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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF 1 i M DEALT DEATH BLOW ATTLE8HIP8 SUNK BY MINES IN DARDANELLES. CANNED GOODS A NECESSITY Claims Canning Industry Will Save America from Famine Car- raiua Troopi Meet Defeat Western NrwnpAper Union Mows Srnlcft. London. The British admiralty an sounccn Ihnt thn British battleships Irresistible and Ocean, and tho French battleship Ilouvct, were blown up by mines iu tho Dardanelles and sunk, and that virtually all Hits crows of the three vessels wero lost. Tho admiralty statement n'ddH that tho battleships Queen and Implacable havo been dispatched from Englnnd to replace tho lost Ilrltlsh ships. Tho Ocean struck a drifting mine and tho admiralty bcllevea thn Irre sistible probably met with a like din aster. It la announced tho operations against tho Dardanelles are con tinuing. Tho otalcmcnt says tho Hrltlsh losses nmong tho personnel of the ships wero not heavy, considering the calo of operations. CANNED FOODS ARE NECESSITY. Chicago and New York Would Starve In Week but for Them. Chicago. Chicago would starve to death In a week, New York In three dayn, If all canned foods wero removed, G. W. Drake, secretary of tho Western Association of Canncrs, told thn con vention of the National Canncrs' asso ciation hero. "Tho development of tho canning Industry Is so thorough," he addod, "that there can never be a famine In America. In caso of war, tho canning Industry could supply enough canned food to feed tho great est army tho nation could possibly as semble. Tho 1,200,000,000 cans we tarn out annually represent only one third of tho capacity of tho country." Carranza Forces Suffer Route. Washington. Defeat and completo routo of the Carranza forces under General Monclovlo Herrora by the conventloa troops of General Hosallo Hornandes at Oregano, southeast of Pledras Negrss, Is reported to the VII lista agency by the military command er at Pledraa Negras. The dispatch said a largo number of prisoners wero taken by tho convention forces and Herrcra's men scattered and fled to tho Burro mountains, near tho border between the states of Chihuahua and Coahulla. This defeat, tho agency claims, marks tho end of reslstnnco by the Oarranza element In this section of the country. D. A. R.'s Elect Officers. Omaha. Mrs. C. II. Aull of of Om aha was elected state regent of Ne braska, Daughters of tho American Revolution, at tho final business ses sion of tho frtnto conference. Other ofllcors elected wero: Mrs. E. G. Drake of Heatrlco, vlco regent; Mrs. M. J. WIckorsham of Weeping Water, stato recording secretary; Miss Eliz abeth Wright of Fairmont, stato treas urer; Miss Chattio Coleman of Stromsburg, stato auditor; Mrs. C. S. Palno of Lincoln, stato registrar; Mrs. K. M. Corroll of Hebron, stato his torian. Legislative League Banquets. Lincoln, Nob. Two hundred and thirty legislators, former legislators and a few men of moro or Icsb prom inence in stato affairs, Bat down to gether to the fourth annual dinner of tho Nebraska Legislative leaguo at n local hotel Thursday night. The din ner itself was one of the best of its kind, though a number of tho guests had left tho dining hall before the end of the toast list was reached. Germans Notified to Leave Italy. Paris. Germans at resorts In tho Italian rhrerla have been privately notified by tho authorities to leave (Italian territory immediately, nays a dispatch from Nico to the 1 lavas agency. Gathering Manufacturing Census. Omaha, Neb. J. B. Collins, super visor of tho manufacturing census for the district of Nebraska, has a force of ten men already at work, and tho schedules are beginning to coniu in. Six months is allotted for tho comple tion of tho work. Tho stato is divided into districts and a man assigned to each district. According to the Huts prepared in advance, thero nre 3,650 manufacturing concerns that will bo included in tho census. Of this num ber COO aro in Omaha. . Token of Gratitude to America. Brussels. Prominent Belgians con nected with tho national commltteo formed for tho purpose of looking after Belgian Interests during thu war, havo formed an organization to erect a monument to America, In tokon of gratitude for tho assistance given by tho United States in feeding tho war sufferers in this country. Tho