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    THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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CARDINAL GIBBONS PRESENTS
NOTE FROM PONTIFF TO
PRESIDENT WILSON.
MESSAGE NOT MADE PUBLIC
Freedom of Seas and Re-Erection of
Poland Into Independent Kingdom
Said to Be Demanded by Germany
Prelate Says Hopo for Peace Bright.
Washington, Sept. 4. Cardinal Gib
bons, deun of tlio Collogo of Cardinals,
on Thursday presented to President
Wilson a confidential communication
from Popa Benedict inviting nnd urg
ing this government to co-oporato with
tho Vatlcnn and neutral nations to
bring about peace in Europe
A conference on tho samo subject
was held later at tho state department
between Cardinal Gibbons and Secre
tary of Stato Lansing.
After his visits and confidential talk
to and with tho president. Cardinal
Gibbons said:
"I think tho prospects of pcaco aro
brightening."
Cardinal Gibbons, tho secretary of
stato and tho president declined to re
veal tho details of tho popo's sugges
tion. It was stated at tho Whlto
House, in fact, that tho president
would not discuss tho subject at nil.
Cardinal Glbboin said:
"I only can tell you that 1 convoyed
to tho president a message from tho
holy father and that tho message ro
latod to tho subject of peace. Tho
.message cannot bo mado public yet; if
I rocolvo authority 1 shall bo glad to
mako it public. Tho authority must
como from Romo and wo will havo to
confer about that.
"1 regard tho sottlcmont of tho con
troversy botween tho United States
and Germany as affording an oxcop
tional opportunity for pcaco proposals
nnd as having placed tho United
Statos In a most advantageous posi
tion to act in this direction.
"My interview with tho prosldont
was moot gratifying. It would, of
courso, bo Improper for mo to speak
in detail regarding tho conforenco
with tho president, but 1 may say tho
conforenco was of a vory genial and
happy character. In a general way
Mexico was also discussed."
Tho cardinnl said tho pcaco pro
posals ho conveyed to tho president
havo been submitted only to tho Unit
ed States. Whether tho message from
tho Vatican will bo submitted to othor
neutral governments tho cardinal
would not say.
Prom two sources It was gathered
that neither Germany nor Austria
would entertain any poaco proposals
which did not includo tho ro-orcctlon
of Poland Into a freo kingdom. Again,
it is known that tho Gorman terms of
pcaco must includo a doflnlto interna
tional agreement at tho pcaco con
gross for tho freedom of tho Boas to
which President Wilson is committed.
Htato dopartment officials appoar
cortuln thnt President Wilson will 4
immediately mako uny mediatory Bug-
gostlons to tho allies on tho subject of
poaco. ,
Tho bullet-riddled bodies of two
Americans who wcro kldnapod by
Mexican bandits about 12 miles
north of Brownsville were found in
tho bod of a dried lako.
Tho situation Is admitted to bo more
BcriouB than nt any tlmo slnco the
Moxlcan raids started. Firod with a
spirit of rovongo for tho killing of
Gen. Pascual Orozco.
FIERCE FIGHT ON BORDER
American Troops Battle With Mexi
can Bandits Near Brownsville,
Tex. Score of Invaders Killed.
Galveston, Tex., Sept. 4 Border
roports stuto that fully 2,500 armed
Mexicans aro now operating on Toxas
Boll, Four battles In different sections
failed to docldo tho Issuo nnd dark
ncss loft Moxlcans dotormlnod, to
carry out their plan of Diego. Swnrms
of Moxlcans havo been soon at ninny
placoa along tho Itio Grnndo, but Hoods
prevented their crossing.
A fierce battlo between a detach
ment of tho Third cavalry and some
fifty bandits took placo 15 miles north
of Brownsvlllo on Thursday. This fight
lasted sovcral hours, during which
three troopors woro woundod nnd ono
killed. Reports aro that 20 Moxlcans
woro killed in tho light. Sovoral were
woundod. Another battlo took placo
ten miles from Ilarllngon. Hangers
nnd soldiers woro llrcd upon from tho
brush. Ono soldier was wounded. Tho
Moxlcans mado tholr oscapo.
