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State Ilistoricnl Society
Motto: All The News When It Is News.
VOL. 23.
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1015.
NO. 34.
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PRESIDENT WOODROW WIL80N
FORESEES AMERICA AS ULTI
MATE MEDIATOR.
SAYS TO KEEP HANDS OFF
Wilson Sees Need of This Country as
Painstaking Adjuster In Final Com
position of Troubles Tells Need of
Undevlatlng Neutrality.
Western Xewiptper Union News Rerclc.
New York. President WllBon Tues
day gave a definite and clear state
ment of the neutrallty7which is guid
ing his administration during the war
in Europe. Ho chose the occasion of
Vrfe annual luncheon of the Associated
Press for what he Bald he regarded as
a statement of gravest importance to
the Amorican people.
The Influence of the newspaper In
moulding public opinion, Mr. Wilson
said, prompted him to make clear his
ideas of true neutrality and In doing
so to Impress upon his hearers the
importance of adhering strictly to
truthfulness and honesty In the dis
semination of news.
Mr. Wilson seemed to weigh each
word ho uttered. The importance he
attached to his statement was reflect
ed In a request that no attempt be
made to paraphrase his speech or to
give It publicity until the official
Whlto House stenographer had tran
scribed it in full,
Ab the only great nation not engaged
in tho war or suffering under the Im
mediate Influence of tho war zone. Mr.
Wilson declared that a great distinc
tion awaited the United States when
the hour of readjustment should come,
provided this nation should prove to
tho world Its self-control and self-mastery.
Tho past had been dlflcult, ho
pointed out, but the future would be
more difficult.
America, the president said, never
would attempt to sit In Judgment upon
another nation. No nation was fit to
do that, he added. But America, free
from hamporing ambitions as a world
power, free of a lust for territory,
calm,-cool and without self Ihterest,
must be appealed to to assist in the
reconstruction processes of peace.
The neutrality of the Unltod States,.
Mr. Wilson said, had a higher basis
thhW a" petty desire to keep out of trou
ble. "There Is something so much great
er to do than flght," ha said. "Let us
think of America before wo think of
Europe In order that America may be
fit to be Europe's friend when the day
of tested friendship comes. The test
of friendship Is not sympathy with one
side or tho other, but getting ready
to help both sides when the strugglf
Is over."
Find Tow Dead In Ashes.
West Point, Neb. West Point has a
crime mystery. Mr. and Mrs. Herman
JWruck, well to do Germans, met a
tragic death in their home here Mon
day night. The general belief is that
Mr. Wruck waB slain by robbres, who
set fire to the house, and that Mrs.
Wruck was burned to death. When
neighbors arrived at the burning house
of the Wrucks early Tuesday they
found him dead, sitting by the window
on the ground floor, fully dressed. His
fare was covered with blood. The fur
nituro, bedding and walls were spat
tered with blood and everything was
disarranged, indicating a fierce strug
gle. This evidence was lost when the
flro could not bo checked and the
house wnB destroyed.
' Rum Banished.
London. In order that all classes
' V Placed on the same footing with re
gard to drinking facilities, the house
of commonB had before It a self-denying
ordinance banishing alcoholio
drinks from the house during the con
tinuance of the war. In moving this
resolution Thomas Edward Wing, lib
eral member for Durham, explained ho
did not desire to suggest a high stato
, . m imCiU1miunuo among me legislators,
but he did want rich and poor, peer '
una peasant, to be treated alike.
To Insist on Open Door.
Washington, D, C While declining
to discuss in detail tho Amorican poll
cy toward tho Japanese-Chinese negq
tlations, Secretary Bryan has told in
quirers that tho United States govern
ment still stood firmly on tho announce
ment made at tho beginning of the
Wilson administration of its purpose to
support the policy of the open door
and freedom of commerce in the far
east.
Fire on Biplane.
Brownsville, Tex. A United sw
army Biplane, flying ovor Fort Brown, 1
jitur Here, was ureu upon Tuesday af
ternoon by Carranza soldiers fn Matu
moros. About twenty rifle shots and
fifty shots from a machine gun on tho
Mexican Side. It in linllnvnrl In o -..,..
circles here, were fired at the air craft.
