:U. S. ASKS RECALLS
CAPT. BOY.ED AND CAPT. VON PA
PEN DECLARED PERSONA NON
GRATA TO GOVERNMENT.
ADMITTED CONSPIRACY IN U. S.
Secretary Lansing Announces at
Washington That Improper Activi
ties In Military and Naval Matters
Caused Action Against Attaches.
Washington, Dec. C The atnto de
partment announced formally on Fri
day that It had asl;ed for the recall ot
Captain Boy-Ed aud Captain vou Pa
pen, naval and military attaches, re
spectively, of the Gcrmun embassy
liero, because of tho "objectionable ac
tivities In connection with military
and naval matters."
Secretary Lansing informed Count
von Bernstorft, tho German nmbassa
dor. that Captain Boy-Ed, naval attache
to tho German embassy, had rendered
himself persona non grata to tho Uni
ted States government as tho result
of tits connection with tho conspirators
of tho Hamburg-American Hue. who
were found guilty In New York.
The statu department was believed
to bo of the opinion that as Captain
Hoy-Ed had admitted his connection
with tho tlnanclng of tho operations
which tho N-iv York Jury gavo a ver
dict ns being Illegal there wa3 nothing
jlsc to do but inform the German gov
ernment of Its views.
Secretary Lansing issued this state
ment: "On account of what this govern
ment considers Improper activities In
military and naval matters this gov
umment has requested the immediate
recall of Captain Uov-Ed. Gorman
naval attacho, and Captain von Papen,
merman military attache, as they are
no longer acceptable to this govern
ment." It is. understood Count von Bern
torff notified Berlin.
By Informing tho ambassador that
the attacho is persona non grata, the
United States leaves it with tho Ger
mau government as to tho manner lu
which Captain Boy-Ed shall terminate
IHo I 1... .... .
...o i.uuiii;i;iii.hi wiin iue emiiassy.
ihis is tho usual diplomatic pro--cedure
In tho case of an attache.
Captain Boy-Ed's activities In the
United States since the war began
liavo been the subject of close attcu
tion by tho state department and tin
department of Justice..
Several times It has been broadly
hinted that the American government
might intlmato to Germany that the
operations of her naval attacho were
objectionable, with the Inevitable sur
.gestion that his connection with the
embassy should be terminated.
Each time, however, the threatened
action came to nothing.
Captain Boy-Ed llrst attracted the
attention of tho government in connec
tion with tho mlsuso of American
passports by German rcservibts seek
ing to slip through tho allied lines to
join their armies. Some of tho men
in connection with whoso cases the
captain's name was mentioned now aro
serving terms in federal peniten
tiaries. Later Captain Boy-Ed's name wa?
mentioned in connection with tho
chartering of ships from American
ports to supply fuel and food to Ger
man warships.
The same alleged connection came
up again during the trials of the Ham
burg-American lino officials Just con
cluded in Now York, in which wit
nesses testified that Captain Boy-Ed
handled $750,000, which camo from
Berlin for chartering tho ships and
furnishing them with supplies.
ASKS AUSTRIA TO EXPLAIN
Ambassador Penfield Repeats Request
to Vienna for Reply to U. S.
Note on Ancona.
Vienna, Austria, Doc. G ;vla Lou
don). Tho American ambassador,
Frederick C. Penlleld. repeated his re
quest to tho Austrian government
that it make a .eply to the American
note respecting tho circumstances In
connection with tho sinking of tho
steamship Ancona in tho Mediter
ranean by nn Austrian submarine, as
a result of which sevoral Americans
lost their lives.
CLARKE NAMED BY SENATE
Arkansas M sinner Chosen President
Pro Tern. Over ?omerene of
Ohio After Hard Fight.
Washington, Doc. C Senator Clarko
of Arkansas was elected president pro
tern, of tho senate on Friday by a vote
of 28 to 23. Clarko was elected in tho
caucus of senate Democrats after moro
than two hours of continuous ballot
ing. Friends of Senator Pomcrono of
Ohio mado a hard fight to defeat the
senator from Arkansas, but could
muster only 13 votes,
$2,613,150,000 for Germany.
Berlin, Dec. G. Tho amount paid in
cash by subscribers to tho third Ger
man loan in tho last week of Novem
ber was about 3G1.OUO.000 marks. This
brought up the total paid to 10,462,
000,000 marks (,$2,G13,160,000).
St. Paul Has Costly Blaze.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. G. Damago es
timated at $300,000 resulted hero by
tiro which swept tho buildings of F.
