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DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1015.
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WAR SECRETARY DISPATCHES
DESTROYERS TO 8AN JUAN
TO HOLD ODENWALD.
FEAR CRAFT WILL ESCAPE
Warning of Teuton Vessel's Plan to
Bolt Harbor In Darkness Arouses
President to Action Believe Castle
Guns Will Not Stop Night Getaway.
Wwleni Nnvfpr Union Xtw Service.
Washington. Attorney Gun. Grog
ory lato Tuosday Instructed tho Uni
ted States district attorney of. Porto
mco to Institute libel' proceedings
Jtiist tho German steamship Oden-
warn which attempted Sunday to
leave San Juan harbor without clear
ance papers.
Under those proceedings tho vessel
may be hold in the custody of a marsh
al ponding settlement of the question
whother she shall bo forfeited to tho
United States under tho recent joint
resolution of congress .prescribing
penalties in such cases.
While tho department of Justice was
considering tho legal phases of tho
Odonwald case treasury officials had
before them a report from San Juan
that fear was felt that both tho Oden
wald and another Hamburg-American
liner, the Praesldent, might , under
cover of darkness slip past the guns
of Morro Castle and dash for tho sea.
Secretary Daniels was Informed of
the situation and, after a conference
with the president, Admiral Fletcher,
c.l Guantannmo, was Instructed to dis
patch two destroyers to San Juan, and
the coast guard service ordered tho
cutter Algonquin, now cruising In the
West Indies, to steam at once for thai
port.
Attorney General Gregory's action,
indicating the purposo of the govern
ment to undortako confiscation of tho
Odenwald by due process of law 'In
the district court for Porto Itlco, at
tracted much attention In official and
diplomatic circles. It Is tho first def
inite action begun by tho administra
tion under tho now congressional au
thorities. HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN FALL.
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Late Report Says 120,000 Were In
Przemysl.
London; The size of tho garrison
at Przemysl and the number of men
who surrendered to the IUisslans great
ly exceeded all estimates. According
to dispatches received from Petrbgrad
tho garrison originally consisted of
J70.000 men, of whom 40,000 were kill
ed. Just under 120,000 surrendered
when the fortress capitulated.
Merchant Slain In Store.
St. LouIb. Richard Randolph, presi
dent of the Torchon Lace company and
tho Central Merchandise company ana
candidate at the recent primary ror
tho Republican nomination for con
gress from the Twelfth Missouri dis
trict, was assassinated In tho office
of the company hero' Tuesday. His
wife, Mrs. Delia Randolph, who re
cently was sued for divorce by her
Jiusband, was arrested, She denied
any knowledge of tho shooting. The
police also Issued a general order for
the arrest of a man named by Ran
dolph In his petition for a divorce.
! Send Warship for Crop.
Washington, D. C. An American
warship will take to Yucatan money
to flnanco tho movement of Mexico's
sisal hemp crop, needed to make twlno
for binding tho enormous wheat crop
made by farmers of tho United States
this year. Tho money ?G25,000 in
currency, which manufacturers propose
to advance to tho hemp growers la in
bank vaults at Galveston, Tex., but
until now no safe means of getting
it to Mexico had been found.
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President Frees Dying Convict.
Washington, D. C Touched by
word that George Savage, a prisoner
in tho Minnesota prison, waB dying,
President Wilson signed a pardon and
orders immediately were t61egraphed
to the warden to release the man. Sav- i
age was serving a sentence of five
years, Imposed by tho federal court at
St. Paul, for violation of tho Mann i
' "white slaTo" law. His sentence be
gan in April, 1914.
Modern Bluebeard Held.
London, Charged with tho murder
of three women, Georgo Joseph
Smith, in the How Streot court, heard
Public Prosecutor Iiodkln cbargo him
vith making away with three of his
wives. Each woman, it was charged,
had boon murdered shortly after
Smith had murrlod her. Each woman
was found dead in her bath. The caso
has come to be known as tho "brides
In baths" caso.
Millions in Gold Paid U. S.
London. The largo sale of gold,
1,405,000, nnnounced by tho Bank of
England Tuosday, is confidently be
lieved on tho monoy market to havo
been for America for purchases of war
materials mado by tho allies.
Bans Whisky Posters.
