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without a refugee on board.
Washington, April 27.-Many Amer.
lean refugees have been shot by Mexi-
can federals near Encarnacion, in Cen
trail Mexico, according to q report from
Albert Doerr, manager of the Ameri,
can Smelling company, in Aguascali-
entas, forwarded to the state depart
ment through Consul Canada.
Doerr reported that a bowling mob
took several score of Americans fee
ing from Aguascalientas at the station
in Encarnacion and were preapring to
execute the entire party when they
were rescued by federal soldiers. The
federals put the Americans back on a
car, detached IL from the rest OF the
train and returned 1t to Aguascalien-
tas. The Americans were put in the
snnelter works under federal guard and
Mexican priests we're called to admin
lister last rites to the Americans pre-
paratory to the execution.
Trains Go to Rescue.
A rescue train has been dispatched
over the Southern Pacific railroad, un-
der special guarantee OF constitution
slist General Obregon, from Cuiiacan
TO Nogales, Ariz., TO bring out rs Amer
leans In Los Mochas, according to dis.
patches from Consul Simpich to the
state department. The train will pass
through Esperanto and 60 through the
Yaqui valley, collecting a number of
Americans who have gathered in
places there.
A second train will be sent from
Torres to bring out about one hundred
Americans and other foreigners. aorut
ninety per cent Of the Americans in
the Nogales district have arrived on
thu border.
Courier Sounds Alarm.
Consul Simpich also reports thst so
Americans have left Ell Tigre for the
border and that a courier hal been
dispatched to the Bavispe district to
gather Americans and warn them to
get away. The report states that all
Americans are either en- route or out
Of the district except a number in Ca
nanea, who are at the American Smelt-
ing plant there.
Consul Montague telegraphed the
state department from Cananea as fol-
lows:
Now in Office to pack the archives.
Mob gathering and agitators stirring
mp persons to break into the consul
ate"
A dispatch sent some time later TO
the state department says:
Mob dispersed by constitutionalist
soldiers. No injuries to agent. Am
leaving for the border"
Consular reports from Laredo. Tex,
state that the fires in Nuevo Laredo
are dying out and that the business
section has been destroyed.
American Ranches Looted.
An American who had made his way
from Masquiz reported TO the military
authorities in Ell Paso that federals
had seized United States property and
we're stripping ranches belonging to
Americans.
Fifty Americans and other. foreign
ers arrived at Ell Paso, Tex, from the
interior of Mexico on the regular train
from Torreon, the state department is
advised. Many of the refugees we're
employees of the Alverado mine IN Par.
raj. They reported that there were
stin many other Americans and for.
eigners remaining in the country, but
that they expected to come to the Dor,
a.. .,;4L;,, . e. -, dnu.
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Greek Crushed by Steam Crane.

:. West Liberty, April 27.-Stanatis
Kapaneritis, a Greek section hand,
was crushed to death and J. w, Mes.
NTH, engineer, was cut about the
head when a travelling steam crane
overturned in, the local yards. of the
Rock Island Railroad company here.
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Seven Hundred candidates.

When the time limit expired one
minute after midnight Tuesday last
for the filing of nomination papers for
the. June, primaries. nearly 700 candi-
datea.h9a entered. the race for !. the,
20s oilcca to be iined at the fall cleo
tion.. 4
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Eour Mines Of conorete

Atlantic, Iowa, last week let a con.
tract for about four miles OF paving
with concrete ut lie to l.19 per
square yard. Concrete Is coming In.
to general use for paving purposes.
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Submitted to Seventeen Operations.

Gus Stoelk has just returned to
Manning from the state hospital at
Iowa City, where during the course of
treatment, he submitted to seventeen
surgical operations. His case aroused
great interest among officials and
students. Four times he was told he
could not live. but each time he raj
lied and surprised the faculty Gall
stones, kidney and bone decay caused
the trouble. r.
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students Organize for War.

