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The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
HAS COST HEAVILY
WAR STRIKES HARD At POSTAL
SERVICE.
REAL WAVE Of PROSPERITY
Insurance Men Say Good Times Have
Arrived-To Elect Candidates
by Direct Vote Of
tho People.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington. - Postmaster General
Burleson's annual report says the
European war has cost the American
postal service 81, 100000, but that
economies OF administration have re.
duced the audited deficit TO q little
more than $ll,0O0,0OO for the fiscal
year which ended last June. Consid.
erations Of service, the report says,
were placed above all others and not
withstanding adverse revenue condi-
tions, expansion and Improvement of
postal facilities continued. Had 1t not
been for economical reorganization be-
gun before the war started and con.
tinued since, the postmaster general
says the audited deficit would have
been at least s24,0OO,OOO or the total
deficit, however, his analysis Of the
departments finances declares that all
but little more than 100000 was the
result Of Increases of postal salaries
and additional railway mil pay re
quired by law.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
FROM ALL OVER NEBRASKA

A corn show is being held at Nor.
folk this week.
Fremont meat markets will here
after close all day Sunday.
The Gage county chicken show will
be held at Beatrice, January 3 to 6.
There have been nearly 1000 con.
versions at the revival going on at
Hastings.
Dawson county raised more alfalfa
than any other county In the state
this season.
Sunday, December s. was Memorial
Day for the various lodges of Elks
over the state.
Lincoln schools will have a big
spelling bee"--after the style of q
generation ago.
A fight is on over the removal of
the county seat from Madison to Nor
folk in Madison county.
A poultry show will be held by the
Lancaster county poultry association
December 1881 at University Place.
The annual show of the Beatrice
Creamery association, just closed, was
one of the most successful ever held
there.
X, V. Muir, a resident Of the state
for over sixty years, celebrated his
siXty-fourth wedding anniversary re-
Gently.
Beatrice vocalists are organizing an
immense choral club for entertain.
ment during the winter.
Beemer has the record of putting
up tabernacle of 600 seating capa-
city, wiring 1t and having 1t complet-
ed within two days time.
The annual meeting of the county
assessors of Nebraska will be held
at the senate chamber In the state
capitol on January 10 and 20.
Mrs. s. r. McKelvie of Lincoln has
resigned her position as head of those
women In this state who have been
doing hospital relief work for war SUI
ferers abroad.
The second annual meeting of the
Nebraska Engineering society is to be
held at Lincoln. December II and IS.
The athletic field on the university
campus at Lincoln will be flooded
with water and converted into an i'm.
mense skating rink.
Rev. ]. E, Spencer, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Kearney. has
resigned to accept a call to Bridge
| port.
George Harms OF Johnson county,
came near losing his home by fire
when he attempted to smoke out some
bees that had taken up residence In
the siding
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
FIRM NOTE SENT TO AUSTRIAN
CAPITAL.
American Oil Steamer Sunk In Med
itcrranean Sea--Pushira the
War In Balkan
States.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Nashington.-The United States
has sent to Austria.Hungary a note
asking for Il disavowal OF the subma'
rino attack upon the Italian liner An
coma, assurances that such an act will
not be repeated, some degree OF pun
ishment for the commander Of the sub.
marine and reparation for the Ameri'
can lives lost. The communication
was sent from the state department to
Ambassador Frederick c. Penfeld, at
Wanna, who was instructed to hand it
to the Austro-Hungarian minister OF
foreign affairs, Baron Burian. Friend.
ly but firm terms are said to charac'
terize the document.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Town Almost Wiped Out by Fire.

Hopewell, Va.-This mushroom town
Of $4,000 people. grown up since last
summer with the new explosive plant
of tho Dupont Powder company. was
almost wiped off the map by fire
which started In restaurant and did
property damage estimated at consid-
erably more than million dollars.
The Dupont works outside OF the set
Element escaped damage. although for
q time seriously threatened. Scenes
Of wild disorder accompanied the Are.
and citizens are said to have lynched
a negro for looting. There was no loss
Of life otherwise. however. and only
. few minor injuries were reported.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
War VIII BRING New Order.

