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.' ,H li GUARD ADWITS PLOT 'getSNo applause ' " NEW YORK STRIKER SAY3 PUT UOMB IN THE SUQ. WAY STATION. FIVE OTHERS ARE HELD V Captain of Detectives Declares He Han Information That the Funds for Many Outrages Came From the Car men's Union. New Viii k, .Nov. O..fiiiui's Merlin. n subway pint l mi strike, confessed to tln police on l'il(lii (lint ln 'i' I olT i 1ln ImiiiiIi Unit wiecked the I.oiion uvo Mic subway station on tho innrnliiK til U0nlier -.1. "I nilil wlllnuly tflw' up my life,", li.i ..il.l "f..n ll,.. I.., I.., Ill ..r ilium! IV r-IIIH. l' I. II III 111 III 'I. """ MorkliiKiiien. No one else Is In hhimo for tlii plot." Morna's fill her Is u inotoiiniiii on strike. Three associates of .Meiim linve con fessed they were lllipllenteil In tin1 plot Unit resulted In the destruction of the I.enov iiVemie station, mill thnt tho.v ilotleil to eiitise explosions In the Times Sipiuro subway Million and the' rirt.v nlnih street station nl Columbus Circle. These exploits were to have been iiuiile on I'rldny, they said. One of the men confessing to UiIh plot Is .Michael .1. Ilerllhy, tveiil, one yen I'M old. an elevated KWird 'l Unnii cltil seerelnry of n cnrnieii's local. In nil I he confessions the men pio tested they nieiuit no hiirm to liiiniiiti life nml hud set oil' the d.vniiuillo hnri:e to iiinko a "ileiiioiistratlon." Flvo of thu six men arrested are (illlcliilti of the Anuilj.'iinintoil t'nlon of .Street and Kleetrle Ualhvny Km ployccK. Thu sixth Is a ehaulTeiir. The iintlmial association of this union has repudiated the plotters and condemned their work. After the arrests Captain Tiinnoy of the detective, bureau Issued this Ntiitement : "Wo have evidence that the funds fiiinncliii: this explosion, and other con templated explosions enme ft out the Cannen'.s union." GERMAN SHIPS IN SEA RAID Small Naval Vessels Capture Two Steamers on Trade Routes Be tween Holland and Thames, i Iterlln, Nov. (I. A raid was made hy (eriium naval small craft on the ship ping route between the mouth of the Thames and Holland on Wednesday nielli, the adiiilriilty anuounced on Fri day. .Soxeral steumer.s were slopped nod Fcnrehed and two of them wereliniiiKht Into a (iermnti port. The raiders were frultlosslly shelled liy four Itrltlsh .cruisers while they were returning. "On the ulKht of NoNoinber l-'J. small (lerman iiiimiI vessels mlwinccd from points of support on the const or Flan ders' UKrtlliM the trade lollies between Die Thames and Holland." the state ment says. "They stopped and seniehed several steamers and bioimht two of them, which woe suspicious, Into port, A third steamer, which was onlered to follow, has not yet arrhed. "As thej wire tiirnlnc. .ome of our 'orpedo bouts weie shelled for u lulef time without success by four Milllsb crulseis. iiiir- miMil foiees all re turned safely." CALLS RUSS DRIVE A FAILURE Berlin Declares Offensive on Eastern Front Did Not Aid the Rou- innnlnns. llerlin, Nov. I!- No success what ever was obtained by the Itussians In their recent detei mined attiiiK on the eastern front, which iippniently was launched with the purpose nf helplim the ltoumiiiilans and inav be consid ered the last of the iiinilllcatloiis (.r General MrussihilT's ieat oiVense Uiovemeiit, sajs mi (ixerseas News Jis'ency relew of the ciuupalu'ii. I'etroKrad. Nov. tl. Infantrj tllit Imk continues in ('allcla and In VoIIi.miIii. with slight successes in bmh ickIoiis for the Russians, accordlm; to the oi clal stnteuieiit Issued by the war olllce on Friday. AVIATOR LANDS IN NEW YORK Carlstrom Files From Chicago Gotham In ElQht Hours and Thlrty-Scven Minutes. to New York, Nov. 0. .Winter Carl Mrom, llyliiK from Chlcapi to New York, arrived at (Sowrnor's island at 8:55 n. in. on Friday, lie had been In the air 8 bourn and 117 minutes, inaklui; two Ktops en route, one at Krle, Pa., fintl the otlmr ut llamiiioudsport, N. Y. The dlstanct covered was nppinmute Jy ll"r miles, which