"yawr i RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF Tells Italians to "Tighten Belts" No Hope of Better Food Situa tion Seen by Food Con troller at Rome. STILL EATING WAR BREAD Strikes and Riots Are Bred by Stead ily Increasing Cost of Everything Causing Deep Anxiety to Government Homo. Ilnly's food Rlttmtlnn Is worso now tlinti It linn been since the nrmlstlcc nml almost ns bad as It was during tho dark days of the war. Tho feeling that all Is not well has weighed upon housekeepers for weeks, when life's prime necessities grow rarer nnd dearer. Hut now the coun try has been told the bitter truth by Food Controller Murlaldl In n speech before tho chamber of deputies. This year's harvest of grain lias yielded 200,000,000 hundredweight loss than last year; the government must import 250,000,000 hundred weight for bread, which Is sold at 20 cents for n two-pound loaf, and means 1400,000,000 on hnrd grain alone; on eoft grain the loss equals another 1400,000,000; on olive oil tho stnte loses several hundred million dollars. Italy Is tho only allied country whoso Inhabitants must still eat war bread. Its price, the government says, must shortly ho raised 0 or 10 cents for a two-pound loaf, because tho budget cannot stand the loss of $800, 000,000 a year on grain nlone. Tho public must bear part of the burden In denrcr bread. Itlce Is scarce, too; this year's har vest shows n shortage of half n mil lion hundredweight; the oil hnrvest Is so poor tho public has less than one-third the quiuitlty doled out last year. There Is less thnn half tho quantity of cheese, lard, butter and milk of last year; thero Is a scrlouv BUgur shortage too. . No Prospect of Relief. And tho food controller has no remedy to suggest. The public blames him nnd his food ministry, lie blames the food ministry too, sny Ing that such chaos reigned when he took it over last summer that he has been unable to straighten things out and will resign as soon ns possible. Ho told an astonished chamber that bo found his ministry buying chocso at GO cents n pound, to resell to wholesalo dealers, who doled It out to the public at $1.G0 n podnd. lie added that, one great trnublo Is the lack of food experts to ndvlso tho government In buying foods, es pecially perishable kinds. Aiid ho said he saw no hopo for n better food situation In tho near future unless peoplo cat lefjs nnd pull their belts tighter over empty stomachs. ' The perpetual upward flight of food KENTUCKY FOR VOTES FOR WOMEN mH k& i W&BmWmMmMmWBM&mmtUM IHsts9sHiiiH,P; " I HMHHinD ?! WWBIWil V Jltm, v i WMM T '" "lllfc -trmtfw' MM EPkii llfiiiaBflwH3K3Hra.f Mmk Ell - HI mMSBmmm Edwin l. Morrow of Kentucky signing tho Joint resolution of tho Ken tacky bouse nnd sennto in ratification of the Constitutional amendment giving women tho right to vote. This ratification marked the end of the thirty-year light for that right In tho Blue Grass stutc. .....-......,.. Company Takes Back Man Who Stole $235,000 O. It. Woodward of St. Louis, Is again a citizen of tho United Stntes nfter relcnso from n two yenr term In the penitentiary. Citizenship was restored by the governor. In addition, the Fed eral Lead company, for ttio em bezzlement of about $235,000 of whoso funds ho went to prison, lias agreed to put him on Its pny roll again and give him a fresh start In South America as its agent . ulllllt1 ... .ft Austrian Children to Italy. ' Vienna. Ten thousand Austrian children are now going to Italy as guests of various municipalities. They will remain tor the winter. Many thou sands more aro In Switzerland, per many, Holland and the Scandinavian countries., prices in Italy causes deep anxiety to thoso responsible for the country's good order. Recent strikes nnd civil strife were almost wholly due to discontent caused by the still In creasing cost of life's prime neces sities and more trouble Is yet to come unless the upward trend Is curbed. Sample Increases. Cotton goods cost .100 per cent more than they did In 1010, woolen goods 2f0 per cent, hats and shoes 200 per cent, shoddy clothes 2.r0 per cent, glass goods JlCO per cent. Home grown produce has Increased more than foods Imported from America. For Instance, eggs arc now fifl per cent dearer than Hirer;, years ago. po tatoes -lnt) per cent dearer, beans 420 per cent, fresh pork 2170 per