Chicago, Tho Poster Advertising
company of tho United States and
Canada hna placed a ban on tbo adver
tisement of whisky and othor spirit
ous .liquors, It was learned here l' er
anl wines aro not Include?
3 WARSHIPS SUNK
SOME OF THE LARGEST BATTLE-
SHIPS IN FRANCO-BRITISH
FLEET LOST.
630 DIE ON FRENCH SHIP
British Admiralty Admits Heaviest
Blow of Naval War In Sinking of the
Dreadnaught irresistible, Ocean and
Bouvet by Mines.
London, March 22. Tho greatest
blow suffered by tho allies on tho seas
olnco the wnr beganwus administered
by tho Turk3 Thursday, when drifting
mines in tho narrows of tho Darda
nelles blew up and sank three of tho
largest battleships In tho Franco
Turkish fleet whllo tho ships were
bombarding eight of the Turkish forts.
Tho ships destroyed are tho 15,000
ton British second lino battleship Irre
sistible, tho 12,500-ton British battle
ship Ocean and tho 12,205-ton French
battleship Douvet. In addition, the
British dreadnaught cruiser Inflexible
and tho French battleship Gaulois
wero damaged by tho gunfire from tho
forts.
Nearly every man of the 630 in the
crew of tho Bouvot was lost with tho
ship, but almost tho entlro crows of
tho Irresistible and tntr Ocean were
eaved. '
This tremendous loss was admitted
in an official statement given out by
tho admiralty. Oillclal dispatches
telling of tho sinking of the Bouvot
'from Constantinople via Berlin, bo
Bides telling of tho sinking of the Bou
vet nnd saying tho Irrcslstiblo was
"put out of action," also claim that a
British torpedo boat was sunk, but
tho English admiralty has not con
firmed this fact.
The admiralty's statement is as fol
lows: "MIno sweeping has been in prog
ress for ten days inBldo tho straits.
A general attack by tho British and
French fleets was opened on tho morn
ing of the 18th against tho fortresses
in tho narrows.
At 10:45 a. m. tho superdreadnaught
Queen Elizabeth and tho battleships In
flexible, Agamemnon and Lord Nelson
bombarded forts J., LI, T U. and V.,
and the battleships Triumph and
Prince Georgo bombarded batteries' F.,
E. and II. A heavy fire was opened
on tho ships by the enemy howitzers
and field guns.
"At 12:22 p. m. tho French squad
ron, consisting of the battleships Suf
fren, Gaulots, Charlemagne and Bou
vet, advanced into tho Dardanelles
and engaged tho forts at closer range.
Forts J., U., F. and E; replied strong
ly. Their firo was silenced by ten
battleships lnsldo the straits. All
the ships wero hit soveral times dur
ing this part of tho action.
"At 1:25 p. m. all tho forts ceased
firing. Tho battleships Vengeance, Ir
resistible, Albion, Ocean, Swiftsuro
nnd Majestic then advanced to relieve
the six old battleships, which wero ln
sldo tbo straits.
"A the French squadron, which had
ei.guged the forts In most brilliant
fashion, was passing out, the Bouvot
was Mown up by a drifting mine, and
sank in 36 fathoms of water north of
the village of Aren Kios in less thun
three minutes.
"At 2:36 p.,m. the relief battleships
renewed tho attack on the forts, which
again opened fire.
"At 4:09 p. m. tho battleship Irresist
ible quit the line, listing heavily, and
at 5:5.0 p. m. sank, having probably
struck a drifting mino. At G:05 p. m.
the battleship Ocean also waB struck
by a mine. Both vessels sank In deep
water and practically tho whole of
their crows wero removed to safety
under a hot fire.
"Tho French battleship Gaulois was
damaged by gunfire. The British bat
tleship Inflexible was hit .by a heavy
shell, damaging her forward control
position, which requires repair.
"Tho damage to tho forts effected
by tho prolonged direct Are of tho
very powerful forces employed can
not yet bo estimated. The losses In
ships was- paused by mines drifting
with tho current, which was encoun
tered In nreas hitherto swopt clear.
"Tho British casualties In personnel
"wero not heavy considering tho scale
of tho operation, but practically the
whole of tho crow of tho Bouvet was
lost with tho ship, an internal oxplo
slon having apparently supervened
the explosion of the mlno.
