lX.$U:;aiR5 & msAjjuuu... KID CLOUD, NEBRASKA, OHIIF iuu i-'Vrrfftkii(l .S s I1 V INT All INCREASE DECLARE ADVANCE IN RATES 18 NECESSARY. CORNHUSKERS VICTORIOUS End Football Season Without Losing a Game General Villa to Open ' Attack on the Mexican Federals. Washington. Tho Intorutnto com nerco commission ban begun a hoar lng on tho projwscd freight rate In creases of approximately 5 per cent, filed October 15 last, by' railroads In tho territory cost of tho Mississippi and north of tho Ohio nnd Potomac rivers. Nearly every railway In tho country Is concerned, for should tho commission permit tho roads applying to Incronso rates, tho same nuthorlty might bo extended to other carrlerB to increase rates on all classes of frelghL Villa Will Attack Federals. . El Paso, Tex. General Francisco Villa has departed from Juarez on a special train to join his troops, which re below Tlerra Dlancn, twenty-six miles south of Juarez, and will, on arrival, glvo tho order for the tnnrch against the federals under Oenernls Salazar, Carnvco, Hojaa nnd Landn, 'who are at Samalayuca, six miles south of the rebel positions. Tho reb el commanders stated to an Associated Press representative that ho expects tho battlo between his troops nnd the rebels to begin soon after his arrival. CORNHU8KERS VICTORIOUS. Win Every Game of 1913 Football Series. Lincoln, Nob. Tho Nebraska Corn huskers, Invincible in Missouri valley football and victors over tho Minnesota Gophers, Snturday placed tho cap sheaf on a golden gridiron year. Fac ing the Iowa Hawkcyes on Nebraska field In the season's final combat, tho Cornhuskers achieved a decisive tri umph by a 12 to 0 score. Tho defeat of Iowa gives tho Cornhuskers a clean core for 1913, a record without a blot, s follows: Nebraska 19 Washburn 0 Nebraska 24 Kansas Aggies.. C Nebraska 7 Minnesota 0 Nebraska.!... 7 Haskell 0 Nebraska 18 Ames Aggies.... 9 Nebraska 42 Wesleyan 7 Nebraska 9 Kansas ......... 0 Nebraska 12 Iowa 0 Total ....138 Total 28 Total victories for Nebraska, 8; de feats, 0. Masked Marauders Put to Flight. Louisville, Neb. Flvo moBkcd per sons, one of whom it Is believed was a woman, called at tho farm homo of John Osacnkop, ono of tho wealthiest and oldest settlers In Cass county and tried to forco their way into his house, but wore repulsed by Mr. OsBcnkop. He backed Into the house after ho had been called to tho door, saw his danger and with the assistance- of a shot gun, which he secured from be hind tho door, drove tho midnight mauraudors away. Warm Weather In Chicago. Chicago. Overcoats were shed, out door tollers were in shirt sieves and a few venturcsomo swimmers paddled in Lake Michigan Thursday, when tho thermometer renched 08, making this the warmest November 20 of record In Chicago. The return of Indian summer was general In the Mississip pi valley. Thinks Crows Carry Hog Cholera. Washington, D. C Senator Kenyon of Iowa, who has Introduced a bill ap propriating 11,000,000 for tho eradi cation of hog cholera has been In formed by a Lee county, Iowa, farmer that crows carry hog cholera. Pre viously a Virginia farmer had written that turkey buzzards aided In spread teg tho disease. sjave Cause for Thanksgiving. (Lincoln. There are at least 308 railway postal clerks In this division of tho railway mail service who will find cause for Thanksgiving next Thursday, as they have received an in crease In pay of 1100 a year. About halt of this number reside in 'Omaha. Prominent Nebraskan Suicides. Beaver City, -Neb. Nathaniel M. Avers oommlted suicide at his home In Fainnont, (Neb., shooting himself with a small revolver. Ho was a pio neer of Beaver City, coming here in 1871, and was identified with the set tlement of the southwest. Ho was 63 years old. Ho was author of "Build ing a New Empire,' and many other narratives of tho early days. Ho was a thirty-second degree Mason and served as grand master of tho Ne braska jurisdiction In 1902, Bullet Through Brain Lived 10 Days. Omaha. Nob. Though unconscious, J. C. Farrlngton, wealthy Hough, Neb., farmer, who shot hlmsolf at tho Union Station on November 9, lived for ten days with a bullet nolo clear through his brain. Ho died at St. Joseph hospital Wednesday. Washington. An atllclal count of all silver dollars in the San Francisco mint has rovenled thnt twenty-two dol lars wero stolen, probably about 1880, according to a report mado to Direc tor of tho Mint George Roberts, DOINGS IN CONGRESS WHAT LAWMAKERS AT WASHING TONARE DOING. i. Result of Deliberations on More Inv portant Measures Glvtn In Condensed Form. Saturday. Tho Senate. Mot "at noon. Administration currency bill llnnlly reported with divergence of views of tho banking committee. Elections committee recommended passage of temporary law for direct election of senators. Adjourned at 1:15 p. in. to noon Monday. Tho llouhe. Johnson of Washington mado a conservation