Ames, April 27.--State college CO.
eds want to go to war as nurses and
enough men have volunteered TO form
a full company of 108 men. The girls
will offer their services to the Red
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WIN. Have. Good Ruildina,

The old school building at Sanboru
viii he repaired and q large new adj.
dition built, the cost to be $4,000. 4
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REESE.-William Reese, aged So
years, died Sunday, April 26, 1914, at
$50 o'clock a.; m. at his home il
Evans. Interment in the Beacon Gem.
ete.y. Mr.. Reese has lived in Iowa
81 gears. He was a member of the
u. ". ". Of A., l. Q. o, F. and the
X. or P. lodges. Death resulted from
a stroke of apoplexy. He leaves a
wife at Evaus and a father and moth.
er in Wales
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SNEDDON-Mrs. c. M. Sheldon
who has been at .Galesburg several
weeks at the home of her son, for
mer Oskaloosa boy, writes of the ar
rival Thursday, April g.. 1914, of d
fine son, the first born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank ]. Sheldon.
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WYMoRE.-Born, Monday morning
April q, 1914. to Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Wymore, Ninth avenue East, late of
Evans. a daughter; weight nine
pounds.
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BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

LIEBUS.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Liebus. No. 6l3 C avenue West.
Sunday, April &c, 1914. son; weight
.S2 pounds.
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opnose Consent Petition,

Council Bluffs, April 81. - Two
massmeetings at the Auditorium and
special temperance rallies we're held
in all of the orthodox churches Sun
day in an effort to defeat the saloon
consent petition which IL is expected
will be filed Tuesday.
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Auto Dealer Killed Near Monticello
Monticello, April. 27.--Chris Balster
about l4sdyears old, of Scotch Grove
was killed almost D instantly Saturday
evening in an automobile, accident
He had gone to a neighboring farm
to demonstrate a car and had start
ed for home. The machine struck q
slight obstruction, turned turtle, and
throwed Mr.. Balster on his head
When help reached him, inside Of
three minutes, he was dead.
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MANY AMERICANS
ORDERED SLAIN
h1HA HAH MI INV
U. S. MAN REPORTS CAPTURE OF
ALIENS BY RIOTERS.
FEDERAL TROOPS TO RESCUE
pictator's Soldiers Save Prisoners
Only to Lead Them to Sentence
Of Death in Interior of
The Country.

Washington, April 27.-Fears for the
safety Of Americans in Mexico City
were increased here by a dispatch
from Vera Cruz stating that two
trains had arrived from the capital
without a refugee on board.
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ioldi .'.' .'s'' .ts,.'.4 - .. SoV,oSo'ffA
The county funds go to county gem
eral. schools, bridges, poor, insane,
bond. orphans home, soldiers. relief,
court expense, county roads, and
health. !
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The distribution of the tax money
for March, 1914, has been made by
Treasurer Munroe and his assistants.
aS follows
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Washington, April 27.-secretary
Bryan said that trainload of refu-
gees was being made up in Mexico
City and would start for Vera Cruz.
He says the American authorities at
Vera Cruz were in direct communica'
ton with Mexico City.
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TREASURES WORTH HUNDREDS OF MI

