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AMERICAS LATEST NOTE To GERMANY
REVIEWS DEMANDS; TERMS FRIENDLY
Communication Informs Berlin That Lusitania
Was Unarmed- United States Stands on
Principle of Humanity "Araerican Lives and
Ships Must Be ~Safeguarded.

Washington, June 1.-THE United States, in it's latest note to
Germany just made public, formally asks the Imperial government for
assurances that measures hereafter will be adopted to safeguard
." American lives and American ships on the high seas. The alter
native, in case of refusal, is not stated.
1t was this note to which William Jennings BRYAN refused TO at-
tach his signature, reigning instead his portfolio of secretary of state
and thereby precipitating a dramatic cabinet crisis. Robert Lansing
secretary of state ad interim, signed the communication which went
forth with the approval of President Wilson and his entire cabinet.
Friendly terms characterize the document which renews repre-
sensations made in the American note that reached Germany IN Nav
10, after the Lusitanla was torpedoed and sunk with a loss OF more
than 100 American lives. The German government, it is declared.
" must have been misinformed' when it assumed that the Lusitania
carried guns, as official information is at hand to corroborate the
original contention of the Washington government-that the I'm.
sitania was an unarmed passenger ship, which, since it did not resist
capture, could not be sunk without transferring passengers and crew
t o a place of safety.
Stands for Humanity.
The communication informs Germany that it is son the Dr;ncinle
Of humanity as well as upon the law founded upon this principle that
the United States must stand"
The issuance of another statement by former Secretary BRYAN
coincident with the publication of the note added to the surprise in
official quarters at the character of Mr.. Bryan's argument. High of
fcas said the note employed the very process-persuasion which
Mr.. Bryan advocated and did not necessarily lead to war.
The text of the note follows:
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WASHINGTON.

No war" preparations are con-
templated, for the regular army or
state militia, because of the German
diplomatic or the Mexican situation,
according to a statement by Secre-
tary of War Garrison.
81 . &
Increased charges for re-icing re-
frigeratod freight shipments from Mis-
souri, river territory to North Pacific
coast points were granted to trans
continental railroads by the interstate
commerce commission.
i 4
Formal announcement of the gov
ernment's intention to appeal to the
supreme court from the decision of
the federal district court at Trenton,
N. j., Diminishing the suit for dissolu-
ton of the United States Steel corpo-
ration was made by Attorney General
Gregory.
President Wilson has been assured
that American sentiment is entirely
against war. These assurances come
from the west and south. The men
who brought them are Senators Bank
head of Alabama, Newlands of Neya-
da and Martin of Virginia; also sew.
eral representatives.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
ordered the expulsion of three mid
shlpmen from Annapolis naval acad.
envy for alleged misconduct in exam
nations, and an inquiry into the con-
duct of more than 100 others.
According to the Department Of
Commerce American ships carried
1883, 500 900 worth of imports and ex
ports of the United States during the
eight months ending with March 81.
The total of imports and exports
amounted to s2,7s7, Oo0. 900. of which
! 1854 per cent was transported.
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Great Britain has announced it's
willingness to permit expectation of
sugar beet seed from Germany to the
United States under certain condi-
lions.
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Between 600 and 700 reservists, the
first extensive shipment since Italy's
declaration of war, sailed for Naples
from New York.
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Upon the recommendation of the
consistorial congregation Pope Bene.
dict ratified the appointment of Right
Rev. Edward +. Hanna, at present ad
ministrator of the Diocese of San
francisco, as bishop of San Fran
cisco.
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"Jitney busses" will be compelled to
file tariff rates and come under the
supervision of the Illinois public utili
ties commission as public utilities
under a decision handed down by
Owen P. Thompson, member of the
commission.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-06-18

The Rauch & Lang Carriage com,
pany and the Baker Motor Vehicle
company of Cleveland have merged.
Their combined plants gives Cleve-
land the largest electric automobile
plant in the world.
