THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
MISSION IS SECRET
CHARLES R. CRANE APPOINTED
BY BRYAN UNDER PEACE
TREATY WITH RUSSIA.
RICHARD OLNEY ALSO NAMED
Presumed Chicago Man Is to Go to
Petrogrnd and the Massachusetts
Man to France, but All Information
Is Denied.
Washington, May 10. Charles II.
Crano of Chicago has boon appointed
by Secretary Ilryan as ono of tho com
missioners undor tho Bryan peace
treaty with Russia, which wan Hlgncd
last October. Ho will go abroad on a
special mission for tho state depart
ment. It Is presumed he Is to go to
Petrograd. Hut nil Information as to
tho object of his mission is donled at
the stato department and refused by
Mr. Crano.
Former Attorney General Richard
Olnoy of Massachusetts has been
named by tho stnto department a com
missioner undor a similar peace treaty
with Franco. It iff not known whether
Mr. Olnoy is to be sent to Franco on
nny special mission in connection with
his nppolntmont.
Secretary Ilryan conferred with Mr,
Crane at Bomo length as to plans for
his work abroad. Later Mr. Crano
hhw tlin nrfiRlflont. Hn denied Infor-
mation as to tho character of the con-
vnrsntlnnn. ihn nntnro of his stieclal
mission or to what country ho was
eolne. There waa a rumor that Mr.
Crano mloht co to China. It wns based
on tho fact that Minister Paul S.
Relnach is roturnlnc to this country
from Peking. Tho reported amicable
agreement reached by Japan and
China OB to their contentions makes
this unlikely.
It is more probable that Mr. Crano
is to go to Rusaln. Tho recent repeal
of tho commercial treaty botwecn tho
United States and Russia, carrying
with It tho cancellation of passport
privileges, has been a vcxntloUB bub
JccL
LINCOLN SAYS PAY IS SMALL
"Absolutely Not," Ho Exclaims When
Asked If $27.50 Is Decent Wage
for Pullman Porters.
Washington, May G. Robert T. Lin
coln, chairman of tho board of tho
Pullman company, testified on tho con-
dltlon of nlnenlnc enr nortors and tho
company's financial condition boforo
tho United States industrial commit-
too on Tuesday. Tho company's cap!-
tal stock, ho said, was $120,000,000
and eight per cent has been paid an-
nually slnco 1900. Totnl cash divl-
dendB of tho company, ho said, hnvo
amounted to 159,11C,775. Tho total
ussotB last year wore $133,917,201. In
1902, ho Bald, tho pay of Pullman con-
ductors waB raised to $70 a month for
tho first six months. Salaries of con-
ductors on special trains, ho said,
woro $100 n month. Tho avorage, ho
thought, Should bo incroaaod.
"Do yon think tho aalary of $27.G0
now paid negro porters aa a minimum
is enough to maintain IiIb family In
comfort and docency?" asked Chair
man Wnlsh.
"Aboolutcly not," Mr. Lincoln re
piled.
"PIRACY," SAYS ROOSEVELT
Repeats Views Expressed in Attack
on Gulfllght Not In Position to
Advise Government.-
Syracuso, N. Y., May 8. Colonel
Roosevelt characterized tho sinking of
tho LuBltnnla as "an act of piracy."
''1 do not know enough of tho fnctB,"
suld tho colonel, "to mako any further
comment or to say what would bo
nronor for thlB Kovornmont to do In
tho circumstances. I can only repeat
what I bu d tho other dnv when tho
Gulfllght wub sunk. I then cnlled at-
tentlon to tho fact that months bo-
foro, when tho German war zono was
established, and deeda such na tho
Blnkintt of tho Lusltanla worn threat,
en6d. that if such dooda worn nnnm.
tratcd thoy would represent nothing
but moro piracy."
MIWFR' 'sTRIKF K QPTTI Cn
MINttlb bl KIKfc Ib bt ITLEU
Representatives of Operators and Men
of Eastern Ohio Coal Fields
Reach an Agreement.
