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THE SEMI-WEEKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
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FILES CHARGES AGAINST FOR
EiGN BONDING COMPANY.
FORTY YEAR OLD STATE CLAIM
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Rellablo Sources Around
the State House.
Western Newspaper Union News Service,
A protest agaliiBt licensing tlio
United States Fidollty and Guaranty
Bonding company has been filed by D
L. Manning of Lincoln with tho Btato
liiBurunco bonrd. Mr. Maiming Is the
Bon of Chaplin S. Manning, an cm
ployo of a Lincoln firm. Tho older
Manning was employed on plumbing
work on tho Lincoln high bcIiooI
building. It was alleged ho wub hit
by a beam and Buffered hemorrhage
of the stomach und that his injuries
will prevent him from performing
nny labor tho remainder of his life.
Tho bonding company had Insured
tho Lincoln firm's employes. The
company paid Mr. Munnlng weekly
payments under tho workmen's com
pensation law from February to Au
gust of last year, when ho moved lo
Elmlrn, N. Y his old homo, whoro
ho has a brother. Tho bonding com
pany alleges his present condition is
duo not to injuries, but to his removal
to New York and refusos to continuo
paying bcnoflts. Labor Commissioner
F. M, Coffey advises tho filing of a
protest against licensing tho company
for tho year beginning May 1.
Action Was Sustained.
Attornoy General Rood has given an
opinion sustaining Secretary of Stato
Pool in his action In notifying tho
county clerks of Dodgo and Washing
ton counties that a democratic cundi
dato for stato Benator was illegally on
tho ballot in tho Fifth senatorial dis
trict. Tho county clorka allowed tho
namo to remain on tho primary ballot
but tho candldato in question received
few voteB. Sonator Wilson of Fremont
was nominated as tho democratic
nominee Secretary of Stato Pool's
ruling was questioned by County Clerk
John O'Connor of Dodgo county, who
Is a candldato for county assessor.
Mr. Pool has forwarded a copy of the
attornoy general's opinion to Mr.
O'Connor. It was, evident from tho
start of tho controversy that tho filing
In disputo was accepted by county
clerks of tho two counties on tho
theory that a section of tho la.v which
requires certain nominating potltlons
to bo filed in each county of a dis
trict applied to tho primary law. Tho
nttornoy general is of tho opinion
that tho section rolled upon by tho
county clerks appllcB to gonoral elec
tions or when a now party Id organ
ized, as It requires a potltion of 1,000
namns. Tho prdlnary nominating pe
tition requires only twcnty-flvo names
and tho law is plain that such peti
tions must bo fllod only with tho sec
retary of state.
A Forty Year Old Claim.
DlvlBlon of tho fund gathered in by
tho stato in tho salo of Pawnoo In
dian lands by tho government upward
of- forty years ago camo to tho rout
again when T. P. Kcnnard, Bocrotary
of Btato in 18G7, asked that tho ac
counts bo run over again to bo cer
tain that tho amount of hla claim is
ns high as ho fixed it. '
When tho lands wore sold In tho
lato 'GOa and "early '70s, tho stato In
sisted upon having a share. Tho fed
eral government finally yielded to tho
request and Mr. Kcmiard mado a trip
to Washington to provall upon con
gre8B to sharo Homo of tho Indian
land salo receipts with tho stato. Ho
finally got $32,000 for tho Btato. It
took him a yoar'B ttmo and cost him
about $4,000 in expenses. When ho
applied for a commission, tho stato
rofusert.
Later on, howoviir, tho leglslaturq
passed a bill granting him $10,000
for his work. A somite secretary
pigeon-holed it in tho Bhufflo at tho
closing of tho bobsIoii and It novor got
to tho govornor to Blgn. Sovoral
times dinco Mr. Konnard has tried
without 8UCC088 to get a similar bill
through tho law making mill, but
without success.
Boono county has paid Stato Audi
tor W. II. Smith $2,G72, being tho bal
ance duo on $5,000 owing to tho Btato
for tho caro of insano patients.
Groeloy county has paid $4G2.
County Clerk Earl of Dundy waa
tho first to send In tho official pri
mary returns to Secretary of Stato
Pool. To vote of Dundy county is
not largo and it was speedily can
vassed and Torwarded to tho stato
houBO. Somo clerks really canvass
tho rounty voto as soon as It comes
in and then wait for tho Friday fol
lowing election to make It official.
Other county clerks who aro sticklers
contend that thoy havo no right to
open tho returns and commence the
work of convnsfllng until Friday fol
lowing election day.
