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WAIi IN2W.
Russian gunners have shot down a
Hoppclln that was approaching Vilna,
according to a dispatch from Petro
grad. Total Prussian lossos to August 24
in killed, wounded and missing were
1,740,836, according to an Amsterdam
newspaper. ,
An Austrian bi-plane flew over Bres
cia, Italy, and dropped bombs, which
killed six workmen and Bllghtly
wounded a conBldorablo number of
others.
To make it possiblo for all soldiers
who receive a furlough at the front
to visit with their families, tho Ger
man government will grant free trans
portation to man of ovory rank until
the end of tho war.
A dispatch from Petrograd says
that tho Oermans lost the battle cruis
er Moltko, threo cruisers and seven
torpodo boats in tho Kiga battle, and
that the Gorman fleet was compelled
to withdraw from tho bay.
Tho Gorman undersea fleet at pros
ont comprises flfty-elght submarines,
according to a neutral authority, who
has just returned to Denmark from
Germany. Gormnny's Baltic fleet, ac
cording to tho same authority, con
sists of thirty-eight warships.
Passengers on the Holland-American
lino steamer Ryndam, arriving In
Amsterdam, bring a report that a
British transport with 2,000 Canadian
troops on board, was torpedoed off
Scilly islands on August 15. It is
said about 1,000 men were saved.
A dispatch from Itomo says that
tho Balkan league is to be recon
structed with a combined army of
1,000,000 mon, and that Rumanian
Tailroads havo been ordered to place
all rolling stock at the disposal of tho
minister of war on September 14.
It is reported that tho' nationaliza
tion of tho coal mines or Wales and
conscription to force tho "shirkers"
Into tho army are being considered by
tho English cabinet. Another strike
of 200,000 miners threatens to close
tho nation's shell factoric, unless the
arbitration award is altered.
In sentencing a soldier for fraud in
England in connection with separa
tion allowance, a London magistrate,
ISlr William Troloar, remarked that
toe understood tho nation was now
paying something like 40,000,000
($200,000,000) a ypar in these allow
ances to families of soldiers absent
nt the front
No business has been hit much
liardor in Constantinople by tho war
than the newspaper business, and
every monthly, weekly and daily pa
per owned by foreign interests, witli
one lono excoptlon, has gone under.
Five still are published in some lan
guage other than Turkish, but four
-of tho five are Turkish-owned.
German Zeppelins have been em
ployed to relieve tho Turkish shell
shortage, according to a story from
"Berlin. One hundred tons of fine ma
chinery used In the manufacture of
shells, havo been carried from tho
Austrian frontier acrosB Serbia and
Bulgaria to Turkey In Zeppelins, tho
report states.
GENERAL.
Tho National Education association
adopted a "Declaration of Principles"
in OaWand, Cal., commending Presi
dent Wilson's policy "concerning the
Mexican and European situation."
Tho army engineers river and har
bor board notified Congressman Bor
land, at Kansas City, it would hold a
hearing at Washington, October 12,
on an appeal from a recent report ot
Lieutenant Colonel Deakyno that the
Missouri river is not navigablo and
cannot bo mado so except at prohibi
tive cost.
Mrs. Pershing, wife of Brigadier
General J. J. Porshlng, and her three
children were burnod to death at their
home at tho Presidio, San Francisco,
Cal. General Pershing la a former
Nebraska man.
Representatives of thlrty-Ilve col
lego newspapers of this country and
Canada with a total circulation of
mora than 100,000 at a meeting held
In Now York, decided to bar liquor
advertising of all kinds from their
columns.
Former President Willam II. Taft
argued for reasonable regulation of
capital and cautioned labor against
necking discriminatory legislation in
an address before Uio San Francisco
Commercial club.
Tho railroad station, hotel and a
one-story building aro tho only struc
turs left iu Mocllps, Wash., an ocean
resort town, which was visited by a
destructive lire.
Editors of tho Southwestern Iowa
association will hold tho noxt moot
ing nt Woodbine, September 10. Cit
izens of Woodblno aro making prep
arations for tho event.
Thomas A. Edison, whllo at work
In one of his laboratories at Silver
Lake, N. Y., was soverely burnod
about tho eyos by the accidental
splash of a potash solution.
