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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. EDS UBLT TOLD .INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA. GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT tfncludes What Is Going On at Wash Ington and In Other Sections of the Country. WAR NEWS. Heavy diplomatic pressures Is being "brought by the allies on Italy to tako nldos with them In the war. The fast Gorman Bubmarlno U-29, off the Scllly Islands, has attacked not less than eight steamers, llvo of which it sank. It Is reported 'from Rotterdam that four more British shipping linns have ceased their services In tho fear of eubmnrlno attacks on their vessels. Fifteen wounded Gcrma.ns from the cruiser Dresden, sunk by the British off tho Island of Juan Fernandez, have reached Valparaiso. They report three men killed In tho action. The American club of Dresden has Issued an appeal which will bo dis tributed throughout tho United States against the shipment from America of arms and ammunition to" tho nations at war. American citizens In Austria are said to have requested Secretary of State Bryan to take stops to secure tho snfo passage to Austria of an American shipload of foodstuffs for .them. Tho crew of tho German crulsor "Dresden took everything of valuo off the British bark Conway Castlo be foro sinking tho ship with a bomb, ac cording to tho crow of tho British vessel, landed at Valparaiso, Chile. The British 'admiralty reports tho sinking of tho German cruiser Dres den off tho Island of Juan Fernandez. The crow of tho Dresden, which for three 'months has eluded tho vigilance of hostile ships, wero saved, it Is said. Great Britain has announced the do tails of tho retaliatory measures, which, in conjunction with her allies, Etle proposes to tako against Gcr many. These are aimed at tho stop page of all commerce by sea to and from German ports. In an editorial article discussing the position of Italy, with relation to the European war, the Glornalc d' Italia eaya: "Greece, Roumanla and Bui arla are awaiting Italy's move and will follow suit Thus Italian influ ence Is great at this moment, which must bo seized, as it is in her power to contribute to tho formation of a now International agreement." The British casualty list for tho five days from March 10 to March. 14, inclusive, during which tho battles of Neuvo Chapolle and St. Elol wero fought, show that 112 officers were -killed, and that 19 officers were -wounded. Tho list of casualties among tho men Is estimated at about two thirds of those suffered by the Ger mans, which It Is said wero between 17,000 and 18,000. The British admiralty announces that the British battleships Irresisti ble and Ocean have been sunk. The admiralty also announces that the Trench battleship Bouvet was blown un by a mine in the Dardanelles and sunk and that virtually her entire crew was lost The Ocean struck a drifting mine and the admiralty believes tho Irresistible probably met with a like disaster. It is announced the operi .iinna nirnlnst the Dardanelles are continuing. GENERAL. Tho United States battleship Penn svlvanla. tho largest warship afloat, -was recently launched at Newport !Nows Vo. . Tho si.nremo court announced It -would take its usual Easter rocess at tor elvlnc decisions March 23 and would reassemble on April 5. A constlttlonal amendment provld ing for woman suffrage was passed bv tho lower Iioubo of tho Missouri legislature at Jefferson City. The Now York sonato passed . tho jisHemblv bill amending tho work' men's compensation laws so as to em nmvcp omnloyes and employers to settle lnlurv claims between them .selves. Moro than $100,000 Is bequeathed to Kdw York City charitable Institutions hospitals and churches by the will of William Washington Colo, a vetornn circus man, onco partner of P. T. Bar num. which was admitted to probate Tho will disposes of an estate valued nt about $5,000,000. A national convention of owners and operators of jitney buses will bo hold in Kansas City, May 1, o anu u That announcement was mado by K. Carnos, traffic managor of tho Kan All danger of raid by Pluto In dlnns having passed, tho posso leaves Bluff,' Utah, nfter having boon on duty more than a month. Tho