Weather Halts Raising.
- Honolulu. Work thn hnu i,n,. .,.
ingvon for several days nrelimlnorv in.-.
r am' uivi-umi in rniRn fho ui. !.... t.i .
March 25. was halted becauso ot bad
weather.
Mediation Near In Labor War.
.. Chicago. -The first r.tep toward "the
arbitration of thq building trades
atriko and lockout which has thrown
325,000 wage carnere out of employ
ment hco beon taSen horn
N.W.ALDHIGH IS DEAD
FORMER U.S. SENATOR STRICKEN
SUDDENLY WITH STROKE
WHILE AT HOME.
FORMER LEADER OF G. 0. P.
Expert on the Tariff and Finance Suc
cumbs to Apoplexy Following At
tack of Indigestion Daughter Wed
a Rockefeller.
New Ifork, April 19. Nelson W. Aid
rich, for 30 years United States sena
tor from Rhode Island and Republic
an leader whoso namo was stamped
upon tariff and currency legislation of
his "party, died on Friday of an
apoplectic stroke at his home on Fifth
avenuo here, He had been ill of in
digestion since Thursday afternoon.
Until then ho had been in excellent
health. Ho was in his seventy
fourth year. Mr. Aldrlch will bo
burled Sunday in Swanpolut cemo
tery, Providence, R. I.
Members of Mr. Aldrlch'a Imme
diate family were hurriedly sum
moned when he becamo unconscious
and were at his bedside when ho died.
Mr. Aldrlch held a seat in tho
United States senate continually from
1881 to 1911.
Probably tho greatest parliamentar
ian that ever served In tho senate,
Mr. Aldrlch had no difficulty in main
taining leadership of his own party.
Whilo ho gave special attention to the
tariff and financial legislation in com
mittee, on tho sonate floor his ear was
open for all that was said on any sub
ject of general importance. Ho sol
doin failed to participate in tho dis
cussion of any measure affecting gov
ernmental policies.
Naturally, Mr. Aldrlch'a long-continued
supremacy in the councils of
his party and in directing legislation
caused him to become the subject of
much adverso criticism. He rarely
permitted himself to bo quoted by tho
press.
The fact that his daughter was mar
ried to a son of John D. Rockefeller
served to strengthen tho popular im
pression that Senator Aldrlch was in
some way peculiarly friendly to tho
oil magnato and considerate of the
so-called "Rockefeller interests." Yet
when a friend of tho senator once
asked him for a letter to Mr; Rocke
feller Mr. Aldrlch replied:
"As I have met Mr. Rockefeller
only twice in my life, I fear tho letter
would be of but little assistance to
you."
Born In Foster, R. I., November C,
1841, ho first appeared in public of
fice as member of the common coun
cil in tho city of Providence. Ho was
elected to the Rhode Island assembly
in 1875 and four years later sent to
congress. After two sessions ho was
elevated to the senate as successor
of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnsldo.
Having begun his career as a busi
ness man, Senator Aldrlch continued
throughout his public service to dis
play businesslike methods and ex
traordinary capacity for organization.
Upon his election to the senate he
was Immediately made chairman of
the committee on rules and a member
of the committee on finance and in
terstate commerce.
Later as chairman of the finance
committee he was called upon to as
sume a large share of the responsi
bility for all tariff and financial legls-'
lation before the sonato. Ho partici
pated in the preparation of no fewer
than six revisions of the tariff and
bore tho burden of labor incident to
them. The Payne-Aldrlch tariff act
was engineered through the senato by
him after many weeks of skillful ma
neuvering and hard fighting.
VIENNA CLAIMS BIG VICTORY
Russians Said to Have Lost Battle In
Carpathians 3,500,000 Men En
gaged In Gigantic Fight.
Vienna, April 19. "The most gigan
tic battlo In tho history of the world
has resulted in the complete defeat
of the Russians attempting to cross
the Carpathians," said an official
statement from the war offico on Fri
day. "In the four-weeks' engagement
3,600,000 men participated. Tho con
flict reached its climax several days
ago when tho Russian offensive
stopped, entirely repulsed. Tho en
omy'B losses wore appalling.