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Tho life-saving equipment clause In
tho La Foliotto seamen's act is bellev.
cd to have boon virtually nullified in
an opinion which Attorney General
Gregory sent to tho president.
The establishment ot departments
In American colleges for tho training
of public ofllclals was urged at tho
second national conference on univer
sities and public service at Boston.
Haiti's parliament lias been given
until September 17 to act upon tho
proposed treaty by which tho United
States would extend financial protec
torate over tho unstablo little repub
lic for ten years.
Cdloncl John V. While of the coast
artillery corns, stationed at Fort
Jlamllton. N. Y., died. Ho ranked
third to the chief coast nrtillory, and
was In charge of the coast artillery In
the southern district of Now York.
Governor Harris of Georgia has re
ceived a letter from a Troy, N. Y
medicine company saying that as a
result of tho lynching of Leo M. Frank
no further supplies would be shipped
Into Georgia "until tills brutal murdor
is revenged."
Tho hurricane which recently
swept over tho West Indies destroyed
90 per cent, of the banana trees on tho
north side of the Island of Jamaica,
according to officers of the steamer
Commodore Rollins, which arrived In
Now York.
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh of
Pennsylvania approved woman suf-'
frago in a .speech at Denver. "I be
lieve women In Pennsylvania will bo
given the right to vote after tho next
election," he said. "I boliovo they
should be given the ballot."
SPOIiTINO
North Platto and Willow Island
amateur baseball teams played a
twenty-four Inning game at Eustls,
Neb. North Platto won 8 to 7.
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Bob Ingersoll, of tho Omaha West
ern league, pitched a no-hit, no-run
game against Topeka, Omaha winning
7 to 0. The game was played at To
peka. Walter T. Hayes of Chicago won
the championship singles in tho an
nual Iowa state tennis tournament at
Des Moines, by defeating Al Lindaner,
in straight sets.
St. Louis won tho championship of
the Union Printers' Nntional Base
ball league at Philadelphia by defeat
ing Washington, 22 to 14, in tho final
game of tho league's eighth annual
tournament.
Miss Elaine V. Rosenthal, 19 years
old, of Ravlsloe club, Chicago, won
the woman's western golf champion
ship at Midlothian by defeating the
title holder, Mrs. Harry D. Hammond,
of Indianapolis in an excellently
played match, 4 and 3.
Efforts are on foot to match Johnny
Kllbano with Georgo Chancy of Balti
more, leading contender of the feath
erweight crowd. Sam Hnrrls, Cleve
land promoter, mado a proposition to
Manager Jimmy Dunn for a fifteen
round Chaney- Kllbano bout at Balti
more. W.A. M irSClTOIN.
Arguments on readjustment of pas
senger fares on western railroads will
be held before the Interstate Com
merce commission October 0 and 7.
Arguments on adjustments In eastern
live stock rates will bo heard at
Washington October 8.
Postmaster General Burleson has
ruled that substitute letter carriers
may enlist In tho army or navy, with
out losing their places on the waiting
list for regular appointment and may
assume their regular positions when
discharged from the military service.
The greatest total rovenuo re
ceipts in the history of the govorn
ment was recorded In tho annual re
port of tho commissioner of Internal
revonue. The aggregate receipts
during the fiscal year ended Juno 30,
including tho corporation and indi
vidual incomo taxes reached $415,000,
000, against $380,000,000 for tiio pre
vious year.
An advanco of threo cents a hun
dred on oil from Kansas and Okla
homa points to Omaha and Omaha re.
latcd points is prescribed In the lMd
Continental Oil rato caso decided by
tho Interstate commerce commission.
While still awaiting a reply from
General Carranza to tho Pan-American
appeal for a peaco conforonco In
Mexico, the. Stato department Issued n
statement denying that tho United
States government had ever consider
ed "any particular man for provision
al president of Mexico."
ED CINCHES CASE
CITES SUPREME COURT RULING
IN RAIL BOARD MATTER.
DIGS UP MORTENSEN AFFAIR
Opinion Handed Down by Chief Jus
tlce Reese In 1911 Similar to
. -Present Controversy.
