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5ZIZ REt CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF ' r B , ' f.J, rT ,. 4 PUIS TRUST III i s. COUNT APPONYI, AUSTRIAN DIP- LOMAT, EXPRESSES HIS FAITH IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT Regrets Failure of Foreign Minister to Appoint Successor to Discharged Ambassador to Washington Looks to Services of Great Republic. London, .Sept. 'St, Budapest papers received In London contain the fol lowing report of a statement made liy Count Albert Apponyl In the Ilungu- rlan pnrtlaniont In the con I'm; of a iipeoch on tliu foreign policy of the . government regarding tliu absence of 'tin; Austro-Huiigurlun ambassador In I Washington: "Jt In oiu of the failures of the for eign minister that lie did not appoint mi ambassador In pluco of tliu dis charged Austio-Huiigurliin uinhnssa dor at Washington, Wo uro all liv ing In hopu that when at last peace comes and when tliu time arrives for n neutral power to offer her services It will ho the grout republic across the Atlantic ii.h most fit for a work of such magnitude. "Wo nil hope tliu United States ad ministration will tuku the affair In liantl sooner or later when they deeui It proper to do ho, and wo lliul our selves not even represented diplomat' icnlly In it proper manner. "I know that certain steps or hints wero offered on tliu part of Un united State to the effect that the position of ambassador should he filled hy the monarchy. In spite of this wo have not moved, although the Interests of the monarchy demand that we should have a rellahlu and ablo representative' then:." In Hungarian political circles It Is rumored that should Count Apponyl himself he asked to accept the mis sion as ambassador to Washington too would not refuse to do so, and 'that his appointment would he re ceived most favorably In America. ALLIES ROUTED, SAYS BERLIN Field Marshal Von Mackensen's En circling Movement Shattered Line In Dobrudja. London, Sept. 25. By ono of tho moat brilliant coups In thu present war, Field Marshal von Mnckensen lina turned what looked like over whelming defeat In the Dobrudja dis trict of Houiuonln Into n victory. Earlier dispatches declared Macken sen's forces wero rctreutlng beforo the onslaughts of tho combined Russian and Roumanian forces, which had innde n stand alone thu lino from tho port of Constnnzn, on thu Black sen, to the Dunube. Tho text of tho Berlin statement Is sued on Friday, follows: "In Dobrudja strong Roumnnlnn forces nttneked southwest of Topral 'Sari (1-1 miles southwest of Constun zn). Ily an encircling counter-jittnck toy ncrmun-Bulgnrlun-Turklsh 'troops against tho flank and rear of the ene my tho Roumanians are being driven back in disorder. Bucharest officially stated that tho Invnders have been driven back more than five miles and "arc still In re treat." SENDS APOLOGY TO U. S. England Regrets Cebu Affair Off Phil ippines Commander Did Not Know Vessel Was So Near Shore. Washington, Sept. 22. Grout Brit ain formally apologized to the United States on Wednesday for the British Tiolatlon of American neutrality In the 'Philippines, when a British destroyer InBldo the three-mile limit stopped iand searched the steamer Cebu, (lying Itho Stars and Stripes. Tho British claimed the vessel was searched in n denso fog of tho early .morning, and the commander was un able to tell bow far ho was from shore. Tho Cebu was Hearing Manila, and (Was stopped one and a half miles from iCnrabao Island, then searched, the British commander forcing the Cebu's 'commander to surrender the vessel's Ipasscngor list and freight manifest. Tho Incident Is now closed. BIG DAM BURSTS; 250 DIE 'Wave of Roaring Water Twelve Feet High Sweeps Through Bo hemian Villages. Berlin, Sept. 21. The giant dam sit lUated above Ilannwald burst. Many lllvea were lost and enormous property damage was caused at Gublunz, Bo hernia, and In WoIssoiitlob.se valley. Two hundred and fifty bodies, many of ilium children, have been recovered. U. S. Aids War Orphans. New York, Sept. '-'5. Seventy thou sand dollars has been raised in the United States for tho Ilolluud-Anierl-can Homo for Homeless Belgian Or phans, it was announced by Miss Hen jdriltu Vim Der Filer. Civil War Veteran Dies. Richmond. Vn., Sept. 