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USE BREAK IN CENTRAL ALLIES Austria Expected to Come Out in Complete Favor of Pon tiff's Proposals for Ending War. •. GERMANS OPPOSE PLAN? Bulgaria Will Frown on Attempt it Restoration of Pre-War Status Because She'd Lose Gains. Copenhagen. A us 20.—The German foreign officers are not yet ready to an nounce the government's standpoint on the pope's peace pronosale and an an swer probably be delayed considerably while the four central powers are en deavoring to reconcile somewhat dl verg-ent views and interests regarding peace. A cordial article in the Cologne Jazette perhaps pressagos the German -point of view by declaring it Is the duty of all governments to support any ef fort in honorable meditation. It is evident that Austria-Hungary .-.will throw its full weight in favor ol sin affirmative answer to the pope's welcome piopo.sal, just as Bulgaria will flatly and vehemently oppose any ac ceptance of the return of occupied areas. While the newspaper Germania. as befits its representative f-atholie char acter. is decidedly optimistic regarding the prospects for tangtblc results, most •paper.v are rather skeptical as to the .chances that it win lead to any thing in the immediate future. At least pan- Oer man papers insist that peace on the proposed basis is utterly impossible. The Berlin Tages Zeitung. in its com ment pays the evacuation of Belgium and all occupied rigious of Franco is •impossible, just because, independent -Belgium henceforth would be an irrec oneilable enemy of Germany and it must be subordinated to the security of Germany's frontiers, liven the plan of the former German chancellor. Dr. Von Bethmann-Holweg, for a polish protectorate, is rejected because the :yPoles have shown themselves ungrat eful for favors granted them. FOOD HOARD DISCOVERED Colurftbus. Ohio, Aug". 20.—Great "Quantities of foodstuffs being held for higher prices have been discovered bid- Sen away in old barns and sheds by 'officials of the state fire marshal's of fice, according to a statement issued to day by Alfred T. Fleming, state Are marshal. WASTE HO SYMPATHY ON TRAITORS—BRYAN Should Not Cloak Attack? Un der Claim of Freedom of Speech, He Says. Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 20.—"No sympal thy should be wasted on those arrested for unpatriotic utterances," W. J. Bry an said today in a signed editorial in his paper, The Commoner. And this, he says applies to utterances against our allies as well as against the United States. "Before the war," the editorial says, 'it was perfectly proper to discuss the wisdom of going to war, but the deci sion is closed when congress acts. After that no one should be permitted to cloak an attack under the claim of 'freedom of speech.' "No sympathy, therefore, should be wasted on those arrested for unpatri otic utterances. They abuse free speech. And this applies to our allies as well to ourselves, for to withdraw sup port from our allies would throw the whole burden of the war upon us. We must stand together and fight this through. There are only two sides to a war. fivery American must be on the side of the United States." NEBRASKA EDITOR'S LIFE THREATENED IN LETTER Hebron, Neb., Aug. 20.—Hurling de fiance at "cowards, traitors and assas sin who may be skulking in the rear with knife, gun or bludgeon," Editor E. J. Mitchell, of the Deshler Rustler, announces he has turned over to the authorities an unsigned letter in which his life was threatened. The authorities ire investigating.^ Richard Kiene, prominent merchant of Deshler, also has received threaten •i ing letters with black hand signatures. Mr. Kiene, although of German de scent, is a strong nnti-kaiser man, and is not afraid to say so. GUNNERS TO FRANCE. Washington, D. O.. Aug. 18.—Young artillery officers Just graduated frcm the artillery training school at Fortress Prance. In the lints are First Lieut. Albert F. Hull, of Marshalltown and First Lieut. Ernest V. Evans, of Wil liamsburg, and Second Lieut. Harold lobes, of Atlantic. First Lieut. Walter KalL of Elk Creek, Neb., is in the list. IOW:i SISTER. SUSIES URGED TO KNIT li:i l)( Woman Who Can Is Asked ,-ets To. Help Red Cross. a sr i). Women of P. \*i| ill's.' I'll Kop- ford, .state direc.to" of i!\e Bed t'ross, to do thoii- bit" in knitting a part of the 1 ,:Oe,o(ii_i knitted which have, been asked of th Amerie.m Bed Cross by Mai. r.-'.ysot M. M-urphy, director in charge ot sue work ai the western front in Knrope. the knitted consist, -.if sweaters, muffle:?'-, wiisilcis inI socks and will be distributed to leith the soldiers and the civilian popni'iiion a.ssisting in war •wvice Knroua. 