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RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF l X !l ii mi t St . m n i i hi Pi PI r n M 1 I! I: ATWARWITHSTATES B0L6HEVIKI GOVERNMENT DE CLARES IT EXISTS CONSULATE FLAG LOWERED .American Representative nt Petronrnd ' Turns Affairs Over to the Norwe gian Consul 1 Washington Dispatches from Hus sin of a somewhat disturbing nature to state department oMci.ils have been received. Vice Consul Robert W. Itnbrlc. nt Petrograd, reported In n do Inycd dispatch, that members of the bolshovlkl government nt the former Jlusslau capital had Issued n pronun clamento declaring that n state of war existed between Hussia and the United States. In view of the bol hoviki declaration, Mr Imbrle repott ed in his dispatch, which was dated August 2, that he had lowered the United States Hag over the consulate, and. following the recent nction of Consul General Poole nc Moscow, closed the consulate mid turned the af fairs of the United States over to tho Norwegian consul. Americans In Pot rograd, believed to number about twenty, were warned to leave, Consul Imhrlo's dispatch said, although tho ronmil indicated that ho would remain nt his post until he had received In structions from the statu department Nebraska Is Twice Honored Portland. f 10. Admits of Superior, Nebr.. was elected communder-ln-rblef of the Grand Army of tho Ite public for tho coining year. The now head of the organization served in the civil war in tho Fifth Wisconsin bat tery, Pourloonth army corps, under the commands of Genoral George 11 Thomas and General Sherman. Tho election of Mr. Adams was tundo unan imous. The nowly elected command-pr-in-chiof announced tho following PpolntmentB of his stuff : A. N. Trim ble, Lincoln, Nebr., adjutant general; Colonel I). It. Stowlts, of Uuffalo. N. Y quartermaster general, mid George M Kellogg, of Nowcustlo, Cal., pa triotic instruction. Weekly Press Must Curtail Washington. Reduction of 25 per tent of all publication space in excess or eight- pages for country weekly newspapers was ordered by Chairman Ilaruch of tho war Industries board. Other features of a conservation plan for news print paper, which by this order is extended to Include tho coun try wooklies, aro discontinuance of papers to subscribers threo months after subscriptions oxplre, stopping uso or freo copies for exchange) -vlthln the ame county or a forty-mllo radius, stopping the publication of extra cop ies for advertising stimulation mid toppngo of roturnB of unsold copies from nowB dealers. - Hope to Remove Hoo-doo Chicago. The hoodoo that has clung to tho Btoamship lOastland since ho capsized In the Chicago river and carried 822 persons to death will bo removed and the vessel reincarnated In the form of a sea tighter will be launched in Chicago as tho Hunchas Ing gunboat Wllmettc. And tho crow that will man her mid help chnso tho Prussian pirates from tho high seas will bo tho 1G0 survivors of tho I'. S 8 Schurz, which was sunk off tho At lantic coast. Commander W. It. Wells, U. S. N will command the boat and ho dcclaros that his men, being devoid of superstition, have no fear of tho stlgmn that has long bo mlrchctl her muno. Shortage of Laboring Men Washington. Tho fact Is made known that there Is now a shortage la war work of 1,000,000 uuskllled labor ers and that the rosorvo of skilled workers Is exhausted. Furthor cur tailment of non-essential production is planned to roleaso men for war work. Tho labor shortago Is so serious that completion of n number of im portant war projects for tho army and navy is being delayed. The Held agents decided that tho only way In which tho needed lnborors could bo secured was to tako them from non essential Industries. Awarded French War Cross Paris. Tho Misses Emma S. and Katlierlno K. Lansing of Watertown, N Y sisters of tho American secre tary of stave, have beon decorated with the French war cross and cited In tho army orders. Tho two sisters worked in tho American Itod Cross canteen at Epornay during tho recent homhaui mont and assisted in tho hospital dis playing marked heroism They are tho first members of the American Hod Cross canteen to recelvo this honor. Harvest Grain as Guns Boom Homo. Itallun soldiers and civilians have succeoded In harvesting grain on tho right bank of tho Piave river un der fire of tho enemy While the har vesters worked the entire district was swept by the enemy's nitillory. Crown for a German Prince London. A Finish