The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, October 07, 1912, Image 3

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    FARM SURVEY TO "
BE TAKEN IN IOWA
WILSON AND
BRYAN CONFER
AUSTRIA ACCEDES
TO BALKAN PLAN
Turkey Must Give Guaranty cl
Reforms in Macedonia.
LEADERS OF UPRISING.
GREATEST FLEET
King Ferdinand. Who Will
Head the Combined Forces,
And King Peler of Servia.
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Detachment ot Sixty 5
by Zapatistas.
prised Warships Gather In Nsw York Government and State to Co
Nebraskan and Candidate Talk
Politics at Falrview.
Harbor lor Review,
operate in Securing Data.
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SURViVQRS REACH TOIM
CEREMONIALS LAST TEN DAYS THREE-FOLD PURPOSE IN VIEW
PICTURE IS TAKEN TOGETHER.
LEAVES NO EXCUSE FOR WAR.
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BAND OFRURALES
IS WIPED OUT
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Women and Children Atrociously
Treated by Victors Bloody Battle
Lasted for Mors Than Three Hours.
Ammunition Gives Out.
Mexico City, Oct. 7 Word was
brought into Toluca, southwest of
her, of tho almost total annihilation
of a detachment of rural guards and a
number of women and children in a
fight with Zapatista rebels near Sul
tepee. Tho sole survivors of the rurales
and their party three men anil a
woman straggled into Toluca.
They said the detachment of sixty
rurales, with a number of women and
children, was stationed on a hill near
Sultepec and was surprised by rebels
while feeding their hourses.
The rurales quickly assembled, how
ever, and put up a strong fight.
According to the survivors, a bloody
battle lasting three hours was fought.
The rebels lost many men and it
smemed as if the rurales might be vic
torious, when their ammunition gave
out. The slaughter then began.
The men were quickly killed and
many atrocities were practiced upon
the women and children.
The survivors reported that Major
Flores of the rurales detachment was
treated with unusual barbarity. Hi
body, they Raid, was first chopped to
pieces end then burned.
TAFT SUMS UP SITUATION
President Issues Statement Declaring
Situation Is Satisfactory.
Pnlton, Mass., Oct. 7. Under a
cloudless sky tho president and Mr3.
Taft and Mi.-.s Mabel Doardman, their
Aiiest, rode for 182 miles in a White
.Hoiue automobile from Beverly tc
Dalton. The presidential party rested
in Daltcn until this morning, when it
ber.n the second day of the six-day
motor trip tli'ough Vermont and New
Hampshire.
President Taft summed up the pnllt
lml situation ns he sees it in a stato
ment, in which he said:
"I have every reason to bo satisfied
with political conditions. I have
been simply overwhelmed for days
past with letters and newspaper clip
pings showing the trend of the tide
toward the Republican party, its plat
form and its candidates.' I hav been
especially satisfied by the news from
the northwestern states."
BIG JACK SELIG MURDERED
Prospective Witness In Becker Trial
Shot In Street Car.
New York, Oct 7. "Big Jack" Zelig
was Khot to death. The east side gang
leader and prospective witness in the
trial rf Police Lieutenant Charles
Hooker for the murder of Herman Ro
renthal, the gambler, was seated in a
Second avenue open trolley car when
Philip Davidson, who says he is a
fruit dealer. Jumped on the running
board and fired the fatal shot.
Davidson leaped from the car and
ran away, but was caught, weapon in
hand. He admitted the shooting and
dec'ared it was for revenge, the police
say. According to the prisoner, Zelig
had held him up at the point of a re
volver in an east side hallway and
robbed him of $100.
The police were at a loss whether
to believe Davidson's story and re
ports that Zelig had been lured to the
scene of the shooting by a telephone
message are being Investigated.
INDIAN CONGRESS ELECTS
Dr. Sherman Coolidge of Minnesota Is
Chosen President.
Columbus, O., Oct. 7. Appointment
of more Indians to the government
service, codification of the laws relat
ing to this race and better school fa
cilities for their children were among'
the measures embodied In a platform
adopted by the delegates to the Amer
ican Indian congress here.
The delegates voted to petition
President Taft to defer the appoint
ment of a successor to E. G. Valentine,
Indian commissioner, who resigned a
month ago, until after tho election.
Among officers elected for the com
ing year were: Rev. Dr. Sherman Cool
idge of ' Faribault, Minn., president,
and Thomas L, Sloan of Penler, Neb.,
first vice president.