1-,'xt::« supplies of yarn an- to t.:e ?cni to nil ?:i vice depots of the Iti1' '.'rivss ir. t!i«? niter! States to inake pi'o'v i-iou Vr the knitting drive. "Kvery w-oa:aii in Iowa who can knit should join forces -.vit!i the Bed Cross in delivering these kr'itted sets to the Bed Cross in Knropc," Mr. Kepford de O'si'i'd. "However, the knit (ing must, not fpolace any of he oilier work now be ing- done by the Be.^ Cro's.* chapters and branches is vital tlu-.t lie* produc tion of urgica! ui e.-.siit^.s and iiovpitaJ garment.-: cont itr.ies. NEW ENGLAND MEN GO TO FRANCE SOON Twenty-Sixth Division May Ac company the Forty Second, Which Sails Soon. Washington. D. C., Auk. 20.—Two ainiy divisions, instead of one, compris ing a total of at least 38,000 men, prob ably will make up the first contingent of the national guard to so to France. Although no official confirmation wa*. obtainable, ihero are evidences that the composite Forty-second division, whose organization recently was announced, will l.e accompanied abroad lif the Twenty-sixth, made up of New Eng land fiuardsmen. No New England states are among the 26 having repre sentation in the composite division. The commander of the Twenty-sixth Is Maj. Oen. Claicnee Edwards, now acting as commander of the depaitment of the northeast, and it is presumed he will go to Europe with the -'..-vision. The Forty-second is commanded by Maj. Gen. W. A. Mann. OF spy CAUGHT ft' '**i Austrian Army Officers Who Helped Schneider, Ger man Lieutenant, Arrested. 1 Laredo. Tex.. Aug. 20.—-.Four Austrian Ermy officers, alleged to be accomplices of Capt. Irvinjr Schneider, recently ar rested at San Francisco on a charge of bein« German spy, were arrested by department, of justice agents her to day and placed in jaii. It is tuid they came here from San Francisco, and were enroute to Mexico. Federal agents declined to give the names of the font men and also would not dis-.-.u.-s the case. UP TO U.S. JO WHIP KAISER Parte, Aug. 20.—Major Genera.! Persh ing, the American commander, told the Associated Press today, that the war can be won only by hard and forceful blows delivered by a well trained Amer ican army, working in conjunction with the allied armies. .. HUGE ISSUE OF BONDS PROPOSED BT M'ADOO Proposed Block of $7,538,' 945,000 Would Bear 4 Per Cent. "*V nshinslon. Aiig. 20.- -Issuance of f".S»8S,94S.OOO worth of 4 percent Tederai bonds, subject only to income super taxes, war profits and excess profits taxes, and designed to provide f4,000, 000.000 for furtho1' allied loans and to retire th» $3,000,000,000 no:i-taxable 3»4 per cent issue now authorized to cover loans to th* allies is contemplated in suggestions submitted by Secretary McAdoo to the House ways-and means committee. Receipt of the suggestion# cause-! Im mediate activity .imong both democrats and republicans of the committee, many ol whom are opposed to the details of the secretary's'plan. While taxing the bonds is generally fav„.*rd. so—ething more concrete tliroi the .secr«taryv sug gests. vuch as a fiat levy of 6 cent on the interest rate, or application of the income tax appears to be more generally desired by House members. .-o- GORE TRIES NEW FLAN. fushington. D. C.. Aug. 18.—An amendment to prevent expending any money raised from the war tax bill in transporting men to Europe whp have not volunteered for such ttervic* was introduce! by Senator Corok k. Railroad tracks Tern Up, Farm Houses Mile Away Demolished and Hundreds Reported Dead at Rigaud. HUGE PLANT DESTROYED Munitions Works- Employing 5.000 People Wiped Out by Three Explosions—, Details (Jnknown. Hi !iad. Que.. .0. -The y.-eat olant here Curtis iV: I! irvy, i.td.. ex plosive n:a:iuf curei .?, was wrecked today by a series of terrific explosions and buried heneaih Hi .' ruins of dozen jr so str:ieti"-es that .'"iiiiuipwI the factory -ire :iu unknown manlier of dead. Thousands in Pla-.t Several thousand malci :md fcii.-'.'e '.•"orkers employed at the plant were in '.le danger zone for horns. An early •stiniate based on lirsi ports placed ihe number of killed at atnmt int indications were this .tf(ernion that there were comparatively few casual ties. A relief train, arrived fit-.m Montreal at noon briiiKiuK doctors and nurses, but owin^ vo the fierce lieai from the burning ruins of the plant they were unable to approach. No death list can be obtained until the ruins cool. The loiis In the vulae of buildings and stock will leach well up into millions. The first explosion was eansed by tho •jverheat-nf of the miuhiuety in the nitric acid building. T'ne flames leaped «lons through the buitdm^ and .mother explosion occuiied. Most of ers. however, are believed to number of houses in Dragon where most of the workers lived, and f.crm houses in the vicinity also caught tire. Provision was made by the people Rigaud for nocommodating the home less workers. Ottawa. Aug. 18.