Moro lighting wafl reported In the
nig Bond country whoro Orozco was
killed and a Hklrmlsh was had north
of Del Rio. Iloports aro that in tho
running fights somo bandits woro
killed, but no Americans wcro lost
From many of tho smallor towns,
somo forty mlloa inland, roporta comt
that bands of Moxlcans heavily nrniod
havo been Been.
435,000 Horses Sold for War,
Washington, Sopt. 4. To dato 425,-
000 horses and mules havo boon
shipped out of tho United States for
tho European belligerents, according
to report Issued on Thursday by of
ficials of departriiont of agriculture.
Auto Turns Over; Three Die.
Loroy, N. Y., Sept. 4. Throo porBons
woro killed and flvo injured when an
uutomobllo rolled down an embank.
mont Tho dead: Goorgo Cook,
eighteen; Mary Luttrcll, nlnotoon,
and Charlott Hoffman, twenty.
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TAKE LUTSK FORTRESS
ATTACK ON GRODNO BEGUN BY
KAISER'S ARMIES.
Austro-German Forces Capture 1,100,-
000 Slavs Since May Petrograd
in Early Stages Evacuation.
Berlin, Sept. 2. Tho Russian for
tress of Lutsk, ono of tho trianglo of
fortifications which remained In Rus
sian hands after tho Austro-German
drlvo northwest through tho Vistula
provinces, has been captured by tho
Teuton armies, it wan officially an
nounced by tho Austrian war ofilco.
Simultaneously with tho fall of this
Important position the Gorman war
ofilco announced that the German
troops havo arrived boforo tho west
ern front of Grodno, tho largest po
sition remaining In tho Russlun sec
ond line, und aro preparing to attack
tho fortress.
Petrograd is reported t,o bo In tho
early stages of evacuation, ns tho Ger
man advanco threatens Riga. If tho
latter city Is captured panic will selzo
tho Uussinn capital. An official ro
vlow of tho eastern campaign given
out by tho Overseas News Agency,
says:
"General nrmy headquarters pub-
llshes a review of tho rosults of of
feuslvo movements In Poland and Rus
sia slnco May 2, beginning with tho
battlo at Gorllco. Army hcadquartors
estimates tho strength of tho Rus
slan troops which woro then directly
engaged In that region was about 1,
400,000.
"In tho fighting Blnco May 2, 1,100,-
000 havo beon captured and a mini
mum of 1100,000 wounded and killed
"Tho Russians wero driven out of
Gnllcla, Poland, Courland and Llthu
aula. Thoy woro rolled backward In
two separate groups. Twolvo for
trosscs, among them four largo and
modern ones, which formed tho Rus
Blan outer nnd Inner linos of defense
nro in tho hands of tho Gormans and
Austriaus. This Is tho result of
campaign of less than four months.'
BODIES IN SUBMARINE F-4
Remains of Only Ono Sailor, Who
Perished In Craft That 8ank
March 25, Removed.
Honolulu, T. II., Sept. 2. A number
of bodies of tho 22 men who went
down In tho submarine F-4, March 25
woro found entangled in tho wreckage
of tho Interior on Tuesday. Ono body
was romoved.
Four Are Drowned In Lake.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Sopt. 2. Throo
members of tho editorial staff of tho
Grand Rapids Pross and an employoo
of tho street rnllway company woro
drowned at Rood's lako horo on Tuos
dny when a hlgh-Bpood motor boat
turnod turtle. Tho dead aro Paris C
Jameson, Arthur O. Hunter, Paul W,
Weston and J. Ilarvoy Smith.
Germany Poys Indemnity to Spain.