Potrograd, April 19. While flooded
streams and mud-filled roads aro in
creasing tho difficulties of military op
erations in tho Carpathians and hamp
ering tho advance of the Russians to
a great extent, more favorable weath
er conditions In northern nnd western
Poland have resulted In a renewal of
fighting there after a lull of several
weeks.
Russian successes In the Mlawa re
gion nnd west of the Vistula river are
announced In the latest advices from
Grand Duke Nicholas.
Gen. F. S. Maude Wounded.
London, April 20. The press bu
reau announced that among the ofll
core wounded In Franco was Brig.
Gen. F. S. Maude. General Maude
was formerly military secretary of the
governor genoral of Canada.
J. P. Morgan Makes a Million.
Paris, April 20. There la good au
thority for Btatlng that J. P, Morgan'B
profit on Uie sale of his porcelain col
lection was $1,000,000. This is a great
tribute to the Judgment of the lato
William M, Laffan.
BRITISH TOWNS RAIDED
GERMAN AIRSHIPS THROW BOMBS
ON FIVE CITIES.
Dlyth, Tyne, Walleend, Seaton Burn
and Cramllngton Attacked by Zep
pelins Little Damage Done.
Newcastlo, England, April 1C A
Zeppelin airahlp mado a bomb-dropping
raid ovor tho Tynestde district in
northeastern England soon after eight
o'clock Wednesday night
Tho entire region from Newcastle to
tho North Bea coast was plunged into
darkness when the first nowB of tho
attack camo from BIyth, eloven mllos
northeast ot Newcastle. Tho airship
was then heading from the east at
great speed. As It passod ovor Blyth
it dropped eight bombs on tho out
skirts of tho town.
After leaving Blyth tho giant air
craft changed Its courso, evidently
Intending to make for .Newcastle
Tho pilot obviously was baffled by tho
darkness. Bombs woro launched from
the aircraft from tlmo to time hap
hazardly, but little damage was done.
Eventually tho nlrshlp reached the
Tyno at Wallsend and then procoeded
eastward toward South Shields. As it
drew near Wallsend bombs wero
dropped. Ono of them fell on a rail
way, narrowly missing a crowded pas
senger train on the way to Newcastle.
Between Blyth and Wallsend tho
Zeppelin passed ovor Cramllngton and
dropped several bombs In the' neigh
borhood. Ono house was set on flro.
Altogether it was estimated the raid
lasted about twenty-five minutes. Ono
man was injured by a shell splinter at
Chopplngtown.
Five bombs were dropped a. Wall
send. Two fell In a field. They wero
located by a farmer, who handed them
over to tho police.
From Wallsend the raider crossed
tho Tyne, and five or six minutes later
was reported at Weston nnd then at
South Shields, passing eastward. New
castlo was missed altogether. Though
there was much excitement, there was
no panic.
Ono bomb was dropped at Beaton,
within three miles of Newcastle and
Elswick.
15 KILLED IN CAR CRASH
Many Injured When Freight Train Hit
Car Filled With Workmen-. '
at" Detroit.
Detroit, April 16. Fifteen persona
aro reported doad and thirty-nine in
jured as tho result of a collision be
tween a street car of tho Detroit
United Railways and a freight train at
West Jefferson avenue nnd tho De
troit, Toledo & Ironton railroad on
Wednesday night.
Tho street car, west-bound, loaded
with workmen returning to their
homes, was struck broadside by a
backing freight train. Few of those
on the car escaped injury when it
was hurled from tho tracks nnd
thrown, a shapeless mass of wreckage,
at tho Bide of the crossing.
RUSS WIN IN CARPATHIANS
Dispatch From Lemberg Says Teu
tons Were Forced to Make
Precipitate Retreat.
Lomberg, April 16. In a desperate
attack on tho Russians on tho right
flank of the Austrian position at Mezo
Laborcz, on tho Hungarian sldo of tho
East Boskld mountains, a part of the
Carpathians about fifty miles south of
Przemysl, tho Austrians wero forced
after a 12-hour battle to make prccipl
tato retreat Tho whole main crest in
this district, which tho Austrians con
sidered impregnable, Is in Russian
hands.
