I-J V? r ' Vi . nawKWloiwiNKtya vmmmHimp" N J'VtJIs'F T7pfTOFfralR5wf 4 RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF f , f 8 ''ill i '! if I" 'I ;! ; a -- i i i I p I E E AMERICANS ORDERED TO LEAVE JUAREZ. GERMAN REPLY IN FRYE CASE Answer Received to Last American Note In Frye Caie Red Crota Handicapped In Britain. Western Nawspupor Union Nuwa Krvlce. 101 Paso, Tox. All Auiurleuns luivo boon ordered out of Juuroz. At Uio aamo tlmo those on thu American hIiIu woro ordered to remain by General Pershing. Trumwiiy trullle was uIbo discontinued. A mob waH roportcd surrounding tho financial agency at Juarez, demanding money. Mrs. Thomas Edwards, wlfo of tho Amorl can consul nt Juarez, who a few dnya go loft for tliu oast, waa the first Amorlcan to cross Into tliu United Status following tho order i;lvcn out at military hcudquniiorB. Tho United BUitoo border patrol Immediately ,ns Increased and tin III c over the Inter national bridge halted. No Amorl oono woro permitted to cross, tho ordor of General J. J. Perching, com manding tho Eighth brigade ut Fort Bliss, bolng rigidly enforced. Red Cross Is Hnndlcaped. Washington. Great Britain hns sus pended tho IsBtinnco of permits for hlpmontB of hospital supplies of any doflcriptlon from tho Unltod States to Gormany, AuBtrln-Hungury, Bulgaria and Turkey. At tho samo tlmo it was learned that tho atnto department, at tho Instnnco of tho American Rod Gross, had made ruprosontntlons to tho London foreign ortlco scuking with drnwul or modification of tho now ordor. GERMAN REPLY IN FRYE CASE Full Text Received. Out Has Not Been Made Public. Washington Tlio full text of tho Gorman roply to tho last Amoricnn nolo regarding tho sinking of tho Amorlcan ship, William P. Fryo, has boon received at tho stnto depart ment through tho malls from Ambas sador Gorard. It was said, howover, that on account of its possible bear ing upon tho open lssuos Involved In tho Luflltanla and Ancouu cases tho state department will not tit this tlmo niako public the dutallH of tho. reply. It Is understood, howover, that tho answer leaves In doubt tho nttltudo of tho Gorman government towards tho Amorlcan suggestion that tho re quirements of tho declaration of Lon don that "before tho vessel Is de stroyed all persons on board must be placed In safety." Tho Washington government expressed Itself us not being sat la (led by meroly giving an opportunity for OBcapo In lifeboats on opon sea. Norwegians Will Not Join. Christiana. Henry Ford, who has boon sick during his stay hero and unable to attend thn meeting of tho peace mission, bus gone to Stockholm. Tho othor members of tho party left later on a upoclnl train, with the ex ception of Gov. L. II. Hauua of North Dakota, who proccodod to Copenha gen. Tho invitation to Norwegian friends of peace to join tho party has mot with no response. Tho CUrlstt ana papers express doubt that a rep resentative Norwegian would accept tho invitation. To Determine Foreign Opinions. Washington'. Explanation of the purposes of Col. E. M. Houso's trip to Europe, at tho roquost of Presi dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing, obtained hero dlscloso that Colonel House will dlspouso tho views of tho Unltod States on general internation al questions and will attompt to do tormlno tho Btato of otllcial and pub lic opinion In tho various countries he will visit. Steamer Eastland Sold. Chicago. Tho steamer Eastland, which overturned in tho Chicago river July 24 causing tho loss of S12 lives, bos been sold to tho Illinois naval re sorvo for ?4C.000. Alterations will bo mado in her hull to mnko her seawor thy, and s!io will ho used ns n train ing ship. Tho vcbsoI waB sold to sat isfy tho salvago claims of the com pany which raised her. To Fence the Border. Amsterdam. Tho nowspapor Mobb bodo says it learns from Oldouzaal, Holland, that owing to tho increasing numbor of war prisoners escaping over tho Gorman-Dutch frontier, tho German government Intends to closo the wholo frontier with barbed wire. Now York. Americana having com mercial Interests in Mexico nro pro paring to resume tho operation of tholr properties there In tho boMof that tho revolution headod by Goneral Villa Is ndod. Water Power Conservation. Washington. Tho houso committee on public lauds has practically agreed to report favorably tho administration water power conservation bill imme diately aftor tho holidays. Tho bill, rirtually idouUcal with one which passed tho houso at thu lust session and died In tho seuato, proposes a. sys tem of flfty-yoar leases of the water lowsr resources of tho government DIFFERENCE OF -" l- ' ' - in I ' '' " ' (&S3A(2X2.