cent, Itnllan lard 2S0 per cent, beef 2111 per cent, butter 270 per cent, cheese 250 per cent, milk 2100 per cent, wine 525 per cent. Tho food control ofllco reports that wlno growers made such Enemy Rattled by Five Tanks - Ruse That Kept Germans Guess ing on Eve of Argonne Disclosed. STAGE ONE-NIGHT STANDS Their Bluff Attacks Divert Two Ger man Divisions U. S. Army Gets First Two of Improved Type of Battle Tank. Washington. Tho story of Ave little American tanks and the pnrt they played In the great Argonno offensive Is told as follows In a statement Is sued by tho war department: "Gen. Pershing with tho llrat Ameri can nrmy had Just finished awakening the German high command to a healthy fear of the American soldier by re ducing the St. Mililel salient, nnd the pluns for the McuBe-Argouno offeuslvo wero about to bo carried Into execu tion. In these days of tho airplane and wireless telegraphy, It seems lm possible to deliver a surprise assault. Nevertheless no pains aro spared to deceive tho enemy as to the exact point of attack. As a means of cover ing the truo point of attack, the chief of tank corps presented a schemo which received tho approval of tho high command. Cut Up Like an Army of Tanks. "Accordingly, after the withdrawal of tho tanks from the St. Mililel sec- TRIBE IS Almost Wiped Out by Dance and Feast. Famine Follows Feto Among Alaskan Indians Forty-Two Are Dead. Cordova, Alaska. A play, a dnnco nnd a feast, winding up a season of plenty was responsible for the near extinction of the Qulgllllngok trlbo of natives last winter and spring, nc cording to John II. Kllbuck, superin tendent of schools for tho Kuskokwlra river district. The famine following the fenst, Mr. Kllbuck said in his annual report to the bureau of education, caused the deaths of at least 42 of tho natives, and would have wiped out the entire clan had not missionaries come to the rescue with a supply of food. Tho tribe, Mr. Kllbuck suld, stored j big profits this last year that they paid for the land their wines are grown on from the one year's gain alone. The ever-growing cost of living In Italy, once the cheapest country In Europe, the paradise of the poor mnn, seems to bo In n vicious circle. Dear food and discontent go band-In-hand, breeding strikes, riots, blood shed. They again react on local pro duction and cause prices to rise higher than before. Then follow fresh strikes and disorders; tho screw Is turned yet again and the vicious circle must be roamled once more. BRITAIN HAS BIG NEW SHELL Projectile Is Said to Pierce the Heaviest Armor Without Shattering. London. The British nnvy may soon be given a new nnd "unsurpassed" weapon In a large caliber shell which will pierce the heaviest armor without shattering, said Kir Itobert Iladilcld, chairman and managing director of llndllolds, Ltd., steel manufacturers, recently, lie Indicated that possession of such a shell during the great war would have been of Inestimable vnluo to the British fleet. tor, Lieut. Illgglns with his plntoon of the Three Hundred and Thirty-fourth battalion tank corps, was directed to proceed from this point In a north westerly direction nlong tho lines via nnrrow gauge railway. He was to stop each night and mnkc a reconnaissance In front of our positions with his tanks nnd Immediately load up and repeat the operation the following night further down tho line. "On Sept. 11), the Ave tanks nnd their crews were loaded and tho ex pedition started. That evening they stopped In the renr of n little wood, miinv kilometers west of St. Mililel. Off" tho little narrow gunge flat cars tumbled the the tanks nnd nosed Into the woods for concealment, About 11 o'clock all was ready and the mlnin turo nrmy stnrtcd forwnrd on Its mis sion. Everything went off ns sched uled. Tho tnnks rolled through our positions nnd Into No Man's Land. "They were operated back and forth for hnlf nn hour. After this they wero quietly withdrawn, crawled back on their little nnrrow gauges and stnrted merrily on their way. They timed their work perfectly, and as they pulled out a terrific barrage hit tho wood they had left. "The following evening the proced ure wns repeated. Again the bnV- rage descended too late to hurt tho Jaunty bnnd. For six successive nights the troupe staged their ono night stands, nnd the reports nil along