The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, September 14, 1916, Image 2

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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.
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