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n "TV." .tfc"4uMt.-JIU.iaiJ-, raw-no Tmrnwswi. S23SBS8CT'"" "V .'"' V"t,TV - fTfH-W RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF . n .$ i h N .. a B IV t i w ,f ' l , U ! ' PROTEST BY JAPAN GOVERNMENT OBJECTS TO THE PHRASEOLOGY OF THE IMMI GRATION BILL. "IS REFLECTION ON NATION" President Wilton Requested by Em peror't Ambassador to Eliminate Coupling Japanese With Hindu Na tionalities. Washington, April 24, President Wilson uan asked liy VlHcount Siiteml Clilndn, tlio Jupunciio ambassador, to hnvo tlio phraseology of tho Iturnctt immigration hill, now lioforo tlio nun nto Immigration committee, chnngod so that tlio npparunt coupling of tin Japancso people with Hioho of Hindu nntlonnllty would bo eliminated. Tlio ambassador had tallied tlio mat tor orer with Secretary Lansing, and. at tlio request of tlio latter, naked tlio president today to tako up tlio mat tor with Senator Smith of South ('nro Hun, chairman of tlio committee Tlio president Is expected to link that the bill bo changed to carry tlio language ugrcod upon In thlH connection two yoars ago when a Hlmllar propoHltluu oamo up. It In understood that tho Japanese ambassador called tlio presldnnt'fl at tention to tlio fact that tho Japanese government had agreed to restrict cool I o emigration to tho United States at tho tlmo or tho original, Cali fornia Immigration dlsputo and pro tested thnt now to wrlto n provision of thin character Into tho bill would bo an Implied reflection upon tho good faith of tho Japancso nation. And tho apparent Inclusion of nil of tho Japancso peoplo with tho Hindu clnsB, tho ambassador explained, would bo a serious affront to tho Jnpnneso. FRENCH MAKE NEW GAINS Continue Progress In the Region of Dead Man's Hill Capture More Trenches 1'arlB, April 24. Tho French contln scd to mako progress In tho region of Dead Man's hill on tho Verdun front. Tho war ofllco announcement reports tho rnpturo of Herman trenches and of four ofllccrB and ICO men. East of tho Mcubo a llcrco German attack was ropulacd. In tho Hector south of Haudremont wood tho Trench tnado gains. Tho Gcrmnn statement admits that tho French penetrnted a German trench at Caurctto'u wood. Athene, April 24. German tilers bombarded n British camp at Tencdos, causing Hovcral casualtlcB, according to advices received hero. COL C. C. HORTON IS DEAD 'ormer commandant of the Iowa Sol diers' Home Succumbs at Marshalltown. Marahalltown. la., April 24. Col. Charles Cummins llorton, seventy Bovcn, wldoly known In Iowa, through a long public llfo, and for nearly nlno teon years commandant of tho Iowa Soldiers' homo, died at his homo horo on Friday following a long illness. Colon ol llorton served gallantly during tho Civil war as a member of tho First Iowa cavalry. Ho was u former mem ber of tho Iowa legislature and for sev eral years commissioner of tho Unit ed States land ofllco and special ex amlnor of tho government pension bu reau. NEUTRAL LINER SUNK; 5 DIE Dutch Steamship Lodewlk Van Nas sau Goes Down In Six Min utes 36 Rescued. London, April 24 A Lloyd's dlB patch from Ymulden, Holland, says tho Dutch steamship Lodewlk Van Nassau was sunk Thursday afternoon. It went down in six minutes. Fivo of Kb crow wcro drowned. Thirty-six 'survivors hnvo been landed at Ymulden. Tho British bark Ravcnhlll was sunk Tuosday. Tho crow was saved and landed, according to LloydB. Tho British steamer Calngownn also Iibb been sunk, according to Lloyds. Its crow was saved. Tho steamer was not armed. WARSHIPS READY TO SAIL Orders Received at Philadelphia by Commander of Connecticut and the Kansas. Philadelphia, April 24. Orders have been received at tho League Island navy yard for tho commanders of tho battleships Connecticut and Kansas to bo in