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-J..J-. ' fcED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF 7 v I i I I. i I In 1 I it i I P u lu y v ..'- 1ST FRENCH 8TEAMER SUSSEX AT TACKED BY SUBMARINE OFF BEACHEY HEAD. 436 PERSONS WERE ON BOARD London Henrs Passengers and Crew Were Snvcd nnd That Vessel Is Still Afloat Three Other Boats Are Sunk. London, March 27. A crop cliannol passenger bout from Folkestone to Dieppe, reported by the Central Nowh to lio the steamer Sussex, wns torpe doed off lli'ticliy Head Friday after noon. Tlio vessel carried U8G passen gers, with n crew of fit), mostly French, under command of Captain Mouffet. A few of the passengers were llritf uli. Tlio continental tralllc olllco of tlio Drlnton railroad says that all persons on board tho Sussex were saved Tho Sussox remained ulloiit. "1 think It probable that there wcro n number of Americans umong tho pas sengers of the Subsux," said Itobert P. Skinner, tlio Amcrlcnn consul general, "bocausQ In tlio last fow days my olllco has vised passports for many Ameri cans going to Franco." I Tho Brighton railroad Issued tho fol Jwjng account of tho accident to tho SusBoi: "Tho Sussex, sailing under a French flag In tho FolkcBtonc-IMeppo service mot with a mishap somowhoro off Dloppo on her passage on Friday. Thoro woro 38G imssongcrs aboard and a crow of about fifty. It Is assumed that all tho passengers woro saved." Tho Sussex left Folkestone Hying tho French Hag. When tho alarm wjib sent out a number of vessels In tho vicinity hurried to her assistance, whllo others rushed under full steam from Dloppo harbor. Tho Sussex Is owned by tho French Stato railroad. Tho steamer Englishman of tho Do minion lino hns been sunk, according to Lloyds. It Is stated that thus far 08 survivors havo been accounted for Tho Englishman sailed from Port land, Mo February 17 for St. Nazalro und Avonmouth. , Another Danish steamship, Christlaussuud, has been sunk, entire crew of 22 men wna saved. Tho Urltlsh Bteamer Fulmar tho Her also has been sunk Eighteen members of her crow woro rescued. EXPLORER LOSES HIS SHIP Lieut. Shnckleton Marooned In Antarc tic Region Must Walt Year Be fore He Can Return. London, March 2G. A fow hours after ho had learned that her hus band had como out safo from his antarctic expedition, Lady Shnckleton, wlto of Lieut. Sir Ernest Shnckleton, tho polar oxplorer, was doeply cha grined to hear that tho Aurora, ono of his vessels, had gono adrift and that sua would not bo ablo to hear from him for another year. Tho Aurora broke from Its moor ings at tho Ross sea buso, said n dis patch from Sydney, N. S V leaving ten men of tho exploration party nshoro and unable to embark for an other yoar. Earlier In tho day a dispatch from Sydney brought tho news that Lieu tenant Shackletou had roturncd to his Hobs sen base. Nows of tho achieve ments of tho oxpedttion Is withhold for tho present, nlthough ho Is be lieved to havo reached a point 800 to 1,000 miles beyond tho south polo. Tho expedition left England In two sections ubout six weeks utter European war began tho DENTIST HELD FOR DEATHS Son-ln-Law of Late John F. Peck, Michigan Millionaire, Found Drugged In New York. Now York, March 25. Dotcctlvcs sent to nrrcBt Dr. Arthur Warren Walto In connection with tho death of John E. Pock, a mllllonalro druggist of Grand Rapids, Mich., found him In a condition of stupor us a rcsnlt of an oplnto, self-administered. Physicians worked over him to savo his llfo. It was given out that Doctor Wnito had taken tho oplato to Induce Bleep, District Attorney Swann made this announcement: "I shall chargo Doctor Walto with murder In tho first degree." REFUSE TO DISARM SHIPS Entente Allies Reject Lansing's Pro posal to Remove Guns From Merchant Vessels. Washington, March 20. Tho entente allies, roplylng Individually to Secre tary Lansing's suggestion for tho dlB armament of all morchant ships, havo In effect rojocted tho proposal. Pass Deficiency Bill. Washington, March 27 Tho sennto passed an urgont deficiency bill, car rying appropriations of approximately $3,500,000, Nearly n million dollars wcro provided