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OTA COUNTY HERALD Motto: All The News When It Is News. State Historical Socitty DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1015. NO 33. VOL. 23. DAK P& T '. r ..? i.. X 1 rtf VILLA CHIEF SHOT besiegers are driven off When garrison sallies OUT. 300 DEAD ARE LEFT BEHIND Gen. Nevarro Taken to Brownsville v Dangerously Wounded at Close of Fight Armored Train la Forced Back. Wwtcm Newspaper Union News Bculte. Brownsville, Tox. In a sortlo Tues day tlio Carranza garrison at Mata moros inflicted a heavy blow upon tlio Villa army besieging them. Qen. aulo Navarro, second In command of &he Villa troops, was brought to Brownsville dangerously wounded, and the Carranza consulate here claimed that the Villa dead number 300. Information from Carranza officers and soldiers in- Nuevo Laredo, Mex., In dicated that 300 Villa holdlers who sur rendered after Tuesday's battle be tween Villa and Carranza armies near Huisachlto, thirty miles south of tho border, as well as a number of Mexi can women, variously estimated at be tween ten and eighteen, wero sum niaiily executed by the Carranza forces. It wns stated that a Carranza gener al ordered machine guns turned on one party of surrendering Villa men, re sulting in tho death of 7G In the party Another Carranza officer is credited with having killed 120 prisoners with a machine gun, while other Carranza commnndors are said to have used re volvers freely, killing Villa men as well as women camp followers. Tho wounded, it was stated, were bayo netted on the field. Carranza officers In Nuevo Laredo say the wholesale executions wore or dered In retaliation for nlleged simi lar killing of Carranza forces under Gen. Manclovio Herrera roccntly by .Villa troops. When a train of freight cars ar mored with machine guns attompted to leave Matamoros in the direction of tho Villa lines. The Villa guns dropped two shells close to tho train, whereupon -the -engineer backed into Matamoros. PASS BALKS RUSS DESCENT. " Czar's Invasion Held Up by Forces at Uzsok. London. Two gateways into Hun gary still remain barred despite the tremendous hammering by the Rus sian forces, and as tho Beskld pass Is tho less important of the two strat egically, their further advance into Hungary hangs upon the possession of Uzsok pass, where the Invaders are meeting with tho most stubborn oppo sition. Several days ago the Russians cap tured a position which gave them com mand of a road loading to the rear of Uzsok pass, but since then tho Teuton ic allies have chocked tho movement in that direction. The importance of the Carpathians operations Is indicat ed by the half hearted actions reported from other sections on the long east ern front, where even tho counter of fensive In east Gallcia, which evident ly was planned to divert tho Russian efforts from the passes, seems to have been prosecuted with little energy. Seek "Billy" Sunday. New York. "Billy Sunday is to be asked to go to England to wage a pro hibition campaign among the working men of that country. A request for Sunday's address, it say, has been mado of its London correspondent by 4 Sir Henry Edward Randall, director of ""the business men's campaign for pro hibition in England. Poisons Self and Four Children. Spokane, Wash. The bodies of Mrs. Luther A. Leonard and her four chil dren, wero found dead In tho family home here. The pollco reported Mrs. Leonard had poisoned her children and then hadipolsoned herself. Select Twin Cities, Chicago. The national convention of tho Prohibition party mot hero Tuesday and selected tho Twin cities, St. Paul and Minneapolis, as the meet ing place of tho 1916 prohibition con vention, July 19, 191C, was the date set. Villa Near Breakdown. San Antouto. Geu Villa (is reported in a messago from AguaBcalientos to be on tlio verge of a nervous break down, duo tb recent reverses of his forces and personal troubles with somo of his officers. Pass Dry Resolution. Tallahusse, Fla. The lower houso of the Florida legislature passed a res olution for submission to the voters In 191C of a constlttulonal amendmenl for etntewido prohibition. Gavel Sends Solons Home. Lincoln, Neb. Tho Nebraska legis lature Is no more. The house adjourn jyruesday afternoon at 3:22 o'clock, and the senate followed suit eight min ute later. Huerta Lands In New York. Now York, Gen. Victorlano Huerta. former provisional