Nebraska Newspapers

    FOR THE mm
MEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON
BE COMPASSED.
MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
Me»« and Foreign Intelligence Con
densed Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs.
WASHINGTON.
Tl» tw.Ue federal reserve hank*
•tere.dn :.!»-d on tsenty four liour*
Miivi nti.etjr-day loan to the govern
ment $.*<> <#«».*»■• al the rate <>f 2
|m-t 4-etit a year .
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The .tuuual toinl hill of the average
fai...i> ha» r:o*li from in 11*1 o
la. ftX-\U4 at i-re-MHil. the department
of hl»r iiitwoiirsl in a review of
ftrui |>n<< * -
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llea-i ng matter for a literacy lest
for al- ns tinder 1lie new Immigration
las will Is- taken from the l*il*lc. the
dej.jirtnieut of ialr.r announced.
I*a*»ates Wilt to- selected in more
flu.:. ..no ti"udre<l languages ami
4akvt«.
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More than Ataki letters from per
tn - »h.. wish to serve the federal
§Krnmmt In the present emergency
In industrial lines, have Iweii received
by the <ivit service coinuiissioo in re
sts*- to I’* recent aycieal for work
ers
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Secretary of Nary I'aniel* has sent
w.srd to editors of newspapers
t>.. ushout the country. asking for as
sistance in making .■ffe.llve the order
Issued l.v the president, that the navy
he tin. ght up to its full war strength
of v7 W# men.
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f'r. '. let.? Wilson indorsed the rais
1’ . of a ft0.i>o«» fund for the re
t . . ..' Jewish w ar sufferers and s;,td
•*ti»e Ku's.uti revolution lias opened
the d.ssr of freedom to all oppressed
and urged that they l>e en
couraged.
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Tlie ...vernment ha« lncludevl in its
prepared*»••» for war the .wiling Into
the ft . rrice of thirty-two Na
tl. *ual Guard regiments for police
»e'vice throughout the country nnd
an < r.:-r for the it:.! ediafe recruiting
•f the marine corps to full war
Mrengf t. of 17 men.
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Germ: ay's *• lear violations*' of the
treaties 17;m i.nd 1k> and her "dls
fegard of the cannon* of international
morlest were assigned l.v the Amer
ican government as reasons for re
fnaal to retifflrm or extend these
agrr* .licit* Tlie note of refusal dis
closes -hat the I'nited States **i« «eri
<sms dering" whether Ger
m. .' s . .■.due h*» not In efTe<-r
nhrogated the treaties
DOMESTIC.
Tie- Kansas state supreme court u]*
t- v a ,.:ger law parsed by
tie* re. at state legislature.
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Tw« hundred and ttftyr alien ~nioon
infers In • *hi*-ag.< were d«tiietl clil
get.s; j. J. |«er« I sec-use rhe; violaled
tie- Sutsday dosing law.
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Tt.*- ..srdrs-a*. '.tight Nr* Mexico
a »i»ter ship of the Pennsylvania,
will be laubehesi at ihe New York na
vy yard Af»rll St
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It- I Mon l‘ii. railroad has been
I *.e>1 at the disfn,*al of the I'nlted
btates governtuebt for use in ...nne.
loii with national defense
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-m* at the rate of almost l.isiti
• i-ci.lh are Iwting turned out nt the
tireat l-ake- naval training state at
Lake Hi tiff III according to re|*»rts.
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Three people were kille<l and sev
eral injured. when the bridge that
«l«b> tie- ke>n I'alitt river at Brocka
|.t:rg in keys I'aha county. Nebraska,
was wrecked hy an ice gorge.
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The highest price ever Jiuitl for •
TV yen. ng moil clip is that received hy
the Scotch outfit of Johnson county
for its 14*1 T i li|> of 4* ».*■■• pounds, this
|»rW being 44 cents |x*r pound.
