The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, January 15, 1914, Image 6
,r -KKf trasm! T I f MiwpiimiUDIIjm ww - wMIT I HWI.0 Myfill,ia' RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF Ill t V I! V '. :n. fU M m ! ' .t ''J '. i 1 UNDER MARTIAL LI fEARS FOR NATIVE UPRISING IN SOUTH AFRICA. MAY ABOLISH SOME BUREAUS Contemplated Reorganization of De. partment of Agriculture Federals at Ojlnaga Surrender. Pietorfn, Union of South Africa. Not since tho Uoors laid down tliclr irms to tliu IlrltciiH in 1002 lias tho Hand been au near a state of war aB It Ih Just now. Martial law was do tlared at noon Sunday. Many of thoso who predicted failure for tho Btrlko havo becomo bo alarmed that thoy aro pleading for white unity to protect tho women and children from tho horrora of a native uprising. Johannesburg has tho appearance of a, besieged city. Tho railing out of tho burghers has resulted In the gathering of 10,000 of the old free State burghers, who havo sprung to arms with tho samo alacrity as In tho days of a natlvo uprising or when tho Hrltlsh Invaded tho veldt. This forco Is under command of tho Teteran Hoor commander, Jacobus II de la Hey. May Have to Change Orders. Washington Surrender of tho McxI ran federal generals at Ojlnaga to tho United States military authorities at Presidio and tho night of their soldlora to this side of the border may con. front tho wor department with tho necessity of changing tho orderB to General Bliss with reference to foreign soldiers crossing tho border. Score tary of War Harrison, on January 2, Instructed General IUIsh to extend aid to wounded soldiers seeking asylum; to nonnlt refucceB to crosB tho river if necessary to save their lives, to disarm them and hold them as refugees as long as it would bo dangerous to forco them back. MAY ABOLISH SOME BUREAUS. Reorganization of Department of Agriculture Contemplated. Washington. Reorganization of tho department of agriculture by nbollsh Ing all of tho present thirteen bureaus and substituting four or ilvo largo olilccs, grouping all allied activities is oontemplated In a provision carried In tho agricultural appropriation bill, which tho houso commlttco on agrlcul turo almost has completed. Whllo thu details nro left to tho discretion o! Secretary Houston, ho and Represents tlvo Lever, chairman of tho committee, havo conferred over tho plan for re adjusting tho work of tho department bo ns to cllmlnato all lost energy that possibly can bo corrected nnd the gen eral plan is understood. Tho only obstaclo to tho concentration plan is tho possibility of a point of order be ing raised in tho houso on tho ground thnt tho provision constitutes now legislation that cannot bo carried Ir an appropriation bill. Village Is Submerged. Koerllng, Germany A high tldo sub. merged tho vlllago of Damkcrcrt on tho borders of Tluckow lako adjoining tho Baltic sea Saturday night and tho fato of Its 100 Inhabitants is unknown. A heavy galo has been blowing Inshoro nnd the waters reached such m extra ordinary height that only roofs of houses In tho vlllago nro visible Troops havo been sent from hero to assist InNthc work of rescue. Sate of Indian Lands. Idabell, Okla. Oklahoma's last great sale of Indian lands under tho direction of tho federal government began here Tuesday, when tho first round of bidding was closed on ono of tho 4,000 tracts to bo disposed of. Moro than a million ncres of timber, agri cultural and grazing lauds are to ho sold In tho Choctaw nation during January. Moyer Leaves Copper Strike District. Houghton, Mich. Charles H. Moyer, president of tho western federation of miners, has left tho copper strlko dls trlct again. This time ho went on his own frco will, announcing thnt ho was en route to Chicago, with tho Idea of later attending tho coming meeting of tho executive council of the Ameri can federation of labor In Washington Farmer to be Reckoned With. Lincoln, Neb. llellef that tho farm .era grange movomnnt, now gaining 'Impetus in this stnto through the or ganization of scores of local unions and a largo number of county organi zations, will affect tho present year's election In a potont way, is being echoed about stato house