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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NERRAAKA. 'TALKED 10 GUARDS GOVERNOR MOREHEAD AD DRESSED BOYS IN CAMP. Items of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around tht, State House. Western Newspaper Union News Service. "Thoro isn't a citizen in the United States but who would rather boo our international difference)) settled in Bomo other way than by war," de clared Governor John Morehoad in an address beforo more than 1,000 No braska troops assembled in the bit; auditorium of the fair grounds July 4. "We aro not too proud to fight, bul wo prefer to fight only aa a last re sort. There flows within tho veins of you men Heated hero toda tho same red blood that flowed within tho veins of our forefathers, and tho samo spirit of loyalty and patriotism that guided them In tho years gono by has inspired you to abandon your plows in tho field and forsnko the pursuits of civil life, in defenso of tho flag wo love and of the country we aro privi leged to call our own." Speak Highly of N. N. G. Due to tho somewhat modifying turn in ovcntB with regard to tho Mexican situation, tho Nebraska guardsmen wero beginning to fear that they might ho kept at Camp Morohcad in definitely or that thoy might bo sent homo without seeing actual service. This belief, held by many out in tho stato, was no doubt tho causo of hold ing back men who would havo other wise immediately onlistcd. Neither Cuptain Tupes nor tho two colonels would mako any definite statement an to when this movement would occur other than that It "would bo very soon." Captain Tupes, who was chief ro curltlng officer of the Arizona Rough Iders, has taken a great interest In tho Nebraska regiments and has ex pressed his hope that they will be ablo to bo tho first to reach tho bor der complete, Just as the Rough Rid ers wero in ld98. Although militia from several states havo started south, there Is no reason why Nebras ka should not bo tho first stnto to got her full quota of militiamen to Gen eral Funston. Speaking enthusiastically about the two Nebraska reglmonts, Captain Tupes said that men of tho state should' bo proud to servo under two such men aB Colonel Eborly and Colo nol Paul. Ho also spoko highly of tho earnest, purposeful typo of men who volntcored tholr services In tho na tional guard. "Nebraska has a very good class of mon in her guard at tho presont time," said Captain Tupos, "and what we want is more mon like them." Big Gain In State's Valuation. An increaso of $25,000,000 to $27, 000,000 in tho assessed valuatjon of all proporty in Nebraska, which would equal $125,000,000 to $135,000,800 in cerase In tho actual valuation, Is indi cated by tho figures received from tho first nlno counties to report to tho stato board of equalization. Tho assessed valuo for 191C In thoso nlno counties aggregates $31,015,907, which is a gain of $1,690,517 ovor last year, or about 5.8 por cent. Applying tho samo ratio of lncrcnso to tho stato's entiro assessed valuation of $480,000,000 last year, a gross assess ment of $507,000,000 ia indicated for tho current year, or $27,000,000 moro than in 1915. Tlio stato board of equalization re cently voted to raso somo of tho rail road assessments for 1910 about 3 por cent, and tho railroad valuation as a wholo was boosted $1,000,000, or a lit tlo less than 2 por cent Big Amount in Stnte Treasury. When Stato Treasurer Hall and his assistants made up their balanco sheet at tho closo of business for Juno, they found that tho Nebraska stato troaBury contains moro money now than ovor bofore in tho history of tho stnto, a total of nearly $2,400. 