for ordnnnco and ord nanco Btores for tho nnvy. U, 8. Printing Expense Heavy. Washington. March 27. Paper used by tho govornmont printing ofllco last year cost $1,238,759, and salaries and wages at tho printing ofllco amounted to $3,3G5,GS0, it was announced hero on Friday. ORPEDOED HIS OWN WASHINGTON STAR. S y.'Ci' FIRE SWEEPS 3 CITIES NASHVILLE, TENN., AUGUSTA, GA., AND PARI8, TEX., HIT. Biggest Damage It Done to Georgja Town, Where Loss Put at $7,000,000. Nashvlllo, Tcnn., March 24. Moro than 2,000 of Nashvlllo's best citizens nro homeless and will havo to sloop In tho houses of their friends, in churches, public buildings nnd hotels for a while. Flro Bwopt a path from threo to flvo blocks wldo and thirty blocks long, about half tho territory being tho best residence section east of tho Cumberland river, on Wednes day. Tho loss Is placed at $1,000,000. Governor Ryo called out nil tho mili tia in tho city nnd asked for citizen voluntcors to help light tho conllagrn tlou. A seemingly Inconsequential lire starting In North Edgefield caused tho conflagration In South Edgefield be causo tho high wind Bcattered flro brands from tho original flro to a dozen paints, somo of them a mllo away. As tho flro approached Warner school, which housed over 1,400 pu pils, n flro drill was hold and all chil dren marched out safely. Shortly aft erwards this school was a mass of ruins. Pnrls, Tox., March 24. Provisions, clothing nnd tents aro arriving on every Incoming train for the 8,000 homeless persons In Paris, rendered prnctlcnily destltuto by Tuesday night's flro, which did property dam ago estimated botweon $8,000,000 nnd $10,000,000 and which cost at least threo lives. Nearly every business houso and be tween 1.C00 nnd 2,000 residences wcro consumed In tho flames. Tulsa, Oklu., March 24. Damago es timated at $1,500,000 has been caused In the tlroswopt district of thoCushtng oil field. Augusta, Ga March 25. Twenty blocks in tho rcsldcnco section of Au gusta In charred ruins and tho bare walls of six business blocks boar testi mony to Augusta's most serious flro disaster of recent years. Upward of 700 houses woro destroyed and at least 3,000 persous aro homeless. Tho Are, which raged for moro than nlno hours, causing a loss estimated at $7,000,000, was checked after It had crossed Green street. An area of about ono and ono-fourth squnro miles was ravaged by the flames, driven by a heavy galo. FLASHES OFF THE WIRE. Vienna, March 23. Russian troops hnvo captured UBcicczko, on tho Dnies ter river, north of Czomowltz. Salonlkl, Groeco, March 23. French Infantry, supported by artillery, has repulsed an attack of tho Our man al lies at Matlcovo (Matchlkovo) It was officially announced hero. Salem, Oregon, March 25. Gov James Wlthycotubo granted a ninety day Icnvo of absence to C. O Bog gart, sorvlng n term In tho ponlton tlnry for assault with Intent to kill, In order that ho might plant his spring crop and snvo, If possible, his Malheur home from foreclosure proceedings. Naval Officer Ends Life. Senttlo, Wash., March 27. Lieut Ormond C. Pallthorp of Michigan wa found by officers of his ship Bhot in death In his room on board tho crulsor Saratoga. Pallthorp committed sul cldo. Gets Food From Roumanln. Ilerlln (vln Sayvlllo wireless), March 27. Tho Overseas Nows agency says that 100,000 tons of corn, wheat and peas havo been bought In Itoumanla for consumption In Germany and Austria-Hungary. WAR MAP DENIES PEACE RUMOR WHITE HOUSE ISSUES STATE MENT AS TO GERARD. State Department Says There It No Foundation for Story President Resents Reports. Washington, March 23. President Wilson was represented at tho White Houso as being resentful of tho pub lication of reports that Ambassador Gorard had reported Germany wub about to muko a move for pcaco. Tho published reports wcro characterized as based on Inferences. This state ment was issued: "President Wilson, through Score tnry Tumulty, authorized a denlul of stories appearing In papers to tho ef fect thnt tho purpose of Ambassador Gorard'B remaining In Berlin was to await Germany's proposals for pcaco. There Is no justification for that In