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    RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
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DIAZ LEADS LAIS
ALLIED MILITARY COMMITTEE
TO DIRECT OPERATIONS FA-
MOU3 CHIEFS ON DODY.
GEN. CADORNA GIVEN PLACE
Generals Foch, Wilson and Emanuel's
Commander to Co-Operate In Cam
paignAllied Troops on Way
to Firing Line.
Itnlliin Army Headquarters, Nov. 112.
Tim conference of llrltlsh, French
nntl Italian representatives Iiuh result-
ctl In the creation of n permanent In
ter-nlllod military committee. Now
leadership for tho Italian army Iiiih
been provided.
General Cadorna, who Iiiih been In
mipreme command of the Italian army
hIiicc the beginning of the war, hat
been Riven it place on the new com
tnlttco.
New bonds of the Itnlliin nrmy have
been named. General Dliiss has been
appointed first In command, with Gen
eral Bndogllo second and General
Grnndlno third.
General Koch, chief of staff of tho
French war ministry, and General Wil
son, mibchlef of this Hrltlsh general
ntaff, will serve on the Inter-allled com
mittee with General Cadorim.
Among military nfllccra the decision
of the allies to create n permanent
military committee has caused great
satisfaction. It Is accepted as evi
dence that the allies have awakened to
the necessity for the closest union of
tho whole length of the western front
for the political nnd military conduct
of the wnr.
General Diaz Is rntcd as one of tho
nblcst Italian military leaders.
General Hndogllu Is a northerner.
In the wnr he hns been In command
of n brigade of Ilornagllerl, whoso
heroic deeds have done much to de
crenRo tho gravity of tho disaster.
General Grnndlno was minister of
wnr In tho cabinet of Premier Hose) II.
He wns one of tho leading generals.
Tho Itallnns continue their retreat
In accordauco with tho plan of tho
general staff.
From tho Trovlso hills they nro
pouring down n rnln of shells on tho
Germans nnd Austrlans, making them
pay n heavy price for the ground they
Bain.
A dozen bridges have been blown up
on tho I.lvenza river to arrest and de
lay lis much us possible tho advance
of the Austro-Germans towurd the
PInvo river.
Roth Hrltlsh nnd French troops nro
going toward the front.
Tho French nnd Hrltlsh representa
tives who hnvo come to Italy bnd a
conference of two hours with King
Victor Emanuel.
Tho military measures called for by
tho present situation were discussed
In nctlvo and cordial collaboration.
On leaving tho icing tho party visited
French and Hrltlsh troops going to
wurd the front.
Tho Italians are still holding back
the Austrian;) and Germans by rear
guard actions, while tho main body of
the troops Is establishing Itself on tho
positions chosen for the resistance,
says the" ollklal statement Issued on
Frldny.
Herlln, Nov. 12. Tho Austro-Gor-innn
forces In northern Italy, over
coming the resistance of the Italian
rear guards, are advancing toward tho
Pluvo river, tho war otllco announced
on Friday.
U. S. SHIP ROCHESTER SUNK
Steamer Torpedoed by Submarlno
With Loss of Four Lives Freight
er Sinks U-BoaL
Washington, Nov. 10. Tho American
steamship llochester was torpedoed
and sunk nt dusk on November 2.
Four sailors arc known to have lost
their lives. Ono boat with tho sec
ond mato nnd 13 men Is missing.
An Atlantic Port, Nov. 10. Informa
tion that an American shell tired by
an American naval gunner sank n Teu
tonic submarine In tho Mediterranean
Is contained in a report made to the
navy department by the olllcers of an
American freight steamship which ar
rived hero recently, It wns learned.
iOWA TO HONOR SOLDIER
Citizens to Erect Shaft In Memory of
Dewey Kern, Who Was Captured
by Germans.
Omaha, Ncb Nov. 8. Citizens of
Collins, In., and of Glldden, In., nro
tnlklng of erecting monuments to
Dowey Kern, first Iownn taken prison
er by Germans, nnd Morel D. Hay,
llrst Iownn killed In action In the
American nrmy abroad. Kern lived
at Collins, In., and Hay lived at Glld
den. Memnrlnl services fwr Hay were
held lu Glldden Inst night.
Doctor Wagner Dies in Berlin.
Amsterdam, Nov. 12. Dr. Adolph
Wagner, former professor of Jurispru
dence and political economy nt the Uni
versity of Herlln, is dead In Herlln.
He bad an honorary degree from the
University of Wisconsin.
Queen of Hawaii Is Dying.
