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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA GETS F RS T HONORS NEBRA8KA BOY8 SCORE VICTORY AT NATIONAL DAIRY 8HOW. COST OF GOVERNMENT DANK WILL GETITS CHARTER Items of General Interest Gathered From Reliable Sources Around the State House. Wsstern Nswspapsr Union News Strvlce. The Nebraska dairy Judging toam proved to eighteen loading agricul tural colleges of tho United States that tho Cornhuskor boys knew more about Judging dairy cattlo than tho flfty-ono student Judges from tho other colleges. From tho national dairy show at Sprlngflold, MasB.,vtho team brought back a victory, tho best ot its kind in tho history of tho university. Tho places won wore first place for tho toam, first team in Holstolns and socond team in Jersoys nnd Ayrshlros, first and fourth man in tho contest, and first man in Holstolns and Ayr Blilros, Tho throo men composing tho team nro products of Nobraskii farms, all having been raised In this stato. V. F. Roberts won first placo in tho con test, which gives him tho $400 scholar ship offered by tho DoLavnl Separator company. This scholarship is to bo used in graduato work in any accred ited colloge in tho United States. Mr. Roberts also won first placo In HolsteinB and Ayrshlros. A $400 scholarship, given by tho Holstoln Breeders' association for high man in their breed, had to bo forfcitod to soc ond man. Mr. Itoborts halls from O'Neill, and has boon a dairyman sinco childhood, Ho is working his way through tho unlvorsity, and is a very good oxnmplo of a man who Is apply Irig sciqnee with practico. Mr. C. R. Snydor won fourth placo nmong tho flvo high men. Ho 1b also a dairy man of wido practical oxperlonco. His homo is In Kearnoy, Neb. Mr. C. 0. Vasoy of Liberty, tho third man on tho team, proved good support for his colleagues. Itemized Statement of the Last Quarter's Expenses Tho cost of tho Nobraskn stato gov ornmont for tho three months ending Septorabor 30, according to tho roport of Stato Auditor W. II. Smith, was $1,657,380.40. Tho cost for the second quarter was $1,032,458.12 and tho cost for the first quarter In tho year was $1,421,840.85. Out of a total of $1, 657,380.40 oxpendod during tho third quarter Just closed tho stato spont $394,118 for salaries, that being tho largest slnglo ltom,t oxcept tho semi annual school apportionment which amountod to $438,778. Of tho total expended tho stato spent $320,322 on fifteen stato institutions under tho btuto board of control, Tho total ex pended by tho state university was $424,573. Tho uudltoi'fi lcport show the amount spent by each institution and stato department for different pur poses and the amounts spont for oach purposo. Tho summary is as follows: 8ummnry. Third . . Quarter HalsrlPH and wages $394,118,112 Other xervlccM and expenses... 29, 331.83 juuks itnu priming , zi.BM.iB Telegraph and telephone 6,565.86 losl!iKo 4,308.58 MIleaKe and travellnu expenses. 9,887.01 OIllco supplies , 8,172.16 i urnuure, repairs ana equip ment 29,602.91 Articles of food and clothing. 84,433.65 Fuel, light and power 24,388.13 Machinery, tools and supplies.. 12,3 31. 49 Permanent Improvement!, new tmlldlnRR 241,953.65 School apportionment 438,778.87 Una In prosecution 777.43 mate aid bridge 66,648.73 Support of national Kuard, arm ory rental nnu rule practice.. io.z. 1111 GUARD ADMITS PLOT NEW YORK STRIKER SAYS PUT BOMB IN THE SUB WAY STATION. HE FIVE OTHERS ARE HELD HE GETS NO APPLAUSE Innti itlonal libraries, purchase etc. 901.46 18,495.34 Bank Will Get Charter A peremptory writ of mandamus re quiring tho stato banking board to is suo a charter to tho Central Stato bank, ot Omaha, was issued by Judgo W. H. Woatovor, in tho district court of Lancaster county, Thursday after noon. Tho casts will bo carried to tho su preme court. In reviewing tho cane tho court hold that tho board had acted in withhold ing tho chartor without giving tho ap plicants a chance to bo heard in refu tation of complaints tho board might havo against them. All tho board can do, tho court