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LONQE8T 8E8SION EVER HELD
COMES TO END.
WAR REVENUE LAW IN FORCE
Government Preparing to Collect War
v Revenue Tax Cornhuskers Vic
torious Over Michigan
Agglea 24 to 0.
WfMcrn Nanspnpcr Union News Service.
Washington. After nearly nineteen
monthi) of continuous session, the
iongest over known, tho sixty-third
congress adjourned Its second ses
sion Saturday after tho collapso of
prolonged efforts to procuro cotton
groworu relief legislation. Leaders
In this movement ugrced to adjourn,
liowovor, only on tho condition that
ponding cotton relief measures would
anvo tho right of way when congress
reconvenes December 7.
Not more than fifty membora of tho
houso and less than a quorum of tho
sonato woro In nttendnnco whon the
gavels fell on adjournment. The end
was accomplished through tho' pass
ago of a concurrent resolution end
ing tho session nt 4 o'clock In the
nftcrnoou, but the clocks wcro turned
ahead, actual adjournment of tho
houso occurring at 3:22 and tho son
ato at 3:27.
Michigan Loses to Nebraska 24 to 0.
Lincoln, Nob. Tho Cornhuskers
were Invlnclblo Saturday and, In a
gruelling gridiron combat on Nebras
ka field, smothered tho powerful Mich
igan Aggies 24 to 0. Six thousand en
thusiasts woro In tho stands and wit
nessed a contest which, for thrilling
situations and spectacular achieve
ment, seldom hns beon equaled in the
annals of tho gamo In tho Nebraska
camp. Tho Agglos played tho game
with stunning aggressiveness and rare
courage, but they wore soundly
beaten by a superior foo.
WAR REVENUE LAW IN FORCE.
No Time Lost by Government In Pre
paring to Collect.
Washington. No tlmo was lost by
(ho government In preparing to collect
the taxes Imposed under the war rev
enue law. Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Osborno Bent tho following
telegram to all collectors.
"Doglnnlng with Friday tax accrues
tm all wlno sold, 2 cents a quart on
still wines; 20 cents a quart on cham
pagne; other sparkling nnd artificially
carbonated wines, G cents a quart on
liquors, cordials nnd similar com
pounds, nnd proportionate rates for
thor quantities. Until stnmps nro
furnished, liquor dealers who soil to
consumers to keep account of sales
on nnd after this dato.".
Suppressed Revolutionary Outbreak.
Lisbon, Portugal. A revolutionary
outbreak In tho cities of Drnganzn and
Mafra, under tho leadership of Adrl
ano Beca, a former colonel, hns ben
phomptly put down, according to an
official announcement Been has been
arrested. A bnnd of revolutionaries
from Mafra nro being pursued by the
troops. Beyond tho cutting of tole
grnph wires and tho stopping of trains,
nothing scorns to have beon accom
plished. Father of Twenty.flve.
Washington. President Wilson has
Congratulated J. F. Duckworth, a
North Carolina mountaineer, on hav
ing been tho father of twenty-five chil
dren and having voted tho democratic
ticket for sixty-five years. Mr. Duck
worth, who had never seen a presi
dent before, was introduced by Sena
tor Overman. Ho told tho president
ho bad nineteen domocratlo votes in
Ills family.
To Colonize Pacific Coast.
San Francisco, Cai. Belgian colo
nization on tho Pacific coast, probably
under stato aid will bo attempted by
bankers, capitalists, railroad mag
nates and merchants who formed
themselves into n committee here to
that ond. Tho mooting was under
the auspIccB of tho California de
velopment board.
Are Eating Horseflesh.
Vienna. Demands of tho army" for
cattle nro so groat in Budapest that
the consumption of horse flesh is rap
idly increasing, whllo tho number of
boof animals slaughtered has moro
than triplod. A dispatch states that
the force of laborers nt tho stock
yards Is so depleted that cattlo often
go-unwatered from thrco to five days
and many dlo In tho pens. Since the
beginning of tho war 85,000 cattlo
bare been killed in Budnpost, as com
.pared with 25,000 for tho samo period
in 1913.
