QUAKEKILLSMANY f
Turkish Seaport anil Several
Towns Destroyed.
ONE THOUSAND ARE DEAD.
Outbreaks of Fire Occur In Many
Towns and Vi'laoes and Thousands
Are Made Homeless Most of Houses
Of GaUipoli Arc in Ruins.
Reports indicate ili.u tit' great
sartl.tiuake which was felt through a
large- part of Turkey, was accompanied
by much heavier loss of life than at
Oist stilted, Constantinople QaWsptv
fns estimate the number of victims at
1,000 kUled. v.hl'e the injured ate said
to number from (,000 to 8,000,
The seaport (if (lull IpOll ami the
town of TrhnmiU-Kale ssi, at the nar
rowest point ol the Dai'lattelles were
d st roved.
The entire district between Constan
tinople and Aelt iannple felt the sliocl;
severely. Fugitives from Myriophito
r port JO") kilted nnd 6o0 injured. The
tewn was still binning when they left.
Jnnos-Hnro has been wiped out,
eighty p(iriOB! being killed and thirty
Wounded. Tue wrecked buildings took
fire and most of them were burned.
Shir-Kol was destroyed and two near
by villages ,ve:e enculfed. Adrianople
suffered little damage, but Tchorlu
was partly destroyed by the earth
quake and fire.
SULLIVAN TELLsWbECKER
Sixth Man Under Arrest in Rosenthal
Case Gives Up.
New York, Aug. 12. Jack Sullivan,
Who is under arrest in connection with
the murder of Herman Rosenthal,
promised that he would go to District
Attorney Whitman's office tot'ay and
tell all he knew about the alleged con
Section of Police Lieutenant Becker
with the murder.
Sullivan makes the sixth of the nine
men under arrest for the murder who
hav "squealed" and the effect of the
addition of another "recruit" upon Vo
lice Lieutenant Becker, who still mam
tains that he has nothing to confess,
will he watCked with interest by the
.prosecution.
Efforts of representatives of District
Attorney Whitman to trace Becker's
hank deposit; resulted in locating five
more banks in which accounts were re
corded In the names of Becker and
his wife, representing altogether de
posits of more thnn ItS.OOO. It was
filso leaded by the investfeators thnt
two police inspectors had mads recent
deposits tetalinc together fTS.OOO.
Information rharnlng that Becker
iirnr.,1 nvpr ) 'tfhOM Jlif.'IrFT tiu"
mere of bis rtllogefl graft collections
th.m he kept himself was obtained hy
Assistant District Attorney Smith.
Becker's receints, according to this
evidence, amounted to aboifl fl'.noi a
month, bat of this $10,000 went to the
Bo called "system "
CONDENSED NEWS
RANCH HAND KIDNAPS WOMAN
Forced to Abandon Wife of Employer
When Pressed by Posse.
Hutchinson, Kan., Auk. 12. After
an all-night chase by an angry posse
Of 2(H) fanners, Oscar Dudley, ranch
hand, who kidnaped Mrs. Cornelius
Rawlings, was forced to abandon the
"women when closely Brassed by his
pursuers. He locked his victim in a
b sorted shanty, where she later wa s
found.
Dudley formerly worked at the Raw
lings ranch, near BOTe. Ha disap
peared and was not heard of again un
til he telephoned to Rawlings several
days ago. saying he would reach the
ranch that night and kidnap Mrs. Raw
Irngs. The ranchman awahed his ar
rival with loaded guns dnring the
night, but he failed to appear.
Rawlings and his two children cam1
here and while they were away from
the ranch Dudley arrived and forced
Mrs. Rawlings o accompany him. A
powa? took up the pursuit, bnt fwiee
When CbejT had Dudley cornered he
held his pursuers at hay. The first
time he threatened to kill Mrs. Raw
lings tf her friends fired.
Posw are searching Reno and M1.
Hope counties for Dudley.
Ctrafin Is Notified.
Waukesha. Wis., Aug. 12 In the vi
elnity of hts Mrth and surrounded hy
the friends of his youth and early
Struggles in his legal profession. Eu
gene W. Chafin. now a resident of Arl
sona and the Prohibition candidate
for president of the United States.
sas officially notified of the nomlna
tion by the national convention which
nut at Atlantic City, x J., Jn 10.