Foreign Trees for Stato Farm.
Tho dopartmont of horticulture of
tho stato farm 1ibb just received sov-cnty-flvo
ornamental "shrubs and fruit
trees from tho ollko of tho forolgn
fiocd plant Introduction of AVashlng
ton, D, C. These plants will bo erven
a trial In the arboretum of the experi
ment station orchard. The govern
ment has sent abroad to collect
plants that appear to havo bodio eco
nomic vuluo.
TO PROTEST LICEN
CAMP8 FOR NATIONAL GUARD.
Medical Corps and Field Hospital to
Go to Fort Riley.
Adjutant Gcnoral P. L. Hall of tho
Nebraska national guard has an
nounced dates for two encampments
of olllcors of tho Nebraska national
guard. Tho big summer camp for
the infantry Is not, settled, but It will
probably bo hold at Fort Koblnson
about tho middlo of August.
The offlcors of tho Nebraska na
Uonal guard medical corps will attend
a Hchool of Instruction nt Fort Itlley
from Juno C to June lfi, Inclusive.
Thlrteon offlcors from Nebraska will
attond this school. Officers from tho
medical corps of tho national guard
of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colo
rado, Wyoming, ArkniiBas, Arizona.
Now Mexico, Texas, Oklnhoma and
Louisiana will attend.
Tho Nebraska national guard field
hospital of Lincoln will attend n joint
encampment at Fort Hlley from Juno
2G to July C. Olllcors of tho Colorado
field hospital will also attend at tha
sumo time. Fivo olllcors and thirty-
three men from Nebraska will attend.
Summary of Expenditures
Tho stato auditor's report for tho
threo months ending April 1 Hhows
a total of $1,421,840.85 expended for
tho maintenance of tho Btnto govern
ment. Of that amount, $417,258 was
expended for salaries and wages. For
tho support of fifteen stato institu
tions under the board of control, $350,-
481 was spent.
Tho stato has a lot of wards, on
which it spent $70,024 for articles of
food, $G,0G5 for clothing, and its bill
for light, fuel and power was $51,-
8G8. For permanent Improvements,
now buildings and land tho state ex
pended $148,931 in threo months. Tho
Btato wrato lotters and mailed print-
od matter In sufficient number to
amount to $7,244 in postage Its of
flcors and cmployos Bpcnt $9,877 In
traveling or about $1,000 less than in
tho provlous throe months. For tho
support of tho Nobraska national
guard, armories and rifle ranges, .$10,
1G0 of tho stato's msney was spent.
Noarly $315,000 was spent for printing,
and $G,518 for telegraph and tele
phones,
Following 1b a Bummary of tho ex
penditures of tho dlffcront institu
tions:
SnlrirlcH and wagen $ 90.647.14
Trntmportatlon, telegraph and
telephone 3.7S9.C0
Artleleti of food 70.024.r,9
Clothing 0,005.39
Htntioncry, iiooKs nnrt paper.... 3,337.27
iuei. iiKiii (urn power ii,ims.vu
Machinery. tools and renal.... 10.932.45
Ooncrnl repairs 11,808.28
.Minceimncotis Z7,r,:u.i3
i-urmturo and equipment 7,780,8,
Permanent Improvement! 33,122.07
New buildings and land 27,574.07
Total $350,481.32
Many Schools Make Entry.
vvitii tno Nebraska high school in-
tcrscholastlc track and flold meet
again under tho direction of tho Uni
versity of Nobraska authorities, tho
first entries reaching Athletic Man
ager Guy B. Iteod indicate that double
tho number of Nobraska high schools
will take part than for tho last two
years. Although Mr. Reed Bent out
entry blanks for tho moot only a week
ago, ho has received entries from
twenty-seven schools. Entries will
not closo until May 5, and Mr. Itced
haB still to hoar from a humbor of
tho larger schools In tho state, Includ
ing Omaha, which are sure to bo rep
resented. New Use for Automobile.
Secretary W. It. Mollor. of tho Btato
board of agriculture, advocates tho uso
of automobiles to kill gophors Ho
does not mean to run tho gophers
down with an automobile, but to run
tho oxhaust from an automobllo Into
tho runway used by gophers. Two or
threo minutes Is time enough for tho
oxhaust. Then cover tho runway. This
method is said to bo sura (loath to
pralrlo dogs also. Another method of
killing gophers Is rocommonded. With
an end gate wagon rod or Borne other
sharp pointed Instrument find tho run
way noar a fresh mound and open up,
put In a pleco of cotton, a corn cob
or something which will easily nbsorb,
pour on a couplo of tablespoonfuls of
carbon blsulphldo and cover. Tho car
bon ovaporatcn quickly und seeks tho
lowor levels of tho runway, which
effectually putB tho gopher out of
tho running.