"Tho battleships Queen and Implac
able, which wore dispatched from Eng
land to replace ships damaged and
casualties suffered In anticipation of
this operation, are duo to arrive Im
mediately, bringing tho British fleet
again to Its original strength.
"Tho operations are continuing as
ample naval forces are available
"On tho 16th Vlce-Admlral Carden,
who had been Incapacitated by illness,
was succeeded as chief in command
! by Rear Admiral John Michael Dero-
, beck, acting with tho rank of vlco-ad-
mlrul."
Doorman Wins Rich Girl.
Now York, March 23. Isabel Born
huimar, eighteen years old, daughter
of C. D. Bernhelmer, eloped with Jamos
Murray, a doorman. Word of tho mar
riage wsb telephoned to Mr Bern
helmer by his daughter.
100 Bars to Shut Doors.
Kansas City, Mo., March 23. Ap
proximately 100 of tho U saloons In
Kansas City will close "for tho moral
god ol Mm r cimm'inlty'' ns a result of
n-tiort taken by the board of police
police
BRITAIN LOSES FIGHT
GENERAL HAWLEY AND 2,000 MEN
KILLED BY DERVISHES.
All Prisoners Are Decapitated Rail
roads and Telegraph Wires De
stroyed in Sudan.
Berlin, Germany (by wlroless to
Sayvlllo, L. I.), March 20. A German
merchant who has roturrned from
Egypt Is authority -for tho declaration
that tho whole of tho Sudan, Includ
ing Khartum aud nlso parts of Nubia,
is in possession of tho dervishes.
The statements of this traveler are
published in tho Vosslscho Zoitung.
Ho describes also an engagement near
Fashoda last Dccembor, in which
General Hawly of tho British nrmy
and a number of other officers, with
nearly 2,000 men, lost their lives.
The merchant relates a story of
tho alleged uprising of tho Sonus3l
tribesmen In November. Ho declares
that thoy destroyed an Australian
camp near tho pyramids November
19, killing 200 Australians aud cap
turing guns and provisions.
Later, in largo force not fewer than
80,000, thoy overflowed tho entlro
provlnco of Fayum and destroyed all
railroads, including tho Calro-Assuan
lino. December 1 thoy destroyed tho
Alexandria-Cairo railroad near Danlan
hur. Thousands of tribesmen responded
to ' the appeal of tho dervishes and
Dccomber 13, 40,000 of them marched
In tho direction of Fashoda, on tho
White Nllo, where- General Hawley
opposed them with 6,000 troops. Of
tho men under Hawley all tho native
soldlors deserted tp tho dervishes,
leaving them only 2,000 men.
Most of this contingent was killed
and General Hawley and all his offi
cers fell. Nabur-El-Asl, commanding
tho dervishes, had all his prisoners
decapitated.
As d result of this victory all the
natlvo chlofs Joined tho dervishes,
who, January' 1, took possession of
tho important military post at Nasser,
in tho district of Sennar.
Tho merchant also declares that tho
dervishes destroyed all tho telegraph
lines in lower Egypt No word of the
conquest of tho Sudan has been al
lowed to leak out.
DIGGS AND CAMINETTI LOSE
Both Men Must Go to Prison n the
California White Slave Case
Were Convicted In 1913.
San Francisco, March 20. The con
victions of F. Drew Camlnettl, son of
Anthony Camlnettl, United States com
missioner general of immigration, and
Maurice I. Dlggs, formor stato archi
tect, under tho Mann whlto slave act,
wero affirmed on Thursday by tho
United States circuit court of appeals,
Dlggs and Camlnettl were tried and
convicted before District Judge Wil
liam C. Van Fleet in 1913 for tho trans
portation of Iola Norris and Marsha
Warrington from Sacramonto, Cal., to
Reno, Nov., for immoral purposes.
Dlggs waB sentenced, to Imprisonment
on McNeil island for two years and
fined $2,000. Camlnottl was sentenced
to 18 months' imprisonment and a flno
of $1,500. Tho caso was taken to tho
higher court on a writ of error.
ENVOYS ASKS CURB ON VILLA
British Embassy Wants U. S. to Pre
vent Levy From Foreigners at
Monterey.
