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i; v ir wm,mrihm&' ti ''V'r'1. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF LONG SESSION ENDS SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS AD- JOURNS AFTER PASSING REV. ENUE DILL. TOTAL COST $1,858,384,485 Appropriations Break Record and Houses Act on Many Crises Growing Out of the European War -Wilson Lauds Lawmakers. Washington, Si-iit. 11. In n state nii'iit Issued following Iho adjournment of congress on Friday, President Wll Mii en I luil attention to thu "helpful mill liimuim.' legislation" passed mill de- ciarcti nun wane no regrcucn mnmnm nl legislation dealing with lliu recent dispute between tin; railroads mid their employees luiil not Iti'i'ii completed liu linii every reason to believe thu quos Hon would bu taken up Immediately uftcr congress reassembles. Congress, which adjourned tit 10 n. in., impropriated exactly $1,120,4:U,'.!UI, which, with obligations mid authoriza tions for tlic future', makes thu total Sl.SoS.ItSl.-IS.'. JiiHt hi'fon; ndjoiirniiit'iit, Hupresrii tatlvo Onriliier of Massachusetts Intro duced n resolution, whli'h he an nounced liu would press nt thu winter session, for congressional Investigation of organizations which It Ih nlleged tin der foreign Inlltieiico have attempted to uffoct elections of congressmen. He named the Ainerleuii Embargo confer 1'iicu mid thu American Commerce and I'retectivu committee among thoHe he wmited Investigated to disclose the Kource of their llminclal support and to determine whether they have violated Uie neutrality of the United States. The president signed the emergency revenue hill nt 0:115 o'clock. Important uctH of congress were the ratlllcatlon of the Nicaragua!! and Iliiltlan treiitlen, confirmation of Louis D. IlrnudelH as associate JUHtlce of the United States Supreme court, rejection of the nomination of George F. Huhlee to the federal trade commission, and the defeat of the Gore mid McLcmoro resolutions to tlo the presidents hands In dealing with thu mihmtirliio crisis with Germnny. Each of these acts In volved warm controversy. Ily fur thu greatest achievement of congress, In the opinion of leaders on both sides, was thu passago of the preparedness program. This program watt divided Into six hills, which ap propriated a totul of nearly $700,000, 000 for the national defense. The rural credits hill provided a farm loan system nud created ii farm loan board to supervise the system. Thu shipping 1)111 created a ship ping hoard and provided $50,000,000 for the purchase of ships. The child-labor hill places a ban on the shipment of child-labor productH In Interstate ami foreign commerce. The vocational education bill pro vides for federal aid to the states for training In agricultural pursuits and In the trades. The workmen's compensation bill fixes thu compensation to be paid to United States employees Injured or killed. Thu good roads bill provides $8T, 000.000 for federal aid to states In tbo construction of good roads. The eight-hour bill provided nn eight-hour day for railroad employees engaged In actual transportation serv ice ami provided for Investigation of operations of that plan. The emergency revenue bill provid ed JIJOO.OOO.OOO for current expenses of the government. A closing act wns passage of a bill providing for the purchase of the Danish West Indies for $i!r,000,000. The rivers and harbors bill appro priated $13,000,000 for Improvements to the harbors and waterways of the country. This was vigorously op posed as "pork barrel" measure. The Nicaragua treaty provided for the payment of 1,000.000 to Nica ragua for canal and coaling station rights. Thu Haitian tronty cstnblshed a pro tectorate by the United States over the republic of Ilnltl. 2 KILLED, 14 HURT IN CRASH Interurban Cars Collide Head-On Near Jackson, Mich. Orders Misunderstood. Jackson, Mich., Sept. 11. Two per rons were killed and fourteen Injured, two seriously, on Friday In a head-on collision between two traction cars on tho Michigan United Hallway com pany's Hues at Itlves Junction, ten miles north of here. .Misunderstanding of orders to thu motormeu Is believed to havo caused the crash. The dead wero Identified us Kmiiia Grlever of Buffalo, N. Y and Home Castle of Lansing, Mich. Tho seriously Injured aro: Georgo BIoss of Rives Junction und Wllmont Conover of Jackson, con luctor on tho south-bound car. Kills Self on Busy Corner. Chlcngo, Sept. 11. Arthur K. Han son, Omaha, Neb., stole u revolver from Mounted Policeman Bursby lit Ran dolph and Dearborn streets mid shot himself to death In front of hundreds who were on their way to work. Notify Danish Government Washington, Sept. 11. Secretary of State Lansing formally not I lied thu Dimlsr government that the senate hud m tilled the Danish-American treaty for the purchaso of Die Danish ,We.Nt Indies for $2.