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ww"- i. W fr i RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF I.' ! IV i II lM ;l; I GALE HITS SOLDIERS TROOPS AT BROWNSVILLE, TEX., FORCED TO FLEE TENTS AND TAKE REFUGE IN CITY HALL. 70-MILE WIND BLOWING Mllltlnmen From Illinois, Iowa, Mlchl gan and Vlrolnia Seek Shelter In Courthouse Ten on Steamer Lost Many Homes Wrecked. Nun Antonio. Tex.. Auk. 21. United States soldiers mill National Guards men stationed tit Fort Brown wore driven from their quarters anil took rcfiiKt.' In llio city hull mid other public buildings nt Brownsville, on necount of the gulf const storm which hit Unit section on Filduy, according to meager reports received over tho iiriny wire less nt Fort Sum Houston from Fort Broun. Tim wind was blowing "0 iiiIIuh mi hour. A turtillu mill destructive wind, ac cordlng to HiIh report, Iiiih wrought havoc In Brownsville mid In the mill tnry ciinip. Those- troops which took refuge In tho courthousu were the Illi nois, Iowa and Virginia regiments. They took two duys' rations. All wires are down. Gov. Kdwnrd F. Dunne of Illinois and stair, who have spent two days In Ilrowusvllle, left San Antonio for Houston. Tho steamship Pilot Hoy of tho Texas Ac Gulf Hue foundered In tho high seas running off Port Aransas, ,Tex., according to Oalveston reports. Three of her crew of 18 reached tho shore, It Is reported. Nothing has beeu heard of tho others. Tho exodus from tho city of Oal veston to tiie mainland continues, hut local authorities still believe there In no local danger. Tho wind iicconipanylnK tho storm reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour nt Corpus Christ! during tho afternoon and was carrying everything movahlo before it. A heavy seu was running In Corpus Chrlstl bay. In tho north beach portion of that city scores of summer cottages were demolished. A rush of water over Camp Cotton at Id Paso drove about f00 men of tho Thirty-first Michigan Infantry out of their tents. The entire First buttul Ion had to move away. Tho tcutlcss doubled up with other companions or slept In box cars. SHIPPING BILL IS PASSED Measure Appropriating $50,000,000 Wins in Senate Child Labor BUI Approved. Washington, Aug. 21. The adminis tration shipping bill, creating a ship ping board and appropriating $50,000, 000 for its use in government pur ehiiso or operation of ships, was passed by the senate by a strict party vote of !I3 to 21. It already bad passed the house In a slightly different form. An effort by Senator Borah to at tach thu Immigration bill to tho meas ure as a rider was defeated, 22 to 117. The child labor bill was finally passed without debate or record vote In tho house. Senate amendments wero accepted without change. It now goes to the president. Final action on tho Philippine bill promising Independence to the Islands as soon as a stablo gov ernment Is established, was taken In the house when the conference report was adopted and tho measure pre pared for President Wilson's signa ture, which Is tho only action remain ing to make It a law. WILSON VETOES ARMY BILL President Resents Clause Exempting Retired Officers From Discipline Reintroduced by Hay. Washington, Aug. 21. President Wilson vetoed the army appropriation bill on Friday. At the same time he sent to the house a lengthy message making it plain that this action was entirely due to the Incorporation Into the measure of the provision that re tired olllcers should not be subject to the articles of war. Chairman James Hay of tho houso military affairs committee reintro duced the army appropriation bill In tho house with tho entire articles of wur provision eliminated, within half an hour after tho president's veto hud been received. DEUTSCHLAND IN HOME PORT Geneva Dispatch Says German Subsea Ship Arrived 8afely at Bremen Thursday. Geneva, Switzerland, Ar. 21. A prlvnto telegram received hero on FrI duy from Berlin by tho Neue Zuercher Zeltung says that thu German subma rine Dcutsehland urrlved safely Thurs day at lireiuen from the United Stutes. U. S. Has Lincoln Home. Washington, Aug. 21. President Wll&on on Friday formally accepted for tho United States the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln at llodgensvilie, Ky., authorized by a recent net of con gress. 