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9 COUNTY HERALD. Motto: All The News When It Is News. lPSkiy ' VOL. 23. DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915. NO. 28. .IIp TV.,. "'MOl H h u W4 it fr- II TERROR EXPLOIT GERMAN SUBMARINES DESTROY THREE MORE ENGLISH STEAMERS.' THIRTY-SEVEN LOSE LIVES News of Exploits Came Justxas the British Public Was Congratulating Itself that the Threatened Blockade Had Been a Failure. Wixlfrn Nrwr 1'nlon New Service. London. During tho early hours of Tuesday morning German submnrlnea nmilo their presence known at three widely separated points on tho British coast, and, it is stated officially, with out giving warning to their crews, sank three Lirltish merchant steamers. Tho British official state.nent fol lows: "The steamer Tanglstan wan sunk by a German submarine o'ff Scarbor ough nt 12:30 o'clock in the morning of March 9. Only one man of her crow of thirty-eight men was saved. "The steamor Blackwood was sunk by a submarine without warning off Hastings at 6 o'clock the morning of March 9. Her crow of seventeen was caved. Tho steamer Princess Victoria of Glasgow, was sunk without warning by a Gorman submarine at 9:15 o'clock the morning of March 9 off Liverpool. Her crew of thirty-eight was saved." The survivor of tho Tanglstan is James O'Toble, an Englishman. Six teen men of tho crew were English and the remainder Arabs. ZAPATA IN CITY OF MEXICO. Obregon's Force Said to Have Left Capital. Washington, D. G. American citi zens again have been warned to leave Mexico City In view of tho critical situation that has arisen there. Sec retary Bryan announced Tuesday night that the transportation facilities would bo sought for as many as de sired to leave. The battleship Georgia and the ar mored cruiser Washington were or dure by beer eta. Daniels to proceed at oace to Vera Cruz, after confer ences with President Wilson. j A consular message from Vera Cruz Aated that it was reported there that the evacuation of Mexico City began Monday night. Although tho contents of tho Amer ican note to Carranza wero not reveal ed, its emphatic tone impressed mem bors of the diplomatic corps that seri ous consequences would ensue if Car ranza failed to heed tho representa tions made to him. The United States in Its communication, it became known today, described conditions as "intoler able" and called upon Carranza to take tho necessary steps to correct the situation. The noto pointed out that if harm befell any foreigners the American government would hold the Carranza offlrials "personally responsible" and would take tho necessary means to im pose tho responsibility where it be longed. President Wilson himself de clared that tho United States did not utter ultimatums, but presented views nnd acted -accordingly. The movement of warships to Mexi can waters and tho warning to Ameri can, It was said, had been decided as an abundance of precaution. Negro Voted Eight Times. Indianapolis. A one legged negro in Tcrre Hauto voted eight times at tho last November election, disguising himself each time by changing ills ar tificial leg, United States District At torney Frank C. Dailoy told a Jury here. Finally, having used wooden, cork and iron legs and having appear ed once legless with a crutch and once with a cane, tho man added to his dis guise, Dailoy said, by putting on a pair of glasses. State Offering Evidence. New York. Attorneys for Harry Thaw, slayer of Stanford Whlto, havo made their first attempt to get testi mony concernipfe his sanity into the record of his trial for conspiracy to escape from Matteawan asylum. Tho attempt wa3 unsuccessful. Although ii was said that Evelyn Nesblt Thaw iiad stated her Intention to testify in her husband's bohalf, Thaw's attorneys declared they would not cnll her. Ends Life in Spectacular Way. Salt Lake City. G. C. Jahn, Jr., a Ilnotvpo operator of Pasadena, pal., killed himself in a spectacular mannor heiu. Ho went to the outskirts of (he city and shot himself when run ning rapidly. Ho had run two blookn nhootlng nt himself, before ho fell with four bullets in his head. Ho died noon afterwards. Drastic Step by Britain. London. Tho house of commons liaa given tho government authority to take over tho control of tho entire en gineering trado of the country and to place it under a combined management for tho purpose of increasing the out put of munitions of war. Diseased Cattle Killed. Svrauuse, N. Y. Two hundred nnd thirty-two hand uf cattle uid u bull valued by its owner at $10,000 were killed by federal and Btat inspector hi tliel' campnij'ii r.painst tur hnof .