to ,. wiiiw A-fe f "Vfr V iMM-HyVii ? .-- . --:f"H ,. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF $rf ' v- if f; i: 1 HAVE VILLA IN TRAP BANDIT TRACED TO DABRICORA LAKE REGION NOTWORRIED OVER FINANCES Conditions In France Sold to be Very Satisfactory German Offensive Again Slackens. WcMrrn Nrwppiipcr Union New Service El 1'iiHt), Tux. Punclio Villa linn been driven Into a (I'm) by the inpld advanco of ttic American troops), ac cording lo Information received In dlB patclieH front the front, and in tele graphic messages to General tlnhilel Gavlia, the Chihuahua commander nt Juarez. Everything seems now to depoud on the nlilllty of tlin Cnrranzn garrisons to hold their end of the net. On three sides of llio hnudit chief, he is hemmed In by strong Cnrranzu columns, while on the fourth the American soldiers are driving forward with amazing speed, Villa is reported In tho Jlabrleora lako region on tho ranch of Mrs. Fhooho Hearst, which ho has ravaged several times In the past. Dabricora is about llfty-llvo miles south of Oaleana, whoro one section of tho American ex peditionary forco has arrived nnd Is pushing forwurd nt tho rate of thirty tbrco miles a day. Offensive Again Slackens. London. Tho German offensive In tho Verdun region, now Hearing tho end of its fourth week, has again slack ened decidedly, both Paris and Ilerlln reporting tho continued absenco of In fantry operations by cither side. Tho big guns hero and thorn along tho front in tho vicinity of tho fortress aro Intormlttently pounding opposi tion positions, but tho chief activity Just at present seems to bo by the airmen. Numerous raids by French viators aro reported by tho Paris war olllco, tho points bombarded in cluding tho railway stations of Con linns and Motz. Tho showers of heavy shells dropped aro dcclnred to have been effective in causing numerous explosions and fires. NOT WORRIED OVER FINANCES. Conditions In France Declared to be . Satisfactory. Pnrls. Although .Franco spent more than 22,000,000,000 francs In 1915, tho financial situation Is satisfactory, thanks to thotFronch Internal loan which In being malntnlucd abovo tho rato of Issue, said Felix ltlbot, minis ter of finance, during a discussion of tho appropriations required for tho second quurtor of 191fi In tho chamber ofdeputlcs. With only ono dlBscntlng vote tho chamber adopted tho credit of 7,800,000,000 frnncs Tor the second quarter. This Is equivalent to a dally expenditure of 87,000,000 francs. Minister Hlhot said that whllo Franco would soon bo spending DO, 000,000 frnncs a day, England would bo spending 110.000,000. and sho Isnblo to support tho imposition of now taxes much better, beeauso Franco Is con cerned wtih tho dllllculty of purchasing supplies nbroad, such ns coal, grain and meat for tho army and civil popu lation. Many Recruiting Substations. Washington. Tho recruiting officer nt Omaha will have clmrgo of tributary recruiting ofTlccs at Des Moines, Lin join and Sioux City, under tho plans now being made by tho war depart ment to enlist quickly tho 20,000 addi tional men for tho regular nrmy, authorized by congress last wook. Ono hundred and seventy-two substations will bo opened in various parts of tho United States. Opens San Diego Exposition. San Diego, Cal. Tho Panama Cali fornia International oxpoaltlon was formally thrown open to tho world Saturday with twenty nations par ticipating ns exhibitors to Justify tho "International" which was added to tho exposition's tltlo for Its second year of existence nnd with approxi mately 20,000 visitors crowding' Its sunny courts nnd (lower tilled patiou. Mexicans Reported Excited. Douglas, Ariz. With Mexicans hero and In Agun Prteta greatly excited over tho American entry Into Chihua hua, eight troops of tho First cavalry havo been placed near tho border lino facing Agua Prletn. Carranza soldiers mobilized at Cabullona .eighteen miles Bouth of Douglas wero reported to havo Informod Governor E. P. Callos of Sonora that ho has sold out to tho Amorlcnns. Messengers from Cabul lona stated that tho 3,000 troops thero bad ordered Callcs not to visit their