president of Mex lco, who for Hourly u yoar has been in Spain, arrived hero Monday on the Spanish bteamship Antonio Lopez from Cadiz. VFIGIGISON FRENCH PUSH FORWARD AGAINST GERMAN WEDGE IN MEUSE REGION. fAKE LES EPARGES TRENCHES Berlin Denies Claims and Says . Rushes Are Repulsed With Heavy Losses to the Enemy Teutons Cap ture Drel Grachten. London, April 12. Tho French of fensive In tho district betweon tho Moubo and tho Moselle has developed into one of tho most desperato bat tles of tho war. Official reports given out In Paris on Friday declare that tho important nosUlon of Les Epargcs, which domin ates tho plain of Woovre, now is com pletely In tho handB of tho allies. Trenches hero, it Is reported, wero "choked with German dead." In the forest of Montmaro, it is claimed, fifteen attacks of tho Ger mans In efforts to retake trenches cap tured Thursday wero repulsed. Tho reports nddB that heaps of German bodloB Jay upon the ground afterward, whilo in Champagne tho GermanB were mowed down In a similar offen sive movement. The French claim also the capturo of 600 feet of ground in tho forest of Ailly. Tho French are lncessantlj bom barding St. Mlliiel, tho point of tho wedge they are trying to force out, and at tho same timo aro attacking tho two sides of tho wedge with in fantry and artillery In an endeavor to reach tho roads which lead from St. Mlhlel to Mctz. If tho progress al ready is oa great as the French claim it to bo, theso roads should now be almost within reach of tho French guns. Berlin denies the claims of success made by the' allies, however, and offi cial statements say that nil French attacks wero repulsed In this region, with tremendous loss to tho French. Tho Germans report that the Belgians have btien driven out of Drel Grach ten, on the Yser canal, with heavy losses. ROCKEFELLER'S CAR HITS BOY Oil Magnate Leaps From Auto and Helps Pick Up Uncon scious Child. Tarrytown, N. Y., April 12. Tho big Rockefeller limousine with John D. Rockefeller as one of tho occupants ran Into and severely hurt George Edgar, twelve years old, on Friday. Tho boy's parents aro poor. The chauffeur was at tho wheel, and with Mr. Rockefeller inside wero members of tho family and two nurses. Tho auto mobllo was just rolling out of- the Rockefeller grounds on an outing to West Point. Mr. Rockefeller was first out of tho car and helped the woman nurses pick up the unconscious boy. Tho Injured boy was taken to Tarry town hospital, The visible hurts are llp cuts and scratches but a concus sion is possible. Mr. Rockefeller telephoned to tho hospital: "Do everything posslblo to help tho boy." Later ho sent a messenger to the parents expressing his sympathy and assuring them that everything would bo done for the child. SEE BUSINESS BOOM IN U. S. Treasury Officials Base Statement on Bank Reports Rovlval of Trade Activity Spreads to Every Line. Washington, April 10. Treasury of ficials predicted continued improve ment in business conditions through out the country. Their optimism was based on reports from eighty national bank examiners, which tho depart ment mado public on Friday in a state ment declaring tho recent paBt has been marked by a steady return to conditions existing before tho Euro pean war upset American commercial relations, both domestic and foreign. Rovlval of business activity In vir tually every line was found. Good crops are expected. LEAPS FROM TENTH STORY Member of Wisconsin State Assembly - Kills Self In Milwaukee Had Been Financially Involved. Milwaukee, April 12. By leaping .head first from tle tenth story of the First National bank building, Chris topher Paulos, sixty-one, a member of the stnto assembly, committed suicide on Friday. His head struck tho pave ment. Lust "January Paulos became Jinvolved In somo financial difficulties when several checks anneared at the 'bank when there was not sufficient cash to his credit to meet them Doctor Dies; Typhus Victim. Washington, April 12. Dr. Ernest P. Magrudor of this city, ono of tho physicians at tho head of tho Ameri can Red Cross unit In Serbia, has fall en n victim of typhus fovor. His death was reported from Belgrade. Bob Fltzslmmons Marries. Washington, April 12, Hob Fltzslm mons, the former heavyweight cham pion, married MIbb Temo Zlllen, asso ciated with him for some time on tho stage. The bride's gift from the fcrldi groom was $85,000 in jewels. 6. 