Conservationists Win Fight.
Washington. Oct. 7. Yielding to de
mands of conservationists that coal
lands hereafter be leased by the gov
ernment to private concerns Instend
of alloted or sold, the Interior depart
ment announced the plan would be
tried. As a result Van II. Manning,
assistant director of the bureau of
mines, left for Wyoming, where he
will complete the details of leasing
5.480 acres of government coal lands
In that state to a local corporation.
Youth and Girl Fulfil-! Suicide Pact.
Pennington. Kan., Oct. ".John R.
Toman, twenty years old, and Miss
Nellie Markley. seventeen-year-old
daughter of a wealthy farmer, com
mitted suicide at the Markley home,
near here. Their bodies were found
In the orchard and a note left in the
house told that they had rarrled out
nn agreement to die together by tak
ing polf-on.
Thousands Await Arrival of Ten Huge
Gray Vessels Six Score Craft Will
Corn Most Extensive Naval Dem
onstration Seen at Metropolis,
New York, Oct. 7. Headed by the
Cagshi;; Connecticut, bearing the pm
ir.ni oi Hear Admiral O-sterhuus, un
Bray ironclad wardships steamed up
New York hay the uaokbone of tlse
battleship division in the naval gaia
eriujj of which the harbor will be tic
scone for the next t?n das.
Thousands of sightseers were awr.it
ing tho battleships, whose arrival wa;'
heralded by screeching of Innumera
ble whistles on river craft. The din
kept up continuously as the formidable
line of sea (lghter3 slowly felt its way
up the Hudson to tho anchorages as
ligncd its units for the leviews and
ether ceremonial Incident to the gath
erins: here of the more than six score
war craft, which ar-; to participate in
the biggest naval demonstration the
port has ever known.
The arrivals, beside the flagship,
were the battleships Ohio, New Jer
Bey, Rhode Island, Neb-aska. Kansas.
Louisiana, Delaware -Utah and Flor
Ida. No sooner had they dropped an
chor than the fleet of smrll craft, pre
pared to convey the thousands who
will visit tho warships during thoii
ray, was put into commission rcnd
for tho visiting rush.
The of.eial opening of the program
in connection with the ieviev began
when the mavor's committee and the
reception coaimitt.ee, headed by Her
man Ridd r and Dr. John II. Finley,
the chairman, put off to the flnrshlr.
and gave the eity'3 formal welcome tn
Hear Admiral Osterh tus and his men
The Tmmiiteemen were cordially re
I reived and there was an extended ex
chanae of felicitations.
TRIPLE COLLISION OF AUTOS
Nine Men Lose Lives in Accident on
a Bridge in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Oct. 7. A collision or,
a bridge in which three automobiles
were involved resulted in tli3 deaths
of nine men nt Thirty-third and
Thompson streets in this city.
One of the machines, containing
nine m an, came onto the bridge nt ter
rifle speed. Its rapid approach was
Seen by John I. Spade, a Philadelphia
contractor, who was going over thf
bridge In the opposite direction in a
motor. He tried to avoid the car, but
he was too late In steering out of it?
way and a collision occurred.
A third automobile was directly be
hind tho speeding car, whlrh ran intr
It. with the result that the first ma
chines was rntapulted over the bridge
and down into a roal yard alongside
the Pennsylvania railroad tracks.
The drop wis about forty feet Tlu
ether two cars were damaged, but
their occupants were uninjured nnd
immediately went to the rescue of the
other.
TWO MORE AVIATORS KILLED
Aeroplane Falls From Height of 60C
Feet When Wing Collapses.
Berlin, Oct. 7 Aviation week at
Johannlsthal was concluded after twe
more deaths had been added to the
long list of fatalities among Europear
aviators during the last two months.
An aeroplane carrying Ernest Alls
and a mechanician, suddenly fell from
a height of 600 feet when a wing col
lapsed. The mechanician was thrown
from the machine at height of 45C
feet nrd his body landed on the ground
clear of the wrecknge.
Allg fell with the monoplane anil
was Instantly killed. The accident
was witnessed by a big assembly.
Trolley Cars Collide; Twenty Hurt.
