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jy RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF LEADING BUSY LIFE AT FORT DEMING PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO SAFE GUARD MORALS AND PRO VIDE ENTERTAINMENT U. 3. RIFLE RANGE AT ASHLAND Practice Grounds to Bo Established There at Once HE WHEAT PRIZES 1 I ft Y i A s PVt y iJfM V yxffc tiPii Nll'- 1 !- asiiiiiiiiiHiiBiiia a? KpBBJBBB fc'VUI3ttMinrRi YViiiL 'MWSSMSSSJSSSSpSBSSJBBSwv.kBBBSSSSSSSS'S. IVSKKm'J 1 KEEBUmKMmK&utE!0BfKK& -twL frS vbbiBI 1 1 Photograph of the giant Cnpronl t which curries 2. passengers. 2- Lntln-Atncrlcnn nations against ( hnrdmcnt by the Germans. 4 V where he nttended a luncheon of NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK House May Decide to Investigate Bernstorff's Plot to Influ ence Congress. FIVE NAMED BY TOM HEFLIN Bulgaria Ready to Quit War Ger many's Conditional Offer to Evacu ate BelgiumLansing's Expos ures Well Timed Halg Makes Further Advances In Flanders. By EDWARD W. PACKARD. The house of representatives may determine to Investigate Itself, or rath er the action or certain of Its mem bers, as n result of the disclosure of the Bernstorff plot to intluence con gress and keep the country from en tering the war, by the expenditure of $50,000 through some organization. Representative Tom Ilellln of Ala bamu precipitated the inquiry by stat ing In the house that he knew of some congressmen whose notions were sus picious. Called before the rules com mittee, he named Senator La Fol lotte, Representative at Large W. E. Mason of Illinois, Representatives Fred A. Britten of Illinois, und Pat rick D. Norton and John M. Baer of North Dakota. He did not nccuse anyone of receiving German money, but demanded that the activities of these five men bo Investigated. Bulgaria Wants to Quit Bulgaria, having attained the ends for which Bhe entered the wnr tho recovery 6f Dobrudja, Macedonln, and parts of Serbia that were taken from her In the Balkan war Is ready to quit fighting If permitted to retain her conquests. So says Stephan Pan aretoff, Bulgarian minister to the United States. Ills country, he adds, has no interest In Germany's ambi tion to establish a Mittel Europn, and would have preferred to enter the war on the side of the allies, had their v-yjiromlsea been ns unconditional ns those of tnc uniser. Austria-Hungary, according to nd vIccb received In Washington, Is rap Idly ncarlng collnpse, and the Ger man wnr party renllzcs that pence, If It Is to be of the German brand, must be procured within six months or be fore Amcrlcn gets fully Into action. There Is grent distress throughout tho realm of Emperor Charles and his poo plo would gladly stop fighting provid ed they do not have to yield too much to Italy. Germany Offers Belgian Bargain. Tho replies of Germany and Austria to tho pope's pence proposals, filled with high sounding phrases and hypo crisy, were vlrtunlly Ignored by the al lied governments nnd condemned as evaslvo and Insincere by tho press. Therefore the kaiser enmc forward with an addendum, verbnlly expressed to tho pnpnl'nunclo at Munich by For eign Secretary Kuchlman, In which he agreed to evacuate Belgium In order to gain peace. But the offer was hedged about by conditions that made all the non-Teutonic world laugh. He de manded that Germany have the right to develop her economic enterprises freely In Belgium, especially In Ant- iwcrp; thnt Belgium give n guaranty that "any such mennco ns that which threatened Germany In 1014 would In fnturo be excluded ;" that Belgium un dertake to maintain tho ndmlnlstrntlvo separation of tho Flanders nnd Wal loon districts Introduced by Germany, and not enter Into any commercial treaties aimed at Germany. In ro turn Germany offers graciously to con tribute a sharo of tho compensation to be paid to tho little nation she has ravished. Tho new German party organized iby Admiral von Tlrpltz and others not now In office got into action last week rlplano, u wimple of which has been sent President lrlgnycn of Argentina, who Is erninny. .'I The Chateau of Pennine, reduced to ruins liy continuous bom '.A. Ilolmau, prime minister of New South Wales, photogra plied In New York the Overseas cluh. with the slogan "Peace without Indem nity means Germany's defeat." This party serves- to coordinate the activi ties of the