A p The Chief 0. . HJLLB, Publisher SOCLOU . . . NKBBASKA FEDERALS EVACUA1E STATE FORCES MODILIZINQ AT CHIHUAHUA CITY. MUST DEVOTE ENTIRE TIME Postmasters MuiU Attend Exclusively to Department Business Wheat Prospects Were Never Better, El 1'aBo, Tox. l'artnl, u rich minim center of southern Chihuahua state, It lu the lunula ot coiiHtUtUluiuillul troops, tho fcdurul garrison of l.Gol evacuating, ucconllng to tho report ol an Atnerlcun mining man reuchlng hero on u motorojele. After Icuvim; l'arral tho federal column proceeded toward Clilhtinhiu city, tho Btuto cap ital, where all state forces were or dered mobilized tuo weeka ugo. Gen. Puncho Villa, who Iiuh recruited 400 men In the Uuerra district, Is hurr. Ing overland to mslBt other groups of insurgents lu cutting off tho retreat iug federuls. Nebraska Wheat Prospects. Lincoln. Winter wheat prospects In Nebraska were never better at UiIb tlmo of year than thoy tiro now. This Is the consensus of opinion of -100 rail way agents tnndo In reports upon growing conditions In every county In tho stato. Tho crop estlmato In four general sections or the state Is as fol lows: Eastern Nebraska, 103 per cent; central Nebraska, 103 percent; south central NebraBkn, 108 per cent; west ern Nebraska, 101 per cent. WHOLE TIME TO THE OFFICE. That Required of Postmasters Under New Administration. Wnshlngton. Tho postmnster gen oral has nsslgned ns a reason for the failure of any Nebraska pohtolllco nominations to bo pent to the senato that tho department was waiting for nssurnnces from tho candidates thus fnr'nnmed that they were going to do voto nil of their tlmo to tho postofllco nnd not mako It n Bldo Issue. This was tho statement mndo by Postmaster General Iturleson to Hepresentatlvo Stephens, who went to tho department to learn If possible why his recom mendations had not been acted upon Washington Home and Relics. New York. The nncestrnl homo ol George Washington Sulgravo Mnnor In England which it was nnnounccd tho delegates to tho British peace contennnry conference contemplato purchasing, may bocomo tho repos itory of the rollcs of tho Washington family which collateral descendants of tho first president havo offered to tho Daughters of tho Ilrltlsh Emplro. Mrs. Elliott Lnngstaff, president of the so ciety, has formally applied to Lord Weardalo for permission to furnish nnd decorate the mnnor In tho event of Its purchnso In connection with tho celebration of 100 years of peaco. Urged to Postpone Action Washington. The federal govern ment's final effort to dolny alien land owning legislation In California wn made when Secretnry Ilryan In tho nnmo of tho president telegraphed Govornor Johnson notifying him thnt tho Japancpo ambassador hnd earn estly protested ngalnst tho bill passed by the California assembly nnd urged wini me governor poMpono action by withholding his fllgnnture. Absolute Prohibition for Nebraska. Philadelphia. II. p. Carson nnd Thomns Dnrnnll, both of Lincoln, Neb., havo been chosen to lead n cam paign looking to tho nbsolute prohibi tion of tho liquor traffic In Nebrnakn, and will bo delegated to the nntlonal convention of the Anti-Saloon Leaguo of America, which Is to be hold at Co lumbus, O., November 10, 1913. Bill for Free Admission. Washington. A bill providing for tho freo admission to tho United States of exhibits nt tho San Diego Panamn-Pacinc exposition in 1915 has been passed by tho houso. Refuse Offer of Japanese Aid. Douglas, Ariz. Pour hundred Jap aneso residents of Sonora stato hnvo offered their services lu arms to L. I resqulern, tho Insurgent governor, nc cordlng to n codo telegram received by the constitutionalist commltteo here. Tho offer wns refused, tho gov ernor explaining that tho struggle wns ono in which Mexlcnns only should participate. Fifteen Japanese formed tho committee which cnlled on tho governor at HermoBlllo, tho Btnto cap ital. Pierre, 'S. D. Instead of going to established towns, a number of banks In tho northoastern part of the stato will bo Btnrted on tho proposed line of railroad nnd will wnlt for tho railroad nnd towns to como to them, according to planB mndo known hero. Tho lpcn tlonB of tho bankB aro designated on quarter sections. Sncramento. Cnl.Tho Sunday clos Ing bill, prohibiting tho snlo