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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-13
HICKAM MAKES BIG TALK

John p llickam. progressive can
didate for nomination for congress
man against Bird S. McGuire, ad-
dressed a crowd Of the faithful at
the city hall this afternoon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-13
CHARLIE DAUGHERTY Al
WAYS ON THE JOB

Charlie Daugherty. state commits
siouer OF labor. is i'm the city TODAY
Daueherty is always on the 90. on
business pertaining TO his office He
is making an exceptionally strong
record and is friend of every la
boring man in the state. Mr. Daugh-
erty came here to look into the
Strang decision The case Will be ap-
pealed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-13
THE WEATHER.

(By Associated Press)
New Orleans. July 13-Tonight and
sunday generally fair
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
STATE ENCAMPMENT
MANY IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE
FAIR GROUNDS.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items Of Interest Gathered from Re.
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form TO Our
Eeaders.

Company F, Second regiment, Ne
braska national guard, with full
quota of forty or more men, under
the command of p. l.. Hall, has gone
to Grand Island for the state encamp-
ment of militia troops. A company
is at full strength when 1t sends thir-
ty.eight men and three officers. The
encampment will be from August u
to IS. 1t will include all the com.
panies OF the Second regiment, except
A of Omaha and X Of Schuyler, which
were at Pole Mountain. Wyo., with
the First regiment, for the army ma
neuvers held there. In addition the
regimental band, the signal corps at
Fremont and the field hospital at Lin
coin will participate. Col. II. ]. Paul
OF st. Paul will have command OF the
regiment. The companies that will
take part are A Of Kearney, B Of Bea.
yer City, G Of Nebraska City. D Of
Hastings. e Of Holdrege, F. Of Lin.
coin, II Of Aurora, I Of Omaha, l. Of
Alma, NJ of Albion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Rates for Parcels Post.

Washington. - Postmaster General
Hitchcock has announced that he
would confer Immediately with mem.
bers OF the interstate commerce COM
mission respecting the rates for the
parcels post system authorized by con.
gress. The system will be put into
optration as soon as practicable. II
believe" said Mr.. Hitchcock, that do.
mestic parcels post will prove of i'm.
mense benefit to the people Of the
country and eventually will afford sub.
stantial financial support TO the post
Office department"
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Unique Method Of Smuggling.

Honolulu.-Smugglers of opium in
their efforts to circumvent the custom
authorities at American ports have
been using mail bags as carriers of
the contraband drug. Discovery of
this method taken by the smugg!ers
was made some time ago, but has
been kept secret while an investiga-
ton was under way. On the steamer
Manchuria, which arrived at Honolulu
from the Orient on August 8. a mail
bag was found which. instead OF con.
tanning letters. was stuffed with $4,000
worth Of opium.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
It STANDS SECOND
PRESENT SESSION OF CONGRESS
NEAR BREAKS RECORD.
100000 FOR POSTAL SERVICE
Congress Makes Appropriations AZ.
oresatlns $1,000, ,occ ooo--scrvi. @
ans Demand War Auainst
Turkey.

Washington. n.-OHlcial figures on the
total appropriations Of this session Of
congress will not be available for sew.
eral days. but It ia likely the aggre-
gate will approach one billion dollars.
The session falls two months short of
the record breaking duration Of the
first session of the fiftieth congress,
when the Mills tariY bill was consid-
cred. On the average the session has
broken the record in the number OF
days per week and hours per day In
which the house has been in session.
The spoken proceedings in the house
aggregate 25.00O,O0O words. breaking
the record by about 100000 words.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
A TRANQUIL ENDING
DYING MOMENTS OF PRESENT
CONGRESS VERY PEACEFUL.
CAUGHT LIKE MOUSE IN A TRAP
Mexican Rebels at Mercy Of Federals
PAY Tribute to General Booth
-eusiness Prospeete Best
In Years.

Washington. on.--veterans OF congress
failed to recall another such tame"
ending Of congress as that which
marks the dying OF the present ses.
sion. None of the feverish haste and
hustle that usually characterizes the
completion Of legislation and the pass.
age Of conference reports on appropri-
alton bills was apparent. Representa-.
tive Underwood went over to the sen.
ate chamber and reached an informal
agreement with Senators Penrose and
Smoot to dispose of all general legis.
lation, leaving the conference report
on the general deficiency bill to be act.
ed on Immediately.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
"omaha Day" at state Fair.

