fsjfjii j y B iLtrv iT?TWBfliCT!ffffyy -'HWWfcmfc i aWMW'Wi.WMII4,iv(li ?.iJ.1IMiWMttr Mmm """W " ' RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF W 1! I II Pi R f If I It 1 I li l?f j ' ( V . h r. 1 : V BUYING WAR STOCKS UNITED 8TATE9 FILLING CON TRACTS FOR EUROPEAN ARMIES. - INCREASES SIZE OF PARCELS Parcel Post Will Permit of Shipment of Fruit and Derry Cases Heavy Flood Losses In Ohio. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Now York Speculation In war chares lian attained a now high mark of nctMty and strength tho blocks of many companies now filling contracts ifor tho allk-il armies and navies sell iliiB at record breaking prices. This advance was made at the expense of tho railroad group, In which persistent pressure whh manifested, mainly he cause of n ronuwal of foreign Hquldn tlon. Tho movement In war stocks was predicted on tho belief that cer tain largo contracts for supplies have 'been definitely closed, whllo others already nwarded have been mateilally added to. At best, the amount of theso contract ran only be conjectured, but It is o exaggeration to stato that tho sum involved approximates $r00, 000,000 Supplies Included In these contrauts consist chiefly of arms and -ammunition, motor cars and trucks, clectrkal equipment, railroad mate rials and foodstuffs, the latter includ ing oerenls, which have been forward d la enormous quantities to England, Fraco nnd Italy. Millions LoBt by Ohio Floods. Columbus, O. Four dead, scores In lured and more than two million dol lars' worth or property damaged were tht toll of floods which have resulted from torrential rains throughout cen tral Ohio, Hundreds of acres of land U under water nnd vast areas imper iled by wealc lovceg nnd embankments. Jn several places In Ohio tho disas trous floods of March, 1910. werQ ex ceeded, but most of tho swollen streams nre stationary and fears of further damage were allned by fa rablo weather predictions. WCREASE IN SIZE OF PARCELS Postmaster General Burleson Gives Dimensions Allowed. Washington. Postmaster General Burleson has ordered that tho slzq, limit of packages for parcel post 8'P ment bo increased to n combined length nnd girth of eighty-four inches, ard sized fruit nnd berry cases. Tho old limit won seventy-two inches length nnd girth and there hns been widespread demand for Its increase Tho postmaster general also author ized the establishment of n receipt system for parcel post packages sim ilar to that employed by express com panies. "Tho new regulation," says n de partment statement, "provides thnt on payment of one cent, tho postmaster at the mailing ofllee may give tho sender of an ordinary parcel of fourth class mall a receipt therefor. A post ago stamp to cover tho charge for tho receipt will bo affixed to tho parcel, and the namo and address of tho ad dressee shall bo written in the receipt by tho sender." Germans Want Reindeer. Christiana. A syndicate of Norwe gians hns accepted a commission from tho German ment trade to furnish 10, 000 llvo reindeer which are to be de livered alive In Berlin during the sum mer and fall, for slaughtering there. An experimental shipment has already bean made, and proved entirely satis factory to tho Berlin butchers. Protests Against Molestation. Berlin. A dispatch from Stockholm to tho Overseas News agency says that tho Swedish minister in Imdtm hns delivered to tho British government n sharp protost "against tlio perpetual molestation of Swedish commerce " Korwny and, Denmark, tho messago adds, support tho protest. Washington. Owing to tho loss of Mexico City, the Vllln-Zapatn seat of government has boen established nt Cuornavaca and Tolucn, state of More los. Shut Off from American Market London. According to Amsterdam dlspatchos to llouter's Telegram com linny It is stated from Vienna that the AURtro-lIuiiEnrlan minister of foreign affairs sent a note to tho American ambassador at Vienna on Juno lift drawing nttentlon to tho fact that com mercial business In mnterlal on a great scalo Is proceeding between the United States and (Trent Britain nnd ber allies, whllo Auotro-Hungary and Germany nro completely cut off from the American market. Electrocuted by Wire Fence, Tho Hague. Report received from the Belgium-Dutch frontier nro to tho effect thnt manv persons nro being killed by a high voltage of electric wire fence 'which has been construct ed by tho Germans along the entire harder. Every morning, It is nsserted, there are found from half a dozon to a dozen charred bodies of Belgian Tcasants, Including women and chil dren, whod urlng tho night had at tempted to cross tho fenco and wero electrocuted. RECORD BREAKERS (Lupyrlulit.) MAKES BID FOR REC06MT.0N GERMANY ADMITS RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS IN NEUTRAL COUNTRY. Carranza Wants a Government Along Jeffersonisn Lines Prospect3 for a Billion Bushel Crop of Wheat. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington. Tho United States shortly will nond a reply to the note recently received from the Austro- Hungarian government, which contend ed that tho extensive shipment of war supplies from this country to tho al lies was "not in consonance with the definition of neutrality." Unofllclally word has come that Turkey will fol low Germany und Austria In making lepresentntlons on this subject, and should a note from tho Ottoman gov ernment nrrlve, ofllclnls could delay tho sending of tho answer so ns to simultaneously inform tho Germanic allies of tho unalterable view of tho United States on nrms shipments. Whllo Germany hns admitted In dip lomatic correspondence with the United Stntes tho legal right of Indi viduals in n neutral country to soil munitions to belligerents, some em phasis was placed on the supernormal growth of American Industries for tho manufacture of explosives, 1,000,000,000 Bushel Wheat Crop. Washington. Prospects for tho bil lion bushel wheat crop continue to grow. Spring wheat had tho most favorablo week of tho season over much of tho bolt, and tho outlook everywhere is most promising. The national weather and crop bulletin an nounces thnt winter wheat, however, nnd unfavorable weather and harvest ing had been delayed In the Important producing sections by rain much ripe wheat being still uncut. In southern portions of tho belt nnd Pnclflc coast states harvesting Is progressing satis factorily and good ylolds are reported. BID MADE FOR RECOGNITION Wants Government Along Lines Ad vocated by Jefferson. Vera Cruz. Asserting that tho con stitutionalists nro endeavoring to es tablish In Mexico u government along tho lines advocated oy Thomas Jeffer son, and comparing President Wilson to Jefferson. Venustlano Carranza, first chief of the constitutionalists, has given out an extended interview which Is regarded hero as n bid for recogni tion of tho constitutionalists by the United States. General Carranza pointed to tho reoccupatlon of Mexico City by tho constitutionalists and his plan for an orderly government there as the basis for AmerUan support. "Wo feel that wo nro ontitlcd to the sympathy of tho American govern ment In all wo are trying to do." said General Carranza. "Wo have such fnlth In tho democratic purpose of President Wilson that we nro confi dent that ho will give to the constitu tionalist party his whole support." Hastings Merchants Lose Big Sums. Hastings. Neh Fifteen to $20,000 worth of goods are stolen from Hast ings morchants annually by shoplift ers nnd thieving clerks, according to 11. E. Stein of Stein Brothers who so cured the line and conviction of a clerk and his wife both of whom, it is said, signed written confessions of recent thefts. The man resigned nnd with his wlfo loft for St. Joseph, ac companied by his father, .who camo here und settled tho fines. The couplo married hero July 3. For Murder Forty-seven Years Ago. Bedford, It. Ono thousand people crowded Into a room built to hold 300 heard Attorney General Cossou of Iowa open the state's case in the ex amining trial of Bntcs Huntsman, Snm Schrlvner and John nnd Nathan Dnmewood, charged with the murder forty-seven years ago of an unknown cattleman called Smith, and tho ap propriation of tho $90,000 with which Smith intended to buy cattle. Each of the four defendants is more than seventy years of age. H BUSINESS BEING RUINED BY THE HOLDING UP OF CARGOES. Thousands of Acres of Lands Will Be Put on Market New York Jury Declares Thaw Not Insane. Western Nenspapcr Union News Service. Washington. American meat pack ers have appealed to tho stato depart ment to demand that Great Britain stop interfering with their