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TV ’ the except ..n of the floods of
1P1? Indiana never has suffered from
the cl-tr.etiTs as In the week of March
11 to IT. Kstltnates of the financial
damage place the losses as high as
pawn—
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The IV.orndo state senate passed a
bill prohibiting the importation of liq
uor into the state even for niedleinit!
or sacramental purports!. The meas
nre g-*e- t«> the house, where it proh
nldy Will lie passed.
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A general increase from It* to 1.1
per cent In all freight and passenger
gate* to cover the Increased cost of
upmitlnti utid r the Adamson law is
a-i • -! hy all the railroads in a i>e»ii|on
laid before th*- interstate commerce
commission
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II • •‘r.-d« of applications from men
etcl youths In Oregon. Washington
and California who desire to enter the
army aerial reserve corps have been
received at the aviation training
grfcool at San IMego. Cal.
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In a special message to the legisla
ture Omrrnor NVvIlle of Nebraska
asked for an a|pnvri.i! ion of $100.
(Mi fie mobilization . xjiense of the
Fourth regiment of the Nebraska na
tlotial guard, which ha* »*•*«» «»«1
to the colors.
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A swindle hy which Hie entente al
Be* have been mulcted of $400,000 by
Colorado horse dealers was reveal*
Bt I leaver following dlaHamire of thi
arrest at a Scotland Yard detective
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At least eleven live* were lost In a
storm which destroyed many houses
iu central Alabama. Six of the vic
tims w ere negroes.
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Three persons were killed and two
Injured when their automobile was hit
by a fast liurlingion train at a grade
crossing at Fairfield, la.
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Forty thousand acres of land re
I cently excluded from Crook national
! forest in Arizona by executive procla
mation will lie subject to entry
May 23.
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Two men were killed and a third
was wounded in a pistol battle in one
of the principal streets of Cleveland,
Ohio. The battle is believed to have
lesiilted from a gambling quarrel.
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President Hempstead of Ibe New
j York National league baseball club
announced that Manager John J. Mc
Grow lias signed a five-year contract
i calling for a salary of $50,000 a year.
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The Rev. Billy Sunday has just
completed an eight-weeks revival cam
paign at Buffalo. X. Y. The offering
be received was approximately $43,
01)0. There were 25.000 trail-hitters.
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Although the railroads contend that
Increased operating expenses have
reduced net earnings, the January es
timate of the net income of the lead
ing roads showed a gain of $7.0110.001)
| over a year ago.
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Tin* presence of the foot and mouth
disease among sheep in Lander eoun
, rjr, Nevada, has been reported by
ranchers of the state laboratories at
1 Reno. Over two hundred sheep have
died from the disease.
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One community — Redfiehl. Spink
county. South Dakota—applied to the
Omaha federal land bank for loans
totaling JkluO.tioi. This is the largest
total asked so far hv any single farm
loan association in the Eighth district.
FOREIGN.
It is re|Nirted that approximately
; ‘itt.oOO bales of cotton at Vladivostok
was destroyed by tire. The loss is
-jrtimuted at $10,000,000.
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Thirty thousand cases of smallpox
rage in Germany, and the disease is
spreading, according to the speech of
Socialist Reichstag Member Hoffman.
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All clocks in Great Britain will be
moved forward one hour at 2 o’clock
in the morning of April 8. The
clocks will he tuored back again Sep
tember IT.
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The German government announces
that all grains and legumes still in
! the hands of consumers above limited
■ luantitles will lie seized for the ben
efit of the public.
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The retirement of Grand Duke
Nicholas from lbs post as command
er-in chief of the Russian armies is
officially confirmed, according to a
dispatch from Petrogrnd.
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For the fir«t time in the history of
the German reiehstag a woman is to
appear before the committee as a rep
resentative of the government. She is
Miss Elsie ladders, and will present
her views to the ministry of war re
garding the protection of female la
i bur in munition factories.
WAR NEWS.
Entente losses in warships anve
j now reached a total of Sot),000 tons.
: savs the Berlin Overseas News
'
i agency.