JAPS TRYING TO SAVE SHIP
Washington Officials Ridicule Report
That 4,000 Japanese Marines
Land at Turtle B&y.
Washington, April 17. Assistant
Socretary of the Navy Roosevelt,-who
recently returned from San Diego, rid
iculed the report from Los Angolea
that 4,000 Japanese marines and sail
ors had landed at Turtle bay, Lower
California, mined tho harbor and were
backed by flvo Japanese warships. Ho
asserted that the Japanese undoubt
edly were attempting to savo tho
cruiser Asama, which ran aground
there some weeks ago.
FUNST0N TO TAKE CHARGE
General Goes to Brownsville, Tex., as
Result of Border Firing by
Mexicans.
Washington, April 16. Maj. Gen.
Frederick Funaton, commanding the
American forces on the Mexican bor
der, is en route from San Antonio to
Brownsville, Tex., to take personal
charge of tho situation there, which
has again become threatening.
450 Go to Work In Gary.
Gary, Ind., April 20. The Gary plant
of tho American Bridgo company
resumed operations on Monday and
will take back 450 employees. Several
big orders will keep the plant In op
eration until fall.
, Swiss Aid 55,000 French.
Borno, April 20. A total ot 55,000
French civilians, mostly women and
children, exiled from, their homes la
northern France, have up to the pres
ent been moved by tho Swiss govern
ment to France.
100 BRITISH KILLED
TURK TORPEDO BOAT 18 DE-
8TROYED AFTER IT SUNK
TRANSPORT.
SHIP HAD LANDED TROOPS
Sultan's Vessel Causes Loss to Enemy
Before Meeting Fate British Sub
marine Goes Ashore and Ten of
Crew Are Missing.
London, April 20.In tho first naval
battlo of tho war between Turkish
and British warcratt, 100 of tho crow
ot tho British transport Manltou wero
reported to have been drowned and
a Turkish torpedo boat destroyed, in
official dispatches to the admiralty on
Saturday.
Tho battle was fought off tho Island
of Chios, near the Gulf ot Smyrna,
and about 100 miles south of tho en
trance to tho Dardanelles. Tho trans
port was torpedoed and sunk after It
had landed British troops on tho coast
of Asia Minor.
Tho engagement took placo in tho
forenoon. Tho torpedo boat emerged
from tho Gulf ot Smyrna, penetrating
the blockade maintained by Vice Ad
miral Peirso'a fleet since tho bombard
ment of Smyrna began.
Three torpedoes woro shot nt tho
British transport, according to dis
patches to tho admiralty. It adds all
missed their mark, but does not ox
Plain the destruction of tho vessel.
Tho light cruiser Minerva, which had
participated in tho bombardment of
Smyrna, gave chnsq and forced tho
torpedo boat ashore in Kalammuit
bay, Chios island. Tho Turkish war
craft was destroyed and Its crow
of 100 mado prisoners.
Tho press bureau issued on Sunday
tho following announcement by tho
admiralty:
"The British Bubmarlno E-15, whilo
attempting a difficult reconnolssanco
In tho Kophez mine field of the Dar
danelles, was run ashore off Koptiez
point, four miles below the nar
rows. "Tho officers and twenty-one men
of tho crow of thirty-one were res
cued by the Turks and mado prison
ers, according to tho official state
ment nt Constantinople., Thla state
ment njlds' tha among the prisoners
was'tho former vlco-consul at Dar
danelles." It is learned that -warships have
been attacking tho forts nt Bulair, on
tho Gallipoll peninsula.
C0LMAR MENACED BY FRENCH
Germans, Retreat Towards the Rhine
British Troops Win Near
Ypres.
London, April 20. FurlouB fighting
at the extreme ends of tho' battlo line
in Alsace and Danders has resulted
in marked progress for tho English
and French In their Joint offensive
movement. The most terrific fighting
is -taking placo in tho Vosges, whore
bayonet charges by superior numbers
have thrown tho Germans down tho
slopes and placed In tho hands of tho
French positions which, If thoy do not
command tho fortified city of Colmar,
at least gravely menace the Alsatian
stronghold.