cargoes consigned to neutral ports and settle for $11,000,000 worth of tho products now held up in the prize courts. They chnrgo the Hiltlsh government with tho destruction of commerce in food products between tho United States and other neutral nntlons. After two ' i conferences between the packers an " Chandler Anderson, special counsellor of tho stato department, It was an nounced thnt the department would make representations to Great Britain. It Is understood that this will be dono immediately. Jury Establishes Thaw's Sanity. New York. Harry K. Thaw, has been declared sane by a. jury which for threo weeks listened to testimony given in the supremo court here be foro Justico Peter Hendrlck. Forty eight minutes were consumed and two ballots wero taken In renchlng n ver dict. Justico Hendrlck on "rlday morning will nnnounco wheth'er the commitment upon which Thaw was in carcerated in tho stato hospital for the Insane nt Mattoawan shall bo va cated, thereby giving to the slayer of Stanford White- tho liberty for which ho had fought in tho court for nine years. INDIAN LANDS WILL BE SOLD Many Thousands of Acres to Be Put on the Market. Washington. Approximately 145, 000 acres of the former Flathead In dian reservation In Montana will bo offered for snlo at Kallspcll and Mis soula, Mont., during August under reg ulations announced by Secretary Lane. Ono thousand ncres classified ns agricultural and grazing land will bo sold to tho highest bidders in tracts of 1C0 acres each or less, for cash, most of it at prices varying from $1.25 nnd $2. A portion will bo offered at Kallspell on August 1C and a por tion at Missoula on August 23. No ono person will bo permitted to pur chase moro than 040 acres. Tho re maining 4!i,000 ncres classified ns bar ten, burned over nnd small timber land, will be sold to tho highest bid ders In tracts of 160 acres or less at not less than its nppralsed value, which does not exceed $1 an acre. Throw Rocks at Liberty Bell. Walla Walla Wash. Tho first act of vnndnllsin In connection with tho trip of tho Liberty boll occuired be tween Pendleton, Ore, nnd this city. Boys standing on a high bank by tho side' of the track threw rocks nt tho bell, and ono hit It squarely, but ap parently did not dnmago It. Ofllclnls accompanying tho bell state this to bo tho first unpatriotic act that has hap pened during tho 2,f00-mllo trip. For Saloonle8s United States. Chicago. ReMilutlons demanding thnt all church workers unlto to pro euro a , snloonless United States of America, as well as peace among tho belligerent nations of Europe, wero adopted by tho world's Christian En deavor convention at Its final session hero. Ropresentatlven of fourteen foreign countries, Including delegates from flvo of tho warring world pow ers, expounded Christianity and world peaco from tho sumo platform In the nftoruoon. Extension of Christian en deavor work wns tho chief topic. Atlanta, Ga. -Three compnnlos of Btnto. militia at Macon have been ordered held at their nrmory in rondl ness to proceed to tho Mlllodgovillo stato farm, whoro Leo Frank, whoso dentil sentenco for tho purder of Mary Phagan was cornmulod to llfo Imprisonment by Govornor Slaton, Is confined. Govornor Harris announced tho action after reports had boen cir culated that a plan was under wny to attack tho prison and lynch Frank. Roads to Mlllcdgmillo nnd Atlanta, Marietta nnd other towns are guard ed by county pollco. BUT FEW EMIGRANTS RUSSIA WILL KEEP LABORERS AFTER WAR. INTERNATIONAL LAWS ONLY United States to Recognize but One Code of Law German Submarine Attacks American Vessel. IVoHluni Newspaper Union News Serlce I'etrograd. Russian economists generally predict that emigration to America will perceptibly diminish after tho conclusion of tho war, und it is generally ngreed that the gov ernment will not have to restrict by legislation tho normal exodus of the people. Itussiii will still hate. It is thought, enough luborcrB to supply in dustilal demandh, and undoubtedly n surplus, the exact extent of which cannot bo determined at this time. Submarines Attack American Vessel. Washington. Into the grave situa tion that hns developed between the United States and Gernuuiy over the sinking of the Lusltania another Issue came when it was revealed that the British steamer