" "lifr?j t l jfty''MtV llMlilfllgnjah , 'r''wii;;i'i;iii',iw''J''''''" Mhfl" .! f )? -fWTctM 'ilSi.F -iCrVr'-I-' RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF ;, esBBBBBBBBBBsi 1 is 1 vl u MAYOPENTHE DOOR BRITISH DISPOSED TO UNBEND IN EMBARGO ORDER. PLANNING AERIAL WARFARE Mexican Contestants Putting Aero planes Into Real Service Italy Is Threatening a Grand Upheaval. Western Nownpaper Union Ncwm Hmlro Washington. American merchants and Itnportcnt havu been Invited by tho Htalo department to Fund in Tor submission to the lliltlsh embassy Wj proofs that goods purchased in Ger- innny and now in transit or awaiting shipment woro p.ild for before March 1. Assurances hnvo boon given by tbo jj British embassy that on tho produe- lion 01 sucn proor goods will not no interfered with by tho allied ships. Upheaval Threatened In Italy. Kama Political iinrtles favorablo to Italy's Immcdlato Intervention in tho war, comprising democrats, null culs, reformists, socialists and nation alists, hold groat meetings throughout Italy Sunday, In an endeavor to bring about tho participation of tho country In tho conflict. Tho Couriorro d'ltnlla, commenting on tho event, saya that It huH assumed tho character or a warn ing to tho monarchy, since tho na tional party, which nrrnnged tho meet ing, ndoptcd n resolution containing this sentence: "If after long waiting thoro nro disillusions, no mnttor of what naturo, a profound political up heaval Is lnovltnblo." PLAN AERIAL WARFARE. Mexican Contestants to Drop Bombs and Darts on Enemy. Brownsville, Tex. Tho arrival of an aviator at tho Villa lines nbout Matamoros with news that moro aero plalncs are coming, and tho whir of a monoplane belonging to the Carran za garrison In Matamoras, promised early developments In tho Blego of tho fortified city opposlto hero. Jack Knight was tho American' aviator. Ho registered from El Paso. With him came Juan P. Garcia, a Villa aviator from Monterey. A Villa blplano has lain Idle for a week near Mntnmoras for lack of an aviator. Knight and Garcia said they were Informed morn biplanes woro coming, but that they Aid not know when to expect them German Cruiser Eltel Interned. Norfolk. Vn. Tho Gcrmnn cruiser Prlnz Eltol Friedrlch has been In terned nt tho Norfolk navy yard, whero sho will remain until tho end of tho European war. Tugs and stenincra In Hampton roads blow sirens In sa lute bb sho slowly steamed from Now port Nows nnd took her berth near tho historic frlgato Constitution. Com mander Thlerlchena Immediately went to tho ofllco of Hear Admiral Realty, commandant nt tho ynrd, nnd signed an ngreomont not to vlolato tho Amer ican neutrality lawB. Huerta Has Eyes on Mexico. Washington. Another snnrl hnn aeon added to tho already badly tangled Mexican situation by tho nows that Vlctoriano Huorln wns en route from Spnln to New Ymrk presumably .with plana In mind for re-establishing his regime south of tho Itlo Grando. Although thoro wero no point blank Indications that Huorta was planning to start a cross-rovolutlon against tho Cnrranza nnd Vllla-Zapata factions thoro was n strong belief thnt ho was not moking tho trip "for his health." Was a Real D. A. R. Towa City, In. Mrs. Maria Mnrcla Whlto, aged 78. 1b dead at her homo In Muscatine, In. Her groat grand uncle, Simon Humphreys, wns tho rourth signer of tho Declaration of In dependence; her grandfather, Dcclum Humphreys, wns a general In tho rev olutionary war, nnd the lattor's brother, Gcorgo W. Humphreys, was a personal friend of Presldont Ceorgo Washington. Tho faintly still treas ures a watch ho presented to Ooorge W. Humphroys. Washington. "Winter wheat condi tion on April 1 was 88 8 per cent of n normal, against 05.G last yonr and 87.fi. tho ten year nverngo, tho dopartmont of agrlculturo haB announced Enlisted Strength of N. N. G. Lincoln, Neb. Enlisted strength of tho Nebrnska national guard com prises 1.020 men, according to the federal Inspection report Just made public. All hut sixty-two woro ac counted for In tho company Inspec tions made. 8t Louis Goes