000. Tho Btatomont showed that for tho first tlmo in many yoarB thoro Is a cash balance In every slnglo fund bolonglng to tho stnto; that tho stnto university and normal schools, usual ly overdrawn from $100,000 to $200, 000, now havo $160,000 to their credit: that tho stato general fund balanco had Increased during tho month from $245,521 to $719,715. A number of patriotic women of Lincoln havo formed tho nucleus of nu organization to ralso funda for tho purchaso of roglmontnl flngB of tho Fourth and Fifth regiments of tho Nebraska national guard. Tho can vass will bo statewide, but tho com mlttoo oxpocts and relies only on tho womnnhood of Nebraska to provldo the means. Tho cost of tho two rogl mental standards will bo closo to $600. Offers of monoy have already been mado. Tho committee desires first, howovor, to glvo tho women an oppor tunity to show tholr patriotism. Officers Foot Own Bills. It's a nlco thing to bo a military officer, oxcopt when tho officers feel for tholr pockotbooks. . For not only do thoy havo to foot tholr board bills but tho very uniforms thoy wear aro paid for out of tholr own hard-earned cash. Tho board costs them from $5 to $12 a weok. It all depondB upon what thoy order for their tublos. An ordinary uniform, depondent upon tho grade, costs from $40 to $100. Most of tho Nebraska guard officers have boots, $20, so their pockotbooks havo MUST NOT COLOR OLEO FOR SALE Housekeepers Can Color It for Uso In Their Homes. Regardless of whether or not ho is ablo to get enough names to submit a constitutional amendment relating to his department, 8tato Food Com missioner C. B, Harman Is taking of ficial notlco of an old stnto law known as tho antl-olco law. He has ruled that under the provisions of this law dealers cannot sell oleomargarlno col ored in imitation of butter, and no ono oporatlng n boarding house, ho tel or restaurant can color the stuff after thoy buy It. It Is said dealers who aro prohibited from selling col orod olco are giving coloring matter in tubes to their customers, so that thoso who buy may put In the coloring mattor. This is allowable, Mr. Har man says, If people desire to use tho colored oleo in their homes, but not whoro boarders aro kept or where board Is given to employes ns a part of tholr compensation. Tho latter may cover stato Institutions, whore employes aro paid a salary and aro given their board. Tho state board of control buys considerable oloo for different stato Institutions. Packing Co. Attacks Commission. Morris & Co., South Omaha puckers, havo filed a petition In fcdoral court alleging that tho supremo court com mission of Nebraska has no legal standing whatever and asks an in junction ngalnst tho enforcement of n decroo of that body. Judge T. C. Mungor heard arguments In tho ense. Tho caso originated In tho injury of John korinok at the South Omaha plant of tho company July 12, 1913. Korinok is listed as a "citizen of Aus tria-Hungary and a subjoct of Francis Josoph, emperor of Austria, and apos tolic king of Hungary." Judgment was secured against tho packing company for $7,500 on May 27, 1914, In the dis trict court of Douglas county. Tho caso was appealed to tho supreiriq court. Tho cubo was handed ovor to tho commission, which affirmed tho Judgment nnd denied a rehearing. Unloss an injunction Is issued by tha fodoral court, tho packing company fears that an execution will bo lovicd against it. Will Be Left to Legislature. Tho question of a constitutional convention will not bo submitted by initiative petition but will bo left to tho next legislature t net upon, ac cording to a statement given out by C. A. Soronsen, socrotarv of tho ox ocutlvo committee of the Nobr.iHka Popular Govornment loague. A partial poll of tho candidates foi tho next legislature ,shows a strong tavorablo majority, tho statement says, and for that reason the com mittee doomed It wise to let tho legis lature submit tho proposition. "It will savo much expense and ayold the dangor that tho presidential camnalgu and tho prohibition amendment might overshadow tho noed of a rovlsod con stitution," tho sccrotury says. To Organize Aviation Corps. Acting under Instructions from Ad jutant General William II. SImpso.i. In charge of tho Departmont of tho East, General Phil Hall has mado plans for tho Immodiato organization of an aviation corps to mobillzo at Lincoln and proceed to olthor Nowport News, Va., or Ithuca, N. Y. The No- braska corps wtll be In charge of Cap- am R. K. McMillan and Lieutenant Edward Bagnell, and will have a com plement of forty-flvo mon. An oflort will bo mado to socuro as many col logo men as posslblo for this branch of service. Fourteen applications aro already on fllo. When Colonel Goorgo K. Hunter, In- spector