of liquor on Sundays nnd holidays, was beaten In tho senate after a short debate by a voto of 6 nyes and 20 noes. yinitxMkimi &' 'WV.ia. DOINGSATWASMNGTON ACT8 OF THE NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS. Events of Importance as They Trans pire In Both Branches of Congress. I Saturday. The Sennte Not In session; mcctt Tuesday at 1! p. m. Territories committee continued hearing on Alaskan problems. Tho Houso- Majority Lender Un derwood, Progressive Lender Murdoch nnd Republican Leader Mann con ferred. Pasted bill to admit freo of duty exhibits for San FianelRco exposition, Hill appropriating $fi00,000 for the hiring of clerks for tho parcel post was passed, Representative IF. Olln Young, Twelfth Michigan district, announced IiIh intention of roRlgnlng. Passed bill creating new district judgeship In oasteru district of Penn sylvania. Adjourned nt 5:45 p. m. until noon Monday. Friday. Tho Senate In session nt 2 p. m. I L.aI'Ollctto bill for eight-hour day for women workers In tho District of Columbia ordered favorably reported. Territories commlttco continued Its hearing on Alaskan developments, Tariff bill received from house nnd referred to finance committee for consideration. Senator O'Oorman Introduced bill to return $(10,000 paid for ransom of Miss Ellen M. Stone, In 1901. Adjourned at 5:55 p. in. until 2 p. m. Tuesday. Tho House Ilegan live-hour dobato In Glover-Slmms controversy. milliliter prevented adoption of rule for creation of additional judgo for eastern Philadelphia. Adjourned at 8:05 p. m. until 12 o'clock noon Saturday. Thursday. Tho Sennte Not lu session; meets nt 2 p. m. Friday. Commerce commission referred La Folletto's Involuntary servitude bill for hearings during present session nnd ordered favorable report on nom ination of Joseph F. Davles as com missioner of corporations. Hearings on Alanknn problems lie foro territories commission was re sumed. The House In session nt 2 p. m. to complete consideration nnd vote on tariff bill. Passed Underwood tariff bill. Lenders ngrced no business should bo transacted between next Satur day, May 10, nnd Juno 1. Adjourned at C:32 p. m. until 11 a. m. Friday. Wednesday. Tho Senate Senator IJacon reintro duced his bill to define authority of tho nrplltlnt fnr Infnrvnnf Inn In Pnhn i! ...... in mo i mure. Territories committee resumed hearing on Alaskan problems, former Secretary of tho Interior Fisher tes tlfylng. Passed sundry civil bill, carrying $117,000,000, nfter voting down Sena tor Galllnger's nmendment to ollm Inato clause exempting labor and farmers' organizations from anti trust prosecutions. Adjourned nt 0:53 p. m. until 2 p. m. Friday. Tho House Resumed rending of tariff bill for nmendment, tnking up Income tax provision. C. B. Smith Introduced bill to reg later lobbyists In congress. Completed reading of tariff bill for nmendment. Republican Leader Mnnn blocked plan for Immedlnto pinsago of tariff mensuro on technicality, delaying ac tion until Thursdny. Adjourned at 10:05 p. m. until 2 p. m. Thursday. Fund for Needy Students. Madison, Wis As n memorial ot tho class of 1913, (100 Bcnlors in the University of Wisconsin hnvo decided to tnko a life Insuranco policy of $100 ench In tho stnto's new llfo fund, pay ments to run twenty yenrs and thon -bo turned Into n fund for tho support of needy students. Association Elects Officers. Omnhn. At tho business session ol tho Mississippi Valoy Historical asso ciation Friday morning James A. James. Ph. D of Evanston, 111., and former vlro president of tho organiza tion, was elected president for tho en suing year. Dr. James Is professor of history nt Northwestern university nnd president of tho Illinois park com mission. George E Vincent. Ph. D., of Minneapolis was chosen first vlco president: Isnnc J. Cox of Clnelnnntl was re-elected second vico president; Clarence S. Paine of Lincoln wns ro elected secretary-treasurer of tho as sociation. Property Escheats to State. Lincoln, Neb. Ono hundred nnd sixty ncres of Keya Paha county land a quarter section In Holt county, a similar amount In Colorado and some Auburn county realty havo beon turned over to Stnto Land Commls sloner Rockninn for uso or tho per manent school fund. Tho step ter minates tho history of property noon