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The Chief C. B. HALE, Publisher RKD CLOUD . . . NEBRASKA WILL TAKE UP ARMS PEACE CONFERENCE MAY ENDJN FAILURE. IMMIGRANT LITERACY TEST l Bill Requires That Immigrants be Able to Read Many Federal Prisoners at Leavenworth Ask for Paroles. London. Diplomacy Ih still busy seeking a solution for thu Halkan dead lock. Fears tlmt the peace conforctico will end in failure and that thi allien will tnko tip arum again are stronger now than (it any hour since tho plonl-. potcntlarlcH came to London. Unless Adrinnoplo Hhould fall within tho next fow days or "something should turn up," which none of tho diplomats can foresee, It appears probable' that the (delegates will leave F.ngland before tho end of another week. Federal Prisoners Ask Paroles. Leavenworth, Kas. One hundred and fifty prisoners In the federal prison hero, among them live bankers, applied for rcleaso at tho quarterly meeting of the federal board of parole at tho prison Monday. Since the federal parole law wont Into effect more than 200 prisoners have been released through its operation and only four returned for violation, IMMIGRANT LITERACY TEST. Important Step by Congress Toward Its Adoption. Washington. An Important step to ward tho adoption of a literacy test for tho ndmlsslon of immigrants, which has been a subject of contro versy In congress for 20 years, was taken when tho conferees of tho two houses of rougrcsB finally agreed upon ft report which will retain the test in slightly modified form. As tho meas ure will he reported to tho house, the literacy provision will appear as It was passed by tho Iioubp, which re quires that Immigrants shall bo re quired only to bo ablo to read, where aB the sonata bill provides that they should both read and write. It is be lieved tho effect of tho prospective law will bo to keep out many of tho undesirable classes and that those who are admitted will be more stablo and more inclined to becomo citizens. Executed for Smuggling Opium. Shanghai. Death us a punishment for opium smuggling was meted out to a woman of this city who persisted In tho ubo of tho drug, despite the stringent manifesto Issued by tho gov ernment on Christmas day prohibiting tho people from indulging in tho habit, By order of tho governor of tho province, tho womam was taken to a public placo and executed by shooting, in the presenco of a largo crowd of spectators. 8carlet Fever at Chicago. Chicago, 111. An emergency 'appro priation of fiiO-.OOO to combat an epi demic of scarlet fever and diphtheria that threatens Chicago has been asked from tho city council. Health depart ment records show that 2.000 persons nr afflicted with scarlet fever and f00 with diphtheria and that the number is Increasing fast. Cremated Ashes by Parcels Post. St. Louis, Mo. Tho body of Freder ick Neumann of Kdwardsvlllo, III., nftor being cremated here, was mailed by parcels post to his homo in Ed wardsvlllo. Tho nshes weighed four and ono-unlf pounds and tho cost of mailing was 14 cents. Tho undertaker paid 10 cents additional for Insuring the ashes for $50. Qulncy, 111. Ella Ewlng. tho Mis souri giantess, said to bo the tallest woman In tho world, Is dead at her homo near Gorln, Mo., not far from UiIb city, at tho ago of forty years. Miss Ewlng was eight feet three lncheB In height, and for many years, traveled with circuses as a freak at traction, and as such was known from end to end of tho country. Now York. Tho United States dis trict court has granted a perpetual in junction asked by tho government against tho Eastern llotnl Lumber Dealers' association and other defend ants known as tho eastern branch of tho lumbor trust. Tho suit was brought by tho government In May. 1911. Wilson Coming West. Princeton. N. J. President-elect Wilson Is en route for Chicago, where ho will nddresH tho commercial club at that place. Parcels Post Big Business. Washington. Nearly two million parcols post packngcB wcro sent through tho postofllces of tho fifty leading cities of tho country during tho first week of tho operation of the now service, according to telegraphic reports received by tho postmaster general. Postal officials estimate that botweeu three and four million parcel? post packages wero mailed from Jan uary 1st to tho Gth. New York Clt led with u record of 418,000 packages Chicago had 438,000 packages. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL CONQRE88IONAL MATTER8 OF MORE OR LESS INTEREST. Summary of the Dally Transactions of the National Law Makera at Washington, i Saturday, Tho Senate. Held executive hcb bIoii to consider nominations. Campaign funds Investigating com mittee met and adjourned until Mon day. Reached an agreement to tote at 1 p. m. Monday on Impeachment charges against Judge Archbald. Adopted conference reimrt on DIs trlct or Columbia "loan shark" bill. l'assed a resolution extending time of classification on asphalt lands In Oklahoma, Conferees reported an agreement with house conferees on literacy test Immigration bill. Adjourned at 0:25 p. in. until noon Monday. Tho House. Considered postodiee appropriation hill. Ways and means committee con tinued hearings on metal schedule of tariff. Ship pool Investigation was laid before marine committee. Miss Mary lloyle O'llellly pictured deplorable labor conditions In Now York canning camps to rules commit tee at hearing on resolution for an In vestigation of tho Industry. National guard olllcers urged spe cial ride for militia pay bill before rules committee. Adjourned at 0 p. in. until 11 a. in. Monday. Friday. The Senate Resumed consideration of omnibus claims bill. Samuel Gompers argued for antl injunction and contempt bill before Judicial committee. Court of Impeachment heard closing urguments of counsel for defense, in tho trial of Judgo Archbald. Agreed today to vote on January 20 upon the Ketiyon bill to prohibit shipment of Intoxicating Illinois Into "dry" states, but a parliamentary wranglo developed, which carried final decision over until tomorrow. Senator Owen proposed an amend ment to Sherman anti-trust law giv ing states power to enforce It. Republicans declined democratic proposition to appoint committee, from both sides to consider nominations. Adjourned at 8:17 p. in. until noon Saturday. Tho House Began consideration of postofllco appropriation bill. George F. Baker continued testi mony before "money trust" Investi gation committee. Schedulo of tariff tuken' up by ways and means committee for a two days' hearing. Merchant marine committee con tinued its investigation Into alleged South American steamship pool. Adopted resolution appropriating $20,000 for rearrangement of seats and desks of house, chamber. Considered private pension legisla tion. Representative Borland Introduced resolution calling for congressional Investigation into conduct of United States PlBtrlct Judge Pollock of Kan sas and Van Vnlkeuburgh of Missouri. Adjourned at 7:10 p. m. until noon Saturday. Thursday. The SonatoAl. N. Heiskell of Little Rock, Ark., sworn In as successor of tho late Senator Jeff Dals. Closing argument of defense In trial of Judge Archbald begun beforo court of Impeachment. Adjourned to noon Friday. The House Banking and currency committee voted unanimously to cite beforo tho speaker for contempt Georgo O. Henry for refusing to an swer questions put by committee in vestigating money trust. Hearing of various Interests on re vision of schedule "IP of the tariff before wnys and means committee, Secretary Stimson advocated res toration of army canteen at hearing beforo military affairs, committee. Notice of contest of re-election of Representative Kent. First California district, tiled by I. C. 'umwnlt, de feated democratic candidate. Adjourned. Aid for Indian Schools. Washington. The appropriation for tho Genoa Indian school was Increased $10,000 by the appropriation bill which passed tho Ijoupo. nmklr the total appropriation Sfifi.GOO. This increase Is to provide for tho increased attend nnco at tho Nebraska school, provision having been mado by the committee for only 300 pupils whereas thore are nearly 100 in attendance. Tho $1,500 wns for general renairs and Improve ments nnd tho balnuco was for the general support of the school nnd the pay of the superintendent. Tho sum of $1,010 Is nlRo appropriated for the Winnebago agency. School Hou Destroyed by Fire. Fremont. Neb Fire from an over heated stove, whnn IS below zero w:ip registered by tho thermometer, do utroyed tho school house at Gloncoe Tho teachor and twenty-llvo pupik wero driven out into tho cold. Sever of tho children suffered frozon ear' nnd hands beforo they could bo con veyed to nearby farm houses. Th building was completely dostroyc Arrangements have been mado to rr "tiro now Fchool equipment from th discarded supply at Dodge, and to ro sumo school at once. HIS FIRST WILL MOBILIZE HER TROOPS COMMITTEE HEARS ARGUMENTS FROM MANUFACTURERS. Roumania Delivers Ultimatum to Bul gariaUtah Will Cast Electoral Vote for Hadley. Washington. Fear that foreign pro ducers would iinade and injure the American market was expressed In the testimony of the metal schedule of the tariff beforo the house ways and mea'ns committee. The committee heard ar guments from representative of man ufacturing and producing Interests printing presses, the zinc Industry of tho Rocky mountains and tho Joplln Holds, tho wooden screw manufactur ers, of which tho American Screw com ,paiiy controlled 40 or 4." per