RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF IS IN SORE STRAIGHT PEOPLE OF CITY OF MEXICO FACE STARVATION. CLAIM REVENUE TOO SMALL Increase In Freight Rates Asked for by Western Railroads Killed t as Result of Quarrel. Wratem Ncwjpnper Union Ntiwn SitvIch Washington. President Wilson In confronted with otio o the most scrl ous and perplexing developments thttt haB over arisen in tin; .Mexican sltua tion. Moxlco City 1h on the verge of Rtai'VHtlon. Gcnoral Obrcgon, tins Car ranza cotntniindor, refuses to penult an International relief committee coin posed of wealthy members of the for eign colony to succor tlio needy. "Mex ico needs no foreign aid." tlio general Is reported to have mild. All mer chants have been ordered to reopen under threat of punlHhinent. Throe hundred of thorn, all Mexicans, have been Imprisoned. The peoplu of the city aro living In teiror of another evacuation, bIiico Obrcgon lms an nounced that ho will not prevent loot ing or pillaging for food or money. Killed as'Result cf Quarrel. Monroe. Neb. Ab a result of a quar rel ThurBday morning, ThoinaB Crnick was Bitot and liiHtantly killed by Syl ester Hlgboo on the Zliniuer farm near thlB place. Tho man had been drinking and lilgbno elalmB that Crnick, who wns a lingo man, threat ened to bent lilm and ho Bitot him, the charge taking effect in the left temple. The shooting took place out In the yard and Crnlck's body was left lying In tho nnow until tho arrival of the officers, when Hlgbeo and Mrs. Zlrn tner wcro placed under arrest. CLAIM REVENUE TOO 8MALL. Western Railroads Ask Increase In Freight Rates. Chicago. Contending that tho mar gin between their income and expenses was becoming bo small as to Rerlously affect their credit, forty-one western railroads began before Commissioner W. M, Daniels hero argument in their application to tho interstate commerce commission for an increaso in freight rates which It was said would add $10, 000.000 to their annual revenue. Tho argument was of a general character. Later tho rates on commodities, such aa groin, llvo stock, packing houso products, coal and fruits and veg etables, aro to bo considered In detail. Turkish Government Moves Archives. London. Telegrams confirm the re port that tho Ottoman bank and thw German Dank of Constantinople nre transferring their effects to Konlch, Asia Minor, and that tho archives of tho Turkish government already have been removed to that point Nowb has reached hero from Berlin that the Turks aro very short of ammunition for their big guns and that tho Austrl ans aro making efforts to push sup plies through to Constantinople. Investigating Bread Prices, New York. Herbert B. Lanyon, n bakor, testified hero that although flour cost him moro than $7 a barrel, it cost him only 2 cents and a frac tion to bake n loaf of bread; that he sold It wholcsalo at 3t cents to one grocer, who sold it at retail at 4 cents. Lanyon nppoared as one of fifty retail dealers summoned in n hearing insti tuted by tho stnto attorney general to find out why the cost of bread wont recently from 4 cents to 6 cents a loaf, President Abandons Panama Trip. Washington. President Wilson has practically decided U abandon his con templated trip to tho Panama canal in July, because of the action of congress in eliminating from the legislative and nxocutlvc bill the appropriation for the celebration of tho formal opening of the canal. Fall to Establish Quarantine. Pierre, S. D. Efforts on tho part of South Omaha und Nebraska live stock dealers to havo South Dakota place n quarantlno against stackers and feed era from Minnesota and Iowa havo (ailed. Proclaim a State of Siege. Homo. A ototo of tilcgo hns been proclaimed in tho greater portion of Cyronalca in an effort to put down n robelllon. Cyronalca is ono of tho in dependent udmluistrntlvo and military districts of Tripoli which now Is un der Italian coutrol. A dispatch from Romo recently said Information had been received at Tripoli to tho offect that reinforcements had reached Cap tain Vollluo, whoso nntlve troops had almost deserted him as tho result of i robelllon in Libya. First Exchange of Prisoners. Geneva. Tho tlrat tralnload of maimed German prisoners of war who aro to bo exchanged for wounded French BoldlerB litis arrived horo from Lyons homowaril hound. Tho special glided Blowly Into tho station between linns ofx Swiss troops. Tho cars were linnieijlatoly boarded by Red Cross nurses,' who distributed gifts of oranges, chocolate and other delica cies among tho sufferers, 'relieving their French co-workers of tho re sponsibility of caring for tho passengers. BEEN THERE Iff M$m W$ Tmmfwt-m (CupyrlKltU PUT UPON A PAYING BASIS LAWLESSNESS MARKS CONTROL OF MEXICAN CAPITAL. Big Surplus In Postoffice Department For Fiscal Year Austrlnns Suffer Terrible Losses. Western Ncwtfapur Union News Service. Washington. Olllclal reports to tho United States government through Its own and other diplomatic representa tives describe it ti intolerable condi tion of affairs in Mexico City, where the populace is buffering tho effects of famluo und lnck of communication with tho outsldu