Nebraska Newspapers

    THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEDRA8KA.
ALIENS IN DANGER
MEXICAN OUTLAWS ATTACK
GERMAN OFFICIAL AND MEN
ACE OTHERS AT CAPITAL.
WILL FIGHT WITH GAS
GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO AID
LORD KITCHENER ADVOCATES
THE GERMAN METHOD.
WAR POWERS VOTED
PREMIER OF ITALY PRESENTS
BILL TO DEPUTIES TO MEET
COST OF CONFLICT.
Food Situation Is Serious and Several
Demonstrations Have Occurred
Several Thousand Join Bread Riots
In City of Hermoslllo.
Wnslilncton. Mav 24. Outluws In
Mexico City, who nsBniiltcd tho Ger
mnn charge d'affaires, now ore threat
ening tho Hvcb of other foreigners, ac
cording to diplomatic dispatches re
ceived here. One measago states
that "Indescribably lontliBomo" con
ditions prevail and that tho govern
ment is powerless against bandits.
Several popular demonstrations bo
causo of tho food shortage have oc
curred in tho Mexican capital within
tho last few days. Reports to tho
stato department say the situation is
serious. Tho convention and tho local
government are Bald to bo giving con
sideration to methods for relieving tho
situation.
Tho International relief committee
has purchased In the northern part of
Mexico about 2,500 tons of corcals for
distribution among tho needy In Mex
ico City, if satisfactory arrangements
can bo nut do regarding transportation
and guaranties.
Nogalen, Ariz., May 24. Two thou
sand men, women and children Joined
Jn bread riots at Hermoslllo, capital
of Sonora state, and looted fifteen
stores, two of them American, the
rest Chinese according to reports
reaching here,
Tho Ynqul situation at Espcranza Is
said to bo tranquil. A train from
Ouaymas was stopped by n red flag on
tho track with the notice. "All for
eigners and Mexicans aro warned to
leave Sonora, which is now a Yaqul
republic," pinned to it. The passen
gers laughed and tho train went on
its way.
Necessary to Employ Tactics of the
Enemy Demands 300,000
More Troops.
.London, May 20. Lord Xltchoner,
secretary for war, speaking on Tues
day In, tho house of lords, indicated
the intention of tho allies to uso poi
sonous gases against tho Germans.
A, tho samo time he mudo a demand
foi 300,000 moro men.
"Tho British and French govern
ments," ho said, "fool that tho troops,
must ho adequately protected from
tho employment of poisonous ganes.
Only by tho adoption of similar meth
ods can wo rotnovo tho enormous and
unJustKlablo disadvantage which must
exist If no steps uro taken."
Reviewing tho lighting which had
taken pluco In Plunders slnco his laBt
speech, he said:
"Tho improvement in tho weather
ennbled our troopu, which had been
strongly ro-enforccd, to take the of
fensive. Tho action at Neuvo Cha
polio was fought witli great gallantry
and enabled us to occupy what, from
a military point of vlow, was a very
valuable- position.
Toward tho end of last month tho
Gormans carried out a violent at
tack on a portion of tho allied front
held by tho French northeast of
Ypres. In order to succeed, tho en
emy employed vnst quantities of poi
sonous gases in defiance of tho rec
ognized rules of warfaro and in vio
lation of their pledged word. Tho
allies wero utterly unprepared for
this diabolical inothod of attack,
which undoubtedly had been long and
carofully prepared by tho enemy.
Summing up, ho sr.id:
"In recent operations our losses
have been heavy, but tho task was
ono which necessitated great sacri
fices. Tho Bpirlt and moralo of tho
troopB wero never higher.
"Tho news from tho Dardanelles IB
thoroughly satisfactory."
KING WILL LEAD THE ARMY
Socialists Fall to Join In Cheering for
Government Leader Efforts to
Avert Serious Steps Told Austrian
Fleet Sails to Bombard Venice.
RUSS ARMY IN ROUT
ITALY ENTERS 1R
LATE REPORTS INCREASE MAGNI
TUDE OF TEUTON VICTORY.