Lincoln. Attomoy General Rood
lias played another trump card in
support of his contention that tho
throe members of tho Nebraska rail
way commission were holding ofllco
illegally. Having waited to eoc what
tho commissioners would say Mr.
Reed comes back with a rocont do
elslon of the Nebraska supreme court
which apparently cinches his caso.
Tho attorney general has dug up a
decision la which tho opinion was
written by Chief Justice M. B. Reeao
in 1911 in tho suit brought by Peter
Mortensen to decide wholhor ho or
"W. J. Furso was entitled to hold of
fice. Furse was appointed to 1111 tho
vacancy created by tho deatli of W.
II. Cowglll. Mortensen claimed tho
office by virtuo of nomination and
olectlon, ho having filed for It after
tho govornor appointed Furse. Tho
question raised in tho case was
whether tho governor had tho right to
appoint, tho constitution naming sev
eral oxccutlvo offices which tho gov
ernor can fill when they becomo va
cant. Tho railway commission was
not named In that connection. It waB
claijned by Mortensen and his attor
neys that tho only way to fill tho
ofllco of railway commissioner was
by election. The supremo court hold
tho ofllco of railway commissioner to
bo executive, precisely as Mr. Reed
has contended all along. It found
the governor had tho right to appoint
to fill a vacancy. The railway com
missioners claim they did not como
until Articlo 5 of tho constitution,
which relates to the executlvo depart
ment, and therefore thoy did not
havo to filo bonds. Mr. Reed cites
the opinion as conclusive proof of his
contention that bond must bo filed.
Fear Horse Malady.
A spread of glanders is feared,
with numerous reports of ' out
breaks of the horse disease in var
ious parts of the stato which havo
been coming into tho office of tho
state veterinarian. Dr. J. A. Boyd of
Mason City, a government Inspector,
who was a stato liouso caller, said
that at least fifty cases of the dlseaso
had been found between Mullen and
Ilccla, Neb. A good many of these
cases, it is believed, can be traced to
Hmnorlations of horses from other
states.
State Veterinarian Anderson was
called toBeatrico recently to investi
gate a supposed case of glmdcrs and
Assistant Veterinarian McKitu wns
called to Homer, Neb., on a similar
mission.
Murphy Under the Ban.
Believing that Uie action of Ken
neth Murphy, George Carlson and
Ernest Elrod, paroled convicts, In
breaking their paroles will jeopardize
their chances of being favored, con
victs at the penitentiary aro said to
have taken steps to boycott tho men
socially They do not approve of tile
action of tho men in breaking faitli
with tho governor, pardon board and
the warden, and will show the re
turned men by numerous little ways
that they aro in bad in prison society.
Improving State Roads.
Tho Stato Board of Irrigation hns
named an advisory board or stato
highway commission, which will look
after tho work of improving state
roads. They aro Harry Miller of
Stanton, Pat Wolsh of McCook and
Dr. Condra of tho Stjito Conserva
tion commission of Lincoln.
May WreBtle During Fair.
Stato fair visitors may havo an op
portunity to seo a real "rapslo" if tho
plans of Joo Steelier materialize.
Steelier is. anxious to tnke on some
ono on "Wednesday ovenlng of tho fair
wlto will make It interesting for him
and has entered into negotiations
with Dr. Roller of Seattle.
Raise In Phone Rentals Granted.
The Increase of phono rentals for
tho Valpar'so Tclephono Co. was
granted by tho state railway commis
sion in line with the request of the
company. Phono rates have been
raised to $2.50 on business phones,
$1.50 on residenco and $1.25 por
month on farm lines.
Complains of Stock Yards.
A letter was received at the office
of the railway commission last week
from It. J. Howard of Wellfleot, who
complains that tho railway stock
yards In that town aro not sufllclont
to tuko care of the demand and that
they aro unfit for occupancy.
Preparing to Police Fair Grounds.