Cleveland, O., May 8. Tho eastern
Ohio coal miners' strlko la settled
MinorB' and operators' ropresontatlvoa
who havo been in session, here tho
past ten days reached nn agreement
and only tho formal signing of It after
ratification by tho Operators asBocIa
tion and minora' locals ln subdlstrlct
No. G now stand In tho wuy of tho ro
sumption of mining operations aud ro-
turn to work of 14,000 miners who
havo boen idlo during tho thirteen
monthB- Btnito.
Tornado Kills In Tennessee.
Humboldt, Tenn., May 10. Mrs. Sa-
rah Hays was killed, Hardy Hays, her
son, family injured, and Mrs. Hardy
Haya badly hurt in a tornado that
passed over this section of the coun
try lato Thursday.
Belgium Part of Germany,
London, Mny 10. Tho Daily Mall's
correspondent at Rotterdam says a
proclamation has been posted ln Ant-
werp declaring mat uormany nus an
noxed Belgium. Tho proclamation Ib
dated May 5,
MOVE AGAINST TURKS
LONDON 8AY6 BRITISH LAND
FORCES MAKE GAINS.
Fighting Continues Day and Night In
the Dardanelles Between War
ships and Forts.
London, May C. British troopB are
advancing into tho interior of tho
Ualllpoli pcninsuln, nccordlng to an of
ficial statement issued on Tuesday in
London.
Tho statement Is as follows:
"During tho night of Mny 1 and 2
and tho night of May 2 nnd 3 the
enemy Inunched strong nnd deter
mined attacks In mass against our
positions, constantly bringing fresh
troops.
"Not only did tho allies rcpulso
every nttack, Inflicting enormous
losses on tho enomy, but wo assumed
the offensive drove tho enemy out of
their positions and are now advanc
ing into tho interior of tho peninsula."
In a dispatch from Athens received
by tho London Exchnngo Tolegraph
company tho declaration h made that
tho vail orsmyrmi has entered fresh
negotiations with tho allies for tho
surrender of the town.
A Tenedos dlBputch to the Dally
News says:
"Fierce- fighting continues day and
nlht in tho Dardanelles. Tho ships
of tho fleet are working in shifts and
tho bombardment is incessant, in
spite of dosporato resistance, wo have
niado steady progress, both on lnnd
and sea. Tho most vital points of
tho enemy's defensos now are strong
'y invosicu.
ina nomuarument or mo lurmmi
forts on tho Oult of Smyrna lias neon
resumed, according to messages re
ceived at Athens from Mitylone, and
tho warships of tho allies continue
their lively sholling of tho forts on
tho Dardanollos.
Tho nllies aro reported to have ef
fected a landing near tho alto of
nnclont Ephesus, 35 miles southeast
or Smyrna
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE
Los Angolos, May G. Ed Walsh, tho
Chicago American lcaguo pitcher, who
was taken to a hospital suffering from
tho offect- of a severe attack of
grlppo, was nblo to sit in a wheel
chair. His doctor said he probably
wuld well In two or three day
ilet resume training within
two weeks.
Rockport, Ky May G. Tom Martin,
an employee of n coal company, who
left hero Tuesday ovenlng with $300
to moot a pay roll, was later found
dead on tho road with throe bullet
wounds in body and tho nionoy gone.
Athens, Ga., May G. At leant one
death and great property loss aro ro-
ported as the result of a tornado
which swept through the southern
Boctlon of Georgia late Tuesday,
Kmvnnno. 111.. Mav 8. Robert Solri
nt .,,, ltv bBon nnnnintf, ,..
nnt , Hnlicuor a0orni Dnvla of tho
United Stntes government at Wash
ington. Mr. Szold has recently been
assistant attornoy general of Porto
Rico, but enmo homo last week to visit
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph
Szold. Ho Ib a Knox college and liar-
vard law graduate
WON'T DISCUSS FAR EAST
U. S. Ambassador to Japan in Hurried
Trip Across Continent On Leave
of Absence.