Court Restrains Woodmen.
Rock Island, III.. Aug. 12--Federal
Judge R 0. Campbell, at Fort S.ott
Knn.. issued a temporary injunction
T attaining I local camps 01 the
Modersi Woodmen of America out of
on .amps In that state from proceed
ing with the organization called Kan
sas Fraternal Woodmen. The court
forbids action of any kind until Aug
24. the date for the final hearing
Sentence Agairst Speer Is Set Aside
Pester. Aug. 12 District Judge H
I fchatiuck set aside the sentence of
fire days In j.iil and a fine of $i.noe
In pose. I recently on former Mayor
Robert W Rpe r for "ontempt ot c ourt
In connection with articles published
in a Denver newspaper of which Mr
faeef is editor. Tktf def-ntWnt was
purge d of contempt
Rural carriers may get an Increase
In pny In case the se nate m astire
passes.
Fred C. Terrell Of Nnkomis, 111., an
engineer, was shot dead by h's wife.
Mrs. Terrell Is now in jail.
Roosevelt members of the Ohio Re
publican committee resigned positions
and aOl start a third ticket in the
state
Helen flonld had fiOO negroes as her
guests on her playgrounds at Tarry
town. Most of them came from New
York churches.
Deb gate s to the convention of the
nupreme lodge of Knights of Pythias
in Denver went on a sightseeing trip
into the mountains.
Chicago street car employees at a
picnic ratifie d the se ven day truce
agreed to by the union heads and two
of the surface roads.
A number ef persons were injured
slightly and more than forty arrested
at Pittsburgh in a clash between So
cialists and policemen.
The Republican nomination fitr gov
ernor In the recent Idaho primary gen s
to John If. Haines of 1'oise, who has
a majority of eighteen votes over Paul
Clagstone.
The battleship Nebraska rr.;i oflti
an uncharted shoal near Newport, R
T., and was so seriously damaged ft"
it has been Ordered to tl e ity dec",
at the BostOO navy yard.
Because Dee See m, a Chinese '. -girl,
valued at te00, was rcsc d fr )i
a den in a raid by the police nnd t."
en to a mission home, there is strife
in San Francisco Chinatown.
President Tnft in a special :.i tag
to congress urged the appropriation n
IISMM to strengthen the Indian met
ical corps and stamp out tttberculcali
and otif r contagious diseases.
Bad track and old, unsafe cart were
the causes of the accident on Mav ;.
on the- New Orleans and Northeast
ern railroad near Abuchie, Miss., in
which nine persons were killed.
Andrew Carnegie, in unveiling a
state of Robert Burns at Montrose,
Scotland, made a plea for justice for
the millionaires of the United States
by the imposition of an income tax.
The senate judiciary committee
agreed to hear Senator Pomerene's
resolution directing the attorney gen
et al to prosecute officials of the Stand
ard Oil and American Tobacco com
panies. Alleging that the Pittsburgh Coal
Company is not paying the wages
agreed to En the recent wage settle
ment, officials of distric t No. 5, United
Mine Workers, issued tin ultimatum to
the- company.
Three girls wen killed and a dozen
badly injured when a water tana em,
the top of, the- Union American" cigar;
company's building at Pittsburgh j
crashed through the roof and the sixth;
and fifth floors.
Soaring prices of beef and other I
meats have attracted the attention of
the federal government and may have
the effe;-t of spurring on lite proposed
Congressional investigation of the 60
c alled bei f trust.
The Qerman steamer liermia, from
Han. burg, was detained by the author
ities at Antwerp, having discovered
great tuant1ties e-,f cartridges, gunpow
der and Other explosives among her
cargo, destined for Turkey.
A heavy charge of dynamite was ex
ploded in the doorway of the store of
John and lames Maleaki at Qreens
hurgi 'a. The stoi c was v recked.
Etc eently John Malcalrl received a
number ol Bleck Hand letters.
The fourth Chicago woman to face
trial this year on the charge of kill
ing her bus baad is Mrs. Florence
rtarnsti IP, twenty-two yearn old. wid
(it of Qeo'rge Bernstein, who was
found in bed shot to death on May I,
After a mouth's investigation of ap
plicants for appointment as president
ol Dakota Wealeyan university, the
committee from the lioard of trustees
has recommended rr- W Senman
of Qreencastle, Ind., for the appoint
ment. The vast hoard of Confe-derate -ur-roticy
seized by the Cnion army dnr
irg the civil war, which has len
stored in the federal treasury for half
century, Is being distributed amcmn
institutions the country over for pre
orvatjoa as historic relics.