hallo. Of ficials Indicato that they may havo to reckon with this new forco and that boforo thoy havo gono tho entiro routo thoy may bo called upon by tho farm ors for direct statements of their posi tion on big public questions particu larly thoso tilings which mako for re duced cost of operating stato, county ind local governments. Lincoln, Neb. J. J. Noono, a student in tho senior oIosb or tho stato uni versity law school, n member of tho Delta Chi fraternity, nnd an employe of tho American Savings bank of this ploce, has been appointed Congress man Mnguiro'fl nrlvnto secretary and has gone to Wnrhlngton, I), c., to ako up hh new duties. Mr Noono Is the Ron of II. Noono of 3S11 Franklin Htroct. Omaha, nnd is a graduate- of the P-naha high school. BRIEF NEWS OF NEURASKA Tecum sell has a flourishing troop of boy contH. Falrbury is soon to havo a modern public hotpltnl. County assessors of the state will meet nt Lincoln, Junuary 20. l'lattsmouth Elks will lay the cor nerstone of their new home next week. A stock company to build a fanners' elevator hns been organized at Gar rison. Tho olllco of tho Firth Graphic wa entirely destroyed, by llro Sunday night. A branch of tho woman's suffrngo association has been organized nt Lyons. A large hog cholera scrum plant is to bo Installed at Sholton in the near future. Tho new city hnll at Havelock wag dedicated with appropriate ceruinonle Friday evening. A Kencsaw man last week sold fifty two head of mules for over $12,G00 nearly $2C0 each. Tho local supply of corn nt Sholton is so short that feeders aro shipping it from elsowhere. Hastings bnsebnll fans will try to rnlse n 14,000 fund for tho promotion of tho game next summer. The goncrnl Btore of Martin & Tool at Murdock wnB destroyed by flro, orig inating from a dcfcctlvo Hue. Tho postofllco nt Cortland was par tially destroyed by flro last week, a lot of mall matter being lost. Mrs. Mary Wlldnmn, said to hav been tho oldest woman In York cotm ty, is dead at tho ago of DC. A big black cat proved to bo the burglar that a Lincoln man thought ho had locked up In tho cellar. At tho Homo Cured Meat show at Lincoln n totnl of $90 will bo offered as prizes for homo cured meats. Tho Fremont Commercial club, mor chants' association and ad club wll' hold a fair In that city, opening Fcbru ary 23. Tclcphono nnd electric light wires nnd poles nro being removed from tho streets at Tecumsch and replaced in alleys. Flndley Howard, son of Edgar How ard of Columbus, has gono to Colon whero ho has accepted a government situation. Joscphluo M. Lyons of Omaha wat seriously Injured when a railroad train hit tho buggy in which she was riding at Auburn. Kd. Mockett, a Lincoln bowler, ran up a score of 279 In a recent con test; a record that has not boon mado for many years. Chicken thieves again aro In evi dence in tho vicinity of Tecumsch, severnl farmers having reported tho robbing of tholr henneries. HoubowIvcs of Lincoln will bo ap pealed to by the Lancaster county gardeners to aid them In tholr effortB to sccuro a city market. A kitchen cabinet factory of Denver omploylng forty men, will bo moved to Hnstlngs at an early dato If local business men can bo Interested. Slnco tho school bond question failed at Ohlowa thoso favoring thq proposition nro stirring up Interest in tho issuo and expect finally to win out. Overy 3,000 tons of fruits, vegetables and berries wero condemned at thq city market and tho commission houocB In Omnlm during 1913 nnd thrown nwoy. Tiio Nebraska stato baseball league was well represented In tho meetings at Kcnrnoy. Each town had two dele gates present and many outsldo fans wero in attendance. Cotner college at Lincoln has been granted $225,000 of tho million dollar Jonntlon mado to Christian Institu tions by R. A. Long, In case tho church is n whole Is nblo to ralso $5,000,000 In tho next three years. A number of fires of mysterloui origin havo occurred In IJcatrlco dur lng tho past few weelra and local au thorltlos nro of the opinion that a fin bug Is at work. It Is probable thai stato olllclnls will investigate. A subscription paper in nn effort to rnlso $100,000 for a now hotel build, ing In Fremont is being circulated. Clark