Washington, March 20. Tho British
embassy after receiving advices from
Monterey, asked tho stato depart
ment on Thursday to protest against
Villa's special levy of 1,000,000 pesos
upon foreigners at Monterey. The
light and power company there owned
by British capital was taxed $35,000.
Washington, March 20. A protest
was sent t,o tho United States on
Thursday evening to General Villa
against tho collection from Americans
or other foreigners of part of "a special
tax of 1,000,000 pesos lovlcd at Monte
roy. SHIP SEIZED IN BLOCKADE
Swedish Steamer Carrying Provisions
, to Germany Is Taken Into
British Port
London, March 20. Tho first seizure
mado by Great Britain under tho pro
visions of its recently announced
blockade of tho German coast was
made on Thursday whon tho Swedish
steamer Geholand Dacon, carrying a
cargo of provisions intended for a
Gorman port, was held up and brought
Into Lee In tho cuBtody of a British
patrol boat ,
Gives $125,000 for Y. M. C. A.
Anderson, Ind March 22, James A.
1), Brunt, a banker, announced a gift
of $125,000 towards tho establishment
of n Y. M. C. A. building hero.
British Out 5,081 Officers.
London, March 23. British nrmy
on tho continent has lost 1,543 officers
killed nnd 2,833 wounded, whllo 705
havo been reported missing. This
glvos a total oillcers' casualty list of
C.081 men.
( German War Loan Closed.
Berlin, via London, March 23.
Competent financial authorities esti
mate that subscriptions to tho war
lonn, which closed at ono o'clock Sat-
urday, will aggregate at least $i,tyu,-
I uoo.uuc
IS SHELLED
TWO GERMAN AIRSHIPS DROP
SEVENTEEN BOMBS ON THE
CAPITAL.
EIGHT HURT BY EXPLOSIVES
Compelgne, Blbecourt and Dreslln
court Shelled; Aeroplanes Drive Off
Craft Berlin Says Raid Was Re
venge for Attack on Town.
ParlB, March 23. The first Zeppe
lin raid on Paris was carried out early
Sunday. Four bombs wore dropped In
tho city and 13 in tho suburbs. Seven
or eight persons wero Injured, ono so
rlously, but none fatally. Tho mate
rial damage was slight
Tho raiders wero driven off by
French aeroplane patiols and tho flro
of antlalrshlp guns. Ono of tho raid
ers appeared to have been hit.
In their retreat tho raiders dropped
bombs on Compelgno, Blbecourt and
Dresllucourt Somo wero explosive
and somo of incendiary character. No
damogo was suffered at theso places.
Probably tho most remarkable featuro
of tho raid was tho depoTtmcut of tho
population.
Warned of tho coming of the Zep
pelins, men and women clad In night
attire flocked In gay and joculnr pro
cessions from their sleeping apart
ments to tho streets, or In tho caso
of tho more discreet, to tho cellars of
their homes. Tho discipline of tho
city's residents was marvelous. There
was a complete nbsenco of panic.
When tho Zeppelins approached
whistles wero blown and tho sleoplng
residents aroused, all lights wero ex
tinguished and when tho raiders ar
rived over tho city tho capital wan
completely obscured.
It was a beautiful starlit night.
There was a, light westerly brcezo
blowing. Tho 'approach of tho raldors
was signaled from at least twonty
places.
Half a dozen aeroplanes were wheel
ing upward to beat them off and high
angle guns wero blazing from several
different points.
It was tho rapid appcaranco of an
aeroplane squadron, each machine
flashing a smnlli but. powerful,
searchlight that prevented tho raid
ers from attacking the center of the
city, with its historic monumontB.
Everywhere tho deportment of the
peoplo was remarkable. Tho "qui
vivo" lasted for threo hours, tho bu
gles rallying tho peoplo to bed again
shortly after four o'clock. Tho dan
gor was over.
Berlin, March 23. Tho war oHlc
gavo out on Sunday tho following offi
cial statement on tho bombardment of
Paris by Zoppellns:
"To render more impressive our re
ply to tho misdeeds of two French avi
ators In attacking tho open Alsatian
town of Schlettstndt, German airships
dropped several heavy bombs on tho
fortress of Paris and on tho railroad
Junction at Compelgne."
NEGRO ARRESTED AS 'AXMAN'
Police of Monmouth, III., Believe Score
of Crimes Will Be Solved With
Arrest of Black.