PROCLAIMS HOSTILITIES ON
WITH AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
HAVE FOURTH SLING ON F-4
Sunken Submarine Placed on Even
Keel and Raised 20 Feet From
Bottom.
Washington, May 22. The subma
rine F-4, upon which a salvngo com
pany lias been working In Honolulu
harbor for eight weeks, has been lifted
clear of tho bottom. Admiral Mooro's
dispatch to tho navy "department read:
"Have replaced tho fourth sling and
lifted tho F-4 clear of the bottom
Movo up 20 foot on tho fourth allng.'
The. fourth Bllng is passed around
tho stern of tho submarine and Adml
ral Mooro's statomont Is taken to
mean that now tho vessel is suspond
cd on oven keel about 20 feet abovo
tho bottom of tho ocean.
MEXICANS SHOOT U. S. CITIZEN
Unidentified American Shot Near
Ebanc Vice-Consul Directed to
Make Full Report.
Washington, May 20. An American
not yet Identified, employed by the
Husatocs Potroleum company near
Ebnno, in tho Tamplco district, was
shot by Villa soldiers about May
Vice-Consul Bovnn at Tamplco ad
vised tho .state department. Bovnn at
once was directed to obtain tho namo
of tho victim nnn' mako a full report
on tho matter. It is said tho Amerl
can waB shot accidentally following
tho fight resulting in tho enpiuro of
tho Ebano pumping station by tho VII
llstns, (
OpANIA TO FOLLOW ITALY
Army Is on War Footing and Will
Strike at Austria Through
Transylvania.
Bucharest, May 21. noumtuila's en
trance Into tho war will follow that
of Italy. Tho Roumanian army Is on
a war footing, and will strlko at Aus
tria through Transylvania, A minis
terial 'council was held on Wednesday
fit which tho premier presented to his
colleagues tho latest information ro-
celvod from tho Roumanian envoy at
Homo. It is understood that thlo
was to tho effect that Italy's cabinet
has decided for war.
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I NEWS FROM FAR J
I AND NEAR
Nomo. Alaska. May 20. A big lead
opened In tho ico oft' Nomo nnd tho
steamer Corwln nnd tho power schoon
er Polar near, tho first vessels of tho
season coming from Seattle, aro ex
pected to reach their anchorage in tho
roadstead without difficulty Friday or
Saturday.
New York, May 20. Tho Cunard
lino officials gave out a cablo from Mr.
Henderson, representative of the
Anchor lino, dated Glasgow, May 19,
in which Henderson states that thoro
Is no ground for tho story that tho
steamer Transylvania was chased by
a Gorman submarine or that any at
tempt wus mado to flro a torpedo at
her. !
Paris, May 20. The govommont has
decided to requisition ull wheat stocks
at tho uniform price of about $2.80
per hundred pounds.
Syracuse N. Y May 20. That Col.
Theodore Roosovelt's alleged llbol of
William Barnes was nothing but a po
litical manifesto and that tho $50,000
llbol suit was not brought In good
faith, for pecuniary damages, but was
only "n gamo to bring down Colonel
Roosovclt boforo tho peoplo of tho
United States," wero tho main con
tentions of John M. Bowers, who
summed upfor tho colonel.
Omaha, NoU., May 20. A small army
of railroad section hands woro put to
Rome, May 22. "Tho government
Is resolved to mnke good Italy's rights
by forco of arms."
This declaration of Premier Snlan-
dra to tho chamber of deputies on
Thursday following closely upon tho
passage by parliament of a measure
giving tho government full power to
act, was accepted as a promlso that
war bctwuen Italy and Austria will
bo declared within less than twenty
four hours.
All tho ofllcial acts undertaken by
tho chamber after it convened showed
that tho government expects to go to
war very soon. Tho war mcaBuro was
introduced by tho premier and was
almost immediately passed by a vote
of 417 to 73.
