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BLE FOR MEXICO.
BANKS HAVE AMPLE RESERVE
Treasure of Over $700,000,000 In Fed
eral Reserve Banks Recruiting
In Australia Hat Been
Finished.
Western Newspaper Union News Scrvlco.
Washington. Further lighting In
Mexico has boon predicted by General
Cnrranzu to tho diplomatic corps In
Mexico City, according to official ad
vices to tho Btato department. Tho
first chief explained to tho diplomats,
who gathered at his request, that Za
pata had refused to attend or send
delegates to tho national convention
called for October and that, his forces
wero active In the south. He nlso de
scribed In detail cventa leading to tho
rupture with General Villa, but saying
that blaino for further bloodshod
would bo Villa's, as his own troops
would net only on the defensive.
Recruiting Finished In Australia.
Melbourne Recruiting for tho Aus
tralian Imperial cxpodltlonnry forces,
which Is tho official title of tho nnny
of 20,000 which tho commonwealth Is
devoting to tho nld of tho empire, is
nlrcndy finished In somo of tho states.
Whllo In somo districts n special effort
wns mnde to get tho bushmen from tho
country, tho cities have furnished tho
greater part of tho material. Owing to
tho system of compulsory military
training which tho commonwealth put
In force n year or two ago, Australia Is
much hotter qualified to rnlso a volun
teer nrmy thpn wns tho case at tho
outbreak of tho Door war whon no
such comprehensive system existed.
BANKS HAVE AMPLE RE8ERVE.
Gold Treasure of More Than 8even
Hundred Millions.
Washington. "With n gold treasuro
of more than $700,000,000, the fedoral
resorve banks rnn face the futuro and
grant ample relief," said a majority re
port of tho house banking committee
In advocacy of tho senato bill to allow
$400,000,000 now Impounded In vaults
of membor banks to bo turned over to
the federal rcservo banks, to secure
Immediately tho strength contemplat
ed In tho original law to bo reached
after threo years.
To Aid Red Cross "Society.
Washington. Mr. Ernest P. nick-
nell. national director of tho American
Natlonnl Red Cross, who has Just re
turned from tho sconos of tho Euro
penn war, declares that tho number
of wounded ns a rostilt of tho war al
ready totaled many hundreds of thou
sands. Churchos, public buildings of
all sorts and prlvnto homes In addi
tion to regular nnd other tomporary
hospltnls, aro crowdod with wounded
soldiers, whllo mnny thousnnds still llo
In tho trenches unattended, nnd suf
fering from pain and thirst. All of the
Burgeons, nurses and hospital supplies
that tho American Red Cross can pos
sibly raise will bo needed. President
Wilson, In a note to Miss Mabol Board
man, endorsed most earnestly the re
quest that all churches In tho country
of every denomination take an offering
on Sunday. October 4th, tho national
day of prayer for peaco, and send It to
tho American Natlonnl Red Cross for
Its neutral work for the wounded of
all of tho armies. Tho governor or
any newspnper of tho state will rccelvo
contributions and forward thom.
Episcopal Bishop Killed by Auto.
Salt Lako City. BlBhop F. S. Spald
Ing, head of tho Episcopal church In
Utah, was Instantly killed hore when
an automobile in which ho waB riding
struck a curb and overturned. Bishop
Spalding's skull was badly fractured
and his neck broken.
Atlantic City, N. J. Tho sovereign
grand lodge of Odd Fellows nt its ses
sion horo declined to adopt n resolu
tion declaring for tho restoration of
pence In Europe. Those opposing tho
resolution held that members of the
order in both England nnd Germany
might misunderstand tho proposed ac
tion. Tho proposition that all repre
sentatives to tho supremo body must
first qualify ns patriarch militants
was defeated by n vote of 125 to 70.
Contribution to Conscience Fund.
