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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE NORTH PI ATtp, mcrpaqka 3 BERLIN ENDS CMS MESSAGE TO VON BERNSTORFF MAKE8 FULL SETTLEMENT OF LU8ITANIA CASE NEAR. NO DANGER OF BREAK SEEN Germany Has Refused to Declare Sinking of Liner Illegal, But Makes Concessions Which Give Promise of Adjustment Soon. Washington, Fob. 7. All danger of n rupture with Germany over tho Lu Bltanla controversy has disappeared. Count von Dcrnstorff formally com municated to Secretary of Stato Lan sing on Friday the reply of hla gov ernment to tho oral representations inado to him some days ago. Whllo Germany has refused to do claro that tho sinking of tho Lusltanln was Illegal and contrary to Interna tional law In tho form desired by this government, It can bo stated on au thority that concessions havo been mado which give promise of adjust ment as a result of further ox changes. Whothor theso concessions fully 'comply with tho terms of settlement foffered by President Wilson will do pond from tho American vlowpolnt 'on very closo Btudy and examination of tho noto. From tho German viewpoint tho communication 1b regarded as grant ing substantially all that tho United States asked In tho report recently ,8ont to hla government by Count von Bernstorff, on tho basis of his laat conversation with Secretary Lansing. Should President Wilson not find tho concessions wholly satisfactory it iBeomB probable that an adjustment to mane mem accepiauio can uu ruuuuuu in Informal conferences between Soc- Totary Lansing and Count von Bern- Btorff during tho next flvo days. Tho concessions mado by tho Gor man government aro of such a char- actor. It Is underatood, that if thoy poltn raid on Monday night. Tho fig fall short of satisfying President Wil- urea in rogard to tho casualties were son thoy havo so narrowed tho margin outlined in an official statement issued of differenco In tho Informal negotla- here. Tho oillcial statement Issued on tlons na not to necessitate tho aban- donmont of tho informal negotiations, Tho danger of a break In diplomatic relations between Germany and tho United States, It la aaaorted In a vory (high quarter, havo been avortod by tho .now communication, and tho atato- ,mcnt la ovon mado In thla vory rcapon- isiblo quarter that thoro can now bo no Weak betweon tho two countrlos over tho Lusltanla affair. It 1b evident from tho promptness with which Gormany has replied to tho president's minimum demands that there exists a real dcslro on tho part of officials In that country to sot- tlo all outstanding dlfforoncca with tho United States, PHILIPPINE RIM IS PASSED Measure Wins In tho Senate by Vote of 62 to 24 Stone's Amend- mcnt Lost. Washington. Fob. 7. Aftor wcokd of discussion tho Phlllpplno sclt-gov ornment bill was passed by tho boh ato on Friday by u voto of 52 to 24. As finally adopted, Its essential fea tures havo been substantially modi fled Senator Stono offered an amend mont that would havo eliminated the provision giving tho president power to extend tho ponou within wiucn indopondonco must bo grantod, and roatorlng tho provision In tho original bill guaranteeing tno neutrality or tno lBlanda. Senator Stono mado a strong appeal for support for thla proposl- uon, dui li was rejected, ou io n, KEATING BILL PASSES HOUSE Antl-Chlld Labor BUI Wins Southern Membero Vote Against the Measure. Washlncton. Fob. 3. Tho onnosltlon of southern Democrats to tho passage of tho Keating antl-chlld labor bill was rlddon over rougliHhod by the houao when, by a voto of 337 to 4G. It passed the measure Only two Ropub- llcans votod against tho bill. Forty llvo of tho forty-six votes against It camo from tho South, most of thorn concentrated In tho states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, Toxus and Tonnoa see, BERLIN SAYS L-19 IS MISSING Zeppelin Has Not Returned From Raid British Trawler Refused to Rescue Crew. Dorlln. Fob, 7. An ofllclal communl cation on Friday admits Zoppelln L-19 has not returned from u reconnolter- lng flight and that inqulrlos concern- lng tho airship havo been frultloBB. Jtoports from Amsterdam confirm tho fear that tho airship has been lost, 8hlp$nd Cargo of Supplies Lost. London, Fob. 5. Reports of tho sink ing In mid-Atlantic of tho British freighter ChaBohlll, from New York January 13 for Havre with a curgo ot supplies for tho Fronch government, wero confirmed. Its crew was rescued. Ship 8unk by Zeppelin. London, Fob. 5. Tho British collier Frank Fisher was sunk by n Zeppelin and 13 of Its crow killed Thrco sur vivors landed at Hartlepool by a Bel gian steamor. The Zeppelin, (lying low, literally showered tho collier. THE LATEST ZEP BOMBS KILL 54 AIRSHIPS DO HEAVY DAMAGE IN FOUR ENGLISH COUNTIES. 