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FACTOR OF GREAT MOMENT IN
EUROPEAN WAR DISCUSSED
BY ENGLAND.
fO ALTER RECENT DECISION
Proposal Made to Return Cotton to
Contraband List Reports Say Aus
tria Will Make War on Merchant
Ships in. Adriatic.
h'ertrm Vrvnpaptr Union Kens Sentc.
London. Tho wash of modern war
Tare, the submarine, by means of
which Germany has declared she will
tlocknde the British Isles, becomes a
lactor of more and moro 'importance
In tho great war of Europo with re
jpect to Its Influence on the policies
of the nations engaged In connection
ivitli tho contraband question, so vital
lo neutral states.
Almost coincident with tho unoffl
tlal reports that Austria proposes to
follow the example of her ally by mak
ing war on merchant ships In tho Adri
atic, came tho announcement by Pre
mier Asqulth In tho British house of
rommons that the much discussed re
tialintory plan of Great Britain, though
Etlll tentative, was much broader in
icopo than had been previously sug
gested that It was a matter for tho
consideration of all tho allies and that
i jojntnote concerning It might be ex
pected from the allies.
Tho statement was likewise made in
the house of commons that the British
povornment might deem it necessary
lo alter Its decision where cotton up
to tho present has not been classed as
contraband.
Amstordam reports that two Ger
man submarines are overdue at their
base, Cuxhaven, but whether they have
been sunk is not known. Traffic In
the North sea remains somewhat dis
organized and Dutch and Scandina
vian sailors are showing a reluctance
to go to sea owing to the menace of
both submarines and mines. Reports
from Copenhagen that traffic between
Sweden and England has been tempo
rarily discontinued are not officially
conflremd.
FIVE NAMES GO TO SENATE.
Wilson Nominates Federal Trade Com
" ' mission.
Washington, D. C Presldeht Wil
son Monday, flvo months after the en
actment .of ihe federal trade commis
sion law, sent to tho senate the names
of the five men nominated to consti
tute tht commission. Whether tho
nominations can bo confirmed by
March 4 was regarded as problemati
cal. Tho three Democrats named by tho
president are Joseph E. Davles of Mad
ison, Wis., now corporation commis
sioner, to serve seven years; Edward
N. Hurley of Chicago, 111., for six
years, and William J. Harris of Cedar
town, Ga for five vears. ThO other
nominees are Will" IL Parry of Seattle,
Wash., a Progressive Republican,
named fn'four years, and George Ru
bleo ofCornish, N. H., regarded as a
Progressive, for three years.
Fuel Shortage In Paris.
'Paris. Paris is still feeling the lack
of fuel. There is said to bo plenty of
English coal, but it comes in great
blocks and there Is not enough help to
break It up at Rouen, the coal port of
Paris, fo as to make it available for
thq retail trade. To remedy tho situa
tion the minister of commerce pro
poses to recruit minors to increase tho
output of French mines that arc not in
the hands of the Germans.
Medal for Dr. Keltic '
London. Walter Hlnes Page, the
American ambassador, on behalf of
tho American Geographic society prp
Fented the Cullum gold medal to Dr
John Scott Keltle, secretary of the
Royal Geographic society, in recogni
tion of his eminent services to geog
raphy. Blaze In Pueblo.
Pueblo, Colo. Flro of unknown ori
gin destroyed the four-story building
occupied by the Holmes Hardware
company here, entailing a loss esti
mated at $200,000. Cartridges stored
In tho building were exploded by the
Are, but no one was Injured.
To Exploit Russian Arts.
London. In order to free Russia
from an alleged predominant German
influence in its architecture tlnd deco
rative arts, an Anglo-RusBlan building
trades and arts oxhlbltlon is to bo
held In Petrograd Immediately after
the close of the war.
Another Ship Lost by Norse.
London. The Norwegian - freight
steamer Cuba, bound from London to
Rotterdam, was sunk In a collision In
the North sea. So far as is known
no lives wero lost.
Urges Suppression of Liquor.
