m r mirwtrr-jt - ,. ixfi- woa si. 'W iw"1 . JCS1 RED OLOUD. NEBRASKA, CHIEF U v ii ,i i a if r h m THEDAY NCONGRESS WHAT 18 DEINQ DONE IN BOTH HOUSE3 Ittmmary of the Work of Our Nn tlonal Lawmakers at Washington. WMtcra Newnpnper Union News Strvlce. Saturday. The Senate Mot at noon. Adopted IxjiIro resolution calling on Secretary 1):uiIoIb for Admiral Fletch er's rojiort ou naval war gumo last mmor. Woman BUffrngo amendment favor ably reported by Biirfrngo committee. PaBBcd 1)111 provldhiB for a commis sion to codify and suggest nmendmenta to (ho general mining lawB. The Houoe '.Mot nt noon. Itoprcsentatlvo Itnlnoy of Illinois de livered Jackson day nddrcBB. Secretary darrlton continued testi mony boforo military committee. Consideration of water power bill was resumed. Friday. The 8enate 'Met at noon. Hill amending law to prevent dlfl losuros of national dofenso eccrota Introducod by Sonator Ovorninn. Senator Hitchcock Introducod reso lution calling upon postmaster general for Information on Interference with American mails by censors. Foreign relations commlttoo mot but took no action on submarlno question or nomination of II. P. Flotchor as Mexlcau amhansador. fiuBpcnoIon of tariff provision frco Mating Bugar May 1 proposed In reso lution latroduced by Senator Drous sards. The House Met at noon. Itcar Admiral Stanford contlnuod to consider next Frlduy proposed legislation to rcgulato water powor at Niagara Falls. Representative Cardncr In speech opposed embargo on -nrmB and war nucltlons.- Reprceentatlvo Kent Introduced bill to create natlonnl park acrvlco under laterlor department. Thursday. The Senate Mct at noon. Adopted a resolution asking tho war department If It is not possible to abolish or consolidate soma army posts. Sonator MoCumbor aBked for Invest igation of charges that an alleged combination Is about to advanco prlocs on binding twino. Adopted resolution asking tho pres ident to deslgnato a Jewish relief day. The House Met at noon. Socrotary Garrlscn outlined tho army Increases to tho military com mission. Representative Hensloy asked for an Investigation of propaganda for and against preparedness. Wavy coranritteo continued hoar!ng3 on tho naval bill. Wednesday. The Senate Met at noon. Itoprcsentatlvo Humphrey, rapubll on, of Washington, attacked tariff, attributing prosperity solely to war. Administration hill for development f water power on tho public domain was dobatod. Postofflco committee resumed hear ings on tho postal bill. The House Mot nt noon. lands committee worked on water power leasing bill. Tuesday. The Senate Met at noon and ad loomed out of respect to thu memory of the lato Justice Lamar until noon Wednesday. The Souse 'Mot at noon. Secretary MoAdoo asked a rush ap propriation of $100,000 for rural san itation and fighting typhoid and pel lagra, Tho administration rural credits bill was Introduced. Tho naval affairs commltteo ar ranged to begin public hearings to Morrow, starting with yarda and docks. Canary Breeding Stops. Berlin. Tho business of canary brooders of tho ITnrz mountains has boon almost utterly destroyed by tho war. Tons of thousands of canaries woro oxported yearly to America, Franco, England and Russia. Tho war stopped this and tho domestic trndo Is almost complctoly at a standstill. Washington. Reorganization of General Carranza's olllclal family 13 ttoo objoct of n conference .it Quorn taro to which tho general has invited GonoralB Obrcgon and Gonzales, his chief military cpinrraudorH, several olvll ofllcors a.iluan Sanchez Az cona, formorly private secretary to President Mjrdoro. Lansing, Mich. Tho name of Henry Ford, who recently returned from his European peace mission, has a place SSjf"? tho republican presidential primary fp 'lot in Michigan. 1 Cfien Miles of Dike on Nemaha. 1 City. Neb. Ten miles of dike Oppwonnts to hold back tho flood tho lowor Nemaha river lu 1 county, Just nbovu tho Htho moans recommended by Inoor Johnson to prevent the if tho adjacent farm lands w of nbnormnl rainfall like it year. Mr. Johnson was "' tho ofllcors of tho drain- t and tho complaining land act n8 umpire botwecn ecommend what should be m IIU1IIKI1LI FOOD SHORTAGE IN GERMANY QERMANY OFFERS TO PAY DEMNITY IN LUSITANIA CASE IN- Lack of Food Has Reached Critical Stage According to Statement Riots Follow Ml.ll Strike. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington. Count von Dernstorff, tho German nmbaBsador has presented to Secretary Lansing a proposal to pay Indemnity for Americans lost in tho Lusltanla disaster, and thorcby concludo that controversy, and gavo assurances that uny German subma rines In tho Mediterranean would not attack non-combatant ships without warning or destroy them without op portunity for non-combatants to roach a place of safety. Whllo offering to pay Indomnity In tho Lusltanla case, Germany makes tho reservation that It Is dono without admission of wrong-doing. No official Indication was given as to tho accep tability of the proposal, but ono sot of American officials took tho vlow that It would end tho controversy. Riots Follow Mill Strike. Youngstown, O. Nineteen persons havo been shot, four probably fatally and many others Injured and ten buildings nro burnt as a result of steel mill riots horo. Tho flro threat ened tho entire Hast Youngstown bus iness section. Sheriff J. P. Umstcads, telegraphing Governor Willis, said: "I'lcaso send state militia at onco. Lives nro being taken in East Youngs town and many buildings aro being burned. We aro holplcss to copo with tho situation." EaHt YoungBtown Is a suburb of Youngstown and Is located In tho heart of tho factory district. FOOD 8HORTAGE IN GERMANY Has Reached Critical Stage, Dr. Ed mond von Mach Says. Now York. A declaration that tho shortngo of food In Germany haa reached a critical stago, has been mndo by Dr. Edmund von Mach, chalrmnn of tho citizens' commltteo on food shipments. "It is impossible to doscrlbo tho no co3slty of milk for tho babies," said Dr. von Mach. "Hich and poor, noble man and plain citizen, aro bogging for It from America. I havo appealed to Washington for permission to ship tremendous quantities of milk to the fatherland. Tho babies must have It If tholr lives aro to bo saved." Dr. von Mach pointed out that if Germany was not In great need of immodlnto supplies his activities would havo been terminated by Am bassador von Hernstorff as soon as ho began hla work thrco weeks ago. Larodo, Tex. A gasoline bath hns been adopted In Nouvo Laredo, Mox Ico, to pro'vent typhus Infection. It is applied, howovor, only to suspects of unusual pornonnl untidiness. Federal health olllrlals say that a typhus epi demic nlong tho Moxlcan border Is un likely If proper precautions aro taken. Dr. Hyde's Fourth Trial Kansas City, Kas The fourth trim of Dr. B. Clark Hydo, charged with murdering Colonel Thomas II. Swope. a Kansas City millionaire philanthro pist, has been postponed to thu April term of tho circuit court hero. Prohibition Convention at St. Paul St. Paul, Minn. The national prohl bltlon convention will bo held at tho auditorium hero Juno 19 next, Instead of at Minneapolis, tho ploeo originally sot by tho national executive commit too at Chicago. British Cabinet Crisis Not Ended Ixmdon.- It again becomes evident fiat tho cabinet crisis 1b far from c.ded. Tho only djfllcult point Is that rfir Jolm Simon, secretary of stato for 'nmo nffalrs, has resigned. Ho had a irolongod Interview with Promlor As qulth Tuesday. Tho premier did his utmost to Induco Sir John to remain la the cabinet, but without avail, and c Is nlmoHt certain that the homo .eeretr.ry'a resignation will be officially jiinouuccd on tho reassombllng of parliament j GHOSTS!! BRITISH LABOR MEN AGAINST FORCED ARMY SERVICE. Preparedness Favored by American Defense Society Many Nebraska Postmasters Endorsed by Senate. v extern Nowcpapor Union New Servicn. London. Organized labor of Groat liritaln, Bitting In congress In London Thursday, decided against thu govern ment's compulsion bill by tho over whelming majority of 1,998,000 votes to 78:!,000. Hostility to tho govern ment's measure was uncompromising und necessitated tho resignation from tho coalition ministry