Washington. Tho t rensury's con
science fund is CO ccntB richer, n con
tribution from a California girl, who
sent this letter with tho money:
"Inclosed find CO cents in stamps
which pleaso accept for payment or
used stumps that I re-used when a lit
tlo girl. I did not know any better nt
tho tlmo. but nevertheless It is a
crlmo committed against tho United
States government. I was convinced
of It this summer at a camp meeting
and I promised God I'd innko it right."
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Life Saved by a Button.
'Omaha, Neb. A button on his coat
nved the llfo of Joe Bartollne, 813
South Seventh street, when Miss
Mablo Mlckolncktl, 711 Leavenworth
street, fired a revolver at him Wednes
day night, becaueo she said, he called
her names, The bullet, a 32-calibor,
hit a button and glanced, ripping the
shirt and cutting a slight gash in Bar
tollne's left breast. lie was knocked
backward by tho blow. She was ar
rested charged with shooting with in
tent to kill.
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These photographs, Just received from Europe, give Homo Idea bt the appenrnuco of Lou vain nfter tho de
struction of thut once beautiful Belgian city by tho Germans.- The mnln picture shows tho students' quarter and
tho Insert a glimpse of tho Place do la Concorde, where were many hotels and cafes.
COMBATANTS WIN
AND LOSE ALONG
. IE n AISNE
Hundreds Die in Charges Which
Really Gain Little for Either
Contestant.
PARIS CLAIMS GAINS ON WEST
German Line Holding Firm, and Even
Making Advances, Declares Berlin
Series of Battles Seems Likely to
Continue for Some Time Official
Announcement From Berlin Says
There Is Nothing New to Report.
Whllo tho battlo of tho allies and
tho Germans continues along the en
tiro front in Franco thero has been
relatively no chango in the position of
tho armies. The hardest fighting ap
parently Is proceeding on tho eastern
and western ends of tho lines, tho
allies on tho wcat end aro endeavoring
to encircle tho Germans and on tho
enst tho Germans are trying to break
through tho allies' lines In tho vicinity
of Verdun. In the center a lull in tho
warfaro is reported.
London, Sept. 27. Almost simulta
neously tho two great hammer strokes
in the battlo In northern Franco have
fallen and ome decisive result must
bo announced before long.
Tho allies hove struck tho German
right wing and tho Germans, on their
part, have hurled themselves against
tho French line between Verdun and
Toul.
The commencement of these two at
tacks In earnest was disclosed by the
French official statement Issued this
afternoon, but little is told of how
thoy are progressing.
Tho action against the Germnn
right Is described as a violent one, in
which tho French left encountered an
nrmy corps composed of troops which
tho Germans brought from tho center
of Lorraine and tho Vosgcs.
Tho clnsh occurred In the district
between Tergnier nnd St. Quentln, so
that tho nllles have made a consider
able advance to tho northwest since
the Inst mention was mnde of this part
of their army.
Tho country is n rolling one, Inter
sected by streams, canals and a per
fect network of roads running In nil
directions.
Tho allies aro bending nil their en-
orgies ngnlnst this German forco. The
comparative relaxation of the Gorman
efforts on tho center are believed to
Indicate tho withdrawal of forces from
this region to support tho right ilnnk.
Tho French report admits that tho
Germans hnvo succeeded In gaining n
footing on the Mouse heights nnd hnvo
pushed forward In tho direction of St.
Mihlel, bombarding tho forts of Pa
rodies and the Roman Camp, which
faco ench othor ucross tho Meuse.
Tho communication, however, adds
that, on tho other hand, to tho Bouth
of Verdun tho French remain masters
of tho heights of the Mouse and thnt
tholr troops, debouching from Toul,
have advanced In tho region of Beau
mont. Little News From Berlin.
Berlin, via London, Sept. 27. Tho
following announcement, dated Sep
tember 24, has been given out at nrmy
headquarters;
"In tho western theater of tho war
today thero hnvo been 'somo minor
engagements, but nothing of Impor
tance has transpired.
AMID THE RUINS OF
"There Is no news from Belgium or
tho enstern war areu."
Allies Gain Ground.
