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? ritnrr -t ffn . iV-i 1 RED OLOOD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF 9 it 11 I i' R Pi m i I & E. ; ," A$k ff 1 & S k RETAKE A POSITION CORBEAUX WOOD8 RECAPTURED BY THE GERMAN TROOPS PARIS ADMITS GAIN. FRENCH RETAKE FORT VAUX Crown Prince's Army Launches New Drlvo Eact of Verdun Fierce Ar tillery Duel In Progress Foil At tempt to Wreck Bridges. Iximluii. March 13. With Fort do Vnux ngnln In lYonch hnndB, accord ing to tho olllclnl statement from Ilcrlln, tho crown prince's troops launched u now nnd doBpornto urtll lory attack nKiiliiBt tho cntlro French lino cast of Verdun, pouring thousands of tons of explosives Into tho French positions, Tho olllclal communique Issued nt I'nrlH iIIhcIobob a vlolont artillery bom- ; bardrncnt ngnlnst Hlx, Moulnlnvlllo. VIlIorcsSouB-Uonchnmp and Hoiigcn, which llo to tho cast of Verdun and Bouth of Vnux. In addition to thla terrlllc ntlncU tho Oernmiia resumed their desperate action west of tho Mouse, sacrificing thouBanilB of men In tho recapture, of position! In tho Corlieuux woods, which woro taken by tho French on Wednesday. In this battle, one of I ho moBt despornto and sanguinary of tho Verdun campaign, tho Teutons mado assault after aBsault upon tho French positions, IobIiib men, according to tho French communique "out of all pro portion to tho objective Bought." Those attacks wero repulsed until tho Germans brought up 20,000 men nnrt launched their ontlro Rtrength In tho great drlvo which cleared tho woodB of tho French, but left tho ground car peted with dead. A German ruso, apparently to blow up tho bridges on the Mouso bolow Verdun and thus hamper the supplies of tho French and cut off tho retreat of troops Is revealed In tho Rtntcment. which doclaroB tho Gormans set float ing mines In tho rlvor. Tho French, howovor, fished out tho mlnoB boforo thoy did any damngo. TWO BRITISH WARSHIPS SUNK Destroyer and Torpedo Boat Hit Mines Sent to Bottom Off East Coast. London, March 11. Tho Hrltlsh de stroyer Coquctto nnd torpedo boat No. 11 havo been sunk by mlncB, tho ad miralty announced. Four olllcurs and 41 men nro missing, nnd It 1b believed thoy perished. Tho Coquotto, a Bhlp of 3fiD tons, was armed with one 12-poundor and flvo Bjx-pondcrs. Sho carried a crow of Blxty men nnd was commanded by Lieut. Frederick A. Warner. Tho torpedo boat No. 11 wob armed with two thrco-lnch gmiB and thrco 18-Inch torpedo tubes. Sho carried a crow of 3D men. Tho torpedo boat displaced 253 tons nnd was built In 1906. J. E. WATSON ADMITS DEFEAT Harry 8. New Leads Indiana Senate Race by 8,202 Votes Goodrich and Adair Increase Leads. Indlannpolls, Ind., March 11. With 2,794 of tho 3,177 precincts of thestnto In nnd with Harry 8. Now leading by 8,202 votcB, word was received on Thursday from James 12. Watson that ho admitted h had been defeated on tho first chnlco votes In Tuesday's pri mary for tho Republican nomination tor United States senator. James P. Goodrich and John A. M. Adair continued to Increase their leads In tho contests for tho nomination for governor on tho Republican nnd Demo cratic tickets, respectively. M'CUMBER CHANGES HIS MIND North Dakota Senator Withdraws His Resolution Warning Americans Off Armed Ships Tells Why. Washington, March 10. Senator Mc Cumber brought his resolution warn ing Americans off armed shlpa before tho scunto ami then withdrew It bo causo, he said, thoro woro very strong indications) of n settlement of tho U bout controversy without congression al action. Senator McCumbor read n briof statement saying thut In view of what purported to bo an authoritative state ment from Secretary of Stato Lansing that Americana woro to bo Indirectly but effectively warned off armed ships, ho considered tho purposo of his and tho Goro resolution accomplished. Mrs. Heflln Dies. Lnfayctto, Ala., March 10. Mrs. Thomas J. Heflln, wlfo of Congress man Hotlln of tho Fifth Alabama dis trict, Is dead at tholr homo hero. This One Breaks Record. Washington, March 11, Tho treas ury dopnrtment'B "consclenco fund" has boon mado richer by $30,000. It was tho largest Bum over contributed to tho fund. Tho money camo