Columbus, O.--President Wilson OK
pressed tho opinion that there will be
no patched up peace" following the
European war. In comprehensive
rnd forceful address before the Co
lumbus chamber OF commerce here he
urged American business men to mob
ilize their resources so the United
States might be prepared TO play q
moro important part in the worlds
AFFAIRS and bring about justice after
the present war. Tho president spent
eighteen hours in Columbus. during
which he was active every minute
His reception was enthusiastic and
pleased him greatly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Selecting Next Years Seed Corn.

West Point.-Cornhusking Is about
finished throughout this section of the
state. Very little new corn is being
marketed, what is being Id being
disposed of solely for feeding pur.
poses to local feeders. The old corn
now on hand is being held by the
farmers very carefully, much of 1t
being picked over and seed corn for
next year selected. Numbers OF rent
ers are finding difficulty in raising
their rent money from the proceeds
Of the corn crop for this year, and
are depending largely on the oats
and wheat raised to enable them to
meet their obligations on January /.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Predicts Democratic Victory.

Observation-Disclosures Wilson told
members OF the democratic national
committee at a luncheon in the state
dining room Of the White house that
the republicans had no issue in the
next campaign except the tariff, and
that democracy was certain to win.
"Our constructive work has started an
irresistible movement which cannot be
stopped" he declared. Anyone who
cells you otherwise is talking through
his hat"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16

Lincoln, Neb.-Coach Jumbo Stiehm
Of the all-victorious 1915 Nebraska
football team. and for the past five
years all.year coach at the state uni.
versity, has been offered q similar
position at an eastern school at sal.
airy Of $4.260 a year. and he immedi.
ately asked to be absolved from his
gentlemen's agreement with the LEGAL
athletic board. The announcement Gre
ated a Juror In athletic circles and
steps to retain the elongated coach at
Nebraska were taken at once. The
offer Is at an advance OF $3.50 year
over the salary Stiehm now receives.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Midwinter Apple Show.

Under the leadership of prominent
horticuturalsts the Nebraska State
Horticultural society will make. at the
midwinter apple show, January 1928,
a complete exposition of the horticul.
tural resources of tho state. AS to
future development Of this gigantic
industry there will be a number OF
addresses by prominent speakers.
For several weeks President +. M,
Pollard of Nehawka, Secretary J. r.
Duncan Of Lincoln and a publicity
committee comprising l.. C. Chaplin OF
Lincoln, G.. A. Marshall OF Arlington.
and others interested in horticultural
work in the state, outlining tho pro.
gram for the annual meeting and
apple show.
There will be gigantic apple dis
play at the Lincoln auditorium. Mod.
ern methods Of packing. spraying
marketing and advertising will be
exemplifed by experts. Flower lovers
will be shown the best flowers thai
the florists can produce.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Murder Suspect Released.

Omaha.-Guy Leman, who was
brought to Omaha from Lincoln as a
suspect in connection with the murder
OF c. d. Campbell. the Lincoln con-
tractor shot on South Tenth street on
the night of November 10. has been
returned to Lincoln by Detective
James Kennelley. After a thorough
examination OF Leman and the wit
nesses the police found that there was
40 evidence that would warrant them
holding the man any longer He was
returned to Lincoln. where a charge
OF carrying concealed weapons is filed
against him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
War Council Meets at Paris.

Paris.-The second general war
council of the entente allies was held
at the general headquarters Tuesday,
General Joffre. commander.in-chief OF
the French forces, presided. and Gen.
erai Gilinsky, Of the Russian army;
Field Marshal French and Lieut.. Gen.
eral Sir James w. Murray. chief OF
the British general stan; General
Parro, Of the Italian general stan {;
Colonel Stephanovitch. of the Serbian
army, the chief OF the Belgian general
staff. and a representative OF the Jap
anese army were present.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Rates May Be increase ed.

