The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, February 03, 1916, Image 6
..&yU tftJWuWd;T.fc;.ri.MI!!ll! RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF I 1 M nn bI 1 W i ,J) li' (J R 3 -JS I TO E 10 TO 20 PER CENT WAGE IN CREASE TO BE ASKED DY MINERS AT INDIANAPOLIS. SEEK TWO-YEAR CONTRACT Uniform Dny nnd Wnrje for All Clnsccs of Lnbor Conl Muot Dc Weighed Before Bclmj Screened nnd Paid For on Mine-Run Basis. Indlnnnpnlln, Jnn. 31. Tlio Unltotl Mlno Worlmra of America on Krlilny adopted tlio roport of tlio ncnlo com mitten, which iiHkcd for n rnlso of ton pur rent for tlio blttmiinotiH miners and worKoni nlioiit tlio mlnoH nnd 20 nor cunt for tlio unthriielto workcrH. Van miner of PlttHliniKh Is clinlrmnn of tho Hcnlo cotmnlttcu. Tlio domnnda will bo brought boforo tlio hltumlnoiiH opcrntorH nt Mohllo Fcbninry 8 nml before tho nnthrnclto operators nt Now York Kebrunry 21. Tho tic tn an (I ii follow: For bltuinlnouB dlntrlcta: All conl to bo weighed before being screened and pulil for on n mine run bnHlfl. Ton per rent per ton Incrcniio nt tlio bnulng point. Ton per cent IncrcnBO on nil dend work and ynrdago. Twenty per cent IncrcnBO on all dny labor. Uniform day and wngo scalo for all classes of outsldo and InBldo day la bor. Proper readjustment of tho ronchlno differential at tho busing point. Tho eight-hour day shall apply from bank to bank. All 'local Inoqualltlcs and Internal differences to bo referred to tho vari ous districts affected for Bottlcment. Contract In effect for two years. Weekly pays. Every other Saturday nn Idlo dny. Tho demands of tho anthractto min ers formulated at their trl-dlstrlct convention held at Wllkcsbarro, l'u., September 7 to 10, 1916, aro reaffirmed and indorsed. U. S. MAY DISARM LINERS Washington Atks Powers to Agree on Set of Rules for Submarine Warfare. Washington, Jun. 31. A suggestion that all tho belligerent countries sub scribe to a declaration of principles governing attacks on merchant ves sels and forbidding tho nrmlmc of such vcHsels ImB been mndo by the United States in nn effort to estab lish tn International Inw a generul policy dlBpoBlng of many of tho vexa tious problems uriBlug from tho de velopment of submarine warfare. Identical notes havo gouo forward asking tho various countries at war to say specifically whether they nro willing to join In Btich nn ugrcement Tho declaration of principles would provldo: Thnt noncombatnuts may expect protection under tho rutca of In ternational law nnd the principles of humanity when traveling on merchant ships. That warning must bo given before a merchantman Is attacked. That bolllgerent-owuod merchant ships must obey warnings to stop. That merchantmen shall not be fired on except in caso of rcslstnnco or flight That no merchantman shall bo sunk except where It Is ImposHltno to supply a prlzo crew, or until pus scngers nnd crew nro plnced In'trnfety. Tho nolo voices a warning that this government Is considering adoption of a policy under which nil armed mer chantmen thnt enter ports of tho United States In future shall ho con sidered war vchsoIb. subject to tho established regulations governing in ternment. BRANDEIS TO SUPREME COURT President Nominates Boston Lawyer for Vacancy on Bench First Jew to Be Named. Wnshln ton, Jnn. 31. - President Wilson sent to tho sennto on Friday tho nomination of Louis Demhlr Hrnndols of Boston to bo Supremo court Judgo, to fill tho vacancy caused by tho death of Joseph Ituckcr Lumnr. Mr. Brnmlels Is tho first man of Jewish nationality to ho mimed to tho Supreme court bench. Ho Is well known In tho legnl world Slnco 1897, when ho became senior membor of llrandcls, Dunbar & Nut ter, ho has been prominently connect cd with mnny importnut litigations. Ho was counsel for the shippers In the advanced freight rate Investigation before tho lnterstnto commerce com mission: ho was nlso counsel for tho people In the proceedings Involving tho constitutionality of tlio Oregon nnd Illinois ten-hour law for women. Mr. BrnndclB Is fifty-nine years old Johnrton-Wlllnrd Films Barred. Boston, Mnss., Jan. 