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THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. NOTE TO KAISER VERY FRIENDLY ALTHOUGH INSISTS ON ORIGINAL DEMANDS RELATIVE TO LUSI TANIA DISASTER. BEQUESTS AMERICAN SHIPS AND LIVES BE SAFEGUARDED American Government States That Stand Is Taken Upon Principle of Humanity. Case Out of Ordinary Class for Diplomatic Discus sion. Alternative Is Not Stated. . Washington, D. C Tho United States in its latest note to Germany, formally asks tho imperial govern' ment ror assurances that measures hereafter will be adopted to safeguard ""American lives and American ships" on tho high seas. Tho nlternativo in case of refusal is not stated. It was this noto to which William Jennings Bryan refused to attach his .signature, resigning, instead, his port' folio of secretary of stato and there Tjy precipitating a dramatic cabinet crisis. Robert Lansing, secretary of stnto ad interim, signed tho com' munication, which went forth with the approval of President Wilson and lis entire cabinet. Text of American Note. "Tho Secretary of Stato ad Interim ito the American Ambassador to Ber- 31n. ""Department of State, Washington, D. C, June 9, 1915: "American Ambassador, Berlin: "You aro intruded to deliver textu ally the following note to tho minis ter of foreign affairs: "In compliance with your excel lency's request I did not fall to trans mlt to my government Immediately Tipon this receipt your noto of May .28 in reply to my noto of May 15, and your supplementary note of Juno 1 setting forth the conclusions so far as reached by tho imperial German gov eminent concerning the attacks on tho American steamers Gushing and Clulflight. I am now instructed by my government to communicate the fol lowing in reply: "The government of tho United States notes with gratification the full recognition by tho Imperial Ger man government in discussing the cases of the Cushlng and tho Gulf light of tho principle of the freedom of all parts of tho open sea to neutral ships and the frank willingness of tho imperial government to acknowledge and meet its liability whero tho fact of attack upon neutral ships 'which have not been guilty of any hostile act' by German aircraft or vessels of war is satisfactorily established; and the government of the United States will in due course lay bofor'o tho im perial German government as it re quests, full information concerning tho attack on the steamor Cushlng. With regard to tho sinking of tho steamer Falaba, by which an Ameri can citizen lost his life, tho govern ment of tho United States is sur prised to find tho imperial German government contending that an effort on the part of a merchantman to es cape capture and secure assistanco alters tho obligation of tho officer seeking to make tho capture in re spect of tho safety of tho lives of those on board tho merchantman, al though tho vessel has ceased hor at tempt to escape when torpedoed. These are not new circumstances. They have been in tho minds of statesmen and of international Jurists throughout tho development of naval -warfare, and tho government of tho "United States does not understand that they have over been hold to al ter tho principles of humanity upon -which it has insisted, NothlngmTt actual forclblo resistance or con tinued efforts to escape by flight when ordered to stop for the purpose of visit on the part of tho merchant man has over been held to forfeit tho lives of his passengers or crow. Tho government of tho United States, Tiowover, does not understand that tho Imperial German government is seeking in this caso to relievo itself of liability, but only intends to set forth tho circumstances which lod the commander of the submarlno to allow himself to be hurried into the course which ho took. Able to Enlighten Germany. "Your excellency's noto, in discuss ing the loss of American lives result ing from the sinking of tho steamship Lusltnnin, adverts at somo length to certain information which the Im perial German government has re ceived with