--First repor'. ceived here from the .scene of the ^'.w der explosion today at fliuand, ijuebec, slate that in the neighborhood of 200 persons have been killed. Montreal. Aug-. 20.- -A terrific ex plosion at. the powder plan I of Curtis & Harvey, limited, at Riga ltd, Quebec, to- day is believed to have caused heavy loss of life. Five thousand men and women are employed at the plant which covers an area of five square miles. Reports received here soon after the '•xplosion said the plant, was nearly all in flatnes. From points near Uigauri. it was teamed that three explosions took place. The first at 9 o'clock was heard 20 miles away. It was followed by two others in quick succession. The explosion disrupted te'.-•graph and telephone communication with lligaud, making it difficult to obtain m formation. Traffic on the Canadian Pacific railroad's Ottawa-Montreal line, which passes close to the plant has been suspended. Trainmen who got away from ihe rscene of the explosion reported that -10 houses at Dragon, a little village near tn? powder plant, occupied by work men were razed by the'force of the ex plosion. The whole countryside was "covered at 10 o'clock with a dense copper colored smoke. A special train of doctors and nurses left here nt 1 1: it0 o'clock for the scene of the disaster. 300 Killed by Blast. Tho officials here of Curtis Harvey, lid., lucked information as to the cause of the explosion. It was said that probably 500 persons were working in the section of the plant where the first explosion took place. was believed by the officials the other two explos ions were caused by fire which spread from the first. Passengers on a anadian Pacific railroad -train which passed the scene of the disaster, place.' the number ue-jd fi vm the first explosion at 20. The passengers said it was impossible to obtain definite figure:* as hundreds rushed into the open country when the first explosion occurred, and a few had returned when their train left .Mon treal. The extent of the explosion may be judged by the f: ct that two farm houses over a mile from the plant were blown down. At noon th» village of Dragon was blazing and it looked as if it. would be destroyed. PRESIDENT STUDIES I. W. W. SITUATION Threatened Miners' Strike in Alabama May Be Averted, Officials Say. Washington, D. O.. Aug. JO.—Presi dent Wilson is making a psTsoii.-i! study of the labor'situation in the northwest, especially in Washington.-Oregon. Mon tana ahd Idaho, whore a nm-ial strl'.a of the I. W. W. ij tnreateneu j'.exi Mon day. Officials in close touch with tin threatened nunev.s strike situating in Alabama, were ooiimistie c-nrly too ty that the strike ld avej t-i'l ov »e velopments -.?...*1 fri the work a a •ample time to escape. Other explosions oceu,-rnd every ".ve minutes or vo. shaking the surround ing country like a series of eartlnpiakes. Altogether 15 detonations were counted. Homes Blown to Bits. One of tho explosions, bbnv .town a of few hours.- ... «. -T.iit.ii-! There are stdd to he 7,000,000 cais n» the Unit«d Kimidont. f.*v ?*. UNCLE JOE'S TRUE VERSION Veteran Congressman Retells Green .Corn Story Which He Declare* Is Thirty Years Old. "Uncle Too," said new member of Nie house of Representative Cannon of Illinois, "I heard a good story about joti and green corn." "Great ?"')«, man. that story Is thirty years old," said Mi'. Cannon. "Well. I sun a new congres^'mm and fell for it." "It* you are going to toll it again," went on Mr. Cannon, "let me tell It *o you right. I have seen more ver- ions of it than there nre silly threads a corn tassel. It's (rue, all right. "It happened at the old Willtml ho tel when it used to be run on the American plan, with three meals a :lay. I tun a light eater, hut I aiu pow erfully fond of green corn. One day had a neighbor on from Danville, who took dinner with inc. I had Jhree orders of green corn. "'Joe,' says he to me. 'how much *»oard do you pay at Ihis tavern?' I told him. He looked at the stack of rorncobs. ruminated a moment, and then remarked: 'Don'! you think It would he cheaper for you to board at livery stable?"' Brevity in calling may yet become the soul of patroitisiu. op over at 1 Tkk thm $**t tiHf •tlhm jnmr l» titHlht £mt. I'm wit find —ry t»rf of rtwft'm awirf mMWht to mmkm ymmr mmcafi'n iMf ft mmmlartrf. BACK EAST Low Fare Round Trip Summer Tourist Ticket* NewYqrk,Boston wJ all AUutic Cwut,N«w Eadui EulmCutdt, Tbom—dhl—^JireedarkM—IriepiiaU Siop«*rr pdrlltm Ratil* Crack, Drtrolt. Kkm Fih BuCala, Kochcurr, Syticutr. Utica. Albany. Stwtnc6»ld and *h«r points nur c«C)iKludaigaUpHnMwlb*Mklua«BCealral *ad Wiim YorkCaunL Swpiai «ptendid iraiiM (ram Chlcus emu dir. Touriat can daily to BoMon mt SUnKatm poala Ham leavioc Chicaeo 1.