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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1914)
lll)i.'nllVW'"iJ!'", f BED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF Ul ' tf i HOLDS IIS SECRET MUTE EVIDENCE OF FATE OF ALL ON DOOMED TRAIN. CURSED BY THE DRINK EVIL Russia Proposes Drastic Laws to Cur tall Liquor Sales Anti-Trust Legislation Is Next Thing In Order. Western Ncwnpjpor Union New a Hrrvlc Cumbro, Chlliuahun, Mex. Nothlni but charred bones and buttons wor found by tho rescuing party which, with tho aid of oxygon helmets nnd pulmotors, succeeded In penetrating the Cumbro tunnol front the south portal an far ns tho locomotlvo nnd drat two corn of tho passenger train. ThoHo arc supposed to bo tho rctnnltiH of tho engineer and flroman of tho Ill-fated passenger train. They woro probably fcUlod when their cnglno crashed Into tho burning freight train which had been pushed Into tho tunnol by Cas tillo's bnndlta. It Is now believed that every ono of tho fifty or moro pas Hongere, Including tho crow, which ero aboard the train when It dashed Into tho tunnol nro dead, nnd whethei tho train wn hurried Into the ttinnoJ to escape being captured by Cnntlllo't bandltn or Bent headlong to Its destruc tion by tho bnndlts tuny never b known. Anti-Trust Legislation Comes Next. Washington. Ono of tho tasks con fronting tho committers In congress In, charge of tho administration anti-trust legislation program Is how far tho ad ministration ahall go with tho regula tion on prohibition of holding compa nies;. Others are tho perfection of tho pending Interstate trado commis sion measure nnd tho drafting of n measure giving tho Interstate com mission nuthorlty to regulate railroad securities. Not tho least of tho tasks Is maintaining harmony bo that rea sonably prompt notion may be pro cured. Having hnd the subject of trust legislation before them for two weeks, considering bills outlined by President Wilson In his messago to congress, listening to suggestions from citizens, houso nnd sennto lenders have, n clearer understanding of whnt Is b'e foro them, but many points havo nrlBcn noon which further light Is desired. Further conferences with tho president nro contemplated In tho near future. CAU8ED BY THE DRINK EVIL. Drastic Laws Proposed In Russia to Curtail Alcohol Sales. St Petersburg. Tho council of the emplro has adopted drastic clauses to the bill for tho regulation of tho sale, or alcohol. Tho now clauses prohibit tho salo of spirits In towns botweon 11 o clock nt night nnd 9 o'clock In tho morning and aftor 6 o'clock In tho evening In country districts. Thoy prohibit tho salo of liquor In n num- .bcr of public establishments. Includ- j Ing government ofllces, refreshment . rooms In theaters, concert halls and moving ploturo shows nnd In public gardens. Did Not Fire Through Window. Lincoln, Nob. That ho could not have fired tho shots which ended the Hfo of Mrs. Cnthorlno Varga during a charivari party last September, as ho did not flro nny shots through tho win dow through which tho doadly bullets passed, was tho testimony of Charles Weir, who testified In his own behalf at his trial hero. Tho jury returned a verdict of not guilty. To Increase Mexican Army. Mexico City. President Huorta has issued a decree authorizing an In crease In the army of 60.000 men. In .eluding Irregulars, according to ofllclnl figures, this will bring tho available lighting force of the army up to 239 000 men. President Huerta declares that he will begin an active campaign lm mediately In all sections of the coun try. Well Known Nebraskan Dies. Lincoln. I. H. Hatfield, lawyer, banker and well known citizen of Lin coln, died nt his homo horo at 12:65 a. m. Sunday. He had been 111 for ten days, but his condition beenmo critical only three days before his' death, which resulted from pneumonia. v Methodist Membership Increases. Washington. Tho actual enrolled membership of ChrlBtlnn churches within continental United States showed a not Increase of 018 000 or 1.8 per cont during 1913, according to statistics Just mado public by tho Washington office of the federal coun cil of churches of Christ In