pan-German agencies anil Is getting large support. The social democrats are gathering Ihelr strength to combat It. and the result Is likely to be n very pretty tight when the relchMag reassembles. Little News From Russia. Little Is heard and still less Is known Just now about conditions !n Russia. Plots, countei plots and ac cusations have not yet unseated Keren sky, and he and the soldiers' and work men's council may finally establish complete control over the situation. The troops In the field and In garrisons have been murdering their officers by the score, and otie correspondent as serts they have no heart for the war since the czar was deposed a state ment that only adds to the confusion of the mental picture we over here have of the new republic. The armies, however, since the Germans captured .lacohstadt, have cheeked the advance of the enemy and even retook some positions near Pskoff. Winter Is com ing to their aid and It IS considered probable that the movement of tho Germans toward Petrogrnd Is about ended for this year. General Soukhomliuoff, former war minister, first of the nutocrats to bo Judged by n Jury of tho new democ racy, was convicted of high treason on Wednesday, and sentenced to Impris onment at hard labor for life. Ills young wife, whose extravagance drove him nearly Insane, was acquitted. Lansing's Useful Disclosures. As a means of consolidating the sentiment of the country and arousing Its enthusiasm for n victorious war the disclosures of German intrlguo made by Secretary Lansing are unex celled. And they nrc ably seconded by tho stirring speeches that Colonel Roosevelt has been delivering. Mr. Lansing times bis exposes well nnd makes them with u calm finality that Is most effective. His latest state ment Is that he has conclusive evi dence thnt Count von Bernstorff on or before January 19 had received and read the Zimmerman note to the Ger man minister In Mexico City telling of the IntentlonJto begin unrestricted sub marine warfare on February 1, and consequently was fully aware of his government's plan when he asked au thority to expend $50,000 to inlluenco congress and keep this country neu tral. Colonel Roosevelt's patriotic ad dresses wcro n distinct feature of the week. In Chicago and other middle West cities ho expressed forcibly tho opinions he and most of the rest of us have of the pnclfists and obstruc tionists and other pro-Germans, nnd ho gave special attention and somo choice language to the case of Robert M. La Follette, tho United States senn tor with whom Wisconsin Is atlllctcd. Tho doughty "T. It." Invaded tho ene my's country, delivering one of his most fiery speeches nt Kncinc. At tho Chicago meeting nnd elsewhere resolu tions wero adopted calling for tho ex pulsion of La Follette from tho sen nte, but flint so-called honorable gen tleman, seemingly unmoved by tho storm of denunciation, was busy or ganizing his followers In Wisconsin for a fight based on what he thinks nre bis principles. South America Is on Fire. Germany bought to pacify Argentina by disapproving the Ideas expressed by Count von Luxburg, but tho South American republic was, by no inenns satisfied and tho pcoplo demanded thnt war bo declared. Tho chnmbor of deputies concurred In tho resolution of tho senate that relations with Ger many bo sovered, and It was up to President Irlgoyen. Ho hns been a determined ndvocnto of neutrality, but it seemed likely that ho would bo forced to yield to tho demand for war. Before deciding tho mnttcr, ho began negotiations to securo united action by nil tho Latin-American nations. Uru guay and Paraguay wero reported as eager to break off relations with Ger many, nnd Peru last week presented to tho Imperial government n demand that satisfaction be given within eight to the United States from Italy anil trying to arrange united action of i days for the sinking of the Peruvian bark Lorton In Spanish waters Inst February. 