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WANT TO SKLL '-'•47 acres of old cut over timber land wltli line growth of tamo grasses, green pasture the year around abundance of running wa '"j nhlo to railroad and Auto Highway to Seattle and Tacoma. An ideal ranch t'or cattle, hogs and sheep. 1'rice, $17 per acre, part in.do, balance in years' time. w. \v. Din I 'mx(ikr 1- No-Kve St., Tacoma., Wash. FIND NEW MAMMOTH CAVE IN CALIFORNIA ,A uscilia, (Ml.-- Hidden deep in the re cesses of a hitherto practically unex plored soot ion of the Marble Fork of tl.e Kewah river, almost within a stone's throw of the Black Oak trail ami within eight miles of the famous General Sherman big tree, in Giant I est, is said to lie one of the mowt "iiderful subterranean caverns known to the mountains of California. The a\e»was discovered only last week by a party of fishermen exploring the up per reaches of the stream and these men, pioneers of the region, declare the newly discovered Sequoia national park wonder to be the largest of the st*\rral big caves in the park. Knthusiastic accounts of the cave's nit trior are brought in by the moun taineers who ventured as far into its recesses as possible' without light. Strangely, they declare, the air within appears fresh without the usual foul odor emanating from other audi caves and this fact, they believe, is due to the stream of pure, snow water which flows through the cave and across a bed of solid marble of varied hues and which evidently enLers from anwther opening to the cave beyond. The accounts recite at least a dozen large* rooms within the cavern, one of sufficient size for a modern ball room setting, and all covered with a fine white sand. Beautiful stalactites are in groat number and of every color in one. instance, they declare, forming an arch—like cunopy not unlike a great throne room. The fishermen did not venture further into the cavern than •inij feet as they had no lights and bones found there indicated thai the cave had been the lair of the wild animals which are in the Sequoi park. lovernment agents will investigate the new discovery at once, it is said, and a new trail will be built from (limit forest directly to it, probably cutting the eight mile distance in half. Other improvements said to be in contempla tion. if the cave proves a« stated, in clude electric lights and a big dance floor for Giant forest campers through out the slimmer season. The Cyclops Mystery. -From the Philadelphia Public ledger. I'Vw mysteries of the sea have been so inexplicable as the loss of the collier Cyclops. All the West Indian waters have been diligently scoured for some trace of her. but none has been found. Now the passengers on a ship which has just ar rived from ltio tell a strange tale which may have some bearing oti her fate, one of the passengers on the Cyclops was the American consul general at the Brazilian capital. Two weeks before she was re ported as missing an advertisement in Portuguese appeared in a-Kio newspaper .stating that mass would be said in a cer tain church for Mr. Gottschalk, the "dis tinguished North American consul." At,, that time, of course, none of his friends knew he was dead. The pastor of the church denied that any arrangements had been made for a mass. Whence, then, came this ominous hint? What was the purpose of such an announcement? Soir.u one must have had knowledge that the ship had been sunk, or foreknowledge that she would be. There are two obvious explanations for the appearance of the advertisement. One is hat it was a disguised assertion that the Cyclops bad been sunk by a German submarine. The other is that it was a message to some German agent or agents engaged in the plot. The difficulty in accepting either is that no trace of tha missing vessel has yet been found. Ships have been "spurlos versenkt" before, to be sure: but it seems incredible that a ship of the character of the Cyclops could go down in waters so near our own shores without even a wireless call or a pu ce of wreckage to reveal her fate. If there is really a German submarine lurk ing in the Caribbean or somewhere ofl the Bahamas, it may be one of those with the wide cruising radius which have been built recently. The story from ltio is per plexing. but it is too circumstantial to be wholly disregarded. If the. navy could have first help from some genius of detec tive fiction the mystery might be solved. In any event, there are likely to be re newed efforts to .solve it. Movinq Trucks Toward Port. From the Detroit Free Press. Uuiiullig during the night hours only, and iimler as near "war zone" conditions as this peaceful section of America can provide, six trains of army trucks des tined for scrviee with Pershing in France are pushing forward from Detroit to an allied port. The convoy consists ot Packard* and the trains are 24 hours apart. Kxcept that they use their lights and are not bothered by sudden gusts of shrapnel or other attentions from Fritz, the truck companies are proceeding as if in the im mediate neighborhood of the front. The soldier drivers. 