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PUREMILKGAMPAIGN STATE FOOD COMMISSION PROBE CUTE8 ILLEGAL DEALERS. HAVE SETTLED DIFFERENCES Items of General Interest Gathered From ReJIable Sources Around the State House. Weitrn Newspaper Union News Service. What is doclarcd to be tho biggest campaign over mado by tho Nobraska rood commission along tho line of test- lng milk and cream sold in tho cities, for tho purposo of determining tho por- centago of butter fnt contontB, has been in progress during thu past week or two. Stato Chemist Frlsblo and a num- uor 01 mspociors navo noeii doing tins jn orjor to safeguard againBt tho poa work quietly and havo covored a great slblllty of any such happening as at deal of ground. tho Capital hotel last month, it was Hastings, uranu island, Kearney, (..oiumous, worroiK, Krcmont nun Fair bury wero visited. At Grand Island four dcalors and at Norfolk thrco woro prosecuted for soiling milk nnd cream having less than tho required amount of butter fat, which Is 8 nnd 18 per MARY JEAN RU38ELL Who made. a score of 09.5 at the State Fair Better Babies show. She Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Russell of Lincoln. cent, respectively. At tho other places the milk and cream were found to bo up to the logal standard. The Inspectors and tho stato chemist wero at Omaha several dnyo, and ro- suits obtained thero indlcato that con- dltlons havo been considerably lm- proved slnco tho last time that city wiw vlsltod a month .or more ago. At this time, flfty-throo prosecutions wero filed, in all of which fines woro col- looted. Settled Their Differences. The Gibbon Telephone Co. and tho Kearnoy Powor Co. settled their dif- "forencca boforo tho railway commis sion over tho vexed question of the lattor extending transmission lines over tho wires of tho tolephono com pany. Tho question has been boforo tho railway commission several times lato- ly, owing to tno rapid long-distance ir.n0nii3BuH oi power. in mo uiooon-ivoarney case, mo ower company agrcod to Btand sov- eral hundred dollars' oxpenso noces- esry for a canvas of tho patrons of the telephone company to secure con- su wj a cnango in mo sorvico. mo Gibbon company had asked tho com- mission to force tho Kearnoy company that cannot bo Bhlppcd. In some com to stand all of the expense connected munltlcs farmorH still havo tholr grain with the chango, but later withdrew it. 0n tho ground without protection, lnia BGiweraeni uoes not nueci omer similar casos ponding boforo tho com mission, New State Banks. Tho stato banking board has granted cimriurB 10 mreo now siaio nanus, as follows: Farmers Stato bank of juoiru. capital Btock, $25,000. president. J. A. Abbott; Farmers Stato bank of Lexington, capital Btock, $35,000. pros- mem, u. i. uraiuimm, luwicnorn mam bank of Cody, capital stock, 576,000, prawaoni, cugar u. uoio, Says Railroads "Ploy Game of Grab." Tho Btato raltway commission ox- 5h? raZads TnV? the railroads to turn over empty freight cars to tho toads thnt own nVl8,il0lnaB IZZIV rC0,V 5f. -ZS.! "rJLA" ?JL : -.w., w.v juv,w of the roads making use of tho other companion' cars last week. Ono offl. clal recently declared tho roada played .1 ,T,i ax ... a "game ot grab" in tho matter, gottlng and retaining as many cars ns possi ble. Military Dentists In Sight. Two applications for tho positions of dental surgeons in tho Nobraska rogl saents now on tho border havo boon received at tho adjutant general'B offlco. The applicants are C. S. ot DoWUL Tho colonels of two rogl- i,wu.iujr mm uh a. w. tun for dontls b. saying thoy nro badly needed. It Is probablo that commls- flQ"- as dental surgeons will bo Issued to tho two applicants by Govovnor Moreheod. and thoy will then leave to Join tho troops. WILL 8TENQTHEN DUILDINQ Regents Take Precautionary Measures In University Structure. As a measure of precaution and pru dence, tho Btato board of