Berlin. Immediately nftor the ro
rival of tho Iron Cross at tho begin
ning of tho wnr, not loss than 150,000
of theso decorations wcro ordored,
and about 40,000 of thorn hnve already
been conforred. A Borlln firm, which
makes a specialty of manufacturing
orders, keeps twenty men omployod
all tho time making theso crosson.
They nro mado of cast iron, lacquered
In black nnd bordorcd with silver;
the first class, in addition to this, has
ijho revorso sido in silver.
Tho Iron Cross was Instituted in
181 a. during the Napoleonic wars.
HAMPERING THE GERMAN OPERATIONS
This Is tho way tho Belgians destroyed the railway which was the Qer
man lino of communication between tho army in Franco and Brussels.
10R0US ATTACK
ON GERMAN LINES
WITHOUT RESULT
Allies Admit the Invaders Have
Gained Ground During the
Recent Battles.
BRITISH
WARSHIPS IN FIGHT.
Effective Aid to the Allies' Land
Forces Dykee of the Yier Cut and
Country Inundated Portugal Joint
Coalition Against Kaiser Invasion
of England Planned General News
of the War.
Copenhagen, Oct. 24. Dispatches
recolvod hero from Berlin say It is
rumored there that tho German at
tack on Belfort Is euccoedlng nnd that
tho southern forts hnvo surrendered.
Paris, Oct. 24. Tho French today
recaptured Altklrch, upper Alsace, at
tho point of tho bayonet.
(Altklrch hns been taken and ro
taken several times by tho opposing
forces slnco tho war began. Tho last
report said tho French wero in pos
session. Apparently tho Germans hnve
held tho city for some tltno without
making tho fact known nnd the fore
going (lit) patch Indicates a new victory
for tho French.)
Allies Yield Ground.
On tho Battle Front, via The
Hague, Oct. 24. Tho allies' vigorous
attack on tho German lines beforo
Lillo has failed. The French nnd Brit
Ish nro being driven fltondlly to tho
westward. ,
Tho principal gnlns of tho Germans
during tho day wero mado in tho vi
cinity off Ln Bnsseo. Tho Germans
made a Bortio und fell on tho allies'
lines, which rotired in somo confu
sion. Tho Germans' gain at La 3aBseo was
greater than at any other portion of
tho line, but tho day saw largo acces
sions to tho torrltory occupied by tho
Teuton armies all nlong tho battle
front.
Two French Forts Taken.
Tho Gorman attack on Belfort, by
which routo it is hoped to hurl tho
katsor's urmics again toward Paris, is
proceeding. Two French forts to the
south of tho main fortress have capitu
lated to tho Germans, tho garrisonH
withdrawing to tho greater stronghold.
Tho development nt Belfort, coming
closo upon successful operations at
Verdun nnd tho holding of St. Mlhlol
agnlnst tromendous odds, Is boltoved
hero to presngo tho final breaking of
the republic's lino of defenses.
French gunnors destroyed threo
German battories in an artillery en
gagement of hugo proportions north
of tho Atsno.
Tho French army has captured Alt
klrch, Uppor Alsaco, at tho point 'of
tho bayonet.
Tho ferocity of tho encounters
whero tho British and French have
como In contact with tho invndors
around Aims (La Bnsseo and Armen
tiercs), incident to tho allied nrmles'
advanco upon Lillo, Is unpnrullclod In
tho history of wnr. Tho carnago has
bocn frightful,
French Retreat Admitted,
Tho not rosult of tho day'n lighting
In this region has been gains nt coi
sldorablo cost for tho allies nt points
to Uio east of Armontiores, whllo nbout
La Bnsseo tho French nnd British
hnvo boon forced to rotrcnt ut somo
placos in tho fnco of tho despcrnto
uosnults directed by tho Germans. Tho
gains by ono side have been offset by
thoso,of tho other and the effect on
tho situation has boon insignificant
Belgians on Offensive.
