis of allotment of flour and bread Germany would not only be sufficiently provided, but probably would be able to accumulate a re serve for all eventualities. German submarines apparently have again become active in their quest for ships of enemy powers Three steamers have been sunk by them at widely separated spots in the ■waters off the western, southern and eastern coasts of England. The German government intends to instcitute an investigation into the re institute an investigation into the re port that the British admiralty means to withhold from captured crews of German submarines the customary honorable imprisonment conditions and threatens retaliatory measures, if such restrictions are imposed. * * • A ministerial crisis similar to that in Greece has occurred in Bulgaria, according to information reaching Paris. Premier Radoslavoff is report ed to have been overthrown by the in fluence of King Frederick and the fol lowers of Dr. Ghenadieff. former for eign minister because he desired to take immediate action against Turkey by occupying Adrianople. The German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, the raider of the seas that sunk seven allied ships in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and on January 28 sent to the bottom an American sailing vessel, the William P. Frye, bound from Seattle for Queenstown with a cargo of wheat, has put into Newport News, Va., for repairs. GENERAL. Tom Shiyan, president of the. Chinese Merchants’ asociation anc known as the mayor of New York': China town, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the peniten tiary at Atlanta for manufacturing opium. • • • Fifty-seven coal miners were found alive after being entombed for more than four dayS and nights in No. 3 mine on Quinnimont mountain of the New River & Pocahontas Consolidat ed Coal and Coke company at Lay land, W. Va., where an explosion buried 182 men. • • • The woman suffrage and constitu tional prohibition amendments reso lutions recently passed by the Iowa legislature, were signed by Governor Clarke at Des Moines. The latter amendment must have the sanction of the next general assembly before its submission to the voters. « * * Owing to the tremendous rise i" Chile of the price of flour and wheat the government has made an an nouncement to the effect that both these products could be imported free of duty. * * * An investigation of the expenditure of the Panama-Pacific exposition com mission from New York state was be gun at Albany by the state comptrol ler. A total of $700,000 originally was appointed for the state’s participation in the exposition. Of this $350,000 has been spent * * • Four boys are in jail at Chicago af ter a daring dayligt auto trip in which they snatched women’s purses, 6pread terror through a large section of the city and escaped in a rain of bullets. • • • Twenty-one uncharted dangerous pinnacle rocks have been discovered by the coast survey in forty-two miles of the inside passage used by all steamers going up and down the Alas ka coast. One is 600 feet high and comes within seventeen feet of the surface. • • • As preliminary to a general cam paign for a national prohibition in 1916, the national committee of the prohibiton party has decided to con centrate its activities upon Massa chusetts tLts year. The Chinese, building, one of the most beautifui and most elaborate at the Panama-Pacific exposition, has been dedicated. • • * Rev. Johnson Myers, pastor of a Chicago church, shipped 500 bushels of potatoes that were going to waste on farms to Chicago to feed its poor. • • • An appeal to. President Wilson for government aid in fighting the foot* and mouth disease in Kansas, was made at Topeka by Governor Capper * * * Destruction of the American ship William P. Frye by the German com j merce destroyer Prinz Eitel Friedrich struck from marine lists next to the largest of the American sailing fleet and one of the largest square-rigged craft in the world. * » * General Villa, in a statement receiv ed at El Paso. Tex., from Torreon by the Associated Press, declared that in event of intervention of foreign troops to subdue the Carranza forces he and all other Mexicans would unite against the invaders. * o * President Wilson assured Senator elect Phelan of California that he was very hopeful that he would be able to visit the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco. He indicated he would go as soon as the international situa tion appeared more favorable. * * * The largest gold mining deal in re cent years in Colorado was closed when A. E. Carlton of Cripple Creek and fifty associates purchased 95 per cent of the capital stock of the Gold en Cycle Mining company for a cash consideratoin of $4,500,000. • * * Rate raises on transportation of cattle, sheep and hogs to Chicago and St. Louis markets from Nebraska points were announced