0. P. TICKET WINS REPUBLICAN ELECTED MAYOR OF CHICAGO OVER DEMOCRAT. Has Plurality of 138,891, Breaking All Records 243,797 Women Cast Votes. Chicago, April 8. William Halo Thompson was swept Into the mayor's chair on Monday in n Republican land slide that carried nearly tho entire Re publican city ticket to victory. Rob ert M. Sweltzor, Democratic entrant, was bowled over in an overwhelming ly largo vote. It was tho biggest ever cast in a local election. Elghty-sovon per cent of tho total registration of 7G9.017 was polled. Of this 243,707 votes wero cast by wom en, who for tho first tlmo participated In a mayoral election. Tho vote for mayor was: Men. Women. Total. Sweltzcr, D.. 102,074 89,718 251,792 Thompson, R 246,119 144,564 390.C83 Stedman, 8... 16,013 7,813 23,826 Hill, P 1,838 1,701 3,590 Total vote.. 426,094 243,797 699,891 T'ompson plu. 84,045 54,846 138,891 Tho women's vote was nn Important factor in Thompson's victory. Thomp son received about 5C per cent of tho women's voto. Tho avnlancho swept In the rest of tho Republican city ticket Charles H. Sergei was elected city treasurer; John Siman, city clerk; Hosea W. Wells, judgo of the municipal court. Tho "voto of protest" for minor can didates proved a myth. Stedman, So cialist, got 23,820 votes, loss than tho party polled four years ago; Hill, Pro hibition, got 3,590. Thompson won tho mayoralty in the face of one of the bitterest per sonal campaigns that could bo con templated, and despite the fact that tho supporters of Robert M. Sweitzer controlled ono of the greatest polltl' cal machines that has been operated In Chicago 'slnco the election of Wil liam McKinley president In 1896. ;O00 OFF THE WIRE. 3OO0Q01 Washington, April 8. Admiral Moore, In charge of the work of lo cating and raising tho lost submarine F-4 at Honolulu, reported to tho navy department that no results had been obtained thus fnr, although the res cue force was working over it. Berlin, via London, April 9. Crown Princess Cecelia on Wednesday gave birth to a daughter. The mother and child aro doing well. The crown princess, who is n daughter of the lato Frledrich Franz HI of Mecklenburg Schworln, married Frederick William, tho Germqn crown prince, in June, 1905. Thoy now have flvo children, four boys, tho eldest being nine years of age, and ono daughter. Hartford, Conn., April 8. By a vote of 124 to 105 tho resolution pro viding for a referendum on a pro posed constitutional amendment ex tending suffrage to women, was de feated in the houso of representatives. GERMANS ADMIT LOSS OF U-29 Admiralty Finally Accepts Official British Report of Destruc tion of Craft. Berlin, via Amsterdam, April 9. The German admiralty has given out an official statement in which the loss of the submarine U-29 is accepted. Tho text of the communication fol lows: "Tho submarine U-29 has not returned from its last cruise. Accord ing to a report of tho British admi ralty of March UC this vessel, with her crow, was Bent to tho bottom. She thereforo must bo regarded as lost." It Is generally accepted that tho U 29 was commanded by CapL Otto Weddlgon, who had charge of tho U-9 when this submarine sank the cruisers Hoguo, Abouklr and Cressy last Sep tember, DRYS GAIN IN WISCONSIN Nineteen Towns Added to No-Saloon Column Wets Capture Only Four Villages. Mllwaukeo, Wis., April 8. The vote In Wisconsin cities, towns and villages on tho wet and dry question showed a gain for tho dry element In numbor of towns gained, but the larger cities voting on tho Issue Mndlson, Supe rior, Ashland and Belolt remained In tho wet column. Forty-one places which wero dry voted to remain so, and CC voted to re tain saloons. Probably tho moat Big. nlflcant feature of the voto was that 19 cities and towns which were for merly wet wero swung Into the dry column, while only four villages which were dry went over to tho wet columu. American Boy Held as Spy, London, April 10,-rThe American embassy has been asked to aid Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Schauerman of New York in procuring tho reloaso of thoir son, who Is reported to bo hold by the Gormaus as a spy. Street Car Men 8trlke, Syracuse, N. Y., April 10. Not a car wheel turned on tho Auburn and Syracuso Electric railway, becauso ot a strike of tho Amalgamated Assocla tlon of Street and Electric Rullwaj employees. ytAAUvwwvUVMvAiuv 8 FJLASHE s HISS ; PIERCE LI EASTERN WING OF AUSTRIANS IN CARPATHIANS IN PRE