United States court of appeals 'upholds the prison sentences of Maury Dlggs and P. Drew CamlncttI of San Francisco under the white slavo law. As preliminary to a general cam paign for a national prohibition In 191G, tho national commtttco of Uio prohibiten party has decided to con centrate Us activities upon Massa chusetts tUs year. Edward J. Williams of Chicago, who was chief disbursing officer of tho Pan ama canal, has accepted tho appoint ment as assistant treasurer of tho Commission for Relief In Belgium, It was announced at Now York. W. L. Mackenzie King, former Can adian minister of labor, nnd now con nected with the Rockofollor Founda tion, arrived at Denver to spend sev eral woeks.jStudylng tho labor sltua: lion in uoiorauo. About $1,000,000 to reimburse farm ers for ravages of tho foot and mouth dlscaso among their cattle Is appro priated by tho terms of a bill intro duced In tho lower house of tho Illi nois legislature. Predictions that within five years there would bo no more railway acci dents except those duo to human fal libility were made by T. S. Stevens, president of the Railway Signal asso ciation, at Its annual meeting at Chi cago. v Tho largest gold mining deal in re cent years In Colorado was closea when A. E. Carlton of Cripple Creek and fifty associates purchased 95 per cent of tho capital stock of the Gold en Cycle Mining company for a cash consldoratoln of $4,500,000. W. S. Nobel, secretary of the Land Lcaguo of Texas, told tho Federal Commission on Industrial Relations at Dallas, Tex., that ho had found two land tenants In North Texas sd poverty stricken that they were offer ing to give their children away. Lincoln Beachoy, famous aviator, was killed when tho wings of his now monoplane crumpled back during a sensational perpendicular drop from an altitude of 3,000 foot, and tho ma chine fell Into San Francisco bay, In sight of several thousand spectators Superior Judge L. R. Works upheld tho contention of tho city of Los An geles that Its $25,000,000 Owens river aqueduct system furnishes pure water, excellent for human consumption, and denied Injunctions to two plaintiffs who sought to prevent distribution of the aqueduct water on the ground that it was polluted. A year or two, ago the gaB company furnishing gas in Des Moines lots a long battle to prevent reduction in tho rate to 90 cents. By reason of state ments filed with tho city authorities it is shown the gross receipts of tho company increased about 5 por cent In the last two years, or over $28,000 under tho allowed rates. WASHINGTON. Secretary Daniels, answering crit ics of the unproparedness of the navy, declared that never before in its his tory was tho nnvy in better shape to fight. Paregoric, the old nursery standby, is exempt from the provisions of tho new federal drug law, according to a ruling just made by tho commissioner of Internal revenue. A protdst has been Bent by tho United States to General Villa against tho collection from Americans or oth er foreigners of part of a special tax of a million pesoB levied at Monterey. Tho Federal Trade commission will make no attempt to advise corpora tions In advance as to tho legality under the trade commission act of any actions they contemplate. President Wilson will not call a SDCclal session of congress to author ize an embargo on commorco to tho belligerent nations of Europe, because such an act would bo construed as a violation of neutrality, it was officially Btated at tho White houso. President Wilson has decided on the route for tho Alaskan railroad, tho building of which Is to begin this spring, but an announcement will await tho butcomo of negotiations with ono of tho existing lines which tho government may buy. A flag for tho vice president, tho first in tho history of tho Amorlcan navy, was authorized . by Secretary Daniels. It Is liko tho president's flag, except that It has a white- in stead of a bluo field for tho coat of arms of the United States. Tho United States government does not know as yet whether Great Brit ain and her allies Intend to main tain a legal blockade or proposo to apply general rules of contraband and non-contraband in enforcing their em bargo on commercial intercourse be tween Germany and neutrnl countries. Because