Premier Salandra, In addressing
parliament, said:
"For years Italy was in Europe an
oloment of peace. For tho sake of
peaco Italy suffered her border to bo
unsafe and failed to oppose Austria's
attempts to destroy Italy's character.
Sho mado no efforts to redeem her
provinces. Austria's ultimatum to
Serbia destroyed this equlbrlum and
necessarily brought to tho front the
problem for tho completion of tho
Italian navy."
Tho premier asserted that peaceful
negotiations with Austria wero a fail
ure, consequently ho presented a bill
empowering the government to Issue
an act providing for defense and the
maintenance of order nnd providing
that all expenses necessary bo placed
at lis disposal.
After stating that Italy had en
deavored tn avoid a conflict for
monthB, tho premier said theso ef
forts wore bound to have a limit in
tlmo and dignity.
"This Is why tho government felt
itself forced to present its denuncla
tlon of the triplo allianco on May 4
ho said, " Italy must bo united at this
moment, when her destinies are being
decided."
When quiet was restored Premier
Salandra exclaimed:
"Wo havo confidence In our august
chief, who Is preparing to lead tho
armv to n. ulorloUB future. Lot
us gather around this well beloved
sovereign."
It was observed that tho Socialists
took no part In tho applause.
Premier Salandra then proposed
that a committee of eighteen deputies
should examine his bill
Tho bill reads: "Tho government Is
authorized In case of war and during
tho duration of war to muko decisions
with duo authority of law In every
respect required for tho defense of
tho stato. tho guaranty of public
order and urgent economic national
necessities. Tho provisions contained
In articles 243 and 251 of the military
codo continuo In forco. Tho govern
mont is authorized also to havo re
courso until December 31, 1915, to
monthly provisional appropriations
for balancing tho budget. This law
shall como luto forco tho day it Is
nnanorl "
Tho Austrian fleet is reported from
Milan to havo- Bailed from Poln to
bombard Venice as soon as war is de
clared. Trains aro waiting to convoy
Czar's Army Reported to Be Shaken
and Disorganized by Defeat
In Gallcla.
Berlin, via Amsterdam, May 21.
Every report from .German headquar
ters Increases tho magnitude of tho
Austro Germnn victory in Gallcla. Late
dispatches stato that tho Russian army
commanded by Gen. Radko Dimitrleff
lost 140,000 men, 100 cannon nnd 300
machine guns.
Having failed in his efforts to break
through tho German lines, General
Dimitrleff ordered a retreat In the di
rection of tho lower Snn. All reports
agree that ho Russian fovces have
been so shaken and disorganized by
their defeat that only a passive de
fense is possible on tho San.
Tho Germans, who had Invested
Przemysl on the 14th from tho south,
advanced along tho whole line of tho
San to a position near the rVer bridge
heads, whero they began tin attack
against tho Russians holding the Jaro-
slaw front.
The Prussian guard and tho Sixth
Austro-Hungnrlan corps occupied tho
town bridgehead. Tho Russian de
fenders consisted of the Sixty-second
division, supported by portions of tho
Forty-first and Forty-fifth divisions,
which had been hastily brought up.
After two days of fighting the guard
took Jaroslaw and threw tho enemy
back beyond tho river. During the
night tho Elizabeth and Alexander regi
ments, as well as Austro-Hungnrlan
forces attacked and captured the Rus
sian position on Melerkopf. Tho
castle and main buildings wero burned.
Austrian lancers and tho Fifty-sixth
regiment of llonved hussars captured
tho summit of Jupassowsky, taking
4,000 uhwounded Russian prisoners.
Some regiments, such as the Twenty-
fourth, were almost annihilated.
Tho whole bridgehead and also the
city of Jaroslaw wero completely In
Austro-Hungarian hands by tho eve
ning of May 15.
Pctrograd, May 21. Russian troops
aro continuing their successes at both
extremities of tho 800-mlle front ex
tending from tho Baltic sea to Bu-
kowina, but (heir situation in Gallcla
is still critical. It was admitted at
the war office that tho German forces
had effected a crossing of tho San
river botween Jaroslaw and Legajsk
and had captured positions on tho east
bank of tho river which they have
strongly fortified.
