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r-tii&t. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF Salmon Sail "Windjammers" in Vanguard of Fish Hunters Include Some Famed Boats. RECORD CATCH NOT EXPECTED Wany Alaska Canneries Plan to Re. duce Their Pack This Year and Others May Not Open at All. Seattle Wiij.1i. Rig full-rigged l"wllldjailllliers," 801110 famous us (American clipper shlw long ago, al ready nri' spreading t ltl r- sails and Jiendltig fur Alaska, the vanguard or minimer salmon Heels which pi north 'ver.v year to work with the scores of iMi canneries that dot northern har bors and Inlets. Doens of other craft, stenniers. pis Voats, liases and tugs, are going north villi th Milling ships. Hefore winter they will all cotae plowing hack with lids jmir's INIi catch canned and ii eke and stored In their holds. No rrcord hiiIiiioii catch Is expect oil this jenr, according to reports from Alasa. Most of the southeastern Alaska canneries expect to reduce thulr pnek this year from one-third to one-half normal and several will not operate at all. One cause for the cut Is the fact that all of last year's pnclc has not heen sold. Low markets ro given as another reason. Short Catch Last Year. Ainsi M.r.02,2fj 3015. T Alnska's salmon output last year was L'Ol cases, the smallest since The high-water mnrk of Alaskn's fnlmon years camo In 15118, when, In response, to n war call for food, the cnnncrles sent 0,(1(17,00 cases out. Most of the salmon are packed In Southeastern Alnskn, a strip of terri tory that Juts south liotwoon northern British Columbia and 'the I'aclllc ocean. Last year southeastern Alaska fisheries turned out ,1,10S,.'HM cases, ngnlnst 775,557 from central Alaska hnd 70S,'-iS0 from "nr western Alaska points. The central Alaska plants ex tend from Capo St. Ellas westward to kho Alaska peninsula. The far west ern plants nro on the shores of Itrlstol bay and the Ilerlng sea. About 125 salmon canneries were operated In Alaska last year by nearly ninety companies. Several big con cerns operated more than one plant, file Alaska Packers' association load ing with ten. Llhby, McNeill & Llhby were second with nine. The North western Fisheries company operated peven and tl o Pacific American Fish eries company four. Many from Pufjet Sound. Nearly all the boats of the fishing fleets sail north from Paget Sound, ultlio one of the largest tleets, that of the Alaska Packers' association, inukes Its headquarters In San Francisco bay. ffho Llhby. McNeill & Llhby and the M0T0RB0AT AND v i 8 tk i I mSm, jmSh i .,. ' '".av.v rf v- - Lifcor" l. ". f-j 2&f&8SXm68f38!Si A ruiiiarKiitnu pnoiogiapii ir ,i iiniiiirii.nu tmti .urinuuu uitu, imwnk iiaco over the same cour.su at Miami, Fin. The boat Is the Car, Jr., owned by (iar 'Wood of New York, shown winning the 20-mlle race lor express cruisers and petting a new world record for Its type. Quit Lecture, Says Boy Sent to Death Chair Josbo 'tVnlker, 10, who killed Samuel Wolchock in bis Ma tlonery store at 'JOS Wyckoff ave nue, Ilrooklyn, when attempting to rob tho store, was arraigned for sentenco before Supreme Court Justice Fawcett In Ilrook lyn. The Justice addressed the. prisoner for several minutes, speaking of the gravity of the crime, but Walker shifted his feet uneasily. Then ho burst out: "I'm not hero for a lecture. I am here to be sentenced." Tho Justice regarded tho youth gravely for a moment and with out' further comment sentenced him to die In the electric chair at Sing Sing. Death Is tho punishment for house , Ibreaklng In Slam. Fleets for North Northwestern company boats winter hero, the Llhby boats riding In the fresh water of Lake Pnlon. The Pa elllo American company operates from Itelllngham. Portland, South Houil, Everett, Olympla, Astoria, Anacortes and other ports send their share of fishing vessels north, Five or six thousand men are going north to spend the summer working i at the fisheries. In the fall they will I come back with the boats and the catch. For several weeks passenger steamers running to Alaska have been j carrying capacity INts of cannery em- ployes. The Northwestern and tin1 Anacortes Fisheries company, both subsidiaries of the Hooth Fisheries company, will ttu l.titH) men In the norm mis year. CLOTH FROM HAIR OF COWS I Experiments at Pottsvlllc, Pa., Show Products Closely Resembling Cheviot. Pottsvllle. Pa. Men's clothing made out of cows' hair will soon rival the wool taken from sheep, declare agents of a packing company, who have been experimenting with the product here. The new cloth resembles