the sector showed that tho Hun wns up In the air. All day long the sky was full of planes senrchlng for tho nrmy of tnnks which the enemy wns sure was concentrating on this front. All suspicious looking places wero bombarded with the usual Hun thor oughness nnd Intensity. All night long the darkness wns dispelled by hundreds of flnres nnd rockets, and nil Indications showed thnt Heinle wns not going to be cnught nnpplng. Diverted Two Divisions. "Best of nil, Just ns tho little band wns preparing to entrain to get Into the big show In the Argonne there enme a message from tho Intelligence section stntlng 'two German divisions withdrawn from Argonne front. En training for your sector." Tho tnnk corps tins Just received at Camp Meade, Md from the Itock Tslnnd nrsenal two Mark VIII. tanks. This type, the Inrgest yet placed In quantity production, wns especially de signed for use ngnlnst the Hlndcn hurg lino and similar defenses. Not so fast nor so easily hnndlcd ns tho lighter types, It possesses tho ability to cross much larger ditches, crush more formidable obstacles, and enr rlos n much heavier armament. The great difficulty with tho lnrgo British tnnks was that they were un derpowered nnd, on uccount of the ar rangement of tho ninchlnery within, did not nfTord the proper room for tho crews. A commission of Urltlsh and American experts has corrected faults largely through the adoption of tho American Liberty motor. HIT HEAVY x- up great quantities of fish durinir the. summi-r nnd fall seasons. In celebration of their good for tune they Invited other tribes to at tend n "kuvgagyagagg," featured by n play, n "white man's dance" and the giving nwny of food. When It was all over the guests wero millionaires In tho currency of the section, whllo tho hosts were paupers. It will be years, Mr. Kllbuck de clared, before tho Qulgllllngoks recover from tho effects of their generosity. Fewer Horses, More Cows . Washington. Fnrm animals of the United States wero valued nt $8,001, 413,000 on January 1, compared with $8,827,891,000 n year ago, tho depart ment of agrlculturo aunounccd. Horses numbered 21,100,000, a decrease of 1.1 per cent. Mules numbered 4,005,000, a decrease of 1.1 per cent, but milk cows wero 23,747,000, an Increase of 0.5 per cent. CORMHUSKER ITEMS Ncw3 of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS A petition signed by 1".() Howard county citizens lias been filed with the Nebraska supreme court at Lincoln asking that Mops be taken to cause either (lie tllsbnrment, citation for con tempt or public censure of John M. I'rlost nml Sterling Mntz of Lincoln. F. A. Ileiisoncr of Thedford ami "other attorneys" who have taken part since October, 11)10, in the long pending light for the life of fJriiinnier and Cole, the two men whose execution for the murder or Mrs. Lulu Voght has now again been hung up for several weeks In the courts. The Integrity of the retail merchants throughout the state, who on divers occasions have been accused of being profiteers, is to receive Its supremo test. Mrs. C. O. Ryan, In charge of the Nebraska economy campaign nnd federal fair price commissioner, has prepared u card on which consumers may mall to 'her office the specific complaint wherein It Is claimed an cxhorbltnnt price has been charged for merchandise. State Superintendent of Public In struction Mntzen has sent notices to the officials and others interested In appeals niaile from the decision of county redisricting committees. Under the new law the county superintendent and two men named by the county board act as a committee to rcdlstrlct the counties so as to provide for larger school districts nnd better facili ties. Because, he claimed exemption from military service draft on the grounds that ho was an alien and subject of Germnny, Johannes Paulson of Leigh was forever denied the privilege of be coming u citizen of the United States by District Judge Button nt Columbus. The Judge not only denied his peti tion, but nlso cancelled bis first pa pers. Oklahoma oil men nre leasing n great deal of land in southern Holt county. The same Interests have un der lease n lnrge acreage of land near Krlmi, Garfield county, Just south of the south line of Holt county. The syndicate already bus a rig on the ground nnd expects to begin boring soon. At nineetlng of