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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. WANTS ME POI 8AY8 GUARANTY FUND IS BEING IMPERILLED. GOLLECTIONSBREAK RECORDS Items of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around the State House. Wsitern Newnpaper Union rews Snnrle. Conditions which may at soma fu turo timo endanger tho Nebraska bank guarranty fund aro reform! to in rathor strong language by Secro tary Royso of tho state banking board, In his annual report to that body now being prepared for publi cation. Too many state banks, says Mr Royse, aro being organized, and If this continues bo thinks It will men ace tho safety of the guaranty fund. Ho advises the board that it should bo given moro power "by legislative or Judicial action" so that it can arbitrarily hold down tho number of banks. Tho last legislature refused to en act a law of this kind, but through "Judicial action" In tho form of a decision from tho supremo court tho board's power havo been defined as giving It dlscrotlonary power In Issu ing bank charters. In accordance with this decision, tho board has re cently adopted a resolution announc ing that it will Invcstlgato tho finan cial conditions In communities from which applications are received for new bank charters, and If tho board finds that a community Is already well provided with banking facilities tho charter may bo rofused. Warrants Issued During March. Following is ,n list of warrants is Bued from tho Stato Auditor's offlco during tho month of March, with tho fund drawn on, tho amounts and tho number in each fund: , No. of Fund-- Amt. Warrants General $ 189,548.06 2.351 University 7G,794.9& 434 University Catth Fund. 40,622.no 375 Morrill 12,775.00 30 U. 8. Experiment 8ta- tlon B.OSO.fifi 31 Btato Library 051.07 20 Btato Aid Bridge f.78.03 0 Hmlth-Lever .. 3,755.15 41 Firo Communion .... sol "o is University Income.... C.OU.oO G9 Motor Vehicle Ilegla- . tratlon 1,870.(10 13 Institution CaRh Fund. 12,330.55 120 Normal School 10,625,81 213 BpeolAl University Uulldlntr 19,701.40 33 . Total S 3.89,200.1)8 3,754 Issued In February .. 741,981.51 4,012 Issued In January .... 288,492.07 3,433 Total for 3 inontns.. $1,419,081.16 11,199 Records Are Broken. During tho month of March, tho force in tho office of Socretary of Stnto Pool was extremely busy, tho records Bhowing cash business transactions of n total of $3,428.10 as compared with $1,702.55 in 1914 and $2,289.08 in 1915. This shows an incrcaso in business for tho month of March, 101C, over tho samo month In 1914 of $l,GG5.no and thlB larger volumo of business was transacted at less oxponBo than In tho year 1914. Among tho rocolpts of tho month wero nlno paymonts of annual fees undor tho loan shark law, amounting to $00 each, or $540 In total. In tho nutomobllo department, which is maintained ontlroly by a 35 cent tar on oach number issued, 9,150 auto mobilo plates and 907 motorcyclo platos wero sont out during March, This makos a total number of auto mobilo registrations up to March 31, 1916, of 04,140, whllo tho motorcyclo registrations reached 3,158 for tho first tliroo months of this year. During tho entire year of 1915, this depart mont issued 59,140 automobllo licenses This showH an lncroaso of 5,000 llcen bos issued during tho first three months of 191G over tho cntlro year of 1911. It is thought that tho total auto mobllo registrations for 191C will not fall far below 80,000. On tho last day allowed by law, Colonel W. F. Stoockor of Omaha, a candidate for tho democratic nomlnn tlon for governor on a platform op posed to prohibition, wlthdrow from tho raco Monday. Socrotary of Stato Pool recolved a tologram from Colonel Stoockor asking him to leave his nnmo off the ballot. Mr. Stoockor assigned no reason for his withdrawal. Must Pay Taxes on Mortoane, Taxation of a $0,00 mortgage owned by tho Nobraska Degree of Honor lodge, which was ussesaod in Sarpy county as an equity in the real estate which it covered, is uphold in nu opinion affirming a docreo of tho dls trlct court in that county. The Decree of Honor contended that It is a