forenco being drawn." Tuesdny tho stato department took notlco of tho publications by denying that Germany had Intimated to tho United States that the tlmo was ripe for tho United States as tho largest neutral to renew Its friendly offices for peaco or that tho United States had bcon Informed that Mr. Gerard had been requested to postpouo his vacation because of pending peaco negotiations. Unolllclal reports received yester day said tho ambassador actually had postponed his vacation, but gavo no reason. The state department again took cognizance of tho report nnd tho following statement was Issued: "Any Btatoment thut tho Gorman government und Intimated thnt It de sired this government to act as medi ator in pence negotiations or had In any way suggested formally or Infor mally that this government should tnko tho mattor up with other powers Is absolutely without foundation nnd tho stnto department hns no Informa tion that Germany Is preparing to muko a deflnlto niovo in tho direction of pcaco." State department officials declared thoy were resentful of the publication of reports, because, thoy said, It thoro wero any prospect of mediation It would bo dnmnged If not destroyed. PASSES ARMOR PLANT BILL Senate Approves $11,000,000 Appro priation to build U. 8. Factory. Washington, March 23. Tho Tilt man bill to provide for tho erection or purchase by tho government of nn nrmor pinto factory at a cost not to exceed $11,000,000 was passed on Tues day by tho sennto by a voto of 5S to 23. Provlous to passago tho sonato adopted without a roll call an amend ment by Senntor Wadsworth provid ing that any plant to bo erected should bo located nt a placo approved by genoral board of the navy with spe cial roforonco to considerations of Bafoty In tlmo of war. Protests Torpedoing. Iondnn, March 25. Tho Austro Hungarian foreign minister has for warded to tho neutral governments copies of on official noto protesting ngnlnst tho torpedoing of tho hospital ship Blcktrn In tho Adriatic sea. ac cording to Vienna advlcos reaching Amsterdam. Nips Conspiracy In Bud. London, March 2j. Army officers In tho province, of Slu-Kinug plotted to kill tho governor, but tho governor learning of tho conspiracy, Invited ton of tho plotters to dinner und had thorn beheaded. Russ Have Lo3t 2,542,039 Men. Now York, March 23. Tho lossea of tho Russians since tho bogliiutng ol tch war total '.'.GI'J.GKD, atcordfrrs tc Hurls Schumuclior, who arrived from letrograd on tho liner United States L THAT AND NOTHING MORE IS WANTED FROM MEXICO. DECLINE TO DISARM SHIPS Entente Powers Reject Proposals Con cerning Merchant Ships British Steamship Torpedoed. Western Newspaper Union ywn Sen Ire Washington. President Wilson hns Issued warnings that "sinister anil unscrupulous Influences" aro spread lug alarming reports ubout the Mexi can situation with tho object of fore lug Intervention by the United States "In tho Interest of certain American owners of Mexican properties." In a formal statement tho president told the peoplo of the United States to bo on their guard nnd not to credit such stories. Ho urged those who disseminate news to test tho source and authority of every report from the border, and called attention again to the government's announcement that tho solo object of the puntttvo expedition now In Mexico was to punish Villa und his followers. News services supplying newspa pers had been asked, the president said, to assist In keeping this view constantly before the Mexican and American people, to the end thnt the expedition should not bo given tho color of war. British Steamer Torpedoed. Washington. Tho ohnnncl steamor Sussex, damaged Friday In tho Eng lish channel, and tho British steam ship Englishman, destroyed by n tor pedo, both carrying American citi zens, were torpedoed, according to consular reports received by the stato department. Flat statements thai torpedoes wore responsible were mado In both cases, but the consuls did not give tho source of their informa tion. Twcnty-fivo Americans wero on tho Sussex. Whether any of them lost their lives or wero injured is not yet known. DECLINE TO DISARM SHIPS