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Two Britisli torpedo boat destroy
i ers have been sunk, one by striking n
mine and one after a collision witli u
steamer, its is officially announced.
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The British hospital ship Asturias
was torpedoed without warning, the
admiralty officially announced. Thirty
one persons were killed and twelve
I '
are missing.
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Toklo reports the sinking of a
Japanese warship in the south Pacific
ocean by a German raider. The fact
! that a German raider has been operat
I ing In the south Pacific and Indian
; oceans has been known for some time.
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Berlin reports that the raider
Moewe. which has returned to a home
port after operations in the Atlantic.
ha« on Iwuird .'93 prisoners taken from
vessels destroyed by the Moewe.
Whether any of these men are Anier
irans has not been stated.
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Germany never had the slightest in
tention of attacking the United
States, does not have such intention
now and it never desired war against
ihe United States, declared the Ger
man imperial chancellor. F>r. von
Bethmann-Hollweg. in a speech in the
reichstag.
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The predicted great offensive
against Italy by the Central powers
continues to he the chief topie of dis
! mission In military and political cir
cl-s in Home. Field Marshal von Hin
denbttrg is credited with aiming at an
i invasion <>f France across a prostrate
| Italy.
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In the sinking of the Freneh battle
ship Pan ton In the Mediterranean on
March 19. says a statement from the
French admiralty. 286 men were
drowned. The Panton was torpedoed
by a hostile submarine.
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The spring thaws are holding the
Russo Roumanians and Teutonic al
; troops In check in Roumania. In
Macedonia near Mnnastir much artil
lery activity prevails. The usaul ar
tillery duels and small infantry ac
tions continue In the Austro-Italian
theater.
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The sinking of twenty-five more
steamships, fourteen sailing vessels
and thirty-seven trawlers with an ag
gregate gross tonnage of 80.000 In the
last few days is announced by the
MINOR NOTES FROM ALL
PARTS JF NEBRASKA
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
April 9-14—Annual State Bowling
Tournament at Fremont.
April 21-22—Missouri Valley Chiro
practors' Association Meeting at
Omaha.
April 23-25—Annual Meeting State
Aerie of Eagles ut Nebraska City.
April 26-27—Nebraska Association of
Elks Annual Convention at Lincoln.
May 4—Group No. 2 Nebraska Bank
ers’ Association Convention at Co
lumbus.
May 8-9—Knights of Columbus State
Meeting at Alliance.
May 16-17-18—Annual Encampment
Nebraska G. A. It.. Ladles of the G.
A. It., Women's Relief Corps; Span
ish War Veterans and Sons of Vet
l eruns at Columbus.
May 22-25—Nebraska Sportsmen’s As
sociation Annual Tournament ut
Fremont.
Buffalo and Kearney county far
mers declare that reports sent out
that winter wheat in the two coun
ties was in bad shape and the major
ity of it would be a total loss, are
greatly exaggerated. It is the belief
now that the grain will come forth in
good shape.
The 1917 state high school basket
ball tournament in Lincoln set a new
record for attendance. Total receipts
amounted to $2,195.95, which will be
apportioned among 115 schools. Last
year the receipts were only $1,500.
The T. V. Atkinson ranch in Holt
county, consisting of 960 acres, has
been sold for $12,810 at referee’s sale.
A few years ago this land was consid
ered almost worthless, as it lies in the
"sand hill district.”
Nearly 250,000 pounds of beans,
representing six carloads, discovered
in several Omaha warehouses, have
become mildewed and order destroyed
by federal inspectors. The beans are
valued at $57.500..
The farmers in the vicinity of
Bruning turned out en masse the
other day and hauled gravel onto the
streets of the town and in apprecia
tion of the work the Bruning com
munity club gave them a banquet.
•T. B. Miller, a Spanish war veteran
of Alliance, has undertaken the task
of organizing a company as a member
of the Fourth infantry Nebraska Na
tional Guard, in which a vacancy
exists.