Lincoln. Neb.-"Omaha" day at the
Nebraska state fair is going to be a
day that people Of the state will re-
member. preparations for making 1t a
huge success already being under way
by Secretary Mellor Of the state board
OF agriculture and Secretary Whitten
Of the commercial club. The Omaha
Commercial club. the ad club and
other kindred organizations are to
come here en- masse on that day. All
visitors from the metropolis will be
met by bands and local organizations
and will be paraded around the chief
streets Of the city. Afterward the
crowd will 60 to the state fair grounds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Fire In London Postoffice.

London. - London Saturday was
nearly cut of from telegraphic com
munication with the rest of the coun.
try and with the continent and for a
time connection with America was
severed as the result Of a fierce fire
in the general postoflice, in which
building the central telegraph Office
Is located and all wires Of the service
are concentrated. While the fire was
extremely stubborn, no lives were lost,
and the damage was confined to the
inside of the building.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29

clared by advices received here by
General Joaquin Teller. federal CON-
mander Of this zone. The official an
nouncement is verified by reports and
other sources. Orozco has now about
only 600 men. He Is surrounded by
federal forces aggregating 10000. that
are spread out from the city Of Chi.
huahua on the south to the border at
this point and along the Mexican Cen.
trail running directly north to the
border and the Mexican Northwestern,
which runs from Chihuahua city west
and north to Juarez.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
PROMOTIONS FOR CLERKS.
Postmaster Hitchcock Directs Expen.
dtureo Of q Million,

Misunderstanding under the au
thority Of the postofiice appropriation
bill. Postmaster General Hitchcock has
directed the expenditure of almost ST..
100000 ip promoting clerks and car
riers in first and second class post.
offices and assistant postmasters.
These seven thousand promotions
were made effective July I last. Pro.
motion Of railway mail clerks will be
made September and rural mail car
riers September 10.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Clearing House for Farmers.

Washington. division OF mar
kets" In the agricultural development,
to act as the clearing house for farm.
ers and consumers in distributing
farm produce and reducing the
chances of shortage or over.supply, is
authorized in Senator Hoke Smiths
bill passed by the senate. Informa-
ton as to supplies of farm produce
and the condition OF the market in
different cities will be distributed by
farmers. farmers organizations and
societies OF consumers"
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
May Mako Additional EntrIes.

Washington.-The house has passed
Congressman Kinkaid's bill providing
that homestead entrymen may make
entry on land additional to their orig
inal entry providing their total home
stead land does not exceed GAO acres
irrespective OF land which they may
have acquired by purchase. In a num-
Der OF cases, men who made small
first entries have purchased land in
such amounts as to preclude them
from additional entries II the pur-
chased land were considered by the
Interior department.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
"OMAHA DAY" At STATE FAIR
AMERICANS IN NICARAGUA WILL
BE PROTECTED.
Ten.Year.oid Kansas City Boys Con.
fess Killing OF Playmate-Cir.
Gus Tent Destroyed
by Fire.

Washington.-The state department
is determined to extend the fullest
possible measure Of protection to
American life and property in Mica
ragua. 1t Is announced that II the
naval forces In the country, even II
heavily reinforced by the large marine
contingent now being assembled at
League Island and the several hun
dred bluejackets en- route to Corinto
on the California and the Denver are
not sufficient to assure that prOtec-
tion. more forces will be rushed for
ward until that end has been secured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
FIrest Fire Covers 2,soo Acres.

Pasadena, Cal.-The forest FIRE
which started In DEVILS canyon. thirty
miles from Sierre Madre. and which
covered an area Of more than 1900
acres. is spreading northward with
great rapidity. According to authen-
tic reports from the vicinity Of the
fire. the area now covered by the fire
ID $500 acres. The fire Is said to
have started from camp fire left by
hunters.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Turkish Massaeres Continue.

Belgrade. Servia.--The massacres
by Turks have extended to the Ser
Wan frontier kilograms received
from Zcnithoa on the southern bound.
ary say Turks attacked the town and
butchered many inhabitants. News
Of the massacre caused great excite.
ment In the capital. Five thousand
persons marched to the palace. where
they shouted their demand that war
be declared against Turkey.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Declare for Polypamy.

