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Classes of Readers.
WAR NEWS.
,Tho Turkish fleet, asslguod to give
'battlo to tho Anglo-French warships
insldo Uio Dardanelles, has Hod, ac
cording to Athons dispatches.
Swiss hdvlcos, says work is going
on day and night at Frlodrlchshafon
In tho construction of Zeppolln alr
ishlps to replace the four rccoutly
lost.
Tho British parllamout has voted
the total sum of $1,810,000,000 asked
by Premier Asqutth for tho prosecu
tion of the war, covering tho expenses
of tho current year up to tho end of
tho present month.
That an ogrocmcnt that will givo
Russia frco passage of ther Darda
nelles has been reached between
Groat Britain, France and Russia Is
tho assertion mado by a Paris news
.Tapr. French cruisers havo arrested tho
.American steamer Dacla In tho chan
nel and taken her to Brest. The
steamship Dacla- loft Galveston for
Rotterdam January 31 with 11,000
"bales of cotton to bo trans-shipped
to Bremen.
In tho Prussian Diet tho minister
of agriculture declared that on the
prosonit basis of allotment of flour
-and bread Gormany would not only
l)a sufficiently provided, but probably
would bo able to accumulate a re-
servo for all eventualities.
Preceded by mlno sweepers, tho
allied fleet under Vloo Admiral Car
don has movtd past tht destroyed
'Turkish forts at tho entrance to tho
Dordenelloa and has begun shelling
land fortifications on both sides of
tho strait, according to Athens dls
ipatches. Envor Pasha, the Turkish chief of
staff, oxpressea himself as confident
that tho allies will not succeed In
making their way through tho Darda
nelles. Ho declares that only tho
outer fortifications have been dam
aged and that theso wero old de
fenses, tho speedy subjugation of
which had been oxpected.
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Tho plan of Groat Britain and her
allies, whereby they will attempt to
cut off supplies from Germany and at
the same tlrao prevent CqmmodlUos
irom leaving German ports, has been
announced and communicated to tho
United States. This action Is in re
taliation for tho declaration of Gor
many of a' naval war zono.
GENERAL.
A bill has been"introduced In tho
Cuban legislature to legallzo bull
ilghtlng.
Tho Omaha street cleaning depart
ment has broken all records this win
ter in tho matter jof expenditures for
cleaning snow from tho Btreets. For
three months tending March 1 tho de
partment paid out a total of $34,994.
63, as against $18,759.26 for tho cor
responding throo months of a year
-ago.
More than half tho apparatus In
California, inspected by sealers work.
Jng in tho department of weights and
.measures, has been found incorrect
and Uio public has been mulcted on
jhundreds of thousands of dollars an
ually by the Bhort weight and scant
measure system, according to the
flrst report which 'tho Btato Buperln'
tondent has mado.
A Chlnoso boycott on all Japanese
industries and business houses as a
Jorra of retaliation, it is said, against
tho demands mado on the Chlnoso
.government by Japan has been start-
od in San Francisco and word of this
.action has been sent broadcast
throughout tho region under tho jur
isdlctton of tho Chinese Six com
panles, which Includes all tho states
-west of tho Rocky mountains and as
:far south as tho Mexican border.
Tho veto of Mayor Ross of Los An
.geles of Uio ordinance to regulate jit
ney buses was overridden by tho city
council, which repassed tho measure
by a unanimous vote.
Rato raises on transportation of
cattle, sheop and hoga to Chicago and
St. Louis markets from Nebraska
points woro announced by Uie Nebras
ka state railway commission. Unless
the Interstate commerce commission
holds them up they will go into effect
on April 1.
With tho probability that-tho death
list will roach nearly 180, rescue
crews continued Uio search of tho
workings of Uio Layland mines at
Hinton, W. Va., wrecked by an explo
sion.
Sarah Bernhardt, whoso right leg
recently was amputated at Bordeaux,
Franco, is suffering from indigestion.