cent, and the $10,000,000 output or machine tools anal numerous other products pre senting a virtually solid front against revision of tho present tariff rates. Roumania Delivers Ultimatum. London. Roumania 1ms practically delivered an untimatum to Bulgaria by demanding the cessation of Silin trla nnd the territory to tho north of a line stretching from there to Kava'r na on tho Black sen. Ttoumanla lias decided to mobilize her army if sho does no't obtain Immediate satisfac tion from Bulgaria In regard to the rectification of her frontier, accord ing to a dispatch from Bucharest. ; Proposal Made to Change Name if Prohibition Party. IndlannpolK Intl. A proposal to change tho name of tho prohibition party is one of tho important matters that will 'be considered and ncted upon nt tho big national conference of tho party leaders to ho held In this city this week. Many of the leaders have expressed themselves in favor of n change in the party designation. The advocates of the proposal argue that tho word "prohibition" docH not con vey tho full meaning of the party's purpose. It Is pointed out that the .present natnn conveys to the aerage '.rnlnd only the liquor traffic, whorens the party has for years been standing for many of tho most Important pro gressive principles which only recent ly havo been taken up by th othor political parties. Warden Presented with Silver Service Lancaster. Warden S. M. Melick of tho state penttentinry wns the recipi ent Wednesday night of n handsome silver service a gift of tho convicts of the prison. The presentation of tho service wns mado by Chaplain Harmon nnd followed the minstrel show staged by tho convicts for the benefit of the state officers, the legis lature and the press. The fervlce was purchased through popular sub scription and each piece was neatly engraved with the Initials "S. M. M." Utah to Vote for-Hadley. Salt 1 ako City. Utah. Utah's four electoral votes for vice-president will bo cast for Governor Hadley of Mis souri. This was the ngreomont reached by tho electors. Mrs. Mar garet Jnne Wlehster. ono of tho repub lican electors, tho daughter of a law partner of President Lincoln, probably will be choFon to carry tho result of tho voto to Washington. Fire Drives Worshippers Into Street. Chicago, 111. Scvoral hundred per sons who had assembled to attend tho celebration of mnsn wero driven into the street when lire broke out In tho t. Peter and St. Paul Greek Catholic church in South Chicago. Tho Interior of the church bad been especially' decorated for tho orthodox Christmas and ornaments caught llro from light d candles. Worshippers mnde a rush for tho exits but priests' managed to inlet their fears nnd they filed out of tho building without anybody bolng Injure SLED ' IbbbibHf TURKISH SOLDIERS STARVING Conditions at Adrlnnoplc Are Declared to Be Desperate Ohio River Goes on Disactrous Rampage. London. Ofliclal news received by tho Bulgarian delegation describes the situation at Adrianople as desperate. Several soldiers who deserted and suc ceeded In reaching tho headquarters of the allies, say the town is in its Inst gasp. Provisions are so scarce that the military authorities have reqnt sltloncd all tho food possessed even by private individuals and are making only one distribution, comprising a half ration, dally. Conditions havo been rendered graver by the great number of sick, who overflow the hos pitals, where the attendance Is inad equate. Thus the death list Is very high. NOT AS BAD AS SUPPOSED. Brighter Outlook for Citrus Fruit of California. Los Angeles. Twenty-flvo million doilars wns tho amount fixed by con- sensus of opinion regarding the loss sustained by citrus fruit growers In the three days' freeze ending Thurs day morning. This figure Is not of ficial. Enrl G. Kczoll, assistant gen eral mnnnger of tho California Fruit Growers' exchange, said that accurato estimates of damage could not be mado for se'vcral days, but $25,000,000 Is regarded as a conservative esti mate. Other estimates run as high as J 10,000.000. Ohio River on Rampage. Wheeling. W. Va. Tlie Ohio river has reached a stago slightly under forty-four feet, nnd this city p In tho midst of a disastrous flood. Thursday tho Baltimore &. Ohio railroad brought In Its last passenger train from tho cast. The train plowed through eighteen Inches of-water for n quarter of a mile before reaching tho station. A majority of tho Iron nnd steel mills havo been forced to suspend and up wards of ten thousand men aro Idle, Legislature Canvassed the Vote. Lincoln. Neb. The stnto legislature, Its two houses assembled In Joint ses sion, canvassed the vote of tho No vember election on state olllcers, on congressmen and on constitutional amendments Wednesday