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STEAMER VOLTURNO BURNED
AND MANY LIVES L08T.
MILLIONS OF EGGS EXPORTED
Nebraska Eggs Are Sent to All Parts
of the World Registration Be
gun for Fort Niobrara Land
Opening.
London. Not since the Titanic sank
has Europe boon so thrilled as by a
wireless messago Saturday tolling of
lives and tho rescue of 531. Tlio Vol
In mld-Atlantlc, with a loss of 136
lives and tho rescue of 531. The VVol
turno sailed from Rotterdam on Oc
tober 2, for New York. According
to tho odlclnl statement shu curried
twenty-two first cubln passengers, 538
stcerago and a crew numbering ninety
six. The rescue Hhlps reached the
eccue of tho disaster In plenty of time
to save all, but for hourB Btood by tho
blazing vessel, impotent because of
the storm to roach tho agonized men,
women and children crowding the
after part of tho ship and within a
atouo's throw.
Forty of the ono hundred thirty-six
persons loBt were in two boatH which
ucccedcd In getting nwny from tho
burning vcssol and which without
doubt wero Bwamped. The majority of
tho other victims lost their lives when
four other boats were smashed against
the steamer's sides In an attempt to
launch them.
Niobrara Land la Opened.
Valentine, 'Neb. Promptly at tho
Stroke of midnight Sunday, Judge
James W. Wltten, superintendent of
the abandoned Fort Niobrara laud
opening, who is In charge, announced
la stentorian tonos that the notaries
were ready to begin taking asknowl
edgements, Frank L. Wood, assistant
at Valentine, and Clarence G. Fisher,
who la In charge at Broken Dow, mndo
the same announcements and the great
land rush was on. Mies Hazel Ora
ham, of Valentine, was tho first per
eon to deposit her affidavit In the largo
receptacle. J. B. 'Hunsaker of Al
llanco, Neb., was tho second one to
register.
MILLIONS OF EGGS EXPORTED.
Nebraska Sends Egge all Over the
World.
. .Washington. Twentyono million
dozen eggs were exported from tho
United StatoB in the fiscal year 1913,
against ono and one-halt million dozen,
ten years ngb and 143,000 dozen twenty
years ago. The figures of tho bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce of
the department of commerce show ex
ports in 1913 of 20,409,390 dozen eggs,
valued at $4,391,053, and of yolks and
canned eggs, 187,854, bringing tho
grand total of eggs exported clearly
above tho twenty-one million dozen
line, or over two hundred and fifty mlK
Hon eggs. This brings the total value
of all eggs exported up to practically
tour and ono-halt million dollars in
1913.
Cornhuskera Again Victors.
Lincoln. Nebraska Saturday won
the second football gamo or tho 1913
eason, but tho Cornhuskers had no
easy time with tho Kansas AgRles.
(Tor two quarters It appeared that the.
Aggies had a chance at tho victory
nd at no time could Coach Stlehm
take chanceB on sending in untried!
ubstltutOB. The final score was 24
to 0.
Most Serloue Development In Mexico.
Vera Cruz, Mex. The arrest of a
large number of members of tho Moxii
an congress by Provisional President!
Hierta la regarded by John LInd, per
gonal representative of President WIN
aon, as perhaps tho most serious de
velopment in Mexico for many weeks.1
Jr. iLlnd was not Informed of tho
equel to the congressional debate un
til noon Saturday.
Timothy L. Woodruff Succumbs.
New York. Timothy L. Woodruff,
former lieutenant governor of New.
York state, died hero Sunday night.'
Ho had lain In a critical condition for
nearly two weeks after having been
ertrlcken with paralysis while address!
lag a progressive party rally In thli
4ty. He was fifty-five years old.
Missionaries Were Rescued.
Peking. The foreign missionaries,
American and Norwegian, who have
been In the hands of the bandits at
Tsao Yang, hare been rescued. Ac
cording to the advices received they
have not been injured. The captives
Included Rev. George Holm and Rev.