Plans for a sweeping Investigation
of the methods of appraising importa
tions into the I'nited States, which is
expected to increase the revenues of
the government by millions of dollars
annually, were completed by Secre
tary of the Treasury MacVeagh
Homer Crandell, seven years old,
lhe youngest son of Fred H. Crandell
of New York, who received $3t3.uen
as his share of the '-state of his uncle.
Ed win llawley, died at Chatham, N.
Y. front 'he effect of a blow on the
nead from a stone thrown by his ten-year-old
brother. Richard.
ktat hew O'Callaghan. a cotton mer
chant living in a fashionable section
of Bi oo.ilyn. was taken into custody
on the charge rat shooting his wife,
IJllian, who'-' he declared he mistook
for a burglar Mrs O'Callaghan sa'd
her he -band was intoxicated and that
the Shooting was deliberate
Mrs. Hgry Blair Brokaw of New
York, who in 19in secured a legal
separation ftm her millionaire bus
band. W Could Rrokaw. after a trial
icplete with sensations, wan iant d
by lagrome Court Justice James Yan
Sick! n pn mission to serve Hroku
with the pagers la her suit for aimer
lute divorce. Mrs. Biokuw names
ice ro resrondc nts.
BULL MOOSE TICKET.
Col. Roosevelt and his
Running Mate, Governor
Hiram W.Johnson.
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Roosevelt wna snaiiped allghtlnK from
an automobile at the station In New York
on his way to Chicago (Jovernor Johnson
of Culifornla WSJ photographed at Chicago.
NEW ERA IN POLITICS
"Win or Lose, It's a Fight Worth Mak
ing," Rays Roosevelt.
Oyster Rav, H. Y., Aug. 12 "Win or
lose, iff- a fight worth making," said
Colonel RoOeevelt. Whatever the out
POme of the campaign which is now
opening, it i hlr opinion 5 hat a new
era in American politic history will
be dated from the Progressive conven
tion held in Chicago last week.
For more than forty years, the ex
president said, Sporadic reform move
ments have come into existe nce-, nnny
of them in the west. Most of them,
lie 1 mail In a ml aaee cjjuuiud smb
thinsr good. hVJI were coupled with
ouaek rSMegfeS worse than the dis
ease they were supposed to cure.
The gorl points of them all. he Bald,
had been gathered together in th
Progressive pain s policies and for
the first time there was given to the
country thes-' Ide as without the accom-
panUnenl of what he termed prepoa-
lerons dec l;r at this whic h would
n-.ake it :.mpc)ssiile for sane men to
follow The Progri ssive iarty, he ns
serte'd. hnd started on the right basis
and was sure to make a wide appeal.
TAFT VETOES WOOL BILL
Presided
Says Proposed
Are Too Low.
Schedule
For the second lime within a year
President Tait vetoed a Mil to revise
the wool tariff, schedule K. of tbe
Pnyne-Aldrh h law
With :i message of c'isapproval the
presldeal retarned to congress the
hill evolved ns a comproinise bttween
the l ouse anl senate, hdldtatg that its
low rates wonli bring tlsaster to home
Indnstrlea. He appealed ,( congresa.
however, not to adjourn until It had
enacted r measure to '-substantially
-tdnr rnT.ecersary existing duties"
without .levoylng pro ection for the
W( ol industry In th" Uoitteal States.
Tae nr. sident's dissnproval of the
to! I. ill is to he folio -:i v. ith similar
vetoer of th" Meel hill and the cotton
I ill The sugar bill Is likely to be re
toed, ai is the erelse lax bill, the lat
tar probably -n the ground that the
president believe it unconstitutional.
Catholic Societies Meet This Month.
St. Ixuis, Aug. 12 - Anthony Matte,
nationa' sec retary of the American
Federation of Catholic societies, an
nounced that the eleventh national
convention 01 this organization will he
opened ;t Louisville, Ky., Auk, 18 and
comlnue until Aug. 21 llora than 3.
