ssHw -..17: m "r'"TWff?!1? t - " J" v 'TY ,WJ r,TBjr TV I Kfy,v" "j&y iWTOjg ' $ff"jg'vfgpraEP ' '"g'r 'J mti - " .. t 'MT?sPwyr?'i;,"Ji!y,' ii.iii w'' ir.i.gr.A,irii7inKiujtfi,,i.arj3i fif a.'jfl r RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF WTi 3M? Miii'nTinrnri'LXirijiiwMiitiMijWM iMrtttMBiii i I w li K k r, ' II rf - 1 1 il ?. wt . f f F- 5V) H : i ii K t ja 8 1 ft! i i If .1 IT M WANTS TO BETTER IT WOULD REORGANIZE DEPART. MENT OF AGRICULTURE. CHAMPIONBOYCORNGROWEP Frontier County Boy Wins Corn Growlnp, Prize Irrigation for Arid District! In Nebraska. Washington lie organization of the department of ngrlcultmo Is fore shadowed In Secretary HoiiBton's Una annual report presented to President Wilson. A plan to be submitted to congress In the fiscal estimates for 191 C proposes to carry out tho work of the department In five or six main groups, such as research, stato rela tlons rural organization, forest ser vice," weather and regulation. Such & plan, Secretary Houston believes will promote co-ordination. Irrigation for Arid Lands. Washington. With a view of aiding tho people of Nebraska In general and those of his own district In partlcu lar, Representative Silas R. Barton has set the government machinery in motion. Mr. Barton proposes irriga tion for the arid lands of Nebraska and huH called upon tho government to offer whatever assistance it can. CHAMPION BOY CORN GROWER. Jesse Correll of Frontier Gets Trip tc Washington. Lincoln. Jesse Correll, aged six teen years, Is the champion boy corn grower In the state of Nebraska. That honor has been awarded him by the decision of tho Judges In thoNebras ka boys' corn growing content, held under tho supervision of tho depart ment of agricultural extension nt tho university farm. Young Correll har vested eighty-eight bushels of corn from one acre of ground In Frontier county. A trip to Washington, D. 0., and $60 In caBh is the' prize which the plucky farmer youth will recelvo for his summer's endenvors in tho corn srowing line. Many Lives Lost In Flood. Bryan, Tex. A death roll of more than fifty persons, and possibly a thousnnd others marooned and suffer ing from prolonged hunger and cold, hns been indicated by reports from the Hooded DrazoB river bottoms ' in this section of south central Texas. For over fifty miles tho Brazos wns thrco to five miles. wldo and running with mill race speed. Scores of flood refugees nro believed to bo in peril. Tho known dead numbered thirty threo beforo reports from tho inun dated territory In this district began coming in. Iowa Saloonkeepers Get Rehearing. Des Moines, la. Judge B. W. Pres ton of tho Iowa supreme court, at his homo In Oskaloos.a granted an applica tion by Des Moines saloonkeepers for a rehearing In tho case in which the supreme court nearly two weeks ago decided that local. saloons must close. A stay In tho execution of the upper court's decree wns ordered. Dee Molnee Saloons Open. Des Moines, la. Every ono of the Dob Moines' eighty-six saloons opening Saturday camo after Judge Preston ruled that they might do so. They had been closed since November 22, as tho result of a supreme court decision to the effect that they had been oporatlng inder an Insufficient consent petition. Ancient Mansion Burned. Glasgow, Scotland. Fire destroyed. Kelly house, one of the finest mansions-' at Wemyss bay, a favorite outlying suburb of Glasgow. Tho fire was the, work of an arson squad of militant suffragotB, and was apparently set in revengo for the government's arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst. Indians Predict "No Winter." Pierre, S. D. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed over tho Dnkotas, accompanied by warm rains. Indians In this vicinity nro predicting there will bo "no winter" this season. Flow ers are in bloom In many places in Ibis state. Mr. Bryan Will Address Club. Lincoln. Secretary of State W. J. Bryan has accepted tho Invitation of the Lincoln Commercial club to attend the annual banquet on Tuesday, Janu ary 6, and to make tho principal ad dress of that occasion. The banquet wll be for membera only. Egg Market Declined. Chicago. Tho egg market declined 2 to 3 cents Thursday, although re ceipts showed a falling off. Ordinary firsts wero quoted nt 31 to 32 cents wholesale. 