Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1915)
THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. MOBS DEI! WAR RIOTS IN ROME AND OTHER CITIES THREATEN REVOLT FINAL SESSION OF CABINET. MARTIAL LAW AT CAPITAL Premier Salandra, Favoring Hostili ties, Resigned, But King Refused to Accept His Resignation War With Germany and Austria Near. Rome, May 17. A council or minis ters called by Premier Snlandru held n session, nnd a decision relatlvo to tho present crisis iu expected. Nowb that King Victor Emmanuel will rot accept Premier Snlitndra's res ignation und that Salandra and 13aron Honnlno, tho foreign minister, will re main In power Ih spreading llko wild Jlro throughout Homo and Is creating an excellent Impression. This followed u day of rioting which nssumed nlmost a revolutionary char acter. Tho entire city on Friday was occupied by tho military. Dispatches from Milan say that se rious rioting has broken out In that city over tho present political situa tion. Tho adherents of tho opposing polit ical factions havo resorted to tho uso of firearms, and tho situation is do 'scribed ns most grave. A riotous crowd in Itomo mado Its way in tho morning to tho Piazza Montccltorio, where is located tho chamber of deputies, and forced en franco into tho building by smashing tho windows. Tho moment tho news of tho cab inet's resignation became known popu lar Indignation began to show Itself. A largo crowd started rushing through the city, and there wore frequent con flicts botweon groups holding opposing political opinions. Tho pollco mado strenuous efforts to maintain order, but wero not sufficiently strong, and troops had to bo called out. Dispatches received hero from all ports of Italy sot forth that tho receipt of tho news of tho resignation of tho cabinet produced an extraordinary sensation. At Genoa, Florcnco, Na ples, Palermo and elsowhoro its re ceipt was followed by demonstrations. Observers In Romo deduco from the occurrences that n largo majority of tho pcoplo are In favor of a policy of hostility against Austria. A crowd which favored Italy's Inter vention went at night to tho hotel at which Gabrlclo d'Aununzlo is stopping nnd cheered until tho poot appeared on n balcony nnd spoko fervently in favor of war. From D'Annunzlo's hotol the crowd wont to tho palaco of Dowa ger Queen Margherlta and ncclalmod hor wildly-. U. S. CITIZENS FIGHT INDIANS Number Reported Killed and Wound ed In Mexican Battle Mexican Soldiers In tho Fight. Nognles, Sonora, May 17. With COO Mexican soldiers nnd a band of armed Americans reported as trying to res cuo them, n colony of G5 Americans, including women and children, on Fri day wero striving desperately to fight off Ynqul Indians from their homo near Esporanza, south of Gunymaa. Their condition wns reported ns criti cal. Washington, May 17. Secretary Daniels on Friday ordered tho cruiser Now Orleans from Manzanlllo to Gunymas, Mox., to Join tho cruiser Halelgh in rendering any relief pos slblo to tho colony of Amoricans at tacked by Indians In tho Yaqul valloy. TO INTERN 40,000 GERMANS Many pf Women and Children and Men Too Old for Military Servlco Will Be Deported From England. London, May 17. Internment of tho 40,000 Gormnn ti and Auztrlnna In Great Britain wns bogun by Scotland Yard on Friday and tho special "war constables," working under tho direc tion of tho homo olllco. Many of tho women and children and mon too old for military sorvlec will bo doported. At tho present tlmo somo 40,000 un naturalized aliens aro at lnrgo. DEATH ROLL IS APPALLING Thousands of British and Germans Aro Slain In Furious Fighting ' In Flanders. London, May 17. Tho wcok of bat-1 tlo has loft both sides exhausted and breathless, says tho Dally News cor respondent In tho north of France. "Today, Ascension day," ho tele graphs, "wo nro burying our thousands and tho Germans perhnpB their tonB of thousands. Tho fury of the flgh) ing has beon unbcliovablo and tho ! death roll Is appalling, but our lino Is ustabllshcd firmly." Fifty of Emden Crew In Syria. nnmnsciiH. Svrln. Mav 17. T.lmitnn. nnt von Muccko and a landing party from tho Gorman cruiser Emdon, which escaped whon their Bhlp was Bunk In tlio Indian oconn on Novem ber 10, linvo nrrivou horo. Liner Safe at Liverpool, Philadelphia, May 17. Tho Amorl- can lino steamship Dominion, which Balled from Philadelphia May l, with pajsongors and n general cargo, Ib re ported as having arrived nt Liverpool at 7 a, m. Friday GREATEST BATTLE ON ALLIES MAKE BIG GAINS NORTH OF