J. Lcsllo & Co., wholesale papor deal
era, and Barrett & Barrett, wholesale
vinegar and glassware bouse.
MAKING IT RUN SMOOTHLY?
SERBIANS LOSE 17,000
LARGE PART OF KING PETER'S
FORCES CAPTURED.
Prisrend and Monastlr Occupied by In
vading Troops German Troops
to Roumanian Border.
Berlin (by wireless to Sayvillo), Doc.
3. An official report given out on
Wednesday nt tho Bulgarian army
headquarters says: "Bulgarian troopa.
nftcr a short and decisive engagement,
look Prisrend and .iade prisoner be
tween 1G.000 and 17,000 Serbians. They
also captured 50 Hold cannon and how
itzers, 20,000 rifles. 148 automobiles
and a large amount of war material.
The battle of Prisrend, where tho
remnants of the Serbian army wero
made prisoner, will probably end tho
Serbian campaign."
London. Dec. 3. Monastir was for
mally surrendered to tho Bulgarians
on Monday, according to an Athens!
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph.
A dispatch to tho Morning Post
from Bucharest says:
"Feverish preparations aro being
made at Hustchuk, on tho Danube west
of the Houmanian border, to accom
modate 50,000 Austro-Gcrman troops,
who arc due to arrive there shortly.
Many officers with war materials al
ready havo arrived.
"Four Austrian monitors aro patrol
ing the Dunubo along tho whole
length of Iho Bulgarian shore, to
whero tho Bulgarian frontier Joins
that of Rounianla."
CAN VISIT NEUTRAL NATIONS
State Department Refuses to Issue
Passports in Belligerent Territory
to Ford Party.
Washington, Dec. 4. Seventy-five
passports, good only in noutral coun
tries, wero issued on Thursday by tho
state department for members of tho
Ford peaco expedition. Several pass
ports wero ref UBcd on account of faulty
applications, or because the applicants
wero not cltlzims of tho United States.
Inez Milholland Boissovaln, suffra
gist, was refused a passport because
her husband is a cltlzon of a foreign
country.
Now York, Oec. 4. Louis P. Loch
ner, secretary to the Ford expedition,
said tho idea ijf "getting the boys out
of tho trencliDs by Christmas" had
been given up. "Tho wholo thing is
trying tho impossible," ho added, "but
wo aro trying just tho same.
Honry Ford returned to Now York
on Thursday nnd announced definite
plans for his jyeace expedition to sail
for Europe Saturday. Ho said that dur
ing tho voyage members of his party
would be solciited as permanent peaco
delegates to nimain In 'Europe He ex
pects other neutral nations to send
delegations t- meet tho Americans at
Tho Hague. A general conferenco
will then bo held to dccldo on further
steps.
NEGRO MAN HANGED BY MOB
Hundred Arkansans Storm Jail and
Har.g Alleged Slayer to a Tele
phone Pole.
Forrost City, Ark., Dec. 4. A mob
ot moro th&ii 100 men stormed tho
county Jail hero and took William Pat
rick, a ncgn man, from his coll and
hanged him to a telophono polo. Pat
rick was charged with having shot
and killed John Nichols, Jr., son of
County Assessor John Nichols.
Austrlans Leave Lemberg.
London, Dec. 0. A Central News
dispatch from Bucharest states that
tho Austrlans havo evacuated Lemberg
owing to an epidemic of scurvy. Ac
cording to this dispatch tho victims
number 200 fresh cases dally.
Serb Officials at Salonlkl.
Athens, Dec. 0. Members of the
Serbian chamber of deputies and the
minister ot war tiuvo arrived at Sa
lonlkl, whllo tho minister of finance
Is ut Fiorina. Greece, 15 miles south
east ot Monastlr.
TO BAR CZAR'S ARMY
ROUMANIA FORBIDS DANUBE TO
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
Bulgars Capture Prisrend and Monas
tlr French and Serbs Retreat
Before Fcrdlnand'n Troops.
London, Due. 1. Whllo tho entente
causo in tho Balkans received a seri
ous blow In Roumanian reported de
cision to bar Russian activities against
Bulgaria, the advance rA tho Teutonic
and Bulgarian Invaders continued on
both fronts in Serbia.
An ofllcial statement from Berlin
says Bulgarian forces havo captured
Prisrend, near tho Albanian border,
with 3,000 men, while Austro-Gcrman
forces advanced southwest of Mltro
vltza and took 1.000 prisoners.
