RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
VIENNA ADMITS LOSS
RUSSIANS CAPTURE STANISLAU
TOWN IS IMPORTANT RAIL.
WAY CENTER.
SLAVS TAKE 14,268 TEUTONS
Austro-Hungarlan Baso In Gallcla
Taken After Defenses Ara Swept
Awa Petrograd Reports Other
Gain Rum Defeated by Turk.
"Petrograd. Aug. 14. Stnnlslnu, thd
Amtro-Htini.'iirliin Imso In Gnllcln, was
captured by, the Russian Thursday, It
wns. officially nniioiinvcd,Uy tlAj'wnr of.
flee.
Tho nuiln defenses of tho city hint
been tinder lienvy bombardment by the
Russians, lint iluspltu strong Teutonic
resistance the Russians, swept on nnd
took tlit' town.
(Two' Hundred mm) sixty-eight Aus-tro-Oormnn
officers nnd l.'I.OOO un
wounded men were captured by the
ltiraxlruw Jn butt lean, the .Hereib'.rlu't
(Gnllcln) between August 4 nnd Au
gust 10, the wnr office announced. In
addition 1,000 wounded Aiutru-Gorinun
prisoners were 'taken. ( ,
Tho ofllelal suitemorit Fays': '
"Ab,h result of our success-on tho
Sereth tho enemy e-vnc'uated the fortl
fled positions of Gltidka nndvVoro
blevsk. , . ' 'v;
"Wo pulsed tho ' offensive, north
of MonHatorzyskn. After assaulting
nnd capturing tlio position' wo renched
tho middle Koroplec nnd delving nut
tho enemy from hlH fortified works,
definitely occupied MonustorzyBkn.
"Our mounted umchlne kuii detnch
inent repaired thl brigade nt floniin
terzysku and trjurHiicif jfllio' cheating
third German reserve regiment; which,
resisting, wurf
iibiiiik, villa iiiiiiiiiiiiiipi.
"At tho conllitchco of the 7Jotii l.l pn
and the Dniester our cavalry occupied
tho villages of Ubclezlolone and Mln
dlgorle. "General Lcfchtyky'troopSj contln
ulng their stubborn light In the recoil
of Stunlslnu, captured tho town and
pursued tho enemy In tho direction of
llallccz. Kxplnslons were heard prior
to tho town's evacuation..
"The enemy evacuated tho left bank
of tho Zlota Itystrltzn. Wo crossed
the river and poured rllle and mnchlno
gun tire Into tho retreating enemy.
"In tho Caucasus, owing to Turkish
pressure, we withdrew from lluuiu
dan." Vlennn, vln London, Aug. 14. "Wo
have evacuated Stitnlslnu without
lighting." says tho olllclal statement
Issued on Friday from general head
quarter. Tho statement also admits
tho withdrawal of Austrian troops to
new positions In Staulslau and Moti
usterzyskn regions.
APPOINTS MEXICAN ARBITERS
Secretary Lane and Justice Brandels
Named by the President Pro.
Yry. cedure Is Agreed Upon.
f
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' Washington, Aug. 11. Formnl an
nouncement was nindo on Wednesday
by Acting Secretary Polk of the ac
ceptance of General Carrnnza's pro
posal' for a Joint International com
mission to seek a solution of border
disputes and to discuss other mutters
which may help clarify relations be-
twvcntWUnltcd States and' Mexico..
Only the time ithd place for tho con
ference remain to be decided.
BSecretnry Lane of the Interior de
partment will head tho. American com
mission, supported by Justice Louis
D. Itraudels of tho Supremo court nnd
a third commissioner whose uatiio will
be1 announced later.
The Mexican' commissioners wero
named several days ago.
The tlrst' subject' will bo wlthdrawnf
of American troops from Mexico, jto ho
followed by negotiation on a protocol
covering future mlllthry operation's
ulong tho border.
It Is regarded as probable that tho
meetings will bo held at some resort
on tliej New Jersey coast.
DEMAND EMBARGO ON WHEAT
Master Bakers of U. S.
as Grain and
Advance.
Issue Appeal
Flour
Salt Lake City, l.'tah, Aug. 12.