speech, Adjourned at 1:35 p. m. to until Wednesday. Friday. The Senate Not In Bcsslon; tnoctb Saturday. Hanking committee continued In ex scutlvo session. The House Met at noon and ad journed at 11!: 11 to noon Saturday. Thursday. The Senate Foreign relations com mittee met. President Wilson sent In muny diplomatic and consular nominations, among them that of Henry M. Plndell to bo ambassador to Russia. Senator Thomas spoke endorsing Winston Churchill's proposed naval holiday. Senator Hoke Smith Introduced n bill to appropriate $2,000,000 n year for post roads In conjunction with states. Adjourned at 2:22 p. in. to noon 3aturday. Tho House Met at noon nnd ad lourned at 1:07 p. m. until Friday. Tuesday. The Senate. Not In session; meets Thursday. Steering committee conferred on a currency caucus and adjournment, but reached no conclusion. Tho House. Not In session; meets Thursday. Monday. The Senntc Winston Churchill's naval holiday was endorsed In a reso lution introduced by Scnntor Thomas. Banking committee continued work on administration currency bill. Adjourned until Thursday. The House Progressive Leader Murdock introduced his party's anti trust bills. Aillniirnoil nf 1-1ft n m withmil ( -.,......,. ... ---" " transacting any business, until noon Thursday. Provision Nullifies the Discount. Washington. Attorney General Mc Reynolds has decided that tho sub section of tho new tnrlff law authoriz ing n discount of G per cent on all goods imported in American vcsbcIs is nullified by its provision that "noth ing in this subsection shall beso con strued as to abrogate or in any man ner Impair or affect the provisions of nny treaty concluded between the United StatcB and nny foreign nation." Will Have to Work Overtime. Washington. Although deprecating tho necessity for overworking Its em ployes, (the poetofllco department has announced that It will be compelled to close Its eyes to the federal eight hour day during the Christmas rush of mnll matter. Carriers nnd clerks, It was declared, would hnve to put In long hours In order that n congestion of mnll matter might be avoided. For Peace Centenary Commission. Washington. A peace centenary commission to confer with similar bodies In Great Britain. Canada or elsewhere for celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the treaty of Ghent, was proposed In n resolution by Representative Smith of New York. Protest Convict Labor. Chicago. Protest against convict labor was made here at the convention of tho National Association of Gar ment Makers. President I. Cohen of Detroit, Mich., declared that It was tho ,lntentlon of tho association to stamp out tho "ovll." Ono hundred manu facturers from various cities In the west and mlddlo west were present. Mail Your Christmas Parcels Early. Washington. Aid to the over worked Christmas season mail clerk and carrier has been extended by Postmaster General Burleson, who has ordered sent to tho 60,000 postotllces throughout tho country placards re questing everybody to mnll their Christmas parcels early, wrapped se curely and addressed plainly. Hastings, Neb. Hastings high school claims tho football champion ship of southern Nebraska, because they defeated tho fast Edgar team to the tuno of 28 to 0 in that city. Will Be a Silver Service. Washington. Tho senate's wed ding gift to Miss JesBlo Wilson hns been finally selected. It Is n silver scrvlco of fifteen plores, with Its chief feature a tea set of flvo pieces. It also contains a hot wnter kcttlo, largo silver, Bervlco trny, chocolato pot, Ico cream dish, two compoto dishes nnd four candlesticks. London. The liability of'Lloyds for shipping losses in rccont storms on tho great lakes Is calculated at $7,-COO.OOO "ALAS! POOR Copyright.) TRYT0MAKECALIF0NIADRY RESOLUTION CONDEMN8 AT- TEMPTS TO FORCE ARMED INTERVENTION. State Prohibition Movement Started At Los Angeles General Lee' Christmas Gathering Recruits for Carranza. Seattle. Tho American federation of labor has refused to adopt a resolu tion condemning armed intervention in Mexico on the ground that it might lo Justified and desirable. Tin; con vert ion Adopted the following resolu tion. "The-American federation of labor condemns attempts being mado by some American nnd foreign corpora tions nnd certain jingo newspapers to force armed intervention by the United States government in .Mexico nnd urges upon the president of the United States the continuance of a policy looking to a peaceful adjust ment of tho conflict among the Mexi can people, und that the president and secretary of tho American federation nf labor bo instructed to transmit the position of the federation upon that mutter to the president of the United States." Gathering Recruits for Carranza. Chicago. Gen. Lee Christmas, a soldier of fortune, has just completed n successful recruiting campaign hero In behalf of General Carranza. head