78 men to a train, make camp by the roadside wherever dawn greets them, cook their tueals on field ranges carried in the trucks, and clamber into the 3-ton carriers for their day's sleep. As soon as "breakfast" is •finished in the evening, they swing the big khaki colored trucks into the ro.nl again and hit out toward the seaboard. Hi-sides the equipment of the soldiers there is a, 15-day ration aboard for each man—the trucks carry loads of parts, also destined for the American expeditionary force. This is the first night run of a spr in which the quartermaster's department of the United States army is giving tho drivers a foretaste of the work they will lie called on to do overseas. The trucks are given the honor of pioneering the night drives. Another Innovation is that each of these truck companies numbers 34 more trucks than those whicll bave been making the daylight run. The only undoubted notion of siik in "the bible occurs In Kevelations. xvii. 32. where it is mentioned among the treiw»ujr«s ot the typloftl Babylon*. UNDERGROUND, BUT KEEPS TAB ON FOE Although far underground this mein ier of 1'iicle Sam's signal corps is kept in constant touch with activities tvithin tii" enemy's lines, through the .nedlum of lh" apparatus attached to lis head, which is connected with an bs"rvalion balloon, floating far above tho battl" line. The observer transmits his observations by telephone to the man in the picture, who in turn relays it in th" same manner to headquar ters. LIMIT OF 25 POUNDS IS PLACED ON SUGAR Householders Must Show Pro duct Is to Be Used for Canning Purposes. New York. May Hi. —Twenty-five pounds of sugar is the maximum amount, which a consumer may obtain at one time for home canning use. ac cording to an announcement made here by the federal food hoard last night. Cults such as canning clubs, will be permitted to purchase 100 pounds at a time, however. The maximum fixed is in addition to ordinary household re quirements. in order to ohlain canning supplies consumers must fill out certificates which will he provided by dealers. FRENCH EoiTORTO DIE FOR BETRAYING NATION German Propagandist Is Sen tenced to Death and Six Others Are Imprisoned. Paris, May l'j. -M. Duval, who director of ill" suppressed Germano phile newspaper llonnet liouge. was condemned to death today by court martial for treason. The six other defendants were sen tenced to imprisonment for terms ranglnv from two to 10 years. Kvery decision of the eouriniartial was voted unanimously. The trial of the directors of the Bonnet Rouge, a Paris evening news paper. closely following that, of Lola. Pasha, who suffered I lie death penalty for treason, attracted much attention throughout the allied world and di rected the eyes of France to a political situation that for years was a closely guarded secret. was After the outbreak of the war. there .appeared a number of articles in the paper attacking the French high com mand and when these articles were cnt out by 'he censor, the edition of the paper as it appeared in Carta was above approach, but. copies containing the objectionable article were sent out by "underground" methods and dis tributed among the soldiers at the front. RAIL EARNINGS FOR FIRST QUARTER DROP Washington, l». •Ma.v Hi.- Kai! roads in the first three months this year earned only $71,705,000, its com pared with II7U.431.00U in the same period last year, making a loss to the government under the system of com mon operation of about $100,000,000. This report today bv the Interstate Commerce commission covers all but five it the 190 railroads in the country. The net income In March was J63, 033,000, or $7.0O(j,u00 less than in March, 1917. This difference, much !.*ss than in the preceding months. Indicates that conditions are becoming better for gov ernment operation and returns from later months rnay go far toward mak ing tip tite loss. KANSAS WILL REQUIRE 30,000 HARVEST HANDS Topeka. Kan.. -May 1fi.