camp. Sugar Prices are Soaring Now York, The continued strong tono of tho raw Btigar market has sent tho prlco of granulated to the highest lovnl recorded slnco tho out break of tho European war. Ono of tho Inrgost Amorlcan roflners quoted tho granulated product at 7 routs whllo others advanced tho prlco to 6.90 cents. Tho high prlco was at- trlbutcd to tho recent nctivo demand for sugar from abroad, owing to tho email European acreage of beet sugar end tho large doinostla buying. FOR AVIATION RESERVE. McMlllcn to Take Course In Private Aviation Cchool. Captain II. K. McAlllleii, aviator ol tho Nebraska national guard has been selected by tho American Aero club ol Now York as one of tho six avtatort to bo chosen to take n froo course In tho Curtis aviation school at Newport News. Tho club will ndvanco 200 to pay his cxponscs and will pay for his courso of Instruction In tho ubo of the particular typo of Curtis machine which ho will bo compelled to ubo. The club, for tho alleged purpose of build ing up n reserve of nvlators In case ol need by tho government In Mexico In chasing bandltH through the moun tains, says It will Btnrt with six men chosen to tako tho courso of training. Arjtitant (Jcneral Hnll hns received notice of tho club's offer and Is wllllnc to accept It. rtarman Wants Gasoline Embargo. C. E, Harmnn, Nebraska food com missioner, has asked the democratic mombers of the Nebraska delegation In congress for an embargo on tho ex portation of American gasoline. lie aBks that this he done so that tho ex portation will not Incrcaso tho prlco or the product in tho United States to a prohibitive point. In his letter to tho democratic members of tho Nebraska delegation Mr. Harman says tho price of gaso lino has nlmost doubled In four yenra and tho prlco has Jumped In ono yenr from 10 centB a gallon to 1814 cents and 20 cents n gallon. Ho sayB tho prlco In Nebraska Is now too high and In eastern 'states It Is unreasonable. Ho has been Informed that tho prlco In soino states Is 40 cents a gallon nnd the owners of automobiles In many cases havo ceased to uso their cars. Ilo bollovcB an embargo on oxportntlon of tho Amorlcnn gasoline will not only conserve nn Amorlcan resource, but will bo made easier on people's pocket books. Government Aid for 8tate Roads. A copy of tho bill which has been favorably reported In tho United States scnato, proposing government aid to tho states In tho construction of good roads ,hns boon rocclvod by State Englneor Johnson as a member of tho American Association of State Highway Ofllclals. Tho bill proposes tho following appropriations: First yoar, $ 5,000.000; second, $10, 000,000; third, $15,000,000; fourth $23, 000,000; fifth, 150,000,000. Theso sums nro to bo given to tho states which will Bpcnd equal amounts of their own monoy ns they rccclvo funds from tho government. Ono third of tho federal appropriations will bo apportioned on tho basis of mileage of all roads within the state, one-third on tho basts of tho state's area and one-third In proportion to tho population of tho state. Ready for.Moblllzatlon. General orders havo been lssuod by Adjutant Genoral Hall of tho Nebraska national guard to tho captains of tho thirty-two companies throughout the stato regarding mobilization, so ns to bo prepared for a quick assembling of troops should a mobilization order bo Issued. s In addition. General Hall has called for four now companies of In fantry In tho guard, and they nro bo lng organized at David City, Schuyler, Wayne nnd Onmlia. According to Gon oral Hall, tho addition of tho four com panies will put tho national gunrd Into first-class condition, and It will bo fully ready for mobilization Bhould such nn order come. Would Protect American Flag. Tho uso of tho American flag on papor napkins, which aro crumpled and thrown away, In advertisements which nro usually destroyed, are desecrations of tho ling, according to Mrs. A. K. Gault of Omaha, a prominent mcrabor of tho stato Daughtors of tho Revolu tion. Mrs. Gnult Introduced n resolu tion for tho Omaha chapter of tho D. A. It. at tho stato conference that a printed list