The French claim of a victory south
west of Colmar, near Metzeral, which
overlooks tho valley of tho Rhino, is
admitted in tho official statement re
ceived from Berlin on Sunday.
In addition, tho German war office
admits a repulso southwest of Ypres
by tho British, who exploded mines
in tho German trenches on tho north
ern bank of the Yser canal and oc
cupied throo of tho craters thus
created.
3 KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Richmond, Ind., Woman and Ohio
Man Die Dr. J. W. Toye of In
dianapolis Loses His Life.
Greensville, O., April 20. Two pep
sons woro killed and three injured
when an automobile went down a 12
foot embankment hero on Saturday.
The dead are: Ray McKoon, forty
years old. Greenville, O.; Mrs. Walter
Cook, twenty-eight years old, Rich
morid, Ind, Tho Injured are: Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Barry, Greenville; Walter
Cook, Richmond, Ind. Mrs, Barry la
not expected to recover. The accident
occurred when Barry, who was driv
ing tho car, attempted to evado col
liding with a runaway horse.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 20. Ono
roan was killed, a woman was injured
sorlously and another man suffered
slight Injuries when two automobiles
collided on East Washington street,
near Sherman avenues on Saturday.
The dead: Dr. J. W. Toye, a dentist
of Morion, Ind, Tho Injured: Mrs.
C. A. McCardal of Terhuno, Ind., sorlt
ous, and Mndlsou T. Burton, Indian
apolis. Boxer Kills Best Friend,
Now York, April 19. Although ex
onerated of all responsibility for tho
death of George Brogan, with whom
ho was boxing when Brogan met hie
death, Arthur Stcbblns declarod that
be wou'd never enter tho ring again.
Aeroplane Brought Down.
Paris, April 19. The war office
states that . German aeroplane was
brought down by the French. The
aeroplane, crashing to earth, foil be
fore the British lino north of Ypres,
but behind the German trenches,
DUTCH VESSEL IS SUNK
HOLLAND AROUSED WHEN GER
MANS TORPEDO SHIP.
Attacked While at Anchor Crew of
Twenty-Three Men Rescued by
Lightship Boats.
London, April 17. Tremendous ex
citement has been aroused in Hol
land, according to dispatches received
hero, by tho destruction ot tho Dutch
govornmont steamer Katwljk by a Gor
man submarine. Tho Katwljk was
torpedoed on Thursday at anchor off
Noordhlnder lightship, Hblland. Sho
was of 2,046 tons, bound for Rotter
dam from Baltlmoro with corn nnd
cotton. Hor cargo waB government
owned.
Tho linking of tho Katwljk, com
ing on tho heels of tho seizure of tho
four Dutch trawlers, tho St Nicholas,
Eontweo, Rynland and another as yet
unidentified, by a German torpedo
boat, which took them to Cuxhavon,
has aroused tho Dutch government to
tako hasty steps to demand immodi
ato and completo reparation.
Tho Katwljk sailed from Baltlmoro
on March 27. Sho had boen chartered
from hor owners, Erhardt-Dekkcrs of
Rotterdam, for this purposo by tho
queen's government Sho waB an
chored about soven miles off Noord
hlnder lightship when struck. Her
crow of 23 was rescued by tho light
ship, A Gorman submarine has beon
hovering in tho vicinity of Noord
hlndor for several days, other vessels
having been attacked thoro.
An Exchange dispatch from Rotter
dam says that tho Blnklng of tho Kat
wljk has caused the deepest resent
ment throughout Holland. Even Ger
man sympathizers have expressed dis
gust at tho actions of Gorman sub
marines in disregarding neutral flags.
Whon torpedoed tho steamor was
flying the Dutch flag at her masthead.
Tho torpedo tore a hugo holo In tho
vessel and sot tho ship aflro. Tho
crow tried desperately to save tho
vessel. A socond torpedo put an end
to tholr efforts. Tho men took to tho
boats and then for tho first tlmo ob
served tho perlBcopo of a submarine
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NOTES
Holbrook, Ariz., April 17. Eight per
sons were drowned on Thursday when
Lyman reservoir, which impounds tho
waters of tho Littlo Colorado river, 12
miles south of St. Johns, Apacho coun
ty, broke.