'the people of Argentina have been stirred to increased Indignation by the serious strikes of railroad men and other workers, which have been accompanied by much violence and de struction of property. These strikes are admittedly fomented and financial ly supported by Germans. Halg Resumes His Offensive. Having spent the first part of the week in consolidating his gains and beating off the desperate counter-attacks of the Germans, Field Marshal Halg on Wednesday resumed his of fensive In Flanders In the Ypres re gion. In a few hours his men had occupied ground to a depth of more than 1,000 yards along most of the front Involved, and were In posses sion of the Tower Hamlets ridge, were beyond the bloody Polygon wood, and had taken most of Zonnebeke, the vil lage from which they were driven In April, 1015. The Germans made tre mendously strong counter-attacks dur ing the afternoon and evening, but In vain. The results of the offensive, nt the date of writing, nre pronounced most satisfactory. Very heavy losses were Incurred by the crown prince in futile attacks on the French along the Chemln des Dames and north of Verdun. Four air raids in two days were made on England by the Germans nnd about a score of persons wcro killed. Both airplanes and Zeppelins took part In these raids and aerial torpedoes wero used. The chief result was a renewed demand by the British press for reprisals. In several bombing ex peditions the allied airmen did great damage to German establishments In Belgium. Monday night tho German aviators cleverly bombed n French enmp of German prisoners, killing two nnd wounding 17. They probably thought It was a hospital. Steel Prices Heavily Reduced. By n voluntary ngrecment made by steel producers with the war Indus tries board and approved by the presi dent, n scale of quotations was estab lished that reduces prices of steel by about one-half. These, according to Elbert II. Gary, nre fair and reason able, though far below the expecta tions of the manufacturers. The pri ority committee of tho wnr Industries board Issued uu order that In all cases preference In orders for Iron nnd steel nnd their products be given to con cerns turning out muterlnls actually necessary for the war's conduct. Man ufacturers of articles classed ns lux uries nre the first to 'feel the effects of this order. Tho federal labor trouble mediators are a busy lot of men these days. No sooner was tho big strike of Iron work ers nt San Francisco settled than (he lake seamen voted to strike, and next the switchmen of the Elgin, .lnllet A: Eastern suddenly quit, crippling the mills of tho United Stntes Steel cor poration nt South Chicago and Gary. Also, machinists employed by tho gov ernment In navy yards and arsenals made new demands'for more pay, and the bituminous coal operators nnd 'min ers could noff ngreo on wages. It was n relief to learn thnt tho International Brotherhood, of Leather Workers de termined to prevent nil strikes In Its ranks during the wnr. For Second Liberty Loan. All preparations wero completed last week for tho campaign to flont the sec ond Liberty loun. Tho bonds, which will bear 4 per cent interest, will be ndvertlscd by posters, by every post master, railroad, express and telegraph mannger, and every schoolteacher. A letter will bo sent to every farmer In tho country, and n special missive will go to a selected list of a million wealthy agriculturalists. They will bo urged to Invest ns much of tho pro ceeds' of their harvest as possible In tho Liberty bonds. Window cards, mailing stickers and nutomobllo stick ers will bo distributed by tho mil lions. Tho scnato passed tho $3,000,000,000 wnr deficiency bill, nnd tho house and scnato conferees completed their work on the great war tax bllL NEWS FBOMJTATE CAPITAL ltems of Varied Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources at the State House Nebraska's 6,000 militiamen of tho Fourth, Fifth and Slth regiments nro firmly established In their now quar ters In the Immonso divisional train ing camp. Camp Cody, at Doming, N. M. Tho first of tho seven sections of tho Fifth nnd Sixth regiment trains, tho third suction of tho Fifth regiment train under tho command of Major Clydo E. McCormlck, of tho first bat talion of tho Fifth regiment, arrived Sunday night. Tho other suctions reached tho enmp during tho follow ing day nnd night, and nil had entered tholr now quarters by Tuesday morn ing. Camp Cody, 4.425 feet above tho lovol of tho sea, Is situated In 'tho middle of tho Now .Mexican plateau. It Is almost entirely surrounded by mountains, bluo and nzuro In tho dis tance and Inviting exploration. Tho ncareBt, however, Is twenty-four mlloB away. Tho water If of absolute purity, and Its underflow through the valley is 401,700.710 gallons, uccordlng