'Mrs. Pankhurst Again Arrested. Exeter, Eng. Mrs. Emmollno Pank hurst, tho militant suffraget leader, was arrested here on board tho Majes tic on hor arrival from Now York by tho pnllco who QUtwIttcd tho women sympathizers who had been watching to reslBt hor arrest. Chicago. At tho twenty-third an nual convention of tho American. Association or Stato Fairs and Exposi tions, Just closed hero, September 7 to 12 was selected as the date for the - Nebraska state fair. DOINGS INJ0N6RESS WHAT LAWMAKERS AT WASHING. TON ARE DOING. Result of Deliberations en More ln portent Meesures Given In Condensed Form. Saturday, The Senate. Rati fled tho demo cratic program for thlrteen-hour ses sions on tho currency bill. Senator sheppard introduced a bill for a good roads commltteo of seven teen members. Dill to sanction use of stato election machinery for election of senators de layed. Resumed debate on tho Hetch Hcchty water bill. Called on Secretary Lane to report the cost of administering tho land laws for the last Hvo years. The House. Discussion of tho naval holiday resumed. Commerce commltteo gave hearing on automatic train stopping devices. Adjourned at 5:31 p. m.( until noon Monday. Friday. Tho Senate Ratification of demo cratic currency bill program delayed. Consideration of Hetch Hotchy bill resumed. Interstate commerce committee postponed consideration of trust bills. The Houbo Hearing on La Folic tto seamen's bill set for December 13. McGIU-Dyer election contest set for hearing on December 15. Good roads committee agreed to begin hearings on many federal aid bills Monday. Passed resolutions extending to February 1 time for classification of surface lands of Chickasaw and Choe taw nntlons. Authorized Chnlrmnn Garrett of the lobby committee to read his report Tuesday. Debated southern omnibus claim bill without reaching n vote. Adjourned at 4:50 p. m. to noon Saturday. Thursday. Th.e Senate Adoption of democratic currency bill program went over for 'another day. Republican scnntorB attacked tbo democratic caucus. 1 The House Rules committee gave a hearing to tho anti-suffragists. Honsley resolution for navnl holiday gcnernlly discussed. War department officials urged aviation and other appropriations be foro military nffalra commltteo. Rivers and harbors commltteo con tinued henrlngs of levco Improve ments for flood protection along the Mississippi river. Action on Honsley naval holiday resolution went over to Saturday. Adjourned nt 5:13 p. in. to noon Wednesday. Wednesday. The Senate. Resumed considera tion of tho Hetch Hetchy bill. Democratic leaders failed to ratify their currency bill program, but forced long session. Tho House. Rural credits hearings conducted before a subcommittee of the banking committee. Woman suffragists pleading for" a suffrage commltteo In the ho"use were heard by the rules commltteo. Moro than 1,000 boy corn planters from Ohio visited the capltol. Postmaster General Burleson dis cussed estimates beforo postofflce commltteo. Passed bill to provide separate min isters to Paraguay nnd Uruguay In stead of one to both as at present. Many bills Introduced to appropriate millions of dollars for Improving pub lic roads. Sandler of Mississippi pro posed $20,000,000 nnnunlly. Passed the Hay bill to provide for raising volunteer forces In time of wnr. Adjourned at 3:38 p. m. to noon Thursday. Only Woman Mexican Pensioner Dead, Santa Barbara, Cnl. Mrs. Mlna Finger, said, to have been tho only! woman In the United Stntes pen sioned for personal service In having' ministered to the sick nnd Injured', during tho Mexican wnr, through which hor husband fought as a United Mates soldier, Is dead here, at tho Jgo of 87. Forced to Leave Penitentiary. Lancaster, Neb. Tho stato of Ne braska had to torco James Durkin to leave tho penitentiary because his tlmo had been served. Durkin threat ens to get another sentence If neces sary to secure food nnd shelter. He says ho purposely burned a box car to get the sontcuco Just served. Warden Fenton pictured tho delights of free dom and a friend who had known Durkln's parents in Ireland used his persuasive powers to induce Durkin to leave. Chicago. Approximately sixty rep resentatives of tho various stato and district fain associations began n two day session of tho American Associa tion of Fnira hero Wednesday to nr rnngo fair dates