Chicago, April 19. It Is reported
that the United States Stcol corpora
tion will transfer tho Tennessee Coal
and Iron company to the Bothlehcxn
Steel corporation, and that tho gov
ernment has agreed A drcp Its Buit
against tho United States Steel cor
poration. New York, April 19. Following tho
decision of tho appellato division of
the supremo court that Harry IC. ThaW
must bo returned to Matteawan, hla
attorneys decided- to tako the case to
the court ot appeals with a pled for
another stay, pending a review by that
tribunal.
POSES AS OWN BROTHER
Writes Former Wife for 20 Year"
While Evading Alimony Payment,
But May Have to 8ettle Now.
Milwaukee April 17, For twenty
Boven years Orvlllo E. Collins, who
disappeared in 1888 and was supposed
to bo dead, concealed his ldontlty
from his former wlfo by posing as a
brother of the missing man. Tho truth
camo out whon ho was ordorod to ap
pear beforo Judgo Eschweller nnd
show causo why ho ttiiould not pay
(0,400 back alimony. Mrs. Collins got
a dlvorco and $20 a month alimony
in 18S8. Afterward she moved to St
Joseph, Mo. Soon a man representing
himself aB her missing husband's
brother began writing her letters. Re
turning to Milwaukee recently Mrs.
Collins was accosted by the man on
tho street, Investigation disclosed his
Identity.
OPERATE ON MRS. ROOSEVELT
Wife of Former President Under
Knife In New York Hospital Op
eration Announced Successful,
New York, April 17. Mrs. Thoo
doro Roosevelt, wlfo ot ex-Prcsldent
Roosevelt, underwent an operation at
Roosovolt hospital hero on Thursday.
The operation waa performed by Dr.
Howard C. Taylor, and was entirely
successful. It was announced that
Mrs. Roosevelt would Boon bo on tho
road to recovery.
Colonel Roosevelt and Thcodoro
Roosevelt, Jr., arrived at tho hospital
a short time before the tlmo set for
the operation and remained while 11
was taking place.
Gen. Herrera Killed by Own Men.
Laredo, Tex., April 20. Gen, Mac
lovlo Herrera, Carranza commander at
Nuevo Laredo, opposlto here, was
killed by his own men, who mistook
him and his staff for Villa troops, ac
cording to Information received here.
Negro Taken From Jail; Shot.
Valdosta, Ga., April 20. Caesar
Shefflold, a negro, was removed from
the Lnko Park Jail near here and shot
to death by a inch, according to ad
vices received here. Sheffield had
been arrested on a charge of theft
HAVE BEST LIVE STOCK LAWS
Members of Improved Stock Breeders'
Association Indorsed Six Leg
islative Bills.
Nebraska stockmen who are famll
lar with live stock sanitary lawB ot
other states say that aB a result ol
tho lato lcgiolaturo's activity Nebras
ka has tho best live stock laws of any
state In tho union.
That view is hold by J. A. Ollis of
Ord and other members of tho Im
proved Livestock Breeders' associa
tion, who have gono ovor the enact
ments. Six bills indorsed by that
body have been sent through tho last
step of their career nnd will bo on
tho Btatuto books after July 8.
Among tho number of measures
highly commended aro: Tho bill
nmondlng the law for Indemnification
and including both glanders and
dournlno In horscB, tho measuro
changing tho stallion registration law
nnd requiring only two inspections
instead of yearly Inspections, tho bill
giving potency to livestock quaran
tine statutes, amending tho veteri
narian practice law and putting that
profession on a higher piano and tho
bill giving tho livestock aanttary
board completo control over tho man
ufacture and salo of serum and virus.
