Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1915)
mmmmm RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF A MAKE OARING MID MEXICAN SITUATION Chas. E. George, Editor and Publisher of the "Bench, and Bar Review," 825 Per dido St., New Orleans, La. UVER. BOWELS BRITISH AEROPLANES MAKE TRIP OVER BELGIUM. WORLD IS NOTIFIED THAT CAR- ' RANZA IS BOSS. "CUSCARETS" FOR For sick headache, bad breath, Sour Stomach and constipation. Oct a 10-cont box now. No odda how bad your liver, stomach r bowels; how much your head aches, how miserable and uncomfort ablo you aro from constipation, Indiges tion, biliousness and sluggish bowols you always got tho doslrcd results with CaHcarots. Don't lot your stomach, liver and bowels mako you miserable Take Cuscnrotn to-night; put an end to the bcadacho, biliousness, dizziness, nerv ousness, Blck, sour, gnBsy Btomach, backacho and all other distress; cleanse your Insldo organs of all tho bllo, gascn and constipated matter which 1b producing tho misery. A 10-ccnt box means health, happi ness and a clear head for months. No mora days of gloom and distress If you will tako a Cascaret now and then. All stores soil Cascarots. Don't forget tho children their llttlo In Ides need a cleansing, too. Adv. ttt Old Style. "Did Bhe marry well?" "No; It wob a caso of truo lovo." Harvard Lampoon. DISTRESSING PIMPLES ftemoved by Cutlcura 8oap and Oint ment. Trial Free. Smear them with the Ointment Wash off In flvo minutes with Cutl oura Soap and hot wutor and continue bathing for some minutes. Repeat on rising and retiring. Thoso fragrant uporcreamy emolllontB do much for tho skin, and do It quickly. Sample each freo by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv. The Place. "Where can you find rods It Icklor "Mostly In family Jars." Very Much 80. "Didn't you think tho operatic prima donna had an unusually high volco?" "I should say sho had! My seat coBt me flvo dollars." A New Anecdote. Queer requests aro often received for prescriptions, which might puzzlo either doctor or chemist, far more skilled than tho proprietor of tho or dinary drug store. Hero Is ono recent ly reported by MorrlB Wado: It Is a aoto from an c-cltablo mother, whoso erves wore apparently as much In deed of treatment as tho digestion of ber Infant: "My llttlo baby has ot up Its fnther'a aria plaster. Fleaso to send an anec dote by tho lnclosod llttlo girl." Youth's Companion. Find Live Duck In Fish. A strange specimen of tho angel Hah was eaught by Captain Palmer at 8ond Beach, who romoved from It two ducks. The wicked fish had stolen tho ducks from J. Kennedy Tod's Innta Arden estate. One was alive. The fish wore struggling in the wa ter when seen by Captain Palmer, and was landed with a pair of Ice tongs. The fish Is a yard long, and iti oath Is I by 8 Inches. It was frozen hi a eake of Ice at tho Maher Ice plant and la exhibited in the window t a ssarkot hero. Greenwich (Conn.) Dispatch to Now York World. KNOW NOW And WUI Never Forget tho Experlsnca Tho eoffoo drlnkor who has Buffered and then boon completely relieved by changing from eoffoo to Postum knows something valuable There's no doubt aboat It "I learned tho truth about coffee In a peculiar way,- sayB a California worn n. "My husband who has, for yours, been of a blllouB temperamont decided to leave off eoffoo and give Postum a trial, and as I did not want tho trouble of making two beverages for meals 1 oonoludod to try Postum, too. Tho re sults havo boon that whlio my husband has been greatly benefited, I havo my self received oven jroator benefit. "When I began to drink Postum 1 vas thin In flesh and very nervous. Now I actually weigh 16 pounds more than I did at that tirao and I am stronger physically and in my norvos, whllo husband Is freo from rJl his alls. "We havo learnod our llttlo Iessou aboat coffeo and wo know something aboat Postum, too, for wo hr.vo used Postum now steadily for the ln-l three years and wo shall continue to do bo. "We have no more uso for coffee the drug drink. Wo prefer Postum and health." Nnmo given by Postum Co., Battle Oroek, Mich. Read "Tho Road to Well Ho," In pkgs. Postum comes In two forms: Regular Postum must bo woll boiled. 15c and tGc packages. Instant Postum la a solublo powder. A toaspoonful dissolves quickly in n cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, mokes a dollclous bovorago In etantly. 