Madrid, Sopt. 4. Tho Gorman gov
ornmont has paid to tho Spanish gov
ornment through Its nmbaBsndor
Madrid $1 8,000 fndomnity for tho
deaths of seven Spaniards who woro
shot at Llogo in August, 1014.
Increase Wages Ten Per Cent,
Franklin, Pa., SopL 4. An advanco
of ten pur cunt In wagos has boon
granted by tho Colburn Machine Tool
company to Its 250 omployoos. Th
company is not working on war op
dors, tho officials state.
RUSSIAN FRONT
BOTH BOW TO U. S.
GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN
MAKE CONCESSIONS.
Modification of Blockade and Subma
rlne Warfare Lead President Wil
son to Suggest Mediation.
Washington, Sept. 1. Stato depart
ment olllclals expressed tho opinion
that tho way is being cleared rapidly
for another effort by tho United Statos
to got England and Germany to agree
to tho principle of tho freedom of tho
seas with direct bearing on tho ro
opening of neutral trado with Ger
many.
A long cable niossago was received
by Secretary of Stato Lansing from
Ambassador Gorard relating to tho
Arabic case and was of sufficient im
portance to rcqulro a visit of Mr.
Lansing to tho Whlto Ilomio. Mr,
Lansing declinod to stnto oven tho sub
oct matter of tho cablegram, but It
Is known that it contained a discus
slon of Internal politics at Berlin, and
tho Arabic case, and tho gonornl pros
pects of tho terms on which an ngroo
mont betweon tho Unltod States and
Germany might bo predicted.
After tho receipt of this dispatch
from Mr. Gorard, tho British nmbassa
dor, Sir Cecil Spring-Rico called on
tho stato department trado advisers
and on othor olllclals of tho stato do
partmont.
After theso two developments, it
waB Indicated vory strongly that
Groat Britain was willing to modify
tho ordors In council so far as thoy
affoctod tho export of dyo stuffs from
Germany nnd millions of dollars'
worth of goods hold at Rotterdam
under contract for shipment to tho
United Statos.
VlVwlVfWfVlvwiVIVfTOwlVviW
NEWS FROM! FAR
AND NEAR
Mt. Vernon, 111., Sopt. 1. Asa Fer-
gorson, farmer residing west of Mt
Vornon, commlttod sulcido by taking
an quuco of carbolic acid. Worry over
crop losses by water is bolioved to
havo been causo.
Plnolo. Cal., SopL 1. Throo work
men woro klllod when two trams load
ed with eight tons of high oxploslvos
exploded In tho Hercules Powdor com
pany's plant horo.
Now York, SopL 1. Tho bottom
dropped out of tho foreign oxchango
market Tuesday. Tho pound Bterllng
droppod to 4.57 V&. a now low lovel,
Washington, Sopt 3, Rear Admiral
William P. Fullam, superintendent of
tho United Statos Naval academy at
Annapolis, has boon transferred to tho
command of tho navy yard at Pugot
Sound, Wash. Capt. Edward W
Eberlo, commandant of tho Washing
ton navy yard, Is to Bucceed Fullam as
superintendent of tho Naval academy,
Rear Admiral Charles F. Pond, Is trnns
forrod to Portsmouth, N. II., navy yard
Shell Workers Strike.
Dunkirk, N. Y., Sopt. 4. Tho entlro
force of raachlnlBta employed In tho
sholl dopartment of tho Brooks plant
of tho American Locomottvo company
horo is on strike. Over 800 mon nro
involved.
New Chief for Grand Duke.
Petrograd, Sopt. 4. General Ynnu-
shovlco, chlof of Grand Duko Nicholas'
staff, has boon appointed assistant
vlcoroy of tho Caucasus. Ho will bo
succeeded ns chief of staff by Goneral
Aloxiev,
. S.
COUNT VON BERNSTORFF TELLS
GERMANY'S STAND IN SUBSEA
WAR CONTROVERSY.