ELEVENTH NATION ENGAGED
Bavarian and Hungarian Troops
Numbering 800,000 Must Be Met
By Italians.
worJsJLo gnthorJGO.OOq worth of silver tho Gormnn ami Austrian nmbassa-
which was spread over a largo com
Hold near Nebraska City. Tho metal
was nart of tho cargo of a freight train
'which burned thoro luto yesterday.
Flvo freight cars woro destroyed and
tho silver wns molted; rivcrB of It ran
down tho furrows of nowly planteu
com tho entire length of tho field.
FUGITIVE CASHIER GIVES UP
Edward J. King of Dugger, Ind., Who
Fled With $34,000, Says He Tried
to Sail on the Lusltanla.
WILL PROTEST TO BRITAIN
Detention of American Cargoes
England May Causo U. S.
to Send Note.
by
Washington, May 21. Secretary of
Stato Bryan admitted on Friday that
tho United Statos govommont was
considering sending another protest to
Great Britain ngalnst dotontlon by her
of American enrgoos, This mattor
has beon under consideration for near
ly a month, ho said.
GETS BRITISH CABINET PORT
Arthur Henderson, Labor Leader, Will
Succeed Samuel as Head of Local
Government Board.
London, May 22. Tho first authori
tative announcement aB to nn appoint
ment in tho British national cabinet,
outaldo of Promicr Asqulth and Sir
Edward Grey, tho forolgn secretary,
Is that of Arthur Henderson, a labor
leader, who succeeds Herbert Louis
Samuel as president of tho local gov
ernment board. Tho trndo unlonlBtB
aro highly pleased at tho appointment.
Mr. Henderson, who Is a nntlvo of
Glasgow, has beon Identified with la
bor lutorcsls Blnco his entrance Into
public life Ho was chairman of tho
labor pnrty In tho house of commons
in 1908-10, and was so appointed n
socond titno In 1914. Ho was mayor
of Nowcastlo in 1903. Ho was mado a
member of tho national war munitions
commltteo in April of this yenr.
dors from tho country, but It is said
they will not bo allowed to cross tho
fronllor until tho Itnlian envoys at
Berlin ttnd Vienna havo returned
safely to Italy.
It is reported King Victor Is prepar
ing to issue Immediately a manifesto
declaring that war against Austria Is
necessary for tho national unity.
Tho greatest anxiety is felt for
Venice, whero largo platforms havo
been hastily constructed f6V now bat
teries to protect tho town.
Sullivan, Ind., May 21. Edward J,
King, tho absconding cashier of the
Dugger Stato bank, after 24 days of
torment and anguish whllo living tha
lifo of a fugitive from justice, sur
rendered himself on Wednesday to
Fred F. Bays, prosecutor, when Mr.
Bays met him at a point half-way be
tween Vlncennes and Sullivan. Ho
wns released on $500 bond.
King In telling of his wanderings,
said:
"But for tho fact that I could not
obtain a passoprt, I might havo gone
down with tho Lusltanla.'
After wandering about various east
ern cities King decided to go down
Into tho mountains of Tennessee. Ho
wandered about tho mountains for
Bovcral days and then wrote to Pros
ecutor Bays and mado arrangements
to meet him.
King was recently sued by tho bank
officials for tho recovery of the money
alloged to have been taken. Tho suit
fixed tho amount embezzled at ?34,
000.
Rome. Italy Is nt war with Aus
tria-Hungary. With the Issuance of
the general mobilization order, tho
Italian government issued a procla
mation declaring war on Austria,
which ofllclnlly began May 24.
Prior to this, and after a lengthy
consultation, tho ministers of war
nnd marine proclaimed all tho prov
Inces bordering on Austria and tho
islands and coast towns of the Adri
atic in a stato of war, which was
equivalent to tho proclamation of
martial law, tho step usually pieced
Ing the formal declaration.