monu ment will bo erected nt tho corner of Avcpuo Louise and Boulovnrdo Water loo, tho most conspicuous spot In Brus-elB. IN THE SPRING A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY (Copyright.) PLEDGE0FPR0TECTI0NGIVEN FLOUR PROBLEM IN AUSTRIAN CAPITAL A SERIOUS ONE. Turkey Promises Protection to Non combatants During War Em bargo Question Is Considered Unanswered. Western Newspaper Union News .Service. Venice Reports received In Venice from Vienna say that some thousands of the population of tho Austrian cap ital are unablo to obtain bread, tho now decree restricting production by one-fourth hnvlng caused a general dislocation of tho entire trade. Stocks of flour are declared to havo run so low that In many places bakers found it lmpoBslblo to mnko bread at all. Tho bread mado was everywhere speedily sold out, especially In tho suburbs, and lato customers, unablo to obtain their portions, nre said to havo stormed the bakeshops in sev eral districts. The authorities are re ported to have endoavorcd to calm tho people by dcclnrlng that the bread Bhortago wns only temporary. Dread and flour tickets will bo issued in Vienna and nil towns In Austria with a population of over 5,000 beginning April 4. Answer Is Equivocal. Washington. Tho United 8tntes government considers that Grent Brit ain and France, In tho British order In council nnd In tho nccompanylng notes, havo not answered the questions pro pounded to them as to what warrant there Is under International law for tho establishment of an embargo on all commercial Intercourse, directly and Indirectly, botwecn Germnny nnd neutral countries. It wns stntcd of ficially at the Rtato department that this government still does not know whother the action of tho allies Is In tended ns a legal blockade or whother tho nrdlnaryrulcs of contraband nnd non-contraband nro to bo tho legal bnsls for future detentions. On n de termination of this question probably will depend not only tho nature of any steps which may he taken by the Unit ed States at this tlmo, but also tho basis for tho many claims for damages arising out of interruptions to Ameri can commerce under tho new policy of tho allies. PLEDGE IS GIVEN TO PROTECT. Fair Promise Is Made to the Turkish Government. Washington. Ambassador Morgen thnu at Constantinople has cabled tho stato department that the Turkish government had given him assurance that every protection will bo given non-combatants In Turkey during tho war. Mr. Morgenthau had made repre sentations on behalf of foreigners to the porte on instructions from the American government. London. A Berltn dispatch to Tten. tor's Telegraph company by way of Amsterdam says tho Gorman ombnssy at Constnntlnoplo declares that tho roport of tho btrancllnc of PHnm Mehmmed Burhnn-Kddln. son of former Sultnn Abdul Hamld, Is unfounded. French Will Buy Cotton. Paris. Tho French foreign office, it Is understood, has decided to buy tho cargo of cotton aboard tho steamship Dacla, which was seized by a French cruiser nnd taken Into Brest while on a voyage from the United Stntes to Rotterdam. Tho cotton is valued nt about $750,000, and It Is proposed by tho towners of tho vessel thnt tho French government purchaso the cargo. The disposition of the ship must ho left to a prlzo court, but tho official view Is clear. Largest Battleship In the World. Newport News, Vn. -Tho new dread naught Pennsylvania was successfully launched hero Tucsdny. Tht largest engine of naval warfare In the world slid down tho wnys whilo a prayer was uttered that she might bo a messen ger of 4eaco rathor than a weapon of destruction. Christened by Miss Ellz. aboth Kolb of Gqnnnntcwn, Pa., ns Secrotary Daniels gavo a signal, tho monster hull slid Into tho wntors of the .Tamcn rlvor and was1 ready for oidcrs. GERMAN SUBMARINE SINKS THE STEAMER LEEUWARDEN. May Introduce Innovation at Next Session of Congress Largest Export Balance Ever Produced. Western Newspaper Union News Service. London. The British steamer Lcou warden, bound from London for Har lingen, Holland, has been torpedoed by the German Hubmarlne U-28 four miles southeast of the Mass, Holland, llghthhlp, according to Router's Maas luls correspondent. The crew of seven teen men were given live minutes to tnko to their small boats, which the submarine toved until a pilot steamer was