100,000 Flee Italy Quakes. Itome, Aug. 21, A series of earth quake bhoeks Is causing heavy losses In all towns for 00 tulles south of lllinliil on tho Adriatic coast. More than 100,000 men, women nnd children tiavo tied from their homes. HIS BUSY v0 SORE! O Coin"to r 0. K. NAVAL PROGRAM EIGHT CAPITAL SHIPS ARE VOT ED BY THE HOUSE. Conferees Sustained In Disagreeing to 8enate Increase in Appro priation for Navy Yard. Washington, Aug. 17. Tho houso on Tuesday approved by a vote of 283 to CI the senate naval building pro gram, Including provision for eight capital ships four dreaduaughts and four battle cruisers next year. Seven representatives voted "present." The houso also concurred by a viva voce veto in the senate amendment in creasing the navy's personnel to 74,000. Thu house conferees wero sustained In disagreeing to the senuto Increases In appropriations for navy yard Im provements, tho house voting to send tho bill buck to conference for deter mination of that issue. Acceptance of tho building and per sonnel sections, however, finally dis poses of thosu provisions, and they will not bo again considered by the conference. Tho defense program which ap proval of the naval bill by tho houso virtually completed, has been thu most Important achievement of thu session and has Involved appropriations aggre gating SOOl.-US.OOO. MOTHERS FAIL TO SAVE SONS Youth Drifts Out Into Deep Water on Log and Four Have Narrow Escape at Pike Lake, Ind. Warsaw, Ind., Aug. 18. I.awrenco Crist, cloven years old, and Arthur Stanford, eight, wero drowned iu Plko lako on Wednesday. Mrs. A. II. Stan ford, mother of Arthur, and Mrs. El mer Crist, mother of tho other boy, wero dragged from the lako uncon scious. Leila Crist, thirteen, sister of Lawrence, reached shore unaided. Tho live wero bathing, when Arthur Stan ford, clinging to a plank, drifted out Into deep water and went down. Mrs. Stanford rushed to his aid, but was soon helpless In deep water. Mrs. Crist and her two children also went to the rescue, and all got Into deep water. Daniel Daisy rescued Mrs. Crist, diving Into the lako without re moving even his shoes. U. S. SOLDIER SHOT TO DEATH Corporal Clement of Virginia Infantry Slain by Man Who Attacked Girl. Brownsville, Tox., Aur. 18. Corpo ral J. I.eo Clement, Company O, Sec ond Virginia Infantry, was shot through tho heart on Wednesday by Carl Dunches of tho quartermaster's department. Hunches, Infatuated with a girl of sixteen, Josefa Vuldez, hud gouo to her homo and was threatening to shoot her. Slio screamed and Dun thes wounded her In tho back. Clem ent ran to thu Vnldez homo. As no entered Dunches shot him dead, nnd escaped. Two hours later ho gave himself up nt tho county Jail. Clem ent's home Is nt Wnrrlnton, Vn., where ha leaves a wife. Ho was a jeweler and watchmaker. Ills home was form erly In Michigan. British Win In East Africa. London, Aug. ID. British military nnd naval forces are cooperating In German i'ast Africa. Tho war olllce announced that naval forces have oc cupied Biigamojo. Laud forces lime captured Mpapun. German Socialists Seek Peace. Amsterdam, Aug. ID. Socialists in Germany are reported to be circulating a petition for a speedy peace without conquests. Seventeen thousand signa tures have beeu secured among work men at Breslau. mm&p i fa