regard to tho character and outfit of that vossol and your ex Cholera Is Raging In Vienna. Paris. Tho Havns Agency has re ceived a dlspjitch from its ngent at Madrid, who says it is officially an nounced there that an epidemic of cholera has broken out in Vlffilna. British Ship Flies U. S. Flag. Boston, Mats. The British steam er Colonlan of tho Loyland lino flow tho American Hag for forty-eight hours as a protection against Gor man submarines whilo passing through tho war zone, according to bor commander on Us arrival horo. cellency oxpressos tho fear that this Information may not liavo been brought to tho attention of tho gov crnment of tho United Stntcs. It is stated in tho noto that tho Lusitanla wns undoubtedly cnuinncd with masked guns, supplied with trained gynnors and spcclnl ammunition, transporting troops from Canada, car rying a cargo not permitted under tho laws of tho United States to n vessel, also carrying passongcrs and serving, in virtual effect, as nn auxiliary to tho naval forces of Great Britain. Fortunately these nro mat tors concerning which tho govern- mont of tho United States is in a po sition to glvo tho Imperial Gorman government information. Of tho facts alleged in your excellencies' note, if true, tho government of tho United States would havo been bound to tako official cognizanco In performing its recognized duty as n neutral power and In enforcing Its national laws. It was its duty to see to it that tho Lusitanla was not armed for of fensive notion, that sho was not serv ing as a transport, thnt sho did not carry a cargo prohibited by tho statutes of tho United States and that If In fact sho was a naval vessol of Great Britain sho should not receive clearance as a merchantman; and it performed that duty, enforced its statutes with scrupulous vlgllanco through its regularly constituted of ficials. It Is ablo, therefore, to as sure tho Imperial German government that it has been misinformed. If the Imperial German government Bhould deem itself to bo In possession of con vinclng evidence that tho officials of tho govornmcnt of tho United States .ii.i r . n ,i..it ...in. U1U UUl 1JU11U1U1 lUUBU UUIIUS twin i thoroughness tho government of tho United States sincerely hopes that it will submit tho cvidenco for con- sideration. "Whatever may bo tho contentions of tho imperial German government regarding tho carriago of contraband of war on board the Lusitanla, or re garding tho explosion of that material by tho torpedo, It need only be said that In the view of this govornmcnt these contentions aro Irrelevant to tho question of tho legality of tho methods used by tho German naval authorities in sihking that vessel. "But tho sinking of passenger ships Involves principles of humanity H. . wuiuu miuw miu uie ijucivsroumi unyi,. .rni dntr. Tho coVCni' special circumstances of detail that- mnV hn f limm It tr nffnAt flirt nnnnnl may bo thought to affect tho cases; principles which lift it, as the impe rial government will no doubt bo quick to recognize and acknowledge, out of the class of ordinary subjects of Vaiplomatlc discussion or of inter national controversy. Whatever bo tho other facts regarding the Lusi tanla, tho principal fact Is that a great steamer, primarily and chiefly a convcyanco for passengers and car rying moro than a thousand souls who had no part or lot in tho con- sunk without so much as a challenge or a warning, and that men, women . . ... . .. anu cnuuren wore sent to tneir ueatn in circumstances unparalleled in mod ern warfare. Tho fact that moro than one hundred American citizens were among thoso who perished made It the duty ofthc government of tho I V til II II 1111 I- III I 1111 i United States to s peak of theso peaK oi mesa things and onco moro, with solemn emphasis to call tho attention of the , imperial German government to the gravo responsibility which tho gov j mm urn. ui uiu uiihcu oiuiu cull celves that It has incurred in U.o tragic occurrence, and to tho indis- ..,i.i f t, . utu ti.i imuvuiu-uuuiinu uwuii wiui;ii UltiL i c- sponslblllty rests. The government of tho United States is contending for something much greater than mere rights of property or privileges of tV i V f ,, It is contending for commerce. l Innn lilnli n M A . Hi r. . . 