Tho National Association of Master
linkers at Its session on Thursday
adopted a resolution asking that an
embargo be placed on the prcavut
wheat crop to prevent nny further ad
vance In the market price of wheat.
Tho resolution wns sent to President
Wilson nnd to congress.
Tho iibwclatlon elected F. S. Mc
Donald of Memphis, president; Paul'
J. Stern of Milwaukee, vice-president ;
Fred S. Fremiti, SL Louis, trensurer,
nnd E. J. Arnold of Providence, It. I.,
and E. 11. Strain. Hnttlo Creek. Mich.,
members of the executive committee.
The next convention will bo In Cbl
ago. Ru88 Flee From Town.
Petrograd. Aug. 14. Following tho
pvucuatlon of Mush and Illtles, Turk
ish Armenia, Russian troops, under
Turkish pressure, havo withdrawn
from Ilnmadan, Persia, says an olllclal
statement.
Forty Perish In Greek Ship.
Athens, Aug. 14. Tho Greek steam
er Cletherla, with 1.200 passengers
nnd n cargo of oil owned tiy Ameri
cans, caught tiro In the Aegean sen.
Forty were killed. Most of the pas
FeUoOfs wer.e troops,
PREPARING FOR
AVERT RAIL STRIKE
EMPLOYEE8'AKrJ MXrA'SCRS MAY
ACCEPT MEDIATION.
' . . .
Conference Start at OnceWorkers'
. Ueadera, Declare That Move Does
. -.- Not Mean Arbitration.
( ' ' '
Noy,Yorh Aug. 11. Acceptance by
tho" raJlrrCnd brotherhoods' on Wednes
day of. the proposal for invdlatlon by
tho federal boar dot .mediation and
crincllffttlnn nverted ft. strlko qf 400.000
railway,' employee's.1. ,
AfrtCT Orst refusing to listen to the
offer trf accept mediation made by the
railroad presidents, tho employees'
leaders f ejuuildcrcil,? uuil announced
that they; lo?,';wnihjJ'coilHcnt to me
dlatloti, bur ndt to arbitration.
Announcement of tho acceptance of
tho offer was made by A. 11. Garret
Ron, head of tho conductors' brother
hood, after It had been delivered by
G. W. Hanger, a member of tho board,
following mi appeal to that body to In
tervene made by tho railroad man
ngers. Mr. Qarretson said he had In
formed tho board that the offer was
accepted on condition that "its good
olllees are promptly exercised."
The federal hoard, which Is com
posed of Mr. Hanger, Martin A. Knapp
and Judge W. L. Chambers, was pre
pared to begin conferences with tho
respective sides to the controversy at
once.
Tho procedure of the federal board
Is to meet each side separately, learn
Its attitude and attempt to obtain con
cessions from each as u basis on which
n settlement can bo reached when they
are again brought together.
The step followed rejection by the
manngcrs of tho demands made by
tho men.
150 DROWNED IN FLOOD
Two Passenger Trains, One a Sunday
School Excursion, Missing in
West Virginia.
Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 11. Gov
ernor llatlleld, who arrived here on
Wednesday to attend the stato Repub
lican convention, ordered special re
lief trains to the Coal river and Cabin
creek districts, where, according to re
ports, more than . lf0 havo .been
drowned and r,000 muduvhomoJcss. So
serious Is the situation that Governor
llatlleld left the city to go to the scene
of tho devastation.
The governor wns Informed that at
Cabin creek tho loss of life would ex
coed 1(H) and thnr more than Ti.tKH)
thero nre, homeless, Luter reports esti
mated the damage at $1,000,000.
Tho -cloudburst occurred nt the bend
wntersof Paint and Cubln crocks nnd
Coal fiver, and the torrent which
mirged down Conl river swept Its hanks
almost clean of, villages, wlillc the
Kanawha river rose several feet.
Near St. Albans nVc maroone'd two
passenger trains, one of which Is a
Sunday school excursion train.
WILSON TO CROSS CONTINENT
,
President Decides, to Make Speaking
Trip Across the County Com
pletes Speech of Acceptance'.