Entente Powers Reject Proposal Con cerning Merchant Vessels. Washington. All of the entento powers through their embassies hero havo handed to Secretary Lansing formal responses rejecting the pro posal mado by the state department In Its circular memorandum thnt they enter Into a modus vlvendl and dis arm all of tho merchant ships, with tho understanding that tho United States government would endeavor to Bocuro from tho central powers a plcdgo not to attack such unarmed ships without warning and without providing for tho safety of tho pas sengers and tho crew. Wlllard Still Champion. Now York. Jess Wlllard Is still tho heavyweight pugilistic champion of tho world. In ten rounds of fast fighting he defeated Frank Mornn of Pittsburgh here Saturday night on points. A crowd of about 13,000 peo ple paid approximately" $150,000 to seo tlio fight, nnd went away appar ently satisfied with tho result. It was tho greatest gathering Madison Square Garden had ever seen. Many women wero In tho throng. Wlllard broko his right hand In the third round. Russian Army Losses. Now York. Losses In tho Russian army, killed, wounded and missing, for ono year, January 1 to December 31, 1915, wero 2,542,039, according to Boris S. Schumacher, a Jowish news paper correspondent who arrived horo from Petrograd, via Copenhagen, on tho steamship United States. Mr. Schu mncker exhibited printed lists of names which ho claimed wero official Russian reports of casualties and which ho Bald ho secretly obtaluci' whllo In Petrograd. Washington. Instructions havo been sent to custodians of nil govern ment buildings In tho United States to collect and savo their waste paper and old rags. Herotoforo thoy havo been thrown away. Tho government now expects to sell them and n tidy sum will probably bo placed In tho treas ury annually from their sale. Omaha, Nob. Artlntr Hausor, do generato criminal, who committed crimes against women whom ho robbed, must spend tho remainder of his natural llfo In tho Nebraska stato pcnltontlary for tho murder of W. II. Smith, Woodmen of tho World cash ier, who was killed last fall. Judgo Willis Scars, in, criminal court, pro nounced sentenco upon him after 'Hausor, Innswor to tho usual priv ilege or snowing wuy sentenco snoum not ho imposed, had bitterly de nounced tho police, tho county attor ney, and evon tho court. Kearney Man Gets Prize. Alliance, Nub. IMloy J. Kctfey, of Kearney, Ncb was tho first nnmo drawn by Dotothy Ilorthninn In tho land drawing of Irrigated tracts In tho Plntto valley, held In tho Alllnuco land olllco. Mr. Krglay gMs elt'lity flvo acres, considered tho first choice of forty ploces open to entry. Cimon S. Bollinger of Lticrn, C'flo., won tho I second tract of uc.htysoroa; Mary McPormnt of A!Il.im" seventy-two acres; Carl O. And rnon of Stroms burg, Nob, flfty-iho acres Thoso ( wero considered tlio choice trats. WW FTRUTH OUBERVE CLEAN UP WEEK Governor Morchead Urges Action to Prevent Fires. Governor Morehead has designated tho week beginning April 10 as clean up week. Ho urges a genoral clean ing up of promises as a means of pre venting destructive Arcs. His procla mation says: "Again, ns governor of the state, I feel Impelled to call tho attention of tho peoplo of Nebraska to tho neces sity of guarding against tho destruc tion of property by flro. Destructive fires have been prevalent throughout tho different states during tho past few months, and at this writing a con flagration, destroying millions of dol lars' worth of property, Is raging In Paris, Texas. Homes nnd business houses nro being wiped out and over $2,000,000 damugo sustained by a pop ulation of twenty thousand. Five thou sand peoplo aro without food or shel ter, and will be dependent upon oth ers for Imtnedluto help. During the winter months, rubbish nnd all kinds of Inflammable substance has been ac cumulating, nnd tho dry winds of March will preparo this for tho light ed match or stub of cigar or other means of Ignition. The time to clean liwny everything that makes It easy for a fire to start Is at hand. "1 therefore urgo tho week begin ning April 10 bo observed ns clean up week, during which time, first thero bo united action In rognrd to this business. Each Individual Joining his lelghborln the good work. Don't vnlt, begin now. 