of tho lack of shipping fa cilities between tho Philippine Islands and the United States, army trans ports will bo utilized for carrying Roods from tho Islands which could not bo transported In any othr way. 2 CENT BATE STANDS HOUSE COMMITTEE KILLS 22 CENT PASSENGER RATE BILL. THOUSANDS SPENT BY ROADS Many Speakers Wero Sent Through State Urging Increase; Much Advertising Done. Lincoln. Nebraska railroads have lost tlte light they have been waging for moro than a year for an increase In passenger rates In Nobraska from 2 cents to 2 cents per mile. The bill, known as tho Minor bill, was killed In the houso railroad commit too, which predicated ltB nctlon upon tho b.ollof that It i,s not equipped to make rate studies nnd therefore not in position of deciding the technical ities of rate-making. Moro than a year ago the railroads doing bustnosB in Nebraska started asitatlng tho In crease in intrastate rates, insisting that tho prosont rates do not compen sate them for tho expense. Railroad speakers went among commercial clubs throughout tho stato and suc ceeded In having many petitions got ten up by different business organiza tions, all asking for tho increase. Paid speakers wero sont through tho state, and two weoks ago a promi nent business man from Missouri toured Nobraska In tho Interest of in creased rates. Thousands of dollars wero spent In purchasing nowspapor space, regular advertising ratec being paid for tho columns" containing tho railroad argu ments. Moro than 300 weekly and dally newspapers In Nebraska 'print ed tho matter. Publicity agents scattered tho rail roads' argument as widely, as possible and promised a "return to prosperity" if tho ndvanco was permitted. House Passes Merger Bill. Tho houso has passed tho Greater Omaha annexation bill. Tho bill carries tho Parrlott amond ment, providing for a unit voto of the greater city within sixty days. Tho vote for the bill was 72, carry' ing tho emergency clause. The. amendment, proposed by Par rlott of Nemaha, gives tho voters oi all municipalities concerned tho right to settle tho question at an election to bo called by tho governor not less than thirty days nor moro than sixty days after the bill becomes a law. A majority vote of all voting on the question will decldo the Issue, it not beinc- renulred that voters of each eeDarato municipality favor annexa tlon. Insurance Bill Advanced. Stato sick and doath benefits for every worker, man or woman, oarning less than $1,000 a year Is provided for In senate file No. 258 by Senator Pil ler. has been advanced to third reading in Uio senate. It will at feet thousands of people. The bill provides for tho payment of $4.50 an- nually for each porson In tho stato between tho ages of 15 and 65, tho fund resulting to bo administered by the stato insurance commissioners. Each wage earner Is to bo assessed $1.50 a year, each employer Is to be assossod $1.50 a year for each cm ployeo and $1.50 is to bo sot aside from the general fund of the stato to make up tho fund. All mployors of labor, Including farmers and employ ers of domestic help, Bhall como un dor tho provisions of the bill. In ad dltion to the person contributing to tho fund the wife, husband or children of audi porson shall also be entitled to sick benefits. Summer Normal Work Ends, Tho Crinldaw-Llggott bill to abolish Junior normal schools has been favor ably considered by tho houso and sent to third reading. It recolvod no onDOsItlon. No appropriation for Junior normals is provided this year in the general maintenance mu, ai ready passed by the houso. Senate Names Its Sifters. Tho senate ha3 appointed a sifting commltteo which consists ot Kohl of Wayne, chairman; Mattes of Otoe, Grace of Harlan, Buhrman of Howard,. Bedford of Douglas, Ruden of Knox nnd Spencer of Gage. Tho commltteo was named In a motion put by Howell of Douglas. Capitol Bill Postponed. "Billy" Chambers' dream of a now stato capltol building went up in smoko when his bill providing for tho erection of a new capltol with tho proceeds from a four-year mill lovy was postponed, Tho lovy would have raised an estimated $2,000,000. Trespassing a Misdemeanor. Despite some spirited opposition Mallory's bill senate Hlo 283, to make trespassing upon rallroau