Nebraska Newspapers

    RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
TAKE BUI BANDITS
TWO MEN WHO HELD UP COVING-
TON (IND.) INSTITUTION TA.
KEN AFTER OUN FIGHT.
WERE SURROUNDED IN WOOD
Robbers Attacked Cashier and Escaped
With $2,000 Woman Employee
Leads Posse In Chase Alter Pair
Dozen Shots Fired.
Danville, III., Oct. I). Two men fil
tered the CltlClls' Statu hank lit ClIV-
liiKton, Intl., east of here, on Friday
afternoon, lii'lil iii thu cashier, H. I'.
Orave.s, who wiih alone In the luml; lit
thu time, mid, when they were sur
prised nt their work by Miss Luru
Wnnl, tlio bookkeeper, they grubbed
p wlmt money they could Hud, ulioiit
$'A0OO, mid run down un alley uml made
for the country. They were pursued
by Miss Wuril and n linstlly-nrgunlzcd
lwK.se nnd, nffr n buttle In thu woods
south of Covington, In which more
tlinii ii dozen shots were exchanged
and one of the robbers Mounded, they
were cnplured by thu chief of police
mid members of the posse.
At the county Jnll the men gave their
nntneH ns Wllllnm Dickson of (Jiiniulu i
Mtid 13. Walter Urcfcnt, Detroit, Mich.
nickHon In twenty-six years old and
Urefcnt Is but Heventeen.
When cuptured, thu men had less
tlinii JLIK) on their persons, but the
greater part of the stolen money wan
found along the road, between the
bnnk and the woods.
Thu cashier, while he wiih roughly
handled by thu two men, Is not seri
ously hurt.
Strcutor, III., Oct. I). Hobhers dyna
mited the Htate hank at Kiithiud, near
here, escaping with $0,000.
Thu robbers, arier exchanging shots
with Fred W. Holier, escaped In an all
tuinoblle. Thu Slate Hunkers' ussocl
utlon bus offered a reward of $500 for
the capture of each member of thu
baud, which Is mipposcd to number
five.
Ottawa Ijike. Mich., Oct. 8. Thu
wife In the People's Savings hunk here
wkh blown. Hank olUcera report that
$1,200 was stolen.
KIDNAPER SHOT BY VICTIM
Colorado Mine Manager Captured by
Band of Greeks and Threat
ened With Death.
Oak Creek. Colo., Oct. 0. Kidnaped
Wednesduy night by a baud of Greeks
aud held for $15,000 runsom, Hubert
Perry, thirty-live years old, manager
of the MofTutt coal mines at Oak
Creek, shot one of his captors on Fri
day, wounding him seriously, nnd es
caped. Perry, a bachelor, lived In onu of
tho mine homes. The Ureeks broke
Into his home Wednesday night.
Posses sent out could not locate thu
ilsslng man. Thursday night his fa
ther, owner of thu mine, received a
special delivery letter threatening bis
son with dentil If $10,000 was not forth
coming un Saturday night.
The kidnaped man was taken to a
deserted cabin In u canyon, 'M miles
from here.
Terry reached n ranch at Twenty-
Mile I'ark, ten miles from here, and
telegraphed word of his escape.
Sheriff J. C. Frye and a passu from
Steamboat Springs, began pursuit of
thu other members of thu gang.
Oue of the kidnapers was arrested
and taken to Jail at Steamboat
Springs, where he refused to divulge
his name.
U.S. EXPORTS ARE GROWING
$3,435,969,212 Worth of Goods Shipped
1 Britain Bought Largest
Amount
Washington, Oct. O.Tho enninious
extent of recent gulns In the export
trade of the United States Is disclosed
In statistics Issued on Friday by the de
partment of commerce. Total exports
to Uie vurlous countries for thu tlrst
eight mouths of the calendar year were
tn many cases millions of dollars great
er than those of the entire fiscal year
of 1014 uud very large Increases are
shown In percentages. This vast ex
port trade shows an apparent trade
balance for the eight months of $1,730,
000,000 iu favor of thu United Stutcs,
uud department otllclals predict that
by thu end of the year It will exceed
$2,500,000,000.
Thu total exports amounted to $3,.