Tho Germans, heavily supported by
their mammoth howitzers, are still on
tho offensive against tho Belgians, led
by their, king and supported by French
troops, with British and French wnr
vessels on tho sea, and British moni
tors in tho canals, lending tho aid of
their long range gun fire, whllo air
scouts direct their range.
Tho battlo has resolved itself Into a
duel of big guns. Tho allies, by reason
of their long range guns, have had tho
advantage up to now.
Although pushed back at several
points, tho kaiser's forces appear to
bo holding their line between the sea
and La Bassee, tho etxent of the front
In this distinct engagoment.
German Point of View.
Washington, Oct. 24. Tho Gorman
embassy announced receipt of the fol
lowing ofTlclal wireless from Berlin:
"Official headquarters report of Oc
tober 22 nays lighting on tho Yser
canal is continuing, that eleven Brit
ish war vessels are supporting the hos
tile artillery, and that the enemy was
repulsed east of Dlxmunde. Our
troops also have successfully advanced
In tho direction of Ypres.
"Tliero is stubborn fighting west
and northwest of Lille. The enemy
slowly retreated nlong the whole
front. The fierce attacks from tho di
rection of Toul ngnlnst tho helghtB
south of Thlnucourt wero repulsed un
der heaviest losses for tho French."
Holland Hears of Alliea'virtnru
Kottenlnm, Oct. 23. Tho Intensity
of the fighting In Belgium is so great
that tho peoplo In Holland can hear
distinctly the nolso of it. Flushing
contlnunlly heard tho thunder of guns
nnd tho windows there rattled with
tho concussion.
Tho Amstordnm Nieuwo Van don
Dag reports that tho burgomaster of
Wenduyno hns telegraphed tho fol
lowing: '
"Tho victory Is to tho allies. Thoy
havo tnken a largo number or pris
oners between Chalons and Longwy
and havo captured 300 guns and 31
tlacs."
Uofugeo3 from Ostend say that
westcnuo is being bombarded nnd
that many trains filled with wounded
nro coming into Bruges.
Tho correspondent of the Nieuwo
Rotterdamscho Courant at Ghent snya
that big troop movements aro taking
place. Tho German staff left the
town Wednesday for either Wetterln
or Grnmmont.
It is seml-offlclally reported in Pe
trograd that the number of German
troops sent to tho Eastern and West
ern theaters of tho war since tho mid
dle of September Is 1,000,000.
On tho western Belglnn coast there
is being fought n battlo which, for
display of advanco military and
naval Bclenco, for spectncular effect,
for ferocity of action nnd nppallng
losses, Is a realization of the most
fantastic drenm plcturo of tho "war
of tho futuro" over put on paper or
canvas.
Tho Germans, heavily ro-enforced
by fresh land troops nnd by a naval
brigade of 10,000 men, havo extended
their baso from Ostend to Mnrla
klrko nnd Mlddloklrke, halfway be
tweon Ostend nnd Nleuport, and from
thoso positions aro shelling tho Bel
gian lino, which extends from Nleu
port Bouth nlong tho River Yser, a
dlBtnnco of 18 miles, with their left
flank resting on tho conBt.
Tho Belgians nro bolng aided by
tho French land forces, tho British,
wnrshlps on tho sea and tho British
monitors and smnll gunboats in tho
cannls nnd rivers.
When not directing tho flro of their
hugo 17-Inch guns agnlnst tho Belglnn
position, tho Germans aro replying to
tho cannonading of tho British dread
nuughts, which added their strength
to tho British fleet.
The flro or tho British guns is di
rected and corrected constantly by ob
servers. Tho flying machines circle
low about tho German position, risk
ing death nt overy swoop, in ordor
to bo within effective- observation dlB
tnnqp. Gorman submarines, with deadly
torpedoes charged for their destrue-
tlvo thrust resting rendy in their
tubes, nro constantly menacing tho
hulls of the great fighting ships.
Tho dykes of the Yser havo been
cut and the banks for considerable
distances havo been flooded: while
stretching away in the direction of
tho attacking German front at high
tide, tho laiyj Is so inundated as ef
fectively to precludo tho possibility of
any advanco in force.