general of tho control military doptrtmcnt, Inspected tho camp last wcok, General Hall recommended to him that tho Nebraska troops be moved at onco. Gonoral Hall anld later: "Tho only reason our troops havo not moved ns fast as thoso In many other states Is that wo did not bring any political Influences to bear toward getting them out rapidly. Ab n result, tho mon will bo equipped and ready, whon they do go. Now I bollova thoy aro roaBonably ready." Juno issunnco of stnto warrants num bored 3,875 and totaled $398,000, no cording to tho report of Auditor Smith Of tho nmount $202,000 camo out nl tho gonoral fund and tho balanco out of flftoon other fitato funds. SInc January 1 tho total expenses of atato govornment, as evidenced by tho total amount of warrants issued havo beoc $2,467,150. Keeping Movements Secret. If tho Bocrotary of war, as Indicated In orders received in Lincoln, has his way about It, tho public will not know when tho Nebraska troupB aro to entrain for tho Moxlcan border, until, Uko Arabs, they fold up the It touts and silently steal away. Ofllcors aro directed not to glvo oul any Information as to tho tlmo of loavlng or destination of tho units. This is taken as a precaution against posslblo attempts to wreck troop trains. For tho noxt fow days, unless mon urgent ordors for removal of tho troops aro rocolvod, tho officers at tho mobilization camp will bend their ef forts to recruiting. All of tho twen ty-four companies havo boon mus tered Into federal oervlco. Attorney General Roed and his as slstants aro preparing to appeal from Judgo Cornish's decision in tho Sid ney bank case, whoreln the board was ordorcd to Issue a charter to tho new bank at that placo. The attorney gen eral Is a member of tho stato Vmnklng U. S. NOTE TO MEXICO LANSING AGREES TO CARRANZA'3 OFFER TO TAKE UP DIFFER. ENCES DIRECTLY. ASK HELP TO GUARD BORDER Carranza Requests That American Troops Be on the Watch for Ex pected Raids by Villa Bandits Across Frontier Garrison Wiped Out. Washington, July 10. A note for mally accepting Cnrranzn's proposal Unit differences between the United States mill the do fucto government I of Mexico be settled by direct negotia tions was handed on Friday to Ellseo Arredondo, the .Mexican ambassador designate. Secretary Lansing took u draft of tliu note to the cabinet meeting and : had It delivered promptly after the cabinet adjourned. The course to be pursued nlrendy had been agreed upon by President Wilson and bis advisers. Tho text of tho note, addressed to Mr. Arredondo, follows: "Sir. 1 have the honor to acknowl edge the receipt of your coiumunlcn-, tlon of July 4, 1010, In which you transcribe n note addressed to me by i tho secretary of foreign relations of your government, and to request that you will transmit to lilm tho follow ing reply: " 'Mr. Secretary : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your courteous note transmitted to me by Senor Arredondo on the 4th Inst., In which you refer to my notes of Juno 20 and June '-'5, and to assure you of the sincere gratification of my government ut the frank statement of the dlllicul- tics which have unfortunutely arises In our relations along tho Internation al boundary, and the unreserved ex pression of tho desire of your govern ment to reach an adjustment of theso dllllcultles on a broad and amicable basis. The sumo spirit of friendship and of solicitude for the continuance of cordial relations between our two countries Inspires my government which equally desires an immediate solution of tho matters of difference which have long vexed both govern ments. " 'It Is especially pleasing to my government Unit the do fato govern ment of Mexico Is disposed to glvo quick us well us practical considera tion In n spirit of concord to tho rem edies which may bo applied to the ex isting conditions. Reciprocating tho same desire, the government of tho United States Is prepared Immediate ly to exchange views us to u practical plan to remove Dually and prevent a recurrence ,of the dllllcultles which have been the source of the contro versy. 