iMfan V-. flV J rr-,n,-t n Wf.l rr W W wWary, 'fisVJaame 1I1I iL 5 MTii'iVT'Viiii'i'liylMrtillMWai I PJM I' !& , f. r.u. .- & Bar. Pi it-Ay -JBMWB it"? m: t z.z. The Chief 0. B. HALE, Publisher RID CLOUD . NMRAsKA HO C0H115 DEADLOCK OVER APPOINTMENTS MADE V PRESIDENT. STATE BANK DEPOSITS LESS Record for Year However, Showa Rio Increase Both In Depoalta and Resources Rati Player In Mlnlatry. Washington. The fact that no ap pointment of Indian commissioner was mado by Proaldont Taft before ho left for Panama la a keen disappointment to the frlenda of Aaalatant Commls aloner Fred H. Abbott, wboBO clalma for tho place have been urged by Sen ator Brown, and other frlenda of tho former Nebraaka man. Tho fact that there la an apparent deadlock In the mnate over the appointments already made by the president, however, is In some measure a consolation. Thero Is already pending a dozen or moro nominations for Nebraska appoint ments for which no confirmation Is in sight Thcso Include the following recently named postmasters: 0. H. Borden, Beaver Crossing; Benton Cot terman, Petersburg; Estolle M. David son, Long Pino; J. W. Palrncld, Mason City; C. W. Gibson, Litchfield; D. 0. Crow, Loup City; P. A. Montgomery, Edgar; Isaac Rousch, Kimball; C. F. Stockwell, Bassctt, and C. C. Craig, Morrill. The latter appointment has attracted more attention bore because Representative Klnkald named Mr. uralg following an election by tho citizen's of Morrill. Deposits decrease Resources Increase Lincoln. Although deposts in state banks in Nebraska decreased more than 13,000,000 from September 4 to November 2G, and the average resorvo V of all bankB was reduced from 29 3-5 " per cent to 23 2-5 per cent, and loans nnd discounts Increased $4,290,686 in the same time, the record for the en tire year shows a big Increase In doposlts nnd resources of state bankB. The deposits. November 2G were 8, 637,331 moro than they wero ono year prior to that date. The deposits nro now $82,627,694.06. BALL PLAYER NOW A PRIEST. "Chick" O'Connor Quits the Diamond to Enter Ministry. Chicago. "Chick" O'Connor, first baseman for the Qulncy club of the Three I league, has became tho Rev. Father Edward O'Connor. He was ordained In the Holy Name cathedral and dined at St Mol'a rectory, with which ho henceforth will bo connected. Father O'Connor la still In hla twen ties. Ho established a reputation as a batsman nnd lnflelder which resulted in a demand for hlB Bervlces, but ho said that nothing could Induce him to put off tho moment when he was to "becomo a prlcBt. Massacre of 30,000 by Moslems. Boston, Mass. Frightful details" or (the butchery of 30,000 persons in the Vleslcged city of Adrlanpple by Mos lems Immediately after the Balkan al liance declared war against the Otto Jmiin empire have been received by the Eoston Globe in a translation of a let ir sent by Nazariene Dean Kanlbelle, Ian officer In the Adrlanople Turkish army, to J. J. Bosdan, president of the alliance. Escaping Oaa Fatal. Lincoln Harry Horron, a painter, lb dead from the effects of escaping gas, in his room at 129 North Twelfth street. He wae discovered by C. C. Gladfeltcr, tho landlord. In a semi coubcIoub condition he was placed In an ambulance and niHhed to a hos pltal. Before the ambulance reached the hospital Herron was dead. He was about forty-eight years of age. Child Held for Ransom. Kansas City, Mo. Irene Justin, an eleven-year-old girl, daughter of Frank Justin, a cabinetmaker, has been kid naped and Is being held by negroes for ransom, St Louis. Twenty-five thousand employes of the FrUco railway system are granted old age and disability pen sions aa a Christmas gift, according to a brief announcement made Thursday afternoon from tho headquarters of the system here. Paris. A verltablo hail of bombs, wero thrown into the Turkish fortress' of Janlna by tho Greek military avl-, ator, MouIoubbIb, nnd nn accompany-1 lng comrade- who flow over that city, In a biplane, according to official ad vices received here. Discovers Mine of Opals. Fremont, Neb: A valuable . opal Wine may havo been discovered In, orthwestern Idaho by Mrs. A. Thomp-, ; aoH, a former Fremont woman. lairiplM of-What Mrs. Thompson calls , 'jiebbles such aa-nho says are found In" inn endless quantity on her claim wore ' enclosed la letter to her nephew, Al ?XoyB. Mr. Koyen took them to Jo.?- " miarm whn nronounced. thorn cntrm of -& fjM flaest quality, -lira. Thompson and -trfwmm.imj7r't' " i '..j y -. -!