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£ZW SEEKS PEACE? imp'-' • » ^5 ; COUNT WITTE, FORMER PREMIER, : V" IN BERLIN BEFORE HIS Wls&'f^yr." DEATH. vy-*** - •y~>*-'*9*1 • • '§3"V?.' WASHINGTON TOLD OF MOVE • - GENERAL BLANCO SLAIN I p^RITISH SEALS ON HATCHES OF MERCHANT SHIPS PORMtr VILLA CABINET DUM­ BER SUFFERS DEATH. <1 Reported to Have Been Envoy to the Kaiser to Discuss Terms--Negotia­ tions May Be Continued--War Party In Russia Opposed. Washington, March SO.--The state department has received authoritative information that Count Witte, ex-pre­ mier of Russia, was in Berlin negoti­ ating peace with Germany prior to his Budden death. The negotiations interrupted by the decease of the great Russian peace statesman will be taken up anew by another representative of the czar. When this will be done is not known, but the Berlin government all along has realized that if it is to win in the great contest under way it can be only through the detachment of Russia from France and Great Brit­ ain. Indeed, the diplomatic plans of the German foreign office contemplate also the withdrawal of France from the war and consequent isolation of Great Britain. The czar and Witte were for peace with Germany. The party of Grand Duke Nicholas is for a continuance of the war with the allies. This party is the military party, and if its aims are thwarted there will be danger of a revolution in the great Slav empire and the overthrow of %he present em­ peror. Exactly what terms Germany was willing to offer Russia as the price of withdrawal from the struggle, repre­ sentatives of the United States have not been able to ascertain. It is assumed the kaiser's govern­ ment would agree to the reconstitu- tion of the independent kingdom of Poland. Undoubtedly also it would aid Russia in acquiring free access to the Mediterranean by means of con­ cessions to Turkey. The Germans had everything to gain and nothing to lose by peace nego­ tiations with Russia. If the negotia­ tions were successful, then a great step toward German- victory would be achieved. BANK BANDIT IS SHOT BY BOY Big Posse Battles With Robbers Stroud, Okla--Four Thousand One Hundred Dollars Taken. at Stroud, Okla., March 30.--A pitched battle was fought between a posse of 700 men and six of a gang of eight bandits who galloped into Stroud on Saturday, held up and robbed two banks of $4,100, and escaped after a pistol battle in the main street. The leader of the gang, Henry Starr, a Cherokee desperado, is in the town lockup with a bullet in his leg, fired by Paul Curry, fifteen years old, who w01 get the $1,000 reward offered for the capture of the outlaw dead or alive. A second member of the band. Bill Bates, was also shot by Curry and was severely wounded and captured. The other six escaped after a spectacular battle. VILLA ' LOSES 400 TROOPS Attaek on Matamoros Ends When Car- ranza Springs Surprise--Two Ameri cans Wounded on U. S. Side. Brownsville, Tex., March 30.--The Villa forces lost in killed and wounded about four hundred men, according to a Villa officer. Four Villa officers were brought to the American side five miles east of here suffering from wounds. A colonel among them was expected to die. The attack on Matamoros was be­ gun at .noon by General Villa and stopped later in the day. when the Carranza garrison delivered a sur­ prise attack. In the meantime stray shots crossed the border and fell in Brownsville, wounding two Americans. Neither was injured seriously. SHIPWRECK ON MISSISSIPPI General Leonard Wood Is Passenger on One of Boats in Triangular Col­ lision--Weems Goes Down. New Orleans, March 30.--The Unit­ ed Fruit liner Heredia, with Gen. Leonard Wood among her. passengers, rammed the stranded Leyland liner Parisian at the mouth of the Missis­ sippi river on Saturday then swerved and sank the small coasting steamer Weems. The Weem'g crew of 20 men ^re rescued. Both the Heredia and Parisian are damaged badly. It is un­ derstood the Parisian, laden with mules, was bound for Calcutta; the Heredia was en route to Colon, the Weems to Tampa. Fla. Auto Kills and Malms. Savannah, Ga., March 29.--Mrs Mar­ shall of Westport, N. Y.. was killed and her husband. Robert Marshall and their daughter, Marie, and Dr H H Martin and Peter Pattey bartly injured when an automobile turned over. Swedish Ships Are Seized M ' Glasgow. March 29,-The Swedish V . reamers Vera and Jearne were seiyrt D, . British cruiser. Under the pS viaio118 ot the order in council declar •i W- in« » blockade of Germany, their cargoes of rice were confiscated. Amend the Indemnity Bill Cape Town. South Africa, March 27 --The assembly adopted an amend­ ment to the indemnity bill excluding the death penalty as punishment for Boers who took part in the recent re­ bellion. •til m. Carranza's Enemies Are Marching on Border Port of Matamoroa, and a Battle la Near. Washington, March 26.