of the constitutionalist forces of Mexico. Christmas left for the border Thurs day night with some of his recruits nnd tho others followed next day, nineteen in all, it is said. Christmas was liberally supplied with money. Ho promised pay ranging from $200 to 500 a mqmth, according to tho exper ience nnd spccinl abilities of the men enlisted, and bound his contracts by payments of $200 and 1300. Two of tho recruits, who will recolve maxi mum salaries, are expert telegraphers, and nil have had somo experience In warfare. TO MAKE CALIFORNIA "DRY." Fund Subscribed at Los Angeles to Start Movement. Ix)8 Angeles. Flvo thousand dollars was subscribed In eleven minutes at a state prohibitionist convention hero to start a cnmpulgn for a constitution al amendment next year to make California "dry." Two women. Mrs. Anna K. Dldwell of Chicago, widow of General Hldwell, nnd Mrs. R. H. Oilman of Pasadonn, gave $1,000 each. Another woman subscribed $50, which she snld her husband had given her to buy Christmas presents with, nnd still another declared she would discharge her cook and contribute tho salary saved. A fund of $150,000 Is sought. Two thousand signatures to tho initiative petition for a prohibi tion nmendment were obtained before the eonvetnlon adjourned, Washington. Retail prices of food were higher August 15 than nt any other tlmo during the last twenty-thivo years, according to figures of tho bureau of labor statistics. Retail prices of the principal articles of food In forty Important cities show that during tho year twelve of fifteen articles advanced In price, while only threo declined. Philadelphia, Pn. Wednesday wns the wannest nineteenth of November on record. At 2:30 p. m. tho weather bureau thermometer registered 72 do degrees. Washington An effort Is being mado by tho poatofllro department to stir up westorn postmasters to prompt ly forward empty mnll hacks and re lievo somewhat of a shortage that prevails In tho east. Hynnnls, Nob. The weather opened fine nnd was favorable for the Im mense crowd of peoplo holding lucky numbers for the land filing. Judgo Wltten reports a large number of young men holding numbers as com pared with former drawings. Out of the first fifty numbers railed but twenty-three made filings, mnny wait ing for tho filing next spring. Much interest Is being manifested by tho visitors. Tho town Is taking good care of the crowd bo far and a sleeping car Is kept on n Bide track to care for the ovorflow. Y0RICK" SENATE GIVEN CHOICE OF THREE CURRENCY BILLS. New Commercial Treaty With Russia Regarded Probable Huerta's Congress Holds Its First Session. Washington The preparations have been made for tho battlo over the ad ministration currency reform bill. Threo separate currency bills, all based upon the name general theory, will be placed before tho senate by the divided banking and currency committee. Unable to agree on amendments, the committee will pre sent the Glass-Owen bill as originally endorsed by the administration and passed by the house. The measure, with amendments assumed to be ac ceptable to the president, will be sub mitted by Chairman Owen and other democrats. A bill materially chang ing the structure of the house mens urc will be presented by republicans. Mexican Congress Convenes. Mexico City. His face showing none of thnt whimsical humor which at times characterizes him. President Huertn nppenred Thursday evening before the new Mexican congress and read his message. Few Mexican pres idents have read at the formal open ing sessions of congress shorter mess ages and few have confined them selves so entirely to one subject. It was nothing more than n terse ex planation of his motives for dissolv ing the old congress, most of the mem bers of which are in the penitentiary accused of sedition. HOPE HELD OUT FOR JEWS. New Commercial Treaty With Russia Regarded Probable. Washington. After a conference with President Wilson, Dr. Stephen S. Wise of New York has Issued a state ment declaring, that tho president nnd Secretary nrjan had not abandoned tho Idea of pressing a new commercial treaty with Russia that would recog nize tho passports of American citi zens, "without distinction of religion or race." "The president Ib In a far better position today than he was six months ngo to negotiate through tho state de partment and Secretary Bryan the commercial treaty with Russia," says the statement In port. "The president hns become In an extraordinary do grec tho leader of his own party, and has come to command the confidence nnd respect of tho whole America" people." Arrested at Clay Center, Kansas. Clay Center, Knn. Lester Holmes, colored, confessed here Wednesday night that he was the man who struck the blow which resulted In the death of George A. Wllmeth nt Lincoln last Saturday night. Ho was arrested by Sheriff Henshaw of Clay Center and will be taken to