to fig ures compiled by J. L. Dickson, an n glncer with Company B of tho Iowa Engineers hero; enough to supply a population of 10,000,000. According to Major Charles II. Miller, constructing quartermaster ut Camp Cody, anyone of tho thrco wells In the camp will furnish 1.080,000 gallons a day, or twonty-llvo gallons for every man and horso each day. . TO REGI3TER ALL WOMEN State Chairman Says There Will Be No Let Up "Registration" of Nobraska womon for patriotic sorvlco will not ond until ovory loyal woman citizen ovor slxteon years of ago Is registered," says Mrs. A. E. Sheldon, stato chairman of ttio womon'B registration for national sor vlco. Registration Soptombor 12 was heavy, considering that tho organiza tion of the natlon-wido movement had been under way for only six weeks. October 17 Is tho day sot for complet ed returns from each county. Tho tlmo havo been so short for perfect ing plans that tho Nobraska state council of dofonso has no organization as yet in six of tho nlnety-threo coun ties. In at least eight other counties, registration was not hold on Wednes day becauBo tho organizations in the county has not boon completed. No other day Is to be sot apart for stato registration but tho work is to bo car ried on through precinct organization in each county, tho mothod to bo de termined by tho county organization, slnco the polling places wore given to tho womon for Soptombor 12 only. Registration for national servlco of womon has been hold in Alabama, Ar kansas, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri and Wyoming. Tho work of tabulation is so heavy that Mrs. Sholdon has boon notlflod of tho numbors registered in several counties and in each tho pro portion was a largo ono. Comploto re turns from nono of those states has been received at Washington head quarters of tho national council ot do fonso. 8tate Pays Less for Flour Flour for tho noxt quartor at fifteen stato institutions has been purchased by tho state board of control from 60 cents to $1 a Back of ninety-six pounds cheaper than for tho past quarter. Tho Norfolk hospital, which had been paying $5.90, hns contracted with a Norfolk firm for $4.90. At tho Lin coln hospital for insane and at tho ponltontiary tho pi-Ico hail dropped from $15.90 to $C20. Tn6 flour 1b of tho rogular commercial grade. Secretary of Stato Pool Is being bombarded with lottors from corpora tions which failed to pay tholr an nual occupation tax beforo It bocamo delinquent and which now doslro tho ponalty to bo omitted. Mr. Pool will insist upon tho paymont of tax and penalty. Tho Nobraska building of tho Y. M. C. A. at Camp Cody was openod with a stunt night program for tho troops of tho Fifth and Sixth roglmcnts. Tho entertainment was in chargo of Llou totant Cobboy ot Omahn, chaplain of tho Fifth Nobraska, and consisted of a. band concert, vocal numbors by tho men and uoveral readings and instru mental solos. During tho courso ot tho ovoning L. R. Smith, Becrotnry of tho building on bohalf of tho Omaha branch ot tho Nntlonal Lenguo for Women's Borvlco, prosontod sovon pic tures for tho building. Tho company headed by Flro Com missioner Rldgell, which was granted a right to select five sections of stato school land from a group of thirty nlno designated tracts, for potash de velopment, la preparing to turn back to tho atato all of tlio leases oxcopt tho flvo which It choosos for develop ment Mr. Rldgell has been In Valen tino getting tho signatures of tho other members of tho company and will fllo relinquishments with tho board short ly. Tho company Is allowed but flvo land tracts under tho rulo adopted by tho board. A first clnss Nobraska rifle range with nbutments, firing linos and rltlc pits, tho property of tho United Stntea government, will soon be In readiness for government use on tho old range noar Ashland. Ever since Major Holllngsw-orth lint boon In tho office of adjutant general bo hns boon at work on preparing and securing the authorization of this range Funds for tho purchase of tho rango and the transfer to tho govern ment hate now linen authorized and a deed will bo tiled pinking tho rango government property to ho used by tho government. Tho war department has asked Major HolllngHWorth to inako an esti mate of tho cost of fitting tho range ,out for use by troops. As soon as this CHtlmat'o la-made tho work will