mulatlons of Joseph Ulrlch, n Nemaha county bachelor misor, who dlod throo yenrs ago without heirs. Th prop erty eschentB to tho stato under a order of tho court. -'-"-"-1 nfrtrfin .v. USUAL SPRING INVASION CHICAGO OAILV NCWt. CURRENCY REFORM HOPEFUL INTERIOR DEPARTMENT LISTENS TO RECLAMATION PROJECTS. Currency Legislation Possible at Pres ent Session Japan Makes Pro test Huerta Repudiates American Ambassador. Washington. Needs of tho North Platto water usorB on reclamation pro octB were presented Friday by Jumes T. Whitehead and U. W. Scovllle of Scottbbluff und Morrill before tho hearing tn tho interior department. Tho principal objections made wore first against tho present regulations forbidding tho assignment of a tract or land under reclamation project to any but u bona fide homesteader; second, that the present allowance or tlmo In which to complete payment for water rights was insufficient and that It should bo extended to twenty flvo j ears. Somo criticism was of fered because of tho fact that tho cost of tho water had been Increased from $35 to $55 per acre, nnd It was urged thnt tho water users' association be given n volco In tho selection of tho operating force, nnd that they might bo ablo to somo extent to control the maintenance charge. Japan Protests Allen Land Bill. Washington. Negotiations between America and Japan regarding tho Cal ifornia land legislation wero formally initiated when Secretary Bryan had two meetings with tho Japanese am bassador at the state department. While there had been n number of ex changes between tho two officials slnco tho inception of tho California legislation, until Friday they had been Informal and based upon tho desire of tho Japanese government to avert an open Issue. HOPEFUL OF CURRENCY REFORM Possible at Present Session In Opinion of President. Washington. President Wilson was so encouraged by tho passage of the tariff bill in tho houso that ho hopes now for flnnl action on currency re form at tho present session of con gress. The president studied a. pre liminary draft of n currency bill brought him by Representative Glass, probnblo chairman of the house bank ing and currency committee, and told his callers thnt in the Interval be tween now nnd Juno 1 he expects to confer with ns many currency authori ties ns possible. The president re alizes that everything depends on the progress of the tariff bill in the senate. Repudiates American Ambassador. Mexico City. Keen Interest Is be ing displayed by tho government nnd the public generally as to what action tho United Stntes will take In the vir tual repudiation of Ambassador Wil son by President Huerta. Tho presi dent mndo no statement to Ambnssa dor Wilson nor to tho public qualify ing his stntement thnt Mr. Wilson "diplomatically had no standing," but Foreign Minister de In Darn, who al ways has been rognrded ns desirous to plncato dissensions, displayed nn eagerness to mlnlmlzo tho Incident. Senor do la Parra said tlio declara tion of President Huerta did not mean tho severance of diplomatic relations between Mexico nnd tho United StateB. Must Provide Seats. Chicago. No more pnssengers may bo admitted to a street car or elovated car In Chicago than enn bo provided In sents nccordlng to nn ordlnnnce unanimously pnssed by tho city coun cil. No Desecration of Sabbath. Iowa City, la. Rev. Wnyno L. Waters, pastor of tho Congregational church, a young minister newly ar rived from Po3ton, hns created a son satlon In church circles by announc ing from tho pulpit thnt Sunday was not necessarily desecrated by being made a day other than ono or worship. Judiciously mingled with church at tendance nnd worship, ho contends, bnsobnll, golf, moving pictures, etc., may not bo unworthy methods of ob serving Sunday, rihffarftW--- fV'frW ;aa&k t" '-Jf - ijli GOES THROUGH HOUSE WITHOUT A STRUGGLE. Lincoln Man a Candidate for Public Printer Hastings Woman Cele- 'brates 113th Birthday Anniversary. Washington. Tho Underwood tariff bill, proclaimed by the democrntlo party as the answer to Its platform pledge to reduce the tariff downward, was passed by the house Thursday. Tho vote was 281 to 139, flvo demo crats voting ngnlnst tho bill nnd two republicans voting for It. Four pro gressives Btipported the measure and