ruled, is to adopt rules In conformity to tho statutes, without arbitrarily declining to issuo a chartor. In this case, ac cording to tho opinion of the court, tho board, in its anxiety to protect tho guaranty fund, had attempted to legislate. Must File Duplicate Freight Charges On tho prospoet that tho state of Ne braska might ultlmatoly win its litiga tion with tho railroad companies in volving class freight ratos, tho stato railway commission is diroctlng all of tho seven lines doing nn Intrastate buntnosn in Nebraska to fllo ovory month duplicate copies of all freight bills .that they havo issued In tho pro ceding month, on shipments from Job bing points. The order also directs tho railroads to stamp each freight bill with an in scription showing that tho charges wore paid under protest. Should tho unexpected happen and tho Btato succeed In restoring tho rates which worn recently knocked out, it is of books, blndlnir. University department expenses 1'hvalcal Dlant Improvements. normal schools 4,966.37 Hlngle miscellaneous Items.... 14,862.74 Klro commission (no reports)... 8,140.42 Hotel commission, (no reports). 1,376.20 nureau or printing- (no reports) z,z30.7z Miscellaneous , 63,625.81 Automobile number plates 6,385.60 Expenses Initiative and referen dum 2,162.39 Aid to agriculture 9,300.00 Normal training 57,400.00 Grand total J1.C57.S80.40 Fifteen Institutions. Salaries and wages I 88,128,40 Transportation, telegraph and telephone 3,166.76 Articles of food 70,210.47 Clothing- 14,223.18 stationery, dooks ana paper...., z.aus.n Fuel, light and power 24,388.13 Machinery, tools and supplies.. 12,381.49 Genornl repairs 14,945.62 Mlscollaneou , 33,821.33 Furniture and equipment 3,943,u Permnnnnt Imnrovementa to titillrilncH and grounds 14.410.57 New buildings and land 87,521.00 Relief of the blind, II. It. 50..., 273.75 Total 1320,322.75 State University. (Salaries $153,263.57 Other services nnd expenses... 10,877.00 Hooks and printing . 10,351.88 Telephono nnd telegraph 1,237.65 PdRtnirn 1.435.61 Mlloaga and traveling expenses 2.046.91 Oftlce supplies 2.r.89.2T Furniture and repairs '52:,:2 Miscellaneous 26,693.65 TTnlvnrflttv .1 Ann rt mAntfil ex penses .18'iSHi Permanent improvements 190.022.08 Total $424,673.24 Application Carefully Scrutinized Governor Morehoad, testifying as a member ot tho statu banking board in district court, declared he had at no tlmo discussed tho issuing of a char tor to tho Central Stato bank of Onv nhn, and further that all proceedings lending up to tho rojoctlon of tho ap plication for a chartor had been reg ular. Tho bank is Booking to man damus tho board to grant tho chartor. Tho governor stntod that tho board wna scrutlnlnzltig carefully all applica tions for chartors, and that It was an noyed by parties running banks whoso only methods ot Rotting deposits was by means' of tho stato bank guaranty depository law. Tho bord waB getting alarmed at tho number of stato banks bolng organized, ho toald. In hlB Judgment, ho said, somo means of regulation was nocded in order to protect tho guaranty fund. Thoro had boon n vory matorlal in crease in deposits, ho said, Blnco tho law was passou. Captain of Detectives Declares He Has Information That the Funds for Many Outrages Came From the Car men's Union. Now York, Nov. 0. Jnmcs Merna, n Miibwuy guard on strike, confessed to the police on Friday that ho set off tho bomb thnt wrecked the Lenox u fount- subway station on tho inorn.ng of October 25. "I would wllingly give tip my tz," he said, "for tho benellt of 11.000 worklngmen. No one else is to bhune lor the plot." Merlin's father is u motormnn on strike. Three associates of Meruit have con- ruiiit lln.v worn liimlliiileil 111 till' Hi"' thnt resulted in tho destruction of the Lenox avenue station, and thnt they plotted to cause explosions It) tho Times Squnrc subway station and the Flrty-nlnth street station ut Columbus Circle. These exploits were to linvc been nindo on Friday, they said. One of the men confessing to this plot Is Michael J. Ilerllhy, twenty-one years old, an