county officials and contractors at the office of the secre tary of public works at the state house at Lincoln, cdntrncts were let for over $."00,000 worth of rond build ing in Douglas, Saunders, Hull, Col fax, Merrick, Fillmore nnd Thnyer counties. Governor McKclvlo has reprieved to March 10 Alson 15. Cole, under sen tence to be electrocuted at the state prison at Lincoln, together with Allen V. Grninnicr, for the murder of Mrs. Vogt. Grnniuier, by a federal court ruling, Is automatically granted n stay until his case can be heard. Completion of the work of circulat ing petitions to place the nnme of Unit ed Stntes Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California on the Nebraska republi can presidential preference primary ballot to be voted on April 20, was announced nt Lincoln. Tho constitutionality of tho act passed at the last special legislative session to enobie Douglns county to Is sue bonds to restore the damage to Its court house occasioned by the riot of September 28, has been put up to tho state supreme court. Hebron expects to have a now In dustry In tho near future. The factory for the new snnltnry candy case, In vented by W. B. Morton, of Beatrice, Is soon to bo located there. Influenza caused the death of five children of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Al bright nt Antioch nnd Mr. Albright Is reported seriously 111 with the dis ease. Wheeler county will co-operate with Holt county In completing the north and south highway through tho two counties at least as far south as Hart lett this year. Governor McKelvIa has Issued nn ofllclal proclamation naming April 20 as primary day in Nebraska for the selection of tho various candidate for this fall's election. Tho oil project, twenty miles north of Chadron, Is being watched with much Interest. Tho drill is now down 1,200 feet. During tho past ten days over twenty-five applications from Germans, Austrian nnd Hungarians In Nebras ka, asking approval of permits to visit relatives In Europe, hnv been filed with W. M. Brashenr, immigration service representative at Omaha. Engineer A. II. Hngen of the Girls Industrial school at Genevn has been discharged is the result of nn Investi gation by the state bonrd of control. The board refused to disclose tho cnuse. Ilagen is snld to hnvo been dis charged following charges by the girls In the institution, The burenu of professional servlca nt the University of Nebraska ut Lin coln had culls tor 2b7 teachers from 173 towns In Jnnuary. Fourteen states besides Nebraska asked for teachers. Until the courts decldo otherwlso women may sign, petitions for candi dates for ofllco before the prlmnrles, according to nn opinion of Secretary of State Ansberry. v Tho Tecumsoh Honrd of Education has set n pneo for other cities In tho matter of teachers' salaries by giving an Increuse of GO per cent for the coming year. The sfiunbblc over tho light distrlbm tlon system between tho West Point, Hooper nnd Scrlbner crowd, whtoft started In 1918 when the property of the West Point company was sold to tho Hooper Electric Light & Power Co., was revived last week when n prominent West Point man was charged with cutting wires near Hooper. A live wire wns Included in those cut. Tlie guilty parties are said to have went to Scrlbner, where they wero given protection. Hooper officials recovered the wire by serving n war runt of uttiicliment on the mnvor and iimrMin! at .Scrlbner. Former Congressman G. M Pollard, of Nehawka, has Illeil for the repub lican nomlimtlon for th governorship. With the filing of Mr. Poiinnl, Judgo A. L. Sutton of Oiniilia Is expected to refuse to run, In return for Mr. Pol lard's withdrawal from the race two years ago In favor of Judge Sutton. Governor McKclvlo nnd Adnm McMul len of Wynmiv nlso have filed for tho republican nomination.. At the nniiuiil convention of the State Threshers' association ut Lin coln plans were laid to obtain n sub stantial Increase In membership In tlio organization during 1020. There aro 0,000 men engaged In the business in tlie state and more county organiza tion work will !