charitable organization and that its beneficiary fundu are exempt irom taxation. Tho court finds that a fraternal beneficiary society is not exempt from paying taxes upon tho money which it lends for profit. A real estato mortgage the opinion says, is subject to assessment by whomovor filed. Tho mortgage should bo taxed, the court holds, In tho coun ty whore It Is rocordod, for the reu son that it is an Interest, or an equity, In real estato located thoro "Willis E. Reed, attornoy goueral lias filed a motion In federal cour to dismiss tho caso Instituted by tho Oroat Northorn railway to provunt tho collection of taxps on Hlooplng cars owned by that company and opor atod over tho Burlington linos in No brasku at certain seasons of the year. FOR NEW BUILDINGS. Lets) Than $100,000 Will be Spent by Board. Less than $100,000 will bo spent this year by tho board of control for now buildings and other permanent im provements at tho various stato Insti tutions. This docs not include pro jects already under way which woro commenced last year. The chief Item on this year's build ing program Is the now building at tho Norfolk hospital for insane for which $00,000 was appropriated. Tho nrchltcct, J. C. Stltt of Norfolk, was expected hero Tuesday to submit pre liminary plans for tho board's ap proval. Other Items on tho list are a laun dry for tho Mllford Soldiers' homo for which $10,000 has boon provided, nd a dairy barn und silo at tho Mllford Industrial home for women. Thcac structures aro to cost $2,500. The Be atrlco institute for feeble-minded Is to got a dairy barn, n silo and a rofrlgorn tlon plant, funds to tho amount of $8, 000 being avallablo for this ptirposo. A refrigeration and bakery plant to cost closo to $8,500 will bo constructed at tho Grand Island Soldiers' homo. Oil Company Pays Heavy Fine. For surreptitiously shipping in and soiling to consumers In this stato flvo carloads of gasollno oil without hav ing it inspected under tho laws of Ne braska and without notifying tho food commlslonor's offlco when It was re ceived, tho S. L. Collins Oil company, of Knoxvllle, In., haB been made to pay a fino of $300 and costs and has further boon roqulrod to pay tho food commission $87 in settlement for feos, which the department would havo oarned had tho oil been Inspected. Prosecution of tho company was started at Plattsmouth last wook by E. C. Komblo, a special agent for tho food commission, after ovldcnce had been gathered in tho caso by Inspector John W. Moore. Komblo had facts In his possession which convlncod tho management that its best way out was to onter a plea of guilty nnd take a moderate punishment, rathor than to fight tho caso. " Tho complaint was on two general charges, ono specifying that oil was brought Into tho stato and sold with out being subjoctod to tho Inspection provided by law, tho other that tho company failed to notify tho food commission when tho oil arrived. Un der each of tho allegations flvo counts woro Included, ono for every carload of oil, making ten counts In all. On tho first flvo counts the fine wns $50 each, or $2G0 altogether. The com pany was lot off with a $10 flno on oach of tho counts under the second charge, or $50 altogether. Treasurer Hall Has a Plan. State Treasurer Qeorgo B. Hall will recommend to tho nox. leglslaturo a ch'an go in tho law which, if compiled with, will permit tho state loard of educational lands and funds to buy county and school district warrants. At present tho stato can buy county and school district bonds. Treasurer Hall believes county and school war rants aro JiiBt as good as bonds. They aro based on tax lovles. Ho will also rocommond tho apportionment of tho temporary school funds for the sup port of tho public schools whenovor tho fund roachos $100,000, which will moan about eight apportionments oach year, lnstoad of two, as under tho present law. This would got tho monoy to tho school districts In small er sums, but oftonor nnd would not permit tho fund to Ho in tho stato treasury until tho semi-annual period arrives, Railroads Own Big Acreage. Six Nobraska railroads own 105.C91 acres of Nebraska land for right of way purposes, according to figures compiled by Socrotary Borncckor of tho state board of cnuallzation. Tho raids included In Mr. Bornockor's tabulations aro Burlington, Union Pacific, Northwestern, Omuha road, Rock Island nnd Grand Island. Tho Missouri Pacific Is not Included bo- cuso Its figures are, not complete. Tho holdlnga of the different roads in right of way acreage is given as follows: Burlington, 45.97G acres; Union Pacific. 