-W m. GtdtTawa arrantfl ukinc to Niaiara Palla. Beataa. Nnr Vott. AUaatic Uty.Waitaatae aaS at imrrnndiata enntaL MICHIGAN C)EyT^AL Th* Niagara FalU Root*" Applr |p your local agtat forlUtlaam) aletpinccar reacitiMn or lor comptetc inlonAMion yd «f Itstiona to iwinW trip*«att oA or wMIIr our OM AHfA OFFIOE, 321-3ZS Ct*y Natiesal Bsak BUg I. J. WllUSSMDS: (ami AM A Good Comcback. Tom Moore, tin- poet, was the son yf :t 1 Miliiii ui'iiccr. Without any i»ush iiiu on his jfi'ii !il- genius and his r.n i'lfcct ed mair.ier tii ide iiim a welcome UH'st i\'ci-yw'lr't''.'. 4 All London y-'ent mad ov"i- I•'in. on one oi-.-asiou at a hamnid iie had 11):.«. 1 some hriiiianl it tii-isiu'i. A sin-.li. 111)tiki•lu to humil- Iiim. leaned over lip- table to tin poet and |itiie audibly said, in a drawl ing tone: "I'uay, sir, wasn't ymjr father a irrossah •M'lorc smilingly re))liMl that he was. "TIkji. pwav." cotilinued the snob. '"Why didn't he make a irrossah d' yi n)V" Moore quit" affably relorted. '"Wasn't your father a uent'einan'r" course lie was," was the rejoin der. "Then why," queried Moore, "didn't he nuike a ueiilletuan of you?" Something Lacking. For Ihe Hrst lime Louis was hearing Hie cherry tree-and-hatchet story. It wan very dramatically related by a patriotic aunt, but Louis was not so deeply impressed as he mi'shl have been. When the climax was reached and George Washington said, "I enn not tell a lie," Louis displayed his first glimmer of enthusiasm. "Couldn't he?" he asked. "What was the matter with him?"—Philadelphia Star. No sadder proof can be given by a mnn of his own littleness than dis belief In great men.—Carlyle. Don't be a miser coffins have no pockets. POST TOASTIES are bully good for any meal and for all the family f1 "sO- A GUARANTEED REMEDY FOR HAY fEVER—ASTHMA AiUunatto •jmptoBM Moovpantfna Bay rarer. No matter bow violent Umatueka or obstinate tbe cue ADR.<p></p>STHMADOR|*SCHIFFMANN'SR.• AND ADTNMADOR CIGARETTES positively glvee INSTANT RBLIH* TN every CM and baa permanently cured thonaanda wbo bad bee considered Incurable, after having tried every oUi means ot relief in vain, AsthmaUcs should avs sole judge as to wbetber yon are benefitted and tbe druggist will give von back your money If you are not. We do not know ot any fairer preposition whicb we oould make. (&] R. Schiffmann Co., Proprietors, St. Paul, Miiut A Peep Ahead. This old millionaire and his beatiti I'ttf bride, after their quiel wedding had a quiet wedding breakfast, a deux Astrakhan cavier, eggs pompadour, trull'ed chicken, fresh California peas chtnnpa gnc—so the quiet breakfast ran. #, "My dear." said the old millionaire as Ihe fruit course, a superb Florid mi ion. came on. "tell me. my dear"—• and he laid his withered hand on het young one—"do you love me for wind 1 am or for what I was?" The beautiful *irl smiled down froni the window into Ihe admiring eye* of a young clubman who was passing tlieu she bent her clesir, considering gaze on the gray ruin opposite and replied "I love you. Ceorge, for what yoii will be."—St. Louis I'ost-Iispatch. -*»j A Reasonable Supposition. 11 The .farmer alleged a freight: train of tbe defendant company bad hit one of his mules. "Now, Mr. Jones," said tbe attor ney for the corporation to the ag grieved party, who occupied the wit ness stand, "will you kindly tell the court whether or not your mule, was on the track, the property of the de fendant. when bit by the train?" "Well, sir." replied Mr. Jones, "I didn't witness the occurrence, but I suppose things must have been about as you say. This was a pretty bright mule and 1 reckon if that train had took out after bitn in the woods which fringe the track there where he was killed lie would have got behind a tree."—Macon Telegraph. No Style, First Girl—So you met Mr. Blank, the famous writer, at the reception. What do you think of iiiui? Second Girl— Not much. His clothes are qjiite old-fashioned, and I under stand that he was celebrated for his style. Never before has the American race known so niucli about its chest meas urements. When Your Em Need Can Try Murine Eye Remedy Mo Smarting— Juat C/a Comfort, (tents si .DnwfUta or Hail. Write for rnt^ llpilfoctk MUK1MC ET|t|»M|COV CO.VCtilOAUU