Washington, Aug. 14. President
Wilson practically has decided to
make a speaking trip across the con
tinent. No details of the tour have
been arranged, but It Is understood
that his Itlnernry will be worked out
within tho next fow weeks. The presi
dent will go to the Pacific cons:.
Senator Phelan Invited the president
to speak In California some time dur
ing the campaign.
Tho president has completed his
speech of acceptance, which Is 4,000
words In length.
The speech of acceptance will be de
livered at Shadow Lawn. N. J Imme
diately after the adjournment of con
gress, which the president expects to
take place about September 1,
New Giant Warships.
Washington, Aug. 12. The giant
Zeppelin transcontinental air liners
promised by Germi-ny to help her mer
chant submarines defeat the purposes
of tho llrltlsh blockade are nearlng
completion near Lake Constance.
Gives U. S. Fryati Protest.
London, Aug. 12. The foreign office
requested Ambassador GerRrd to con
vey to tho German government tho
llrltlsh government's desire to enter a
most formal protest ugnlnst tho exe
cution of Captain Fryntt.
W8&mmimmim$M?zgMk, SmM
THE FUTURE
i,' j , ; j i . i i c
GORITZ IS CAPTURED
ITALIAN ArtMY TAKES 1AUSTRIA
HUNGARIAN STRONGHOLD.
Road to Trieste la Opened and Naval
Base to Pola Menaced -Latins
Advance at San Bartlno.
Homo, Aug. 11. The Italians have
captured Gorltz. Olllclal announce
ment of this victory, the greatest won
by (lie Italians since the war against
Austria-Hungary was begun, was an
nounced by the war olllce on Wednes
day. The Italians captured UO.000 pris
oners. The fall of Gorltz, which was the
keystone of the Aiistro-Hungailan
front along the Ison.o river, incitus tho
opening of the road to Trieste for Lieu
tenant General Omlorna's victorious
Italian iitiny.
Not only will the defense of the
great AuMrlun seaport be practically
Impossible, hereafter, according to
military experts, 4mt the naval strong
hold of l'ola will be menaced.
Tho capture of the fortress Is tho
most severe blow tho Amjtrliins have
sustained from the Italians since tho
two countries went to war.
CHILD LABOR BILL PASSED
Measure Approved by Senate Even
Prohibits Shipment of Chil
dren's Products.
Wellington, Aug. 10. The child In
bor bill was passed in tho somite on
Tuesday, 32 to 12. Prior to this every
amendment wns voted down.
Two Republicans nnd ten Democrats
voted against the administration bill.
The bill prohibits tho shipment In
Interstate and foreign commerce of tho
product of the proscribed child labor.
Children under sixteen nre prohibited
from working In quarries nnd mines.
Children under fourteen nre not per
mitted to work In tanneries, factories
or mills of any kind. Children between
fourteen anil sixteen may work only
eight hours a day, and only six days
a week.
CONFESSES TO SAVE ANOTHER
Stellow Near to Death for Murder
Man Admits Committing Two
Years Ago.
RufTnlo. N. Y Aug. 12. Sheriff
Nichols of Cntarnugas county an
nounced at Little Valley that u pris
oner. Earl King, had confessed to tho
murder of Charles Phelps, and his
housekeeper, Alary Wolcott, at West
Shelby on March 22, 11)1,1. for which
Charles Stellow Is under sentence of
death. Stellow recently wns reprieved
on the dny set for his execution after
efforts were mude In his behalf by ad
vocates of the abolition of the death
penalty.
King, who Is fifty years old. Is un
der arrest for alleged complicity In
a hold-up two years ago.
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES
Paris, Aug. 12. The French havo
captured German trenches ner.r Mnu
repns nnd n fortified quarry south of
Hem wood, the war olllce announced.
Ten machine guns and 1.10 prisoners
were taken.
Wushlngton. Aug. 12. Tho Demo
cratic members of tho senate llnancu
committee voted to recommend amend
ment of the emergency revenue bill
to provide a 10 per cent tnx on profits
of nil war munitions.
Wushlngton, Aug. 12. Turkey has
refused to grunt the request of ibo
United States that a neutral commit
tee ho permitted to undertake relief
work in Syria, where thousands of na
tive Christians nro reported to lie
starving.