Herman Fausko and his wife and child.
They were being bold for ransom, but
Tsao Yang was surrounded by govern
ment forces and an attempt by tho ban
dits to break through the cordon bad
already been repulsed.
Will Be Biggest of Season.
Lincoln. Arrangements are being
Bade by Omaha alumni or tho state
university to bring a train load of
former graduates to the second annual
home coming, Saturday, October 18,
when the Cornhuskers will meet the
Minnesota team at Lincoln. It will be
the big football game of the year.
An alleged practical Joker with an
xaggeratod Bonso of humor has been
victimizing Lincoln undertakers by
ending in "fake" calls from suburban
districts.
DOINGS INJONGRESS
WHAT LAWMAKER8 AT WASHING'
TON ARE DOING.
Result of Deliberations on More Im
portant Measures Given In
Condensed Form.
Saturday.
The Senate. Not In session; meets
Monday.
Senator Hoke Smith made a canvass
of sentiment on a recess to November
15.
Currency committee heard Illinois
bankers,
Tho House. Passed urgent de
ficiency bill with amendments that
will need further senate action.
Adjourned at 5:4S p. m. until noon
Monday.
Friday.
Tho Senate Not In session; meets
Monday.
Hanking committee continued hear
ing on administration currency bill.
The lloiiBc Met again without a
quorum and by unanimous consent
agreed to a two hour debate on tho
urgent deficiency bill.
Thursday.
The Scnnto Hanking commlttelTl
Continued to hear President Vandcrllp
)f tho National City bank of New York.
Adjourned at 2:37 o'clock to noon
Monday.
The House Representative Michael
F. Conry of New York approved as a
member of tho ways and menns com
mittee, succeeding Francis Burton Hur,
rlson.
Adjourned at 4:17 p. m. to noon
Friday.
Wednesday.
Tho Senate Not In session; meets
Thursday at noon.
President Frank A. Vnnderllp of tho
National City bank gave his views
on currency reform to tho senate
banking committee.
Tho House Resumed business of
getting a quorum to work on tho
urgent deficiency bill.
Adjourned at 2:44 p. m. to noon
Thursday.
Governor Works on Roads.
Lincoln. Shoulder to shoulder with
k life tenner from tho state peniten
tiary, tugging nnd sweating between
the handles of n plow, John 11. More
head, plain citizen of the stnte of Ne
braska for the tlmo being, nlbelt that
ho is governor, Thursday worked the
road leading from Lincoln to the asy
lum. But for gloved hands and white
linen collar, protected from perspira
tion by n handkerchief, John H. More
head had lnld nsldo his dignity. Two
life termers labored with shovels be
sldo him nnd he strove to outdo them
in tho amount of physical effort.
Three Games to Their Credit.
Philadelphia. The Athletics defeat
ed the New York Giants at Shlbe park
Friday afternoon by n score of 6 to 5
In the fourth game of the titular series,
Before tho congest was clinched 20,000
Quaker City fans suffered a period of
anxious suspension thnt will keep the
Giants' eleventh hour bnttlng rally
green In their memory for some sea
sons to como.
New President Inaugurated.
Peking. Yuan Shi Kal was Inducted
mto offlce Friday as first president of
the Chinese republic. Tho first ser
vice of inauguration was surrounded
with eastern brilliancy. It was attend
ed by throngs of distinguished Chinese,
foreign officials, diplomats and military
officers and took placo In the interior
of the Tat-Ho palace, In which many of
the Ming and Chlng emperors had
been crowned.
Lagenschwalbach, Prussia. Adol
phus Busch, the St. Louis brewer, died
hero Friday. Mr. Busch had suffered
from dropsy for seven years, but when
his son, August A., left here n few
weeks ngo to Join him nt his cnstlo on
the Rhino he did not know that his
father was dangerously 111.