cheviot. Cows cannot he clipped like sheep, but the hair can bo taken from all steers killed, which, It Is ald, would make clothing for half the men In America. Crush Strikes at Inception iC- Spain Uses Iron Hand and Claps Labor Leaders Into Jail. BIG BUSINESS OPTIMISTIC Republic Is Long Way Off, Is Opin ion of British Government Official Who Has Been Making Study of the Situation. London. lllg business men of Spain arc backing their faith In the future stability of Spain by spending their money on big projects In their coun try. England, It is stated, Is apt to have nationalization of mines and railroads long before Spain overthrows the mon archy and sets up a republic. This Is tho gist of what a Iirltlsh government olllclal and business man AIRPLANE RACE Music Quells Italian City Is the Scene of Extra ordinary Incident. Bohemian Lad Playing on Hotel Bal cony at Lucca Halt6 Mad dened Throngs. London. Lucca was the scene of an extraordinary Incident recently vlilcli recalls the classic fable of Orpheus with his lute, who charmed wild beasts with his music. So says a Milan dispatch to the Dal ly Telegraph, nud goes on : "The play ing of a boy violinist suddenly halted a mob In the streets of Lucca and the rioters abandoned their lolent pur pose. The violinist Is Vosa Prikoda, a Iloliomlau lad of eighteen, who wan dered to Venice fourteen months ago and was at Lucca during the Socialist agltntlon. A great crowd assembled, Enrico Mnlateata, an anarchist lead SWMKKmZ2nZS2nzaes' i. r tk IHiiAtninM rtinAlMIAttn Tiiiia y uiuaioian uiokuvcio iuiic Played By Submarines London. The tune which tho (badly submarine played as It moved beneath the waves was discovered by nn admiralty of ficial who was an expert Musi cian. It has Just been revealed that' when the sea lords wore seeking means of detecting the approach of a submarine, Sir Itlchnrd Paget, stripped to the waist was lowered head down Into the water, lie cumo up humming the exact note made by the moving submarine. From this small and strange beginning sound detectors vro perfected which saved many lives mid leMiltod In the sinking of ninny U-boats. Railroad Solves Important Problem. Itoilfiir . Ind. Olllclals of the M. lion railroad oulcklv solved the honv lug problem for Jess Enochs. In charge fit' a section gang at Salem. The house occupied by Enochs and bis family bad been sold and there was not a vacant one In town, so the railroad sent a combination sleeping and dining car, which Enochs luis transformed Into a llvo-ronm bungalow. It Works. LiUiratigo, K.v. The now siren burg lar alarm at the People's bank, whlcli works automatically with the opening of any door or window of tho hank, Is a success. Every male citizen start ed out ready for action at midnight during the high wind, but found It was a false alarm. said after a month's trip through Spain. "Iteports of strikes and rumors of revolution In Spain have been limner, mis. Throw Leaders In Jail. "Put," said this olllclal, "far from closing Its eyes to strikes, the gov ernment seems to have a very sum mary way with them. In fact, It has a way which would not he attempted In Anglo-Saxon countries. "The military promptly clap the leaders of the strike Into jail, und it naturally dies down after that. "The only trouble I saw In Madrid was a lockout by the employers against the employees In the build Ing trades. "It lasted In Spain for weeks and weeks before It was finally settled. "I asked tho Spanlaids what would happen If there wore a big national strike of railway men. "The response was that mo t of the railroaders were of military nge; that they would bo promptly called back to the colors; that they would bo enrolled In regiments of rallwav engineers and put bnck to work on the railways not as employees of the roads, but as soldiers of the nation Whether .such a drastic program would be carried out I do not Know, but U was discussed quite freely. "Huslness men told me there was not as much unrest in Spain as there was In England. France and America "Spain Is suffering from tho same malady all civilized countries are suf ferine fromhigh cost of living ntul a consequent Insistent demand made by the working class for much hlghei wages. The same vicious circle N being gone through with In Spain." Sees Business Growth. He said ho found business men In Madrid, Spanish, English and French, preparing to Invest their money In very largo Spanish projects, which was the best sign that no serious trouble was looked for. "In Spain." said he, "business men have a cynical saying that the revo lution Is