31. The moving picture films of the Jnck Johnson Jess Wlllnid prlzo fight nt llnvnnn aro excluded from tho United States on a decision handed down by the United States circuit court of nppenls, Six Hurt In Powder Blast. Philadelphia, Jan. 31. There wero our explosions In rapid succession nt tho Carney's Point (N. J.) plant of tho DuPont Powder company and six work men wero Injurod, threo seriously. Tho accident occurred in No. 3 plaut. M WAITING FOR THE if fir -"" .BMBES 2Kiii H r t f 1 Eeuvrf CLAIM TURKS CRUSHED OTTOMAN ARMY SMASHED IN NORTHERN ASIA. British Suffer Heavy Losses In Effort to Cut Through to Kut-EI-Amara. , London, Jan. 27. Whllo tho British aro sacrificing thousands of men In a heroic effort to cut their way through to Kut-el-Amnrn, where General Town slicnd and n British army nro bottled up by tho Turks, the Russians to the north aro making tho Turks strain overy nerve to keep thera from com ing to tho aid or tho British. Tho grand duke's victory near Kr zcrum proved to bo oven greater than early reports showed. According to Rcutcr'B Telegraph company ' 4.00U Turks were captured by the itusslnus. whllo tho number killed, wounded and forced Into scattered flight wan enor mous. Tho dispatch ui'ila thnt the Rus sians took Bcores of machine guns nnd a great iunutlty of munitions. "Kugngemcuts contiuuo nt the Kut-el-Amnrn positions," snys tho report. "British forces coming from Imam All Ghcrbl attacked on January 21 the Turkish position near Menlnrie, ub.iut thlrty-llvo kilometers (21 miles) east of Kut-ol-Ainara, on both sides of the Tigris river. "The engagement lasted six hours. Tho Turkish wero repulsed several kilometers to the eastward. "On tho battlefield tho British left about 3,000 dend. Tho Turkish losses wero comparatively slight. "British soldiers taken prisoner stntcd thnt the British nlso had lout 3,000 men In dend and wounded in th. preceding cugngemcuts near Sliolk Said." WILSON SPEAKS IN GOTHAM President Delivers Preparedness Ad dress Before Railroad Men U, S. Should Rush Defense Plans. New York, Jnn 29. "Plans for the readjustment of tho United States nrniy must ho formulated and carried out without dulny, for wo do not know what tho circumstances of unother month or another day may bring forth." This wns tho warning sounded by President Wilson on Thursday before the members of tho Railroad Business usHoclntlon nt the Waldorf hotel. It was tho president's first speech In the campaign for piepnrednesa mid ho em phasized the urgent necessity for Im mediate action and predicted that ade quate methoda will he employed to In crease tho army and navy no that Amerlcn need fear no foreign power. Insistence that tho American people love peace, but must bo treated Justly nml must harmonize Internal racial and religious differences, marked 1 Is address before n conference of l.fiuu Now York clergymen of nil denomina tions. Ho declared that pence wns in consistent with abandonment of prin ciples nnd loss of self-respect. Tho president repeated his opposi tion to action by tho federal govern ment on tho woman suffrugu question In Bpenklng to 200 members of the Congressional Union for Woman Suf frage who cnlled at his hotel nnd would not leave until ho saw them. Ho reltorated his position that he would help the cause in Individual slates wherover possible but politely turned usldo efforts to rross-oxiunluo him. Montenegrin Generals Surrender. Berlin (via wireless to Snyvlllo, L. I.), Jnn. 29. Advices from Vienun on Thursday any thnt (lenernl Vulmvltch has MiiTemlerod to the Austrlaus nt Uuullovgriid, together with several other Montenegrin generals Russ Statesmen to England. Petrograd, Jan. 29. Tho upper and lower houses ot thu Russian parlia ment will confer shortly on tho sub ject of a visit of inemhors of the dui';a to Knglnnd. This visit probably will bo made faster. WATER TO RUN DRAFT BILL IS PASSED MEASURE READY FOR THE KING'S SIGNATURE. Bachelors and Widowers Will Forced to Serve In Army Ireland Excluded. Br- London, Jan. 2H. All that Is needed to mako military service compulsjry in Great