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It is under contract to furnish several thousands of army blankets for use In the United States, regular army. The colors are to be-a large number of khaki, a steel gray for the infantry, and navy 'blue for the navy depart ment. The state convention of the Daugh ters of Isabella was recently held in the. Knights of Columbus hall 'at Ma son Clty. Nellie ODonnell, Carroll, state grand regent, is presiding. Oth er officers present were state secre tary, Mrs. Anna N. Dixon, Rock Val ley state treasurer, Miss Mary Mur phy, Eagle Grove state mentor, Miss Maude OiKeefe, Waterloo and state. advocate, Mrs. Mary Reynolds, Iowa City. Roy and Earl Depew were drowned east of Hepburn. Mrs. Depew and Josephine Depew, a sister, escaped with their, lives. The road was flood ed and the team became frightened, plunging, with the vehicle and its four occupants, into (deep water. Roy lost his life attempting to save his young brother. The women clung to the carriage and were rescued. The Page County Sunday School convention closed ...after one of the most successful gatherings of the or ganization. There are forty-six schools in the county and most of the tnwere represented W. D. Stem, state secretary, was present and hie talks added greatly to the interest of the meetings. The revised and final reports of the census for Winneshelk county have been flle£ with the county auditor. The retiirns show that the population of. the.county. Is 22,238, a gain of 309 since 1910. There were losses in eleven townships but these were small. Two hundred and forty acres of land in Vienna township in Marshall coun ty wqre sold by R. E. Naber to, ID. B. Slmms of Seaman for #64,400, or at the rate of 1210 per acre. Naber has owned the farm twenty-one years, and during that time has realised In rental the sum of $52,000. C": Petitions are being circulated among the voters of Delaware county for the necessary number of signers.', to ask that a special election be icalled by the board of supervisors to vote one half miir tax for, the erection of a county.hospltal, to be bnllt at' Man chester. y- Mrs: Roth Patee, wife of. W. M. Patee. cashier of the First. National: batfkof Pen-y, died at Chlbago.-! She 'had an attaek of infantile paralysis about year ago, from' which she did not recover. It was hoped that an op eration would secure relief and she was taken to Chicago. Despondency over Italy's entrance Into the war, and over the presence of relatives in the battle zone of Europe, caused Mrs. Joseph Bushinia, an Ital tail woman of Waterido, to try to end her life. She stabbed herself in the breast with an ice pick. Several families are homeless as the result of the sudden rise of the Des Moines river near Pella. Hun dreds of acres of bottom lands are under: water. 's Superintendent E. B. (DeJzell of. the »Amtty /High school has been selected as an instructor In political economy at tie: State Agricultural college at Ames for the Summer session. WhUe playing around the house the four: year: old son of Dan MoCoy of Boone swallowed a bean and before aid could be summoned choked to death. Uncle Johnnie Phipps, 10S years old, the famous Iowa centenarian, was up from Farragut to attend the Memorial day exercises at Shenandoah. Tbe contract for the erection of a bottling works establishment has been let by Savery and Mitchell of Deni son: The building, will cost $9,000. Census Enumerator H. A. Norman finished his work at Denison and finds that the population is 3,464, an In crease of 331 over the 1910 census. E. E. Egan, secretary. of the Burl ington Commercial Exchange for the past eight years and a leading citizen, died at his home at Burlington. Hon. George P. Christianson, presi dent and sole owner, of the Randall State Savings bank, and who has'been connected actively with that institu tion since its establishment thirty years ago, will sever active connec tions with the bank July 1st. The body of Harold Prall, bigh school boy of Mason'City, drowned Lime Creek, was found 100 yards south of where he was drowned. A. H. Herbner. discovered the body in eight feet of water near shore. Arthur Regel of Charles City while trimming a high free, fell and fractur ed his skull. He'died soon aftferward. Police and relatives are looking for Saltena. Polanti, an Italian beauty of Mason City, who has disappeared. Whether she eloped or was kidnaped Is the question, and her parents also want to know what .became of $200 In cash, kept in the house. Jesse Col arel, foreman at the Lehigh cement plant, is also missing. The a.nnual reunion of the Marshall County Veterans' association will be held in Gilman July 2 and 3. The, vet erans of Gilman are going to make the event more than a strictly county pffatr by inviting civil war veterans from other !