rcauiness 10 Ban wiuun iwen-ty-four hours. Tho collier Brutus, ono of tho largost In tho sorvlco, loft last night for tho Pacific coast. British Kill 3,000 Turks. London, April 24. Moro than 3.000 Turkish troops woro killed In the light ing against tho British forcos In Me sopotamia, tho war olllco announced. Tho enemy succeeded in penetrating part of tho British front. Lone Bandit Robs Train. Angola, La., April 24. A lono bandit hold up n passunger train on tho Lou isiana, Rod Illver & Navigation rail road near horo, shot tho oxpross mes senger and escaped with money and iowclr IF THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GGES MUCH HIGHER :r4 j j-J RUSS SEIZE HEIGHTS TAKE CHAIN OF HILLS WEST OF ERZERUM. Hundreds of Turks Fall In the Battle German Attack Near Dvinsk Repulsed. I'otrogrnd (via lx)ndon), April 21. An olllclal report on Wednesday suys: "In tho Dvinsk region, south of Gurbuuovkn, during tho night of April IS tho Germans poured n trcmcudouB tiro Into ouo of our trenches at tho village of Glnovku, then attacked and carried n trench, which wo captured by a counter-attuck. "In tho region west of Postuvy our artillery dispersed enemy columns. "In tho (Hack sen ouo of our sub marines, although attacked by an enemy airman, succeeded In sinking u steamer and a ship vessel near tbo entranca of tho llosphorus under a heavy tiro from tho enemy batteries. "In the region of Aschknla, west of Krzeruni, our troops by n night assault carried a chain of high hills, which had boon strongly organized. Wo cap tured four Turkish olllccrs and 120 men. Tho enemy loft hundreds of dead on tho Held "Wo annihilated somo enemy ele ments which had been recently brought from Galllpoll, while tho other Turkish troops which participated In tho fight sustnlnol heavy losses." Constantinople, April 21. Turkish volunteers' detachments successfully attacked British positions near Skclkh Said, caBt of Kut-EI-Amarn, tho war of llco announced. On tho Caucasian front combats conttnuo In tho Ashorak valloy and on tho coast of LaurlBtan. Tho report adds: "On tho Syrian coast a seaplane, which ascended from a ship off Gaoz, wub pursued by two aeroplanes which opened roachlno gun firo and which also dropped bombs on tho hoBtllo ship. "On Tuesday a hostllo monitor fired a number of Ineffective shots at Kar atash Point on tho Island of Kenstcn, near Smyrna." PROTESTS ARREST OF GERMAN Von Bernstorff Cltrfms Immunity for Wolf Von lael, Former Secretary to Capt. Von Papen. Now York, April 20. After a dos porato fight between fcdcrnl agents and four GcrmanB on tho twenty-fifth floor of 60 Broadway, Wolf von Igel, former secretary of Captain von Pa pen of the German embassy, was placed under arrest on Tuesday, on a charge of conspiring to blow up tho Wetland canal. Von Igel and his threo companions wcro subdued only after tho fcdcrnl ngonts had drawn their rovolvcrs and threatened to shoot. U. S. Judgo Ilowo fixed Von Igcl's bond at $20,000 and It was furnished by a surety company. Washington, April 20. Acting on a protest from tho German embassy, tho stato department asked that tho de partment of Justlco rolenBO Wolf von Igel, secretary to Captain von Papen, tho recalled German mllltnry attache, arrested In Now York on n chnrga of conspiracy to blow up tho Wellund canal, unless tho nctlvltlos complained of woro committed boforo Von Igol bo rnmo attached to tho embassy staff. Tho embassy claims diplomatic im munity for him. Canadian Dies After Fast. Hot SprlngH, Ark., April 22 J. It. Strntton, for 25 years a member of tho Canadian parliament, died hero nftor ati dnys of faBting. and his phy sician, Prof. K Felggs, Is under uriest on a churgo of manslaughter. Admits British Orders Illegal. Washington, April 22, Ambassador Spring-Rico told tho stato department that Grent Brltaln'H reply to tho Amor lean blockado protest partly admits that tho British ordors In council are Illegal. 