Orduua, carrying u score of Americans, hud been attacked by a German submarine. Should llrst reports of an attempt to torpedo with out warning be borne out it was indi cated In official nuarters that the United Stntes probnbly would regard the incident ns adding a grave ele ment to tho already strained relations between the two countries. CONSIDER ONLY INTERNATIONAl United States to Recognize but One Code of Law. Washington. British-American ns well ns German-American troubles lmvn enttnn Into the limelight. Tho . . .1 .... a A lt.tr nntlAllttV htato department has announced tho tiling with tho London foreign olllce of n caveat, or warning notice was served that America would recognize nothing but international law principles in Uritlsh prize court proceedings nffect ing American vessels. Unless they conform to these principles, the Brit ish were informed that none of their orders in council or other pronounce ments will bo recognized. Tho impression was general that this caveat, while intended to be of general application, was filed specific ally in view of tho Chicago packing house Interests complaint that they wero suffering frcm British prUe court methods. Finds Tse-Ne-Gat Not Guilty. Denver. Tsc-Ne-Gnt, Piute Indlnt. renegade, whoso trial for the murder of Juan Chacon, an obscure Mexican Bheopherder, in the wilderness of southwestern Colorado In March, 1014, stirred nationwide lnterost, is frco to return to his native desert. A jury in tho federal court, for tho dis trict of Colorado, after four hours' de liberation, two hours of which were Bpent in discussing luncheon, returned a verdict of not guilty. Fellow Convict Attacks Frank. Mlllegevllle, Ga. Leo M. Frank, inrvinc a life imprisonment sentenco for tho murder of Mary Phagan. an Atlanta factory girl, was attacked hiin nsleon nnd his throat cut by William Green, n fellow prisoner at tho stato prison farm here. His con dition is serious, but there is a chance for recovery. Frank's throat was slashed for soveral Inches and the jus ular vein partly severed. Grand Island Man Killed on Street. Grand Island. Neb.-Ed Kinney. 40 yenrs of age, shot and Instantly Killed Charles Movers, about tho same ngo. an insuranco agent. The shot was tired on ono of tho most crowded streets, Meyers falling In front of tho Stnto bank building nnd there explr lug. Hold Rate Unreasonable. Washlngton.-Tho Interstate com mcrco commission held unreasonable tho rate of IS cents on shelled corn from Arlington to Kansas City via Om nlin. and fixed 10.G cents as the max! mum. Reparation of $03 wns granted tho complainant. Nye, Schneider, Fow. ler Co. of Fremont. Bad Hall Storm at Fremont. Fremont. Neb. A fierce hail storm at nbout 11 o'clock Sunday did thou- bands of dollars in damage to crops nrniiml Fremont. Corn east and west of tho city Is badly riddled and some Holds may be a total loss. Hall stones ns largo ns eggs fell. In the city every skylight was broken in and 39G elec troller lights wero smashed. Green houses of Charles Green and Andree son BroB. wero practically ruined. The former estimates his loss at 510,000. Fire Loss of Half Million. Valdoz, Alaska. Firo destroyed tha business section of Vnldez. Tho loss was $500,000. United States troops from Fort Llscuin nlded in fighting tho flames. Dynamlto was used to check tho lire. No rain had fallen ror weeks and tho wooden buildings wero as dry as tinder. Tho biggest loss was that of tho Vnldez Dock company, placed at about $100,000. Altogether fifty buildings wero burned, with losBes ranging from ten to fifty thou sand dollnrs, FROM ALL OVER NEBRASKA Seward will liavo a barbecue Au gust 10. A farmers' union hns been organ ized at Murdock. The Saengerfest at Omaha Is draw ing big crowds this week. Tho prohibition stato convention will be hold nt Lincoln September 29 nnd 30. Over 150 delegates attended the Advcntlst convention at Collego View last week. W. It. S. Ans'tlno hns sold tho Hum boldt Leader to Frank I ho den, former ly of Lyons. Beatrice business men nro mnkinj efforts to secure tho nntlonnl coursing meet this fall. Mrs. Harold E. McComb of Lincoln wns killed In an auto accident ncai Wulhalla. N. D. It is estimated that 25,000 people took a look nt the liberty bell dur ing Us stay nt Lincoln. Wheat in the vicinity of Holdregc will