$BB5? central Iowa points. The lifeless body of Frank Dangle of Carroll, was found hanging from a rafter in his home. He was in his usual good spirits and when he. failed to attend the funeral of Councilman Schumacher an investigation was atarted. Steve LeClair, a French miner em ployed at the Anderson camp four and a half miles southeast of Knoxville, was probably fatally injured In a stabbing fray. Ves Melton is said to have been his 'iWMPk Walter Barnel HEjo: -when his FoVd turned turtle and pin ried him under the machine "D v- testWk Henry Pfeiffer of Philadelphia, son of one of the Cedar Falls' earliest pioneers, now head of the Pfeiffer Chemical company of -Philadelphia, Louis and Chicago, concluded a two weeks' visit with his brothers and sisters at Cedar Rapids by presenting each of them with a check for $10, 000. and an automobile. His benefac tions in this way totaled nearly $100, 000, The beneficiaries are H. J. Pfeiffer, L. Pfeiffer, Mrs. D. C. Mern er, Mrs. W. F. Noble, brothers and sisters, and Ex-mayor W. H. Merner, D. C. Merner and S. S. Merner, broth ers-in-law. Besides this, the children of all these people were likewise re membered handsomely. The mysterious disappearance of Myrtle Schroder, the 11 year old Dav enport girl who stepped into oblivion when she left Harrison School was partly cleared up when she returned home. Where the little girl has been all the time she is not able to say. She told her morther that she had gone riding with a man in a carriage. That he was large and that he ,drove a black horse is all the girl is able to say. George W. Crooks, Jr., a farmer re siding just south of Boone, lost a yearling heifer, but finally found it hanging in a sugar 'm*ple tree. It was badly bruised and weak, and al though still unable to stand. Is get ting along nicely. It had slid down an embankment over a ci'eek and was caught by the branches of the tree where it hunc a foot or eighteen inch es from the ground. 7 Delaware county is furnishing a con signment of the choicest kind of beef cattle for the food supply '.i of the French soldiers. /Messrs. T. H. and W. 1. Carrothers and Charles Lundell, farmers:.and stock raisers of Dela ware county, sold to Ike Brown, a rep resentative of the Armour company of Ctiicago, for shipment to France. 215 head of choice steers. Elmer Wepler is out on bonds aad his brother iLouis is In a hospital re covering from a stab wound. The two quarreled at their home five miles northwest of Masoa City and Elmer is charged* with attacking his brother with a butcher knife. Mr. and Mrs.. Richard Jones of Boone celebrated their fifty-fifth ired ding anniversary. Their parents came from Indiana and Ohio in 1854, both families having driven overland several years before the railroad was built through. Crossing behind a passing -freight train without noticing the approach of a fast passenger from the other direction, Thomas Jackson, a section hand for the Northwestern, was In stantly killed at the railroad crossing just north of Crescent. The Litt Cutlery company of Madi son, Wis., is moving its manufacturing plant to Spencer. It makes the Mul ttBlade safety razor, which can also be used as a straight razor. A large two-story factory with basement Is under constructlon.- Ralatives joined In celebrating the thirtieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Xjeorge 6. Carpenter of New Hampton. Mr. and Mrs Carpenter were married at Osslan, but have re sided for teany years near New Hamp ton. Patrick Browney of Audubon was killed and Philip Foley was danger ously hurt In an automobile accident near Audubon. The men were driv ing home from Templeton. Foley has been unconscious and cannot explain the accident. Mrs. Georgiana Rustad, aged 74, mother of R. C. Rustad, a prominent farmer of hear Osage, and Mrs. Chas. Dorow of Osage, was instantly killed at Mona when she was struck by a freight train. Mayor G. N. Trimble of College Springs and 'his wife have gone to Denver to attend the general assem bly of the United Presbyterian church. They will also visit other places of in terest in the west. NewB has been received at Oelwela that the postoffice department at Washington has rearranged the rural mall routes in that section to the: great detriment of the service and inconvenience of the public. John Walters, a retired farmer of Charter Oak, who has been living in town for some time,' committed sui cide by hanging. The body was found by the family in a garage near the house with life extinct. Attempting to shoot a hawk with an old shotgun which had evidently been long a.nd heavily loaded, it burst at the breech, the discharge from the cartridges striking Charles Diarling of Nora Springs In the face. A claim for between $100,000 and $150,000 for back taxes will be filed with the receiver of the Rock Island road by Scott county officials. The claim is for taxes on properties un listed. July 1st has been decided upon as the date of holding the M. B. A. state convention, and Mason City will have the honor to be the entertainers. Ev ery lodge in the state will send dele gates. The state board of control inspect ed proposed sites for the new .wom en's reformatory along the Mt. Ver non interurban.' Rain prevented a thorough Inspection and the board will return later. In criminal. court at Albia L. Free man was sentenced to twenty-five years in the pententiary for incest. James Clay, W. G. Jones and H. C. Adams each got five years for steal ing brass from the Albia Coal com pany. Anguish McNeil received a five year sentence for the larceny of Jew elry from the home of the Rev. Mr. Ba Ves and Amos Miller. One of the most dangerous cross ings in Iowa on the Lincoln Highway two miles east of Nevada is