THE SEMLWEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA.
GETS RIFLE RANGE
COMPLETE PURCHASE OF 600
ACRES NEAR A8HLAND.
THE BOYS' CORN CONGRESS
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around
the Stnte House.
Western N'ewgpnper Union News Kfrvlce.
Adjutant General P. L. Hull, Colonel
E. J. Murfln nnd Major lluzcl, mom
bers of Governor Morehead's slnlf,
went to Ashland Inst week and com
pleted arrangements by which Undo
Sam becomes tho owner of between
800 and 000 acres of land tlireo miles
northeast of that place, on which will
be located tho government rlllo
range.
Negotiations for tho purchase of
this land have been under way for
several years and all obstacles have
been smoothed out and the final
transfer made and cash paid ovor.
The party drovo out, to the situ of
proponed rnngo and thoroughly In
spected tho same.
Tentative plans, It Is understood,
have been formulated for the erection
of the various buildings that will be
required at once. In tlmo these nnd
other structures will bo erected for
permanent occupation. Among thoso
to bo erected at onco will bo barns,
nhod n nnd a military club houso which
will bo in chargo of a caretaker. Butts
for target shooting will be put up
nnd other arrangements made for tho
various encampments to bo held there
this summer.
It Is understood that a citizens'
military encampment, slmllnr to that
held in Now York last year,, will bo
one of tho attractions. The Omaha
cadets eight hundred strong, nnd tho
stato university cadets will hold en
campments there UiIb summer.
Boys' Corn Congress
Members of tho stato boyV corn
club will bo eligible to attend a boys
corn congress, which will bo hold
annually at tho college of agricul
ture, beginning noxt spring. Tho con
gross will last four days. Tho col
logo will glvo instruction, which will
Includo lectures and laboratory work
on corn and corn growing, nlong with
somo othor branches of ngrlciilture.
Only members who have oucccssfully
camploted tho season's work and
mado proper final reports may at
tend. Tho Union Stock Yards com
pany of Omaha offers each county
corn club champion n free trip to tho
boys' corn congress, with all expenses
paid, if the county or someono with
in tho county will do tho snme for
tho winner of second place.
Average Farm Worth of State
Another compilation of agricultural
wealth production In Nebrnslcn has
been ma,do by Secretary Mellor of the
state board of ngrlculture, showing
that in 1915 tho average wns $4,505 for
each farm. Tho best that has boon
claimed by KansaB by its statistical
bureau Is $3,600 por farm, Thoro are
120.C78 farms In Nebraska, according
to tho government census, and tho
total value of crops and live stock pro
ducod last year was 5584.245,778, Tho
value of live stock assessed for tax
ation waB 1232,301,282, with tho cereal,
vogetablo, fruit and garden crops of
tho stato were valued nt $361,884,390.
Lieutenant Edward IJagnall of tho
National Guard aviation corps gained
signal honors In the oast as a result
of his six weekB1 (raining courso with
tho Ourtlss school and for which pay
ment was made by tho Aero Club of
America. Tho Cornhuskcr flyor has
been solected as mechanician for Stevo
McQordon, ono of tho principal en
tnats in tho Shoopshead bay aviation
meet,
Crop conditions In western Ne
braska are yery promising and dur
ing tho paHt week rain fall haa boon
nbove normal, Prevloua to that tlmo
heavy winds havo dono considerable
daraago .although wheat . generally
never looked bettor at this tlmo of
the year than it dooB this season. Al
falfa nnd all early small grains are
well advanced: Corn planting is near
Ing completion and very favorable con
ditions have aided tho farmers in put
ting tho crop in. The demonstration
cropB on tho stato farm at Curtis, aro
In excellent condition.
Must Notify Italian Consul,
In compliance with n request from
Secretary of State Lansing at Wash
ington, Governor Morehend has issued
a circular letter to all county Judges
nnd county attorneys of Nebraska
calling their attention to a trenty pro
vision with Italy, wheroby notice
nhould be given to tho nearest Italian
consul whenever any citizen of that
country dies In the United States with
out leaving holrs or n will. Tho con
sular agent for Nebraska Is Antonio
"Venuto ,at Omaha.
Enumerators to assist in the annual
bird count of tho United States aro
asked frirln letters being received at
the etfttb houso. The work is of a
voluntary nature, but this yoar the
biological survoy wishes to glvo spe
cial attention to bird life on tho
plains, which section Includes this
Fiaie. u in saiu mat no information
this yfsar vlll be utlllzod, among
other th'n-a. In enabling tho dcparU
meit t Wt tho efficacy of ie var
ious RtHt rnd national bird laws.