levated guard and tlnan clnl secretary of a carmen's local. In nil the confessions the men pro tested they meant no harm to human llfo and had set off the dynamite charge to mako a "demonstration." Flvo of tlio six men arrested are ofllclnls of the Amalgamated Union ot Street and Electric Railway Em ployees. Tho sixth is a chauffeur. The national association of this union hn3 repudiated the plotters and condemned their work. After tho arrests Captain Tunncy of tho detective bureau Issued this statement: "Wo havo ovldonco thnt thtMunds financing this explosion, nnd other con templated explosions came from tho Carmen's union." IITTSBURGHC SS DEFEATED PETROQRAD ADMITS GERMANS- SEIZED TRENCHES ON THE STOKHOD IN VOLHYNIA. SLAVS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES GERMAN SHIPS IN SEA RAID Small Naval Vessels Capture Two Steamers on Trade Routes Be tween Holland and Thames. Berlin, Nov. 0. A raid was mndo by German nnval small craft on tho ship ping route between the mouth of tho Thumcs nnd Holland on Wednesday night, tho admiralty announced on Fri day. Several steamers were stopped and searched and two of them were brought Into a German port. Tho raiders were frultlesslly shelled by four British cruisers while they were returning. "On tho night of November 1-2, smalt Gcrmnn naval vessels advanced from points of support on tho const of Finn tiers against the, trndo routes between tho Thames and Holland," tho state ment says. "They stopped and senrched several steamers and brought two of them, which wero suspicious, into port. A third stenmcr, which was ordered to follow, has not yet arrived. "As thoy were turning, somo of our torpedo boats were shelled for a brief tlmo without success by four British cruisers. Our naval forces nil re turned snfcly." Berlin Declares That Troops Under Von Llnslngen Took Positions by Storm and Captured 22 Officers and 1,508 Men. I'etrograd, Nov. 4. German troops captured advanced Russian trenches on tho western bank of the Stokhod river, south of WItonlez, in Volhynla,. after tho Russians had repelled three previous attacks, says the announce ment Issued by tho wnr otllco Thurs day. , Berlin, Nov. 4. Tho capture ot,Rus slan positions in Volhynla along with more than 1,500 prisoners by the Ger mans wns reported on Thursday by the war olllce. Tho following oflicial re pot was given out: "Kastern Front Army group of Prince Leopold The Westphallau and Frisian troops under Gen. von Ltn- slnirpn nml Af I fJnn vnn Tlltf nrtli have captured by storm Russian po j sitions which hnd been pushed forward on the left bank of tho Stokhod river south of Vltonlez. In addition to heavy ' losses Indicted upon the enemy we cap tured 22 olllcers, 1,008 men, ten ma chine guns and three mine throwers. Our losses wero small." GERMANS QUIT FORT VAUX ROADS ARE BLAMED CARRIERS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR COAL PRICES. U-BOAT REACHES U. S. DEUTSCHLAND AT NEW HAVEN ON ITS SECOND VOYAGE. Suits Filed In U. S. Court to Have Cars Returned to Home Systems. Chicago, Nov. 3. Two suits wero died In the United States district court hero on Wednesday which may result in tho increasing or lowering of tho price of conl to tho consumer. The dllng of tho suits reveals a ship pers and carriers' war. Tho defendants In both suits are tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and 141 other railroad companies, and their receivers. Tho plaintiffs In one suit are the Clinton Conl company and ten other coal companies, nnd In the other the Ayrdalo Coal company and 10 other coal companies. Tho Clinton suit Is a bill In equity for nn Injunction requiring the return of local cars to tho Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad for service of mines along the rond. The Ayrdnle suit Is simllnr, except thnt It asks thq. return of cars to tho rails of the Chicago, Torre Haute & Southern railway. Both bills are Identical except for the names. Tho bills set up that tho defendant railroad companies, havo failed and re fused to return coal cars to the proper lines; thnt