0ffI(ja 8tatement ,ued nt London Gives Casualties Borlln Admiral ty Tells of Big Raid. London, Fob. 3. Fifty-four persons wero killed and 67 Injured In the Zop- Tuesday says 220 bombs wero dropped on many towns and In rural dlatrlcta In Dorbyahlro, Lelceatorahlro, Lincoln shire and Staffordshire. Some damage to proporty was caused. Berlin, Fob. 3 (via Sayvllle). Tho Gorman admiralty on Tuesday lBsued tho following roport: "A Gorman nlrahlp squadron during tho night of January 31 to February 1 droppod a large number of Incen- diary bombs on and near tho Liver- pool and Plckenhead docks, harbors and factories: ulso on tho Manchester iron works and blast furnaccB, on Nottingham and Shofllold factories and blast furnaces, ilnally on a largo number of industrial establishments on tho Humber and near Groat Yar mouth. ai an ineso pincoB mo noavy ei- feet of tho bombardment was observed by mighty explosions and violent fires "Tho nirshlpa wore vlgoroualy llred at from all tho places, but wero not hit. All tho airships, dosplto tho ono- my's flro, havo returned safo." BANKER MUNDAY IS FREE Bonds Fixed at $15,000 and Judge Stough Signs Bills of Excep tions In Qttawa. Chicago. Fob. 4. Charles B. Mun ,iav. ,vuo waa aontoncod to five voara' imprisonment after having boon con- vIctC(1 ot n cunrB0 0f conspiring to wrocit tho iMaQ stroot Truat and HavincH bank, was released on Wednesday on bonds of $15,000. His release was brought about by a writ of suporsodeaa Issued by Judges Dor- ranco, Dlboll, D. J. Cames and J. M. Nelhnus of tho Second district of tho appellate court. Munday's counsol vis itcd Ottawa, 111., where tho wilt was Issued. Judge S. C. Stough adjourned court and signed tho bill of exceptions. Mundny'a case, on a writ of error. cornea up before tho nppolluto court nt tho April term. WILSON SPEAKS IN ST. LOUIS Stirs Audience of 15,000 People In Col iseumMay Make Another Trip. St. Louis. Fob. 5. Piesldont Wilson stlrrod an audlonco ot 15,000 people In the Coliseum hero when ho solemnly warned tho people ot Missouri to pro- paro for tho upholding of American rights and Ideals. A crowd ot 30,000 was outsldo tho hall clamoring for ad- mission. Tho address was tho Unal ono ho will make on his Western trip. It 1b still undecided whothor Mr. Wilson will make another trip. Tho president's advisors aro urging hl'n to do bo at oneo, Thoy especially want him to awing through tho southern states, where opponents of prepared- noss havo been making a campaign. Italian Reserves Recalled. Homo, Fob. 7. All tho men born In 1881 who belong to tho cavalry havo bocn recalled to the colors. Men born In 1882, 1883 and 1884 and belonging to tho englnoor roglmenta and men born In 1885 also havo boon recalled. Prussian Losses 2,337,096. CoponhngQp. Feb. 7, Tho Prussian casualties Hats for January contain 30,500 namus, bringing the total Prus sian losses to 2,337,096. Tho January lists contain the names of tlvo gcn orals killed and two wounded. - , SgSjfyip) fi-lT.'NC' OFfii nEi ' I !S -T - S WASHINGTON STAR. RJCRUIT TO FREE PHILIPPINES AMENDMENT WINS IN BY ONE VOTE. SENATE President Authorized to Surrender All Rights to Islands Within Four Years. Washington, Fob. 4. Vice-President Marshall on Wednesday cast a decid ing vote In tho senate on tho Philip plno bill, helping to pass tho Clarke amendment to withdraw tho sovereign ty of tho United States from tho Is lands not sooner than two years and not later than four. Fifteen Democrats voted against it. By tho terras of tho Clarko amend ment tho president would be author ized to surrender all rights to tho Phil- lpplnes and recognize an independent government