When tho first blow will bo struck
cannot be foretold, but after months
of preparation, the nrmy, which has
been greatly strengthened, and tho
navy, are ready. Exceedingly strong
forces are in position all along the
Austro-Itallan frontier on the Aus
trian side of which feverish pre
pnrations have been going on the last
few days to make the fortifications as
strong as possible and to clear the
way for effective artillery action.
About 800,000 Bavarians and Hun
garlans have already been concentrat
ed agalns.t Italy, Austria Insuring the
commissariat service. Although Field
Marshal Baron Conrad von Hoetzen
dorf, chief-of-staff of the Austrian
nrmy, had prepared for many years
for a possible outbreak of war be
tween Austria and Italy, tho belief Is
held hero that the campaign will be
conducted by the Gorman general
staff, which, it Is said, has planned
a strong offensive movement against
Italy, In the hope of breaking tho
Italian lines and forcing their way
Into Italian territory, thereby arous
Ing alarm, and strengthening the feel
Ing favorable to peace. Should such
an attempt fail through tho resist
anco of the Italian army, the Aus
trians and German would then have
to resort to defensive measures
apainst a certain invasion.
The entrance of Italy into the
world war which began last August
brings tho number of states engaged
in the confilct up to eleven. Italy,
allied with Germany and Austria
Hungary since 1882 in the triple al
llance, was called upon last summer,
shortly after the assassination of the
Austrian crown prince at Sarajervo,
Bosnia, to support the German em
plre. A series of diplomatic negotla
Hons began which soon resolved
themselves Into an effort on tho part
oi liermany and Austria-Hungary to
Induce Italy to remain neutral.
Itnly's first move on land undoubt
edly will bo against the Austrian
frontier. Large numbers of its troops
are mobilized In this territory, and
tho forces of Austria-Hungary aro
lined up on the other side of tho
boundary.
The mountainous character of the
country where tho opposing armies
face each other, the southern part of
the Austrian Alps, promises fighting
of the most difficult nature.
Italy's total war strength, including
resources of all kinds, is figured at
about 4,000,000 men.
CONTEST FOB NATIONAL GUARD
Adjutant General Hall Receives lr,
vltatlon to Have Men Compete
In Aviation Meet.
Adjutant General. Hall of the Ne
braska National Guard has received
a letter from tho National Aeroplane.
Club of America inviting him to send,
representatives of the National guard!
who aro interested in the use of aero
planes for war purposes, to the na
tional meeting, which wiH bo held In.
Chicago beginning July 4, and ex
tending to October 12. It is expected
that at least 150 aeroplanes will be
used In tho contests which are to be
given and about $150,000 in prizes
will bo awarded tp winners. The
club urges that tho general take the
matter up with Governor Morehead
and that a sentiment bo created
through the newspapers bo that sub
scriptions may be mado to buy aero
planes for the Nebraska National
Guard. However, tho Nebraska Na
tional Guard is already equipped with
two aeroplanes and has seven men.
who aro expert drivers of the ma
chines, so that should the National
guard of this state desire to enter
the contests, they are equipped to do
bo. The general also received a
communication from Wisconsin ask
ing that the matter bo taken up wltlt
Governor Morehead so that permis
sion can bo given the Northwestern.
military academy of that state to
send Its automobile battery through
this state.
tho following officers of tho medical
corps of the National Guard to go to.
Fort Russell at Cheyenne, Wyo., to
attend tho school in charge of the
War department.
Major C. W. Welden, Beatrice; Cap
tain H. H. Smith, Fremont; Captain
J. R. Cameron, Bennett; Lieutenants
G. W. Pugsley, Omaha; L. B. Sturtle
vant, Lincoln; G. H. Bentz, Fairfield;
P. H. Bartholomew, Blue Hill; B. B.
Stratton, Bruning; W. T. Hurst, Bro
Ken Bow; H. S. Hart, Schuyler; J. C.
Anderson, Holdrege and C. P. For
dyce, Grand Island. Tho school will
2xtend from May 31 to June 8.