Wclliver of Dawson county, who hunts coyotes with dogs, lias chased 28 this season, so fnr, and out of that number captured 2i. Owing to lack of employment, many Hastings residents havo run behind with tholr water and light bills and have been shut off by tho city. An unknown man threw himself in front of a nurlington train near Palmyra and was badly mangled. Thero was nothing on his person to reveal his Identity. B. F. Norvnl has been appointed nct ing county Judgo by tho county bonrd nt Seward to fill tho olllco during Judgo II. N. Colemnn'B absence in California this winter. Tho Rev. Thomas Shlpherd, D.D., ot tho First Congregntional church nt Lincoln, hns been Invited to accept tho pastorato of Plymouth Congrega tional church at Milwaukee, Wis., C. J Miles of Hastings was select ed nt Kearney to lend .tho Stato Rase ball Leaguo association tho coming year, defeating Kearney, York and Columbus candidates, nfter three bal lots had been taken. Burglars and petty thieves nre mak ing life a burden to tho inhabitants of Falrbury. William Hnyward, born nnd reared In Nebraska City, and former county Judgo, lias recently been appointed ns Mstant district attorney of Now York City. Tho first rural high school in Dodge county has Just boon opened. While tho school has public support and has been supervised by County Super intondrnt John Matzen in its Initla tlon, it Is n privato affair. Novertho leas, R will bo conducted along linoi of the public sohools of tho county. EGGS rzrr7n " ... i ns tv. r :" ::-.: .""!". vhaaA s ro 6o to tw .rfitW KMMiiuidr 2". IrKfi nn rrin - wnii ' nu i mi v . ti 177 "o'" )lM -!-' lHv17r1 TbPAM Eggs Were Used as Currency In a (Copyright.) SUSPEND MONROE DOCTRINE EXTRA MARINE GUARD IN MEX-J ICO MEANS NOTHING. Nations of World Invited to Help Pacify Mexico Argentine Corn Coming Into United States. Washington. Four hundred ma rines now In tho Panama canal zono havo been ordered to Join the Ameri can warships off tho east coast of Mex ico. This virtually will doublo the 'marine guard aboard the vessels, their forco now numbering less than 450 officers nnd men. In making public khls order Secretary Daniels found that the transfer was to be made for tho benefit of the health of the men, who 'havo heon on tho Isthmus for many jinonths and whose duty thero ended when tho war department recently sent troops to permanently garrison tho canal zone. Ho said the action did not result from any conference be tween himself and Secretary Garrison, nor from nny suggestion or hint from President Wilson, and that it would not bo connected In nny way with the recent visit of John Llnd to Gulfport. Importing Argentine Corn. Now York. Nearly 300,000 bushels of Argentine corn nro being unloaded at this port, and millions more from tho South American republic are under contract. Tho importntionB aro tho direct result of the removal of the duty on tho staple under tho recent tariff net. More than 1,000,000 bushels have been received In tho United States since tho tariff went into ef fect, tho first from the Argentine ever brought here, and already tho compe tition with American corn hns forced a decline In cash values. Thirteen ships nro cither en routo here or load ing with corn from tho Argentine, and ono Amerlcnn manufacturing concern, which uses corn in tho manufacture of eyrups and kindred products, has five million bushels from tho country under contract for delivery. SUSPEND MONROE DOCTRINE. Invite Nations of World to Help Pacify Mexico. Pittsburgh. Temporary suspension af tho Monroo doctrine and a move ment of tho world powers In concert to end the troublo In Mexico, as they did in China, wns advocated by Philip P. Campbell, representative in con gross from tho Third Kansas district, in an address here. "The situation in Mexico is deplora ble," Mr. Campbell said. "When Huorta is overthrown thero will be Villa, who will assume power through murder and barbarous warfare. Lot the United States provide for tho suspension of the Monroe doctrlno in the interest of humanity nnd world penco. Let It propose to the nations of tho earth a movement in concert such as was brought about In China. They can solve tho Mexican