Jena. Germany. - That polygamy
alone can check the falling birth rate
or regenerate decadent nation has
been formally resolved by the Mitgar
society In convention here. The or
ganization has considerable influence
among German sociologists. eugenists
and certain class of the scientific
fraternity. The society announced its
intention Of establishing a colony
where polygamy will be practiced. as
a means Of proving its contention.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
CONFESS KILLING PLAYMATE.
Kansas City Boys ResponsIble for
Death Of Child.

Kansas City.-Two playmates Of
four.year-old Joseph Zimmerman.
whose lifeless body was found buried
in underbrush in a gully in the north.
eastern part of the city. have con-
fessed to killing him. A stone. hurled
when the youngster attempted to fol.
low them upon trip into the woods,
struck the lad in the temple. John
Farley and John Heinberger. both ten
years old. after telling many conflict.
ing stories, finally admitted the deed
They said they alone were responsible
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
A Storm Of Crassho ppe ~.

Tulsa, Okla Winging across the
state at express train speed, a storm
of grasshoppers has swept down upon
Tulsa 1t was the worst grasshopper
siege known here. The hoppers ar
rived In the night and their approach
was attended with noise like a hail
storm. They drove people from the
streets, forced their way into dwell
ings and made life miserable for the
entire town. The grasshoppers came
from the north and are moving south.
ward
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Scores Were Converted,

College View. Neb.-A great revival.
in which at least Ave hundred recon.
becrated themselves, and which re-
suited In the conversion Of scores of
others. followed powerful sermon by
Evangelist r. ID. Quinn OF New York
city. on the subject Of Victory Over
Sin," ct the Seventh Day Adventist
camp meeting at College View Satur.
day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Beef Prices Break the Record.

Chicago.-Prime steers. which last
week sold at $l050. the top prices in
years. commanded an additional rise
this week, and sold at $1,000. High
grade cattle have advanced steadily in
price for several weeks. and higher
prices are looked for in the yards.
Compared with cattle prices. live stock
men assert that sheep are cheap. with
an abundance of mutton available.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Catholics Elect Officers.

Louisville, Ky. - Milwaukee was
unanimously chosen by the American
federation Of Catholic societies as the
place for the twelfth annual conven.
tion. to take place next August. After
the convention city had been chosen,
officers were elected. tho presidency
going to Charles !. Denichaud OF New
Orleans. Other officers are: Secre.
tary, Anthony Matre. st. Louis; treas
urcr. F. w. Hackenkamp. Quincy. H.:
marshal. ]. w. Worst. Kansas City;
color bearer. Chief Hollow Horn Bear,
Pine Ridge. 8. ID.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
investigating Rogers Case.

Washington. The resolution by
Representative Norris of Nebraska.
calling on the state department to re
port the facts surrounding the killing
OF James Wood Rogers in the African
1ungles has been adopted by the
house, The department has an inves.
tigation under way.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29

Sterling lll.-Sparks from a blazing
barn carried three blocks by wind. fell
on the main ten Of the Ringing Bros
circus here and burned It to the
ground within ten minutes. The after.
noon performance had not started and
the few people in the tent escaped.
The animals were saved. The loss Is
placed at $4,000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
N. N. q. at Grand Island.

Grand Island. Neb.-The Bradstreet
race course grounds. consisting OF
practically an entire section OF land.
have been converted into camping
ground for the Second regiment. Ne.
braska national guards. and a large
number of the companies are In camp
In the city Of tents. Colonel ]. H.
Paul Of st. Paul and Lieut.. Col. Walter
Sammons Of Kearney are in charge
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29

New York.--With crop prospects
Increasingly brilliant: with the prin.
cipal industries working to full nor
NAL capacity: with trade distribution
continually expanding. and with bust
ness sentiment becoming daily more
confident and buoyant. the whole stu
alton, both, in fundamental conditions
and volume Of transactions, is better
than It has been for years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
MAY BE OPENED TO SETTLERS.
Favorable Report on klnkald Fort
NIobrara Bill.

Washington.-The bill of Represent.
ative Kinkaid to open for settlement
the abandoned military reservation at
Fort Niobrara has been favorably re-
ported by the senate committee on
public lands. Because adjournment
was SO near It has been difficult to Sc.
cure q meeting Of the committee. az
this was practically the only measure
upon which they had to pass. It will
probably pass without amendment.
The bill will open for homestead entry
about fifty thousand acres.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29

Washington. Complete arrange
ments to throw force of 1000 blue.
jackets and marines into Nicaragua
within ten days to protect foreign lives
and property and keep railroad com.
munications open from the American
legation in Managua to the Pacific
coast have been made by the navy de-
partment.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
South Dakota Plans Halfway.