cars have been wrongfully diverted and mlsusod and condscntcd, and asks that a restraining order bo Immediately issued, followed by a pre llmlnary injunction against tho uds. Left Bremen on October 10 Captain Koenlg Says Trip Without Spe cial Interest. Now London, Conn., Nov. 2. The German commercial submarine Deutschlnnd arrived at this port early Wednesdny morning. Contain Kocnlc said the Deutschland left Bremen on October 10 nnd made tho trip here without special incident. Tho entire crow comprises 25 men, The Deutschland appeared in the outer Boeufs-Snllly Salllisel line. In an- CALLS RUSS DRIVE A FAILURE VILLISTAS KILL 29 ON TRAIN Adjutant General In a Wreck. Adjutant Gonornl P, L. Hall of the stato national guard, wan in a rail- rnnit wrnplr In Vomit Rntidnv. hut nn. oxpocted this will aid shippers In got- capCQ unnurt aenerni HaU hnd boon ung reiunas. visiting tho Nebraska troops on tho Tho railroad companies havo not yet Tuthh horrtnr and xvaa on hla wav Blgninod whothor or not they will oboy homo Governor Morehoad received tho order. IA tnlnirram ntntlntr that a snnnlal train on which ho was riding, was wrockod University cadetB will bo trained near Lancaster, Tex. Tho car In which under a dotal! of non-comrainsloned ho was soatod and ono other car turn- ofilcoru and privates ot tho war do- pd ovor. Twolvo persons wero hurt, partmont's resorves If tho wishes of Commander Parker aro compiled with. Ho has sent In a request to that effect. but nono seriously, Gonoral Hall said ho was uninjured. Tho causo of tho wrock was not stated In tho telegram. Berlin Declares Offensive on Eastern Front Did Not Aid the Rou 0 manlans. Berlin, Nov. 0. No success what ever was obtained by tho Russlnns In their recent determined attack on tho eastern front, which apparently was launched with tho purposo of helping tho Roumanians and may bo consld crcd tho Inst of the ramifications of General Brussllolt's great offensive movement, says an Overseas News agency review of tho enmpnign. Pctrogrnd, Nov. 0. Tnfantry dghtlng continues in Callcln nnd In Volhynla, With slight successes In both regions for tho Russians, according to tho old clnl statement Issued by tho war odlco on Friday. Nebraska's Alfalfa Crop. Although 63,668 less acres of alfalfa wero harvosted In 191(1, aa compared with tho preceding year, and Nebraska farmers raised 676,183 losa tonB of nl falfa, the crop was worth nearly as much as in 1015, according to a report by Socretary Mellor of tho stato board of agriculture Thoro wero 1,127,642 acres of alfalfa in the state In 1016, yielding an avorago of throe tonB per acre. Tho total yield in Nebraska is estimated at 3,412,405 tons, which, nt 17 a ton, is valued at $23,887,2BG. Regimental Flags Presented The two regimental flags sent from tho Women's Patriotic league ot Ne braska to Llano Grando, Tox., by Ad jutant Hall have boon presented to the Fourth and Fifth Nobraeka rogiments. Through tho courtesy ot General Lowis all tho Nebraska organization, in cluding tho Fremont signal corps, tho field hospital undor Major F. 8, Bpoaiman anu mo regimental wagon Throe ca8CB of infRnui0 paralysis trains wero assembled for tho purpoae lmv0 uoon roportod from Walthtll to I making tno presentation ana to so- the nMo nw,lth inspector's office. Ono cure pnoiograpns lor ine aujuinni gen- of thm j0 m tho town and two aro In trsJ'f Urtmontal records. tha surroundlnK country. Ono of tho moat recently organized of Btudont societies Is tho Commorcial club of tho University of Nebraska, and yet Its growth has boon phenora onal. Tho club has already become an Institution in tho school ot com' inorco, whoro it bears tho same rola tion to tho students as tho Lincoln Comihorclal club to tho citizens ot the. town, Tho university Commercial club Is undor tho gonoral direction and con trol ot tho studontB of tho school of commerce, but its membership roll Is opon to students from all depart ments. At the beginning ot each semester ortlcors aro oloctod to take caro ot tho organization during tho school yoar, Tho following