In n lettor dated Philadelphia. Austrian Ships for Turks. Romo, March 11. Two of tho most powerful of Austria's drcadnnughts nro lielng propnred in Dalmatian por.ts, the Trlbuna says, with tho Intention of forcing thn allies' blockade of tho Adrl ln In order to reach tho Dardanelles. ANOTHER HOUSE KILLS MEASURE M'LEMORE WARNING RESOLU TION IS DEFEATED. Big Victory for President Wilson When the Measure Is Tabled 276 to 142. Washington, March 9. Tho houso of representatives capitulated completely to tho Wilson administration. By two test votes early In tho day It showed Its conlldonco In President Wilson and on Tuesday night It crowned n day of chaos and confusion by tabling tho now fnmoiiB McLcmoro resolution, warning AmorlcniiB off armed ships, by a voto of 27G to 142. Tho first test voto resulted In a victory for tho ad ministration adherents, 250 to 1G0, and the second resulted In 271 votes for tho Wilson policies against 138 oppos ing. Roth votes wero on parliamentary phases of tho situation, but thoy clenr ly forecasted tho voto that was to come In the evening. Wnrnlnga that no nation "divided ngnlnst Itself shall stand" wero re ceived In solemn sllonco. Excoriation of American citizens whoso "foolhnr dlness nnd recklessness" In traveling on bolllgorcnt shlpa might "plungo Uip country Into war" wan cheered. Tho llnal argument and nppeal which aroused tho houso most waa tho de mand that thb country stand firm bo hind tho president In his fight. STEEL FIRMS ARE INDICTED E. H. Gary of U. S. Company and Six Corporations Named In Ohio In quiryWage Trust Is Alleged. Youngstown. O., March 9. Indict tncnts wero returned on Wednesday by tho Mahoning county grand Jury ngnlnst tho Youngstown Sheet and Tube compnny, tho nrlnr Hill Stool company, tho Youngstown Iron and Steel compnny, tho United Stutes Steel compnny nnd B. II. Gary, execu tive chairman of tho United States Stcol compnny. Tho defendants uro charged with having formed n trust to fix the wages of common labor In vio lation of tho Inwa of Ohio. Theao In dictment followed n sweeping investi gation of tho Fast Youngstown rlotB and lnbor troubles In January. In dictments wero returned also ngnlnst Mayor W. II. Cunnlnghnm and alx councilman of East Youngstown. charging them with being financially Interested In property purchased for village purposes. ' IMPORTANT NEWS ITEMS I London. March 11. Rrltish troops In Gorman EaBt Africa havo occupied Tnveta and Salaltu. It was olllclally announced. Petrognul, March 11. TurKlsh-Per-Blnn troops under German ofllcers nro evacuating tho Poralnn city of Ispa han boforo thn Russian advance London, March 10. Gorman nnvnl and military prisoners In the United Kingdom totnl 13,821 and nil of them receive tho snmo pay ns British sol dlers, according to a stntoment mnde In tho house of cotnmoiiH by Harold J. Tonnant, parliamentary under see rotary for war. German Town Swept by Fire. Amsterdam, Marrh 11. A great lire has destroyed warehouses and a largo quantity of murchnndlso at Muonch'-Mi-Gladbach, a town In Rhenish Prussia, sixteen miles southwest of Dusseldorf. Tho damage was extensive British Commandeer Liners. New York, March 11. Olllclals of tho White Star lino conceded thnt the freight ppneo In tholr transatlantic steamships had been comnmudeorod by tho Hrltlsh government for the nc- commodation of munitions und grain. ONE? BOWS TO LAW OF SEAS GERMANY APPEALS TO UNITED 8TATE8' FRIENDSHIP. Kaiser's Government Will Yield If Great Britain Heeds Interna tional Regulations. Washington March 10. Count von BcrnBtorff, tho Gorman ambassador, on Instructions from his government, handed to Secretary Lansing on Wodnesduy u long memorandum ox plaining In detail the German position in regard to nrmed merchant ships uud the cnuscs lending up to tho decision of tho central European powers to tor pedo without warning all armed mer chantmen of their enemies. Tho memorandum contains tho nllo gatlon that Groat Britain had taken advantage of tho contention of tho United Stntes that Americans must bo snfo on defensively armed merchant men, to hnvc thoHo ships net offen sively townrd enemy BiibmerBlbles. Tho Germnn government expiesses a willingness