439,909,'.! H!. an Increuso of Jl.'JOn.OS!,
010 over the same eight months a year
uro. The largest gain was In exports
to the United Kingdom, which took
nearly one-third of all. goods exported.
These exports amounted to $ 1,1107,75 1,
030. France, the second best customer
of the United States, took goods val
ued at $M4,-17B.OOO. Hussla took $1100,
:XS2.U'.!U worth. Hxports to Germany uud
Austria have almost ceased.
Steel Earnings Immense.
New York, Oct. 0. Directors of the
United States Steel corporation will
meet on October III to take notion on
Uiu dividends. The latest estimates
on the eorMirutlon's earnings for the
September quarter are $113,000,000.
I. W. W. Riot nt Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. . Nearly 1,000 per
Kins part Id put etl In 11 riot nt Taylor
street nnd Marslilleld avenue on Frl
day night when lleujamin Heltman
and other 1. W. W. lenders attempted
to held u "sap-box" meeting,
ANOTHER LITTLE STUDY
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SLAYER IS GIVEN LIFE
MICHIGAN MAIL-ORDER MURDER
ER SENTENCED TO PRISON.
Scott Mausell, AII.16 James C. Allerton,
Pleads Guilty in Court Pro
posed to Many.
Grand Haplds, Mich.. Oct. 0. Michi
gan's mail-order murderer was taken
to .lacksou pilson to spend the re
mainder of Ids life, lie Is now sixty
four years old and In Coble health.
Scott Mausel of Mauceloiia, Mich.,
a former lumber-rump worker, Is his
name, although lie was arrested as
tnuics C Allerton.
Thrr hundred women, scattered all
over thu United States mid Canada,
will thank their stars that they did not
heed his urgent wooing and sell their
property to beconiu his wife. Mausell
has confessed that be killed Mrs. Anna
St. John of Klmirii, N. Y ami West
boro, Wis., aged llfty-llve, aud Is now
believed to have murdered his son at
Manceloua ten years ago aud his two
sisters In thu Fust eight years ago.
When arraigned, Mausell pleaded
guilty before the court put the (pies
tlon. Then Judge McDonald as speed
ily sentenced htm.
No time was lost In bringing Muus
sell to Justice, lie married Mrs. St.
John September 10. killed her Septem
ber IK!; was arrested October '.!, and
sentenced October 4.
GERARD NOT PEACE ENVOY
Acting Secretary of State Polk Says
Talc of Message From Kaiser
16 Unfounded.
Washington, Oct. 9. Acting Secre
tary of Statu I'olk announced that lie
did not believe there was any truth In
the story published by thu Nuw York
Hvonlng Post, that Germany bus de
cided to request President Wilson to
usu his Influence to bring about peace.
"I do not believe there Is any truth
tu the report," Mr. Folk stated.
"Certainly nothing has been done,
aud there are no Indications that any
part of the report Is true."
Mr. Polk reiterated statements that
Anibassndor Gerard, who Is en route
to the United States, bus no message
from the German kaiser for President
Wilson.
The New York Post's story claimed
"on a trustworthy source" that Am
bassador Gerard was the bearer of a
personal message from thu kaiser.
EX-SENATOR WARNER IS DEAD
Overwork at Recent G. A. R. Encamp
ment in Kansas City Causes
His Death.
Kansas City, Mo.. Oct. 0. MnJ. W11
Ham Warner, Missouri statesman and
former United States senator, died on
Wednesday at Ills home.
Major Winner suffered n breakdown
n few days after the G. A. It, encamp
ment closed In Kansas City. lie tool;
an active part In the encampment uud
overworked himself. lie wus seventy
yen m old.
Ills son, n daughter, Mrs. Corn Wil
bur of Washington, D. C, aud a widow,
Mrs. Sophia Warner, were at the
deathbed.
Cars Crash; 5 Dead, SO Hurt
Cleveland, O., Oct. fi. Five were
killed and fll?y were Injured on Tues
day night when the north spun of the
West Third street brldgu collapsed
under thu weight of two heavily loaded
street cars.