Tho buildings of Illinois, Norway
and tho Phlllpplno islands woro dedi
cated at tho San Francisco exposition,
Tho Minnesota scnato defeated tho
bill providing tho submission (o Uio
voters of a constitutional amendment
granting full suffrage to women.
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Three persons woro seriously In
jured, six slightly hurt and two un
identified foreigners are missing as a
result of a $50,000 11 ro at Minneapolis
in two Biuall hotels.
Horso racing in Nevada became an
assured fact when Governor Boylo at
Carson City affixed his signature to
tho raco track bill recently passed by
tho Nevada legislature.
Owing to the tremendous rlso in
Chllo of tho price of flour and wheat,
tho government has mado nn an
nouncement to tho effect that both
kthoso products could bo imported freo
of duty.
Tom Shlyun, presldont of tho
Chinese Merchants' asoclatlon and
known as the mayor of New York's
China town, was sentenced to five
years' Imprisonment in tho peniton
tlary at Atlanta for manufacturing
opium.
Tho seven formor ctrlklng minors
on trial for tho murder of Luko Ter
ry, chauffeur, near La Vota, Novom
ber 8, 1013, wero declared not guilty
In tho verdict of tho jury returned in
tho district court at Pueblo, Colo.
Tho Jury was out ono hour.
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A bill appropriating $1,500,000 for
tho reimbursement of farmers and
stock raisers who suffered financial
losses through tho killing of their
stock In an effort to check tho spread
of tho foot and mouth disease was
passed by tho Illinois senate.
Ralph W. Fceney, superintendent
of thq Horticultural Flro Relief com
pany, and tho Oregon Merchants Mu
tual company of Portland, Oregon,
both of which wero placed In the
hands of a receiver rocontly, commit
ted sulcldo by taking poison.
Tho arbitration treaty between the
United States and Peru of July 14,
1914, designed to cover all questions,
which may arise botwen tho two
countries, was ratified at Lima by
Foreign Minister Poln and tho Ameri
can minister to Peru, B. McMIUln.
Tho American legion, tor bo com
posed of between 250,000 and 300.0QO
former army and navy militiamen, to
act as first -reserves In ovont.of war,
will soon bo organized. Captain Gor
don Johnston, ald-de-camp to Major
General Leonard Wood, haB an
nounced.
Folowing hard upon tho holls of
Representative Fitzgerald's protest
againBt tho nomination of certain
persons to fill positions in New York
comes tho protest of Iowa solons that
they were not even consulted as to
tho postmastorships at Sioux City or
Ves Moines.
WASHINGTON.
American Ambassador MorgenUiau
at ConstanUnbple has cabled to tho
Department of Commerce that quota
tlons were wanted In the Turkish
capital on tho various grades of flour
at New York.
Nineteen applications to organize
rational banks wore approved during
February, according to an announce
ment by tho ccjptrollor of tho cur
rency. Tho total number of national
banks doing business Fobruary 27
waB 7,610.
President Wilson told callers the
Europoan situation was domanding so
much of his attention that ho was
doubtful if ho would bo ablo to
leave Washington this spring even,
possible, to make his proposed visit to
the San Francisco ovposltlon.
Representatives of the Chineso
Young Men's Christian asoclatlon of
tho national capital appealed to
President Wilson to use his influence
in "moulding the public opinion -of
tho Christian, world" to support their
native land In its opposition to the
domandB rccenUy mado upon her by
Japan.
A fow laws enacted by tho sixty'
third congress: Now tariff and in
como tax, new currency system, creat
ing a federal trade commission
amending tho ant-trust and repoal of
tho Panama canal "free toll" provl
slon, authorizing a government rail
road in Alaska, empowering use of
armed forces in Mexico, tho war tax
creating a war risk insurance bureau
ratification of twenty-one treaties
passage of scamon's labor bill.
Nebraska's alien land law was at
tacked as unconstitutional In a brief
filed In tho supremo court by attor
neys for non-resident aliens who havo
been deprived from Inheriting land of
John Toop, an Englishman, natural
-lzed In the United States, and living
at Ulysses, Neb.
