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! THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. 7 ALLIED SHIPS HIT BRITI8H TORPEDO BOAT REPORT ED DESTROYED BY TURK8 DURING ATTACK ON FORTS. GALLIPOLI TOWNS ARE TAKEN Forces Establish Themselves on Both Sides of Dardanelles and Force Ad .vance Heavy Losses Admitted by the London Admiralty. Amsterdam, May 3. Tho British battleships Majestic mid Triumph have been damaged and forced to withdraw from tho lighting line, tho Freuch cruiser Jeanno d'Arc was sot afire by Turkish shells, an English destroyer wna sunk and two transports of the allies wero hit and one of them beached, nccordlng to tho Turkish of ficial statement received hero on Fri day, via Berlin. " Tho statement follows: "Sixteen armored cruisers and many destroyers attacked our advanced bat teries In tho narrows on Tuesday and fired thousands of shells on our bat teries and Infantry positions. "Thoy wounded a number of sol diers. "Two transports off Sedd-EI-Bahr woro ropcatedly struck by our shells and ono of them was beached. Tho British battleships Majostic and Tri umph were damaged and wltbdrow from tho fighting lino. Our batteries also damaged tho French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc, which whs sot on flro. "Wo also sank an English destroyer in tho entranco to tho narrows." London, May 3. Tho town of Mai dos, llvo miles above tho narrows of the Dardanelles, has been bombardod and Is In flames; two towns have been captured from tho Turks and three other towns occupied by British, while a Turkish transport has been sunk, ac cording to an admiralty report Issuod on Friday. Tho report also states that the allies havo suffered sevoro losses. Flvo hun dred Turks wero made prisoners fol lowing an unsuccessful attack at Sari Balr. Tho allies havo established themselves on both sides of the Darda nelles and their successful advance Is reported by tho admiralty. RAIL BODY MAKES AWARD Engineers' and Firemen's Agents Will Not Sign the Agreement Given Slight Increase. Chicago, May 3. Tho western rail road arbitration board handed down Its award on Friday In the caso of GO,- 000 engineers and firemen who had asked 10 per cent incrcaso In wages and changes In working conditions. Representatives on tho board of tho engineers and firemen rofuscd to sign tho award. Thoy declared it granted no increases In wages and that in many cases wages would bo re duced lfdt wero not for tho clauso in tho award that whoro wages aro high er now, they shall not bo affected. W. S. Carter contended tho wages In every engine west of Chicago was hlghor now than granted by the award In tho caso of a fow light engines thoro was a slight increase. Hero and thero tho onglnemon re ported a victory. Tho surprlso tests woro ordered abolished. "Wo will, tako our medicine," said President Carter. GERMANS SHELL U. S. SHIP Standard Oil Steamer Cashing, Flying United states Flag, Attacked In North Sea. London. May 3. Routers received a dispatch from Rottordnm on Friday saying that tho Anlorlcan steamer Cushllin. from Phlladolnhln. nrrlvM nt Rotterdam and reports having boon at tacked by Gorman alrmon in the North nea Tho airmen propped two bombs, but no damano was done. Tho dish. Ing waB flying tho American (lag and her namo was dtsnlavcd on her sides In huco lottors. Tho Cushlnc Is owned by tho Standard Oil company. Tho Cushlng's cargo consists of 2,491,000 gallons or roiincd petroleum nnd 50, OUU gallons of lubricating oil. GERMANS BOMBARD DUNKIRK One Hundred and Sixty Persons Killed or Wounded Property Dam- ago Is Heavy. Paris, Muy 3. Tho Gorman bom bardment of Dunkirk Is confirmed In official statements which dcclaro CO 12-inch shells wero dropped In tho town. Ono hundred nnd fifty persons, mostly civilians, wero killed or In jured. Ono Bhell smashed tho roof of tho barracks and others caused heavy damngo to proporty In other sections of the city, It is believed that tho GormanB havo some now typo of long- rango nrtlllory.. Zeppelin Races a Train. Bury St. Edmunds, England, May 3. Tho German Zoppolln that raided this district raced neck nnd neck with a train for ten miles. Tho airship dropped flvo bombs In an effort to de stroy tho truln, but all fell wldo. Engineer Killed. Washington. May 3. Clmrloa i.. Stephens, thirty-five, of Pittsburgh, wns Instantly killed In a Baltlmoro & Ohio freicht wreck, seven miles east of this city, whon his engine, two tenders and twelvo freight cars left the rails. 