Honolulu, Nov. 12. Former Queen
Lllluokuhinl of Hawull Is dying, phy
sicians say. Recently "Queen LU" lost
her hatred for the United States and
subscribed liberally to tho flrbt United
States Liberty loan.
A GOOD
S-PSite) CHILMIO DAILY NEWS. I
U. S. NOT SURPRISED
WASHINGTON PREPARED FOR UP
RISING IN RUSSIA.
Probability of Change for Better
Through Counter-Revolution or
' Some General.
Washington, Nov. . The newest
Itussliiu upheaval surprised "nobody In
our government. They had hoped for
tho permanence of the Kereiisky gov
ernment, but they never lost track of
the ever-present probability that the
radicals, with their program of Imme
diate peace, division of tho land and
other Utopian dreams, would seize the
government from the uncertain hands
of the young dictator.
Our military olllclals warned the
government nt the time of the orig
inal abolition of the death penalty for
military offenses that Uusslu had
ceased to bo a dependable factor In
the war.
Obviously tho other allies, with the
same Information, reached the same
conclusion, and plans were made ac
cordingly. Our task Is harder and longer than
It seemed when we entered tho wur,
but there Is no other change.
There Is always the possibility of
the Russian situation changing for the
better, either through tho rest of litis
sin refusing to accept tho Bolshevlkl
domination of 1'ctrograd or through a
counter-revolution lu the army.
ORDER HITS ELECTRIC SIGNS
Doctor Garfield Will Permit Their
Use Only Between Hours of 7:45
and 11 P. M. To Save Coal.
Washington, Nov. 12. Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield on Friday Issued bis
order darkening all advertising "white
ways" In the country before 7:4.r p. in.
and nfter 11 p. in. Advertising signs
burning electricity mndo from coal or
coke may remain lighted only between
these hours.
Coal supplies to Industries classed
as nonessential will bo sharply re
duced within u few days.
Industries are now being classified
and those whose products are not
necessary In the conduct of the wnr
will bo supplied with fuel In limited
quantities.
To relieve the coal shortage in Ohio
nnd Michigan, the fuel administration
will suspend for ono day, November
10, tho priority order under which most
of tho conl mined In tho central field
Is going to tho lakes for transship
to the Northwest.
WAR WELDS THE NATION
Prealdent Issues Thanksgiving Day
Proclamation Names November
29 as Day of Prayer.
Washington, Nov. 0. President Wil
son Issued his 1017 Thanksgiving proc
lamation calling upon the nation, even
In tho midst of sorrow nnd great peril
of n world shaken by war, to thank
God for blessings Hint aro better than
mero peace of mind and prosperity of
enterprise.
Tho proclamation fixes Thursday,
November 20, as Thanksgiving day.
CORN CROP BREAKS RECORD
Harvest for 1917 Aggregates 3,191,085,-
000 Bushels Potatoes Total
440,000,000.
' Washington, Nov. 10. The Ameri
can corn crop of 1017, aggregating .'!,
101,083,000 bushels, breaks all previous
records, and tho 440,000,000 bushels po
tato crop also exceeds any former pro
duction, according to final reports of
tho department of agriculture on tho
hnrvest of tho first war year.
Auto Bandits Wreck Bank.
Jnckson, Mich., Nov. 12. The Farm
ers' State bank In the village of Con
cord wns wrecked by burglars. Tile
bandits escaped with nbout $18,000 In
cash. Kxploslons lu the bunk nttrnet
ed sovcriil citizens.
Major Hanley Is Injured.
Rnntoul, 111., Nov. 12. MaJ. Thomas
Hanley, Jr., chief of flying Instruction,
Is In tho hospital with minor Injuries
ns the result of striking n Curtiss plane
Just beginning to ascend while tlio
major was landing.
STRING
I WINS AID OF JAPAN
SPECIAL INTERESTS DEFINED AS
IDENTICAL WITH MEXICO.
Agreement Reached on Military and
Economic Co-operation to Crush
Foe Keeps Door Open to China.
Washington, Nov. S. The United
Stales' agreement to recognize Japan's
special Interests In China, made public
was declared by InUriiuliomil experts
to be the greatest diplomatic achieve
ment of the present iidmlulst ration.
.Japan's special Interests were de
fined by u government representative
ns Identical with our special Interests
In Mexico. Henceforth .Inpiin must
guard against pernicious political ac
tivities of her subjects.
Secretary Lansing announced on
Tuesday ns u result of tho "open door"
agreement Japan had voiced her eager
ness to uld tho United States in sup
pressing Prussian militarism and Hint
ii military, naval and economic pro
gram had been discussed.