Chicago, May G, Georgo W. Guth
rie, United StnteB ambassador to
Japan, wont through Chlcngo en route
to Washington from Tokyo. Whllo
changing trains hero, Ambassador
uumno uenicu mat nis journoy at this
tlmo !b on anything moro than a
,0(lV0 ot absenco arranged several
""'s "B- " ummueu mat no
wns "mUlnK a hurried trip across tho
continent
'Manifestly I cannot dlscuBS tho Bit
nation in tho far East," ho said. "1
can snv tlll8 howover: Tho American
ambassador uas neon treated with
ovcrv kindness and courtesy In Japan.
j am Kolng to my llomo ln PIttsburBn
first, and then I shall report in Wash-
ington If thoy dostro my presence
there. Passage has boon ongagod for
ub to return to Tokyo In August."
AIRSHIP SINKS SUBMARINE
Berlin Says British Underseas Vessels
Were Shelled by Teutons and
One Destroyed.
Borlln (wlrolcBs to London). Mnv
0. It was olllclully announcod on
Tuesday that a Kcrman nlrshln drr.mx.ii
bombs on sovorul English Bubmarlnes
In tho North Ben. Ono submarine was
sunk.
Railroad Earnings Increase.
Washington, May 10. Tho net rev
enuo of tho United States for March
showed nn Increnso of moro than SG00.
000 compared with tho Bnmo month of
- 1914, according to tho interstate com
merco commission
Storms Hit Kentucky,
Louisville, Ky May 10. Southern
Kentucky und parts of Tennessee
woro swept Thursday night by a do-
- ptructlva Btorm, wtiicu did heavy dam
ago, though no loss of llfo has been
reported.
RUSS LOSE TARNOW
DUKLA PAS8 AL80 CAPTURED BY
TEUTONIC ALLIES, IN3IST8
VIENNA.
MAKES NEW EPOCH IN WAR
German Offensive Is Maintained From
the Baltic to Roumnnla, and In
France and Belgium 50,000 Musco
vites Captured,
London, Mny 8. Tho GormanB, In
consort with their Austrian allies, are
putting forth an effort tho extent of
which has novcr been approached in
the history of war.
Throughout virtually the whole
length of tho eastern front thoy aro
engaged with tho Russians, while In
the West, In addition to their attacks
around Ypres, thoy are on tho offensive
nt many points. At other points thoy
are bolng attacked by tho French,
Urltlsh and Belgians.
Far up in the Russian Baltic prov
inces, heretofore untouched by tho
war, tho Germans are attempting to
advance toward LI bail and Riga; on
tho East Prussian frontier they are
engaged in a series of battles, and
with a big gun aro bombarding at long
rnnge, as thoy did at Dunkirk, the
Russian fortress of Grondno, In Cen
tral Poland thoy havo had to defend
themselves against a Russian attack:
in western Galicla thoy are attempting
with all their strength to smash tho
Russian flank nnd compel tho Rus
sians to nbandon tho Carpathian
passes, which they gained at such
cost during tho winter.
In this western Galicla battle the
Germans claim to have made a still
greater advanco and to have crossed
tho Wlaloka river, which Is well to the
cast of tho Dunajcc river, which un
til a few days ago formed a part of thf
Russian front, nnd to havo put their
liands firmly on Dukla pass. Tho Aus
trians announce tho capture of Tar
now. In conjunction with this attack from
the west the Austrlans are attempting
to drlvo tho Russians from Lupkow
paB8, farther to tho oast, nnd with suc
cess, according to tho German account.
