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The Chief C. B. HALE, Publlihw WD CLOUD . . . NEBRASKA TAKES A CHIEF REST PRESIDENT WILSON GOES INTO A FEW DAYS' RETIREMENT. HAVE PLAN TO OUST HUERTA Revolutionist Have Great Hopes of Change In Administration Re pairing Damage of Bom bardment. Washington. I'rodldcnt Wllium Is rcstlnK on the presidential ynclit Sylph somewhere on tho Potomac river near Chesapeake hay. Ho went Into retrent Saturday for tho week-end and so complete wero tho arrange ments to rIvo him seclimlon that the cotnmnnder of tho vcbkcI has not re ported her portion, though In wire less communication with tho navy yard. Tho president went nway to got diversion from tho strain of his duties. Dr. Cary (Iniyson, one of tho naval aides nt the Whlto House, who has heen looking after tho president's health, advised a hoat trip, and Mr. Wilson went cheerfully, leaving be hind documents and letters of all kinds. Repairing the Damage. Mexico City. When tourists again Tlslt Mexico City they may ho disap pointed not 'to find on all sides evi dence of the damage done by shot nnd Bhell during tho ten days' fighting In February. MaBons, bricklayers and carpenters nro obliterating tho senrs of that conflict, nnd It will not bo many weeks beforo tho nppenrance of tho capital's buildings, both public and private, Is wholly normal. Hn re ly have contractors gained such quick results, and never, perhaps, has It been demonstrated so well how n lit tle plaster and knlsomlno will mako a bombarded wall appears "as good as now." HAVE PLAN TO OUST HUERTA. Revolutionist! See Hope of Change In Administration. Eagle T'ass, Tex. Revolutionists In riedrns Negrns, tho Mexican town op posite Kaglo Pass, drew from Luis Saldann. a prisoner, what purports to be n plan for tho Immedlnto elimina tion of President Huerta of Mexico, tho choice of n now executlvo nt a popular election and tho Installation of n provisional president In tho In terim. Prominent politicians, ho said, nro engineering tho plnn. Declares for Open Caucus. Washington. It Is doubtful If any man In public life In Washington gets more satisfaction out of tho "open enu cub" plan Just adopted by tho repub licans than Senator George W. Norrls of Nebraska. For years ho mndo a Tight against cnucus rule, almost sin gle handed. At thnt tlmo ho was ridi culed and practically read out of the porty by the samo elements that havo now decided that tho open caucus must hereafter prevail In party delib erations over legislative matters. Outside Counsel Not Necessary. Sacramento, Cal. A party voto of forty-one progressive noes against fdecen democratic and one Taft repub lican ayo In the lower houso defeated a resolution Inviting the governors of Nevada. Washington, Oregon nnd Arl rona to partlcipato In the conference with Secretary of Stato Ilryan on tho nntl-allen land ownership legislation. Progressives opposed tho resolution on the ground thnt no outside counsol was necessary. For Relief of Tornado Victims. f Washington, D. C Tho Red Cross ( hns wired $10,000 to Lllllnn R. Stuff., nurso In chnrgo, to be used In the re lief of Omaha tornado sufferers. Tho amount wns sent after appeals had beon received from Senator Hitchcock of Omnha nnd tho Chicago chamber of commerce, who telegraphed that It had wired $10,000 to assist In rehablll. tatton work. Another Levee Goes Out. Natchez, Miss. A long threatened brenk In main lino Mississippi river levees nlong the west bank"ln upper Louisiana enmo enrly Sunday vmorn in, when lake St. John levee, twelvo miles north of Ferrldny, La., went out, turning the flood wnters loose upon flno fnrmlng lnnds and villages of low er Tensas and Concordia pnrlshes. Approximately 20,000 persons will bo driven from their homes In a region of about 900 square miles. The prop erty damago will total several hun dred thousand dollars. insurance Companies Withdraw. Pittsburgh, Pa. Tho western Insur ance bureau, holding nn nnnunl con vention hero, decided to withdraw from the stato of Missouri becauso of antagonistic legislation which they assert has been enacted and which