Lincoln by Sheriff Hyers. Roth the sheriff's office nnd the Lincoln police forco suspected that Holmes was the negro concerned In tho caso and wired tho Clay Center authorities to keep him under survoll lance. Will Rebel Against the Styles. Omaha, Neb. "There Is bound to be n stand taken against tho Idiotic mode of dress which' Is now adopted by the American women." said Mrs. Murphy at the meeting of tho Omaha Woman's club Monday afternoon. "Women will come to their senses soon and there will bo a revolution against these nar row sklrtswhlch do not permit women to walk as they should In a freo am' easy manner." Omaha, Uy a vote of 5 to 2 tho city council has given tho newsboys the right to peddle newspapers, period icals and magazines on tho streets and In office buildings, provided tho own ers of the latter consent. Japanese Prince Had Great Brain. Toklo Tho brain of the lato Prince Katsura, ono of Japan's greatest statesmen, who died October 10, weighed slightly more than 1,000 grnmmoB. Prince Katsura was presi dent of tho Japaneso society devoted to tho study of enncer, from which dls easo ho died, and In accordanco to his own directions tho body was offered to sclenco and dissected. Tho brain weight. Is a llttlo lighter than that of HIsmarjH and about 300 grammes heavier than the brain of an average person. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRA8KA Tho basketball team at Falrbury has been reorganized. The corn crops nt Bennington yield ed an average of from tlilrty-flvo to forty bushels an acre. Lester Vandeventer of Stella sus tained a broken noBo whlto playing la a school football game. Omaha alumni of the state univer sity will banquet tho Cornhusker foot ball team December 2. William Baker, ono of the oldest pioneers of Jefferson county, Is dead at his home in Fairbury. St. Mary's 'convent at Dawson was dedicated last week, many out-of-town people being present. Surgeons of Falls City hnvo fitted up a hospital In that place for tho treatment of surgical cases. F. W, Hayes, 94 years old, Hald to be the oldest Mason In the state, Is dead at his home In Norfolk. John McNclJ of Fremont wns run over by a street car nnd Instantly killed near Krug park at Omaha. Miss Anna Rogers Is dead at a Lin coln hospital, as n result of Injuries received In a runaway some weeks ago. The new electrolier lighting system for the business section of Grand Island Is now Installed nnd In opera tion. Joshua A. Wood, nged 80, dropped dead from a chair In nn Omaha barber shop. Heart failure was the cause of death. Michael Kroeger, an old resident of Gage county, was so badly Injured by a fall from a wagon thnt death re sulted. Preparations nro being made at Lin coln to take part In the 100th anniver sary of the signing of the peace treaty at Ghent. Fire, supposed to have been caused by the explosion of a cook stove, de stroyed the homo of Mart Ford at Beatrice, with all Its contents. According to n statement by Presi dent McGlnnls of tho state dairy men's association, butter will bo con siderably cheaper before spring. Tho price of milk In Fremont has been raised from fi to 7 cents a quart nnd tho creameries aro paying 14 cents a gallon Inst7.ul of 12 as heretofore. Beet harvest In the North Plntto val ley is nt an end. and it is said to be the finest crop of the sugar producing vegetable ever grown In thnt section. George A. Wllmeth, a Lincoln man, was killed when n negro knocked him down with such force that the fall on the concrete walk fractured his skull. A snake was dug out of his winter quarters five feet under ground by workmen excavating the basement of the new' Christian church nt Brown ville. Richard Lopeskn of Ohlowa was rendered unconscious and possibly seriously injured when his coat got caught in the flywheel of a gasoline engine. Two cars of fish, mostly bass, crap ple and cat, have been distributed among the Inkes and streams of Ne braska along tho line of tho North western railway in tho Elkhorn valley. William Sears Poppleton, one of the best known men In Omaha, was found sitting at his desk in his office dead, with a bullet hole In the corner of his right eyo nnd a pistol on the floor be tween his feet, Saturday night.. The coroner returned a verdict of acci dental denth. A district meeting of the Odd Fel lows wns held at Odell Tuesday even ing, which was attended by nbout 300 members of the order. Blue Springs lodge carried off first honors in the competitive drill. Prof. K. W. Hunt, former professor of English at the state university, and well known over tho state, was found dend In his room at tho Flat iron building at Omaha. Death re sulted from heart trouble. J. C. Farrlngton of Hough, Nob., who shot himself in the head with a pistol at the union station nt Omaha on the night of November 9, died nt St. Joseph's hospital ten days later without regaining consciousness. 