fourteen opposed It, while one Inde pendent progressive joined with tho mnjorlty. When Speaker Clark an nounccd tho vote In loud tones that re vealed his satisfaction, exuberant dem ocrats hoisted a stuffed democratic donkey over tho heads of their col leagues In tho renr of the chamber, a faint rlpplo of applause followed and tho gavel fell on the tlrst chapter in tho history of President Wilson's ex tra session of congress. Celebrates Her 113th Birthday. Hastings, Neb. Mrs. Clara D.iwson Brlley, presumably tho oldest person west of tho Mississippi river, celebrat ed her 113th birthday nt the homo of her son, n half mile south of Hastings. Notwithstanding her advanced age, Mrs. Drilcy is almost ns sound of mind nnd of body ns when sho came to Hastings in 1888. She remembers dls tinctly things that occurred nearly 100 years ago, and can name many of her playmates of her childhood days In Culpepper, Va., where she was born May 7, 1800. Presented for Public Printer. Washington. Rumors that W. M. Maupln of Lincoln was n candidate for public printer havo been con firmed by Senator Hitchcock nnd Rep resentative Stephens. Thoy ndmltted thoy had received n number of letters endorsing Mr. Maupln for the place. It was stated that they Intended to confer together In tho matter, and that Mr. Maupin's nnmo would bo present ed to tho president, provided It was not found that a selection for tho place had been already made. Commercial Clubs Elect Officers. Fremont, Neb. Tho Nebraska As sociation of Commercial Clubs voted to meet nt Grand Island In 1914. The by-laws were amended to ndmlt towns of 1,000 and under to membership at half tho membership fee of $10. The following officers were elected: Presi dent, Ross L. Hammond of Fremont; secretary-treasurer, W. F. Bailey of Kearney; vice presidents, H. A. Schneider of Plnttsmouth, first dis trict; F. I. Elllck of Omaha, second district; J.- B. Henderson of Central City, third district; Dr. E. O. Weber of Wnhoo, fourth district; 11. fl. How ard of Hastings, fifth district; C. O. Wertz of Crawford, sixth district. Frethont, Neb. John H. Woltmnn of Wnlnut, la., In the county jail here charged with starting tho Crowcll fire, committed sulcldo by drinking car bolic acid. How Woltman got tho ncld is a mystery. It Is believed that ho secured it from some prisoner who concealed n bottlo when tho Jail wns fumigated at tho expiration of the smallpox quarantine Woltmnn drnnk a large quantity ot tho poison nnd died In ten minutes. Troop Train Dynamited. Nognles. A troop train bearing 2,"0 federal soldiers wns destroyed with dynamite and most of tho passengers killed, according to an official report received here, Tho disaster occurred near tho Sonora-Conhulla stato lino. Parcel Post Swells Receipts. Fromont, Neb. Due, It is believed, to tho parcel post, Fremont's postof flee receipts for tho quarter Just end ed reached $16,492, an Increnso of nearly $1,700 over tho snmo period a year ago. Balloon Race at Kansas City, Kansas City. Tho national elimina tion balloon race, tho winners of which will represent tho United States In tho next James Gordon Ben nett International trophy race, will start from this city on July 4. itoiWll) (mil .. )i;iilteilTi(liitr,lilhTrfil IRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA. Cook has voted $5,000 lighting bonds Mrs. Anna Fellans has bought the Table Rock Argus. E. J, Cnmeron has been appointed city marshal at Deshler. The Wymore Are department will build a $5,000 auditorium. Tho Christian church nt Albion 1e holding evangelistic meetings. Richardson county will have heavy crops of alfalfa nnd red clover. Fullerton has voted $10,000 bonds for the extension of her wnter system, Tho town of Berlin, that was de stroyed by a tornado, Is being rapidly rebuilt. Tho nnnunl convention of the Stnto U. C. T. will be held at Fremont May 1G and 17. The York county Sunday school con vention will be held In Bradshuw May 14 nnd 15. Grand Island Knights of Columbus recently Initiated n clnss of nearly fclxty candidates. Ilnrneston has granted license for n pool hall, the first since the organiza tion cf the town. There la not n poor piece or winter wheat In Tlinyer county, according to crop observers there. Rov. Mnry A. Hclser. pastor or the