always going to happen to morrow, but that tomorrow nevei comes. "Of course, there Is dissatisfaction In tho Industrial cities, but SO per cent of the people of Spain do nor live In the cities, but are peasant farmers, loyal to church and king, and for tho most part IndllYoiont to poll : tics." Riot in Lucca er, uiado a harangue which excited his homers to fury and, ready for nny o cesses, they slarted through the main street to the public square. "On tho balcony of his hotel near tho entrance to the square, tho It, die inliin boy was playing bis lollu to a few admiring people below. The first of the mob reached this group, lis tened to the violinist and remained fascinated by his playing. All I ho others stopped to listen and as the boy continued playing their fury sub sided. Instead of smashing heads they applauded him, and half an hour later were all walking quietly to their homes.", Hogs as Government Aids. Lexington, Ky, Five, nioonshlno stills were raided by nfllcers working here nud In each Instance hogs fenst Ing on mash gave tho clows. No nr rests wero made, lookouts firing bIb nal shots to tip off tho 'fchlners. y 'NEBRASKA IN BRIEF Timely News Gulled From All Parts of tho State, Reduce'd for the Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED The Nebraska supremo court, sus tained the finding of the Merrick coun ty district court In the suit of Charles Woosler and others against tho Pnlon Pacific to recover tho 100 feet of right-of-way on each side of Its main line through the state. The decision stated llml iif ('11111(111, ft, lit,, itflitititf'ii fli, i i-iill. road company has clear title to the entire -100 feet of Its right-of-way, I granted In 18("J, up proof of abandon-) uieiit of any purl Inn having been shown. Arrangements have been made to lme an army observation balloon sta l lulled above tho Western league base ball grounds at Omaha, Ma. .", the opening day of tho scjisnn, for tho piupoM' of s(iij.' broadcast over the MNsouri Valley district reports by wlieless telephone of the game between ouiaha anil TiiKn, H;ln. All cities In the circuit have arranged to receive the messages. Passcnuers aboard a P.urllugton train which was st-illod In snowdrift near Alliance for more ihaii twenty four hours duiliii.' the blizzard of April I" and IS. reported siimv drifted as high as tho telecraph poles. The storm was the most severe in jenrs and loulted in Immense damage and caused the loss of hundreds of head of live stock. Members of the Fremont Overalls club have decided not to buy overalls, as the result of the Increased price of the appurol, and have changed tho name of their organization to "The Patch club," pledging themselves .to wear their old clothes until the cost of clothing comes down. At a meeting of the Nebraska pres bytery held In Lincoln. Itev. W. P. Ilaiisnn, pastor of the Hebron Pre.shy lerlan church, was elected commission er to represent Nebraska In tho gen eral assembly to be held In Philadel phia In May. Robert N. Cochrane, commercial tnintor of Inavale, Webster county, transported from Ited Cloud to a farm house being erected west of that place, jf"set of windows by airplane. y Holt county laud passed a $:t(K)an acro mark a few days ago, when James I. Vergasoii, a Niobrara rler ranch man, purchased -10 acres adjoining the illage of Iiiman for .l.l,.0D. fJeneral Pershing would servo as president If called upon to do so by the people, be said, In an address be fore the Nebraska State Association at Washington, tho other day. Rev. C. W. Henry of Lincoln has assumed the duties of chaplain of thc Nobraska" department of tho G. A. It. Ho. succeeds the late Itev. James Leon ard. Fire completely destroyed the home of the Ancient Order of 1'nited Work men at the slate fair grounds at Lin coln. Origin of the blaze Is unknown. Doshler has organized a ball team under the management of tin- Com mercial club. The team Is to be made up of local talent. The Ulysses band of L'."i pieces has been reorganized and weekly concerts throughout the summer will be held. Plans are being made to remodel the First National Paul; building at Au burn nt a cost of .VI .10,01)0. Ileal estate transfers In Slnntou county for March were $.',(;(.',-Il.fif tho average price being SUOO per acre. Warm, dry weather is needed by the crops, according to reports from var ious parts of Nebraska. Preparations are complulo for the grand opening of the now Hesse aurtl toiiuin at Ited ('loud. A campaign for a .S7.000 budget has been started by the P.eatrice Chamber .of Commerce. Hebron academy has been .recog- 'ulzed as a state normal training high 'school. J. II. Itn.vliiiin of Sent t sbl u IV.'I has as sumed his duties as city manager of 'Children. The citizens of NeNnn have oted bonds for a sioo.ooo high school build ing. Work on the SL'.'IO.OOD pining con tract at David Cit 'was begun last week. llecont snowfall in Dodge county Is reported to luiw aided the growing crop of winter wheat, Insuring a bump er yield for l'.t'JO. Announcement has been made that the next convention of the State Fire men's association will lie held at York in January, 1 !''