of Honderson, William Draco and Gcorgo II. Roberts, holding respectively tho olllces of president of tho board of education, parliamentary undursccrotary for homo affairs, and lord commissioner of tho treasury, und tho resignations woro announced during tho evening. Tho laor congress was In many ways the most Important body of the kind over assembled. Moro than 1,000 dele gates woro proscnt, representing four hundred unions and thrco million workors. Nebraska Postmasters Endorsed. Washington. Tho senate Wednes day confirmed tho following postoillco nominations In Nebraska: Zander Y. Zuhilce. Bancroft; D. II. Mlchaell, Lib erty; James C. TJadgor, Arlington; M. G. Docrlng, Ilattlo Creek; Thomas, J. Lane, nioomlngton; Leslie J. Hummel, nurwoll; William F. Nick, Cedar niuffs; Charles A. Payne, Clear Wn tor; Ellis S. Potter, Crcto; Thomas J. HlndsT David City; Georgo W. Nich olas, DoWItt; Daniel Kavanaugh, Fulrbury; C. C. Davis, Falls City; S. A. Tobey, Gresham; Paul C. Morgan, Hay Springs; Samuel G. Hudson, Lin coln; William C. Rusmltoll, Mason City; E. O. Ilarshman, Minatare; Er nest D. Smith. Mitchell; Fred W. Shlvoly, Oakdnle; Oscar E. Swanson, Onklnnd; J. J. McCarthy, Ogallala; M. II. McCarthy, O'Neill; Anton B. Helms, Randolph; A. N. Conklln, St. Paul; O. S. Larson, Shlckley; Otis L. Nowktrk. Staplcton; Gcorgo W. Sandusky, Ster ling; William D. Day. Ulysses; Carl Carlson, Valparaiso; E, J. Waltcnborn, Waco; Nelson J. Luc' I, Wahoo; D. O. O'Kayno, Wood River; C. F. Gilbert. York. FOR A BIG ARMY AND NAVY Resolutions Favoring Military Pre paredness Passed by American Defense Society New York. Resolutions calling for military proparednoss to meet tho na tional emergency which will nrlse "within the next twelvo or thirteen months," wero passed at tho mooting of tho advisory board of tho American Defense society. Tho meeting was attended by Col. Theodoro Roosevelt his cousin, Phillip Roosovelt, Hudson Maxim, David Jayno Hill and Beveral other well known advocates of pro paredness. Tho first resolution aoptod calls for tho Immediate construction of forty eight dreadnoughts with tho neces sary complementary smaller cinft. A second resolution demnnds a standing army of 200,000 men to bo supported by citizen soldiery, whoso sorvlco would bo obligatory. Porto Rlcans Want Citizenship. SAN JUAN Whether Porto Rlcans aro to bo successful this year lu got tho United States congress to admit them to American citizenship Is tho question uppermost In tho minds of most Porto Rlcans at present. Al though cltztnslilp has been promised seventeen years ago, each congress slnco that tlmo haB failed to pass tho necessary laws. Tho islaudors nro now hopeful that tho first democratic ad miustratlon slnco 1S0S will act favor ably and glvu them a dollnltoly polltl cal status. San Antonio, Tex., General Victor lano Hucrta, former president of Mex ico, under nriost at El Paso for al leged violation of tho noutallty laws of tho United Btates, 1b to bo released on his own recognizance At the opon of tho federal court U. S. Attorney Camp presumed n motion to this ef fect, Baying It wus at tho suggestion of Attorney General Gregory and call ing attention to the age nnd Infirmities of tho former Mexican leader. District Judge Macoy entered tho ordor. It will In no way lnterfero with IEHH LESSENED GERMANY MAKING AMENDS OVER SINKING OF SHIP GOVERNMENTAL OWNERSHIP Secretary Daniels Would Control All Radio Stations Propose Pros perity Day Lest of February. Western Newspaper Union Nrv Service. Washington. Encouraged by tho conciliatory nttltude Hhown by Ger many and Austria in recent diplomatic echungea with the United Statca, olll clals uro considering rcn.uuiiig a definite and comprehensive statement pledging not only Germany, but ull her allies to respect, In tho conduct of their sea warfare, the guarantees as to tho safety of American life for which this government haB contended throughout) tho entlro submarlno controversy. Pres ident "Wilson is being urged by Bomo of hla closo advisers to nsk the Ger manic allies for dcilnite assurances that no unarmed ships with -Americans