TO BE NO INCREASE
No Change Is Likely In Railroad
Valuations.
At an Informnl conference of mem
bers of the stato board of iiHsestyient
It appeared to bo the opinion
of a majority that no lncrcaso
would ho mado in tho assessed valu
ation of railroad proporty in Nebraska
and that real estnto values would not
bo increased in counties where tho
present assessment Is considered high
enough. The board some time ago
started out on the theory Hint real es
tate should bo assessed 75 per cent
of actual sales value This would hnvo
resulted in a largo Increase In a ma
jority of tho counties of tho stato.
Then It was suggested that if roil eu
tato Is increased materially, railroad
proporty ought to bo raised. Now it is
Ilkoly that no Increase of much ennse
quonco will be mado in real estuto
values and none In tho value of rail
road proporty. For sovoral years tho
railroads havo tried to convince tho
board that real estate Is assessed at
about 50 per cent of Its true vnluu,
whllo railroads were assessed near 1o
or In excess of full value.
It is said that tho ntnto board this
yoar will not attempt to ratr.c tho
counties that nro low on real cstato
to a parity with the higher values
In othor counties, but will rcdU'-o real
estate In counties that come in at
what Is considered excessive values.
Tho effect of such a rport on county
boards nnd county assessors It Is be
lieved will bo little lncrcaso in real
ostato values.
Apportionment of Government Funds
State Superintendent Thomas haa
apportioned $1,401.15 of government
funds to tho counties of Blninc, Cher
ry, Grant nnd Thomas. Tho money
was dorived from government lands
withheld for forest resorvo purposqs
nnd goos to tho counties in which for
est reserve lands nro situated. Blalno
county receives $58.04, Cherry $817.94,
Grant $4.59 and Thomns $519,98. Tho
counties must apportion thoso funds
ns follows: One-fifth to the county
road fund, ono-fifth to school districts
nnd throe-fifths to school districts on
n basis of school population. In tho
enso of tho smaller sums the counties
may havo to apportion the fund in
tho form of postage stamps because
somo school districts will receive only
i few cents.
Sending, Out Corporation Tax Notices
Notices of tho payment of tho cor
poration tax for the current year
havo been sent out by Secretary of
Stato Pool.
Tho tax bocomcs duo July 1 and
delinquent a month lutor. Tho chargo
is bUsed on the amount of paid-up
capital stock, and varies from $5 to
$2,500.
Foreign corporations' taxes under
this law become duo August 1 and
delinquent Sontembor 1.
Corporations which do not pay In
time can and will, says Secretnrv
Pool havo nn additional 15 nor cent
of tho amount of their tux charged
against them as a penalty.
Record Class to Graduate.
Forty-five students will bo craduat-
cd from tho collcgo of ngrlculture
this year at commencement In Juno.
This Is the largest class from this
collcgo in tho history of tho Institu
tion. In addition to th Is number.
olght woio graduutdd In February,
making a total of fifty-three for tho
yoar. An examination of tho rocord
shows that thlrty-ono mon aid twenty-two
women will be graduated this
year, roproDonting twenty-seven coun
ties. At tho recent Krnduntlnrc exor-
cisos of tho school of agriculture,
nlnoty-olght students 'received dl-
piomas.
Governor Morohead has annolntod A.
J. Sawyor of Lincoln, and Uobort
Cowoll nnd T. P. Reynolds of Omnlm
as members of tho stato board of
mediation. Tho board was created by
an ennctment of tho 1913 legislature,
and tho terms of the mombera appoint
ed that summer havo expired.
Tho notition asking for tho submta-
slon of a constitutional nmoudment,
prohibiting tho snlo or mnnufacturo of
intoxicating liquors, which wns filed
with tho secretary of stato Monday
foronoon, was arranged In book form
during tho afternoon. Eight persons,
Including prohibition workers and
members of tho governor's onion form
and assistant of tho secretary of
state, performed the work of detach
ing tho signatures from original pe
titions. Secretary of Stnto Pool will
lator verify tho number of signatures
by actual count.
Rural Life Conference at Lincoln.
Rurnl organizations nro now con
tributing such a largo part to tho life
ot varlouB communities of tho stnto
that tho leaders of two or throo organi
zations havo been Invited to speak and
load In somo of the discussions at the
rural llfo conferenco to be hold at the
Btato farm Juno 13 to 23. C, II. Gustnf
son, atato president of tho farmers'
union, and J. D. Ream, atato master ot
tho grange, will speak on tho relation
of these organizations to tho rural com
inunlty.