Shoot Eight Mexican Bandits.
HI Paso. Tex.. Aug. 14. Three ban
dits bave been put to death at Chihua
hua City. They are believed to be
members of the band which clashed
with I'nlted States troops near Fort
Hancock last week.
Bavarian Loss Heavy.
Geneva, Aug. 14. A dispatch front
Munich says that the ISiivarlnn losses,
on the Somme front during July wer
:tr..M)0 men, of whom 14.WH) were
killed. r7,000 were wounded, Including
two generals, nnd 4,000 arc missing.
RECRUITING
NEBRASKA
STATE
BOYS TO SEARCH
FOR SOLDIERS.
CHANGES INUND VALUES
Items of General Interest, Gathered
From Reliable Sources Around
i - V
the State House.
1 J
Western Niwpiptr Union' News Srrvleo.
Sixteen Nebraska soldier, boys now
on the bofdar, have beeif dctnllcd for
recruit dut,y in thelrihonic state. Thsq
sixteen wIip.caverror tho, north wltbln
n few'tdoy?. They Will fio stationed
over nil parts of Nebraska In the hope
of filling the ranks of the two No
Lrasku regiments to war strength. Tol
Vwirif Is. a,- list of, tho mon :,, ,
Fourth rcglmont. Llcutcrmnt Oscnr
t. 'Keating of Ornalm "and "w'llllani
Norrls pf Stuntoq; Sergeant ,Guy V.
Rail, OBceola; Sergeant Fred C. Slpss,
York;"" CoFporals ""Alvan" Tremalri,
WnynOj. nnd Joseph Rycrly, Omnhn;
I'rlvntes Robert Mndlson, Omahii.'nnd
Roland S. Hill, MadlRon. Fifth regi
ment: Captain Robert McAllister
Grund Island; Lleiitentint William
Hall, Omaha; Sergennts Edwin 1'.
Clements, Ord and Emery 15. Wolfe,
Auburn; Corpornls Joseph McMinn,
Hastings, nnd Butler Mlltonbcrger,
North Platte; Private? FredorlrU
Stoffrogen, Hluo Hill, nnd Kobort Clow,
Lincoln.
It is reported that General Parkor,
at present In command of th,e entire
Brownsville forces, will be transferred
to Llano Grande to take charge. Offi
cials of tho medical corps of tho Ne
braska regiments 'deny rumors of n
threatened typhoid epidemic. It is de
clared that no evidence of tho disease
has showed up In either of the Ne
braska tamps.
Chnngc3 in Land Values.
The stato board of assessment has
completed ""the equalization of farm
innd valuations for assessment pur-
j oses. The board hns proposed a net
f Increase of between $4,000,000 and
j ?r..000.000 In assessed valuation, but It
Imposed a total Increase of only 5--,-C!3
In tho assessed valuation of the
stnte, leaving tho grand total about
$501,000,000 rb compared with $481,
000,000 last year. Greeley county,
which did not equalize Its precincts In
still to be adjusted.
Tho total assessed valuation of the
Ftate. ?r01,000,000, Is tho basis of state
nnd local tax levies. The stato board
makes tho state levy and locnl and
county bonrds make local levies based
on tho valuations equalized by tho
stato board. Tho state levy wns 6.8
mills on tho dollar last year. Tho lcv
has not been agreed upon by the state
board, but It will bo reduced a small
faction of n mill, but not to a flat 0
mills as some members of the state
board had proposed.
The hoard decreased the assessed
valuation of lands In eighteen coun
ties, a total decrease of $4,042,895. It
Increased land values In twenty-four
counties a total of $4.0G5,590.
Wants Soldier Boys to Vote.
If tho 1,500 Nebraska national
guardsmen now In the government
service on the Texas border arc not
permitted to vote this fall, Attorney
General Reed proposes to lay the
biamo upon congress Instead of upon
the stntc legislature. If the soldiers
of Nebraska remain out of the stnto
until nfter election they could vote
tho same as If they were at home, pro
vided tho legislature passes a law per
mitting them to vote. The stato legis
lature hns this power under the con
stitution. The attorney gonernl of Ne
braska has mndo up his mind that the
legislature will not be called to meet
in extrn session to pass an act cover
ing the ground.