of such mlsuacB of tho flag bo prepared and distributed gonerously by tho "Daughters." Mrs. Gault bo lloves that desplto tho present work of tho I). A. It., tho desccrntoin of tho flag Is goneral. Fourteen counties of tho state and their treasurers aro mado defondanta in nn Injunction suit brought In fed oral court by tho Great Northorn rail way. Tho total amount of monoy In volved Is J1CM0. Tho enso origi nated over tho taxing of tho Bleeping cnr8 of the defendant whllo they were in use on tho Burlington ays torn In this stato. Discuss Mobilization of N. N. Q. Mobilization of tho national guard of Nobraska under plans of a different nature than wore proposed by tho mil itary board a couple of years ago, when It looked as If Moxlcan Inter vention wns In sight, is llkoly to tako placo If Nebraska troops aro called Into tho Hold this tlmo. Definite plans havo not boon announcod by General Hall, but It Is known that ho considering tho advisability of go ing into the mattor at length with his military ndvlsora. Worms Destroying Library Records Two worms, a sixteenth of an Inch long and ono-thirty-sernnd of nn Inch wide, wore captured by Stato Librarian Llndsey In nn examination or tho books In tho atato house bnionient which havo been rnlded by an army of tho posts during tho past monMt. "They nro doing hundred of dollars' ivorth of harm," said Mr. 1. in 'soy. "nut tho fact that thero Is no room In tho stato library fur our hooka prevents us from paving our records. Most of tho daniago tlnn far bus been dono to court records, ----'---v-w NEBRASKA : J S TAT E NEWS : : Spelling will bo It, In tho schools of Lancaster county this spring, for somo eight thousand students In the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades aro already plugging nwny In prepara tion for a big spelling bee to be held nt Lincoln April 28. It will be one ol the old fashioned kind of spoiling boeB where the Bpeller will havo to stnnd up nnd faco a rapid Ilro test m oral Bpelllng. Five silver cups hnvo been offered a n Bpeclnl premium to bo awarded at (ho national swine show In Omalio October 2 lo 7. Tho trophies will he of handsome design and aro expee'ed to bring out keen competition. The will bo olTered for tho best boar nnd three gilts farrowed Blnco February I this yenr, In the following breeds: l'o Innd China, Berkshire, Duroc, Hamp shire nnd Chester Whites. That It pays well to feed hogs In Box Butte county even though the corn has to be shipped In to do It, Is shown In the case of E. L. Gregg, breeder. He bought sixty-one head of hogs ut tho yards In Alliance and fed them corn for sixty-two days and sold tho porkers nt a clear gain of $;109. 'Ihey showed nn average gain of 85 pounds each. Mrs. Samuel Johnson of Boone pre cinct, Boone county, who parsed away at hor home recently, nt the age ol SO years, took a larger part In popu lntlng Boone county than any other person, It Is believed. Mrs. Johnson hnd fourteen children, thirty-one grandchildren, thlrty-threo great-grand-children and ono great-great-grandchild. C. E. Shea, who has conducted tho Broken Dow Republican for something over a yenr, has sold tho plant to J. K. Hcwett, who has for somo years been a member of tho Alliance Tlmea forco. Mr. Hewett, tho new editor, la a practical newspaper man and under his management tho paper will bo re publican In politics. Tho Dodge county board of super visors Instructed County Attorney S. S. Sldncr to bring suit against the nlnotcon Insurance companies which havo Insurance on tho county court house, destroyed by Ilro at Fremont thrco months ngo, to forco tho pay ment of the full amount of tho lo8s, $10,000. Gcorgo Crumrlnc, an aged farmer, living ono mile south of Phillips, Ham ilton county, was Injured, perhaps fa tally, when ho was run over by his own automobile. Tho aged 'man suf fered a serious scalp wound. The top of tho head had boon torn almost completely off. John Dobbs, a - grain " dealer of Beatrice, who has Just Inspected n number of winter wheat fields In Gage county, reports that the crop is In excellent condition, having passed through tho winter In good