-'rd i. ..ib it "ehc 'u 'n .via n eu'v 2 5UBURK5 SDH REPORTED THAT TEN GERMAN CRAFT HAVE BEEN LOST IN WAR ZONE. CREW OF U-8 FACES DEATH Teutons Imprisoned and May Bo Treated as Pirates and Executed If Found Guilty of Attacks on Ships U-2 Shelled by French Warship. London, March S. Tho extent to which Great Britain has been waging its campaign against Germnn subma lues operating In tho English chan nel nnd tho North sea against mer chant shipping was demonstrated by tho confession mado on Friday by olll cers of tho submnrino U-S, Bunk by British destroyers In tho channel, who landed at Dover. "No less than ten submarines have been sent down in the channel slnco the German blockade went into ef fect," wns their declaration. If this Is true tho British ndmlrnlty has not yet learned of tho destruction of nil the undersea craft, as so far only four havo been reported sunk, tho fourth on Thursday. Tho sinking of th6 U-8 was offi cially nnnounccd by tho admiralty, along with statement that examina tion of tho steamer Thordls' keel con firms her captain's evidence that ho rammed and sank a submarine on February 28 after tho German flred a torpedo at the British vessel. The U-9, reported wrecked oft Chris tiansand, Norway, was tho third sub marine destroyed, whilo Captain Wy att of tho steamer Alston reported to tho admiralty that his vessel had rammed and sunk a fourth in tho channel last Saturday. It was asserted at tho admiralty that oxclusivo of the above named submarines five havo been destroyed since tho war began. A Paris dispatch quotes tho minis try of mnrlno as making tho follow ing announcement: "Ono of the flotilla attached to the second light French squadron Thurs day shelled a German submarine of tho type U-2 in tho English channel. Threo shells hit tho submarine, which plunged and disappeared without leaving rvrac"." ' . . - ' The Internment of tho crew of tho U-8 brings to a crisis tho demand in parliament, and also by French dep uties, that such prisoners bo treated as pirates and executed if found guilty of attacks on merchant shipping. Tho news that a British warship had sunk a submarine was received with re joicing in England. MORE SOLDIERS TO CANAL President Orders Twenty-Nlnth Infan try Sent to Make Panama Safe , Will Depart March 17. Washington, Mnrch 8. To guard still further the safety of tho Pan ama canal and as a step toward build ing up the force that is permanently to protect the Zone tho president has ordered tho Twenty-ninth regiment of United States infantry to duty In tho strip through which tho'lnter-oceanlc canal passes. The Twenty-ninth in fantry Is stationed at Governor's Island and at Forts Porter and Niag ara, N. Y., and will sail from New York city on the army transport Bu ford on March 17, undor command of Col. John S. Mallory. HEADS POLICE AT CAPITAL Raymond W. Pullman, Newspaper Correspondent of Detroit, Suc ceeds Major Sylvester. Washington, March 8. Raymond W. Pullmnn, a newspaper correspondent of Detroit, Mich., was selected by Commissioner Brownlow to bo super intendent of police to succeed Major Richard Sylvester, who retired on a pension after charges proferred by Ropresentutivo "Tark.of Georgia bad been withdrawn. Sylvester became a center of attack two years ago when tho polico failed to control crowds along tho route of tho suffragette pa rade on tho day preceding President Wilson's Inauguration. ENTOMBED MEN ARE RESCUED Forty-Seven Miners Are Taken From Layland Mine After Ninety-Six Hours' Imprisonment. Charleston, W. Va., March 8. After being imprisoned for 96 hours In the wrecked shaft of Laylnnd coal mine, 48 of tho miners who wero entombed when an explosion occurred in tho mine last Tuesday, wero rescued alive, At tho same time mombors of tho res cue squad who were at work In tho mine declared that others of the en tombed miners still lived nnd that they would bo brought to tho surfaco Inter. Signs Woman Suffrage Bill. Des Moines, March 9. Gov. George W. Clarko signed tho woman suffrage and constitutional prohibition amend ments passed by tho legislature. Tho amendment must havo sanction of next gonornl nBsombly. No Report of Noorderdyk. London, March 9. No confirmation readied London of the report rocoivod soon after midnight on Friday that tho Holland-American lino stenraor Noorderdyk bad been torpedoed by u submarine GIVES WILSON POWER PRESIDENT CAN NOW DEFEND U. S. NEUTRALITY Resolution Modified at White Houie Conference Before