nbroad Ehnll bo destroyed by any of them until the paHongcrs have reached a plnco of safety. Tho president is said to look with some favor upon such a proposal, but has reached no decision. FOR GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Secretary Daniels Would Control All Radio Stations. Washington. Government owner ship nnd control of all radio stations in tho United States, South and Con trnl America was advocated by Sec retary Daniels of tho navy, In address ing delegates to tho pan-American scientific congrcsB, representing twen ty American republics, who gathered at tho state department for an Infor mal discussion on wireless communi cation. Tho delegates were practical ly unanimous In approving the sccro tary's plan, and agreed to submit tho matter to their respective governments for consideration. Propose Prosperity Day. Lincoln, Nob. People of tho United States will bo millions of dollars rich er this year than last, on ncco'int of tho extra twenty-four hours of time that tho calendar this year requires to fill out tho cyclo of the annual per iod. It is bolng suggested broadcast over the country, therefore that tho extra day, Tuesday, February 29, bo set nsldo as Prosperity day, and that it bo so observed throughout tho coun try. Among the suggestions for tho ob servance of tho clay aro: That wage earners put tho extra day's lncomo in tho bank. That commercial clul3 nnd farm firs' organizations get togothor for "prosperity" meetings. That tho press nnd tho rostrum ex plain to tho public how and why tho United Statos Is tho most favorod nation on earth. That stores havo "prosperity" salos. Labor Leader Threatens to Resign. London. Arthur Hondorson, presi dent of tho board of education and leader of tho labor party In tho house of commons, Borved notice on tho la bor congress that If it decided that ho should opposo tho government1!? com pulsion bill, ho would refuse to accept Biich decision; that ho would imme diately resign his scat In tho houso of commons nnd would nsk his constitu ents whether thoy endorsed bis action or not. Ireland Excluded from Conscription. London. Under tho terms of tho compulsory military servlco bill, intro duced In tho houso of commons by Premier Asqulth, all males between tho ages of 18 and 41 years who are bachelors or widowers, without chil dren dpnendent upon them, nre liable for military sorvlco, Ireland Is ex cluded from tho terms of tho meas ure Gallipot! Campaign Ended. London. It Is officially announced that the complete evacuation of tho Salllpoli peninsula has ben success fully carried out. General Sir Charles Monro reports that only one British soldier was injured in tho ovacuntlon and that there wero no casualties nmong tho Fronch; that all tho guns wero saved, except sovontccn worn out ones which wore blown up. Funeral of General Dodge. Council Bluffs. In. Tho funeral of Genoral Grenvlllo M. Dodgo, wn hold at tho residence and included full inl'l tary honors. Tho mllltnry escort con listed of nlno companies of Iowa and Nobraska militia. Rov. A. G. A. Bux ton, rector of St. Paul's Ep'sropal church, nnd Rov. J. T. Jones, piiBtor of tho First Congregational church, conducted tho sorvlcoa. Schools, courts, public ofTlcea nnd business housos closod during tho ceremonies', and thousands followed tho dead war rior to his tomb. Claim Attorney Was Kidnaped. Hastings, Nob. Declaring that his attornoy, Judgo Iloscoo KlrUman of Richmond Hill, Va had boon lured away aud jiosslbly kldnapod, John Klrkman of Omaha, profossod son of John O'Connor, has asked tho city pollco to asslBt In tho soarch which ho had QUlotly conducted for twenty four hours. Tho chnrgo was mudo by Klrkman aa to hla attornoy, to whom ho Is not rolatod, created tho groat cat sensation of any happening In thu hlstorv of tho eclohratod case ALFALFA WAS UNKNOWN. Nebraska Man Taught Farmers Valus of Strango Crop. Tecumsoh. Pror. W. L. Frouch, now an Instructor In agriculture In tho pub lic schools of Austin, Minn., la visit ing relatives horo. Ho formerly lived in this county. Five years ago, when Prof. French assumed