CARIOUS POSITION. CZAR LOSES 10,000 MEN7 Vienna Declares Enemy Suffered Heavy Losses During Battle Fought on Easter and Repulsed In the La borcza Valley. London, April 10. Gonoral Booro vltch's army in tho Carpathians has been cut in two places, according to nn official statement from Petrograd, which says that tho eastern wing ot tho Austro-German forces now is In a precarious position, Tho czar's staff claims also that they havo driven through Rostock pa'ns and captured Smolnik. Reporting on tho fighting at another point, Vienna ' sayo 10,000 Russians wero captured in tho Easter battle and that tho Invaders have met with a posltlvo repulse In tho Laborcza val ley. Petrograd, via London, April 10. Tho Russian armies havo thrown back the Austrinns In the district ot Bart fold and in tho district of Lupkow pass. Having advanced through the Beskld mountains between Mozolabo roz and Uzsok, a distance of sixty miles. Tho Russians havo crossed tho crest of tho Bcsklds at Grotnmonoo and ap parently havo a clear road to tho plains of Hungary. x Vienna, via London, April 10. At tho war olflco tho following statement was Issued: "Obstlnato fighting In the sector ot tho East Beskld mountains (along tho boundary between Hungary and Ga llcia) which has laBted for several weeks, reached Its climax at Easter. Continual Russian attacks, especially on both Bides of tho Laborcza valley, where tho enemy was, re-enforced by a majority of the troops which had be sieged Przemysl, wero, repulsed with enormous losses to tho enemy. Counter-attacking, German and Austrian troops captured on the heights to the west and cast of tho valley sevoral strong Russian positions.. "Though, the fighting ht this point has not yet terminated, our success in tho Easter battle, In which somo 10, 000 unwounded prisoners wero cap tured, is indisputable." KAISER TO PAY FOR FRYE Germany Takes Liability for Destruc tion of U. S. Ship Case Will Go Before Prize Court. Washington, April 10. The German answer to tho American note present ing a claim for tho destruction of tho William P. Frye was mado public by the state department on Thursday. Whllo tho notion ot Captain Thle rlchens in sinking the Fryo is justi fied by tho Gorman government, Herr, von Jagow, Gorman minister for for eign affairs, tolls tho United States thiit the' American owners of tho ship 4ind cargo will receive compensation "oven if tho prize court should declare tho cargo contraband," because tho Prussian-American treaties of 1799 and 1828 provide that contraband be longing Jo tho citizens of either nation "cannot bo confiscated by the other In any caso, but only detained or used In consideration of payment of tho full valuo of the samo." YOUTH TRIES TO KILL SULTAN Young Egyptian Fires Shot at Ruler But Bullet Misses Mark, Says Dispatch. Cairo, April 10. An attempt to as sassinate tho sultan was mado on Thursday, but failed. A young Egyp tian fired at him. The bullet failed to tako effect. The present sultan of Egypt, Prince HuBseln, was placed on tho throno by tho English on December 18, last, tho former sultan having been deposed be cause of his pro-German sympathies. Sultan Hussoln Is In everything excopt birth more of an Englishman than a Turk. Ho wns educated In Englnnd and Is In full sympathy with the Eng lish annexation of Egypt. BIG WAR MATERIAL ORDER French Government Places Commis sion for 90,000 Tons of Steel for Shrapnel. Pittsburgh, Pa:, April 8. An order for 45,000 tons of steel rounds for shrapnel has been placed with tho Carneglo Steel company by a Cleve land concern acting for tho French government. Tho order Is said to bo really a doubling of ono placed by tho samo Interests with tlio Lackawanna Stool company and calling for 90,000 tons at a cost approximately $2,300,000. Paris Bars the Tango. . Paris, April 12. The Argentina tango was absolutely banned in Paris by a decree pf expulsion Issued against live tango professors who had established themselves hero and wore organizing classes. German Scientist Is Dead, Berlin. April 12. Tho death of Prof. Frledrich Loonier, tho Gorman scien tist', who in 1881 dlscoverpd tho dlph thcrla bacillus, was announced hero on Friday. Doctor Loolilcr was born In 1852 PR1NZ EITEI INTERNED OOMMANDER OF GERMAN CRUIS ER ABANDONS DASH TO 8EA. Says Help Failed to Arrive Vessel Will Da Held Inactive Until End of War. Newport News, Vn., April 9. Commander Thlcrlchons