inatltuted by tho peoplo in not less than two or more than four years after approval of tho ponding measure, Provision Is mado, however, that the president may extond tlmo for with drawing from tho Islands if conditions of internal and external affairs with re- gard to stability of tho proposed gov eminent should warrant such action. Ho might oxtend it until the adjourn mont of a now session In congress. In order to afford congress another op portunity furthor to consider tho sub ject. Provision making It optional for tho United Stntes to retain sites for coal- lng stations and a naval base in tho event of independence was Included. Efforts to recommit tho bill failed by a voto of CO to 29. By a voto of 49 to 31 an amendment by Senator Kcnyon of Iowa was adopt ed to strike from tho Clarko amend ment all plans for guaranteeing tho sovereignty of tho Islands, cither by tho United States alono or by treaties or other International agreomenta. FLASHES OFF THE WIRE 30CCCOCDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQO Poking, Fob. 3. So wldcaprend has become tho nntlgovernment uprlalng In Yun-Nan provlnco that 80,000 troops hnvo boon sont thoro by Yuan M. Ulilnoso rogulars aro roport t!, t0 liavo engaged In battlo tho 2.000 Mongolian rebola who aro marching 011 Poking. uonin, l ob. 3. A tromendous bom- Iiartimcnt of tho German positions In uiinmpngno anil the Vosgos has boon oponc1 by tho Froncn' according to an ofllclal report Issuod by tho Gorman war olllco. Lens is again being shotted by tho allies. Another Fronch aero piano has been shot down. JAP SHIP SINKS; 160 PERISH Steamer Daljln Mnru Collides With British Vessel- Sinks In Seven Minutes. Shanghai, Feb. 7. Tho Japanoso steamer Daljln Mnru, 1,576 tons, col llded with tho British steamor Llnan Wednesday night and sank shortly aft orward with a loss ot 160 lives, accord ng to marltlmo advlcea received hero Tho Llnan was badly damaged and had to put Into Hongkong. Tho col lislon Is said to have occurred about 125 mlloa from Hongkong. Fire at Waynesburg, Pa. Waynoaburg. Pa., Fob. 7. Flro, on tailing a loss ot $100,000, destroyed tho Minor block, tho McGurgln block tho American bank and tho Sayers building. Tho plant of tho Democrat Messengor was a total loss. Chicago Bandit Kills Man. Chlcaco. Feb. 7. Thotnna Onlirh ton. forty-live years old a brother nni employee of Michael Crolghton, owner of a saloon at 5659 South Stato street. I was shot and almost lustantly killed by a lono holdup man. "ZEP" FALLS IN SEA GERMAN AIRSHIP BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DISABLED BY DUTCH 8HELLS. REFUSED AID BY FISHERMEN Crew of British Trawler Feared Cap ture If They Rescued Foes Thir teen Drowned When Vessel Is Sunk by Bomb. London, Fob. 6. Thirty-live moro deaths In British wntors. resulting from tho Zeppelin raid, aro reported. Twenty-two of tho victims are Ger mans, members of the crew oi a diri gible, believed to have been tho L-19, which fell Into tho North sea Thlrtcon men of tho crew of the collier Franz Fischer were drowned when tho collier was sent to the hot tow In two minutes by a bomb dropped by ono of tho Zeppelins returning from tho raid mado on England. Only three men of tho Fischer wero saved Tho atory of tho fate of tho wrecked air craft is told by tho crow of tho steam trawlor King Stephen. Captain Martin, which nrrlved at Grimsby. Aid wn3 refused tho Germans because they outnumbered the crow of tho trawler. It la conaldered likely that tho Ger mans have drowned by thla time. Tho flahcrmen say that early on Wednesday morning In the North sea their attention was attracted by 11 shes of light apparently from a ship's Big- nal lamp. Thoy mado for tho spot and found a huge mass of wreckage They stood by until tho light Im proved, when It was scon that tho wreckage was that of tho Zeppelin L-19. The cabins and a part of tho envelopo were under water, but a largo part of tho enVclopo wan float ing. On the platform on the top of tho envelopo soven or eight Germans wero seen. Theso hailed tho trawler in English, calling: "Savo us, Savo us. We will give you plenty of money." Ab tho trawler carried only nlno hands and the Germans numbered about twenty-two, Captain