(& S (Copynguu MILLION MORE MEN NEEDED FOREIGN TRADE IS ONE-HALF BILLION DOLLARS. British Premier Asks House of Com- mono for Extra Men Awaiting Austro-Hungarian Reply. Wentfrn Newspaper Union Newo Service Washington. Foroigu trado of tho United Stutea in November jumped to the unprecedented total of half a billion dollars. A department of com merce statement just issued show3 that imports as well as exports broko records for tho month. A record of flvu billion dollars for tho past twelve months' exports and Imports was set. Novombor Imports woro $1C4,319,1C9, more by $11,000,000 than the previous November record, made In 1912. No vember oxportH of $331,144,527 woro tho greatest of any month in tho country's history. Tho best previous month w.'ib last October when oxports were $328,030,281. Awaiting Austro-Hungarian Reply. Washington. Pending rocolpt of Austria-Hungary's reply to tho second American noto regarding tho sinking of tho Italian liner Auconn, Huron .wlodlnok, chargo of tho Austro-Iluu-garlau embassy, la conducting or form ing a basis to conduct Informal nego tiations with Secretary Lansing look lug forward to an amicable settlement of tho controversy. An Intimation to that effect was received at tho stato department after tho chargo had con ferred at somo longth with thn secre tary. It Is understood Ilaron Zwlodl nek is attempting negotiations simi lar to those conductod by Count Burns- torff, tho Gorman ambassador, follow ing tho sinking of tho Arabic. It Is considered iraprolmblo, howover, that such negotiations can dovolop to an Importnnt stsgn until aftor rocolpt of tho next formal communication from Austria-Hungary, which Is expected somo tlmo during tho week. MILLION MORE MEN NEEDED. Premier Asqulth Asks House of Com mons to Supply Them. London. Tho house of commons, after an all night scbsIoii, was stlM sitting nt 4 o'clock Wednesday morn ing. Many members protosted ngalnst tho houso being kept In session so Into and attempted to get thn debate ad journed, but tho mtnlstors insisted that tho voto for tho million extra men must bo passed. Reginald Mc Kenna, chancellor of tho oxchequer, announced that ho did not think the result of tho rocrultlng plan of tho nary of Derby could bo presented to tho house boforo tho Christmas ad journment. Epidemic of Influenza. Chicago. Approximately 85,000 pu pils of tho public schools are absent on account of n wave of Influenza which is spreading over tho city, ac cording to roports of school physi cians mado to tho health department. Commissioner John Dill Robertson said tho dlscao was especially viru lent In tho mlddlo west Illinois, Wis consin and Iowa. General Bllsslng to Retire. Romo. General von Bllsslng, Gcr mnn governor-general of occupied por tions of Bulglum, is to retlro from tho governorship on January 1, on ac count of 111 health, according to a dis patch from Antwerp to tho Corrlspon denza. Sunday Closes Campaign at Syracuse. SracuBo, N V. Tho Rev. Hilly Sun day has closed his campaign In this city and left for his homo nt Winona Lako, Ind., nftor having preached to more than 1.000 pcoplo In seven weeks. Will Fight Advance Order. Omahn, Nob. Mcmbors of stato rail way commissioners of five Btatos in Western Passenger association terri tory, aftor a mooting horo Wodnosday, nro still undecided what step to tnko with respoct to tho interstate com mcrco commission's ordor to ndvanco Interstate passcngor fares from 2 conts to 2.4 cents por mllo. Tho ro suit of a conference of tho commis sioners hero was a doclslon to fight tho advanco ordor If they nro finall A FEW DAYS S(C3a3(3 8& UNPAID VILLA TROOPS ENGAGE IN OUTBREAK. Natlon-wldo Campaign In Favor of Meyer London Resolution Rural Credits Bill Is Be ing Perfected. Western Newnpnpcr Union NV Service. El Puso, Tex. Heavily armed Mux leuu und American troops lined thu banks of thu Hlo Grande us tho result of rioting in Juarez. One shot from