enters into the war at all to fight on
the side of the allies. AS matter Of
fact. in the early days of the war the
Queen of Italy dispatched two large
boxes of jewelry to Buckingham Pal
ace. but these have been since given
to tthe care of the Italian ambassador.
Millions worth of treasures have
reached England during the past few
weeks from somewhat panic-stricken
French plutocrats and noblemen.
The Marquis de Breteuil, an old
friend Of the English royal family,
with whom the Prince of Wales stayed
a couple of years ago. has sent a num-
ber of his most valued possessions to
Buckingham Palace. The marquis
house in Paris is a perfect storehouse
of works of art. Among the most valu-
able of these are two paintings by
Rembrandt. a splendid Val Halls and
two portraits of Velasquez. which for
the moment are now ornamenting the
walls at Windsor Castle, whittier they
were sent. as no room could be found
for them at Buckingham Palace.
Among others in England who have
been intrusted with valuables from the
continent are Lord Rothschild. the
Duke Of Westminster. the Duke of
Marlborough, Sir Philip Sassoon- Baron
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went to Germany at the beginning OF
the war. There were several cases OF
Germans who simply locked up their
houses when they went away. without
leaving any Instructions or directions
as to what should be done with their
property.
With the order compelling aliens in
England to register their names with
the police instructions were at the
same time given to the latter to make
forcible entry into the houses of Ger
mans or Austrians who did not comply
with the order or who had left the
country and take possession of all their
effects. In house in Grosvenor Gar
dens that had been occupied by Ger
man financier there was found a COL
lection of old English and German
armor that has since been valued by
Sir Guy Laking, one of the greatest
living authorities on old armor, at
5000
In another house in one of the cheap
er parts of South London that had
been tenanted by a dealer in antique
objects of art was found a number of
genuine Tanagrae statutes and orig
inal pencil sketches of some of -..e
greatest painters of the fifteenth and
sixteenth centuries. In several houses
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come an important part Of the duties
of the representatives of the countries
now at war to place the fortunes of
their respective governments, good or
bad. together with the many other
matters which have arisen with the
conflict, before the public in the fair
est light possible.
And that is how the corps of embassy
war correspondents" came into being
in Washington shortly after the first
day of August, and why now it is no
uncommon sight to enter an embassy
and perceive half dozen alert news
gatherers clustered about a world
tried diplomat, holding an impromptu
strategy board" and discussing with
the venerable veteran of dozen inter-
national affairs everything from the
Russia to some alleged violation of
neutrality In China.
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lures have poured into England from
different parts of the continent just as
they did in the days of the Napoleonic
wars.
Many of these treasures have found
their way as they then did to the diff
ferent royal palaces in England, being
placed there for safety until Europe is
at peace again.
From the royal palace at Brussels
have come an immense number of
treasures which are being stored in the
strong rooms and vaults at Bucking-
ham Palace. Among these treasures
are a set of golden candlesticks which.
apart from their intrinsic worth, have
an enormous value from their histor-
ical associations. They were presented
to Philip VI. tthe first of the Valois
whom they were made. Nearly three
hundred years later they passed into
the possession of John Sigismund. Duke
of Prussia: During. the Napoleonic
was they disappeared and they were
later found in a monastery in 1881 and
we're then purchased by Belgian
banker who presented them to King
Leopold II of Belgium.
Each candlestick is made in the fig
ure of one of the apostles and stands
a foot high with broad base bearing
the most exquisite tracery work.
Another rather remarkable treasure
among those consigned to the guard
ianship of King George is duplicate
of the famed Gouthiere cabinet at
Windsor Castle, pair of which were
made for the Comte d'Artois The cab
met at Windsor was purchased by
George Ill from the comte for s., 1000
and is now worth quite $4,000.
The treasures were sent from Bel
Sium in the charge of two members of
the King of the Belgian household. who
made four journeys between Brussels
and London in conveying them to
buckingham Palace. A complete cata-
logue has been made of all the articles
sent over and their total value Is
roughly estimated at $15.000.00O.
The gold and silver works of art and
old china and the more valuable treas
ures have been packed in steel-lined
trunks. the keys of which have been
-,elvered to the Belgian minister in
london. The treasure vaults at Buck
;ngham Palace are guarded always by
"ne of the servants, night and day, but
ne guard has been doubled recently.
In view of possible eventualities the
ling and Queen of Italy desired to
'nsign some Of their most valuable
C. easures to the custody Of the English
'onarch. but King George declined to
eceive them SO long as Italy remains
'.eutral or until she has decided II she
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His Performance.