A hearing beforo tho Btato rnllway
commission will take placo on May 2,
on tho application of tho Trans-Mis-sourl
frolght bureau for approval of
a now regulation providing that- $2
nhall bo charged for switching a car
of grain back to an olovator, aftor It
has once boon loaded, In order to
correct an orror mado by the shipper.
State Will File Briefs.
Tho supreme court has glvon tho
counties of Gage and Stanton until
July 1 to servo briefs on exceptions
lo a roport of Iteforoe J. H. Rroady.
Tho state In to fllo briefs by Soptom
bor 1, Tho referee, recommended that
Judgment ho glvon In favor of the
stato for money duo from tho coun
ttos for the cure of insane patients
In stato hospitals. On application of
the state thirty dnys additional time
was given in which to takn testimony
In nn Injunction suit against tho
Standard Oil company.
Uphold Fort Crook Low.
Tho supreme court has sustained the
luw of 1907, prohibiting tho licensing
of a Huloon within two and ouu-hnlf
miles of a military post. Tho opinion
of tho court was written by Judgo Hoso
and concurred in by tho entire court.
A test cusu was instituted, entitled
Gear Hushhart vs. Homor Crlppen ot
nl. Tho caao waa tried In Sarpy county
whoro Fort Crook lu stluatod. Tho dls-
trlct court sustained the provisions ot
J tho law and tho supreme court bus s,f
1 firmed thut Judgment,
IS
SCOTT AND FUNSTON MEET MEX
ICAN WAR MINISTER OBRE
GON AT JUAREZ.
MEET IN THE CUSTOMS HOUSE
Major General to Present U 8. De
mands at Once Troops Guard
Street as American Commanders
Cross International Bridge,
El Paso, Tox May 1. MaJ. acus,
Hugh F. Scott ml I Frederick Funstou
met Mexlcun Milliliter of War Alvaro
Obrcgon in the customs house In
Juureu on Friday Light.
Tho meeting wes the formal pre
liminary to the opening of the inter
national conference by which tho right
of tho United States troops to continuo
tho pursuit of Villa and his bandits
In Mexico is' to be settled.
General Obrcgon. standing In a Boml
elrclo formed by members of his utaff.
all of whom were dressed In service
uniforms, received tho American offi
cers at the entrance to the rccontlon
room whoro the tonforonco Is to bo
held.
General Scott, in civilian dress, ad
vanced first and shook hands with
Obrcgon In vigorous American fash
ion, then proceeded to greet othor
Mexican ofll cora iiroHf-nf. f!fnirnl
Funston followed and went through
tho snmo formalities.
Several other m eminent Mexicans.
who had boon Invited to attend the
first ceremonies, Including Mayor
I'risto of Juaroz. woro introduced.
Immediately after this, Generals Scott
and Funston went into an executive
conference with General Obrcgon.
This lasted an hour and General
Scott thon camo out and announced
that tho meeting bad been purely so
cial. From tho bridge to tho customa
.houso it is about fivo blocka.- Sta
tioned at ten paces alone tho routo
on both Bides of tho street were Mex
ican soldiers holding their rifles nt
present arms. There was no demon
stration except a mild cheer at . tho
conclusion of a saluto sounded by a
buglo corps ns tho procession reached
tho placo of tho conference.
GERMAN AIRCRAFT WRECKED
Fokker Among Planes Brought Down
In Day's Campaign on the
Western Front.
Paris, April 29. Numerous air raids
along tho western front In which Ger
man planeB, Including a Fokker, wero
brought down, were roportod by the
war office.
A French squadron dropped 18
bombs on La Marcho station In tho
Woovro. One German piano attacked
by the French dropped noar Douau
mont badly damaged, and another fell
near Montfaucon.
A French aviator, piloting a Nlou
port monoplane, defeated a Fokker.
which fell bphlnd tho Gorman lines,
Tho Germans dropped shells at in
frequent intervals during tho night In
tho region of Avocourt, Esnes and
Fromezy.
AIR RAIDS ROUSE THE SWISS
Action Demanded Because of German
Flights Over Neutral Soil Prom
ises Not Kept.