Pierre, s. D.-A state good roads
congress has assembled here to dis.
cuss the project for great highway
to be built north and south through
South Dakota and to extend into North
Dakota to the mouth Of the Yellow
stone. The proposed road would open
up large and picturesque section of
country that at present is almost in
accessible to tourist travel.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Improvement at Fair Grounds.

Some of the new improvements to
be seen on the Nebraska State Fair
grounds when you visit the State Fair
Sept. 2 to 6 will be the grading Of the
entire Machinery Section on the east
side so that instead of the original
two hills it is now regular slope
toward the north and east and on the
east side Is constructed 122x430 feet
OF the new steel and iron Machinery
Hall. which, when completed. will be
400 by 740. or building covering
acres Of ground. A new brick and
steel gate at the 18th street entrance
and steel and concrete Judges
Stand at the Race Track Is also under
construction. It Is the aim of the
management to build. 80 far as pos
sible in the future, for permanence.
These grounds are owned by the State
Of Nebraska and the Fair is our one
great advertising and amusement
agency for the future as we'll as the
present
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Died After Rescue.

Peoria, lll.-After having been i'm.
prisoned for twenty-five and a half
hours at the bottom Of a thirty.fve
foot caisson. beneath the surface Of
the Illinois river in the excavations
being made for new railway bridge
near Pekin. F. J. Schmidt was hauled
to the surface with a derrick and ex.
pired within five minutes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
LEADER OF NicARAGUAN REvO'
LUTON A PRISONER.
Fort Niobrara Reservation May es
Opened to Settlement-Oplum
smugslers Use Mail
Pouches.

New Orleans.--General Luis Mena,
leader Of the revolutionists in Mica
ragua, was seized and Is now held as
a prisoner by members OF the liberal
party In Leon, according to wireless
messages from Bluefelds. received
here BY Juan J. Zavella, Nicaraguan
consul at New Orleans.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
For improved chIroaraphx.

Denver, Colo.-Reformation in the
handwriting of physicians and phar.
macists will be urged before tho ak
tieth annual convention OF the Amer.
lean Pharmaceutical association. in
session here.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Storm Causes Much p.m.oe.

Niles. Mich.-Damage close to 81.
100000. two known to be dead and
many injured is the estimated result
OF q heavy rain storm which swept
through the southern part OF Michi.
ran SUNDAY piGht.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
At Mercy Of Eederals.

Juarez. Mex.-Caught as a mouse in
a trap. although the trap is 100 miles
wide and 200 miles long. Is Pascual
Orozco. commander.in.chief of the
rebel forces in the north. This Is de.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29

London.-William Bramwell Booth,
eldest son Of the late William Booth.
commander OF the Salvation army, has
been appointed head Of the Salvation
army to succeed his fathar
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Frontier Days At state Fair.

President Taft Gro 4 ID the country
to Cheyenne q year ago to see Irwin
Bros, Frontier Days. The manage
ment Of the Nebraska State Fair, u
be held September End to 9Th. evil
IDENTIFY believe that an attraction large
enough to command the patronage Of
president Of the United States is
none too good for Nebraskans-the
best people on earth-therefore, in ad-
dition to the numerous other great at
tractions-only to be found grouped
together at our great State Fair-they
have secured this great show. abso.
lutely the best on earth Of its kind.
to come to Lincoln and perform in
the center field before the grand
stand.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
At Lincoln Next Year.

Fremont, Neb.-The German.Amcri
can alliance at its meeting In Fremont
voted to hold its next annual coaven
tion In Lincoln.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
TRIBUTE TO DEAD GENERAL.

Thousands Pay Respect TO Salvation
Army Leader.
London.-The last tribute Of respect
was paid to the late General Booth
by many thousands Of persons Friday
when his body lay in state at Con.
gress hall. Clapton. Among those who
showed their appreciation Of the evan.
gelists work was the German emperor.
who sent a wreath Of white lilies,
forming the imperial initial. to be
placed on the bier. II was accompa.
MED by his majesty's card, surmount.
ed by crown. The embassy also sent
Q wreath.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
TO Go Into Camp.