Tho State Normal" board, meeting
at tho stato house, has apportioned
the amount of monoy to bo received
during tho coming blcnnlum by tho
four normal schools ot tho stato for
tho purposes ot maintenance. Tho
school nt Chndron will get $85,000;
tho school at Kearnoy, $1G0,000;
Peru, $180,000, and Wayno, $120,
000. Tho normal school levy of
.85 mill brought in . $721,107.03 last
blcnnlum. It is anticipated that tho
regular increase, in tho assessment
roll of tho stato will bring thla
amount up to about $750,000 for tho
present blcnnlum. Tho total, appor
tioned among tho schools for main
tenance as outlined abovo Is $545,000.
This will lcavo about $200,000 for
new buildings, architects' fees and
expenses of tho board. Increase for
Uiis biennlum is divided as follows:
Chadron, $10,000; Kearney, $10,000;
Peru, $15,000; Wayne, $10,000.
Application ot now live stock sani
tary laws was considered nt a meet
ing last week of tho state sanitary
board. Chief among tho new meas
ures in importance to tho board is
the law that adds to its duties tho
functions ot tho stallion registration
board, which is abolished as a sepa
rate body. Tho board authorized tho
appointment ot four men for the su
pervision ot tho work of dipping for
scabies, making nine men altogether
engaged in this work. Two of the
now men will bo stationed" near Al
liance, ono In tho southern part of
Garden county and one in the sand
hills. The board decided to continue
the pay ot tho stallion inspectors nt
the same rato aB given by tho old
board, $7.60 a day and an allowance
of $5 for team or automobile.
Passage and approval of tho loan
shark bill Is a step taken at tho in
stance of Governor Morehead. Tho
new law limits tho rate of Interest to
30 or 40 per cent per year, including
brokerage charges, instead of from
120 to 250 per cent aa has been
charged In tho past. All sharks must
take out an annual license ot $C0 at
tho office of tho secretary of state.
The shark must put up a bond of
$2,000 to guard against possible In
fractions. Penalties for violation of
tho law rango from $25 to $110 flno
and from ten days to three months in
jail.
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That its Crcto branch Is losing
$40,000 a year Is tho plea mado by
tho Missouri Pacific In an answer
filed with the State Railway com
mission to tho complaint requesting
additional passenger service on that
branch. The branch runs from
Creto to Talmage, a distance of fifty
nlno miles. The complaint was filed
in tho shape of a petition signed by
patrons along tho branch in question.
House roll No. 217, passed by the
legislature, is designed to protect rail
way employes from dangerous wire
rosslng over railway tracks in this
stato. It places detail of construction
cf such lines In tho hands of tho
railway commission, and applies not
only to high voltage wires but wira
construction of every description,
whether Buch, wires carry electrical
currents or not.
John J. Led wl tli of Lincoln has
been appointed a membor of tho Stato
Bar commission by tho supreme
court Ho succeeds to tho place
mndo vacant by tho resignation of
N. P. McDonald of Kearnoy.
Tho legislature passed 308 bills.
During tho previous session l,34ti bills
were Introduced and 2C9 wero added
to tho statutes.
Adjutant General Hall is planning
an aviation corps for tho National
Guard, The Nebraska Guard now
has ono filer at Fremont Aviator
Schaffer, now residing at Alvo with
hlo parents, who was a former flying
mate of Lincoln Benchey, will prob
ably bring his machine to tho offi
cers' instruction camp to bo held in
Lincoln In June. He has signified
his desire to Join tho guard and
would prove an able instructor. Just
what funds will bo available Irani
till War department for guard avia
tion Is no; known to the commander.
NEBRASKA
STATE NEWS
Fremont flro loss for year is J118j
000.
Tho Randolph Commercial club has
been organized.
Fnirbury Presbyterians dedicate a
$15,000 church.
F. J. Kovar won tho postofflce pri
mary at Schuyler.
Tho Boy Scout movement is being
pushed nt Louisville.
Fire totally destroyed the Method
1st church of Ponca.
Plerco went dry by thirty votes.
Mayor Duff was re-elected.
Tho thirty-fourth session of Uia
stato legislature Is ended.
Flro destroyed tho livery barn ot
A. J. Hutchinson at Dlller.
Tho Kearney baseall team will not
play Sunday ball this year.
Jltnoy cars have been Btarted at
North Platto by a local garago.
Sterling has voted in favor ol
bonds to build a water plant.