578 PERISH ON SHIP FRENCH CRUISER TORPEDOED BY AU3TRIAN 8UBMARINE. Leon Gambetta Sunk In Ten Minutes One Hundred and Thirty-six Rescued by Italian Vessels. Paris, April 30, Tho French cruiBcr Leon" Gambetta was Bunk by an Aus trian submarine, with tho loss of 578 of her crow of 711, In tho Strait of Otrunto, near tho entranco of tho Adriatic sea, which was olllclally an nounced by the ministry of marlno on WednoHday. Tho oiriclal announcement of tho slnklntr follows: "Tho Leon Gambetta was sunk while cruising off the entrance of tho Otrnnto canal. All tho high officers died at their posts. Ono hundred and thlrty-sK sailors and potty officers wero saved by Italian boats." Tho Leon Gambetta had on board a crow numbering 714 men, Including twenty-two officers. A majority of the mon wero asleep nt the tlmo tho cruis er wub struck. Those saved were vir tually without clothing. 1 They were taken from tho water In a pitiful condition. Some woro wound ed and others wero almost uncon scious, while all suffered from ex posure. Tho Gnmbctta parted company with tho French cruiser Jules Ferry TucHday night to cross tho Strait of Otranto, with a vlow to copporatlng with other French ships In an attempt to block tho Austrian fleet if It should seek to leave tho Adriatic. Tho submarine U-5 launched two torpedoes against tho Gambetta, both of which woro effective. The Austrian submarine U-G which sunk tho Leon Gambetta was com' manded by Lieutenant George Rltter von Trapp. Lamenting the loss of the Leon Gambetta, tho Temps says: "Tho cruiser was u valuable unit of the French navy." The Leon Gnmbotta was engaged with other French crulsors In guard ing the strait to provont the passago of Austrian submarlnoM toattack tho allied fleet at tho Dardanelles. The cruiser displaced 12,410 tons. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES Philadelphia, May 1. Viewed from an economic standpoint, tho great wnr In Europo should benoflt American In dustry. This prophecy was mado hore by William C. Redd old. secretary of commerce, in an address before the Arnorlcan Academy of "Political and Social Science. Ho advocated an American merchant marlno for tho transportation of United States prod ucts. El Paso, Tex., May 1. Villa paper posos went down to -IV, conts in gold. This is tho lowest point thoy havo over rcachod. At ono tlmo after tho battle of Torreon VIHa pesos wero worth 35 cents. Scbastopol, via Potrograd, May 1. Emperor Nicholas nrrlvod horo today. TWIN CITIES CASE DECIDED Interstate Commerce Commission Re jects Proposals of Railroads East of Mississippi to Raise Rates. Washington, April 30. Tho Inter state commerce commission on Wednesday rejected tho proposal of railroads cast of tho Mississippi and north of the Ohio to establish n 90- cent Bcale of class rate on rail-lake- and-rall traffic from Now York nnd tho east to St. Paul and Minneapolis. Tho 83-cent scale was ordorod to bo main tallied. Tho proposal of tho railroads to chargo a 28-cent scnlo of differentials to Minneapolis and St. Paul over tho rates to Duluth also was rojectod and a 21-cunt scale ordered maintained. This means that on traffic from tho East 21 cents will bo added to the rate to Duluth on shipments that go through to St. Paul and Minneapolis Tho case, known as tho '-Twin Cities Caso," wub ono of tho moat Important recently doclded by tho commission, as It affects a largo volume of traffic over practically all western railroads. DYNAMITER OUT ON PAROLE Attorney General Orders Release of Henry W. Legleltner, Convicted at Indianapolis In 1912. Washington, April 29. Honry W Logleltnor, ono of tho dynnmltorB con vlctod at Indianapolis In 1912 lit tho Ironworkers' conspiracy caso. wob pn .rolod on Tuesday by Attornoy General Gregory. Ho was serving n throe year term nt Leavenworth ponlton tlnry. Tho warden was tolographod to relcaso him immediately. Carnegie Gives $2,700,000. Pittsburgh, Pa., May 3. It wns an nouncod at tho Founder's day oxer- clsos nt tho Carnegie institute that An drow Carnegie hnd given $2,700,000 moro to tho Institute and tho Curnogl Instltuto of Technology, The Macedonia Recaptured. London, May 3. Tho Gorman sup ply ship Macedonia, which rocontly oscapod from Las Palmas, Cnnnry iBlands, has boon roenptured. Official announcement to this effect was mado by tho British admiralty. HUGE Rl TAX LAID BRITAIN CURB3 LIQUOR DRINK ING AND INCREASES EFFI CIENCY. MEASURE BY LLOYD-GEORGE Chancellor's Law