Republican. St. Louis, Mo. Tho entire repub lican ticket of twenty-eight nldormen, led by A. H. Frederick for chalrmnn of tho board, wns elected horo Tuesday by a plurality estimated nt 25,000. Will Not See Fight Pictures. Washington. Persons who had hoped to seo tho Wlllard-Johnson fight In motion pictures will bo disappointed. It waB recalled horo thnt a federal statute expressly forbids not only the Interstate transportation of fight films, but tho Importation of such films from foreign countries. It provides a fine of $1,000 and Imprisonment for one year or both for ench offonse. Tho law wns pased by congress on July 31, 1910, twenty-aoven days nftor tho JoluiBon-Jeffrles fight at Reno, Nev. V$ rjft" X .JMftJtiftUfcUfa, BASEBALL SEASON OPENS - HURRAH! ! 1 I IICAnr je II & THE BLOWOMSl tlHATTHMM gBtt HAVE OPEN6P rMW?1? iZsm zsL j ("2 v -J (Copyright.) OWNS LARGEST COLLECTION GERMANY WILL PAY FOR SINK ING THE SHIP. University Museum Presented With Ancient Agricultural Implements Marked Improvements Shown in Trade. Wf?,lt'r.n,NcttHl,'lI,er Union Nows Service. nshlngtori Germnny'a intenitlon to compensnto tho owners of tho American ship William P. Frye.sunk on tho high seas with her cargo of wheat by tho commerce raider Prlnz Eltel Friedrlch, hns been formally communicated to tho United States government. Ambassndnr nomrd cabled a noto handed him by tho iionin rorcign olllcc In reply to tho recent American communication sub mitting n claim for an Indemnity of $228,053.54 on behnlf of tho Frye's owners. Tho foreign ofllco upholds without qualification tho legality un der international law of tho ralder'B action In sinking tho Fryc. and bases tho liability of tho German govern ment to pay Indemnity solely upon thO Old PrU88lan-Amorlnnn Irnntlon of 1700 and 182S, which provldo that contraband belonging to tho subjects oi citizens of either party cannot bo confiscated by tho othor and may bo detained or used only In consideration of payment of the full value. Trade shows Marked Improvement. WaslllllKtOn. IlllRlnnon rnnrllllnno -wum v-Miuiviutio throughout tho country aro showing marked Improvement In almost all lines, according to reports from na tional bank cxamlnera tnut mmi,. .,,,i,. He by tho treasury department. Eighty oi mo ninety examiners In tho United States reported normnnnnt Imnrnvn. ment In business, and Malno Is said to uo tho only state whero real de pression exists. Tho reports aro an nounced to be thn rnanlf nf n.,rfni observation and Imostlgatlon. HAS GREATEST COLLECTION Primitive Instruments Presented to State University Museum. Lincoln, Neb. There has nrrlvod al tho state museum. University of Ne braska, what is believed to be the larg est number of ancient agricultural tools ever gotten together la ono col lection in tho world, comprising eighty bison nnd mooso scnpula digging tools used by Nebraska's soml-underground, rectnngulnr houso builders who lived along tho Missouri river thousands of yenra ngo. Tho Implements woro sent by R. F. Gilder of Omnha, nrchaoolo gist for tho state museum, nud every ono was secured by him during his ten years' archaeological survoy or Ne braska's ancient house ruins. Tho collection of hoes will bo placed on exhibition shortly and Nebrnskn fnrmcrs will get a chanco to bridge tho., span between tho modern steam gang-plow and tho bono spndo or hoe used In Nobrn&kn's earliest cornfields. Ixindon. An attempt whb mado nt 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon to as sasslnato tho sultan of Egypt. Hus sein Komal. according to a Router dispatch from Cniro. As tho sultan wns leaving Abdln palace, a native llredi shot at him. This wont wide nnd tho natlvo was immediately seled. Highest Price Paid for Wool. Rawlins, Wyo. Tho highest price over paid for Wyoming wool on the range was handed to L. E. Vivian, when ho received 30 cents per pound for his clip of 210,000 (ostlmatcd) pounds, shortly to bo shorn from his sheep north of Rawlins. No other sales aro reported, although a number of buyers have been dickering for sev. ernl das. It is bellovcd now wool will go