Will Investigate Cause of Illness.
Sioux City, la. Government army
engineering officers hero nro Invest!
gating many cases of sickness nmong
river men and in towns using Missouri
river water, In the belief that tho un
usual amount of sickness Is traceablo
to tho dumping of cholera killed hogs
by stealth at night Into the Btream by
farmers along Its bnnks. They con
sldcr asking for a special Investigation
by tho department.
Laredo, Tex. General Alverez and
tls staff nnd 125 federal soldiers were
executed In Torreon, Mex., under or
ders of General Francisco Villa of the
constitutionalist forces, according to
information from reliable sources
brought here.
Washington. Among the passen
lers on board the steamer Victoria
Louise, which sailed from Hamburg!
bound for New York, nro four German
officials appointed by the German gov.
ernment as commissioners to study
American prisons.
Washington. Announcement la
nade that Jasper L,.McRrlon, former
superintendent of public instruction In
Nebraska, now In tho schools of Har
vard, Neb., has been tendered the posi
tion in the civil scrvlco as specialist
la rural education.
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CHARGE IN BATTLE ARRAY
SHATTERED BY DYNAMITE AND
WATER FLOWING IN.
Cavalrymen In Review' Before Presi
dent Wilson Thursday's Tor
nado Claims Three Victims
at Chamber.
Panama. Tho Qambon dike, which
sprang Into world-wido prominence as
tho last artificial barrier to actual com
munication between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans by way of tho Panama
canal, was rent In twain at 2:02 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. Between 3,000
and 4,000 persons from the cities of
Panama and Colon and various sec
tions of the canal aono witnessed the
demolition of the barrier, and, while
the destroying of tho dike was spec
tacular and successful, some disap
pointment was evinced because the en
tire dike was not destroyed. Utter
demolition was not carried out because
of the fear that the concussion might
damage the railroad trestle crossing
tho cut near the SamMlguol locks.
The two remaining sections will be
dynamited at some future date.
Fatalities In Thursday's Storm.
O'Neill, Neb. Tornado conditions
over tho central and north central
part of Nebraska Thursday evening re
sulted In the death of threo people at
Chambers, near O'Neill, tho injury of
a number at thnt placo and Broken
Bow, Sargent and Lodl, and an exten
sive loss of farm property and live
Block. The worst blow was at Cham
bers. A tornado sweeping from the
southwest to the northeast dipped
down and hit the town, cutting a
swath at least six miles long.
CHARGE IN BATTLE ARRAY.
Cavalrymen In Review Before Presi
dent Wilson.
Washington. Trotting down from
."he Virginia hills overlooking Washing
ton, 2,000 khaki clad cavalrymen In
vaded Washington Thursday to pass in
review before President Wilson and
the military attaches of the foreign
embassies and legations. The review
was planned to Illustrate the great ad
vance made In cavalry tactics. The
men constituted the strongest regular
mounted force of the army that has
passed before a president since the
close of the civil war.
Death Blow to Revolution.
Mexico City, Mex. Government of
ficials regard the federal success In
tho last week as "a death blow to the
organized revolution In tho north."
The defeat of the .rebels at Santa Ros
alia appears to bo confirmed. Ad
vices from General Samuel Emerlcado,
military governor of the stato of Chi
huahua, to tho department of the in
terior, describes the result ns a rout
of the enemy. The town was recap
tured, according to tho governor, who
added: "The victory Is of great Impor
tance because of the' fact that the
trains by which the enemy expected
to retreat to the south have been cap
tured, as well as largo quantities of
war material,"
Disown Mrs. Pankhurst.
Nashville, Tonn. The Nashville
Equal Suffrage? league, through its
president, has mailed a letter to the
agent of Mrs. Emmellne Pnnkburst,
the English militant suffragette, who
is billed to Bpenk here next month,
Btatlng tho local organization would
not stand sponsor for her in any
sense.