his work lu the Austin schools, there wus no alfalla raised in that section. It was un un known graBs to tho farmers there. Tho agricultural classes of tho Austin schools do much demonstration work and Prof. French had tho pupils work with alfalfa from tho beginning. Tho results wero almost surprising, tho gniBa thriving nicely. Aa a conso quenco the farmers near Austin ho camo interested, and Prof. French and his classes went among tho agri culturists and told them to raise and harvest tho gras3. At tho end of flvo years there aro thlrty-fivo farmora re porting good crops of alfalfa, and thero will bo many more to ralso It another year. Cook Family Reunion. Tccumseh. Flfty-threo member.! of tho Cook family wero guests recently nt a family reunion of thu clan at Cook, thin county. Tho assemblage was too large for an ordinary dwell ing house, bo the big dinner, prepared by all tho good Cooks of tho neighbor hood, was spread on tnbles In tho Cook Methodist church. Mrs. Andrew Cook had chnrgc of tho festivities. Tho Cook families aro pioneers of this county. Bloodhounds After Incendiaries. Beatrice. Bloodhounds of this city wero cal'ed to Firth In an effort to run down persons thought to havo started a fire which destroyed tho lum ber yard of J. E. Harms. Tho entiro yard was destroyed. Tho loss wa3 about $14,000. partly insured. A num ber of bad flroB havo occurred at Firth recently and the authorities believe them due to Incendiaries. Hundred Bushels an Acre. Endlcott, J. Swartz, a farmer resid ing In Endlcott precinct, holds tho rec ord for raising tho most corn per aero on a Binall Held In Jefferson county. From three and one-half acres ho husked out 3R5 bushels of corn, an average of 102 1-7 buehels per aero. Tho corn was weighed and seventy five pounds were given per bushoL Prize Seed Corn Sold. Beatrice. The entire supply of seed corn of C. W. Buck of DoWitt, who carried off prizes at the corn show held hero a few weeks ago, has been purchased by the German Nurseries of this city. First class seed corn is in demand in this locality and will go quickly at a fancy price at tho present time. Seventy-eight at Reunion. Fremont. A family reunion at which seventy-eight relatives wero present wns held at tho Ike Brandt homo at Hooper last week. It was tho first time in thirty years that "Grandma Donman" and her children and grandchildren had all been to gether. Paul Means Goes to Oxford. Lincoln. Paul T. Means, son of Ed gar L. Means of Osceola, Neb., haa been appointed Cecil Rhodes scholar at Oxford university from Nobraska. Ho will leavo for England next Sep tember. FROM ALL OVER NEBRASKA Tho Stato Shoep Breeders associa tion will meet at Lincoln January 19. Omaha ofllclals will prosecute to the limit any Infraction of tho now dairy law. Fremont churches aro having n re vival under direction of Evangelist Rnyburn. Gago county auto licenses during tho last week of 1015 amounted to nearly $1,700. Henry Droltenfleld of Fremont waB hold up by footpads at Omaha and re lieved of forty dollars. Tho Stato Association of Tltlo Men will hold Its annual convention at Fro mont, January 25 and 26. Fred Wotzek of Humboldt has been engaged to manage tho Pawnee City band for tho coming season. Lincoln ministers will protest the use of tho new high school building at that place for dancing purposes. Tho Putlor drug store at Holbroolc wns burglarized last week and a quantity of rings, watches, chains and other nrttcles taken. Gcorgo Durt, a printer of Falls City, wns killed at Napier, Mo., when he at tempted to got off of a fast freight train nt that place. After rollor skating for flvo hours, Kula Hunter, a lC-year-old Omaha girl, collapsed from exhaustion, but recov ered In a few hours. El"s F. Gay, who enlisted In the United States navy four years ago. has gotten his discharge and returned to his homo nt TccuuiEoh. Mrs. Carrlo Huddle, tho omployo at the stnte hospital at Lincoln, who was Bcrlously burned by tho explosion of a turpentino mixture Is recovering. Monday, January 24, Is Child Labor day. 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