being surveyed and improvements will be made that will insure the safety of travelers. When Benjamin F. Steward, stock buyer of Marshalltown, attempted to throw part of the carcasB of a horse over the railing of a bridge into the Iowa river, the animal's leg caught the man's body and the weight carried him over into the swollen stream. The only eye-witness to the accident was unable to lend assistance and Steward was drowned. Allen Hines of Waukon, aged six teen years, met instant death there when he touched alive wire in play. The boy received a shock of 1,300 volts but staggered across the road before he fell. The body of a man was taken from the waters of Shellrock river at (Greene, and the police at Mason City notified, as it is supposed he fell into the river at that place and floated down wfth the flood. Charles Darling, of Nora Springe, is in the hospital here with a muti lated face, the result of the bursting of his old shotgtf&*when he fired at a hawk. Both eyes are Injured and he may lose_h!s sight. census. of Council li^p |stpfHfacompleted. Estimates of the population by Assessor Riksr place the number above 31,000. 1 K" *p CABINET GETS FACTS ON GER MAN EFFORTS TO BUY ARMS PLANTS. COURT ACTION IS HINTED Attorney General to Contend That the Sale of American War Supply Fac tories Perils the Public Welfare— Great Industries Named., Washington, June 10.—President Wilson and his cabinet considered the known fact that German interests, re ported-backed by the German govern ment, are negotiating for the purchase of the great gun and munitions-of-war plants in this country.' Secretary McAdoo of the treasury laid the matter before the cabinet. He had information from secret service agents of the government, who have been following these German activities for several weeks. The plants for which negotiations are on include that of Charles M. Schwab at Bethlehem, Pa., the Rem ington Small Arms works at Hartford, Conn., and the Cramp works at Phila delphia, which it is said Mr. Schwab is about to acquire the Metallic Cart ridge company, the Remington com pany and other munitions a&d small arms works. Included in the Schwab plant hold ings are the Fore River Shipbuilding company, Massachusetts, and the Union Iron works, San Francisco, where it is reported parts of subma rines are being made for English con tract shipments being made through Canada. This new move of the Germans In volves the outlay of hundreds of mil lions, a gigantic financial operation in the face of war needs and conditions. It is one of the most sensational de velopments of the European conflict in connection with the United States. Its consummation inevitably would lead this country into serious disagreement if not conflict with Great Britain and her allies. The' latter will demand the fulfill ment of their contracts with these con cerns. The German move is to prevent this delivery of munitions of war. With the consummation of the purchase the German owners could refuse to fill the contracts.' They will not fear suits for broken contracts. The whole matter is fraught with such possibilities of danger to this country that Attorney General Greg ory and the experts of the department of justice have taken up the question with a view of Interposing legal ob stacles. it may become necessary, it was suggested, to prevent such a sale on the ground of public welfare, be cause of strained relations with Ger many. The day's report of Secretary Mc Adoo stirred, the cabinet as deeply al most as the resignation of Secretary Bryan. Complete reports were Berlin, June 11.—The capture" of Stanlslau, an Important town on the railroad from Bukowina to Lemberg, and the isolation of the great Russian army operating in the Bukowina re gion was officially announced on Wednesday. Heavy Russian re-enforcements are said to have been sent recently to Bukowina. The Austro-German forces have hopes of completely surrounding and capturing this great Russian force. General von Llnslngen has passed east of Lemberg in the move for the capture of that city. The Austro-Ger man troops captured 4,500 (Russians in the fall of Stanlslau.* TEUTONS EVACUATE TOWN Berlin Admits Neuvllle St. Vaast Was Given Up—Occupation of Village Is Important to French. Berlin, June 11.—-Neuvllle St. Vaast, a town north of Arras, for which the French have been fiercely fighting for more thaii a fortnight, has been evacu ated by the Germans, it was admitted in an official statement given out on Wednesday by the German war office. This announcement stated that the last group of houses in Neuvllle, held, by the Germans, has been left in pos session of the French attacking forces. The occupation of Neuvllle St. Vaast is an important acquisition for the French forces that are trying to drive the Germans from their defenses known as the "labyrinth" southeast/of Neuvllle. Furnaces Resume Operation. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 10.—For the first time In eight years all four fur naces of a group which supplies the National Tube works with raw ma terial in McKeesport are in operation. Many employees returned to work. Auto in Plunge One Dead. Beloit, Wis./ June 10.