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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, OHIEF f ARE GETTING WW BOTH 6IDE8 ANXIOUS FOR CON ORECSTO ADJOURN. INSIST THAT HE ABDICATE Prince William Acquire! Enmity of Albanians Promise of Co-operation In Work of Pacification. Velern Newnpaper Union New Service Washington. Republicans of the senate have let It be known that they are as anxious as the democrats to ad Jotirn congress and go home. More over, they have determined to hold the democrats to their IcKlBlalve program, permitting no business except trust legislation and tariff reports to come up for discussion and urc hoping to get ' away by Septcn.. .r 1. "The democrat have the trust bills boforo the senate," Senator Smoot I sail, "and we propose, If the country must bavo them, to help get them out of the way as soon as possible. Of courso we can't avoid discussion of these bills, but think debate will not be prolonged. We ought to got away by September 1 at the latest." Are Meeting With Success. Washington. Official advices reveal the fact that the Washington adminis tration Is meeting with success In bringing Provlsonnl President Carba Jal, General Carranza, General Villa and Gen. Emlllano Zapata Into har mony for the restoration of peace In Mexico. General Zapata, about whom little has been known hitherto, an wered a communication sent Indirect ly to him, promising to cooperate with the constitutionalists In the work of pacification. It became known also that two emissaries from General Car. ranza to General Zapata are due In Vera Crus and will explain to the southern military leader tho conces sions and reforms planned by the con stitutionalist chief. Ofllclals were con Mflt that an amlcablo understanding would be reached. - INSIST THAT HE ABDICATE. Albanians Want No More of Prince William of Wled. Durazzo, Albania. A note threat ening to destroy tho capital of Albania unlesB Prince William of Wled tend ered his abdication of the rulershlp was handed by the Mussulman Insur gents to tho representatives of tho European powers here. The Insur gents ndded that if Iho warships Hred at them they would spare neither the European nor the other inhabitants of tho city. The abdication of Prince William wad tho only way to avert civil war, thoy Bald, as thoy were deter mined to have n different form of gov eminent. New Indian Agent at Macy. Wlnnobngo, Nob. Axel Johnson of Alto Vista, Colo., has been appointed United States Indian agent over the Omaha Indian reservation at Macy, Neb. His duties have for somo time past been performed by B. A. Martin aalc, clerk In charge, tho agent of tho Wlnnobago Indians having Jurisdic tion over both reservations. This ar rangement had boen very unsatisfac tory to the Omaha Indians, Will Not Go to Iowa. Db Moines, la. Tho Nebraska na tional guard will1 not como to Dcs Moines In August for tho maneuver eamp at Camp Dodge, according to In formation received by Adjutant Guy E. Dogan. Tho two rcglmentB from tho western state which were scheduled to arrive hero August 10, nave been ordered to camp at AbIj. land Nebr. Violent Storm In Nova Scotia. Halifax, N. 8. Two steamers, two large schooners and a barkenttno wero wrecked on the Nova Scotia coast in a violent storm which began Sunday and continued for several hours; rain, fog, thunder und lightning accom panying the gale. There was no loss of life, but It Is unlikely any of tho Wrecked vessols will be saved.- Religious Campaign for Mexico. New York. A great religious and iducatlonal campaign In Mexico In which all Protestant denominations will unite, Is planned now that peaco is apparently In Bight in that country, nishop Oldham, chairman of tho gen eral committee representing the var ious mission boards, made the an nouncement. A big coeducational ,junlverslty will be established and at lleast ono high school for each of tho sexes will bo opened in every mUslon territory. Embargo on Munitions. El Paso, Texas. A double enforced embargo on munitions along tho Texas New Mexican border has gone Into ef ifect. General Gcorgo Uell Jr., in charge at Fort DIIbb, has issued or ders that no revolutionary officers be allowed to cross to this side of tho in ternational line. Those already on this side would be deported by the military. The border patrol also was ,reported aa baring received