Britain Is the king's slna turo to the conscription measuro. which passed tho house of lords ou Wednesday on the third reading. Tho bill wns Introduced In tho house of lordH after it had passed the house of commons on tho third reading by n voto of 383 to 30, mnny lnbor mem tiers who hnd been believed foes ol conscription voting with tho ministry The provisions of tho measurb ex cludo Irelnnd from conscription on the ground thnt she Is an allied but In tegral kingdom. Under the bill bachelors and wid owers between eighteen und forty-one years may bo forced to serve In tho army. Married men. ellglhles who have conscientious scruple:? ngnlnst military service clergymen, mon engaged in Indlspcnslhlo government work, men who nro sick, mon who have persons dependant upon them for support und cripples nro excluded. England, Scotland and Wales aro in eluded In tho hill. The king Is .peetcd to sign the hill nt once. From Its Inception in tho hrnln of Premier Asqulth King George has been nn earnest ndvocnto of the conscription mensuro. Bristol, Knglnud, Jnn. 28. The Brit ish labor conference, by n voto of 1, 847.000 to 200,000. gave Its npprovnl to tho government's conscription hill. Tho resolution In favor of support ing tho government, wns pnsscd nmld cheers shortly niter the threodny sea slon of the lnbor conference opened. GERMANS CUT FRENCH LINE Paris Admits Reverses as Great Teu ton Offensive Continues Nleilport Cathrdral Destroyed. London, Jnn. 27. Apparently unills mnyed by tho defeat of their terrific effort to break the nllled lino near tho mouth of the Ysor, tho Germans re newed their attacks nnd, according o officii! French ndmlsslnu on Tuesdnv, gained u foothold In trenches on the Arras-Lens road. Germuns mndo dospernte charges op the Arras-Lena road. Though th gnlned n foothold at several places, the French for tho most part dlslodgnd them. Berlin reports tho destruction of the cnthedrul nt Nlouport by nrtlllery flro The ofllclnl statement says: "Tho tower of Complo nnd the cntho drnl nt Nlouport, which offered excel lent observation poHts for the enemy, wero destroyed. "Knst of Nniivlllo our troops attacked ono of tho foremost trenches of the French, following sonic successful mine exploslo is, and captured three machlno guns nnd 100 prisoners "A German aeroplano squadron at tacked tho military establishment? and nerodromn at Nancy, and the fne torles nt Baccara." Dunkirk, In northern France has been shelled by German nernplnnep, It wns officially announced by tho admi ralty Two aeroplanes wero In the squadron thnt attacked the city. Tho hospitals are nt Dunkirk. Eight Lost With Schooner. San Francisco, Jnn 31. ICIght men, tlio crow of tho steam schoonor Aberdeen, wero given up for lost on Friday when wreekago from tho boat began coming nshoro two miles nnd a half below the harbor entrance Tourists' Baggage Burnu. Jacksonville, Fin., J m. ?'. After thieves hart robbed tho Union dupot here they H"H tiro to tho baggego room nnd tho stiucturo wns burned to tho ground. Tfto luggngo of many north j ern tourists was destroyed. fOLL OF 1HE F LOOD .OSS OF LIFE GROWING IN CALL I FORNIA DAM DISASTER. f0 RENOVATE THE MISSOURI Nebraska Delegation Favors Approprl- atlon cf $00,000,COO Continental Army Not In Hlnh Favor. IVeMtcrii Newspaper Union New fuivlua. tun Diego, tal. One hunured lives jae been lobt, and charming lltt'o villas for fifty miles north or tho Mexi- an lino Ho desolate from hursted lams nml reservoirs unused by Hoods md cloudbursts. With the death toll 'n tho Otay valley seeming y ostnb "lulled at fifty, and nil re'lef agencies v .irking in that direction, icports reached hero of HooiIb sweeping tho 5an Lulu Hey and San Pasqual valleys, Jouhling tho loss of life. With com munication almost altogether cut oil', II was Impossible to list accurately tho number of the dead; conjecture 4iid meager reports alone wero avail able. Seventeen bodies were taken out of San Diego bay. Theso had been swept down when the lower Otay reservoir went out Thursday, nnd tho current of the flood wns thought to havo carried mnny others