Martin de cided that it was not safo to take so many enemies aboard, particularly as the trawler was unarmed. Ho feared that his crew might bo overpowered by the Germane. Tho captain there fore proceeded to report tho poaltlon of the airship to tho proper authori ties, adequato assistance being sent afterwards, and put into Grimsby. It is believed that tho Zeppelin was ono of thoso participating in tho raid of January 31. Tho fishermen had been at sea several days and wore not awaro of tho raid. Tho Zeppelin probably was diaabled by tho Dutch coast artillery, which fired on It whllo It waa attempting to return to Germany over Dutch terri tory. Fifty shots, some of which, It is be lieved, hit, wro fired at a Zeppelin Wednesday morning as it flew low In a fog over the Island of Ameland, off tho coast of Holland. TURKS TO GET U. S. NOTE America's Decision as to Seized Ship's Fate Will Determine Future of 200 Left Aboard. Old Point Comfort. Va Feb. 4. Two hundred and forty-five porsonB hold prisoners by a German prize crew on tho enptured British passenger llnor Appam wero informed on Wed nesday that they wero at liberty to land on American eoil. More than 200 other persons, including tho German captors, tho captain and crow of tho liner and passengers nllogcd to bo long to tho armed forces of Great Britain, will be held on board until tho United States government determines their status and that of tho ship It self. This arrangement was reached on orders from Washington. With tho others will land G. D. Tag- llaferrl. a naturalized American ot Novada, tho only citizen of tho United States aboard. Although carrying hla citizenship papera, ho had not mado his idontlty known until ho was dis covered by an immigration ofllcer. MORGAN GOES TO ENGLAND Intimations That Trip Might Be Related to Loan by Allies Are Met With Denial. New York. Fob. 4. J P. Morgan sailed Wednesday for England nboard tho steamship Rotterdam. Ho was ac companied by Benjamin Strong, gov ernor of tho New York Federal Re- servo bank. In their capacity as com mercial agenta for tho French and British governments. Morgan & Co, have purchased or supervised tho pur chaso of supplies costing hundreds of millions of dollars. Intlmntions that Mr. Morgan's trip might not be unre lated to another external loan by tho allies mot with denial. On Watch for Appam. Norfolk. Va., Fob, 7. A wireless dispatch recelvod here reported a Fronch cruiser had arrived off tho Vir ginia capos and was patrolling there to prevent tho Appam from escaping from Newport Nows Italian Town Is Shelled. Homo., Feb. 7. An Austrian squad ron, consisting of four torpedo boats and a crulsor, bombarded the Italian town of San Vttochlono and tho rail road station at Ortona. Slight damago waa caused. CONDENSED HEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. Tho Infant child of John Scratin, which wandered away from homo nt Harrison, was found frozen to death. Work on n $20,000 brick building to bo utfed ns a wholesale grocery house, will start in Norfolk In a short time. Frank Kltts of Holateln lias been awarded tho contract for all concretu brldgo construction In Adams county this year. About 200 delegates aro expected to attend tho convention of tho Nebras ka State Optical association in Omaha, February 1G, 17 and 18. Flro damaged tho Catholic church of Aurora to tho extent of $3,000. This same church was serloualy damaged by flro just a year ngo. Tho Inter-Mounlaln Railway, Light and Power company, which ia build ing lines to furnish light and power to Funk, Wilcox and Illldreth, has been obliged to stop work on account of the impossibility of securing ma terial from tho manufacturers. Flro, originating In tho basement of a cafo, wrecked tho interior of tho Drownoll building, a four-story and brick Btructure in tho heart of tho Lincoln retail businesa district. Tho total estimated loss Is between $50, 000 and $60,000. Bayard H. Paine, of Grand Island, has prepared his petition for ono of the nominations for district Judge and will file the samo in tho near future. Thoro nre at present three candidates fr tho non-partisan nomination, though it Is expected thoro will bo others. Threo Btock receipt