university regents will tako measures at onco to provont any ponBlblo collnpso of the mnln building known as Unlvernlty Hall, tho oldest structure on tho cam pus. Tilts building was erected lit tho days when brick woro not of tho bent auality and when tho science of mor- mr-mixing nun noi roacnuu us iiruauiu dovolopment. Years ago, whan 'a now foundation was put under It, a crack appeared, and as tho years havo gona by dotorioratiou has been notlceabla In other parts of tb structure. Whllo thero Is nothing menacing about Us presont condition and a care fUl examination conducted recont- y by the board, togothor with Archl tcct Hodgdon, Dean Stout of tho en Klnoorlnir denartmont nnd Sunorlntend ent 0f Buildlncs. Chowlns. disclosed nothing that Indicatod present dangor, ordorcd that braceB bo at once put In, Trained Farmers a Great Need Dr. P. L. Hall, unlvorslty regent, in an address at Lincoln put forth Id. strong torms, tho argument that tin school of agriculture should sorve t two-fold purposo; first, It should train young men nnd young women froa tho farms of tho Btato to go back upon tho farms and got bettor results thur would be possible without such train ing; second, tho school of agriculture should bo a common school for boys nnd girls on tho farms to proparo them for tho collcgo of ngruculturc. "What wo need In Nobraska nro trained men from tho school of agriculture," said Dr. Hall, "and trained men who have equipped thomselves by a courso "In tho collcgo of agriculture to go out Into overy county In tho stato of No braska nnd ongago In farming and sorvo ns county agents and farm dem onstrators in every community." That Is what Is being dono, according to Dr. Hall, in Minnesota, Nebraska, ho claimed, has a better agricultural foun dation than most any other stato, and ho said that ho wanted to soo from threo to fivo thousnnd boys and girls from tho Nobraska farms upon tho uni versity farm campus. Ho did not want to havo tho school of agrlculturo segregated from tho university, and ho did not think that n separation of tho Industrial and academic schools of tho university would over tako placo, although the work of tho different de partments could best be carrlod on upon a Bcparato campus. . 1 . CornhUskers Getting Under Way Pall track workouts at tho univer sity started Inst week with thlrty-flvo men on the cinder paths, coached by Mnnagor of Athletics Guy E. Itocd. Tho mild weather has given tho track men a flno opportunity to got under way, and Rood, who btlll holds tho unlvorslty records In the 100-ynrd ilaBh, 220 and quarter mile, has been working tho men two hours a "night, The squad Is hcadod by Captain Overman, distance runner, who made points for the varsity in tho mile nnd two-mllo events last year, Grau, a half- mlleV from Fremont, and Qrlbblo, a mlddlo dtstanco man with lots of promise, started well. Two of the team's Btandbys, Corey nnd Shaw in tho weight events, aro working out on tho football squad. Heed promlsos to stage an Interclnss moot in a fow weeks with a nifty lot of modalB for tho point winners. Renewed Clamor for Empty Cars a fresh dolugo of complaints of shortago of cars for tho shipping of Ernjn. and comnlaints of dlacrlmlna uoa botwecn stations in tho dlstrlbu tlon of cars, has come upon tho Ne brnska railway commission. Tho com plaints nro from both farmers' olova tors and lino elevator companies. In many nlacos olovators am full of craln awalttng a chanco to sell. That farm ors still crow wheat and havo no placo to house the crop after It is threshed Is n surnrlso to many nconlo who nro not farmers, hut It nnnonm frnm lot. tors that this method of farmlnc la i still pursued. Tho state of Nobraska has received from tho federal government $1,637 bb u8 ono-fourth Interest of tho proceeds of tho forest lnnda in thin nli.tn Thn money goes to tho throo counties where tho forest rcservon aro located New Phase of Car