America. Tho Methodist church leads In tho In creased membership with 220,000. The other churches In tholr order are: Bap tist, 64,600: Presbyterian, 45.600; Lutheran, 36,100: Disciples, 21,800, and Episcopal, 16,600. Lincoln. An ordor grnntlng tho temporary Injunction 'sought by Charles D. Traphagen to prevont the printing of tho supremo court reports from going to nn out of tho state firm, has been Issued by Judgo Stownrt In awnrded to tho E. W. Stephens com pany of Columbia, Mo., that company feeing the "lowest and best" b'ddcr, ac cording to tho state printing bureau. The contract Is for tho next ten vol umofl. Tho relator contends that tho atatuto by Imnllcatlpn makes It man dntory to let the contract to a prints within tho state. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Fromont Is agitating nn auditorium project. A troop of tho Hoy Scouts of Amcr lea has been organized nt Hooinor. A physical training department hat boon added lo the curriculum of the Kenrnoy military ucadomy. Sixty-two conversions resulted from tho rcvlvnl servlcos Just closed at tho First M. E. church nt Fremont. Two hundred cnrloads of alfalfa and ilfnlfa meal have been Bhlppcd from 3hclton tho past fall nnd winter. Tho baseball association of Kenrnoy has decided to hold n'fnlr to raise funds to pay oft tho baseball deficit. In a big wolf hunt near Fnirbury over 500 rabbits were bagged, but every wolf sighted made Its gotaway. W. F. Halloy, who for two years has been prosldent of tho Kearney Com morclnl club, hua resigned his posi tion. A number of cases of diphtheria havo developed at Wymoro ami every effort Is being mado to prevent its spread. Hastings' council has passed an or dinance limiting tho numbor of sa loons In that placo to thirteen after May 1. Moro hay has beon baled and shipped from Albion this winter than In all tho years It has been u Hhlpplng stntlon. Robert McMurray of Brady Buffered tho Iosb of n foot by the accidental dlschnrgo of his gun whllo on a hunt ing trip. Members of tho bnsobnll commlttco are linvlng good success In obtaining monoy for n baseball team In York thin year. W. J. Hnssner, who lost $1,600 In tho Superior bnnk failure, committed Htilcldo nt his homo at Lnwrenco by stabbing himself. Auburn proposes to havo n Fourth of July celobratlon tho coming sum mer that will be, according to those in chnrgc, a humdinger. Miss Frnnces Wyckoff of Hastings has Just recovered from an attack of hiccoughs which lasted continuously for six days and nights. It Is thought by those In chargo of tho bank that failed at Superior re cently that It will realize about fifty per cont on its liabilities. Tho village of Cortland Is taking stops townrds protection from fire and hns appointed a commltteo to pur chn8o tho necessnry apparatus. Farmers In tho vicinity of Fnirbury aro having trouble with gophers In their nlfnlfa fields. The gophers havo destroyed tho roots of many plants. Andy Lorentzen of Hastings ban queted his brother Englcs with the monoy received from tho lodgo as sick benefits, nnd which ho declined to ac cept as such. W. A. Fight, who was sovorely burned In a gnsollno explosion near Plattsmouth a short tlmo ngo. has Buf fered n second mlsfortuno by the de struction of his homo by flro. The largest number of applicants ,for citizenship ever cxnmlned In Lan caster county appeared boforo Judgo 'Cornish at Lincoln ono day last week, and 143 prospective cltlzons took out 'first pnpers. Mrs. Honry Kemplin nnd two daughters had a narrow escapo from asphyxiation when tho hard coal stove at their homo In Lincoln exploded dur ing tho night nnd filled tho house with a deadly gns. Gnmo Wnrdon Itutonbcck nnd W. J. O'Brien, superintendent of state fish hatcheries, are investigating tho effect on fishes of throwing refuse matter from tho ncatrlco Ons company plant Into tho Blue river. A. A. Chnllburg was caught In n shafting nt tho Central Granaries at Lincoln nnd hurled around It n half dozen times before tho machinery could be stopped, but escaped with a few moro or less painful bruises. Former Seward county students and graduates of tho state university are making tentatlvo plans for their twenty-second