On tho IJattlo Front, Sept 2C The
German- offensive wns extremely vig
orous todny at tho western end of the
long line stretching nlong tho rivers
Olse, Alsno and Woovre.
Tho allied troops, whoso gaps had
been filled with freshly arrived re
enforcements, not only repeatedly
thrust back the masses of Germans
thrown against them but eventually
carried out a successful counter-attack
which resulted In (he gaining of con
siderable ground and the capture of
Peronne, about which town tho fierc
est engagement occurred.
Machine Guns Kill Hundreds.
At one place tho victims of the
deadly German machine guns were
counted in hundreds, especially where
the advance was across an open wheat
field that recently had been harvested.
somo men or n French regiment
which was making a dash toward tho
Gorman position when It was struck
by tho swcenlnc fire wero found dead
In tho kneeling posture they had. tak
en behind sheaves of wheat nnd from
where thoy had emptied their maga
zines, Intending to start a final rush
and bayonet charge.
After tho fight 900 dead wero burled
in a single trench six feet deep, the
Germans being placed nt ono end and
the French at the other.
Many Germans Near Reims.
Further toward tho east, near Berry-nu-llac
on tho Alsno north of Reims,
thero appears to bo concentrated' a
largo German force which has stolidly
occupied strong intrenchments from
which it is most difficult to dislodge
them. Hereabouts tho fighting has
been of a desultory character, with,
however, slight advantage In favor of
tho allies.
Tho men of both armies In this
vicinity seem to be enjoying their
rest.
On tho eastern wing the Germans
are throwing enormous masses of men
against the Fronch troops protecting
the lino of defensive forts above Ver
dun: but up to tho present their ef
forts, although costing Immense sac
rifices, have been vain nnd tho French
line remains lntuct.
Claims Made by Germans.
London, Sept. 2G. Messages which
come from German sources carry re
ports which aro diametrically tho op
posite of tho foregoing. These say
thnt the Honking movement of tho nl
lles on tho German right wing havo
failed and that the battlo thero has
come to n standstill.
These messnges say there has been
no fighting on tho center, but that tho
Germnn left has taken Vnrennes. at
tacked tho forth to tho south of Ver
dun, nnd repulsed sorties from Verdun
nnd Toul. Tho Germans aro said to
bo bombarding tho towns of Troyon-les-Pnroches,
Camp des Romnlnc, and
Llonvlllo (Llronvlllo).
It nlBo is claimed that French troops
In French Lorraine and on tho border
of Alsace have been repulsed.
Germans Reoccupy French Towns.
Washington, Sept. 25. Thnt tho
Germans hnvo reoccuplcd threo towns
opposite tho French right wing In Lor
ralno was mado clear when tho full
text of tho official statement from tho
French war office waB read at the
French embassy, hero. Tho official
statement, ns given out in Paris, set
forth thut Domevrc, south of Brnmont,
had been reoccuplcd by tho enemy.
The embassy recotved n statement,
however, which contains this phraso:
"On our right wing in Lorrnlno tho
enemy hnvo again passed tho frontier
with several smnll columns. He has
reoccuplcd Domovre, south of Bra
mont, and Nomeny and DUme, north
of Nancy,
Allies Claim Big Gains.
London, Sept. 26. Tho official an
LOUVAIN
nouncement regarding the progress ol
the battle of tho Aisue mado public in
Paris tonight said that tho flanking
movement of tho nllles' left wing con
tinues to develop and that tho town of
Poronne has been occupied after des
perate fighting with tho Germans
This report tends to confirm tho mr.
Her unofficial reports that tho Germans
nau Deen driven back further on tholr
right wing than had been previously
reported and thnt the main stand of
the Germans to tho north and west will'
bo made along tho lino from Cnmbral
to St. Amend.
The official dispatch adds that there
has been a lull In tho fighting nlong
the center of the great line and that
the German attacks on the right wing
of the allies have been checked.
Cracow Under German Rule.