situation, no ono nation without tho support of others can do it." Madrid. King Alfonso, on tho ad vlco of tho Duto cabinet, has dissolved tho Spanish parliament and proclaimed a general election. Sheriffs Send Endorsement. Washington; All membor.s of the Nebrnska delegation havo received copies of resolutions passed by tho meeting of sheriffs in McCook rocent ,ly endorsing Thomas W. Carroll of Alma for anointment of United States marshal to succeed William P. Wnr ner. Mr. Wnmor wns appointed four years ago this month, and a change is logically due. Inquiry nt tho de partment of Justlco roveals that thoro Is no prospect of an immediate change, unless something unforeseen happens. Arnold Man Charged with Arson. Kearney, Neb. Charged with sot ting his homo on flro. Thomas Cahill was brought to Kearnoy by Deputy Flro Commissioner Baquartto from his homo nt Arnold. Mrs. Cahil was res cued by neighbors from tho burning building after the flro had been dis covered. Sho was in nn unconscious condition, revived by phyMchns nftor snvoral hours nnd has been hysterical pinco thnt time. A full Investigation of the matter will bo mado. Oahlll will bo hold until his wifo can tell hor Btorv of tho flro. I AAA THl UfTtSt Ar Kn omv wef POJCrt 1605 Western Town Recently. News Item. PRESIDENT WILSON AT WORK ON MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. Congress Has Colossal Task Ahead of It Mexican Bank Notes Have Been Made Legal Tender. Pass Christina, Miss. President Wilson ia working on tho message dealing with anti-trust legislation which ho will read to congress after his return to Washington. Just what this new message contains is known only to the president. No Inkling- of Its nature will be divulged until it Is presented to tho cabinet members and democratic congressional leaders. It is thought, however, that the question will receive a good share of his at tention, it being pointed out that the action of tho houso of Morgan was in direct line of tho president's Ideas on big business, and a result of recent talks and conferences on tho subject. Mexican Bank Notts Legal Tender. Mexico City. Practically all the paper money existing In Mexico has been forced into circulation by a de cree Issued by Provisional President Huorta, mnklng tho bills of all state banks legal tenders and specifying as obligatory their acceptance for all pay ments. Tho inability to float tho bills of state bankH outsldo of tho states In which thoy have been issued nnd the limited volume of bills of tho National Bank of London and Mexico has brought about a condition almost of financial crisis. The redemption of the notes of the state banks is to be guaranteed by a fund subscribed by the banks issuing them. Tho fund will bo regulated by a commission. LOADED DOWN WITH BILLS. House Has a Mass Which Can Hardly Be Reached. Washington. Tho nlmost impos sible task that would confront con gress should it nttempt to net on all tho bills that come before It Is shown by the records of the clerks' ofllces of tho two houses since last April. In the house the number of bills Intro duced hns already reached 11,268, while in the senate, with less than one- fourth ns large a membership, tho bills number 3,874. With tho excoption of a'few measures that havo been passed, all thoso bills aro technically now be fore congress. Their number will bo nugmontod by thousands, It Is expect ed, before tho current session ends next summer, nnd another session of tho sixty-third congress beginning next December will ndd many moro to tho total. The thousands of measures that pour in at each session havo greatly Increased tho work of committees Big Waste In Food Products. Washington. At least 10 per ccn of tho poultry and eggs produced in this country never reach tho consumor at all, but go to tho dump, crematory or some other place not meant foi foodstuffs, declared Dr. M. E. Pen nington, chief of the food research laboratory of tho department of agrl culture, In n statement setting forth tho enormous waste of perlshahlo agrl cultural food products. Dr. Penning ton added that besides tho actual Iosb thore was a Iosb in deterioration in iho remainder of tho crop of perhapt 30 per cent duo