to 40 cents, nnd probably CO cents per pound before the shearing season Is over. Another Steamer Torpedoed. London. A big submarine that dashed through a heavy sea at Incred iblo speed torpedoed ami Fank tho steamer Northlands, off Ileaehy Head, In tho English channel. Whllo some of tho crew Inndcd nt Deal, bolloved tho attacking "underseo booto" was t ho famous U-12, others believed It was of iv newer and far moro powerful typo. Word of tho sinking of tho Northlands was rccolvod hero only a short tlmo before tho crew of tho Grimsby trawl er Agnthn wns landed nt Blyth, near Newoawtln. in n i VQWJaMSffywMif.w INTEREST AROUSED BY SAILING OF'ITALIAN WARSHIPS. Claims Undue Detention of Steamer Odenwald at San Juan Cruiser Eltel to Be Interned. stern Newspaper Union News Service On tho Italian Frontier. Tho war ships of tho Italian fleet departed sud denly Moiiday from tho Medltcranean naval stations at Spclza, Goeta and Maddaleim Islands. They concentrated ut Augusta, Sicily and nt Tarantn on tho Adriatic. Tho departure of these warships caused a profound impres slon. particularly at Spezla, whore un til Sunday tho harbor was crowded with dreadnoughts, cruisers nnd tor pedo boat destroyers, while the town was filled with otneers and sailors. Italy now has tho finest fleet In her history. It Is headed by several new dreadnoughts, of which the most form idable Is tho Contc dl Cavour, which corresponds In tho Italian navy to Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth. Tho future movements of tho fleet aro veiled with nbsolnto secrecy. It Is nsscrted that only tho king nnd one or two of the highest government of. flclals aro acquainted with the plani decided upon. Eltel Will Be Interned. Newport Nows, Va. Commander Max Thierlchens, of the German aux iliary cruiser Prlnz Eltel Friedrlch. nsked the United Stntec. trnvm-nmnnf through port authorities hero to Intern i his ship nnd crew for the war. Up to ' the last moment tho German skipper i kept up the appearance of being ready for n dash for sea, and when tho time for decision finally came, ho explained that failure of "expected rollot" to ar-' rlvo had mndo It necessary to Intern rather than "deliver crew nnd ship to fruitless and certain destruction by ' Ilrltlah and French warships waiting i off tho Virginia capos." GERMANY HAS A GRIEVANCE. Claims Undue Detention at San Juan of Steamer Odenwald. Washington. Investigation of tho circumstances under which tho Ameri can forts at San Juan, Porto Rico, opened fire on tho German steamer Odenwald nud alleged undue detention of tho vessel by tho port authorities has been requested of tho stato depart ment by tho German' embassy here. The embassy has Issued a statement charging that no warning shot was fired as a signal for tho vessel to heave to as Is customary In such cases. A report to the treasury department from tho collector of customs directly con tradicts this, saying a warning ahot wiib fired and was unheeded. London. Tho Rotterdam corre Bpondent or the Dally Telegraph says ho has absolutely reliable nuthorltv for stating that the German emperor hlmscir recently visited Rmperor ' Frnncis Joseph at Vienna to urge that ' Austria mnko territorial concessions in order to securo Italy's neutrality Tho mission, adds the correspondent, wns undertaken with tho greatest se crecy, but railed or Its object, owing , 10 nungnrian opposition, Nebraska Teachers Go to Philippines. Washington. Earl Hanner or Beth any, Ralph M Sams or Eastwood and Paul H. Stownrt or Konnard, Nob., havo been appointed to positions in tho Phlllpplno teaching Bervico, and will sail ror tho Islands April 24. President Will Speak. Washington. Presldont Wilson has accepted nn Invitation to attend Dec oration day exercises at Arlington na tlonnl cemetery on May 30, and ho probably will speak nt tho Invitation or tho Grand Army or tho Republic. Suicides by Shooting. Ashlnnd, Neb. Hnrry French, son or Robert E. French, grand custodian or Nebraska Masons, committed suicide- by shooting hlmseir whllo walk ing on tho trnck toward Momphls. Monday