30c and COo tins. Tho coat per cup of both kinds Is abont tho samo. "There's a Reason" for Postum. Bold by Orocors. DRASTIC WARTAXATION PLAN Canadian Minister of Finance Pro poses New Revenue Measure Antl-Saloonlsts Win In Iowa. Wefltern Newspaper Union Ncwu Service. London. Aerial warfare 1b waged today on tho largest Hcalo In its his tory nnd under ndverso circumstances from tho standpoint of tho weather. British ulrmch Friday, buffeting banks of snow In tho air, Bwcpt over cities of northern Belgium held by tho Ger mans and dropped bombs on Ostcnd, Bruges and other places. Thirty-four aeroplanes and Beaplanes of the Brit ish navy participated and nil roturncd to their baso without casualties to their drivers, although two of tho ma chines wero damaged. Tho raid was made In order tc prevent the develop ment of submarines bases nnd estab lishments which might further endan ger British warships and merchant men. Will Submit Prohibition Amendment. Dos Moines, la. Anti-saloon forces in the Iowa general assembly Friday took doclslvo stops toward placing Iowa In tho ranks of tho prohibition states. The senate nt tho morning sosslon, by an overwhelming veto of 39 to 10 agreed to submit to tho peo ple a constitutional amendment pro viding for Btatc-wldo prohibition. DRA8TIC WAR TAXATION PLAN. Proclaimed In Canadian Parliament by Minister of Finance. Ottawa, Ont. A drastic wnr taxa tion mcasuro has been proclaimed In the Canadian parliament by W. T. Whlto, minister of finance. Bank cir culation and tho business of loan nnd Are Insurance companies aro taxed. A stamp tax Is applied to business and banking transactions, to railway nnd steamship tickets, telegraph and cablo messages, letters, wines nnd patent medicines. There Is a customs tariff Increase covering all Imports now dutiable and the free list of imports Is virtually wiped out. There will o no income tax. Go Back to Old Prices. Lincoln, Nob. After entering into an agreement to advance tho price of bread from 5 cents to 6 cents a loaf, Lincoln bakers, with one exception, havo rescinded their action and will return to tho original price. Retail (grocers protested to tho bakers that they could not handle their products at tho increase and suggested the ad visability of making smaller loaves. This suggestion has not yet boon adopted. Witnessing Demonstration Killed. Grand Island, Nob. Conductor N. F. Akeyson and Roadmaster Johnson were killed near Gothenburg where a number of Union Paciflo officials were testing a mall catching device Invent ed by Dr. Birkofor of that city. Tho srm of the catcher gavo way and wont through tho side of the car, striking the two men. Akeyson was killed In stantly, and Johnson died on tho train on the way back to Grand Island. Memorial from Nebraska. Washington. A memorial from the Nebraska legislature has been pre sented In the senate urging federal legislation giving tho state of Nebras ka tho right to bring an action against the reclamation sorvlco to determine the rights of Its citizens to mako use of Impour'Jcd waterB of tho Pathfinder dam nnd tho Republican and North Platte rivers. Drastic Anti-Trust Law. Jefferson City, Mo. Tho lower louse of the Missouri legislature has passed a bill repealing tho lino pro visions of tho stato nntl-trust law and substituting Uiercfor a punltontln,ry feentenco of flvo years for violation of tho law. Tho measure was passed Without opposition. Roy Roberts Goes to Penitentiary. North Platte, Neb. Showing real iraotlon for tho first tlmo since .IiIb sonvictlon of murder, Roy Roberts left this city at 5:40 p. m. Wednesday for Lincoln, where he must meet death In the electric chair unless something un expected happens. Ho was convicted of tho murder of Vernon Connett Hob rta' eyes wero rod with weeping as he was led through the crowd of cu rious onlookers from the automobile in which he had come to the station to the waiting train. To Aid Homeless and Destitute. Now York. A call to all Jewish communities in tho United States to set aside Purim day (February 28) ,'for giving generously to those who aro Ihomeloss and dostltuto as tho result of tho war has been sent out by tbo American Jtnslhh roller committee for sufferers from tho war. This day Is Kenornllj' set nsldn for feasting and ,glvlng to the poor, but this year, soys tho call. It comes "In tho midst of ono of the greatest tragedies thut has ever overtaken our people." J GROWING I I " Hi " I Er- - ill 1 E I liW 7 yruTt ,ltCm- 8tat,8t,clan8 F'0ure (Copyright MONEY TO PUSH THE WAR WILL STAND FOR NO MENACING OF INTERESTS England Votes Blank Check for Pay of Officers and Men Trying to Head off Determined Filibuster Western Newspaper Union News S-ivice. Washington. Publication by tho state department of the texts of tho notes sent Wednesday to Great Britain and Germany, respectively, re vealed that both countries had been wnrned in most emphatic terms against menacing tho vessels or lives of Amer ican citizens traversing tho recently proclaimed Bca zones of war Ger many was advised- that tho United States "would bo constrained to hold tho Imperial government to a strict ac countability" for such acts of its naval authorities as might result in the de struction of American vessels, or the loss ot American lives, and that If "such a deplorable