shape. Four train loads of horses, consist lng of lie cars, wero shipped from Grand Island Inst week for tho French and Italian governments, This was tho largest shipment of horses ever mado out of Grand Istand. Excavation work on the annex to tho Clarke hotel, Hastings, bus com menced. Tho addition will cost $G0,000, nnd will consist or lirty-tour rooms and a banquet room with a seating enpnclty of aOC persons. A movement la on foot for a new rural high school In Maple township, involving tho six districts of the town ship In Its support and benellts. Sen timent seems largely Jn favor of Uio proposed new school. Tho Lincoln city commissioners have put a ban on bonfires nnd none will bo allowed in that city tills spring. The renson for It Is the likelihood of fires being communicated to other property. Tho West Point council has raised tho Baloon license fee to $700. Ever since the enactment of tho Slocumb law the license has boon tho minimum $?00. There are eight saloons In tho city. Farmers of Midland township, Gago county, have organized a Gopher club, for Uie purposo of combating tho pest Each member Is to bo taxed a small amount to finance the club. A recruiting station of tho U. S. ar my hns been opened nt Lincoln, It Is In clmrgo of an officer from tho headquarters at Omaha,. A freo dental dispensary is being planned In Omaha, "Idaho Bill" Pearson, frontier show man, of Hastings, nnnounccs ho in tends to organlzo a troop of rough riders for sorvlco in Mexico. Ho wilt seek recruits among the cowboys of Arizona. At a special election tho city of Kearney voted out saloons by a ma jority of 322 votes, tho largest o'cr recorded against the saloons. The "lection was a llvoly affair, tho total voto being only thirty-two less than tho total vote cast nt tho general election In 1914. Tho annual old fiddlers' contest will be held at the Young Men's Chris tian nssnelctlon, Omaha, on March 27. All the contestants must be 50 yenrs or more. In past years contestants have attended from nil over tho state of Nebraska. By a voto of (100 to 170 Norfolk voted fEQ.QOO bonds for pnvlng street Intersections. This means about ?lx nil'es of paving In Norfolk this sum mer. The city gns plant nt Poncn wl'l Ik ill'contlruid after April 30. Electric (ty will be used. HELPS 1USTRIES PRICE OF POTASH HAS GONE UP TO $500 PER TON. BUGS CAUSE OTHERS TROUBLE Items of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around ths state House. Western Newepnper Union News Servlcs. The war Is assisting nn Infant Ne braska Industry to grow. During the past week announcement wns made of a new company being organized to tako potash from tho briny lakes In the neighborhood of Antloch, and northeast of Alliance. For somo months a company has been shipping concentrated brine from theso lakes. Tho water contains a stronc solution of potash. Potash Is not found In all the lakes, but in a fow tho water con tains It in solution nnd In somo of them there is a deep deposit nt the bottom of n mixture that yields potash In a larger quantity. This is brought to the surface, concentrated and tho concentrate shipped to market In tank cars. Tho demand for war munitions hn3 Increased tho demand for potnsh so that tho price has gone up from $39 n ton. tho normnl prlco before tho war, to ?Q00 a ton. At tho latter prlco tho product Is said to bo too valuable for uso as fertilizer, although It Is an excellent fertilizer nnd nt lower prices finds a ready market In some agricul tural sections. Tho United Stntos geological survey has shown an Interest In this mattor since the demand now exceeds the SUnnlv nnd tlin tll-lffl line innn nn tt has Instituted a wido search for potash deposits. Have Troubles lr Other States. Slnco discovering a fow days ago that "book beetles" had been eating In tho buildings of 1,000 copies of tho 1903 session laws of Nebraska, stored In tho basement of tho capitol, Clerk Lindsay of tho supreme court has found out that other states are also having trouble with tho same post. He has sent somo of the grubs which do tho damage to Profrssw Bruner nl the University of Nebraska, and the .latter Is making an Investigation to determine whoro they come from, what they feed on, and how to got rid of them. Somo bound volumes of tho Louis iana court reports have Just como by mall to tho supremo court clerk's olllco and nlRO an old sot of twenty volumes of the Texas Reporter. All of , theso book's contained th ellttlo worms which develop Into "book bee tles," and all had been damaged to somoioxtont. Another peculiar discovery was mado when a copy or tho 1913 "session laws of Nebraska was taken out of Its original papor wrapping nnd found to be Infested with tho embryo beetles. Tho wrapping ltsoir was Intact. Tho Inreronce rrom this is that tho eggs are deposited by tho parent Insect In the leather, paste or other raw ma terial that goes Into tho binding, and that tho young ones hatch out in tho book nnd ent their way out. County Treasury Examiners Ma honey nnd Stcch have gone to Omaha, under orders from" Stato Auditor Smith, and nro checking over tho county treasurer's bookB for n year back In order to find out how much ho was owing to tho Btnto at tho beginning of every month. Tho audi torhas announcod that Uro will bo charged with the penalty of 10 por cent Interest on moneys so held by him. Tho amount of interest Is llko ly to run abovo $5,000. It Is ox pocted that Uro will resist payment, which means that tho auditor may havo to bring suit to collect tho pen alty. Other county treasurers who failed to remit monthly after bolng directed by State Treasurer Hall to do so will also have the penalty charged against them for tho times thoy havo been respectively delin quent. Dr. F. S. Marnell of Nobraska City has been appointed pathologist or sec ond assistant physician at tho Lincoln hospital for tho Insane. Dr. Marnell has been a practicing physician for many years, and hnd four years' ex perience as physician at tho stato hos pital for lnsano nt Mt. Pleasant, la. Opnose the Antl-Convlct Labor Bill. The Nebraska stato board of con trol will Join tho boardB or many other states to lobby against the passago of bills In congress directed against con vict mado goods, Tho Nnbraska board has practically abandoned the contract labor system nnd' Is gradually branch lng out In tho work of manufacturing goods by convict labor directly undor stato supervision. Warden W. T, Fen ton of tho stato pcnltentinry has beon authorized by tho Nobraska bonrd to attend a hearing before the senato committee- on education nnd labor, Requests Filing for the Kaiser. Secretary of Stale Pool has received a petition nominating Wllholm Nohon zollern for president or tho United .States. It wns rocived by mall. Mr. Cool Is or tho opinion that the potl Hon In not rrnulnn but ho prank or jolcor, and ho wl'l not fllo It. It Mtrpnrts to bo Bl-m-'d by democrats IIvIiik In Lln.o'n. Twity eight names nro nttnl-rd o It. Jo'unnes Schmok or, Anhin,re- P crh r 't. von Illnton burg, Stml; !.' ii-rBp, Karl Kuesol baumni nnd other names aro on tho petition. I DRINK HOT WATER AND RID I JOINTS OF RHEUMATIC RUST Why rheumatism and lumbago sufferers should drink phosphated hot water each morning before breakfast rust M IRON e I Just as coal, when It hums, leaven behind a certain amount of lncdmbus tlblo material In tho form of ashes, so tho food and drink tnken day after day leaves In tho alimentary canal a cer tain amount of indigestible material, which If not completely eliminated each day, becomes food for tho mil lions of bactcrln which Infest tho bow els. From this mass of loft-over wasto material, toxins and ptomnlne-Hko poi sons, called uric acid, Is formed and then sucked Into tho blood whero It continues to circulate, collecting grain by grain In tho Joints or tho body much llko rust collects on the hlngo as shown abovo. Men and women ,who suffer from lumbago, rheumatism or Bore, stlfT, ncMng Joints should begin drinking phosphated hot water, not as a means to magic roller from pain, but to pro vent more uric acid forming In tho system. Before eating breakraBt each morning, drink a glass or real hot water with a tcaspoonful or llmestono phosphate In it. This will first neu tralize