records were broken at the South Omaha Stock Yards last month. A new record was established for a month In hog 're ceipts. A new January cattlo record was placed among the high marks. Tho month broke all previous records for the number of cars arriving at the stock yards. E. R. Purcell, president of the Pub lic Service club of Broken Bow, re ceived a telegram from President Hale Holden of the Burlington, stating that tho road will erect a now and "modern station In that city, owing to tho in adequacy of tho present station. This matter has been under consideration for some timo. At the recent annual meeting of tho flro and tornado assessment associa tion of Hall county and adjoining countlus at Grand Island tho reports submitted showed a membership of CG7 farmers, with a total fire insur ance of $2,051,000 and a total tornado insurance of $1,767,000 for 541 mem bers. For tho second timo within thirteen months tho T. B. Hord elevator at Monroe was destroyed by fire. Tho orogln is unknown. When discovered the whole interior waB burning. Tho building contained 7,000 bushels of grain and had a capacity of twenty thousand bushels. Tho total loss was about 715,000. C. J. Miles, former mayor of Has tings, and president of the defunct Nebraska State league, authorized a public statement announcing his can didacy for the republican nomination for governor. This gives Hastings two republican candidates for governor. Mayor Madgett having filed for the nomination. In a rousing meeting at Grand Is land delegates from many of tho towns outsldo of Broken Bow met and pledged their untiring loyalty to tho cause of tho division of Custer coun ty Into Bmaller portion of the com monwealth. While there were no for mal resolutions tho proposed division of tho county was agreed upon. Joe Steelier of Dodge has returned from his triumphant eastern trip. ITo wrestled fifteen athletes in tho thrco weeks he was on tho road and easily defeated them all. This was Stecker'n flrfit trip east and ho was accorded a big reception by the sporting writers and tho public generally. In New York, ho was heralded as tho new world's champion. Tho 2-vearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Strain of University Plnco choked to death as tho result of swallowing a peanut nearly two months ago. The peanut had been removed hv a delicate operation sev oral weeks ago, but tho child had been subject to violent couching spoils over since tho operation. It was while In one of these spells that she died, Over $150 was raised among the Co lumbuB citizens for the fund to aid tho eight million suiferlng Jews in tho war zone. Trices on hones nnd mules ranco high, tho steady demand for them for tho European war belnrr a factor. At a farm sale hold near Tecumseh one day recently nn ordinary team of draft horses brought $415. A team of mules was sold at $400. Slni-lo work horses went at $170 and 1!)0. Cows aro bringing as much as $70 on the block. Theodoro E. Nordgrcn. former rep rosontatlvo from Hamilton county In tho stato legislature, has filed aB n candidate for lieutenant-governor on tho republican ticket. That rain and a bumper corn crop go together is shown when it is stated that tho rainfall for 1915 beat nil records for southeastern Nebraska and that the 1913 corn crop was tho best in that part of tho state for many years. Many farmers report tluit they raised more corn In 1915 than nt any time slnco thoy havo been Hastings harbors will hereafter chargo 35 cents for haircuts. Nearly 100 editors of northeaBt Ne braska attended tho annual mooting. nt Wayne. Tho Federation of Nebraska Retail ers will hold their annual convention in Lincoln February 8, 9 and 10. Hastings is making elaborate pre parations for tho annual convention of tho stato association of Commer cial clubs to be held there Fobr. 16. W. L. McAllister of Neligh has tiled for tho republican nomination for sen ator in tho Ninth senatorial district, composed of Boone, Nance nnd Ante lope. Farmers around North Bend aro making large stock shipments. Many are selling their hogs on tho North Urnd market at $7.40 per hundred weight. An authorized ofllclal census of the city of Scottsbluff reveals that it la a city of