After allowing the application ot
Boyd and Holt counties for $12,000
from tho stato aid brldgo fund to com
plete u brldrco four miles south of
Lynch over tho Niobrara river, the
stato board of Irrigation nnd high
wnys announced that it would allow
no moro applications for stato aid
bridges this year,
Word hns boon received nt Lincoln
announcing tho death In Colorado of
i D. V. Stephenson, former surveyor
general of Nebraska, nnd a member
, of tho lotjlHltituro of 1883.
ASKS WILSON TO ACT
LEWIS OF ILLINOIS INTRODUCES
PEACE RESOLUTION IN
THE SENATE.
PRESIDENT WOULD AID ALL
America Will Not Plead Cause of Any
Single Belligerent, But Will Serve
Best Interests of All Nations Ber
lin In Favor of U. S. Mediation.
Washington, May 27. A resolution
requesting tho president, unlesn in-
compatible with tho public interest.
to F.uggcst to warring nations of Eu-
lope mat tho United Statoa undertake
mediation wau Introduced into tho ami-
at(- on Thursday by Senator Lewis of
Illinois, to lie on tho tnhlo for discus
sion Inter.
Tho resolution wouJd authorize the
president to piopose that tho bellig
erents declare a truce and that each
of them select n neutral country as
us representative on a board of ar
bitration thus treated:
Each selected neutral would imt
ono member of the hoard, over which
the president ar Ids representative
would preBlde -.s referee. Under tho
plan each belllgcrc-nt would present
its demands 'or clr.lms to tho hoard.
which would be authorized to arrive
at a.i equitable adjustment.
Tho resolution sorites that It in mn?.
gested ns an expression of the desire
ior worm peace and not of favoritism
lor any of tho belligerents.
resident WJIson told iir thm
tho Intervention or a neutral in bo
half of peace In Eurone could rem nniv
on a mutual understanding by tho boi-
iifiurems mat terms to be arranged
aro to consorvc the interests of all,
and of tho world nt large, rathor than
thoso of a particular nntlon or group
of nntlons nmong tho warring powers.
Mr. Wilson gnvo tho Impression
that ho would make peace suggestions
only when tho conditions be outlined
woro likely of fulfillment.
Berlin (vln London), May 27. A
wireless dispatch from tho United
States giving tho substance of Presi
dent Wilson's speech at Charlotte. N.
C, in which bo referred to tho possi
bility of American mediation, is given
tho place of honor in tho morning pa
pers. Their comments, togethor with
tho wldo Intoreat shown by tho Gor
man public, show how important this
news is regarded here.
Though definitely stated nnwh
thero is little doubt that Germany Is
wining to consider a tender or good
offices to Inaugurate peuco negotia
tions. Tho former attitudo that Amer
ica had disqualified Itself as a peace
mdlatoron account of munltlpns
shipment to tho allies hns now
changed. If President Wilson can
hold out uny tangible possibilities of
peaco through his mcd.'ution, Germany
will undoubtedly bo willing to consid
er such suggestions.
TEXANS FACE COURT-MARTIAL
Baker Announces 116 Members of
Mllltla Will Be Punished Refuood
to Serve.
Washington. May 27. Reversing
his previous decision. Secretnrv linked-
announced on Thursday that tho 110
memoors or the Texas National Guard
who failed to present themselves for
muster Into tho federnl service will
bo brought to court-martial Immedi
ately under the present law.
Upon reconimondntion of Judcn Ad.
vocato General Crowdor tho secretnrv
has decided that the alloeod
of tho guurdsmon refusing to "pro-
sent themselves for muster, was com
mlttod under tho Dick law and trial
should bo under that law.
0. K. APPROPRIATION BILL
Measure Carrying $145,000,000 Has
Provision to Carry Out Army
Reorganization.
Washington, May 27. The army ap
propriation bill, carrying $145,000,000
and Including provision for carrying
out tho Hny-Chamberlln reorganiza
tion bill, was agreed to by tho bouBo
military commltteo on Thursday. Tho
bill Includes provision for a council of
executive information for co-ordination
of Industries and resources In war
tlmo.
MRS. MATTERS NOT GUILTY
Woman and Two Others Fnsed on
Charae of Conspiring, to Buy Child
In Canadian Hospital.