(. done tills year with n view to Increasing Interc t In both county nnd state. Condensed milk, butter, flour nnd bread have reduced In price in nearly nil parts of Nebraska, according to Mrs. Charles O. Uynn, director of tho state economy campaign, she says the united moral efforts of the women of Nebraska to reduce the cost of liv ing nlrendy Is bringing down the prlco of mnny nrtlcles of necessity. The stnte bonrd of control has noti fied tho Odd Fellows lodge of Nebras ka that It will ubiindo.i the custod'nn fnrm for women at York, near the I. O. O. F. home, If the organization will finance n new farm for fallen women In some other part of the state. The lodge objects to tho locution of tho In stitution near Its home. James II. Hauler, federal prohlhl tlon commissioner for Nebraska, sta tioned nt Omaha, declared that Ne braska druggists who obtain permits to sell liquor for medicinal purposes need hnvo little fear of threatened prosecution by state Anti-League of ficials. Councilman Danley of Chadron has asked Mayor Miller of Lincoln for a copy of the nntl-chlmmy ordlnnnce In vogue nt the capital city, because, It Is said, many young folks nt the Dawes county metropolis are aflllcted with the dance malady. This state undertook Its first ex tensive construction of highways Itself without the aid or assistance of pri vate contractors wl-en It entered Into contract with the county bonrd of Holt county to construct forty-one miles of highway for the county. Tho controversy nt Columbus ns to whether the now court house is to bo plnccd on the north side or south sldo of the city wns Intensified Inst week, when Plntto Center started a move ment to move tho county seat to that town. Governor McKclvlo hns notified Ne braska representatives In congress that ho Is In fnvor of tho request of American Legion for !?ri0 per month bonus for soldiers nnd nurses, based on period of war service. Attorney General Davis has an nounced he will fight to the last ditch to enforce Nebraska's dry law if Fed eral Prohibition Director Hnnley per mits the snle of liquor In this stnte for medicinal purposes, April 3 Is the dnle set for the mi nimi state high school stock Judging contest at the college of agriculture at Lincoln. It Is expected that at least twenty-five high schools will be repre sented. Ilnhhcrs entered tiio uethel Baptist church at Oninhii the other night and carried off a 400-pound safe. They were rewarded, howover, with only $3.40, the contens of value In tho safe, "Mrs. Charles Dietrich, stnto presi dent of the Nebraska Women's Suf frage nssnclntlon, announced thnt tho organization will hold Its March con vention In Omnlin The Itev. Titus Lowe, pastor of tho First Methodist church of Omnlin, an nounced ho will bo n candidate for delegate nt lnrgo to the republican na tional convention nt Chicago. From Lincoln comes the report that Nebraska farmers plan to organize a $r00,000 co-operative company for tho purpose of publishing n stnte dally newspaper. Preparations nre nil complete for Omnlin Automobile show, which will be held Murch 1 to 0. Over 800 Nebraska ministers, repre senting practically every evangelical church organization In Nebraska, at tended n three days' conference In Lincoln Inst week In connection with the Intercburch World Movement. lleports reaching tho Stnte Agrlcul: tural College nt Lincoln show thnt tho use of gasoline engines In smnll cream eries and on farms Is resulting In a miiterlnl Increase In thu nmount of but ter tainted with gnsollne. Both crenm and butter very readily absorb gas odors, with tho result thnt the qunllty of tho butter Is materially lowered. The bonrd of regents of the universi ty of Nebraska has taken steps to get back into the Missouri Valley confer ence. A number of workmen wero thrown out of employment at Shelton ns tho result of a lire which completely de stroyed tho plant of tho Shelton Fer tilizer company. A campaign tornlso ?f00,000 umong Norfolk citizens to erect nn olght-story hotel .bulldlnc on the city's most prominent business cornor opened a fow days ngo with $200,000 of tho amount subscribed. EAT LESS AND TAKE SALTS FOR KIDNEYS Take a Glass cf Salts If Your Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers. Tho American men and women must guard constantly against Kidney trou ble, because we cat too much nnd nil our food Is rich. Our blood Is filled with uric acid which the kidneys strive to filter out, they weaken from over work, become sluggish ; thcellmlnatlvo tissues clog and tho result Is kidney trouble, bladder