THE SEMI.WEEKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEQRASKA.
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ILLOR
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THINKS NEBRASKA WOULD BE
INJUHED BY PASSAGE OF THE
MIXED FLOUR BILL
SMALLPOX AT SOLDIERS' HOME
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around
tho State House.
"Western Nowspaper Union News Servlca.
Nebraska farmers would not bo
"benefitted by national legislation per
mitting wheat and corn to bo mixed
da tho making of flour, according to
tho vlow taken by Secretary W. It.
Mollor of the State Board of Agricul
turo. Ho has therefore declined to
ondorso a bill now ponding before con
gress having that object In vlow.
Mr. Mollor received a letter from
.Robert G. Gould at Washington rep
resenting tho association of corn pro
ducts manufacturers, asking that tho
Nebraska board of agriculture to reg
ister Its approval of tho bill, which
bears tho name of an Illinois con-
R. W. McGINNIS
Of Fremont, Holt county ranch owner,
and Lincoln business man, recently
elected secretary of the State Dairy
men's Association.
gressman, H. T. Ralney. Tho letter
stated that tho Illinois and Missouri
boards had placed tiic.r O. K.. upoif
It.
Two principal reasons aro cited b
Jlr. Mollor why tho proposed leglsle
tlon for mixed flour would not be t i
tho best interests of Nobraska. Tho;'
are:
1. Thla stato produces as much
wheat as corn and Is Interested in
seolng that quality of flour and tln
prlco of wheat are not lowered through
tho manufacture of a mixed product
2. Nobraska Is one of tho chief live
stock raising states of tho union and
for that reason is not In favor of legis
lation that might increase tho price of
toed.
Smallpox at Old Soldiers' Home
Five hundred employes and inmates
of tho soldiers' homo at Grand Island
aro under quarantine and no one is
allowed to leave tho Institution as tho
result of the discovery of a case of
smallpox.
Sam Diotz, ono of tho Inmates, was
found to bo suffering from smallpox
in aggravated form.
Dr. Pholan ordered that tho institu
tion bo closed.
Diotz has been 111 for some time, but
for tho past few days has been con
fined to his room ami nono of tho
other inmates havo been with him.
Ho was at onco placed in the farm
house at tho homo, which was con
verted into a temporary Isolation hos
pltal. A number of tho Inmates and
omployes who wero believed to have
been exposed wero vaccinated.
Close guard will bo kept on those
exposed and overy measuro taken to
prevent tho spread of tho disease.
School fund3 received by tho stato
treasurer from Juno 1, 1915, to Janu
ry 15, 191G, total $454,410, according
to a report made by Treasurer Hall.
Of tho amount $22S,350 carao from
bond Interests and $92,000 from lease
payments on school lands of tho state.
Tho balanco camo In from various
.sources.
Setting asldo two or three special
"pure food days" In Nebraska during
tho early spring Is an Idea which Food
Commissioner Harman will suggest tc
Governor Morchend. In connection
with this method of directing public
attention to clean, sanitary and whole
sorno food products. Mr. Ilnrman
thinks the plan could bo employed to
glvo "mndo In Nobraska" goods a
strong boost. Whnt ho has In mind Is
a general cleanup day for nil grocery
fitores, meat markets, eating places and
other business establishments where
food Is sold and served.
Freight Earnings Show Decline.
As a result of tho resolution passed
by tho 1913 legislature, directing tho
stato railway commission to order a
reduction in freight rates, tho revenues
of tho railroad companies on traffic
handled within tho stato during tho
fiscal year ended Juno 30,-1915, fell off
somewhat, although tho tonnago
shows an incrcaso.
Tho rnllwny commission obeyed tho
legislature's mandato by ordering cor
tain reductions that went into offect
in Soptember, 1914.
OPPOSES
WORK ALMOST COMPLETED
Unuoual Record Made by the State
Examiners
Examiner J. J. Mnhoncy and P. A.
Stoch employed by tho stato auditor's
havo almost completed tho second ex
amination of all county treasurers In
Nobraska since tho now administra
tion took chargo In January, 1915.
They havo had asslstanco from Stato
Accountant Do Franco of tho samo
olllco In few Instances. During Feb
ruary, tho examiners will finish check
Ing tho eleven treasurers who havo
been examined only once.
Under former administrations It was
considered an unusually good showing
when tho examiners made tho rounds
onco In a year, but those working un
der Auditor Smith finished up their
first inspections last Soptember, in
less than nlno months after they
started. Dy keeping steadily at it,
thoy will finish tho second examina
tions In another five months, leaving
ten months in which to examine all
tho treaBitrors a third time during this
blcnnlum.
In additions to tho other work, tho
statoaudltor's ofllco has employed tho
services of State Accountant De
Franco In making tho annual examina
tion of trust companies. The former
custom was to hire outside help for
this purpose.