—Frank Thomp son of Carpenter, Wyo., was killed in stantly and Theodore Poelman, a law yer, was badly injured when an auto mobile driven by Thompson skidded over an embankment into a creek. Blockade for Asia Minor. Washington, June 10.—Ambassador Sharpe at Paris notified the state de partment that the French government had announced its intention to main tain. a blockade of the coast of Asia Minor jointly with the British. Russian Schooner Sunk. Aberdeen, Scotland, June 10.—The Russian schooner Adolf was sunk by a German submarine off Rattray head, with the loss of two members of her crew. Four survivors were landed at Lelth. Noted Musician Dead. London, June 9.—Dr. William Say man Cummings, eighty-three years old, principal of the Guildhall School of MuBic from 1896 to 1910, died on Monday. He was noted as a singer, teacher, author and composer. Drops Roses on' Sea Grave. New York, June 9.—Mrs. J. H. Page, a passenger on the St. Louis, made the long trip from Liverpool so she might scatter roses on the sea above the spot where her husband lies. He went down with the Lusltania. THE MANCHESTER aBked and the secret service arm of the gov ernment will be required to furnish immediately more complete and de tailed information. TEUTONS TAKE STANISLAU Force Under Gen. Von Llnslngen Moves East of Lemberg—Fall of City Predicted by Berlin. DEMOCRAT, Huge Dirigible Drops From Height of 6,000 Feet—Thirty-Two Men Dashed to Pieces. London, June 9.—A death duel be tween a British monoplane and a Ger man Zeppelin was fought over a mile in the air just outside of Brussels early in the morning. The battle, w&ich is regarded as one of the' most thrilling in all the history of war fare, came to an end when the -Ger man monster of the sky was sent crashing upon a convent, 6,000 feet below, a crumpled And burning wreck. Thirty-two men were killed. KAISER GIVES PEACE TERMS WHERE RUSSIANS ARE MAKING A STAND °WielftieOcz. /rrMr* ZEPPELIN DESTROYED BOMBS HURLED ON GERMAN AIR SHIP BY BRITISH AVIATOR. The fight in the clouds followed the nineteenth Zeppelin raid- on the. Brit ish coast. One of the Invading dirigibles was pursued by a monoplane in charge of Flight Sublieutenant Warneford, R. N., a Canadian. Just before daybreak the British craft overhauled the larger air ship and the battle began. Knowing he had little chance to com bat the larger guns carried by the giant Zeppelin, lieutenant Warneford, by masterful maneuvering, kept out of range and gained a position of about -six hundred feet above the dirigible. Then the monoplane, just as the morning sun came out of the east, dropped six bombs, apparently releasing them simultaneously. Each explosive hit the big gas bag, and the German machine, with thirty two on board, swayed for an instant, then shot downward to the ground at a tremendous rate and almost crashed through the roof of a conyent. But the victorious monoplane al most met with the same ffcte. So great was the force of the explosion that the smaller craft was tossed up ward over one hundred feet and turned a gigantic somersault. The monoplane turned upside down and began to drop. Just in. time the aviator, pulling him self out of a dangerous "loop the loop" with a damaged machine, righted him self and landed safely on foreign soil. Dutch Envoy Arrives In Washington With German Demands for End of War. Washington, June 9.—Germany, through a special Dutch envoy, is ask ing President'Wilson to transmit pro posed terms of. peace to. the allied powers. The envoy is Jonkheer van Gheel Gildermeister, .a member of .the court pt Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether lands and connected with banking cir cles in Holland. He came to Washington on Friday equipped with the peace terms of Ger many, which that country has been publishing to the world for months as follows: "Evacuation of Belgium and North ern France. "Reconstltution of the kingdom of Poland. "Freedom of the seas. "Cession of a strip of Alsace and Lorraine to France in recognition of German sovereignty over Luxeni1 bourg. "Acquisition of African colonies by Germany. "Restoration to Germany of all colonies held by that country prior to the war, with the exception of Kaio-chau, which is to be disposed of as Japan sees fit." So far as official action is concerned it is not believed here that President Wilson would be Inclined to take it, since he has received no official com munication as to Germany's desire for peace on the terms stated. Big Fire at Portland, Ore. Portland, Ore., June 11.—Property valued at more than $400,000 was de stroyed by afire that spread over six blocks of the water front from Burn side to Oak streets. Several firemen were injured. Italians Capture Greek Ship. Rome, June 11.—A Greek steamship, laden with foodBtuffs, was captured by Italian warships on Wednesday while attempting to run the blockade In the Adriatic. Her cargo was consigned to Trieste. Capt. Knapp to Navy Yard. Washington, June 9.—Capt. John J. Knapp, recently In command of the battleship Connecticut, and now a member of the naval examining board, was appointed commandant of the Philadelphia navy yard. Rev. Jesse B. Thomas Dead. New York, June 9-—Rev. Dr. Jesse Burgess Thomas, theologian and au thor, pastor emeritus of the Baptist temple of Brooklyn, is dead at his home in Brooklyn. He was eighty-two years old. Prince Killed In Battle. Petrograd, June 8.