Monmouth, 111., March 23. The po
llco of this city hope that tho mys
tery surrounding moro than a scoro of
"axmnn" murders, in which entire
families havo been slain in the last
four years, will bo Bolved by tho arrest
of a negro giving hl3 name as Loving
Mitchell, who was captured on Sunday
in a squalid shanty at 1625 Chestnut
Btreot, St. Louis', Mo. Tho negro, a
giant In size, was arrested on the spo-
clflc chargo of having slain William E,
Dawson, his wife and three-year-old
daughter, Georgia, aB they slept in
their homo In" Monmouth, September
30, 1911. The similarity of tho other
crimca has led authorities to bollovo
all wero committed by tho Bamo man.
Tho long list pf victims of tho "ax
man's" mania includes 29 persons, and
his slaylngs cover Illinois, Missouri,
Kansas, Iowa and Colorado.
SCOTT TAKES PIUTE CHIEFS
Chief of Staff Brings Old Polk, Tse-
Ne-Gat and Others of Gang
Prisoners at Bluff, Utah.
Bluff. Utah, March 23. Tho Pluto
Indlun uprising in Utah is over. Brig
adier General Scott, chief of staff of
United States army, returned horo on
Sunday with Old Polk, TBe-No-Gat, nnd
other members of his gang as his pris
oners. General Scott took tho Indiana
single handed. Tho Indians surren
dered to Scott single handed on assur
ances that thoy would recolvo fair
play from the "Gieat Whlto Father" at
Washington. Six men wero killed and
many wounded in early fighting be
tween tho Indians and members from
tho posse headed by United States
Marshal Noboker.
Woman Plunges to Death.
Now York, March' 23. Mrs. Ellen
Honey, editor of tho Woman's Maga
zine, published in Detroit, and writer
of short stories, plunged flvo stories
from her room to her death at her
homo horo. bho had typhoid fever.
Will Reopen Express Case.
Washington, March 23. Formal or
ders reopening tho oxpress rato case,
roquostod in tho petition filed n few
'days, ago by four of tho principal ex
press romi anion, wero issued by tho
1 luturstato commerce commission.
AMERICAN GOODS SAFE
ALLIES LIMIT BLOCKADE OF GER
MANY TO WAR ZONE.
Won't Confiscate Cargoes State Dc
partment at Washington Makes
Public Answers to Notes.
' Washington, March 19. In notes of
similar tenor inado public on Wednes
day by tho stato department, Great
Britain and Franco muko tho dcflnlto
assertion to the United States that thoy
havo established and uro enforcing n
blockado of tho ports of Germany, but
that tho allied governments will "re
frain from enforcing tho usual penal
tics of a blockade."
ItNls furthor explained that neu
tral vcssols are subject to sclzuro
only when prosumed to bo carrying
contraband, nnd in tho words of tho
French note, "tho discharged cargo
shall not bo confiscated. McrcbandlBO
belonging to neutrals shall bo held at
tho disposal of Its owner to bo re
turned to tho port of departure. In
caso tho owner of tho goods is a Ger
man, thoy shall simply bo sequestered
during the war."
Theso notes wero in answer to tho
American representations mado to
tho allies recently asking an expla
nation of tho method to bo adopted In
enforcing tho blockado, and pointing
out that soma of tho provUlonB in this
blockado plan wero paradoxical. Tho
American noto wub made public by
Secretary Bryan simultaneously.
Tho reply of Great Britain to tho
recent American noto proposing a
method of ugreement between Great
Britain and Germany for tho protec
tion of neutral BhlpB in tho sea wnr
tone, and suggesting that Great Brit
ain permit tho shipment of foodstuffs
toyGormou civilians In return for tfio
abandonment of mlno and submarine
warfare, also was mado public. As
haa already been announced in tho
newspapers, the British reply is a com
plete rejection of tho proposal. Ger
many's conciliatory reply already hdo
been published.
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Washington, March 22. Brig. Gen.
Charles Francis Adams, attorney, his
torian nnd head of tho great Adams
family of Massachusetts, which gave
two presidents to the United States,
died suddenly at his rcsidenco hero
today.
New York, March 20. Lenora Cohn,
five years old, waB killed by a "Jack-thc-rlppcr."