new orders regarding munition smuggling. TODAY'S 3 s4 , iJ CRITICISM OF THE RECALL I ZEPEDA HAS INSTRUCTIONS AND AUTHORITY. Chairman of Bar Association Voices Hla Disapproval Reports In dicate Increase of Meat Imports. Western Newapuper Union News Service, Washington. Hcglnaldo Zcpeda, senator from the state of Coahulla and Intimate friend of General Carranza, lias been selected by President Car bajal to negotiate the transfer of the government at Mexico City to tho con stitutionalists. Mr. Zepeda, who was hiding In Mexico City during the Huerta dldttitorshlp, has left V'era Cruz for Tamplco to meet General Car ranza. Ho has full instructions and authority to arrange for the transfer of government. Jose Castellot, per sonal representative of Mr. Carbajal, has conveyed this Information to Sec retary Bryan. Messrs. Managl, Novelo and Uretla, whom it had been sup posed would constitute the Curbajal commission, it wub learned merely volunteered their services in smooth ing the way to an agreement and have no credentials or authority from Cur bajal. Increase In Meat Importation. Washington. Great Increases In tho Importation of fresh beef and other meat products since tho Underwood, tariff, with Its free list, went Into ef fect, are reported to the department of agriculture. During June 43,648,023 pounds of such products were import ed, 37,808,040 poundB of which wero fresh beef, principally of Australian and Argentine oVlgln. Slaughter at nil federal Inspected establishments In tho United States for the ilscal yoar, 1014, allows a decrease In the number of cattle and calves and an Increase In Use number of sheep and swine, com ptcd with the average for tho seven years under the meat inspection. CRITICISM OF THE RECALL. Disapproval Voiced by Chairman of Bar Association. Chicago. Disapproval of the recall of Judges and Judicial decisions nnd a plea for less Interference with the Ju diciary by the leclslatlve branch of government wore voiced In the address or Thomas w. Sholton of Norfolk, Va.. chairman of tho American har nHsn- clntlon's committee on uniform judicial procedure, before the delegates to the convention of the commercial law league of America. In criticising tho recall, Mr. Shol ton referred to the nttltudu of James 11 of England, who declared: "l am determined to have twelve lawyers for Judges, who will be all of my mind." "That," said Mr. Shelton. "Is an ex ample of the recnll of Judges and Ju dicial decisions which It Is well to re member " Dies at Age of 103. Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln's oldest cltl ren. Horace Uagley, died Wedno-,'ay at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jus. Stevenson. He was 103 years old. hav Ing been born In Vermont, September 22, 1811. For nearly twenty years he had boon blind and almost totally deaf. Though confined to his home for years he had never boen 111. Death was duo to old ago and the end was peaceful. Mr. Bagley cast his first vote for An drew Jackson In 1832 when ho was just 21 years of ago. Nebraska Prisoner Escapes. Leavouworth, Kaus. Dlggs Nolan, n former politician of Omaha. Nob., serving a sentence in tho United States penitentiary, has escaped. No lan, who wbb received at tho prison In January, 1013, to serve a sentenco of flvo years for using tho United States mall to defraud, had but two months more to serve until he was to have boen eligible for a parole. For several months Nolan has been em ployed ob a trusty, bis duty being that of the "runner" at tbe front gate. MOVIE PRESENT sTUATn in mexico NOT ENCOURAGING. To Investigate Alleged Conspiracy Among Kansas Wheat Dealers Armed Intervention Threat- ened In Haiti. Western Newspaper Union News Servlc. Washington, D. C. Peace In Mexico Is fur from assured, and complications, both Internal and International, are rapidly entangling the situation, ad ministration officials, diplomats and Mexicans of both tactions here believe. The United StateB government la ex erting overy diplomatic Influence toward harmonizing discordant ele ments, but certain aspects are un doubtedly grave. Official reports re veal that the most threatening factor Is the aloofness of General Villa from the authority of General Carranza. Another vexing point Is that Carranza, according to his agents here, Is disin clined to grant an amnesty to political offenders and