—Crop pros pects in Kansas "could scarcely be more promising" declared Stale Agricultural Secretary Mohler today. Thirty thou sand volunteers are needed for the coming harvest, Incorporation of Austria-Hun-1 qary In Mitteleuropa Scheme Is Believed to Have Been Accomplished. VIENNA IS APPREHENSIVE Fear Prussianization of Armies -Huns Expected Now to Dominate Ally Willi Pro verbial Rnthlessness. BY CARL D. GROAT. United Press Staff Correspondent. Washington, I). .May 17. Gcr many, seeking to gobbl up Kussia, is tllso sti!l dinging to the old Mittcl europa idea. Tho thought that she has abandoned that scheme running a blot of Teu ton domination across the middle of Kurope was disproved today by official diplomatic dispatches received anent the recent 1 loherr/ollerti-1 lapsburg conference at the German great head ijiia iters. The conference resu'ted arrange ments for putting Assti in. more under lei mart subjection than ever before. it was significant from ti fact that Austria has been going through a peri od of serious war stress. Now. she and (lei many will work more in unison tin 1 is. (Gentian war lords will force iie.r to do tiieir bid ding, ruthlessly, according to official in:erpretation here. The session wv.s not. however. I he most harmonious that brothers in arms have ever had. On the contrary, in jection of tip Saxon and iinvaria.ii kings into tho meeting proved discon certing and the official despatches showed that the lenv.an Austrian murder-and-business-li'.i nd had not yet been formally created "because ].e moment did not seem opportune." Foundations were laid whereby the dual economic affairs will be regulated "so as to lvalixo th" piar. of Mittel eiiropa." It was definitely stated a. military convention will be signed whereby Austria will have a stronger military obligation than under tho old treaty. Vienna is reported to look with ap prehension on tin.' probability that I lie Austro-1iimgnrlan army will be I'rus sianized an.! believes such a «tep more imperial!' than airy oilier feature, of the ie*\\ a !ha ?!•••'. MINOR KINGS "BUTT IN." "s" Zurich, Switzerland. May 17. I'."111 King Ludwig. of Lin aria and King Frederick August, of Saxony, seem to have been participants in the great headquarters conference of the Aus trian and German emperors althctgh apparently neither was invited to be present. This is indicated by a siaie intMil in tile Munich Neuste Nuehrich len which says: "The hour is grave and lfavaria can not leave Prussia to he tho whole ar biter of German !.--!inics. King 1,lid wig therefore decided to pro' -cd to headquarters. The departure of the king of Sasony to lake part in the ne goliaiions a. participation which was not desired in I'.eriin circles was duo to the same cause." Zurich. May !7. Count von lb-riling, th" German ha i.c "llor: iJr. Uiehard von Kuehlmann. the German foreign minis'cr. ami llerr Gial/. and Heir ruuk r, departmental heads of the Austrian foreign office, have arrived in Iter!in to take up the new Austro Gerrnan treaty negotiations, the pre liminary of which was discussed at the recent, conference of Kaiser Wilhelm and limperor Kail. Til" treat ,-, which is known a (he "union of army." comprises political, "cuiiiii.'iic and military arrangements and is to endure years DENOUNCE NEW PACT. Amstei dam, .May 17.The Merlin Tageblau, in copies received here to day declared th" new A list ro-( lerrnan alliance is displeasing as evidence of the "iinti parliamentary .action" of Kaiser Wilhelm arel Kniperor Karl ill effecting import.int. treaties without consulting 11 representative people. VATERLAND SAILOR of the WILL BE INTERNED Otto Greenburg, Known at Mar- tinsburg, Neb., Arrested at Carroll, la. arretted lv secret service men roll, la.,* today, lie admiited one of the German sailors on the Vaterland and had part in wrecking its m-J'-hhtery to nrike the vessel unfit for nst by Cnele Sam when war was de clared. Greenburg will be interned until tlie end of th" war. LONG RANGE GUNS SENT 1 Itivos of "the food, labor, agriculture a a a a '.'IV"' 'II", commission is understood to recom Gre -nburg. .!.,. '.vho was chased out of ,„. ,i merely tightening up of the regu Martinsbtirg, -Neb., some days ago tor lotions alreudv in effect toward the making pro-German utterances, was 1 ,king industry. at Car- The commission was asked by the he was president to investigate to see whether T0 PLANT FOR REPAIRS Geneva. May 17. Two of the German long distance guns which have been bombarding I'aris have been removed to the Krttpp plant for repairs, Ihej Constance Zcitung states. WAIL PLANE ITALIANS TORPEDO AUSTRIAN WARSHIP Enter Harbor ef Pola and Send ^?,D00 Ton Battleship to Bottom of Sea. lion: P. "May 17. An Austrian battle ship wan torpedoed by Italian naval forces in Tola harbor early Tuesday