KAISER YIELDS TO WILSON
Ambassador Calls on Secretary of
State Lansing and Promises Subma
rines Will Warn All Passenger Ships
In Future Note to Great Britain.
Washington, SopL 3. Germany has
accopted in principlo America's inter
pretation of tho rules under which her
submarines may oporato. Count von
1 Hcrnstorff, tho Gorman ambassador, so
j Informed Socrotary of Stato Lansing
on Wednesday.
Germany's action is accepted as tho
greatest diplomatic victory of tho war.
On leaving tho stato dopartment Count
von Bornstorff stated that ho consid
ered tho submarlno Issuo, as rnlscd in
tho canes of tho Gulfilght, Lusltanla
and Arabic, a closed Incident.
Tho ambassador said that ho had
boon directed by his government to
notify tho United States that hereafter
no merchant vcbboIb will be attacked
by Gorman submarines without first
being warned, visited and soarched
and opportunity afforded for their paB
scngerfl and crow to escape Ho said
that he had not takon up details at
this tlmo. Tho question of payment
for tho Lusltanla and Arabic victims
and of formal disavowal would bo dis
cussed by him later with Secretary
Lansing.
Ambassador von Bernstorft filed tho
following official memorandum with
Secretary Lansing:
"Dear Mr. Socrotary: With refer
ence to our conversation of this morn
ing I bog to Inform you that my in
structions concerning our answer to
your last Lusltanla noto contains tho
following passago:
"'Liners will not be Bunk by our
submarines without warning and with
out safety of lives of noncombatantB,
provided that tho liners do not try to
escape or offer resistance.'
Although I know that you do not
wish to discuss tho Lusltanla question
until tho Arabic incident has been defi
nitely nnd satisfactorily settled, I do-
slro to Inform you of tho above be
cause this policy of my government
was decided on beforo tho Arabic In
cldent occurred.
"I havo no objection to your making
any uso you may please of tho above
information.
"I remain, my dear Mr. Lansing,
"Vory sincerely yours,
(Signed) "J. BERNSTORFF."
Secretary Lansing commented as
follows on tho statement:
In vlow of the clearness of tho fore
going statement It seems needless to
mako any comment in regard to It
other than to say that It appears to me
a recognition of tho fundamental prin
ciples for which wo havo contended."
With tho German situation serene.
tho administration, it was authorlta
tlvely Btatod, will now press hard for
redress from England for her inter
feronco with American trade.
HARRY THAW SEEKS DIVORCE
New York Press Agent la Named
In
Suit Filed at Pittsburgh Deser
tion AIbo Charged.
Pittsburgh, Pa., SepL a. Harry K.
Thaw on Wednesday instituted an ac
tlon boforo Judgo A. B. Reld In tho Al
legheny county court for divorce from
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw. In tho action
Thaw names John ("Jack") Francis,
a free-lance newspaper man and tho
ntrlcal press agent of Now York city.
Thaw, who Is now in San Francisco
attending tho Panama-Pacific expos!
tion, is represented by tho law firm
of Stono & Stone, and thoy refuso to
divulge any facts othor than contained
In tho brief preliminary papers.
Tho bill of particulars names Fran
els as tho "othor party," in Docombor,
11109, and January, 1910, at 31 West
Thirty-first street, Now York city, and
at other places at other times.
It also ollogos that Mrs. Thaw do-
sorted her husband on July 1, 1909, nt
which tlmo ho was In Mntteawan.
Tho "Thaw baby" is not mentioned
in tho bill.
AVIATOR PEG0UD IS KILLED
Famous Frenchman Was First to
"Loop the Loop" Won Medal of
Honor for Bravery In Air Battles.
Paris, Sopt. 2. Adolpho Pegoud,
tho famous "loop-tho-loop" aviator,
was killed on Tuesday. All Franco Is
mourning his loss. Long boforo tho
war Pegoud waB acclaimed as tho
premier aviator of tho world. Ho was
tho first llyor to executo tho famouB
"loop-tho-loop."