seriously Interferes with their busi ness. More than sixty-two Insurance companies were represented nt tho meeting. The action of .the western Insurance bureau follows a similar de eUlon taken recently at Philadelphia by the western insurance union. O0IN6SATWASHIN6TON ACTS OF THE NATIONAL LAW. MAKERS. Events of Importance as They Trans pire In Both Branches of Congress. Washington. After an hour's con ference at tho White Houso Wednes day, President Wilson directed Secre tary Ilrynn to proceed at once to Sac ramento to coopcrnte with Governor JohnBon and the members of tho Cali fornia legislature to frame a law con cerning tho ownership of lands by aliens, so tho bill will not conflict with tho trcnty obligations of the United States, particularly with Japan. "I urn going In the hope thnt wo may bo nblo to find tho best solution of the difficulty," said Secretary Aryan. "I feel sure thnt they In California will enter upon tho work with the same spirit of cooperation as the president and I do." Saturday, Tho Senntc Not In session ; meets Monday. Prominent women suffragists ad dressed senate woman suffrage com mittee, arguing for constijutlonal amendment giving women the right to voto. Fisheries commission decided t o recommend confirmation of nomina tion of Hugh M. Smith as commis sioner of fisheries, Kern resolution for Investigation of West Virginia coal strlko ordered fn vorably reported. The House Resumed debate on tar iff bill. Representative Curley Introduced resolution for constitutional amend ment to give congress power to make uniform hours of labor throughout the country. Special committee which Investi gated nssault on Representntlvo Slmms by C. C. Clover. Washington capitalist, found Clover guilty of con tempt of house nnd recommended his arrest. Representative Campbell Introduced bill to create a bureau of public high ways nnd appropriate twenty-four million dollars for use among states. Representative Rartlett Introduced bill to reduco first class postage to 1 cent an ounco. Friday. Tho Senate Not In session ; meets Monday. Territories commltteo began hear ings of Alnskn railway development. Tho House Met nt 11 a. m. nnd resumed genernl debate on tariff bill, Representatives Palmer, Moore and Cordon speaking. Appropriations commltteo ordered sundry civil bill favorably reported. Adjourned at 0:10 p. m. until 11 o'clock Saturday. Thursday. The Senate In session 2 p. m. Senator Kern served notico on flnnnco commltteo democrats he would refiiBo to bo bound by cnucus action on tariff on freo wool measure. President Wilson sent a number of nominations for confirmation. Republicans in caucus determined upon no reprisals on democratic nomi nations. Adopted Senator Smith's resolution calling on the president for report of claims of American citizens for losses of property In Mexico. The House Met at 11 a. m. and re Binned general debnto on tariff bill. Reprosontntlvo Hill Introduced a bill to appropriate $000,000 for rebuilding and strengthening levees at Cairo and Mound City, HI. Wednesday. Tho Senate Not In sessions; meets Thursday. Foreign relations commltteo gave general approval of Secretary Aryan's plan for International peace. Tho House-General debate on tnr iff bill opened by Democratic Leader Underwood. Adjourned nt C:30 p. m. until 11 a. m. Thursday. Rescued After Many Hours. Pittsburgh. Pa. Exhausted and al most unconscious. Charles Crawl nnd Philip Legler. miners, wero rescued nllvo from the Cincinnati mine nt Flnleyvllle shortly after midnight Sat urday morning. No Word of Relief Fund. Lincoln. Neb. Tho sum of $1,000. said to have heen raised by citizens of Johnstown. Pa., and which was re ported to Governor Morehead to bo subject to his call for the relief ofv Nebraska tornado sufforers. hns never reached tho executive. Tho latter wired for the money early In tho month, following the receipt of a tele gram from Johnstown in which It wna stated that the money was there on deposit awaiting word from him. No answer has been received, however. Winnebago Indians to Be Paid. Washington. D. C Tho sum of $314,000 Is