"That Cracow has been occupied by
German troops, that the town has
been put under a German military
commandant, and that tho Austrian
civil administration has been displaced
Is tho gist of tho latest advices re
ceived here," says the Petrograd cor
respondent of tho London Morning
Post. "All tho original administra
tion of the town and all civil officials
of the Austrian government havo left
and tho residents aro fleeing in a
pnnlc."
Tho Germans havo thrown threo
army corps Into tho Cracow district,
according to this information, and aro
bringing more .troops in prepnratoln
for the expected Russian attack.
Cracow Is In Western Gallcla, and
an important fortified city, on which
the Russians are reported to be ad
vancing. Telegraphing from Amsterdam to
London, the correspondent of Reutcr's
Telegram company says tho thirty
first German casualty list, containing
a total of about one thousand men
killed, wounded and missing, has been
given out. It includes the names of
23 officers of one regiment who were
killed In five days' fighting.
GENERAL NEWS0F THE WAR
Canadian Troops on the Way.
Tho major part of Canada's latest
contingent of 32,000 men for servlco
In Europe is already on Its way to the
front In 20 transports heavily armed
and guarded by British men-of-war in
sufficient forco to prevent any attack
'by German cruisers.
German Captive List Cut.
Tho Central News Agency at Lon
don has received tho following dis
patch from Rome: "A message from
Dcrlln says the general staff, having
ngreed'to the complete officinl lists of
prisoners, hns found It necessary to
admit that tho total already an
nounced was erroneous. Tho aggre
gate number of prisoners in German
hands Is now reduced from 250,000
to 50,000, of whom 30,000 aro Rus
sians." Belgians Capture Germans.
The Rotterdam Courant says that
llolglan troops aro showing at many
places from which they havo long
been absent. Two thousand Germans
wero captured, It says, on September 23
botween Mallnes and Acrshot. Two
hundred officers among them will bo
kept at Antwerp. Tho remainder of
tho prisoners will go to England.
Larg Italian Army Ready.
Itnly already has nearly five hun
dred thousnnd men under arms. Tho
majority aro camped in Lombardy.
Air Attack Near England.
Herman aviators, flying within sight
of England, continued their attack on
French coast cities, and added to the
apprehension felt In London that Eng
lish cities soon may becomo tho tar
gets of their bombs. Tho attack waB
mndo on Boulogno, Just across from
England at about tho narrowest part
of tho channel. About noon a Ger
man aeroplane flew over the city and
dropped a bomb into a shipbuilding
yard. Little property damago vas
dono and no ona was Injured.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
York will hold her fall festival Oc
tobor 13 to 17.
I'latto county has mado great prep
sratlons for tho fair this week.
Tho largest wheat crop ever raised
In Nebraska wns grown in 1914.
Tho Sunnyb.de home for tho aged
at Hastings may bo removed to larger
quarters.
Henry Gocko, 79 years old, of Uttcn,
Is dead from injuries received when a
horse kicked him.
At an election at Palrbury last week
tho commission form of government
was defeated nearly three to one.
Randolph Scott, a 5-year-old Lin
coln boy, was run over by an automo
bile and,' escaped with scarcely a
scratch.
Soventy-flvo farmers held a hog
cholora meeting at Adnms and organ
ized for tho purpose of making a fight
against the disease.
Probation Officer Bernstein of
Omaha has made an appeal to tho
public for ftlnds with which to fight
the traffic In cocaine.
Warren Wheolor of Lincoln was ac
cidentally shot Sunday by n com
panion, who didn't know tho gun he
was carrying was loaded.
The town of Hebron Is discussing
the organization of a municipal band,
to ho backed by tho commercial club
nnd kept up by n tax levy.
State banks of Nebraska1 aro gener
ally doing all they can to ennblo farm
ers to hold crops for the most favor
able market opportunities.
Tho cornerstone of the new M. E.
church at Elmwood, wns laid with ap
propriate ceremonies In tho presence
of nn cnormouB crowd last Tuesday.
Members of Kearney churches will
donate their services and co-operate
In building a huge tnbernnclo to be
used for revival services their wlntor.
Nebraska suffragists have desig
nated October 4 as suffrage Sunday.