out to sea. Army Not In High Favor. Washington. While Prosldcnt Wil ion Is carrying to the country his ap peal for adequate defense ono of tho vital elements of tho program, he has roeommended to congress tho conti nental nrmy faces serious opposition In both tho senate nnd house military committees. Such an army, described by Secretary Garrison us embodying tho most attractive scheme that could bo devised to give a national test of the problem of training an adequate number of federal volunteers in pcacn limes, would bo expected to provide 400.000 mon of tho total of approxi mately 1,000,000 which tho entire plan Is calculated to make It available. RENOVATE MISSOURI RIVER Nebraska House Delegation Favors Appropriation of $-0,000. Washington. An appropriation of $50,000 for snagging tho Missouri river along tho Nebraska shore Is urged upon tho river nnd harbor committee by tho Nebraska house delegation. All th house members except Mr. Slial lenberger, who was detained at an other meeting, were present and spoko In favor of the npproprlntlon. Speak ing for that section of the river touch ing his district Representative Ueavis declared that river navigation would bo of great benefit to producers of thnt Koctlon, who, he declared, were greatly handicapped because of the lack of railroad facilities. Many farm ers, ho said, wero twenty miles from a railroad and n part of thu year could not reach the markot because of bad roads. He said the snagging of tho river would aid navigation and pro vldo means for reaching the market now unavailable. Paris. Twelve persons were killed nnd thirty Injured In a Zeppelin raid on Paris Saturday night. This is the first raid by Ocrmnn nlrshlps on tho French capital slnco March, 1915, when two Zcppollns dropped a score ot bombs. Warning of the approach of the Zop pollns wns first given nt 9:40 p. m., when neroplnno scouts reported sight ing tho hostile craft. All lights In tho city wero immediately ordorcd extin guished. The city wns plunged Into utter darkness In anticipation of tho attack. Tho Zoppellns, however, pene trated tho outer aerial defenses and dropped Bevoral bombs. Turks Evacuated the Trenches I-ondoii, Ocncral Townshend. com minding tho British forces invested at Kut-EI-Anmm, In Mesopotamia, has roported that the Turks hnvo evacu ated their trenches on the bind sldo of tho defenses nt Kut, and hnvo ro tired, generally speaking, to about a milo from tho British entronchments. Lincoln, Neb., A total of $1,520 was realized In Lincoln on Jewish relief day. That, togothcr with other con tributions expected within tho next few days, probably will bring the total close to $2,000, tho amount hoped for by the committee in charge. Brandels Appointed to Supreme Court Washington, President Wilson has solcctcd Louis D. Drandols of Boston to bo associate Justice of tho supremo court to succeed tho lato Justice La mar. Mr. ItrnndclB' nomination was a surprlso everywhere in official circles. Ho hnd not oven been mentioned for tho vacancy. Mr. Urandcls Is a lawyer who hns been much in public life during tho last throo years, not only in legal work, but In various move ments for social betterment. Ho Is a Kcutucklan by birth and Is GO yean old. . ' List of British Casualties. London. Premier Asqulth, In n writ ten roport, says that tho total British casualties In all flolds of operations up to January 9 wero 519,407, of whl h 24,122 wero officers and 523,345 of other rnnkB. Tho winter's Inactivity nn tho fighting lines Is reflected in tho comparatively light losses of tho Brit ish during tho last fow weeks. The previous official report mndo by Pre mler ARqulth on Decomhor 24, gnvo "nPiinKlen up to Decomhoi 9, at 528. '27. rhowlng n Jobs In tho liitervonlnr month of 21,240 or CS5 dally. BOX CAR FAMINE PROBLEM. Investigation of Situation Will Soon Be Started, Tho Nebraska state railway commis sion In u telegram to tho interstate rommcrco commission nnd to Con gressman Charles H. Sloan of Ne braska supports ConRiPSHinnn Sloan's eiTorm in rniitrro'H to correct the pres ent enr shortage. Tho railway