soon to bo distributed pro lata among tho Winnebago Indians of Nebraska, who are reported by the agent at tho reservation as com petont to hnndlo their nffnirs. Tho department Is ready to begin tho dis trlbutlon as soon as It receives the necessary Information. CommlBsionor Fred II. Abbott snya thnt thero nro l.OSti Wlnnobagos In Nobrnskn, but, that Borne of theBo will not bo In cluded in the distribution. CAPITOL OFFICIALS' DIFFICULTIES .isj' lAB9aarJr2l illllllnl irvYsos-v .. OtD Time." CONCAUVOMAl. qumrtMS: WASHIHOTO TAi OCEAN TO OCEAN HIGHWAY SECRETARY BRYAN WILL COUN. SEL WITH THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE. Good Roads Enthusiasts Will Meet In Fremont Mexican Govern ment Has Floated a $7(500,00 Loan. Washington Wllllnm J. Rryan. sec retary of state, left Washington Thursday for Sncramento, Cal., where ho will begin consultations with Gov ernor Johnson nnd members of tho California legislature In an effort to frame an antl-nllen land law that will not bo In conflict with treaty obliga tions of tho United States with Japan. "I go hopefully, yet with a realiza tion of tho responsibility involved," snld tho secretary as ho left tho White houso after a final conference with President Wilson. Mexican Government Makes a Loan. Mexico City. Tho Mexican govern ment has floated a loan of $7,500,000 for ono year nt SSVi, bearing 5 per cent Interest, through Coutts & Co., bankers, of London, nccordlng to In formation which apparently Is relia ble. Tho loan wns arranged by Sir Weetmnn T). Pearson (Ixml Cowdray) and Is secured on the government's holding In tho Tohauntcpec railroad. FOR OCEAN-TO-OCEAN HIGHWAY Good Roads Enthusiasts Will Meet to Lay Plans. Fremont, Neb. A meotlng of good roads enthusiasts of Nebraska, cape .dally those Interested In tho Platte valley cross-continental route, will be held In Fremont, May 22. when plans will be laid for entering Into the movement for an ocean-to-ocean high way, In pursuance of tho Indlnnapolls plan. Representatives will bo pres ent from several states. All the coun ties through which tho Platte valley routo passes will be urged to send delegates. Notico will bo given county boards and city councils that thoy aro entitled to delegntcs. Farewell to Ambassador Bryce. New York. James Hryco said fare well to tho American people at a din ner given In his hoihor by tho pilgrims society of the United States. After six years as Rrltlsh ambassador to this country. Mr. Rryco will sal! for homo from San Francisco, Mny .1. via tho orient. Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlco. his successor, will nrrlve In New York early this week. Many noted men sat at tho guest tablo with Ambassador Rryco, who in a speech emphasized tho relation of friendship existing be tween his country and the United States. "Scutari Is Montenegrin." Cottlno "Scutari Is from today Mon tenegrin." was tho defiant reply of KlnR Nicholas to the European Invi tation to surrender tho hard-won Turkish citadel. The king made this statement In tho course of a speech delivered from tho balcony of tho royal pnlnce. Among his audience wero the ministers of the Rnlkan states, who came to congratulate him. Ho added: "Should Kurope think of snatching Scutari from Montenegro they will havo to carry out tho task by force of arms." Germans Hoarding Money. Rerlln. Moro than $100,000,000 Is reported to bo missing In Gormnny. Rank reports Indicate thnt this amount hn3 been hoarded by banks and Indi viduals since the beginning of tho Bal kan war through fear that a general European conflagration may come. It Is largely duo to this hoarding that Germany Is experiencing a financial stringency and a gold famine. A mnsslvo silver loving cup was pre sented to Postmaster General Burle son by the Texas delegation. wam Mmm -jvvO E JlfflratftHsfc ISrKvm mmwBmMMz55 mzm. JESSaS3HRJB5ssiV'0' IS Governor Morehead Signs the Bill Giving to Voters the Right to Settle Question of Univer sity Extension. Sacramento, Cal. Not tho dignity of Japan, but the dignity of California Is at stake In tho controversy over tho antl-alicn