By a vote of 2S7 to 20 bonds to the
amount of $22,500 were voted at Mil
ford to erect a new school house in
place of the one destroyed by fire
last November.
Fremont has a community garden
club. Its purpose is to aid in a finan
cial way those who are unable to buy
seed for their patches.
Adams county farmers are consider
ing the planting of sugar beets in
fields where winter wheat lias been
killed.
First spring lambs sold on tlie So.
Omaha market brought SIS a hundred
pounds. They were milk fed. and
about eight weeks old.
Guards have been placed at every
important railroad bridge in Nebraska
ns the result of the international sit
uation.
Excavation for the new Dodge
county court house at Fremont, to be
erected at a cost of $250,000. has be
gun.
The annual convention of the Buf
falo county Sunday schools will he
held at Ravenna May 10 and 11.
Experts, after examining the fields
of Hamilton county, declared 00 per
cent of the wheat was dead.
Torn reached SI.11 a bushel on
Beatrice markets the other day, the
highest on record.
Wilbert Piper, a Polk county farin
! cr. was Instantly killed when bis auto
upset near York.
•Tune 1 is the date set for tlie com
pletion of Fremont’s now $250,000 h«
i tel. the “Pathfinder.”
The conversion of existing farm
loans in Nebraska to loans from the
federal farm land hank will save the
farmers of the state $3,405,515 an
nually. according to figures compiled
by the farm loan hoard. Farm lonns
in Nebraska are computed at $165.
I 015.000 and an average interest rate.
according to the hoard, is 7.1 per
; cent. Tlie federal farm loans will
bear only 5 per cent interest.
With new hanks established at
I t'arleton. Belvidere and Alexandria,
Thayer county has a total of seven
j teen banks.
l>r. .1. L. Fort, of Chicago, speaking
at the district efficiency convention of
the First Methodist church at Fre
mont, declared that nearly twice as
much is spent in America for seeing
“the movies” ns is contributed to the
church for all purposes.
Wrestling fans over the state arc
keenly interested in the coming
match at Omaha April 9. between
Joe Steelier of Dodge and Ear) Cad
dock of Anita. Iowa. Both men are
in the pink of condition and a lively
exhibition is anticipated.
Never before has such a splendid
array of talent been secured for a
Sunday school convention ns will ap
pear before the workers of Nebraska
at the Golden Jubilee celebration in
Omaha June 19-20.
Seward’s new $05,000 high school
building was dedicated a few days
ago. The building is fireproof and is
splendidly built and has all the latest
school equipment.
Fire at the Johnson county poor
! farm, near Tecumseh. destroyed sev
ernl barns, burned six hend of horses
and 200 bushels of corn.
The Masonic lodge of Wymore has
purchased property at that place and
will soon begin the erection of a
125 .000 Masonic temple. It is the in
tention to have the building ready for
occupancy by fall.
The South Omaha market received
more cattle on March 27 than did any
other live stock market in the world
that day. Top prices were $12.50 per
hundred pounds.
The patrons of four school districts
in Island Grove township. Gage coun
ty. held a meeting and voted In favor
of the consolidation.
Beutrlce was selected for the 1918
meeting place of the conference of the
Nebraska Daughters of the American
Revolution at the close of u two-day
convention at Fremont. The Gothen
burg chapter won the silk flag for the
chapter making the largest percent
age gain in membership during the
year. Mrs. (\ B. Letton of Lincoln
was endorsed as a candidate for the
office of national general vice regent.
The following officers were elected:
Regent. Mrs. E. G. Drake, Beatrice;
vice regent. Mrs. Frank I. Ringer.
Lincoln; recorder, Mrs. Elizabeth
o'Linn Smith. Children; treasurer,
Mrs. C. E. Spencer. North Platte;
auditor, Mrs. A. E. Bryson, Fullerton;
registrar, Mrs. .1. .1. Stubbs. Omaha;
historian. Mrs. Hosteter. Shelton.