' Dorno. April 29. Tho flight of a Ger
man aoroplano ovor Swiss territory in
tho region of Porrontruy, occurring so
soon after a provlous similar flight
ovor tho Bamo torrltory, has provoked
tho strongest Indignation in Switzer
land. This Is roflected In nil sections of
tho press. Tho semiofficial Bund says
tho tlmo haB como to demand from
Germany something moro than expres
sions of regret or oxcuses.
GERMAN WARSHIPS IN RAID
Teutons Flee When Pursuedl by Brit
ish After Making Attack on East
Coast of England.
London, April 27. Two British
light cruisers and a dostroyor woro
hit In a 20-mlnuto ongagomont with a
Gorman cruiser squadron at daybreak
Tuesday, following a raid by tho Gor
man on Lowestoft. Tho German ves
boIb oscapod. Four persons woro killed.
106 BRITISH KILLED BY BLAST
Sixty-Six Others Injured In Explosion
of Kent County Munitions
Factory.
London, April 28. Official announce
ment was mado hero on Wednesday
that 10G persona woro killed and 6G
injured in tho recent oxloslon in a
Kent county munltlona factory. No
women woro among tho victims.
Mrs. McLean Near Death.
Raltlmoro, Md Slay 1. Mrs. Don
ald McLean. paBt-presldent of tho
Daughters of tho American Rovolu.
tlon, Is said to bo pinking rapidly at
a hospital horo. Mrs. McLean has boon
HI for Bovoral weoks.
Turks KIM 800 British.
Berlin, May 1. Turkish troops an
nihilated four British cavalry squad
ronn, nbout S00 men, In a battle April
23 near Quntla, about twonty-llve miles
east or tho Suoz canal. This Informa
tlon waB contained In an official roport.
G
SEA AND AIR ATTACK ON ENGLAND
f, Is believed tho Zeppelins and tho German cruiser squadron co-operated
'n tho raid on tho east coast of England, tho airships acting as scouts
for tho warships. 1 Shows tho probablo courso taken by tho Zeppollns from
VVIlhelmBhaven. 2 Shows tho probable route of tho German squadron.
3 German battlo Bquadron raids English coast at Lowestoft. 4ZoppoHns
raid eastern counties of England and drop 70 bombs over Norfolk and Suf
folk coasts. 5 Germans mado air raid on Dunkirk, Franco. G British war
ships bombard Zeebruggo and Gorman batteries off Hoyst, Blankenborgho
and Knocke.
IRSSH REVOLT QUELLED
TWELVE PERSONS ARE KILLED
IN DUBLIN FIGHTING.
German Sea Raid Connected With
Outbreak Several Leaders Ar
rested, But Names Withheld.
London, April 27. Tho official com
munication issued hero on Tuesday
concerning tho situation in Dublin
says:
"At noon yesterday serious disturb
ances broko out In Dublin. A largo
party of men Identified with the Sinn
Fein party, mostly armed, occupied
Stephen's Green and took possession
forcibly of tho post office where thoy
cut tho tolegraph r.nd telephone wires.
Houses also wore occupied In Ste
phen's Green, Sackville street, Abbey
streot and along the quays.
"In tho courso of tho day soldiers
arrived from the Curragh and the situ
ation is now woll In hand. So far as
Is known hero threo military officers,
four or five soldiers, two loyal volun
teers and two policemen havo been
killed and four or five military officers
and six, volunteers wounded. No ox
act Information has been received of
tho casualties on the sldo of the Sinn
Felners.
"Reports received from Cork, LIm
orlck, Ennis, Traleo and TIpperary
Bhow that no disturbances of any kind
havo occurred In theso localities."
Augustine BIrroll, chief secretary
for Ireland, announced In tho houso of
commons tho disturbances in Dublin.
Ho added that troops had been sent to
tho Irish capital and that tho situa
tion was now well In handj
RUSS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS
Drive Turks From Strongly Fortified
Positions In Mountains South
of Bltlls.
Petrograd, April 29. Overcoming
enormous natural difficulties, tho left
wing of Grand Duko Nicholas' army in
tho Caucasus has driven tho Turks
from their strongly fortified positions
in tho mountains south of Bltlls and is
now advancing toward DIarbekr, on
tho Tigris river, according to official
advices received from Tlflls.
Besun, a small but strong fort built
at a holght of moro than 3.600 feet
almost duo west of Bltlls. has fallen
into Russian hands, tho garrison flee
ing after defending tho post for only
a day.
FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE
Now York, April 27. Mrs. Ida Snlf
fon Rogers Is free. The iurv rnfitnnri
to bellovo that she. a notoriously lov
ing mother, could have been In her
right mind whon sht poisoned her two
children. "Not guilty on tho grounds
of insanity," waB tho verdict an
nounced In tho Bronx supremo court.
Washington. April 27. Tho British
ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring-Rico, re
ceived and referred to tiio state de
partment an anonymous threatening
communication declaring that any
treatment or sir Roger Casement
othor than that duo a nrlsonor of war
of tho highest rank would bo a sen
tence or death against "him and other
English sorvantB In this country."
Opens Milk Rate- Inquiry.
Chicago, May V George M. Brown,
examinor for tho Interstate commerce
commission, will begin an lnvestlt.
tlon of tho rates charged for tho ship
ment or milk ip tho hopo of establish
ing uniform rates.
Rejects U. S. Board's Wage Scale.
Soward. Alaska. Mnv 1 Tim An.
chorago Labor union rejected tho wage
Bcalo offered by tho federal arbitration
linnnl. nndnnvnrlnir in Rottlo ttm mribn
among workmen on tho government's
rauroau m Ajaana
U. S. MEN WIN BATTLE
SIX VILLISTAS KILLED AND MANY
WOUNDED IN CLASH.
Two Americans Lose Lives In Engage
ment With Colonel Dodd'o Column
Noar Tomachlo.
Flold Headquarters, April 28. via
wireless to Columbus, N. M. Two
Americans wero killed and three
wounded In an engagement bstweon
cavalrymen under Col. George A. Dodd
and 2G0 Villa bandits at Tomachlo, in
tho center of tho Sierra Madres.
Tho Villa command under four
chiefs, Baca, Cercantes, Dominguez
and Ross, was surprised In tho lato
afternoon and routed. Aftor tho bat
tlo tho Americans found six dead
Mexicans and nineteen wounded,
while a quantity of horses, arms and
equipment waa captured.
Reports received here mado no men
tion of Villa himself being with tho
band, although it had boon reported
previously that ho waB In hiding In
tho mountains In that vtclnlty.
Tho Villa bandits wero encamped in
a Jagged, rocky defile when thoy
caught sight of tho American column
riding toward them, about 4:30 o'clock
In tho aftornoon.
Immediately tho Mexican bugles
eoundod tho call to arms. Through
tho mountain pass tho two commands
struggled, the Villa bandits dropping
all cumbor8orao equipment in a pre
cipitate fight beforo Colonel Dodd'a
cavalrymon.
Onco during tho flight tho Villa
forces received re-enforccmonts nnd
attempted vainly to mako a stand
against tho Americans. Whon night
camo tho pursuit became increasingly
difficult becauso of tho naturo of the
terrain, honeycombed as It is with
mountain caves, gorges and trails, In
which there aro many Jagged rocks.
Colonel Dodd pursued tho Villa ban
dits toward Mlnaca, his base, where
ho la now roportod to bo awaiting sup
plies. Tho 19 Villa wounded taken In tho
engagement and tho 25 horses and
armB cantured wero taken to Mlnnon
to await General Porshing's ordors as
to their disposition.
NEW BRITISH CABINET CRISIS
Secret Sessions of Parliament De
nounced by Press Universal Con
scription Demanded.
London, April 20. A brand, now cab
inet crisis has been precipitated by
tho withdrawal of tho military serv
ice bill. Tho bill, which was intro
duced Thursday, was immediately af
terwards recalled becauso of tho un
rest in Ireland.
That tho secret session of parlia
ment proved an utter falluro and
showed weakness on tho part of tho
government was tho vlow vigorously
expressed by tho pross. Many papers
aro demanding universal conscription
without further delay.
NAME TAGGART FOR SENATOR
Nominated for the Short Term by the
Democratic State Convention
at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Ind April 28. United
States Sonator Thomas Taggart was
nominated on Wednesday for United
States senator for tho short term by
tho Democratic Btato, convention.
No Troops for Anchorage.
Washington, April 29. Secretary of
tho Interior Lano announced that he
haB requested that no troops bo sent
to Anchorage, Alaska, whoro laborers
omployed on tho government railroad
aro on Btrlko.
Shoot Four Villa Men.
Columbus, N. M April 29. Four
Mexican prisoners at Casas Grand
cs
nro roporieu to nave been killed
American sentries on attimnMnr
by
to
CBCapo. Sqores of bandits captured
are said to bo U.'d at various points
NEW NOTE TO
1
U. S. AGAIN ASKS RELEASE OF
TEUTONS TAKEN FROM
AMERICAN SOIL.
