The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, August 31, 1916, Image 2
ittrlnWitifm i 'il'l," P; RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF IM j y v. i !S IJl I hi '.) til i't 4.1 M f I r p :' 8 DIE III I RID HUNDRED BOMDS DROPPED IN ENGLAND DURING ZEPPE- LIN RAID. ONE AIRSHIP NEAR LONDON Raider Driven From Seaport Town by Antiaircraft Guns Derlln Assert That City and Batteries Were Bombarded at Night London. Auk. 28. Eight persons wore killed mill :t liijuri'il In tin- Zep IM'lln mill on Thursday night. It wiin announced ofllclnlly. One hundred bombs were dropped. Ono Kcppclln reached the outskirts of I.onilon, Two or tlireo raiders came In over the eastern eoiintluH mid dropped over HO bombs without causing uny casual ties or damage. Another raider at tempted to upproneh n Henixirl town, helm: heavily tired on by antiaircraft guns, was driven off to the eastward after dropping 11) honilm In the sea without reaching their objective. Another raider succeeded In reach ing the outskirts of London, where explosive and Incendiary bombs wen dropped and disunities occurred unions; tliu civilian population as follow: Killed, three men. three women, and two children; Injured seriously, three men mid four women; Injured slight ly, four men, seven women and three children.- In addition, one soldier was seriously and fourteen were slightly In jured by broken glass. Derlln, vln London, Auk. 28. The city nnd southwestern district of Lon don were bombarded on Thursday night by German airships, an ofllclnl statement Issued by the war ofllec snys. Batteries ut Harwich nnd Folkestone were also attacked, says the state ment, which adds that "everywhere very Rood effects were observed." ARCHBISHOP SPALDING DIZS Head of Peoria See, Succumbs After Long Sickness Weakened by Hot Wave. Peoria. III., Aug. "8. Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding, noted pre late of the Unman Catholic church In Illinois and a resident of IVorla con tinuously since 1877, when be was chosen, for the position of bishop of the newly created l'eorla diocese, died at his residence here on Friday, lie had been III for a number of years, having suffered a paralytic stroke In 11)00. Physicians In attendance re port that the recent heat wave left the aged prelate In u weakened con dition, and his decline was rapid. Itlshop SpahlliiK was elevated to the position of archbishop of Keyphopholls in 11)01). He was consecrated bishop of the Koiiian Catholic diocese of l'eorla. III., on May 1. 1877. One project of iniignlllcent scope orig inated by Archbishop Spalding was the Catholic university ut Washing ton. Archbishop Spalding wits horn in Lebanon, Ky., June '-', 1810. WOMAN KILLS GUARD OFFICER Capt. E. J. Spratllng lo Shot and Killed In a Militia Camp by Mrs. H. C. Adams. Macon. Ga.. Aug. 28. Capt. E. .1. Spratllng. F company, Fifth Infantry, National Guard of Georgia, was 'hot mid killed In front of his tent at the state uuihlllxntlnu camp near here on Friday. Mrs. II. C. Adams or Atlanta was arrested on the statements of sev eral ollicers and men that she shoi the militia ottW'cr. She declined to make uny Mntciucut. Mrs. Adams was turned over to civil authorities, who placed her In the county Jail. She gave her Atlanta address and said she was married and had three children. II. C Adams, husband of the wom an, said that his wife had been trou bled with nervousness and bad been treated by Captain Spratllng, who was a physician In private life. Mis. Adams told her husband, lie said, that she had objected to remarks she suld the physician made to her. ALLIED NAVAL LOSS 72 SHIPS Berlin Asserts They Total 490,050 Tons 25 Teuton Craft of 62,607 Tons Sunk. 