will insist on an uncon ditional surrender by the Carbajal government. Unless Carranza Is will ing to give assurances that there will be no wholesale arrests, executions nnd confiscations of property when tho constitutionalists enter Mexico City, Provisional President Carbajal will rally all the military elements at his disposal nnd resist to the end the con. stltutlonal advance. United States Is Losing Patience. Washington, D. C. Pressed by Eu ropean powers, the United States gov ernment has about lost patience with tho various olements In the republics of Haiti and San Domingo and will de mand a restoration of peaco on threat of armed Intervention. Secretary Bryan will confor with Secretary Dan iels about a possible movement of ma rines Into Haiti. Already largo dis cretionary orders have been given Captain Russell of the battleship South Carolinn, now at Cape Haitian, but final decision as to whether force is to be used by the American govern ment has been deferred. Reports ffom Capo Haitian of further fighting, with added danger to foreigners, were re garded tonight as forocastlng prompt uctton by the marines now being con centrated at Guantnnamo. DEPRESSING WHEAT PRICES Kansas Representative Makes Charge Against Dealers. Washington, D. C Investigation of an alleged conspiracy among dealers and exporters of wheat at Kansas City, Mo to depress prices to farmers, la provldod In a resolution by Represen tative Doollttlo of Kansas, favorably reported by tho interstate commcrco department. Secretary Redfleld of tho department of commerce assured Mr. Doollttlo he would at onco send In spectors to Kansas to Investigate and report. 'Mr. Doollttlo told tho house that for a wheat crop of 180,000,000 bushels, producers wero gottlng C3 cents at loading elevators In Kansas, while large quantities were being sold for export at Kansas City, Mo., as high as 85 cents. Seize Cargo of Firearms. Donegal, Ireland It Is reported that a cargo of rifles, numbering several thousand, which was being conveyed In an American yacht for the nation alist volunteers, was seized by a cruiser, which Intercepted the yacht Martial Law Established. Washington. The Haltlen govern ment has established martial law at Port Au Prince. Stato department dispatches say tho government "ap pears to have complete control of the situation." Kidnapped Preacher Recovered. Mllwatikoo. Wls.j The Rev. Louis R. Pntmont, whoso two mysterlouB dis appearances in tho past few monthB havo aroused nation wide Interost and who was found at Rib Lako, Wis., U declared by friends to be in a state of mental coma. Patmont disappeared first from tho vicinity of Westvllle. 111., and was found In a destitute con dition near Columbia, III, He removed to Detroit and on the eve of departure for St. Louis to attempt Identification ot alleged abductors be disappeared a second time TO HELP IKE CHOP GOVERNMENT HA8 OFFERED UN LIMITED AID. TURN JEWELRY INTO MONEY Women Asked to Make Sacrifice In Aid of Suffrage Several Dead as ' Result of Riot In Dublin. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington. Money from the fed eral treasury will be deposited in na tional banks throughout the country again this fall to facilitate the move ment of crops and promote business generally. Secretary McAdoo has an nounced that he would put out uppror imatcfy $34,000,000 and that he stood ready to Increase tho amount to any extent necessary to meet tho coun try's needs. The secretary's estimute i of what will be needed is based upon replies from five thousand national banks to a recent treasury department circular asking whether any unusual demand for money was expected this year and for what purposes. King's Soldiers Fire Into Mob. Dublin. Three men and ono woman aro dead and more than sixty persons are In the hospital wounded as a result of i battalion of the king's own Scot tish borderers firing Into a mob In tho streets of Dublin Sunday afternoon. Seven of the wounded are expected to die. Among them are threo women and a boy of ton. The affray was the result of a gun running exploit of the nationalist volunteers who were being aided by a mob composed largely of women and youths. TURN JEWELRY INTO MONEY. Women of Nation Urged to Make Sac rifices In Aid of Suffrage Cause. Chicago. A novel appeal to the wo men of the nation to give up their gold and silver