'St, Cupt. John Maxwell, eighty-four, is dead here. During the Civil war ho placed an infernal machine, in a fleet of gun boats, destroying three and killing -100 ,iueu. AMONG THE PEAKS CHICAGO (XAMIMft ECftflKSft 'V. V&iEaKKB jAV " jt MANY HURT IN RIOTS PASSENGERS AND STRIKERS HURT IN NEW YORK STRIKE. Several Street Cars Completely Wrecked and a Score or More Are Arrested. New York, Sept. IT.!. Wild rioting by strikers along routes where sur fuco cars weru being operated on Wednesday kept the police In constant battles with strikers and their sympa thizers. Several cars were completely wrecked. A score or more of rioters wero nrrested. Others were sent to hos pitals or sought refuge In their homes, where broken heads caused by police sticks were mended. Flying squadrons of policemen In nu tnmohlles, detailed to circulate in plain clothes through Fifty-ninth, Forty-second and One Hundred and Twcnty llfth streets, where cars were run, routed many attacking mobs of strik ers. The ferocity of the strikers eclipsed any prcWous attempts on their part to check tratllc. Scores of passengers were more or less Injured by Hying glass. Bricks and bottles were hurled through car windows. Wherever pos sible motonucn put on all speed when they espied waiting crowds of strikers and In this way escaped hand-to-hand encounters. GERMANS SINK A TRANSPORT Berlin Says Submarine Torpedoed Ship Loaded With Troops French Diver Sunk, j Berlin, Sept. Ci. An enemy trans- port, loaded with troops, was sunk In the Mediterranean on Sunday by n German submarine, tho admiralty an nounced. An Austro-llungnrlan nnvul aero plane in the southern Adriatic sank by means of bombs the French sub marine Foucaul. The entire crew of tho submarine, comprising two olllcers and twenty-seven men, were rescued and made prisoner hy the naval aero plane mentioned and another. BRITISH FREE 38 TEUTONS Civilians Seized From U. S. Steamer China in Far East Are Released. Washington. Sept. 'J.'!. The stnte department was nlllelnlly untitled on Friday In u dispatch from Consul Gen eral Brlttaln at Sydney, of the release there of tho 38 civilians of the Teu tonic powers who were seized Illegally wlille on board the American steamer China In thu far Kast months ago. The release resulted from a strong protest by thu state department to Great Britain. New Tax Put on Belgium. Amsterdam. Sept. 2.1. The (ioniums have Introduced In Belgium new taxa tion on bank notes. All bank notes must be stamped with u special seal by the Herman authorities in return for a small fee on each note. Kaiser at the East FrontN Copenhagen, Sept. 'St. Kaiser Wll helm has arrived at tho Kovel front, according to advices received here, and it Is believed that Von Illnden burg Is about to Inaugurate a drtvo against the Russians. D2IVE BULGARS BACK ENTENTE ALLIES PUSH ENEMY ACROSS SERBIAN FRONTIER. Serbs on Native Soil Eager for Re venge Are Attacking With Great Vigor. Salonlkl, Sept. 121. Serbian, Bus shin and French troops have driven thu entire right wing of tho Bulga rian army out of Greece across the Serbian frontier and are pressing on toward Mouustlr, according to ofllclal advices received here. Recognizing their Inability to hold Monastlr against thu strong forces pursuing their beaten troops, tlto Bul gur leaders arc said to lie evacuating that city, part of the Bulgarians hav ing been withdrawn toward Uskub. Tho capture of Fiorina by the cn tento allies has seriously menaced tho Bulgar center and French olllcers pre dict that the entire enemy front would bo drawn hack several miles to pre vent Its being flanked from tho west. Serbian soldiers are fighting on their imtivo soil for thu first tlmu slnco their retreat through Albania last winter. They have captured a series of heights from the Bulgars tit Kuimikchclnn and have crossed the Sorbo-Groolt border north of Lake (Mrovo. French and Russian troops are en gaged with thu Bulgars near Kenale, In Serbian territory. I'ractically all tho territory conquered hy tho Bulga rian right wing in the recent Invasion of Greece has already been recaptured by the Serbs, French and Russians. London, Sept. 21. Turning upon thu Russians, thu (icrmun and Austrian armies struck a smashing blow at tho Russian line before Kovel. Tho Berlin war olllce announces that tho Russian bridgehead Zarecz has been taken by storm, ill olllcers and 2,511 men be ing taken prisoners. FRENCH FIGHT AT COMBLES Joffre'a Men Capture Houses In Out skirts of Town 55,800 Ger mans Taken Captives. London, Sept. 25. North or tho Sommu In thu outskirts of Comhles thu French forces cuptured strong ly defended houses from the Germans and took 1(H) men prisoner, threo of them being olllcers, according to tho French olllclal communication. "Thu total nuintier of prisoners tak en hy thu Franco-British troops slnco July 1, when the Sommu o (Tensive be gan, up to September 18, Is more than ftf.MX), of whom !M,U00 wero taken by the French troops." Berlin, via London, Sept. 23. Re porting military operations In