000,000 ('athcilieM in the I'nited St .
will ie represented hy delegates and
there will be delegates from Porio
Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines.
Eagles Vote Down Plan of Officers.
Cleveland. Aug 12 Administration
plans to have future grand aerie cen
ranttOBs of 'he Fraternal Order of Ka
gles composed of delegates from state
aeries .;n1y were defecated in the Hos
ing session -if the grand aeite of the
1912 national convention Kaslern
ielegafaa, who fought tbe agrtasurs, SO
dared It wou'd result In the building
up of a political machine.
Vice Ring in Kansas City.
Kansas City. Aux 12. "The tnvlsi
hie gov erument of the police deiai t
ment." is the way Virgil Oonklin. pros
teathlg attarney, refers to a vice ring
that h alleges is being protected by
the police department here and which
he Is Invc stlratti.K Mr Co'eVlin MM
that ti t ecimbin i";n is lakins in rm r?
than spiino a moitb
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. ONI.
The fallowing proposed amendment to
the constitution ot the State of h'ct r.mka,
aa hereinafter set forth In full. Is sub
mitted tc the electora of the tfiat" of Ne
brHeka, to be voted upon at tha general
election to he held Tuesday. November
Mh. A. D. 1D12.
"AN ACT tor a Joint resolution sropoa
Ina amendment to Section 1 and Sec
tion Ui Article I of the Conatttutlnn of
the State of Nebraska, and eupp e-ment
Ins Article entitled 'Amendments.'
Be It K' solved and felnnc ited I y t tie l.e!B
Inture of the State of Nebraska:
Oection 1. That at the general election
for state and legislative ottlceis to be
held on the Tuesday aucceedlng the first
Monday in November, lielil. the following
provisions be proposed and submitted as
amendment to Section 1 nnd Section 10
of Article 3 of tha Constitution of tha
State of Nebraska:
aactlon 2. That Section 1 of Article I
of the Constitution of the Stnte of Ne
braska la hereby amended to read as fol
lows: eectlon t. The legislative authority o
the state shall be vested In a legislature
consisting of a senate and house of repre-eentatlvi-s.
but the people reserve to
themselves power to propose laws, and
amendments to the constitution, and to
enact or rejeet the anme at the polls In
dependent of the legislature, and also re
serve power at their own option to ap
prova or reject at the polls any act, Item,
section, or part of any act passed by tha
legislature.
Bectlon 1A. The flrst power reserved
by the people Is the Inltlntlve. Ten per
cent of the legal votera of the state, so
distributed as to Include five per cent of
the legal voters In each of two-fifths of
tha countlea of the stnte, may propose
any measure by petition, which shall
contain the full text of the measure so
proposed. Provided, that proposed Con
atltutlonat Amendments shall require a
petition of fifteen per cent of the legal
voters of the State distributed as above
provided. Inltlotlva petitions (except for
municipal and wholly local legislation)
shall he filed with the Secretary of State
and be by him submitted to the voters at
the flrst regular stnte election held not
leas than four months after such filing.
The same measure, either In form or In
essential substance, ahall not be sub
mitted to the people by Initlutlve petition
(either affirmatively or negatively)
oftener than once In three years. If con
flicting measures submitted to the people
at the same election shall be approved,
the one receiving the highest number of
affirmative votea shall thereby become
law aa to all conflicting provisions. The
Constitutional limitations aa to scope and
subject matter of statutes enacted by the
legislature shall apply to those enacted
by the Initiative.
Section 1B. The second power reserved
Is the referendum. It mav be ordered by
a petition of ten per cent of the legal
votera of the state, distributed ns re
quired for Initiative petitions. Referen
dum petitions against measures passed
by the legislature shall be filed with tha
Secretary of State within ninety days
after the legislature enacting the same
adjourns sine die or for a period longer
than ninety days: and elections thereon
ahall be hnd at the flrst regular state
election held not less than thirty uays
after such filing.
Section 1C. Th referendum may be
ordered upon any act except acta making
appropriations for the expenses of the
state government, and state Institutions
existing at the time such act la passed.
When the referendum Is ordered upon an
act or any part thereof It shall suspend
Its operation until the same is approved
by the voters; provided, that emergency
acts, or acts for the Immediate preserva
tion of the public peace, health, or safety
shall continue In effect until rejected by
the voters or repealed bv the legislature.