morning. Ho wao formorlv station agent nt Mnlmo. Neb., nnd leaves a wife- and two chlldron. Washington. America's claim on Germany on account of tho destruction by tho Prlnz Eltel Friedrlch of tho William P. Fryo Iisb been mado pub lio. It is for (228,059.54. v SUNK RELIEF SHIP STEAMER HARPALYCE GOES DOWN IN NORTH SEA. MANY MILLIONS TO GOOD Trade Balance Favors This Country During First Quarter Vast Governmental Railway Project WcRtrrn Newsp-iur-r Union News Service Rotterdam. Tho British steamci Ilarpalyce, tho first relief boat of Now York state, and under charter to the commission for relief of Ilelglum, has either been torpedoed or sunk by ti mine In the North sea. Tho Dutch Btenmer Elizabeth, on Ita voyage from Rotterdam for Now York, picked up twenty-two of tho crew of the Har pnlyco seven miles northeast of Noord hinder lightship and brought them back to Rotterdam. Tho Dutch steam er Constance Catherlna picked up live men nnd took them to Nlouwe Water wcg. The steamer carried n crew of llfty-threc men, twenty-six of whom, It Is feared, liavo been drowned. Enormous Government Project. Washington. President Wilsons do clslon on tho route of tho proposed government railway through Alaska puts In motion the most extensive gov ernmentnl railway project since tlu linking of tho east and tho Pacific coast by the transcontinental railwny system. Liko tho latter, the new pro ject hns the twofold aim of opening the way for pioneers nnd settlors in this new nnd almost unknown region of vast virgin resources, nnd at tho same tlmo providing nn outlet Tor these resources to reach the senboard nnd tho trndo routes to tho Paclllc Btntes and the Orient. MANY MILLIONS TO THE GOOD. Trade Balance Favors America Dur ing First Three Months. Washington. America's favorable December, January, February and March trade balnnce, according to fig ures furnished President Wilson by Commerce Secretary Redlleld, is ap proximately $000,000,000. For tho week ended April 3, tho report Bays, the Hgure8 wero J21.C21.172. Tho secretary says that the foreign trado shows no signs of falling off, adding: "Undoubtedly our International po sition will bo greatly strengthened as a result of tho enormous export trado wo are doing, especially with Europe. "When tho war Is over, wo will owo Europe less than wo have In a gen eration and Europe will owo us. which shu hns never dono before, nnd owe us a great deal." Conditions Bad In Turkey. Now York. Sanitary conditions In eastern Turkey nro "unspeakable," ac cording to reports from cities there, whero tho American board of foreign missions hns hospitals mado public here. Typhus nnd typhoid rover nro raging, physicians. missionaries, nurses nnd othor Americans havo caught tho contagion; hospitals aro overflowing, all schools In at least ona district have been closed nnd sick sol diers "nro toppling over like tenpins" It is said. Will Distribute Maps of Road. Lincoln, Nob. A mnp of the Omn-ha-Llncoln-Donvor highway and all roads centering In Lincoln will bo printed by tho good roads commlttco of the Lincoln Commercial club and placed In all tho hotels, garages nnd touring bureaus or the country nlong the leading tourists' routes nud espe cially at Omaha and Denver, tho ter mini of tho Nebraska cross-country route by way of Lincoln. German Cruiser Arrives at Port. Newport News, Vn. Tho Gorman converted cruiser Kronprlnz Wllholm tho elusive raider or commerce In the South Atlantic, slipped Into this port Sundny nnd nsked tor fuel and provis ions. Mnny times reported destroyed, tho former North German-Lloyd liner hnd evaded hostile warships lor eight months, whllo she sent rourtcen mer chantmen to tho bottom. Her olllccrs said sho was rorced to steal her way past rour allied cruisers ofT tho Vir ginia enpea to reach this rofuge. Italy Gaining In Military Strength. Rome. Italy's fnlluro to outer tho war up to tho present tlmo is ox plained In olllclal circles as duo to the fact that that country's statesmen du not wish to plunge tho nation into tho enormous risks of war without first oxhaustlng