'Safety first.'" Consignor Must Pay Shortage. Tho supreme court hns affirmed tho judgment of tho district court of Buffalo county in the suit of the Union Pacific road to collect freight charges on certain shipments of lum ber. W. L. Stlckel Lumber company was tho defendant. Tho lower court decided against tho rnllrond company. The Union Pacific sued to recover tho difference between a rate charged for a shipment of lumber and tho amount that It should havo charged under Its rates filed with the interstate com merce commission. Tho court holds that tho company is entitled to collect such a difference but tho cnrrler must look to tho consignor of tho lumber in Spokane with whom It contracted to transport the shipment. Tho lum ber was billed to the Fall City Lum ber Co., Elm Creek. Addod to this on tho bill was "Notify W. L. Stlckel Lumber company." Tho railroad had charged AG cents a hundred nnd later found It should hnvo charged CO cents. On the State Payroll Following is a list of tho employes In tho different departments of the ctato government, ns shown by tho books In tho olllco of Auditor W. II. Smith: Olllce No. of Employe. Governor j Kecretaiy of Kt.ite 9 Auditor of Public Accounts 1U Attorney Oeneinl g Treasurer " Stnto Superintendent 13 Cornmlxsloner Public Lands anil nidus, " Hallway CommlHslon lr Adjutant flpiicr.il Insurance liiruil X Hoard of rvmimleslnners 9 rtoard of Intention ' Hoard of equalization 1 ltureati of lUnr 3 Tluron.ii of Printing 1 Hoard of Kdiieiitlnrml Lands & KuriJs. 11! fJnmo nnd Fish rotiimlxslon s Hotel OomiiiiIkMoii 3 I.tve Stock Snnltnrv Hoard.... i! Stnte Rinklnp Hoard 11 Stnto Piison Hoard r rtoird of Health t Library ronitnlsHon : HlKtoilcnl Soolety 7 Sunt omo Court and Stnte Llluiiry.,.. ;', r. A. It 1 Klre Commission ... 4 Food, Drufr, Dairy & Oil Commission 22 Total ::: nistrlct Court .ludpes 21 District Court Stenographers ...D fiS Stato I'nlwisltv f.07 Stnto Not mnl School 21(1 Stnto Institution 73R Total 1,734 Bar High School Fraternities. Prof. P. M. Duck, ehairmnn of tho intorfraternity council of tho stato university, has announced that all of the active chapters of tho fraterni ties of tho university had voted not to plcdgo or Initiate to membership any momber of a high school fraternity, aftor September, 1919. The date was placed threo years ahoad, so that high school boys who aro now members of tho prop Bchool fraternities mny not bo barred from membership In tho university societies. Tho question whether to bar high school frat men from tho university frats was dis cussed by tho lntcrfraternity council hi January, and submitted to tho dif ferent chaptors for doclslon. Tho ro suit was not known until tho an nouncement 'of Prof. Buck. Members of tho comralttco appoint ed to mako a selection of tho Nebras ka stato odo for tho semi-centennial colouration met at tho stato superin tendent's ofllco Saturday morning to go over sovoral hundred poems sub mitted In competition for tho $100 prlzo. Tho commltteo comprised Prof. h. A. Sherman of tho stato university, President W. 13. Nlcholl of nollovuo collcgo and Miss Mary Crawford of tho Kearnoy stato normal school, and tho award went to Itov. W. II. Buss of Fremont, Miss Helen Cnrrahor of Lincoln, boln given second placo. Brown nnd Keyn Paha counties hnvo applied Jointly to tho stnto board of Irrigation, highways and drainage for a stnto aid hrldgo to bo constructed over tho Niobrara river at McLean crossing, to tako tho plnco of nn old Btructuro which wns carried out by tho lco this spring, Tho wcok of April 3 Is being boost ed as puro food week, and tho sug. gestlon Is mado thnt "peaco and plenty" bo adopted as a slogan and tho American flag used for decora tive purposes In connoctlon with food displays. Keep Your Stomach Well It's the Secret of Good Health The Stomach is the con trolling power in all mat ters pertaining to health and it must be kept strong and active. 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