!. Washington reports state that Omnia has the Hist place In tho con sldoralliH of army experts .is the huso ol the American military air service. Other cities being considered are St. Louis, Kansas Clt, Itoel. Island, To poka and Wichita. LeUoy Metiheo, II years old, was awarded $12,f00 by the Fremont Stock Yards and Laud Co,, for u broken buck. The suit originally was for JO.OOO. Tho Lincoln post of the American Legion unanimously endorsed the plan for additional compensation and a bonus for former service men. Attorney flenoral Davis has notified nil mayors and chiefs of police In Ne braska to enforce the state law pro hibiting bright headlights on automo biles. He declares that 75 per cent of the cars now In the state are not properly equipped. Frank Taylor of Tecumseh, a retired farmer, hns made n canvass of sixteen sections of land, 10,iM0 acres, Just east of Tecumseh, as to man power, which clearly shows the boys are leaving tho country. On the t(J sections of laud lire .'10 men over .'1(5 years of ago, ami n few of them are considerably older; VI men from 121 to .'." years of ago, and but 7 boys from Ifi to l!l years of age. Mr. Taylor says when luyHved in tills territory there could easily' be counted about i0 hoys. Crawford and all of Sioux county Is "oil mad," according to reports. A strong How of gas was struck In mi oil well drilled In tho downtown dis trict of Crawford last week, and water and mud shot up 7." foot for half an hour. The gas was lighted and con siderable dllllculty experienced pulling out the lire and capping tho well' Sev eral companies are organizing for pur poses of pulling down oil wells In tho district and a decided upward trend lu laud values has taken place. The Nebraska state high school track ami Hold cluiiiiploiishlps under tho auspices of the Nebraska High Scliool Athletic association, will bo held at the I'nlxorsliy of Nebraska at Lincoln, May .". The largest entry In tho history of the meet Is expected because of the new grouping of tho schools. Three hundred railroad employes at North Platte oted iinanlinoiisly to re main ut work mid not to nllillatc with the outlaw organizations which have partially pnrnl.izod tralllo lit many eastern points by strikes for the past three weeks. Labor agitators have been at work there for lb past week. itoveruor MoKchle bus issued a proclamation naming Saturday. May 1, as "Americanization Day," that day having been chosen (y the American Legion parileularly becau.se It has boon chosen In former yours as a day of demonstration by tho radicals. Five loads of tine Holt county steers, raised by Thomas Crowe of northeast Holt, were sold recently on tho Omaha market and exported on I he hoof to Holland. These cattle wore grass fed and ranked up with tho cornl'cd stuff of Iowa and eastern Nebraska. Plds on tho S'J.'O.IMM) bonds for tho erection of a new high scliool building at West Point wore considered too low by the scliool board and rejected. The erection of tho building, however, Is not being delayed by failure to sell tho bonds. A reward of .-?200 has been oll'ered by (iovernor MoKolvIo for the arrest of Jack Edgar Jackson, alleged slayer of Florence Fagon of Crauil Island, whose murdered body was found in an abandoned shack at Autiocli. The Noligb general hospital has been designated by the medical department of the army as a military hospital for the territory north of Hie Platto river and oast of tho west boundary of tho state. According to a decision of the Ne braska supiemo court, the rights of the 1 1 n I i li 1 tin I to keep a .supply of liquor lu his home does not include right!:! to renew or replenish tho stock. Seven tennl-i courts are being laid out in Fremont to accommodate a bus iness men's association, high school association ami Midland college asso ciation. Drastic action has been taken at West Point to suppress the punch boards and slot machines, which have become too prevalent In the city of late. Judge A. L. Cornish of Lincoln, 01, member of the Nebraska