south of tho border, bellovcd by thu United States military authorities to havo been llrml on American troops, toppled George A. IMcpcrt of El Paso, a brukoniun, from off tho top of an El Paso & Southern freight car. Ho wus dead with a ballot in his heart when u corporal's guard reached him. Ills train mutes lied at the shot. Later tho train was pulled out of rungo of Mexican cavalry that moved along tho bank of tho Hlo Grande. Tho troublo aroso when 300 Villa sol diers reached Juarez in desperate con dition from lack of food and in ar rears in pay. They refused to accept tho surrender to the do facto govern ment until tho agreement was signed b.rj icncrul Ochoa. Perfecting Rural Credits Bill. Washington. A rural credits bill to bo Introduced In both houses of con gress after tho holidays has boon vir tually completed by tho special joint commission created by tho lust con gress for report ut this session. Only a few details remain to bo decided. Tho measure provides for a system of co-oporatlvo local associations, fed erated with regional land banks, which bunks would havo tho powor to Issuo bonds bnscd on the land mortgages of tho local association. Tho land banks, twolvo In numbor, will be super vised by tho government by a board appointed by tho president. They will distribute In nccordonco with the agri cultural neods of the country and would have a combined capital stock of not less than $6,000,000. European systems of land mortgngo credit have boon studied closely by tho commit teo in working out its scheme. SOCIALIST PEACE MOVEMENT. Nation-wide Campaign Favoring Meyer London Resolution. Chicago Tho executive committee of tho socialist party at a meeting held hero planned a nation-wide campaign in support of joint resolution intro duced by Meyer London, tho party's only representative at thi national cap ital, directing President Wilson to call a conference of neutral nations with a view of ending the European war, and namod a committee consisting of Eugono V. Dobs of Torro Hauto, Ind., Morris Hlllqult of Now York, inter national secretary of the socialist party, and James II. Maurer of Penn sylvania to call on President Wilson in Washington nnd urge him to uso his lulluence to urge tho passago of a joint resolution by congress. Washington. Tho Unltod States has recognized provisionally twenty consular ofllcors of tho Carranza gov ernment In tho Unltod States. Three cousuls general aro on tho list. Americans May Be Expelled. Washington. Tho thirty Americans detained by Goneral Villa at Madera, Mox may bo oxpollcd frcm Villa ter ritory us tho Spaniards wore at Tor reon a year ago, but aro not bolleved to be In dangor of execution, accord ing to ndviccs to tho stato department from El Paso, American Held as Spy. Berlin, Slogfrled Pnul London, n naturalized American citizen, hns been placed In Jail at Warsaw and Is await ing trial on a charge of osplonngo. Building Big Merchant Marine. Washington. American ship yards havo under construction now more ves sels than over boforo wero building In thu United States to add to an Amorlcan merchant niarlno whoso gross tonnago already 1b tho largest In tho country's history, Bald a re port Issued by tho commissioner of navigation. Ninety-eight morchnnt vessels aro being built or are under contract. Tiieso, with many small yes BONDS MA MEETING OF SCIENTIFIC CON' GRESS IN WASHINGTON. A PLAN FOR RURAL CREDITS Representative Shallenbergcr Would Enlarge Postal Service Stolen Mall Pouch Was Found. IVestrrn Newspaper Union News Nervine. Washington. Moro than 200 states men, cdtratars, scientists and pub licists from tho South and Central Amorlcan republics uro hero for tho Bocond pau-Amorlcnn scientlc con gress which convened Monday and continues until January 8. In addi tion to tho otllcial delegates of thu United Stales several hundred private citizens will participate in tho pro Kiam, which Is directed to waul tho general Biibjoct of closer relations be tween tho Americans. Tho first pan American scientific congress wus hold it Sanllugo, Chile, 190S, when Wash ington wus selected ha tho placo in which to hold thn second this year. Edunrdo Suarez, Chilean ambassador to Washington, was chosen president of tho congress and will preside nt Iho conference. Vice-President Mar