30,514; Northwestern, 19,210; M. & O., 4,101; Rock Island, 3,016; Grand Island, 2,054. Secretary Mollor of the stato board of agriculture, wont to Aurora last week and delivered an address to tho commorclal club of that place on the relation of the state fair to tho county fair. $760 In Cash Premiums. Tho South Omaha stock yards in torosts offer $750 to members of tho Nobraska boyB' corn club to bo used to pay oxponsos for nttondlng n corn club congress to bo held at tho col lego of agriculture at Lincoln. Tho monoy Is to bo avallablo only In coun ties whore flvo or moro contestants comploto tho season's work In raising at loast an acre of corn. Tho corn club Is conductod co-oporatlvoly by tho United States department of agri culture and tho state college of agri culture, Thoro woro 5,818 horsos shlppod out of Nebraska in tho three months end ing March 31 and 2,861 tmportod Into tho stale. The records of the stnto sanitary live stock commission Bhow tho following oxportatlous, not Includ ing importations of cattlp for grazing or slaughter, but cattle for dairy and breeding purposes; Stallions, 137; horses, 2,605; mares, 3,213; mules, 680; cattle, 1,116; dairy cattlo, 3,325; sheep, 1,043; swlno, 847. Tho Importations woro: Stallions, 114; horses, 1,770; maros, 1,091; mules, 730; cattlo. 034; dairy cattle, 192; shoop, 8; swlno, 3,-152. FARMERS WIN STRIKE PARLEY HELD AT CHICAGO BRINGS RAISE IN PRICE& OF MILK TO PRODUCERS. NO INCREASE FOR CONSUMER Dealers Agree to Keep ReUII Rate at Eight Cents Conference With Health Commissioner Results In Peacti Alter Seven-Hour Debate. Chicago, April 10. Tho farmers havo won I he milk war and the con sumer will not bo tho victim This was tho glut of an announcement on Frlduy by Health Commissioner Rob ertson at tho conclusion of negotia tlona between representatives of tho distributors und producers. Tho producers will get their prlco of $1.55 a hundred pounds, und tho consumer vlll pay tho old price of eight cents. Tho guaruntou of tho old prlco camo from tho olllcors of tho Bowman Dairy company, whose surrender ended tho Bcvcn-hour parley. The surrender of tho Ira J. Mix com pany and the Bowman company leaves tho Borden Condensed Milk company tho only ono that has not signed tho I agreement. It required a soven-hour conforenco to end tho striko. At ten o'Uock in tho morning Wil liam Pinnow, mayor of Crystal Lake, who had asked Health Commissioner Robertson to tako tho Initiative In stops to end tio striko; R. B. Swift, tho president of tho Producers asso ciation; W. J. Kittle, socrotary; C. H. Potter, chairman of tho lighting milk board, and former Judge Ooorgo Brown of Sycamoro called upon tho health commissioner. Doctor Robertson Immediately sum moned tho dealers. At tho closo of tho conference Presi dent Swift of tho Milk Producers asso ciation waB Jubilant. "It 1b a deserved victory for us," ho Bald. "I think we understand each other better now and can como to torms again without a struggle Great credit should bo given Doctor Robert son for calling us together and his pa tience in averting a break two or three times." CARRANZA BARS USE OF ROADS Foreign Minister of Mexico Says No Permission Has Been Granted to United States. Quorotaro, Mox., April 10. Tho Mex ican government has not given tho American government, permission, to uso Moxlcan railways for any purpoeo whatever, said Gen. Candldo Agullar, Mexican minister of foreign relations, after a mooting of tho Carrauza cabi net on Friday. General Agullar denied vigorously stories published In tho American press to tho effect that tho Cnrranza government had given permission to tho United