To Investigate Car Shortage
Tho Nebraska state railway commls
slon In a telegram to tho Interstate
commerce commission and to Con
gressman Charles II. Sloan of No
braska supports Congressman Sloan's
'.efforts In congress to correct tho pros
Jent car shortage. The railway com
mission's telegram closes with a re
quest for a federal Investigation. Rail
way Commissioners Clarke, Taylor
and Hall say Nobraska railroads aro
short 2.C00 cars necessary to fill or
ders for loading. It says a contin
uance of tho car shortage may result
in a serious financial loss.
Ncbraoka Frwlght Rates Higher.
Grain shipments In Nobraska bear a
higher average freight rate for equal
distances than shipments moving In
Kansas, according to a comparative
tabulation prepared by Rate Expert
i U. G. Powell of the railway commis
sion of this state. Tho dlfforenco In
rates ranges from 10 to 25 per cent
In favor of Kansas.
To secure tho best available com
parison, seventeen stations on tho
Union Pacific railroad in Kansas, lo
cated from 28 to 429 miles from tho
Missouri river, were listed In one
table, and seventeen stations In Ne
braska, situated 25 to 428 miles from
tho Missouri river, In another.
The Kansas rates on wheat vary
from 5 to 14.5 cents for these dis
tances, in Nebraska, the wheat rates
run all the way from 5.95 to 21 cents.
On corn, Kansas rates for the dis
tances given are from 5 to 12.5 cents;
;in Nebraska, from 5.1 to 19.5 cents.
The average earning per ton mile
In Kansas aro 10.3 mills on wheat and
S.93 mills on corn; In Nobraska. 12.4
mills on wheat and 10 mills on corn.
Want Model High School Building.
Resolutions asking the board of re
gents of tho University of Nebraska to
build a model high school, that new
schools may patterns after It In tho
matter of lighting, heating and sanita
tion, were passed by tho Rural School
Patrons' association.
The university was commended for
Its co-operation with tho public schools.
J. D. Ream, of Broken Bow, was re
elected president of tho association,
and W. II. Campbell, of Central City,
secretary. The meetings next year
will be held at the Temple theatre
during orgnnized agriculture week.
State Supt. A. O. Thomas told tho
gathering how progressive the rural
schools of Nebraska were, where many
of the teachers were collego gradu
ates and whero In many cases homes
wore provided for them In connection
with tho school. Poor ' schools, ho
showed, wero largely responsible for
tho depopulation of tho rural districts
of tho east.
Four representatives of Nobraska
at tho national congress in Washing
ton havo wrltton to Secretary Whlttcn
of tho Lincoln Commercial club agree
ing to oppose tho proposed tax on
gasolino soon to come up for con
sideration. Their letters wero in re
ply to a communication from Secro
trary Whltten enclosing a resolution
condoming tho tax passed by tho
board of directors.
Dr. G. D. Griffith, pathologist, nt
tho Lincoln state hospital for Insnno,
has been appointed by the hoard of
control as superintendent of tho stato
lnstltuto for feeblo minded at Beat
rlco. nnd will tnko chargo there on
Foliruary 1. nt tho salary of $2,500
per year. Ho succeeds Dr. W. S. Fast,
who was recently appointed as super
lntendont of the Hastings stato hos
pital for insane.
It Is said that a rongrcsslonnl in
vestigation of tho car shortago in No
brnska will bo started.
Over 4G.000 number plates for motor
vehicles wero 8mt out by tho em
ployes In tho automobllo registration
department of tho Secretary of State's
olllco during the month of January,
and owing to tho liig rush of business
tho first of tho year it cost over $9,
000 to carry on tho work In that month.
Twolvo to fifteen extra assistants
wero at work In that department dur
ing January. Tho actual number of
platea Issued was 40,290, of which
39,240 wero renewals of old numbers,
6,100 wero now numbors for automo
biles, and 950 wero motor.cyclo numbors.
16 DROWN IN FLOOD
MANY THOUSANDS MADE HOME
LESS IN ARKANSAS.
SCORES OF CITIES UNDATED
Present High Water Said to Be tho
Most Disastrous In tho Last
Forty Yeara.
Llttlo Rock, Ark. Tho rapidly
wldoning lake In southeastern Arknn
Bas river pouring through breaks l'i
tho lovees, engulfed a score of towns,
leaving several thousand persons
homeless, taking u toll of slxteon
lives nnd doing damages estimated at
several hundred thousand dollnrs.
Tho great lako that extends from
tho Arknnsns river southward with
tho Mississippi river levees as Its
eastern bank, has engulfed numerous
other towns. At Gaines Landing, four
miles north of Lake Village, 400 per
sons were left on a levee without
shelter.
In Clarendon, on tho White river,
whero the loveo gavo way, water wan
six feet deep In tho highest portions
of the town. The flood hns beon tho
most disastrous In tho last forty
years of Arkansas history, so far as
loss of llfo and suffering nro con
cerned. The property loss hns not
been so great because there aro now
no crops to bo destroyed.
Ford Has New Peace Plan.
Chicago, 111. Henry Ford, the De
troit manufacturer, who sent a peace
ship to Europe, has a now peace plan.
This much ho said to reporters hero
before leaving for Detroit.
"I would like to tell you about tho
now plan, but I must wait until my
party has returned from Europe,"
said Mr. Ford. Ho said he was per
fectly satisfied with the results of tho
pcaco crusado abroad.