every possible means of ob taining what tho people deslro with out recourso to arms. It is pointed out that In tho meantime Italy is gaining ovcry day in military strength and in economic resources by post poning her entrnnco into tho conflict. Kansas City, Mo. What is bollovod by tho police to havo been a bomb ex plosion wrecked tho seven Btory cool ing building of tho Cudahy Packing company's plant hero, causing a loss estimated at $750,000, Investigation, however, developed no trace of an ox plosion. Company officials nssortcd thoro was no gas In tho building and that tho cooling pipes contained no ammonia or othor materials that might explode. Moro than 200 men wero em ployed In tbo building on week days but at tho tlmo only two woro al work. Both were burned dangerously. I BRIEF NEW8 OF NEBRASKA Alnsworth voted Sundny baseball bj ten votes. ' Elmwood Is orectlng a new cltj pumping station. Tho state bowling tournament 1b be ing held at Lincoln this week. Nebraska City will begin at once the laying of fifteen blocks of paving. Tho state banking board has Issued a charter to tho Stato Rank of Wlnno bago. A commercial club of thlrty-llva membern has been organized ut Alns worth. Burglars secured $75 when they en tered the meat mrket of E. C. Twlsn at Louisville. Seven hundred delegates will attend tho A. O. U. W. grnnd lodge meeting nt Lincoln, Mny 1 1 to 14. Evangelistic meetings in progress nt Dcatrlce for the past two weeks re sulted In thirty conversions. Mlndcn Is tnnklng extensive prepar ations to entertain tho visitors who will attend the G. A It. encompmont there In Mny. A number of G, A. R. posts over tho state celebrated the fiftieth nnnlwr- ; snry of Lee's surrender at Appomat tox, last week. Farmers or Johnson county report that the wheat never looked finer nt this time of the year than It does at tho present time. Humphrey Leo Oldham, a pioneer of Cass county nnd a resident of the stnte for nlmost Ilftx years, Is dead at his home In Murray. Work has begun on tho Tnlmngo drainage district, by which It is hoped to drain nil tho south and west por tions or Otoe county. Ruth Hcrzog, three yonrs old, of Ne braska City, foil Into a tub of boiling water and received Injuries from which sho died Inter. The spring meeting of tho Nebraska City district Presbytery will bo held at the Prcsbytorlal church in Tecum sell, April 12, 13 nnd 14. Church Howe, of Auburn, who has been under treatment nt a hospital for some time, has returned to his home much Improved In health. MYRTLE MANN nne 12, of Chndron, the champion of the Boys' and Girls' Gardening club, conducted co-operatively by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural exten sion Service, University Farm. Myrtle raised over a ton nnd a quarter of vege tables on a patch sllgltly over half the size of a city lot nt a net profit of $7t.-)0 Dr. A. L. Weathcrly of Lincoln In charge of tho peaco work In Nebraska, has received from Mrs. C. W. Hayes of Omaha, petitions circulated In that city, nnd beailng 13,000 signatures. James Doyle. 70 years old. section foreman at Jnnsen, slnco tho Rock Islnnd was built In 1887 through that town, has been retired nnd pensioned by the company for twenty-llvo years' continuous service. Prof. E. II. Harbour, stato geologist, anys that the skeleton or tho pre historic mammoth round at Campbell, Neb., is ono ot tho lnrgcst found in Nebraska and probably ono or tho best specimens found in tho United States. Congressman C. E. Rcavls will bo chief orator at tho Fourth of July cele bration nt Syracuse. Over 1.000 pupils of tho city schools havo enrolled in tho Lincoln Gnrdon ing club, carried on in co-oporntion with the United States dopnrtmont, or agrlculturo nnd tho agricultural ex tension service, university rarm. Dr. Inez Phllbrlck, president of tho Lincoln Equal Suffrage association, haa been nppolnted ns ono of nn or ganizing commltteo of a woman's ponce conference to be hold at tho Pannma-Paclflc exposition at San Francisco. Will Madgett. who started life as a bootblnck on tho streets or Hastings