Tacoma, Wash. Tho Northwpst
Federation of Indian Trlboo In session
horo adopted a resolution asking con
gress to appropriate 5150,000 to tup
press tho liquor traffic among tho In
dians. Found Dopri In Bed.
Chicago. Mrs. Helen Fnrroll. 26
years old, was found ;cncl in bed at
a downtown hots' uv her buebnnd,
Charles Farrell. a hotel owner of Oma
ha. Nob. A physlcisn 8id that death
had probably been caused by a drug
NATIONS SEND REPLY
GrtEAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY
ANSWER NOTE ON BLOCKADE.
NO SATISFACTION IN EITHER
Germany Insists Blockade Is Neces
sary and Urges Convoy for Ships
Enjland Refuses to Accept Respon
sibility for Neutral Shipping.
Berlin, Germany (via London), Feb.
JO. The roply of Germany to tho pro
test of tho United States against a
blockado of British waters is couched
in tho most friendly torms, but firmly
maintains the position of Germany
as already announced.
Tho noto explains that Germany's
proposed action is rendered necessary
by Great Britain's policy of attempt
ing to cut off tho food supply for tho
German civil population by a method
never recognizod in international law.
England's courso in ordering mer
chantmen to fly neutral flags and
equipping thorn with artillery, with or
dors to destroy submarines, tho Ger
man reply contends, rondors nugatory
tho right of search.
Germany holds that she cannot
abandon that right under tho stress
which England has put upon her.
Since Germany must compel tho
nations with which sho Is at war to
return to tho recognized principles of
International law and restoro the free
dom of tho seas, sho argues that tho
stand sho has taken Is necessary.
Tho noto recommends that tho
United States government send war
ships to England lo convoy merchant
vessels through tho danger zone, with
the understanding that vessels thus
tuarded shall carry no war supplies.
Hopo is expressed that the Ameri
can government will understand tho
position in which Germany has been
placed and appreciate tho reasons for
Its course.
Tho German government feels Itself
obliged to point out with tho greatest
emphasis that a trafllo in arms, esti
mated at many hundreds of millions,
is being carried on between United
States firms and Germany's enemies.
Germany Is ready to deliberate with
tho United States concerning any
measure which might securo the safe-t-
of legitimate shipping of neutrals
In the war zone.
GREAT BRITAIN'S ANSWER.
Washington, Feb. 19.Tlm text of
the British government's reply to tho
American protest against British in
terference with American commerco
was made public on Wednesday simul
taneously In Washington, and London.
Tho British government refuses to
accept responsibility for the situation
of American commercial and Indus
trial Interests, described as "pitiful"
In tho protest of tho United States.
It says that tho effect of the war
has been not to increase but practi
cally arrest the decline of American
exports, "which was In progress earl
ier in tho year;" and It adds that tho
causo of tho unfavorable condition de
scribed by tho American government
"ought In fairness to be sought else
where than In tho activities of his
majesty's naval forces."
IOWA TO GO DRY JANUARY 1
House Passes Senate Bill Repealing
Mulct Law by Vote of
79 to 29.
Des Moines, la., Fob. 19. The houso
Thursday passed the Benate bill re
pealing tho Mulct law by a vota of 79
to 20. This makeB Iowa statutory dry
January 1, 1910.
The final vote came only after a
desperato attempt on tho part of wets
to tack an amendment fo tho bill
which would force it to go back to tho
senate.
ZAPATA NOW HOLDS CAPITAL
Carrariza Forces Under General Obrc-
gon Reported to Have Evacuated
Mexico City.
Washington, Feb. 19. Tho state de
partment was notified in official dis
patches that tho Carranza forces un
dor Genoral Obregon have again evac
uated Mexico City, and that tho forces
of General Zapata now occupy the
Mexican capital.
POTATO RIOTS ARE REPORTED
Officials Superintending Sale at Schon
berg, Germany, Beaten, and Build
ing Partly Destroyed.
London, Feb. 19. Potato riots In
Schonberg, Germany, are reported by
the Exchange Telegraph company's
correspondent in Amsterdam. Officials
superintending the sale wore beaten
and tho municipal buildings partially
destroyed, ho asserts.