In all, tho Germnns claim to have tak
en 40,000 Russian prisoners since the
offensive was undertaken last Satur
day night. The Austrlans put the
number nt moro than fiO.000 and ox
press tho bellof that tho whole Rus
sian Third army will bo de
stroyed. These reports show that the Austro
Gorman blow Is meeting with the
greatost success on tho northern
slopes of tho western Carpathians, for
toward tho Upper Vistula the Russians
appear to bo in their old posi
tions. Dcspito tho claims of the Austrlans
nnd Germans, tho Russian representa
tives in tho European capitals reiter
ate that tho victory has been greatly
exaggerated, anC tho public 1b waiting
to hear what Grand Duko Nicholas,
commander in chief of the Russian
forces, 1ihb to say about it.
REJECTS TEUTON SUGGESTION
Text of American Note to German
Foreign Office on Sinking of
Frye Made Public.
Washington, May 7. Tho Btato de
partment made public on Wednesday
tho toxt of tho American note of April
28 to tho Gorman foreign office 6n tho
Blnklng of tho American ship William
P. Fryo by tho raider Prinz Eitol
Frledrlch. Tho United States govern
ment rejects tho German suggestion
that tho legality of tho capture and de
struction of tho ship and the question
of tho paymont and amount of in
demnity bo submitted to a prize court.
It proposes that tho matter bo settled
by diplomatic negotiations, pointing
out that tho question of liability on tho
part of Germany already has been ad
mitted and tltat the status of the claim
ants and tho amount of tho indemnity
aro tho only questions remaining to
bo settled.
BARNES FORCES DEALT BLOW
Expert Evidence Favoring Colonel
Roosevelt Is Admitted by the
Court at Syracuse.
Syracuse, N. Y., May 8. Tho Wil
liam Barnes forces in tho Barnes-
Roosovolt finish light wero dealt a
stunning blow when Justico William
S. Andrews lot In expert testimony for
Colonel Roosevelt to show waste ln
Albany county printing. Henry J,
Homo, chlof of tho printing bureau of
Columbia university, who was a wit
ness boforo tho Bayno senate commls
slon of 1911, wub allowed to say that
certain reports of tho Albany commou
council printed by the J. B. Lyon com
pany could have beru done with more
lines to tho page, Just na legible, at
one third less cost
Lafe Young Held ac Spy.
Vienna, May 8. Lafayette Young
of Dos Molnca, In., a former United
States senator, and his companion
wero urrcHiuu ui uuiBurucK on
Wednesday. Mr. Young was released
with apologies. ,
Spanish Steamer Wrecked.
Plymouth, England, May 8. Tho
Spanish steamer Joso do Aramburu, a
Bhlp of 2,388 tons grosB, struck Rom
molstono rocks, nt Land's End, and
was completely wrecked. Tho crow
escaped.
WAR NEAR IN ORIhNT
JAPAN GIVES CHINA 48 HOURS
TO COMPLY WITH DEMANDS.
Situation In Orient Arouses Gravest
Concern In Washington and Cap
itals of Europe.
London, May 7. "A Japancso ulti
matum to China," cables tho Tokyo
correspondent of tho Central NewB,
"grants n delay of forty-olght hours."
Washington, May 7. China has
given her final reply to Japan. Sho
expects an ultimutum to be presented
and will roject It. Japan then must
mako good her threut to uso force or
back down.
This, in u nutshell, 1b the situation
in the far East. It has aroused the
liveliest concern in Washington and
London.
Everything of an authoritative char
acter that has come from Peking es
tablishes that President Yuan Shi Kai
has decided to accept war rather than
humillato his country by acceding to
demands which destroy Its sovereign
ty. In this attitude ho Is bucked up
by practically all of tho people.
That China alone can successfully
resist tho Japanese is of courso im
possible. An army of 500,000 men
lias been crented, but it 1b short of
ammunition nnd two of the three
arms nnd cartridge factories are at
points accesslblo to Japanese men-of-war.
It is believed in Puking, how
over, that resistance will bo valuable
In arousing tho people nnd that the
great interests of foreign powers will
cause them to Intervene. Japan has
a million troops ready for service.