Adjutant General Hall has brought
tho Nebraska National guard's aero
plane down from Fremont and will
establish an aviation school at Lin
coln. Aviation Chief C. W. Shaffer of
Alvo, a former partner of Lincoln
Beachey, will remodel the defective
propeller on the Fremont planes. He
has also sent for his own plane to be
shipped from tho east. The ' two
planes will be used In tests at the
Infantry officers' camp here in June.
The plane in Fremont has been used:
by the signal corps at that place.
A Boys and Girls' Cow Testing as
sociation lias been formed in Pawnee
county. Aside from the attempt to
create interest In the milch cow, tho
members will be taught how to find
which of tho cows owned at their
homes are profitable and which are
not. Ono day each month is set
aside for a meeting of tho members.
At this meeting the work of testing
milk is done. Instruction is furnish
ed without cost to tho members, by
tho Agricultural Extension Service,.
Univrslty Farm.
GERMAN SPY HANGS HIMSELF
Kuepferle' Ends Life In Jail In England
Says In Note He Could Not
Mount Scaffoiu.
London, May 22. Anton Kuopferle,
tho nlleged Gorman spy, who was
charged with communicating naval and
military secrets to England's, enemies,
committed sulcldo In his cell In Brix
ton Jail on Thursday by hanging, thus
bringing tho trial to u tragic ana sua
don close. Tho body was found when
a. warden entered Kuopferle's coll to
deliver his breakfast. Kuopforlo left a
note saying ho could not mount tho
ffold for Biich n death. Ho said that
ho had been in mnny battles and said
ho was not dying as a spy, but as a
soldier.
Maltos Captured by Allies.
London, May 24. A Central Nows
dispatch from Athens says that tho
town of Maltos, on Gallipol! peninsula,
liaB beon captured by tho allies, that
tho town of Dardanelles has been de
stroyed by tho Anglo-French Hcots.
War Horses by Express.
Pittsburgh, May 24. Shipment of
war honJoa through Pittsburgh from
western pointa by freight ceased en
tirely this week, but carB galng cast
,by express Increased to two or throe
Icars of every passenger tram.
Bridegroom Fatally Shot.
Ulenwood Springs, Colo., May 22.
John Ulroy, twenty-four, a rancher,
wus shot and probably fatally wound-
od horo as ho answered a knock nt tho
door of his homo. Tho nssailnut es
caped. Ulrey was married Suuday.
17 German Submarines Lost.
Loudon, England, May 22. Thu
Evening Nowa hnH received a dispatch
from Its Copenhagen correspondent
Baying tho report 1b current in Gor
men naval circles that soventoon Ger
man submarines havo been lost.
Cyclone Hits Grafton, III.
Grafton. 111.. May 24. A cyclono
hero partially wrecked a dynamite
plant, but left tho explosives storou in
tho nlaco untoucueu. Trees measur
ing two foot In diameter wero tossed
about HKo straws.
Pooe Makes Appropriation.
Romo; May 24. Popo Benedict XV
decided to appropriate 1,000,000 lire,
nnnroxlmatoly $193,000, for tho benefit
of Italian victims of tho war. Tho
monoy will bo contributed from tho
Vatican fuudB.
GRANDDAUGHTER FOR WILSON
Girl Born to Mrs. William G. McAdoo,
Daughter of the President and Wife
of Secretary of the Treasury.
Washington. May 24. A daughter
was born to Secretary and Mrs. Wil
liam McAdoo, who was Miss Eleanor
Wilson, tho youngest daughter of the
president, nt 9:15 o'clock Friday
night. ' Tho baby, who weighed botween
eight and nino pounds, is already
named Ellen Wilson McAdoo, nftoi
Mrs. McAdoo's mother, tho late mis
tress of tho Whlto House. The child
wns born at tho McAdoo homo In
Mnssachuetts nvonuo. Secretary Mc
Adoo has flvo children by n former
wlfo and ono grnndchlld. Tho first
person to bo notified of tho arrival of
tho young McAuoo nctress was me
nrcsldont Tho McAdoo baby is tho
socond grandchild of tho president, his
daughter. Josslo Wilson Sayre, hav
lnc glvon birth to a baby at tno White
Houbo on January 17. Tho marriage
of Secretary McAdoo and Miss
Elennor Wilson took place In tho blue
room of tho Whlto House last May,
Villa Men Lose Saltlllo.