Bank Wrecker Goes to Pen.
Lexington, Ky., Feb. 22. Gcorgo
Alexander, who was sentenced to not
less than seven nor moro than seventy
J ears for wrecking tho Alexander
bank of Paris, Ky., of which ho was
president, has been taken to prison.
Boomer Sentenced for Life.
Akron, 0., Feb. 22. Harry Boomer,
hatchet murderer of Vinnio Beckor,
mission worker, pale but composed,
faced a Jury hero and pleaded guilty.
Boomer was then sentenced to a llfo
ttrra in the penitentiary.
BLOCKADE NOW ON
GERMANS OPEN THREATENED
SEA CAMPAIGN.
British Guard Coasts to Prevent Land
Ing of Teuton Troops Ships
Held In Ports.
London, Feb. 19. Iho Gorman
proclamation of a maritime war zone
about tho British isles is in effect,
and tho full forco of that country's
submarlno destructlveness is supposed
to havo been loosed in an effort to
isolate Great Britain and ruin its ship
ping commerco.
As a result military law has super
seded civil in practically all the const
cities and districts to prevent any pos
sible attempt on the part of tho Gor
mans to land troops.
Tho Germans In their blockado of
fort did not wait for tho stroke oi
midnight to begin their campaign.
They started, or rather they continued
their previous efforts on Tuesday eve
ning at six o'clock, when they torpe
doed and sent to the bottom tho Brit
ish steam collier Dulwlch, whoso crow
of 31, with tho possible cxcoptlon of
two, escaped solely by their own ef
forts. Tho attack was delivered at a
.point 20 miles northeast of Capo
Heve, in the Engllshchanncl.
Shortly after tho destruction of tho
Dulwlch. a German submarine blow up
nnd destroyed tho Frenqh steamer
Vllle de Lille, off Barilcur, tho crow
saving themselves In tho ton minutes
allotted them by tho Gorman com
mander. A statement by tho French ministry
of .marine announcing this fact con
tains the information that tho sub
marine, which Is belloved to havo been
tho U-1C and certainly ono of tho U
class, subsequently pursued a Norwe
gian steamer, which was saved by the
arrival of French destroyers
This Is tno first Instance in the war
of an attack upon a vessel of u neu
tral power. Norway is expected now
to supplement Its previous protest to
Germany by a reference to this defi
nite case.
In order to prevent any unneces
sary loss of life all ship service be
tween England, Holland and France,
except to one point in the lattc- coun
try, has been stopped.
LONG DEADLOCK IS ENDED
David E. Shanahan Is Elected Speaker
of the Illinois House of Repre
sentatives. Springfield, 111., Feb. 18. The trick
has been turned at last. Tho house of
representatives of the Illinois legisla
ture Is graced by a regular speaker.
It was a hard struggle, consuming
over six weeks of expensive tlmo. but
at last David E. Shanahan of Chicago,
the dean of the assembly, wan elected
by Republican votes, with a splash of
"wet" and Igoo Democratic votes.
Eighty representatives registered In
favor of Shanahan, threo moro than
wero necessary to elect. Forty-nine of
theso wero Democrats nnd il wero Re
publicans. Tho end came on the sec
ond ballot of tho day, which was the
sixty-eighth taken.
PROHIBITS AFTERNOON TEAS
Functions Are Unnecesary Extrava
gance Maximum Price of Pota
toes Withdrawn.
London, Feb. 20. A news agency
dispatch from Amsterdam states that
the authorities In Berlin have prohib
ited afternoon teas in tho cafea on,
tho ground the functions aro unneces
sarily extravagant. It adds that the
price of potatoes has advanced so
greatly that the fixed maximum prlco
has been withdrawn.
Tho Bavarian minister of the in
terior has entered nn agreement with
agricultural banks and societies to
purchase corn and other supplies
German taxes aro increasing.
SUBMARINE U-2 UNDAMAGED
Destroyer of British Warship Path
finder Returns to Base Captain
Herslng Decorated for Bravery.