"The now venture is along the
samo lines as the first one," said Mr.
Ford, "but on a larger Bcale. I shall
Include some of the people I had on
the Oscar II. Tho people across tho
water wero astonished when they saw
the personnel of the party. They
had expected to see a lot of "high
brows," and wero surprised to find
that they were just everyday people.
They would hardly believe me when
I told them I could havo brought
thousands more of tho same."
Mrs. Mohr Found Not Guilty.
Providence, R. I. Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Mohr was acquitted or having hired
three negroes to kill her husband, Dr.
Charles F. Mohr, wealthy Newport
physician, while ho was In an auto
mobile with his office assistant, Miss
Emily Burger. Henry Spcllman nnd
Cecil Brown, negroes, wero founu
guilty of hnvlng murdered the doctor
and seriously wounding tho girl. Dr.
Mohr and Emily Burger wore shot an
they sat in a stalled automobllo on
Washington park road on tho night
of August 31, 1915.
Chauffeur George Healis, Brown
and Spellman wore arrested and de
clared that Mrs. Mohr had ofllered
them J5.000 to kill the doctor and
Miss Burger. Later those confessions
wero repudiated. Healls afterward be
came tho state's witness and was not
tried.
WL'son Holds Appam a Prize.
WatfliinrAon. Prcsld.erjt Wilson is
understood to hold the opinion thnt
the British steamshiup, Appnm,
brought into Hampton Roads by a
Germnn prize crew, must be consid
ered ns a prize of Germany undr tho
Prussian-American treaty of 1S28. It
was stated that this accords witli tho
view of the State department. Some
officials agree with the German con
tention that under tho Prunslnn treaty
Nlrt "untn tto enVo?rtto
war.
Burkett to File In Iowa.
Des Moines7In E7J. Burkett of
Lincoln, Neb., 'former United State?
senator, will bo a candidate for the
nomination of vice president on tho
republican ticket In tho Iowa presi
dential preference primaries to bo
held April 10.
Mr. Burkett has notified W. S. Al
len .secretary of state, that ho would
fllo the required affidavit of his candi
dacy In tlmo to have his name en
tered on the Iowa primary ticket.
Oppos-d to Reprisals.
London. Viscount Bryco, speaking
nt Bedford college, London, con
demned tho policy of reprisals against
Germany, which, since tho Zeppelin
raid, hns gained many ndvocates.
Johnson Not to Run.
San Francisco, Cal Governor Hi
ram W. Johnson said here that ho
would not permit bis name to r
mnln on the rol!n of tho Feerotnry o'
stato of Mlnnoota pr a candidate f'
tho protrmpnivp nomination for pr",l
dent in tho March primary election.
Slre Swedish Vorsel,
Stockholm. The mbure of the
Swedish steamer Prr.to by tho Ger
mans, who have taken It to RwW.
mundo, hns excited great Indignation
by the press nnd tho public
CANADIAN
Tho Cnnadlun parliament building
bcllovod to havo boen Incendiary and
Premier Robert L. Borden, who had a
was badly Injured.
CALIFORNIA
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Floods In southern California nro doing great damugo and cahslng constdorablo loss of llfo. ThU photo
graph shows how tho rush of waters wrecked tho substructure of tho railroad bridge over tho Rio Hondo, making
it impasBablo for trains.
Even the schoolgirls of Washington havo taken up the proparedncss slogan and aro making thomsolvcs
ready for a posslblo war. This picture shows tho charter mombora of tho girls' rifle club formed nt Western high
school. Mlsa Holen Cummlngs, in tho contor, with hor hand on tho breech of a riflo, is tho organizer and captain.
GERMAN OFFICER TAKEN BY BRITISH AT SEA
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Ibis photograph wan taken on iiouru tiie stennisinp Vnutmn wiun tho
British cruiser Vindictive had stopped It to take off Konrnd Mucbenatuin. a
Gorman naval olllcor. who broke his parole after bolng capturod by the
Japanese in China and who Inter In San Francisco became Implicated in
plots against munition plantH M,ichrnteln ie seen waving Ins hand In
tarewoll as ho Is ubout to go aboard tho uulaera bout.
PARLIAMENT BUILDING
ut Ottawa which was destroyed by Humes, six lives being lost. Tho tiro Is
to havo beon stnited by bombs or Infernal machines. Inset, "at tho right, Is
narrow cscapo, and, nt tho left, Martin Burrell, minister of ngrlculturo, who
FLOODS DOING IMMENSE DAMAGE
WASHINGTON SCHOOLGIRLS FORM
DESTROYED
RIFLE CLUB
MISS 0L0SEGA OF SAMOA
This 1b Mibh Olobogu, luto uf Cugo
I'ago, Samou, whom Lieut and Mrs. J.
N. Davis havo brought to tho United.
States to bu educated. Hor first lea
son was to discard tho picturesque
though Hcant costume of the South
Pacific, and she scums to take kindly
to tltu garb of civlllzution. walking
stick nnd nil, except tho shoos, which
huvo proved troublesome.