Two persons drowned, one died
from injuries received, and another
was hurt so badly she is expected to
die. when a bridge over tlie Keya
Paha river at Brocksburg. in Keya
Paha county, was smashed and torn
out by tlte combined force of a heavy
ice gorge ami flood waters. Forty
persons were on the bridge when it
collapsed. They rushed in panic to
the shore, two were drowned, some
receiving slight injuries. The dead:
Mrs. Wakefield. 70. Brocksburg;
Sylvia Wales. 1(5, Gregory, S. D.: .Tud
Stewart, 41. farmer near Brocksburg.
Six other bridges In Keya Paha coun
ty were destroyed by ice gorges and
high water.
Two hundred farmers, bankers,
members of the Omaha grain ex
change, soil experts, railroad repre
sentatives and representatives of the
University of Nebraska at meeting in
Omaha appointed a committee to se
cure and furnish at once to farmers
I sufficient wheat to reseed damaged
: winter wheat fields in the state. The
seed can he purchased at cost by cotn
■ municating with the Omaha Grain ex
| change.
Eighteen hours from the time lie at
tempted to rob a bank at Talmage. a
.voutb lk years old giving his name as
.lames Johnson and ids home as Kan
sas City. Mo., entered a plea of guilty
in tlie district court and was given an
indeterminate sentence of three to
fifteen years in the penitentiary.
Tlie mile-long wooden bridge over
tlie Platte river at Kernay lias been
undermined by the current of the
stream and has been closed. As the
new bridge is still incomplete. Kear
ney has no means of crossing the
river.
The Nebraska Electric company of
Cedar Rapids, la., has taken over the
light and power plant at Emerson.
Elgin good roads boosters have
started a movement to improve the
highways of Antelope county.
Six thousand employes of the South
Omaha packing houses received wage
increases of from 5 to 12^» per cent.
Tlie boost in salary was given as the
result of the high cost of living heads
of the big packing firms say.
E. \V. Splittgerher of Wayne had a
shipment of hogs on the South Omaha
market a few days ago that sold for
$14.85 per hundredweight. The load
consisted of 67 Dttroc .Terseys. aver
aging 274 pounds.
As the result of slow recruiting and
tlie inability to fill its ranks Company
G Nebraska National Guard of Stan
ton. lias disbanded. Company G was
a unit of the Fourth regiment.
The Holdrege Auto show held re
cently proved a great success and
will he made an annual alTair. Tlie to
tal attendance at the four-day exposi
tion was 5.000.
There will lie no winter wheat in
Thayer county. Farmers are putting
in oats and spring wheat on ground
sown to winter wheat, and what re
mains will he put in corn.
Mrs. John Sitnpson. aged 60 years,
of Alliance, was instantly killed when
a wagon in which she was riding was
struck hv a switch engine near that
place.
Nebraska City is preparing for the
annual convention of the State Aerie
of Eagles which will lie held there
April 23 to 25.
i The American Berkshire association
has voted special premiums amount
ing to $1,200 to be awarded for prize
Berksliires at the National Swine
show in Omaha next fall. This
amount, with $S00 offered by the Na
tional Swine Growers' association,
mokes a total of $2,000 for prize
Berksliires alone.
Custer county cattle topped the
South Omaha market the other day.
selling for $12.50 per hundredweight.
The shipment consisted of S3 head,
averaging 1.500, nnd was shipped in
hy G. IV. Mulligan of Walworth.
Norfolk suffered dninages that will
run Into thousands of dollars as the
result of the worst flood in the town’s
history, caused by the overflowing of
the North Fork river. The water was
a foot higher than It was five years
ago when the cilty suffered what It
thought then to be a record breaking
flood.
A firm which will manufacture
steel spring auto wheels has been or
ganized at Dishler, with a capital
stock of $100,000. A factory will be
erected at once.
A mile a minute for 100 miles was
the record established by Expert Pi
lot Leo Stevens and four army offi
cers taking aeronautic instructions at
Fort Omaha, in a flight in one of the
government’s free balloons.