isisr m WA8MINOTON STAR. SEASON I OtfM HEADQUARTER V0 t ADVANCE ON SOMME ALLIES PENETRATE GERMAN TRENCHES 500 YARDS. Maurepas and Clery Important Points Held by the Germans, Are In Danger. London, Aug. 18. The French nnd Hrltlsh, striking with terrific force In three directions on the Sommo front, have stormed nearly three miles of (lerman trenches, driving forward nt points to a depth of 00 to r00 yards. The most Important gains wero made by tho Hrltlsh and French troops striking north from thu point where tho allied Hues meet. Maurepas and Clery, two of the most Important points held by thu Germans In this sector, have been Hanked on both sides, according to the olllelal state ment Issued by Purls on Wednesday. Tho road lias also beeu reached between .Maurepas and Gulllemont, the latter town being tho Immediate objective of the Hrltlsh. This ad vance, If maintained, brings tho allies directly In front of the largo railroad town of Combles. South of tho Sommo tho French stormed German trenches over n length of about three-quarters of a mile, driving forward In a southerly direction from Belloy-en-Snutorro. Paris reports that a considerable num ber of prisoners wero taken In these operations. MOOSE SELECT INDIANAPOLIS Progressives to Make Indiana Capital National Headquarters for Com ing Campaign. Indianapolis, Aug. 10. Indianapolis probably will bo the national head quarters of the I'rogesslvo party as far as all practical purposes are con cerned during the coming campaign. Kdwiu M. I.ee, the Indiana state chair man, hns moved into new olllces, which nro announced as the "hendqurters of tho Progressive national commit tee." To what extent the Progressives will enter Into the national campaign has not been determined fully. Mr. Lee tays, but a light Is to ne made In some states. As soon as the national committee membership Is completed by Acting National Chairman Hale of Boston, a meeting probably will be held here. SAVAGE ATTACKS IN BALKANS Bulgarian Official Report Says Charges of Allies Were Repulsed Large Forces Employed. London, Aug. 10. Heavy fighting on tho Balkan front is reported in nn olll elal Bulgarian statement received hero from Sotln. Tho allied forces deliv ered strong infantry attacks, but, tho statement says, wero repulsed. The lighting occurred In tho region of Lake Dolran, northwest of Salonlkl, near tho Greco-Serhlan border. Several en counters have taken place In this vicin ity of late, but the olllelal Bulgarian statement Indicates that larger forces nro being employed against tho Bul garians. Irish Revolt Hurts Allies. London, Aug. 21. Various Intlu ences, particularly Kngland's policy to ward Ireland, nre arousing suspicion and resentment In the United States, says the Manchester Guardian, in an editorial. To Probe Bread Situation. Washington. Aug. 21. The ways and menus committee of the house mid the federal trade commission will co-op-eratu in an investigation of thu Dread ami Hour situation In the United States. BOOSTS THE VALUES BOARD REDUCES THE TAX LEVY. STATE DATES FOR THECOUNTY FAIRS Items of General Interest Gathered From Reliable Sources Around the State House. Western Nowspnpor Union Nrwg Pcrvlce. Uy cutting off another seven-tenths of a mill fiom the annual tax levy for tho state general fund, tho state board of assessment, composed of Governor Morehead, Auditor Smith, Secretary of COUNTY FAIRS IN NEURACKA. Dates and places for county fairs of Nebraska, the majority of which will be helil in September, together with the names of the (secretary and president, have been announced by State Auditor W. 11. Smith, secretary of the Nebraska Association of Fair Managers, as follows: County Town WVIihUt lllailcn Valley url Polk loei'ol'i Stanton Stanton Thayer DckIiIit Hamilton Autoni State Kalr Umolti Umraxter