When tho war started Pegoud im
mediately offered his services to
Franco. To sight an cnomy aoroplane
was a signal for combat Only last
March ho was decorated with tho mll
itary medal for valor.
Arrest 30 Warsaw Bankers.
Amsterdam, Sopt. 3. Thirty War-
Baw bankors who refused to accept
Gorman promissory notes havo boon
arrested and interned In Germany, ac
cording to Information reaching here
on Wcdnosday.
Beseler to Govern Poland.
Uorlln (via wireless), Sopt 3. Gon
ornl von Beselor has boon appointed
governor general of tho part of Rus
sian Poland that has been enptured
by tho Germans, it wns officially an
GRANT U
DIDS
nounced.
DATES OF FAIRS IN NEBRASKA
Secretary Smith of State Association
of Fair Managers Announces
Dates for Next Six Weeks.
State Auditor W. II. Smith, who is
secretary of tho Stato Association of
County Fairs, haa prepared n list of
dates for all county fairs during tho
next bLx weeks, together with names
of secretaries. The list is as follows:
Week of Sonteinbor 6 to KeDtein-
bcr 11: ,
Sidney. C. S. Radcllffe. Sept. 9-11.
llutte, H. II. Story. Sept. 9-11.
Lincoln. A. II. Smith. Sent. (i-iu.
Gordon. N. Cochran, Sept. 7-10.
Htnti Fnlr. Lincoln. W. 11. .uenor.
Sopt. 0-10.
week of September 13 to Septem
ber 18.
A iiMWort 1. It. 13. Osborn. Sept. 1D-17.
Nellffh, S. V. Thornton, Jr.. Sept. 14-17.
i:my uunter, it. A. uyruit. sept. 14-1 .
Uroken How. Emerv 1 Uusli. Sept.
14-17.
dmaron, J. K. Lawronce, Sopt. 14-17.
LeMnifton, 12. C. vanllnrn, Sept. 14-17
Sorlbm-r, Henry Doll, Sept. 10-17 .
ncniteimnn. uan L. uul-h. sent, lb-iv.
Geneva, II. P. WIIhou, Sept. 13-17.
Kranlclln, Jesse II. Uaden. Sept. 14-17.
uranu is una. Dan C. Urown. sopt.
14-17.
Almn. C. E. Atler. Sent. 13-1C.
Oulbertson, J, A. Kirk, Sopt. 16-18.
uimmners, 11. b Dyke. Sept' 14-ic.
Minden, L. A. Dasher, Sept' 14-17.
OKalalln, T. I. Dutch. Sept. 14-IC.
CrelKhton. C. Seliroeder. Sent. 1C-1S.
Madison, S. C. Hlackman, Sept. 14-17.
riarKs, w. D. Abel, Sopt. lii-17.
Pawnee Cltv. C. A. Schanncl. Sent.
14-10.
Seward. T. C. Beck. Sept. 14-17-.
Week of September 20 to Sopt. 2S:
Ainion, a. j. iiuiKiy, sept. 21-24.
Kearnov. a. B. Hnnse, Sept. 21-24.
David City. AV. II. McGaffln. Sent.
21-24.
Imperial. O. P. Shalleiibercrer. Sint.
22-24 .
Hooper, I. II. Maryott, Sept. 21-24.
Greeley, .loss Scott, Sopt. 21-24.
TQcumson. urant liurstetts. sent.
21-24.
Nelson. Qcorpo Jackson, Sopt. 20-23.
Columbus. Jerry Carrlff. Sent. 22-25.
Loup City, C. J. Tracy, Sept. 22-21.
Omaha, J. P. JleArdle, Sept. 20-23.
Week of Sept. 27 to Oct. 2:
Hti-cltVUlo. L. II. Cicnev. Sent. 28-
Oct. 1.