jewels to the cause of equal suffrage has been Issued by the campaign committee of the national woman suffrage association. The ap peal, signed by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs. Medlll McCormlck and other leaders In the suffrage cause, was sent out from headquarters here telling of the need of funds to carry on effective campaigns for suffrage in seven states Ohio, Missouri, Nebras-J Ka, Nevada, Montana and the Dakotas. The committee plans to have the gold and stiver contributions converted into money and hopes that in this way at least $50,000 can be raised be fore August 15 for the suffrage- cam paign in the seven states. Making Preparations for War. London. The peace of all Europo Is threatened. Every preparation for war Is being made by Servia nnd Aus tria, while Rus8ln, Germany, Prance, England and Italy are only watting for somo overt act on the part of one nation to rally to the support of an ally. Servia has replied to the ultima tum delivered at Belgrade by Austria demanding tho punishment of all ac complices In the assassination of Arch Duko Francisco Ferdinand nnd the suppression of societies responsible for tho nntl-Austrlan sentiment in Bosnia, Tho Austrian-Hungarian note de manded a flat compliance or refusal of the demands. The Servian reply was declared unsatisfactory, the Aus trian minister was recalled from Bel- i grado and the formal opening of the war Is expected hourly. Destructive Rainstorm at Lincoln. Lincoln, Neb. A rainstorm, a proachlng a cloudburst, visited Lin coln Saturday evening, bringing a .repetition of the damaging floods of May and June In tho business section of tho city nnd Inflicting damage which will mount Into the thousands of dol lars. In fifty minutes 3.12 Inches of rain fell, according to the government rain gauge only exceeded once In the city's history for precipitation In the same amount of time. Knnsas City, Mo. John C. Gustaf "Bon. head of the locnl William J. Burns detective agency, was -arrested here on n warrant charging him with being in a conspiracy to attempt to bribe John C. Lynch, county commissioner of DouglnB county, Nebrnskn. Chicago. Tho failure of federal me diation to bind tho ninety-eight rail ways west of Chicago and 55,000 mem bers of their engine crews nearer ngreoment on the question Is an nounced. The United Statos commis sioners are seeking an adjustment along now lines whose nnture they re fuse to reveal, but with small hope of success. Meanwhile, it Is roported, the men have alrendy begun prepara tions for a strike, although they have agreed to give tho mediators a few more days in tho final hope of icach Ing a peaceful settlement. I. Radical Change In Naval Rules. Washington, Abolition of imprison ment for desertion from the navy in times of peaco has been ordered by Stcrotary Daniels. Under tho new reg ulations bluejackets who overstay their leave or commit similar broaches ot discipline will be summarily dis missed Instead of being sent to prison, while men who become dissatisfied with the service and want to quit may bave an honorable discbarge by merely refunding certain enlistment allowance BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Thievos took twenty cases of beet from a vault In HastlngB. Fremont will hold Its fall festival during the month of October. Nebraska ranks fourth In the valut of rye, potatoes and dairy cattle. The stato fish commissioners will eelne the lake at Thayer 'and restock IL A tractor and farm machinery dem onstratlon will be held at Fremont next month. Six tons of fish have been depos ited in tho lake at Curtis by the state fish commissioners. An aged man, Identity unknown, was killed by a train on tho Elkhorn river bridge, near Fremont. The date ol Harvard's fall festival has been changed from August 12 nnd 13 to August 10 and 20. Threshers were compelled to aban don work at Howe for several days on account of a shortage ot cars. louls Mugford dropped dead at Capital Beach, at Lincoln, where ho was employed as a caretaker. Nemaha commissioners will macad amize the county road for a consider able distance east of Auburn. The new pipe organ for tho Catholic church nt Columbus has Just been In stalled nt a cost of over $3,000, Seven horses were burned to death In a lire that destroyed the barn of Mrs. Fred Both, nonr Fremont. Seven horses wero