Will Practically Wipe Out the Traffic In Intoxicants About Shipbuilding Yards and Other Plants. London, May 1. Chancellor Lloyd Georgo on Thursday night submitted tho government's liquor program to tho house of commons nnd Immediate ly moved that Its most Impartant pro vision, an lncreaso of $3.93 per proof gallon in tho duty on whlr.ky, brandy and gin, should be adopted at once, and put Into effect immediately. "It Is necessary to pawn this resolu tion tonight," ho explained, "In or dor to prevent tho withdrawal of spir its from bond." Tho house divided. It was tho first division since tho beginning of tho war. Lloyd-Georgo's victory, however, was complete. Tho resolution was carried by a vote of 89 to 5. Tho former duty on spirits was 10 shillings a proof gallon. The bill adds 15 shillings and 9 pence a gallon, moro than doubling tho tax. Tho taxes on other alcoholic drinks aro increased in proportion. Tho government Is to control tho sale of all liquor in areas where war material Is produced and where ship ping is carried on. The present pub lic houses In these areas are to be re formed or, In many cases, put out of business. Hours of salo will bo re stricted and the use of light and non intoxicating drinks will, bo encour aged. Financial sufferers are to bo compensated. Thus ends ono of tho bitterest and most Interesting campaigns ever waged In Englnnd. That it has been a source of serlpus embarrassment to tho government was Indicated by the chancellor in his speech. "Tho task of finding a solution to tho drink problem Is the worst that could ' possibly befall a minister," ho said in introducing the bill. "After 17 weeks of work on tho problem I am prepared to take a pledge never to touch drink again politically. "Nothing but real necosslty," ho continued, "has driven tho govern ment to submit these proposals. The consideration of the question was forced upon us by tho officials who aro responsible for tho output of war material. When the time comes to drlvo tho enemy out of Flanders and France, tho expendlturo of ammuni tion must be' on a scale unprece dented in any war. Tho reports showed that the drink ovil was large ly responsible for our falluro to pro duce material and ammunition as fast as wo should. In tho shipyards tho slackness was so great as to causo sorlouB anx iety to tho Hoot commanders. Lloyd-Georgo then outllnod tho pro posed moasuro as statod abovo. Ho estimated that the now duties on beer would produco $H000,000 of rev enue and that the duties on wines would produco $7,500,000. VIRS. AST0R ENGAGED, REPORT C. H. Mackay Pays Marked Attention to Widow Will Lose $250,000 a Year If She Marries Again. Washington, May 1. Rumor of a possible engagement between Clar ence H. Mackay, president of tho Postal Telograph company, and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, which wero start ed In Now York city, havo been re newed by tho visit horo of Colonel Astor's widow with Mrs. J. E. Wld onor of Philadelphia. Mackay and a group of friends. Colonel Astor, who was ono of tho victims of the Titanic disaster, pro vided In his will that If his widow married again sho should lose tho in como from $5,000,000, or $250,000 a year, loft In trust for her. ITALY CALLS ENVOYS TO MEET Big War Conference to Be Held at Rome Important Decision Is Expected. Rome, Italy (via Pans). Anrll 29. 'I no Italian ambassadors at Paris. Lnn don, Vienna and Borlln havo been summoned to Rome to confer with Foreign Minister Sonnlno. In Ron mis action Is regarded as nrcllmlnurv to tho announcement of n ornvn nmi Important decision on tho part of tho Italian govornmont. Slcnor Tlttnni tho ambassador to Franco, reached Rome. IlOjloft this city only a fort night ago for Paris, Marchosl CarlnMi ambassador to Potrograd, will not como back becauso of tho distance and tho difficulties of travel, but messenger has been sent hlin. Train Hits Auto; Two Dead. Loulsvlllo, Ky May 3. Legardo Holland, twonty-llvo, nnd Rodorlck Sherrnrd, forty-ono, woro killed when an I. C. train struck their mitnmniiit which hnd become stalled on tho track whon tho onglno went dond. Killed In Auto Accident. Pittsburgh. Pn.. May 3. Dr. J. w Phillips was killed and throe othors woro Injured, two nrobnhlv fntniiv when a small runabout In which they woro driving nt a lively clip over turned In Grant Boulovard. ALLIES HALT GERMANS KAI8ER'8 THIRD DRIVE TOWARDS CALAIS CHECKED. French Recapture the Town of Llzerno and Take Summit of