Press dispatches from Bucharest
say that the Houmanian government
lias forbidden tho use of the Danubo
to tho Russian government and that
In nn energetic note It has mado tho
demand that Russia respect her neu
trality. ' Tho note states that Rou
.mania will defend her neutrality If
necessary. Tho Danubo is mined.
Tho Bulgars are pushing their con
quest of Serbian Macedonia rapidly
toward tho Greek frontier, tho Sofia
war office stated. Monastlr was cap
tured Monday.
Tho southern Serbs nnd French aro
reported In general retreat and the
British is too small a force to figure
sorlously in the fighting.
The French, falling back along tho
Cerna river, aro burning bridges In
an attempt to chock tho Bulgar pur
suit. FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE
30COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC
Nowpori, Ky., Dec. 4. Kingston
Bianchaixl, noted turfman and horse
trainer, committed suicide by shoot
ing. Romo, Doc. 4. Cardinal Begin,
Archbishop of Quebec, who arrived
hero Thursday for tho consistory, will
bo received In audienco by tho pope.
Ho will bo tho only American cardi
nal at tho consistory, none of tho
three in tho United States having
como.
Versailles, Dec. 4. Tho Frauco
Amoricau poet, Stuart Merrill, died
suddenly at his homo hero, it is an
nounccd. Now York, Dec. 4. A commission
representing tho Belgian government,
and mado up of Alois Van Do Vyero,
minister of finance; Baron Ernest Do
Cartlor, Belgian minister to China, and
Chevalier Edmund Carton do Wlart,
president of tho Soclcto General
Belgo, arrived on tho liner Adriatic to
superintend tho filling of war con
tracts for tho Belgian government.
MILLIONAIRE WEDS EMPLOYEE
O. C. Barber, Diamond Match Magnate,
Aged Seventy-Four, Takes Bride
Thlrty-Elght Years Old,
Akron. O., Dec. 4. Ohio Columbus
Barber, aged seventy-four. Akrnn mil.
llonalro, and Mary F. Orr, aged thirty
eight, his private secretary for twelve
years, wero married on Thursday. Mr.
Barber is widely known as tho founder
of tho Diamond Mutch company. His
wealth Is estimated at $6,000,000. Only
cloao relatives of tho brldo attended
tho wedding. Mr. Barber and IiIb brido
left nfter tho ceremony for oiii Point
Comfort and Washington.
Bonus for Powder Workers.
Tamanua. Pa.. Doc. tf. A
merit is mado by tho Atlas Powder
company that all employees who have
been with the company a year will re
ceive a cash bonus of 10 per cent of
their wages.
Allies' Cruiser Hit.
Constantinople Turkey vi ln.
don). Lee. C. Tho TurkUh war office
unnounced that In tho fighting at the
Dardanelles a cruiser of the allies
had been hit three times and forced
to retire.
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JURY CONVICTS DR. BUENZ AND
THREE AIDS OF CON
SPIRACY. JURORS OUT SEVEN HOURS
Verdict Is They Defrauded the United
States Government In Obtaining
False Clearances to Help the Ger
man Fleet In the Atlantic.
New York, Doc. 4. Tho Jury In tho
United States district court returned
on Thursday night a verdict of guilty
against Dr. Karl Buenz and threo oth
er officials of tho Hamburg-American
line.
The four defendants were charged
with conspiracy to dccolvo and do
fraud tho United States government
by obtaining clearances for rollof
ships laden with coal and other sup
plies sailing from American ports for
Gorman cruisers in tho Atlantic early
In tho war.
Tho maximum penalty Tor each In
dictment Is two yenrs" Imprisonment
and $10,000 flno.
Sentoncos worn not fmnnnnil nt. once
bocauso of the lato hour when tho
verdict was reached.
The Jurors wero out soven hours
nnd it is reported they took only ouo
ballot.
An appeal. It seemed certain, will
bo mado to tho federal court of ap
peals nnd, In caso tho verdict Is up
hold, to tho Supremo court of tho
United States.
Meanwhile the defendants will prob
ably remain at liberty under $5,000
bail each. Tho four defendants af
fected by the verdict are:
Dr. Karl Buenz, managing director
of the Hamburg-American lino In
New York city nnd former German
consul general.
Gecrgo Kottcr, goneral superintend
ent of tho line.
Adolph Hachmeistcr. general pur
chasing agent.
Joseph Popplnghaus, a former olll
cer In tho German army and nt pres
ent a second officer In tho Ilnmburg
American line.