morning, it was cfficially announced today. The battleship was of the Yiribus Unitis type. L"),0oii ton vessels.) Tho Italian force worked its way into t!ie Austrian naval base by dodg in- thu patrol boats and searchlights ot tho defenders. While the naval opera lion was pro gressing an Italian seaplane force en -:i cd Austrian battle plane* above I'ola. Two of the Anstrians were brought down and several others were compelled to descend out of control. The Italian machines all returned safely. Tho official announcement says: "Italian naval units avoiding patrol boats and searchlights succeeded in entering I'ola harbor early on Tues day and in torpedoing an Austrian bat tlesliip of the Yiribus t'nltis type. "Simiillauooiisly Italian seaplane' squadrons attacked Austrian battle planes over I'ola. brought down two and forced several others down out of control. The Italian machines fill rer turned safely to their bases." There arc. fo Austrian battleships of the Yiribus I'nills class, which comprised the largest nnd most modern lighting ves sels completed for the Austrian liavy up to the time ihe Kuropen war broke out. The other ships of the class are the Tegeltliof. the 1'rinz Kugen and the Szent Istvan. The name ship was completed in (ictobe.' 1311'. and the others at intervals between then and tho beginning of the war with ihe exception of the Szent Ist viiu. which was not finished until 1SI5. REPORTS OF GERMAN RIFLES EXAGGERATED Munitions Made in U. S. for Ex port to Mexico, Is Belief— More Disclosures Near. New Yolk. X. v., May 17 ammunition believed to stored near New York by terests, were brought her Kifles and have been (lennan in for expor tation to Mexico, according to the theory of some investigators, it was learned today. Attorney General Lew is of New York is conducting an of ficial inquiry. The arms were necessarily left near this city when the government shut down on shipments of munitions across the border. The amount of arms and ammu nition. if located, will lie found much smaller than at first supposed, it was stated. In the in vest iira I ion now be ing conducted by the state attorney I general. direct connection Ui tween Germany and uprisings in .Mexico be fore this country entered the war may lie exposed, if clues now being fol lowed developed as expected. 'i it there may be similar arms caches In cities within a short dis tance of New York, was indicated to day when it was learned that a search 'is h"ing made for such stores. When the attorney general's probe first started, it was widely reported iI Ihe arms constituted a huge arsenal, which had been made ready for .1 German outbreak in Ibis country. The investigation is not hearing this 'out. it ua.: learned. The munitions- were brought into 'the fii'ted States but were maniifae I lured right in this country by factories controlled by German capital accord ing to the latest disclosures. Sensational developments are e\ peeted before tin' attorney general's hearing Is resumed next Wednesday, Swindlers, who had a knowledge of the existence of German stores of mu nitions in this country, are responsi bio for the stories that the number of lilies and rounds of ammunition had run into the millions, according to au hori! ies. DROP PROPOSAL FOR CONTROL OF PACKERS Believed Special Report to •ma nr giiwmirn President Will Squelch *ecent Agitation. Washington. l. May 17 I'ossi- biiity of government operation of the pa -king industry for the war is offi eially si|uelche! in a special report be fore President Wilson today. I The report submitted by represent .- I here was need for a "new policy" perhaps government control in con nection with tho food administration's efforts to bring ctboul satisfactory co operation between the government, cattle raisers and ihe packers. Th- federal trade commission has been carrying an an exhaustive probe or the packing industry and is ttof pre- 1 paring its report for congress. 1 Washington. I). O.. poetoffice department that the postal plane which left New I today when Mrs. Fairbanks, returning York today for Philadelphia, piloted by |r,»m the cast, took charge of the Katr I'leut. Stephen Bonsai, WSMS smashed i^nlw hom» again. Neither Mr. nor in making a landing at Bridgeton, N. Mrs. Fairbanks would make any utate .1. The aviator was not hsrt.- ment FAIRBANKS AND WIFE ARE NOW RECONCILED l.os Angeles, Cal.. May 16.—further id a re re a otviAon c.U. fTvopn Douglas Fairbanks, mrtvie actor, May 1«.--The-, ,'tnd his wife, involving another screen was informed '.