produce a record crop this year in spite of the terrific hailstorms. Hustings wns selected as tho meet ing place of tho Nebraska Associa tion of Rural Mall Carriers In 191C A German-American picnic will be held nt Auburn July 27, under aus pices of the Business Mwi'b nssocln Jtloti. A four-Inch rainfall at Stella caused tne overflow of Muddy creek nnfi flooded thousands of acres of bottom lands. Twins born to Mr. and Mrs. W. A Dee, at University Plnce, weighed les than six pounds at birth, but are thriv ing well. Tho municipal light plant at Seward was struck by lightning during a rec ent heavy storm, and completely de molished. Mrs. Harry McKenMe of Stanton, suicided by hanging herself with a pan of silk stockings. No cause is known for her act, A calf with rnul- feet in front is ono of tho latest freaks. O. R. Hop kins, near Orleans, Is the owner of this curiosity. Nebraska Cltv has passed an ordl- imnco making it n misdemeanor for anyone under IS years to attend a public dnnce. Work of moving away tho old school building nt Bethnny, to bo re plnccd with a now $20,000 structure, is in progress. J. D. Cnlhoun, n former well known Nebraska newspaper man and poli tician, Is dead of paralysis, nt his homo In Tnmpa. Fin. Phil Buyosse, of Rushvlllc, wns slugged and robbed uf $175 at Omaha by two Jnen whoso acquaintance ho had formed during a visit. Frnnk Gotch. champion wrestler of the world, wants to arrange a match with .Toe Stecher. the Nebraska boy, the new champion of America. Iancnster county's property valua tion has Increased over $50,000,000 in ten years, farm lands In some in stances, having trebled In value. Nfght Watch Combs of tho state house at Lincoln, was held up by three men nnd robbed of 35 cents. Ho is wondering how they divided the loot. Harry Loflnk, n Burlington switch man, was crushed while making a coupling in the yards nt Lincoln nnd died at a local hospital a few hours later. iMrs. Emma Manchester, well known In Nebraska W. O. W. work, was elected supreme guardian of the auxil iary circle of that organization at Its recent session nt St. Paul. Minn. Visitors of tho state fair will have nn opportunity to see Joe Steelier. tho Nebraska world's champion wres ler, ns ho will give nn exhibition nt tho coliseum some evening during tho week Mrs. H. J. Thompson and threo Bonn, of Palmyra, descendants of Wlllla mllurry, who rnng tho liberty bell nt Philadelphia, in 177C, were guests of tho Lincoln Commercial club during tho visit of tho famous old bell nt that place last -week. Discouraged, It Is thought, because he has been unable after forty odd years of search, to find a wife. George Peterson, a Davey man, 'suicided by hanging. The Nebraska manufacturers asso ciation has leased the mercantile hall at the stato fair grounds for their exclusive use and will chango Its name to tho manufacturers' building Much Interest is being manifested by phvsical directors and men In terested in athletics in tho stato to hold u big nthletic nnd gymnasium carnival nt tho fair grounds this yenr. John, tho 5-year-old son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles Mayes, who llvo nenr Virginia, died of lockjaw, caused by running n rusty nail In his left foot nbout n week ago, Tho Republican Valley Editorial as sociation held Its third soml-nnnual session nt McCook, guests of tho com mercial club, a splendid .banquet bolng served by ladles of tho Baptist church. Whllo playing around a bonfire nt her homo In Havelock, tho 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Kerbel received painful burns about tho body, when her clothing caught firo. Shipments from Holdrogo In car load lots for tho second quarter of 11)15 amounted In vnluo to approxi mately I313.S00, or nearly ono-thlrd of n million. Stella Is tho richest ton in Rich ardson county per cnpltn of popula tion, nccordlng to tho county asses sor's report, tho per capita wealth being IfiSS. Walter Casey and Dick Biggs nnr rowly escaped asphyxiation from the fumes from gasoline which thoy wero using In n preparation with which thfty wero walling up a cistern at Lorton. THOUGHT SHE COULD. NOT LIVE Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Untonville, Mo. "I suffered from a female trouble and I got so weak that I could hardly walk across tho floorwith out