2,000 FRENCH ARE CAPTURED
Germans Are Slowly Advancing In
Belgium Losses on Both
Slde3 Heavy.
Berlin, Mny S (by wireless). Ovor
two thousand French prisoners wore
taken by tho Germans, and tho French
were forced to evneuate a position in
tho Allly forest, it wns oOlcially an
nounced here. The French casualties
wero extremely heavy, It adds.
Ixndon, May 8. Aided by the
smashing fire of big guns, which havo
battered tho British entanglements to
pieces, the Germans are Blowly ad
vancing in Belgium. The losseB on
both sides are enormous.
The Germans continue their use of
poisonous gases, taking advantage of
tho strong winds that are blowing di
rectly from their trenches across the
lino held by the British.
DOCTOR RONALDS IS FREED
Court Instructs Jury to Acquit
Physician Held as Wife
Slayer. Mattoon, 111., May S. The last
chapter In the "ruby poison" mystery
wns written on Thursday when tho
Jury In tho Dr. Harold A. RonaldB
case was Instructed by tho judge to
return a verdict of not guilty. Ronald3
had been charged with murdorlng his
wlfo on New Year's night. Tho mys
tery remains as deep as ever. Mrs
Ronalds was found dead in her home
on January 2, following a night of
drinking nnd carousing. An lnvestiga
tton of tho orgnns revealed a ruby-
colored poison. Tho coroner's Jury
hold Doctor Ronalds to the grand jury,
which charged tho physician with murdorlng-
his wife.
VILLA WAS NOT WOUNDED
Mexican General Denies the Report
That He Was Attacked by
Colonel Ollvas.
New York, May G. In reply to a
message of inquiry as to tho truth of
reports that ho had been wounded by
Colonel Ollvas of his staff, the follow
ing dispatch was received from Gen
Francisco Villa:
"It Is wholl untruo that I havo
been wounded by Colonel Ollvas or
any other person. 1 am enjoying good
health and devoting all my energies to
lighting nnd exterminating tho one
mles of tho peoplo and of my coun
try."
SAYS ROOD SURVIVED TITANIC
Friend Declares He Saw Millionaire
Suoposed to Be Dead, at a
London Hotel.
Denver, Colo., Mny G. Ever since
tho Blnklng of the Atlantic liner Ti
tanic by an iceberg there has been a
recurrent rumor in Denver that Hugh
R. Rood, millionaire and lumberman,
waa not among tho victims. A friend
of Mr. Rood, It la declared, recently
saw him ut tho Hotel Cecil In Lon
don. Mr. Rood's widow has spent thou
sands in efforts to learn whether ho
was among tho Titanic victims, as re
ported after tho disaster.
President Ends Siege.
Washington, May 10. Tho Blego
of tho Whlto Houto by two Pennsylva
nia suffragists ended when President
Wilson definitely informed them that
he could not meet tho "votes for wom
en" delegation at Philadelphia.
Shoots Two and Self.
Wllllamaport, Pa., May 10. Lester
Poust, twenty-eight, and Charles
Holes, thirty-two, aro dead, and Colla
Sowors Ib bolloved to bo dying aB a
result of a shooting and suicide at Jor-
soy Shore.
ONLY 700
SHIM
LUSITANIA DEATH ROLL WELL
UP TO 1,500.
LORD METSEY STARTS INQUIRY
General Opinion Is Heavy Loss
of
Life Due Partly to Confidence
of Passengers.
London. All hope that there might
be further survivors of the Lusl
tanla has been abandoned. So far as
can be ascertained, about 700 persons
escaped when the Lusltanla took her
fatal plungo after being struck by
German torpedoes, hut of these forty
five havo died from exposure or from
injuries. The death roll, as esti
mated here, totals well up to 1,500.