The ferocity of tho three-cornered
bombardment continues undiminished.
In tho British naval bombardment
tho town of Slype, which wns held
In forco by tho Germans, was utterly
destroyed, and tho houso occupied by
the German headquarters tttaff was
blown to bits.
One of the British balloontsts, whllo
signaling tho range to the ships, was
killed by tho flro from tho Gorman
guns.
A wireless dispatch from Berlin
clnlms that tho German artillery dis
abled ono of the British destroyers.
PLAN INVASION OF ENGLAND.
Tho Hague, Oct. 21. Germany, ac
cording to Information received here
from Berlin, is preparing to deal
Great Britain a decisive blow. Tho
scheme is to disembark several army
corps somewhere In tho south of Eng
land, while the grand licet Is occu
pied with fighting the Genu an licet
in tho North sea.
German experts believe the plan
will bo entirely successful.
According to this information, as
soon as tho Inst resistance of tho Bel
gian army is disposed of there will
bo u great movement of landsturm
troops from central Germany to Os
tend and Zccbrugge, whero they will
await an opportunity to cross to the
English shoro and mnrch on London,
whero Zeppelina and Taubcs will have
caused havoc and demoralized the
population.
Plant Great Sea Fight
While this is taking placo Admiral
von Ingenohl's fleot, now confined at
WilhelmBhaven, will steam out into
tho North sea for tho great light
Theso Gorman calculations rest on
tho hypothesis that the south coast of
England will bo left absolutely with
out protection, all of Admiral Sir
John Jelllcoo's ships being engaged in
tho great North sea battle.
The German newspapers, by way of
preparing public opinion for this great
stroke, publish extravagant dispatches
dilating on British nervousness and
tho fear of unavoidable destruction by
Germany.
Germane Are Impatient.
Tho German fleot is described as
awaiting with passionate impatience
tho moment when it can make a
dash at tho enemy. Prince Henry of
Prussia is actively engaged, it 1b an
nounced, in the work of inspecting the
fleet, and ho Is continually keeping
tho men on tho run by surprise calls.
Tho prince Is reported to bo in Bel
glum to take command of tho general
operations against England.
On theso operations, by meaua of
which tho wnr will speedily bo
brought to an end, tho public opinion
of Germany is now focused. Should
thoy fall, tho disappointment engen
dered may havo incalculable conse
quences. PORTUGAL JOINS WAR.
Now York, Oct. 22. Lisbon news
papers of October C and 7, received at
tho Portuguese consulate today, as
sert that moro than twenty-flvo thou
sand Portuguese troops aro aiding tho
French and British forces in tho bat
tlo lino in Belgium and France. Tho
position of the troopu Is kept from tho
papers by tho censorship.
RUS8 WIN OVER GERMANS. .
London, Oct 24. Tho Russians are
reported In dispatches from Petrograd
to havo taken Przemysl and turned tho
Germans and Austrlans back In dis
orderly rout in tho ten-day battle which
has been raging along tho line of the
Vistula, with 5,000,000 men engaged.
Tho German army alone Is said to
have lost 200,000 men in tho fighting
in Poland. Tho report of tho capture
of Przemysl has not been confirmed.
Tho Austrian army also has won
successes against tho Russians who
Invaded tho crown land of Bukowina,
according to a statement by tho gen
eral staff given out in Vienna, which
says Czernowlcz, capital of Bukowina,
lias been retaken by tho Austrlans.
BELGIAN AMBULANCE
Petrograd dispatches fay the plan
to capture Warsaw and possess both
banks of tho Vistula during the win
ter campaign Is snld to have been
wrecked, as the retreat of ..he left
wing will cause the Teuton forces op
erating around Ivangorod and San
domlr to retreat also.
GENERAL NEWS OF THE WAR
German Cruller Emden Continues to
Capture and 8lnk British Ships
Lille Destroyed.
8lnks and Captures British Shlpe.