States army forces to uso Moxican railways for transportation of foodstuffs and supplies. , "Please rectify thoso falso state ments," said General Agullar to a cor respondent. "Tho Moxlcan government has not given the American govern ment permission to uso Mexican rail ways for any purpose whatovor." G. 0. P. NAMES W. G. HARDING Ohio Senator Elected Temporary Chairman of Republican Conven tion at Chicago. Chicago, April 10. Warron G. Hard' lng, United States senator from Ohio, was elected on Friday tomporary chair man of tho Republican national con vention on Juno 7 by tho subcomralt too of tho Republican national commit too, in session nt tbo Congress hotel Senator Harding Is a dycd-ln-tho- wool stundpat Republican. It was ho who placed tho name of William How ard Tnft beforo tho Republican na tlonal convention In 1912. Tho committeo announced that V!1 Ham P. Stone of Baltimoro would be temporary sorgoant-nt-arras, and George L. Hart of Roanoko, Va tom porary official roportor of tho conven tlon. 11 LOST ON BRITISH LINER Steamer Simla' Torpedoed and Sunk In the Mediterranean Danish Vessel Destroyed. London, April 10. Tho British steamship Simla has been torpedoed in tho Mediterranean. Elovon mem bors of tho Asiatic crew woro drowned. Tho rest woro saved. Tho Simla be longed to tho Peninsula and Oriental Steamship lino. Capture by a German torpedo boat of tho Swedish steamship Vega is re ported from Copenhagen. Millionaire Dies. Now York, April 10. Arthur Spiegel of Chicago, director and officer in dozen corporations, died hero of pneu monia. Spiegel was only thirty-ono yours old. Ho was the principal own er of a $20,000,000 mall-order llriu. Auto Kills Two. Sugar City, Colo., April 10. Col. A. T. MoBoly, ono of tho wealthiest cat tlo growers In tho West, und A. L. Ross, a rancher, wero Instantly klllod on Friday when their automobile turned turtle NEW PUZZLE GAME, FINDING VILLA X s' SmUlv' WASHINGTON STAR. NO WAR WITH U. S. I GERMAN CHANCELLOR OUTLINE8 POLICY IN REIl'.HSTAG SPEECH. Declares Allies Rejected Peace Offer War to Finish Now Will Keep Poland. Berlin (by w!ree8S to Sayvlllo, L. I.), April 7. Chancellor von Both- mann-Hollweg indicated in his speoch in tho relchstag on Wednesday that any suggestions of peace on the bfcsis of destruction of Prussian military power would makci possible only ono answer tho Gorman sword. He mid that if Germany's adversaries desired to continue tho slaughter of men and devastation of Eumpo the guilt would bo theirs, and thut Germany would have to "stand It an men." Tho chancellor protested vlgoromly against tbo report that Germany now or In tho futuro contemplated aggres sion against the United States. Tae chancellor said: "Tho latest offspring of the calumni ating campaign directed against us is a report that wo, after tho end of this war, Bhall rush against tho American continent, and that wo shall attempt .o conquer Canada." Tho chancellor Insisted that the con flict must bo fought out to a finish nud that guaranties of pcaco In Europe must bo forthcoming aftor this cji- flict Is over, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg declamd thoro must bo a now Belgium. At the samo timo lio said tbnt It must wt bo oxpoctcd that Germany could nvor again deliver into Russian hands ttto Polish provinces captured by tho Tnu- tons. SPANISH SHIP SUNK; 8 DIE Commander of Submarine Refused lo Give Crew Time to Leave Vessel Beforo Firing Torpedo. Gibraltar, April 7, Eight of the crew of tho Spanish steamer Vigo, torpedoed In tho Bav of' Biscay, wore- drowned through tbo refusal of tho Gorman submarlno povnmandor to al low boats to be lowered before the ship was torpedoed. Tho survivoM brought this report oh tholr arrival tit tho Spanish port of Algeclrns. London, April 7. Lloyds roporta tho sinking of tho HrlttBh steamer Bondow, from Liverpool, with a Iohb of ono of tho crow. Two other vossols Save beon sont down by submarines In tho last twenty-four hours. Tho Norwegian steam er Arena was sunk In tho Cattegat. Its crew was saved and brought to Ymuidon by tho trawler Claire. 