Lord Metsey Is conducting an Inquiry
nB to how the Lusltanla came to be
caught and why so many lives wero
IosL Tho general opinion is that sev
eral German submarines were assign
ed to tho tnsk of attacking the Cu
nard liner, nnd that they maneuv
ered her Into a position where sho
could not escape. Passengers say
that for- some tlmo before the first
torpedo was llrcd the Lusltanla had
altered her course, and they ascribo
this to the fact that one of tho Gor
man submarines had shown herself,
sending the big liner ln the direction
where other underwater craft wero
waiting to strike with their deadly
torpedoes. These submarines, naval
experts believe, are of the latest type,
of probably 1,400 tons, and much
more powerful than any possessed by
other navies. The heavy loss of llfo
on tho Lusltanla wns due, in the be
lief of rescued passengers, to the fact
that some officers at least reassured
them after tho first torpedo struck
that the ship would remain afloat
and could make Queenstown. Prepa
rations, it is true, wero made to
launch tho boats, but before this
could be done, a second torepdo hit
the steamer, and she listed so badly
that tho crew could only work tho
boats on one side of the ship. Anoth
ei factor was tho extreme confidence
of the passengers themselves In the
Infallibility of tho water-tight com
partments. According to a steward,
thoy would mt believe, even after
the second ttpedo struck, that the
ship would go down. The Lusltanla
was not In the British navy list for
April Among the merchant vessels
commissioned as a naval auxiliary
craft, and tho officials of the Cunard
Co. deny that she over was used for
that purpose.
Revolutionists Undaunted.
Toklo. Leaders of the Chinese re
volutionary movement who are now
in this city, declare China's accept
ance of Japan's ultimatum will havo
no offect on their plans, and that
they shall strike when they believe
tho tlmo Is ripe. They assert it was
n foregone conclusion that China,
would accept, and allege that Presi
dent Yuan Shi Kal requested tho ap
plication of pressure to justify him in
yielding.
Vanderbllt Gave Up Life Belt.
London. Thomas Slidell of New
York said ho saw Alfred Gwynne.
Vanderbllt on tho deck of tho Lusl
tanla as tho vessel was going down.
Mr. Vnndorbilt, who could not
swim, was equipped with a life belt,
but ho gallantly took it off, said Mr.
Slidell, and placed It around the body
of a young woman. Thon he wont off
to seek another life belt. Tho ship
sank a few seconds later.
Italians Criticize German Methods.
Rome. Pope Benedict was deeply
Impressed by the sinking of the Lusl
tanla. His holiness expressed horror
at tho destruction of tho liner, and
bald ho hoped tho American govern
ment would bo nblo to mako future
disasters of tho kind Impossible.
Tho Italian newspapers, without
distinction to politics, strongly criti
cize Gorman methods in the sinking
of tho Lusltanla.
Italy Mobilizing Army.
Gonevn, Switzerland An Italian
army, 600,000 strong, fully equipped
and ready for tho field, has boen con
centrated at Verona. Verona is a for
tilled Italian city, situated at the baso
of Tyroleso Alps, twenty-five miles
from tho frontier of Austria-Hungary.
Women Wage War on Speeders.
San Francisco. War on speeders
lias been declared by tho Women's
Pacific Coast Good Roads association,
at tho Panama-Pacific exposition.
They denounced tho rond burner.
Austrlans and Germans Fleeing.
Paris. A dispatch from Bellinzonn,
Switzerland, to tho Temps, says that
Austrlans and Germans aro lloolng
from all parts of Italy. All trains aro
packed with Teutonic passengers, In
cluding merchants and officials.
Chancellor and Liquor Trade Agree
London. An agreement has been
reached botween Chancellor of tho
Exchequer Lloyd-Georgo nnd repre
sentatives of tho liquor trado in tho
matter of taxes on beer and aplrlta.
AIRCRAFT TO PROTECT STATE
General Phil Hall Organizing an
Aviation Corps of the Nebraska
National Guard.
Winged warfare having mado so
pronounced a lilt ln Europe and air
craft htiving given such forceful,
demonstration of their wortli in bat
tlo and in scouting, General Hall of
tho Nebraska nntional guard has fixed
upon the plan of organizing un avia
tion corps in connection with the cit
izen soldiery.