Maine Militiaman Killed
Ijtredo, Tex., Oct. 1). Corp. U'opold
I., lovell of K company. Second
Maine Infantry, stationed here, wit.
shot nnd killed Tlnnxla.v night us he
walked from a store. Investigation hut.
not developed who fired thu shot.
To Execute Mexican Bandits.
Mexico City. Oct. O.Tho govern
ment prepared a decree providing for
thu denth penalty for robbers, band
its uud those convicted of holdups.
The decree Is similar to thu onu is
sued by Henlto Juarez.
BULGARS IN RETREAT
POSITIONS ABANDONED IN BROD
RIVER REGION.
Rome Dispatch Says Mackensen Or
ders Evacuation of Turtukal and
Silistria in Dobrudja.
Purls. Oct. .". Thu Hulgurluns have
abandoned sewrul positions In the
Sturkov, Grob uud (trod rlcr regions
Tin entente ullies occupied Sovlcli,
Pctoruk, Vcrhcnl and Jcnll.ol, north
eust of Floiluu.
In spite of the secie reverse ex
perienced by the troop: of King Fcnll
miml In the llci'iiiiiunstudt (Trnnyl
caula) buttle of September 'Jti-l!'.), the
Hoiiuianlniis continue to haiiuuer their
foes with terrlllc blows.
Kcrllu admits that the Teutonic
foiees Id the north of Fogarus (Tran
sylvania) have been compelled to fall
buck, thereby continuing a Vienna
statement of the retirement of central
powers' columns.
Home reports that, us a result of the
Houmanlan Invasion of Hulgurlu, Field
Marshal von Mackensen, commanding
thu Germau-Ilulgiir-Turklsh army In
vading Dobrudju, has ordered the evne
untlou of the fortresses of Tutukal
and Silistrlu on the Danube.
Houmanlan troops having accom
plished the passage of the Danube
(near Hahoo, 18 miles north of Host
clink, the Hulgarlau river stronghold,
Sofia reports), threatened thu entire
army of Von Mackensen.
Hucbarest In Its report of the Do
brudja battle, which lias been raging
many days, said thut the Itusso-Hoii-mauian
forces bail attacked along thu
whole Von Mackensen front, repulsing
assaults of the enemy's center and
right.
The Koumaulnns, In addition tn forc
ing a Teutonic retreat In the Fogaras
region, ure attempting to regain thu
Hothenthurm pass. Herlln admits this.
PRIEST KILLED; BISHOP HURT
Father Shannon Also Seriously Injured
In Auto Crash Near Prince-
vllle, III.
Peoria, 111., Oct. 0. Father Schauta
wus killed and Hlshnp Dunne ami Fa
ttier Shannon seriously injured In an
uutoinobllu wreck near Prliicevllle, 111.,
ten miles north of here on Wednesday.
The three clergymen were on their
way to a continuation at Prlnvecllle.
An niitomoblle coming toward Peorie
nt high speed caused Father Schuetz,
who was driving the bishop's car, to
turn out of the road, permitting thu
speeders to pass. It was when Father
Schuetz tried to drive back Into the
road Hint the car turned turtle.
Hlshnp Dunne wus thrown from thu
car, but escaped with minor scratches
BIG FIRE SWEEPS TOWN
Entire Business Section of Mendon,
Mich., Destroyed Loss Est).
mated at $400,000.
Mendon, Mich., Oct. 0. The entire
business section aud many Hue resi
dences of this town were completely
destroyed by lire on Wednesduy. Tho
loss Is estimated nt from .'J.'ttKI.OOO to
$100,000. The lire sturted In the Hoyer
meat murket nnd, funned by a high
wind, spread to both sides of the main
street.
Hhlnelnnder, Wis., Oct. 0. Two hun
dred men fought all day at Phelps,
near here, In a successful attempt to
save the town from destruction by lire.
The loss was 000,000.
Boost Wages 45 Per Cent
Pittsburgh, Pn.. Oct. 7. The Pitts
burgh and Allegheny Telephone com
pany lias granted Its central ollice op
erating forces 11 wage Increase of 45
per cent, according to an announce
ment made here
Mexico Can't Pay Soldiers.
Atlantic City, N. J Oct. 7. A new
eleuit-u' has been Injected Into the
discussions of thu American and Mex
ican commission by 0:o Inability oi
the Curruuzu governmft to pay lu
soldiers.