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FROM MANY POINTS
EVENTS OF THE DAY HELD TO A
FEW LINES.
LATE EVENTS boiled DOWN
Personal, Political, Foreign and Other
intelligence interesting to the
General Readers
WAR NEWS.

Between 600 and 700 reseryists, the
first extensive shipment since Italy's
declaration of war, sailed for Naples
from New York.
There was great rejoicing at Fried
~richshafen, Germany, the headquar-
tiers of the Zeppelin balloon works on
Lake Constance, the town being galiy
decorated with flags in honor OF the
first aerial attack on London proper.
Since the German var zone decree
went into effect February IS, and up
to May 81, ~ffty-seven merchant steam
ers, of a total of 1852 tons, AVE
been sunk, fifty-one by German SUBJ
marines, the British admiralty an
nounced.
Births are beginning TO show the
effects of the war in the French
capital. According to the statistics
for Paris there were 1850 births in
May, the tenth month of the war, as
compared with $500 in the same
month last year.
PrZemysl has been recaptured from
the Russians by the Teutonic allies.
1t is considered on all sides as one of
the great achievements of the a
According to statements, the casualty
list including killed, wounded and
prisoners. amounts to hundreds of
thousands.
Warsaw newspapers, which have
been smuggled through the lines, say
the number of homeless Jews on the
Russian side is increasing steadily.
At a conference in Moscow recently
Of the Jewish Aid society it was es-
timated that the number of these
homeless persons is about 100, 900.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
writing to a friend in Hanover, where
the field marshal resided before the
war. expressed a longing to walk
among the trees Of the city, adding:
But the treacherous intervention of
Italy has postponed the time for such
recreation. The hours of the cam
paign will thereby be prolonged, but
nothing can now change the final re
suit. l am firmly convinced of this
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Great Britain has announced it's
willingness to permit expectation of
sugar beet seed from Germany to the
United States under certain condi-
tons.
Upon the recommendation of the
consistorial congregation Pope Bene-
dict ratified the appointment of Right
Rev. Edward r. Hanna, at present adj
ministrator of the Diocese of San
francisco, a bishop of San Fran
cisco.
"Jitney busses" will be compelled to
file tariff rates and come under the
supervision of the Illinois public utili.
ties commission as public utilities.
under a decision handed down by
Owen P. Thompson, member of the
commission.
George F. Heller, proprietor Of a
forge works at East ST. Louis, ILL.,, de-.
clined an unlimited order from the
French government for shrapnel cas-
ings. The order would have amount
ed t. $780, 900 a week. Mr.. Haller said
he was opposed to war.
Resolutions were passed unani.
mously by the board of directors of
the General Federation of Women's
clubs. representing 100000 women,
in executive session at Portland,
Ore, assuring President Wilson of its
conviction that the people of our
country are overwhelmingly with him
ia his effort to maintain peace"
= . =
AffidaVits of three jurors in the
trial of former Chief of Police George
Pierce of Sioux City, purporting to
show that they were coerced into vot.
ing for a verdict of guilty by the addi
tional instruction given by Judge
John w. Anderson, accompany the
motion of Peirce's counsel for a new
trial. which was filed in the Sioux
City district court.
The Rauch & Lang Carriage com
pany and the Baker Motor Vehicle
company of Cleveland have merged
Their combined plants gives Cleve
land the largest electric automobile
plant in the world.
Sheep and cattle boundary feuds
long sustained, are believed to have
caused the murder of Mrs. Charles
Ogilvey and the probable fatal wound
ing of her husband on their ranci
thirty-five miles south of PendletOn
Ore. Lee Dale. homesteader, was ar
rested by a posse.
Word has been received in Omahi
that Ralph Mcmillan, the Stadium
speedway aviator. will be an entran
In the New York to Frisco flight
with seuenty odd other ayiators. TO
purses a~ggregating $550.0JD.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-01-30
CHAPTER XIX.
Bond Though Free.

Bond Though Free.
