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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRUM. UTAH 0 History of Past Week The News Happenings of Seven Days Paragraphed Two persons were arrested Saturday at New York whose apprehension may have important bearing in solving the mystery of the mail bomb plot. Gorge Grober, retired German farmer, living at Omaha, suffering from the hallucination that the government was going to confiscate his large land holdings, killed ills wife and daughter. Mrs. Grebors brains were beaten out with a baseball bat and her throat cut from ear to ear. The Nebraska railway commission has given the Nebraska Telephone company authority to Increase its exchange rates an average of six and per cent to meet increased operating expenses. WASHINGTON. Public debt of the United States government reported May 3 by the treusury as $24,824,345,000. With two weeks of the Victory Liberty loan campaign gone and only one week remaining, only $1,657,979,000 had been subscribed on May 3, the treasury reported. This was 36.8 per cent of the $4,500,000,000 desired. Prediction of the department of agriculture for a wheat crop this year even larger than the crop of 1914 wus repeated May 2 by the United States Chamber of Commerce In a report based on statistics obtained from all sections of the country. Eiglity-sithousand checks, representing payment for practically all awards made to date, were mailed May 1 by the bureau of war risks to beneficiaries of men who died in the military or naval service, it is announced. Since October, 1917, more than fifteen million checks have been sent to dependents, totaling more than one-lm- 1NTERMCJNTAIN. The Oregon public service commission has issued an order refusing to allow the application' of the Iacific Telephone & Telegraph company for an Increase of 27 per cent in telephone exchange rates on the companys lines in Oregon. Safecrackers' traveling in a stolen automobile dynamited two Portland safes Saturday and escaped, with cash and bonds estimated at $1,000. Tom and Eurl Combs, cousins, were found guilty by a jury in district court of Colorado Springs of the murder of Jacob Mellinger, a merchant ' at Itush, Colo., on April 21. ' Two bombs were received at the Salt Lake postoffiee from New York on May 1. One was addressed to Senator King and the other to Frank K. Nebeker, who served as chief government prosecutor against more than one hundred I. W. W. members last year. In a burning appeal to the mayors of cities of the United States, Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle lias requested them1 to close all I. W. W. halls, throw the teachers of force and violence in jail, demand of the national authorities the deportation and punishment of all anarchists, and suppression of the red flag whenever and wherever it is found. Bruce Cochrane, a rancher, is dead at Climax, Mont., and William Hedrick is in jail at Ekalaka, Carter county, as the result of a shooting in front of the Climax postoffiee. The men were and had neighbors quarreled over ranch property. 4 lf record-breakin- g x $496,900,000. . Soldiers and sailors government surance will be continued automatically in effect for one month after the end of the month in which a man is discharged, even if the man does not pay ids premium. FOREIGN. Three American soldiers were killed and eight injured seriously Saturday, when an American army motor truck was hit by a railroad traip-m- t a grade . Ferte-Stnear La Aubin. crossing The Rumanian army is reported to DOMESTIC. have occupied Budapest, according to Mrs. Irene Castle, widow of Capt. an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Vernon Castle, was married, Saturday Berlin. at New York to Capt. ltobert E. In declaring its disappointment with of Ithaca, N. Y. the decision of the council of three reThe greatest moral lesson of the garding Kiao hau, the Chinese dele, war would be to sink lh,e entire Ger gation in its statement Saturday said man fleet with proper ceremonies, Jo- the decision gives Japan practical consephus Daniels, American- secretary of trol of northern China. the navy, who recently- visited the capThe council of three has invited the tured German vessels at Seapa Flow, Austrian and Hungarian peace deledeclared in a statement issued Saturgates to come to Versailles the week day at London. after next to receive tl peace terms Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the relating to their respective countries, shipping board, declares that the at- ReuterS correspondent is informed. titude of the emergency fleet corporaReuters Limited learns from relition with respect to the cancellation able sources that among the terms of of ship contracts has been misunder- the to which, the Germans will treaty stood. He said the policy of the board offer the most objection is that relatwas not one of ruthless cancellation. ing to' the surrender of her colonies. Mrs. Anna M. Seward, widow of Destitution, hunger and disease are Frederick W, Seward, who narrowly wreaking havoc among the great Jewescaped being killed when his father, ish populations in Poland and southWilliam