Adjutant General Ernest II. Phelps
has issued an order for the Second
regiment, with the exception of COM
panies G and X. which attended a
camp OF instruction at Pole Mountain.
Wyo.. to go into camp near Grand
Island, August Fl to 2S. under COM
mand Of Col. II. ]. Paul, Company A,
signal corps. Field hospital No. /. and
the medical corps. are required to at
tend the camp. Company B of Beaver
City will leave it's home station the
day before the camp convenes. be-
cause Of the distance It must travel,
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Conditions Are Appalling.

Discussing the rural church problem
before the Nebraska Christian Mis.
sionary society at Bethany park. Rev.
Bert Wilson, secretary Of the Men
and Religion Forward movement, de-
clared that the migration Of the peo-
pie from the farms to the city is the
funeral procession for thousands Of
the best country churches. After sur
veying the conditions the country over.
he declared that conditions in Ne.
braska in this respect are appalling.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29

r. L. King Of the state codification
commission, who has made o special
study Of the statutes defining county
boundaries, has found many inaccu-
racies in descriptions Of boundary
lines. He has found conflict in the
description Of the lire between Thurs
ton and Dakota county, which appar.
emily leaves strip OF mo mans land"
between the two counties. He finds.
according to the statute, that one cor
ner of Perkins county is over in Lin.
coin county.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29

Secretary Of State Knox has been
named BY the president ~ special am.
bassador to Japan to attend the funer.
ai Of the late emperor on September
~. He will be accompanied BY Mrs.
Knox, Randford .. Miller, Of the state
department., and . rear admiral and .
major general 40 aids.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
New University cemmandant.

Word has been received by the uni
versity to the effect that First Lieu
tenant Everett NJ. Bowman Of the
Fourth regiment. United States army,
has been assigned to the post OF
commandant. But little is known in
Lincoln Of Bowman's army record, but
the officers has been stationed at Fort
Crook for some time and was as
signed to the local post on the recon-.
mendation Of Chancellor Avery.
The Farmers State bank of Rosalie
has made application to the state
banking board for permission to IT,
crease it's capital stock from $4,000
to $25, 600.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29

w uch u uOS dttdChCu Whhohh Suu
demann, a farmer near Syracuse, who
was on motorcycle, he was thrown
from his machine and both bones In
his left leg were broken.
Hartley Walker Of Brunning was
thrown from his wagon when his team
became frightened at passing auto
mobile and ran away. He died from
the effects Of his injuries.
Anton Shimerda, farmer living
near Beatrice, reports one Of the big.
gest wheat yields of the season. From
a field of fifteen acres his wheat aver
aged forty.six and two.thirds bushels.
When AL House of Spencer at
tempted to remove shotgun from a
wagon, the weapon was discharged.
One rib was torn away and the hip.
bone was shattered. He may recover
unless complications ensue.
A party OF fourteen boy scouts
linked" from University Place to Mil
ford for an outing, making the trip
in nine hours.
A drinking fountain purchased at a
cost of about $500 and presented to
the city Of Wymore by the woman's
improvement guild has arrived. 1t
will be set in place as soon as suit
able location is determined upon.
j. H. Jensen OF Minden. after eight
years of work. has received q patent
on a self.feeder for threshing ma
chimes. Mr.. Jensen has received many
offers for his mechanism. but refuses
to sell
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-09-05
ECZEMA IN RED BL0TCHES

205 Kanter Ave, Detroit, Mich
Some time last summer was taken
with eczema. 1t began in my hair
first with red blotches. then scaly.
spreading to my face. The blotches
were .red on my face, dry and scaly,
not large; on my scalp they were
larger. some scabby. They came on
my hands. The inside of my hands
were all little Jumps as though full of
shot about one-sixteenth Of an inch
under the skin. Then they went to
the outside and between and all over
my fingers. 1t also began on the bot
toms Of my feet and the calves of my
legs, and itch. oh, my! I never had
anything like 1t and hope I never will
again. The itching was terrible. MY
hands got SO could scarcely work.
IL tried different eczema ointments
but without results. I also took medi-
cine for 1t but 1t did no good. I saw
the advertisement for a sample of
Cuticura Ointment and Soap and sent
for one. They did me so much good
I bought some more. using them as
per directions, and in about three
weeks I was we'll again. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment entirely cured me-"
(Signed) Benz. Passage, Apr. 8, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston"