ft.fraa "i yjugog tljMMlm$MW5 fcAawfc' VZ7m?'"tV'Vi" rr irfcwirCT'3W em-Kiri4iir'TrB. mmvn x,mv'Amiifi.imt nvt9v- RED OLOUD NIB R.ASKA, CHIEF iwrfla,T . -T t Hi I i E 4 4 ft i ft 1 f APPEAL FOR PEACE ORGANIZED EFFORT IN SPAIN TO END MEXICAN HOSTILITIES. SMOKED AND DRANK A LOT Revenue Returns Show Increase Over Those of Year Previous Alaskan Railway Bill It Passed. Western NeuHi.ir I'ulon News Hcrvlca. Bl I'abo, Tex. Appeals for ponco In Mexico lire coming from Spain In such numbers as to convince rebel lenders iu Juarez that nn organized effort Ih being iiiiulo In Madrid to Influence Gen eral Villa and General Cnrrnnza to end hostilities arf Bpcedlly as possl ble. Rodriguez San Pedro, president of the Spanish-American union, cabled General Villa as follows: "Many mem bers of this society from all over Spain met here, and for tho lovo of Mexico implored u speedy ending of the civil war." A former member of tho Span ish cabinet cabled a similar messngo For Government Railway In Alaska. Washington. Ily a vote of 4G to 1C the senato has passed tho Alaska rail way bill, directing tho president to ptuchnso or construct 1,000 miles of railroad In Alaska at u cost not to ex ceed $10,000,000. Fifteen republicans and Senator Polndexter, progressive, voted for tho bill. Senators Haconl Hoke Smith and Williams, democrats, voted against it. Tho bill places upon tho president responsibility for tho selection of tho route from ttdowater to tho Interior of Alaska and tho con struction, equipment and operation or leasing of such lines as ho may con struct or buy to constltuto this route. Tho broadest powers aro conferred up on tho president in carrying out his duties. DRANK AND 8M0KED A LOT. Internal Revenue Returns Made For Six Months Period. Washington. Tho American pcoplo drank 70,000,000 gallons of whisky, smokod 4,090,300 cigars and puffed 8.711,000,000 clgaretB during tho six months ending December 31, accord ing to figures announced by Commis sioner Osborn, of tho internal revenue bureau. Tho rovenuo collected from distilled spirits amounted to $85,802, 712, tho whisky tax being $10,142,854; t6bacco, $41,296,593; corporation tax. $3,110,720; clgarets, $10,890 000, and cigars, $12,270,000. The total collection of taxes for tho six months totalled $167,647,905, nn In crease of $4,176,630 over' tho cor responding period of 1912. Tho in come tax paid untjer tho now law aggre gated $1,509. This tax did not have to be paid until March 1. Wants Increased Pay For Carriers. Washington. Congressman Steph ens haB introduced in tho houso a bill providing a Balary of $1,400 a year, for letter carriers in tho rural delivery service "I believe thero aro no other public servants as poorly paid as rural carriers," said Mr. Stephens, who pointed out that carriers must furnish horses and wagons and keop them up, at his own expense. Th'eso faithful employes aro required to deliver mall over a twenty-four mile route six days a week, twelvo months in tho year, at a net income of a little more than 1b paid the scrubwomen In the various public buildings of tho capital. Men who aro rendering such a scrvleo asi tbls, through all kinds of weather, over all sorts of roads and under all sorts of conditions are entitled to better pay." Seize Munitions of War. Douglas, Arli:. Six thousand Shako caps and as many cartridge belts,, said to have been intended for the uniforming of the Mexican constitu tionalist army, havo been seized here by United States officials. A warrant was Issued for tho arrest of H. Rivers, a purchasing agent for General Von .ustlano Carranzn, charging htm with an attempt to export munitions of war Into Moxloo. Arrest Suspected Assassins. Athens, Greece Two Dulgarians suspected of a plot to assasslnato King Constantino of Greeco havo been arrosted and expelled from Salonlkl. Insurrection In Haiti. Capo Haltlen, Haiti. A gonoral re volt has broken out In tho city of Gonaivos, capital of tho department of Artlbonlte. Tho leader of tho In surrection 1b Oresto Zamor Zamor, former governor of tho department and at one tlmo minister of war. Tho clty,l8 only slxty-flvo miles from Port Au Prince, tho capital of tho republic. Gonornl Desormes, who nt the head of tho rebel forces, took Capo Haltlen and Fort Llbcrto, Is marching with his army on Hlnche, forty-five miles Bouth tast. Arrtl-8aloon Law Illegal. Fort Smith, Ark. A law passed by the Arkansas legislature providing that a potltlon bearing tho slghaturo of a "majority of tho white adult resi dents" of a community must bo pre sented boforo a liquor llcenso can bo Issued has been declared unconstitu tional by Attorney General Mooso on ho ground that It bars negroes from tho petition. Tho bill closed all sa loons In the state January 1. since then saloon licenses have boo grant ed in tea town, DOINGS INJONGRESS WHAT LAWMAKER8 AT WASHING TON ARE DOING. Result of Deliberations on More Im portant Measures Given In Condensed Form. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Saturday. The Senate. Resumed debate on the Alaska railroad bill and passed It by a vote of 46 to 16. The House. Continued work on tho poBtoffico appropriation bill and passed It. Itadlum hearing continued beforo mines committee. Itnllroad men urged tho commcrco committee to report favorably a bill requiring electric headllghtB on in terstate roads. ' Friday. Tho Scnote Still working in tho legislative day of yesterday, resumed debate on tho Alaskan rnllroad bill. Democratic leaders continued con ferences over tho trust legislation pro gram. Final voto on Alaskan railway bill deferred until tomorrow. Recessed at C:35 to noon Saturday. Tho House Houso mines commit tees continued hearings on proposed withdrawal of radium lands from tho public domain. Secretary Wilson of tho department of labor) wroto Speaker Clark, recom mending legislation for tho exclusion of Asiatic Immigration nnd proposing standards. Adjourned at 6:11 p. m. to noon on Saturday without acting on tho post offlco appropriation bill. Thursday. Tho Senate Foreign relations com mittee voted to favorably report tho nomination of Henry M. PIndell of Peoria, III., for ambassador to Russia. Military committee voted to fav orably report tho nomination of Col onel W. C. Gorgas to bo surgeon gen eral of tho army. The House. Resumed dobato on poBtoffico appropriation bill. Immigration commlttco deferred hearings on proposed legislation to exclude Asiatics. Chairmen of judiciary .and Inter state commerce committees worked out a plan for cooperation on the ad ministration trust bills. Mines committee continued its hear ings on radium. Democratic caucus prepared to meet tonight to consider resolutions for congressional investigations of the Michigan and Colorado mire strikes. Big Crowd at State Farm. Lincoln. Meetings of the Nebraska lalrymen, tho Nebraska Improved live stock breeders, the rural school pat rons' conference and tho home econ omics section were the big features on the program ot organized agricul ture at tho state farm Thursday. The main meeting of the live stock breed ers' drew crowds nt tho morning and afternoon sessions at the stock pavil Hon that filled tho building. Tho dairy men had morning and afternoon ses sions in tho plant industry building that drew almost as large crowds and tho homo economics and tho rural school patrons' meetings wero well atended. Nebraska Postmasters Nominated. Washington. The president has sent to tho senato tho following nomi nations or postmasters In Nebraska towns: Harrison D. West, Crofton; S. S. Farrens, Decatur; Hiram B. Cam cron, Herman; John Boyer, Humph rey; Charles J. Hultberg. Lyons; J. B. McDonald.. Pierce; W. S. Gray, Silver Creek; Clyde L. McCord, Tllden; C. A. Berry, Wayne; Clinton Fry, Win Bide. Baby Sent by Parcel Post. Iloaqulm, Wash. A lusty, kicking Infant was dellvored by parcel post here. Tho "package", which weighed twenty pounds, was sent by Assistant Postmaster Jcsso Havens, prepaid from Olympla to tho homo of a rela tive here. Mrs. Havens having been token ill. Miss Eva Smith, n postal clerk, saw to it that tho bundlo reached its destination. Tho distanco Is about sixty miles. Black Hand Letter Writer Captured. Weeping Water, Nob. Gcorgo 13. Clifton, a high school boy ot Lincoln, who has confessed to writing tho black hand lottor to Henry Knabo, tho wealthy farmor of Nohawka, was arrested hero Wednesday morning. On him woro found tols of all sorts. When ho was first seen ho was cooking a rabbit taken from a wood cutter's trap. Tho wood cutter saw him and he started to run. Ho was captured later and confessed to bolng tho man who wroto tho letters. Nebraska Holds Ice Cream Record. Omaha, Nob. "Moro lco cream Is consumed por capita In Nebraska than in any other state In tho