II. Seward, secretary of state eastern Europe. under Abraham Lincoln, was attacked President Wilson, Premier Clemen-ceaat the time President Lincoln was asand Premier Lloyd George, comsassinated, died at her home in New posing the council of three, have sent York, May 2, at the age of 80. a communication to the Italian governMayor F. T. Woodman, on trial at ment inviting it to resume its place at Los Angeles for several weeks on the peace conference. It is belived charges of having accepted a bribe to Italy will accept. protect vice conditions, has been ac- - An attempt was made recently on quitted by a jury in the superior court. the life of Lieutenant General HorBonds for the release of William D. vath, Russian military commander at Haywood, I. W. W. leader now in Harbin. His assailant attacked him prison at Leavenworth, Kan., were re- with bombs, but was seized before he fused in the United States circuit court had carried out his' purpose. of .appeals at Chicago. The proffered A rebellion against the Coburg dynsureties were regarded as insufficient. asty at Sofia is reported.. Sanguinary The yellowing of wheat in part of has been going on between fighting Illinois, with a loss of vigor in the government troops and revolutionists, plant, are reported due to an afflic- who demand a soviet government. tion hitherto unknown in this country. The food famine and typhus epiWilliam Shortrldge, a negro, was demic which threatened Serbia have hanged Friday at the Folsom, Cal., been averted the work of the (state penitentiary for the murder of United States through food administration and James Mock, policeman of Marysville, the American Red Cross forces. Cal., a year ago. t The settlement of the Shantung Nearly six thousand workmen of the claims in favor of Japan promotes the federated railroad shop crafts of to one of the big three ' Nipponese strike May Denver declared a world powers, sharing the distinction failure the a as protest against day of the government to keep its faithful with the United States and Great that ample employment Britain and dwarfing France, Gerpromises would be furnished, and as a demon- many, Austria and Italy, in the opinstration in behalf of Eugene V. Debs ion of the Chinese peace delegation, and other radicals now serving prison which also is shared by students of the political situation. sentences. The resumption of racing on the At Woodbury, N. Y., a lioness on exFrench tracks, after nearly five years hibition in a circus sideshow killed her of is helping Paris to a small of crowd before interruption, speckeeper, tators, escaped from her cage and realize that the fighting is at an end. bounded into a small clump of woods The racing season opened Monday at which adjoins the town. The lioness Maison Laffitte. was finally killed by a posse of men The Russian soviet government has sent an ultimatum to Rumania deand boys. With the discovery in the New York manding the evacuation of Bessarabia. King Alfonso of Spain has signed a postoffiee on April 30 of sixteen infernal macldneq in addition to a half decree dissolving parliament, says a dozen which have been delivered to dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph prominent men In various cities, fed- from Madrid. The dispatch adds that eral detectives are endeavoring to run general elections will be held June 18. down the organizers of what is beAmerican cable lines taken over by lieved to be a nation-wid- e plot to the government in November were reassasslnute cubinet officials and other stored to private ownership and operamen prominent In official and private tion at midnight May 2 by direction of President Wilson. life. in- Tre-ma- n - u ' . one-da- y Oanghtt Ths New York health authorities had a Broofc. manufacturer eentenoed to the penitentiary tor celling throughout United Statee millione of "Talcum powder tableto aa Aspirin Tablet Counterfeiter lyn (ho Warning! VILLA BANDITS AGAIN BECOME A MENACE TO THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN RESIDENTS. Dont buy Aspirin in a pill box! Get Bayer package! Never ask for just Aspirin Tablets! Always say, Give me a package of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. Insist that every Aspirin Tablet you take must come In the regular Bayer package and the Bayer Cross must appear on this package and on each tablet. Villa Makes Demand for Taxes Upon .Mine Owners and Lets It Be Known That Destruction Will Follow Refusal. , . i Washington. The situation in northern Mexico is again reflected as serious, in advices received on May 5 from Mexico City and the border. The state department has been advised that 3000 employes of an American mining company at Santa Eulalia have been removed to Chihuahua City because of threats by Villa. In the capture of Parral the entire Carranza garrison went over to the Villa forces, which now threaten Chihuahua City. Americans In the state capital are reported Jo be endeavoring to obtain passage to El Paso as they fear t"he garrison may join the . Vil-lista- "Torreon is said to be Villas next objective. Reports from the border say the Conchos bridge at Ortiz, south of Chihuahua