200 KILLED IN EXPLOSION British Munition Plant Is Destroyed by Fire Fire Accidental, 8ays Statement. London, April t$. Fire that broke out lato last wook tn ono of tho gov ernment powder factories In Kent caused a number of explosions result ing In approximately 200 casualties, tho minister of munitions announced. The firo Is still burning, but Is now bolloved to bo under control. "Wilson Cafo" Closed. London, April 10. Tho correspond' ont at Amsterdam wires that tho Ger man commandor at lxnivaln, Belgium, has closed a new cato which had been named the "WHson cafe," In honor of tho American president French Killed In Revolt. Manila, April 10. Passengers arriv ing horo report a native uprising at Saigon, tho capital of French Cochin China, and an nttack npou tho local prison, A Fronch ofllcor nnd several soldiers wero killed. FRENCH HALT ATTACK ASSAULT BY GEHMANS IN VER DUN REGION REPULSED. Be'rlln War' Office Announces Capture of French Positions Southwest of Douaumont. Paris, April 6. A powerful Gorman attack against tho first lines of' the French south of Douaumont was re pulsed and tho Germans woro driven back in the direction of Chauffeur wood, which lies to the northwest. The French artillery concentrated their firo on tho retiring Germans, who. ac cording to the olficlal statement issued on Tuesday by the French war office, suffered considerable losses. On tho wisst of tho Meuso a German attack against Haucourt failed. The text of tho statement follows: "In the Argonno district wo have bombarded certain of tho German or ganizations, particularly in the region of Montfaucon and Malancourt. "To tho west of the River Mouse there haB been artillery fighting of con siderable violenco along the front from Avocourt to Malancourt. East of tho Meuso tho night passed relatively quietly. "Tho Germans havo made no attack against the front between Douaumont and Vaux re-established by our coun ter-attacks. "French batteries havo boon par tlcularly active In firing upon enemy positions In this region. Tho enemy has responded but feebly. "East of tho forest of La I'retro a strong reconnolssanco by tho enemy has been dispersed by our firo. "In Alsace 3'rencn batteries were nncccssful In shelling a Gorman supply' train on the highway between Thann and Muelbauson." MISSOURI MOB BURNS NEGRO Slayer of Sheriff Trapped In Barn by 500 Men fnd'Boys and Slain. St. Charles, Mo., April 7. Lafayette Chandler, thlrty-flvo years old. tho negro who shot and killed Sheriff John H. Dicker of St. Charles county. was trapped in a barn soven miles from St. Charles on Wednesday and Blaln by a posse of more than S00 men and boys Aiter wounding Shor'tf Dicker and Deputy Sheriff Olendnrff ho set i fir. to tbo barn. With tho building in flames, he camo to tho door and waved his bunds, asking that he be pormlttcd to surrender. His ap- pcaranco called for moro than a thou sand shots. 3 SPARKS FROM THE WIRE Amsterdam, April 8. Leave is again being granted to employooo of tho stato rullways who requost It. This Indicates that tho crisis In Hol land has passed. New Orleans, Ar-rll 8. Two persons wero killed, live injured and a num I . L...M- I .1 . 1 . uor ui uuuuiuKa uuairuyeu wneu a small cyclono struck tho fashionable suburb of Gcntllly Terrace. Airmen Bombard the Turks. Athens, April 8. Turkish oncarap monts near Smyrna and Fort Kastlakl, guarding the entrance to tho Gulf of Smyrna, wero bombarded on Thursday by a squadron of allied aeroplanes and badly damaged, Consul Confirms Report. Washington, April 8. United States Consul OBborne at Havre, Fiance, In a report to tho state department, con firmed dispatches that tho Norwegian ship Baus wus sunk either by a mine or a torpedo. Four persons perished. DEFENSE BILL 0. K. PREPAREDNESS MEASURE RE PORTED FAVORABLY BY HOUSE COMMITTEE. CARRIES BIG APPROPRIATION-' Authorized War Department to Expend Total of $34,297,050 on Coast De fensesLast Year'o Bill Carried $6, 000,000 Provides More Ammunition. Washington, April 8.--Tho fortilica' Hons bill second of tho big prepared ness measures was reported favora bly to tho houso on Thursday. It car ries direct appropriations of $21,997. 