Her body, mutilated with
a knife, was found in tho hallway of
her homo. In tho flngors of her left
hand' wero clutched sovoral strands
of short gray hair.
BoBton, March 19. Federal Judgo
Putnam handed down a decision dis
missing tho government's suit to dis
solve tho United Shoo Machinery com
pany ns an unlawful monopoly under
tho Sherman act.
0LDFIELD WINS AUTO RACE
Veteran Victor In 301-Mlle Grand Prix
Over Venice Speedway at
Los Angeles.
Los Anceles, Cal., March 19. Out of
ono of tho most dramatic and thrill
ing iinlshes ever witnessed in south
ern' California motor racing, Barnoy
Oldfleld came to victory without a stop
in tho 301-mllo Grand Prix in bla
Mnxwell over tho now Venice speed
way on Wednesday.
Oldfield'8 time was 4 hours, 24 min
utes, 9 seconds, an average of 67 miles
an hour. Half n mlnuto behind Old
Held was William Carlson In a dupli
cate Maxwell. Then came G. E Ruck
stoll in his Mercer for third honors.
KILBANE DEFEATS WILLIAMS
Featherweight Champion Outfought
Bantamweight Tltleholder of the
World at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 19. Johnny
Kllbano, featherweight champion of
tho world, outboxod nnd outfought
Kid Williams, world's bantamweight
tltleholder, in a furious six-round con
tqst qn Wednesday night. It was Kll
bano's contest from start to finish al
though his younger opponent inado a
plucky battle.
50,000 FRENCH ARE SLAIN
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Unofficial Report Received In Berlin
Says Enemy Lost Heavily In
Champagne Fighting,
Berlin, March 19. Mora than 50,000
French soldlors havo been killed siuco
early Fobruary and 25,000 now Ho mi
buried between the firing lines in tho
Ilve-mllo strip between Perthes and
Hlld in tho Champagne district, no
cording to unofficial reports received
here.
Adventlsts' Leader la III.
Bnttlo Creok, Mich., March 22.
Mrs. Ellen G. White, founder, prophet
ess and preseut leader of tho iioventh
Day Adventlsts, Is seriously ill at her
homo in St. Holenn, Cul. Mrs, White
recently foil, fracturing her hip.
Daring Mall Robbery In Italy.
Home, March 22. A daring train
robbery wob reported hero. Two hun
dred and twonty-llvo bags of United'
States moil, most of which was con
signed lo German, Austria and th
j Lai an itaus, u.j iit, tj
BRIEF NEWS OF NESftAftKA
Odcll will voto on the Kt&ae titra
tion this spring.
Kearney will havo a placo In
state baseball lenguo.
W. B. Truman is tho canca nomfr
neo for mayor of Auburn.
Sunday, May , will bo eBsBrve
over tho stale as Mother's day
Edward Barnard, nlno yean oWL
was killed by a Jitney bus at Unaab.
Retail clothiers of tic bUio are or
ganizing n branch of tho national asso
ciation. Max Umbright, a former Lyons par
met his death iu a bnttlo in tho Kuxor
pcan war.
William Troopo, of Nohawka. was
stricken blind whllo nttcndlne mew
ing picture show at Omaha.
A Jitney bus company oT local citi
zens lias been organized at Grand
Island with a capital of $10,009.
A special Nebraska train to tbo Sam
Francisco exposition Is a possibility
bolug dcvolopcd over tho slate.
Automobllo races will bo tie special
featuro of tho state fair this fan. lao
races continuing over Saturday.
Dr. Kigln, noting Btnto veterinarian,
destroyed a number ot slandered
horses in Polk county last week.
Fremont's now Empress theater.
costing $75,000, has been completed',
and was formally oponcd last week.
Six towns Beatrice Kearney, Went
Point, Fremont, Tckamah and Waaou
tiro now in tho stato racing: circuit.
Frank N. llawllngs, a pioneer of the
state nnd a resident of Linenba Jbr
nearly forty years, is dead atkfeheraa
there.
Tho saloon question wlU he pt to
a voto nt tho spring election at North
Bond. Tho town hns been dry fur sev
eral years.
To 8tlmulato tho interest et local
growers, York county is coataJHiptat
Ing tin independent corn coxiest tbo
coming fall.