38 SEIZED BY WARSHIP
British Assert Prisoners Engaged Inr
Intrigues and Plots Against England
Planned to Continue Efforts and
Violate U. S. Neutrality.
Washington, Ap.il 29. Sccrotary
Lansing announced on Thursday that
tho United States had sent unothcr
noto to Great Britain domandlng tho
releaso of tho .'18 Austrlans, GermanB
and Turks taken from tho American
steamship China by a British cruiser
off Shanghai. Thoncto wub dispatched
and will bo given out for publication
Inter.
Great Britain contends tho men wero
engaged In Intrigues nnd plots against
tho British government and. having
boon discovered, wero fleeing to Ma
nila, whero thoy intended to continuo.
their efforts which would havo embar
rassed the neutrality of tho United
Mates.
Loildon, April 29. Tho British noto
replying to tho protest of tho Ameri
can government against interferences
with tho noutral fade, which asserts
tho right of Great Britain to regulate
tho admission to a noutral country ot
goods evidently destined for tho on
emy, caused llttlo surpriso in diplo
matic and legal circles horo, as its
conclusions had been discounted by re
cent decisions of tho prize tribunals.
A summary of tho views of tho mem
bers of theso circles rny bo expressed
as follows:
Thoy do not bellovo tho controversy
will bo carried much farther during
tho progress of the- war as no vital
concessions havo l-cen made by olthei
sldo slnco tho first noto was written.
Theroforo, the shippers of detained
cargoes who can afford tho delay will
await conclusion of tho war to
havo their cases settled by an Inter
national tribunal in tho belief that
such a court will grant them full dam
ages. BRITISH DIVER SUNK IN FJGHT
Two Members of Crew of E-22 Rescued
by Teutons, Says Statement
Issued at Berlin.
Berlin, April 29. Tho admiralty an
nounced on Thursaay that in a naval
engagement between German and Brit
ish forces on Tuesday a British sub
marine, tho E-22, was sunk and a Brit
ish cruiser was hit by a torpedo. The
admiralty's statement follows:
"Gorman naval forces on April 2E
sank tho British Bubmarlno E-22. Tho
Germans rescued and made prisoner?
two men.
"A Gorman submarine on tho same
day hit with a torpedo a British cruis
er of tho Arethusa class."
Cruisers of the Arethusa class dis
place 3.G00 tons. There aro eight ves
sels of that class, tho Arethusa, Au
Tora, Galatea, Inconstant, Royalist,
Penelope, Phaeton, and tho Un
daunted. DRAFT BILL IS REJECTED
Measure Providing Conscription for
All Single Men Withdrawn In
House of Commons.
London, April 29. A bill providing
conscription for all unmarried men
botween the ages oi eighteen and for
ty-flo without any exemptions, was
withdrawn in tho house of commons
on Thursday after tho unlvorsal serv
ice advocates had opened a vicorous
attack against it. Aftor a debate Pre
mier Asqulth announced that tho gov
ornment would not press tho bill,
which had been introduced hv Vtiitn
Humo Long, president of the local gov
ornment board. Tho discussion that
followed tho introduction of tho bill
showed that tho moasuro was opposed
by all parties aa unfair, soveral mem
bers urclntr that nuthlntr but all-round
compulsion would prove satisfactory.
DEMANDS AN, INVESTIGATION
Senator Hustlng or Wisconsin Asks
Congressional Inquiry Into Flood
of Telegrams.
Washington, April 29. In a stirrinn
spooch on tho floor of the senate on.
Thursday, Sonator Hustlng of Wiscon
sin demanded a congressional invest!
gatlon into tho flood of telegrams pour
ing Into congress on tho German
American situation. Ho charged thai
the telegrams wore all Inspired by a
central sourco.
Senator llustlnc characterized tii
Bonding of tho telegrams as a "door
laid plot to poison tho minds of the
people with tho belief that the presi
dent wants war."
More Russ Reach France.
London, May 1. A Havas dls
patch from Marseilles reports tho ar
rival thero of a further contingent of
Russian troops, the number of which
is not given. Tho Russians reachod
Marseilles and diembarked.
Four Children Burn to Death.
Marlon. Ark,. Mnv 1. Tho fnm
small chlldron of Mrs. Orphella Young
wore burned to death In an open grate
fire on Friday. The mothor had gone
to a neighbor's and loft tho children,
alono.