burned to death In a lire which destroyed the barn of Ed. Wllkerson near Cedar Bluffs. , William P. Fried, ex-mayor of Fre mont and a prominent citizens and pioneer of Nebraska, died last week. A stalk of corn grown on tho Thomp son farm near College View measure! thirteen feet six Inches from end U end. Miss Mnrle Lambert! of Beatrice has been elected principal of the Holmesvllle schools for the comlnf year. There are 1,640 nutomoblles In Lan caster county, having n total value ol $1,151,000 and an average value ol $702.40. Ras Rasmussen, a Grand Island business man, was found dead In hie barn, supposedly stricken with heart trouble. George Thomas, the newly appointed postmaster at Seward, has received his commission and assumed charge of the office. John Wlnslow, a farmer near Cedar BluffB, had an oat yield of 73 bushels to the acre, the largest ever made in that section. The service of laying the cornet stone of the new Webster county court house will be held in Red Cloud Thurs day, July 30. The Lincoln Commercial club Is already making reservations of room3 for parties over the state who Intend to visit the state fair. The census just completed at Alli ance shows a gain of 2,000 over the census taken in 1910. The town has a population of 5J00. Mrs. O. A. Hubbard, a pioneer of Lancaster county, celebrated her nine tieth birthday last week at the homo of her son In Lincoln. Tho fourteen months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lange of Scrlbner was choked to death on a kernel of popcorn from a box of crnckcrjack. Flvo unsuccessful nttempts were made to burn tho Cookmnn hotel at Fremont. In each instance the flro had been started in bed mattresses. The commltteo in charge Is already at work on the program for tho Lin coln German days set for this, fall, posBlbly about the middle of October. Because her granddaughter, Omti Rausch, nine. Injured her fingers In a pulley at Stella. Mrs. Elizabeth Gerdes of Humboldt has presented her with a check for $1,000. There will bo nn equal suffrage day at the stato fair this fall, on which day there will be held spectacular celebra tlous and suffrage programs in Lin coln1 and at the fair grounds. Wednes day, September 9. was dedicated to the cause of equal snffrago by action of the state fair board. George Fritz, a, German laborer, was overcomo by heat at Lincoln, Thurs day, and is in n sorlous condition at a hospital. The Lincoln Commercial club will reserve rooms over tho city for state fair visitors who npply for them, and will seo that no advance In price Is made for the week. Frank Clason and Henry Schmal kins were probably fatally Injured when a traction engine which they were running dropped Into a canal, through a broken bridge nenr Stam ford. The engine dropped twenty feet when the planks gave way. R. B. H. Bell, rector of Kearney Mill tary academy, has announced his resig nation as head of that school to take effect September 1. Tho traveling men's picnic at Capi tal Beach nt Lincoln, under auspices of the state U.' C. T. and T. P. A took place last week and was attend ed by "bagmen from all over tho state. The Nebraska national guard will not go to Iowa for Its camp this year, but will hold a joint maneouver camp with a company or two of the regular troops at Ashland, August 27 to Sep tember 4. The Presbyterian church at Laurel, partially destroyed by fire on July 4, the result of a toy balloon alighting on the roof, will be remodeled at an ex pense ot $3,500, Alln Mayfleld has sued the city ot Norfolk for $10,000 for Injuries he claims to bave sustained by falling over a pile of rubbish left on the street by a city employe. The body of Mrs. 'Elizabeth Lock wood, an aged lady, was found In a patcb of weeds by tbe aldo of the road at Plattsmootb, where It li thought she bad perished from over f Beating. LOCAL COLT SHOWS BEING PLANNED GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. Western Newspaper Union Nowa Service. Local Colt Show Planned. Locnl colt shows are being planned for August and September In different part of tho state for the purposo ot stimulating interest in tho horse stock of the community. The show affords nn opportunity for tho owners to com pare their own colts at close rango with those of their neighbors. An op portunity Is also afforded for compar ing foals from the various sires