Lincoln secured the annual meeting
of the medical society of the Missouri
valley next September at the close of
the semi-annual meeting of that so
ciety at Keokuk, Ta.
More than $5,000 Is being expended
building a “bog httek” road through
the Pine Bldge. north of Harrison, oil
the Deadwood-Denver highway.
The Beemer Times has changed
owners, D. B. Mayfield of Stanton
having purchased the plant. H. H.
Pease retiring editor, has been ap
pointed rural mail carrier on Route
No. 1, out of Beemer.
Celebration of Nebraska's semi-cen
tennial and a Fourth of July celebra
tion will be united in one event In
Hebron this year, according to plans
made by the Hebron Commercial club.
Miss Halleen Schiller of Central
City was In the class that was grad- j
uated from the American Academy of
Dramatic Art, New York, last week.
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VILLA ARMY ROUTED
LOSE 850 MEN IN EFFORT TO
TAKE CHIHUAHUA CITY.
BELIEVE WHEAT WILL GROW
Experts Who Examined Nebraska
Fields United in Opinion Part
of Crop Can Be Saved.
Chihuahua City, Mexico.—Francis
co Villa, at the head of a cavalry
force of 3.500 men. made a determined
attempt on March 30 to capture Chi
huahua City, but was driven back
with the loss of 500 prisoners and 350
in killed and wounded.
The attack, which hud been ex
pected by the garrison, was launched
in the direction of Quinta Carolina,
north of the city, and spread rapidly
to the Santa Nino railway station,
the storehouses of the Pierce Oil
company, and the abandoned city
cemetery.
From an order of the day found on
a prisoner. Villa's expedition is
shown to have numbered 3..itH) men.
all cavalry, which was only half the
size of the defending Carranza
forces, whose losses in dead and
wounded amounted to the compara
tively small number of 120 men.
The Carunnza officers here do not
assert that the victory was decisive,
although it caused the enemy to flee
in disorder.
Villa was reported to be in person
al command of the attack, but re
mained at a safe distance from the
scene of tire.
Villa's men were well provided
with ammunition, but lacked food and
clothing and suffered on the battle
field front need of water, as all of the
streams are dry at this season of the
year.
Think Most Wheat Will Grow.
Lincoln, Neb.—Agricultural experts
and farmers of many years experi
ence. who have been making critical
examination of the winter wheat acre
age in the southern half of Nebraska,
east and west, tire nearly united in
the opinion that conditions are not as
bad as supposed and that with an
early rain a half to two-thirds crop
is indicated. While they found some
fields were being ploughed up their
advice is to delay further activity in |
this direction for a week or so.
Raider Sinks Vessels.
Rio Janiero.—The French bark
C’ambronne has arrived here with 200
men of the crews of various steam
ers and sniling ships sunk by a Ger
man raider off the island of Trinidad.
They reported that many sailors front
the sunken vessels were drowned.
The rescued sailors, who are French.
Knglish and Italian, report the raider
is an armed sailing vessel with a gas
oline motor. They say the raider
showed the Norwegian flag and when
it sighted a ship signalled it to ap
proach. As soon as the ship obeyed
the signal, the raider hoisted the
German flag and opened tire. Ihe
firing was continued until the crews
surrendered. Then the raider would :
take the sailors aboard and sink the j
ship.
Determined to Apprehend Spies.
Washington.—Virtually the entire
force of the federal government's ci
vilian employes, approximately 500,
iHHi men and women, engaged in ev
ery branch of service, has been sum
moned to aid the bureau of investiga
tion and the secret service in the de
tection of persons engaged in plots,
intrigues or other activities against
the interests of the United States. In
addition the government has sought
the active co-operation of the police
and the detective forces of every
town and city of consequence
throughout the country.
Says Americans neia in Germany.
Copenhagen. — More than forty
Americans were among the prisoners
taken to Germany by the German
commerce raider Moewe, according to
.Tack Benson, an American seaman
who has arrived here. The Anieri*
cans, he says, now arc held as pris
oners of war in Germany.