Berlin, Feb. 20. Tho German sub
marlno U-2, which sank tho British
warship Pathfinder and also some
British merchant ships la the Irish
sea, has returned undamaged to the
baso at Wilholmshaven. Tho sub
marine's commander, Captain Lieuten
ant Herslng, has been decorated with
tho Iron Cross for bravery.
Business Section Wiped Out.
Johnstown, Pa., Feb. 19. Practically
tho entlro business section of Ebons
burg, mountain summer resort and
.county seat of Cambria county, was
wiped out by flro which broko out in
the Mountain house. Every building
In the block from tho Mountain houso
to tho county court house was de
stroyed. The loss is estimated at be
tween $250,000 and $300,000.
Business Section Wiped Out.
Johnstown, Pa., Feb. 20. Practically
the entire business section of Ebons
burg, mountain summer resort and
county scat of Cambria county, was
wiped out by fire. The loss Is es
timated betweon $250,000 and $300,000,
Frank James Is Dead.
Kearney, Mo., Fob. 20. Frank
Jamos, aged seventy-four, ono of tho
most daring of the notorious band of.
bank and trnln robbors of forty years
ugo, died on his farm near hore. Burat
ing of a blood vessej klllod him.
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SIPS
SUN
ALL CHANNEL TRAFFIC IS CAN-
CF.LED FROM ENGLAND TO
FRENCH PORTS.
WILMELMINA TO PRIZE COURT
British Government Announces Amer
ican Vessel Bound for Germany
With Food Cargo Must Await De
cision' of Tribunal.
London, Feb. 22. Tho cargo of tho
Amorlcan steamer Wllholmina will bo
held by tho British government pond
ing n decision of tho prlzo court.
And Brltls'i merchant vessolo will
vontlnuo to uso tho American flag, or
any other flag, whenever they think It
necessary to do so to cscapo destruc
tion by the Germans.
If this results In destruction of an
American vessel by n German sub
marine, tho United States government
must look to Germany not to Eng
land for redress.
This announcement wns mado on
Friday by Sir Edward Groy, foreign
secretary.
In a memorandum relating to tho
controversy betweon Great Britain
and tho United States over foodstuffs
It is. mado clear that Great Britain
IntcndB to declaro all foodstuffs for
Germany contraband.
Tho foreign ofllco transmitted to
Ambassador Pago its roply to tho
American protest ngaitiBt-n general
uso by British merchant vessels of
tho American flag,
Tho noto ndmitr that tho Cunarder
Lusltanla on her most recent voyage
from New York to Liverpool raised
tho American flag, but only "to save
the lives of noncombatants, crow and
passengers."
It denies that it is tho intention
of tho British government to advlso
British merchant vessels to use for
eign flags, but makes it clear that tho
uso of forolgn flags will bo permitted.
The noto defending the practice cites
tho fact that tho United States used
the British flag for a llko purpose
during the Civil war.
Two ships wero blown up In tho
Germans' war zone, one of them a
neutral vessel.
Tho Norwegian tank steamer Bel-
ridge arrived in Walmer with tho foro
part of her hull full of water. Sho
either struck a mlno or was torpedood
In the west p-srt of ixe English ckun
nel. Elghteon men with tho pilot
took to the boats. Nothing has been
heard from them.
Tho French steamer Dinorah was
torpedoed without warning by a Gor
man submarine belloved to be tho
U-1C, a few miles from tho French
port of Dieppe. Tho torpedo failed
to sink tho Dinorah, but stove in a
plate below tho water lino. Tho
steamer was towed into Dieppe. A
fleet of French destroyers was dis
patched from Cherbourg In search of
tho submarine.
After tho torpedoing of tho Dinorah
it waB announced , by the admiralty
that sea trafllo between England and
tho continent would be discontinued
immediately. Sailing of passenger
boats wero canceled, although mall
service continued.