by the Nebras ka state railway commission. Unless the interstate commerce commission holds them up they will go into effect on April 1. * 6 * The American legion, to be com posed of between 250,000 and 300,000 former army and navy militiamen, to act as first reserves in event of war, will soon be organized. Captain Gor don Johnston, aid-de-camp to Major General Leonard Wood, has an nounced. ' That while prices of grain have gone steadily np, freight rates on it have gone steadily down until there is no money in carrying it was the tes timony of Frank P. Eyman. assistant freight traffic manager of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad gave at the Chicago hearing. * * » The United States receiving ship Maine, a vessel of 12,000 tons station ed at the Brooklyn Navy yards, was ordered into the dry dock at the yard after an accident which flooded its en gine room. An eighteen-inch pump valve tilew out. Before the water could be gotten under control, the ship had a pronounced list. * * * C. T. Sagara. secretary of the Jap anese Association of America, appeal ed to the San Francisco police for pro tection for Japanese merchants against wdiat he alleges amounts to picketing of Japanese stores by Chi nese as the result of a boycott declar ed recently because of Japan's de mands upon the Chinese republic. * * * Thousands cf Chicago dope fiends will be robbing drug stores and com mitting worse crimes because they can obtain no more narcotics as the result of the Harrison law, predicted Superintendent H. I. Davis of the Cook county “pyscho” hospital. “There are tens of thousand drug suf ferers in the city,” he said. “The con dition exists everywhere, and the country must face it.” WASHINGTON. In the rush of legislation through congress in the closing hours of the session a bill which had parsed both houses providing for reorganization of the patent office mysteriously disap peared. It is believed by government officials to have been lost by a page. * * * General Carranza has been inform ed in a note from the United States government that unless there is an improvement in conditions with re spect to foreigners and their inter ests in Mexican territory under his control, such steps as may be neces sary will be taken by the American government to obtain the desired pro tection. It is up to President Wilson to de cide whether the Alaskan railway shall run to the east or west of Prince William Sound. This depends on which part of the coal fields it is thought best to develop. Secretary Lane submitted to him the report of the Alaskan Enginering commission on surveys of various routes. * * * The first time in the history of the United States the flow of immigra tion has been turned back toward Eu rope by the war and more aliens are leaving the United States than are coming here to make their homes, re ports Immigration Commissioner Cam inette. * * * Marked increase in exports of man ufacturers of nearly every description during the month of January were an. nounced by the department of com merce. January exports were $(T2, 000,000 more than a year ago. • * * Excess of exports over imports passing through the thirteen principal customs districts of the United States rolled up a favorable trade balance cf ¥25,811,521 for the week, ending March 6. according to figures just given out by the Department of Com merce. • * * Miss Helen Neel of New York christened the United States torpedo boat dstroyer tender Melville, which was launched at the yard of the New York Ship Building company at Cam den, N. 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Scr djine fifdje JIuSIaiibomintfter bat bie japa tiifdten gorberungeit guriidgetpkfcn. unb tn XJonbon, '+>nns, vctcrsburg imb SBafbington fuff bic jlnntafeung be§ Iieben boflidjcn (!) gelben greun bc§ fcbr iicmifd)tc Sefiiblc bctDor rufcn. 3)t'an fann ba, namentlirf) in Gnglanb, init bCm Saubcricbrlittf) faflcn: „Sic id) ricf, bie GSeifter, merb’ id) nid)t mebr log." Hnb in 2Bafbington mag man getroft binsrn fiigcn „©oti betrabre mid) Dor mci licit greunben." Scmt namentlid] Don ben S3er. Staatcn ftmrbc bic „of fcne tiir" fiir 6()ina, b. f). bio abfo* fntc $aubel§freibeit mit auSldnbt fdjen Staatcn Droflamiert. tic of. fcne tiir, bie jefet Don bon Sapancrn alien anbcren SKiidjtcn Dor bcr Kafc uigefddagen toirb. GnglifdteS ftfanfcfpiel f)dt biefe ja panifdic Slnmafeung grofegesogen unt bic feige fd)toad)e .en unb §bren Per gebt. CRUISER TORPEDOED BRITISH MEN-O’-WAR DESTROYED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. NEARLY 200 OF GREW PERISH Auxiliary Cruiser Bayano Was Com paratively New.—Recently Taken Over by Government. London.