--Gen. Lucia Blanco, the "Phil" Sheridan of the Mexican revolutionists, so denominat­ ed because of his dashing qualities as a cavalrymai}, has been executed by a firing squad of Villa troops after trial on a charge, of treason to the conven­ tion government of Mexico. The execution took place January 27 ait Aguascalienteta, bat the facts were suppressed. General Blanco was minister of the interior in the cabinet of Eulalio Gu­ tierrez, and was one of the cabinet leaders who accompanied the retiring provisional president when he fled from Mexico City. The others were Gen. Jose Ysobel Robles, minister of war, and Jose Vasconcellos, minister of education. All started for Pachuca, but Blanco fell behind and was cap­ tured by Villistas. Advices reaching the state depart­ ment indicate that the Villa cam­ paign against the border ports of Matamoros and Nueva Laredo is prog­ ressing rapidly. An attack on Mata­ moros is expected almost momentar­ ily. It appears that General Naffarate has 3,000 men in the garrison and that the citizens of Matamoros have decid­ ed at a mass meeting to help him de­ fend the port against the 8,000 Villa trobps marching on the place. British officials in American ports are now putting t^eir seals on cargoes that are bound for neutral ports over routes that pass through the naval war zone. The photograph shows one of these seals wired across the hatches on board the steamship Joseph Fordney at New York. MORE TROOPS OFF FOR PANAMA CANAL ZONE SHOULD HAVE PLEASED &Mmy of Nat Goodwin Surely Could Look Forward to the Ending of tho Play.. Nat Goodwin In his book totii this •tory on himself: » The first night of my production of "Nathan Hale" Hoyt had assured me of his intention of being present with his wife. But when the time came she refused to accompany him. Char­ ley, having purchased two tickets and not desiring to be alone, sought some­ one to go with him. He soon found a friend and invited him to come along. Much to Hoyt's astonishment bis friend quietly but firmly refused the Invitation. "Why not?" asked Hoyt. His friend replied, "I dont like Goodwin. "Well," said Charley, "you like him as an artist, don't you?" His friend replied: "No; I don't like him, on or off the stage." "Well, said Hoyt, "come along. "You are sure to enjoy the play, for they hang Nat in the last act.*' MRS. WILLIAMS' LONG SICKNESS . Yields To Lydia E, Pinlji' ff~ ham's Vegetable Compound. V ONLY A FEW PIMPLES • * •<: •But Many More May Come If You Neglect Them. Try Cuticura Free. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE New York, March 29.--John Burke,. Panama canal commissary, has been indicted on new charges. Burke was originally charged with coming into possession of drafts aggregating $10,- 000. The new indictment mentions additional drafts raising the amount to $22,000. Ricardo Bermudez and Ja­ cob L. Salas, the latter a merchant of Colon, were Indicted with him. Price, Utah, March 26.--Matthew Bradley, twenty years old, son of Mrs. Anna Bradley, who shot and killed Ar­ thur Brown, former United States sen­ ator from Utah, at Washington, in 1906, died here on Wednesday of knife wounds inflicted in a quarrel by Ar­ thur Brown Bradley, his half-brother, fifteen years old, who is a son of the former senator. U. S. WILL ASK KAISER TO PAY Also to Demand Apology for the Sink­ ing of the Frye--Ambassador Says No Trouble Is Expected. Washington, March 29.--Having now received all the facts concerning the ownership and sale of the cargo of the William P. Frye, the American ship which was sunk by the convert­ ed cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, the United States government will send to Germany in a few days a note ask­ ing for reparation for the loss of the vessel and cargo and expression of regret for the occurrence. The Ger­ man government has not given the state department any intimation as to the course it will pursue. The Ger­ man ambassador here, however, has expressed the opinion unofficially that the case will be settled without diffi­ culty. "STONEWALL'S" WIDOW DIES End Comes to General Jackson's Help­ meet at Charlotte, N. C.--III a Number of Years. Charlotte, N. C., March 26.--Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson, widow of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, the famous Con­ federate leader, better known as "Stonewall" Jackson, died at her home here on Wednesday. Mrs. Jack­ son had been in failing health for a number of years. Mrs. Jackson was bora in Mecklenberg, N. C., the daugh­ ter of Rev. Robert Hall Morrison, a Presbyterian miulpler. She mar­ ried Thomas Jonathan Jackson in 1857. Six years later she was made a widow, when he was killed at the tattle of Chancellorsville. U. S. FLAG DEFILED IN MEXICO Zapata Troops Trampled Emblem in Mexico City--Act Followed Mur- der of John B. McManus. Washington, March 27.--The state department, according to Secretary Bryan, has mu.de to the Mexican gov­ ernment demand of reparation for the indignities to the American flag which was pulled down on the house of John D. McManus when he was murdered and his home looted by Zapatista two weeks ago. John McTammany, Inventor, Dies. Stamford, Conn., March 30.