Fears Subsea Warfare Will Fail.
Copenhagen.—Open skepticism as
to the possibility of bringing Great
Britain to its knees by a submarine
campaign and through the direct
pressure of starvation is expressed
by Captain Perstus. the naval eritie
of the Berliner Tngehlatt.
Woman Sets Self Afire.
Colome. S. I>.—Mrs. .Tames Chorte
horosky. demented, saturated her
clothing with kerosene, applied a
match and was burned to death. Pro
longed sickness affected her mind.
Iowa Women May Get Ballot.
lies Moines. Ia.—Tin* Iowa house of
representatives, by a vote of 85 to 20.
passed tlie joint resolution submitting
to the people a constitutional amend
ment which would provide for woman
suffrage. The resolution already had
passed the senate. Tlie state suffrage
organization immediately began pre
parations for a campaign which will
extend over two years. The resolu
tion must be voted on and passed by
the next legislature before it can he
submitted to the people of tlie state.
Boy is Musical Director.
Berlin.—Tlie Berliner Tngehlatt re
ports that Wolfgang Martin, son of
the farmer lord mayor of Frankfurt,
has been appointed musical director
of the municipal theatre of Kiel. The
new director Is only 17 years old. but
has already made a name for himself.
Guarded Body of Lincoln.
Clinton, Ia.—Andrew Jackson Pals
grove. civil war veteran, member of
the militia guarding the Springfield
state house when Lincoln's body lay
la state, d.ed here at the age of TT.
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the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes The
retail prices are the same everywhere. They cost no more in San
Francisco than they do in New York. They are always worth the
price paid for them.
' | 'he quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed by more
*■ than 40 years experience in making fine shoes. The smart
styles are the leaders in the Fashion Centres of America.
i ncy arc maae in a weu-equippeu racxory ai urouiuiif
by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and
supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest
determination to make the best shoes for the price that money
can buy.
Ask your shoe dealer for W. t. Douglas shoes. If he can
not supply you with the kind you want, take no other
make. Write for Interesting booklet explaining how to
get shoes of the highest standard of quality for the price,
hy return mail, postage free.
^meK.ndRth^iaS°p?!e“ $3.00 $2.50 & $2 00
_mr*r*rt «t» fk._ L.__ President ** W. L. Douglas Shoe Co.,
stamped on the bottom. 18a 8parfc Brockton, Mass.
Plenty There.
“The British in the Hast will have
no trouble with rations.”
“Why not there?”
“Because their troops are cooking
up a Turkey stew."
IS CHILD ClSS,
FEVERISH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give “California
Syrup of Figs.”
Children love this “fruit laxative,”
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and howels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath Is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of “California
Syrup of Figs,” and in a few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passe*; out of the sys
tem. and you have a well child again.
Millions of mothers give “California
Syrup of Figs” because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it. and it nev
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of “California Syrup of Figs,” which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Keeping Youthful.
“She's a fascinating widow of only
thirty-six summers.”
“Umph! What became of the win- j
ters?”
“Oh. she spent those at such gay re- j
sorts, they hardly added a day to her
age.”
CUTICURA HEALS ECZEMA
And Rashes That Itch and Burn—Trial
Free to Anyone Anywhere.
In the treatment of skin and scalp
troubles bathe freely with Cuticura
Soap and hot water, dry and apply
Cuticura Ointment. If there is a nat
ural tendency to rashes, pimples, etc.,
prevent their recurrence by making
Cuticura your daily toilet preparation.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
GOES FROM DESK TO LAUNDRY
Stenographer Quits $12-a-Week Job
and Is Now Making Several Times
That Amount Washing Clothes.
In writing on economy Thoreau once
observed that mankind is apt to “con
sider not what is truly respectable, but
what is respected.” Most young peo
ple consider that it is a more respect
able occupation to sit at a desk in an
office than to take in washing. A
highly-educated Los Angeles girl
thought otherwise and proved her
point.