'Berlin, Aug. -Ti. The German admi ralty Issued u statement asserting that the losses of tho British mid French navies In llue-oMiattle ships tun) cruis ers to August 1 comprised 7'- vessels with a total displacement of -lUO.O.'O tons. The Gcrmnn loses "in the same classes during the name period were 25 warships with n total of J'.l!ll7 tons. It was stated that the list or Brit ish and French warships Included only thoso losses which hail been estab lished definitely. Typhus In Mexico. El Paso. Tex.. Aug. 28. An epi demic of typhus has broken out In Agiiuscallentes, Mexico. A letter re ceived from there says that carloads of corpses are being carried out for burial dally. Germans Blacklist Dutch. Amsterdam. Aug. 28. Germany Iiiih Issued n blacklist of certain Dutch lirms which are denied German goods, mid Dutch merchants who supply tin blacklisted Unas nro threatened with a similar boycott. ME FOUNDLING Vv I m i i a . V&Z&. TO NO ONE fe mm? . canvr i. o um i . wsffL mmmm wnflkJIh '1HPI 5,000 RUSSIANS SLAIN SLAV8 SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES IN FOUR-DAY BATTLE. Berlin Statement Saya Enemy Has Been Halted in Volhynla, Gallcla and Carpathians. Berlin (by wireless to Sayvllle, L. I.), Aug. 25. Despite their determined attacks In many sections of the front In Volhynla, Gnllcln nnd the Carpa thian regions the Russians have been unable to gain any ground from (he Teutonic forces, uccordlng to the Aus trian ollielal statement of August 22. The Russian losses In the lighting along the lower Stokhod, northeast of Kovel, were particularly heavy, says the statement. A correspondent of the Cologne Ga zette on the Itiisslnn front says that In the fighting near Ilorodeiiku, In eastern Gallcla, from August M to 17 the Russians Inst ft.OOO killed, while the total of German casualties was SO. Gains for the Teutonic forces In the Carpathians north of Capul, where po sitions recently taken by the Hussions were stormed and recaptured, are an nounced by the war olllce. I'etrogrntl (vln London). Aug. 2.. The Germans resumed the offensive south of Itrody, where the Russians are attempting to approach Lemberg from the northeast. The war olllce statement of today says the Germans were repulsed. The Russians captured two heights on the Hungarian front. DEUTSCHLAND ARRIVES HOME German Merchant Submarine Arrives at the Mouth of Wcscr All on Board Welt. Berlin, Aug. 25 (by wireless to Sny vllle, N. Y.). The merchant subma rine Deiitschhind arrived at the mouth of the Weser on Wednesday, ac cording to the Overseas News ngency. All on hoard are well. The Deutsch laud started on Its return trip from lMiltlmore on August -. It escaped the cordon of allied ships which were watching for It. APPOINTS U. S.-MEXIC0 BODY Secertary Lane, Justice Gray of Dela ware and Dr. John R. Mott of New York Will Serve. Washington. Aug. 21. Secretary Landing announced on Tuesday the appointment of American members of the commission to treat with Mexico. They are: Secretary of the Interior Franklin II. Lane of San Francisco. Justice Gray of Delaware. Or. John R. Mott of New York. All three have accepted the appointment. ARMY BILL PASSES SENATE Appropriation Bill, Minus Provision Which Caused Veto, Is Approved by Upper House. Washington, Aug. 25. The senate passed the army appropriations bill with an amendment replacing the arti cles of war In It, but minus the pro vision which caused the president to veto It lust week. Plague Deaths Decrease. New York. Aug. 2(1. A substantial decrease In the number of Infantile paralysis deaths and new case is re ported. During 'he 21 hours ending at 10 a. in., .'10 clilldreu died and loo were stricken. Hermit Yachtsman Ends Life. New Yorlc, Aug. 20. Stephen M Van Allen, the hermit yachtsman committed suicide In the cabin of his costly motor lion t Hunter on the North river by discharging the loads of a double-barreled shotgun Into his breast. NOBODY LOVES ME PONY B'long- he YIELD EIGHT-HOUR DAY; RAILROAD8 IN8IST ON GUARAN TY AGAINST LOSS. Ask Legislation Which Will Prevent the Recurrence of a Similar Situation. Washington, Aug. 