—Great Britain has lost an other of its war vessels as a result of Germany's submarine blockade The auxiliary cruiser Bayano, with a crew said to aggregate about 216 men, has been sunk somewhere in waters surrounding the British Isles by a hostile torpedo. Only twenty-six men are known to have survived the disaster and the British admiralty believes the others on board the Bayano perished. Sunk in North Channel. A report says the German underwa ter boat did its deadly work off the coast of Scotland, in the North Chan nel, the gateway from the Atlantic ocean into the Irish Sea. Nearly 200 Lives Lost. The British correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the Bayano was torpedoed Thursday morning, March 11, at 9 o'clock off Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire, Scotland, and that nearly 200 lives were lost as the cruiser sank almost immediately. The vessel had a crew of about 216 men on obard. The Bayano was a comparatively new steamer. It was built at Glasgow in 1913 and was owned by Elder & Fyffes before it was taken over by British government and fitted out as an auxiliary cruiser. The Bayano was of 3.500 tons dis placement and 416 feet long. Afloat on Raft. The survivors of the Bayano were rescued by the Belfast steamer Balme rino and the armed merchantman Tara. They were afloat on a raft. An other steamer picked up one of the Bayano’s lifeboats which .was adrift and also two of the rafts. The sur vivors were landed at Ayr. Turks Dismount Guns. London.—The Turks are dismount ing the gunds defending Constan tinople, the intention being that in case of a defeat, the allies should re gard Constantinople as an undefend ed town, says the Times’ Bucharest correspondent. Mexicans Kill an American. Washington, D. C.—Encouraging ad vices telling of the relief of the food famine in Mexico City through the evacuation of the capital by the forces of General Obregon, the Carranza commander, were beclouded by the news that on the entry of the Zapata troops. John B. McManus, an Ameri can citizen, was murdered—shot down in his home, the door of which had t>een sealed with the coat of arms of the United States and over which flew the stars and stripes. Instant demand was made by the Brazilian minister on behalf of the United States government for the punishment of those guilty of the crime. After a conference between President Wilson and his cabinet. Secretary Bryan telegraphed the Bra zilian minister, approving of the ac tion he had taken and adding a de mand for reparation to the family of the victim. The minister was instruct ed to Insist on early punishment of offenders and to impress upon the post commander at Mexico City—General Salazar—the seriousness with which the American government viewed the occurrence. Define Treason Against State. Denver, Colo.—The Colorado house of representatives has passed a bill defining treason against the state and providing penalties of life imprison ment or death. The vote was 34 to 25. The house thereby disposed of the last of the four bills designed to increase the power of the governor to deal with disorders within the state. One prohib its making or publishing in a newspa per a speech or an article "tending to incite riot” and provides for prosecu tion in such cases. The second makes it a felony to attack a member of the National guard and the third makes it a misdemeanor to refuse to obey an order issued by a military officer. Thirty Thousand Use Dope. Chicago.—Thirty thousand persons in Chicago are addicted to habit form ing drugs, which under a new federal statute they probably cannot get, a gathering of physicians was told heyc by Dr. W. A. Evans, former city com missioner of health. Try to Free Priests. Los Angeles, Cal.—Two thousand Mexicans stormed the national palace at Mexico City in an effort to release 250 Catholic priests imprisoned there according to advices received here. A riot followed. Octavo Bertrand, chiet of police of the capital, was stabbed two Mexican assassins who attacked him were killed and a large number of persons injured. A battle lasting twenty minutes ensued and the mot scattered. Whether the mob was beat en back by police or Zapata soldiers was not disclosed in messages. Scores Eugenic Law. Madison, Wis.—'The Wisconsin eu genic law said Dr. Brown of Milwau kee, before the senate committee, which had the bill for its repeal up for discussion, “is absurd and vicious, makes criminals and drives people out of the state to get married.” Typhoid in Serbia. Berlin.