OFFICE IS ABOLISHED
UPHOLDS TIBBETS LAW ABOLISH
ING COUNTY CORONER
GOVERNOR'SJ'ROCLAMATION
Items of General Interest Gathered
From Reliable Sources Around
the 8Ute House.
WtBtetn NewtrpuDfr Unlan News Servlc.
Tho supremo court has upheld the
TlbbctB law abolishing the ollice ol
county coroner as It now exists. As a
result after tho first Thursday aftet
the first Tuesday In Jnnuary of noxt
year county attorneys become county
coroueiB and will perform all of the
duties of that ollice without extra pay,
but tho law permits (ounty attorneys
to delegato to sheriffs that part of thi
duties as now p scribed by ntatutt
which relate to viewing dead bodies
and serving papers, except that In
cases where it may become, necessary
to serve papers on the sheriff thu
county attorney may delegate such
duty upon the county clerk. Tha
rtn
PAUL SHAW
Son of Mr. and Mr. Fred Shaw of
Pleasantdale, who scored 98 In tho
Better Babies show at the state fair.
county attorney shnll be reimbursed
for all uclual necessury expenses tn
currcd by hlra In the performance ol
his new duties.
Governor's Election Proclamation
An official proclamation announcing
uiu Kuuuriii election 10 no ncm rsovem- 1
uer 1 nas oeen issued ny uovcrnor
Morehead. It covers the election of
eight presidential electors, United
States scnutor, six congressmen, gov
ernor nnd othor stnle officers, members
of tho legislature, chief Justice nnd
three associate Justices of tho supremo
court, and thirty Judges of tho district
court. The proclamation nlBo calls at
tention to the vote which will bo taken
under the Initiative and roferendum
on tho question of state prohibition
and on tho amendment giving tho food
commissioner n six year term.
Lincoln County Wants to Pay Up
Stato Auditor Smith has made out
and forwarded to tho commissioners of
Lincoln county an Itemized statcmont
ns requested by Ihem. of the county's
unpaid Indebtedness to the state of
Nebraska for old Insane fund tax ac
crued prior to 1801. Tho total amount
due in $n,C99. The statement rocs
back to 1873, and shows that the last
payment to the stnte wns In 188C whllo
tho tax continued to be levied until
tho lnw was repealed five years later.
Lincoln county originally owed $11,956,
but Mr. Smith found that payments
had been made from time to time ag
gregating over J.1.000. .
C. A. Remy of Curtis, recently ap
pointed as dental surgeon for tho
Fourth Nebraska regiment on tho
Texas border, has been declared by
tho war department to be Ineligible.
Tho regulations require a man not
more than 35 years old, whereas Remy
Is 3G. Fred C. Maloney. of DoWltt.
appointed dental surceon for tho Fifth
regiment, has had his commission ap
proved, but has not yet been sent to
join the troops.
Net Receipts of State Fair
Net receipts from this yoar's stata
fair will bo In tho neighborhood ol
$7,000, and this added to tho surplus
loft over from a yoar ago gives thfl
state board of agriculture a fund ol
$25,000 with which to proparo for noxt
yoar's exposition, according to Secro
tary Mcllor's estimate
A considerable oxpendlturo Is nee- J
ossnry eacn year in auvance of tha
fair, as there nro alwnys somo ropalrs
nnd Eenornl Improvements to bo mado,
besides the running expenses of tha
organization to bo iuoL Tho manage
ment plana always to havo enough
cash lu resorvo so as to guard against '
a possible dellclt If tho weather dun
Irig fair week should cut down attend
ance. Total receipts, as horotoforo given
out by Secretury Mullor, wore betweon
$101,000 and $10l',000, whllo tho ex
penses of tho fair wore In tho nolgh
borhod of $95,00.
Roscoo Ozman, former city clerk
ot Lincoln, is In chargo of tin
Nebraska Y, M. C. A. at Camp Llano.
Ho has chargo of sovoral classes In
tho school.