for tho 1914 season and to discuss many features of tho fair buslnoss. Nebraska Cattle Still Taking Prizes. Chicago, 111. Nebraska university took first prize In tho International Live Stock show for fat Galloway heifers and 2-year-old steers, and third tor 1-year-old steers. GRANDMA AND HER i''i"Hi"i & tbwV u,tiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 'Rlir'i , (Copyright.) URGED TO STICK TO FARMS HUERTA SAID TO HAVE MADE A FINANCIAL DEAL. Boys Advised to Keep Out of Politics Utah Desperado Believed to Have Escaped Recall ' Petition Filed. Mexico City. There la a well au thenticated report that General Huerta has been assured a loan of 750,000 pesos by an American corpora tion with Mexican connections. The vice president of the corporation, It Is said, has been personally negotiating ,for the loan In return for which It is ,uudcrstood ho secured promises of certain concessions for his company. Tho primary dealings between the of ficials of the corporation and tho gov ernment were through the minister of finance, but us an agreement was im possible the company's officials took the matter up through a third party with President Huerta, who without loss of tlmo Bent the papers to the company's agent for signature. Lopez Thought tc Have Escaped. Blnghnm, Utnh. After searching a third of the Utah-Apex mine, tho posse which penetrated tho stronghold of Ralph Lopez, slayer of six men, camo out and announced to the thousands of expectant minors that they had found nothing to indicato tho crafty desperado was dead. Tho places where his body most likely would have boon wore carefully gone over. Tho belief Is growing that onco again the sheriffs of nine Utah counties and their hundreds of deputies had been outwitted by tho mnn who several times since the pursuit began on No vember 21 hod risked capturo in order to Jeer at their efforts. URGED TO STICK TO FARMS. Champ Clark Advises Boys to Keep Out of Politics. Washington. "Stick to tho farm and keep out of politics," was tho ad monition given to some twelve hun dred boy nnd girl corn growers from Ohio by Speaker Champ Clark at a re ception tendered the young farm ex perts hero by tho Ohio congressional delegation. Speaker Clark declared that the farm was the proper place for men and that .legislators who amounted to anything In this country wero elthor born or brought, up In rural districts. Senator Pomerene told the girls: "If I wns a girl I would rather be able to bake a good loaf of bread than danco the tango. 1 would rather bo able to put a good'moal of victuals on tho family tublo than be the queen of the social world." For Recall of City Commissioner. Lincoln. A petition tearing 1,800 nnmes for tho recall of Commissioner King wns Hied nt tho city clerk's of fice Bliortly nfter 4 p. m. Friday. Tho document wns brought to tho city hall by O. W. Miller nnd Leon Huckins. Sam Mellck is named as a candldato for election for the place now held by Mr. King. The petition charges that Commissioner King has proven him self Incompetent, out of harmony with .the will of tho people of tho city of Lincoln, extravagant In expending tho taxpayers' money, has made appoint ments for his own personal advantage, and not for tho public good and has employed police officers who nro a menace to the public safety. Yatea Center, KaB. The Yates Cen tor Nntlonnl bank wns closed Tues day by ordor of Bank Examiner A. C. Cutler. Failure to realize on securi ties was tho cause assigned. Tho bank wns ono of tho oldest In tho county and hnd boon regarded as among the strongest. Its liabilities are said to be nearly $300,000. Washington, D. O. With tho repu tation of being longer In tho govern ment sorvlco than any other mnn in Washington, Archie Lewis, In chnrgo of tho .robing room of tho Justlcos f tho supremo court, died horn Thurs day. Ho had beon on the government pay roll 64 years. Trinidad, Colo. Robert Uhlrlch, president of tho local union of the united mine workers of America, has confessed bofore tho mllltnry commis sion to having supplied strikers at tho Ludlow tent colony with arms and ammunition. CHRISTMAS KNITTING STREET CAR8 TIED UP AND THOUSANDS MAROONED. Chicago Facing Crisis with Charity Applicants Anti-Woman Suffra gists Argue Before House Committee. Denver. Denver Is snow bound, and the United States