to operntc Its submarines in accordance with International law prevailing prior to the war, provided Great Britain does not vlolato tho same laws. The German government concedes that as submarines nro a new engino of wnrfare, international law us at prosont constituted makes no provi sion for their uso. Tho memorandum contends that tho ovldouco appended to tho Into German announcement proves that British ships armed ostensibly for defense have been Instructed to act, and hnvo acted offensively, and that they nro not peaceful traders, aa tho United States was assured they would bo by Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlco. tho Hrltlsh am bassador. Tho memorandum also reiterates tho provlous declaration that submarlno wnrfaro was begun by Germany In re prisal for tho announced Intention of Grcnt Britain to starve tho civilian population of tho central empires. Thn memorandum also refers to tho long-standing friendship between tho United Stntos and Germany, and ex presses thn hopo that the American peoplo will, when familiar with thn explanation offered, fully appreciate the position In which Germany finds herself ns a result of the blockndo. By wiy of supporting the contention that Germany's reprlsnls aro Justllled, tho memorandum cnumorutcH various actions of Grcnt Britain, which hnvo oporntcd against tho Intorests of neu trals and their citizens. These nro cited to show that Great Britain has violated International lnw, INCREASE IN RATES GRANTED Interstate- Commerce Commission De cides In Favor of Railroads In Western Rate Case. Washington, March 11. Tho Inter state commerce commission has grant ed substantial rnto Increases to west ern railroads In n dcclalon In tho western ndvanco rato caso No. 3, fol lowing decisions favornblo to tho railroads na to ninny commodities linndcd down Inst year In tho llrat two parts of this caso. Tho decision de clares Justified tho proposed Increase from 30,000 to 40.000 pounds In tho minimum carload weight on grain. $100,000 to Pension Ministers. Wichita. Knn., March 10. A $100,000 endowment with which to pension aged Methodist ministers wna stalled on Wednesday afternoon ut tin south went Kansas conference of Methodist minlstera. Earl Curzon Hurt in Accident. London, March 10. Earl Curon of Kodloston, lord of the privy seal, Is confined to his residence Buffering from a fractured left elbow, the re sult of nn accident, according to an nn nouueoment mado bora. n it RAIDERS HAVE BROKEN UP IN SMALL GROUPS. AMERICA A WORLD POWER State Affnlro of the World Cannot Be Settled Without Her Carranza Issues a Manifesto. Wr.Mern NewEii-ipiT Union News Service Columbus, N. AL- -Reports multiply that Francisco Villa la disintegrating the force of 1,500 lo 2,50 J men whom ho used to support or to make tho Co lumbia raid last Thursday. American military authorities say that If possiblo It would have been advisable to go after Villa Thursday when his raiders lied southwnrd. They were then demoralized and wore drop ping loot nnd war material before tho attacks of fifty nino men under M.iJ. Frank Tompkins, Requests of Col. Herbert Slocum, commanding tho Thirteenth cavalry, nnd of Major Tompkins to be allowed to renew tho pursuit Friday with a lorgor force wero denied pending tho organization of tho largo punitive expedition. Issues Manifesto. Mexico City. General Cnrrnnza hos Issued a manifesto to the nation de claring that under no elrctimstnucea would the Mexican government grant the right to the United States to vlo lato Mexican territory by Bonding In an armod force In pursuit of Villa without consent nnd tho reciprocal privilege being first obtained and ad mitted. It was sent to confidential agents of tho first government at Washington to make Immediate repre sentations to this effect. AMERICA A WORLD POWER. Cannot Settle Affairs of the World Without Her. London. Nation, In nn article dis cussing tho position of the United States aB a world power, says: "America Is slowly moving away from her old mooring and will shortly havo entered more consciously and definitely Into world politics as a great power. It would be Idle for tho European belligerents to pretend thnt they