4 , u 7, right of humanity, which every gov-' ornment honors itself in respecting and which no government is Justified In resigning on behalf of those under its care and authority. Only her ac tual resistance to capturo or refusal to stop when ordered to do so for tho purpose of visit could havo afforded tho commander of the submarlno any justification for so much as putting 41. . 11 i i 41. l.l mu uvi-s ui uiuau Ull UUiMU UlU Dlllll In jeopardy. This principle the gov - 4 f 41. TTI4,1 044 1 J1 lllllUlll. VL 111U UUUUU QU11CO U11UU1' nlnn.lr. lUn n,1fit4 Inst mtAllnna Ij.n.iil.l OIU41UO Ull! CAI.lllV.il. HiatlUA-llUllO IDDUl on August 3, 1514, by tho Imporlal .,Jii4.. .4 ,i UUlJllUll UUlllllUll IU no i;uitiiiiciiiuci D to havo recognized and embodied, as do tho naval codes of all other na- tlons, and upon It every traveler and seaman had a right to depend. It is upon this prlnciplo of humanity, as well as upon tho law founded upon this principle, that tho United States must stand. The Whole World Concerned. "The government of tho United Jennings Bryan from tho Wilson cab states is happy to observe that your . inct was a blow to tho cause of excellency's noto closes with tho inti mation that tho Imporlal Gorman government Is willing, now as before, to accept tho good offices of tho United States in an attempt to como to an understanding with tho govern- ment of Great Britain by which tho character and conditions of tho war upon tho sea may bo changed. The. Five Blocks In Portland Burned. Portland, Ore. Five blocks on tho water front Just south of tho east approach of tho Burnsldo bridge wore completely destroyed by fire. Tho damago Is estimated at $300,000. Women Ask to Serve. Berlin. (Via London) From tho town of Brixen, in tho Austrian Tyrol, numerous requests havo been receiv ed by tho military authorities in Vienna from womon begging to bo al lowed to serve in tho ranks as soldiers. government of tho United States would consider It a prlvllego thus to sorvo Its friends and tho world. It stands ready at any Umo to convey to either government any Intimation or suggestion tho other mny bo will ing to havo It convey nnd cordially Invites tho imperial German govern ment to mako use of Its services in this way at its convenience. Tho wholo world is concerned in anything that may bring about even a partial accommodation of Interests or in any way mltlgato tho torrors of tho pres ent distressing conflict. "In tho meantime, whatovcr ar rangements may happily bo mado be tween tho parties to tho. war, and whatever may In tho opinion of tho Imperial German government havo been tho provocation or tho circum stantial Justlflca'tlon for the past acts of its commanders at sea, tho govern ment of tho United States confidently look3 to see tho Justico and humanity of the govornmcnt of Germany vindi cated In nil cases whero Americans havo been wronged or their rights as noutrals invaded. "The government of tho United States, therefore, very earnestly and very solomnly renews tho representa tions of Its noto transmitted to tho Imporlal German govornmcnt on tho 15th of Mny, and reply In these repre sentations upon tho principles of hu manity, tho universally rocognized understandings of International law and tho ancient friendship of tho Gor man nation. "Tho govornmcnt of tho United States cannot admit that a proclamn ."on of a war zono from which neutral MPS hav0 1)Ccn wanicd to kcc? nway 'mnv bo nrndo to operate as in nny ' m it til ucgrco an abbreviation of the rights cltlior or American bhipdhwuh. u. u American citizens bound on lawful errands aB passcngors on murcimin ships of belligerent nations. It doCB not understand tho imporlal German government to question thoso rights. It understands it also to accept as established beyond question tho prin ciple that tho