ARRAS. Thousand More Teutons and Three Divisions of Trenches Captured by the French. London, May 13. Continuing what Is now declnrcd to bo tho greatest bat tle of tho war, nnd admitted In Berlin, ns well as announced hero nnd In Paris as tho great spring drive of tho allies, tho French gained further suc cesses In their offensive north of Arras. Repented assaults carried tho French force partly through tho town of Neu-vlllo-St. Vnast. taking 20'0 Gormnn prisoners there, strengthened tho French foothold In tho outskirts of Caroncy, practically cutting off nil Ger man communication botweon that town nnd Allnln, and carrying thrco now linos of German trenches north of Caroncy. Tho town is practically surrounded and its capture seems cer tain. Included in tho German night state ment Is nn admission that tho French still hold tho trenches captured be tween Caroncy nnd Nouvllle, north of Arras. Tho stntement also admits that I th French gained a foothold In tho blockhouBo on Ilartmannswcllcr Kopt. Tho British official statement an nounces ropulso of Gormnn attacks cast of Ypres and south of Monln. Berlin admits somo of tho French gains nnd claims success in tho cap turo of a hill of strategical lmportanco from tho British near Ypres. Tho French admit retreat from a position won In front of Loos, but announce groat advances nt all other points nnd tho capture of 1,000 prisoners, making a total of 4,000 taken In the successful offensive sinco Sunday. Tho Bolglans are continuing their ndvnnco at tho Ysor. Tho greatest importance Is attached to tho French drlvo, us it threatens tho German lines of communication for tho armies on tho OIso and tho Alcno. 300COOOOOOCOOO FLASHES 8 OFF THE WIRE Washington, May 13. Hearing of tho case of tho Rlggs National bank against Secretary of tho Treasury Mc Adoo, Comptroller Williams and United States Treasurer Burko wns postponed until next Monday at tho request of tho government's attorneys. Washington, May 13. Secretary of tho Navy Daniels virtually admitted on Tuesday that tho Atlantic fleet would not pass through tho Panama canal this year. Ho declined, however, to discuss plans for another crulso until ho should havo definitely decided that tho Paclflc trip would bo Impossible. "Tho matter of coal is very serious. Wo would havo to carry It all in col liers." Washington, May 14. Difficulties in getting lines under tlio stern of tho sunken submarlno F-l havo not yot boon conquered, according to a cable gram from Admiral Mooro, in charge of tho salvago work at Honolulu, to tho navy department. "Diver roports aft lino caught on the port diving rudder," ho said. "Wo will try to work tho forward lino fur ther aft for a fulcrum for raising tho stern." Wheeling, W. Vn., May 13. United Mino Workers of Ohio for tho Fifth district ratified tlio Clovelnnd scalo of 30 cents a ton for londors nnd eight cents for cutters. AIR 'RAID ON PARIS FAILS French Aeroplane Scouts Force Zeppe I In to Change Its Course Flies Back to Own Lines. Paris. May 13. An attomnt bv r Zeppelin airship to 'carry out another raid on Paris was defeated Tuesday night by tlio uoriul patrol guarding tho city. A Zoppolln approached tho city shortly after sovon o'clock from tho northeast. Whon It was over Dam- martin, about ten miles northenst of tho city, it was sighted by aeroplnno scouts who Immediately gnvo chaBo. forcing tho dlrlglblo to chango Its course SUBMARINE SUNK BY TURKS? British Admiralty Says Constantino pie Claims Australian Craft Was Lost In Dardanelles. London, May 13. Tho admiralty in a statement on Tuesday savs: "Tho Turkish official statement ro ports that tho Australian submarlno AE-2 was, sunk at tho ontrnnco of tho Son of Marmora and tho crow of thrco ofllccrs and twonty-nlno mon wore mado prisoners. "There is no confirmation of this report In tho hnnds of tho admlrnlty.' Riots Cause Heavy Losses. Capetown, May 17. Tho damago cnusod by tho riots which havo taken piaco noro sinco mo sinking ' of tho Lusltanla Is estimated nt moro thnn $5,000,000. Hardly n shop or hotol owned by a Gorman has escaped. Fugitive Slain by Sheriff. uniro, in., may iv. William Wll son, alleged slayor of Thomas Logan who escaped from tho county Jnll horo April 2, 1914, wns shot and killed by snorm uoruy or ropiar llluff, Mo, Kerby was wounded by Wilson. BRITISH SHIP SUNK TURK DESTROYERS ATTACK THE' GOLIATH IN DARDANELLES 500 OF CREW PERISH. SULTAN LOSES TWO VESSELS English Submarine E-14 Penetrates the Straits Enters Sea of Marmora and Sinks Two Gunboats and Trans