Tho treasury department has re
ceived a check from Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson for $3,500,000 represent
ing the surplus in tho revenues of his
department for the fiscal year which
ended June 30, 1914.
Publishers of State Appear Before
Commltteo and Oppose Bill
Prohibiting Freo 8peech.
A worm discussion occurred last
Week before tho Judiciary committoo
of tho houso over ll. R. 734, by Moy
sonburg, which prohibits a newspapoi
from publishing criticism, ridlculo oi
coasuro of partios running for offlco.
or anyone olso, and compels tho nows
papor to givo such party spaco to got
back. Colonel John O. Yolsor is
sponsor for tho bill.. Among thfl
speakora wore H. M. Davis of Ord, J.
W. Cutrlght, editor of tho Lincoln
Star; N. J. Ludl of Wahoo, state
printer; Fred Cary of tho Omaha
News and P. A. BarrowB, Lincoln, rep
resentative of tho Omaha Beo. Thu
bill practically denies freo speech to
tho newspaper men and places tho
paper In tho hands of tho public in
stead of tho owner. Mr. Cutrlght said
that if ho should criticise as a demo
crat tho republican party that party's
committee had tho right to como back
and fill his editorial pago with the
othor sldo of tho argument Mr. Ludl
said that it would practically put a
newspaper man who took prldo In his
editorial column out of business, for
no editor would dnro pass nn opinion
knowing that ho would bo compelled
to givo space to tho othor side, no
matter whether tho opposition was
right or wrong.
With most of tho centralizing and
compulsory features cut out, tho coun.
ty unit school bill has boon recom
mended for passage by tho senate.
Tho bill, known as S. F. 22, waB In-
troduced by Bushee, but it mot with
bo much opposition tliat ft compara
tively now bill was prepared cutting
out tho objectionable features, and it
now goes to tho general Hie with a
provision that the weaker counties
can ho'.p tho poorer districts by dis
tributing the railroad taxes among
tho districts of tho county instead of
going to tho districts through which
tho roads run.
Tho unit system 1b optional and can
bo put In forco by a voto of tho peoplo
on tho petition of 2 per cent of tho
voters. It makes tho county superin
tendent's office non-partisan and elec
tion at tho annual school meotlng.
Interest charges at tho rato of 43
per cent a year by persons and com
panies loaning money on salaries,
household furniture and similar se
curity, will bo legalized If houso roll
No 44, approved by tho house judici
ary committee, becomes a law. Tho
measure limits tho rato of interest to
bo charged to ton per cent a yoar, but
permits a brokerage chargo of one
tenth tho amount loaned when the
loan Is made for four monUiB. The
new rate, however, will bo only a
Uttlo moro than ono-thlrd of tho rato
generally charged under tho present
law, as on most loans tho rato of In
terest Is 10 per cent a month, or 120
per cent a year.
Regardless of what tho present
legislature does, baseball will bo
played next Momorlal Sunday. Tho
bill as passed by Uio houso provides
that no baseball games shall bo
played on Uio Sunday before Mom
orial day but will not go Into effect
unUl July 1, or after this yoar Tho
senate according to a "gentleman's
agreement" in tho house, will amend
tho bill so as to permit baseball
games after 3 p. m. on Memorial
Sunday.
Approximately one-third of bills In,
troduced In tho legislature havo been
passed or otherwise permanently dis
posed of by either house or senate,
but only ten measures havo passed
both houses. The senate has passed
olghty-two senate bills and three
houso measures, while tho house has
passod 113 measures originating
there and seven senate flies.
Seventeen thousand names woro on
a peUtlon presented tho house re
cently asking "fair and favorable
treatment" for tho railroads. More
than 5,000 signers were classed as
wage earners, 6,900 as business mon,
2,900 as farmers and Uio remainder
unclassified.
Provision for paymont to thoso de
pendent upon them of earnings of
persons sentenced, is ono of tho main
provisions of tho county workhouse
bill introduced by Representative
John Larson and -recommonded for
passogo by tho houso Judiciary com
mittee. Tho houso committoo on railroads
roported out for passago tho Ostor
man bill, H. R. 442, requiring a uni
form width of right-of-way through
any county in the stato. The bill af
fects tho Union Pacific and tho prlncl
pal kick comes from Merrick county.