weather bureau re ports from twenty to twenty-four inches of snow in the city and sub urbs, with no prospect of a cessation for several hours. Street car traffic has been completely blocked. Thou sands wero marooned in the down town districts nnd were forced to plough their- way through two feet of snow over blocks or miles of almost trackless streets. On the railroads suburban trains were reported from three to eight hours late. Incoming overland trains wero from four to ten hours lnte and no attempt wns madi to send any trains out of Denver. Anti-Suffragists Have Their Innings. Washington. Women opposed to equal suffrage had their Innings before tho house committee on rules to pro test against the resolution championed by the woman suffragists which would create a suffrage- standing committee in tho house of representatives. Scores of women from various parts of the country, marshaled by Mrs. Arthur Dodgo of New York, appealed to tho committee not to grant tho suffragist plen. Friday tho suffragists wero given nn opportunity to answer tho at tack, Mrs. Catherine Waugh of Chi cago being chosen to sum up the cases. ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED MEN. Chicago Facing Crisis with Long List of Charity Applicants. Chicago. Chicago faces a crisis caused by an army of thousands of un employed men, according to a report of the committee of homeless men submitted at a meeting of representa tives of charitable organizations. Theso organizations have been awamped with applications for work and shelter and the report demands In stant action by the city to meet th situation. A New Era In Mexico. Juarez, Mez. A new era has began In northern Mexico. It marks the peaceful occupation by the rebels of the territory abandoned "by Huerta forces. With 2,000 rebels, Gen. Fran cisco Villa, en route from Juarez to the evacuated city of Chihuahua, passed through Ahumada, eighty-five mites south of the border, and camped at Montezuma, thirty miles .further south. Five thousand more rebels will Join him on tho way and with a com bined force of 7,000 men ho will enter tho state capital, there to establish what will be the temporary military headquarters of the constitutionalist party. Primrose, Neb. A lone robber, un masked, forced Cashier Will Wicks of the Primrose State bank to give up $4,000 In currency Thursday. Tho money, In bills, was produced at tho point of n gun, tho robber leaving be hind on the bank counter $G00 In coin. Pursuit of the robber was ended a short time aftor the robbery by dark ness making further effort before morning daylight futile. Nebraska Cattle Capture Prizes. Chicago. Stock owned by tho Uni versity of Nebraska carried off a num ber of prizes at tho International live stock .exhibition here. Among the In dividual exhibitors from Nebraska who received prizes the first day were II. Reese & Sons of Pllger, Neb. With more than twVnty-two entries in the Shorthorn division, cows three years and over, the Roese firm took third prize with Lady Cumberland. There were many In the ring who believed that the Nebraska cow should havo been awarded the bluo ribbon. Washington. Regulations for the Issuance of licenses to persons or cor porations collecting Income on foreign bonds, mortgages, or other dividends, havo beon Issued by tho treasury de partment. Licenses will bo Issued by the collector of Internal revenuo In the district where tho applicant does business. Bochum, Gbrmany. The congress of German Woman Suffrage associa tions In session hero, voted down res olutions disapproving the axcewes of the British militant suffrajeU., NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE Just 407 corporations of tho state have refused to dig up their taxes under the provisions of the Potts law. The board of control naB awarded k contract for a new laundry building at the Mllford industrial home for women, to cost $3,995. Harry Marowltz, at the age of 23, was admitted to practice before the Nebraska bar last week, and 1b Bald o be the youngest lawyer in the state. Total receipts of the university dur ing tho pant six months were $132,079, according to the "Semi-annual report made to tho state treasurer by Chan cellor Avery. Tho Inrgest single Item won $36,973.14 for hog cholera serum, a product which is made and sold to farmers of the Btate