Shortage. new piinso or tho car Bhortago has u torn oiY com a 'tat from Gor" ., , . xr.. ., ,,,,, tn fll,ia,, . , ,. .v.,",..! ot Plato0B unleBi tho shlpmonta wero "Hied to points on the Northwestern rond Th0 commission was Informs by the railroad officials that such a i0 7 2 Tr.L Hin fS b00nfc!2 force lor soino time, and no ono had ,,,,,, .i- objected because this gavo shippers u chanco to ship to two good, grain markets, Minneapolis or Omaha." Typhoid Report from Winnebago. Tho stato hoalth Inspector's offlco has heard from Wlunobago to tho ot- fn.t Hint flftnlttl .nana nt ivnlinl.l ,, ,ivinn,i n,M n ,,.i,im. t.. teen Rro , tho town Rnd two at tfa Wator trom lho pubUo w ftt WInn bni,0 na ftl.0 from t,,e Bency wolj will bo tested for typhoid germs. Some n, M. i,iin,,o rnMi m ift whcro nn epldomlo of tho dlseaso WftB oxporioncc(i( nnd lt ts thougM tloy rany lmv0 brought It back with thcm. THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, SEEKS ONLY TRUCE? LORD CECIL OF ENGLAND RE PLIES TO GERMAN CHAN . CELLOR'S 8PEECH. "EUROPE READY FOR PEACE" Von Bethmann-Hollweg Confident That Teutons Will Win Says Allies Seek Territorial Aggrandisement British Are Assailed. London, Oct. 1!. All of Europe Is "ready for pence, but Germnny wuuts "only n truce." This statement was nmdo by Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war, trade and blockade, In nnswer to Clmncellor von Bctlimunn-Hollwcg's speech ut the opening of the German relchstng. "The chancellor's speech shows n considerable chiingo In tone," declared tho British minister to the correspond ent of the International News service. "That tnlk of n Germun victory has entirely vanished Is reinnrkable. Thero wiih no word concerning Belgium. Asked If he considered the chancel lor's criticism of Engltuid more Intense than before, Lord Robert said ! "It Is an old trick to try to con vince our ullles that we nro bleeding them to death. The Idea that Englnnd wants world supremacy Is fantastic. The minister expressed the opinion that Germnny has not stopped Its sub marine campaign, but only slackened during July nnd August because they were hard hit. "Everybody Is ready for pence," he concluded. "It depends upon whnt one cnlls pence. The Gcrmnns are not ready for pence ; they only wnnt a truce for a period of preparation for further world attacks. As long as they continue to be governed by tho mili tary clnss, which Is considered superi or to everyone else, thero Is no chance for pence." Berlin, Oct. 2. Germany will per severe until victory Is hers, the relchs tng wns assured by Chancellor von Dcthmann-IIollwcg, according to the full text of his speech, which wns pub lished here. The chancellor nsscrted that the hnrvest this year had made Germany's position much more secure than wns tho enso Inst year. In his nttnek upon Grent Britain Von Bcthmnnn-IIollwcg declared that thnt country wns breaking one Interna tional lnw after nnother, nnd was above nil Germany's "most egotis tical, fiercest nnd most obstlnnto en emy." "Today, nfter two years of fighting, struggling, suffering anil dying, wo know more Uiun over before that there Is only ono watchword, namely, per severe nnd win," said tho clmncellor. "Wo will win. This 'year's harvest mnkes us much moro secure than wns the case last year. "The war alms of our enemies nro announced without dlsgulso nnd can al low of no misinterpretation Their purposo Is territorial covctousncss and our destruction," said Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg. "Since tho first dny of the wnr wo have sought nothing but tho defense of our rights, our exlstenco nnd our freedom. Therefore we nro nble first nnd nlone to declnro our readiness for peace negotiations. Tho lust of con quest of our enemies Is responsible for tho dally heaping mountains of 'corpses. "Tho British lenvo no doubt as to what they wish to mnke of Germany. Our existence ns n