afternoon. Senator J. II. Kemp, president pro tern of the senate, presided and Speaker Kelley announced the voto as tabulated by Secretary of Stato Walt. Both houses then adjourned. Permitted to Increase Rates. Kansas City, Mo. Permission has been granted tho Kansas Nutural Gas company, which supplies companies that distribute gas to forty-two cities nnd towns In Kansas and Kansas City, Mo., to increase Its rates by Judgo Pol lock in the federal court, Kansas City. Kas. Tho price demanded rangcB from 10 to .11 cents a thousand cubic feet. Tho court's order will serve. In many cities, to double the 'present price paid for gas. New York. At least three deaths and approximately fliOO.OOO In property damage resulted from Friday night's elghty-mllo gale which swept New York and vicinity. Next dny tho wind had dropped to sixty miles an hour, but the mercury crawled down to 32 and pedestrians suffered keenly. Transport Prairie Returns. Philadelphia, Pa. Tho transport Prnlrlo, with twenty-eight ofllcers and 528 marines on board, arrived at the Phlladolphl navy yards Tuesday from Nicaragua. Tho marines were sent to NIcnrngua last August to protect American interests during tho rebel lion and nctivo service Washington. W. Cowglll, tho son of Dr. Cowglll of Lincoln, has boon appointed ob endot to' West Point by Representative Magulro, IT will tako bla ramlnatlons next April LEGISLATURE BEGUN .THIRTY-THIRD SESSION OF NE BRASKA'S SOLONS. BOTH HOUSES GET TO WORK Every Promise of a Busy Session Brief Synopsis of the Work of Both Branches of the Legislature. The formal uffulr, known as tho canvass of the vote for state olllcers. congressional candidates, and consti tutional amendments, wns conducted Wednesday afternoon In joint session of tho two houses. Tho members sat back In bored silence, except for William H. Smith, editor Seward In dependent Democrat, Senator from Twelfth District, who was Secre tary of the Senate at the 1911 Sec s!on. tlioso to whom the necessary motions wero entrusted, and the presiding ofll cera tlioso duties wero to make an nouncement of results and declare tho .successful candidates duly elected. The messages formed a central fea turo of the Inauguration. Governor Aldrich's consisted of n last word of advlco in his olllcial capacity, directed by law to tho legislature, and of addi tional advice, by his own desire, to tho incoming governor. Ho told his suc cessor that responsibility fbr the re moval of present republican office holders in state institutions would rest heavy on his shoulders. He ad vised tho senate to refuse to confirm any such appointments until tho sta tute fixing the duties of the new board of control be determined upon. Morehead Announces Policy. Governor Morehead's address was an announcement of the policy with which ho will administer affairs of state. He declared his Intention to prevent, to tho extent of his power, private exploitation of tho state's water power. Ho announced that ho would requlro careful ntention to busi ness by tho new bonrd of control and by his other appointees, to the gain of real efficiency In tho administration of public affairs. Hoth governors favored tho estab lishment of nn Intermediate reforma tory for first offenders. Former Gov ernor Aldrich proposed the conversion of tho Grand Islnnd soldiers' home In to such an Institution. Governor More head proposed tho same solution of tho problem hy conversion of tho Mil ford soldiers' homo. Former Governor Aldrich favored removal of tho stato university to tho i stato farm. Governor Morehead op posed It. Governor Aldrich ndvlsod tho aboli tion of tho street rural life commis sion and of junior normals. Ho de clared both to be useless and unneces sarily expensive Institutions. Beekeepers Want Protection. The State Beekeepers' association will again ask tho legislature to pass the boo Inspection law which was fa vorably reported at tho last session. Tho bco men sny that tho dlseaso known as "foul brood" Is causing a total loss of not less than a quarter million dollars In Nebraska every year. This disease, which Is of bac terial nature, Is rapidly transmitted Senator Grace of Harlan offered two resolutions which wero laid over under tho rules. Ono resolution asks congressmen from Nebraska to Intro duce a bill for the government owner ship of telophone nnd telegraph com panies. Tho other asks that the water power sites In Nebraska, espe cially Bites on tho Loup river, bo con served for the benefit of the people of tho state and not given to private owners for the nmnsslng of fortunes, nnd that tho legislature make a lib eral appropriation for tho building of power plants on tho I.oup river. Historical Society Wants a Home. Secretary C. S. Paine of tho Btnto historical