- -S PERL OF WAR OVER POWERS FAVOR ALBANIAN AU TONOMY AND A COMMERCIAL PORT FOR SIRVIA. BALM HELD OUT JO TURKS Balkan Allies to Have Famous Sellm Meeque at Adrlanople Preserved to Meeteni Faith Conference Moving at a tnall'a Pace. London, England, Dec. 23. London newspapers generally are of the opin ion that tho agreement of tho ambas sadors of tho powers that their gov ernments will accept the principle of autonomy for Albania, with a pro vision guaranteeing a commercial port on the Adriatic to Sorvla, re jaaoves the danger of a great Euro pean war, because It ends the friction ibetween Austria and Servla and Aus tria and Russia. The Dairy Mall saya Servla will have access to the 'Adriatic over a neutral railroad from the Danube to Duratso. Slow Headway 1e Made. The alow and devloua processes of diplomacy are advancing toward a solution of tho near eastern puzzle at ja snail's pace. Tho only definite Achievement of the day was an agree raent by the ambassadors of the six great European powers that their governments snouid accept in princi ple autonomy for Albania and a guaranty to Servla of a commercial port on the Adriatic aea. Having passed this milestone In their deliber ations, tho ambassadorial conference adjourned over Christmas. Turkey to Keep Mosene. The Morning Post saya It under stands that, while there Is no possi bility that the allies will give their consent to Turkey's retaining Ad rlanople, they are willing to entertain a request to preserve the famous Sul tan Sellm Mosquo there for the Mo hammedan faith and, as thoy are de sirous of frlondly relations with Tur key, thoy are .ready to make any rea sonable concession to Turkish feeling short of allowing a Christian province to remain under Turkish rule. Powers to Stop War. Paris, Dec. 23. The great powers at Europe will Interfero If the Balkan leaguo and Turkey resume their war In southeastern Europe. This was the tenor of an announcement mado by M. Polncare, French premlotr and min ister of foreign affairs, in tho chamber of deputies. "It 1b Europo'B duty to Intervene," said M. Polncare, "should tho war bei recommenced, In behalf of humanity, and the peace of the continent." FRENCH ARE ROUSED BY ACT Cable Vessel Belonging to Germany Cauees Much Bitterness at Cherbourg, Cherbourg, France, Dec. 23. Much bitterness of feeling has been caused here, especially in naval circles, by the continued presence of the German government's cable ship Gross Her zog van Oldenburg without any osten sible reason during a series of Impor tant naval blockado maneuvera being carried out by tho French fleet The German vessel, which haa been passing In and out of the port since the beginning of the week, took up a position opposite the prinolpal fort The French admiral In command of the nort sent a naval offlcor to re quest the commander of the German vessel either to put to sea or to come into the public harbor. The Gorman captain chose tfio latter oourse, and bis vessel la lying there. The inci dent has been roported to tho French minister of marine at Paris. BIG SEEDH0USE IS BURNED Albert Dickinson Company Suffers a, Loss of $126,000 In Fire at Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Dec. 23. Fire, cause by a hot box on a grain distributor, destroyed the corn elevator and a smaller addition to It, of tho Albert Dickinson company, a large seed house. The loss Is estimated at $125,000. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 23. The six-story building occupied by the Bir mingham Paper company was de stroyed by Are. Tho loss Is estimat ed at moro than $200,000. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 23. The Car negie plant of the Carbon Steel com pany at East Carneglo, near here, was destroyed by fire, with a loss of $76,000. SENATOR OVERMAN STRICKEN North Carolinian Rushed to Hospl tal at Washington Suffering From Appendicitis. Washington, Dec. 23. Suffering from a Budden attack of appendicitis, Son ator Leo S, Overman of North Caro lina was taken to tho George Wash ington University hospital and an Im mediate consultation wan held with a view of determining upon an opera tion. The physician decided to delay the operation until tho patient's con dition Improves. Ship Brings $2,000,000 8hlp Cargo. Tncoma, Waah., Dec. 23. Four thou sand one hundred and fifty bales of raw Bill; valued at $2,076,000, tho larg est nnd most vulunblo Bilk cargo ever brought ncroBB tho Pacific to tho. Pugct sound, arrived here on the teamer BelleropUon from the Orient JEFFERSONIAN ' f-1IlTnTn "l 11 ir 1 bmpojW I B si (I Hi jl I T4r III Mil ss s n - rv : :rRmucTb to "me wmow MW MMM WlLtSH Mgr ' SIX HELD FOR FRAUD MEN ARE ARRESTED IN NEW YORK, ACCU8ED OF $10,000,000 FRAUD BY U. S. INSPECTORS. ARE HELD IN BAIL OF $32,000 Income From Alleged 8cheme to Make Linen From Flax, Estimated at $10,000400 a Year Oxford Mill Not Affiliated With Promoters. Now York, Dec. 23. On a federal Indictment charging fraudulent use of the malls In promoting stock for a mill where linen was BuppoBed to be ;mado In a day, six men wero arrested .In a raid conducted by postofilce In spectors at the offices of the Sterling Debenture company hero. Tho authorities estimate that the yearly Income of the promoters in this and other ventures has been more than $1,000,000, and that nearly $10. 