'J I. The mihcotn mlttce of the railway executives up pointed as a board of strategy to framii ii reply to President Wilson's demand for concessions to the men that will prevent a general strike have made n report. It Is understood they have recom mended the granting of the eight-hour day, but with a string tied to It. The purpose of the string, it is said, Is to make possible u withdrawal of the concession If the president does not give satisfactory guaranties of much desired new legislation. The announcement of the prelimin ary report of the committee of eight members followed within a few hours after ii cabinet meeting on Tuesday ut which President Wilson's attitude on the controversy was given unanimous approval by his ollielal family. It was admitted the principal hope now Is to commit the president and the government to definite assurances providing two things: 1. Legislation which will prevent n recurrence of a similar occurrence be fore nil the processes of n Judicial in vestigation have been exhausted. '. Practical guaranty that the rail roads will be compensated for tl.o money loss they claim they will sus tain by granting mi eight-hour day. ADMITS WARSHIP WAS HIT Berlin Says That the German Battle ship Was Damaged by prltlsh Torpedo. London, Aug. 25. The Germnn bat tleship Westfalen wns hit and slightly damaged on Saturday by n British tor pedo. It was admitted In a semlolllcial telegram from Berlin on Wednesday, according to Renter's Amsterdam cor respondent. The Westfalen, however. It Is declared, continued capable of maneuvering ami will shortly be re paired. Gasoline Shortage in London. London, Aug. 2(5. Of the 7.000 taxi cabs plying In the Loudon metropoll tan urea, 2,000 will be withdrawn ut six o'clock each evening owing to tho shortage of gasoline. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES Erie, Pa., Aug. 25. Two heavy cranes, said to have bepn overloaded, broke at the National foundry, killing at least four workmen and Injuring six or seven others. London, Aug. 21. There Is no foun dation for the Berlin report that n r man Augell, the pacifist, has been -en- tenced to prison for refusal to perform military service. Mr. Augell Is be yond the age limit of liability for such service. $500,000,000 'Teuton Relief. Berlin, Aug. 2S. The amount raised by German municipalities for relief of families of soldiers has reached about s.'OO.OOO.OOO. The federal treasury will turn over to the municipalities about S125.000.tHH). Plague Closes All Schools, llnrrisburg. Pa.. Aug. 2.S. Samuel O. DKou, stale coinmlssiouer of health, decided that all schools public, pri vate and parochial must remain closed until September 18, because of Infantile paralysis. REPORTED FOR DUTY RECRUITING SQUAD HAVE TURNED TO NEBRA8KA. RE. LOOKING FORJEW RECRUITS Items of General Interest Gathered From Reliable Sources Around the State House. Western Newrpnprr Union News .Service. Sixteen ollicers mid privates of the Nebraska national guard, recently with the troops on the border, have, returned to Nebraska for recruiting Hervlco at j different points in the statu. Four of i them reporting at tho adjutant gen- ' prill's olllco wore: Cnpt. It. N. Mo- Alllstnr, Company M. Fifth regiment; Lieut. O, L. Keating, Company II, Fourth; Limit. V. II. Orris. Company 0, Fourth; Lieut. W. 11. Hull, First bat talion, Fifth Tho other ollicers nnd men who have ecu sent homo to recruit for the regl- ien.nl organization are: uicnt Sergeant O. F. Ball, Company K, Fourth. Sergeant F. C Voss, Company M. Fourth. Sergeant E. P. Clemnts, Company I, Fifth. Corporal Al. N. Tremalnes, Company E, Fourth. Corporal J. Dyorley, Company C, Fourth. Corporal J, Fifth. Corporal B, McMInn, Company G, Mlltonbergor, Company E, Fifth. Prlvato R. M. Fourth. Prlvato R. S, Fourth. Private P. P. Gibson, Company D, Hill, Company H, Stoffrogcn, Company K, Fifth. Prlvato II. Clow, Company A, Fifth. Sergeant E. U. DcWolf, Company D, Fifth. Went Beyond His Legal Powers When a district court Judge nt Qninil Island committed Herbert Crlss lo tho stntc Industrial school at Kear ney for a term of six months, ho wont beyond his legal powers anil infringed unon authority which rightfully be ! longs to tho state board of control. So I aeclnres Attorney lioncrni need in an j merco commission in nn orner uireci ollielal opinion just given to the hoard , Ing tho Burlington to correct existing of control. Tho attorney general rules latea which arc hold to discriminate that the hoard Is the only authority i against Torriugton. Wyo.. In favor of vested by law with the power to say i Henry, Neb. how long a boy shall remain In the I Industrial school, when ho Is sent j New Federal Game Laws, there. He therefore advises that the Chief Game Warden Hutenbeck hns part of the Judge's order specifying Mx months as the tlmo during which Crlss shnll bo held in custody Is In valid, and that tho board is at liberty to use its own Judgment ns to whether tho youth shall be held there a longer tlmo, or until ho is tweuly-ono year? of nge. Looking for New Recruits. In a short tlmo the two Nebraska regiments the Fourth nnd the Fifth will bo cut down to "solid rock" and tho work of building up will commenco with renewed vim and vigor. Tho men who have applied for discharges, under the dependency provision, will Save started northward many of them will havo resumed their plnces In civil life and tho college boys will hnvo rtnrted north to resume study in col leges and universities. Unless tho Mexican situation ogain assumes war like nnd threatening proportions, tho college men will bo discharged Septem ber 1. Efforts nro now being made to securo new recruits for tho two regiments. Recruiting stations have been established throughout Nebraska and recruiting ollicers appointed. Athletic Contests at Camp Every effort Is being mado to krev the National guardsmen along tho len der In good spirits. This, of courso Is highly essential to tho welfare of tho organizations. Tho men find plen ty to do. They drill nnd work and work and drill, and between times "knock" off a few minutes for mess. Usually In tho heat of tho day they rest; that is, they remain under tent, but there nro lesfons to be learned, nnd this takes much studying. To break the monotony of nil this, Gen eral Funston has ordered ath'otlc con tests In nil reglmonts. Tho plnn Is to havo two contests n month. Later tho best men In nil events will bo select ed from uie vnrious regiments tor u general Hold event. Rhodes Scholarship Examinations. Examinations for tho Cecil Rhode? scholarships at Oxford university, Ox ford, England, will bo held October .1 and 4, nccordlng to a notification sent Chancellor Avery by II. T. Goirans secretary of local examinations. Last year there wore but few candidates for tho scholarships, end nono of those who took tho examinations pnssed Tho appointment was mado from an alternate of tho previous year. Tho shancollor has so far received no ap illcatlon for the examinations this fall. To Test Seed Free of Charge. At tho request of Governor Moro i,nn.i nonntv Puro Food Comnilsslono! "l"'M .- (--.-,, - llarnian has reserved booth spiico In Agriculture Hull for the purpose of testing seed freo of clmrgo for nil farmers bringing samples to tho State Fair September 4 to 8. Bring tho seed with you and tho party In chnrso will give you full Information as to Its purity. This Is a splendid opportunity to securo oxport advice leading tc pure soed. f.'erJ Ro.-J Legislation Stato Engineer Gcorg.! E. Johnson lins returned from Wafihiiigton, wheio ho attended n conference of state high way commissioners called by tho fed eral government to consider rules gov erning tho use of $75,000,000 of fed. oral funds appropriated for n period ol tho years to nld In building rural post Mr. Johnson represented the No-1 braska board of Irrigation, highways end drainage. As a result of the con- ference Mr. Johnson and Governor Morehead, chairman of tho state high- wny commission, nro of the opinion that the stato should not attempt this Into In tho year to uso the llrst np- portlonmont of $100,000 made by tuo government to Nebraska, until after tho legislature meotB In January. Soma legislation may be neceffary to obtain i uso of tho nionoy furnlshe.l by the gov ern tnrtit. Next year Nebraska will recclvo double the first apportionment, or SlM'-'.OOO. nnd this amount will bo dou bled every year until tho expiration of tlve years. ; Want Permission to Reduce Time. I App'l-atlon has been made jointly to the stale railway commission bv nil the railroads of Nebraska for porm.s- ' rlon to reduce the free time allowed i , for loading and unloading cars of 00.