Both Houses Put It Through. Washington, March 5. Bcforo Its adjournment on Thursday congress placed a solemn responsibility upon tho shoulders of tho president in con nection with tho European situation. Under cover of penalizing violations of neutrality, it adopted a resolution conferring authority upon tho chief executivo to uso tho land and naval forces of the nation to assist and do fond our neutrality. Tho resolution ns adopted by tho senato was not as swooping as that adopted by tho houso. It had been modified as a result of a White House conference. Senators pointed out to tho presi dent that a provision In the resolution adopted by tho houso providing for the internment of foreign ships in American harbors found guilty of an attempt to violate our neu trality laws would arouso Germany and Austria-Hungary. ' In tho interest of continued friendly relations with thoso two states, they urged that tho provision bo eliminated. This was done. After tho senato had "adopted tho modliled resolution tho houso took slmilnr action. Tho resolution as modliled by the Whlto House conference was passed by tho senato without debnto. As It was presented to tho president for ap proval ho will bo authorized: 1. To withhold clearance from any vessel, American or foreign, which he has reasonable causo to believe to bo about to carry fuel, arms, ammuni tion, men or supplies to any warship or tender or supply ship of a bolllger ont nation In violation of uoutrallty of the United States. 2. To uso tho land or navnl forcos to carry out the purpose of tho reso lution. PICKED FOR CENSUS BUREAU Wilson Selects S. L. Rogers of North Carolina for Post Indian to Be , Register of Treasury. Washington, March 5. Samuel L Rogers of Franklin, N. C, has been selected by President Wilson for di rector of tho census to succeed Wil liam J. Harris of Cedartown, Ga., who was confirmed by tho senato on Wednesday as a member of the now federal trade commission. Tho president nominated Houston B. Teeheo of Tahlequah, Okla., to bo register of the treasury, to succeed Gabe-Parker, who recently became commissioner of tho Fivo Civilized Tribes. Teehee is a Cherokee Indian, now attorney for that trlbo In Okla homa. Formerly ho was a member of the lower houso of the Oklahoma leg islature. SNOW STORM HITS NEBRASKA Record Fall Over the Entire State Ties Up Railroad Traffic All Official Records Broken. Lincoln, Neb., March 5. Tho total snow fall for tho winter hero was 51 Inches, according to the report of tho local weathor observer after a heavy fall of snow. This breaks all official records for total snowfall for one sea son by five Inches. Tho entlro stato 13 reported to bo covered with a deep blanket of snow, which Is causing some trouble for railroads In northern Nebraska, where tho storm Is accom panied by a high wind. EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR MEN So Badly Mutilated That Only One of the Victims Could Be Identified. Pompton Junction, N. J Mnrch 8. Four men wero killed outright nnd two others wero seriously injured in an ex plosion in tho plant of the Du Pont Powder company, near hero. Ono of the dead men was John Colfax, but the others wero so badly mutilated they could not be Identified. One man was blown thirty feet Into a river, but es caped by Bwlmming ashore. 1,600 MINERS ARE ENTOMBED Three on Surface Are Killed by Force of Blast In Copper Workings In Spain. Cordoba, Spain, Mnrch 8. A ter rific explosion In tho copper mines of Caboza del Buoy, 8G miles south east of Badajoz, entombed 1,000 miners. So sovero was tho shock.that threo persons were killed nnd many injured on tho surfaco. It is feared that hundreds will bo found dead in the workings of tho mine bcforo relief can reach them, American Cotton Vessel Freed. Boston, Mass., March 9. Tho cotton laden steamor Pacific, bound from Gal veston for Rotterdam, which was de tained at Deal, England, has been re leased, according to a cablegram from Captain Mundy, Its commander. Women Thank the Czar. Chicago, March 9. Tho edict of Czar Nicholas forbidding tho uso of vodka was made tho causo of a messago of thanks from tbo national lieadquar lers of tho Women's Christian Tom- j ooranco union nt Evnnston, 1 SLAIN If WAG GEORGIA REAL ESTATE DEALER ALSO WOUNDS THIRTY-TWO CITIZENS WITH GUN. WAS FORMER STATE SENATOR Monroe Phillips Kills Men With Shot gun and Meets Death Himself Of ficer Killed by Bandit and Three Others Seriously Wounded. Brunswick, Gn March 9. Tho death of Ernest McDonald, shot when Monroe Phillips, a real