The Truitt divorce sensation had
reached and passed it's height.
One day, when the decree was
scarcely two weeks old, man alighted
from an incoming express train. He
did not look like roue or the villain
of a famous scandal; he himself did
not know that he had been heralded
In such role. His doctor would hardly
have recognized him. He was still
thin and the cane had not been dis
carded, but he was clear-eyed and
healthily bronzed and the limp was
far less noticeable than at any time
since the accident.
Six months he had spent in the
northern wilderness, living in the open,
sleeping under the stars, with no COM
pany but his own thoughts and a tact
turn half-breed Indian. But they had
not been lonely months, nor did he
think them wasted. For they had
brought him to what he was pleased
to call new birth.
The first news of the Truths sep
aration had evoked scant interest from
the gossips. But as the time set for
the trial approached it began to be
whispered about that more than the
ment lay behind the affair. The whis-
per became an audible chorus It was
a dull season in a year when no impor-
tant election impended. there was a
dearth of spicy news; the newspapers
avtdly seized this chance to give flavor
to their columns. From some source,
which might have been identified as
Unity's lawyer, reporters were fur
nished material for innumerable sug-
gestive rumors. Vague but deity
worded innueRdoes of Truths cruel
treatment of his wife appeared, of his
sly profligacy, of the one strikingly
handsome woman who had captiyated
his fancy and whom it was supposed
he would marry after the divorce
From Truitt. who had completely dis
appeared, came no denial. His flight
and silence were taken as an admis-
sion of guilt
At the trial, to be sure, the testi-
mony was distinct disappointment
1t proved merely commonplace deser-
ton and touched but lightly on only
one short-lived period of dissipation
during which Truitt, at certain mid
night suppers, had shared with other
men the more or less interesting com
pany of sundry nameless women The
public. deprived OF the scandal for
which its mouth had been watering,
decided that Mrs Truitt had been
overly magnanimous in thus sparfne
her husband and let its heated mag
nation supply the lacking details.
Truftt entered no defense and decree
was quickly handed down. Mrs. Truitt
at once sailed for Europe.
He hailed a cab and gave the name
| OF club that to cabby brought Wis
hons OF q liberal tip In few minutes
| the destination was reached and the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-01-30
By
HENRY RUSSELL MILLER
SYNOPSIS.

Mark Truitt. encouraged by his sweet
heart Unity Martin, leaves Bethel. his
native town, to seek his fortune. simon
his dream to see steel plant at Bethel
and asks the son to return and Duito
one IL he ever gets rich. Mark applies 70
works, for job and is sent to the con-
struction gang. His success in that work
wins him g. place as helper TO roman
Andzrejzski, open-hearth furnacenan- he
becomes q boarder IN Romans home and
assists Piotr, Romans son, in his studies.
Kazia, adopted daughter. shows ner
Marks interest in her. Heavy work in
the intense heat of the furnace causes
Mark TO collapse and Kazia cares LOT
Mark gets his job. Roman resents this
and tells Mark to find another boarding
place. Five years elapse during wnicn
while his labor-saving devices have made
him Invaluable to the company. In the
meantime Kazia has married one Jim
Whiting Mark meets with an accident
He returns to Bethel intending to stay
there. He finds Unity about to marry an
other man and wins her back ~ n NY
city. Mark rises rapidly to wealth ana
power in the steel business. but the So
cial ambitions of his wife make their mar
are secretly anxious to get hold OF stock
IN the Iroquois Iron company, supposed
to be worthless. Timothy Woodhouse
seeks financial assistance from Mark and
the latter buys Woodhouse's Iroquols
stock at small figure Henley forces
Quinby to let Mark have stock In the
ing a socialstic speech on the street ana
tho boy shows that he is still bitter
against Mark. Mark finds Kazia. who
ia divorced and is now a hospital nurse,
caring for Roman who is near death
Mark is advised by his physician to stop
taking drugs and take long rest
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-From another woman that might
be crushing retort- I've given you
very little But, a. It happens, it's
been all you wanted You wouldn't
take, you never wanted. the only worth
while thing had to give He paused
again, his manner hardening. &How
ever. all that is ended. I go away to-
morrow morning. don't think shall
ever see You again.