nation Is to be crushed. Militarily defenseless, eco nomlcnlly crushed, boycotted by the world and condemned to lasting sick llness that Is tho Germany which Englund wishes to seo at her feet." Tho clmncellor said that ho realized tho troubles of the people caused by. the war and thnt he shared tho deep sorrow foe the fnlleu nnd muti lated. WOMAN SLAIN AND BURNED Victim Found Strangled In Ruins of Summer Home Rich Husband Is Held. Mountnln View, N. H., Oct. 2. Mrs. Frederick L. Smnll, wife of n Boston real cstnto broker, who wns burned In u flro on Friday which de stroyed the Smnll summer homo nt Luke Osslpeo, wns murdered, It was discovered when tho body was tnken from the ruins. She had been beaten over the head nnd strangled by u rope tied around her neck Later, on his own nuthority, Sheriff Chandler placed Small under arrest nnd held him ut u local hotel pending Instructions from the county solicitor. I ijollco believe the tiro was set to cover mu crime, uy a moro ciinnce, howovcr, this failed. The body dropped Into tho basement and the head mid neck lodged In n pool ot wntor. Tho rope which hnd been drnwn twlco around tho neck was preserved. Germans and Swiss Agree. Borne, Oct. 2, Dr. Arthur noff munn, foreign minister nnd chief of 'ho political department, announced Hint economic negotiations between Germany nnd Switzerland hnd been rompletcd mitlsfactorlly. Ruts Air Raids Increase. Petrotfrad, Oct. 2.A!r nct'tvlty ovor tho eastern front la Increasing. Bus- stun nvlntors have cnrrlcd. out n big ram ueuinu the German lines. Tho .... - . ivuHKiuii uiuciiines wero lost in ono combat. NOItTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. THE GOLDEN CALF GREECE ENTERS WAR COUNCIL AND KING AGREE TO JOIN THE ENTENTE. J Allies Win Last of Doubtful States In Diplomatic Battle Long Struggle Ends. Loudon, Sept. 20. Tho council of Greek ministers has decided, In agree ment with King Constnntlne, upon mili tary co-operation with the" eutcnto powers, says n Itcuter dispatch re ceived on Wednesday from Athens. A possible excuse for n Greek dec laration of wax Ih seen In nn Athens dlspntch reporting that tho Greek steamship Ellen wns torpedoed by n German submarine off the coast of Sardinia. The crew was saved. Paris hnd ndvlccs thnt Greek troops In Cnnen, to the number of 4,000, have olucd the revolutionists. The decision of Greece to enter the wnr ends one of the most Interesting diplomatic conflicts In world history. With Italy, Bulgarln nnd Roumunln, Greece pivoted on tho brink of wnr from tho llrst day of the world con flict. Now thnt tho country has decided to tako thu plunge, tho last of the uneertnlnv powers Is out In tho open, a dlploinatlc wnr Is ended In victory for the entente nnd the wny Is open for n finish ljght on the batleflelds of MORE TROOPS SENT HOME Illinois and Wisconsin Artillery and Field Hospital Among Those Who Will Return. San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 30. The following troops nro designated to go homo: Second Maine, Luredo; regi ment Now York artillery, Brownsville; First Pcnnsylvnnln field artillery, El Phso; Bnttcry A, Bhode Island field artillery, El I'nso ; First bnttnllon First Massachusetts field artillery, El I'nso; First Illinois Field artillery nnd Wis cousin bnttery, San Antonio; Second Massachusetts, El I'nso ; First Connec tlcut, Nognles; First Montnnn, Doug Ins; First squadron Now Jersey cav- rtlry, First bnttalldn New Jersey ar tillery, Columbus ; Bnttnllon District of Columbia, Nno; First squadron Utah cnvnlry, Nognles, nnd First Ambulnnco corps, New York, McAllen. Theso troops will bo replaced by 10,000 guardsmen ofdered to border serv ice. JAPAN FRIEND QF AMERICA Steel Corporation Head, After Three Months In Nippon, .Falls to Find "Yellow Peril." Chicago, Oct. 2. Elbert n. Gary, chairman of tho United States Steel corporation, spent threo months In Jnpnn hunting for ovldenco of the "yellow peril." He announced In Chi cngo on Friday that ho wns firmly con vinced by his Investlgntlon that Jnp- ifu's feelings townid tho United Stntcs nro frlciully, und there nro no differ ences which might nrlso between tho two nations which cannot bo settled by negotiations. Cult Leader Refused Parole. Jollet, 111., Sept. 0.