5 4te I sS"f lEr1" Ntwr &&!:-&-- K ARMY BILL IS PASSED SENATES APPROVES BILL IN CREASING ARMY 250,000 MEN. Creates Volunteer Reserve Army, Fed eralizes Militia and Provides Mil itary Training In Colleges. Washington, April 20. Tho array re organization bill was passed on Tuos day by tho Bonato without a roll call. It Is a substitute for tho Hay bill passed by tho houso and tho differ ence will bo worked out In confer ence. As tho bill passed It carried provi sions for Increasing tho regular army to 250.000 men. tho coast urtlllcry to 21,749 men and provided for military training In certain bcIiooIb and col leges. Tho bill also will compel re spect for the uniform of tho army and navy as It provides punishment for common cnrrlors. theaters, restaur ants and all persons and corporations round guilty of discriminating against thoso who wow tho national uniform. Tim voto to Increaso tho regular army was nonpartisan. Twenty-two Republicans and 21 Democrats sup porting It, and 2G Democrats and 11 Re publicans voted against It. With the execution of Borah. Jones. Curtis and Smith of Michigan tho Ropubllcar votes against tho Increaso camo iron Progressives. FRENCH TAKE THE OFFENSIVE Capture Redoubt and Trenches In Re gion of Vaux Take 200 Ger man Prisoners. Paris, April 22. French troops have taken tho offensive on tho east bank of tho Mouse rivor In tho second bat tle of Verdun. Tho official com niunlquo announcod on Thursday thnt a successful French attack was car ried out In tho region of Vaux. Tho assailing forco captured a re doubt and somo tronchos whl6b the GcrmanB had constructed after tholt advanco against tho northeast front of Verdun. CAPTURE BRITISH POSITION? Berlin Reports Marked Successes for Teuton Troops Operating Against the English. Berlin, April 22. Marked successes for tho Gorman troops operating In Flanders against tho British army wcro announced on Thursday In tho war ofllco report. It stated that at YprcB Gorman troops havo penetrated Kngllsh trenches, whllo at Langcmarck English positions on a front of GOI yards havo boon enpturod. At Langcmarck tho Germans took an officer, 108 men and two machini guns. NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR Washington, April 21. President Wilson restored to entry 194,000 acres of public land in Custer county, Mon tana. Pittsburgh, Pa., April 20. Harry K. Thaw was granted a dlvorco from Eve lyn Nesblt Thaw by Judgo Cohen In common pleas court on grounds of In fidelity. Fire at Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids, la., April 21. Flro which started In tho Iowa Union, for merly St. James hotol, a rooming placo for statu university students at Iowa City, caused property loss ol 5350.000. Crazed Soldier Kills Nine. Vienna, April 21. Nino persons woro killed and many wounded In a street in tho outskirts of Vlonna by Leopold Fichtnnr, n landsturm Infantryman, who bocamo lusano whllo In charge of "a pollco post BATTLE OF BALLOTS NEVILLE AND SUTTON HEAD THE STATE TICKET CONGRESSIONAL FAVORITES Sutton's Nomination Conceded at Mc- Kelvle Headquarters Morrlssey and Fawcett for Supreme Court Bench. WrMern Nu,pippr Union News Si-ivlce. Preference for Vice Pretidont John II Morthead Klmer J. Burkett Delegates at Large W II. Thompson II. II. Hiildrldgo W. I). Oldham n. It. (iurney J J. Thomas X. J' Dodge, Jr. U B. Price F. M. Currlo National Committeeman Arthur F. Mullen It. B Howell United States Senator. (!. M. Hitchcock John L. Kennedy Governor. Keith Neville A. L. Sutton Lieutenant Governor. LMgar Howard H. P. Shumwny Secretary cf State. Charles W. Pool Addison Walt Auditor. (Probable.) William II Smith V.'i.ller L. Minor