situation should arlso." tho American government would "tako steps It might bo neces sary to tako to safeguard American lives and property." To Head Off Filibuster. Washington. A compromise propo sal designed to evtrlcate itho adminis tration ship purchaao bill from tho deadlock which has blocked Its pas sage In tho senate and to avert an ex tra session, has been put forward by house democrats through Representa tive Kltchln of North Carolina, chosen majority leader In tho house. Tho nnw plan, which proposes tho passage of tho shipping bill as a temporary emer gency measure, was doveloped while the Bonnto marked tlmo with both op ponents nnd supporters of tho measure sparring for advantage. An adjourn ment of tho senato advanced tho plans of tho democratic leaders to force a cloture rulo that would end tho de termined filibuster. MONEY TO PUSH THE WAR. England Votei Blank Check for -Pay of Officers and Men. London. After two days' debate, during which mnny matters In connec tion with tho war were discussed, tho house of commons passed without di vision tho army estimates for 3,000,000 men, excluslvo of Indians, and also by "a token" vote provided for tho pay of tho ofllcerB and men. By this vote tho government will recelvo a blank check for this purpose Replying to points raised by mombcrB of tho houso Hnrold J. Tennant, parliamentary under secretary for the war. said that in caso of a raid on England General Ian Hamilton was In command of a mobile forco which was ready to go anywhere nt any tlmo. Loaded for Legislative Bills. Lincoln, Neb. Delegates represent ing twenty cities and towns of the stato attended tho opening session ot tho sixth annual convention of tho Loaguo of Nebraska Municipalities. Tho delegates gathered early, because they are loadod to tho brim for bills in tho legislature which they consider vitally affect home rulo In Nebraska. Still Pursuing Rev. Patmont. Omaha, Neb. Chicago detectives sent hero to catch tho Rov. Louis R. Patmont, wanted on a charge of set ting fire to an over-insured church at Newark, N. J., and accused of ."faking" two sonsatlonal kidnaplngfl, which gained his national notoriety, havo given up the search and returned. Pat mont was hero, tried to arrange to give a temporanco lecture, nnd left tho city JiiBt In ttmo to eludo tho officers sent after him. Tho chase is still un der way. Ask Government to Take Charge. Washington Representatives of the wnter-uaers trl-stato ditch aro In Wash ington urging that the government tako rhargo of tho project. 0. L. Hhumway of Scottsbluff and C. II. Craft an attorney, had a conforoneo with the director of reclamation ser vlco relative to tho matter. They rep resent wtor libera qi tho project, which comprises iM.000 acres In Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties. No de cision was ro.ichcd, tho purpose being merely to put tho matfer before tho officials. fLT . 1 Our Papulation at 100,000,000. PRESIDENT SENDS AN ENVOY TO MEXICO. Increasing Prices Make Advance Im perative Among English Labor era Extra Session Seems Inevitable. Western Newspaper Union News Service, Washington. Duval West, former United States district attorney nt San Antonio, Tex., has been selected to go to Mexico as tho personal representa tive of President Wilson. Tho mis- slon is similar to that of Paul Fuller, who some tlmo ago conferred with tho various leaders and returned to thlH country with his reports. Mr. West carries no written instructions, but is commissioned to mnko general In quiries Into the conditions, interview tho principal loaders,! including Car ranza, Villa nnd Zapata, and make clear to them tho position of the United States government with 're spect to the protection of foreigners and their interests. Longest Continuous Session In History Washington. Republican and demo cratic senators who oppose tho gov ernment ship purchase bill, aided by Senator Norrls and Kenyon, progres sive republicans, who have stood by the bill, forced nn adjournment Wednesday night ot the longest con tinuous session In tho history of the senate, and made more uncertain than ever tho fatO Of tho mnnmirn which tho administration has so urgently pressed upon congress. Upon tho ad journment, after fifty-four hours and eleven minutes of continuous debate, loading members of both houses of congress conceded that an extra ses sion to be called soon after March 4 seemed Inevitable. DEMANDS FOR BETTER WAGES. Increased Prices Make Advance Nee eisary In London. London. The Increase In prices brought about by the war Is resulting in unrest among the laboring classes and In widespread demands for better wages. The problem Is complicated by the scarcity of labor in some trades, duo in part to the number of men who have joined the nrmy. Railway men in all parts of England havo passed resolutions urging their union