Congregational church at Wlsner, has tendered her resignation. A number or employes In tho enr shops at Pnlrbury, laid off during April, have gone to work. Chicken thieves aro thriving around Nebrnskn City, ono breeder having lost nearly a hundred chickens. Tho first annual May festival of tho pupils of the Beatrice public schools was held with 2,000 people In attend ance. Miss Rebecca Essom. of Beatrice, has a lemon tree from which she re cently harvested nearly a bushel of fruit. Lightning struck tho lnrge barn of Carl Rhode, near Columbus, nnd sev eral head of stock were burned to death. Anton Clnudls, a Greek lnborer at North Plntto. paid about six dollars ench for shooting seven ducks out of senson. Drainage district No. 1 In Nemaha county hns been completed, and there Is now little fear of the floods of former years. The city library at College View now hns 1,225 volumes on Its shelves. Two hundred books were ndded during' the last year. Despite tho somewhat serious epi demic of diphtheria In Lincoln, there were only two denths reported as due to the disease. An effort Is being mndo to secure ex-Speaker Joe Cannon to nttend tho meeting of the Nebraska G. A. R. to bo held nt Fremont. Two hundred licenses to hunt In tho stato have been Issued by tho stnto gamo nnd fish commission sinco tho early part of tho year. Bishop Tl hen of Lincoln, assisted by priests of the diocese, confirmed a class of nbout eighty In St. Joseph's Catholic church at York. John Cullls, a fourteen-year-old boy who wns Injured In tho Omaha tor nndo, succumbed to his Injuries In a hospital there last week. A bnseball team has been organized nmong tho Wymoro high school stu dents. Business men have subscribed $35 toward buying uniforms. Tho stnto board of ngrlculturo haB mado application for a quantity of the newly discovered paraslto which is said to war on tho nlfalfa weevil. The postofflco nt Kinney will be dls continued after May 31, nnd nfter thnt dnto nil mall for that office will bo handled through the Wymoro office. Kinney Is six miles cast of Wymoro on the Burlington. Final preparations for the oponlng of the Nebraskn State Baseball league anve been completed. Tho season will bo officially started on Mny 15 with games In these towns: Hastings at Grand Island; Seward at Columbus; York at Kearney, and Superior nt Fremont. Some ono with peculiar Ideas of tho proprieties burglarized the homo of ex-Govornor Aldrlch nt Lincoln last week, nnd got $1.30 for his pains. The sixth nnnunl debate of the Ne braska High School Debating league will be held In Lincoln on May 17, nnd will decide tho championship for 1913. Prof. Hardy W. Campbell, Burling ton farm domonstrator, will farm six ten-ncro tracts nccordlng to IiIb meth ods close to Hemlngford this summer. Ho says that Bectlon is well adapted to his methods or soil culture nnd ex pects to show the farmers how they can more than double their yields. Agltntlon for a seven-for-a-quarter street car fnre Ib growing deeper nt Omnhn and petitions are bolng circu lated to nttaln that end. A petition signed by thirty-eight residents' of tho town of Plckroll has boon filed with tho board of supor vlBors asking that tho town be Incorporated under the laws of the etate. Alleging thnt bootlegging exists at Lanham to such an extent ns to ren der conditions intolerable, merchants and citizens have asked tho county court to grant Bomeono tho right to run a licensed Bnloon at that place. Whllo ondenvorlng to got his gaso llno engine to work, Joseph Havlr, an employo of tho Burlington Bhops, was killed by tho bursting of tho tlywheol. Prof. E. A. Whlteneck, head or the Germnn department at Peru normal, will leave May 20 for Europe to spend Mio summer studying at Heidelberg, Germany. Hotel Commissioner Ackermnn has forwnrded to proprietors of hotels, rooming houses, restnurnuts nnd apartment houses copies of tho now hotel laws which he expects to put In to operation just as Boon ns the legal Interim is up KANSAS WOMAN WHO SUFFERED From Headache, Backache, Dizziness and Nervousness, Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. Lawrence, Knns. "A year ago I was suffering from a number of ailments. I aiwny9 had pain and was Irregular. 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