lives of non-combatants cannot lawfully or rightfully be put in jeopardy by the capture or destruc tion of an unresisting merchant ship, and to recognize tho obligation to tako sufllcienT precaution to ascertain whether a suspected merchantman is in fact of belligerent nationality or is in fact carrying contraband of war ID 111 J t of tho uiHted States therefore ... . l deems It reasonable to expect mat tho imperial German government will adopt tho measures necessary to put these principles into practice in re spect to the safeguarding of American lives nnd American ships nnd asks for assurances that this will bo done, "ROBERT LANSING, "Secretary of Stato ad Interim." Importers to Appeal for Relief. Nw York. American importers do. elded at a mooting hero to appeal per- LTSS British TJr,t,,.a "commerco restrictions wnicu uru . ; ,, , , ,n nnn nnn lioiuinK up in uuuuui iuiu fju,TO,uU worth of non-contraband merchandise destined for this country from Aus tria and Germany. A committee of prominent importers of this city was - ... anP,nte(1 to B to Washington anu .. ... .. al,i i i,iB . ,. UUIU Ull Willi I"" ... ...W inct tho matter of tho British order In ,T7tto dTetad. thnt n (tomilte understanding bo reached with England and Franco re . .. m . - rt-iifi1ton rdlng tho shipment o merchandise 1 t 1 whether or not payment for some was l . . , mi... nK.Hif.M . n,a?, at that f,?f I, J'v Is o of tho wodBVlMrtf!f.S ,l an unreasonable class, Intended for tho holiday and fall trade. This I prompted them to decisive action, for PoUi-lf5 . .... . .tntn pnnilH con. .tracted for before March 1, threaten e" '., ,,,n, Illicit IllUUtllV W v ti v a ed their business, they declare, Tho efforts of tho foreign trade ad visers, It Is stated, who acted unoffi cially, wore unable to secure any con- 'cessions from England. The import ers contend that If they woro allowed "ra " " 7" fn rrl. "8,lIP S00JtB pa,d for Ll.Wnn J- nder a forIgn Bni84 ' '" ' , . , UlUUy ICUUKllliAJll 1IJ lliu uiuivu """""I .. .. i li 4 i- .i,(.l 1 l.lJt M KUUUB UIUMCI1 UU4W4 ihuiwi goods Tho morchandlso In question incluu- . , . . n-.l(M lZ notions, laces, embroideries, crockery, , , . 4m- ffavare, gloves, linens and other Be5aU8 'T t '' 1,10 MUsh ",CraU"!tC,,1flIl " a 1QZ', tl" Has No Fear of War. Sioux City, la. Senator W. S. Konyon of Iowa said in a speech hero that tho resignation of William peaco, but declared ho could con ceive of no eventuality that would causo the United States to join in tho European war. Senator Kenyon scouted the idea of war, or oven n sevornnco of diplomatic relations with Germany. Ho said tho talk of such an ovontunllty was tho nonsensical gossip of jlngolsts. Michigan Has Corporation Limit. Detroit. Tho Ford Motor com pany, when It increases Us capital from $2,000,000 to $100,000,000, must incorporate in some other stnto. Michigan llmit8'cori)orat,lons to $25, 000,000. Obregon Loses Arm. Washington. General Obregon, Carranza's commandor in tho lighting against Villa at Leon, lost his right arm and narrowly escaped death whilo directing operations on tho fir lng lino. FOR THE BUSY IN NEW8 EPITOME THAT CAN SOON BE COMPASSED. MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED Homo and Foreign Intelligence Con. denced Into Two and Four Line Paragraphs. WAR NEWS. Great Britain's losses in men in na val engagements nro olllclally given as 0,409. Tho British casulty list for tho war, ombrnclng tho troops on tho contin ent and Mediterranean numbers 259, 0C9, as announced by Premier As- qulth In tho house of commons. A Zeppelin dirigible, manned with a crow of twenty-eight nnd thought to be returning from a raid on tho cast coast of England, has boon blown up in Belgian torrltory, Its en tiro crow perishing. Ten thousand ItnllMi recruits of tho reservist classes of 1888 to 1895 joined tho colors at Milan. Each soldier received a donntlon of 40 cents for oxpensos sustained in reach ing Milan nnd In addition his dally pay of 2 cents. The United States has sent to Ger many a noto reiterating its demand