Lincoln Sheridan ilonlon Morrill Hrtilgepni-t Frontier Mayweed Antelopu NcIIkIi Clny I 'lav Center 1'llnti'r Itioketl How iMwes Child ron Dawson LexliiKton Dixon Dixon Franklin 1'iatiklln flieeley (ireeley Hull tSiawl Island I'latto Columbus l!od Illltte IioiIkp Sri Miner Fillmore Ccncvii Merrk'U Clinks Scotts r.lllft Mitchell Cheyermti Sidney Douglas Omaha Hoone Albion Ilox Itutte Alliance Hiltler D.ivlil City Huffulo K canny Dodl!'1 Hooper It.irl.in Alma. .Inhnscin Teciimsell Nucloilla Nehon Sewn Id Seward Sherman 'Loup City Chnse Imperial Dundy llHiikli'inan Holt Chambers Holt O'Neill Hitchcock Culhertson (iayc Itentilce Frontier HtocMvlll Kin wis Heaver City Lincoln North Platte Madison MadiFnn Pierce Pierce Haes Hayes Center York York Howard St. Paul Keith Ocallala Pawnee P.uvnee City lied Wlllnw lndlanola. Thurston Will hill Jefferson Fnlrlmry Date Auk. 2'J-2.-. Auk. BP-IU Auk. 29-Sop. Auk. 23 -Sep. Auk. "ft-Sep, Auk. 20-Sep. Sep. 4-n Sep. 4-R Sep. r.-s Sep. 7-9 Sep 11 -IS Sep. 12-1", Sep 12-ir, Sep. 12-lS Sep. 12-1T, Sep. 12-15 Sep 12-14 Sep. 12-ir, Sep. 12-ir, Sep. 12-15 Sep. 12-1." Sep. 13-15 Sep. 13-IB Sep. 13-1." Sep. 13-15 Sep 13-15 Sep. H-K, Sep. 10-22 Sep l!l. 22 Sep. 19-21 Sep. 19-22 Sep. 19-22 Sep. 19-22 Sep. 19-22 Sep. 19-22 Sep. 19-22 Sep. 1!-22 Sep, 20.22 Sep. 20-22 Sep. 20-22 Sep. 20-22 Sep. 20-22 Sep. 21-23 Sep. 25-30 Sep. 2C-29 Sep. 21-29 Sep. 2fi-29 Sep, 2fi-29 Sep. 2(1-29 Sep. 28-30 Oct 2-fi Oct 3-5 Out. 3-5 Oct. 3-f. Oct 3-fi Oct. 4-7 Oct. 11-14 Slnto Tool, Treasurer Hall, nnd Fred Beckmnn. has mnde good tho claim of more than a million dollars saved di rectly to the Nel-raska taxpayers dur ing the 1915-1916 blcnnlum. A yenr ago tho same board voted to lower the total levy by 1 mill, thus cut ting down tho state tnxes by $403 000. Not content with duplicating that rec ord, tho board this year found Is possi bles to cut seven-tenths of a mill under tho 1915 assessment, which menns thnt tho stato taxes for tho ensuing annum will bo $212,000 less thnn last year, notwithstanding a $20,000,000 increase in tho assessed valuation of property. The levy as adopted by the board for this tax year Is as follows: General fund, 3.4 mills; university maintenance, (fixed by legislature), 1 mill: university building (fixed by leg islature), .75 mill: normal schools (fixed by legislature), .85 mill; Btato aid bridge fund, 1 mill. This makes a total stato levy of C.l mills, ns compared with 6.8 mills a year ago nnd 7.8 mills for each of tho two years prior to that. The 1915 reduction was accomplished by cutting the general fund levy from 5 mills to 4.1 mills nnd the stntn aid bridge levy from .2 mill to .1 mill. Tho present reduction is nil In tho general fund, which Is cut from 4.1 to 3.4 mills. Hero Is tho estimated amount m state taxes which the 1910 levy will produce, and tho estlmnted Increase or decrease as compared with last year: General fund, $1,704,010; decrease, $207,328. University maintenance, $501,1(0; Increase, $20,305. University building. $375,885; In crease, $15,274. Normal schools, $426,003; lncrcaso, $117,311. Stato aid bride, $50,118; lncrcaso, $2,037. Total, $3,057,195; decrease, $212,342. Students Allowed to Return Home, All members of tho national guard mustered into the service of tho United States, who can show a bona fide In tention of entering or returning to colleges or schools at tho beginning of the fall term in 1916, will be dis charged as soon as possible, after tho first of September. unlosB the military situation nt thnt timo be such as to render their retention In the Borvlco necessary. This order from the sec retary of war, hns reached Camp Llano Grando. Started a Fund for Old Soldiers. Sorgcant Otto Pennur, Company B, Fourth, has received a box of fine fudgo from four girl friends In