It was stated the agreement Is "n
mere understanding," not u treaty of
alliance, and includes no concessions
on Japanese Immigration to this coun
try. Tho agreement does not supersede
but extends the Hoot-Tnknhlrn agree
ment of November HO, 1003.
LOAN TOTALS $4,617,532,300
Oversubscriptions Are Announced as'
54 Per Cent of the Sum Asked All
Districts Exceed Quota.
Washington, Nov. 0. Americans re
sponded to the call for a second Lib
erty wnr loan by subscribing $4,017,-
5.T-,,.'!00, an oversubscription by 01 per
ipuon j oi per
,000 nsked, and
cent of the SU.OOO.OOO,
only $as:i,000,000 less than the S.'.OOO,.
000,000 maximum fixed by the treas
ury. Tabulations completed Wednesday
night, 11 duyH after tho close of tho
nation-wide bond-selling campaign,
showed that every federal reserve dis
trict exceeded Its quota nnd t),400.000
persons subscribed In the big wui
llnanclal operation.
The results In each federal reserve
district follow:
Quota,
Total with 000
subscriptions, omitted.
Now York ....SM.BMViKVtBO 1)00,000
Chicago r35,8rH,3r0 -r.'O'.OOO
Cleveland .... 480,100,800 300.000
Hoston 470,0.r)0,0r0 300,000
Philadelphia ... 880.350.25p 250.000
S. Francisco .. 202.071,150 210,000
Richmond .... 201,212,500 120.000
St. Louis 184,280,750 120,000
Kansas City... 150,125,750 120,000
Minneapolis ... 140,082,050 105,000
Atlanta 1)0,005,750 80,000
Dallas 77,800.850 75.000
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE
Wlldwood, N. J., Nov. 8. The Hotel
Greylock was destroyed by lire here.
The loss is estimated nt ?50.000. The
origin of the lire is unknown.
Kent, O., Nov. 0. Two Interurbnns
met In collision near hero on the
Northern Ohio Trnctlon line. Reports
said two persons were killed and fif
teen Injured.
Amsterdam, Nov. 8. Commenting on
the Austro-German advance In the di
rection of Venice, the semlolliclal Her
lln news agency prepares the public
for an attack on the famous art cen
ter. Hlooinlngton, 111., Nov. 8. William
Mention, pioneer farmer and the oldest
man In Illinois, Is dead at Hem-on,
nged one hundred nnd four. He wiih
a native of Germany, but came to
this vicinity when ho was a ymstU.
$75,000 Damage Caused by Blast.
Youngstown, O., Nov. 10. An explo
slon of mysterious origin caused a tiro
which wrecked part of the plant of
tho American Sintering
company's
plant here,
at 75,000.
Tho diimngo is estimated
Captain Rogstedt Shot Dead.
Camp Logan, Houston, Tex., Nov. 10.
Cnt. OHcar Ilogstcdt of La Grunge,
HI., was killed near here. Ilogstcdt
nnd two soldiers were examining n re
volvcr when It was accidentally dla
charged.
STATE MONEY GETS
HIGie INTEREST
TREASURER HALL REPORTS BIDS
OF 5 PER CENT
NEWS FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Varied Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources
at the State
House
State Treasurer George E. Hull has
:omp!lcd a report of the results of tho
new method of giving state funds to
banks that offer the highest rate of in
terest. Tho last legislature paBscd a
bill authorizing the state fundB to bo
given to the highest bidder. Governor
Novlllo vetoed this act hut with the
understanding that the state treasurer
had authority to auction state funds In
that way under an existing statute
which Bnys the treasurer may make
rules under which state funds can bo
deposited In depository bnnks.
L'nder the law which gives tho Btato
treasurer power to fix the rate of Inter
est on state funds, nnywhero above 2
per cent depository banks have paid
tho uniform rate of interest for state
funds, nnmely 3 per cent. State Treas
urer Hall lias u total of $453,413 of
stato funds In depository banks. Most
of this, or $230,000 Is drawing 4 per
cent, and $102,000 is drawing 5 per
cent. Hanks In tho western and north
ern part of tho state arc paying tho
state 5 per cent.
Trcnsurcr Hall says in. his report to
tho governor nnd members of iho leg
islature that tho new plan will bring
to tho state $25,000 In two years moro
In Interest than was derived under tho
3 per cent rate. Not all of this is de
rived from tho Increase In Intorest
rato, but some of it being on account
of an Increase in tho amount of state
funds constantly on deposit.