Jesse R. GRANT, the famous gen.
erals son, said the other day:
There is too much war talk in the
papers Turn to what page you will
the religious news page, the woman's
page-a kind of war flavor is given to
all the items. It's getting to be joke
1t reminds me Of Gaff.
.Gaf, an old soldier, was so bored
once by war talk that he broke out
into a war story on his own account.
He worked his story up In the con-
yentional way, and at the climax he
said:
"'Yes. gentlemen, men fell by the
dozen on every side of me. Bullets
Melted down like hailstones. The roar
Of the big guns was deafening. Legs
and arms, to say nothing of heads and
bodies, were flying through tho air
in all directions. And then, by lingo.
I saw we were cut on!
"sHoly smoke. man, what did y0u
do? asked listener.
7 did. Gan answered. six miles In
forty-eight minutes'."
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upon them, by virtue of the hostilities
between the nations. to forget that
many Of their best friends even 10
much as existed. And in the State De-
partment, the neutral ground in Wash
ington's war belt, Eddie Savoy, who
sits as guardian angel before the door
of the Secretary of State, found that
he had his work cut out for him keep
ing the former friends, and by reason
of the war present enemies. from
crossing one another.s paths. for Savoy
well knew that to seat the councillor
Of the French embassy in the same
room beside a member of Germany's
diplomatic staff would never do at all.
But now that it is possible for
Spain's minister to boast that he is
the only representative of a world
power who can speak to all the rest of
the corps without danger of fracturing
some international custom, 1t has be-
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OF course, the bulk of the war news,
carefully censored and freely deleted.
comes by telegraph and cable from at
least somewhere near the seat of war
over press association wires from cor
respondents in the field. Those corre-
spondents, however. have to depend
upon many sets of shifting circum-
stances to insure the safe transmission
of their stories. A courier delayed or
lost. a censor unfriendly, a telegraph
wire down between two unimportant
villages-these and hundred other
possibilities initiate against him.
But not SO with the war correspond
ent of the Washington embassies. The
news he garners comes often by wire
less, censored only by an American
naval officer of neutral persuasions
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The general system of gathering
news on the embassy run" since the
war has begun consists mainly Of gar
nering such details Of the war as come
in code messages direct to the en-
bassies and which are uncoded and
pretty generally placed at the disposal
Of the newspapers. to be shot into the
various offices by the reporters over
the telephone. Occasionally the ambas-
sadors themselves have statements to
make in their official capacity. and not
infrequently they receive the newspa-
per men and discuss. sometimes con
that the discussion is not for publica-
tion-but most times openly, various
questions which may arise in the news
of the day from the actual scene OF
war.
should a rumor come from London,
as it has come frequently in the last
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few weeks, that the Emperor Francis
Joseph has been dead for many days
and his death is being concealed for
fear of the effect it might have upon
the tide of battle, 1t is the embassy
war correspondence duty to see as
many of the ambassadors as he can
and learn whether they credit the ru-
NOR. Or If a message comes from some
one of the foreign capitals that En-
peror William is ready to entertain
proposals for mediation, the embassy
correspondent must run 1t down at this
end Of the line. And 1t Is for sucn
work of this that the man on the en-
bassy run is chiefly useful.
The corps of embassy war corre-
spondents" have gotten into the habit,
since the war began. of making their
Headquarters at the German embassy
when they are not ION the beat. max
ing a round of the others; not that
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and, as it is destined for an embassy,
is frequently transmitted more speedily
than the ordinary message over COM
mercial wires.
The war zone in Washington snakes
it's way through most of the exclusive
thoroughfares, beginning with the Ger
man, embassy on Massachusetts, avenue
anese embassy offices at 1910 N street
northwest. Thence the trail turns
westward to Connecticut avenue and
NJ street, where the British coat of
arms is blazoned above the big build
ing owned by England. From there
the zone winds about the offices of the
Russian embassy at 1877 Church street,
and then onward to the French en-
bassy at 2460 18th street. BRANCHING
off the general line of the zone are the
Austro-Hungarian embassy and that
of Belgium.
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sent to him by a friend in the south
of France, who has shut up his house,
and is fghting in the war. The library
it was exceedingly difficult to find
room at Eaton Hall
Another French friend Of the duke
Of Sevres china that is perhaps the
most valuable of its kind in the world.
There are over $4,000 pieces, among
them being a tea service that was once
in the possession OF Marie Antoinette,
and the hand-painted vase that was
made for her mother. 1t took the artist
who painted it two years to complete
his work.
Lord Rothschild's house at Tring
has become veritable storeroom OF
jewels sent over to him not merely by
French and Belgians, but by some Ger
mans. A German baroness, cousin of
the Krupps. sent of her jewels to the
great fnancier the day before war was
declared on Germany by England.
These were in three cases, and were
dispatched IN charge of one OF the
special messengers attached to the