Ueatrlce. II. V. TtlsRen. Rent. 27-
Oct. V
St. Paul, C. 15. Loftwlck, Sept. 28-30.
Bladen. O. L. Llndirren. Sent. 28-
Oct. 1.
Week of October 4 to October 9:
Auburn. W. It. Fisher. Oct. r-8.
Indinnoln. William Plourd. Oct. G-8.
Week of Oct. 11 to Oct. 16:
Kiilrbury. O. II. Sollenbcreer. Oct.
13-10.
Adjutant General Hall is exceed
ingly happy bocauoo a squad of his
soldiers belonging to B company of
the Fifth regiment, Nebraska City,
broke tho world's record in ono line
of warfare Tho record broken was
that of scaling a wall fourteen feet
high. A Bquad of eight Nebraska
City boys went over the wall carry
ing a full equipment weighing thirty-
five pounds, in twenty-five seconds,
which is four seconds faster than the
best time. General Hall is much
pleased with tho two encampments
hold, that of tho Fourth regiment at
Fremont and tho Fifth at Crete. Tho
soldier boys entered into tho spirit of
tho camp with moro than usual en
thusiasm and showed themselves to
bo men who will keep up the reputa
tion of Nebraska when it comes to
fighting, should they bo called Into
service. The general is moro than
pleased with the work of his aviation
corps, the first to bo organized In tho
United States by a National Guard,
and he expects greater "results to
come later on. Ho will bo glad to
send his aeroplane squad out for
flights In Nebraska whenever their
services nro desired. They do not
expect to try to pull off the foolhardy
stunts of somo aviators, but will
show tho people what actually has to
bo tlone In modern warfare, which at
this tlmo 1b of great interest.
Nothing has been done by the board
of control or officials at tho stato pen
itentiary in regard to having an elec
tric chair Installed, looking forward to
tho execution of Emll Muzik, convict
ed of wife murder In Douglas county,
which is sot for September 13. Chair
man Kennedy of tho board of control
Is personally opposed to capital pun-
ishmcnt and Is said to have hopes
that the supremo court will change
tho death sentonco to life Imprison
ment. where it is Imposed in tho low-
or courts. Warden Fenton la quoted
ns saying tho ho will perform no ex
ccutlons, but will call In some execu
tloner from tho outside.
Secretary of Stato Pool expects to
save a little over $200 next year In tho
cost of number plates for automobiles
and motorcycles, which the stato fur
nishes ta owners of machines who
tnko out licenses. Under a new con-
tract which ho signed ho will pay
quarter of a cent less for automobllo
tacs and 1 cent less on motorcyclo
tags. Secretary Pool will change tho
color of the plateB next year to pre
vent duplication.
Food Commissioner Hnrman ox
pressed satisfaction over tho results
of two prosecutions In Omaha
brought by Inspector Kemblo. Ono
merchant was fined $20 on a charge
of having on hand with Intent to sell
a number of cans of sweet potatoes
tho contents of which wero spoiled
Another pleaded guilty to havln
twenty-one barrels of rotten apples In
storage and was fined $10 and costs.
What Is believed to bo an epidemic
of hydrophobia haB broken out in tho
cattlo herd of Robert Stall, a Bennett
farmer. Ono cow has been killed,
anothor died, and a third Is now un
der quarantine by order of Stato Vet
erinarian McKee, in order mat tno
disease may bo watched.
Stato Auditor Smith has decided to
draw warrants for tho payment of sal
aries of tho railway commission nnd
employes until such tlmo as somo ac
tion Is taken by tho courts on tho
right of tho commissioners to hold
their ofllco8.
MORTGAGE III ASHES
PANAMA - PACIFIC EXPOSITION
PAYS GREAT DEBT.
EAT DUE TO BIG ATTENDANCE
Accomplishment of Expocltion Com
pany Has Never Been Equaled.
Free From Debt.