City Clerk Bratton ot Hastings ia
serving his sixteenth year term.
Tho Missouri Pacific railway ia
contemplating a now yard In Omaha.
R. S. Brauner, a farmer living four
miles north of Stanton, committed
suicide.
Sontlment toward paving some of
tho principal streets In Stronisburg is
growing.
Tho oil tractor meet to be held at
Hastings this year has been post
poned till next year.
Fire destroyed a com crib and
granary on tho E. N. Essex farm,
cast of Rockford.
Victor Snyder haB purchased tho
elevators formerly owned by W. H.
Lewis, at Alma and Everson.
Nebraska soil conditions are Ideal,
says Sepretary Mellor of tho stato
agricultural board in a bulletin.
Adam McMullen, elected mayor of
Wymore, orders all card tables out
of tho cigar stores and pool halls.
Stato Engineer Johnson has adver
tised for bids on the Platto, river
bridge nt North Platte, to cost $43,975.
Tho largest attended state conven
tion of the T. P. A. in the history of
Nobroeka -was 'held at Hastings last
. week.
Tho Hastings schools will hold a
May foto at Chautauqua park May 0
and 7, with Miss Katherlno Kohl as
May queen. ( . "" .
Ben Deoder, Holt county, was kill
ed by falling from a windmill tower.
Chadron expects freo mall" delivery
nfter July 1.
Tho Kearney district of the Catho
lic church will bo honored shortly by
tho establishment of a parochial
school in that city.
Work has Btarted on the taberna
cle for the Lowry-Moody evangelistic
meetings to bo held at North Platte,
beginning May 2.
Miss Mattlo Ponn ot Browning,
Mo committed suicide by Jumping
offho public bridgo into tho Elk
horn river at Nellgh.
Elbert Moren, living near Johnson,
suffered' a broken arm and lateral
Injuries when two teams and a -wagon
load ot oats ran over him.
"Prospects for fruit in Nebraska
this year aro tho best for the past
five years," says J. R. Duncan of tho
State-Horticultural society.
Farmers' Business association gets
tho Bell Elevator and a company of
farmers and business men buy tho
Trans-MiBBiBsippl elevator at Shelby.
While sitting' In tho BurHngton ,
station at Lincoln waiting with her
two children to tako a train for
her homo in Panama, Mrs. Marshall,
wlfo of Stato Senator J. J, Marshall
of Lancaster county, died from heart
dlseaBO,
The grrfln elevator belonging to
Scefus & Deeraon at Elkhorn, waa
completely destroyed by fire. About
7,000 bushels ot grain wero destroy
ed. Tho total loss is estimated be
tween $10,000 and $12,000, the ele
vator being worth about $0,000.
Atlas Smith was instantly killed by
electrocution on the transmission
wires of the bridge between Scotts
bluff and Gering. Tho boy was fish
ing nnd undertook to untangle his
lino from tho live wires. His body, (l
when recovered from tho stream, was
burned blue.
Suit has been filed in tho federal
court by Frank R. McCormlck, re
ceiver of tho First National bank ot
Sutton against the Luebben Baler
company asking tor funds alleged to
havo been losJusl beforo tho failure
of tho bank. The amount sued for
la $21.C91.58.
Nebraska's winter wheat crop is es
timated at from 101 to 104 per cent
of normal by tho Burlington crop ex
perts In tho first weekly report on
conditions, by tho road. The ten
year averago of conditions at this
season is taken aB the normal, Con
dition in tho Omaha, Lincoln and
southeastern Nebraska districts was
reported 101 per cent and in tho
southwestern part ot tb.e state at 104
per cent.
Flro deBtroyod the residence cf S.
A. MUgrlm at Hooper, causing a loss
of $1,200;
Tho baseball fair held at Columbus
resulted in a financial success. Tho
net rocolpta being $1,375. The wom
en of Columbus aided greatly In maki
mg tho fair successful.
The new city council of Grand
Island has been organised with the
election of August Meyer as prosl
lent. Committees havo beon appoint
ed to work on the new sewer prooJ
tlo recently passed bj a v'ofwltu
fete.