Chicago, May 27. Mrs. Anna Dolllo
Lodgorwood Mattors and her code
fondnnts. Chnrlcs 8. Mellon nnd Hnrry
Edwards, were found not guilty on
Thursday of attempting to foist a
fnlBo heir upon the probnto court. Tho
Jury was out two hours and forty mln-
UtCB.
Refuse to Lift Ban.
Saratoga Springs. N. Y May 27.
By n vote of 434 to 3C0. tho Methodist
Episcopal general conferenco on
Thursday rofuged to lift tho ban on
amusements. A minority report was
bitterly attacked.
Children See Flyer Killed.
Ponsacola, Fin. May 27 Lieut.
Jamos Vincent Rockwell, who was In
training nB an aviator hore, was killed
when a navy aeroplane ho was pilot
ing dived into tho gulf. Hla threo
children saw hit fall.
STARTING IT IS EASIER THAN STOPPING IT
DR. WAITE IS ON TRIAL
CASE OF ALLEGED POISONER
STARTS QUICKLY.
Dr. A. A. Moore, Who Attended Grand
Rapids Millionaire, Goes on
Witness Stand.
New York. May 24. Testimony of
Dr. Albortus Adair Moore, tho physi
cian who attended John E. Peck, mil
lionaire drug manufacturer of Grand
Rapids, In his last illness, for whose
murder Mr. Peck's son-in-law, Dr.
Arthur Warron Waito, was placed on
trial hero on Monday, indicated that
Doctor Waito feared some time before
his arrest that ho might be accused of
causing tho death of his fathor-ln-law.
Tho task for selecting tho Jury to
try Doctor Wnlto was completed In
two hours and firty-four minutes. Sol
dom hns a trial of the kind moved so
rapidly, It was said.
District Attorney Swann, addressing
tho Jury, recited Walto'a life history,
and declared tho prosecution would
show that tho young dentist lacked
moans of support of his own aud
sought to gain possession of his fa-
thur-ln-law's money.
In addition to Durchaslnc tho
arsenic with which Peck was poisoned,
t-e prosecutor declared It would bo
shown that Waito applied chloroform
to tho nostrils of his father-in-law on
tho night of March 12 and '"that was
tho last of John E. Peck."
Tho district attorney then told of
Waito becoming Interested in tho
study of dlseaso Eerms and of his
acquaintance with Mrs. Margaret
Horton, the young woman with whom
ho shared a studio apartment. Mrs.
Horton, tho prosecutor 'said, "will
play a conspicuous part in tho trial."
HOLDS SMALL JURY IS VALID
4 .
U. S. Suprece Court Affirms Verdict
by Flve-Sixths of Panel Wisconsin
Statute Declared Unconstitutional.
Washington, May 24. Juries of less
than twelvo men when required by
common law and verdlctB by less
than tho entire Jury, when proyidpd
for by tho stato law aro valid in cases,
ovon thoso arising under federal law,
tho Supreme court held on Monday.
Tho docisiou upheld tho Minnesota
law permitting five-sixths of a Jury to
roturri a vordlet nfter being out 12
hours nnd a Virginia statuto authoriz
ing trials before seven Jurors. Two
Judgments against railroads woro af
firmed.
Tho Supreme court annulled nn nn.
constitutional tho Wisconsin statuto
making it tho duty of stato officials to
rovoke the llcenso to do business in
the stnto of any foreign corporation
which shall rcmovo Into any federal
court any action against It by any
citizen of tho stato upon any claim
or cauBo of action arising within tho
Btato.
RETREAT ADMITTED BY ROME
.Bulgarians Join Austrian Troops In
Drive Against Italians Advance
Checked.
Rome (via Paris), May 25. Along
tho isonzo front tho Italians hnvo made
prisoners of Bulgarians, showing that
Bulgnrs havo joined the Austrians in
tholr present offonslvo.
Tho ofTlclal statement Issued hero on
Tuesday in part as follows:
"In tho Sugana valley Uetwoon tho
Astlco and the Bronta our troops fell
back gradually on tholr main lines nf
ter repulsing Austrian attucks through
out tho day of May 22. Tho retreat
was orderly and spontaneous,"
REJECTS RUBLEE NOMINATION
Defeat for Wilson Appointee Comes
In Senate on Motion to Recon
sider Vote.
Washington. May 25. The senate on
Tuesday by a vote of 38 to 38 refused
to reconsider Its vote of last week ot
37 to 41 rojoctlng tho nomination of
George Rublee of Now Hampshire to
tho federnl trade commission.
All Records Are Broken.