050 and authorizes the war department to enter into contracts amounting to $12,300,000, a total of $34,297,050, by far tho largest bill of this sort over brought beforo congress. - Last year tho bill carried about $G,000,000. The outstanding features of tho bill arer these: Hugo increases in reserve ammuni tion for field, seacoast and siege can non, baseU on European standards. The adoption of anti-aircraft guns. Acquirement of tho exclusive rlghts and Installation of tho Hammond, radio-controlled torpedo. Fortification of Now York and. Chesapeake bays with lC-lnch guns. Fortification of Boston, San Fran- ilsco, Hawaii, and tho Philippines. with 12-inch guns, having a range oC 30,000 yards. Completion of tho fortifications oC Los Angeles and San Diego. Appropriation of $1,000,000 to equip private plants with tools and machin ery necessary to manufacture standard munitions for tho army. Changes in gun mounts, to glvo ex isting coast defense cannon greater range and accuracy. The secret hearings of tho com mittee disclosed that the European war has convinced army officers that the ammunition reserve, good for only two hours, was hopelessly inadequate, Tho bill provides $10,700,000 for tho- purchase of shells for field and sea- coast guns for the regular army. Last year this Item was $1,360,000. Provision Is made for the construc tion of an experimental 16-Inch mobile mortar, and one 14-lnch direct-lire gun, mounted on a railroad car for tho de fense of unfortified harbors. Sixty-four anti-aircraft guns aro- provided, ten of them for Installation in Hawaii and tho Philippines. Tho bill appropriates $750,000 for acquiring: the exclusive rights to tho radio-con trolled torpedo perfected by John Hays Hammond, Jr., and Installation of ono unit, preferably at Flshors Is land, N. Y. On its own initiative, tho commit tee Included In the bill $1,000,000 to equip private munition plants with Jigs, dies, tools and machinery neces sary for the manufacture of American standard guns and munitions. ATTACK WINS FOR FRENCH German Lines 500 Meters Long AreT Taken Near Fort Douaumont Teutons Capture Haucourt. Paris, April 8. French troops in band-to-hand fighting southwest of . Fort Douaumont carried German un derground passages and works along a front of 500 meters to a depth of about 200 meters. Capture of a largo part of the position north of Avocourt, known as Bois Carro, or "Square Woods," was announced In tho report issued on Thursday. This ground is on tho Avo-court-Bethlncourt line. German galnB In the village of Haucourt also were admitted. Tho report said the Germans wero successful In getting a footing: during tho night In tho village. At an other point along tho Avocourt-fiethln-court lino tho Germans succeeded lm penetrating Fronch positions. GERMAN SUBMARINE IS SUNK Allied Warshlp3 Destroy U-Boat ancr Capture Crew 48 Perish on 'British Ship. Paris, April 8. A German subma rine was sunk by a squndron ot French and British warships, the min istry of marlno announced on Thurs day. The crew of the submarine was captured. Tho British steamer Zent. of 3,890 tons, has been torpedoed without warn ing west of Fastnet. Forty-eight mem bers of its crow are missing and are supposed to havo been drowned. Two men wore killed. Captain Martin nnd nine of tho crew have landed here. Longer Day for Germany. Berlin. April 8. by wireless. The German federal council has passed a measure that on May 1 all clocks shall bo sot ahead one hour. The measurer waB proposed for hygienic and eco nomic reasons, as lengthening working timo during daylight and decreasing: tho necessity for artificial light Adviser of Tlrpitz Retired. London. April 10. - Vlce-Admlrat Dick, director of the shipyards de partment ot the Gormnn nnvy. has been retired on a pension. Ho was re garded as one of tho close advisers of Admiral von Tlrpitz. $200,000 Flree In St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo.. April 10. Two per sons were hurt, ono perhnps fatally, scores were driven from their homes Into the night nnd property damage to tho oxtent of $200,000 by several fires on 1 rlday. j