for reparation for tho loss of Amer ican llvos in the sinking of tho Lusi tanla, and sotting forth cloarly tho earnest dcslro of tho American gov ernment that Germany signify hor early adherence to tho principles of international law. The military commandant of Berlin has Issued a renewal of tho order pro hibiting the publication of or com munication of military Information without a previously granted ordor. Ho says tho publication of Gorman losses although based on official lists "could lay no claim to correctness." News received at Udlne, Italy, from Trieste says that tho entire Austrian town Is in tho hands of pillagers. Meat is selling for $1 a pound. Thero Is no brend nnd tho population la liv ing on vegetables nnd fruit. The Russians claim to have admin istered a check to the German allies on both banks of the Dncistor river in Gnllcln, nnd tho Potrograd author! ties in consequenco express tho bo lief that the AustroGerman forces havo abandoned their attempt to re capture Lemborg. For a moro energetic prosocutlon of the war tho British parllamgnt has passed and King Georgo has Blgncd the bill creating a minister of muni tlons, whoso duty it will bo to speod up tho output of ammunition for tho triple entente nlllos. David Lloyd Georgo, tho former chancellor of tho exchequer, heads the new department. DENERAL. Because all Jurymen nro at the front, tho trial of Porter Charlton, for mer Omahnn, in Italy, charged with tho murder of hlB wife, will probably be postponed. Hal Boy, bay gelding, owned by Ed Peterson, Omaha contractor, won tlio 2:11 pacing event of tho San Fran cisco exposition race. Hal Boy raced all over the west last year. The purse was $2,000. . Pietro Catalanotto, CO, tho "Sliver King" of Chicago's- "Little Italy," a powor In tho underworld of tho Sicil ian colony and leader of a gang of fifteen alleged black hand blackmail ers, was Bhot to death as ho stepped out of Mitchell brothers' restaurant at 1228 Sedgwick street. 4 The defenses of tho Pnnama canal aro such that no hostile fleet could puss through tho waterway, according to a statement mado by Major Gon oral Georgo W. Goethals, governor of tho canal zone at Indianapolis. Iowa was awarded tho grand prize for the slato agricultural exhibit at tho Panama-Pacific exposition and all but four of 289 individual exhibitors of Iowa received prizes or honorablo mention for agricultural exhibits. Briefs In behalf of tho Sixty-four western railroads -who have petitioned for increases In frolght rates woro comploted at Chicago und forwardod to tho Interstate commerco comrals slon In Washington, D. C. Oral argu merits on tho brlofs will bo hoard by tho commission Juno 22. Construction jot merchantmen rath or than battleships was urged by Senator Underwood in nn address at Andalusia, Ala. "Wo need transpor tatlon facilities," snld ho. "If wo had a numbor of. merchantmen thero would bo a way to transport our cot ton and thero would havo been no de prcsBlon or business in tno soma. A resolution asking tho legislature to grnnt women tho right to practlco law In Georgia was defeated by tho Georgia Bar association at its annual convention at Brunswick, Ga. Thrco hundred Now York financiers nro urged to support Navy league's campaign for a $500,000,000 expendi ture for a blggor nrmy nnd navy. Tho board of street railway com missioners nnd directors of tho Do trolt United Railway have agreed on all major points Involved in the sale of tho lines to tho municipality. Chicago policemen physically unfit for nctlvo duty will bo replaced by now men. Tho order may affect bov oral hundred, many of them ollglblo to pensions Former Chler of Pollco Georgo Pelrco of Sioux Gily wns denied a now trial nnd given a threo-year sen tence In prison. Pelrco was convict ed of conspiracy to collect graft from tho underworld. Ills attorneys will appeal tho caso to Iown supremo court. Alba I). Johnson, president of tho Baldwin Locomotlvo Works of Phila delphia, nuld that ho had received a cnblo message from tho Russian gov ernment, nwardlng a