-,K),0t. A PROUD DAY BULGARS IN BIG DRIVE CAPTURE TUTRAKAN, 20,000 ROU MANIANS AND MUCH BOOTY. Bucharest In Great Peril as Main Rou manian Line of Communication Is Threatened. London, Sept. 8. With more than 110,000 Roumanians captured by Uie Ilulgar-Tetitoulc forces which stormed Tutrakaii and Its seven forts the In vasion of Itoumaula, which Is now i threatening Itucharest, mid the sweep ' across Dubrudlu to cut the main Hon miiulnn line of communication with the Illack sea port of Coiistmr.a con tinues. The capture of Tutrakaii Is olllcially announced by Berlin and continued by 1'ctrograd. While thu outlook Is growing more serious for the Houmanlans each hour on their southern border mid along the entire Danube frontier, Bucharest makes no olllclal comment upon that phase of the lighting, but claims con tinued victories In the Traiisylviiiilan Invasion with the capture of Gyergyo-Dltro-Orsova pass on the northwestern frontier. The olllclal Berlin report says: "German and Bulgarian troops have captured Tutriikan by storm. Thu number of prisoners taken, according to accounts already at hand, Is over 110,000, Including two generals and more than 400 other olllcers. More than 100 guns were captured at Tut riikan by our forces. "An nttnek by Russians against the Bulgarian position at Debrltch was repulsed." TOLD TO GUARD AMERICANS President Tells Mexicans U. S. Prop erty Must Be Guaranteed Safety Before Peace Can Exist Washington, Sept. 0. Safety to American lives and property must be guaranteed and thu border must be protected before peace between Mexi co and thu United States can exist, President Wilson told the Mexican members of the Joint commission. Following the outlining of thu ad ministration's stand, made by Secre tary of State Lansing at thu commis sion's first formal meeting In New York Monday, President Wilson tele graphed the commission on Thursday his "expectation that Its deliberations will be crowned with a micccss which will long cement the friendship be tween the two countries." Ills telegram was in answer to a telegraphic message of greetings from the commission. New London, Conn., Sept. 0. The American and Mexican commissioners took a recess on Thursday to study thoroughly the data affecting the bor der situation. U. S. PROBE SINKING OF SHIP Americans Were on Board Vessel De stroyed While on Way to Glasgow. Washington, Sept. S. A posslblu violation of Germany's submarine war fare pledge to this government was revealed when Consul John M. Me dina, nt Glasgow, Scotland, cabled the statu department that 'JS Americans: were on board the British steamer Kel vlna, which wns "torpedoed or mined" and sunk near Glasgow on Septem ber li. ADMITS THE LOSS OF CLERY Berlin Officially Says Somme Front Town Captured by Allies Make French Troops Prisoners. Berlin, Sept. 7. The German war of fice, In Its olllclal communication, ad mitted the capture of Clery, on the Somme front, by the allies. South of the Soinme river, the re port says, the Germans have captured 111 French olllcers and 1,457 men. Hunt for Six Train Robbers. Donglas, Ariz., Sept P. Six masked bandits, who on Wednesday held up thu Golden State limited near Apache, 10 miles east of Douglas, are being trailed by a sheriffs pose. The at tempt was a complete failure. U. S. S. Nevada Completes Trials. Washington, Sept. '.: The super diendiiaught Nevada, tho newest and most powerful American warship, com missioned lust March, has completed Its final acceptance trials and Joined the Atlantic licet tit target practice. CjM"" !f9BF3&&!l CHICAGO OAIIV NtW, FOR THEM U. S. TO HIT ALLIES SENATE FAVORS DRASTIC LAWS TO STOP BLACKLIST. Navy and Army to Enforce Embargo Use of Malls and Wireless Prohibited. Washington, Sept. 7. Legislation oi, the most drastic character that will permit of retaliation mid reprisals against the allies and effecutuully stop the British blacklist policy was written Into the general revenue bill on Tues day by the Semite. The administration emergency rev enue bill, designed to rnlRU $1!05,000, 000 annually, was passed by the sen ate shortly after midnight Wednes day by a vote of 4'2 