Sydney. N. S. W May 26. Tho
American steamer Ventura, from San
Francisco, reported that it had picked
up wireless messages from the statloit
at Tuckerton, N J when 9,000 miles
from tho American plant.
George Ade Moose Delegate,
Lafnyotto. Ind., May 20. Tho Pro
gressive party etato delegates met at
Rensolaer and elected Georgo Ade, the
author and playwright, aud Dr. C, F,
Collin of Monticcllo as Tenth district
delegates to the national convention.
FURIOUS BATTLE IS ON
GERMANS WIN AND LOSE POSI
TION AT DEAD MAN'S HILL.
Paris War Office Says Teuton Counter-Attacks
Have Assumed Ex
tremaly Violent Character.
Paris, May 25. In the Verdun ro
glon tho German counter-attacks hnvo
assumed an extremoly violent charac
ter on tho whole French front, accord
ing to admissions or tho war olllce on
Tuesday. Tho Germans mado two des
perate assaults on tho left of tho Meuse
and gained a footing on Dead Man hill,
but were dislodged.
Spurred on by their success in tak
ing the larger portion of Fort Douau
mont from tho Germans, tho French
aro continuing their terrific drlvo in an
offprt to dislodgo tho enemy from tho
small angle still retained.
Fighting continued with extreme
violence on both banks of tho Mouse
along the Verdun front all night. Two
German counter-attacks on French po
sitions on Hill 304 failed completely,
tho war ofRce announced at Paris. The
French made further gains within Fort
Douaumont.
Tho battle around Hill 304 was es
pecially novere. In attacking French
positions on the west sldo of tho hill
the Germans used liquid gas. tho of
ficial statement says, and penetrated
ono of tho French trenches, 'but wero
dislodged at once.
PORTO RICAN BILL PASSED
House Kills Amendment Giving Wom
en Vote Greater Self-Government
to Island Possessions.
Washington, May 25. Tho house
on Tuesday struck from the Porto Rl
can bill, by a vote of 80 to 59, an
amendment designed to grant woman
suffrage to tho island. Tho bill then
passed without roll call, virtually as
Introduced. Tho voto on tho amend
mont tshowed a complete disregard of
party Jlnes, although moro Democrats
than Republicans voted against It. Tho
nmendmont was Inserted In the bill
by Mr. Mann, minority leader. The
bill, as pasflcd. gives tho Porto Rlcan
government all of Its internal revenue,
regardless of whether the goods on
which it Is paid are used In Porto Rico
or this country,
Tlio measure now goes to tho sen
ato. COLONEL ACCEPTS G. 0. P. AID
Country Is in Heroic Mood and He's
Willing to Run, Roosevelt Indicates
In Reply to Call for Candidacy.
Oyster Bay, L. 1., May 24. Theodore
Roosevelt accepted the support of a
committee of leading Republicans who
asked him to bo a candidato for presi
dent. Ho Indicated that ho had found
tho country In the heroic mood he had
demanded, In his Trinidad speech, as
a condition of his candidacy.
Tho committee called on him at his
home. Tho committee's spokesman
was Gsorvo von L. Meyer, secretary
of the navy In Roosovelt'B cnblnot.
SPARKS FROM
THE vnvrr
M
Boston. May 24. Demanding short
er hours and higher wages. 2,500 cloth
ing workers employed in 150 shops in
and about Boston went on strike.
Troy. N Y.. May 24. Nearly 20.000
women and girls who do work at
home and In factories of tho Troy
collar flrmu will be given an lncrcaso
in pay nmnuntlng to 10 per cent, com
menclng next Monday.
London, May 24. Premier Anqulth,
in tho houso ot commons, moved a
vote of credit for $1,500,000,000 with
which to carry on tho war. ThlB is
the' eleventh voto of credit asked by
tho government since the wnr began
and brings the total up to $11,910,000,
000. Tho credits granted during the
current year, together with that asked
today, aggregate $3,000,000,000.
Wins a Sea and Air Battle,
rtome. Italy, May 27. An Austrian
aeroplane ond an Austrian gunboat
have been destroyed In a battle with
an Italian gunboat In tho ijpper Adri
atic. Tho crew of tho Austrian crnft
wero taken prisonor,
Wheat Surplus In Germany.
Berlin, Mny 27. Horr Michaels, un
dersecretary of the Interior, said that
an examination of tho stocks of wheat
proved that tho new harvest year will
be entered upon with a surplus of 102,
000 tons.
RETAKE FRENCH FORT
TEUTONS AL80 CAPTURE TOWN
OF CUMIERES FROM
THE FRENCH.