to bad handling. Columbus, O. Glnnders, a disease peculiar to horses, caused tho death of Andrew M. Jensen, aged 2G, on assistant in tho bacteriological depart ment of Ohio stato unlvorslty. H was infected by glanders bacillus whllo working In tho laboratories and wan ill twenty-two days. Aachlbon, Kan. Commission gov ernment was defeated hero upon the proposition of its adoption. Tho ma jority against it was 813. This waf tho third tlmo tho question has beer, before tho voters. Confirm Sentences of Dynamiters. Chicago. Tho sentences ot twenty four of tho labor union olllclnls con vlctcd nt Indianapolis of conspiracj . to transport uynamito navo neen con i flrmod by tho circuit court of npponls J Six of tho thirty who apiealod wert granted now trials. Thoy aro: Olaf A ' Tveltmoc, San Francisco; Wllllnm Mo Cain, Kansas City, Mo.; Fred Shcr man, Indianapolis, Ind.; William Bern hard, Cincinnati, O.; Jnme3 12. Ray Peoria, III.; Richard II. Houlihan Chicago. COW JTH 11 PRESIDENT GRATIFIED AT ATTI. TUDE OF BIG BUSINESS. APPLICATIONS ARE COMING IK Many Banks Apply for Admission Under New 3ystem Riot In Streets of San Francisco. Gulfport, Miss. President Wilson has expressed his gratification that business Interests of tho country nic n'djustlng themselves to changes brought by tho recent legislation and to the spirit of tho times generally. In au informal speech to a committee from the Mississippi legislature, the president said this phase of public af fairs was uppermost In his mind, lie ndverted to tho tariff and currency reforms ns having been accomplished by congress simply "sawing wood" and going ahead with an outlined pro gram. The thing thai pleases him most, however, lie said, was tho way the business Interests of tho countrj seemed to bo acting. Riot on San Francisco Street. San Francisco. In n street fight be tween citizens, policemen and a divis ion of tho unemployed here, llvo per sons, including a patrolman, were hurt. W. A. Thorn, one of tho leaders or the men without work and flvo others of tho crowd were-arrested and charged with inciting a riot. Tho troublo started when a joung teamster at tempted to drive through a parade of tho unemployed. He was attacked, pulled from his seat and severely bruised boforo rescued by the police. Three details of reswes were called and fought the rioters before order was restored. APPLICATIONS COMING IN. Many Banks Apply For Admission Under New System. Washington. At the close of the second week since the approval of the federal reservo act. the treasury de partment lias received from national banks in forty-five states 1,280 notifi cations of Intention to enter tho new currency system. In a statement re viewing tho developments, Assistant Secretary Williams announced thnt the New England states had presented 10C notifications, the eastern states 314, the southern states 280, tho mid-' dlo western states 419. the western states 109 and the Pnclflc coast states fifty-two. Superior Bank Closes Doors. Superior. Neb. Tho First National bank of Superior was closed Friday morning nnd placed In the hands of tho comptroller of tho currency upon tho order of the board of directors. A notlco to this effect and signed by Captain C. E. Adams, president of tho bank, was posted and the bank wns not opened for business. A meeting of the directors of the bank was called at once. Tho closing of tho bank caused a wave of excitement here, as nothing was indicated previously that business would not be continued. Biography of Great Evangelist. Winona Lake. Ind. While Rev. Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist, was rest ing hero recently, nfter a strenuous campaign In Johnstown, Pa., ho re celved word that tho new biography, "Tho Spectacular Career of Rev. Billy Sunday," was off the press. It Is tho work of T. T. Frankenberg and the evangelist says It Is a truthful account of his life. Search for Lopez at Chicago. Chicago. Ralph Lopez, the Mexican outlaw, who escaped from tho Utah Apex mlno in Bingham, Utah, after killing blx men, is being sought by tho Chicago police. Lopez is said to have lived here and to be well known to ,a number of his countrymen in this city, and Is said to