Races between an automobile sad
an aeroplane will bo daily feataree
at tho Nebraska stato fnlr SeBteav
her C to 10,
Ed Fnrls, n TocumEcb. telephone
lineman, sustained serins fajsrlea
whon ho foil from tho top ot a safe
when it broke.
Tho twenty-second annual sessfcmot
the Southeastern Nebraska. Ktaea
tionul association 1b being: held atLto
coln this week.
A pin prick several weeks ajja Be-
cossuated tho amputaliaa or a, por
tion of the right hand of Mix. V. K.
Fixen of Inland.
Jcsoph 10, Alexis of tho state mtf
verstty has been tendered the aoaact
nto professorship of languages fia t&e
University of Utah.
G. A. Gregory, an inspector b State
Superintendent Thomas' office, baa
been tondcrcd tho superintendence et
tho Creto city schools. ,
The Omaha Auto club m !ne x.
mnguzlne devoted to the bcostmc et
good roads and the general advance
ment of Nebraska's resources.
LchIIo Pine, a rural mail carrier at
York, was Btricken with "mortr Hfeil
noss" whllo on his route aal for a
whllo was in a critical conditio.
Tho department of botany at t&e
state university has jnat rceefved
from Prof. Jvnn Corriff, at Santiago;
a mammoth collection of Cubaa faraa.
Petitions are being circulated at
Lincoln asking that tbo qaestkm ot
Sunday theaters be submitted to the
voters of that placo at the comfec ejec
tion. A high school compctlliom stack
judging contest will bo held fipclt 3
at tho university form at Lincoln aar
der auspices of the animal haaaamfey
department.
"If you spend, in Fremont tfi SsJ
lars you earn nt Fremont tacre viH
bo more dollars in Fremont for you o
cam," has been adopted ax a
by tho "ad" club at that place.
'Miss Edith. Ragsdale had bcr
badly mangled when it got casgat is.
A wringer in the laundry at CnSeffe
View. Only prompt action, et payaf
cians prevented her blocdlng ta tteafk.
A number of habitual "dopo" fiends
are In tho Omaha JM1, almost demeat-
cd ns the result ot inability to eWa
drugs prohibited by tho federal Iar
now in effect.
Work has commonced oa Eairtarjrs!
big tabernacle in which revival ser
vices will bo held from March 3C b I
April 25 by tho several Protestaaft
churches of that place.
Schools, theaters and eaarc&es ot
Ainaworth have beon ordered elawrfl
by tbo board of health on accueat et
the number of scarlet Tetnr ease,
Public and prlvato gatherings are pro
hibited. ,
Tho new $20,000 school bnfJding; at
Stella haa just been completed. x&d
with Us strictly modern cqaJpeseat
and seven teachers is an objfect at
particular prldo to its natrons.
W. C, Shrove, for twenty yr-Ji-tor
ot a Bcatrlco school, vras the re
cipient of a fruit shower from Urn
pupils on his seventy-second btrfaday.
which occurred a fow days agoc
A Lincoln man -paid $13X0 ffcc
threo mlnuto talk over the Ions dis
tance telephone with n resident or
Ban Francisco, tho flrot convereatlmi
between those plncos, and he saya tt
wna worth the price.
i James Carmody, a Syracuse kmst
chant, waB seriously burned waeai a.
can ot gasollno was overturned, and
Ignited, causing an oxploBlon.
Mrs. Emma Manchester, for atxtuca.
yearB supromc guardian or the Wood
men Circle, wub relndorsed for tfwt
placo at tho annual convention, at
Columbus.
Dr. Swuozoy, stato university astron
omer, says tho legend regnrdinK
(ultio.'tnl storms 1b pure Actios and
!aa no foundation in ronUty, as the
ncrv fact thut tho sun crosses the
Mtri' 'i - notlitnc to do with cmtt-
COUNTY TREASURERS
WILL NOT REMIT
STATE TREASURER SAYS THAT
SEVERAL COUNTIES ARE
EVADING THE LAW
MUST REMAIN TILL WINDUP
Speaker Jackson Has Plan for Hold
ing Members Till End
of Session
Wnrtern Newnxicer Union News Scrvtea.
Lincoln. It the treasurers of Doug
las and Lancaster countloa would only
remit the monoy due tho state general
fund warrants would not havo to go to
discount. Tho Bum dUo from both ot
them, amounts to $42,000.