Treasurer. George E. Hall W. H. Reynolds Attorney General. Willis E. Heed Robert W. Devoo Land Commissioner. G. L. Shumwny Fred Bockmnnn Railway Commissioner. Victor E. Wilson Henry T. Clarke University Regents. II. D. Lnndls S. C. Bnssctt Dr. P. L. Hall George N. Seymour or T. M. Hewitt District Delegates. So far ns the vote has been reported on district delegates, the indications are that the following are elected: Democratic Republican E M. Pollard J. Held Green First. W F. Moran F. D Eager or II. E. Gooch Second. Frank T. Ransom J. A. C. Kennedy W. G. Drc N. II. Loomls Third. J H Kemn ' O. R Thompson F. IT Morrow W. H. Green Fourth Peter Jansen i W. M. ColtOIl ' C. M. Sklles E. E. Placck F. T. Swanson J. L. Clcary or I'. W. Shea F. J. Tnylor Fifth. A. Bamett Charles G. Lane Sixth. E. T. Wcstervelt F. W. Brown, Jr. ir C. H. Tully W C. May or Earl D. Mallcry Congressional Nominees. All of the present congressmen run ning to succeed themselves have been renominated. Following are tho party candidates chosen In each district: First John A. Mngulro. democrat; C. L. Reavls, republican. Second C. O. Lobcck, democrat; Ben S. Baker, republican. Third Dan V. Stephens, democrat; William P. Warner, republican. Fourth W. L. Stark, democrat; C. H. Sloan, republican. Fifth A. C. Shallenherger, demo crat; Silas R. Barton, republican. Sixth E. P. McDermott, democrat (nominated hy writing In his name); Moses P. Klnknld, republican. On tho republican ticket John L. Kennedy hns tho nomination for U. S. senator with a lead of more than f .000 over his opponent, ex-Governor Aid rich of Lincoln. Gilbert M. Hitchcock has received about twlco as many votes as his op ponent I. J. Dunn. Mr. Dunn mndo a vigorous campaign In behalf of the Bryan slate nnd his own candidacy, and succeeded in throwing a real fright Into the Hitchcock supporters a few weeks before the primary election. At McKelvIo hcudnuarters it was admitted thnt Sutton had obtained a substantial lead over his opponent with moro thnn three-fourths of all the counties heard from. Figures com piled there gave Judge Sutton a lead of about 1,300 votes. With complete unofficial returns from twenty counties, including moro than 80 precincts, Judgo Sutton of Omaha has a lead over S. R. Mc Kelvle, tho Lincoln candidate, or near ly two thousand votes. Returns com plied thus far gnvo McKelvIo 17,574, nnd Judgo Sutton 20,510. McKolvIo's friends aro still hoping that tho count In tho western part of tho state, whero returns nro slow coming In, will nltor tho figures somewhat. Tho raco is by no means decided as yet. Less than half of tho 1,700 precincts In the stato havo been heard from to date. Clmdron. Chndron product polled 528 votes: Republican, 2S7; democrat, 230; sodallst 4: progressive, 1. Tho election board began counting tho democratic otes at 8:30 lust ovenlng and progressed at tho iato of about thirty ballots per hour. Tho ote count oil so far shows for governor: Novllle, 42; Bryan. 2G; senator, Hitch cock, 44; Dunn, 20. Geneva. Tho returns are still in definite. It is believed that McKelvIo has carried Flllinoro county. Miles and Mndgett woro not in it. Each received a few scattering votes. Tho latest tabulation on candidates for tho supremo court, Including both Lancastor and Douglas counties ncurly complete gives these totals: Chief Justice 31 Counties. Morrlssey 26.8CS Fawcett 20,214 Supreme Judges C1 Counties. Cornish 23.501 Barnes 21,359 Hastings 21,140 Sedgwick 20.473 Dean 18,213 Martin 17.DC0 Hunt 10,323 Palmer lli.83! (loss 15,530 Falloon 10,011 There are six candidates for su premo Judges to be nominated, and thoso receiving the highest vote vlll ho given places on the ballot at tlu November election. As two candidates were to be nominated for chief Jus tice both Morrlssey and