Hartmanns weller Kopf. London, April 29. The kaiser's third drlvo for Calais has been stopped and stopped short. German attacks on Yprcs havo been repulsed andf tho allies havo taken tho offensive French troopB have retaken Het Sas on tho Ypres canal, tho British, war ofllco announced. Tho English aro progressing In an offensive movement near St. Jullcn, three miles northeast of Ypres. The Belgian legation an nounces the recupturo of Lizerne, an other town on tho canal. Tho summit of Harttnannsweller Kopf, which had been taken by tho German's .Monday morning, was re taken by the French in tho evening. Ro-enforcements rushed to the allies havo permitted them to regain consid erable of tho ground lost in tho first furious attacks of tho German army. Berlin, April 29 (by wireless). Li zerne, head of tho German wedgo on tho west bank of tho Ypres canal and half a mile from tho canal, has been evacuated by tho German troops. This s admitted In a report from tho gen eral staff. The now German lines about Ypres are being held firmly, tho report ndds, tho attacks of the British troops upon tho positions captured there having completely broken down. In these attacks tho British forces suffered heavy losses. French attacks at Hartmannsweller Kopf, in tho Argonne, at Combres and near Allly failed, the general staff as serts, whllo tho German troops gained further success on tho Meuso heights and In Prlestwald (LePretro forest). URKS CLAIM BIG VICTORY Berlin Hears Ottoman Troops Cap tured Twelve Thousand Prisoners Near Dardanelles Forts. Berlin, April 30. Hall! Bey, former president of the Turkish parliament, who Is now in Berlin, received a tele gram from Constantinople on Wednes day stating that 8,000 French and Brit ish soldiers had been driven to tho sea nnd that 12,000 had been captured by tho Turks as a result of the attempt of tho allies to land forces to attack tho Dardanelles fortifications. A British admiralty announcement issuod nt London states that the allied troops havo established themselves across the Galllpoli peninsula. They havo beaten off all attacks and aro steadily advancing. Constantinople, April 30 (via Am sterdam). Tho war minister has sent the following report to tho sul tan: 'Gen. Llmnn von Sanders tele graphs that tho center and right wing of the enemy's army has been com pletely defeated. Ho hopes the left wing will undergo tho same fato." ROOSEVELT ENDS ESTIM0NY Colonel Talked for Forty-nine Hours Name of Gov. Charles S. Whit man Mentioned. Syracuse, N. Y., April 30. Tho namo of Gov. Charles S. Whitman was brought Into tho Barnes-Roosevelt $50,000 libel suit just before Colonel Roosovelt completed his talking mar athon of approximately forty-nine hours. Whitman, whllo district attorney of New York county, on February 19, 1914, wrote a lotter to Charles II Duell, Jr., formerly of Syracuse, do clarlng In effect that thero should bo n reuniting of Progressives and Pro gresslve Republicans and all good citi zens to rid tho stnto of boss rulo. When Colonel Roosovelt finished his record-breqklng testimony he had been on tho stand seven court days nnd part of two other days, making a total of almost fifty hours. I 1 DEAD, 50 INJURED IN CRASH Cars on Electric Road Collide Near Fremont, O. Coaches Set Afire After Accident. Fremont, O., Mny 1. Two cars on tho Lako Shore Electric railway col lided on a single track four miles east of this city on Thursday, killing a wom an and Injuring 50 persons, 15 serious ly. A woman nbout eighty years old, whoso identity has not been estab lished,, died at a privato rosldenco In Clyde from a fractured skull. F. It. Baldwin, Toledo, waB hurt probably fatally. Mrs. N. Belknap. Bay City. Mich., hurt Internally. Both cars wero set aflro In tho col lision. Tho badly wounded passengers woro dragged out by thoso who es caped serious Injury. Huerta Buys Real Estate. Now York, May 1. Vlctorlano Hu erta evidently hns greutor faith In Now York real estate than in that of his own country, for tho former chlof of Mexico has Invested $300,000, Mex ican pionoy, in Harlem apartments. Destroys Allies Transport. Constantinople (via Borlln and Am sterdam), May 1. Destruction of an allied transport oft Galllpoli peninsula nnd defeat of tho. British forces land ed at Gaba Topch aro tho chlof fea tures of an official statement. U.S.SHIPTORPEDOED OIL TANK STEAMER ATTACKED OFF SCILLY ISLAND8. TWO SEAMEN ARE DROWNED Report Dstructlon of American Craft Stirs Washington