nnd has slnco risen to prominence In business circles or tho city, was elect ed mayor Tuesday. Whllo toying with a revolver nt their homo In Omaha, Mrs. Earl L. Frantz accidentally shot her husband or Blx weeks through tho breast, his death resulting n row hours inter. Edwnrd Doughorty, Jr., was found In an unconscious condition lying on a lawn nt Lincoln by a newsboy at 5:30 Tuesday morning nnd died soon after. Death was caused by acute congestion of tho lungs duo to exposure. Dr. W. C. Wnsser, pastor or tho Methodist church at York, has re ceived a call to a church at Torro Haute, Ind. It is said ho will not ac cept at present. Joo Stechor, tho Dodgo county wrestler, debated Wostcrgaard, tho Dcs Moines champion, in straight ralla at tho Lincoln auditorium Monday night. The body or Harry French, rormer Burlington agent at Malmo, was found alongsido tho trnck near Ashland, a bullot nolo In his body and a .32 call bre rovolvor lying beside it, indicating suicide. --Nl v St Firsi in Everything fTrsf in Quality Pint in Results First in Parity First in Economy nnd for these reasons Calumet Baking Powder is first in the hearts of the millions of housewives who use itaifd know it. RECElVrn HIGHEST AWARDS Vfoild' Par Food Dpcntloi, Ctlctto, IDinoIf. Pari! Eipaiitioa, truce, Unci, 1912. Nebraska Directory THEPAXTON HOTEL Omaha, Nebraska cnnnociu di m Rooms from 11.00 up HlriRlo, 75 couta up double. CAFE PRICKS REASONABLE This Happened in Boston. "Cynthln, will you recite, 'Mary Had a Llttlo Lamb' for us?" asked tho kind old gentleman. "I do not care to, much as I should like to obllgo you," replied tho llttlo girl with the horn-rimmed eyeglasses. "Ab a matter of fact, tho poom haa lit tie, R any, literary value, and in addi tion is not true to life ns it exists to day. Under the constriction In trado, duo to tho meat trust, Mnry could not own nn entlro lamb. She might havo had a chop, but beyond that tho poofs Imagination must be blamed." Phil adelphia Public Ledger ALLEN, NEB., WOMAN ESCAPES THE KNIFE r For years Mrs. L. II. Jeffrey of Al len, Neb., suffered from aorlous Illness. Sho had dangerous stomach dorango nients. Mr. Jeffrey learned of MayrB Won derful Remedy. Ho investigated. He wrote to a man who had used tt Aasured of the absolute safety, ba gave a doso to Mrs. Jeffrey. The help It gavo his wife Ib told in a letter be wrote to a Sioux City druggist: "I wish to say a row words in com mendation or Mayr'B Wonderful Rem edy for what it haa done for my wife. She has been troubled with gall atones for years. I saw Georgo H. Mayr'a advertisement of his wonderful etora ach remedy, so I sent for a bottle. When I got It tho doso waa so large that I waa afraid to glvo It. "I wrote to J. F. Myers of Book street, Sioux City, and ho wrote- that it waa perrectly sare. My wife took It with very satisfactory results. She passed about half a cupful of gall stones. Sho got some moro to com ploto tho cure." Mayr'a Wonderful Remedy glvea per manent results for stomach, liver and Intestinal ailments. Eat as much and whatever you like. No moro distress atter eating, pressure of gas in the Btomach and around tho heart Get ono bottlo of your druggist now and try it on an absoluto guarantee if not satis factory monoy will bo returned. Adv. Means to the End. "Tho doctor advises mo to eat alow, y and sparingly." "Thon don't tip tho waiter." CUTICURA SOAP BATHS followed by a Little Ointment for Daby'e Tender 8kln. Trial Free., They afford InfantB and children great comrort, permit rest and sleep and point to speedy healmcnt of ec zomas, rashes, Rollings, cuaflnga and other Bleep destroying skin troubles. Nothing hotter at any prico for the ursory and tollot. Samplo each froo by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv. Tho average woman knows tho ins and outB or flirtation. Sho first drawB a man, then sho pulls him La. (ALUMEj VwjCHICAOOy F' bS I Ta Joa't nn Bwitr mtm y W Ar r IW-na I I WUat p4r. D.'t W bIiW. BirOln. It'll I Mr cMtaictl mm wWko im hot rmln. I Cl el U Ir prior U wr ilk id ui. I Y A P k m i? R 1 m )