Kansas City, Oct 7. Of the ten
most seriously injured In the rear-end
collls'on of street cars on the elevated
road '.ere, eight suffered Injuries re
markably similar, coming out of the
wreck with broken legs and anna
Roth cars were crowded and nearly all
the twenty injured passengers were
on the platforms."
Strikers Stop Passenger Trains.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 7. Two passen
ger ttnins running In opposite direc
tions between here and Atlanta on the
Georgia railroad were held up by
trlke sympa'hizers and the conductor
and flagmen badly beaten. Similar
ueaMnent was accorded the strike
nreaking train crew of a freight train
Girls Trapped in Burning Building.
New York, Oct. 7 Trapped on the
third floor of Dennett's restaurant
building on Park Row by flames which
started from n defective flue, Nellie
Oilmen and Adelaide Preston, two
young waitresses, were killed and two
others taken out In a serious condition
from smoke Inhalation.
Resume Dynamite Cases.
Indianapolis, Oct. 7. Prellmlmir;
arguments were resumed today In thi
trial of the "dynamite cases." Dla
trlct Attorney Miller, who last Thins
day began outlining before the Jur;
testimony which the government wll
offer, said h would talk two day:
longer.
Cost of Raising Corn, Rent and Credit
to Be Studied by Experts Enumer-
ators Wiil Begin Work After No
vember 15.
Anus, la., Oct. 7. Farmers of Iowa
are to know just how much it costs to
raise an acre of corn, what they cun
afford to pay for rent, and how much
credit can safely be given on a given
amount of land; and they are to learn
rdl this from authoritative sources, for
the United States government is to
take it up in the near future In con
nection with the farm crops depart
ment of the college. The following
statement was just Issued by the farm
crops department through Professor
0. G. Lloyd : .
"The farm crops department of the,
Iowa State college, in co-operating
with the office of farm management,
Washington, is now making plans for
a detailed latin management survey in
many farts of the state Luring the
first yar, however, the survey will be
limited to Story county.
"The purpose of the survey Is three
fold Thf first iind primary aim Is to
determine on equitable rental contract
between owner and tenant; second, to
determine tdie needs and faeiliites of
farm credit, and, third, to gather data
on farm practice in order to deter
mine the cost of operation and the net
returns from various crops, as well as
from various systems and various
types of fanning. This data will also
be available to students in farm man
agement classes, making the courses
of much srrer.ler practical value. Story
convs the nearest to any county to be
In:: in the geographical ?enter of th.
stat". and mud: of the data obtained
in n v he usc'nl to farmers in other
counties, when soil, labor, climatic
and market conditions, etc., are quite
similar.
"T!k rrev-nt rian is to begin the
t:rvev In the townships adjoining the
co'letre, in the hope that one-half, or
appre: i'-rif ! l.Cfi.l of the farm homes
in ?to:-y coi'nty will lie visited the
fiiS-f y av I'M-ni '.'itovs will visit ev
ery far;:!-'1!' ;e -'he townships In order
to accurately record all data on the
farm, such as Inventories, farm opera
tors, receipts, expenses, etc.
"The ftrnier ran report his property
mere accurately when all the crops
cr? grfherol and harvested. For this
r?pen enuT' r: tors will not begin
v.ovk until after Nov. 13."
FANCY PITCH FOR APPLES
Council ElcT.'a Orrhardlst Makes Pho
noir.enal Sale.
Council muffs la., Oct. 7 The
highest price ever paid in Iowa for an
pies giown here was paid by a com
mission firm which bought the product
of the orchards of W. S. Keeline, a big
farmer and orciiardlst of this city.
Mr. Keellno's .orchards are located
near the city, and he received $1.03
per bushel for the product, orchard
run. This price is considered phenom
enal. Mr. Keeline thinks there will
be from 6,000 to 7.000 bushels of ap
pies. The appler., under the terms of
the sale, are to be delivered to the
packing tables, where they are to be
packed In boxes in fancy shape. The
Keeline orchard Is one of the best in
Iowa, and the fruit has been produced
under scientific treatment, nnd as a re
sult the buyer said he did not believe
there would be 5 per cent of culls.
Courts Are Too Lax.
Des Moines, Oct. 7. The state game
warden In his report filed with the
governor for the blennlnl period takes
the courts of the state to task for be
ing too lax in the matter of inflicting
fines and penalties on violators of the
game laws, thus making it doubly dif
ficult to necure enforcement of those
laws. He declares that there are so
many new immigrants to the Btate
that they are making Inroads on the
game and fish of the state.