delegation has left Helslngfors for Germany to offer tho crown of Finland to a Gorman jirince, who will probably bo Duke Adolph Frlcdrich of Mecklenburg-fceuwerin. U-B0AT8 DRINQ SPIE8 Spies Landed In Collapsible Boats- Sailor RecoQnlzcs Hun officer In New York New York. Tho first olllccr of an American vessel recently sunk off tho const recognized In New York one of the olllcers of tho submarine which sank his esBol. The German officer recognized him also and escaped beforo hu could glvo tho alarm In Washington it Is believed entirely possible for tho hubniarlnes to land spies In collapsible boats carried for the purpose, and that there Is danger that all tho claboratu safeguards to check spies will bo defeated mid that submarine officers will bo able to oh tain itnl Information by personal visits on shore. It Is also learned thut one of tho Gei man submarines equipped with a cable-cutting apparatus succeeded in cutting two cables from the United States to the West Indies. Those were nt once repaired, It is known that three largo Gorman submarines of tho Doutschlnnd type have been operating off tho American shore. These vessels were of tho cruising type, 300 feet long, armed fore and nft with (ilnch guns mid with a cruising radius of 17,000 miles. The German action In cutting the . cables mid the reported landing of spies glvo evidence that the submarine campaign wns designed to be far inoro than mi attack on American coastal shipping. As now viewed, tho object ! of the Germans are shown to bo: First, to terrorize the navy depart ment Into recalling wnrshlps from Ku ropeau patrol duty. Second, to cut tho United States off from secret telegraphic communica tion with Its forces mid allies abroad by cutting cables Third, to oatubllth direct communica tion between the German espionage) system nud Get man agents in thu I'nlted States by landing splcB from submarines. Slackers Among Mcnnonites Goshen, Inil. lOxpectlng to obtain evidence upon which to secure Indict ments beforo u federal grand jury in Clovelnnd of 185 bishops, ministers , and deacons of the Mennonlte Church of tho World, F. It. Fortune, n depart ment of justice agent, Is In Goshen. Charges against the men are based on u pamphlet statement they signed fol lowing the annual convention of tho Mennonlte church of tho United States and Canada nt Yollow Creek church, west of Goshen, u year ngu. The con- feience devoted much time to a ills- mission of war subjects, and advised Monnonltes In tho draft to respond to call but to decline to give military service, basing their refusal upon their church teachings. Tanker Sinks Submarine Philadelphia. A German submarine was sunk in n running battle with a Hrltlsh tank steamer about 300 miles northeast of Nantucket. Tho oil ship arrived hero from Mexico. When llrst sighted the U-boat was two miles away, and tho captain of the tanker Immediately opened flro. Two shots from the submorslblo struck the Brit ish ship, ono of them passing through tho holler room aud the other through a tank. Neither of tho shells exploded and did no material damage. Twenty seven shots were fired by tho tnnk ship, one or moie scored clean hits, as t Haines iirust rroin tho port side of tho submarine, which sank a few minutes later. Released Frorij a Submarine Huston.- Captain David lOvans, of the Hrltlsh steamer Penlshmc, taken aboard a Get man submarine as a pris oner of war after the undersea boat i sank his vessel off Nantucket last week, has been landed here. With ' him wore eight members of the crew of tho Norwegian steamer San Jose, nlso a victim of the same submarine . Captain Evans wns put into one of tho San Joso'n boats which was picked up i later by n government vessel. Ho was iieicd by the German commander when ho tried to return to his sinking vessel for tho ship's papers. Colonel Patterson Suicide Portsmouth. Col. George T. Patter son, U. S A., commanding officer of tho Portsmouth, N. H., harbor mllltnry post, committed suicide. Overwork and n nervous breakdown wero given a" causes for his act Colonel Patter son's father Is a pi eminent Nebraska Jurist. He was fortv-su years old and entered West Point from Omaha lie had served on the west coast mid alo"g the Mexican border. China Sends Troops Washington. The Chinese govern ment has sent n large foice of troops to tho Siberian border to prevent a threatened Invasion of Chinese terri tory by German and Hungarian prls oners of war who Joined with the Hed Guard and other