'VWVmVVVW
IMPORTANT NEWS
&vtvkw
Washington, Feb. 18. Tho govern
ment ship purchase bill, as an amend
ment to tho Weeks naval auxiliary
bill, was passed by tho house at 1:20
o'clock Wednesday morning by a
voto of 215 to 121. Tho passago of
tho bill followed a l4-hour parliamen
tary strugglo.
London, Feb. 18. The prophecy that
Italy would mobilize hor army within
a fortnight was made hero by Rlccottl
Garibaldi, the Italian patriot. Ho said
that unless tho Italian govornment
decided to participate In tho war,
thero would bo a revolution.
Paris, Feb. 19. A report is current
horo, but not confirmed, that a mutiny
occurred at Ghent In the beginning
of tho month in which about 6,000
men, including thirty officers, wero In
volved. According to this report tho
mutineers wero bound two and two
and sent In the direction of Brussels,
Malines, Antwerp nnd Namur.
KING ADJOURNS PARLIAMENT
Move of Spanish Ruler Due to Eco
nomic and Financial Crisis Which
Requires Attention.
Madrid, Feb. 19. An economic nnd
financial crisis has developed in Spain.
King Alfonso Thursday signed a de
creo adjourning parliament Indefi
nitely, dosplto tho fact that Important
bills aro pending. Tho promlor an
nounced that tho government is com
pelled to dovoto nil its attention now
to applying tho law recently passed to
meet tho domestic crisis.
Dynamiter's Aid Is Taken.
Soattlo, Fob. 22. David Caplan, Inst
of tho men wanted in connection with
tho dynamiting of tho Los Angoles
TImos In tho fall of 1910, was arrested
on Balnbrldgo Island, 12 miles from
Seattle on Friday.
Murders Wife and Himself.
Chicago, Fob. 22. Mrs. Augusta
Johnson, thirty-flvo yenrB old, was
shot twice and instnntly killed by hor
husband, Harry Johnson, thlrty-throo
years old, a palntor. Johnson then
killed hlmsolf.
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SEND REPLY TO KAISER
WASHINGTON CLAIMS GERMAN
ORDER VIOLATES TREATY.
Wilson and Cabinet Hold Important
Conference to Consider Answer
to Germany. '
Washington, Feb. 22. In n rioto
druftud by tho cabinet nt n momentous
mooting at tho White Houso on Friday,
President Wilson will tell Germany
that hor "war zono" decreo is In viola
tion of treaty stipulations entered Into
with tho United Stntes, which guar
antee to tho United States noninter
ference with Its son commerce whon
Germany is at war, and which grnnt
tho snmo privileges to Germany when
Uio Unitod Stntes is a bolllgeront
Tho treaties specifically set forth
that If olthor nation Is nt war tho neu
tral nation's commerco and Inter
course with any nation nt war with
tho other party to tho treaty "shall
not bo Interrupted" and "on tho con
trary" . . . "tho vessels of tho
neutral party may navlgato to and
from tho ports and on tho coasts of
tho belllgorent parties."
Tho first treaty, to which tho at
tention of Germany will bo drawn, is
that mado under tho direction of
Frodorlck tho Groat, and signed by
his representative nnd by Bonjamln
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams.
Tho second treaty Is that signed by
John Qulncy Adams nnd tho repre
sentatives of tho king of Prussia.
Both those treaties expired by their
own limitation, the first In 179G, tho
second in 1810. But tho provisions
which guarantee immunity to Ameri
can ships and Amorlcan cltlzonB, nnd
which the government authorities in
sist apply in tho present Instance,
wero continued by tho treaty of 1828.
PRESIDENT ILL; TAKES REST
Wilson Delays New Session of Con
gress on the Shipping Bill To
Seek Views of Public.
Washington, Fob. ID. Thero will bo
no lmmodlato extra session of tho Sixty-fourth
congress. Tho president Iiob
settled all doubts. Tho president Is far
from well. His nervous system Ib for
a tlmo nt least lmpalrod. Occasional
headaches havo drifted Into periodical
neuralgia and this now Bhows symp
toms of becoming chronic. Mr. Wil
son will welcomo tho rest and change
which he will And In tho trip to Cali
fornia and tho exposition. Tho presi
dent will tap tho wireB of public opin
ion at every stop botween Washington
and San Francisco on tho shipping
bill in nn endeavor to got his cue for
future action. And when Mr. Wilson
returns to Washington he will havo
mado up his mind botween two courses,
whether to call his extra session of tho
Sixty-fourth congress on May 5 or on
September ID. This is tho president's
schedule to date. It Is authentic.
ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP EXPLODES
Report From Copenhagen Correspond
ent Tells of Accident Off Coast
of, Jutland. ,
Copenhagen, via London, Fob. 19.
Tho correspondent of tho Polltlkon re
ports that a Zoppolln dlriglblo explod
ed over tho Danish island of Fanoo,
off tho west coast of Jutland.
London, Fob. 19. A big airship, be
Hoved to bo of tho Parsoval typo, ap
parently damaged by gunfire, flow ovet
Amsterdam. Tho airship was flying
at a height of about six hundred feet
Assuming a vortical position tho air
craft drifted In tho direction of tho
Zuyder Zeo. The air vossol was later
sighted minus Its gondola.
BELGRADE HOUSES FIRED ON
Serbians Reply by Bombarding Semlln,
Doing Heavy Damage to
AuBtrlans.
Bslgrado, Feb. 19, via London. The
Austrlans carried out tho heaviest
bombardment of Belgrade since their
evacuation of that city. A monitor and
the Semlln batteries participated.
Several houses wore wrecked and
many persons wore killed or injured.
The Serbians replied by bombarding
Semlln for tho first time. They did
much dnmage and forced tho monitor
to retire. Sir Thomas Llpton, with
Prince Paul, witnessed tho bombard
ment from tho royal pulace.
SUFFRAGE UP TO VOTERS
New York Secretary of State Signs
Resolution Adopted at Albany
for Decision Next Fall.
Albnny, N. Y., Fob. 19. Surrounded
by applauding womon, Secretary of
Stato Hugo signed tho joint resolution
of tho senate and assembly submit
ting to tho voters of the stato next
fall tho question of woman suffrage.
Ambulances Go Abroad.
Now York, Feb. 22. Tho 17 light
motor ambulances contributed by Yalo
nnd Harvard universities to the Rod
CrosB havo been shipped abroad for
distribution in vnrlouB sections of tho
war zono.
Russia Orders Motor Trucks.
Harrlsburg, Pa., Fob. 22. An order
for 300 largo armored motor trucks
costing about ono million flvo hundred
thousand dollars was placed by thf
Russian government with a local co
icorn.
FOUND NOT GUILTY
OFJHE CHARGE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS AB
SOLVED FROM BLAME.
KILLS MINIMUM WAGE BILL
Finds Education Law is Still Unbroken
Minimum Wage Bill Badly
Defeated.
Western NewDaDer Union Notts Service.
A special committee comprising
Wecsner, of WobBtor, Marshall, of
Lancaster, and Grace of Hnrlan, filed
a report acquitting tho stato senato of
the chnrgo of violating tho compul
sory education law in employing Ar
thur Pearson, tho elovon-year-old son
of Lieutenant Governor Pearson, as
messenger to his father, and Gcorgo
Wilson, aged fifteen, son of Senator
Wilson, of Frontier, as a pngo at $2 a
day. The committee finds that tho
boys aro doing satisfactory work and
recolvo tho regular salary.
"Wo And further," sayB tho com
mittee, "that tho boys havo their
school books with them horo in Lin
coln, and aro studying at nights and
odd times, In order to keep up with,
their classes in Frontlor county."
The committee says it bases Its re
port on the reports of State Superin
tendent Thomas and Attornoy General
Reed, both of whom report no statu
tory violation. Superintendent Thom
ns' statement Is that no law has thus
far been violated, but ho says tho boys
must get back to school In tlmo in tho
spring to get two months additional
schooling.
Smites Alleged Teachers' Trust
Tho alleged school teachers' trust
camo In for a scoring in tho senate
when tho committco of tho whole took
up nnd recommended for passago son
ato file No. 237, Introduced by Wilson
of Dodgo and Henry of Colfax. Thero
woro no dissenting votos.