world. One of the of ficial reports charges that General Obrcgon, tho Carranza commander, is Inciting tho people to loot und to take tho law Into their own hands to ob tain food in order to forco a largo part of the malo population into the Carranza army. This view of tho sit uation is credited by somo govern ofllclals hero becauso of Obrcgon's efforts to block a rolief movement be gun by an international committee. This committeo, in a communication of somo length to tho United States government, recites the difficulties of tho situation and on tho basis of It a strong protest has been sent to Gen eral Carransa. Big Losses for Austrlans. London. Roports received nere from various sources tell of the ter rible losses suffered by Austria In tho recent fighting. A Petrograd dispatch to Iteuter's Telegram company HnyB General Brousslloff's forces contlnuo to repulse desperate Austrian ad vances In tho Carpathians and that officers who have been taken prisoners declare their troops never before suf fered so severely. Somo divisions nro reported to have boon completely an nihilated. PLACED ON A PAYING BUSINESS. Surplus In Postoffice Department for Fiscal Year. Washington. Tho treasury depart ment has received a check from Post master General Burleson for $3,500, 000 representing the surplus In the rovonues of his department for tho flBcal year, which ended June 30, 1914. For the fiscal year of 1013 the postal rovenuo surplus was $3,800,000, which also was turned over to the treasury. In ncknowledglng tho receipt of this check, Secretnry McAdon said those payments wero tho fltst representing actual surpluses made by tho post ofllce department since 183G. Germany Acquiesces. Washington. Tho otllelal text of Germany's reply to tho suggestions of the United States with reference Vo tlio abandonment of submarlno warfare on merchant Bhlps. and the shipment of foodstuffs to the civilian population of belligerents, has been ro celved by the state department. The Gorman communication wnB nn nc ncqulescence on practically all of tho points proposed by the United States. Administration ofllclals wore greatly pleased at Its general tone. Pay Fine In Lieu of License. Fort Smith, Ark. Becauso Fort Smith saloonlsts have secured federal, state and county licenses, but under tho new state prohibition law cannot bo granted city licenses. It wns agreotl at n conferonco that they shall bo lined by tho city four dollarpa day, payable overy ten days. Tho new prohibition law forbids tho granting of any more saloon licenses. Heforn It was signed, Fort Smith saloonlsU had secured all their licenses savo thoso from tho city. Bomb In Barrel of Rice, Galveston, Tex. Dispatches have reached the Mexican consulate here telling of nu explosion on hoard the Mexican gunboat Progreso, which io suited In tho death of thirty pcrsnm.. Including llvo women. Tho explosion occurred while tho gunboat was at Progreso. It 1b said that what pur ported to bo u barrel of rlco Bent abend was in reality a bomb prepared by persons opposed to the Carranza roglmo. The Mexican consul here has cabled for further Information, BEFORE ALLIED FLEET IS STILL POUND INQ AWAY. Russia Formulating Wide Sweeping Reform Movement Sixty-third Congress Winds Up Business. Western NYwuiiapor Union Nuub S-'.ct ice. London. According to dispatches loeelveu here from Mytllene ana Ten uios islands, Keiuer'H Atheas corre spondent says tlio allied fleet has de strayed the batterlea of KIlid Hahr and Danakalo and arrived near Dardan elles. There uro more than 100,000 Turks on tho Unlllpoll coast under Issad Pasha. Tho village of Yculshahr 1h reported to have been destroyed by fire. A Renter dispatch from Athens, dated March ', says: "The bombard ment was resumed this morning at 10 o'clock, when fifty-two ships en tered tho straits. Fourteen battle ships bombarded the Turkish position on the Uulf of Saros. At noon the shelling was redoubled In violence for two hours. The results aro not yet known." Wind Up Slxty-thlrd Congress. Washington. The sixty-third con gress Wednesday night strenuously worked its way towards the finale at noon Thursday. Weary and worn sen ators und representatives pressed on under the eyes of hundreds of specta tors, who crowded the galleries of both houso and senate chambers and overflowed into tho corridors. Both branches handled a flood of bills, res olutions and conforenco reports in a desperate effort to pass all necessary legislation before adjournment. Tho sessions, which began early In tho morning, were practically almost con tinual until the final windup. PLAN COMPULSORY EDUCATION. Second Wide-Sweeping Reform Pro posed by Russia. New York. An officer of the emper or's household, In a letter to n friend In this city, writes that the second wide-sweeping reform to bo effected in Hussla will bo compulsory educa tion. Tho letter states that M. KaBso, minister of instruction and religion, is formulating a decree to bo issued on tho termination of tho present hostili ties and to be in full effect through out tho empire after a period of five years. Tho letter Is being discussed by tho minister of the cabinet. It