tracus a mlsdomeanor, has advanced to third reading by the senate commltteo. Road Paving Measure Killed, Tho recent messago of Governor Morchoad urging passage of tho Po- torson bill allowing creation of road paving districts in rural sections of tho stato did not brvo that measure whon it camo before tho houso for ac tion. Tho measure was killed nfter Taylor of Custer nnd a few other out- Jn-tho state mon had waged a mosl Innlatent battle ngalnst IL Tho bill was deemed a proper and nocossnry part of tho good roads campaign now go- ing on in the stato. AGAINST STERILIZATION BILL Governor Morehead Looks With Dis favor On Such Law Recent Operations Successful. Although there Is no Nebraska law providing for tho sterilization of de fectives and little clinnco of ono bolng enacted, because of the opposition of Governor Morohend, four operations for sterilization wero performed re cently nt tho Nobraska hospital for tho Insane, loented near Lincoln, ac cording to tho biennial report of Su porlntcndent B. P. Williams, filed with the stnto hoard of control. All four operations wero performed upon women and at their own request after they had bo far recovered from attacks of insanity ns to justify their release. Dr. Williams says tho oper ations wero performed with benoflcinl results nnd that all four women aro now well. As a means of affording an insight into tho activities carrlod on ut Ne braska Institutions under the direction of tho board of , control, tho report Bhows that Institutions are being placed on n self-supporting basis so far as possible. Women nt tho No braska hospital mnko practically ev ery article of wearing apparel and household uso needed at tho asylum. Tho report shows that 18,475 articles wero mado by tho women at tho Ne braska hospitals In tho past two yoars. Paving of public ronds outsldo of clttea nnd towns was recommended to tho legislature by Governor More head In a speclnl messago as a meth od of utilizing tho labor of stato and- county prisoners to best advantage. Tho governor recommended that somo legislation bo enacted along this lino and suggested a tax of $50 per year on automobiles to bo used for defray ing tho cost of such work. A bill Bomcwhnt along tho lino pro posed by tho governor, Introduced by Mr. Peterson, is now on tho general file of the houso and will probably re ceive consideration soon. It is II. R. 483, and confers authority on county boards to order tho construction of paved or graveled highways. In tho samo messago Governor Morehead urged that nn appropriation bo mado to relmburso ownors of cat tle, which may bo killed by order of tho Stato Llvo Stock Sanitary board, If the foot and mouth disenso should linrnnftnr pain nnv foothold in the state. Tho Osterman bill, known as S. F. 4"42, Intended to dony tho Union Pad fln tho rich of condemnation unless it should gain possession of nfl land it now holds in excess of 200 feet or right-of-way, has been killed. Tho roll call on itsMndeflnlte postponement.ro- suited 58 to 31. Lanlgan, tho leading opponent of tho bill, quoted court do cislons of .Nebraska and United States holding that tho Union Pacific waB entitled to a 400-foot right-of-way nnd that it cannot deed any of its land away. Mr. Lanlgan assorted that many of tho farmers along Uio Ualon Pacific, who have received quit claim deeds for everything oxcept 200 feet are not now being disturbed in tholr possession, but if tho bill Bhould pass tho Union Pacific in defense of Its in. tarest would be compcllod to tako back from these farmers tho land In eluded In tho full 400-foot strip. ,unairman nenry i. . tata railway "L"'?1! m 01..1.A 4 V. a ney General Willlfl E. Reed returned last week from Chicago, where they attended tho hearing hold by the in terstate commorco commission on tho application of western railroads for an increase in pasBengor and freight rateB. Reed says: "It is a titanic struggle on tho part of the carriers to advance rates. They claim it would mean $10,000,000 annually. From all of tho ovldonco gathered and ready to bo Introduced on behalf of those who pay freight. It Is oulto evident the ad- vanco means $70,000,000 annually. Tho houso commltteo of Uio wholo considered H. R. C34, tho compulsory vntlne bill, bv