Adjutant General Hall and other of
ficers of tho National guard returning
from Crete, where- tho Fifth regiment
camp was held, expressed much sat
isfaction over tho success of tho
camp. "The drill was excellent and
tho aeroplane features added much
to tho camp," said tho adjutant gen
eral. Tho guard is now preparing
for policing tho stato fair grounds
during fair week. Captain Brown of
Hastings and Captain Todd of
Omaha will havo chargo ot tho forces,
CONDENSED HEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
Cedar Bluffs' new postmaster Is W,
F. Nick.
JI. D. Loggelt Is tho new editor of
the Ord Journal.
Tho now Carnegie library at Stan
ton was dedicated recently.
Tho Plntto county fair will be held
nt Columbus, September 14-17.
J. J. McCarty has been nppolnted
postmaster at Ogalalln.
The stato lias purchased $15,000
ood River school bonds.
Seottsblnff County fair will be held
at Mitchell, September 1-2-3.
$.1,500 Steel City lighting bonds
havo been purchased by the state.
Morrill county fair will bo held at
Bridgeport September 11, 15 nnd 10.
A largo crowd attended the Com
mercial club picnic at Crab Orchard.
Bayard water bonds carried at a
special electiou by a vote of 80 to i.
Work on the reniodollng bt the
Paddock hotol at Beatrice lias start
ed. Citizens of Hastings will vote on
a proposition to purchase the gas
company.
"Irs. Delia J. Henderson has been
appointed postmaster nt Angora, Mor
rl'.l county.
The Gage county fair will open at
Beatrice September 2S and continue
four days.
A movement has been Btartcd by
farmers around Alllnnce to namo
their farms.
Business men of Hnrtington are
raising money to buy uniforms for
tho town band.
The corn crop In Cedar oouuly hns
improved 100 por cent In the laat few
weeks, It Is said.
A new state bank will open in Hnr
tington next month. It will be capi
talized at $35,000.
Sidney Is making preparation for
the Cheyenne County fair, Septem
ber S to 11.
Tho cornerstone ot now First
Methodist church nt Hastings will bo
laid September 12.
N'ebraska Democratic Editorial as
sociation will hold a m?oling Sep
tember 7th nt Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Hutchinson
of Burchard celebrated the fiftieth an
niversary of their marriage August 20.
Frank Fctzer, a farmer near Col
oine, threshed forty acres of rye Inst
week which averaged thirty bushels
to the acre.
Robert Malonc, a pioneer resident
of Lincoln and prominent In business
and .political circles, died suddenly of
Brlght's disease.
J. A. Yager, president of tho stnto
horticultural society, says Nebraska
has the largest apple crop In the his
tory of the state.
A new paper will soon bo launched
at Ponca. Miss Anna Hunt, formor'y
of tho Kennard Enterprise will bo
editor.
The 1915 Kearney city directory
shows 4,248 names, which Indicates
that tho city has n population of
about 10,700.
A Iioiro with glanders was found
on the farm of Albert Stoll, near
Beatrice. The horse was killed by
stato authorities.
An $850 loss was suffered by, James
Stafford of Hastings, when lightning
struck through his barn, killing two
horses nnd two mules.
Thn fifth annual clam bako by tho
Omaha Elks wi'l be held September
11 nt Krug park. Elks from all over
Nebraska will attend tho event.
The First State bank of Woodlakc,
Cherry county, has bopn given a char,
tor by tho state banking bonrd. The
bank hns a capital of $15,000.
Captain McMllllan of tho Nebraska
Natlonnl guard flew twenty-flvo miles
In sixteen minutes during the Fifth
infantry encampment at Crete.
More than 1,000 workers, tho ma
iorlty of whom are women, aro tak
ing tho religious census of Omnhn,
fp a part of tho Billy Sunday cam
paign.
The agricultural extension service
of tho university farm has Just com
pleted arrangements for the holding
of a week's agricultural course at
Sargent from October 4 to 8 Inclusive-.
Tho Standard Brldgo compnny of
Omaha was the successful bidder for
tho contract to erect county bridges
In Dodgo county tho coming yenr.
Tho Lang Canning company of
Beatrice has opened its factory.
Four hundred delegates to the an
nual convention of tlto Nebraska dis
trict of tho Evangelical Lutheran
synod, which Just closed at Deshler
sent a protest to President Wilson
against the exportation of war muni
tions. Moro than, ordinary interest Is
being taken In church matters In Pur
well. The new $10,000 Cntho'lo
church Is well under way and tho
Congregational church people aro
tearing down their present church
building nnd will orect a new $10,000
pressed brick edifice.