law, according to Gov ernor Johnson, and If tho plans of the majority party here give offense to tho government at Toklo, tho Cali fornia executlvo absolves tho state from blame on tho ground that fed eral statutes already have drawn tho line which the stato seeks to estab lish, in a statement Issued Governor Johnson defined the position of the leglslatlvo maorlty In the matter, trusting that Secretary of State Rryan, who is on route from Washington to Sacramento to present tho views of the federal administration, might learn thereby the attitude of California towards a law denying land owner ship In the stato to aliens barred from citizenship In tho nation. That this restriction applies to tho subjects of Japan or any other nation Is not the fault of California, according to the views of the governor. Change In Postal Savings System. Wnshlngton, D. C. An order trans ferring the postal savings system, which, since its crention, has been n separate bureau under the direction of the postmaster general, to the bureau of tho third assistant postmas ter general, effective May 1, waB is sued by Postmaster Genoral Burleson Thursday night. In tho future tne system will bo known as the division of postal savings. "Undor the new arrangements,'" said Mr. Burleson, "tho operation of the system In conjunction with the other financial divisions of tho department not only will avoid the duplication of similar work and make possible sub stantial economics In administration, but will open the way for Impoitant Improvements and extensions." SIGNS ..THE REFERENDUM BILL University Removal to Be Settled by Vote of the People. Lincoln. Tho govornor has signed tho McKlssIck bill, which creates a special university building fund out of a three-fourths mill levy nnd which recommends tho submission to tho pcoplo of tho question of deciding upon tho permanent location of the stato university. At the same time ho vetoed tho Item In the genernl mnlntenanco bill of $115,000 for orect Ing1 threo new buildings nt tho stnto farm. In vetoing this Item Governor Morehead snys they should In fair ness bo built with funds from tho three-fourths mill levy which Is mndo In the McKlssIck bill and whose ex penditure tho peoplo will direct at referendum vote. Vlcksburg, Miss. The mnln line of tho Mississippi river lovoe broke Mon day afternoon nt Woodlawn, Miss., nenr Shippers' Landing, four miles north of of Mnyersvllle. A conserva tive estimate Is that between 11,000 and 12,000 persons will be made home less as a result of tho break. Tho property loss will total several hun dred thousand dollars. Washington. Beginning the debate In the houso Wednesday on tho demo cratic Tariff revision bill, Representa tive Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, tho majority leader, predicted great relief for the nation through tho pass age of tho pending bill. Representa tive Augustus P. Cardner of Massa chusetts voiced republican skopticlsm for tho country's future undor such a tariff revision, and Representative Clydo Kelly of Pennsylvania expressed the opposition of the progresslvo party to all tariff bills framed under the present system. CALIFORNIA INSISTS STATE NOT TO BLAME. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA. A local council of Boy Scouts has been organized at Cortland. A produco firm at Liberty Is buying nnd shipping a carload of eggs a day. Tho next conclave of tho Nebraska Knights Templar will bo hold at Hast ings. Flvo carloads of walnut logs wero shipped from Porn within the past week. Jerry Stnats of Fremont suffered a stroke of apoplexy nnd Is In u serious condition. Cnrl Wheeler caught an eighteen pound channel catfish nt Falrbury one dny last week. Hastings Is Installing Its system of electroliers, nnd will soon bo ready to turn on the lights. Music will bo tnught In Wymorc's schools tho coming year for tho first tlmo In many years. Frank Tracy of Norfolk accidental ly cut off tho tip of his nose while shaving with a safety razor. Word has been received nt York of tho death at Roseburg, Ore., of J. M. Reese, an old resident of York county. Ren