fches him an iner jis'e of Hit mlle.s an hour. 9,000 to Chase Villa. WnshliiKton, Nov. 0. Nine thousand (.'nrnuizlMtits uie to ho concentrated at Jlinlin , MeN., to e.Merinlnnte Villa font's, Mexican Ambassador Arredon do announced on receipt of a dispatch from Consul Ourtla of Kl l'aso, Te. Vlllistas to De Shot. Kl Paso, Tex., Nov. U. lien. lYanels co (iiin.nles, mllltnry eoniuiander In Juarez, announced that Colonel tiarcia mid cIkIu Villa men brought to Juarez vlth hlui would ho shut unless they wore ordered bent to Chihuahua City. HE v r .' IwMlW v-vlk w Ka S, .v.. Jkf V ttV Jlkijj 'T ?L Wllam. aaaaaaa .1 .. S v taav aaaaaaaaaaaaaawaaaaaawtar v 4 r vrry . J s. tt. tg PITTSDURGH DISPATCH. J ROADS ARE BLAMED CARRIERS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR COAL PRICES. Suits Filed in U. S. Court to Have Cars Returned to Home Systems. I'hlniK". Nov. it. Two suits were llled in the United .States district coin t here on Wednesday which may result In the InereiisliiK or lowering of the price of coal to the consumer. The llllni.' of the suits icxcnls a ship pers' and farriers' war. The defendants In both suits are the Atchison, Topckn & Santa I'e and Ml other railroad companies, and their rocelvcr.H. The plalnillls In one suit lire the 'Union Coal company and ten other coal companies, and In the other the Ayrdale Coal (ompau ami 111 other coal companies. The Clinton suit is a hill in equity for an Injunction leipililnj; the return of local cars to the Chicago & Kastern Illinois railroad lor serl f mines hIoiik the road. The A.rdale suit Is similar, except that It asks the return of ears in the tails ul the Chicago, Terre Haute Southern inllway. Moth bills are identical except for Ihe uaiiies. The bills s,.( up thai the defendant rallioad lompaiilcs bae failed and re fused to return il cars to the proper lines; thai cars line been w tunefully dheried and misused ami confiscated, and asks that a resiralnlni: order he iluniedliilel.v Issued, lollowed by a pre lliuluni Injuuciliiu iiKiiiust the roads. VILUSTAS KILL 29 ON TRAIN Carranzn Soldiers Acting as Guard Are Executed Pnsscnncrs Lined Up and Robbed. I'blhiinbim fltj. Mo., Nov. .- Vll listas who held Up lUld looted a pus sencer train from .lunrez, at Lauiina. ."() miles not th ot here, took off ami executed 'JO ('arrana soldiers who were a tint: ns a Kiiard for the train. The passengers weie lined up outsM,. of the loaches and robbed and tin' 1 1 tt In was tooled of all supplies which It carried. All imsseimeis were com pelled in strip h the bandits, who car ded iiwa all tlo'lr ilothlm:. The pas seiiKcis i i.i') illicit a number of women. JURY ACQUITS JOHN COPELAND Reports After Deliberating for Elrjhty. four Hours Was Accused of Slay- inn Anti-Catholic Lectuior. linlw'ston. Tex., No. it. ,lohu Cope land. hunted with the killing' of Wil liam llhnk. an aiiti-Catholie lectuier. Mls found not Kiillty by a Jury In the dlstrlit court beie on Wednesday. The Jury rcorted after dellberatiiiK M hours. Ulaek was killed at .Marshall. Tex.. February .', IPI.V Itlack was killed In ii hotel at Marshall while Copeland, who was hank cashier of that place, and other men were cnlllnj; on hint la Ids room to cease his lec tures in Marshall. Three Die, Two Hurt In Fire. I'hihiilolphla. No. I.-Thii women and p limit weie killed in a lire which destiojcd the thlid Hour o an apart ment bulbllm; here. The dead are: Charles Mcenev, Ids mother, and .Mrs. Nellie Howard. Aeroplanes Fly to Bucharest, r.iieharest, Nov. I. Fhe aeroplanes have Just in rived here from the allied base on the Isle of Iiuhrcs to protect the city from Commit air raiders. The nllleil inlntors tlew all the way across the llalkans RED CLOUD U-BOAT REACHES U. S, DEUTSCHLAND AT NEW HAtN ON ITS SECOND VOYAGE. I Left Bremen on October 10 Captlln Koenig Says Trip Without Spe- clal Interest A New London, Conn., Nov. 