estato denier, killed five persons and wounded 32 with an automatic shotgun boforo ho himself wns killed, Increased tho dentil list to seven. Tho others wounded, except Gunner Tolnas, a bank clork, wero reported as doing well. Physi cians fear Tolnas will dlo. Phillips Is thought to havo become Insane because of financial troubles, and developed an enmity for Harry F. Dunwoody, n prominent lawyer and politician, in whoso office ho began his murderous attack. Those killed by Phillips besides Dun woody wero W. M. Hackett, an under taker; Rex Deavors, a policeman; L. C. Padgett, n former policeman, nnd George W. Asboll, a motorman. Phillips fired both barrels of tho shotgun into Dunwoody's head, kill ing him Instantly. Ho thon wont Into tho Btreet, where a crowd, attracted by tho shots, had gathered. Ho fired Into tho group, killing Padgett. Phil lips thon began shooting into a crowd of men across tho streot, wounding several and killing ABbell. Walking to a corner Phillips took Up his station In front of a drug storo and began shoot ing nt every person who appeared. Hackett was killed as ho stepped from a building onto the street Policeman Deavers ran townrd tho corner and be gan shooting nt Phillips, who turned his gun upon tho officer and shot him dead. Phillips had been a resident of Brunswick 12 years. Ho was once mayor hero and had served In tho Georgia legislature as a representative and stato senator. Ho was a nephew of Justice S. C. Atkinson of tho Geor gia supremo court. FOUR AUTO BANDITS TAKEN Police Say Boys Confessed They Held Up Women In Chicago Last Week. Chicago, March 9. Four boys, two on probation from tho boys' court, con fessed themselves tho "desperate auto bandits," tho police say, who raided more than twenty women on Thurs day nnd threw tho city Into a frenzy of terror. Tho four boys arrested are: James Sprjnger, 2810 West Thirty-ninth place, nineteen years old; Virgil Lit zlngor, 2734 West Thirty-ninth street, eighteen yenrsold; Alvln Carlson, 2731 West Thirty-ninth street,, nineteen years old; Gnrfleld Sullivan, 3712 Parnell avenuo, seventeen years old. Sullivan boasted of his ability as a chauffeur. A girl heard him and told another friend. In timo it came to tho ears of a "stool pigeon" nnd then to tho police. RESTA WINS AUTO RACE Grand Prix Winner Takes Vanderbllt Cup at Frisco Wilcox Comes In Second. HOW CARS FINISHED. Driver and Car. Time. D. Resta, Peugeot 4:27:37 H. Wilcox, Stutz 4:34:36 Eddie Pullen, Mercer 4:35:37 Ralph de Palma, Mercedes. ...4:39:07 San Francisco, March 9. Darius Resta, an EngllDh driver, who mado his debut Into American racing cir cles last Saturday when ho piloted a Peugeot to victory in tho Grand Prix, led "Howdy" Wilcox In a Stutz to tho tape horVji In tho tenth annual Vander bllt cup race. "Wild Bob" Burman, his mechanician, Joo Cleary and an unidentified spectator wero injured during tho grind. Resta's averngo for tho 300 miles was G71 miles por hour. FIRE ON BIG LINER IS OUT La Touralne Proceeds Under Own Steam Blaze Confined to One Compartment. Now York, March 9. Oscar R. Cauhols, assistant genoral agent of tho Compagnlo Gcnoralo Transatlan tic, stated on Sunday that ho had received news that tho fire on board La Touralno Is out and she is now proceeding to Havre undor her own steam. According to Cauhols, tho messago stated that tho flro had boon confined to one compartment and that there wero no casualties on board. Dacla's Crew Starts Home. Paris, March 8. Tho crow of tho American steamer Dacla, seized by a French cruiser, left Brest for Havre on Friday. Tho captain will remain nt Brest until tho case is settled by a prlzo court Fire Kills Three. Minneapolis, Minn., March 8. Threo porsons lost their lives and nlno wore Injured In n flro which swept two Hennepin avenuo hotels tho As toria and tho Frederick. Tho damage Is $55,000. LONG SESSION ENDS CONGRESS QUITS AFTER 8ITTINQ ALMOST TWO" YEAR8. Estimated That Both Sessions of the Sixty-Third Congress Levied Trib ute of Nearly $2,250,000,000. Washington, March 6. Tho fall of gavels in tho sonato and houso brought to an end tho remarkablo Sixty-third congress, which has boon In almost continuous session slnco April 7, 1913, and will bo historic for tho amount of major legislation enacted. Tho appropriations of this congress uro tho highest on record, whilo tho vast amount of important legislation onactcd chronicles the high mark for congrcBslonnl labor. Appropriations at tho first session of tho congress reached tho cnormouB total of $1,116,000,000 and tho sums appropriated in tho closing days of tho second session probably will bo na great It is estimated that tho Sixty third congress ha8 levied trlbuto of nearly two billion and a quarter dol lars upon tho federal treasury. President Wilson called tho now congress into sosslon within a few days after ho assumed office", tho big tasks of tho extra session began with repeal of tho Payne-Aldrlch tariff law and tho enactment of curroncy legislation. This extra sosslon merged Into the regular session which began Decombor 1. 