iliall, Secretary Lansing and Ambas sador Suarez welcomed the delegates ind responses were mado by chairmen of tho various delegations. Stolen Mali Pouch Recovered. Wilmington, Del. Fivo hundred thousund dollars In stock certificates and checks, stolen from a registered mnll pouch while it was in transit In a wagon from tho Wilmington postof flee to tho Pennsylvania railroad sta tion late Christmas eve, havo been recovered in an old stove nt tho homo of two negroes who woro driving tho vehiclo. Tho mall pouch contained stock certificates und chocks estimated to be worth $S50,000. When tho pouch reached tho station it was found open. All but $350,000 or the securities und checks wero missing. NEW PLAN OF RURAL CREDITS. Representative Shallenberoer Would Combine It With Postal Sav. Inrjs Banks. Washington. A bill combining an enlargement of postal Bavlnga service and rural credits Is being prepared for introduction by Representative Shnl lonborgor. Mr. Shallenbergcr said that ho proposed to retnovo all re strlctlnns ns to the amount pntrons could deposit in postnl tanks, nnd thnt ho would enable land owners to borrow postal savings funds direct from postmasters nt not to exceed 4 per cent, with lnnd ns security. "A rural credits system on this basis would need very fow more em ployes," snld Mr. Shallenbergcr. "as most of the duties could ho handled by postmasters and postofTico inspec tors." British Troops In Egypt. Berlin. Great Drltaln has 300,000 troops In Egypt, 200,000 of whom nro In positions guarding tho Suoz canal, according to tho writer of a letter printed by tho Kolnlshchor Voiles Zcltung, sent from Egypt on Decem ber 12. Tho correspondent ndds that of tho troops protecting tho Suez canal 70,000 arrived Inst week. Neutral Commission to Visit Camps. Berlin. Tho ministry of war has an nounced that after six months of dip lomatic negotiations, Franco has agreed to allow a neutral commission with supplies to visit prison camps In Algiers, TunlB nnd Morocco, and that six Swiss commissioners nre now on their way to Africa. Paris. Tho Swiss federal council believes that this is not the proper time to offer its good offices to bellig erents for tho negotiation of an armis tice or preparations for peace nego tiations, according to M. Hoffman, head of tho political department. "Washington. An exocutlvo procla mation designating January 1, 191C, as n day for making contributions for tho relief of tho stricken Inhabitants of Toland has been Issued from tho Whlta house. President Wilson signed tho proclamation after tho Bomto had adopted n resolution suggesting that ho do so. Now York. Various Amoricnn mer cantile nnd manufacturing firms doing business in Great Britnin nre anld to be sufTorlng losses duo to n hlnckllst which they claim tho British govern ment maintnliiB ngalnst nontrnl indi viduals suspected of having affllla tins with Great Britain's enemies. Mnrsnllles, Franco. Eighteen mil lion francs, constituting tho Scrb'nn troasury, have nrrlvod horo on thn wny to Piris, Tho money will bo deposited In the Frnnco-Sorblan bank at tho capital. Fierce Storm In New York. Now York. One of the wlordcst Btorms tho enst hnn soon In many years rain, hnll and snow, nccompa nld hv thunder nnd lightning and a rnln that reached a maximum vnlclty ef ninety miles n hour descended from thn northwest oarly Sunday nB tho nftcrmnth of a Chrlitmas fog. It tndlroctly cntipcd snvon deaths In this vicinity, carried down telegraph wires, damaged shlpplntr. crlnnled, railroad HA&IING3 THIRD CITY Now Claims More Inhabitants Than Grand Island. Hastings. Hastings was officially declared tho third city of Nebraska in population when figures of tho re cently completed special census reached horo from Washington and showed 10,873 Inhabitants, a few hun dred ahovo Grand Island, Places are thus exchanged. This Includes ninety-live nogrocs, eight Koreans and one Chinaman. Prctldcnt Clarke of the Commercial club Is well pleased, guess was 11,000. His May Build Condensory. Hastings. That a condenaory offers i better murket to farmers than does i creamery was made plain at the :hambur of commerce mooting re cently, by tho report of Secretary Ulnko, that the Kaliilold Creamery prospect has been held up temporarily on account of the proposed establish ment of a condensory In this city. Tho citizens of Fairfield havo raised $30,000 for a creamery nt that place, but they await tho next move of tho local proposal of a condensory. Arrests Fire Bug Suspect Winnebago. Deputy state lire war dens investigating tho recent firo that partially consumed tho Ualcom store and tho Chieftain olllce here, have ar rested William Snow, a Winnebago In dian, 25 years old. Snow Is reported to havo confessed to firing tho Balcom storo for tho purpose of robbing an other Htoro while residents of tho town were fighting tho flro. Ho Is bollcvcd to havo a white accompllco who is still at liberty. Will Try Pump Irrigation. North Platto. Pump irrigation Is to be demonstrated in Lincoln coun ty on a largo scale. Prof. L. W. Chase of Lincoln, who was in tho city recently looking over the proposition, has decided that tho pump irrigation 1b to bo tried at tho experimental sub station south of the city. Tho plant nt tho experiment farm will be on a largo scale. It will be capablo of wa tering from Blxty to eighty acres. Too Much Grain for Cribs Beatrice. Farmers report that most of tho corn In this county has been gathered and that If the weather re mains favorable tho crop will bo well In band by thu first of tho year. Many farmers havo their corn piled on tho ground because their cribs will not hold all or tho grain. Tho yield will average about forty bushels to tha acre. Stone Street Signs at Hastings Hastings The names of streets and avenues will bo permanently marked In Btono for tho benefit of newcomers and strangers. Curbing for many miles of new paving soon to start will bo thus designated. Mayor Madgctt's suggestion was written into specifica tions in all now paving districts. Farmer Kills Mammoth Wolf Crofton. Al Algers, a farmer liv ing near Crofton, killed tho largost timber wolf ever scon in this part of tho stato. Tho animal had been ter rorizing ranches for a number of years, killing young calves and pigs. FROM ALL OVER NEBRASKA Elk Creek will have electric lights and power. Palmyra will have a farmers' in stitute January 28. Tho stato checker meet will be hold at Hastings, February 1 to 4. Omaha claims to do 55 per cent of tho laundry business of the stnto. Hastings carpenters havo organized a union, with nearly fifty charter mem bers. Tho state chicken tournament will be held at Hastings, February 1 to 4. Plans are undor way for the con ntruction of a new $75,000 hotel at York. The Farmers' Co-operative union at Bameston in Gage county has been In corporated. Mrs. Emma Ferris of Fremont was. sorlously burned by iho explosion of a gasoline stove. John Wilson has been recommended by Congressman Shnllenberecr for postmaster at Franklin. Plans are ready for tho now univer sity hospital to bo erected at Oma ha at n cost of $100,000. j The Holdrege Commercial club has adopted resolutions opposing tho pro posed tnx on bank checks. Tocumsch is making an effort to se cure a canning factory. The German Lutheran church at Pickeroll is to have anew house of worship, 54 by 9C feet, with towor. Samuel Llchty, ono of tho best known men in Richardson county, It dead at his homo in Falls City. Tho Ladlos' Etudo club of Kear ney will give municipal concerts every other Sunday during tho win tor. Hastings high school students hava organized a radio club and will locate a twireless station in the school build ing. Rev. D. L. McBride, pastor of tha McCook BaptlBt church, has roslgnod to take the pastorate of tho church at Liberty. Postofllces at Brady, Chapman, Cody and Nchawka, hertoforo in the fourth class, have bcon advanced to third class. Rolatlvcs at Boatrlvo have received word that Mrs. R. D. Rogers was burned to death In her sod houso in Richardson county. Rov. Fruohllng of Johnson was seri ously Injured when his team became LEVIES BRING IN IMMENSE SUM LARGE SUM FOR 8CHOOL APPOR TIONMENT. NEWS OF THE STATE HOUSE Items of General Interest Gathered From Reliable Sources at State House. Wettern Newspaper Union News Servlc Seventy-eight counties of the state) report utmost ub grout n rovenuo rais ed for ull purposes this year as waa raised lust year In all tho counties of tho statu. What tho additional fifteen, counties will raiso will virtually bo excess over and ubovo that amount. Tho total for these counties Is $20, 083,501, according to reports tiled with Socretary Demecker of tho stato as sessment nnd equalization hoard. Last year the nlncty-thrco counties of tho state raised $20,405,457. This Includes revenue from nil sources from tho muT nlclpallty up to tho stato. Dosplto tho fact that tho stato lovy Is lower this year, tho municipal and county levies havo grown, uccordlng to Mr. Bern eckor. Big School Apportionment Owing to a chango in tho dato of tho semi-annual school apportionment a largo sum has accumulated in tho stato treasury and it 13 estimated that tho amount will bo $450,000 or $500. 