France, thu (ionium olllclal statement says: "Western front Apart from lively artillery and hand grenndo engage ments on thu Souimo and In thu Mouse region, there Is nothing to report." New Son for U. S. Minister. Belting, Sept. 211. A son was born to the wlfu of Dr. Paul Samuel Relnseli, United States minister to China. Mrs. Relnseli beforo her mar riage was Miss Alum Moscr of Ash land, Wis. Shoots Father and Mother. Chicago, Sept. 2:i. In a lit of an ger because his supper did not pleaso him, William Schuetz shot both bis father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Kas per Schuetz, Surgeons say Mrs. Schuetz probably will die. JUNIOR INSTITUTES SHORT COURSES PLANNED FOR LITTLE FOLKS. BAD FOOD ISJONFISCATED Items of General Interest Gathered From Reliable Sources Around the State House. .Vestern Ncwppnprr Union Nfwn Sorvlce. Three one-week junior short courses and four aeries of junior Institutes aro scheduled for the bei.ellt of Ne braska kiddies in seven counties this fall. In these short courses and Instl lutes, the county superintendent and workers from tin extension service ol the college of agtleulturo lake charge of a sthoo), and play school master or school ma'am during t lie course or Infinite, In the former ehl' dren from ell parts of the county gather at one town for instruction In- WINFIELD W. EDEN Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Eden of College View, who scored 99.5 at the Better Babies Contest at the State Fair. (dilutes are held in rural schools, and last two one or two days, scverni schools being brought together in ono body ns a consolidated school. The four series of Junior Institutes are scheduled In counties as follows: Boone, October 3 to C; Chuso. Octo ber 23 to 28; Red Willow, October 31 to November 3; Scotts Bluff, Novem ber 7 to 10. The three Junior short courses are scheduled as follows: Stanton, October 9 to 13; Phelps, Hoi drege, October 2 to 6; Cass, Weoplng Water, November 20 to 24. Composer of Music is Deaf. John D. Haskell of Wakefield who offered a prize of $100 for tho best odo to Nebraska and nn equal amount for the best setting of music for the hymn has written State Superintendent Thomas that he has paid the prlzo money to John Prlndle Scott of Now York who composed tho music and to whom a committee of Judges awarded tho prize. Mr. Scott was foimerly a singer but suddenly became deaf nnd then devoted his time to writing music for others to sing. He has won other prizes as n composer and wiltes that ho feels encomnged to further en dcavors. Confiscate Batch of Pork nnd Beans. Twelvo thousand cans of pork nnd beans ami 5,000 cans of tomato pulp wore ordered confiscated In federal court at Norfolk as unlit ror consump tion under the pure food net, accord ing to District Attorney Allen. Tho canned goods were the product or a Norfolk canning company. The tomato pulp, It seems, had been made from over-ripe tomatoes, while tho pork and beans was reported by govern ment Inspectors ns being adulterated. The conllscntlon of the property was not contested. Twenty-threo sacks of beans belonging to n store at Norfolk wero also ordered confiscated ns belli? wormy. Anthrax Near Madison. Anthrax on the farm of C. W. Sprout near Madison, caused tho death of eight steers out of a herd or 31G and twenty-threo hogs, according to State Veterlnailan Anderson, who has Just returned Trom that vicinity. Two dogs in the same locality also died ot the dlseaso and the veterinarian Is feaiful that it will spread. Dr. Anderson di rected thnt all dogs be tied up or shot and he nlso vncclunted the herd of cattle. So far no new cuses of the dlseaso hate developed. Creami Hogs and Poultry Mixed. Stato Food Commissioner Haimnn has put a question up to the railway commission. He has received com plaints that cream, llvo hogs and live jioultry, the llvo stock being crated, are shipped together In ono express car. Tho commission has replied that ir tho question Is ono of snnltatlon or health tho commission has no Juris diction, but if it is n question ot money dnmages to tho cream on account ol its shipment in closo proximity to live stock, tho railway commission lias jurisdiction. ffi T v - I. - ' WmWWwm TALKS TO 8TUDENT8. Chancellor Makes Address rt Opening Convocation. Chancellor S. Avery of tho Univer sity of Nobraska, at tho opening con vocation delivered his chief address for tho year. How tho students help tho university hold thu respect of mankind in general, as well an the love and giatltudo of Its own people, was told In his speech on "Respect for the Opin ion of Mankind." Preparedness by tho United States, he said, was Intended