supreme court and widely known throughout this stale, dropped dead at the Commercial club rooms at Lincoln. An American eagle with wlugspread of s feet eight Inches was shot lu the Platte valley by W. M. Mateor, au tomobile salesman of Fremont. Sis tulles of waior extension lu tho city of Fremont has been recommended lo the cly council. The estimated ost s Sf.s.OOO. Lieutenant (Iovernor Harrows sus tained a fractured rib and other inju ries when ho tripped over a stake at Lincoln. v The congregation of the Fiisl Meth odist Episcopal church at Fremont has decided to build a new church to cost !?!)0.0(I0. Th slate supreme court upheld tho WsiiiiiKo of SS'J'J.OOO bonds for repair lo the Douglas county courthouse Milid. . The total registration at Lincoln be fore the primary election was 'SJM'AT, of which 7,71.'t wero women. A scliool of political Instruction for women voters of both parties has been opened III Fremont. Two women and three men were chosen to servo on the village board of Chambers, Holt county, at the re cent election. Automobile mid truck licenses Is sued in York county since the first of the ,ear number M.lTiO, and total $:!7, SO 1.7... Attorneys for Allen Vincent i!raiu uier, sentenced to doatli for the mur der of his mother-in-law, filed in the supreme court at Lincoln an appeal from the Howard county district court which denied (rammer a Jury trial on the mutter of his sanity. - Projects for a community building or for a community building and park are being agitated at Elmwnod among the farmers and town people. The Fremont Commercial club hns pledged $'J.",000 to tho drive of tho Western Theological seminary for n new $100,000 building. Arthur P. Larlson of Chndron wan one of eight sailors who lost their lives by drowning lu Maiiznulllo Hny, Cuhn, April 11, after an accident to their lauuch, according to a Washing ton dispatch. 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Cheney it Co.. doing bublnehs In tho City of To U'lo, County and Slate aforesaid, and that said ilrm will pav the sum of ONK HUN HHKD DOr.LAIlS for any caso of Catarrh that cannot bo cured, bv tho uso of HALL'S CATAHim SIRDICINi:. KKANK J. CUP.NM3V. Sworn to before me nnd pubscrlbud In. mv picsence, this Mh day of December, A I). 1SSS. iPenl) A. W. ntenson. Notnrv Public. HALL'S CATAUrtH MKDICINK Is tak en Internally anil acts through tho Hlooil on tho .Mucous Surfaces of the System. V. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio. 1 J. Chuney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. KiirIIsIi clergymen are forming n trade union to get better pay and working conditions. M M I . WM For Mothers and all Married Women Omaha. Nebr.: "Dr. Picrco's Favor ite Prescription was a splendid tonio and relieved mo of all nauseating condi tions during expect ancy. My baby was strong nnd hardy in every wny. I surely am dad to recom mend Dr. Pierce's 'Jf'ygrfj l'avorito Prescnp- ?v5jl tin to tno expectant i -VXjy-T mother Ix'cuuao I know liv actual cx- porienco that it is good." MRS. JOI3E COOPER, 3310 Cass St. For Women Who are Ner vous, Weak, or Run-down Omaha, Nebr.: "As a special tonio I have taken Dr. Picrco's Favorite Prescrip tion and found it to give almost immediate relief in cases of nervousness or a weakened or run-down condition. 1 have taken this medicino since my earliest girlhood when ever my system seemed to require a tonic, and it has never failed roe. 1 am veiy triad to recommend tho 'Favorite Prescription to women and young irirla who need such a tonic." MRS. MARY LA LONDE, C301 N 34th St, Every woman who has reason to believe -that backache, headache, unnatural pains, low spirits, sleepless nights, irregularities or a catarrhal condition is caused by a derange ment of tho womanly functions, owes it to lierbclf and dear ones to speedily overcome tho troublo beforo a general breakdown causes permanent prostration. Dr. Picrco's Favorlto Prcsccptlon' is a non-alcoholio remedy that any ailing wo man can safely take because r is prepared from roots and herbs containing tonio prop erties of the most pronounced character. It is not a secret remedy bicauso its ingre dients arc printed on wrapper. Got Dr. Pierce's Fatorito Prescription to-day, cither in Hguid or tablet form or send Dr. Pierce's lnrjids' Hotel, DuOolo, N. Y., lOo for large tifal package. 1 Frrrkle, Scum, wrlu'ilfi, msllpox pita re moved; crooked nnaeo, other deformities cor rected; It you have facial disfigurements, any kind, wrlta Dr. Ilalley, 224 Umpire, Denver. W. N. 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