—Prince Bagra tlon-Mouchransky, son-in-law of the Grand Duke Constantine, was killed in the battle that preceded the fall of Przemysl, according to dispatches re ceived here. 3,113 More British Fall. London, June 8.—The latest official casualty list added 3,113 names to the list of killed, wounded or missing since the*war began. This is the long est list issued by the government dur ing the war. 'row The Russians in Galicia, being driven back from the front shown ap proximity by the solid line, have made a desperate stand along the front sbown by the broken line, and there may be able to check the Austro-Ger man forces until supplies of ammunition reach them. Locomotive and'Coaches In River—En gineer Fails to See That Bridge Is Washed Away. SHIP TORPEDOED 17 PERISH Only 8lx Saved From Belgian Steamer Menapier, Sent to Bottom by German Submarine. Wp $§Pt$??P MANCHESTER, IOWA. Wawa-ffuska Luaen, SEVEN DIE IN ACCIDENTS CAUSED ON MILWAlfc KEE ROAD BY CLOUDBURST. La Crosse, Wis., June 8.—Seven persons were killed and several miles. of track were destroyed In railroad wrecks resulting from a cloudburst which circled La Crosse on Saturday night. Owing to a region of high pressure here, not a drop of rain fell in La Crosse. Six were killed and many injured when Milwaukee passenger train No. 5 ran into a wrecked bridge at Am herst Junction, two miles above Lake City, Minn. The dead: Wilbur Taber, engineer, Minneapolis Roy Roberts, fireman, Minneapolis ——Lacey, express mes senger,, Chicago passenger, male, un identified two tramps, unidentified. The passengers were generally shaken up. Engineer Taber was running his train at high speed through a blind ing storm. It is thought he did not see the bridge bad been washed out until he applied the air, as the engine plunged into the raging torrent. Luck ily the brakes held the train, but the engine, baggage car and. mail car were submerged. Bodies of the engineer and fireman were recovered in the morning by divers, who went into the twenty feet of water to explore the wrecked en gine and cars. Bodies of the express messenger and'men known to have been on the "head end" were not found. It is considered probable that more lives have been lost. Northwestern passenger train No. 17 went into the ditch at Roberts, near Eau Claire. Dorsey Sheehan, the en gineer, was killed. While being taken to St. Paul on a relief train, Sheehan, who bad been fatally ./burned, regained consciousness and asked if any of the passengers had been in jured. When told they had not, he smiled faintly and died. At Stockholm, opposite Red Wing, a wall of water ten feet high rolled down the bluff and tore through the store buildings on'the river front. London, June 10.—Five more vessels have been sunk by German subma rines. Seventeen' lives were lost when the Belgian steamer Menapier was sent to the bottom. Crews of the other four vessels, the Tn^dvang, the Superb and the Glitterad, Norwegian craft, and the Pentland, a British trawler, were saved. The Menapier was sunk near the North Foreland. There were twenty-three persons' aboard. Only six were saved. The captain, his wife and his daughter, the first mate, the pilot and twelve members of the crew were lost.! The survivors from the Menapier were landed at Margate. One of them, bad ly Injured, .was sent to a hospital. The survivors say the Menapier sank within a few minutes of the time the torpedo exploded. Pope Creates War Bishop." Rome, June 7.-rThe papal official or gan publishes a pontifical decree in stituting the. new post of "military bishop," who is charged with the ap pointment of chaplains for the land and sea forces of Italy. The new dig nitary also will bless the nation's bat tle flags and direct the spiritual organ ization of the military. Steamer Lost In Collision. Liverpool, June li.—The steamship Gertrude was sunk Sunday in collision with the City of Vienna south of Ark low lightship with the loss of eight members of her crew, according to a Lloyd's dispatch. Allied Aviators Active. Amsterdam, June 11.—Aviators of the allies are keeping up continuous activity over Belgium. The German supply depots and the railway station at Ghent were bombarded' on Monday by the raiders. $50,000 Fire at Springfield, III. Springfield, 111., June 10.—Fire which broke out in the plant of the John W. Bunn Wholesale Grocery company destroyed the upper floors of the build ing. The damage was estimated by the owners to exceed $50,000. Serbian Army Near Scutari. London, June 10.—"The Serbians in vading central' Albania have occupied Kalsleljuma and are how two days' march from Scutari," says a Berne cor respondent. ."The Albanians are not resisting." Necklace for Miss Clark. Washington, June 8.—A necklace consisting of a chain of 117 diamonds and a diamond pendant, making 202 diamonds in all, will be the wedding gift of the house' of representatives to Miss Genevieve Clark. Auto Wheels Buckle One Dead. Westfield, Mass., June 8.—Frank Yarmesky- was killed and four other persons were -injured on Saturday wlien the front wheels of an automo- bile buckled in a car track in the vil-1 The capital is $200,000 lage of Russell. WEALTHY FARMER OF JOHNS TON CITY, ILL., MURDERED BY SICILIAN MINER. TROOPS ARE CALLED OUT Daughter of Slain Man Wounded— Gov. Ounne Summons Three Com paniesof Militia—Several Persons Are Hurt. Johnston City, 111., June 12 —Joseph Strendo, a Sicilian mine worker, who was arrested on the charge of assas sinating W.