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rB .ssslssssssssr 5ll72a3i'tV9 'T'l&sssassssF vV'TCJik. 1-3H AJtHHhvSf7'BBvTj'JHKJc mv ,ty. V oA,tiJ ssWaHW A V9sk 3safcsiWat Julius Aiulrussy, former Hungarian premier, who organized a coalition pnrty and caused the reslgna iblnet. 2 Cannon In Lafayette park, Washington, near the White House, plugged to prevent any 1 Count 4lnn J itt sinllltWlt chnnco of their beln?" fired. 3 Portuguese expeditionary force nnlvlng atltrest, Trance, to help light the Ger mans. 4 Mrs. Waldo I'lercc enlisting Mudents of Colunihlu college In the aviation corps the Is organizing at Port Washington, L. I. MEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK First American Shot in the Great War Destroys a German U-Boat. FIRED BY LINER MONGOLIA Destruction of Shipping by Subma- 1 rlnei Now Threatens England With Food Shortage Great Britain Gets Money From Uncle Sam. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. America's first shot In the war with .Germany was fired on April 10. It scored n direct hit and destroyed n German submarine. The shot was flred by tho gun crew on the American Uner Mongolia when n U-boat attempt ed to attack that vessel In the Irish sen. The first shell smashed the periscope and after other shells were sent there was an explosion and the submarine did not rise again. Capt. Emery Itlce of the Mongolia told of the incident on arrival in an English port. It is Interesting to note that the gun that got the U-boat had been named Theo dore Itoosevelt by the gunners. Tho destructive work of the sub marines Is cnuslng Increasing anxiety In Great Britain. The latest weekly report of the admiralty shows a much larger number of ships sunk than did any previous report, and on Wednes day Lord Davenport, the British food controller, solemnly warned the Brit ish public that severe privations menaced tho nutlou before the next harvest was reached. This aroused tho Loudon press to gloomy comment, the burden of which wns that the sub marine blockade wus the most serious feature of the war now and that If Great Britain wns to be saved from starvation nnd possible defent some thing must be done mighty soon to counteract it. This something, ob viously, Is the turning out from the shipyards of a vast and continuous stream of tonnage, but though many ships nro being built, the Bhortnge of skilled labor renders it impossible to construct nnywhero near the number required. Tho great British navy Is powerless to relievo the situation. No one over there seems able to suggest any solution of the problem except to be careful of the food supply and pre paro for tho worst. Tho food question Is Bcrlous else where. It was responsible In large part for tho strikes In Germany and Is tho chief causo of demonstrations that nro alarming the Swedish gov ernment. In Franco mentless dinners except Sundays and holidays began "Wednesday, nnd already In the United States tho hotels and clubs are cut ting down their menus. Plans for Inrger crops and more farm labor In Amerlcn were curried nearer to completion during tho pnst week. One notable Incident wns tho depnrturo of BOO students of tho agri cultural college of tho University tff Illinois to help raise Canada's wheat crop. They aro to bo well paid and tho Dominion government will give to ench of them a homestead of 100 acres. On n moment's thought such n movc mont as this must win npproval, for a bumper crop In Canada will do tho civilized world ns much good as one In tho United Stntcs, nnd tho Do minion hns been depleted of labor. Great Britain Gets First Loan. Speedy work Is being dono In the way of supplying tho Immcdlnto needs of tho nlllcB of "tho United StntOB. In the first conferences with the commis sioners from Englnnd nnd Franco the government wns told that tho most urgent of theso needs were money, ships nnd food. It was agreed that tho first allotment of tho $11,000,000,000 loan would go to Great Britain, und on Wednesday Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo handed to tho British nmbns eador a treasury warrant for $200,000, 000. Arrangements for disposing of tho Immense bond iBSue are practical ly completed and France and Italy and Russia will get their share soon. Most of the money, It Is understood, will be expended In the United States. The commissioners agreed that, next to suppllng money, America could give the best help by continuing to furnish food and by finding the ves sels for Its transport to Europe, and they were pleased with tho plans for building a great lleet of wooden ships. General Joffre, however, expressed the hopo that In the near future a large contingent of American troops would bo on the lighting line under the Stars and Stripes, holding that the moral effect of that would be tremendous. All of the commissioners concurred In the stntcment thnt they were hero not to attempt to dlctntc to our gov ernment, but to advise nnd assist It to the best of their ability and with their wealth of experience. President Wilson, In a