is genorally belloved that the local gov ernment bodies will welcome tho new move in education and gtvo It finan cial support. Indictments Against Anarchists. New York. Tho grand Jury found Indictments against Frank Abamo and, Charles Carbono, the anarchists who were arrested accused of having plotted to e.xplodo two dynamite bombs in St. Patrick's cathedral while sev eral hundred worshipers wero nt mass. Tho Indictments charge tho two men with having placed a bomb In a pub lic place in violation of the penal laws. Abarno and Carbono were nr raiKned and held in $25,000 ball each. In Eulogy of Dean Bessey. Lincoln, Neb. Chancellor Avery of tho University of Nebraska spoke to tho house of representatives Tuosday nfternoon in tribute to tho memory of Prof. Charles K. Bessey, late head of tho department of botany. Following tho chancellor, Representative Peter son of Lancaster addressed tho houso as n graduate of the university and a pupil of Prof. Bessey. Ills talk was n feeling eulogy of tho late oducator's personal qualities, Intellectual attain, ments and lofty example to those who wero associated with him. 'Respite of Benefit to Turks. London. Operations of tho French and British fleets against tho Turk ish formications on tho Dardanelles, which during the last week hns taken tho warships of tho nllloB some fifteen miles through this well defended nnd narrow waterway, are nt a standstill on account of wind, accompanied by a heavy mist, which hinders the mnrkBinanshlp of tho naval gunners necessary to reduce tho second lino of forts concealed by tho hills. TIiIb ro splto is likely to prove of benefit to tho Turks, BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Gcorgo W. Bcemls, a pioneer of the state, is dead at his home in York. Omaha Is celebrating merchants' spring mnrkct this week. Furmors In tho vicinity of Polk have organized a grain association. The stnto G. A. R. encampment will bo held at Fremont, May 18 to 20. Billy Sunday will open up his cru sade on vice at Omaha In September. C. T. Deldrlck has been named by President Wilson as postmaster at Superior. Norfolk contemplates tho laying of several miles of paving during the coming Bummer. The annual meeting of the state speed association will be hold at Fre mont, March 18. Tho stnte banklcrf bonrd has grant ed a charter to tho Farmers Stato bank ut Louisville. Work will begin on McCook's $115, 000 fedornl building as soon ns tho weather will permit. Axtell will vote on n new post master. There are but two candi dates In the field so fnr. A carload of cotton In transit through the stato caught lire at Ra venna and was destroyed. Figured on a per capita basis, Ne braska Is tho second state In tho union for swine production. Tho raising of a fund for tho estab lishment of a Y. M. C. A. nt Univer sity Place has been completed. Sixteen box enrs in the railroad yards at Fremont wero broken into and robbed ono night last week. A municipal caucus will bo held at Falls City. March 15 A wet and dry light will bo on there this spring. Barney Oldfleld and De Loss Thomp son will bo star attractions at tho great Nebraska state fair next fall. Over fifty cases of measles were treated nt Lyons during the month of February. It was a record breaker. According to a Fremont liorso dealer, that vicinity has furnished over six hundred animals to the European war. Fremont fraternal societies aro con slderlng erecting n building suitable for housing all tho orders of that place. Tho Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist churches of Hebron nre plan ning to hold a scries of union revlvat meetings. John Zocmnn. for fifteen years post master nt Snyder, Id dead. Ho wne forty) years old nnd had been 111 for some time. The price of wheat at Fremont has dropped to $1.03, but Dodge county farmers nre holding their grain, con fident of n rise. The "Buy It Now" movement inau. gurated by the agricultural publishers' association, Is spreading to every sec-' tlon of tho stnte. The Security Mutual building at Lincoln wil be rebuilt this summer to a ten-story structure nt an expenditure of nbout $175,000. Horace M. Davis of the Ord Journal and D. A. Gcll of tho Grand Island Free Press have been appointed post master at those cities. Charles B. Perry of Crete has been appointed to the charge of tho con sulate at Turin, Italy. He has had considerable consular experience. Kearney business men are interest ed in a movement favoring a merger of the independent nnd the Bell tele phone companies at that place. The proposition of enlarging the Ne braska speed association circuit to eight towns will be considered at a meeting In Fremont, March IS. ' Tho Rock Island Railway company at Lincoln claims to have been sys tematically robbed of a hundred thou sand dollars worth of coal during the present winter. All records of the Lincoln weather bureau were broken by the snow storm of last week, tho high 'mark of forty llvo Inches for the season of 1911-12 being pnssed by moro than a foot. Tho snowfall for tho winter will total close to 58 inches. Jerry Mnngus, .a farmer near Be atrice, hit his hand with a hammer, as