.Presented With Beautiful Flag.
A beautiful American flag, fringed
with gold, a gift from tho people, of
Gothenburg to,Conipnn; L. Fifth reg
pient, has been unfurled In the com
pany street at Camp Llano. The pre
sentation was made by Colonel Herbert
Paul, who declared that tho people of
Gothenburg could not hnvo given a
more appropriate gift. "This shows
that the peojilo back homo nre think
ing of you." ho said, "and 1 hope thnt
no man In this organization will ever
commit nn act that will In nny wnv
tend to leF?on tlio admiration of these
pcop'lo for' you."' '
Is Down on Hamburgers.
No hamburger snusago will be sold
'on the stato fair grounds this year, ac
cording to nn announcement mndo by
Food Commissioner Hnrmnn. The
doubtful composition of .hamburger nnd
tho difficulty of keeping it fresh when
exposed to the open air, files, dust
and dirt attending largo assemblages
of people have led Hnrmnn to promul
gate a rule forbidding Its sale in tem
porary stands. The state fair manage
ment has agreed that It will sell no
hamburger concessions, the food com
missioner states.
Letters Are More Optimistic.
Recent, letters received from Ne
braska gunrdsmen at the border now
bear an optimistic tone. While at first
there wero numerous complaints re
garding tho heat nnd tho necommoda
tlnns furnished by the government
many of tho soldiers nro now writlnp
homo to tho effect thnt tho storlet
hnvo been exaggerated nnd that they
nro enjoying nenrly "nil the comfortf
of home." Either they nre growinc
more nccustomed or more resigned tl
their surroundings.
CLOSE GUARD ARMORIES
Result of Calling State Troops Into
the Federal Service.
Ten nitlonal guard armories In No
jraska hnvo been surrendered to tho
jwncrs and payment of rentals for tho
jpe of them has been stopped, as a ro
,ilt of the calling of the state troops
"tito tho federal service. The, remain,
ng arm'orloB arc to be given up nt
ncc as soon as tho property remaining
n thenrenn bo tnovod out. This work
s being InoUcd nftor by Cupt. C. C. Tot
n of the national guard u.tiartorma3tcr
forps arid Sergeant It. 8., Ubl of tho
Lincoln nraennl. ? i
During tho past. two weeks, thoso
Itwo offlccrfl liavo visited Omalm, Nc?
jraska City, vuburn, Bcatrlco, Vyy
more, Hluo Ihll,, Friend. .Hastings,
Kcarnoyinnd Gothehhiirg. Tho armor
ies nt nil Jthe(sc ptacoa have been va
cated and exrloiiso of rental Hopped.
In some cases on July'l and In ot'.icr
nscs August 1.
All equipment belonging to the war
department has been shipped back to
.Lincoln .to be. stored. InthcarJicnaJ,,
while the lockers nnd company furnl
turo have been placed fh storage at
the home.. stations, .in.quartcrsruUcd.
for that purpose.
Protest Their Assessment.
The stato hoard of nseossment spent
cvernP hours listening an explana
tion from five counties whose land
valuations for assessment purposes
tho board proposes tp Increase. J. II.
Dean, county ' clerk, and Chairman
Oeorgo Conroy of the county board of
Uuft'nlo county, object to n Increase
of 5 uer cent. Sherman county,
which objects to an' Increase of 10
per cent, wns represented by Dan Mc
Donald of loup City and J. H. Welly,
both members of the county board, and
by John Long, Dawson county had
llttlo complaint when it corrected its
returns. It returned land at an nvor
age of $5. fill an acre, hut this was cor
rected to read. $C18. Tho stato board
i.ropoBod to Increase the first returns
to $5.."S un acre. It piobnhly will
mnko no chnngo in the corrected fig
ures. Gosper county objects to nn in
crease of 5 per cent.
Had Long Distance Telephone Talk.
