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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA OPERATE ON 1 TAX INEQUALITIES GLARING VILLA DEFIES II. S. Secretary Berneckcr of Assessment DOCTORS REMOVE APPENDIX FROM NEW YORK FINANCIER AT GLEN COVE HOME. CHILDREN BURNED OR CRUSHED IN MAD RUSH FROM THE FLAMES. Board Gives Figures to Indicate Condition in Nebraska. DECLARES IF NECESSARY HE' WILL FIGHT AMERICANS. DISCOVERED AT LAST 1 rzirrr n 27DIE IN SGH0DLF1HE OPEN TM' 5APE. frCT L quick; J j r BANKER'S CONDITION GOOD Operation Said Not to Be Result of the Shooting Lest July by Frank Holt Quick Recovery Expected, Ac cording to statement of Physicians. Now York, Nov. 1. J. P. Morgan, underwent an operation on Friday for appondlcltlB at Ills country homo, Glen Covo, Long Island. Tho operation was reported successful and Mr. Morgan la resting comfortably. Mr. Morgnn woo nt his olllco Wednesday, but was Indisposed Thurs day and remained at bis Ulen Covo homo. Illu physicians discovered ho was suffering from a mild attack of appendicitis. To guard against a ro currenco tho physicians decided to re move tho llnanclors appendix. Tho operation was performed by Doctors Alarkoo, Lylo and Smith, who reported it to havo been successful .r every way and suld that Mr. Morgan Is resting comfortably. Mr. Morgan's gcnoral condition Is so excellent that nls prompt recovery Is oxpected. Tho facts wore contained in a state ment given out at tho oliice of J. P. Morgan & Co. 80 far as could be learned tho operation Is In no way tho result of tho shooting of Mr. Morgan by Frank Holt at Glen Covo July 3. Mr. Morgan has boon regularly at his olllco slnco early August Ho has bpen very actlvo In business during tho last few months, especially In con nection with tho Anglo-French loan. BRIAND HEADS NEW CABINET PrtmUr Will Also Act as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France Four Without Portfolios. Paris, Nov. 1. The following offl. clal announcement of tho formation of tho new French cabluet waa made hero on Friday: "M. Ilrland ctated that the uilnlstry has been formed and would go bororo tho chamber as follows: "Premier and minister of foreign af fairs. Arlstldo Hrland; minister or war. Con. J, S. Galllcnl; minister of marine. Admiral Lacaze; minister of llnunco, Alexandre F. Rlbot; minister or the interior, L. J. Malvy; minister of com merce. Etlenno Oletuontel; minister of public works, Marcel Sembat: min ister of Justlco. Reno Vlvlanl: colonial minister. Emllo Doumorguo; minister of public instruction and war inven tions, Paul Palnlevo; minister of ugrl culture, Jules Mellne: mlnlsterBol stato without portfolios, Charles do Prey clnct, Leon Ilourgeols. Emllcs Combes. Jules Guesdo nnd Denys Cochin. M. Jules Canihon will bd gcnoral secre tary ror foreign affairs with a scat In tho cabinet." KING GEORGE HURT BY HORSE Ruler of Great Britain Thrown by Mount Whllo Reviewing His Troops.' London, Nov. l. Whllo reviewing troops King Georgo was thrown from his horso on Thursday and injured. Although it wns olllclally roportcd that tho king was "soVorely bruised," his majosty Is unablo to Irnvo Ills bed and thoro aro Indications that his con dition may dovolop serious complica tions. Tho olllclal roport on tho affair fol lows: "While tho king was Inspecting hie nimy In tho Hold Thursday his horso becamo rrlghtoned by tho cheers or the soldiers, and roarod, railing to tho ground. Tho king was novoroly bruised and will bo compollod to romaln In his bed for tho presort." As tho frlghtonoi' mount or tho king loll tho rider was unhorsed und roll with tho animal. Olllcers rair forwurd and picked up his majesty. ROUMANIA TO ENTER WAR? 450,000 Troops Moblllied on Frontier and Are Reported Ready to Aid Allies. Paris, Nov. 1. Tho Salonlkl corre spondent of tho Petit Journal learns rrom a rollablo sourco that Itoumanla has mobilized 450.000 men, or whom 200,000 aro concentrated on tho Bul garian frontior and tho rost on tho Hungarian