*E. Cha&man, a wealthy farmer, and wounding his daughter, was taken, from jail on Thursday and lynched, Several persons were hurt in a fight between- the sheriff and mem bers of the mob. Governor Dunne ordered out three companies of'militia to Johnston City to quell rioting there. A message asking for troops reached the governor at Springfield from the sheriff at Johnston City. He Immedi ately called in Acting Adjutant Gen eral Shand for a conference. It was decided to send Company of Shelby ville Company of Benton and Com pany of Cairo, Fourth regiment, to Johnston City. INVADERS TAKE M0NFALC0NE Austrian* Destroy Stronghold South of Trent as Enemy's Army TJdlne, Italy, June 12.—Italian troops are within sight of the city of Trieste. From the hilltops near Monfalcone they can see the city, the capture of which is one of. the main objectives of the Italian campaign. The occupation of Monfalcone is re garded by Italians as of great impor tance. Monfalcone Is the center of electrical supply for Trieste and has large shipbuilding yards. On taking possession of Monfalcone the Italians ran up their flag on the ruins of an ancient tower built by the Venetians. The capture of the town is being celebrated by the Italian troops. The Italian troops which are invad ing Austria through the Arsa valley toward Rovereto, to the south of Trent, discovered that the Austrlans had abandoned Port Possacchio, two miles north of Matassone. U. S. TO PROTEST TO BRITAIN President Prepares Note to London on Blockade—Must Cease Interfere ence With Neutral Commerce. Washington, June 12.—With Presi dent Wilson's firm rejoinder to Germany out of the way, the chief ex ecutive Is preparing a note to Great Britain protesting 'against the unlaw ful blockade of American commerce, with neutral European ports. The salient features of the note to Britain, according to belief in high est official qiwrten, are: 1. Great Britain must cease Inter ference -with neutral commerce. 2. Great Britain must discontinue her interruption of legitimate trade betweein the United StateB and Ger many, particularly In food for con sumption by noncombatants. The purpose of President Wilson Is to induce Great Britain, as well as Germany^ to comply with the rules of warfare laid down by international a 0BREG0N OUT OF DANGER Report That General Lost Arm Battle Is Officially Confirmed 'Russian Claims Are Denied. Berlin, June 12.—The German ad miralty, issued a statement denying the official report issued in Petrograd in which it is claimed that three German ships had been sunk in the Baltic. It has admitted the loss: of. a collier. ^-J Captain Owen Transferred London, June 12.—Captain Reginald Owen of the Royal engineers, who was married to Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter of W. J. Bryan, has been transferred to the Dardanelles, where he is-fighting against the Turks. Red Cross Ambulances Burn. London, June 12.—One hundred Red Cross ambulances and 20 motor vans which were about to be -delivered to the war office were destroyed by a mysterious fire in a tactory at Park Royal. The loss Is $400,000. Michigan Educator to California. Stanford University, Cal., June 12.— It was announced here that John S. P. Tatlock, professor of English in the University of Michigan, has been ap pointed professor of English philology at Stanford university. Louisiana Bank Closed. Monroe, La., June 12.—The Union National bank of this city has been closed by Its directors. A statement was issued that the bank was solvent an^ depositors would be paid in full, 1 ^tr.pvj-i'^W Paris, June In at Vera Cruz. Galveston, Tex., June 12.—A cable gram received here on Thursday from Vera Cruz officially confirmed the re port that General Obregon lost his right arm in the battle of Leon. The message stated that the Mexican com mander refused to abandon the fight ing line until hiti troops were as sured. of victory, although a' physi cian warned him thiat .'It would cost him his life if he did not receive im mediate surgical attention. He is now out of danger, the cablegram said 1 J/., Auto in River Six Perish. Outlook, Sask., 3une 11.—The bodies of J. P. Thompson, his wife, Mrs. Her bert Coleman of Toronto, Mrs. Thompson's'1 -sister, and the two. Thompson children, aged eight' and nine years,1 were recovered from the Saskatchewan river. The five were drowned Wednesday night, when Thompson drove his automobile into the river. Thompson .started to drive the automobile on to a ferry' be-' fore the apron was lowered. The car plunged, into fifteen feet of water. More Canadians for France. Niagara Falls, Ont., June 12.—The department of militia gave out in formation that an additional 35,000 Canadian soldiers are to be dispatched to France at once. This will give the Dominion a total force of 150,000 men. .t#jK NEBRASKAN GIVES ISSUES ON WHICH HE PARTED FROM •THE PRESIDENT. FOR PEACE TREATY POLICY Would Also Warn Americans From Danger Zone and Bar .Ammunition on .Passenger Ships—Retiring Cabi net Officer, Bids Farewell to Wilson. Washington, June 11.