Cjity, has been destroyed by the rebels1, thus closing the road for reinforcements northmoving ward. Gen. Manuel M. Dieguez has been ordered from the Tampico oil fields with 2000 men to assist General Castro, who was reported as moving toward Chihuahua, constantly harassed by Villistas. Dieguezs departure from the oil fields of Tampico was' said to leave the situation there entirely at the disposal of Peiaez, a rebel leader. The capture of Jarral put the Villistas in an excelllit strategical position, as the town p on a branch line from the main line south from El Paso arid is within striking distance of Jim-ine- COMING Headache Neuralgia Toothache Earache Rheumatism Lumbago Grippe Stiff Neck Joint Pains . Neuritis American Owned! Prayed Safe by Millions! Boxes of 12 MADE STAID tablets Bottles of BOSTON 24 GASP Bottles of 100 SHACKLES Also Capsules. HARD TO BREAK Mackerel Adorning Milady's Bonnet Prisoner Really Not to Blame for Hii Constant Return to Place of Caused ' a Sensation on the Confinement. Streets of Old Beantown. z. , MAN Colds Adults Take one or two "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin' with water. If necessary, repeat dose three times a day, after meals. Villa has demanded an indemnity of 1,000,000 pesos from the Torreon region industries. The superintendent of the Santa Eulalia mines reported that the bandit demanded taxes for protection and had announced that he would return in thirty days for the To avw&Hp&jJng the taxes, money. the superintendent closed the mines, taking everything that could be moved and all the men to Chihuahua, In his new movement to the south Villa has resumed terrorizing tactics. MILLIONTH For Pain HOME Secretary Baker Reports Rapid Progress in Return of Expeditionary For6e. hat latest Introducing the fish millinery, creation of staid old Boston, home of the cod and mackerel. Tremont street was all agog when Miss Lucretia Seymour, artist and designer, appeared wearing the fish hat atop her castle clip. Girls nudged their companions, dignified matrons gazed in horror, chauffeur! tooted their horns and things were all upset in general as Aliss Seymour walked .se' renely down the street. The object of all this consternation, envy, admiration, etc., is modeled after the mackerel. The color is white. Fins are in evidence. Fishes eyes gleam from the head. The tail is just in position for a swing under the waves. Small celluloid petals are used in the construction of the head piece. Miss Seymour declared that it took ei$ht hours a day for eight consecutive days to design and construct the fish A member of a prison commission, visiting a penitentiary for purposes of studying the conditions of prison life, chanced to be in the office as one young fellow was being discharged. Why, said the sociologist to him. dont you live quietly at home with your family, instead of committing crime that sends you right back to prison just as soon as you get out? Well, said the young fellow, with a grim sruile, thats just the point-- its me my love, of family that gets into Jail. How so? are Why, my father. and mother never can we But both In prison. meet. They go in. I come out They leave, I go in. Its a regular thing, Carand it upsets our family life. toons Magazine. ! They Knew. The man said the teacher toward Children, of the American expeditionary force the of geography lesson on bat. the close will embark for home next week, Secthere is one animal that Australia, retary Baker said on May 5, on his no one has mentioned. It is quite tail, Getting It Right. arrival here from France aboard the Mr. C. Archibald Sharpe Newpops and does not stand up on its legs all The little boy is dead. transport George Washington. j of the time. ,It (jannot walk like other homeward movement of troops, Air. Mrs. S. I didnt know he had a boy. aninuils and people, and takes funny Baker said, is progressing in a most Charlie He hasnt. I tell you the boy is little skips. What is it? movie of row satisfactory manner, and he added dead. the Chaplin, yelled that the mark would I mean I didnt know he had the fans on the front seat. be reached in June. This is from a boys composition on boy before he died. The mothers heart gives It was Babies: Secretary Baker left here April 7, Who said he was dead? 4th joy at the babys 1st 2th. accompanied by Warren Pershing, the boy that died. General Pershings only son. He vismrm ited various points in France, where American troops are quartered, going also to the German line, where he reviewed the Third army. Speaking briefly of his visit, Secretary Baker said : The American army abroad is in splendid condition. The Third army, which I ' inspected on the German frontier is without doubt the best then in the cities, then in the nation s great equipped army in the world. It is everything that an army should be, metropolitan centers, until today it is dein all its departments. manded everywhere, and sold everywhere, New York. . 300,000-a-mont- li fr Postum First Found Favor In the Small Communities ' TOLEDO GETS TITLE MATCH. and Dempsey to Fight in Ohio on July 4. New York. 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