Omaha. Tho box also contained four cents? "Those will tide you over until pay day," tho girls wrote. That night Ser geant Penner Invited the entlro regi ment out for dinner. What remnlncd of tho four cents will bo turned over to Borne old soldiers homo. Sergennt Archlo Welton, also Company B, has received a Inrgo number of mngazlnes which are being enjoyed by members of tho company. POTS BAN ON GASOLINE TANKS 8Ute Fire Warden Prohibits Use ef Tanks on Wheels. State Flro Commissioner W. 8. Rldgell has prohibited merchants from using portable tanks for gasoline. It Is an old rulo of the department over which he has control that merchants must not keep gaoollne in their places of business In stationary tanks, and he does not Intend to permit mer chants to use portable tanks. Tho tanks on wheels arc moved about and Inivo been found on sidewalks. They nro moved about to suit the conven ience of automobile owners who often drive up to a store and aslc the dealer to wheel his tank to tho edge of tha sidewalk and fill the tank in tin. automobile. Camp Llano Now Has a Laundry. "The Three Lenga Y filing Hono at All Times." Th.s sign npi ears In 1 1 1 1 Secretary O. t. LlmtRren Ah In HlenflllK V. II Kail A. It l.oehe Y.. J Mitchell S. 11 Otto W. U. Mellor A. II Smith lluy O. Lynn A. T. Seytiolt .1. T. Twins C. J. Hest II. A. llvrklt Kniery '' H.nh ,1. F !.awi"!ice K. C. Van Horn I,. (. Nelson Jesse 11. Naden H A. Kennedy A. M. Conneis Jerrv CarrlK H. H. Story Henry Moll S. K. HalMon John I. Lorn; J. T Whitehead F. W. Vnth K. II Oilst A. J Huilrty W. 13 Snencer W. It MKiatlln fl. V It irisp J. H Heine C. K. Altrr (J. UlierMetta fleet e Jackson T. C. Peck C. J. Tncy W. C. Hill 11. 1.. OiiRh C. 10. Fanler P. C. llonnhu J A. Kirk II. V. Hlesen l. II. Cheney W. C. F I.umley J. K. Sebastian S C. niarkm.in O. K. CaRle U R. MuMI It. V. Oetty C. V I.eftwlch T. I. Dutch C A. Sch-ipnel William P'oiird Harrv X. Keere O. SollenberKer President W. S. Thorne A. J. Firkins A. F Johnson F. I Sanders Albert Oaughey K J. KKKi-rt J. A. Ollls !'. W Hudson Frank I I.etson V. II Putnam I 'has A. Listen .1 (i Crlnklaw H. L. McKelvIe .1 H Wilson W. II. Donahue L. H. White John Mills J. II Harms Ijiwretico I.e-i II MrUiughlln C.irl llohde . II Itelnhelmer Hans T Holl Jacob Wfls II. M. Koklcr 1M It. Held Uus Wellner W o Miner W 11 Kennedy A. I). HimIkcts Chns. I.emley r f I'i'tiv M. A. I'ehllnit 11. T Moote J. M. Weber ("has. Malsbury J. C Petri II J. Johansen Frank Me La In O. M. KelloKK H. J. Porter J. M. Hunter C (i CreWM Dr. C P Fall K. O. Itlley 11. F. Moore F. C Plolstlcker II Sumlcimnii William Prahl M. L Tennant Con McCarthy !. J Webh C A Klker W. T. Paiklnnn C. S. Thompson J. P Thlessen the rear of the company street of Com pany C, Omaha, under Captain Todri. It has been diflicult to get laundry work dono In camp. Prices have been exorbitant. So Sergeant James Morln doclded to start a laundry. Ills two assistants nro Perry Howard and Tim M. McCnrty. They nro known as: Sing Ono Lung. Sing Two Lung and Sin, Three Lung. Thoy do work only fin members of their own company ana olllcers of tho Fourth regiment. Their prices are from 2 to 5 cents cheaper than tho prices of tho regular laundry. The men work In tho laundry when off duty. They receive 40 per cent of tho profits while their company re celvo 60 per cent. Morln stated todny that he has averaged about $5 a day since beginning work. Their equip ment consists of a washing machine, three tubs, two washboards, a stove, clothes pins and clothes line. Thoy call for and deliver laundry. Troops March In Review. Nine thousand troops of the Ne braska, Indiana nnd Minnesota Na tional Guards, including nil their units, marched In rovlow before Gen oral Parker, commander of the Browns ville district, at Camp Llano. In tho reviewing