of tho Ger man auxiliary cruiser Prlnz Eltol Frlodriqh on Wednesday night hand ed tho following letter to Collector of Customs Hamilton: "I Inform you that I Intend to in torn S. M. S. Prlnz Eltol Frlondrlch. Tho relief I expected appears not to havo arrived In timo, so tho number and forco of tho enemy's cruisers waiting outsldo tho bay makes It seem impossible for tho dash for tho open sen to bo mado with any hopo of success. "I havo decided not to deliver tho crew and ship to a fruitless and cer tain death. "I am greatly obliged for tho cour tesies shown by all United States au thorities. "Respectfully yours, "TH1ERICHENS." Collector Hamilton immediately wired tho news of tho Prlnz Eitel commander's action to Assistant Sec retary of tho Troasury Peters, who was in chargo of the caso In Wash ington. Ho then lifted tho embargo on tho doparturo of morchantment flying bel ligerent flags, releasing about twenty five British steamers. Officers und crow of tho Eitel wore downcast. Commander Thlorlchons himself declared that tho action ho had been forced to tako mado him sick; that ho was heartbroken to bo compelled to resort to such a stop. TERRE HAUTE MEN GUILTY Mayor Roberts and 26 Aids Convicted Government Wins Voto Buying Case. Indlannpolls, April 8. All of tho 27 defendants, including Mayor Donn M. Roberts, in tho Terro Hnuto election fraud casos wero found guilty by a jury on Tuesday. Tho case has been on trial in tho fedoral court hero slnco March 8. Judgo Anderson announced that sentence would bo passod on the 27 who were found guilty and tho 89 who havo pleaded guilty next Monday. Tho federal government based its claim to jurisdiction on tho fact that a United States senator and n mem ber of congress were bolng voted for In tho election. The Indictment charged that qualified voters wero prevented from exercising that right, that quali fied persons wero prevonted from serv ing on election boards, and that per sons who had committed no offense wero deprived of their liberty without duo process of law. Tho final count charges u schomo to dofrnud tho gam blers and saloonkeepers of Terro Haute, and in furtherance of this schema a letter was placed In tho malls. This count Is based on section 215 of tho penal codo of tho United States. STEAMSHIP N0ORDAM ARRIVES Has 200 Passengers From Germany First Voyage Since October, When She Struck a Mine. Now York, April 9. Bringing 200 passongora, mostly from Germany, and a cargo that Included 8,500 ca naries, 300 partridges, 200 pheasants, four swans and two Belgian storks, the Holland-American steamship Noor dam arrived on her first transatlantic Yoyago slnco Inst October, when she was damaged by striking a inlnc Her officers report that tho Eugllsh chan nel Is sown with mines, a pussago only 2,000 feet wide bolng loft for ships. PLAN STRIKE OF 20,000,000 International Labor Leaders Said to Be Making Supreme Effort to Force World Peace. Now York, April 9. International labor leaders here are trying to arrnngo a strike throughout tho world ot 20, 000,000 trades unionists ub r means ot stopping tho European war, according to Ernest Bohm, secretary of the Cen tral, Federated Union. Huerta to Visit U. S. Soon. Washington, April 10. Inquiries havo beou started by the government to find out tho purposo of tho coming visit to the Unitod States of Victo rlano Huerta, the formor Mexican dic tator deposed by the administration, Tho statu department has been ad vised officially that Huerta 1b duo to arrlvo In New York Saturday on tho steamer Antonio Lopez. This will bo his first visit to this country. Shorter Hours for Women. New York, April 12. Announce ment Ib mado by tho Western Union Telegraph company of an eight-hour day In placo ot nlno hours for woman employees, to taku effect at once. The order affects 2,000 women. Ma G'v War Nurses Vote. Ottawa, Ont., April is.