contract to tho company for 250 locomotives to bo completed by tho end of tho present yenr. Tho plant of the Butto Socialist, a weekly newspaper of Butte, Mont., wns completely wrecked by explosion, thought to be by dynamite. Pntrolman Olson, ono of tho first on tho sceno, declared that ho smelled giant pow der smoke, it is thought, that antl socialists nro responsible for tho act. Applauding Prosldont Wilson for his stand In tho disagreement with Secretary Bryan over tho lsauo bo tween tho United States and Ger many, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt In a signed statement at Breton Island, La., pledged his support to tho presi dent In all Btops ho may take to up hold tho honor nnd tho Interests of tho United States. Tho national oxecutivo commlttoo of tho socialst party nt n mooting in Chicago drafted two memorials to President Wilson ono on tho Mex ican situation mid tho other on Colo rado coal minors' strike. Tho com mittee protested against tho presi dent's changing his policy of non-ln- terfcrenco In Mexico nnd recom mends that he order an Investigation into tho Colorado elections under tho authority of the department of Just ice SPORTINQ A Now York banker estimates that contracts havo been closed for tho maiiufncturo In this country of closo to 25,000,000 shrapnel sholls and orders for 10,000,000 moro nro ponding. Tho total valuation is near ly $500,000,000. Ernest Snsso of Stanton, Nob., won tho interstnto championship of tho Soo Gun club's annual toumoy nt Sioux City by eliminating n field of moro than sixty shooters. Sasso broke forty-eight successive bluo rocks to win tho trophy, liandsomo cup. . Duke Knhannmoku, tho Hawaiian swimmer, lowered two world's rec ords hold by himself in a Bwlnimlng meet nt Honolulu. Ho clipped throe- fifths of n second oft the mark for fifty ynrds, coving tho dtstnnco in 23 seconds flnt. and swam 500 yards In 53 1-5 seconds, 1 2-5 seconds hotter than his previous rocord. TTnlvornUv nt Wlnrntmln ntlilfitnn won tim fiiYinnnUi nnmini track nnd field meet of tho Intor-Colleglato Con- ferenco Athletic association on Illi nois field at Urbana, having a margin of but ono point ovor tho toam of tho Unlvorslty of Chicago. Nino confer ence records woro broken in tho fif teen events. WASHINGTON. President Wilson expects to spend tho Fourth of July at tho Bummer White Houso at Cornish, N. II. It will be his first vacation since tho foreign situation beenmo acute. Mem bers of his family plan to go to Cor nish about Juno 2G. President Wilson In an oxecutivo ordor ilxcd tho official flag of tho gov ernment on tho Panama canal zone us ono with n dnrk bluo background, liav- lng In tlw) center a white clrclo with tho seal of the canal zono. It bears the words: "Tho Land Divided; the World United." Desplto war orders," says an of ficial analysis of foreign trade issued by tho department of commerce, "tho exports of manufacturers of all kinds, for tho ton months ending In April, have been less than in tho similar period boforo tho war." It Ib announced that tho federal re- servo board has decided to make public July 1 a comploto statement of tho ovpenses nnd earnings of tho twelvo federal reserve banks. A wheat crop report of 790,000,000 busholB with an acrcago 11 por cont. greater than in 1914, and u 1,250,000,- 000-bushel oats crop, with a 4 por cont. increase over 1914, aro tho features of tho crop estimato mado public by tho department of agricul ture Tho Interstnto commerco commis sion has issued an order assuming Jurisdiction to ordor rallroadB to fur- nlBh tank cars for carrying tho nor mal output of oil roflnorlcB. y STATE WILL WANT THOUSANDS FOR WHEAT HARVESTING. COFFEY TO LEND ASSISTANCE Labor Commissioner Will Locate Mer In Section When They Ar Most Needed Lincoln. Frank M. Coffey, deputy stnto lnhor commissioner, oatlmntcs that from 7,000 to 8,000 extra men will bo needed to harvest wheat In Nebraska. Ills department will na Blst harvest hands in locnt'ng tho scc tlon In tho stato where tliolr Borvicea aro most needed. Ills