annual banquet to bo held In Seward some tlmo In February. Chancellor Avory has Indicated that he will attend. The next meeting of tho Nebraska Bottlers' association will be held at Hastings. When Albert Vrooman, a farmer liv ing west of Wymoro, entered his cavo to get a supply of meat for breakfast, ho found thnt someone had beat him to It and carried away all of his choice homo-cured bacon, hams, etc. Tho community nrountl Big Springs, nn Inland postofflco In Cherry county, Is greatly stirred up over n smallnox epldemlt. A scoro of cases are re ported, though no deaths havo oc curred and only a very few nro seri ously filek. Orchardlsts of southeastern No braska havo n now trouble to fleht I known ns Illinois ennkor. No ono Knows rrom whenco or how It came. Eight wolves were sighted, but only one was killed at a big circlo hunt held In tho vicinity of Rockford. About two hundred men and boys par tlclnated. William Arrlson, living at the Owl lodging houso. at Omaha, walked Into tho polleo stntlon nnd wanted to know what was tho matter with him. A police surgeon looked him over and told him he was all right except for a well-developed caso of smallpox. An nmnteur horseshoe tournament wns held at Exeter Inst week In which a lnrgo numbor of devotees nf thnt aport took part. After Isaac Latroc, nn Omaha la- , borer, had spent seven years In sea soning tho wood nnd constructing a v'olln, somoono stole It, nnd Isnno Is disconsolate I For tho first tlmo In fifteen years fnrmers of Adnms countv nro buvlne from local dealers con nnd hay Bhlnped In In carload lots for local consumption. Prairie hav Is worth 111.60 per ton; alfalfa. $12.50, and bum, ui tenia on me u-arv A PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER gs LOOK. Af THt BCASIirVL t UNCi M OT 'SttffA bMttmiwia i??&Biaar V'&jWff: r."."rvTT.i i " jisias (Copyright.) B"M "SB"" -" CASE OF OVER-ORGANIZING URGED TO LEAVE TORREON BE FORE BATTLE BEGINS. Postmaster General Opposes so Many Conventions Nebraskan May Be Appointed Treasury Solicitor. tVYsteni Newspaper Union News Service El Paso, Tox. Fearful that Qoneral Villa would carry out his threat to deal summarily with Spaninrds should they be captured in tho rebel attack on Torreon, ngents of Spain hnvo tele graphed to tho Spanish minister at Washington recommending thnt their countrymen be urged to leave Torreon before the battlo begins there. Tho Spanish refugees who wero driven out of Chihuahua after much of their prop erty had been confiscated by Villa wero anxious that several hundred Spaniards now In Torreon leave there at once for Monterey or for tho United States. General Villa's asser tion that ho would cxecuto Spaniards who, ho says, have taken up arm's to support the federals, was accepted as n warning for them to leave the coun try whllo they hnd a chance. Nebraskan May Be Appointed. Wnshlngton. Tho appointment of A. S. TlbbetB of Lincoln as solicitor of the treasury department Is expected to ho nnnounced shortly. Ho hns the sup port of Secretary of State Bryan for tho position, and as there Is a clear field It Is highly probable that Tlbbets will bo named. Merton Corey of Clay center, who was an applicant, has with drawn. Unless this position Is filled shortly It Is possible thnt Nebraska will lose out altogether: The place has been vacnnt alnco January 1, when W. T. Thompson's resignation became ef fective. CASE OF OVER-ORGANIZING. Burleson Opposed to Too Many Post masters' and Clerks' Conventions. Wnshlngton. Postmnster general Burleson has nnnounced that he does not npprovo of postmasters' conven tions under present conditions. He snld too much tlmo Is lost on tho part of postmasters nnd other' employes, nnd thnt ho was Inclined "to believe that nt this time the tendency of the postal service Is toward over-organization." It was explained, however, thnt this reference wns not to "organize with tho service for official purposes, hut to numerous national, sectional nnd state associations of postmntTs. elprks, rural and city letter carriers." The activities of such associations, Mr. Burleson snld, engrossed the nttentlon of their officers nnd ngents who nro postnl employes and their conventions take a largo part of nil postal em ployes nwny from duty for soveral days each year. James Adams, acting forester has confirmed. In a letter to Senntor Hitch. cock the report that tho federal bit reau of forestry has' It In mind to open tho Nehrnskn national forest to home stead entry. Mr. Adnms said ho knew nothing of tho details, owing to tho ab , sonco of ForeBter H. S. Graves. I Police Offer J300 Reward. 