London, Oct. 22. A Lloyd dlsputch
from Cochin says that tho British
Bteamer Exford has been captured by
tho German cruised Emden off the
Malabar coaet
Another Lloyd dispatch reports tho
sinking of the British Bteamer Chll
katno, Trolllles, Benmohr nnd Clan
Grant, nB well ns n dredger off tho
Colombo coast.
Tho German cruiser Emden has to
her credit tho sinking of 15 British
steamers and tho capture of three
other vessels flying the union Jack.
Allies Destroy Fort Near Cattaro.
Rome, Oct. 22. A Ccttlnjo dispatch
to tho MeBsngero says that tho British
and French war fleets In tho Adriatic
havo destroyed Castelnueve fortress
Just outside of the gulf of .Cnttaro and
north of the ontranco. Tho Austrian
lleet is reported to have tnken refugo
In thi- gulf of Cnttaro, having lost n
submarine and a torpedo-boat de
stroyer. An engagement between Ger
man torpedo boats and hoBtile sub
marine In tho Baltic near Rugen is
lnnd, off the Prussian coast, is report
ed from Stockholm.
Germans Command Turkish Army.
Milan, Oct. 21. The special corre
spondent in Constantinople of the
Secolo telegraphs that to all Intents
nnd purposes Turkey has becomo a
German colony. The grand vizier fol
lows orders from Berlin. About six
hundred German officers havo arrived
In Turkey since tho war started and
brought Blege guns, Held gunB and am
munition with them. Tho German
colonel, Weber Pasha, haB taken com
mand of the Dardanelles forts and big
German guns are being mounted in
them.
Say Lille It Destroyed.
London, Oct. 22. Lille, the principal
city of northern France, practically
has been destroyed by German can
non. The most beautiful building!
havo been shot to pieces. Flames have
laid waste the principal streets.
The detallB of tho bombardment
were received from an oyewitnesB by
a correspondent of tb Dillv Mall in
tho north of France.
Germans Lose 11,500 More.
Berlin, Oct. 22. A German casualty
list issued today contains the names
of about 11,500 killed, wounded and
missing.
Dljet Grants Big War Credit
Berlin, Oct. 22. Tho Prussian diet
met today and passed war bills, in
cluding ono granting a credit of ?375,
000,000. Belgium Being Germanized.
London. Oct 24. All Belgium is bo
ing "Germanized" ns rapidly as pos
sible, says a correspondent. "A fort
night ago," says this writer, "hundreds
of Belgian postal clcrka went on strike,
refusing to work under German regu
lations. Hundreds of Oermana nro
being Imported to tnko tho places of
tho strikers. Tho grounds at tho pal
aco of Laeken, ono of tho summer
residences of King Albert, have been
turned into n camp. Gennnn officers
occupied tho king's palace for Beveral
dayB."
Barges to Invade England.
Copenhagen, Oct. 25 (via London).
Two shlpyardB nt Kiel tho Ger
mania nnd the Howard aro building
30 armored lighters, capable of carry
ing 500 men each and traveling nt tho
rate of nlno miles nn hour, to proceed
to tho River Scheldt should events
permit tho lnndlng of German troops
on the coast of England. Further
more, it Is asserted that threo of these
lighters aro completed and already on
their way to Scheldt Tho GermanB
aro building an airship shod In Schles
wig for two largo Zeppelins.
Germans Have Enough 8oldlere.
Borlln, Oct 24. Tho general In com-mand-.of
the Gorman Seventh i army
corps, It waa stated officially in Ber
lin, has declared that tho calling of
the landsturm is unnecessary, as enor
mous numbers of tho landwehr aro
still available Nor haB it yet been
necessary to call out volunteers.
CORPS AT THE FRONT
FARMER JNSTITUTES
CLAIMS LOSS N BLADEN ELE.
VATOR FAILURE.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What la Going On Hero and There '
That It of Interest to the Read
rt Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Western Newspaper Union New Service.
COMING EVENTS
Meeting of dolegatca of Men-
nonlto church nt Beutrice, Octo-
bcr 28.
Democratic barbecuo at Hast-
ings October 30.