'Accept, Mr. Secretary, the re newed assurances of my highest con slderatlon. I am,, sir, yours very sin cerely. ROBERT LANSING.'" Tho do facto government of Mexico Is not sure that It can protect the American frontier from bandit raids, Ambassador Designate Arredondo so notified the stnte department. And In connection with that notlllcntlon ho suggested that nil American troops on tho border be unusually active. This new position nssumed by Gen erni Carranza and his advisers was a distinct relief to the United States. Orders Immediately wero rushed to tlio various commanders nil along tho line to keep their troops ready for nny eventunllty. In discussing the communication Ar redondo said : "1 have brought to the attention of the state department the fact that n large band of Vllllstus attacked our garrison ut Corallltos on Wedensday, almost destroying It. Fearing that this hand might try to penetrate the desert us fur as the border and cause further dllllcultles between Mexico and the United States, General Carranza has directed the attention of the American government so that all possible vigil ance may bo exorcised on tho Amerl can side of tho border between Boqull- las and OJImiga. Mr. Carranza lias promised to exercise the same vigil ance on the Mexican side." CAPERTON TO HEAD FLEET Named to Succeed Rear Admiral Win- slow, Who Won Promotion Through Service in Islands. Washington, July 10. Rear Admiral W. H. C'aperton was designated by Sec retary Daniels as commanding olllcer of the I'uciile lleet, with rank of ud inlral, to succeed Admiral Cameron McRae Wlnslow, who will retire on July 29. Caperton will be succeeded by Rear Admiral Charles F. Pond. Secretary Daniels said the promo tlon of Rear Admiral Caperton was made In recognition of his valuable and satisfactory service In Haiti and Santo Domingo. Two Killed In Wreck. Hattlesburg. Miss., July 10. Tw persons were killed and HO Injured 1 the wreck of a north-bound passenger train on tho Gulf & Ship Island rail road. The entire train was derailed by a washout. Ramsey Is Dead. East Orange. N. J July 10. Joseph Ramsey, aged llfty-slx, former presl dent of the Wnbash railroad, die here, At the time of his death he wits president of the Lorraine, Ashland & Southern railroad. v ROLLING IT RUSSIANS MAKE GAINS PETROGRAD SAYS SLAVS HAVE CUT LEMBERG LINE. Many Prisoners Taken by Czar's Men In Big Offensive In the East. Petrograd, July 7. Tho Russians have cut the Delntyn-Korosmezo rull- uy, the principal line of communica tions for tho Austro-Germnn forces defending Lomberg, nnd have routed the enemy on the right bank of the Dniester, according to an official state ment Issued by the wur olllce. The stntement follows: "On the Gallclan front, In ttie di rection of the Carpathians, there was an artillery action. Our left wing continues to press the enemy back. On the road between Kolomea unu Defa- tyn we captured nfter a fight the vil lage of Sadzndku. "On tho lower Styr nnd on tho front between the Styr nnd Stokhod, and farther south as far as the region ol tho lower Llpn, everywhere there have been most desperate battles. "In a desperate fight on the Styr, west of Kolkl, we overthrew tho en emy nnd took more than 1,000 pris oners, Including 170 ollicers. "In the region north of Znturze and near Yolla Sadovslcti we seized tho first line of enemy trenches. We stopped by artillery fire an enemy at tack on Schkllue. "In the region of the lower LI pa the enemy made u most stubborn attack without result. The enemy, who crossed the Styr nbovo tho mouth of tho Llpn. near the village of Peremel, was attacked by us and driven bad: to the river. "In the Gulf of RIgu an enomy aero plane, which dropped bomb1; on ouf ships, was brought down by our avia tors, and two passengers wero taken prisoner. Later in a second aeroplane duel wo brought down another Ger man machine, which fell ou the const. One of our aeroplanes was also brought down." U. S. SHIP SINKS IN COLLISION Steamship Jacob Luckenbach Goes Down Off Dover Crew of Thirty One Is Rescued. Dover, England, July 7. The Ameri can steamship Jacob Luckenbach was sunk n collision with an unidentified ship off Dover. Its crew of 31 men was rescued. (The Jacob Luckenbach arrived nt Queenstown Juno 27 from San Fran Cisco. It was 322 feet long, 2,703 