conference with Mr. Bnlfour, voluntnrlly gave as surances that the United States will fight until It achieves victory, and thereupon the head of the British mis sion declared that tho entente nllles would seek no trenty of alliance, no slgnnture of the entente pledge not to make n separate peace with Germany. Germans Resist Desperately. "This Is the lust nnd deciding push, for wo soon shall be able to hold out no longer" reads tho diary of n Ger man officer who wns captured last Monday, nnd thnt seems to be the opinion of the German commander in chief, Judging by the desperate opposi tion he Is putting up ngalnst the drive of the nllles In northern France. Re suming their part of tho offensive nt the beginning of the week, tho British have made considerable progress, es pecially nlong tho roads from Arrus nnd Bupaumc to Cambrnl. In the semi- open fighting their heavy howitzers were of little use, but their field guns and machine guns were handled with wonderful skill nnd rapidity nnd tho Germnns suffered enormously. Von Hlndenburg threw his reserves Into tho battle with a prodigality that as tonished his adversaries, nnd the Teu tons gave ground slowly nnd mndo re peated and tierce counter-nttacks, which, however, were of little avail and left the ground covered with their Blnln. The German line, thnnks to the astounding numbers of men Von Hlndenburg hns been nblo to bring up, Is still unbroken, but it Is badly bat tered and Is being pushed back fur ther and further toward the frontier. Tho superiority of the British in the air was demonstrated on Mondny in tho most spectacular manner. Tho men of tho Royal Flying corps met the nlr squadrons of tho Germnns nt nn nltltude of 15,000 feet und put them to rout, destroying 40 of their nlr planes, with tho loss of but two of their own machines. Tho young Brit ish pilots then carried out a series of dnrlng bombing raids. The French devoted much of the week to destructive artillery tiro in preparation for their next part In the "see-saw" that Is being carried on with such skillful co-operntlon by Hnlg and Nlvelle, and by Thursdny their infan try wns again In action. On the Italian, Macedonian nnd Rou manian fronts little of moment has taken place. In Mesopotamia tho British aro still advancing, but the ex pedition from Egypt that is moving up through Palestine hns found the re enforced Turkish forces holding a strongly intrenched position extending from Gaza toward Beershcbn. Portu gal, having decided to take n more active pnrt In tho conflict In Europe, hns sent n large contingent of troops to northern France. There hns been some stirring activ ity recently ,ln tho neighborhood of tho Strnlts of' Dover. Two British de stroyers encountered n flotilla of six German destroyers nnd after n furious combat put tho foe to rout. Tho Ger man boats were rammed nnd torpe doed nnd raked by gunfire nnd at least two of them were sunk. Tho British vessels suffered severely but were nble to return to port. Wednesday morning n German de stroyer flotilla bombarded Dunkirk but was driven off by tho const bat teries and the nllled pntrol bonts. Ono French torpedo boat wns Bunk. Russian Situation Dangerous. Tho courso of events In Russia Is being watched with renewed anxiety. BED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF The German and Austrian Socialist peace piopagandlsts have taken from one of President Wilson's addresses the phrase of "n peace without vic tory" and nre using It with some ef fect. The duiim and the delegates rep resenting the various classes In tho councils nro as firm as ever against concluding n separate peace, hut they do not (hid the masses of uniformed people easy to control. Germany Is reported to hnvc started the expected movement to cut off Pctrogrud from the army, n large naval and military expedition having left Llbuu, presum ably for Pernnu or Kcvul, and nt such nn inopportune, time a great many Russian soldiers nro deserting. These deserters nro peasant fiddlers who aro hastening to their homcsTn fenr that there will be a distribution of lands of which, In their absence, they will not get their share. The old agrarian trouble Is coming to n bend and desplto the assurances of the authorities thnt It cannot be settled until the consti tuent assembly acts, the peasants arc In many localities taking the mutter Into their own hands. As for the threatened German of fensive, the leaders of the now Rus slnn government assert that It will bo a good thing for Russia even If tho enemy should occupy Petrogrnd, for It will unite the nation In determina tion to fight the war to the, finish and nullify the efforts of the Teuton So cialists. The Russian Baltic fleet nnd nrmy sent n wireless messngo to the allied fleets saying they were In com plete readiness to defend free Russln. President Wilson hns selected tho members of n commission that will visit Russiu to pay this nation's re spects to the new government, nnd Ellhu Root has consented to he Its chairman. The other members will bo Edward