to 10. Five Re publican senators, Cummins, Kenyun, La Follette, Nonis and Clupp, voted for the bill. There were no Demo cratic nays. The amendment proposed by Senator Thomasof Colorado and adopted with out dissent, empowers thu president to refusu clearance papers to any bel ligerent merchantman that refuses American goods unless, nnil only be cause of luck of space. An attempt to sail without clearance Is made punish able by heavy flue and Imprisonment of two years. The ship may be seized by the government. The amendment, It was admitted, was prepared with the approval of the state department. This admission Is especially significant In view of the provision "that the president Is here by empowered to employ bucIi part of the land and naval forces of the United States as shall be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act." The Thomas amendment Is admit tedly an emergency measure. Nobody attempted to conceal the fact that It was aimed nt the acts of the British government. Thu. senate has been In formed that every diplomatic effort of this government to bring about relief , Tor American citizens subjected to the blacklist proved futile. Another amendment which Its op ponents characterized as revolution ary, offered by Senator Phelun, would "prohibit the use of the malls, the cable, wireless, express and other means of communication to citizens of countries that do not nccord full and free facilities to American citizens In commerce, Including the unhampered tratllo In the malls." RUSS SHELL, BURN HALIC2 Gallclan City, Sixty Miles Southwest of Lemberg, Is in Flames, Says Petrograd. Petrogrnd. Sept. 0. Tho Russians are bombarding the Gallclnn town of Hallez, about sixty miles southwest of Lemberg, says the Russian olllclal re port Issued on Thursday. The Russian statement adds that Russian troops have occupied the rail way lines between Hallez and Senno vitze ami Wodulkl. In the lighting In eastern Gallchi the announcement says, the Russians tool 5,000 more prisoners. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES Springfield, 111., Sept. 0. Shopmen of 'Jll western railways, It was an nounced hero on Thursday, havo de manded an Increasu of five cents an hour nnd an eight-hour day. Unless their demands are met by Monday tho employees threaten to start a general movement for a strike. New York, Sept. 8. Following n mass meeting on Wednesday night of electric railway employees, a strlko was voted on all subway nnd elevated Hues of the Interborough Rapid Transit company, to go Into effect Im mediately. Scouts were sent from tho meeting to notify employees on the sub way and elevated lines that a strlko bad been called. Manila Road Sale Ratified. Manila, Sept. 11. The sale of tho .Manila railroad to the Philippine gov ernment was ratified when a contract was iilgiied by Gov. Gen. Francis Bur ton Harrison of the PPhlllppInes and President Higglns of tin railroad. German Elections Postponed. Amsterdam, Sept. 11. The Tnegllcho Uundsehau announces that the German government has decided that there t-hnll be no general election during the war. The relchstag will pabs u meas ure prolonging Its life until January. ASSESSMENT GROWS INCREASE OF NEARLY $19,000,000 IS SHOWN IN VALUATIONS TOTAL AUTOSJN NEBRASKA Items of General Intereot Gathered From Reliable Sources Around the State House. tVcstcrn Newspaper Union NVwn Hurvlce. Secretary O. K. Bernecker of tho stato board of assessments has com pleted a compilation of the assessed valuation of utl property in tho atato as returned by county boards and county assessors and as equalled by tho state board. It shows that the as sessed or one-fifth valuation of all property In the state Is $500,703,073, an Increase of $18,771.8:11 over thu total of Inst year. This Increase Is accounted for most ly by tho fact that lands wero re valued for assessment tlila year for the first time In four years, as the law requires. Land values havo In creased In four years and us reported by tbo assessors and equalized by tho stato boards real estate Is now listed at $17,393,207 moro than It was four years ago. Personal property Is revalued every year. This class of property Bhows an Increase of $1,378,024 over lust year. Of this Increase $531,76(5 was Imposed by the state board on railroad property. Tho stato board alono values railroad property for assessment pur poses, while county assessors nnd county boards value other personal property for assessment, subject tc revision by the stato