'J. The (iermaii comuieiclal submurl3 Iieiitschlaiiil arrhed at this port ouijy Wednesday niornliiK. Captain Koenig. said the Heutschluntl left Itremt'ii 011 October 10 ami implo the trip here without special Inchleit. The entire crew comprises U." nu'ii. The Mciilschland appeared In the outer haihor shortly after midnight and pin ceeded to the dock of (he Fastern For warding eniupatiy. Preparations for the reception of (he Bremen were not made at Nor folk or Baltimore, but at New Lon don, Conn. There a special protect ing nrnuiKciuent was built for tho dher preparations that .seemed aln until the Deiiisehland arrived tonight. The steamer Wlllehad, 11 North Cier man Lloyd liner tied up in Boston haihor, left Its' berth there and went to New London to help prepare for the icceptlon of the L'-hout and also lo act as a shield for the little ves sel. The Deiitsehlaml sailed from Amer ica Aupist '1 and lis arrival In Bre men was announced August "JJI. BANDITS ROB BANK OF $10,000 Private Institution at Braidwood, III., Held Up by Six Men in an Auto Cut Wires Into Town. Braidwood. Ilk. Nov. !. A high powered racing automobile Hashed out of the dtitkiicss Into this town on Wednesday night and before the In habitants could be aroused sK auto mobile bandits cut all telephone and telegraph wires, blew open the vaults of a bank and escaped with loot val ued at .SlO.iNH).. The bank was a pri vate Institution owned by W. II. odell - Co. Mrs. Fiiiuia llliues was awakened by ihe explosion, hut was frustrated In her attempt to arouse the residents by the culling of the telephone wires. THIRTY LOST ON ANGHELIKI Berlin Gives Version of Sinking 01 Greek Ship by German Submarine. Berlin (by wireless to Sayvllle, L. I.). Nov. '-'. Thirty men drowned when the Creek steamer Anghellkl was sunk by a (ierinan submarine seven and one-half miles off Piraeus last week, according to an Athens dis patch to the Overseas News agency. The steamer was bound for Saloulkl with :tiK) volunteers for the Venlzellst army on board. IHspatches from Athens announced the sinking of the Anghellkl. giving the number of recruits nn board au .'1.10. of whom fii) were snld to liuvo drowned. "Tank" Cars for Border. San Antonio, Tow, Nov. (1. A cater pillar tractor of the same make that has been adopted by the British for their "tanks," or armored cars, will he placed In the Big Bend district t solve the transportation problem. Take Alleged Blackmailer. New York, Nov, (I. Another alleged member of the gang of blackmailers, Ccorgo Hush, was taken Into custody on tho complaint of J. J, Klein, a Bui tlipore hanker, who accused him of ox tortlng $1S.(XX). , NEBRASKA, CHIEF 5IATE FUNDS DROP NEARLY $1,000,000 LESS THAN IN JULY SCORES ROADSFOR SHORTAGE Items of General Interest Gathered From Reliable Sources Around the State House. Western New.patr Union News Sirvlc. Klato Treasurer (JeorKf! K. IIuII'h re port for the month of October shows that the tolul balance In the slate treasury Ih $l.H7:i,iyi, a decrcuBo of nearly -11,000,000 ulnco July. In July the amount on hnnd wbb $12,309,786, or $!ir.,8!lG more than at the pronrnt time. Ah there Is little coming Into tho state treamiry In the fall It will be some time before II will bo known whether or not the funds In tho troas my will he Hiilllclent to keep state warrants nt par. Mr Hull believes ho nn got thioiifjh the year without registering warrants for lack of funds with which to pay. When fundH available are not Htiluelenl to cash wananls thev aio oglHtored and draw 4 nor ii-m inim-. est Often when thoro Is not Hiilll clent In fie general fund to pay war runts, other statu funds. Including 01I11 entlonal funds. If there are any on bund, are used to purchase warrants and the Interest on such w,u ranis then goes to the state, being cieditd to the particular fund used to make tho purchase At present, there Is $H22.ftfi In the geneiHl fund. The amount of cash de posited In banks Is $1,157,830. The fllato treasurer Is carrying as cash $100,000 of university wananls, $0. 