Official Circles. London. The American oil tank steamer Gulfllght, which sailed from Port Arthur, Texas, April 10 for Rouen, Franco, has been torpedoed off" the Scllly Islnnds, nccordlng to a dispatch received by tho Central News Agency. Tho captain of tho Gulfllght, nc cordlng to tho samo advice, died of heart failure as a result of tho shock. Two seamen Jumped overboard and were drowned. Tho other members of tho ' crew were taken off by a patrol boat and landed. The vessel waB towed Into Crow sound nnd benched. Stir in Official Circles. Washington, D. C Press reports of tho torpedoing of tho American steamer Gulfllght and tho Iosb of her captain and somo members of the crew created n stir in official circles hero, where the seriousness of tho occurrence was everywhere admitted. If first reports are borne out, tho nttack on the Gulfllght constitutes the first caso of an American ship struck by a torpedo with the conse quent loss of lives. Two American vessels have boon sunk by mines, the responsibility for which never has hern fixed, and ono Amerlcnn, Leon C. Thresher, was drowned when tho British ship Fnlalm was torpedoed. It was generally recalled that In tho note sent by tho United States to Germany In answer to Germany's proclamation of a war zone around the British Isles and Ireland, tho Washington government stated that It would holdthe German government "to 'a strict accountability" for the loss of any American lives or vessels, (ho phraseology being so drawn ( as to cover attacks on belligerent vessels on which Americans were traveling. 6,000 Canadians Loct at Yprss. Ottawa, Canada. Casualties among the Canadian contingent In the fight ing at YpreB are now reported to havo ben nearly G.O00. Of these, 2,000 are renorted missing, the miss ing being chiefly tho 13th and 14th battalions of Montreal Highlanders, each 1,000 strong.' It Is stated that 700 officers and men were killed and 3.C00 wounded. Tho totals thus given would Indicate that moro than one fourth of tho 21,000 men In tho di vision were put out of action. Two Deaths In Storm. Sioux .City, la. Two men are dead and thousands of dollars worth of property lost in a storm that swept this section Sunday. James Dunning, Parker, S. D., wns killed by a North western train as ho was crossing tho tracks in a blinding rain, and Lars Fries, for forty years n resident of this county, was drowned in a creoK near Bronson, made a torrent by heavy rains. Fruit trees were strip ped of small limbs and blossoms, lionw loss resulting. Plate glass win . iIowh In Sioux Cltv nnd surrounding towns wero broken, with hundreds or dollars damage. Tornado Destroys Property. Fullerton. Neb. Leaving dostruc Hon in it's wake, a tornado Saturday night crossed Nance county from pouthwest to northeast. Many build ings were wrecked, telephone lines aro down, but only one cnsuallty was reported. Clarence Scarlett, a farmer living ten miles west of Fullerton, wns inlnred. ' Considering the terrific force of tho storm and the amount of damage dono, It is considered remar.uible that tho nnlv iniurv renorted was to Liar once Scarlett, who was only slightly Inlnred by a flying tlmbor. The dam ugo to property will amount to over ten thousand dollars. Hall in St. Louis. St. Louis. Hailstones as largo ai baso balls were hurled upon scattered sections of Missouri in a storm which wub referred to ns the worst in n coneratlon In reports from tho dam ntreil towns. Tho damage to crop3 nnd live stock will run into thousands of dollars. Lincoln Man Appointed. Washington, D. C Richard Hap greaves of Lincoln, sou-lnlnw or bee rntnrv of Stato Bryan, hns been np pointed to a clerical position with the comptroller of currency. Middles Will Go Through Canal., Washington. Tho Panama-Pacific exposition nt San Francisco will bo Mm nhtactivo nolnt of a 10.000-mllo crulso of tho Annnpolls midshipmen this year. Thoy leave Annapolis Juno G and return August 3 on battleship Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. Fire Men Go Vlsltlna: Town Burns. Solma, Cal. Tho Selma firo depart mont went on a snoclal train to Fres no to nnnenr In tho Raisin day parade. Whllo It was away firo caused damago estimated nt about $50,000. CONDENSED NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALU Alliance Is to havo a Country club. Work on tho Farmers' bank of Crnlg lion bcon started. Is not serious, but the tower is wreck and tho bell damaged. Tho cornerstono for the new city hall