Senator Henry said that the situa
tion had becomo such that it was al
most an impossibility, owing to tho
activity of certain teachers' organiza
tions, for woll-qualMed loachers not
In the good graces of this unseen
forco to securo positions.
Tho bill makes it a misdemeanor for
any teacher to bolong to such an or
ganization. No organizations aro
named., Tho bill is supposed to bo di
rected at tho alleged inner ring of tho
Schoolmasters' club.
Minimum Wage Bill Fares Badly.
Howard's minimum wago bill, which
failed of passago in tho house ten days
ago, came up again for nnother vote,
and was beaten worso than before. It
rccolvod only thlrty-soven votes, wlillo
fifty-nino were cast ngainst Tho first
voto had resulted in n tio, forty-six to
forty-six. Parliamentary efforts wero
,mndo by Negloy and Richmond of
Douglas to prevent the bill from com
ing1 to final voto when it was reached
on tho calendar. Richmond mado tho
point of order that onco falling to re
colvo a majority from third reading,
the bill was dead and could not bo
legally brought up again.
Pruning Appropriation Bills,
Legislative pruning knives will havo
abundant opportunity to play upon ap
propriation bills this soBsIon. Thnro
are $11,491,000 worth of them, insight
including tho maintenance, salaries,
claims and deficiencies measures, esti
mated at a total of 14,600,000.
To slip below tho record of the 1913
session tho membors will have to
guillotine a total of $3,375,000 worth of
tho bills. To beat tho record a mil
lion dollars as Governor Horohcad
hoped could be done tho lawmakers
will have to kill $4,375,000 of the bills.
Tho Sandall bill, abolishing tho
office of coroner and giving over the
duties to the sheriff of each county,
was roported upon favorably by a sen
ate committee. The Tlbbeta bills in
tho house giving the same duties to
the county attornoy aro still In that
body.
Tho state historical society now has
a library of 50,000 titles, including flics
of Nebraska newspapers, a museum
of over 75,000 objects, a series of pub
lications containing sixtoon complete
volumes, and a membership of nearly
eighteen hundrod representing all
parts of tho state.
Not a Wet and Dry Measure
Once and for all the senato has.
struck dend the Marshall bill, com
pelling clubs and various social or
ganizations to renounce their liquor
licenses unless they complied with
state liquor laws in addition to fed
eral laws. Tho voto was 22 to 8 the
former number representing the ene
mies of tho bill and tho latter its
friends. Tho vote was in no sense a
wet und dry matter. Tho action up
hold the Judiciary committee, which
had proposed an indefinite postpone
ment of tho measure.
"Broad statements" made by the
iloputy labor commissioner, concern
ing the employment of two pages said
to bo undor tho legal ago for work
and absence from school, aro to bo in
vestigated by tiit stato senate. On
motion made by Wcesnor ot Webster,
in Investigating committco of threo
will take tho mattor up at onco. Tha
eommlttoe Ik to bo supported by 8ea
itor Kohl, president pro tern, Instead
f by Lieutenant Governor Pearsoa,
ibe presiding officer.
WILL PRINT 8E88ION LAWS
Senate Recommends Bill to Print
6,000 Copies of Them.
Iho stato senato has recommended
a bill to provide for the printing ot
6,000 copies of tho session laws of the
stato Instead of 3,500, with the emer
gency clauso to make it apply to the
session laws of tho prosont legisla
ture. Tho action is taken on tho ad
Tico of Printing Commissioner LudI,
who in informed that no copies of the
statutes will bo printed probably dur
ing tho year, with the idea that now
Btntutcs aro to bo printed once every
two years. Tho Bcsslon laws will con
sequently be in demand and will bo re
tailed to lawyers and tho like at a
dollar and a quarter a copy.
Newspaper Men Discuss Situation.
A regularly called meeting of the
Associated Nebraska Newspapers was?
hold at a local hotel Monday evening
with F. O. Edgecombo of Geneva in
tho chair and C. C. Johns of Graiid
Island as secretary.