at nctual coBt of production. Officers of the Sarpy County Mutua. Telephone company nppenred before tho railway commission recently to nsk permission for a raise of 50 cents a month for rental of Instruments. .The line consIstB of rural subscribers and only ono business phono Is con nected, that being at tho Rock Island depot nt Richland. Lincoln. Prof. C. D. Lee of the University of Nebraska experiment stntlon Is arranging a unique meat display at the mid-winter meeting of Organized Agriculture nt Lincoln, January 19-23. The sum of $90 in prizes is offered and there will be lec tures nnd demonstrations concerning the curing, cutting and purchasing of meats. Seven railroads doing business in this state gathered in nearly $2,000,000 more from Nebraska operations dur ing tho past fiscal year than during the fiscal year of 1912, according to a resume made of the reports filed with the state railway commission. The total business for the fiscal year of 1913 equaled $52,545,584. while for 1912 it aggregated $50,606,696. Eleven beaver hides were seized on Fred Blnck'B large ranch, south of Thedford, by Deputy Game Wnrden Bowers. . It Is clnlmed that Black's permit had expired, but this 19 a ques tion which will have to bo submitted to the attorney general for explana tion. The nnlmala were caught on the Dismal river and ono of them weighed seventy pounds. Tho hides are worth $6.50 to $13 apiece. Professor Condra of tho conservation- commission has returned from Scotts Bluffs county, where "he has been taking motion pictures of tho sugar beet industry In tho interests of the state conservation commission. It is tho plan of the commission to, secure pictures of every Industry of any account In Nebraska and to this end Mr. Condra has been making fre quent trips about the state. Trimary day next yenr comes on Au gust 18, the last dnyfor filing for nomination is July 20, .and the gen eral election day falls on November 3, according to data set out in an election law analysis worked out by Secretary of State Walt. The infor mation Is for inquiring, ambitious men who are hatching up plans for next yenr's bottles and who want to know when they have to announce themselves. The state law prohibiting dining-car chefs, waiters and conductors from sleeping In the cars Is being complied with in full, according to letters writ ten to the state food commission. On the Burlington, Bleeping quarte'rs have ,been provided In baggage and smok ing cars In several Instances and at Borne transfer stations special sleep ing cars havo been fitted up for use of the men. In the eighth annual debate of the Central Debating league (Illinois, Iowa, Minnesotn, Nebraska and Wis consin universities) the University of Nebraska representatives meet teams from Minnesota at Lincoln nnd from Iowa at Iown City on December 12 the institutions Nebraska did not moot ln 1912. when It was awarded the decisions over both Wisconsin and Illinois. Nebraska's team at home will defend the affirmative and her team nt Iowa City the negative of the following Immigration restriction proposition: "Resolved, That immi gration Into thlB country should be further restricted by means of a liter acy test." Energetic lawyers who become am bitious to light their clients' cases through the supremo court must make specific citation of other cases bearing on their litigation, nccordlng to a rul ing of the upper tribunal. National guardsmen at the state headquarters are planning to install a wireless telegraph station on the roof of the state house, Just above their new oITIcob. A moderate priced outfit,! they say, can bo procured which will Bend and receive messages from all points in n 600-mile zone, One hundred and fifty-six non-profit sharing corporal Ions havo sent ln their dollar bills and been awarded Immunity from the penalizing clauso, of tho corporation tax law. Tno in-,' stltutlons Include churches, lodge building societies, commercial clubs bands, athletic clubs and organlza-' tlons of that character. Thirty-five of the corporations are from Omaha and South Omaha. All of those which have not paid thus far nro being listed) with the attorney general so that tho latter official caa proceed agalnstl t-wifor- -4 ' . EFFICACY OF Pim AUBURN MAN HAS DOCUMENT 160 VEAR8 OLD. NEWSFROM OVER THE STATE What fs Going on