English court. who undertook to de-
liver them to Lord Rothschild.
~
The messenger on his return to Eng
land was stopped near the Belgian
frontier and compelled to give up the
cases. which were taken from him by
German officer. Luckily for the mes
senger the officer was relative of the
baroness, and after having been de-
tanned for twenty-four hours, the cases
were restored to him and he got safely
away with the treasure that had been
committed to his care.
But some others who endeavored to
get their Jewels to England were less
fortunate A case of Jewels belonging
10 French woman living in Ger
many. which was dispatched to Sir
Philip Sassoon, through a relative Of
Sir Philips returning to England, was
taken from him near Liege The box
was opened and at once Communicated
BY the officer in charge of the SOL
diers at the station. He told Sir
Philips relation that when the war
was over he might come ito claim the
pretty trinkets." To have made any
fuss about the matter would have cost
the bearer of the jewels his life. and he
continued his Journey without them.
Lord Rothschild informed the gov
ernmens in every case when he had
ehaaEe su tSsrs of any for
good deal of German property that has
been consigned to the care of wealthy
Germans In England who are under
suspicion Of being spies, and 1t is prob
able that ere long some of it may be
confscated.
Private German property sent to
England for protection would, of
course. not in the ordinary way be
confiscated. though international law
yers differ regarding the right of a
government to confiscate such prop
erty. but there is no doubt at all that
all the property found in the posses
sion Of an alien spy could and would
be confiscated. As a matter of fact,
one German in London who had re-
Gently come to England as agent for
an important financial house in Ber-
lin, endeavored to induce several Eng
lish bankers to take charge of guam
tity Of valuable jewelry and various
scrip sent him by friends in Germany,
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THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER.
Who is acting as custodian for the art
treasures Of several French noble
men. These treasures include a won
derful collection of Sevres china, con-
sisting Of over $4,000 pieces.
a large quantity of old silver was
found.
One way and another quite $4,000. 600
worth of property has fallen into the
hands of the English government in
this way. What will be done with IL
is uncertain. Some of it may be re-
stored to the owners after the war, but
the probability is that the greater part
of il will finally be placed in the Eng
lish royal palaces.
tCopyright. 1914 by Curtis Broxn.I
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tain immediate loans. and there was was
no other way to obtain the neeolu
securities as Jewels. In plain words
the Rothschilds are acting the part o1
pawnbrokers, as their ancestors did IN
the Napoleonic wars. and as they naye
done since from that time, and II u
probable they have advanced at leas'
$4,000 900 in this way since or some
little time before the outbreak OF war
No doubt at the end Of the war some
of the property that has been sent &c
England will remain there unclaimed
to the benefit Of those VINO are ho"
taking care of 1t.
Among the treasures at WlndsoI
Castle are many objects of art whicn
were sent to George III during ene
which were subsequently never claimea, s
as the owners perished IN tne
revolution The French bas reiiers py
Dijons presented last spring Dy the
king to the French government, were
among these, and were, 1t may pc saia
among. the least valuable of such treas
ures that came into the possession y.
the English reigning mouse at ehe 'e
of the French revolution.
How much of the treasures iateiy cun
sirned to Buckingham Palace VIII re-
main there it is difficult to say: put ~
is almost certain that some OF II, q.
any rate, will. though possibly 1t may
be purchased nd Sc tne by yEasi,sh ass hins Nation
The Belgian royal family will before
long badly need money. and their ne
cessity would afford the English naeloh
an excellent opportunity Tor puIcnas
ures in the world at comparatively
low price.
A good many works of art, books and
treasures of various kinds have also
been left in the care Of numerous per-
sons in England by French, German
and Austrian people who have returned
to their own countries since the war
broke out. Count Mensdorff. the Aus
trian ambassador. left his valuable col
lection of old miniatures, worth thou
sands Of dollars, in the care of Lord
Stamfordham. The count asked King
George, with whom he was on extreme
ly intimate terms, to take charge of
them. His majesty, however. could not
very well take charge of the property
of the ambassador Of an enemy coun-
try. but the matter was settled by Lord
Stamfordham offering to do SO.
Princess Lichnowsky left nearly all
her jewels in the charge of a member
wife of member of the embassy staff
left valuable collection Of seventeenth
century dresses in the care of Lady
Howard de Walden.
A German merchant who had to hur-
ry away from London left his house
in Mayfair, with some thousands of
dollars worth Of furniture, paintings
and plate. in the care of the Red Cross
Society. which he asked to utilize 1t
as hospital, with the remark in a
letter he left for the society. that the
whirligig of events might bring him
as patient to its care at his own
house.
A vast deal of property has come into
the hands of the state in the shape of
furniture and other effects left in Lon
don and elsewhere by Germans who
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INCE the outbreak
of the war an
enormous Quanti-
ty of treasure
T e r e s e n t l ng,
probably, s o m e
hundreds of mil
lion dollars - in
the way of i'm
mensely valuable
objects of art.
gold and silver
ware and old pic