tho first class with a popula- nn of 5.1C8, exclusive of suburban villages. Paul Fender, a young farmer living'. across the river from Nebraska City, suffered serious iniurios. when his hair was caught in a corn slieller. ilo was completely scalped. Rev. Mr. Afflebaugh, tho street preacher who created consternation at n funeral In Grand Island by In jecting debate into the services, wni fined $20 nnd costs, tho maximum; penalty. Hog receipts at South Omaha on Tuesday, February 1st, footed up 26,- 000 head, tho second largest In tho history of that market. The record day was February 13, 1912, when 28, 969 head arrived. Charles Bresenla of Hynnnls drew tho 640-acre ranger station at tho re cent land drawing at Broken Bow. Mr. Breseina is a poor man. Tho plnce is twelve miles from Hyannls and is valued at $5,000. Two brick store buildings two- stories high, constituting the prlnc'pal part of the business section of Ames, wero destroyed by fire. Tho loss on buildings and stock is estimated at $10,000 and insurance of $8,500 was carried. Tho Hastings municipal band, sup ported by the city and directed by John S. Leick, former conductor of tho Kittles band and soloist with Sousa, will make a tour next month, beginning with a concert at Kearney, March 2. Tho Cedar bank farm, located ono and three-quarter miles north of York, was sold ono day recently at public auction. It consisted of eighty seven acres and tho price paid was ?230.50 per acre, or a total of $24.- 403.50. At a meeting of the stockholders of the now hotel to be built in Fremont, nineteen directors wore chosen and articles of Incorporation adopted. The -emont Hotel company is tho nnmo chosen. The capitalized stock is $200, 000. with half of it paid up. Eddie Sodomka. tho 1 8-VPar-olo crippled lad who shot and killed his father at their home In Omnhn, whllo the latter, In a drunken race, was beating the boy's mother on the head with a water pall, was exonerated by a coroner's Jury and released from custody. Edna Carney, a school girl at Tal- mage, suffered a peculiar accident. While nt play on the school ground she stepped on a lead pencil which was frozen in the ground, point up. Tho pencil went through her shoe and entered her foot to a considerable depth, causing an extremely painfull injury. A new railroad bridge across the Missouri river at Omaha to replace the present bridge, with the excep tion of the piers, and to cost $1,- 000.000, will bo built by the Union Pacific Bridge company, work to com menco in tho spring if material can bo obtained. Plnns for tho bridge havo been completed. The inmates of Sunnyside, the old folks' homo destroyed by fire January 16 nt Hastings, aro circulating a re- tition addressed to the Carnegie Hero commission asking, that a medal bo given Miss Margaret Kealy, matron of tho institute, for heroism sho dis played in saving several of the in mates from the fire. Guy Boyd, formerly Burllncton rail way agent nt Royal, has sued the tho Standard Oil company for selling oil to the railroad company that ho alleges was far below the standard and highly combustible. In his peti tion he nlleges that a lamp filled with this oil exploded, setting fire to tho depot building and severely injuring him. Ono of tho largest Bhlpmonts of mules ever mado from Nebraska passed through Omaha tho other day to tho seaboard. It consisted of 800 animals and took thirty-two cars to accommodato them. An nutomobllo hearse will be among tho axhlblts at tho Omaha Automobile show February 21 to 28, according to announcement of Manager Clarko Powell. Thla will bo tho first tlmo in tho history of automobile shows that an automobllo hoarse has been on dis play. The West Point farmers' institute will bo hold on February 18. Much interest being shown by the farming community, especially by tho women, who havo a strong auxiliary associa tion. This funct'on promises to to both interesting and profitable. Postmaster Davis of North Platte Ib planning the extowdon ot one of tho rural routes out of the city Into ono of the longost routes in tho stato. It will cover a fifty miles of territory and will embrace the town of Blgnell on tho proposed new Burlington exten- farming. J Blon.