The jury returned a verdict of
guilty on each of two Indictments.
A fifth dofendant. Felix SefTncr, su
percargo on ono of tho neutral steam
ers sent to supply tho Gorman Hoot,
was not brought to trial. Ho was
captured by tho British whllo on his
errand of rollof and Is at presont a
prisoner In a Canadian detention
camp.
Tho four defendants took tho ver
dict calmly.
After tho Jury had filed out Doctor
Buenz turned to Kottcr, sitting at his
left, and rising, shook hands. "Auf
wiedorBchon!" ho said, nnd Kotter
echoed tho words.
LEGISLATURE TAKES RECESS
Illinois Lawmakers Agree to Meet
Again February 23 Money
Bills Passed.
Springfield, 111., Doc. 3. Tho logUIa
turo has finished scrambling "tho eggs
and Is packing its grips and satchels.
A recess adjournment has beer, taken
until February 23. Tho dato was fixed
Wednesday night after a warm contro
versy and a complicated parliamentary
mlx-up. Tho houso, after two days of
continuous roll calls, voted on tho last
emergency appropriation bill and
adopted a Joint resolution for a ro
cc3s until February 23,
After a prolonged discussion on tho
senate floor the upper branch voted to
concur In tho idea of a rocoss until
Fobruary 23.
Tho legislature cleaned up all tho
emergency appropriation bills de
signed to rectify tho blunders of tho
assembly last Bprlng, which led to the
tlnup of the stato machinery by tho
Fergus suits.
3 AUSTRIAN MINISTERS OUT
Emperor Francis Joseph Confirms Re
port and Successors Have
Been Named.
Amsterdam, Holland, Doc. 3. Ro
ports that several members of tho Aus
trian cabinet havo resigned wero con
firmed on Wednesday by an autograph
lettor from Emporor Francis Josoph,
published In the Wlonor Zeltung of Vi
enna. Tho emperor has accepted thp
resignations of Dr. Karl Helnold
d'Udynskl, minister of tho Interior;
Dr. Rudolf Schuster von Bonnott, min
ister of commerce, and Bnron Engol
vou Mnlnfeldon, minister of finance
Prlnco Ilohonloho Schllllngfuorst,
prosldent of tho supremo court of ac
counts, has been appointed minister of
tho Interior; Rlttor von Leth, gover
nor of tho postal savings bank, min
ister of finance, and Herr von Spitz
miller, director of tho Kredlt Anstult,
minister of commerce.
Mrs. W. R. Hearst Mother of Twins.
Now York. Dec. 4.- Mrs. William
Randolph Hearst became tho mother
of two sturdy boyB on Wednesday at
her roaldcnco on Rlversldo drlvo. Mr.
and Mrs. Hearst now havo flvo chll-
drcn, all boys.
Greek Steamer Sunk.
London, Doc. 4. Tho Greek steamer
Zarafls has boon sunk In tho Mediter
ranean by a Bubmarlno, according to
marltlroo advices received hero. Tho
crow escaped in boats and was picked
up by a steamer.
CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
Isaac V. Harris, one of tho most
promlnettt bnnkers In Nebraska died
nt his homo nt Stella.
Steps have boon tnken by citizens
at Wnusa for the fornintlon of a far
mers' and merchants' club.
The now up-to-date Palace theater,
seating nearly 500 nt Long Pino wns
opened to the- public a short time ago.
Tho seedling mllo ot tho Lincoln
highway nt Kearney, known ns tho
Watson boulovnrd, was thrown open
to tho public December I.
During the union" evangelistic cam
paign In Gothenburg under the lead
ership of Evangelist John II. Linden
or Mndlson. Wis.. 424 people hit tho
trail.
Dr. L. M. Stearns of Kearney has
boon noppinted resident physician of
tho state tubercular hospital at that
place. Ho succeeds Dr. Van Der
Slice, who was recently dismissed.
AL the district meeting of the I. O.
O. F. lodges held in Bridgeport, re
cently, n vote was tnken In favor of
holding the next district meeting in
'Alliance. This will be In the fall of
mic.
Railroad companies havo decided to
withdraw tholr application for permis
sion to rnlso rates on shipments of
meat and other packing house prod
nets from South Omaha and Omaha to
Lincoln.
Tho Fremont city council has for
mally recognized tho municipal Christ,
inns tree plan by voting to co-operate
with Fremont merchants In a big
Chrlstmns tree on the court house
lawn.