estimato ia based on reports received from var ious sources In each comity. Ho bo lleveo Buffalo county will need 200 ex tra men, Sownrd county will need 15& and a dozen other counties will noed 100 men each. Tho federal agricultural officials os- tlmnto tho total bushels production of winter whont for Nebraska for tho year 1915 at 74,000,000, approximately 10,000,000 grontor than tho crop of 1911, whilo Secretary Mellor of tho stato agricultural board, estimates tlto bushels production of tho 1915 crop nt 71,000,000. Judging from the re ports received by this department tho biiBholB production for 1915 will not bo far abort of 70,000,000. The nverago wages paid hnrveat hands hi Nebraska during tho year 1914 was from $2 to $2.50; men with teams about $4.50. Striking an nver ago from tho roports received by thlB department It would bo fairly safe to estimato that tho wagos for 1915 will not vary much from tho 1914 avcrngo. Of course, weather conditions nnd tho number of available men might change theso averages. Following tho rulo oT avorages, tho counties from which no estimato was obtained Included, will probably mako an estimato of from 7,000 to 8,000 ox- trn men needed for tho 1915 harvest a conservative estimate. Hog Cholera Scrum. Ono of tho laws enacted by tho last legislature which Is undoubtedly of great benefit to tho farmer and which in a way affects each hog ralsor of tho state, was what la known as Son ato Fllo 197, regulating tho manufac ture nnd salo of antl-hog cholera bo rum and virus. The Nebraska law makes It imperative that all compan ies who manufacture or soil Borum nnd virus in tho state procuro a per mit from tho Llvo Stock Sanitary Board and fllo bond for $5,000 with tho board for tho fulfillment of tho law regulating their product. Tho ono featuro of tho law which affects tho farmor or user of either of tho two products 1b that reports must bo mado by both tho party administer ing tho serum or virus and tho party owning tho hogs. Tho ono who nd- ministers tho dose must mako a re port to tho Live Stock Sanitary Board at Lincoln Immcdlatoly, ana tho owner of tho hogs must mnko a report at tho end of thirty days. It would bo well for tho awlno owners who contemplate vaccination to iook up thlB law boforo vaccinating and to mako suro that tnoy procuro tno ngm I . . t i KlnU OI BOrum Dy Uliying omy iroiu companies licensed In Nebraska, they buy from companies licensed In Nebraska report blanks nro sont out with each lot of sorum sold by Buoh company. Jury to Probe Loup Case. Judgo James R. Hnnna, ono of tho judgos of tho Eleventh Judicial dis trict, has notified Attornoy Gonoral Reed that n special torm of court has boon called and a grand Jury sum moned to Inqulro Into tho death of Roy Fox, who wns Bhot and killed by Benjamin Gnlbreath laBt Novem ber. Tho grand Jury Is called at tho request of Attornoy General Reed. It will convono July 0 nt Taylor. N Prisoners Reduced Thlryty-Flve. Inmates of tho stato ponltontiary woro reauceu nity-nvo in numuur during tho month of May, according to a report of tho board of pardons. Of tho numbor twenty loft tho Btato under tho special pormlsslon of the governor whilo nnothor ono enllatod In tho regular amy. Osterman Made President. Thomas T. OBtormnn of Blair waa eolected to head tho Nebraska Stato PoBtmnatorB' 'association for tho com ing year, at itn meeting In tho Btato capital. Hla olovatlon to that placo signalizes tho first democratic re gimo since tho formation of tho or ganization. Fair Races Promising. Tho Stnto Fair association haB just Issued Its list of entries for harness races at tho stato fair this fall, Sep tember 0 to 9. Moro than 200 entries havo already boon received. Thoy In clude: Trot, for 2-year-olds, for puraa of $400; trot, for 3-year-olds, for purBO of $500; tho 2:30 trot, for purse of $1,000; tho 2:20 trot, for purso of $1,000; tho 2-year-old paco, for purse of $100; tho 3-year-old paco, for purso of $500; tho 2:25 pace, for purBO of $1,000; tho 2:13 paco, for purso of $1,000. IN NEEDED