board. Many Tltlss Not Recorded Register of Public Lands Meter at Lincoln, has in bis office 4,615 patents for land. Thcso have never been de livered to tho landowners, becauso they havo never been taken out nnd recorded. Many abstractors of title count tho record of tho final receipt nB clearing tho title. This, however, Ib not tho case, for there aro n num ber of cases on record whoro the pat ent has been refused after the final payment has been made. "Thousands of acres In Nebraska havo such cloud ed titles," said Mr. Meier. The stock of patents which Mr. Meier has on hand have come In from time to time from the general office at Washington. The law provides that thcBO are to be delivered to the owners of the land when they return to the local register, either the registered duplicate final certificate or the duplicate receipt or in case of loss or destruction of either of those an affidavit In lieu thereof. If there Is any doubt about the title of land being clenr, tho register of pub lic lands will mako the examination for a nominal fee. Total Autos In the State A total of 93,306 automobile, num bers have been Issued by Secretary of Stato Pool thUB far this year, but 447 wero to replaco lost numbers, so tho total number of automobiles in ubo in Nebraska August 31 was 92,859. This is a gain of 33,019 over the year 1914. Tho total number of motor cycles reg istered up to August 31 was 3,668. In the month of August tho secretary of state issued 6,466 automobile licenses and 159 motor cycle licenses. The cost of tho automobile registration de partment In tho office of tho secretary of stnto for the month of August was $1,226.69. This Is paid out of funds in tho stato treasury derived from a feo of 35 cents out of every $3 automobile license paid to county treasurers. Fees collected by tho secretary of state In August, not Including any por tion of automobile license money, ag gregated $9,054.83, the major portion of which was for corporation occupa tion permits and the filing of articles of Incorporation. Big Increase In Bank Deposits. Deposits of state bonks In Nebraska havo Increased In sixteen months by 46 p0r cent nnd now total moro than $151,000,000. This Is tho showing sot forth in the summary issued by tho banking department from the reports filed by 834 banks giving tho conditions of their business on August 10. It wan considered phenomenal when tho last previous reports, dated May 29, ex hibited more than $38,000,000 Increase of deposits over Aprll,'1915. nut tho summer statements of deposits register a further growth of $9,503,965, making tho actual Increase In sixteen months about $48,000,000. Major John M. Btrkner, chlof medi cal officer of tho Fourth Nebraska rog Iment, has recommended that Private Frederick Snscnberry. Company A, Fourth regiment, bo discharged from tho army for the good of tho service Private Sasenberry reported on sick list July 20 and was sent to the army hospital at San Antonio, whoro medi cal authorities advised an operation. The boy refused and was sent back to his company. Since his return ho has been unable to work and has been con fined to his quarters. Secretary of Stato Pool finds that he will be short $1,500 to $1,600 in funds provided by tho legislature to send referendum pamphlets to 257,100 vot ers, but ho has nrranged to get the funds from outside Fources and has prepared to mall the booklets. The postago on ench will bo one cent, or a total of $2,571.19. The envelopes foi tho pamphlets havo been addressed For this work and postage tho leglsla turo appropriated $2,000. A formei legislature appropriated $5,000 for t less number of booklets relating tc propositions submitted to the voters. FEDERAL BODY ANSWERS Admits Making Errors In the Torrlnrj ton Case. Tho Interstate commerco commis sion, replying to criticism of the No- , hraska state railway commission, ad- mtts it made some errors in Its order rorrcctlng alleged discriminatory rates between Torrlngton, Wyn., and Henry, Neb., but It says the statu com- mlssloners aru In error In ii"umli)K Hint the Interstate commission lias any disposition to bo nrbltinry in tho Lcrformanee of Its duly In these "un pleasant casus" which Involve unjust discrimination between stnto and In terstate ratea. The fide nil hotly sayn It has a duty to perform and would be unworthy of tho position it occupies If It hesitated to perform It In accord ance with tho law nud hs honest con victions. In regard to Pllurc to notify the iitnto commission of the