port Fierce Fighting Continues. London, May 15. Tho British ship Goliath has been torpedoed in tho Dar danelles. It Is believed GOO lives have been lost. Announcement of tho fato of tho Goliath was mado on Thursday In tho house of commons by Winston Spen cer Churchill, first lord of tho admir alty. Mr. Churchill also announced thnt tho British submarlno E-li had penetrated through tho Dardanelles and Into tho Sea of Marmora, sinking two Turkish gunboats nnd a Turkish transport. Mr. Churchill, after announcing tho loss of tho Goliath, said: "Tho Goliath was torpedoed last night In a torpedo attack by destroyers whilo protecting tho French flank Just Inside the straits. Twenty officers and 100 men wero saved, which, I fear, means that over 500 wero lost. "Tho admiral commanding at tho Dardanelles also telegraphs that tho submurine E-14, which with so much daring penetrated to tho Sea of Mar mora, has reported that sho sank two Turkish gunboats nnd a largo Turkish transport." Tho Goliath was ono of tho older British battleships of tho predread naught type. Sho was built In 1898. Her complement was 750 men. Tho Goliath was 400 feet long on tho water lino nnd 74 feet beam. Her displace ment was 12,950 tons. She was armed witli four 12-lnch and 12 six-Inch guns, 12 12-poundcrs, six thrcc-pounders and two machine guns. She had four tor pedo tubes. Tho Goliath is the third British bat tleship whoso loss in the attack, on tho Dardanelles has been announced by tho Brltlshi government. Loss of tho Irresistible nnd tho Ocean, with tho French battleship Bouvet, was an nounced March 19. All three ' ships struck mines in a general assault on tho Dardanelles fortB March 18. Tho dispatches say that the forts in tho straits gradually aro being ovor- como and it is believed n general as sault Is in progress against tho heights of Aohl Baba, tho capture of which is a necessary preliminary to a complete clearanco of tho straits. There aro persistent roports at Mondros that theso heights havo been taken and that the cntlro stretch of peninsula from Capo Holies to Kllid Bahr Ih In tho nllles' hands. Dispatches from Odessa assert that tho Turkish cruiser Sultan Sollm, for merly tho Goobon, was badly damaged Monday In nn .engagement with the uussian uiacK sea nooi. DARNELL IS BOUND GUILTY Former Kenosha Pastor Convicted of White Slavery by Jury In Federal Court at Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wis., May 15. Ruth Sopor is not the wifo of Rov. James Morrison Darnell, whereforo ho Is guilty of violating tho Mann act in taking her from her homo In Owaton nn, Minn., to Kenosha. That was the verdict roturnod by tho Jury on Thurs day which had been listening to tho minister's trial In tho United States district court. Tho Jury went out nt 12:45 o'clock nnd Its finding was read boforo Judge Golgor at 3:55. Ten years in tho penitentiary and a fine of $10,000 Is tho maximum penalty that may bo Inflicted. Darnell was tried on eight counts, divided Into two groups covorlng two charges. The substunco of tho charges was that ho had transported Ruth Soper from Owntonnn, Minn., to Chicago and thenco to Kenosha, Wis., for Immoral purposes. Tho ueronso entered tno usual mo tlon for a now trial. GERMANS TAKE 143,500' RUSS Kaiser's Forces In Victorious March In Gallcla Many Cannons Wero Captured. Berlin, May 15. Tho, Gormnn war oiuco announced on Tiiursuny tuat in tho recent fighting in Gallcla and Rus slnn Poland 143,500 Russians had beon captured. It also states that C9 can non and 225 machine guns hnd been taken from the Russians nnd that th victorious Austrian and German forcos continuing their ndvnnco eastward In Gallcla, aro now approaching tho fort ross of Przomysl. porno successes on tho western front nro reported, but It is conceded that at other points tho nlllos wero ablo'-to mako headway. Detroit Car Strike Is Off. Detroit, Mich., May 17. Tho stroe car strike Is off. Tho motormen and conductors of tho Detroit United rail ways ratified tho plan of settlement proposed by Mayor Marx which was approved by olllclals of tho D. U. It. Harry K. Thaw Wins Another Point. Now York. May 17. Harry K. Thaw won nnothor point on Friday In hla light for freedom whon tho nppollnto division of tho supromo court upheld Justlco Hendricks In his decision giving a Jury trial to test his sanity. POLICE QUELL RIOTS BRITISH CONSTABLES STOP OUT BREAKS AGAINST GERMANS. Premier Asqulth in Statement to House of Commons Says Aliens Will Be Interned. London, May 14. Tho sinking of the steamer Lusltanla has aroused to a violent climax the smoldering hatred and suspicion of Germans living In England. This animosity has found expression In attacks on Germans, principally upon their shops In tho poor quarters of London nnd Liver jool, while there havo been minor dis turbances in Manchester, Birkenhead, Glasgow and a few other placeB. Windows In many German shops wore smashed and some stores wero pillaged. 