-r-Ai! oldlers In the Canadian contingent, whothoi twenty-ono years old or "not, and f malo nurses should bo given tho voto, It was urged boforo tho house of com mono In cointnitfon BRIEF NEWS Of NEBRASKA Alnsworth voted Sunday baseball by ten votos. Elmwood Is erecting a now city pumping station. Tho state bowling tournament is be ing held at Lincoln this weolt. Nebraska City will begin at onco the laying of fifteen blocks of paving. Tho state banking board has Issued a charter to tho Stato Bank of Winne bago. A commercial club of thlrty-Uvo members has been organized nt Alns worth. Burglars secured $76 when thoy en tered tho moat market of E. C. Twiaa at Louisville. Seven hundred dologatea will attend tho A. O. U. W. grand lodgo meeting at Lincoln, May 11 to 14. EvangollBtic meetings In progress at Beatrlco for tho past two weeks re sulted in thirty conversions. Minden Is making extensive prepar ations to entertain tho visitors who will attend the G. A. R. dncompment thero in May. A numbor of G. A. R. posts over tho 6tato celebrated tho fiftieth anniver sary of Lee's surrender nt (Appomat tox, last week. Farmers of Johnson county report that tho wheat nover looked finer nt this timo of tho year than It docs at tho present timo, Humphrey Lee OWham, a' pioneer of Cass county nnd u resident of tho stato for almost fifty years, Is dead at his homo In Murray. Work has begun on tho Tulmngo drainago district, by which It la hoped to drain all tho south and west por tions of Otoo county. Ruth IIorz6g, three years old, ot No braska City, fell Into a tub of boiling water and' rccolved Injuries from which she died lator. Tho spring meeting of tho Nebraska City district Presbytery will bo hold nt tho Presbyterlal church In Tecum sell. April 12, 13 and 14. Church Howe, of Auburn, who has been under treatment at a hospital for somo time, has returned to his homo much Improved in health. MYRTLE MANN iga 12, of Chadron, the champion of the Boys' and Girls' gardening club, conducted co-operatively by the U, 8. Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Exten sion Service, University Farm. Myrtle Raited over a ton and a quarter of vege tables on a patch slightly over half the plzo of a city lot at a net profit of $71.40 Dr. A. I Weatherly of Lincoln, In Eihargo of the peace work In Nebraska, ms received from Mrs, C. W. Hayes of Omaha, petitions circulated In that city, and bearing 13,000 signatures. James Doyle, 70 years old, section foreman at Janson, since tho Rock aland was built in 1887 through that town, has been retired and pensioned y the company for twenty-five years' Continuous service. Prof, E. H. Barbour, stato geologist, Bays that tho skeleton of tho pre historic mammoth found at Campbell, Neb., Is ono of Uie largest found in Nebraska and probably ono of the best specimens found in the United States. Congressman C. E. ReavlB will be chief orator at tho Fourth of July cele bration at Syracuse. Over 1,000 pupils of the city schools havo enrolled In the Lincoln Garden ing club, carried on in co-operation with the United States department ot agriculture and tho agricultural ex tension service, university farm Dr. Inez Philbrick, president of tho Lincoln Equal Suffrage association, has been appointed us one ot an or ganizing committee of a woman's peace conferenco to be held at tho Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco, Will Madgett, who started life as & bootblack on the streets of Hastings and has since risen to prominence in business circles of the city, was elect ed mayor Tuesday, While toying with a revolver at their home in Omaha, Mrs. Earl L. Frantz accidentally shot her husband of six weeks through tho breast, hlB death resulting n few hours later. Edward Doughorty, Jr., was found In an unconscious condition lying on a lawn at Lincoln by a newsboy at 6;30 Tuesday morning and died soon after. Death was caused by acuto congestion of tbe lungs due to exposure. Dr. W. C. Wnsser, pastor of the Methodist church, at York, has re ceived a call to a church at Terro Hauto, Ind. It is suld ho will not ac cept at present. Joo Stecber, tho. Podgo county wrestler, dofeated Wostergaard, the Do Moines champion, In straight falls at tho Lincoln auditorium Monday ulght. The body of Hnrry French, former Burlington agent at Malmo, was found alongsldo the track near Ashland, a bullet hole in his body nnd a .32 cali bre revolver lying; beside it, Judication Hl'f-Ufe SENATE MAKES AMENDS Reports Back Salaries Bill With Resolution of Curtailed Amounts Western Newspaper Union News Sarvle. Economy minus efficiency is nil, aad thoBo handmaidens of state finance must travel tho road together In Ne oraska during tho coming two years, according to the senate, which has re ported out tho big salaries appropria tion bill. Tho amended bill, as shaped by the sonato finance commltteo, met th hearty approval ot tho uppor house majority. It repudiates eory salary cut made by tho houso