Anderson of Boyd. It Imposes a poll tax of $0 upon cacn voter, but provides that $3 of this shail bo remitted when his voto is cast In tho primaries and tho other $3 when ho votes at the general elec tion. A ' motion to Indefinitely post pone this bill was defeated. by only two votes, and it la doubtful If tho measure will pass on third reading. Desplto tho meeting of protest hold py auout a score ui mu cuumy uuu urors of tho state. Stato Treasurer Hall says that ho Is going to stand pat on his recent order requiring tho county officials to remit monthly tho current tnxeB of tho Btato collected by them. They point out that before tho stato treasurer can collect tho ponnlty ex acted by law, ho will have to nsk for a legal monthly "settlement" The Slovors bill, giving all county officials, except Judges, a four-year torm, beginning with tho 1918 elec tion, passed the houso with but two neuatlvo votes. It will not longtiion tho terms of present officials. II. R. 44, tho bill known as tho loan shark bill, has boon recommended for passage. A similar measure was pass ed two years ago, but was knocked out by tho courts becauso of its un constitutionality, tho features which caused Its downfall in tlio courts navo been eliminated, and in its pros- ent form jb oxpecieu io uwuu uu mou PROFITABLE MARKET Excellent Duck I havo kopt Mammoth Pckln ducks with considerable pleasure and profit during tho pnat ton or flfteon years. My mothod is to kcop tho birds out of tho chicken yard so as to provont tho soiling of tho water which tho chick ens havo to drink, writes D. C. O. Wolls of Fnyotto county, Illinois, in Orange Judd Farmer. A two-foot wire fence has provod satisfactory. Of course, tho chickens can fly over thlB, but tho ducks cannot. In eight weoks from hatching I can mnko young ducks weigh four pounds each, nnd by Juno 1 at this weight can usually got twenty to twenty-flvo conts n pound in Chicago. During tho paBt years tho demand haB been Increasing annually. Thorn In nn trouhlo about renrlnif ddeks. Tho brooding tlmo is only about half no long ns that for chick ens and tho ducklings do not need nearly ns much heat in tho brooders. Ducklings should always havo a bulky food. I glvo a mixture of ono part each of bran nnd beef meal to two parts of corn meal. Tho beef meal must never bo omitted ns It is essen tial to mako tho ducklings thrlvo nnd grow largo. To tho mixture I add about flvo per cent of sand so as to supply grit. I always havo an avail ablo supply of clean water for tho ducklings to drink, but not enough for them to paddlo in. Thoy cannot do moro than cot their bills wot. it is necessary that thoy should do this bo as to prevent clocglng of tho iiob trlls with food. WAY OF FATTENING TURKEYS Feeding Green Corn la Bad Practice- Always Have Grit and Charcoal Near Feed Troughs. (By MRS. EMMA STACEY.) At the prlco por pound given for turkeys thoso last years it pays to toed them to good weight, as a couplo of pounds moro on tho weight counts, but four or moro pounds pays woll. I put in now blood at good prices each year, and mako Bpoclal prices by sales of breeders each year. After I havo callod in my ordors for breeding stock from tho farmers about me I go over my flockB and mako splections of my best hens and gobblors, after which thoso aro markod and as far as is possible kopt apart from tho main flock. After losing Boveral of my best turkeyB ono year from foodlng groon corn I shut off on that given raw, al though I UBod It in plonty when cooked. I do not begin feeding until pretty woll ulong in October, and thon each morning now corn, shelled or sometimes cut in small pieces, is placed in a large outdoor kettlo and boiled for sovoral hours, By night this has cooled and is ready for their suppers. I havo novor known cooked corn to hurt them. For morning thoy got a ration of ground oats, boiled vegetables, corn- meal mixed with either milk or water, Always thoy havo grit and charcoal near by tholr feed troughs. At noon thoy get old corn, sometimes wheat, with an occasional food of suou onRIF GOOD POULTRY FACTS Early Hatched Pullets Produce Eggs In Fall and Early winter Best Time for Hatching. Pullets muBt bo woll matured be fore thoy will lay many eggs Pullets that start to lay