rrontlor, whoro Improg nablo dofoiiBOB havo boon constructed. Tho dispatch Indicates Uoumanla's Intention to ontor tho war on tho sldo or tho alllos. According to advices re cently recolved tho Russians havo boon Beoklng permission to send troops through Itoumanla to coop erato with tho allies In attempting to stop tho Teutons' drlvo through tho Balkans. Showman's Debts $800,000. Soattlo, Wash.. Nov. 1. John Con sldlno, member or a theatrical llrm. who a Tow years ago was reputed a millionaire tostlllcd in tho superior court hero that uq was entirely with out ineanB and that ho owed $800,000. Widow Will Make American FUgs. Washington, Nov. 1. President Wll. son provided a moana or support ror the widow or Frederick Oilman, me of tho victims of the F-4 disaster. He appointed Mrs Oilman as a llugmaker at tho Mnro .'eland navy yard. r 1 1 y iliKr rusenvroer I 1 It I I AM li i 1 KTD&Yeri (I to I I XWA M Kt,ruft: OF PRESiDEMT I , VM WILSON AMP ' MRS. (J"ALT IfrsrllV And It's Liable to Be Wort OPEN ROAD TO TURKEY TEUTONIC FORCES JOIN BULGAR IANS IN SERBIA. First Connecting Link Formed In the Northeast by Invaders Purpose of Drive Accomplished. Berlin, Germany (via London), Oct. -'9. Direct connection botween the Austro-German forces in Sorbin and tho Bulgarian army of General Bovad Jlolf lias been established on tho Dan uho rlvor cast of Brnza Palanka. ac cording to tho olllclul announcement given out on Wedncsdny by tho Gor man army headquarters staff. The statement follows: "Dorblu. east or Vlsegrad (Bosnia), has boon taken. "The armies or General von Koovess and General von Callwltb havo driven back tho enemy wherovor ho has made a stand. "As regards tho main forces, the gonornl lino or Valyevoa-Morawos (on tho LJIg) Docola has been reached. East of thla lino, tho .lasonlca and Haca havu been crossed on both Bides or Svllujacronava. In tho Pek valley Norosnlkn lino been taken. "Forces advnnclng oast or Orsovn captured twolvo heavy cannon near Kladowo. "At LJIuglcovnc, on tho Danube east or Braza Palanka, direct connection with tho army or General Boyadjloft (tho Bulgarian commander) has boon established by patrolB. Tho right wing or thla army Is pursuing tho enemy Troni Ncgotln northeast to southwe.Bt Fighting continues ror possession or Knjazozac." Tho junction or tho Austro-Gcrmnn nrmlos with tho Bulgarian troops was made In tho oxtrcmo northeastern cor nor or Serbia. F0RGAN STOOD BY MUNDAY Chicago Financier Says He Did All In Power to Avert Failure of La Salle Street Bank. Morris, ill., Oct. 20. James n. For gan, prcBldont or the First National bank or Chicago, In testirylng at tho trial or Charles B. Munday, charged with bank wrecking, declared lie did all In his power to avert tho financial ruin or William Lorlmor and Munduv whllo tho LaSallo Street National bank was on the road to destruction. Forgan warned thorn aovornl times, ho tostllied and oven when thlH ad vlco was unhcoded ho stood by thom and succeeded In prolonging tholr nr (Illation with tho Chicago Clearing IIoubo association. Forgan wont so rar as to say that his bank 'might holp liquidate tho Lorlmor-Mundny In stltutlon and thus savo tho depositors' money. Forgan proved a valuable witness ror tho prosocutlon. dcsplto offorts of tho dofenso to show ho was respon sible ror a "run" on tho I.orlmer-Mun-day bnnk Just beforo It failed. Say French Shot Red Cross Man. Berlin, Nov. 1. Tho Dresdon Nnch rlchten reports that n momhor of tho Red Cross, named llclllngcr, a pris oner of war, waB Bitot by a French ot ticor bocnuso ho rufusod to betray the position of tho Gorman staff. Ammunition Shortage In Germany. London, Nov. 1. "A German short ago of ammunition, which Is said to ho becoming critical, ' Is given In a Potrograd dispatch as ono reason ror tho Germans' fulluro to dato to capture Dvlnsk und lliga. l I h a Lot of Money Somo Time. GERMAN YACHT SUNK POWER BOAT ECLIPSE IS Dt STROYED BY WARSHIP. Vessel Carrying Escaped KronprU.z Men Overtaken by British