union," do dared State Pure Food Commissioner Clarence E. Harmon at tho fourth an nual convention of the Nebraska as sociation of ioo cream manufacturers. "Children eat moro than grownups," ho continued. He asserted tho popu larity of tho frozen dainty In Nebras ka was due to the high quality of the product as made under the state' pure food law, EMBARRASSING MOMENTS Oimvrlelit.l ADMITS WRITING LETTERS ANTI-TRUST BILL STILL IN EMBRYOTIC STAGE. THE Youthful Blackhander Confesses Send ing Letter to Sarpy County Farmer Flege Is Convicted for Third Time. Western Newspaper lTnton Nona Service. Washington. The anti-trust legisla tlvo programs, nB outlined in bills mado public is not the last word In proposed remedial legislation to regit lato big business. That tho tentatlvo measures may bo altered or extended waa emphasized In both branches of congress and tho president let it bo known ho did not consider the forms of tho bills dratted closed. Pursuant to tho purposo of administration lead ers to exhaust the subject It was deter mined by tho houso judiciary and sen ate Interstate commerce committee not to introduce at this time the meas ures relating to interlocking director ates prohibition, definitions ot re straint of trado and specifications of "cut-throat" competition. Hearings on tho questions aro to be held before the bills go to congress. Flege Convicted for Third Time. Pender, Neb. The jury in the third trial of William Flege, accused of mur dering his slater, Loulso Flege, re turned a verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter at 10:30 Friday morning. The crime out of which grew the charge against Flege was committed in Dixon county a few miles north east of Wayne in June, 1910. Flege's first trial at Ponca resulted in convic tion and a life sentence In the peniten tiary. At the second trial which took place at Pender the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. Later the supreme court granted a third trial. Tho attorneys for Flcgo filed a mo tion for a new trial In his case, which tho judge overruled. Tho motion was very lengthy and contained eighty reasons why ho should be alowed a re hearing. 8AYS HE WROTE THE LETTERS. Breaks Down and Makes Complete Confession. Plattsmouth, Neb. George E. Clif ton, tho self-confessed youthful black mailer, admitted that ho wrote tho threatening letters received by threo Sarpy county farmers just before Christmas. Sheriff Qulnton of Cass county faced Clinton with the letters which for the paBt few weekn have been in tho hands of the Omaha po lice. Tho boy broke down and made a complete confession. Clinton shifted the blame onto a man named Fred Johnson for the letters of blackmail received by Hamilton, Gabvllle and Davis, who live In a radius of a few miles, near the dividing line of Doug las and Sarpy counties. Two years ago Clinton worked on tho Barton ranch near the threo farmers. Ho had been reared In that locality and It was thero his mother died a few veara ago. Weeping Water, Neb. At the annual meeting of their stockholders tho City nnd tho First National banks of Weep ing Water voted to become members of tho federal reserve association. Peculiar Freak of City Well. GIrard, Kas. Tho GIrard municipal well Is yielding water so hot It cannot bo used. Pumps at tho water works wero shut down bocaiiBo tho heat had destroyed their hard rubber valves. No satisfactory exulnnntlon of tho phenomenon has been mado. Samples of tho water wore sent to tho Univer sity of Kansas for analysis. Tho well Is 750 feet deep. Ten days ago It was noticed the water was getting warmer. Each day tho temperature has in creased. ' Goethals Will Have Charge. Washington. Added ovldonco President WllBon has accented that the plan of Colonel Goothals for a perma neni government for tho Panama canal zono is soon In tho dispatch of Captain Rodman of tho navy to tho Isthmus to confer with Colonel Gooth als about tho handling or shipping and control of tho anchorages, of which tho captain will havo chargo. President Wilson has mado no announcement of what form of government he will ap prove, and Secretary Garrison declined LABORING MEN WANT RECOGNI TION IN POLITICAL FIELD. Englishman Says Currency and Tariff Bills are Great Issues General Mercado In Charge of Refugees. Western Newspaper Union News Service Indianapolis. After several hours of heated debato tho