Washington. - Interstate passenger
rates In the Mississippi valley may be
increased as q result of O decision Of
the interstate commerce commission.
The commission declared that a ma
jority OF the increases proposed by
the railroads a year ago and which
have since been suspended were not
justified and announced these. The
railroads may put these into effect at
any time after December 20, by filing
Ave days notice to the commission and
the public.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
TO Have Full Ticket In Nebraska

Washington.--Th "bull moose" or.
Eanixation will have a full ticket in
Nebraska next year. according to the
prediction Of Frank p. Corrick OF Lin
coin. who attended the recent progress.
sivs conference in New York and saw
Colonel Roosevelt. The bull moose
candidates will be expected to draw
most OF their strength from the dry
element. Mr.. Corrick regards Colonel
Roosevelt's withdrawal of the primary
presidential petition in Nebraska as
evidence that the colonel will not be q
candidate In any Of the early state
primaries next year.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Substitute for Saloon.

Denver.--Dean II. Martyr Hart. rec.
tor OF st. Johns cathedral here. and
other leading Episcopal clergymen Of
the city have established a coffee
house in the lower part OF the bust.
ness district to be used az a place OF
companionship for men after the Colo.
RADIO prohibition law goes into effect
January /. The mission is intended
for the class which at present resorts
to saloons for socialibity. the minis.
tiers say.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Condition Of State Treasury.

The monthly report Of State Treas
urer George e. Hall shows q total OF
$l,204, 708.35 balance in the treasury.
a falling off OF sS0,466.94 since the
first of November. The receipts were
$24S,429.72 and the disbursements
$328,S76.66. or the total amount on
hand, ss4,32S.9S is In the form of uni.
versity warrants held as cash. $780,.
$50 of normal school warrants held
as cash, $SS,000 of bonds held as
cash, and q warrant issued by John
son county for $500. held % cash
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Shanghai. - Three outbreaks by

Shanghai. - Three outbreaks by
small bands OF rebels have been put
down by the authorities, who now APP.
parently have the situation we'll In
hand. The cruiser Chaotic. seized
by forty men who boarded her from
a launch, was abandoned by the reb,
els. after she had been shelled and set
on fire. II was reported at first that
the crew Of the Chaotic had mutinied,
but II developed that the lombard
ment of warships and the arsenal was
carried on under compulsion from the
rebels, who surprised and ovsrpowsrsd
the crew.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Berlin People Are for Peace.

London--A dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company from Copenhag gen
says It is reported that a peace dem.
onstration Of large proportions oc.
Cured outside the reichstag in Der.
lin. Several thousand persons" says
the dispatch. "endeavored to force
their way into the reichstag. The
crowds blocked the streets and
stopped the street cars and buses,
and the police were three hours In re.
storing order. All the time the crowds
kept up cries Of peace and even went
so far as to use insulting language
toward the royal house."
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Reclamation Fund Nearly Exhausted

Reclamation Fund Nearly Exhausted.
Washington.--Representative Shall.
lenbergcr has been informed by tho
reclamation service that the funds
which could be used for q further sur
vey OF tho proposed irrigation project
In Gosper. Phelps and Harlan coun.
ties are about exhausted. Mr.. Shall
lsnberger is not disposed to let the
matter rest there and will ask the sec.
rotary OF tho interior for q statement
OF the amounts which Nebraska ha.
contributed to the reclamation fund
and the amount which has been spent
In Nebraska.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Find Prehistoric Bones.

Tecumseh.-D. f. Pcrdue and G. G..
Auker. of Pawnce county, while work,
Ing on the latters place, unearthed a
section of vertebrate which was i'm.
bedded in the sand sixteen feet below
the surface. II is petriticd and judg
ing from its size, must have come
from some animal as large or larger
than an elephant.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION
Claim 10 made that Train Had
No Headlight.

Hastings. - That the southbound
Grand Island passenger train which
killed Balas Young, injured Miss
Mabel Evans and wrecked his auto
near Hastings, was running without a
headlight at the time it went through
the village Of Hansen is the alleged
claim of two eye witnesses now being
investigated by relatives of the dead
man. farmer near Hansen is said
to have made similar claim. While
this is considered absurd by railroad
officials here, Young's relatives con.
slider 1t possible explanation of why
neither the autoists nor the engineer
saw the approaching danger.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16

London.---A dispatch to the Daily
Telegraph from Rome says: accord.
ing to indirect news from Constanti-
nople. Germany has abandoned her
idea of an expedition against Egypt in
favor OF great Turco- German expedi-
ton against India"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Souvenir Hunters Get Relics.