havo been seen on the street in tho last fow days. Government Sale of Timber. Washington. Salo of a billion feet of timber from the Kalbab national forest In northern Arizona, with authority for construction by tho pur chasers of 200 miles of railroad througt one of tho richest sections of the west, ,has been approved by Secretary Hous ton of tho department of agriculture. Greeley, Colo. Myron B. Knowles, .associated with Edward Rosowater, editor of the Omaha Bee, in the early .'70s, later editor of the Oakland (Cal.) ,Nowb, nnd tho first school teacher in tho Union colony thnt established Greeley In 1870, Is dead hero at 91 years of ago. Plans for Bull Run National Park. Washington. Plans for tho govern ment to buy tho Bull Run battlefield nnd make of It n national park nro en dorsed in a report by a board of army ofllcors to Secretary Garrison. Ban Lifted on the Tango. Lincoln, Nob. Tho ban on all "rag" dances, which has boon in effect at tho University of NeVnska, has been lift ed by Miss Mary Graham, dean of wo mon. The annual military ball, tho first formal danco of the year, held Frl. day, was tho cauao of tho change In tho edict. Tho tango, tho cnstle-walk, i no one-stop and other novelty dnnces wore pormlttcd, under tho rondltion "that they wero danced right." Iloro toforo nothing but the waits, twoKte; ' nd five-step havo been permitted. MEW LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE If cross, feverish, constipated, give "California Syrup of Figs" A laxative today saves a sick child tomorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty tholr bowels, which becomo clogged up with, waBte, liver gets BlugglBh; stomach sour. Look nt tho tongue, mothcrl If coat ed, or your child is listless, cross, fev erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has soro throat or any other children's aliment, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," then don't worry, because it is perfectly harmless, and in a few hours all this constipation poison, sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of tho bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. A thor ough "Inside cleansing" is oftlmes all that is necessary. It should be the flrst treatment given in any sickness. Bowaro of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask at the storo for n 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages nnd for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv. At Church In Holland. In many parts of Holland men still wear their huts In church. Moreover, smoking in church Is not considered irreverent by tho Dutch when service Ih not In progress, and, it is said, even tho ministers sometimes iudulgo in. this practice. Altogether, Dutch Protestantism is It would seem, from n certain stand point, a comfortable form of religion. Ono may keep his hat on in church, which savos him many a chill; ho may talk freely and in ills natural voice, not in a whisper; ho has a neat house- maid in a white- cap and apron to- show him to his pew or to offer him a chair, and ho has nico drab pews of painted deal all around him and a cheerful "two-decker" pulpit above. Indians First "Cubists" (?) "Lono Star," art Instructor in the United StnteB Indian scrvlco, claims, tho "cubist" art originated with the Amorlcan Indian some 200 years ago. Among his collection of Indian art. sayB, American Art Nowb, specimens in tho common flguro of the eagle, shaped square and totally unlike an eagle, yot Immediately Impressing the observer that it is one, which, declares "Lono Star," Is tho height of tho "Cubist" art. Just an Accident Bill Was ho over in a railroad ac cident? Jill Yes, but ho camo out all right "What was It?" "He proposed marriago to a girl on a train and sho refused him." Adventures of a Guide. "What did that hunter shoot whllo ho was up hero?" "Me and a deer; both by accident That Was Her Business. "How did that manicure ever raan ugo to marry that old millionaire?" "Sho just nailed him, I guess." Rheumatism Is Torture Many pains that pas3 as rheumatism nro duo to weak kidneys to tho failure v,.. j niuuca io arivo ou uric acta thoroughly. 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