131 Paso, Tox., May 24. Gen. Eulallo
Outlorroz. who was deposed ns pro
visional president of Mexico, has cap
tured tho important city of Saltlllo,
capital of Coachulla, according to a
dispatch received hero.
Fire Kills Three.
Westflold, Mass., May 24. Three
porsons nro dead as u result of a flro
in tho homo of William w. uiddohb.
Tho dead aro: GlbbonB, his six-year-
old daughter Mildred and his elovon-
year-old son William.
Barnes Must Pay Cost.
Syracuse, N. Y. William Barnes,
republican lender, is out about $4,000
court costs and is branded as a
"boss," if tho verdict in his $50,000
libel suit against Theodore Roose
velt sticks on appeal. Tho Jury
found for tho former president. Jury
man Edward Burns Insisted through
forty .ballots that Barnes shouldn't
pay the court costs, or if Roosevelt
couldn't bo mado to hear them, that
tho verdict should bo given Barnes.
Burns, a Syracuse motorman, for
merly was a demderat, but now Is a
republican. Colonel Roosevelt mado
n brief address to the jury following
the verdict, posed for pictures and
then loft triumphantly for New York.
Nearly all tho attorneys fconildently
oxpressed tho utmost surprlso over
tho outcome. Barnes Is confident of
a reversal on appeal.
Tho complaint of tho Nebraska.
Portland Cement Co. against railroad,
rates out of Superior aro too hlgltv
and as discriminatory, was argued be
fore the stato railway commission
last week. The" company has its
plant at Superior and contends that,
tho rates are such as to practically
bar it from certain territory. The
case has been up before, tho ratesaa
previously fixed by the commission
having proved unsatisfactory to the
company, which filed a second com
plaint
Armies Half Mile Apart.
London. "Austrian and Italian
forces aro facing each other, at somo
places only a half mllo apart," says
tho Geneva correspondent of the
Dally Express. Tho forces at tho
front aro estimated at 1,000,000 men
on each- side.
Austria interns Italians.
Venice. Austria has interned 50,000
males between tho ages of 17 and 60
In the country around Barbarlga, Dig
nano and Mnrzana, In tho Trieste re
glon. They wero sent to Carnlo
and Croatia. Leading Italians in Pola
havo been arrested.
Bread Riots at Hermoslllo, Mex,
Nogales, Ariz, Two thousand, men
women and children Joined In bread
riots at Hermoslllo, capital of Sonora
state, and looted fifteen stores, two
of them American, tho rest Chinese.
Tho stato board of educational
lands and funds will continue Its
practice of having one of its repre
sentatives review appraisements of
school lands mado for the purpose of
sale, according to a decision reached
by the board recently. A minority or
tho board has regarded tho practice
as unnecessary. A majority, how-
over, was of the opinion that it was
a necessary safeguard. The board
has about $1,200 a year to spend for
this purpose.
A genral outline for tho study 'of
Women's clubs hns just been issued
by tho College of Agriculture. The
outllno Includes a study of the kitch
en, tho laundry, files, milk, milk pro
ducts, canning, care of the dining,
room, serving, tho lifo and work of
Ellen H. Richards, and a bibliography.
Tho outlines may bo had without cost
upon application to tho Agricultural1
Extension Service, University Farm,.
Lincoln.
Tho Grand Island Electric company
has been granted a water power right
for a hydro electric plant on the
Platto river near Grand Island. The
cost of tho plant Is placed at $25,000'
and has a development of C73 horsepower.
Tho Farmers Stato bank of Llewel
len has been granted a charter by tho.
Stato Banking board. Tho bank has
a capital of $15,000. Tho Home Stata
bank of Kennard has also been grant
ed a charter with a capital of $25,000.