mot. The men were then trans ferred to tho pilot boat and landed at Hook of Hollnnd. Record Week for Foreign Trade. Washington. Exports exceeded Im ports passing through the thirteon principal American customs districts during the week ended March 13, by I47.229.C59. giving the largest balance in favor of the United States ever pro duced by a single week's foreign trado business. Tho total value of exports for tho week was $69,840,719 and of imports $22,661,060. An analysis of foreign trado conditions Issued by the department of commerce BhowB thnt exports for tho three months from December 1, 1914. to February 28, were estimated at $778,511,871, nnd lm portB $367,028,862. nottlng a favorable balanco of $411,483,009. FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. Administration Leaders Planning to Bring It Up Next Session. Washington. Administration lead ers plan to bring up a bill for presi dential primaries at the next session of congress. President Wilson said he had gone over tho question very thor oughly with Senator Pomereno of Ohio, but that no conclusion had been reached as to whether a constitutional amendment would bo necessary. Destroyed by Her Own Crew. Washington. Count Bernstorff, the German ambassador.' has received mi ' official report that the Dresden wns blown up by her own crew after hav ing been attacked in neutral waters of Chile by British warships. Tho of ficial report added that British ships began firing from a distance of 3,000 meters, but that rather than be do-' stroyed by the enemy ships, the com mander of the Dresden chose to save his crow and abandon the vessel. Nebraska Boy Champion. Lincoln, Neb. Owen Dally, the Ne braska boy and lightweight wrestling champion, disposed of Matty Mntsuda, the Japanese challenger, Thursday night at the Oliver theater In the most spectacular grappling contest of the season. Tho tawny-skinned athlete succumbed to one of Dally'B deadly toe holds, sustaining an Injury which cost htm the first fall and also compelled him to forfeit the second and the match. Carranza Abandons Blockade. Washington. General Carranza has nbandoned his blockade of tho port of Progreso on urgent representations by tho United Stntes. Tho Mexican gun boat Zarngosa has been called off nnd two American ships laden with sisal for tho United States wore cleared without Interference. Tho United States has served notice on General Carranza thnt tho port of Progreso, through which practically all tho sUal used In making harvesting twlno for this country' Is obtained, must bo kept open. Did Not Find Indian Outlaws. Donver, Colo. A special to the Don vor Times from Cortez, Colo,, says; Brig. Gen. 11. L. Scott has returned to Bluff, Utnh, from Douglass mesa, after an unsuccessful soarch for Tso-Ne-Oat, tho Pluto Indian wnntod on n charge of murder. Oik Polk. Pohov nnd their Pluto followers, according to re- pori irom tho Indian country. Storms hnvo put tho telephone linos out of commission again. Tho return of Scott, although not confirmed, Is cred ited horo by personB in touch with tho situation, PAYPARISBRIEFWISIT ZEPPELINS DROP BOMB8 'NTO, OUTSKIRTS OF CITY. PROPOSE TO ABOLISH BARS Saskatchewan Moving for Eventual Prohibition Bread Famine Threat ens Violence in Cities of Austria. Western Newspaper Union News Service Paris. Zeppelin airships raldec Paris early Sunday nnd dropped a doicn bombs, but the dnmngo done was unimportant. Seven or eight per sons were injured, one seriously. Four of tho aircraft started for tho capital, following the valley of the Olse, but only two reached their goals. Missiles also were dropped at Com I)iegne, RIbecourt and Dresllnccturt, but without serious result. Residents of 'tho city exhibited more curiosity than, fear as to tho aerial invasion. Trumpeters gave tho signal that all lights must bo ex tinguished ns soon as warning wns received of tho Zeppelins' approach. Searchlights wero turned upon tho clouds, nntl-qlrcrnft guns opened Are nnd neroplanes rose to attack the Germins. but their operations wero hampered by n heavy mist. Thou sands wntched the Invasion from bal conies. Bread Famine in Vienna. Venice. Owing to the notion of tho Austrian government in reducing by one-fourth tho production of bakeries, many districts In Vienna are reported to Have been virtually without bread for n