holding on to something. I hnt) nervous spelts anc? my fingers would cramp and my faco would draw, and I could not speak, nor sleep to do uny good, had no appctito.anoT everyone thought I would not livo. Some one advised mo to tnko Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I hod taken so much medicine and my doctor said he could do mo no good bo I told my husband ho might get mo a bottle and I would try it By tho time I had taken it I felt better. I continued its use, and now I am well and strong. "I have nlwAya recommended your medicine ever sinco I was so wonder fully benefitted by it nnd I hope this letter will be tho means of snving some other poor woman from BUiTering." Mrs. Martha Seavey, Box 1144, Unionvillc, Missouri. . Tho makers of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound have thousands of Buch letters ns that above they tell the truth, elso they could not have been obtained for lovo or money. This med icine is no stranger it has stood th test for years. If there are any complications yoa do not understand -write to Lydia E. link ham Medlciuo Co. (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will lie opened, read and answered by a woman ana held iu strict confidence. WAS DOUBLING UP ON LIFE Small Girl's Unfortunate Remem brance of Mother's Remark Caused Embarrassment. Col. Georgo Harvey said at a ban quet In his honor In New York: "Wo editors like criticism, espo clally when It is of tho very favorable kind that I'vo received thlB evening. "But not all crlttcsm Is favorablo, even for tho most successful editors. A good many editors, in fact, often Und themselves in the position of the rich old broker whoso llttlo grand aleco said: " 'Uncle, how long do people live?' " 'The natural Bpnn of man's life the uncle answered, 'is, ub tho Good Book tells us, three scoro years and len.' " 'Oh, then you'll livo to bo one hun dred and forty, won't you uncle?' "Tho old man looked around the room crowded with relatives and laughed heartily. " 'Why. no,' ho Bald. 'Why, no. How do you make that out?' '"Isn't it true, then,' said tho little flrl 'Isn't it true what mamma says nbout you living a double life?' " Washington Star. A Greater Surprise. "Whoro nro you goln', ma?" asked tho youngest of five children; "I'm going to u Burprlso party, my dear," answered the mother. "Are wo all goln', too?" "No. dear; you weren't Invited." After a fow moments' deep thought: "Say, ma, then don't you think they'd bo lots moro surprised if you did tako us all?" The Reason. "I say, why did you namo that dog of yours Gossip?" "BecauBO Iio'b such a backbiter." Tho railways of Egypt exceed 1,500 miles In length. BUILT A MONUMENT The Best Sort In the World. " "A monument built by and from Postum," is tho way an Illinois man describes hlmbelf. IIo Bays: "For years I was n coffco drinkor until at last I becamo a torrlblo suf ferer from dyspepsia, constipation, headaches and Indigestion. "Tho different kindB of medicine I tried did not euro me, and finally some one told mo to leave oft coffeo and tako up Postum. I was fortunato In having tho Postum made atrictly ac cording to directions on tho pkg., to that from tho start I lllccd It. "Gradually my condition changed. The old troubles disappeared and I began to feel well again. My appetite becamo good and I could digest food. Now 1 am restored to strength and health, can Bleep sound all night and awako with a fresh and rested body. "I am really a monument built by Tostura, for I was a physical irreck, distressed in body and mind, and am now a strong, healthy man. I know exnetly what made tho change; it wti leaving off coffeo and using PoBtura." Namo given by Postum Co., Battl Creek, Mich. Rend "Tho Road to Wall i vlllo," In pkgs. Postum comes in two forms: Postum Cereal tho orlginnl form t must bo well boiled. ICo and 25o pack ages. Instant Postum a Bolublo powder dissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa ter, and with cronm and sugar, makea a delicious bevorago Instantly. 30c and COo tins. Both kinds aro equally delicious and cost about tho same per cup. "Thoro'a a Reason" for Postum. v r-sold by Grocers. '.: i .' . ",'.i', :wj 'i i, i ' , jfmSv1'',1 n , I i I r 2. 1 A.J- & "U. 1 '"".' "3."- -,;'- - vui-JH-gttMw,cyjCTtrr.-TrgTI.-Jtw.iT-f"i-r'gt TvJI ,r.