Even then he might have relented.
II she had given him excuse. But she
gave him no excuse.
You're asking for a divorced -
YES"
Il suppose she sneered, you want
to marry that woman, your mistress"
He held himself under rigid SELF
control She isn't my mistress,
though I love her. She was the girl
I gave up years ago out of loyalty to
you"
There was nothing lovely about
Unity Truftt just then.
And now you want to renew the
broken romance Very prettyl But"
she laughed in vindictive pleasure in
her fancied ability to thwart his de-
sire. you shan't have her. 1 don't
choose to be a divorced woman. And
know you can't get divorce without
my consent"
II think you will consent" he said
quietly.
II will not. I don't choose
The choice is with you, of course.
But you must understand it. You're
through with me in any case. But if
you consent to the divorce, I'll make
a settlement that will satisfy you. If
not, 1 will make only the allowance
think you've earned"
She went pale at that, the one threat
which could reach her. why she
gasped, you couldn't do that. Even
you couldn't be SO brutal
Choose"
But you couldn't. You'll must have
time to think"
You must choose now" He was
| fnfiexible
She sat transfxed, beginning to
comprehend the reality Of his purpose.
Her confidence suddenly melted. Fear
sEone In her eyes. She rose, and with
piteous pleading gesture, too fright
ened to be conscious of her hypocrisy,
she went to him.
why, Mark-Mark, deari You can't
| mean that. You couldn't cast me off
like this. Why, we're husband and
wife and-I know 1 haven't been fair
to you, but can't let you go. Let
me make up this last year to you. Let
US go away, as you say, and begin
over. We can be happy"
|. The stammering incoherent cry
halted. silenced by the unrelenting
quality of his steady eyes The out
stretched hands fell Imply to her
| sides. She shrank back a step from
him.
Il belieye-you do-mean it,
I'm waiting for your choice"
After q little it came, gaspingiy.
Il have no choice. II must con-
sent"
He turned away and without another
word or glance for her. Hmped heavily
out of the room.
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pasuenxee descended TO tie pavement
At that moment woman, whom he
recognized al one OF Bnity's famfliars.
approached. He lifted his hat and
bowed She looked sQuarely at him
and passed on without greeting Red
surged into his cheeks.
.'Cut." he muttered- Il suppose
Unity's given her version of our
smash-up. Unity would"
He paid his fare and entered the
portals from which no rich man had
ever been excluded At the desk q
well dressed and usually very polite
young clerk SO far forgot himself as
to look his amazement.
Mr.. Truitti I supposed you were
out Of town. thought" He stopped
in confusion, remembering that it was
no part of his business to think
Mark looked hard at him. you
thought
81 thought you were out of town.
stammered the clerk
I was. And now I'm back" Mark
answered dryly. $50 / think I'll ar
range for rooms here Indefinitely"
Nor was this all of the city's greet
ing to the returned wanderer. The
rooms arranged for. he turned away
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CHAPTER XVIII.
Sundered Bonds.

Dinner, on the rare occasions when
the FRUITS dined together and alone,
was marked by a careful formality
that was but a thin disguise for their
mutual dislike. At no other time,
save by hastily cured accident, were
they apt to confront each other. The
quarrel of the night of their first in
vitation to Henley's house had never
been healed. Each had gone a sep
arate way, ignoring as far as possible
the others existence.
With Unity the dislike had been gen
uine. She believed that when her
easy husband had SO suddenly and
definitely put an end to her suprem-
acy, she had been robbed of a right
that she, q woman and therefore "A
superior finer being, should enjoy.
Fear, of him and of what the man she
now perceived him to be might do IL
unduly provoked, kept dislike alive
and hot.