—Americans arriving here from Serbia report that the entire country is suffering from an epidemic of diseases like typhus typhoid and recurrent fever. CONDENSED NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. Mrs. Harrel Beyars, 79, pioneer of Douglas county, died at Valley. An epidemic of measles prevails at Beatrice. Henry Perry, 70 years old, dropped dead at Litchfield. Building material has arrived at Gandy for a new depot. C. E. Dedrick has been nominated postmaster of Superior. J. A. Dobson, editor and banker, of Ulysses, died at his home there. Superintendent L. E. (’hadderdon has been re-elected at Oxford. Work on the new $115,000 federal building at McCook will begin soon. The new Lincoln high school has a couple of rooms dedicated to house keeping. Bellevue college’s new $20,000 gym nasium will be finished as soon as possible. During the recent snow storm stu dents in Upland schools studied “Snow Round.” Cherry county commissioners have purchased ten road scrapers and a road plow. Northwestern station at Hooper was entered by thieves and $11 was taken. The Lincoln county fair will opun at North Platte August 30, and will last four days. Edgar has voted bonds to amount of $13,500 for erection of new city electric light plant. Roy M. Briggs of Fairfield lyas been appointed cashier of Deweese state bank at Deweese. tne ..Northwestern Nebraska Medi cal association held its annual meet ing at Valentine this week. The business of the Valentine post office has reached such a capacity that the office has been made one of the second class. Mrs. Louisa Hollenbeck, oldest resi dent of Stove Creek precinct, near Elmwood, has just celebrated her eighty-third birthday. The Madison Telephone company now has a modern switchboard, the lamp signal system replacing the old magneto battery or ringing system. Western newspapers, including the Norfolk Press, are endeavoring to persuade the farmers to name their farms and get a trade mark for their products. The County superintendent in Hall county recommends playground ap paratus for rural schools. John M. Devine of Lincoln has sold land in Colfax county for $140 an acre that he paid $12 an acre for. Work has begun on Fairbury's new $3,000 tabernacle. Revivals will be held March 25 to April 25. A grand jury has been in session at Wahoo about two weeks. Thus far nine men have been indicted for gamb ling. The fourth carload of supplies for the Belgian war sufferers has been sent from Omaha by the Franco-Bel gian Relief society. Irving Hook, of Dodge, was shot in the shoulder with a shot gun by his brother, Lloyd, who was endeavoring to kill some sparrows. The methods of treatment for the smuts of various Nebraska cereals may be obtained in detail from Bulle tin 131, which may be had of the bul letin clerk, University Farm. Lincoln. The roof of the garage of H. F.. Earfkneeht at Nelson collapsed under the weight of snow and damaged sev eral cars to the amount of $1,000. Kearney Commercial club has ap proved the proposed merger of Kear ney and Union Valley Telephone com panies. Henry Wohlers, a farmer living two miles southwest of Avoca, suffered serious internal injuries, when his team ran away, dragging him for Delivery by merchants at Auburn has been abandoned until snow melts and the condition of the roads is im proved. Miss Louise Williamson was given first place in the annual declamatory contest conducted by the Albion schools. Miss Clara Howard of Lincoln has been appointed librarian of the new $13,000 Carnegie public library at Co lumbus. „ The United Commercial Travelers’ council No. 152 of Fremont, has pass ed resolutions protesting against the bill in the legislature to raise passen ger rates to 2% cents. T. F. Ryan, living near Stella, lost eight bead of fattening cattle last week with the mad itch. The Plattsmouth Commercial club has taken up the matter of establish ing a pontoon bridge across the Mis souri river as soon as that waterway becomes navigable. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail way company must pay Alva Jackson, laborer, $12,000 for the loss of his right leg, according to a verdict re turned by a jury in District Judge English’s court. When Commander J. P. Walsh left Humboldt for Grand Island to take up his duties at the Old Soldiers’ home, he was accompanied to the train by members of the local Grand Army post of which he is a member. Hugh Baer, living near Eustis and three of Everett Deboor’s boys, who had been out shoveling snow to en able Mr. Baer to move to a farm further south of Eustis, started home along the Burlington railroad track when they were overtaken by the snow plow. Hugh Baer was killed and one of the Deboor boys fatally in jured. Representative Broome of Box Butte county is being boomed for may or of Alliance. Miss Marie Stevens, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Stevens of Bea trice, will represent the Beatrice high school at the southeastern Nebraska declamatory contest to be held in Lin coln on Wednesday, March 24. The Platte river in Buffalo county is running high and huge ice gorges are forming at many points. A sud den thaw of any extent will mean the destruction of several bridges, includ ing the mile-long wooden structure south of Kearney. LOSING NOPE WOMAN VERY ILL Finally Restored To Health - — * 1 By Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. 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