Cruiser Sydnoy, Tourists Say. Roanoko, Va., Oct 28. Tourists re turning hero from Bermuda say that on Octobor 20 olllcers rrom tho Aus tralian cruiser Sydnoy boarded tho liner Bermudlan. about flrty inllqs off Sandy Hook, N. J., on her last trip from New York to Bermuda, and re ported having sunk on October 10 tho power boat Eclipse, with tho six war rant olllcers of tho Interned German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelra. They say tho Sydnoy reported nil tho Ger man olllceis lost. Misses Estollo and Clommlo Whito, who were passengers on tho Bermudian, said that about llvo o'clock on tho afternoon or Octo ber 20 tho Sydnoy hailed tho liner and sent olllcers aboard. It was explained to passengers on tho Bermudlan that tho Sydney's olllcers had como aboard to say thero was no further need to watch Tor the escaped German olll cers. They say It was generally mado known to tho passengers that tho Eclipso had been sunk tho day boforo with all on board. MAXIM HAS NEW BOMB FUSE Veteran Inventor Tells Secretary Dan iols of Invention to Increaso Aeronautic Efficiency. Washington, Oct. 30. Hudson Max im, member of tho naval advisory board and veteran Inventor, called on Secretary or tho Navy Daniels and roportcd that he had Invented a now fuse for use on norla! bombs which will greatly Increaso tholr olllcloney. By using tho now fuso, ho said, avia tors can tlmo tho bomb t-xploslon to tho rractlon cr a second. The dis covery will bo tried at onco at tho navy aeronautic oxperlmeutal station at Pensacola, Fla, ARREST GEN. IGNACI0 RIVER0 Former Mexican General Charged With Complicity In Murder of President Madero Seized. Vera Cruz. Mexico. Oct. 30 Charged 'with complicity in tho mur der In Mexico City of President Ma dero, Ignnclo lllvero. rormerly a gen eral In the Mexican army under Presi dent Diaz and financial agent of the Catholic party, was urrosted here as ho stepped off a ship from New or. leans. Ho had been In tho Unltod States for tho last two years. Big Flood In France. Paris. Oct. 30. Tho overllow of tho Basso river has caused several mil lion francs' damugo In tho region ol Perplgnan, n historic city of southern Frunco. A railroad brldgo was washed away at Hlvesaltes, tho home ot Gen ornl Joffro. French Land More Troops. London, OcL 30. A Central Nowa dlBpateh from Vienna on Thursday by way of Amstordam quotcB tho Frank furter Zoltung as saying that tho French havo landed 150,000 troops and 100 big guns nt Salonlkl. British Warship on Shore. London, Oct. 30. Tho British cruls or Argyll, 10,860 toiiB, has gono ashoro 011 tho enst coast or Scotland during a galo. All tho members or tho crew wor saved. It Is reared tho warship muy bo a total loss. TWENTY BODIES RECOVERED Three-Story Building of St. John's Pa rochlal School at Peabody, Mass Swept After 600 Boys and Girls Had Entered Structure. Ponbody, Mass.. Oct. 3U. Fl through tho three-storv hrlt-it iiiHMim occupied by the St. Johns parochlul scnooi, Duruing or driving to death in uio panic mat followed the alaim 11 or tho (iUO hoys and girls who u tow minutes beforo had aHsomhiod m. uioir daily lessons on Thursday. iwenty oodles havo been recovered irom trio ruins. Twolvo. of these bod les were removed rrom tho vestibule. wnero tlio Jam of terrified llttln nuns nau resulted In tho greatest loss of lll'O. Many Others Wcrn inliiru,! in their Might down tho stairways and a iuw jumpeu irom tho windows ot tho mini noor. Tho first alarm detracted mothers to tho schoolyard, where soon thoy woro Joined by other reiuuves or 1110 nun Is. until tho htiilH ing was Burrounded by a great crowd of hysterical men" nnd women, who rushed tho police linos in a wild effort 10 reacu tbeir children. The police wero powerless to Btop tho rush, but m..uu muy ianeu to uo was accom fjlshed presently bv tn shooting from tho windows of the ouiming. neld back tho throng. Tho students, who ranged in years from Eoven to thirteen, were in charge of 16 sisters. Wlmn tho 11 started