--John McTammany, inventor of the player piano, voting machine and numerous musical automatic contrivances, died here on Saturday at the Stamford hos­ pital. He was sixty-seven years old. New Earthquakes in Italy. Rome, via Paris, March 30.--Slight earth shocks were recorded on Sat­ urday in the province of Perugia. No damage was done. Nevertheless the whole population is camping in the open air. The people are nervous. Ltebknfecht Sent to Front. Berlin, March 27.--Dr. Karl Lleb- f- knecht, a Socialist member of the v reichstag, has been mustered into the army as a lutajbcr of a laudbtruni regiment, and assigned to service in 71* Two Men Cremated. Bristol, Tenn., March 29.--Entrapped by flames. P. Leach and George H. Sutter, saw filers, were cremated in a blaze that destroyed the mill of the U. S. Spruce Lumber company at Marion. The loss is $7^,000. Va Boer Rebel Escapes, Cape Town, South Africa, March 29. Lieutenant Colonel Maritz, ringlead­ er iu the Boer'revolt agalimt England, escaped and has fled into the interior, according to a dispatch received her* from Johannesburg. Cuticura Soap and Ointment are most effective in clearing the skin of pimples, blackheads, redness, rough­ ness, itching and Irritation as well as freeing the scalp of dandruff, dryness and itching, besides satisfying every want of the toilet and nursery. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Y, Boston. 'Sold everywhere.--Adv. The Twenty-ninth infantry, U. S. A., here seen marching past the New York public library, has Just been sent to the Panama Canal zone to be a part of the permanent garrison. Before departing it was reviewed by Gen. Leonard Wood, Mayor Mitchel and other dignitaries. j AMERICAN RED CROSS NURSES FOR RUSSIA said than Supersensitive. "I am a servant of the people,' the man who is more politic patriotic. "I don't like to hear you call your­ self a servant," commented Farmer Corntossel. "As I think of the taxes I pay toward your salary, it makes me feel as If I were up against the tipping evil." Not Telling. •There are rumors in the air." "Not here, surely. The atmosphere Is too close." .Elkhart, I n d . " I s u f f e r e d for fot&V teen years from organic inflammation^ f e ir a 1 e weakness, pain and irregulari­ t ies . 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GIANT CACTI TRANSPLANTED The two largest giant cacti that have ever been moved have been transplanted from the Arizona desert to the Panama-Pacific International exposition. They have been placed on the parapet of the Zuni Indian village, which is one of the most realistic lits of reproduction to be found at the exposition. Bach cactus occupied a separate flat car. One weighed 3,700 and the other 4,500 pounds. It cost $2,000 to dig up and transplant the. two giant growths to the exposition. The larger of the two desert plants is 35 feet in height. Boss Didn't Know It. The Employee--I've called for my time. I'm not going to work for you any more. The Sarcastic Boss--Have you been working for us? I thought you were merely drawing pay. YOUNGEST ELOPERS ON RECORD AlBton Curtin, aged sixteen years, and Grace Bowles, one year his junior, who eloped from Washington and were arrested in New York, where they attempted to get a license to marry. The Children's Bociety returned them to their parents in the national capital. Crowded Civilization. In a way Europe itself was outgrown. Draw a line from Konigsburg on the Baltic to Odessa on the Black sea. West of that lies a stretch of country, highly favored by climate and water communication. But It is now rapidly feeling its relatively small size. It would hold comfortably between Key West and Chicago, the Aroostook and Mobile. Yet within it are crammed half a dozen civilizations, a dozen lan­ guages and well night twenty armies, three quarters of which are in a high state of efficiency. The hostile lines of competing tariff systems Are juBt as numerous; while a multiplicity of traditions, in which war and religion play a great part, are hopelessly rooted in a past that'is not altogether edify­ ing. Imagine all this in between Chi­ cago and New York, and how unhappy we should be!--Century Magazine. Traits of the CameJ. "The camel," says an oriental prov­ erb, "curses its parents when it has to go uphill and its maker when It goes down." Still, this is hardly to be wondered at, for it is a well es­ tablished fact that even young camels never play. They are born sad. and thereafter their life Is one protest against being made to work, although work 'has been their portion since the beginning of the memory of man. How largely they have been domesticated from the earliest times we know from the statement that Job possessed 6,000 camels. , World's Squarost Club. New York city has a unique society, called the Square club. So square is the Square ciub that all regular and most irregular meetings of the club are held around the four sides of a square table. On the square table are the names of ail its members. To be­ come eligible for membership to the club you must Join with three others. 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