To Copy American Methods,
New York. Tho work of Installing
American methods of weather forecast
In tho Argentine republic will bo
comploted by II. Helm Clayton, the
well known meteorological authority
of Massachusetts, who sailed for
Buenos Ayrcs Saturday.
Washington. Fatalities In tho coal
mines of the United States during the
first seven months of tho year num
bered 1,437, as compared with 1,419
In the same period last year, according
to reports to the bureau of mines.
REMINDER
iBR0KENB0W'L0D,AND8ARQENT
DAMAGED BY WIND.
National German Alliance Condemns
Prohibition Movement Phila
delphia Winner 8 to 2 in
Third Game.
Broken Bow, Neb. A tornado which
struck Broken Bow Thursday after
noon about 6 o'clock wrecked the fair
grounds, demolished a number of
buildings In the country and Injured a
number bf people. The storm cut a
clear sweep, wrecking everything in Its
path for many miles. So far no fatali
ties have been reported, but people
may have been killed in the isolated
country districts. Many horses, cattle
and hogs were killed by the storm and
tho property loss will be heavy. In
the McCaslIn home, eight miles north
of Broken Bow, two members of tho
family were Injured. Buildings on the
Hogabeom ranch were wrecked.
Several members of the Arthur Bev
lngton family, near Sargent, were hurt,
how seriously it is not reported.
Reports indicate that the .storm de
veloped near Lodl about 5:30 and cut
acroBs the country in a path varying
from one-quarter of a mllo wide to a
milo. It had all of the characteristics
of a tornado, being a whirling storm
of great force.
OPPOSE PROHIBITION LAWS.
National German Alliance Condemns
Attempt to Enact Them.
8L Louis. The National German
American alliance at its convention
hero adopted a resolution condemning
the attempt to secure the enactment
of a national prohibition law. The
resolution denounced as utterly un
worthy the proud title, American citi
zen, those who are attempting to co
erce the members of the senate and
house of representatives Into lending
their sanction to "any scheme or
pseudo-religious bigots and zealots to
control tho personal action of law
abiding citizens." The alliance also
adopted resolutions demanding a na
tional eight-hour day, old age pensions
and workman's compensation laws.
Philadelphia Wlna In Third Game.
New York. A new star blazed forth
In the world's series baseball firma
ment when Leslie Bush pitched tho
Philadelphia Athletics to victory over
the New York Giants in tho third
game of the championship struggle by
a score oT 8 to 2. Bush was mate
rially aided In his rush to a pedestal
In the baseball hall or rame by tne
savage batting of his teammates, but
the major portion of the glory was ac
corded by both fans and players to tho
youngster who startled the diamond
veterans with his speed and control.
No Danger of Famine.
Washington. Reports to the federal
bureau of education -from Nome say
there Is no danger of famine there be
cause of the recent tidal storm. Rein
deer representing 7G0 tons of meat are
within driving distance of the stricken
city. Th Red Cross has authorized
Mayor Jones of Nome to Immediately
draw on it for $500 for relief work.
The mayor was asked to report what
the needs of the sufferers were and
was assured that further aid would be
forthcoming.
Lincoln, Nob. Transfer of a com
plement of seventy men from the Lin
coln to tho Omaha office of tho railway
mall service Is provided for In an
order just Issued and which will be
come effective October 15. The Lin
coln office of the railway mail servlco
has 223 men under it at the present
time.
Has Served Four Periods.
Lincoln, Neb. Colonel P. A. Bar
rows, a Lincoln newspaper man, has
been given an honorary discharge from
the Nebraska national guard, with the
ranking of second lieutenant. Bar
rows was first identified with state
militia in the early eighties, and since
that time has served four periods of
enlistment He was for several terms
head of the Sons of Veterans com
mandry of the state. He formerly lived
In Boone county, where he edited a
Bopullst paper for aome time.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
Lincoln schools now have super
vised playgrounds.
A lodge of Knights of Columbus hat
been Instituted at York.