1913. nnd tho regular sos slon continued throughout another summer, expiring on October 24, 1914. The tired legislators wero given a brlof respite from October 24 to Do comber 7, 1914, on which latter day they reassembled for tho final sossiou of the Sixty-third congress. (Mtt4C3$&S$0S9Cet NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR e8&Ht&ee Boston, March G. Throo Indict ments charging tho illegal transporta tion of dynamite In Interstate com merce havo been returned by tho fed eral grand Jury against Werner Horn, who attempted to destroy tho Interna tional railway brldgo at Vancoboro. Washington, March 6. Tho govern ment ship jiurchaso bill wob with drawn In the senato on Wednesday by Senntor Fletcher, with tho an nouncement that ho would not nt tempt again to tako It up because its opponents had power to defeat It by talking it to death. Amstordam, Mnrch 18. Tho Gorman moratorium on tho bordor provinces has boon extended to May 1, according to tho NIcuwo Rottordamscho Cou rant. Chicago, March 8. What may spread into a general building strike was Inaugurated when tho Building Construction Employers' association locked out 900 union lathers. Chicago, March 8. Mabel Donal son, Evanston's eloven-year-old mer maid, swam 20 yards In 20 3-5 seconds in the dual tank meet between North western and Chicago unlvorsltlcB. Warronsburg, Mo., Mnrch 8. Fire destroyed overy building of the state normal school except the Dockery gymnasium, Tho loss Is estimated at $500,000. DES MOINES A SECOND RENO Iowa Judge Decides Year's Residence Not Necessary for Divorce Under Certain Conditions. 'Des Moines, la., March 8. A ruling of Judge Hubert Utterbatk In tho dis trict court may convert Des Moines into a second Reno. It also may change any Iowa town In which a dis trict Judge sits into tho same kind of a place. Tho ruling was mado In the dlvorco caso of John Dardls against Jean Dardls. Tho question of resi dence wob raised and the court held that the statute did not state that a year's residence waB necssary whon the defendant lived In tho stnto at tho time tho action was commenced Jf ho wns given personal service instead of notification by publication. It was claimed that both plaintiff and defend ant had been residents of Iowa only 11 months. The caso probably will be appealed in order to test the ruling ot the lower court. FAMOUS FRENCH SLEUTH DIES Death Strikes Down Pierre Fortune Jaume, Whose Reputation as De tective Was World-Wide, Paris, March 8. Pierre Fortune Jaumo, the famous detective, died hero. Ho was slxty-nlno years of ago. M. Jaume gained nn International reputa tion through his solving ot crlmeH. Among these was the murdor of Bailiff Goffo, tho killing of Bnroness Do l.nrd nnd tho slaying ot five persons at Pont-a-Mousson. The dotectivo wore pic turesque 'disguises whenever r.occs sary. Fugitive Priests to Spain. New York, Mnrch 9, Thlrteon priests who said they woro driven from Vera Cruz by Vonustiano Carran za reached Now York on Saturday, on their way to Spain n board tho steamer Montevideo. Three Jap Aviators Perish. Toklo, March 9. Tho pilot and two officers wero drowned when n navy seaplane fell nt Yokosuka on Satur day. Tho seaplano and its crow wore attached to the nnvnl station nt that place. NO CHANGE IN SALARIES BILL House Stands by Its Program Of Economy All records of formor legislative sesnlons wero broken by tho houso in Its speedy consideration of tho gen eral salary bill, H. R. No. 750, and its refusal to chango a single item there in. Tho bill wns road and disposed of In committco of tho wholo In less than an hour's time. It wan sent to third reading In exactly tho samo form as tho finance committco originally Introduced It. Never beforo hns the salary bill got through the houso In such quick timo and without some amendments being tacked on Increasing tho pay of somo officers or assistant or adding somo new places to tho list of Jobs. Several attempts were mado this time in that direction, but all of them wero voted