Alleges Defrauding of State
In a letter to Attorney Gcnernl Wil
lis K. Reed, Governor Neville calls at
tcntion to the alleged defrauding of
tho Btato in the Bum of about $1,000
by padding tho record of meuls furnish
ed companies of tiio Nebraska National
Guard during tho mobilization last
spring.
The proprietor of n Lincoln restau
rant Is named by the governor as tho
man said to have thim defrauded tho
state. Tho man Is nlready under ar
rest by federal authorities, and await
ing trial in federal court, on the chargo
of defrauding tho government In tho
same way after tho state troops wero
mustered into United States service.
Three vouchers aro said by Gover
nor Neville to hnvo been issued for
amounts in excess of the prico of
meals actually furnished certain com
panies of tho Sixth Nebraska when
thoso units were being hold in Lin
coln for tho muster. Tho total fraud-
uiont exccSB iB alleged to be $1,000.
Dairy Judging Team Returns
J. R. Shepherd, L. F. Lundgron, J.
D. McKelvoy nnd Eli Duncombo, com
posing tho Nebraska dairy Judging
team, havo returned from tho annual
dairy Judging contost held at Colum
bus ,0., in connection with the national
dairy show. Tho Nebraska team this
yoar stood first in tho Judging of Hoi
steins and won tho Holstoln-Frieslan
silver trophy for tho best work In this
brocd. J. R. Shepherd til so has tho
distinction of hnving the highest
standing of any student participating
in tho contost in tho Judging of Hoi
steins, and received the $400 scholar
ship awarded by tho Holsteln-Frleslan
association. J. D. McKelvey, '18, is
tho highest ranking man on the Ne
braska team.
Quarterly Allowance for Soldiers
Governor Novillo has received a gov
ernment draft for $5,950, boing tho
quarter allowanco from the general
government for tho support of tho
Btato homo for soldiers at Grand Is
land, nnd a draft for $2,425 on nccount
of tho Mllford homo for soldiers. Tho
payment Is nt tho rato of $100 a year
for each member of the homes for tho
quarter ending September 30. At that
timo tho Milford home had ninety
seven members and tho Grand Island
home 238 members. Tho money docs
not go direct to these homes, but 1b
turned Into tho stnto treasury for the
General fund and is used to pay cur
rent expenses of tho state government.
To Inspect New Seventh Regiment
Major C. F. Soverson of tho regular
army, now stationed nt Fort Crook,
has boon detailed by tho war depart
ment to innpect tho now Seventh regi
ment, Nebraska national guard, pre
liminary to its recognition nnd accep
tance for federal services. Governor
Novlllo, as colonel of the rogimont,
has been notified of Major Soverson's
assignment and tho latter requests
him to prepare an itinerary. This will
bo made up at once by Adjutant
General Clapp under the governor's
direction. .
Chancellor Avery makes the follow
ng announcement:
"All students of the unlvorslty who
can render n service to tho country
and to tho farmers of tho Btato by
helping to gather the corn crop nro
urgently requested to secure a leave
of absence for this purpose On
your return to tho university spocial
coaches will bo assigned to you with
out cost nnd ovory opportunity af
forded for making up back work. This
Is a patriotic duty at a timo when
there should bo no selfishness on the
part of any oX our people."
BIG OCTOBER BUSINESS
Cash Receipts for the Month Totaled
$9,425.40
The volume of business transacted in
tho ofllco of tho secretary of state was
greater In tho month Just closed than
In any preceding October In tho his
tory of tho stato. Tho cash receipts
for tho month totaled $9,425,00 , an In
crease, of $4,316.95 over tho month of
October In 1916. Tho fees wero de
rived from the following sources:
1916 1917
Corporation por-
mlts $2,890.00 $4,240.00
Corporation ponnl-
tics 252.00 616.00
Filing articles of
incorporation .
Appointment resi
1,648.20 3,014.05
dent agents
Notary commis
sions 56.00
Hrands 139.50
Certificates and
transcripts 48.25
Salo of statutes . . . 67.00
Other sources .... 7.50
350.00
60.00
858.00
232.15
48.00
.70
Total $5,108.45 $9,425.40
Increase over 1916 $4,316.95.