1 Omahn, Nob. Police nuthorltlefl of a thousnnd cities throughout the coun try havo been called upon by Police Chief nunn of this plnco to assist In tho capture of the man who shot nnd 1 killed Honry NIckell. Omaha bank I teller, In the Hnzol McVoy resort, Jan- uary 15. Circulars sent out from Chief Dunn's office offer ?300 reward for tho nrrest of Tony C'nrlottn. allns Charllo Bendor, alias Frank Henderson, who Jb tho man guilty of tho crlmn. ncmrd. Ing to tho pojlco. ar-d whom they hope to capture Bhortly. Lincoln, Neb. Tho council of tho Nebraska Federation of Churches wound up Its affairs hero Wednesday nfternoon nnd by crowding two ses sions In ono adjourned to meet In Lin coln again la.two yonrs. Reports were of nthort, crisp charactor. Ministers and lay delegates of every church demonstration forgot differences of creed nnd worked togother In nccord. Tho fundamental principle of tho fed eration Is "Lot those things thnt can ho done better In union than In separa tlon be done In union and let thoro be harmony," WU, POfl'T 6IVt A P fOO. THC LOOrfd.WHM- t WAtir TO KrfOW ' STnT VmIP OF "" STEMJ Vt1l - ""- T ii-ti ; .Tw!' 17 Vff f. "n a n v i 7V'.V hfr-PVfi M MEXICO TO PROFIT BY RAI8ING OF EMBARGO. Bill to Make Second Monday In Janu ary Inauguration Day Grand Jury Investigating Bank Failure. Western Newspaper Union News Scrvleo. Mexico City. Dr. lgnaca Aicoccr, acting minister of the Interior, In com menting on the raising of the embargo on arms by the United States, said it was proof of tho sincerity of President Wilson, since for a long tlmo nobody had been Ignorant of tho fact that there had been undisguised tolerance In tho mntter of Introducing arms nnd ammunition' across tho bordor. He said It would not aid tho revolutionists, but that on tho other hand the Mexican government would profit by It, "since It presentB a happy opportunity to mako known the power which it really possesses." Dr. Alcocer said ho hoped In the noar future Mexico would have amicable relations with the United States, because right nnd Justice were bound to prevail. Investigating Sutton Bank Failure. Lincoln. Neb. The grand Jury took first decisive action In tho failure of the First National bank of Sutton, when It returned an indictment con taining eight counts against President M. L. Luebben of that Institution. Theso counts allege: "That Luebben mado false entries of certificates of de posit; made a false Journal entry show ing a deposit of $15,000 In the Mer chants National bank of Omaha; mis applied the bank's fundB by lenulng checks in favor of an Omaha attorney; mnde false reports to the comptroller of the currency; Issued a $5,000 certifi cate of deposit, and wns guilty of other lrregulnrltles: FOR NEW INAUGURATION DAY. Senator Shafroth Offers Arguments In Its Favor. Washington. Startling suggestions of the possibility of a revolution In the United States wore contained In a minority report of tho senate Judiciary commltteo urging adoption of Senator Shafroth's resolution for n constitu tional amendment to fix tho second Monday In Jnnuary following a na tional election for the date of inaugu ration and the first Monday In Janu ary for congress to assemble. Signed by Senators Shields, Ashurst, Nelson, Cummins, Chilton and Fletcher, It points out that under tho existing con ditions "it becomes possible for a po litical party repudiated by the people to elect a president who was defeated at tho election" In case any candidate falls to get a majority of the electoral votes. Arkansas Mines Opened Up. Kansas City. Mo. Mines of the Cen tral Coal & Coke company at Hunting don, Hartford and Bonanza, Ark., which shut down a week ago, havo re opened' with a full force of men. Charles