By tho narrow margin of two votes,
Uio Larson-Druosdow bill, prohibiting
barber work on Sunday, lost out In
tho house. Tho voto on Chamber's
motion to indefinitely postpone was
36 to 34.
County treasurers from now on
will have to mao remittances to the
state treasurer every month, accord
lng to an opinion banded down by At
torney General Reed and a ruling by
Stato Treasurer Hall.
Mouse puts through high
way measure with ease.
PROVIDES $150,000 ANNUALLY
Motor Trucks Taxed $5, Autos $3, Mo.
torcycles $2. And Creates
State Board.
Lincoln. An annual good road fund
of at loast $150,000 Is provided for in
houso roll No. 261, which passed tho
houso last week wlthou'i. a dissenting
voto.
Tho bill provides a yearly llconso
feo of $5 on motor trucks, $3 on auto
mobiles and $2 on motorcycles. Fifty
cents of each feo of tho last two goes
to the stato and $1 of tho motortruck
license money.
Tho remainder Is retained in tho
county treasuries to bo used in im
proving the highways in thoso coun
ties.
Tho second bill provldos for an ad
vlsory stato highway commission of
throo persons and appropriates $500 a
year for tholr travollng oxpensoa
yearly.
Mllltla Fund Cut.
Lincoln, Nob. Undo Sam's volco,
calling for lncroaso of tho Nobraska
National Gunrd to 4,000 men, or 2,400
inoro than are now upon Kb rolls, has
apparently not boon hoard by tho
state legislature. For instead of pro
viding as well for tho guard as In tho
past tho finance committoo of tho
house has roported tho maintenance
bill out with a decrease of $30,000 In
the sum laid, asldo for that depart
u otit
Tho reduction has caused much
talk among guardsmen of tho state.
Officers of many of tho companlos
and officers on tho aUiff of Gonoral P.
L. Hall, Jr., say that tho retrenchment
Is not justified and that if carried to
a conclusion would forco Uiom to
Bovor their connection with thb de
partment.
Most of tho mon who are objecting
havo given years of tholr time to Uui
guard without compensation. Patriot
ism and Uielr doslro to provldo young
mon of tho stato wlUi training In
mentality, morals and care of tholr
bodies.
Gonoral Hall In a statemont says:
"Nobraska, at Uiis time, 1b In a very
fortunate position. Tho government
In order to mlnlmlzo tho enormous
oxponso of transporting troops to tho
eastern rlflo ranges for training and
competitions, has thrown opon to
Nobraska tho opportunity to buy and
build a tIHo range, at Ashland, Neb.,
composed of 800 acres of land this
to bo from federal funds, with, an an
nual allotment of about $7,000 for tho
upkeep.,
Factory Inspection.
Tho houso bill giving tho labor com
missioner's office further factory in-
Bppctlqn dutleB and providing for a
sufficient corps of inspectors to mako
Uio law operative, has been favorably
roported out of tho retail and com-
xnerco committoo.
Railroad Officials Before Solons.
Three railway prosldonta ana a
number of other railroad officials ap
peared boforo Uio railroad commltteo
of tho houdo and many houso mem
bers to urge passago of the 2 -cent
passenger faro bill, introduced by
RopresontaUvo Bort C Minor of Oma
ha. President Mohler of Uio Union
Pacific, President Gardner of tha
Northwestern and Presldont Holdon
of tho Burlington spoko at Boma
length on tho nood of tho railroads
for groator rovonues.
Recall Bill Favored.
Tho houso Is unanimously in favor
of tho recall bill, including recall ot
Judges, introduoed by Roprosentativo
J. N. Norton. Tho bill provides that
25 por cont of tho voters of any elec
toral district may ask the recall of
any public official. Ho is given an op
portunity to resign, and if ho does not
an oloctlon must bo called at which
tho only quostion to bo submitted
shall be whether or not such official
will be recalled. If tho recall Is ap
proved by a majority of the votors,
Uio vacancy Is to bo filled according
to tho law governing vacancies In
that particular office.