Nebraska stuto election, No-
vember 3.
State association of Nebraska
teachers at Omuha, November 4,
5 nnd 0.
Coursing events nnd dog races
at Tulmnge, November 5, C, nnd 7.
Coursing meet at lleatrlco No-
vanber 10, ll and 12.
Nebraska Manufacturers' nsso-
elation annuul meeting nt Omaha,
November 18 nnd 10.
Central 'Nebraska Poultry asso-
elation ut Kcnchuw, November 30
to December 5.
Farmers' congress at Omaha,
December 8 to 10.
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Beatrice. Preliminary plans havo
been made for farmers' Institutes to
be held at Beatrice, Union Hall, Vir
ginia, Lewlston and Cortland this
winter. The program which tho local
committee wishes to be adopted at
tho Institutes includes discussion of'
tho following subjects: Horsee, bIIos,
injurious insects, gas engines, labor
saving devices, hog cholera, co-operative
trading, alfalfa and sweet clover.
It will be up to the department of the
state university which furnishes in
structors for the institutes to decide
how much of this program can b
given.
Farmert Want Wheat or Money.
Hastings. Fifty-six Webster county
farmers appeared in United States
district court hero demanding pay for
a total of moro than 40,000 bushels of
wheat which they had stored in the
Bladon elevator of William Rundborg,
now a bankrupt. Thoy allego tbe
wheat wns stored with tho under
standing they would give shipping
orders as soon ns the European war
had pushed the price sufficiently high.
When Rundberg wont into voluntary
bankruptcy thoy called to see nbout
the sale of their wheat. Thoy allege
there remained but 15,000 bushels.
Almost Human Intelligence.
Omaha. "Whlttey." a big gray
white tomcat belonging to Mrs. W. R.
Hunter, Thirtieth nnd Ames avenue,
was found dead in tho oven of the gas
stoVo with gas pouring from nn open
burner. According to Mrs. Hunter, tho
big cat climbed Into tho oven, Inten
tionally turned the vnlvo with his
padded paw and lay down to await
death. He was seven years? old.
Will Visit State Farm.
Beatrice. Novomber C Is Gago,
county day at the state farm and Farm
Demonstrator Llcbers Is making plan'B
to havo n largo representation from
Gago county ut the farm on that "date.
About four hundred residents of this
county visited tho state collcgo last
year.
Death of Octogenarian,
Auburn. William F. Paris, 89 years
old, a resident of this county or fifty-,
two years, is dead at his home here..
Ho located -on a farm near Brownvllle-1
whero he resided for thirty-eight
years, taking up his residence in Au
burn in 1890.
Coursing Meet at Beatrice.
Beatrice. At tho coursing meot to
bo held In this city November 10, 11
and 12, there will bo a C0-dog raco and,
a consolation race. Prizes amounting
to about 900 will go to tho winning
dogs.
Tho biennial convention of the De
gree of Honor, tho ladies' auxiliary
to the A. O. U. W., will meet in Lin
coln in 1916, according to the decision
of the convention nt Fremont
i Cholera and Hessian Fly.
Weeping Water. Hog cholera and
the Hessian fly aro doing untold dam
age in the yards and fields of CasB
county farmers. Tho damago that will
bo dono by tho pests in tho wheat
fields may not be extensive if weather
conditions romnln unchanged, enabling
the grain 'to maintain a growth that
wll overcome the o?qts of tho fly, but
It is certain that many of tho fields
aro thoroughly Infested, tho volunteer
growths and tho early sowings as well.
The cholera nmong tho hogs Iiub al
ready practically wiped out an uppal
ling number of herds, hut most of tho
farmers aro now aroused to take steps
to check tho disease. Vacclnntlon If
dono in timo has proved a success.
Body Sent to Medical College,
Hastings. Tho body of Charlefc
Crawford, tho ox-convict of tho Mis
souri pcnltcntlnry who committed
sulcldo here, hns been shipped to Lin
coln, whero it will bo turned over to
a medical collcgo in compliance with
the action of the last legislature.
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