Hostngs.-The hundreds of visitors
who Sunday swarmed about the place
where Balas Young was killed when
a passenger train struck his motor
car, all but carried away the wrecked
machine that had been left on the
scene. Bits Of broken wood and iron.
spark plugs, and even the steering
wheel were carried away by the souve
mir hunters.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Only a Few Records Missing.

Fremont.-Most of the Dodge coun.
ty officers have opened for business in
the First National bank block. Men
employed by the county are search.
ing through the ruins at the burned
courthouse for records, only a few
Of which are missing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
VIII Have TO Revise Treaties.

New York.--John Bassett Moore,
former counsellor Of the state depar,.
ment. In an address before Tuesdays
session OF the international trade con.
ference. expressed the opinion that the
United States at the conclusion OF the
European war. would find It necessary
10 revise or supplement all existing
commercial treaties with tho countries
now at war.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
honolulu Wants g. O. p. Convention

San Francisco.-Honolulu will make
an effort to get the national republi-
can convention and to that end the
island residents have pledged 500, 900
and In addition are prepared to char
ter two special steamers to carry the
delegates, according to Lorrin An
drews, republican national committee.
man from the territory OF Hawaii, who
fe en- route to Washington. Andrews
All, he would urge the selection Of
X, Aland city at the meeting Of the
" committee.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16

London.-Premier AsQuith. in the
house of commons said: "lf proposals
of q serious character for general
peace are put forward by the enemy
governments either directly or through
a neutral power they will be discussed
by the allied governments"
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
State Treasurer Must Pay.


A victory for Governor Moreheat
and Fire Commissioner Ridgell and
those who have been standing with
them in the legal fray against Treas
urer Hall for payment Of expenses and
salaries of that department has been
recorded in the state supreme court
A decision handed down by that
tribunal states that the treasurer has
no right to protest against the opera
ton of the fire commission. that the
act creating the commission provides
for taking care OF its expenses and
that appropriations by the various
legislatures are not necessary as long
as the act is in force and effect.
The decision is of more Importance
than to the fire commission alone. 1t
indicates that the court looks upon the
food commission affair-in which
Treasurer Hall has also been refusing
to pay the expenses--as similar and
that their opinion would be the same
with regard to that department. There
Is a manifest similarity between the
food and fire commissions creative
acts. and in the opinion Of local law
yers the courts decision would fit
them both.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Bold Hoidup on Highway.

Scottsbluff.--A bold holdup was
staged in a public highway between
Morrill, and Henry, in the west part
Of the county. when a man stopped
woman on a we'll travelled highway.
robbed her and disappeared. The
woman had drawn some money from
the bank and was returning to her
home
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
REAL WAVE OF PROSPERITY.
lneurance Officials State that Good
Times Have Arrived.

HSuTdHCc OIlCialS STAKE tnat Gooo
Times Have Arrived.
New York.-Real prosperity is
sweeping the entire country in the
opinion of the presidents of six OF the
largest insurance companies in the
United States.
Prosperity in the east. in their opin-
ion, is due to orders from European
nations for war supplies. but, in other
sections Of the country. the condition,
they said. is the natural reaction from
the depression that followed the out
break of the war. They were unani.
nous in declaring that prosperity
Is here"
The insurance men came here to at
tend the annual meeting of the asso.
citation Of life insurance presidents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
TAX ON MODEST INCOMES.
Secretary McAdoo Wants the Field
Enlarged.

Secretary McAdoo Wants the Field
Enlarged.
Washington.-Radical changes in
tho income tax to reach thousands not
now subject to its provisions and to
improve tho machinery Of collection.
have been suggested to congress in
the annual report OF Secretary Nc.
Adoo as means by which the greater
part OF the additional revenues need
cd to pay for the administration ma
tional defense plans can be provided.
The secretary proposed to lower the
exemption limits so as to tax married
persons with incomes as low as $4,000,
and single persons with $4,000 in
comes. The exemptions are now 81.
600 and $4,000. respectively.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
To REGULATE Barber Shops.