society has set tho high mark for appropriations for tho com ing session of tho legislature and be lieves that ho can get tho bill through providing $GOO,000 for the erection of n new building for that Institution. Tho structure, ho says, should bo capablo of housing tho socloty nnd tho Btato library for years and years to come. Tho removal of tho latter from tho capltol building, according to Mr. Palno, would alleviate the crowded condition there s ' HKbmRPMIbbbbV yyRJuB " BJBJBJBJBJBJB (BBBBBBe JBBBflBflBj BBReBJ jfllll BBBBBBBBlXi av ' x 5 BBBBrPv Aj 'iJ'i jf i'i PREPARING FOB THE WORK OF 1913 CITY BUILDING, RAILWAY BUILD ING AND FARM OPERATIONS IN WESTERN CANADA, BIGGEST EVER. Tho machinery, the money and the men for carrying on tho big works in Western Canada in 1913 aro already provided for. The splendid harvest which wbb successfully garnered, and by thin timo mostly markoted, re sponded to tho big hopes that were had for It early In tho season, and in spired capitalists and railroads to further investment and building. Prom lake portB to mountain bnae there will bo carried on tho biggest operations In city building and rail way construction that haB ever taken place In that country. Tho Canadian Pacific railway has everything in waiting to continue their great work of double tracking tho Bystom and by the time the Pnnnma Canal 1b open to traffic thcro will be a double lino of steel from Lake Superior to tho Pa cific coast. Tho cost will exceed thirty million dollnrs. Tho Grand Trunk Pacific plnn of building a first class trunk line and then feeders at various points will bo carried forward with all tho force that great company can put Into tho work. Tho Canadian Northern is prepared to put Into mo tion nil tho energy that young giant of finance nnd railroad building can put into vnrloua enterprises of provid ing and creating transportation facili ties. nulldlng operations In the several cities, that have already marked themselves a place in tho list of suc cessful nnd growing cities, will bo carried on more Inrgcly than ever. Schools, public buildings, parliament buildings, colleges, business blocks, apartments, private residences, banks, street nnd other municipal improve ments have their appropriation ready, nnd tho record of 1913 will bo some thing wonderful. Other places which nro towns today will mako tho rapid strides thnt nro expected nnd will be como cities. There will bo othor Ed montons, Calgarys, Iteglnas and Sas katoons, other places that may in their activity help to convlnco the outer world of tho solidity nnd perma nency of tho Cnnadlan West. Tho country is largo and wide and broad and tho ends of Its great width and length nro but tho limits of Its agri cultural area. Its people aro progres sive, they aro strong, thero is no enervation there. Tho country teems with this life, this ambition, this fondness to creato and to use tho forces that await tho settler. If they come from tho South, nnd hundreds of thousands of them havo, they aro now tho dominant men of the North, and they have imbibed of tho spirit or tne North. Therefore it 1b fair to say that no portion of tho continent will show such wonderful results as Western Canada, and tho year 1913. will be but the beginning of a won derful and great future. And in this future tho 200,000 Americans who mado It their homo, and those who preceded them, will be a considerable portion of tho machinery that will be used In bringing about tho results predicted. Tho development of 1913 will not bo confined to tho prairie provinces. Railway building and city building in nrltlsh Columbia will be supplement ed by tho farm, tho ranch and the orchard building of that province. Vancouver will mako great etrldes in building, nnd Victoria, the Btald old lady of so many years, has already shown signs of modorn ways, and if the progress mado in 1912 may be ac cepted as anything like what It will be In 1913, thero will bo wonderful developments thero. During last year tho permits went over the tea million dollar mark and much more is promised for tho year now entered upon. Advertisement. Public Would Gain. "In looking over this pnpor I find that Mr. Proscklyeswlcz Iguallnczln ski and Miss Mnloonloozek Winskad dlakowskl aro engaged to be married." "I am very glad to hear It." "Why? what Interest have you in. It? Do you know them?" "No, but I consider It a matter for public rejoicing thnt these two names are to bo mado one." Stray Stories. These Gridiron Days. Miss Culchaw Do you like the "Pnssing of Arthur?" Mr. ChumpI'm not up on football players. Wliat team Is he on? His Guess. "Wot's 'inflated currency,' UM?" "Dunno! 'less It's money wofa been 'blown In.' 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