This Is the day sot asldo by President
Wilson ns a day of prayer for peace.
Tho Jewish new year began nt sun
down last Sundny. Monday and Tues
day following wero observed as holi
days by tho Hebrew race tho world
over.
Mrs. Chuck Hutchinson near Hy
mnls, was frightfully burned by an
explosion' of gasollno which sho was,
using in the cleaning of some clothes.
She died a few hours later.
The Methodist church at Lexington
presented Its pastor, Rev. E. C. New
land, with a sliver purse containing
about $100 as an evidence of the
esteem in which he Is held by its
members.
Joe Klrt, a 14-year-old boy, held at
the city Jail following his alleged con
fession to entering sixteen houses In
Lincoln within a week, placed tho
blame for his downfall on bad com
pany and liquor.
Georgo Roumas, a wrestler, waB ar
rested at Springfield, 111., and brought
back to Nebraska, charged with being
Implicated In a confidence game at
Syracuse, conected with a "fake"
wrestling match.
N. J. Beaver, an Ironworker, fell
from a structure at Lincoln, landing
In tho basement and received a num
ber of serious cuts and bruises. Ho)
was rushed to a hospital and It la
thought ho will recover.
Cleo MoHuron, a fifteen-year-old Be
atrico boy was struck on the head with
a rock in a game with some comrades,
crushing the skull and paralyzing his
right side. Soveral pieces of bone
were removed from the brain and it Is
thought ho will recover.
Pheasants turned loose in north
western Nebraska in tho spring of
1913 have Increased in numbers to
such an extent that people living there
now report that there aro no fewer
than 1,000 birds within the space of
ten miles along the Niobrara river
near Chadron.
Tho Clay county board of supdrvls
ors met In special session and appoint
ed Guy W. Secord sheriff, to fill the
vacancy caused by the killing of
Sheriff Sanderson by a desperado. He
appointed as his deputy, R. L. Clark,
who had served as deputy for Sander
eon. The now $15,000 Methodist church
recontly completed at Gordon was
dedicated Sunday.
Tho 5-year-old daughter of Charles
RIddlemouser, Jr., of Central City was
killed whon sho attempted to climb
on to a moving wngon loaded with
oats. The child fell beneath the
wheels and was crushed.
W. W. Phlllee, 72, ono of the pioneer
Bottlers of Adams county, who home
steaded on his farm in tho Bluo val
loy half a century ago, and ono of tho
most wldoly known apple-growers In
tho state, Is dead after a prolonged
illness.
Tho third nnnual horseshoe tourna
ment of Nemaha county was held at
Peru, Tuesday, and devotees of tho
gamo from all ovor tho district wero
present.
S. Kostlan, for several years in
structor at Turner hall at Fromont,
has been engaged to tench calis
thenics and gymnastics in tho public
schools nt that place.
Emmet Jewell, aged 20, n resident
of Raymond, was killed by tho acci
dental discharge of a shotgun when
tho buggy In which ho was riding was
overturned by striking a rut In tho
road.
A small tornado passed ovor Lib
erty, a small town In tho southeast
ern part of Gage county, last week,
doing considerable damago to farm
property.
J A reproduction in costume of tho
first Inaugural ball ovor hold in No
braska will bo a featuro of tho big
Pioneer Home-coming week to beheld
in Omaha, September 30 to October 3.
Militarism in all forms, from the
boy scout movement to tho standing
army and the natlotal guards, was
vigorously assailed in resolutions
passed at the state labor federation
meeting at Llnooln last week.
WHAT WILL BECOME
OF THEPROPERTY
GOVERNOR DESIGNATES DATE
FOR 8EED CORN SELECTION.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Item's of Interest Gathsred from Re
liable Sources and Presented in
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Tho Grand Army of tho Republic, an
organization of soldiers of the civil
war, owns property In Nebraska worth
$65,402. Of that amount $37,000 is real
estate. When tho organization be
comes extinct by reason of tho passing
away of tho veterans of tho war of the
rebellion, what shall become of this
property. Tho old soldiers are con
sidering this matter. There is nothing
in tho laws of the national organiza
tion of tho G, A. It. to prevent local
posts from deeding their property to
other incorporations or to cities or
towns in which tho property shall bo
located. At Greenwood a small hall
and lot has been transferred to the
town with tho understanding that it
shall always be used for public pur
poses nnd never for private purposes.