--Evolyn Athur Seo, notorious ns tho former lender of tho Absolute Llfo cult, was refused nn audience on Thursdny by tho stnte pa role board when ho uplled for clem ency. Millionaire Is Police Head. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 00. Jnmes CouzeiiB, millionaire nnd former vlco nrcsldent of tho Ford Motor compuny, has accepted tho appointment as pollco commissioner. Ho succeeds John Ull lesplc, who resigned. TAKE GERMAN BASES ALLIES CAPTURE COMBLES AND THIEPVAL BY STORM. British and French Troops Share the Honor of Taking Teuton Stronghold. London, Sept 28. Combles was captured by the allies 'on Tuesday In u hnnd-to-hnnd battle through tho ruined streets and mnzo of defenses. British nnd French forces share tho honor of tnklug tho German bnso which has been their Immediate ob jective for weeks. Hardly had the news of the fnll of Combles renched London before Gen eral Hnlg ndvlsed the wnr office thnt Thlepval, key to Bupnume, ono of the other objectives of the drive, hnd crumbled befo.ro tho , attacks of the British. Berlin (by wireless to Sayvllle, L. ), Sept. 27. Tho German stntement says : "Army group of Crown Prince Rup- precht of Bnvnrla Successes were ob tallied by tho enemy cast of Eaucourt. 'Abbayo nnd tho enpturo of the vll lngcs on the lino of Guedccourt-Bou clmvsenes must bo recognized. But before nil we must think of our heroic troops, which faced tho united Anglo- French prlnclpnl forces nnd the massed employment of material of the whole world's wnr Industry prepnred during ninny months. "Near Bouchnvosncs nnd further southward as far as the Somme French charges, repeated many times, failed under the heaviest sacrifices." JEALOUS WOMAN SlAYS MAN Mrs. Belzer of Brooklyn Also Wounds Wife of Chlcagoan and Then Ends Life. Philadelphia, Sept 20. A discarded mistress, jealous of the Chicago society woman who hnd supplanted her, shot nnd killed Joseph C. Grnvcur, n New York soclnl worker, dangerously wounded his newest conquest nnd then killed herself hi tho Hotel Walton early Wednesday morning. The woman who did the shooting wns Mrs. Harry Belzer, un nttrnctlvo brunette, thlrty-thrco years old, of 31G Euclid avenue, Brooklyn. The womnn who supplanted her is Mrs. J. O. Le Due, wifo of n business man of 5003 Sheridan rond, Chicago. Mrs. Le Due Is dnngcrously wounded, with a pistol shot through her lungs, in tho Jeffer son hospital. 65 KILLED IN AIR RAIDS Bucharest Bombarded by Aeroplanes and Zeppelins in -the Afternoon and NlghL Bucharest, via London, Sept. 28. Sixty persons were killed and a ldrgo number wounded In Bucharest on jfoudny afternoon by bombs dropped from n squadron of aeroplanes of the Teutonic allies, and fivo others were killed at night by bombs dropped on tho city from n Zeppelin, according to un official communication, issued on Tuesday. To Extend Trade Activities. Washington, Oct. 2. William J. Cnrr of tho stnto department left hero for n throe nionths trip to practically all American consnlnr olllcos In Europe to lay the foundation for more extended trade activities after the war. Fells Three Flyers In 2i30. Paris, Oct. 2. Three German aero planes brought down In 2 minutes nnd 80 seconds Is the latest exploit of Sec ond Lieutenant Guynemer. Incident ully ho fell 10,000 feet, but escaped unhurt. i Cusfsli LEADER TAKEN PRISONER IN FIGHT FIFTY MILES FROM CHIHUAHUA CITY. HEAVY LOSSES FOR CARRANZA General Ramos, In Command of First Chief's Forces, Was Slightly Wounded Moro Troops 'Are on Way to Hunt Villa. Chlhunhuu City, Mex., Sept. 30. Moro than n hundred Vllln followers