'None of the persons nttacked are reported to have been seriously In jured, but a considerable number were moro or less beaten. Ono or two shops havo been set on lire. A spontaneous movement has de veloped in the London market to boy cott subjects of enemy countries. Tho police forces of both London nnd Liverpool have been depleted by enlistments in the army, and specinl constables havo been called out to help tho regulars. A number of pollco havo been injured during the riotings. Many of tho disturbers of tho peace wore brought before tho pollco courts and received punishment In sentences ranging from four months' Imprison ment, Imposed on 'ono Liverpool woman, to a four shillings fine. After tho meeting Premier Asqulth mado a statement in tho house of commons foreshadowing that the gov ernment would carry out the popular demand for placing theso aliens in concentration camps. It would bo difficult to find a parallel for the feeling of righteous indignation aroused in all classes in this country," tho premier said. "Ono result of this unhappily Is that Inno cent and unoffending persons are in danger of being mado to pay tho pen alty for tho crimes of others. "From tho military point of view tho steps already taken In tho matter of internment have otherwise proved adequato for tho purposes in view, nnmcly, to provide for tho safety of tho country and to provent Illicit com munication between alien enemies hero and their governments abroad." REyiEW PLANS NOT CHANGED Great Naval Pageant and War Gamo to Take Place as Agreed Upon. Washington, May 13. Tho groat naval review at Now York and In Narrngansett pier arranged for next week will go forward as originally scheduled. Secretary of the Navy Daniels said that he had not even thought of changing tho plans for olthcrv review or the war gamo as agreed upon with tho general board and tho war collego a month ago. President Wilson has not Indicated any intention to glvo up the trip and tho secretary believes that ho will go aboard tho Mayflower Saturday night nnd reach Now York city by water. Secretary Daniels stated that tho Lusltanla Incident would not affect tho plan to hold tho manouvers. SAYS ROOSEVELT WAS BOSS Witness for Barnes Says the Former President Was the Dominant Leader In 1910.- Courthouse, Syracuse N. Y., May 13. That for a period Colonel Theo doro Roosovolt, and not William Barnes, was Republican "boBs" of the Empire stato was tho burden of "Bumes' rebuttal In his $50,000 libel suit ngnlnst tho former president. Stato Senator Elon R. Brown, called by Barnes, Bald Roosevelt was tho dominant leader In 1910. Ho based his opinion, ho snld, upon tho fact that tho New York Republican convention that year nominated Charles E, Hughes for governor In responso to an opinion from ltooseyelt urging Hughes' nomination. DEATH CLAIMS D. M. PARRY Former President of the National Man ufacturers' Association Passes Away at His Home. Indianapolis, May 13. David M, Parry, sixty-three, former president of tho National Manufacturers' associa tion, and for many yonrs a prominent flguro In controversies between organ ized manufacturers and organized Ja bor, died nt his homo, "Golden Hill." Mill Strlko to End. Fall RIvor, Mass., May 13. Thi striking weavers at tho cotton cloth mills of tho Fall River Iron Works company voted to accept tho terms o settlement offered. Dr. Welnburg Sentenced. Chicago, May 15. Dr. Louis P, Welnburg, tho Llgonler, Ind., phyBl can who was convicted of whlto slav cry, was sentenced by Federal Judge Carpenter to servo sixty days In tho houso of correction and flnod $500. Dutch Trawler Shelled by Taube. Amsterdam, May 15. A Taube dropped throo bombs over tho Dutch trawler Scravenhngo. Tho trawler wns flying the Dutch flag nt the tlmo. Nona of tho bombs took, effect. s MARINES LEAVE SAN DIEGO TO AID AMERICANS. DPCt'Q pcrdctc i ncc nc I ICC IILUU IILUIIL1U LUUU Ul Lll L German Newspapers Charge Respons ibility for Lusltanla Disaster Up to British Government. San picgo. The cruiser Colorado, agship of tho Pacific fleet, carrying n expeditionary forco of marines nnd four