55. Thostesen of Broken Bow has just completed and presented to the public school of that placo a mniaturo sod house, absolutely perfect In detail and construction, 'Including paneled doors and glazed windows. It Is a two-story model, comploto in every particular, even to tho. stairway. Superior merchants will hold a "Market Day" December 3, when articles of merchandise ranging in value from $2 to $35 will bo given away to their customers. Governor Morehead of Nebraska and Governor Hodges of Knnsas have been asked to speak. 8eventy-flve per cent of the resi dents of West Beatrice profess Chris tianity, according to tho ministerial association, which Is taking a religious census of the city. Alleged theft and sale of national guard property from the Lincoln com pany resulted in a suddenly called court martial at thnt place, tho first in thirty years in this state, It is said. The explosion of a can of stove polish which she wns using to blncken a cook stovo set fire to the clothing of Mrs. John Henen of Nemaha, and sho was severely burned before the flames could be extinguished. ' Members of tho Truman family, rep resenting four generations, attended tho golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Truman at Lincoln last week. In connoctlon with tho annual corn show, which will be hold In Central City tho second week of December, a short course In agriculture and do mestic Bclonco will bo given. Albort Herman Hauptman, ono of the oldest pioneers of Nebraska City, Is dead nt'hls home, where ho has re sided stneo 1850. Ho wns born In tho provlnco of Westphalia, Gormnny, January 7, 1829. THREE WOMEN TESTIFY Tothe Merit of Lydi&E.Pink ham's Vegetable Com pound during Change of Life. Streator, 111.-"I shall always praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound wherever I go. It has done me so much good at. Chance of Life, and ithaaalsohelpedmy- daughter. It is one of tho grandest medicines for wo men that can bo bought iBhalltry to induco others to-tryit"-Mrs.J.H. Campbell. 206 N. Second St, W. S., Streator, Illinois. Philadelphia, Pa, "It was at the Change of Life ' that I turned to Lydia. E. Pinkham's Vegetablo Compound, using it as a tonic to build op my sys tem, with beneficial results." Mrs. Sara Hayward, 1825 W. Venango St (Tioga) Phila., Pa. San Francisco, CaL " I have taken. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound for many years whenever I would feel bad. I have gone through the Change of Life without any troubles and thank the Compound for it I rec ommend it to young girls and to women of all ages." Mrs. C. Barbie, 3062 25th St, San Francisco, CaL The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalelled. If yoa want special advice write to Lydia E. Plakham Medicine Co. (cobIU dentlal) Lynn; Mass. Yosr letter will be opened, read and answered ay e woman and held la strict eoaflaeac. TRUTH FROM YOUTHFUL LIPS Not Exactly the Answer 8plnster Ex. pected, but It Came From the Heart A middle-aged spinster who lived Id tho suburbs had a flno orchard. She likewise had a heap of trouble with lot of youngsters, who looked on the orchard aB something placed there for their especial benefit Finally the spinster decided that she could do more with kindness than with, a fence rail, so she prepared a feast of apples and other dainties and In vited every small boy in the burg to Join tho Jubilee. "Now, toll me, boys," said the host ess at the conclusion of the feast, "would tho apples you have Just eaten tasted so good had you stolen them?" "No. ma'am," answered little Willie Smith, with surprising frankness. "I am certainly glad to hear you say that, llttlo man," responded the spins ter, with a glow of pleasure. "Why wouldn't thoy havo tasted so good?" "Because," came tho equally frank; roply of Willie, "we wouldn't have had no Ice cream and cake with them." Cruel Fate. Visitor to Jail And bow did you get here? Confidence Man They gavo me flve years Just for attending to my busi ness. Puck. Physically Impossible. "Maud made a mesalliance with an aviator." "Well, how on earth could her fam ily consider an aviator beneath them?" What Did He Mean? Hewitt Is Gruet out of danger yet?' Jewitt No, ho still has tho doctor. An unmarried man novor realizes how many faults he has. What are Post Toasties? Thin wafery bits of choice Indian Corn 'perfectly cooked; delicately flavoured; then toasted to an appetizing golden brown, and packed in tightly sealed packages with out being touched by band. "Toasties" are for break fast or any other meal served direct from package with cream or milk, and a sprink ling of sugar. Post Toasties are conven ient, save a lot of lane and please the palate immensely I But after all, a trial is the best answer. Grocers everywhere sell Post Toasties . ",l,il fi.ii! i Y .ii i.h.'n'i.i. ! 1 UutWW. 11 " lam tHii ;1;.sBM ' & Jew aVMsBBBBBBBPSjJ1 V