tho sisters marshaled their cnarges tor a lire drill and started them rrom tho building. buuucnly thero wub a cry or rear rrom one of the throne. It up by n hundred others, and panic unaueu. Tlio sma lor chililrnn M under tho feet or those behind them, anu soon tho vestlbulo was so Jammed with living nnd dead that tho firemen could not rorco an entrance. The 10 slstorB escaped. The origin or tho fire remained In doubt. Michael Dunn, who lives near tho school, said ho heard a mur lied explosion. A largo percentnKQ of tho nnniia wero children of foreign parentage. In uio numoer wero many of Irish and Italian descent. I IMPORTANT NEWS 1 . ITEMS London, Oct. i!8. Tho war ofllco announced on Tuesday that tho British transport Marquette has been torpe doed by a submarlno in tho Aegean sea. Ninety-nine of those on board aro unaccounted for. Eagle Pass. Tex.. Oct. 30. Twenty six carloads or Mexican cavulry horses. Mi carloads of munition wagons and an armored motor car loft hum over tho Southern Pacific railroad for Douglas. Ariz. They are part ol the t arranza troop movement over Anier leun soli, authorized by Washington. Los Angeles. Cal.. Oct. 30. -in iunt two years the United States will have such a competent duiensn thnf it defy the world." said Thomas A. Edi son nere. "Wo shall bo In a position men 10 ne afraid of no one." CZAR'S FLEET SHELLS VARNA Attack on Bulgar Port Paves Way for Landing Troops to Co-Operato With Allies. Homn. (tot' fin a 11, . ..... , w, Mui,iiuiuai uia- patch to the Stcfanl Nows agency, filed "uunesuay, cays that the Kussluns have begun an attack on Mm mn,.ir on coast or Bulgaria. A Russian lleet nrrivmi nt fr. o'clock this moinlncr On tfin lllllfrn. rlan coast." tho correspondent wires. uuu uumeuiuteiy began a bombard ment or Vnrnn. Shelling wns still pro ccedlng at cloven n'clnnit imat,i.. nblo dnmago has been dono to tho town." GIRL FOUND SLAIN ON TRACK Miss McCallln of Prominent Pitts burgh Family Discovered Beheaded, Pittsburgh, Pa.. Oct. HO. Tlin hnrift. less body or Miss Sophia McCallln. oaugntor or tho lato William C. Me lanin, rormor mayor or Pittsburgh, wns round on tho Pennsvlvnnln tmn,a nt Roup, a station within tho city lira- us. 1110 oody was so badly crushed that Identification was imnoRRihin im. til tho glrl a nbsonco rrom tho olllco or E. S. Morrow, city comptroller. wuobo secretary Bho was. started an Inquiry. Georgia Offers Wilson Wedding Ring. Dahlono. Ga . Nov. 1. President Wilson has been asked to accept a ring madu or virgin Ccorein uni,i i.,- his wedding ring, ir ho accepts tho citizens will "pan" tho gold and mako it Into a ring. Chinese Premier Resigns. Washington, Nov. 1. Resignation or Hsu Shlh Chang, Chinese premier. was auuounccu in un niitciuj telegram. Ho Is out ot sympathy with tho pro-' posed chango from tho republic to a monarchy. Tho Inequity of taxation, ns brought oui by the report of Soeiotarv lim necker of the State Board of ab ment shows that lands and Imnrove- inents aro assessed at 1225,219,230, un average or JG.0G per acre. Tho highest valuation of any conn ty is given to York, where the land is valued on an averace of S1G.29 nr acre. Tho lowest Is given to Thomas, which Is assessed at only 53 cents per nere. Thero is considerable variation In tho assessment of lots and Improve ments thereon. In many instances It would seoni that tho valuation of this property is not very fairly divided. ino whole valuation is nlacod at S7:t, 180(521, an average of only $120 to the lot. Douglas county lots are Placed at a valuation of taxation of $37o.45 per lot; Lancaster county lots at $193.08, Dodge nt f 90,73; Gage nt ?.80, Hall at $1C5.3C, Platto at $144.03, York at $140.05, Adams at $110.21. Lots and Improvements In Adams county, which has Hastings within Us borders, are assessed nt nn average of $110.21, while in uoono county, where tho largost town Is only about 1.500. lots and I mnrnvp. mcnts thereon aro assessed at $121.31, more than the Adams county lots. In Cass county lots uto assessed but $G5.78, whllo In Cuming county they aro placed at $119.90. In Gnrfleld county, where there aro no towns mcnts nro assessed at J2.ri5.2m 2nn. ono thsuand people, lots and im provements are nlaced at Sl2fi.2o. while in Gngo county, ono or tho best Improved counties In the state, lots and Improvements are but $42.80. There are 903.9G5 horses In Nohrns. ku, valued at $12,740,876, an average of $14.10 per horse, or a real valua tion of $70.50 for each animal on an average. There are 105.381 mules In tho stato, which aro assessed at $1,899. 