will nnd can settle tho affairs of tho world without her. America's strength, both materlnl nnd moral, will ho relatively so much greater that her will and intentions must operate with weight upon the policy of re construction in Europe" Germans Gain More Footing. Berlin. French nssaults in massed formation against tho newly won Gor man positions on tho left bnnk of tho Meuso northwest of Verdun were re pulsed with heavy losses to tho at tackers, Saturday, sayB tho olllclnl stntoment. Slnco tho present opera tions wero commencod In tho Mouso region, the atatement adds, 2G.472 un wounded French soldiers nnd men and 189 guns and 232 machine guns havo been captured. Were Found Discriminatory Washington, Rates of tho Colorado & Southern, nnd other roads on coal from South Canon, Colo., to Wyom ing, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kau nas were found unjustly discrimina tory by tho Interstate commerce commission In so far as thoy exceed ratcB from Walscnhurg, Colo., to Uio snmo points by moro than 25 cents per net ton. Saved His Toll, Anyway. Sioux City, la. Almost dead from exhaustion and freezing from repeated drenchings, Jay Kerns, laborer, was roscucd at Sorgcnt Bluffs after float ing fourteen miles on un ice cake. Ho was refused tho uso of tho Missouri rlvor brldgo hero because ho had no toll money and tried to cross on tho Ice, when it began breaking, and ho Jumped from enko to cako until ho landed on ono ten feet in diameter. Ho was twice immersed. Washington, Despite tho perils of submarlno warfare 400,000 persons crossed tho Atlantic between Ameri can nnd European ports as passen gers Jast year. Figures assembled in the bureau of navigation show that 250,000 of them traveled on vessels owned by tho belligerents. Washington. Tho treasury depart ment has asked tho houso to pass a bill providing for admission freo of duty of 145,000 pounds of dry color to bo Imported by tho bureau of en graving i J'd printing from Germany. Tho request was rot'errud lo the ways and means committee. When it nr rived discussion of tho dyestuffs short ago was in progress on tho floor of tho houso, resulting In tho doubling of nn Rom of $5,000 in tho ponding legislative appropratlon hill for exper iments in color ataudnrds by tho bu reau of standards. Fatalities Among Non-Combatants. London. Tho number of non-combatants killed by Great Britain's eno mles slnco tho beginning of wnf ag gregates 3,153, I'romler Asqulth writes In reply to a request for Information by Major Hunter. Forty-nliio men, thirty-nino womon nnd thirty-nlno children wero killed In coast bombard monta. Ono hundred nid twenty-seven mon, ninety-two women and llfty-sovon chlldron woro killed in air raids. Ap proximately 2,750 non-combatants lost tholr lives on board British merchant and fishing vessels. MONTHLY REMITTANCES. State Treasurer May Require Pay ments at Such Intervals. Stato Treasurer Hall'B fight to com pel monthly remittances from county treasurers was brought to n success' ful llnallty when tho Nebraska su preme court handed down n decision upholding his legal right to require payments at such intervnls. The enso decided Is thnt brought by Hall ngaliiBt Tronauror W. G. Uro, of Douglas county, for a writ of man damus compelling tho latter to pay over stato funds In his possession. It Is held by the court, In brief, that county treasure aro required by law to make settlements with the stnto In Februnry and October of each year, and thnt tho state treasurer may roqulro payment of Btato fundB from county treasurers nt other times. The demand of State Treasurer Hall that county treasurers should remit once a month thn ptntc funds In tholr pos session la dcclnred to he a reasonable one. Muzlk Gets Life Term. Emil Muzlk, convicted of wlfo mur der, sentenced from Douglas county ns tho second man In Nnbrnska to suffer death by electrocution, will not bo ox cutod for tho crime, hut will Instead recelvo a sontenco of life imprison ment. Tho stnte supreme court In re viewing Muzlk's case, has ruled that tho evidence wns sulllclenl to austnln his conviction, but not to Justify tho denth penalty, and It therefore re duces tho sentence. Muzlk's defense