big guns for their use, has snllcd for Mexican waters to aid, If neces sary, American colonists In Sonora who have been lighting Yaqul Indians. Two companies of marines, the Twcnty-flfth und Twenty-eighth, which havo been stationed nt the Panama-California exposition, are aboard the Colorado, four three-Inch field guns, machine guns and equipment for a long crulso wore tnken. Before sailing, Admiral Thomas B. Howard said if ho found that the situation warranted the sending of marines to tho aid of tho Americans, tho two companies would be dispatched from a point south of Guaymas. Chinch Bug Active In Missouri. Columbia, Mo. The chinch bug Is Just now a source of worry in some Bectlons of Missouri. The spring brood of that pest Is attacking wheat and oats, and may later attack corn, the greatest of the money crops In this state. The Held chinch Is the worst enemy of tho staff-of-llfe crop, according to statistics in the United States Department of Agriculture. However, the Mlssourlan who knows the game will not plow up his wheat for either chinch bugs or Hessian fly, for they seldom ruin wheat when there Is plenty of rain. Jewell Mayes, of tho State Board of Agriculture, calls attention to tho board's news bulletin of last fall, urging a farm clean-up day for burning out fence and turn rows, grassy corners, weedy gullies and brush patches to kill the chinch bug. The period of prevention of the bug brood Is past; the need now is of practical ways and means for self-defense. Spraying against chinch bugs is of doubtful value, and expensive, Dissolve n pound of hard soap in a gallon of hot water, then ndd two gallons of common coal oil, adding 15 parts of cold water, if you decide to spray a garden patch, seed corn plot or bluegrass yard. Regret Loss of Life. Berlin. The wliolo of the German press, particularly the Cologne Ga zette and tho Berlin Tngeblatt, deep ly regrets the loss of American lives caused by tho sinking of the Lusl tanla. Tho Tages Zeitung and other news papers stato that tho responsibility rests with the Brltlh government, which, in attempting to starve the peaceful civilian population of a big country, forced Germany, In self- defense, to declare British waters a war zone; with ship owners, who al lowed passengers to embark on an armed steamer carrying war material nnd neglected Gorman warnings ngainst entering tho war zone; and Anally, with the English press, which rh'iculed Ambassador von Bernstorff's warnings, calling them a gigantic bluff, and thereby preventing pas sengers from canceling their passage. Heartfelt sympathy is expressed by tho German press and public for tho victimsof the catastrophe and their relatives. Premier Salandra to Stay. Rome (Via Paris) Official an nouncement that King Victor Em manuel .had declined to accept tho resignation of Premier Salandra was received with great demonstrations of rojoicing and manifestations in favoi of war. Most Teutons Leave. Tlio Austrian consulate has notified the few Austrian subjects in Romo to bo ready to leave on a moment's no tlco. When tho soldiers at tho bar racks at Castro Protorio learned that Premier Salandra wns to remain in power they began an enthusiastic demonstration In favor of war. May Enlarge Cabinet. Tho Tribuna says there is a possl blllty that Premier Salandra will en largo his cabinet by Inpluding Slgnor Bottolo and Signor Pnntano, former minlstor of agriculture. It Is assert ed that former Proraler Qlollttl will make u public statement to tho effect that ho believed It possible to obtain from Austria concessions sufficient to avert war, hut that onco war is iu ovitablo ho will support tho cabinet Strikers Go Back to Work. Detroit. By unanimous vote tho striking motormon and conductors of tho Detroit United Railway agreed to a plan for n settlement of tho labor troubles which began recently, and It was said street car servlco would be resumed. Explosion Wrecks House. Los Angeles, Cal. A bollor explo sion In nn apartment houso hero kill ed the Janitor and, tearing a hole in tho roof of tho basement entirely wrecked tho apartment. 