Coloijel, Herbert J. P.lul or the 'Fifty
Nebraska Infantry at Cnmp ' Llano,
has reported by telephone to' Governor
John H. Moreheadti commander-in-chief
of the Nebraska troops, thai the
health of tho guardsmen in camp at
Llano Grande, Tex., was excellent and
that everything was in good shape
Althouph the report Is hot' a daily
matter, Governor Morehcad was desir
ous of knowing the exact condition of
affairs nnd Colonel Paul Vns nnxlous
to reassure him thnt tho food, equip
ment and sanitary conditions of tho
Nebraska contingent of border patrols
need occasion Nebraska fathers and
mothers no worry.
Has Promised to Pay Up.
State Auditor W. H. Smith has con
ferred Avlth commissions of Lincoln
county and obtained a promise from
them that the county board would tako
up the question of paying the state a
debt of $5,099 owing for tho enro of
Lincoln county tusnno in state hos
pitals many years ago. A majority
of the counties havo paid the stato or
promised to pay. A suit for interest
and principal is now pending In the
supreme court against Gage and Stan
ton counties nnd tho court referee has
reported in favor of the stnte, but his
icport has not been adopted.
Many Autos In Nebraska.
There 'nro now in' Ni-braskn 8G.G90
automobiles mid-3,509 ihotorcyclos.
During tho mouth of July Nebras
kans bought 5,841 now nutos anil 250
new motorcycles. ThlsMs according to.
tho automobile plates .issued from the
office of Secretary of Stato Pool.
7,hqox5enscQf4ttnkliujciire of .tho
automobile depart me.nt during July
was $974.03, Mr. Pool says.
The.officc of Secretary of State Pool
made p not profit to tho stnte during
July) df I $19.490.09. snys fif niOiithto
s'tntArlent JiiEt Issued. 1 I I ) J
Tho total coHeet.Ions.wcre $50,117.52,
which was $3,121.12 more' than was
collected during the snnie month In
1914. Tho total t xpenses of operat
ing the general department wa?
$G1C.83C
r
Oomlilotocqufp'melnt for?,ih6 Cfln'
1 ospt;l arCamp'LmhohaB beeri-rc"
cptvri'd.. t Tills" "conMsts.'of. ip.qdiclm's,
1 andnges mid'' teftt'nge. 'Requisitions
1 ave been pindej for, jtwynty-olght
miles nndf flf,teon' riding; hdrses nnd
njs 'son as,tliese coino the do.taohment
wlll'ipo roadktb go' into tho field.
."?' '
Lieut. R.'P. Tnlmer of tho United
States Infantry, who hns been asslsv
lug at Nebraska national guard head
quarters since tho moblllznton of the
stnto troops began, is In receipt of orj
ders from central army hendqunrters
nt Chicago to establish an army re
cruiting depot nt Fort Crook, near
Omnhn. Cnpt. T. W. Jaycox of tho
national guard quartwmnster corps
will accompany him. Recruits secured
It, VnViMcL-n nnrl Knutli Dakota will
f bo sent thero for; training before they
go south to Join tho troops on the
border.
Expects Price to Fall.
The price of gasoline Is duo to droi
nt least 2 cents per gallon wjthln the
noxt ton days, nccbrf"!ih.g to$tow'aj'
Food Commissioner Ifhnnan has-' It
figured out. The stnndard retail price
in Lincoln for several months has beet
20 conts per gallon. The food com
mlsslonor bollovos that his presen
crusndo will result in a better grade
of oil being said in this stnto, while
market conditions will force the prlei
down, nnd thus consumers will boned
at both ends.
TED ON BORDER
PRESIDENT ORDERS OUT
GUARD UNITS
ALL
DENY ALL RUMORS OF PEACE
Eald to be No Significance In Appoint
ment of Russian Minister.
,,Ncw York Greatest Port
In World.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. All tho national guard
units included In PresldenK Wilson's
call on Juno IS, uot yet on tho Mexi
can border hnvo been ordered there by
the war department.
Hetween 20,000 and 25.000 additional
troops will thus be added to tho border
forces. National guard forces thero
t.111 numhcr'npproxlmatcly12B,000 nnd
tho total of all troops ou .tho border
or in Mexico will bo nd.OOO.