Filing of a referendum petition against
one or more Items, sections, or parts of
an act shall not delay the remainder of
the measure from becoming operative.
Section 1D. Nothing In thla section
shall be construed to deprive any mem
ber of the legislature of the right to in
troduce any measure. The whole number
of votes cast for governor at the regular
election last preceding the filing of any
Initiative or referendum petition shall b
the basis on which tlfe number of legal
voters required to sign such petition shall
be computed. The veto power of the gov-
! ernor ahall not extend to measures lnltl
; ated- bv or referred to tho people. All
1 such measures shall "become 'the luW or a
1 part of the constitution when approved
bv a majority of the votes cast thereon,
provided, the votes cast In favor of said
initiative measure or part of said Consti
tution shall constitute thirty-five per
cent (35T,) of the total vote cast at said
election, and not otherwise, and shall
take effect upon proclamation by the
governor, which snail be made within
ten clays of the completion of the official
canvaas. The vote upon Initiative and
referendum measures shall be returned
and canvassed In tle same manner as Is
prescribed In the case of presidential
electors. The method of submitting and
adopting amendmen:s to the constitution
provided by this stvtlon shall be supple
mentary to the method prescribed In the.
article of this Constitution, entitled
'Amendments. ' and the latter shall In no
case be construed to conflict herewith.
This amendment aiittll be se.lf -executing,
but legislation may be enacted especially
to facilitate its operation. In submitting
petitions and orders for the Initiative and
the referendum, the Secretary of Stats
and all other offloeTS shall be pulded by
this amendment and the general laws
until additional legislation shall be espe
cially provided therefor; all propositions
submitted In pursuatice hereof shall be
submitted In a nov-partisan manner and
I without any Indication or suggestion on
the ballot that tlhey have been approved
I or endorsed by any nolltlcal party or or
i ganisation. and provided further that
; only the title of measures shall be printed
1 on the ballot, nnd when two or more
measures have the same title they shall
I be numbered consecutively In the order
! of filing with the Secretary of State and
1 Including the name of the first petitioner.
Section 3. That Section 10, of Article 3,
I of tha Constitution of the state of Ne
: braska be amended to read as follows:
Section 10. Tha stylo of all bills shall
, be "Be It enacted by the people of ths
I State of Nebraska." and no law shall
, be enacted except bill. No bill shall
' -be passed by the legislature unless by
i assent of a majority of all the members
j lectad to each bouae of the legislature
tutd the question upon final passage shall
i be taken Immediately upon Its law read
: Ing and the yeas and nays shall be en
I tered upon the Journal.
Section 4. That at aald election on ths
Tuesday succeeding tbe first Monday In
November. 1912, on th ballot of each
1 elector voting thereat there shall be
j printed or written the words: "Par pro
posed amendment to the constitution re
! sarvlBC to the people the right of direct
legislation through the initiative and ref
erendum." and "Against proposed amend
1 anent to the constitution reserving to the
people the light of direct legislation
through the Initiative and referendum."
And if a majority of all voters at aald
election ahall be In favor of auch amend
ment the aame shall be deemed to be
adopted. The returns of said election
upon the adoption of thla amendment
ahall be made to the atate canvassing
board and aald board shall canvass the
vote upon the amendment herein In ths
same manner as Is prescribed in th
of presidential electors. If a rpajoritv of
the votea cast at the election be In favor
of tne proposed amendment the governor
within ten days after the result la ascer
tained, shall make proclamation declar
ing the amendment to be part of the con
atitutlon of the state, and when ao de
clared the amendment herein proposed
shall be In force and self-executing
Aoproved March U. 191!
I. Addison Walt. Secretary of Slat f
the State of Nebraska de hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
! to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska Is a true and correct copy of the
original enrolled and engrossed bill as
fiassed by tha Thirty-second session of
he Legislature of the State of Nebraska
as appears from said original bill on file
in this office, and that auid proposed
I amendment Is submitted to tbe qualified
votera of the state of Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, ths .".th day
I Of November. A. D. 191".
In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln this 20th day of Mav. In the year of
our Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twelve, and of the Independence of
the United States the One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty
sixth. AI'tUSON WAIT.
Seal Been tary of State.
anOPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. TWO.