convention of uulted mlno workers of America on Thursday adopted a resolution declar ing that tho time had arrived, "owing to tho present cconomlo conditions nnd the machinations of tho interests In many places, for tho laboring people to come together In a political labor party." No party -was designated and no preparations for a now party were contained in tho resolution. Several socialist delegates, howdver, attempt ed to obtain an endorsement of their party for the laboring classes. General Mercado In Command. El Paso, Tex. General Salvador Mercado, who commanded tho Mexi can federal army, which was routed from Ojlnaga, Mox has been placed In command of tho camp of his in terned soldiers and refugees at Fort Bliss. As a token of hla continued loyalty to tho government at Mexico City, General Mercado at once chris tened the main street of the camp "Avenlda General Huerta." Although himself one of the Interned refugees, who are not permitted to leave the reservation. General Mercado was se lected by the United States army of ficials as best fitted to have personal supervision over his men. ' TWO BIO EVENT8 OF YEAR. American Tariff and Currency Rank First According to Englishman. London The United States tariff act and the currency bill passed by the American congress were the most Important events of tho year 1913 in tho commercial world, accdrdlng to Felix Schuster, governor of the Union of L'ondon and Smith's bank, in a general review of the financial trade and outlook. "These two measures must have fan-reaching consequences, for they havo made the United States a more formidable competitor than ever be fore, not only as regards international commerce, but as threatening Lon don's position as the center of Inter national banking." Sir Felix said he had no doubt that commerce would be stimulated by these enactments and that Great Britain's trade with tho United States would be increased to the advantage ot both nations. 'Another Bandit Arrested. Omaha, Neb. C. V. RoBamond, a Union Pacific dining car cook, was arrested Thursday at Springfield, Mo. by Detectives Fleming and Murphy of Omaha, and has admitted the part he took In the Nlckell murder and the McVey robbery. Accordlug to Chief of Detectives Maloney, Rosamond con fosses to being the man who guarded tho door during tho robbery and mur der, but asserts that hla pals robbed him of his share ot tho plunder. Scientific Farm Information. Washington. Tho agricultural ex tension bill providing for federal aid in tho dlssomlnatton of scientific farm information by practical experiments and through publications was passed by tho houso by n voto of 177 to 9. Under the measure tho various stite agricultural colleges would receive fed oral funds to flnanco plans for ac quainting tho farmers with facts estab lished by tho department of agricul ture. As It passed tho house the bill would provide for tho immediate ap propriatlon of $480,000. Business Situation Optimistic, Washington. President Wilson hat been receiving opinions and estimates on tho business situation throughout tho country which lead him to believe that a general confldenco In tho future exists. Tho president told callers that, whllo ho had no scientific analysis of tho situation and that his letters woro ot various colors, in the main condi tions woro optimistic. The president Is said to believe that In some indus tries, especially those dependent on the railroads, conditions have not been so satisfactory. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA The Presbyterian church at Oxford oas Installed electric lights. During a crap game at Alllanco, two negroes were shot, one fatally. School enrollment at Lincoln hat grown COO in tho last two years. After many years, prospects are de veloping for a big union depot at Lin coln. Stlnmeler & McMnnus havo just fin ished harvesting 3,000 tons of twelve inch. Ice at Ansley. Citizens of Erlckson are talking ot securing power by damming tho Cedar river at that point. Rev. John McClusky of Laurel has accepted a call from tho Presbyterian church at Plnttsmouth. Moro than 3,500 blrdB wero exhibit ed at tho Btato poultry association!! show at Grand Island last week. ' Sixty conversions resulted from the revival meetings Just closed at the Congregational church at Scrlbner. Hastings Chamber of Commerce has Inaugurated a "Washday Luncheon," to bo