Rnlney, for tunny years chlel of police at Plattstnouth, will retire to a farm to spend his declining years Dr. Condra of the stato unlversltj delivered his lecture on "Soil Con soruition" at the court house at Sew ard. Afrs. J. D. Taylor, a heroine of the Omaha tornado, died thero Friday from exposure and overwork that night. Tho Wilhelm Ripper estate of. ISO ncres, located southwest of Utlca, was Fold at public sale. Tho land brought $ IB 075. The Farmers' creamery at Cortland reports business so Increasing, that It hns some difficulty In keeping up with Its orders. Miss Mao Ale.vnnder, teacher In tho grammar repartment of the Dcshler schools, has accepted a similar posi tion nt Nelson. Richard Urlck was seriously In jured when the sower excavation In which he was at work at West Point caved In on him. The twentieth annual convention of tho Lancaster County Sunday School association will bo held at Hickman on Tuesday, April 20. Joseph Krecjl, a farmer near Burks, wns Instnntly killed when n Burling ton passenger train struck him at a crossing near that place. While working with a lighting plant In his store, J. J. Mutchlo of Eddyvllle was dangerously burned by nn explosion of wood alcohol. Mrs. Eliza Murdock of Raymond was fatally burned when her clothes caught fire as sho was burning rub bish In tho ynrd nt her home. Tho work of raising funds for the erection of a modern Y. M. C. A building nt North Platto Is meeting with nlmost unlooked for success. Tho question or extending tho Mis souri Pacific rallroid from Virginia to Boatrlco Is being discussed by the commercial club of tho latter placo. ' Baseball Is much In ovldenco over the state, nearly every village being represented by a more) or less preten tious aggregation of players and fans. Perk Lilly of Shubert hnd his hand badly injured by being caught In n corn sheller. About a year ago his brother, Thomas, had a leg torn by tho samo machine. Tho night beforo her 80th birthday, Mrs. Sarah Miller of York, fell down the basement steps of her home, striking on her head, her neck being broken. Death resulted Instantly. Work on the new $40,000 German Lutheran high school and business college at Deshler Is progressing rapidly. The cornerstone will be laid Sunday, May 4, with appropriate services. Ralph Hubbard, an employe of tho Beatrice gas company, came near being asphyxiated by gas while at work In a main. Prompt action of his fellow workmen saved the young man's life. Rev. F. N. Swanberg, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church of Holdrege and president of tho Nebraska confer ence, Is dead at his homo In that place. II. C. Woods of the University of Nebraska, by special action of tho board of regents, has beon appointed ono of tho two new fellows In the collego of engineering of the Univer sity of Wisconsin. Mrs. Georgo Hampton of Auburn, In getting Into a buggy, slipped from the step and was dragged for a con sldernblo dlstnnce. one of tho wheels pnsslng over her hend, causing pain ful but not serious injuries. The commencement exercises of the Shubert public schools will occur Friday evening, Mny 2.1. Dean E. L. Rouse of Peru will deliver tho address. W. M. Stevens of Terry, S. D.. whllo waiting for a train at Edgemont, was struck and seriously Injured by n switch engine. Ho was taken to the hospital at Hot Springs, S. D on a special train. The Dlller business men's associa tion has set April 24 as annual good roads day. Farmers within a radius of five miles of town are asked to turn out with teams and Implements and co-operate In the rood work. On account of the recent tornado, much new building Is getting under headway In and around Greenwood. The Civic Improvement league of Beatrice has Installed rest rooms In tho basement of the library building for women shopping In tho city. A woman Is In charge of the rooms and every convenience Is there for women. The Beatrice public schools are making extensive preparations for an outdoor May festival and fete day to be held there about the first of tho month. It is expected that ovor 1,000 children will tako