000 of state normal school wimants and $8,H00 of state aid bridge funds wannnts. The amount of state funds now Invested In Interest bonrlng bonds Is $9.8ti4,G48, which Is a llltlo less than usual Slnto Auditor Smith has completed n compilation of the amount of state warrants IhsiioiI In October. It shows tlmt the state spent $394,399.98. For tho entire ten months of this year the expenditures of tho state aggregated $4,407,902 07. Tho expenditures dur ing tho first ten months last year, which Included tho tost of a legisla tive session, was $4,549,105 56. Scores Railroads for Shortage I;i support of his statement before the state railway commission that rail road companies do not Increase the number of box cars In proportion to the Increase in the volumo of business from year to year. J. Shorthlll of York, secretary of the Nebraska co operative grain and live stock asso ciation, has submitted a tabulation taken from annual reports of railroads filed with the Interstate commorco commission. Ho charged that tho pres ent car shortnge Is duo to n groat sx tent to tho lack of sufficient box cars to caro for an Increasing business. The figures ho gavo were for tho years 1912 to and Including 1915 Only two reports cited by him Included tho year 1910. He snid some compnulos pur chased a considerable number of now cars In 1915, but the Increase does not appear to be governed bv any system atic method, while tho number of cars retired from Horvlce appears to be more tegular and unifnim. He alleged the tabulations show that the tonnni'o capacity of the roads in most In stances hail actually been diminished. Must File Duplicate Frclfjht Charges On the prospect that the state of No hraska might ultimately win Its litiga tion with the railroad companies In rolving class freight rntes the state railway commission is dliecllng all of tho seven Hues doing au Intrastate business in Nebraska to die every month duplicate copies of all freight bills that they have Issued In the pre ceding month, on shipments from Job bing points. The older also directs the railroads to stamp each freight bill with an In scription showing Hint the charges were paid under protest. Should the unexpected happen and the state succeed in rostoilng the rates which were recently knocked out. It Is expected thin will aid shippers in get ting refiirds. The railroad companies have 'not yet slgnilled whether or not they will obey tho order. Nebraska's Alfalfa Crop. Although 03.068 less acres of alfalfa were harvested In 1910, as compared with the preceding year, and Nebraska farmers raised 076,133 less tons of al falfa, tho nop was worth nearly as much as in 1915, nccordlng to a report by Soctetary Mellor of tho state board of agriculture. Thoro were 1,127,042 acres of alfalfa In the state In 1916. yielding an averago of threo tons per aero. Tho total yield In Nebruska Is estimated at 3,412,4CG tons, which, at $7 u ton, Is valued nt $23,8S7 255. Rather than have a child born of a convict mother behind prison bars and In order thnt tho mother might receive propor attention, Mrs Gertrude fichauo, a prisoner of tho penitentiary, was transferred to tho state Industrial homo nt Mllford upon an order ot the board of control. The niothor was re ceived at tho penitentiary seven mouths ngo from Omaha on a charge of Issuing no-fund checks. Tho child, a daughter, was born, and will bo rarod for at tho Industrial home, while tho niothor will be sent back to the penitentiary. NEBRASKA HONORED Dairy Judging Team Scores Victory at National Show The Nebraska dairy Judging team proved to eighteen leading agrlcul , tural colleges of tho United Statet wiai mo uornnusKcr uoys Knew more about Judging dairy cattle than the fifty-one student Judges from the other colleges. Fiom the national dairy show at Springfield, Mnss., the team brought back a victory, the best of Its kind In tho history of tho university, Tho places won were first placo for tho team, llrst team In Holstcins and second team In Jerseys and Ayrshlres, llrst and fourth man