elements of Hie bol shovlkl against the Cpcho Slovaks in tho Trans-Ilalkal region. Married Men for Service Washington In answer to a letter from Senator Chamberlain, asking whether it was true that tho war de partment proposed to exempt mairied men us a class undi r tho now man power bill, Secretary Haker informed tho senator that the existing regula tions as to mnrrled men would con tinue in force. Senator Chamberlain had written to the secretary saying that It deferred clat-slllcatlon for mar ried men gonorally was contemplated, many sonators would oppose lowering the present draft agu to eighteen THE CHOICE OF TIENHUUB Seville and McKelvie Guberna torial Candidates, Norris and Morehead tor United States Sanator. Lincoln Practically every county has added to Neville's lead, mid there seems no doubt that it will run to 15,000 or better when complete figures aro in for the entire state. Klghty-three of the nlnety-thrco counties have reported their demo cratlc vote on governor, In whole or In part. The totals In these counties ttro: Neville. 32,050; Uryan, 20,201; Novlllu'n lead, 12.45G. GOVKIINOK KIJ1TH NKVILLE Nomlnnti-il by tho Democrats as their standard bearer. He Is now serving his llrst term as governor The counties sending complete re turns on republican candidates foi governor give these results: McKolvle. 33,820; Johnson, 13.894; MoKolvie's lead, 10,032. Qnniil'iF N.'nrrl linn Inprennnil hi plurality over Sloan and llamnionti ! to 5.000. The last two have run necl and neck for second place. Latest i reports on republican candidates foi senator are: Norris, 20.01S; Sloan 15,197; Hammond, 14,803; Madgett 3,778; Mercer, 3,593. L-ISUV JUllS 11 JUlill In riie li'inui.r.itii i"i".lni'i for I i ue-i .s-itos Hi-II.Uol Ml MowlH'Hil leiici two terms as governor Morehead's vote In the counties re ported is above 25,000. Following is tho standing of the democratic sena torial candidates: Morehead, 25.700; Metcalfe, 10,073. Howard, 7,007; lb-cd, I 0,014; Piieo, 2,258. I The race for land commission- r on ' tho republican ticket Is settled in fa 1 vor of Dan Swanson, who Is owr 700 I votes ahoad of E. H. Cowies Swan- ' Hn'H margin Is gradually increasing, and will probably be 1,500 or more on complete returns. Dr. A. T. Gatowood dofeats Hugh L. Cooper for the democratic nomina tion for secretary of statu in the nnlsu of a close race. Sixty-seven counrica gavo Gntewood a plurality of 81S On the republican ticket, 1). M. Amsberry is tho winning candidate over W S. Jay. Tho Inst doubt ns to the outiomo of tho republican primary nice for congress In tho Fourth district was ro moved with tho receipt of figures, from Sallno county, giving tho nomination to M. O. McLaughlin of York by a plu rality of 130. Kvory county in th- dis trict is represented In the i tals, which are, rospoctlvoly, 4,183 for Mc Laughlin nnd 4,053 for McMullen Stnto Auditor Smith Is credited with a plummy of 4,771 over K O. Krethliigor for tho domorcatli con grossloual nomination in tho Fourth. Tho forolgn voter constitutional Amondmont and tho constitutional con vention havo recoived endorsement from both parties. Jr - ) I JL -r&w I " I I am ' a -vJiM fcf A jflKli mmL JmmM i f iMMTiir' ""nurr n 1 1 -""i i DEMOCRATIC United States Senator John II. Morehoad Falls City Governor Keith Ncvlllo North Platto Lieutenant Governor W. II. llnnning Union Secretary of State , A T. Gntewood McCook Auditor 10 P. Mumford Heatriee Treasurer J S. Canaday Mlnilen Attorney General O W. llcrge Lincoln Land Commissioner ( L. Shumway Seottshluff Railway Commissioner i; C. Simmons Pender For Congress District 1st -Frank A. Peterson Lincoln 2nd C. O. Lobeik Omaha :itil-I)nn V. Stevens 1'remonb Hli -William II Smith Seward Mil A ('. Sehallenberger Alma Cth-Chnrles W. Pool Ilynnnla REPUBLICAN United States Senator. George" W Norris McCook Governor Samuel It. McKolvle Lincoln Lieutenant Governor P A. Harrows Lincoln Secretary of State I) M. Amsberry Hroken How Auditor ti Marsh Lincoln Treasurer I) II. Cropsey Fnirbury Attorney General i larenre A. Davis lloldrego Land Commissioner Imii Swnnson Fremont Railway Commissioner II G Taylor Lincoln For Congress District 1st C. F Ueavls Falls City 2nd- A W Jeffeils Omaha .till -It U. Evan- Dakota City 1th M O McLaughlin oric "th W. 10 Andrews Hastings Cth M P Kinkaid O'Neill NONPARTISAN TICKET Supreme Judges C II. Aldrlch Lincoln W H. Rose Lincoln harlch H. Lot ton .' Lincoln Grant G. Martin Lincoln II H. Perry Cambridge- George