Boy Killed by Train.
New Hampton, la., Oct. '7. Victor
Dziggel, the nine-year-old son of Fred
Dzlggel, was killed by a passenger
train on the Milwaukee track near
New Hampton. His body was found
badly crushed. It Is not known wheth
er he wis hit by the train or dropped
vhen stealing a ride.
Ministers Give Money to Morningslde.
Storm Lake, la., Oct. 7. At the
morning session of the northwest
Iowa conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, the ministers sub
fccrihed $17,501 to Morningslde college.
Not a toyman was permitted to assist
In raising the amount.
Woman Found Murdered Near Fairfax
Cedar Rnplds, la., Oct. 7. Mrs.
Frank Novak, Jr., was found dead In
bed near Fairfax by a neighbor's child.
Marks of violence on the woman's
face point to murder. Her husband Is
missing. Cedar Rapids officers are In
vestigating. Car Repair Shops Destroyed by Fire.
Des Moines, Oct 7. Fire destroyed
the car repair shops of the Des Moines
City Railway company, causing a loss
of $100,000. Two firemen were In
ired The Insurance totals $00,000.
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BALL PLAYER HERO OF
A DISASTROUS BLAZE
"Wild Eif Cass Rescues Maui
Chicago, Oct. 7. Sparks from a lo
comotlve started a fire here that de
stroyed 5,ti()0 tons of coal and burned
over, a four-acre coal yard belonging to
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron company.
The blaze is believed to have started
In a stable near the tracks.
Christopher Jensen, foreman of the
burned coal yard, was rescued from
the burning stable by "Wild Bill" Case,
a professional basaball player, former
ly with the Cincinnati National league
uani and now with the Central league.
Jensen was overcome by smoke In
nn attempt to bring out a horse. Case
was the first to respond to a call for
volunteers to rescue the man. The
former big leaguer pulled his cap over
his eyes and dashed Into the smoke.
Otlur would-be rescuers were halt
ed, but Case kept on until he found
Jensen unconscious on the floor. He
staggered into the open air with the
man Just before the roof collapsed.
STAGED IN GREAT STADIUM
World's Championship to Be Settled
Under Modern Conditions.
New York, Oct. 7. The world's se
ries games will be staged, both at New
York and Boston, In theaters of the
new steel and concrete type.
The New York National league club
claims to have ecllsped all other major
leaguo cities In this respect with its
mammoth stadium at the Polo grounds.
This will be the scene this yenr of a
world series contests for a Rocond con
secutive time. In Boston, the Amer
ican league pennant winners boast of
a fine structure, but of smaller propor
tlona, erected early this year at Fen
way hark, In the Back Bay section of
the city..
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
National League. American League
' W.L. P. W.I j. P,
Boston 105 47 691 1 N. York.ma 48 682
Wash... 91 61 599 Pittsb'h 93 58 filfi
Phlla... 90 r2 592Chloago 92 58 fiH
Chicago 78 7fi 507 ClnU. . 74 78 4S7
Clevel'd '73 79 480Phila... 72 79 477
Detroit. (19 84 451 St. L'ls. 02 91 407
St.Lo'ls 53 101 344 Br'klyn. 58 95 381
N. York. 51 100 338 Boston. 53 100 341
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
American League.
At Detroit: R.H.E.
Chicago 020 3 0 1 2 1 09 13 4
Detroit 00 0 0 1 1 2 00-4 11 4
Smlth-Kuhn; Lake-Kocher.
At St. Ioiils: R.H.E.
Cleveland 000 2 4 1 1 008 13 1
St. Louis 0 00 1 0 0 0023 5 1
Mltchell-O'Nell ; Allison Crossen.
National League.
At Cincinnati: R.H.E
Pittsburgh ...3 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 416 19 2
Cincinnati .. .000 0 6 000 0 6 10 2
Cam nit J! Gibson; Benton-Severold.
At Chicago R.H.E.
Chicago 0 0003001 4 10 1
.St. Louis. ..... .0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 10 4
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Commoner Decides Governor Is First
Rate Campaigner Democratic Lert
ers Agree Upon How to HandU
. Rocky Mountain States in Campaign
Lincoln, Oct. ". -'lovej nor Wood
row Wilson, presidential nominee ot
tho Democratic party, and William
Jennings Bryan, three ttines lienio
critic candidate fur the same office,
had a heart to In-art talk here ou the
political situation throughout the
country. Ruth predicted a lieinocratic
victory.