1VE upoinp THREATEN SERIOUS DAMAGE Hessian Fly and Chinch Bug Are Among Us Insects May Work Havoc With Wheat. Tho Hessian fly and the chinch bug. threaten to cause serious damage to this year's Nebraska wheat crop. The. fly has appeared In tho oastorn third of tho Btate, including Washington,. Dodge, Douglas und Lancaster coun ties. Tho bug has been found in Gage, Pawnee, Richardson, Webster and other southern Nebraska coun ties. According to Prof. Lawrence Brunor, stato entomologist, it 1b too early to Hnd out how serious tho sit uation is, but the Insect may work havoc with tho wheat before the sea son is over. "Attempts to light tho spread of tlio insects at this time of the year aro not likely to give much return," says Professor Bruner. "Tho use of Inoculated chinch bugs has been tried In somo states, but It has never prov ed very successful for the reason that a certain amount of temperature must bo In the ground and the air must neither bo too hot or too cold. Wo do not advocate tho uso of in fected bugs as a means of combating tho others. "Tho chinch bug may be fought by- burning of tho stubbleflold somo time during the winter. The bug lodges in bunch grass and similar handy places and can be destroyed only by Are. This method is also fairly ef fective In killing the Hessian fly. In Kansas tlio Hessian fly is al ready giving the farmers something to worry about Reports from that stato tell of tho presence of tho In sect near Wellington nnd Salina. It. Is estimated in the vicinity of Wel lington thousands of acreBhnvo been given up by their owners as not worth harvesting. Reorganization of tho rural schools of tho stato or most of them at least Is likely to be tho order of the day within tho near future. Tho consoli dation law, lately enacted, is prov ing a most popular document and hosts of the small sparccly settled and high-cost districts are already mak ing application for merger with other districts of their kind. Several steps of worth aro possible under consolida tion. Districts can bo operated at reduced costs, tho children can havo better instruction and tho teaching staffs of the merged schools can be greatly improved in efficiency by the plan. Tho problem of transportation is not a serious one. In some in stances, automobile busses are al ready talked of In this connection. In other districts it has been found that teams and wagons can bo rented at a fair cost and the bills footed by the district with a gain over tho old way. A survey of the rural school situa tion in the state has be-en partially completed. It shows that tho average per capita cost of educating children In tills stato ranges from $C0 to $85 In many of the districts and In some of them goes ns high as $200. State school authorities insist that tho cost should not bo higher than $30 per pu pil per year. There are 7,000 school districts in tho state, moro than half of which aro rural. Many of them,, far too grent a number, say tho edu cators, are operating at small capac ity. Stato educators believe that es tablishment of high schools In tho country a step that will follow in the consolidation plan will tend to keep tho youth of tho stato on tho farms.. If this end can bo attained, they rea son, it is worth while to try tho ex periment. Water power concerns that enter tain downright intention of pushing their work to completion and of mak ing tho public at largo see tho sincer ity and tho honesty of their motives will bo met half way In tholr over tures by tho state board of irrigation That policy Is reflected in general' routine activity of tho board, organ ized anew since tho first of the year, and In late developments in watei power affairs. It 1b said by those who havo persistently kopt in touch with tho situation that tlio members of tho present board feel that the peo ple of tho stato at largo aro not un friendly to well-meaning and capable private development If that fooling is really entertained by tlio board members it may sound a note for considerable activity In tho near fu ture. Tullman car company's state taxes for the present year will amount to about $7,250, as compared to $5,000' a year before that. Tho Increase was decided upon by the stato board of equalization, in tho presence of Thom as Bonton, Nobraska representative of that concern. Tho stato of Nebraska will claim tho estato of Georgo McCloud, Mc- Pherson county recluse, who dieu re cently, leaving unclaimed property valued at $10,000. Stato Veterinarian Anderson and two government men will inspect tho horses and mules of five Nebraska counties this week for traces of dou rlue. Tho counties of Blalno, Hooker, Cherry, Thomas and Grant aro to be visited. All anlmnla found having the disease will havo to bo killed. Tho owners under tho law aro indemni fied in tho Bum of two-thirds tho ap praised valuo of tho animal. The law puts a maximum value of $200 on a Blnglo animal. The Btato pays two thirds and tho U. S. a third.