Fawcett will hnve their names on the ticket. Miles Concedes Defeat. Hastings. "The verdict of the vot ers leaves no poro spots and I will do everything In my power to contribute to tho success- of the nominee this fall whether It proves to be Judge Sutton or MrKelvle." said C. J. Miles, defeated primary candidate. "ElMier would be a. worthy choice to make for the success of the republican party this fall. There cannot be the slightest doubt but what the voters of Nebraska will ratify tho republican ptlmary choice at tho No vember election." Thirteen out of twenty-four precincts in Adnms county givo Judge Dungan 1.047 votes and Blackledge 222 In tho race for the nomination of district j Judgo In tho Tenth district. I W. E. Andrews has sent his success- I fill opponent, cx-C'ongrcssman S. It. Barton, congratulations for his success In winning from Andrews the republi can congressional nomination In the Fltth district Judges Morrlssey and Fawcett are unopposed for the nomination for chief Justice, being the only two to placo their names on the ballot. Judges Cornish, Barnes and Sedgwick aro now in tho loud for the three places below the chief Justice, with Hastings, Dean and Goss close behind them. Judge Cornish polled big votes in Saunders and Sheridan counties In addition to Douglas and Lancaster. Complete returns from the country districts. Including Seward, Cherry and Snl,no counties, show good gains for McKclv'- franklin, Buffalo nnd Sher man counties turned 10 suuon. tho final result on the rnco for governor Is still In doubt and will continue to be no for sevprnl dnvs until returns fir available from moro counties. Tho flguro so far rer.cscntR twelve com plete counties nnd 500 odd precincts. Llttlo doubt exists concerning the democratic raco for governor. It has ceased to he a rnce, with Bryan sup porters wondering how much of n lend Neville will accumulate beforo ho Is through. Revised totals from a dozen complete counties show Nevlllo n lead of 9.000. C. M. Husted. McKolvle's secretary, expressed himself ns well satisfied with the McKclvle showing. Where as ho had expected to seo Douglas county go for Sutton by nn over whelming majority, he was convinced Ihut tho mnrgln In favor of tho judge In that county would not bo more than 2, G00. Mr. Husted said there was no question In his own mind but whnt McKclvio would bo tho republican nominee. Lincoln. Revised totals received to date give Sutton a lead of more than one thousand over S. R. McKelvIo in the rnce for n place on tho republican gubernatorial ticket. An error amount ing to nn even thousnnd votes was found in the returns from Douglas county, cutting the McKelvIo figures down and Increasing Judge Sutton's lend. For stnte auditor. Marsh leads Minor by a small margin. For university re gent, Hewitt has passed Seymour for tho honor of acting ns running mate with S. C. Bassott, and for the demo cratic nomination for stato tronsurer George Hall Ib gradually wldonlng the distance between himself and Harry AdamB. For chief Justice. A. M. Morrlssey nnd Jncoh Fawcett aro nominated with out opposition.. For associate Justices, tho nominees are Barnes, Sedgwick, Hastings, Cornish, Dean nnd Martin. Martin is moro than 2,000 ahead of Hunt tho next man In the list. S. C. Bassett and Georgo N. Seymour nro tho republican nominees for ro gents of tho stato university. The voto reported from fifty-one counties gives BaBsett a big load over all others, and puts Seymour about 1,350 votes ahead of his next cloBest competitor. Following are the figures on this office: Bassott, 22,140; Seymour. 18,810; Hewitt. 