In all probability start ana Instdo ot three weeks n good rangu will bo in readiness for use. Tho ground to bo used consists of a tract of over nlno hundred acres and Is declared by mili tary authorities to havo the qualifica tions of n good range. Tho rango Is for tho uso of the gov ernment but (t is poBslblu that stato troops may ubo the grounds for a rendezvous when ordered to mobilize, for service. Putting In Ensilage Cutters Chntrman Henry Gordon .of tho stato board of control has roturnod from a vIbU to the stato Institute for feeble minded nt Beatrice. Ho super Intondod tho Installation of an ensi lage cutter at that Institution. Tho board bought a cutter for uso at Boat rice costing $2G0 and a larger ono of tho same typo for uso at tho soldlors' homo at Grand Island at a cost of $290. For operating thesa machines a traction onglno Is hired. Tho stato has ensilage cutters at tho Norfolk hospital for Insuno und at tho indus trial school for boys that aro operat ed by electric motors. Last year corn at the Dcatrlco Institution becamo too hard for silo storngo because tho stats, could not got a cutter from Its neigh bors when It wanted ono', bo tho board dccldod to buy ono. On account of tho extremo high prlco of forago at this tlmo tho storing ot ensilago for feed ing dairy hordB at stato lntsltutions la deemed a paying Investment. Enough dairy cattlo to supply stato in stitutions will contlnuo to bo kopt Tho herd at tho Hastings' hospital was reduced In numbor last spring. Meatless and Wheatless Days. Ono meatlcBB and ono wucatloBs day each week for tho cltlzons ot Nebraska la part of tho conservation program outlined by Food Administrator Watt les In a rocont lotter to Govornor No vlllo. Tho food administrator urges tho govornor to lssuo a proclamation asking that tho pooplo throughout tho stato ot Nebraska refrain from eating moat on meatless days and wheat on whoatless days. Mr. Wattlos has computed tho sav ing in bread that might be effected by such a plan. Ho estimates that If each person In tho nation would save a single ounco of bread, or ono-slxtoonth ot a loaf each day, tbo amount of this saving in round numbers would bo 380,000,000 bushels of wheat per year. Applied to Nobraska It moans that tho 1,250,000 inhabitants would make a net annual saving of 475,000 bushels. In his lottor to tho governor, Mr. Wattles statos that unless such saving is offectod thero will bo great suffering this winter among soldiers and faml Hob of tho allies and perhaps among tho United States soldiers. Approximately 3,300 Nebraska boys comprising tho third unit of the init ial draft will advance on tho boundary lino botwoon war and pcaco during a poriod extending from Octobor 3 to October 8. Tho third unit comprises 40 per cent ot tho original draft quota. Lancastor county's offering ono hun dred nnd Blxty-threo mon, will leavo Lincoln for Camp Funston, Fort RIloy, at 12:30 p. m. Octobor 6, Four hun drod and thlrty-sovon soldlors will en train on tho special carrying tho Lan castor county troops. Outsldo unita to Join tbo military delegation will be from Douglas and Gago counties. For failuro to comply with an order issued by tho Nebraska banking board nearly a year ago, threo Wahoo mon who aro otllcors and directors ot a stato hank at Coresco havo boon re fused a charter for a now bauk at Ashland, In tho samo county. Failed on Physical Examination Failure of Captain Grlssol to pass tho physical examination prevents him from noting ob commandant at tho university this year, and has made uocossary tho appointment of Captain Ralph Dickinson, rotircd, to act in that capacity, A telegram has been ro colved by Chancellor Avory from Ad jutant General McCain announcing tho dotail of Captain Dickinson to tho post. Captain Dickinson Is nt pros ont at Fort Monroo, Va., on quarter master duty, but ho has been ordered to report to Chancellor Avory at onca State's Permanent Road System Nebraska's permanent highway sys tem, with u complete chain of roads travorslng ovory county of tho stato and stretching for several thousand mllos, has boon laid out by Stato En gineer Georgo E, Johnson. TIiobo highways will ho dovoloped with u fodorul good roads appropria tion of $1,0000,000 und a llko amount from tho stato. Work toward a per manent systoin of highways In Nohras ka is to bo started next spring, ac cording