totw gross, was built nt Sunderland, Eng land, In 1SSI, and was owned In New York.) Amsterdam, July 8. Food riots havo broken out in Liege, and many persons havo been hurt, nccordlng to lnforma tlon received here. j London, July 8. Col. Percy Wilfrid, Macnell or the border regiment has been killed In action In France. Ills widow Is a cousin of the German em peror, being a daughter of the late Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Lungen-burg. Society Names Dr. R. J. Aley. Now York, July 8. Dr. Robert J. Aley, president of tho University of Maine, was unanimously nnmed as the next president of the National Educa tional association by the nominating committee. Double Murder and Suicide. Durnngo, Colo., July 8. During nn altercation over somo water rights, Henry Ludwlg shot nnd killed Abner Lowell and his elghteen-yenr-old son, Hugh, nnd wounded another son and killed himself. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES II IN-I. UP AGAIN HETTY GREEN IS DEAD RICHEST WOMAN SUCCUMBS AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-ONE. Was Worth $100,000,000 Weil-Known Financier Lived In Poverty and Died in Luxury. New York, July 0. Mrs. Hetty Green, believed to be the world's rich est woman, Is dead. She did not die ns she had lived or as sho had hoped. From the poor lodging houses or shabby tenements to which she flitted to uvold acquaint ances and tax collectors, she had been taken, a few weeks ago, to the rather pretentious home of her son, Col. Ed ward H. R. Green. It was there she passed away, after three strokes of paralysis had sapped her little strength. She was eighty-one years old last November, "somewhere around the 20th," us she herself had tcstllled In court. With n fortune estimated nt about $100,000,000, about $00,000,000 of It cre ated by her own efforts, Mrs. Green had earned tho title of the world's greatest mistress of flnnnce. What won for her a unique place In the public eye, however, was not her vast fortune, but her use of It. She wore the Hnme old black skirt and enpo and black bonnet for years; she lived In lodging houses and In cheap tene ments: she ate In lunchrooms and often cooked her own frugal meals; nnd yet she maintained n rather pre tentious residence in Bellows Falls, Vt. S0AT WITH REFUGEES SAFE Ward Liner Monterey Arrives at Ha vana With 251 Passengers From Mexico. Havana, July 7. The Wnrd line steamer Monterey, regarding whose safety somo uneasiness had been felt because of a slight delay In hearing from it und knowledge of tho fact that It was near the path of a West Indlnn cyclone, arrived here on Wednesday from Vern Cruz with 251 possengers, mostly American refugees. The Monterey reported having been Mrucfc by a hurricane on approaching the Cuban const. No dnmnge was done, STEAMER RYNDAM HITS ROCK Holland-American Liner Receives Hole In Forepeak Near Kirkwall During Fog. Rolterdnm. Holland, July 0. Tho Holland-American line steamship Ryn dum, which left Now York June 17 hound for this port, via Falmouth, ar rived hero with a hole In its forepeak citaued by hitting a rock near Kirkwall The accident happened In a dense fog while tho steamer was going slowly ADMIRAL WINSLOW TO QUIT Commander of the Pacific Fleet Or- dered to Retire on July 29. Washington, July Orders for re tirement July 29 of Admiral Cameron Mcltae Wlnslow, commander of th Pftrtllc lleet, who will then reach the age limit, were Issued on Wednesday by 'JUo navy department. Marines Patrol Santiago. Washington, July 10. Naval olll clalr hro were certain that American mor'nes under Col. Joseph 11. Pendle ton hud entered Santiago, Santo Do mliifco, without opposition and ure now ph'.ralllng tho city. Wilson Upholds Army Sentence. Washington, July 10. President Wllfon has continued a sentence of dismissal Imposed upon First Lieut John S. McCleery by a court-martial McCleery was charged with einbez zllng funds. FREES 1 MEN BAKER SAYS GUARDSMEN WITH DEPENDENTS NEED NOT GO TO FRONT. i U. S. RESERVES CALLED OUT Five Thousand Former Regulars Will Replace Militiamen Who Desire to Return Home Many Appeals Made to Washington. Washington, July 8. Mnrrlcd inch who have families dependent on them will bo excused