San Francisco, Cal. William How
ard Tnft, who as president of tho
United States broke ground for tho
Panama-Pacific exposition four years
ago, burned September 3 tho exposi
tion mortgage in a ceremony which
symbolized payment of all Indebted
ness. Tho nshes wero cast to the
winds from nn illuminated aeroplano
by Charles Nlles.
"Out of debt day" visualized tho-
history of tho exposition, Its signifi
cance and its achievements, in a so
les of living pictures.
Charles C. Moore, president of tho
exposition, holding in his hand a,
check for $110,159.02, tho payment
which mado the exposition debt free,
nnd a representative of the San Fran
cisco clearing houso holding tho mort
gage stood in the center of a spot
light's glare and exchanged papers.
Mr. Taft burned tho mortgage, drop
ping tho ashes into an urn, from
which they wero thrown into the air
by the aviator.
Figures representing tho Indian, the
Pioneer, the Cavalryman, Labor, En
orgy, Genius and Imagination ap
peared in turn as theso were mention
ed during a recital of the exposition's
history and the events In American
progress which led up to it.
This early clearance of all indebt
edness by tho exposition is due to an
attendance which has surpassed all
expectation by nearly 40 per cent Tho
total admissions up to Sept. 4 wcro
11,833,309 and the dally average for
tho last month was 74,000. This dally
average is steadily increasing and tho
extraordinary tido of travel from tho
east shows no sign of diminishing.
Tho celebration will go down as
one of tho most 'famous of tho exposi
tion's functions. This accomplishment
of the company has established n.
record, for no exhibition has ever suc
ceeded in paying its indebtedness bo
foro it was half over.
Bankers Invited to Help Britain.
New York. The bankers of all the
chief cities in the country will bo
called upon to participate to furnish
tho staggering sum of $500,000,000 to
$1,000,000,000, required by Great Brit
ain for tho rehabilitation of her
credit, it was said here. Tho bankers
of Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago,
Pittsburg, Atlanta in fact all reserve
centers and somo cities where there
aro no reserve banks would be rep
resented in conference with New
York, either by delegates or by corre
spondence. The situation would then
be placed before them and they would
bo asked to contribute their share to
insuro uninterrupted contlnuanco of
America's export trade. Whether
Great Britain could furnish sufficient
American securities at present to
Borve as collateral for this big loan
wns another question considered. It
was thought that should she not bo
able to raise this sum, Canadian and
South American securities govern
ment bonds and even high class rail
way bonds would bo thought suf
ficiently stable to servo ns collateral
for a part of the loan.
Thirteen Bodies Found In F-4.
Honolulu. Ten moro bodies wero
found Sept. 3 in the hull of tho
United States submarlno F-4, crowded
in the engine room, when a holo was
cut through tho steel plates to effect
an entrance.
Members of tho naval board of in
quiry declined to discuss the ques
tion of whether the finding of so
many bodies In the compartment in
dicated the nature of tho accident
which caused tho vessel to sink In
tho bay March 25, with twenty-two
officers and men on board.
It was suggested by somo of thoso
working on th submarine that an
explosion elsewhere in tho vessel
caused tho men to tako refuge in the
ongino room. So far thlrtoen bodies
havo been taken from tho hold of tho
submarine. Others, many In frag
mentary state and badly decomposed,
haov been located covered with
wreckage of tho interior.
, Bankers Predict Prosperity.
Chlcngo, 111. Bankers passing
through Chicago recently on Uieit
at Seattle, Wash., declared that pros
perity is at hand.
Will Double Membership.
Omaha. Omaha churches may ox
pect nearly to douhlo their member
ship as tho result of tho Sunday meet
ings, according to tho Rov. Dr. Hol
land Hansom of Des Moines, who
spoko boforo a largo audience at tho
Omaha Baptist church.
Dernburg Heads New League.
Amstordam. According to tho Co
logno Gazette, a Gorman Economical
league for South and Central America
has been formed with Dr. Bernhard.
Dernburg ns president