Keith, president of the com pany, said undr tPio terms of a settle ment both strikers and company had agreed to ab'de by tho decision of a commltteo appointed by tho United Mine Workers of America to Investi gate tho controversy. Lincoln, Neb. Opinions of hends ol tho National guard of Nebraska, Wy oming, Colorado and Kansas are being asked by tho war department in nn effort to gather Bentlmont In favor of holding n division mobilization at Fort Riley, Kas. this summer. General Hall Is Interested In tho matter and hold a long conference with Governor More head as to what stand Nebraska should tako. No decision was reached but it Is probable that Inasmuch as the ex pense will bo no greater than for a state encampment Nebraska officials will favor It Many Thousands Out of Work. Now York. Statistics gathered by th employment bureau of tho society for Improving the condition of tho poor, showing that ?31,000 men in Now York city aro out of work, fur nished an Interesting study for em ployers and social economists. As a result of a canvass of manufacturers contractors and merchants, .tho burenu reported that prosent conditions are abnormal and tho worst since thr wlntor of 1907-1908, but that relief Is in sight and normal business is looked for, THE WORK' AT WASHINGTON DAILY GRIST OF THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Epitome of the Work and Bills Pre sented and Passed by the Two Houses. Western Newspaper tJnlnn News Service, Saturday. Tho Senate General Wood told thf .Tillltary committee the destruction ol military academy by union troops In 1864 was net In accord with the laws of war. Immigration committee took up tlif Burnett bl.l and dincussed the literacy test feature. Representatives of the consolidated stock exchange of New York testified on tho Owen bill for federal regula tlon before the banking committee. Passed Norrls resolution directing interstate commcrco commission tc contlnuo Its investigation of New Haven railroad affairs. Agricultural extension bill passed In amended form. President submitted nominations, Including Medical Inspector William C. Bralsted to be surgeon general ol tho navy. Adjourned nt 5:17 p. m. to noon Monday. The House Miscellaneous legisla tion considered. Representative Morgnn of Okla homa, before 'the Interstate commerce committee, advocated his bill to em power an Interstate trade commission to regulate price fixing. Concluded general debate on the Shackelford good roads bill. Adjourned nt 4:35 p. m. to noon Sundny, for memorial exercises for the lato Representatives Itodenbury and Wiley. Friday. The Senate Hearings on trust bills before Interstate commerce committee. Representatives of tho New York stock exchange were heard before the banking commltteo on tho Owen bill. Passed a bill to extend the law marking graves of confederate sol diers in northern states, Adjourned nt 5:50 p. m. to noon Saturday. The House Discussed private bills. Commerce committee heard mer chants on tho administration trust bill. District dny postponed for next Monday or Thursday on account of the funeral of Representative Bremner of New Jersey, who was a member of the district committee. Unanimous consent agreement to continue good roads bill debate Sat urday. Thursday. The Senate Hearings on bill to reg ulate stock exchanges continued before the banking committee. Resolutions by Senator Root pro posed appointment of commission to suggest amendments to general min ing laws. Adjourned nt 6 p. m. to noon Friday. Tho House Resumed debate on Alaskn railway bill. Secretary Bryan discussed tho Raker Asiatic exclusion bill beforo Im migration committee. .Delegation of retnJI merchants urged Interstate trade commission and pub- ( Hclty of big business agalrs before commerce committee. Out of respect to the memory of tho lato Representative Bremner, agreed to take up no new business today. Adjourned at 6:45 p. m. to noon Friday.