In the contest, and llrst man In Holstcins and Ayr shlres. The three men composing the team arc pioducts of Nehraska farms, all having been raised In this state. W. K. Roberts won first place in tho ton test, which gives him the $400 scholar ship offered by the IleLaval Separator company. This scholarship Is to bo used In graduate vvoik in any accred ited college In the I'nlted Statos. Mr Robot ts also won first place In llolstelns and Ayrshlres A $400 scholarship, given by the Holsteln Breeders' association for IiIrIi man In their breed, had to be forfeited to sec ond man. Mr. Roberts halls from O'Neill, and has been a dairyman Bine childhood. We Is woiklng his way through the university, and Is a very good example of a man who Is apply Ing science with practice. Mr (' It Hinder won fottilh place among the live high men He Is also a dairy man of wide practiral experience His homo Is In Kearney, Neb. Mr. C. C Vasey of Llbertv, the third man on tho team, proved good support for his col leagues. Bank Will Get Charter A peremptory writ nf mandamus ro quiring the stale bunking board to Is sue a charter to the Central State bauk. of Omaha, was Issued by Judge W. II. Westover. In the district court of Lancaster county, Thursday after noon. Tho case will be carried to the su preme court. In reviewing the case tho court held that tho board had acted In withhold ing tho charter without giving the ap plicants a chance to bo heard in refu tation of complaints the board might have against them. All tho 'hoard can do, the court ruled, is to ndopt rules In conformity to the statutes, without arbitrarily declining to Issue a charter. In this case, ac cording to the opinion of the court, the board, In Its anxiety to protoct the guaranty fund, had attempted to legis late. Application Carefully Scrutinized (lovernor Morehead. testifying as a member of tho state banking board In district court, declared he had ut no time disciiHsed tho Issuing of a char tor to tho Central Slate bank of Om aha. and furthor that all proceedings leading up to tho rojectlon of the ap plication for a charter had bcon reg ular. Tho bank is seeking to man damus tho board to grant the chnrtor. Tho governor stated that the board was scrutlnlnzlriR carefully all applica tions for charters, and that it was an noyed by parties running banks whoso only methods of getting deposits was by m:ns of tho state bank guaranty depository law. Tho bord was getting alarmed at the number of state banks being organized, ho said. In his judgment, ho said, fomn means of regulation was needed In order to protect tho gunrontv fund. There had boon a very material In crease in deposits, ho said, since the law was passed. , Will Not Play Post-Season Game Tho University of Nebraska will not accept any offer to play a post-season football gamo. with an eastern or any other team, according to Athletic Dl rei lor Heed In refusing a proposal made by Walter E. Hapgooil, businoss manager of tho Boston Braves. Hap good proposed that Nebraska play Do comber 2 on Braves' Field, Boston, Tufts, Brown or Dartmouth. Heed re plied that Missouri Valley rulea for bid more than eight games a year, No braska's schedule being full, and also forbid games on other than tollego field. As far ns Nebraska Is con cerned, tills ends all talk of inter-sec tional, post-season games. Tbreo cases of infant llo paralvsls iinvo he.n reported from Wnlthlll to the unto health inspector's ofllco. Ono of them Is In tho town and two arc In the surrounding country. In en address to the 100 members of Prof. M. M. Fogg's men's writing course and to tho Lincoln newspaper tuon Henry J. Allen, editor of the Wichita, Kns., noacon. advocated a school of Journalism for Nebraska university-broad and thorough training for the futuro newspaper editor. The editor Is more Influential than the preacher or the teacher, ho declared. "I am a very great friend of tho pro position of college Journalistic schools because in my experience as