—William Jen nings Bryan became a private citizen at two o'clock Wednesday. After an affecting farewell talk with President Wilson at the White House and a reception to ISO employees of the state department in bis'office, the retiring premier Issued a statement, following the dispatch of the rejoinder of President Wilson to Germany, In which he explained reasons for resign ing from the Wilson cabinet at the critical mojpient he chose for. his- ac tion. Secretary Bryan's personal state ment on the reasons for hi^ resigna tion contends that the difficulties be tween Germany and the United States should be investigated by an interna tional commission and that Americans should be warned to keep off belliger ent ships or those carrying ammuni tion through the danger zone. President Wilson and William Jen nings Bryan bade, each other an offi cial farewell in the White House itlth a hearty handclasp. Before returning to his residence after discharging, his final official duties at the state depart ment, Mr. Brjran stopped at the White House and was taken immediately to the White House library. Both men 'extended their hands and then seated themselves on a couch. Briefly they recounted to each other the nature of the:differences which have arisen be tween them over the German policy. Cordially. and without any trace of feeling the two men talked of the situation which resulted in Mr. Bry an'B resignation. Each spoke dispas sionately of the. differences and his belief that the other was doing what he thought best for the United States. Those who saw them were, touched by the regard the two men displayed for each other. Finally the two men, who had stood together during the last y£ar in one crisis after another, rose to their feet simultaneously and eloped hands. "God bless you," said each as their hands touched. .: NNNNNNNNNNNm NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR Atlanta, Ga., June 11.—Leo M. Frank must pay: the'death penalty for the murder of Mary Phagan, unless executive clemency 1B extended be tween now and June 22. The Georgia prison commission refused to, recom mend that his death sentence be com muted to life Imprisonment New York, June 9.—Four German submarines were captured in the Firth of Tay, east coast of Scotland, In ai recent raid, according to officers of the liner Cameronla, from Glasgow. These crafts made.a raid up the Flrth, passed under Tay, bridge, the longest in the world and were cpught on their re turn in nets spread by the poit author ities. The submarines were kept en tangled 62 hours, after which they were allowed to come up. The crews were exhausted, and siurendered im mediately. 8.—A 5 "aifAfS. vf telegram re ceived, on Saturday from the Ital ian' frontier says that two Italian cruisers and two torpedo boats MTived in front of the Island of Llssa in-the Dalmatian archipelago, and renewed the bombardment, completing the de struction of the Austrian barracks. Marines were disembarkedand-made the whole garrison prisoners, the com mander surrendering upon realising the Impossibility of further resistance. Three hundred prisoners were taken and embarked for Ancona. -, BRITONS SHOT BY MEXICANS Man Kilted, Woman and Child Serious ly Wounded—Repprt^ Sent to .t^^v^-.^Washlngton^. Washington, June 10.—S. P. Jones, a British citizen, was killed and an Eng lishman, woman and child probably fatally wounded when they got within the range of flre/when a Villista force captured Tuxpam Sunday night, Vice Consul. BeVan' at Tamplco reported to the. state department. The report read: '. "S. P. Jones was killed,- Tom Mal lard was badly wounded, Mrs. Mal lard was shot through the, stomach, the Mallard infant was shot1 through the stomach and will probably die. All were British. They were seeking cover when shot." Russ Count Killed at Front London, June 11.—The Russian em bassy announced the death of Count Peter Benckendorff, youngest son of Count Alexander Benckendorff, Rus sian ambassador at London. The count was shot through the neck. British Airmen Raid Turks. Athens, June 11—A successful Brit ish air raid against the Turkish ^posi tion at Akbasch, the Turkish base on the Strait of Gallipoll, was made. Nine hydroplanes took-part and many Turk ish soldiers were killed.: Von Tlrpltz Estate Seized. Paris, June 9.—The Italian estate of Admiral von Tlrpltz,' head of the-Ger man admiralty, situated at Cagliarl in southern Sardinia, is reported to have been seized by the Italian gov ernment. Strike .Deputies to Prison. New Brunswick, N. J. June 9.—The nine deputies convicted of manslaugh ter in connection with the killings of two strikers at Roosevelt, N. J., were sentenced to serve two years in statete prison. Flood Over Illinois Lands. Cairo, 111., June 8-—All the country around McClure and Dogtooth Bend, 111., is under eight to fifteen feet of water by the overflow of the Mississip pi, and thousands of acres of corn and wheat have been destroyed. Shell Near King of Italy. Rome, June 8.—King Victor Em manuel won,the cheers of his soldiers the other day by his coolness under Are. A shell burst only a few yards from the king, who dropped to the Tound and escapsd injury. 