to hold the re spect of other nations. "In iny own relations with faculty nnd students who have asked my opin ion ns to whether It was ethical to do certain things, particularly things In volving money, I linvo often said, 'Step aside from oursolf nnd see If the transaction Is of such a character that you would be perfectly willing that everyone should know all the de tails.' "If the public Btlll believed the world to he flat nnd was fanatlcil In this view, the unlveislty would, In splto or this fact, be obliged to teach trie Cop'einicun sjstem, though It might possibly refrain from constantly agitating the subject In the news papers, especially during a legislative session." While loyalty Is not conrtantly up. hold in the university, ns In private foundations, the chancellor said, ho pointed out how tho attitude of tho uni versity people would act upon the opin ions of others. He said tho person who Is successful In his university work has nincty-flvc chances out of a hundred of being successful In lifo, while the pel son who li unsuccessful has about five chances In one hundred t Editors to Lecture. Prof. M. M. Fogg, teacher of Journal ism, has announced that his instruc tion In nowswrittng nnd editing will bo supplemented during the coming year by lectures by prominent editors of Nebraska newspapers. The Incom plete list already announced by the professor Includes the following: A. L. Blxby, the State Journal; John Cut right, editorial writer of tho Lincoln Dntly Star; Harry T. Dobbins, editor or the Lincoln News; Rods Hammond, editor of the Fremont Tribune; Kdgur Howard, editor of the Columbus Tele graph; Norris A. Iluse, editor of tho Norfolk Dally News; Will Owen Jonos, managing editor of the State Journal; James H. Lawrence, city editor of the Lincoln Daily Star; T. C. McCullough, managing editor ot the Omaha Beo; R. L. Metcalfe, editor of tho Omaha Ne braskan; E. P. Purcell, editor of the Custer County Chief. Broken Bow; Vic tor Rosewater of thu Omaha Bee, nnd W. It. Watson, of Iho Omaha World Herald. May Affect 8-Hour Law Should the supreme court uphold the contention of Kearney, Beatrice, No braska City and Fremont, that the pav ing law passed by the legislature of 1913 is unconstitutional, tho state may lose several hundred thousand uollarn along with private Individuals, who hnvo purchased large amounts of pav ing bonds from these cities. Attor neys from these cities nppearcd be fore tho court in a case brought by a property owner of Kearney, Chitten den vs. Kibler. Tho law Is attacked on the technical ground of illegal amendment, it is said that should tho law lio found unconstitutional on con tentions presented relative to Illegal amendment, tho way will he open to an attack on tho 8 o'clock saloon closing law. which, it is said, was amended in a like mannor. I They Are Plumb Lines. When members of tho house of rep rcscntatlves assemble in representa tive hall next January to begin tho biennial session they will find wires hanging from holes in the celling in two corners of the hall near the south wall. These aro wires Instnlled by State Engineer Johnson, and extend from tho roof to tho bnsement or tho cast wing ot the state house which is called tho crippled wing. On the end of each wire is a weight. Holes bored through celling and floors allow tho wires to hang In a straight lino with out touching wood. They are Intended as plumb lines to show whether or not tho walls of the building arc straight or on tho square. State university fraternities have plodged 159 now members, nccordlng to tho certlfiod list given out by Prof. P. N. Buck, Jr., chairman of tho Inter fratornlty council. Typhoid Report from Winnebago. Tho state health Inspector's office has hoard from Winnebugo to tho ef fect that fifteen cases of typhoid rover have developed there, or which thir teen nro In the town nnd two at tho Indian agency a mile and a hair away. Water from tho public well at Winne bago and also from tho agency well will bo tested for typhoid germs. Some of the Indians recenrty visited Tama, ia where an epidemic, of tho dlseaso was expoilcnccd, nnd it is thought thoy may hnvo brought it back with lliem. To Proceed Against Oil Company Having troublo several times with the S. L. Collins Oil Co, nnd its ngent, R. L. Nix of Ncbraskn City, tho food commission has Instituted proceedings against Nix on twenty sepurato counts, for falling to notify tho commission when shipments of oil arrived and ro ftiRlug to permit the Inspection ot oil held in the storage tanks.. It Is al leged that uninspected nil has been sold and delivered from the company'! tatlon at Nebraska City, WITHDRAW