" Secretary Rafcer made" a"Tormar an
nouncement that the troop movement
had nothing whatever to do wi'th th
Mexican situation as suchj and wns
toldjy to relievo thojisiinjla, of troops
now held In mobilization camps only
because they lack a few recruits to
bring units up to the llxcd minimum
strength.
Greatest Port In the World.
Washington. Now York city has
usurped London's proud position as
the foremost port in the world tho
only door of commerce through which
$2,000,000,000 trndo Is flowing annually.
Figures from tho Now York nnd Ixin
((on commerce Journals available con
firm this assertion.
During the fiscal year ending Juno
30, 1915, imports and exports to the
total of $2,109,000,000 passed through
the great American metropolis, while
London during tho corresponding 1914
calendar year registered a foreign
trade of $1,485,007,410.
Now York's exports reached, during
the period ,$l.l!i:t.5Sl,000 as against
London's; $2G2,C55;!00j , ' I
' Ilritnln's first port.- however. 'main
talns'tho Import supremacy with a to
tal of ?1.222 952.110. New York'3 Im
ports were $975,837,421.
DENY ALL RUMORS OF PEACE.
rto 'Significance In Appointment " of
Russian Minister.
Petrograd. The rumors which wore
circulated after Premier Stunner's ap
pointment , as foreign mlnlstor that
Russia might entertain proposals for
a separate peace, have elicited a
definite denial of such a possibility
from tho new foreign minister. In
denying the rumors to a correspondent
of the Russky Slovoo, Premier Etur
mcr said:
"I have learned that ray nppolpt
ment Is commented upon In some
circles as forecasting a separate ponce.
1 desire to strengthen the public be
lief that the change In tho post of
foreign minister must not bo consid
ered jn nny sense nn indication of tho
vnriatlon of Russia from tho line ot
conduct of tho last two years toward
her allies. The agreement with them,
will not bo changed.
Warning of Freight Car Shortage.
Washington. Curriers, shippers nnd
consigners have been wnrncd by the
lntorstnto Gommorco .commission of a
threntened ,car shortage and their at
tention called to tho need for dlqso
supervision of loading and unloading.
The commission urged, that cars uo
not iised for storage purports dad 'sug
gested thnt tho carriers return cars to
their home llnesas quickly as posst
Id!'. lre-aVj-'iirovemVirfs' -of grain 'nro
said to bo partly responsible for-tho
threatened shortage.
Lowest for- Eighteen Yens.
L Washlnfttoi J-Jnereaso-jnl nbpxilatlon.
by immigration nmounted to only
109,001 during the lineal year of 1910.
Statistics announced by the immigra
tion burenu show tho influx of aliene
Ms lower than it had been for
-MK.l.fn,.i innc
;V'V AnT'Evenorimpornce, .
.. "WashinKtonr'THo JinlUbgluu, df tho
;nusse o NQrth 'and South Arqeriea
through the" '"'news arrangement ctj-
tcred Into by th.- Vnl$ca Press, ana
in tan-inn!- leading (newspaper ot
South America, Iwus hailed liere asan
event of groat 'importance. - .
Lincoln, Neb. Thnt Lincoln hns nn.
excellent chnnco for ono of tho rural
credit banks is tho opinion of Con
gressman C. F. Heavls of tho First
district of Nebraska, who arrived
Thursday to moot tho officers of tho
Commercial club with tho idea of per
fecting an organization for tho pur
poso of Becurlng ono of tho banks.
"Secretary McAdoo assured mo some
thing more than a month ago." said
Mr. Reavls, "that tho board would
visit Lh.icojn. fonthq purposo ot listen
ing to any claims that might ho ad
vnnced for sueh a bank.
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Revised List of Contraband.' '
Lopdon; -Tho German minister hns
issued n revised usi oi roiurauHnu
says a Stockholm, dlf?phtch. At tho
pnmo tlmo dt Is nnnounced that com
manders of German warships havo
been instructed to sink nil Fhlps bound
for enemy ports carrying cnrgoeB
which consist wholly or In (part of con
traband, either absolute or relative.
Tho loss to Swedish .commercial In
terests from tho stoppage by Germany
of timber exports to England nnd
Franre, tho dispatch adds, Is estlmat
I ml at 6,000.000 pounds storllnp
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