T. Hurley, Daniel Wlllard and Oscar S. Straus. Spain Warns the Kaiser. On Tuesday Spain sent to Germany n note concerning submarine warfare, with the warning thnt Spunlsh pn- tlencc wns nearly exhausted. Tho Imperial government consented to n parley for the "mitigation of the diffi culties which have arisen In Spain." King Alfonso has tried diligently to preserve neutrality, but It seems as If Ids efforts were doomed to failure. Turkey having severed diplomatic relations with the United States, the representatives of tho two nations started for home. Reports that came from Europe dur ing the week told of n revival of tho attempts to oust Bcthmnnn-IIollweg from power because of his support of the plans of the Socialist Scheldemann for n penco without annexation and Indemnities. The pan-Germuns, con servatives nnd liberals nil nro oppos ing tho chancellor In this. But Ger many's foes should not count too much on such demonstrations, any more than on tho strikes there, for there Is no reason to believe any of them por tend the overthrow of Prussian autoc racy the ono thing, probably, that can bring tho war to an early con clusion. M7or Thompson of Chicago suc ceeded on Thursdny In attracting somo nttcntlon to himself. Ho Issued n printed stntcment on the food short age In which he attacked conscription, urgued for a bun on food exports and assailed tho war policies of the admin istration. The same day he evinced n disinclination to extend to Marshal Joffro nnd tho French mission nn In vitation to visit Chicago, saying ho thought some of tho people "might not be wildly enthusiastic uliout It." Mayor Thompson Is overly careful nbout tho stability of his Teutonic political fences, for Chicago Is decidedly en thusiastic over tho proposed visit by tho French commissioners and will gtvo them n splendid welcome. Plana for tho event nre being made, the mayor being Ignored. Tho Wisconsin senate gnvo a lesson to disloyal citizens by expelling from membership Senator Frank Rnguso of Mllwnukce, n Soclnllst, for refusal to retract alleged disloyal statements made by him on tho floor of tho senate. At tho hour of writing It nppenra certain that tho government selectlvo conscription bill will bo passed by both houses of congress. Agreements were secured In both senate nnd houso that assured a voto not later than midnight Saturday. TELLS COURT WIFE WON'T KISS HIM Denver Judge Grants Man's Plea After Listening to Tale of Domestic Woe. Denver. Cold. "My wife refuses to kiss mi or recognize me hm lur bus bum!," Frank I. (IIIIIiikm. contractor, told the Denver district court In up penlliiK for mi annulment of his timr rlnRi lo Clurii A. (HIIIiikh. "Wh?" (pierled .1u1k Mulllns. Ticcnuii lier .niother, wlio holds Plnilliir views." replied the plulntlff, "hus nmde her believe thut It Is wronw for ii IuiMiiiihI to even kiss his wife." The court wns Interested to '.he ex tent of allowing (Jlltlnpt to Introduce a portion of u letter written to Mm Refuses to Kiss Him. by his wife shortly nftcr their mnr rluge and ufter their separation. In this letter Mrs. Gllllngs mude the fob lowlhg statements: "We nre not living In tho ago of slaves or heathen, nor 100 years ugo, nor even M) years ugo. Women nre waking up. They arc no longer con sidered a 'white slave of man.' You will receive no Hympathy Ironi any well read man or woman of toduy." Another passage read: "Not only I refuse on religious or conscientious grounds, but my own personal feelings and the welfare of tho future generation of my children. You nro to be pitied, surely you, with your century-ago ideas of the duty of wife to man, usual 'murltal relations,' etc." Mrs. Gllllngs had written this let ter In response to his appeals thut she live with him und make a homo for him. "And she was a June bride, too," ox clnlmcd Gllllngs. The court grunted tho annulment. IVON $5,000,000 OFF $200 Texas Land Taken for Puny Debt Has Proved to Be Rich In Quick silver. Chicago. F. II. Perry, of this city Is receiving n revenue of nearly $.r0, 000 u month from his quicksilver mine in tho Big Bend country of Texas which ho wns forced to take over sev eral years ugo to sntlsfy n debt of ?200. In fact when Mr. I'erry came Into possession of this 1,280 ucrcs of hind he regarded It as worthless. Ho did not even take the trouble to go to nee It, knowing tho region to be bar ren and nlmost unlnhnbltuble. How ever, fate had decreed that fortune should smllo on Mr. Perry. SIn,ce the price of quicksilver mount ed from $45 to $80 per flunk of 7C pounds becnuso of tho war In Europo, Mr. Perry's mine hns produced $3, 000,000 worth of tho material. Whnl tho mine Is worth toduy no one ven tures to estimate, but, llgurlng on lt3 rcvonuo producing bnsis, It ought to huvo n value of not less than fJ.OOO, 000. gVo"o"og"o"B BO'o'ooinro'o'o'g'o"o"o'flTnp PAIR OF SHOES DOES TWO ONE-LEGGED MEN Dnlton, Gil. Thcro nro two men in Dnlton who aro not wor rying over tho price of shoes. They are both named Joe Joo Fnln and Joo Carter. Both aro mill operatives nnd