com mission's telegram closes with n re quest for a federal Investlrntlon. Kill wny Commissioners Clarke, Taylor nnd Hall say Nebraska railroads are short 2,r.00 cars necessary to till or ders for loading. It says n (ontin uanco of tho car shortage m.iy result In a serious finnnclnl loc3. T.lvo stock Fh!pmcnts wllli'n Ho state of Nebraska during the fiscal railroad year ended June HO, 10 1" ( amounted to (Jo. SSI carloads, bcln.: ; nearly 7 POO carloads more than the preceding year. Shipments of IHo stock from Nebraska to other stales aggre gated 11,070 ears, nn Increase of nearly 3,000. Lumber shipment", both ."Into and Interstate, have been decreasing al most steadily for tho past six jeara. Lnst year the number of cars chipped within Nebraska was 2 02S, being loss than In any former year since T'OS In clusive, and only one-fourth ns mnny as In 1011. The shipments of lumber received from other states last yr-ir came to 21 .'SO carloads, which was the lowest number In o'gh' years. Coal shipments In Nebraska for th fiscal year of 1011-1." were only I.UiS carloads, or only a little over half as many ns In the preceding annum Shipments from outside tho state to Nebraska, however, reached 71,721 car loads, being 5.000 more than the year before and the largest of any year except 191 3. The foregoing figures are exhibited In a tabulation made up in the office of the state railway commission. Rulings of Sanitary Board. Tho Nebraska Sanitary Board has adopted regulations regarding tho ship ment of stallions and Jacks into tho state of Nebraska that require a health certificate. This health certificate made after inspection by a graduate veterinarian must show that stallions and asses brought into thu state nro free from 'such hereditary, Infectious, contagious or transmissible diseases as: urethnl gleet, melanosis, periodic opthalmln (moon blindness), laryngeal hemiplegia (roaring), dnurlne, glan ders, farcy, and that such animals nro free from the following defects or blemishes: cataract, (glass eyo) chorea. St. Vitus dance, strliiT halt, bono spnvln, ring Lone, side hone, curb, with curhy formation of hock, or Is Eerlously defectlvo In conformation, or vicious disposition. Dr. Fast Goes to Hastings. Dr. W. S. Fast, for tho last three years superintendent of the Institute for feeble-minded at Beatrice, has been tendered the position of superin tendent of the hospital for the insane nt Hnstinge, the largest In the state, to succeed Dr. M. W. Baxter, who re signed recently following nn investi gation by tho board of control into his accounts. After n conference Friday with tho board of control Dr. Fast accepted tho new position, whlih gives him charge over twice the population as ho has supervised nt Beatrice, nnd broadens his field of work. Since the state board of education lands nnd funds authorized a reap pralsement of state school lands In Howard county, resulting In a decrease of $17,000 In the total valuation, re ported by the county hoard, It is be ginning to hoar from other counties Tho commissioners of Cherry county complain against tho appraisement put on school lands in their county last spring, after lind Commissioner Beck man and Secretary of State Pool had been thero to look over tho tracts. Thero Is still somo land In Cherry county to bo appraised, 'x he county board members thought it would he a good thing If members of tho staio board would como up nnd go over tho ;round with them. Cost of conducting stnto govern ment In all Its branches varies from $10.40 per capita of population In New York to $3.70 In Kentucky. Thoao are tho oxtromo figures. Nebraska is be low the average of all tho states with a figure of $4.49 per cupita. This Information is contained In a report received by Auditor Smith from a New rk official, who gathered data op 'ho matter. State Money for Irrigators Somo of the funds appropriated by the last legislature for tho encniirngo ment of pumping irrigation which waE left to tho disposal of tho regents of the University of Nebraska, aro stll1 available. According to the provisions of tho hill, tho money may ho received by any responsible Individual or organ ization in tho western section of tho stnto who will contribute a like amount of hlt or their own funds. 