At Waverly a similar movoment is at
tempted. Many of the loaders of the
state department of tho G. A. R. favor
tho formation of a corporation that
shall be composed of one member each,
of tho G. A. R Sons of Veterans,
Spanish War Veterans, the Women's
Relief Corps, to whom shall be deeded
tho property of the local post, tho
property to be used forever for public
purposes.
Designates Seed Corn Week.
Seed corn selection week has been
fixed by Governor Morehend for Sep
tember 28 to October 3, inclusive.
Tho movoment is ono Initiated for tho
purpose of bringing this to the atten
tion of farmers over the state. Tho
step is taken at the suggestion of the
state agricultural college. The gov
ernor's proclamation sets out these
Important observations:
"The following reasons for early se
lection aro apparent: Early selected
seed is less liable to be injured by
freezing; seed selected in the field
enables the farmer to obtain ears from
plants of tho proper type and from
plants growing under normal condi
tions; from various reports received
the present crop has ripened early,
and seed may bo safely selected at
the end of tho month. It appears es
sential, however, that such corn, once
selected, should be stored immediate
ly in as dry a place as possible.
"A special reason why our farmers
should selet their own seed will ap
pear from data of the Nebraska ex
periment station, showing that native
seed produced C.2 bushels more per
aero than excellent seed brought in
from other districts."
Rigid Inspection of Beef Cattle.
Hungry Nebraska peoplo who think
their sirloin or T-bone steaks are
tainted when they sit down to a good
meal, need havo no worry that thoy
havo purchased tubercular beef. TLat
sort of trading isn't permitted in this
state, despite tho fact that affected
cattle are daily shipped Into tho pack
ing centers and killed for meat use.
"We want to let the peoplo know
that because we have had any number
of inquiries along that lino," said
State Veterinarian Klgln. "For in
stance, wo have announced at tho
Hastings hospital that thirty-five head
of tubercular cattle will bo shipped to
South Omaha and killed, and, the
major portion of their carcasses will
be put on the market. The parts af
fected will be discarded and the meat
sent out for human consumption will
bo examined and given a clean bill
first by government exports. They
will be frco of any Indications of dis
ease." Thorough overhauling of the Hast
Ings dairy barns will bo mado undei
Ur. Klgln'n direction. Tho state does
not caro to loso any moro money by
having tubercular affected cattle, and
It will tnko elaborate precautions
igalnst It.
Miss Anna V. Day, connected with
tho state superintendent's office, has
resigned to accept a place as dean ol
i woman's college at Milwaukee.
Facing Serious Social Condition,
Nebraska, with 318 porsonB nnd cop
poratlons owning ono-flftloth of the
farm land In the state, and with
farms rapidly Increasing In slzes Is
facing a serious social condition.
Political parties should begin to take
this matter under consideration and
mnko It an Ibsuo In somo of their fu
turo campaigns. So declared A. E.
Sheldon at a luncheon nt Lincoln.
Mr. Sheldon said ho had been study
ing this quostlon for ton or twelve
years and will soon publish a book
dealing with tho land tenuro in Ne
braska. Tho rural population In
twenty-eight of tho best , counties of
tho state decreased bctweon tho years
1900 and 1910. In twenty of these
counties tho population decreased in
both tho country districts nnd tho
towns. ThlB Is duo to tho fact that
farms aro being enlarged. In one
county ho counted twenty-olght va
cant farm houses, Tho land Iff being
bought up by wealthy men and ten
ants are running tho forms. Tho 318
men he spoke of own 1,102,699 acres
of land, or, as he puts it, one 'three
thousandth of tho population owns
one-fiftieth of the farm land.
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