The Missouri synod of the Lutheran
church is In session at Waco.
The Commercial hotel at Greenwood
was destroyed by fire Saturday morn
ing, Seward's musical festival last week
was well attended and otherwise suc
cessful. Tho Nebraska-Minnesota football
game will take place at Lincoln Oc
tober 18.
Rev. B. A. Worthley is the new
Methodist student pastor at the state
university.
Tho Nebraska-Minnesota football
game will take place next Saturday
at Lincoln.
Beatrico may flood her new athletic
park this winter and utilize it as a
skutlng rink.
Apple picking is about completed at
Shubert. and seventy-five car loads
will bo shipped.
The state conference of Congrega
tional churches will bo hold at Omaha
October 17 to 20.
The southeastern Nebraska horso
show at Auburn wns attended by sev
eral thousand people.
Tho "Home Day" at Hyannls was
tho biggest thing of the kind ever
held In Grant county.
Georgo Workman was electrocuted
at Lincoln when ho attempted to re
move a live wire from the street.
Tho ElkB lodge of Plattsmouth has
purchased n building which they will
soon mnko Into a home for tho order.
Bishop Tihen of Lincoln has re
turned from Rome in excellent health
and much refreshed from his vacation.
Chicken fanciers of Fremont are
planning on holding the biggest county
show ever held In Nebraska in Decem
ber. Kearney Y. M. C. A. has purchased
a lot and Is making preparations for
the erection of a home- for its mem
bers. A. T. Bosley, a prominent Jefferson
county farmer, Is In a precarious con
dition as a result of falling off a load
of lumber.
Nineteen to nothing was the result
of the Ncbraska-Wasbburn game on
the Lincoln field Saturday, the visit
ors being outclassed.
George Maxwell, an Omaha man,
was killed when he got caught beneath
the counterweights of an elevator
which ho was adjusting.
Mrs. Ftarjence Seldel, the avatrlx,
who fell with her hydroaeroplane Into
the bay at San Diego, Cal., recently,
formerly lived at Humboldt.
Marlon Kllgore of Falrbury w?s
caught between two cars and bo badly
crushed that he may lose both legs.
He is a Rock .Island engineer.
John Noble, a farmer near Albion,
sustained a fractured collar bone and
arm and numerous other Injuries In a
runaway while gathering corn.
Auburn has voted bonds for $17,000
for the extension of the present water
works system and the installation of
a municipal electric light plant.
John Tyson of Nemaha county, In a
baseball game fractured 'his right leg
while sliding into home plate. The
ligaments of the leg also were badly
torn.
A chocolate percolator nt tho Rlggs
soda fountain In Lincoln blew up and
sent most of Its contents Into the face
of Nate Wilson, an employe. His eye&
were badly burned.
A tornado which struck Broken Bow
Thursday afternoon about G o'clock
wrecked the fair grounds, demolished
a number of buildings In the country
and injured a number of people.
Tho shipment of stock last week
from Harrison was twenty-four cars
of cattle, one of horses and thirteen
cars of cattle from Coffee siding, near
the state line, west of Harrison.
Charles Portrey of Falls City la
building a houseboat, In which, accom
panied by Henry Ziraber, Louis Herb
ster and Charles Putman, all of that
city, he will make a trip to tho Gulf
of Mexico,
P. Meehan, who hasjjoen secretary
of the Beatrice Commercial club for
the past year, has tendered his resig
nation to take effect November 1.
A main drainage ditch and lateral
ditches along tho Nemaha river will
necessitate tho building by Johnson
county of nineteen steel bridges.
The Nebraska Federation of Wo
men's clubs held their eighteenth an
nual session at York last week, over
200 delegates being in attendance.
O. M. Tharp, one pt tho leading cltl
itns of that place, Is dead at Wahoo
as the result of Injuries received in
an automobllo accident a month ago.