to present plans, ..Mr Johnson doclaruu Honors for Western Canada Come Year After Year. At the recent Soil Products Exposi tion at Peoria, 111., In a keen contesr for the coveted first prize for wheat. Western Canada has again carried olf all the honors. Not only has sho won the llrst, hut also tho second and third prizes. These were won by Mr. S. Lnr combe, of Itlrtlo, Manitoba. In past years the Province of Haskntchownn hnd the distinguished honor of curry ing off the Initial prize. Harvesting und threshing are now completed In Western Canada, und while It Is early in the season to give exact figures as to the average yield per acre of wheat, oats, barley nnd tlax It Is safe to assume that the for mer will yield nbout 20 bushels per ncre. The price to the farmer will bo about $2.00 per bushel, giving him $40.00 nn acre of u return. When It Is considered thnt the laud upon which this whent Is grown nveruged less than $:U) nu ncre, It dikes very little figur ing to arrive ut nn estimate of tho profit there Is to the grain grower ot Western Canada. The writer knows where u fanner purchased 100 acres of hind In tho spring of lOtfl, broke It up the snme year, put It In wheat In 1017. His crop was harvested u few days ago. It yielded 4,800 bushels nnd ho sold It ut $2.0." per bushel, giving him $0,810. The hind cost him $4,800. breaking, seeding, seed, cutting nnd threshing. $1,020. His profit was $3,120 after paying for his land nnd his costs of Improving. Ho hns now $3,120 to commence nnothcr season with a "paid for In full" Improved farm. Never has farming offered such prof itable returns for lnbor ob nt present nnd nowhero Is tho Inrge profit equal to that of tho low priced, high yielding lands of Western Cnnndo. Thero has been n big rush during tho pnst few weeks of renters nnd owners of high priced Innds In mnny pnrts of the United States to Investi gate theso 100 profit reports. No better season of tho year could bo selected by nnyone desiring to better their condition nnd wishing to glvo Western Canada tho "onco over." Threshing Is now completed nnd tho grnln being marketed. The wenther Is line nnd will be plensant for a couple of months nnd n visit now to person ally Investigate the conditions -will be convincing nnd profltnble. Whllo old homo ties nnd family associations aro ono of tho first considerations in the mind of tho render, who feels that tho old flvo or ten per cent return Is sufficient, It behooves tho modern and progressive farmer always to bo on tho alert to grasp the opportunities ot the hour. Land In Western Canada that Is onnunlly producing a gross re turn of from $40.00 to $80.00 per acre Is purchasable nt from $15 to $30 per ncre. It enn bo seen nt a glance that such values cannot help but Increaso as they have done In tho older agricul tural districts of the United Stntes. The now settler will find himself sur rounded by snmo contented nnd pros perous neighbors. The cxpenso ot mak ing ono visit to look Into Western Can ada's opportunities Is small a special reduced rate Is avallablo and you owe yourself n holiday and a trip may do you good. You owo your dependents a right to better your condition and Western Canada offers that opportu nity. Advertisement. Chinese Like American Cigarettes. China consumed $0,000,000 worth of American cigarettes In the yenr cnd Ing June SO. Macon In the Limelight. A new rallwny station costing $2, 500,000 bus recently been completed nt Macon, Gn. More Men for the Army. A new mail-sorting machine recently installed In Chicago's post office does tho work of 30 men. NOTICE TO SICK WOMEN Positive Proof That Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Relieves Suffering. , Brldgeton,N. J. "I cannot speak too highly of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound lor inflammation and other weaknesses. I was very irregular and would have ter rible paina so that I could hardly take a step. Sometimes I would be so misera ble that I could not sweep a room. I doctored part of the time but folt no change. I later took Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound and soon felt a change for tho better. I took it until I was in good healthy condition. I recommend tho Pinkham remedies to all women as I havo used thorn with such good results. "Mrs. Milfoiid T. 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