and puts all of tho state's employes back on the former basis. Tho samo thing is likely to bo done to tho big maintenance appropriation which will likely bo reported out to morrow. If thero aro any cuts they will como In somo of the itoms which tho houso raised. For iustanco, there is a possibility less than remote thnt tho appropriation for normal training in high schools will bo cut considerably from tho $125,000, to which it was raised by tho house. The sonato amendments to tho sal ary bill aro very numerous. Tax Publication Bill. Tho Nebraska presB association ,bllt for tho publication of personal tax lists goes to tho governor as amended. Tho houso concurred in tho amend ments attached by tho senate Tho bill is just tho samo ono that passed tho houso, although tho sonato thought It was changing tho measure from an optional proposition to a mandatory ono. The houso made tho bill read that "tho county board may in its dis cretion" require tho publication. The senate changed the word "may" to "shall" in order to make tho meaBure mandatory and it read "tho county board shall In its discretion." House Kills Bunch of Bills. (All bills not on tho sifting file were killed In a bunch by the house Friday morning. As only about twenty blllB remained on the sifting file, tho mem bors thought they could seo tho time ot final adjournment brought a little closer by this action. This being in legislative fiction a continuation of Thursday's session, tho morning roll call was omitted. Likowlse the chap lain's prayer was left out, but Chap lain Mills was called on for remarke and. ho delivered a'-frrle'f farewell. talk, to the membors. Railroad Trespass Bill Dead. Tho last railroad bill to show its head in the legislature H. R. 233, by Mallery, to forbid trespassing on the right of -way went tho way of all tho others that have preceded it. A motion by Mr. Peterson to order tho bill en grossed for third reading was dofeated, 37 to 46. It was then indefinitely post poned. State Xand Commissioner Fred Beckman has compiled a list ofitaite lands under lease in tho various coun ties. His tabulation shpwa that the stato ha 1,C06,426.67 acres of land, which is under lease. Tho average yearly rental per aero In each county Is shoVn. Two years ago $2,000 was appropriated by tho legislature to pay for the expenses of reappraising state lands. Lands in a few counties wero reappraised, resulting in nn increase of $20,000 In rental for tho etate. The present legislature will appropriate $4,000 for reappral8ement of land and as soon as tho legislature adjourn state lands In fifteen or twenty coun ties will be ordered reappraised. "Playin' hookey" from the stato legislature wat a popular pastime Monday and tho house found it diffi cult at times to transact business. In. tho mlddlo of tho afternoon condjtlons got so bad that tho houso dispatched two truant officers, tho sergeant-at-arms nnd an assistant, to round up somo of the absentees at tho ball game and tho hotel. Nino were round ed up nt tho ball game nnd the two nt the Lludell, much to the edification, almost glee, of those studious mem ber's who had stuck to their tasks though the budding trees without had beckoned most alluringly, likewise tho baseball game. Change in the assesment date from April 1 to March 1 of each year Is provided tor n jho Sienry bill, which was given its right way in the sen nto Monday. Tho xjensuro la indorsed by somo ot the tax experts of the state. One swai'of the flnanco committee's nx put to doath throe-quarters ot a million dollars worth ot appropriation bills in the houso Tuesday. The de capitated bills Included the $200,000 for a stntet packing plant and nil tho printing plant bills. The monthly report of Warden Fen ton shows that the number of convicts In tho penitentiary increased from 371 to 373 in tho month of March. Nine teen prisoners wero received and fif teen paroled, ono died and ono was discharged. Rural credit bank legislation has re ceived the approval of the houso, the bill on that subject going through committee of the whole by a large ran Jorlty. The only mombers who spoke ngalnst It were Stelnmeyer of Gag and Hoffmelster of Chase. It wutf ac tively boosted by tho farmer members, and half a dozen petitions were pre sented from farmers' unions In differ ent parts ot tho state, requesting Jta passage Mr Stelnmevcr moved that tho bill be indefinitely postponed.