weakness nnd a gen oral decline In health. When your kidneys fepl like lumps of lend ; your bnck hurts or tho urlno Is cloudy, full of sediment or you nro obliged to seek relief two or threo times during tho night; If you suffer with .sick hendncho or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomnch, or you have rhcu mntlsm when the weather Is bad, get from your phnrmaclst about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a table spoonful In n glass of water before breakfast for n few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This fa mous snlts Is mndo from tho acid of grapes nnd lemon Juice, combined with llthln, nnd tins been used for generations to flush nnd stlmulnto clogged kidneys; to neutralize tho acids In tho urine so It no longer Is a source of Irritation, thus ending: bladder disorders. Jad Salts Is Inexpensive; ennnot In jure, makes n delightful offervescent lltliln-water beverage, and belongs In every home, becnuse nobody can mnke n mistake by having n good kidney flushing any time. Adv. SOUNDED ALL RIGHT TO HER Prisoner's Defense Naturally Had a Lot of Weight With the Fair Prosecutor. The case looked black against th prisoner, who was charged with loiter ing suspiciously at the railway station. Presently the magistrate said stern ly: "This lndy says you tried to speak to her at the railway station." "It wns a mistake," pleaded the maa In ho dock. "I was looking for my wife's young niece, whom I've never Pctn, but who'd been described to ma ns a handsome young lady, with golden hair, well-cut features, fine complex ion, perfect figure, benutlfully dressed, and" With n charming blush, the principal witness ngnlnst him Interrupted bl flow of eloquence. "I don't wish to prosecute the gentle mnn, sir," she said to the mnglMrute. "Any one might have made the same mistake." NAME "BAYER" IS ON GENUINE ASPIRIN Take tablets without fear, If you see the safety "Bayer Cross." If you want the true, world-famous-Aspirin, as prescribed by physicians for over eighteen yenrs, you must ask for "Buyer Tablets of Aspirin." The "Bayer Cross" Is stnmped on each tablet and appears on each pnek age for your protection against Imi tations. In each package of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin' Are safe nnd proper direc tions for Eold3, Hendncho, Neuralgia, Toothvhe, Earache, Wieumntlsm, Luirtmgo, Neuritis, and for Pain Id general. ilandy tin boxes containing 12 tnb tets cost but a few cents. Druggists also sell larger "Bayer" packages. As pirin is tho trade mark of Bayer Man ufacture of Monoacetlcacldester of Ballcyllcacld. Adv. Not Nutty. We wero riding In the country lust fall when some distance down the road wo saw a girl standing watching her companion In a car. We, too, watched as hu backed the car up several tlmew and drove headlong Into a tree nt the side of the road. Being curious, wo drove up nnd nsked tho girl what tlie mnn wns doing "Why, he's slink ing nuts out of tho tree, of course," the replied. Of course I Exchange. RECIPE FOR CRAY HAIR. To ball pint of water add 1 oz. Bay Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound, and 34 or. of glycerine. Apply to the hair twice week until it becomes the desired shade. Any druggist can put this tip or you ca mix it at home at very little coat. It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, and will make harsh hair eoft and glossy. It will not co'or the scalp, in not sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv. Ambitious. "Mnklng money, I see. If you keen on like this you mny get Into our cir cle." "I have no tlmo for circles. I pro post to plug straight ahead." Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottlo of CASTORIA. that famous old remedr for Infants and children, and see that It Bears tho J ,,gy. "?T Signature (JfffX In Use for Over 80 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castori Question Incomplete. Mrs. A Havo you still got that cook you hud last week? Mrs. B Which day last week? If you use Red Cross Ball Blae In your laundry, you will not be troublefl by thoso tiny rust spots, oftea caused by Inferior bluing. Try It aad see. Poverty Is more thaa It la a crime. of a punishment X L i r-TT ft !)( AWM.I Vm fc.. Mf JM. r-r rmtitrr4otx jwk.- wn Hii--y'w'''l"li!' ttf-WWW&ftKtfc'tM. ..J-A Z. iS.'l-P7 y-.u"??