The following proposed amendment to
ths constitution of the State or Nebraska,
as hereinafter Bet forth In full. Is sub
mitted to the electors of the Htate of Ne
braska, to be voted upon at the general
election to be held Tuesday. November
6th, A. D, 1912.
"A JOINT HRSOUUTION on proposing
an amendment to Section 4 of Article
3 of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska.
Be It Mesolved and Enacted hy the Legis
lature of the State of Nebraska:
Section I, That at the general election
for state nnd legislative officers to be held
on tho Tuesday following the first Mon
day In November. 1912. the following be
submitted as an amendment to Section 4
of Article :i or the Constitution of the
State or Nebraska:
Sec. 4. At the flrt election of mem
bera of the legislature held ntte the
adoption of this amendment members of
the Senate nnd Mouse of representatives,
ahall be elected for the term of two years
Both senators and representatives shall
each receive pay at the rate of six hun
dred dollnis tor each regular session of
the Legislature, during their term, and
ten cents for everv mile thev shall travel
In going to anil returning from the place
of meeting or tho legislature, on the moat
usual route. That neither msmoera 01
the legislature nor employes shall re
ceive any p-A- or perquisites other than
their rnlary and mileage. Each session,
except special session, shall not be less
than slxtv davs. After the expiration ot
twenty days or the session, no bills nor
Joint resolutions of the nature of bills
shnll be Introduced, unless the governor
shall by special message call the atten
tion of the legislature to the necessity of
pusslug a law on the subtect-matter em
braced In the message, and the Introduc
tion of bills shnll be restricted thereto.
Provided, Hint the genernl appropria
tion hllla may be Introduced up to and
Including the fortieth day.
Sec. 2. That nt said election on the
Tuesday succeeding the flrst Monday In
November. 1912. on the ballot ot each
elector voting thereat there shall be
printed or written the words: "For pro
posed amendment to the constitution fix
ing the term of office and salary for
members of the legislature." and
"Against proposed amendment to the
constitution fixing the term of office and
salary for members or the legislature."
And It a majority or all the voters at the
said election shall be In tnvor or such
amendment the same shall be deemed to
be adopted. The returns ot said election
upon the adoption of this amendment
shnll be made to the State Canvassing
Board and that Board shall canvass the
vote upon the amendment herein In the
same manner as Is prescribed In the case
of presidential electors. If a majority of
the votes cast at the election be In rnvor
of the proposed amendment the governor,
within ten days after the result Is ascer
tained, shall make proclamation declar
ing the nmendment to be part of the
constitution of the state, and when so
declared the snme shnll be In force.
Approved April 10. 1911."
I, Addison Walt, Secretary of State. Of
the State of Nebraska do hereby certUy
that the roregolng proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska Is a true and correct copy of the
orlginnl enrolled And engrossed bill, as
passed by the Thirty-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska,
as appears from said original bill on file
In this office, and that said proposed
amendment Is submitted to the qualified
voters of the state of Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 6th day
or November. A. D. 1912.
In Testimony Whereor. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Oreat Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln, this 20th dny of Msy, in the year of
our I,ord. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twelve, nnd of the Independence of
the United States the One Hundred snd
Thlrtv-slxth nnd of this Stste the Forty
sixth. ADDISON WAIT.
Seall Secretary of State.
W GET WISE ADVERTISE
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. FOUR.
The following proposed amendment to
the constitution of the State or Nebraska,
as hereinafter set forth In full. Is sub
mitted to the electors of the Slate of Ne
braska, to be voted upon at the general
election to tie f.eld Tuesday. November
6th, A. D. 1912.
"A JOINT RESOLUTION to propose
amendments to Section Ave (6) of
Article six G) and Section thirteen (13)
of Article sixteen del) of the constitu
tion of the state of Nebraska as found
In the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska
for 1909 (.Section thirteen (13) of
Article eighteen (18) or Cobbey's An
notated .statutes for 1909). relating to
time of electing Judges or the supreme
court. Axing the time or the general
election and providing fot holding over
of Incumbents until their successors
are elected and qualified.