week. The sight of cakes nnd tarts In the windows Is said to havo intensified the wrath of the people, who In many districts threatened vio lence. An official report shows that the state Is supporting 141,000 fami lies. Vienna thus far has expended $1,750,000 In housing nnd feeding Gal! cinn refugees. Budapest Is about tc issue bread tickets, although the au thorltles for a long tlmo hnvo Insisted thnt such a measure Is quite unneces sary. PROPOSE TO ABOLISH BAR3. Premier of Saskatchewan Moving for Eventual Prohibition in Province. Regina, Sask. Premier Scott, of this province has announced thut his gov ernment will propose measures to abolish the bar for the sale of liquor or have the government take over the wholesale liquor traffic. Not only would tho retail sale of all intoxicat ing liquors como to an end by this measure, but the wholesale trade would bo operated In a government monopoly under a system of dispen saries. Later even these dispensaries may be abolished If by a referendum vote the people of the province bo decide. Dwindling of Wheat a Mystery. Hastings, Neb. Nearly 21,000 bush els of wheat, which fourteen stock holders thought they had stored in the Harvard Elovalor Co.'s elevator, has dwindled to less than 200 bushels, ac cording to several stockholders of the Farmers Co-operntlve Grain associa tion, who wero hero engaging legal talent for an anticipated litigation. Etnll Bnuors, 37, manager, who has been in charge for three years, has been gono for several days. Yucatan Suffers from Mexican Strife. Washington. A committee of hemp growers from tho state of Yucatan, Mexico, and representatives of Ameri can hemp importers havo laid before tho state department an appeal for some action by the Washington gov ernment that would terminate tho rev. olutlonary troubles of General Alva rado, the Carranza governor of Yuca tan, and an opposing faction. They said the revolution which resulted in the recent blockade of tho port of Progreso by Carranza threatened the destruction of a large portion of the sisal crop, from which most of the harvest binding twlno used in the United States Is made. Valparaiso, Chile Nineteen mem bers of tho crew of tho German cruis er Dresden, sunk off Junn Fernandez Island on Sunday by British warships aro still missing. Will Welcome American Tourists. Florence. Amorlcan tourists when thoy nppenr ngaln In Italy after the war will be appreciated as never be fore. Touring Americans, Germans, Russians nnd English hnvo disap peared from the pleasure cities of this country. Some of tho principal hotels hero aro closed. The best house re maining open hns but six persons stopping In It, two of them Americans passing through on business. This hotel and others thnt nre open aro naturally running at a loss. Threats to Blow Up Eltel. Newport News, Va. As a result of threatening letters snld to havo been received by Captain Thlcrlcbcns of the German auxiliary cruisor Prlnz Eltel Frlcdrlch, precautionary measures wero taken to guard against any at tempt to damage tho ship. Tito pier to which tho Prlnz Eltel Is moored was fenced In and extra guards were put on patrol. Ono letter Is ftnld to have domanded that Captain TWertihcrtf loavo port Immediately cr his vessel rould bt- blown v. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Odell will vote on tho liquor ques tion this spring. Kearney will havo a place in tho state baseball league. W. B. Trumnn 1b tho caucus nomi nee for mayor of Auburn. Sunday, May 9, wilt bo observed over the stato ns Mother's day. Edward Barnard, nine years old, was killed by a jitney bus ut Omaha Retail clothiers of tho stato aro or ganizing a branch of the nutional asso ciation. Max Umbrlght, a former Lyons boy, met his death in a battle In the Euro pean war. William Troope, of Nohawka, was stricken blind while attending a mov ing plcturo show at Omaha. A jitney bus company of local citi zens hns been organized at Grand Island with n capital of $10,000. A spe'clal Nebraska train to the San Francisco exposition Is n possibility being developed over the Btatc. Automobile races will bo tho special feature of the state fair this fall, the races continuing over Saturday. Dr. Kigln, acting stato veterinarian, destroyed a number of glandercd horses in Polk county Inst week. Fremont's new Empress theater, costing $75,000, hns been completed, and wns formally opened last week. Six towns Beatrice, Kearney. West Point, Fremont, Teknmnh and Wahoo are now In the stato racing circuit. Frank N. Rawllngs, a pioneer of tho state and a resident of Lincoln for nearly forty years, Is dead nt his home thero. Tho saloon question will be put to n voto at tho Bprlpg election at North Bend. Tho town has been dry for sev eral years. To stimulate the Interest of local growers, York county Is contemplat ing nn Independent corn contest the coming fall. Races between an automobllo and an aeroplane will bo dally features at the Nebraska state fair Septem ber 6 to 10. Ed FariB, a Tecumseh telephone lineman, sustained serious injuries when ho fell from tho top of u polo when It broke. The twenty-second annual session of the Southeastern Nebraska Educa tional association is being held at Lin coln this week. A pin prick several weeks ago ne cessitated tho amputation of a por tlon of tho right hand of Mrs. F. E. Flxen of Inland. Joseph E. Alexis of the stato uni versity has been tendered tho associ ate professorship of languages in tho University of Utah. G. A. Gregory, an inspector in State Superintendent Thomas' office, haB been tendered tho superintendency of tho Crete city schools. The Omaha Auto club will issue a magazine devoted to the boosting of good roads and the general advance ment of Nebraska's resources. Leslie Pine, n rural mail carrier nt York, was stricken with "snow blind ness" while on his route nnd' for a while wns In n critical condition. Tho department of botany nt tho stato university hns Just received from Prof. Juan Corrlg. at Santingo, a mnmmoth collection of Cuban ferns. Petitions are being circulated nt Lincoln asking that tho question of Sunday theaters be submitted to tho votors of that place at the coming elec tion. A high school competition stock Judging contest will bo hold April 3 , at the university farm at Lincoln un der nusplces of tho animal husbandry department. "If you Bpend in Fremont tho dol lars you earn at Fremont thero will bo moro dollars in Fremont for you to earn," has been adopted as a slogan by the "ad" club at that plnce. Miss Edith Ragsdale had her hand badly mangled when it got caught in a wringer in the laundry at College View. Only prompt action of physl-i clans prevented her bleeding to death. A number of habitual "dope" fiends are in the Omaha Jail, almost dement ed as the result of inability to obtain drugs prohibited by tho federal law now in effect. Work has commenced on Fairbury's big tabernacle in which revival ser vices will be held from March 25 to April 25 by tho several Protestant churches of that place. Schools, theaters and churches of Alnsworth have been ordered closed by tho board of health on account of the number of scarlet fever cases. Public and private gatherings are pro hibited. Tho now $20,000 school building nt Stella has just been completed, and with its strictly modern equipment nnd seven teachers 1b an object of particular pride to its natrons. W. C. Shrevo, for twenty years Jani tor of a Beatrice school, was tho re cipient of a fruit shower from tho pupils on his sovonty-sccond birthday, which occurred a few days ago. A Lincoln mnn paid $13.50 for a three minute talk over tho long dis tance telephone with a resident of San Francisco, the first conversation between thoso places, and he says it was worth tho prlco. James Carmody, a Syracuse mer chant, was seriously burned when a can of gasoline wns overturned and Ignited, causing an explosion., Mra, Emma Manchester, for sixteen years supremo guardian of tho Wood men Clrclo, wns rolndorsod for that placo nt the annual convention nt Columbus. Dr. Sweezey, state unlvorslty nstron omer, snys tho legend regarding equlnoctlnl storms Is pu,ro fiction nnd has no foundation In roallty, as tho mere fact that tho sun crosses tho equator has nothing to do with creat ing a storm. COUNTY TREASURERS WILIJOT REMIT STATE TREASURER SAY8. THAT SEVERAL C0UNTIE8 APE EVADING THE LAW MUST REMAIN TILL WINDUP Speaker Jackson Has Plan for Hold ing Members Till End of Session Western Newspaper Union News Servlc. Lincoln. If the treasurers of Doug las anil Lancaster counties would only remit the money due tho state general fund warrants would not havo to go to discount. Tho sum duo from both