F. Corcoran York State Superintendent w- M- (,,,;,ni"on" Fremont C M. Sutherland Creighton Regents Omaha Omaha Seottsblutf Kenesuw University Joint it. Webster. F W .tudfon. .. . II. L. Sams I 1). Evans HON. P It MnKKLVIi: iMmspii .in the ill initillean c-nnillilato for llmiii -r Mr MclCelvlu sorcil one t-T-'i ih Hi Mi mint governor Omaha and Douglas lonnty voted in the proportion of I! to 12 in favor of tin constituHonnl amendment prohibiting thiioC from voting who have not obtained their tlnal citi zenship papers. They also voted hKNATOIt OKO. W. NOHIUS Itrimimcin nomiiieo to succeed himself aa I lined HtuU'H Hniiator Heivi-d threo terms as ciiucretisiimn from tho Fifth iliNirlct, :i,G5S for nnd 1,401 against tho pro posed constitutional convention for the slate. I I ITIl ! i ''iMell ! ''mmEm I H IfifJr IN TRIPLE COMPACT JOINT ACTION BY UNITED STATES, CHINA AND JAPAN AGREE IN NUMBER 0FTR00PS No Forward Step In Siberia Without Consent of All Governments Concerned Washington. Information has been lecelved here that all the Japanese troops destined for Siberia have been lauded at Vladivostock. The number cannot be mado public, It was said, for military reasons, but taking them nil together with the American, Hrltlsh, Fn-neh and Italian forces In Siberia, I the aggregate Is not large. Japan also has a few contingents moving from Mukden, where sho maintains a largo ganlson, but they are not presently destined for Siberian territory, al though such disposition will he mnde of tlicni as may make them immediate ly available should need for their ser vices in Siberia arise be employed in Siboiiu has been defi nitely agreed upon botw'een the United S.tes and Jnpnn. China being also consulted and tho number cannot be increased without the npproval of the American government; likewise the United States will be obliged to consult Japan beforo tho American expeditionary force In Siberia can be enlarged. No stop will be taken by either Japan, China or the United QtfltrtU ll'flll w.rr,..,.! .. C-tl.nt.. I, ... . . I . u . I ,"-""' l """ stnted authoritatively here, without the sanction of all three of those countries. An advantage In having China as a party to the operations concerning Si beria was said In an Important quarter to relate principally to the moral effect her participation will have upon the Russians themselves. The Russian do not distrust cither the Fnlted States or China, but there weie ferns that tho motive.) of Jnpnn inlgh be misunderstood if hhe acted inde pendently. Spain Protests to Germany Paris.- Spain has Informed Germany Hint because of the serious inroads tho submarine sinking have made Into Spanish shipping, she hereafter will use German vessels now in Span ish ports in plnro of tonna?o sunk. This announcement Is made In a state ment issued by the Spanish cabinet at San Sebastian. The cabinet state merit says: "As a consequence or tho submarine campaign more than twenty' per cent of our merchant marino has been sunk, more than 100 Spanish sailors have perished, a considerable number of sailors havo beon wounded nnd numbers have been shipwrecked and abandoned. Ships needed exclu sively for Spanish use have been tor pedoed without the slightest pretext." Relief for Czecho-Slovaks Washington. Information indicates that assistance sent to Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia will reach them in time to thwart the efforts of tho Gorman-Alls trian prisoners and the bolshovlkl. "ho allies are sending arms and nnimu niiion and heavy nitillory is included The piogram to reestablish the east em front Is progressing far more rap Idly than was expected. The trans Siberian railway will play an impor ant part That Gormany appreciates tho importance of the move Is shown in n dispatch to the effect that soviet troops had blown up "tho Baikal tun nel " It was pointed out thnt there arc thirty-three Haikal tunnels, all ol them hewn out of solid rock Texas Cattle to Nebraska i Washington A. V. Stryker, of the I South Omaha stockyards, is heading I a delegation here to urge Secretary McAdoo to intervene in behalf of aid lug the shipment of thousands of cat tie from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas an 1 othor southern states to the lone crass country of Nebraska. Members of this ' delegation are confldont thnt their sug gostion will be complied with. It was. said that Mr. McAdoo will investigate tho situation, nnd If It Is ns repre sented he will furnish cars and right of