Be it Kesolved and Enacted by the Legis
lature of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That Section Five 6) of
Article Six 16) of the Constitution of the
Suite of Nebraska be amended to read as
follows:
Section 5. That nt the general election
to be held in the State of Nebraska In
the year Ltlt, and each six years there
after, there shall be elected three (3)
Judges of the Supreme Court, who shall
hold their office for the period of six (s)
I years: that at the general election to be
1 held in the State of Nebraska in the year
1918. and each six yeurs theieafter there
shall be elected three (3) Judges of the
Supreme C.'iirt. who shall hold their office
i ror the period of six years; and at the
, general election to be held in the State
I of Nebraska In the year 1920 and each
. six (6) years thereafter there shall be
j elected u chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, who shall hold his office for the
period of six C yeurs. Provided. That
the member or the Supreme Court whose
, term or office expires In January. 1914.
; shall be eoief Justice or the Supreme
Court during that time until the explra
. tion ot his term or office.
Section 2. That Section Thirteen (1S
of Article Sixteen (16) of the constitution
of the Stute of Nebraska aa found in tha
, Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1909
(Section thirteen (13) of Article eighteen
i (13) of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes for
1 1909) be amended to read aa follows
Section 13. The general election or this
state shall be held on the Tuesday suc
ceeding the first Monday In November
In the year 1914 and every two years
thereatler. All state, district, county,
precinct and township officers, by the
constitution or laws made elective bv the
people, except school district officers, and
. municipal officers in cities, vlliagea and
1 towns, shall be elected at a general elec
tion to be held as aforesaid. Judges of
the supreme, district and county courts,
all elective county and precinct officers.
I and all other elective officers, the time
for the election of whom Is not herein
otherwise provided for. and which are
not included In the above exception,
ahall he elected on the Tuesday succeed
ing the flrst Monday In November, 1913.
'and thereafter at the general election
next preceding the time ot the termina
tion for their respective terms of office,
eprovided. That no office ahall be vacated
thereby, but the Incumbent thereof shall
hold over until bis successor Is duly
elected and qualified.
Section 3. The fofm or ballot on the
amendments proposed herein shall be us
follows: "For proposed amendments to
the constitution providing tor general
election once In two e. and "Agslnst
proposed amendments to the constitution
providing tor general election once In
two years."
Approved April 7. 1911."
1. Addison Walt. Secretary or State of
the State of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution or the State or Ne
braska Is a true and correct copy or the
original enrolled and engroased bill, as
passed by the Thirty-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska,
as appears from aald original bill on file
In this office, and that said proposed
amendment Is submi'ted to the qualified
voters of the state o.' Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 6th day
or November. A. D. 1912.
In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln, thla 20th day of May, In the year of
our Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twelve, and or the Independence of
the United states the One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty
Sixth. ADDISON WAIT.
(Seall Secretary of Bute.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. THStEB.
The following proposed amendment t
the constitution of the State of Nebraska,
aa herelnntter set forth In full. Is sub
mitted to the electors ot the State of Ne
braska, to be voted upon at the general
election to be held Tuesday, November
6th, A. D. 1912.
"A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend Sec
tion nineteen (19) of Article five (6) of
the Constitution ot the state or Nebras
ka creating a Bonrd of Commissioners
or Stnte Institutions.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the
State or Nebraska: i
section 1. That Section nineteen 't9),
or Article five (6) of the Constitution of
the Stnte of Nebraska, be amended to
read as follows:
Section 19. The Governor shnll. prior
to the adjournment of the thirty-third
session ot the legislature, nominate and,
with the consent ot two-thirds or the
members or the Senate In Executive Ses
sion, appoint three electors ot the state,
not more than two or whom shall belong
to the snme political party and no two
or whom shall reside at the time or their
appointment In the same congressional
district, as members or a board to be
known as a "Board ot Commissioners of
Btate Institutions." Said members shall
hold office ns designnted by the Governor
tor two, four nnd six years respectively.
Subsequent appointments shall be mnde
as provided and, except to All vacan
cies, shall be for a period of alx years.
The Board shall at all times be subject
to the above restrictions and limitations.