of them amounts to $42,000. If they would remit this month and every month from now on as the statute plainly contemplates m delega tion of certain power to tho state treasure! tho stato would stand a pretty good show of keeping its war rants from being discounted and from running from sixty to ninety days ut 4 per cent interest. This is the position taken now by Stuto Treasurer Hall, who finds that theBC two big counties of the stato and thirteen other counties aro still dis obeying his orders. The battle between stato and county officials who nre hanging out bas aroused considerable interoat over the: state. County treasurers without num ber, ns well ns sovcral former holders of that office, havo taken tho position thnt the state officer is asking nothing unjust when he seeks to obtain month ly remittances. Consolidation Bill Goes All three of the consolidation bills backed by tho finance committee of the house were approved Is commit tee of tho whole and sont to third reading. The bill combining tho stal lion registration bureau with tho live stock sanitary board went through easily enough, as this eoawolldatlon has already taken placo vnder tho di rection of Governor lforehead. The other two, however, ran p against some stiff opposition. When the bill, to mergo the fire commission with the labor commissioner's office was taken up, Broome of Box Butte moved to in definitely postpono it Messrs. Broome. Lanlgan, Hostctler and Mockett made speeches against the bin. Thoy claimed that tho fire commission is now on an efficient basis and that if placed under the labor commissioner it would not receive proper attention. Must Stay Till Finish There will be no exodus of mem bers of the legislature from Lincoln after tho sixty days' sitting has boon completed, until the final adjournment of both branches, if Speaker Jackson and house leaders havo their way. The speaker thinks ho hns fonnd a method which will keep practically all tho members at their desks "until tho last dog Is hung," instead of having them drop out by twos, threes and half doz ens until only a baro handful Is left at the wlndup, ns in former sessions. Speaker Jnckson announced Satur day aftornoon that ho would ask for another caucus of house democrats in order to secure a pledgo from overy majority member to stay and see the work of tho legislature finished. If such pledges are not given, tho speak er will refuso to sign tho warrants of members for the third and last Install ment of their pay. amounting to $200, until the day of adjournment. Kill Railroad Bills The railroads committee of the house made a clean sweep of it Wed nesday afternoon, and indefinitely post poned every bill remaining in that commltteo. Six of them, Including tha, two and a half cent fare bill and the) track scales measure, were killed, aa; were several other old timers, one re lating to a conductor on a Hght engine; and another to require roads to in stall Biding where shippers demand It and put up bond to Insure "Vislness. The committee of the whole recom mended for passago S. P. 184, by) Dodge of Douglas, to amend the pres-t lent law prohibiting tho dlvidlag of fees, by physicians and surgeons by making ,the law apply only to tho physician' who pays the fee and not to the physi cian who receives the rake-esT. March 15 was tho fifteenth wedding annlversnry of Lieutenant Governor, Jnmes Pearson of Frontier county.! He observed tho day by prosonting a carnation to all members of the senate, its employes nnd newspaper report ers. Before tho senate adjourned It took official notice of the anniversary by adopting sultablo resolutions or tho subject. Tho state board of control has awarded a contract for a now building at tho stato hospital for tuborculnrs at Kearney. Add Penalties to Present Bill. Tho house has put Its foot down on the Peterson bill, which originally re pealed the present ridiculous antl-clg-nrot statute and substituted a work ablo measure In Its plnco. That is. the house shoved tho bill along to third reading, but so completely emas culated It that Its nuthor refused to recognize It. As now wrltton, It em bodies principally tho presont law with an addition or two making moro strin gent penalties for tho salo of slgarcts to minora under 18 years of ago, V f WMaHtYvP rasMae.4.- -as Mllflfr i wwaftwt ma ,u ".