In the vicinity. Gonorally there are, colts which demonstrate the results of good or poor care. Such shows cost little or nothing nnd always stir up frlontly Interest in the production of high class horses. Often tho Btalllon owners will assist. The colts need not necessarily be Judged other than by tho people at large. Popularity of the corporation tax bill passed by the 1913 session, advanced several notches when the Chicago, SL Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Co. came In with a $2,500 check and the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. and affiliated properties came in with a check for $3,380. Un der the old law the companies would have paid $675. Tbe total In favor of the new law therefore Is $5,005. The Standard Oil Co. came In also with, a $400 check, whereas unler the for mer statute its fee would have been not to exceed $125, according to clerks In the office ot the secretary of state. Listed among the names ot the affil iated properties ot the Omaha street car system are the Metropolitan Cable Co., the Omaha Cable Tramway Co., and other concerns whose names are not known to many present-day resl dents of the metropolis. Irrigation Ditches Ordered Closed. Because the flow of water is below normal In the North Platte river, State Engineer Price has ordered many Irri gation ditches closed so that those users having priority rights may get their share of water. The government conserves tbe flood waters ot the Platte, but the govern ment does not propose to give away this water. It anyone outside the government project wants water be must buy it The government now has more water stored on the North Platte than it ever had before, tho amount being 1,098,000 acre feet. Tho regular flow of the river is now being allowed to travel through tho channel, but this flow is said to be bolow normal, making tho action on the part of the state engineer necessary. The first Irrigation claim in Ne braska in point of priority Is the North Platte Canal company at North Platte. The Kearney canal Is being treated by tho stato board ns second, and from this decision the canal company has appealed to the supreme court. The third in priority Is tho Tri-Stato com pany at Scotts Bluff. These must be served with water before other"lrrlga tors are supplied, provided tbe state law Is enforcod. Hog Cholera'Day August 12. The next hog cholera Instruction day at the University Farm has boen set for August 12, instead of August 5, ns was previously announced. It Is tho plan to hold these meetings on tbe second 'Wednesday in each month as long as the demand warrants. The Instruction nnd demonstrations regard ing hog cholera diagnosis, vaccination, and measures for prevention aro free. Alleging that real estate in Chey enne, Keith, Deuel and Lincoln coun ties had been deliberately undervalued by the assessors and cbunty boards, A. W. Scrlbner, tax commissioner for the Union Pacific railroad company, has lemanded of the state board of equal ization that It cite tho former to ap pear and show cause why tho assessed ralues should not be raised In those lounties. Nebraska is the first state In the union in the number of automobiles, per capita. Tho mandamus action of Henry C. ind Ada M. Blttenbender against the excise board ot the city of Lincoln has been appealed by them from tho ad verse Tullng of Judge Stewart of the district court to tho supreme court. The Blttenbenders aro seeking- to force the excise board to conform to the requirements of an old territorial statute, forbidding the granting of 11 censes for the sale ot liquor as a beverage. Thoy contend that this old statute, passed in 1855, was incorpo rated into the state laws at the time and has never been repealed. The first piece of furniture turned out at tho penitentiary factory has just been received at the hoard of con trol offices, It Is an offlco table and In appearance, weight and general workmanship measures up to any pleco of eastern-made furniture lu tbe office. From now on tho factory at the prison will be working regularly. It is likely that furniture desired at various state Institutions will ho made at the prison and that a considerable sum of money will be uaved by tbe step. The work la entirely under tbe charge of the board ef control. "5 T u t & - k .. ? ' ry 4: -is' ' V tM hi pfi . .f. itiffium .-