- Swedes Want Increased Armament. Stockholm. Thirty thousand patri otic Swedes marched in procession be fore King Gustave and presented a pe tition asking for the reinforcement of the national defenses. The petition demands an Increase of armaments without delay. The demand is regard ed in many quarters as Indicative of the fears of many Swedes of possible Russian aggression. The participants In this unique demonstration nre most ly small land owners and farm owners gathered from every district of Swe den. Houston, Tex. Property damage es timated at nenrly ono million dollars was done nt Clinton, Tex., when be tween 15,000 nnd 20.000 bales of cot ton wero either consumed or badly damaged by fire. Requirements at Penitentiary School. Lincoln, Neb. Application nnd or derly conduct will bo the two prime requirements In tho penitentiary e" se8 started under tho plan of re organization agreed to by state of ficials. One hundred nnd ton convicts have 6tarted the work and theso nro divided into five classifications from the most illiterate to thoso who havo good educations and who expect to climb higher up the Indder. Tho work will be undertho chnrgo of Superin tendent McConnell and Ave convict Instructors will assist Finds Box of Gold Nuggets. Jetmore. Kan. A box of gold nug gets weighing forty pounds, apd esti mated to be worth 119.000. vna fnnn i burled In a hill near here by Ralph i Chesney, a homesteader. Tho nuggets were deposited In n bank and Chesney went back after more of the precious i metal he believed Is hidden in the hills. According to a story told here years ago, a party of prospectors from , - -- --, ', .. vui tne Colorado gold fields wero return ing in 1865 with their treasure, when they were attacked nnd all but one of the number killed by the Indiana. MR. Samuel McKlnloy, 1215 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo., writes: "I can honestly aay that Z owe my life to Peruna, Traveling from town to town, and having to go Into all kinds of badly heated buildings, ply ing my trado as auctioneer, It la only natural that I had colds fre quently. "Lost December X contracted a severe cold which, through neg lect on my part, settled on my chest I heard of Peruna. It cured me, bo I cannot praise it too highly." liquid medicines can smw trocar Peruna ia tablet fens. The Wretchedness of Constipation can quickly be overcome by CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Purely vegetable act surely and gently on tho liver. Cure Biliousness, Head ache, ness, and Indigestion. They do thelrdutyy SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature EYE ACHES (WjsTaasraBSBBsnHnssssj Definite at Last. -So Wobbler Is dead." "Yes, and it's tho first tlmo he over arrived at a definite conclusion." Important to Mothers iluo carefully every bo CASTOHIA, a safe and sure remedy Infants and children, and see that It! Ttnnrn ftin Signature of G5t$fffi&fiM. in ubo "or over 30 Tears. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castori Vegetable Nightcap. A vegetable nightcap may bo seen in, tho agricultural museum at Washing ton. It Ib the sheath of an Immense African flower, and is used by the na tives as a cap. Turned up around the lower edge, It runs to a point like a tasscled nightcap. Its color is a rich brown, its texture of a flno lacelike quality, and It Is strong and durable. His Table Manners. "Tho charity worker," Baya one of them, "is always learning. We can learn much from the destitute. Thus, apropos of tho affectation of some of our tablo etiquette, I once heard O) ragged little chap at a school treat say, as ho held a chicken leg in ono fist and a hot potato In the other: "Tho trouble about tablo manners la that they was invented by peoplt vho was never very hungry." Amusing Truth. The lato Franklin Simmons, the fa mous American sculptor who recently died in Rome, was an exponent of the frank, naturalistic method. "How much more amusing the true Is than the ideal," ho said one day In his studio to a correspondent "Take the case of the little girL '"My dear,' the little girl's mother aid, 'don't you think you're getting too old to play with boys?' "The llttlo girl frowned in scornful astonishment . I "'Why, no, mammal' she cried im patiently. 'The older I get the better I like 'em.'" Appetite Finds Ready Satisfaction In a bowl ol Post Toasties and Cream. 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