476, an average valuation for taxation purposes of $17.42 per animal. There are 2.311.480 cattle in the stato, valued for tnxation at $14,184.- 308, or $6.14 per head. The assessment of automobile;. shows that the averace assessment on each machine is hut $73, or on the one-fifth method, actual valuntlon of hut $365. The total number clven in for assessment In the state is 44.261. although numbers issued bv the see retary of state at tho lime of tho as sessment ran up about 60,000. The machines are given a total valuation of $3,220,558 Thirty-fivo farmers' institutes were scheduled by tho agricultural exten sion service of the university farm for the month of October. The places nnd dates of the meetings are as t'ol lows: Curtls,7; Wauneta. 9; Culbert son, 11; Uartley, 12; Overton, 15; Lexington, 16; Sutherland, 19; Dig Springs, 20; Clmppollf 21; Lodge Pole. 2; Lowellcn, 25; Llsco, 26; Holbrook, S; Page, 5; Atkinson, 7; Bassctt, 8; Cody, 0; Harrison. 22; Raymond, 27 28, 29. The olglit inslltutes to be held In Bawes county and tlio live tc bo held in Box Butte county aro un der the local auspices of tho Dawes county farmers' association and the Box Butte county farmers' associa tion. (An agricultural extension scho 'l wns held October 4 to 8, inclusive, at Sargent. Two hundred Virginia Beauty ap ple trees set out on Ave acres of No- niaha county land and listed In the books as 20 years of ago, brought In a gross return of nearly $2,700 to their owner, G. N. Titus. That is the story brought back to tho stato house by Secretary Duncan of tho stato hor ticultural board. 'Last year Mr. Titus obtained a very good crop from the sanio trees, nnd in fact for several years past ho has been doing quite well enough with them to feel that ho has made money on them. A boom In tho erection of country school houses is on in this state, a boom which has not been equalod In years, according to the mute testi mony of tho stato bond record. Dur ing the past several months, accord ing to tliat record, thero have boon more issues of bonds registered with ho stato auditor than during ontiro years in tho past. Tho greater share of these Issues como from wostern and northwestern Nebraska. In response to a request from Sec- rotary Mollor of tho state board ol ngriculture, 15. J. Mitchell, secretary of tho Thayer county agricultural bo cloty, has sent In Uio following esti mate of crop ylolda In that part of the county: Wheat, 25 bushols; rye, 28 bushuls; barley, 23 bushpJs; potatoes, SO bushols; alfalfa. 4 tons; wild hay. VA tons; corn, 45 bushels. On 53 farms survoyed in Thurston county tho farmers mado $1,448 above expenses nnd 5 per cont Inter est on their investment for tho year 1914, "In addition to receiving a homo and what tho farm contributed to ward tholr living. Tho nvorago size or tho rorms was 214 acres and tho avorago total capital for ench farm was $21,816. This survoy will bo con tinued for a number of years for tho purposo of finding which system of fnrm management yields tho greatest continuous profit. It Is being made HEARS WILSON AIDS CARRANZfl Rebel Chief Has Ten Thousand Sol, dlers No More Protection for Foreigners, He Says. Douglas, Ariz. When Gcnoral Fran. Cisco Villa began moving his troops Into position for an attack on Agua Priota, Sonora, opposite here, ho per sonally declared that ho would stand, tho consequences. "If necessary, J will fight the United