7 Don't Persecute Your Bowels Cut out cathartics and pivoativM. They an brutal 'haxib.unnecewaty. Trjy CARTER'S LITTLE, LIVER PILLS Purely vegetable. Act, gently on. the, liver,. eliminate bile, andj soothe the delicate^ membrane of th^ bowel. Car*i CwUtlpltiOB, •lUmuBiit, •cfc* aSrialildtiaa, aiiUiras knew. SMALLPOX, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICB. Genuine must bear In the matter of education no better' Instance of the advancement thait la taking place can be given than that found in the information to hand that attendance at the -University of Al berta has Increased 1,000 per cent In live years, and Is now thoroughly rep resentative of. all settled portions of: the Province. The students in attend ance are from sixty-one distinct dis tricts. Then as to the prosperity which fol lows residence In Western Canada, J. B. Edward of Blackie. Alta., gives splendid testimony. He writes, "In the spring of 1907 I first came to this locality from the State of Iowa, Cass County, and located on a quarter sec tion of land near Blackie. Since com ing here I have been engaged in mixed farming, which -1 have' found tp be more profitable than where formerly lived. On coming here my. worldly holdings were small besides having a family to care for. I now own three quarter sections, sixty head of cattle, twenty head of horses and.forty head of hogs, wlthont encumbrance. "During the seven years I have not had a crop falL My best crop of oats averaged ninety bushels per acre, with a general yield of thirty-flve bushels and upward. My best wheat crop aver aged forty-three bushels ..per acre. When I have had smaller Vleldis per. acre 1 have found Some. Wind. Two old Scotchmen were one day disputing as to who remembered the windiest day. "1 mind it beta* sic a win'," said one, "that it took the craws three 'oors to fly bame frae the dominie's field, an' that's nae mair than a mile." "Hoot, mon I" the other repl led, "I've .en it that windy that the craws had to walk hame!" •, U.'::—r— An Unmaker of History. Directory Canvasser—What Is your husband'B 'occupation, madam Lady—Oh, he unmakes history.'1 Directory Canvasser—Unmakes his toryl Lady—Yea he writes .historical novels!^- By-Products of War. "I understand "the Russians have an Inexhaustible supply of men." "But the Germans have an .in exhaustible supply of cannon.' "Then what's'the result?" 'Cannon fodder,' I guess."-'. One of the Neutrals. Belle—How Is she on the war? Beulah—Oh, neutral, of course. Tou see, she has to be, for she gets her hats from Paris, her hair dye from Germany' and ber accent from Lon-_ don. The first thing, a young man IearnB at college is how little bis parents knew.,. i, qet POWER The Suppiy Comes From Food. If we, get power from food, why not strive to get all the power we can. That is only possible by selecting food that exactly fits the requirements of the body. "Not knowing how to select the right food to fit my needs, 1 suffered griev-' ously for a long time from stomach trouble," writes a lady from a little Western town. "It seemed as if I would never be able to find out the sort of food that waB best for me. Hardly anything that I could eat would stay on my stomach. Every attempt gave me heartburn and filled my stomach with.MS. I got thin ner and* thinner until|te literally be came a living skeleton And in time was compelled to keep to my bed. "A. few months ago I was persuaded to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such good effect from the very beginning that I kept up its use. I was surprised at the ease with which I digested it It proved to be just what I needed. "All my unpleasant symptoms, the. heart-burn,. the Inflated feeling which gave me so much pain, disappeared. My weight gradually increased from 98 to 116 lbs., my figure rounded out, my. Btrength came back, and I am Aw able to do my housework and enjoy it Grape-Nuts did it" A ten days, trial will show anyone Bome facts'about food. Name given by Bostum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read thy above letter? sg'y £$SS$ fitekMfjoWviJ '\rV% V. CARTERS ITTLE IVER Signature Cupid never worries about results. Increase in Railway Mileage, School Attendance and ,,, Population. Some Idea of the extent of railway construction in Western Canada can, be derived from the fact that the rail-, way mileage in the Province of Al berta has been doubled in three years. The present mileage is 4,097. In all of the settled districts there is ample railway privileges. The rates are gov erned by a Dominion Railway Commis sion, and in the exercise of their pow ers they, not only -control the rates, giving fair equality to both railway and shipper, "but form a court to hear complaints of any who may desire to lodge the same. M"* tbat lt has been due to improper cultivation. The win ters here, although at times the weath er Is cold,. I find as a whole are very, agreeable Thefisummers1 are warm, but not* sultiy. The summer nights are :eool jaiid one Is always assured of a good night's rest. My health: has, been much better, as I do -not rafter from catarrh: since coming here. I have' ho land-, for sale, and am not' wishing to niake any change, but would be pleased to? answer any en quiries concerning this locality."—Ad« vertlsement 5. A? A aew ob« appear* from time to time. They are- srennlme, true, ud fait: kuua 'ntereat. pi' $2 $4 P:l-"i jit iTV 1