After a general discussion of vari
ous matters of interest to the frater
nity, tho organization wound up tho
order of business by unanimously en
dorsing tho following measures: Sen
ato Filo 131, doflning a legal news
paper; Houso Roll 478, providing for
tho publication of the personal assess
ment list in tho county papers; House
Roll 683, Introduced by Richmond,
regulating actions for libel against
newspapers a duplicato of the Min
nesota libel law; Houso Roll 155, by
Cronin, providing for a four weeks'
publication of notices to non-re3ldent
defendants In probata cases; and go
ing on record as protesting the pass
ago of any chango in tho workmen's
compensation law until a fair try-out
of Kb present provisions; and also
opposing Houso Roll 41, prohibiting
tho holding of circulation campaigns
ar contests by newspapers or maga
sines; and of Houso Roll 522, relat
ing to written, printed or published
libel, and repealing section 8608 of tho
revised statutes of 1913.
Cannot Raise Township's Levy.
Representatives Moysonburg and
Claybnrn lost out in tho house when
they attempted to- roverso the revenue
and taxation committee's report, rec
ommending that H. R. No. 369 be in
definitely postponed. This bill, which
they Introduced Jdiitly, was intended
to confer authority on tho township
board to raise tho townBhip tax levy
above tho amount fixed by tho voters
at tho aiinual meeting, with a limit of
rourtcen mills. Chairman Ostermann
of tho committee spoke against Mey
senburg's motion to place tho bill on
general file. Ho declared that such a
measnro was not fair to the taxpayers
and that after tho annual mooting has
fixed tho amount of tho levy no board
of three members should bo allowed
to chango IL
Senator Sandall's bill, abolishing tho
office of county assessor in counties
ot less than 19,000, in tho senato com
mittee of tho wholo, was indefinitely
postponed. Tho measure proposed to
consolidate tho ofllco ot assessor with
that of county clerk. Sonator Klechel
or Nemaha led the fight on the bill,
saying that In his county tho asesssor
more than earned his money. More
over, ho argued, the people of a coun
ty, if thoy so doslrod, could abolish
tho ofllco under the present law,
Statements by the food commission
uphold tho Btock food bill now pend
ing In the legislature and insist that
tho farmers of tho stato should be pro
tected by Buch a measure. The mean?
uro follows tho Kansas law and pro
vides for the registration of tho name
of each ingredient of the food with
thin commission. Reliable firms with
good stock remedies and good food
can prosper undor tho law, says the.
food commissioner.
The first bill to coma to Governor
Morehcad for his signature, outside of
tho legislative appropriation bills, was,
8. F. No. 2(5, Senator Grace's 1)111 for
free transportation both ways for ship-'
pers of Hvo stock. This bill, with two
other senate bills of minor importance,
were put in tho governor's hands.
.Wednesday morning. They will be
signed by him, as far as known, and
become laws of the land in due course.
The Dodge bill prohibiting the cir
culation of campaign filth something.
which stirred people of the state last
fall and made muddler a mud-slinging
contest went by tho senate commit
tee of tho whole with a full head or
steam. Only seven votes were cast
against it.
More Credit Possible
The hankers' bill to permit a more-'
elastic condition ot credit, by permit
ting more free borrowing by banks to
raeet conditions ot trade, did not get
past without opposition. It was.
amending tho bank guaranty law and
many members defond that act against
any and all changes. The hill carried
the emergency clauso so that it might
become effective so Boon as the gov
ernor might sign it, but it could not
get votes enough to permit tbs favor
able position.
Candidates defeated at primaries
must everlastingly stay put, and not
seek; rovengo by later running as peti
tion candidates against their con
querors, it the Dusheo bill reported out
of a senato standing committee be?
comes a law. Tbo measuro is designed
to knock out those who refUBe to ac
cept tho primary verdict as at least
seml-Snal.
Tuesday's was tho first night ses
sion of tho lower houso ot tho legisla
ture, tho first of a Berles of a dozen or
more, ir tho plans of tho speaker materialise.