MEXICAN COMMISSION INSISTS ON TROOPS LEAVING. UNITED STATES IN NO DANGER American Dullness Is en Sound Finan cial Footing Bakers Want Investigation of High Food Prices. Western NcwKii.ipor Union Nch bervlce. New LuiKioa, (. oiiii. An cm ter mination ot im. u.n.oroincs (Oiiiil be i called K the A.'t.r.icu) (Oniui,. -dinners weie willing to agiuu to t no cnief i.oslie of General Uinaiuaa r.;;nu !,iihuUes, which is tiio withdrawal from Chihuahua of tliu Ameiican Hoops, but the American tommiss.ou ei h have made It e.cir that any agi cement must be biaed on the con viction that conditions wu: rained the change. Thu net icsults of the threo weeks' confeience is that the AmericuiiB have added greatly to their store ot In formation relutivo to Mexican atfalrs and thut thoy have endeuvorcd to con vince the Mexican representatives that whatever the United States has done with regard to Mexico was not doni because of seltlsh motives. Bakers Appeal to President. New York. -The Brooklyn Mastei Bakers' association has appealed to President Wilson to have a federal In vestlgntlon of the high cost or food be gun Immediately. A copy of the reso lution adopted by the organization waw sent to the presldont nnd other copies to Secretary of Agriculture Houston Governor Whitman, State Attorney General Woodbury, Mayor Mitchel and other city olllclals. Tha presi dent Is requested to direct that steps, be taken "to Investigate tho conditions which have brought this increased cost with a view to a reduction in prices of raw mnterlal. ns the only means of pre venting an Increase In prices of bak ng products to the public." NO DANGER TO UNITED STATES. American Business on Sound Flnan- 4 clal Footing. New York American business men,, aided by the federal reserve bank sys tem, will bo able successfully to with stand tho shock of European competi tion after the war, In the opinion of Charles Hnmlln, member and former governor of the federal reserve board. His views were expressed at the an nual dinner of the institute of account ants hero. He said in part: , "I estimate that tho wealth of tho United States has increased during the last two years by ?4,000,000,000. Bank deposits have increased between $G,000,000,000 nnd $7,000,000,000 nnd the stock of gold has increased moro than $700,000,000. Slnco tho first of the year the importations of gold have amounted to $460,000,000. "No nation In the world lias ever enjoyed the prosperity that this coun try now enjoys." Ask Embargo on Wheat Exports. Chbngo, 111. An embargo on the Axporlation ot wheat until thu supply thall exceed homo consumption Is r.sked in a resolution addrossed to President Wilson which was adopted at a meeting of the Chicago Woman's Association or Commerce at a recent meeting. The women havo begun nn inquiry into the Increase In tho price or bread which bakers had announced would go Into effect next week. Promotion for Pershing Washington. Brigadier Genernl Pershing, (ommander of tho American punitive expedition In Mexico anil ranking- brigadier or tho array, prob ably will be mudu a major goneral, a vacancy In that grade having been created by the death ot Major Goneral Mills, successor to General Mills, as: chief of the bureau or militia affair ha; not been selected. Increased Coal Rates Suspended Washington. Tariffs of tho Denvor & Salt Lake railroad which would ef fect an Increaso in freight rates on bituminous coal from the Oak Hills district in Colorado to points in Kan sas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa havo been suspended by tho Interstate com merce commission until January 16, pending Investigation. To Discuss Sale of Island. Copenhagen.- The landsthlng or up per house of tho Danish parliament, has finished the readings on the gov ernment's bill to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States. Tho hill will he submitted to tho folkothlug, or lower house, and, if tho two houses disagree, it is virtually cortaln that a committee of raemboro ot both houses will be appointed to discuss the meas ure. It Is expected that the qnestlcm whether genoral elections shall takt pluco will bo settled this week. Red Cross Will Aid Chinese Washington. American Rod Cross olllclals gave sorlous consideration to tho state department dlBputch stating that nearly a million Ohiueso aro homolesB nnd thousands destitute us a result of thu Hooding of suven thou Band square miles by overflow of thu Hwai river In Anliul provlnco, China V , two months ngq. Tho American con- sul at Nanking reported that nutunm , crops were destroyed and rnU.s for re lief wero pouring In from many districts. L1 V. VKW v- . .1 v'J.