Here and There that Is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. ft COMING EVENTS. Meeting of Nebraska revenue 4t and tax commission nt Omaha, December 10 and 11. Cuming county farmers' in- 8tltuto at Wiener, December 11 to 13. Banquet to Cornhusker foot- ball team by Omaha alumni of Btate university, December 10. Annual corn show at Central City, December 10, 11, 12. Mid-stato poultry show at f Scottsbluff, December 10, 11, r 12. County chicken show at Fre- moat, In December. Pence Sunday over the world, December 21. State corn show at Lincoln, January 19 to 23. State Lumbermen's association at Lincoln, January 14 to 16. Hastings. The "power of prayer" was Illustrated at the Nazarene Holi ness church recently, when, during a season of supplication in revival ser vices, Wesley Baker stumbled In In a half-Intoxicated condition Just at a tlmo when plendlnglTworo being made for "the. most wayward sinner." Though he had been drinking, Baker knew what he was doing nnd made his way directly to the "mourners' bench." A score or more of the revival lead ers gathered about him and thirty minutes later Baker sprang to his feet claiming forgiveness and regenera tion. He gave a vivid account of his wayward life and explained how a feeling he could not resist took bold of him as he passed the church and the something told him if ho let the opportunity go by the pit was his cer tain fate. Object to Insurgent Movement. Nellgh. The M. W. A. members of Nellgh camp N6. 573 object to tho In surgent movement In the order now In evidence throughout the United States, and especially to the Nebraska bulletin of the society that is being freely distributed by tho so-called In surgent element of tho organization In this state. They have adopted strong resolutions to this effect, and are the first to Isbuo resolutions and give their views in support of their contentions. An Ancient Document. Auburn. S. M. Hnynos of thlB city has In his possession a very old and quaint document. It is a license is sued to his great grandfather under tho seal of the office of chamberlain In the city of London and dated May 8, 1765. The license was printed on parchment and the blanks filled la with Ink, and It also bears a seal. The document is nearly 150 years old and although It hrfs turned brown with age the writing and printing are still legible. . Will Install Wireless. Falrbury. A wireless telegraphy station will be erected here by A. D. Ackerman, who has ordered the equip ment, and aB soon as the appliances are received work on tho new station will be commenced. The receiving wires for tbo instrument must be 100 feet in the air. Mr. Ackerman expects to receive United States radio time signals twlco dally from the- govern ment's new powerful wireless station at Arlington, Va near Washington D. C. Gift of Prehistoric 8Wullsu Omaha. A series of three prehis toric skulls, estimated as ranging from 100 years to at least 20,000 In age, and, representing the threo races of man kind which havo lived In tho great Missouri valley since the advent of the human rnco upon this continent, have Just been presented tho new med ical collego of tho University of Ne braska by Dr. R. F. Gilder of Omaha, archaeologist In the field for the uni versity. Proud of His Luck. Tecumseh. M. H. McAullff of Ster ling has returned from Hyannls, where be selected his farm. Ho drew No. 47 In the recent land letting and this giyes him a good place. He located on section 18, fifteen miles south of Hyannls, and says he thinks bo 1b $3, 000 better off by having beon fortunate enough to draw a farm. On his sec tion there Is at least 250 acres of good hay land. Labor Commissioner C. W. Pool of Lincoln Is IiIb neighbor, his claim being near that of Mr. McAullff, Delusions Cause Attempt on Life. Lincoln. Stupefied because of delu sions that tho police wanted him In connection with tho recent killing of Georgo Wllmeth here, Stephen Kogley attempted to commit suicide, and after slashing his throat with a razor, staggered out of Ills house and along tho street for moro than three blocks, finally falling unconscious on an old mattreBB that bad been thrown Into an alley. Antelope county has expended oven' 128.000. on her roads this yr. (1 A "1 w. sr. j' , .V Or'.JJC. .T. .... i - ' 4-H77 -. .. ,W& : v W&iW8FGr. " W NtM