Clarence Eklund won two straight
falls from Mike Frqmo of lown, in
their wrestling match at Friend. Chris
Jordan was billed to wrestle Fronie,
but on nccount of a strained neck Ek
lund was substituted.
Tho old M. E. church at Beaver
City is being rebuilt and converted
into n modem, up-lo-dnto place of
worship. When completed It will ho
ono of the finest church edifices In
thut section of the state.
The Omaha building department
conservatively estimates this year's
building operations will aggregnto
$5,500,000, nearly $1.000(000 moro than
last year. This will bo the best build
ing year for Omaha hIiico 11)11.
. Fred Cox, a farmer residing ton
miles north of Fuirbury, has ono hun
dred acres of corn that will ylold on
an average of sixty-seven bushels an
aero. This is tho best uwago yield
reported to date in southern Ne
braska. A project has been successfully
launched in Hnstings to have an out
door municipal Clirlstmus tree. A
toy hospital has also been established
In the public schools to mend broken
toys, nnd afterwards dlBtrlljuto thorn
nmong tho poor.
State wide and national prohibition
and limited national defonso wero
among tho resolutions adopted by
tho Nebraska. Furmors Congress at
their recent convention In Omnha.
Tho congress decided to agnln meet
in Omaha in 1916.
Advices from Omaha aro to tho ef
fect that President Mohlor, of tho
Union Pacific has asked tho board of
directors of tho company for an ap
propriation of eighty thousand dollars
for tho purpose of constructing a new
depot building nt North Platte.
Thero havo boen four deaths In
Falls City recently from dlphthorla
and thoro nro three cases still under
quarantine. Tho porcontngo of
doatliB to cascn Is very high. The
aourco of tho infection has not been
located by tho city board of health.
Bales Young, an nutb repair man
of Hastings, was instnntly killed and
Miss Mabel Evans, clerk, sustained u
broken leg nnd may die from expo
suro as tho result of nn nutomobilo,
In which thoy woro riding, being
struck by a fast passenger train.
Some thirty parents of children of
school ago In Gngo county havo been
notified thnt unless they comply with
tho stato law and sond tho children to
school thoy will bo prosecuted. It Is
said a number havo been kept out of
Bchool thlH fall to aid In corn fields.
The town of Tekarnnh is undergoing
n building boom. Among tho large
Jobs now in progress nro tho $35,000
municipal electric light plant, $25,000
Methodist church and a $15,000 Car
neglo library. Many small buildings
aro going up In all parts of tho place.
Orrin Shaw, who lives near Broken
Bow, mot with nn accident that cost
him tho loss of an eyo. Ho waa In
tho act of driving a nnll when n. stroke
of the hammer caused tho nnll to fly
bnck and strike him In the left oye,
cutting open the eyeball. Physicians
found it necessary to remove the eyo.
Alone in n llttlo country school
house between North Platte and May
wood, MIsh Esther Mayo, a teacher,
was burned to death when Bho ut
tempted to Btart a Hro in the Btovo
by using gasoline. Tho can exploded,
throwing burning oil over her cloth
ing. She was allvo nnd conscious
when found, but died soon nfter.
It Is reported that F, T. Shields,
editor of a democratic papor ut Or
leans, will bo a candidnto for the
democratic nomination for governor.
Tho Nebraska City board of health
will havo tho support of City Attorney
W. W. Wilson In Its attempt to en
forco that provision of tho health or
dinance relating to tho Inspection of
dairy cowb. Tho bonrd announced a
few days ago tha tuburclln tests would
be made, at a cost of $2 each to tho
men owning tho cows, said test to bo
mado by veterinarians working with
.the board.
Tho Stnto Bank of Goring Is a pro
pectlvo new flnnnclnl institution for
that jjhicej
A proposition for a night nuto
school In tho Y. M. C. A. at Norfolk I?
under consideration.
Mr. and Mrs. James King of Beut
rlco recently celebrated their sixtieth
wedding nnnlvorsnry.
Citizens of Adamn arc planning to
build n community houso to cost be
tween $8,000 and $10,000.
Two more cases of scarlet fever
havo been reported in Norfolk nnd
sowntoon cases nro now registered.
Tho Lyons high school Is to havo
a first elnsK gymnasium. A building
is now being remodeled for thnt pur
pose. The Hebron board of education
haa routed tho opera house for tho
winter to bo used by tho schools for
athletic purposes.
Captain and Mrs. Evans nt their
homo In Stella Thanksgiving Day, cel
ebrated their golden wedding anni
versary.