olflclnls to make demands nt once for an Incrcnse in wages. The branches at three important railway centers have gono bo far as to direct their committees to give tho required six weeks' notice of the termination of thoir contract with the companies, nnd to nsk for new contracts nt an Increaso of $1.26 a week for all grades of railway workers. Germans Evacuate Lodz. Paris. Tho evacuation of Lodz by tho Germans has been confirmed, ac cording to a Petrograd dispatch to tho Havas News agency, which stnteB that stores, offices, commisslarat nnd trans ports nre being removed hastily to Ka Hsz. x A refugee who escaped to Czen Btochowa. the dispatch credits with the statement that the Germans havo re sumed with redoubled vigor the con struction of heavily fortified linn which was suspended six weeks ago. Found Dead In Each Other Arms. Lincoln, Neb. Locked in each other's arms, Walter T. Scott and his wife, Jennoy, went down Into death valley together at their home hero. Their bodies wero found by tho police nfter n letter to nn absent nephew ajpd been opened by n clerk at the store where the latter worked. Strych nlno wns employed. ' Mrs. Scott was the daughter of Mrs. Jonnlo Adams of Omaha, who brought her to Tabltha home here when she was a small child and who never roturncd to claim her. Quarantine Against Cattle Shipments. Omaha, Neb. Fearing n spread of tho foot and mouth disease to tho herds of this stato, the Nobraska llvo Htock sanitary board has Issued a stringent quarantine against cattle shlpmohts from every stato cast of the Missouri river, Missouri, Kansas South Dakota ami a number ot other 6tutes. Tho quarantino went into ef fect February 10 nnd will contlnuo in force, for thirty days, but does qot np- j ply to cattle for Immediato slaughter. HAS NO PARALLEL IN HISTORY War Reduces Belgian Population 600,000 Recommends Immedi ate Embargo on Whett Exportation. by Western Newspaper Union News Service Washington. Gen. Venustinno Car ranza, as first chief of the constitu tionalist army, has notified the world that all communications to his gov ernment from outsido sources must pass thtough him. If directed to any general, ho said, they must bo re ferred to him nnyhow. Cnrranza's de cree renched Washington through Rafael Zubnran Capmany, his minis ter of tho Interior, who telegraphed it to Ellseo Arredondo, Carrnnza's local representative. Tho order apparently will mako It Imposslblo for diplomatic representa tives of foreign governments to deal with tho Cnrranza government except by going to Vera Cruz, which they hnvo been unwilling to do lest such action be construed nB formal recog nltion. Recommends Embargo on Wheat. New York. An Immediato embargo on the exportation of wheat, as a pre ventive of further Increaso in tho prlco of bread, Is recommended for consideration by tho federal govern ment in the report of Mnyor Mitchel's food commlttco, submitted by George W. Perkins, tho chairman. The opin ion Is expressed In tho report that If wheat continues to bo exported nt the present abnormal rato tho prlco of bread will go much higher. NO PARALLEL IN HISTORY. Enforced Inactivity of Belgium's Seven Million People Makes Case Remarkable. Now York. Belgium's population has been reduced by about 600,000 as a result of the war and her condition presents a situation without parallel In history, says a report issued by tbo Rockefeller foundation from Its war relief commission, sent to Investigate tho effects of tho war upon non-combatants. It is tho first report from this commission, which went to Bel gium last November. . Germany Recognizes Protest. Berlin, via London. Tho Gorman foreign office, nfter studying the American note respecting tho declara tion by Germany of a war zone in the waters around Great Britain and Ire land, states that the terms aro much friendlier than previously had been expected by reason of tho Incomplete newspaper dispatches published here. Tho foreign office hnd not anticipated that the United States would accept the German position without objec tions, and it even recognizes that from the American standpoint certain ot tho points raised aro quite justified. Fannie Crosby, Song Writer, Dead. Bridgeport, Conn. Fannie Crosby, blind and a famous hymn writer, is dead at her homo hero. She was ninety-five years old. Fannlo Crosby contributed morethan eight thousand hymns to tho protestant church. Sho signed her work by over two hundred pen names, because her publishers wished to make It appear as though there were other writers in the field, fler hymnB were translated in prac tically every language. She had been blind from infancy. Oldest Veteran Dead. London. Edward Monroe, aged 106 years, said to bo tho oldest veteran of tho American civil war, was hurled In London Saturday. The American em bassy and tho consulate were repre sented at Mr. Monroe's