The Board of Commissioners shnll have
full power to manage, control and gov
ern, subject nnlv to such limitations aa
shnll be established by law, the State
Soldiers' Home. Hospitals tor the Insane,
Institute for the Deaf. Institute ror the
Blind. Industrial Schools, Institute tor
Feeble Minded Children. Nebraska Indus
trial Home. Orthopedic Hospital, the
State l'e.nltentlary nnd all charitable, re
formatory and penal Institutions that
shall be bv law established nnd main
tained by the stnte of Nebraska. They
shall each give bonds, receive compensa
tion for service, perform all duties and
comply with all regulations that shall be
established by law. The powers pos
sessed by the Governor and Board of
Public Lands nnd Buildings with refer
ence to the management and control of
the Institutions herein named sha!'.. on
July 1. 1913. cease to exist In the Gov
ernor nnd the Bonrd of Public Lands and
Buildings nnd shall become vested In a
Bosrd of Commissioners of StAte Institu
tions, and the snld Board Is on July 1, 1013.
and without further process of law, au
thorised and directed to assume and ex
ercise all the powers heretofore vested
In or exercised by the Governor or Board
of Public Lands nnd Buildings with ref
erence to the Institutions of the st ito
named herein, but nothing herein con
tained shnll limit the general supervisory
or examining powers vested In the Gover
nor by the laws or constitution ot tne
state, or such as are vested by him In
anv committee appointed by him.
Section 2. That at the general election.
In November, 1912. there sholl be submit
ted to the electors of the state for their
approval or rejection the foregoing pro
posed amendments to the constitution In
the following form: On the ballot of each
elector voting for or against said pro
posed nmendment shall be printed or
written "For proposed amendment to tho
Constitution creating a Board of Com
missioners of State Institutions" and
"Against said proposed amendment to
the constitution creating a Board of
Commissioners of State Institutions."
Section 3. If such amendment to Sec
tion nineteen (19) of Article five (5) of
the Constitution of the State of Nebraska
ahall be spprovad by a majority of all
electora voting at such election said
amendment shall constitute Section nine
teen (19) of Article Ave (6) of the con
stitution of the state of Nebraska
Approved April 10. Utii."
I, Addison Walt. Secretary of State, of
the Stnte of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska Is a true and correct copy of tSe
orlginnl enrolled and engroased bill, as
passed hy the Thirty-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska,
as appears from said original bill on Ale
In this office, and that said proposed
amendment Is submitted to the qualified
voters ot the state ot Nebraska for their
adoption or relectlon nt the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 6th day
or November. A. lia...t . A
In Testimony Whereor. I have hereunto
set my hand and nffixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln, this 20th day of Mav. In the year of
our 1-ord. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twelve, nnd or the Independence of
the United States the One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty
sixth. A DDI SON WAIT.
Seal Secretary or State.
"LEGAL NOTICE
F. B. Disnmr, Plaintiff )
ve )
Steve lewin, Defendant.)
Hteve lewis will tak notice that
on the- Jdth day of June, 11)11', Y 0
Kidgell, a Justice of the Peace of
Alliance. Box Butte County, Nehra.-.
ka, issued an order of attachment in
an m tion pending before bin., ah ra
or, F. B. Dismer, Plaintiff, and
Steve Lewis, Defendant. The prop
erty of the defendant, consisting of
money on deposit, O. S Captain,
Calvin ("line, W. J. Dris oll and W.
M. Fleming has been garnit-heed and
attached under said order.
Said cause waa continued until the
17th clay of August, I'd.', ai I p. in.
:il-tf 1H2
iSjlgned) V. B. PlgMBB. Ptafattff,
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
The United State Civil Service
Commission iiiinoufK --.s -.iniinations
fer applicants for a number of post
tioirt, in the field, depart nn-nial unci
I'hilltipiae service, on August 21, 22
and 1-4. .),it sM'i ial HttfASaoa is ln,-
I'ited it) the stenographer and type
writer examination on August J7.
For further information see bulletin
In lobby or inquire ai geueral deliv
ery window at the DOa office, Alli
ance, Nebraska.
S
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY
Mails close at the Alliance poat
office aa follows, Mountain time:
East Bound
m for train No. 44.
in for train No. 42.
West Bound
in. for train No. 43.
in. for truln No. 41.
South Bound
12:20 p. in for train No. 203.
11 00 p. m for train No. 301.
On Sundays and holidays all night
mails close at 6 00 p. in. instead of
11 00 p m IHA E. TA8H, P. M.
11 10 a
11:00 p.
12 20 p.
11:00 p.
Don 't Overlook
that iBserrtptKx-. If yea
are la arrears reasaasssr
that we caa always find
good sae for
the MONEY