000,000 of the public's money baa been paid over to them since they began doing business. Investors in many parte of the coun try are named in the Indictment as complaining witnesses, and the al leged unlawful conspiracy specified ex tended over a period of nineteen months, ending December 31, 1909. Government authorities here have been Investigating complaints against the defondnnta for six years, they say. The Men Arrested. Tho men arrested are Frank W. Shumaker, former president of the Sterling Debenture company, and Harry H. Piatt, Samuel E. Flndlay, El wyn A. Barron, Wilbur M. Stones,, and 81dney Rosenbaum. They were held In ball aggregating $32,600. Three other men are named In the Indict ment One of them haa been arrest ed In Chicago. The others are be lieved to be In Brookfleld, Mass. According to the indictment, In vestors were Induced to Bond money to the Sterling Debenture company for the purchase of stock In tho Ox ford Linen mills, a Maine corporoa lion, under the alleged fraudulent rep resentation that the Oxford mills owned exclusive patent and ' secret processes that would manufacture llnon , from American-grown flax at one-third tho cost of foreign linen, and In quicker time. Oxford Mills Not Affiliated. According to the postal authorities, the Oxford Linen mills are not now connected with the Sterling Deben ture company, having broken away from any affiliation with that con cern. Elwyn A. Barron, who was presi dent of tho Sterling Debenture com pany, formorly was a dramatic critic on a Chicago morning paper. Later he became a playwright and went to London, where one of his plays was produced. PASTOR KILLS A BURGLAR Minister at Memphis Shoots Down a Negro Who Forces Way Into His Home. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 23. When Rev, R. F. Klrkpatrlck, Presbyterian minister, discovered that a negro burglar waa attempting Jo got Into his home, he telephoned to the po lice, armed himself with n revolver and took up a position at the head of a atalrway. Beforo the police ar rived the negro gained 'entrance and the minister fired, killing him In stantly. Auto Bandits Get Pay Roll. Now York, Dec. 23.-Jn broad day light four auto bandits beat In to unconsciousness two paymasters of tho Silk Finishing Company of America and robbqd themof a bag containing tho weekly pay roll of mill 36, The robbors then leaped Into n big car at tho curb, drova furiously up, Greenwich street, turned east and disappeared. They secured $1,200. SIMPLICITY? CM1CAOO OAH.V NtWS i5 REPORT REVEALS HOW COMPETITION IS STIFLED Water Lines Almost Entirely Con trolled by Railroads, 8ays Com missioner Conant. Washington, Dec. 23. That all hope of competition between railroads and water carriers has been sys tematically stifled by tho railroad in terests through the purchase of steamship llnea was shown In a re port on "Transportation by water In the United States, Part 4," Just made public here by Luther Conant Jr., commissioner of corporations. The report stated that 90 per cent, of tho canal 'traffic of the United States was in the hands of the rail roads; that tho Atlantic seaboard, Uulf and Pacific coast steamship companies were almost entirely con trolled by the land transportation companies, and that the steamship trade on the. Great Lakes wae con trolled by theso interests to a marked degree. The object of railroad con trol over domestic water carriers, saya the report. Is to eliminate the com petition of water carriers, to attain entrance- Into territory, not' open to their rail llnea and to secure valuable feeders, mainly local llnea. The report goes on to state that "the conditions set forth cannot fall to command attention" and that If there la to be any successful attempt to increase competition in domestic water traffic the Interstate commerce commission's Jurisdiction over Joint rall-and-water traffic, particularly with regard to tho establishment of Joint rates between co-carriers, must bo far more generally established than at present. Particular attention Is called to tho monopoly of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail road In the water traffic of the New England states. WAR ON POVERTY IN SLUMS Prominent Men of Los Angeles In $500,000 Housing League Will Sell or Rent to Poor. Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 23. The Municipal House association in Los An geles, capitalized at $600,000, waa In corporated. The organization was formed by 34 citizens of Los Angeles to reduce suffering and povorty In the slums and poorer quarters of that city. Among the incorporators are Meyer Llssner, former chairman of the Republican state central committee- A. J. Wallace, lieutenant-governor of California, and Lewis R. Works, a son of United States Senator John D. Works. Tho object of the corpor ation Is to provide. for the poorer classes cheap sanitary hemea for rent or sale upon moderate terms. HICKEY JURY DISAGREES Twelve Men Trying Confessed Slayer of Boye Failed to Reach a Verdict. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 23. The Jury In the J. Frank Hlckey case reported a disagreement Hlckey confessed to slaying four children and one man. He waa tried thla time for the murder of little seven-year-old Joseph Jo sephs of Lackawanna, N, Y on Oc tober 12, 1911. STRIKE IN KRUPP'S YARDS Work on Three German Battleships le Halted by Walk-Out of the Workmen. Kiel, Germany, Dec. 23. A grest strlko broke out at Krupp'a Germnnla shipbuilding yards. Over half or the men loft their employment, tying up the work of construction of three German battleships. x Woman's Page Originator Dies., New Orleans, Dec. 23. Miss Sally Innea Steno, of St Louis, the woman. who originated a woman's newspaper page, is dead here, W wbrku FORTY-FIVE COUNTIES PAY IN CREASED TAXES. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL items ef Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. Forty-five counties of the state paid pore taxes for the years 1912 and 1911 than for tho years 1910 and 1909, Recording to a report by State Treas urer George. The remaining forty even counties paid less taxes during .the same period than for the previous ;two years. Stato taxes aggregated $4,566,902 for 1909-10 and $4,684,469 for the next two years. Douglas .county, of course, was high, with a tax payment, of $416,168 for the blen nlum closed and $417,168 for the pre ceding biennial period. Lancaster, page, Otoe and Saunders counties were the only other counties of the etate to step over the $100,000 mark. Otoe and Saunders counties paid moro taxes during tho last two yearB than for tho two previous years, but the other banner counties escaped with lesB for the past blennlum. Cash Earned by Convicts. Over $14,000 has been earned In cash by eighty-seven convicts now on parole from the Nebraska stato peni tentiary; most of whom aro working at regular employment and many arc supporting their families. Tho blen pint report of the stato prison board, prepared by Secretary J. A. Piper, 'gives detailed figures as to the work that body has been doing and what the released convictB are doing to help themselves. Tho report dis closes that a large majority of the ap plications for pardons and commuta tions were overruled, but in a number of such cases the board arranged to parole the men. Government Wants Information. T. V. Powderly, of tho federal de partment of commerce and labor, has asked Deputy State Labor Commis sioner Guyo for further' information on the recommendation made by tho latter relatlvo to the purchase of fivo and ten-acre tracts of land by work Ingmen for them to farm after they have becomo too old to follow their trades. The government has added to this prospective demand the Ilkell tho part of foreign-born residents who have neither the Inclination or means to buy larger farms. The average size of farms In this state, according to Mr. Guye'a figures, 1b 300 acres. The state official urges that means bo taken to provide for tho sale of farm land In small tracts bo that the de mand, which he anticipates will cosm later, can be met by the state. Report of Kearney Normal School. Principal A. O. ThomaB of the Kear ney normal school In his biennial re port says there are 10,000 teachers In Nebraska and the four normal achools supply annually about one-fifth of the teachers of the state. He doubts It this record can be equaled by any sim ilar four normal schools in tho United States. Tho Kearney normal Is now entering upon its eighth year. The matriculations number 4,242, or an av erage of 600 each year. The building and furniture cost $220,000. The prin cipal reports that the salary, mainten ance, furniture, equipment and all other appropriations in eight years ag gregated $405,040, or a cost of $95 for each matriculant and $50 per capita for each of the 8,000 persons enrolled. Still Fighting Hog Cholera. That bog cholera, which has been severe in various sections of the state for some time, is still raging with un diminished energy was tho assertion made by Dr. J. H. Gain of the depart ment of animal pathology of the stato school of agriculture. The demand for serum had multiplied several' times over the demand of a year ago, according to Dr. Gain. Dr. Gain has much faith in the serum. He said that several years ago the scourgo broko out at the state farm and threat ened to destroy a fine lot of animals, but tbe prompt application of the serum soon stamped it out. Since -then there haa been no cholera in tho drove. Senator-elect C. R. Keckley is pre paring a bill, the purpose of which is to place all employee of the state in stitutions under a civil sorvlce law. He will introduce the measure at the coming session of the legislature. If it carries, it will require the new board of control of the penal and charitable Institutions to engage all help necessary for the proper con duct of the public establishments,, from superintendents down, or up, to doorkeepers, on tbo merit system, and once engaged the employes will be able to hold their Jobs indefinitely Almost seven million dollars in ap propriations haB been asked for by the various state Institutions and de partments to run them during tho noxt two years, and an udditloual half million is wanted for tho erection of now buildings. The complete list of estimates filed with the auditor is about $1,700,000 in excess of tho total appropriations mado by tho 1911 legis lature It is expectod that the law making asscmblago will prune these down considerably, but there Is llttlo doubt that the aggregato will run a .good ways beyond the expenditures of the oast bieaalum. FARM BOY IS DETERIORATE Labor-Saving Machinery Given a One Cause by Dr. L. J. Cooke of Minnesota University. Minneapolis, Minn. The universal, use of modern farm machinery, re lieving tho farm boy of much of tha heavy work formerly done by hand,, is to blame for his reported physical inferiority to bis city-bred classmate,. says Dr. L. J. Cooke, physical dlreo tor at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Cooke recently declared that the average city boy physically waa much superior to the country-bred) tad. Here are some of the reasons to which Dr. Cooke ascribes the conn-j try boy's Inferiority: ; He Was Celling. Friend What was the title of your poem?" Poet "Oh, Give Me Back Mr Dreams!" Friend And what did the editor write to you? Poet "Take 'em!" McCall's Magazine. Marriageable. Patience Is he a marriageable man? Patrice I think not They say he was never good at making excuses. Mrs. Wlnslow'a Soothing; 8rap for Chltdre teething, softens tbe gums, reduces Inflamm tlon, allays paln.curea wind eolloiSSa bottle4ls It's the easiest thing In the world to go from bad to worse. TIRED BLOOD CAUSES WOMEN'S AILMENTS (Copyright 1SU by the Tonltiree Co ) Tlrod Blood causes Backache, Bear ing Down Pains, Irregularities, Womb Trouble, Bloodlessness, Nervousness, Lack of Strength and other Com plaints, peculiar to women. The blood 'AlllTllfCtS ocome8 notonlr ONITIVCS tired, but deplete a A jinrl a ami A !. TIREDBLO0D on known Anemia sets In. Much suffering, and. perhapB life Itself may be saved by a timely and thorough treatment ot Tonltlvcs, to bo fertilize and enrich tho blood, that It will not lack the ele ments necossary to perform its various functions. 75c. per box of dealers or by mall. Tho Tonltlves Co., Buffalo, N. Y. ALBERTA THE PRICE OF BEEF is ninn ant so JTor rear the Prorlnee or Alberta. (Weatorn i-anads) wm the., Bit of these ranches today aralinmenaoimtnBAlds and tho rattla tin nlarA tA fclui MlltLaUnnn) heat.oata. bavlAV and flui tha change baa mada many thonatada of American!, settled on tbaae plains, wealthy, built haa la creaaad tho price of lire stoec There Is epleadld opportsaJtr Bowtogeta Free Homestead of IM acres (and another as a pre emption) In the newer districts and prodncerlthercattlaorgraln. The crops are always good, the cllmatols excellent, schools' and churches are conrcnlent, markets splendid, In either Manitoba, Sas katchewan or Alberta. rjend for llteratnra, the latest iDiormaUoD, railway rates, eta to W. V. BENNETT. Bee Building, Omaha, Nab. or address Bapertntendeat ( xtomigrauon, Ottawa. Paying Jobs-Get One Learn Tractioneering . Learn Traclioneering. We can promise lobs to at least 300 good men this spring. A little teaching may be all you need. 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