With him 1t had been rather con-
tempt for her airs and vanities, for
the uselessness to which, even in a
woman, he could not become recon
ciled. But on this night 1t was both
contempt and a rising bitter resent
ment that heightened the emotional
tumult
She chose this hour to lay aside the
cold, somewhat theatric hauteur It
was her wont to assume before him.
In its stead she donned an air OF tri-
umph. of smiling aggressiveness that
he was quick to connect with their
meeting in the park. She criticized
the knot of his necktie. Several times
she contradicted him wantonly.
Finally he rose abruptly and left the
room
Unity, too, rose and. following, over
took him In the Erelft drawing room.
You are rude. I wish to speak
with you"
I'm going up to my study"
You're supposed to have given uI
| work, believe
II wish to be alone"
Now, perhaps. You weren't alone
| this afternoon In the park"
Il didn't want to be then What Ii
| that to your
"A wife has some right to consider
alton, think"
a wife-yes- You'll hardly claim
the title"
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Copyright. 1913. By The BobbsMenin Company,

came awkward, self-conscious. Neither
seemed able to break it.
Rounding a curve in the tortuous
driveway, they met a landau, beau
tifuliy enameled affair drawn by high
stepping horses in elaborate silver
mounted harness. In it sat two
women. They bowed to him. the
younger with pointed smile.
AKazia heard him mutter: IT had for
gotten!"
WHO was she?"
THE older7 That was Mrs. Thomas
Henley. of whom you may have heard"
Yes? But meant the other.''-
That" he answered in a dry con-
strained voice, was Mrs. Mark Truitt-' -
After a while: "Ahl" she breathed.
She is lovely"
THAT makes it unanimous" he said
shortly.
1t had ceased to be the pleasantest
time he had had in years A heavy
cold cloud had settled upon their init
macy. Why dream of the possibility
of mighty primitive passion! 1t was
not possible. But 1t was a char
acteristic of the man to want most
the things farthest away. the things
forbidden.
We've gone far enough she said.
True words, however she meant them!
And it is getting too cold for you
Let US turn back
He made no protest.
He swung the team around and
drove toward the hospital; at reck-
less pace, that he might not have to
talk. He had no wish for common
place speech with her. From other
speech the habit OF self-repression
saved him.
But not wholly. For as they were
nearing the hospital, he drew the
horses down to a soberer gait.
When" he asked. will you drive
with me again?"
@Not again"
He had known, even before she
spoke, what her answer would be.
And he knew-so had she given it
that it was irreyOcable.
Il wonder why you came today"
I'D been thinking Of you. And
| was-curious. To see what sort of
man you had become"
They swung into the hospital
grounds and up to the entrance. Over
her protest he descended to help her
to the ground. He took queer pleas
| ure in the pain the needless little
| He sought her eyes. WAS 1t only
| curiosity, Kazia?"
Her answer was not in words.
| Slowly she mounted the stairs to the
doorway. and turning, looked steadily
| down upon him. Her face was white,
but her eyes were lustrous-and un-
| speakably sad.
"Kazia1'
"Good-by."
He had had the answer he wanted
But he received It with a heart as
heavy as lead. He wanted her as he
had desired nothing since life began
And he could only stand and, help
less. see her leave him
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Gwen You Couldn't BE So Brutal"
live quiet. decent. natural life. Let
us begin over again and try to re-
cover what we've lost-or rather what
we never. had"
You are absurd"
lis 1t absurd for a man to ask his
wife-you've claimed the tftle-to
share the life he wants and needs ?"
You forget to consider what i would
have from such an arrangement"
You would have me-
She answered with contemptucus
shrug Il viii do nothing SO silly.
You ask too much"
-Ah. You're franker than thought
you could be- I'm glad you're frank =
He rose. looking curiously down at
| her. IF You look back. you'll find I've
never asked you anything until now.
1 I've been content to take-at least,
I've taken-only what it suited your
whims to give me- And you've given
exactly nothing.
And what" she flung back. have
/ you given me7-