oftlcora wore re cently olected: President, O. E. Hinds; vice presldont, R. H. Walker; socretary. J. B. Worloy, and treasuror F. T, Cottor. Tho Commorcial club meets regular ly ovcry two weeks. AVIATOR LANDS IN NEW YORK Carlstrom Files From Chicago Gotham In Eight Hours and Thirty-Seven Minutes. to New York, Nov. fl. Aviator Carl strom, dying from Chicago to New York, arrived at Governor's Island at 8:53 a. m. on Friday. Ho had been In tho air 8 hours and 87 minutes, making two stops en route, ono at Erie, Pa., and tho other at Ilannnoiuisport, N. Y, Tho dlstnuco covered was approilmatc ly 070 miles, which gives hltn an uver- ago ot 110 miles an hour. 0,000 to Chase Villa. Washington, Nov. 0. Nino thousand Carrnnzlstiis nro to bo concentrated nt Jtinlnez, Mcx., to exterminate Villa forces, Mexican Ambassador Arredon do announced on receipt ot n. dispatch from Consul Garcia of El Puso, Tex, Vllllstas to Be Shot. El Paso, Tex., Nov. 0. Gen. Francis co GtuualcH, military comtunnder In Juarez, announced that Colonel Garcia, and eight Villa men brought to Juarez with him would bo shot unless thoy wero ordered sent to Chihuahua City. Cnrranza Soldiers Acting as Guard Are Executed Passengers Lined Up and Robbed. Chlhunhun City, Mcx., Nov. 4. Vll Ustas who held up and looted n pas- sengor train from Juarez at Lngunn 50 miles north of here, took off and executed 20 Carranza soldlora who were acting as a guard for tho train Tho pnssengers woro lined up outside of tho conches and robbed nnu tho train was looted ot all supplies which It carried. All passengers wero com pellet! to strip by tho bandits, who car rled away all their clothing. Tho pns sengers included a number of women JURY ACQUITS JOHN C0PELAND Reports After Deliberating for Eighty four Hours Was Accused of Slay ing Anti-Catholio Lecturer. Galveston, Tex., Nov. 3. John Cope- land, chnrged with tho killing of Wil liam Black, an anti-Catholic lecturer, was found not guilty by n Jury In tho district court hero on Wednesdny. Tho Jury reported after deliberating 84 hours. Black wns killed at Marshall, Tox., February 3, 1015. Black was killed In a hotel at Marshall whllo Copeland, who was bank cashier ot that place, and other men wore calling on him In his room to cense his lec tures in Marshall. Berlin Says Teutons Evacuated Strong hold Near Verdun Following Ter rific Bombardment by French. Berlin, Nov. 4. Fort Vaux on the- Verdun front has been evacuated by tho Germans, it was officially an nounced by the Germon war ofllce on Thursday. Following a violent bom bardment, during which hundreds of great French guns poured tons of steel upon the battered work, tho Germans-withdrew. A great deal of tho fort had been demolished before the Germans withdrew. Gains for both the Germans nnd al lies were reported from the Somme- front by the wnr olllce. Fighting their way forward through the fog and battle smoke, tho French, won fresh ground on Wednesday night on the Somme front nnd tho Les- harbor shortly after midnight and pro ceeded to tho dock of the Eastern For warding company. Preparations for tho reception of tho Bremen wero not made ut Nor folk or Baltimore, but at New Lon don, Conn. There a special protect ing arrangement was built for tho diver preparations that seemed vain until tho Deutschland arrived tonight. Tho steamer Wlllehad, a North Ger man Lloyd liner tied up In Boston harbor, left its berth there and went to New London to help prepnro for the reception of tho U-boat nnd also to act vi a shield for tho little ves sel. Tho Deutschland sailed from Amer ica August 1 and Its arrival in Bre men was announced August 1M. nounclng this success the French war odlco reported nlso the capture of 530- German prisoners. U-53 ARRIVES IN GERMANY- BANDITS ROB BANK OF $10,000 Private Institution at Braldwood, III., Held Up by Six Men in an Auto Cut Wires Into Town. Braldwood, 111., Nov. 4. A high powered racing automobile dashed out of the darkness Into this town on Wednesday night and before the in habitants could be nroused six auto mobile bandits cut nil