Senate Favors Hog Cholera Bill
The commltteo of Uio wholo has re
commended for passago senate fllo
No. 197, tho hog cholora serum bill,
Tho measure, Introduced by Weosnor
of Webster, puts tho use and Bale of
all serum and virus for hog cholora
under the supervision of tho Stato
Live Stock Sanitary board.
Will Try to Amend Merger Bill.
Tho Omaha consoHdaUon bill will
bo amended In tho houso commltteo
of tho wholo this wook if its op
ponents can manago it
Thoy propose to add tho amend
ment proposed by Representative
Broomo, which would postpono tho
matter two years and then submli
tho quostion to a voto of tho pcoplfl
living in all Uio municipalities affect
ed by the bill as a wholo, and not to
tho voters of each community.
On March 17, In or about tho year
of Ireland, died at Saul, In County Down, Ireland, In the seventy-eighth year
of his age. Today, more than fourteen centuries later, his day Is celebrated
with reverence and with rejoicing throughout the English speaking world,
for the Irish are everywhere, and nowhere now are they hanging men and
women, too, for tho wearing of the green.
IRELAND'S SAINT,
AND HIS WORKS
Colleen Tells the 8tory of the Llfo
and Labors of the Beloved Preacher
Who Brought Christianity to the
Beautiful Shores of the Green Isle.
BY A COttEEN.
Erin's a spot famous for Brconory,
But wo do not match with our sccnory,
Wo'ro not bo green wo can mako hay with
you
Says the colleen, "Ah, got oway wltli
your
Mddcrn Bonff.
Ing wo nro? Then turn your in-
tnlllcnnt nvnn imnii tin for It's
probably duo to us that you havo an
intelligent eyo to turn upon anything
at nil! A fit of tho blues and a Btreak
of yellow may mako ono kind of green
tho green young thing that hops out
ot llfo at a halter's end, mayhap; or
tho palo green of envy In n foolish oyo.
But tho sweet, restful green that na
ture painted tho islo was novor that
kind of a color. 'TIb tho bright, cool
and happy shndo of tho leaves and
growing thingB llko tho bit of a sham
rock that best toll tho story of it
And tho story of tho shamrock and
tho story of Ireland uro tho story of
Saint Patrick hlmsolf. Are you tolling
mo you novor hoard it? More ahnmo
to you that don't know tho praises ot
tho Rreatest ot saints.
Maybo you're ono ot them that
thinks tho blessed man waB born in
Franco Franco, ochonol Heaven save
tho mark, 'twas In Dumbnrton, called
tho Rocks of Clydo, in what is now
Scotland. Ills fathor and mother wero
Christians, after a fashion that 1b, and
thoy woro subject to tho Roman in
fluonco, Scotland having beon llckod
by tho Caesar, which Ireland waB not
A lad of Blxteon ho was when Uioy
nabbod him and, turning tho prow ot
tho coracle down the Clydo, Loaded
for a spot near tho Giant's Causeway.
Onco landed it was not long boforo ho
was sold to MUchu, son ot Hau Bain,
who was king of Dalaradla His duty
thereafter was nono other than the
tending ot cattlo In tho valley ot tho
Braid, not far from Broughshano. In
that valley there Is still a town called
Ballyllgpatrick or Patrick's Hollow,
8lx Years of Slavery.
Six years ho Blavoa and planned,
and thon at tho ago ot twenty-two ho
ran away Away from MUchu and tho
cattle and down to tho Ben at Klllala
In tho County Mayo, ho wont. A boat
waB ready to sail whon ho reached
thero it was about two hundred miles
from tho valley of tho Braid but ho
had no money and tho sailors refused
to give him passago Fearful of dis
covery, ho wont Into tho wood ot Fo
clut, thero to hide till ho could got
away safely, but tho Bailors' hearts be
came sof toned, and thoy sent nftor him
and gavo him freo passago back to hlu
homo.