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Claim Discrimination Will Result
With the lallroads declining to rr
tlclpato In a hearing (ho stale railway
commission Inst week took up tho ap
plication of thu carriers demanding tho
commission to substlluto rates made
by tho roads In place of rates made
by the commission In place of rates
innde by the commission in order No,
19. Tho commission declined to obey
this demand several days ago. Tho
railroads have applied to the federal
court for an order requiring the com
mission to keep Its hands off while
thoy enforce higher rntes, but no ac
tion has yet been tnken In that court.
Tho stato commission counter uttacked
by obtaining from tho supreme court
of Nebraska a tomporary restralnlns
order to prohibit tho carriers from put-.
ting into effoct the higher schedule, ol .
rates which tho roads claim was or-1
dered by thu interstate commerce com
mission to bo enforced.
In the meantime the stnte commls '
bIoii deeded to bold a henrlng on the
2iirrlers' demand for approval of high
jr rates. The carriers decline to pnr
llclpate In a hearing on HiIb question
aut they are willing to have the mm .
mission pass on their request that all
of tho rates In order No. 19 bo can
celled, to the end that discrimination
which will admittedly nsult on ac
count of the enrriers' proposed ratei
between Interior towns that arc no)
jobbing towns.
Bent Money for Prison Band
Warden Fenton, of the penitentiary.
Monday Inst recelverl n IpMnr fWiir
the Public Service club of Hrokcn How
which contained complimentary refer
once to conditions at the penal Instl 1
tutlon nnd n check for ?10 to lie op '
piled to the prison band. The lettei I
was written by Mr-. K. F. Hush, secro
tnry of the Hroken How Woman's Pub
He Service club. The action of the
club, the writer explains, was the re
suit of a detailed report by Mrs. ('. II
Englcnil, president of the club, of her
visit to the prison. "We arc greatljl
Interested in the work you are dolnc,'
nnd things you have accomplished
We desire to extend to yon our appro
elation aud our best wishes for future
success In your efforts towards help
ing nit nkind," she writes.
Vlany Autos In State
Secretary of Suite Pool IpsumI 3.444
automobile licenses and 100 motor
cycle licenses in September, making a
total of 9C,7.")0 automobile licenses IB
sued since the tlrst of the year. As
577 of those were issued to replaco
alleged lost numbers, the total num
ber of automobiles in operation In
Nebraska Is now fill, 17.1. The expenso
of the automobile department for Sep
tember was $6,423.84, but $5,560 of
this amount was paid for automobile
number platos for use next year. The
fees of the secretary's office lu Sep
tember amountei to $4,113.07, the
greater part of which was for the fil
ing of articles of Incorporation and foi
corporation permits.
Case Taken Under Advisement
The injunction suit of tho stato rail
way commission against the railroads
was heard beforo tho supreme court
last week and the case taken under
advisement. A temporary rc.tralnlup
order issued by the court expired Mon
day evening, but the court i.ontlnued
this order In effect until further or
ders. Tho railroads objected to the
Jurisdiction of the court and also r
slsted the railway commission's nppll
cation for n temporary injunction to
prevent the putting Into effect of rates
higher and other than rates estab
llshed by the commission In ordei
No. 19.
Twelve Granted Conditional Paroles
Tho stnte hoard of pardons hoard
sevonty-flvo applications for parole dur
ing a two-day session. Slxty-thrro
were sont back to tho coll and twelve
were promised conditional freedom
Tho paroles will go Into effect this
month and next. Those to gain the
freedom of outdoors will go back to
the farm. Many applications have
como to tho boaid from stock feeders
and farmors. The latter want corn
buskers lu tho near future. Many ol
them are willing to pay a man to stnj
until husking tlmo. Cattlemen hav
applied for men to enro for fcedcrt
during the mlnter months.
Will Recognize Populist Party
Secretary of State Charles V. Poo)
says he will recognize the populist
party as n live political party, not
withstanding Lieutenant Govcrnoi
Tenrson's announcement that tho or
ganlzation expired legally In July bo
cause It did not hold a state conven
tlon and adopt n platform ns required
by tho state law.