were killed, the bundlt lender, Buude llo Urlbe, wus taken prisoner nnd heavy casualties wero suffered by Cur runzn forces in n fight nt Cuslhulra chlc, nn linportunt mining center ubout lifty, miles southwest of- Chlhutihua City, according to a message received by General Trevlno from Gen. Mutlnn Itiunos, who himself wns slightly wounded. General Itnmos hnd left Chihuahua City xvlVi a largo force of Carranza troops, with orders to divide his forco and distribute tho troops in such po sitions as to prevent Vllln from mov ing northwurd townrd tho American- expeditionary force. It Is stated that tho garrison nt Cuslhutrnchlc co-operated with the forces of ItamoS, but whether they were nttacked or were the aggressors Is not known. Buurello Urlbe, lender of the band nnd Villa's chief lieutenant, was tho originator of the lden of cutting off the curs of captured government sol diers. Muny others of his commund uro reported to havo been made pris oner. Troops continue to pour into Chl- hunhun City from the south to partici pate In the Vllln hunt. Gen. Apolonlo Trevlno's command arrived from Tor reon during the dny and paradefl through the streets. Thtfio troops will bo sent Into tho field nt ince. ALLIES HALTED BY BTJLGAR& Teutonic Forces Hold Road to Monas- tlr Against Advance of Fqe on Macedonian Front London, Sept. 30. SerNan nnd French dispatches make evMent that the Bulgarians aro holding the roafi to Monastlr ngalnst the ntfvnnce of the entente nllles on the wcstirn Mace donian front. Six despernte counter-nttilcks wero- mnde by the Bulgnrs on tho entente left within the last forty-eight hours. All wero repulsed with serious loss to the enemy nnd to the troops of Gen eral Snranll. ' According to tho Berlin official state ment, the battle In tho vicinity of Hermnnnstndt on tho Trnnsylvnnlnn front continues. The German report reiterates claims of success for tho- Teutonic forces. t The Berlin report concludes: "Our nvlntors ngnln dropped a great number of bombs on Bucharest, which still wns burning nt severnl points ns tho result of our previous nttacks." "HANG GERMANS NOT LOYAL' Von Bethmann-Hollweg Makes .State ment in Address at Opening of the Reichstag. Berlin, Sept. 30. Any stntesmnn re fusing to do everything possible ngnlnst Englnnd would deserve hnng lng, Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg declnred in his speech before tho relchstng, which convened hero on Thursday. Tlibxchancellor did not refer to pos sible pence. His nddress was enthusi astically npplnuded. v He began by outlining the events which led up to the Italian and Rou mnnlun declnrntions of war. "For moro than n year tho Italian government resisted. Finally tho measures which Englnnd employs with equal ruthlessncss against neutrnls und her ullles were too strong. Italy's warfare depends upon English coal and English money. Finally she hnd to give In." SAY GENERAL STRIKE FOILED New York Police Assert That Huge Walkout Did Not Take Place. New York, Sept. 30. Tljo widely exploited sympathetic walkout of trndes unionists In Greater New York In aid of the striking carmen, which wns supposed to havo started on Thursdny, has not muterlnllzed, ac cording to the police. The labor leaders claimed, however; ihnt upwnrd of 140,000 workers actual ly had quit their places, but refused fo make public tho nnmes of nny unions answering the call. Tho pollco declared they wero uunblc to find any evidence of a general strike. Halt Raise In Steel Rates. Washington, Oct. 2. Tariffs of rail roads In tho mlddlo West nnd East proposing Increases of 7 nnd 8 cents per 100 pounds on Iron nnd steel ar ticles were suspended by the Inter stnte commerce commission. Bulgars Repujsed. London, Oct 2. An attempt by tho Bulgnrlnns to occupy Koprlvn, west of tho Strumn river In Greek Macedonia, was repulsed by the nllles, according to u war office report Issued Friday on Bnlknn operations.