'W hen tho plant Is comploto and tho- well has proved to be n success, tho contribu tion from the state Is to bo returned. If tho well Is not a success, tho ma chinery is to bo sold and the proceeds divided equally. The first section of the nnnual roport of tho state railway commission, filed with tho governor, shows that during tho year 1915, fifty-nine licenses wore Issued to public warehouse firms. Tho report idlcates thoro will bo un In crease this year. The commUslon be lieves tho law Is o good one nnd has proved very beneficial to farmers who do not wish to sell on current markotu. but prefer to hold for better prites. TONIC What would you glvo to bo perfectly well? All you havo got, of course. It may bo that your t rouble Is of n catarrhal nature. Catarrh of tho head. Catnirh of tho stomach. Ca tnrrh of somo interim! orgnn. If so, Pcruna will help you on tho road to perfect health. If you want to ho convinced, buy ono bottlo. No further argu ment will bo necessary. Coughs Golds Catarrh PERUNA TONIC All Oft. "How did tho bowling contest comiv out last night?" "Nobody had any spare chango for tho plnboys. so they went on a strlko." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets nrc ther origin.il little liver 'pills put up 40 ycnr -cnr Adr. nt;o. lliey regulate liver and bowels Love is not only blind, hut seems to be unable to detect a gin breath of long standing. Policemen, llkn rainbows, aro apt to appear after tho storm Is ovor. Don't think becnuso a woman Is out spoken that sho can bo nuttnlked. Why That Lame Back? Morning lameness, sharp twinges when bending, or an all-day back ache; each Is cause enough to sus pect kidney trouble. Get after the causo. Help the kidneys. We Amorlcans go it too bard. We overdo, overeat and neglect our sleep and exerciso and bo we are fast becoming a nation of kidney sufforera. 72 more deaths than In 1890 is tbo 1910 census story. Uso Doan's KIdnoy Pills. Thou sands recommend them. A Kansas Caso W. C. Lines. 703 Till nolo St., Noodeslia, Knn., says: "The llrst symptom of my kid ney trouble wan dlzzi noss and It often pot so bad I had to stop work. My head ached Intensely nnd I had pains above my hips, day and nlclit. Donn'H Kidney rills removed theso ullments nnd whenevor I have felt tlio slightest return nt. lurt Tilll a .7." tnck, from a cold, this mcdlclno has orouKiit gooa results." Ct Doan's at Any Store, 50c a Bos DOAN'S "pTAV FOSTER-M1LDURN CO- BUFFALO. N. Y. The Army of Constipation ! Growing Smaller Every Day. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS responsible they not only give rch they perma nently cure Con- ibpition. Mil lions use. them for Dilioninen, Indigestion, Sick Heidtche, Sallow Sltia. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE Genuine must bear Signature ADVO JELL THE JELL THT WHIPS Tho most fashlonnulo and popular TabloDcsBort. Makes your tablo comploto. Bonutlful Docoratlvo Rocl-poa--Dollcloua, Appotlzlns. Nourlohlnc. Nothing so delightful for tho tobloor sick room. Sovon flavors and colors. At your grocors, or by mall, at SI.20 tho dozon. McCORDBRADY CO. OMAHA DATERITC Watann TC. C'olnnan, ra p b.u Advlreai.il llirrC Hut reasonable, IlLghest rtfenma. IkstMiyluca. AGENTS MenWimm:blitsller.lOO profit. tf nut MUafttctory VluUUer Uo Now llaTenfouno Nebraska Directory THEPAXTON HOTEL Omaha, Nebraska FiinnPEAu pi iu Roomn from 11.00 up Mingle, 75cr nu up dimli'e. cafe: puices keasonaijle. iMffib. COMPLETE NEW FIREPROOF HOSPITAL 1, Moillrnll 3. Hiirrlrnli a. OlwtHrlruli 4, .ulnr.Uury O, -Uiiy l)ri.titiuiiit; Training ftcliool for nursei In councctlon. open In nil repuuiblo rliinlduns Kur further liilurmuUimiHldri'Sii A. A. SMITH, VI. DSuraon Mury IjuiiiIiuj Mi-uiorliil IJonultul IIASl'INUS, M-.ll. PERUNA SI IK'' I A &-MaatVw JsMiftjIraniX Dkt. are .imbV r aaE!D LJBQCARTER'S .VCZ&aW Wll II.E. Mltr ivc.k .savm hill5. ar JgVc a i-Rffii m V--7 i li wi i' t . u r