17,420; Sams, 13.13S; McGIl ton. 12,738. Willis E. Reed Is assured of tho re nomination on tho democratic ticket for attorney general with n lead of 5,000 over Georgo Berge. Robert W. DoVoo of Lincoln will run nsalnst Reed next full on the re publican ticket. Mr. DoVoo Is n Lin coln nttornny and received tho sup port of both tho drvs and wets Mr DoVoo has received twenty thousand votes from two-thirds of the eountlei In tho stato to TIalderson's 11,000 and Anderbery's 10.000. Rot urns from etlglity-cight counties, complote In some instances nnd partial In others, puts Nevlllo 12,000 ahead of C. W. Bryan In tho democratic race for governor. HUSBAND OBJECTS TO OPERATION Wife Cured by Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ) Den Moines, Iown. " Four yearn br I was very sick and my life was nearly spene i tic doctors stated that I would never got well with out an operation and that without It I would not live one year. Hy husband objected to any operation nnd got mesomeof LydinE. Pinkham'o Vegeta ble Compound. I took it nnd commenced to Ret better nnd am now well, am Btoutund nble to do my own housework. 1 can recommend tho Vegctablo Com pound to nny woman who is sick and run down ns a wonderful strength and henlth restorer. My husband says I would have been in my grave ere this if it had not been for your Vegctablo Compound." Mrs. Blanchb .Teffek EON, 703 Lyon St, Dca Moines, Iowa. Before submitting to a surgical opera tion it is wise to try to build up tho femalo system nnd cure its derange ments with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound; it haa saved many women from Burgicnl operations. Write to tho liydlaJE.Plnkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Muss., for (advice it will boconlldontloL The Army of Constipation U Growing Smaller Every Day. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS are responsible they notonly give relief they pcrma- nentlycurcCo itipatioD. Mil; lions use. them for Biliouincii. IndigeitioD, Sick Hetdache, Sallow Skin. SMALL TILL. SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature Easily Fixed. Soulful Samuel Slopner, the would be poet, was Interviewing his landlord. "Of course, tho wholo placo wnnte doing throughout," sighed Sammy. "Tho wall paper Interferes badly with my courting of tho evanescent muse,, whllo the color of tho paint JnrB dread fully with tho gladsome vlslors 1 fain, would summon in poetic rhapsody." Tho landlord grinned. "But I Burely must Insist," went on. Samuel, spenking sovcrely, "upon th& doors nnd windows being attended to They lit so badly that tho draft actu ally blows my hair about!" Tho landlord seized tho goldon mo ment to get his own back. "Humph!" ho snorted. "That's eas ily put right. Get your hair cut." Accent on the Box. "John," said his wife, "wasn't that a good box of cigars I gavo you for a birthday present?" "As a matter of fact, my dear," re plied her husband, "I never saw a bet ter box." Perpetual Candidate. "I suspect Jlbway of having political! aspirations." "It Jlbway thought you merely sus pected him of having political aspira tions, ho would dlo of chagrin." New York haa a city block which houses 4,1)56 people, an average of 1.000 to tho acre. Well Built Is Built To Win- but in building brain and body, often the daily diet lacks certain essen tial mineral elements. These necessary fact ors are abundantly sup plied by the field grains, but are lacking in many foods especially white flour, from which they are thrown out in the milling process to make the flour whitq. Grape-Nuts made of whole wheat and malted barley, supplies all the rich nutriment of the grains.including their vital mineral salts, those all-necessary builders of active brains and vigor ous bodies. To build right, eat Grape-Nuts. "There's a Reason" W . i f? i .nuii-us MFW Hfikka, mr JkVV v S0&&zrz fc i - A I i 4;m " VM fMWMV7 fr-rn -ntr lOTwwnr m r-erw-rtr-V1" r "lftTi'VtSd X. t t-J tf W PX V tiy-. ryv. - t -