Wants Record of'Forest Reserve
Stato Surveyor Iobert Harvey ol
the stato land commissioner's office it
trying to get from tho government
forest Bervtco n corrected record o
tho acreage of forest resorvo In No
braska. The last certificate Issued
from tho stato superintendent's o(llc
shows 198,646.65 acres of govorntuenl
forest resorvo In NobrnBka. A formei
statement plnced this at 206,074 acres
Tho reservo in Grant county Is nc
longer a reserve. " Tho government
has added to tho acreago of reserve
from tlmo to tlmo, but tho record!
thus fnr furnished to Mr. Harvey still
leaves a discrepancy of about 6,001
acres. Ho Is endeavoring to find
where this additional reservo land ll
located so that r. correct record manj
bo kept for the stnte. Tho last reporl
showed resorvo ncroago as fallows:
Blaine county, 10 510; Cherry, 115,
903; Thomas, 79,505; total, 200,074.
Both tho Fourth nnd Fifth reglmcnti
now on tho border have boon ordered
to pack up and ship to Fort Crook
Omaha, all their extra supplies. Thl
Is one ot tho Indications of tho Imma
dlato, demobilization of the boys.
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fts chin
Carne
Uiflv tm Haunt tisnt nt rtlKtn.
fi atii iwi - j vm fcj- w !'
made tltet Uie rel ma lamcxn men
can formula. The K-aKmicf, ii mott
piquant a ztttlul tatty dth anywlitic
any time.
Libby, McNeill &Libbv
Chicago
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POSTER CAMPAIGN IS ENDED
England Used Over 500 Kinds of Pic
torial Appeals for Men to Join
tho Army.
The blinds have been drawn nnd tho
doors closed at the Publicity depart
ment, Central Recruiting Depot, White
hall, London, thus concluding what
wus perhups the greatest poster and
advertising campaign In history.
How many bundle's of these war pos
ters havo reached America It would bo
Impossible to say, for one of the joys
of the souvenir hunter In London has"
been the collecting of these Msters to
sell lu America, big sums lelng asked
for complete sets.
From the humble origin of on Mini 1 1
IMister, Iord Kitchener's appeal for
HH),(KXl men for the w;ur, moru than
."(H) different kinds have been Issued
since.
One popular poster showed un 11s
sortinent of headgear, with the query,
"Which will you wear?" the khaki cup
being In the center. One of these was
stuck outside 11 hatter's shop In tho
Fast Km), and the enterprising trades
man having printed tho price under
each style, marked the khaki cap
"free." It Is not on. record whether a certain
billposter had n sense of humor or not.
but the fact remains that he placed
the Invltntlon, "Wnko Up. Knglund!
Join the Army Now," on 11 graveyard
wall, which so tickled n certain major
passing to the war ollice each morning
thut he Insisted on It being left there,
nnd part Is there still.
Wlmt will always rank as the great
est achievement of this largo output
wns the night of the king's own appeal,
when -10,000 posters appeared on Ion
don walls between tho hours of G p. m.
and fl 11. nv Forty-live men were em
ployed. Many people hnvc said "What n
waste!" but when one comes to con
sider thut the new armies were raised
to a great extent by this method of
appeal the question arises, "Was the
money spent on posters Unit got H.OOO,
000 men nil waste?"
The Bluff That Failed.
"No." said tho fair, but frigid mnltl,
"I wouldh't marry any man on
earth."
"I get you," replied tho practical
youth. "My trusty nerophine Is an
chored to the trusty lightning rod, und
n friend of mine who Is a sky plIoL
will gladly tic the knot ntxivc tho
clouds."
And seeing thnt her bluff was call
ed the fair one struck a match to tin
Iceberg pedestal on which sho wus
posing, aud fell Into his waiting nrms.
We Get You, Madam.
Nephew I tried to get n raise to
day, aunt, but the boss refused It.
Mrs. Illunderby Too bad, Dicky.
Perhaps you didn't npproach him at
the zoological moment.
Adds to the
Joy of Living
it isn't alone the deliriously
weet nut-like taste of Grape-NuU
that has made the food famous,
though taste makes first appeal
and goes a long way.
But with the zestful flavor there
is in Grape-Nuts the entire nu
triment of finest wheat and barley.
And this includes the rich mineral
elements of the grain, necessary for
vigorous health the greatest joy
of life.
Every table should have its
daily ration of
GrapeNuts
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