In 'he
View. Mr
radiant sun parlor of Fair
Brian's home, the veteian
campaigner and the new corner In na
tional politic"! sat for hours, disruss
Inn the pi ogress of the campaign, hut
with particular reference to the Kacki
mountain states, where Mr. llryan Um
Just comph'teil a six weeks' tour.
"We did not have time to no Intr
the matter very th'ooughly," said tli"
Fovernur. "We sat up late and agreed
upon a method of handling the tuonn
tain stales. That is as far as we gut'
The governor did mil think It would
be possible for him to go to the pa
cific coast.
"We are keeping open the last two
and n half weeks of the campaign
however," he said, "and I do not know
yet what tii'-e the campaign committee
will make of them. set out to niakej
trips in tin' campaign, but the local!
ciinniittees have been making tour
out of them "
The governor was delighted with h
reception In Nebraska. '
"I think the demonstration In Lin
coin was very remarkable, indeed," ho
raid. : have find a splendid time, es
p: ially with Mr. Bryan."
Vli"V the newspaper correspond
cuts ctilled at Falrview, Mr. Bryan
l r.::'l the nominee were hi ing photo-
! r,: at bed tocether.
Mr. Brian said he watched the gov
i error closolv in his five speeches here
I t-iz'"! him up as a "first rate cam
I piiiie? , who adapts himself admirably
to h's crowds."
D!ef.rict Attorney Ayres Files Brief.
Dish let Attorney Avers has filed a
brie'.' in the supremo court In support
of the fimlinga of Referee llolcomb In
the South Omaha fire nnd police com
mission case. He asks for a Judg
nipt on the findings, which were that
the defendants, John J. Ryan nnd Jo
f"ph Plvonkn, hnd wilfully failed to
ct:forci the liquor laws and should
be forced to give up their offices. He
combats the assertion of the defend
nuts tht they are serving a second
term Instead of a first term and there
fore cannot he ousted for acts com
mitted during their first term.
Sawyer Goes to Texas.
Ulysses Grant Sawyer, who has been
engineer at the state house for sev
eral years, has handed In his resigns
tlon ami will move to Texas. It is
understood that his Job will not go
begging, for already four patriots hava
fled notice that they think they can
sign up a monthly voucher in as ac
ceptable a manner as did Mr. Sawyer
Plan to Enlarge Campus.
The business men of Lincoln ar
considering a new proposition for en
larging tho university cnnipus. Th
plan Is for the city to buy four addi
tional blocks next to the present
uJmpus If th? legislature will appro
prlnte $100,000 per year for the next
four years.
Judge Rules Against McShane.
Jiidee Tnsgrovf if the Inncaster
district court sustained the demurred
oi ti e slate 'n the petition of Felix J.
McShane, sheriff of Douglas county
By this decision Sheriff McShane will
receive but 19 cents per day for board
ing prisoners after conviction.
Stanton Wants Depot.
The Retail Merchants' association of
Stanton has petitioned the railway
commission to compel the Northwest
ern Railway company to build a new
depot at that place, claiming that the
present structure Is too small and un
fit for public use.
Dr. Wilson Returns.
Dr. H. II Wilson of the state board
of health returned from Washington,
There he attended the International
congress of hygiene and demography.
Thlitv-t.hree different nations weri
represented bv about 2,000 delegates.
Seven Cases of Spinal Meningitis.
A report has been received by Dr.
Wilson of the state medical board that
three children hnve died of splnnl
meningitis at I'wIston and four from
the disease at Bennington.
Woman 102 Years Old Dies at Seward
Seward, Neb., Oct. 7. Mrs. Susanna
rarrlsh. the oldest woman In Nehras
ka, died at the home of her son, John
rarrlsh. She was horn In Ohio Aug 2
1810, and has lived In Nebraska since
1880. She was the mother of seven
children, only three of whom are llv
Ing She leaves twenty-six grandchll
dren and twenty-seven grent grand
children.
Ex-Mayor Miller of Dorchester Dead
Dorchester, Neb., Oct. 7. A tele
gram was received announcing the
death of ex Mayor Franklin Miller of
this place, which occurred In Lords
burg, Cal.
Allies All Accept Suggestion With Ex
ception of Great Britain, Which Will
at Once Fall in Line Slight Changs
in Proposal.