Near tho homo of Charles Pascow,
soven miles east of Auburn, Fred
Johnson of Nebraska City, was In
stnntly killed in nn outo accident
Hans Hansen, a business man' of
Hastings, who Just returned homi
from Canada, says. business is gener
ally paralyzed In that country as a
rrprt of th" European wnr.
Tho French government has con
tracted with tho South Omaha Horse
and Muln market for 5,000 artillery
and cavalry horses to bo delivered to
its ngents at South Omaha within
ninety dnyr
Hand of-Labor
By LILBURN H. TOWNSEND.
Hand of labor, hand of might,
Be thou strong In tilings of right.
Master tliou of crafts untold.
Driving them In heat nnd cold;
Working high and working low.
That the world mny brighter grow;
Press, tho loom, nnd traffic grent,
Know tho drive behind thy weight.
Hnnd of labor, rudo and fine,
Tlilntrs of enrth nro mostly thlno.
Mines of gold nmUlclds of wheat.
Harbors deep where pennnnts greet;
Ships of wtir, cnnnln nnd locks.
Itoads of stcol nnd bridges, docks,
Htrnlri thy Blnewa day nnd night,
I3o thou strong In things of right.
Mllla nnd shops In clnng and roar,
Foundry fires nnd molten ore:
8ulln mlnos nnd heaving sons,
I.nnds of rock nnd timber tres:
Cotton fields ns whlto ns snow,
Forges black 'mid names aglow,
Strain thy sinews day nnd night,
Bo thou strong In tilings of right.
Hnnd of labor, grcnt thou nrt;
Bp thou fnlr, nnd boar thy pnrt
I.lko big souls, sincere, Intense;
Stoop not low to base offense,
Nor, In bent, forget thnt men.
Large nnd sninil, nil kind nnd ken,
Hnvo their place nnd must remain
Neath tho sway of guiding brain.
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LABOR TROUBLEOLD
Disturbances Go Far Back Into
History.
Apostle Paul Is o. Record ns Having
Created Dissension Among the
People of Ephesus by His
Preaching of Christianity.
Wliilo tho matter of Labor day is
under consideration, tho question
arises: What is labor? Webster
gives as his Drat definition: "Toll or
exertion, physical or mental."
William B. Wilson, secretary of tho
department of labor, gave tho follow
ing as his conception of tho .idea:
"Labor is any mental or physical ac
tivity other than that engaged In sole
ly for pleasure" a definition showing
a brain at once practical and aualytlc.
Mr. Powderly would narrow this
Bomowhat by doflnlng labor as "any
exertion, mental or physical, not In
dulged In for pleasuro and for tho ben
efit of mankind."
Doctor Coulter of tho census bureau,
an expert on such matters, would glvo
nn oven broader acopo to tho word. Ho
doflnes labor as: "All effort, whether
mental or physical."
Tho question of Labor day naturally
brings to mind tho collateral labor
questions of labor union protests and
strikes. Thoro Is a tondoncy among
latter-day philosophers to prophesy
all manner of ovil to como to mankind
by tho way of labor unions and their
troubles, both among themselves and
With others, and to hold forth thoso
troubles as a proof of human deca
dence, peculiar only to this degenerate
ago.
Paul, togothor with othor apostles,
went up In tho Ephesus country, sock
ing converts to tho Christian faith.
Now, Ephosus was tho faverito city
of Diana, or.Artomls, as sho was also
called. Hero was her famous tomplo;
hero was her famous statue, said by
tho priests to havo fallon from heaven.
Thither overy year cony) pilgrims by
tho tens ot thousands to worship at
tho slirino of tho tutolary deity and
hero a goodly nunibor of silvorsmithn
found their calling a most lucrative
ono. For, thoro being no photographs
nor postal cards, thoso pilgrims took
away with them small silver fac
simile statuottca of tho great goddess
as souvenirs. Now obBorvo tho nine
teenth chapter of ActB.