I.incoln.-In spite of a written pro-
test to the commission by fifteen
barber shop proprietors. the city
council has passed the barber shop"
ordinance providing for the sanitary
regulation OF Lincoln shops. The or
dinance was passed without word OF
debate. all the commissioners voting
in its favor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16

Lincoln.-Dr. G. w. A. Luckoy, dean
Of the graduate school OF education at
the University Of Nebraska, is the new
president of the state teachers asso-
citation. The next meeting Of the as
ISOLATION will be held in Omaha early
In November.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
To Protect J.panes. Re,Id.n,,

Tokio.-It is understood that Japan.
IN view Of the disturbed conditions in
Shanghai. will adopt measures for the
protection OF Japanese residents and
interests there. Several Japanese
warships are already on the spot and
the cruiser Tsurgari. which has lef,
Yokohama. Is believed to be bound for
Shanghai.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
SENT DOWN BY SUBMARINE.
American OIL Steamer Sunk In Med
iterranean, but Fate Of Her
Crew Unknown.

Rome.-The American oil steamer
Communipaw has been sunk by sub.
marine in the Mediterranean. near To-
bruk. Tripoli. No information has been
received concerning the crew or the
nationality OF the submarine. The
steamer Communipaw was recently
held by the Italian government at
Genoa, but was allowed to sail for her
destination on December 2, owing to
representations made to the govern.
ment by the American embassy at
Rome. The Communipaw was owned
by the Standard OIL company Of New
Jersey and sailed from New York Oc'
tober q, for Egypt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
CAN GET GERMAN ovEsrUFFs.

Great Britain Gives Consent TO Their
Importation.
Washington.--Grea Britain has an.
nounced its willingness to permit OK
portation from Germany of sufficient
dyestuffs to supply the immediate
needs OF American industries. Nego.
tiations with Germany. based upon
this assurance. have been begun In.
formally by the state department with
. view OF persuading the imperial gov.
eminent to permit the expectation of
dyestutfs. without receiving conces
sions. which II heretofore has demand.
ed. Of foodstufYs or cotton from the
United States. Great Britain has con
sistontly refused to allow Germany to
import those commodities.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16

London.-The minister Of munitions,
David Lloyd George. announces that
there are now 1904 government con-
trolled munitions establishments.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16

Lump sum settlements under the
Nebraska workmen's compensation
law, in lieu of weekly payments for a
specified period of time. are of legal
force and binding upon insurance com.
panies. whereby both parties agree to
such method Of payment The su.
preme court so holds. The high court
finds that where a lump sum settle.
ment is arrived at by computing pres.
ent value Of future payments on the
basis of per cent simple interest,
there Is nothing In the law to forbid
such a basis of agreement.
The Red Cloud chief., 1915-12-16
Corn and Alfalfa for Fattenlns.

Recent experimental work at the
Nebraska agricultural experiment sta
ton has corroborated the results OF
former tests In showing the ecOnom.
ical superiority OF ration Of corn
and alfalfa for fattening steers. Cold
pressed cottonseed cake used in con.
nection with alfalfa hay, silage, and
corn increased the cost of gains and
lowered the profits. Cold pressed cot
tonseed cake did not give as good re-
suits as regards either rate or gain
or economy of gain as did alfalfa hay.
Different amounts of silage in the ra.
ton did not seem to make any mater
ial difference in the amount OF gains.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-02

world Is on the island Of Maui. Two
large active volcanoes are on the Isl
and Of Hawaii. and these two volcanic
mountains are so tall that there Is
snow found on the tops almost the
entire year. One visiting the Pana-
masPacific exposition at San Francisco
would find q trip over to Honolulu
most delightful either in summer or
winter The temperature the year
round ranges from 55 to so degrees.
Il want to avoid leaving the inn
preston that the average citizen Of
Hawaii either joined In or sympathized
with the treatment received after 1t
was discovered BY certain elements
that ! could neither be- controlled by
them nor driven from the territory.
have formed Friendships there that 4
value most highly. 9
,.if the average citizen Of Hawaii
Was the same Kind Of . man a. the
gang who have bounded ME the dewitt
would rent out ghelI and live in Ha.
will.