hearing in the Torrlngton case the fotleral com mission says its policy of notifying Ptnto commission of such cases 'was adopted after the bearing In this case. Shrinkage In Cash Balance A shrinkage of neatly $200,000 In tho stato of Nebraska's cash balance Is shown by Treasurer Hall's monthly report to have taken place during August. The amount of cash remain ing in nil funds at tho close of busi ness for the month was $1,560,934, na against $1,757,691 nt the beginning. The stnte normal fund Is again run ning behind, being $51.23 In the holo by this exhibit. More than half of the falling off In the total cash balance took place In the general fund, which slumped from $G22,90S the first of August to $507,20S at the end of the month. Only $60,036 wns taken In for the gen eral fund, while payments out of it ag gregated $175,735. With half a million dollars still to go on. Treasurer Hall expects to get through the next three "lean months" until new taxes begin coming Into the 3tate treasury, without Incurring a de ficit In the general fund, as he suc ceeded in doing so last year. If Is not believed that the general fund bal ance will drop very far below $100,o00 beforo tho now receipts start to build It up again. Tho temporary school fund now con tains $127,495, hajlng been Increased by $48,00o during August. The uni versity building fund stands at $328, 942, and the institution cash funds totnl $279,761. Tho state has $9,855,098 Invested In bonds, the Interest from which is dis tributed semi-annually In state school apportionments. Rural School Conference. Bigger school districts In rural com munities, legislation to provide a levy of 2Vi mills for rural education, the election of county and state superin tendents on non-partisan tickets and tho "Industrialization of rural schools to mako them more practical, were urged In resolutions passed at a stato wide rural school conference at the Temple theatre at Lincoln during stato fair week. Theso matters, by a vote of the con ference, will nil be referred to the 1917 legislature for action. It Is urged in tho resolutions that the districts own school sites, with enough land for demonstrations in agricultural work and buildings ap proved by the stato superintendent In matters of sanitation nnd lighting. Tho conference favored the distri bution of threo-fourths of school funds alloted to different counties on the basis on number of schools rather than on nttentlanco. The sale of school lands was recommended by tho conference. Helped Him to See Sick Mother. Merl Gobble, Company D, Fifth regi ment, has returned to his home in Falls City from Camp Llano on n fif teen days' furlough on account of the serious Illness of his mother. Tho boy received word of his mother's ill ness shortly after tho Fifth regiment was paid. Although ho still retained every cent of the $15 the government gave him in return for a month's ser vice, ho did not havo enough money to pay transportation. Members of Company O learned of fhe situation nnd ono of the boys qulotly started a slip of paper through the company. Kvery boy gave something anil In lass than an hour's time sufllclent money had been raised to Bend Coble back home. Tho state auditor's office has regis tered $7,500 of water extension bonds recently voted at Tllden. No Student Discharges Granted Colonels Paul and Eberly, command ing tho Fourth nnd Fifth Nebraska regiments have been notified In an or der from General Funston that no stu dent discharges would bo granted They wero also .notified that becauso of tho passage of a recent senate act granting $60 monthly to dependent families bf militiamen, no discharges would bo granted on thnt grounds The reglmentnl commanders had recommended that students be not discharged and approved highly of the first part of tho now order. All ex cess equipment In tho Nebraska regi ments has been called for and re turned to the regimental quartermas ters. Tho resignation of Major Frank S. Nicholson, chief sanitary officer of the Fifth regiment, has been received nnd accepted by Colonel Herbert Paul. Ma jor Nicholson was granted a thirty days' leavo of absenco antl returned to his home at St. Paul. Ills business af fairs wero in such shape when he reached homo that ho deemed It advis able to sever his connections with tho army and confine his efforts to his rlvll pursuits. is map peace DUAL MONARCHY HAS ASKED NO TERMS OF ENEMIES. FO INVESTIGATE FOOD PRICES Culct Investigation Ky the Federal Crand Jury at Chlcans