telephone nnd telegraph wires, blow open tho vaults of n bank and escaped with loot val ued at $10,000. The bank Was a prl vato Institution owned by W. H. Odell & Co. Mrs. Emma Hlmes was awakened by the explosion, but was frustrated In her attempt to arouso tho residents by the cutting of the telephone wires, Submarine Destroyed Five Vessels In- Day While Near America Was Reported Sunk. Berlin (via London), Nov. 2. Germnn submarine U-53 has returned: safely to a German port, nccordlng to nn odlclnl announcement on Tuesday- The German submarine U-53, in cora- mnnd of Lieut. Capt. Hans Rose, ar rived nt Newport, R. I., 17 days out from Wllhelmshaven, on October 7 and' departed after n stay of three hours. In the course of the next day the U-53- sank live ships off the American coast. Various reports have been current regarding the submarine, nnd it was uncertain whether tho craft was re turning to Germany or had remained on tills sldo of' the Atlantic. A search by American warships for a German secret base along the New England coast for supplying subma rines proved fruitless, according to naval odlcers. BANK ROBBER IS CAPTURED' THIRTY LOST ON ANGHELIKI Three Die, Two Hurt In Fire. Philadelphia, Nov. 4. TWo women and a man wero killed In a dro which destroyed tho third door of an apart ment building here. Tho dead nro: Charles Meenoy, his mother, and Mrs. Nellie nownrd. Aeroplanes Fly to Bucharest Bucharest, Nov. 4. -Flvo neroplanea havo Just arrived hero from the allied baso on tho Islo of Imbres to protect tho city from German air raiders. Tho allied aviators dew all the way across tho Balkans. Berlin Gives Version of Sinking Greek Ship by German Submarine. of Berlin (by wireless to Snyvllle, L. I.), Nov. 2. Thirty men drowned when tho Greek steamer Anghellki was sunk by a Germnn submarine seven and one-hnlf miles off Piraeus last week, according to an Athens dis patch to tho Overseas News agency. Tho steamer was bound for Snlonlkl with 300 volunteers for tho Veulzellst army on board. Dispatches from Athens announced tho sinking of the Anghellki, giving tho number of recruits on board as 850, of whom 50 were said to havo drowned. ' Bandit Who Forced Cashier of Eat Claire, Mich, Institution to Give Him $4,000 Arrested. St. Joseph, Mich., Nov. 3. "I did not Intend to rob the bank when I entered. I merely wanted to 'lose a business deal relating to banking funds so that I might buy potatoes, but tho cashier looked so easy that I took a chance." This was tho story given by Frank Italney, nged forty-three, giving his home as Hillsdale, Mich., who on Wednesday afternoon, single-handedly. held up and robbed Vera Beckwlth, Uurty-yenr-oUl cashier of tho Enu Claire Stato bank, 20 miles east of here, of tho bank's entire currency de posits of 54,000. Rnlney, who claims ho was released from the Kalamazoo stato hospital last July, was captured by Sheriff Fred C. Franz on Wednes day night in a swamp nenr Eau Claire. Denies Capture of Parral. Washington, Nov. 4. Ambassador Designate Arrcdondo stated that ho had received a dispatch from Mexican Consul Garcia at Junrez denying re ports that Villa has captured Parral. "Tank" Cars for Border. San Antonio, Tev., Nov. 0. A cater- Lassen Volcano Active. Redding, Cnl., Nov. 0. Lassen peak pillar tractor of tho same mako that Is spouting mighty balls of black smoke has been adopted by the British fori at Intervals of from dve to ten mln- their "tanks," or armored cnrs,( wllj utes. Those who have watched the bo placed In the Big Bend district to mountain believe Its rratcr is a boiling solve the transportation problem. cnldron. Take Alleged Blackmailer. New York, Nov. 0. Another alleged member of tho gang of blackmailers, Gcorgo Bush, was taken Into custody on the complaint of J. J. Klein, a Bui tlmoro banker, who accused him of ex torting $18,000. Capture 200,000 Tons of Oil. Amsterdam, Nov. 0. When Von Mackensen took Constnnza 300.000 tons of petroleum were captured, ac cording .to the Frnnkfur Gazette. In cluded In this amount were 40,000 tous which tho nlllcs had bought