K thoy would romit this month and
every month from now on aa tho
statute plainly contemplates in delega
tion ot certain power to the stato
treasurer tho stato would Btnnd a
pretty good nhow of keeping its war
rants front being discounted and from
running from sixty to ninety days at
4 per cent interest.
This is tho position taken now by
State Treasurer Hall, who. finds that
these two big counties ot tho state and
thirteen othor counties are still dis
obeying his orders.
The battle botweon state nnd county
eSIclals who aro' hanging out has
aroBxed considerable interest over tho
state. County treasurers without num
ber, aa well as soveral former holders
of that office, hnvo taken the position
that tbo stato officer is asking nothing
unjust when he seeks to obtain month
ly remittances.
Consolidation Bill Goes
AM threo ot tho consolidation bills
Backed by the finance committee of
tfee bouse were approved in commit
tee eX the wbolo and sent to third
reading. The bill combining the stal
Moft registration burpau with the llvo
ateek sanitary board went through
easily enough, as this consolidation
haa already taken place under the dl
teetioa et Governor Morohcad. Tho
ether two, however, ran up ngninBt
some BtiR opposition. When the bill
to serge the flro commission with the
isaor consmiflalonor'B office was .taken
up, ttreome of Box Butte moved to in
definitely postpono iL Messrs. Broomen
Laalgaa, Hostetlor and Mockett made
speeches against the bill. They
claimed that the flro commission is
bow oh aa efficient basis nnd that If
placed ander the labor commissioner
St would not rcceiro proper attention.
Must Stay TIM Finish
Tfiere will be no exodus of mem
ber ot the legislature from Lincoln
after the sixty days' sitting has been
completed, until tho final adjournment
et both. Branches, if Speaker Jackson
aad koBSs. leaders have their way. Tho
speaker thinks ho has found a method
which will fccop practically all tho
asesibers at their desks "until tho last
dog is buns," instead of having them
drop oat by twos, threes and hnlf doz
es until only a bnro handful is left at
the wiadnp, aa In former sessions.
Speaker Jackson announced Satur
day afternoon that he would ask for
another caucus ot house democrats in
order to secure a pledge from every
Majority member to stay and see the
work or the legislature, finished. If
c& pledges are not given, tho speak.
er wDI refuHa to sign the warrants of
members ror tho third and last install
swnt et their pay, amounting to f 200,
aaUl the day et adjournment.
Kill Railroad Bills
T&e railroads committee of the
keaso Btada a clean sweop ot it Wed
nesday afternoon, and indefinitely post
yeaed every bill remaining in that
esaiaUtee. Six ot them, Including the
Cw aad a bait cent faro bill- and the
track scales measure, were killed, as
were several other old timers, one re
fefSBCto a conductor on a light engine
aad another to require roads tq In
stall aldlns where shippers demand it
and pat ap bond to inauro business.
Tb committee of tho whole rocom
wended tor passage S. F, 184, by
Dodge of Douglas, to amend th pres
eattaw prohibiting tho dividing of fees
fcy physician and surgeons by making
the law apply only to tho physician
wke pays the too and not to tho physl
daa. who receives tho rake-off.
Karek-15 was tbo fifteenth wadding
aaefversary of Lieutenant Governor
Jaates Pearson of Frontier county
Ha observed the day by presenting a
asraatlsB to all members of tbo sonate,
tt employes and nowspnper report
ers. Before tho sonnto adjourned it
toafc nScial no'tlco of tho anniversary
by adopting- suitable resolutions on
ike subject.
The state board of control has
awarded a contract for a ne,w building
at thu stato hospital for tuberculars
at Kearney.
.
Add Penalties to Present Bill.
Tbo hotuo has put its foot down on
I the Peterson bill, which originally re-
sealed the present ridiculous nntl-cig-aret
statute and substituted a work
able measure in its place, That is,
the bouuo shoved the. bill along to
third rending, but so completely emns-
Jeulated it that its author refused to
recognfxo Jf. As now written, U em
bodies principally tho present law with
I as addition or two making moro atria-
Kent penalties for tho snip of blFn-'ot
ibjuusrs une'er 18 jearj of u&
J
$.
commissioners.