at Genova has boon laid. Tho new Crnwford city hall, erected nt a cost of $12,000,' has been opened. J. D. Anderson has been elected mnnnger of tho Syracuse baseball team. Theodore Nelson of Nehawka waB seriously Injured by being kicked by a mule. Tho business mon of Pender havo- raised about $1,000 to support n base ball team. Otto Wrioth of Omaha has just opened a new hardware store at Springfield. Work has begun on tho excavation for tho $250,000 addition to Lincoln's postofflce building. Work has commenced on tho new $35,000 building for the state tuber culosis hospital at Kearney. Tho twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences wll bo held at Lincoln May 31. More automobiles licenses wero is sued by Secretary of State Pool lnst week than any previous week Blnce autos were invented. Elbert Moren, living near Johnson, suffered a broken arm and Internal Injuries when two teams and a wagon load of oats ran over him. The Rt. Rev. Richard Scannoll, bishop of Omaha, will administer th rito of confirmation to a very largo class at West Point on May 10. Tho now Methodist bell tower. erected a month ago at Ord, fell after having been struck by a run away horse. Damago to tho building A $200 diamond brooch pin, lost by Miss Eflle Yager In front of her homo In Hastings, was crushed by an au tomobile nnd Its valuo as a pin de stroyed. Tho barn of E. N. BoyleB, living near tho Wyoming line, northwest of Harrison, was burned; together with four horses, two mules, a cow, har ness, hay and grain. Attorney General Reed hao an nounced the appointment of Ed. P. Slmth of Omaha to appear for the state and the railway commission In defense or order No. 19, the class rnto order. The Alliance Commercial club has shipped in 2,000 trees, paying tho freight and selling them for less than cost .More trees will bo planted thero this year than In any five pre vious years. While working about the railroad yards at Unadllla, Max Schrelnor, manager of the Farmers' elevator, stepped on a Bplke that ran nearly through his foot, causing a very pain ful wound. William O'Brien of Pllger, has received by exxpress a black bear from Nyssa, Ore. The bear was cap tured when a small cubj by Wlllard Dnvlson, formerly of Pllger. It is now one year old and quite tame. An Iron staple, approximately an Inch an a quarter long and half an Inch across, which S. C. Hawthorne of Lincoln swallowed over two years ago, was removed from his left lung during the first part of this month. Adjutant Trimble at Lincoln ha3 jecolved an Invitation from the town of Aurora asking for tho state en campment of the Grand Army of tho Republic for 1916. The encampment this year Is at MInden, May '18, 19, 20 and 21. Ono of the most shocking acci dents in tho history of Allianco occur red when Vern Lyon, tho nine-year-old boy of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Scott, had his leg literally torn off at tho knee as ho was attempting to climb onto the rear of a buggy. A twelve acre plot In tho west part of Hastings has been leased by tho school board for experimental agricul tural purposes upon the part of school boys, who will bo nlloted one-eight of an aero each. Eighteen boys en gaged in tho experimental work last year. One lad sold $18 worth of his own products. Probing preliminary to a grand jury investigation is being carried on at Hastings. According to Deputy Attorney Genoral Barrett, the Inves tigation promises many sensational features. Whllo riding In a carryall with her husband and family, Mrs. Phillip Volmer, who resides ten miles from Mernn, fell from the back of the ve hicle to the ground and broke her neck. She lived but half an hour after tho accident Tho state board of control has ar ranged that between 1,500 and 1.C00 loads of sand and cement, needed for the permanent roadway which will be constructed on tho Lincoln highway nenr the Kearney Industrial school, wll bo haued by tho boys there. Tho sand' will be takon from the Platte. Thousands of horses aro being gath. ered at Grand Island for the wnrrlng nations of Europe. Colonel A. B. Porsinger, who re sides near Chappoll, had twenty head of 2-year-old steers struck by light ning and killed. Tho cattle woro worth ovor $1,000. It Is expected that 200 women from various parts of tho country will bo In Omaha May 8 to 13 In attendanco upon the blonnlal convention of the Woman's Homo and Foreign Mission ary society of tho general synod of tho Lutheran church. 4