Two expert aviators havo already
applied to tho general for service
with tho guard and one of them will
likely bo chosen within a short time
to proceed with the preliminaries. It
is intended that tho work shall start
with tho Fremont corps which is al
ready under headway, and that It
shall ho continued until several com
panies havo been organized. General
Hall's bellof Ib that tho step can bo
taken without any great expense to
tho state and he is now working out
details of several schemes which
have been proposed to him in that
connection.
A new company will be organized
it Omaha ln all probability, or men
from the present companies will be
detailed for the new air squadron
there. The neroplano which thoy will
uso will be built by their own labor
ln tho main and the engine will like
ly be purchased with proceeds of va
rious entertainments given by the
men. Nebraska's semi-centennial as a
state is to be celebrated by tho Ne
braska State Historical society,
which, at a meeting held in Lincoln
recently, not only decided to under
take tho celebration, but appointed a
committee of 144 prominent men
from every section of the state to
take charge of the affair and make
the necessary plans.
Nebraska was admitted as a stato
on March 1, 1867, and on March 1,.
1917, the state will bo half a century
old.
The matter of a fitting celebration
of the occasion was taken up in the
last legislature, but that body failed
to make an appropriation and the his
torical society members decided that
It was the duty of that body to see
that the celebration was properly
held.
At the meeting General John Lee
Webster of Omaha, president of tho
historical society, presented the mat
ter to the meeting and Bishop Tihen
moved the selection of a committee to
take charge of the celebration, speci
fying that General Webster should
be chairman.
Efficiency or lengtli of service can
not be recognized in the national
guard as entitling any officer to pro
motion, according to Deputy Attorney
General Barrett, but all officers must
be elected by tho company or by tho
regimental officers when It la a regi
mental office to be filled. The opinion
comes because of a letter put up to
tho attorney general's office by Ad
jutant General Hall, who would like
to promote members of the guard
and especially officers who have
shown their adaptation to tho worlc
and would strengthen the guard if
thoy should be placed where they
could do the most efficient service.
About half the fun for young
America when tho circus comes to
town was knocked out by a ruling
of tho live stock sanitary boare" which
will seriously cripple menageries
throughout the country. Doer, ante
lope, giraffes, buffalo, sacred cows,
zobras, llamas, tapirs, peccaries and
wild boars are excluded from men
ageries In fact don't look for any
animals with cloven hoof, becauso
they won't he there. Tho federal
bureau of animal industry has pro
mulgated tho rule, because of the foot
and mouth disease, and the Nebraska,
board has approved 1L
A poultry department has just been
established at tho College of Agricul
ture. Until tho recent action of tho
board of regents there has novor been
any provision for such a department,
owing to lack of funds. Through tho
abolition of ono of tho othor depart
ments of the University of Nebraska,
however, and a re-arrangement of
funds, the board has been ablo to es
tablish such a department. The work
is expected to start September 1,
1915.
Thirty thousand fish, mostly "cats,"
havo been distributed in various
towns of tho state during tho past
few days. They havo been planted In
lakes rivers and private ponds and
will be used as starters for fish col
onies Game Commissioner O'Brien
mado tho distribution. Towns which
thoy visited wore, Belvldcro, Bruning,
Adnms, Shickley, Wilber, Beatrice,
Wymore, Alma, Bonkleman, Oxford
and Crete
Finely sifted nshes or slacked lime,
with a nniall portion of kerosene and
trround-un moth balls, constituto a
, mixture that can be applied to vege-
tables for tho destruction of tho Ilea
beetles now damaging many Nebras
ka gardens. That Is tho recommen
dation of tho stato agricultural col
lego authorities who havo been con
sulted mnny times In tho past few
days. Tho beetles have been attack
ing radishes and cabbages particular
ly. They have, howover, not been
confining themselves to those plants,
alono.