served to business men Mondays. Tho little town of Thayer, near York, will Incorporate the county board having given them permission. Losses by the fire which Bwept over half a block In the business section of Greenwood, will reach about $50,000. Merle Schnnl of Murray was so badly Injured In a gasoline explosion a week ago that he died from Its effects. Isaac Cook, father of W. P. Cook of Plattsmouth, recently died at Salem, Iown, at the rige of 102 years and 3 months. Nebraska City Elks aro already mnk Ing preparations for celebrating the glorious Fourth of July in nn elaborate mnnner. Tho establishment ol an official or gan for firemen was recommended at their annual meeting just closed nt Columbus. Tho Jury in the third trial of Wil liam Flege, at Pender, accused of mur dering his sister, Iconise Flege, return ed a verdict of manslaughter. Otto Whlttaker for many yearB a resident of Lincoln, was stabbed by a Mexican on the Texas border line, and died three hours later In a hospital at Houston. Members of the Boy Scouts at Wa hoo entertained their fathers nt a ban quet recently, which was pronounced by every ono In attendance as a com plete success. City health officials are alarmed by tho pqsslblllty of a serious smallpox epidemic In Omaha, following 'tho dis covery of two of the worst infection spots In years. Tho Epworth leagues of the stato are considering the matter o' raising $50,000 In tho next five years for the purpose of endowing the chancellor's chair at Wesleyan University. Curg Wilson, an elderly man who has been In the habit of picking up coal In the railroads yards at Grand Island, was struck and instantly killed by a Union Pacific passenger train. James Leary, an Omaha young man, attempted sjulclde In tho Western Un ion telegraph office by shooting him self with a revolver, but It was knock ed from his hand as It was discharged. Tom Lane, one of the convicts killed In the Oklahoma penitentiary mutiny, was known to many Seward county residents unfavorably perhaps as he was arrested there for horse steal ing. Among the Inquiries regarding tho now famous O'Connor estate at Hast ing, was ono -from Attorney Fleharty of Enniscorthy. Ireland, who feels cer tain that his client Is 6 first cousin ot the dead man. Four or flvo hundred Jefferson coun ty farmers took part in a wolf hunt near Falrbury. When the "circle" closed In two wolveB were seen but were not killed. Several hundred rab bits were killed. After entering a plea of not guilty, Andrew Nielsen, a chiropractor of, Beatrice, was bound over to the dis trict court by County Judge Walden on the charge of practicing without a state medical certificate. The now M. ,E. church building erected to replace the one-destroyed by the tornado at Berlin will be dedi cated February 1. Joe Cooper, a Gage county farmer,,, may loso his eyesight as a result of a' few stray shot received in that mem ber in a recent wolf hunt. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Meehan of York was scalded to death when it stumbled and fell Into a pan of boiling water. Farnam suffered a $50,000 fire from a blazo originating In a department store, which, together with other build ings, was entirely destroyed. Hpsea Norrls, an Adams county farmer, has succeeded in raising n race of ddorleas mephitis, from which he is developing an Industry that promises a fortune. Rev. P. C. Johnson, nearly seventy seven years of ago, chaplain of the stato penltentinry and for many years a resident of Johnson county, died at tho penitentiary Tuesday. Tho skeletons excavated nnd nearly destroyed by boys digging for hidden treasuro near Rulo, have been pro nounced those of Indinns that In habited that section from 200 to 600 years ago. Neighbors called at tho home ol Mrs. H. C. Klelnschmldt at York Jual In time to rescue her and her twe granddaughters from asphyxiation bj coal gas from a defective stove. John Way, nn engineer at the powoi plant at Schuyler, was found dead In tho engine room there. No ono wit nessed the accident and it is npl known how ho came to his doath. Ernest Bohllng, a farmer living neat Tecumsoh, fell twenty-flvo foot to th ground when a ladder on which he wai working gave way, Although h landed squarely on his head, he wai uninjured. TO KEEP AN INDEX For One Thing, It Is Good o Be Abl to Turn to Any Recipe Needed at the Moment. Few women outside of