both nro one-legged. However, there Is n difference in tho legs, ns Carter hns u right leg and Fnln a, left leg. They wear tho sumo slzo shoo and "split" their footgear between them ns ordinary men would split a bottlo of beer. rjo oooooOQOOOOOOOOOOyQQQQln Not That Way. New York. If you want to flirt with a girl In tho subway, don't try Orlen tnl methods on her. An esteemed citi zen from Bombay, India, tried this method. Ho is repining In tho work house. Girl Died From Swallowing; Pins. Los Cundelurlus, N. M. Miss Cleo tlldo Gallegos, uged twenty yours, died hero us the result of having swnllowed sovcral pins whllo dressing for u danco. . i I ifriV-MO" 'mu fum la mv fnrlnnn ' "Ilonvcnsl Whnt hns kept you out of bankruptcy?" SWAMP-ROOT FOR KIDNEY DISEASES There in only one medicine thnt really stand out pre-eminent nn n remedy for diseaaca of the kidncvp, liver nnd bladder. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot Mnndu the hiKhCKt for the reason that it Ihih proven to be jiwt the remedy needed in tlioimatid upon thouxnndd of cen tho mont distress ing case. Snninp-Koot, n pliynician'n pre scription for opecial dineatrn, make friend quickly becaiiMi itH mild and immediate ef fect in noon iwilfo-cil in nint c.in'h. It in a gentle, healing vegetable compound. Start treatment nt once. Sold at all dniR , .luiin hi iHiiucH oi two uen- nity rents u uuc (lunar. However, if you wish first to tcM this Bft'Slt liretliirntinn amil inn i'rnf In tip ! Kilmer & Co.. Hinnlinminn. N. . for n sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper. Adv. Beginning rigid is half the buttle. W. L. DOUGLAS "the 8hoe that holds its shape" $3 $3.50 $4 $4.50 $5 $6 $7 & $8 an'SVJnVSn Save Money by Wearing W. L. Douglas hoes. For aalo by over OOOO shoe denier. The Best Known Shoes In the World. WL Douglas name and the retail price u stamped on the bot tom of all shoes at the factory. The value is guaranteed and die wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. The retail prices are the same everywhere. Thry co;t no more in San Francisco than they do in New York. They are always worth the price paid for them. ' 'he quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed by more than 40 years experience in making fine shoes. The smart styles are the leaders in the Fashion Centres of America. They are made in a well-equipped factory at by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under supervision of experienced men, all working ucicxminaiion to maice tne oesc snoes tor ine can tmy. Aak your ihoe dealer for f. T- Dnngln itioei. If ho ran. not .upnly jnu with tho kind yon want, tnko nn oilier tnakn. VVrltn for Intaro.tlnc booklet explaining liow to Eat lioe.of tlio lilghn.t .tunilarcl of quality y return mail, nmlini frno. ity LOOK FOR W. - Douglas . tJ name and the retail price Ty??r7 .fuo. .?"" -w stamped on the bottom. n tha dftllnm. Poor Thing! Farmer Walter, are you sure theso hero oysters nre dend? Walter Oh, yes, sir. When their Bhells were opened they died of em bnrrnssment. inn im.t,,i , ,.i t ,t uni mill With the Fingers ! Says Corns Lift Out Without Any Pain t. . Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of n corn can shortly be lifted right out with tho Angers If you will apply on tho corn n few drops of frcczone, says a Cincinnati authority. At little cost one enn get n small bot tle of frcczone at any drug store, which will positively rid one's feet of every corn or callus without pain or sore ness or the danger of Infection. This new dmg Is nn ether compound, and dries the moment It Is applied nnd docs not inflame or even Irrltnte the surrounding skin. Just think 1 You can lift off your corns nnd cnlhises now without n bit of pnln or soreness. If your druggist hnsn't frcczone he can easily get n smnll bottle for you from his wholesale drug house. udv. Undisciplined. Ofllccr What do you mean by feed ing thnt horse before the cull sounded? Recruit I didn't think ns 'ovv Vd stnrt eating beforo the trumpet blew, Blr. Punch. GAVE HIS CANE AWAY! Mr. S. P. IJcnton, Kerrvllle, Texas, writes: "For sevcrnl years prior to 1000 I suffered from kidney nnd rheu matic troubles. Was bent over and forced to u&o u enne. For these disorders I nm glad to sny I used Dodil'H Kidney Pills, which proved to be tho proper remedy. I am (VI years old, feel fl n a and once aguln stnnd ns straight ns nn arrow. Dodd's Kid ney Pills deserve grout credit." He sure and get "DODD'S," tho name with tho threo D's for diseased, disor dered, deranged kidneys; just ns Mr, Benton did. No similarly named article will do. Adv. Antediluvian Optimism. "It's going to bo a terrible deluge," remarked Japhet. "Yes," replied Noah. "But we're lucky In having n good clean ocean ahead of us with no submarines In It." Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle ot CASTORIA, thnt famous old remedy for Infants and children, nnd see that it Beam the fy VHfar " Signature ot C!fflcui&U In Use for Over SO Years. 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