a pub lisher I have found nothing so hadlv needed as Intelligence." Adjutant General P. L. Hal) of the state national guard, was In a rail road wreck In Texas Sunday, but es caped unhurt General Hall had been visiting tho Nebraska troops on tho Texas border and was on his way homo. Governor Morehead receivod n telegram stating that a special train on which ho was riding, was wrecked near Lancaster. Tex. The car In which ho wns seated and ono other car turn ed over. Twelve persons were hurt, hut none seriously. Genoral Hall said ho was uninjured. The cause of tho wreck was not itatcd In the telegram. Strong Drinks Irritate Strong drinks Hl.e beer, whiskey, tea and coffee, Irritate the kidneys and habitual use tends to weaken thorn. Dally backache, with head ache, nervousness, dizzy spells and a rheumatic condition should ho taken as a warning of kidney trou ble. Cut out, or at least moderate, tho stimulant, and use Ponn's Kid ney Pills. They are flno for weak kidneys. Thousands recommend them. A Nebraska Case C. C. Ucmpsey, 403 IX First St.. Urnnil Island, Ncli., savs: "i nnu Kinney troll Mo for years with iniluinamiloa uf tho Madder, My buck rmlncil am severely and the kidney se cretions vvero scan ty I tried i-everal medicine, but ot little relief until 1 fnf.ll tlo.in'M Klilnpv I 'Ills. The results were MitlHfuctory In every way tind I have had no return of the trouble for a long lime." Get Doan't ! Any Stora, BOc Bos DOAN'SJLV FOSTERMILBURN CO- BUFFALO. N. Y. m mmmSm SANITARIUM SULPH0 SALINE SPRINGS Located on our own premises and used In tho Natural Mineral Water Baths Uu surpassed In tho treatment of RHEUMATISM Heart, Stomach, Kidney nud Liver Diseases. Moderate chorees. Address DR. O. W. EVERETT, Mqr. t4lhandMSfi. Lincoln, Nab. I ANY INDUSTRIOUS MAN may dflTot hl tluio to good advantage telling low priced tlrei TbeCWKatnTlrpbuilnMalsamuner maker, 3Ui3 non-nild ridings, I4BJ Other altea In proportion Kiiiallraullul ri-uulrnj. For full partlo olari wrltu .r. JIMS', m iir.iJ"i;,inT luki mr PATENTS WnUon R.Coleman,Wah' Ingtun.l C. Huotn X ree. Illsb- ex reference Uet result. :TilHMl !,.' afcr AtoIiI operation!. I'ohUItk Liver A Hlomaen remedy (An (MI)-l(eiultA anrns home, rerm-dr. Write lodaj. ClUl.i.R.jC..,D.pt.W-l.21S.D.ifconi5t..Clut.r W. N. U., LINCOLN, NO. 46-1916. HAD ALL SHE 1C0ULDSTAND Despite Possible Proposal, "Yountf Old Maid" Was Unable to Put Up With Bore. lole Is 11 new and charming corre spondent win describes herself as "n rather .vuiim,' old miilil In whom tho oilier desire for matrimony Is almost overbalanced by nn unfortunate koiiso of the ridleiilnuiio-s of till masculine belli;.-." I lor letter relating some re cent experiences with male boru3 11111J znnlos Is too loni; to reproduce. Wc print this brief ovcerpt : "He talked of socialism from 8:'!0 lo '.i:::o. of tho wur trniii then till 10::t0r of llernard Shaw and how ho Is dif ferent troin Chesterton till 11 :.'iO iiruJ thou of psychic therapeutics. "'I am, you know,' lie Interjected, 'connected with tho Kmninniiel move ment.' " 'You Mirpri-e me.' I murmured. "'Why .should oii be surprjsed that I 11m IntPi't'Ktcd In so uhsurhliiK a sub ject?' ho ileiiianded. And I'm iifralc I Klaneed at tho clock as 1 an swered: " 'I didn't Imncine you could bo con nected with any sort of a-or-niove-tLont!' 'lint Isn't It too bad? I think ho .viiuld have proposed If I'd let hln nlk for another hour or so!" Occasionally we hear of a man who tunntiKoil to make j.'ood by following :ho advice of his wife. To avoid erltlcKm say notliltiK evil about your nelL'hborx. .r A Growing Custom! The custom of placing Grape-Nuts on the table at all meals is growing in American homes. Both children and grown - ups help them selves to this delicious food as often as they like. It contains the entire nutri ment of wheat and barley, digests quickly, and is wonderfully energizing. Every table should have its daily ration of Grape-Nuts "There's a Reason" - ( ri , 2& ixxa. i-1 v"fr-