Charles Benson of Exeter probably
will loso his right hand as the result
of getting It caught in a cement mixer.
Nearly all of the fingers were crushed.
Zerelda Kough, 11 years old, is the
champion girl baker of Omaha, and In
fact of Douglas county, the fair asso
ciation conducting a contest during the
Ak-Sar-Ben festivities last week hav
ing so decided.
Over 1.000 people attended the open
ing meeting of the evangelistic ser
vices conducted by six of the fifteen
local churches In a specially built tab
ernacle in the heart of the business
section of Grand Island,
Seward's new Y. M. C. A. building
will be opened to the public October
23. A series of entertainments lasting
four nights will mark the opening ex
ircises. One of the most beautiful and In
iplrlng features of the German day
celebration in Lincoln la expected to
be the flower parado to occur on Wed
nesday, October 16.
October 18 will be "home coming
day" for the old "grads" and others
who have attended the University of
Nebraska. On that day Nebraska and
Minnesota will clash on the football
Beld.
COLLEGES TO AH
"HOME COMING DAY" AT STATE
UNIVERSITY. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable 8ources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
The university of Minnesota nnd the
University of lown will be" the Unl
versify of Nebraska's opponents in
intercollegiate debate next December
In the annual five simultaneous con
tests of the Central Debating league
(Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois
and Wisconsin).
" At Lincoln, Nebraska's representa
tives will argue for, and at Iowa City
they will urgue against the following
proposition:
"Resolved, Thnt Immigration with
this country should bo further re
stricted by means of a lltorary test."-
Candidates for the fifteen places in
the Intcrcollcginto Debate seminary
(Rhctorls. 22) conducted by Prof. M.
M. Fogg, professor of rhetoric, which,
wlfl be filled at a preliminary debate
are at woTkinvestignting tho question.
Last December Nebraska's teams
won from Illinois nnd Wisconsin
which they also defeated In 1910.
The Nebraska-Minnesota game which,
takes place on Nebraska field at Lin
coln. October 18, will no doubt scttlo
tho football championship of the coun
try lying west of the Pennsylvania,
line. Minnesota Is hailed as th
championship eleven of the western
CAPTAIN PURDY
Of the University Team One of th
Greatest Bsckfleld Men In the West.
conference, and It Is expected that th&
Nebraska warriors will win the Mis
souri Valley championship title. ThlB
will be tho first tlmo that Minnesota,
has met Nebraska on her home field,
since 1902.
Important Popcorn Centers.
Two communities practically sup
ply the popcorn for tho civilized world,
and make possible the frequently
heard cries of "Five a sack!" C P.
Hartley of the federal crop service,
has investigated ihe popcorn subject
and has written a careful bulletin,,
copies of which have been received
by the Nobraska stato board of agri
culture. Valley county, Nebraska, and.
Sac county, Iowa, are the two Import
ant popcorn growing centers. Valley
county leads by a narrow margin.
Moreover, the Valley county farmera
have a scientific process for prepar
ing the corn tor market which is com
mended by the federal authorities.
Much Activity Good Roada Days
Activity on roads In many parts of
the state marked tho first of the good
roads days designated by Governor
John H. Morehead. Governor More
head himself did road work. Over
seers In many Lancaster county pre
elncts directed the work of large
crews and highways leading from tho
farms to tho cities were improved.
The transcontinental highway was not
neglected, thoso farmers living along
this road doing much to mako its sur
face smoother and to mark Its course
more plainly,
The Berry Acreage.
In Nebraska there woro 2,777 acres
devoted to tho growing of strawborrlos
In 1913. Doubtless the acreage 1b much
larger as the estimate Uocb not In
clude many of the extremely email
patches but Is mndo up ottbe acreage
of the larger commercial ventures.
Fruit growers have planted 1,483
acres to blackberries while 720 acres
are in raspborrlos.- These figures
were compiled by tho state board of
agriculture and are the first tabula
tion! made on the berry crops.
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