a result of which blood poisoning ensued and he had to havo a finger amputated. An olght-story Masonic temple Is to bo erected nt Omaha at a coBt of $300,000. It will be the most up-to-date of any similar edifice in tho United States. School children of tho stato will be asked to contribute their mites to tho cargo of the "Ea3ter Argosy," tho relief ship to bo sent to tho starving Belgians by tho New York relief com mittee. Tho roof of the Clay Center gym nasium caved In from un over-pressure of snow, just before tho crowd began to gather for a basketball game, no ono being In tho room at tho time. The stato institution's aro thinking of discarding canned salmon from tho menu nnd aro looking with kindly eyes towards the Vlckled article. It Is said to bo better and half tho price. Sister Catherine Sharkey is dead at tho convent of tho Sacred Heart at Omaha. Her death waB tho indirect result of Injuries received In tho cy clone of two years ago, wrom which she nover fully recovered. Rov. C. C. Markham of Ceda? Rapids has accepted the pastorato of the To cumsch Baptist church Fairs in the county circuit compris ing Flllmoro, Nuckolls and Gago will bo held, respectively, nt Geneva, Sep tember 14 to 17; Nelson, September 'JO to 23. and Beatrice, Septembor 28 to October 1. John L. Cutrlght, tho Lincoln boy who loft tho consular servlco recently, following an Incident In which tho wrath of tho English was excited by certain pro-Gorman utterances of his, hns been admitted to practice at the Nebraska bur. EW SITUATION RIOTING AND STARVATION SAID TO BE IMMINENT. ATTACK ON NEBRASKA LAW Claims Allen Land Enactment Is Un. constitutional Third Belgian Capital Has Been Deserted. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington. The situation in Mex ico City is described by high olllclald here as very serious. Starvation con fionts the populace if General Obrcgon stay a, It was reported, und rioting Is said to bo imminent if ho evacuates the city. There was s'-ine talk among diplomats of tho possibility of Inter vention, perhaps by a coalition of South American powers, but this was discounted because of tho geographical and other obstacles for a. satisfactory plan of procedure. Third Belgian Capital Deserted. London. Fumes, the third capital on Belgian soil since tho war began, has been deserted on account of the latest Gcrtmm bombardment, which de stroyed half of the town. The Bel gian general headquarturs located there tor several mouths has become the most mobile part of the army, and King Albert with his Btaff olllcera hardly know when they arise In, the morning where they aro going to sleep that night. ATTACK ON NEBRASKA LAW. Allen Land Enactment Pictured as Un. constitutional in Brief Filed In Supreme Court. Washington. Nebraska's alien land law has been attacked ns unconstitu tional In a brief filed in the supreme court by attorneys for non-resident aliens who have been deprived from Inheriting land of John, Toop, nn Eng lishman, naturalized in the United States and living at Ulysses, Nob., nt the time of his death in 189S. Oral ar gument In the ense will not bo heard until late in the spring. It has at tracted much attention among consti tutional lawyers, as well ns iu diplo matic circles. The Btatute in, question wns passed In 1889 and provides that non-resident aliens shall not acquire title to agri cultural or mining land by descent or purchase, except that the widow and heirs of aliens who had hitherto ac quired land might hold such for ten years for sale or naturalization. Spain Suffers from War. Madrid. Evidence that Spain Is Buf fering more severely economically from the war than any country except the belligerents is contained in dis patches from different provincial cen ters. Notwithstanding drastic meas ures taken by the government to pre vent monopolistic prices the cost of food, especially bread and meat, con tinues to rise. Thu situation is felt most ncutoly by tho working classes, already hard hit by the industrial stag nation resulting from the war. Says Villa Not Dead. San Antonio, Tex. F. P. Rescllla, Villa representative, has' received a message from E. C. Llorcnte, repre sentative of Villa in Wnshlngton, in which tho latter declares Villa Is not only alive, but that he received a di rect tolegraphlc message from his dat ed at Guadalajara on March G. Re cent rumors of Villa's death have been circulated. Sale of Flour Forbidden. Berlin. The sale of wheat or rye flour on Fridays, Saturdays nnd Sun days has been forbidden. Tho author ities havo discovered that thrifty housewives who havo found It unnec essary to use during tho week their entire supply of bread cards havo been using tho surplus to lay In n reserve stock of flour. Greek Army Mobilizing. Gencvn All the Greek nrmy ofllcors in Switzerland havo been recalled. Other Greeks of a military ago must present themselves nt tho offices of tho consul general in Geneva before March 11. Tho opinion is expressed by many here that there Is to bo a gen eral mpblllzatlon of tho Greek army. To Reimburse Farmers. Springfield, III. 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