and then wash out or the stom- No Barber BUI to Pay. Thero Is a barber's shop In Cape Town at which Sir l.eandcr Starr Ja meson can always havo n haircut and shave for nothing. Years ago "Doc tor Jim," then In practice, attended tho barber's wito during a dangerous Illness. Though his skill alio recov ered. Tho husband was deeply grate ful; but ho was not In a position to pay. Instead, h offered to give "Doc hor Jim" a freo haircut and shave for the rest of his life. Whenever Sir Leander Is In Cape Town he goea to tho shop, and tho barber carries out his bargain. FIERY RED PIMPLES , , '- - Soothed and Healed by Cutlcura Soap and Ointment. Trial Free. Smear tho afTectcd skin with Cutlcura Ointment on end of finger. Lot It re main flvo to ton minutes. Then wash ofT with plenty of Cutlcura Soap and hot water. Dry without Irritation. Nothing llko Cutlcura for all skin troubles from Infancy to ago. Freo aaraplo each by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv. Explained. Tho Ancient Mariner shot the alba tross. "1 mistook It for a neutral canary." ho explained. Neutrality. "Wo aro maintaining a strict neu trality." "Hardly! We aro praying that the right side may win and nro quite con vlucod as to which Is the right Bldo." To keen clean nnd healthy take Dr. Tierce's Plensant Pellets. They regulate liver, bowels and stomach. Adv. However, many of us aro ror any brand or reform that's taahlonablo FARMERS ATTENTION! Insure your crops and farm property against HAIL FIRE. LIGHTNING, TORNADO Ind WIND-' STORMS in the Old and Tried UNION FIRE IN SURANCE COMPANY of Lincoln. Our new rates and plan of payment will make it worth your while to see our local representative first. 28,000 satisfied Nebraska farmers testify to our honorable dealings of more than a quarter century. Send for booklet containing a list of 2,000 individual losses paid in the year 1915 AGENTS WANTED IN OPEN TERRITORY iK-lvsK$JHSt RUST OP EUMATISM ach, liver, kidneys nnd bowels tho pre vious day's accumulation or toxlns.and poisons; thus, cleansing, sweetening, and freshening the entire nlimcntary canal, each morning, boforo putting: moro food Into tho stomach. A quarter pound of llmestono phos phato costs very llttlo nt tho drug, store but Is Bulllclont to mako any rheumatic or lumbago Buffcrer an en thusiast on tho morning Insldo bath. Millions of people keep their Joints, freo rrom these rheumatic .acids by practicing this dally Internal sanita tion. A class of hot wntor with n t.n. spoonrul of limestone phosphato, drank borore breakraBt, la wonderfully Invig orating; besides, It is an excellent health mensuro becauso It cleanses the allmontary organs of all tho waste, gases and Bour fermentations, making ono look and feel clean, sweot and. fresh all day. Thoso who try this for ono wenk may find themselves free from sick headaches, constipation, bilious at tacks, sallowness, nasty breath and1 Btomach acldltv. Children for Farm Work. The Kent (England) education com mittee has again decided to release children twelve years of age and up wards from school attendanco tor em ployment In ngriculture during ths summer months. Children of not less than twelvo ycara or ago aro oIeo to ho released thla year for employment In home duties If thereby their moth ers can be employed In ngriculture. Theodore Roosevelt was tho young est man over elected to tho presidency or tho United States. Get This FREE Uai nUI mm ... 6ass.28H.P. magnificent BUSH MotarCat And the Agency ftr Your Territorj Pe.ULCar Frec?nd qualify to makcflOOa 000Aai?ea.r.aIld,UD l.n.th0 Automobile Busi ness. A Potal brines full details of this gnat whp&uenr u l,ua"' " U,3 J5W1 C0LLEGE, Inc. DIPT. 401 - BUSH BUtLOINa North Clark Street nnd Chicago Avenue. Chicago. III. Nebraska Directory COMPLETE NEW FIREPROOF HOSPITAL 1, Meillrali 8. MirKlrali S, Obatatrlcali 4, Laboratory! S, X-Uay Uepurtmeau. TralnlBg school fornnnn In connection. Open to nil rt-putablo ilijlclan. For further luformatlun addrusa A. A. SMITH, M. D Sxxrgmaa. uurj iwuiiiiik memorial iioauiuu IIA8TINC1H, NKII. 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