10,000 FALL IN NEW BATTLE
Thousands Killed In Bloodiest Engage
ment of the Three Months' Battle of
Verdun Kaiser Captures 300 Pris
oners Troops Fight With Knives.
Paris, May 26. Tho Germans have
rcoccupled Fort Douaumont, while
tho French hold tho Immediate ap
proach to that position. This an
nouncement Is mado In tho official com
munication issued on Wednesday by
tho French war offlco, which says that
two new divisions of Bavarians effect
ed the recapturo after a series of fu
rious attacku.
This success or tho Germans fol
lowed capturo by tho Toutonic troopa
of a portion of tho vlllago of Cumi
ores, east of Dead Man hill. , Tho
lighting at this point developed into
a hand-to-hand struglo. Tho French
wero faced by moro than throo divi
sions here.
Ten thousand men havo gone down
to slaughter In what is rapidly becom
ing the bloodiest engagement ot the
threo months' battle of Verdun.
From Dead Man's hill eastward to
the ruins of Fort Douaumont tho
most savage struggle in any theater
of war in tho past two months is being
waged.
Tho fighting in tho ruins of Fort
Douaumont attained the greatest vio
lence at noon. Tho Gormnns battled
French positions from Thiaumont to
Douaumont in a steady drum-fire. From
behind great clouds of dust thrown up
by shells tho gray columns of Germana
emerged on a mad run for the French
works
Whilo French machine guna sprayed
tho advancing lines tho charging Ger
mans reached tho western and north
western edges of Douaumont fort
and enmo to grips with tho French
defenders. Groups of mon struggled,
nt such closo quartora that bayonets
and grenades became useless and re
sort was had to knives. The oppos
ing artillory meanwhile sent sheila,
shrieking over tho fort, searching out
enemy reserves.
Berlin (via London), May 2G. Tho
capturo by Thuringinn troops of tho
vlllago of Cumleres. east of Dead
Man hill, on tho Verdun front, was
announced by the war offlco. Tho vil
lage was taken by storm. So far moro
than 300 prisoners, including officers,
have been taken by tho Germans in
this operation.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL
Committee Reports Measure to Houso
Carrying $241,449,151.99 Build
ing Item Has $98,859,378.
Washington, May 26. The naval ap
propriation bill, tho biggest national
defense measure was reported to tho
house on Wednosday from tho navaL
affairs committee. It carriod a total
of $241,449,151.99. about $90,000,000
moro than last year's bill.
Tho biggest item is the building pro
gram. Counting the cost for tho first
year of the program provided In tho
measuro and making appropriations;
for continued work on vessels au
thorized heretofore, with the ammuni
tion supplies for tho ships that wilt
bo finished during the coming yoar It
amounts to $98,859,378.
EVELYN THAW WEDS AGAIN
Divorced Wife of Slayer Married to
8on of Late Italian General at
Elliot City, Md.
Elliott City. Md.. May 26. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw was married hero oa
Wednesday to Virgil James Montanl,
son of tho late Brig. Gen. Joseph Mon
tani of the royal Italian army. Mr.
Montani Is better known as Jack Clif
ford, his professional namo for many
years. For three seasons ho has,been
the dancing partner of his brido. Both
gavo their ago as thlrty-ono. They
wero married by Rev. Edward J. Sny
der, pastor of tho Emory Methodist
Episcopal church.
APPROVES L D. BRANDEIS
Senato Committee Votes 10 to 8 In
Favor of His Selection for Su
preme Court.
Washington. May 20. Tho sonato Ju
diciary committee, after weeks of con
sideration, by a voto of 10 to 8
decided on Wednesday to make a fa
vorablo roport to tho senato on tho
nomination of Louis D. Brandcls to bo
an asBoclato Justice of the Supremo
court. The result was a straight party
voto, the ten Domocrats voting to fa
vorably roport tho nomination wbilo
the eight Republicans voted against
such action.
Tuskegee Head Installed.
Tuskogeo. Ala., May 27. MnJ. Rob
ert T. Motbn, a negro of unmixed
blood, was installed horo ns principal'
of Tuskegee institute, founded by
Booker T. Washington for tho uplift
of tho colorod race.
General Galllenl Near Death.
Paris, May 27.--Tho condition of
General Gallluii. former minister or
war, haB suddenly grown worse and
gravo anxiety 1b felt as to hla chances
ot rocovery. Goneral Galllenl realgnodi
on, account of III health.