Presi dent a Convert to Suffrace. West fin Nowrii.tpi't Union News Servlco. Vlanna. In a thoroughly frank man ner the Aiistro-IIiiiiS'irlan minister of foreign affairs, Baron Stephen Buvlan Von RuJecK, discussed the position of the dual monarchy In the world war which, ho said, had been erroneously chnnutorlzed by enemies and certain ueutials as unsatisfactory. "Austria-Hungary Is far from lyliiR down, as hoped by some," said the minister In a tone carrying conviction. "It is truo wo would hall peace with Joy. but not the sort of peace our eno mles would Impose. So long as v have to defend ourselves against thoso who want to tuke part of our territory wo naturally are unwilling to discuss pence and so long wo also nro deter mined to hold out and win. Tho thought that we aru eager for penco on any torms originates probably in minds hoping that Mich" will become the case." A Convert to Suffrage. Atlantic City. Triumph for the wo man suffrage causu "in a little while" wns predicted by President Wilson here in a speech before tho annual convention or tho National American Woman Suffrago association. "I have como here to fight with you," tho president declared. Imme diately tho 4,000 women present stood and cheered. A few minutes later Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honorary presi dent of the association, with Mr. Wil son still present, declared: "We hva waited long enough to get the voto. We want It now. I want It to como during your administration." Again the iisreat audience of women stood and cheered, waving handkerchiefs. AN INQUIRY ON HIGH PRICES Quiet Investigation by Federal Grants Jury at Chicago. Chicago. Causes for tho high pries of fruits and vegetables, many of which aro retailing for about twice what they brought last year, will bo Investigated by the federal grand Jury which has been empanelled here. Tho district attorney's office, according to Assistant District Attorney Fleming, has been making a quiet Inquiry Into the methods of the merchants In "Pro duce row," and will lay what ovldenco It has before the grand Jury In com pliance with tho requests made by consumers and dealers. Will Continue Present Policy. Atlantic City, N. J. Tho National American Women's Suffrage associa tion by nn overwhelming vote has de cided to continue its prosont policy of working for equal rights through both national and state legislation. Tho vote was taken after a long debate, and no sooner had the applause that greeter tho announcement of tho ac tion taken ceased than a resolution was presented which threatens to again open tho wholo question. Vir tually all the speakora urged continu ance of tho non-partisan efforts of tho association to bring about equal suf frage. Sioux City, la. The Sioux City unit )t the American Red Cross will see service on tho border. Ten women havo been ordered to report at Llano Grande, Tex. Transportation has been received and tho women will depart at once. , Will Eliminate "Obey." 'V Chicago. The commission of seven bishops, seven pastors and sevon lay tnen of the protcslant Episcopal church appointed to revise tho ritual of tho church hns dotormlned to eliminate tho word "obey" from tho marriage ceremony. Tho commission will report to tho genoral convention of tho church at St. Louis, October 11. Radi cal changes wero proposed in tho ton commnndments, tho bnrlal and bap tismal services and in arrangement of vnrlous prayers. Property of American People. Hodgcnville, Ky. Tho humble llttlo log cabin In which Abraham Lincoln was born and the farm of 110 acreB about which ho played during tho early years of his boyhood, Is now tho property of the American peoplo ns tho gift of the Lincoln farm association. After suffering tho vicissitudes of neg lect nnd decay of nearly a hundred years tho cabin, onco In the posses sion of a traveling showman, Is back again on Its original site, sheltered within the walls of a magnificent granite memorial hall. Interned Civilians to Be Paroled Berlin. Tho thousands of civilians Interned In Germany and England may be released and tho difficult prob lem of concentration camps solved al together, If a plan now under consid eration Is adopted, Tho Idea is to ev rhango all civilians on parolo not to serve during tho war. For somo tlir.e, tho Gorman and British authoritifcr through tho Intermediation of life American ambassador at Berlin, James W. Gerard, havo been working on a proposal to oxchango all Internod' civilians abovo the military age, 45. ) V