States army as sembled along the bordor," ho as sorted, after hcarirfg for tho first tlm that the American government had glvon permission for Carranza to transport troops from Laredo und Eugle Pass, Tex., to reinforce tho garrison at Agua Prleta. Villa, according to reliablo esti mates, has 10,000 soldiors, although, ho claims to havo 18,000. Tho bordor line has been closed, but arrango ments woro mado by United States Immigration authorities to admit un der guard thousands of more or less destitute refugees from Agua Prleta. Villa himself is with his cavalry,, forming a flank guard along tho bor der. It was whllo getting these troops Into position that ho learned. that Carranza reinforcements had been transported over American tor-. ritory, and launched a vorbal attack on tho United States which ho de clared would turn into a nhvslcal at tack if necessary. Ho said: "This Is the way tho United States repays me for tho treatment and nrotectlon I havo given foreigners In Mexico, Hereafter I don't care what happens to foreigners in Mexico, or in mv ter ritory. I am through with tho United States. I can fight my battles. Let them fight theirs." Double Appropriation for Militia. Washington, D. C. Practically doubled federal appropriations for the state militia and opening of tho proposed continental army to any or ganization or individual of tho na tional guard desiring to enter and free to do so, are contemplated in the army slife of the administration's na tional defense program. Details of tho provision to bo made for tho militia wero mado public for the first tlmo In a statement Issued by Secretary Garrison, which 'said, in part: "In my proposition the membership of the national guard is offered al ternatives based upon this full recog nition and meeting every proper point of view with respect to their relationship to tho matter of military policy. In other words, I propose that any and every organization of the national guard that Is free to do so In so far as its stato obligations aro concerned, may como over Into tho national force Intact and bo ac corded exaxctly the same position therein that it now holds. "With respect to the national guard In tho states, tho plan not only con templates continuing tho financial and personal aid on behalf of tho na tional government, but largely In creases tho same, practically doub ling It the next fiscal year." U. S. Steamer Seized. Halifax, N. S. Tho Dutch steamer llamborn, from Now York, and tho steamer Hocking, from New York for Norfolk, wero brought into port hero by prize crows from a British war ship. The Hocking wan formerly tho Danish steamer Gronland, but wns vocently changed to American re gistry and was flying tho American flag when overhauled by tho war shfps. Tho sheriff of tho admiralty court haa taken charge of both steamers and has placed armed men aboard, but nothing has been mado public as to why tho vessels wero seized. Blanche Walsh Ic Dead. Cleveland, O. Blanche Walsh, tho well known actress, died in a hospital here where she was taken two weeks ago for an IllnesB which required an operation. Mls3 Walsh's refusal to disappoint an audience caused a ro lapso from which she died. Rifle Brings Big Price. New York. A rlflo purchased by Abraham Lincoln and Henry Brooncr for $15 when thoy lived In Spencer county, Indiana, and which was used by tho famous war presldont In deor hunting, brought $285 in u sale ot Lincoln relics here. Death Duel In Air. Clovoland, O. A horrified crowd saw a death duol sixty foot in tho air on an arch or tho now hlghlevol brldgo ovor the Coyahoga river, in which Frank Wright, storekeeper for bridge contractors, wns killed by a follow workman with an iron bar. Tho killing was witnessed by Wrlght' wire, who was on her way up to him with his lunch. Tho killing waa preceded by a grim strugglo, In which tho two men wrestled back and forth on tho arch, and both camo near to falling Into tho river several times. by tho College of Agriculture