Paris, Oct. 7. Austria has given ad
hesion to the plan formulated by the
French and Russian foreign ministers
to deal with the Balkan sltuatbn.
Austria, however, suggested a slight
change in the wording of the pro
posals, which met with the Immediate
approval of both M. polneare and M.
Sazonoff. The only effect of the
amendment is more sharply to define
the intnilons of the powers and pre
sent a more precise statement of these.
It Is understood the proposals do
not include a demand for the auton
omy of Macedonia, but urge the adap
tat ion cf the provisions of the treaty
of Berlin providing for a larger meas
ure of home rule. It Is believed here
the proposals will remove any lurking
suspicions In England that the conti
nental powers possibly were contem
plating a s'.'tt'enient wholly at the ex
pense of Turkey.
Olormany and Italy have approved
their ally's modifications; so that, with
full adhesion of the British govern
ment, which i.i expected today, the
powers will be In a position to sav to
the Balkan coalition that the Balkan
states will no longer have to depend
on the promises of Turkey, but In the
pledged word of Europe.
The French government Is confident
that all the preliminaries will be com
pleted in time to permit Russia and
Austria, na the mandatories of Europe,
to pre.ient a collective note to Sofia,
Belgrade, Athens and Ottlnjo tomor
row. Ah soon ns this Is done, Turkey
will be Invited to give guaranties
v. hlcii will render effective the prom
ise that Furope will take upon Its
shoulders responsibility for the reall
znMon of the reforms.
In official circles the feeling pre
vails that thin guaranty offered by the
powers ought to satisfy the Balkan
Ftntes, if, as they profess, their sole
motive !n mclillizltiT; against Turkey
was to fnre the reforms provided for
In the treaty of Berlin.
Turks Win Fight on Border.
Constantinople, Oct. 7. An engage
ment has taken place at Borann, near
the Montenegrin frontier, between
Turks and Montenegrins. The Monte
negrlns were repulsed, according to
advlees received here. The Turkish
government, II Is understood, view
this affray as practically the beginning
of hostilities.
MARINES OUST REBELS j
Nlcaraguant Fire on Americans andj
Slightly Wound Five of Them. i
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, Oct
7. The town of Iieon has surrendered
to the American forces. There Is
reason to believe that no fighting oc
curred, but details of the surrender
are lacking.
Washington, Oct. 7. In their march
upon Leon, the last stronghold of the
Insurrectionists, the American forces
under L'eutenant Colonel lng ousted
A rebel mob at Chlchlgalpa, killing
thirteen outright and wounding many
more. Fivs Americans were slightly
wounded. Ch'chlgnlpa Is on the Nica
ragua!! National railroad, midway b
tween Leon and Corlnto.
WAR TALK KEEPS MEAT DEAR
Balkan Sltuatior Prevents Import,
tlons to Lower Prices In Germany,
Berlin, Oct. 7. As wns to Ikj ex
pected, the government's regulations,
which were designed to reduce the
prices of meat, have pleased nobody
and up to the present have not bet
tered the situation.
The special sources considered for
the Importation of cattle and swine
were Russia, Servia and Bulgaria. AI
most on the heels of the new regula
tions came the war situation In the
Balkans with the prohibition of ex
portation of meat from Servln and
Bulgaria.
Car Shortage Is Subject of a Quiz.
Washington, Oct. 7. Complaints to
the Interstate commerce commission
of a serious shortage of freight cars
In the middle nnd far west have
brought about an Investigation. It
has developed that In Pittsburgh, Cln
clnnntl. Chicago, St. Imls, Kansas
and other large cities the .congestion
of freight Is serious. Producers are
complaining of the Inability of the
transportation lines to move their
shipments promptly.
Customs Officers Seize Gould Gems.
New York, Oct 7. Thirty-six pieces
Of baggage which Frank J. Gould, his
wife nnd her three sisters brought
America, when they arrived from
Fram e, are being; held up by the cus
toms authorities. With their contents
of gems and gownB the trunks and
cases are Bald to be valued at 1100,000.
Train Crashes Into Motorcycle, 2 Hurt.
Omaha, Oct. 7. Alve M. Haines and
Bskll F. Kronliolm of Omaha were
possibly fatally Injured when a motor
cycle ther were riding was struck by
a T'nlon Pacific train near the Lane
cutoff.