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COUNTY HERALD.
Motto: All The News When It Is News.
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VOL. 23.
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915.
NO. 28.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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POWER