down. Tho economy Idea, prevalent In this session, wns novcr moro In evidence than whon tho houso stood solidly behind tho flnanco committco on thoso mnttors. Defining a Legal Newspaper Fly-by-night newspapers, started for campaign purposes and gaining most of their sustenance from the solo source of legal advertising, camo in for somo sharp raps at tho hands of tho stnto sonato. Tho occasion wns tho advancement to third reading by the committco of the whole of S. Fi 131 by Krumbach of Polk. ThlB meas ure defines n. legal nowspapcr as ono having a minimum circulation of at least 300 wcokly copies and as ono printed either in wholo or in part at the place whero It la Insucd. Tho origlnnl bill added another require ment, Increasing tho number of weeks of previous publication to seventy olght. At present a nowspapcr of gen eral circulation noods only fifty-two weeks of previous publication to mako it oliglblo for legnl advortisments. An amendment wns offered and carried putting tho origlnnl bill back to tho flfly-two week requlromenL To Stamp Out the Cockleburr Representative Dalboy's two bills designed to assist in stamping out tho cockleburr nulsnnco In Nebraska re ceived tho sanction of tbo houso in committeo of tho wholo and wore ad vanced to third reading-. Somo of tho farmer members op posed ono of the bills, which would permit any one to go upon a neigh bor's land and mow cockleburra and Canadian thistles, clr.trgiu& - furhis services at the rato ot $4.50 per day for his own labor, a team, and mow ing ranchlno. Objections to this measure, H. R. No. 390, wero nnswored with a state ment that where farms are occupied by renters they frequently permit tho thistle and cockleburr nulsanco to spread, thereby seeding tho land of adjacent farmers who do all Uioy can to keop tholr own acreago clean. Mr. Kcrff thought this could be remedied by putting provisions In the lease re quiring the tenant to keep' down these nuisances, but it was pointed out that many land owners rent out their farms without such n proviso and in that case tho neighbor farmer wonld have no protection. Indorse Anti-Clgaret Bill Indorsement of tho Peterson anli cigaret bill by a largo number of Young Men's Christian association workers Ot tho stato and by those whoso connection with boys' christian work compels them to seek legisla tion of a helpful character, presages a fair consideration of that measure in both houses of tho legislature. Tho bill repeals tbo present weak tov and puts in its stead provisions that will allow tho sulo of clgarotn to men and which will enable prosecutions to fol low the sale to minors. At present clgarotes aro sold to both minors and men without distinction. The revenue and taxation commit teo of tho houso which had grabbed back the bill providing for the publica tion ot personal proporty assessment schedules In order to "correct" it, made that correctlbn by cutting off the amendment which would have called for tho publication of tbeso schedules a second time in caso a German, Bohemian or Swedish news paper Is published 'In any county. Tho same questions cannot bo sub mitted more than onco a year under tho initiative and referendum, accord ing to the terms of tho Bates bill which survived tho house committee of the wholo. Tho measure Is de signed to prevent too frequent wran gling on local questions. Solicitation of county youths and city young folks to attend business colleges will bo under direction of the state superintendent's office. If the Sandaril bill reported out of a senate Btnndlng committeo survives tho ses sion. S. F. 284, by Mattos of Otoe, provid ing that saloonkeepers shall not be Unblo Jointly for damages caused by tho Bale of Intoxicating liquors, but that they may bo sued separately, pasBOd by a votq of 17 to 14. Representative Joary's bills, IT. R. No. 320 and II. 11. No. 341, are now on general flio In tho houso nnd will likely come up for consideration in commit teo of the wholo somo timo thf3 week. Tho main purpose of these bills Is to provont tho Importation Into Nebraska of law suits originating outside the stato to bo tried horo at the expense of tho tnxpnyors when tho people of Nobrnska havo no Interest In tho suits whatover It tho Jeary hills become law such practices will havo to stop in obruska. 