FIro did considerable damage to tho
beautiful $35,000 Mothodlst church nt
Lexington. Only by quick work of
firemen was the edifice saved from de
struction.
Robert Vim Every, of Hastlnpa,
was severely Injured when struck on
the fnco by tho sween of a cnnstiiu In
a houso moving outfit which ho waif
operating.
Tho poBtofllce nt Goodstrenk, Mor
roll county, has been discontinued by
tho United States poslnl authorities.
Mall hereafter must bo sent An
gorn.
Rooms have been accural and a Y.
W. C. A. will bo opened at Beatrice,
In tho near future. A largo number
of women have signified their Inten
tion of Joining tho association.
After three weeks of senrchlng, offi
cers and citizens havo found no trace
of tho body of Frank Oberchaln, who
disappeared whllo hunting ducks In
tho big lagoon nenr inland.
With tho nld of a bronchoscope n
kernel of corn was located in tho left
lung or a flvo-year-old Clay Center
girl at Hastings and removed by doc
tors when tho child 'was at tho
point of death.
Harold Corey of Greon Bay, Wis.,
for two years of tho University of Ne
braska football oloven, was elected
cnptaln of the 1910 Huskera over Guy
Chnmberlnln, the phonomonal Nebras
ka end.
Tho Farmers' Stato Bank or Stolln
is rapidly converting a storo building
Into a homo for tho now Institution.
The capital stock is $15,000. Most ot
tho stockholders are farmers living
near Stella.
Judge B. O. Hosteller, or Koarnoy,
who was wnlted upon by a delegation
or .republicans who wero desirous of
having him declaro hlmseir hb to tho
possibilities or making tho race for
governor, declared ho would not bo a
candldato for tho place.
Earl Charleston of Fremont claims
to bo a champion corn busker. On the
farm of his brother, Boyd, north of
Fremont ono day Inst week, ho picked
and scooped 98 bushols or 'com in
eight hours nnd 15 minutes. The corn
yielded about 30 bushols an ncro.
Theron II. Stcon, connected with
tho Americnn ombnssy nt Vienna,
Austria, who Is in Kearney visiting,
saya that tho Austrlans enn see
nothing but victory nhoad In tho
great war and thoy did llttlo If any
mourlng for thoso killed In battle.
Tho First Natlonnl bank of Clarka
which recently figured In a mandamui
suit to compel tho stnto banking
hoard to grant its officers a charter
to open a state savings bank In the
office rooma of lta bank, haB changed
from a nntlonal bank to n stato bank
Fire damaged tho Republican Val
ley hospital at Cambridge to tiro ex
tent of at loast $1,000, Tho hospital
was full of patients, but all woro tak
en care or. Ono pntiont, tho victim ol
a motorcycle accident, had to bo re
moved rrom the hospitat through o
window.
Mrs. Dottmoro, who lives with hoi
brother near Morrill, was robbed ' re
cently or $20 by a daring highway
man. Tho robbor tied Mrs. Dottmore
in the houso nnd then tied a boy ol
14 In tho barn, got tho monoy, cut tho
telophono whoa and fled. Ho wns
later captured near ScottsblufT.
Tho offices of tho various socletlea
which composo Organized Agriculture
nro now preparing their programs Tor
the midwinter meetings nt Lincoln on
January 17-22. Twenty-two socloties
will hold meetings nnd tho entire
field or scientific agriculture, horti
culture, dairying, good roads, llvo
stock breodhig and all kindred sub
lects will receive consideration In tho
progrnma.
Tho Nebraska Peaco socloty at Lin.
coin recently snt a lotter to Its mem
bers asking them ir thoy wero In fn
vor or increase or tho army and
navy; ir thoy ravored tho program
Tor "preparedness," nnd ir they ravor
ed n conrerenco or noutral nntlons.
As to lncreaso or army. 13 replied In
favor and 41 ngalnst. Twelve favored
tho Increase of the navy and 41 op
posed. Thoro wero 150 lottors sent
out nnd a total of 84 replies received.
Nattonul guard Inspections for this
year started tho first or December
with tho compnnlen In Omnha, and
will be completed by about Decem
ber 15.
Guy Ohnmborlnln, star or tho Uni
versity or Nebraska football team, has
been namod on tho all-western foot
ball teams or Waltqr Eckorsall of tho
Chicago Tribune nnd G. W Axelson of
tho Chicago Herald. Dick Rutherford
was nlso selected by Axolson for his
first team, whllo Eckersall choso the
Nebraska leader as captain of his sec
ond team.