Homo ngaln after six yearB ot bon
dago, you'd think ho would settlo down
and bo content, now wouldn't you, Bat
no. Contrary to the wishes .of his
family ho dotormlncd to go back to
Ireland and bo a missionary; and ho
began to prepare himself for It, Now
tho time when moat boys of, his ago
were in school ho had beon away tend
ing tho cattlo of his maBter, so it was
small book-learning ho had, and tho
task of preparing himself was a hard
ono, but ho spent years in monastic
schools and moro than twenty of them
bad passed before ho set sal) to an
465, St. Patrick, consecrated bishop
8wcr tho "voice ot tho Irish" that ho
declared wns calling to him.
Ho would bring happiness to tho
Islo of Dostlny by way of Christianity
wasn't that a noblo mlaslon? And
they were rlpo for his hand. Ho landed
near tho mouth of tho River Slany,
two miles from tho placo now known
as
Saul. At that tlrao there woro
ninny divisions and as many rulers In
Ireland, oach bravo clan being a law
unto itself. St. Patrick mndo straight
for tho noarest chief, Dlchu, who
thought ho and his companions wero
pirates and camo armed to moot thom,
but when St. Patrick Bpoko to him tho
molting RweetnosB ot his mcssago
turnod Dlchu Into a stanch friend on
tho spot, and straightway ho gavo a
barn to bo used as a temporary church
and land on which to build a perma
nent ono and tho placo is known to
this day na Saul, (Saul moaning barn),.
Peaceful Conquest of Erin.
So tho blessed man wont up and
down Uio island loavlng tho broad
track of light bohlnd him. Ho gath
ered togothor tho chiofs and tholr
clans that had beon warring among
thomsolvcs and ho mado thom into ono
solid body. For Uio IrlBb. novor do
things by halves, and tholr lovo nnd
chlvnlry responded to the appeal ot
tho apostlo of Erin. It wasn't giving
to tho church with ono hand nnd
snatching back with two thoy wore
not a bit of it only each ono trying
to outdo his neighbor in goodness and
Bolf-sacrlflco. Don't think that it was
all easy sailing. Tho saint met with
much opposition nnd had many threats
mado on his llfo, but that didn't feazo
him ono whit Tho BtrongeBt oppo
nonta ho had wore Uio Druids, as tho
pagan priests woro callod Ho deter
mined to put u stop to thom, and wont
right into tholr Btronghold at Tara,
whoro thoy woro holding high Jinks,
and began tho celebration of Easter
by lighting tho Eastor flro, for it rras
Easter ovo. Tho royal command waa
sent to Patrick to present himself to
tho court at Slano. There ho was re
ceived with dudgeon and wolcomed by
tho royal bard Dubbthack It was Just
what ho wanted and ho began to
preach to thom and converted mora,
than half ot them on tho spot, gaining
tho king's permission to preach in any
part ot Ireland ho wlshod.
No nood to toll him twice. From
Connaught ho traveled to tho Lftkos
of KUlarney, from tho oast to tho west
and from tho north to tho south, back
ami forth ho went baptizing thousands.
His last years wero spent near Saul,
advising and toachlng thoBO who wero
to take up his work and follow nfter
him. And on tho 17th of March, In
tho year 493, "ho was translated to
heaven." Much has been said about
Just where his gravo is, but as long as
wo know that hs obIicb rest In tho soil
ot Inlsfall, what matter?
And today Erln'B sons are scattered
fir nnd wide doing tho world's work.
Literature, science and art havo drawn
from tho Irish resources, not to men
tion that hardworking team, "Mlko and
Pat," that keep body and soul together
for half of tho vaudeville porformers
nothing is so easy to attempt as tho
Irish brogue. Maybo you'vo noticed
that tho underdono bits are rarer than
tho overdone ones? Professional Hu
morists, bad manners to them, would
-become extinct entirely it tho samo
pair wero not handy to have smart an
swers wished onto tho ends of their
tongues. 'Tie not saying tho Irish are
not witty I am, but only ao good-natured
that the olns ct tho world ar
grafted graciously upon, them.