part In the exercises. woman suffered ten years Prom Nervousness Caused by Female Ills Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegeta ble Compound. Auburn, N. Y. "I suffered from nervousness for ten years, and had suchi organic pains that sometimes I would: He in bed four days. at a time, could not: cat or sleep and did not want anyone to talis to mo or bother' me at all. Some times I would suffer for seven hours at a timo. Different doc tors did tho heat thev rnnlrl tnr m until four months ago I began giviig: Lydia E. Tinkham's Vegetable Com pound' a trial and now I am in good health." Mrs. William II. Gill, 15 Flcusant Street, Auburn, New York. "Doctor's Daughter Took It.' St Cloud, Minn. "I wns so run down. by overwork nnd worry that I could not stand it to havo my children talk aloui or walk heavy on tho floor. Ono of my friends said, 'Try Lydia E. Pinkham'a? egotaoic compound, for I know a doc tor's daughter here in town who takes it and she would not tako it if it wero not good.' " I sent for tho Compound nt once and kept on taking it until I wns all right" Mrs Bertha M. Quickstadt, 727 6th. Avenue, S., St Cloud, Minn. Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com pound may bo relied upon as tho most efficient remedy for femalo ills. Why don'tyoutryit? Screwdriver of Importance. Tho engine had gone to pieces, the screw revolved no more, and the yacht of tho millionaire rolled help lessly In tho trough of tho" sea. Anxiously signaling for help was the wireless operator. Ho was approached! by tho owner of tho craft. "I wish," said tho latter, "that you would advise my wife, In Brooklyn, of our accident." N"Shnll I tell her tho engine is brok en, sir?" asked tho wireless man. "By no mentis!" exclaimed tho mil lionaire. "Thoso bald words would be discomforting to tho sensitive woman. Sond her a messago which, whllo not transgressing the truth, will mako her think our accident Is only a trivial ono. Tell her our screwdriver Is broken." Judge. Important to Mothers Examine carelully every bottle of." UASTORIA, a safo and sure remedy for infants and children, and seo that it. Signature of Zt&H In Uso For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria. Alcoholic Consumption Large. The alcoholic consumption a hend ln this country is a.llttlo less than 2'i gallons a year, of which 21 nro con tained In beer. Just the Right Age. "Has tho millionaire Prudence mar ried much of a past?" "Sixty-nlno years." "It's no trouble at all,' 'says a bill collector "to find people out." Helping a Woman Generally means helping; an entire family.. Her back aches so sho can hardly drag around. Her nerves aro on edge and she is nearly wild. Headache and Sleepless, neas unfit her for the care of her family. Rheumatic Pains and Lumbago rack her body. But, let her tako Foley Kidney Pills and all these ailments will disappear. Sho will coon recover her strength, and healthy activity for Foley Kidney Pills aro healing, curative, strengthening and tonic,, a medicine for all Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases that always curas Set a Canadian Homo In Western Canada's Free Homestead Area THI PROVING! OP Manitoba has aeTeral New Home UMdlEg Districts that afford rare opportunity tosecaro lOOacresof eu cedent urloultanu UocrUKBT For Grain Growing and Gattlo Railing this province baa no superior and In profltabln agriculture thowi an unbroken period of oyer a quarter of a Centurr. Perfect ol I mato : Rood markets! rallwujsconTenlemi soil t bo very brat, and social condluon moat desirable. Vacant landa adjacent to Free Homesteads mux lio purchased and also In tlio older districts lands can bo bougbl at reason able prices. For further particulars wrlto to W. V. BENNETT, 0 Bulletins, Omaha, Neb. Canadian flovernment.A7enta, or address 8iiiorltileiiilrnt of liuruljrratluiii Ottawa, rsasss. W.,N. U, LINCOLN, NO. 13-1913. "". WimHMIPWWMM- ... hi' ii'ii m I,i!,i!l n.lt i MM' ws si 'M ix M: m7 -c" Mm ; ','1'JsV y. ',' MjiiBPvMiKi ''V.l'i'Mol I ' i i- - 'I'M' 11 KNiM7V Pop! 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