-favorite. ha« been healed, was giver* Heavy Artillery Fighting In Pro gress Along Flanders and Picardy Fronts—In fantry Idle. HUNS ARE ABOUT READY Nearly 1,200,000 Entirely Fresh or Rested Men to Be Hurled Against Allied Lines In France. By United Press. l.on.Jon, May 17.--Allied and Ger man artilleries are pounding at each other in various sectors along practi cally the whole western battle front. Field Marshal Ilaig reported today. "There is reciprocal artillery fighttnj? at. different points, particularly in th« valleys of the Somnie ami Ancre. east of Arras and on the northern battle front," tho statement said. "We raided enemy trenches in tins neighborhood of Gavrelle last night and took a few prisoners." Paris. May 17. -Artillery actions oc curred last night on the Krench fronts southeast of Amiens in the Hailles Castel sector, says today's war office announcement. West of Montdidier a German raiding detachment wlis driven off. The French took prison ers in patrol operations north of the Ailelte. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS. United Press Staff Correspondent. With tho Uritish Armlen in France. May 17. -Nearly lOu. rested or fresh German infantry divisions 1.200,000 men) are on the west front, ready immediate battle. Hindenhurg has slowly patcliej up his badly haltered war machine, which is reported to be again in something like running condition. About 1-5 German divisions (I,r0t\-900 men) are facing the British, French, -Belgians and Americans in the acl-jal line. About SO division* C.ttiO.OOO inf are in reserve, of these latter, a. do/en are ipiite fresh, not Staving participated, in the present, campaign. Between 60 ami SO German divisions have no* fought for so long that they must be counted as among the available troopi* for the coming thrust. Tho battle l'ronl yesterday was mod erately ipiiet. There, was some light ing north of Kemtnel where the French, in a snappy counter attack, regained Mill t-4 which previously had been captured by Von Aririin's storm troops. Southwest Morlancourt the Aus tralians sturdily biffed out the Ger mans who had previously captured a posit ion. The artillery is barking louder during the past 2-i hours in the Corbie, Mor I lancourt and Arras regions. Likewise, I Stra.zeele and the hill country there about is being generously strafed. The general situation is ono of jost I ling for position. The Germans are desperately eager to win certain ad I vantages Jumping off places before Ihu big smash. Toilay'i skies were clear and blue, arid Get man patrols swarmed up and down the lines, striving to drive off tin* allies' planes, which were con stantly breaking through to watch the enemy's every move. The machines circled, charged and fired point blank Soldiers admit the mastery of the air was never so important as now. An American who has served hero since the beginning of tho war told me: "Whenever I hear the drone of a inot or, 1 always look up, hoping to see a plane with stars on the wings. Say, tell me why don't, they come." 5 RUSS QUIT FINLAND. Slot hholf. May 17. -The Itussians have evacuated all of Finland, with the exception of fortress Ino. retreating as I far as Kronstadl. according to it dis patch from Uelsingfors. They also have given up the railway line from Yalkeashari to I'etrograd. REPULSE AIR RAID. I'aris. May 17. An attempted Ger ma 11 air raid on I'aris last night was 1 repulsed after enemy planes had I pene- iriited to the outskirts,'is was officially announced today. The attack occurred about 10 o'clock. Only a few bombs I wore dropped. WANT FLANDERS COAST. Amsterdam. May 17.---"Without th« Flanders coast, I German economic .system, based upon access to the world's markets, is impossible," Merr von Uoehlendorff. conservative mem ber, is quoted in I'.eriin dispatches as declaring i'i t'5»* German reichstag. FIGHTING IS HEAVIER. lenna. via London, May 17. —"Sov •ral rec.onnoltering thrusts were re pulsed between tile lirenta and the I'in ve," the Austro-Mungarian war of lice announced today. "At Monte Asuione and Monts tiea the fighting was hand to hand." KILL PART OF GARRISON. Rome May 17. /'Italian detach ments entered two A'ustrinn positions In the region of Monte Asuione, killing a. part of the garrison," tho Italian v..r office reported today. "The other fled, leaving a few priH* oners." LEMARS MAN DIES -.vf: FROM AUTO INJURIES LeMars, la.. May 10.—A. R. Marx, & prominent retired farmer, driving from h£re tc- his farm near Alvord Tuesday evening was so badly injured in an automobile accident that fea died at 1 •/clock thlB moi nlng. The deceased waa aoniwlaW of the late.John Swain and eras 60 years old. He survived by tlM f.'fdow and three soum..' 1