Must Give Registration Number
Owners of automobiles may on nnd
after November 24 pay license fees to
county treasurers If a plan evolvod by
Secretary of Stnto Pool is carried into
offoct. Mr. Pool Iiub written county
treasurers as follows: "You may be
occasionally requested to take license
money for 1918 automobile plates bo
fore tho present year closes. In order
to nBsist you and nt the samo timo ac
commodate thoso who desire to pay
curly, I have thought best to advise all
county treasurers that beginning No
vember 24 yoli may send to this olJlco
tho 1918 applications but they must bo
Inclosed In n sepiirate envelop? which
Is plainly marked on tho ouUldc "For
1918'." Do not send any to us prev
iously to November 24 as wo will not
be prepared to handle them. Also, In
every IiiBtanco you must give tho reg
istration number that Is to ho renewed,
otherwise tho application will he re
turned to you. If you will tnko up the
question of dealer plates Immediately
with the dealers and hnvo them ronow
and you will send their applications to
us In n separate envelope as booh as
you receive them, it will assist us ma
terially lu being rendy to send out the
dealer plates by the first of tho year.
He sure to mnko your orders for 1918
specific."
War Courses at State University
"War courses" will bo introduced by
tho University of Nebraska as n means
of giving tho boy and girl back homo
a chance to work on tho farm and
kcop up their school work nt the same
time.
Beginning December 3 a special so
mestcr of school will open In practi
cally ovory department. This semes
tor will dismiss early In tho spring be
fore planting operations nnd every
student who completes the course will
rocolvo credit for ono semester, or one
half of an entire year's worki
At tho same time comes tho an
nouncement that tho Christmas vaca
tion at tho state university will be
shortened ono week, nnd other vaca
tions proportionately, cutting off two
weeks nt tho end of tho university
yoar.
Tho special somoster will bo inde
pendent of tho regular school year nnd
will lnstBovcnteon weeks, closing ear
ly in April. Tho school of agriculture
at tho stato farm will hold n special
session nt tho samo time but it will
last thirteen weeks, closing early In
March.
Offers to Sell Ash'and Bridge
Owners of tho toll bridge over tho
Platte river at Ashland hnve made a
proposition to tho stato board of Irri
gation, highways and dralnago to sell
It to tho stato and Saunders county for
$15,000, or $5,000 loss than the valua
tion fixed by engineers for tho rnllway
commission, if tho state will pay
$10,000 and tho county $5,000 right
away and then permit tho company to
oporato tho bridge and retain tho rev
enues for another ten months.
Alex Laverty of Ashland, who sub
mitted tho offor, estimates that tho
earnings for ten months will amount
to $7,500, which added to tho $15,000
which the state and county would pay,
will make tho $22,500 which the own
ers ask.
Representative R. C. Regan of
Platte county has filed his resignation
as a member of tho legislature and
hns been appointed by Governor No
vlllo as inspector of weights and meas
ures .under tho food commission, to
eucceed W. F. Harris, who died last
week.
But One Bank Represented
No atato banks in Nebraska have
Joined tho federal resorvo system in
response to the recommendation of tho
governing board of regional bankB
that all institutions operating under
stato lawB bocomo members. Secre
tary Tooloy of tho state banking board
has received a few inquiries from Ne
braska banks but nono of tho institu
tions has taken tho necessary stops.
Tho Bank of Lewellon, with $25,000
capital, doing business in Garden
county, is the only stato bank which
has Joined th'o roglonal system.
Coach E. J. Stewart of tho Univer
sity football squad announces' that ho
has signed a three-year contract with
Syracuse for Thanksgiving games In
Lincoln, with an option to extend the
agreement an additional two years.
Whon arrangements for tho Thanks
giving day battlo wero comploted last
yoar, it was understood tho two uni
versities would enter Into a flvo-year
contract for games in Lincoln on that
date Tho Syracuso arrangement in
Buros Nebraska n big Thanksgiving
day gamo. Tho Huskor management
Sires Syracuso a 15.000 guarantee.
Zimplace
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the cost of the roof materially.
CERTAIN-TEED Roofing is eco
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and it coslt practically nothing to
maintain. It u w eathertight, fire re
tardant, clean, sanitary and gives the
utmost roofing service over a period
of years. CERTAIN-TEED is guar
anteed for 5, 10 or 15 years, accord
ing to thickness (1, 2 or 3 ply.)
There are many roll roofings, but only
one CERTAIN-TEED. As it costs
no more to lay a CERTAIN-TEED
Roof than it does to lay a poor roof,
it will pay to get the best, and save
on renewals and upkeep. You can't
tell the quality of roll roofing by its
appearance, or by feeling of it) your
only safety is in the label. Be sure it
is CERTAIN-TEED.
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Paints and Varnishes
are made of the best
quality materials and
mixed by modem ma
chinery to insure uni
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uses and in all colors
and sizes. Any
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roofing, the name
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Carter's Little
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will set you right
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Small Pill, Small Dose, Small Prica
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