"Now a silversmith namod Domet
rlus, who mado silver models of tho
Bhrlno of Artemis (Mana), and so
gave a great deal of work to tho arti
sans, got these mon togothor, as well
as tho workmen engaged In similar
occupations, and said: 'Men, you know
that our prosperity doponds upon this
work, and you seo and hear that, not
only in Ephesus, but in almost Ike
wholo of Roman Asia, this Paul has
convinced and won over great num
bers of pooplo by his assertion that
thoso gods which aro mado by hands
aro not gods at all, so that not only Ib
this business of ours likely to fall
Into discredit, but there is tho further
danger that tho tomplo of tho great
goddess, Artemis (Diana), will bo
thought nothing of, and that sho her
self will bo deprived of her splendor,
though all Roman Asia and tho wholo
world worship her.
"When thoy heard this tho mon
wero greatly enraged and began shout
ing: 'Great io Artomis of tho Epho-
Blansr Tho commotion spread through
tho wholo city, and tho pooplo rushod
with ono accord Into tho theater, drag
ging with them tho companions ot
Paul."
Certainly thoro cannot bo found In
any modern newspaper a moro portoct
account of a sympathetic strlko and a
labor riot. And that was two thousand
years ago.
Mi
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BUSY DAYS COMIN
Period of Stress Ahead of the
American Worker.
Labor Day an Excellent Tlmo to
Think of the Future That Mu&t
Be the Result of the War
In Europe.
Ever- American, whether ho works
with his hands or with his head, will
tako full ndvantngo of Labor day, the
last of the summer holldnys; every
ono will appreciate the fact that thoro
is a long porlod of work ahead of him,
This fall and winter is suro to bo
a, tlmo of rcadjuHtmcnt In many lines
of American commcrco and labor, duo
to tho European war, which hot only
shuts off some of tho things wo buy,
but is filling our warehouses with
many of the things wo sell. How to
mnnngo without the particular things
wo havo always imported and how to
get a markot for tho things Europo
cannot buy must engnge our serious
attontlon for months, perhaps for
years. Thoro may bo somo failures in
tho effort to readjust, but thero will
bo moro successes, and great ones. No
doubt about tho future nocd bo in the
heart of anyone
Tho best thing nbout the wholo sit
uation 1b tho stout heart ot the busi
ness world and tho pcoplo in general.
Thoy ontor upon a combat with un
certainties with tho old Ynnkeo con
ildonco, backed by tho knowledgo that
in tho fundamental Items of physical
llfo wo aro safo. Wo can feed our
selves, clotho ourselves, warm our
boIvo. Tho roit Ib only a matter of
time and adjustment. Thoro will bo
no hard times If tho hard work is
well tackled.
Business muHt not wait "until tho
war is over," fcr nobody knows when
that blessed da will bo. If we aro
prepared for n long war, bo much tho
moro prosperity 12 tho war Is brief.
It is a splendid tlmo. for every
Amoricun,. from Ihu housowlfo to tho
capitalist, to Btjdy American econo
mies nnd get a hotter knowledgo of
values.
DEMAND IS FOR SERVICE
Public Ideas Have Had a Significant
Change In n Comparatively
Few Years.
When tho French aristocrat boforo
tho great revolution was asked as to
his chief Borvlco to society, ho replied,
"To havo, been bom." Ho felt that his
moro presenco in tho world conforred
an honor on his rountry.
That haB been tho attitude of privi
leged classes of all timo. But a new
ideal hus como into men's minds tho
ideal ot labor, of uorvlco to tho com
munity. Today tho public Is constant
ly asking mon to Justify their Incomo.
"What have you done to dcBcrvo It?" Is
tho question. "By what sorvico to so
ciety havo you earned your money?"
It used to bo considered perfectly
proper to water tho Btock of great pub
lic servico corporations. But now peo
plo have como to seo this means to
get an incomo without working for It,
and public sontimont Is shutting oft
tho practice.
Melon cutting in connection with
franchiso grabs was once popular. But
It becamo apparent that this was mere
ly ono way of getting something for
nothing, and tho day ot molon cutting
is dono.
So, all up and down tho line the de
mand has como for service In return
for incomo. Society is willing to write
its note for pretty noarly any amount
to the energetic man, but it insists that
tho payment shall bo for value received.