000 by tho third Mondny in January. Treasurer Hall has $325,000 in th fund nt this time. Tho old law re quired thu distribution of tho fund to counties and school districts tho third. Monday in May and tho first Monday In December. Tho last legislature changed tho dates to tho third Monday in July and tho third Monday in Jan uary. The law did not go into effect until July so tho act will for tho first time bo enforced in January. Tronsuror Hall mado tho last apportionment in June, n dato not mentionod in tho law because he overlooked tho fact that tho law did not go into effect in timo to chango tho first apportionment of tho year In May. But Few Bonds Are Past Due Out of $9,700,000 In bond invest ments hold by tho state of Nebraska for tho educational trust funds, the incomo of which goes to support tha common schools of the stato, tho uni versity of Nebraska, tho agricultural collego and tho four stato normal schools, less than ono-twentieth of 1 per cent has become past duo by fail ure to pay at maturity. State Treas urer Hall has completed a check of theso bonds, and ho Undo that the only ones which have overrun their tims aro four series amounting altogether to $4,700. Ho expects to collect the full amount of each issuo, with accru ing interest, as soon ns levies ar mado to pay them off. Tho treasurer considers such a percentage of bonds past due In a total of nearly $10,000,000 to show that tho stato's investments aro exceedingly well placed. Nebraska's Tobacco Industry. According to reports filed In th state department of labor by manufac turers of cigars and those engaged in tho preparation of tobacco for the market, for the year 1914 thoro waa a capital of $321,139.78 invested. Em ployment was furnished to 426, of which 1C9 were females. The total paid In wages for tho year was $247, 509.09. Total valuo of stock used, $359,699.94. The total valuo of pro duction was $746,818.89. Per cent of sales In Nebraska, 97 V2. Niuo were employod under tho ago of sixteen yoars. Averago wages per week $13.79. Roports were filed by slxty-olght man ufacturers, as compared with fifty bvo In 1913. To Bar Dishonest Advertising. Honest advertising campaigns fos tered by the Lincoln Ad club and glvon goneral endorsement by mer chants and consumers hero, will cul mlnato in the introduction of ono or two bills in tho noxt session of tho legislature, according to members wha are now preparing them. Ono such bill Is of interest to tho stnto at largo, particularly to the farming sec tions. It will provldo that no nowsr paper in the stato shall carry tho ad vertising of any concern not allowed undor tho stato's regulatory statutes to operate In this state. Doctor Andorson, stato veterinarian, was called to Mllford to examlno live stock on tho farms of Potor Stahloy and Joo Roth. Tho two fnrmors sold seventy-five hogs to a buyer from Nobrnska City, whoro thoy wcr slaughtered. Forty head proved to b tuborcular and twolvo woro condemn ed for uso as food. Doctor Audoroon) found no tuberculosis in tho hogs on the Stahley farm, but found half ot the hogs on Roth's farm affoctod and. eighteen out of tho twenty-six head of registered Shorthorn cowb affected with tho samo disease. After the absonco of a Thanksglvr inc day samo from the Nebraska foot ball schedule for thu last five yoars, Guy E. Reed, Huskor uthletic man ager, has announced that tho strong Notre Dame squad will bo tho univer sity's opponent next year on that day. Romovnl of all leaves and crass from the foot of apple and other trees during the winter months Is urged by iaa norucuituriits or tho stato agri cultural college. V insist that! mica .tf'l 1 M f ;