way for speedy shipment of the stock, which it is claimed is in danger of being lost through lnck of forage. All-Wheat Bread "Over There" Washington. The American army In Franco is amply supplied with bread mado of all wheat Hour, mid the dnll ration of eighteen ounces of Hour for bread is so over-abundant that a re 1 ductlon to sixteon ounces Is under con sideration. Soldiers in the United States consumo Victory bread with the presciibed amount of substitutes for wheat Hour. Not until they get to Franco aro they nllowcd all whent bread. Requests to Governors Washington Governors of nil stntos nro nskod by tho war labor policies board to send representatives to Washington for it conference Septem ber 30-Octobor 1, on state and federal co operation In dealing with Industrial problems, Chnirman Frankfurter noti fied tho governors that hereafter con tracts of all government departments will contain clauses restricting child and convict labor. Dr. A. C. Summers, commissioner of agrlculturo, commorco and industry, ha3 beon doslgnntod to meet the state offcials. A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Miss Ketly Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham'o Vegetable Compound Restored Her Health. Nownrk, N. J.-" For nbont throt years I Buffered from nervous break aown nnu eov. bw wenk I could hardly Btnnd, Bfld hadheaa nche3 every day. I tried everything I could think of and was under a phy fiician'a care for two years. A girl friend rind used Lydia E. Pinkham'o Vege table Compound and sho told mo about it From tho first day I took itl began to feel better and now I am well and able to do most any kind of work. I havo been recom mendinc tho Com pound ever Binco and give you my per mission to publish this letter." Mis Flo KF.I.I.Y, 476 So. 14th St, Newark, N.J. Tho reason thfe famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, was so successful in Miss Kelly'B caao was because it went to tho root of her trouble, restored her to n normal healthy condition nnd us a result her nervousness disappeared TfTTYJl?V !s a dcceptlvo disease rvlLtH(X thousands havo It TRflTTRT 17 and don't know Jt. 1C X XVV J Lti-iLa you wunl B00d rcsuits you can niako no mlstiiko by using Dr. Kilmer's Swamn-Itoot. tho crent kidney medicine. At drurculr.ts In largo nnd mo dliiin rIzo bottles. Sntnplo slzo by Parcel I Post. nlBO pamphlet telling you about It. ' Address Dr. Kilieor & Co, BlnKlinmton. X. Y., and encloso ten cjnts, also men tion tnis paper Every Woman Wants FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE DUiolved in vater for douche stops pelvic catarrh, ulceration and inflam mation. Recommended by Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co. for ten years. A healing wonder for natal catarrh, ore throat and tore cyca. Economical. Hu eiutonSntry deviling nl nenniacM pwvr. Sample Fren. SOVu all druceiiu, or pmImuJ bj mml. Tht PxlonTojMCompnv. Hotton. Mn. , TRYING TO PLEASE JOHNNY Small Boy Couldn't Understand Ob jections Being Made to His Tooting the Horn. A few days ngo, there appeared In the News n letter protesting ngnlnst noise near hospitals. The next morn ing, a hospital patient beard a horn sounding loudly In front. "There!" she said to her nurse, "that's Just whnt chat fellow wroto about. If I were In the hospital of fice, It would take me about three jumps to stop that." "It won't tnke me more thnn four," said the nurse who had noticed her pa tient's rising temperature. On reaching the door, she was sur prised to see seated alone in n machlno a former patient whom she knew well, n tiny Greelc boy who wns returned regularly for dressings by a much In terested soelnl agency. "Why, Pete !" she exclaimed. "Don't do that." "Why not?" nskod Peter Innocently. "Don't you know there are f-lck peo ple In the hospital? Think how Johnny (n former mute) must feel." "Gee!" said Pete In amazement. "It never hurt my leg when It wns sick. I wns n-doln It for Johnny." Indianap olis News. No Use. "Aro you conserving food, Mrs. Jones?" "No, Indeed; nobody In our family likes conserves." He Go'c It. The Ross (sternly) Jlmmle, what do you wnnt? .11111111100(7. & 1 " i Children Like ihe attract: vofla- VOt of tho healthful cereal drink POSTOM And it's fine for them too, for it contains nothing harmful- only the doodness of wheat and pure molasses. POSTUM is now regu larly tiscd in place of xea and cof foe in many of the best of families. 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