business and academic circles realtzo tho conveni ence of the card catalogue system, tayB the Christian Sclonce Monitor. Ono energetic woman who had beeu a very successful secretary made nn efficient housekeeper nnd homemaker h'ecauso she remembered In her mar ried .Mfe tho devices that had helped her In business. She had a number of catalogues to Indicate tho Btato of her household supplies linen, etc. but tho most Interesting of all was her card catalogue cook book and menu Index. It was Just llko a library catalogue, being composed of a cou ple of drawers In a llttlo cabinet filled with cards on which wero typed reci pes. Those cards woro grouped under appropriate heads and mado readily accessible through a number of guide cards headed, Dinners, Soups, Entrees, Salads, MeatB and Desserts. When faced with the problem "What Bhall wo havo to eat today?" sho Blmply ran through her curds for tho meal In question and often found tho recipe for a dish sho had quite forgotten nbout. For UBe as a cook book this arrange ment Ib much more convenient than !tho old book form. Tho collection of recipes grows rapidly, too, as it is bo JeaBy to paste on a card a newspaper (dipping or a recipe from a household tmagazlno, nnd slip tho card into its (proper place whero it does not got jlost, as loose papers havo a habit of doing. The catalogue outfit Is quite inexpensive and tho utility of the scheme will certainly repay tho orig inal trouble of making. HOUSEHOLD HINTS When making a cako mix tho spices and baking powder with tho Hour before it' Is sifted. To distinguish cotton from linen moisten a spot of tho material. If tho material wets through instantly it is pure linen; cotton does not take up moisture bo quickly. Black walnut furniture or furniture mado of any dark rich wood should .be cleaned occasionally with a soft rag dipped In paraffino oil, then pol ished with another soft rag. There la always a cause for a flick ering kerosene oil light. Either the Itop is clogged, tho wick or chimney Is a misfit or a draught of wind may 'bo blowing into tho room. To clean velvet stretch it taut, pile 'upward, over a basin of boiling water. JAs the steam rises through the velvet ,have a Becond person brush It brisk ly with a clean brush. When the eyes ache relieve thero ,by closing them for a few minutes. If thero 1b a burning sensation bathe them with hot water, to which a few drops of witch hazel has been added. To test silk, fray out tho threads and break them. It they snap easily, it is not good. The wrap thread run ning lengthwise should be of equal strength with the wool thread running crosswise. . When frying doughnuts it is a good idea to have a dish of boiling water on the stove. As ench cake 'is done, lift it out with a fork and dash quickly into the boiling water and out again. Useful Relative. "xes, my mother-in-law can make- herself very useful at times." "Glad you aro fair enough to admit it" "Of course I'll admit It Why, just tho other morning she was so pro voked at me because I didn't get up and chop the ice oft the front etepa tbat she went out herself with a broom and lco pick. She is a stout lady, and when sho Blipped on the top step and bumped herself all the way to the sidewalk she fell so hard that she cracked tho Ice on every step. Then her language regarding my shortcomings was so warm that It melted all the fragments and left tho steps as clean and smooth as they ever are in July." Constipation causes and aggravates many serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured br Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favorite family laxative. Adv. No man ever knows how many friends ho has lost by banding them advice. Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the brightest and fastest Adv. It's sometimes easier .to discharge an obligation than a cook. If you havo to walk, distance doesn't lend enchantment to tho viow. Constipation Vanishes Forever Prompt Relief Permanent Cur LAKItK 5 LITTLE LIVER PILLS never laiL Purely vegeta- Die act surely dui genuy on tne liver. Stop after dinner distress-cure ! Indigestion.1 Improve the complexion, brighten the eyes. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature wzr PAYS bHIW5p .aBsssssV r ' tvrrrye .BHHsaW ssllTTI r W IlVER bbbvbk bbi rills. aaBiaBk - -" i c in PCoihSrrep. TinwOoodTuifir t l$&','fc'li-''' rfM1UmlfJmil&a