As a stenographer she was earning
$12 a week and. not satisfied with this
pay, she quit not only her job, but the
whole stenography business. She was
not afraid of soapsuds or hard work
and she had an idea that it was better
to be a prosperous laundress than an
impecunious stenographer. She con
ducted the business with brains and
efficiency and as a result is now mak- ^
ing $(>S a week without working longer j
hours than she did at her desk. She |
now merely does fancy work, expen
sive and delicate fabrics for wealthy
people; and the business grows. She
makes something more than a respect
able income.
There is a lesson here for any who
think any kind of honest work is be
neath them. To quote Thoreau again:
"The life which men praise and regard
as successful is but one kind. Why j
should we exaggerate anyone kind at |
the expense of the others?”—Los An- I
geles Times.
UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY
TO BECOME THE REPRESENTATIVE IN
YOUR LOCALITY OF A LAREE
6AS0LINE PRQDUCIN6 CORP.
The corporation wil] back your effort*. *r th
local advertising and give- you credit t- r
all business secured in your territor
through your efforts and theirs. On* .»
part of your time necessary to earn !r.
tiAJ.UG to I1UU.WJ weekly. Responsible m*
only considered. Two references f>'cn:u
treated conildentially.
GASOLINE PRODUCING CORPORATION
50 Broad St. New York f
WMVPMTO Wat*onE.Coleman,t\
W*R a f* N 1 ^ ingti-n. I).C. Books free 1:
■ I ■■ I w I W est references. Bev res a.
“B0U6H on £
Fired!
“Is this gun working now?"
“No. sir. It’s discharged."— Han ;,n)
Lampoon.
! YES! MAGICALLY! I
I CORNS LIFT OUT !
! WITH FINGERS j
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You say to the drug store man
“Give me a small bottle of freezone.’
This will cost very little but will
positively remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from one’s feet.
A few drops of this new ether com
pound applied directly upon a tender
aching corn relieves the soreness in
stantly. and soon the entire corn or
callus, root and all. dries up and car
he lifted off with the fingers.
This new way to rid one’s feet of
corns was introduced by a Cincinnati
nan. who says that freezone dries in
l moment, and simply shrivels up the
corn or callus without irritating the
surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn’t any freezone
tell him to order a small bottle from
his wholesale drug house for you.—adv
YEW YORK WANTS A CHANGE
Desires Unsightly Post Office Build ng
Erected Soon After the War Re
moved From City Park.
If the cracking of the walls of the
unsightly downtown post office build
ing which for a whole generation has
been permitted to occupy the south,
ly end of City Hall park turns on; ?•
be serious enough to necessitate tb>
removal of the building, it is to be
hoped that enough public spirit will be
manifested in New York to compel the
return of the park land to the city anti
the erection of a new federal building
elsewhere, says the New York Times.
The building designed by Mullet has
always been regarded as an ill-favored
specimen of architecture. The lower
end of City Hall park had been seized
by the United States government dur
ing the war between the states as an
encampment for volunteers and the
shabby barracks did not disappear ui.
til some time after the war. The
ground was never repaired and it was
transferred to the federal government
for a post office and courthouse when
the minds of public-spirited citizens
vere wholly occupied with other mat
ters. The courtrooms have always
iteen ill ventilated. The building has
been uncomfortable within and un
sightly as to its exterior. Its rem-o
has long been hoped for.
Patient.
“Is he a patient man?”
“Very. Even the telephone service
luesn't annoy him.”
If an old shoe can't he mended,
throw it away. Try the same method
on your troubles.
■ - ~y
There's a good way
to keep growing boys and girls
healthy and happy and that is
to give them
Grape-Nuts
for breakfast.
This wonderfully nourishing
food has a sweet, nutty flavor that
makes it popular with children.
One of the few sweet foods
that does not harm digestion, but
builds them strong and bright.
Jtt grocer* everywhere.