in tho fall before cold weather sots in will, as a rule, lay all winter. It is tho early hatched pullets that produce eggs In tho fall and early winter, when prices aro high. February, March and April aro tho months to do your hatching In order to secure early hatched pullets Yearling and two-yoar-old hens do not lay many eggs in tho fall, as they nro molting at that tlmo, and tho feed thoy consumo goes not only to koop up tho energy and llfo of tho birds but also to put on or grow n now coat of feathers. In properly matured pullets all sur pjUB onorBy boyond that needed to t thQ r0(1uIremonts of tho body ic BVailablo for tho production of eggs. DUCK MANAGEMENT Pond and House. During warm weather I always prc- vldo ample slmdo. Any Bhcd will do for old ducks if it is dry. I nlways supply plenty of bedding, such as straw. For nests I place ton-foot boards nbout a foot from tho wall nnd leavo openings at each ond so tho ducks will not pilo up and break tho eggs. ThU spaco 1b partly filled with straw in which tho ducks bury tholr eggs. When I havo moro than ono flock I mato tho birds about January, Just as I plan to keep thorn; that is, 1 mako no changes after onco having mated the flocks. If thlB is not dono ' enrly, any nttompt to break up a flock into smnller ones may result unfavor ably and nny other attempt to unlto smaller flocks Is likely to bo just as undesirable, becauso each set will sop nrato as soon as thoy aro not watched. It is therefore highly Important to form tho flocks by Now Yoar'B tlmo. I always keep plonty of oyster shell In tho laying quarters. From July 1 to January 1 ducks need Bcarcoly nny food if thoy havo access to a good pond. As ducks aro usually shy, es pecially at night, they Bhould havo a shed well protoctcd from any possl bio night movements on tho part of mon and animals. If not so provldod thoy will be excited all night and koop tho wholo neighborhood nwako. Always during tho laying season I koop my ducks shut up until at least seven o'clock so the eggs will not bo droppod outsldo of tho houso. WHY NOT CAP0NIZE TURKEY? mprovement In Quality and Increase In Size Would Make Industry More Profitable. There 1b ovory reason to bellovo that caponlzlng other poultry would provo as advantageous as it doos with chicken cocks. Tho turkey cock, particularly, would bo a good subject to operato on, and if the lncreaso in sizo and quality should provo as great as in tho capon- lzed cockerel I am sure that it would mako turkey growing vastly moro profitable than it is undor normal circumstances, says a Missouri writer in Farm Progress. So far as I know, no such prnctlco has been set up in this country or olsowhore, but it tho emasculating makes a bo much finer bird than the ordinary cockerel, it seems to mo that the Improvement in quality and in crease in size would surely bo as great relatively in tho turkey males. I am presuming that tho operation would bo ns slmplo lnJn turkoy cock as in tho chicken. Of courso, Uiero la no ronson to bollovo that tho turkoy caponized would bo affected in any wIbo differently from tho chicken cock. I am quite buto that anyone who will caponizo somo carly-hntched, tur key -cocks this summer and market them as capons next fall will find It a paying operation. BIG ADVANTAGE IN POULTRY Soon After Hatching There Aro Many Cockerels Ready for Market and Pullets Begin to Lay. Ono of tho advantages in poultry production is that returns como quickly. With tho exception of straw borries, there is practically no lino of small fruit on which you can begin to reallzo insido of three years. A milch cow does not approach hor full power of production short of threo years; np- plo trees do not bogln to bear freely short of soven or eight years. How Is It with henB? Threo weoks from the , Betting of a hen you havo a batch ot chickens; four or flvo months aftor hatching you havo a lot of cockerels for market and in from flvo to five and one-half months tho pullots begin to lay. Importance of Rooster's Crow. Tho Importanco of a roostor's crow as an indication of his general worth is recognized In Belgium where cock crowing contests aro hold, tho prizes going to tho birds that crow oftcneat In a given length of tlmo. sas City Jitney association.