- 000 pounds or greater capacity, from nlxty hours t3 forty-eight hours. Un der the Dunning demurrage law of Ne braska, tho roads are required to givo nlxty hours for this purpose, for cam of tho capacity stated. For smaller cars, the free time Is forty-eight hours. The railway commission is empowered to by tho demurrage law to cut down Iho time allowance If It should see fit. It has sent notices to n num ber of shippers requesting their views on the matter. In case there Is any pronounced opposition, n hearing will bo set and tho railroads will hn given an opportunity to show why tho rulo should be changed. Refuse to Approve Increase. Railway Commissioners Clarke, Tay lor nnd Hall, assisted by U. G. Powell, rate expert, are preparing an order re fuslnc In imnrnvn the nrnniinnil rntos of the Burlington road from Henry. I Neb., near the Wyoming lino, to sta- 1 1he members of tho brotherhood com tlons In Nebraska. Tho commission I nilttop of C40, tired of their long wait, will givo Its reasons for refusing to departed for homo after delegating npprovo a proposed Inereaso ot rates Upr rowers to effect n settlement or on llv e Btock and will rlnt out many i rnl1 n "Tike to a committee of twenty- errors made by the interstate com- I received a dispatch from Washington regarding the open season established by the government for this state. Tho messago to Mr. Rutenhcck Is signed by C. II. Henshaw, chief of the bureau of biological survey. It says: "Open reason Nebraska waterfowl, coots, gal llnulos, Jacksnlpe, September 10 to December 31; blackbreastcd and gol den plover and greater and lesser yellow legs, September 1 to December 15; woodcock, October 1 to Novcinbor 10. All other shore birds closed until September, 1918." Although tho United States govern ment has allotted ?10C,000 for tliln ycer to aid in the construction of good mails In Nebraska, It. is probablo that none of this money will bo spent be fore the spring of 1917. Statu Eng ineer Johnson, who has just returned from a good roads conference nt Washington, has advised Governor Moreheiul that additional stato legis lation will bo necessary beforo tho terms of tho federal appropriation can 'jo mot. Tho Humphrey Building, Loan and Savings association has received a charter from tho stato banking board. Nebraska Ranks Well With Others State Auditor W. H. Smith has com piled a report of tho receipts and ex penditures of twenty-five states for a period of one yenr. Tho compilation shows that for tho year 1915 Nebras ka expended ?5,3G0,1S9.C0. Tho state's Income from taxes and other sources in that period was $5,eo.",124.74, or $r44,9:i5.0S moro than tho stato ex pended. Tho expenditures of the stato for expenses, Including stato olllces, stato Institutions, Judiciary, hoard, .etc., was $2,741,262.72. In addition it spent $2, 155,5(57.10 for educntlonal purposes, In cluding tho stato university and nor mal schools. Tho rovenuo derived from taxation during tho year was $3,905,311.75. An additional rovenuo amounting to $1 999.C12.99 was derived from foes and other sources, mnklng a total of $5, 905,124.74 received. On a basis of 1,200,000 population tho per capita expenditure of tho stato government vas $4.40. Tho Fifth Nebraska reglmont on tho hordor has obtained now tentago for all Its men and oftlcors. Tho tents nro all of tho now issue, pyrlmldal, providing more inside epaco than tho old ones. Tho last legislature passed a law requiring proporty owners to trim i tholr hedges nnd trees at crossroads ! and rnl'rond crossings, so that thero would be less dancer of accidents nt t.fln1i itlnpng ITnili-na mnut tin fi-ltiimn.l ( t0 wl,ln f()lir fcot of ,ho Krmm(, (U1(, trees trimmed four t-.ot higher, for j a ronsonnhlo d'stnnco back from tho 1 corner, so that tho view Is unobstruct ed. If property owners do not do this, tho work may bo dono by tho road overseer and the oxpense nsscssed against the proporty and collected tho eamo ob other taxes. WAR WITH i ALLY ITALY FORMALLY DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY. PROUD 0FTHE DEUTSCHLAND , ,.,.... Submarine Tendered a Monster Receu- tlon at Bremon May Ask . ... . Congress to Aid in Settlement Wcstrtii Npwempe! Union News Service. Home. Italy, which has been Btead- I lly drifting apart from her old time nlly. Germany, for aimo tlmo, has at 1 last declared war. Tho declaration became Inevitable when Italy recently r.ent troops to Salonlkl to co-operato In the campaign of the ontento allies on tho Macedonian front, ns Germany is directing the opposing forcos and has troopj on this battle I'tie. Italy's position in regard to Oor- ma"y h"B. T" "" n,n,"80BS ,no Blm?. ,,a,y -thc f,"0m U, V" ? i i" .Ji KlJ wnr on Austria. Attliougn by tuts act rlie frayed herself against her for mer allies, Germany and Austria, she remained officially at peaco with Ger many until last week. IJoforo Italy took this step Germany exerted every effort to Inilace hir to remain neutral May Ask Aid of Congress. Washington. Tentative plana for a joint session of the senate, and houso to hear President Wilson ask for legis lation to prevent the threatened nn-tion-wldo rallrond strike wero dis cussed by the president with Senator Kern, tho democratic loador, when It seemed virtually certain that a break between the railroads and their em ployes must follow final conference at the White houso. Tho belief thnt negotiations between the railroad executives and represent atives of the men would end without un agreement has been growing. This feeling was strengthened when fo,,r. Instructed under no clrcum stanres to agreo to arbitral'on of tho ilenvnil for an eight hour day nt tho present rate of pay for ten hours. PROUD OF THE DEUTSCHLAND. Monster Demonstration at Bremen for Submarine. Berlin. The Gormnn submarino merchantman Dcutsehland. which roached the Weser Wednesday from the 1'nited States, arrived at Bremen, hrr home port, tho next day. A wild demonstration greeted tho vessel and her crew. Many visitors and govern ment officials aro at Bremen for tho reception to be tendorod Captain Koe nig ; ml hli crew. The trip up tho Wes -t was marked by tho e.hocring of crowds on the shores end by the rounding of whistles of boflaggcd river cr.ift. Prepart'o'is for nnoMier voyage to the United States pro we'l under way. Freight is being received for this trip. The- atwunt of cnr?o now ready Is larger than had beon nxpoclod, tho overseas news agency says. All tho members of tho crow havo expressed readiness to s.r.n for tho next voyage. Woman lo Executed As Spy Paris. Tho execution of a woman as a spv is Is reported in a Havns dis patch from Mnrsolllcs. According to this information Follca. Pfaal was put to death at the LighthoiiBo shooting range, having been convlotod ot es pionage by the council of war of th fifteenth region. Carrier Plrjeon3 for the Army. Columbus, O. Carrier pigeons nro Iho latest recruits to the Unltod States army on tho border. Fifty tilers do- li'it'Ml by tho American Carrlor I'l'jpon a, association to the United S'atcs signal ". corps branch at Columbus arc en route. II Is Eald the lecrulta nro all racing LlrdJ. C?ld Rcsrsrvo Has Inercnced. VPbhlngtrn. Gold reserves of tho fede-al reserve lianas Increased about rc.orooCO during tho past week, ac rorll ig to a statement of the banks comllMon August 18. "sauod by tho federal rcservo board. Cends Warning to Farmers Washington. Secretary Flanagan ot tho federal farm loan board has Is sued a warning to farmers thnt solici tors aro busy in nivcral states without nn'liorltv of tho hoard, attempting to coi'ect money for tho organization of national farm loan associations. Bavarian King Stricken. Paris. Klnr Ludwiit III. of Bavaria, hns been stricken with npoploxy and hlo condition Is grevo, nccordlng to n renort from Swltzer'nnd sayssn nomo dispatch to the ePtlt Parlsion. Chicago. Results of tho campaign that hns been waged for yearn for n snno Fourth of July nrn shown In fig ures mado public by tho American medical associat'on which for four teen yenrs has tnken a poll of every state and city In tho country of lm portanco as to Fourth of July casual ties. Not ono ensn of tetanus wns ro- ported In the entire conntrv In 191C, nnd not ono person wail blinded 'y. gunnowiier, nn-oruing 10 ine nssonay. t'on's ftatcment. Only thirty deatlis i"iv nlr.co as compared With 4C0 In 1 i:33. P f 1 V TjS A I ar"S'