funeral, which was held under tho direction of the London branch of tho civil war vet erans. Vermont Women Get Franchise. Montpoller, Vt. Tho Vermont sen ate has passed without debato a bill extending tho frnnchlso to women at town and city elections and for presi dential electors. Hardware Men Elect Officers. Omnhn Tho following officers were elected by tho Nebraska Retnll Hard ware association for tho ensuing year: President, J. J. Jennings, Goth cnberg; vlco president, C. B. Dlchl, Strntton; treasurer, W. C. Klein, Mil ford; secretary, Nathan Roberts. Lin coln; directors, George W. Holno, Hooper; J. B. Thomas, Lyons; L. A. Hlggins. Harvnrd, and F. E. Lahr, Lin coln. William Klnzel of Wlsner wns selected as delegate to tho national convention. Lincoln was selected as next meeting place. Army Appropriation Bill. Washington. Tho nrmy appfoprla tlon bill, as reportod by tho senate military nffalra committee, carries 1102.928,875, a not increase of $1,873.- ' or.9 over tho bill passed by tho houso. Estimates of tho war department called for $104,209,000. Tho sonata committee struck out tho $50,000 pro vision of tho hous'e bill for the pur chase of armored motor cars, substi tuting a $25,000 appropriation for tho testing of uirlous types of such ma chines. I iixeixm rT4fcfsfssP ' :4l r ?Hr M&tf Head Catarrh Cured by Peruna. Tried Other Remedies Which Failed. ,!: Having for years been af flicted with Catarrh of the Head I was finally induced to try Peruna. It effected a cure. I thinfc Peruna the best tonic ever put on sale. Their Pleasant Chat. Weary, nnd rimelllng of smoke, llttlo Mr. Trimmer arrived home to find nn unusually taBty dinner waiting for him. To add to his joy his bctte.- and larger half wns in tho best of good spirits. They did not speak much during tho meal, merely beaming pleasantly on ench other. Afterward Trimmer roso nnd took his accustomed easy chair nnd tho evening paper, feeling thor oughly contented with llfo and tho world at large. To his surprise, his wife drew a baa sock up and sat down on tho floor be side him. "John, dear," sho said softly, "1'vo got a whole lot of things I want to talk to you about before bedtime." "Havo you really, old glrir ho an swered, laying down his paper. "Now that is nice thnt's really rery nice!" "How good you nrd to mo, John," Bho murmured. "Why do yo think it Is nice?" "Why, my dear, you generally want to talk about n lot of things you haven't got." London Answers. TAKE A GLASS OF SALTS WHEN BLADDER BOTHERS; Harmless to Flush Kidneys and Neu tralize Irritating Acids Splendid for the System. Kidney and Bladder weakness result from uric acid, Bays a noted authority. Tho kidneys filter this acid from tho blood and pass It on to tho bladder, where It often remains to Irritate and Inflamo, causing a burning, scalding; sensation, or betting up as irritation at tho neck of tho bladder, obliging you to Beck relief two or thrco times during tho night. Tho sufferer is in constant dread, tho water passes Bometimes with a scalding seasatioa and is very profuse; again, there la difficulty in avoiding it Bladder weakness, most folks coll It, because they can't control Urina tion. Whilo It is extremely annoying; and sometimes very painful, this la really one of the most siraplo ailment to overcome. Got about four ounces of Jad Salts from your pharmacist and tako a tablespoonful In a glass of water beforo breakfast, contlnuo this for two or three days. This will neu tralize tho acids In tho urlno bo it no longer Is a sourco of Irritation to the bladder and urinary organs which tbea act normally again. Jad Salts Is Inexpensive, harmless, and is mado from tho acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with llthla, and Is used by thousands of folks who are subject to urinary disorders caused by uric acid irritation. Jad Salts Is splendid for kldnoys and causes no bad effects whatever. Hero you havo a pleasant, efferves cent fithta-water drink, which quickly relieves bladdor trouble. Adv. j When Women Maoe Laws. At a recent banquet ot tho Aaoient Or der of Hibernians in Mobile, Ala., Mrs. E. Henry Rufiin said that equal suf frage was an ancient right gfven to tho womon of Ireland, who had full Buffrngo in tho time of St. Patrick. At each meeting of parliament H waB loft to tho women to dccldo upon the laws affecting, the llfo of the family, and some of these laws are our inheritance today, Bho says. Under tho direction ot St. Bridget and n thousand nuns tho ancient Brehen laws of Ireland wero gathorod together, amended and codified. A man may boast of his ancestors becauso ho has nothing t look for ward to. If the cook Is a real dook and savintf she will use Van Houten's Rona Cocoa not choco late in cooking, roaay large can 25c u XFWUi 1. ;MMUkMi lA'.1MwV,r' ' -M-er-.F - ." "I 'J-'y V I JZW'lSn.'Z&kr 4 ti w r -