stand were General Parker, General Lewis, camp commander, nnd General O'Ryan, commander of tho famous Seventy-fourth New York regi ment. It was by far the most Impres sive sight that has yet taken place. Tho lino of inarch extended over two miles. Olllcers nnd men of tho two Nebras ka regiments are being rapidly whip ped into shape nnd it is expected that within a few weoks they will be ready to relieve tho regulars on patrol duty along the Rio Grande. Under tho in structions of Lieutenant Joo Baxter, nsslgned to tho Fourth, nnd Lieutenant Ititchol, nsslgned to tho Fifth, United States army Instructors, tho two Ne braska organizations nro showing re markable development. There aro not a great many collcgo men In tho two Nebraska regiments. Just across tho Imaginary lino that separates the Nebraska regiments from tho Indiana organizations in Camp Llano Grande, however, nro a large number of collego students. The college man, generally speaking, makes n good soldier. He is orderly, neat In nppearanco, Is a groat follow to reason out things for himself, sel dom complains about food or condi tions, works wion there Is work to bo dono nnd plays whonover tho oppor tunity presents itself. Will Accept the Abstract. Tho stato board of assessment hna decided to accept the second abstract of assessment submitted to It by Comi ty Assessor Philbin of Greeloy county. His first nbstraet was not signed and his second differed slightly from tho llrst and did not contain tho usual statement that tho assessment had been equalized by tho county board. Tho county board prcsonted nn ab stract of its own which was one cent an acre lower than tho valuation re ported by tho county assessor. If you are interested in purity first KG BAKING POWDER is what you should always use. There are many other reasons why but try a can and see for yourself. A Woman's Way. Cornelius Vanderbllt said, In n re cent argument on preparedness "They who would rely on a volun tary militia, instead of on a conscript army, know us little about real pre pnivdncxs as u woman about tobacco. " 'Why,' said she, it's nil nonsense to say u woman can't buy her hus band's cigars, As for me, I never have the least dllllculty.' "'No? What's your system?' she was asked. " 'I Jut take along a sample stump,' she said, 'and there's never the least trouble about matching thu shade 1" Washington Star. Of Course Not! A somewhat befuddled Individual, who had evidently been lunching n trifle too freely, climbed on board the car with dllllculty. "What's the matter?" he asked, mild ly, ns he observed tho conductor's Im patience. "Ain't this car the one I want?" "How do I know whether it Is or not?" growled the conductor. "Oh, you must have known It, or you wouldn't have stopped to let me catch It," said the befuddled one. Only the brave fare well at n church fair. That Hungry Feeling. "I put my feelings Into this pnlnt Ing." said the poor but proud artist. "That probably accounts for It," re joined the critic. "Accounts for what?" queried the sllnger of paints. "For the fact thnt the sky of tho background looks like n scrambled egg," explained the critic. Courting Monotony. Cynieus Oh, all women nre nllke. Sllleus Then why should any mnn commit bigamy? Life. Everybody needs it stored for emergency in a well-developed, well-preserved, well -nourished body and brain. Grape-Nutt food stands preeminent as a buildr of this kind of energy. It is made of the entire nutri ment of whole wheat and barley, two of the richest sources of food strength. Grape-Nuts also includes the vital mineral elements of the grain, so much emphasized in these days of investigation of real food values. Crisp, ready to eat, easy to digest, wonderfully nourishing and delicious. "There's a Reason" for Grape -Nuts A. i ti f IJ i yj- Kir -