form service In the National Guard units of the country during their present mobilization for Mexican border service. Secretary of War Raker made this announcement. The discharge with honor will be giv en. Under the order n member of the Guard who Is supporting a dependent lather or mother may also bo excused from service. Secretary Raker nnd his advisers de cided that this step was Imperative to meet appeals which have been flood ing the war department on behalf of thousands of Guardsmen whoso fam ilies liuvo been left destitute by tho president's cull upon the state forces for service on the Mexican border. Secretary of War Raker Instructed nil army department commanders to discharge from further service all Na- tolnnl Guardsmen having dependent families. Subsequently the wur department called out the regular nri"y reserves, consisting of between 4,000 and 5,000 former regulars, to fill 4he gaps In tho new regiments created by the recently enacted army law. The first order nppltcs to Guardsmen who have reached the border and also to thoso who are on tho way there or In the stato mobilization camps pre paring for departure. The order calling out tho regular army reserves was announced by tho war department In tho following state ment : 'The war department 1h going to call out the regular army reserve. Tho new national defenso act passed on June 3 provides certain additional regi ments for the regular army. The men n the reserve ure to bo used to fill up the ranks of theso new regiments." GOING TO CANADA IS EASY Dominion Government Says American Travelers Suffer No Inconvenience or Annoyances. Ottawa, Cnnada, July 10. Informa tion from many sources has renched the Canadian government that mnny merlcnn summer tourists desirous of visiting Canadian recrentlon places nre not doing so because of n fear of conscription into tho Canadian mili tary forces, and because of a seeming ly general belief that Americans nre not permitted to visit Canada without obtaining passports, and being sub jected to the Inconveniences of travel found In the warring nations of Eu rope. To correct this the government hns Issued n statement to the effect that there Is no conscription of nny kind In force In Canada other than that of Brillsh-born subjects who would be subject to conscription If living In England. This would not apply to anyone born In England who Is now a naturalized American citizen. Cnnndn Is recruiting troops fot service In Europe, but recruiting offi cers aro not permitted to solicit en UstmeutB from any but native or tint urallzcd Canndians. Tourists or other travelers from the United Stntes to Canndn nre not sub jected to any Inconveniences of nny kind other thnn the usual customs ex amination of baggage that has always been customnry. Passports or other official means of Identification nre not needed, but It Is suggested that those born In foreign countries, and now naturalized American citizens, carry with them their certificates of natural ization. LLOYD-GEORGE WAR HEAD Minister of Munitions Appointed Sec retary of State for War Takes Late Kitchener's Post. London, July S. David Lloyd George, minister of munitions, was ap pointed secretary of state for war, suc ceeding the late Lord Kitchener, who was drowned when a British cruiser benrlng him to Russia was sunk. At the same time It was announced that Sir Edward Grey, the foreign sec retary, had been raised to tho peerage. Lloyd-George .hod been minister of munitions since May, 101B, when tho criticism of Lord Kitchener for fnll uro to supply tho army with sutllclent ammunition had reached Its height. For several years prior to that ho bad been chancellor of the exchequer. Nashville Robbed of $71,187. Nashville, Tenn., July 10. Tho treas ury of the city of Nnshvlllo was looted of $71,187.70 by former city olllclnls from 1009 to 1014, according to tho final report to tho city commission by James Cameron, an expert accountant. Executed for Burglary. Raleigh, N. C. July 10. Tho first person to be executed In this state iflt burglary Is Lawrence Swlnson, a ne gro, who was put to death In tho stato prison. Six more electrocutions are to follow this month. boon bit unusually bard. board.