was Insanity. He cut his wife's throat wllh a thin tablo knlfo ono morning because alio urged him to got up out of bed and go to work. Tho opinion of tho high court, writ ten by Judgo Fawcctt, tnkes tho ground that whllo Muzlk wns probably not Insane In tho UBtial sense his mind nevertheless wns abnormal nnd the degreo of tho crlmo wa3 not so great as to call for captlal punishment. New Plan for State Reading Circle. "A cnurso of reading for teachers that will lead somewhoro" Is the an nounced purposo of tho stato reading circle board, which met nt tho state superintendent's office to select read Ing matter for tho coming year. Ac cording' to Superintendent Thomns, a member of tho board, It alma to bring about theao changes: Modornlzo nnd reform tho reading courses for teachers. Establish n three-year courao which will ho used ns a means of rcnowlng certificates nnd giving credit in col leges nnd normal schools. Recommend a dozen or moro books, from which tcnehors may chooso n line of study suiting their individual needs. Tho' reading clrclo board comprises State Superintendent Thomas, Aletta Neff of Holdrege, I. N. Clark of1 Paw neo City, W. T. Poucher of Tcknmah, and W. T. Davis of McCook. State Land Increase In Price. Tho stato board of educational lands and funds has disposed of re quests from Howard county for a re duction in tho appraised value of 5, 38S acres of state school lands under leaso In that county. The board adopted a resolution declaring It to bo tho sense of the board that the appraisement of 1914, mado by tho county board of Howard county ho al lowed to stnnd. Tho adoption of this resolution was a pollto way tho board had of rojectlng requests for n reduc tion which havo been beforo the hoard In different forms sovcral times during tho past year. Tho resolution of tho board recites that In vlow of tho advice of tho attorney general's department that tho stato board has no power to chnngo nn nppralsement npprovod by a former stato board In 1914, nnd In view of other mat ters sot forth In tho resolution, the former appraisement should stand un disturbed. Must State Party Affiliation. An elector who falls to state his party nfllllatlon nt tho time ho regis ters will not bo allowed to participate In any primary, according to nn opin ion which has been furnished to Ad dison Wnlt by County Attorney linger. Mr. Walt wroto to tho county attor ney, informing him that 152 mon who had relstored hart failed to Btato their party afTillatlo nand nsklng lilm what their status would bo in tho primary. Mr. linger finds that section 2180 of tho statutes provides that failure to glvo party nfllllatlon will not Interfere with tho right of n person to voto at tho general election, but that ho can not voto at tfco primary. Tho Nobrnska stato fair board will go after the Gotch-Stocker wcstllng match to bo hold Labor day under Gono Melody's promotion. "Wo enn show Mr'. Melady something attrac tive," said Secretary Mollor. "Wo bo Ilcvo wo can provide sovcral thousand moro peoplo thnn could any other point at that tlmo." Tho fair will bo on at that dato. Charles W. Pool of Hyannin, hns filed with tho secretary of stato as a caudldnto for ro-olcction to that olllci on tho democratic ticket. Alleging that It has no prosont pur poso to vlolato fho Nebraska 2-cont faro law, butl nslstlng that tho re straining order of tho Nobrnska su premo court now In effect Is an in fringement upon its right to apply for relief to tho United States court If It should see fit to do so, tho Northwest ern rnllroad has filed In tho former tribunal a demurrer to tho state's pe tition and a motion to dissolve tho order. A similar motion and a do murror havo boon tiled on behnlf of tho M. & O. road, which Is part of tho Northwestern system. A Watchful Guard The Stomach, Liver and Bow els arc real factors in health matters, and it is a wis" plan to watch them care. fully. As soon as the appetite wanes, or the digestion hecomes impaired, recourse should be had to HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters T?JlT5f Reduces Bursal Enlargements, Thickened, Swollen Tissues, Curbs. 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