2 STATE AUDITOR A8KS OPINION OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL TREASURER ISSUES REPORT Condition of State's Finances at the End of First Quarter Is Shown Western Newspaper Union Kews Service. Stnto Auditor Smith will ask tho at torney general for nn opinion In re gard to his duties and powors In pass ing upon vouchers presented to him by tho stnto normal board or stato hoard of education. State Treasurer Hall has declined to countersign sev eral warrants drawn on tho tax levy at tho disposal of tho normnl board because tho claims on which the war rants uro based wore not audited and allowed in an open meeting of the board. Auditor Smith is Inclined to the view that ho has no right to approve n voucher or issuo a warrant unless tho claim has been audited and al lowed at ati open meeting of the board. Ho finds a section of the 1913 statutes appears to give tho normal board complete power to control Ha own funds and says tho auditor "shall draw warrants" on vouchers by the stato board of education. Treasurer's Quarterly Report Stato Treasurer Hall has discon tinued tho practice of Issuing a month ly report of tho condition of tho state treasury, but Is following tho law which requires him to mako a quar terly report His report for the three nonths ending February 27 covers one month of business of tho term of his predecessor, Walter A. George. It shows that tVio balaneo on hand De cember 1 was $746,108.92. February 27 tho balaneo reached tho almost un precedented amount of $1,111,763.58. During tho three months tho recolpts wero $2,G94,'G40.24 and tho disburse ments $2,328,985.58. Tho report Bhows that $1,091,974.54 is on deposit in depository banks and $19,789.04 is "cash in hand." Public Warehouse Bill Amendments to public warehouso bills pending in ono houso or the other havo been prepared by the special Bub-committee of both houses responsible for reporting out some sort of bill. No meeting ot tho committeo has yet been held, but tho provisions in tho amendments are said' not to ap pease tho objectors who are numerous, especially in tho house. Tho measure is made purely op tional, any elevator owner who wishes to be considered a public warehouse ( man being required to file notice with the railway commission in addition to securing the bond required. The bill does not provido that the warehouse man shall be responsible for the con dition in which grain leaves' his ware house. When he is required by the ownor or tho. grain to deliver it he must do so within a day or be liable at the rato ot ono cent a bushel per day during tho delay. Rentals aro fixed at ono cent a bushel for tho first fifteen days, one thirtieth ot a cent a day for tho next throo months, and one-sixtieth of a cent por day for tho entire time over and abovo threo, months. Treasurer Hall has mado formal de maud on county treasurers for remit tances monthly ot all funds due to the stato. Sent with each demnnd Is the' opinion ot Attorney General Reed to the effect that tho stato flnanco officer has a right to require such remit tances. Presentation of tho subject by Treasurer Hall at the county treasur ers' Btate meeting at Hastings re cently resulted in a small revolt In which Mr, Hall was Instantly put on the defensive Stato Food Commissioner Harman collected i$4,4G0.2G in fees, in Fobruary and his departments made 1,497 In spections, Issued 113 sanitary orders, filed 10 complaints, mado 113 chem ical analyses, 25 seed analyses and commenced 5 prosecutions. Tho fees were an follows: For oil and gasoline inspections, $5,5G4.85; for permits is sued, $490.51; feeding stuff tags sold, $163; seed analyses fees, $12.50; weights and measures fees, $224.40; miscellaneous, $400. Total, $6,460.26. The Hoffmeister-Broome demonstra tion farm bill was killed on thir'd read ing. Its nuthprs had boon amazed that it had got that far, and did not object when it secured but 39 votes on final passage. Tho bill provided that the board of regents should fix up as farms certain western school lands, stock them, put a scientific farmer on each with a hired man and supplies enough to last a year, and tell, him to "go to it" and show that ho could "make tho farm pay." No appropria tion was provided. Thinks Committee Is Making Mistake Adjutant General Hnll of, tho Ne braska national guard has issued a statement in which ho expresses the belief that the finance committee ot the houso Is making a mistake In re ducing tho state appropriation for the guard. Ho says he cannot seo how tho action of tbo finance committee can be characterized as ecpnomy. fleneral Hall has received letters from, many officers ot tho guard and from business men expressing their disap proval ot a decrease In the stato ap propriation, (or the guard, E POWER